[0:07] >> All right. I do have a
[0:13] quorum yes. Okay. Welcome
[0:14] everyone to the city of
[0:15] Jacksonville City Council
[0:16] meeting for Tuesday MARCH
[0:19] 24th. It is 5 o'clock on the
[0:20] dot. So we are officially
[0:24] adjourned. MISTER Floor later.
[0:24] >> MR. PRESIDENT first or
[0:25] business is the indication the
[0:27] Pledge of Allegiance. Please
[0:27] recognize our council Chaplin
[0:32] Councilmember Kevin Maher.
[0:33] Thank you, MR. Of Floor
[0:37] leader.
[0:38] >> Tonight, our invocation
[0:40] will be delivered by passively
[0:41] by Ralston a he is the
[0:42] assistant pastor for River
[0:45] City Baptist Church, which is
[0:48] located in the heart of
[0:51] Arlington with over a decade
[0:52] of minister experience past
[0:53] Levi's committed to preaching
[0:54] teaching and supporting the
[0:55] spiritual and practical needs
[0:58] of the community. Passing. The
[1:00] buck is married with 2
[1:02] children, an honor to have the
[1:03] opportunity to serve both the
[1:06] congregation and the wider
[1:07] community through
[1:08] encouragement, the scripture
[1:09] and through prayer. Please
[1:11] received pastored Levi Ralston
[1:16] for tonight's invocation.
[1:17] >> We have the River City
[1:18] Baptist Church. I want to
[1:19] extend our sincere gratitude
[1:22] to each of you who serve on
[1:22] this council, their
[1:26] willingness to give your time.
[1:27] Kerry responsibility and make
[1:29] difficult decisions for the
[1:29] good of this community does
[1:31] not go unnoticed. We are
[1:32] thankful for your service and
[1:33] for your commitment to the
[1:36] people. Who you represent.
[1:40] Let's take a moment and pause.
[1:41] And reflect and set our hearts
[1:44] as this meeting begins. The
[1:45] word of GOD reminds us in
[1:48] Micah 6, 8, It says he has
[1:49] told you, oh, man, what is
[1:53] good? And what does the lord
[1:54] require of you? But to do
[1:57] justice and to love kindness
[1:58] and to walk humbly with your
[2:03] GOD. James, 1, 5, it says. And
[2:04] if any of you lack wisdom, but
[2:09] a mask of got. Who gives
[2:10] generously to all without
[2:11] reproach and it will be given
[2:15] him. Let us pray. Heavenly
[2:18] father, we come before you
[2:20] with gratitude for this day
[2:20] and for the responsibility
[2:21] entrusted to those who gather
[2:25] here. We acknowledge that all
[2:26] authority ultimately comes
[2:29] from you. And we ask for your
[2:29] guidance and every decision
[2:32] that will be made. Grant,
[2:34] these council members wisdom
[2:37] that is clear in discerning.
[2:38] Give them courage to act with
[2:41] integrity and humility. To
[2:42] serve the people of this
[2:45] community faithfully. Help
[2:46] them to pursue justice. With
[2:49] fairness, to extend mercy with
[2:50] compassion and to lead with
[2:51] hearts that seek the good of
[2:55] all. We pray for unity in the
[2:56] midst of differing
[2:58] perspectives. That
[2:59] conversations would be marked
[3:01] with respect and patients and
[3:02] a shared desire for what is
[3:07] right. Lord Guard against
[3:08] Division and strength, a
[3:09] strength and a spirit of
[3:09] cooperation. For the
[3:12] well-being of the city. We
[3:13] also looked at the people of
[3:15] this community that they MAY
[3:16] be supported, protected and
[3:16] encourage to the work done
[3:19] here. Made his counsel be a
[3:21] source of stability, wisdom
[3:26] and good leadership port. Your
[3:28] piece that it would rest on
[3:29] this meeting, that all things
[3:32] that are done would be done in
[3:33] a way that honors you and
[3:36] benefits others. The commit
[3:37] this time to you and we ask
[3:38] these things in the name of
[3:43] Jesus Christ and then. I
[3:46] pledge allegiance.
[4:04] >> MR. PRESIDENT one
[4:05] announcement for the group
[4:06] since there are 5 Tuesday's
[4:07] this month next week as 5th
[4:09] week said there will be no
[4:09] council business next week.
[4:14] We'll pick it back up with a
[4:14] committee meetings of the week
[4:15] of APRIL 6. All right. Thank
[4:19] you for that. This PRESIDENT
[4:20] Next step is roll. Call.
[4:32] >> Roll. Call.
[4:38] >> 17 present. This PRESIDENT.
[4:39] We have excuse me next step is
[4:41] the approval. The minutes from
[4:41] the regular council meeting
[4:43] MARCH 10th. I move the
[4:44] approval.
[4:44] >> All right. We've got a
[4:45] motion and second on the
[4:47] approval of the minutes, all
[4:48] in favor the minute signify by
[4:49] saying Aye, aye, any opposed,
[4:51] say nay. The minutes have been
[4:52] approved.
[4:52] >> This PRESIDENT For
[4:53] communications from the
[4:55] mayor's office and others
[4:55] would like read are filed with
[4:56] legislative services. We are
[4:58] going to get those filed very
[4:59] well, sir. We have one
[5:00] presentation tonight by
[5:03] Councilmember Chris Miller
[5:03] committing the Florida
[5:04] Sheriffs Association
[5:05] correction officer of the
[5:06] year. Councilmember Miller,
[5:07] please go to the podium. And
[5:08] MISTER Till MAY please read
[5:11] the resolution. Resolution
[5:18] 2026 1, 1, 0, In MAY of 2025.
[5:18] Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
[5:19] Corrections Officer Bobby
[5:20] Johnson was working his shift.
[5:24] >> At the community transition
[5:25] center when an inmate alerted
[5:25] him that a woman had jumped
[5:26] from an overpass into Hogans
[5:29] Creek. Without hesitation.
[5:31] Officer Johnson located the
[5:33] woman floating face down in
[5:35] the water, jumped in to rescue
[5:37] her and administered
[5:38] life-saving measures for at
[5:39] least 10 minutes until rescue
[5:39] personnel could reach the
[5:43] remote location. Due to
[5:44] Officer Johnson's bravery and
[5:46] his quick and selfless
[5:46] reaction. The woman survived
[5:51] the incident. In SEPTEMBER of
[5:52] 2025. Sheriff tk Waters
[5:54] recognize Corrections Officer
[5:55] Johnson with the corrections
[5:56] officer of the month award and
[6:00] a lifesaving medal. Each year.
[6:02] The Florida's share ucf's
[6:03] Association recognizes an
[6:04] officer who has demonstrated
[6:05] unparalleled courage,
[6:06] commitment and sacrifice in
[6:10] the line of duty. The Florida
[6:11] Sheriffs Association selected
[6:13] jso Corrections Officer Bobby
[6:14] Johnson as the 2026
[6:16] Corrections officer of the
[6:18] year for his instinct to serve
[6:19] and protect, even at great
[6:22] risk to himself and for
[6:22] representing the very best of
[6:25] the policing profession now,
[6:26] therefore, be it resolved by
[6:27] the council. The city of
[6:30] Jacksonville. The city council
[6:31] here by commends Jacksonville
[6:32] Sheriff's Office Corrections
[6:34] Officer Bobby Johnson upon his
[6:36] recognition by the Florida
[6:38] Sheriffs Association as the
[6:40] 2026 corrections officer of
[6:41] the year. The City Council
[6:43] appreciates Officer Johnson's
[6:44] honor, heroism and dedication
[6:59] to protecting our city.
[7:07] Thank
[7:08] you, everyone. Thank you for
[7:08] all the support for this
[7:10] resolution. I think it's
[7:13] important. That we make the
[7:17] time. To recognize and honor.
[7:19] Our men and women in blue who
[7:22] have gone above and beyond and
[7:24] I just want to make sure we
[7:27] didn't MISS What MR. Teal Red,
[7:30] 2 very important things.
[7:35] Corrections Officer Johnson.
[7:37] Ran toward the concern that
[7:38] day as our men and women in
[7:42] blue always do. And those of a
[7:44] firefighter force as well. He
[7:47] ran toward that. The concern,
[7:51] a woman in need. And he saved
[7:53] her life. He saved her life.
[7:57] Had he not. Intervened more
[7:59] than likely that wouldn't have
[8:00] occurred. There would be one
[8:03] less so walking this earth.
[8:04] But instead of that being the
[8:08] outcome. She's alive and well
[8:10] because of this man taken
[8:12] action. And so I want to make
[8:14] sure we do MISS That. And we
[8:16] take every opportunity to
[8:17] shine a light on these
[8:19] wonderful examples that are
[8:20] happening all over our city
[8:22] every day. Actually, these
[8:25] types of things are happening.
[8:27] We just want to show our young
[8:28] kids the way forward and what
[8:30] you do when there's a problem.
[8:32] This is a prime example of
[8:33] what you do when there's a
[8:37] problem. You get involved and
[8:37] try to do the best thing you
[8:40] can to help out. And the other
[8:42] thing is, you know, I'm going
[8:43] corrections officers. There
[8:45] are in the state of Florida
[8:49] over 7,700. And this man right
[8:51] here again was named number
[8:56] one out of 7 1700 Corrections
[8:57] officer officers for the
[9:00] entire state of Florida. So I
[9:02] don't want I want to make sure
[9:03] everyone here and everyone
[9:06] watching listening in, they
[9:08] understand what we are
[9:11] recognizing today. Its what
[9:12] this man has chosen to do and
[9:15] how he's chosen to live a
[9:17] selfless life of service as
[9:18] well as the other men and
[9:20] women in blue are represented
[9:21] here. But there's so many
[9:24] others. And so I hope we
[9:25] continue to take the
[9:29] opportunity. To shine the
[9:31] light on the great things that
[9:32] are happening on. And I've
[9:33] been on the wonderful people
[9:36] of our great city who are
[9:36] serving us and protecting us
[9:39] every day. So GOD bless you
[9:40] and and I know you want to say
[9:43] a few words. Please do. First
[9:45] off, thank you so much. For
[9:47] this award. It's awesome. It's
[9:49] amazing. But just quick, I
[9:50] want to let everybody know
[9:51] too, that that day.
[9:53] >> I really, really appreciate
[9:54] it. But there was a lot of
[9:55] other officers that were
[9:58] involved as well. Wasn't just
[10:00] me as jfrd. My chain of
[10:03] command. My line officers is a
[10:07] bunch of people. So it's a big
[10:07] group effort that saved her
[10:12] life. Thank you. And I really
[10:12] appreciate you. I have a great
[10:24] day.
[10:25] >> MR. PRESIDENT this time
[10:26] while they're taking pictures.
[10:28] I want to recognize tonight's
[10:29] Page. We have and really from
[10:30] pulls middle school, serving
[10:38] with us. It is now time to
[10:39] take up cause our judicial
[10:41] items. The first which is
[10:42] found on page for these arms
[10:43] were now taking up to now
[10:45] include public hearings as
[10:46] they were thoroughly reviewed
[10:47] at the committee level where
[10:47] public hearings are part of
[10:49] the decision-making process.
[10:49] Council members are reminded
[10:51] clarity, ex parte
[10:53] communications. I'm number
[10:54] one, 2026, 0, 0, 6, 0, I move
[10:58] the amendment. Before the
[10:58] amendment. We've got some ex
[10:59] parte councilmember gay.
[11:04] You're recognized.
[11:05] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT,
[11:06] rise to declare ex parte
[11:09] communication. On this.
[11:11] Received phone call from Zach
[11:17] Miller, old 3, 6, 26 hosted a
[11:18] community meeting on this bill
[11:21] on 3, 12, 26. Thank Alright.
[11:26] Vice PRESIDENT Now.
[11:27] >> Thank you, sir. Are also
[11:27] rising declare ex parte
[11:29] communications. I had a
[11:30] conversation by phone
[11:31] yesterday MARCH 23rd with the
[11:34] applicant's agent agent.
[11:35] That's MISTER Zack Miller as
[11:36] well. And we'll make sure it's
[11:37] filed with legislative
[11:38] services. Thanks. All right.
[11:41] Past PRESIDENT Freeman. Well,
[11:42] I think you MR. PRESIDENT, I
[11:43] rise to the clicks pertaining.
[11:46] I had a call with pardon on
[11:50] behalf of Zach Miller the
[11:51] share with me, the details of
[11:51] the project in this has been
[11:52] filed with legislative
[11:54] services. Thank you. All
[11:55] right. Also want to
[11:57] acknowledge that COUNCILWOMAN
[11:59] Pittman is here and she's late
[11:59] because Dzhokhar, that you
[12:00] can't fix the situation with
[12:02] the trains in San Marco. So he
[12:04] apologized to you. That's
[12:08] right. He's working on. All
[12:09] right. So we have a motion
[12:11] second on the amendment all in
[12:12] favor. The amendment signify
[12:13] by saying Aye, aye, any
[12:15] opposed, say nay them in. The
[12:16] Kerry says the bill as amended
[12:18] motion second on the bill as
[12:19] amended on not Councilmember
[12:22] gay, you're recognized.
[12:25] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
[12:26] that this is in my district.
[12:29] And so
[12:31] >> we we work back in through
[12:34] with the community and the
[12:34] applicant. Feel like we got to
[12:39] a good place and the community
[12:42] seem to be for the most part
[12:43] behind it. And so I will be
[12:45] supporting Thank you. All
[12:47] right. Thank you. And
[12:48] >> Bill has been moved and
[12:49] seconded and amended. So let's
[13:04] open about quarter vote.
[13:05] 18
[13:07] yeas, 0 nays by actually
[13:10] approved 2026 Dash 0, 0, 6, 0,
[13:13] t 2026. 1.32 I'm of the bill.
[13:14] Got a motion a second on the
[13:15] bill. There's no one in the
[13:16] queue. Please open about
[13:25] records about. 18 yeas, 0 by
[13:28] or actually approved 2026 Dash
[13:29] 0, 1, 3, 2, 3, 2026, 1.35 I
[13:32] moved the bill. Motion second
[13:33] on the bill no one in the
[13:34] queue. Please open about a
[13:48] quarter vote.
[13:59] 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[14:00] But you're actually approved
[14:03] 2026 Dash, 0, 1, 3, 5, We're
[14:04] now on the page 5 to take up
[14:05] the consent agenda.
[14:06] Colleagues, if you want to be
[14:07] as a co-sponsor any item,
[14:09] please reach out to Leslie
[14:10] Services. Council rules
[14:10] prohibit eyes from being
[14:11] pulled for this reason. MR.
[14:12] Till would you please read the
[14:14] Bills?
[14:19] >> 2026. 49. 51. 74 108, one.
[14:24] 41 one. 47 one. 55 1.56 one.
[14:29] 57 one. 93 one. 94. One. 95.
[14:34] One 96. When 98 and one. 99.
[14:35] Thank you, MR. Teal I have a
[14:39] pool on item. Number 14, 2026.
[14:41] 1.94 So with that, I move
[14:42] approve the consent agenda
[14:45] with the exception of item 14.
[14:46] All right. We have motion
[14:47] second on the consent agenda
[14:51] minus. The eye to mention for
[14:52] pole. There's no one in the
[14:52] queue. So please open about
[15:00] record
[15:04] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays. I actually
[15:05] knew approve the consent
[15:07] agenda.-20. 26 0, 1, 9, 14,
[15:10] 2026. 1.94 a move. The bill.
[15:11] >> Got a motion and a second
[15:13] on the bill. Dr Johnson,
[15:18] you're recognized. Thank you
[15:19] for recognizing me. MISTER
[15:19] PRESIDENT and I rise to
[15:23] support this legislation.
[15:23] >> I do believe that this
[15:24] should be a council member.
[15:25] Let me tell you why Donald
[15:27] Smith has been and incredible
[15:31] frame to the Jacksonville
[15:32] community as not only we've
[15:35] had to to see the tough
[15:36] exterior he's put up when he
[15:38] was serving as the interim
[15:39] chief of staff temperature of
[15:40] staff of the mayor's office,
[15:42] but also the leadership that
[15:44] he brought with Florida Blue.
[15:48] I while I am a little sad to
[15:49] see him retire. I know that
[15:49] his retirement will not be
[15:51] from work and service in this
[15:52] community and to see the fact
[15:55] that this little boy from a
[15:57] little small area of Saint
[15:58] Augustine rose to the heights
[15:59] of power to lead one of the
[16:02] largest companies on the first
[16:03] coast shows that it is
[16:05] possible for anyone. And so I
[16:07] wanted to also invite
[16:08] everyone. Florida Blue is
[16:10] having a community day on this
[16:14] Saturday, starting at 11. Am.
[16:14] And it's a tough loss Bronson
[16:15] Park, which is on the East
[16:18] Side 10, 50 Franklin Street.
[16:19] But it will also be a book
[16:19] drive will be bounce houses
[16:21] and painting and Florida blue
[16:23] will be investing in the
[16:25] community. And so I urge all
[16:29] of you to join me to honor
[16:30] Darnell, but certainly Florida
[16:30] blue in the work that they're
[16:32] doing. But to bring a book
[16:32] because there will be this
[16:33] will be a book drive. And so
[16:35] everyone that brings the book
[16:36] will be able to to push
[16:37] forward into the community.
[16:37] And that's something literacy
[16:40] is near and dear to his heart.
[16:42] So with that, Mr, PRESIDENT, I
[16:43] would do move for Council
[16:45] amendment to support this.
[16:46] Second wonderful person has
[16:47] done such great work in
[16:49] Jacksonville. All right. We've
[16:50] got a motion and several
[16:51] seconds on the Council
[16:53] Amendment all in favor. The
[16:54] COUNCILMAN's in by saying Aye,
[16:55] aye, any opposed say nay. The
[16:56] council amendment has been
[16:57] passed. I moved the bill as
[16:58] amended.
[17:00] >> We've got a motion second
[17:01] on the bill as amended. Thank
[17:03] you for pulling that. He
[17:03] really does deserve all the
[17:04] recognition. We could go
[17:05] around the horseshoe and
[17:07] everyone here has a Darnell
[17:07] Smith story has been a friend,
[17:08] a mentor to many of us,
[17:09] including myself, so open
[17:16] about and record the vote.
[17:18] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[17:21] >> I actually approved. 2026
[17:24] Dash 0, 1, 9, 4,
[17:25] >> Counselors are now going to
[17:28] to page 24 to take up 3rd
[17:29] reading resolution. So on
[17:30] Page, 24 item 60 2026. 1.52 I
[17:33] move the amendment.
[17:36] >> Motion second on the
[17:38] amendment. They're the
[17:38] amendment signify by saying
[17:39] Aye aye, any opposed say nay
[17:40] to Medicare's the bill as
[17:42] amended motion and second on
[17:43] the bill as amended. No one's
[17:44] in the queue. Please up in
[17:54] about a quarter vote.
[17:55] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays. They are
[17:57] actually approved 2026 Dash 0,
[18:01] 1, 5, 61. 2026. Of the
[18:02] amendment.
[18:02] >> Motion second on the
[18:04] amendment on the queue all in
[18:04] favor. The amendment signify
[18:05] by saying Aye aye, any opposed
[18:07] say nay to carries the bill as
[18:09] amended. Got a motion second
[18:10] on the bill as amended is
[18:10] known in the Queue. Please
[18:23] open about a quarter vote. 17
[18:24] yeas, 0 nays by actually
[18:27] approved 2026 Dash 0, 1, 5, 3.
[18:29] I'm 62 2026. Of the amendment
[18:31] got a motion second on the
[18:32] Amendment. Oliver, the
[18:34] amendment signify by saying
[18:35] Aye aye, any opposed say nay
[18:36] to Medicare's the bill as
[18:37] amended, have a motion and
[18:39] second on the bill as amended
[18:39] nose in the queue. Please open
[18:49] about encourage about. 17
[18:50] yeas, 0 nays. Fire actually
[18:53] approved 2026 Dash 0, 1, 5, 4,
[18:56] We're now going to go to page.
[18:58] 32 in, take up item. 77 2026.
[18:58] 0, 2, 100.
[19:02] >> emergency.
[19:02] >> Got a motion second on the
[19:05] emergency, all in favor
[19:06] emergency signify by saying
[19:07] Aye, aye, any opposed say nay
[19:09] to emergency passes us
[19:09] PRESIDENT. I have no public
[19:10] participation card. So I moved
[19:12] the bill as an emergency. All
[19:13] right. We've got a motion
[19:15] second on the bill as an
[19:16] emergency loans in the queue.
[19:24] About record your vote.
[19:28] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[19:29] >> actually approved 2026
[19:31] Dash, 0, 2, 0, 0, as an
[19:34] emergency going to top age. 33
[19:36] 78, 2026 era to 0, emergency.
[19:38] We've got a motion second on
[19:39] the emergency know was in the
[19:40] queue all in favor emergency
[19:42] signify by saying Aye, aye,
[19:43] any opposed say nay to merge
[19:44] cares. I have no public
[19:45] participation card. So I moved
[19:47] the bill as a mercy. Got a
[19:48] motion second on the bill as
[19:49] emergency. No one's in the
[19:50] queue. Please up about quarter
[19:59] vote.
[20:03] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[20:04] >> I actually recruit
[20:06] Twenty-twenty 6 Dash, 0, 2, 0,
[20:06] 1, MR. PRESIDENT please
[20:08] recognize or rules chair rules
[20:09] Chair Colonel Miller. You're
[20:11] recognized sir. Thank you, MR.
[20:14] PRESIDENT. We just approved
[20:18] the following appointments via
[20:19] the consent agenda and the
[20:19] additional items that we've
[20:21] taken up. If you are in the
[20:22] audience, would you please
[20:26] stand to be recognized
[20:27] appointed to the cultural
[20:28] Service Grant Program
[20:31] Committee are Kasey Bonds. Dr
[20:33] Darren Brownlie. Alana, look
[20:40] shot. And Chris Yates.
[20:41] Appointed to the Duval County
[20:42] election advisory panel are
[20:44] Raymond has Pringle junior
[20:49] Edward l Williams. And
[20:49] appointed to the 5 points
[20:51] Dependent Special District
[20:52] Board of Supervisors are
[20:54] Lorenzo Lawn Walton. David,
[20:58] when guards. Pointed to the
[21:00] sex trafficking and survivors
[21:03] leaders excuse me, Leadership
[21:05] Council is Cindy Hammett. If
[21:06] any of you are here, would you
[21:09] please stand to be recognized?
[21:10] And let's thank them for their
[21:15] public service. Thank you very
[21:17] much, MR. PRESIDENT. All
[21:19] right. Thank you. Israel
[21:20] share.
[21:21] >> MR. PRESIDENT. Now time for
[21:22] public comments. Ladies and
[21:23] gentlemen, if you wish to
[21:24] speak, a shift filled out a
[21:25] green public comment cards, no
[21:27] cards will be accepted after 6
[21:27] council rules call for
[21:29] allotment of 90 minutes for
[21:31] public comment. Given the
[21:32] number card submitted so far,
[21:32] each speaker will be given the
[21:36] full 3 minutes announced 5
[21:36] speakers at a time. When I
[21:38] call your name, please come
[21:39] down to the reserve seats in
[21:40] the front row while waiting
[21:42] her turn to speak. Your time
[21:43] will not start to arrive at
[21:44] the podium. And remember to
[21:45] state your name and address
[21:46] before beginning or you MAY
[21:50] say my addresses on file
[21:50] speaker, maybe invite to the
[21:51] Green Room for further
[21:53] discussion at a council
[21:54] members discretion. I'll read
[21:55] the first 5 names now so they
[21:58] can begin to make their way
[21:59] down and have MISTER Till read
[22:00] Council real 4.5, 0, 5
[22:02] regarding disruption of
[22:03] meetings. Our first 5
[22:04] Spiegel's speakers will be
[22:06] missed. Kathleen Pereira Wells
[22:11] Todd Leo Dawson, Sally Barnes
[22:12] and tree spell. So please come
[22:12] down to the first right here.
[22:16] If I called your name and MR.
[22:16] Tell me, please read council
[22:20] ruled 4.5, 0, 5, Council, real
[22:20] 4.5, 0, 5 disruption of
[22:23] meeting. Any person who
[22:24] disrupts the regular meeting
[22:29] of the City Council standing
[22:30] committees or special or
[22:30] select committees,
[22:31] subcommittees or any other
[22:32] public meeting presided over
[22:35] by a city council member.
[22:36] >> Maybe forthwith barred,
[22:37] removed or otherwise ejected
[22:38] in the discretion of the
[22:39] presiding officer from further
[22:42] attendance at that meeting, if
[22:42] necessary, due to the nature
[22:45] of the disruption, the
[22:46] audience MAY be cleared from
[22:47] the council chambers or
[22:48] meeting location in the
[22:49] discretion of the presiding
[22:51] officer. Any person who
[22:52] refuses to leave the City
[22:53] Council chamber MAY be subject
[22:57] to arrest. Thank you, MR.
[22:57] Tail, Let's Leave services.
[22:59] Please note the start. Time as
[23:01] 5.23 And per the floor is
[23:02] yours.
[23:02] >> My name is Kathleen. Per my
[23:04] information is on file the
[23:07] most logical place to put
[23:08] sports checks. Jack's a soccer
[23:09] stadium is in the already
[23:11] established and city focused
[23:12] downtown entertainment
[23:15] district, no medication
[23:16] mitigation is justified. When
[23:18] the stadium's presumed
[23:20] location will destroy. Saint
[23:20] Johns Town center is
[23:22] productive. Big Island swap
[23:24] and corresponding wetlands,
[23:27] which include Pablo Creek,
[23:28] resulting in putting 2 large
[23:29] neighborhoods and immediate
[23:31] jeopardy of being flooded and
[23:34] septic tanks being overtaxed
[23:35] with runoff. Not to mention
[23:36] that the project will blast
[23:37] the same neighborhoods with
[23:39] noise and light pollution. And
[23:42] what about the traffic impact?
[23:44] Sure. The roads could probably
[23:44] handle bumper to bumper
[23:46] traffic in all 4 lanes. But
[23:47] the amount of time to get to
[23:49] or from anywhere in that era
[23:52] area would be astronomical.
[23:53] And no mitigation is justified
[23:57] for this project when there
[23:58] are lots of properties that
[23:58] can accommodate a soccer
[24:00] stadium of any size without
[24:03] negatively impacting
[24:04] homeowners such as the Old
[24:05] Regency Square Shopping Mall
[24:07] Cecil Field, which will also
[24:10] be home to the Jack spare or
[24:12] partnering with U.S. And
[24:13] soccer field. I'd hate to
[24:14] think that the city's hobby is
[24:18] collecting bad ideas like the
[24:20] oil depot morgues
[24:21] Chick-Fil-a's slaughterhouse
[24:22] and a poor. They placed noisy
[24:24] stadium pleading that it can
[24:26] stand in the way of progress
[24:27] and development with such a
[24:30] rubber stamp, destructive
[24:32] projects, attitude. Why even
[24:32] have a council planning
[24:34] commission or even planning
[24:36] department, please move this
[24:37] student stadium finally vote
[24:43] for 2026. 0, 1, 3, 7, Tonight,
[24:47] a Duval County on Duval County
[24:47] resident there from Saint
[24:48] Johns County from being
[24:49] appointed to the Jax Housing
[24:52] Finance Authority has proposed
[24:52] by ordinance 2026. '02, to
[24:55] one. Support the commendable
[25:00] and bravely up proposed 2026,
[25:02] 0, 2, 2, 7, and and do your
[25:05] fund years share of funding to
[25:06] George Create ii State Park.
