[0:10] I call to order the Tuesday
[0:11] 8/11/2026, meeting of the
[0:11] Jacksonville City Council.
[0:16] Good evening, everybody. And
[0:17] the first order of business is
[0:19] to thank former council
[0:19] PRESIDENT Carrico who will be
[0:22] stepping in tonight as floor
[0:23] leader COUNCILMAN Boylan is on
[0:23] an excused absence. So with
[0:27] that, let's turn over to
[0:29] former council PRESIDENT
[0:30] Carrico. Right? Thank you as
[0:31] the PRESIDENT Add my welcome
[0:33] to everybody as well. What
[0:34] we'll do. That first is called
[0:35] the Joplin. If you like to go
[0:36] ahead and get the invocation
[0:40] and the pledge.
[0:41] >> MR. Marielis a better
[0:42] tomorrow. You're recognized,
[0:48] sir. Thank you, MR. Floor
[0:50] leader. Good evening,
[0:54] everyone. Tonight invocation
[0:59] will be delivered by elder
[1:00] Earl Matthews. Past Matthews
[1:02] is the senior pastor of New
[1:02] Horizon Church.
[1:04] >> Located in Jacksonville,
[1:07] Florida, he considers himself
[1:08] a Jacksonville native being
[1:10] resided in the city since
[1:11] early childhood. He's a
[1:13] graduate of Stanton High
[1:14] School. He served 11 years in
[1:17] the U.S. Marine Corps. For the
[1:18] past. 24 years, he's been
[1:19] employed full time in
[1:21] ministry. He serves Florida
[1:26] central first jurisdiction as
[1:26] jurisdictional secretary and
[1:27] superintendent of the
[1:29] Jacksonville Metropolitan
[1:32] District. He is a sought-after
[1:33] workshop. Facilitator focusing
[1:37] on protocol in the church. He
[1:38] currently serves by Merrill
[1:39] appointment as a commission on
[1:40] the Jacksonville, Housing and
[1:43] Community Development
[1:44] Commission. It's lights pursue
[1:46] is to serve GOD through
[1:47] service to the people of GOD
[1:50] and humanity at large.
[1:51] Tonight, he's here with his
[1:52] wife, Gail, his companion of
[1:54] 18 years. Please receive pass
[1:55] to Matthews for tonight's
[2:01] invocation. To Councilmember
[2:02] Prep Hardman Council PRESIDENT
[2:04] Nick Holland. Council, Vice
[2:06] PRESIDENT Joe Carlucci
[2:10] COUNCILMAN Arrow and this
[2:12] AUGUST body. Thank you for
[2:13] extending this privileged
[2:17] invitation. As you begin this
[2:19] evening with the business of
[2:21] continuing.
[2:22] >> To make a beloved city, the
[2:23] nba municipality's around the
[2:28] country. There's no doubt that
[2:30] this collective body has to
[2:33] make extremely important and
[2:35] weighty decisions that will
[2:36] impact the lives of every
[2:37] citizen that calls
[2:40] Jacksonville home. Those who
[2:43] serve in leadership capacities
[2:43] must remember that is not
[2:45] about you or I it's about
[2:50] servant leadership. Scripture
[2:53] teaches us in Mark 9.35
[2:54] states. If anyone wants to be
[2:58] first, he or she must be the
[3:00] very last and the servant of
[3:03] all. Let's continue to work in
[3:07] harmony, shall we pray? GOD,
[3:08] we ask for your wisdom and
[3:11] guidance as we gather. To make
[3:15] decisions for our community.
[3:16] Bless this meeting with
[3:19] understanding and cooperation.
[3:20] Help us to listen with
[3:24] respect. Speak with kindness
[3:27] and act with integrity. So
[3:28] that the work of this evening
[3:35] is productive. Grant. The
[3:35] council clarity, fairness and
[3:38] unity in purpose as they carry
[3:39] out responsibility to serve
[3:43] the citizens of this city.
[3:44] Lord, we lift in prayer.
[3:46] Mayor, the council members and
[3:50] other city officials. We pray
[3:51] for their protection as well
[3:53] as the protection of law
[3:56] enforcement officers. First
[3:57] responders and everyone that
[4:00] has chosen to serve humanity
[4:01] and the people of the Lord
[4:05] said it's a meant. I pledge
[4:20] allegiance.
[4:23] MR. PRESIDENT,
[4:24] this would be the appropriate
[4:26] time to call for the role.
[4:26] >> All right. Before we do,
[4:27] let me do one quick
[4:33] announcement. On Thursday
[4:35] begin the budget hearings.
[4:37] It's Thursday, AUGUST 13th.
[4:38] And for all my colleagues,
[4:38] you're all welcome to attend.
[4:40] Even if you're not on finance
[4:43] committee and if you do it and
[4:44] please Bernadette know so we
[4:46] can make sure we have your
[4:47] name on the dais and have the
[4:49] right seating adjusted for it.
[4:51] That's all I have. Roll. Call,
[5:03] please. That this Thursday.
[5:08] >> 17 present. This PRESIDENT.
[5:09] Announcement for me the
[5:10] general election is being held
[5:12] on Tuesday. 8, 18. 26 per
[5:16] ordinance 2026. 5.68 e Tuesday
[5:17] standing committee meetings
[5:18] will be rescheduled to
[5:21] Wednesday. 8, 1926. And then,
[5:21] of course, the next council
[5:22] meeting will be held on
[5:23] Tuesday. AUGUST 25th, thank
[5:24] you, sir. Alright, as you
[5:28] know, the first order of
[5:29] business tonight is the
[5:32] approval of the minutes from
[5:33] July. 28 2026 will move to
[5:36] approve the minutes.
[5:38] >> We have a motion and the
[5:38] second on the approval of the
[5:39] minutes from the regular
[5:42] meeting of JULY 2020. 26. We
[5:43] will take this vote early and
[5:45] there's no speakers in the
[5:46] queue. All in favor of
[5:47] approving the minutes indicate
[5:47] by saying aye again saying no.
[5:51] The minutes pass. MISTER
[5:52] PRESIDENT. We have several
[5:52] communications from the mayor
[5:53] and other entities. Would you
[5:54] like he's reading the record
[5:55] or followed with legislative
[5:55] services?
[5:58] >> Let's file them. Please.
[5:59] We'll get that done, MR.
[6:02] PRESIDENT, we have one
[6:02] presentation tonight. So if we
[6:05] could have Arrow head down to
[6:07] the podium and then we'll have
[6:07] the council secretary read the
[6:14] resolution. MR. Secretary. As
[6:15] Mike Broken. Okay. Let's get
[6:25] one. Resolution 2026 408. This
[6:28] is a Lisa Jones ii. Brooks,
[6:29] Jacksonville native and
[6:30] graduate of Douglas Anderson
[6:33] School of the Arts has served
[6:33] Duval County Public Schools
[6:35] with distinction for more than
[6:37] 30 years from 1995. Through
[6:40] 2026. As a teacher,
[6:41] exceptional student education
[6:44] specialist and administrator.
[6:46] This is John Seabrook's earned
[6:47] a Bachelor of Science in
[6:47] mentally Handicap education
[6:51] from Edward Waters. University
[6:51] and a master of science in
[6:52] educational leadership from
[6:54] the Jacksonville University
[6:56] and began her career in 1995.
[6:57] Is a middle school educator in
[7:02] exceptional student education.
[7:03] This is John Seabrook served
[7:04] at Arlington Middle School as
[7:05] a teacher, exceptional
[7:07] student, education specialist
[7:09] and administrator and played
[7:10] an instrumental role in
[7:10] helping the school rise from a
[7:14] low see rating to achieving
[7:15] its first state of Florida b
[7:19] grade in more than 10 years.
[7:19] Missus, Jones erodes is known
[7:20] for her practical
[7:21] student-centered teaching
[7:24] approach that emphasize
[7:25] lifelong skills such as
[7:27] handwriting communication,
[7:28] confidence building and
[7:29] personal responsibility
[7:31] leaving a lasting impact on
[7:31] generations of students and
[7:36] families across Jacksonville.
[7:37] This is John Seabrook served
[7:38] Duval County Public schools
[7:39] across multiple campuses,
[7:39] including Arlington, Middle
[7:41] School. Johnny Forward k k
[7:45] through 8 Montessori School
[7:46] Lake Shore, Middle School,
[7:48] Jefferson Davis, Middle School
[7:48] twins likes Twin Lakes
[7:50] Academy, Middle School, Terry
[7:52] Parker, High School and Eugene
[7:56] Butler, Middle School. This is
[7:57] John Seabrook's demonstrated
[7:57] exceptional leadership in
[7:59] transforming pride units for
[8:01] students with behavioral and
[8:03] mental health needs into
[8:04] structured supportive
[8:05] effective learning
[8:06] environments where students
[8:07] could thrive academically
[8:12] socially and emotionally. This
[8:12] is John Seabrook's was named
[8:13] Teacher of the Year at
[8:15] Arlington Middle School in
[8:17] 2001 and received the Star
[8:19] Administrator Award in 2012 in
[8:20] recognition of her outstanding
[8:21] impact in schools and
[8:24] communities. Missus Jones ii
[8:26] Brooks has devoted herself to
[8:28] service beyond the classroom,
[8:30] through programs with the
[8:30] bridge of northeast Florida,
[8:32] including the state attorneys
[8:34] program and the new Chance
[8:35] Program supporting teen
[8:37] parents as well as youth
[8:38] development through summer
[8:39] camps with the Boys and Girls
[8:43] Club. This is John Seabrook's
[8:45] is a proud 34 year member of
[8:47] Delta Sigma Theta sorority
[8:49] incorporated. Having been
[8:50] initiated through the Omicron
[8:52] Beta chapter at Edward Waters
[8:54] College and has supported
[8:55] numerous civic and service
[8:55] initiatives through remember
[8:59] her through her membership.
[9:00] This is John Seabrook's is a
[9:01] devoted member of Spring Hill
[9:02] Missionary Baptist Church
[9:04] where she has served as
[9:06] Tuesday night Bible class
[9:08] teacher nurturing spiritual
[9:09] growth in guiding others
[9:09] through teaching and
[9:13] encouragement. As Missus Jones
[9:14] ii Brooks and retirement.
[9:16] After more than 30 years of
[9:18] public service, her legacy of
[9:20] excellence, compassion and
[9:22] transformational leadership
[9:22] has strengthens Duval County,
[9:24] Public Schools and forever
[9:25] changed the lives of countless
[9:26] students and families across
[9:29] Jacksonville now, therefore,
[9:30] be it resolved by the Council
[9:33] of the City of Jacksonville.
[9:35] The city council hereby honors
[9:36] and recognizes misses Alicia
[9:39] Jones ii Brooks for more than
[9:39] 30 years of dedicated service
[9:40] to Duval County, Public
[9:42] Schools and the Jacksonville
[9:44] community and extends its
[9:45] sincere. Congratulations and
[9:46] best wishes upon her
[10:00] retirement.
[10:06] Through the chair.
[10:07] It's an honor for me to be
[10:10] able to recognize.
[10:10] >> Missy Brooks for her
[10:12] accomplishment.
[10:17] >> I I
[10:17] >> Empathetic with educators
[10:18] because I think it's one of
[10:19] the most on the rate of
[10:22] professions. Anywhere no one
[10:25] can become a doctor without
[10:26] having an educator or a lawyer
[10:30] or anything of that matter.
[10:33] And so it reminds me of a
[10:34] quote from Melvyn gravely of
[10:36] his grandmother's wisdom's
[10:37] where he says that grandma
[10:40] told him that you you can
[10:41] scrub the floor with a mock.
[10:42] You have to get down on your
[10:44] knees and you have to work the
[10:45] corners. And that's what
[10:46] educators throughout the day
[10:49] as they plant seeds in the
[10:50] minds of young minds and
[10:52] develop them and she's done it
[10:55] for 30 years. So tonight just
[10:56] wanted to say congratulations
[10:58] and thank you what you've
[10:59] done. The minds shape in this
[11:06] community.
[11:08] >> First of all, I want to
[11:12] thank this. Governing body
[11:18] that governs. The city of
[11:19] Jacksonville, the county of
[11:24] Duval I just thank you for
[11:24] recognizing a little me. I
[11:26] never expected grown up in
[11:27] Amazon's, you know, Im going
[11:28] to some of the best schools in
[11:30] Duval County that I would be
[11:33] standing here today.
[11:36] >> And was just happy to serve
[11:37] in the I thank you so very
[11:38] much. Thank you. Thank you.
[11:46] GOD.
[11:50] >> All right. We will announce
[11:51] our so Paige tonight. So
[11:52] please give a round of
[11:54] applause for MISTER Hudson,
[11:55] Williams all the way from
[11:56] Creekside High School. Thanks
[11:56] for volunteering with us
[12:02] tonight. Hudson. He did that
[12:03] politician way. Really good to
[12:07] see that. All right, next
[12:08] PRESIDENT Is quasi judicial
[12:09] actions. So we are now ready
[12:11] because I actions beginning on
[12:12] Page 5 council members to
[12:14] declare any ex parte
[12:15] communications as the bills
[12:16] are introduced, all remind the
[12:18] public that these items do not
[12:19] include public hearings as
[12:19] these matters were thoroughly
[12:21] reviewed at the committee
[12:23] level where public hearings
[12:25] were part of the process and
[12:25] MISTER Floor leader before we
[12:28] move on call for an MR.
[12:28] Freeman like to speak. Thank
[12:33] you. Thank you, MR. Chan
[12:35] CHAIRMAN Seabrooks and I thank
[12:36] you for thank you for your
[12:37] service to the community. I
[12:39] cannot sit quiet without
[12:41] speaking. Many of you know, if
[12:42] you don't know her, you know,
[12:44] her son, Winston Seabrooks and
[12:47] what I love most is we just
[12:48] acknowledge the 30 years of
[12:51] your service of others and
[12:53] their kids. But you did it
[12:54] without neglecting your own.
[12:55] And you raise an amazing son.
[12:56] And I want to just put that on
[12:58] the record, the work that he's
[12:59] done is an evident of the hard
[13:02] work that you've done for
[13:02] others. The sides want to
[13:03] share that. Sir, thank you so
[13:04] much for sharing your son with
[13:09] that. Thank you. MR. Payment,
[13:10] MR. Floyd leader, back to you,
[13:11] Sir. Alright, as PRESIDENT
[13:13] Were on Page 5 item, one,
[13:13] 2026, Dash, 0, 5, 4, 4, a
[13:14] move. The amendment to grant
[13:18] the appeal. All right. We have
[13:19] a motion and second on the
[13:20] amendment to grant the appeal.
[13:21] Let me give my colleagues a
[13:23] chance. Just in case missed it
[13:28] to declare if they have it.
[13:28] >> Okay. Seeing none. I will
[13:29] turn over before we vote to
[13:31] mystified. Plus to explain the
[13:37] both here on the amendment.
[13:37] Thank you. Through the
[13:38] PRESIDENT To the council. So
[13:39] the amendment before used to
[13:41] revise the bill to grant the
[13:42] appeal.
[13:43] >> If this amendment is
[13:45] approved and the bill as moved
[13:47] as amended, if you vote yes,
[13:49] you're voting to grant the
[13:51] appeal and overturn the final
[13:51] order of the Jacksonville
[13:53] Historic Preservation
[13:55] Commission. If you vote no,
[13:57] you're voting to deny the
[13:58] appeal in support or uphold
[13:59] the Historic Preservation
[14:01] Commission's final order.
[14:02] >> All right. And with that,
[14:03] MR. Police say you're
[14:07] recognized. Thank you, MR.
[14:08] PRESIDENT this appeal relates
[14:11] to a property in my district.
[14:13] For those of you that
[14:13] unfamiliar the historic
[14:15] district incredibly important.
[14:18] I would just. Asked you guys
[14:21] tonight us a vote no on this.
[14:23] Hpc is a body that we have
[14:24] empowered and we should
[14:25] continue to empower them. We
[14:28] should recognize that its
[14:29] panel of experts and people
[14:30] who care about historic
[14:33] preservation. These. This
[14:38] property is not. It's an
[14:39] important part of the fabric
[14:42] of the community. And so I'll
[14:42] be voting no. When I ask that,
[14:46] you do as well. Thank you.
[14:47] >> All right. Thank you, MR.
[14:48] Police. So there are no other
[14:48] speakers in the queue. So we
[14:50] will take this vote verbally
[14:51] all in favor of the amendment
[14:52] indicate by saying Aye, again
[14:58] say no.
[15:03] >> Want to revoke a little bit
[15:04] Let's take a revote on We'd
[15:05] like to do it by hand. All in
[15:06] favor of the amendment
[15:10] indicate by raising your hand.
[15:11] I'll give legislative services
[15:17] time to count. Okay and all
[15:23] against raise your hand. The
[15:25] amendment passes move the bill
[15:25] as amended. We have a motion a
[15:29] second on the bill as amended.
[15:30] Seeing those speakers in the
[15:30] queue. Let's open the ballot
[15:45] Cordova.
[15:50] >> 11 yeas, 5 nays.
[15:51] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
[15:55] 4, 4, passes as a minute as
[15:56] PRESIDENT Were on pace excited
[15:57] to 2026 Dash 0, 3, 7, to move
[16:00] the bill. All right. We have a
[16:01] motion and a second on the
[16:02] bill. No speakers in the queue
[16:03] it up in the Valley. A quarter
[16:14] vote.
[16:17] >> 16 yeas one nay.
[16:20] >> By your vote 2026, 0, 3, 7,
[16:21] 2, passes, 3, 2026, Dash, 0,
[16:24] 4, 3, 4, I move the amendment.
[16:24] We have a motion and second on
[16:27] the amendment. No speakers in
[16:28] the queue will take the vote
[16:28] verbally all in favor of the
[16:30] amendment indicate by saying
[16:32] Aye, I again say no amendment
[16:35] The bills meant we have a
[16:36] motion and second on the bill
[16:36] as amended, MR. Police say
[16:40] you're recognized. Thank you,
[16:41] MR. PRESIDENT, I stand of the
[16:42] clerics in support of this
[16:43] item received a letter in
[16:44] support from Sparta Fury. The
[16:44] applicant supporting the pd.
[16:45] Thank you.
[16:48] >> Thank you, sir. No other
[16:48] speakers that's open about a
[16:59] quarter it. 17 yeas, 0 nays by
[17:01] your vote. 2026, 0, 4, 3, 4,
[17:03] passes. Item for 2026 Dash, 0,
[17:05] 4, 3, moved amendment. We have
[17:07] a motion and the second on the
[17:08] amendment before we vote all
[17:13] recognize Ms Kirchner.
[17:14] >> Thank you, PRESIDENT. How
[17:15] and I rise to declare ex
[17:18] parte. Hey. JULY, the 21st
[17:22] spoke with Peter King here in
[17:24] council chambers during a land
[17:24] use and zoning committee
[17:25] meeting and we discussed a
[17:28] time. Date and time with MR.
[17:30] King Khan could meet with the
[17:33] community.
[17:40] >> Also JULY, the 21st I
[17:41] received voice message from
[17:44] the honorable we need to 4.
[17:46] She talked about the land
[17:46] trust in. She vouched for
[17:47] Peter King, the applicant's
[17:53] representative. Lastly on
[17:55] JULY, 30th, I met with Michael
[17:58] Bowling key Corey Blinky and
[17:59] Peter King during a high
[18:02] growth community meeting on
[18:03] JULY. The 30th at the Lane
[18:05] Wiley Senior Center in MR.
[18:10] King and Corey lanky. Chase.
[18:12] Ok, I'm a like that. So I
[18:13] think you so chase blank. For
[18:15] the record. Chase blinking met
[18:19] with them at the once again,
[18:20] the Lane Wiley Community
[18:21] Center and they basically
[18:22] presented the project to the
[18:22] community. The community was
[18:25] allowed to ask questions. They
[18:26] also at that time told us
[18:29] about the revised exhibit for
[18:31] the project and all of all the
[18:32] tax bite, a communications
[18:35] have been filed with
[18:35] legislative services.
[18:36] >> All right. Thank you,
[18:37] ma'am. We have no other
[18:38] speakers in the queue. We have
[18:39] a motion a second on the
[18:41] amendment will take the vote
[18:41] verbally all in favor of the
[18:42] amendment indicate by saying
[18:44] Aye, I'll again same know the
[18:44] amendment passes, move the
[18:47] bill as amended. We have a
[18:47] motion a second on the bill as
[18:50] amended. No speakers and he
[18:51] lets open about a quarter of
[18:58] it.
[19:00] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[19:03] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[19:06] 3, 5, passes. PRESIDENT Are
[19:07] now ph 7 item, 5, 2026, 0, 4,
[19:09] 3, 7, I move the amendment. We
[19:11] have a motion and second on
[19:13] the amendment. No speakers in
[19:13] the queue will take the vote
[19:14] verbally all in favor of the
[19:17] amendment indicate by saying
[19:17] Aye, I again say no. The
[19:19] amendment the bills meant it.
[19:20] We have a motion and second on
[19:22] the bill as amended, no
[19:23] speakers that's open about a
[19:30] quarter it.
[19:33] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[19:36] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[19:37] 3, 7, pass. We are on item
[19:39] 6.26 To 0, 4, 8, 3, I move
[19:40] amendment. We have a motion
[19:41] and second on the amendment.
[19:45] MISTER You're recognized.
[19:47] Thank you, MR. Cherise that
[19:49] Claire ex Parte during my sco
[19:49] re meetings. We had
[19:53] conversations about this.
[19:54] >> The information will be
[19:55] filed with legislative
[19:56] services if it has not yet
[19:59] been done. Thank you, sir.
[20:00] >> No other speakers in the
[20:00] queue will take the vote on
[20:01] the amendment verbally all in
[20:02] favor of the amendment
[20:05] indicate by saying against say
[20:06] no amendment passes, move the
[20:07] bill as amended. We have a
[20:08] motion and second on the bill
[20:10] as amended. No speakers
[20:11] incudes open about a quarter
[20:18] vote.
[20:21] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[20:24] >> By your vote. 2026 0. 43
[20:25] passes item number 7, 2026 0,
[20:28] 4, 8, 4, I move the bill. We
[20:30] have a motion and second on
[20:31] the bill, give it a minute and
[20:33] case anyone is ex parte.
[20:34] Seeing none was open about a
[20:42] quarter it.
[20:44] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[20:47] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[20:49] 8, 4, passes. Revis PRESIDENT
[20:50] Are now on Page 8 item a
[20:51] twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 4, 8,
[20:53] 5, I moved the bill. We have a
[20:54] motion second on the bill.
[20:55] MISTER Palou. So you're
[20:57] recognized. Thank you, MR.
[20:59] PRESIDENT extended clear ex
[21:00] Parte met with Dr Richard and
[21:01] for Dana Stone, Kristen Reed
[21:02] and Faith and all of whom are
[21:03] in support of this project.
[21:04] It's been 5 legislative
[21:07] services. Thank you, sir. No
[21:10] other speakers in the queue.
[21:10] We have a motion a second on
[21:11] the bill itself in about a
[21:19] quarter vote.
[21:22] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[21:26] >> By your vote. 2026, 0. 45
[21:26] passes item number 9, 2026. 0,
[21:29] 4, 8, of the bill. We have a
[21:32] motion and second on the bill.
[21:32] No speakers in the queue to
[21:47] open about a quarter vote.
[21:51] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[21:55] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[21:56] 8, 6, passes moving on item
[21:56] 10, 2026, Dash, 0, 4, 8, 7, a
[21:59] move. Amendment. We have a
[22:00] motion and second on the
[22:04] amendment, MR. Gay recognized.
[22:08] On the bill right to that. No.
[22:08] Other speakers on the
[22:09] amendments will take this vote
[22:10] verbally all in favor of the
[22:12] amendment indicate by saying
[22:13] Aye, again saying No, the
[22:15] amendment passes, move the
[22:16] bill as amended. We have a
[22:17] motion and second on the bill
[22:17] as amended, MISTER Geyer
[22:21] recommends.
[22:24] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
[22:25] Rose to declare on this. I
[22:26] received 2 emails in
[22:27] opposition and has been filed
[22:27] legislative services. Thank
[22:32] you. Thank you, sir.
[22:33] >> No other speakers on the q
[22:33] emotion in a second on the
[22:34] bill as amended. Let's open
[22:49] the ballot court.
[23:06] >> 16 yeas one nay.
[23:10] >> And by your vote 2026, 0,
[23:11] 4, 8, 7, passes.
[23:12] >> MR. PRESIDENT are now on
[23:13] Page 9 item, 11, 2026 Dash, 0,
[23:15] 4, to move the bill. We have a
[23:17] motion and second on the bill.
[23:27] MR. Gay, you're recognized.
[23:27] Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT I
[23:28] received 2 in regards to this
[23:30] bill in opposition.
[23:32] >> And so I have filed with
[23:33] legislative services for
[23:36] export thank you.
[23:38] >> Thank you, sir. Seeing no
[23:38] other speakers in the queue.
[23:39] We do have a motion and the
[23:40] second on the bill. Let's open
[23:50] about a quarter of it.
[23:53] >> 16 yeas, one nay.
[23:54] >> By your vote 2026 year for
[23:57] a day passes. Moving on item
[23:58] 12, 2026 Dash, 0, 5, 3, of
[24:00] Bill. We have a motion a
[24:03] second on the bill. No
[24:04] speakers in the queue. Let's
[24:14] open about a quarter of
[24:17] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[24:17] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
[24:21] 3, 3, passes. And 13, 2026,
[24:22] Dash, 0, 5, 3, 4, move the
[24:23] bill. We have a motion and
[24:26] second on the bill. Seeing no
[24:28] speakers in the queue. So
[24:43] about a quarter it.
[24:53] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[24:54] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
[24:58] 3, 4, passes. All right. That
[24:59] moves us on to the consent
[25:02] agenda on Page 10. So a move,
[25:07] the consent agenda. After the
[25:09] secretary's the Bills. Is Mike
[25:15] phones working?
[25:19] >> 2026? 5. 37 38. 5. 39 5.40,
[25:22] 5. 46 5. 47 5.48 6, 1, 3, 6,
[25:27] 1, 4, 6, 1, 7,
[25:31] >> All right, MR. PRESIDENT, I
[25:33] move the consent agenda. Minus
[25:35] the item pulled, which was I
[25:37] believe in him 20 to 26, 6, 1,
[25:39] 4, All right. So we are moving
[25:42] the consent agenda.-0 6, 1,
[25:42] 4,
[25:43] >> We have a motion second to
[25:45] move the consent agenda. Minus
[25:46] item number 20 to 2026, 0, 6,
[25:49] 1, 4, Let's open the ballot
[25:56] record your vote.
[25:59] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[26:00] >> By your vote, the consent
[26:01] agenda passes minus. The bill
[26:04] noted. All right, MISTER
[26:05] PRESIDENT, we're not gonna
[26:07] move to Page 13 and take up
[26:08] item. 22 individually
[26:09] twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 6, 1,
[26:13] 4, We have a motion and second
[26:14] on 2026, 0, 6, 1, 4, MR.
[26:17] Freeman with you. But this
[26:17] peak, you're recognized, Thank
[26:20] you, MR. PRESIDENT. Alright,
[26:21] just to bring everyone's
[26:24] attention to this bill. We
[26:25] discussed it in a resolution
[26:26] we discussed committee about
[26:28] Sunshine 8, 1, 1, day and
[26:29] during committee, MISTER
[26:30] PRESIDENT. We asked if there
[26:34] are other other organizations
[26:36] within the industry that we're
[26:37] aligned with it and they are
[26:38] here in the today. You don't
[26:40] mind MAY I please recognize
[26:41] Mister Gary Monahan from
[26:43] Teco's People's Gas to share
[26:45] the importance of digging and
[26:47] why you should call 8, 1, 1,
[26:49] prior to if you would. So
[26:53] indulge me. And as idea, Mr,
[26:54] Monaghan, you and your name
[26:54] and address and to share a
[26:59] little bit about. Thank you,
[27:01] Sir. Good evening, Gary
[27:02] Monahan taking people's gas.
[27:04] 44 to Philips Highway
[27:05] Jacksonville, Florida.
[27:08] >> 3, 2, 207. But today is
[27:12] AUGUST 11 for a 1, 1, day. And
[27:14] we are here with your support,
[27:15] COUNCILMAN Training and those
[27:16] in the rules committee to
[27:18] recognize the importance of
[27:20] damage prevention, protecting
[27:21] our underground utilities,
[27:24] infrastructure. Florida leads
[27:26] the nation for damaged
[27:27] underground utilities. And we
[27:30] want to make sure that people
[27:31] know and understand the
[27:31] requirement to Callie 1, 1,
[27:34] prior to digging. That's me
[27:36] that you it's our neighbors
[27:36] doing any planting or
[27:39] installing a mailbox in our
[27:40] front yard. That's also
[27:42] contractors as well. So we
[27:42] appreciate the opportunity to
[27:44] call attention to this, to
[27:45] keep our communities, our
[27:45] utilities, our neighbors safe.
[27:52] Thank you. Thank you, MR. My
[27:52] thank you so much. And I
[27:53] thought it was just important
[27:56] that we all as leaders in our
[27:57] community are aware of this
[27:59] and that we can go back share
[28:00] with our constituents a mile.
[28:01] So want to take pride in the
[28:01] fact of the day was 8.11
[28:03] Hopefully everyone caught on
[28:04] to that because I want to say
[28:07] I am the self-professed dad
[28:08] joke winter up here on the
[28:11] council. So thank you so much.
[28:11] >> Masterclass and legislative
[28:13] timing. There's well done as
[28:18] Clark where you're recognized.
[28:19] Thank you to I just want to be
[28:20] added as a co-sponsor, if it's
[28:22] possible at this time.
[28:23] >> Also, it is my grandson's
[28:24] birthday. So 8.11 has another
[28:27] significance for He's 13 u All
[28:30] right. Thank you, MR.
[28:30] Monaghan.
[28:31] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
[28:33] want recognize our front, here
[28:34] in sport as well. Thanks. All
[28:36] right. Thank you, sir. With
[28:38] that. We have a motion MR. All
[28:39] right. We have a motion a
[28:40] second on this one. Let's open
[28:41] the ballot. And of course, you
[28:52] want.
[28:53] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays by your
[28:55] vote. 2026, 0, 6, 1, 4, passes
[28:57] at this time. I'd like to
[28:57] recognize COUNCILMAN Matt
[29:03] Carlucci
[29:03] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT, I
[29:08] appreciate that very much. It
[29:10] is possible been a secure dad.
