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>> Good evening and welcome my

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call. To order the Tuesday

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SEPTEMBER 8th Twenty-twenty 6

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meeting of the full city

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council, MR. Floor leader

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turned over to you.

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>> Thank you, sir. Are first

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order of business as usual.

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The invocation and pledge of

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Allegiance. I would ask that

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you please recognize

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councilmember marrow. Our

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council chap introduce the

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kind gentleman will be sharing

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their to those duties tonight,

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MR. Maher, you're recognized.

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>> Thank you. MISS The floor

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leader. Would you please

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stand? This week? Will mark 25

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years since stent? Terrorist

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attack on the World Trade

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Center building as we know it

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in. And we pause to remember

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the lives lost on that day

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where there was lower

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Manhattan in Shanksville,

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Pennsylvania, with the

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Pentagon. Just in Manhattan

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alone over 3,000. Today, there

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are still 1100. The remains.

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Remain on identify. So lest we

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forget. What happened then.

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The generation has come and

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they MAY not know. But we

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know. Because we can remember

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exactly where we were when it

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happened. So tonight our

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invocation will be delivered

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by. 2 members of the public

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safety sector that. Lost a

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number of individual during

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that day. Jso Chaplin Corey

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McDonald, who is the husband

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of 15 years. A dad to his 12

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year-old daughter, U.S. Army

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veteran, pastor of a local

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church. From the Road Baptist

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Church. He's a 9 year veteran

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officer of the Jacksonville

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Sheriff's Office. And the

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current chaplain. We'll also

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have jfrd champlin down pursue

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Golden Sr senior pastor and

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Bishop of the Holy Church of

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Living Gone Revival Center in

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Atlantic Beach. Retired from

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jfrd after 26 years. And then

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asked to come back as Jfrd is

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chaplain 2 and a half years

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later, having served as

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chaplain previously in a

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number of roads within the

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department and also take on

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the role of critical incident

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officer. He also serves as the

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administrator over the peer

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support team for firefighters.

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their prairie will have a

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moment of silent. For 60

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seconds and then we'll do the

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Pledge of Allegiance

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gentlemen. Got a piece and

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mercy. On this day. We

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remember that day. Honor and

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we honor the 343 firefighters

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and all the brave first

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responders who ran towards

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danger so that others might

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live. We give thanks for their

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selfless courage. They're deep

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devotion and duty. And there

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untimely sacrifice. We lift up

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their families. Their friends

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and fellow firefighters who

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still carry the weight and the

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pain of that loss. Surround

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them with your comfort. Grant

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them tease and strength. And

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their family through this are.

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Blessed to active firefighters

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and emergency workers and

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personnel who put their lives

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on the line every day. Grant

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them wisdom. Safety encourage

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may. We never forget their

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sacrifice. And MAY we honor

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their legacy. With living in

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kindness and in strength. And

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then you bet a met. Our father

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wants further. We want to

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pause to remember the 72 lives

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of law enforcement officers

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that perished on that day.

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bravery, their sacrifice. And

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while this time of reflection

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comes out of great loss. And

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devastation. It's also reflect

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sure, a reflection of the

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bravery and courage. And the

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pride that we received from

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being fellow Americans. I pray

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that should be with the lives

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of the families of those law

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enforcement officers that are

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no doubt still grieving today.

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Over their loss. But we also

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pray that you watch over the

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nearly 2000 law enforcement

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officers of the Jacksonville

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Sheriff's Office, those of our

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partners. And those in the

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surrounding agencies protect

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them as they go out every day

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to continue to protect and to

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serve our community and our

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country. GOD MAY we continue

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to walk in your paths. We pray

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a hedge of protection around

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them and around us today we

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ask Jesus name, Amen. And

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>> Pledge of Allegiance. I

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pledge allegiance flag. And to

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the Republic for which it

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stands. One nation under GOD.

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>> MR. PRESIDENT. Now it's

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time for the approval. The

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minutes from the regular

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council meeting of AUGUST,

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25th. And enroll call first.

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>> All right. We'll call call

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that all announcements. Polk

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counties.

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>> All right. With that, we

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have a quorum and I do have 3

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announcements, MR. Floor

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later, if I can first

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announcement, I would like to

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welcome COUNCILWOMAN Monet

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Holder to the dais for her

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for.

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>> For City Council meeting.

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>> Get ready to make some law.

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tonight. Second, I'd like to

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highlight the floor amendment

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process. For everybody's sake.

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We have our budget meeting

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coming up to Eastern tonight.

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SEPTEMBER 22nd which that

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meeting will start at 04:00pm

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and you'll see an announcement

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about that. But the floor

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amendment process should be

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out by memo by the end of this

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week from this Plus, and it

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will require a deadline for

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any floor amendments by

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Friday, SEPTEMBER 18th. So

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look for that memo in your

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inbox. And then finally, the

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this is mostly for the public.

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forward a bill that has public

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3, 4, That's 2026, 0, 7, 2, 3,

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of location. We're pulling it

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forward. So the supervisor and

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his team can can move on. But

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public participation is a part

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of that Bill. If you want to

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and comment on item number

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one, 34 2026 era 73. Now is

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the time to do so. Back to

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you, MR. Floyd.

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>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT

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now time for the approval. The

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AUGUST. The 25th I move the

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on the minutes from the last

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meeting. Seeing no one in the

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queue will take the vote early

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all in favor indicate by

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saying Aye, again saying no.

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The minutes past its present.

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communications for the mayor

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like those red are filed with

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legislative services?

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>> Let's follow them. Please.

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have 2 presentations. The

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first was introduced by

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COUNCILMAN Areas. I'm going to

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invite him to head on down to

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the podium honoring the 60th

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anniversary of Florida State

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College at Jacksonville. MR.

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To would you please read the

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resolution? Resolution 2026?

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6.81 On AUGUST 20nd, 1966,

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Florida Junior college now

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known as Florida State College

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at Jacksonville opened its

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doors for the first day of

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classes, welcoming 2,300. And

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21 students, the largest

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opening enrollment of any

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junior college in Florida. And

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at the time, the largest in

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the nation expanding access to

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higher education for the

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residents of northeast

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Florida. Florida State College

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at Jacksonville provides

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access at locations throughout

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Jacksonville to best serve the

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community, including the

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downtown. Can't north and

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south campuses as well as the

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Deerwood and Cecil Centers.

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Fscj also has 2 academies

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focused on public safety,

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including the fire Academy of

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the South and the Criminal

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Justice Center. Florida State

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College at Jacksonville was

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founded in 1965. As Florida

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junior college and has grown

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over the past 6 decades into

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one of northeast Florida's

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leading institutions of higher

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education, serving generations

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of students and families

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throughout north throughout

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Duval and Nassau counties.

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Since its inception, Florida

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State College at Jacksonville

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has fulfilled its mission of

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Banning access to affordable

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high quality education,

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empowering learners of all

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ages through academic

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workforce and continuing

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education opportunities.

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Florida State College at

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Jacksonville has demonstrated

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innovation and leadership by

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pioneering work force and

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technical education programs,

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supporting military service

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members and veterans advancing

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and developing pathways that

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meaningful careers and

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lifelong success. The

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college's enrich the cultural

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life of Jacksonville through

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initiatives such as it's

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renowned artist series and

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voiced has fostered civic

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development and community

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service among its students,

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faculty staff and alumni.

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Known affectionately

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affectionately as the

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community's college. Florida

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State College at Jacksonville

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has helped transform lives

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through education while

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strengthening the region's

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workforce, economy and quality

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of life. And celebrating its

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60th anniversary from 2025.

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Through 2026. Florida State

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College at Jacksonville honors

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the vision of its founders,

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the dedication of its

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educators and employees. The

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achievements of its alumni and

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its enduring commitment to

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serving the people of

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northeast Florida for

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generations to come. Now,

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therefore. The resolve by the

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council, the city of

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Jacksonville, the city council

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hereby honors Florida State

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College at Jacksonville

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opponent, 60th anniversary.

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The City Council expresses

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appreciation and gratitude to

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Florida State College at

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Jacksonville for the 6 decades

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of service to our community

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and for providing access

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opportunity and support for

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students and families

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throughout Duval and Nassau

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counties.

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Thank you. Council

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PRESIDENT Hardin Council, Vice

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PRESIDENT Joe Carlucci

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colleagues today. I'm proud

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introduce resolution

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recognizing truly a

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significant milestone in

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Jacksonville.

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>> The 60th anniversary of

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Florida State College at

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Jacksonville at the cj was

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founded in 1965. And welcome.

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Its first class in AUGUST of

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1966. Back then it was known

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Florida Junior College and it

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opened the store to 2300

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students. 60 years later, that

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institution has grown into

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something remarkable. Serves

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more than 46,000 students

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across 4 campuses. 3 training

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centers and 2 academies, one

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Jaycee that jso Police

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academy. And, you know, as

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Jfrd training facility,

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officer 13 bachelor's degrees

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more than 50 associate degrees

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over 100 technical

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certificates and workforce

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certifications. But fscj, it's

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much bigger than those

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numbers. C for 6 decades. Fscj

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has paced where people from

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every walk of life can find an

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opportunity to earn a degree

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journey. Trade, start a new

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career, support their families

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or simply build a better

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future. Since its founding

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fscj has awarded nearly

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200,000 degrees and

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certificates and Deputy j

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continues to evolve with the

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needs of our community from

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expanding skilled trades,

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training, welding, hvac and

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electrical to aviation

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logistics. Advanced

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manufacturing added health,

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public safety and maritime

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industries. Fscj preparing our

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workforce for the job Jack. So

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nice today and the industries

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we're building for tomorrow.

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And we're continuing that

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investment through the

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expansion of Cecil training

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hub. You MAY have noticed not

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week the governor came into

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town and awarded 7 million

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dollars to 50 jame. You as

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well. My colleagues awarded

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5 million dollars not year.

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For me. This resolution is

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also personal. I'm proud to be

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an fscj lameness. I know

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firsthand that Fscj isn't

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simply a college. It is an

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institution of opportunity. It

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has opened doors for

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generations of Jax. All

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residents, including me and

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continues to open those doors

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for thousands more every year.

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So on behalf of the city of

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Jacksonville, our City

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council, I want to

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congratulate the faculty, the

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staff, the leadership alumni,

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and most importantly, the

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students of Florida State

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College, docile, incredible 60

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years. I have work from the

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PRESIDENT Right now. Things

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are. Thank you, COUNCILMAN. I

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really could not have said it

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better myself. Thank you all

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of you for.

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>> accolades today on behalf

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of my Board of Trustees, we

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have 4 trustees here with us

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today. Our faculty and staff

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were with us today as well. I

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want to say thank you. Thank

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you to the city for this

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recognition. It's truly an

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honorable thing for us to be

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able to say that we are part

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of Jacksonville, part of Duval

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County and the work that we do

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are proud over 185,000 alongs

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and we touch every single

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sector across this entire

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northeast, Florida. So behalf

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of the entire episode, family,

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thank you for this honor.

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Thank you for this

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recognition, please. No, there

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we are here as you're college

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as your local community

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college. We're here to help in

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any way that we can. I know

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most, if not all of you here

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on the council, I developed

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good relationships with all of

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you. Please know that you can

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always call on me and the

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institution to help support

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the city advance all of its

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purpose is an obvious mission.

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So with that, I say thank you

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and thank you. COUNCILMAN R is

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for or have a great day,

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everybody. Thank you.

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>> It's a photo opportunity

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for the board members and

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others.

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>> And colleagues, he also

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have nice pen on your desk as

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well, too. You should rocket

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tonight.

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>> MISTER Vice PRESIDENT Are

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second resolution is being

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presented by. By actually, by

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council member council

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PRESIDENT Holland to a group

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that is close to my heart.

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Duval County supervisor of

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elections office, especially

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their poll workers, MR. Deal.

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Would you kindly read the

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resolution?

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>> Resolution 2026. 1.59 Free

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and fair elections are the

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cornerstone of democracy and

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the Duval County supervisor of

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elections ensures integrity.

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By managing election records,

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safeguarding voter

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registration, administering

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the office and complying with

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all election laws. The mission

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of the supervisor of elections

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is to convey the voice of the

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people by providing fair,

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accurate and accessible

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elections with transparency

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and integrity. And poll

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workers are indispensable

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guardians of the voting

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process, ensuring that every

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eligible citizen can cast a

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secure and confidential

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ballot. In twenty-twenty

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National poll worker

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recruitment day was

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established by the U.S.

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Election Assistance Commission

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to inspire Civic engagement.

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Ensure the integrity and

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security of the elections and

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encourage people to sign up to

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become a poll worker. Workers

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set up polling places, greet

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voters, verify registration

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issue, ballots and assist

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voters and understanding the

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voting process. Ensuring a

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smooth and secure voting

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experience during early voting

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and on Election Day. National

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poll worker recruitment day

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exemplify civic engagement in

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elections, aiming to encourage

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potential poll workers to help

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America vote. Workers uphold

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our democratic system by

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enabling citizens to cast a

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free and confidential ballot

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to choose their

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representation. During the

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2026 elections. The Duval

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County supervisor of elections

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announced that AUGUST 11th

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2026 was to be designated the

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6th celebration of the

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National poll worker

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recruitment day in Duval

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County. Now, therefore, be it

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resolved by the council. The

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city of Jacksonville. The city

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council hereby honors and

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commends the Duval County

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supervisor of elections and

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the nearly 2000 dedicated poll

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workers service ensures fair

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and accessible elections for

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all citizens. The Jacksonville

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City Council recognizes that

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on AUGUST, 11th 2026, the 6th

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celebration of national poll

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worker recruitment day and

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urges all eligible residents

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to consider serving as poll

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workers to support fair

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election and civic

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participation all right. Thank

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you, MR. Council director,

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thanks, MR. Vice PRESIDENT And

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MISTER Floor leader. Every

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election in communities across

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this country. And particularly

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here in Jacksonville, American

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step forward to make democracy

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work, to run their own free

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and fair elections. This past

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AUGUST, our poll workers were

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among the hardest working

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people in our community. They

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arrive before sunrise. State

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long after polls close in gave

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of their time freely.

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>> To make sure every vote

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could be heard. They set up

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equipment check to neighbors.

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They MAY have known for years

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answered questions, solve

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problems on the spot and stood

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watch over one of the most

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important responsibilities a

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community can share a fair and

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honest election. And they did

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this not for the big bucks,

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not for recognition, but

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because they believe in the

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process. They did this over

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and over again, 2 weeks of

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early voting in one very long

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Election Day. And they'll do

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it again in just under 2

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bounce. So today we want to

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say thank you. Thank you for

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your patience. Thank you for

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your dedication. Thank you for

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showing up election after

582
00:19:43,633 --> 00:19:45,101
election. So the rest of us

583
00:19:45,101 --> 00:19:48,101
could exercise our right to

584
00:19:48,872 --> 00:19:49,572
vote. Please join me in

585
00:19:49,572 --> 00:19:50,273
recognizing our poll workers

586
00:19:50,273 --> 00:19:52,673
for their outstanding service

587
00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:05,122
to our community. Thank you.

588
00:20:05,122 --> 00:20:09,322
At this point, I would like to

589
00:20:11,462 --> 00:20:12,162
recognize. All the poll

590
00:20:12,162 --> 00:20:12,896
workers if they would please

591
00:20:12,896 --> 00:20:13,630
stand. I should have done that

592
00:20:13,630 --> 00:20:16,630
before you provides or Holland

593
00:20:21,505 --> 00:20:22,606
point it out.

594
00:20:22,606 --> 00:20:23,240
>> cannot bank you very much

595
00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,640
this time. All recognize

596
00:20:26,376 --> 00:20:27,410
supervisor elections, holler.

597
00:20:27,410 --> 00:20:28,111
>> Thank you, council

598
00:20:28,111 --> 00:20:30,814
PRESIDENT. It is believe me.

599
00:20:30,814 --> 00:20:31,548
It's a humble honor to be able

600
00:20:31,548 --> 00:20:34,184
to represent these people here

601
00:20:34,184 --> 00:20:36,220
as their leader. You know, we

602
00:20:36,220 --> 00:20:37,554
have a full-time staff of just

603
00:20:37,554 --> 00:20:39,554
34 employees. It takes 2000

604
00:20:39,857 --> 00:20:42,159
paid election workers to

605
00:20:42,159 --> 00:20:43,590
conduct one county election

606
00:20:43,590 --> 00:20:45,459
without these people behind

607
00:20:46,730 --> 00:20:47,398
me, we could not do it and

608
00:20:47,398 --> 00:20:48,980
believe me, it is although

609
00:20:48,980 --> 00:20:51,980
they're paid a small stipend.

610
00:20:52,169 --> 00:20:53,437
I call it really their

611
00:20:53,437 --> 00:20:54,204
devotion to this process is

612
00:20:54,204 --> 00:20:55,973
what makes it work. You hear

613
00:20:55,973 --> 00:20:56,907
him laugh. They would love to

614
00:20:56,907 --> 00:20:58,375
have more. They would not turn

615
00:20:58,375 --> 00:21:02,575
it down. I will tell you that.

616
00:21:02,713 --> 00:21:03,747
But but thank you again. And I

617
00:21:03,747 --> 00:21:04,381
want to thank these people

618
00:21:04,381 --> 00:21:06,549
here that really make our

619
00:21:06,549 --> 00:21:07,417
elections run smoothly. And I

620
00:21:07,417 --> 00:21:09,190
think we do not just Florida

621
00:21:09,190 --> 00:21:11,655
sets a platinum standard, but

622
00:21:11,655 --> 00:21:13,690
Duval County does. And we're

623
00:21:13,690 --> 00:21:15,459
very proud. We are of our

624
00:21:15,459 --> 00:21:16,126
staff and also of our election

625
00:21:16,126 --> 00:21:19,126
workers. Thank you all very

626
00:21:24,735 --> 00:21:25,435
much.

627
00:21:25,435 --> 00:21:27,805
>> All right. Thank you. And

628
00:21:27,805 --> 00:21:28,505
this time I'll recognize

629
00:21:28,505 --> 00:21:29,206
councilmember violent. Thank

630
00:21:29,206 --> 00:21:32,206
you, MISTER Vice PRESIDENT. I

631
00:21:32,309 --> 00:21:32,943
just a quick message job to my

632
00:21:32,943 --> 00:21:35,343
fellow colleagues at the

633
00:21:35,345 --> 00:21:36,213
supervisor elections office.

634
00:21:36,213 --> 00:21:37,580
I've had the great pleasure of

635
00:21:37,580 --> 00:21:38,482
his past 7, 8 elections, 7, 8,

636
00:21:38,482 --> 00:21:40,984
years to serve as a member of

637
00:21:40,984 --> 00:21:41,652
the canvassing board. I can

638
00:21:41,652 --> 00:21:43,787
see I have witnessed every

639
00:21:43,787 --> 00:21:44,521
each and every time how hard

640
00:21:44,521 --> 00:21:48,721
you all work. So thank you for

641
00:21:59,436 --> 00:22:00,770
your service.

642
00:22:00,770 --> 00:22:02,770
Okay. Now locked

643
00:22:04,908 --> 00:22:08,508
the doors. Have to sit through

644
00:22:08,512 --> 00:22:12,112
to you. Let's get few minutes.

645
00:22:23,660 --> 00:22:25,660
Exit.

646
00:23:19,216 --> 00:23:21,216
In too.

647
00:23:30,493 --> 00:23:31,161
If we could have

648
00:23:31,161 --> 00:23:31,862
the cooperation of those in

649
00:23:31,862 --> 00:23:34,862
the chambers, we're going to

650
00:23:35,980 --> 00:23:36,660
go continue with our meeting.

651
00:23:36,660 --> 00:23:39,269
We are now ready for a

652
00:23:39,269 --> 00:23:40,471
quasi-judicial actions. I

653
00:23:40,471 --> 00:23:42,306
would like to remind all

654
00:23:42,306 --> 00:23:42,939
concerned that these times we

655
00:23:42,939 --> 00:23:44,875
are now taking up do not

656
00:23:44,875 --> 00:23:45,575
include public hearings as

657
00:23:45,575 --> 00:23:47,975
these matters are thoroughly

658
00:23:48,478 --> 00:23:49,212
reviewed at the committee

659
00:23:49,212 --> 00:23:51,470
level. Public hearing for part

660
00:23:51,470 --> 00:23:52,490
of the addition

661
00:23:52,490 --> 00:23:54,490
decision-making process,

662
00:23:54,500 --> 00:23:56,186
Council members are reminded

663
00:23:56,186 --> 00:23:57,787
to declaring any ex parte

664
00:23:57,787 --> 00:24:00,230
communications. The first item

665
00:24:00,230 --> 00:24:02,230
is on Page 5, 2026, 0, 5, 5,

666
00:24:03,327 --> 00:24:04,561
5, I moved the bill.

667
00:24:04,561 --> 00:24:07,264
>> We have a motion and second

668
00:24:07,264 --> 00:24:07,931
on the bill. That's 2026. 0,

669
00:24:07,931 --> 00:24:08,566
5, 5, 5 for council members

670
00:24:08,566 --> 00:24:10,934
and those in the audience

671
00:24:10,934 --> 00:24:11,635
following along its on Page 5.

672
00:24:11,635 --> 00:24:12,169
There are no speakers on the

673
00:24:12,169 --> 00:24:14,569
bill was open about

674
00:24:26,750 --> 00:24:28,750
enforcement.

675
00:24:30,854 --> 00:24:33,254
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays. And by

676
00:24:34,625 --> 00:24:34,958
your vote 2026, 0, 5, 5, 5,

677
00:24:34,958 --> 00:24:35,659
passes.

678
00:24:35,659 --> 00:24:37,460
>> Item number 2, 2026, 5, 6,

679
00:24:37,460 --> 00:24:38,194
the right move. The amendment.

680
00:24:38,194 --> 00:24:40,631
>> We have a motion and second

681
00:24:40,631 --> 00:24:41,197
on the amendment. We have MR.

682
00:24:41,197 --> 00:24:42,432
In the queue. You're

683
00:24:42,432 --> 00:24:42,833
recognized, sir, on the

684
00:24:42,833 --> 00:24:44,833
amendment.

685
00:24:45,268 --> 00:24:45,669
>> Now my thoughts on the

686
00:24:45,669 --> 00:24:46,303
amendment.

687
00:24:46,303 --> 00:24:46,970
>> Okay. We'll take this.

688
00:24:46,970 --> 00:24:47,604
There are no other speakers

689
00:24:47,604 --> 00:24:48,239
will take the vote on the

690
00:24:48,239 --> 00:24:50,607
amendment verbally all in

691
00:24:50,607 --> 00:24:51,308
favor indicate by saying aye,

692
00:24:51,308 --> 00:24:52,911
against the amendment passes

693
00:24:52,911 --> 00:24:53,610
the bill as amended. We have a

694
00:24:53,610 --> 00:24:57,210
motion second on the bill as

695
00:24:58,448 --> 00:24:59,115
amended MR. Bush said. Thank

696
00:24:59,115 --> 00:24:59,750
you, MR. PRESIDENT Ex Parte

697
00:24:59,750 --> 00:25:01,619
and support. I received a

698
00:25:01,619 --> 00:25:03,586
phone call from the applicant.

699
00:25:03,586 --> 00:25:05,986
Amanda AUGUST, 21st discuss

700
00:25:06,524 --> 00:25:08,659
improvements to the building

701
00:25:08,659 --> 00:25:09,827
the addition of a full-service

702
00:25:09,827 --> 00:25:12,227
kitchen. Spoke with 2 members,

703
00:25:13,897 --> 00:25:14,531
an against 2 local property

704
00:25:14,531 --> 00:25:16,330
owners are very concerned

705
00:25:16,330 --> 00:25:18,268
about the late night customers

706
00:25:18,268 --> 00:25:20,504
and intoxication on on in the

707
00:25:20,504 --> 00:25:21,105
alleyway. This has been sent

708
00:25:21,105 --> 00:25:24,740
over to. Let's look at

709
00:25:24,740 --> 00:25:24,775
services. All right. Thank you

710
00:25:24,775 --> 00:25:27,411
know, other speakers and q we

711
00:25:27,411 --> 00:25:28,112
have a motion and the second

712
00:25:28,112 --> 00:25:31,712
on the bill as amended. Let's

713
00:25:40,224 --> 00:25:40,958
open about a quarter it.

714
00:25:40,958 --> 00:25:43,358
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays by your

715
00:25:44,610 --> 00:25:44,394
vote. 2026, 0, 5, 6, 0,

716
00:25:44,394 --> 00:25:45,228
passes.

717
00:25:45,228 --> 00:25:47,228
>> It's number 6 item, 3,

718
00:25:47,231 --> 00:25:47,931
2026, 5, 6, 1, move the bill.

719
00:25:47,931 --> 00:25:49,533
>> We have a motion a second

720
00:25:49,533 --> 00:25:50,267
on the bill. No speakers

721
00:25:50,267 --> 00:25:53,867
that's open about a quarter of

722
00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:02,210
it.

723
00:26:03,446 --> 00:26:05,315
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

724
00:26:05,315 --> 00:26:06,170
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 5,

725
00:26:06,170 --> 00:26:08,417
6, 1, passes item for 2026 by

726
00:26:08,553 --> 00:26:09,588
6 to move it. We have a motion

727
00:26:09,588 --> 00:26:10,253
a second on the bill got their

728
00:26:10,253 --> 00:26:13,253
speakers in the queue. It's

729
00:26:21,865 --> 00:26:24,265
open about courts, but

730
00:26:24,835 --> 00:26:26,570
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

731
00:26:26,570 --> 00:26:28,570
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,

732
00:26:30,730 --> 00:26:31,750
6, 2, is approved item 526 by

733
00:26:31,750 --> 00:26:31,776
6th. Remove it. We have a

734
00:26:31,776 --> 00:26:32,443
motion and second on the bill

735
00:26:32,443 --> 00:26:33,177
we have missed high Rohnert

736
00:26:33,177 --> 00:26:33,743
Park man. Did you wish speak?

737
00:26:33,743 --> 00:26:35,743
>> All right. You're

738
00:26:38,348 --> 00:26:39,416
recognized.

739
00:26:39,416 --> 00:26:40,484
>> Thank you. PRESIDENT Helena

740
00:26:40,484 --> 00:26:43,484
rushed to declare ex Parte

741
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:44,221
spoke with MISTER Andrew Messy

742
00:26:44,221 --> 00:26:47,221
on Tuesday. AUGUST. The 18th

743
00:26:47,825 --> 00:26:49,793
be a phone. He explained to me

744
00:26:49,793 --> 00:26:50,727
what it is that he wanted to

745
00:26:50,727 --> 00:26:51,828
do and why he needed the

746
00:26:51,828 --> 00:26:52,730
exception for the liquor

747
00:26:52,730 --> 00:26:55,130
waiver and the appropriate

748
00:26:55,632 --> 00:26:56,199
paperwork has been filed with

749
00:26:56,199 --> 00:26:56,867
legislative services.

750
00:26:56,867 --> 00:26:57,535
>> Thank you, ma'am. No one

751
00:26:57,535 --> 00:27:01,135
else in the q. What's Open

752
00:27:06,243 --> 00:27:08,243
about a quarter

753
00:27:08,845 --> 00:27:09,547
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

754
00:27:09,547 --> 00:27:11,547
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,

755
00:27:11,715 --> 00:27:12,783
6, 3 is approved.

756
00:27:12,783 --> 00:27:14,385
>> Page 7 item, 6, 2026, 5, 6,

757
00:27:14,385 --> 00:27:15,252
4, with the bill.

758
00:27:15,252 --> 00:27:18,522
>> We have a motion and a

759
00:27:18,522 --> 00:27:19,256
second on the bill. There are

760
00:27:19,256 --> 00:27:22,856
no speakers. It's open about a

761
00:27:27,631 --> 00:27:29,631
quarter of it.

762
00:27:30,134 --> 00:27:32,134
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

763
00:27:32,970 --> 00:27:33,670
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,

764
00:27:33,670 --> 00:27:35,670
6, forecast item, 7, 2026, 5,

765
00:27:36,206 --> 00:27:36,907
6, 5, move it.

766
00:27:36,907 --> 00:27:37,575
>> We have a motion a second

767
00:27:37,575 --> 00:27:39,760
on the bill. No speakers in

768
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,676
the queue. So about Part of

769
00:27:51,855 --> 00:27:53,855
it.

770
00:27:54,558 --> 00:27:56,558
>> 17 yeas, 0

771
00:27:57,494 --> 00:27:57,928
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,

772
00:27:57,928 --> 00:27:58,628
6, 5, passes.

773
00:27:58,628 --> 00:27:59,530
>> Item 8, 2026, 5, 6, 7, to

774
00:27:59,530 --> 00:28:00,264
move the bill.

775
00:28:00,264 --> 00:28:02,533
>> We have a motion and second

776
00:28:02,533 --> 00:28:03,166
on the bill, there are no

777
00:28:03,166 --> 00:28:05,566
speakers talking about a

778
00:28:15,579 --> 00:28:17,579
quarter

779
00:28:18,782 --> 00:28:20,782
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

780
00:28:22,319 --> 00:28:22,986
>> By your vote, 2026 or 5, 6,

781
00:28:22,986 --> 00:28:25,386
7 passes, Sage 8 out of 9,

782
00:28:25,555 --> 00:28:26,323
2026, 6 to 3 with the bill.

783
00:28:26,323 --> 00:28:27,791
>> No speakers in the queue.

784
00:28:27,791 --> 00:28:28,491
We have a motion a second on

785
00:28:28,491 --> 00:28:32,910
the bill. So about a quarter

786
00:28:37,601 --> 00:28:39,601
vote?