[25:06] Thank you.
[25:14] >> Thank you, MR. Todd. My
[25:14] name is well as tighten with
[25:17] taking down jaxa just a few
[25:19] points. One is the city
[25:20] council is not supposed to be
[25:21] involved and now school
[25:24] system. From what I've heard
[25:28] from you guys many times, but
[25:29] MR. Rory Diamond is involved
[25:30] in Turning Point usa Clubs
[25:30] that they're forcing on our
[25:33] children. I think he step back
[25:37] from that. Those clothes were
[25:40] developed by Charlie Kirk. Who
[25:43] is unknown white supremacists.
[25:47] So that's one point. The other
[25:48] point is somebody asked me why
[25:48] am I so h#
[25:48] #
[25:48] #
[25:48] o#
[25:48] the city
[25:54] Council? I find that. To be
[25:54] interesting because I see the
[25:55] city council being h#
[25:55] #
[25:55] #
[25:55] o#
[25:55] the
[25:58] residents of Jacksonville.
[25:59] Last night. 101 people showed
[26:03] up at a town hall. Regarding
[26:04] the neighborhood below vite
[26:07] rights. All of you were
[26:09] invited. But only 2 of you
[26:14] showed up. They say that.
[26:15] Because when it comes to the
[26:17] business of the people of this
[26:19] town, it seems like always
[26:23] missing. And I want to make
[26:26] that point because it seems
[26:28] that the people you really
[26:28] represent is the developer
[26:31] class. The people who were at
[26:33] that meeting last night. Spoke
[26:37] about the fact. That the
[26:38] development and the city's
[26:40] unbridled. And it is running
[26:43] wild. These developers, they
[26:46] come to you. Telling you what
[26:50] they want to do and it's done.
[26:52] A lot of times. It's done
[26:52] without the notification of
[26:56] the community. A lot of times
[26:57] it's done without the input.
[27:00] Community. So here's where the
[27:02] rubber meets the road either.
[27:04] You're going to continue. To
[27:08] do what you're doing. Putting
[27:09] profits before the needs of
[27:12] the people. All the people
[27:14] will continue to organize. To
[27:17] see that it stops. Leonard
[27:29] also. Name is Leo Dawson. My
[27:34] address don't fall. Learn to
[27:37] do good. See justice, correct
[27:39] oppression. Bring justice to
[27:41] the father. Does and peta
[27:44] calls the world. Want to see
[27:48] this. I've been married for 20
[27:50] years at all 20 years. I mean,
[27:52] if neighbor to mall, why, you
[27:53] know, faith for fall that I'm
[27:57] a family, all of And the
[27:57] reason why I was like that or
[27:59] the reason why didn't like
[28:03] first because I love GOD. And
[28:04] I love that. Love my wife. She
[28:06] was able for decade. Why not?
[28:08] No one heard. And I want to
[28:12] honor GOD my life. And as time
[28:13] went on, the mindset shifted
[28:16] somewhat. Being famous, too.
[28:18] So I think. What kind of
[28:21] legacy? Don't leave my kids.
[28:28] So my Lai. Working the thank
[28:29] you about what kind of legacy
[28:31] something for my kids. I want
[28:32] to be known that they did with
[28:33] the faithful to the mall.
[28:34] Didn't love GOD. It didn't
[28:36] love GOD's people. You know,
[28:37] the meantime, my son. Some
[28:41] want to turn Joe for those.
[28:43] They help just to do this in.
[28:46] Whatever your plans, all. As
[28:48] you did is like I want you to
[28:49] think what kind of legacy you
[28:51] leave him? We do kids. What
[28:52] can be said about your name
[28:55] when you've gone? Welcome to
[28:56] says you MAY have fit people
[28:58] along his journey. Sometimes
[29:01] people get caught up what they
[29:03] want. And while other people
[29:04] Pena's and if we get about the
[29:05] real pitches, begin to you.
[29:06] It's about people. That's the
[29:07] mindset you need to start
[29:11] taking as a whole because what
[29:12] we have a bit accountable for.
[29:14] So I just want to start
[29:14] thinking what kind of legacy
[29:16] in my leaving if your legacy
[29:20] is not right now, it's a
[29:21] change you can change and now
[29:22] still alive. Still got a
[29:24] chance to change. So think
[29:24] about different this is all
[29:26] making you making in his life.
[29:30] What kind of to you? My kids
[29:30] going to be the same m I
[29:31] didn't love. Got love people.
[29:32] He do right by people on a guy
[29:34] with his life can joke. He say
[29:37] that. Based on what you
[29:38] decision-making, how you move,
[29:41] it is like. Thank u next up.
[29:51] Sally Barnes. Good afternoon.
[29:52] My name is Sally addresses on
[29:55] file.
[29:56] >> I'm not here argue tonight.
[29:57] I'm here to say thank you to
[30:01] those of you that showed out
[30:01] and prove that they're
[30:02] interested in what we're
[30:04] trying to accomplish I have
[30:05] some people that did talk to
[30:07] me and offered to help with
[30:09] this situation. I have with
[30:10] that ditch and they called me
[30:13] and let me know that they were
[30:13] trying to help me. At least
[30:15] they made no promise. But they
[30:18] said at least I would try. And
[30:18] those people that I go to
[30:20] several meetings and I see a
[30:22] couple of council people
[30:24] there. They're always there
[30:26] and I can honestly say I
[30:27] appreciate those people. My
[30:30] thing is. Everybody have a
[30:32] conscious. Everybody know my
[30:36] story. But how many of you
[30:38] other one that I know of
[30:39] actually reached out to
[30:41] somebody to get some help. But
[30:45] what I'm going through. So,
[30:45] you know, like the man said, I
[30:46] do pray and I will overcome
[30:49] whatever's after me. But I do
[30:52] say that everybody did it
[30:53] approach this podium, some
[30:54] people you MAY not agree with
[30:56] and some you MAY agree with,
[30:57] but we all have a voice and we
[31:01] have a right to. Voice our
[31:02] opinions. We don't always like
[31:05] what you say. You always like
[31:06] what we say. But at least you
[31:09] should hear us and respect our
[31:11] opinion that those of you that
[31:11] offer to help and get help. I
[31:18] say thank you. Kudos to you.
[31:19] >> Thank u. Next up, is tree
[31:19] spelled in the next 5 after
[31:21] that Angela Freeman Batavia
[31:27] Harris. Well, James. Ulis see
[31:28] the list. He's currently
[31:29] senior and Leonard for its
[31:33] this bill.
[31:37] >> The bail my address is on
[31:41] the George Crady region. 99 20
[31:43] to 20 seats, least favorable.
[31:49] Open it up. But this discreet
[31:50] George vote Krantz
[31:51] Jacksonville Beach Pier Saint
[31:52] Augustine Bolognone want to
[31:57] Shams Rodman Dam, regular
[32:00] beach, Daytona Sky. We peer
[32:01] temple, the manatees. Jay was
[32:04] amridge Oriole fairground je a
[32:09] jta. Overlooked. Governor
[32:13] DeSantis Mayor Deegan, but
[32:14] state reps, the p city
[32:19] Council. Have you all of
[32:21] deaths. Why have you overlook
[32:24] group? We are important too. A
[32:28] historic agree. It's popular.
[32:28] We've been overlook the 20
[32:32] over 2 inches on the years.
[32:33] Taking tax bills. Dollars been
[32:35] an amusing. The for the news
[32:38] least favorable. Favorable.
[32:42] Defendant. These favorable
[32:46] overlooked and it hurt.
[32:56] >> Exodus Angela Friedman.
[32:56] Name and to look for a my
[32:58] addresses on file. I am here
[33:00] to represent the George
[33:02] Bridge. We have been trying to
[33:08] get to Duval open for. And
[33:10] nothing has ever been done.
[33:12] Don't understand why it we are
[33:20] input. 2, the office. We are
[33:21] supposed to. They represented
[33:21] by Yobit. Just don't care.
[33:24] Don't sing my but George Craig
[33:28] Bridge. We worked. We just
[33:29] ain't got nothing done about
[33:30] it. I don't know don't do that
[33:34] to about a bridge. We love our
[33:36] bridge. Been a lot of killings
[33:38] around. There's nothing open
[33:39] close by, but we can dish. We
[33:42] loved to fish and we just
[33:46] don't understand. Thank you.
[33:47] Next step hears ma'am
[33:48] Councilmember Matt Carlucci
[33:49] would like to talk to you.
[33:54] >> In the green room. Over
[33:58] here. Please. Yes, ma'am. The
[33:58] last COUNCILMAN Matt Carlucci
[34:02] like to speak with you. MISS
[34:03] Harris.
[34:03] >> be heres my addresses on
[34:09] file. During this whole cba
[34:10] process. My group and the
[34:13] community spoke for reason
[34:14] that we wanted a model to be
[34:17] protected. We see the board
[34:21] members. Every board member
[34:24] except 2 is part of live The
[34:25] same thing we fought to get
[34:28] away week. We've PRESIDENT
[34:31] Care Co emails. Hey, we even
[34:31] stayed out of the process
[34:32] because we didn't want it to
[34:36] be partial. We didn't want to
[34:38] be bias. Carroll Co can say
[34:39] the mayor can't say that. We
[34:40] reached out and said, hey, we
[34:43] want you to pick those people.
[34:43] Half of these people who want
[34:45] to West Polk week, they got a
[34:47] call from Travis Williams that
[34:50] they won't abort. I'm sorry.
[34:51] Is this not the same thing we
[34:55] asked for was transparency to
[34:57] be fair, we start the whole
[34:59] board outside of MISTER Blair
[35:01] Shrink, who was with Jackson
[35:02] the letter. He does wonderful
[35:04] things for the community. We
[35:05] even have people No disrespect
[35:09] cleaver that the black man
[35:09] about to go get to sit in
[35:12] orbit me. Because they don't
[35:12] do not define neighborhood.
[35:17] It. We have. Sean Ashley, who
[35:20] is But you've got to go to
[35:21] church east to be on the board
[35:22] to make decisions. Now
[35:27] actually hit. Resumes. A
[35:30] people who are living out
[35:33] happen to people up all of
[35:36] them Klevorn is the mentor to
[35:37] Travis Williams, Jesus Christ.
[35:39] Can we get away from these
[35:40] developers or do we just have
[35:40] eat what they do? We have to
[35:42] sleep with them. At some
[35:46] point. We'll 2 people. That
[35:46] the Jameson told me he stepped
[35:48] down from the board. He is the
[35:50] east side. The mega see
[35:51] member. But I guess the
[35:55] object. I mean, I'm just fair
[35:56] by these developers like them
[35:57] and say nobody come in. Don't
[36:01] want to be a process, Kim,
[36:02] she's not even been living
[36:03] decent enough time to even
[36:06] have generational. Say so.
[36:06] Know, when that move that who
[36:08] went through these trials and
[36:09] tribulations were even pick
[36:12] for the board. I guess we're
[36:14] not caviar at the right place.
[36:16] Yes, we're not smoke in the
[36:18] white cigars. No one appeared
[36:19] say you heard anything from to
[36:20] get the east side about who we
[36:22] want to see on the board. That
[36:25] is how you make things better.
[36:27] You have people submit
[36:28] resumes. You submit the
[36:32] outlines and we have. Members
[36:36] is all it takes. Ari on
[36:37] Randolph. She is objection was
[36:39] on payroll. Everybody is
[36:42] falling back to stack date in
[36:45] the community. Jesus, I mean,
[36:46] do we win it by what we have
[36:48] to do the fight to get it
[36:50] fair. Now we've got the fight
[36:51] for people even as the
[36:52] community Keanu people
[36:54] involved don't know about a
[36:58] >> Is just
[36:59] >> But we haven't seen people.
[37:00] Dan Ally, we're sure that they
[37:03] know what he's become.
[37:04] >> This Harris Council in
[37:04] Clark, Mary, like to talk to
[37:06] in the Bob Jones and run. And
[37:13] next up is Bill James.
[37:14] >> Good evening. My name is
[37:17] James them address his own
[37:18] path. I'm here to represent
[37:19] the joys crude breach fishing
[37:23] pier state Paul. Want to have
[37:30] a a fishing crew. Here, too,
[37:31] because just now that's a part
[37:33] of that We are concerned about
[37:36] the joys created bridge.
[37:38] Concerned about. The Duval
[37:39] said Joyce created breach is
[37:42] not open. But Nessel founders
[37:46] open. We are concerned lock on
[37:49] top of the breach. It's a gate
[37:51] that he got a lot going We
[37:55] won't get a lot removed. So to
[37:56] us at a breeze can be open for
[38:00] us. The now to save it. Debris
[38:03] didn't say Forest official.
[38:04] With his own safe was the
[38:06] official why you love the bow
[38:09] to but with pond. Should be
[38:12] the same thing for them. It is
[38:15] not safe. Official. It's not
[38:16] safe for them to be open to
[38:17] the bridge sitting in a boat
[38:22] this Now concern concern of
[38:23] the getting it fixed, getting
[38:26] it open up. As time I was
[38:32] here, I heard a voice here. I
[38:33] I'm concerned that was
[38:37] happening. Please, please
[38:39] don't forget about And a voice
[38:41] came back to where to keep
[38:44] coming. With so we can get it
[38:45] back to you. But the main
[38:51] thing is. We want action.
[38:51] >> Thank you. Let's seize
[38:58] Cromitie senior. I this is
[39:08] criminal scene. Thank you. And
[39:08] I'm here for iPhone. Mont had
[39:09] just voted 6 to define the
[39:12] crisp pass out. Apologize my
[39:14] first time here. And I've been
[39:16] living in Jacksonville 70. 3
[39:20] years. About the job paying
[39:22] breeze mice. Also. This
[39:27] important. They just And you
[39:34] see fit. To restore bridge.
[39:34] And the bridge is his the
[39:36] bridge. It efficient It can be
[39:39] fish. Don't. My mother has 7
[39:43] boys and one girl. She took
[39:45] all the boys told us how to
[39:53] fish. A total you know, us to
[40:00] be. Rob Lowe. What else I want
[40:02] to teach fix, the payoff for
[40:06] your family. The help family.
[40:13] And now. Fish move cut a deal.
[40:18] Grandson. Is local who want
[40:19] give us this opportunity to
[40:23] please. If this Brit. And the
[40:26] business fishbowl. So we think
[40:34] Jacksonville. Above the other
[40:37] counties and we help head.
[40:38] People come from Georgia and
[40:41] ask the fish on a bridge?
[40:45] Please tell me spirit don't
[40:47] give This is my first. I'm not
[40:51] I'm not shame. Okay. I'm just
[40:52] want to him my voice. What you
[40:54] him ableist call. Lot
[40:55] officials say it won't make a
[40:59] deal. I'm here to prove point.
[41:01] Here, the Hill that one I
[41:04] hate. Going to be Thank you.
[41:07] Thank you, sir.
[41:08] >> Next up, Leonard for its in
[41:10] the 5 after that, please come
[41:11] on down Samantha Series, James
[41:12] Match it. Sharon d#
[41:12] #
[41:12] #
[41:12] #
[41:13] , Ronnie
[41:15] Burris. And Richard, I believe
[41:18] this is Ekeler MR. Fritz.
[41:20] Names Leonard for its my
[41:23] address is on file. First of
[41:24] all, let me thank all of you
[41:26] for the time you put in. I
[41:27] know that there's a lot done
[41:27] before this. A lot done after
[41:30] it.
[41:30] >> Yeah. Time and energy that
[41:31] you put into doing this job.
[41:33] So I thank you for that. Let
[41:35] me use the Marine Corps
[41:36] acronym here Bluff. I'm going
[41:38] to give you the bottom line up
[41:39] front. Okay. The bottom line
[41:42] up front reason. I'm here to
[41:43] talk to you about the Arab
[41:43] American Heritage Month and
[41:45] why that's in there. And I'm
[41:49] just here to caution. You all
[41:53] to not let that recognition
[41:55] creep. They creeped so that it
[41:55] becomes a fighting within
[42:01] Sharia law. I say with some
[42:02] background I have over 40
[42:06] years of service. And I've
[42:07] been to many Arab countries
[42:09] and I've been around a lot of
[42:10] Muslims. Okay. And I know how
[42:10] they work. And I know that
[42:13] there are factions within the
[42:13] Muslim community just like
[42:17] there's factions of Christians
[42:17] and there's good ones bad
[42:19] ones. And the differentiation
[42:22] between those is how really
[42:22] the plea they are involved in
[42:27] enforcing Sharia law. And so
[42:27] that's something that you have
[42:29] to be aware of going forward
[42:30] is making sure that we're not
[42:34] creeping in that direction. So
[42:37] I asked the going forward. To
[42:41] be aware. As we go forward and
[42:42] recognize the month that we
[42:45] don't get that slow boiling of
[42:48] the frog and before we know
[42:49] it, we're in some situation
[42:51] that looks a bit like
[42:56] Minneapolis, Austin. So have
[42:57] thank you, ladies and
[42:58] gentlemen. Appreciate the
[42:59] time. Thank u. Next up, some
[43:05] the series.
[43:06] >> Smith Series address on
[43:09] file enough is enough. We are
[43:11] tired of our politicians
[43:13] putting their own interests
[43:14] for monetary reasons and
[43:15] corporations interests over
[43:18] the interests of our city. We
[43:19] are tired of being told that
[43:21] so many people are moving to
[43:22] Jacksonville. So we need build
[43:23] out in these rural areas by
[43:26] making 30 foot 40 foot. Lots.
[43:27] If people are trying to move
[43:28] to rural area, that usually
[43:30] means they want to land not
[43:33] living on a 0 lot line. That
[43:36] is how people like to move.
[43:37] You know, I understand that we
[43:40] need to development.
[43:41] Completely understand there
[43:44] are plenty of places winning
[43:45] Boulevard where there are
[43:47] commercial spaces for sale
[43:48] that a developer could buy and
[43:50] create mixed use housing and
[43:51] then you wouldn't have to
[43:53] worry about this additional
[43:54] strain on the communities are
[43:57] that are further back where
[43:57] they don't sidewalk to get to
[43:59] their house. They don't have
[44:01] any transit to get there. They
[44:03] have nothing. But if you made
[44:06] a mixed use house that is near
[44:08] this community and if you
[44:09] actually were able to have a
[44:12] walkable area in that spot,
[44:13] you know, that actually could
[44:14] help the city that could
[44:15] actually help people. You
[44:16] know, they are proposing to
[44:20] have these tiny homes. I mean,
[44:20] not technically a tiny home,
[44:22] but it feels like a tiny home
[44:23] because it's on a 30 foot lot
[44:24] in a 0 lot line where you can
[44:28] touch your neighbor and
[44:30] they're proposing it $300,000
[44:31] $350,000. First of all, it's
[44:32] not affordable. Second of all,
[44:36] who wants to buy 0 lot line
[44:38] with no land for that much
[44:41] money. I don't see anyone that
[44:42] would want that. And that's
[44:44] why when these communities get
[44:45] billed and they start for
[44:46] sale, they end up rentals and
[44:47] they're owned by corporations
[44:52] and they have a constant.
[44:53] Battle between the residents
[44:55] and the people who live in the
[44:56] neighborhood because, you
[44:57] know, the neighborhood didn't
[45:01] want it, but you all pass it
[45:02] and they then have nowhere to
[45:04] go runing there, property
[45:06] values or increasing them so
[45:08] much that they can't afford
[45:09] the taxes. So you're pushing
[45:10] people out that lived there
[45:13] and no longer can afford it or
[45:15] you're putting people there
[45:18] that cannot pay $350,000 for
[45:19] no land and then expect them
[45:21] to just deal with it. People
[45:24] don't buy those houses. There
[45:26] are empty communities because
[45:28] of that. And then they become
[45:29] rental communities. And we
[45:31] have 51% of our residents that
[45:33] rent. I thought you all wanted
[45:33] people to buy homes about you
[45:35] wanted people to afford homes.
[45:39] That's not the way to do it.
[45:41] It's difficult to come up with
[45:42] creative solutions. But I know
[45:43] that some of you want mixed
[45:44] use housing. You are one to
[45:46] talk to the developers, tell
[45:47] them to do mixed use housing.
[45:49] They don't listen to us. You
[45:51] are our representatives. You
[45:55] need represent us. We have you
[45:57] up there because we want you
[45:59] all to take control. Do not
[46:00] let the developers and
[46:00] corporations ruin our city as
[46:01] they tried to do.
[46:07] >> Next up, James mentioned.
[46:10] MR. Machin, are you here?
[46:11] Okay. Hold on to his car to
[46:26] MISS Sharon dikes here next.
[46:42] >> Good evening. My name
[46:42] mentioned I I in some fun
[46:48] file. Come again. Pt and tap
[46:51] into mean, started listening.
[46:55] That's coming Ponce. I And
[46:58] that's an as the executive
[47:01] director. Will leave you.
[47:03] There is some find employment.
[47:10] We had and realize People in
[47:13] community with coming up. But
[47:16] can point to get to work. And
[47:16] I know that it been in front
[47:22] of you. And I worked closely
[47:22] with jta. Transportation
[47:24] fights committee. What I am
[47:26] personally treatment committee
[47:30] from a lot for think share.
[47:43] There. There's not going.
[47:44] >> Yes, will restart the
[47:45] clock. Eric, if you could help
[47:57] her out there. Let's put up to
[48:02] 2 minutes which I'm
[48:02] >> People community year
[48:04] having to give up their jobs.
[48:06] And then thing Tatum in front
[48:07] of you and I know that they
[48:10] some things like. That. The
[48:12] on-time performance for
[48:15] connection. It's But they use
[48:16] words that you don't
[48:19] understand. For example, bank,
[48:21] if you listen closely by some
[48:23] of the it's 90 for the point
[48:28] month. Coming counts that this
[48:28] council has no idea what that
[48:33] means. But if you book an
[48:33] appointment, you're more
[48:35] likely to get there on time.
[48:39] If you book a ride. You might
[48:42] need there next 2 hours. I
[48:45] work in 8 to 9 hours day. I
[48:47] worked 16 from the islands and
[48:48] we I don't want in your time.
[48:52] To my day. And then just
[48:52] merely community that's
[48:56] accounted for. Asking, please
[48:58] support them. That smelling
[49:01] community come up solution. I
[49:04] have lived my paper. And I
[49:04] have you know that to each
[49:09] you. Its almost a week and I
[49:10] won't seem feeling response.
[49:13] From this count full. I'm in
[49:15] private for the I took out
[49:20] time. Some not think your tao.
[49:24] I my plan. And I realize that
[49:27] that's a margin of error. My
[49:28] plan. I can say that 18 4.1
[49:34] million. I would love Somebody
[49:42] can step And Prince community.
[49:44] >> It's minor Saint James
[49:45] match. It no longer wishes to
[50:00] speak. Ronnie Burris hero.
[50:13] >> Hello, my name is Ronnie
[50:14] Morris. And address is on
[50:19] file. You know, I'm a business
[50:22] manager for
[50:24] >> water and wastewater
[50:24] employees. It.
[50:29] >> a
[50:30] >> a COUNCILMAN Miller. What
[50:31] you said about the police and
[50:35] fire being heroes is. They are
[50:39] heroes and that was very
[50:39] touching something that I
[50:41] honor you. For being able to
[50:45] say. But I want to tell you
[50:47] about another smother heroes.
[50:53] They don't wear uniforms. But
[50:53] they come to work every day.
[50:56] They work every night. Back a
[50:57] month ago, month and a half
[51:02] ago. There was 3400. Water
[51:04] lines busted. In Jacksonville,
[51:09] Florida. On members worked 16
[51:13] hours a day. And got those
[51:16] 3400 lines fixed. About 10
[51:19] days. That's a hero. They got
[51:22] your water bat. They got the
[51:24] sewer water bat. They got
[51:28] everything running. But where
[51:31] we're at right now with is
[51:32] where at a standstill we're in
[51:34] negotiations. And we haven't
[51:43] moved. We have. Requested. And
[51:45] declared impasse. And we're
[51:47] now at a point going to the
[51:49] special magistrate. That's the
[51:50] only reason I can still be up
[51:51] here tonight talking to you
[51:54] because wants. I get we get to
[51:57] the point of from the special
[51:57] magistrate. I can't do this
[52:02] anymore. We're not there yet.
[52:07] And I hope that Jay, a will
[52:08] look in and think about this
[52:10] and take into consideration.
[52:13] What the employees do. For
[52:18] this city. Also. Because they
[52:19] wore 12, 16 hours a day
[52:24] sometimes longer. They work as
[52:24] many days as they have 2 in a
[52:27] row to get this fixed. To do
[52:29] whatever it takes. And we're
[52:32] going to be coming to you. And
[52:33] what we're asking for is
[52:38] nothing. Out of the ordinary.
[52:39] We've said we would take the 3
[52:41] and a half percent. But in
[52:45] 2000 and 5, there was a $0.35
[52:48] an hour. Difference and water
[52:50] wastewater and electric. The
[52:55] same company. Today. There's
[52:59] between 5 and $10 an hour and
[53:06] one job is $18 an hour. My.
[53:06] The people, it represents me.
[53:07] The people that were working
[53:09] on these 3400 lines make less
[53:11] than on the electric side.
[53:14] Thank you, sir. Thank you.
[53:15] >> Next step will be Richard
[53:18] Ekeler in the 5 after that.
[53:19] Come on down Body o'Connor,
[53:19] Dragon Beloit play Carper.
[53:21] Nancy Marie Settle and a nice
[53:27] Cup. So Richard Ekeler Europe.
[53:28] >> like to ask question before
[53:30] my time starts.
[53:31] >> This is not time for a
[53:32] question, sir. Just public
[53:36] comment.
[53:38] >> requested to speak on 2
[53:38] different issues. Am I
[53:40] required to fit both 3
[53:41] minutes?
[53:42] >> Yes, sir. You need say your
[53:43] name and address first and
[53:48] then you get 3 minutes of his
[53:48] time Let me speak first to the
[53:50] most important one. And that
[53:50] is the.
[53:55] >> And that of one. 37. It
[53:58] seems to me understand it
[53:59] correctly if insufficient
[54:00] members attend their committee
[54:03] meetings.
[54:04] >> And there's no quorum, they
[54:07] simply low lower. The quorum.
[54:07] >> I like to remind everybody
[54:13] here. That for part-time job,
[54:13] you make as much as many
[54:16] Jackson millions. For a
[54:17] full-time job with a show of
[54:21] 40 hours and sometimes 44 to
[54:21] 48 get to get to 40 hours,
[54:25] pay. It seems to me that many
[54:28] of you owned businesses and
[54:29] you schedule things convenient
[54:33] for yourself. You schedule
[54:35] committee meetings in the
[54:36] middle of the day. All knew
[54:38] and travel on attendance is
[54:40] difficult. It seems to me this
[54:40] is simply another park that
[54:43] you want to add on to the many
[54:45] that you pay for my parking.
