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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2016
Vol. 103, No. 232 • oNe SectioN
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False alarms may cost residents
Council considering tougher penalties, rules to free up cops By David Chapman Staff Writer Jacksonville has about 183,000 security systems. They were busy last year, with 45,000 alarms going off requiring police officers to spend about 36,000 hours responding. Yet, nearly all — in excess of 98 percent — turned out to be false alarms. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is leaning on the City Council for help on the matter. On Monday, the last of three council committees approved an
overhaul to regulations on security systems, a move that would impose stiffer fines and less leniency for what’s become a nuisance issue for law enforcement. Under the proposed regulations, residential and commercial users would be required to register systems annually with the sheriff’s office for $10 or potentially have law enforcement call-outs ceased. There is no cost if renewed within 30 days before or after an annual renewal date. The laws also change the scope and price for users who have false alarms. Under the proposal,
security system users would be allowed two false alarm call-outs. On the third, it would be a $50 fine. On the fourth, $100. The fifth, $250. The sixth, $500. And beyond that, police would stop responding unless it was a distress or panic alert. That varies greatly from the laws put in place in 1988. Currently, six false alarms are allowed before a $25 citation is issued up to the 12th call-out. After that, the system is revoked until it’s serviced and recertified. Alarm companies don’t have to worry about such issues because
state law exempts them from fines. Council member Danny Becton, who was visiting the Neighborhoods, Community Investments and Services Committee on Monday, said he supported the bill but also was worried about the impact on small businesses. They sometimes have little control over false alarms, he said, due to employees, cleaning services and the like. Chief Larry Schmitt of the sheriff’s office personnel division has been at council meetings supporting the bill. On Monday, he had
Feeling at home at MOCA
Old YMCA in Riverside set to be demolished
Weaver educator to help develop tours, curriculum for kids By Max Marbut Staff Writer
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Brokers already fielding inquiries about property
By Karen Brune Mathis Managing Editor
Anthony Aiuppy is the new J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Educator for Family and Children’s Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville.
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Anthony Aiuppy didn’t really get a different job last week, he just got a lot more of it. He was named the J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Educator for Family and Children’s Programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville. In November, the Weavers gave $500,000 to endow an education position at the museum. Aiuppy’s responsibilities include developing tours for public and private school students, creating lesson plans for outreach programs, writing curriculum for MOCA’s summer camp programs and creating activity guides. More than 160,000 children participate annually in education programs at the museum. “It’s a lot more responsibility,” he said. Aiuppy is familiar with the museum and its programs. He was a summer camp art instructor for the past two years and has been an adjunct professor at the University of North Florida, the museum’s education partner, since 2014. Aiuppy discovered art an early age while growing up in St. Louis. One of four children raised by a single mother, “drawing kept us out of trouble,” he said. He came to Jacksonville with his family in 1996 and graduated from First Coast High School. Aiuppy didn’t begin his career in art for a few years. After high school, he worked for three years in a box factory in North Jacksonville, and then decided he needed a change. “I just had to get out,” he said. “I drove to Olympia, Washington, which was as far away as I could get.” From Washington, he moved to Chicago, where he worked at a printing shop and became interested in commercial art. After a few years, he returned to Jacksonville –– and the box factory –– before enrolling at Florida State College at Jacksonville, where he earned a degree in graphic design. “I was always interested in applied art. With that, I could get a job,” said Aiuppy. MOCA CONTINUED ON PAGE A-3
backup from an industry professional. Glen Mowery is a director with the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation and served 36 years in law enforcement, retiring from the CharlotteMecklenberg Police Department as deputy chief. He said Charlotte waived the first two false alarms, then started imposing $50 fines. By the second or third fine, the alarms stopped. The efforts helped curb human error, which causes the majority of incidents. ALARMS CONTINUED ON PAGE A-4
With the new riverfront Winston Family YMCA up and running, the old building on the street side is coming down and the site is for sale. Burkhalter Wrecking Inc. expects to start demolishing the 63-year-old structure at 221 Riverside Ave. in the next few weeks, pending permitting. The YMCA of Florida’s First Coast said the tentative timeline is for demolition of the former Yates Family YMCA to start Monday and be completed by Jan. 31. The city is reviewing a permit to demolish the two-story building, which began operating in 1953. The new three-story Winston Family YMCA, at 72,000 square feet, is about 8,000 square feet larger. Listing agent Carmen Mantay with NAI Hallmark Partners said she and fellow listing broker Keith Goldfaden have been fielding inquiries regarding the YMCA site. “We are extremely pleased with the activity we’ve had so far on the property,” she said Monday. Mantay said the property is considered attractive because of its prime walkable location at Riverside Avenue and Jackson Street within the Brooklyn neighborhood near Downtown. The property benefits from direct access to the new $21 million YMCA and the Northbank Riverwalk while being in walking distance from corporate headquarters, restaurants, retailers and apartment buildings. The 2-acre site is zoned CRO — community, residential and office — and is being marketed as ideal for hotel, retail, residential and mixed-use, providing views of the St. Johns River and Downtown with more than 23,000 cars a day driving by. No asking price is listed. “People from all over the country have shown interest in the site, including mixeduse, multifamily, hotel and retail developers. We are working with these developers YMCA
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