I call to order the Tuesday
8/11/2026, meeting of the
Jacksonville City Council.
Good evening, everybody. And
the first order of business is
to thank former council
PRESIDENT Carrico who will be
stepping in tonight as floor
leader COUNCILMAN Boylan is on
an excused absence. So with
that, let's turn over to
former council PRESIDENT
Carrico. Right? Thank you as
the PRESIDENT Add my welcome
to everybody as well. What
we'll do. That first is called
the Joplin. If you like to go
ahead and get the invocation
and the pledge.
>> MR. Marielis a better
tomorrow. You're recognized,
sir. Thank you, MR. Floor
leader. Good evening,
everyone. Tonight invocation
will be delivered by elder
Earl Matthews. Past Matthews
is the senior pastor of New
Horizon Church.
>> Located in Jacksonville,
Florida, he considers himself
a Jacksonville native being
resided in the city since
early childhood. He's a
graduate of Stanton High
School. He served 11 years in
the U.S. Marine Corps. For the
past. 24 years, he's been
employed full time in
ministry. He serves Florida
central first jurisdiction as
jurisdictional secretary and
superintendent of the
Jacksonville Metropolitan
District. He is a sought-after
workshop. Facilitator focusing
on protocol in the church. He
currently serves by Merrill
appointment as a commission on
the Jacksonville, Housing and
Community Development
Commission. It's lights pursue
is to serve GOD through
service to the people of GOD
and humanity at large.
Tonight, he's here with his
wife, Gail, his companion of
18 years. Please receive pass
to Matthews for tonight's
invocation. To Councilmember
Prep Hardman Council PRESIDENT
Nick Holland. Council, Vice
PRESIDENT Joe Carlucci
COUNCILMAN Arrow and this
AUGUST body. Thank you for
extending this privileged
invitation. As you begin this
evening with the business of
continuing.
>> To make a beloved city, the
nba municipality's around the
country. There's no doubt that
this collective body has to
make extremely important and
weighty decisions that will
impact the lives of every
citizen that calls
Jacksonville home. Those who
serve in leadership capacities
must remember that is not
about you or I it's about
servant leadership. Scripture
teaches us in Mark 9.35
states. If anyone wants to be
first, he or she must be the
very last and the servant of
all. Let's continue to work in
harmony, shall we pray? GOD,
we ask for your wisdom and
guidance as we gather. To make
decisions for our community.
Bless this meeting with
understanding and cooperation.
Help us to listen with
respect. Speak with kindness
and act with integrity. So
that the work of this evening
is productive. Grant. The
council clarity, fairness and
unity in purpose as they carry
out responsibility to serve
the citizens of this city.
Lord, we lift in prayer.
Mayor, the council members and
other city officials. We pray
for their protection as well
as the protection of law
enforcement officers. First
responders and everyone that
has chosen to serve humanity
and the people of the Lord
said it's a meant. I pledge
allegiance.
MR. PRESIDENT,
this would be the appropriate
time to call for the role.
>> All right. Before we do,
let me do one quick
announcement. On Thursday
begin the budget hearings.
It's Thursday, AUGUST 13th.
And for all my colleagues,
you're all welcome to attend.
Even if you're not on finance
committee and if you do it and
please Bernadette know so we
can make sure we have your
name on the dais and have the
right seating adjusted for it.
That's all I have. Roll. Call,
please. That this Thursday.
>> 17 present. This PRESIDENT.
Announcement for me the
general election is being held
on Tuesday. 8, 18. 26 per
ordinance 2026. 5.68 e Tuesday
standing committee meetings
will be rescheduled to
Wednesday. 8, 1926. And then,
of course, the next council
meeting will be held on
Tuesday. AUGUST 25th, thank
you, sir. Alright, as you
know, the first order of
business tonight is the
approval of the minutes from
July. 28 2026 will move to
approve the minutes.
>> We have a motion and the
second on the approval of the
minutes from the regular
meeting of JULY 2020. 26. We
will take this vote early and
there's no speakers in the
queue. All in favor of
approving the minutes indicate
by saying aye again saying no.
The minutes pass. MISTER
PRESIDENT. We have several
communications from the mayor
and other entities. Would you
like he's reading the record
or followed with legislative
services?
>> Let's file them. Please.
We'll get that done, MR.
PRESIDENT, we have one
presentation tonight. So if we
could have Arrow head down to
the podium and then we'll have
the council secretary read the
resolution. MR. Secretary. As
Mike Broken. Okay. Let's get
one. Resolution 2026 408. This
is a Lisa Jones ii. Brooks,
Jacksonville native and
graduate of Douglas Anderson
School of the Arts has served
Duval County Public Schools
with distinction for more than
30 years from 1995. Through
2026. As a teacher,
exceptional student education
specialist and administrator.
This is John Seabrook's earned
a Bachelor of Science in
mentally Handicap education
from Edward Waters. University
and a master of science in
educational leadership from
the Jacksonville University
and began her career in 1995.
Is a middle school educator in
exceptional student education.
This is John Seabrook served
at Arlington Middle School as
a teacher, exceptional
student, education specialist
and administrator and played
an instrumental role in
helping the school rise from a
low see rating to achieving
its first state of Florida b
grade in more than 10 years.
Missus, Jones erodes is known
for her practical
student-centered teaching
approach that emphasize
lifelong skills such as
handwriting communication,
confidence building and
personal responsibility
leaving a lasting impact on
generations of students and
families across Jacksonville.
This is John Seabrook served
Duval County Public schools
across multiple campuses,
including Arlington, Middle
School. Johnny Forward k k
through 8 Montessori School
Lake Shore, Middle School,
Jefferson Davis, Middle School
twins likes Twin Lakes
Academy, Middle School, Terry
Parker, High School and Eugene
Butler, Middle School. This is
John Seabrook's demonstrated
exceptional leadership in
transforming pride units for
students with behavioral and
mental health needs into
structured supportive
effective learning
environments where students
could thrive academically
socially and emotionally. This
is John Seabrook's was named
Teacher of the Year at
Arlington Middle School in
2001 and received the Star
Administrator Award in 2012 in
recognition of her outstanding
impact in schools and
communities. Missus Jones ii
Brooks has devoted herself to
service beyond the classroom,
through programs with the
bridge of northeast Florida,
including the state attorneys
program and the new Chance
Program supporting teen
parents as well as youth
development through summer
camps with the Boys and Girls
Club. This is John Seabrook's
is a proud 34 year member of
Delta Sigma Theta sorority
incorporated. Having been
initiated through the Omicron
Beta chapter at Edward Waters
College and has supported
numerous civic and service
initiatives through remember
her through her membership.
This is John Seabrook's is a
devoted member of Spring Hill
Missionary Baptist Church
where she has served as
Tuesday night Bible class
teacher nurturing spiritual
growth in guiding others
through teaching and
encouragement. As Missus Jones
ii Brooks and retirement.
After more than 30 years of
public service, her legacy of
excellence, compassion and
transformational leadership
has strengthens Duval County,
Public Schools and forever
changed the lives of countless
students and families across
Jacksonville now, therefore,
be it resolved by the Council
of the City of Jacksonville.
The city council hereby honors
and recognizes misses Alicia
Jones ii Brooks for more than
30 years of dedicated service
to Duval County, Public
Schools and the Jacksonville
community and extends its
sincere. Congratulations and
best wishes upon her
retirement.
Through the chair.
It's an honor for me to be
able to recognize.
>> Missy Brooks for her
accomplishment.
>> I I
>> Empathetic with educators
because I think it's one of
the most on the rate of
professions. Anywhere no one
can become a doctor without
having an educator or a lawyer
or anything of that matter.
And so it reminds me of a
quote from Melvyn gravely of
his grandmother's wisdom's
where he says that grandma
told him that you you can
scrub the floor with a mock.
You have to get down on your
knees and you have to work the
corners. And that's what
educators throughout the day
as they plant seeds in the
minds of young minds and
develop them and she's done it
for 30 years. So tonight just
wanted to say congratulations
and thank you what you've
done. The minds shape in this
community.
>> First of all, I want to
thank this. Governing body
that governs. The city of
Jacksonville, the county of
Duval I just thank you for
recognizing a little me. I
never expected grown up in
Amazon's, you know, Im going
to some of the best schools in
Duval County that I would be
standing here today.
>> And was just happy to serve
in the I thank you so very
much. Thank you. Thank you.
GOD.
>> All right. We will announce
our so Paige tonight. So
please give a round of
applause for MISTER Hudson,
Williams all the way from
Creekside High School. Thanks
for volunteering with us
tonight. Hudson. He did that
politician way. Really good to
see that. All right, next
PRESIDENT Is quasi judicial
actions. So we are now ready
because I actions beginning on
Page 5 council members to
declare any ex parte
communications as the bills
are introduced, all remind the
public that these items do not
include public hearings as
these matters were thoroughly
reviewed at the committee
level where public hearings
were part of the process and
MISTER Floor leader before we
move on call for an MR.
Freeman like to speak. Thank
you. Thank you, MR. Chan
CHAIRMAN Seabrooks and I thank
you for thank you for your
service to the community. I
cannot sit quiet without
speaking. Many of you know, if
you don't know her, you know,
her son, Winston Seabrooks and
what I love most is we just
acknowledge the 30 years of
your service of others and
their kids. But you did it
without neglecting your own.
And you raise an amazing son.
And I want to just put that on
the record, the work that he's
done is an evident of the hard
work that you've done for
others. The sides want to
share that. Sir, thank you so
much for sharing your son with
that. Thank you. MR. Payment,
MR. Floyd leader, back to you,
Sir. Alright, as PRESIDENT
Were on Page 5 item, one,
2026, Dash, 0, 5, 4, 4, a
move. The amendment to grant
the appeal. All right. We have
a motion and second on the
amendment to grant the appeal.
Let me give my colleagues a
chance. Just in case missed it
to declare if they have it.
>> Okay. Seeing none. I will
turn over before we vote to
mystified. Plus to explain the
both here on the amendment.
Thank you. Through the
PRESIDENT To the council. So
the amendment before used to
revise the bill to grant the
appeal.
>> If this amendment is
approved and the bill as moved
as amended, if you vote yes,
you're voting to grant the
appeal and overturn the final
order of the Jacksonville
Historic Preservation
Commission. If you vote no,
you're voting to deny the
appeal in support or uphold
the Historic Preservation
Commission's final order.
>> All right. And with that,
MR. Police say you're
recognized. Thank you, MR.
PRESIDENT this appeal relates
to a property in my district.
For those of you that
unfamiliar the historic
district incredibly important.
I would just. Asked you guys
tonight us a vote no on this.
Hpc is a body that we have
empowered and we should
continue to empower them. We
should recognize that its
panel of experts and people
who care about historic
preservation. These. This
property is not. It's an
important part of the fabric
of the community. And so I'll
be voting no. When I ask that,
you do as well. Thank you.
>> All right. Thank you, MR.
Police. So there are no other
speakers in the queue. So we
will take this vote verbally
all in favor of the amendment
indicate by saying Aye, again
say no.
>> Want to revoke a little bit
Let's take a revote on We'd
like to do it by hand. All in
favor of the amendment
indicate by raising your hand.
I'll give legislative services
time to count. Okay and all
against raise your hand. The
amendment passes move the bill
as amended. We have a motion a
second on the bill as amended.
Seeing those speakers in the
queue. Let's open the ballot
Cordova.
>> 11 yeas, 5 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
4, 4, passes as a minute as
PRESIDENT Were on pace excited
to 2026 Dash 0, 3, 7, to move
the bill. All right. We have a
motion and a second on the
bill. No speakers in the queue
it up in the Valley. A quarter
vote.
>> 16 yeas one nay.
>> By your vote 2026, 0, 3, 7,
2, passes, 3, 2026, Dash, 0,
4, 3, 4, I move the amendment.
We have a motion and second on
the amendment. No speakers in
the queue will take the vote
verbally all in favor of the
amendment indicate by saying
Aye, I again say no amendment
The bills meant we have a
motion and second on the bill
as amended, MR. Police say
you're recognized. Thank you,
MR. PRESIDENT, I stand of the
clerics in support of this
item received a letter in
support from Sparta Fury. The
applicant supporting the pd.
Thank you.
>> Thank you, sir. No other
speakers that's open about a
quarter it. 17 yeas, 0 nays by
your vote. 2026, 0, 4, 3, 4,
passes. Item for 2026 Dash, 0,
4, 3, moved amendment. We have
a motion and the second on the
amendment before we vote all
recognize Ms Kirchner.
>> Thank you, PRESIDENT. How
and I rise to declare ex
parte. Hey. JULY, the 21st
spoke with Peter King here in
council chambers during a land
use and zoning committee
meeting and we discussed a
time. Date and time with MR.
King Khan could meet with the
community.
>> Also JULY, the 21st I
received voice message from
the honorable we need to 4.
She talked about the land
trust in. She vouched for
Peter King, the applicant's
representative. Lastly on
JULY, 30th, I met with Michael
Bowling key Corey Blinky and
Peter King during a high
growth community meeting on
JULY. The 30th at the Lane
Wiley Senior Center in MR.
King and Corey lanky. Chase.
Ok, I'm a like that. So I
think you so chase blank. For
the record. Chase blinking met
with them at the once again,
the Lane Wiley Community
Center and they basically
presented the project to the
community. The community was
allowed to ask questions. They
also at that time told us
about the revised exhibit for
the project and all of all the
tax bite, a communications
have been filed with
legislative services.
>> All right. Thank you,
ma'am. We have no other
speakers in the queue. We have
a motion a second on the
amendment will take the vote
verbally all in favor of the
amendment indicate by saying
Aye, I'll again same know the
amendment passes, move the
bill as amended. We have a
motion a second on the bill as
amended. No speakers and he
lets open about a quarter of
it.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
3, 5, passes. PRESIDENT Are
now ph 7 item, 5, 2026, 0, 4,
3, 7, I move the amendment. We
have a motion and second on
the amendment. No speakers in
the queue will take the vote
verbally all in favor of the
amendment indicate by saying
Aye, I again say no. The
amendment the bills meant it.
We have a motion and second on
the bill as amended, no
speakers that's open about a
quarter it.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
3, 7, pass. We are on item
6.26 To 0, 4, 8, 3, I move
amendment. We have a motion
and second on the amendment.
MISTER You're recognized.
Thank you, MR. Cherise that
Claire ex Parte during my sco
re meetings. We had
conversations about this.
>> The information will be
filed with legislative
services if it has not yet
been done. Thank you, sir.
>> No other speakers in the
queue will take the vote on
the amendment verbally all in
favor of the amendment
indicate by saying against say
no amendment passes, move the
bill as amended. We have a
motion and second on the bill
as amended. No speakers
incudes open about a quarter
vote.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026 0. 43
passes item number 7, 2026 0,
4, 8, 4, I move the bill. We
have a motion and second on
the bill, give it a minute and
case anyone is ex parte.
Seeing none was open about a
quarter it.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
8, 4, passes. Revis PRESIDENT
Are now on Page 8 item a
twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 4, 8,
5, I moved the bill. We have a
motion second on the bill.
MISTER Palou. So you're
recognized. Thank you, MR.
PRESIDENT extended clear ex
Parte met with Dr Richard and
for Dana Stone, Kristen Reed
and Faith and all of whom are
in support of this project.
It's been 5 legislative
services. Thank you, sir. No
other speakers in the queue.
We have a motion a second on
the bill itself in about a
quarter vote.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0. 45
passes item number 9, 2026. 0,
4, 8, of the bill. We have a
motion and second on the bill.
No speakers in the queue to
open about a quarter vote.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
8, 6, passes moving on item
10, 2026, Dash, 0, 4, 8, 7, a
move. Amendment. We have a
motion and second on the
amendment, MR. Gay recognized.
On the bill right to that. No.
Other speakers on the
amendments will take this vote
verbally all in favor of the
amendment indicate by saying
Aye, again saying No, the
amendment passes, move the
bill as amended. We have a
motion and second on the bill
as amended, MISTER Geyer
recommends.
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
Rose to declare on this. I
received 2 emails in
opposition and has been filed
legislative services. Thank
you. Thank you, sir.
>> No other speakers on the q
emotion in a second on the
bill as amended. Let's open
the ballot court.
>> 16 yeas one nay.
>> And by your vote 2026, 0,
4, 8, 7, passes.
>> MR. PRESIDENT are now on
Page 9 item, 11, 2026 Dash, 0,
4, to move the bill. We have a
motion and second on the bill.
MR. Gay, you're recognized.
Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT I
received 2 in regards to this
bill in opposition.
>> And so I have filed with
legislative services for
export thank you.
>> Thank you, sir. Seeing no
other speakers in the queue.
We do have a motion and the
second on the bill. Let's open
about a quarter of it.
>> 16 yeas, one nay.
>> By your vote 2026 year for
a day passes. Moving on item
12, 2026 Dash, 0, 5, 3, of
Bill. We have a motion a
second on the bill. No
speakers in the queue. Let's
open about a quarter of
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
3, 3, passes. And 13, 2026,
Dash, 0, 5, 3, 4, move the
bill. We have a motion and
second on the bill. Seeing no
speakers in the queue. So
about a quarter it.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
3, 4, passes. All right. That
moves us on to the consent
agenda on Page 10. So a move,
the consent agenda. After the
secretary's the Bills. Is Mike
phones working?
>> 2026? 5. 37 38. 5. 39 5.40,
5. 46 5. 47 5.48 6, 1, 3, 6,
1, 4, 6, 1, 7,
>> All right, MR. PRESIDENT, I
move the consent agenda. Minus
the item pulled, which was I
believe in him 20 to 26, 6, 1,
4, All right. So we are moving
the consent agenda.-0 6, 1,
4,
>> We have a motion second to
move the consent agenda. Minus
item number 20 to 2026, 0, 6,
1, 4, Let's open the ballot
record your vote.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, the consent
agenda passes minus. The bill
noted. All right, MISTER
PRESIDENT, we're not gonna
move to Page 13 and take up
item. 22 individually
twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 6, 1,
4, We have a motion and second
on 2026, 0, 6, 1, 4, MR.
Freeman with you. But this
peak, you're recognized, Thank
you, MR. PRESIDENT. Alright,
just to bring everyone's
attention to this bill. We
discussed it in a resolution
we discussed committee about
Sunshine 8, 1, 1, day and
during committee, MISTER
PRESIDENT. We asked if there
are other other organizations
within the industry that we're
aligned with it and they are
here in the today. You don't
mind MAY I please recognize
Mister Gary Monahan from
Teco's People's Gas to share
the importance of digging and
why you should call 8, 1, 1,
prior to if you would. So
indulge me. And as idea, Mr,
Monaghan, you and your name
and address and to share a
little bit about. Thank you,
Sir. Good evening, Gary
Monahan taking people's gas.