[54:46] You don't. Many of you have
[54:48] chauffeurs sort of thing. Can
[54:51] please consider? Please
[54:53] consider that every single
[54:56] dime that you send out is a
[54:57] tax on the back of the men,
[55:00] women and children. Of the
[55:02] city who going to be denied
[55:04] >> services.
[55:06] >> I'd also like to say
[55:09] regarding one 50.
[55:10] >> Adam Smith, who some of you
[55:11] MAY have heard of considered
[55:14] father of modern capitalism
[55:17] said rarely a man of substance
[55:18] and power gathered together.
[55:19] But conspiracy against them
[55:21] public is not formed.
[55:24] Encourage you looked
[55:25] especially some of those you
[55:28] sitting here today who are at
[55:29] least alleged to have done
[55:33] exactly that sort of thing.
[55:35] The company that one 50, a top
[55:35] eyes to was formed only in
[55:39] AUGUST. And we're going to
[55:39] give them 5 million dollars in
[55:43] a few short weeks. This
[55:44] company is truly owned by this
[55:46] score. They have a current
[55:48] capitalization release a
[55:51] portfolio value of 35 billion
[55:53] dollars if they can't make a
[55:55] business work on its own
[55:55] without $5 on the back of
[55:58] every man, woman, child in
[55:59] this city, then perhaps they
[56:01] shouldn't be opening that
[56:02] business. And if they can do
[56:06] it without taxing all of us.
[56:07] Then maybe they should move
[56:09] forward under their own money
[56:13] and with their own money. This
[56:14] corporate welfare is dragging
[56:16] down this city in a way that
[56:20] everything else has not. And
[56:21] it is probably behind some of
[56:22] the misbehavior. That we've
[56:25] been reading about. Be a
[56:32] colder.
[56:33] >> My name is Bobby o'Connor.
[56:36] My addresses on file. In
[56:40] January of last year. Take em
[56:40] down Jax pulled together a
[56:44] group of people and we formed
[56:45] a coalition called interrupt
[56:48] Redlining Coalition. And we've
[56:51] been working since then. We
[56:53] came to know, as we did the
[56:54] work and I'm sure that most of
[56:56] you all know what redlining is
[56:59] that that things that were
[57:00] happening in redlined
[57:01] neighborhoods who are also
[57:02] happening in other
[57:03] neighborhoods. In fact, most
[57:04] of the neighborhoods and his
[57:08] other people spoken. Sometimes
[57:09] a city council seems more
[57:10] interested in the developer
[57:13] and the money and they are in
[57:14] the citizens. So I just want
[57:15] you all to know that we've
[57:18] been working really hard. And
[57:19] his son was already mentioned
[57:20] last night. We had a town hall
[57:23] meeting. There were 101 folks
[57:25] there. A lot of good energy.
[57:27] We've been working with
[57:27] Councilmember Johnson
[57:30] collaborating with him to
[57:32] create a neighborhood Bill of
[57:33] rights. You know that there
[57:35] was a 1995 Bill of Rights
[57:37] neighborhood. Bill writes, it
[57:39] has not been sufficient that
[57:42] Bill of Rights needs to be
[57:44] updated. And in terms of you
[57:44] all, I just want to say a
[57:49] special word of thanks to
[57:49] Councilmember Johnson and
[57:50] council member of the who
[57:52] showed up last night. Came to
[57:53] the city hall and into the
[57:55] city town hall meeting in
[57:56] order to hear what citizens
[58:02] had to say. I think it was in
[58:02] FEBRUARY have to go back and
[58:04] look at my notes. But I sent
[58:07] every one of you an email and
[58:08] called every one of you and
[58:10] ask would you please meet with
[58:11] us and let us talk to you
[58:15] about this issue. Matt
[58:15] Carlucci met with us. You me.
[58:18] Met with us and Councilmember
[58:23] Johnson met with us. Others of
[58:25] you did call and say, well, we
[58:26] can't do this right now. We're
[58:29] busy. We have a lot on plate.
[58:29] We need everything to be
[58:31] completely done before. We can
[58:32] see it. And some of you did
[58:35] not even respond to the e-mail
[58:37] are to the phone call. I wish
[58:42] that. Mean, I don't know. Do
[58:43] y'all have rules about ifs,
[58:46] folks? It is an email. You are
[58:48] you do you feel compelled to
[58:50] respond in some way or at
[58:51] least acknowledge that you've
[58:52] got the e-mail or phone
[58:54] message was left on your
[58:56] phone. I don't know what that
[58:57] ruling is. But there were a
[58:59] number of you that I got no
[59:02] response from. And last last
[59:02] week, every one of you were
[59:05] sent a flyer inviting you to
[59:07] come to this town hall meeting
[59:07] and I'm really disappointed.
[59:11] You weren't there. And I also
[59:12] want to say, please listen to
[59:13] this good woman who shows up
[59:14] every council meeting to ask
[59:17] you to please don't let the
[59:20] rates change almost double on
[59:21] the on the rideshare. Just
[59:24] don't do that. Don't do that.
[59:27] Please use the money that you
[59:28] are giving jta. There's got to
[59:28] be a way that you can do that.
[59:32] I don't know the solution, but
[59:34] you are smart men and women.
[59:35] Please find a solution.
[59:36] O'Connor. Councilmember police
[59:37] would like to talk to you in
[59:38] the pop charts. Next up is
[59:44] dragon below
[59:47] >> Oh, my gosh, guys that we
[59:47] have.
[59:48] >> I name and address oyster
[59:48] address on file. I'm getting
[59:52] there. I'm sorry. So couple of
[59:53] things I want to just touch on
[59:54] before we get to the meat of
[1:00:00] the issue, one. Seconded on
[1:00:01] the whole.
[1:00:03] >> a corporation should
[1:00:04] require 5 million dollars
[1:00:04] open. Seconded on the whole.
[1:00:05] Don't double the rates.
[1:00:08] Seconded on the whole.
[1:00:10] >> Please listen. Your
[1:00:11] constituents.
[1:00:11] >> And I was present at that
[1:00:13] meeting last night. It was
[1:00:14] right. There's a lot of fun
[1:00:18] you in there. Some of you My
[1:00:21] big issue today. Once again,
[1:00:22] flock cameras, they're all
[1:00:23] over the place. I still have
[1:00:25] so many of them in my
[1:00:26] neighborhood. And I know that
[1:00:31] it's a lot of work to. Police
[1:00:32] that to write it. I emailed
[1:00:33] some of you actually got a
[1:00:34] response within an hour from
[1:00:37] Cannes tomorrow. Great job
[1:00:38] asking for more information
[1:00:40] which are provided. I know
[1:00:41] it's a lot of work write an
[1:00:42] ordinance. So I wrote 2 of
[1:00:46] them. I didn't make copies
[1:00:48] because I assume at most one
[1:00:48] of Hughes going to read it and
[1:00:50] it's probably give a blue
[1:00:53] cell. But I will give this to
[1:00:55] the page. I have 2 options
[1:00:57] here. One to protecting law
[1:00:58] enforcement, constitutional
[1:00:59] rights and local control
[1:00:59] ordinance. This one is based
[1:01:01] off of the Hernando County
[1:01:02] Ordinance just regulating how
[1:01:05] alpr is work, how their data
[1:01:08] should be sold to people just
[1:01:10] giving the city council the
[1:01:13] jurisdiction to say, hey, here
[1:01:13] are the flock cameras that
[1:01:17] exist. Here is where they are.
[1:01:19] And it's not legal to sell
[1:01:20] that information. This one, I
[1:01:22] like a lot more. The freeing
[1:01:23] local organizations from
[1:01:24] camera cac a stock or c
[1:01:25] ordinance. I just thought that
[1:01:27] was funny. I'll be honest.
[1:01:31] This one says they're illegal
[1:01:32] and I'm giving both of these
[1:01:33] to you obviously for you do
[1:01:37] this one you have the
[1:01:38] opportunity to pass the one
[1:01:39] that gives you guys clear
[1:01:43] control. But if I get into
[1:01:47] office, I'm passing this on.
[1:01:48] So you guys have the
[1:01:50] opportunity now to say, hey,
[1:01:52] these cameras are a concern.
[1:01:55] Tracking our citizens is a
[1:01:57] concern. The people that say,
[1:01:57] hey, we don't want this, we do
[1:01:59] care about that. I've written
[1:02:01] the ordinance is for you. I've
[1:02:02] done the work. You can just
[1:02:06] pass it. Now. I know it goes
[1:02:07] through a lot more work than
[1:02:08] that. Obviously. But, you
[1:02:11] know, I thought I'd get in
[1:02:12] some practice. So here are
[1:02:14] these. I'm going to give them
[1:02:15] to you. I'm going to e-mail
[1:02:16] them to you so that you also
[1:02:16] have them and can edit them at
[1:02:19] your leisure. I want you to
[1:02:19] know I've done the work
[1:02:23] already. You guys have the
[1:02:25] opportunity to do something
[1:02:26] that is going to be a hit with
[1:02:28] just about everybody. And you
[1:02:29] have that opportunity couple
[1:02:32] of times. I beg you to do it.
[1:02:33] I bet you to please listen.
[1:02:37] Your constituents overall,
[1:02:38] please stop building marks and
[1:02:39] things and redlined
[1:02:39] neighborhoods that shouldn't
[1:02:43] be there. Regulate. Thank you
[1:02:58] like Harper.
[1:03:00] Blake, Harper
[1:03:00] information on file tonight.
[1:03:01] We're going to talk about the
[1:03:04] First Amendment.
[1:03:05] >> Since 2010 have been coming
[1:03:08] down to advocate for the
[1:03:08] Constitution and Christian
[1:03:12] principles which it's built.
[1:03:13] That means that the bill of
[1:03:13] rights of first second 3rd,
[1:03:17] 4003th Amendment so forth.
[1:03:21] When Aaron Bowman put up piece
[1:03:22] of legislation, 2 sensor
[1:03:28] prayer. I fought that 17
[1:03:32] pastors came down to speak.
[1:03:33] Why finds would find some of
[1:03:35] those prayers offensive. They
[1:03:35] have the right under the
[1:03:37] Constitution. To speak, to say
[1:03:40] those prayers. The thing that
[1:03:42] makes unique and makes us such
[1:03:46] a great nation is that no man
[1:03:48] or woman can take those rights
[1:03:49] away from us because those are
[1:03:54] given to us by GOD. When
[1:03:55] they're distraught. When the
[1:03:55] hate crime bill came up. I
[1:03:58] thought that. When the
[1:04:00] disruption came came out. You
[1:04:04] have that panel over there.
[1:04:05] Because of the work I did
[1:04:06] working with you all to get
[1:04:07] something where people pushed
[1:04:08] to stand up and show have
[1:04:14] something to show. For 7
[1:04:15] years. Ben Frazier would come
[1:04:17] down and attack City Council
[1:04:21] members. Michael Boylan got
[1:04:24] the got the brunt of it and he
[1:04:25] sat there and he took it and
[1:04:27] he was in many, many times
[1:04:27] situations where he could
[1:04:28] retaliate.
[1:04:31] >> But he didn't because he
[1:04:32] understands of the importance
[1:04:34] of the First Amendment and the
[1:04:35] rights that people have. For 7
[1:04:41] years. But when I stand at t e
[1:04:45] u document, the fact that the
[1:04:47] Democrat Party is the party of
[1:04:48] racism, that they're the party
[1:04:50] of white supremacy going back
[1:04:55] to compromise of 18. 77. My
[1:04:55] First Amendment rights are
[1:04:57] taken away from me by the vice
[1:05:01] chair, Jacoby Pittman. It's
[1:05:02] kind of interesting. Tyrone
[1:05:03] partners, not here. She seemed
[1:05:03] to think it was all all the
[1:05:09] bomb. There's an easy way to
[1:05:10] learn a lesson and there's a
[1:05:13] hard way to learn a lesson. I
[1:05:14] hope this the let lessons been
[1:05:17] learned. Easy way this time.
[1:05:18] Of our county school board did
[1:05:20] not learn at the easy way.
[1:05:24] They pay $560,000 in legal
[1:05:25] fees because they violated
[1:05:25] some buddies. First Amendment
[1:05:29] rights.
[1:05:29] >> You've got to want to do
[1:05:35] that. Earlier lady said.
[1:05:36] >> We you all need to hear
[1:05:36] what we have to say. Whether
[1:05:40] you like it or not. What I
[1:05:40] stand up and I speak to you. I
[1:05:44] speak you based on facts and
[1:05:45] those facts destroy a
[1:05:45] narrative that you hear over
[1:05:47] and over again. The
[1:05:48] consequence has been to try to
[1:05:51] shut that up. I'm not going to
[1:05:52] shut up and we I'm going to
[1:05:53] keep speaking about those
[1:05:55] facts. I have the right to do
[1:05:57] that here. And I will.
[1:05:58] >> Next up, Nancy Marie
[1:06:08] Settle. And then Denise Cook.
[1:06:09] >> Nancy Marie Settle
[1:06:10] addresses on file. I was at
[1:06:13] the town Hall for neighborhood
[1:06:16] Bill of Rights last night and
[1:06:17] it was really
[1:06:19] >> energizing and wonderful.
[1:06:20] >> I'm thinking of making a
[1:06:24] movie about it. 101 citizens
[1:06:25] and then villain is going to
[1:06:27] be Cruella De j. Ville City
[1:06:29] Council because you guys just
[1:06:31] don't seem to listen to the
[1:06:34] 101 citizens that were there.
[1:06:35] Cities are built for people
[1:06:39] not for profit neighborhoods,
[1:06:40] define the quality of the city
[1:06:43] where we work, where we live
[1:06:44] or replay. It is the heart and
[1:06:47] soul of our city and we live
[1:06:48] in community with one another.
[1:06:50] And we have to learn to get
[1:06:52] along. And oftentimes that
[1:06:53] doesn't happen. So that's why
[1:06:55] we have rules and laws
[1:06:56] defining expectations in
[1:06:58] guiding behavior. We're bound
[1:07:03] by the land use. We have rules
[1:07:05] and laws about how to use
[1:07:06] property that we might own. If
[1:07:09] we're lucky enough. And we are
[1:07:11] guided by the comprehensive
[1:07:14] plan, zoning regulation,
[1:07:15] design guidelines.
[1:07:16] >> And if we are lucky enough
[1:07:18] to be able to buy a piece of
[1:07:20] property, we know what those
[1:07:22] uses and restrictions and
[1:07:23] guidelines are. I noticed that
[1:07:25] when it comes to amending land
[1:07:26] use that developers have a
[1:07:28] larger voice in Jacksonville.
[1:07:32] >> Then the citizens.
[1:07:33] >> We have to. When we set up
[1:07:36] these guidelines, we hire
[1:07:38] people, intelligent, capable
[1:07:40] educated people to make sure
[1:07:45] that they architecture. Pete
[1:07:46] architect, Architects,
[1:07:48] historical preservation as
[1:07:48] urban planning and landscape
[1:07:49] designers, environmental
[1:07:53] impact biologists. We need to
[1:07:53] listen to them when they make
[1:07:57] recommendations and up line.
[1:08:01] Their knowledge to land use.
[1:08:03] Instead of listening to all of
[1:08:05] these appeals and did not that
[1:08:07] from the Niles and then we
[1:08:09] allow lawyers a couple of
[1:08:10] lawyers in this city to
[1:08:11] Control City Council on behalf
[1:08:14] of these developers. I think
[1:08:15] people are really you can hear
[1:08:15] it. People are tired of it.
[1:08:19] People see it happening and
[1:08:20] it's like we're getting it's
[1:08:21] an issue I hear over and over
[1:08:23] again. And city council. We
[1:08:24] should be playing by the
[1:08:25] rules. Everyone should be
[1:08:29] playing by the rules. The
[1:08:30] zoning is there for a
[1:08:32] structure. We need to listen
[1:08:35] to citizens. We need listen to
[1:08:36] planning Council see packs and
[1:08:36] most importantly, the
[1:08:41] citizens. So that we need to
[1:08:42] have council members who are
[1:08:43] not overriding the will of
[1:08:46] these bodies in the people.
[1:08:47] And when the cause. When that
[1:08:48] happens, we mistrust
[1:08:49] government. We suspect money's
[1:08:53] been change. We suspect that.
[1:08:54] Big favors are being called
[1:08:55] out for redemption. My times
[1:08:58] on south that please fix the
[1:08:59] dam bridge for these people
[1:09:00] hear him come in over and
[1:09:03] over. Fix the bridge It's a
[1:09:04] really positive thing in our
[1:09:05] community. And they've been
[1:09:08] begging you for it.
[1:09:09] >> Thank u. Next up is Denise
[1:09:11] Cote in the 5 after that are
[1:09:12] Anthony Brown, Addison Patrick
[1:09:15] Jamie Travis Leonard and
[1:09:18] Timothy Johnson, Ms Cook.
[1:09:19] >> Dennis Cook, my addresses
[1:09:24] on file. All my thunder has
[1:09:26] been stolen tonight with all
[1:09:26] the conversation. What I
[1:09:30] wanted to say is I feel very
[1:09:31] hopeful. You know, I've been
[1:09:33] in in the streets of
[1:09:35] Jacksonville for over a decade
[1:09:38] participating with grassroots
[1:09:39] organizations jumping through
[1:09:39] any hoops that I could jump
[1:09:41] through to try to make a
[1:09:43] difference. Whether it was
[1:09:44] cpac weather meeting with my
[1:09:46] council person, whether it was
[1:09:50] coming down here. Full of hope
[1:09:53] because we have demonstrated
[1:09:54] that there is a movement in
[1:09:59] Jacksonville. 101 people is
[1:10:00] nothing to sneeze at on a
[1:10:00] Monday evening at 6 o'clock at
[1:10:04] night. And those people
[1:10:06] represented every part of
[1:10:07] Jacksonville, not just the
[1:10:08] underserved, not just the ones
[1:10:13] we talk about. We had here.
[1:10:14] You're a prominent zip code.
[1:10:16] Your high income, zip codes
[1:10:18] represented. We had low-income
[1:10:20] zip codes act represented. We
[1:10:21] have Republicans. We had
[1:10:22] Democrats. We had
[1:10:24] libertarians. We had
[1:10:26] independence. All of us were
[1:10:29] together for a common cause of
[1:10:30] developing a neighborhood bill
[1:10:31] of rights. Can put some
[1:10:32] accountability and action in
[1:10:35] 2. Stopping some of the things
[1:10:36] that have occurred in the last
[1:10:37] few years. In regards to land
[1:10:40] use and zoning. You know, why
[1:10:41] do we want to pay 1.5 million
[1:10:43] dollars for a liquor store?
[1:10:45] We're talking about bridge
[1:10:46] repair. That money could have
[1:10:50] went towards that. We've got
[1:10:53] to continue to work together.
[1:10:55] I appreciate you all. I
[1:10:56] offered to work with you every
[1:10:58] time I come up here and speak,
[1:10:59] I don't expect any one of us
[1:11:01] to do this by ourselves. We're
[1:11:05] a community where city. And
[1:11:06] yes, there are things that we
[1:11:07] don't understand things that
[1:11:09] you have to go through, that
[1:11:10] we MAY not be privy to, but
[1:11:12] that's why talking to us on a
[1:11:13] regular basis. But help us
[1:11:18] educate the public. And help
[1:11:19] you have and the your
[1:11:19] constituents have a different
[1:11:23] perspective of things. So I'll
[1:11:26] continue to do this. And come
[1:11:29] and see you as often as I can.
[1:11:30] And I'll continue to be in the
[1:11:31] grassroots organizations. I
[1:11:33] will continue to be a voice
[1:11:36] for the people that I can be a
[1:11:38] voice for. And I want to just
[1:11:40] say to the people that are in
[1:11:41] the audience.
[1:11:41] >> We appreciate you coming
[1:11:45] out every every month. There
[1:11:46] are opportunities for to get
[1:11:47] in there. Can you just threw
[1:11:48] the body not turn around face
[1:11:50] on place?
[1:11:51] >> It's been the microphone
[1:11:56] for the record.
[1:11:58] >> I would like to invite all
[1:11:59] of the communities that are
[1:12:00] here and represented to the
[1:12:02] town hall meeting that takes
[1:12:04] place. The 3rd Thursday of
[1:12:06] every month at 06:00pm at 14.
[1:12:08] 0, 5, State Street West. It is
[1:12:11] a collaborative effort. And we
[1:12:14] are not a partisan group. We
[1:12:18] are trying to build. A bridge
[1:12:19] and work in this city
[1:12:22] together. Thank you.
[1:12:24] >> Thank u next step is
[1:12:25] Anthony print. Counselor would
[1:12:26] like to talk to the Bob Jones
[1:12:27] and room. And if the floor is
[1:12:30] yours. Anthony Brown,
[1:12:33] addresses on file I guess I'm
[1:12:36] just going piggyback on what.
[1:12:40] MISS Denise Cook say. It last
[1:12:42] night. I honored to attend a
[1:12:44] meeting in which 101 people
[1:12:45] lieutenant a town hall
[1:12:50] meeting. There were 2 council
[1:12:50] members from this current city
[1:12:53] council that. Attend it. And
[1:12:59] they left early. So. Even Ed,
[1:13:01] I feel like we should have
[1:13:02] more representation at this
[1:13:03] meeting. If you have not
[1:13:06] heard, I'm pretty sure most of
[1:13:07] you, if not all of you were
[1:13:11] invited and notified. I was
[1:13:11] pleasantly surprised at the
[1:13:14] diversity of the meeting.
[1:13:15] There were people from all
[1:13:15] over the city that had a
[1:13:19] number of different issues.
[1:13:19] They seem to be extremely
[1:13:23] neglect. It. But there is but
[1:13:24] 9 to collect. That is being
[1:13:27] practice here. And durkeeville
[1:13:32] new 40 field, cetera, cetera.
[1:13:33] And when you guys 2 years ago
[1:13:35] passed that resolution, I
[1:13:37] understand that it was an
[1:13:37] acknowledgement, however,
[1:13:40] didn't have a lot of teeth.
[1:13:41] There were plenty of people
[1:13:42] attended that meeting last
[1:13:44] night that were done that. A
[1:13:46] knowledgeable of the
[1:13:46] resolution. There are many
[1:13:50] people who don't know that you
[1:13:50] guys have talked about
[1:13:54] redlining. But they have yet
[1:13:56] to see anything tangible in
[1:13:56] terms of things that you are
[1:13:59] doing to rectify. So I'm not
[1:14:02] gonna stay up for too long.
[1:14:03] But again, Denise could
[1:14:06] mention our meeting. Some of
[1:14:07] you have attended our meeting.
[1:14:10] I think they are very
[1:14:13] productive. We do have action
[1:14:13] steps and we are trying to
[1:14:16] work with the City council.
[1:14:17] But when the city council is
[1:14:18] not doing what he's supposed
[1:14:19] to do, they will be called out
[1:14:21] as they should. And many of
[1:14:22] you know, you should have been
[1:14:23] at the meeting last night. So
[1:14:24] that's why some of you got to
[1:14:28] head now looking crazy. Moving
[1:14:29] forward. We would like to
[1:14:30] continue a cordial
[1:14:30] relationship with City
[1:14:34] Council. Our meeting most of
[1:14:35] the time as every 3rd Thursday
[1:14:38] this week is on the 4th. Which
[1:14:42] is 6 o'clock 14. 0, 5, State
[1:14:44] Street West Pastor Leo Dawson
[1:14:45] is the senior pastor. He spoke
[1:14:47] eloquently earlier today. We
[1:14:49] look forward to all of you are
[1:14:54] most of you attending. We want
[1:14:54] to change the narrative in
[1:14:55] this city. We no longer want
[1:14:59] to say to to be just a pass 95
[1:15:00] or 10. We wanted to rival all
[1:15:03] of the other cities in Florida
[1:15:04] and we need you to address
[1:15:07] redlining head on outside of a
[1:15:09] resolution and what tangible
[1:15:10] bills and with tangible
[1:15:12] policy. Thank you. Thank u
[1:15:23] past. And Patrick.
[1:15:24] >> Hi, good evening, everyone.
[1:15:25] My name is at U.S. And Liberty
[1:15:29] Patrick, my addresses on file
[1:15:30] again want to thank everyone
[1:15:31] who's been working on the
[1:15:31] revised version of the
[1:15:34] neighborhood Bill of Rights.
[1:15:35] As everyone has said before we
[1:15:36] had over 100 people there last
[1:15:41] night, it was incredible and
[1:15:42] impressive to see all of the
[1:15:44] community members across
[1:15:45] economic geographic and even
[1:15:49] across the age spectrum to see
[1:15:50] how everyone was present in
[1:15:51] interested in being involved
[1:15:52] in their community and making
[1:15:56] a better place. The crowd was
[1:15:57] engaged, asked relevant
[1:15:58] questions and the speakers and
[1:15:58] panelists put together a well
[1:16:01] organized event. I left
[1:16:05] feeling energized. I also want
[1:16:08] to add again that all 3 major
[1:16:09] political parties were
[1:16:09] represented there in
[1:16:13] attendance. There were no
[1:16:14] disagreements and we didn't
[1:16:15] need government there to keep
[1:16:19] law and order. I do want to
[1:16:20] thank again council members,
[1:16:23] Johnson incluso for attending.
[1:16:25] And as some are aware, there
[1:16:25] are other meetings tonight. At
[1:16:27] the same time there's a jta
[1:16:28] meeting over Fscj and then
[1:16:30] there's mayors, town hall
[1:16:30] believe so. Appreciate
[1:16:33] everyone who's here. I would
[1:16:36] like to commend Council member
[1:16:38] Mike Gay for holding member
[1:16:39] holding meetings for public
[1:16:40] comment and taking the wishes
[1:16:41] of constituents into
[1:16:44] consideration. I attended the
[1:16:45] Finance Committee meeting last
[1:16:45] week and I would like to thank
[1:16:48] council member Rory Diamond
[1:16:49] for being the only member who
[1:16:52] voted against a quarter of a
[1:16:53] million dollar consulting fee
[1:16:54] to scout a location for a new
[1:17:00] jail. And as a libertarian, I
[1:17:03] hear things I agree with from
[1:17:03] Republicans, Democrats and
[1:17:05] independents across the
[1:17:06] spectrum. I believe that
[1:17:07] language and delivery are
[1:17:10] really important. Some of us
[1:17:13] are building more coalitions
[1:17:14] purposefully by design. So we
[1:17:15] are not in our same echo
[1:17:16] chamber. We want to hear
[1:17:18] different perspective.
[1:17:21] Perspectives and talk about
[1:17:23] solutions. Jacksonville is a
[1:17:24] melting pot of ideas. We hope
[1:17:25] to see that reflected in the
[1:17:26] leadership of the next
[1:17:30] council. We take Jacksonville
[1:17:32] back by coming together across
[1:17:33] party lines and meeting
[1:17:35] everyone as we are neighbors.
[1:17:38] Thank you.
[1:17:44] >> Next steps on it.
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[1:18:13] Carrico Rory Diamond pardon.
[1:18:19] New All What are just want to
[1:18:20] do next one, then a 2 and a
[1:18:23] half minutes. You know, fwc.
