[0:04] seats. We're missing these 2.
[0:05] >> Good evening. I call to
[0:08] order the 7/28/2026 meeting of
[0:10] the full City Council. It is
[0:11] 05:00pm and
[0:14] >> we do have a quorum.
[0:15] Welcome to the first full
[0:17] council meeting of the New
[0:18] Council year. I will turn it
[0:20] over to our new floor leader
[0:21] who's not news very well
[0:24] experience. And that's
[0:24] councilmember Michael.
[0:25] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT,
[0:26] thank you, too, for your
[0:28] expression of confidence and
[0:30] me to serve as the 4 later
[0:31] again, I look forward to doing
[0:34] my very best to move these
[0:36] meetings forward in a timely
[0:38] fashion. Our first order of
[0:40] business is the invocation and
[0:41] pledge. I would ask that you
[0:42] please recognize council Milan
[0:43] Inter introduce senior pastor
[0:46] of Cats Creek Spike o You're
[0:47] recognized, sir. Thank you,
[0:49] MR. PRESIDENT floor leader.
[0:49] It's my honor tonight to
[0:51] welcome back. Pastor Spy
[0:52] Kogan, the senior pastor of
[0:54] Chats Creek Church.
[0:55] >> Pastor Spike has been
[0:57] familiar face and he is
[0:59] retiring after nearly 30 years
[1:00] as being the founding and
[1:02] senior pastor Chats Creek
[1:04] Church. I'll be brief on his
[1:05] biography here because a few
[1:05] minutes we will be presenting
[1:07] with him with the resolution
[1:09] honoring his service to our
[1:10] city. So with that passers-by,
[1:16] please.
[1:17] >> All right. Thank you so
[1:19] much for this day. Thank you
[1:20] for these men and women who
[1:22] represent our city so well. We
[1:25] pray your blessings on them.
[1:26] MAY they use your wisdom and
[1:29] guidance and all they do. And
[1:31] as they work things you bless
[1:33] them and continue to bless us
[1:33] to live in this wonderful city
[1:35] Jacksonville, Florida. GOD,
[1:37] thank you for this time
[1:38] together and we thank you.
[1:41] Love the opportunity. We have
[1:42] to enjoy serving together and
[1:42] most important of all. We
[1:43] thank you for the life that we
[1:46] have. You gave us. Ask all
[1:47] these things in the name of
[1:49] the one who saved me Jesus
[1:51] Christ. Amen. Please join me
[1:54] in the pledge. I pledge
[2:09] allegiance to the flag.
[2:09] >> This PRESIDENT, you have
[2:10] any announcements or roll
[2:13] call. Thank you, MR. Floor
[2:15] earlier, I would just like to
[2:18] note for everyone, the
[2:19] audience that the addendum
[2:20] will come up at the end of the
[2:22] meeting and on that is the
[2:23] veto override.
[2:24] >> That I think a lot of
[2:25] people are anticipating so
[2:26] just know that comes at the
[2:29] end of the meeting.
[2:44] >> And roll call,
[2:51] >> 17 present.
[2:52] >> As PRESIDENT, it's now time
[2:52] for the approval of the
[2:55] minutes from the regular
[2:56] council meeting of JUNE 23rd
[2:59] 2026. I move for approval.
[3:00] >> We have a motion and second
[3:02] on the minutes we'll take this
[3:02] vote verbally on favor of the
[3:04] minutes indicate by saying Aye
[3:08] again saying no minutes past.
[3:09] >> The stress we have quite a
[3:10] number of communications for
[3:11] the mayor's office and other
[3:13] entities. Would you like those
[3:14] red are filed with legislative
[3:18] services? Let's find a place.
[3:19] COUNCILMAN Landon has an
[3:19] unscheduled presentation. He
[3:20] would like to make it this
[3:22] time. And as he heads to the
[3:26] podium down below. It's my
[3:28] pleasure to introduce today's
[3:32] pages, Joshua Heart stock read
[3:33] the stand and chain through
[3:47] Sarah, not me. How'd I do? Can
[3:50] All right. MR. Landing, you're
[3:51] recognized. Thank you. I
[3:52] believe MR. Till was going to
[3:55] read the resolution.
[4:00] Resolution 2026 to 72. Pastor
[4:01] Spy Kogan is faithfully served
[4:02] as the founding and senior
[4:03] pastor of Chats Creek Church
[4:05] in Jacksonville for over 2
[4:08] decades, providing spiritual
[4:09] leadership, guidance and
[4:09] encouragement to Jacksonville
[4:13] citizens. Under Pastor Hogans
[4:13] leadership Chats Creek Church
[4:17] founded in 1998. With its
[4:17] first public service in Chats
[4:20] Creek Elementary School has
[4:22] expanded to 3 locations and
[4:23] has grown into a vibrant and
[4:25] committed faith community.
[4:27] Born in Baton Rouge,
[4:29] Louisiana, Pastor Hogan earned
[4:32] degrees from William Carey
[4:33] University and Southwestern
[4:36] Baptist Theological Seminary
[4:37] and served at several other
[4:38] churches and on the staff of
[4:40] the Florida Baptist Convention
[4:41] before joining the team that
[4:44] launched Chats Creek Church.
[4:47] Pastor Hogan services extends
[4:47] beyond the church serving on
[4:49] the board of directors of one
[4:52] more child Florida Baptist
[4:54] Children's Homes and
[4:54] previously serving as a
[4:56] trustee of the North American
[4:58] Mission Board. And as a member
[4:59] of the Florida governor's
[4:59] faith-based and
[5:00] community-based advisory
[5:04] council. Pastor Hogan has on
[5:05] multiple occasions lead the
[5:06] opening prayer for the
[5:08] Jacksonville City Council
[5:10] meetings offering messages of
[5:11] reflection, unity and
[5:12] stewardship for councilmembers
[5:16] and the citizens they serve.
[5:17] Upon his retirement. The city
[5:18] Council wishes to recognize
[5:21] and honor Pastor Hogan for his
[5:22] outstanding contributions and
[5:23] service to his congregants as
[5:24] the broader Jacksonville
[5:28] community. Now, therefore. The
[5:29] resolve by the council, the
[5:32] city of Jacksonville. The city
[5:32] council hereby honors and
[5:35] commends Pastor Spike Hogan
[5:36] for his distinguished service
[5:37] is pastor of Chats Creek
[5:39] Church. And for his many
[5:40] contributions to the spiritual
[5:44] and civic life of Jacksonville
[5:44] and wishes him continued
[5:45] health, happiness and
[5:46] fulfillment in the years
[5:59] ahead.
[6:00] Thank you, colleagues
[6:01] for putting this resolution
[6:02] and pastor a spike. We
[6:03] appreciate everything you've
[6:04] done.
[6:05] >> The church has been a
[6:06] pillar in our community right
[6:07] there in the heart of
[6:09] district. 3. And then like the
[6:10] resolution says just all the
[6:11] work that have gone well
[6:12] beyond just the church and
[6:13] just all the great things
[6:17] you've done for our community
[6:18] for our city. So gonna MISS
[6:19] Seeing you here. Once a year.
[6:21] At least I think been a couple
[6:23] times either you or another
[6:23] pastor at a But church has
[6:25] come here to help in prayer.
[6:27] But I know the new pastor will
[6:29] be here as well. We look
[6:30] forward to meeting him. And
[6:30] again, just thank you for
[6:32] everything you've done here
[6:32] for your church and the
[6:38] citizens of Jacksonville son.
[6:40] >> Just real quick. Thank you.
[6:41] I'm honored and touched and be
[6:43] proud of you guys on a regular
[6:44] basis. Yes, a very important
[6:45] decisions to make in the weeks
[6:47] and months to come. I know
[6:47] I've had the privilege of
[6:50] knowing every mayor since John
[6:50] Peyton it's been our privilege
[6:51] to pray for them. And I'll
[6:55] continue pray for you retire.
[6:55] And I'm still in Jacksonville.
[6:56] Anything I do to help a
[6:59] service to you guys. Please
[7:00] let me know. And MAY GOD bless
[7:00] you and bless Jacksonville,
[7:11] Florida. Thank you. The
[7:12] Middle, MR. Vice PRESIDENT
[7:14] Given council PRESIDENT Is
[7:15] getting pictures will will
[7:17] will go to the q after the
[7:18] pictures taken because we do
[7:18] have some council members. I'd
[7:24] like to speak
[7:24] >> All right. We have a few
[7:25] members in the Councilmember
[7:30] framing you're recognized.
[7:30] Thank you, MISTER. Vice
[7:31] PRESIDENT Vice PRESIDENT To
[7:32] pass us by one. Thank you so
[7:33] much for your service. More
[7:35] importantly, thank you for
[7:36] your friendship. Truly believe
[7:39] in giving folks there Rose is
[7:41] why they can still And in
[7:42] DECEMBER of 2012, you probably
[7:45] didn't notice at the time, but
[7:46] I was sitting in your
[7:47] congregation in the back in
[7:47] the back Row Baptist
[7:50] preacher's kid. And you
[7:51] challenge your congregation to
[7:55] read a book. And one of the
[7:56] things that you said everyone
[7:57] should a read this book. Only
[7:58] about 80 pages, 80 by pages.
[7:59] It was called the prayer of
[8:01] Jabez. And I said, you know
[8:03] what? He just said less than
[8:04] 100. I think I can get through
[8:06] this book. And I did and I saw
[8:10] my life change dramatically
[8:11] from that day forward because
[8:12] the first time that someone
[8:13] ever told me that was ok for
[8:15] me to pray for myself. That
[8:15] was I was growing up rain, but
[8:19] others. And so that prayer
[8:20] bless me, indeed, enlarge my
[8:20] territory. Keep your hand up
[8:25] on me. Has radically done some
[8:26] amazing things. So I want to
[8:27] thank you for your leadership.
[8:28] I want to thank you for all
[8:30] those blessings that followed
[8:34] that prayer. And just continue
[8:34] to do what you do. Thank you
[8:37] so Chair. Thank you, MR.
[8:37] Freeman missed Pittman. You're
[8:45] recognized. Karen to pastor.
[8:46] First of all, I want to say
[8:47] thank you for the work that
[8:50] you've done for this
[8:52] community. I met at the Clara
[8:55] White Mission with is is
[8:58] Stafford and one of the things
[8:58] they always said you say go
[9:01] outside of the church walls
[9:02] and make a difference in the
[9:05] community. And of course, as
[9:09] the staff, it was one of our
[9:10] counselors there and for
[9:10] individuals will also could
[9:14] not a prison. You help some of
[9:15] those individuals and stop.
[9:18] First of just say what matters
[9:18] to you matters to this
[9:21] community. And so just thank
[9:23] you. And I hope when you grow
[9:24] up, you notice that what you
[9:25] really want to do because you
[9:29] have done a lot in the journey
[9:30] for this community and we
[9:34] thank you so much. Thank you.
[9:35] And that concludes all the
[9:36] members in the queue. Pastor
[9:37] Hogan, thank you so much for
[9:38] all of your contributions to
[9:40] the community will be sorely
[9:41] missed a chance, but I'm sure
[9:42] you'll country continue to
[9:43] contribute greatly.
[9:43] >> Jacksonville, thank you,
[9:47] Thank you.
[9:48] >> This PRESIDENT Are now
[9:48] ready for Quay Zeit judicial
[9:51] actions. I'd like to remind
[9:53] everyone that these items were
[9:54] not. We are now taking up, do
[9:56] not include public hearings.
[9:58] As these matters were
[10:00] thoroughly reviewed at the
[10:02] committee level where the
[10:03] public hearings, we're part of
[10:07] the decision-making process.
[10:08] Council members are reminded
[10:10] that to declare x any ex parte
[10:12] communications. Our first time
[10:17] is on Page 4, 2026 for 3 z 8,
[10:18] a rezoning at 23.3 acres. Some
[10:18] rld one. 22 pd. I moved the
[10:21] bill.
[10:22] >> We have a motion and second
[10:25] on the bill. Seeing no
[10:25] speakers in the queue. Let's
[10:26] open the ballot. Of course,
[10:35] you both.
[10:38] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[10:41] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[10:42] 3, 8, passes next item to
[10:45] 2026, 4, 3, 9. The bill. We
[10:45] have a motion and second on
[10:49] the bill. We have 2 speakers
[10:49] in the queue will start with
[10:53] MISTER Carlucci MR. All right.
[10:55] Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT, I
[10:57] just need to declare ex parte.
[10:57] I met with Senator Moran, Rich
[10:58] millennia, my office on JULY.
[11:01] 20th at 10:00am.
[11:01] >> We discussed site plan
[11:02] community involvement. The
[11:04] paperwork in Fy would
[11:05] legislative services. All
[11:06] right. Thank you, MR. Vice
[11:06] PRESIDENT Over to council in
[11:09] it. Think PRESIDENT Recep
[11:10] career just to the clerics
[11:11] part spoke with Cindy Trimmer
[11:13] on MAY 12 to get an
[11:14] explanation of this. Bill Rep
[11:17] refers filed, filed this with
[11:17] legislative services.
[11:18] >> Thank you, sir. No other
[11:19] speakers in the queue. We do
[11:20] have a motion and a second. On
[11:21] the bill to open the ballot.
[11:27] The court of it.
[11:30] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[11:33] >> And by your vote, 2026, 0,
[11:34] 4, 3, 9, passes PRESIDENT.
[11:35] We're now ready for the
[11:38] consent agenda. I want to
[11:38] remind my colleagues that if
[11:39] you want to be added as a
[11:40] co-sponsor to any of these
[11:43] items, please let the chief of
[11:44] legislative services know via
[11:45] email as council rules
[11:47] prohibit pulling items for
[11:49] this particular reason MR.
[11:51] Taylor, would you please read
[11:55] the Bills 2026? 4.53 Or 96
[12:01] 5.15, by 16 and 5.51
[12:01] PRESIDENT. I move the approval
[12:04] of the consent agenda.
[12:04] >> Very good. We have a motion
[12:07] and second to approve the
[12:08] consent agenda. Seeing no
[12:08] speakers in the queue. Let's
[12:16] open the ballot. The course
[12:18] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[12:22] >> By your vote, the consent
[12:22] agenda passes. PRESIDENT
[12:23] Colleagues that we have one
[12:24] more item to be taken up
[12:27] before moving to public
[12:29] comment. It can be found on
[12:32] page. 38 item number. 83
[12:32] Twenty-twenty 6, 5, 9, 2. I
[12:35] move the emergency. We have a
[12:38] motion and second on the
[12:39] emergency, no speakers in the
[12:40] queue. Let's take a verbal
[12:41] vote on the in favor indicate
[12:43] by saying Aye, again saying
[12:46] no, the emergency passes this
[12:47] pres. We have no public
[12:47] participation cards on this. I
[12:48] moved the bill as an
[12:51] emergency. We have a motion
[12:53] and second on the bill as an
[12:54] emergency, no speakers open
[13:06] about a quarter of
[13:07] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays by your
[13:07] vote. 2026, 0, 5, 9, 2 is
[13:12] approved. This PRESIDENT Would
[13:13] suggest you recognize the
[13:14] rules chair at this time we
[13:15] recognize the rules chair, MR.
[13:19] Gay.
[13:19] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT,
[13:21] we have just approved the
[13:22] following appointments as part
[13:23] of the consent agenda. Plus
[13:25] additional item we took up
[13:28] tonight. If you are in the
[13:31] please stand to be recognized.
[13:35] Michelle Begley to the Chief
[13:35] Accounting Division,
[13:36] Department of Finance and
[13:38] Administration of the City of
[13:40] Jacksonville. Surely Dasher to
[13:44] the Value Adjustment Board.
[13:45] Please join me thanking them
[13:54] for their service.
[13:55] >> This PRESIDENT Has a per
[13:58] ordinance 2022, 4, 7, 5, e we
[13:59] are now ready for public
[14:02] comments. Council members are
[14:02] reminded this is our time to
[14:05] hear from the public. And this
[14:06] is not a time for questions or
[14:09] answers or debate. However,
[14:12] remember, the public MAY be
[14:14] invited to Robert Johnson room
[14:16] for further Councilmembers
[14:17] subject to the rule of
[14:18] PRESIDENT Presiding officer
[14:19] the PRESIDENT. They extend
[14:23] this invitation. Ladies and
[14:24] gentleman. Hey, if you wish to
[14:25] speak, you should have filled
[14:27] out a green public comment
[14:27] card. No cards will accepted
[14:32] after 05:06pm, Council rules.
[14:33] Call for an allotment of 90
[14:35] minutes for public comment in
[14:36] the event there is an excess
[14:39] number of cards submitted a
[14:41] lot of time of 3 minutes MAY
[14:42] be shortened so that we're all
[14:43] wishing to speak, have an
[14:45] opportunity to do so.
[14:49] PRESIDENT. We have 23 25
[14:50] cards. We limit to not change
[14:52] the limit right now. So it
[14:52] will be 3 minutes per per
[14:56] ticket per participant. During
[14:56] our public comment time only
[14:59] the speaker will be allowed to
[15:01] the podium. Less physical
[15:02] assistance is required provide
[15:03] this opportunity for the
[15:04] public comment. He on what the
[15:06] state law requires as such.
[15:08] You must state your name and
[15:09] address before beginning your
[15:12] common or just say my address
[15:13] is on file, assuming you put
[15:16] it on the cart. I will
[15:18] announce 5 speakers at a time
[15:18] in the order. They are to
[15:22] appear. When I call your name.
[15:22] I ask that you move down to
[15:26] the front row.
[15:27] >> As we preserve stands for
[15:28] you, they're your time will
[15:29] start when you arrive at the
[15:30] podium. We thank you for being
[15:32] here. This evening. And our
[15:35] first 5 speakers are. Kim Fund
[15:41] to jail. Roxy McLeod. White
[15:46] Wyche. Angela 10 broeck Dana,
[15:50] Brooke. And Valerie Hermann
[15:53] come on down to the front and
[15:54] while they're coming forward,
[15:56] I would ask MR. Deal to read
[15:56] through counsel rule 4.5, 0,
[16:00] 5, As a rule. 4.5, 0, 5,
[16:03] disruption of meeting. Any
[16:04] person who disrupts the
[16:05] regular meeting of the City
[16:09] Council standing committees
[16:10] special or select committees,
[16:11] subcommittees or any other
[16:12] public meeting presided over
[16:16] by a city council member maybe
[16:17] forthwith barred, removed or
[16:18] otherwise ejected in the
[16:19] discretion of the presiding
[16:19] officer from further
[16:23] attendance at that meeting. If
[16:24] necessary, due to the nature
[16:25] of the disruption. The
[16:27] audience MAY be cleared from
[16:28] the council chambers or
[16:28] meeting location in the
[16:29] discretion of the presiding
[16:32] officer. Any person who
[16:32] refuses to leave the City
[16:33] Council chamber MAY be subject
[16:37] to arrest. To please not the
[16:40] start. Time is 5.17 Once
[16:43] again. Our first speaker is
[16:43] Kim kill that. I got it right
[16:45] that time. I hope you did
[16:49] fontecchio. Yes, sir. Again,
[16:50] these pressure to provide your
[16:51] name and address in our note
[16:54] that it's on fire.
[16:55] >> Good Evening. City Council,
[16:57] PRESIDENT And council members.
[16:58] My name is Kimberly
[17:00] Fontecchio. I'm the property
[17:02] owner and sole resident of 2,
[17:03] 7, 2, 9, dilan a good drive in
[17:06] district 2. I'm here tonight
[17:07] to stand in solidarity with
[17:09] Nathan and our local urban
[17:11] agricultural coalition to urge
[17:12] this council to pass the right
[17:15] to garden at. This matter is
[17:16] deeply personal to me because
[17:17] on JULY 13th that this year,
[17:19] the city of Jacksonville
[17:20] officially executed an
[17:21] approved my formal certificate
[17:22] of use for fun Taquitos
[17:25] community Garden. Despite
[17:27] being fully permitted unlawful
[17:28] and Uppal standards, operators
[17:31] like myself continue to face
[17:32] targeted harassment and the
[17:34] U.S. Enforcement of selective
[17:36] covenants and unwarranted
[17:37] interference from H.O.A. Is
[17:38] trying to dictate their
[17:38] interpretation of city zoning
[17:43] laws. Food independence,
[17:45] agricultural wellness and
[17:46] gathering together in peaceful
[17:46] community connection are basic
[17:49] human rights. This council has
[17:52] a historic opportunity tonight
[17:54] to protect its own permitted
[17:55] land. Use defendant's
[17:56] residence and solidify our
[17:59] city's future. We ask that you
[18:01] past the home occupation Bill
[18:02] tonight and in the coming days
[18:04] come it to sponsor the free to
[18:06] garden at so we can move it
[18:08] forward for filing an
[18:09] introduction. Thank you. Can
[18:11] contact you.
[18:11] >> Thank you, ma'am. Next we
[18:20] have Roxanne, clout. It's
[18:20] always so exciting to stand
[18:22] here in front you. My name is
[18:26] Roxy McLeod and I very proudly
[18:29] live in District 10 at 8, 0,
[18:33] 2, 9 Buffalo Avenue. And I am
[18:34] here to first of all I forgot
[18:37] to do. Last time I talked to
[18:38] you, I'll be wearing this hat
[18:41] when you come to cs. At the
[18:44] community Garden in Panama
[18:45] Park. It's right. I mean, it's
[18:46] like between here. It's just
[18:47] before you get to the zoo. You
[18:50] don't have to drive far. Just
[18:51] come and see the garden. You
[18:52] will love it. You will be
[18:54] allowed to pick some tomatoes.
[18:58] Ca some peppers. Okay. So
[18:59] please come to see our garden
[19:01] in Panama Park. It's called
[19:03] common ground where we grow
[19:04] together. And I'll tell you a
[19:07] little story just this
[19:08] morning. I was in the garden
[19:12] where I love to be and across
[19:13] fence. One of the little
[19:18] neighbor, she's 5 years old
[19:19] and she's going okay,
[19:20] kindergarten, can I a gun? She
[19:21] loves to come the garden.
[19:21] Well, I was just about to
[19:23] leave.
[19:24] >> broker Hardin said no, not
[19:25] today. Tomorrow. Tomorrow you
[19:27] can come to the garden
[19:28] tomorrow.
[19:29] >> That the garden is so much
[19:29] more than all the perfect
[19:30] things that Kim just said. I'm
[19:34] not going to repeat it. I'm
[19:36] here to support that act for
[19:37] freedom to garden. Please,
[19:38] please. I'm asking you to
[19:39] support it, too. In all the
[19:42] things that she said. But I'm
[19:43] just telling you that it's not
[19:46] just for Food, Inc and
[19:47] stability, and it grows
[19:48] neighborhoods. It grows
[19:50] community. The people that
[19:52] come into that garden and work
[19:53] side by side are weeding
[19:54] side-by-side. They're telling
[19:56] stories things they had. They
[19:59] didn't even remember from way
[19:59] back when they were sharing
[20:03] recipes with each other. The
[20:04] beauty and the strength that
[20:05] it creates in a neighborhood
[20:08] in a community cannot be
[20:10] emphasized enough. I cannot
[20:11] tell you how beautiful it is
[20:15] to see so many people of all
[20:16] ages from that five-year-old
[20:18] all the way to the old people.
[20:18] They can just barely get
[20:20] there. They love to share
[20:22] their wisdom. So anyway,
[20:23] community gardens are the way
[20:24] to go. So please, please,
[20:26] please support this act. And
[20:27] that's enough. But I want to
[20:29] see you and you know where I'm
[20:31] at. So come to the garden.
[20:32] Only one of you have come here
[20:35] to the garden so far.
[20:35] >> Thank you, ma'am. Next we
[20:38] have heard junior. I hope I
[20:44] pronounced that correctly. Are
[20:45] you doing? My name is heard as
[20:50] whites.
[20:51] >> Her address my address is
[21:00] stated on. Thank you.
[21:09] >> Hi, guys. Only to arc.
[21:25] >> About the
[21:27] >> I'm here today to support
[21:29] the free to Garnett because I
[21:30] have seen firsthand how
[21:32] community gardens improve
[21:33] public health, strengthen
[21:34] neighborhoods, great education
[21:36] opportunities for you and
[21:38] increase access to fresh
[21:40] healthy food. Every week I
[21:42] work alongside families,
[21:43] volunteers and community
[21:43] members who are learning to
[21:46] grow their own food community
[21:48] gardens are more than places
[21:49] to grow vegetables with their
[21:51] outdoor classroom spaces for
[21:52] healing workforce development
[21:55] and community connection.
[21:56] Unfortunately, organizations
[21:57] dedicated to serving their
[21:59] communities have often face
[22:00] unnecessary barriers to
[22:03] establishing and operating
[22:04] gardens, making community and
[22:09] market garden. Clearly
[22:12] permissible will help schools,
[22:12] nonprofits, neighborhoods and
[22:14] Faith based organization is
[22:15] focused on serving people
[22:18] rather than navigating
[22:19] uncertainty. We respectfully
[22:22] ask that you pass the home
[22:23] occupation Bill tonight and
[22:24] the coming days committed to
[22:25] sponsoring the free to guard
[22:27] Nate so we can move forward
[22:30] and for filing introduction.
[22:33] Thank you for your time. Your
[22:33] service.
[22:34] >> Thank u next. We have
[22:41] Angela 10, Brooke. Good
[22:41] Evening Council. PRESIDENT
[22:43] Members of the City Council.
[22:45] My name is Angela Time,
[22:46] Brooke. And I reside at 49
[22:49] story court. I'm the executive
[22:50] director for the Center for
[22:51] Sustainable Agricultural
[22:53] Excellence and Conservation. I
[22:54] was honored to serve as the
[22:55] city of Jacksonville's first
[22:59] and ultimately last manager of
[23:00] ag Urban ag, Agriculture,
[23:00] Fisheries and land use policy.
[23:04] A role created to strengthen
[23:05] our local food system and
[23:07] improve food, security. And
[23:08] Jacksonville's residents. That
[23:09] position was created because
[23:13] many in Jacksonville recognize
[23:13] that food security is not
[23:14] simply an agricultural issues.
[23:17] It's an economic issue. Health
[23:18] issues and environmental issue
[23:20] and a community resilience
[23:22] issue. Our goal was straight
[23:24] forward to put more locally
[23:25] grown food and our
[23:26] neighborhoods support our
[23:27] farmers, ranchers, Waterman
[23:30] and ally producer businesses
[23:32] to create educational
[23:33] opportunities, conserve water
[23:35] and strengthen local food
[23:35] systems. Although that
[23:37] position was eliminated, the
[23:40] mission did not end since
[23:41] leaving the city. I have
[23:42] continue this work around the
[23:44] world, helping communities and
[23:44] multiple continents develop
[23:46] sustainable food systems that
[23:48] conserve water, create jobs,
[23:50] improve nutrition, increase,
[23:51] food security. Everywhere I
[23:55] go. I see governments.
[23:56] Governments investing in
[23:58] policies that make it easier,
[24:00] not harder for people to grow
[24:02] food. That is why I stand here
[24:03] today before you to support
[24:05] the free to Garden Act. This
[24:07] legislation is about
[24:08] empowering residents. It gives
[24:08] families the opportunity to
[24:11] grow healthy food, teach
[24:12] children were food and their
[24:15] food comes from strengthen
[24:16] neighborhoods and become more
[24:18] resilient during times of
[24:19] economic uncertainty and
[24:21] supply chain disruptions.
[24:23] Jacksonville has an
[24:25] opportunity. We should be
[24:26] developing legislation that
[24:27] encourages food production,
[24:28] remove unnecessary barriers
[24:30] and supports homeowners
[24:31] schools. Community gardens,
[24:32] nonprofits and local farmers
[24:35] alike. Food security cannot
[24:36] rely solely on grocery stores
[24:40] and food banks. It begins in
[24:41] our own backyards schools,
[24:44] churches and neighborhoods.
[24:45] Every garden represents a
[24:46] healthier family, stronger
[24:48] communities and reduce
[24:49] environmental impacts and
[24:51] greater local resilience.
[24:53] Let's make Jacksonville don't
[24:53] for the food. We empower our
[24:56] citizens to grow. I
[24:57] respectfully ask you support
[24:58] the free to Garden Act so that
[25:00] we can continue to build a
[25:03] city where every resident has
[25:05] the opportunity to grow share
[25:06] access, fresh, healthy food.
[25:08] Thank you for your time. Your
[25:11] service to our community and
[25:11] your support of the free to
[25:14] Garden Act. Thank you, Next,
[25:16] we have the Valerie Hermann.
[25:17] In the meantime, I want fight
[25:19] the phone to please come to
[25:20] the front. Kathleen Pereira,
[25:24] Marion Corny. Chaplin. Jerry,
[25:28] Michelle Wilson. And Nathan
[25:29] Valentine. Please come on down
[25:29] to the front.
[25:32] >> Go ahead. MISS Herman. Good
[25:37] evening. My name is Valerie
[25:38] Hermann.
[25:38] >> And executive director of
[25:43] first Coast Urban ag. We
[25:44] create agriculturally immerse
[25:45] that play spaces for children
[25:45] and families in the urban
[25:46] core. My address is on file.
[25:51] Thank you. Friends, neighbors
[25:55] and members of the council. It
[25:56] was never about a hot dog and
[25:59] a coke. And today it's not
[26:00] about a tomato or a green
[26:06] bean. In the 1960's opponents
[26:08] framed lunch counters as a
[26:09] threat to public order and
[26:13] neighborhood character. A
[26:15] threat to public order and
[26:17] neighborhood character.
[26:21] Absurd. And yet sounds eerily
[26:26] familiar. Then as now it was
[26:30] just about food. It is about
[26:33] human dignity. It is about
[26:36] equal citizenship. It is about
[26:40] healthy food, sovereignty. And
[26:42] it is about our fundamental
[26:42] right to gather in public
[26:48] space. Because democracy is
[26:52] not born in City Hall. It has
[26:54] created in the daily
[26:55] unscripted conversations which
[26:57] usually happen over food.
[26:59] Whether at a lunch counter or
[27:04] across a garden bed. If the
[27:05] city fears its own neighbors
[27:08] growing food. It is a city
[27:09] losing touch with its own
[27:14] people. When garden spaces are
[27:15] restricted by a generous
[27:18] amount of red tape. It does
[27:21] not create just a food desert.
[27:22] But a Democratic desert as
[27:28] well. I think we can all agree
[27:28] our civic fabric needs
[27:33] tending. And the best place to
[27:34] do it is over lunch. Wouldn't
[27:40] you agree? Please come it to
[27:42] sponsor the Free to Garden Act
[27:44] so we can forward for filing
[27:48] an introduction.
[27:49] >> Thank u next. We have
[27:54] Kathleen per.
[27:55] >> My name is Kathleen. Per my
[27:58] information is on file.
[27:59] Congratulations to the new
[28:01] leadership of the council and
[28:02] special thanks to PRESIDENT
[28:03] How and for strengthening the
[28:05] partnership with the 6th see
[28:06] packs together, we will
[28:07] continue to build a better
[28:12] city. By the way. Did you know
[28:13] that you have an allotted
[28:15] amount of time to enjoy your
[28:16] peace and quiet and privacy of
[28:18] your home before development
[28:19] has the right to barge in and
[28:23] destroy it. All. That is the
[28:24] impression I got from Sporting
[28:25] Jax after my fox Chase
[28:26] neighborhoods. Recent meeting
[28:28] with U.S. Representatives.
[28:29] Apparently our neighborhoods,
[28:33] privacy in peace quota is 37
[28:35] years. And so we should just
[28:36] accept the development. That
[28:39] will be a crouching upon us.
[28:39] And then I guess we shouldn't
[28:41] feel sorry for the Windy Hill
[28:42] neighborhood. If their septic
[28:46] tanks and well, water gets get
[28:47] contaminated by this
[28:48] development says their peace
[28:49] quota expired 40 years before
[28:53] our neighbors neighborhoods.
[28:54] And the soccer stadium. Folks
[28:55] think that roughly one-half
[28:56] mile buffer between our
[28:58] neighborhood in a stadium for
[29:00] 15,000 people is enough to
[29:04] dampen a loud concert branches
[29:05] soccer game one. If you an app
[29:08] had allowed concert tonight,
[29:09] we could hear it even with a
[29:12] mile Buffer mile buffer. And
[29:15] that doesn't include the extra
[29:17] 15,000 cars that will grid
[29:18] lot, the current congestion in
[29:21] Saint Johns Town center. The
[29:22] best scenario is to have
[29:25] sporting Jax partner with ata
[29:26] and building share the soccer
[29:28] stadium. Rd zoned to be built
[29:31] in sporting complex downtown
[29:32] Jacksonville does not need to
[29:37] major soccer stadium venues.
[29:38] Finally, please support 2026,
[29:39] 0, 5, 7, o which is being
[29:42] introduced tonight. For about
[29:45] the e-bikes and please adopt a
[29:45] resolution to declare
[29:49] charlie dent day for OCTOBER
[29:49] 14th. And I think the right to
[29:50] grow is a pretty good idea to
[29:53] thank you.
[29:54] >> Thank u next. We have Mary
[30:01] Courtney.
[30:02] >> Good evening. My name is
[30:04] Mary in Kearney. My address is
[30:08] on file. And this is my second
[30:08] time to speak in front of you.
[30:09] So please, if I sound nervous,
[30:12] I am. But I would like to talk
[30:16] to you about that. Irreparable
[30:19] environmental damage of having
[30:21] 40 Jax Soccer stadium and
[30:22] development in Big Island's
[30:27] warm. Construction and paving
[30:28] increase to run off into the
[30:29] public face in elevation.
[30:32] Local neighborhood flood risk
[30:33] and threatening natural water
[30:35] filtration buffers. Also
[30:39] removing the tree canopy,
[30:40] reduces the water absorption
[30:40] after drainage and causes
[30:45] flooding. To mention the
[30:46] environmental impact of
[30:50] destroying the nesting sites.
[30:51] Food source is in protective
[30:51] cover for native birds and
[30:54] amphibians and mammals.
[30:56] According to recent newspaper,
[30:59] articles are Saint Johns River
[31:00] is already experiencing
[31:01] massive amounts of pollution
[31:06] and algae blooms. This going
[31:08] to so construction in the
[31:08] runoff and the fact that
[31:09] they're going to have to raise
[31:11] the water table. To that
[31:12] property decent. It is a
[31:15] swamp. Will cause more
[31:15] problems for Saint Johns
[31:20] River. So I'm taking you. To
[31:22] remember this when it comes
[31:25] time to vote and say vote no.
[31:26] For this Tucker Stadium and
[31:31] development.
[31:31] >> Thank u next. We have
[31:41] chaplain Jerry with
[31:41] >> Good evening, chaplain.