[29:13] Me too. As a co-sponsor, too
[29:18] item. 23 2026 0. 6, 1, 7,
[29:20] honoring the life of one of my
[29:22] former colleagues on the
[29:26] council, Harry Regan. Harry
[29:27] was one of the finest counts.
[29:29] Bon Iver served with.
[29:31] Extremely effective. And his
[29:36] work. And I can be added as a
[29:37] sponsor. But I sure would like
[29:41] to. And also just thought I'd
[29:43] say that there will be a
[29:45] celebration of his life this
[29:47] Sunday at the History Center
[29:49] starting. I think it 1 o'clock
[29:51] till probably 5 for those who
[29:55] would like to. Who knew him
[30:00] show up and honor his family.
[30:01] Been a tough couple of years
[30:04] for accounts. Reagan. And
[30:04] losing his wife and his
[30:07] daughter. He has one remaining
[30:11] daughter who will be there.
[30:12] Lot of probably never knew.
[30:15] Harry Regan. Lot of Golden.
[30:22] But this was and incredible.
[30:26] And everything that he did.
[30:28] Appreciate you recognizing me.
[30:30] And then also wanted to throw
[30:32] and the celebration of his
[30:34] life for this. Thank you. All
[30:37] right. Thank you, MR. Carlucci
[30:39] and this will be the time to
[30:39] recognize our rules chair.
[30:42] Let's councilmember game.
[30:45] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT,
[30:46] we have just approved the
[30:46] following appointments as part
[30:49] of our consent agenda. If you
[30:50] are in the audience, please
[30:54] stand to be recognized. Alicia
[30:54] Summers to the Cultural
[30:56] Council of Greater
[30:59] Jacksonville, Arlene. Lloyd,
[31:01] to the Cultural Council of
[31:03] Greater Jax Please, we join
[31:05] join me in thanking these for
[31:08] their service to the city.
[31:11] Thank you Thank you, MISTER
[31:15] PRESIDENT. All right. This
[31:16] PRESIDENT That brings us to
[31:19] the public comments section of
[31:19] meeting tonight. So if you are
[31:23] ready for public comments, the
[31:23] Council show reserve up to one
[31:25] 1 half hours of time for the
[31:26] public comment period. The
[31:26] deadline for Fiat filling out
[31:29] and submitting a speaker card
[31:30] for public comment is 60
[31:30] Minutes after the public's
[31:32] start. Time of the council
[31:32] meeting.
[31:34] >> When there are multiple
[31:35] speakers, the time allocate
[31:36] per person shall be divided.
[31:36] So as to allow as many
[31:38] speakers turn to speak, each
[31:40] person addressing the council
[31:42] shall proceed to the place. A
[31:43] sign for speaking, which will
[31:44] be this front row up here.
[31:46] We'll do that 5 of the time.
[31:48] And then you'll be called up
[31:49] and comments. We ask that they
[31:52] be directed to the body as a
[31:54] whole. We have a significant
[31:55] amount of cars and as you can
[31:56] see, so we'll set the time of
[31:58] 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
[32:00] Members of the audience should
[32:00] refrain from demonstrations
[32:02] during our meeting that
[32:02] include the ministrations of
[32:04] approval, disapproval such as
[32:05] the plus signs or displays
[32:06] that can cause disruption to
[32:07] the meeting. Council members
[32:08] are reminded that this is our
[32:09] time to hear from the public
[32:10] and this is not a time for a
[32:12] question and answers or
[32:13] debate. However, and member of
[32:14] the public MAY be invited to
[32:16] the green Room for further
[32:17] Councilmember subject to
[32:18] approval by the council
[32:19] PRESIDENT MAY extend this
[32:20] invitation MR. Secretary,
[32:23] could you please read council
[32:23] rule 4.5, '05, regarding
[32:26] disruption of meetings.
[32:27] >> Council rule 4.5, 0, 5,
[32:31] disruption of meeting. Any
[32:32] person who disrupts the
[32:33] regular meeting of the City
[32:35] Council standing committee's
[32:36] special or select committees,
[32:37] subcommittees or any other
[32:38] public meeting presided over
[32:42] by a city council member,
[32:43] maybe 4th with barred, removed
[32:44] or otherwise ejected in the
[32:45] description in the discretion
[32:46] of the presiding officer from
[32:47] further attendance at that
[32:49] meeting. If necessary, due to
[32:52] the nature of the disruption.
[32:53] The audience MAY be cleared
[32:55] from the council chambers or
[32:55] meeting location in the
[32:57] discretion of the presiding
[32:58] officer. Any person who
[32:59] refuses to leave the City
[33:00] Council chamber MAY be subject
[33:06] to arrest. Thank you,
[33:07] Secretary. Let the time or let
[33:09] the record reflect the time is
[33:10] 05:33am. And go ahead. Call
[33:11] the first 5 speakers. If
[33:12] you're coming down, sit in the
[33:13] front row as so. You will be
[33:14] ready when your name is
[33:15] called.
[33:17] >> That is going to be
[33:20] Kathleen Pereira Loring in
[33:22] Anderson, Melanie Saxon,
[33:22] Isabella Spencer, Kira
[33:27] Marrero. Those 5 to come up
[33:28] front and Kathleen Pereira.
[33:29] You know the drill. You can
[33:31] take the podium and start with
[33:31] your name and address. Not a
[33:36] day.
[33:37] >> My name is Kathleen Prayer.
[33:39] My information is on file. In
[33:41] some ways I cannot blame the
[33:43] city Council for growing a
[33:44] death here in the citizens
[33:45] constantly complain about over
[33:46] development encroachment into
[33:46] previously peaceful
[33:49] neighborhoods and her and just
[33:50] traffic. After all, anyone
[33:51] would become numb to
[33:53] complaints after having their
[33:54] ears bent enough by those
[33:57] developers, full-time
[33:58] lobbyists. Hammer point is
[33:59] that the city council have
[34:00] developed that deaf ear
[34:00] because they haven't looked at
[34:03] the big picture. Most citizens
[34:03] don't come here just for the
[34:06] sake of complaining,
[34:07] especially when it means that
[34:09] they will have to leave jobs
[34:11] early enough and get Baber
[34:12] senators to come here and
[34:12] petitioned the council to
[34:13] redress of grievances. I think
[34:17] they would much rather not
[34:18] have to worry about what the
[34:18] council will or will not do to
[34:20] protect their quality of life
[34:23] or to worry that the council?
[34:25] Well, York, the comprehensive
[34:27] plan will reflexively
[34:28] previously rational zoning
[34:30] code in order to please
[34:32] developers who don't care at
[34:33] all about careful land use
[34:35] planning much less ruining
[34:37] neighborhoods as long as I can
[34:39] make money. Just listen to the
[34:40] neighborhoods which have had
[34:41] to fight of Morgan the cursed
[34:44] or an Old Depot, the
[34:45] slaughterhouse and now maybe a
[34:47] 15,000 see poor. They play
[34:49] soccer stadium in Saint Johns
[34:51] Town center, especially when
[34:52] there are plenty of land
[34:53] opportunities in Jacksonville
[34:54] that will not encroach upon
[34:56] the quality of life for long
[34:57] established neighborhoods. My
[35:01] part of the old Regency Square
[35:01] them are some commercial
[35:03] center center or the Cecil
[35:04] Field Center to name just a
[35:07] few after our neighborhoods.
[35:07] Want to save everyone time and
[35:10] money over bad ideas. And we
[35:11] definitely want to save the
[35:13] counselors council's years,
[35:17] which would be very easy to do
[35:17] codify and follow the 1995
[35:20] neighborhood Bill of Rights
[35:22] enforce the 2045 comprehensive
[35:24] plan and be proactive in
[35:25] stopping development that
[35:27] encroach upon neighborhoods. I
[35:29] hope you heard that loud and
[35:30] clear and also please support
[35:31] the right to Garden. Thank
[35:32] you.
[35:33] >> Thank u next we have Lauren
[35:39] Anderson. Good evening. My
[35:40] name is Lauren Anderson. And
[35:41] I'm a resident of Atlantic
[35:44] Beach. I'm here tonight in
[35:44] support of the Free to Garden
[35:46] Act, which will make community
[35:47] and market gardens permissible
[35:52] by Wright in Jacksonville. As
[35:53] a social worker, fitness,
[35:53] professional and herb list. My
[35:54] entire life revolves around
[35:57] health and wellness and at a
[35:58] time we have astronomically
[36:00] high levels of anxiety and
[36:00] obesity. It is more important
[36:01] now than ever to ensure that
[36:03] everyone has access to clean
[36:07] and fresh food diet makes a
[36:08] huge difference not only in
[36:08] our health, but in our levels
[36:12] of anxiety and depression. And
[36:13] interacting with nature is
[36:16] coming to the nervous system
[36:17] beneficial for microbiome and
[36:20] very good for immune systems
[36:22] having community gardens and
[36:23] urban farms allows more
[36:24] opportunities for people to
[36:26] interact with nature. Help
[36:27] children understand where food
[36:28] comes from and leads to
[36:31] healthier communities. I
[36:33] imagine you've heard of the
[36:34] affordability crisis that
[36:35] we're in groceries are
[36:38] insanely expensive and
[36:38] healthcare is completely
[36:39] unaffordable for people like
[36:42] me. Most of us are making well
[36:44] under $50,000 a year so
[36:45] anywhere we can supplements
[36:47] and grow things that make for
[36:49] ourselves barter with our
[36:50] neighbors, trade and sell
[36:53] things that we grow is a win.
[36:54] This is a neighborhood
[36:56] friendly, common sense
[36:58] legislation that builds upon
[36:59] regional state and local
[37:01] policy foundation's. I implore
[37:02] you to recognize the
[37:03] importance and efficacy of
[37:05] urban community farming. We
[37:07] hope you will vote for the
[37:09] home occupations Bill and then
[37:10] respectfully request you to
[37:11] support the free to Garden Act
[37:13] as a sponsor. Once it has been
[37:15] filed to learn more, please
[37:17] join us at the notice. Meeting
[37:19] on AUGUST 19th at 10:15am, to
[37:21] discuss. We can make
[37:22] neighborhood friendly
[37:23] marketing Community Gardens,
[37:24] permissible Ri right. And by
[37:25] amending the zoning Code.
[37:27] Thank you for your time. Thank
[37:28] u. Next. We have Melanie
[37:37] Saxton. Council members. My
[37:38] name is Melanie Saxon. My
[37:40] address is 6, 0, 2, 7, myself
[37:41] drive.
[37:43] >> On Jacksonville's Westside.
[37:44] Well, I've had a front yard
[37:47] organic vegetable garden for 6
[37:50] years with support from Nathan
[37:51] and his team at men in
[37:52] overalls. I've had the joy of
[37:52] eating a lot of really
[37:55] healthy, good food. I'm here
[37:56] to speak in favor in support
[38:00] of the free to Garden Act. A
[38:02] development manager for food
[38:03] Pantry in Springfield, which
[38:04] shows most of, you know, is a
[38:08] food desert. In the 2 years
[38:09] that I've been there. I've
[38:10] seen firsthand how much this
[38:13] community needs food. The
[38:14] number of people coming to us
[38:15] for food is increasing every
[38:19] month. We as a community need
[38:21] to be doing all the smart
[38:23] things we can to grow more
[38:26] food to help people grow food
[38:27] and to provide more food to
[38:31] our community. Please vote for
[38:32] the home occupation Bill. Then
[38:35] once it's filed, please
[38:37] support the free to garden at
[38:41] it's the right thing to do. To
[38:43] learn more. Please join us at
[38:45] the noticed meeting on August
[38:47] 19th at 10:15am, to discuss
[38:49] how we can make neighborhood
[38:50] friendly community and market
[38:53] guard permissible by right?
[38:55] Thank you. Our next speaker is
[39:04] Isabella Spencer.
[39:05] >> Hello, my name is Isabella
[39:07] Spencer Live off of Enzo Way.
[39:09] I'm a resident of Duval
[39:09] County. I'm coming to you
[39:11] today to request an increase
[39:13] in funding for the tnr program
[39:14] in Duval County. As many of
[39:17] you know, the stray and feral.
[39:19] >> Community is an inch in is
[39:21] an issue that is unfortunate
[39:22] continuing to grow. I would I
[39:23] do want to highlight the
[39:24] impressive program that this
[39:28] county has. We do need more
[39:29] assistance, turning our backs
[39:31] on this issue will not make it
[39:32] disappear. Increasing the
[39:33] funding will allow residents
[39:35] of the county to help close
[39:36] the gap that the shelters,
[39:37] humane society and humane
[39:39] agents can't do themselves.
[39:39] Every pet isn't accessible
[39:42] resource. That helps many
[39:44] residents throughout the
[39:46] county. It remains accessible
[39:47] by allowing its remain free to
[39:49] those residents who don't
[39:49] dedicate their time trapping
[39:50] and transporting these
[39:54] animals. By allowing the cost
[39:56] to get cats fix allows us to
[39:57] continue to tackle this
[39:58] problem. I appreciate your
[39:59] time and your consideration
[40:00] and supporting the spay neuter
[40:05] program and Duval County.
[40:06] >> Thank you. Our next speaker
[40:06] will be a row and rose coming
[40:09] down. I'll call the next 5
[40:09] speakers to come down to the
[40:12] front row. Jennifer Joyner,
[40:12] Nathan Valentine, Samantha
[40:15] Series. Brooke McNeil and
[40:20] Edward Whistler. Greetings.
[40:24] >> I'm Karah Morrow. I'm the
[40:27] director of dig local network
[40:27] which trends to farmers
[40:28] markets into community gardens
[40:30] out at the beach. And I'm also
[40:34] a resident of Atlantic Beach
[40:35] here to speak in favor of the
[40:39] free to Garden Act as somebody
[40:41] who's been closely involved in
[40:41] farmers, markets here in Duval
[40:45] County since 2008, I've seen
[40:47] more and more of our local
[40:48] farm applicants come not from
[40:52] traditional farmland, but from
[40:53] homesteads small market
[40:54] gardens and backyard farms
[40:57] right here in Duval County.
[40:59] It's I think very important
[41:01] for the economic security our
[41:02] small agricultural businesses
[41:05] and Duval County to pursue
[41:06] this kind of diversification
[41:12] of efforts. Promote the use of
[41:13] resources that are previously
[41:16] and utilized. It's relieve
[41:17] some pressure on our
[41:21] agricultural supply chains,
[41:22] especially as you as I'm sure
[41:22] you've all seen with recent
[41:26] recalls outages and Web
[41:29] services. And and that farmers
[41:31] markets and small markets in
[41:32] general are a growth industry
[41:38] within agriculture. It's also
[41:39] promotes the visibility of
[41:40] work. Unproductive land use
[41:43] when you have a very indoor
[41:45] work culture in the county,
[41:46] it's really useful to young
[41:48] people to see folks working
[41:52] outdoors and producing food
[41:53] themselves. And I'd like to
[42:00] point out also that
[42:02] agricultural land in Duval
[42:04] County itself has been greatly
[42:08] reduced between the year 2002
[42:09] 1010, we lost 85% of our
[42:10] agricultural lands to
[42:12] development here in Duval
[42:13] County, which further stresses
[42:16] those agricultural supply
[42:16] chains. So I just would like
[42:21] to emphasize that diversifying
[42:22] the resources that we have
[42:24] within the small agriculture
[42:25] is critically important to our
[42:27] future. Thank you. Thank u.
[42:34] Next. We have Jennifer Joyner.
[42:34] My Counsel. My name is
[42:38] Jennifer. Join I am a member
[42:39] of the Southeast cpac and my
[42:42] address is on file.
[42:43] >> I am here as our city
[42:44] budget is currently in the
[42:46] works and the proposed fiscal
[42:49] year. 26 to 27 highlights our
[42:50] highly lacking an allotment
[42:52] for animal welfare. Despite an
[42:53] ever-increasing need in our
[42:56] growing city. I volunteered my
[42:57] efforts and tnr trap neuter
[42:59] return for those who don't
[43:01] know for 6 years and the
[43:03] difference this program makes
[43:04] exponential for neighbors.
[43:05] Shelters, rescues and of
[43:09] course, the community cats.
[43:15] Benefits of Tnr. See We've got
[43:18] reduces unwanted kittens. Keep
[43:22] cats in their territory. There
[43:24] will give them much better
[43:25] chance at having a good life.
[43:26] Not being just dumped
[43:26] somewhere where they don't
[43:28] know where to get food and
[43:31] water. It improves their
[43:32] health by preventing
[43:34] reproductive teases diseases
[43:36] and reducing meeting related
[43:37] injuries, reduces nuisance
[43:38] behaviors. So whether or not
[43:41] neighbors like cats,
[43:42] regardless, everyone can
[43:44] benefit with less room less
[43:45] fighting, less, yelling,
[43:49] spraying and meeting behavior
[43:50] and it gradually decreases the
[43:51] community cat population,
[43:52] which ultimately helps all
[43:54] animals. Because in shelters,
[43:55] rescues and other resources
[44:02] are freed up. So it helps them
[44:02] in that way and just improve
[44:03] relationship. Sometimes there
[44:06] are problems with neighbors
[44:07] just because there are cats
[44:09] next door and they're having a
[44:10] problem there yelling are
[44:11] fighting because they're
[44:11] wanting to meet. Well, Tnr
[44:12] gets rid of that and then it's
[44:16] no longer an issue. Duval
[44:17] Catholics which covers Tnr is
[44:21] currently funded at 2000. But
[44:24] are $232,402 annually. This
[44:25] was exhausted within the first
[44:26] couple of months of the last
[44:28] of this of this current fiscal
[44:30] year per the ceo of every pet
[44:32] who I consulted for a number.
[44:35] This number has not been
[44:36] increased 4 significantly for
[44:39] many years. Our city is
[44:41] growing very fast. So is our
[44:41] animal population and an
[44:42] effective increase would be
[44:45] around a 10250,000 to cover,
[44:46] the increased costs and demand
[44:49] for this program. It is our
[44:50] responsibility to be stewards
[44:52] of GOD's creatures. We can do
[44:53] better. Please consider this
[44:54] as details are being worked
[44:58] out in our budget has now is
[44:59] the time to lead, by example
[45:01] and to embrace this beautiful
[45:02] responsibility that we've been
[45:02] blessed with to do right by
[45:03] the little guys in our city.
[45:05] Thank you so much.
[45:06] >> Thank u next speakers.
[45:17] Nathan Valentine. Good
[45:22] evening. My name is Nathan
[45:23] Valentine. Or as farm grows at
[45:27] one, 25 East, 7th Street. I'm
[45:30] here as an urban gardening
[45:31] entrepreneur, chair of the
[45:34] Duval Urban Ag Council and on
[45:36] behalf of 1630 people who
[45:37] signed the petition for
[45:40] permission to grow. Which
[45:41] calls on City Council to
[45:43] support the Free to Garden
[45:44] Act. Proposed amendment to the
[45:46] zoning code that will make
[45:47] neighborhood friendly market.
[45:47] And Kim Unity Gardens
[45:48] permissible by Wright in
[45:51] Jacksonville. I'd like to
[45:52] submit the text of the
[45:52] petition and list of names for
[45:55] the record. If I MAY to
[45:56] document the level of support.
[45:56] This proposed legislation in
[46:00] Joyce. To quote the petition
[46:02] in part, whereas Jacksonville
[46:03] has a proud tradition of
[46:05] neighbors, feeding neighbors
[46:07] and a centuries-old legacy of
[46:09] backyard gardens market and
[46:10] community gardens, urban
[46:12] fruit, tree nurseries and
[46:14] orchards. Where is Duval
[46:15] County has no straightforward
[46:17] business as usual means for
[46:18] stand-alone community. Our
[46:20] market garden to secure the
[46:21] legal right to grow on most
[46:25] property in Duval County. And
[46:26] whereas diet related diseases
[46:27] now kill more Floridians, then
[46:30] faulty plumbing ever did
[46:31] making access to fresh local
[46:33] food every bit as essential to
[46:34] public health as clean water
[46:37] and pave streets. And whereas
[46:39] Florida law confirms that food
[46:41] cultivation even inside city
[46:42] limits is a protected public
[46:45] good rather than a nuisance.
[46:46] Therefore, we the undersigned
[46:47] urge the City Council to
[46:49] support the free to Garden
[46:51] Act. So future community
[46:52] market gardens, gardeners can
[46:54] focus on carrots, not
[46:58] courthouse paperwork. We hope
[46:59] you'll vote for the home
[47:02] occupation Bill. Then we
[47:03] respectfully request you to
[47:04] sponsor the Free to Garden
[47:06] Act. To learn more. Please
[47:09] join us. Reese's public
[47:10] noticed meeting on AUGUST 19
[47:14] here in City Hall to discuss
[47:15] how we can make neighborhood
[47:15] friendly market in community
[47:17] gardens permissible by right?
[47:18] Thank you. And thank you so
[47:21] much for your service. All
[47:22] right. Thank you. Next, we
[47:28] have some of the series.
[47:30] Samantha Series address on
[47:31] file. Of course, I'm here
[47:33] today to talk about over
[47:34] development.
[47:35] >> I understand we do need
[47:37] more homes. I think we need to
[47:39] maybe have more affordable
[47:41] homes. I recently read an
[47:41] article that stated that
[47:44] Florida is number one. Number
[47:45] one in foreclosures. That's
[47:47] for sure. So I think we're
[47:48] running into an issue where
[47:49] we're building too quickly and
[47:53] costing too much people are
[47:54] buying in a non able to make
[47:55] those payments. So now we are
[47:59] number one in foreclosures.
[48:00] Again, I think we need more
[48:03] affordable homes rather than
[48:04] just over developing creating
[48:06] heat domes in our city.
[48:09] Natural land does keep our
[48:09] temperatures down. It does
[48:12] filter out the the wastewater
[48:16] to not, you know, get into our
[48:19] drinking water streams, rivers
[48:22] and ocean. It helps with. All
[48:25] sorts of reasons. And I wanted
[48:27] to inform you guys. There was
[48:27] a new report from the public
[48:29] employees for Environmental
[48:31] responsibility and the Water
[48:33] Keepers. Florida reveals that
[48:35] over 52% of assessed water
[48:37] bodies in Florida fail to meet
[48:38] the state water quality
[48:39] standards due to excessive
[48:40] nutrients and bacterial
[48:44] contaminations. But the
[48:46] findings show a significant
[48:47] decline. Environmental
[48:48] enforcement with state actions
[48:48] are dropping to less than half
[48:50] of their historical average
[48:53] despite the surge in
[48:55] population over development is
[48:55] part of the reason we are
[48:58] having this issue. We need to
[49:01] protect our natural lands. Not
[49:04] only just for enjoyment, it
[49:05] actually helps the
[49:06] environment. It helps our
[49:08] water. We are being poisoned v
[49:13] a our food, our water, our
[49:15] air. We need natural land to
[49:16] make sure we are able to get
[49:17] rid of some of those prudence.
[49:19] I know you all I'm sure have
[49:21] heard of forever chemicals. We
[49:22] have some legislation that's
[49:25] coming up to address 2 of
[49:26] them. There's hundreds of
[49:27] forever chemicals. It is very
[49:28] difficult to get forever
[49:30] chemicals out of our water and
[49:33] it's dangerous. People are
[49:34] getting sick. It's not
[49:36] something that is a trick to
[49:38] address lightly and each step
[49:39] each person in our city
[49:41] council, each part of our
[49:42] politics. They need to start
[49:43] addressing these things
[49:45] because it's the people that
[49:46] are hurting. The companies are
[49:48] making money that people are
[49:50] being hurt. It's not easy. I
[49:52] know people in many different
[49:53] cities, a lot of them are
[49:54] having health issues because
[49:55] of the contamination that's
[49:58] happening. Thank you.
[49:58] >> Thank you. Our next speaker
[50:09] is Brooke McNeil. Good
[50:11] evening. My name is perfect.
[50:13] Meal with Final Acre Urban
[50:13] farm in the Fort Caroline area
[50:15] 14. 21 Kate Lee Road.
[50:17] >> I'm here tonight to support
[50:18] the Free to Garden Act, which
[50:20] will make neighborhood
[50:21] friendly community and market
[50:21] gardens permissible by Wright
[50:25] in Jacksonville. When my
[50:28] husband I first started
[50:28] transforming our front yard
[50:31] into garden in 2020. We were
[50:31] afraid that the neighbors
[50:33] would hate Kuz our property
[50:36] zoned residential, real, but
[50:39] we're surrounded by hr ways.
[50:40] Much our surprise. It was
[50:41] actually the opposite. They
[50:44] loved it. I can't tell you how
[50:46] many times people have been
[50:46] walking by walking their dog
[50:47] out working and want to stop.
[50:51] Talk to us, bring their
[50:52] grandkids and showing where a
[50:54] tomato or care it actually
[50:56] comes from. I believe growing
[50:58] food should be right
[50:59] accessible to every person who
[50:59] desires to do so for
[51:02] themselves or for others.
[51:04] Garden strengthen communities.
[51:05] Improve health of those who
[51:07] grow them and those who eat
[51:10] from them. So we hope you'll
[51:11] vote for the home occupations
[51:14] bill. And then we respectfully
[51:16] request you to support the
[51:17] free to Garden Act as a
[51:19] sponsor. Once it has been
[51:21] filed to learn more, please
[51:23] join us at the notice. Meeting
[51:23] on AUGUST 19th 10, 15 to
[51:25] discuss how we can make
[51:27] neighborhood friendly market
[51:30] gardens. Marketing community
[51:31] gardens permissible right?
[51:34] Ending zoning code. Thank you.
[51:35] >> Thank you. Our next
[51:36] speakers, Edward Whistler. Why
[51:37] he comes up the next 5 after
[51:39] him will be easy. Top Mary
[51:40] Elizabeth Allen team. Mikey
[51:44] Howell. Lindsay Schaefer and
[51:54] Suzanne Kramer.
[51:57] >> My name is Eddie Whisler
[51:58] and I'm a resident of
[51:59] Jacksonville Beach and my
[52:02] address is 14. 25 Tanglewood
[52:03] Road. I'm here tonight to
[52:07] support the free to garden at
[52:08] which makes neighborhood
[52:09] friendly community and market
[52:13] gardens permissible by Wright
[52:14] in Jacksonville. You're at
[52:15] from some other gardening
[52:16] entrepreneurs and people who
[52:19] are in the business. I would
[52:22] love to support those folks.
[52:23] And I'm hoping that you would
[52:24] be able to as well with this
[52:26] free to Garden Act. Some of
[52:29] us. Just really love
[52:32] gardening. And some of us are
[52:33] better than the others of us.
[52:39] Adam. But all the same the
[52:40] property owners should have
[52:40] the right to be able to grow
[52:43] food without excessive
[52:44] bureaucratic barriers. And
[52:48] seems to be able to align this
[52:51] act does align our zoning code
[52:52] with Jacksonville's, local
[52:55] government comprehensive plan,
[52:56] the Florida home occupation
[53:00] bill and the right to farm.
[53:01] And then also protects the
[53:02] right to feed ourselves and
[53:07] our neighbors. And so this
[53:09] neighborhood friendly
[53:09] commonsense legislation that
[53:10] builds upon residential state
[53:13] and local policy foundation's
[53:14] is one that we should really
[53:18] consider so please consider Co
[53:18] sponsoring the Free to Garden
[53:22] Act. Thank you.
[53:23] >> Thank u next speaker is zz
[53:35] Top. Good evening. My name is
[53:36] e and I'm here representing
[53:38] farm and forage small.
[53:38] >> Urban farm located Murray
[53:42] Hill. I'm here tonight and
[53:43] support of the Free to Garden
[53:47] Act. So one of the biggest
[53:49] challenges of urban farms
[53:50] isn't the ability to grow food
[53:52] or the demand from our
[53:54] neighbors navigating
[53:55] unnecessary barriers that can
[53:57] make it difficult for
[53:57] small-scale growers operate
[54:01] where they're needed most.
[54:01] Their families looking for
[54:04] fresh local food farmers.
[54:06] Markets looking for more local
[54:07] vendors and property owners
[54:09] who want to put their land to
[54:11] productive use neighborhood
[54:12] scale gardens and market farms
[54:13] can help meet all 3 of those
[54:16] needs. This is not about
[54:17] turning neighborhoods into
[54:20] industrial farms. It's about
[54:21] allowing responsible
[54:22] neighborhood friendly food
[54:23] production to exist alongside
[54:26] the communities. It serves.
[54:28] Let's work together to make
[54:29] Jacksonville more resilient,
[54:30] supporting small local
[54:30] businesses and increase access
[54:31] to fresh food. Thank you for
[54:35] your time. Thank you. Our next
[54:36] speaker is Mary Elizabeth
[54:40] Valentine.
[54:46] >> Good evening. My name is
[54:47] Mary Elizabeth Valentine,
[54:48] Springfield, neighborhood.
[54:49] Residents and I addresses on
[54:51] file. I'm here tonight as a
[54:55] mom. To support the free to
[54:57] Garden Act because my friends,
[54:58] kids who refuse to eat
[55:00] vegetables at home, we'll eat
[55:02] lettuce and kale pick straight
[55:04] out of our neighborhood farm.
[55:07] I've heard concerns that urban
[55:09] gardens could be a nuisance.
[55:12] So I support this proposal
[55:13] because it addresses concerns
[55:15] like these while celebrating
[55:15] the beauty of fresh grown
[55:18] food. I hope you will vote for
[55:22] the home occupations And then
[55:22] I respectfully ask you to
[55:25] support the free to Garden Act
[55:26] as a sponsor. Once that has
[55:29] been filed. Please join us for
[55:31] an AUGUST 19 because you've
[55:32] heard previously to discuss
[55:33] how we can amend the zoning
[55:36] code. Thank you for your
[55:37] service to every citizen of
[55:39] Jacksonville.
[55:40] >> Right. Thank you. Our next
[55:53] speaker is Mikey Howell.
[55:53] Mikey, how from Ken Danko
[55:54] Farms and Urban Farm in Murray
[55:59] Hill. My address is 33 28 Plum
[56:00] Street and I'm here in support
[56:04] of the free to garnet. For the
[56:08] following reasons. My dad to
[56:09] grandpas or to a grandpa and
[56:10] uncle and an aunt have all
[56:12] died from various cancers. My
[56:14] mom has copd. My father, my
[56:17] stepdad has diabetes. My uncle
[56:20] have Parkinson's right now. I
[56:20] was 300 pounds and 13 years
[56:25] old. I struggle with substance
[56:26] abuse and mental and physical
[56:26] health conditions. Most of my
[56:30] adult life. Growing plants and
[56:31] connecting to food. Saved my
[56:34] life. Cook connecting the
[56:38] community, saved my life. My
[56:39] hands or what can an urban
[56:43] farm do? My hands have moved
[56:44] upwards of nearly half a
[56:45] million pounds of food into
[56:46] this community in 4 and a half
[56:50] years. I planted. Hundreds of
[56:54] thousands of seats. After
[56:55] this. I'm going home to plant
[56:58] trees and more seat. Imagine
[57:00] what these hands could do with
[57:01] unfettered support. Opposes
[57:05] skepticism. Or apprehension.