787
00:28:40,170 --> 00:28:42,170
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

788
00:28:43,774 --> 00:28:44,175
>> And by your vote, 2026, 0

789
00:28:44,175 --> 00:28:44,909
63 passes.

790
00:28:44,909 --> 00:28:45,742
>> PRESIDENT Are now ready for

791
00:28:45,742 --> 00:28:46,643
the consent agenda. I want to

792
00:28:46,643 --> 00:28:49,313
remind my colleagues that if

793
00:28:49,313 --> 00:28:50,547
you want to be a co-sponsor to

794
00:28:50,547 --> 00:28:53,216
any of these items, please let

795
00:28:53,216 --> 00:28:54,351
chief of legislative services

796
00:28:54,351 --> 00:28:56,653
know by email as council rules

797
00:28:56,653 --> 00:28:57,320
prohibit pulling items for

798
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,320
this reason Mrt. Would you

799
00:29:01,592 --> 00:29:03,992
please read the Bills?

800
00:29:08,298 --> 00:29:10,298
>> 2025. 7.75 2026? 5.45? 6?

801
00:29:15,873 --> 00:29:17,873
25 6.26 6.29 6.30, 6.33 6.37

802
00:29:22,313 --> 00:29:24,313
6.38 6, 83 6.84 6.85 6.86 It's

803
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:28,886
like number 20.

804
00:29:28,886 --> 00:29:29,452
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT

805
00:29:29,452 --> 00:29:30,870
alive. So I move I've

806
00:29:30,870 --> 00:29:31,956
contended that last item.

807
00:29:31,956 --> 00:29:32,623
Number 20.

808
00:29:32,623 --> 00:29:36,930
>> We have a motion and the

809
00:29:36,930 --> 00:29:36,960
second on the consent agenda,

810
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,960
less item number 20, which is

811
00:29:41,365 --> 00:29:42,990
2026, 0, 6, 8, 4, I see no

812
00:29:42,990 --> 00:29:42,699
speakers. Let's open about and

813
00:29:42,699 --> 00:29:45,699
record your vote on the

814
00:29:51,809 --> 00:29:53,809
consent agenda.

815
00:29:55,450 --> 00:29:55,946
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

816
00:29:55,946 --> 00:29:58,946
>> By your vote, the consent

817
00:30:00,484 --> 00:30:01,886
agenda. Minus item 20 passes.

818
00:30:01,886 --> 00:30:04,788
>> Moving that on item number

819
00:30:04,788 --> 00:30:05,289
2020, 26, 6, 8, 4, move the

820
00:30:05,289 --> 00:30:06,240
resolutions that.

821
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,192
>> We have a motion and the

822
00:30:08,192 --> 00:30:08,825
second on item 2020 26 0, 6,

823
00:30:08,825 --> 00:30:10,825
8, 4, Dr Johnson, you're

824
00:30:14,364 --> 00:30:15,332
recognized. Thank you so much.

825
00:30:15,332 --> 00:30:17,670
MISTER PRESIDENT.

826
00:30:17,670 --> 00:30:17,801
>> I rise move a floor

827
00:30:17,801 --> 00:30:21,705
amendment is a bit of an issue

828
00:30:21,705 --> 00:30:22,673
that I did not catch and I'm

829
00:30:22,673 --> 00:30:24,541
sure COUNCILMAN Gaffney and

830
00:30:24,541 --> 00:30:26,477
counsel the court Murray be

831
00:30:26,477 --> 00:30:27,110
proud of Virden Lee in the

832
00:30:27,110 --> 00:30:28,278
legislation says that the

833
00:30:28,278 --> 00:30:29,547
gentleman went to Stanton High

834
00:30:29,547 --> 00:30:30,247
School. He actually attended

835
00:30:30,247 --> 00:30:33,183
William Mary and Rain senior

836
00:30:33,183 --> 00:30:35,452
high school. All the time. I

837
00:30:35,452 --> 00:30:36,119
speak it on this day is like

838
00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:38,589
but if we could, if I could

839
00:30:38,589 --> 00:30:39,590
get a second for this motion.

840
00:30:39,590 --> 00:30:41,425
Thank you. Thank you, MR.

841
00:30:41,425 --> 00:30:42,590
PRESIDENT, we have a motion

842
00:30:42,590 --> 00:30:44,610
and a second on the floor

843
00:30:44,610 --> 00:30:44,762
amendments mystified plus.

844
00:30:44,762 --> 00:30:45,462
>> Are we able to handle this

845
00:30:45,462 --> 00:30:48,980
floor amendment right now in

846
00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:49,433
real time?

847
00:30:49,433 --> 00:30:51,669
>> To the chin and threw the

848
00:30:51,669 --> 00:30:52,403
chair into the council? Yes,

849
00:30:52,403 --> 00:30:53,700
because the amendment has been

850
00:30:53,700 --> 00:30:55,470
prepared and distributed to

851
00:30:56,774 --> 00:30:57,508
the council. Roger, that,

852
00:30:57,508 --> 00:30:58,242
Doctor Johnson, that you're no

853
00:30:58,242 --> 00:30:58,809
longer in the queue. Okay. Any

854
00:30:58,809 --> 00:31:01,780
speakers on the floor

855
00:31:01,780 --> 00:31:02,146
imminent? Seeing none. We'll

856
00:31:02,146 --> 00:31:02,780
take a vote on the Floor

857
00:31:02,780 --> 00:31:03,547
amendment verbally all in

858
00:31:03,547 --> 00:31:05,516
favor of the floor amendment

859
00:31:05,516 --> 00:31:06,416
from DR. Johnson indicate by

860
00:31:06,416 --> 00:31:10,287
saying Aye, I only can say no

861
00:31:10,287 --> 00:31:10,988
form in the past. What

862
00:31:10,988 --> 00:31:13,290
emotional blow up the bill at

863
00:31:13,290 --> 00:31:14,240
the resolution as amended.

864
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:14,658
>> All right. We have a motion

865
00:31:14,658 --> 00:31:16,193
and second on the bill as

866
00:31:16,193 --> 00:31:16,894
amended. There are no

867
00:31:16,894 --> 00:31:19,894
speakers. It's open about an

868
00:31:31,642 --> 00:31:33,642
apartment.

869
00:31:37,815 --> 00:31:38,682
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

870
00:31:38,682 --> 00:31:40,682
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 6,

871
00:31:42,860 --> 00:31:42,720
8, 4, passes as amended.

872
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,955
>> want to recognize the

873
00:31:44,955 --> 00:31:45,656
council rules chair.

874
00:31:45,656 --> 00:31:48,656
>> Yes, sir. MISTER Gay. You

875
00:31:49,426 --> 00:31:50,127
are recognized.

876
00:31:50,127 --> 00:31:51,280
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT,

877
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,763
we have approved the following

878
00:31:53,763 --> 00:31:54,398
appointment as part of the

879
00:31:54,398 --> 00:31:56,798
consent agenda, MR. Corey

880
00:31:58,135 --> 00:31:59,637
Forward, please stand. He's

881
00:31:59,637 --> 00:32:00,237
been to be recognized. You've

882
00:32:00,237 --> 00:32:02,637
been appointed to the

883
00:32:02,839 --> 00:32:05,239
construction trade qualify on

884
00:32:05,710 --> 00:32:07,912
board as a seasoned journalist

885
00:32:07,912 --> 00:32:08,545
tradition. So please join me

886
00:32:08,545 --> 00:32:09,213
in welcoming into to the

887
00:32:09,213 --> 00:32:12,213
service of our city. Thank

888
00:32:15,852 --> 00:32:17,254
you. It's right up your alley,

889
00:32:17,254 --> 00:32:18,922
MR. PRESIDENT, before moving

890
00:32:18,922 --> 00:32:19,790
on to public comment, there is

891
00:32:19,790 --> 00:32:21,525
an item the body, which is to

892
00:32:21,525 --> 00:32:21,892
take up its a resolution

893
00:32:21,892 --> 00:32:23,892
honoring.

894
00:32:25,195 --> 00:32:26,663
>> Our friend and colleague

895
00:32:26,663 --> 00:32:27,365
and my fellow techie Steve

896
00:32:27,365 --> 00:32:28,732
Casada was retiring for after

897
00:32:28,732 --> 00:32:30,732
more than 30 years.

898
00:32:30,867 --> 00:32:33,360
Distinguished service to the

899
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,360
city. The resolution can be

900
00:32:36,730 --> 00:32:38,730
found Page. 43 2026, 0, 7, 3,

901
00:32:39,209 --> 00:32:39,977
9, and before moving emergency

902
00:32:39,977 --> 00:32:40,811
would like legislative

903
00:32:40,811 --> 00:32:43,614
services to at me as a

904
00:32:43,614 --> 00:32:44,810
co-sponsor. With that move,

905
00:32:44,810 --> 00:32:44,949
the emergency.

906
00:32:44,949 --> 00:32:46,583
>> We have a motion and a

907
00:32:46,583 --> 00:32:47,250
second on the emergency. Ms

908
00:32:47,250 --> 00:32:49,820
Clarke where want to become

909
00:32:49,820 --> 00:32:51,989
the emergency order. The bill.

910
00:32:51,989 --> 00:32:52,623
Okay. We'll take a vote on the

911
00:32:52,623 --> 00:32:53,223
emergency verbally all in

912
00:32:53,223 --> 00:32:55,623
favor of the emergency

913
00:32:55,825 --> 00:32:56,561
indicate by saying Aye. I

914
00:32:56,561 --> 00:32:58,962
again saying though, the mercy

915
00:32:58,962 --> 00:32:59,596
of GOD move the bill as

916
00:32:59,596 --> 00:33:00,231
emergency have a motion a

917
00:33:00,231 --> 00:33:00,898
second on the bill as an

918
00:33:00,898 --> 00:33:01,565
emergency. Ms Clarke where

919
00:33:01,565 --> 00:33:03,200
you're recognized, followed

920
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:03,901
them are leaving.

921
00:33:03,901 --> 00:33:06,303
>> Thank you. Because I just

922
00:33:06,303 --> 00:33:07,370
want to move a council

923
00:33:07,370 --> 00:33:10,274
>> we have a motion and second

924
00:33:10,274 --> 00:33:11,442
on the Council amendment.

925
00:33:11,442 --> 00:33:12,443
Seeing no speakers will take a

926
00:33:12,443 --> 00:33:14,512
vote on the council amendment

927
00:33:14,512 --> 00:33:15,246
fairly all in favor indicate

928
00:33:15,246 --> 00:33:16,813
by saying Aye, aye, all again.

929
00:33:16,813 --> 00:33:17,147
Same know councilmember

930
00:33:17,147 --> 00:33:19,147
passes.

931
00:33:19,650 --> 00:33:20,170
>> The bill as emergency as

932
00:33:20,170 --> 00:33:20,751
amended.

933
00:33:20,751 --> 00:33:21,485
>> We have a motion and second

934
00:33:21,485 --> 00:33:24,354
on the bill as an emergency as

935
00:33:24,354 --> 00:33:24,988
amended. There are no

936
00:33:24,988 --> 00:33:27,388
speakers. Let's open the

937
00:33:34,198 --> 00:33:37,198
ballot in record your vote.

938
00:33:37,301 --> 00:33:39,202
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

939
00:33:39,202 --> 00:33:41,438
>> And by your unanimous vote,

940
00:33:41,438 --> 00:33:43,438
2026, 0, 7, 3, 9 passes.

941
00:33:43,874 --> 00:33:44,575
Steve, let me be the first to

942
00:33:44,575 --> 00:33:46,777
congratulate you. On 30 years

943
00:33:46,777 --> 00:33:49,777
of service to the city.

944
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:02,793
>> We

945
00:34:02,793 --> 00:34:03,594
>> are going to take a moment

946
00:34:03,594 --> 00:34:04,128
right now that a deal. Would

947
00:34:04,128 --> 00:34:06,528
you please read the

948
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,640
resolution? Resolution 2026?

949
00:34:11,602 --> 00:34:14,200
7.39 For more than 30 years.

950
00:34:14,104 --> 00:34:15,138
Steve Casada has given his

951
00:34:15,138 --> 00:34:17,538
talent time and extraordinary

952
00:34:17,908 --> 00:34:19,276
dedication to the city of

953
00:34:19,276 --> 00:34:19,877
Jacksonville serving across

954
00:34:19,877 --> 00:34:21,450
generations of elected

955
00:34:21,450 --> 00:34:21,645
leadership and through

956
00:34:21,645 --> 00:34:23,645
enormous changes while

957
00:34:25,820 --> 00:34:25,783
becoming a trusted colleague.

958
00:34:25,783 --> 00:34:26,817
Problem solver and invaluable

959
00:34:26,817 --> 00:34:27,484
part of the institutional

960
00:34:27,484 --> 00:34:29,884
memory of the Jacksonville

961
00:34:31,722 --> 00:34:32,689
City Hall. A native of toe of

962
00:34:32,689 --> 00:34:35,689
Tennessee, a graduate of muck

963
00:34:36,226 --> 00:34:36,927
men's Central High School.

964
00:34:36,927 --> 00:34:37,561
Steve can cite a study music

965
00:34:37,561 --> 00:34:39,961
in Tennessee and pursued

966
00:34:39,964 --> 00:34:42,964
graduate study in church music

967
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:43,834
at the Southern Baptist

968
00:34:43,834 --> 00:34:44,502
Theological Seminary carrying

969
00:34:44,502 --> 00:34:45,502
into his professional life.

970
00:34:45,502 --> 00:34:47,502
The musicians understanding

971
00:34:47,972 --> 00:34:49,906
that timing matters. Listening

972
00:34:49,906 --> 00:34:52,306
matters. Every voice matters

973
00:34:53,777 --> 00:34:54,511
and the whole works best. The

974
00:34:54,511 --> 00:34:55,178
whole works best. When someone

975
00:34:55,178 --> 00:34:58,178
understands how all of the

976
00:34:59,583 --> 00:35:00,484
pieces fit together. Steve

977
00:35:00,484 --> 00:35:01,618
Coz, became an indispensable

978
00:35:01,618 --> 00:35:02,986
member member of the

979
00:35:02,986 --> 00:35:04,870
Jacksonville City Council

980
00:35:04,870 --> 00:35:06,870
staff bringing remarkable

981
00:35:06,900 --> 00:35:06,690
patience, technical expertise,

982
00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:08,690
dependability and quiet

983
00:35:09,293 --> 00:35:10,160
leadership to the information.

984
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:11,928
Technology and audio visual

985
00:35:11,928 --> 00:35:13,964
systems upon which council

986
00:35:13,964 --> 00:35:16,701
members staff citizens and the

987
00:35:16,701 --> 00:35:18,701
legislative process depend.

988
00:35:19,503 --> 00:35:20,170
During his remarkable career

989
00:35:20,170 --> 00:35:22,306
government moved from paper

990
00:35:22,306 --> 00:35:23,974
files and binders into a

991
00:35:23,974 --> 00:35:26,430
digital world of searchable

992
00:35:26,430 --> 00:35:28,430
legislation. Interconnected

993
00:35:28,545 --> 00:35:29,213
systems and live streamed

994
00:35:29,213 --> 00:35:30,114
public meetings. And Steve

995
00:35:30,114 --> 00:35:32,282
Casada help to navigate the

996
00:35:32,282 --> 00:35:34,282
council through that

997
00:35:34,451 --> 00:35:35,352
transformation, including work

998
00:35:35,352 --> 00:35:36,200
that was made legislative

999
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,200
records more electronically

1000
00:35:38,422 --> 00:35:38,989
accessible to the public

1001
00:35:38,989 --> 00:35:40,989
because technology in

1002
00:35:41,792 --> 00:35:42,693
government when done well is

1003
00:35:42,693 --> 00:35:44,428
ultimately without is

1004
00:35:44,428 --> 00:35:45,129
ultimately about access.

1005
00:35:45,129 --> 00:35:47,129
Transparency and connecting

1006
00:35:48,965 --> 00:35:50,340
people to their democracy.

1007
00:35:50,340 --> 00:35:50,768
Some people serve government

1008
00:35:50,768 --> 00:35:52,200
from the Dyess while others

1009
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,805
serve it behind the walls

1010
00:35:54,805 --> 00:35:55,506
inside the systems, in the

1011
00:35:55,506 --> 00:35:58,242
control rooms and just be on

1012
00:35:58,242 --> 00:35:59,643
the camera frame and through

1013
00:35:59,643 --> 00:36:01,278
thousands of meetings calls

1014
00:36:01,278 --> 00:36:03,278
questions, technical

1015
00:36:03,881 --> 00:36:04,548
emergencies, quiet acts of

1016
00:36:04,548 --> 00:36:06,550
service. Steve Casada spent

1017
00:36:06,550 --> 00:36:07,151
more than 3 decades making

1018
00:36:07,151 --> 00:36:09,551
certain democracy had a

1019
00:36:10,654 --> 00:36:12,189
microphone. There are people

1020
00:36:12,189 --> 00:36:13,570
who simply pass through

1021
00:36:13,570 --> 00:36:15,457
institutions and then there

1022
00:36:15,459 --> 00:36:16,930
are people who become a part

1023
00:36:16,930 --> 00:36:18,562
of them. And Steve Casada

1024
00:36:18,562 --> 00:36:19,262
became a part of this one,

1025
00:36:19,262 --> 00:36:21,131
giving Jacksonville more than

1026
00:36:21,131 --> 00:36:22,599
3 decades of his life and

1027
00:36:22,599 --> 00:36:24,268
leaving behind systems. He

1028
00:36:24,268 --> 00:36:26,268
strengthened colleagues. He

1029
00:36:28,380 --> 00:36:28,672
helped knowledge he shared and

1030
00:36:28,672 --> 00:36:29,339
a legislative branch that

1031
00:36:29,339 --> 00:36:31,739
worked better because Steve

1032
00:36:32,543 --> 00:36:33,477
Kass out of work here. Now,

1033
00:36:33,477 --> 00:36:34,440
therefore, it was all by the

1034
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,444
council, the city of

1035
00:36:37,882 --> 00:36:39,883
Jacksonville. The city council

1036
00:36:39,883 --> 00:36:40,751
hereby honors and celebrates

1037
00:36:40,751 --> 00:36:41,485
Steve because sot upon his

1038
00:36:41,485 --> 00:36:43,200
retirement following more than

1039
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,200
30 years of distinguished

1040
00:36:45,923 --> 00:36:46,858
service to the city of

1041
00:36:46,858 --> 00:36:48,125
Jacksonville and expresses its

1042
00:36:48,125 --> 00:36:49,127
profound gratitude for his

1043
00:36:49,127 --> 00:36:51,127
expertise, professionalism,

1044
00:36:53,130 --> 00:36:53,630
patients, kindness,

1045
00:36:53,630 --> 00:36:54,298
steadfastness, an

1046
00:36:54,298 --> 00:36:54,999
extraordinary commitment to

1047
00:36:54,999 --> 00:36:58,402
the council and the people of

1048
00:36:58,402 --> 00:36:59,336
Jacksonville. The City Council

1049
00:36:59,336 --> 00:37:00,700
recognizes that Steve decided

1050
00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:01,872
to not simply support the work

1051
00:37:01,872 --> 00:37:05,472
of the City council. He helped

1052
00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:06,677
make the work possible. Steve

1053
00:37:06,677 --> 00:37:09,790
out stood behind the people

1054
00:37:09,790 --> 00:37:10,140
who stood before the people

1055
00:37:10,140 --> 00:37:10,648
and his efforts provided a

1056
00:37:10,648 --> 00:37:13,480
voice by which democracy

1057
00:37:13,850 --> 00:37:15,119
spoke. Steve Fix what was

1058
00:37:15,119 --> 00:37:16,920
broken answered when called

1059
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:18,455
Todd what he knew and

1060
00:37:18,455 --> 00:37:21,455
consistently showed up when he

1061
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:24,395
was needed. For more than 3

1062
00:37:24,395 --> 00:37:25,950
decades. Steve Casada was

1063
00:37:25,950 --> 00:37:28,695
there and the city is better

1064
00:37:33,571 --> 00:37:35,971
because of his service. 30

1065
00:37:37,675 --> 00:37:38,809
years of service by my math

1066
00:37:38,809 --> 00:37:39,910
COUNCILMAN Landon, you might

1067
00:37:39,910 --> 00:37:41,120
have to check me on this. That

1068
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,113
means that Steve case out of

1069
00:37:43,113 --> 00:37:43,747
started with City Council in

1070
00:37:43,747 --> 00:37:44,481
1996.

1071
00:37:44,481 --> 00:37:47,318
>> And what that also means is

1072
00:37:47,318 --> 00:37:50,870
that. And we talk about going

1073
00:37:50,870 --> 00:37:51,989
from paper to digital. You

1074
00:37:51,989 --> 00:37:53,900
went through a lot more of the

1075
00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:54,324
it transformation that even

1076
00:37:54,324 --> 00:37:56,724
navigated the city council

1077
00:37:58,280 --> 00:37:59,196
through y 2 k. Think about

1078
00:37:59,196 --> 00:38:01,331
that. So with that, I just

1079
00:38:01,331 --> 00:38:02,866
want to say, Steve, thank you

1080
00:38:02,866 --> 00:38:04,435
so much for your 30 years of

1081
00:38:04,435 --> 00:38:05,169
service. This is the smallest

1082
00:38:05,169 --> 00:38:06,603
bit of recognition recognition

1083
00:38:06,603 --> 00:38:08,906
we could. Do you deserve so

1084
00:38:08,906 --> 00:38:09,774
much more and the city is so

1085
00:38:09,774 --> 00:38:12,774
far better off for your 30

1086
00:38:13,770 --> 00:38:13,744
years. Thank you, sir.

1087
00:38:13,744 --> 00:38:16,614
>> Thanks, Up like to say a

1088
00:38:16,614 --> 00:38:17,281
few words.

1089
00:38:17,281 --> 00:38:19,584
>> Well, I just like to say

1090
00:38:19,584 --> 00:38:20,450
thank you very much for this

1091
00:38:20,450 --> 00:38:21,118
honor. Indeed is an otter and

1092
00:38:21,118 --> 00:38:23,887
I accept this on all those

1093
00:38:23,887 --> 00:38:25,189
people that I work with. This

1094
00:38:25,189 --> 00:38:26,790
wasn't done by myself. This

1095
00:38:26,790 --> 00:38:28,392
was done with it by So thank

1096
00:38:28,392 --> 00:38:28,692
you so much for appreciate

1097
00:38:28,692 --> 00:38:30,692
that.

1098
00:38:33,364 --> 00:38:36,364
>> All right. Maybe you can

1099
00:38:39,270 --> 00:38:40,400
get with the council,

1100
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:40,937
>> not only that motors I have

1101
00:38:40,937 --> 00:38:41,672
2 year done with that. They

1102
00:38:41,672 --> 00:38:44,672
should. We have a COUNCILWOMAN

1103
00:38:55,519 --> 00:38:57,221
Pittman in the queue.

1104
00:38:57,221 --> 00:38:57,754
>> All right, Steve, 1, one

1105
00:38:57,754 --> 00:38:58,422
seconds. We can get

1106
00:38:58,422 --> 00:39:00,422
acknowledgement here comes

1107
00:39:03,661 --> 00:39:05,295
that and you're recognized.

1108
00:39:05,295 --> 00:39:05,930
>> I just want to we go way

1109
00:39:05,930 --> 00:39:09,530
back before I came on the

1110
00:39:10,735 --> 00:39:13,735
council. And you're the same

1111
00:39:13,971 --> 00:39:15,500
person. I'm I'm gonna MISS You

1112
00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:15,705
a whole lot. Especially those

1113
00:39:15,705 --> 00:39:17,741
peanuts that you bring me. I

1114
00:39:17,741 --> 00:39:19,777
appreciate that. So you still

1115
00:39:19,777 --> 00:39:23,800
can bring those back for me as

1116
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:26,500
well. But I I think we all can

1117
00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:28,319
attest that Steve has been a

1118
00:39:28,319 --> 00:39:31,389
great help to a lot of us,

1119
00:39:31,389 --> 00:39:33,257
especially our our technology

1120
00:39:33,257 --> 00:39:35,525
issues and you don't take the

1121
00:39:35,525 --> 00:39:37,194
credit by yourself. You always

1122
00:39:37,194 --> 00:39:39,197
have a team effort. And so I

1123
00:39:39,197 --> 00:39:41,131
want to thank you for your

1124
00:39:41,131 --> 00:39:42,366
commitment to the city of

1125
00:39:42,366 --> 00:39:45,366
Jacksonville and to the city

1126
00:39:52,142 --> 00:39:53,544
council as well. Thank you.

1127
00:39:53,544 --> 00:39:54,244
All right. We've got to move

1128
00:39:54,244 --> 00:39:56,113
on now. And in order to allow

1129
00:39:56,113 --> 00:39:57,348
Justin of the

1130
00:39:57,348 --> 00:39:59,348
>> supervisor elections

1131
00:39:59,684 --> 00:40:01,986
office, too, get out of here

1132
00:40:01,986 --> 00:40:02,720
early. I think yes, that we

1133
00:40:02,720 --> 00:40:05,720
take up item number one. 34

1134
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,760
found page. 54. And that is

1135
00:40:15,990 --> 00:40:16,200
2026, 7, 2, 3 movie emergency.

1136
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,168
>> We have a motion and second

1137
00:40:18,168 --> 00:40:19,403
on the emergency, there are no

1138
00:40:19,403 --> 00:40:20,838
speakers in the queue. Let's

1139
00:40:20,838 --> 00:40:21,572
take the vote on the emergency

1140
00:40:21,572 --> 00:40:24,572
verbally all in favor indicate

1141
00:40:24,608 --> 00:40:26,644
by saying aye, against saying

1142
00:40:26,644 --> 00:40:28,212
no emergency passes and I

1143
00:40:28,212 --> 00:40:28,913
don't believe we have any

1144
00:40:28,913 --> 00:40:31,313
public participation cards on

1145
00:40:31,415 --> 00:40:31,982
this. I don't see anything

1146
00:40:31,982 --> 00:40:33,982
forthcoming.

1147
00:40:34,985 --> 00:40:35,419
>> So I will move the bill as

1148
00:40:35,419 --> 00:40:36,119
an emergency.

1149
00:40:36,119 --> 00:40:38,355
>> We have a motion a second

1150
00:40:38,355 --> 00:40:39,570
on the bill as an emergency.

1151
00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:39,791
There are no speakers in the

1152
00:40:39,791 --> 00:40:43,991
queue it up in about a quarter

1153
00:40:51,635 --> 00:40:53,635
vote.

1154
00:40:54,805 --> 00:40:56,805
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

1155
00:40:56,907 --> 00:40:57,675
>> And by your vote, 2026, 0,

1156
00:40:57,675 --> 00:40:58,609
7, 2, 3, is approved. Just for

1157
00:40:58,609 --> 00:41:00,277
the record. I just want to

1158
00:41:00,277 --> 00:41:03,277
advise the general public, the

1159
00:41:03,780 --> 00:41:04,448
change of location from San

1160
00:41:04,448 --> 00:41:07,448
Jose Country Club. But that

1161
00:41:08,186 --> 00:41:08,853
the choice of the club to move

1162
00:41:08,853 --> 00:41:09,520
in Weaver relocated for the

1163
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,920
NOVEMBER election. So thank

1164
00:41:18,128 --> 00:41:18,929
you. MR. PRESIDENT pro in his

1165
00:41:18,929 --> 00:41:20,698
2022, 4, 7, 5, We are now

1166
00:41:20,698 --> 00:41:21,899
ready for public comments.

1167
00:41:21,899 --> 00:41:22,600
Councilmembers are reminded

1168
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,635
that this is our time to hear

1169
00:41:24,635 --> 00:41:26,537
from the public. There's not

1170
00:41:26,537 --> 00:41:28,706
time for questions or answers

1171
00:41:28,706 --> 00:41:29,407
or debate. However, remember,

1172
00:41:29,407 --> 00:41:30,608
the public MAY be invited to

1173
00:41:30,608 --> 00:41:31,441
the Bob Johnson room for

1174
00:41:31,441 --> 00:41:33,441
further discussions pending

1175
00:41:34,779 --> 00:41:35,480
the approval of the PRESIDENT.

1176
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:36,214
Ladies and gentlemen, if you

1177
00:41:36,214 --> 00:41:37,214
wish to speak, you should have

1178
00:41:37,214 --> 00:41:39,884
filled out a green public

1179
00:41:39,884 --> 00:41:43,484
comment card. No cards will be

1180
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:45,220
exact accepted after 06:00pm.

1181
00:41:45,220 --> 00:41:47,925
And councils a lot for 90

1182
00:41:47,925 --> 00:41:50,610
minutes for public comment.