[31:43] Jerry, address on file? I want
[31:50] to PRESIDENT How and Vice
[31:52] PRESIDENT Carlucci for taking
[31:54] over leadership. I know really
[31:54] want to make this a
[31:57] conservative. Budget that's
[32:01] coming up. Because we're all
[32:02] taxpayer dollars. We have to
[32:05] watch our budgets. But
[32:08] tonight, I want to stand with
[32:08] John Labor real and the
[32:10] Christian Family Coalition
[32:11] group. I'm asking the City
[32:16] Council to honor Charlie Kirk.
[32:17] This man is widely known to
[32:18] inspire our youth on our
[32:20] college campuses all around
[32:22] the country. Charlie has
[32:22] debated and how many events
[32:25] right here in Jacksonville.
[32:27] This young man, news debate to
[32:28] educate and what the students
[32:30] find the truth and that a
[32:33] happy and blessed life. He
[32:35] modeled his Christian my by
[32:36] marrying the love of his life
[32:36] and becoming a dad to his
[32:40] children. He debated so people
[32:41] would understand that the
[32:43] unborn or a blessing and not a
[32:45] curse. And that children are
[32:45] to be loved and raised by a
[32:48] mom and dad. He's believe came
[32:51] from the Bible. He wanted
[32:52] other young people to have joy
[32:55] and peace that he had found.
[32:57] He was always respectful and
[32:58] news truth and logic to be his
[33:00] sword in his cultural battle.
[33:01] He even tried to wake up our
[33:03] churches to the Islamic
[33:05] threat. He was a watchman on
[33:07] the wall and he was Eva Lee
[33:11] brutally mass estimated. So I
[33:12] would like to see OCTOBER 14th
[33:14] this Charlie Kirk Remembrance
[33:16] Day with his books displayed
[33:18] OCTOBER 12 to the 17th in our
[33:20] libraries. So children can
[33:24] learn and read from his books.
[33:25] I feel that this council needs
[33:28] to stand with the citizens and
[33:29] homeowners and not allow a
[33:31] soccer stadium right next to 2
[33:32] neighborhoods. The sound, the
[33:36] traffic, the lights, put it
[33:36] somewhere else where there's
[33:37] lots of room where everybody
[33:40] can enjoy it. We have our see
[33:42] packs that are not being
[33:44] listened to such as the
[33:45] Chick-Fil-a that was built to
[33:45] spite neighbor saying it would
[33:48] make it dangerous to leave
[33:49] their neighborhood. And now
[33:50] many of my friends are dealing
[33:54] with those issues. It has not
[33:55] been that long ago that we
[33:56] were finding an Islamic
[33:59] slaughterhouse. We stopped it.
[34:01] But now there might be a
[34:06] mosque. So please research and
[34:06] listen before approving all
[34:07] these cuties and over
[34:08] developments in our city.
[34:09] Please remember that the
[34:11] citizens voted for you respect
[34:15] and listen to them. I support
[34:15] the Free Garden Act. People
[34:17] should be allowed to grow a
[34:18] garden blast and have a great
[34:21] night. Michelle Wilson is
[34:30] next.
[34:30] >> Good evening. My name is
[34:31] Michelle Wilson and my
[34:33] addresses on file. Since
[34:37] JANUARY. The 12th we have had
[34:39] a business that has moved into
[34:40] the residential neighborhood
[34:42] of Panama Terrace. I have made
[34:46] 23 my Jax reports to report a
[34:47] noise nuisance not having a
[34:48] fence around their swimming
[34:50] pool invasion of my privacy
[34:52] when they removed brush
[34:53] building on the property line
[34:54] have been an illegal business
[34:56] and a food truck and now
[34:58] dumping pull water in my
[35:01] backyard. Last Friday, a city
[35:02] employee actually came out and
[35:03] did a reading found out that
[35:06] they were in violation of the
[35:07] noise ordinance. I've made 4
[35:09] calls to alcohol, tobacco,
[35:11] firearms. I've been to to ask
[35:12] a lawyer events where I was
[35:16] told that maybe I might try
[35:17] the media investigative
[35:17] reporter Anthony Austin came
[35:20] out and did a report and now
[35:22] I'm on an hbo documentary
[35:24] about neighbors I've made. 24
[35:26] caused the for illegal
[35:27] parking. Almost got hit twice
[35:30] by wrong-way drivers going
[35:31] northbound in the southbound
[35:34] lane North Pearl Street as
[35:35] well as not being able to see
[35:38] a left turn to turn on my own
[35:39] street. No, I've been told
[35:41] that no one has a decibel
[35:43] reader. None of the jso and
[35:44] then jso even told me by my
[35:48] own decibel reader. And then I
[35:49] was told that it was up to jso
[35:50] whether they get a citation or
[35:53] not. So city council can save
[35:54] money if the city is the one
[35:54] buying citations because
[35:57] they're not reading them. I
[36:00] was informed that there's one
[36:01] lieutenant district, that has
[36:02] been trained. But no one seems
[36:02] to know who that is or when
[36:06] they work. 7 months ago, a
[36:09] news for Jax Officer Christian
[36:09] Hancock showed a decibel
[36:10] reader and said what the
[36:12] citizen should do. There's
[36:14] even a fire on the city's
[36:16] website of what to do when you
[36:18] have noise, nuisance,
[36:20] neighbors. I've made 2 calls
[36:23] to my beloved COUNCILWOMAN I
[36:27] love seeing your face. Photo
[36:28] ops ribbon cutting in awards.
[36:31] But we need your help over in
[36:33] Panama Terrace. We have been
[36:34] terrorized by city bricks at
[36:38] 68. 43 North Pearl Street
[36:39] since JANUARY. And they're not
[36:40] registered as a business.
[36:41] Anderson Biz. I don't know
[36:45] what else to do when I go in
[36:45] my backyard because I believe
[36:48] in the free to Garden act, I'm
[36:51] trying to get edible
[36:52] schoolyard for individuals and
[36:53] special needs. But I can't go
[36:54] in my backyard. The music is
[36:58] just that loud. They think
[36:58] they see me and they yell
[37:00] after Michelle across the
[37:02] fence, the neighbors, if we
[37:04] call to get the noise turned
[37:05] out. And one night when I was
[37:07] working and I wasn't even
[37:10] there, threatened my house up,
[37:11] which makes my daughter not
[37:13] want to go to sleep at night.
[37:15] So I'm asking for some kind of
[37:17] help. I'm going to be writing
[37:19] to the mayor and a jso, but we
[37:21] need some help. And from what
[37:22] I'm getting from sheriffs,
[37:23] they say, well, it is
[37:25] Jacksonville. Thank you,
[37:28] ma'am. Next we have a Nathan
[37:31] Valentina.
[37:32] >> In the meantime, I'd invite
[37:33] the others to come forward is
[37:37] to come forward with Thompson,
[37:39] James Weston, that he signed
[37:43] ERs Lazaro Salinas and Laura
[37:45] McKeithen. We're going to
[37:48] limit after MISTER Valentine.
[37:48] We're gonna limit to 2 and a
[37:49] half and it's going forward
[37:50] pick up some additional cards.
[37:56] Go ahead, sir. And MR. Would
[37:58] like to talk to Ms Wilson in
[37:58] the Robert Johnson rooms of
[38:05] Wilson, if you're still. Go
[38:09] ahead, sir. Good evening.
[38:10] Council PRESIDENT Council
[38:11] members. It's going to be
[38:13] here. My name is Nathan
[38:16] Valentine. Overall farm grows
[38:20] at one. 25 the 7th Street. I'm
[38:22] here to advocate for the Free
[38:24] to Garden Act, which will make
[38:25] market in community gardens
[38:25] permissible by Wright in
[38:29] Jacksonville. There is
[38:32] extensive legal precedent. And
[38:36] best practices to drop on. Had
[38:36] been drawn up on in the
[38:37] drafting of our proposed
[38:42] legislation. Did you know that
[38:43] all of the following cities
[38:45] have defined and made legally
[38:46] permissible market and or
[38:46] community gardens.
[38:53] >> By law. Tampa. Saint Pete.
[38:55] Fort Lauderdale. West Palm
[39:00] Beach. Gainesville Lake, Lynn
[39:04] and Titusville, Florida.
[39:05] Atlanta, savanna Athens, Clark
[39:09] County in Decatur, Georgia,
[39:10] Birmingham and Mobile,
[39:11] Alabama, Nashville and
[39:12] Chattanooga, Tennessee,
[39:13] Louisville, Kentucky, Raleigh,
[39:14] Charlotte, Winston-Salem and
[39:15] Wilmington, North Carolina.
[39:17] Columbia, South Carolina.
[39:20] Norfolk. Chesapeake and
[39:26] Richmond, Virginia. Houston,
[39:29] and Dallas. Not to mention
[39:30] Kansas City, Baltimore,
[39:33] Cincinnati in Pittsburgh. I
[39:38] could go on for a long time.
[39:38] Meanwhile, though, our own
[39:41] comp plan says that the city
[39:43] of Jacksonville, quote, Shall
[39:46] encourage community gardens.
[39:48] There are no zoning
[39:50] definitions or permissions to
[39:53] get that dictate lakes. It is
[39:54] time we updated our zoning
[39:55] code with the free to Garden
[39:57] Act. We're not asking for the
[40:00] world here. We're merely
[40:02] asking for the legal
[40:04] permission to grow food with
[40:07] and for our neighbors. We
[40:09] request that you pass the home
[40:10] occupation bill with all
[40:12] deliberate speed and then in
[40:14] the coming days commit to
[40:15] sponsor the Free to Garden
[40:19] Act. Thank you so much. Thank
[40:20] you, sir. Next we have are
[40:27] with Thompson.
[40:28] >> Good evening. My name is
[40:29] Ruth Thompson. And my
[40:33] information is on file. I rely
[40:35] on the laws of the Florida
[40:36] Agriculture Department for my
[40:39] business, which is be great
[40:40] periods. It allows be keeping
[40:44] in the urban area. And I would
[40:45] like to see Jacksonville
[40:47] passes. Same urban
[40:48] agricultural rules for the
[40:50] free to Garden Act, allowing
[40:52] people to farm and there are
[40:57] urban area. One of the most
[41:00] direct economic benefits urban
[41:02] farming is the stimulation of
[41:04] local economies through the
[41:06] farmers markets. That's where
[41:07] my daughter and I who are
[41:09] partners in our business and
[41:10] beekeeping do. Most of our
[41:10] work is in the farmers.
[41:14] Markets. These markets create
[41:16] a platform for urban farmers
[41:19] to sell their produce directly
[41:20] to consumers. Fostering a
[41:21] direct economic link between
[41:22] the producer and the
[41:27] community. This is what people
[41:29] the citizens of Jacksonville
[41:33] want they want local produce
[41:35] local food to be able to
[41:35] purchase and they want to buy
[41:39] it from the producer. This
[41:41] supports local agriculture and
[41:42] encourages the growth of other
[41:44] small businesses such as food
[41:45] vendors, artisans and
[41:50] craftspeople. Creating a
[41:52] vibrant economy. And most of
[41:53] the farmers markets, there are
[41:57] not enough farmers, you know,
[41:58] has it. The farm at the market
[42:00] manager is always looking for
[42:02] producers of agriculture. But
[42:06] there are so limited. And one
[42:07] of the things that I really
[42:11] love about urban farming and
[42:13] beekeeping is that it has a
[42:14] relatively low entry level to
[42:17] the agricultural journey. I
[42:18] started our business with one
[42:21] beehive. We now have 100.
[42:22] People come to the farmers
[42:24] market and they say I want to
[42:25] visit your farm because what
[42:27] do they think? Agriculture is
[42:30] way out in the country. And I
[42:32] say, well, my farm is in 25
[42:35] people's yards throughout
[42:37] Jacksonville, from the
[42:38] beaches, Southside Deerwood
[42:40] San marco Riverside, Murray
[42:43] Hill, the Westside
[42:45] Springfield. So I say maybe we
[42:46] could spend that. You have to
[42:46] ask the owner if you can come
[42:49] to the yard. But this is what
[42:53] the future of agriculture
[42:54] should be, that there's farms
[42:58] throughout the whole city and
[43:00] especially now I just ask you
[43:02] to pass free to Garden Act.
[43:04] Thank you,
[43:04] >> Thanks. Thanks James
[43:15] Weston. Good evening. My name
[43:16] is James Weston addresses on
[43:20] file. If you've been following
[43:21] the recent news about the
[43:23] parasite outbreak causing
[43:24] explosive diarrhea, you
[43:24] probably been paying a little
[43:25] extra attention to where your
[43:26] food comes from. I know I
[43:30] have. That's one of the
[43:30] reasons I'm here tonight and
[43:32] supported the free to Garden
[43:34] Act. We should be making it
[43:35] easier instead of harder to
[43:36] grow fresh, local food for
[43:40] Jacksonville. Over the years,
[43:41] I've help people grow food in
[43:41] our community. And I've seen
[43:44] the demand firsthand.
[43:45] Community gardens have waiting
[43:46] list. Families want access to
[43:50] fresh local food and neighbors
[43:52] are ready to turn vacant lots
[43:52] into places with the people
[43:55] instead of sitting unused.
[43:56] Growing food should mean
[43:59] finding red tape for years.
[44:01] This is practical neighborhood
[44:02] friendly legislation that
[44:04] expands access to fresh food
[44:04] and helps build a very
[44:07] resilient Jacksonville.
[44:08] Respectfully ask for your
[44:09] support for the Free to Garden
[44:10] Act. Thank you for your time
[44:11] and your service to the
[44:14] community. Thank you, sir.
[44:25] Next we have. But it's Anders.
[44:26] >> Hello, my name is Betty
[44:28] Saunders and I live in the
[44:29] Linley Aggro Park neighborhood
[44:31] in my addresses on file. I'm
[44:33] here tonight to support and
[44:36] encourage the consideration.
[44:36] Passage and sponsorship of the
[44:39] free to Garnet. Which would
[44:43] allow. Community a market
[44:45] gardens permissible by Wright
[44:47] in Jacksonville. I want to add
[44:48] to what Nathan earlier because
[44:49] I just recently came back from
[44:52] visiting family in Detroit and
[44:53] they also have a free to
[44:56] garden after equivalent and
[44:57] they have a lot of community
[45:00] gardens Perry's there.
[45:01] Community gardens provide
[45:01] fresh, healthy food to our
[45:02] families and neighbors who
[45:05] need it. Most. They encourage
[45:07] physical activity, education,
[45:10] they strengthen family bonds
[45:11] and they enrich the social
[45:13] fabric of our neighborhoods.
[45:15] When I learned about the
[45:15] challenges that Nathan and
[45:19] overalls farm and other.
[45:23] Similar things, similar farms
[45:24] encountered. I was actually
[45:26] shocked and disappointed that
[45:28] organizations dedicated to
[45:29] feeding our communities are
[45:30] forced to navigate costly
[45:31] administrative hurdles in
[45:35] order to operate. The current
[45:35] statute does protect the right
[45:36] to grow food for personal
[45:37] consumption, but does not
[45:41] address. Gardens. Sale of
[45:45] those things. The Free to
[45:46] Garden Act addresses this gap
[45:49] by creating a reasonable
[45:49] framework for nonprofit
[45:51] community gardens and local
[45:53] market gardens and include
[45:55] sensible standards for daytime
[45:56] operating hours, noise,
[45:58] lighting and safe composting
[45:59] practices so that these urban
[46:00] gardens coexist in the current
[46:05] neighborhoods. In my view,
[46:06] requiring our Ben Gardner to
[46:07] obtain a planned unit
[46:09] development at a cost of
[46:11] $5,000 to apply unnecessary
[46:15] and prohibitive barrier.
[46:17] Currently overalls farm
[46:22] provides fresh food to about
[46:22] 120 families through its
[46:24] subscription Mention how many
[46:25] more families could benefit if
[46:25] these unnecessary barriers
[46:29] were removed. Rather than
[46:31] making it harder for community
[46:32] gardens to succeed, we should
[46:34] be creating opportunities for
[46:34] them to grow and state served
[46:37] even more residents. I believe
[46:39] the proposal also aligns with
[46:40] the goals of the city's
[46:42] developing state of the food
[46:43] plan, which seeks to
[46:44] strengthen our local food
[46:47] system and improve for food
[46:47] security throughout
[46:51] Jacksonville. These gardens
[46:52] teach useful life skills and
[46:54] could even encourage younger
[46:58] children. 2. Go to
[46:59] Environmental Services. Thank
[47:01] you for your time. Thank you,
[47:01] ma'am.
[47:02] >> Next they have. Those
[47:14] Salinas. Good Evening City
[47:15] Council. My name is Sarah
[47:16] Salinas with the Jack. Some of
[47:17] the U.S. A chapter, my
[47:20] addresses on file. I'm here
[47:21] tonight to speak on the Free
[47:23] to Garden Act, which aims to
[47:23] make community gardens
[47:24] permissible by-right in
[47:26] Jacksonville. I have many
[47:27] friends and family and my
[47:28] communities that lack access
[47:30] to affordable groceries, the
[47:31] prevalence of food deserts and
[47:33] the lack of accessible transit
[47:34] creates hard barriers for the
[47:36] disabled elderly and
[47:37] overworked, the ability to
[47:39] create a growing space in our
[47:39] neighborhoods to feed
[47:41] ourselves. And our neighbors
[47:41] alleviates the stress and
[47:42] financial burden of traveling
[47:44] to a grocery for basic foods.
[47:49] Doubles fruits and herbs. Our
[47:50] organization spent 11 months
[47:51] waiting on documentation that
[47:52] allowed us to grow food in a
[47:53] location. We already have
[47:55] permission to grow from the
[47:56] property manager. Now the
[47:58] garden produces peppers,
[48:00] tomatoes, beans, various herbs
[48:00] and sunflowers for the
[48:01] neighborhood. Residents even
[48:05] enjoy. As the price of basic
[48:06] groceries rises and financial
[48:07] burdens MAY cause less able to
[48:10] satisfy our own needs.
[48:10] Community led Garden would
[48:11] materially improve our
[48:12] independence sustainability
[48:14] and health. This is a
[48:16] neighborhood friendly common
[48:18] sense legislation that builds
[48:19] upon regional state and local
[48:20] policy foundation's. And I
[48:20] urge you to consider the free
[48:23] to Garden Act. As a step in
[48:24] the right direction to improve
[48:25] the lives of our communities
[48:29] in the city. I would also like
[48:29] to oppose any honoring of
[48:31] Charlie Kirk as he was a
[48:32] hateful bigot who weaponized
[48:33] people's fear and ignorance to
[48:34] normalize oppression of
[48:35] minorities all over this
[48:38] country. Thank Thank u next.
[48:42] We have Laura Heath. It.
[48:42] >> In the meantime, moment of
[48:43] I the phone to come come down
[48:45] to the front, please Duchy
[48:49] Stevens ms s Charlie Smith.
[48:53] Samantha Series, Dennis got
[48:54] and Laura Murray permit you to
[48:54] please come down to the front
[48:56] and appreciate it. Speaking
[49:00] that.
[49:01] >> Hi, my name is Laura
[49:02] McKeithen and my addresses on
[49:06] file. I live in Springfield. I
[49:07] support the Garden Act for so
[49:09] many reasons. Most
[49:11] importantly, it makes sense
[49:12] for communities, especially in
[49:15] times of economic challenge. I
[49:17] am so lucky to live where a
[49:20] neighbor Nathan. Tim's nearby
[49:24] Gardens daily. I pick fresh
[49:26] vegetables, spices, even
[49:27] flowers on a daily basis
[49:30] throughout the year. I do not
[49:32] rely on driving to a grocery
[49:34] store seriously. I almost
[49:38] never go to the grocery store.
[49:40] There is always something in
[49:41] season in Jacksonville. We are
[49:43] so lucky. With support of
[49:47] officials like you tended
[49:48] community gardens like ours
[49:49] will become the model for
[49:50] other cities seeking to better
[49:51] the welfare of their season.
[49:54] Their citizens. In fun,
[49:57] healthy and engaging ways
[49:58] regardless of the ups and
[50:01] downs of the economy. I
[50:04] appreciate your support for
[50:06] this. And like last before me.
[50:10] I am not in favor of Charlie
[50:11] Kirk Act being associated with
[50:15] the city. Thank you.
[50:22] >> This but you Stevens.
[50:23] >> Good evening Stevens, the
[50:28] addresses on file. Hearing all
[50:29] come in and talking about
[50:30] these guns and stuff. But you
[50:31] get to Munich contaminated
[50:33] e-cigarette. We did used all
[50:35] this led to still coming with
[50:38] poison. Used to. I would
[50:40] Garner to y'all get on public
[50:42] works about getting on a jaw
[50:44] digging in cleaning that these
[50:45] ditches and then cut and they
[50:48] were 3 months. It just seems
[50:51] everything is we have. Voted
[50:54] with the Democratic mayor.
[50:55] We've seen too much from going
[50:57] on with the city. By the way,
[50:59] cheese not being moment in
[51:01] could according to the federal
[51:05] Law of Environmental
[51:05] Protection. So if your
[51:06] environment and grousing safe,
[51:08] then a front loader in GOD.
[51:09] Kind of give them contaminated
[51:11] food poisoning. Because these
[51:13] ditches a spanking up the
[51:15] community. And I'm telling
[51:20] you. And I have sent accounts
[51:22] of, you know, and not
[51:23] district. She got moved
[51:23] contaminated ditches in
[51:26] district. Tina thing network
[51:26] is that we'll see that nasa
[51:27] put the words in moment and
[51:31] couldn't. They're not doing
[51:31] their job. Maintaining the
[51:34] city government grounds. And
[51:36] when you say enough is enough,
[51:37] we MAY have the bar PRESIDENT
[51:40] Donald Trump. To get the
[51:42] federal lawsuit for public
[51:43] issues and federal government
[51:45] bonds, but that grounds and
[51:45] not safe right could you get
[51:49] too many contaminated c d
[51:50] right away. Ditches due out at
[51:52] and we got to get the ball
[51:54] rolling. I know they don't use
[51:54] the prison inmates Nomo
[51:55] because a lot of them used to
[51:59] run off and try the skate some
[52:00] years ago when John was at
[52:01] sheriff. So they came bar to
[52:04] prison inmates Nomo to help
[52:06] public words. You know, the
[52:07] mowing could indeed in coming
[52:08] out to do just They did have
[52:09] some that did try to skate
[52:14] some years ago. And that's why
[52:15] the king use know Monet was
[52:15] coming from the people not to
[52:20] do. So. I don't know what but
[52:24] de just And I think we're
[52:25] gonna have to get PRESIDENT
[52:27] Donald Trump in Vol. Because
[52:32] vote more Republican Democrat.
[52:33] But it just seems like we're
[52:34] not getting that. We don't see
[52:34] the city maintain a grounds in
[52:39] a moment and cooked. I think
[52:41] we need a bad job. Pettis
[52:43] back. We need to find a decent
[52:44] meal that qualified for the
[52:45] position, not a female. Thank
[52:51] you.
[52:51] >> Thank Next we is s Charlie
[53:00] Smith.
[53:01] >> Great Day City Council and
[53:03] thank you for your service.
[53:04] I'm is as strong Smith. My
[53:05] address is on record and I'm
[53:10] in District 13. I over also
[53:13] support the for Garden Act.
[53:14] The goal I'm here tonight to
[53:18] support and encourage if got
[53:18] which I which will take will
[53:22] make the community and market
[53:24] permissible by rights in
[53:27] Jacksonville, 4, the
[53:27] consideration of global supply
[53:30] lines are disrupted. Food
[53:30] prices are on the rise and
[53:34] that the community. The local
[53:36] community and market gardeners
[53:38] who are well a position to
[53:41] help insulate us from these
[53:42] problems are starting from
[53:43] growing groceries in
[53:48] Jacksonville. To put a
[53:51] personal spin on it. I am a
[53:54] combat veteran that has served
[53:55] myself. I if it wasn't for the
[53:57] fellow guard partners that I
[53:59] had in the past one half
[54:01] years, I suffered a fire 2 and
[54:02] half years ago. If I did not
[54:03] have that support, I would not
[54:03] be would be in front of you
[54:05] today to ask for the
[54:08] commission to push it forward
[54:08] as fellow veterans that also
[54:11] service in the community, a
[54:13] plant club operator at our
[54:14] around Academy. I help the
[54:15] children learn how to grow
[54:18] their own fruit at the
[54:19] elementary students that are
[54:20] there. I will take up too much
[54:21] for you time. It is important
[54:22] for us to be able to grow
[54:24] food. If I'm not able to be at
[54:25] the school, these young
[54:25] people, they don't have the
[54:27] access to learn. New skill
[54:29] set. You don't have access to
[54:29] know where their food comes
[54:30] from. You know, have the
[54:32] access to have extra food to
[54:36] come into there, economic
[54:37] functioning in their
[54:38] household, which their parents
[54:39] did not know they could do
[54:40] until they were able to sit
[54:41] with me at the school. So if
[54:47] you could please do your Kylie
[54:47] and respectfully, I consider
[54:49] Co sponsoring the free to
[54:53] garnet so that we and also
[54:54] passed the whole iq Patient id
[54:55] great. They're very grateful.
[54:55] Thank you for your service.
[54:58] Have a great day.
[55:00] >> Thank you, Thank you for
[55:01] your service. Next we have
[55:08] Samantha Series.
[55:09] >> Samantha Series address on
[55:10] file. I'm here to talk to you
[55:12] today about over development.
[55:14] I understand that Jacksonville
[55:15] is a growing city. I just
[55:15] think that we could do a
[55:19] little bit more responsible
[55:21] development where take
[55:21] abandoned buildings and the
[55:23] lot and use those as places
[55:25] that could you have mixed use
[55:26] housing you know, maybe the
[55:27] community gardens can be part
[55:29] of it, too.
[55:30] >> It would be a great time to
[55:31] have some walkable areas.
[55:32] Doesn't have to be all of
[55:33] Jacksonville. Of course. But I
[55:37] think it's important that we
[55:39] start honing in on our
[55:39] developers to, you know, maybe
[55:42] encourage them to go towards
[55:43] places that are already torn
[55:46] down already. Dilapidated, you
[55:47] know, and because I know the
[55:49] development is continuing. It
[55:51] obviously we cannot stop
[55:53] growing. We need to keep
[55:55] growing. I think it's
[55:56] important that maybe Jay
[55:57] starts looking into Solomons
[55:57] Ation because we're running
[56:01] out of water. Yes, our prefer
[56:03] is being over, drained
[56:04] constantly because of us in
[56:06] Florida and 90% of
[56:07] Jacksonville gets their water
[56:10] from the Florida aquifer.
[56:11] That's right. And because we
[56:12] have over Del developed so
[56:13] much, we get a lot of runoff.
[56:15] That runoff goes into our
[56:17] water into our streams into
[56:20] our rivers and it does not get
[56:21] to be so 3rd through the
[56:23] ground because we have
[56:24] developed it. So now we have
[56:25] contaminated water. That's
[56:28] great. So I think maybe
[56:28] Jamie's looking sell it as a
[56:30] shunt because that's where
[56:30] we're headed. I also think
[56:35] that jta should.
[56:36] >> Pressure some companies to
[56:38] take the very hot parking lots
[56:40] that are dead Heat zone
[56:41] really.
[56:43] >> And make them partially
[56:46] covered with solar panels that
[56:48] would help with the community
[56:50] cost of energy and south
[56:52] continually making our prices
[56:54] go up. I do understand they
[56:55] have some projects to cover
[56:56] with the gas plant that they
[56:56] need to build and everything
[56:58] like that. But maybe we could
[57:00] start encouraging these larger
[57:02] come. Need to have these huge
[57:06] empty lots that are just dead
[57:07] space, their heat. So as you
[57:08] know, do you like getting
[57:08] burned when you go into your
[57:10] car? Don't really enjoy that.
[57:10] So it doesn't have to be the
[57:12] whole parking area, you know,
[57:14] just a partial one. Then it's
[57:16] back and save our community
[57:18] money. You know, it's all
[57:19] about saving money. And, you
[57:21] know, this property tax might
[57:22] be coming up where we lose a
[57:24] property taxes. When you start
[57:25] looking into other ways that
[57:26] we can generate money, Havre
[57:27] energy cheaper for our
[57:29] communities and just, you
[57:31] know, as always try to stop
[57:32] that Overdevelopment. Thank
[57:34] you.
[57:35] >> Thank u next. And he's got
[57:49] these.
[57:50] >> Good evening. My name is
[57:51] Denise Scott. My addresses on
[57:55] file. We hope you all enjoy
[57:56] time off and we hope you back
[57:57] and let take care of business
[58:01] for the people. But this being
[58:01] the first meeting and I know
[58:04] council PRESIDENT The Holland,
[58:06] how come asking that you
[58:07] please restore public comments
[58:10] back to 3 minutes. We have
[58:11] council meetings twice a month
[58:13] is this time your constituents
[58:15] to have public access to this
[58:16] body. When you give you
[58:18] instructions before comments
[58:19] used always say that this is
[58:21] the time to hear from the
[58:23] public. We want you to hear
[58:23] from us and we want 3 minutes
[58:26] back. I don't know why. And I
[58:29] don't know why it stopped when
[58:29] it stopped, but we will not be
[58:33] minutes back. Please, as for
[58:34] this comment on council, as
[58:35] you begin to have discussions,
[58:36] consent of the mayor's
[58:39] proposed budget. I'm asking
[58:40] that this council, please try
[58:41] think about the citizens of
[58:42] this county and not just
[58:44] special special interest
[58:47] groups. I'm not Joe your own
[58:49] selves since this mayor has
[58:50] been in office. The majority
[58:52] of this male dominated
[58:53] Republican Council has fought
[58:56] her on every time. Not many
[58:57] times that you tried to come
[58:59] together for the sake of the
[59:02] people. Asking that you please
[59:04] stop being so selfish, so
[59:05] petty and put the people's
[59:08] needs first for a change. When
[59:09] you start discussing the
[59:09] budget, please remember with
[59:12] the bulk of this money goes,
[59:13] we all understand that we need
[59:15] to have public safety as a
[59:18] priority. But at what cost? I
[59:19] know that this is not a
[59:19] popular opinion, but it needs
[59:22] to be said, I'm grateful for
[59:23] the good offices that Beaumont
[59:27] City City streets. But until
[59:27] this council weighs in our
[59:32] share offices teach them how
[59:33] to have de-escalation training
[59:37] instead of training and
[59:38] Defense forces. This always
[59:39] going to have to settle with
[59:43] victims with their lawsuits.
[59:45] Maybe just maybe if you let
[59:47] the sheriff know that any
[59:47] lawsuits, though, the come
[59:50] from his budget their
[59:52] pensions. And I'm not sure
[59:53] what's going on with this one
[59:56] on the on the Charlie Kirk. No
[59:57] disrespect to anyone that
[59:58] believes the mess. He said.
[59:59] But I thought we were
[1:00:03] finishing on here in his name.
[1:00:03] The majority of the folks in
[1:00:04] that went on in and what this
[1:00:05] so much hate and
[1:00:07] misinformation. Jacksonville
[1:00:07] doesn't need to on another
[1:00:12] races. And what's the premise?
[1:00:13] >> Thanks to we have Larry
[1:00:14] Demery Herman. In the
[1:00:15] meantime, I would like to
[1:00:16] fight the following to come
[1:00:18] forward and I forgive me on
[1:00:20] this. I believe it's and that.
[1:00:25] >> Arman. Jennifer Joyner.
[1:00:27] Ronnie Burris. Addison
[1:00:32] Liberty, Patrick. And direct
[1:00:33] gregan on boy, I'm sorry,
[1:00:34] Dragon boy. Go ahead. Miss
[1:00:38] him.
[1:00:41] >> Good evening, PRESIDENT.
[1:00:43] Honorable councilmembers. My
[1:00:44] name is learn. Every Herman,
[1:00:44] I'm English teacher in the
[1:00:46] District. My addresses on
[1:00:48] file. I'm here today to speak
[1:00:49] in support of the free
[1:00:51] kayaking act I would like to
[1:00:53] ask you to date to think of
[1:00:55] this act in terms of
[1:00:57] communities in terms of
[1:00:58] building community in terms of
[1:00:59] communities putting prevention
[1:01:02] to work. In particular,
[1:01:03] putting prevention to work in
[1:01:05] the form of food security.
[1:01:08] Which is more urgent than ever
[1:01:12] from 2010 to 2 1012, I had the
[1:01:13] opportunity to observe the
[1:01:14] community's putting prevention
[1:01:15] to work rent in action on the
[1:01:17] island of Maui. Hawaii. As a
[1:01:20] result of that grant over 32
[1:01:21] gardens were planted across
[1:01:22] the island which not only
[1:01:25] resulted in food security,
[1:01:27] obesity dropped by 30% tobacco
[1:01:31] usage by 40%. The availability
[1:01:32] of healthy food for the
[1:01:33] community increase by almost
[1:01:38] 70%. These are big numbers I
[1:01:39] believe that this type of
[1:01:41] positive change can happen
[1:01:41] here. That putting prevention
[1:01:45] to work. To building community
[1:01:46] with the passage of the home
[1:01:46] occupation Bill. Tonight in
[1:01:49] the sponsorship for Garden Act
[1:01:50] in the upcoming Sessions.
[1:01:51] Thank you for your time. Thank
[1:01:56] you. And please help me with
[1:02:03] your last name.
[1:02:03] >> So my name and address on
[1:02:05] file and Annette Man on. Thank
[1:02:09] you. All right. I'm a local
[1:02:11] community organizer and I'm a
[1:02:13] teacher and I support the Free
[1:02:13] to Garden Act which makes
[1:02:14] community a market gardens
[1:02:17] permissible by right? A
[1:02:18] teacher at Jean Ribault High
[1:02:21] and I've seen firsthand the
[1:02:21] benefit that gardening has on
[1:02:22] our news. I was teaching one
[1:02:23] day and there's something
[1:02:24] going on in the back of my
[1:02:26] class trying to teach. Boy,
[1:02:26] one student raises his hand
[1:02:27] wanting water, tears streaming
[1:02:31] down his face. They're all
[1:02:32] laughing. Has been anointed
[1:02:33] for some time Rose what they
[1:02:34] had. A group of teenage boys
[1:02:35] had a hot pepper. They had
[1:02:37] grown from the garden and I
[1:02:38] went back there and I started
[1:02:40] talking to them and the way
[1:02:41] they lit up when they tell me
[1:02:43] about how they grown it and
[1:02:44] they were showing it to me,
[1:02:45] like with so much pride. And,
[1:02:46] you know, these boys are
[1:02:47] usually life, you know, always
[1:02:49] cause me trouble and whatnot.