[57:06] And this is not a political
[57:11] issue. Everyone wins. We work
[57:13] together. Jacksonville could
[57:14] be an example for not just the
[57:16] rest of this state. But the
[57:18] rest of the country for what's
[57:18] possible with community
[57:21] gardens and urban farms.
[57:23] Plants and food do not care
[57:25] about gender race, religion,
[57:26] socioeconomic class or
[57:28] political affiliation. And
[57:29] this is a chance to display
[57:30] that unity is not only
[57:33] possible practical. So please
[57:35] join us. AUGUST 19 for the
[57:39] meeting at 10:15am, to discuss
[57:40] making community gardens and
[57:41] urban farms permissible by
[57:42] right? Thank you, guys. For
[57:44] hearing saw today. All right.
[57:45] Thank you. Next, have Lindsay
[57:53] Schaffer? Good Evening Council
[57:55] members. My name is Lindsay
[57:57] Schaefer addresses 14 31
[57:57] Riverplace Boulevard.
[57:58] >> And I have lived in the
[58:01] South Bank for 8 years after
[58:03] moving to Jacksonville, I
[58:03] noticed many community cats
[58:07] living in the neighborhood. I
[58:07] realized that these cats
[58:08] needed help. So I did my
[58:10] research. And with help from
[58:11] the community, I learned about
[58:16] trap neuter and release Tnr.
[58:16] And the wonderful program
[58:17] available to us at every pet
[58:21] and trapped. My first cat
[58:21] today I am requesting
[58:23] additional funding from the
[58:26] city to help cover vet care
[58:26] for spay and neuter programs
[58:28] so that my fellow trappers and
[58:31] I and continue to stretch our
[58:32] personal dollars elsewhere in
[58:35] this cause items such as fuel
[58:36] for transportation, for the
[58:39] cats back and forth for the
[58:40] tuna and rotisserie chicken as
[58:43] and Tyson bait with a large
[58:44] traps themselves and all the
[58:45] other gear that helps us trap
[58:48] more cats more efficiently,
[58:50] additional funding for this
[58:51] program would also reduce the
[58:52] burden on our local shelter
[58:54] intake and help prevent the
[58:56] growth of community cat of the
[58:57] community. Cat population.
[59:00] Thank you for your time and
[59:01] consideration.
[59:01] >> Thank you very much. Our
[59:02] next speaker will be Suzanne
[59:03] Kramer and wellness creamers.
[59:05] Coming up, I'll read the next
[59:05] by noon. If you could come
[59:10] down front. Steven has been at
[59:12] us. And Patrick Robert
[59:13] Stafford, nice Scott and Trey
[59:17] Ford.
[59:18] >> I'm Suzanne Kramer and I
[59:21] live in San Marco and in 2010,
[59:23] I started trapping feral cats
[59:26] and I'm still at it. There are
[59:28] a lot of four-letter words in
[59:29] this life that here a couple
[59:30] good for a letter. Words for
[59:37] you. Spay safe. We would
[59:37] really like more funding. The
[59:39] cats need help. I'm a cat
[59:41] lover. I do it. I cannot tell
[59:44] you how many people do it that
[59:45] are not huge cat lovers, but
[59:46] it's the right thing. Thank
[59:54] you so much.
[59:56] >> Thank u. Next is Steven has
[59:56] been and if we could just be
[59:58] more specific when we state
[1:00:00] our address, neighborhoods are
[1:00:01] nice. But if you could either
[1:00:02] say it's on file or say your
[1:00:02] actual address on the card,
[1:00:05] thank you.
[1:00:06] >> Good afternoon. My name
[1:00:08] Stephen has the head farm and
[1:00:10] earth his farm and work live
[1:00:11] 13. 36 Overstreet
[1:00:14] Jacksonville, Florida. I'm
[1:00:15] here today to speak to speak
[1:00:16] in support of the free to
[1:00:18] Garden Act. And I want to tell
[1:00:19] you guys about a former
[1:00:21] student mine. He's smart as
[1:00:23] can be, but he's struggled to
[1:00:24] find direction. He's a gang
[1:00:25] members. Faced a life of
[1:00:26] struggle. But in my class, he
[1:00:29] found something he loved
[1:00:30] agriculture specifically
[1:00:33] growing plant. Remember the
[1:00:34] excitement showed when he
[1:00:34] realized he could make a
[1:00:36] living installing raised beds,
[1:00:38] notable landscaping for his
[1:00:39] neighbors. I watched him find
[1:00:42] peace in the garden and I
[1:00:42] watched him take pride and
[1:00:43] feeding his family and his
[1:00:44] community, something it.
[1:00:49] Grown. And so. That young man
[1:00:50] is what many of young men and
[1:00:51] people encountered while
[1:00:52] teaching for Duval County
[1:00:54] Public Schools. We found
[1:00:54] something they love to an
[1:00:56] opportunity through
[1:00:57] agriculture. In some ways. His
[1:01:00] story is my story, too. These
[1:01:01] young people are the people in
[1:01:03] here today to advocate for
[1:01:04] Duval County as many
[1:01:06] agricultural education
[1:01:06] programs throughout its high
[1:01:08] schools. And when the students
[1:01:09] graduate, I want them to be up
[1:01:10] to take those skills and build
[1:01:12] careers right here in their
[1:01:14] communities. We have an
[1:01:15] agriculture community here in
[1:01:15] Jacksonville that is already
[1:01:18] incredible asset to our city.
[1:01:19] Farmers are doing the work.
[1:01:20] Nonprofits are doing the work
[1:01:21] and community gardeners to
[1:01:21] doing the work. Small
[1:01:24] businesses are as well and
[1:01:25] people from across the country
[1:01:26] are starting to pay attention
[1:01:27] to what we're doing here in
[1:01:29] the city. We need our city
[1:01:30] government to let us do our
[1:01:32] thing above court. Allow us to
[1:01:33] feed the homeless, allows to
[1:01:35] grow peace within our
[1:01:36] communities. Alas, to pass
[1:01:38] down generational knowledge,
[1:01:40] our young people to turn the
[1:01:40] skills they've learned into
[1:01:42] businesses careers. This is
[1:01:44] more about the growing This is
[1:01:46] about creating opportunities
[1:01:48] giving young people a place to
[1:01:50] belong. It's about building
[1:01:51] relationships between
[1:01:51] neighbors and it's about
[1:01:52] finding common ground at a
[1:01:54] time when that seems
[1:01:56] impossible. The Bible says
[1:01:57] Love thy neighbor. We farmers
[1:01:58] and gardeners. We love our
[1:01:59] communities. Let it spread
[1:02:01] that love. Please vote for the
[1:02:03] home occupation Bill and wants
[1:02:05] 5. So you support the free to
[1:02:07] garden that. Please join us at
[1:02:08] the notice. Meeting on AUGUST
[1:02:08] 19th at 10:15am, to discuss
[1:02:11] how we can make neighborhood
[1:02:12] friendly community and market
[1:02:13] gardens permits right? Thank
[1:02:15] you. Right. Thank you. Had a
[1:02:24] son, Patrick. Good evening
[1:02:25] City Council members. My name
[1:02:26] is out of some. Patrick. My
[1:02:28] address is on file.
[1:02:29] >> This evening, I have a few
[1:02:30] things to mention salt. Go to
[1:02:34] them. Quick. Cleat number one,
[1:02:35] I still oppose the mega jail
[1:02:39] and the big government
[1:02:39] spending associated with this.
[1:02:41] We don't need this. This is
[1:02:41] going to burden taxpayers but
[1:02:44] decades of debt. We would like
[1:02:45] an update on that before the
[1:02:49] end of the year. Let's expand
[1:02:51] our mental health diversion
[1:02:52] programs, not build bigger
[1:02:52] state incarceration,
[1:02:56] infrastructure. Free market
[1:02:57] dynamics, not tax dollars
[1:02:59] should drive development. We
[1:03:00] shouldn't be picking winners
[1:03:01] and losers. Using taxpayer
[1:03:04] money is corporate welfare.
[1:03:05] Lest we forget, we do have
[1:03:06] that pending property tax
[1:03:09] referendum. Let's fix the
[1:03:11] housing supply shortage by
[1:03:13] remove rent removing all these
[1:03:14] government bottlenecks. But
[1:03:15] simplify some of the zoning
[1:03:16] codes and empower property
[1:03:18] owners to get creative and
[1:03:21] build more attainable housing
[1:03:22] to use duplexes Triplexes and
[1:03:27] others. Let's sell off
[1:03:28] blighted city-owned properties
[1:03:29] directly to local residents as
[1:03:31] part of public. Private
[1:03:33] partnerships with workforce
[1:03:34] development who will then
[1:03:35] restore them and put them back
[1:03:39] on the tax rolls. We do need
[1:03:40] absolutely strict compliance
[1:03:42] with public records. Laws. We
[1:03:43] need to codify or neighborhood
[1:03:47] Bill of rights and keep our
[1:03:47] local governments small
[1:03:48] accountable and out of
[1:03:52] everyone's personal lives. As
[1:03:55] far as flock cameras and these
[1:03:55] drone as first responders,
[1:03:59] that jso is using. We need to
[1:04:02] be keeping tabs on exactly how
[1:04:03] we keep track of these drones.
[1:04:05] How are they notated in police
[1:04:07] reports and how do we hold jso
[1:04:08] accountable and ensure privacy
[1:04:12] is not violated? Ban flock
[1:04:13] cameras. Let's cancel these
[1:04:16] contracts as soon as possible.
[1:04:17] And also I support the free
[1:04:19] garden at thank you so much.
[1:04:21] >> As Patrick Dr, Johnson had
[1:04:22] requested to speak with you
[1:04:23] and the green room. Our next
[1:04:34] speaker is Robert Stafford. My
[1:04:35] name is Robert Stafford by
[1:04:38] addresses on file. I attended
[1:04:39] the Mares town hall meeting
[1:04:45] last week. We've all seen high
[1:04:47] school. I'm certified in
[1:04:49] federal and uniform federal
[1:04:50] Accessibility standards. The
[1:04:51] federal government's
[1:04:54] equivalent of the Americans
[1:04:56] with Disability Disabilities
[1:04:57] Act. So when I enter a
[1:04:58] building that I'm kind of
[1:05:00] conscious of. Disa civil
[1:05:03] rouse. And I was as I was
[1:05:07] sitting there, I kept saying.
[1:05:07] The mayor staff squeeze
[1:05:12] between. The ball and and
[1:05:12] seats take seats in
[1:05:17] auditorium. And started
[1:05:18] looking more in a row llamas
[1:05:19] on. And although the roads are
[1:05:20] called to the upper tier.
[1:05:21] Well, right up against the
[1:05:23] wall. Right up against the
[1:05:26] wall. You know, so I'm
[1:05:26] thinking well, as should be
[1:05:27] least 36 inches of space
[1:05:30] between those seats in the
[1:05:31] wall. A look around. They're
[1:05:33] so simple. Things and it
[1:05:36] occurred to me that the fire
[1:05:36] marshal does the final
[1:05:40] inspection before. The school
[1:05:44] board is will? Dcps is issued
[1:05:47] a certificate of occupancy.
[1:05:52] Did they fall Krista? A waiver
[1:05:52] to deviate and waiver from the
[1:05:55] standards? This is dangerous.
[1:05:58] Ladies and gentlemen, I've
[1:05:58] never seen this. It butts
[1:06:00] right up against the wall. So
[1:06:02] there's one interests the way
[1:06:04] one way to egress. If there
[1:06:05] those a panic also get
[1:06:09] injured. So we talk about
[1:06:10] student safety student and
[1:06:12] teacher safety. This is. Life
[1:06:16] safety. This is part life
[1:06:19] safety concern. Take a look at
[1:06:22] and take pictures. But I
[1:06:22] notice someone on this
[1:06:27] council. From Mary with
[1:06:27] barcodes. I like That person
[1:06:30] to take a look. You know,
[1:06:31] intend to investigate this all
[1:06:34] reach out to person. This this
[1:06:35] should be looked at I feel if
[1:06:37] you explain it to me, I'll try
[1:06:38] to understand what they were
[1:06:39] granted a certificate of
[1:06:40] occupancy and isis but right
[1:06:42] up against the wall. I've
[1:06:49] never pool.
[1:06:50] >> Thank you. Past PRESIDENT
[1:06:51] White would like to see you in
[1:06:52] the green room. He might be
[1:06:53] that guy. That knows a little
[1:06:55] something about the fire code.
[1:06:55] Our next speaker is Denise
[1:07:00] Scott. But Ray Ford. Lets you
[1:07:03] want to switch. Okay. That's
[1:07:07] got.
[1:07:08] >> Good evening, I'm Denise
[1:07:13] Qaeda. My addresses on file.
[1:07:14] As you always say before
[1:07:14] public comments. This is your
[1:07:15] time to listen to the people.
[1:07:17] So we want be minutes back.
[1:07:21] How do we do that? Kids
[1:07:22] alliance? I see a vote on that
[1:07:24] over 50 million dollars to
[1:07:26] that organization. I'm just
[1:07:26] curious how many folks on this
[1:07:27] council will benefit from that
[1:07:29] old just because you abstain,
[1:07:34] us still not right. City
[1:07:35] council assay that the
[1:07:35] auditors report stated that j
[1:07:41] e a those large commercial
[1:07:41] companies that they've built a
[1:07:44] for 2 decades. That's
[1:07:45] 55 million dollars. Guys come
[1:07:50] on. As I said before, when we
[1:07:51] as the people when we don't
[1:07:52] have enough money to pay, I'm
[1:07:55] Jay a bill we can request
[1:07:56] payment arrangement and I'm
[1:07:59] glad of that. Guess what?
[1:08:00] That's what they should do
[1:08:01] because if we don't make bill,
[1:08:05] they disconnect services. You
[1:08:06] disconnecting these big
[1:08:06] companies service. That's not
[1:08:08] fair to to the people,
[1:08:10] especially since you decided
[1:08:12] since they decided on JUNE
[1:08:13] 30th to increase that rates.
[1:08:15] That's not right. This
[1:08:15] supposed to be a public
[1:08:19] utility. We need to make that
[1:08:21] happen. Let's talk about these
[1:08:22] flock cameras on the license
[1:08:25] plate readers. Learned that
[1:08:26] when we're in public that
[1:08:28] there is no expectation of
[1:08:30] privacy. However, why do the
[1:08:31] innocent have to all the stuff
[1:08:33] of information have to be
[1:08:33] stored just because we passed
[1:08:38] by certain street. How long
[1:08:40] does this information stolen?
[1:08:42] It and also found out that
[1:08:43] it's $114,000 a year. I'm not
[1:08:47] clear, but it's fan for that.
[1:08:48] The city does that come out to
[1:08:50] jso is budget. Speaking about
[1:08:56] that share. See that You all
[1:08:57] have decided to spend $750,000
[1:09:01] for consulting that they can
[1:09:02] tell you all aware best to put
[1:09:05] the jail in our city, that
[1:09:06] companies from Miami. Where do
[1:09:07] they know what we want? The
[1:09:09] jail? You mean to tell me
[1:09:10] there's not one consulting
[1:09:13] firm in this city that you all
[1:09:14] can pay to take care of it?
[1:09:15] Because do they know that the
[1:09:17] people don't want this jail in
[1:09:19] certain neighborhoods? That's
[1:09:20] not fair. Just because you
[1:09:22] have the just because
[1:09:23] negotiated that down. From one
[1:09:24] point, something million
[1:09:26] dollars to 7.50 That's still
[1:09:27] not right. I'm sure that
[1:09:28] someone in the city that can
[1:09:29] do that. Thank you.
[1:09:33] >> Thank u next. We have Trey
[1:09:35] Ford and our next 5 after Trey
[1:09:35] will be Casey Jones Roxy
[1:09:41] McLeod. Hardison.
[1:09:41] >> William Barker and Jennifer
[1:09:50] Kelly. MR. Port, thank you.
[1:09:52] Trey Ford representing do also
[1:09:54] on the water Conservation
[1:09:57] addresses on file. Also
[1:09:57] representing Florida Fish Prep
[1:09:58] Rico, which is a chamber of
[1:10:00] commerce for gardeners and
[1:10:01] growers.
[1:10:02] >> And I was on the steering
[1:10:02] committee for the Dew Off Food
[1:10:04] Policy Council. So want to add
[1:10:06] some perspective by now.
[1:10:08] Pretty much everybody should
[1:10:08] know that it's permissible to
[1:10:10] grow your own food and share
[1:10:12] with neighbors. We want to be
[1:10:12] cautious about the word farm
[1:10:15] when we drafted the the
[1:10:15] language because it can carry
[1:10:17] some con the connotation about
[1:10:18] livestock, which can open up a
[1:10:21] whole nother can of worms, pun
[1:10:22] intended. The real
[1:10:24] conversation brewing is about
[1:10:26] urban agriculture market
[1:10:28] gardens and small farms inside
[1:10:28] Jacksonville's neighborhoods.
[1:10:29] I want to expand the
[1:10:31] conversation beyond just
[1:10:32] fable. Zoning towards access
[1:10:34] to funding and other
[1:10:35] resources. Fredy Guarin Act is
[1:10:36] about economic development and
[1:10:38] act and access to quality
[1:10:41] food. We keep seeing recalls
[1:10:42] in the news lettuce recently.
[1:10:44] The jalapenos. And it's a
[1:10:44] reminder of how fragile our
[1:10:45] reliance on the national food
[1:10:48] supply really is. As we
[1:10:49] approach an official ordinance
[1:10:52] on urban agriculture. I ask
[1:10:53] you to consider programs that
[1:10:55] encourage citizens to start
[1:10:56] businesses that can start by
[1:10:57] directing city resources
[1:10:59] toward uf Ifas Extension
[1:11:01] office and refunding the
[1:11:02] Duval. So the water
[1:11:03] Conservation District, which
[1:11:04] host to start farming, mentor
[1:11:04] ship, which I was a part of
[1:11:08] the 2021 we've seen filmmakers
[1:11:09] and artists received $10,000
[1:11:12] stipends, which I support. And
[1:11:13] I'd ask that you imagine that
[1:11:14] same kind of investment
[1:11:15] towards direct towards local
[1:11:16] growers and agribusiness
[1:11:18] owners. Honorable members of
[1:11:19] the council, which imagine how
[1:11:23] good can get Jacksonville were
[1:11:24] able to gain real independence
[1:11:26] from the federal food system
[1:11:27] through a hole, local
[1:11:27] gardeners, farmers and
[1:11:30] agribusiness owners. Thank
[1:11:30] you.
[1:11:42] >> Thank u Casey Jones.
[1:11:46] >> How you Casey 7 to 5 for
[1:11:49] street, South Jacks Beach.
[1:11:53] Hear about the flock cameras
[1:11:56] and he does on the agenda.
[1:11:57] Thanks, Tom. This needs to be
[1:12:00] voted on. I I think both sides
[1:12:03] can vote. Book slowly becoming
[1:12:08] a police state. I I think he
[1:12:10] should be in and in this next
[1:12:13] Thomas voted on because, you
[1:12:14] know, it's called the 4th
[1:12:18] Amendment. And a half. It is
[1:12:23] amazing. So how many jso?
[1:12:24] Flock cameras are is seen by
[1:12:31] noaa. Over 400. So you leave
[1:12:32] your house. This is not a
[1:12:33] license tag reader. That's
[1:12:37] false. We all know what it's
[1:12:48] called. It's it's it's you're
[1:12:51] getting data tracked on where
[1:12:56] you go. Minute by minute.
[1:12:59] Every camera. That you pass
[1:13:06] by. You're being tracked. Both
[1:13:08] sides unanimously. Next
[1:13:09] meeting or the meeting after
[1:13:12] that. Get rid of these.
[1:13:13] There's already been 2 cities
[1:13:16] in the state of Florida.
[1:13:17] >> The hole I'm going I'm
[1:13:19] going Tallahassee. The whole
[1:13:22] state needs to get real. Let's
[1:13:24] don't leave it up. The city.
[1:13:30] The whole state. We just had a
[1:13:31] 250 anniversary. Happy
[1:13:36] birthday. And where slowly
[1:13:39] becoming a police state. It's
[1:13:42] scary. Think about it. It is
[1:13:48] so scary. Over 400 cameras, a
[1:13:51] recording you. And it's not a
[1:13:54] license tag plate reader. It
[1:13:57] said data. Minute by minute
[1:14:06] where you're going. This year.
[1:14:07] I want to know why the sitting
[1:14:09] on the agenda tonight. 2
[1:14:11] cities have already banned.
[1:14:14] Right. Thank you, sir.
[1:14:15] >> It's not enough time. Thank
[1:14:18] you. Our next speaker will be
[1:14:19] Roxy McLeod and Councilmember
[1:14:20] for District 7 would like to
[1:14:27] see you in the green room.
[1:14:27] >> It is honor once again to
[1:14:30] be here before you all. Thank
[1:14:32] you for letting me come and
[1:14:33] talk to. I'm Roxanne McLeod.
[1:14:36] My address is on file. I
[1:14:39] probably live in District 10.
[1:14:41] And I'm even a member of the
[1:14:45] cpac in Northwest and I'm here
[1:14:47] representing common Ground
[1:14:49] Community Garden, which is
[1:14:50] located in Panama Park
[1:14:52] neighborhood. It's one of our
[1:14:53] larger neighborhoods, but I
[1:14:57] believe that is the only.
[1:14:58] Garden that there isn't that
[1:15:01] whole neighborhood, which is a
[1:15:03] food desert and you MAY
[1:15:06] already know this, but done my
[1:15:07] research and there are way too
[1:15:09] many food deserts in our city.
[1:15:10] So, you know, good and well,
[1:15:14] but I'm here and representing
[1:15:16] and let you know that I stand
[1:15:21] for the freedom to Garden Act,
[1:15:22] but also please vote on the
[1:15:26] home occupations Bill. And you
[1:15:27] are definitely again, number 6
[1:15:29] or 7 inviting you to next
[1:15:31] Wednesday. That's not
[1:15:33] tomorrow. I usually wear my
[1:15:33] farmer's hat today. I'm
[1:15:37] wearing my teacher hat. Not
[1:15:38] tomorrow. But look at your
[1:15:39] calendar and put it on your
[1:15:41] calendar for next Wednesday.
[1:15:43] The 19th we'll be in the Dawn
[1:15:45] Davis room. You know where
[1:15:46] that is. And at 10, 15 in the
[1:15:49] morning, all be there. And I'm
[1:15:51] looking for you to be there.
[1:15:52] We'll talk a little bit more
[1:15:55] details about that freedom to
[1:15:57] Garden Act. I know there's
[1:15:57] more. I'm sure I'm going to
[1:16:03] say let me see this morning
[1:16:04] when I was wearing the garden
[1:16:07] hat, I loved what MISTER Has
[1:16:11] been said. Earlier. He was
[1:16:11] talking about the
[1:16:13] transformation of someone.
[1:16:17] Why? Because of the the
[1:16:19] environment that being in a
[1:16:20] garden does for love it when
[1:16:23] there's from a thing or now it
[1:16:25] does something to you. It gave
[1:16:26] that man that young man piece
[1:16:27] in it helped transform his
[1:16:30] life this morning I was in the
[1:16:33] garden trying to learn the new
[1:16:34] bus schedule for the kids that
[1:16:35] come and catch the bus on the
[1:16:36] corner where the garden is.
[1:16:37] They love to come to the
[1:16:39] garden. An old neighbor, old
[1:16:41] man walking. He stopped me. He
[1:16:42] said, you know what you're
[1:16:45] doing? And I said I'm having
[1:16:47] fun. I'm in the garden. He
[1:16:49] goes No. You are creating a
[1:16:52] safe place for these children.
[1:16:54] And he looked around and you
[1:16:55] know what he's talking about.
[1:16:59] It's that part sorry. Thank
[1:17:00] y'all. Come on in saying that
[1:17:01] you are ate it next is Micah
[1:17:08] Hardison. Good afternoon. My
[1:17:11] name is make a partisan car. I
[1:17:14] am a local beekeeper grow. Our
[1:17:15] food entrepreneur, educator
[1:17:15] and I am in support of the
[1:17:17] free to Garden Act.
[1:17:18] >> I just want to bring to
[1:17:19] state your address so that it
[1:17:24] sometime. Yes, I'm sorry. It's
[1:17:25] 1, 3, 5, 3, 4, or Admiral
[1:17:25] Court Jacksonville, Florida,
[1:17:27] 3, 2, 2, 1, 8, I just want to
[1:17:28] bring to the council's
[1:17:32] attention. The recent focus on
[1:17:33] our first comprehensive food
[1:17:35] plan. The state of the food
[1:17:37] plan and really how city
[1:17:40] leaders have recognized that
[1:17:41] food access and full
[1:17:42] resilience really are a
[1:17:43] central part of city planning.
[1:17:45] A lot of the food that we have
[1:17:46] probably most of the food that
[1:17:50] we have here travels very long
[1:17:54] and complicated supply chains.
[1:17:55] Hundreds and thousands of
[1:17:57] miles before it reaches
[1:18:01] Jacksonville, a resilient city
[1:18:02] can't. It's only depend
[1:18:03] exclusively on food. That's
[1:18:07] from somewhere else
[1:18:08] transported again, lots of
[1:18:09] miles and delivered to a
[1:18:12] limited number of outlets. We
[1:18:13] also have to build local
[1:18:15] capacity to feed ourselves the
[1:18:16] free to Garden Act is a
[1:18:17] practical step toward that
[1:18:20] goal. It allows more food to
[1:18:22] be grown and distributed. And
[1:18:24] so communities where it's
[1:18:26] needed. It also gives
[1:18:28] residents access to fresh or
[1:18:29] food from growers that they
[1:18:33] know and trust. While also
[1:18:34] allowing greater transparency
[1:18:35] about how that food is
[1:18:38] produced. Thank you. Thank u
[1:18:53] next of William Parker.
[1:18:56] Good
[1:18:57] afternoon Council members. My
[1:18:57] name is William Barker. My
[1:18:58] addresses on file.
[1:19:02] >> I am a could local
[1:19:05] entrepreneur and the community
[1:19:07] urban farmer. And I was just
[1:19:09] here to support the free 2,
[1:19:12] the free to guard that. And I
[1:19:13] just want to take time to
[1:19:16] paint a picture of. Wise and
[1:19:18] important coming from and to
[1:19:18] serve community and a local
[1:19:22] food as it myself. I wanted to
[1:19:23] bring you guys attention to
[1:19:26] the vast possibilities that
[1:19:28] urban development around
[1:19:30] community Garden brings to the
[1:19:31] community is more than just
[1:19:33] being able to grow full. But
[1:19:38] it offers education. And if we
[1:19:39] can expand the use of these
[1:19:40] urban farms into classroom
[1:19:44] settings. Areas that we
[1:19:47] continue to push workforce
[1:19:48] development, teaching students
[1:19:51] that are coming from these
[1:19:52] underserved communities,
[1:19:53] skills that are valuable that
[1:19:54] they can learn in their own
[1:19:55] communities outside of the
[1:19:57] school outside of the
[1:19:59] independent home in these
[1:20:02] areas. It off of and
[1:20:03] tremendous results and the
[1:20:04] community and I've seen it
[1:20:05] myself and I know a lot of
[1:20:06] times you guys are not always
[1:20:09] on the ground level and I just
[1:20:11] want you guys to paint a
[1:20:13] picture to see how the zoning
[1:20:17] issues came. Calls problems in
[1:20:19] the community on on a larger
[1:20:19] scale because a lot of towns
[1:20:22] funding is involved. Getting
[1:20:24] custom zoning to do more than
[1:20:24] just Grohl at a farm. If I
[1:20:27] wanted to other amendments to
[1:20:29] the community that will help
[1:20:33] educate students are oust him
[1:20:34] around. Other things like
[1:20:34] engineering being able to
[1:20:36] offer farm stands, being able
[1:20:38] to offer different levels of
[1:20:39] educational training outside
[1:20:43] of just growing full. Removing
[1:20:43] those barriers around the
[1:20:47] zoning would definitely help.
[1:20:49] All 4 of a wider and broader
[1:20:49] reach to what we can offer in
[1:20:52] these underserved communities.
[1:20:53] So going into the free to go
[1:20:54] there, I just wanted to paint
[1:20:56] that picture. So you guys to c
[1:20:57] is more than just growing food
[1:21:00] is being able to offer more to
[1:21:01] the community and the guardian
[1:21:04] be a entryway to offer these
[1:21:06] things and removing those
[1:21:08] barriers will help us do that.
[1:21:08] We understand we do have the
[1:21:10] right to grow and we know we
[1:21:12] can grow, but we want to paint
[1:21:14] a picture that is bigger than
[1:21:15] growing and the impact that it
[1:21:16] will make in underserved
[1:21:19] communities. Thank you. All
[1:21:20] right. Thank you. As Jennifer
[1:21:21] Kelly comes up, call out the
[1:21:23] next 5 speakers which will be.
[1:21:26] >> But Ash-Har Hobbs, Dragon
[1:21:29] Beloit, Valery Sproles. Jamie
[1:21:31] Travis Leonard and Wells tied.
[1:21:36] Jennifer Kelly, you are up.
[1:21:37] >> Good Evening City Council.
[1:21:37] My name is Jennifer Kelly and
[1:21:40] my address is on file. I'd
[1:21:42] like to begin by saying Shift
[1:21:45] laughed, chef to laughed,
[1:21:47] shift left. What does that
[1:21:50] mean? Business shift left
[1:21:51] means solving a problem as
[1:21:55] early as possible. When
[1:21:56] intervention is simpler and
[1:21:57] less expensive than waiting
[1:21:59] for the problem to become a
[1:22:02] much bigger issue. That's more
[1:22:03] expensive and more difficult
[1:22:03] to manage as it moves
[1:22:07] downstream. This is exactly
[1:22:10] what the trap neuter return
[1:22:11] and accessible spay and neuter
[1:22:14] programs do for Jacksonville.