44 to Philips Highway
Jacksonville, Florida.
>> 3, 2, 207. But today is
AUGUST 11 for a 1, 1, day. And
we are here with your support,
COUNCILMAN Training and those
in the rules committee to
recognize the importance of
damage prevention, protecting
our underground utilities,
infrastructure. Florida leads
the nation for damaged
underground utilities. And we
want to make sure that people
know and understand the
requirement to Callie 1, 1,
prior to digging. That's me
that you it's our neighbors
doing any planting or
installing a mailbox in our
front yard. That's also
contractors as well. So we
appreciate the opportunity to
call attention to this, to
keep our communities, our
utilities, our neighbors safe.
Thank you. Thank you, MR. My
thank you so much. And I
thought it was just important
that we all as leaders in our
community are aware of this
and that we can go back share
with our constituents a mile.
So want to take pride in the
fact of the day was 8.11
Hopefully everyone caught on
to that because I want to say
I am the self-professed dad
joke winter up here on the
council. So thank you so much.
>> Masterclass and legislative
timing. There's well done as
Clark where you're recognized.
Thank you to I just want to be
added as a co-sponsor, if it's
possible at this time.
>> Also, it is my grandson's
birthday. So 8.11 has another
significance for He's 13 u All
right. Thank you, MR.
Monaghan.
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
want recognize our front, here
in sport as well. Thanks. All
right. Thank you, sir. With
that. We have a motion MR. All
right. We have a motion a
second on this one. Let's open
the ballot. And of course, you
want.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays by your
vote. 2026, 0, 6, 1, 4, passes
at this time. I'd like to
recognize COUNCILMAN Matt
Carlucci
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT, I
appreciate that very much. It
is possible been a secure dad.
Me too. As a co-sponsor, too
item. 23 2026 0. 6, 1, 7,
honoring the life of one of my
former colleagues on the
council, Harry Regan. Harry
was one of the finest counts.
Bon Iver served with.
Extremely effective. And his
work. And I can be added as a
sponsor. But I sure would like
to. And also just thought I'd
say that there will be a
celebration of his life this
Sunday at the History Center
starting. I think it 1 o'clock
till probably 5 for those who
would like to. Who knew him
show up and honor his family.
Been a tough couple of years
for accounts. Reagan. And
losing his wife and his
daughter. He has one remaining
daughter who will be there.
Lot of probably never knew.
Harry Regan. Lot of Golden.
But this was and incredible.
And everything that he did.
Appreciate you recognizing me.
And then also wanted to throw
and the celebration of his
life for this. Thank you. All
right. Thank you, MR. Carlucci
and this will be the time to
recognize our rules chair.
Let's councilmember game.
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT,
we have just approved the
following appointments as part
of our consent agenda. If you
are in the audience, please
stand to be recognized. Alicia
Summers to the Cultural
Council of Greater
Jacksonville, Arlene. Lloyd,
to the Cultural Council of
Greater Jax Please, we join
join me in thanking these for
their service to the city.
Thank you Thank you, MISTER
PRESIDENT. All right. This
PRESIDENT That brings us to
the public comments section of
meeting tonight. So if you are
ready for public comments, the
Council show reserve up to one
1 half hours of time for the
public comment period. The
deadline for Fiat filling out
and submitting a speaker card
for public comment is 60
Minutes after the public's
start. Time of the council
meeting.
>> When there are multiple
speakers, the time allocate
per person shall be divided.
So as to allow as many
speakers turn to speak, each
person addressing the council
shall proceed to the place. A
sign for speaking, which will
be this front row up here.
We'll do that 5 of the time.
And then you'll be called up
and comments. We ask that they
be directed to the body as a
whole. We have a significant
amount of cars and as you can
see, so we'll set the time of
2 minutes and 30 seconds.
Members of the audience should
refrain from demonstrations
during our meeting that
include the ministrations of
approval, disapproval such as
the plus signs or displays
that can cause disruption to
the meeting. Council members
are reminded that this is our
time to hear from the public
and this is not a time for a
question and answers or
debate. However, and member of
the public MAY be invited to
the green Room for further
Councilmember subject to
approval by the council
PRESIDENT MAY extend this
invitation MR. Secretary,
could you please read council
rule 4.5, '05, regarding
disruption of meetings.
>> Council rule 4.5, 0, 5,
disruption of meeting. Any
person who disrupts the
regular meeting of the City
Council standing committee's
special or select committees,
subcommittees or any other
public meeting presided over
by a city council member,
maybe 4th with barred, removed
or otherwise ejected in the
description in the discretion
of the presiding officer from
further attendance at that
meeting. If necessary, due to
the nature of the disruption.
The audience MAY be cleared
from the council chambers or
meeting location in the
discretion of the presiding
officer. Any person who
refuses to leave the City
Council chamber MAY be subject
to arrest. Thank you,
Secretary. Let the time or let
the record reflect the time is
05:33am. And go ahead. Call
the first 5 speakers. If
you're coming down, sit in the
front row as so. You will be
ready when your name is
called.
>> That is going to be
Kathleen Pereira Loring in
Anderson, Melanie Saxon,
Isabella Spencer, Kira
Marrero. Those 5 to come up
front and Kathleen Pereira.
You know the drill. You can
take the podium and start with
your name and address. Not a
day.
>> My name is Kathleen Prayer.
My information is on file. In
some ways I cannot blame the
city Council for growing a
death here in the citizens
constantly complain about over
development encroachment into
previously peaceful
neighborhoods and her and just
traffic. After all, anyone
would become numb to
complaints after having their
ears bent enough by those
developers, full-time
lobbyists. Hammer point is
that the city council have
developed that deaf ear
because they haven't looked at
the big picture. Most citizens
don't come here just for the
sake of complaining,
especially when it means that
they will have to leave jobs
early enough and get Baber
senators to come here and
petitioned the council to
redress of grievances. I think
they would much rather not
have to worry about what the
council will or will not do to
protect their quality of life
or to worry that the council?
Well, York, the comprehensive
plan will reflexively
previously rational zoning
code in order to please
developers who don't care at
all about careful land use
planning much less ruining
neighborhoods as long as I can
make money. Just listen to the
neighborhoods which have had
to fight of Morgan the cursed
or an Old Depot, the
slaughterhouse and now maybe a
15,000 see poor. They play
soccer stadium in Saint Johns
Town center, especially when
there are plenty of land
opportunities in Jacksonville
that will not encroach upon
the quality of life for long
established neighborhoods. My
part of the old Regency Square
them are some commercial
center center or the Cecil
Field Center to name just a
few after our neighborhoods.
Want to save everyone time and
money over bad ideas. And we
definitely want to save the
counselors council's years,
which would be very easy to do
codify and follow the 1995
neighborhood Bill of Rights
enforce the 2045 comprehensive
plan and be proactive in
stopping development that
encroach upon neighborhoods. I
hope you heard that loud and
clear and also please support
the right to Garden. Thank
you.
>> Thank u next we have Lauren
Anderson. Good evening. My
name is Lauren Anderson. And
I'm a resident of Atlantic
Beach. I'm here tonight in
support of the Free to Garden
Act, which will make community
and market gardens permissible
by Wright in Jacksonville. As
a social worker, fitness,
professional and herb list. My
entire life revolves around
health and wellness and at a
time we have astronomically
high levels of anxiety and
obesity. It is more important
now than ever to ensure that
everyone has access to clean
and fresh food diet makes a
huge difference not only in
our health, but in our levels
of anxiety and depression. And
interacting with nature is
coming to the nervous system
beneficial for microbiome and
very good for immune systems
having community gardens and
urban farms allows more
opportunities for people to
interact with nature. Help
children understand where food
comes from and leads to
healthier communities. I
imagine you've heard of the
affordability crisis that
we're in groceries are
insanely expensive and
healthcare is completely
unaffordable for people like
me. Most of us are making well
under $50,000 a year so
anywhere we can supplements
and grow things that make for
ourselves barter with our
neighbors, trade and sell
things that we grow is a win.
This is a neighborhood
friendly, common sense
legislation that builds upon
regional state and local
policy foundation's. I implore
you to recognize the
importance and efficacy of
urban community farming. We
hope you will vote for the
home occupations Bill and then
respectfully request you to
support the free to Garden Act
as a sponsor. Once it has been
filed to learn more, please
join us at the notice. Meeting
on AUGUST 19th at 10:15am, to
discuss. We can make
neighborhood friendly
marketing Community Gardens,
permissible Ri right. And by
amending the zoning Code.
Thank you for your time. Thank
u. Next. We have Melanie
Saxton. Council members. My
name is Melanie Saxon. My
address is 6, 0, 2, 7, myself
drive.
>> On Jacksonville's Westside.
Well, I've had a front yard
organic vegetable garden for 6
years with support from Nathan
and his team at men in
overalls. I've had the joy of
eating a lot of really
healthy, good food. I'm here
to speak in favor in support
of the free to Garden Act. A
development manager for food
Pantry in Springfield, which
shows most of, you know, is a
food desert. In the 2 years
that I've been there. I've
seen firsthand how much this
community needs food. The
number of people coming to us
for food is increasing every
month. We as a community need
to be doing all the smart
things we can to grow more
food to help people grow food
and to provide more food to
our community. Please vote for
the home occupation Bill. Then
once it's filed, please
support the free to garden at
it's the right thing to do. To
learn more. Please join us at
the noticed meeting on August
19th at 10:15am, to discuss
how we can make neighborhood
friendly community and market
guard permissible by right?
Thank you. Our next speaker is
Isabella Spencer.
>> Hello, my name is Isabella
Spencer Live off of Enzo Way.
I'm a resident of Duval
County. I'm coming to you
today to request an increase
in funding for the tnr program
in Duval County. As many of
you know, the stray and feral.
>> Community is an inch in is
an issue that is unfortunate
continuing to grow. I would I
do want to highlight the
impressive program that this
county has. We do need more
assistance, turning our backs
on this issue will not make it
disappear. Increasing the
funding will allow residents
of the county to help close
the gap that the shelters,
humane society and humane
agents can't do themselves.
Every pet isn't accessible
resource. That helps many
residents throughout the
county. It remains accessible
by allowing its remain free to
those residents who don't
dedicate their time trapping
and transporting these
animals. By allowing the cost
to get cats fix allows us to
continue to tackle this
problem. I appreciate your
time and your consideration
and supporting the spay neuter
program and Duval County.
>> Thank you. Our next speaker
will be a row and rose coming
down. I'll call the next 5
speakers to come down to the
front row. Jennifer Joyner,
Nathan Valentine, Samantha
Series. Brooke McNeil and
Edward Whistler. Greetings.
>> I'm Karah Morrow. I'm the
director of dig local network
which trends to farmers
markets into community gardens
out at the beach. And I'm also
a resident of Atlantic Beach
here to speak in favor of the
free to Garden Act as somebody
who's been closely involved in
farmers, markets here in Duval
County since 2008, I've seen
more and more of our local
farm applicants come not from
traditional farmland, but from
homesteads small market
gardens and backyard farms
right here in Duval County.
It's I think very important
for the economic security our
small agricultural businesses
and Duval County to pursue
this kind of diversification
of efforts. Promote the use of
resources that are previously
and utilized. It's relieve
some pressure on our
agricultural supply chains,
especially as you as I'm sure
you've all seen with recent
recalls outages and Web
services. And and that farmers
markets and small markets in
general are a growth industry
within agriculture. It's also
promotes the visibility of
work. Unproductive land use
when you have a very indoor
work culture in the county,
it's really useful to young
people to see folks working
outdoors and producing food
themselves. And I'd like to
point out also that
agricultural land in Duval
County itself has been greatly
reduced between the year 2002
1010, we lost 85% of our
agricultural lands to
development here in Duval
County, which further stresses
those agricultural supply
chains. So I just would like
to emphasize that diversifying
the resources that we have
within the small agriculture
is critically important to our
future. Thank you. Thank u.
Next. We have Jennifer Joyner.
My Counsel. My name is
Jennifer. Join I am a member
of the Southeast cpac and my
address is on file.
>> I am here as our city
budget is currently in the
works and the proposed fiscal
year. 26 to 27 highlights our
highly lacking an allotment
for animal welfare. Despite an
ever-increasing need in our
growing city. I volunteered my
efforts and tnr trap neuter
return for those who don't
know for 6 years and the
difference this program makes
exponential for neighbors.
Shelters, rescues and of
course, the community cats.
Benefits of Tnr. See We've got
reduces unwanted kittens. Keep
cats in their territory. There
will give them much better
chance at having a good life.
Not being just dumped
somewhere where they don't
know where to get food and
water. It improves their
health by preventing
reproductive teases diseases
and reducing meeting related
injuries, reduces nuisance
behaviors. So whether or not
neighbors like cats,
regardless, everyone can
benefit with less room less
fighting, less, yelling,
spraying and meeting behavior
and it gradually decreases the
community cat population,
which ultimately helps all
animals. Because in shelters,
rescues and other resources
are freed up. So it helps them
in that way and just improve
relationship. Sometimes there
are problems with neighbors
just because there are cats
next door and they're having a
problem there yelling are
fighting because they're
wanting to meet. Well, Tnr
gets rid of that and then it's
no longer an issue. Duval
Catholics which covers Tnr is
currently funded at 2000. But
are $232,402 annually. This
was exhausted within the first
couple of months of the last
of this of this current fiscal
year per the ceo of every pet
who I consulted for a number.
This number has not been
increased 4 significantly for
many years. Our city is
growing very fast. So is our
animal population and an
effective increase would be
around a 10250,000 to cover,
the increased costs and demand
for this program. It is our
responsibility to be stewards
of GOD's creatures. We can do
better. Please consider this
as details are being worked
out in our budget has now is
the time to lead, by example
and to embrace this beautiful
responsibility that we've been
blessed with to do right by
the little guys in our city.
Thank you so much.
>> Thank u next speakers.
Nathan Valentine. Good
evening. My name is Nathan
Valentine. Or as farm grows at
one, 25 East, 7th Street. I'm
here as an urban gardening
entrepreneur, chair of the
Duval Urban Ag Council and on
behalf of 1630 people who
signed the petition for
permission to grow. Which
calls on City Council to
support the Free to Garden
Act. Proposed amendment to the
zoning code that will make
neighborhood friendly market.
And Kim Unity Gardens
permissible by Wright in
Jacksonville. I'd like to
submit the text of the
petition and list of names for
the record. If I MAY to
document the level of support.
This proposed legislation in
Joyce. To quote the petition
in part, whereas Jacksonville
has a proud tradition of
neighbors, feeding neighbors
and a centuries-old legacy of
backyard gardens market and
community gardens, urban
fruit, tree nurseries and
orchards. Where is Duval
County has no straightforward
business as usual means for
stand-alone community. Our
market garden to secure the
legal right to grow on most
property in Duval County. And
whereas diet related diseases
now kill more Floridians, then
faulty plumbing ever did
making access to fresh local
food every bit as essential to
public health as clean water
and pave streets. And whereas
Florida law confirms that food
cultivation even inside city
limits is a protected public
good rather than a nuisance.
Therefore, we the undersigned
urge the City Council to
support the free to Garden
Act. So future community
market gardens, gardeners can
focus on carrots, not
courthouse paperwork. We hope
you'll vote for the home
occupation Bill. Then we
respectfully request you to
sponsor the Free to Garden
Act. To learn more. Please
join us. Reese's public
noticed meeting on AUGUST 19
here in City Hall to discuss
how we can make neighborhood
friendly market in community
gardens permissible by right?
Thank you. And thank you so
much for your service. All
right. Thank you. Next, we
have some of the series.
Samantha Series address on
file. Of course, I'm here
today to talk about over
development.
>> I understand we do need
more homes. I think we need to
maybe have more affordable
homes. I recently read an
article that stated that
Florida is number one. Number
one in foreclosures. That's
for sure. So I think we're
running into an issue where
we're building too quickly and
costing too much people are
buying in a non able to make
those payments. So now we are
number one in foreclosures.
Again, I think we need more
affordable homes rather than
just over developing creating
heat domes in our city.
Natural land does keep our
temperatures down. It does
filter out the the wastewater
to not, you know, get into our
drinking water streams, rivers
and ocean. It helps with. All
sorts of reasons. And I wanted
to inform you guys. There was
a new report from the public
employees for Environmental
responsibility and the Water
Keepers. Florida reveals that
over 52% of assessed water
bodies in Florida fail to meet
the state water quality
standards due to excessive
nutrients and bacterial
contaminations. But the
findings show a significant
decline. Environmental
enforcement with state actions
are dropping to less than half
of their historical average
despite the surge in
population over development is
part of the reason we are
having this issue. We need to
protect our natural lands. Not
only just for enjoyment, it
actually helps the
environment. It helps our
water. We are being poisoned v
a our food, our water, our
air. We need natural land to
make sure we are able to get
rid of some of those prudence.
I know you all I'm sure have
heard of forever chemicals. We
have some legislation that's
coming up to address 2 of
them. There's hundreds of
forever chemicals. It is very
difficult to get forever
chemicals out of our water and
it's dangerous. People are
getting sick. It's not
something that is a trick to
address lightly and each step
each person in our city
council, each part of our
politics. They need to start
addressing these things
because it's the people that
are hurting. The companies are
making money that people are
being hurt. It's not easy. I
know people in many different
cities, a lot of them are
having health issues because
of the contamination that's
happening. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Our next speaker
is Brooke McNeil. Good
evening. My name is perfect.
Meal with Final Acre Urban
farm in the Fort Caroline area
14. 21 Kate Lee Road.
>> I'm here tonight to support
the Free to Garden Act, which
will make neighborhood
friendly community and market
gardens permissible by Wright
in Jacksonville. When my
husband I first started
transforming our front yard
into garden in 2020. We were
afraid that the neighbors
would hate Kuz our property
zoned residential, real, but
we're surrounded by hr ways.
Much our surprise. It was
actually the opposite. They
loved it. I can't tell you how
many times people have been
walking by walking their dog
out working and want to stop.
Talk to us, bring their
grandkids and showing where a
tomato or care it actually
comes from. I believe growing
food should be right
accessible to every person who
desires to do so for
themselves or for others.
Garden strengthen communities.