[1:02:52] But it's not so much more than
[1:02:54] the food, especially for our
[1:02:55] vulnerable youth in
[1:02:58] Jacksonville. And I want for
[1:02:59] all of the use of Jacksonville
[1:03:00] to be able to experience that
[1:03:03] joy. Only that, if you bring
[1:03:04] that joy, you bring votes
[1:03:06] because me and people with my
[1:03:08] mindset, remember things like
[1:03:09] this and we tend to be the
[1:03:10] types of people that care and
[1:03:11] off to vote and encourage
[1:03:12] others to vote or even run for
[1:03:14] office or sounds out in the
[1:03:16] community. A lot. And I
[1:03:18] promise this issue is of great
[1:03:20] concern between groups who
[1:03:21] otherwise MAY have nothing
[1:03:22] else in common as I'm sure,
[1:03:25] you know, its name. I'm not
[1:03:26] gonna take up too much of your
[1:03:28] time. As you guys heard this a
[1:03:29] million times, but just
[1:03:30] observe the walks of life that
[1:03:32] people are coming from and why
[1:03:34] they support this bill. It's a
[1:03:39] it's. Pretty popular. All
[1:03:41] right. So we ask you to
[1:03:42] occupation Bill tonight and in
[1:03:43] the coming days come in to
[1:03:44] sponsor the for Garden next
[1:03:44] week. A move forward for
[1:03:45] filing an introduction. Thank
[1:03:47] you so much.
[1:03:53] >> Thank u Jennifer Joyner.
[1:03:56] >> Council, my name is
[1:03:57] Jennifer Joyner. I live in San
[1:03:58] Suu seat. My addresses on file
[1:03:59] and a member of the southeast.
[1:04:02] Cpac. With the next fiscal
[1:04:04] year's budget could in the
[1:04:05] works on here tonight to speak
[1:04:07] on the topic of animal welfare
[1:04:08] in Jacksonville and
[1:04:08] specifically regarding funds
[1:04:10] to cover spay and neuter
[1:04:11] surgeries we pray to GOD
[1:04:12] before each of our city
[1:04:14] council meetings. We are here
[1:04:16] to be good stewards of GOD's
[1:04:17] creatures. And while city has
[1:04:18] tape taken steps in the right
[1:04:19] direction, we still have a
[1:04:21] long way to go. Animal welfare
[1:04:23] is hot on Floridians radar
[1:04:24] right now. Governor DeSantis
[1:04:25] has signed into effect several
[1:04:26] notable animal welfare laws
[1:04:29] over the last couple of years.
[1:04:30] More people are acknowledging
[1:04:31] that we need to take better
[1:04:32] care of all creatures, big and
[1:04:33] small. If we want to be a
[1:04:35] better society overall, one
[1:04:36] major way we can impact this
[1:04:37] is through trap neuter return
[1:04:40] programs also known as t a r
[1:04:41] Jacksonville has an extensive
[1:04:42] population of community cats
[1:04:43] without human intervention.
[1:04:45] Their fate is not always a
[1:04:46] good one. Tnr is the humane
[1:04:47] answer for control the
[1:04:48] population while helping the
[1:04:50] community cats that are
[1:04:52] already here control in this
[1:04:52] population frees up resources
[1:04:53] for already overwhelmed
[1:04:54] shelters and rescues in our
[1:04:55] city so they can help more
[1:04:57] dogs and cats in need. The
[1:04:59] city of Jacksonville has not
[1:04:59] significantly increased
[1:05:00] funding for spay neuter
[1:05:01] programs like Duval Catholics
[1:05:03] and many years despite rising
[1:05:04] demand and increasing costs
[1:05:06] associated with providing
[1:05:08] these services as a result,
[1:05:08] volunteer trappers must now
[1:05:09] pay a fee for teen our
[1:05:11] procedures. This will greatly
[1:05:11] reduce the number of cats
[1:05:13] brought in to be fixed. The
[1:05:14] chief of the cps has stated
[1:05:15] that our city shelters working
[1:05:17] hard to achieve no kill status
[1:05:19] again. So to that end, we need
[1:05:21] more funding for spay neuter
[1:05:22] surgeries Jennifer Barker, the
[1:05:24] ceo of every pet, a reasonable
[1:05:25] request for additional trap.
[1:05:25] Neuter return funding would be
[1:05:29] in the range of a 10250,000.
[1:05:32] Tnr programs such as Duval
[1:05:32] Catholics continue to
[1:05:33] demonstrate tremendous
[1:05:34] community need with available
[1:05:35] funding, often being
[1:05:36] exhausted. Quickly and
[1:05:37] increased investment from the
[1:05:38] city would allow more cats to
[1:05:40] be sterilized. Reduced burden
[1:05:41] on shelter intake, improve
[1:05:42] community, cat health and
[1:05:43] quality of life and help
[1:05:44] prevent the growth of
[1:05:46] community cat populations.
[1:05:47] Additional funding would
[1:05:48] represent a proactive
[1:05:50] cost-effective investment and
[1:05:50] animal welfare. Thank you for
[1:05:53] your consideration.
[1:05:53] >> Thank u next. Yet running
[1:06:01] births. Hello. My name is
[1:06:02] Ronnie Burris. And my
[1:06:06] addresses on file. We all have
[1:06:09] heard me talk a lot about
[1:06:10] negotiations with Well, I'm
[1:06:11] here to tell you tonight we
[1:06:12] settled the contract.
[1:06:14] >> And
[1:06:20] >> my bargaining unit past the
[1:06:22] 240 to 14. So they're very
[1:06:24] happy with the contract that
[1:06:25] we were able to negotiate
[1:06:30] impasse. Just so, you know, we
[1:06:33] were the first union in over
[1:06:35] 20 years to go to impasse with
[1:06:35] So hopefully we're going to
[1:06:36] get them to 2026. And that's
[1:06:40] what I told him but I just
[1:06:43] want everybody to know that we
[1:06:44] did settle the contract. Our
[1:06:48] members are happy and I look
[1:06:50] forward forward. Coming to you
[1:06:54] and you passing it. Thank you,
[1:06:57] sir. Next weekend as the
[1:07:12] Liberty Patrick.
[1:07:13] >> Good evening. My name is
[1:07:14] out of some liberty, Patrick.
[1:07:19] My address is on file. I am a
[1:07:20] Jacksonville resident,
[1:07:22] taxpayer and party to case
[1:07:24] number 16, Dash 2026. Dash ca
[1:07:28] Dash 0, 0, 4, 1, 5, 5, in the
[1:07:28] 4th judicial circuit. She's
[1:07:29] passing around some
[1:07:32] information there. I am
[1:07:34] standing here tonight to talk
[1:07:36] about ethics and basic due
[1:07:36] diligence because apparently
[1:07:39] someone around here needs to.
[1:07:41] Back in 2025. 10 sitting
[1:07:43] members of this council
[1:07:47] Carrico Howland tomorrow
[1:07:49] Lannan Carlucci Arias, White
[1:07:51] Salem Miller and Freeman along
[1:07:55] with Sheriff tk Waters rush
[1:07:56] out to throw their official
[1:07:57] backing behind a single
[1:07:58] candidate for city council at
[1:08:03] large group. One. She was
[1:08:03] endorsed before basic legal
[1:08:05] questions were never answered.
[1:08:08] So let's clear this up now. In
[1:08:10] this case, the one ending in
[1:08:12] 4, 1, 5, 5, No judge has
[1:08:13] actually heard the evidence on
[1:08:15] these residency claims. No
[1:08:17] judge has allowed Discovery
[1:08:19] and no one has put Ms Wesley
[1:08:22] under oath for a deposition.
[1:08:23] Her residency qualification
[1:08:24] has never been proven in a
[1:08:26] court of law. Not once. In
[1:08:29] fact, as of second lawsuit
[1:08:31] from an independent Duval
[1:08:32] County elector has officially
[1:08:34] been filed, challenging her
[1:08:36] residency from a completely
[1:08:38] separate source. 10 of you
[1:08:40] endorsed her so early in 2025.
[1:08:44] Without checking the facts.
[1:08:46] Meanwhile and 2026 state level
[1:08:47] criminal investigations and
[1:08:48] subpoenas hover over our city
[1:08:49] council like a dark cloud. The
[1:08:51] irony is on most impressive.
[1:08:56] So what was the rush? Did 10
[1:08:57] council members and the
[1:08:59] sheriff simply failed to do
[1:09:00] basic research or was
[1:09:01] political expediency more
[1:09:02] important than just
[1:09:05] transparency. I believe you
[1:09:06] hope the public would not pay
[1:09:09] attention to the fine print.
[1:09:10] But news flash Jacksonville
[1:09:11] residents do pay attention. We
[1:09:12] read the fine print. So my
[1:09:15] question to you. With 2 active
[1:09:17] lawsuits now challenging her
[1:09:19] eligibility. Does anyone have
[1:09:20] the backbone to retract or
[1:09:24] pause their endorsement until
[1:09:25] Discovery takes place. And the
[1:09:27] truth comes out under oath or
[1:09:28] are you going to pretend these
[1:09:30] legal questions do not exist?
[1:09:31] The public record is watching.
[1:09:33] Thank you.
[1:09:36] >> Next we have drag in
[1:09:37] Beloit. Meantime, on invite up
[1:09:40] to the front, please. Jamal
[1:09:43] Davis, Kiyana Blalock Nancy
[1:09:46] Marie settle Xavier Green
[1:09:54] Morejon onions.
[1:09:57] >> Hi, my name is driving
[1:09:57] blind. My addresses on file.
[1:09:58] Hello again, everyone. Let's
[1:10:01] all be really, really excited
[1:10:01] for Lionel getting everything
[1:10:02] they wanted because it was
[1:10:03] crazy. Having them come up and
[1:10:04] go, hey. Please help us just
[1:10:07] over and over. It's always
[1:10:09] nice to see a positive result.
[1:10:11] I'm also here to speak on the
[1:10:13] Garden Sounds awesome. I like
[1:10:14] that. I have a little garden
[1:10:15] that I keep in coats because I
[1:10:17] can't put in the ground. So
[1:10:18] keeping totes, I can move it
[1:10:19] back and forth. Growing
[1:10:24] peppers now. I also have
[1:10:25] another thing I'd like to say.
[1:10:27] I actually have a cat trap
[1:10:30] actively in my car to start
[1:10:31] doing the tnr program. And I'm
[1:10:32] really not looking forward to
[1:10:32] those fees. So hey.
[1:10:33] >> If you can waive, those be
[1:10:38] awesome. What I'm actually
[1:10:39] here for is talk once again.
[1:10:41] You're going to be so shocked
[1:10:44] about flock cameras. There are
[1:10:45] 8 flock cameras around my
[1:10:46] neighborhood. I literally
[1:10:47] can't leave without a private
[1:10:49] corporation spying on me. We
[1:10:51] are the free state of Florida
[1:10:52] left Ryan. Maybe look into
[1:10:56] that. Also, none of them have
[1:10:58] any like breakaway plates at
[1:10:59] the bottom. So if a car hits
[1:11:00] them, they're not going
[1:11:01] anywhere. And that person is
[1:11:02] going to get really hurt, who
[1:11:06] installed these? The one right
[1:11:07] in front of my house on
[1:11:10] Merrill Road. That one.
[1:11:10] >> Is.
[1:11:11] >> Just sitting right next to
[1:11:14] Merrill Road, which don't know
[1:11:14] if you know how fast people
[1:11:15] going that road. That's pretty
[1:11:18] quick. Somebody hits that
[1:11:19] without a breakaway plate,
[1:11:22] they're going to die. And then
[1:11:23] their family is going to sue,
[1:11:29] not flock. But the city. I'm
[1:11:29] letting you know that this is
[1:11:33] going to be an issue in the
[1:11:33] future. As soon as somebody
[1:11:36] hits one of them. And we all
[1:11:37] live in Jacksonville. We know
[1:11:38] what drivers are like here.
[1:11:41] Someone's gonna hit one. So
[1:11:42] let's try and take some steps
[1:11:44] to try and maybe if they're
[1:11:45] going to be there, put a
[1:11:47] breakway played there. Also,
[1:11:48] if they're going to be there
[1:11:49] in form, the people that are
[1:11:51] being actively surveilled
[1:11:52] because it is active
[1:11:53] surveillance. I really don't
[1:11:55] like living under surveillance
[1:11:56] state. This is Jacksonville.
[1:11:59] Jacksonville's, an awesome
[1:12:00] city. I don't want somebody
[1:12:01] looking over my shoulder when
[1:12:03] I leave my house and right now
[1:12:05] they do a private corporation
[1:12:06] currently knows exactly where
[1:12:08] I am. I don't like that. I
[1:12:09] don't want that to be the kind
[1:12:11] of city I live in. And none of
[1:12:15] my either. I can't get him out
[1:12:17] because they're all working.
[1:12:18] But everybody's pretty upset
[1:12:19] and they're going to vote that
[1:12:20] upset later. So please take
[1:12:21] action on Flock cameras. Thank
[1:12:23] you very much
[1:12:32] >> Next, we have 2 Davis.
[1:12:33] Getting my name is Jamal Davis
[1:12:37] and Miles is on file. Am here
[1:12:40] tonight.
[1:12:40] >> Also
[1:12:41] >> to say that I am in favor
[1:12:47] of the free to Martin as well.
[1:12:48] I also think that for garden
[1:12:52] at would be a great way for us
[1:12:53] to institute another way to
[1:12:54] have some sort of mental
[1:12:55] health practices within our
[1:13:02] city. And instead putting more
[1:13:04] into the already inflated
[1:13:05] budget that the Jacksonville
[1:13:08] Sheriff's Office currently
[1:13:09] gets here. And our wonderful
[1:13:16] city and county. Here standing
[1:13:16] as the North Florida, early
[1:13:19] regional organizer for Black
[1:13:20] voters matter and also
[1:13:20] standing solidarity with the
[1:13:22] Jacksonville Community Action
[1:13:25] Committee on behalf of Black
[1:13:26] voters matter and honor of
[1:13:30] being able to. Help institute
[1:13:33] a mental health response team
[1:13:35] that will answer a lot of our
[1:13:37] mental health cases instead of
[1:13:38] having police department
[1:13:39] having to constantly
[1:13:44] consistently go out, said
[1:13:46] particular cases as And I
[1:13:48] would like for many of our
[1:13:51] city council members also sit
[1:13:52] with individuals within the
[1:13:54] community and help build out a
[1:13:55] budget that will benefit the
[1:14:00] people as that of court for 8
[1:14:03] interests and our developer or
[1:14:05] friends. And we'll be in loved
[1:14:06] ones. And so that is my time
[1:14:08] that I will yield the Thank
[1:14:09] you so much for listening to
[1:14:11] me. I have a great evening.
[1:14:12] >> Thank you, sir. Next we
[1:14:19] have counted Blaylock. Can a
[1:14:22] Blaylock address on file.
[1:14:24] >> I'm here with the
[1:14:25] Jacksonville Community Action
[1:14:26] Committee to demand that
[1:14:27] Jacksonville citizens have a
[1:14:31] say and the city's budget. We
[1:14:32] have seen that the portion of
[1:14:34] the budget that goes to public
[1:14:35] safety has increased over the
[1:14:36] years. And much of that is
[1:14:38] going to the Jacksonville
[1:14:40] Sheriff's Office. And yes,
[1:14:44] while public safety is a
[1:14:44] priority, giving him the
[1:14:45] increasing the budget
[1:14:48] allocations that go to jso
[1:14:50] seems like a contradiction
[1:14:51] only because they have proven
[1:14:52] time and time again that they
[1:14:53] do not know how to
[1:14:56] de-escalate, especially when
[1:14:57] there are cases of mental
[1:14:59] health crisis is happening
[1:15:02] with Brian Gillis, our Sean
[1:15:04] Martin Lee, a baker. They have
[1:15:05] only escalated the situations
[1:15:07] and unfortunately a lot of
[1:15:08] them leads to Jax. Will
[1:15:11] citizens being killed? Many of
[1:15:12] the people here tonight have
[1:15:13] told you exactly what they
[1:15:15] want to be in this budget
[1:15:17] where the fun should be going,
[1:15:19] whether that's a community
[1:15:22] garden, whether that is the
[1:15:23] stopping of certain
[1:15:23] developments in that we can
[1:15:25] have a more walkable city. In
[1:15:30] Jacksonville, weather that be
[1:15:30] when Winn-Dixie came to for
[1:15:34] money to beast saying in
[1:15:37] Jacksonville and then the the
[1:15:39] reasoning was that there are
[1:15:39] food, deserts of food and
[1:15:40] security. When you're a
[1:15:41] council member here has said,
[1:15:43] well, there is a food desert
[1:15:45] funder at however, it just has
[1:15:49] gone ignored by most of you.
[1:15:50] So again, people are telling
[1:15:51] you exactly what they want in
[1:15:53] this budget. However, time and
[1:15:53] time again, you have proven
[1:15:54] that you it is falls on deaf
[1:15:59] ears. If there's studies have
[1:16:01] shown that over-policing just
[1:16:02] leads to over policing, it is
[1:16:04] not lead to a safer city, but
[1:16:05] things that do lead to a safer
[1:16:07] city are the things that your
[1:16:09] constituents here have told
[1:16:09] you to your Barry face time
[1:16:11] and time again over the many
[1:16:12] city council meetings. I have
[1:16:18] been over the years this the
[1:16:19] public, the People's Budget,
[1:16:21] that j cac is proposing
[1:16:24] provides a clear stormy of
[1:16:27] alternative rather than the
[1:16:29] bloated jso, a budget that we
[1:16:30] have gone gotten every single
[1:16:34] time. And thank you so much.
[1:16:35] >> Thank And next we have Dan
[1:16:46] see Murray so
[1:16:47] >> Nancy Mind settle addresses
[1:16:48] on file today. I'm here to
[1:16:50] speak about law order rules
[1:16:53] and regulation. There's a lot
[1:16:54] of them when it comes to
[1:16:56] running a large city like
[1:16:58] Jacksonville and I personally
[1:16:59] can shape against many of them
[1:17:03] at times. But I also realize
[1:17:05] that that's what makes our
[1:17:06] civilization work. It makes
[1:17:07] government work. It builds
[1:17:09] trust between citizens and
[1:17:09] elected for officials with the
[1:17:12] rules are followed. It brings
[1:17:14] order to what otherwise could
[1:17:17] be chaos when there is
[1:17:18] corruption, green for wealth
[1:17:21] and power. Nepotism and
[1:17:22] dishonesty. A city or state is
[1:17:26] bound to fail. There's lots of
[1:17:27] Sainz with showers said humans
[1:17:28] have a tendency toward
[1:17:30] corruption and dishonesty such
[1:17:32] as rules are made to be
[1:17:33] broken. Let's ask forgiveness
[1:17:36] rather than permission. It was
[1:17:37] just some of the white lion.
[1:17:39] Everyone does it. There's so
[1:17:40] many escape hatches from truth
[1:17:42] telling an honest thing, but
[1:17:44] we must attempt to shed light
[1:17:44] where we see that the bending
[1:17:46] of truth is becoming
[1:17:47] detrimental. We must talk
[1:17:49] about hypocrisy. Sometime. We
[1:17:52] give each other grace sometime
[1:17:56] we give a pass a waiver. When
[1:17:57] we make mistakes. And when
[1:17:59] running large organizations
[1:18:01] like Jacksonville, I can see
[1:18:03] some time the need for a
[1:18:04] waiver from following the
[1:18:06] rules, the codes, the
[1:18:08] ordinances. But when becomes a
[1:18:09] common practice, I think we
[1:18:09] all need to take a look at
[1:18:13] what is happening. I'm looking
[1:18:18] at specifically at the waivers
[1:18:19] from 1, 1, 8, 0, 7, which
[1:18:20] requires a competitive bid
[1:18:23] before grants can be made. I
[1:18:24] understand it on a certain
[1:18:26] level. It speeds up the
[1:18:28] process of getting money to
[1:18:29] organizations that are large
[1:18:29] trusted, been doing business
[1:18:32] with the city for decades,
[1:18:32] such as United Way of
[1:18:35] northeast Florida shows
[1:18:37] backers center and however, in
[1:18:39] this week's agenda, there were
[1:18:41] 27 instances of a request for
[1:18:43] a waiver granted. Many of them
[1:18:44] are coming from the budget for
[1:18:46] next year. Some of them made
[1:18:48] sense. Some of them died.
[1:18:49] Didn't. However, there were at
[1:18:53] least 5 other waivers.
[1:18:54] Ordinances attempting to give
[1:18:54] money to nonprofits without a
[1:18:59] competitive bed. I'm gonna go
[1:19:02] to that one 5, 7, 5, a request
[1:19:04] for $94,000 to a great
[1:19:07] organization operation for new
[1:19:08] uniforms were the for sure.
[1:19:09] But when the PRESIDENT's fire
[1:19:11] watch has 2 of those members
[1:19:12] sitting on the board, it looks
[1:19:13] a little bit like nepotism. So
[1:19:15] let's be careful of that.
[1:19:15] >> Thank u next. We have
[1:19:26] Xavier Green. Xavier Green
[1:19:29] address on file. Good evening
[1:19:30] City Council. My name is
[1:19:31] Xavier Green and I'm a
[1:19:32] resident of Jacksonville has
[1:19:35] have a question. What message
[1:19:36] does it send to your
[1:19:38] constituents that are
[1:19:39] pre-trial, detention facility
[1:19:40] has quietly become the largest
[1:19:40] mental health receiving
[1:19:43] facility in Duval County. What
[1:19:45] message does it send in your
[1:19:46] own 2024? Special committee
[1:19:47] report reveals a staggering
[1:19:48] reality that more than 31% of
[1:19:51] the jail population currently
[1:19:51] qualifies for Dcip
[1:19:53] diversionary mental health
[1:19:55] programs. Yes, it and over.
[1:19:56] Did also complain about how
[1:19:59] overpopulated the jail is?
[1:19:59] Sounds like an easy solution
[1:20:00] to this billion-dollar issue.
[1:20:03] Am I right? You all don't
[1:20:04] believe you all don't even
[1:20:04] believe that they belong in
[1:20:08] there. So act on it. That same
[1:20:09] report proved that individuals
[1:20:10] with mental illness estate in
[1:20:10] the times longer and cost 7
[1:20:13] times as much draining
[1:20:14] millions from taxpayers to the
[1:20:17] jail and uf Health at the same
[1:20:19] time, jso has killed over 5
[1:20:22] resident in mental crisis in
[1:20:23] 2025 alone contributing to
[1:20:23] local police killing rate.
[1:20:25] That is more than twice the
[1:20:27] national average while use of
[1:20:28] force incidents and complaints
[1:20:29] continue to rise and go
[1:20:31] unresolved, according to jso
[1:20:33] only open data and community
[1:20:35] reports. We cannot afford to
[1:20:37] keep funding a broken cycle of
[1:20:38] incarceration and lethal
[1:20:39] police saying the focus must
[1:20:41] shift immediately to funding a
[1:20:42] civilian Mental health
[1:20:45] emergency response program.
[1:20:47] We're pitching a twelve-month
[1:20:49] pilot deployed deploying
[1:20:50] Khalid clinician first
[1:20:52] responder teams to handle
[1:20:52] nonviolent calls license lsf
[1:20:54] mental health providers like h
[1:20:58] r c the cover spotter program
[1:21:00] jso. If there is a potential
[1:21:01] threat of danger and a police
[1:21:01] response, if there's a direct
[1:21:04] threat of extreme violence,
[1:21:05] diverting people who need it
[1:21:06] to community care like the
[1:21:07] Sulzbacher Center or image rc
[1:21:10] before they even reach a cell.
[1:21:11] And guess what? It wouldn't
[1:21:12] cost the city much at all.
[1:21:14] We've done the research. The
[1:21:14] state has coffers specifically
[1:21:16] for mobile response. Teams are
[1:21:17] MR. T's so the time is now.
[1:21:19] Thank you. And also. Charlie
[1:21:24] Kirk, all. Thank you, sir.
[1:21:27] Next he had Marianna needs.
[1:21:28] Meantime, on invite Gabriel
[1:21:29] Peralta.
[1:21:34] >> I Sharif. Jamie Travis
[1:21:34] Leonard and Denise Cook to
[1:21:41] please come down to the front.
[1:21:42] >> Hello, my name's Marianna
[1:21:45] Nieves address on file. Once
[1:21:46] again, you've heard from the
[1:21:48] public about what it wants to
[1:21:51] see within its own community.
[1:21:52] And I have an incredible and
[1:21:54] new transformative idea for
[1:21:56] our community. The people of
[1:21:58] Jacksonville. We'll pay you
[1:22:02] tax money, too. Put the things
[1:22:03] that we want to see the
[1:22:04] programs and initiatives that
[1:22:05] we want to see within our
[1:22:06] communities and our
[1:22:06] communities. And you actually
[1:22:10] do at this time. As the
[1:22:10] working class people of
[1:22:12] Jacksonville continue to see
[1:22:13] more money being s#
[1:22:13] #
[1:22:13] #
[1:22:13] #
[1:22:13] #
[1:22:13] into
[1:22:14] the city. Only to have fuse
[1:22:18] come out. And have city
[1:22:20] leaders seemingly be more
[1:22:21] interested in the investment
[1:22:22] of death and stagnation with
[1:22:26] in Jacksonville. We are done.
[1:22:29] We're done with a $674 million
[1:22:32] budget site and over
[1:22:33] 150 million dollar increase
[1:22:34] over the years, Jacksonville
[1:22:41] can more. More than afford to
[1:22:42] invest invest in mental health
[1:22:42] initiatives and a mental
[1:22:45] health professional team. In
[1:22:45] response to the men's health
[1:22:49] crisis in Jacksonville. And
[1:22:50] yet it chooses to invest
[1:22:51] heavily into armed forces
[1:22:53] meant to protect property and
[1:22:55] not people. Just so jso is
[1:22:58] budget has increased from
[1:22:58] 638 million to 678 million
[1:23:01] over the last 2 years. Does
[1:23:03] anyone feel 678 million
[1:23:07] dollars safer? No one does.
[1:23:09] Budget. People's budget is
[1:23:12] clear. It's transformative and
[1:23:13] for the people reinvesting
[1:23:13] millions of taxpayer dollars
[1:23:16] into the services and the
[1:23:17] infrastructure that make our
[1:23:20] communities better. And no
[1:23:22] more jso funding increases. We
[1:23:24] need to implement a people's
[1:23:26] budget. Now. And I know if
[1:23:28] Charlie Kirk was here with us,
[1:23:29] he's looking up at us right
[1:23:30] now. He would want this as
[1:23:32] well. Thank you, guys.
[1:23:32] >> Thank u next. We have
[1:23:43] Gabriel Peralta. Good evening.
[1:23:44] Get cable pearl to address on
[1:23:48] file. So that that cac
[1:23:49] Jacksonville Community Action
[1:23:50] Committee has called for the
[1:23:53] inclusion, a participatory
[1:23:55] budgeting and which additional
[1:23:56] funding going towards jso
[1:23:57] should be decided by the
[1:23:58] community to what priorities
[1:24:02] the community needs.
[1:24:03] Jacksonville should allow
[1:24:03] impacted segments of the
[1:24:05] community who are
[1:24:07] traditionally excluded from
[1:24:08] conventional budgeting plans
[1:24:09] to decide how that money is
[1:24:12] spent. Dozens of cities,
[1:24:13] municipalities, school
[1:24:14] districts and other entities
[1:24:16] have effectively use
[1:24:17] participatory budgets to
[1:24:17] increase Democratic input from
[1:24:23] communities. More funding to
[1:24:24] jso hasn't paid dividends,
[1:24:25] however, increase
[1:24:26] opportunities, economic
[1:24:28] development, livable wages and
[1:24:28] enhance public services,
[1:24:30] provide the stability needed
[1:24:31] for the people of Jacksonville
[1:24:32] to 3rd thoroughly. Fuller
[1:24:35] flourish. Over the past
[1:24:37] decade, the jso budget has
[1:24:38] consistently accounted for
[1:24:38] more than half of our city
[1:24:41] budget and is increasing
[1:24:43] increased nearly every year
[1:24:44] with an overall rise of over
[1:24:47] 200 million since 2013, the
[1:24:48] mental health crisis is not a
[1:24:50] death sentence. One family's
[1:24:53] call 9-1-1 for help. They're
[1:24:55] asking for medical
[1:24:58] intervention, not execution
[1:25:00] with a 674 million dollar
[1:25:02] budget in over 150 million
[1:25:03] dollar increase over the last
[1:25:03] couple years. Jacksonville
[1:25:06] can't afford to invest and
[1:25:08] trade. The Jacksonville can
[1:25:11] afford to invest in for a
[1:25:11] trained mental health
[1:25:12] professionals instead of
[1:25:13] letting armed officers act as
[1:25:14] first responders for those in
[1:25:16] crisis, we are demanding a
[1:25:17] permanent mental health
[1:25:19] emergency response team
[1:25:20] mandatory de-escalation
[1:25:23] protocols and family and
[1:25:24] family records within 7
[1:25:25] business days because grieving
[1:25:26] family members shouldn't have
[1:25:27] to wait months for answers.
[1:25:29] Well, jso is budget balloons.
[1:25:31] Also also no, Charlie Kirk,
[1:25:33] they please. It sounds
[1:25:37] horrible.
[1:25:37] >> Thank u next. We have a
[1:25:50] ministry. Good afternoon. I
[1:25:59] Sharif I am coming basically
[1:26:00] repeat the same thing we've
[1:26:01] been saying over and over and
[1:26:06] over again.
[1:26:09] >> We have to community a face
[1:26:11] stagnation. Many of the things
[1:26:12] that we would be coming up
[1:26:13] here at them for have not been
[1:26:18] acted on.
[1:26:19] >> Connor.
[1:26:19] >> The young man that was
[1:26:23] arrested for speaking
[1:26:24] regarding Palestine is still
[1:26:29] in jail for He is public
[1:26:32] comments he has made. And he
[1:26:35] basically are arrested for
[1:26:37] that from the tape. He was
[1:26:39] assaulted. But that's another
[1:26:41] issue. The other thing you I'm
[1:26:43] glad to see that alligator.
[1:26:47] Our good friend is being
[1:26:51] closed. It is because people
[1:26:54] have been outraged about how
[1:26:55] the environmental situation
[1:26:59] affected the animals. Now we
[1:27:04] have the same situation in
[1:27:06] Ridgewood where the
[1:27:10] environment too.
[1:27:12] >> Humans that are coming from
[1:27:13] the forensic, the forensic lab
[1:27:16] in a more.
[1:27:19] >> We the residents of that
[1:27:20] area.
[1:27:22] >> Should be given the same
[1:27:23] consideration.
[1:27:26] >> As the alligator Alcatraz.
[1:27:26] >> We're being affected by
[1:27:31] those
[1:27:32] >> All right.
[1:27:33] >> The other thing used to
[1:27:38] criminal PRESIDENT. Who
[1:27:39] basically part the JANUARY
[1:27:44] 6th. People that stormed the
[1:27:49] Capitol. He has pardoned them.
[1:27:52] Now he has put in for these
[1:27:54] people to be compensated. The
[1:28:02] cry and committed. When it a
[1:28:03] subject to be considered for
[1:28:06] something like
[1:28:07] >> You have victims of soy
[1:28:13] every. X and 4 compensation
[1:28:14] for them being victim has they
[1:28:20] consider that? Not relevant?
[1:28:21] But didn't you could ask for
[1:28:22] the JANUARY 6 people to be
[1:28:26] compensated.
[1:28:27] >> Income and next we have
[1:28:34] Jaime Travers, Leonard.
[1:28:36] >> Good evening. City
[1:28:36] COUNCILMAN, a Travis I
[1:28:37] addresses on file. Welcome
[1:28:42] back. So today talk about
[1:28:43] momentum specifically in this
[1:28:43] community. You MAY have
[1:28:47] noticed we have increasingly
[1:28:47] least since I've been coming
[1:28:48] regularly, which has been
[1:28:49] about a year. I've attended
[1:28:50] almost every one of these
[1:28:50] meetings and several Eli's the
[1:28:54] meetings at this point built a
[1:28:56] lot of moments built a lot of
[1:28:57] community. You've seen it with
[1:28:57] the neighborhood Bill of
[1:28:58] Rights. You see it with the
[1:29:01] freedom to Garden Act. So as
[1:29:02] you keep community momentum in
[1:29:03] mind as we come into our
[1:29:05] fiscal year, I reviewed the
[1:29:08] mayor's budget. I was very
[1:29:09] interest in the fact 3% is
[1:29:12] going to public safety. And
[1:29:13] unless there's some around in
[1:29:13] the infographic that was
[1:29:14] share, that's over a billion
[1:29:18] dollars. Public safety is
[1:29:19] priority number one. And this
[1:29:23] budget reflects that. I'm
[1:29:24] beginning to think this
[1:29:24] council in the mayor's office
[1:29:26] have a different idea of
[1:29:28] public safety compared to me.
[1:29:29] Someone tell you what I think
[1:29:32] public safety is public safety
[1:29:35] is access to nutritious food
[1:29:35] public safety is affordable
[1:29:39] housing. Public safety. It's
[1:29:40] pedestrian pathways. They keep
[1:29:44] them safe. Public safety is
[1:29:46] heat shelters in our lovely
[1:29:51] Florida summer. Public safety
[1:29:52] is feral. Population
[1:29:53] management and funding to help
[1:29:54] people in the community do
[1:29:57] that. Public safety is the
[1:30:00] freedom to garden at it's the
[1:30:01] neighborhood bill of Rights.
[1:30:01] It's not putting the jail on
[1:30:05] the North side. So what I
[1:30:06] challenge this council to do
[1:30:11] this fiscal year is take up.
[1:30:12] There's call to prioritize
[1:30:15] public safety. But give us
[1:30:18] actual public safety make our
[1:30:21] communities better safer and
[1:30:28] more accessible. Next. We have
[1:30:29] Denise Cook.
[1:30:30] >> the by up to the front,
[1:30:33] please, Kirstin Gilmore, John
[1:30:37] Mooney and Chelsea Chen.
[1:30:38] >> Good evening. My name is
[1:30:41] Denise Cooking. My addresses
[1:30:41] on file. Give you 3 guesses.
[1:30:43] What I'm going to talk about
[1:30:44] tonight. We all have been
[1:30:47] listen me for years. So I'm
[1:30:50] going to talk about jp Smalls.
[1:30:52] >> And I'm going to talk about
[1:30:54] the money that we've invested,
[1:30:57] the money that we're
[1:30:58] continuing to invest in. How
[1:31:02] exciting that is. This is a
[1:31:02] huge opportunity for
[1:31:06] Jacksonville for 3 to 209. But
[1:31:07] we have to also put in place
[1:31:09] things that were destroyed
[1:31:11] during redlining. There it is.
[1:31:12] There's that keyword. There's
[1:31:16] that buzzword. We use it. We
[1:31:19] use it when it's appropriate
[1:31:21] generate hype about what we're
[1:31:23] doing in city council. We use
[1:31:24] it when we're generating hype
[1:31:25] of that. We want people on our
[1:31:28] sides. We use it when it's a
[1:31:30] pro. When we feel like it's
[1:31:32] appropriate. But what it
[1:31:35] really is is a deterioration
[1:31:35] of our communities. And it has
[1:31:37] been in place for years. We
[1:31:38] all know it. We know we're
[1:31:39] still doing it. We're doing it
[1:31:41] in different ways. We're doing
[1:31:43] it by digital redlining,
[1:31:47] environmental lot. Redlining.