1183
00:41:50,610 --> 00:41:50,694
And I'll time of 3 minutes MAY

1184
00:41:50,694 --> 00:41:51,395
be shortened so that all

1185
00:41:51,395 --> 00:41:53,330
wishing to speak will have an

1186
00:41:53,330 --> 00:41:55,166
opportunity do so. Given that

1187
00:41:55,166 --> 00:41:57,201
we presently have over 40

1188
00:41:57,201 --> 00:41:58,135
cards, the usual lot of time

1189
00:41:58,135 --> 00:42:01,380
for each speaker will not will

1190
00:42:01,380 --> 00:42:03,340
be shortened to 2 minutes. 2

1191
00:42:03,340 --> 00:42:04,141
minutes during the public

1192
00:42:04,141 --> 00:42:05,420
comment. Time on the be

1193
00:42:05,420 --> 00:42:06,811
allowed at the podium. The

1194
00:42:06,811 --> 00:42:08,780
less physical assistance is

1195
00:42:08,780 --> 00:42:09,514
required. We provide this

1196
00:42:09,514 --> 00:42:11,716
opportunity for public comment

1197
00:42:11,716 --> 00:42:13,951
beyond the state law requires

1198
00:42:13,951 --> 00:42:16,153
as such. You much state your

1199
00:42:16,153 --> 00:42:17,521
name address before beginning

1200
00:42:17,521 --> 00:42:18,289
your comments. I just said my

1201
00:42:18,289 --> 00:42:18,922
addresses on file, meaning

1202
00:42:18,922 --> 00:42:21,392
it's written on the Green

1203
00:42:21,392 --> 00:42:23,661
Speaker Card. I will announce

1204
00:42:23,661 --> 00:42:25,596
5 speakers in order. They are

1205
00:42:25,596 --> 00:42:26,564
to appear. I call your name

1206
00:42:26,564 --> 00:42:27,264
but it has kitchen. We moved

1207
00:42:27,264 --> 00:42:29,433
out here to the reserve seats

1208
00:42:29,433 --> 00:42:30,340
in the front row, waiting your

1209
00:42:30,340 --> 00:42:32,637
turn to speak and that

1210
00:42:32,637 --> 00:42:33,838
directed to the podium. Your

1211
00:42:33,838 --> 00:42:34,805
time will start when you

1212
00:42:34,805 --> 00:42:36,407
arrive at the podium. By the

1213
00:42:36,407 --> 00:42:37,108
way, if you have any baggage,

1214
00:42:37,108 --> 00:42:37,775
is there anything leave them

1215
00:42:37,775 --> 00:42:39,476
on a bag, leave them on the

1216
00:42:39,476 --> 00:42:42,476
table on the left. You're

1217
00:42:43,647 --> 00:42:46,470
right. My left. First, 5

1218
00:42:46,750 --> 00:42:48,686
speakers are. By the way. We

1219
00:42:48,686 --> 00:42:50,421
thank you for being here this

1220
00:42:50,421 --> 00:42:52,421
evening. Kathleen Pereira

1221
00:42:54,525 --> 00:42:57,525
Carnell Oliver Joy. Be the

1222
00:42:58,629 --> 00:42:59,296
Reverend 80 Carney. And Adam

1223
00:42:59,296 --> 00:43:01,665
Gray. Would you please come

1224
00:43:01,665 --> 00:43:02,332
down to the front? In the

1225
00:43:02,332 --> 00:43:05,332
meantime, going MR. Till to

1226
00:43:05,870 --> 00:43:07,638
read Council ruled for 505.

1227
00:43:07,638 --> 00:43:09,638
>> Council ruled 4.5, 0, 5,

1228
00:43:11,410 --> 00:43:12,310
disruption of meeting. Any

1229
00:43:12,310 --> 00:43:14,110
person who disrupts the

1230
00:43:14,110 --> 00:43:15,379
regular meeting of the City

1231
00:43:15,379 --> 00:43:16,180
Council standing committee's

1232
00:43:16,180 --> 00:43:17,515
special or select committees,

1233
00:43:17,515 --> 00:43:18,215
subcommittees or any other

1234
00:43:18,215 --> 00:43:20,500
public meeting presided over

1235
00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:23,650
by a city council member maybe

1236
00:43:23,821 --> 00:43:24,455
forth with barred, removed or

1237
00:43:24,455 --> 00:43:25,623
otherwise ejected in the

1238
00:43:25,623 --> 00:43:26,190
discretion of the presiding

1239
00:43:26,190 --> 00:43:28,190
officer from further

1240
00:43:29,393 --> 00:43:30,940
attendance at that meeting. If

1241
00:43:30,940 --> 00:43:32,396
necessary, due to the nature

1242
00:43:32,396 --> 00:43:33,531
of the disruption, the

1243
00:43:33,531 --> 00:43:35,990
audience MAY be cleared from

1244
00:43:35,990 --> 00:43:35,699
the council chambers or

1245
00:43:35,699 --> 00:43:36,366
meeting location in the

1246
00:43:36,366 --> 00:43:38,766
discretion of the presiding

1247
00:43:39,336 --> 00:43:40,400
officer. Any person who

1248
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:40,738
refuses to leave the City

1249
00:43:40,738 --> 00:43:43,738
Council chamber MAY be subject

1250
00:43:45,243 --> 00:43:47,678
to arrest. MR. Hill, please

1251
00:43:47,678 --> 00:43:48,312
not the start. Time 5.43

1252
00:43:48,312 --> 00:43:50,712
>> Once again, our first

1253
00:43:50,848 --> 00:43:52,490
speaker is Kathy Pereira.

1254
00:43:52,490 --> 00:43:53,718
Please be sure all of you

1255
00:43:53,718 --> 00:43:54,452
provide your name and address

1256
00:43:54,452 --> 00:43:56,987
as you begin otherwise provide

1257
00:43:56,987 --> 00:43:58,155
that name a note. The address

1258
00:43:58,155 --> 00:44:00,424
is on the green public comment

1259
00:44:00,424 --> 00:44:01,125
cards per you have 2 minutes.

1260
00:44:01,125 --> 00:44:03,494
>> My name is Kathleen Para.

1261
00:44:03,494 --> 00:44:04,361
My information is on file.

1262
00:44:04,361 --> 00:44:05,290
Thank you for voting against

1263
00:44:05,290 --> 00:44:07,290
the slaughterhouse. School

1264
00:44:08,632 --> 00:44:09,633
depot store next door to store

1265
00:44:09,633 --> 00:44:10,301
next door to a school and some

1266
00:44:10,301 --> 00:44:12,200
of the projects that would

1267
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:13,938
have been detrimental to

1268
00:44:13,938 --> 00:44:15,106
neighborhoods. However, what

1269
00:44:15,106 --> 00:44:16,400
is still prevent perplexing is

1270
00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,176
that these another bad ideas

1271
00:44:18,176 --> 00:44:19,977
had to be considered by 4

1272
00:44:19,977 --> 00:44:20,945
other bodies. Respect to cpac,

1273
00:44:20,945 --> 00:44:22,312
the Planning Department, the

1274
00:44:22,312 --> 00:44:22,980
planning Commission and the

1275
00:44:22,980 --> 00:44:25,549
Values e before Council can

1276
00:44:25,549 --> 00:44:27,518
vote them down. Why can't any

1277
00:44:27,518 --> 00:44:29,920
of these other body stop any

1278
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:30,954
project after they review

1279
00:44:30,954 --> 00:44:31,722
their case after? I'm certain

1280
00:44:31,722 --> 00:44:35,322
that my cpac and even the

1281
00:44:35,526 --> 00:44:36,660
planning certainly up next, my

1282
00:44:36,660 --> 00:44:37,394
writes, my rights to build a

1283
00:44:37,394 --> 00:44:39,630
10 story apartment building in

1284
00:44:39,630 --> 00:44:40,798
the middle. My single family

1285
00:44:40,798 --> 00:44:41,466
neighborhood before anyone

1286
00:44:41,466 --> 00:44:44,969
else had up the chain could

1287
00:44:44,969 --> 00:44:46,969
hear right? Unfortunately,

1288
00:44:46,971 --> 00:44:49,971
reality is what George Moos

1289
00:44:50,474 --> 00:44:51,108
said best. All property owners

1290
00:44:51,108 --> 00:44:52,376
are equal. Some property

1291
00:44:52,376 --> 00:44:53,177
owners are more equal than

1292
00:44:53,177 --> 00:44:55,577
others. That is some

1293
00:44:56,130 --> 00:44:57,481
developers who have influenced

1294
00:44:57,481 --> 00:44:58,149
and no regard for the quality

1295
00:44:58,149 --> 00:44:59,817
of life of their neighbors

1296
00:44:59,817 --> 00:45:01,819
have rights was to patch the

1297
00:45:01,819 --> 00:45:03,721
neighborhoods. They also have

1298
00:45:03,721 --> 00:45:04,988
the power to create and then

1299
00:45:04,988 --> 00:45:06,190
watch the angst of unread

1300
00:45:06,190 --> 00:45:08,226
neighborhood reach a crescendo

1301
00:45:08,226 --> 00:45:09,593
didn't nails headaches and

1302
00:45:09,593 --> 00:45:10,327
lost sleep over having to

1303
00:45:10,327 --> 00:45:13,163
attend a minimum of 4 separate

1304
00:45:13,163 --> 00:45:14,265
meetings before the council

1305
00:45:14,265 --> 00:45:15,399
after twisting itself and the

1306
00:45:15,399 --> 00:45:16,367
citizens in knots denies the

1307
00:45:16,367 --> 00:45:19,169
project. Really, none of us

1308
00:45:19,169 --> 00:45:20,371
need this kind of drama. And

1309
00:45:20,371 --> 00:45:21,172
this is not the kind of drama

1310
00:45:21,172 --> 00:45:21,772
that the fox Chase woman

1311
00:45:21,772 --> 00:45:24,410
station and Windy Hill

1312
00:45:24,410 --> 00:45:26,243
neighborhoods want to see when

1313
00:45:26,243 --> 00:45:26,911
they know that a 15,000 seat

1314
00:45:26,911 --> 00:45:29,580
soccer state in the doubles

1315
00:45:29,580 --> 00:45:30,281
like has a concert venue about

1316
00:45:30,281 --> 00:45:33,484
one half mile from them or on

1317
00:45:33,484 --> 00:45:34,520
their quality of life. Give

1318
00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:34,752
the cpac in planning

1319
00:45:34,752 --> 00:45:37,550
department the power to deny

1320
00:45:37,550 --> 00:45:37,988
this project at that level.

1321
00:45:37,988 --> 00:45:40,190
And for all these reasons is

1322
00:45:40,190 --> 00:45:42,293
imperative that city codify

1323
00:45:42,293 --> 00:45:44,693
the 1995 neighborhood Bill of

1324
00:45:45,696 --> 00:45:46,364
Rights and bring back 2026

1325
00:45:46,364 --> 00:45:48,298
5.72 full Council and pass

1326
00:45:48,298 --> 00:45:49,330
Thank you.

1327
00:45:49,330 --> 00:45:52,633
>> Thank u next. You have Cano

1328
00:45:55,172 --> 00:45:55,906
all over. Yes, my name is

1329
00:45:55,906 --> 00:45:58,743
gone. What would America be

1330
00:45:58,743 --> 00:46:01,143
without American free? The

1331
00:46:01,178 --> 00:46:03,680
very foundation of 13 14th and

1332
00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:06,800
15th amendments. Well, what

1333
00:46:07,551 --> 00:46:09,320
state of Florida Duval can be

1334
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,720
without black America. America

1335
00:46:14,558 --> 00:46:17,558
3. We have been subjugated in

1336
00:46:18,362 --> 00:46:18,996
this country press not from

1337
00:46:18,996 --> 00:46:21,996
just late, but from Emma

1338
00:46:24,135 --> 00:46:26,535
Grace. They're on the 18, 66

1339
00:46:30,374 --> 00:46:31,410
Civil Rights They said I was a

1340
00:46:31,410 --> 00:46:33,410
15 minute conversation with

1341
00:46:34,545 --> 00:46:38,145
Jim Cobb Burns off. Do with

1342
00:46:40,451 --> 00:46:41,485
it. The 2027, but appropriate.

1343
00:46:41,485 --> 00:46:43,885
We're trying focus compliance.

1344
00:46:44,755 --> 00:46:47,755
All know left of the 18, 66

1345
00:46:49,126 --> 00:46:50,761
Civil Rights Donald Trump

1346
00:46:50,761 --> 00:46:53,761
talks about enforcement of the

1347
00:46:54,164 --> 00:46:54,766
laws of Dumas. Paul, because

1348
00:46:54,766 --> 00:46:56,766
American Friedman's our

1349
00:46:59,369 --> 00:46:59,971
America first. Without jobs

1350
00:46:59,971 --> 00:47:01,971
without you immigrants

1351
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:05,576
wouldn't be in this country.

1352
00:47:05,576 --> 00:47:07,478
Let me make that clear. It

1353
00:47:07,478 --> 00:47:10,478
especially the black If you're

1354
00:47:13,117 --> 00:47:14,118
not me. And you send in a you

1355
00:47:14,118 --> 00:47:17,118
better know, played that role.

1356
00:47:17,622 --> 00:47:20,525
But you'd be in this country.

1357
00:47:20,525 --> 00:47:24,125
The has obligation to us. The

1358
00:47:24,461 --> 00:47:27,397
city has obligation to us. And

1359
00:47:27,397 --> 00:47:29,797
they meet 18, 66 silver. I

1360
00:47:30,367 --> 00:47:32,203
set, especially way the Fscj

1361
00:47:32,203 --> 00:47:35,940
says all was free elm. This is

1362
00:47:35,940 --> 00:47:36,607
day that too. So you would

1363
00:47:36,607 --> 00:47:39,607
have robbed addition to pay

1364
00:47:41,112 --> 00:47:43,512
that reparations. It's that

1365
00:47:44,949 --> 00:47:45,650
Yeah. But you fall. You pay

1366
00:47:45,650 --> 00:47:49,860
homage to the people that pay

1367
00:47:49,860 --> 00:47:51,956
the way Because without us.

1368
00:47:51,956 --> 00:47:54,825
You wouldn't be here. This

1369
00:47:54,825 --> 00:47:55,693
nation came off

1370
00:47:55,693 --> 00:47:56,394
>> MR. Oliver, could you

1371
00:47:56,394 --> 00:47:59,394
please not deter addresses on

1372
00:48:00,865 --> 00:48:03,265
file for me, sir.

1373
00:48:03,868 --> 00:48:06,268
>> Already know. Brady. Next

1374
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:12,443
we have Joy Vo.

1375
00:48:12,443 --> 00:48:13,311
>> My name is joy. And my

1376
00:48:13,311 --> 00:48:16,911
address on file. I'm here to

1377
00:48:17,214 --> 00:48:18,820
speak again today and support

1378
00:48:18,820 --> 00:48:18,850
of ongoing efforts to

1379
00:48:18,850 --> 00:48:20,351
reinstate funding for the

1380
00:48:20,351 --> 00:48:22,751
Affordable Housing Trust Fund,

1381
00:48:24,550 --> 00:48:26,890
which I believe. Like the

1382
00:48:26,890 --> 00:48:27,580
sometimes controversial kids

1383
00:48:27,580 --> 00:48:28,859
Hope Alliance will be a

1384
00:48:28,859 --> 00:48:30,327
commitment to our values as

1385
00:48:30,327 --> 00:48:31,128
community. The current plan to

1386
00:48:31,128 --> 00:48:34,128
cut 10% of those services to

1387
00:48:34,832 --> 00:48:35,566
our vulnerable youth. And the

1388
00:48:35,566 --> 00:48:36,200
continued resistance to create

1389
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:38,536
a resilient and flexible,

1390
00:48:38,536 --> 00:48:39,236
affordable housing resource

1391
00:48:39,236 --> 00:48:42,236
are both short-sighted. In my

1392
00:48:42,606 --> 00:48:43,307
opinion. If city leaders

1393
00:48:43,307 --> 00:48:44,709
sponsors support and oversee

1394
00:48:44,709 --> 00:48:47,709
both these key resources, we

1395
00:48:48,312 --> 00:48:50,548
will see results in the next

1396
00:48:50,548 --> 00:48:52,282
generation of Jacksonville

1397
00:48:52,282 --> 00:48:53,184
citizens, mentoring young

1398
00:48:53,184 --> 00:48:54,952
people and creating more

1399
00:48:54,952 --> 00:48:56,787
sustainable homes for their

1400
00:48:56,787 --> 00:48:58,156
families will result in less

1401
00:48:58,156 --> 00:49:00,556
stress for seniors, parents

1402
00:49:01,225 --> 00:49:01,859
and children better school

1403
00:49:01,859 --> 00:49:03,127
performance to resources,

1404
00:49:03,127 --> 00:49:05,620
directed it, keeping them in

1405
00:49:05,620 --> 00:49:05,663
their homes and in the long

1406
00:49:05,663 --> 00:49:07,231
run, less need for law

1407
00:49:07,231 --> 00:49:09,231
enforcement intervention.

1408
00:49:09,500 --> 00:49:13,337
There are so many what ifs, if

1409
00:49:13,337 --> 00:49:14,972
we can explore as a community.

1410
00:49:14,972 --> 00:49:15,740
And let creative minds and

1411
00:49:15,740 --> 00:49:17,740
stakeholders collaborate to

1412
00:49:18,376 --> 00:49:20,211
support family homes. One big

1413
00:49:20,211 --> 00:49:21,879
advantage of the Hope Kids

1414
00:49:21,879 --> 00:49:22,514
Alliance is that there are

1415
00:49:22,514 --> 00:49:24,514
opportunities for funding

1416
00:49:25,517 --> 00:49:26,251
outside government. My hope.

1417
00:49:26,251 --> 00:49:27,885
And so we can have a

1418
00:49:27,885 --> 00:49:28,552
sustainable resource for

1419
00:49:28,552 --> 00:49:30,187
housing initiatives that

1420
00:49:30,187 --> 00:49:32,587
offers the same opportunities

1421
00:49:32,723 --> 00:49:36,127
for donors who want to invest

1422
00:49:36,127 --> 00:49:37,395
in the future of our city. We

1423
00:49:37,395 --> 00:49:38,620
have great nonprofits in

1424
00:49:38,620 --> 00:49:39,697
Jacksonville working on

1425
00:49:39,697 --> 00:49:40,965
homelessness relief and

1426
00:49:40,965 --> 00:49:43,365
housing. If they work

1427
00:49:44,535 --> 00:49:46,400
together, great things happen.

1428
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:48,172
I came here as a Navy wife in

1429
00:49:48,172 --> 00:49:49,707
1993. 1 Jax was less than a

1430
00:49:49,707 --> 00:49:50,408
million people. I raised my

1431
00:49:50,408 --> 00:49:51,708
children here, grew business

1432
00:49:51,708 --> 00:49:54,879
here and retired here. This is

1433
00:49:54,879 --> 00:49:55,980
no longer town. And we have to

1434
00:49:55,980 --> 00:49:58,160
pull together for future

1435
00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:00,952
success right now, we're way

1436
00:50:00,952 --> 00:50:01,652
behind. Thank you.

1437
00:50:01,652 --> 00:50:05,252
>> Thank And next we have the

1438
00:50:11,295 --> 00:50:13,295
rover Navy caring.

1439
00:50:14,332 --> 00:50:15,166
>> Hi, my name's 80 Carney and

1440
00:50:15,166 --> 00:50:15,900
my addresses on file. And I'm

1441
00:50:15,900 --> 00:50:16,567
here is a pastor campus Pastor

1442
00:50:16,567 --> 00:50:18,967
Riverside Church apart and

1443
00:50:20,537 --> 00:50:21,172
King. I'm here and had to

1444
00:50:21,172 --> 00:50:22,372
speak in favor of adding,

1445
00:50:22,372 --> 00:50:23,540
though I I'm back for

1446
00:50:23,540 --> 00:50:25,940
affordable Housing Trust fund

1447
00:50:26,778 --> 00:50:28,120
and to our city's budget. In

1448
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:28,713
the past 5 years, average rent

1449
00:50:28,713 --> 00:50:31,713
in Jacksonville has gone up.

1450
00:50:32,116 --> 00:50:35,116
34%. And half of our zip

1451
00:50:36,530 --> 00:50:36,754
codes. Epa's much as 50% and

1452
00:50:36,754 --> 00:50:38,822
wages have not come close to

1453
00:50:38,822 --> 00:50:40,291
keeping up with that pace.

1454
00:50:40,291 --> 00:50:41,859
Families who are making it 5

1455
00:50:41,859 --> 00:50:44,862
years ago are now one missed

1456
00:50:44,862 --> 00:50:45,897
paycheck away from losing

1457
00:50:45,897 --> 00:50:46,831
their homes. Some council

1458
00:50:46,831 --> 00:50:48,733
members have indicated that we

1459
00:50:48,733 --> 00:50:49,567
MAY strip funding for

1460
00:50:49,567 --> 00:50:51,369
affordable housing and the

1461
00:50:51,369 --> 00:50:53,504
budget to prioritize public

1462
00:50:53,504 --> 00:50:54,405
safety. But young

1463
00:50:54,405 --> 00:50:55,106
professionals leaving our city

1464
00:50:55,106 --> 00:50:56,440
because they can't afford to

1465
00:50:56,440 --> 00:51:00,400
live here doesn't make any our

1466
00:51:00,378 --> 00:51:01,312
city any safer. Single moms

1467
00:51:01,312 --> 00:51:02,580
like myself struggling to

1468
00:51:02,580 --> 00:51:03,514
provide for their children

1469
00:51:03,514 --> 00:51:04,148
because the rent is too high.

1470
00:51:04,148 --> 00:51:07,485
Does it make our city any

1471
00:51:07,485 --> 00:51:08,452
safer? And our senior adults

1472
00:51:08,452 --> 00:51:10,852
working low-wage jobs well

1473
00:51:12,790 --> 00:51:13,825
into their 70's. Like many of

1474
00:51:13,825 --> 00:51:14,559
congregants because they can't

1475
00:51:14,559 --> 00:51:17,559
afford to retire, doesn't make

1476
00:51:18,229 --> 00:51:19,196
our community safer either. If

1477
00:51:19,196 --> 00:51:20,397
people can't afford a

1478
00:51:20,397 --> 00:51:21,366
dignified place to live than

1479
00:51:21,366 --> 00:51:21,966
our whole community becomes

1480
00:51:21,966 --> 00:51:24,366
more desperate and more

1481
00:51:24,702 --> 00:51:26,904
unstable and more cruel. And

1482
00:51:26,904 --> 00:51:27,571
so to those who might say that

1483
00:51:27,571 --> 00:51:28,272
we can't afford this

1484
00:51:28,272 --> 00:51:31,272
investment. I believe that we

1485
00:51:33,144 --> 00:51:33,544
cannot afford not to. Thank

1486
00:51:33,544 --> 00:51:34,412
you, ma'am.

1487
00:51:34,412 --> 00:51:35,112
>> Thanks. We have Adam Gray.

1488
00:51:35,112 --> 00:51:35,746
In the meantime, I'm gonna

1489
00:51:35,746 --> 00:51:38,746
fight down to the front,

1490
00:51:38,883 --> 00:51:41,283
please. James Wilson. Jerry,

1491
00:51:41,953 --> 00:51:44,353
Reverend Kenneth Manuel senior

1492
00:51:44,555 --> 00:51:47,555
Madison Hilt and Denise Gott.

1493
00:51:48,993 --> 00:51:50,128
MR. Gray.

1494
00:51:50,128 --> 00:51:51,929
>> Good evening. My name is

1495
00:51:51,929 --> 00:51:52,630
Adam Graham, the pastor of

1496
00:51:52,630 --> 00:51:55,630
Riverside Church at Park and

1497
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:58,360
came 26 50 part Street. Want

1498
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:01,360
to tell you 3 stories tonight.

1499
00:52:01,806 --> 00:52:02,473
There's a woman in our church

1500
00:52:02,473 --> 00:52:04,475
recent college graduate who

1501
00:52:04,475 --> 00:52:05,143
told me just 2 weeks ago she

1502
00:52:05,143 --> 00:52:08,412
never expects to be able to

1503
00:52:08,412 --> 00:52:09,800
afford a home because the

1504
00:52:09,800 --> 00:52:12,680
wages are too low. And the

1505
00:52:12,783 --> 00:52:15,987
rents are too high. There's a

1506
00:52:15,987 --> 00:52:16,688
woman in our church in her

1507
00:52:16,688 --> 00:52:19,688
50's holds a master's degree

1508
00:52:19,823 --> 00:52:20,492
in education. Has served as

1509
00:52:20,492 --> 00:52:23,492
the principal of a private

1510
00:52:25,896 --> 00:52:27,232
school. And even she is

1511
00:52:27,232 --> 00:52:28,299
spending 50% of her income on

1512
00:52:28,299 --> 00:52:29,801
rent to provide a place for

1513
00:52:29,801 --> 00:52:33,401
her and her children and the

1514
00:52:35,673 --> 00:52:37,673
Riverside neighborhood. There

1515
00:52:39,444 --> 00:52:40,311
are people in my church in

1516
00:52:40,311 --> 00:52:42,947
their 70's who continue to

1517
00:52:42,947 --> 00:52:45,750
work low rate wage, retail

1518
00:52:45,750 --> 00:52:46,618
jobs. Not because they enjoy

1519
00:52:46,618 --> 00:52:48,486
being greeters at Walmart are

1520
00:52:48,486 --> 00:52:49,220
serving concessions at the

1521
00:52:49,220 --> 00:52:50,988
Jaguars games, but because the

1522
00:52:50,988 --> 00:52:55,188
rent is too high for them to

1523
00:52:57,261 --> 00:52:59,297
retire. It's not a question of

1524
00:52:59,297 --> 00:53:00,498
old or young. It's not a

1525
00:53:00,498 --> 00:53:01,165
question of educated or

1526
00:53:01,165 --> 00:53:03,501
uneducated. It's not even a

1527
00:53:03,501 --> 00:53:05,603
question of black or right.

1528
00:53:05,603 --> 00:53:07,939
It's a question of right or

1529
00:53:07,939 --> 00:53:08,906
wrong. Are we going to make

1530
00:53:08,906 --> 00:53:11,906
our city affordable for people

1531
00:53:14,245 --> 00:53:17,781
to live? I want to be in a

1532
00:53:17,781 --> 00:53:19,350
city. Where we can afford to

1533
00:53:19,350 --> 00:53:21,750
live and thrive together.

1534
00:53:23,521 --> 00:53:26,521
Thank you. Thank you, sir.

1535
00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:39,100
>> Next we had James Wilson.

1536
00:53:39,170 --> 00:53:42,770
My name is James Wilson. My

1537
00:53:44,308 --> 00:53:47,512
address is on record. I moved

1538
00:53:47,512 --> 00:53:48,713
to Jacksonville in 1955. Been

1539
00:53:48,713 --> 00:53:51,582
a very lucky person. I've been

1540
00:53:51,582 --> 00:53:55,782
here for 70 years. I went to f

1541
00:53:57,955 --> 00:53:58,623
c c j in 1969. To unf. And

1542
00:53:58,623 --> 00:54:01,623
I've been a photographer in

1543
00:54:01,826 --> 00:54:04,280
this city for 47 years. I've

1544
00:54:04,280 --> 00:54:06,264
been a very lucky man. We

1545
00:54:06,264 --> 00:54:08,533
moved in with my grandmother

1546
00:54:08,533 --> 00:54:12,133
and then from there, I. Bought

1547
00:54:13,437 --> 00:54:14,571
a House cash to mortgage. My

1548
00:54:14,571 --> 00:54:15,873
second house was took over a

1549
00:54:15,873 --> 00:54:16,507
va loan from a Navy guy who

1550
00:54:16,507 --> 00:54:18,907
was moving to Washington

1551
00:54:20,478 --> 00:54:23,280
today. My wife and I bought a

1552
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:26,584
house and built a house. And

1553
00:54:26,584 --> 00:54:27,619
we've been there for 23 years.

1554
00:54:27,619 --> 00:54:29,720
I am in favor of the

1555
00:54:29,720 --> 00:54:32,720
Affordable Housing Act so that

1556
00:54:33,257 --> 00:54:35,492
my grandchildren. My great

1557
00:54:35,492 --> 00:54:37,761
grandchildren who I have We'll

1558
00:54:37,761 --> 00:54:38,429
be able to afford housing.

1559
00:54:38,429 --> 00:54:40,429
Jacksonville's, an awesome

1560
00:54:42,867 --> 00:54:43,702
place. Let's keep the people

1561
00:54:43,702 --> 00:54:45,770
here and let them afford to

1562
00:54:45,770 --> 00:54:49,173
live here. Thank you for your

1563
00:54:49,173 --> 00:54:52,173
time. Thank you, sir. Next

1564
00:54:58,983 --> 00:55:00,418
Jerry, Jerry, address on file.

1565
00:55:00,418 --> 00:55:04,180
>> I want to thank you for

1566
00:55:05,489 --> 00:55:06,124
passing the money f c, c j for

1567
00:55:06,124 --> 00:55:08,524
the opportunity for their

1568
00:55:10,940 --> 00:55:11,596
shipbuilding. And learning

1569
00:55:11,596 --> 00:55:12,596
about space industry. Thank

1570
00:55:12,596 --> 00:55:14,996
you, council PRESIDENT, thank

1571
00:55:16,367 --> 00:55:17,702
you council for seeing Ford

1572
00:55:17,702 --> 00:55:18,436
that our youth will work with

1573
00:55:18,436 --> 00:55:21,106
the new opportunities that are

1574
00:55:21,106 --> 00:55:22,706
going to be coming that not

1575
00:55:22,706 --> 00:55:23,608
everybody has to go to

1576
00:55:23,608 --> 00:55:26,430
college. So thank you for

1577
00:55:26,430 --> 00:55:29,430
seeing that. Thank you for

1578
00:55:30,881 --> 00:55:33,281
cutting the budget. 25 million

1579
00:55:33,651 --> 00:55:34,618
dollars. We're all hurting

1580
00:55:34,618 --> 00:55:37,180
right now. Housing insurance

1581
00:55:37,722 --> 00:55:40,591
property taxes. You go to the

1582
00:55:40,591 --> 00:55:41,893
grocery store. Every time you

1583
00:55:41,893 --> 00:55:42,860
go, it's the prices are going

1584
00:55:42,860 --> 00:55:43,461
up and up and up. The packages

1585
00:55:43,461 --> 00:55:45,861
are getting smaller and

1586
00:55:48,990 --> 00:55:48,899
smaller. We need to try to see

1587
00:55:48,899 --> 00:55:52,203
if we can trim or that because

1588
00:55:52,203 --> 00:55:54,272
that is our taxpayer dollars.