[1:22:15] When we fund a surgery today,
[1:22:17] we aren't just helping one
[1:22:19] cat. We are preventing future
[1:22:20] letters. We are preventing
[1:22:24] sick animals, injured animals,
[1:22:25] animals that fight and need
[1:22:28] care from entering the system
[1:22:29] and generating animal
[1:22:30] concurrent control calls are
[1:22:31] producing another generation
[1:22:33] of community cats. That's
[1:22:37] what's called shifting left.
[1:22:40] When funding runs out. Re put
[1:22:42] production doesn't stop. The
[1:22:43] alternative is waiting until
[1:22:44] kittens are already born. And
[1:22:47] then asking the animal care
[1:22:50] and protective services, the
[1:22:50] Humane Society, volunteers
[1:22:53] foster homes to deal with the
[1:22:55] consequences. I want to know
[1:22:58] that this issue has a strong
[1:22:59] community response. I started
[1:23:01] the petition that has 591
[1:23:04] signatures as of this meeting.
[1:23:05] Right now. The program has run
[1:23:07] out of funding and the cost
[1:23:11] shifted to $25 per cat for
[1:23:12] many residents and volunteers.
[1:23:14] This out of pocket costs is a
[1:23:15] real barrier and is causing
[1:23:16] fewer people to participate in
[1:23:20] the tnr program. When the cost
[1:23:21] goes up, fewer cats get fixed.
[1:23:24] And the cycle continues. Not
[1:23:25] only does it continue, it
[1:23:26] exponentially grows as a
[1:23:29] problem. Right now the program
[1:23:31] is funded by Duval Cat Fix,
[1:23:33] which is funded by ordinance
[1:23:37] for license fees. Shifting the
[1:23:38] burden to consumers who
[1:23:39] actually take the time to
[1:23:42] register their pets and then
[1:23:43] Rosie's Fund, which is private
[1:23:46] donors kick in. It's not
[1:23:48] enough. So I'm asking the city
[1:23:49] to increase funding for the
[1:23:51] community cat and spay and
[1:23:54] neuter program by 100 to
[1:23:56] $150,000 to provide enough
[1:23:58] resources. I'm not asking you
[1:24:00] to spend more money on cats.
[1:24:01] I'm asking you to be a
[1:24:05] business and to invest earlier
[1:24:06] in the problem, right? Jackson
[1:24:07] now has to fear animal. Thank
[1:24:09] you and please shift.
[1:24:10] >> at your time. Latasha
[1:24:17] Hobbs.
[1:24:18] >> Good evening, everyone. My
[1:24:20] name is Latasha Hobbs
[1:24:23] addresses on file. I would
[1:24:24] also like to take a moment to
[1:24:26] acknowledge Rose Devoe mother
[1:24:28] of Gabriel DeVoe. She is. I'm
[1:24:33] here today. I am here today in
[1:24:35] honor of my forever. Only son
[1:24:36] Maurice Hobbs who was murdered
[1:24:39] in district 2 on JANUARY. 26
[1:24:40] 2017, just 2 days after
[1:24:43] celebrating his 18th birthday.
[1:24:44] As of today, it's been 3,484
[1:24:48] days of suffering that I never
[1:24:50] chose and cannot and can never
[1:24:52] undo. I stand before you not
[1:24:54] only as a constituent of
[1:24:55] district 3, but as the mother
[1:24:58] murdered child who has spent
[1:24:59] years living with the
[1:25:00] consequences of violent crime
[1:25:02] and fighting for justice. And
[1:25:03] today I want to talk about
[1:25:04] something that is
[1:25:07] uncomfortable but necessary
[1:25:08] community accountability. We
[1:25:09] talk about gun violence. We
[1:25:11] talk about violent crime. We
[1:25:11] talk about the need for more
[1:25:13] law enforcement, more
[1:25:16] resources and stronger laws
[1:25:17] and those conversations
[1:25:18] matter. But we also have to be
[1:25:21] willing to ask ourselves what
[1:25:21] responsibility do we have as a
[1:25:25] community have when we know
[1:25:26] who was committing violent
[1:25:28] crimes in choose to remain
[1:25:30] silent when someone is
[1:25:31] carrying illegal guns
[1:25:33] committing violent offenses or
[1:25:33] participating in violence
[1:25:35] there often people who know
[1:25:37] something, saw something,
[1:25:38] heard something and yet nobody
[1:25:41] speaks up. That silence has
[1:25:43] consequences. I'm asking those
[1:25:44] who know something to use the
[1:25:46] resources available to report
[1:25:49] information safely and
[1:25:49] anonymously when necessary. We
[1:25:51] cannot demand that law
[1:25:51] enforcement solve every
[1:25:54] violent crime while
[1:25:55] simultaneously withholding
[1:25:55] information that could help
[1:25:57] them solve it. And I would
[1:25:58] like to also acknowledge the
[1:25:59] men and women in law
[1:26:00] enforcement who show up every
[1:26:04] every day. Responding today,
[1:26:05] dangerous situations
[1:26:06] investigating crimes is stand
[1:26:09] with victims in our families.
[1:26:10] They have a difficult job. The
[1:26:12] sheriff's office deserves our
[1:26:13] respect. Our support in our
[1:26:15] partnership. They cannot see
[1:26:17] everything they cannot
[1:26:18] investigate what they don't
[1:26:20] know. Public safety a shared
[1:26:22] responsibility. If you want
[1:26:22] safer neighborhoods, we have
[1:26:23] to build a culture. We're
[1:26:24] protecting innocent lives
[1:26:26] matter. Moore's matters more
[1:26:27] than protecting someone
[1:26:28] committee violence. We have to
[1:26:29] stop confusing. Silence will
[1:26:31] but loyalty. Accountability is
[1:26:33] not retaliation. It's a
[1:26:35] prevention. It is about
[1:26:36] getting law enforcement, the
[1:26:37] information they need before.
[1:26:38] Another mother receives a
[1:26:40] phone call that changes her
[1:26:41] life forever. I know that pain
[1:26:42] personally. I'm the mother of
[1:26:45] a murdered child. Thank you
[1:26:45] for your time. Thank u next
[1:26:53] kept dragging Beloit.
[1:26:55] >> Oh, my gosh. It's me. Hi,
[1:26:55] I'm Brenna Malloy. My
[1:26:57] addresses on file with in. 300
[1:27:00] feet of my house. There are
[1:27:03] about 14 flock cameras. That's
[1:27:06] a lot. I literally cannot
[1:27:07] leave my neighborhood without
[1:27:07] this private corporation
[1:27:08] tracking my every move. I
[1:27:12] don't like it. So I a couple
[1:27:14] of things before you today.
[1:27:16] Actually, this is a list of
[1:27:17] 100 cities who have been in a
[1:27:20] agreement with flock or an lpr
[1:27:22] service and have chosen to end
[1:27:23] it. I'm hoping can add
[1:27:25] Jacksonville to that list.
[1:27:28] This is a list of 250 names of
[1:27:30] Jacksonville residents and
[1:27:32] coats. Every single one of
[1:27:32] them have signed petition
[1:27:35] which I am currently running
[1:27:35] to try and remove Alpr is from
[1:27:38] our city completely. We've
[1:27:39] talked a lot about it. I'm
[1:27:39] going to talk a little bit
[1:27:40] about something we don't talk
[1:27:42] about much, which is the Raven
[1:27:45] program. There are 3 Raven
[1:27:47] activated or raven equipped
[1:27:51] cameras within 300 feet of my
[1:27:52] house. Ray, then is the term
[1:27:54] for the one that listens to
[1:27:56] your voice. It listens to
[1:27:57] voices and it it was
[1:27:58] originally rolled out as a
[1:28:00] gunshot recognition software.
[1:28:03] It's really strange how this
[1:28:03] gunshot recognition software
[1:28:06] now also listens for signs of
[1:28:07] human distress. They didn't
[1:28:08] change it at all. It just
[1:28:12] magically gained that ability,
[1:28:13] which means it always have
[1:28:13] that ability switches,
[1:28:14] software around start
[1:28:15] marketing at a different way.
[1:28:18] It was always listening to the
[1:28:21] people talking around it. One
[1:28:22] of the cameras is right on the
[1:28:23] end of Yellow Pine Drive
[1:28:26] Yellow Pine Drive has a raven
[1:28:29] acquit flock camera right next
[1:28:31] to a child's home. There are 3
[1:28:33] children in this home and they
[1:28:35] are being listened to every
[1:28:36] single day that camera did not
[1:28:42] turn off. That turn away.
[1:28:43] We've already had one arrest
[1:28:44] from someone who decided that
[1:28:44] you guys were not going to do
[1:28:49] your jobs and act on removing
[1:28:50] these cameras and so tried to
[1:28:51] do it themselves because they
[1:28:52] felt their First Amendment and
[1:28:53] 4th Amendment rights were
[1:28:56] being violated. We are going
[1:28:59] to keep asking you to do this
[1:29:01] again. $144,000 is quite a big
[1:29:03] contract. But what you might
[1:29:04] not know is that every time a
[1:29:05] camera is damaged or comes
[1:29:08] down. We pay flock again. When
[1:29:12] they put up a new one. So
[1:29:13] people are mad. They're gonna
[1:29:13] keep breaking The cost is
[1:29:17] going to get bigger. Let's try
[1:29:18] moving left and stopping it
[1:29:20] before we end up doubling that
[1:29:21] cost because people are going
[1:29:23] to keep throwing rocks at the
[1:29:24] cameras. Guys.
[1:29:24] >> Thank u next. We have Spurr
[1:29:38] old.
[1:29:41] >> my name Valerie Sprawl. I
[1:29:44] am my address is 2.86 to
[1:29:45] Yellow Pine Drive in my lovely
[1:29:47] neighborhood in Arlington. I'm
[1:29:52] with I'm here to talk about
[1:29:57] flock and other Alp ours. I'm
[1:29:58] having a degree in computer
[1:30:00] science. I was surprised just
[1:30:01] how many flock cameras I
[1:30:05] witnessed here in Jax. Because
[1:30:07] it is not just a matter of
[1:30:07] privacy, but national security
[1:30:10] as well. Flock is not a
[1:30:12] governmental organization.
[1:30:13] It's a business that
[1:30:16] prioritizes profit. Because of
[1:30:17] this. They are not privy to
[1:30:18] the checks and balances. Our
[1:30:20] lovely government staff are
[1:30:23] beholden to. Because of this
[1:30:25] flock lies about their
[1:30:26] security and prove his
[1:30:29] relatively available. Flock is
[1:30:30] not only store license plate
[1:30:34] data. It stores the video both
[1:30:38] regular and infrared. They all
[1:30:40] have facial recognition. Every
[1:30:44] camera. Some park cameras,
[1:30:45] scammers Staradio Strachan
[1:30:49] mentioned. Flock cameras.
[1:30:52] Let's cameras also have iron
[1:30:53] mentioned. They have patient
[1:30:56] outcomes. Official commission
[1:30:57] all this information is by
[1:31:02] default stored for 30 days.
[1:31:04] It's also us and not.
[1:31:09] Encrypted. All of these
[1:31:09] cameras are also incredibly
[1:31:12] happy. Couple. Because each
[1:31:13] and every camera has its
[1:31:16] computer. Any hacker can
[1:31:18] hockey's cameras and saw their
[1:31:19] own software changing how long
[1:31:21] that information is stored.
[1:31:22] And changing where that
[1:31:27] information MAY come. Cameras
[1:31:30] are throughout Jacksonville.
[1:31:31] And how that data can be used
[1:31:34] cannot only be used to. Stock
[1:31:35] and monitor information about
[1:31:39] office. Regular folk, but also
[1:31:43] every single one of you.
[1:31:45] Information start by flock
[1:31:46] cameras has already been used
[1:31:49] a stock. Several women. Were
[1:31:53] former partners of police
[1:31:53] officers and other cities
[1:31:58] throughout the United States.
[1:32:00] Video information that maybe
[1:32:01] someone could extract from a
[1:32:02] pla camera could also be used
[1:32:06] to say. Okay, thank you. Thank
[1:32:06] you. Next we have Jaime
[1:32:15] Travers, Leonard.
[1:32:16] >> Good Evening City Council.
[1:32:17] My name is Jamie Thomas
[1:32:19] Leonard, my addresses on file
[1:32:22] like to start off by inviting
[1:32:24] everybody on the dias to the
[1:32:25] Emerald Trail as line cleanup
[1:32:27] this Saturday from 9 to 11,
[1:32:28] it's being hosted by your
[1:32:29] side. Pride and groundwork.
[1:32:31] Tax. Hope to see you there.
[1:32:32] Second, I'd like to talk about
[1:32:33] something a little closer to
[1:32:35] the heart. I apologize I get a
[1:32:35] little emotional.
[1:32:38] >> And that is retention pond.
[1:32:39] Safety last Wednesday, a
[1:32:43] little boy. With autism near
[1:32:44] my neighborhood drowned in
[1:32:45] retention pond after being
[1:32:49] missing for several hours a
[1:32:50] lot of the community was
[1:32:52] looking for him. I know the
[1:32:53] jso was out. We had the
[1:32:53] helicopters flying over my
[1:32:56] neighborhood. I think
[1:32:57] everybody on the ground did
[1:32:59] everything they cut. But I
[1:33:01] fear that the city council
[1:33:02] could have done more prior to
[1:33:04] this inciting incident. C 2
[1:33:06] other little boys with autism
[1:33:10] drowned in 2021. That was
[1:33:11] Gavin Doyon and Mohamed Noor.
[1:33:14] And at that time the city
[1:33:16] council was supposed to
[1:33:18] address the lack of protective
[1:33:20] infrastructure around
[1:33:21] retention ponds. And it
[1:33:24] clearly has not. I'm asking
[1:33:27] the city Council. To take that
[1:33:28] initiative back up again. We
[1:33:33] have. Regulations, Florida
[1:33:35] pool regulations for personal
[1:33:36] pools. Florida regulations
[1:33:39] require that barriers. For any
[1:33:40] new or remodeled pool be
[1:33:43] protected with by a four-foot
[1:33:44] area with no gaps large enough
[1:33:45] for a small child prof to
[1:33:49] climb over. I'm asking that we
[1:33:50] have similar protections for
[1:33:53] residential retention ponds. I
[1:33:53] recognize that we can't
[1:33:54] protect every body of water.
[1:33:57] We live in Florida. It's a
[1:33:58] coastal city, but I think
[1:34:00] there's more we can do to try
[1:34:03] and protect these kids.
[1:34:07] Because kids don't scene storm
[1:34:07] water, infrastructure. They
[1:34:09] see a shiny little lake. So
[1:34:10] once again, I'm calling on all
[1:34:14] of you. To pass something 2
[1:34:16] add in some protection for
[1:34:17] children. They're getting too
[1:34:22] close to the spot. Thank you.
[1:34:23] >> There are actually 2
[1:34:23] council members that has to
[1:34:24] speak with you. We can't have
[1:34:26] them both the same time. So
[1:34:27] ladies, first, some as
[1:34:28] payments going to be too. And
[1:34:30] then MISTER Gaffney Junior.
[1:34:32] >> We'll follow up and our
[1:34:35] next speaker is wealth tied.
[1:34:35] And then the remaining
[1:34:36] speakers can come forward
[1:34:42] after Bo have Brooke Dube, Tom
[1:34:42] Maguire, John Janey Antony's
[1:34:46] Cook.
[1:34:47] >> My name is well as taught
[1:34:48] in my address is on file and
[1:34:49] I'm a member of take em down
[1:34:53] Jax. I was watching Bryan
[1:34:54] Stevenson this morning. He's
[1:34:54] the director of the Equal
[1:34:56] Justice Initiative. And he
[1:34:57] spoke about the narrative. In
[1:35:02] America. And how the North won
[1:35:04] the war, the Civil War. But
[1:35:04] the South.
[1:35:09] >> One, a narrative. To put it
[1:35:11] bluntly that narrative has
[1:35:11] always been blacks are
[1:35:12] inferior and whites us a
[1:35:15] period. I raise this part of
[1:35:17] the narrative because it has
[1:35:18] allowed rich white folks over
[1:35:22] the past 400 years to carry
[1:35:22] out untold misery and
[1:35:23] suffering towards
[1:35:23] African-Americans and all
[1:35:27] people of color. The narrative
[1:35:27] has allowed redlining to be
[1:35:31] put into law. The narrative
[1:35:32] allowed major highways to run
[1:35:35] through black communities,
[1:35:37] driving down the value of land
[1:35:39] and that propaganda. That
[1:35:40] narrative was that they were
[1:35:46] getting rid of slums. In
[1:35:46] Jacksonville through that
[1:35:51] narrative. Is the medical
[1:35:52] examiner's office Mort in the
[1:35:57] black community. If not for
[1:35:58] the community organizing there
[1:35:59] would have also been a
[1:36:01] drive-thru liquor store. Part
[1:36:02] of that narrative is, you know
[1:36:03] how black people love their
[1:36:06] liquor. Now you want to put
[1:36:11] concrete. In the black
[1:36:15] community. With no concern
[1:36:15] about the negative and harmful
[1:36:19] environmental costs. So the
[1:36:24] cycle continues. When are you
[1:36:25] all going to do something to
[1:36:32] stop this cycle? All right,
[1:36:43] next we have Brooke, Don Dube.
[1:36:45] >> Good evening. My name is
[1:36:46] Brooke Dube. I live at 85. 0,
[1:36:47] 5 Cordoba Avenue and I've been
[1:36:50] volunteering with traveling to
[1:36:51] return, an art for community
[1:36:51] catch in Jacksonville for
[1:36:54] about 2 years now. In that
[1:36:55] time, I've helped get over in
[1:36:56] the community. Cat fixed,
[1:37:00] investigated. I've seen
[1:37:00] firsthand how important a dual
[1:37:02] Catholics program is to our
[1:37:04] communities at end of each
[1:37:05] fiscal year, funding is
[1:37:07] provided to every pet that
[1:37:07] because the need is so high.
[1:37:08] The sponsor often exhausted
[1:37:11] within just a few months after
[1:37:12] that, many cats have to wait
[1:37:13] for help or rely entirely on
[1:37:13] volunteers trying to find
[1:37:17] other resources. Right now
[1:37:18] cost is $25 per unknown cat
[1:37:20] through every pet that MAY not
[1:37:21] sound like much for one cat,
[1:37:23] but it adds up quickly
[1:37:23] volunteers who are helping
[1:37:24] track multiple cats across
[1:37:28] different communities. Many
[1:37:29] caregivers also simply cannot
[1:37:31] afford the fee and volunteers
[1:37:32] are already paying for traps
[1:37:32] supplies, transportation and
[1:37:33] countless hours of our own
[1:37:36] time. While volunteer and I've
[1:37:37] seen the impact, the delay tnr
[1:37:39] can have kittens are born into
[1:37:40] difficult conditions can
[1:37:41] become sick. Mother catch
[1:37:42] struggle to survive up
[1:37:44] reducing litter after litter.
[1:37:45] Now, cats often get injured
[1:37:45] and fights and wonder Miles
[1:37:47] neighborhoods looking for
[1:37:49] mates. Every time funding runs
[1:37:50] out, it becomes harder prevent
[1:37:51] that cycle from continuing
[1:37:52] because community cats
[1:37:54] reproduce so quickly. Tnr is
[1:37:56] one of the most effective and
[1:37:57] humane ways to reduce the
[1:37:59] outdoor cat population prevent
[1:38:02] future leaders allows cast to
[1:38:03] be vaccinated against diseases
[1:38:03] improve their overall health.
[1:38:04] It reduces the number of cats
[1:38:05] that eventually enter
[1:38:07] shelters. It also reduces
[1:38:08] nuisance behavior such as
[1:38:08] fightin sprain and loud mating
[1:38:09] calls, which benefits
[1:38:12] neighborhoods as well. I
[1:38:13] understand that our city has
[1:38:16] many important priorities. I
[1:38:16] respectfully ask the city
[1:38:17] Council to consider increase
[1:38:18] and maintain and fund and dual
[1:38:20] Catholics program. Right? So
[1:38:25] that it. Continues haven't
[1:38:25] been done throughout the
[1:38:27] entire year rather than the
[1:38:28] first few months and running
[1:38:29] out. Thank you for your time
[1:38:32] and for consideration.
[1:38:33] >> All right. Thank you. Next
[1:38:41] we have Tom Maguire. Good
[1:38:42] evening, ladies and Gentleman.
[1:38:44] I am Tom Maguire. 4, 7, 1, 1,
[1:38:45] heard or road Jacksonville,
[1:38:47] Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, 0,
[1:38:48] >> Before I start complaining
[1:38:49] tonight, I would like to give
[1:38:51] to creators for events
[1:38:54] recently in the city, very
[1:38:55] pleased with the Johnson and
[1:38:58] Johnson, an active your
[1:39:00] expansion. Good It brings jobs
[1:39:02] to area that really needs jobs
[1:39:05] and we need more of that. So I
[1:39:07] hope y'all continue on in
[1:39:11] that. And hey, jso aviation
[1:39:12] unit finally achieved
[1:39:13] something of note resulting in
[1:39:14] the seizure of several
[1:39:18] vehicles and that's great and
[1:39:19] happy for that. But I'm not
[1:39:20] sure if that justifies the
[1:39:22] expense of the Union. Now
[1:39:27] let's get to the complaining.
[1:39:28] Still struggle to understand
[1:39:29] how in a time of declining
[1:39:33] servant City revenue and the
[1:39:36] pending vote on the property
[1:39:36] tax amendment. We're even
[1:39:38] considering building a new
[1:39:44] jail. We have spent $750,000
[1:39:44] to find a new location. But
[1:39:47] we've not wanted any money.
[1:39:49] Study how much money it would
[1:39:51] take to renovate and repair
[1:39:55] the old jail to make a fair
[1:39:56] comparison. We need both
[1:40:01] datasets on that. We cannot
[1:40:03] make an informed decision
[1:40:06] without that. I also believe
[1:40:07] the information that we are
[1:40:09] using on the cost savings or
[1:40:13] having a new jail does not
[1:40:15] take every aspect of it into
[1:40:16] consideration. You're going to
[1:40:18] be building a much larger
[1:40:20] campus, which you will have to
[1:40:23] maintain and secure every
[1:40:25] single foot of a jail has to
[1:40:26] be secured. That's going to be
[1:40:35] expensive going on. Another
[1:40:36] thing is we're all mostly
[1:40:37] considering locations on the
[1:40:40] outskirts of the city. So
[1:40:40] transporting the inmates to
[1:40:43] the jail to there. Very many
[1:40:44] court appearance is it's going
[1:40:46] to be an enormous cost. And
[1:40:47] that's something we need to
[1:40:50] take into account, too. I
[1:40:51] really can't believe that this
[1:40:54] is the one issue that you all
[1:40:56] and the mayor's office. Found
[1:40:58] that you can bipartisan Lee
[1:40:59] support because it's really
[1:41:04] just a bad idea. Thank you.
[1:41:05] >> Thank u next fresh out of
[1:41:06] the Baker County has seen
[1:41:07] insane asylum. We have John
[1:41:16] Jay new
[1:41:17] >> Really low. I John Jelly.
[1:41:18] Roll intangible, good boy
[1:41:21] resiliency. New to tracing go.
[1:41:22] Say's Bascom Road
[1:41:24] Jacksonville, Florida, 3, 2,
[1:41:25] 2, 1, 6, city council district
[1:41:29] 4 Scott Wilson, cpac planning
[1:41:30] district 3, which was a no
[1:41:31] show at the Finance Committee
[1:41:34] meeting for cpac. Cip
[1:41:39] corruption in Pots. Bird we've
[1:41:40] got some massive backroom
[1:41:43] deals on our waterways and a
[1:41:45] school board district 3, Cindy
[1:41:47] Pearson in her brilliant idea
[1:41:49] for charter school public
[1:41:50] school field trip Public Park
[1:41:54] on Pottsburg Creek, 2025, 0,
[1:41:57] 6, 7, That's a Duval County
[1:42:00] public schools. She oj windy
[1:42:01] Con city of Jacksonville. You
[1:42:01] know, that's a amendment. 3
[1:42:07] stuff. Alright, big shout out.
[1:42:13] 2 Rd. The real do Ron and 600
[1:42:17] wbo be 6 to 9 am Monday
[1:42:18] through Friday. Now elections
[1:42:23] are AUGUST 18th. I'm voting
[1:42:23] for anyone who will pardon
[1:42:27] noon. Be addressing agenda
[1:42:34] items? For 2026, 0, 3, 6, 7,
[1:42:41] 6, 27, 2026, 0, 5, 0, 5. Cip.
[1:42:43] 29 30 31. That's opioid 30 to
[1:42:47] 2026, 0, 5, 11 Kids Hope
[1:42:49] Alliance. 33 2026 0, 5, 1, 2,
[1:42:53] That's Jay e a 35 2026. 0, 5,
[1:42:56] 7, 0. That's jta. Okay. Here
[1:42:59] we go. 39 20. 26. 0, 5.70 This
[1:43:04] is the e-bikes ppp
[1:43:04] public-private partnership now
[1:43:08] be wearing my cia. Cycling
[1:43:13] includes accidents. So a big
[1:43:14] shout out to Morgan and
[1:43:16] Morgan. Harold Harrell, Fair
[1:43:18] or Andy Bike Friendly
[1:43:19] Amendment 3 public Park on
[1:43:23] Pottsburg Creek, cpac. 3 cip
[1:43:24] cycling in Plattsburgh, State
[1:43:27] of Florida. This is tdc
[1:43:29] tourism stuff. Kay agenda item
[1:43:31] 40 just under 14 seconds. 43
[1:43:37] 2026. 0, 5, 7, 4, 85 2026. 0,
[1:43:39] 5, 5, 2, waterways. Vote no.
[1:43:42] Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 6, 0, 1,
[1:43:44] The Northeast, Florida
[1:43:45] regional currently MR. Duty
[1:43:46] when you come back for all and
[1:43:49] are you stick to them? Last
[1:43:50] speaker is that he's cook if
[1:43:51] there any councilmembers in
[1:43:51] the
[1:43:52] >> green room come on back
[1:43:58] when needed for a quorum.
[1:43:59] >> My name is Denise Cook. My
[1:44:01] addresses on file. Good
[1:44:03] evening, everybody. I'm going
[1:44:03] to be pretty brief tonight. I
[1:44:07] was kind of all over the place
[1:44:08] last Want to stay a little bit
[1:44:11] more focus tonight. Want to
[1:44:12] talk about cpac. Want to talk
[1:44:13] about the neighborhood Bill of
[1:44:14] Rights. I want to talk about
[1:44:18] that. I agree that I was a
[1:44:22] good idea to slow down the
[1:44:23] building in downtown so that
[1:44:23] we can look at the incentives
[1:44:26] that were passing out to
[1:44:27] businesses. You know, we have
[1:44:28] a lot of things happening
[1:44:29] downtown with uf and there
[1:44:32] should be some organic
[1:44:35] development within our city
[1:44:38] that will stem from that. So
[1:44:39] let's you know, let's hope
[1:44:39] some of the incentives that
[1:44:42] were passing out like Candy. I
[1:44:44] so I'm glad of that. I also
[1:44:47] want to say that, you know,
[1:44:48] there's some good development
[1:44:50] on the West side that I'm
[1:44:51] unhappy to see as far as the
[1:44:52] Army training facility and
[1:44:54] things like that.
[1:44:56] >> I do want to talk about
[1:44:58] redlining as always. There's
[1:44:59] digital redlining. There's
[1:44:59] environmental redlining.
[1:45:01] There's regular zoning,
[1:45:03] redlining. We're going to
[1:45:04] continue to talk about this
[1:45:05] until there's some more equity
[1:45:08] in our city. We've made some
[1:45:13] slight progress. What are we
[1:45:17] doing as we grow? And
[1:45:17] gentrification to starts
[1:45:21] taking place the Northwest.
[1:45:22] Are we going to protect the
[1:45:23] people that have been there
[1:45:24] for 80 years? Are we going to
[1:45:27] let them be pushed out?
[1:45:27] Because the development is
[1:45:30] going to happen? So I want us
[1:45:31] to really think about this and
[1:45:34] think about our land use and
[1:45:35] zoning and really be
[1:45:36] purposeful with our decisions
[1:45:36] that were that were putting
[1:45:40] forth. I think that's about it
[1:45:44] tonight. I hope everybody has
[1:45:45] a good evening and we'll see
[1:45:49] in a couple weeks. Thank you.
[1:45:51] PRESIDENT That concludes our
[1:45:54] public comment for tonight,
[1:45:56] And we are going to recognize
[1:45:57] Councilmember heirs who want
[1:45:57] speak about his notice
[1:46:00] meeting. I believe.
[1:46:00] >> Yes, And thank you, MR.
[1:46:02] PRESIDENT for allowing some
[1:46:05] time here. So just to put it.
[1:46:06] But it points very quick for
[1:46:07] the council members. Here is
[1:46:08] the fact that next week when
[1:46:09] have a public notice many as
[1:46:11] you heard on the free to guard
[1:46:13] night, there have been I want
[1:46:14] to see 1000 cars today and 975
[1:46:17] have been from that community.
[1:46:17] So I definitely encourage you
[1:46:22] guys to come out meet with us.
[1:46:23] Just have some concerns.
[1:46:24] They're entrepreneurs. They
[1:46:25] want to make sure that they
[1:46:27] have the right to grow. But in
[1:46:27] conjunction with out, there's
[1:46:29] also another bill in the
[1:46:31] process, the home occupation
[1:46:33] build, which was introduced by
[1:46:34] COUNCILMAN Peaceful and Chris
[1:46:37] Minor. That bill has been
[1:46:38] deferred since MAY 12. What
[1:46:40] started the 12 says going on 3
[1:46:43] months now. And so my question
[1:46:45] to MISTER Fall. Why want to
[1:46:45] know what the status is
[1:46:48] without? Because in order to
[1:46:48] to pass is free to guard a
[1:46:49] night or 2. Even start had a
[1:46:52] conversation on this. We do
[1:46:52] have this bill home occupation
[1:46:56] on the rocks prior to that.
[1:46:57] >> Through the PRESIDENT To
[1:46:58] Councilmember Arias. So it's
[1:46:59] currently being deferred and
[1:47:00] committees. It's a sign of
[1:47:03] both rules in the land use and
[1:47:04] zoning committees. I would
[1:47:05] have to either deferred to the
[1:47:07] it one of the introduce ERs or
[1:47:09] to Michelle r MISTER Harvey to
[1:47:10] express why the committees
[1:47:11] have been continuing one or
[1:47:13] one of the chairs MAY be able
[1:47:15] to address And I know council
[1:47:16] regains your committee is
[1:47:17] being deferred. I'm not
[1:47:18] mistaken. Do you are?