[1:31:48] 100 different names and we
[1:31:48] should sit down and talk about
[1:31:52] them all. But what we're doing
[1:31:55] now is we're investing anchor
[1:31:56] into 3 to 209. That is an
[1:31:58] excellent idea. But how many
[1:31:59] of you have been down there in
[1:32:04] the last? 6 months? Is there a
[1:32:08] safe places to walk? Are there
[1:32:10] any eateries? Are there
[1:32:11] anything to support that is a
[1:32:12] crime in that area where it
[1:32:14] should be so that tourists can
[1:32:15] come so that families can
[1:32:19] come. We're going to put in a
[1:32:20] new museum. I'm all for this.
[1:32:22] I want us to have these
[1:32:23] anchors. We have beautiful,
[1:32:25] beautiful, historic buildings.
[1:32:28] We have wonderful rich
[1:32:30] history, not just in 3 to 209,
[1:32:30] that all throughout
[1:32:34] Jacksonville. That we need to
[1:32:36] do things purposely and
[1:32:38] thoughtfully and with intent
[1:32:39] and make sure we're not
[1:32:41] putting the cart before the
[1:32:42] horse. I do also support the
[1:32:45] Freedom Garden Act. And as far
[1:32:49] as feral cats, I got several
[1:32:50] rabies shots last year from a
[1:32:56] feral cat was not trapped. So
[1:32:57] if we need, if we can swing
[1:32:59] some money that way, it's a
[1:33:00] good thing that's very
[1:33:01] dangerous because raccoons in
[1:33:03] Florida, but they don't
[1:33:09] demonstrate any. Thank Makes
[1:33:23] you Kirsten Gilmore. Good
[1:33:24] afternoon. My name is and many
[1:33:26] of my address on file.
[1:33:29] >> I am here to speak about
[1:33:30] Jacksonville. Jacksonville
[1:33:31] deserves much better than the
[1:33:33] scraps. We are often thrown by
[1:33:36] the wayside. Like where birds
[1:33:36] searching for the scraps,
[1:33:38] like, you know how when you
[1:33:39] scatter seed and some of it
[1:33:41] goes right in the middle and
[1:33:42] some of it fails to meet the
[1:33:50] outer edges of the of the the
[1:33:50] And unfortunately, oftentimes
[1:33:51] like birds were all trying to
[1:33:53] flock into one area to try and
[1:33:57] gain access to a resource need
[1:33:59] being met to a thing that we
[1:34:02] need. And unfortunately,
[1:34:03] Jacksonville oftentimes leaves
[1:34:06] many, many districts by the
[1:34:06] wayside. Unfortunately,
[1:34:07] Jackson believes many people,
[1:34:11] many. Institutions, many
[1:34:11] funding things by the wayside.
[1:34:15] When we prioritize funding
[1:34:18] things that are not able to
[1:34:19] actually supplement the
[1:34:20] scattering the way that we are
[1:34:21] continuously scattering seeds
[1:34:22] the way that we are
[1:34:23] continuously only putting
[1:34:25] things in certain areas, only
[1:34:26] putting things in certain
[1:34:28] districts. Only prioritizing
[1:34:30] planting trees in certain
[1:34:31] districts putting mental
[1:34:32] health resources, a certain
[1:34:33] districts and things like
[1:34:35] that. When we only prioritize
[1:34:36] those types of things, it
[1:34:37] creates an unfortunate
[1:34:39] situation where people think
[1:34:39] that things don't exist in
[1:34:40] those districts. People think
[1:34:43] those districts are trashy are
[1:34:45] disgusting. Are invaluable.
[1:34:46] And I do not want that for our
[1:34:47] city. And I know that we've
[1:34:49] heard many, many people say
[1:34:50] that they don't want that for
[1:34:51] their city. They want to be
[1:34:53] able to build community
[1:34:54] gardens. They want to be able
[1:34:57] to have food access, access to
[1:34:58] nature, access to creating
[1:34:59] sustainable living programs
[1:35:00] for not only the humans of
[1:35:04] Jacksonville, but also for the
[1:35:05] animals of Jacksonville, for
[1:35:06] the wildlife of Jacksonville,
[1:35:07] for the nature of
[1:35:07] Jacksonville, for the
[1:35:09] continuing infrastructure of
[1:35:10] Jacksonville, which is what
[1:35:10] the budget is supposed to be
[1:35:13] for. When we highlight and
[1:35:16] over in full size, making sure
[1:35:18] that public safety is only
[1:35:21] administered in one way. We
[1:35:22] often we often see that
[1:35:23] scattering of seeds only being
[1:35:27] concentrated in one area. I
[1:35:28] highly recommend we listen to
[1:35:28] our constituents. We listen to
[1:35:29] the people that come and speak
[1:35:32] to us weekly. I know a few of
[1:35:35] them personally. I highly
[1:35:35] recommend we write down those
[1:35:36] things and we write down those
[1:35:37] names and those groups that
[1:35:38] are coming in speaking to you
[1:35:39] guys and you guys continue to
[1:35:42] have conversations with them.
[1:35:43] I would like to say that I
[1:35:47] would also like to support the
[1:35:47] right to garden I would not
[1:35:50] like Charlie Kirk Day and I
[1:35:50] would like to decrease
[1:35:51] chances. But thank you.
[1:35:53] >> Thank you, ma'am.
[1:36:00] >> Next we have. John Mooney.
[1:36:04] >> The low.
[1:36:07] >> I am John Jay. New to
[1:36:07] tracing go saisd Bascom Road
[1:36:09] Jacksonville, Florida, 3, 2,
[1:36:12] 1, 6, Jacksonville City
[1:36:14] Council resolution 2023 0, 1,
[1:36:20] 9 shout-out Rd. The real Ron
[1:36:21] Davis. 600 wbo be Monday
[1:36:23] through Friday. 69 Governor
[1:36:28] DeSantis. James up PRESIDENT
[1:36:29] Trump, Dean Black, Scott
[1:36:31] Wilson, Danielle Ton the board
[1:36:35] of County commissioners. Of
[1:36:35] Saint Johns County
[1:36:36] Jacksonville City Council
[1:36:44] members. Pardon new 2024, 0,
[1:36:47] 1, 0, 7, 3, 0.5 million direct
[1:36:49] contract Twenty-twenty 403, to
[1:36:50] 5 direct contract. University
[1:36:52] of Florida septic tanks now
[1:36:57] wearing my fwc. Phishing with
[1:37:00] corrections.
[1:37:04] >> at a recent ethics
[1:37:05] >> commission meeting and you
[1:37:06] can ask, wrangle. Paige
[1:37:08] Johnson, Kirby Overdorf are I
[1:37:12] asked we have 6 cpac.
[1:37:13] Representing near the entire
[1:37:14] city of Jacksonville. We have
[1:37:20] the mayor's Disability Council
[1:37:22] the Council Elder Affairs Wise
[1:37:22] Ogc the Office of General
[1:37:24] Counsel not represented at
[1:37:25] these meetings. The public
[1:37:27] trust just crushed, especially
[1:37:29] in a waterway. Chanel show
[1:37:29] anyone just down about a
[1:37:36] minute. Okay, 2026. 0, 0, 2,
[1:37:37] 4, is a recent legislative
[1:37:39] example. 2026. 0, 0, 0, for
[1:37:40] that Parks Trust Fund 2026, 0,
[1:37:43] 3, 9, 6, movie trust fund.
[1:37:45] >> 2025, 0, 4, 6, 3, Veterans
[1:37:48] Trust Fund 2025, 0, 8, 6, 7
[1:37:49] Duval County Public Schools
[1:37:52] Cip one d-conn see o j 2009,
[1:37:53] 40. 42 that your official
[1:37:57] Reeve Trust Fund and support
[1:37:57] the freedom to garden at k
[1:38:00] True Commission waterways. No,
[1:38:02] that's good thing to the but
[1:38:06] here real quick on end of 20
[1:38:07] some seconds. Here's downtown
[1:38:08] Jacksonville. The visitors
[1:38:11] map. You open it and you know
[1:38:12] The kayak launch and Chelsea
[1:38:14] Street, it's not there. Here's
[1:38:17] the new panda. Looking much
[1:38:21] smaller. This one ends. Again.
[1:38:22] The kayak launch and chills
[1:38:24] the streets. Not there. And
[1:38:26] there's legislation comment.
[1:38:31] Well, tell you, take anybody.
[1:38:34] It's the world market 2 last
[1:38:36] speaker is a chill to chat.
[1:38:44] Chapman.
[1:38:45] >> Fellow council members, my
[1:38:46] name is so Sweet. Chapman, a
[1:38:48] single mother of 2 uniquely
[1:38:49] able size and a resident of
[1:38:53] Duval County since 2021. Also
[1:38:55] a member of naacp and the
[1:38:57] founder of guided Gordy
[1:38:59] protecting which will be
[1:39:01] providing a you've academic
[1:39:02] community enrichment program
[1:39:02] for the eu in the near future
[1:39:08] of 2027. I came Jacksonville
[1:39:09] seeking peace grow in a
[1:39:09] stability after homelessness.
[1:39:14] But instead faced re pd
[1:39:16] negligence. The lay-in
[1:39:17] violations from the city of
[1:39:18] Jacksonville that prolonged
[1:39:19] our hardship endanger my
[1:39:23] family's well-being. Despite
[1:39:26] clear needs in eligibility,
[1:39:27] essential services were
[1:39:28] mishandled or denied, leaving
[1:39:30] my children without consistent
[1:39:31] disability support in
[1:39:32] Portsmouth to navigate in
[1:39:35] instability. No family should
[1:39:37] indoor the systematic failures
[1:39:39] caused emotional financial in
[1:39:40] physical harm. Wild strucked
[1:39:43] in our path forward, securing
[1:39:43] housing and economic
[1:39:48] independence. Even through
[1:39:49] challenges speak publicly
[1:39:51] because the residents of Duval
[1:39:53] experience reflects a broader
[1:39:54] pattern of institutional
[1:39:55] neglect affecting grand double
[1:39:56] families across Jacksonville.
[1:40:00] I remain committed advocating
[1:40:01] for accountability change in a
[1:40:02] few to work. Families like
[1:40:06] mine receive the or they are
[1:40:07] promised council members. I'm
[1:40:09] here to address that clear
[1:40:11] shift in Jacksonville spending
[1:40:11] priorities between the budget
[1:40:17] of 2019 and the 2026 20 7
[1:40:18] budget. And what those changes
[1:40:19] mean for the people who live
[1:40:22] here. In 2019, the City
[1:40:25] General Fund exceeded 1.2, 6
[1:40:27] billion with nearly
[1:40:29] 750 million dedicated to
[1:40:32] public safety infrastructure
[1:40:32] improvements relied heavily on
[1:40:35] debt and social investments
[1:40:36] were limited. That budget
[1:40:38] maintain basic operations, but
[1:40:39] he did not deliver
[1:40:42] transformative change for
[1:40:46] residents in 2026. 2027 and
[1:40:47] the public faith, the
[1:40:47] feel-good phones about 55% of
[1:40:49] the general fund. While people
[1:40:50] in this news remains small,
[1:40:56] it. 7.3% The capital
[1:40:59] improvement plan has exploded
[1:41:02] for 262 million for the year.
[1:41:05] And 1.2 billion over 5 years.
[1:41:08] With 1 billion funded through
[1:41:10] borrowing these. This
[1:41:12] represents a major strategic
[1:41:13] shift towards driven
[1:41:15] infrastructure expansion. The
[1:41:18] pattern 5th in public safety
[1:41:18] dominates Social. Thank you,
[1:41:23] ma'am. Programs.
[1:41:24] >> We have 2 people who do not
[1:41:25] wish to speak with Samantha
[1:41:29] Cards. Jessica, much an please
[1:41:31] support Jaycee agencies, but
[1:41:32] people's budget create a
[1:41:36] mental health resource center.
[1:41:38] And and some buck do not want
[1:41:39] does not want the soccer
[1:41:43] stadium at the town center.
[1:41:44] MR. PRESIDENT, before moving
[1:41:45] on to public hearings as per
[1:41:47] your request, we're going to
[1:41:49] be moving up item number one.
[1:41:54] 44 on Page 56. Number one. 44
[1:41:56] on page 56, 2026, 0, 5, 7, 6.
[1:42:00] I move the emergency.
[1:42:01] >> We have a motion a second
[1:42:03] on the emergency and the
[1:42:04] applicant's representative is
[1:42:05] here. If anyone did not get to
[1:42:06] talk to him during committee
[1:42:09] week. Seeing nobody in the
[1:42:11] queue will take the emergency
[1:42:12] vote verbally. All those in
[1:42:14] favor indicate by saying Aye,
[1:42:17] aye, all again saying no. The
[1:42:17] emergency passes.
[1:42:18] >> present, we have to public
[1:42:19] participation cards. The first
[1:42:23] is John New
[1:42:24] >> MR. New Europe. 3 minutes
[1:42:25] on item one. 44 2026, 0, 5, 7,
[1:42:31] 6,
[1:42:31] >> Hello, I am John Jay
[1:42:36] nudity. Jacksonville City
[1:42:38] Council resolution 2023, 0, 8,
[1:42:39] 1, 9, city Council district 4
[1:42:42] cpac, 3 school board district
[1:42:46] 3 I thought I marked on the
[1:42:49] card did not wish to speak. I
[1:42:50] just need to hear your voice,
[1:42:55] my friend. Thank you for your.
[1:42:56] We're doing a but I just but
[1:42:59] I'm here. And and just for the
[1:43:01] record, I do believe unmarked.
[1:43:04] I support the legislation.
[1:43:05] Thank you, MR. New. Thank you,
[1:43:10] Alright. Thank you, We have
[1:43:17] another speaker, MR. Harden.
[1:43:18] >> Council PRESIDENT Have
[1:43:18] questions only have one.
[1:43:19] Someone has anything they'd
[1:43:20] like to ask. Know, All right.
[1:43:25] Thank you, sir. Yes, sir.
[1:43:26] Having no more cards, I move
[1:43:29] the emergency move the bill as
[1:43:30] emergency.
[1:43:31] >> We have a motion and the
[1:43:32] second on the bill is an
[1:43:33] emergency. Again, the
[1:43:33] applicant's representatives
[1:43:34] here for any questions seeing
[1:43:44] none. So about a quarter want.
[1:43:47] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[1:43:48] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 5,
[1:43:51] 7, 6, passes.
[1:43:52] >> PRESIDENT Is now time for
[1:43:52] public hearings be beginning
[1:43:56] on Page 8 councilmember should
[1:43:58] declare any ex parte
[1:44:00] communications. Anyone wishing
[1:44:00] to speak on the following
[1:44:01] bills should have completed a
[1:44:03] blue Speaker card and you
[1:44:05] would be allowed 3 minutes to
[1:44:08] speak if you provide your
[1:44:09] address or the person on the
[1:44:10] prescribed form and don't wish
[1:44:12] to stay on the microphone,
[1:44:13] then you're permitted to just
[1:44:17] to state it on the record. But
[1:44:18] we encourage to be specific as
[1:44:19] possible as to your location
[1:44:21] because it will likely impact
[1:44:24] the weight your comments like
[1:44:26] public comment, assuming
[1:44:29] approval of the presiding
[1:44:29] speaker MAY be invited to the
[1:44:30] Robert Johnson room for
[1:44:33] further discussion
[1:44:35] councilmember failure to
[1:44:35] complete the form provided
[1:44:36] including the provision of an
[1:44:38] address on the form. Mean,
[1:44:39] your name will not be called
[1:44:43] for public hearing. MR. Deal,
[1:44:49] please read the Bills.
[1:44:50] >> 2026. 3.76 4.20 For 21 for
[1:44:57] 83 for 84. 45 5? 33 5. 34 5,
[1:45:00] 35, 5. 36 5. 37 5. 38. 5.39 5.
[1:45:06] 45? 41 5. 42 5.43 5.52 2026.
[1:45:08] 1. 22 one. 23 one. 24 1. 25
[1:45:13] one. 26 1.27 For 22 for 23.
[1:45:18] For 24. For 25 for 26. For 27,
[1:45:19] for 28. For 29. For 30, for 31
[1:45:24] for 30 to 4.33 For 75. 4. 76
[1:45:27] 4.77 For 78 for 79 for 84, 81
[1:45:30] and for 82.
[1:45:31] >> This PRESIDENT Would ask
[1:45:33] you to please open up those
[1:45:34] public hearings. These public
[1:45:35] hearings are all open again as
[1:45:36] per your request. We're going
[1:45:37] to jump ahead and take 2 items
[1:45:40] out of order. Item number. 46,
[1:45:45] 2026 4, 7, 7 on Page. 24. Do
[1:45:49] we have any cards for that?
[1:45:50] You have 2 cards on 46, 3
[1:45:56] cards. I'm sorry for 77. I'm
[1:46:06] sorry. It is 77, 70. All
[1:46:06] right. We've got 4 card.
[1:46:07] First. One is Christian
[1:46:10] County. Followed by Grady
[1:46:14] Pope. And Laura Baucus would
[1:46:15] ask you to come to onto the
[1:46:16] front, please. And then MISTER
[1:46:19] Hart.
[1:46:21] >> And because we skipped
[1:46:23] ahead, reminder to all my
[1:46:24] colleagues, we're on item
[1:46:25] number. 46, 2026, 0, 4, 7, 7,
[1:46:40] We're in public.
[1:47:08] >> Good evening. Chrissy
[1:47:13] address on file. I oppose Bill
[1:47:14] 0, 4, 7, 7, as it has clearly
[1:47:15] identified comp plan
[1:47:18] deficiencies. On behalf of the
[1:47:19] San Jose Neighborhood
[1:47:21] Association myself as a
[1:47:22] homeowner, I respectfully
[1:47:24] request that the San Jose
[1:47:25] Neighborhood Association
[1:47:28] competent substantial evidence
[1:47:28] binder exhibits one through 53
[1:47:31] be entered into the record.
[1:47:33] This exhibit binder represents
[1:47:33] months of research through
[1:47:35] public records. City planning
[1:47:37] documents. Engineering reports
[1:47:38] environmental studies,
[1:47:41] demographic data legislative
[1:47:42] history. Starry Ducey says
[1:47:43] judicial precedents and
[1:47:45] applicable statutes and case
[1:47:47] law. It has been prepared to
[1:47:48] assist the council in
[1:47:49] developing a complete
[1:47:50] evidentiary support record for
[1:47:52] this proposed land use
[1:47:54] amendment. And it is compare
[1:47:56] and its companion rezoning 4,
[1:47:57] 7, 8, the first section of the
[1:47:59] binder focuses on the land use
[1:48:01] amendment it contains
[1:48:01] demographic information
[1:48:03] planning analysis,
[1:48:04] comprehensive plan, resources
[1:48:06] and legal authorities that are
[1:48:07] supported by evidence and
[1:48:09] advances a legitimate public
[1:48:10] purpose, which at this time we
[1:48:11] oppose due to failure points
[1:48:14] within the application. The
[1:48:15] remaining sections are
[1:48:17] organized around 5 findings
[1:48:18] required by the San Jose
[1:48:19] Neighborhood Association
[1:48:22] resolution 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 6,
[1:48:22] and addresses. The companion
[1:48:25] planned unit development which
[1:48:26] my neighbors we'll address for
[1:48:29] the next bill. It's tab
[1:48:30] corresponds to one of those
[1:48:31] findings and include
[1:48:33] supporting documents related
[1:48:36] to traffic compatibility
[1:48:37] buffering. Environmental
[1:48:38] preservation, infrastructure,
[1:48:39] and housing standards and how
[1:48:41] our 5 asks reasonably repair
[1:48:44] aforementioned failure point.
[1:48:45] It has been organizes a
[1:48:45] working reference to help
[1:48:47] locate supporting documents.
[1:48:49] Quickly formulate questions as
[1:48:51] they arise and identify issues
[1:48:52] that MAY warrant further
[1:48:53] discussion before this matter
[1:48:54] moves to the all use the
[1:48:57] committee, the neighborhood
[1:48:57] presents that these exhibits
[1:48:59] to help complete the
[1:49:00] evidentiary record by
[1:49:02] providing information that was
[1:49:03] either not included your fully
[1:49:05] developed in the applicant
[1:49:07] submission. Our intent is not
[1:49:09] to overwhelm the record but to
[1:49:10] assist the council and
[1:49:11] evaluating whether the
[1:49:11] applicable land use and zoning
[1:49:14] standards have been satisfied.
[1:49:15] We're encouraged by the
[1:49:16] applicant statements after
[1:49:18] Planning Commission indicating
[1:49:18] a willingness to begin work
[1:49:19] shopping. This application
[1:49:22] with us now. We appreciate
[1:49:23] that commitment and look
[1:49:24] forward to a meaningful
[1:49:26] meeting of the minds on the 5
[1:49:27] issues identified for final
[1:49:29] approval. Thank you very much.
[1:49:38] >> Thank u next. We have great
[1:49:39] Grady, Pope, 3, 7, 0, 4, Ponce
[1:49:42] de Leon Avenue in San Jose. 3,
[1:49:43] 2, 2, 1, 7, I oppose
[1:49:50] ordinance. To 6, 0, 4, 7, 8,
[1:49:53] As written. The staff report
[1:49:54] for this ordinance recommends
[1:49:58] there were speaking 4, 7, 7,
[1:49:58] sorry. House have a seat. MISS
[1:49:59] County just spoke for me on
[1:50:03] that. When speak. All right.
[1:50:10] Next, we have Laura Baucus.
[1:50:11] >> I am Laura Baucus, my
[1:50:13] addresses on file. And I
[1:50:18] oppose 4, 7, 7,
[1:50:19] >> This section of Old Kings
[1:50:20] Road south between Saint
[1:50:22] Augustine Road and Powers
[1:50:23] Avenue.
[1:50:24] >> Where the Kings Trail
[1:50:27] property is located does not
[1:50:30] meet current standards for
[1:50:31] residential roadway. It has to
[1:50:33] 10 foot lanes, no shoulder, no
[1:50:35] parking lanes or turn lanes.
[1:50:37] There's no bike lane and no
[1:50:41] jta bus route. No space was
[1:50:44] planned for red expansion.
[1:50:46] Drainage ditches wind about
[1:50:47] half of this section of Old
[1:50:47] Kings Road south on both
[1:50:53] sides. The road 57
[1:50:54] single-family homes across the
[1:50:57] 20 foot wide street facing the
[1:51:00] Kings Trail Elementary School
[1:51:02] property and it is assigned as
[1:51:03] a suburban residential
[1:51:07] collector. C 3 are by the fdot
[1:51:11] or a collector by the city
[1:51:12] with unacceptable volume of
[1:51:14] over 17,000 trips, daily,
[1:51:14] according to the
[1:51:20] classification. In early JULY,
[1:51:22] our neighborhood association
[1:51:22] heard an independent traffic
[1:51:24] engineer, Austin CHAIRMAN. He
[1:51:28] did just analysis and it
[1:51:30] indicates King's road sale
[1:51:30] things nonconforming to
[1:51:31] current standards for a
[1:51:33] collector road weight. They're
[1:51:37] currently no bus stops, know,
[1:51:40] routes along this section and
[1:51:42] the closest bus stops around
[1:51:43] Saint Augustine Road about a
[1:51:45] 3rd of a mile away or half a
[1:51:49] mile to Powers Avenue to east.
[1:51:50] This is important to consider
[1:51:51] when increasing housing
[1:51:52] density, according to the
[1:51:57] comprehensive plan. And in
[1:52:01] 2025, the city of Jacksonville
[1:52:03] traffic study identified this
[1:52:03] section of road. The Kings
[1:52:06] Trail School property is on
[1:52:10] gets about 2500 trips daily.
[1:52:11] But f dot estimates 3600 trips
[1:52:15] daily in this section as
[1:52:17] comparison of collectors to
[1:52:20] our West, Saint Augustine
[1:52:22] Road, its quest to find some
[1:52:24] minor arterial. And it has 4
[1:52:26] lanes but no parking or turn
[1:52:30] lanes and it gets over 16,000
[1:52:33] daily trips and it's 60%
[1:52:34] capacity, according to
[1:52:37] projections to our East Powers
[1:52:40] Avenue, a minor arterial. It's
[1:52:41] a suburb in commercial
[1:52:44] collectors, c 3 c has 4 lanes
[1:52:47] with a center turn lane. It is
[1:52:48] estimated that over 21,000
[1:52:52] average daily trips and is it
[1:52:52] about 58% of the projected
[1:52:56] volume? Powers also has
[1:52:57] routes, bus stops in a bike
[1:53:02] lane. The proposed land use
[1:53:03] change would open this area to
[1:53:06] medium density residential
[1:53:07] development, according to the
[1:53:09] traffic engineers analysis.
[1:53:12] Thank you, ma'am. Thank you.
[1:53:18] Paul r.
[1:53:18] >> Thank you, MR. CHAIRMAN
[1:53:21] pardoned 14. 31 Riverplace
[1:53:22] Boulevard. I'll go quickly on
[1:53:24] this. This piece of property
[1:53:25] joining a parcel that you zone
[1:53:29] for the exact same use. They
[1:53:29] were backing of this property
[1:53:33] less than 6 months ago. We're
[1:53:34] proposing down-zoning on the
[1:53:35] site currently being used for
[1:53:37] school. The school board's
[1:53:37] closing down. It's going to be
[1:53:41] institutional used to single
[1:53:42] family residential the road
[1:53:43] that they're talking about
[1:53:48] King's Road at the spot that
[1:53:49] we're planning our entry onto
[1:53:53] the road is capacity yet 14%.
[1:53:54] There's 86% capacity,
[1:53:55] according to the plate
[1:53:58] apartment at this site,
[1:54:00] everything that they propose
[1:54:00] in there, but that they handed
[1:54:03] out to is incorrect. It is
[1:54:05] counter to the plane
[1:54:06] department's report and has
[1:54:09] information in those reports
[1:54:10] on those issues. So I'll be
[1:54:11] happy go over those with any
[1:54:12] way if you have time. Thank
[1:54:15] you, MISTER CHAIRMAN.
[1:54:16] >> MR. PRESIDENT. You also
[1:54:17] have 4 members who do not wish
[1:54:20] to speak for him individuals.
[1:54:20] Lisa Fried lander. She
[1:54:24] opposes. Lee's Prescott,
[1:54:26] Prescott, Prescott opposes
[1:54:33] Jacob, like? All oppose 4, 7,
[1:54:36] 7, I have no more cars on 4,
[1:54:36] 7, 7,
[1:54:37] >> This public hearing as
[1:54:38] close an additional public
[1:54:40] hearing will be held on AUGUST
[1:54:44] 11. 2026 next. We have item
[1:54:45] number. 47, 2026, 4, 7, 8, at
[1:54:45] 2 speaker cards great for pope
[1:54:56] and or boat. Credico, 3, 7, 0,
[1:54:57] 4, Ponce de Leon Avenue in the
[1:55:00] sand is a neighborhood. 3, 2,
[1:55:01] 2, 1, 7, I posed ordinance to
[1:55:04] 0 to 6, 0, 4, 7, 8 as written
[1:55:04] the staff report. Order
[1:55:07] recommends 2 conditions. The
[1:55:08] standard traffic study and
[1:55:10] requiring guest parking to be
[1:55:11] provided in accordance with
[1:55:13] the code at a ratio, one
[1:55:14] parking space for every 3
[1:55:17] townhomes and or cottages at
[1:55:18] the Planning Commission
[1:55:20] hearing on JULY. 23, the
[1:55:20] attorney for the applicant
[1:55:23] agreed to the traffic study
[1:55:24] the belt, but balked being
[1:55:26] required to provide guests
[1:55:27] parking stating its burden to
[1:55:30] maintain. If you look at Page
[1:55:34] 9 of the staff report, it
[1:55:35] explicitly states as a number
[1:55:36] of town home and cut his
[1:55:37] development has increased
[1:55:39] throughout the city. The
[1:55:40] Planning Department and Public
[1:55:41] Works. Department had received
[1:55:43] a growing number of complaints
[1:55:44] regarding inadequate guess
[1:55:45] parking within these
[1:55:47] communities and sufficient
[1:55:48] guess parking often results in
[1:55:50] vehicles being park along
[1:55:50] internal roadways or a chase
[1:55:54] in Public street, creating
[1:55:56] potential traffic circulation
[1:55:57] issues impacting neighboring
[1:55:59] residential areas requiring
[1:56:01] guest parking as the standard
[1:56:03] ratio will help accommodate
[1:56:03] those are parking demand
[1:56:04] reduced on tree parking
[1:56:06] conflicts and maintain
[1:56:09] compatibility with surrounding
[1:56:09] neighborhoods. Jose
[1:56:10] Neighborhood Association
[1:56:10] wholeheartedly agrees and
[1:56:14] adds. That relying upon
[1:56:15] on-street parking will also
[1:56:16] create an unnecessary hurdle
[1:56:18] for emergency responders do
[1:56:19] that are proposed in 2 major
[1:56:22] of the project and limited
[1:56:24] availability for on-street
[1:56:25] parking. We respectively
[1:56:26] request that you consider
[1:56:26] approval to account credit
[1:56:28] because parking thank you.
[1:56:29] Thank you, Sir. Thank you, MR.
[1:56:33] Hard.
[1:56:34] >> Thank you. CHAIRMAN Paul
[1:56:36] Hard 14. They want replace
[1:56:37] school board. We have proposed
[1:56:39] that the planning commission
[1:56:40] that the guests parking in
[1:56:44] front of the houses, the lot
[1:56:45] to lot louder than 31 feet.
[1:56:47] They have room for parking on
[1:56:49] the front. Otherwise what you
[1:56:50] would have its guest parking
[1:56:53] scattered throughout the
[1:56:54] subdivision. There are people
[1:56:56] use for storage. They're not
[1:56:58] used for parking. People want
[1:57:00] to park and then come visit.
[1:57:01] So walked through 4 houses
[1:57:03] away. We'll have some of the
[1:57:05] folks for bring finders here
[1:57:05] to answer the questions on
[1:57:08] that. But we we think that the
[1:57:12] proposed plan proposed in the
[1:57:13] site plan in the application
[1:57:14] fits this requirement. Thank
[1:57:18] you, MISTER CHAIRMAN.
[1:57:18] >> PRESIDENT No more for item
[1:57:22] for I do have one more.
[1:57:23] >> You do have another card. I
[1:57:29] believe I So they have 4 more
[1:57:34] cards. 5. This canning. The
[1:57:35] surf, Redlined or Philander.
[1:57:41] Rush. Any careful. Courtney
[1:57:42] Pope, he just spoke on that
[1:57:44] one. And then Laura Baucus,
[1:57:50] Candy.
[1:57:51] >> Again, Kristie Kenney
[1:57:54] address on file. As written 0,
[1:57:58] 4, should not pass for nearly
[1:57:59] 75 years. Our San Jose
[1:58:00] neighborhood settled the side.
[1:58:01] The Kings Trail Elementary
[1:58:02] School. It was not perfect,
[1:58:06] but it was predictable.
[1:58:06] Families understood the
[1:58:07] relationship with teen their
[1:58:10] homes and that property. The
[1:58:12] school served a profound
[1:58:13] public purpose and the
[1:58:14] surrounding community rooted
[1:58:16] around that reality that
[1:58:18] chapters changing and we
[1:58:19] understand the properties to
[1:58:21] not remain frozen in time. We
[1:58:22] understand that housing
[1:58:22] demands are different and
[1:58:23] we're not asking this council
[1:58:26] to stop progress, quality
[1:58:28] planning asks a significant
[1:58:29] question when one land use
[1:58:32] gives way to another. Will we
[1:58:32] build the right bridge between
[1:58:35] the old and the new?
[1:58:36] >> Because the city is not
[1:58:38] simply approving housing. Its
[1:58:39] granting a new set of
[1:58:41] development rights that will
[1:58:41] remain attached to this
[1:58:42] property with the pd long
[1:58:45] after we're gone. The former
[1:58:45] school property in the
[1:58:47] proposed development are not
[1:58:47] equivalent uses simply because
[1:58:50] the apa tie the same acreage.
[1:58:52] One was a public institutional
[1:58:52] use activity concentrated
[1:58:54] around school calendar and
[1:58:57] activities. The other creates
[1:58:58] 110 permanent household and
[1:59:01] the intensities of such that
[1:59:02] difference matters. It is why
[1:59:05] the pd written description
[1:59:07] matters. Apd is not a
[1:59:08] contingency. It is a legal
[1:59:08] instrument that defines what
[1:59:10] can and cannot happen on this
[1:59:12] property. The applicant
[1:59:14] suggested that many of the
[1:59:16] protections are neighborhood
[1:59:16] request unreasonable but will
[1:59:20] likely happen anyway and are
[1:59:22] intent. Respectfully likely is
[1:59:23] not a zoning standard and of
[1:59:24] our community cannot think
[1:59:25] feel and believe to
[1:59:26] substantiate or request
[1:59:29] neither can the applicant.
[1:59:30] This is still a school board
[1:59:32] property. Our ask is the
[1:59:35] language you approve. Our
[1:59:36] neighborhood is requested 5
[1:59:38] reasonable additions to the pd
[1:59:40] written description. They are
[1:59:41] not unreasonable demands.
[1:59:41] Their modest safeguards
[1:59:43] intended to ensure that the
[1:59:45] transition from a long
[1:59:45] established suburban
[1:59:46] neighborhood to a higher
[1:59:48] intensity, urban residential
[1:59:49] development occurs
[1:59:50] respectfully for all property
[1:59:52] owners for 4 months. Residents
[1:59:55] of asked for collaboration.
[1:59:56] We've reviewed plans, studied
[1:59:59] impacts and offered solutions.
[2:00:00] We've not come here to oppose.
[2:00:03] We've come here to improve
[2:00:04] during the planning commission
[2:00:05] hearing. All of those efforts
[2:00:07] were dismissed rather than
[2:00:09] examined, but disagreements
[2:00:09] should never replace evidence
[2:00:10] and frustration should never
[2:00:15] replace planning. Do not ask
[2:00:16] this neighborhood to trust but
[2:00:19] cannot be enforced to rely on
[2:00:20] assurances never written down.
[2:00:21] How can we be expected to do
[2:00:25] that?
[2:00:26] >> Thanks. We have Lisa Free
[2:00:32] lander. That's close.
[2:00:33] >> Lisa Friedlander, my
[2:00:35] addresses on file. I
[2:00:38] respectfully urge you to
[2:00:40] oppose ordinance. 2026 Dash,
[2:00:41] 0, 4, 7, 8, unless it is
[2:00:44] amended to require meaningful
[2:00:45] protection. This property is
[2:00:46] wetlands and mature tree
[2:00:50] canopy. In the last 3 years.