1589
00:55:54,272 --> 00:55:55,807
And thank you for stopping the

1590
00:55:55,807 --> 00:55:56,241
slaughter house. We know that

1591
00:55:56,241 --> 00:55:56,329
you worked h#

1592
00:55:56,329 --> 00:55:56,411
#

1593
00:55:56,411 --> 00:55:56,481
#

1594
00:55:56,481 --> 00:55:56,674
o#

1595
00:55:56,674 --> 00:55:58,674
that and

1596
00:55:59,877 --> 00:56:01,946
you listen to the community. I

1597
00:56:01,946 --> 00:56:03,814
do want to ask you also to

1598
00:56:03,814 --> 00:56:04,949
codified the original

1599
00:56:04,949 --> 00:56:05,649
neighborhood Bill of Rights in

1600
00:56:05,649 --> 00:56:08,649
1995. That was passed by this

1601
00:56:09,621 --> 00:56:10,388
body. And it was never

1602
00:56:10,388 --> 00:56:13,388
codified. I think it would

1603
00:56:14,250 --> 00:56:16,795
have helped and all the

1604
00:56:16,795 --> 00:56:19,130
difficulties with the more and

1605
00:56:19,130 --> 00:56:20,998
the liquor store and even a

1606
00:56:20,998 --> 00:56:23,398
soccer stadium coming into

1607
00:56:24,368 --> 00:56:26,768
neighborhood areas. And please

1608
00:56:28,306 --> 00:56:30,441
let people do their gardens.

1609
00:56:30,441 --> 00:56:31,610
Why? Why cannot people have a

1610
00:56:31,610 --> 00:56:32,276
community garden and a

1611
00:56:32,276 --> 00:56:34,279
community? It brings people

1612
00:56:34,279 --> 00:56:37,279
together. It gives them food.

1613
00:56:38,817 --> 00:56:39,383
It's a fellowship. People

1614
00:56:39,383 --> 00:56:41,383
coming together doing

1615
00:56:42,954 --> 00:56:45,557
something fun. This world is

1616
00:56:45,557 --> 00:56:46,190
so full of mistakes and

1617
00:56:46,190 --> 00:56:48,292
disasters that we hear of

1618
00:56:48,292 --> 00:56:50,328
every day. Let them have the

1619
00:56:50,328 --> 00:56:52,430
pleasure of a garden. And

1620
00:56:52,430 --> 00:56:54,566
while we're talking about

1621
00:56:54,566 --> 00:56:55,433
closures, help the people get

1622
00:56:55,433 --> 00:56:58,433
their Grady Bridge back so

1623
00:56:59,203 --> 00:56:59,904
they can fish. Thank you.

1624
00:56:59,904 --> 00:57:00,538
>> Thank you, ma'am. Next we

1625
00:57:00,538 --> 00:57:02,938
had the Reverend Kenneth

1626
00:57:10,140 --> 00:57:10,815
Kenneth Mandl Sr. Good Evening

1627
00:57:10,815 --> 00:57:13,215
Council and thank you

1628
00:57:14,118 --> 00:57:14,785
individually and collectively

1629
00:57:14,785 --> 00:57:18,385
or allowing us to have the

1630
00:57:18,389 --> 00:57:19,560
opportunity to speak. I'm here

1631
00:57:19,560 --> 00:57:22,560
to support. I'm sorry, Name

1632
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:25,560
and address. Please. My name

1633
00:57:26,631 --> 00:57:27,832
is Reverend Kenneth, the

1634
00:57:27,832 --> 00:57:30,232
manual my address is 107, 3,

1635
00:57:31,369 --> 00:57:33,369
1, Towne View Drive

1636
00:57:35,773 --> 00:57:38,173
Jacksonville. Thank you, sir.

1637
00:57:39,210 --> 00:57:39,910
But I must say that. Most of

1638
00:57:39,910 --> 00:57:42,310
the information I've gathered

1639
00:57:44,649 --> 00:57:46,751
over the years. Came from my

1640
00:57:46,751 --> 00:57:49,521
service as a deacon as second

1641
00:57:49,521 --> 00:57:51,921
Missionary Baptist Church and

1642
00:57:52,356 --> 00:57:53,491
now assistant minister there.

1643
00:57:53,491 --> 00:57:55,760
And Second Missionary Baptist

1644
00:57:55,760 --> 00:57:56,293
Church addresses 9, 5, 4,

1645
00:57:56,293 --> 00:57:58,693
King's road here in

1646
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:02,464
Jacksonville. And support of

1647
00:58:07,571 --> 00:58:09,971
the. Continuation of a

1648
00:58:10,241 --> 00:58:12,641
affordable housing trust fund.

1649
00:58:13,812 --> 00:58:15,880
Fun here in Jacksonville. Want

1650
00:58:15,880 --> 00:58:19,480
to make 2 points in leave. You

1651
00:58:20,852 --> 00:58:21,686
with a spiritual know. And

1652
00:58:21,686 --> 00:58:22,387
Alex Pearce at Second

1653
00:58:22,387 --> 00:58:24,787
Missionary Baptist Church, a

1654
00:58:25,823 --> 00:58:26,925
congregation. I would have to

1655
00:58:26,925 --> 00:58:28,125
say is probably mostly on the

1656
00:58:28,125 --> 00:58:29,494
North side. But we have those

1657
00:58:29,494 --> 00:58:33,940
in the West side, even Orange

1658
00:58:34,332 --> 00:58:36,700
Park as I formally the

1659
00:58:36,700 --> 00:58:37,468
Southside throughout

1660
00:58:37,468 --> 00:58:39,804
Jacksonville. We have what is

1661
00:58:39,804 --> 00:58:42,204
called elephant fine. And

1662
00:58:43,541 --> 00:58:45,510
we're went out Congress. Have

1663
00:58:45,510 --> 00:58:47,910
difficult times because the

1664
00:58:49,747 --> 00:58:50,514
housing costs. Is so much

1665
00:58:50,514 --> 00:58:52,984
higher. Then what it should be

1666
00:58:52,984 --> 00:58:55,984
for their income. So we

1667
00:58:57,522 --> 00:58:58,223
noticed people spending. 35

1668
00:58:58,223 --> 00:59:00,623
40% 50 and even 60% of their

1669
00:59:02,920 --> 00:59:05,920
income. And so if anything

1670
00:59:06,300 --> 00:59:08,980
happens, they're in trouble.

1671
00:59:08,980 --> 00:59:10,434
So I'll say to you that what

1672
00:59:10,434 --> 00:59:12,470
that does is make people very

1673
00:59:12,470 --> 00:59:14,272
uncomfortable and unable to

1674
00:59:14,272 --> 00:59:17,675
live in a peace knowing that

1675
00:59:17,675 --> 00:59:19,811
they'll be able to meet their

1676
00:59:19,811 --> 00:59:22,747
housing thank you. Thank you,

1677
00:59:22,747 --> 00:59:23,848
sir. We unfortunately a 2

1678
00:59:23,848 --> 00:59:25,683
minute. That deadline for

1679
00:59:25,683 --> 00:59:28,830
everybody. 2 and a timer.

1680
00:59:28,253 --> 00:59:31,253
Next. We had Madison hilt.

1681
00:59:33,124 --> 00:59:35,524
Madison helped. All right.

1682
00:59:37,361 --> 00:59:38,620
Move on Denise Scott. In the

1683
00:59:38,620 --> 00:59:39,431
invite the following to come

1684
00:59:39,431 --> 00:59:39,764
down to the front, please.

1685
00:59:39,764 --> 00:59:41,764
George.

1686
00:59:42,333 --> 00:59:44,733
>> I'm sorry. Joseph George

1687
00:59:45,636 --> 00:59:46,871
Samantha Series, Karen

1688
00:59:46,871 --> 00:59:47,505
Rosenberry Allen Masten and

1689
00:59:47,505 --> 00:59:49,505
Addison Liberty. Patrick,

1690
00:59:51,750 --> 00:59:51,776
please come down to the front.

1691
00:59:51,776 --> 00:59:54,279
>> Hi, good evening. My name

1692
00:59:54,279 --> 00:59:55,279
is Denise. Got my address on

1693
00:59:55,279 --> 00:59:58,879
file. I welcome this. Hold it

1694
00:59:58,949 --> 01:00:00,985
to the debt good to see you.

1695
01:00:00,985 --> 01:00:01,686
Yesterday we celebrated Labor

1696
01:00:01,686 --> 01:00:02,386
Day to honor the achievements

1697
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of American workers and their

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01:00:04,255 --> 01:00:05,322
contributions to this country.

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History tells us that in the

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height of the industrial

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01:00:07,892 --> 01:00:09,894
revolution in the late 18,

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100's, harsh working

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01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:13,431
conditions. They had a 12 hour

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01:00:13,431 --> 01:00:16,431
days, 7 days a week, unsafe

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01:00:18,269 --> 01:00:20,710
conditions and little pain.

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01:00:20,710 --> 01:00:20,772
Thankfully, labor unions know

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01:00:20,772 --> 01:00:21,506
thankfully labor unions have

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01:00:21,506 --> 01:00:25,430
been around for a long time in

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the 1800's labor unions were

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organized and strikes and

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01:00:27,111 --> 01:00:29,114
rallies rallies to address the

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poor and unsafe working

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01:00:30,649 --> 01:00:31,316
conditions today. I'm so

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01:00:31,316 --> 01:00:33,985
thankful for the 2 day work

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01:00:33,985 --> 01:00:37,255
week, the 40 day and today we

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01:00:37,255 --> 01:00:37,922
for the day work week ending

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01:00:37,922 --> 01:00:40,358
child labor make sure kids

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01:00:40,358 --> 01:00:43,358
stay in school, minimum wage

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01:00:43,461 --> 01:00:44,161
and of the basic benefits. So

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01:00:44,161 --> 01:00:47,761
glad that unions gave a force

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01:00:48,766 --> 01:00:50,468
to the everyday worker. And

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01:00:50,468 --> 01:00:52,870
help build a strong middle

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01:00:52,870 --> 01:00:53,571
class. Maybe that's why our

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01:00:53,571 --> 01:00:54,505
state legislature are trying

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01:00:54,505 --> 01:00:58,105
so hard to dismantle the lady

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COUNCILMAN 1000. The people

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01:00:58,977 --> 01:01:01,279
depend on you to have your

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best. The best interest when

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it comes to making decisions

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01:01:05,850 --> 01:01:06,518
for this city. It's become

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01:01:06,518 --> 01:01:08,252
increasingly clear and that

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01:01:08,252 --> 01:01:10,221
you and most of the folks on

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01:01:10,221 --> 01:01:10,888
this council, can't focus on

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01:01:10,888 --> 01:01:11,589
the people when you're too

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01:01:11,589 --> 01:01:12,857
busy looking out for your own

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01:01:12,857 --> 01:01:15,257
selves. India billion out

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01:01:17,362 --> 01:01:19,630
France. I'm told that what you

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01:01:19,630 --> 01:01:20,298
did this to was legal,

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01:01:20,298 --> 01:01:22,333
according to the law because

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01:01:22,333 --> 01:01:24,402
you claim use a political

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01:01:24,402 --> 01:01:25,436
committee to raise funds. But

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01:01:25,436 --> 01:01:26,137
the question is, how does it

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01:01:26,137 --> 01:01:30,750
make? How does it look to the

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01:01:30,750 --> 01:01:30,675
people? Not too many of your

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01:01:30,675 --> 01:01:32,810
constituents can get in

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01:01:32,810 --> 01:01:35,446
someone's private jet to see a

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01:01:35,446 --> 01:01:36,481
baseball game with Donna.

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01:01:36,481 --> 01:01:39,684
Instead of looking out for the

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01:01:39,684 --> 01:01:40,785
great people of this city, you

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01:01:40,785 --> 01:01:41,519
into the developers, know what

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01:01:41,519 --> 01:01:42,186
you can understand. What about

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01:01:42,186 --> 01:01:42,821
the working class and what

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01:01:42,821 --> 01:01:45,590
they're going to win this

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01:01:45,590 --> 01:01:46,758
great. The economy. It's no

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01:01:46,758 --> 01:01:47,959
wonder why so this council

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01:01:47,959 --> 01:01:48,693
don't understand why the

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01:01:48,693 --> 01:01:51,362
people would benefit from that

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01:01:51,362 --> 01:01:53,762
affordable housing Too many

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01:01:53,865 --> 01:01:54,232
million at the new public

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01:01:54,232 --> 01:01:54,932
servant.

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>> Thank Next we have just of

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the sale, George. All right.

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Good evening. My name Joe

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them. It's on the PRESIDENT An

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01:02:06,444 --> 01:02:06,811
off Florida Central Labor

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01:02:06,811 --> 01:02:08,811
Council.

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>> My address is on file. All

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SEPTEMBER. The 3rd Mayor Donna

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Deegan officially proclaim

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SEPTEMBER 7th through 11th

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2026. At label Week in

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recognition of the vital role

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01:02:20,592 --> 01:02:23,394
that working men and women

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play in strengthening our

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01:02:23,994 --> 01:02:26,898
city, our state and our

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01:02:26,898 --> 01:02:29,898
nation. Yes, today we proudly

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01:02:30,168 --> 01:02:31,135
celebrated Labor Day. The

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01:02:31,135 --> 01:02:33,504
North Florida Central Labor

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Council extend our sincere

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01:02:36,574 --> 01:02:37,342
appreciation to our label mail

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01:02:37,342 --> 01:02:39,342
Donna Deegan COUNCILWOMAN

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Monet Holder. And members of

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the community who joined in

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01:02:44,582 --> 01:02:46,582
commemorating this important

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01:02:48,987 --> 01:02:49,721
occasion. Your present help

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01:02:49,721 --> 01:02:51,655
does honor the dignity of work

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and record. And I have the

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01:02:52,323 --> 01:02:54,323
county's contribution of

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01:02:56,795 --> 01:02:57,829
working men and women

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01:02:57,829 --> 01:02:59,263
dedication, sacrifices and

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01:02:59,263 --> 01:03:01,599
commitment have helped build

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01:03:01,599 --> 01:03:03,999
this trip, prosperity and

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01:03:04,869 --> 01:03:07,869
progress about a nation. Labor

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01:03:08,272 --> 01:03:09,507
Day is more than a holiday.

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01:03:09,507 --> 01:03:11,542
Three-day weekend. It is an

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opportunity to recognize men

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01:03:13,144 --> 01:03:15,813
and women. It was hard worry,

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01:03:15,813 --> 01:03:16,614
keep our community moving

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01:03:16,614 --> 01:03:19,614
forward and to reaffirm our

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01:03:19,717 --> 01:03:22,117
commitment to good job,

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01:03:22,687 --> 01:03:23,254
they'll wages, safe work in

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01:03:23,254 --> 01:03:23,854
place and kiahnna me

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01:03:23,854 --> 01:03:25,854
opportunity for working

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01:03:27,725 --> 01:03:28,426
families. You know, Florida

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01:03:28,426 --> 01:03:30,194
Central Labor Council is also

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01:03:30,194 --> 01:03:33,194
pleased to express its support

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01:03:33,498 --> 01:03:35,700
for Mayor de guns. Proposed

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01:03:35,700 --> 01:03:36,434
city budget and respectfully

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01:03:36,434 --> 01:03:37,768
urge the Jacksonville City

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01:03:37,768 --> 01:03:39,337
Council to approve the budget

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01:03:39,337 --> 01:03:42,337
in its entirety. We believed

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01:03:44,208 --> 01:03:44,943
it. Proposed budget represent

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01:03:44,943 --> 01:03:47,943
an important investment in the

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01:03:48,512 --> 01:03:49,180
future about community and in

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01:03:49,180 --> 01:03:49,881
the service and opportunity

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01:03:49,881 --> 01:03:52,281
that working families depend

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01:03:52,650 --> 01:03:55,650
upon. Once again, we extend

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01:03:56,454 --> 01:03:57,188
our heartfelt appreciation to

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01:03:57,188 --> 01:03:59,123
COUNCILWOMAN Modi but standing

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01:03:59,123 --> 01:04:01,392
with labor in being there all

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01:04:01,392 --> 01:04:04,992
Labor Day. Thank you. Thank u

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01:04:06,931 --> 01:04:07,632
next have Samantha Series.

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01:04:07,632 --> 01:04:10,320
>> Samantha Series address on

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01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:10,768
file. I just want to point out

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01:04:10,768 --> 01:04:11,436
7 of our council members are

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01:04:11,436 --> 01:04:14,272
missing from the diocese at

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01:04:14,272 --> 01:04:14,906
this point and you've heard of

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01:04:14,906 --> 01:04:17,306
the saying actions speak

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01:04:18,109 --> 01:04:20,111
louder than words. I would say

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01:04:20,111 --> 01:04:20,812
people missing during public

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01:04:20,812 --> 01:04:21,479
comment, especially one that

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01:04:21,479 --> 01:04:22,980
leaves right before public

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01:04:22,980 --> 01:04:25,980
comment. Start says and action

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01:04:26,317 --> 01:04:29,353
that is noticed and his word.

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01:04:29,353 --> 01:04:30,387
So one point that out there I

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01:04:30,387 --> 01:04:31,322
would like to say that

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01:04:31,322 --> 01:04:33,322
affordable housing is

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01:04:35,493 --> 01:04:36,394
something that's great to be

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01:04:36,394 --> 01:04:38,596
investing in. But I think that

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01:04:38,596 --> 01:04:39,698
we need to actually invest

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01:04:39,698 --> 01:04:40,365
affordable communities instead

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01:04:40,365 --> 01:04:43,134
of just having these random

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01:04:43,134 --> 01:04:44,135
apartments that are for rent

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01:04:44,135 --> 01:04:46,738
or, you know, just put off

1845
01:04:46,738 --> 01:04:49,138
into a random like

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01:04:49,207 --> 01:04:49,907
neighborhood. They actually

1847
01:04:49,907 --> 01:04:50,675
need to have a

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01:04:50,675 --> 01:04:51,643
community-based. So having

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01:04:51,643 --> 01:04:53,378
like a mixed use building in

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01:04:53,378 --> 01:04:54,546
the middle worse, there's a

1851
01:04:54,546 --> 01:04:56,946
storefront people have to

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01:04:57,148 --> 01:04:58,583
drive into work. And sometimes

1853
01:04:58,583 --> 01:04:59,350
people who can't afford homes

1854
01:04:59,350 --> 01:05:00,852
have to take public transit.

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01:05:00,852 --> 01:05:01,353
It takes a long time to use

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01:05:01,353 --> 01:05:03,287
public transit in

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01:05:03,287 --> 01:05:04,121
Jacksonville. It's not the

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01:05:04,121 --> 01:05:07,625
easiest city to get around. If

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01:05:07,625 --> 01:05:09,894
you don't have a vehicle and

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01:05:09,894 --> 01:05:11,296
then pivoting, I would like

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01:05:11,296 --> 01:05:12,290
talk about data centers. I

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01:05:12,290 --> 01:05:13,464
know that it's a little bit of

1863
01:05:13,464 --> 01:05:15,864
a controversial subject, but

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01:05:17,435 --> 01:05:19,571
it doesn't have to be. We

1865
01:05:19,571 --> 01:05:21,506
allow these tech all guards

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01:05:21,506 --> 01:05:23,608
too decide on how these data

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01:05:23,608 --> 01:05:25,743
centers are set up and how

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01:05:25,743 --> 01:05:27,479
they're cool. They let them

1869
01:05:27,479 --> 01:05:29,381
use water while we pricing the

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01:05:29,381 --> 01:05:30,148
water. So much that they can't

1871
01:05:30,148 --> 01:05:32,950
make it a cheaper option to

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01:05:32,950 --> 01:05:33,618
cool U.S. Centers. That data

1873
01:05:33,618 --> 01:05:36,180
centers actually don't need

1874
01:05:36,821 --> 01:05:38,757
water to cool. They have the

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01:05:38,757 --> 01:05:40,658
technology where they could

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01:05:40,658 --> 01:05:42,560
use actual renewable energy

1877
01:05:42,560 --> 01:05:44,562
like I know we're in a race

1878
01:05:44,562 --> 01:05:47,932
with China. Just so, you know,

1879
01:05:47,932 --> 01:05:49,932
America has 4,767 data

1880
01:05:50,801 --> 01:05:51,436
centers. China only has 376

1881
01:05:51,436 --> 01:05:53,836
and China uses renewable

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01:05:54,872 --> 01:05:56,400
energy for them. They don't

1883
01:05:56,400 --> 01:05:58,900
use water. I think it's

1884
01:05:58,900 --> 01:05:58,977
important that we make sure we

1885
01:05:58,977 --> 01:06:01,880
elect a governor that would

1886
01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:02,513
protect our state instead of

1887
01:06:02,513 --> 01:06:03,181
selling it off and using

1888
01:06:03,181 --> 01:06:04,480
pristine lands for data

1889
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,551
centers that are going to ruin

1890
01:06:06,551 --> 01:06:07,185
our make

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01:06:07,185 --> 01:06:10,185
>> Thank u next. We have

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01:06:13,825 --> 01:06:16,161
Caroline Rosenberry. My name

1893
01:06:16,161 --> 01:06:19,161
is Carolyn Rosenberry and my

1894
01:06:19,664 --> 01:06:23,264
address on file. Many of us

1895
01:06:23,300 --> 01:06:23,935
here feel the need is great

1896
01:06:23,935 --> 01:06:26,335
for affordable housing in

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01:06:27,706 --> 01:06:28,339
Jacksonville. And I commend

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01:06:28,339 --> 01:06:30,740
City Council for already

1899
01:06:30,740 --> 01:06:32,410
supporting some programs such

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01:06:32,410 --> 01:06:35,410
as incentives for builders and

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01:06:36,348 --> 01:06:37,148
assistance for home repairs

1902
01:06:37,148 --> 01:06:37,882
that make it easier for

1903
01:06:37,882 --> 01:06:40,882
residents to afford the rising

1904
01:06:41,252 --> 01:06:43,154
costs of living. Instead of

1905
01:06:43,154 --> 01:06:44,655
saying that we're doing

1906
01:06:44,655 --> 01:06:46,658
enough, though, I believe we

1907
01:06:46,658 --> 01:06:48,359
need an all of the above

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01:06:48,359 --> 01:06:48,927
approach looking for as many

1909
01:06:48,927 --> 01:06:51,327
sources of funding as

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01:06:51,563 --> 01:06:53,563
possible. And affordable

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01:06:54,765 --> 01:06:56,367
housing trust Fund would have

1912
01:06:56,367 --> 01:06:59,367
the advantage being a private

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01:06:59,937 --> 01:07:00,705
public collaboration. Once

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01:07:00,705 --> 01:07:02,705
established and affordable

1915
01:07:03,674 --> 01:07:05,443
housing trust fund could seek

1916
01:07:05,443 --> 01:07:06,377
funding. Not only from the

1917
01:07:06,377 --> 01:07:09,113
city, but also from the

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01:07:09,113 --> 01:07:11,113
private sector from

1919
01:07:11,182 --> 01:07:13,170
corporations. Banks,

1920
01:07:13,170 --> 01:07:13,685
foundations Monday, which

1921
01:07:13,685 --> 01:07:16,685
would then be available for

1922
01:07:19,230 --> 01:07:19,724
city directed programs. I

1923
01:07:19,724 --> 01:07:20,558
believe City Council wants to

1924
01:07:20,558 --> 01:07:22,958
do what their constituents

1925
01:07:24,620 --> 01:07:27,331
want. I'm here just stand up

1926
01:07:27,331 --> 01:07:28,566
for the values that encourage

1927
01:07:28,566 --> 01:07:30,835
me to treat others. As I want

1928
01:07:30,835 --> 01:07:34,435
to be treated and provide for

1929
01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:35,707
those in need. Every resident

1930
01:07:35,707 --> 01:07:38,107
deserves housing they can

1931
01:07:40,111 --> 01:07:40,812
afford. I want my taxes to

1932
01:07:40,812 --> 01:07:43,615
assist others who need a leg

1933
01:07:43,615 --> 01:07:44,983
up. And I believe and

1934
01:07:44,983 --> 01:07:47,383
affordable housing trust fund

1935
01:07:48,953 --> 01:07:49,720
is a smart way to leverage our

1936
01:07:49,720 --> 01:07:52,720
tax dollars to provide more

1937
01:07:52,924 --> 01:07:55,493
services. I urge you to

1938
01:07:55,493 --> 01:07:56,160
support the establishment.

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01:07:56,160 --> 01:07:58,560
Have an affordable housing

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01:07:58,663 --> 01:07:59,397
trust fund. Thank you.

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01:07:59,397 --> 01:08:02,997
>> Thank u next. We have Allan

1942
01:08:06,638 --> 01:08:10,238
Masson. I'm al I'm asked by

1943
01:08:10,508 --> 01:08:11,142
addresses on file. So I'm here

1944
01:08:11,142 --> 01:08:13,542
talk about the Affordable

1945
01:08:14,613 --> 01:08:15,213
Housing Trust Fund. I'm just

1946
01:08:15,213 --> 01:08:15,814
going give you a couple

1947
01:08:15,814 --> 01:08:18,214
examples about why it's

1948
01:08:18,950 --> 01:08:21,950
important. My grandson is a

1949
01:08:23,200 --> 01:08:24,880
sophomore at Unf. And over the

1950
01:08:24,880 --> 01:08:24,822
summer, he had a couple of his

1951
01:08:24,822 --> 01:08:27,822
buddies decided they wanted to

1952
01:08:27,925 --> 01:08:29,794
get an apartment together. And

1953
01:08:29,794 --> 01:08:31,960
so after an extensive search,

1954
01:08:31,960 --> 01:08:33,698
they realized, but even with 3

1955
01:08:33,698 --> 01:08:35,333
guys contributing to the rent,

1956
01:08:35,333 --> 01:08:36,670
apartment they couldn't

1957
01:08:36,670 --> 01:08:39,637
afford. One. So he's living at

1958
01:08:39,637 --> 01:08:41,873
home. Prior to coming to this

1959
01:08:41,873 --> 01:08:42,540
meeting. We decide go buy

1960
01:08:42,540 --> 01:08:44,940
Sweet. Pete's. You'll know

1961
01:08:45,210 --> 01:08:48,412
where that is. And so we're

1962
01:08:48,412 --> 01:08:51,412
talking to the server there

1963
01:08:52,583 --> 01:08:53,217
guys probably about 25 or so.

1964
01:08:53,217 --> 01:08:53,885
And we discussed the, you

1965
01:08:53,885 --> 01:08:56,285
know, the affordability of

1966
01:08:57,455 --> 01:08:58,323
housing. And he's another

1967
01:08:58,323 --> 01:09:01,159
person who, you know, is a

1968
01:09:01,159 --> 01:09:02,928
server in Jacksonville. And he

1969
01:09:02,928 --> 01:09:05,928
can't afford his own housing.

1970
01:09:07,265 --> 01:09:07,966
So he's living at home. So

1971
01:09:07,966 --> 01:09:10,366
affordable Housing Trust fund

1972
01:09:13,271 --> 01:09:15,207
is very important. Thank you.

1973
01:09:15,207 --> 01:09:15,941
Thank you, sir. Next has.

1974
01:09:15,941 --> 01:09:17,709
Liberty Patrick, the meantime,

1975
01:09:17,709 --> 01:09:20,211
I want to buy up to the front

1976
01:09:20,211 --> 01:09:22,611
area. Please. Ryan Widmer.

1977
01:09:27,251 --> 01:09:27,986
Bevin, Tucker. Harold Feld are

1978
01:09:27,986 --> 01:09:28,620
Lonny Mills and the River. And

1979
01:09:28,620 --> 01:09:29,887
Cynthia Joseph, would you

1980
01:09:29,887 --> 01:09:33,487
please come down to the front?

1981
01:09:35,727 --> 01:09:36,361
Read Patrick?

1982
01:09:36,361 --> 01:09:37,610
>> Good evening. City Ms

1983
01:09:37,610 --> 01:09:39,461
Addison Liberty, Patrick and

1984
01:09:40,632 --> 01:09:41,333
my addresses on file. First, I

1985
01:09:41,333 --> 01:09:43,701
want to publicly welcome this

1986
01:09:43,701 --> 01:09:45,269
holder to the dais. And I also

1987
01:09:45,269 --> 01:09:48,269
want to thank COUNCILMAN Jimmy

1988
01:09:48,440 --> 01:09:49,608
Palou. So for holding a public

1989
01:09:49,608 --> 01:09:51,143
meeting recently to

1990
01:09:51,143 --> 01:09:51,776
investigate how our city

1991
01:09:51,776 --> 01:09:54,176
handles flock cameras and

1992
01:09:55,113 --> 01:09:55,880
surveillance. I also want to

1993
01:09:55,880 --> 01:09:56,547
thank the community activist

1994
01:09:56,547 --> 01:09:58,947
who pushed this initiative

1995
01:10:00,850 --> 01:10:01,753
forward. I've provided each of

1996
01:10:01,753 --> 01:10:02,487
you with an executive briefed

1997
01:10:02,487 --> 01:10:04,889
detailing exactly how our data

1998
01:10:04,889 --> 01:10:07,250
is being sold and tracked. We

1999
01:10:07,250 --> 01:10:09,361
need to finish what was

2000
01:10:09,361 --> 01:10:10,962
started. Mass surveillance

2001
01:10:10,962 --> 01:10:12,697
cameras and acoustic listening

2002
01:10:12,697 --> 01:10:13,465
devices should be turned off,

2003
01:10:13,465 --> 01:10:16,300
taken down and removed from

2004
01:10:16,300 --> 01:10:17,336
our city completely. They must

2005
01:10:17,336 --> 01:10:20,336
not be quietly replaced by

2006
01:10:20,371 --> 01:10:21,572
another vendors. Technology.