[1:18:26] You know, it's you know, it's
[1:18:28] a play off the Fish and
[1:18:30] Wildlife Commission. The state
[1:18:34] of Florida. And, you know, our
[1:18:35] chair of waterways. This can
[1:18:39] America. And right now. Well,
[1:18:42] I just wanted. Be very excited
[1:18:47] about. Fwc. Fishing with
[1:18:52] crazy. George Crady. You
[1:18:56] nailed Arrow. You did. And you
[1:18:57] know what? I'll be speaking to
[1:18:59] some other pieces. Legislation
[1:19:01] got 4.5 million for some
[1:19:03] trees. You know, I come again
[1:19:04] assured on new or expanding
[1:19:07] drinkin zones lets you know,
[1:19:08] $35,000 was supposed to be the
[1:19:11] amount of money that was Duval
[1:19:17] County. You money for the
[1:19:19] maintenance of the George
[1:19:20] Crady Bridge. But you know
[1:19:24] what? That was terminated,
[1:19:24] diverted, whatever you want to
[1:19:25] call. But you know what? We
[1:19:28] can make it right. And college
[1:19:29] tour is call it just straight
[1:19:33] now. Yes, fishing with crazy.
[1:19:34] And I'll tell you what, you
[1:19:38] could have one of the biggest.
[1:19:39] You know, parties
[1:19:39] tournament's, whatever you
[1:19:41] want to call it. Kim, down to
[1:19:44] a minute for let me just
[1:19:47] change gears, you know, great
[1:19:49] now. You know, I went to last
[1:19:50] night, cpac meeting cpac 3,
[1:19:52] their 60 packs. Let me just
[1:19:55] say ethics is gone. You know,
[1:19:57] I went to the Ethics
[1:19:57] Commission meeting and I asked
[1:19:59] we have succeed packs
[1:20:00] representing the entire city.
[1:20:02] We have the mayor's Disability
[1:20:04] Council. We have the council
[1:20:05] and elder fairs, a senior
[1:20:10] citizens can why o g c? The
[1:20:11] office of General counsel not
[1:20:13] represented at these meetings.
[1:20:14] Last night's meeting was like
[1:20:16] a free for all. And I'll tell
[1:20:18] you something, you get get a
[1:20:22] grip on that one. You know, we
[1:20:23] got the truth Commission
[1:20:24] coming up, taxation revenue
[1:20:27] utilization of expenditures.
[1:20:27] You know, you know, he's
[1:20:29] coming after psg, you know,
[1:20:35] psg. You anyway, you know.
[1:20:36] Guzman Boylan and hope you'll
[1:20:36] be at the Truth Commission
[1:20:39] meeting. I'm sure you will. 7
[1:20:41] seconds left. Let's go fishing
[1:20:42] with Grady. Thank you for
[1:20:45] listening in. Tourism. Jamie
[1:20:53] Travis Leonard, you next.
[1:20:55] >> Good evening. City
[1:20:55] councilmembers. My name is
[1:20:57] Jamie trying addresses on
[1:20:58] file. It's just really
[1:21:01] difficult. Headline I saw
[1:21:02] coming out of our Florida
[1:21:05] lawmakers, informal housing
[1:21:05] coming up here a few times
[1:21:06] about affordable housing. Many
[1:21:08] people have come up over the
[1:21:12] last several months. And thank
[1:21:14] you to do something. And I've
[1:21:14] had some of you come to mean,
[1:21:18] say it's really heart. We
[1:21:22] can't do a lot guys.
[1:21:23] >> And I'm sorry, that's not
[1:21:23] going to cut it because if you
[1:21:25] can't do it in our state,
[1:21:27] lawmakers can't do it. Why do
[1:21:30] we have the u? Why are we
[1:21:32] paying your salary with art?
[1:21:36] Is from homes. If you can,
[1:21:36] then help us make them
[1:21:39] affordable. 42.4 people in
[1:21:45] this city. Renters. There were
[1:21:46] multiple bills, Thomas,
[1:21:50] Calista few in the state.
[1:21:51] >> For affordable.
[1:21:53] >> Renting hb 675, sb 756, hb
[1:21:55] 703, all failed. And you know
[1:21:57] what the state lawmaker said?
[1:22:01] Well, it's really hard. Its
[1:22:01] its hard to come an agreement.
[1:22:05] No, it's not. I cannot
[1:22:07] conceive how you all can have
[1:22:10] a sitting city council
[1:22:11] PRESIDENT Make a bia and try
[1:22:15] to make his bff. A board
[1:22:15] member on how we can have
[1:22:17] another city council member
[1:22:20] party crash. Jay, a more board
[1:22:21] meeting. How we can have
[1:22:24] multiple city council members
[1:22:24] disrespect public speakers
[1:22:27] Liu, meetings, but we can't
[1:22:28] get affordable housing out of
[1:22:32] fuel. It's real suspicious
[1:22:33] guy. Eyes beginning to think
[1:22:34] there might be some corruption
[1:22:41] at play. We have big do. We've
[1:22:42] demanded we will get where we
[1:22:43] want Eventually you can either
[1:22:44] be on this board when it
[1:22:46] happens. Or you can be voted
[1:22:50] out. Address the affordability
[1:22:51] crisis. Give us legend. It
[1:22:53] will work with you. We you
[1:22:56] heard many people mention our
[1:22:58] neighborhood Bill of Rights. I
[1:22:59] was there last night. We had 2
[1:23:01] city council members there
[1:23:04] last night. All of you have
[1:23:04] been communicated to about
[1:23:06] this requested to provide some
[1:23:08] input. We are asking you were
[1:23:09] trying to build a bridge
[1:23:09] bridge, doing the work for
[1:23:15] you. We need you to show up.
[1:23:17] And if you do when the time
[1:23:19] comes, we will and you won't
[1:23:24] be in those seats.
[1:23:25] >> Timothy Jones in the next 3
[1:23:28] after that, Nick Smith, Amanda
[1:23:29] Breen and Eric's Doodle, blue
[1:23:32] cypress that. MR. Johnson.
[1:23:35] Good Evening, Everybody.
[1:23:37] Council PRESIDENT And all of
[1:23:37] the council in his place. My
[1:23:40] name is Timothy Johnson.
[1:23:41] Senior.
[1:23:42] >> Currently my address is
[1:23:46] 1800 Denise Court. I am a
[1:23:47] veteran of the U.S. Navy and
[1:23:48] the U.S. Coast Guard and I'm
[1:23:51] currently in transition did
[1:23:53] have some specific issues that
[1:23:55] I wanted to address this
[1:23:57] evening. But here in the
[1:23:58] conversation, we're going to
[1:23:59] deter just a little bit and
[1:24:03] try to stay within the time.
[1:24:07] Full disclosure. I pa Kennedy
[1:24:10] for City Council District 7
[1:24:11] and should the good people of
[1:24:12] district 7 given the
[1:24:13] opportunity I can guarantee
[1:24:14] you will be every townhome
[1:24:18] Beaty. And you won't be
[1:24:21] disappointed. They talked
[1:24:22] about that. And the bill of
[1:24:25] rights. I am for neighborhood
[1:24:26] built stop the clock. Real
[1:24:29] quick. Since future reference,
[1:24:32] you cannot come up down here
[1:24:33] and campaign can talk about
[1:24:35] can you do just just letting
[1:24:37] us warning.
[1:24:38] >> Thank you. Moving on elect
[1:24:43] to recognize COUNCILWOMAN.
[1:24:45] Jacoby Pittman for what she
[1:24:45] and Representative Angie
[1:24:47] Nixon. Doing. But whatever the
[1:24:50] MARCH for the veterans again,
[1:24:51] I'm a 33 year veteran of the
[1:24:52] U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, a
[1:24:58] neighborhood It's a problem.
[1:24:59] It's something I've been
[1:25:03] addressing as a citizen. Also
[1:25:06] remember if some of these
[1:25:07] neighborhoods case in point
[1:25:08] right outside the Volunteers
[1:25:12] of America. Veterans. In
[1:25:15] transition. I've called 3
[1:25:17] times this week. It was there
[1:25:20] before I got there and it's
[1:25:22] still there. Now someone told
[1:25:23] me from the mayor's office
[1:25:25] said it would be taken care of
[1:25:28] and still has it. Also, I'd
[1:25:30] like to address the area
[1:25:32] around Macduff 5.29
[1:25:34] Specifically there are about 3
[1:25:35] churches they're in that very
[1:25:39] area and all of them suffering
[1:25:41] light. They've called they've
[1:25:42] written and they've asked that
[1:25:43] these areas be cleaned up and
[1:25:46] they're not being cleaned up.
[1:25:47] So I did like somebody who's a
[1:25:49] part of that committee, maybe
[1:25:50] speak with them and we need to
[1:25:51] make something happen. That
[1:25:54] knows area real quickly, I'd
[1:25:59] like to address. Is Citizens
[1:26:00] Review Board. We don't have
[1:26:02] one if there's going to be
[1:26:06] trusts, restored. Between the
[1:26:08] public and jso, we need a
[1:26:11] citizens review board.
[1:26:16] Finally. Collaboration between
[1:26:17] faith-based organizations and
[1:26:18] nonprofit organizations that
[1:26:21] are dealing with the use and
[1:26:22] providing them with
[1:26:23] alternatives to deter them
[1:26:25] from crime and other things
[1:26:29] that affect their lives. My
[1:26:30] ministry, I'm the founder and
[1:26:33] director of Speed Ministries.
[1:26:34] It's a National llc and our
[1:26:35] focus is to work with young
[1:26:38] boys between the ages of 7.14,
[1:26:41] 14 in 17 18. And 25 we have
[1:26:43] found 5 foundational. Thank
[1:26:44] you, sir. Thank Next up is
[1:26:52] Nick Smith.
[1:26:53] >> Name is Nick Smith and my
[1:26:58] addresses on file. Good
[1:26:59] evening. My name is Nick Smith
[1:27:00] and I water and wastewater
[1:27:05] system at j. Let me tell you
[1:27:05] what that job actually
[1:27:06] involved, because I think it
[1:27:09] matters here. We're required
[1:27:10] to hold. State certifications
[1:27:15] was take years to earn. We're
[1:27:15] an treatment systems that
[1:27:16] protect public health every
[1:27:20] hour of every day.
[1:27:22] Troubleshooter equipment
[1:27:22] maintain infrastructure and
[1:27:23] respond when things go wrong.
[1:27:27] Regardless. When that happens
[1:27:27] or what the conditions are
[1:27:32] outside. During the freeze,
[1:27:33] we're managing burst pipes and
[1:27:36] system stressed citywide. But
[1:27:37] most of Jacksonville was being
[1:27:42] told to stay inside. The
[1:27:43] question I'm bringing to this
[1:27:46] council is a simple one. What
[1:27:46] does the people who do that
[1:27:51] work? We have been in contract
[1:27:51] negotiations for nearly a
[1:27:55] year. We have brought a
[1:27:56] proposal that is grounded in
[1:27:57] Jay's own internal
[1:28:00] compensation which shows a
[1:28:02] growing gap between what our
[1:28:03] members earn and what workers
[1:28:05] in other parts of the utility
[1:28:06] earn for work that overlap
[1:28:10] significantly with ours. We
[1:28:11] have sat at that table and
[1:28:13] bargain seriously. We have not
[1:28:20] seen that the same in return.
[1:28:22] I'm not here tonight because
[1:28:22] of anything else that's
[1:28:26] happening around j. I'm Amber
[1:28:28] situation existed before any
[1:28:30] of this and became Sircy
[1:28:31] talked a little closer to the
[1:28:35] speakers microphone.
[1:28:36] >> My members situation
[1:28:37] existed before any of this
[1:28:37] became news and it will exist
[1:28:42] after. It stands entirely on
[1:28:44] its own experience. Utility
[1:28:45] workers who feel undervalued
[1:28:46] make decisions that cost the
[1:28:50] city over time. I'm asking
[1:28:53] this council to treat our con
[1:28:53] contract situation as a public
[1:28:57] safety issue. It is. Thank
[1:28:59] you. Our last speaker is
[1:29:00] Amanda Breen. Apologize. We
[1:29:06] have 2 Breen Eric's to do.
[1:29:08] >> Good evening. My name is
[1:29:09] Amanda Brain and my addresses
[1:29:14] on file. I'm here tonight to
[1:29:15] offer the City Council a
[1:29:16] perspective that you might not
[1:29:17] hear often. I live in
[1:29:19] Jacksonville and I pay my j a
[1:29:22] bill every single month. And I
[1:29:24] also worked for j a
[1:29:26] maintaining the infrastructure
[1:29:30] that Bill Pace for. See this
[1:29:34] utility from both sides as a
[1:29:35] rate payer. I care about
[1:29:36] whether is Rahm
[1:29:36] responsibility,
[1:29:39] responsibility. And as the
[1:29:40] work I care about, whether the
[1:29:40] people doing this central
[1:29:42] work. Are being treated
[1:29:45] respectfully. And right now I
[1:29:50] have concerns on both ends.
[1:29:50] Jays own internal
[1:29:51] conversation. Data shows that
[1:29:53] water and wastewater workers
[1:29:55] have been falling behind the
[1:29:55] other similar positions
[1:30:00] within. The utility for over
[1:30:01] years. Now we brought that to
[1:30:04] the bargaining table. Along
[1:30:05] with a proposal designed to
[1:30:10] address it. A modest raise, a
[1:30:12] yearly adjustment. Nothing
[1:30:12] that should require a year
[1:30:14] worth of nut years worth of
[1:30:15] negotiations and a complete
[1:30:16] standstill at this point to
[1:30:21] resolve. But here we are. The
[1:30:23] reason that I am raising this
[1:30:24] tonight here with you all as
[1:30:25] though I do not think that
[1:30:26] most of Jacksonville's
[1:30:28] residents. No, what is
[1:30:29] happening. They know there's
[1:30:30] turbulence at j a. They also
[1:30:35] know that. They MAY not know
[1:30:36] that the workers responsible
[1:30:38] for their drinking and
[1:30:40] wastewater systems are sitting
[1:30:41] in a stall negotiations that's
[1:30:42] been dragged on for a better
[1:30:46] part of the year. This council
[1:30:48] is asking hard questions about
[1:30:48] how operates. I'm asking you
[1:30:51] to include this one question.
[1:30:53] How this treat the people at
[1:30:55] the bottom of the org chart.
[1:30:58] Who do the work at the top of
[1:31:01] the priority list right now,
[1:31:03] the answer that's been given,
[1:31:05] it's not a good and not one. I
[1:31:06] thank you for listening. I
[1:31:10] hope you can. So there are
[1:31:10] concerns.
[1:31:11] >> Thank you. Our last Rick's
[1:31:19] to do. Hello. My name Erica
[1:31:25] Stoll a and And the last
[1:31:26] Speaker COUNCILWOMAN Ju'coby
[1:31:27] Pittman would like to talk to
[1:31:28] in the Bob Jones or if you
[1:31:29] could come on down and then
[1:31:30] let's reset mistress to do
[1:31:35] list clock here. Go ahead,
[1:31:38] sir. Sorry about that. Okay.
[1:31:39] Good evening. My name is Eric
[1:31:44] stolen. I work in the water
[1:31:45] wastewater and Jay and I will
[1:31:47] try to keep this short.
[1:31:49] >> The freeze hit Jacksonville
[1:31:51] hard earlier this year. My
[1:31:56] crew and I were out clearing
[1:31:56] calls for 10's 10 straight
[1:31:59] days while the city was still
[1:32:04] gone out. We did not talk
[1:32:04] about that contract where we
[1:32:07] were doing it. The job needed
[1:32:11] to get done and we did it.
[1:32:12] When it was over. We went back
[1:32:15] to the bargaining table that
[1:32:18] has not moved close to a year.
[1:32:22] Jays on record documents.
[1:32:23] That's our wages have been
[1:32:24] falling behind other positions
[1:32:28] inside the utility. We have
[1:32:32] put a fair proposal. On the
[1:32:35] table. We have shown up to and
[1:32:37] engage seriously every time we
[1:32:39] have been asked to. And the
[1:32:44] talks are stuck. I'm here
[1:32:45] because I want the people on
[1:32:49] the council to know. That's
[1:32:51] not because I expect a.
[1:32:56] Dramatic resolution tonight.
[1:32:59] But because 432 workers showed
[1:33:00] up for Jacksonville during the
[1:33:05] crisis. Are now sitting in
[1:33:08] negotiation that gone nowhere.
[1:33:10] And I think that deserves to
[1:33:13] be said out loud in this room.
[1:33:17] We are not difficult. People.
[1:33:17] We are not making unreasonable
[1:33:21] demands. We are asking to be
[1:33:23] paid fairly for the work that
[1:33:23] the city cannot function
[1:33:26] without. And that is the whole
[1:33:29] of it. I appreciate your time
[1:33:34] and thank you. This PRESIDENT
[1:33:35] Also had 2 cards that did not
[1:33:36] wish to speak or read them
[1:33:39] into the record. Now, David
[1:33:40] Williams.
[1:33:40] >> Negotiate with jta are
[1:33:41] unfair and not in good faith
[1:33:44] in uninformed. And then
[1:33:45] Tabitha buyers redlining
[1:33:45] neighborhood Bill of Rights
[1:33:47] and cpac. All right. Thank
[1:33:51] you. As floor leader. And with
[1:33:52] that is now time for public
[1:33:53] hearing starting on Page 11
[1:33:54] council members should declare
[1:33:55] any ex parte communications
[1:33:57] and anyone wishing to speak on
[1:33:58] the following bills should
[1:33:59] have completed a blue speaker
[1:34:01] card. You will be allowed 3
[1:34:02] minutes. You MAY say or add
[1:34:03] just on the record, but you're
[1:34:04] encouraged to be specific with
[1:34:05] your location. Is that MAY
[1:34:06] impact the weight given to
[1:34:07] your comments. Unlike public
[1:34:11] Speaker MAY be invited Bob
[1:34:12] Johnson room for further
[1:34:13] discussion of council members
[1:34:13] discretion, MR. Till please
[1:34:21] read the Bills. 2026. 1 31. 31
[1:34:26] one. 33 1. 34 one 71. One. 72
[1:34:26] one. 73 1.74
[1:34:29] >> One. 75 1. 76 one. 77. One.
[1:34:36] 78 one. 79 1.80 one. 81. 22 1.
[1:34:39] 83 1.84 When 85 one. 86 1.87
[1:34:43] one. 88 one. 89 one, 92, 0, 7,
[1:34:52] 6, 7. 22 23, 83. 84. 85 86
[1:34:57] 1.20 to one. 23, one. 24 1.25
[1:35:00] one. 26 one. 27 one. 28 1.29
[1:35:00] These public hearings are all
[1:35:03] up.
[1:35:07] >> I was 1920, 21. And 22
[1:35:09] 2026. 1. 31 31 win. 33 one 34
[1:35:12] have no speaker cards. Public
[1:35:13] hearings closed and 23 2026
[1:35:14] wants everyone to have 3
[1:35:15] speaker cards like public
[1:35:16] comment. Please come on down.
[1:35:17] If I call your name, the first
[1:35:18] speaker will be Kelvin Lewis
[1:35:21] followed by Thurman Young,
[1:35:26] followed by Daryn, as ul. If I
[1:35:27] caught any of those names, I
[1:35:28] go ahead. Just make your way
[1:35:30] to the podium and whoever gets
[1:35:31] there first can speak to start
[1:35:31] with your name and address,
[1:35:37] please. My name is. Name is
[1:35:42] Calvin Lewis. 13. 29 North
[1:35:44] Market Street, Jacksonville,
[1:35:47] Florida, 3, 2, 2, 0, 6,
[1:35:48] >> I'm the pastor of Mount
[1:35:49] Carmel Missionary Baptist
[1:35:52] Church at. 13. 29 North Market
[1:35:56] street. We are the church that
[1:35:59] is contiguous to. The building
[1:36:02] at 13. 41 North Market Street
[1:36:05] that is seeking the variance.
[1:36:06] Mount Carmel is vehemently
[1:36:10] opposed to granting. A
[1:36:12] variance for the selling of
[1:36:13] alcoholic beverages of any
[1:36:19] kind on that property. The
[1:36:21] fake a lot. That is between a
[1:36:25] the 2 buildings is also owned
[1:36:27] by the church. Mount Carmel
[1:36:27] Missionary Baptist Church in
[1:36:29] which we are in the process of
[1:36:33] planning. Dining hall addition
[1:36:36] to our church that is going to
[1:36:38] move the church building even
[1:36:45] closer. To the property wants
[1:36:46] to sell beer and wine. So
[1:36:47] again, we are vehemently
[1:36:48] opposed to it. And at the
[1:36:52] Planning Commission meeting
[1:36:53] and agent for either the owner
[1:36:55] of the building or the
[1:36:59] business that operates in the
[1:37:03] in the property at 13. 41
[1:37:04] representative to the planning
[1:37:07] Commission that we approved
[1:37:08] such a quick requests and I'm
[1:37:10] here to state again that we
[1:37:16] made no such approval. A Mount
[1:37:17] Carmel has been a church in
[1:37:18] that location since 1946. And
[1:37:19] in fact, this business as well
[1:37:21] as the owner of the business
[1:37:22] knew we were a church before
[1:37:27] they acquire this property.
[1:37:28] The church constantly has to
[1:37:31] deal with vague Runcie not to
[1:37:34] be too graphic, but we even
[1:37:36] have to deal with atrocities
[1:37:39] like vagrants Def. Okay, Ting
[1:37:40] and you are in on the front
[1:37:42] porch of our church on a
[1:37:44] Sunday morning. So we're not
[1:37:47] interested in increasing the
[1:37:49] use or the access of alcoholic
[1:37:52] beverages by any means. So we
[1:37:54] are asking respect fully that
[1:37:58] this council denied the
[1:38:01] request that is made by either
[1:38:04] the occupants or the owners of
[1:38:05] 13. 41 North Market street.
[1:38:07] And with that, are you thank
[1:38:13] you, Sir. Thurman Young.
[1:38:14] >> And then I believe this is
[1:38:15] Karen, as will be after
[1:38:19] MISTER.
[1:38:19] >> Good evening. My name is
[1:38:22] Thurman. You know. Addresses
[1:38:27] on file. I stand here too.
[1:38:29] Expressed opposition to the
[1:38:31] requested zoning waiver that
[1:38:34] would reduce the minimum
[1:38:37] required distance liquor
[1:38:38] licenses, establishment and
[1:38:40] the church's school from 500
[1:38:46] to 6 defeat. The existing 500
[1:38:48] foot buffer servers and
[1:38:52] important purpose. It helps to
[1:38:55] protect the care to the safety
[1:38:58] and the well-being of
[1:38:59] environments dedicated to to
[1:39:01] education, worship, community
[1:39:06] development. Reducing distance
[1:39:11] to just 60 feet significantly
[1:39:12] weakens their protection and
[1:39:14] increases the likelihood of
[1:39:21] negative impacts. Including
[1:39:22] increased exposure of minors
[1:39:26] to alcohol related activity.
[1:39:28] Potential disturbances and
[1:39:29] conflicts with the intended
[1:39:32] use of these sensitive
[1:39:36] locations. Zoning standards
[1:39:40] put in place to maintain a
[1:39:43] balance within the community.
[1:39:48] Granting this waiver. Wood
[1:39:50] said a concerning precedent
[1:39:54] and undermine those standards.
[1:39:55] The proposed reduction is not
[1:39:58] a minor adjustment. It is
[1:40:00] drastic change that would have
[1:40:05] that could have. Lasting
[1:40:08] consequences for nearby
[1:40:09] families. Students and
[1:40:11] congregations. And for these
[1:40:15] reasons, I stand here
[1:40:16] opposition 2 grand in that
[1:40:18] waiver. Thank you. Thanks next
[1:40:21] Speaker, Darren as And
[1:40:28] apologize. If I mispronounce
[1:40:31] Good evening. My name Ezell.
[1:40:35] >> And my address is on fire.
[1:40:38] I am a number of Mount Carmel
[1:40:38] Baptist Church. I'm also a
[1:40:39] member of the board of
[1:40:43] directors. And with that said
[1:40:45] anything that is official for
[1:40:47] Mount Carmel would need to
[1:40:49] come through the board of
[1:40:53] directors for approval. So
[1:40:54] therefore, anything that's on
[1:40:55] fathers signed by the board
[1:41:00] directors is now ballot. I
[1:41:00] would also like to say that
[1:41:03] when I first saw this request
[1:41:06] a petition that my first
[1:41:07] thought was I should probably
[1:41:09] run for city Council myself so
[1:41:10] that I would be one of the
[1:41:11] first to vote. No on this
[1:41:17] petition. Time seemed to have
[1:41:18] changed here recently. People
[1:41:20] used to love and respected
[1:41:20] church, but now it seems as
[1:41:23] though they want to fight the
[1:41:25] church, make the there in a
[1:41:26] minute. Mount Carmel doesn't
[1:41:28] want to be the enemy to
[1:41:32] anyone. We just want to be the
[1:41:33] same Mount Carmel Missionary
[1:41:35] Baptist Church and historic
[1:41:39] Springfield and not the. That
[1:41:40] church. That's next to the
[1:41:43] alcoholic. Beverage sales. On
[1:41:48] Market Street. I would guess
[1:41:49] that probably many of you that
[1:41:51] attending church, the church,
[1:41:51] churches from that within
[1:41:57] 1000. Of alcohol sales and you
[1:41:58] probably wouldn't like it and
[1:41:59] probably would be standing in
[1:42:02] my position right now to
[1:42:03] oppose it. If it was to come
[1:42:07] to your church area. I would
[1:42:10] say this a savvy business
[1:42:13] person developing a business
[1:42:15] plan with no, that location is
[1:42:16] a priority for his
[1:42:21] profitability. And therefore,
[1:42:22] why would you want to move
[1:42:25] next to a church knowing what
[1:42:25] the restrictions and the
[1:42:27] current laws or regulations
[1:42:30] are regarding alcohol sales
[1:42:32] within that specific distance.
[1:42:35] Now that they're in that
[1:42:36] building and they realize that
[1:42:39] they made a poor. Business
[1:42:40] decision and now they want to
[1:42:44] play bully ball by trying to
[1:42:45] summit a position to change
[1:42:48] the rules and regulations.
[1:42:49] This petition also all
[1:42:53] understand that the current
[1:42:54] order indicates that this is
[1:42:58] also affects schools as well.
[1:42:59] What are we what we already
[1:43:00] have a problem weapons in
[1:43:01] schools where kids and now
[1:43:03] we're gonna put alcohol sales
[1:43:07] within 60 feet of a school.
[1:43:08] What we're going to have kids
[1:43:11] going to across the street for
[1:43:12] 6 pack from much and then come
[1:43:13] back and decide that the
[1:43:14] alcohol made them bring a
[1:43:18] weapon to school. As that you
[1:43:20] vote. No. Thank you. Number
[1:43:26] speaker cards. Public hearings
[1:43:27] close.
[1:43:27] >> Gentlemen, a counselor
[1:43:28] police say would like to talk
[1:43:29] to all 3 of you in the Bob
[1:43:34] Jones and I was 24. 25 26 27.
[1:43:37] 28. That's 2026. 1. 72 1. 73
[1:43:38] 1. 74 wins. In 5, 1, 7, 6, 7
[1:43:40] speaker cards. These. But here
[1:43:42] closed. I'm 29. 2026, 0, 1, 7,
[1:43:46] 7, I have 2 speaker cards. The
[1:43:47] first is Tory race and also
[1:43:52] also and costs. And that's
[1:43:53] Torrey race and and costs.
