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The Committee on Community Affairs (Siplin) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete line(s) 379-387

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and insert:

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(9) Creation of Orlando Children's Zone, Pilot Project.

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     (a) There is created within the Parramore Heritage

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Community in the City of Orlando a 10- year pilot project zone

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that shall be a Children's Zone managed by the Callahan

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Neighborhood Association, which shall be the existing entity

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known as the Callahan Neighborhood Association Youth Zone.

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     (b) This pilot project zone encompasses a 1.4 square mile

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community, with 2,000 children aged birth to 18 and encompasses

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an area that is large enough to include all of the necessary

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components of community life, including , but not limited to,

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schools, places of worship, recreational facilities, commercial

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areas, and common space, yet small enough to allow programs and

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services to reach every willing member of the neighborhood. The

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geographic boundaries of the Callahan Neighborhood Association

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Youth Zone pilot project are:

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     1. S.R. 50 to the north;

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     2. Gore St. to the south;

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     3. Interstate 4 to the east;

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     4. Orange Blossom Trail to the west.

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     (c) The Callahan Neighborhood Association Youth Zone shall

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be managed by the Callahan Neighborhood Association, with project

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funding dispersed through a "donor-advised fund." A "donor

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advised fund" is a management and investment vehicle for the

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receipt of charitable contributions, the assets of which are

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owned and held by a charitable not for profit corporation for

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distribution for such charitable purposes as are determined by

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the entity establishing the fund.

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     (d) The Callahan Neighborhood Association Youth Zone shall

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include, in an advisory capacity, representatives from the

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Callahan Neighborhood Association.

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     (e) To assist with such management, an oversight committee

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shall be created within Callahan Neighborhood Association, which

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may include, but is not limited to, the following:

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     1. The Dean of Florida Agriculture and Mechanical

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University Law School.

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     2. The principal of Nap Ford Elementary School.

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     3. A business representative from the Callahan Neighborhood

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Association Youth Zone.

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     4. A representative of a faith-based organization that

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operates in the Callahan Neighborhood Association Youth Zone.

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     5. A youth member who lives in the Callahan Neighborhood

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Association Youth Zone.

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     6. A parent or guardian who lives in the Callahan

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Neighborhood Association Youth Zone.

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     7. The director of the Orlando Children's Commission.

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     8. The director of the City of Orlando Recreation Division.

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     9. The director of the Orange County Health Department.

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     10. A representative of the Florida Department of Children

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and Family Services.

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     11. Three open members who may or may not live in the

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Callahan Neighborhood Association Youth Zone.

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     (f) Callahan Neighborhood Association Youth Zone shall

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submit an annual report to the President of the Senate and the

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Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 31, 2009, and

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by January 31 of each year thereafter, which shall include a

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comprehensive and detailed report of its operations, activities,

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accomplishments, and results for the prior year as well as its

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goals for the current year.

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     Section 2. The Department of Children and Family Services

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shall contract with an existing private nonprofit corporation or

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with the lead agency of a children's zone community coalition,

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created for the purpose of identifying, funding, supporting, and

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evaluating programs and community initiatives to improve the

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development and life outcomes of children and to preserve and

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strengthen families with a primary emphasis on education and

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community support. The existing private nonprofit corporation or

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municipality shall be responsible for the evaluation, fiscal

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management, and oversight of the Magic City Children's Zone,

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Inc., and the Callahan Neighborhood Association Youth Zone.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 25-29

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and insert:

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reports to the Legislature; establishing the Orlando

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Children's Zone pilot project; requiring that such project

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be managed by an entity organized as a corporation not for

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profit; establishing an oversight committee; requiring the

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corporation to enter into a contract with a management

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consultant to develop a business plan; providing

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membership; requiring the zone to submit reports to the

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Legislature by a certain date each year; requiring the

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Department of Children and Family Services to contract

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with certain private nonprofit corporations for specified

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purposes; requiring such corporation to be responsible for

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the evaluation, fiscal management, and oversight of the

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Magic City Children's Zone, Inc., and the Orlando

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Children's Zone pilot projects; providing

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