2007
01:10:21,572 --> 01:10:23,775
If any city department wants

2008
01:10:23,775 --> 01:10:24,842
deploy spotlight, cautious by

2009
01:10:24,842 --> 01:10:27,445
tech in our neighborhoods and

2010
01:10:27,445 --> 01:10:28,780
must be voted on by the people

2011
01:10:28,780 --> 01:10:31,180
and a public referendum.

2012
01:10:32,383 --> 01:10:33,618
First, let's be more cautious

2013
01:10:33,618 --> 01:10:34,486
about tech contracts and

2014
01:10:34,486 --> 01:10:36,486
software subscriptions that

2015
01:10:36,588 --> 01:10:37,889
trap us in endless recurring

2016
01:10:37,889 --> 01:10:39,889
fees across various

2017
01:10:39,891 --> 01:10:41,759
departments. We have fleets of

2018
01:10:41,759 --> 01:10:43,894
take-home vehicles as city

2019
01:10:43,894 --> 01:10:45,830
vehicle is a work tool, not a

2020
01:10:45,830 --> 01:10:48,000
taxpayer funded commuter perk

2021
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:49,768
if we extend depreciation

2022
01:10:49,768 --> 01:10:51,670
schedules and audit take-home

2023
01:10:51,670 --> 01:10:54,606
policy citywide, we could save

2024
01:10:54,606 --> 01:10:56,274
millions. Every dollar wasted

2025
01:10:56,274 --> 01:10:58,674
unnecessary vendor spy camera

2026
01:11:00,178 --> 01:11:00,845
or underutilized take-home car

2027
01:11:00,845 --> 01:11:02,747
is a dollar that we aren't

2028
01:11:02,747 --> 01:11:04,916
spending on real crisis like

2029
01:11:04,916 --> 01:11:05,616
housing. We cannot build

2030
01:11:05,616 --> 01:11:06,451
affordable housing when

2031
01:11:06,451 --> 01:11:08,353
developers or strangled by

2032
01:11:08,353 --> 01:11:09,888
months of bureaucratic red

2033
01:11:09,888 --> 01:11:10,588
tape, impact fees and

2034
01:11:10,588 --> 01:11:12,988
specialized hearings just to

2035
01:11:14,325 --> 01:11:15,493
get a shovel in the ground.

2036
01:11:15,493 --> 01:11:16,227
Slash the red tape that makes

2037
01:11:16,227 --> 01:11:19,130
it so expensive to live and do

2038
01:11:19,130 --> 01:11:21,299
business in the city. Protect

2039
01:11:21,299 --> 01:11:21,967
our privacy audit, the fluff.

2040
01:11:21,967 --> 01:11:24,367
And let's make Jacksonville

2041
01:11:24,369 --> 01:11:25,690
affordable. Thank you.

2042
01:11:25,690 --> 01:11:28,669
>> Thank u next. We have Ryan

2043
01:11:30,408 --> 01:11:31,142
Ryan Widmer. I'm sorry.

2044
01:11:31,142 --> 01:11:34,142
>> Ryan Widmer my addresses on

2045
01:11:36,581 --> 01:11:37,748
file. So hello. Good

2046
01:11:37,748 --> 01:11:38,416
afternoon. Council members.

2047
01:11:38,416 --> 01:11:40,318
i'm a longtime citizen and

2048
01:11:40,318 --> 01:11:41,420
resident of Jacksonville and

2049
01:11:41,420 --> 01:11:42,120
entrepreneur who employees

2050
01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:44,622
many amazing citizens in this

2051
01:11:44,622 --> 01:11:47,458
great city. But today I'm here

2052
01:11:47,458 --> 01:11:49,260
talking about bonds. So as I'm

2053
01:11:49,260 --> 01:11:50,620
sure you're all aware, the

2054
01:11:50,620 --> 01:11:50,628
purpose of a city bond is to

2055
01:11:50,628 --> 01:11:52,363
serve as one of the 3

2056
01:11:52,363 --> 01:11:53,640
functions of money,

2057
01:11:53,640 --> 01:11:55,464
essentially a preservation of

2058
01:11:56,501 --> 01:11:57,102
value. But it's no secret that

2059
01:11:57,102 --> 01:11:57,769
our great city is doing

2060
01:11:57,769 --> 01:12:00,739
something not so great with

2061
01:12:00,739 --> 01:12:01,672
our money. Our leaders have

2062
01:12:01,672 --> 01:12:03,274
decided to invest our

2063
01:12:03,274 --> 01:12:04,209
hard-earned money into a

2064
01:12:04,209 --> 01:12:06,778
country that is at the center

2065
01:12:06,778 --> 01:12:07,412
of the world conflict and a

2066
01:12:07,412 --> 01:12:09,800
country that is unknown,

2067
01:12:09,800 --> 01:12:11,480
provoked it or country

2068
01:12:12,884 --> 01:12:13,585
currently being bombed a

2069
01:12:13,585 --> 01:12:14,986
country that has experienced

2070
01:12:14,986 --> 01:12:15,620
for the past 4 years, negative

2071
01:12:15,620 --> 01:12:17,620
immigration and stagnant

2072
01:12:18,656 --> 01:12:19,357
population growth. So not only

2073
01:12:19,357 --> 01:12:21,225
the skilled and affluent are

2074
01:12:21,225 --> 01:12:23,261
leaving the country according

2075
01:12:23,261 --> 01:12:25,661
to their own investment.

2076
01:12:25,763 --> 01:12:27,763
Authorities. 49% of planned

2077
01:12:28,900 --> 01:12:29,534
investments indefinitely

2078
01:12:29,534 --> 01:12:30,802
postponed nbc funding the

2079
01:12:30,802 --> 01:12:33,802
future of an economy has

2080
01:12:35,339 --> 01:12:36,140
declined by 60%. Corporate

2081
01:12:36,140 --> 01:12:38,540
acquisitions into the country

2082
01:12:40,110 --> 01:12:40,745
have dropped from 44 to 4

2083
01:12:40,745 --> 01:12:43,681
investment from the uk is down

2084
01:12:43,681 --> 01:12:44,382
more than 80%. The largest

2085
01:12:44,382 --> 01:12:47,382
sovereign wealth fund in the

2086
01:12:50,355 --> 01:12:51,623
world. Has divested entirely.

2087
01:12:51,623 --> 01:12:52,624
So all of this, along with

2088
01:12:52,624 --> 01:12:54,459
other variables are leading

2089
01:12:54,459 --> 01:12:55,226
the major credit rating

2090
01:12:55,226 --> 01:12:56,728
companies to downgrade the

2091
01:12:56,728 --> 01:12:59,128
rating and posted negative

2092
01:13:03,935 --> 01:13:06,935
future outlooks. So if there's

2093
01:13:07,439 --> 01:13:09,407
an 80% decline in Jacksonville

2094
01:13:09,407 --> 01:13:10,275
or of Jacksonville was being

2095
01:13:10,275 --> 01:13:11,342
downgraded, would we expect

2096
01:13:11,342 --> 01:13:13,342
investments in Jacksonville?

2097
01:13:15,547 --> 01:13:16,180
Certainly not. So include in

2098
01:13:16,180 --> 01:13:19,180
conclusion. I want to say

2099
01:13:22,153 --> 01:13:23,354
this. Why risk the income of

2100
01:13:23,354 --> 01:13:24,220
your citizens to fund a

2101
01:13:24,220 --> 01:13:27,220
country that doesn't have a

2102
01:13:27,358 --> 01:13:28,993
solid rating. Is not projected

2103
01:13:28,993 --> 01:13:29,594
to have one and is quite

2104
01:13:29,594 --> 01:13:31,594
publicly and blatantly

2105
01:13:32,970 --> 01:13:32,964
violating human rights,

2106
01:13:32,964 --> 01:13:33,765
killing innocent women and

2107
01:13:33,765 --> 01:13:34,465
children and whose leaders

2108
01:13:34,465 --> 01:13:36,434
have an arrest warrant. Thank

2109
01:13:36,434 --> 01:13:37,680
you, sir.

2110
01:13:37,680 --> 01:13:40,680
>> Next we have Bob Evans

2111
01:13:46,278 --> 01:13:46,945
Kerr. Good evening. Thank you.

2112
01:13:46,945 --> 01:13:50,545
My name's Bob Evans Kerr my

2113
01:13:50,882 --> 01:13:52,317
addresses on file. For the

2114
01:13:52,317 --> 01:13:54,717
past 18 years I've owned

2115
01:13:55,687 --> 01:13:58,687
operated a small business. And

2116
01:14:00,591 --> 01:14:01,826
run where I have 5 employees.

2117
01:14:01,826 --> 01:14:03,261
And I manage non scientific

2118
01:14:03,261 --> 01:14:05,261
nonprofit, scientific

2119
01:14:05,830 --> 01:14:07,899
societies that focus on food

2120
01:14:07,899 --> 01:14:09,667
safety and environmental

2121
01:14:09,667 --> 01:14:12,667
safety. And I'm here tonight

2122
01:14:12,704 --> 01:14:13,805
to ask you to an established

2123
01:14:13,805 --> 01:14:16,205
and affordable housing trust

2124
01:14:17,750 --> 01:14:17,709
Fund for Jacksonville. This

2125
01:14:17,709 --> 01:14:21,309
year. I lost a very good

2126
01:14:21,413 --> 01:14:23,581
employee. She wanted to buy a

2127
01:14:23,581 --> 01:14:25,584
first home and start a family

2128
01:14:25,584 --> 01:14:26,318
and she found something and

2129
01:14:26,318 --> 01:14:29,918
for double. But it wasn't. And

2130
01:14:30,689 --> 01:14:31,356
run. Not anywhere near our

2131
01:14:31,356 --> 01:14:34,592
business. She had to buy on

2132
01:14:34,592 --> 01:14:35,293
the North side. That meant she

2133
01:14:35,293 --> 01:14:38,293
could no longer keep working,

2134
01:14:38,563 --> 01:14:39,364
forming. The home she could

2135
01:14:39,364 --> 01:14:41,764
afford whatever that hour

2136
01:14:44,200 --> 01:14:44,670
commute. I didn't lose them

2137
01:14:44,670 --> 01:14:47,372
point to another company I

2138
01:14:47,372 --> 01:14:49,875
lost or to geography. And

2139
01:14:49,875 --> 01:14:52,875
she's not alone. My other

2140
01:14:54,779 --> 01:14:55,613
employees who earn 50 to

2141
01:14:55,613 --> 01:14:57,448
60,000 a year. Several of them

2142
01:14:57,448 --> 01:14:58,950
are living with their parents.

2143
01:14:58,950 --> 01:15:01,950
And some are splitting rent 3

2144
01:15:04,856 --> 01:15:06,570
ways. That's an honest wage

2145
01:15:06,570 --> 01:15:07,191
and it still doesn't buy a

2146
01:15:07,191 --> 01:15:10,191
foot hold anywhere near where

2147
01:15:12,463 --> 01:15:13,131
jobs actually are. I asked

2148
01:15:13,131 --> 01:15:15,531
that an affordable housing

2149
01:15:15,533 --> 01:15:18,503
trust fund. It gives you

2150
01:15:18,503 --> 01:15:20,380
dedicated tool. There that

2151
01:15:20,380 --> 01:15:21,840
other cities have done. We

2152
01:15:21,840 --> 01:15:25,109
don't have to invent We need

2153
01:15:25,109 --> 01:15:28,179
the will to find it and a and

2154
01:15:28,179 --> 01:15:29,180
just support local businesses.

2155
01:15:29,180 --> 01:15:31,983
There are paying salaries were

2156
01:15:31,983 --> 01:15:32,751
folks cannot afford a home.

2157
01:15:32,751 --> 01:15:33,552
Thank you for your

2158
01:15:33,552 --> 01:15:35,952
consideration. Thank u next.

2159
01:15:39,657 --> 01:15:41,259
We have Harold Felder. Carol

2160
01:15:41,259 --> 01:15:41,926
field in 1926. North Davis

2161
01:15:41,926 --> 01:15:42,594
Street. And I hope that the

2162
01:15:42,594 --> 01:15:44,963
city of Jacksonville Place,

2163
01:15:44,963 --> 01:15:46,231
these affordable housing.

2164
01:15:46,231 --> 01:15:46,931
>> All throughout the city of

2165
01:15:46,931 --> 01:15:47,599
Jacksonville and not just in

2166
01:15:47,599 --> 01:15:50,969
the inner city where it is

2167
01:15:50,969 --> 01:15:51,937
already gotten started. I need

2168
01:15:51,937 --> 01:15:52,637
floor on this council that

2169
01:15:52,637 --> 01:15:55,370
grass couldn't contractors of

2170
01:15:55,307 --> 01:15:56,700
the city of Jacksonville, not

2171
01:15:56,700 --> 01:15:58,944
picking up paper cutting the

2172
01:15:58,944 --> 01:15:59,644
paper into the grass. Neither

2173
01:15:59,644 --> 01:16:02,480
are they removing could grant

2174
01:16:02,480 --> 01:16:03,148
some sidewalk in a knot

2175
01:16:03,148 --> 01:16:05,548
cutting the easements. I'm

2176
01:16:05,751 --> 01:16:08,751
speaking in particular of the

2177
01:16:08,787 --> 01:16:09,488
along Davis Street. That

2178
01:16:09,488 --> 01:16:12,891
starts with a street and down

2179
01:16:12,891 --> 01:16:14,693
to the U.S. U.S. One

2180
01:16:14,693 --> 01:16:17,693
interstate. Also, I would like

2181
01:16:17,829 --> 01:16:18,529
to see severely overgrown bush

2182
01:16:18,529 --> 01:16:21,966
growing up along the sides of

2183
01:16:21,966 --> 01:16:22,700
the I-95 highway from Edgewood

2184
01:16:22,700 --> 01:16:24,690
Avenue traveling south up to

2185
01:16:24,690 --> 01:16:27,690
the bifurcation of it and

2186
01:16:27,739 --> 01:16:29,739
Wesson. 95 south the

2187
01:16:30,750 --> 01:16:31,576
interstate shopped and removed

2188
01:16:31,576 --> 01:16:32,844
and mow San shot because the

2189
01:16:32,844 --> 01:16:33,478
oh, wow, trees that are

2190
01:16:33,478 --> 01:16:35,878
growing up. There 15 feet

2191
01:16:36,782 --> 01:16:37,449
high. As well. The government

2192
01:16:37,449 --> 01:16:39,849
are not thoroughly removing

2193
01:16:41,219 --> 01:16:43,421
the trash debris. Automobile

2194
01:16:43,421 --> 01:16:45,323
accident. Parts from the

2195
01:16:45,323 --> 01:16:46,658
interstate in these areas. It

2196
01:16:46,658 --> 01:16:47,492
is not the residents living in

2197
01:16:47,492 --> 01:16:49,427
the area that are trashing

2198
01:16:49,427 --> 01:16:51,827
general area in Jacksonville.

2199
01:16:51,997 --> 01:16:54,165
But those traveling through.

2200
01:16:54,165 --> 01:16:55,800
Airs in relation to vacant.

2201
01:16:55,800 --> 01:16:56,568
Lots. Can you please write an

2202
01:16:56,568 --> 01:16:58,968
ordinance that would require

2203
01:16:59,504 --> 01:16:59,600
owners of vacant lot to e#

2204
01:16:59,600 --> 01:16:59,680
#

2205
01:16:59,680 --> 01:16:59,772
#

2206
01:16:59,772 --> 01:17:00,471
#

2207
01:17:00,471 --> 01:17:03,471
a barrier that would prevent

2208
01:17:04,242 --> 01:17:06,144
vehicles from entering to dump

2209
01:17:06,144 --> 01:17:07,479
trashed cars, furniture and

2210
01:17:07,479 --> 01:17:10,479
other materials on these make

2211
01:17:11,716 --> 01:17:12,417
has vacant. Lots. My major

2212
01:17:12,417 --> 01:17:13,510
concerns on the residential

2213
01:17:13,510 --> 01:17:15,451
areas in between Merrill

2214
01:17:17,489 --> 01:17:18,189
Avenue in Davis Reap. All

2215
01:17:18,189 --> 01:17:20,658
right. And new Kings road and

2216
01:17:20,658 --> 01:17:21,259
us one here in the state.

2217
01:17:21,259 --> 01:17:24,259
Lastly, I would like to

2218
01:17:26,698 --> 01:17:27,666
commend the city for planning

2219
01:17:27,666 --> 01:17:28,367
trio. Arrangements of

2220
01:17:28,367 --> 01:17:30,202
Magnolias Palms and crape

2221
01:17:30,202 --> 01:17:33,202
myrtle Zahn of a complimentary

2222
01:17:34,906 --> 01:17:35,573
shrubbery at street interstate

2223
01:17:35,573 --> 01:17:38,900
exit and offer and I-95

2224
01:17:38,900 --> 01:17:38,676
countries. Ram. Thank you.

2225
01:17:38,676 --> 01:17:41,676
>> Thank you, sir. Next we

2226
01:17:43,915 --> 01:17:44,650
have lining Mills. MR. Zone. I

2227
01:17:44,650 --> 01:17:45,383
would like to with you and the

2228
01:17:45,383 --> 01:17:49,583
Bob Dunne terms or if you want

2229
01:17:52,757 --> 01:17:53,725
to come down.

2230
01:17:53,725 --> 01:17:55,725
>> Good evening. Council

2231
01:17:55,793 --> 01:17:57,562
PRESIDENT And council members.

2232
01:17:57,562 --> 01:18:01,162
My name is Lonny Mills. My

2233
01:18:02,300 --> 01:18:04,135
address is on I'm asking the

2234
01:18:04,135 --> 01:18:04,736
council to take an important

2235
01:18:04,736 --> 01:18:05,870
next step in addressing

2236
01:18:05,870 --> 01:18:07,870
Jacksonville's, affordable

2237
01:18:08,573 --> 01:18:09,174
housing needs established the

2238
01:18:09,174 --> 01:18:11,574
fund a local affordable

2239
01:18:12,310 --> 01:18:14,710
housing Trust fund. I

2240
01:18:15,346 --> 01:18:15,980
recognize that Jacksonville

2241
01:18:15,980 --> 01:18:16,681
already invest in housing

2242
01:18:16,681 --> 01:18:19,150
through a number of programs

2243
01:18:19,150 --> 01:18:21,550
and initiatives. Those efforts

2244
01:18:22,420 --> 01:18:24,289
are important. And this

2245
01:18:24,289 --> 01:18:27,289
requests is not intended. To

2246
01:18:31,897 --> 01:18:34,897
replace. Or diminish them. The

2247
01:18:37,869 --> 01:18:38,637
question is. We are doing

2248
01:18:38,637 --> 01:18:41,637
today is enough to meet

2249
01:18:42,941 --> 01:18:45,430
tomorrow's need. Housing trust

2250
01:18:45,430 --> 01:18:47,110
fund would give Jacksonville

2251
01:18:47,110 --> 01:18:47,612
something different, a

2252
01:18:47,612 --> 01:18:48,313
dedicated, accountable,

2253
01:18:48,313 --> 01:18:48,880
long-term funding mechanism,

2254
01:18:48,880 --> 01:18:50,880
focus specifically on

2255
01:18:51,516 --> 01:18:53,516
creating. Preserving and

2256
01:18:56,521 --> 01:18:57,880
protecting affordable housing.

2257
01:18:57,880 --> 01:18:58,690
It could support new

2258
01:18:58,690 --> 01:18:59,791
construction rehabilitation of

2259
01:18:59,791 --> 01:19:00,625
aging homes, emergency

2260
01:19:00,625 --> 01:19:02,794
repairs, rental assistance and

2261
01:19:02,794 --> 01:19:03,494
other locally determine

2262
01:19:03,494 --> 01:19:05,494
priorities. Most importantly,

2263
01:19:06,998 --> 01:19:07,699
it would allow Jacksonville to

2264
01:19:07,699 --> 01:19:09,368
plan strategically instead of

2265
01:19:09,368 --> 01:19:11,368
addressing affordable housing,

2266
01:19:12,270 --> 01:19:14,670
primarily one program, one

2267
01:19:17,709 --> 01:19:18,443
budget. You're at a time.

2268
01:19:18,443 --> 01:19:20,579
Affordable housing to be

2269
01:19:20,579 --> 01:19:22,547
viewed as essential community

2270
01:19:22,547 --> 01:19:24,449
infrastructure. When working

2271
01:19:24,449 --> 01:19:25,149
families, seniors, veterans,

2272
01:19:25,149 --> 01:19:25,984
young adults and people with

2273
01:19:25,984 --> 01:19:28,984
disabilities afford to live in

2274
01:19:30,210 --> 01:19:30,755
the community. They call home.

2275
01:19:30,755 --> 01:19:32,157
Jacksonville benefits. I'm not

2276
01:19:32,157 --> 01:19:34,492
asking the council to choose

2277
01:19:34,492 --> 01:19:36,892
between our existing housing

2278
01:19:37,362 --> 01:19:38,163
programs and the Housing Trust

2279
01:19:38,163 --> 01:19:40,131
I'm asking you to strengthen

2280
01:19:40,131 --> 01:19:41,266
with Jacksonville is already

2281
01:19:41,266 --> 01:19:44,266
doing by adding another proven

2282
01:19:45,804 --> 01:19:46,471
tool to tool box. Please begin

2283
01:19:46,471 --> 01:19:47,106
the process of the steps of

2284
01:19:47,106 --> 01:19:48,339
Jacksonville, Affordable

2285
01:19:48,339 --> 01:19:51,209
Housing Trust fund. With a

2286
01:19:51,209 --> 01:19:51,810
dedicated funding source. Site

2287
01:19:51,810 --> 01:19:53,810
annual public reporting

2288
01:19:55,347 --> 01:19:56,114
results.

2289
01:19:56,114 --> 01:19:59,150
>> Thank you, sir. Next we had

2290
01:19:59,150 --> 01:20:00,685
the Reverend Cynthia just in

2291
01:20:00,685 --> 01:20:02,186
the invite down to the front,

2292
01:20:02,186 --> 01:20:05,186
please. Don Auger James match

2293
01:20:05,357 --> 01:20:07,757
it. Carol Hawkins. Michael

2294
01:20:10,462 --> 01:20:11,129
Smith. And Kim fun to But

2295
01:20:11,129 --> 01:20:14,129
thank you. I believe that's

2296
01:20:17,135 --> 01:20:19,135
that. Good evening.

2297
01:20:19,971 --> 01:20:22,371
>> I am Reverend Cynthia

2298
01:20:22,740 --> 01:20:24,420
Joseph and associate minister

2299
01:20:24,420 --> 01:20:27,642
Saint Paul and the Church and

2300
01:20:28,947 --> 01:20:29,981
my address is on. Recently. I

2301
01:20:29,981 --> 01:20:32,981
just moved from San Francisco

2302
01:20:36,488 --> 01:20:37,189
to come back And be interest.

2303
01:20:37,189 --> 01:20:39,624
It and the affordable housing

2304
01:20:39,624 --> 01:20:42,940
in my community attended the

2305
01:20:42,940 --> 01:20:44,494
finance budget meeting. And

2306
01:20:45,730 --> 01:20:48,130
was very disappointed with

2307
01:20:48,633 --> 01:20:49,334
that decision pertaining to

2308
01:20:49,334 --> 01:20:51,734
the Affordable Housing Trust

2309
01:20:52,704 --> 01:20:55,704
Fund. The city of Jacksonville

2310
01:20:57,642 --> 01:20:59,477
is a beautiful growing city.

2311
01:20:59,477 --> 01:21:00,111
Please don't let our homeless

2312
01:21:00,111 --> 01:21:02,511
population and those who

2313
01:21:05,850 --> 01:21:08,850
cannot afford. The have rent.

2314
01:21:09,554 --> 01:21:10,489
Please don't leave them out.

2315
01:21:10,489 --> 01:21:13,425
Of the growth and development

2316
01:21:13,425 --> 01:21:17,250
of this city. And please do

2317
01:21:18,930 --> 01:21:19,698
not Sean away. From your

2318
01:21:19,698 --> 01:21:20,365
responsibilities and

2319
01:21:20,365 --> 01:21:23,365
commitment to the people of

2320
01:21:25,804 --> 01:21:26,471
this great city. It would be

2321
01:21:26,471 --> 01:21:28,239
greatly appreciated if the

2322
01:21:28,239 --> 01:21:30,239
affordable housing. Trust

2323
01:21:32,710 --> 01:21:36,310
Fund. Be put back into the

2324
01:21:37,416 --> 01:21:39,816
budget because people. And

2325
01:21:41,920 --> 01:21:43,255
every community. In this state

2326
01:21:43,255 --> 01:21:44,890
in the city of is that of

2327
01:21:44,890 --> 01:21:46,489
Florida. Their lives do

2328
01:21:48,326 --> 01:21:48,627
matter. Thank you for your

2329
01:21:48,627 --> 01:21:49,294
time.

2330
01:21:49,294 --> 01:21:52,294
>> Thank Next, we have done

2331
01:22:00,738 --> 01:22:01,940
auger.

2332
01:22:01,940 --> 01:22:02,674
>> Thank Thank you for having

2333
01:22:02,674 --> 01:22:05,674
us. Speak about the Affordable

2334
01:22:07,450 --> 01:22:09,647
Housing Trust Fund. I am with

2335
01:22:09,647 --> 01:22:12,647
the Saint Vincent de Paul

2336
01:22:14,586 --> 01:22:16,586
Society conference Arlington.

2337
01:22:18,390 --> 01:22:19,570
We assist people in the 3, 2,

2338
01:22:19,570 --> 01:22:21,570
2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 7, 7, zip

2339
01:22:23,729 --> 01:22:24,463
codes. Only. However. This

2340
01:22:24,463 --> 01:22:26,998
AUGUST, I was the screener for

2341
01:22:26,998 --> 01:22:28,320
all the calls that come in.

2342
01:22:28,320 --> 01:22:30,432
And I took approximately 70

2343
01:22:31,536 --> 01:22:33,505
calls. This month for people

2344
01:22:33,505 --> 01:22:37,105
who needed help with rent Food

2345
01:22:37,442 --> 01:22:41,642
and j a. We were able to

2346
01:22:44,820 --> 01:22:45,884
assist. 32. Most of those 32

2347
01:22:45,884 --> 01:22:47,884
were within the 3, 2, 2, 1, 1,

2348
01:22:49,421 --> 01:22:50,880
in 3, 2, 2, 7, 7 zip codes. So

2349
01:22:50,880 --> 01:22:52,290
there we were doing what we

2350
01:22:52,290 --> 01:22:53,791
needed to be doing. But we get

2351
01:22:53,791 --> 01:22:57,391
calls from all over the city.

2352
01:22:58,830 --> 01:23:00,865
And can't help them. We don't

2353
01:23:00,865 --> 01:23:01,900
have the the funds or the

2354
01:23:01,900 --> 01:23:05,500
ability to travel as far as 30

2355
01:23:06,338 --> 01:23:07,339
miles from where we are. So

2356
01:23:07,339 --> 01:23:09,674
hopefully I knew I was able to

2357
01:23:09,674 --> 01:23:11,943
get some help for them by

2358
01:23:11,943 --> 01:23:14,479
giving them resources. But a

2359
01:23:14,479 --> 01:23:18,790
lot of the city resources have

2360
01:23:18,216 --> 01:23:19,510
been diminished lately. And

2361
01:23:19,510 --> 01:23:21,451
people call to 1, 1, and

2362
01:23:25,256 --> 01:23:26,240
nobody answers. Any of the

2363
01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:26,724
people they're assigned to

2364
01:23:26,724 --> 01:23:29,427
call the they they can't deal

2365
01:23:29,427 --> 01:23:30,161
with. There's no time or

2366
01:23:30,161 --> 01:23:34,361
funding to do what needs to be

2367
01:23:38,370 --> 01:23:40,905
done. So. I just hope you can

2368
01:23:40,905 --> 01:23:41,807
really re-evaluate the trust

2369
01:23:41,807 --> 01:23:44,309
fund. It's very important to

2370
01:23:44,309 --> 01:23:45,510
the people of Jacksonville who

2371
01:23:45,510 --> 01:23:47,712
can afford their own homes.

2372
01:23:47,712 --> 01:23:50,648
But there's also many people

2373
01:23:50,648 --> 01:23:53,584
who, as we've heard, can't

2374
01:23:53,584 --> 01:23:54,286
work because they whatever

2375
01:23:54,286 --> 01:23:54,987
they're there are they can't

2376
01:23:54,987 --> 01:23:57,987
pay for their own homes

2377
01:23:58,156 --> 01:23:58,823
because they need to live with

2378
01:23:58,823 --> 01:24:01,823
3 or 4 other people to help

2379
01:24:02,428 --> 01:24:02,828
pay the rent. Thank you for

2380
01:24:02,828 --> 01:24:03,461
listening.

2381
01:24:03,461 --> 01:24:05,861
>> Thank you, ma'am. Next

2382
01:24:06,640 --> 01:24:09,640
James match it. Thank you,

2383
01:24:11,436 --> 01:24:14,436
sir. Next we have Carol

2384
01:24:19,811 --> 01:24:20,545
Hawkins.