[1:43:54] Whoever gets to the podium
[1:44:06] first can start.
[1:44:07] >> Hello, my name is Tory
[1:44:08] Reis. I'm at one to 0, 9, or
[1:44:11] intro Jacksonville 3 to 207.
[1:44:14] I'm here to oppose frontage
[1:44:18] variants and subdivision of.
[1:44:20] The property at 4, 5, to 6
[1:44:23] Monday road. We as a
[1:44:25] neighborhood have come
[1:44:27] together to fight the
[1:44:28] subdivision from what I've
[1:44:29] heard just from sitting here
[1:44:31] for past 90 minutes seems to
[1:44:32] be a theme between developers
[1:44:33] spreading out across the city,
[1:44:36] buying a property and land and
[1:44:38] this is no different in our
[1:44:39] opinion. We've been approached
[1:44:44] by a developer along with land
[1:44:45] use attorney to subdivide a
[1:44:50] lot into 3 parts and then sell
[1:44:51] them not into affordable
[1:44:54] housing. But in 2 beautiful
[1:44:56] luxury homes. I have photos if
[1:44:57] I'd like to hand them to the
[1:45:00] page that illustrate our
[1:45:03] opposition when it comes to
[1:45:03] safety and specifically
[1:45:06] against the frontage variance.
[1:45:09] That adds access to roadway
[1:45:10] and endangers the safety of
[1:45:12] the pedestrians. That user
[1:45:15] neighborhood, our neighborhood
[1:45:19] currently has 36 children
[1:45:22] under the age of 16 and out of
[1:45:24] 57 homes. Only the idea that
[1:45:25] there's a young child in each
[1:45:26] of those homes that is walking
[1:45:29] biking in school during gives
[1:45:30] us great alarm for the
[1:45:33] developer that wants to add
[1:45:35] multiple roadways car access
[1:45:40] to this small lot. They are
[1:45:41] asking for a full 144 feet
[1:45:44] down to 0, which would give
[1:45:45] them ability to do any thing
[1:45:48] they want to land. And also
[1:45:51] there on willing to use the
[1:45:53] current driveway or visible
[1:45:54] roadway that's already there
[1:45:56] again, visible in the photos
[1:46:00] that I can present to the
[1:46:01] council. We are deeply
[1:46:03] concerned about all of the
[1:46:03] children in our neighborhood
[1:46:07] that used this specific area.
[1:46:11] 4 playing baseball football.
[1:46:12] School during by Kings. Some
[1:46:13] of our council members, their
[1:46:16] children, even access this
[1:46:17] road. My children for children
[1:46:18] in my household, specifically
[1:46:23] 3 across the street used this
[1:46:24] specific area that the
[1:46:24] developer would like to
[1:46:27] subdivide and increased
[1:46:29] traffic and roadway access to
[1:46:33] every single day. It is truly
[1:46:34] disheartening the way they
[1:46:36] want to put the Rodeway Inn.
[1:46:37] And again, we believe as a
[1:46:39] neighborhood, it's unsafe. I
[1:46:43] have over 24 petitions signed
[1:46:44] from our neighborhood again.
[1:46:49] 24 out of 57 in the past 2
[1:46:50] weeks. And I'm I'm just here
[1:46:55] to firmly state opposition and
[1:46:55] hope that you as a council can
[1:46:58] review this specific plans for
[1:46:59] historical neighborhood and
[1:47:02] see why the proposed access
[1:47:03] that the builder would like to
[1:47:05] use for the 3 homes to 9.
[1:47:10] Thank you and costs. Don't
[1:47:21] believe the photos. Well, good
[1:47:22] evening. I'm trying to do a
[1:47:23] mic check. Can you hear me?
[1:47:25] Yes, ma'am. We can hear. All
[1:47:25] right. Good.
[1:47:27] >> My name is and cook and it
[1:47:31] is pronounced cook. I am a
[1:47:33] recent resident of the
[1:47:36] Jacksonville area. I am at 45
[1:47:38] 48 Monday drive. I am too
[1:47:39] driveways. Way from this
[1:47:42] proposed development. I've
[1:47:45] been listening in somewhat
[1:47:46] disheartening and by this
[1:47:47] problem that Jacksonville is
[1:47:51] facing with developers. Along
[1:47:52] with with what Tori has
[1:47:56] already said. We have. A small
[1:48:04] community. 57, 59 homes and we
[1:48:05] have a developer who wants to
[1:48:07] change. He was asked for a
[1:48:13] waiver to change our our our
[1:48:17] frontage requirement from 144
[1:48:18] feet. Well, arc. They're
[1:48:19] changing it from 100. And 44
[1:48:21] to 0. But we are already zoned
[1:48:23] in and Rld 90. Zoning
[1:48:29] district. As we've talked with
[1:48:29] people about what we can do
[1:48:34] about this issue. We've been
[1:48:34] told you have to have facts.
[1:48:35] You have to have fact. You
[1:48:38] have to have facts. Well, I
[1:48:39] want to add something to the
[1:48:41] idea of having facts. Let's
[1:48:43] apply a little bit of common
[1:48:52] sense to what's going on here.
[1:48:53] Changing frontage requirement
[1:48:56] in this instance. Opens up a
[1:49:00] precedent. For multiple
[1:49:03] applications. Waivers in our
[1:49:07] community. And as I've counted
[1:49:10] it, at least 8 additional
[1:49:11] homes could going besides the
[1:49:14] 3 that they're talking about
[1:49:15] and my property is one of the
[1:49:17] ones where this could happen.
[1:49:19] I think that this is a
[1:49:21] dangerous precedent. I think
[1:49:23] that zoning and a
[1:49:23] comprehensive plan we're made
[1:49:25] for this neighborhood. For a
[1:49:29] reason. And that issuing
[1:49:35] waivers will erode. The trust
[1:49:37] that that our neighbors have
[1:49:40] in the local government. If
[1:49:45] zoning appears to be optional.
[1:49:46] A variance should only be for
[1:49:48] a physical condition of the
[1:49:51] land and not for the subject
[1:49:52] and desire of an individual
[1:49:56] potential purchaser. Now, one
[1:49:57] other issue on my mind that
[1:49:59] has not come up yet about our
[1:50:00] neighborhood is that we have
[1:50:04] very narrow streets. We do not
[1:50:04] park the way other
[1:50:05] neighborhoods have in
[1:50:07] Jacksonville and we do not
[1:50:10] have sidewalks. So that means
[1:50:10] that everyone is walking on
[1:50:12] the street. We have elderly
[1:50:15] people, my husband, Walker, we
[1:50:17] have children. We have pets.
[1:50:19] Our street is very, very
[1:50:20] active. And with thank you,
[1:50:24] ma'am.
[1:50:24] >> Councilmember early would
[1:50:26] like to talk to you and the
[1:50:28] other speaker in the Bob Jones
[1:50:28] and It is move off to your
[1:50:29] left there. And mean, I'm in
[1:50:32] that room, please. I've been
[1:50:34] where speaker cards of parents
[1:50:35] 33 1, 2026, 1, 7, 8, when
[1:50:37] sunny, not have speaker cards.
[1:50:40] Parents close 30 to 2026. To
[1:50:41] have 2 speaker cards. The
[1:50:43] first Travis Leonard supports.
[1:50:45] But not that does not wish to
[1:50:45] speak the second John any and
[1:50:51] he does wish to speak.
[1:50:57] >> Hello. I am John Jay New
[1:51:00] Jacksonville City Council
[1:51:02] resolution 2023, 0, 8, 1, 9,
[1:51:02] in City Council district 4
[1:51:04] cpac planning District 3
[1:51:11] school board district 3. And
[1:51:15] okay, 2026, 0, 1, 8, 0, Now
[1:51:17] it's in orange appropriating
[1:51:21] 4.5 million. From the tree
[1:51:21] protection related expense
[1:51:26] Trust fund. And you know,
[1:51:27] here's what want to go with
[1:51:31] it. You know? I've been to the
[1:51:32] Tree Commission. I was there
[1:51:35] one. For a number of years.
[1:51:36] You know, when Doctor was
[1:51:38] there. Vice PRESIDENT Miller
[1:51:44] now. COUNCILMAN Areas. I want
[1:51:47] to tighten with this fwc.
[1:51:48] Playoff. The Fish and Wildlife
[1:51:49] Commission. Fishing with
[1:51:55] crazy.
[1:51:55] >> When you read this 4 point,
[1:52:00] you know, You know, you know,
[1:52:00] this is going to be in
[1:52:01] neighborhoods and finance, but
[1:52:03] not it in rules. I want to say
[1:52:04] there's over 20 million in
[1:52:10] this. 20 million dollars. And
[1:52:17] so fishing with crazy. You
[1:52:18] these are for tree planting
[1:52:19] and minister rather Department
[1:52:20] of Public Works and public
[1:52:25] property. What an unbelievable
[1:52:28] tourism bonanza. You know,
[1:52:32] remember? That $35,000 it's
[1:52:35] supposed to be the Duval
[1:52:36] contribution for the
[1:52:37] maintenance of that bridge. 35
[1:52:42] grand. The Nassau side is
[1:52:47] open. They have any trees.
[1:52:50] We're going you can have the
[1:52:51] greatest tourism attraction or
[1:52:55] 9 on this. And so anyway. I
[1:52:57] would just, you know, fishing
[1:53:01] with Grady. You know, and you
[1:53:02] know, fishing with citrus. But
[1:53:03] a couple citrus trees out
[1:53:06] there. But anyway. You know,
[1:53:07] as this goes through
[1:53:10] committee. And just think of
[1:53:16] that. All of a sudden. We you
[1:53:16] heard I heard some of those
[1:53:23] speakers say. Now on the
[1:53:24] national side now, the Duval
[1:53:26] County side. And the Fish and
[1:53:30] Wildlife. Commission, the
[1:53:34] state of Florida tourism. Wow.
[1:53:35] Now there's we down 15
[1:53:36] seconds. Here's some other
[1:53:40] pieces of legislation. And
[1:53:40] I'll tell you, COUNCILMAN
[1:53:41] Areas, you get the jetski
[1:53:45] ready. And let's live or some.
[1:53:51] And celebrate. These trees.
[1:53:53] Have nowhere. Speaker cards,
[1:53:54] public hearings, 33 34 2026 21
[1:53:57] to no speaker cards.
[1:53:59] >> Health care is closed. I-35
[1:53:59] 2026. 23. One Speaker card. He
[1:54:00] does not wish to speak but
[1:54:01] supports the bill. No more
[1:54:06] speakers. A close. I'm 36
[1:54:07] 2026. One. 84 1 speaker card.
[1:54:08] John. Any he does wish to
[1:54:14] speak.
[1:54:15] >> Below I and John Jay new
[1:54:21] knee. Jacksonville. City
[1:54:22] Council district 4 cpac, 3
[1:54:26] school board district 3.
[1:54:27] >> You know, here we go. You
[1:54:28] know, this an ordinance
[1:54:31] appropriating 120 $1000 in
[1:54:34] grant funding from the Florida
[1:54:35] Fish and Wildlife Conservation
[1:54:40] Commission. Ray here, fwc.
[1:54:41] Wildlife coming fishing with
[1:54:46] Grady. So here have 120 grand,
[1:54:47] you know, for an artificial
[1:54:52] reef. You know, 2009, 4.42 Is
[1:54:53] the artificial Reef trust
[1:54:54] fund, you know, created by
[1:54:59] ordinance. And, you know, we
[1:55:00] just also created 2026 triple
[1:55:03] low for. You know, which is no
[1:55:06] other parks trust fund. And,
[1:55:09] you again. You know, fishing
[1:55:11] with crady on this one. You
[1:55:13] know, again, when you look at
[1:55:16] the $35,000 and here we have
[1:55:18] 120 grand, money's flowing
[1:55:19] everywhere. There's going to
[1:55:20] be another piece of
[1:55:21] legislation. There's a whole
[1:55:23] bunch of pieces of legislation
[1:55:25] that will be just talking to
[1:55:27] rate here. But this
[1:55:27] appropriation, you know, don't
[1:55:29] get me wrong. You know, it's
[1:55:33] tourism. I support it. But at
[1:55:35] the same time, let's really
[1:55:37] just start. You know,
[1:55:43] realizing. That issue. With
[1:55:44] fishing with the George Crady
[1:55:47] Beverage, Nassau and Duval.
[1:55:51] You right now it's going to
[1:55:54] come it should be this hard.
[1:55:58] So anyway, just down to a
[1:55:59] minute sports, the
[1:56:00] legislation, imagine a little
[1:56:00] reef underneath with the
[1:56:03] bridge. Okay. Thank you for
[1:56:04] listening. Thank you. Have
[1:56:07] number speaker cards.
[1:56:07] >> Public areas closed. I'm 37
[1:56:08] 2026. 1.85 Have no speaker
[1:56:12] cards. Appearing close and 3,
[1:56:15] 2026. 26 have 3 speaker cards.
[1:56:16] Blake Harper, Kathleen Prayer
[1:56:18] and Jamie Travis Leonard,
[1:56:19] please coming down. Jaime
[1:56:20] Travers winner does not wish
[1:56:22] to supports this so MR. Harper
[1:56:34] and this prayer come on down.
[1:56:35] >> name is Kathleen per and my
[1:56:37] information on file the least
[1:56:40] the citizens can do is extend
[1:56:42] mercy to the desperate
[1:56:46] mothers. Find themselves that
[1:56:48] they cannot prove provide for
[1:56:50] their newborns, the suffering
[1:56:51] mothers should know that they
[1:56:52] will be able to bring there's
[1:56:54] babies to the emergency
[1:56:56] shelters known as the baby
[1:56:58] boxes without judgment or
[1:57:00] punishment. This is the only
[1:57:02] option rather than expecting
[1:57:03] these mothers to abandon their
[1:57:06] newborns to ments or worse,
[1:57:07] throw them in the trash.
[1:57:09] Please pass this bill. Thank
[1:57:19] you, MR. Harper.
[1:57:20] >> Like Harper Information on
[1:57:24] File. First of all, I want to
[1:57:25] apologize for not being
[1:57:27] prepared to have extensive
[1:57:27] comments on this today have
[1:57:28] just been too busy with this
[1:57:29] other nonsense deal with. I
[1:57:33] want to thank. COUNCILMAN
[1:57:34] Diamond for this bill. He's
[1:57:36] put out. He's got another one
[1:57:40] is putting up. If there's it
[1:57:43] documents he demonstrates.
[1:57:44] That he has a great value for
[1:57:48] human life. We see unborn
[1:57:49] children and newly born
[1:57:52] children. I just there's no
[1:57:54] respect for them anymore.
[1:57:57] That's where culture is gone.
[1:58:03] Hi, there was a a tv news
[1:58:03] reported last week where the
[1:58:07] 17 year-old girl. I had a
[1:58:09] child, bath in the bathroom
[1:58:10] and left a child to drown in
[1:58:14] the toilet. I just hope and
[1:58:20] pray. That you all passes
[1:58:22] unanimously. I hope and pray
[1:58:23] each one of you will get on
[1:58:23] board and co-sponsor this
[1:58:26] unanimously. With COUNCILMAN
[1:58:28] Diamond. And I hope points
[1:58:31] once you get this done, that
[1:58:33] you undertake a significant a
[1:58:36] serious effort to share this
[1:58:37] with the city of Jacksonville
[1:58:41] with the places. The women who
[1:58:46] are hopeless. Also hope that
[1:58:47] places around abortion
[1:58:50] clinics. As many times women
[1:58:51] have abortions because they
[1:58:54] see nothing. No way to to to
[1:58:58] to do with the situation. We
[1:58:59] have to save lives. We have to
[1:59:01] put more value on the unborn.
[1:59:02] Children have put more value.
[1:59:05] Children. Our children are the
[1:59:07] future of the city. Our
[1:59:08] children are the future of the
[1:59:12] state. Future of this nation.
[1:59:16] We have to take this step.
[1:59:17] Please do the right thing. And
[1:59:18] and co-sponsor this. Every
[1:59:18] single one of you. Thank you,
[1:59:21] sir. Have numbers speak hurts.
[1:59:26] Public hearing closed 39 2026.
[1:59:27] 27 1 Speaker card. Jamie.
[1:59:28] Travis Leonard does not wish
[1:59:29] to speak, supports this
[1:59:29] ordinance.
[1:59:34] >> a close. I was 40 41. 42
[1:59:35] 2026. 28. When a 9, 1, 90 I
[1:59:36] have no speaker cards. These
[1:59:39] public hearings are closed.
[1:59:42] I'm 43 2026. 207. Have 3
[1:59:43] speaker cards. Sally Barnes,
[1:59:45] John Nini and Jamie Travis
[1:59:47] Leonard. Letter does not wish
[1:59:47] to speak. The supports this
[1:59:50] ordinance. MISS Barnes and
[2:00:01] John Unique among them. Marni,
[2:00:08] how you go first.
[2:00:13] >> The low. I am John
[2:00:14] philanthropic. Julie ruled
[2:00:18] good boy resiliency. New knee.
[2:00:20] >> 83. 56 Peskin r-tex Wolf.
[2:00:22] Florida City Council district
[2:00:25] 4 cpac, 3 school board
[2:00:28] district 3, 2024, 0, 1, 0, 7.
[2:00:29] It's such a huge twenty-twenty
[2:00:31] 403, to 5. This year's of
[2:00:35] Florida. This ordinance 2026.
[2:00:36] 0, 2, 0, 7, hope after this
[2:00:41] one. Somebody will pardon me.
[2:00:43] Right now we're going to
[2:00:47] appropriate 355,000 dollars
[2:00:48] from the Jax Recreation,
[2:00:49] Environmental Land Acquisition
[2:00:54] Fund. And we're going to be
[2:00:55] using that 6 properties and
[2:00:56] where I'm going with it again.
[2:01:00] Fwc. Fish Wildlife Commission.
[2:01:03] Fishing with Crady. The George
[2:01:06] Crady Bridge. And the reason
[2:01:08] I'm speaking on this, you were
[2:01:12] creating another park. This
[2:01:13] one is going to be a passive
[2:01:21] park. The George Crady.
[2:01:28] Fishing Bridge is. Recreation.
[2:01:31] And that is really what is
[2:01:32] needed throughout Duval
[2:01:38] County. We have last city
[2:01:38] council meeting spoken
[2:01:40] Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 0, 2, 4,
[2:01:45] Which was Moncrief. Over 3
[2:01:46] acres and defense and that one
[2:01:51] in. And again, dozens of
[2:01:55] examples that I can just.
[2:01:56] Because when people say to
[2:01:57] noon, we're getting all this
[2:01:58] public access. We're getting
[2:02:02] crushed. Yeah. So anyway. As
[2:02:04] far as this just down to a
[2:02:14] minute. And again. We knew
[2:02:17] just think of these numbers in
[2:02:22] the countless examples. Where
[2:02:24] you know, fishing with Crady
[2:02:29] 35 k. On the Duval side for
[2:02:32] not meeting our funding
[2:02:32] requirements for the
[2:02:35] maintenance. That's it. And so
[2:02:36] now you've got a padlock up
[2:02:40] there. So we got millions with
[2:02:43] tree stuff. Now we've got. You
[2:02:45] continued rusting from the
[2:02:47] bill. Okay. Well, the
[2:02:48] recreation Environmental Land
[2:02:49] acquisition fund. You know
[2:02:50] what? How about some money for
[2:02:51] that? You know, to fishing
[2:02:55] with Grady? But again, I don't
[2:02:57] know how much is left in that
[2:03:00] fund. But instead of passive,
[2:03:04] you know, lets you fwc make it
[2:03:05] active. And so it's
[2:03:07] neighborhoods and finance.
[2:03:08] Thank u next MISS Celie
[2:03:15] Barnes.
[2:03:17] >> I know again, my name is
[2:03:18] Sally Barnes. I'm here in
[2:03:22] support of that. Instead of
[2:03:23] just heard about this part.
[2:03:27] That's coming up development
[2:03:30] now and cars and trucks on the
[2:03:31] road. Any place that can get a
[2:03:34] kid out of the street into a
[2:03:35] safe environment where they
[2:03:38] can play and be kids. I I
[2:03:41] think it's it's it's a given.
[2:03:42] I fished on that breach
[2:03:46] before. But you got the
[2:03:46] structure on the street. Now
[2:03:48] they don't respect to traffic
[2:03:49] laws. They come to residential
[2:03:50] areas. De speeding, all county
[2:03:53] staff out there. Little kids
[2:03:54] at whatever park they need a
[2:03:56] place to play. Then you
[2:03:57] someplace off the street
[2:03:59] instead of in the street. That
[2:04:02] could get hit. 70's Ps. Don't
[2:04:04] have some of these kids. Don't
[2:04:06] have parents that govern their
[2:04:07] that these little kids wander
[2:04:08] off anywhere. But if there's a
[2:04:12] safe place to play a park,
[2:04:12] what these kids go and play
[2:04:13] and have Anyone that wants to
[2:04:15] go to a park and have fun. I'm
[2:04:17] asking you to pass this
[2:04:19] because we need more of that.
[2:04:20] We got too much traffic as it
[2:04:21] is. We got too many people
[2:04:22] drive in looking at their
[2:04:25] phones and these kids waiting
[2:04:28] at a bus stop to go to school.
[2:04:28] A win at an afternoon was
[2:04:30] right around no place to play
[2:04:31] a park I say is welcome any
[2:04:33] time. I don't drink. I don't
[2:04:37] do drugs. I don't do it. My
[2:04:38] apple. How is the caffeine
[2:04:41] free coal? But these people on
[2:04:42] trucks with their state falls
[2:04:46] like Putin truck trailer down
[2:04:50] a residential area. They come
[2:04:51] down to please get in on they
[2:04:53] going to not the area and come
[2:04:53] down another residential
[2:04:54] street to get where they're
[2:04:57] going? We got on the street.
[2:04:58] Little kids stand by my house
[2:05:01] at a bus stop. They plan out
[2:05:01] there. These cars comes being
[2:05:03] back. That's not stop that.
[2:05:06] Well, breaking a play if they
[2:05:07] don't have a part to go to.
[2:05:10] I'm asking you, if you would
[2:05:12] past this, not just for but
[2:05:14] for the young people that
[2:05:18] knife so it's a place to play
[2:05:22] just to go look and be with
[2:05:22] their friends out there off
[2:05:23] the street where all these
[2:05:27] crazy people are. Thank you.
[2:05:28] >> Thank you, Speaker cards,
[2:05:29] public hearings close that
[2:05:30] time for public hearings on
[2:05:31] land use amendment and certain
[2:05:33] companion rezoning start with
[2:05:36] item. 44 2026, 0, 0, 0, 6,
[2:05:37] I've said the speaker cards
[2:05:37] for this. If you're here to
[2:05:38] speak on this bill, go ahead
[2:05:41] and come on down, drive in
[2:05:42] Beloit. James matches Samantha
[2:05:46] Series Wells Todd Bobbie
[2:05:46] o'Connor, that I have to do
[2:05:49] not wish to speak. Leo Dawson
[2:05:53] and Jamie Travis Leonard, they
[2:05:54] both oppose this legislation.
[2:05:55] So I see MISS Series about
[2:06:00] you. Come a serious.
[2:06:01] >> Samantha Series address on
[2:06:02] file. I'm just here to say
[2:06:06] that I do oppose this proposed
[2:06:06] small-scale amendment to the
[2:06:08] fun series of the 2045 Comp
[2:06:09] plan. This area is more of a
[2:06:14] role. Designated area. I think
[2:06:15] it should stay in the ldr
[2:06:17] believe the developer. That is
[2:06:18] attempting to purchase this
[2:06:19] land can make enough money
[2:06:24] with an l DR. So, you know.
[2:06:25] Many of the people are against
[2:06:28] this in this neighborhood and
[2:06:30] I know this is going to
[2:06:31] continue to APRIL 14th, but I
[2:06:33] will not be here. So that's
[2:06:34] why I want to come and talk to
[2:06:38] you that, you know, they do
[2:06:38] oppose it. I oppose it. I
[2:06:39] think we need to keep some of
[2:06:42] the rural and rural, you know,
[2:06:44] it's supposed to be divers.
[2:06:46] And if we only have
[2:06:48] high-density areas, that's not
[2:06:49] diversity. You are just making
[2:06:52] high density. So I think it's
[2:06:54] important that we do keep some
[2:06:54] areas available for people who
[2:06:57] want to purchase more land
[2:06:59] rather than a small lot. Thank
[2:07:00] you.
[2:07:00] >> Thank you. As James
[2:07:02] mentioned out there still.
[2:07:07] Okay. He opposes this. Well,
[2:07:09] Also opposes Bobby o'Connor.
[2:07:11] Also opposes. And drag in
[2:07:15] Beloit. Also opposes have no
[2:07:17] more speaker cards.
[2:07:18] >> Public hearing is continue
[2:07:24] till 4, 14.6 now on Page 99.
[2:07:25] 45 2026? 0, 0, 0, 7. I have
[2:07:27] the same. I believe the same 7
[2:07:30] speaker cards. So go ahead and
[2:07:30] read them.
[2:07:31] >> Well, Todd Samantha Series,
[2:07:32] James matchup, Bobby o'Connor,
[2:07:33] Dragon Beloit. Do you wish to
[2:07:38] speak?
[2:07:39] >> And then Leo Dawson and
[2:07:40] Jamie Travis Leonard oppose,
[2:07:41] but do not wish to speak.
[2:07:42] Series to do was speak again
[2:07:44] on this one.
[2:07:45] >> Go ahead. Real quick,
[2:07:45] Samantha Series address on
[2:07:48] file. I know this is for the
[2:07:49] rezoning part. So I just want
[2:07:52] to speak to that for the pd.
[2:07:53] They are attempting to do 30
[2:07:56] foot and 40 foot lots. We
[2:07:58] don't updated site plan. But
[2:08:00] the original site plan was 30
[2:08:01] foot. Lots 89 units in 9
[2:08:06] acres. That's tight. So they
[2:08:08] did agree to possibly do some
[2:08:09] 40 foot lots, maybe add like a
[2:08:12] little lot of green space. But
[2:08:14] at this point, it's still not
[2:08:15] compatible. If you look on the
[2:08:17] Jacksonville property
[2:08:19] appraiser, the closest in the
[2:08:24] most REITs like the city of
[2:08:28] this area, this 9 acres, the
[2:08:30] smallest lot, according to the
[2:08:31] Jacksonville property.