[2:00:52] Within 1.6 miles of our San
[2:00:54] Jose neighborhood. We have
[2:00:58] lost 105 acres, a forest that
[2:00:59] served as a major ecosystem to
[2:01:03] our area. Clear cut by
[2:01:05] developers for affordable
[2:01:07] housing apartments, luxury
[2:01:12] apartments and townhomes. 105
[2:01:13] acres of beautiful trees and
[2:01:17] wildlife gone. I would be
[2:01:18] lying if I said, I believe
[2:01:19] that the planning Commission
[2:01:22] or dream Finders cares about
[2:01:25] the 1.2 acres of wetlands
[2:01:27] behind the Kings Trail
[2:01:28] Elementary School. But we
[2:01:32] care. Instead of an extensive
[2:01:34] clearing of the 1.2 acres of
[2:01:35] wetlands which are live oaks
[2:01:39] and cypress trees. The builder
[2:01:40] could choose to utilize this
[2:01:42] land for the benefit of
[2:01:43] themselves. New homeowners and
[2:01:46] the existing neighborhood.
[2:01:48] There is research supporting
[2:01:49] this path. Please refer to
[2:01:52] your binder. The San Jose area
[2:01:53] is one of the few remaining
[2:01:55] gems in Jacksonville from Bay
[2:01:59] Meadows, North. 2 San Marco.
[2:02:01] It's a pleasant drive with
[2:02:02] mature trees and no strip
[2:02:06] malls. Every few miles. I have
[2:02:09] so much respect and gratitude
[2:02:10] for the San Jose Neighborhood
[2:02:13] Association. I but I belong
[2:02:15] to. They have worked
[2:02:16] tirelessly giving their time
[2:02:18] and money to try and preserve
[2:02:19] our neighborhood. Even though
[2:02:20] the game same stacked against
[2:02:24] the people. Jacksonville is
[2:02:25] blessed to have such a caring
[2:02:26] citizens as a part of their
[2:02:30] community. I respectfully ask
[2:02:31] you to vote no on this
[2:02:35] ordinance. 0, 4, 7, 8, and
[2:02:35] less environmental protections
[2:02:37] are made a condition of
[2:02:39] approval. Once these let
[2:02:41] wetlands are filled in these
[2:02:43] trees are removed. They cannot
[2:02:45] be replaced. We have an
[2:02:48] obligation to ensure growth
[2:02:49] occurs responsibly and in
[2:02:51] accordance with the standards
[2:02:52] the city Council has already
[2:02:54] adopted. Thank you for time.
[2:02:54] >> next, we have the least
[2:03:01] brush.
[2:03:02] >> Good evening. My name is
[2:03:04] Alice Bureau should address on
[2:03:05] record and I'm the PRESIDENT
[2:03:07] Of the San Jose Neighborhood
[2:03:09] Association. I'll be speaking
[2:03:11] to Purple Tab 5 in your
[2:03:11] binders and submit those
[2:03:15] documents for the record. I
[2:03:17] oppose ordinance 2026, 0, 4,
[2:03:18] 7, 8, not the project itself,
[2:03:21] but the pd as written. There
[2:03:22] are things about the project
[2:03:25] we can support. But the pd
[2:03:26] written description leaves
[2:03:27] many questions unanswered in
[2:03:28] leaves a blank check for the
[2:03:29] developer to cash without
[2:03:33] community input. At the
[2:03:34] Planning Commission hearing on
[2:03:36] JULY 23rd, MR. Harden callers
[2:03:37] are requested conditions as
[2:03:41] unreasonable. That MAY seem
[2:03:41] like a true statement to
[2:03:42] someone who doesn't live in
[2:03:43] the area and travel the
[2:03:46] roadways on a daily basis or
[2:03:47] even to someone who doesn't
[2:03:48] live directly across the
[2:03:51] street from the project site.
[2:03:52] Our neighborhood is asking for
[2:03:54] 5 specific conditions to
[2:03:56] protect character of our
[2:03:58] neighborhood, all supported by
[2:03:59] the comprehensive plan,
[2:04:00] Florida statutes in prior
[2:04:03] counsel actions. One of those
[2:04:04] conditions is housing for the
[2:04:07] elderly, which the applicant
[2:04:07] has identified as one of the
[2:04:08] principal permitted uses
[2:04:12] within this pd. Because the
[2:04:12] written description does not
[2:04:13] define what qualifies as
[2:04:16] housing for the elderly. The
[2:04:17] ordinance should express Lee
[2:04:18] require that any development
[2:04:21] relying on this authorization
[2:04:22] comply with the federal
[2:04:24] Housing for Older Persons Act
[2:04:24] and its implementing
[2:04:25] regulations for the life of
[2:04:29] the development. Requiring
[2:04:30] compliance with Copa simply
[2:04:32] ensures that it if it get this
[2:04:36] permit, uses pursued. It
[2:04:38] functions as a true age
[2:04:39] qualify community consistent
[2:04:39] with both the applicants
[2:04:40] representations and federal
[2:04:45] law. We recognize the need for
[2:04:47] and would welcome a 55 plus
[2:04:48] independent living active
[2:04:51] adult community in our area.
[2:04:54] In fact, of the 4 active adult
[2:04:55] communities within a 10 mile
[2:04:57] radius of this project site.
[2:04:58] Only one offers detached
[2:05:00] single family homes. And it's
[2:05:04] the farthest from the site.
[2:05:05] I'd like to mention that
[2:05:07] despite our best efforts we've
[2:05:07] not been given the opportunity
[2:05:08] to meet with Mr, Harden or
[2:05:12] have a town hall. Although the
[2:05:14] affected parties were afforded
[2:05:15] some type of virtual meeting.
[2:05:16] The San Jose Neighborhood
[2:05:17] Association was not notified
[2:05:21] or invited. Lastly in JUNE,
[2:05:24] the South, the cpac voted
[2:05:25] unanimously 19, 2, 0, to
[2:05:26] submit a letter recommending a
[2:05:28] deferment to provide the
[2:05:29] planning commission and the
[2:05:31] public with additional time to
[2:05:32] carefully evaluate the
[2:05:33] benefits and concerns
[2:05:34] associated with these
[2:05:37] ordinances. And potential
[2:05:39] effects on the surrounding
[2:05:40] neighborhood. A copy of the
[2:05:44] cpac letter is in your binder.
[2:05:45] The planning commission
[2:05:46] declined to differ. But if are
[2:05:47] given more time, we're
[2:05:47] confident we can work with the
[2:05:48] applicant to reach a solution.
[2:05:50] Thank you for your time.
[2:05:51] >> Thank u next. We have meet
[2:05:57] Cal Phil.
[2:05:59] >> Good evening. I'm Amy
[2:06:00] Calfee.
[2:06:03] >> thank Writing one wing
[2:06:08] here. Sorry about that.
[2:06:09] >> Yeah. So Amy Calfee with
[2:06:14] Jose Neighborhood Association.
[2:06:14] My addresses on file and I'm
[2:06:16] speaking opposition to the
[2:06:17] proposed ordinance o for 7, 8
[2:06:20] as written. Having spoken here
[2:06:22] before you all up, asked us to
[2:06:25] just don't say no, bring some
[2:06:27] ideas. So in your binders and
[2:06:28] we keep referring to that,
[2:06:31] it's quick reference material
[2:06:33] full of competent and
[2:06:34] substantial evidence
[2:06:37] supporting the beauties
[2:06:37] conditions that we're
[2:06:38] requesting. So you've heard
[2:06:39] about wetland Seaford, about
[2:06:40] traffic. Mike, to talk to you
[2:06:43] about building heights and the
[2:06:44] buffer along old Kings Road
[2:06:50] South. The application allows
[2:06:53] structures up to 35 feet on 31
[2:06:53] foot wide. Lots right up
[2:06:55] against our neighborhood
[2:06:57] boundary. That's a sharp jab
[2:07:01] Primarily single story.
[2:07:02] Single-family homes and after
[2:07:03] the Planning Commission
[2:07:06] hearing last week, the
[2:07:07] applicant's representative
[2:07:08] confirmed that the product is
[2:07:10] intended to be single story.
[2:07:13] Cottages across the whole
[2:07:15] site. If that's the case and
[2:07:16] we take him at his word, then
[2:07:17] writing that commitment into
[2:07:20] the pd language should be
[2:07:21] straight forward. Single story
[2:07:22] limit along our shared
[2:07:24] boundary stepping up only on
[2:07:26] the Far East side near Powers
[2:07:28] Avenue, simply lack son, the
[2:07:31] transition, the site plan
[2:07:33] already implies it protects
[2:07:33] existing neighborhood without
[2:07:35] stopping the project. Second
[2:07:39] is the buffer King's Road
[2:07:40] South. We're asking for
[2:07:43] continuity with what's already
[2:07:45] there. Reclaim the school
[2:07:46] break from the walls torn down
[2:07:48] from the school and set the
[2:07:51] bar for death. At 35 feet from
[2:07:55] the right of way that matches
[2:07:55] the established buffering
[2:07:57] keeps the streetscape
[2:07:59] consistent with more safety
[2:08:01] and more safely. Walkable.
[2:08:03] There's a practical website
[2:08:06] too adaptive reuse credits are
[2:08:08] available instead of
[2:08:08] demolishing of the brick. You
[2:08:10] can repurpose it and it's in
[2:08:14] part of historic reuse
[2:08:16] requirements that the
[2:08:16] comprehensive plan is better
[2:08:17] for the project, saves money
[2:08:19] for the developer. Good idea.
[2:08:20] Neither of these conditions
[2:08:23] are unreasonable nor are they
[2:08:28] anti development. But simply
[2:08:28] make the pd match what the
[2:08:30] applicant already described.
[2:08:32] But we want you to see this
[2:08:34] handout in your Binder that
[2:08:36] talks about her neighborhood.
[2:08:38] We levin 100 single-family
[2:08:42] homes with rapidly. 26 52,650
[2:08:44] residents and nearly 73% of
[2:08:46] this town's are homestead. It
[2:08:50] and owner occupied. So it's a
[2:08:51] stable treeline data said in
[2:08:52] your binder that I just shared
[2:08:54] with you representing a full
[2:08:56] long term resident base asking
[2:08:57] for a reasonable transition.
[2:08:59] Thank you.
[2:09:00] >> Thank you. Last speakers,
[2:09:06] Laura Baucus.
[2:09:10] >> I'm Laura addresses on
[2:09:11] file. I was talking about the
[2:09:11] road condition King's Road
[2:09:16] South. A curse for opposing 4,
[2:09:21] 7, 8 as written. A curse for
[2:09:23] the new Housing Development
[2:09:24] Bureau. King's Road South.
[2:09:27] This is not the best solution
[2:09:29] development on that property
[2:09:30] could explore getting an
[2:09:32] easement to Powers Avenue,
[2:09:33] which is better designed for
[2:09:35] the volume of traffic. 110
[2:09:38] units could just generate and
[2:09:38] have easier access to
[2:09:43] multi-modal transportation.
[2:09:44] Widening old Kings road south
[2:09:45] in the section between Saint
[2:09:46] Augustine Road and the
[2:09:47] intersection with Powers
[2:09:49] Avenue to meet current
[2:09:50] collector roadway design
[2:09:53] requirements could be required
[2:09:54] according to the City Land
[2:09:57] Development Procedure manual
[2:09:59] vehicles. Excuse me, when
[2:10:01] developments have a volume of
[2:10:02] left turn and right turn
[2:10:03] traffic that exceeds 20 to 30
[2:10:07] vehicles per hour. They
[2:10:07] recommend a specified storage
[2:10:10] turning lane, windy necessary.
[2:10:10] This would be a roadway
[2:10:12] improvement that could be
[2:10:14] required, according to the
[2:10:15] independent assessment of
[2:10:17] Traffic engineer, Alston
[2:10:20] Chapman, current space
[2:10:22] constraints are impossible to
[2:10:23] overcome without potentially
[2:10:23] seizing property adjacent
[2:10:27] homeowners by eminent domain.
[2:10:28] A possible solution has been
[2:10:29] proposed by our neighborhood
[2:10:31] still association. We're
[2:10:35] approach ymca leadership.
[2:10:36] Their property is also for
[2:10:36] sale in a such a center. The
[2:10:39] Kings Trail property and the
[2:10:39] Duval County School board
[2:10:41] representative for the Kings
[2:10:42] Trail property about
[2:10:45] requesting a shared easement
[2:10:46] using an existing service road
[2:10:49] at Wilson High School that
[2:10:50] would allow Ingress and egress
[2:10:52] for both properties via Powers
[2:10:55] Avenue, the ability to provide
[2:10:56] an access road that meets
[2:10:57] current roadway. Design
[2:10:58] standards is possible with
[2:11:02] this solution. Ymca leadership
[2:11:03] is interested as it would
[2:11:07] enhance their ability to sell.
[2:11:08] Jacksonville ordinance Code
[2:11:08] also supports a solution like
[2:11:09] this for easements and cross
[2:11:13] access. There's been a recent
[2:11:14] precedent that was set that
[2:11:16] also supports a solution like
[2:11:18] this ordinance, 0, 2, 5 Dash,
[2:11:21] 4, 4, 9 Dash for the Normandy
[2:11:25] code p today included language
[2:11:25] that made the rezoning
[2:11:28] approval subject to conditions
[2:11:29] it required the development to
[2:11:31] secure an agreement with the
[2:11:32] Duval County School Board for
[2:11:37] Access to the property. And
[2:11:38] specific roadway prior to the
[2:11:39] first certificate of occupancy
[2:11:42] or the functional equivalent,
[2:11:42] a condition like this for
[2:11:45] access on Powers Avenue, the
[2:11:47] and the easement through 2
[2:11:49] school board properties with
[2:11:50] the agreement of the ymca is
[2:11:51] our recommended solution.
[2:11:56] Thank you.
[2:11:57] >> Thank you, MR. Thank MR.
[2:11:57] PRESIDENT, we have no more
[2:12:00] speaker cards and 4.70
[2:12:01] >> This public hearings close
[2:12:02] additional public hearing be
[2:12:04] held on AUGUST 11, 2026.
[2:12:05] Moving back to the start of
[2:12:06] our items on public hearings.
[2:12:09] Page number 8.
[2:12:11] >> Item number 8, 2026, 3, 7,
[2:12:14] 6, I have one Speaker card,
[2:12:15] Florida. Look at Vice present
[2:12:17] Carlucci is going to the green
[2:12:18] Room for those from the
[2:12:18] neighborhood who want to meet
[2:12:19] him there regarding the last
[2:12:22] 2. Public hearings. We just
[2:12:23] had MR. Noone e 3 minutes,
[2:12:32] sir. The low.
[2:12:36] >> I John philanthropic.
[2:12:36] >> Good boy. Resiliency and
[2:12:42] tangible. New knee. 83. 56
[2:12:43] pass Cumru Jacksonville,
[2:12:45] Florida, 3, 2, 2, 1, city
[2:12:45] council district, 4 cpac, 3
[2:12:47] school board district 3.
[2:12:50] >> gosh. You know, this is
[2:12:53] massive stuff. Home
[2:12:58] occupations. Men sections, we
[2:12:59] got a rural residential
[2:13:03] category. Low density
[2:13:05] residential category, medium
[2:13:07] density residential category
[2:13:12] high-density category. So part
[2:13:13] be residential use categories
[2:13:17] in zoning districts. Now this
[2:13:18] is massive. It's in rules so
[2:13:23] easy but not waterways. And
[2:13:26] you know, the cpac Is it going
[2:13:32] to go to the cpac And you The
[2:13:32] reason I want to speak to
[2:13:37] this. It gets back to the
[2:13:38] quality of life throughout
[2:13:41] this entire city. And then the
[2:13:48] waterways component. Access.
[2:13:49] And tell anybody else show
[2:13:50] anyone. I think we're just
[2:13:53] getting absolutely crushed. So
[2:13:56] when you do increase this? In
[2:14:01] every category. Keep in mind
[2:14:01] are 67 counties in the state
[2:14:06] of Florida. Our waterways.
[2:14:07] He's one of the most critical
[2:14:13] unifying. Features. You know,
[2:14:16] I just wrote on a whole bunch
[2:14:17] of different make Facebook
[2:14:20] stuff like keep in mind. Like
[2:14:25] we just had. The power lines
[2:14:26] like a thing with the
[2:14:27] Jacksonville, Florida, east
[2:14:30] and the bill. Please. I am. I
[2:14:32] mean, know, again, you know,
[2:14:38] all all these home occupation
[2:14:38] occupations, density
[2:14:42] requirements. And it doesn't
[2:14:44] matter what, whether jt it all
[2:14:49] the independent authorities.
[2:14:50] You know what? I want to just
[2:14:51] focus on and what I hope this
[2:14:54] council focuses on. This.
[2:14:58] Remember that read Island.
[2:14:59] Before we had public access.
[2:15:00] Now, also not the bill,
[2:15:05] please. MISTER T. Okay. Last
[2:15:06] last time. Less time. Ok,
[2:15:12] well, anyway. Wanted to bring
[2:15:14] that what I just send it to
[2:15:15] waterways. And then maybe that
[2:15:16] discussion happened there. All
[2:15:16] right. Thank you for
[2:15:19] listening. Thank you, sir.
[2:15:20] That's number. No more
[2:15:22] speakers card. 3 sevens, this
[2:15:23] public hearings continued to
[2:15:27] AUGUST 11, 2026. Page, 9 items
[2:15:30] numbers, 9, 10 11 for 204, to
[2:15:30] one.
[2:15:31] >> 4, 3, I've no speaker
[2:15:36] cards.
[2:15:40] >> Number of the 2026, 0, 4, 2
[2:15:41] 2026, 0, 4, to one or
[2:15:41] continued public hearings
[2:15:43] continued to AUGUST 11, 20.
[2:15:44] >> then item number 11, 2026.
[2:15:46] 43 at most speaker. This
[2:15:47] public hearing is closed.
[2:15:50] Turning the page to item
[2:15:55] number 12, 2026 forth. 8, 4,
[2:15:56] and 4, 8, 5, actually I have
[2:15:56] one speaker card or 45 hold
[2:15:59] on. 44 of no speaker cards.
[2:16:02] This public areas closed an
[2:16:03] 45? I have one speaker card
[2:16:09] questions only. And Christian
[2:16:10] Seeing no questions. This
[2:16:14] public hearing closed. And
[2:16:16] moving on out item 14, 2026,
[2:16:18] 5, 3, 3, I have one speaker
[2:16:20] card, Jorge Gonzales, MR.
[2:16:34] Gonzales. George One, 35 West
[2:16:37] 9th Street I don't have
[2:16:39] anything over closer to
[2:16:40] microphone. Please. I don't
[2:16:42] have anything additional to
[2:16:43] say. I just was If someone
[2:16:44] needed any questions,
[2:16:45] questions only get. Thank you,
[2:16:48] I have no more cards and
[2:16:49] seeing no questions. This
[2:16:52] public hearing is closed.
[2:16:53] We've got now a page. Have an
[2:16:55] item. Number 5, 3 2026, 5, 3,
[2:16:56] 4. I have no speaker cards.
[2:16:59] Public hearings closed item,
[2:17:03] 16, 2026, 5, 3, 5. I have one
[2:17:04] speaker card. Jamie Travis
[2:17:08] Leonard. Do you wish to speak?
[2:17:23] MISS Leonard?
[2:17:36] >> Good evening. City
[2:17:38] COUNCILMAN Name is Jimmy
[2:17:39] Travis entered my address is
[2:17:40] on file. So when it comes to
[2:17:44] 26, 5, 3, 5, I do support this
[2:17:45] ordinance. What I'm heading
[2:17:51] out right now is the fdot
[2:17:51] flyer on roundabouts. So my
[2:17:54] only request is I don't know
[2:17:55] could be applied technically
[2:17:56] to this ordinance. But in the
[2:17:57] future when we are expanding
[2:17:59] some of our roadways,
[2:18:03] roundabouts are the safest way
[2:18:07] to integrate turning into that
[2:18:08] when redeveloping roads, it is
[2:18:10] safer for cars. It safer for
[2:18:12] pedestrians. Also, as I
[2:18:13] mentioned previously in public
[2:18:15] comments, we don't have to
[2:18:18] worry about people ignoring
[2:18:20] safety in the rain outside of
[2:18:22] what they're normally going to
[2:18:23] do because roundabouts don't
[2:18:24] require electricity, which
[2:18:25] means when we have our
[2:18:26] torrential downpours, they are
[2:18:30] still functional. So my public
[2:18:33] comments predominantly on a
[2:18:33] potentially incorporating
[2:18:34] roundabouts into at the turn
[2:18:36] lanes. They're going to be the
[2:18:38] subject of this bill, if
[2:18:40] possible, if not, I understand
[2:18:41] I kind of came at the end of
[2:18:42] the process, but for the
[2:18:43] future, I hope you guys
[2:18:44] consider that when you are
[2:18:44] looking to improve our
[2:18:47] roadways. Thank you.
[2:18:48] >> Thank you, ma'am. I have no
[2:18:51] more speaker cards on 5, 3, 5,
[2:18:54] The Spokane is closed item
[2:18:55] number 17, 2026, 5, 3, 6, I
[2:18:59] have no speaker cards. Public
[2:19:01] areas closed. Turning the page
[2:19:02] 18 number 18, 2026, 5, 3, 7,
[2:19:08] at 4 cards. Samantha Series.
[2:19:08] By Jamie Travis Leonard,
[2:19:09] followed by Nancy Marie
[2:19:12] settled.
[2:19:15] >> Samantha Series address on
[2:19:15] file. This bill provides
[2:19:16] forgiveness to Jacksonville
[2:19:19] Fraternal Order of Police
[2:19:20] Foundation. That'll be
[2:19:22] Foundation received $200,000
[2:19:24] City grant to support various
[2:19:26] charitable and educational and
[2:19:26] yet initiatives under the
[2:19:31] fiscal year, 2024. 2025 City
[2:19:32] Grant agreement sections. One
[2:19:35] 18.2 0, 1, 1, 18.2 0, 2, the
[2:19:36] fop Foundation was required to
[2:19:38] provide an audit. Report by
[2:19:41] APRIL 30th 2026. For funds
[2:19:42] received during its fiscal
[2:19:44] year ending DECEMBER 31st.
[2:19:47] 2025 the fop Foundation
[2:19:48] submitted a limited procedures
[2:19:49] audit report that did not meet
[2:19:50] the requirements and did not
[2:19:53] provide required audit and was
[2:19:54] there for a place on council
[2:19:56] auditors chapter one, 18
[2:19:58] non-compliance list on JUNE
[2:20:00] 12, 2026. Because that
[2:20:00] placement renders ineligible
[2:20:02] for the city grants. That is
[2:20:05] why the fop Foundation is
[2:20:06] requesting forgiveness.
[2:20:07] Further noncompliance and
[2:20:07] removal from the list. I do
[2:20:11] not support this. I would like
[2:20:11] to know if they are going to
[2:20:15] provide an audit that does, in
[2:20:16] fact, meet the requirements
[2:20:21] that they need to meet. I
[2:20:22] don't know about you guys, but
[2:20:22] usually when an audit isn't
[2:20:26] being met. Fraud is involved.
[2:20:28] That's usually how it works.
[2:20:30] If you are getting these
[2:20:30] places, you and you're just
[2:20:35] for giving them. Without
[2:20:37] having any backup to any
[2:20:38] reason that you're forgiving
[2:20:39] them. You're just okay. Take a
[2:20:40] marvelous. Give them more
[2:20:41] money. Where's the money
[2:20:44] going? Why can't they give us
[2:20:46] an audit that actually meets
[2:20:48] the requirements? They agree
[2:20:49] to. They received money
[2:20:50] $200,000. They said they were
[2:20:54] going to give you an audit
[2:20:54] that met the requirements for
[2:20:58] the money that they received
[2:20:59] it doesn't meet the
[2:21:00] requirements. Why or why are
[2:21:02] we just for giving this that
[2:21:03] there needs to be discussion
[2:21:03] about this? Are we getting in
[2:21:06] on it? Because, again, that is
[2:21:08] where fraud slips in. That is
[2:21:12] when you see money's being
[2:21:13] used that are not allowed to
[2:21:15] be used for what they're being
[2:21:15] used for. That's the only
[2:21:17] reason why you wouldn't give
[2:21:18] an audit because you don't
[2:21:19] have the backing. You don't
[2:21:22] have the receipts. That's
[2:21:23] usually why not and isn't
[2:21:24] being provided because you'll
[2:21:27] have a full correct receipts.
[2:21:28] I think we need audit. I think
[2:21:29] you all need to discuss this
[2:21:33] and I'm sure it's going to
[2:21:35] pass. But honestly, it's
[2:21:38] concerning that we're just
[2:21:38] allowing forgiveness is for
[2:21:39] things that are required to
[2:21:41] have on its not have on it.
[2:21:42] And I would think that you
[2:21:43] guys would be concerned about
[2:21:43] that. It's your it's the money
[2:21:47] for our city. You know, our
[2:21:47] budget coming up, we're
[2:21:49] probably going to give them
[2:21:49] another grant. We need to be
[2:21:52] careful about this. Thank you.
[2:21:52] >> Thanks. We have Jaime
[2:21:59] Travers, Leonard.
[2:22:01] >> Good Evening City Council.
[2:22:01] My name is Jamie Travis
[2:22:04] Leonard, my addresses on file
[2:22:08] panic. So I also oppose 26, 5,
[2:22:10] 3, 7, I don't know if there's
[2:22:11] like a miscommunication with
[2:22:12] like what is being expressed
[2:22:13] to the community. But from
[2:22:14] what I've read based what
[2:22:15] happened was p foundation
[2:22:18] failed to meet their
[2:22:20] obligations to provide audits
[2:22:21] based on our ordinances. And
[2:22:25] now they are asking for
[2:22:26] forgiveness for that to
[2:22:26] continue to receive public
[2:22:28] funds. I know about you, but
[2:22:31] if I fail to pay my taxes, the
[2:22:35] irs doesn't just forgive me.
[2:22:36] So I'm not sure why we would
[2:22:39] even forgiveness. Now, if
[2:22:42] maybe they were late and they
[2:22:44] have finalized a and submitted
[2:22:45] an audit that meets the
[2:22:47] requirements. I can understand
[2:22:48] if that happened, that
[2:22:51] information's not communicated
[2:22:52] in this. So there's a lack of
[2:22:53] communication and transparency
[2:22:57] with the public in that case.
[2:22:58] At which point I MAY move to
[2:22:59] support for this time. I
[2:22:59] oppose based on the
[2:23:01] information that was provided
[2:23:02] in accordance with the bill
[2:23:07] online. I don't even know
[2:23:08] again. I'm not sure why would
[2:23:09] entertain us if they aren't
[2:23:09] meeting their out audit
[2:23:13] obligations. We have those
[2:23:13] ordinances for a reason. It's
[2:23:17] checks and balances. I do. We
[2:23:18] not have Duvall do jump in
[2:23:19] here. They not questioning
[2:23:19] this is not the whole thing is
[2:23:21] a fine waste, fraud and abuse,
[2:23:22] Oregon health care. It's big
[2:23:24] deal. I'm assuming it's a big
[2:23:25] deal for you all to pay
[2:23:28] attention to that. So. Unless
[2:23:29] there's and again, information
[2:23:30] that hasn't been transparently
[2:23:32] provided to the public. I
[2:23:32] expect you all to not pass
[2:23:35] this. Thank you.
[2:23:36] >> Thanks for net. Nancy Marie
[2:23:44] Settle.
[2:23:45] >> Nancy Marie Settle
[2:23:47] addresses on file again. I'm
[2:23:51] sticking with my same theme
[2:23:53] for today. I'm here to speak
[2:23:56] about lawn order rules and
[2:24:00] regulations. I oppose Bill
[2:24:01] '05, 3, 7, to forgive the
[2:24:02] Fraternal Order of Police for
[2:24:05] Non compliance and audit team.
[2:24:06] It should they should not be
[2:24:08] forgiven. They broke a rule
[2:24:10] and they should live with
[2:24:11] those consequences. Law and
[2:24:14] order. They are not above it.
[2:24:15] When citizens here in council
[2:24:17] break the rules by clapping
[2:24:18] their costs down or even
[2:24:20] worse. And again, in proposing
[2:24:21] this ordinance, even the
[2:24:26] hypocrisy is evident. It's
[2:24:27] clapping in support of council
[2:24:31] is good in Grace's given men.
[2:24:32] Yet clapping in support of the
[2:24:34] citizen that disagrees with
[2:24:34] the council. That's bad and
[2:24:37] must be punished.
[2:24:38] >> Rules and regulations were
[2:24:39] either going to follow them or
[2:24:41] not.
[2:24:43] >> And for the Fraternal Order
[2:24:45] of police, they also need to
[2:24:50] abide by those regulations.
[2:24:51] Why? Why are we even why is it
[2:24:53] out here? I mean, is it just
[2:24:55] because they're the police?
[2:24:55] And I mean, we give a lot of
[2:24:57] money to police and we don't
[2:24:59] and we have a police problem.
[2:25:03] Inmates are dying. There is
[2:25:05] slaw suits about police
[2:25:06] brutality, but we don't
[2:25:07] question and we continue in
[2:25:08] the budget to give money. Is
[2:25:09] it just because police is in
[2:25:14] the name? We have a problem,
[2:25:15] obviously with the Fraternal
[2:25:16] Order of police, they did not
[2:25:18] submit audited statements.
[2:25:19] That's a requirement to be
[2:25:23] able to receive city money
[2:25:24] waivers, all these forgiveness
[2:25:26] is are we going to just let
[2:25:26] the fraternal order of police
[2:25:29] off the hook as well? I say
[2:25:31] no. They did not complete. The
[2:25:34] audit is required and we want
[2:25:35] to make more city money
[2:25:36] available to them How does
[2:25:40] that make sense? It doesn't it
[2:25:42] would not be good stewardship
[2:25:43] stewardship of our money.
[2:25:46] Please vote no on Bill of 5,
[2:25:52] 3, 7,
[2:25:53] >> They COUNCILMAN Johnson
[2:25:54] would be glad to be with you.
[2:25:55] And Robert on 3. That is we
[2:25:56] just spoke. If you're
[2:25:57] interested meeting with him.
[2:26:04] MR. Johnson. There was a 4th
[2:26:07] card on this item by Knee. He
[2:26:08] opposes it but does not wish
[2:26:12] to speak. It closes that
[2:26:14] continue this public hearing
[2:26:16] closed item 1920, 26, 5, 3, 8,
[2:26:18] I have no speaker cards. This
[2:26:22] public hearing is closed. Item
[2:26:23] number 2020, 26, 5, 3, 9, have
[2:26:33] one speaker card. John New
[2:26:34] Below.
[2:26:38] >> I am John Jay New
[2:26:40] Jacksonville City Council
[2:26:41] resolution 2023, 0, 1, 9, and
[2:26:42] city Council district 4 cpac,
[2:26:44] 3 school board district 3. All
[2:26:45] right. The reason I'm speaking
[2:26:49] on this piece of legislation
[2:26:53] are appropriating $115,000.
[2:26:54] And 90 notes from the Duval
[2:26:56] County tax collector. But
[2:27:00] we've got 25,000. From the
[2:27:01] Saint Johns River, Water
[2:27:05] Management District. And so
[2:27:06] it's going to be posted my
[2:27:09] first thought Are we getting
[2:27:11] managed to stand? I mean, the
[2:27:15] water management district. You
[2:27:16] know, I hope someone is here
[2:27:19] to speak to that because
[2:27:21] there's legislation feel that
[2:27:22] another is stuff coming in the
[2:27:26] next. But anyway. You know,
[2:27:27] for just going to be just
[2:27:28] moving some stuff around the
[2:27:31] world management. You know, 25
[2:27:32] k, you know that that's the
[2:27:36] way. Then just let's let's get
[2:27:38] ready to really open up our
[2:27:38] waterways for some public
[2:27:40] access. All right. Thank you
[2:27:42] for listening. No more speaker
[2:27:45] card 5 through 9.
[2:27:46] >> This public areas closed
[2:27:50] and 21 2026 5.40, no cards.
[2:27:51] This public areas closed. I'm
[2:27:55] 22 23 on Page 14. 5, 4, 5, 4,
[2:27:57] 2, I have no cards. These
[2:28:01] public hearings are closed. 59
[2:28:04] 24 2026, 5, 4, 3, I have no
[2:28:06] cards. Public hearings closed
[2:28:07] item. 25 2026 5, 5, 2, 2,
[2:28:12] speaker cards. Jamie Travis
[2:28:13] Leonard, who is in the Green
[2:28:20] Room. But Below.
[2:28:24] >> I and John Jay new
[2:28:24] Jacksonville City Council
[2:28:27] resolution 2023, 0, 8, 1, 9,
[2:28:29] City Council district, 4 cpac,
[2:28:33] 3 school board district 3. And
[2:28:34] this one bring water
[2:28:36] management district in on
[2:28:38] this. Okay, we're what we're
[2:28:41] doing. 5, 2,
[2:28:42] >> You know, this is in
[2:28:42] neighborhoods, finance, but
[2:28:45] but not in rules or waterways.
[2:28:49] We're getting ready to get to.
[2:28:50] >> Spend 1.6 million from the
[2:28:54] general fund. And we're going
[2:28:55] to be creating the
[2:28:55] Jacksonville Riverfront
[2:29:00] Alliance. So I will allow. You
[2:29:03] know, and we're just wave and
[2:29:04] everything. You know, we're
[2:29:05] going to rule out for
[2:29:07] direction contract waiving the
[2:29:08] provisions advancement. I
[2:29:14] mean. So anyway. You and at
[2:29:16] this point, you know, I'm just
[2:29:19] down to 2 minutes. Well, want
[2:29:20] to share with the only real
[2:29:22] marketing to the world? And
[2:29:25] remember this legislative body
[2:29:31] created. Trust funds. And so
[2:29:33] rain here with this
[2:29:34] legislation, which is part of
[2:29:36] the permanent record. I am
[2:29:40] making 2 donations. One is the
[2:29:42] 2026 0, 0, 0, 4, That's the
[2:29:44] park's trust fund. The next
[2:29:49] one. 2026, 0, 3, 9, 6, That's
[2:29:51] the movie trust fund.
[2:29:53] Spielberg calmly. You know
[2:29:58] that a teen We're redoing it
[2:30:02] but and I will bring this up
[2:30:07] and donated. So here we have,
[2:30:09] we're creating something Saint
[2:30:11] Johns River ally. You know, a
[2:30:14] pat on boat now. I mean, what
[2:30:17] do we need to to do it this
[2:30:18] year, creating a whole new
[2:30:23] level. And it is. Understand
[2:30:26] the 50 some seconds. But
[2:30:34] again. You look at. Our
[2:30:36] waterways and I will show
[2:30:37] anybody when someone says you
[2:30:38] think we're getting more act
[2:30:45] were getting crushed. And so.
[2:30:50] Yeah, 1.6 million. At the very
[2:30:55] least. Send it to waterways.
[2:30:56] And I hope I can understand
[2:30:59] why it. There's people not
[2:31:00] lined up to speak to this is
[2:31:02] you only get one shot.