[1:47:19] >> So what would you guys? I
[1:47:22] too lioness to what's going on
[1:47:22] with that?
[1:47:23] >> We're addressing committee
[1:47:27] next week. We can next week.
[1:47:28] Michigan, you're recognized
[1:47:33] like to address.
[1:47:36] >> Due chair the council will
[1:47:38] be addressing it based on the
[1:47:39] introduce years, if they're
[1:47:41] ready to move forward with it
[1:47:44] or not. We kinda, we're all be
[1:47:48] just really, really unknown.
[1:47:50] There. Desire on I was only
[1:47:51] asking because when we have
[1:47:52] the meeting next week, the
[1:47:53] communities want to know
[1:47:54] what's going on with that
[1:47:55] because
[1:47:56] >> that essentially enables
[1:47:59] residents to be able to have a
[1:47:59] business in their home and
[1:48:02] also sell their products in
[1:48:02] their homes. So it's a your
[1:48:04] meeting will be before it will
[1:48:05] be before saw. I'll go with
[1:48:07] you on that pardon. But once
[1:48:08] again, just want to out and
[1:48:09] buy you guys next week the 4
[1:48:10] to see you guys thank you. All
[1:48:14] right. Thank you. MRS.
[1:48:15] >> All right. As PRESIDENT And
[1:48:16] is now time for public
[1:48:19] hearings beginning on Page 16
[1:48:20] council members to declare any
[1:48:20] ex parte communications.
[1:48:21] Anyone wishing to speak on the
[1:48:22] following bills complete a
[1:48:23] speaker card and you'll be
[1:48:25] allowed 3 minutes to speak.
[1:48:26] State law requires public
[1:48:27] hearings. If you provided your
[1:48:29] address on the forms, credit
[1:48:30] don't wish to state on the
[1:48:31] microphone that you're
[1:48:32] permitted to that. You're a
[1:48:33] resident of Duval County or
[1:48:35] not, but we encourage you to
[1:48:36] be more specific. Your
[1:48:37] location will likely impact
[1:48:38] the weight given to your
[1:48:39] comments. Councilmembers MAY
[1:48:40] obtain. The speakers addressed
[1:48:41] from the floor leader. All
[1:48:41] comments should be addressed
[1:48:43] to the council as a whole and
[1:48:46] not to any member individually
[1:48:47] Bella to complete the form
[1:48:47] provided including the
[1:48:49] provision of any address on
[1:48:50] the formal me. Your name will
[1:48:51] not be called for the public
[1:48:52] hearing, MR. Secretary, please
[1:48:57] read the Bills. 2026. 3. 76
[1:49:01] 4.20, for 21. 5, 0, 5, 5, 0,
[1:49:02] 6, 5, 0, 7, 5, 0, 9, 5, 10, 5,
[1:49:06] 11, 5, 12, 5, 13, 5.14
[1:49:12] >> 5, 31 5.30, to 5. 69. 5. 75
[1:49:13] 71. 5. 72 5, 73, 5, 74. 5. 75.
[1:49:18] 5. 77. 5. 78 5.79 by the 85.
[1:49:22] 81 5.80, to 5, 83, 5, 84, 5.85
[1:49:25] 5, 86, 5, 87, 5, 88 5.89 2026.
[1:49:31] 1. 22 1. 23 one. 26 1.27 4. 34
[1:49:34] 31 for 75. 4. 76 4.77 For 78
[1:49:39] for 79 for ad. 41. 42 5. 23,
[1:49:41] 5. 24 5. 25 26 5. 27 5. 28 5,
[1:49:44] 29 5.30 These public hearings
[1:49:47] are all open.
[1:49:49] >> All right. We're on Page 16
[1:49:51] item. 24 2026, Dash, 0, 3, 7,
[1:49:52] 6, I have one Speaker card.
[1:50:00] John Mooney.
[1:50:00] >> Oh,
[1:50:03] >> I and John Jay new
[1:50:05] >> Jacksonville City Council
[1:50:08] resolution 2023, 0, 1, 9, city
[1:50:09] Council district 4 cpac, 3
[1:50:12] school board district 3. All
[1:50:15] right. This is massive
[1:50:18] sweeping legislation and home
[1:50:22] occupations. You know, put on
[1:50:24] there Amendment 3 home
[1:50:24] occupations Park on Pottsburg
[1:50:28] Creek. You know, it's gonna be
[1:50:31] in Easy but not and waterways
[1:50:32] are neighborhoods, you know,
[1:50:35] just 5 days ago I attended the
[1:50:36] executive committee, the
[1:50:37] Northeast, Florida Regional
[1:50:38] Council at 7 counties. And
[1:50:44] right here. Number 11,
[1:50:45] potential impacts of property.
[1:50:47] Tax reform is pain. Now, the
[1:50:51] reason just mentioning this,
[1:50:51] you know, you're changing
[1:50:56] everything on this. So, you
[1:50:57] know, the public hearings and
[1:50:59] we continued to SEPTEMBER 8th.
[1:51:01] 26, I just wanted to be on the
[1:51:02] record when I go to all these
[1:51:02] other counties really
[1:51:05] throughout the state of
[1:51:06] Florida, you know, the
[1:51:07] implications that this
[1:51:08] legislation is going to have
[1:51:09] for everyone in Duval County,
[1:51:10] Jacksonville, thank you for
[1:51:15] listening. That's a cards.
[1:51:16] PRESIDENT.
[1:51:16] >> Its public hearings
[1:51:17] continued to SEPTEMBER 8th
[1:51:18] Twenty-twenty 6. Alright,
[1:51:22] turning the page MAY 17 item
[1:51:23] number. 25 2026. Dash 0, 4, 2,
[1:51:26] 0, no speaker cards. This
[1:51:28] public areas closed, move. The
[1:51:29] bill. We have a motion and
[1:51:32] second on the bill. Seeing no
[1:51:33] speakers in the cute up about
[1:51:46] a quarter vote.
[1:51:49] >> 16 yeas, 0 nays.
[1:51:52] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[1:51:53] to 0 passes. I'm number 26.
[1:51:56] 2026 Dash, 0, 4, 2, 1, I have
[1:51:57] no speaker cards as public
[1:52:00] hearings close the amendment.
[1:52:01] We have a motion and second on
[1:52:02] the amendment. No speakers in
[1:52:03] the queue will take the vote
[1:52:04] early on favor of the
[1:52:04] amendment indicate by saying
[1:52:05] Aye.
[1:52:06] >> again say no. The amendment
[1:52:08] passes move the bill as
[1:52:09] amended. Have a motion and
[1:52:11] second on the bill as amended.
[1:52:12] No speakers in the queue.
[1:52:22] Let's open about a quarter of
[1:52:24] >> 16 yeas, 0 nays.
[1:52:28] >> By your vote. 2026 0. 41
[1:52:29] passes. All right. Moving on
[1:52:31] the page 27 2026, Dash, 0, 5,
[1:52:32] 0, 5, 5, 1, Speaker card. John
[1:52:45] New knee.
[1:52:46] >> Hello.
[1:52:46] >> I am John j. Noon. A
[1:52:50] Jacksonville City Council
[1:52:51] resolution 2023 0, 1, and city
[1:52:52] Council district 4 cpac, 3
[1:52:55] school board district 3. Now
[1:52:56] this is an ordinance adopted
[1:53:01] address. MISTER Nanny. 83 56
[1:53:01] Bascom road.
[1:53:07] >> Jacksonville, Florida.
[1:53:10] >> so 2026, 0, 5, 0, 5, as the
[1:53:11] cip stuff as required like
[1:53:15] chapter one, 22 to public
[1:53:21] property now. Ended last night
[1:53:24] Southwest cpac.
[1:53:28] >> All the all 6 cpac. Are
[1:53:31] supposed to be submitting. You
[1:53:33] know, their cip projects. I
[1:53:37] saw the finance Committee
[1:53:37] Urban Core cpac. You know,
[1:53:41] rate at the table and you know
[1:53:41] what? They've got millions
[1:53:44] that's going to be in here.
[1:53:46] And I I'm curious because
[1:53:46] you're going to be changing
[1:53:47] it. You know, they had some
[1:53:50] roadways stuff.
[1:53:51] >> So, you know, you're going
[1:53:54] to be allowing for roadway
[1:53:54] resurfacing to be included in
[1:53:56] the list of capital
[1:53:56] improvement projects for 26
[1:54:00] 27. No fiscal year. But where
[1:54:03] I'm going with it is.
[1:54:04] >> You know, the other to see
[1:54:06] packs, you Gray, Arlington.
[1:54:08] >> And cpac, 3 was a no show.
[1:54:14] I mean, it is tough. So so
[1:54:17] anyway, you again at last
[1:54:18] night's Southwest see packed.
[1:54:22] Here's the agenda. And I'll
[1:54:23] tell you, they don't have
[1:54:26] anything for cip. So I just
[1:54:29] want to be on the record. You
[1:54:30] know, cip classrooms and pints
[1:54:34] per. Think of amendment 3. And
[1:54:38] so I'm just down to a minute.
[1:54:40] But I wanted to speak to that.
[1:54:43] And remember, with rc packs
[1:54:45] were getting crushed. With
[1:54:53] them. You know. Jay, a jta the
[1:54:53] warning on the agenda. Ogc
[1:54:56] does mills on the cip. I don't
[1:54:59] see it. All right. That's
[1:55:03] Yeah. See if he's big. So
[1:55:04] anyway, classrooms and
[1:55:06] Pottsburg. Thank you for
[1:55:07] listening. That's our last
[1:55:14] speaker. Spokane closed.
[1:55:15] >> All right. The next 2
[1:55:17] items. 28 29 2026. To 0, 5, 0,
[1:55:19] 6 2026 Dash, 0, 5, 0, 7, did
[1:55:20] not have any speaker cards.
[1:55:21] These public hearings are
[1:55:24] closed item number 30 2026. 0,
[1:55:25] 5, 0, 9. I have one speaker
[1:55:33] card. Jaime Travers Lent.
[1:55:37] Minutes later. You still here.
[1:55:39] So that is our own speaker
[1:55:41] card. It's public areas
[1:55:44] closed, moving on to item. 31
[1:55:45] 2026. Or 0, 5, 1, 0. I have no
[1:55:46] speakers. It's public areas
[1:55:52] closed. Turning the page to
[1:55:53] page 20 item, 60 Twenty-twenty
[1:55:54] 6 0, 5, 1, 1, I have one
[1:55:59] speaker card. The item 30 to
[1:56:02] 2020 success or 5, 1, 1, any
[1:56:03] please stick to the bill.
[1:56:08] Please take
[1:56:10] >> I and John Jay New
[1:56:11] Jacksonville City Council
[1:56:12] resolution 2023, 0, 1, and
[1:56:16] city Council district 4 cpac
[1:56:17] planning district 3 school
[1:56:23] board district 3. And 2026, 0,
[1:56:24] 5, 1, 1, It's 50 million
[1:56:27] bucks. From various
[1:56:31] contingency accounts for Kids,
[1:56:32] Hope Alliance. And, you know,
[1:56:33] it ended the AUGUST 5th, you
[1:56:36] know, Kids Hope, Alliance.
[1:56:38] And, you know, just going with
[1:56:41] it. You know, it's just in
[1:56:42] finance. It's not
[1:56:44] neighborhoods. Rules should go
[1:56:44] everywhere because we're going
[1:56:46] to be handing out a lot of
[1:56:52] money. And you know, again,
[1:56:52] what I just want to bring to
[1:56:55] everyone's attention. And even
[1:56:57] at that kids Hope Alliance
[1:57:00] meeting is this amendment 3.
[1:57:02] And the potential. You know,
[1:57:07] for? You know, other counties
[1:57:09] and how Duval County can
[1:57:13] really be a leader with this
[1:57:14] if you tighten or waterways.
[1:57:15] All right. Thank you for
[1:57:16] listening.
[1:57:17] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT.
[1:57:17] That's our last speaker. This
[1:57:22] program is closed item number.
[1:57:23] 33 2026 there. Sara, 5, 1, 2,
[1:57:23] We have one speaker cards,
[1:57:30] John Noonan.
[1:57:33] >> The low I and John j noon
[1:57:34] in Jacksonville City Council
[1:57:37] resolution 2023 0, 1, 9, in
[1:57:38] City Council district 4 cpac,
[1:57:40] 3 school board district 3.
[1:57:44] Okay. This is Jay Yea, stuff.
[1:57:49] And you You got the office of
[1:57:51] General Counsel and the
[1:57:52] auditor's office MAY goal
[1:57:54] change necessary. To
[1:57:57] effectuate the council's
[1:57:58] action. Just remember the
[1:58:03] River Accord. You that was,
[1:58:04] you know, going to for
[1:58:08] waterways. And unison to the
[1:58:10] bill. MISTER Ghani. Yeah.
[1:58:11] Well, you got budget stuff in
[1:58:14] there. And you know that that
[1:58:17] was a big consideration, you
[1:58:18] know, septic tanks that have a
[1:58:20] twenty-twenty 403, to 5, no
[1:58:24] building community. I I've
[1:58:27] been to those jta meetings. So
[1:58:28] anyway, again, I just want to
[1:58:33] get on the record with Jay a
[1:58:34] and Jay said been Heather
[1:58:36] expanding these other
[1:58:40] counties. And, you know, so
[1:58:41] when I go and pull up the
[1:58:42] stuff from a year 2 years, 3
[1:58:45] years with j a that don't know
[1:58:47] what I was talking about. And
[1:58:49] then I just shared with all of
[1:58:51] you tonight. All right. Thank
[1:58:52] you. Thank you. As counsel
[1:58:54] before we go any further,
[1:58:55] there were 16 people behind
[1:58:56] you in about 25 in front of
[1:58:58] you that all want to see their
[1:59:00] government move efficiently.
[1:59:00] So please, if you have
[1:59:01] something important to
[1:59:02] Sanibel, you're always welcome
[1:59:02] to sign up for any public
[1:59:03] hearing. But
[1:59:05] >> please reserve that for
[1:59:06] important things so everyone
[1:59:07] else can move on with their
[1:59:10] lives. Thank you. Also a
[1:59:11] COUNCILMAN Lane your
[1:59:12] neighboring district council.
[1:59:12] Like to see you in the Green
[1:59:14] Room, MR. Nanny.
[1:59:15] >> So that's the last card on
[1:59:16] that one. As PRESIDENT. It's
[1:59:20] probably there is closed item
[1:59:21] number. 34 $0.26 or 5, 1, 3,
[1:59:23] no speaker cards. This public
[1:59:27] hearing is closed item number
[1:59:29] 30, twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 5,
[1:59:35] 1, 4, have 2 speaker cards.
[1:59:37] One speaker cards, And Timothy
[1:59:43] Jones.
[1:59:46] >> I am John Jay new Standing
[1:59:48] by to go into the green room.
[1:59:54] All right. 83 had just 6. But
[1:59:55] ask them Jacksonville,
[1:59:56] Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, city
[2:00:00] council. District, 4 cpac
[2:00:01] planning district 3 school
[2:00:06] board district 3 Twenty-twenty
[2:00:06] 6, 0, 5, 1, 4, 1.8 million
[2:00:08] from the suspect. Special
[2:00:10] counsel continued seeing to
[2:00:14] jta. Again, this is going to
[2:00:15] be approving the fiscal year.
[2:00:20] 26 to 27 budget for the jta.
[2:00:23] So again, this is in finance
[2:00:26] to rules to you see packs or
[2:00:27] waterways. You know, again, I
[2:00:27] can just show you even last
[2:00:32] night. You know, cpac jh to be
[2:00:36] in all the seat packs. Same
[2:00:37] thing with that there are no
[2:00:41] shirt, no Okay. Well.
[2:00:41] >> All right. All right. Let's
[2:00:42] pause, MISTER Colors. You're
[2:00:48] recognized. MR. Nanny. I have
[2:00:48] been one of the friendliest
[2:00:52] councilmembers to And you know
[2:00:53] that I have known you a long
[2:00:56] time. And rather you keep
[2:00:58] coming up here time and time
[2:01:00] again. You're not making a
[2:01:05] point. So what you're doing? I
[2:01:05] don't care about being held
[2:01:07] up. I could be held up. I can
[2:01:08] sit here and listen. Listen,
[2:01:10] listen. Lot of people back
[2:01:13] here, though. Are going to
[2:01:14] want to get up and hear their
[2:01:17] bills. There's people here
[2:01:17] that have important bills.
[2:01:18] They want to talk to and they
[2:01:20] want to get to their points.
[2:01:22] And you're not. And you're
[2:01:25] holding them up. Now, John,
[2:01:27] you know that that is not.
[2:01:32] Polite. And you are a polite
[2:01:33] person. You know your manners.
[2:01:35] But you're breaking right now.
[2:01:35] So that's the point I want to
[2:01:38] make to him. And I've known
[2:01:41] this man for a long time. And
[2:01:42] you know, what you're doing is
[2:01:45] repetitive. It's out of order.
[2:01:47] And if you do it again, I
[2:01:47] bring the point of Did the
[2:01:51] other night. Most top. This is
[2:01:53] out of my character. I don't
[2:01:55] like doing this. But also
[2:01:57] don't like to good people held
[2:01:58] up because somebody wants to
[2:02:01] get the attention of the
[2:02:03] diocese and not make a point
[2:02:05] and just ramble on. It's not
[2:02:08] fair. For fairness. Ok, I gave
[2:02:12] you a nice resolution.
[2:02:13] Commending you because you've
[2:02:15] done good things. The people
[2:02:15] appear they will take that
[2:02:16] away from you. And I won't do
[2:02:20] it. Because I like to err on
[2:02:23] the side of kindness. You need
[2:02:25] to err on the side of
[2:02:29] kindness. Tonight. Stop Okay.
[2:02:30] Your point is well taken.
[2:02:31] Thank you. MISS A new knee.
[2:02:36] You have a minute. 47 left.
[2:02:37] >> he said it was what the
[2:02:38] coach I I do well Well, thank
[2:02:39] you. And and you know, I go to
[2:02:42] the jta meetings and, you
[2:02:45] know, a raise.
[2:02:45] >> And you know, this is for
[2:02:48] the pair transit. And you know
[2:02:49] what? All I want to just bring
[2:02:54] to everyone's attention is
[2:02:54] that, you know, when you do
[2:02:59] that tend jta meeting. And
[2:03:00] whoever it is, should take
[2:03:01] hope that transportation to
[2:03:05] the meeting. And I have
[2:03:05] demonstrated over a period of
[2:03:10] time. You taking the Skyway,
[2:03:15] for example. And then report
[2:03:16] reporting back. We're showing
[2:03:20] up in a jta board meeting.
[2:03:21] >> And again, here you have,
[2:03:23] you Jill says the but well,
[2:03:24] the book on the bill is for
[2:03:27] the paratransit program. You
[2:03:30] know, and you know, for the
[2:03:30] 1.8 million. So I'm just
[2:03:33] saying and using this period
[2:03:36] of time, is that going forward
[2:03:40] when you everyone? Especially
[2:03:41] just cpac meetings. If it had
[2:03:42] a public place in the meeting
[2:03:45] starts at 5. Whoever is
[2:03:46] representing jta should be
[2:03:47] taking public transportation
[2:03:48] to that meeting. All right.
[2:03:51] Thank you.
[2:03:52] >> Thank you. As new next
[2:04:05] speaker Khartoum Atd Johnson.
[2:04:07] >> Good evening, everyone.
[2:04:11] They said my name. The address
[2:04:13] is 1, 8, 0, 0, The Knicks
[2:04:15] court. State your name as
[2:04:18] well. So that, again, you
[2:04:19] state your name from his Web
[2:04:19] summit, the d Jones and
[2:04:22] senior. Thank you.
[2:04:26] Representing District 7.
[2:04:26] Brooklyn, Riverside and San
[2:04:32] Marco. MR. Pelosi. Are you
[2:04:33] doing? We'd like to see you at
[2:04:34] the scene. That when you get
[2:04:37] an opportunity? We are going
[2:04:40] to reassemble is the Brooklyn
[2:04:40] Community Development
[2:04:44] Corporation. We have to elect
[2:04:46] new It's been dormant for a
[2:04:50] little while, but that's part
[2:04:52] of this bill. This is the tt a
[2:04:54] pair transit program into MR.
[2:04:55] PRESIDENT.
[2:04:56] >> Please do quickly, sir. So
[2:04:59] specifically for San Marco.
[2:05:00] There are no books coverings
[2:05:04] from Philips. Although we do.
[2:05:07] Let's round number 17. Case in
[2:05:12] point. On what we hear. As the
[2:05:15] week for the books. Musser was
[2:05:19] dry. When I left the House. I
[2:05:20] use an umbrella to sue me from
[2:05:21] the sun because there's no
[2:05:24] coverage. With this budget.
[2:05:28] Hope. That bill address that.
[2:05:35] Because my dry cleaning bill.
[2:05:36] It's really all I got to say
[2:05:39] about that. A lot of folks
[2:05:40] that I talk to on the bus, I'm
[2:05:44] not satisfied. They I guess he
[2:05:48] left for job. So he was saying
[2:05:49] all these great things about
[2:05:51] what he did. But you'll have a
[2:05:54] good.
[2:05:54] >> All right. Thanks,
[2:05:55] PRESIDENT. That's our last
[2:05:58] speaker. Probably going close.
[2:05:59] All right. I'm 36 2026 0, 5,
[2:06:03] 3, 1, witness be carts. But
[2:06:04] we're going close a number. 37
[2:06:05] 2026 or 0, 5, 3, 2, of 3
[2:06:07] speaker cards. Kristen Reed.
[2:06:12] >> Alibi.
[2:06:12] >> Nancy Marie settled and
[2:06:27] Jamie me some answers.
[2:06:36] Good
[2:06:37] evening, Kristin. Read 1, 2,
[2:06:40] 7, 4, 0 Gram Bay Parkway West.
[2:06:41] >> So eat 23, 50 Jacksonville,
[2:06:43] Florida, 3, 2, 2, 5, 8, I'm
[2:06:44] really here for questions.
[2:06:47] Only
[2:06:48] >> You know, when a new
[2:06:49] market, I guess I'm still
[2:06:49] hazing you for being back in
[2:06:52] the in the public sector.
[2:06:54] Private sector. Sorry about
[2:06:55] that. Next speakers, Nancy
[2:06:58] Marie Settle followed by. Who
[2:06:59] does wish to speak all of us.
[2:06:59] Met the series is now or
[2:07:06] speak.
[2:07:08] >> Good evening, Nancy Marie
[2:07:10] Settle address on file
[2:07:13] District, 7 Seed pac, 5
[2:07:13] Northwest Jax. I'm here to
[2:07:15] talk about concrete, healthy
[2:07:18] neighborhoods and redlining
[2:07:19] specifically a plan to allow
[2:07:23] the operation of a concrete
[2:07:24] batch plant in the vicinity of
[2:07:26] Tell Kings crossing cra,
[2:07:29] although the land-use
[2:07:30] currently in the area part
[2:07:33] light industrial. The has p
[2:07:34] you d request that a concrete
[2:07:38] batch plant be allowed.
[2:07:39] Current zoning light
[2:07:42] industrial. Those plans are
[2:07:44] expressly prohibited concrete
[2:07:45] batch plants produce high
[2:07:47] levels of particulate matter
[2:07:48] deaths which can cause serious
[2:07:50] health implications for people
[2:07:52] living nearby. They also bring
[2:07:53] high truck traffic and noise
[2:07:53] that can occur around the
[2:07:59] clock. This 17 acre proposed
[2:08:00] facility. Part of that acreage
[2:08:02] is included in the Kings who
[2:08:04] tell crossing community
[2:08:06] redevelopment area.
[2:08:08] >> And that's an area the city
[2:08:09] has committed millions of
[2:08:10] dollars to uplift this
[2:08:11] historically underserved
[2:08:11] district through retail,
[2:08:15] housing and commercial
[2:08:17] corridor enhancements, a new
[2:08:18] heavy industrial use like
[2:08:19] concrete black batch plant is
[2:08:20] incompatible with that
[2:08:21] mission. All 19 of you guys
[2:08:26] sit on that board.
[2:08:29] >> there
[2:08:29] >> residents nearby. And I'm
[2:08:30] just here to say the
[2:08:32] degradation of the
[2:08:32] environmental quality will
[2:08:34] further the historical blight.
[2:08:37] That's this area has
[2:08:38] experienced. This is a part of
[2:08:40] a historically marginalized
[2:08:42] and underinvested section of
[2:08:44] the city closely tied to the
[2:08:45] legacy of discriminatory,
[2:08:50] local zoning. Redlining. So
[2:08:52] let's slow this down and ask
[2:08:53] ourselves if we really want to
[2:08:54] continue on this path. The
[2:08:56] city of Jackson said we down
[2:08:57] and that's why we do have the
[2:09:01] Kings to tell crossing cra to
[2:09:02] stop redlining and to improve
[2:09:03] these historically neglected
[2:09:10] neighborhoods.
[2:09:13] >> These areas Moncrief they
[2:09:13] want it. It's going to be
[2:09:14] Lincoln Villas, Carver manner
[2:09:16] in Sherwood Forest children
[2:09:17] and residents will be exposed
[2:09:19] to excessive noise and
[2:09:20] pollution produced by a
[2:09:25] concrete block plant. There is
[2:09:27] an industrial land use in this
[2:09:29] area today because of
[2:09:30] historical red line in and
[2:09:32] it's light industrial. Let's
[2:09:34] not bring in a heavy use
[2:09:34] concrete batch plant into
[2:09:40] these neighborhoods. It's not
[2:09:41] compatible with where the
[2:09:42] direction the city is going.
[2:09:46] We put millions of dollars
[2:09:47] into to tell Kings crossing
[2:09:49] area. Let's not backtrack
[2:09:51] that. And then make it into
[2:09:53] like a lot more heavy
[2:09:54] industrial. And let's slow it
[2:09:56] down just a bit. I'm part of
[2:09:58] cpac and their meeting this
[2:10:02] week. 5, thank you.
[2:10:03] >> All right. Thank you. And
[2:10:05] the last card again with
[2:10:06] Samantha Serious, who does not
[2:10:07] wish to speak and she opposes
[2:10:07] the legislation. Public
[2:10:12] hearings closed. All right.
[2:10:14] Turn the page page. 22 item.
[2:10:15] 38 2026, Dash, 0, 5, 6, 9, We
[2:10:18] have no speaker cards. It's
[2:10:20] public areas. Number. 39,
[2:10:22] 2026, Dash, 0, 5, 7, 0, I have
[2:10:23] 3 speaker cards starting with
[2:10:28] John. My Kathleen Pereira. And
[2:10:32] Jaime Travers learned. MR. And
[2:10:40] New Knee. He's in support.
[2:10:46] Well, didn't come on down.
[2:10:47] Ronnie Bikes.
[2:10:48] >> All right. Thought you had
[2:10:56] called them first. I am. John.
[2:11:01] Evil Knievel. Mooney 83. 56
[2:11:01] Bascom Road Jacksonville,
[2:11:04] Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, 6, and
[2:11:05] city council district 4 cpac,
[2:11:08] 3 school board district 3. Now
[2:11:10] this, you know, this is bbb
[2:11:12] stuff. Boylan's beautiful
[2:11:21] Bill. And you I'm taking this
[2:11:22] opportunity because this is
[2:11:23] sweeping legislation not only
[2:11:25] in Duval County, but you
[2:11:27] really throughout the entire
[2:11:32] state. So and they can to
[2:11:34] donations. One will be used to
[2:11:36] 2026. For that's the Parks
[2:11:38] Trust Fund. Great here. And
[2:11:45] then the other is 2026, 0, 3,
[2:11:46] 9, 6, 0, e d said on the bill.
[2:11:49] As said. And that's the movie
[2:11:54] Trust Fund. So no, right now
[2:11:55] you've got rules,
[2:12:00] neighborhoods t e u. And more.
[2:12:02] That's right. I'm done. Thank
[2:12:03] you for listening. He still
[2:12:05] wanted. Observe your point of
[2:12:08] order. MISTER College.
[2:12:13] >> And Pereira your that
[2:12:13] works.
[2:12:14] >> My name is Kathleen. Per my
[2:12:17] information is on file. It
[2:12:19] looks like walking is rapidly
[2:12:21] becoming a luxury because soon
[2:12:22] it's going to be mandatory to
[2:12:24] buy pedestrian insurance from
[2:12:26] all the encounters with bikes
[2:12:28] e-bikes scooters and even
[2:12:29] motorcycles. Bush think that
[2:12:31] those sidewalks are extra 2
[2:12:33] way highways that make them
[2:12:35] immune from any traffic laws,
[2:12:38] especially speeding. Less more
[2:12:41] legislation of this type is
[2:12:44] defined and more importantly
[2:12:45] enforced. There's going to be
[2:12:46] a lot of very happy new
[2:12:48] insurance brokers and very
[2:12:50] broken pedestrians lying on
[2:12:51] the sidewalks, pass this bill
[2:12:52] and even stronger ones. Thank
[2:12:54] you.
[2:12:55] >> All right. Thank you. And
[2:13:01] last is Jaime Travers letter.
[2:13:02] >> Good Evening City Council.
[2:13:04] My name is Jimmy Travis Honor.
[2:13:04] My addresses on file. I am in
[2:13:08] support of 26 5.70 I don't
[2:13:08] have too much to say on this.
[2:13:09] Honestly. My only ask is that
[2:13:13] kids using e-bikes. This is
[2:13:15] grown over the years because
[2:13:16] they lacked transportation
[2:13:17] other forms. So as we continue
[2:13:19] to pass legislation around
[2:13:21] e-bikes and ordinances that
[2:13:22] deal with what is and isn't
[2:13:23] allowed, which I do agree with
[2:13:25] him not being on sidewalks as
[2:13:26] a reminder, I hope that we
[2:13:29] continue to look at
[2:13:30] alternative transportation
[2:13:31] options for our kids to get to
[2:13:34] and from school. As I said,
[2:13:35] this is a very popular mode of
[2:13:37] transportation at this moment.
[2:13:38] So by adding restrictions, you
[2:13:39] are now limiting their access
[2:13:40] to get to and from school.
[2:13:43] Thank you.
[2:13:44] >> All right. Thank you, MR.
[2:13:44] PRESIDENT. It's our last art.