[2:08:34] Appraiser is 0.1 acres that 66
[2:08:35] feet, the residents of that
[2:08:37] area said that they would
[2:08:37] agree to 60 foot lots because
[2:08:41] obviously that would cut this
[2:08:43] in half. The amount of units
[2:08:45] allowed. So if you look at
[2:08:46] does not match the area to
[2:08:47] have a pg for 30 foot, 40 foot
[2:08:51] lots. It's just not compatible
[2:08:53] and even the planning
[2:08:54] department recommended to deny
[2:08:56] this and they rarely recommend
[2:08:57] things to be denied. So I
[2:08:58] think it's important that we
[2:09:00] kind of look at that and the
[2:09:01] fact that these 30 foot, 40
[2:09:05] foot, lots do not. Comply with
[2:09:06] the area. And it is important
[2:09:08] that we take in interest in
[2:09:09] making sure that we keep these
[2:09:13] areas. The way that they're
[2:09:14] supposed to be zoned in the
[2:09:17] way that there should be
[2:09:18] developed in a responsible
[2:09:19] manner rather than just trying
[2:09:20] to stuff people in there. And
[2:09:23] then. Charge people 300 to
[2:09:27] $350,000 for these properties
[2:09:29] and we all know what's going
[2:09:29] to happen is they're not going
[2:09:31] to sell and corporations going
[2:09:32] to start managing Them Inc,
[2:09:35] put them for rent. So the
[2:09:36] residents do not agree with
[2:09:40] this and if the developer 64
[2:09:42] loss, they would have agreed
[2:09:43] to that. So, you know, it's
[2:09:44] important that we look at the
[2:09:46] exact area and the property
[2:09:48] appraiser. You can look on
[2:09:50] their self. The smallest lot
[2:09:51] of rounds 0.1 acres and that
[2:09:52] 66 feet. So I think we should
[2:09:53] do something that's compatible
[2:09:57] with that. Thank you. Thank I
[2:09:59] do not see the The read time.
[2:10:03] James Match. It opposes by
[2:10:04] o'Connor opposes Dragon.
[2:10:05] Beloit opposes Wells Todd and
[2:10:06] put opposes.
[2:10:06] >> Are any of those names I
[2:10:11] read here? Okay. Have nowhere.
[2:10:12] Speaker card public hearing
[2:10:13] will be continued until 4 14.
[2:10:19] 26. Moving on items. 46 47.
[2:10:21] That's 2026. 22 23. I have
[2:10:22] speaker cards. These public
[2:10:24] hearings will be continue till
[2:10:27] 4, 14. 26 40 2026. 83 Avenue,
[2:10:27] speaker cards, a case closed
[2:10:29] and with the bill motion
[2:10:30] second on the bill up known in
[2:10:31] the Queue, please open about a
[2:10:44] quarter vote.
[2:10:47] >> 16 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:10:48] >> But actually approved 2026
[2:10:51] Dash 0 their a 3. 49 2026. 84
[2:10:54] have speaker cards. Okay. It's
[2:10:54] the bill motion. Second on the
[2:10:59] bill. Council, vice PRESIDENT
[2:11:03] Helen. Thank you, MR.
[2:11:04] PRESIDENT, I rise in the clear
[2:11:05] ex Parte communications. I
[2:11:06] spoke with MISTER Zack Miller
[2:11:08] yesterday by phone.
[2:11:10] >> And we'll make sure it's
[2:11:11] filed with legislators.
[2:11:12] Service is great to see Eagle
[2:11:13] Elegy moving forward. Thanks.
[2:11:14] All right. Thank you.
[2:11:19] Councilmember gay.
[2:11:20] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
[2:11:23] head need to clear a
[2:11:24] Communication discussion with
[2:11:26] Zach Miller on 3.17 in regards
[2:11:26] to this bill and has been
[2:11:29] followed a legislative
[2:11:30] services.
[2:11:30] >> Thank council member no one
[2:11:31] else in the queue. The bill's
[2:11:32] been properly moved and
[2:11:32] seconded.
[2:11:33] >> He's up and about a quarter
[2:11:48] vote.
[2:11:58] 17 yeas, 0 nays. I
[2:12:01] actually approved 2026 Dash 0,
[2:12:02] 0, 8, 50 2026. 85 have a
[2:12:05] speaker cards. Okay. Close.
[2:12:07] The amendment have a motion.
[2:12:08] Second on the amendment is
[2:12:09] known in the queue all in
[2:12:09] favor of the amendment signify
[2:12:12] by saying Aye aye, any opposed
[2:12:13] say nay to Medicare's the bill
[2:12:14] as amended. Got a motion
[2:12:16] second on the bill as amended
[2:12:16] still non to please open the
[2:12:31] Ballon record. Your vote.
[2:12:34] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:12:34] >> I actually approved 2026
[2:12:36] dash. They're they're a 5.
[2:12:38] >> I'm 51 2026. 86 have a
[2:12:39] speaker cards. Parents close
[2:12:42] the amendment.
[2:12:43] >> Motion second on the
[2:12:43] amendment unfair. The
[2:12:47] amendment signify by saying
[2:12:47] aye.
[2:12:48] >> I oppose say Simes Clark.
[2:12:53] Mary, you're recognized.
[2:12:54] >> I'm going announce that the
[2:12:54] amendment passed. You are
[2:12:59] recognized.
[2:13:00] >> rushed to declare inspired.
[2:13:05] Take on. MARCH. Spoke with
[2:13:06] MISTER Hertzberg regarding
[2:13:10] this particular Bill, 2026, 0,
[2:13:13] 0, 8, 6, We met here at City
[2:13:15] Hall during El Newsy. We
[2:13:16] discuss what applicant was
[2:13:18] rezoning from pdf Dash 2 to
[2:13:21] the 60 and MR. Hertzberg.
[2:13:22] Explain that. The owner wanted
[2:13:23] to sell the single single
[2:13:24] family homes separately from
[2:13:26] the church in school and the
[2:13:26] appropriate paperwork has been
[2:13:28] filed with legislative
[2:13:29] services. All right. Thank you
[2:13:29] for that.
[2:13:33] >> The bill has been got a
[2:13:34] motion second on the bill as
[2:13:34] amended a nicu please up in
[2:13:44] about a quarter vote.
[2:13:45] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays by action
[2:13:48] of approved 2026 Dash, 0, 0,
[2:13:50] 8, 6. 52 2026. One. 22. I have
[2:13:53] no speaker cards. Republicans
[2:13:55] close public hearing will be
[2:13:56] for 14. 26 53 2026. One. 23
[2:13:59] have 2 speaker cards. The
[2:14:00] first is Jamie Travis Leonard.
[2:14:01] I do Yes, she is still here.
[2:14:09] Go ahead. MISS Letter.
[2:14:09] >> Good evening. City
[2:14:10] Councilmembers. My name is
[2:14:15] Jamie Travis Leonard. I oppose
[2:14:16] 26 1, 2, 3, as it currently
[2:14:20] is. I agree. North Sea packs.
[2:14:25] Objection to the lot sizes.
[2:14:26] >> Quote, the small lots do
[2:14:27] not lend themselves well to a
[2:14:29] family dwelling in terms of
[2:14:31] space for activities, mobile
[2:14:31] homes or trailers. For those
[2:14:34] of us who have lived in them.
[2:14:35] >> Can be an affordable
[2:14:36] option.
[2:14:39] >> 4. Consideration as long as
[2:14:42] they're handled with care.
[2:14:46] Within the community. I
[2:14:50] support building. And mobile
[2:14:51] home park in this area. I
[2:14:53] don't support the current
[2:14:54] proposal size because I think
[2:14:57] it is not adequately
[2:15:01] providing. The necessary space
[2:15:05] for a well planned while home
[2:15:07] and the area. And I've come up
[2:15:07] here several times talking
[2:15:08] about affordable housing. So
[2:15:10] this would be a project that
[2:15:10] generally I would support
[2:15:13] because. Mobile homes do tend
[2:15:14] to be more affordable. They
[2:15:18] tend to be more accessible for
[2:15:19] lower-income families, but you
[2:15:20] need to build them right. And
[2:15:21] you need to build them to be
[2:15:26] Holmes. Not a quick cash grab.
[2:15:27] For the trailer park
[2:15:30] management. And I say the
[2:15:31] lived in one and that is not
[2:15:33] an insult. We like to have a
[2:15:34] negative connotation sometimes
[2:15:36] of mobile home parks and I
[2:15:38] will stand for that. All
[2:15:40] right. We have a lot of people
[2:15:42] who live similar style homes.
[2:15:43] Okay. Single line. Double life
[2:15:46] modular. I've lived in all of
[2:15:51] them. I would like which I
[2:15:52] know this has now been
[2:15:56] continued. Because you've
[2:15:56] added another public hearing.
[2:15:57] But I would like to see this
[2:16:01] Justin. So that we are
[2:16:02] adequately serving the
[2:16:04] community and the hopeful
[2:16:04] future residents in this area
[2:16:06] by giving them adequate lot
[2:16:11] sizes. And appropriate homes
[2:16:14] for their families. So they
[2:16:14] can enjoy what the rest of us
[2:16:17] have. Especially on this day
[2:16:19] us, which is a comfortable
[2:16:22] home to live in. And come home
[2:16:27] from come home to thank you.
[2:16:28] >> Have no more can disclose
[2:16:30] additional public and will
[2:16:31] midst of this Psyche say your
[2:16:32] address. He didn't say at this
[2:16:33] time he just say your address
[2:16:34] or it's on file.
[2:16:38] >> Oh, my. Is on
[2:16:38] >> Thank you. I and worst All
[2:16:39] right. Our additional public
[2:16:41] and will be for 14. 26. And
[2:16:44] that one was closed. I fit for
[2:16:45] 2026 one. 24 have 2 speaker
[2:16:47] cards. Samantha Series does
[2:16:48] not wish to speak opposes. And
[2:16:50] Jamie Travis Leonard does not
[2:16:52] wish to speak of poses, poking
[2:16:53] its close an additional public
[2:16:56] will be for 14. 26, I'm 55.
[2:16:58] 56. And 57 2026. 1. 25 one. 26
[2:17:01] 1.27 I have no speaker cards.
[2:17:02] These public hearings are
[2:17:03] closed with additional public
[2:17:07] hearings on for 14. 26, I'm 58
[2:17:09] 2026. 1.20 I have 2 speaker
[2:17:10] cards. Samantha Series does
[2:17:12] not wish to speak but opposes.
[2:17:13] And Jamie Travis letter does
[2:17:16] not wish to speak, but opposes
[2:17:17] know the speaker cards. Public
[2:17:18] hearings close in just a
[2:17:19] public hearing will be for 14.
[2:17:21] 26 59 2026. One. 29.
[2:17:21] Recurrence. Parents close on
[2:17:24] Republican will be for 14. 26
[2:17:27] Wright took up 3rd 3rd reading
[2:17:27] resolutions at the beginning
[2:17:28] of the meeting. So we're going
[2:17:32] to start on page. 25 with 3rd
[2:17:33] reading ordinances are first
[2:17:34] is sick. I'm 63 2026. 1.36 I
[2:17:37] move the amendment.
[2:17:38] >> I've got a motion to second
[2:17:40] on the amendment all in favor.
[2:17:41] The amendment signify by
[2:17:42] saying Aye, aye, any opposed,
[2:17:43] say nay to Medicare. The bill
[2:17:45] as amended a motion second on
[2:17:46] the bill as amended. There's
[2:17:47] no one in the queue. Please
[2:17:57] court about
[2:18:00] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:18:01] >> My reaction. You've
[2:18:04] approved 2026 Dash 0, 1, 3, 6,
[2:18:04] >> 64 2026. 1.37 Move the
[2:18:06] amendment.
[2:18:08] >> Motion. Second on the
[2:18:10] amendment. All of amendment
[2:18:11] signify by saying Aye, aye,
[2:18:12] any opposed, say nay to mimic
[2:18:14] heres the bill as amended
[2:18:15] motion. Second on the bill as
[2:18:17] amended is now in the queue.
[2:18:18] Please open about a quarter
[2:18:33] vote.
[2:18:39] You're recognized.
[2:18:41] Councilmember Johnson, you're
[2:18:41] recognized.
[2:18:46] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:18:46] >> I thank you, MR. PRESIDENT,
[2:18:47] I do one and I wanted to speak
[2:18:49] to this bill simply because
[2:18:52] while I did vote for the bill,
[2:18:53] I wanted to be understood. I I
[2:18:56] appreciate the sentiment, but
[2:18:57] I just this is something I
[2:18:57] said in committee as well as
[2:19:01] make sure that we are ensuring
[2:19:02] I have a belief in our
[2:19:04] committee chairs and also this
[2:19:05] process. And so I just wanted
[2:19:05] to make sure that that I put
[2:19:09] it on record that well, I
[2:19:10] understand the stringent
[2:19:11] nature of what this is. I do
[2:19:11] think there should be some
[2:19:15] flexibility. All of us of the
[2:19:16] life circumstances that
[2:19:16] happens. And I just didn't
[2:19:20] want to be in such a a. A
[2:19:21] tough place where there's no
[2:19:22] flexibility for these
[2:19:23] committee chair. So I do thank
[2:19:24] the sponsor for putting this
[2:19:26] bill forward. I did vote for
[2:19:27] it, but I also want to make
[2:19:29] sure that we're doing our part
[2:19:30] to understand that life does
[2:19:30] happen. Thank you, MR.
[2:19:31] PRESIDENT. All right. Thank
[2:19:35] you.
[2:19:36] >> And then he calling out
[2:19:37] where that I believe you need
[2:19:39] to announce all right by your
[2:19:40] action. You've approved 2026
[2:19:45] Dash, 0, 1, 3, 7, I'm 65 2026.
[2:19:45] 1.38 MR. PRESIDENT please
[2:19:47] recognize COUNCILWOMAN
[2:19:48] Pittman.
[2:19:48] >> COUNCILWOMAN Pittman,
[2:19:54] you're recognized.
[2:19:55] >> The PRESIDENT, I just like
[2:19:55] to say, I would like abstain
[2:19:58] from this bill because Clara
[2:20:00] White mission MAY apply for
[2:20:02] this special category for the
[2:20:04] homeless population. So the
[2:20:06] bill has been Thank you. All
[2:20:07] right. That is noted
[2:20:08] Councilmember Boylan's like
[2:20:08] speak on the amendment or
[2:20:12] after the on the bill. On the
[2:20:14] amendment. Councilmember
[2:20:14] Boylan, you're recognized. I
[2:20:15] move the amendment. We got a
[2:20:16] motion saying on the Amendment
[2:20:16] Councilmember Moylan, you're
[2:20:19] recognized. Thank you, MR.
[2:20:19] PRESIDENT, I stand to in
[2:20:21] opposition to the amendment.
[2:20:23] Did we'll take you back a
[2:20:24] little bit of history for all
[2:20:28] of us and why I'm doing so as
[2:20:29] you recall last year, the
[2:20:30] mayor's office proposed 7.2
[2:20:32] million dollars for psu
[2:20:37] grants. We as a council shaped
[2:20:37] 200,000 off of that to put
[2:20:39] into a micro grant program. A
[2:20:40] program that didn't exist a
[2:20:45] time. And during the course of
[2:20:46] 6 months thereafter that psg's
[2:20:47] been working diligently that
[2:20:48] gave you all a copy of it to
[2:20:51] take a look at developing the
[2:20:55] Micro Grant program. And they
[2:20:57] were ready bring it to bear
[2:20:58] and opened it up and get the
[2:21:01] ball rolling on it. They were
[2:21:01] asked deposit by the council
[2:21:04] by the administration. Do the
[2:21:07] fact that we just picked up on
[2:21:07] the cba and the workload was
[2:21:08] get a little more than they
[2:21:12] could handle. What council
[2:21:16] would like to see happen then
[2:21:17] pull into space. You can see
[2:21:20] the timeline there. They fully
[2:21:21] anticipate their opportunity
[2:21:23] sometimes in JULY or AUGUST to
[2:21:26] take up the Micro Grant
[2:21:28] program again and by doing so
[2:21:29] then I've got a bill that's
[2:21:30] pending that's going to used
[2:21:31] as a carry over to take that
[2:21:34] or $1000 and move the Michael
[2:21:37] Grant program into next year.
[2:21:38] I say all that because we want
[2:21:39] to make certain that we have
[2:21:40] as much money available for
[2:21:44] the psg grant program this
[2:21:45] past year in the prevention
[2:21:49] category of the. 33 requests.
[2:21:51] 18 of them are only fulfilled
[2:21:52] and 9 of those individuals
[2:21:55] hats that we're not filled in
[2:21:58] terms any kind of funding that
[2:22:01] scores of 90 or higher. There
[2:22:05] were 101 applications in total
[2:22:06] representing 11.3 million
[2:22:07] dollars against the 7 million
[2:22:11] dollars. And so my concern and
[2:22:12] my my quest that you vote down
[2:22:16] on the amendment so that we
[2:22:17] recognized back. We're going
[2:22:18] to continue to pump Michael
[2:22:18] Grant program with funding
[2:22:21] from this year into next year.
[2:22:22] So we can take that $200,000
[2:22:23] and applied towards the psg
[2:22:26] programs as we and had to do
[2:22:28] all along and that in the year
[2:22:29] after that, the kitten on the
[2:22:31] part of the psg council is to
[2:22:33] continue with a micro grant
[2:22:35] program thereafter. So
[2:22:36] encourage you vote down. This
[2:22:37] is the amendment offered by
[2:22:39] the Rules Committee to Cuba at
[2:22:46] 35 35 30 so that we can move
[2:22:47] forward with his year with the
[2:22:47] Michael Grant program that
[2:22:48] just use funding from this
[2:22:49] year to do that and then come
[2:22:53] back a year thereafter and
[2:22:54] then put put the percentages
[2:22:56] as you we recommended in the
[2:22:57] rules committee on past
[2:22:59] weekend. Hope I make sure I I
[2:23:02] hope I made that clear and
[2:23:02] appreciate your support in
[2:23:05] voting down this amendment and
[2:23:06] what the recommendation, the
[2:23:08] pga Council. Stan, thank you,
[2:23:09] MR. PRESIDENT. All right.
[2:23:09] Thank PRESIDENT Freeman,
[2:23:18] you're recognized. Thank you,
[2:23:19] MR. PRESIDENT and I was hoping
[2:23:21] I would not have to speak at
[2:23:26] all on this issue. I think is
[2:23:26] the labor did enough in
[2:23:28] committee and I want to thank
[2:23:28] the committee Finance
[2:23:30] Committee for the Good Work
[2:23:30] Day.
[2:23:31] >> They did on this bill and I
[2:23:31] want to thank the Rules
[2:23:35] Committee as well. Let me just
[2:23:36] be sure that everybody
[2:23:39] understands what the amendment
[2:23:41] is was that was imminent
[2:23:41] amendment explain because I
[2:23:42] know there's some center on
[2:23:44] this diet that MAY not have
[2:23:46] heard it. So I want to make
[2:23:47] sure that we understand the
[2:23:51] amendment. That is before us
[2:23:51] right now. MR. The PRESIDENT
[2:23:52] To the PRESIDENT To MISS The
[2:23:53] populace. Can you please share
[2:23:56] with the amendment? Is?
[2:23:56] >> Yes, through the PRESIDENT
[2:23:58] To the council. So the
[2:24:00] amendment would revise the
[2:24:02] bill to now include the Micro
[2:24:05] Grant category as a 4th
[2:24:05] category to be funded in the
[2:24:08] next fiscal year's budget. It
[2:24:11] provides that the percentages
[2:24:12] of funding for each of the
[2:24:14] categories would be as follows
[2:24:16] acute would go from 30% to
[2:24:18] 29%. As with 30% was
[2:24:21] originally proposed prevention
[2:24:22] and diversion would go from
[2:24:25] 35% to 34% and
[2:24:26] self-sufficiency instability
[2:24:28] would go from 35% to 34% so
[2:24:31] that 3% to go to the Micro
[2:24:31] Grant program.
[2:24:33] >> All right. Thank you. And
[2:24:35] and everyone hasn't heard
[2:24:35] amendment. It would be
[2:24:37] announced went through my
[2:24:37] time. So all I want to simply
[2:24:39] say is this and I just want to
[2:24:44] speak truths. Category d has
[2:24:46] always existed since this body
[2:24:47] to that action based on
[2:24:48] legislation that I passed,
[2:24:50] that I championed many years
[2:24:52] ago. So when you hear that it
[2:24:54] did not exist, that's simply
[2:24:58] not true. Here's another fact.
[2:25:01] Here's another fact. Category
[2:25:02] d is a part of public service
[2:25:04] grants. So when you hear that
[2:25:06] we're taking from public
[2:25:07] service grants, how can take
[2:25:08] from something that is still a
[2:25:11] part of? So it's semantics.
[2:25:13] It's a play on words. And as I
[2:25:16] share with many folks, the
[2:25:17] ultimate goal in the end as we
[2:25:19] want to help people. Simple as
[2:25:23] that. Now to me is a bit
[2:25:25] challenging that in one of the
[2:25:26] efforts that we put forth as a
[2:25:28] body, something and I lead to
[2:25:30] help people when the trust was
[2:25:30] given to the administration.
[2:25:31] Remember, we do policy. They
[2:25:35] execute. We can't force them
[2:25:37] execute. We send money to psg.
[2:25:39] We can't force psg to execute.
[2:25:43] But we sure can. On our side.
[2:25:43] And I will simply say when it
[2:25:47] was sent over to first time
[2:25:48] they didn't execute. What was
[2:25:49] sent over was 200,000 turned
[2:25:52] into a $700,000 Project. What
[2:25:55] was in over the second time?
[2:25:56] That we fought for and believe
[2:25:59] that money is left over. We
[2:25:59] fall for it as a council, not
[2:26:01] not the psg counsel. We did
[2:26:04] led by my actions. It was say
[2:26:05] that it was not going to be
[2:26:05] done in this visit in this
[2:26:07] year. That's fun. We've got
[2:26:10] the money back. And now what
[2:26:11] the Finance Committee did was
[2:26:13] a sure that they have
[2:26:15] backfield. I just maneuvering
[2:26:15] numbers citing numbers by one
[2:26:18] percent. To get to that 3%
[2:26:21] that we got to last year. I
[2:26:24] think it's good legislation.
[2:26:27] And I think you and ask you to
[2:26:27] support them MR. Past
[2:26:28] PRESIDENT, we MISTER
[2:26:30] Councilmember lenient.
[2:26:31] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
[2:26:32] through the PRESIDENT's plus.
[2:26:32] I was not a committee last
[2:26:34] week. I thought I followed the
[2:26:35] amendment. Correct me if I'm
[2:26:38] wrong, we simply were not
[2:26:40] impacting the total budget
[2:26:41] dollar amount for the psg. We
[2:26:41] simply took one percent off
[2:26:46] the 3 categories and 3% now is
[2:26:48] category If it's Category d
[2:26:49] for whatever is this, the
[2:26:50] Micro Grant program will now
[2:26:51] be 3% of the total bucket of
[2:26:54] money. Is that correct?
[2:26:55] >> Through the council,
[2:26:56] PRESIDENT Council member land
[2:26:57] and yes, that is correct.
[2:26:59] Whatever the total
[2:26:59] appropriation is to the public
[2:27:00] service grant program in
[2:27:01] total, 3% of that would be for
[2:27:04] the micro Grant Thank you.
[2:27:08] >> Alright Councilmember l.
[2:27:09] Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT to
[2:27:10] the PRESIDENT. Is there anyone
[2:27:11] from grand second maybe speak
[2:27:11] to whether or not this is
[2:27:14] going to be? Onerous the
[2:27:14] grants office. And that's
[2:27:16] going to be something that
[2:27:17] he's going to be a problem
[2:27:20] with this new program. Not to
[2:27:21] mention psu didn't ask for it.
[2:27:22] I do kind of feel like I know
[2:27:23] that we have the right kind of
[2:27:24] jump in. But I still want to
[2:27:25] give them their there. We go
[2:27:28] ahead, please. If you don't
[2:27:29] mind is present. You know,
[2:27:29] we're still on the amendment
[2:27:33] to speak to the minute.
[2:27:34] >> Now grants and contract
[2:27:38] compliance division as a chief
[2:27:41] of grants. I am opposed to
[2:27:43] this amendment. The psu
[2:27:45] council members have clearly
[2:27:47] voice that they are opposed to
[2:27:48] this amendment. The reason
[2:27:50] that they did not include a
[2:27:52] Category d this year. We're
[2:27:55] for 2 reasons. One was because
[2:27:57] it was and continues to be
[2:27:59] their intention to implement
[2:28:01] the Michael Grant program
[2:28:02] because of the timeline
[2:28:05] involved for that and the
[2:28:08] delay of a few months, it will
[2:28:08] go into next year. So it is
[2:28:09] not something they intend to
[2:28:10] ask intended to ask for more
[2:28:13] money for next year. The
[2:28:15] second reason was because they
[2:28:20] did not want funds taken from
[2:28:21] psg COUNCILMAN Freemen. I had
[2:28:23] made a commitment to them that
[2:28:26] this would be 0 based as a
[2:28:27] Category d the 2 or 3 years
[2:28:28] that it was listed or created
[2:28:32] as a Category d and that
[2:28:33] funding would not be taken
[2:28:35] from the ps. The public
[2:28:35] service grant, unfortunately,
[2:28:36] that occurred in the fiscal
[2:28:39] year. We're in now the psc
[2:28:41] Council did not want that to
[2:28:42] occur again, which is why they
[2:28:46] made a conscious decision to
[2:28:46] eliminate that, that their
[2:28:47] intent was not to discontinue
[2:28:49] the Michael Grant program. I
[2:28:51] appreciate to the PRESIDENT.
[2:28:52] So my next question is, how
[2:28:53] much with some of these grants
[2:28:55] go for? What's what's the
[2:28:56] garden variety grand for Mike
[2:29:00] ramp up? Up through the chair
[2:29:01] Council incluso you referred
[2:29:03] to the Michael Grants are
[2:29:04] micrograms. Mike, the $20,000.
[2:29:06] So the 200,000 that we
[2:29:07] currently have will be 10
[2:29:09] grants. Maximum U.S. $20,000.
[2:29:11] Each they would be with small
[2:29:11] nonprofits, which take a
[2:29:14] considerable amount of time,
[2:29:15] probably double of the amount
[2:29:18] of time to manage. And that's
[2:29:18] a time as one, Minnesota, the
[2:29:19] body. It's my understanding
[2:29:20] that in week make sure
[2:29:23] recently that we had up.
[2:29:25] Amendment one of our prior
[2:29:26] grant saying that we wouldn't
[2:29:27] go beyond where we would only
[2:29:28] allow for grants up.
[2:29:32] >> At a minimum of $25,000 it
[2:29:33] was my this is my
[2:29:33] understanding that we want to
[2:29:34] make sure that we were going
[2:29:35] to overburden grants with a
[2:29:36] ton of smaller grants that are
[2:29:38] really hard to kind of a
[2:29:39] minister. And so I I believe
[2:29:40] that with a policy decision we
[2:29:42] made the past. It's my
[2:29:43] understanding that if this man
[2:29:45] is going to go through what's
[2:29:46] going to and over right, that
[2:29:47] policy decision that we made
[2:29:49] couple months ago it sounds to
[2:29:50] me like we should vote down
[2:29:52] this amendment. That's what's
[2:29:54] required or ask for them. I
[2:29:57] think the Bills finances.
[2:29:58] Thank you. Thank But recognize
[2:29:59] MISTER Populous to make sure
[2:29:59] that we are factual with our
[2:30:02] discussion.
[2:30:03] >> Through the PRESIDENT To
[2:30:05] council member, please. So I
[2:30:06] believe under the code
[2:30:07] provision that you're
[2:30:08] referring to with respect to
[2:30:10] the minimum of $25,000 was for
[2:30:11] direct appropriations. So that
[2:30:13] doesn't apply to the
[2:30:15] competitively grant Processees
[2:30:16] that are undertaken by psg in
[2:30:17] the other competitive grant
[2:30:20] programs.