[2:31:03] Speaking to a piece of
[2:31:04] legislation. So in the
[2:31:08] meantime, again, we're just
[2:31:09] marketing to the world, the
[2:31:13] free market. You know, and
[2:31:14] just remember Pope Pottsburg
[2:31:18] Creek Public Park. It connects
[2:31:21] to downtown Jamie Travis
[2:31:21] support this bill, but does
[2:31:22] not wish to speak.
[2:31:27] >> public areas closed. Rez.
[2:31:28] Now it's time for public
[2:31:28] hearings on land, use
[2:31:31] amendments and companion
[2:31:32] Rezonings and Matic Cations.
[2:31:34] The comp plan beginning on
[2:31:39] Page 16. Item 2026. 26 1 to 2.
[2:31:42] I have no speaker cards.
[2:31:42] >> This public hearings
[2:31:46] continued to AUGUST 11, 2026.
[2:31:48] >> Item number 27. 26 1, 2, 3,
[2:31:48] I have one speaker card,
[2:31:50] Samantha Series. Believe she's
[2:31:53] in the Green Room. Does not
[2:31:56] want speak and opposes this
[2:31:56] item.
[2:31:57] >> This public hearings
[2:32:00] continue to AUGUST 11, 2026.
[2:32:01] >> Item 2020. 21. 24 1.25 We
[2:32:05] have no speaker cards.
[2:32:05] >> These public hearings are
[2:32:06] continuing to NOVEMBER 24th
[2:32:10] 2026.
[2:32:13] >> I did have one speaker card
[2:32:14] or one. 25 Smith. The series
[2:32:14] you does not wish to speak,
[2:32:15] but you does oppose it.
[2:32:17] >> Reopen the public. I
[2:32:21] apologize. We're good. No, I
[2:32:24] think I did a double dip.
[2:32:25] >> MR. PRESIDENT would
[2:32:26] probably be appropriate to
[2:32:27] reopen the public hearing to
[2:32:28] allow him to announce the
[2:32:29] card. So it's on the record
[2:32:29] for that hearing. And then
[2:32:32] Bree continue it.
[2:32:33] >> 2026, 0, 1, 2, 5, this
[2:32:36] public hearings open, MR.
[2:32:37] PRESIDENT, I do have one
[2:32:39] speaker card to MISS Samantha
[2:32:40] Series who opposes this
[2:32:41] legislation because it does
[2:32:44] not wish to speak. Thank you.
[2:32:45] This public hearings continue
[2:32:49] to NOVEMBER. 24 2026. Item
[2:32:51] number 30 2026. 1, 2, 6, I
[2:32:54] have one speaker card Samantha
[2:32:54] Series who opposes but does
[2:32:58] not wish to speak. Public
[2:32:59] hearings continued to AUGUST
[2:33:04] 11, 2026. And item number. 31
[2:33:06] 2026, 1, 2, 7, Again, Samantha
[2:33:07] Series opposes this
[2:33:09] legislation. She does wish to
[2:33:12] speak, which is not available.
[2:33:13] In the Green series of you can
[2:33:18] hear me. I have no more
[2:33:19] speaker cards. This public
[2:33:20] hearings continue to AUGUST
[2:33:23] 11, 2026. During the page
[2:33:29] Item-number. Number. 32 2026.
[2:33:32] 4 to 2. I have 2 speaker
[2:33:32] cards. We'll start with Randy
[2:33:40] Baker. Questions on incorrect.
[2:33:40] And MISS Series is still
[2:33:42] locked up in the green Room so
[2:33:43] we will close MR. PRESIDENT,
[2:33:45] that's all I have seeing. No
[2:33:46] speakers. We will close this
[2:33:49] public hearing. Move the item
[2:33:53] for 22. We have a motion and
[2:33:54] second on the bill
[2:33:58] Twenty-twenty 604, to 2.
[2:33:58] Seeing no speakers in the
[2:33:59] queue. It's open about a
[2:34:13] quarter vote.
[2:34:19] >> 15 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:34:22] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[2:34:23] 2, 2, passes. I'm 33 2026 for
[2:34:25] 2, 3. I have no speaker cards.
[2:34:26] This public areas close to
[2:34:27] move the bill. We have a
[2:34:29] motion and second on the bill,
[2:34:30] no speakers in the queue.
[2:34:44] Let's open about a quarter
[2:34:48] >> 15 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:34:51] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[2:34:52] 2, 3, passes. I'm 34
[2:34:53] Twenty-twenty 6, 4, 2, 4, no
[2:34:54] speaker cards. This public
[2:34:56] areas close the bill. We have
[2:34:58] a motion and second on the
[2:34:59] bill, no speakers incue open
[2:35:10] about a quarter of it.
[2:35:13] >> 15 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:35:14] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[2:35:17] 2, 4 is approved.
[2:35:18] >> Turning the page item
[2:35:20] number. 35 on 2026, 4 to 5. I
[2:35:22] have no speaker cards. Public
[2:35:25] areas close to move the
[2:35:25] amendment.
[2:35:26] >> We have a motion and the
[2:35:28] second on the amendment. No
[2:35:29] speakers will take this vote
[2:35:30] verbally on favor of the
[2:35:32] amendment indicate by saying
[2:35:33] aye, all again saying no
[2:35:35] amendment passes of the bill
[2:35:36] as amended. We have a motion
[2:35:37] and second on the bill as
[2:35:39] amended. No speakers and q,
[2:35:40] let's open the ballot record.
[2:35:54] The vote.
[2:35:57] >> 15 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:35:59] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[2:36:01] to 5 passes. I'm 36 2026. 4 to
[2:36:03] 6. I have one Speaker card
[2:36:04] brand diesel questions. Only
[2:36:06] she supports the bill. Seeing
[2:36:07] no questions. This public
[2:36:09] areas develop. We have a
[2:36:11] motion a second on the bill.
[2:36:12] No speakers and about a
[2:36:27] quarter vote.
[2:36:30] >> 15 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:36:34] >> By your vote 2026, 0, 4, to
[2:36:37] 6 passes item. 37. 26 4 to 7.
[2:36:38] I have My question one card
[2:36:38] question questions only to
[2:36:41] support.
[2:36:44] >> Seeing no speakers on the q
[2:36:45] this public hearing closed the
[2:36:45] bill. We have a motion and
[2:36:48] second on the bill. Seeing no
[2:36:48] speakers. It's open about a
[2:37:07] quarter And a record of it.
[2:37:09] >> 15 yeas, 0 nays by your
[2:37:10] vote. 2026, 0, 4, to 7 days.
[2:37:12] It's going to page 21 item
[2:37:15] number. 38 2026. 4 to 8 at 5
[2:37:16] speaker cards. The Collier
[2:37:17] number ask you to come down to
[2:37:20] the front and please be ready
[2:37:20] come to the podium. First we
[2:37:23] have Jamie Williams. Still
[2:37:32] here. You know, you're Graham.
[2:37:39] Al Stassi. Larry Stassi. And
[2:37:43] Bishop Artie Grant. Whoever
[2:37:43] wants to go first, please
[2:37:51] identify yourself. Come on up.
[2:37:54] >> My name is Jamie Jurors on
[2:37:55] and the service director of
[2:37:58] social services with the city
[2:37:59] Rescue mission in 1995. That
[2:38:00] graduated from Robert e Lee
[2:38:01] has school now known as
[2:38:05] Riverside High School. Having
[2:38:06] spent my teenage years in the
[2:38:08] Lackawanna, a Riverside
[2:38:09] community. I have witnessed
[2:38:09] both the strength challenges
[2:38:10] that have shaped this
[2:38:14] neighborhood over the years in
[2:38:16] Begin my career with the city
[2:38:17] rescue mission. The same year
[2:38:19] the mission purchase to make
[2:38:20] death campus. During my
[2:38:21] tenure. I have worked all 3 of
[2:38:25] our locations at the Restore
[2:38:25] as State Street location,
[2:38:26] which is called the New Life
[2:38:29] Thing. And I think that campus
[2:38:30] over the years I have had the
[2:38:31] privilege of watching the
[2:38:33] organization grow
[2:38:35] significantly in the number of
[2:38:37] services provided the best
[2:38:39] outfit and the lives we've
[2:38:40] been impacted as we towards
[2:38:44] expanding, I'm Ybeth campus.
[2:38:46] Reflect upon when many people
[2:38:47] in the surrounding community
[2:38:47] were unaware of the services.
[2:38:50] We provide it for many years.
[2:38:51] The city rescue mission
[2:38:53] function as a community within
[2:38:54] a community. The mission has
[2:38:56] always been a safe haven and a
[2:38:59] temporary home for individuals
[2:39:00] facing significant life
[2:39:03] changes complex barriers
[2:39:04] throughout history. We have
[2:39:05] worked hard to not be a
[2:39:07] nuisance or a burden to the
[2:39:08] community. Rather. We have
[2:39:11] continue to be a valuable
[2:39:13] community resource providing
[2:39:14] hope, stability and support
[2:39:17] support to those most in need
[2:39:18] our policies. Programs and
[2:39:19] expectations are got guided,
[2:39:21] but grace and compassion,
[2:39:22] which is why many of the men
[2:39:25] and women we serve come to the
[2:39:27] U.S. Staff and I services as
[2:39:29] family. The growth of the city
[2:39:31] rescue mission as Macbeth
[2:39:32] service is truly a win-win for
[2:39:33] our community because we're
[2:39:36] help. We are helping return
[2:39:39] transform men and women to
[2:39:40] their families, return them to
[2:39:41] their families, workplaces,
[2:39:45] churches, and neighborhoods.
[2:39:45] Adjective is not limited to
[2:39:48] meeting in immediate need.
[2:39:49] Rather. We focus on creating
[2:39:51] lasting generational change
[2:39:52] that produces a positive
[2:39:54] impact throughout the
[2:39:56] community. Thank you council
[2:39:57] for your service to the
[2:39:59] community and we appreciate
[2:40:00] and pray for your support as
[2:40:01] we continue deny that
[2:40:01] endeavors. Thank you. Thank
[2:40:11] you.
[2:40:12] >> Good evening. My name is
[2:40:16] Phil. You're Graham address on
[2:40:17] recipient. All of the services
[2:40:19] of seat off City Rescue
[2:40:21] mission. I'm proud and I'm
[2:40:22] proud to stand before you
[2:40:24] today. As a grad city rescue
[2:40:28] mission like program. Okay in
[2:40:28] the city rescue mission at a
[2:40:30] time when I was tagged along
[2:40:31] disappointed in myself because
[2:40:35] of choices I made. My drug
[2:40:36] addition taking control of my
[2:40:37] night life and I knew
[2:40:41] something had to change. One
[2:40:42] life wasn't always difficult.
[2:40:42] In my early years, I was
[2:40:45] surrounded by love. And
[2:40:47] support my mother on a home
[2:40:49] and a neighborhood store
[2:40:53] family was, quote, I grew up
[2:40:54] in the riverside like a woman
[2:40:55] in Brooklyn communities here
[2:40:56] in Jacksonville and 10 news
[2:40:58] school on the West that life
[2:40:59] changing. My older brother got
[2:41:03] in trouble. The mother
[2:41:04] sacrificed so much trying to
[2:41:05] help and suv into the lost her
[2:41:07] home in store. Has became
[2:41:08] heart and eventually she sent
[2:41:09] me to live with a family of
[2:41:12] Noah. Because she could no
[2:41:15] longer afford to care for me.
[2:41:15] Not after that, I was
[2:41:19] introduced to drugs from that
[2:41:19] point like became a pool
[2:41:22] Butler. Poor decisions,
[2:41:24] addiction and missed
[2:41:24] opportunities. Then I heard
[2:41:27] about sea rescue mission. I I
[2:41:29] knew it was in the community
[2:41:30] because the state like a block
[2:41:34] away but coming to the one the
[2:41:35] city rescue mission, one of
[2:41:36] the best decisions I ever made
[2:41:38] here have found more to show
[2:41:41] too afoul of found guidance.
[2:41:41] Most importantly have found
[2:41:45] the show. Do like to this
[2:41:46] program? A discipline,
[2:41:49] responsibility, accountability
[2:41:52] and purpose. I just go down.
[2:41:53] Cape will be leader and
[2:41:55] positive influence on others.
[2:41:56] Most importantly, I learned
[2:41:59] that GOD never stopped loving
[2:42:00] me today. A live approved.
[2:42:03] That change is possible. The
[2:42:03] city rescue mission didn't
[2:42:05] just help my life. It changed
[2:42:07] my story. Thank you. Thank
[2:42:08] you, sir. Thank you for
[2:42:15] sharing. MR. Brown. Good
[2:42:18] evening. I'm local pastor and
[2:42:21] the lack of Wana area and
[2:42:23] >> personally seen many lives
[2:42:25] changed over the years through
[2:42:26] this program. So I do have my
[2:42:30] full support.
[2:42:32] >> MR. Brown MR. Brock, if you
[2:42:33] again, just note that your
[2:42:33] addresses on file, please.
[2:42:36] >> Addresses on file. Thank
[2:42:36] you, Sir. Thanks. We have Lori
[2:42:42] Stassi.
[2:42:43] >> My name is Lori Staff and
[2:42:45] my addresses on file. I reside
[2:42:49] in Riverside. I would like to
[2:42:50] speak on behalf of City Rescue
[2:42:52] mission as a volunteer for 10
[2:42:55] years. 2 individuals had
[2:42:56] spoken in recent concert in
[2:42:57] previously about City Rescue
[2:42:58] mission. And I would like to
[2:43:01] give my perspective. I have
[2:43:03] always felt safe on the
[2:43:04] mission. Campuses when people
[2:43:05] come to the mission for help,
[2:43:06] they're ready to comply to the
[2:43:09] rules and program
[2:43:11] requirements. There's a fence
[2:43:12] and security gate to limit
[2:43:13] access and to make sure
[2:43:14] troublemakers do not come on
[2:43:18] campus. When people come in to
[2:43:19] the program, they have been
[2:43:20] wounded by the world and they
[2:43:24] need to feel safe and secure.
[2:43:24] It is a very loving family
[2:43:27] like Christian environment.
[2:43:28] The mission tries to present
[2:43:30] well in the community by
[2:43:34] keeping their buildings that
[2:43:34] recently with a 1 million
[2:43:36] Dollar grant, they began a
[2:43:36] painting project and
[2:43:39] installing new windows. They
[2:43:42] keep their ground meat and
[2:43:42] landscaped put in several
[2:43:44] gardens for the residents to
[2:43:46] enjoy. The hope is others in
[2:43:47] the community would also keep
[2:43:50] up their properties as well.
[2:43:50] And we would be good
[2:43:55] neighbors. Someone had raised
[2:43:57] questions in the past about
[2:43:58] increased traffic. Most of the
[2:43:59] residents in our programs do
[2:44:01] not own cars. They use public
[2:44:05] transportation. Gradually as
[2:44:05] they get on their feet and get
[2:44:08] a job and become responsible
[2:44:10] citizens. Some will purchase a
[2:44:11] vehicle to aid in their goals
[2:44:14] of living a productive life.
[2:44:16] We are very proud of those who
[2:44:18] accomplish this. But it is a
[2:44:19] very limited amount of people
[2:44:22] and certainly would not create
[2:44:26] traffic jams in the area. But
[2:44:27] if that were the case, I would
[2:44:28] be extremely thrilled to have
[2:44:31] that kind of success of
[2:44:33] getting people off the streets
[2:44:34] of Jacksonville and back to
[2:44:37] living a beautiful life. Every
[2:44:40] big city has homeless people
[2:44:41] and individuals with drug
[2:44:43] addiction and alcohol
[2:44:44] problems. I am proud of how
[2:44:46] city rescue mission has. 24
[2:44:47] hour care so that the streets
[2:44:49] around the mission are not
[2:44:53] littered with encampments. I
[2:44:54] see their work as a service to
[2:44:57] the entire population by those
[2:44:57] in need by helping those in
[2:45:01] need. We have mothers who
[2:45:02] would be sleeping in their car
[2:45:05] if the mission weren't open.
[2:45:08] We had a man who was a
[2:45:09] self-proclaimed belligerent
[2:45:10] drunk living on the sidewalk
[2:45:12] in the West Side. Until
[2:45:15] decided to get help. He met
[2:45:18] Jesus and it was filled with
[2:45:21] joy and he was transformed. We
[2:45:22] have individuals who are
[2:45:24] working functional alcoholics
[2:45:25] until they couldn't keep up
[2:45:27] the charade any longer. They
[2:45:29] lost their jobs and they came
[2:45:32] to us for help. We get people
[2:45:37] from all over Jacksonville.
[2:45:37] City rescue missions work is
[2:45:38] extensive and having the
[2:45:40] proper zoning would aid them
[2:45:42] and their amazing work. Thank
[2:45:43] you for voting. Yes.
[2:45:53] >> Thank u next post se. Hi,
[2:45:54] Paul. Stasi.
[2:45:54] >> Executive Director City
[2:45:56] Rescue Mission and address on
[2:45:56] file.
[2:45:58] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
[2:45:59] members of Jacksonville
[2:46:01] Council and everyone here
[2:46:06] today in 1946, 3 businessman
[2:46:06] in downtown walk the streets
[2:46:08] carrying Thermos is of soup,
[2:46:13] offering food, compassion and
[2:46:14] hope 2 people who had nowhere
[2:46:18] else to turn that could never
[2:46:18] have imagined that their
[2:46:19] simple act of kindness would
[2:46:22] become city rescue mission. A
[2:46:24] ministry that has faithfully
[2:46:26] served Jacksonville for 80
[2:46:28] years Today. City Rescue
[2:46:28] mission provides meals,
[2:46:31] shelter, addiction recovery,
[2:46:32] transitional housing workforce
[2:46:36] development and medical and
[2:46:37] dental care. Every day we see
[2:46:38] lives transformed. As you
[2:46:39] heard as people move from
[2:46:42] homelessness to housing from
[2:46:46] addiction to recovery from
[2:46:46] unemployment to meaningful
[2:46:48] work and from despair to hope.
[2:46:50] None of that would happen
[2:46:52] without a place where healing
[2:46:55] can begin. Today. I'm not
[2:46:59] asking for funding. I'm simply
[2:47:01] asking for the ability to
[2:47:03] better utilize our property at
[2:47:07] the mcduff campus, which City
[2:47:08] Rescue mission has owned and
[2:47:11] operated for nearly 30 years.
[2:47:12] This rezoning does not change
[2:47:15] who we are or our mission is
[2:47:16] simply allows us to Stuart,
[2:47:19] our existing campus more
[2:47:20] effectively and meet the
[2:47:22] growing needs of Jacksonville
[2:47:23] for 3 decades. We have work to
[2:47:25] be good neighbors. Our campus
[2:47:28] is professionally maintain
[2:47:31] staffed. 24 hours a day and
[2:47:34] committed to being a safe
[2:47:35] positive presidents.
[2:47:35] Presidents in the Lackawanna
[2:47:37] and North Riverside
[2:47:38] communities. We believe that's
[2:47:40] serving our neighbors also
[2:47:42] means being a good neighbor.
[2:47:47] Earlier this year, this
[2:47:48] council on or city rescue
[2:47:49] missions. 80th anniversary
[2:47:53] with a resolution sponsored by
[2:47:56] COUNCILMAN Johnson recognizing
[2:47:57] are decades of service to
[2:47:59] Jacksonville. We are deeply
[2:48:03] grateful because it affirmed
[2:48:04] our partnership that has
[2:48:06] existed between the city and
[2:48:09] the mission for generations.
[2:48:11] We understand that there might
[2:48:12] be questions that were raised
[2:48:13] through this process and
[2:48:15] respect the opportunity for
[2:48:20] them but are record stands by
[2:48:21] itself. Past performance is
[2:48:22] one of the strongest
[2:48:22] predictors of future
[2:48:27] performance. These years. We
[2:48:29] have operated both campuses
[2:48:30] responsibly safely and in
[2:48:32] partnership with the
[2:48:34] community. This rezoning
[2:48:36] simply allows us to continue
[2:48:37] doing what we've already
[2:48:38] demonstrated that we can do
[2:48:41] well, we respectfully ask for
[2:48:43] your support. So the city
[2:48:44] rescue mission can continue
[2:48:45] transforming lives,
[2:48:47] strengthening families and
[2:48:47] serving Jacksonville for
[2:48:50] another 80 years. Thank you.
[2:48:51] MR. PRESIDENT number speaker
[2:48:52] cards, this public areas
[2:48:55] closed. I moved the bill. We
[2:48:55] have a motion and second on
[2:48:58] the bill. No speakers in the
[2:48:59] queue. Let's open about a
[2:49:09] quarter. But
[2:49:12] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:49:16] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[2:49:18] 2, 8, passes item number. 39,
[2:49:19] 40 2020 for 2020, 26, 4, 2, 9,
[2:49:19] I have one speaker card.
[2:49:27] MISTER Stassi. Paul Stasi,
[2:49:27] executive Director City Rescue
[2:49:29] Mission address on file again.
[2:49:31] Thank you. PRESIDENT Howland
[2:49:35] and members of City Council
[2:49:36] Jacksonville is facing an
[2:49:40] affordable housing crisis.
[2:49:42] Everyday City rescue mission
[2:49:43] helps people overcome
[2:49:43] homelessness addiction.
[2:49:46] Another life challenges. But
[2:49:47] too often when they're ready
[2:49:49] to move forward, they cannot
[2:49:50] find housing that's
[2:49:54] affordable. We are asking for
[2:49:56] your support to build studio
[2:49:58] apartments on the Hunt Street
[2:50:01] portion of our existing 6 acre
[2:50:02] campus along with the other
[2:50:04] things that are in this bill.
[2:50:06] This is not new for the
[2:50:09] mission. It is the next step.
[2:50:13] In a proven one for more than
[2:50:13] 10 years, we have successfully
[2:50:16] operated transitional housing
[2:50:17] that helps people move from
[2:50:20] homelessness to independence.
[2:50:21] This project simply creates
[2:50:22] more opportunities for people
[2:50:26] to have. Who have already done
[2:50:27] the hard work of rebuilding
[2:50:31] their lives. There MAY be
[2:50:32] questions about traffic in
[2:50:35] height of the building. The
[2:50:36] reality is most of our
[2:50:39] residents, as you heard, don't
[2:50:39] have vehicles traffic impact
[2:50:42] is minimal. And we already
[2:50:45] have a 4 story building on our
[2:50:48] campus. So this proposal is
[2:50:49] consistent with what exists
[2:50:53] today and has for years.
[2:50:57] Consider what currently lines
[2:50:57] the section of Edison Street,
[2:51:01] which should be the the
[2:51:03] backyard of this section where
[2:51:06] we're looking to add
[2:51:07] apartments. It's a j. A parcel
[2:51:11] of vacant lot. A boarded-up
[2:51:12] house, which actually since
[2:51:15] the law's committee last week,
[2:51:16] I've been in no negotiation
[2:51:16] with the owner to purchase
[2:51:20] ourselves. And then another
[2:51:21] vacant home. That is
[2:51:22] reportedly occupied by
[2:51:25] squatters. Instead of vacant
[2:51:26] properties. And boy, we want
[2:51:29] to offer safe, well-managed
[2:51:31] housing, attractive,
[2:51:33] landscaping and a campus that
[2:51:34] continues to serve both its
[2:51:35] residents and the surrounding
[2:51:39] neighborhood. We are investing
[2:51:40] in this community because we
[2:51:43] believe it deserves better.
[2:51:44] This request is not about
[2:51:45] changing who city rescue
[2:51:47] mission is. It's about
[2:51:48] allowing us to do more. But
[2:51:51] what we have faithfully done
[2:51:52] for the last 80 years, helping
[2:51:55] people move from crisis
[2:51:57] stability, dependence to
[2:51:58] independence and homelessness
[2:52:01] to home. I respectfully ask
[2:52:04] for your support of this Bill.
[2:52:05] Thank you. It spreads. We have
[2:52:07] no more cards in 2026. For
[2:52:07] tonight. This public areas
[2:52:10] closed, moved the bill. We
[2:52:10] have a motion and second on
[2:52:11] the bill recognize Ms
[2:52:19] Kirchner. Thank you, chair. I
[2:52:21] rushed to declare ex parte. It
[2:52:24] was deep deep in now.
[2:52:27] >> And Paul Stasi beginning on
[2:52:31] MARCH 18th that this year and
[2:52:32] Stephen, out on JUNE 25th of
[2:52:38] this year. Are discussion was
[2:52:41] primarily what the applicant
[2:52:42] wanted to do in regards to
[2:52:44] zoning change and which which
[2:52:47] was primarily to bring all of
[2:52:48] the parcels and buildings
[2:52:52] under one zoning. And that has
[2:52:55] been filed with legislative
[2:52:57] services. Additionally, I met
[2:52:58] with the Laney and Paul Stasi
[2:53:02] on JUNE. 16th. At the North
[2:53:04] Riverside Community Center
[2:53:06] doing there neighborhood
[2:53:08] meeting and once again, they
[2:53:09] explain the reason for the
[2:53:11] zoning. The proposed
[2:53:11] construction for the Syrians,
[2:53:15] vision for the next 20 years.
[2:53:16] Lastly, I met with Robert Free
[2:53:20] Lake on JUNE 23rd here at City
[2:53:22] Council and he just expressed
[2:53:25] his concerns in regards to the
[2:53:26] rezoning and all of this has
[2:53:27] been filed with legislative
[2:53:29] services. Thank you.
[2:53:30] >> All right. Thank you,
[2:53:31] ma'am. We have no other
[2:53:32] speakers in the queue. We have
[2:53:33] a motion and second on the
[2:53:34] bill open about a quarter
[2:53:47] vote.
[2:53:48] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays by your
[2:53:52] vote. 2026 0. 49 is approved.
[2:53:55] >> now page number. 22 items
[2:53:57] number 40 41 2026. 4.30, for
[2:54:00] 31. I have no speaker cards.
[2:54:01] >> These public hearings are
[2:54:05] continued to AUGUST 11, 2026.
[2:54:06] >> Item number 40 to 2026, 4,
[2:54:09] 3, 2, I have 2 speaker cards.
[2:54:10] Questions only Travis. Our jv
[2:54:12] travel. And Jamie Travis
[2:54:13] Leonard supports and Christian
[2:54:14] Re questions on She supports
[2:54:19] as well. No speakers in the
[2:54:20] queue. This public areas close
[2:54:21] to move the We have a motion
[2:54:22] and second on the bill.
[2:54:23] >> No speakers about a quarter
[2:54:33] of
[2:54:36] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:54:38] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[2:54:41] 3, 2 passes 23 on its number.
[2:54:45] 43 2026. 0, 4, 3, 3, I've 2
[2:54:46] speaker cards. Jamie Travis
[2:54:48] Leonard, who wants to speak on
[2:54:49] this. And Kristen Reed
[2:54:50] questions only supports the
[2:54:58] bill. This letter.
[2:54:59] >> Good evening. City
[2:55:01] COUNCILMAN Is Jamey madrassas
[2:55:01] about. I'll be quick for this.
[2:55:02] I do support this ordinance.
[2:55:05] Earliest wanted to come up.
[2:55:08] And say that I appreciated the
[2:55:09] developer and the owner and
[2:55:13] how planning and really
[2:55:14] community thought they put
[2:55:18] into this proposal. I was at
[2:55:19] they'll use the meeting where
[2:55:20] it was presented and you could
[2:55:23] really tell that they. Took
[2:55:24] into account not only their
[2:55:25] needs, but also the needs of
[2:55:26] the community around them and
[2:55:28] how what they're proposing
[2:55:31] could impact that community. I
[2:55:32] hope to see more proposals
[2:55:33] like this where they really
[2:55:36] are working with us to ensure
[2:55:36] that what they're giving us
[2:55:39] not only meets their needs,
[2:55:40] uplift the community, but also
[2:55:41] is in conjunction with the
[2:55:43] area. They're in versus what
[2:55:46] we are seeing more and more
[2:55:47] where there is friction
[2:55:49] between developers and the
[2:55:53] community at large. Thank you.
[2:55:54] >> And Nomar speaker cards
[2:55:58] this public hearing is closed.
[2:55:59] I'm 44 2026, 4, 7, 5, I
[2:56:00] actually we have a I'm sorry,
[2:56:03] move the amendment.
[2:56:05] >> We have motion and second
[2:56:06] on the amendment, seeing those
[2:56:07] speakers in the queue will
[2:56:08] take the vote fairly all in
[2:56:08] favor of the amendment
[2:56:09] indicate by saying Aye, again
[2:56:11] saying No, the amendment
[2:56:12] passes move the bill as
[2:56:13] amended. We have a motion and
[2:56:16] second on the bill as amended.
[2:56:17] No speakers incudes open about
[2:56:30] a quarter
[2:56:32] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays by your
[2:56:34] vote. 2026, 0, 4, 3, 3, is
[2:56:37] approved. Item number. 44,
[2:56:40] 2026, 4, 7, 5, 1, 1, speaker
[2:56:41] card, Samantha Series.
[2:56:42] Questions only comment know
[2:56:42] could not does not wish to
[2:56:46] speak, but does oppose. I see
[2:56:46] no speakers for questions.
[2:56:48] This public hearing is closed
[2:56:50] actually additional public
[2:56:53] hearing. We held on AUGUST 11,
[2:56:55] 2026. Item number. 45.0? 26 4,
[2:56:58] 7, 6, I have no speaker cards.
[2:56:59] Public hearings close. An
[2:57:00] additional public hearing will
[2:57:02] be held AUGUST 11, 2026. We
[2:57:04] started taking up items. 46 47
[2:57:06] moving on now to item number.
[2:57:09] 48 2026, 4, 7, 9, I have 3
[2:57:12] speaker cards. I believe this.
[2:57:17] Rags. Charlene Corbett, altar.
[2:57:20] >> And Trevor Peters all do
[2:57:22] not wish to speak.
[2:57:25] >> All support. This public
[2:57:29] hearing closed. An additional
[2:57:30] public we've held held on
[2:57:35] AUGUST. 11th 2026. Items.
[2:57:38] Number 4, 49 2026 do I have?
[2:57:41] >> The same 3 folks. Simon
[2:57:46] Ross. So Ron Corbett.
[2:57:47] >> Walker and Trevor Peters do
[2:57:49] not wish to speak. But do you
[2:57:53] support this bill? This public
[2:57:54] areas close an additional
[2:57:55] public. It will be held
[2:57:58] AUGUST. 11th 2026.
[2:57:58] >> Items number 15. 51. I can
[2:58:02] do that. Yes, 2026. 41 42. I
[2:58:05] have no speaker cards. These
[2:58:06] public hearings are close.
[2:58:07] Additional public hearings
[2:58:08] will be held on AUGUST. 11th
[2:58:11] 2026.
[2:58:12] >> As it happens, MR.
[2:58:15] PRESIDENT there there are no
[2:58:16] 3rd reading resolutions today
[2:58:16] as we move on to the ordinance
[2:58:18] is beginning on page. 26 for
[2:58:19] members of our audience, these
[2:58:22] bills of r d at the public
[2:58:23] hearings with a final
[2:58:25] committee. Parts are now ready
[2:58:26] for full council action. Our
[2:58:28] first item is number 52 2026.
[2:58:32] 3, 1, 9, I move the amendment.
[2:58:33] >> We have a motion and second
[2:58:33] on the amendment. We have no
[2:58:35] speakers in the queue. Let's
[2:58:36] vote early all in favor of the
[2:58:37] amendment indicate by saying
[2:58:38] Aye, aye, all again. The
[2:58:40] amendment passes bill as
[2:58:41] amended. We have a motion and
[2:58:44] second on the bill as amended.
[2:58:45] Those speakers in the Open
[2:58:56] about a quarter vote.
[2:59:00] >> 17 yeas, 0 Your vote. 2026,
[2:59:01] 0, 3, 1, 9, passes.
[2:59:03] >> on page. 23. I'm 53. 2023
[2:59:05] 2026, 4, 4, 5, and with the
[2:59:05] amendment.
[2:59:06] >> We have a motion and second
[2:59:09] on the amendment. No speakers
[2:59:10] in the queue. Let's vote early
[2:59:12] on favor indicate by saying
[2:59:15] aye again saying no amendment
[2:59:15] passes.
[2:59:16] >> I moved the bill as amended
[2:59:16] requires that regards a
[2:59:18] two-thirds vote.
[2:59:19] >> We have a motion and second
[2:59:22] on the bill as amended. No
[2:59:22] speakers in the queue. Let's
[2:59:37] open about record votes.
[2:59:46] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[2:59:47] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[2:59:50] 4, 5, passes. Item number 50
[2:59:53] for 2026, 4, 4, 8, move. The
[2:59:53] amendment.
[2:59:54] >> We have a motion and second
[2:59:56] on the amendment, seeing no
[2:59:57] speakers in the queue. Let's
[2:59:58] vote early on favor indicate
[3:00:02] by saying Aye, again saying
[3:00:03] bill as amended, we have a
[3:00:03] motion a second on the bill as
[3:00:06] amended. No speakers. It's
[3:00:18] open the ballot for the vote.
[3:00:21] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:00:24] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[3:00:25] 4, 8, passes. Moving on now to
[3:00:26] page. 28 item number. 55,
[3:00:29] 2026, 4, 4, 9, and move the
[3:00:29] amendment.
[3:00:30] >> We have a motion and second
[3:00:31] on the amendment. No speakers
[3:00:33] in the queue of overly all in
[3:00:34] favor of the amendment
[3:00:34] indicate by saying Aye, aye,
[3:00:38] all again saying no.
[3:00:39] >> The amendment passes move
[3:00:43] the bill as amended. We have a
[3:00:43] motion a second on the bill as
[3:00:44] amended open about, of course,
[3:00:53] about.
[3:00:56] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:01:00] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[3:01:01] 4, 9, passes.
[3:01:04] >> Item number 56, 2026. 0. 49
[3:01:04] believe there's a motion a
[3:01:06] floor amendment. Her Sunday.
[3:01:07] There is a me a call on Mr So
[3:01:10] please.
[3:01:11] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT.
[3:01:13] I'm going to move to withdraw
[3:01:14] this bill. I believe that
[3:01:15] through some of the
[3:01:16] conversations that we've had
[3:01:18] in committee seems like
[3:01:19] there's a little bit of a
[3:01:20] disagreement about the purpose
[3:01:21] of this bill is in process has
[3:01:23] been the hrc. Happy to come
[3:01:24] back with a better bill later
[3:01:29] on. So move to withdraw. We
[3:01:32] have a motion and the second
[3:01:33] to withdraw Twenty-twenty 6,
[3:01:33] 0, 4, 8, 9, and everyone
[3:01:34] you're getting a floor mat and
[3:01:36] that's for a bill to from now.
[3:01:37] So the motion here on the
[3:01:38] table is to withdraw. Nothing
[3:01:39] to do with the floor You're
[3:01:40] getting seeing those speakers
[3:01:44] on the queue. Let's open the
[3:01:44] ballot and record your vote.
[3:01:53] Yes, is a withdrawal.