Improve health of those who
grow them and those who eat
from them. So we hope you'll
vote for the home occupations
bill. And then we respectfully
request you to support the
free to Garden Act as a
sponsor. Once it has been
filed to learn more, please
join us at the notice. Meeting
on AUGUST 19th 10, 15 to
discuss how we can make
neighborhood friendly market
gardens. Marketing community
gardens permissible right?
Ending zoning code. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Our next
speakers, Edward Whistler. Why
he comes up the next 5 after
him will be easy. Top Mary
Elizabeth Allen team. Mikey
Howell. Lindsay Schaefer and
Suzanne Kramer.
>> My name is Eddie Whisler
and I'm a resident of
Jacksonville Beach and my
address is 14. 25 Tanglewood
Road. I'm here tonight to
support the free to garden at
which makes neighborhood
friendly community and market
gardens permissible by Wright
in Jacksonville. You're at
from some other gardening
entrepreneurs and people who
are in the business. I would
love to support those folks.
And I'm hoping that you would
be able to as well with this
free to Garden Act. Some of
us. Just really love
gardening. And some of us are
better than the others of us.
Adam. But all the same the
property owners should have
the right to be able to grow
food without excessive
bureaucratic barriers. And
seems to be able to align this
act does align our zoning code
with Jacksonville's, local
government comprehensive plan,
the Florida home occupation
bill and the right to farm.
And then also protects the
right to feed ourselves and
our neighbors. And so this
neighborhood friendly
commonsense legislation that
builds upon residential state
and local policy foundation's
is one that we should really
consider so please consider Co
sponsoring the Free to Garden
Act. Thank you.
>> Thank u next speaker is zz
Top. Good evening. My name is
e and I'm here representing
farm and forage small.
>> Urban farm located Murray
Hill. I'm here tonight and
support of the Free to Garden
Act. So one of the biggest
challenges of urban farms
isn't the ability to grow food
or the demand from our
neighbors navigating
unnecessary barriers that can
make it difficult for
small-scale growers operate
where they're needed most.
Their families looking for
fresh local food farmers.
Markets looking for more local
vendors and property owners
who want to put their land to
productive use neighborhood
scale gardens and market farms
can help meet all 3 of those
needs. This is not about
turning neighborhoods into
industrial farms. It's about
allowing responsible
neighborhood friendly food
production to exist alongside
the communities. It serves.
Let's work together to make
Jacksonville more resilient,
supporting small local
businesses and increase access
to fresh food. Thank you for
your time. Thank you. Our next
speaker is Mary Elizabeth
Valentine.
>> Good evening. My name is
Mary Elizabeth Valentine,
Springfield, neighborhood.
Residents and I addresses on
file. I'm here tonight as a
mom. To support the free to
Garden Act because my friends,
kids who refuse to eat
vegetables at home, we'll eat
lettuce and kale pick straight
out of our neighborhood farm.
I've heard concerns that urban
gardens could be a nuisance.
So I support this proposal
because it addresses concerns
like these while celebrating
the beauty of fresh grown
food. I hope you will vote for
the home occupations And then
I respectfully ask you to
support the free to Garden Act
as a sponsor. Once that has
been filed. Please join us for
an AUGUST 19 because you've
heard previously to discuss
how we can amend the zoning
code. Thank you for your
service to every citizen of
Jacksonville.
>> Right. Thank you. Our next
speaker is Mikey Howell.
Mikey, how from Ken Danko
Farms and Urban Farm in Murray
Hill. My address is 33 28 Plum
Street and I'm here in support
of the free to garnet. For the
following reasons. My dad to
grandpas or to a grandpa and
uncle and an aunt have all
died from various cancers. My
mom has copd. My father, my
stepdad has diabetes. My uncle
have Parkinson's right now. I
was 300 pounds and 13 years
old. I struggle with substance
abuse and mental and physical
health conditions. Most of my
adult life. Growing plants and
connecting to food. Saved my
life. Cook connecting the
community, saved my life. My
hands or what can an urban
farm do? My hands have moved
upwards of nearly half a
million pounds of food into
this community in 4 and a half
years. I planted. Hundreds of
thousands of seats. After
this. I'm going home to plant
trees and more seat. Imagine
what these hands could do with
unfettered support. Opposes
skepticism. Or apprehension.
And this is not a political
issue. Everyone wins. We work
together. Jacksonville could
be an example for not just the
rest of this state. But the
rest of the country for what's
possible with community
gardens and urban farms.
Plants and food do not care
about gender race, religion,
socioeconomic class or
political affiliation. And
this is a chance to display
that unity is not only
possible practical. So please
join us. AUGUST 19 for the
meeting at 10:15am, to discuss
making community gardens and
urban farms permissible by
right? Thank you, guys. For
hearing saw today. All right.
Thank you. Next, have Lindsay
Schaffer? Good Evening Council
members. My name is Lindsay
Schaefer addresses 14 31
Riverplace Boulevard.
>> And I have lived in the
South Bank for 8 years after
moving to Jacksonville, I
noticed many community cats
living in the neighborhood. I
realized that these cats
needed help. So I did my
research. And with help from
the community, I learned about
trap neuter and release Tnr.
And the wonderful program
available to us at every pet
and trapped. My first cat
today I am requesting
additional funding from the
city to help cover vet care
for spay and neuter programs
so that my fellow trappers and
I and continue to stretch our
personal dollars elsewhere in
this cause items such as fuel
for transportation, for the
cats back and forth for the
tuna and rotisserie chicken as
and Tyson bait with a large
traps themselves and all the
other gear that helps us trap
more cats more efficiently,
additional funding for this
program would also reduce the
burden on our local shelter
intake and help prevent the
growth of community cat of the
community. Cat population.
Thank you for your time and
consideration.
>> Thank you very much. Our
next speaker will be Suzanne
Kramer and wellness creamers.
Coming up, I'll read the next
by noon. If you could come
down front. Steven has been at
us. And Patrick Robert
Stafford, nice Scott and Trey
Ford.
>> I'm Suzanne Kramer and I
live in San Marco and in 2010,
I started trapping feral cats
and I'm still at it. There are
a lot of four-letter words in
this life that here a couple
good for a letter. Words for
you. Spay safe. We would
really like more funding. The
cats need help. I'm a cat
lover. I do it. I cannot tell
you how many people do it that
are not huge cat lovers, but
it's the right thing. Thank
you so much.
>> Thank u. Next is Steven has
been and if we could just be
more specific when we state
our address, neighborhoods are
nice. But if you could either
say it's on file or say your
actual address on the card,
thank you.
>> Good afternoon. My name
Stephen has the head farm and
earth his farm and work live
13. 36 Overstreet
Jacksonville, Florida. I'm
here today to speak to speak
in support of the free to
Garden Act. And I want to tell
you guys about a former
student mine. He's smart as
can be, but he's struggled to
find direction. He's a gang
members. Faced a life of
struggle. But in my class, he
found something he loved
agriculture specifically
growing plant. Remember the
excitement showed when he
realized he could make a
living installing raised beds,
notable landscaping for his
neighbors. I watched him find
peace in the garden and I
watched him take pride and
feeding his family and his
community, something it.
Grown. And so. That young man
is what many of young men and
people encountered while
teaching for Duval County
Public Schools. We found
something they love to an
opportunity through
agriculture. In some ways. His
story is my story, too. These
young people are the people in
here today to advocate for
Duval County as many
agricultural education
programs throughout its high
schools. And when the students
graduate, I want them to be up
to take those skills and build
careers right here in their
communities. We have an
agriculture community here in
Jacksonville that is already
incredible asset to our city.
Farmers are doing the work.
Nonprofits are doing the work
and community gardeners to
doing the work. Small
businesses are as well and
people from across the country
are starting to pay attention
to what we're doing here in
the city. We need our city
government to let us do our
thing above court. Allow us to
feed the homeless, allows to
grow peace within our
communities. Alas, to pass
down generational knowledge,
our young people to turn the
skills they've learned into
businesses careers. This is
more about the growing This is
about creating opportunities
giving young people a place to
belong. It's about building
relationships between
neighbors and it's about
finding common ground at a
time when that seems
impossible. The Bible says
Love thy neighbor. We farmers
and gardeners. We love our
communities. Let it spread
that love. Please vote for the
home occupation Bill and wants
5. So you support the free to
garden that. Please join us at
the notice. Meeting on AUGUST
19th at 10:15am, to discuss
how we can make neighborhood
friendly community and market
gardens permits right? Thank
you. Right. Thank you. Had a
son, Patrick. Good evening
City Council members. My name
is out of some. Patrick. My
address is on file.
>> This evening, I have a few
things to mention salt. Go to
them. Quick. Cleat number one,
I still oppose the mega jail
and the big government
spending associated with this.
We don't need this. This is
going to burden taxpayers but
decades of debt. We would like
an update on that before the
end of the year. Let's expand
our mental health diversion
programs, not build bigger
state incarceration,
infrastructure. Free market
dynamics, not tax dollars
should drive development. We
shouldn't be picking winners
and losers. Using taxpayer
money is corporate welfare.
Lest we forget, we do have
that pending property tax
referendum. Let's fix the
housing supply shortage by
remove rent removing all these
government bottlenecks. But
simplify some of the zoning
codes and empower property
owners to get creative and
build more attainable housing
to use duplexes Triplexes and
others. Let's sell off
blighted city-owned properties
directly to local residents as
part of public. Private
partnerships with workforce
development who will then
restore them and put them back
on the tax rolls. We do need
absolutely strict compliance
with public records. Laws. We
need to codify or neighborhood
Bill of rights and keep our
local governments small
accountable and out of
everyone's personal lives. As
far as flock cameras and these
drone as first responders,
that jso is using. We need to
be keeping tabs on exactly how
we keep track of these drones.
How are they notated in police
reports and how do we hold jso
accountable and ensure privacy
is not violated? Ban flock
cameras. Let's cancel these
contracts as soon as possible.
And also I support the free
garden at thank you so much.
>> As Patrick Dr, Johnson had
requested to speak with you
and the green room. Our next
speaker is Robert Stafford. My
name is Robert Stafford by
addresses on file. I attended
the Mares town hall meeting
last week. We've all seen high
school. I'm certified in
federal and uniform federal
Accessibility standards. The
federal government's
equivalent of the Americans
with Disability Disabilities
Act. So when I enter a
building that I'm kind of
conscious of. Disa civil
rouse. And I was as I was
sitting there, I kept saying.
The mayor staff squeeze
between. The ball and and
seats take seats in
auditorium. And started
looking more in a row llamas
on. And although the roads are
called to the upper tier.
Well, right up against the
wall. Right up against the
wall. You know, so I'm
thinking well, as should be
least 36 inches of space
between those seats in the
wall. A look around. They're
so simple. Things and it
occurred to me that the fire
marshal does the final
inspection before. The school
board is will? Dcps is issued
a certificate of occupancy.
Did they fall Krista? A waiver
to deviate and waiver from the
standards? This is dangerous.
Ladies and gentlemen, I've
never seen this. It butts
right up against the wall. So
there's one interests the way
one way to egress. If there
those a panic also get
injured. So we talk about
student safety student and
teacher safety. This is. Life
safety. This is part life
safety concern. Take a look at
and take pictures. But I
notice someone on this
council. From Mary with
barcodes. I like That person
to take a look. You know,
intend to investigate this all
reach out to person. This this
should be looked at I feel if
you explain it to me, I'll try
to understand what they were
granted a certificate of
occupancy and isis but right
up against the wall. I've
never pool.
>> Thank you. Past PRESIDENT
White would like to see you in
the green room. He might be
that guy. That knows a little
something about the fire code.
Our next speaker is Denise
Scott. But Ray Ford. Lets you
want to switch. Okay. That's
got.
>> Good evening, I'm Denise
Qaeda. My addresses on file.
As you always say before
public comments. This is your
time to listen to the people.
So we want be minutes back.
How do we do that? Kids
alliance? I see a vote on that
over 50 million dollars to
that organization. I'm just
curious how many folks on this
council will benefit from that
old just because you abstain,
us still not right. City
council assay that the
auditors report stated that j
e a those large commercial
companies that they've built a
for 2 decades. That's
55 million dollars. Guys come
on. As I said before, when we
as the people when we don't
have enough money to pay, I'm
Jay a bill we can request
payment arrangement and I'm
glad of that. Guess what?
That's what they should do
because if we don't make bill,
they disconnect services. You
disconnecting these big
companies service. That's not
fair to to the people,
especially since you decided
since they decided on JUNE
30th to increase that rates.
That's not right. This
supposed to be a public
utility. We need to make that
happen. Let's talk about these
flock cameras on the license
plate readers. Learned that
when we're in public that
there is no expectation of
privacy. However, why do the
innocent have to all the stuff
of information have to be
stored just because we passed
by certain street. How long
does this information stolen?
It and also found out that
it's $114,000 a year. I'm not
clear, but it's fan for that.
The city does that come out to
jso is budget. Speaking about
that share. See that You all
have decided to spend $750,000
for consulting that they can
tell you all aware best to put
the jail in our city, that
companies from Miami. Where do
they know what we want? The
jail? You mean to tell me
there's not one consulting
firm in this city that you all
can pay to take care of it?
Because do they know that the
people don't want this jail in
certain neighborhoods? That's
not fair. Just because you
have the just because
negotiated that down. From one
point, something million
dollars to 7.50 That's still
not right. I'm sure that
someone in the city that can
do that. Thank you.
>> Thank u next. We have Trey
Ford and our next 5 after Trey
will be Casey Jones Roxy
McLeod. Hardison.
>> William Barker and Jennifer
Kelly. MR. Port, thank you.
Trey Ford representing do also
on the water Conservation
addresses on file. Also
representing Florida Fish Prep
Rico, which is a chamber of
commerce for gardeners and
growers.
>> And I was on the steering
committee for the Dew Off Food
Policy Council. So want to add
some perspective by now.
Pretty much everybody should
know that it's permissible to
grow your own food and share
with neighbors. We want to be
cautious about the word farm
when we drafted the the
language because it can carry
some con the connotation about
livestock, which can open up a
whole nother can of worms, pun
intended. The real
conversation brewing is about
urban agriculture market
gardens and small farms inside
Jacksonville's neighborhoods.
I want to expand the
conversation beyond just
fable. Zoning towards access
to funding and other
resources. Fredy Guarin Act is
about economic development and
act and access to quality
food. We keep seeing recalls
in the news lettuce recently.
The jalapenos. And it's a
reminder of how fragile our
reliance on the national food
supply really is. As we
approach an official ordinance
on urban agriculture. I ask
you to consider programs that
encourage citizens to start
businesses that can start by
directing city resources
toward uf Ifas Extension
office and refunding the
Duval. So the water
Conservation District, which
host to start farming, mentor
ship, which I was a part of
the 2021 we've seen filmmakers
and artists received $10,000
stipends, which I support. And
I'd ask that you imagine that
same kind of investment
towards direct towards local
growers and agribusiness
owners. Honorable members of
the council, which imagine how
good can get Jacksonville were
able to gain real independence
from the federal food system
through a hole, local
gardeners, farmers and
agribusiness owners. Thank
you.
>> Thank u Casey Jones.
>> How you Casey 7 to 5 for
street, South Jacks Beach.
Hear about the flock cameras
and he does on the agenda.
Thanks, Tom. This needs to be
voted on. I I think both sides
can vote. Book slowly becoming
a police state. I I think he
should be in and in this next
Thomas voted on because, you
know, it's called the 4th
Amendment. And a half. It is
amazing. So how many jso?
Flock cameras are is seen by
noaa. Over 400. So you leave
your house. This is not a
license tag reader. That's
false. We all know what it's
called. It's it's it's you're
getting data tracked on where
you go. Minute by minute.
Every camera. That you pass
by. You're being tracked. Both
sides unanimously. Next
meeting or the meeting after
that. Get rid of these.
There's already been 2 cities
in the state of Florida.
>> The hole I'm going I'm
going Tallahassee. The whole
state needs to get real. Let's
don't leave it up. The city.
The whole state. We just had a
250 anniversary. Happy
birthday. And where slowly
becoming a police state. It's
scary. Think about it. It is
so scary. Over 400 cameras, a
recording you. And it's not a
license tag plate reader. It
said data. Minute by minute
where you're going. This year.
I want to know why the sitting
on the agenda tonight. 2
cities have already banned.
Right. Thank you, sir.
>> It's not enough time. Thank
you. Our next speaker will be
Roxy McLeod and Councilmember
for District 7 would like to
see you in the green room.
>> It is honor once again to
be here before you all. Thank
you for letting me come and
talk to. I'm Roxanne McLeod.
My address is on file. I
probably live in District 10.
And I'm even a member of the
cpac in Northwest and I'm here
representing common Ground
Community Garden, which is
located in Panama Park
neighborhood. It's one of our
larger neighborhoods, but I
believe that is the only.
Garden that there isn't that
whole neighborhood, which is a
food desert and you MAY
already know this, but done my
research and there are way too
many food deserts in our city.
So, you know, good and well,
but I'm here and representing
and let you know that I stand
for the freedom to Garden Act,
but also please vote on the
home occupations Bill. And you
are definitely again, number 6
or 7 inviting you to next
Wednesday. That's not
tomorrow. I usually wear my
farmer's hat today. I'm
wearing my teacher hat. Not
tomorrow. But look at your
calendar and put it on your
calendar for next Wednesday.
The 19th we'll be in the Dawn
Davis room. You know where
that is. And at 10, 15 in the
morning, all be there. And I'm
looking for you to be there.
We'll talk a little bit more
details about that freedom to
Garden Act. I know there's
more. I'm sure I'm going to
say let me see this morning
when I was wearing the garden
hat, I loved what MISTER Has
been said. Earlier. He was
talking about the
transformation of someone.
Why? Because of the the
environment that being in a
garden does for love it when
there's from a thing or now it
does something to you. It gave
that man that young man piece
in it helped transform his
life this morning I was in the
garden trying to learn the new
bus schedule for the kids that
come and catch the bus on the
corner where the garden is.
They love to come to the
garden. An old neighbor, old
man walking. He stopped me. He
said, you know what you're
doing? And I said I'm having
fun. I'm in the garden. He
goes No. You are creating a
safe place for these children.
And he looked around and you
know what he's talking about.
It's that part sorry. Thank
y'all. Come on in saying that
you are ate it next is Micah
Hardison. Good afternoon. My
name is make a partisan car. I
am a local beekeeper grow. Our
food entrepreneur, educator
and I am in support of the
free to Garden Act.