[2:30:21] >> Thank you, MR. Papas for
[2:30:22] the clarity. Next. We have
[2:30:22] passed PRESIDENT Matt
[2:30:33] Carlucci. So be a lot a mutual
[2:30:38] understanding about this I
[2:30:39] have to tell you, when I first
[2:30:41] came back on the council 2019,
[2:30:42] us been lot of time with psg
[2:30:46] and I learned one thing. To
[2:30:47] follow the lead of the psg
[2:30:50] council. And if they don't,
[2:30:56] want this amendment. And they
[2:30:56] and they have built a
[2:30:58] consensus on that. Then I'm
[2:31:00] not going to support the
[2:31:02] amendment. I will support the
[2:31:04] direction that they want to
[2:31:05] go. And I think that's the way
[2:31:07] that we should go because they
[2:31:08] are the ones to deal with it.
[2:31:10] They're the ones that have to
[2:31:13] do. The money up and make the
[2:31:15] tough decisions. So I would
[2:31:19] urge you to follow direction.
[2:31:19] Psu grant and the council
[2:31:21] there in the committee. And I
[2:31:24] thank you for taking her
[2:31:25] advice. Thank you for coming
[2:31:28] up. Ensuring that with us.
[2:31:29] Reineck Smith councilmember
[2:31:35] areas. I think you MR.
[2:31:35] PRESIDENT. So this
[2:31:36] conversation came up during
[2:31:38] finance committee last week.
[2:31:39] Obviously.
[2:31:40] >> And here's my takeaway on
[2:31:42] this. When we had this
[2:31:42] conversation during actual
[2:31:46] budget process. We went into
[2:31:47] this fully funding psg,
[2:31:48] keeping at the same as last
[2:31:51] year. The difference was we
[2:31:53] pulled off 200,000 during
[2:31:54] budget hearings, specifically
[2:31:57] for Category b. We had this
[2:31:59] intention from the start. Now,
[2:32:03] I heard from figure on that.
[2:32:03] The intention was to get it
[2:32:05] done. But they couldn't get it
[2:32:07] done. We did our part. We're
[2:32:08] waiting on them to do their
[2:32:11] part. Simple as that. So
[2:32:12] there's nothing crazy
[2:32:13] happening here except for us.
[2:32:15] Just wanting what we committed
[2:32:17] to about 6, 7 months ago. The
[2:32:19] reason was amendment came
[2:32:20] about was because I said this
[2:32:21] is something that we promised
[2:32:22] our community, our city that
[2:32:25] will take care of Michael
[2:32:30] Grants $200,000. How and how
[2:32:31] does it take to fund $200,000
[2:32:32] and psg from 7.2 million
[2:32:34] dollars. Now I get it. It
[2:32:36] might be a little bit
[2:32:37] overbearing from that for the
[2:32:41] staffing point. Part of you.
[2:32:41] But you know, these $20,000 we
[2:32:44] did our part in the budget
[2:32:45] process. We pulled off
[2:32:45] $200,000 specifically for
[2:32:46] this. And now we're saying
[2:32:48] let's take it back. I want to
[2:32:49] say keep the amendment as it
[2:32:50] is. Let's both us up and move
[2:32:53] for next year. Thank you.
[2:32:54] Alright, Councilmember
[2:32:59] Diamond. I think press I was
[2:33:01] in the gap on this one. But
[2:33:02] this is ridiculous. I
[2:33:03] absolutely 100% ridiculous.
[2:33:04] It's job of the city council
[2:33:06] to write policy and decide
[2:33:07] what money we're going to
[2:33:07] spend, right? That's what city
[2:33:09] Council has punt.
[2:33:09] >> Right. Ministration say
[2:33:12] this is hard. Yeah. Like is
[2:33:13] hard. But the reason we have
[2:33:15] micro grants is because big
[2:33:17] nonprofits with big staff come
[2:33:18] in and the goblet Paul, the
[2:33:20] money and it's really hard for
[2:33:20] smaller groups to get it.
[2:33:21] That's the entire purpose
[2:33:23] behind the Michael Grants. I
[2:33:24] personally oppose the entire
[2:33:26] thing in voting against it
[2:33:28] because I think it's not the
[2:33:28] right use of city resources,
[2:33:31] but if you're going to do it
[2:33:32] and you all said you wanted to
[2:33:33] do it and passed a budget
[2:33:35] saying you're going to do it.
[2:33:35] They don't get this. Get up
[2:33:37] here in wine and say I don't
[2:33:38] want it. Sorry. That's the job
[2:33:43] you just do. It. All right.
[2:33:44] When you go back through
[2:33:45] speakers that are in the queue
[2:33:46] for the second time,
[2:33:47] Councilmember Freeman for the
[2:33:50] second time within 2 minutes.
[2:33:51] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
[2:33:53] one I want to say, I love dogs
[2:33:53] and so I will continue to
[2:33:56] support that, too. I would
[2:33:57] like to say to the body to one
[2:33:59] of my colleagues when they had
[2:33:59] a
[2:34:02] >> passion project with
[2:34:02] affordable housing and moneys
[2:34:05] and had somehow disappeared.
[2:34:05] How grateful they were that
[2:34:07] someone on this body help them
[2:34:13] find the money. I situation. I
[2:34:15] created this 200,000. It was
[2:34:16] supposed to be in. It was
[2:34:20] going to be an incubator. It
[2:34:21] turned into what was going to
[2:34:22] be 10 organizations at 20,000
[2:34:25] or 20 at 10, it turned into 8
[2:34:27] organizations over a four-year
[2:34:29] window and almost a half
[2:34:29] million dollars. That was not
[2:34:31] what we agreed to. This second
[2:34:33] tranche of money. Was going to
[2:34:36] do coating. They were going to
[2:34:38] a dashboard for the city and
[2:34:39] particularly the kids it and
[2:34:41] took a picture with the mayor
[2:34:42] standing right out there in
[2:34:44] Atrium. They say they were
[2:34:47] going to do it now. Does it
[2:34:48] have something to do with the
[2:34:49] 2% flat reduction from doge
[2:34:54] maybe? Does that 200,000
[2:34:55] somewhat recklessly add up to
[2:34:55] that gap that they would have
[2:34:59] to feel maybe. But does that
[2:34:59] mean that we should make the
[2:35:00] people suffer? No. So let me
[2:35:01] tell you the solution. I
[2:35:04] called Jason. I said, do you
[2:35:07] all have the capacity? But
[2:35:09] $200,000 out for small
[2:35:11] businesses and small business
[2:35:13] owners to do the work in the
[2:35:15] city. We know that small
[2:35:16] businesses are the backbone of
[2:35:17] every thriving state. 85%
[2:35:19] businesses over. And they said
[2:35:21] yes, without a doubt. So this
[2:35:24] money they're talking about.
[2:35:26] Instead of it waiting 5 or 6
[2:35:26] months with, they're going to
[2:35:27] get another 200,000 because of
[2:35:30] the great work of finance. But
[2:35:30] instead of waiting 5 or 6
[2:35:35] months. Jay cep said they'll
[2:35:35] have it done and work on the
[2:35:36] bill that forward is going to
[2:35:39] be done in this year. And this
[2:35:40] budget cycle. So I'll close. I
[2:35:42] ask to support it. It's very
[2:35:47] simple math here. All right.
[2:35:48] I'm not sure if my cue was
[2:35:48] cleared or of some of the
[2:35:49] members did not wish to speak
[2:35:50] for the second time.
[2:35:54] >> MR. Boyle in the began.
[2:35:55] Yes. Cue and where you are
[2:35:56] recognized for 2 minutes.
[2:35:59] Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT I let
[2:36:02] me be clear. Psu councils have
[2:36:04] re has every intention of
[2:36:04] supporting the Michael Grant
[2:36:08] program. This particular
[2:36:12] situation is that $200,000 had
[2:36:13] to programmed once they had to
[2:36:14] develop the program had to put
[2:36:17] it on pause. And so all
[2:36:18] they're asking as it in the
[2:36:19] coming year that we keep the
[2:36:24] entire 7.2 million. In the psg
[2:36:26] traditional programs, a b and
[2:36:29] c and then the subsequent year
[2:36:30] we'll gladly. Put it back in.
[2:36:33] Why? Because this money for
[2:36:33] this year, I'm going be
[2:36:34] introduced bill to carry it
[2:36:36] over into next year. So they
[2:36:40] are looking forward. 2 to
[2:36:40] managing and executing the
[2:36:43] Michael Grant program in the
[2:36:44] coming year. But just using
[2:36:45] this year's dollars to do it
[2:36:46] pure and simple, pure and
[2:36:48] simple. That's all it is by
[2:36:49] forcing another 3% on top of
[2:36:52] them to do that. Doubles. That
[2:36:54] number doubles that
[2:36:56] opportunity. So although
[2:36:56] saying, hey, we want to do
[2:36:57] this, give us one year to take
[2:37:01] care of this year's
[2:37:03] obligations. And then in the
[2:37:04] subsequent year, 27 28 to put
[2:37:06] the 3% back in at that point
[2:37:07] in time. That's all we're
[2:37:09] asking to do. If they don't,
[2:37:10] they want to do the program to
[2:37:12] work very hard for what, 30
[2:37:13] hours developing the criteria
[2:37:16] for this program. So there
[2:37:17] it's just investment in doing
[2:37:19] it is is there and they love
[2:37:20] the program. They just want to
[2:37:20] make sure they don't lose that
[2:37:24] $200,000 next year when find
[2:37:25] themselves in a similar
[2:37:25] situation there got look
[2:37:26] forward to carry over to the
[2:37:27] following year. Thank you, MR.
[2:37:32] PRESIDENT. All right. Thank
[2:37:33] you. Cues doing gymnastics
[2:37:35] over here. So okay, there back
[2:37:37] on. I'm going to hold on blues
[2:37:38] over the second time, I
[2:37:38] believe have 2 members. And
[2:37:40] for the first time.
[2:37:41] >> Councilmember Clark, Mary,
[2:37:42] followed by Dr Johnson. And
[2:37:43] then we'll go to MISTER Police
[2:37:46] over the second time. So 4
[2:37:48] minutes thank you. I I don't
[2:37:51] need like 3 minutes to us.
[2:37:53] Just trying to get some
[2:37:55] clarity. So I've understood of
[2:37:57] councilmember areas position.
[2:37:59] I understood what he explained
[2:38:00] which made a a lot of sense to
[2:38:01] me. And then Councilmember
[2:38:01] Freeman.
[2:38:04] >> Then I managed what
[2:38:05] councilmember Boylan said.
[2:38:07] Just confuse me a little bit
[2:38:09] there. So need a little bit
[2:38:12] more clarity. So you have 7.2
[2:38:14] million in the fun for psg.
[2:38:18] And you want to the amendment
[2:38:24] is to remove 200,000 from. To
[2:38:26] use 200,000 of psg dollars.
[2:38:27] Okay. Go ahead and help me
[2:38:29] then help me. Because I.
[2:38:30] Through the chair. She's going
[2:38:32] explain a little more. Thank
[2:38:33] you.
[2:38:33] >> Through the chair,
[2:38:36] COUNCILMAN Clark, Mary. The
[2:38:37] there's 2 things that are
[2:38:39] being confused. There's 2.
[2:38:42] Pots of $200,000. Okay.
[2:38:46] Current fiscal year 2026.
[2:38:48] They're already their request
[2:38:49] was 7.2 million that the
[2:38:50] administration put in the
[2:38:52] budget for public service
[2:38:54] grants during the finance
[2:38:55] hearings during the budget
[2:38:59] hearings. The council decided
[2:39:02] to take $200,000 from that and
[2:39:04] move it to Category d there
[2:39:05] was a Category d it was 0
[2:39:08] basic as it had always been 0
[2:39:08] based firm. The 3 years that
[2:39:11] he's been in existence. The
[2:39:15] amendment that is before you
[2:39:18] is for fiscal year 2027 with
[2:39:19] that. The proposal on the
[2:39:22] amendment is to do the same
[2:39:23] thing and basically carte one
[2:39:23] percent of each of the 3
[2:39:25] categories for public service
[2:39:26] grants. Whatever the
[2:39:27] administration brings forth
[2:39:28] and is approved for public
[2:39:32] service grants. 3% of that
[2:39:33] would be another pot of
[2:39:37] $200,000. So until if if the
[2:39:38] administration put some point
[2:39:40] to right now, we don't know
[2:39:41] what the administration would
[2:39:42] in case. So now we're talking
[2:39:44] about PRESIDENT Too. We're
[2:39:45] talking about this fiscal
[2:39:47] year, the next fiscal year.
[2:39:51] And then we're talking about
[2:39:52] and additional pot of money
[2:39:53] being moved from the previous
[2:39:57] from the next fiscal year.
[2:39:58] >> Being removed Chad to
[2:40:01] COUNCILMAN Clark Mary. So the
[2:40:03] there is no proposal in this
[2:40:04] amendment to move any money.
[2:40:05] The only thing that I'm aware
[2:40:09] of. Where money is being
[2:40:10] proposed to be moved. I
[2:40:12] believe I just saw that and I
[2:40:13] mentored item is introduced in
[2:40:18] your agenda towards the end.
[2:40:18] COUNCILMAN Freeman, it put in
[2:40:19] legislation filed legislation
[2:40:20] to take the 200,000 from
[2:40:24] fiscal year, 26 and give it to
[2:40:25] Jay said that's the only
[2:40:26] movement. But that has nothing
[2:40:27] to do with this amendment.
[2:40:27] This amendment is for fiscal
[2:40:30] year 2027. We're asking
[2:40:34] obviously that. There is no
[2:40:34] movement in the $200,000 we
[2:40:35] currently have because that is
[2:40:38] going to be utilized. Thank
[2:40:41] you. Thank you. All right.
[2:40:44] Thank you. I have heard a lot
[2:40:45] of such attar between everyone
[2:40:46] up here. So I'd like to take a
[2:40:47] point of personal privilege to
[2:40:48] recognize the auditor. Maybe
[2:40:49] you could straighten us out
[2:40:49] and
[2:40:51] >> are you following? Seems to
[2:40:57] be a lot of confusion.
[2:40:58] >> Through the PRESIDENT To
[2:40:59] the council. So this bill
[2:41:01] deals only with the requested
[2:41:05] funding for 26 27 budget. Its
[2:41:06] the allocation of percentage
[2:41:07] of whatever gets approved by
[2:41:09] council submitted by the
[2:41:11] mayor. That would allocate
[2:41:12] that funding on a percentage
[2:41:15] basis to the fore categories.
[2:41:16] That's all that this bill
[2:41:19] does. The 200,000 that's in
[2:41:19] this year's bill as it is
[2:41:20] actually totally different
[2:41:24] discussion on another issue
[2:41:26] related to the 25 26 funding.
[2:41:27] But this bill forward looking
[2:41:29] to next budget. Thanks for the
[2:41:30] clarification. Dr Johnson for
[2:41:35] the first time. Thank you, MR.
[2:41:37] PRESIDENT Councilmember Clark
[2:41:38] Murray. I too, am a little bit
[2:41:39] confusing concern because it's
[2:41:40] like all this hyperbole all
[2:41:41] over the place. Let me through
[2:41:42] the PRESIDENT Too.
[2:41:45] >> Council Boylan, why are you
[2:41:46] doing? You said you just said
[2:41:46] i've got it down that you are
[2:41:50] going to introduce a bill to
[2:41:51] carry over funds to the next
[2:41:55] fiscal year. But why weren't
[2:41:57] they spent or why will not be
[2:41:58] spent while you need to do
[2:41:58] that. That's what's a little
[2:41:59] confusing for me with this
[2:42:01] process because I'd certainly
[2:42:02] understand what comes from.
[2:42:04] The Freeman was saying about
[2:42:05] why this was instituted night.
[2:42:06] We started this conversation
[2:42:07] when I was on the rules
[2:42:13] Committee. Yes, you can spot.
[2:42:14] Thank you to the CHAIRMAN's
[2:42:17] Council member Johnson.
[2:42:18] >> The rationale was that it
[2:42:20] took about 6, 5, 6, months for
[2:42:20] the psg council to come up
[2:42:23] with the criteria for the
[2:42:24] Micro Grant program. It was a
[2:42:26] brand new program. They took a
[2:42:27] lot of time to vet it to make
[2:42:29] a determination as to what to
[2:42:31] do at the point in time they
[2:42:32] were ready to kick off the
[2:42:32] program administration, ask
[2:42:36] them to pause it because of
[2:42:36] the cbn, other
[2:42:40] responsibilities that the hat.
[2:42:41] My goal is ultimately is to
[2:42:45] take the $200,000. Keep it
[2:42:46] where it is and carry over the
[2:42:48] use of it until next fiscal
[2:42:50] year. That's why I don't see
[2:42:51] the need for the 3% next. It
[2:42:53] next fiscal year's budget
[2:42:54] because they're going to be
[2:42:58] using this year's money and in
[2:43:00] the implementation of that
[2:43:01] program and next year, I think
[2:43:02] that helps councilmember it
[2:43:03] does. And that again, brings
[2:43:04] up more questions because
[2:43:09] >> the intent was to help
[2:43:10] smaller nonprofits. Then there
[2:43:11] should be if this money is
[2:43:12] gonna be carried over, there
[2:43:13] should still be additional
[2:43:14] funds for next year. You don't
[2:43:17] just put the money that for
[2:43:18] this year. All well, we're not
[2:43:19] going to give to it. We're
[2:43:19] going to give that money for
[2:43:20] next year. That's not what
[2:43:21] we're doing. We're not doing
[2:43:21] that. The question I have
[2:43:26] through the PRESIDENT To the
[2:43:27] West Department, could you
[2:43:28] give them help me understand
[2:43:29] why it took 6 months to
[2:43:30] develop this criteria. That's
[2:43:35] a major problem for me. Do the
[2:43:38] chair, MR. PRESIDENT to
[2:43:39] COUNCILMAN Johnson.
[2:43:40] >> The mvp committee of the
[2:43:44] Public Service Grants Council.
[2:43:44] Spent considerable amount of
[2:43:46] time to make sure that they do
[2:43:48] this right. This was actually
[2:43:51] modeled initially obviously
[2:43:52] COUNCILMAN Freemen. Had the
[2:43:53] idea and the 10 grand to
[2:43:54] 20,000. So there were
[2:43:57] definitely elements there that
[2:43:58] were kept. However, this
[2:44:00] particular program that the
[2:44:01] public Service Grant Council
[2:44:04] adopted and created was
[2:44:06] modeled after the safety and
[2:44:08] crime reduction safety in
[2:44:11] crime reduction. As you are
[2:44:13] aware, had some areas where
[2:44:15] they're needed to be
[2:44:15] considerable improvement to be
[2:44:17] able to help the small
[2:44:18] nonprofits. So they took their
[2:44:21] time to make sure they
[2:44:22] understood where there were
[2:44:23] some areas that needed to be
[2:44:24] approved to make sure that
[2:44:29] this cover that they the week
[2:44:30] that the cba issue was
[2:44:34] transferred to us was actually
[2:44:34] the week that COUNCILMAN
[2:44:37] Boylan was actively working dc
[2:44:40] to drop the legislation
[2:44:41] because the approved 200,000
[2:44:45] did not. Have the criteria
[2:44:46] that would align with what the
[2:44:49] psu Council did in same
[2:44:50] resource. That is what's going
[2:44:52] to manage the Michael Grant
[2:44:53] program is the same resource
[2:44:56] that I had to basically pull
[2:44:57] to do. Cba work right now.
[2:44:59] MADAM Chief, with all due
[2:44:59] respect to the PRESIDENT, I
[2:45:00] also have to walk and chew gum
[2:45:01] at the same time. I get it. We
[2:45:03] need to be able to do multiple
[2:45:03] things. I know I have to
[2:45:05] juggle many balls.
[2:45:06] >> With what we do here on
[2:45:07] this council, I don't think
[2:45:10] that's a valid point. And it
[2:45:12] should not have taken 6
[2:45:14] months. If I had done that.
[2:45:15] That's why when I walked to
[2:45:15] the safety and crime
[2:45:16] reduction, I had to make some
[2:45:17] changes, which is why we ended
[2:45:19] up sun setting it. So that
[2:45:21] could be proper. But we
[2:45:21] learned from that lesson and
[2:45:22] that should have been pared
[2:45:25] down to move things forward. I
[2:45:26] have one final question
[2:45:26] running up on time, MR.
[2:45:27] PRESIDENT, please, if you'll
[2:45:31] indulge me, I need to know if
[2:45:32] this and this I'm assuming
[2:45:32] maybe to the auditor, if this
[2:45:34] amendment is voted up, does
[2:45:37] that mean that the psg will
[2:45:39] get the funds from this year
[2:45:41] and next year. And then if
[2:45:44] it's voted down, does that
[2:45:46] mean they will only get the
[2:45:48] funds this you can you help me
[2:45:49] understand that. And I let him
[2:45:50] answer the question. But yes,
[2:45:51] thank you. Time. Go ahead. The
[2:45:54] question for him, if you would
[2:45:55] through the PRESIDENT To
[2:45:55] Councilmember Johnson, if this
[2:45:58] amendment is voted up.
[2:46:01] >> All that it does is lay out
[2:46:02] the percentages for funding.
[2:46:04] That is part of the 26 27
[2:46:06] budget. If this amendment is
[2:46:08] voted down, it just lays out
[2:46:09] the percentages for the 26 27
[2:46:13] budget. The funding already is
[2:46:19] at psg for 25. 26. All right.
[2:46:20] Thank you. I think I have one
[2:46:21] here. That is a first timer,
[2:46:22] Dr Salem past PRESIDENT. And
[2:46:26] you're recognized.
[2:46:27] >> Was that very quietly on my
[2:46:33] birthday? I can't do it
[2:46:36] anymore. Because I've heard
[2:46:38] some things that bothered me.
[2:46:42] We are the policy by. We are
[2:46:47] the policy body. We in in the
[2:46:48] budget process put $200,000
[2:46:55] into this program. It bothers
[2:46:58] me that the administration has
[2:46:59] decided because of the cba as
[2:46:59] we're going to pull these
[2:47:03] people over.
[2:47:04] >> And they've slow walked his
[2:47:07] $200,000 program. If we let
[2:47:12] this happen, what's next? What
[2:47:17] is next? Where they decide?
[2:47:18] The finance Committee the
[2:47:20] Council voted on this, but we
[2:47:24] don't particularly like it. So
[2:47:25] we're not gonna put staff to
[2:47:30] make that happen so be it.
[2:47:33] That's a bad precedent. It's a
[2:47:37] terrible precedent. For those
[2:47:40] reasons. And I agree with my
[2:47:41] colleague Dr Johnson. He is
[2:47:44] right on this one. I don't
[2:47:45] always say that, but he is
[2:47:46] right on this one. We need to
[2:47:50] vote up this amendment and
[2:47:51] move forward with this and I
[2:47:54] hope we can do it soon. Thank
[2:47:55] you.
[2:47:56] >> All right. We're back to
[2:47:57] second time. Councilmember for
[2:47:58] the second time. 2 minutes.
[2:47:59] Thank you. As PRESIDENT. I
[2:48:03] mean, I think I'm a little
[2:48:03] flabbergasted by some of this.
[2:48:06] We have a chief department
[2:48:07] coming up telling us the
[2:48:09] difficulties of this program.
[2:48:11] If we had the sheriff here. If
[2:48:14] we had the fire chief here. If
[2:48:15] we had anyone like that come
[2:48:17] in here and say, guys, don't
[2:48:20] the means to this. The means
[2:48:24] to do this. We would we would
[2:48:24] recognize that and say, all
[2:48:25] right. Well, we as a policy
[2:48:26] body need to make sure that we
[2:48:28] are aligning correctly with
[2:48:28] what senior leadership is
[2:48:33] asking It's not a crazy thing.
[2:48:34] I'll tell you, I would love to
[2:48:36] see this program move forward.
[2:48:37] It sounds it's going to any
[2:48:40] way in the future, regardless.
[2:48:41] But yes, the cba is going to
[2:48:43] add a massive burden on the
[2:48:44] grants department. And I want
[2:48:45] to make sure that the cba is
[2:48:48] very, very successful because
[2:48:49] I'm very concerned that with
[2:48:50] the being now in better within
[2:48:51] the city, it's going to be
[2:48:53] very onerous on our staff.
[2:48:55] Let's make sure we are doing
[2:48:57] this correctly. And yes, I
[2:48:58] understand that the $25,000
[2:48:58] limit was from direct
[2:48:59] appropriations for the
[2:49:01] process. But I think that the
[2:49:02] intention based on
[2:49:04] conversations during that time
[2:49:05] was that the grants Department
[2:49:07] cannot handle smaller grants.
[2:49:10] Now we're asking to do that.
[2:49:12] Just seems odd to me. It seems
[2:49:13] like we're backpedaling on
[2:49:13] policy decisions that in the
[2:49:16] past. I'm just like the end of
[2:49:19] the day. You know, I want to
[2:49:20] make sure that these things
[2:49:23] and get executed executed.
[2:49:24] Correctly and fairly. We've
[2:49:26] seen the oig go after some of
[2:49:26] these small dollar grants in
[2:49:28] the past. Right? We've seen
[2:49:30] accountability issues. A
[2:49:31] distrust. Our staff trust your
[2:49:38] staff. But this down. All
[2:49:39] right. For the first time
[2:49:40] Councilmember Morrow joining
[2:49:45] the party. I'd like to call
[2:49:49] the question, Right? Questions
[2:49:52] been called worse on the
[2:49:53] Amendment. Chemical questions,
[2:49:53] amendments began all in favor.
[2:49:54] Common question signify by are
[2:50:05] ok, 30 ends up.
[2:50:07] >> All right. The questions
[2:50:08] been called now by a hand vote
[2:50:09] on favor of the amendment.
[2:50:19] Raise your hand. The amendment
[2:50:22] passes the bill as amended,
[2:50:23] got a motion second on the
[2:50:25] bill as amended can clear out
[2:50:26] the queue. See if anyone still
[2:50:30] wishes to chime Now was q a
[2:50:45] about a quarter vote.
[2:50:51] >> 16 yeas, one nay. One
[2:50:51] abstention.
[2:50:54] >> actually approved 2026 Dash
[2:50:55] 0, 1, Desmond.
[2:50:58] >> 6, 6, 2026, 1, 3, move the
[2:50:59] amendment.
[2:50:59] >> Got a motion second on the
[2:51:01] amendment. That snow in the
[2:51:02] queue. Well the amendment
[2:51:04] signify by saying Aye, aye,
[2:51:05] any opposed say nay. The
[2:51:06] amendment cares. I moved the
[2:51:09] bill as amended and a motion
[2:51:10] and second on the bill as
[2:51:11] amended councilmember thank
[2:51:15] you, MR. PRESIDENT, I stand in
[2:51:16] opposition to this bill. Not
[2:51:17] because I think that it's a
[2:51:19] bad bill overall, but I just.