[3:02:02] >> Welcome back.
[3:02:03] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:02:07] >> By your action, 2026, 0, 4,
[3:02:10] 8, 9 is withdrawn.
[3:02:12] >> Item number 57 on Page. 29
[3:02:14] 2026, 4, 9, 0, move the
[3:02:15] Amendment.
[3:02:16] >> We have a motion and second
[3:02:18] on the amendment. We'll take
[3:02:18] this vote verbally all in
[3:02:19] favor of the amendment
[3:02:21] indicate by saying Aye, again
[3:02:22] saying No, the amendment
[3:02:26] passes the bill as amended. We
[3:02:26] have a motion second on the
[3:02:27] bill as amended before we
[3:02:27] vote. All recognize
[3:02:35] mistreatment. To the chair to
[3:02:37] out of abundance caution.
[3:02:38] >> I work at the Clara White
[3:02:42] Mission in. My staff MAY be
[3:02:43] partnering with someone that
[3:02:44] MAY be receiving this. So I
[3:02:45] just want to make sure
[3:02:47] paperwork is already been.
[3:02:48] Signed and submitted. Thank
[3:02:50] you. Thank you. MISS A
[3:02:54] payment. No other speakers in
[3:02:54] the queue.
[3:02:55] >> We have a motion and the
[3:02:56] second on the bill as amended
[3:02:56] its open them out the
[3:03:11] courtroom.
[3:03:48] >> 16 yeas, 0 nays. One
[3:03:48] abstention.
[3:03:51] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[3:03:52] 4, 9, 0, passes. Before we
[3:03:53] move on Pittman, you just want
[3:03:53] to say for the record that you
[3:03:54] abstain from the amendment as
[3:03:59] well.
[3:04:00] >> Chair I was supposed to do
[3:04:04] that on 58 instead of 57. So I
[3:04:05] do apologize.
[3:04:06] >> Okay. Well, you just
[3:04:07] abstain. You don't want to
[3:04:09] reopen the voting. I do. Or do
[3:04:09] Would you like to reopen need
[3:04:15] to do? We? Learn lets, you
[3:04:16] know, letting kids from Mary
[3:04:16] what you think I should do.
[3:04:21] Apologize. Yap stand on the
[3:04:22] wrong going at on 57 instead
[3:04:27] of 58. I apologize. All right.
[3:04:29] No problem gives a second
[3:04:30] area. See if you have to vote
[3:04:44] on.
[3:04:45] Out of abundance of
[3:04:46] caution, we could just move to
[3:05:00] reconsider.
[3:05:05] >> Through the PRESIDENT To
[3:05:05] Councilmember Pittman, this is
[3:05:06] for the Home Investment
[3:05:08] partnership Don't believe that
[3:05:10] you have traditionally And
[3:05:12] that's what I said at my
[3:05:14] recommendation, MR. PRESIDENT
[3:05:15] of says if somebody who was
[3:05:18] thank you and we can then take
[3:05:19] a vote on the reconsideration,
[3:05:19] assuming it passes, you would
[3:05:24] just need to move in second
[3:05:24] the Mariners your time and
[3:05:26] just move to reconsider.
[3:05:26] Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 4, 9, 0,
[3:05:27] And I heard a second from Dr
[3:05:29] Johnson. So we have a motion.
[3:05:31] >> Now let's and 10 entertain
[3:05:33] a but mostly Rican voter.
[3:05:35] We've over Leon, the
[3:05:35] reconsideration. Yep. So we'll
[3:05:38] take a verbal vote on them
[3:05:38] motion to reconsider all in
[3:05:40] favor indicate by saying Aye,
[3:05:43] again same know the motion to
[3:05:45] reconsider passes and MR.
[3:05:45] Floor leader with Young case
[3:05:46] around. Let's go ahead and
[3:05:49] move the amendment on 2026, 4,
[3:05:49] 9, 0,
[3:05:50] >> All right. We have a motion
[3:05:51] a second on the amendments,
[3:05:52] take the vote verbally on
[3:05:53] favor of the amendment
[3:05:55] indicate by saying Aye again
[3:05:55] saying No. The amendment
[3:05:56] passes now moved the bill as
[3:05:57] amended. We have a motion and
[3:05:58] the second on the bill as
[3:06:01] amended. Seeing no speakers
[3:06:02] incue. It's open to the ballot
[3:06:10] Cordova.
[3:06:13] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:06:18] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[3:06:19] 9, 0, passes. Item number 50,
[3:06:20] a twenty-twenty 6 for 9, I was
[3:06:22] under recognized misspent.
[3:06:23] Yes, sir. Thank you all.
[3:06:24] Recognize COUNCILWOMAN Pittman
[3:06:31] on 2026, 0, 4, 9, 1, please.
[3:06:31] >> Thank you, CHAIRMAN The
[3:06:34] right one. I'd like to abstain
[3:06:39] from 4.91 due to me working at
[3:06:40] the Clara White Mission and
[3:06:41] some of the staff MAY apply
[3:06:43] with the partnership. But
[3:06:45] another to say thank you.
[3:06:46] >> Thank you, ma'am. All
[3:06:52] turned to MR. Carrico. Former
[3:06:53] Council isn't here thank you,
[3:06:54] MR. PRESIDENT I rise to
[3:06:55] abstain from this legislation
[3:06:56] out of an abundance of caution
[3:06:57] as my employer, the boys,
[3:06:58] girls clubs of Northeast
[3:07:02] Florida has received cdbg
[3:07:03] grants in the past and see
[3:07:05] them. The future actually not
[3:07:06] listed as recipient of these
[3:07:08] funds, but I just feel name of
[3:07:09] transparency in caution tape
[3:07:10] saying for many cdbg
[3:07:11] legislation. So I will be of
[3:07:13] saying thank you. Thank you,
[3:07:14] sir. And now I will recognize
[3:07:18] council incluso. Thank you,
[3:07:19] MR. PRESIDENT like to offer a
[3:07:20] floor amendment. I'm going to
[3:07:21] have missed a populous.
[3:07:27] Explain if you'd like.
[3:07:28] >> Thank you. Through the
[3:07:30] PRESIDENT Of the council. So
[3:07:32] the Floor amendment
[3:07:33] encompasses the committee
[3:07:34] amendment which is listed on
[3:07:35] the blue sheet, but it adds a
[3:07:36] couple of additional technical
[3:07:38] corrections for the bill and
[3:07:39] attaches a revised exhibit
[3:07:41] one, which is the bt to
[3:07:42] correct the revenue and
[3:07:43] expense amount for sidewalks
[3:07:47] to 500,000 and correct. The
[3:07:47] revenue and expense amount for
[3:07:48] the Edward Waters University
[3:07:51] Project to $200,000 and
[3:07:52] changes that expense account
[3:07:54] code code. It also attaches a
[3:07:55] second revised exhibit 2,
[3:07:56] which is the schedules of
[3:07:59] funding to correct the amounts
[3:08:01] and remove the Edward Waters
[3:08:01] University project from the
[3:08:05] included in Cip category to
[3:08:06] the not included in Cip
[3:08:06] category on page 2 of the
[3:08:11] schedules. Just want to get a
[3:08:12] second on that. If you haven't
[3:08:12] already missed, I heard a
[3:08:15] second. Anything else, MR.
[3:08:15] Putin.
[3:08:16] >> All right. We have a motion
[3:08:18] and second on the floor
[3:08:19] amendment before we take a
[3:08:20] vote on Doctor Salem,
[3:08:24] recognized.
[3:08:25] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
[3:08:28] just heard Ed Waters
[3:08:28] University mention a couple of
[3:08:29] times. So they on board with
[3:08:30] these changes just to make
[3:08:34] sure.
[3:08:35] >> Through the chair to
[3:08:36] Councilmember Salem and I I
[3:08:37] will let this river MISTER
[3:08:37] Peterson, correct me if I'm
[3:08:38] wrong. But I think the issue
[3:08:41] was there was a believe at the
[3:08:42] time that with the bill as
[3:08:43] originally filed, that they
[3:08:45] were on the project was going
[3:08:46] to be on city-owned property
[3:08:48] and it's not city on property.
[3:08:48] It's private property. So it
[3:08:52] can't be listed under our cip.
[3:08:52] So I let MISS Revert address
[3:08:53] any additional detail for
[3:08:56] that. MISTER, recognized.
[3:08:57] >> Through the chair to
[3:08:58] Councilmember Salem, yes, we
[3:08:59] had to remove it from the cip
[3:09:01] because it's not city-owned
[3:09:03] property. So that's why we're
[3:09:03] moving it into the other
[3:09:05] category of non Cip project.
[3:09:08] >> So it really has no impact
[3:09:09] upon.
[3:09:09] >> It has no impact. It's the
[3:09:10] same dollar amount that they
[3:09:13] were going to receive.
[3:09:15] >> Previously, thank you so
[3:09:16] much all right, MR. Layden
[3:09:19] here. Okay. Donna McHugh.
[3:09:20] >> Great. Then we have motion
[3:09:23] a second on the floor
[3:09:24] amendment will take this vote
[3:09:25] verbally on favor of the flu.
[3:09:26] So floor amendment indicate by
[3:09:29] saying again saying No,
[3:09:29] amendment passes.
[3:09:32] >> bill as amended. We have a
[3:09:34] motion and second on the bill
[3:09:35] as amended. No speakers in the
[3:09:35] queue. Let's open the ballot,
[3:09:50] of course of
[3:09:51] >> 16 yeas, 0 nays. 2
[3:09:54] abstentions.
[3:09:56] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[3:09:58] 9, one passes. Moving on to
[3:10:00] page 30 item number, 59, 2026,
[3:10:02] 4, 9, 2, move the amendment.
[3:10:04] We have a motion and second on
[3:10:05] the amendment.
[3:10:06] >> No speakers in the queue.
[3:10:06] Let's take this vote fairly
[3:10:07] all in favor of the amendment
[3:10:10] indicate by saying Aye, again
[3:10:11] say no. The amendment passes
[3:10:13] move the bill as amended. We
[3:10:13] have a motion and second on
[3:10:17] the bill as amended. There are
[3:10:17] no speakers. It's open about
[3:10:28] equipment. You're not as we.
[3:10:30] >> Your invasive.
[3:10:33] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:10:36] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[3:10:37] 9, 2, passes. Thank you, MR.
[3:10:37] PRESIDENT. Didn't want to get
[3:10:41] in the weeds on that one. When
[3:10:42] I had to had to say. But at
[3:10:45] the
[3:10:46] >> That was an invasive and of
[3:10:49] noxious like it. 60 2026, 4,
[3:10:52] 9, with the amendment.
[3:10:52] >> We have a motion in second
[3:10:56] on the amendment. No speakers
[3:10:56] will take this vote all in
[3:10:57] favor of the amendment
[3:10:59] indicate by saying Aye, I
[3:11:02] again say no amendment passes.
[3:11:03] >> The bill as amended
[3:11:05] requiring it to 3 vote.
[3:11:05] >> We have a motion and second
[3:11:07] on the bill as amended. No
[3:11:22] speakers. It's open about
[3:11:25] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:11:29] >> And by your vote, 2026, 0,
[3:11:30] 4, 9, 3, s page number. 31
[3:11:31] item, 61, 2026, 4, 9, 4, move
[3:11:34] the amendment.
[3:11:35] >> We have a motion a second
[3:11:37] on the amendment. No speakers
[3:11:37] in the queue was overly all in
[3:11:38] favor of the amendment
[3:11:41] indicate by saying Aye, I
[3:11:41] again say no. The amendment
[3:11:42] passed some of the bill as
[3:11:43] amended a motion a second on
[3:11:45] the bill as amended. No
[3:11:45] speakers that's open them out
[3:11:54] of court.
[3:11:58] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:11:59] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[3:12:02] 9, 4, passes. Item. 62
[3:12:03] Twenty-twenty 6, 4, 9, 5, I
[3:12:08] move the amendment.
[3:12:09] >> We have a motion a second
[3:12:11] on the amendment. Before we
[3:12:12] move on, did we located? We're
[3:12:14] back on 62. All right. We have
[3:12:15] a motion and second on the
[3:12:17] Amendment. Twenty-twenty 6, 0,
[3:12:18] 4, 9, 5, We have MR. Diamond,
[3:12:21] before you on the amendment.
[3:12:22] You want to speak back on
[3:12:26] 2026, 0, 4, 9, 4. Come on.
[3:12:28] Well, we have a motion
[3:12:29] compass. Is a comment. Okay?
[3:12:29] It's going yet. No. I just
[3:12:31] wanted to thank Eric Tucker
[3:12:32] for our work and all this ada
[3:12:33] compliance up which has been
[3:12:34] the entire department over
[3:12:34] there. They've done really
[3:12:36] good work and if you all, she?
[3:12:38] She lost her dad a month ago.
[3:12:40] Austin mom, 6 months ago when
[3:12:41] she still soldiering on
[3:12:43] helping literally anyone in
[3:12:44] the city whose who has a new
[3:12:47] challenges. And so, you know,
[3:12:48] I just want to send all are
[3:12:49] allowed to care as she's
[3:12:50] literally at work today after
[3:12:51] all this stuff, thank you, MR.
[3:12:58] Down. All right. We have a
[3:12:59] motion a second on the
[3:13:01] amendment for 2026, 0, 4, 9,
[3:13:03] 5, no speakers on the q. Let's
[3:13:05] take this vote verbally all in
[3:13:06] favor of the amendment
[3:13:06] indicate by saying aye again,
[3:13:09] say no. Amendment passes the
[3:13:12] bill as amended. We have a
[3:13:12] motion and second on the bill
[3:13:14] as amended. There are no
[3:13:15] speakers that's open about the
[3:13:25] court.
[3:13:28] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:13:29] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 4,
[3:13:32] 9, 5, passes.
[3:13:34] >> Turn to page. 32 item
[3:13:37] number 63. 26 4, 9, 7, before
[3:13:38] I move the amendment. I think
[3:13:39] we need to recognize
[3:13:40] Councilmember Pat MISS
[3:13:45] Pittman. You are recognized.
[3:13:46] To the again at light to
[3:13:49] abstain from this one in the
[3:13:50] next one.
[3:13:51] >> I am employed at the Clara
[3:13:54] White Mission in some of my
[3:13:55] staff. Maybe applied in
[3:13:56] partnership with another
[3:13:58] agency in providing service to
[3:14:01] individuals with 8. Thank you.
[3:14:02] And the paperwork has been
[3:14:05] signed. Thank you, ma'am.
[3:14:05] >> No other ex parte Taser
[3:14:08] exemptions just for clarity as
[3:14:09] she is standing only on 4, 9,
[3:14:10] 7 right now, only 4, 0, 4, 9,
[3:14:14] 7, With the amendment.
[3:14:15] >> We have a motion and second
[3:14:18] on the amendment. No speakers.
[3:14:19] Let's take this vote virtually
[3:14:19] all in favor of the amendment
[3:14:23] indicate by saying Aye. Again,
[3:14:24] say no, the amendment passes
[3:14:25] as amended. We have a motion
[3:14:27] and second on the bill as
[3:14:28] amended, no speakers. Let's
[3:14:43] open about a quarter of
[3:15:10] >> 16 yeas, 0 nays. One
[3:15:10] abstention.
[3:15:12] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[3:15:17] 9, 7, passes. I care for 2026,
[3:15:21] 4, 9, 8, move the amendment.
[3:15:22] We have a motion and the
[3:15:23] second on the amendments, no
[3:15:27] speakers in the queue. Let's
[3:15:28] take this vote. Probably all
[3:15:29] in favor of the amendment
[3:15:31] indicate by saying Aye, I
[3:15:32] again say no. The amendment
[3:15:34] passes the bill as amended it.
[3:15:34] We have a motion a second on
[3:15:37] the bill as amended. No
[3:15:38] speakers in the queue. So put
[3:15:50] them out of court. A vote.
[3:15:55] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:15:57] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 4,
[3:16:01] 9, 9, 8, passes.
[3:16:02] >> page. 33 item number 65
[3:16:03] Twenty-twenty. 6, 4, 9, 9,
[3:16:04] this time. I think we do
[3:16:06] Recognize councilmember
[3:16:06] pavement.
[3:16:06] >> Misfit when you're
[3:16:12] recognized. How much show
[3:16:14] tonight? Again, I'd like
[3:16:14] abstain because the Clara
[3:16:18] White missions serve clients
[3:16:18] and we've already submitted
[3:16:21] the paperwork for this. And
[3:16:22] thank you. Thank you know,
[3:16:25] Nelson que.
[3:16:28] >> Move with the amendment.
[3:16:29] >> We have a motion a second
[3:16:32] on the amendment. No one's on
[3:16:32] the q. Let's take this vote
[3:16:33] verbally all in favor of the
[3:16:34] amendment indicate by saying
[3:16:35] Aye, I again say know in the
[3:16:37] past.
[3:16:40] >> Moved the bill as amended.
[3:16:40] We have a motion and second on
[3:16:43] the bill as amended. No
[3:16:44] speakers in the queue it up in
[3:16:56] about a quarter of
[3:16:59] >> 17 yeas, 0 nays. One
[3:17:00] abstention.
[3:17:04] >> By your vote 2026, 0, 4, 9,
[3:17:04] 9, passes. This PRESIDENT. We
[3:17:06] have 5 resolutions and
[3:17:07] ordinances are in second
[3:17:08] reading and 10 ordinance on
[3:17:09] second reading.
[3:17:10] >> Although none of these
[3:17:11] items will be taking up. 71 to
[3:17:13] my colleagues, there is an
[3:17:14] opportunity for public
[3:17:16] participation regarding for
[3:17:16] the resolutions, MR. Taylor,
[3:17:17] would you please read the
[3:17:23] Bills?
[3:17:26] >> 2026. 5. 44 5. 45 5? 46. 5.
[3:17:33] 47 5.48 5. 23. 5. 24 5. 25 5.
[3:17:37] 26 5. 27 5. 28 5. 29 5, 35. 31
[3:17:39] 5.32 given. We have no public
[3:17:40] participate. Can patient
[3:17:42] cards, participation cards.
[3:17:43] >> We now move on to the
[3:17:45] introduction first reading
[3:17:46] resolution to Norges
[3:17:48] ordinances beginning on page.
[3:17:50] 38 starting with item number
[3:17:54] anyone. 2026? 500. There are
[3:17:55] no public participation car.
[3:17:57] So I move the emergency.
[3:17:58] >> We have a motion and second
[3:18:02] on the emergency. Seeing no
[3:18:02] speakers in the queue will
[3:18:03] take this vote virtually all
[3:18:04] in favor of the emergency
[3:18:05] indicate by saying Aye, I
[3:18:09] again say no emergency passes.
[3:18:10] >> Again, I should note
[3:18:11] they're no cards for this one.
[3:18:12] So I will move the bill as an
[3:18:14] emergency.
[3:18:15] >> We have a motion and the
[3:18:16] second on the bill as an
[3:18:17] emergency. And I believe at
[3:18:17] this point, MR. Petersen, you
[3:18:20] would like to. We did. You you
[3:18:26] would like to speak.
[3:18:27] >> Through the present to the
[3:18:28] council so that this bill has
[3:18:29] moved is an emergency tonight
[3:18:29] to notify the property
[3:18:32] appraiser by AUGUST 4th of the
[3:18:35] city's rollback rate. The
[3:18:36] proposed millage rates for the
[3:18:37] upcoming budget which are
[3:18:38] staying the same as last
[3:18:41] year's council approve rates.
[3:18:41] And then also the SEPTEMBER
[3:18:43] 8th public hearing that will
[3:18:45] occur where the public will
[3:18:45] get to come and talk to you
[3:18:48] about the mileage rates. This
[3:18:50] just as I said, keep the rates
[3:18:52] the same as last year. It does
[3:18:52] set the high water mark for
[3:18:55] the mileage rates for the
[3:18:57] proposed years. So from this
[3:18:58] point forward Finance
[3:18:59] Committee and the council can
[3:19:01] lower the millage rate. But
[3:19:02] after tonight, it's nearly
[3:19:03] impossible to raise the
[3:19:04] mileage rate above what you
[3:19:08] approve tonight.
[3:19:10] >> All right. Thank you, MR.
[3:19:11] Petersen. So we have a motion
[3:19:13] and second on the bill as an
[3:19:15] emergency, we have no other
[3:19:15] speakers in the queue. Let's
[3:19:30] open about, of course.
[3:19:35] >> 17 yeas, one nay.
[3:19:36] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 5,
[3:19:39] 0, 0 is approved.
[3:19:40] >> All right. Now moving on
[3:19:44] now to page. 39 item number 87
[3:19:44] Twenty-twenty 6, 5, 9, 6. I
[3:19:46] move the emergency. We have a
[3:19:47] motion and a second on the
[3:19:52] emergency. Seeing no one in
[3:19:52] the queue. Let's take this
[3:19:53] vote verbally all in favor of
[3:19:55] emergency indicate by saying
[3:19:55] Aye.
[3:19:56] >> I again say emergency
[3:19:58] passes. Move the bill as an
[3:20:01] emergency.
[3:20:02] >> I have no Does this one
[3:20:08] other than mine? I suspect MR.
[3:20:08] Sheriff, I'm Mike. Before we
[3:20:09] take a vote on this one, I
[3:20:11] just want to make a comment. I
[3:20:13] really appreciate this is my
[3:20:14] 7th year serving on the
[3:20:15] canvassing board. I can tell
[3:20:15] you there's more important job
[3:20:16] that I've had during my tenure
[3:20:20] on the council. Somewhat
[3:20:21] disconcerting to we had logic
[3:20:24] and accuracy test last Friday.
[3:20:25] It was learned at that point
[3:20:26] in time that the number of
[3:20:27] mail-in ballots has dropped
[3:20:30] dramatically. I'm concerned
[3:20:31] about the prospect of that. I
[3:20:35] want to constituents out there
[3:20:35] the due diligence that I and
[3:20:37] the other members of the
[3:20:38] canvassing in coming over
[3:20:42] those balances. The if it's a
[3:20:43] matter of convenience for you,
[3:20:43] it's also a matter of
[3:20:44] importance that you take the
[3:20:46] time to vote and do so by
[3:20:48] ballot is still viable way to
[3:20:52] work. So thank you, MR.
[3:20:53] >> Do we have motion on the
[3:20:55] bill as emergency with the
[3:20:56] second? We do, we do. All
[3:20:58] right with the motion and
[3:20:59] second on the bills, emergency
[3:21:00] on the table and no other
[3:21:01] speakers that's open about a
[3:21:11] quarter point.
[3:21:14] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:21:16] >> By your vote approve
[3:21:18] Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 5, 9, 6,
[3:21:22] page, 40 item. 91 2026. 600
[3:21:23] movie emergency.
[3:21:24] >> We have a motion a second
[3:21:25] on the emergency. No speakers.
[3:21:26] Let's take this vote early on
[3:21:27] favor of the emergency
[3:21:28] indicate by saying Aye, again
[3:21:32] saying no emergency passes.
[3:21:33] >> And no public participation
[3:21:34] cards on this. Once I move it
[3:21:36] as an emergency.
[3:21:37] >> We have a motion and second
[3:21:38] on the bill as an emergency.
[3:21:39] No speakers and soak in the
[3:21:48] Valley court vote.
[3:21:51] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:21:54] >> By a vote. 2026, 0, 6, 0,
[3:21:54] 0, passes.
[3:21:55] >> Moving on now to number. 98
[3:22:01] on page. 41 2026. 607. A move.
[3:22:02] The emergency.
[3:22:02] >> We have a motion a second
[3:22:04] on the emergency. No speakers
[3:22:05] was vote verbally all in favor
[3:22:06] of the emergency indicate by
[3:22:07] saying Aye, aye again saying
[3:22:11] no passes.
[3:22:12] >> I moved. I have no public
[3:22:12] participation cards on this.
[3:22:15] Once I moved emergency.
[3:22:16] >> We have a motion a second
[3:22:17] on the bill as an emergency.
[3:22:18] No speakers that's open about
[3:22:22] a quarter of a
[3:22:36] >> some people when 16.
[3:22:39] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:22:43] >> By your vote. 2026, 0, 6,
[3:22:44] 0, 7, passes present. There
[3:22:46] are 2 first reading ordinance
[3:22:46] ordinances to be taking up
[3:22:47] this evening. The first can be
[3:22:49] found Page. 53 on a number.
[3:22:53] >> One, 36 2026, 5, 6, 8, Move
[3:22:57] the emergency.
[3:22:59] >> All right. We have a motion
[3:23:01] and a second on the emergency.
[3:23:02] Again, it's item number one.
[3:23:05] 36 2026, 0, 5, 6, 8, You'll
[3:23:11] find it on Page. 53. I have no
[3:23:11] speakers on the emergency will
[3:23:12] take the vote verbally all in
[3:23:13] favor of the emergency
[3:23:14] indicate by saying Aye, again
[3:23:18] saying no mercy passes.
[3:23:19] >> I have no participation
[3:23:19] guards and this one. We will
[3:23:22] go ahead and move it as an
[3:23:22] emergency.
[3:23:23] >> We have a motion and second
[3:23:25] on the bill as an emergency.
[3:23:26] Mary, would you mind just
[3:23:29] explaining what this bill
[3:23:32] >> Yes, thank you. Through the
[3:23:33] PRESIDENT To the council. So
[3:23:34] this legislation would
[3:23:35] reschedule the Finance
[3:23:37] Committee Tu use e committee
[3:23:38] meetings that are regularly
[3:23:40] scheduled for Tuesday. AUGUST
[3:23:44] 18th 2 Wednesday, AUGUST 19th.
[3:23:44] Has the 18th is the date of
[3:23:47] the primary election and it
[3:23:50] will also rescheduled the
[3:23:51] finance to you. And use
[3:23:54] committee meetings of Tuesday,
[3:23:55] NOVEMBER 3rd, 2 Wednesday,
[3:23:57] NOVEMBER 4th, so that the
[3:23:59] general election, which occurs
[3:24:01] on the 3rd can be observed by
[3:24:02] individuals who might want to
[3:24:03] attend to that versus
[3:24:03] attending Count Council
[3:24:06] committee meeting. So this is
[3:24:08] an adjustment that the council
[3:24:09] makes with the with the
[3:24:10] election dates fall on
[3:24:12] committee or council days. So
[3:24:12] it's in keeping with past
[3:24:15] practice of the city Council.
[3:24:16] >> Thank you, Mary. And
[3:24:18] there's a companion bill or a
[3:24:19] related bill running through
[3:24:21] that schedules. Reschedules
[3:24:22] meetings for MAY of next year.
[3:24:25] As I understand
[3:24:26] >> Yes, MISTER PRESIDENT, that
[3:24:27] one was not done as an
[3:24:29] emergency, but there is a bill
[3:24:30] item one. 37 on the agenda
[3:24:33] that would reschedule finance
[3:24:34] to eu and land use and zoning
[3:24:34] on that are currently
[3:24:36] scheduled for Tuesday. MAY
[3:24:39] 18th to Wednesday MAY 19th in
[3:24:40] observance of the election
[3:24:43] date that would occur on MAY
[3:24:44] 18th. And it also just
[3:24:47] acknowledges the council rules
[3:24:47] already provide that when a
[3:24:48] regular meeting of the council
[3:24:51] occurs on Election Day that
[3:24:51] that is an automatic
[3:24:53] rescheduling to the next day.
[3:24:55] So while the bill doesn't
[3:24:55] accomplish that because the
[3:24:57] rules would automatically do
[3:24:59] that, it does acknowledge that
[3:25:00] of another opportunity through
[3:25:01] this legislation want to get
[3:25:02] noticed that the public be
[3:25:03] made aware of that additional
[3:25:06] change.
[3:25:07] >> Thank you very much. We
[3:25:07] have a motion and the second
[3:25:10] on the bill is an emergency. I
[3:25:11] see no speakers that's open
[3:25:22] about, course. But
[3:25:25] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:25:28] >> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,
[3:25:29] 6, 8,
[3:25:30] >> present before we move on
[3:25:35] to the agenda item number 1,
[3:25:36] 5, 9 on page, 63, 2026, 5, 9,
[3:25:38] 1, happens to be a duplicate
[3:25:42] of Bill item. Number 14, 2026
[3:25:43] 0, 5, 4, in order to dispose
[3:25:46] of the duplication. I move
[3:25:47] that we withdraw Twenty-twenty
[3:25:50] 6, 5, 9, 1, and I need a
[3:25:50] second.
[3:25:51] >> We have a motion and the
[3:25:54] second to a draw 2026. 0, 5,
[3:25:58] 9, As you said, it is
[3:25:58] duplicative. There's a bill
[3:25:59] that is exactly the same
[3:26:02] earlier on the agenda. I see
[3:26:04] no speakers in the queue.
[3:26:04] Let's open the ballot and
[3:26:13] record your vote to a draw.
[3:26:17] >> 18 yeas, 0 nays.
[3:26:17] >> By Euro Twenty-twenty 6, 0,
[3:26:20] 5, 9, one is withdrawn. This
[3:26:21] present. We have 2 additional
[3:26:24] items to that and I move the
[3:26:25] We have a motion and second on
[3:26:26] the addendum. This is also a
[3:26:29] voice vote. All in favor of
[3:26:29] hearing the and approving the
[3:26:31] and indicate by saying Aye, I
[3:26:34] again say no. The addendum
[3:26:37] passes item number one, 60
[3:26:39] pursuant to council 4.1, 0, 0,
[3:26:40] 1,
[3:26:41] >> We now take up the matter
[3:26:42] of the mayor's veto of
[3:26:46] ordinance 2025 8, 7, 2, I move
[3:26:47] it. Be prove approved. Not
[3:26:48] withstanding the veto of the
[3:26:52] mayor.
[3:26:53] >> All right. We have a
[3:26:56] motion. And second, the floor
[3:26:57] leaders motion is to approve
[3:27:00] ordinance 2025, 0, 8, 7, 2,
[3:27:01] notwithstanding the veto of
[3:27:01] the mayor which has been in.
[3:27:02] Of course, that's been
[3:27:05] seconded. The question posed
[3:27:06] to everyone tonight for
[3:27:07] consideration is as follows.
[3:27:10] Quote, Shell ordinance 2025 0,
[3:27:13] 8, 7, to be adopted and become
[3:27:13] effective. Not withstanding
[3:27:17] the veto of the mayor. We'll
[3:27:18] open up the floor to for
[3:27:18] debate in the queues lining
[3:27:23] up. MR. Your first. Thank you,
[3:27:24] MR. PRESIDENT, thank you for
[3:27:25] recognizing me. First. I want
[3:27:27] to clarify voting no on this.
[3:27:29] >> Basically supports the
[3:27:32] mayor and ensures that this
[3:27:33] fetal remains MR. Papa skews
[3:27:35] clarifies the voting no. Is
[3:27:38] the right thing to do.
[3:27:39] Correct?
[3:27:41] >> I MR. PRESIDENT, would you
[3:27:42] like me to address that?
[3:27:44] Please do. Okay. So the motion
[3:27:47] on the floor is to approve
[3:27:49] ordinance 2025 8, 7, 2,
[3:27:50] notwithstanding the veto of
[3:27:51] the mayor. So if you pressed
[3:27:55] Green or yes, that is a vote
[3:27:55] to override the veto of the
[3:27:57] mayor and approved the
[3:27:58] ordinance. If you press and
[3:28:02] read or no, that is a vote to
[3:28:04] sustain the mayor's veto and
[3:28:07] defeat ordinance 2025 8, 7, 2,
[3:28:08] >> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT,
[3:28:09] thank you, MR. Populous. I
[3:28:11] mean, we've had this debate
[3:28:12] numerous times. Let's just get
[3:28:13] out of here this evening. Vote
[3:28:15] no vote no on this stupid
[3:28:16] process. We actually really
[3:28:18] shouldn't be here. But
[3:28:19] regardless of why we are vote
[3:28:22] now. Thank you. Thank you,
[3:28:27] sir. Recognize DR. Salem.
[3:28:28] Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT, I'll
[3:28:29] just make a few points. Some
[3:28:34] of which made before MR.
[3:28:34] Packer indicated when we first
[3:28:37] got into this, you want to get
[3:28:38] this right.
[3:28:39] >> I entertained several past
[3:28:41] General counsel's to talk to
[3:28:44] him as well pass experts in
[3:28:45] our government. They convinced
[3:28:46] him that we have the authority
[3:28:47] to make appointments to these
[3:28:50] to these boards. That had been
[3:28:55] the policy. For 55 years in
[3:28:57] this city. Up until when Mayor
[3:28:59] De gun came in Mr, Faculty
[3:29:00] became the general counsel.
[3:29:02] This is nothing new. And I
[3:29:04] want to make emphasize that
[3:29:08] point why these 2 boards kha,
[3:29:09] as I've said before, there are
[3:29:11] all sorts of issues with k j
[3:29:12] their budget approaches
[3:29:13] 60 million dollars. We should
[3:29:14] have been put into those more
[3:29:18] positions. The library board
[3:29:20] again, 40 plus million
[3:29:21] dollars. We should have
[3:29:26] appointments to that board.
[3:29:28] This. This bill respects the
[3:29:28] strong mayor will form of our
[3:29:33] government. We get 3 on Kha
[3:29:36] and on the library board.
[3:29:37] Those appointments occur as
[3:29:40] people come off the board.
[3:29:42] This in no way, shape or form
[3:29:43] disrupts those boards or
[3:29:47] anything similar to that. The
[3:29:48] council present were only get
[3:29:49] an appointment as people come
[3:29:54] off those boards. Couple of
[3:29:56] things that I've heard
[3:29:57] discussed or taking power away
[3:30:01] from the mayor. This mayor.
[3:30:02] This bill isn't just for the
[3:30:04] next year while Mayor de get
[3:30:07] as mayor, this bill goes on
[3:30:08] past that. It goes past my
[3:30:11] tenure on this council. This
[3:30:12] is a permanent change to these
[3:30:17] boards. Its the question is,
[3:30:18] should the city council have a
[3:30:19] point to boards? We have the
[3:30:24] authority. We voted for this
[3:30:25] it past. Now we have to
[3:30:26] override this veto to want to
[3:30:32] maintain that. We are cold. We
[3:30:33] are a co-equal branch of this
[3:30:34] government and I feel strongly
[3:30:35] we should have these
[3:30:42] appointments. This bill is
[3:30:43] similar to the Downtown
[3:30:45] Investment Authority iaa. Our
[3:30:46] PRESIDENT Has an appointment
[3:30:49] to the bia board that he has
[3:30:51] because that board is shared.
[3:30:52] He will get those who will
[3:30:53] have that appointment coming
[3:30:55] up. So in summary, this bill
[3:30:58] is not disruptive. It is
[3:30:59] consistent with this
[3:31:03] government. For the past 55
[3:31:06] years, other than the last 3,
[3:31:07] i believe we should have
[3:31:09] appointments to this board as
[3:31:11] we do with iea. And I
[3:31:12] encourage you to vote yes on
[3:31:17] this ordinance. Thank you.