>> I just want to bring to
state your address so that it
sometime. Yes, I'm sorry. It's
1, 3, 5, 3, 4, or Admiral
Court Jacksonville, Florida,
3, 2, 2, 1, 8, I just want to
bring to the council's
attention. The recent focus on
our first comprehensive food
plan. The state of the food
plan and really how city
leaders have recognized that
food access and full
resilience really are a
central part of city planning.
A lot of the food that we have
probably most of the food that
we have here travels very long
and complicated supply chains.
Hundreds and thousands of
miles before it reaches
Jacksonville, a resilient city
can't. It's only depend
exclusively on food. That's
from somewhere else
transported again, lots of
miles and delivered to a
limited number of outlets. We
also have to build local
capacity to feed ourselves the
free to Garden Act is a
practical step toward that
goal. It allows more food to
be grown and distributed. And
so communities where it's
needed. It also gives
residents access to fresh or
food from growers that they
know and trust. While also
allowing greater transparency
about how that food is
produced. Thank you. Thank u
next of William Parker.
Good
afternoon Council members. My
name is William Barker. My
addresses on file.
>> I am a could local
entrepreneur and the community
urban farmer. And I was just
here to support the free 2,
the free to guard that. And I
just want to take time to
paint a picture of. Wise and
important coming from and to
serve community and a local
food as it myself. I wanted to
bring you guys attention to
the vast possibilities that
urban development around
community Garden brings to the
community is more than just
being able to grow full. But
it offers education. And if we
can expand the use of these
urban farms into classroom
settings. Areas that we
continue to push workforce
development, teaching students
that are coming from these
underserved communities,
skills that are valuable that
they can learn in their own
communities outside of the
school outside of the
independent home in these
areas. It off of and
tremendous results and the
community and I've seen it
myself and I know a lot of
times you guys are not always
on the ground level and I just
want you guys to paint a
picture to see how the zoning
issues came. Calls problems in
the community on on a larger
scale because a lot of towns
funding is involved. Getting
custom zoning to do more than
just Grohl at a farm. If I
wanted to other amendments to
the community that will help
educate students are oust him
around. Other things like
engineering being able to
offer farm stands, being able
to offer different levels of
educational training outside
of just growing full. Removing
those barriers around the
zoning would definitely help.
All 4 of a wider and broader
reach to what we can offer in
these underserved communities.
So going into the free to go
there, I just wanted to paint
that picture. So you guys to c
is more than just growing food
is being able to offer more to
the community and the guardian
be a entryway to offer these
things and removing those
barriers will help us do that.
We understand we do have the
right to grow and we know we
can grow, but we want to paint
a picture that is bigger than
growing and the impact that it
will make in underserved
communities. Thank you. All
right. Thank you. As Jennifer
Kelly comes up, call out the
next 5 speakers which will be.
>> But Ash-Har Hobbs, Dragon
Beloit, Valery Sproles. Jamie
Travis Leonard and Wells tied.
Jennifer Kelly, you are up.
>> Good Evening City Council.
My name is Jennifer Kelly and
my address is on file. I'd
like to begin by saying Shift
laughed, chef to laughed,
shift left. What does that
mean? Business shift left
means solving a problem as
early as possible. When
intervention is simpler and
less expensive than waiting
for the problem to become a
much bigger issue. That's more
expensive and more difficult
to manage as it moves
downstream. This is exactly
what the trap neuter return
and accessible spay and neuter
programs do for Jacksonville.
When we fund a surgery today,
we aren't just helping one
cat. We are preventing future
letters. We are preventing
sick animals, injured animals,
animals that fight and need
care from entering the system
and generating animal
concurrent control calls are
producing another generation
of community cats. That's
what's called shifting left.
When funding runs out. Re put
production doesn't stop. The
alternative is waiting until
kittens are already born. And
then asking the animal care
and protective services, the
Humane Society, volunteers
foster homes to deal with the
consequences. I want to know
that this issue has a strong
community response. I started
the petition that has 591
signatures as of this meeting.
Right now. The program has run
out of funding and the cost
shifted to $25 per cat for
many residents and volunteers.
This out of pocket costs is a
real barrier and is causing
fewer people to participate in
the tnr program. When the cost
goes up, fewer cats get fixed.
And the cycle continues. Not
only does it continue, it
exponentially grows as a
problem. Right now the program
is funded by Duval Cat Fix,
which is funded by ordinance
for license fees. Shifting the
burden to consumers who
actually take the time to
register their pets and then
Rosie's Fund, which is private
donors kick in. It's not
enough. So I'm asking the city
to increase funding for the
community cat and spay and
neuter program by 100 to
$150,000 to provide enough
resources. I'm not asking you
to spend more money on cats.
I'm asking you to be a
business and to invest earlier
in the problem, right? Jackson
now has to fear animal. Thank
you and please shift.
>> at your time. Latasha
Hobbs.
>> Good evening, everyone. My
name is Latasha Hobbs
addresses on file. I would
also like to take a moment to
acknowledge Rose Devoe mother
of Gabriel DeVoe. She is. I'm
here today. I am here today in
honor of my forever. Only son
Maurice Hobbs who was murdered
in district 2 on JANUARY. 26
2017, just 2 days after
celebrating his 18th birthday.
As of today, it's been 3,484
days of suffering that I never
chose and cannot and can never
undo. I stand before you not
only as a constituent of
district 3, but as the mother
murdered child who has spent
years living with the
consequences of violent crime
and fighting for justice. And
today I want to talk about
something that is
uncomfortable but necessary
community accountability. We
talk about gun violence. We
talk about violent crime. We
talk about the need for more
law enforcement, more
resources and stronger laws
and those conversations
matter. But we also have to be
willing to ask ourselves what
responsibility do we have as a
community have when we know
who was committing violent
crimes in choose to remain
silent when someone is
carrying illegal guns
committing violent offenses or
participating in violence
there often people who know
something, saw something,
heard something and yet nobody
speaks up. That silence has
consequences. I'm asking those
who know something to use the
resources available to report
information safely and
anonymously when necessary. We
cannot demand that law
enforcement solve every
violent crime while
simultaneously withholding
information that could help
them solve it. And I would
like to also acknowledge the
men and women in law
enforcement who show up every
every day. Responding today,
dangerous situations
investigating crimes is stand
with victims in our families.
They have a difficult job. The
sheriff's office deserves our
respect. Our support in our
partnership. They cannot see
everything they cannot
investigate what they don't
know. Public safety a shared
responsibility. If you want
safer neighborhoods, we have
to build a culture. We're
protecting innocent lives
matter. Moore's matters more
than protecting someone
committee violence. We have to
stop confusing. Silence will
but loyalty. Accountability is
not retaliation. It's a
prevention. It is about
getting law enforcement, the
information they need before.
Another mother receives a
phone call that changes her
life forever. I know that pain
personally. I'm the mother of
a murdered child. Thank you
for your time. Thank u next
kept dragging Beloit.
>> Oh, my gosh. It's me. Hi,
I'm Brenna Malloy. My
addresses on file with in. 300
feet of my house. There are
about 14 flock cameras. That's
a lot. I literally cannot
leave my neighborhood without
this private corporation
tracking my every move. I
don't like it. So I a couple
of things before you today.
Actually, this is a list of
100 cities who have been in a
agreement with flock or an lpr
service and have chosen to end
it. I'm hoping can add
Jacksonville to that list.
This is a list of 250 names of
Jacksonville residents and
coats. Every single one of
them have signed petition
which I am currently running
to try and remove Alpr is from
our city completely. We've
talked a lot about it. I'm
going to talk a little bit
about something we don't talk
about much, which is the Raven
program. There are 3 Raven
activated or raven equipped
cameras within 300 feet of my
house. Ray, then is the term
for the one that listens to
your voice. It listens to
voices and it it was
originally rolled out as a
gunshot recognition software.
It's really strange how this
gunshot recognition software
now also listens for signs of
human distress. They didn't
change it at all. It just
magically gained that ability,
which means it always have
that ability switches,
software around start
marketing at a different way.
It was always listening to the
people talking around it. One
of the cameras is right on the
end of Yellow Pine Drive
Yellow Pine Drive has a raven
acquit flock camera right next
to a child's home. There are 3
children in this home and they
are being listened to every
single day that camera did not
turn off. That turn away.
We've already had one arrest
from someone who decided that
you guys were not going to do
your jobs and act on removing
these cameras and so tried to
do it themselves because they
felt their First Amendment and
4th Amendment rights were
being violated. We are going
to keep asking you to do this
again. $144,000 is quite a big
contract. But what you might
not know is that every time a
camera is damaged or comes
down. We pay flock again. When
they put up a new one. So
people are mad. They're gonna
keep breaking The cost is
going to get bigger. Let's try
moving left and stopping it
before we end up doubling that
cost because people are going
to keep throwing rocks at the
cameras. Guys.
>> Thank u next. We have Spurr
old.
>> my name Valerie Sprawl. I
am my address is 2.86 to
Yellow Pine Drive in my lovely
neighborhood in Arlington. I'm
with I'm here to talk about
flock and other Alp ours. I'm
having a degree in computer
science. I was surprised just
how many flock cameras I
witnessed here in Jax. Because
it is not just a matter of
privacy, but national security
as well. Flock is not a
governmental organization.
It's a business that
prioritizes profit. Because of
this. They are not privy to
the checks and balances. Our
lovely government staff are
beholden to. Because of this
flock lies about their
security and prove his
relatively available. Flock is
not only store license plate
data. It stores the video both
regular and infrared. They all
have facial recognition. Every
camera. Some park cameras,
scammers Staradio Strachan
mentioned. Flock cameras.
Let's cameras also have iron
mentioned. They have patient
outcomes. Official commission
all this information is by
default stored for 30 days.
It's also us and not.
Encrypted. All of these
cameras are also incredibly
happy. Couple. Because each
and every camera has its
computer. Any hacker can
hockey's cameras and saw their
own software changing how long
that information is stored.
And changing where that
information MAY come. Cameras
are throughout Jacksonville.
And how that data can be used
cannot only be used to. Stock
and monitor information about
office. Regular folk, but also
every single one of you.
Information start by flock
cameras has already been used
a stock. Several women. Were
former partners of police
officers and other cities
throughout the United States.
Video information that maybe
someone could extract from a
pla camera could also be used
to say. Okay, thank you. Thank
you. Next we have Jaime
Travers, Leonard.
>> Good Evening City Council.
My name is Jamie Thomas
Leonard, my addresses on file
like to start off by inviting
everybody on the dias to the
Emerald Trail as line cleanup
this Saturday from 9 to 11,
it's being hosted by your
side. Pride and groundwork.
Tax. Hope to see you there.
Second, I'd like to talk about
something a little closer to
the heart. I apologize I get a
little emotional.
>> And that is retention pond.
Safety last Wednesday, a
little boy. With autism near
my neighborhood drowned in
retention pond after being
missing for several hours a
lot of the community was
looking for him. I know the
jso was out. We had the
helicopters flying over my
neighborhood. I think
everybody on the ground did
everything they cut. But I
fear that the city council
could have done more prior to
this inciting incident. C 2
other little boys with autism
drowned in 2021. That was
Gavin Doyon and Mohamed Noor.
And at that time the city
council was supposed to
address the lack of protective
infrastructure around
retention ponds. And it
clearly has not. I'm asking
the city Council. To take that
initiative back up again. We
have. Regulations, Florida
pool regulations for personal
pools. Florida regulations
require that barriers. For any
new or remodeled pool be
protected with by a four-foot
area with no gaps large enough
for a small child prof to
climb over. I'm asking that we
have similar protections for
residential retention ponds. I
recognize that we can't
protect every body of water.
We live in Florida. It's a
coastal city, but I think
there's more we can do to try
and protect these kids.
Because kids don't scene storm
water, infrastructure. They
see a shiny little lake. So
once again, I'm calling on all
of you. To pass something 2
add in some protection for
children. They're getting too
close to the spot. Thank you.
>> There are actually 2
council members that has to
speak with you. We can't have
them both the same time. So
ladies, first, some as
payments going to be too. And
then MISTER Gaffney Junior.
>> We'll follow up and our
next speaker is wealth tied.
And then the remaining
speakers can come forward
after Bo have Brooke Dube, Tom
Maguire, John Janey Antony's
Cook.
>> My name is well as taught
in my address is on file and
I'm a member of take em down
Jax. I was watching Bryan
Stevenson this morning. He's
the director of the Equal
Justice Initiative. And he
spoke about the narrative. In
America. And how the North won
the war, the Civil War. But
the South.
>> One, a narrative. To put it
bluntly that narrative has
always been blacks are
inferior and whites us a
period. I raise this part of
the narrative because it has
allowed rich white folks over
the past 400 years to carry
out untold misery and
suffering towards
African-Americans and all
people of color. The narrative
has allowed redlining to be
put into law. The narrative
allowed major highways to run
through black communities,
driving down the value of land
and that propaganda. That
narrative was that they were
getting rid of slums. In
Jacksonville through that
narrative. Is the medical
examiner's office Mort in the
black community. If not for
the community organizing there
would have also been a
drive-thru liquor store. Part
of that narrative is, you know
how black people love their
liquor. Now you want to put
concrete. In the black
community. With no concern
about the negative and harmful
environmental costs. So the
cycle continues. When are you
all going to do something to
stop this cycle? All right,
next we have Brooke, Don Dube.
>> Good evening. My name is
Brooke Dube. I live at 85. 0,
5 Cordoba Avenue and I've been
volunteering with traveling to
return, an art for community
catch in Jacksonville for
about 2 years now. In that
time, I've helped get over in
the community. Cat fixed,
investigated. I've seen
firsthand how important a dual
Catholics program is to our
communities at end of each
fiscal year, funding is
provided to every pet that
because the need is so high.
The sponsor often exhausted
within just a few months after
that, many cats have to wait
for help or rely entirely on
volunteers trying to find
other resources. Right now
cost is $25 per unknown cat
through every pet that MAY not
sound like much for one cat,
but it adds up quickly
volunteers who are helping
track multiple cats across
different communities. Many
caregivers also simply cannot
afford the fee and volunteers
are already paying for traps
supplies, transportation and
countless hours of our own
time. While volunteer and I've
seen the impact, the delay tnr
can have kittens are born into
difficult conditions can
become sick. Mother catch
struggle to survive up
reducing litter after litter.
Now, cats often get injured
and fights and wonder Miles
neighborhoods looking for
mates. Every time funding runs
out, it becomes harder prevent
that cycle from continuing
because community cats
reproduce so quickly. Tnr is
one of the most effective and
humane ways to reduce the
outdoor cat population prevent
future leaders allows cast to
be vaccinated against diseases
improve their overall health.
It reduces the number of cats
that eventually enter
shelters. It also reduces
nuisance behavior such as
fightin sprain and loud mating
calls, which benefits
neighborhoods as well. I
understand that our city has
many important priorities. I
respectfully ask the city
Council to consider increase
and maintain and fund and dual
Catholics program. Right? So
that it. Continues haven't
been done throughout the
entire year rather than the
first few months and running
out. Thank you for your time
and for consideration.
>> All right. Thank you. Next
we have Tom Maguire. Good
evening, ladies and Gentleman.
I am Tom Maguire. 4, 7, 1, 1,
heard or road Jacksonville,
Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, 0,
>> Before I start complaining
tonight, I would like to give
to creators for events
recently in the city, very
pleased with the Johnson and
Johnson, an active your
expansion. Good It brings jobs
to area that really needs jobs
and we need more of that. So I
hope y'all continue on in
that. And hey, jso aviation
unit finally achieved
something of note resulting in
the seizure of several
vehicles and that's great and
happy for that. But I'm not
sure if that justifies the
expense of the Union. Now
let's get to the complaining.
Still struggle to understand
how in a time of declining
servant City revenue and the
pending vote on the property
tax amendment. We're even
considering building a new
jail. We have spent $750,000
to find a new location. But
we've not wanted any money.
Study how much money it would
take to renovate and repair
the old jail to make a fair
comparison. We need both
datasets on that. We cannot
make an informed decision
without that. I also believe
the information that we are
using on the cost savings or
having a new jail does not
take every aspect of it into
consideration. You're going to
be building a much larger
campus, which you will have to
maintain and secure every
single foot of a jail has to
be secured. That's going to be
expensive going on. Another
thing is we're all mostly
considering locations on the
outskirts of the city. So
transporting the inmates to
the jail to there. Very many
court appearance is it's going
to be an enormous cost. And
that's something we need to
take into account, too. I
really can't believe that this
is the one issue that you all
and the mayor's office. Found
that you can bipartisan Lee
support because it's really
just a bad idea. Thank you.
>> Thank u next fresh out of
the Baker County has seen
insane asylum. We have John
Jay new
>> Really low. I John Jelly.
Roll intangible, good boy
resiliency. New to tracing go.
Say's Bascom Road
Jacksonville, Florida, 3, 2,
2, 1, 6, city council district
4 Scott Wilson, cpac planning
district 3, which was a no
show at the Finance Committee
meeting for cpac. Cip
corruption in Pots. Bird we've
got some massive backroom
deals on our waterways and a
school board district 3, Cindy
Pearson in her brilliant idea
for charter school public
school field trip Public Park
on Pottsburg Creek, 2025, 0,
6, 7, That's a Duval County
public schools. She oj windy
Con city of Jacksonville. You
know, that's a amendment. 3
stuff. Alright, big shout out.
2 Rd. The real do Ron and 600
wbo be 6 to 9 am Monday
through Friday. Now elections
are AUGUST 18th. I'm voting
for anyone who will pardon
noon. Be addressing agenda
items? For 2026, 0, 3, 6, 7,
6, 27, 2026, 0, 5, 0, 5. Cip.
29 30 31. That's opioid 30 to
2026, 0, 5, 11 Kids Hope
Alliance. 33 2026 0, 5, 1, 2,
That's Jay e a 35 2026. 0, 5,
7, 0. That's jta. Okay. Here
we go. 39 20. 26. 0, 5.70 This
is the e-bikes ppp
public-private partnership now
be wearing my cia. Cycling
includes accidents. So a big
shout out to Morgan and
Morgan. Harold Harrell, Fair
or Andy Bike Friendly
Amendment 3 public Park on
Pottsburg Creek, cpac. 3 cip
cycling in Plattsburgh, State
of Florida. This is tdc
tourism stuff. Kay agenda item
40 just under 14 seconds. 43
2026. 0, 5, 7, 4, 85 2026. 0,
5, 5, 2, waterways. Vote no.
Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 6, 0, 1,
The Northeast, Florida
regional currently MR. Duty
when you come back for all and
are you stick to them? Last
speaker is that he's cook if
there any councilmembers in
the
>> green room come on back
when needed for a quorum.