[2:51:20] >> We want to make sure that
[2:51:20] we're walking hand-in-hand
[2:51:22] with the hrc, right? We want
[2:51:25] to make sure that. Like I
[2:51:26] understand the intention of
[2:51:26] this to make sure that dollars
[2:51:28] are being counted for
[2:51:29] correctly. I think we should
[2:51:31] make sure we have an
[2:51:32] appropriate process for how
[2:51:33] the hrc spends dollars and how
[2:51:33] it comes to us. So I prefer
[2:51:36] that we just so down and
[2:51:38] create a new process entirely
[2:51:39] but saying anything over
[2:51:40] $100,000 things come to us. I
[2:51:41] think it's just going to open
[2:51:42] up the door for some some
[2:51:46] crazy number. Number, pushing.
[2:51:50] I prefer we. We look at the
[2:51:51] process or how they got
[2:51:53] dollars spent dollars and come
[2:51:54] to us. That makes more sense
[2:51:55] to me than just sort of adding
[2:51:56] this $100,000 hoop to jump
[2:51:59] over. I think the process
[2:52:00] needs fixing more than just
[2:52:02] this extra criteria. So I am
[2:52:05] voting it now. But down.
[2:52:06] However, I understand the
[2:52:07] intention and I and I respect
[2:52:09] it. Think there's more to
[2:52:10] Thank you. All right. Thank
[2:52:10] you. Councilmember areas
[2:52:15] recognized. MR. PRESIDENT, I'm
[2:52:16] sorry, MISTER Produce about. I
[2:52:16] actually got to go against you
[2:52:18] on this one because I think
[2:52:20] this is critical for us as a
[2:52:21] as a body to understand why
[2:52:22] checks he's doing. A lot of us
[2:52:25] still have the pleasure.
[2:52:25] >> To be the a's on like you
[2:52:27] are. I've attended a few of
[2:52:28] the meetings, but, you know,
[2:52:29] they they're doing great work.
[2:52:30] And this bill by it, I think,
[2:52:32] is a great deal because not
[2:52:33] only does it protect taxpayer
[2:52:36] dollars, but also 8. Brings a
[2:52:36] lot of awareness to all of us
[2:52:39] as to what they're doing. I
[2:52:40] met with the administration
[2:52:41] today as to how plan on using
[2:52:43] those daughters in the near
[2:52:45] future deputy and on board for
[2:52:46] that. So I think once again,
[2:52:47] this is just a great bonus.
[2:52:47] Many just educate Nothing
[2:52:49] really wrong with this bill
[2:52:50] and are you guys supported?
[2:52:52] Thank you. Alright
[2:52:53] Councilmember Joe Carlucci.
[2:52:55] All right. Thank you, MR.
[2:52:56] PRESIDENT. Yeah, it was a
[2:52:58] support. The bill. I mean, I I
[2:52:59] don't think we really know
[2:53:00] what the process looks like at
[2:53:01] this point because we haven't
[2:53:05] got anything from the ajc. So
[2:53:06] I think $100,000 a reasonable
[2:53:07] number. And look, if it needs
[2:53:09] to move up or down, I think
[2:53:10] will will cross that bridge
[2:53:13] when we get to it. But for
[2:53:14] now, I think 100,000 is sort
[2:53:15] of a reasonable number.
[2:53:16] Anything above that. I think
[2:53:17] this council would kind of
[2:53:20] want oversight on that type of
[2:53:21] figure. So for now, I'm
[2:53:22] supportive of it, but I'm also
[2:53:23] open in the future. There's a
[2:53:24] process change needs to
[2:53:26] happen. So thank you, MR.
[2:53:27] PRESIDENT. All right. Thank
[2:53:28] you. No one else is in the
[2:53:29] queue. Let's open about a
[2:53:44] recorded vote.
[2:53:50] >> 16 yeas, 2 nays.
[2:53:51] >> By your action. You approve
[2:53:52] Twenty-twenty 6 Dash 0, 1, 3,
[2:53:53] Go ahead and pass the chair
[2:53:54] over to the vice PRESIDENT For
[2:53:57] the next bill.
[2:53:58] >> I was 6, 7, 2026 1.42
[2:54:00] Council vice PRESIDENT. Please
[2:54:00] recognize the council
[2:54:01] PRESIDENT, MISTER PRESIDENT.
[2:54:06] You're recognized.
[2:54:06] >> Thank you, MISTER. Vice
[2:54:08] PRESIDENT. I rise simply out
[2:54:08] of an abundance of caution to
[2:54:10] abstain on this piece of
[2:54:12] legislation. It doesn't
[2:54:14] directly affect my
[2:54:15] organization. I work for, but
[2:54:15] I do work for the boys. Girls
[2:54:16] clubs of Northeast Florida. We
[2:54:19] have in the past been awarded
[2:54:20] dollars to Opioid Grant
[2:54:23] Prevention program. So just
[2:54:24] one staying out of caution,
[2:54:26] just so my vote doesn't in any
[2:54:27] way, shape or form affect any
[2:54:28] of these dollars that MAY end
[2:54:29] up with my organization. Thank
[2:54:31] you. I move the amendment.
[2:54:32] >> We have a motion a second
[2:54:35] on the amendment. See, nobody
[2:54:36] in the queue will take this
[2:54:37] vote verbally on favor
[2:54:40] indicate by saying Aye, aye,
[2:54:40] all again saying No. The
[2:54:42] amendment passes the bill as
[2:54:43] amended. We have a motion and
[2:54:46] second on the bill as amended,
[2:54:46] no one's in the queue open
[2:54:59] about a quarter vote.
[2:55:03] >> 17 yeas, one abstention.
[2:55:04] Are actually approved 2026
[2:55:05] Dash, 0, 1, 4, to thank you,
[2:55:06] MR. Vice PRESIDENT For the
[2:55:07] pinch. It.
[2:55:10] >> I'm 68 2026. 01:43am. Of
[2:55:11] the amendment.
[2:55:12] >> Motion. Second on the
[2:55:13] amendment all in favor. The
[2:55:14] amendment signify by saying
[2:55:15] Aye, aye, any opposed saying
[2:55:18] the Medicare's month motion
[2:55:19] second on the bill as amended
[2:55:19] unknowns in the queue. Please
[2:55:29] open about record. Your vote.
[2:55:31] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:55:34] >> By your action, you've
[2:55:37] approved 2026 Dash, 0, 1, 4,
[2:55:40] 3, 6, 9, 2026. Of the bill.
[2:55:42] Got a motion and second on the
[2:55:43] bill, no one is an acute was
[2:55:53] open about a quarter vote.
[2:55:56] >> 16 yeas, 2 nays.
[2:55:57] >> I actually approved 2026
[2:56:01] Dash 0, 1, 4, 4, Item, 70, a
[2:56:02] big birthday milestone. 2026.
[2:56:07] One. 45 a move. The amendment.
[2:56:08] We've got a motion and second
[2:56:10] on the amendment all in favor
[2:56:11] the minute signify by saying
[2:56:12] Aye, aye, any opposed, say
[2:56:13] nay. Medicare's with the bill
[2:56:15] as amended motion. Second on
[2:56:16] the bill as amended is known,
[2:56:17] q, please Open about records
[2:56:26] about.
[2:56:28] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:56:29] >> I actually approved 2026
[2:56:32] Dash 0, 1, 4, 5, 71 26 win. 49
[2:56:34] move the amendment. Got a
[2:56:36] motion second on the amendment
[2:56:37] on favor the amendment signify
[2:56:41] by saying Aye aye, any opposed
[2:56:41] say nay them in the cares the
[2:56:42] last minute got motion second
[2:56:44] on the bill as amended now
[2:56:45] wasn't pleased about a quarter
[2:56:57] vote. 18 yeas, 0 nays. Fire
[2:57:00] actually approved 2026 Dash 0,
[2:57:01] 1, 4, 9,
[2:57:02] >> 72 2026. 1.50 I move the
[2:57:06] Rules Amendment.
[2:57:06] >> Motion and second on the
[2:57:08] amendment. No one's in the
[2:57:10] coup on favor the amendment
[2:57:11] signify by saying Aye aye any
[2:57:12] opposed, say nay them cares.
[2:57:16] >> The book moved the bill as
[2:57:17] amended. Got a motion second
[2:57:18] on the bill as amended that
[2:57:19] was in the queue. Please up in
[2:57:20] about a quarter vote.
[2:57:21] Councilmember. Plus, you're
[2:57:23] recognized.
[2:57:24] >> Thank you, MISTER
[2:57:26] PRESIDENT. Very excited for
[2:57:27] this bill. Very happy to see
[2:57:28] it for housing incredibly
[2:57:31] important to me. And 2, vast
[2:57:31] majority of voters in our
[2:57:35] city. I was ranked number one
[2:57:36] by Unf poll housing's. The
[2:57:36] number one issue. We know
[2:57:38] that. Is a 5 million dollar
[2:57:43] loan. Very excited. Believe
[2:57:44] this is the right thing to do.
[2:57:46] A 5 million dollars. However,
[2:57:48] lest we forget. There was an
[2:57:53] option for this body. To look
[2:57:54] at doing a 10 million dollar
[2:57:55] loan again, not a grandpa. The
[2:57:58] lone and having it matched by
[2:57:59] 30 million dollars in private
[2:58:01] funds. 40 million dollar
[2:58:03] affordable housing trust. For
[2:58:06] an extra 5 million dollars. We
[2:58:08] could have gotten access to an
[2:58:10] additional 30 million in
[2:58:11] private funds to help make
[2:58:12] sure that we are addressing
[2:58:12] the number one issue in our
[2:58:14] city. Very happy for this
[2:58:17] bill. Very grateful for this
[2:58:21] bill. 240 units, great. Still
[2:58:22] at the end of the day, a drop
[2:58:22] in the bucket and what we
[2:58:23] could have done with
[2:58:25] 40 Million. Coogan thousands
[2:58:28] upon thousands. So just making
[2:58:29] sure that that's put out there
[2:58:31] that had we just done another
[2:58:32] 5, we could have found
[2:58:33] ourselves in a great position.
[2:58:35] But instead we allowed.
[2:58:40] Something got in the way. And
[2:58:40] so just making that known of
[2:58:41] housing is really as
[2:58:41] important. We think it is.
[2:58:42] Let's make sure we're doing
[2:58:43] more and more investments in
[2:58:45] that. Thank you. Council. Vice
[2:58:49] PRESIDENT Recognized thank
[2:58:50] you, MR. PRESIDENT, I just
[2:58:50] want to thank everybody for
[2:58:52] their support of this bill
[2:58:52] during the committee process
[2:58:54] and in advance for your yes
[2:58:56] vote tonight. This is a
[2:58:57] fiscally responsible, low
[2:58:58] interest rate low, meaning
[2:58:59] we're going to get the money
[2:59:02] back here on this. This will
[2:59:02] provide and deliver 240
[2:59:05] affordable housing units.
[2:59:06] >> On Beach Boulevard near the
[2:59:08] town center, a place that it's
[2:59:09] sorely needed. Most
[2:59:09] importantly, this is
[2:59:11] opportunity for those who
[2:59:14] serve us police teachers,
[2:59:16] firefighters to live in the
[2:59:16] communities that they serve.
[2:59:17] And what's special about this
[2:59:19] one is it's very much like
[2:59:20] Madison Palms. Anyone you've
[2:59:21] seen that development knows
[2:59:22] how impressive that
[2:59:23] development is. Also a low
[2:59:24] interest rate loan. This is a
[2:59:26] proven process. It's a proven
[2:59:27] developer. Proud to support
[2:59:31] it. Thanks.
[2:59:31] >> Already there's no one else
[2:59:32] in the queue. So what's up
[2:59:45] with about records about?
[2:59:48] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:59:49] >> By Rick, you approved 2026
[2:59:54] Dash, 0, 1, 5, 0, I'm sending
[2:59:54] 3 2026. 1.51, MR. PRESIDENT,
[2:59:55] please recognize COUNCILWOMAN
[2:59:56] Pittman.
[2:59:56] >> COUNCILWOMAN Pittman,
[3:00:00] you're recognized. The chair.
[3:00:04] I'd like to stand and and
[3:00:05] oppose mean opposed abstain
[3:00:07] from this bill because the
[3:00:11] Clara White Mission will. For
[3:00:14] funding for this. Thank you.
[3:00:15] All right. Thank you very
[3:00:15] much. Got a motion second on
[3:00:19] the amendment. Amendment. So
[3:00:20] all of your the amendment
[3:00:25] signify by saying Aye, aye,
[3:00:25] opposed, say nay. The
[3:00:25] amendment carries bill as
[3:00:25] amended motion and second on
[3:00:25] the bill as amended
[3:00:27] Councilmember Boylan, you're
[3:00:28] recognized. Thank you, MR.
[3:00:29] PRESIDENT most heart attack
[3:00:34] when that man. Opposed appears
[3:00:37] gi Bill, I thank you for those
[3:00:38] Councilmembers who sat in a
[3:00:40] couple noticed We had.
[3:00:40] >> This really is a
[3:00:44] continuation and bringing
[3:00:48] greater credibility to the psu
[3:00:49] process. Well, working with
[3:00:51] the public Service Grant
[3:00:52] Council and the staff over
[3:00:56] there and just she tightening
[3:00:57] up of requirements to get this
[3:00:58] done. So I do appreciate your
[3:00:59] support of that today. Thank
[3:01:03] you. All right. Thank you.
[3:01:04] There's no one else in the
[3:01:04] queue. So let's open the
[3:01:19] Ballon record votes.
[3:01:31] >> 17 yeas, one abstention.
[3:01:31] >> actually approved 2026
[3:01:35] dash, 1, 5, 1, PRESIDENT Now
[3:01:36] time for second reading, MR.
[3:01:37] Till me, please read the
[3:01:40] Bills.
[3:01:45] >> 2026 1.91 one, 90 to one,
[3:01:49] 97 to 0 to 203, to 0 for 205,
[3:01:52] to 0, 6, 2026. 1. 64 1 65 one.
[3:01:56] 66 1.67 one. 68 one. 69 1.70
[3:01:57] U.S. Press. And we have one
[3:01:59] public participation carte
[3:02:00] items. 75 2026? 1.92 John.
[3:02:01] Supports does not wish to
[3:02:05] speak. All right. Thank you.
[3:02:05] We also have one action item,
[3:02:07] 2026, 1, 9, 7, I move the
[3:02:11] amendment.
[3:02:13] >> And a motion and second on
[3:02:16] the amendment on favor the
[3:02:16] amendment signify by saying
[3:02:17] Aye, aye oppose, say nay. The
[3:02:19] amendment carries and now call
[3:02:23] on Doctor Johnson.
[3:02:24] >> Just briefly, I wanted to
[3:02:26] make sure that we recognize
[3:02:27] PRESIDENT Wants history month.
[3:02:30] I think this is important. I
[3:02:31] was as a non woman. I wanted
[3:02:35] to make sure that we honor the
[3:02:36] women in our community as
[3:02:37] you'll see in the resolution.
[3:02:38] I was very intentional, but
[3:02:39] I'm so thankful to all of all
[3:02:41] of the women who have
[3:02:43] contributed to making
[3:02:44] Jacksonville better and who
[3:02:45] shoulders upon which we all
[3:02:47] stand. So to all of the ladies
[3:02:48] that are watching in the
[3:02:49] audience, never well. Thank
[3:02:50] you for the work you do to
[3:02:51] make our fabric of our
[3:02:51] community, which are Happy
[3:02:52] Women's History Month. Thank
[3:02:55] you to the bill as amended.
[3:02:56] Got a motion second on the
[3:02:57] bill as amended councilmember
[3:03:05] Colucci.
[3:03:09] >> Council Amendment place.
[3:03:10] Second. All right. Motion
[3:03:11] second on a council amendment
[3:03:13] all in favor. Councilmember
[3:03:15] signify by saying Aye, aye,
[3:03:16] any opposed saying COUNCILMAN
[3:03:17] Passes moved. The bill is
[3:03:19] twice amended motion. Second
[3:03:21] on the bill has twice amended.
[3:03:21] Please open about a quarter
[3:03:36] vote.
[3:03:51] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:03:51] >> But actually approved 2026
[3:03:55] Dash 0, 1, 9, 7, colleagues
[3:03:58] are not going to go to page.
[3:03:58] 36 item. 92 2026 era t to know
[3:04:02] and I move the emergency.
[3:04:05] >> Motion. Second on the
[3:04:06] emergency.
[3:04:07] >> All in favor the merge.
[3:04:08] They signify by saying Aye
[3:04:09] aye. Any opposed say nay Versa
[3:04:10] Cares. Council PRESIDENT,
[3:04:12] please recognize Councilmember
[3:04:13] Johnson.
[3:04:13] >> Councilmember Johnson,
[3:04:18] you're recognized. Thank you,
[3:04:19] MR. PRESIDENT, I rise to first
[3:04:21] and foremost, I was beat to
[3:04:21] the bill later, but to propose
[3:04:23] floor amendment, you should
[3:04:24] all.
[3:04:25] >> I received it. So I moved
[3:04:29] this Florida Amendment. And it
[3:04:30] is because unfortunately,
[3:04:31] speak to in just a moment, MR.
[3:04:32] Sweeting passed away after
[3:04:35] this was introduced. All
[3:04:38] right. As to the Floor
[3:04:38] Amendment on favor floor
[3:04:39] amendment signify by saying
[3:04:40] Aye aye, any opposed say nay
[3:04:41] to floor amendment passes.
[3:04:42] Councilmember Matt Carlucci,
[3:04:45] you're recognized.
[3:04:46] >> COUNCILMAN Or speak to the
[3:04:52] Floor amendment. All right. No
[3:04:56] one else is in the queue. I'd
[3:04:57] like move a council member.
[3:05:00] Can someone can do that? Yes.
[3:05:02] Alright, motion and second on
[3:05:03] the Council Amendment all in
[3:05:03] favor of COUNCILMAN Zeke
[3:05:04] saying Aye. Aye. Any opposed
[3:05:07] say nay commitment.
[3:05:08] >> bill has an emergency has
[3:05:11] twice a month. Oh, We got a
[3:05:12] motion. Second on the bill has
[3:05:12] twice amended to bill sponsor,
[3:05:17] Dr Johnson. Thank you, MR.
[3:05:18] PRESIDENT colleagues, I rise
[3:05:18] tonight to speak about a man
[3:05:21] and honor a voice.
[3:05:22] >> a voice that in living
[3:05:24] rooms across our city not was
[3:05:25] spectacle, but with truth,
[3:05:27] robs weeding was amazing man.
[3:05:31] And when I put this in, I ran
[3:05:33] into his sign downtown. We all
[3:05:33] know it's sunny and dear
[3:05:36] friend of ours and I said,
[3:05:37] How's your dad? And I looked
[3:05:37] at him in his eyes, just
[3:05:40] watered up. And he told me is
[3:05:43] that was in hospice. And I
[3:05:45] hadn't seen probably year to
[3:05:45] have you been living in
[3:05:47] Atlanta for those that don't
[3:05:48] know. Rob was also a crack
[3:05:49] actor for lack of a better
[3:05:50] term. And if you look closely
[3:05:53] at the new coming to America
[3:05:55] in the coming to America, 2,
[3:05:56] Rob was an extra in the
[3:05:59] waiting scene in that movie.
[3:06:00] So he didn't get far away from
[3:06:02] tv as he walked away from tv.
[3:06:04] But he's just a great guy. I
[3:06:06] know for me when I started as
[3:06:07] a young guy and I wanted to be
[3:06:11] an anchor and reporter and I
[3:06:12] was meant toward by Rob
[3:06:14] Sweeting and Joyce Morgan and
[3:06:14] and others who has this little
[3:06:15] kid running around what
[3:06:16] following behind them. I
[3:06:19] created a career because of
[3:06:20] who I saw in during my career.
[3:06:22] Any time that I picked up the
[3:06:24] phone to call Ken or Joyce,
[3:06:26] most importantly robbed as
[3:06:29] well. They picked up the phone
[3:06:29] and he listened and said this
[3:06:30] is what you do have been
[3:06:31] there. Here's how you move.
[3:06:34] It. He certainly is someone
[3:06:35] that this community can look
[3:06:38] to as as a truth teller and
[3:06:38] even on his way out as
[3:06:41] transition that sat with him a
[3:06:43] few times. The squeeze my
[3:06:44] hand. When I started to say
[3:06:44] names and talk to people,
[3:06:46] opened his eyes and he felt it
[3:06:48] and he felt the love. So
[3:06:49] tonight I'm so honored that we
[3:06:50] can put this resolution for to
[3:06:52] honor somebody who spent his
[3:06:55] life telling stories to make
[3:06:56] Jacksonville better and we
[3:06:57] will forever remember the
[3:06:57] legacy of this guy who was
[3:07:00] actually the pioneer the first
[3:07:01] morning show that we ever saw
[3:07:02] in Duval County, Rob's
[3:07:06] Sweeting rest. Well, sir.
[3:07:06] Thank you, Johnson, that
[3:07:07] PRESIDENT Carly, Jerry, you
[3:07:11] still on for this.
[3:07:12] >> No, MR. Morrow you are on
[3:07:14] and they are off for you.
[3:07:14] Okay. COUNCILWOMAN Pittman,
[3:07:18] you're recognized. The queen
[3:07:19] of the Council Amendment. So
[3:07:23] we're all on. All right. Thank
[3:07:24] you for that. Dutch Johnson
[3:07:25] and will open up the ballot
[3:07:39] record a vote.
[3:07:45] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays by actually
[3:07:46] approved 2026 Dash 0, 2, 2, 9,
[3:07:49] as emergency us twice amended.
[3:07:50] >> Council PRESIDENT Are not
[3:07:51] going to go to page 46 with
[3:07:54] the Addenda. My done them.
[3:07:56] >> Motion second on the all in
[3:07:57] favor. Signify by saying Aye.
[3:08:00] Aye opposed, say Nay did has
[3:08:00] been moved.
[3:08:01] >> Council PRESIDENT, we are
[3:08:02] done with all official
[3:08:03] business and ready for 5th
[3:08:07] week. All right. Thank you.
[3:08:07] Thank you. Thank you. So guess
[3:08:23] that leads us to.
[3:08:37] >> No 18 present.
[3:08:39] >> a team present. All right.
[3:08:40] Before we adjourn, we got some
[3:08:41] announcements. People in the
[3:08:42] queue Councilmember Freeman,
[3:08:44] the past PRESIDENT. Thank you,
[3:08:46] MR. PRESIDENT just want to
[3:08:46] bring the attention on the
[3:08:48] agenda that we just approved.
[3:08:50] Item number one. 32 2026, 0,
[3:08:51] 2, 4, 9, That is that 200,000
[3:08:52] and I talked about that will
[3:08:54] be going to Jay sep. So want
[3:08:55] to make sure that you all
[3:08:58] where that is on it. And I
[3:08:59] said again and then I will be
[3:09:00] just attending a public
[3:09:03] service Grant Council meeting.
[3:09:04] I fully support the work that
[3:09:07] they're doing. I hope MISTER
[3:09:07] On the stand that we spoke
[3:09:09] multiple times prior to
[3:09:11] tonight. I was still a little
[3:09:12] disappointed that you got to
[3:09:13] the point that it did tonight.
[3:09:14] But I look forward to working
[3:09:15] with them moving forward and
[3:09:16] doing the good work of the
[3:09:19] city. Thank you. All right.
[3:09:20] Thank you, COUNCILMAN Pittman,
[3:09:21] any announcements and
[3:09:22] birthdays. I think I know of
[3:09:30] one. Today is special day. So
[3:09:32] we all want to the stand.
[3:09:33] >> We got all saying happy
[3:09:34] birthday to you. How about
[3:09:36] that?
[3:09:40] >> Already here we go.
[3:09:44] >> And to you.
[3:09:49] >> Appy birthday to you.
[3:09:55] >> Happy back happy birthday.
[3:09:55] Happy
[3:09:59] >> a
[3:10:00] >> Man, you should heard
[3:10:03] accounts overheat at a little
[3:10:04] while some of them over here.
[3:10:04] We've got to get you to say
[3:10:07] more k, but we also have other
[3:10:09] birthdays this COUNCILMAN
[3:10:12] Reggie Gaffney birthdays on
[3:10:13] MARCH. 26.
[3:10:15] >> And also, COUNCILMAN Arrow
[3:10:18] your birthdays and 27th and
[3:10:20] then we have see a rush on the
[3:10:20] Jackson. Her birthday is also
[3:10:24] on the 20 7th in Andrew Cable.
[3:10:27] His birthday on APRIL, the
[3:10:28] 7th. So happy birthday to all
[3:10:32] of you. All. Thank you.
[3:10:33] >> All right. All right,
[3:10:34] Doctor Johnson won last
[3:10:38] announcement. This is our
[3:10:40] family. I got to ask and I
[3:10:41] know you wouldn't do it. So
[3:10:42] through PRESIDENT. I want to
[3:10:43] ask you, first of all, keep
[3:10:46] the family of council tomorrow
[3:10:49] in prayer. Is that passed away
[3:10:49] and I know now it's at and I
[3:10:50] preview been a good friend all
[3:10:54] my life now. So my condolences
[3:10:57] to you also keep in prayer,
[3:10:59] the family of COUNCILMAN
[3:10:59] Pittman, as you shared your
[3:11:02] moms going through something
[3:11:03] going out and she's doing
[3:11:04] really good. Those bears are
[3:11:06] getting through. So we are
[3:11:07] sending our love to you. I
[3:11:08] know this is a very tough time
[3:11:09] for you, but this is truly a
[3:11:10] family. And I know we all care
[3:11:12] about each other. So, you
[3:11:13] know, the word prayer, please
[3:11:15] pray for colleagues. Thank
[3:11:15] PRESIDENT. All right. With
[3:11:16] that, we are adjourned.
[3:11:25] Chaplain. Thank you, MR.
[3:11:30] PRESIDENT I. I was doing fine
[3:11:32] until my colleague mentioned
[3:11:33] that. But it is what it is. My
[3:11:37] dad was 93. And spend 50 years
[3:11:38] on the ocean is a merchant
[3:11:39] Marine and live the good life.
[3:11:48] So as as I reflect on this
[3:11:50] evening, I what came to mind
[3:11:50] was the thought that there's
[3:11:54] no greater challenge. As well
[3:11:54] as no greater honor than
[3:11:58] public service. Because of
[3:11:59] some of the debates that
[3:12:01] occurred here tonight and I
[3:12:02] would encourage us to keep
[3:12:04] putting the public first in
[3:12:07] all that we say and do and
[3:12:07] there'll be a reward at the
[3:12:10] end of it. Let us Pray.
[3:12:11] Almighty GOD, we thank you for
[3:12:13] yet another the evening. Thank
[3:12:14] you for your guidance. Thank
[3:12:15] you for you with them. Thank
[3:12:21] you. For the breath of life.
[3:12:21] Thank you. For those who are
[3:12:22] celebrating birthdays with
[3:12:25] gratitude. GOD, we ask you to
[3:12:26] continue to cover each and
[3:12:29] every one of us cover family
[3:12:31] members near and far give us
[3:12:32] strength. Give a ceiling where
[3:12:34] sickness might be. Thank you
[3:12:39] for your favor. Your on
[3:12:41] Meredith favor continue to
[3:12:41] cover a Norwalk is with the
[3:12:42] park this place. Let us not
[3:12:46] depart from the u give us
[3:12:46] traveling grace. It's in
[3:12:47] Jesus. Holy name. We pray.
[3:12:49] Amen.