[3:31:17] Thank you. Doctor Salem over
[3:31:21] to counsel I think MR.
[3:31:22] PRESIDENT Counselor Salem
[3:31:24] touched on the budget. Like I
[3:31:25] said up with this kind the
[3:31:26] first time, that was my
[3:31:27] biggest motivation for voting.
[3:31:27] Yes on this because I do want
[3:31:31] us to have more input on this.
[3:31:32] >> If you go back just 4
[3:31:35] years, cages, budget has going
[3:31:37] from 35 to 65. That's 86% for
[3:31:39] years. Public safety, which I
[3:31:40] think we all agree should be
[3:31:41] the largest part of growing
[3:31:43] government. Public safety is
[3:31:45] going up. 41 1%. In fact, kj
[3:31:48] had grown at the same rate of
[3:31:49] public safety, their budget
[3:31:49] would have been a 50 million
[3:31:51] instead of 65 million this
[3:31:52] past year. So I do want to
[3:31:53] make sure we have some sort of
[3:31:55] input on who were a point to
[3:31:55] this board because the reality
[3:31:57] is we're going to board
[3:31:58] members that neither do more
[3:32:00] with the same amount of money
[3:32:02] or potentially do the same
[3:32:02] with the less amount of money.
[3:32:04] So I want to make sure we are
[3:32:06] able that and put people that
[3:32:08] we think are going to the best
[3:32:09] and make the best use of the
[3:32:10] money that kha gets all be a
[3:32:14] yes on this again tonight.
[3:32:14] Thank you, sir. Or to council
[3:32:19] in Boyle. Thank you, MR.
[3:32:20] PRESIDENT, I appreciate the
[3:32:21] comments of Councilmember
[3:32:24] Salem and and lane in on this.
[3:32:27] But I wish Councilmember mayor
[3:32:28] was here.
[3:32:28] >> You know, if any quo trying
[3:32:32] to fix it. We do have control.
[3:32:34] We do have control. At the end
[3:32:35] of the day, we see up or down
[3:32:36] on on these appointment. So we
[3:32:40] do have that control and the
[3:32:41] questions and concerns with
[3:32:43] respect to kj particular,
[3:32:46] certainly we can make clear
[3:32:47] our intent to see this managed
[3:32:49] better or well if it isn't
[3:32:50] already and to put people in
[3:32:53] place in order to do that, you
[3:32:54] know, many of you MAY know
[3:32:55] this, but I put out biweekly
[3:32:56] email after the city council
[3:32:59] meetings and then that talk
[3:33:00] about the area's bills and why
[3:33:04] supported them or didn't. One
[3:33:06] night and it goes talked about
[3:33:07] 5,000 constituents. And so I
[3:33:07] used as a pretty good
[3:33:09] barometer as to whether or not
[3:33:10] items like these are important
[3:33:12] to my constituents. I got one
[3:33:14] response to it. He was
[3:33:17] supportive of my vote against
[3:33:18] this bill. The last time it
[3:33:20] came around. People looking at
[3:33:23] this is something that's not
[3:33:25] critical. It's this is inside
[3:33:27] baseball. And if we've got the
[3:33:28] the opportunity to say up or
[3:33:31] down on any of these
[3:33:32] appointments, we have all the
[3:33:33] power we need to make sure
[3:33:35] these boards are properly
[3:33:36] populated. And so I need see
[3:33:39] no need to do this. And for
[3:33:39] the record not doing this
[3:33:40] because it gets me out of done
[3:33:44] this 5 years ago and
[3:33:45] COUNCILMAN Mayor Curry wasn't
[3:33:46] who is in place. It doesn't
[3:33:49] make sense to me that we you
[3:33:50] want to make changes to kind
[3:33:51] of boys you might recall kj
[3:33:53] when it was established. This
[3:33:56] assistant upon Mayor Curry
[3:33:57] that he have all the
[3:33:59] appointments in that process
[3:34:01] and we did. Was not challenge
[3:34:02] that that what MAY be his
[3:34:03] challenge, but it didn't
[3:34:05] happen that way. They broke.
[3:34:06] Don't fix it. Let's leave this
[3:34:07] thing alone and move on and
[3:34:08] deal with the things people
[3:34:09] care about. Thank you, MR.
[3:34:11] PRESIDENT. Thank you, sir.
[3:34:15] Over to MISS Clark. Mary.
[3:34:19] Thank you. Chair. This bill by
[3:34:24] its nature is disruptive. So
[3:34:24] talk with previous council
[3:34:25] members often about the
[3:34:29] history behind bills and so
[3:34:29] mayor Austin was the first to
[3:34:31] basically establish to
[3:34:32] Children's Commission, which
[3:34:35] is very similar to this. And
[3:34:38] so he had the wisdom to say
[3:34:39] that.
[3:34:40] >> As a mayor, there was a
[3:34:40] certain amount of power he
[3:34:44] didn't want to have in regards
[3:34:44] to the financial aspect
[3:34:47] because he thought that this
[3:34:48] could create a problem in
[3:34:53] without too. Just power but
[3:34:54] nature, correct? And then
[3:34:54] absolute power corrupts
[3:34:58] absolutely. So he maintain the
[3:35:03] idea that. You the mayor gets
[3:35:05] to recommend and then the
[3:35:06] council approves and them
[3:35:09] going on. We're Delaney. Not
[3:35:10] exactly sure. But I remember
[3:35:12] that I would say that I
[3:35:13] remember that being the most
[3:35:14] productive use of this city.
[3:35:15] And I was a young, younger
[3:35:19] person. Then. But then Payton
[3:35:21] had the Jacksonville journey
[3:35:22] and cap the appointment as big
[3:35:27] the same. Then going on to
[3:35:28] Brown. Not exactly sure. But
[3:35:29] just going and just kind of
[3:35:30] piggybacking on what you said.
[3:35:31] Councilmember Boylan. Mayor
[3:35:36] Curry. At the inclination to
[3:35:37] keep the same type of
[3:35:41] structure. I'm not sure
[3:35:42] exactly why it needs to be
[3:35:45] changed, but it doesn't. This
[3:35:46] current mayoral
[3:35:50] administration. Being able to
[3:35:52] a point. And recommend purses
[3:35:56] to the board doesn't diminish
[3:35:57] our power. And it's been said
[3:35:58] before that it doesn't. It
[3:36:00] doesn't. And it creates a
[3:36:03] balance. And once again, I go
[3:36:04] back to the information that I
[3:36:06] received in regards to Austin.
[3:36:08] And that was the fact that he
[3:36:10] thought about the fact that at
[3:36:13] this point cages with which is
[3:36:13] what the bill or this
[3:36:14] particular organization became
[3:36:18] under Mayor Curry, the amount
[3:36:20] of money that goes into that
[3:36:22] board is very enticing. And
[3:36:26] so. Having this particular
[3:36:27] structure where you have the
[3:36:30] mayor to recommend and we
[3:36:32] approve is a balance way too,
[3:36:34] on this board. And once again,
[3:36:38] let's think about our
[3:36:39] perception. Not just our
[3:36:41] perception but how we are
[3:36:41] perceived by this county by
[3:36:47] the people. Do we want to keep
[3:36:48] that or maintain or help to
[3:36:50] further that perception by
[3:36:51] changing the structure of this
[3:36:54] board? And of course, I don't
[3:36:56] think that any of us thought
[3:36:56] that the man would approve it
[3:36:59] or sign it. Certainly she
[3:37:01] shouldn't. And whether it's a
[3:37:05] female mayor, Bill Mayor,
[3:37:05] Democrat, Republican, once
[3:37:07] again, the structure of the
[3:37:09] board isn't broken. And it
[3:37:10] doesn't need to be fixed.
[3:37:15] Thank you. Chair. Thank you,
[3:37:15] ma'am. Over to counsel
[3:37:21] Mueller. Thank you, MR.
[3:37:23] PRESIDENT to the PRESIDENT,
[3:37:24] I'd like to take a slightly
[3:37:29] different approach
[3:37:30] >> thankfully, the auditors
[3:37:31] and researchers help me with
[3:37:32] this. But I just want to take
[3:37:38] actual approach on the past
[3:37:39] and the current situation with
[3:37:42] our boards and commissions.
[3:37:42] And so by the numbers, you
[3:37:48] know, I heard the comments I
[3:37:49] down vote. So that's that's
[3:37:51] enough for us to have. The
[3:37:54] implication was and also mayor
[3:37:56] recommends the council
[3:37:58] approves. But the facts of our
[3:38:00] current boards and commissions
[3:38:04] don't support that. We have 52
[3:38:07] boards and commissions. And of
[3:38:12] those 50 2.35 Have multiple
[3:38:17] individuals nominating. Or
[3:38:18] appointing, even though we we
[3:38:20] actually come from this body
[3:38:24] does. But 35 of the 52 current
[3:38:28] boards and commissions are at
[3:38:30] least Dooley and in some
[3:38:31] cases, 3 different individuals
[3:38:34] with different organizations.
[3:38:34] Give nominations for those
[3:38:39] boards. Of those boards. The
[3:38:46] mayor appoints. 10 solely. The
[3:38:46] city Council appoints 4
[3:38:50] solely. And the mayor and the
[3:38:56] council appointed jointly 12.
[3:38:57] We're not doing something here
[3:39:01] that I think. Has already been
[3:39:02] down. Obviously it has by the
[3:39:08] numbers. And does that
[3:39:08] diminish someone's power? I
[3:39:09] don't think so. And and from
[3:39:10] my past as inspector general
[3:39:13] and commander many
[3:39:13] organizations, I'm always
[3:39:15] looking for ways to make
[3:39:17] things better. I personally
[3:39:18] believe after doing this
[3:39:19] research looking through this
[3:39:22] and sitting on. The library
[3:39:26] board as a liaison. I believe
[3:39:27] a better representation
[3:39:31] throughout our city. Is
[3:39:32] achieved. When you have
[3:39:34] multiple individuals
[3:39:35] appointing like, for instance,
[3:39:38] Mandarin has somebody really
[3:39:41] would be great on one of these
[3:39:43] boards instead of having one
[3:39:44] person, the administration and
[3:39:47] mayor to go to when there's an
[3:39:50] opening. If this is approved,
[3:39:51] we can go to one of our
[3:39:52] colleagues in this case, our
[3:39:54] colleague council PRESIDENT,
[3:39:54] how or whoever comes after
[3:39:59] him. And I believe having
[3:40:00] those options is a good thing
[3:40:03] and you get into more more
[3:40:04] diverse board makeup by each
[3:40:06] of you in your districts,
[3:40:08] especially being able to
[3:40:11] recruit and bring someone to
[3:40:12] the table to represent your
[3:40:13] your library's new board
[3:40:17] saying on kids so. I just see
[3:40:20] this as as a positive way to
[3:40:20] improve the overall process
[3:40:21] and systems. Thank you, MR.
[3:40:22] PRESIDENT, thank you, sir.
[3:40:27] Over to counsel and I'm. There
[3:40:33] is no one in the queue. We
[3:40:34] have a motion a second to call
[3:40:37] the question. I don't see you
[3:40:43] in there. Yeah, it's doesn't
[3:40:43] matter. It isn't debatable.
[3:40:46] Weather in the queue or The
[3:40:47] question has been called the
[3:40:48] motion to call. The questions
[3:40:50] remain. So we will take this
[3:40:52] vote by hand on calling the
[3:40:54] question all in favor of the
[3:40:55] motion to call the question
[3:41:04] indicate by raising your hand.
[3:41:05] The motion to call the
[3:41:06] question fails. MISTER
[3:41:13] Carlucci recognized.
[3:41:14] >> I suppose by like goes off,
[3:41:14] it just gets tired of being on
[3:41:23] so long. We are co-equal,
[3:41:29] perhaps this council has
[3:41:30] different responsibilities in
[3:41:33] the administration. We are the
[3:41:37] checks and balances. The
[3:41:38] branch that makes most of the
[3:41:41] appointments. We did that one
[3:41:45] time on the library board. We
[3:41:46] did not appoint somebody that
[3:41:47] was up probably should have
[3:41:50] been appointed. I think this
[3:41:57] is. I only know what brought
[3:41:58] this up. I think I do. But I
[3:41:59] don't want to venture into
[3:42:00] that. But this is this is just
[3:42:08] a a problem that came up that
[3:42:12] somebody invented. Decided we
[3:42:17] needed more power. Grab.
[3:42:20] Checks and balances. We're mad
[3:42:24] Sony and type of government.
[3:42:26] We're government were. The
[3:42:27] mayor is a part of the
[3:42:30] council. Mayors on the other
[3:42:35] side of the building,
[3:42:35] administrative executive. We
[3:42:39] are the checks and balances. I
[3:42:41] understand what COUNCILMAN
[3:42:42] Miller said that we do make
[3:42:45] some appointments. But I don't
[3:42:46] think that's reason to
[3:42:47] suddenly start grabbing up
[3:42:49] more. And I think some of
[3:42:51] those appointments are at a
[3:42:56] lesser level. At same time.
[3:42:58] And some of those points are
[3:42:59] opponents of the council made
[3:43:03] in terms of creating certain
[3:43:03] commissions like the true
[3:43:10] commissions so forth. Folks,
[3:43:10] every time we start messing
[3:43:12] with this kind of thing.
[3:43:14] Messing with. Our consolidated
[3:43:17] government. And that's what
[3:43:20] bothers me. We keep chipping
[3:43:24] away at it. This is part of
[3:43:27] some just what it is. Are,
[3:43:29] know, with the votes going to
[3:43:31] But as partisan for for most
[3:43:33] of us, not everybody that
[3:43:34] there's some folks here. I
[3:43:35] think, Jim, with the bully
[3:43:39] that that we should change it.
[3:43:39] But by and large, I think this
[3:43:41] is a partisan effort. For
[3:43:47] grab. What reason what is the
[3:43:49] problem? We're solving here.
[3:43:55] Nothing. And frankly, I think
[3:43:57] many times the mayor's
[3:43:58] position better to make
[3:43:59] appointments to matter who the
[3:44:02] mayor is. Because the mayor
[3:44:04] has a broad reach across this
[3:44:08] community. Just because of the
[3:44:09] executive position that she or
[3:44:15] he holes. Pray that you vote
[3:44:19] to sustain the time.
[3:44:20] >> Thank you, sir. There no
[3:44:20] other a hand, the gavel to the
[3:44:22] vice PRESIDENT. Recognize me,
[3:44:28] sir. Council, PRESIDENT Allen,
[3:44:29] you're recognized. Thank you,
[3:44:30] MR. Vice-PRESIDENT I did not
[3:44:32] get a chance to vote on this
[3:44:33] bill in committee when it went
[3:44:35] through because I was only on
[3:44:35] finance committee and this
[3:44:37] went through neighborhoods and
[3:44:40] rules. I would have voted yes.
[3:44:42] Been all vote. Yes. Tonight,
[3:44:43] handful of reasons like
[3:44:44] counsel Mueller said I don't
[3:44:44] think it's unprecedented. I
[3:44:48] don't think it's unreasonable
[3:44:49] COUNCILMAN Lane and said I
[3:44:50] think we have an opportunity
[3:44:51] to exert more control on a
[3:44:52] large chunk of the operating
[3:44:53] budget. And then finally, as
[3:44:53] COUNCILMAN.
[3:44:55] >> Salem said. Emphasizing
[3:44:59] that it's not unreasonable,
[3:45:00] you see is ruled. It's
[3:45:01] allowable. The executive
[3:45:02] branch maintains a majority on
[3:45:05] both of these boards and we
[3:45:06] only get to nominate one as
[3:45:09] someone rolls off. So with
[3:45:23] estimate, thanks. COUNCILMAN
[3:45:24] Freeman, you're recognized
[3:45:24] followed by council in
[3:45:32] Carrick. Thank you, MR.
[3:45:33] PRESIDENT and I really wanted
[3:45:36] to hear my colleagues speak on
[3:45:36] this one.
[3:45:37] >> If anybody knows me, you
[3:45:39] know that I love serving kids
[3:45:39] and that is the reason solely
[3:45:42] that I am sitting in this seat
[3:45:43] and we'll continue to try to
[3:45:45] pursue the efforts to make his
[3:45:46] last better. But there are few
[3:45:46] things that I do want to share
[3:45:49] regarding this bill. One I
[3:45:51] heard we talk about the growth
[3:45:52] of kj. I know that I'm guilty
[3:45:56] as a council person of.
[3:45:57] Putting forward what I think
[3:45:59] is good policy that lands in
[3:46:03] the lap of kj. And so I think
[3:46:04] that their budget sometimes
[3:46:04] seems to grow because of the
[3:46:05] work, the good work that we do
[3:46:10] as a body. I did serve on the
[3:46:10] cage a board and I was one of
[3:46:12] the original members of the
[3:46:14] Jacksonville Journey Oversight
[3:46:16] Committee. That's what it was
[3:46:17] originally an at that time. It
[3:46:21] was council member Ronnie. Who
[3:46:24] appointed That was back in
[3:46:29] 2008. Prior to the change.
[3:46:30] When I came on the council
[3:46:31] shortly when the last the
[3:46:32] class before came on and they
[3:46:35] switch to kj. But I do want to
[3:46:36] share this. I don't think this
[3:46:39] is partisan. And I don't make
[3:46:40] my decisions. We kids based
[3:46:41] off of a party affiliation. I
[3:46:42] understand what party
[3:46:44] affiliation lies in the U.S. I
[3:46:45] based everything off of common
[3:46:47] sense. I base it off of what
[3:46:50] damage is going to be done and
[3:46:50] warehouse is going to
[3:46:52] negatively impact kids and
[3:46:56] I've done nothing but listen.
[3:46:57] I've talked to the board. I
[3:46:57] feel like I'm a good liaison.
[3:46:59] I listen. I asked they're not
[3:47:00] supportive of this and I
[3:47:01] respect their opinion. Many of
[3:47:05] them. I appointed. But at the
[3:47:06] end of the day, what's
[3:47:06] important to me is that we get
[3:47:08] people on there. Who truly see
[3:47:11] that our futures or walking
[3:47:12] the streets and sit classrooms
[3:47:13] right now. Our workforce is
[3:47:15] sitting there. What I think is
[3:47:16] ultimately important and this
[3:47:19] is where I would land. Is. I
[3:47:20] look at how we as council
[3:47:21] members have been treated,
[3:47:21] least this council person over
[3:47:25] the last year. And if I get a
[3:47:26] chance now to try to give us a
[3:47:31] voice. Not one of you all can
[3:47:32] sit up here and say that you
[3:47:34] didn't see $200,000 for a
[3:47:35] whole year. Get moved from one
[3:47:36] committee to the next. Not one
[3:47:38] of you sitting up here. Can
[3:47:39] say that you did not hear them
[3:47:42] say. Appropriate. They
[3:47:45] execute. So there's an
[3:47:48] opportunity for me. To have a
[3:47:50] say in what happens with kids
[3:47:51] based on how I've been
[3:47:56] treated. I'm sorry. I feel
[3:47:57] like I'm going to support this
[3:47:57] supporting it because I want
[3:47:59] to help kids. Because my voice
[3:48:04] has been silenced for year.
[3:48:05] And this is a chance for me to
[3:48:09] speak. Thank you. Thank you,
[3:48:10] MR. Freeman, we Mark Erica.
[3:48:12] >> Followed by Mr Areas and
[3:48:15] then Dr Sailing for the second
[3:48:16] time. Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT
[3:48:19] didn't mean to jump in after
[3:48:20] you kind of blinking in the in
[3:48:22] the but I'll be brief, support
[3:48:23] this in committee all
[3:48:24] supported today. But what I
[3:48:25] really want to do is just
[3:48:26] acknowledge and thank Dr
[3:48:27] Christner.
[3:48:28] >> Who has been sitting in
[3:48:30] this audience numerous times
[3:48:31] following this bill and spent
[3:48:33] hours and hours and hours with
[3:48:34] us. As you know, service at
[3:48:38] the Duval County School Board
[3:48:40] school system and stepped in
[3:48:42] as the interim ceo of Cage. A
[3:48:43] job well done. I know they've
[3:48:44] found a replacement sides.
[3:48:45] Want to thank you for hanging
[3:48:47] in there and showing up and
[3:48:48] represent for kj and for kids.
[3:48:48] Some. Thank you for that. And
[3:48:49] I do support this and I hope
[3:48:52] that you all will too. Thank
[3:48:55] you, Sir. Council variance.
[3:48:55] Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT I was
[3:48:56] its peak, but I just, you
[3:48:58] know, my colleagues, I just
[3:48:58] think.
[3:49:00] >> I want speak. So here's the
[3:49:02] thing. The thing about it is
[3:49:04] not broken. Why fix That
[3:49:05] doesn't mean anything because
[3:49:08] realistically people out there
[3:49:09] just and business people and
[3:49:12] business just the ball. And
[3:49:12] this is us evolving as a
[3:49:16] government body of the city.
[3:49:17] You know, we represent
[3:49:18] different districts are some
[3:49:19] district members. But at the
[3:49:19] end, they we still have a
[3:49:22] voice. And the way I see is
[3:49:25] be, you know, United the city.
[3:49:25] >> We're a team sport here.
[3:49:26] The mayor has appointment. We
[3:49:28] have our appointment.
[3:49:29] Hopefully and I don't see
[3:49:30] anything wrong because we
[3:49:31] boards and commissions that we
[3:49:33] also point to and there's
[3:49:34] nothing wrong with it. So
[3:49:35] nothing will change your. The
[3:49:36] only thing that changes the
[3:49:39] fight that these boards for
[3:49:40] the longest part have been
[3:49:42] coined by mayor and obviously
[3:49:43] kept the whole other points to
[3:49:46] themselves. But at this point,
[3:49:47] I guess that I just think that
[3:49:48] it makes sense for all of us
[3:49:50] just worked together as a city
[3:49:52] and the council and the mayor
[3:49:53] as well to to just work
[3:49:54] together and have appointment
[3:49:55] at the end. They she still has
[3:49:57] more point than that. We do
[3:49:59] anyways. So I'll be supporting
[3:50:00] this bill and not to be Thank
[3:50:03] you. Thank you, sir. Back to
[3:50:06] Doctor Salem. Second time. 2
[3:50:10] quick points.
[3:50:11] >> Who do you want making some
[3:50:14] of these appointments? Do you
[3:50:18] want Randy White as PRESIDENT?
[3:50:19] You want Ron as PRESIDENT, do
[3:50:23] you want? PRESIDENT Howland
[3:50:24] making some of these
[3:50:28] appointments? I do. I think
[3:50:29] they have a different view of
[3:50:31] this government and what can
[3:50:34] be done. And I want their
[3:50:34] diversity making appointments
[3:50:38] to these boards. I made the
[3:50:42] commitment that I am not going
[3:50:44] beyond these 2 boards. I think
[3:50:45] these 2 are substantial. They
[3:50:47] got huge budgets. And I think
[3:50:48] it's important that we have
[3:50:51] diversity. And the other point
[3:50:52] that I I keep hearing is
[3:50:54] there's nothing wrong. Why
[3:50:56] change it? We write
[3:50:59] legislation all the time to
[3:51:00] improve specific ordinances
[3:51:01] are already there.
[3:51:05] >> Why are we here? If we're
[3:51:06] not writing legislation to
[3:51:08] improve things? That's what I
[3:51:12] think this does. It adds
[3:51:14] diversity of appointments to
[3:51:18] these boards. D was set up
[3:51:19] this way. Nothing's nothing's
[3:51:20] going wrong at bia as we make
[3:51:25] appointments. I know people
[3:51:26] want to make this partisan.
[3:51:27] I've been working on this
[3:51:31] since late last year. Believe
[3:51:35] 55 years was right. And we
[3:51:36] finally convince this general
[3:51:38] counsel that that's the case.
[3:51:39] And I thought this was the
[3:51:42] place to do it. So vote your
[3:51:44] conscience. Thank you, MR.
[3:51:45] PRESIDENT. Thank you, sir. And
[3:51:46] final speaker in the queue
[3:51:47] COUNCILMAN Pollution. Thank
[3:51:51] you, MR. PRESIDENT if Council
[3:51:52] or Salem speaks a second time,
[3:51:53] I might as well and I wasn't
[3:51:53] really gonna speak much on
[3:51:54] this Surprise. We talked this
[3:51:54] long.
[3:51:57] >> This is so stupid. Read the
[3:52:00] charter. We have a lot of
[3:52:03] power. We have the power to
[3:52:06] vote down and appointee. It's
[3:52:07] happened before by this body.
[3:52:11] We have power. It exists know
[3:52:15] that this process is. Don't
[3:52:16] don't say whether it's
[3:52:17] partisan and this is clearly
[3:52:18] is kj was created by the
[3:52:21] former. Mayor, the city. No
[3:52:22] one said a word about the
[3:52:23] appointments. All of a sudden
[3:52:24] now they do. It's just it's
[3:52:27] just bizarre to me. Let's vote
[3:52:27] this. No, let's go home. Thank
[3:52:32] you. All right. Thank you,
[3:52:33] sir. One more time to Would
[3:52:34] you please explain the vote?
[3:52:37] What yes means what means.
[3:52:37] >> Of course, MR. PRESIDENT
[3:52:39] through the PRESIDENT To the
[3:52:40] council. So if you pressed the
[3:52:43] greener, yes, button, you are
[3:52:44] voting to override the mayor's
[3:52:47] veto and approve ordinance
[3:52:48] 2025 8.72 If you vote the red
[3:52:52] button or no button, it is a
[3:52:52] vote to sustain the mayor's
[3:52:56] veto and defeat the ordinance,
[3:52:57] MR. PRESIDENT with 18
[3:52:57] PRESIDENT, you will need 12
[3:52:59] votes to override the veto.
[3:53:01] Thank you for clarifying. We
[3:53:02] have a motion and second,
[3:53:17] let's open the ballot Cordova.
[3:53:24] >> 11 Yays, 7 nays.
[3:53:26] >> And by your vote, the
[3:53:30] override fails. 25 0, 8, 7, 2,
[3:53:34] MR. Floor leader. I think that
[3:53:34] concludes urgent. You're
[3:53:35] absolutely right. It does.
[3:53:36] Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT. All
[3:53:36] right. We will take a roll
[3:53:51] call.
[3:54:06] >> 18 present.
[3:54:07] >> All right. And then we open
[3:54:08] up for announcements. I know
[3:54:08] MISTER Lane and as an
[3:54:12] announcement.
[3:54:13] >> As thinking, MR. PRESIDENT
[3:54:16] reminding everyone on JULY.
[3:54:16] First, MISS Brenda Smith sent
[3:54:17] out the budget hearing
[3:54:18] schedule. So make sure you
[3:54:21] look at that and we look to
[3:54:22] have you join us at this
[3:54:23] specific topic on the agenda
[3:54:25] that you want to be there for.
[3:54:26] Thank you. Thank you, sir, to
[3:54:26] MISTER Palou. So you have an
[3:54:29] announcement. Thank you as
[3:54:30] PRESIDENT. That's much
[3:54:31] announcement. I would like to
[3:54:32] apologize for use of the word
[3:54:33] stupid. I don't want people to
[3:54:33] think that I was calling any
[3:54:35] of these council members to.
[3:54:36] But I was talking about this
[3:54:37] process in which we were going
[3:54:38] through because I don't
[3:54:38] believe allowed to do the
[3:54:40] voted the veto the way we did
[3:54:40] this evening.
[3:54:41] >> So this is not me calling
[3:54:43] up councilmember Stupid. Thank
[3:54:45] you. Thank you for that
[3:54:46] apology, MR. Carlucci, a
[3:54:52] metallurgy recognized.
[3:54:53] >> Thank I thought happier
[3:54:54] note, I might remind some of
[3:54:55] those who do Bob Johnson, but
[3:54:59] yesterday was his birthday and
[3:54:59] quite the notable birthday.
[3:55:01] And if you haven't had a
[3:55:01] chance to send him a text
[3:55:05] issue well, you might want to
[3:55:08] do that. I spoke with him at
[3:55:09] length yesterday and he and
[3:55:10] his family went out to dinner
[3:55:14] last night and had a good time
[3:55:16] he's like the Timex Watch. You
[3:55:16] know, he takes a look at some
[3:55:18] times, but it keeps on taking.
[3:55:20] And we just had a great time
[3:55:23] talking about all times and so
[3:55:24] I know some of y'all are very
[3:55:25] close to him. I want to give
[3:55:27] McCall, thank you.
[3:55:29] >> All right. Thank you, sir.
[3:55:30] I misspent money. You have
[3:55:30] anything all right. Ms Pittman
[3:55:39] over to you. And I want get
[3:55:42] you.
[3:55:47] >> We have a lot of Leone's.
[3:55:50] On the council as well and is
[3:55:51] the cea's the so the first
[3:55:56] one. Is councilmember Kris
[3:55:57] Miller. His birthday was on
[3:56:00] JULY. The 11th. And then we
[3:56:02] have Jimmy COUNCILMAN Jimmy,
[3:56:08] your birthday is on does And
[3:56:13] we have Jackie Niihau 7.19,
[3:56:13] and Bethany. Her birthday was
[3:56:20] 7.26 And my assistant. So less
[3:56:23] dean. Her birthday is on 7.30,
[3:56:27] one. Then we have Jessica in
[3:56:31] the birthday is was 7, 8. And
[3:56:34] we have to Reese's birthday,
[3:56:37] which is 7.29 and we events
[3:56:42] photo. And this birthday is on
[3:56:44] JULY. So let's give all of the
[3:56:46] Leo's a big round of applause
[3:56:51] >> gay.
[3:56:52] >> Thank you. MISS Pittman.
[3:56:52] Final call for announcements.
[3:56:56] All right. With that, we are
[3:56:56] adjourned. We turn it over to
[3:56:59] Doctor Johnson for the prayer.
[3:57:00] >> And I figured out to the
[3:57:01] announcement everybody can
[3:57:01] stand 2 things. First of all,
[3:57:02] I want to celebrate the life
[3:57:05] and times of Billy Plumber
[3:57:06] make a bigger Rankins. He was
[3:57:07] an amazing community member of
[3:57:10] this council passed resolution
[3:57:11] honoring 30 years of service.
[3:57:12] I was scheduled to give it to
[3:57:16] him on AUGUST 18 at a
[3:57:16] community bookbag giveaway. He
[3:57:17] was giving away.
[3:57:18] Unfortunately, he lost his
[3:57:20] battle with kidney disease
[3:57:21] just a few days ago. And he'll
[3:57:24] be funeral lives. So one time
[3:57:27] for Billy Plumber run it by
[3:57:28] select back and last but not
[3:57:29] least I want to recognize a
[3:57:30] former member of this most a
[3:57:32] gust body and my dear friend
[3:57:34] and one of the reasons I
[3:57:35] became the size can matter, of
[3:57:37] course, enjoys Morgan, an
[3:57:38] anchor reporter. And that is
[3:57:41] Harry s Reagan. Harry Regan
[3:57:43] was certainly an amazing
[3:57:45] community leader. He was 87
[3:57:47] years old. He served this
[3:57:48] council with integrity. I
[3:57:50] remember as a young man
[3:57:51] watching him nightly on the
[3:57:53] news after the news, he would
[3:57:54] come on and give those
[3:57:55] wonderful editorials. And he
[3:57:56] was just as genteel and
[3:57:58] amazing when he came on this
[3:58:00] council, his wife, Rita and my
[3:58:00] mother, would your friends and
[3:58:05] they were both historic
[3:58:05] aficionados. I reached
[3:58:06] establishing the filmmakers,
[3:58:07] the museum over in Arlington
[3:58:09] and so many other wonderful
[3:58:11] thing. So I want to tell you
[3:58:11] from the family of heavy
[3:58:12] Reagan, as you see, there is a
[3:58:14] resolution honoring his life.
[3:58:15] His celebration of life will
[3:58:17] be on Sunday AUGUST 16th from
[3:58:20] one to 04:00pm at the
[3:58:22] Jacksonville History Make sure
[3:58:22] the Senate around to the
[3:58:25] council so you can rsvp. But
[3:58:26] let us remember one of our
[3:58:27] most esteemed members, Harry
[3:58:28] Regan, who is now at the dais
[3:58:31] in the sky with that history
[3:58:32] will never ask how long. I
[3:58:35] mean.
[3:58:36] >> He is in the days and this
[3:58:38] guy with the Lord. You know,
[3:58:41] you're listening to history
[3:58:42] will never ask where he is.
[3:58:47] He's going on. History will
[3:58:48] never ask how long our
[3:58:49] meetings lasted will ask
[3:58:50] whether our service expanded
[3:58:52] opportunity protected dignity.
[3:58:53] >> And left the city more
[3:58:54] hopeful than we found it.
[3:58:56] Please let us pray to got to
[3:58:56] thank you for the opportunity
[3:59:00] of coming together. We MAY not
[3:59:01] all agree, but what we can
[3:59:02] certainly agree on is that
[3:59:03] this city, the place that
[3:59:05] you've given us stewardship
[3:59:06] over is an amazing community
[3:59:08] of so many unique individuals
[3:59:11] and places and landscapes. And
[3:59:12] we prayed that the work that
[3:59:13] we do continues to expand this
[3:59:16] city and a great way to not
[3:59:16] just attract people to take
[3:59:18] the people that are here and
[3:59:21] nurture them and care for them
[3:59:21] so that our neighbors and
[3:59:22] community build and show the
[3:59:24] world just how wonderful I'd
[3:59:26] only we are, but that we can
[3:59:28] be. Thank you for these
[3:59:28] blessings. Please touch those
[3:59:30] members who are not here, keep
[3:59:34] them safe and bring them back.
[3:59:35] These and all the blessings.
[3:59:35] We asking the father, the son
[3:59:36] and the Holy spirit. Amen.
[3:59:41] Amen. Thank you all for your
[3:59:42] service to the city tonight to
[3:59:43] my colleagues and Never safe
[3:59:44] drive home.
[3:59:59] >> If it.
[4:03:06] >> This city Jacksonville. Not
[4:03:12] for recognition. Well,
[4:03:13] responsibility and park to
[4:03:14] where artists stands tall,
[4:03:17] where mere is up along with
[4:03:18] with access. You see she
[4:03:18] didn't just decided she
[4:03:23] created a rival. This is on
[4:03:26] Waugh they're keen do when
[4:03:27] building or to go observing
[4:03:30] Moncrief moving south side,
[4:03:31] stretching beach is breathing
[4:03:32] a city alive in every
[4:03:34] direction at once. Not like
[4:03:37] despite darkness, light
[4:03:38] because we understand the
[4:03:39] light. So tonight we honor
[4:03:45] more than names. We ignition
[4:03:46] and intention. We honor those
[4:03:47] who leave brilliance lingering
[4:03:48] long after they've left the
[4:03:54] road. Look what you've done. A
[4:03:55] city that learned how to blow
[4:03:58] on command early on. See that
[4:04:00] decided the darkness would
[4:04:04] never have a foothold here.
[4:04:04] That darkness would never have