>> My name is Denise Cook. My
addresses on file. Good
evening, everybody. I'm going
to be pretty brief tonight. I
was kind of all over the place
last Want to stay a little bit
more focus tonight. Want to
talk about cpac. Want to talk
about the neighborhood Bill of
Rights. I want to talk about
that. I agree that I was a
good idea to slow down the
building in downtown so that
we can look at the incentives
that were passing out to
businesses. You know, we have
a lot of things happening
downtown with uf and there
should be some organic
development within our city
that will stem from that. So
let's you know, let's hope
some of the incentives that
were passing out like Candy. I
so I'm glad of that. I also
want to say that, you know,
there's some good development
on the West side that I'm
unhappy to see as far as the
Army training facility and
things like that.
>> I do want to talk about
redlining as always. There's
digital redlining. There's
environmental redlining.
There's regular zoning,
redlining. We're going to
continue to talk about this
until there's some more equity
in our city. We've made some
slight progress. What are we
doing as we grow? And
gentrification to starts
taking place the Northwest.
Are we going to protect the
people that have been there
for 80 years? Are we going to
let them be pushed out?
Because the development is
going to happen? So I want us
to really think about this and
think about our land use and
zoning and really be
purposeful with our decisions
that were that were putting
forth. I think that's about it
tonight. I hope everybody has
a good evening and we'll see
in a couple weeks. Thank you.
PRESIDENT That concludes our
public comment for tonight,
And we are going to recognize
Councilmember heirs who want
speak about his notice
meeting. I believe.
>> Yes, And thank you, MR.
PRESIDENT for allowing some
time here. So just to put it.
But it points very quick for
the council members. Here is
the fact that next week when
have a public notice many as
you heard on the free to guard
night, there have been I want
to see 1000 cars today and 975
have been from that community.
So I definitely encourage you
guys to come out meet with us.
Just have some concerns.
They're entrepreneurs. They
want to make sure that they
have the right to grow. But in
conjunction with out, there's
also another bill in the
process, the home occupation
build, which was introduced by
COUNCILMAN Peaceful and Chris
Minor. That bill has been
deferred since MAY 12. What
started the 12 says going on 3
months now. And so my question
to MISTER Fall. Why want to
know what the status is
without? Because in order to
to pass is free to guard a
night or 2. Even start had a
conversation on this. We do
have this bill home occupation
on the rocks prior to that.
>> Through the PRESIDENT To
Councilmember Arias. So it's
currently being deferred and
committees. It's a sign of
both rules in the land use and
zoning committees. I would
have to either deferred to the
it one of the introduce ERs or
to Michelle r MISTER Harvey to
express why the committees
have been continuing one or
one of the chairs MAY be able
to address And I know council
regains your committee is
being deferred. I'm not
mistaken. Do you are?
>> So what would you guys? I
too lioness to what's going on
with that?
>> We're addressing committee
next week. We can next week.
Michigan, you're recognized
like to address.
>> Due chair the council will
be addressing it based on the
introduce years, if they're
ready to move forward with it
or not. We kinda, we're all be
just really, really unknown.
There. Desire on I was only
asking because when we have
the meeting next week, the
communities want to know
what's going on with that
because
>> that essentially enables
residents to be able to have a
business in their home and
also sell their products in
their homes. So it's a your
meeting will be before it will
be before saw. I'll go with
you on that pardon. But once
again, just want to out and
buy you guys next week the 4
to see you guys thank you. All
right. Thank you. MRS.
>> All right. As PRESIDENT And
is now time for public
hearings beginning on Page 16
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>> All right. We're on Page 16
item. 24 2026, Dash, 0, 3, 7,
6, I have one Speaker card.
John Mooney.
>> Oh,
>> I and John Jay new
>> Jacksonville City Council
resolution 2023, 0, 1, 9, city
Council district 4 cpac, 3
school board district 3. All
right. This is massive
sweeping legislation and home
occupations. You know, put on
there Amendment 3 home
occupations Park on Pottsburg
Creek. You know, it's gonna be
in Easy but not and waterways
are neighborhoods, you know,
just 5 days ago I attended the
executive committee, the
Northeast, Florida Regional
Council at 7 counties. And
right here. Number 11,
potential impacts of property.
Tax reform is pain. Now, the
reason just mentioning this,
you know, you're changing
everything on this. So, you
know, the public hearings and
we continued to SEPTEMBER 8th.
26, I just wanted to be on the
record when I go to all these
other counties really
throughout the state of
Florida, you know, the
implications that this
legislation is going to have
for everyone in Duval County,
Jacksonville, thank you for
listening. That's a cards.
PRESIDENT.
>> Its public hearings
continued to SEPTEMBER 8th
Twenty-twenty 6. Alright,
turning the page MAY 17 item
number. 25 2026. Dash 0, 4, 2,
0, no speaker cards. This
public areas closed, move. The
bill. We have a motion and
second on the bill. Seeing no
speakers in the cute up about
a quarter vote.
>> 16 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
to 0 passes. I'm number 26.
2026 Dash, 0, 4, 2, 1, I have
no speaker cards as public
hearings close the amendment.
We have a motion and second on
the amendment. No speakers in
the queue will take the vote
early on favor of the
amendment indicate by saying
Aye.
>> again say no. The amendment
passes move the bill as
amended. Have a motion and
second on the bill as amended.
No speakers in the queue.
Let's open about a quarter of
>> 16 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026 0. 41
passes. All right. Moving on
the page 27 2026, Dash, 0, 5,
0, 5, 5, 1, Speaker card. John
New knee.
>> Hello.
>> I am John j. Noon. A
Jacksonville City Council
resolution 2023 0, 1, and city
Council district 4 cpac, 3
school board district 3. Now
this is an ordinance adopted
address. MISTER Nanny. 83 56
Bascom road.
>> Jacksonville, Florida.
>> so 2026, 0, 5, 0, 5, as the
cip stuff as required like
chapter one, 22 to public
property now. Ended last night
Southwest cpac.
>> All the all 6 cpac. Are
supposed to be submitting. You
know, their cip projects. I
saw the finance Committee
Urban Core cpac. You know,
rate at the table and you know
what? They've got millions
that's going to be in here.
And I I'm curious because
you're going to be changing
it. You know, they had some
roadways stuff.
>> So, you know, you're going
to be allowing for roadway
resurfacing to be included in
the list of capital
improvement projects for 26
27. No fiscal year. But where
I'm going with it is.
>> You know, the other to see
packs, you Gray, Arlington.
>> And cpac, 3 was a no show.
I mean, it is tough. So so
anyway, you again at last
night's Southwest see packed.
Here's the agenda. And I'll
tell you, they don't have
anything for cip. So I just
want to be on the record. You
know, cip classrooms and pints
per. Think of amendment 3. And
so I'm just down to a minute.
But I wanted to speak to that.
And remember, with rc packs
were getting crushed. With
them. You know. Jay, a jta the
warning on the agenda. Ogc
does mills on the cip. I don't
see it. All right. That's
Yeah. See if he's big. So
anyway, classrooms and
Pottsburg. Thank you for
listening. That's our last
speaker. Spokane closed.
>> All right. The next 2
items. 28 29 2026. To 0, 5, 0,
6 2026 Dash, 0, 5, 0, 7, did
not have any speaker cards.
These public hearings are
closed item number 30 2026. 0,
5, 0, 9. I have one speaker
card. Jaime Travers Lent.
Minutes later. You still here.
So that is our own speaker
card. It's public areas
closed, moving on to item. 31
2026. Or 0, 5, 1, 0. I have no
speakers. It's public areas
closed. Turning the page to
page 20 item, 60 Twenty-twenty
6 0, 5, 1, 1, I have one
speaker card. The item 30 to
2020 success or 5, 1, 1, any
please stick to the bill.
Please take
>> I and John Jay New
Jacksonville City Council
resolution 2023, 0, 1, and
city Council district 4 cpac
planning district 3 school
board district 3. And 2026, 0,
5, 1, 1, It's 50 million
bucks. From various
contingency accounts for Kids,
Hope Alliance. And, you know,
it ended the AUGUST 5th, you
know, Kids Hope, Alliance.
And, you know, just going with
it. You know, it's just in
finance. It's not
neighborhoods. Rules should go
everywhere because we're going
to be handing out a lot of
money. And you know, again,
what I just want to bring to
everyone's attention. And even
at that kids Hope Alliance
meeting is this amendment 3.
And the potential. You know,
for? You know, other counties
and how Duval County can
really be a leader with this
if you tighten or waterways.
All right. Thank you for
listening.
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT.
That's our last speaker. This
program is closed item number.
33 2026 there. Sara, 5, 1, 2,
We have one speaker cards,
John Noonan.
>> The low I and John j noon
in Jacksonville City Council
resolution 2023 0, 1, 9, in
City Council district 4 cpac,
3 school board district 3.
Okay. This is Jay Yea, stuff.
And you You got the office of
General Counsel and the
auditor's office MAY goal
change necessary. To
effectuate the council's
action. Just remember the
River Accord. You that was,
you know, going to for
waterways. And unison to the
bill. MISTER Ghani. Yeah.
Well, you got budget stuff in
there. And you know that that
was a big consideration, you
know, septic tanks that have a
twenty-twenty 403, to 5, no
building community. I I've
been to those jta meetings. So
anyway, again, I just want to
get on the record with Jay a
and Jay said been Heather
expanding these other
counties. And, you know, so
when I go and pull up the
stuff from a year 2 years, 3
years with j a that don't know
what I was talking about. And
then I just shared with all of
you tonight. All right. Thank
you. Thank you. As counsel
before we go any further,
there were 16 people behind
you in about 25 in front of
you that all want to see their
government move efficiently.
So please, if you have
something important to
Sanibel, you're always welcome
to sign up for any public
hearing. But
>> please reserve that for
important things so everyone
else can move on with their
lives. Thank you. Also a
COUNCILMAN Lane your
neighboring district council.
Like to see you in the Green
Room, MR. Nanny.
>> So that's the last card on
that one. As PRESIDENT. It's
probably there is closed item
number. 34 $0.26 or 5, 1, 3,
no speaker cards. This public
hearing is closed item number
30, twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 5,
1, 4, have 2 speaker cards.
One speaker cards, And Timothy
Jones.
>> I am John Jay new Standing
by to go into the green room.
All right. 83 had just 6. But
ask them Jacksonville,
Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, city
council. District, 4 cpac
planning district 3 school
board district 3 Twenty-twenty
6, 0, 5, 1, 4, 1.8 million
from the suspect. Special
counsel continued seeing to
jta. Again, this is going to
be approving the fiscal year.
26 to 27 budget for the jta.
So again, this is in finance
to rules to you see packs or
waterways. You know, again, I
can just show you even last
night. You know, cpac jh to be
in all the seat packs. Same
thing with that there are no
shirt, no Okay. Well.
>> All right. All right. Let's
pause, MISTER Colors. You're
recognized. MR. Nanny. I have
been one of the friendliest
councilmembers to And you know
that I have known you a long
time. And rather you keep
coming up here time and time
again. You're not making a
point. So what you're doing? I
don't care about being held
up. I could be held up. I can
sit here and listen. Listen,
listen. Lot of people back
here, though. Are going to
want to get up and hear their
bills. There's people here
that have important bills.
They want to talk to and they
want to get to their points.
And you're not. And you're
holding them up. Now, John,
you know that that is not.
Polite. And you are a polite
person. You know your manners.
But you're breaking right now.
So that's the point I want to
make to him. And I've known
this man for a long time. And
you know, what you're doing is
repetitive. It's out of order.
And if you do it again, I
bring the point of Did the
other night. Most top. This is
out of my character. I don't
like doing this. But also
don't like to good people held
up because somebody wants to
get the attention of the
diocese and not make a point
and just ramble on. It's not
fair. For fairness. Ok, I gave
you a nice resolution.
Commending you because you've
done good things. The people
appear they will take that
away from you. And I won't do
it. Because I like to err on
the side of kindness. You need
to err on the side of
kindness. Tonight. Stop Okay.
Your point is well taken.
Thank you. MISS A new knee.
You have a minute. 47 left.
>> he said it was what the
coach I I do well Well, thank
you. And and you know, I go to
the jta meetings and, you
know, a raise.
>> And you know, this is for
the pair transit. And you know
what? All I want to just bring
to everyone's attention is
that, you know, when you do
that tend jta meeting. And
whoever it is, should take
hope that transportation to
the meeting. And I have
demonstrated over a period of
time. You taking the Skyway,
for example. And then report
reporting back. We're showing
up in a jta board meeting.
>> And again, here you have,
you Jill says the but well,
the book on the bill is for
the paratransit program. You
know, and you know, for the
1.8 million. So I'm just
saying and using this period
of time, is that going forward
when you everyone? Especially
just cpac meetings. If it had
a public place in the meeting
starts at 5. Whoever is
representing jta should be
taking public transportation
to that meeting. All right.
Thank you.
>> Thank you. As new next
speaker Khartoum Atd Johnson.
>> Good evening, everyone.
They said my name. The address
is 1, 8, 0, 0, The Knicks
court. State your name as
well. So that, again, you
state your name from his Web
summit, the d Jones and
senior. Thank you.
Representing District 7.
Brooklyn, Riverside and San
Marco. MR. Pelosi. Are you
doing? We'd like to see you at
the scene. That when you get
an opportunity? We are going
to reassemble is the Brooklyn
Community Development
Corporation. We have to elect
new It's been dormant for a
little while, but that's part
of this bill. This is the tt a
pair transit program into MR.
PRESIDENT.
>> Please do quickly, sir. So
specifically for San Marco.
There are no books coverings
from Philips. Although we do.
Let's round number 17. Case in
point. On what we hear. As the
week for the books. Musser was
dry. When I left the House. I
use an umbrella to sue me from
the sun because there's no
coverage. With this budget.
Hope. That bill address that.
Because my dry cleaning bill.
It's really all I got to say
about that. A lot of folks
that I talk to on the bus, I'm
not satisfied. They I guess he
left for job. So he was saying
all these great things about
what he did. But you'll have a
good.
>> All right. Thanks,
PRESIDENT. That's our last
speaker. Probably going close.
All right. I'm 36 2026 0, 5,
3, 1, witness be carts. But
we're going close a number. 37
2026 or 0, 5, 3, 2, of 3
speaker cards. Kristen Reed.
>> Alibi.
>> Nancy Marie settled and
Jamie me some answers.
Good
evening, Kristin. Read 1, 2,
7, 4, 0 Gram Bay Parkway West.
>> So eat 23, 50 Jacksonville,
Florida, 3, 2, 2, 5, 8, I'm
really here for questions.
Only
>> You know, when a new
market, I guess I'm still
hazing you for being back in
the in the public sector.
Private sector. Sorry about
that. Next speakers, Nancy
Marie Settle followed by. Who
does wish to speak all of us.
Met the series is now or
speak.
>> Good evening, Nancy Marie
Settle address on file
District, 7 Seed pac, 5
Northwest Jax. I'm here to
talk about concrete, healthy
neighborhoods and redlining
specifically a plan to allow
the operation of a concrete
batch plant in the vicinity of
Tell Kings crossing cra,
although the land-use
currently in the area part
light industrial. The has p
you d request that a concrete
batch plant be allowed.
Current zoning light
industrial. Those plans are
expressly prohibited concrete
batch plants produce high
levels of particulate matter
deaths which can cause serious
health implications for people
living nearby. They also bring
high truck traffic and noise
that can occur around the
clock. This 17 acre proposed
facility. Part of that acreage
is included in the Kings who
tell crossing community
redevelopment area.
>> And that's an area the city
has committed millions of
dollars to uplift this
historically underserved
district through retail,
housing and commercial
corridor enhancements, a new
heavy industrial use like
concrete black batch plant is
incompatible with that
mission. All 19 of you guys
sit on that board.
>> there
>> residents nearby. And I'm
just here to say the
degradation of the
environmental quality will
further the historical blight.
That's this area has
experienced. This is a part of
a historically marginalized
and underinvested section of
the city closely tied to the
legacy of discriminatory,
local zoning. Redlining. So
let's slow this down and ask
ourselves if we really want to
continue on this path. The
city of Jackson said we down
and that's why we do have the
Kings to tell crossing cra to
stop redlining and to improve
these historically neglected
neighborhoods.
>> These areas Moncrief they
want it. It's going to be
Lincoln Villas, Carver manner
in Sherwood Forest children
and residents will be exposed
to excessive noise and
pollution produced by a
concrete block plant. There is
an industrial land use in this
area today because of
historical red line in and
it's light industrial. Let's
not bring in a heavy use
concrete batch plant into
these neighborhoods. It's not
compatible with where the
direction the city is going.
We put millions of dollars
into to tell Kings crossing
area. Let's not backtrack
that. And then make it into
like a lot more heavy
industrial. And let's slow it
down just a bit. I'm part of
cpac and their meeting this
week. 5, thank you.
>> All right. Thank you. And
the last card again with
Samantha Serious, who does not
wish to speak and she opposes
the legislation. Public
hearings closed. All right.
Turn the page page. 22 item.
38 2026, Dash, 0, 5, 6, 9, We
have no speaker cards. It's
public areas. Number. 39,
2026, Dash, 0, 5, 7, 0, I have
3 speaker cards starting with
John. My Kathleen Pereira. And
Jaime Travers learned. MR. And
New Knee. He's in support.
Well, didn't come on down.
Ronnie Bikes.
>> All right. Thought you had
called them first. I am. John.
Evil Knievel. Mooney 83. 56
Bascom Road Jacksonville,
Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, 6, and
city council district 4 cpac,
3 school board district 3. Now
this, you know, this is bbb
stuff. Boylan's beautiful
Bill. And you I'm taking this
opportunity because this is
sweeping legislation not only
in Duval County, but you
really throughout the entire
state. So and they can to
donations. One will be used to
2026. For that's the Parks
Trust Fund. Great here. And
then the other is 2026, 0, 3,
9, 6, 0, e d said on the bill.
As said. And that's the movie
Trust Fund. So no, right now
you've got rules,
neighborhoods t e u. And more.
That's right. I'm done. Thank
you for listening. He still
wanted. Observe your point of
order. MISTER College.
>> And Pereira your that
works.