2385
01:24:20,545 --> 01:24:22,814
>> Hello, my name is Carol

2386
01:24:22,814 --> 01:24:24,483
Hawkins and my addresses on

2387
01:24:24,483 --> 01:24:26,718
file. I'm here also in support

2388
01:24:26,718 --> 01:24:27,352
of the 90,000 people in our

2389
01:24:27,352 --> 01:24:29,752
community who struggle to

2390
01:24:30,388 --> 01:24:31,323
afford a home. I urge you to

2391
01:24:31,323 --> 01:24:33,723
designate and finance and

2392
01:24:33,758 --> 01:24:35,394
affordable housing trust fund.

2393
01:24:35,394 --> 01:24:36,610
Just like 850 other

2394
01:24:36,610 --> 01:24:38,461
communities in America have

2395
01:24:40,299 --> 01:24:40,999
done. I want to thank by

2396
01:24:40,999 --> 01:24:42,999
Councilmember and District 7,

2397
01:24:43,936 --> 01:24:45,837
Jimmy Palou. So and also our

2398
01:24:45,837 --> 01:24:46,939
at-large council member Matt

2399
01:24:46,939 --> 01:24:48,673
Carlucci. Both of these people

2400
01:24:48,673 --> 01:24:49,741
have shown courageous

2401
01:24:49,741 --> 01:24:52,377
leadership on what has been up

2402
01:24:52,377 --> 01:24:53,111
until this point. A minority

2403
01:24:53,111 --> 01:24:55,847
opinion on this council. And I

2404
01:24:55,847 --> 01:24:56,514
hope it doesn't stay that way.

2405
01:24:56,514 --> 01:24:58,617
Many of us know someone who

2406
01:24:58,617 --> 01:24:59,217
should be able to, but who

2407
01:24:59,217 --> 01:25:02,217
can't afford a home in

2408
01:25:02,754 --> 01:25:04,223
Jacksonville. My story is my

2409
01:25:04,223 --> 01:25:04,923
friend Alexa, a single

2410
01:25:04,923 --> 01:25:06,923
middle-aged full-time office

2411
01:25:07,392 --> 01:25:09,695
worker. She spent 2 years

2412
01:25:09,695 --> 01:25:12,431
looking for and couldn't find

2413
01:25:12,431 --> 01:25:13,131
safe, affordable housing here.

2414
01:25:13,131 --> 01:25:14,933
So she left the state to live

2415
01:25:14,933 --> 01:25:17,236
with her parents. Now that

2416
01:25:17,236 --> 01:25:17,936
hurts me personally. And I

2417
01:25:17,936 --> 01:25:20,672
think all of us who help us

2418
01:25:20,672 --> 01:25:21,273
personal story feel that way.

2419
01:25:21,273 --> 01:25:23,242
But I think what's more

2420
01:25:23,242 --> 01:25:26,245
upsetting to me is that we

2421
01:25:26,245 --> 01:25:27,579
have a unf poll from last year

2422
01:25:27,579 --> 01:25:28,313
that show that the top problem

2423
01:25:28,313 --> 01:25:31,313
people face in Jacksonville is

2424
01:25:31,316 --> 01:25:31,983
affordable housing. People

2425
01:25:31,983 --> 01:25:34,383
mentioned housing twice as

2426
01:25:35,530 --> 01:25:36,221
much as anything else, not

2427
01:25:36,221 --> 01:25:38,221
government spending, not

2428
01:25:38,490 --> 01:25:40,592
immigration housing. So I

2429
01:25:40,592 --> 01:25:42,760
wonder how can it be that this

2430
01:25:42,760 --> 01:25:46,931
is not the top issue that our

2431
01:25:46,931 --> 01:25:48,533
council is working on. One of

2432
01:25:48,533 --> 01:25:49,234
the people most fest, the

2433
01:25:49,234 --> 01:25:52,370
people who are most affected

2434
01:25:52,370 --> 01:25:53,238
by this are essential workers,

2435
01:25:53,238 --> 01:25:55,374
bus drivers, health care

2436
01:25:55,374 --> 01:25:57,774
support, staff, entry level

2437
01:25:58,410 --> 01:25:59,845
school teachers, firefighters.

2438
01:25:59,845 --> 01:26:00,612
These are people who went back

2439
01:26:00,612 --> 01:26:01,946
to work during covid while the

2440
01:26:01,946 --> 01:26:05,546
rest of us stayed home. We

2441
01:26:06,885 --> 01:26:08,530
need them. Jesus said whatever

2442
01:26:08,530 --> 01:26:10,155
you did for the least among

2443
01:26:10,155 --> 01:26:12,524
us, you did for me. So as you

2444
01:26:12,524 --> 01:26:16,940
deliberate. I hope each one of

2445
01:26:16,940 --> 01:26:19,397
you will ask. What my legacy

2446
01:26:19,397 --> 01:26:19,797
be here. Who am I helping?

2447
01:26:19,797 --> 01:26:20,466
Thank you.

2448
01:26:20,466 --> 01:26:23,466
>> Thank you, Next we have

2449
01:26:30,576 --> 01:26:31,276
Michael Smith. Good evening.

2450
01:26:31,276 --> 01:26:34,876
My name is DR. Michael Smith

2451
01:26:35,580 --> 01:26:36,314
in my head dresses and file.

2452
01:26:36,314 --> 01:26:37,249
Florida State graduate. I

2453
01:26:37,249 --> 01:26:39,249
returned to Jacksonville 3

2454
01:26:39,818 --> 01:26:42,587
years ago from Chicago after a

2455
01:26:42,587 --> 01:26:43,255
long social work career. The

2456
01:26:43,255 --> 01:26:45,655
last 20 with the Salvation

2457
01:26:46,825 --> 01:26:49,595
Army. You probably know that

2458
01:26:49,595 --> 01:26:50,329
the Salvation Army operates

2459
01:26:50,329 --> 01:26:50,962
shelters throughout the world,

2460
01:26:50,962 --> 01:26:53,865
actually. And one here in

2461
01:26:53,865 --> 01:26:56,100
Jacksonville. In my long

2462
01:26:56,100 --> 01:26:57,636
career working with people

2463
01:26:57,636 --> 01:26:58,370
experiencing homelessness. I

2464
01:26:58,370 --> 01:27:00,772
learned there are many reasons

2465
01:27:00,772 --> 01:27:04,372
they end up on the street.

2466
01:27:04,509 --> 01:27:05,210
Very few want to live unhoused

2467
01:27:05,210 --> 01:27:07,610
some manifest persistent and

2468
01:27:07,712 --> 01:27:08,981
untreated mental illness.

2469
01:27:08,981 --> 01:27:11,981
Other steps to the substance

2470
01:27:12,351 --> 01:27:14,653
abuse challenges. Others have.

2471
01:27:14,653 --> 01:27:16,421
He's the co and intellectual

2472
01:27:16,421 --> 01:27:17,722
limitations. Still, others

2473
01:27:17,722 --> 01:27:19,570
were fleeing domestic violence

2474
01:27:19,570 --> 01:27:20,192
where they lost their housing

2475
01:27:20,192 --> 01:27:22,592
through divorce. Other family

2476
01:27:22,828 --> 01:27:24,828
just connection. Homelessness

2477
01:27:27,399 --> 01:27:28,100
is complicated. I see the

2478
01:27:28,100 --> 01:27:30,500
growing number people living

2479
01:27:30,736 --> 01:27:32,437
on the streets in Jacksonville

2480
01:27:32,437 --> 01:27:34,239
and often wonder what their

2481
01:27:34,239 --> 01:27:37,239
stories are that resulted in

2482
01:27:39,144 --> 01:27:40,120
their homelessness. Don't you?

2483
01:27:40,120 --> 01:27:41,413
Increasingly increasingly

2484
01:27:41,413 --> 01:27:42,460
those in the streets are there

2485
01:27:42,460 --> 01:27:44,416
because there's simply no

2486
01:27:44,416 --> 01:27:46,816
affordable housing. They can't

2487
01:27:47,152 --> 01:27:48,860
afford to pay a security

2488
01:27:48,860 --> 01:27:49,855
deposit first and last month's

2489
01:27:49,855 --> 01:27:53,455
rent to get into an apartment

2490
01:27:54,293 --> 01:27:54,993
even if they could find one.

2491
01:27:54,993 --> 01:27:57,950
And once on the streets, it's

2492
01:27:57,950 --> 01:28:00,198
very difficult to get off the

2493
01:28:00,198 --> 01:28:01,466
street rents continue to

2494
01:28:01,466 --> 01:28:03,368
increase men and women trying

2495
01:28:03,368 --> 01:28:04,200
to survive in the streets here

2496
01:28:04,200 --> 01:28:05,236
deserve a decent and safe

2497
01:28:05,236 --> 01:28:08,807
place to live. As we all

2498
01:28:08,807 --> 01:28:09,441
deserve. There's a desperate

2499
01:28:09,441 --> 01:28:11,710
need for more affordable

2500
01:28:11,710 --> 01:28:14,110
housing in this beautiful

2501
01:28:14,312 --> 01:28:15,147
city. I love the city and I'm

2502
01:28:15,147 --> 01:28:17,349
deeply concerned that many

2503
01:28:17,349 --> 01:28:19,985
can't enjoy basic and fair

2504
01:28:19,985 --> 01:28:22,520
quality of life because of the

2505
01:28:22,520 --> 01:28:23,254
lack of affordable housing.

2506
01:28:23,254 --> 01:28:25,654
Other cities have successfully

2507
01:28:26,157 --> 01:28:26,825
set up the funds, thereby

2508
01:28:26,825 --> 01:28:29,428
providing a first and vital

2509
01:28:29,428 --> 01:28:30,529
step to assisting persons.

2510
01:28:30,529 --> 01:28:34,129
Thank you. Thank u next. We

2511
01:28:34,166 --> 01:28:34,799
have can protect you.

2512
01:28:34,799 --> 01:28:35,434
>> By Roxy McLeod. Please

2513
01:28:35,434 --> 01:28:38,300
going down to the front,

2514
01:28:38,300 --> 01:28:40,305
Brian, the Penske well, its

2515
01:28:40,305 --> 01:28:41,400
tied. Latasha, Hobbs and Blake

2516
01:28:41,400 --> 01:28:44,640
Harper. Please come on down to

2517
01:28:48,514 --> 01:28:49,181
the front.

2518
01:28:49,181 --> 01:28:49,781
>> Good evening. My name is

2519
01:28:49,781 --> 01:28:51,750
Kim fun, Walton and my

2520
01:28:51,750 --> 01:28:52,651
addresses on file. I'm here

2521
01:28:52,651 --> 01:28:55,651
because I followed every rule

2522
01:28:56,588 --> 01:28:57,156
the city gave me. I applied

2523
01:28:57,156 --> 01:28:59,556
for and received the

2524
01:28:59,591 --> 01:29:00,258
certificate of use for my

2525
01:29:00,258 --> 01:29:02,658
permitted garden Spacey. Ou

2526
01:29:03,928 --> 01:29:05,928
number 2, 6, 1, 0, 3, 905. I

2527
01:29:05,964 --> 01:29:07,933
complied fully. I met every

2528
01:29:07,933 --> 01:29:09,134
requirement. I did exactly

2529
01:29:09,134 --> 01:29:11,300
what the city instructed me to

2530
01:29:11,300 --> 01:29:11,903
do. And yet, despite that, I

2531
01:29:11,903 --> 01:29:14,139
have been subjected to

2532
01:29:14,139 --> 01:29:15,640
repeated citations contradict

2533
01:29:15,640 --> 01:29:17,640
reinforcement and treatment

2534
01:29:17,710 --> 01:29:18,744
that no resident should have

2535
01:29:18,744 --> 01:29:20,512
to experience. I attempted to

2536
01:29:20,512 --> 01:29:21,212
resolve this privately and

2537
01:29:21,212 --> 01:29:23,612
professionally. I reached out

2538
01:29:24,849 --> 01:29:27,453
to many of you. And I have not

2539
01:29:27,453 --> 01:29:28,687
received a single response.

2540
01:29:28,687 --> 01:29:31,356
Because of the silence. I'm

2541
01:29:31,356 --> 01:29:32,230
standing here publicly tonight

2542
01:29:32,230 --> 01:29:34,860
to report a very something

2543
01:29:34,860 --> 01:29:36,228
very serious. During a meeting

2544
01:29:36,228 --> 01:29:37,960
on JUNE. Second, inside the

2545
01:29:37,960 --> 01:29:39,496
city's code compliance office

2546
01:29:40,265 --> 01:29:40,999
on Hogan Street, the code

2547
01:29:40,999 --> 01:29:42,968
Enforcement supervisor told me

2548
01:29:42,968 --> 01:29:44,937
in front of another staff

2549
01:29:44,937 --> 01:29:46,710
member that the complaints

2550
01:29:46,710 --> 01:29:47,405
against my permanent garden

2551
01:29:47,405 --> 01:29:48,139
were happening because I am

2552
01:29:48,139 --> 01:29:51,139
allowing black people to come

2553
01:29:53,145 --> 01:29:54,880
into my white neighborhoods.

2554
01:29:54,880 --> 01:29:55,747
He then told me that because

2555
01:29:55,747 --> 01:29:57,683
my neighbor had what can my

2556
01:29:57,683 --> 01:29:59,751
neighbors would continue to

2557
01:29:59,751 --> 01:30:00,919
complain. The citations would

2558
01:30:00,919 --> 01:30:01,787
continue and then I would be

2559
01:30:01,787 --> 01:30:04,787
forced to repeatedly defend my

2560
01:30:06,758 --> 01:30:07,392
permanent garden space. This

2561
01:30:07,392 --> 01:30:09,695
exact pattern has already

2562
01:30:09,695 --> 01:30:11,463
repeated 3 times since JUNE. I

2563
01:30:11,463 --> 01:30:12,564
have received 3 separate

2564
01:30:12,564 --> 01:30:13,164
citations for my permit garden

2565
01:30:13,164 --> 01:30:16,164
space from the city of

2566
01:30:16,268 --> 01:30:18,237
Jacksonville. This is not a

2567
01:30:18,237 --> 01:30:18,870
zoning issue. This is not a

2568
01:30:18,870 --> 01:30:20,739
compliance issue. This is

2569
01:30:20,739 --> 01:30:23,139
racial discrimination. And it

2570
01:30:23,541 --> 01:30:25,541
is completely unacceptable.

2571
01:30:25,644 --> 01:30:27,746
Tonight I'm asking for 3

2572
01:30:27,746 --> 01:30:29,448
things. Number one, identify

2573
01:30:29,448 --> 01:30:30,182
the ordinance that I'm

2574
01:30:30,182 --> 01:30:30,816
allegedly violating and how my

2575
01:30:30,816 --> 01:30:33,216
garden is violating that

2576
01:30:33,718 --> 01:30:35,540
ordinance. Number 2, confirm

2577
01:30:35,540 --> 01:30:35,854
whether the city can impose

2578
01:30:35,854 --> 01:30:36,721
new conditions on my home

2579
01:30:36,721 --> 01:30:39,121
based business under Florida

2580
01:30:40,626 --> 01:30:41,626
law. And number 3, address the

2581
01:30:41,626 --> 01:30:43,228
discriminatory statement made

2582
01:30:43,228 --> 01:30:43,862
by a city official. Any

2583
01:30:43,862 --> 01:30:44,529
enforcement actions that

2584
01:30:44,529 --> 01:30:47,966
appear to be driven by bias

2585
01:30:47,966 --> 01:30:50,200
rather than law. I urge the

2586
01:30:50,200 --> 01:30:51,136
City Council to pass the home

2587
01:30:51,136 --> 01:30:51,970
occupation bill and support

2588
01:30:51,970 --> 01:30:52,838
the right to Garden Act to

2589
01:30:52,838 --> 01:30:55,400
prevent this from happening

2590
01:30:55,400 --> 01:30:55,641
over Jacksonville. Thank you.

2591
01:30:55,641 --> 01:30:58,641
Thank u. Next. We have

2592
01:31:02,715 --> 01:31:04,715
Roxanne, the clout.

2593
01:31:05,830 --> 01:31:07,483
>> Good evening. My name's

2594
01:31:07,819 --> 01:31:10,210
Roxy McLeod. My address is on

2595
01:31:10,210 --> 01:31:11,230
file and I'm so honored to be

2596
01:31:11,230 --> 01:31:11,690
able to be here in front of

2597
01:31:11,690 --> 01:31:15,290
each of you. Thank you for

2598
01:31:16,228 --> 01:31:16,895
your. Insurance throughout the

2599
01:31:16,895 --> 01:31:18,563
each time. You guys have to

2600
01:31:18,563 --> 01:31:19,498
sit here and listen to all of

2601
01:31:19,498 --> 01:31:21,898
us. I appreciate your

2602
01:31:23,135 --> 01:31:25,103
patience. Thank you. I want to

2603
01:31:25,103 --> 01:31:26,404
congratulate 3 of you have

2604
01:31:26,404 --> 01:31:28,574
come out to the community

2605
01:31:28,574 --> 01:31:31,511
garden named Common ground on

2606
01:31:31,511 --> 01:31:32,645
the North side. Thank you.

2607
01:31:32,645 --> 01:31:36,481
Thank you. And I just want to

2608
01:31:36,481 --> 01:31:37,149
see more of you there. So

2609
01:31:37,149 --> 01:31:37,783
you're more than welcome to

2610
01:31:37,783 --> 01:31:39,217
come. Even this Saturday

2611
01:31:39,217 --> 01:31:40,618
morning. If you don't want a

2612
01:31:40,618 --> 01:31:41,287
proper tour and line it up

2613
01:31:41,287 --> 01:31:43,288
with me just come Saturday

2614
01:31:43,288 --> 01:31:44,220
morning, we have a work day

2615
01:31:44,220 --> 01:31:47,622
and guess what? We picked this

2616
01:31:47,960 --> 01:31:49,940
morning. Watermelon. We're

2617
01:31:49,940 --> 01:31:51,930
going to have a party. So

2618
01:31:51,930 --> 01:31:52,631
please come 2 common ground on

2619
01:31:52,631 --> 01:31:54,933
the north side in the

2620
01:31:54,933 --> 01:31:56,935
neighborhood named Panama Park

2621
01:31:56,935 --> 01:31:59,104
just south of You can't MISS

2622
01:31:59,104 --> 01:32:02,104
It. Obviously, I'm also here

2623
01:32:02,340 --> 01:32:04,909
to ask you to definitely. A

2624
01:32:04,909 --> 01:32:05,777
vote for the Hom home

2625
01:32:05,777 --> 01:32:08,447
occupation. Bill and also to

2626
01:32:08,447 --> 01:32:11,150
support the freedom to guard

2627
01:32:11,150 --> 01:32:12,350
act. Appreciate you all. Thank

2628
01:32:12,350 --> 01:32:15,950
you. Have a good evening. It

2629
01:32:16,221 --> 01:32:16,621
to Matt loved purple, Chris.

2630
01:32:16,621 --> 01:32:17,289
Thank you.

2631
01:32:17,289 --> 01:32:20,289
>> Next we have Brian, the

2632
01:32:26,532 --> 01:32:28,330
Penske. Thank you so much. My

2633
01:32:28,330 --> 01:32:31,633
name is Brian Lepenski at my

2634
01:32:33,238 --> 01:32:33,805
address is on file. I'm a

2635
01:32:33,805 --> 01:32:35,805
lifelong resident of

2636
01:32:35,974 --> 01:32:38,374
Jacksonville and I'm here

2637
01:32:38,410 --> 01:32:39,111
tonight or is the full council

2638
01:32:39,111 --> 01:32:40,646
to prioritize our city's most

2639
01:32:40,646 --> 01:32:42,646
pressing crisis. Housing

2640
01:32:45,584 --> 01:32:46,551
affordability. Last month, the

2641
01:32:46,551 --> 01:32:48,187
Finance Committee completely

2642
01:32:48,187 --> 01:32:48,820
stripped the proposed 4.9

2643
01:32:48,820 --> 01:32:51,220
million dollars from the

2644
01:32:52,658 --> 01:32:53,358
Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

2645
01:32:53,358 --> 01:32:54,590
Leaving us entirely dependent

2646
01:32:54,590 --> 01:32:57,590
on federal and state dollars

2647
01:32:57,563 --> 01:32:58,230
that are simply not enough. I

2648
01:32:58,230 --> 01:33:00,230
strongly support COUNCILMAN

2649
01:33:00,665 --> 01:33:01,867
Matt Carlucci, Ys efforts to

2650
01:33:01,867 --> 01:33:02,500
bring forward an amendment

2651
01:33:02,500 --> 01:33:04,500
restoring the 4.9 million

2652
01:33:05,805 --> 01:33:06,505
dollars. I've heard some

2653
01:33:06,505 --> 01:33:08,273
critics tell you this fund is

2654
01:33:08,273 --> 01:33:09,974
too small to single-handedly

2655
01:33:09,974 --> 01:33:11,977
solve the crisis of this

2656
01:33:11,977 --> 01:33:13,979
scale. And that, of course, is

2657
01:33:13,979 --> 01:33:14,680
true. But dismissing this

2658
01:33:14,680 --> 01:33:16,481
funding because it won't fix

2659
01:33:16,481 --> 01:33:18,450
everything overnight is

2660
01:33:18,450 --> 01:33:20,452
dangerous. We do not apply

2661
01:33:20,452 --> 01:33:21,553
that logic to any other city

2662
01:33:21,553 --> 01:33:22,254
service. We don't stop paving

2663
01:33:22,254 --> 01:33:25,254
roads just because we can't

2664
01:33:25,323 --> 01:33:27,826
fix every pothole at once.

2665
01:33:27,826 --> 01:33:28,494
Even the 4.9 million is

2666
01:33:28,494 --> 01:33:30,462
relatively small. The grand

2667
01:33:30,462 --> 01:33:31,130
scheme of our city budget.

2668
01:33:31,130 --> 01:33:33,530
Every dollar is absolutely

2669
01:33:35,301 --> 01:33:38,237
worth it. It means real down

2670
01:33:38,237 --> 01:33:39,170
payment assistance for working

2671
01:33:39,170 --> 01:33:39,772
families. It leverages private

2672
01:33:39,772 --> 01:33:40,772
investment to spur the

2673
01:33:40,772 --> 01:33:43,172
creation of stable below

2674
01:33:43,408 --> 01:33:45,808
market rate housing. Doing

2675
01:33:46,780 --> 01:33:46,711
something meaningful right now

2676
01:33:46,711 --> 01:33:49,111
is infinitely better than

2677
01:33:50,415 --> 01:33:52,317
doing nothing at all. This is

2678
01:33:52,317 --> 01:33:52,951
a crisis when hardworking

2679
01:33:52,951 --> 01:33:53,485
Jacksonville families are

2680
01:33:53,485 --> 01:33:55,154
priced out of their

2681
01:33:55,154 --> 01:33:57,154
neighborhoods. Our entire

2682
01:33:57,623 --> 01:34:00,230
local economy suffers. We

2683
01:34:00,292 --> 01:34:00,926
cannot build a prosperous city

2684
01:34:00,926 --> 01:34:01,593
if the people who keep it

2685
01:34:01,593 --> 01:34:04,593
running can no longer live

2686
01:34:07,632 --> 01:34:08,901
here. Please, please restore

2687
01:34:08,901 --> 01:34:09,868
the funding and we will see

2688
01:34:09,868 --> 01:34:12,437
you on SEPTEMBER 22nd for this

2689
01:34:12,437 --> 01:34:13,138
big vote. Thank you.

2690
01:34:13,138 --> 01:34:16,738
>> Thank u next few have was

2691
01:34:21,780 --> 01:34:22,448
Todd. Name as well as

2692
01:34:22,448 --> 01:34:24,283
tightened with taking down

2693
01:34:24,283 --> 01:34:26,850
addresses on file. Often when

2694
01:34:26,850 --> 01:34:27,653
I hear the word budget, one

2695
01:34:27,653 --> 01:34:31,253
thing comes to mind the word

2696
01:34:31,290 --> 01:34:32,910
austerity. I first heard the

2697
01:34:32,910 --> 01:34:34,326
word and PRESIDENT Jimmy

2698
01:34:34,326 --> 01:34:36,128
Carter's 1979 speech,

2699
01:34:36,128 --> 01:34:37,229
basically austerity means

2700
01:34:37,229 --> 01:34:39,131
taking from the working class

2701
01:34:39,131 --> 01:34:42,131
and giving more wealth to

2702
01:34:42,367 --> 01:34:43,680
those that already wealthy. In

2703
01:34:43,680 --> 01:34:45,437
fact, austerity means cutting

2704
01:34:45,437 --> 01:34:47,306
the funding for public

2705
01:34:47,306 --> 01:34:48,774
services, lowering government

2706
01:34:48,774 --> 01:34:51,174
spending and adding more

2707
01:34:53,110 --> 01:34:54,790
stress to low income families.

2708
01:34:54,790 --> 01:34:54,880
The Department of Government

2709
01:34:54,880 --> 01:34:57,150
Efficiency Doge is not helping

2710
01:34:57,150 --> 01:34:58,830
the people of Jacksonville

2711
01:34:58,830 --> 01:35:01,186
infect if there was waste, it

2712
01:35:01,186 --> 01:35:04,186
was created by. The Republican

2713
01:35:06,825 --> 01:35:07,660
Party. Know. Part-time city

2714
01:35:07,660 --> 01:35:10,328
Council, which is really a

2715
01:35:10,328 --> 01:35:12,728
conflict of interests. Is

2716
01:35:16,101 --> 01:35:16,969
being with. Place to protect

2717
01:35:16,969 --> 01:35:17,569
the interests of the rich land

2718
01:35:17,569 --> 01:35:19,569
owners, developers and

2719
01:35:20,672 --> 01:35:22,674
investors. Just like many

2720
01:35:22,674 --> 01:35:24,476
other city councils across the

2721
01:35:24,476 --> 01:35:25,144
country. The rich come first

2722
01:35:25,144 --> 01:35:27,479
and the rest of us have to

2723
01:35:27,479 --> 01:35:28,113
fight over what's left. When

2724
01:35:28,113 --> 01:35:31,113
you don't provide for the

2725
01:35:31,517 --> 01:35:32,484
needs of society when jobs pay

2726
01:35:32,484 --> 01:35:34,719
low wages, needs of the

2727
01:35:34,719 --> 01:35:37,719
neighborhoods and not met when

2728
01:35:37,823 --> 01:35:38,924
affordable housing is out of

2729
01:35:38,924 --> 01:35:39,624
reach, when there are no when

2730
01:35:39,624 --> 01:35:41,727
there are more liquor stores

2731
01:35:41,727 --> 01:35:43,395
in grocery stores when the

2732
01:35:43,395 --> 01:35:45,395
community's infrastructure is

2733
01:35:47,365 --> 01:35:48,367
crumbling or even nonexistent.

2734
01:35:48,367 --> 01:35:51,469
Then what you have left is

2735
01:35:51,469 --> 01:35:53,672
degradation. When you don't

2736
01:35:53,672 --> 01:35:54,506
provide for the people, then

2737
01:35:54,506 --> 01:35:57,506
you must provide for the

2738
01:35:58,209 --> 01:35:59,511
police. Because we all know

2739
01:35:59,511 --> 01:36:00,512
when you don't provide for the

2740
01:36:00,512 --> 01:36:02,948
people and there are no jobs

2741
01:36:02,948 --> 01:36:05,284
and no housing crime goes up.

2742
01:36:05,284 --> 01:36:07,319
So you must provide for the

2743
01:36:07,319 --> 01:36:10,319
apparatus of control, which is

2744
01:36:11,356 --> 01:36:14,356
the police. Which gets about

2745
01:36:15,160 --> 01:36:16,995
half the city's budget. The

2746
01:36:16,995 --> 01:36:17,829
people well take it much

2747
01:36:17,829 --> 01:36:20,829
longer. They won't take the

2748
01:36:21,433 --> 01:36:23,833
corruption and the greed.

2749
01:36:28,506 --> 01:36:32,706
Thank u next. We have a Hobbs.

2750
01:36:33,545 --> 01:36:34,212
Hi, good evening. My name is

2751
01:36:34,212 --> 01:36:36,612
Latasha Hobbs addresses on

2752
01:36:37,549 --> 01:36:38,450
file.

2753
01:36:38,450 --> 01:36:40,485
>> And I stand before you as

2754
01:36:40,485 --> 01:36:41,553
the mother of my forever, only

2755
01:36:41,553 --> 01:36:44,423
son Maurice Hobbs who was

2756
01:36:44,423 --> 01:36:46,423
murdered JANUARY. 26 2017. His

2757
01:36:47,461 --> 01:36:49,861
murder remains unsolved. Today

2758
01:36:49,895 --> 01:36:51,763
is day 3,512 of me fighting

2759
01:36:51,763 --> 01:36:54,763
for his justice and fighting

2760
01:36:55,767 --> 01:36:57,136
to protect it. I know it's me

2761
01:36:57,136 --> 01:36:58,370
against the world. When I

2762
01:36:58,370 --> 01:36:59,380
stand here supporting use of

2763
01:36:59,380 --> 01:37:02,700
flock cameras and I'm okay

2764
01:37:02,700 --> 01:37:05,607
with that. One. Army mom, this

2765
01:37:05,877 --> 01:37:07,713
fight is not for the weak. As

2766
01:37:07,713 --> 01:37:08,880
I have shared previously,

2767
01:37:08,880 --> 01:37:10,816
according to jso since 2024

2768
01:37:10,816 --> 01:37:13,718
license plate readers have a

2769
01:37:13,718 --> 01:37:16,118
system with 15 murders. Murder

2770
01:37:16,455 --> 01:37:18,455
case is 17 kidnappings, 6

2771
01:37:19,591 --> 01:37:21,591
forcible sex offenses,

2772
01:37:21,794 --> 01:37:23,794
including children nearly 100

2773
01:37:24,830 --> 01:37:26,565
shootings and 172 missing

2774
01:37:26,565 --> 01:37:27,265
person cases. I don't stand

2775
01:37:27,265 --> 01:37:30,265
here with simply an emotional

2776
01:37:30,602 --> 01:37:32,971
plea. And no substance. I

2777
01:37:32,971 --> 01:37:35,207
stand before you with facts.