[2:13:47] Public hearings closed.
[2:13:49] Turning the page to page 23 on
[2:13:53] 40 2026. To 0, 5, 7, 1, and
[2:13:53] one Speaker card. Jamie Travis
[2:14:00] Leonard.
[2:14:01] >> Good Evening. City
[2:14:02] COUNCILMAN Name is Jay Thomas
[2:14:03] Leonard by addresses on file.
[2:14:05] This will be quick as well. I
[2:14:07] do want to come in support of
[2:14:09] 26, 5, 7, 1, Homelessness is
[2:14:11] close to my heart ace live in
[2:14:12] the riverside area for many
[2:14:13] years. And I got very familiar
[2:14:13] with a lot of the transient
[2:14:16] population over there. On a
[2:14:17] first-name basis with a lot of
[2:14:18] people in the area for many
[2:14:21] years. They looked out for me.
[2:14:22] And so any initiatives that I
[2:14:25] see come up where we are
[2:14:26] helping transit transition
[2:14:29] people away from homelessness.
[2:14:31] I support wholeheartedly. I do
[2:14:32] also reminder as we look at
[2:14:33] these transitional policies
[2:14:34] and hopefully continue to grow
[2:14:35] these programs. Remember that?
[2:14:38] Not everyone who is unhoused
[2:14:39] is on the street. There are a
[2:14:40] lot of people who are sleeping
[2:14:42] in their cars, their families.
[2:14:43] So just please keep that in
[2:14:47] mind as you do continue to
[2:14:48] grow these programs and
[2:14:49] hopefully continue to help our
[2:14:50] unhoused population transition
[2:14:51] into being housed again. Thank
[2:14:53] you.
[2:14:54] >> All right. Thank you.
[2:14:56] That's our last speaker cards.
[2:14:57] PRESIDENT. All right. This
[2:14:58] public hearing slow-moving
[2:14:59] emergency. We have a motion
[2:15:02] and second on the emergency.
[2:15:03] Seeing those speakers and he
[2:15:04] will take the boat early all
[2:15:05] in favor of emergency to get
[2:15:07] by saying Aye. Again saying no
[2:15:09] emergency passes. I move the
[2:15:09] amendment. We have a motion
[2:15:12] and second on the amendment.
[2:15:14] Seeing no speakers in the
[2:15:14] queue will take the amendment
[2:15:15] vote fairly. All those in
[2:15:17] favor indicate by saying Aye,
[2:15:18] again saying No, the amendment
[2:15:19] passes move the bill as
[2:15:22] emergency as amended. We have
[2:15:23] a motion and second on the
[2:15:23] bill as an emergency and as
[2:15:25] amended. No speakers and he
[2:15:36] open about a quarter vote.
[2:15:39] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:15:42] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
[2:15:42] 7, 1, passes, MR. PRESIDENT
[2:15:45] the next 2 items, 2026, Dash,
[2:15:46] 0, 5, 7, 2, and 2026 Dash, 0,
[2:15:48] 5, 7, 3, have no speaker
[2:15:51] cards. These public hearings
[2:15:52] are closed, turned up a space.
[2:15:55] 24 in 43 2026, Dash, 0, 5, 7,
[2:15:55] 4, I have 2 speaker cards,
[2:16:05] Knee and Jamie Travis Leonard.
[2:16:08] >> Hello, I am John Jay New
[2:16:11] Jacksonville City Council
[2:16:12] resolution 2023, 0, 8, 1, 9,
[2:16:13] and city Council district 4
[2:16:15] cpac, 3 school board district
[2:16:17] 3 and full support of the
[2:16:18] legislation.
[2:16:23] >> Address least MISTER 83.
[2:16:23] 56.
[2:16:25] >> Bascom road Jacksonville,
[2:16:27] Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, 6, And
[2:16:32] you right here, you know, it's
[2:16:33] going to rules, neighborhoods
[2:16:35] to eu finance senator
[2:16:36] waterways. You've got the
[2:16:38] Navy, the Coast Guard, the
[2:16:39] merchant Marines near these
[2:16:41] cip careers in Pots. Bird Jay
[2:16:46] said stuff. You know. And so
[2:16:49] anyway, you know, public
[2:16:50] private partnerships, you
[2:16:51] know, and again, all I can
[2:16:53] tell you is this is a very
[2:16:54] positive amendment. 3, you
[2:16:58] know. It's going to be
[2:17:00] tremendous benefit. Thank you
[2:17:03] for listening.
[2:17:04] >> I thank u next Speaker
[2:17:12] Jimmy Travis Leonard.
[2:17:13] >> Good Evening City Council.
[2:17:14] Name is Jamie Thomas my
[2:17:15] addresses on file. I am here
[2:17:19] to support 26, 5, 7, 4, I
[2:17:19] mainly just wanted to come up
[2:17:22] to remind you all that while
[2:17:24] again in full support of this,
[2:17:25] I do believe in supporting our
[2:17:27] military by creating an
[2:17:27] ordinance that specifically
[2:17:29] encourages the creation of new
[2:17:31] jobs specifically for veterans
[2:17:32] and active-duty military
[2:17:33] service in Duval County. This
[2:17:34] is I this is literally
[2:17:36] diversity, equity and
[2:17:37] inclusion. So how you vote
[2:17:41] today? I will remember because
[2:17:43] we're coming up on budget
[2:17:44] review. And I remember last
[2:17:45] year's budget review and some
[2:17:47] of the stuff that you all set
[2:17:50] in that review. So keep that
[2:17:53] in mind. Thank you.
[2:17:54] >> That's our last Speaker,
[2:17:56] MR. PRESIDENT as public areas
[2:17:59] closed item number. 44 0, 5,
[2:18:00] 7, 5, 5, no speaker cards.
[2:18:04] This public areas closed.
[2:18:07] Moving on to pay. 25 45 2026?
[2:18:11] Or 0, 5, 7, 7, s p carts. The
[2:18:13] public closed move emergency.
[2:18:15] We have a motion and second on
[2:18:17] the emergency, you know,
[2:18:18] speakers in the queue. Let's
[2:18:20] vote early on. They favor
[2:18:20] indicate by saying Aye, aye or
[2:18:21] again saying that emergency
[2:18:23] passes move the amendment. We
[2:18:25] have a motion and second on
[2:18:27] the amendment. No speakers
[2:18:28] take the vote verbally all in
[2:18:28] favor of the amendment
[2:18:29] indicate by saying Aye, I
[2:18:32] again say no. Impasses move
[2:18:34] the bill as emergency as
[2:18:36] amended. We have a motion and
[2:18:37] second on the bill as
[2:18:38] emergency as amended. No
[2:18:39] speakers. It's open about a
[2:18:47] quarter it.
[2:18:51] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:18:54] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
[2:18:55] 7, 7, passes. All right.
[2:18:57] Moving on. And 46, 2026, Dash,
[2:18:59] 0, 5, 7, 8, I have no speaker
[2:18:59] cards. This public hearing
[2:19:05] closed. Turning the page.
[2:19:06] We're online. 47 2026. There's
[2:19:09] 0, 5, 7, have one speaker card
[2:19:15] Travis Leonard.
[2:19:16] >> Good evening. City
[2:19:17] COUNCILMAN. A mission try to
[2:19:17] slander my address on file is
[2:19:20] my last time up here. Promise
[2:19:23] I support 26, 5, 7, 9, also
[2:19:25] maybe like we didn't you come
[2:19:26] last council meeting and
[2:19:27] oppose removing something from
[2:19:28] the noncompliance list. You'd
[2:19:30] be correct. So the reason I do
[2:19:32] support removing the a
[2:19:34] foundation where I did not,
[2:19:35] the fop foundations because in
[2:19:36] the bill summary it was
[2:19:38] explained to me what happened
[2:19:41] and the remedies this
[2:19:42] foundation is taking to
[2:19:45] rectify what put them on the
[2:19:46] noncompliance list and telling
[2:19:48] My understanding is there are
[2:19:49] several entities on the
[2:19:50] noncompliance list that will
[2:19:53] probably be getting similar
[2:19:54] bills about. So if you want me
[2:19:55] to come and support, we have
[2:19:57] to do is out in the details.
[2:19:59] Otherwise I will be up here
[2:20:01] posing, but as I said for 26,
[2:20:03] 5, 7, 9, I do support. Thank
[2:20:04] you. Last becomes PRESIDENT
[2:20:07] Spoke very close.
[2:20:08] >> We're going on. 48 2026
[2:20:10] Dash, 0, 5, 8, 0, app. One
[2:20:17] Speaker card John j
[2:20:22] >> Hello. I am John Jay New
[2:20:22] 83. 56 past merge actual
[2:20:26] Florida 3, 2, 2, 1, 6, and
[2:20:27] city council district 4 cpac
[2:20:27] planning District 3 school
[2:20:30] board district 3. And so this
[2:20:36] is an ordinance pro, putting
[2:20:38] 750,000 from the multi-year
[2:20:39] program initiative council
[2:20:40] districts, 6 cba contingency
[2:20:45] account. Noted for dredging of
[2:20:49] deep Bottom Creek and district
[2:20:49] 6. Now it's an average
[2:20:51] finance, but not in more ways.
[2:20:56] And I fully support it. And at
[2:20:57] the same time, you know, we
[2:20:57] just had watched the debate on
[2:21:00] that. Let me just say for a
[2:21:03] year. So in order to make this
[2:21:08] happen, run and mend. The 26
[2:21:11] to 35 year Cip capital
[2:21:12] improvement projects with see
[2:21:14] with cmp, you can do anything
[2:21:15] you know, with the cip.
[2:21:17] There's so much flexibility
[2:21:20] when it comes to that. And
[2:21:23] that's why with the cpac 6 e
[2:21:24] packs. So even let last night,
[2:21:27] cpac. There was even just the
[2:21:33] discussion. A waterway come
[2:21:35] access component. This using a
[2:21:36] cip. So anyway, I just wanted
[2:21:41] to speak to that full support
[2:21:42] of it. And congratulations,
[2:21:43] COUNCILMAN Boylan thank you
[2:21:46] for listening.
[2:21:49] >> All right. Thank you. That
[2:21:49] was our alas, because public
[2:21:51] areas close move the
[2:21:53] emergency. Motion a second on
[2:21:55] the emergency. No speakers in
[2:21:55] the queue will take this vote
[2:21:56] early on favor of emergency
[2:21:58] indicate by saying Aye, get to
[2:22:01] see no emergency passes of the
[2:22:01] bills. Emergency. We have a
[2:22:03] motion in second on the bill
[2:22:05] as an emergency. No speakers
[2:22:06] in the queue it up in about a
[2:22:18] quarter of it.
[2:22:18] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays. Spiro
[2:22:22] Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 5, 8, 0,
[2:22:22] passes. Moving on. And 49 0,
[2:22:24] 5, 8, 1, of no speaker cards
[2:22:30] bouquets lows. Page 27 on 50
[2:22:30] 2026 Dash 0, to have one
[2:22:31] Speaker card. Jamie
[2:22:37] transplant. This Leonard
[2:22:39] appears to have left the
[2:22:39] building. That's our only
[2:22:40] speaker. This public areas
[2:22:43] closed. All right. The next 3
[2:22:46] items item 2026 0, 5, 8, 3,
[2:22:49] 2026, Dash, 0, for 2026, Dash,
[2:22:50] 0, 5, 8, 5, have no speaker
[2:22:51] cards. These public hearings
[2:22:54] are closed item number. 54 on
[2:22:55] page. 28 2026, Dash, 0, 5, 8,
[2:22:56] 6, have one speaker card.
[2:23:10] Frank Cirillo. Good Evening
[2:23:11] City Council. My name is Frank
[2:23:13] Cerillo, 1300 Center Avenue
[2:23:13] apartment 12, 0, 5
[2:23:16] Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
[2:23:17] >> I'm a resident of
[2:23:17] Jacksonville and the Connor
[2:23:18] MISS By training and
[2:23:21] occupation. I asked the city
[2:23:23] Council vote to veto all jso
[2:23:23] budget appropriations until a
[2:23:24] former regulatory ordinance
[2:23:27] and removal framework for mass
[2:23:27] surveillance hardware is
[2:23:30] enacted in city code regarding
[2:23:32] flock cameras. The city
[2:23:32] council must not write a blank
[2:23:33] check for on monitored mass
[2:23:35] surveillance by placing
[2:23:37] legislative hold on jso budget
[2:23:39] Allocations Council starts its
[2:23:39] constitutional power of the
[2:23:41] purse to protect civil
[2:23:43] liberties mandate, full data,
[2:23:44] transparency and establish an
[2:23:45] orderly process to regulate
[2:23:48] and ultimately decommissioned
[2:23:48] an approved flock camera
[2:23:49] networks in Jacksonville.
[2:23:51] Thank you so much. That's our
[2:23:53] last Speaker. Vice PRESIDENT.
[2:23:57] So again, closed.
[2:23:58] >> emergency, we have a motion
[2:23:59] and second on the emergency,
[2:24:00] no speakers in the queue of
[2:24:01] overly all in favor of the
[2:24:02] mers indicate by saying Aye,
[2:24:03] again saying no emergency
[2:24:06] passes. The bill's emergency.
[2:24:07] We have a motion second on the
[2:24:09] bill as an emergency. No
[2:24:09] speakers took them about a
[2:24:20] quarter it.
[2:24:21] >> 16 yeas, 0 nays by your
[2:24:24] vote. 2026, 0, 5, 8, 6,
[2:24:24] passes.
[2:24:26] >> All right. Moving Page. 29.
[2:24:28] The next 2 items. 2026 to 0,
[2:24:32] 5, 8, 7 2026 Dash 0, 5, 8,
[2:24:33] have no speaker cards. These
[2:24:35] public hearings are closed
[2:24:36] item number 57, 2026, Dash, 0,
[2:24:37] 5, 8, 9, I have one speaker
[2:24:37] Card.
[2:24:43] >> John Jane.
[2:24:50] >> The low. I am John Jay new
[2:24:51] >> 83. 56 pass Comer.
[2:24:53] Jacksonville, Florida, 3, 2,
[2:24:54] 2, 1, an city council
[2:24:54] district, 4 cpac, 3 school
[2:24:57] board district 3. You know,
[2:24:59] with this. You know, relating
[2:25:02] the council rules, amending
[2:25:03] the council rules attendance
[2:25:10] and voting. And you know.
[2:25:11] Really just want to speak. I
[2:25:11] thought this was very similar
[2:25:14] to another piece of
[2:25:15] legislation. Maybe it's, you
[2:25:15] know, a lot and just go back
[2:25:19] and just look. I can't tell
[2:25:23] you how many times. The fact
[2:25:24] that I signed the attendance
[2:25:30] sheet. And then I wasn't
[2:25:31] recognized in the minutes or
[2:25:34] even being at a meeting. So
[2:25:36] these checks and balances.
[2:25:42] Impaired. So anyway and just
[2:25:43] full support and just wanted
[2:25:44] to be on the record. You know,
[2:25:47] for that. Thank you.
[2:25:48] >> That's our last speaker cut
[2:25:52] voters closed. We are moving
[2:25:54] on to public hearings on land,
[2:25:55] use amendments and companion
[2:25:58] rezoning Zion. 58 2026 or 0,
[2:26:00] 1, to 2. I have one speaker
[2:26:01] Card Smith Series does not
[2:26:03] wish to speak is in
[2:26:03] opposition. It's public areas
[2:26:05] closed move. The bill. We have
[2:26:07] a motion and second on the
[2:26:07] bill, give my colleagues
[2:26:09] minute to get him q if they
[2:26:09] need to seeing none something
[2:26:21] about where the vote.
[2:26:24] >> 16 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:26:28] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 1,
[2:26:29] 2, 2 passes. We go to page 59
[2:26:32] 2026, there's 0, 1, 2, 3, have
[2:26:33] one speaker card, Samantha
[2:26:35] Series. And opposition
[2:26:37] questions on. Spokane is
[2:26:40] closed, move the amendment. We
[2:26:41] have a motion and second on
[2:26:45] the amendment. Because in the
[2:26:45] queue take the amendment boat
[2:26:47] early all in favor indicate by
[2:26:47] saying Aye, I again say no.
[2:26:49] The amendment passes move the
[2:26:50] bill as amended motion and a
[2:26:53] second on the bill as amended.
[2:26:53] No speakers. You open about a
[2:27:04] quarter of it.
[2:27:07] >> 15 yeas, one nay.
[2:27:11] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 1,
[2:27:12] 2, 3, passes moving on item 60
[2:27:14] Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 1, 2,
[2:27:17] 6, I have one speaker cards
[2:27:17] meant series and opposition
[2:27:20] does not wish to speak. This
[2:27:21] public hearings continued to
[2:27:24] AUGUST, 25th 2026. Item
[2:27:29] number. 61. 2026 0 one to 7. I
[2:27:30] one speaker card cement the
[2:27:30] series and opposition does not
[2:27:33] wish to speak. Case continued
[2:27:36] to AUGUST. 25th 2026. And
[2:27:37] number 62. 26 to 0, 4, 3, 0, p
[2:27:39] carts. But we close the bill.
[2:27:40] We have a motion and second on
[2:27:43] the bill. There are no
[2:27:44] speakers that's open them out
[2:27:55] of court
[2:27:58] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:28:02] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[2:28:03] 3, 0, masks. All right. And
[2:28:03] just a correction. For the
[2:28:04] record, I do have another
[2:28:05] speaker card on that item who
[2:28:05] does not wish to speak here
[2:28:06] for questions only in support.
[2:28:09] That was Brian Small. So we're
[2:28:14] now on item. 63. 2026, Dash,
[2:28:16] 0, 4, 3, one. I have one
[2:28:17] speaker card questions only
[2:28:19] Brian, Small and support
[2:28:19] seeing no speakers or
[2:28:20] questions. Public hearings
[2:28:22] close Bill, have a motion and
[2:28:24] second on the bill.
[2:28:25] >> No one in the queue it up
[2:28:33] in about a quarter vote.
[2:28:36] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:28:40] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[2:28:42] 3, 1, passes moving on item.
[2:28:43] 64. 26 or 0, 4, 7, 5, I have
[2:28:44] one speaker cards meant series
[2:28:45] and opposition does not wish
[2:28:48] to speak. Spokane is closed.
[2:28:49] Move the We have a motion and
[2:28:51] second on the bill. No
[2:28:52] speakers that's open about a
[2:29:06] quarter vote.
[2:29:11] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:29:15] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[2:29:16] 7, 5, passes. And once again,
[2:29:17] let the record reflect that
[2:29:18] MR. Small was here in support
[2:29:19] of this bill that and I wish
[2:29:20] to speak. That's on for some
[2:29:20] 5. Want to make sure his
[2:29:23] clients know he's doing his
[2:29:26] job. 65 Twenty-twenty. 6 0, 4,
[2:29:30] 7, 6, I have 2 speaker cards
[2:29:32] Smith, the series and
[2:29:32] opposition questions only and
[2:29:33] Brian Small and support
[2:29:36] questions only. Seeing no
[2:29:39] questions on the Spoken close
[2:29:40] move. We have a motion and
[2:29:42] second on the bill. Those
[2:29:42] speakers. So from about a
[2:29:51] quarter vote.
[2:29:54] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:29:57] >> By a vote 2026, 0, 4, 7, 6,
[2:30:00] passes. All right. Moving on
[2:30:01] up 08:35am. 66 Twenty-twenty 6
[2:30:01] 0, 4, 4, 7, I have 2 speaker
[2:30:08] cards. Paul hard support. He
[2:30:10] does wish to speak or not.
[2:30:10] Questions only for MISTER
[2:30:11] Hart. And then we have
[2:30:12] Jacqueline Buckley. Buckley,
[2:30:16] are you here? She's now speak,
[2:30:18] but is in opposition of the
[2:30:19] bill. Those are our 2
[2:30:21] speakers. MISTER PRESIDENT.
[2:30:22] All right. It's public.
[2:30:28] Closed. Sarver online of 66. I
[2:30:33] have more speakers. Chrissie
[2:30:34] Klein follow So it's over the
[2:30:36] public. Thank you. So we have
[2:30:37] Christie climb. Followed by at
[2:30:40] least brush.
[2:30:47] >> Hawaii, me call free. And
[2:30:47] Laura Baucus, Klein does not
[2:30:52] wish to speak and opposition.
[2:30:55] She doesn't know. That does
[2:30:58] not wish speak at least brush
[2:31:00] question. Mark does not want
[2:31:02] to speak any coffee. Question
[2:31:06] marks as I wish to speak.
[2:31:07] Laura Baucus question marks as
[2:31:08] not wish to speak. Those are
[2:31:09] all the cards. All right.
[2:31:10] That's been case closed.
[2:31:17] Amendment. We're going to move
[2:31:18] the bill. Would you do have a
[2:31:22] 4 amendment still? 66 Mobile.
[2:31:22] >> All right. We have a motion
[2:31:24] a second on the bill reminder
[2:31:25] of when we're in Twenty-twenty
[2:31:26] 6, 0, 4, 7, 7, We have a
[2:31:28] motion a second on the bill.
[2:31:29] No speakers in the queue it up
[2:31:31] in about a quarter Oh, wait.
[2:31:31] We have a speaker in the
[2:31:37] queue. MR. Carter g you're
[2:31:37] recognize way to stop. And
[2:31:47] just in Yeah, yes, sir. The it
[2:32:01] is up and it's going go
[2:32:04] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:32:05] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[2:32:10] 7, 7, passes. All right. Item
[2:32:10] 67 Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 4,
[2:32:14] 7, 8. I have number speaker
[2:32:15] cards starting with Jacqueline
[2:32:20] Buckley. Does not wish to
[2:32:21] speak in opposition. Paul
[2:32:23] Harden questions only and
[2:32:26] support Chrissie Klein.
[2:32:27] Questions only me call for
[2:32:31] questions. Only these are all
[2:32:32] question whether they support
[2:32:33] or oppose guests are going to
[2:32:33] look forward to the amendment,
[2:32:36] at least brush questions only.
[2:32:40] Not staying up and lore Baucus
[2:32:42] questions only questions on
[2:32:42] support or opposition. Those
[2:32:45] are all the speaker cards. All
[2:32:47] right. Before I close public
[2:32:47] hearing as a great time for
[2:32:49] anyone who MAY have expert
[2:32:50] today, we haven't declared it
[2:32:51] all ready to do so. I'll
[2:32:52] recognize MISTER Guaid
[2:32:56] followed by MR. Miller.
[2:32:58] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
[2:33:00] Claire's Parte received 4
[2:33:01] e-mails and opposition and has
[2:33:02] been filed with legislative
[2:33:04] services. Thank you. Thank
[2:33:05] you, sir. MR. Miller followed
[2:33:09] by MR. Pollution. Thank you,
[2:33:12] MR. PRESIDENT also rise to
[2:33:17] declare ex parte reviewed
[2:33:17] material regarding.
[2:33:19] >> As counties a position to
[2:33:19] the bill. And this has been
[2:33:20] filed with legislative
[2:33:23] services. Thank you, Sir. MR.
[2:33:27] Followed by MR. Mukherjee.
[2:33:28] Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT I
[2:33:29] asked him to the clerics
[2:33:30] against a spoken Krystal,
[2:33:32] Kenney, my office on AUGUST.
[2:33:34] 11th, she expressed concerns
[2:33:35] of redress response to a
[2:33:35] height in road with with the
[2:33:37] drive where size follow that
[2:33:39] with legislative services.
[2:33:40] Thank you, Sir. MR. Mukherjee
[2:33:43] followed by MISTER Lane and
[2:33:48] thank that well, the next has
[2:33:49] been filed with Chrissy Kenny
[2:33:50] is how you pronounce your last
[2:33:53] name. And Baucus yesterday at
[2:33:55] my insurance office and we
[2:33:56] discussed their concerns about
[2:33:58] this on Thank you. Service
[2:34:00] related followed by MISTER
[2:34:02] Mayor U.S. PRESIDENT. I rise
[2:34:05] to clear expert 4 e-mails and
[2:34:05] 3 voicemails and total all in
[2:34:06] a position and this has been
[2:34:07] filed legislative services.
[2:34:08] >> Thank you, Sir. MISTER
[2:34:11] Merrill.
[2:34:12] >> Thank you, MR. Cherise that
[2:34:13] the clerics I'm at with
[2:34:16] Kristie Kenney. About 2 weeks
[2:34:18] ago and she expressed her
[2:34:20] concerns about the impact of
[2:34:21] this proposal. It's being
[2:34:24] followed legislative services.
[2:34:25] >> All right. Thank you, sir.
[2:34:31] Consummate sale. Thank you,
[2:34:31] MR. PRESIDENT also met with
[2:34:35] Kenny about 2 weeks ago. In
[2:34:36] opposition. How have it
[2:34:38] Legislative services? Thank
[2:34:39] you. All right. Thank you,
[2:34:40] sir. Also have to declare ex
[2:34:42] parte communications at a
[2:34:43] phone call, the applicant's
[2:34:46] agent MR. Harden today about
[2:34:46] 01:00pm and will ensure its
[2:34:47] filed with legislative
[2:34:51] services with that unless
[2:34:51] there's any other experts I
[2:34:53] will close the public hearing
[2:34:54] and I will recognize
[2:34:57] Councilmember Joe Carlucci.
[2:34:58] All right. Thank you, MR.
[2:35:01] PRESIDENT now a good time to
[2:35:02] go there's the Floor
[2:35:07] Amendment. Okay. Great. First
[2:35:08] and foremost. I just want to
[2:35:08] say thank you to the
[2:35:11] community. You guys have then
[2:35:12] a lot of meetings. You've been
[2:35:16] very organized these are the
[2:35:16] folks that obviously handed
[2:35:19] out the binders to everyone.
[2:35:20] And this is this is a good
[2:35:21] example. Just real quick
[2:35:22] because unlike last year there
[2:35:28] was a zoning and it got.
[2:35:30] >> Changed into a more
[2:35:31] acceptable zoning. So to speak
[2:35:35] right next door and from that,
[2:35:36] this group formed the Senate
[2:35:39] is a neighborhood association
[2:35:40] and they've got, you know,
[2:35:42] officers now and this is this
[2:35:43] is what you want to see from
[2:35:44] your your communities in your
[2:35:45] neighborhoods. We've got a lot
[2:35:47] in San Marco. We've got Saint
[2:35:47] Nicholas Riverside and all
[2:35:50] those groups have that. And
[2:35:51] it's and it's important. And I
[2:35:52] just want to commend you guys
[2:35:54] and say thank you so with
[2:35:58] that, we were able to. Work
[2:35:59] through a lot of items and the
[2:36:01] floor amendment that I'm
[2:36:02] offering tonight is kind of a
[2:36:06] compilation of the conditions
[2:36:07] that were set at all easy. So
[2:36:09] we said all those conditions
[2:36:10] easy and then we have a
[2:36:14] revised site plan that
[2:36:15] includes a 6 foot at minimum,
[2:36:16] the 6 foot vinyl fence along
[2:36:18] the front of the property as
[2:36:21] well as a landscape. Buffer on
[2:36:22] the outside of the fence
[2:36:24] facing the street. That's
[2:36:25] including the revised site
[2:36:28] plan. And there is also revise
[2:36:29] written description that is
[2:36:30] going to have a high
[2:36:31] restriction to 30 feet. So
[2:36:35] that was included in there.
[2:36:35] Maybe this Kenny is okay
[2:36:39] you're coming down correctly.
[2:36:41] And then it also the florman
[2:36:42] also, like I said, includes
[2:36:44] all of the other conditions
[2:36:44] that are already using. So
[2:36:46] with that, I make a motion to
[2:36:49] approve or support for the
[2:36:50] Foreman. Thank.
[2:36:50] >> All right. We have a motion
[2:36:52] a second on the Floor Give it
[2:36:52] a second printing speakers
[2:36:54] that want to join the queue.
[2:37:00] Clarke
[2:37:05] >> Thank you. PRESIDENT Helen
[2:37:06] My concern to the PRESIDENT To
[2:37:08] the council, my cousins that
[2:37:12] they don't quite no. I know
[2:37:13] you just gave them some
[2:37:14] information. Council
[2:37:15] representative for that
[2:37:15] district, but they're still
[2:37:20] not sure of what exactly is in
[2:37:22] the amendment. So I'm asking
[2:37:23] through the PRESIDENT To MISS
[2:37:24] Plus, if you would just
[2:37:24] actually read the Floor
[2:37:29] Amendment. Verbatim. I'm so
[2:37:30] does. Typically it's you. So
[2:37:36] go right into it. So the floor
[2:37:38] amendment will 2 things. It
[2:37:38] will incorporate the
[2:37:39] conditions that were approved
[2:37:42] at the Committee.
[2:37:43] >> Which included the traffic
[2:37:46] study that was agreed upon and
[2:37:48] let's wait by the chief of
[2:37:49] traffic engineering or their
[2:37:51] designee. A traffic study will
[2:37:53] be undertaken by the developer
[2:37:54] upon pd verification and
[2:37:56] provided during the tense. It
[2:37:58] review the methodology of the
[2:37:59] study shall be determined by
[2:38:01] the developers. Traffic
[2:38:03] engineer, the chief of
[2:38:04] transportation planning with
[2:38:05] their designee and the chief
[2:38:07] of traffic in training or
[2:38:09] their designee. The other 2
[2:38:11] conditions, which were the
[2:38:12] installation of the fence
[2:38:12] along the southern mind of the
[2:38:14] 20 foot road. But for roadway,
[2:38:16] buffer and also the
[2:38:16] landscaping along that fence
[2:38:17] line where the 3 conditions
[2:38:20] that were agreed upon newsy or
[2:38:22] excuse me approved by the Ouc
[2:38:26] Committee. The 2 additional
[2:38:26] amendments that were being
[2:38:28] proposed tonight is the
[2:38:31] revised site plan, which is
[2:38:32] exhibit 4 and revised written
[2:38:33] description, which is exhibit
[2:38:36] 3. Those were both dated
[2:38:38] AUGUST 10, 2026 because they
[2:38:39] incorporate the changes that
[2:38:43] were Easy committee and byes
[2:38:43] written description
[2:38:44] incorporates the change in
[2:38:47] height from 35 feet to 30
[2:38:48] feet. S discuss that they'll
[2:38:48] use committee with that. I'll
[2:38:49] turn it back over to you. All
[2:38:54] right. Clipper. Thank you
[2:38:55] chair with that. I hope that
[2:38:57] the community has a little bit
[2:39:00] of understanding of what the
[2:39:01] amendments are.
