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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Vol. 104, No. 245 • One Section
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Amazon: Cities can share HQ bid details Jacksonville says it won’t reveal its offer to lure internet commerce giant.
Amazon.com says it’s up to the competing cities to go public with their individual bids to lure the company’s second North American headquarters, which it calls HQ2. Amazon has confirmed that cities are free to decide the level of public disclosure about their proposals. That level remains flat in Jacksonville. Marsha Oliver, a spokeswom-
an for Mayor Lenny Curry, stated last week that Amazon has a confidentiality agreement in place with the state, which exempts all documents and information from public record under Florida Statute 288.075. A public records request Thursday to the city yielded the same response. The statute states in part that if a private corporation requests in writing that an economic
development agency maintain the confidentiality of information regarding plans to expand in the state, the information is confidential and exempt from public records laws. In the Request for Proposals, Amazon asked that bids be marked “confidential” if sent by hard copy or else submitted to a password-protected website URL or a USB drive. While an Amazon spokesman
said community officials have signed nondisclosure agreements because the company shared some internal information, cities can disclose what they want about details regarding their own activities and proposals. The City of Jacksonville has not released information about its bid made last week for the Mathis
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Coffee shop, neighbors at odds
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The attorneys’ office next to Bold Bean at 1905 Hendricks Ave. put up signs to keep the coffee shop’s customers from parking in its lot. It is protesting a city decision to allow the shop to add outdoor seating without additional parking spaces.
San Marco Bold Bean’s neighbors are fighting a city decision to allow it to add patio seating, saying it doesn’t have enough parking.
By David Cawton Staff Writer A parking dispute between a San Marco coffee shop and its neighbors has resulted in a pair of appeals introduced to City Council this week. Resolutions 2017-728 and 2017-729 seek to overturn a decision from the city Planning Commission allow-
ing Bold Bean Coffee Roasters Inc. to expand sales and service to include outdoor seating, citing a lack of required parking. Bold Bean opened at 1905 Hendricks Ave. in 2016. In addition to coffee, the shop serves food, beer and wine. The Southside Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida Inc. and a trust for attorney Robert M. Harris filed
Second Wawa coming to St. Johns County 16 area sites identified for gas-station chain. By Karen Brune Mathis Editor Wawa Inc. has identified a second St. Johns County site for a gas station and convenience store, boosting its proposed Northeast Florida locations to 16. A preapplication filed with St. Johns County shows a Wawa at Florida 16 and Inman Road near the St. Augus-
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tine Premium Outlets off Interstate 95. A previously filed preapplication shows Wawa also would replace the existing Z-best building on 2 acres at U.S. 1 and St. Augustine Drive South in St. Johns County. The 16 sites are part of the eventual 40 locations Wawa hopes to open in the area. In addition to three Clay County sites, Wawa has been identified at 11 Jacksonville locations. Meanwhile, Wawa is preparing to develop at 13363 Beach Blvd. in Jacksonville. The city issued a permit for R.
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Hartwig Construction LLC to demolish the former Captain’s Club building at a cost of $25,000. Brightwork Real Estate Inc., a developer for Wawa, owns the site along with undeveloped adjacent land. Wawa expects to open three stores by year-end at The Crossing at Town Center and at Wilson Boulevard and Lane Avenue in Jacksonville and at Blanding Boulevard and Filmore Street in Clay County. kmathis@jaxdailyrecord.com (904) 356-2466
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the appeals. Both said Bold Bean has outgrown its parking capacity. LC Turner LLC, owner of the coffee shop building, sought a zoning exception from the city on behalf of Bold Bean to add four tables with a maximum of eight seats to its outdoor patio facing Hendricks Avenue. Bold Bean
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Is your family business at least 100 years old? We want to hear about it Family businesses are the foundation of the Jacksonville economy, although they don’t always survive the generations. Do you own or work for a Northeast Florida family-owned business, or know of one, that has survived at least 100 years under the same family ownership? If so, the Daily Record wants to hear from you by Tuesday. Please email Editor Karen Mathis at kmathis@jaxdailyrecord.com or call (904) 356-2466.
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