2778
01:37:35,207 --> 01:37:37,420
Facts that demonstrate

2779
01:37:37,420 --> 01:37:39,442
results. In fact, certainly

2780
01:37:39,678 --> 01:37:41,847
matter. Those numbers aren't

2781
01:37:41,847 --> 01:37:43,480
just statistics. Those our

2782
01:37:43,480 --> 01:37:45,500
lives. I acknowledge Sheriff

2783
01:37:45,500 --> 01:37:46,485
tk Waters decision to Diskin

2784
01:37:46,485 --> 01:37:48,885
discontinue jso issues. A

2785
01:37:49,755 --> 01:37:51,423
flock cameras. And the

2786
01:37:51,423 --> 01:37:53,525
difficult position he was

2787
01:37:53,525 --> 01:37:55,461
placed in my message tonight

2788
01:37:55,461 --> 01:37:57,363
isn't about blame. It's about

2789
01:37:57,363 --> 01:37:59,265
solutions. Every day this

2790
01:37:59,265 --> 01:38:00,299
technology remains

2791
01:38:00,299 --> 01:38:00,966
unavailables another day.

2792
01:38:00,966 --> 01:38:01,633
Investigators are without a

2793
01:38:01,633 --> 01:38:03,369
tool that has helped solve

2794
01:38:03,369 --> 01:38:05,571
murders and bringing missing

2795
01:38:05,571 --> 01:38:06,505
people home. Privacy matters.

2796
01:38:06,505 --> 01:38:08,140
Constitutional rights matter.

2797
01:38:08,140 --> 01:38:09,409
Public safety matters. We

2798
01:38:09,409 --> 01:38:11,277
should have. We should not

2799
01:38:11,277 --> 01:38:13,412
have to replace one to protect

2800
01:38:13,412 --> 01:38:14,413
the other. I urge our local

2801
01:38:14,413 --> 01:38:16,448
officials to work with state

2802
01:38:16,448 --> 01:38:18,448
legislators to establish

2803
01:38:19,284 --> 01:38:21,153
strong safeguards for privacy,

2804
01:38:21,153 --> 01:38:23,422
data access and retention

2805
01:38:23,422 --> 01:38:25,123
auditing transparency and

2806
01:38:25,123 --> 01:38:27,359
consequences for misuse while

2807
01:38:27,359 --> 01:38:29,128
preserving responsible law

2808
01:38:29,128 --> 01:38:29,795
enforcement access and include

2809
01:38:29,795 --> 01:38:30,862
violent crime survivors,

2810
01:38:30,862 --> 01:38:31,563
victims of violent crimes in

2811
01:38:31,563 --> 01:38:33,332
that conversation. Thank you.

2812
01:38:33,332 --> 01:38:35,332
Thank you.

2813
01:38:36,902 --> 01:38:38,137
>> Next we have Blake Harper.

2814
01:38:38,137 --> 01:38:38,938
I'd like to invite the

2815
01:38:38,938 --> 01:38:39,638
following to come down to the

2816
01:38:39,638 --> 01:38:42,638
front, please. The debt load

2817
01:38:44,209 --> 01:38:45,678
that noise that. Lydia Bell.

2818
01:38:45,678 --> 01:38:47,279
Nichols Petros munition Reef.

2819
01:38:47,279 --> 01:38:48,147
>> And there is a kaaria.

2820
01:38:48,147 --> 01:38:51,747
Please come on down to the

2821
01:38:57,823 --> 01:38:59,224
front, MR. Harper.

2822
01:38:59,224 --> 01:39:00,192
>> Like Harper Information on

2823
01:39:00,192 --> 01:39:01,761
file for some of you. You'll

2824
01:39:01,761 --> 01:39:02,428
be jumping up and down in your

2825
01:39:02,428 --> 01:39:04,828
seats because I've actually

2826
01:39:06,398 --> 01:39:07,666
admitted a mistake. Important

2827
01:39:07,666 --> 01:39:09,835
that we recognize our mistakes

2828
01:39:09,835 --> 01:39:10,636
so that we recognize we were

2829
01:39:10,636 --> 01:39:11,136
speaking truthfully and

2830
01:39:11,136 --> 01:39:13,136
accurately versus

2831
01:39:13,872 --> 01:39:16,872
inaccurately. Last time I was

2832
01:39:17,175 --> 01:39:19,440
here, we talked Gary Wiggins

2833
01:39:19,440 --> 01:39:20,946
and then change the street.

2834
01:39:20,946 --> 01:39:23,114
Name. It was not Gary Wiggins.

2835
01:39:23,114 --> 01:39:25,160
It was his father, Cecil

2836
01:39:25,160 --> 01:39:26,918
Wiggins. And you have in front

2837
01:39:26,918 --> 01:39:28,954
of you, the obituary for Cecil

2838
01:39:28,954 --> 01:39:30,789
Wiggins, you see his his

2839
01:39:30,789 --> 01:39:31,523
likeness and you see the

2840
01:39:31,523 --> 01:39:32,224
church that he built that you

2841
01:39:32,224 --> 01:39:35,227
drive by every time you come

2842
01:39:35,227 --> 01:39:38,530
eastbound on. I-10, this is an

2843
01:39:38,530 --> 01:39:39,264
institution. This is a church

2844
01:39:39,264 --> 01:39:42,267
that that reach it reached out

2845
01:39:42,267 --> 01:39:43,802
to get through seesaw that

2846
01:39:43,802 --> 01:39:44,503
through Gary to solve solve

2847
01:39:44,503 --> 01:39:46,705
problems and help people and

2848
01:39:46,705 --> 01:39:49,105
bring the community together

2849
01:39:49,475 --> 01:39:50,509
yet 3 months after Cecil's

2850
01:39:50,509 --> 01:39:52,411
passing, it was requested that

2851
01:39:52,411 --> 01:39:55,814
they change in name. I was

2852
01:39:55,814 --> 01:39:56,548
street to see. So, but that

2853
01:39:56,548 --> 01:39:59,585
was turned down because he was

2854
01:39:59,585 --> 01:40:01,286
not dead for 5 years. You're

2855
01:40:01,286 --> 01:40:02,200
being asked to make a change

2856
01:40:02,200 --> 01:40:06,191
on the street for a person who

2857
01:40:06,191 --> 01:40:06,858
still lives. The reality is

2858
01:40:06,858 --> 01:40:07,560
that you have a two-thirds

2859
01:40:07,560 --> 01:40:09,661
vote that's required. This is

2860
01:40:09,661 --> 01:40:13,261
a serious issue, not a simple

2861
01:40:14,500 --> 01:40:15,401
majority to two-thirds vote.

2862
01:40:15,401 --> 01:40:17,335
Consistency, folks. Let's we

2863
01:40:17,335 --> 01:40:19,571
also have to think about the

2864
01:40:19,571 --> 01:40:21,439
fact that we have a

2865
01:40:21,439 --> 01:40:22,141
Constitution and we have a

2866
01:40:22,141 --> 01:40:22,875
serious series of laws that's

2867
01:40:22,875 --> 01:40:25,275
been with us since 17. 76 8,

2868
01:40:28,114 --> 01:40:29,548
17 83. You don't have to have

2869
01:40:29,548 --> 01:40:30,182
been there to make a decision

2870
01:40:30,182 --> 01:40:33,182
that is consistent with a

2871
01:40:33,719 --> 01:40:34,854
long-held precedent.

2872
01:40:34,854 --> 01:40:35,554
Two-thirds of a vote is

2873
01:40:35,554 --> 01:40:38,554
necessary to change the name

2874
01:40:38,790 --> 01:40:39,591
of the street. I'm not making

2875
01:40:39,591 --> 01:40:41,991
any disparaging remarks about

2876
01:40:43,940 --> 01:40:44,797
Preston, Haskell. Not about

2877
01:40:44,797 --> 01:40:46,231
his politics or business

2878
01:40:46,231 --> 01:40:48,631
practices. What I'm speaking

2879
01:40:49,234 --> 01:40:49,901
about is the fact that week

2880
01:40:49,901 --> 01:40:52,700
have a precedent. We have a

2881
01:40:52,700 --> 01:40:53,906
standard in place today

2882
01:40:53,906 --> 01:40:54,974
requires two-thirds of vote

2883
01:40:54,974 --> 01:40:57,974
changing the name of the

2884
01:40:58,243 --> 01:41:01,113
street is serious. You didn't

2885
01:41:01,113 --> 01:41:02,515
do it because for was 60 so

2886
01:41:02,515 --> 01:41:05,515
Wiggins. If there's I don't

2887
01:41:05,550 --> 01:41:07,619
know why. But we need to keep

2888
01:41:07,619 --> 01:41:08,200
things going consistently.

2889
01:41:08,200 --> 01:41:08,754
Thank you.

2890
01:41:08,754 --> 01:41:12,354
>> Thank u. Next. We have what

2891
01:41:13,992 --> 01:41:15,992
it knows that.

2892
01:41:16,940 --> 01:41:19,694
>> What it that address is all

2893
01:41:21,299 --> 01:41:22,000
fine. Thank you. My name is

2894
01:41:22,000 --> 01:41:22,501
what it knows it. And I live

2895
01:41:22,501 --> 01:41:24,901
in the Des Moines

2896
01:41:26,605 --> 01:41:29,750
neighborhood. I asking you to

2897
01:41:29,750 --> 01:41:31,210
support the Affordable Housing

2898
01:41:31,210 --> 01:41:33,179
Trust Fund. The issue is

2899
01:41:33,179 --> 01:41:34,790
important to me because as a

2900
01:41:34,790 --> 01:41:35,647
current homeowner, I know the

2901
01:41:35,647 --> 01:41:38,250
joy of owning a home as well

2902
01:41:38,250 --> 01:41:40,119
as the holiday. Not been able

2903
01:41:40,119 --> 01:41:43,455
to afford a down payment for

2904
01:41:43,455 --> 01:41:46,158
my first home. This is because

2905
01:41:46,158 --> 01:41:49,758
as a working adult that worked

2906
01:41:49,828 --> 01:41:50,996
2 jobs to support my son. I

2907
01:41:50,996 --> 01:41:52,565
wanted experience the joy of

2908
01:41:52,565 --> 01:41:55,534
been able to put the key into

2909
01:41:55,534 --> 01:41:58,670
a keyhole of my own home.

2910
01:41:58,670 --> 01:41:59,371
Where I will be able to raise

2911
01:41:59,371 --> 01:42:04,760
my son in a house and not an

2912
01:42:04,760 --> 01:42:05,344
apartment. I was raised in a

2913
01:42:05,344 --> 01:42:07,312
home with a yard in a room and

2914
01:42:07,312 --> 01:42:09,315
willing to play it. I want

2915
01:42:09,315 --> 01:42:13,251
this for my son as well. And

2916
01:42:13,251 --> 01:42:14,860
at the time I saw him was in

2917
01:42:14,860 --> 01:42:15,755
elementary when I went to go

2918
01:42:15,755 --> 01:42:18,190
up and tried to buy my first

2919
01:42:18,190 --> 01:42:18,823
home, I spent today because

2920
01:42:18,823 --> 01:42:21,694
that could afford a down

2921
01:42:21,694 --> 01:42:23,963
payment. Even working 2 jobs

2922
01:42:23,963 --> 01:42:25,964
and saving money. At the home

2923
01:42:25,964 --> 01:42:30,164
that I fau the yard for my

2924
01:42:31,570 --> 01:42:32,204
centre. It's one that I want

2925
01:42:32,204 --> 01:42:32,972
to walk through the front

2926
01:42:32,972 --> 01:42:35,374
door. I was not able to afford

2927
01:42:35,374 --> 01:42:38,374
a down payment on my

2928
01:42:39,440 --> 01:42:39,778
assignment, became heartbreak

2929
01:42:39,778 --> 01:42:40,479
and it will take more time and

2930
01:42:40,479 --> 01:42:43,582
more money to find to be able

2931
01:42:43,582 --> 01:42:44,282
to afford a home. By the time

2932
01:42:44,282 --> 01:42:47,386
I did. My son was in his last

2933
01:42:47,386 --> 01:42:48,530
of high school, affordable

2934
01:42:48,530 --> 01:42:50,756
Housing Trust fund can give

2935
01:42:50,756 --> 01:42:52,591
working dots fallen to Lauren

2936
01:42:52,591 --> 01:42:55,591
Composite a chance to purchase

2937
01:42:55,594 --> 01:42:59,194
their own home when we work

2938
01:42:59,298 --> 01:43:00,332
together. Great things happen.

2939
01:43:00,332 --> 01:43:03,332
I'll see SEPTEMBER. The 22nd

2940
01:43:03,735 --> 01:43:04,360
at the next council. Thank

2941
01:43:04,360 --> 01:43:04,670
you.

2942
01:43:04,670 --> 01:43:07,670
>> Thank And next we have

2943
01:43:18,383 --> 01:43:19,151
Lydia Bell.

2944
01:43:19,151 --> 01:43:21,151
Good evening.

2945
01:43:21,787 --> 01:43:23,155
>> From 19 team to the 1960's

2946
01:43:23,155 --> 01:43:25,555
50 years incinerated task. It

2947
01:43:27,259 --> 01:43:28,393
talk to Ashley. Let's spread

2948
01:43:28,393 --> 01:43:31,297
it over to know, said Mina

2949
01:43:31,297 --> 01:43:32,497
residents died from cancer,

2950
01:43:32,497 --> 01:43:34,660
kidney failure. Use young

2951
01:43:34,660 --> 01:43:36,466
women couldn't bear children

2952
01:43:36,535 --> 01:43:40,135
because you don't see do you

2953
01:43:40,405 --> 01:43:41,540
feel death at the class action

2954
01:43:41,540 --> 01:43:43,540
lawsuit. 78 to million

2955
01:43:43,708 --> 01:43:46,708
dollars. You came down this

2956
01:43:47,812 --> 01:43:48,447
street and placed a 51,000

2957
01:43:48,447 --> 01:43:49,681
square feet into a secure

2958
01:43:49,681 --> 01:43:52,681
facility at 300 body. More for

2959
01:43:53,753 --> 01:43:56,121
him to lay out release in bow

2960
01:43:56,121 --> 01:43:56,822
medical feelings. 32 feet from

2961
01:43:56,822 --> 01:43:58,991
our children's school, 3 feet

2962
01:43:58,991 --> 01:44:02,591
from our home. And now a

2963
01:44:02,794 --> 01:44:03,528
concrete pet back and some

2964
01:44:03,528 --> 01:44:04,930
won't see. It only going to be

2965
01:44:04,930 --> 01:44:07,930
a little does when you

2966
01:44:09,167 --> 01:44:09,768
shouldn't be in a dose going

2967
01:44:09,768 --> 01:44:12,768
into people and how and

2968
01:44:14,708 --> 01:44:17,108
bodies. We genocide because

2969
01:44:17,810 --> 01:44:20,810
the continue to patterns of

2970
01:44:21,380 --> 01:44:22,781
death, a monoxide deliver it

2971
01:44:22,781 --> 01:44:25,518
and criminal un to elected

2972
01:44:25,518 --> 01:44:26,840
officials took an old and when

2973
01:44:26,840 --> 01:44:28,840
you consistently and

2974
01:44:28,654 --> 01:44:30,790
repeatedly valley, your old,

2975
01:44:30,790 --> 01:44:32,224
the usoc rent and cramped a

2976
01:44:32,224 --> 01:44:34,827
punishable. But who going to

2977
01:44:34,827 --> 01:44:35,461
Biden got about a guy. The

2978
01:44:35,461 --> 01:44:37,929
people have to bow to GOD

2979
01:44:37,929 --> 01:44:40,332
about a guy. You see the need

2980
01:44:40,332 --> 01:44:42,335
to be voted out of

2981
01:44:42,335 --> 01:44:44,335
individually or collectively

2982
01:44:45,103 --> 01:44:48,103
sued after church Sunday. Had

2983
01:44:49,842 --> 01:44:51,344
it worse. Oda in my house and

2984
01:44:51,344 --> 01:44:52,440
on my tone that had grown to

2985
01:44:52,440 --> 01:44:55,214
get some food and I realized

2986
01:44:55,214 --> 01:44:56,480
it was about medical They

2987
01:44:56,480 --> 01:44:58,884
expect to see of that mole

2988
01:44:58,884 --> 01:45:01,284
least 30 years. You already

2989
01:45:02,121 --> 01:45:05,121
have taken 50 years of death.

2990
01:45:07,793 --> 01:45:08,461
That we will not be giving you

2991
01:45:08,461 --> 01:45:10,296
30 more years. We will not

2992
01:45:10,296 --> 01:45:12,198
give you 30 more years of our

2993
01:45:12,198 --> 01:45:12,831
children and us dying on the

2994
01:45:12,831 --> 01:45:15,601
north side. Power to the

2995
01:45:15,601 --> 01:45:16,235
people.

2996
01:45:16,235 --> 01:45:19,235
>> Thank u next. We have

2997
01:45:24,443 --> 01:45:26,443
Nicholas Petros. Nicholas

2998
01:45:28,314 --> 01:45:31,314
Petrus addresses on file. I

2999
01:45:31,550 --> 01:45:32,618
want to talk to council today

3000
01:45:32,618 --> 01:45:33,285
about a serious issue with the

3001
01:45:33,285 --> 01:45:34,520
budget. We are here talking

3002
01:45:34,520 --> 01:45:36,452
about affordable housing, a

3003
01:45:38,657 --> 01:45:40,192
lot of issues safety the

3004
01:45:40,192 --> 01:45:41,920
pension for the firing. Police

3005
01:45:41,920 --> 01:45:42,461
has been a serious problem for

3006
01:45:42,461 --> 01:45:46,331
the city for a long time has

3007
01:45:46,331 --> 01:45:48,134
been a failing fund and part

3008
01:45:48,134 --> 01:45:48,868
of the reason is because it's

3009
01:45:48,868 --> 01:45:51,268
investing right now, 2 million

3010
01:45:51,470 --> 01:45:52,171
dollars into the and millions

3011
01:45:52,171 --> 01:45:54,807
and millions of dollars in 2

3012
01:45:54,807 --> 01:45:55,507
other Israeli companies.

3013
01:45:55,507 --> 01:45:57,209
Steve, in particular, it says

3014
01:45:57,209 --> 01:45:59,209
Israeli pharmaceutical

3015
01:46:00,146 --> 01:46:01,180
company. It's involved in like

3016
01:46:01,180 --> 01:46:01,880
all the genocidal actions in

3017
01:46:01,880 --> 01:46:04,880
Israel, but its also involved

3018
01:46:05,830 --> 01:46:05,751
in shipping opioids and

3019
01:46:05,751 --> 01:46:07,186
inventing al in the United

3020
01:46:07,186 --> 01:46:10,655
States has been sued in many

3021
01:46:10,655 --> 01:46:11,357
different cities. And so.

3022
01:46:11,357 --> 01:46:14,159
Really this is a win-win-win

3023
01:46:14,159 --> 01:46:14,826
for the city, right? We can

3024
01:46:14,826 --> 01:46:17,826
get rid of our association

3025
01:46:18,330 --> 01:46:19,698
with the company that's

3026
01:46:19,698 --> 01:46:20,399
importing products. And this

3027
01:46:20,399 --> 01:46:21,166
could city this country that

3028
01:46:21,166 --> 01:46:23,769
have caused so many deaths

3029
01:46:23,769 --> 01:46:24,469
cousin died from an overdose

3030
01:46:24,469 --> 01:46:27,807
on fentanyl. And so some that

3031
01:46:27,807 --> 01:46:29,107
really care about. We also can

3032
01:46:29,107 --> 01:46:30,276
cut ties with the Israeli

3033
01:46:30,276 --> 01:46:30,976
company of doing so much

3034
01:46:30,976 --> 01:46:34,180
damage in the Middle East and

3035
01:46:34,180 --> 01:46:36,580
also get better investments

3036
01:46:36,915 --> 01:46:38,284
for our police and fire. I

3037
01:46:38,284 --> 01:46:40,352
mean, take a firefighter. They

3038
01:46:40,352 --> 01:46:41,319
run into buildings to save

3039
01:46:41,319 --> 01:46:41,954
people and their money right

3040
01:46:41,954 --> 01:46:44,890
now is being invested in

3041
01:46:44,890 --> 01:46:45,824
companies that are killing

3042
01:46:45,824 --> 01:46:47,526
people and financing death and

3043
01:46:47,526 --> 01:46:49,895
destruction. Both here and in

3044
01:46:49,895 --> 01:46:50,630
Palestine and Lebanon. So I

3045
01:46:50,630 --> 01:46:51,263
think we really need to take a

3046
01:46:51,263 --> 01:46:52,998
look at this and get this

3047
01:46:52,998 --> 01:46:53,632
resolved. Thank you.

3048
01:46:53,632 --> 01:46:56,632
>> Thank Next, we have a

3049
01:47:07,746 --> 01:47:10,146
meaning, Sharif. Good evening.

3050
01:47:12,484 --> 01:47:13,585
Amina Sharif address profile.

3051
01:47:13,585 --> 01:47:13,952
>> I love that. Town hall

3052
01:47:13,952 --> 01:47:15,952
mayor.

3053
01:47:18,224 --> 01:47:19,910
>> The gun.

3054
01:47:19,910 --> 01:47:22,910
>> And I was very surprised

3055
01:47:22,695 --> 01:47:25,364
when we tried to that heard

3056
01:47:25,364 --> 01:47:28,133
know about the forensic lab.

3057
01:47:28,133 --> 01:47:31,436
That we still say we don't

3058
01:47:31,436 --> 01:47:33,836
need in our neighborhood.

3059
01:47:34,573 --> 01:47:35,274
>> She said she wouldn't mind.

3060
01:47:35,274 --> 01:47:38,274
>> The forensic lab being in

3061
01:47:38,644 --> 01:47:40,644
her neighborhood. Now,

3062
01:47:40,980 --> 01:47:42,980
realistically.

3063
01:47:43,182 --> 01:47:46,782
>> Mayor de going live in and

3064
01:47:46,952 --> 01:47:50,880
then it for a compensation MAY

3065
01:47:50,880 --> 01:47:53,880
even come up. Gusting a

3066
01:47:53,859 --> 01:47:55,928
forensic ally out in Atlantic

3067
01:47:55,928 --> 01:47:58,328
Beach. It hurt neighborhood.

3068
01:47:59,265 --> 01:48:01,665
Would never happen. Talking

3069
01:48:03,536 --> 01:48:05,936
about putting something toxic.

3070
01:48:07,607 --> 01:48:08,307
Forensic Miami in a white

3071
01:48:08,307 --> 01:48:10,707
neighborhood would will come

3072
01:48:11,910 --> 01:48:12,611
up for the city Council. So I

3073
01:48:12,611 --> 01:48:15,214
was very surprised for her to

3074
01:48:15,214 --> 01:48:17,983
even say that she wouldn't

3075
01:48:17,983 --> 01:48:21,583
mind the forensic lab being in

3076
01:48:22,988 --> 01:48:23,656
her neighborhood. All right.

3077
01:48:23,656 --> 01:48:25,656
Police accountability. Too

3078
01:48:27,559 --> 01:48:30,559
many times where the police.

3079
01:48:30,763 --> 01:48:33,163
Abusing their authority. They

3080
01:48:33,799 --> 01:48:36,501
also pose to our rift. People.

3081
01:48:36,501 --> 01:48:39,501
Not beat up people. Not 0.2

3082
01:48:41,440 --> 01:48:43,176
people. In the face, not to

3083
01:48:43,176 --> 01:48:44,543
them by the hidden. What

3084
01:48:44,543 --> 01:48:48,143
happened? We have to make the

3085
01:48:48,146 --> 01:48:50,546
police be accountable for

3086
01:48:51,783 --> 01:48:52,885
actions, not excuse them,

3087
01:48:52,885 --> 01:48:54,653
overlook actions we need

3088
01:48:54,653 --> 01:48:57,530
better training called the

3089
01:49:02,161 --> 01:49:04,630
police. All right. Now. Trump

3090
01:49:04,630 --> 01:49:06,463
has this thing about.

3091
01:49:06,599 --> 01:49:08,501
Something about being people

3092
01:49:08,501 --> 01:49:10,803
with the protection now.

3093
01:49:10,803 --> 01:49:13,238
>> Your time is up. I'm sorry.

3094
01:49:13,238 --> 01:49:16,238
All right. Thank you. Thank

3095
01:49:18,770 --> 01:49:19,144
you. Next we have is a kaaria.

3096
01:49:19,144 --> 01:49:19,878
And please come out of the

3097
01:49:19,878 --> 01:49:23,478
front I call your name. Ashley

3098
01:49:23,816 --> 01:49:26,216
Marie, MacKenzie. Sarah scene.

3099
01:49:27,319 --> 01:49:29,719
Pastor John Turner. Shane

3100
01:49:31,560 --> 01:49:31,757
Tremblay. And Jamie Travis

3101
01:49:31,757 --> 01:49:33,492
Leonard is coming down to the

3102
01:49:33,492 --> 01:49:35,594
front. It's a car. You go

3103
01:49:35,594 --> 01:49:36,228
ahead.

3104
01:49:36,228 --> 01:49:38,628
>> that Correa address on

3105
01:49:40,266 --> 01:49:41,801
file? I'm here to direct

3106
01:49:41,801 --> 01:49:42,969
attention to an urgent city

3107
01:49:42,969 --> 01:49:44,103
budget issue in the midst of

3108
01:49:44,103 --> 01:49:45,838
an affordability crisis. We

3109
01:49:45,838 --> 01:49:47,239
need to support affordable

3110
01:49:47,239 --> 01:49:48,474
housing initiatives as well as

3111
01:49:48,474 --> 01:49:49,750
address the root of the

3112
01:49:49,750 --> 01:49:50,810
problem of where we are

3113
01:49:50,810 --> 01:49:52,645
putting our money in the first

3114
01:49:52,645 --> 01:49:53,345
place. The Jacksonville Police

3115
01:49:53,345 --> 01:49:54,947
and fire pension fund is the

3116
01:49:54,947 --> 01:49:57,483
largest budget crisis in the

3117
01:49:57,483 --> 01:49:59,618
city with 3.3 billion dollars

3118
01:49:59,618 --> 01:50:01,453
in debt. The bad investments

3119
01:50:01,453 --> 01:50:02,254
are part of the issue,

3120
01:50:02,254 --> 01:50:04,220
including bond investments and

3121
01:50:04,220 --> 01:50:05,490
Israeli pharmaceutical company

3122
01:50:05,490 --> 01:50:06,392
Teva tva is the largest

3123
01:50:06,392 --> 01:50:08,126
generic drug manufacturer in

3124
01:50:08,126 --> 01:50:09,227
the U.S. And has a track

3125
01:50:09,227 --> 01:50:11,627
record of price-fixing and

3126
01:50:12,664 --> 01:50:13,765
making medicine affordable.

3127
01:50:13,765 --> 01:50:14,866
People in the city can't

3128
01:50:14,866 --> 01:50:16,335
afford rent. They can't afford

3129
01:50:16,335 --> 01:50:18,437
to buy a home. And on top

3130
01:50:18,437 --> 01:50:20,306
that, all can't even afford

3131
01:50:20,306 --> 01:50:21,600
basic medicine. All while the

3132
01:50:21,600 --> 01:50:21,640
pension fund is invested in a

3133
01:50:21,640 --> 01:50:24,640
company that makes it an

3134
01:50:25,344 --> 01:50:26,440
affordable in the first place.

3135
01:50:26,440 --> 01:50:28,313
It's in just the past decade.

3136
01:50:28,313 --> 01:50:29,470
Tebow has been found guilty in

3137
01:50:29,470 --> 01:50:29,915
multiple lawsuits settling for

3138
01:50:29,915 --> 01:50:32,500
billions of dollars for

3139
01:50:32,500 --> 01:50:33,485
jacking up drug prices and

3140
01:50:33,485 --> 01:50:34,386
pumping fentanyl into our

3141
01:50:34,386 --> 01:50:36,786
communities. The decision to

3142
01:50:38,257 --> 01:50:39,325
reinvest into is up on AUGUST

3143
01:50:39,325 --> 01:50:41,930
on OCTOBER first and we need

3144
01:50:41,930 --> 01:50:41,760
the community come together to

3145
01:50:41,760 --> 01:50:42,395
stop the pension fund from

3146
01:50:42,395 --> 01:50:44,795
investing in a predatory

3147
01:50:45,364 --> 01:50:46,632
company. If anyone in this

3148
01:50:46,632 --> 01:50:48,334
room thinks are talk to a

3149
01:50:48,334 --> 01:50:49,535
should benefit people in

3150
01:50:49,535 --> 01:50:51,935
Jacksonville and not corporate

3151
01:50:52,304 --> 01:50:53,380
interests, you can sign a

3152
01:50:53,380 --> 01:50:54,439
petition Jack space works last

3153
01:50:54,439 --> 01:50:55,674
Eva and stay up to date on

3154
01:50:55,674 --> 01:50:56,876
upcoming pension fund meetings

3155
01:50:56,876 --> 01:50:57,409
because we need to put our

3156
01:50:57,409 --> 01:50:59,409
people first above

3157
01:51:01,514 --> 01:51:02,148
corporations. Thank you.