[2:39:04] >> I did attend that use e so
[2:39:05] it seemed as if the community
[2:39:06] and the applicant's
[2:39:06] representative had come to
[2:39:08] some type of consensus. So
[2:39:10] with that, I'm going. You
[2:39:12] know, the rest of my time.
[2:39:13] Thank you.
[2:39:14] >> Thank you, ma'am. We also
[2:39:15] have a next MISTER Matt
[2:39:19] Carlucci in the Queue. Thank
[2:39:21] you, MR. PRESIDENT up. Want to
[2:39:23] ask the question now the of
[2:39:24] the sponsor of the Floor
[2:39:27] Amendment. The other
[2:39:31] COUNCILMAN Carlucci the vinyl
[2:39:32] fence is that on the Old Kings
[2:39:35] Road in front, the sub
[2:39:38] divisional Kings was any room
[2:39:43] or any consideration to? Any
[2:39:45] plantings of oak trees,
[2:39:51] perhaps and at various space
[2:39:53] you know, any spread out. This
[2:39:56] is a part along the front of
[2:40:00] that. That's that fence line.
[2:40:02] Right? Palm trees. No, I'm
[2:40:05] just kidding. Inside Joe, that
[2:40:06] the joke there is I can stay
[2:40:09] in palm trees right? So yet
[2:40:13] there So there's the fence
[2:40:14] that's gonna be the first
[2:40:15] buffer for the backyard. And
[2:40:17] then outside of that, there's
[2:40:21] going to some type of tree and
[2:40:22] and shrub like by burns,
[2:40:25] whatever they can grow high on
[2:40:26] the trees are designated on
[2:40:27] the site plan, MR. Harden,
[2:40:30] correct me if I'm wrong, but
[2:40:31] we didn't want to arbitrarily
[2:40:33] pick a certain type of tree
[2:40:34] because it's going to be in
[2:40:35] that buffer where the sidewalk
[2:40:38] is in the utilities are so
[2:40:40] we're kind of let the
[2:40:40] landscape architects figure
[2:40:41] that out. That's my
[2:40:42] understanding of the site
[2:40:45] plan. How it is right now. Ok?
[2:40:45] Thank you, MR. CHAIRMAN MISTER
[2:40:48] PRESIDENT, can I MR. Harden
[2:40:48] question plays. Yes, okay.
[2:40:51] Thank you. Richard. If you
[2:40:52] want to come to that Bowden,
[2:40:55] please. As well as your
[2:41:08] question. Think of the vinyl I
[2:41:09] think that's a nice manatee.
[2:41:11] As long as nobody damages and
[2:41:17] so forth but and thinking I do
[2:41:19] want to get into amending the
[2:41:20] floor plan, a floor amendment.
[2:41:20] I don't do that. And
[2:41:25] >> I like I I'm sure you but
[2:41:26] but I but I like Things that
[2:41:30] add value. And and I like
[2:41:31] cooperation in boy's been that
[2:41:35] type a person I just want to
[2:41:36] ask if there would be some
[2:41:37] kind of commitment on your
[2:41:38] behalf. The builders
[2:41:40] developers have behalf. There
[2:41:41] are a lot of oak trees on this
[2:41:45] piece property. Large oak
[2:41:45] trees. And I know that
[2:41:46] couldn't be say because of the
[2:41:47] development configuration so
[2:41:50] forth. But I thought it would
[2:41:51] be a good thing there are some
[2:41:56] nice trees planted in front on
[2:41:57] the Old Kings road side. If
[2:42:02] there's room spaces, you know,
[2:42:06] down that line of that of the
[2:42:09] fence, the vinyl fence. That
[2:42:10] would make a nice presentation
[2:42:12] that was softened a bit and
[2:42:16] viber domes, whatever. But but
[2:42:17] that would take a commitment
[2:42:18] because don't want to amend
[2:42:22] this tonight. Because in that
[2:42:24] could cause gymnastics that we
[2:42:25] don't want. I want to get
[2:42:26] into, but I would like to have
[2:42:28] a commitment that. And you
[2:42:29] would meet with the neighbors
[2:42:31] and with the COUNCILMAN To
[2:42:35] make that happen. I gotta tell
[2:42:36] ya met with some neighbors.
[2:42:39] They're heartbroken. They're
[2:42:43] not up here cause and effect.
[2:42:45] Their their district council
[2:42:45] renewed 3 d#
[2:42:45] #
[2:42:45] #
[2:42:47] good job for
[2:42:48] his he did. That's why I know
[2:42:49] they we I look as hard and I
[2:42:52] don't need you. Tell me how
[2:42:52] good.
[2:42:53] >> I know the District Council
[2:42:53] what he did a real good job
[2:42:55] that I good with that. I'm
[2:42:58] asking you, please, sir, as
[2:42:59] somebody who's worked on a lot
[2:43:01] of zonings with you over the
[2:43:03] years, would you just make a
[2:43:05] commitment a day with them
[2:43:06] make them that I commented
[2:43:07] that I I'm sorry. I didn't
[2:43:08] mean interrupt you. That's You
[2:43:09] know, would you put
[2:43:10] interrupting me? Well, I'm
[2:43:10] interrupting you. Yeah. Got
[2:43:15] it. Would you make that
[2:43:16] commitment was large to treat
[2:43:22] me like if you Jimmy. Okay,
[2:43:25] yes, I will. I commit to work
[2:43:25] with you, but Make Nate with
[2:43:27] no to work with the neighbors
[2:43:29] and the developer to plant
[2:43:31] some trees along the front of
[2:43:33] the gate on King's road side,
[2:43:34] some decent size of trees
[2:43:39] place. Yes, I will work with
[2:43:40] the district COUNCILMAN
[2:43:42] Whoever you want work with.
[2:43:45] That was addition, he added on
[2:43:47] the neighbors didn't discuss.
[2:43:48] There were some editions such
[2:43:52] as the height limit that
[2:43:53] MISTER Carlucci propose that
[2:43:53] the neighbor's originally
[2:43:56] didn't want. He added those
[2:43:57] back inside putting trees
[2:44:03] outside of the wall was one of
[2:44:04] those items. I will tell you
[2:44:07] trees not going survive that
[2:44:08] location because there's not
[2:44:09] water co into it. There. There
[2:44:11] are some trees and they
[2:44:12] survive. I'm thinking that
[2:44:14] some of the native volunteers
[2:44:16] and there's an additional 10
[2:44:20] feet southerly of the 20 feet
[2:44:21] that we are already northerly
[2:44:25] of the road where there's room
[2:44:25] for for Theresa Live. If there
[2:44:26] are some trees and there we
[2:44:28] will move guys. But school
[2:44:31] board is going to live for us.
[2:44:32] The property in a certain way
[2:44:35] to certain manner. They've got
[2:44:36] the obligation to raise the
[2:44:39] school deliver us the land in
[2:44:41] a certain way. We will meet
[2:44:44] with I can't guarantee it, but
[2:44:45] we're willing to try to
[2:44:46] resolve that issue. For
[2:44:47] proceed, MR. Name and address.
[2:44:51] Please. Paul, hard. 43 would
[2:44:52] replace Boulevard. Thank you,
[2:44:55] Okay. Well, I don't Spanish
[2:44:59] that's all I was asking. If
[2:45:00] you donate, you have to put
[2:45:01] them on the other side of the
[2:45:05] fence. Whatever I would like
[2:45:07] to see a row of trees along
[2:45:08] that side. I'm very familiar
[2:45:09] with that area. Just like you
[2:45:10] are. We've both grown up in
[2:45:13] that area. We know it and I
[2:45:15] think it would be a nice
[2:45:16] addition. And and I'm sure
[2:45:18] that the district COUNCILMAN
[2:45:19] Has brought fine with that
[2:45:19] sounds like he's already made
[2:45:23] the suggestion. I am an
[2:45:24] at-large COUNCILMAN. That's
[2:45:26] part of my a large geographic
[2:45:28] area. And my request and
[2:45:29] appreciate your Thank you,
[2:45:33] sir. All right. Thank you.
[2:45:33] Starting there are no other
[2:45:35] speakers in the queue and the
[2:45:37] Floor amendment of replaces
[2:45:38] the Committee amendment. So it
[2:45:39] incorporates everything from
[2:45:41] the and
[2:45:42] >> with that scene, no
[2:45:43] speakers in the queue. Let's
[2:45:44] take this vote on the Floor
[2:45:45] amendment verbally all in
[2:45:47] favor indicate by saying Aye,
[2:45:48] I again say no form of the
[2:45:50] passes. Move the bill as
[2:45:51] amended. We have a motion and
[2:45:54] second on the bill as amended.
[2:45:55] No speakers and q, let's open
[2:46:04] the ballot. Cordova.
[2:46:07] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:46:11] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[2:46:12] 7, 8, passes. Alright, turning
[2:46:15] the page to page. 36 item. 68
[2:46:18] Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 4, 7,
[2:46:20] 9. I have 2 speakers, Solomon,
[2:46:21] Roz and support but does not
[2:46:23] wish to speak your questions.
[2:46:26] Only. And Trevor Peters in
[2:46:28] support but does not wish to
[2:46:29] speak. Those are only carts
[2:46:30] and there are no speakers
[2:46:32] question. So this public
[2:46:32] hearings close if a motion and
[2:46:34] second on the bill. The
[2:46:35] speaker's open about a quarter
[2:46:47] vote. 18 yeas, 0 nays by your
[2:46:49] vote. 2026, 0, 4, 7, 9,
[2:46:54] passes. I have a number. 69
[2:46:55] Twenty-twenty 6 Dash, 0, 4, 8,
[2:46:57] 0, 2, speaker cards Ross and
[2:46:58] support does not wish to
[2:46:59] speak. And Trevor Peters and
[2:46:59] support does not wish to
[2:47:03] speak. The only before I close
[2:47:04] this public hearing. Icmr
[2:47:05] Boisseau question snow. All
[2:47:07] right. As public hearings
[2:47:08] closed weight, did you want to
[2:47:11] declare ex parte? All right.
[2:47:12] I'm reopening public hearing
[2:47:13] go ahead, MR. Flu. So and then
[2:47:15] I'll close it after. I think
[2:47:16] PRESIDENT And the clerics part
[2:47:18] today in favor spoke with
[2:47:19] Alexis Peer vice PRESIDENT
[2:47:19] Development support of the
[2:47:21] project and firewood
[2:47:22] legislative services.
[2:47:23] >> All right. Thank you,
[2:47:24] Anyone else expert today. All
[2:47:24] right. That's been case
[2:47:26] closed.
[2:47:27] >> All right. Move the
[2:47:29] amendment.
[2:47:32] >> We have a motion and a
[2:47:34] second. The amendment. No
[2:47:34] speakers both verbally all in
[2:47:35] favor of the amendment
[2:47:38] indicate by saying Aye, again
[2:47:40] saying no, let it The bill as
[2:47:41] amended. We have a motion and
[2:47:43] second on the bill as amended,
[2:47:44] there are no speakers. It's
[2:47:53] open about a quarter
[2:47:56] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:47:58] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[2:47:59] 8, 0, passes. Item number 70,
[2:48:01] 2026, Dash, 0, 4, 8, 1, Why
[2:48:04] not just cards, but you're
[2:48:05] excluding amendment to motion.
[2:48:07] And second on the amendment.
[2:48:08] No speakers vote virtually all
[2:48:10] in favor indicate by saying
[2:48:11] Aye, I again say no amendment
[2:48:12] passes, move. The bill is
[2:48:13] meant motion is second on the
[2:48:15] bill as amended. No speakers
[2:48:25] open about a quarter of it.
[2:48:28] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:48:30] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[2:48:32] 8, 1, passes. Alright, turning
[2:48:35] the page page. 37 item. 71
[2:48:36] Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 4, 8,
[2:48:38] to have no Are areas closed
[2:48:39] move the bill if motion is
[2:48:41] second on the bill? No
[2:48:42] speakers open about a quarter
[2:48:52] of 18 yeas, 0 nays by Euro
[2:48:56] Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 4, 8,
[2:48:58] passes. All right. Next item,
[2:48:59] 72 Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 5,
[2:49:01] 2, 3, have no speaker cards.
[2:49:01] Public areas close additional
[2:49:02] public hearing will be held on
[2:49:06] AUGUST. 25th 2026. Item
[2:49:09] number. 73 20 $26.00, 5, to 4.
[2:49:11] C several speaker cards looks
[2:49:11] like before. So we'll start
[2:49:16] with ira Blue. Followed by
[2:49:17] Nancy week's could make your
[2:49:22] way up front. Jodi stalling
[2:49:28] and Jeremiah Stanley.
[2:49:32] >> Yes, from our Live 1, 6, 9,
[2:49:35] 90 Welles actionable for a 3
[2:49:37] to 2, 3, 4, here today to
[2:49:39] speak about the trailer park
[2:49:40] that they have listed on this
[2:49:42] ordinance yellow water.
[2:49:43] There's no exit from yellow
[2:49:46] water got come from well road.
[2:49:47] Which Wells Road is only a
[2:49:48] mile long, not even a mile
[2:49:51] long. It has a wooden bridge
[2:49:54] to have to cross. It has not
[2:49:57] been updated years. And
[2:50:00] there's no turnaround at root.
[2:50:02] So it's going to be really
[2:50:02] impossible to bring concrete
[2:50:03] trucks stuff to do what they
[2:50:08] are anticipate. What I'd like
[2:50:10] to do is request this
[2:50:15] committee. Paul's. The
[2:50:16] construction on already
[2:50:17] boulevard. All those housing
[2:50:18] projects that you're putting
[2:50:21] out there. Until you can get.
[2:50:26] Norrie Boulevard. Or lying and
[2:50:29] upgraded, which I understand
[2:50:30] COUNCILMAN Was on tv, some
[2:50:32] cost over 300 million dollars
[2:50:33] to get it done. And I think
[2:50:34] it'll be a lot more than that.
[2:50:37] The time it's done. And you
[2:50:37] don't have the funds to do
[2:50:41] that. It's already a safety
[2:50:42] hazard to go down North
[2:50:46] Boulevard to 301. Considering
[2:50:47] the buses that have to stop on
[2:50:50] their. It's crazy what you're
[2:50:50] doing out there until you get
[2:50:54] the infrastructure. I don't
[2:50:55] believe we have the water to
[2:50:55] schools, sewage and all the
[2:50:59] other stuff. To take your all
[2:51:01] the subdivisions that letting
[2:51:02] he's outside. Developers come
[2:51:03] in here and build and going
[2:51:09] leave you. Have to maintain
[2:51:10] stuff. I heard the lady, but
[2:51:12] the cash bond. It won't. 19
[2:51:16] inch pond in there. He's going
[2:51:18] maintain that once they put it
[2:51:18] in there like the rest of
[2:51:20] that, I does all over the the
[2:51:26] county. Live there 50 years.
[2:51:30] And this is all with plan.
[2:51:30] It's while dealing with paper
[2:51:31] company owned all that out
[2:51:34] there. All that water that
[2:51:37] putting this trailer park. All
[2:51:38] that drainage has to come
[2:51:40] through there. And eventually
[2:51:42] gets to yellow Water Creek,
[2:51:43] which eventually gets the
[2:51:46] Black Creek. Which eventually
[2:51:49] get to. The Saint Johns River.
[2:51:54] And if you have. Low tide,
[2:51:55] then it'll flown out to the
[2:51:59] Atlantic. Well, sooner or
[2:51:59] later, we're going to get that
[2:52:03] 100 year flood. And I've
[2:52:04] already seen 3 in my lifetime
[2:52:05] out there where we couldn't
[2:52:05] get up yet tenure at Boulevard
[2:52:08] for the water. One across Cuba
[2:52:11] says couldn't run. So we're
[2:52:13] going to get that flood. And
[2:52:15] all peoples already out there.
[2:52:18] I don't get flooded out. These
[2:52:22] new subdivisions. The rain and
[2:52:23] field or 3 foot high bill put
[2:52:26] the House on. They'll probably
[2:52:26] be safe. But we're done. Going
[2:52:30] to get.
[2:52:30] >> All right. Thanks are our
[2:52:31] next speaker will be Nancy
[2:52:38] weeks.
[2:52:40] >> Good evening. My name is
[2:52:41] Nancy Weeks live at 1, 6, 9,
[2:52:46] 7, 0 Wells Road. Live within
[2:52:48] 350 feet of the proposed rv
[2:52:49] park on Wells Road. And
[2:52:50] amazingly, and only 5 others
[2:52:53] of my neighbors were notified.
[2:52:54] >> Of the proposed rv park our
[2:52:57] street front of 25 families.
[2:52:59] This proposal to rezone and
[2:53:00] grant permission for this
[2:53:01] particular development
[2:53:05] ordinance 2, 0, 2, 6, 0, 5, to
[2:53:06] 4 has direct impact on this
[2:53:08] whole West Side area from the
[2:53:09] new first Coast Expressway to
[2:53:12] highway 301, about one-fifth
[2:53:14] of Duval County. Approximately
[2:53:14] 900
[2:53:21] >> 18.
[2:53:21] >> Square miles. Among the
[2:53:22] plethora of reasons. This
[2:53:25] should not be allowed is the
[2:53:26] idea that only residents
[2:53:27] within 350 feet of the project
[2:53:31] have been notified and sent
[2:53:31] images of what the applicant
[2:53:34] has plans to do here with
[2:53:35] invitations to speak for 3
[2:53:37] minutes to this body. Most of
[2:53:39] them have already made their
[2:53:42] decision. The history of
[2:53:43] Jacksonville planning and
[2:53:43] economic growth, growth
[2:53:46] decisions making body such as
[2:53:48] yourself having to do with our
[2:53:49] area in the government's
[2:53:51] closing of Cecil Field as an
[2:53:52] airbase when permission was
[2:53:56] sought to have a time period
[2:53:58] of 25 years where the planning
[2:53:59] for an economic growth
[2:54:03] commission would be allowed to
[2:54:04] clean fill to some 400 plus
[2:54:08] acres of wetlands site of the
[2:54:09] Army Corps of Engineers report
[2:54:11] of MARCH 1920, 19. I'm not
[2:54:12] sure that permission was
[2:54:14] granted to fill in our
[2:54:16] wetlands. But my point is it
[2:54:19] was sought for economic
[2:54:21] development way back then our
[2:54:22] planning authorities were
[2:54:25] willing to sacrifice our
[2:54:26] wetlands, which would affect
[2:54:27] all of the Westside of
[2:54:29] Jacksonville and beyond. When
[2:54:32] is enough enough? We have
[2:54:33] already on number building
[2:54:34] projects right here, running
[2:54:36] the traffic flow Normandy
[2:54:38] Boulevard, which is an
[2:54:39] evacuation route for our
[2:54:40] community and all other
[2:54:41] residents from the beaches and
[2:54:45] time of emergency evacuation,
[2:54:45] our intersection that yellow
[2:54:48] water and Normandy is deadly.
[2:54:49] Now we Normandy, the
[2:54:51] beginnings of dozens of
[2:54:53] development. When will we
[2:54:55] pause to see what we have
[2:54:55] already done to the wildlife
[2:54:59] corridors and habitat is fwc
[2:55:00] ever consulted about any of
[2:55:03] this? Is there ever a window
[2:55:05] between the tree cutting
[2:55:07] Cypress head intrusion plans
[2:55:09] to reroute creeks, water
[2:55:11] management flow, water,
[2:55:13] drainage and the plan for this
[2:55:14] trailer park. There is a
[2:55:17] detail of a 19 acre pond. The
[2:55:18] sketch of up to the fence.
[2:55:21] Rows of 3 of them. Neighbors
[2:55:22] to what depth the debt and say
[2:55:24] to move that amount of. From
[2:55:26] where it is supposed to be in
[2:55:28] the ground downhill toward the
[2:55:31] creek where water drains built
[2:55:34] up several feet. We don't know
[2:55:35] how high will be and concrete
[2:55:38] added to allow parking of
[2:55:38] large vehicles.
[2:55:39] >> Thank you, right. Thank
[2:55:43] you. And next is. X is Jodi
[2:55:46] Stanley. Yes.
[2:55:46] >> Thank you for this
[2:55:50] opportunity. And I my name is
[2:55:51] Joe the Stanley. I reside at
[2:55:54] 707, Wells Road 3 to 2, 3, 4,
[2:55:55] And I want to stand in
[2:55:59] opposition to 2 to 605, to 4
[2:56:00] inside the rezoning rezoning
[2:56:02] know jersey, the criteria by
[2:56:03] which planning zoning makes
[2:56:05] decisions about rezoning. They
[2:56:07] were listed after reading
[2:56:09] those criteria. I cannot
[2:56:10] understand why zoning
[2:56:12] characters, zoning changes are
[2:56:16] even being considered. And we
[2:56:16] were informed their 5 basic
[2:56:19] questions to be considered
[2:56:19] had. The change has been
[2:56:22] carefully thought out or is it
[2:56:23] premature and whether
[2:56:25] contribute to urban sparks
[2:56:28] brawl we currently have at
[2:56:29] least 45 big developments
[2:56:31] within 3 miles of this
[2:56:34] property. Hundreds of times.
[2:56:36] We've already lost 400 acres
[2:56:36] of the adjacent acreage on
[2:56:38] that same property. On the
[2:56:42] south side of the creek from
[2:56:43] our back fence, all the way to
[2:56:43] Normandy. Every single foot is
[2:56:45] slated for development.
[2:56:48] There's nothing left. This is
[2:56:51] urban sprawl. Second question
[2:56:53] was, does it create a spot
[2:56:55] zone and isolated zone? The
[2:56:57] distric and related to the
[2:56:59] area. There are no rv parks
[2:57:02] within 30 miles of their home.
[2:57:03] And rv park is totally
[2:57:05] inconsistent with the local
[2:57:06] area and will stand in
[2:57:09] isolation. Was this considered
[2:57:10] in the decisions? Again, this
[2:57:11] is not my criteria. This is
[2:57:13] what is expected of those
[2:57:16] making decisions use permitted
[2:57:19] must be considered consistent
[2:57:20] are compatible with the
[2:57:23] existing land use and zoning
[2:57:24] of adjacent and nearby
[2:57:25] properties and general areas
[2:57:28] and must not deviate from
[2:57:29] established develop and logic
[2:57:32] and orderly development
[2:57:34] patterns, 10 acres on 5.10,
[2:57:35] homes on 5 acres. And that
[2:57:38] area would be acceptable. But
[2:57:42] a rv park with 300 pads. On 50
[2:57:47] acres is not nothing areas
[2:57:48] like that. An rv park is in no
[2:57:49] way resembles the area are
[2:57:51] neighbor MISTER Bill, a 9
[2:57:52] year-old man and who's lived
[2:57:53] here many years will have the
[2:57:56] hundreds of campers place
[2:57:58] right on his West property
[2:57:59] line with nothing but a sea of
[2:58:02] campers to look at the 4th was
[2:58:04] no significant impact upon
[2:58:05] adjacent property values. We
[2:58:08] know how that will go with 300
[2:58:10] rv Park, capacity rv Park 5th.
[2:58:14] The proposed rezoning. Will
[2:58:15] not detract from the character
[2:58:17] and quality of life in General
[2:58:19] area and the neighborhood by
[2:58:20] creating excessive traffic
[2:58:23] noise, lights, etc, and other
[2:58:24] deviations. The average family
[2:58:29] has 2 cars, a 300 pad rv Park
[2:58:31] could bring in 300 additional
[2:58:32] vehicles in a neighborhood
[2:58:35] that has about 40 excessive
[2:58:36] lights there. Hundreds of
[2:58:40] existing street lights. I
[2:58:40] mean, they're just a handful
[2:58:41] existing street lights on
[2:58:44] wheels, really, very few yard
[2:58:46] lights, additional 350 rv's
[2:58:47] will bring in all kinds of
[2:58:48] lights at Thank you, Sarah.
[2:58:50] Next speaker is Jeremiah
[2:58:50] Stanley. And that'll be our
[2:58:51] last speaker. Was PRESIDENT.
[2:58:54] All right. Good evening,
[2:58:58] Distinguished Council members.
[2:58:59] >> My name is Jeremiah
[2:59:01] Stanley. I reside at 17, 0,
[2:59:02] 70. Well as road. My wife and
[2:59:06] I are 3 boys. We bought this
[2:59:07] property about 8 years ago.
[2:59:12] Roughly 15 acres and this
[2:59:13] proposal to add this rv park
[2:59:14] will be right adjacent to our
[2:59:15] property line across our
[2:59:19] southern southern boundary. We
[2:59:19] also were able to get my
[2:59:20] parents who you just heard
[2:59:23] from my dad. They were tired
[2:59:25] and we move them onto our
[2:59:25] property, hoping for a
[2:59:26] peaceful way for them to live
[2:59:29] out the rest of their life in
[2:59:31] Duval County. And so as you
[2:59:32] can imagine, we were super
[2:59:34] surprised to see a proposal of
[2:59:35] not neighborhoods. What we
[2:59:38] anticipate unexpected, over
[2:59:40] 300 pads for recreational
[2:59:43] vehicles to be part alongside
[2:59:45] what we have as a green belt.
[2:59:46] We've had established since we
[2:59:49] moved there. It was Greenville
[2:59:49] to before we actually move.
[2:59:51] Then we have a cattle herd of
[2:59:53] that between 20 and 40 cattle
[2:59:55] with a cow calf operation that
[2:59:56] we run. They're on the
[2:59:57] property. And so my concern or
[3:00:01] 2 of them, one is how would
[3:00:05] people expecting to come enjoy
[3:00:08] rv park? Respond to active cow
[3:00:09] calf operation right next
[3:00:11] door. You can imagine this is
[3:00:14] built an issue for conflict. I
[3:00:15] know that my rights are
[3:00:17] protected through the Florida
[3:00:19] right to Farm Well, very well
[3:00:20] aware of what I'm able to do.
[3:00:22] We'll continue to do there.
[3:00:23] But I know that to you all
[3:00:26] will be doing with the issues
[3:00:27] for years to come from the
[3:00:30] complaints that will no doubt
[3:00:32] come from rv's right up
[3:00:33] against our property line. The
[3:00:36] second one is in relation to
[3:00:38] the pond that has been
[3:00:39] proposed. A 10 acre pond
[3:00:40] literally right alongside of
[3:00:43] our property line. And my
[3:00:43] concern is there is nothing in
[3:00:46] the paperwork we received that
[3:00:49] state's any kind of detail
[3:00:51] about how the water for the
[3:00:53] sewage from these 300,
[3:00:56] something rv's will be
[3:00:56] handled. Others new
[3:00:59] information don't station or a
[3:00:59] water treatment. Facility and
[3:01:02] my concern is with farming
[3:01:05] operation right next door.
[3:01:07] What would happen if all which
[3:01:08] somehow got into the pond, if
[3:01:10] there was some type of issue
[3:01:11] related to that getting into
[3:01:13] our water system. And so I
[3:01:15] just like this has been not
[3:01:17] well thought out and
[3:01:20] definitely doesn't come into
[3:01:22] order with what is already
[3:01:23] there in area that established
[3:01:25] as a rule, agriculture area,
[3:01:26] very little of that left here
[3:01:27] within Duval County. We ought
[3:01:30] to do better than this. Thank
[3:01:33] you very Was our last speaker.
[3:01:34] All right. This public
[3:01:34] hearings close, an additional
[3:01:35] public hearing will be held
[3:01:37] AUGUST 25th 2026. Alright,
[3:01:41] turning the page. 38 and would
[3:01:43] you kindly join your district
[3:01:43] COUNCILMAN, the West Side got
[3:01:45] father Chief point in green
[3:01:46] Room. We're going to attempt a
[3:01:47] 6 pack on the next one. This
[3:01:54] PRESIDENT Is so 2026 Dash, 0,
[3:01:55] 5, 2, 5, 2026, Dash, 0, 5, to
[3:01:59] 6, 2026, 0, 5, to 7.
[3:02:01] >> 2026 Dash 0, 5, 2, 8,
[3:02:02] twenty-twenty, 6 0, 5, to 9
[3:02:06] 2026. To 0, 5, 3, 0, have no
[3:02:07] speaker cards.
[3:02:07] >> These public hearings are
[3:02:08] all close. An additional
[3:02:09] public hearings will be held
[3:02:11] AUGUST 25th 2026.
[3:02:15] >> All right. We are on Page
[3:02:17] 40rd reading ordinances,
[3:02:18] starting with number 80 2024.
[3:02:20] 0, 6, 2, 7, And again, if any
[3:02:22] of those folks from Wells Road
[3:02:23] wanted to meet with their
[3:02:24] district council person. He is
[3:02:25] in the green room right to my
[3:02:29] right. Your left. All right.
[3:02:30] Twenty-twenty 4, 0, 6, 2, like
[3:02:31] to state for the record that
[3:02:33] pursuant to council rule 3.1
[3:02:35] of 6.
[3:02:36] >> This bill is pending
[3:02:38] administrative withdraw on 8,
[3:02:39] 13, 2026. And I will turn to
[3:02:41] MR. 5 plus 2 further. Explain,
[3:02:46] please.
[3:02:46] >> Thank you. Through the
[3:02:47] PRESIDENT Of the council. So
[3:02:48] as stated by the council
[3:02:50] PRESIDENT Rule 3.1, '06,
[3:02:52] provides that any bill that
[3:02:54] has a sponsor currently
[3:02:55] serving on the council. That's
[3:02:56] been 10 pending for 2 years
[3:02:58] since its state of
[3:02:59] introduction. Shelby
[3:03:00] administratively, withdrawn
[3:03:02] and removed from all agendas
[3:03:03] by the chief of legislative
[3:03:04] services unless the council
[3:03:07] takes an action prior to its
[3:03:09] withdrawal. So therefore,
[3:03:10] today, legislative services
[3:03:12] has marked the agenda to
[3:03:13] reflect that it will be
[3:03:15] administratively withdrawn. In
[3:03:15] the instance, the council do
[3:03:17] does desire to take some
[3:03:19] action. If you do not take any
[3:03:19] action this evening and I can
[3:03:20] go through the options of that
[3:03:22] MISTER PRESIDENT, if you would
[3:03:24] like, then it will be
[3:03:25] administratively withdrawn on
[3:03:26] the 13th stated on your
[3:03:28] agenda. Please do go through
[3:03:30] the options. So the the rule
[3:03:32] provides that the council can
[3:03:33] take an action on a couple of
[3:03:35] different actions.