>> My name is Kathleen. Per my
information is on file. It
looks like walking is rapidly
becoming a luxury because soon
it's going to be mandatory to
buy pedestrian insurance from
all the encounters with bikes
e-bikes scooters and even
motorcycles. Bush think that
those sidewalks are extra 2
way highways that make them
immune from any traffic laws,
especially speeding. Less more
legislation of this type is
defined and more importantly
enforced. There's going to be
a lot of very happy new
insurance brokers and very
broken pedestrians lying on
the sidewalks, pass this bill
and even stronger ones. Thank
you.
>> All right. Thank you. And
last is Jaime Travers letter.
>> Good Evening City Council.
My name is Jimmy Travis Honor.
My addresses on file. I am in
support of 26 5.70 I don't
have too much to say on this.
Honestly. My only ask is that
kids using e-bikes. This is
grown over the years because
they lacked transportation
other forms. So as we continue
to pass legislation around
e-bikes and ordinances that
deal with what is and isn't
allowed, which I do agree with
him not being on sidewalks as
a reminder, I hope that we
continue to look at
alternative transportation
options for our kids to get to
and from school. As I said,
this is a very popular mode of
transportation at this moment.
So by adding restrictions, you
are now limiting their access
to get to and from school.
Thank you.
>> All right. Thank you, MR.
PRESIDENT. It's our last art.
Public hearings closed.
Turning the page to page 23 on
40 2026. To 0, 5, 7, 1, and
one Speaker card. Jamie Travis
Leonard.
>> Good Evening. City
COUNCILMAN Name is Jay Thomas
Leonard by addresses on file.
This will be quick as well. I
do want to come in support of
26, 5, 7, 1, Homelessness is
close to my heart ace live in
the riverside area for many
years. And I got very familiar
with a lot of the transient
population over there. On a
first-name basis with a lot of
people in the area for many
years. They looked out for me.
And so any initiatives that I
see come up where we are
helping transit transition
people away from homelessness.
I support wholeheartedly. I do
also reminder as we look at
these transitional policies
and hopefully continue to grow
these programs. Remember that?
Not everyone who is unhoused
is on the street. There are a
lot of people who are sleeping
in their cars, their families.
So just please keep that in
mind as you do continue to
grow these programs and
hopefully continue to help our
unhoused population transition
into being housed again. Thank
you.
>> All right. Thank you.
That's our last speaker cards.
PRESIDENT. All right. This
public hearing slow-moving
emergency. We have a motion
and second on the emergency.
Seeing those speakers and he
will take the boat early all
in favor of emergency to get
by saying Aye. Again saying no
emergency passes. I move the
amendment. We have a motion
and second on the amendment.
Seeing no speakers in the
queue will take the amendment
vote fairly. All those in
favor indicate by saying Aye,
again saying No, the amendment
passes move the bill as
emergency as amended. We have
a motion and second on the
bill as an emergency and as
amended. No speakers and he
open about a quarter vote.
>> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
7, 1, passes, MR. PRESIDENT
the next 2 items, 2026, Dash,
0, 5, 7, 2, and 2026 Dash, 0,
5, 7, 3, have no speaker
cards. These public hearings
are closed, turned up a space.
24 in 43 2026, Dash, 0, 5, 7,
4, I have 2 speaker cards,
Knee and Jamie Travis Leonard.
>> Hello, I am John Jay New
Jacksonville City Council
resolution 2023, 0, 8, 1, 9,
and city Council district 4
cpac, 3 school board district
3 and full support of the
legislation.
>> Address least MISTER 83.
56.
>> Bascom road Jacksonville,
Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, 6, And
you right here, you know, it's
going to rules, neighborhoods
to eu finance senator
waterways. You've got the
Navy, the Coast Guard, the
merchant Marines near these
cip careers in Pots. Bird Jay
said stuff. You know. And so
anyway, you know, public
private partnerships, you
know, and again, all I can
tell you is this is a very
positive amendment. 3, you
know. It's going to be
tremendous benefit. Thank you
for listening.
>> I thank u next Speaker
Jimmy Travis Leonard.
>> Good Evening City Council.
Name is Jamie Thomas my
addresses on file. I am here
to support 26, 5, 7, 4, I
mainly just wanted to come up
to remind you all that while
again in full support of this,
I do believe in supporting our
military by creating an
ordinance that specifically
encourages the creation of new
jobs specifically for veterans
and active-duty military
service in Duval County. This
is I this is literally
diversity, equity and
inclusion. So how you vote
today? I will remember because
we're coming up on budget
review. And I remember last
year's budget review and some
of the stuff that you all set
in that review. So keep that
in mind. Thank you.
>> That's our last Speaker,
MR. PRESIDENT as public areas
closed item number. 44 0, 5,
7, 5, 5, no speaker cards.
This public areas closed.
Moving on to pay. 25 45 2026?
Or 0, 5, 7, 7, s p carts. The
public closed move emergency.
We have a motion and second on
the emergency, you know,
speakers in the queue. Let's
vote early on. They favor
indicate by saying Aye, aye or
again saying that emergency
passes move the amendment. We
have a motion and second on
the amendment. No speakers
take the vote verbally all in
favor of the amendment
indicate by saying Aye, I
again say no. Impasses move
the bill as emergency as
amended. We have a motion and
second on the bill as
emergency as amended. No
speakers. It's open about a
quarter it.
>> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
7, 7, passes. All right.
Moving on. And 46, 2026, Dash,
0, 5, 7, 8, I have no speaker
cards. This public hearing
closed. Turning the page.
We're online. 47 2026. There's
0, 5, 7, have one speaker card
Travis Leonard.
>> Good evening. City
COUNCILMAN. A mission try to
slander my address on file is
my last time up here. Promise
I support 26, 5, 7, 9, also
maybe like we didn't you come
last council meeting and
oppose removing something from
the noncompliance list. You'd
be correct. So the reason I do
support removing the a
foundation where I did not,
the fop foundations because in
the bill summary it was
explained to me what happened
and the remedies this
foundation is taking to
rectify what put them on the
noncompliance list and telling
My understanding is there are
several entities on the
noncompliance list that will
probably be getting similar
bills about. So if you want me
to come and support, we have
to do is out in the details.
Otherwise I will be up here
posing, but as I said for 26,
5, 7, 9, I do support. Thank
you. Last becomes PRESIDENT
Spoke very close.
>> We're going on. 48 2026
Dash, 0, 5, 8, 0, app. One
Speaker card John j
>> Hello. I am John Jay New
83. 56 past merge actual
Florida 3, 2, 2, 1, 6, and
city council district 4 cpac
planning District 3 school
board district 3. And so this
is an ordinance pro, putting
750,000 from the multi-year
program initiative council
districts, 6 cba contingency
account. Noted for dredging of
deep Bottom Creek and district
6. Now it's an average
finance, but not in more ways.
And I fully support it. And at
the same time, you know, we
just had watched the debate on
that. Let me just say for a
year. So in order to make this
happen, run and mend. The 26
to 35 year Cip capital
improvement projects with see
with cmp, you can do anything
you know, with the cip.
There's so much flexibility
when it comes to that. And
that's why with the cpac 6 e
packs. So even let last night,
cpac. There was even just the
discussion. A waterway come
access component. This using a
cip. So anyway, I just wanted
to speak to that full support
of it. And congratulations,
COUNCILMAN Boylan thank you
for listening.
>> All right. Thank you. That
was our alas, because public
areas close move the
emergency. Motion a second on
the emergency. No speakers in
the queue will take this vote
early on favor of emergency
indicate by saying Aye, get to
see no emergency passes of the
bills. Emergency. We have a
motion in second on the bill
as an emergency. No speakers
in the queue it up in about a
quarter of it.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays. Spiro
Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 5, 8, 0,
passes. Moving on. And 49 0,
5, 8, 1, of no speaker cards
bouquets lows. Page 27 on 50
2026 Dash 0, to have one
Speaker card. Jamie
transplant. This Leonard
appears to have left the
building. That's our only
speaker. This public areas
closed. All right. The next 3
items item 2026 0, 5, 8, 3,
2026, Dash, 0, for 2026, Dash,
0, 5, 8, 5, have no speaker
cards. These public hearings
are closed item number. 54 on
page. 28 2026, Dash, 0, 5, 8,
6, have one speaker card.
Frank Cirillo. Good Evening
City Council. My name is Frank
Cerillo, 1300 Center Avenue
apartment 12, 0, 5
Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
>> I'm a resident of
Jacksonville and the Connor
MISS By training and
occupation. I asked the city
Council vote to veto all jso
budget appropriations until a
former regulatory ordinance
and removal framework for mass
surveillance hardware is
enacted in city code regarding
flock cameras. The city
council must not write a blank
check for on monitored mass
surveillance by placing
legislative hold on jso budget
Allocations Council starts its
constitutional power of the
purse to protect civil
liberties mandate, full data,
transparency and establish an
orderly process to regulate
and ultimately decommissioned
an approved flock camera
networks in Jacksonville.
Thank you so much. That's our
last Speaker. Vice PRESIDENT.
So again, closed.
>> emergency, we have a motion
and second on the emergency,
no speakers in the queue of
overly all in favor of the
mers indicate by saying Aye,
again saying no emergency
passes. The bill's emergency.
We have a motion second on the
bill as an emergency. No
speakers took them about a
quarter it.
>> 16 yeas, 0 nays by your
vote. 2026, 0, 5, 8, 6,
passes.
>> All right. Moving Page. 29.
The next 2 items. 2026 to 0,
5, 8, 7 2026 Dash 0, 5, 8,
have no speaker cards. These
public hearings are closed
item number 57, 2026, Dash, 0,
5, 8, 9, I have one speaker
Card.
>> John Jane.
>> The low. I am John Jay new
>> 83. 56 pass Comer.
Jacksonville, Florida, 3, 2,
2, 1, an city council
district, 4 cpac, 3 school
board district 3. You know,
with this. You know, relating
the council rules, amending
the council rules attendance
and voting. And you know.
Really just want to speak. I
thought this was very similar
to another piece of
legislation. Maybe it's, you
know, a lot and just go back
and just look. I can't tell
you how many times. The fact
that I signed the attendance
sheet. And then I wasn't
recognized in the minutes or
even being at a meeting. So
these checks and balances.
Impaired. So anyway and just
full support and just wanted
to be on the record. You know,
for that. Thank you.
>> That's our last speaker cut
voters closed. We are moving
on to public hearings on land,
use amendments and companion
rezoning Zion. 58 2026 or 0,
1, to 2. I have one speaker
Card Smith Series does not
wish to speak is in
opposition. It's public areas
closed move. The bill. We have
a motion and second on the
bill, give my colleagues
minute to get him q if they
need to seeing none something
about where the vote.
>> 16 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 1,
2, 2 passes. We go to page 59
2026, there's 0, 1, 2, 3, have
one speaker card, Samantha
Series. And opposition
questions on. Spokane is
closed, move the amendment. We
have a motion and second on
the amendment. Because in the
queue take the amendment boat
early all in favor indicate by
saying Aye, I again say no.
The amendment passes move the
bill as amended motion and a
second on the bill as amended.
No speakers. You open about a
quarter of it.
>> 15 yeas, one nay.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 1,
2, 3, passes moving on item 60
Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 1, 2,
6, I have one speaker cards
meant series and opposition
does not wish to speak. This
public hearings continued to
AUGUST, 25th 2026. Item
number. 61. 2026 0 one to 7. I
one speaker card cement the
series and opposition does not
wish to speak. Case continued
to AUGUST. 25th 2026. And
number 62. 26 to 0, 4, 3, 0, p
carts. But we close the bill.
We have a motion and second on
the bill. There are no
speakers that's open them out
of court
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
3, 0, masks. All right. And
just a correction. For the
record, I do have another
speaker card on that item who
does not wish to speak here
for questions only in support.
That was Brian Small. So we're
now on item. 63. 2026, Dash,
0, 4, 3, one. I have one
speaker card questions only
Brian, Small and support
seeing no speakers or
questions. Public hearings
close Bill, have a motion and
second on the bill.
>> No one in the queue it up
in about a quarter vote.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
3, 1, passes moving on item.
64. 26 or 0, 4, 7, 5, I have
one speaker cards meant series
and opposition does not wish
to speak. Spokane is closed.
Move the We have a motion and
second on the bill. No
speakers that's open about a
quarter vote.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
7, 5, passes. And once again,
let the record reflect that
MR. Small was here in support
of this bill that and I wish
to speak. That's on for some
5. Want to make sure his
clients know he's doing his
job. 65 Twenty-twenty. 6 0, 4,
7, 6, I have 2 speaker cards
Smith, the series and
opposition questions only and
Brian Small and support
questions only. Seeing no
questions on the Spoken close
move. We have a motion and
second on the bill. Those
speakers. So from about a
quarter vote.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By a vote 2026, 0, 4, 7, 6,
passes. All right. Moving on
up 08:35am. 66 Twenty-twenty 6
0, 4, 4, 7, I have 2 speaker
cards. Paul hard support. He
does wish to speak or not.
Questions only for MISTER
Hart. And then we have
Jacqueline Buckley. Buckley,
are you here? She's now speak,
but is in opposition of the
bill. Those are our 2
speakers. MISTER PRESIDENT.
All right. It's public.
Closed. Sarver online of 66. I
have more speakers. Chrissie
Klein follow So it's over the
public. Thank you. So we have
Christie climb. Followed by at
least brush.
>> Hawaii, me call free. And
Laura Baucus, Klein does not
wish to speak and opposition.
She doesn't know. That does
not wish speak at least brush
question. Mark does not want
to speak any coffee. Question
marks as I wish to speak.
Laura Baucus question marks as
not wish to speak. Those are
all the cards. All right.
That's been case closed.
Amendment. We're going to move
the bill. Would you do have a
4 amendment still? 66 Mobile.
>> All right. We have a motion
a second on the bill reminder
of when we're in Twenty-twenty
6, 0, 4, 7, 7, We have a
motion a second on the bill.
No speakers in the queue it up
in about a quarter Oh, wait.
We have a speaker in the
queue. MR. Carter g you're
recognize way to stop. And
just in Yeah, yes, sir. The it
is up and it's going go
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
7, 7, passes. All right. Item
67 Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 4,
7, 8. I have number speaker
cards starting with Jacqueline
Buckley. Does not wish to
speak in opposition. Paul
Harden questions only and
support Chrissie Klein.
Questions only me call for
questions. Only these are all
question whether they support
or oppose guests are going to
look forward to the amendment,
at least brush questions only.
Not staying up and lore Baucus
questions only questions on
support or opposition. Those
are all the speaker cards. All
right. Before I close public
hearing as a great time for
anyone who MAY have expert
today, we haven't declared it
all ready to do so. I'll
recognize MISTER Guaid
followed by MR. Miller.
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
Claire's Parte received 4
e-mails and opposition and has
been filed with legislative
services. Thank you. Thank
you, sir. MR. Miller followed
by MR. Pollution. Thank you,
MR. PRESIDENT also rise to
declare ex parte reviewed
material regarding.
>> As counties a position to
the bill. And this has been
filed with legislative
services. Thank you, Sir. MR.
Followed by MR. Mukherjee.
Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT I
asked him to the clerics
against a spoken Krystal,
Kenney, my office on AUGUST.
11th, she expressed concerns
of redress response to a
height in road with with the
drive where size follow that
with legislative services.
Thank you, Sir. MR. Mukherjee
followed by MISTER Lane and
thank that well, the next has
been filed with Chrissy Kenny
is how you pronounce your last
name. And Baucus yesterday at
my insurance office and we
discussed their concerns about
this on Thank you. Service
related followed by MISTER
Mayor U.S. PRESIDENT. I rise
to clear expert 4 e-mails and
3 voicemails and total all in
a position and this has been
filed legislative services.
>> Thank you, Sir. MISTER
Merrill.
>> Thank you, MR. Cherise that
the clerics I'm at with
Kristie Kenney. About 2 weeks
ago and she expressed her
concerns about the impact of
this proposal. It's being
followed legislative services.
>> All right. Thank you, sir.
Consummate sale. Thank you,
MR. PRESIDENT also met with
Kenny about 2 weeks ago. In
opposition. How have it
Legislative services? Thank
you. All right. Thank you,
sir. Also have to declare ex
parte communications at a
phone call, the applicant's
agent MR. Harden today about
01:00pm and will ensure its
filed with legislative
services with that unless
there's any other experts I
will close the public hearing
and I will recognize
Councilmember Joe Carlucci.
All right. Thank you, MR.
PRESIDENT now a good time to
go there's the Floor
Amendment. Okay. Great. First
and foremost. I just want to
say thank you to the
community. You guys have then
a lot of meetings. You've been
very organized these are the
folks that obviously handed
out the binders to everyone.
And this is this is a good
example. Just real quick
because unlike last year there
was a zoning and it got.
>> Changed into a more
acceptable zoning. So to speak
right next door and from that,
this group formed the Senate
is a neighborhood association
and they've got, you know,
officers now and this is this
is what you want to see from
your your communities in your
neighborhoods. We've got a lot
in San Marco. We've got Saint
Nicholas Riverside and all
those groups have that. And
it's and it's important. And I
just want to commend you guys
and say thank you so with
that, we were able to. Work
through a lot of items and the
floor amendment that I'm
offering tonight is kind of a
compilation of the conditions
that were set at all easy. So
we said all those conditions
easy and then we have a
revised site plan that
includes a 6 foot at minimum,
the 6 foot vinyl fence along
the front of the property as
well as a landscape. Buffer on
the outside of the fence
facing the street. That's
including the revised site
plan. And there is also revise
written description that is
going to have a high
restriction to 30 feet. So
that was included in there.
Maybe this Kenny is okay
you're coming down correctly.
And then it also the florman
also, like I said, includes
all of the other conditions
that are already using. So
with that, I make a motion to
approve or support for the
Foreman. Thank.
>> All right. We have a motion
a second on the Floor Give it
a second printing speakers
that want to join the queue.
Clarke
>> Thank you. PRESIDENT Helen
My concern to the PRESIDENT To
the council, my cousins that
they don't quite no. I know
you just gave them some
information. Council
representative for that
district, but they're still
not sure of what exactly is in
the amendment. So I'm asking
through the PRESIDENT To MISS
Plus, if you would just
actually read the Floor
Amendment. Verbatim. I'm so
does. Typically it's you. So
go right into it. So the floor
amendment will 2 things. It
will incorporate the
conditions that were approved
at the Committee.