[3:03:36] >> The council can postpone
[3:03:37] the bill to a date certain or
[3:03:40] re refer to committees. In
[3:03:41] that instance, it would only
[3:03:43] allow for 60 additional days
[3:03:44] for there to be some
[3:03:45] disposition of the bill
[3:03:45] through either the council or
[3:03:48] the committee process and back
[3:03:50] to council. The council can
[3:03:51] take an action this evening to
[3:03:53] withdraw the bill if they
[3:03:54] choose to do so without to
[3:03:55] take a formal action to
[3:03:55] withdraw it rather than allow
[3:03:57] it to be administratively
[3:03:59] withdrawn or if a motion is
[3:04:00] made to take up the bill. The
[3:04:02] council can take up the bill
[3:04:03] this evening. I will tell you
[3:04:05] that the actions to take up
[3:04:08] the bill this evening if it
[3:04:11] gets moved or to or to
[3:04:12] postpone the legislation. All
[3:04:12] would require a two-thirds
[3:04:16] vote of the council to
[3:04:16] accomplish.
[3:04:17] >> All right. Thank you, MR. 5
[3:04:18] plus, I'll give it a minute. I
[3:04:21] see no speakers. All right.
[3:04:23] With that, we will proceed to
[3:04:23] item number 81 in
[3:04:24] Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 5, 3, 5,
[3:04:28] All amendment. Motion and
[3:04:31] second on the amendment. I see
[3:04:32] no speakers will vote Le on
[3:04:33] the amendment. All in favor of
[3:04:34] the amendment indicate by
[3:04:35] saying Aye it all again saying
[3:04:36] though the amendment passes
[3:04:39] bill as amended. We have a
[3:04:40] motion and second on the bill
[3:04:41] as amended reminder on 2026,
[3:04:44] 0, 5, 3, 5, No speakers. It's
[3:04:56] up in about a quarter of
[3:04:59] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:05:02] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
[3:05:03] 3, 5, passes. PRESIDENT Were
[3:05:06] on Page 41 item 80 to 2026
[3:05:08] Dash 0, 5, 3, of the
[3:05:08] amendment. We have a motion
[3:05:12] and second on the amendment.
[3:05:12] No speakers in the q a vote
[3:05:13] verbally all in favor of the
[3:05:14] amendment indicate by saying
[3:05:15] Aye aye again saying no move
[3:05:17] the bill as amended. We have a
[3:05:18] motion and second on the bill
[3:05:20] as amended. No speakers that's
[3:05:31] open about a quarter of a
[3:05:34] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:05:39] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
[3:05:40] 3, 6, passes. Moving on to 83
[3:05:41] Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 5, 4,
[3:05:42] of the amendment. We have a
[3:05:42] motion and second on the
[3:05:45] amendment. Seeing no speakers
[3:05:46] will vote for Le all in favor
[3:05:47] of the amendment indicate by
[3:05:48] saying Aye, again, same no
[3:05:49] amendment passes, move the
[3:05:52] bill as amended. We have a
[3:05:53] motion and second on the bill
[3:05:53] as amended. We have MISTER
[3:06:00] Freeman, Thank you, MR.
[3:06:03] PRESIDENT and I'll I'll be
[3:06:04] supporting
[3:06:05] >> This bill today, but I just
[3:06:06] want to bring to the attention
[3:06:06] of my colleagues. If you did
[3:06:10] not watch committee, this was
[3:06:11] a situation where I had a
[3:06:12] meeting scheduled with the
[3:06:16] fire chief during rules was
[3:06:17] scheduled for that day. At 3
[3:06:18] o'clock, it was canceled about
[3:06:22] 9.30, between 9, 30 10 as a
[3:06:23] member of Finance committee.
[3:06:23] Up on that a bit troubling
[3:06:24] because I want to talk about
[3:06:25] the budget. However, you also
[3:06:26] see that there's a item here
[3:06:29] in front of us. I was informed
[3:06:32] at that time that via email
[3:06:32] all meetings with the fire
[3:06:35] chief. Having a member of the
[3:06:38] administration in it. If you
[3:06:39] go back and pull the tape, you
[3:06:42] will see that. I stated that
[3:06:42] is the first in the 10 years
[3:06:43] that I've been here that I've
[3:06:47] heard of that. I also stated.
[3:06:51] That the previous fire Chiefs.
[3:06:53] Chief Powers, Chief Wilson.
[3:06:56] Our one ethnicity, one race. I
[3:06:57] also stated that this current
[3:07:00] one. And I'm going there and
[3:07:04] I'm saying it trouble still.
[3:07:05] Because when they announce
[3:07:06] Houthis fire chief was going
[3:07:06] to be, they said it must be
[3:07:07] someone from a diverse
[3:07:08] background. And I feel like I
[3:07:11] don't speak up. I am doing a
[3:07:13] disservice to all my little
[3:07:14] man tease. From all walks of
[3:07:17] life. I don't ever think their
[3:07:18] voices should be silenced.
[3:07:20] Now, I will say I had a
[3:07:21] meeting today and I'm grateful
[3:07:25] for it. I did not at root. I
[3:07:26] did not disrespect
[3:07:27] administration. I allow them
[3:07:31] and use that word. Seriously.
[3:07:32] I allow them to stay in it. It
[3:07:35] won't happen again. From here
[3:07:37] on out as a member of the
[3:07:37] Finance committee and the
[3:07:41] Finance chair. If I need them
[3:07:42] in the meeting I'm gonna
[3:07:44] requested if they demand to be
[3:07:45] in. And I really hope that
[3:07:45] MISTER Darnell Smith is
[3:07:47] watching. And that he comes
[3:07:50] back and change the tone. But
[3:07:50] if that does not change, will
[3:07:53] not take that meeting. And if
[3:07:54] I do not take that meeting and
[3:07:56] I do not feel comfortable
[3:07:57] voting, I'm hoping that
[3:08:01] members of whatever financial
[3:08:03] rule will support their
[3:08:04] colleague and saying and maybe
[3:08:05] I'm the only one up here. I
[3:08:07] hope I'm not. Because that was
[3:08:12] in another message. But
[3:08:12] hopefully that will
[3:08:14] communicate that he is able
[3:08:14] because I'm gonna close with
[3:08:16] this. I said my little son
[3:08:21] watching. Is asking my his
[3:08:22] daddy. Why is this young man?
[3:08:23] Why is this person who was so
[3:08:24] credible in this room? Not
[3:08:28] allowed to speak? That bothers
[3:08:33] me. Because he is. He has
[3:08:36] experience. You should be
[3:08:41] trusted. Going to sit down,
[3:08:41] I'm going to support this. But
[3:08:42] I wanted to make sure that I
[3:08:44] put that on the record. Moving
[3:08:46] forward to the administration.
[3:08:46] I would not take another
[3:08:49] meeting. If I'm told I have to
[3:08:49] have someone in
[3:08:53] administration. Thank you. All
[3:08:54] right. Thank you, MR. Freeman,
[3:08:55] no other speakers in the
[3:08:56] queue. We have a motion on the
[3:08:58] bill as amended.
[3:08:58] >> Took in about a quarter of
[3:09:13] a
[3:09:20] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:09:21] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
[3:09:24] 4, 2 is approved. Came as
[3:09:26] PRESIDENT Were on page. 42
[3:09:26] item. 84. I think if someone
[3:09:27] in the queue possibly Mr,
[3:09:29] Dime. Yet MR. Diamond, you are
[3:09:33] recognized. Thank you, MR.
[3:09:34] PRESIDENT want to say this
[3:09:36] during because I support the
[3:09:37] bill, but I just want to echo
[3:09:38] my colleague whose he jumped
[3:09:43] right on it. That is an issue,
[3:09:43] especially for the District
[3:09:44] Council people as 14 of us. I
[3:09:47] respect you at large folks.
[3:09:48] Your fancy. But for the
[3:09:49] District Council, we have work
[3:09:51] to do. I get calls about parks
[3:09:53] and sidewalks and streets and
[3:09:54] we've got to work with the
[3:09:58] administration. We just have I
[3:09:59] mean, to have to pick up the
[3:09:59] phone, I have to call parks
[3:10:01] and say we got issue a park
[3:10:02] and pick up the phone and say
[3:10:03] I've got issue on Florida
[3:10:04] Boulevard and get it fixed. I
[3:10:08] do not have time nor the
[3:10:08] inclination to beg for
[3:10:09] permission for the
[3:10:11] administration. Have these
[3:10:12] meetings with Republican or
[3:10:12] Democrat up here, whether you
[3:10:15] like the Mary do we? We've got
[3:10:16] to get this fix. I have a lot
[3:10:17] of respect for the people
[3:10:17] sitting up here. I know they
[3:10:20] know that's true. So let's get
[3:10:22] this fix because all of us
[3:10:23] have work to do. And I'm not
[3:10:24] waiting permission to do that
[3:10:29] work. All right. Thank you,
[3:10:31] MR. Dimon now to 2026, 0, 5,
[3:10:32] 4, 3, I move the amendment. We
[3:10:33] have a motion and second on
[3:10:34] the amendment. Those speakers
[3:10:37] in the queue vote on amendment
[3:10:39] all in favor indicate by
[3:10:41] saying Aye, I again say no
[3:10:43] amendment passes the bills
[3:10:44] minute we have a motion and
[3:10:45] second on the bill as amended,
[3:11:01] no speakers over court vote.
[3:11:12] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:11:15] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 5,
[3:11:16] 4, 3, passes. All right. Turn
[3:11:18] the page. 43 item. 85 2026,
[3:11:20] Dash, 0, 5, 5, the Amendment.
[3:11:22] We have a motion and second on
[3:11:23] the amendment, seeing those
[3:11:24] speakers of overly all in
[3:11:25] favor of the amendment
[3:11:26] indicate by saying Aye, again
[3:11:29] same know in the past the bill
[3:11:30] as amended. We have a motion
[3:11:31] and second on the bill as
[3:11:34] amended. Seeing no speakers
[3:11:49] over the ballot, according
[3:11:53] >> 15 yeas, 2 nays.
[3:11:54] >> By a vote, 2026, 0, 5, 5,
[3:11:57] 2, passes.
[3:11:58] >> All right. We are now
[3:12:00] moving on to the next session,
[3:12:02] which is going to be on Page.
[3:12:04] 44.
[3:12:05] >> That is the public
[3:12:06] participation. And if the
[3:12:09] clerk could go ahead and read.
[3:12:10] >> The second reading and then
[3:12:11] all announced the speaker
[3:12:11] cards on the public
[3:12:12] participation. We have
[3:12:16] several.
[3:12:20] >> 2026, 5, 0, 8, 5, 93, 5, 94
[3:12:26] 5. 95. 5, 97. 5, 98, 5.99, 6,
[3:12:27] 0, 1, 6, 0, to 6, 0, 3, 6, 0,
[3:12:32] 4, 6, 0, 5, 6, 0, 660-8609.
[3:12:35] >> 6, 10, 6, 11, 6, 12, 6, 15,
[3:12:36] 6.16, 2026. 5, 0, 1, 5, 0, 2,
[3:12:43] 5, 0, 3, 504, 5. 53 5. 54. 55.
[3:12:49] 56. 57 58. 59 5. 65 61. 5 62
[3:12:54] 63. 64 5. 65 66 57 5.90
[3:12:55] >> Thank you, MR. Secretary I
[3:12:56] will now just skip to the
[3:12:58] items that have public
[3:13:00] participation cards. They're
[3:13:01] all John some MR. Nunes, you
[3:13:03] come up and start to speak on
[3:13:05] these bills. Most of these are
[3:13:07] council appointees and things
[3:13:08] of that nature. So if you have
[3:13:08] something favorable or
[3:13:09] unfavorable that about the
[3:13:10] council person, please stick
[3:13:12] to the bill don't wander off
[3:13:13] and just read it. So we're
[3:13:16] going to go to 2026 Dash, 601,
[3:13:17] which is on Page. 93 1 speaker
[3:13:21] card. John MR. Many before
[3:13:22] speeches understand that your
[3:13:23] First Amendment rights are
[3:13:25] there for you to enjoy not to
[3:13:25] use as weapons against the
[3:13:28] rest of Thank you so I catch
[3:13:37] that. Just go. Stunning. I I
[3:13:43] am. John Jay new knee.
[3:13:46] >> Jacksonville City Council
[3:13:48] resolution 2023, 0, 8, 1, 9,
[3:13:49] 8, 3.56 Past the merge, actual
[3:13:50] Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, 6, some
[3:13:52] in city Council district 4
[3:13:53] cpac planning District 3
[3:13:54] school board district 3. Now
[3:13:59] the first one resolution
[3:14:00] appointing JaCoby Pittman is a
[3:14:01] member of the Northeast,
[3:14:04] Florida Regional Council. I
[3:14:05] would hope that you would
[3:14:07] reconsider that. And instead a
[3:14:12] point. Chris Miller, the
[3:14:15] Northeast, Florida regional
[3:14:18] colonel, the guy is a
[3:14:18] superstar. I'm just saying
[3:14:20] he's been at some of these
[3:14:22] meetings. I was just to the
[3:14:25] executive committee meeting.
[3:14:26] You know, for the Northeast,
[3:14:26] Florida Regional Council, 7
[3:14:33] counties. And agenda item 11
[3:14:34] potential impacts of property.
[3:14:38] Tax reform misses pain. And so
[3:14:41] I mean, this is big stuff. I'm
[3:14:43] going to these other. Here's
[3:14:44] Saint Johns County. I don't
[3:14:45] know if Duval County has taken
[3:14:47] a position or has meetings,
[3:14:52] you know, on this yet. You
[3:14:57] know, and I just and if and
[3:14:59] also I would throw, you Dr
[3:14:59] Selmon there to, you know, and
[3:15:00] the reason is it like you take
[3:15:04] 2026? 0, 0, 2, 4, you know,
[3:15:05] the big part about this is
[3:15:10] going to be our waterways. And
[3:15:11] I just wanted to say that on
[3:15:17] that particular one. So. Yeah,
[3:15:18] the northeast, Florida
[3:15:22] regional colonel, I mean a
[3:15:23] Thai I just hope you would
[3:15:27] just Anyway, ok, ready for the
[3:15:30] next one.
[3:15:31] >> All right. That was our
[3:15:33] last speaker on that one. So
[3:15:34] we're going to go to item 94
[3:15:38] Twenty-twenty 6 Dash, 0, 6, 0,
[3:15:38] 2, We got a vote on the
[3:15:39] emergency before do the public
[3:15:45] participation. Thank second on
[3:15:46] the emergency will take this
[3:15:47] vote, probably all in favor of
[3:15:49] emergency indicate by saying
[3:15:49] Aye.
[3:15:51] >> I again say no passes.
[3:15:52] Right now we passed the can
[3:15:55] read the public John JANUARY,
[3:16:02] a month. Like my mom is going
[3:16:03] to hospital right now. I need
[3:16:13] to Can you please, right now?
[3:16:18] >> Ok, my name is John 83. 56
[3:16:20] Bascom actual Florida. 3, 2,
[3:16:24] 2, 1, 6, and you know these
[3:16:25] next 3, you know, the tourist
[3:16:26] Development Council. Let me
[3:16:27] just say this. I mean, it's
[3:16:31] it's big statewide. But as far
[3:16:32] as the appointments, I just
[3:16:33] wanted to be on the record.
[3:16:36] You know that, you know, to
[3:16:38] support, you know, council
[3:16:40] PRESIDENT Howland is chair of
[3:16:45] tdc put on here Amendment 3
[3:16:48] tdc and the frc find cpac, 3
[3:16:49] public Pottsburg Creek is a
[3:16:49] Jacksonville. It's all
[3:16:53] tourism. That's it. Going the
[3:16:57] next one. Thank you for
[3:16:58] permission, MR. Noonan, his
[3:16:59] last speaker. So we're going
[3:17:01] to the bill's emergency.
[3:17:01] >> We have a motion a second
[3:17:03] on the bill as an emergency.
[3:17:16] Open about a quarter
[3:17:19] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:17:22] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 6,
[3:17:22] 0, 2, passes.
[3:17:23] >> All right. Moving on to
[3:17:24] item and 95 twenty-twenty 6
[3:17:27] Dash, 0, 6, 0, 3 move
[3:17:27] emergency.
[3:17:28] >> We have motion a second on
[3:17:29] the emergency. No speakers of
[3:17:30] overtly on favor the emergency
[3:17:31] indicate by saying Aye.
[3:17:33] >> I again say no mercy
[3:17:34] passes. All right. We have one
[3:17:37] public participation car John
[3:17:39] >> My name is genuinely name
[3:17:40] and addresses on file. I just
[3:17:41] want to be on the record. You
[3:17:42] know, again, you know, I
[3:17:46] support the legislation and
[3:17:47] just know that, you know, the
[3:17:47] tourist Development Council,
[3:17:49] you know, it's statewide
[3:17:51] stuff. And so I support it.
[3:17:53] That's
[3:17:57] >> All right. With the Bills
[3:17:58] emergency, we have a motion a
[3:17:59] second on the bill as an
[3:17:59] emergency. No speakers in the
[3:18:10] queue to open about a quarter
[3:18:13] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:18:17] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 6,
[3:18:18] 0, 3, passes. All right. We
[3:18:19] have a public participation
[3:18:21] card on item. 96 Twenty-twenty
[3:18:24] 6 Dash, 0, 6, 0, 4, It's John
[3:18:26] >> All right. My name is John.
[3:18:27] Names and addresses on file.
[3:18:28] And this is resolution
[3:18:31] reappointing arrow. As a
[3:18:31] member of the Northeast,
[3:18:36] Florida Regional Council and
[3:18:37] no, I support in 2026. For
[3:18:40] that's the park's trust fund.
[3:18:43] And he instrumental in that.
[3:18:44] So that's big tourist
[3:18:46] development Council stuff.
[3:18:47] It's also northeast Florida
[3:18:50] Regional Council stuff. And
[3:18:51] big thing is it's like visit
[3:18:52] Jacksonville, visit Florida.
[3:18:54] So all that tourism. That's
[3:18:59] it. Thank you.
[3:18:59] >> That's the only speaker
[3:19:01] cards. So will move to item 98
[3:19:04] Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 6, 0,
[3:19:06] of emergency. We have a motion
[3:19:07] in second on the emergency. No
[3:19:07] speakers will overly all in
[3:19:09] favor indicate by saying Aye,
[3:19:11] I again say no passes. We have
[3:19:12] one speaker card, MISTER John
[3:19:22] New Start the clock. Please.
[3:19:23] This one is on me. John, do
[3:19:23] you want me to be on the
[3:19:26] Northeast? Are the what tc 2
[3:19:30] women to be on the tdc job
[3:19:30] Yeah.
[3:19:33] >> My take my apologies. All
[3:19:35] right. John new name and on
[3:19:36] file. No, I fully support
[3:19:42] district. 4 city COUNCILMAN
[3:19:43] Know, no great that you're
[3:19:44] going to back on Tdc. Thank
[3:19:47] you listening.
[3:19:48] >> Thank you, John. Move the
[3:19:48] bill as emergency. All right.
[3:19:49] We have a motion second on the
[3:19:51] bill is an emergency. No
[3:19:51] speakers. It's open about a
[3:20:04] quarter vote.
[3:20:06] >> 16 yeas, one nay. That's
[3:20:11] right. I just want to bet.
[3:20:13] Just want to bet. All right.
[3:20:14] So by your vote, 2026, 0, 6,
[3:20:17] 0, 6, passes.
[3:20:20] >> So now going to turn the
[3:20:24] page. 54 one 27.
[3:20:29] >> And that's going to be. And
[3:20:30] it's going to be they're going
[3:20:36] to be.
[3:20:38] >> 2026, 0, 6, 4, 1, There
[3:20:39] does move emergency on 2026,
[3:20:42] 0, 6, 4, We have emergency and
[3:20:44] a second Twenty-twenty 6, 0,
[3:20:45] 6, 4, 1, MR. Diamond emergency
[3:20:49] of the bill. Okay. Seeing no
[3:20:49] speakers in the vote early on
[3:20:51] favor indicate by saying Aye,
[3:20:56] I again say no mercy passes.
[3:20:57] We have a motion and the
[3:20:58] second on the bill has
[3:20:59] emerged, MR. Diamond, you are
[3:21:01] recognized. Thank you, MR.
[3:21:02] PRESIDENT First I want to
[3:21:04] thank my good friend
[3:21:05] COUNCILMAN Freeman. We were
[3:21:05] just reminiscing that we
[3:21:06] worked with wc back on the Old
[3:21:09] Jax days and
[3:21:10] >> I have just the biggest
[3:21:11] heart for him. And he has the
[3:21:13] biggest heart for
[3:21:13] Jacksonville. One of my
[3:21:14] favorite people ever met
[3:21:15] public service. And so I move
[3:21:17] a COUNCILMAN. I can't. All
[3:21:17] right. We have a motion a
[3:21:20] second on the Council
[3:21:20] amendment. Got no speakers
[3:21:21] actually MR. Freeman
[3:21:26] COUNCILMAN.
[3:21:27] >> One, thank you so much for
[3:21:27] that COUNCILMAN Dominant. In
[3:21:28] the end, he said this in a
[3:21:29] public space. All to share
[3:21:30] with you all. He's been
[3:21:32] diagnosed Parkinson's disease.
[3:21:33] And so he stepped away because
[3:21:34] science is saying that
[3:21:37] exercise can reduce those
[3:21:38] symptoms from it. And so I
[3:21:39] really want I believe in
[3:21:41] giving people their they can
[3:21:42] still And so this is another
[3:21:44] example of we can do that.
[3:21:45] Thank you.
[3:21:46] >> All right. Thank you, sir.
[3:21:48] So the council amendment is on
[3:21:49] the table right now with the
[3:21:49] second was voted early on
[3:21:50] favor. The COUNCILMAN Indicate
[3:21:52] by saying Aye, I'll get saying
[3:21:55] no councilmen that passes.
[3:21:55] >> Moved the bill as an
[3:21:59] emergency as amended. We have
[3:22:00] a motion second to move the
[3:22:01] bill as an emergency as
[3:22:02] amended and MR. Freeman,
[3:22:03] you're still in the q. Do you
[3:22:05] want to talk ok? All right.
[3:22:05] And with that, we have no
[3:22:06] speakers soap and about a
[3:22:21] quarter of a
[3:22:24] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays by
[3:22:28] unanimous vote 2026, 0, 6, 4,
[3:22:29] 1, passes bright with that
[3:22:30] MISTER PRESIDENT. We're going
[3:22:31] to move to paid 61. And I'm
[3:22:32] gonna make a motion to move
[3:22:35] the
[3:22:36] >> All right. We have a motion
[3:22:39] a second on the and then them
[3:22:40] no speakers will vote
[3:22:40] virtually all those in favor
[3:22:43] indicate by saying Aye, again
[3:22:47] saying no, Dana passes.
[3:22:48] >> All right, MR. PRESIDENT,
[3:22:49] there are no action items on
[3:22:51] the 10 men. So that concludes
[3:22:53] this meeting. We can go ahead
[3:22:54] and call for the role and then
[3:22:55] we'll do announcements and get
[3:22:55] about here.
[3:23:10] >> Roll call, please.
[3:23:12] 17
[3:23:15] present. Thank Before we
[3:23:16] adjourn and then do
[3:23:17] announcements, I just want to
[3:23:18] say MR. Thank you so much for
[3:23:19] stepping in floor leader. You
[3:23:21] did a fantastic job. Thank
[3:23:22] you, sir. Hopefully not good
[3:23:22] enough for a permanent
[3:23:24] replacement. That's right. Not
[3:23:26] good. Thank you. And with
[3:23:27] that, we are adjourned.
[3:23:31] Announcements next. We'll go
[3:23:32] to COUNCILMAN Reggie Gaffney
[3:23:34] junior first. Thank you. Thank
[3:23:36] you to the chair. So as
[3:23:39] minute, you know, payment. So
[3:23:43] it as you know, we had a 7
[3:23:46] year-old kid passed away last
[3:23:47] week.
[3:23:47] >> broke my heart. I got a
[3:23:49] call from the pair. She was
[3:23:54] devastated last week what I
[3:23:55] want to in the next few weeks,
[3:23:58] almost unnoticed meeting
[3:23:59] trying come up with some
[3:24:01] legislation. You know, I did
[3:24:03] my research. I think in last 5
[3:24:05] years we had these 10 kids the
[3:24:08] pass away from dawn and
[3:24:09] retention ponds. So as
[3:24:12] legislators, you know, do we
[3:24:13] stand by and and and don't do
[3:24:15] anything. We do something. You
[3:24:16] know, I'm not sure what would
[3:24:17] come out of this notice.
[3:24:18] Meeting. But what I do want to
[3:24:20] invite is invite you guys to
[3:24:23] builders. Hl a's the
[3:24:23] community. This to try to
[3:24:24] figure out how we you know,
[3:24:28] come up with a solution. You
[3:24:29] know, my biggest fear is that
[3:24:31] I got another call like I got
[3:24:33] last week. You know? It's
[3:24:34] typically we take these things
[3:24:35] for granted into it. I would
[3:24:38] destroy home. So rush on to be
[3:24:39] sending out e-mails some time.
[3:24:42] So you know, and like I just
[3:24:44] been noticed, meeting,
[3:24:48] understand the cause. You
[3:24:50] know, beyond Pittman Gate,
[3:24:51] every you know, cause I get
[3:24:54] it. I thought about it. But
[3:24:55] trust me, I get it. But so in
[3:24:58] a of on the low, 40 e mail it
[3:24:59] next couple of weeks, I'm not
[3:24:59] sure what come out of
[3:25:02] resolution. I don't Maybe
[3:25:03] encouragement, safety, but
[3:25:08] just want to hear you guys out
[3:25:09] decide to propose legislation.
[3:25:10] So just be I don't look at
[3:25:12] e-mail. Thank you. Thank you,
[3:25:18] Over to MISS Pittman.
[3:25:19] COUNCILMAN Gaffney, I would
[3:25:21] just say I love to share a lot
[3:25:22] of information that has been
[3:25:26] done already
[3:25:26] >> with legislation, but
[3:25:29] mainly what we've done is had
[3:25:32] a marketing campaign funds
[3:25:37] that allocated from the Kerry
[3:25:38] administration and also by
[3:25:42] mere Deegan, we did have a
[3:25:44] meeting with several of the
[3:25:45] developers and engineers, but
[3:25:48] I think it's time to pick that
[3:25:51] up again. And I urge all of
[3:25:52] you all if we can come
[3:25:56] together and develop some
[3:25:58] legislation because retention
[3:25:59] ponds are everywhere and of
[3:25:59] course, is kind of out of
[3:26:01] sight out of mind. If you do
[3:26:03] hear anything. But this is
[3:26:06] really, really serious,
[3:26:11] especially kids who yeah,
[3:26:12] autism. So I'll be happy to
[3:26:13] share that information and
[3:26:17] i'll be glad to work with on
[3:26:18] on some legislation as well.
[3:26:20] Thank you.
[3:26:22] >> Thank you. MISS Pittman and
[3:26:23] with that, I'll recognize Dr
[3:26:31] Johnson.
[3:26:32] >> Okay. There we go. Thank
[3:26:33] you so much. I will do it
[3:26:36] since we have a special
[3:26:37] day-to-day. First of all, we
[3:26:39] want to recognize birthdays
[3:26:40] today. And our birthdays.
[3:26:41] Right now. I'm just doing it
[3:26:42] as a favor because we know the
[3:26:44] reigning birthday diva is
[3:26:45] COUNCILWOMAN Pittman. So
[3:26:48] birthdays. First of all,
[3:26:48] AUGUST 11th would be Rory cca
[3:26:52] Mackenzie. AUGUST 13th when
[3:26:56] Dean all. Arnold, windy and
[3:27:00] AUGUST. 21st Big e Erik
[3:27:01] Grantham, though they're all
[3:27:02] celebrating birthdays. But
[3:27:05] most importantly. This will be
[3:27:09] the final birthday for. On
[3:27:10] City Council for my dear
[3:27:13] friend. I got to say this for
[3:27:13] not forever just for this term
[3:27:17] as she is term limited. So you
[3:27:18] will not celebrate another
[3:27:18] birthday up here, but we still
[3:27:19] got 5 worse. They're going
[3:27:21] celebrate. I've known JaCoby
[3:27:22] personally probably longer
[3:27:24] than anybody on this day is
[3:27:25] for decades in decades. I want
[3:27:28] to say how many Jacoby I just
[3:27:30] got to say from all of you
[3:27:32] know, as I say frequently, I
[3:27:34] was there after your health
[3:27:35] situation, what 20 some years
[3:27:37] ago now sitting next to you in
[3:27:38] the hospital when you woke up
[3:27:40] with everything attach to you,
[3:27:41] no one could have seen you in
[3:27:43] the place that you are now.
[3:27:45] But got the GOD that we serve
[3:27:47] is is is that's a miracle that
[3:27:47] you're sitting here and I'm
[3:27:48] thankful to call you my friend
[3:27:51] and my sister and so Jacoby
[3:27:53] Pittman will be celebrating a
[3:27:55] birthday on AUGUST. 20th. I
[3:27:57] will say what number it is,
[3:27:58] but what we want to do to Kobe
[3:28:01] is all of us say happy
[3:28:02] birthday to you. And you know,
[3:28:02] you have to sing it because
[3:28:04] it's to Kobe Pittman. And
[3:28:05] since it's to cobia, by the
[3:28:06] way, I want to tell everybody
[3:28:08] who's watching at home in
[3:28:10] here. Every one of us gets
[3:28:13] birthday cards, bar mitzvahs,
[3:28:16] divorces, whatever it to Kobe
[3:28:17] comes and does all the
[3:28:19] announcements from this day is
[3:28:20] and you spin that out of your
[3:28:21] pocket. Thank you. From all of
[3:28:23] us here on the city council.
[3:28:24] And because it's Chicago, you
[3:28:25] have to sing at the way Stevie
[3:28:27] Wonder did so here we go. 1,
[3:28:28] 2, 3,
[3:28:31] >> Happy birthday to The
[3:28:36] birthday to happy birthday.
[3:28:39] Happy birthday. Cold air.
[3:28:45] >> Happy birthday. Covid.
[3:28:46] Happy birthday.
[3:28:46] >> Happy birthday to covid.
[3:28:51] Enjoy your day. All right. And
[3:28:52] with then happy birthday,
[3:28:53] Jacoby.
[3:28:55] >> Any other speakers? All
[3:28:56] right. We're already
[3:28:59] adjourned. Everyone have a
[3:28:59] great night.
[3:29:04] >> Thank Is to speak
[3:29:06] >> We do have the prayer.
[3:29:08] Yeah. Arrow. Do you want to