>> Which included the traffic
study that was agreed upon and
let's wait by the chief of
traffic engineering or their
designee. A traffic study will
be undertaken by the developer
upon pd verification and
provided during the tense. It
review the methodology of the
study shall be determined by
the developers. Traffic
engineer, the chief of
transportation planning with
their designee and the chief
of traffic in training or
their designee. The other 2
conditions, which were the
installation of the fence
along the southern mind of the
20 foot road. But for roadway,
buffer and also the
landscaping along that fence
line where the 3 conditions
that were agreed upon newsy or
excuse me approved by the Ouc
Committee. The 2 additional
amendments that were being
proposed tonight is the
revised site plan, which is
exhibit 4 and revised written
description, which is exhibit
3. Those were both dated
AUGUST 10, 2026 because they
incorporate the changes that
were Easy committee and byes
written description
incorporates the change in
height from 35 feet to 30
feet. S discuss that they'll
use committee with that. I'll
turn it back over to you. All
right. Clipper. Thank you
chair with that. I hope that
the community has a little bit
of understanding of what the
amendments are.
>> I did attend that use e so
it seemed as if the community
and the applicant's
representative had come to
some type of consensus. So
with that, I'm going. You
know, the rest of my time.
Thank you.
>> Thank you, ma'am. We also
have a next MISTER Matt
Carlucci in the Queue. Thank
you, MR. PRESIDENT up. Want to
ask the question now the of
the sponsor of the Floor
Amendment. The other
COUNCILMAN Carlucci the vinyl
fence is that on the Old Kings
Road in front, the sub
divisional Kings was any room
or any consideration to? Any
plantings of oak trees,
perhaps and at various space
you know, any spread out. This
is a part along the front of
that. That's that fence line.
Right? Palm trees. No, I'm
just kidding. Inside Joe, that
the joke there is I can stay
in palm trees right? So yet
there So there's the fence
that's gonna be the first
buffer for the backyard. And
then outside of that, there's
going to some type of tree and
and shrub like by burns,
whatever they can grow high on
the trees are designated on
the site plan, MR. Harden,
correct me if I'm wrong, but
we didn't want to arbitrarily
pick a certain type of tree
because it's going to be in
that buffer where the sidewalk
is in the utilities are so
we're kind of let the
landscape architects figure
that out. That's my
understanding of the site
plan. How it is right now. Ok?
Thank you, MR. CHAIRMAN MISTER
PRESIDENT, can I MR. Harden
question plays. Yes, okay.
Thank you. Richard. If you
want to come to that Bowden,
please. As well as your
question. Think of the vinyl I
think that's a nice manatee.
As long as nobody damages and
so forth but and thinking I do
want to get into amending the
floor plan, a floor amendment.
I don't do that. And
>> I like I I'm sure you but
but I but I like Things that
add value. And and I like
cooperation in boy's been that
type a person I just want to
ask if there would be some
kind of commitment on your
behalf. The builders
developers have behalf. There
are a lot of oak trees on this
piece property. Large oak
trees. And I know that
couldn't be say because of the
development configuration so
forth. But I thought it would
be a good thing there are some
nice trees planted in front on
the Old Kings road side. If
there's room spaces, you know,
down that line of that of the
fence, the vinyl fence. That
would make a nice presentation
that was softened a bit and
viber domes, whatever. But but
that would take a commitment
because don't want to amend
this tonight. Because in that
could cause gymnastics that we
don't want. I want to get
into, but I would like to have
a commitment that. And you
would meet with the neighbors
and with the COUNCILMAN To
make that happen. I gotta tell
ya met with some neighbors.
They're heartbroken. They're
not up here cause and effect.
Their their district council
renewed 3 d#
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good job for
his he did. That's why I know
they we I look as hard and I
don't need you. Tell me how
good.
>> I know the District Council
what he did a real good job
that I good with that. I'm
asking you, please, sir, as
somebody who's worked on a lot
of zonings with you over the
years, would you just make a
commitment a day with them
make them that I commented
that I I'm sorry. I didn't
mean interrupt you. That's You
know, would you put
interrupting me? Well, I'm
interrupting you. Yeah. Got
it. Would you make that
commitment was large to treat
me like if you Jimmy. Okay,
yes, I will. I commit to work
with you, but Make Nate with
no to work with the neighbors
and the developer to plant
some trees along the front of
the gate on King's road side,
some decent size of trees
place. Yes, I will work with
the district COUNCILMAN
Whoever you want work with.
That was addition, he added on
the neighbors didn't discuss.
There were some editions such
as the height limit that
MISTER Carlucci propose that
the neighbor's originally
didn't want. He added those
back inside putting trees
outside of the wall was one of
those items. I will tell you
trees not going survive that
location because there's not
water co into it. There. There
are some trees and they
survive. I'm thinking that
some of the native volunteers
and there's an additional 10
feet southerly of the 20 feet
that we are already northerly
of the road where there's room
for for Theresa Live. If there
are some trees and there we
will move guys. But school
board is going to live for us.
The property in a certain way
to certain manner. They've got
the obligation to raise the
school deliver us the land in
a certain way. We will meet
with I can't guarantee it, but
we're willing to try to
resolve that issue. For
proceed, MR. Name and address.
Please. Paul, hard. 43 would
replace Boulevard. Thank you,
Okay. Well, I don't Spanish
that's all I was asking. If
you donate, you have to put
them on the other side of the
fence. Whatever I would like
to see a row of trees along
that side. I'm very familiar
with that area. Just like you
are. We've both grown up in
that area. We know it and I
think it would be a nice
addition. And and I'm sure
that the district COUNCILMAN
Has brought fine with that
sounds like he's already made
the suggestion. I am an
at-large COUNCILMAN. That's
part of my a large geographic
area. And my request and
appreciate your Thank you,
sir. All right. Thank you.
Starting there are no other
speakers in the queue and the
Floor amendment of replaces
the Committee amendment. So it
incorporates everything from
the and
>> with that scene, no
speakers in the queue. Let's
take this vote on the Floor
amendment verbally all in
favor indicate by saying Aye,
I again say no form of the
passes. Move the bill as
amended. We have a motion and
second on the bill as amended.
No speakers and q, let's open
the ballot. Cordova.
>> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
7, 8, passes. Alright, turning
the page to page. 36 item. 68
Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 4, 7,
9. I have 2 speakers, Solomon,
Roz and support but does not
wish to speak your questions.
Only. And Trevor Peters in
support but does not wish to
speak. Those are only carts
and there are no speakers
question. So this public
hearings close if a motion and
second on the bill. The
speaker's open about a quarter
vote. 18 yeas, 0 nays by your
vote. 2026, 0, 4, 7, 9,
passes. I have a number. 69
Twenty-twenty 6 Dash, 0, 4, 8,
0, 2, speaker cards Ross and
support does not wish to
speak. And Trevor Peters and
support does not wish to
speak. The only before I close
this public hearing. Icmr
Boisseau question snow. All
right. As public hearings
closed weight, did you want to
declare ex parte? All right.
I'm reopening public hearing
go ahead, MR. Flu. So and then
I'll close it after. I think
PRESIDENT And the clerics part
today in favor spoke with
Alexis Peer vice PRESIDENT
Development support of the
project and firewood
legislative services.
>> All right. Thank you,
Anyone else expert today. All
right. That's been case
closed.
>> All right. Move the
amendment.
>> We have a motion and a
second. The amendment. No
speakers both verbally all in
favor of the amendment
indicate by saying Aye, again
saying no, let it The bill as
amended. We have a motion and
second on the bill as amended,
there are no speakers. It's
open about a quarter
>> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
8, 0, passes. Item number 70,
2026, Dash, 0, 4, 8, 1, Why
not just cards, but you're
excluding amendment to motion.
And second on the amendment.
No speakers vote virtually all
in favor indicate by saying
Aye, I again say no amendment
passes, move. The bill is
meant motion is second on the
bill as amended. No speakers
open about a quarter of it.
>> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
8, 1, passes. Alright, turning
the page page. 37 item. 71
Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 4, 8,
to have no Are areas closed
move the bill if motion is
second on the bill? No
speakers open about a quarter
of 18 yeas, 0 nays by Euro
Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 4, 8,
passes. All right. Next item,
72 Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 5,
2, 3, have no speaker cards.
Public areas close additional
public hearing will be held on
AUGUST. 25th 2026. Item
number. 73 20 $26.00, 5, to 4.
C several speaker cards looks
like before. So we'll start
with ira Blue. Followed by
Nancy week's could make your
way up front. Jodi stalling
and Jeremiah Stanley.
>> Yes, from our Live 1, 6, 9,
90 Welles actionable for a 3
to 2, 3, 4, here today to
speak about the trailer park
that they have listed on this
ordinance yellow water.
There's no exit from yellow
water got come from well road.
Which Wells Road is only a
mile long, not even a mile
long. It has a wooden bridge
to have to cross. It has not
been updated years. And
there's no turnaround at root.
So it's going to be really
impossible to bring concrete
trucks stuff to do what they
are anticipate. What I'd like
to do is request this
committee. Paul's. The
construction on already
boulevard. All those housing
projects that you're putting
out there. Until you can get.
Norrie Boulevard. Or lying and
upgraded, which I understand
COUNCILMAN Was on tv, some
cost over 300 million dollars
to get it done. And I think
it'll be a lot more than that.
The time it's done. And you
don't have the funds to do
that. It's already a safety
hazard to go down North
Boulevard to 301. Considering
the buses that have to stop on
their. It's crazy what you're
doing out there until you get
the infrastructure. I don't
believe we have the water to
schools, sewage and all the
other stuff. To take your all
the subdivisions that letting
he's outside. Developers come
in here and build and going
leave you. Have to maintain
stuff. I heard the lady, but
the cash bond. It won't. 19
inch pond in there. He's going
maintain that once they put it
in there like the rest of
that, I does all over the the
county. Live there 50 years.
And this is all with plan.
It's while dealing with paper
company owned all that out
there. All that water that
putting this trailer park. All
that drainage has to come
through there. And eventually
gets to yellow Water Creek,
which eventually gets the
Black Creek. Which eventually
get to. The Saint Johns River.
And if you have. Low tide,
then it'll flown out to the
Atlantic. Well, sooner or
later, we're going to get that
100 year flood. And I've
already seen 3 in my lifetime
out there where we couldn't
get up yet tenure at Boulevard
for the water. One across Cuba
says couldn't run. So we're
going to get that flood. And
all peoples already out there.
I don't get flooded out. These
new subdivisions. The rain and
field or 3 foot high bill put
the House on. They'll probably
be safe. But we're done. Going
to get.
>> All right. Thanks are our
next speaker will be Nancy
weeks.
>> Good evening. My name is
Nancy Weeks live at 1, 6, 9,
7, 0 Wells Road. Live within
350 feet of the proposed rv
park on Wells Road. And
amazingly, and only 5 others
of my neighbors were notified.
>> Of the proposed rv park our
street front of 25 families.
This proposal to rezone and
grant permission for this
particular development
ordinance 2, 0, 2, 6, 0, 5, to
4 has direct impact on this
whole West Side area from the
new first Coast Expressway to
highway 301, about one-fifth
of Duval County. Approximately
900
>> 18.
>> Square miles. Among the
plethora of reasons. This
should not be allowed is the
idea that only residents
within 350 feet of the project
have been notified and sent
images of what the applicant
has plans to do here with
invitations to speak for 3
minutes to this body. Most of
them have already made their
decision. The history of
Jacksonville planning and
economic growth, growth
decisions making body such as
yourself having to do with our
area in the government's
closing of Cecil Field as an
airbase when permission was
sought to have a time period
of 25 years where the planning
for an economic growth
commission would be allowed to
clean fill to some 400 plus
acres of wetlands site of the
Army Corps of Engineers report
of MARCH 1920, 19. I'm not
sure that permission was
granted to fill in our
wetlands. But my point is it
was sought for economic
development way back then our
planning authorities were
willing to sacrifice our
wetlands, which would affect
all of the Westside of
Jacksonville and beyond. When
is enough enough? We have
already on number building
projects right here, running
the traffic flow Normandy
Boulevard, which is an
evacuation route for our
community and all other
residents from the beaches and
time of emergency evacuation,
our intersection that yellow
water and Normandy is deadly.
Now we Normandy, the
beginnings of dozens of
development. When will we
pause to see what we have
already done to the wildlife
corridors and habitat is fwc
ever consulted about any of
this? Is there ever a window
between the tree cutting
Cypress head intrusion plans
to reroute creeks, water
management flow, water,
drainage and the plan for this
trailer park. There is a
detail of a 19 acre pond. The
sketch of up to the fence.
Rows of 3 of them. Neighbors
to what depth the debt and say
to move that amount of. From
where it is supposed to be in
the ground downhill toward the
creek where water drains built
up several feet. We don't know
how high will be and concrete
added to allow parking of
large vehicles.
>> Thank you, right. Thank
you. And next is. X is Jodi
Stanley. Yes.
>> Thank you for this
opportunity. And I my name is
Joe the Stanley. I reside at
707, Wells Road 3 to 2, 3, 4,
And I want to stand in
opposition to 2 to 605, to 4
inside the rezoning rezoning
know jersey, the criteria by
which planning zoning makes
decisions about rezoning. They
were listed after reading
those criteria. I cannot
understand why zoning
characters, zoning changes are
even being considered. And we
were informed their 5 basic
questions to be considered
had. The change has been
carefully thought out or is it
premature and whether
contribute to urban sparks
brawl we currently have at
least 45 big developments
within 3 miles of this
property. Hundreds of times.
We've already lost 400 acres
of the adjacent acreage on
that same property. On the
south side of the creek from
our back fence, all the way to
Normandy. Every single foot is
slated for development.
There's nothing left. This is
urban sprawl. Second question
was, does it create a spot
zone and isolated zone? The
distric and related to the
area. There are no rv parks
within 30 miles of their home.
And rv park is totally
inconsistent with the local
area and will stand in
isolation. Was this considered
in the decisions? Again, this
is not my criteria. This is
what is expected of those
making decisions use permitted
must be considered consistent
are compatible with the
existing land use and zoning
of adjacent and nearby
properties and general areas
and must not deviate from
established develop and logic
and orderly development
patterns, 10 acres on 5.10,
homes on 5 acres. And that
area would be acceptable. But
a rv park with 300 pads. On 50
acres is not nothing areas
like that. An rv park is in no
way resembles the area are
neighbor MISTER Bill, a 9
year-old man and who's lived
here many years will have the
hundreds of campers place
right on his West property
line with nothing but a sea of
campers to look at the 4th was
no significant impact upon
adjacent property values. We
know how that will go with 300
rv Park, capacity rv Park 5th.
The proposed rezoning. Will
not detract from the character
and quality of life in General
area and the neighborhood by
creating excessive traffic
noise, lights, etc, and other
deviations. The average family
has 2 cars, a 300 pad rv Park
could bring in 300 additional
vehicles in a neighborhood
that has about 40 excessive
lights there. Hundreds of
existing street lights. I
mean, they're just a handful
existing street lights on
wheels, really, very few yard
lights, additional 350 rv's
will bring in all kinds of
lights at Thank you, Sarah.
Next speaker is Jeremiah
Stanley. And that'll be our
last speaker. Was PRESIDENT.
All right. Good evening,
Distinguished Council members.
>> My name is Jeremiah
Stanley. I reside at 17, 0,
70. Well as road. My wife and
I are 3 boys. We bought this
property about 8 years ago.
Roughly 15 acres and this
proposal to add this rv park
will be right adjacent to our
property line across our
southern southern boundary. We
also were able to get my
parents who you just heard
from my dad. They were tired
and we move them onto our
property, hoping for a
peaceful way for them to live
out the rest of their life in
Duval County. And so as you
can imagine, we were super
surprised to see a proposal of
not neighborhoods. What we
anticipate unexpected, over
300 pads for recreational
vehicles to be part alongside
what we have as a green belt.
We've had established since we
moved there. It was Greenville
to before we actually move.
Then we have a cattle herd of
that between 20 and 40 cattle
with a cow calf operation that
we run. They're on the
property. And so my concern or
2 of them, one is how would
people expecting to come enjoy
rv park? Respond to active cow
calf operation right next
door. You can imagine this is
built an issue for conflict. I
know that my rights are
protected through the Florida
right to Farm Well, very well
aware of what I'm able to do.
We'll continue to do there.
But I know that to you all
will be doing with the issues
for years to come from the
complaints that will no doubt
come from rv's right up
against our property line. The
second one is in relation to
the pond that has been
proposed. A 10 acre pond
literally right alongside of
our property line. And my
concern is there is nothing in
the paperwork we received that
state's any kind of detail
about how the water for the
sewage from these 300,
something rv's will be
handled. Others new
information don't station or a
water treatment. Facility and
my concern is with farming
operation right next door.
What would happen if all which
somehow got into the pond, if
there was some type of issue
related to that getting into
our water system. And so I
just like this has been not
well thought out and
definitely doesn't come into
order with what is already
there in area that established
as a rule, agriculture area,
very little of that left here
within Duval County. We ought
to do better than this. Thank
you very Was our last speaker.
All right. This public
hearings close, an additional
public hearing will be held
AUGUST 25th 2026. Alright,
turning the page. 38 and would
you kindly join your district
COUNCILMAN, the West Side got
father Chief point in green
Room. We're going to attempt a
6 pack on the next one. This
PRESIDENT Is so 2026 Dash, 0,
5, 2, 5, 2026, Dash, 0, 5, to
6, 2026, 0, 5, to 7.
>> 2026 Dash 0, 5, 2, 8,
twenty-twenty, 6 0, 5, to 9
2026. To 0, 5, 3, 0, have no
speaker cards.
>> These public hearings are
all close. An additional
public hearings will be held
AUGUST 25th 2026.
>> All right. We are on Page
40rd reading ordinances,
starting with number 80 2024.
0, 6, 2, 7, And again, if any
of those folks from Wells Road
wanted to meet with their
district council person. He is
in the green room right to my
right. Your left. All right.
Twenty-twenty 4, 0, 6, 2, like
to state for the record that
pursuant to council rule 3.1
of 6.
>> This bill is pending
administrative withdraw on 8,
13, 2026. And I will turn to
MR. 5 plus 2 further. Explain,
please.
>> Thank you. Through the
PRESIDENT Of the council. So
as stated by the council
PRESIDENT Rule 3.1, '06,
provides that any bill that
has a sponsor currently
serving on the council. That's
been 10 pending for 2 years
since its state of
introduction. Shelby
administratively, withdrawn
and removed from all agendas
by the chief of legislative
services unless the council
takes an action prior to its
withdrawal. So therefore,
today, legislative services
has marked the agenda to
reflect that it will be
administratively withdrawn. In
the instance, the council do
does desire to take some
action. If you do not take any
action this evening and I can
go through the options of that
MISTER PRESIDENT, if you would
like, then it will be
administratively withdrawn on
the 13th stated on your
agenda. Please do go through
the options. So the the rule
provides that the council can
take an action on a couple of
different actions.
>> The council can postpone
the bill to a date certain or
re refer to committees. In
that instance, it would only
allow for 60 additional days
for there to be some
disposition of the bill
through either the council or
the committee process and back
to council. The council can
take an action this evening to
withdraw the bill if they
choose to do so without to
take a formal action to
withdraw it rather than allow
it to be administratively
withdrawn or if a motion is
made to take up the bill. The
council can take up the bill
this evening. I will tell you
that the actions to take up
the bill this evening if it
gets moved or to or to
postpone the legislation. All
would require a two-thirds
vote of the council to
accomplish.
>> All right. Thank you, MR. 5
plus, I'll give it a minute. I
see no speakers. All right.
With that, we will proceed to
item number 81 in
Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 5, 3, 5,
All amendment. Motion and
second on the amendment. I see
no speakers will vote Le on
the amendment. All in favor of
the amendment indicate by
saying Aye it all again saying
though the amendment passes
bill as amended. We have a
motion and second on the bill
as amended reminder on 2026,
0, 5, 3, 5, No speakers. It's
up in about a quarter of
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
3, 5, passes. PRESIDENT Were
on Page 41 item 80 to 2026
Dash 0, 5, 3, of the
amendment. We have a motion
and second on the amendment.
No speakers in the q a vote
verbally all in favor of the
amendment indicate by saying
Aye aye again saying no move
the bill as amended. We have a
motion and second on the bill
as amended. No speakers that's
open about a quarter of a
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
3, 6, passes. Moving on to 83
Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 5, 4,
of the amendment. We have a
motion and second on the
amendment. Seeing no speakers
will vote for Le all in favor
of the amendment indicate by
saying Aye, again, same no
amendment passes, move the
bill as amended. We have a
motion and second on the bill
as amended. We have MISTER
Freeman, Thank you, MR.
PRESIDENT and I'll I'll be
supporting
>> This bill today, but I just
want to bring to the attention
of my colleagues. If you did
not watch committee, this was
a situation where I had a
meeting scheduled with the
fire chief during rules was
scheduled for that day. At 3
o'clock, it was canceled about
9.30, between 9, 30 10 as a
member of Finance committee.
Up on that a bit troubling
because I want to talk about
the budget. However, you also
see that there's a item here
in front of us. I was informed
at that time that via email
all meetings with the fire
chief. Having a member of the
administration in it. If you
go back and pull the tape, you
will see that. I stated that
is the first in the 10 years
that I've been here that I've
heard of that. I also stated.
That the previous fire Chiefs.
Chief Powers, Chief Wilson.
Our one ethnicity, one race. I
also stated that this current
one. And I'm going there and
I'm saying it trouble still.
Because when they announce
Houthis fire chief was going
to be, they said it must be
someone from a diverse
background. And I feel like I
don't speak up. I am doing a
disservice to all my little
man tease. From all walks of
life. I don't ever think their
voices should be silenced.
Now, I will say I had a
meeting today and I'm grateful
for it. I did not at root. I
did not disrespect
administration. I allow them
and use that word. Seriously.
I allow them to stay in it. It
won't happen again. From here
on out as a member of the
Finance committee and the
Finance chair. If I need them
in the meeting I'm gonna
requested if they demand to be
in. And I really hope that
MISTER Darnell Smith is
watching. And that he comes
back and change the tone. But
if that does not change, will
not take that meeting. And if
I do not take that meeting and
I do not feel comfortable
voting, I'm hoping that
members of whatever financial
rule will support their
colleague and saying and maybe
I'm the only one up here. I
hope I'm not. Because that was
in another message. But
hopefully that will
communicate that he is able
because I'm gonna close with
this. I said my little son
watching. Is asking my his
daddy. Why is this young man?
Why is this person who was so
credible in this room? Not
allowed to speak? That bothers
me. Because he is. He has
experience. You should be
trusted. Going to sit down,
I'm going to support this. But
I wanted to make sure that I
put that on the record. Moving
forward to the administration.
I would not take another
meeting. If I'm told I have to
have someone in
administration. Thank you. All
right. Thank you, MR. Freeman,
no other speakers in the
queue. We have a motion on the
bill as amended.
>> Took in about a quarter of
a
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
4, 2 is approved. Came as
PRESIDENT Were on page. 42
item. 84. I think if someone
in the queue possibly Mr,
Dime. Yet MR. Diamond, you are
recognized. Thank you, MR.
PRESIDENT want to say this
during because I support the
bill, but I just want to echo
my colleague whose he jumped
right on it. That is an issue,
especially for the District
Council people as 14 of us. I
respect you at large folks.
Your fancy. But for the
District Council, we have work
to do. I get calls about parks
and sidewalks and streets and
we've got to work with the
administration. We just have I
mean, to have to pick up the
phone, I have to call parks
and say we got issue a park
and pick up the phone and say
I've got issue on Florida
Boulevard and get it fixed. I
do not have time nor the
inclination to beg for
permission for the
administration. Have these
meetings with Republican or
Democrat up here, whether you
like the Mary do we? We've got
to get this fix. I have a lot
of respect for the people
sitting up here. I know they
know that's true. So let's get
this fix because all of us
have work to do. And I'm not
waiting permission to do that
work. All right. Thank you,
MR. Dimon now to 2026, 0, 5,
4, 3, I move the amendment. We
have a motion and second on
the amendment. Those speakers
in the queue vote on amendment
all in favor indicate by
saying Aye, I again say no
amendment passes the bills
minute we have a motion and
second on the bill as amended,
no speakers over court vote.
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 5,
4, 3, passes. All right. Turn
the page. 43 item. 85 2026,
Dash, 0, 5, 5, the Amendment.
We have a motion and second on
the amendment, seeing those
speakers of overly all in
favor of the amendment
indicate by saying Aye, again
same know in the past the bill
as amended. We have a motion
and second on the bill as
amended. Seeing no speakers
over the ballot, according
>> 15 yeas, 2 nays.
>> By a vote, 2026, 0, 5, 5,
2, passes.
>> All right. We are now
moving on to the next session,
which is going to be on Page.
44.
>> That is the public
participation. And if the
clerk could go ahead and read.
>> The second reading and then
all announced the speaker
cards on the public
participation. We have
several.
>> 2026, 5, 0, 8, 5, 93, 5, 94
5. 95. 5, 97. 5, 98, 5.99, 6,
0, 1, 6, 0, to 6, 0, 3, 6, 0,
4, 6, 0, 5, 6, 0, 660-8609.
>> 6, 10, 6, 11, 6, 12, 6, 15,
6.16, 2026. 5, 0, 1, 5, 0, 2,
5, 0, 3, 504, 5. 53 5. 54. 55.
56. 57 58. 59 5. 65 61. 5 62
63. 64 5. 65 66 57 5.90
>> Thank you, MR. Secretary I
will now just skip to the
items that have public
participation cards. They're
all John some MR. Nunes, you
come up and start to speak on
these bills. Most of these are
council appointees and things
of that nature. So if you have
something favorable or
unfavorable that about the
council person, please stick
to the bill don't wander off
and just read it. So we're
going to go to 2026 Dash, 601,
which is on Page. 93 1 speaker
card. John MR. Many before
speeches understand that your
First Amendment rights are
there for you to enjoy not to
use as weapons against the
rest of Thank you so I catch
that. Just go. Stunning. I I
am. John Jay new knee.
>> Jacksonville City Council
resolution 2023, 0, 8, 1, 9,
8, 3.56 Past the merge, actual
Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, 6, some
in city Council district 4
cpac planning District 3
school board district 3. Now
the first one resolution
appointing JaCoby Pittman is a
member of the Northeast,
Florida Regional Council. I
would hope that you would
reconsider that. And instead a
point. Chris Miller, the
Northeast, Florida regional
colonel, the guy is a
superstar. I'm just saying
he's been at some of these
meetings. I was just to the
executive committee meeting.
You know, for the Northeast,
Florida Regional Council, 7
counties. And agenda item 11
potential impacts of property.
Tax reform misses pain. And so
I mean, this is big stuff. I'm
going to these other. Here's
Saint Johns County. I don't
know if Duval County has taken
a position or has meetings,
you know, on this yet. You
know, and I just and if and
also I would throw, you Dr
Selmon there to, you know, and
the reason is it like you take
2026? 0, 0, 2, 4, you know,
the big part about this is
going to be our waterways. And
I just wanted to say that on
that particular one. So. Yeah,
the northeast, Florida
regional colonel, I mean a
Thai I just hope you would
just Anyway, ok, ready for the
next one.
>> All right. That was our
last speaker on that one. So
we're going to go to item 94
Twenty-twenty 6 Dash, 0, 6, 0,
2, We got a vote on the
emergency before do the public
participation. Thank second on
the emergency will take this
vote, probably all in favor of
emergency indicate by saying
Aye.
>> I again say no passes.
Right now we passed the can
read the public John JANUARY,
a month. Like my mom is going
to hospital right now. I need
to Can you please, right now?
>> Ok, my name is John 83. 56
Bascom actual Florida. 3, 2,
2, 1, 6, and you know these
next 3, you know, the tourist
Development Council. Let me
just say this. I mean, it's
it's big statewide. But as far
as the appointments, I just
wanted to be on the record.
You know that, you know, to
support, you know, council
PRESIDENT Howland is chair of
tdc put on here Amendment 3
tdc and the frc find cpac, 3
public Pottsburg Creek is a
Jacksonville. It's all
tourism. That's it. Going the
next one. Thank you for
permission, MR. Noonan, his
last speaker. So we're going
to the bill's emergency.
>> We have a motion a second
on the bill as an emergency.
Open about a quarter
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 6,
0, 2, passes.
>> All right. Moving on to
item and 95 twenty-twenty 6
Dash, 0, 6, 0, 3 move
emergency.
>> We have motion a second on
the emergency. No speakers of
overtly on favor the emergency
indicate by saying Aye.
>> I again say no mercy
passes. All right. We have one
public participation car John
>> My name is genuinely name
and addresses on file. I just
want to be on the record. You
know, again, you know, I
support the legislation and
just know that, you know, the
tourist Development Council,
you know, it's statewide
stuff. And so I support it.
That's
>> All right. With the Bills
emergency, we have a motion a
second on the bill as an
emergency. No speakers in the
queue to open about a quarter
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 6,
0, 3, passes. All right. We
have a public participation
card on item. 96 Twenty-twenty
6 Dash, 0, 6, 0, 4, It's John
>> All right. My name is John.
Names and addresses on file.
And this is resolution
reappointing arrow. As a
member of the Northeast,
Florida Regional Council and
no, I support in 2026. For
that's the park's trust fund.
And he instrumental in that.
So that's big tourist
development Council stuff.
It's also northeast Florida
Regional Council stuff. And
big thing is it's like visit
Jacksonville, visit Florida.
So all that tourism. That's
it. Thank you.
>> That's the only speaker
cards. So will move to item 98
Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 6, 0,
of emergency. We have a motion
in second on the emergency. No
speakers will overly all in
favor indicate by saying Aye,
I again say no passes. We have
one speaker card, MISTER John
New Start the clock. Please.
This one is on me. John, do
you want me to be on the
Northeast? Are the what tc 2
women to be on the tdc job
Yeah.
>> My take my apologies. All
right. John new name and on
file. No, I fully support
district. 4 city COUNCILMAN
Know, no great that you're
going to back on Tdc. Thank
you listening.
>> Thank you, John. Move the
bill as emergency. All right.
We have a motion second on the
bill is an emergency. No
speakers. It's open about a
quarter vote.
>> 16 yeas, one nay. That's
right. I just want to bet.
Just want to bet. All right.
So by your vote, 2026, 0, 6,
0, 6, passes.
>> So now going to turn the
page. 54 one 27.
>> And that's going to be. And
it's going to be they're going
to be.
>> 2026, 0, 6, 4, 1, There
does move emergency on 2026,
0, 6, 4, We have emergency and
a second Twenty-twenty 6, 0,
6, 4, 1, MR. Diamond emergency
of the bill. Okay. Seeing no
speakers in the vote early on
favor indicate by saying Aye,
I again say no mercy passes.
We have a motion and the
second on the bill has
emerged, MR. Diamond, you are
recognized. Thank you, MR.
PRESIDENT First I want to
thank my good friend
COUNCILMAN Freeman. We were
just reminiscing that we
worked with wc back on the Old
Jax days and
>> I have just the biggest
heart for him. And he has the
biggest heart for
Jacksonville. One of my
favorite people ever met
public service. And so I move
a COUNCILMAN. I can't. All
right. We have a motion a
second on the Council
amendment. Got no speakers
actually MR. Freeman
COUNCILMAN.
>> One, thank you so much for
that COUNCILMAN Dominant. In
the end, he said this in a
public space. All to share
with you all. He's been
diagnosed Parkinson's disease.
And so he stepped away because
science is saying that
exercise can reduce those
symptoms from it. And so I
really want I believe in
giving people their they can
still And so this is another
example of we can do that.
Thank you.
>> All right. Thank you, sir.
So the council amendment is on
the table right now with the
second was voted early on
favor. The COUNCILMAN Indicate
by saying Aye, I'll get saying
no councilmen that passes.
>> Moved the bill as an
emergency as amended. We have
a motion second to move the
bill as an emergency as
amended and MR. Freeman,
you're still in the q. Do you
want to talk ok? All right.
And with that, we have no
speakers soap and about a
quarter of a
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays by
unanimous vote 2026, 0, 6, 4,
1, passes bright with that
MISTER PRESIDENT. We're going
to move to paid 61. And I'm
gonna make a motion to move
the
>> All right. We have a motion
a second on the and then them
no speakers will vote
virtually all those in favor
indicate by saying Aye, again
saying no, Dana passes.
>> All right, MR. PRESIDENT,
there are no action items on
the 10 men. So that concludes
this meeting. We can go ahead
and call for the role and then
we'll do announcements and get
about here.
>> Roll call, please.
17
present. Thank Before we
adjourn and then do
announcements, I just want to
say MR. Thank you so much for
stepping in floor leader. You
did a fantastic job. Thank
you, sir. Hopefully not good
enough for a permanent
replacement. That's right. Not
good. Thank you. And with
that, we are adjourned.
Announcements next. We'll go
to COUNCILMAN Reggie Gaffney
junior first. Thank you. Thank
you to the chair. So as
minute, you know, payment. So
it as you know, we had a 7
year-old kid passed away last
week.
>> broke my heart. I got a
call from the pair. She was
devastated last week what I
want to in the next few weeks,
almost unnoticed meeting
trying come up with some
legislation. You know, I did
my research. I think in last 5
years we had these 10 kids the
pass away from dawn and
retention ponds. So as
legislators, you know, do we
stand by and and and don't do
anything. We do something. You
know, I'm not sure what would
come out of this notice.
Meeting. But what I do want to
invite is invite you guys to
builders. Hl a's the
community. This to try to
figure out how we you know,
come up with a solution. You
know, my biggest fear is that
I got another call like I got
last week. You know? It's
typically we take these things
for granted into it. I would
destroy home. So rush on to be
sending out e-mails some time.
So you know, and like I just
been noticed, meeting,
understand the cause. You
know, beyond Pittman Gate,
every you know, cause I get
it. I thought about it. But
trust me, I get it. But so in
a of on the low, 40 e mail it
next couple of weeks, I'm not
sure what come out of
resolution. I don't Maybe
encouragement, safety, but
just want to hear you guys out
decide to propose legislation.
So just be I don't look at
e-mail. Thank you. Thank you,
Over to MISS Pittman.
COUNCILMAN Gaffney, I would
just say I love to share a lot
of information that has been
done already
>> with legislation, but
mainly what we've done is had
a marketing campaign funds
that allocated from the Kerry
administration and also by
mere Deegan, we did have a
meeting with several of the
developers and engineers, but
I think it's time to pick that
up again. And I urge all of
you all if we can come
together and develop some
legislation because retention
ponds are everywhere and of
course, is kind of out of
sight out of mind. If you do
hear anything. But this is
really, really serious,
especially kids who yeah,
autism. So I'll be happy to
share that information and
i'll be glad to work with on
on some legislation as well.
Thank you.
>> Thank you. MISS Pittman and
with that, I'll recognize Dr
Johnson.
>> Okay. There we go. Thank
you so much. I will do it
since we have a special
day-to-day. First of all, we
want to recognize birthdays
today. And our birthdays.
Right now. I'm just doing it
as a favor because we know the
reigning birthday diva is
COUNCILWOMAN Pittman. So
birthdays. First of all,
AUGUST 11th would be Rory cca
Mackenzie. AUGUST 13th when
Dean all. Arnold, windy and
AUGUST. 21st Big e Erik
Grantham, though they're all
celebrating birthdays. But
most importantly. This will be
the final birthday for. On
City Council for my dear
friend. I got to say this for
not forever just for this term
as she is term limited. So you
will not celebrate another
birthday up here, but we still
got 5 worse. They're going
celebrate. I've known JaCoby
personally probably longer
than anybody on this day is
for decades in decades. I want
to say how many Jacoby I just
got to say from all of you
know, as I say frequently, I
was there after your health
situation, what 20 some years
ago now sitting next to you in
the hospital when you woke up
with everything attach to you,
no one could have seen you in
the place that you are now.
But got the GOD that we serve
is is is that's a miracle that
you're sitting here and I'm
thankful to call you my friend
and my sister and so Jacoby
Pittman will be celebrating a
birthday on AUGUST. 20th. I
will say what number it is,
but what we want to do to Kobe
is all of us say happy
birthday to you. And you know,
you have to sing it because
it's to Kobe Pittman. And
since it's to cobia, by the
way, I want to tell everybody
who's watching at home in
here. Every one of us gets
birthday cards, bar mitzvahs,
divorces, whatever it to Kobe
comes and does all the
announcements from this day is
and you spin that out of your
pocket. Thank you. From all of
us here on the city council.
And because it's Chicago, you
have to sing at the way Stevie
Wonder did so here we go. 1,
2, 3,
>> Happy birthday to The
birthday to happy birthday.
Happy birthday. Cold air.
>> Happy birthday. Covid.
Happy birthday.
>> Happy birthday to covid.
Enjoy your day. All right. And
with then happy birthday,
Jacoby.
>> Any other speakers? All
right. We're already
adjourned. Everyone have a
great night.
>> Thank Is to speak
>> We do have the prayer.
Yeah. Arrow. Do you want to