3158
01:51:02,148 --> 01:51:04,548
>> Thank u next. Ashleigh

3159
01:51:06,518 --> 01:51:07,686
Murray, MacKenzie.

3160
01:51:07,686 --> 01:51:08,320
>> My name is Ashley McKenzie

3161
01:51:08,320 --> 01:51:08,988
with the Jacksonville,

3162
01:51:08,988 --> 01:51:10,988
possibly Solidarity Network

3163
01:51:11,290 --> 01:51:12,791
address on file. I'm here to

3164
01:51:12,791 --> 01:51:14,660
put forth to ask to the fire

3165
01:51:14,660 --> 01:51:16,462
and police pension fund of

3166
01:51:16,462 --> 01:51:17,129
Jacksonville, but also to

3167
01:51:17,129 --> 01:51:17,796
every citizen and Jack. So

3168
01:51:17,796 --> 01:51:20,796
right now, sitting in this

3169
01:51:21,167 --> 01:51:21,901
room who have made

3170
01:51:21,901 --> 01:51:24,270
>> of city council to reinvest

3171
01:51:24,270 --> 01:51:26,500
in the community. We've heard

3172
01:51:26,500 --> 01:51:27,173
about issues of lack of

3173
01:51:27,173 --> 01:51:28,240
affordable housing. We heard

3174
01:51:28,240 --> 01:51:29,175
about how the cost of

3175
01:51:29,175 --> 01:51:30,910
groceries are too high house

3176
01:51:30,910 --> 01:51:32,711
just like way too high to live

3177
01:51:32,711 --> 01:51:33,412
right now. We have a direct

3178
01:51:33,412 --> 01:51:35,981
solution for that and a step

3179
01:51:35,981 --> 01:51:36,649
in the right direction. So the

3180
01:51:36,649 --> 01:51:39,418
first ask is for the police

3181
01:51:39,418 --> 01:51:40,153
and fire pension fund to not

3182
01:51:40,153 --> 01:51:43,153
reinvest into different from a

3183
01:51:43,322 --> 01:51:45,224
cynical bonds that is up for

3184
01:51:45,224 --> 01:51:47,624
maturation on OCTOBER. 1st.

3185
01:51:49,295 --> 01:51:50,290
And the second ask is that we

3186
01:51:50,290 --> 01:51:51,797
would like the fire and police

3187
01:51:51,797 --> 01:51:52,798
pension fund to divest from

3188
01:51:52,798 --> 01:51:55,198
all Israeli companies and

3189
01:51:55,334 --> 01:51:56,200
bonds that we have currently.

3190
01:51:56,200 --> 01:51:58,704
Reason being is because the

3191
01:51:58,704 --> 01:51:59,638
police and fire pension fund

3192
01:51:59,638 --> 01:52:02,408
invest and to form a cynical a

3193
01:52:02,408 --> 01:52:03,643
lose, lose lose situation.

3194
01:52:03,643 --> 01:52:04,277
That benefits no one,

3195
01:52:04,277 --> 01:52:05,477
especially the taxpaying

3196
01:52:05,477 --> 01:52:07,477
citizens of Jacksonville.

3197
01:52:07,546 --> 01:52:09,810
These are commonly issued as

3198
01:52:09,810 --> 01:52:11,384
junk investments in a

3199
01:52:11,384 --> 01:52:12,785
predatory company that has

3200
01:52:12,785 --> 01:52:13,352
helped fuel the opioid crisis.

3201
01:52:13,352 --> 01:52:14,620
And that proudly and

3202
01:52:14,620 --> 01:52:16,550
unapologetically supports the

3203
01:52:16,550 --> 01:52:17,923
genocidal warmongering state

3204
01:52:17,923 --> 01:52:19,191
of Israel where it is

3205
01:52:19,191 --> 01:52:21,593
headquarters and just to give

3206
01:52:21,593 --> 01:52:22,940
a little background

3207
01:52:22,940 --> 01:52:22,761
information on to

3208
01:52:22,761 --> 01:52:23,929
pharmaceuticals, it is the

3209
01:52:23,929 --> 01:52:25,929
largest generic medication

3210
01:52:26,398 --> 01:52:28,200
company in the world. It is a

3211
01:52:28,200 --> 01:52:30,360
predatory corporation that is

3212
01:52:30,360 --> 01:52:33,360
known and found guilty for

3213
01:52:33,238 --> 01:52:33,905
feeling the opioid crisis for

3214
01:52:33,905 --> 01:52:34,639
price-fixing medication and

3215
01:52:34,639 --> 01:52:37,639
for foreign bribery and paying

3216
01:52:38,410 --> 01:52:39,111
kickbacks. It has also agreed

3217
01:52:39,111 --> 01:52:40,913
to pay billions and billions

3218
01:52:40,913 --> 01:52:43,913
of dollars in settlements. It

3219
01:52:44,416 --> 01:52:46,218
has been criminally penalize

3220
01:52:46,218 --> 01:52:46,819
and has been forced to pay

3221
01:52:46,819 --> 01:52:47,386
millions of dollars to

3222
01:52:47,386 --> 01:52:48,554
overall. It's a poor

3223
01:52:48,554 --> 01:52:49,655
investment, especially when

3224
01:52:49,655 --> 01:52:52,525
the pension fund itself is in

3225
01:52:52,525 --> 01:52:53,392
a state of under funded this.

3226
01:52:53,392 --> 01:52:54,126
It is 45% under-funded. It is

3227
01:52:54,126 --> 01:52:57,726
projected to stay that way for

3228
01:52:58,631 --> 01:52:59,165
the next 30 years. It is also

3229
01:52:59,165 --> 01:53:01,565
the largest some of

3230
01:53:01,600 --> 01:53:02,268
Jacksonville's debt sitting at

3231
01:53:02,268 --> 01:53:02,935
3.3 billion dollars. And I

3232
01:53:02,935 --> 01:53:05,335
think with everything we've

3233
01:53:05,804 --> 01:53:07,600
heard today from the citizens

3234
01:53:07,600 --> 01:53:07,940
we owe it to them to invest

3235
01:53:07,940 --> 01:53:10,940
our money in the community

3236
01:53:11,944 --> 01:53:12,378
opposed to a foreign country.

3237
01:53:12,378 --> 01:53:13,790
>> Thank you.

3238
01:53:13,790 --> 01:53:16,790
>> Thanks. We have Sarah. But

3239
01:53:17,917 --> 01:53:18,951
if it's a saint. A time 2.

3240
01:53:18,951 --> 01:53:22,551
>> Sot I have seen since on.

3241
01:53:23,222 --> 01:53:24,290
Thank you. Hi, I'm here on

3242
01:53:24,290 --> 01:53:25,291
behalf of the Jacksonville,

3243
01:53:25,291 --> 01:53:26,792
Palestine Solidarity Network

3244
01:53:26,792 --> 01:53:29,128
and is concerned citizen of

3245
01:53:29,128 --> 01:53:31,640
the city to call for our

3246
01:53:31,640 --> 01:53:32,165
city's police and fire pension

3247
01:53:32,165 --> 01:53:32,798
fund to divest from Tebow

3248
01:53:32,798 --> 01:53:34,132
Pharmaceuticals as one of

3249
01:53:34,132 --> 01:53:36,936
their bonds meters on OCTOBER.

3250
01:53:36,936 --> 01:53:37,603
1st, the police and fire

3251
01:53:37,603 --> 01:53:38,971
pension fund is the city of

3252
01:53:38,971 --> 01:53:40,806
Jacksonville's largest budget

3253
01:53:40,806 --> 01:53:43,642
crisis. The pinch it pension

3254
01:53:43,642 --> 01:53:44,777
fund is 3.3 billion in debt

3255
01:53:44,777 --> 01:53:45,711
and junk investments. Like

3256
01:53:45,711 --> 01:53:47,613
those in tv only worsen the

3257
01:53:47,613 --> 01:53:49,781
situation and waste our tax

3258
01:53:49,781 --> 01:53:50,449
dollars. He wasn't an Israeli

3259
01:53:50,449 --> 01:53:52,218
pharmaceutical company that

3260
01:53:52,218 --> 01:53:53,185
has paid out billions and

3261
01:53:53,185 --> 01:53:55,185
settlements for pushing

3262
01:53:55,254 --> 01:53:57,255
fentanyl products on on cancer

3263
01:53:57,255 --> 01:53:59,191
patients fueling the opioid

3264
01:53:59,191 --> 01:54:00,258
crisis and price gouging,

3265
01:54:00,258 --> 01:54:01,994
life-saving medications as

3266
01:54:01,994 --> 01:54:02,829
someone who lost their brother

3267
01:54:02,829 --> 01:54:04,429
to the opioid crisis, it pains

3268
01:54:04,429 --> 01:54:05,364
me our city would invest in a

3269
01:54:05,364 --> 01:54:07,764
company directly complicit in

3270
01:54:09,401 --> 01:54:10,680
addiction and death. They're

3271
01:54:10,680 --> 01:54:11,503
also complicit in genocide,

3272
01:54:11,503 --> 01:54:12,205
admitting up to 20% of their

3273
01:54:12,205 --> 01:54:14,605
workforce and geisha military

3274
01:54:15,240 --> 01:54:16,108
escalations in Gaza following

3275
01:54:16,108 --> 01:54:16,742
OCTOBER 2023 and are based in

3276
01:54:16,742 --> 01:54:19,142
the Sinai settler colony

3277
01:54:20,312 --> 01:54:21,130
itself. We deserve for tax

3278
01:54:21,130 --> 01:54:21,680
dollars to go to initiatives

3279
01:54:21,680 --> 01:54:23,490
like the Affordable Housing

3280
01:54:23,490 --> 01:54:24,950
Trust Fund that benefit our

3281
01:54:24,950 --> 01:54:25,585
city. Not predatory. Big

3282
01:54:25,585 --> 01:54:27,860
pharma companies pumping

3283
01:54:27,860 --> 01:54:28,200
fentanyl into our communities

3284
01:54:28,200 --> 01:54:30,420
at home and supporting

3285
01:54:30,857 --> 01:54:31,723
genocide, an occupation abroad

3286
01:54:31,723 --> 01:54:32,391
divest from tva, justice for

3287
01:54:32,391 --> 01:54:34,791
Asia, Bennett and Repurpose

3288
01:54:35,394 --> 01:54:36,280
them work.

3289
01:54:36,280 --> 01:54:39,280
>> Thank u next. We have

3290
01:54:46,439 --> 01:54:48,700
Pastor John Turner. Pastor

3291
01:54:48,700 --> 01:54:51,143
John Turner. I'm a pastor at a

3292
01:54:51,143 --> 01:54:53,543
river for years. Verisign.

3293
01:54:54,413 --> 01:54:55,314
Church of Parking King. I'm

3294
01:54:55,314 --> 01:54:55,981
also a member of Eye Care

3295
01:54:55,981 --> 01:54:58,381
which stands for Interfaith

3296
01:54:59,451 --> 01:55:01,451
Coalition. Action,

3297
01:55:02,588 --> 01:55:04,490
Reconciliation and

3298
01:55:04,490 --> 01:55:05,224
improvement. We Congregational

3299
01:55:05,224 --> 01:55:07,224
base organization representing

3300
01:55:08,227 --> 01:55:08,928
different fates, racial and

3301
01:55:08,928 --> 01:55:11,328
economic backgrounds from all

3302
01:55:11,530 --> 01:55:15,130
over the city. Our mission is

3303
01:55:15,601 --> 01:55:18,100
to powerfully addressed. City

3304
01:55:18,137 --> 01:55:20,137
problems. The affordable

3305
01:55:22,341 --> 01:55:23,242
housing. And Affordable

3306
01:55:23,242 --> 01:55:26,842
Housing Fund is in the best

3307
01:55:27,546 --> 01:55:30,546
interest of of the city

3308
01:55:31,583 --> 01:55:33,919
because it it. Directly

3309
01:55:33,919 --> 01:55:36,319
addresses the housing crisis.

3310
01:55:36,322 --> 01:55:37,990
Strength means local economy

3311
01:55:37,990 --> 01:55:39,990
and fosters inclusive,

3312
01:55:40,393 --> 01:55:42,793
sustainable communities. I my

3313
01:55:43,462 --> 01:55:44,730
ensuring that housing costs.

3314
01:55:44,730 --> 01:55:47,130
Remain within the reasonable

3315
01:55:48,634 --> 01:55:49,501
share of income. The fun

3316
01:55:49,501 --> 01:55:51,501
reduces homelessness and

3317
01:55:52,672 --> 01:55:55,720
housing and in. Instead

3318
01:55:56,342 --> 01:55:58,760
ability allowing residents to

3319
01:55:58,760 --> 01:56:00,279
invest in education, health

3320
01:56:00,279 --> 01:56:02,679
care and local businesses.

3321
01:56:03,583 --> 01:56:04,617
This will only improve the.

3322
01:56:04,617 --> 01:56:05,951
The problem, the only improve

3323
01:56:05,951 --> 01:56:09,551
public health and will be and

3324
01:56:11,570 --> 01:56:13,457
bring. Bring also those

3325
01:56:14,600 --> 01:56:15,895
economic resilience through

3326
01:56:15,895 --> 01:56:17,895
increased consumer spending

3327
01:56:18,300 --> 01:56:20,430
and job creation, affordable

3328
01:56:22,568 --> 01:56:24,504
housing. Also. Promotes social

3329
01:56:24,504 --> 01:56:26,904
equality and ensuring people

3330
01:56:27,406 --> 01:56:29,806
from diverse backgrounds. To

3331
01:56:30,109 --> 01:56:31,743
live side by side. And

3332
01:56:31,743 --> 01:56:33,743
ensuring community life

3333
01:56:36,248 --> 01:56:38,248
affordable housing. Creates

3334
01:56:40,285 --> 01:56:42,285
consumer. Creates. Lowers

3335
01:56:46,580 --> 01:56:47,392
traffic congestion and reduces

3336
01:56:47,392 --> 01:56:48,940
environmental impact. Living

3337
01:56:48,940 --> 01:56:48,728
in the fund supports Jackson.

3338
01:56:48,728 --> 01:56:50,728
Thank long-term vitality.

3339
01:56:50,863 --> 01:56:53,863
Thank you so much. Next

3340
01:57:00,390 --> 01:57:01,273
reaction Tremblay. Shane

3341
01:57:01,273 --> 01:57:02,700
Tremblay address on file. I am

3342
01:57:02,700 --> 01:57:05,700
here with the tax will

3343
01:57:05,911 --> 01:57:06,645
Palestine Solidarity Network.

3344
01:57:06,645 --> 01:57:09,645
>> Everything about to say you

3345
01:57:10,150 --> 01:57:13,615
can actually read in detail at

3346
01:57:13,886 --> 01:57:15,487
Jax p s and dot org slash eva.

3347
01:57:15,487 --> 01:57:17,389
That's jx p s and dot org

3348
01:57:17,389 --> 01:57:19,591
slash t e v a.

3349
01:57:19,591 --> 01:57:21,793
>> You'll also find a petition

3350
01:57:21,793 --> 01:57:24,597
there. That petition is one

3351
01:57:24,597 --> 01:57:25,765
you can sign if you agree with

3352
01:57:25,765 --> 01:57:27,866
us. What we believe is a

3353
01:57:27,866 --> 01:57:29,866
pretty popular win-win-win

3354
01:57:29,869 --> 01:57:31,704
issue to have the police and

3355
01:57:31,704 --> 01:57:34,573
fire pension fund drop their

3356
01:57:34,573 --> 01:57:36,573
investments with Tina

3357
01:57:36,642 --> 01:57:38,100
Pharmaceuticals. Previous

3358
01:57:38,100 --> 01:57:41,100
speakers have spoken on tv

3359
01:57:42,248 --> 01:57:43,215
does involvement in the opioid

3360
01:57:43,215 --> 01:57:45,615
crisis. We're talking billions

3361
01:57:46,840 --> 01:57:47,190
of dollars in settlement

3362
01:57:47,190 --> 01:57:47,653
payouts for their

3363
01:57:47,653 --> 01:57:49,653
contributions to pushing

3364
01:57:50,322 --> 01:57:51,230
opioids on folks in just

3365
01:57:51,230 --> 01:57:53,423
generally profiting from drug

3366
01:57:55,395 --> 01:57:57,263
addiction. We found that the

3367
01:57:57,263 --> 01:57:58,297
police fire pension fund had

3368
01:57:58,297 --> 01:57:59,465
these investments just by

3369
01:57:59,465 --> 01:58:01,865
looking at the individual

3370
01:58:02,401 --> 01:58:03,903
investment report of the fund.

3371
01:58:03,903 --> 01:58:05,771
And one thing you'll notice is

3372
01:58:05,771 --> 01:58:08,841
that the majority of the is of

3373
01:58:08,841 --> 01:58:10,900
these investments are in us

3374
01:58:10,900 --> 01:58:10,743
based companies t been a few

3375
01:58:10,743 --> 01:58:13,143
other Israeli companies really

3376
01:58:13,445 --> 01:58:16,683
stand out for that reason. And

3377
01:58:16,683 --> 01:58:17,516
I believe that this money

3378
01:58:17,516 --> 01:58:19,218
should be staying within the

3379
01:58:19,218 --> 01:58:20,953
U.S. Should be helping with

3380
01:58:20,953 --> 01:58:21,821
our economy. Lord knows it

3381
01:58:21,821 --> 01:58:25,891
needs all the help that it can

3382
01:58:25,891 --> 01:58:26,793
get for the city council

3383
01:58:26,793 --> 01:58:30,290
members here believe this is a

3384
01:58:30,290 --> 01:58:30,763
pretty easy popular issue that

3385
01:58:30,763 --> 01:58:31,564
any of y'all could jump on

3386
01:58:31,564 --> 01:58:34,166
board with again, you can find

3387
01:58:34,166 --> 01:58:37,103
more information on the Web

3388
01:58:37,103 --> 01:58:38,237
site. On the note, just

3389
01:58:38,237 --> 01:58:39,571
investing in our people

3390
01:58:39,571 --> 01:58:41,730
investing in Jacksonville. I

3391
01:58:41,730 --> 01:58:41,907
stand in full solidarity with

3392
01:58:41,907 --> 01:58:44,777
all the folks calling for the

3393
01:58:44,777 --> 01:58:46,879
Affordable Housing Trust Fund

3394
01:58:46,879 --> 01:58:49,810
and with the remaining time I

3395
01:58:49,810 --> 01:58:52,810
and repeat that link. That's

3396
01:58:53,819 --> 01:58:55,254
Jack's psn Dot Org. Slash diva

3397
01:58:55,254 --> 01:58:57,757
jx p s and dot org. Slash t e

3398
01:58:57,757 --> 01:58:59,757
thank you.

3399
01:59:00,526 --> 01:59:02,926
>> Thank u Jamie Travis

3400
01:59:05,698 --> 01:59:06,365
Leonard Leonard. In the

3401
01:59:06,365 --> 01:59:09,365
meantime, an invite up Ryan

3402
01:59:09,435 --> 01:59:11,360
Delaney, Casey Jones, Brook

3403
01:59:11,360 --> 01:59:12,705
Day and Kristen Mcclanathan.

3404
01:59:12,705 --> 01:59:14,705
Clan different.

3405
01:59:16,843 --> 01:59:17,577
>> got evening. Good evening

3406
01:59:17,577 --> 01:59:19,345
City Council. My name is Jimmy

3407
01:59:19,345 --> 01:59:21,247
Travis Leonard, my addresses

3408
01:59:21,247 --> 01:59:21,880
on file. First, I'd like to

3409
01:59:21,880 --> 01:59:24,490
invite anybody who is not

3410
01:59:24,490 --> 01:59:24,751
aware of our historic

3411
01:59:24,751 --> 01:59:25,418
durkeeville tour. They'll be

3412
01:59:25,418 --> 01:59:27,687
happening this Saturday at

3413
01:59:27,687 --> 01:59:28,354
Emmett Reed Park starts at

3414
01:59:28,354 --> 01:59:29,540
09:00am. We'll go to about

3415
01:59:29,540 --> 01:59:33,920
noon. Hope to see some of you

3416
01:59:33,920 --> 01:59:34,159
out there. Second, you guys

3417
01:59:34,159 --> 01:59:34,893
are really put yourself in

3418
01:59:34,893 --> 01:59:37,893
some pickles up here. I've

3419
01:59:38,497 --> 01:59:39,131
noticed cutting affordable

3420
01:59:39,131 --> 01:59:41,531
housing is an interesting

3421
01:59:42,535 --> 01:59:44,935
choice, especially. Since in

3422
01:59:45,370 --> 01:59:46,104
JUNE. You all past 26 3.11,

3423
01:59:46,104 --> 01:59:49,104
which was your target growth

3424
01:59:50,376 --> 01:59:51,477
area map. Now. I'm a pack rat.

3425
01:59:51,477 --> 01:59:52,611
So all the times I come up

3426
01:59:52,611 --> 01:59:53,345
here speak. I keep all that so

3427
01:59:53,345 --> 01:59:53,979
I can come back your mind. You

3428
01:59:53,979 --> 01:59:55,114
of the things you've done

3429
01:59:55,114 --> 01:59:58,714
since you seem to forget. And

3430
01:59:59,152 --> 01:59:59,819
that map. To have right here.

3431
01:59:59,819 --> 02:00:02,922
>> You know, a lot of those

3432
02:00:02,922 --> 02:00:04,823
areas, low income deserts,

3433
02:00:04,823 --> 02:00:05,224
places where affordable

3434
02:00:05,224 --> 02:00:07,224
housing is.

3435
02:00:08,895 --> 02:00:09,528
>> Very much needed. So I

3436
02:00:09,528 --> 02:00:10,462
think it's interesting

3437
02:00:10,462 --> 02:00:14,620
considering it was a 15 to one

3438
02:00:14,100 --> 02:00:14,767
vote course are no vote. Was

3439
02:00:14,767 --> 02:00:17,167
Diamond Island. But besides

3440
02:00:20,639 --> 02:00:23,342
that, again, I just taking

3441
02:00:23,342 --> 02:00:24,276
that out of the budget. Seems

3442
02:00:24,276 --> 02:00:25,345
like such an interesting

3443
02:00:25,345 --> 02:00:27,914
choice. I came up for several

3444
02:00:27,914 --> 02:00:28,715
city council using meetings to

3445
02:00:28,715 --> 02:00:30,716
talk about affordable housing

3446
02:00:30,716 --> 02:00:31,383
in this city. I stopped

3447
02:00:31,383 --> 02:00:34,687
because you all seem to be

3448
02:00:34,687 --> 02:00:35,287
moving in a direction that was

3449
02:00:35,287 --> 02:00:36,689
addressing some of the

3450
02:00:36,689 --> 02:00:39,890
shortages. We have especially

3451
02:00:41,394 --> 02:00:43,620
considering. Our rent or 2

3452
02:00:43,620 --> 02:00:45,640
home ownership rate being

3453
02:00:45,640 --> 02:00:48,640
less. Then the state rate,

3454
02:00:48,600 --> 02:00:50,600
especially considering that.

3455
02:00:52,838 --> 02:00:53,539
Median income. Is putting

3456
02:00:53,539 --> 02:00:57,139
people and a place where they

3457
02:00:57,176 --> 02:00:57,910
can afford to buy houses

3458
02:00:57,910 --> 02:00:59,278
because they're buying a house

3459
02:00:59,278 --> 02:01:00,379
for them would be 30% income,

3460
02:01:00,379 --> 02:01:02,682
which is the Max amended by

3461
02:01:02,682 --> 02:01:04,650
any financial adviser. And now

3462
02:01:04,650 --> 02:01:05,251
your pulling funds to

3463
02:01:05,251 --> 02:01:07,651
alleviate some of those

3464
02:01:08,870 --> 02:01:08,754
people. That's a choice. I

3465
02:01:08,754 --> 02:01:11,457
don't think it's the right

3466
02:01:11,457 --> 02:01:13,457
one.

3467
02:01:19,331 --> 02:01:20,432
>> Thank u next Brian Delaney.

3468
02:01:20,432 --> 02:01:21,340
Brian Delaney address on file.

3469
02:01:21,340 --> 02:01:22,936
I'm here today with the

3470
02:01:22,936 --> 02:01:24,370
Jacksonville, Palestine

3471
02:01:24,370 --> 02:01:25,971
Solidarity Network.

3472
02:01:25,971 --> 02:01:26,639
>> I want to continue to talk

3473
02:01:26,639 --> 02:01:28,407
to you all about the police

3474
02:01:28,407 --> 02:01:29,242
and fire pension. But I just

3475
02:01:29,242 --> 02:01:32,842
want to comment and say, you

3476
02:01:33,579 --> 02:01:34,246
know, I think your job as

3477
02:01:34,246 --> 02:01:34,980
politicians very difficult.

3478
02:01:34,980 --> 02:01:35,948
One thing that you all want to

3479
02:01:35,948 --> 02:01:37,249
do is make change one of the

3480
02:01:37,249 --> 02:01:39,649
most difficult things about

3481
02:01:40,619 --> 02:01:42,989
that is the question of taxes

3482
02:01:42,989 --> 02:01:43,656
and the question of expenses.

3483
02:01:43,656 --> 02:01:44,323
But what we're hearing here

3484
02:01:44,323 --> 02:01:47,260
today is that a lot of the

3485
02:01:47,260 --> 02:01:48,460
people of Jacksonville, they

3486
02:01:48,460 --> 02:01:49,161
actually approve of

3487
02:01:49,161 --> 02:01:49,796
expenditures being made when

3488
02:01:49,796 --> 02:01:51,497
it's something that makes

3489
02:01:51,497 --> 02:01:53,699
sense for them when it's

3490
02:01:53,699 --> 02:01:54,634
something like public housing

3491
02:01:54,634 --> 02:01:56,435
when it's something like

3492
02:01:56,435 --> 02:01:58,835
science programs for kids,

3493
02:01:59,205 --> 02:02:01,273
what we don't approve of is

3494
02:02:01,273 --> 02:02:03,409
spending that does not make

3495
02:02:03,409 --> 02:02:06,512
any sense. And I I'm here to

3496
02:02:06,512 --> 02:02:07,179
say that the investments that

3497
02:02:07,179 --> 02:02:08,114
the police and fire pension

3498
02:02:08,114 --> 02:02:09,982
fund makes into tv

3499
02:02:09,982 --> 02:02:10,883
pharmaceuticals, they do not

3500
02:02:10,883 --> 02:02:14,454
make sense. They are not good

3501
02:02:14,454 --> 02:02:16,421
bonds. There are rated as junk

3502
02:02:16,421 --> 02:02:17,390
investments and we already

3503
02:02:17,390 --> 02:02:19,325
know what a sorry, state our

3504
02:02:19,325 --> 02:02:21,527
police and fire pensions are

3505
02:02:21,527 --> 02:02:23,195
in. They have massive amounts

3506
02:02:23,195 --> 02:02:25,365
of debt that we need to fix,

3507
02:02:25,365 --> 02:02:26,499
right, because we cannot have

3508
02:02:26,499 --> 02:02:27,200
our first responders going

3509
02:02:27,200 --> 02:02:27,967
homeless when they retire. We

3510
02:02:27,967 --> 02:02:30,836
need to solve the problem with

3511
02:02:30,836 --> 02:02:32,171
our our pensions and these

3512
02:02:32,171 --> 02:02:33,139
these bad investments do not

3513
02:02:33,139 --> 02:02:36,139
help what makes even less

3514
02:02:36,776 --> 02:02:37,510
sense about them is that the

3515
02:02:37,510 --> 02:02:40,479
the first responders that this

3516
02:02:40,479 --> 02:02:43,449
pension fund is for? They are

3517
02:02:43,449 --> 02:02:45,284
the ones who have to be at the

3518
02:02:45,284 --> 02:02:45,985
front of this opioid crisis.

3519
02:02:45,985 --> 02:02:48,385
That Teva Pharmaceuticals is

3520
02:02:49,210 --> 02:02:49,755
directly implicated in our

3521
02:02:49,755 --> 02:02:50,423
firefighters. Some of the most

3522
02:02:50,423 --> 02:02:51,724
stressful moments of their

3523
02:02:51,724 --> 02:02:53,158
careers have to do with the

3524
02:02:53,158 --> 02:02:53,859
opioid crisis, all first

3525
02:02:53,859 --> 02:02:55,461
responders, some of the most

3526
02:02:55,461 --> 02:02:57,630
stressful periods of there

3527
02:02:57,630 --> 02:02:59,332
careers have to do with this

3528
02:02:59,332 --> 02:03:00,320
opioid crisis and all of the

3529
02:03:00,320 --> 02:03:02,101
people in this room have been

3530
02:03:02,101 --> 02:03:03,336
horribly affected by the

3531
02:03:03,336 --> 02:03:03,969
opioid crisis. So many people

3532
02:03:03,969 --> 02:03:04,637
have already spoken about

3533
02:03:04,637 --> 02:03:07,370
personal family members and

3534
02:03:07,140 --> 02:03:07,807
friends that have been killed.

3535
02:03:07,807 --> 02:03:08,407
One of my best friends from

3536
02:03:08,407 --> 02:03:10,476
high school died of an

3537
02:03:10,476 --> 02:03:11,477
overdose on fentanyl. And I

3538
02:03:11,477 --> 02:03:13,790
have no doubt that the people

3539
02:03:13,790 --> 02:03:15,481
in front of me and the people

3540
02:03:15,481 --> 02:03:16,149
behind me can all say the same

3541
02:03:16,149 --> 02:03:17,917
thing that someone in their

3542
02:03:17,917 --> 02:03:18,984
life has been horribly

3543
02:03:18,984 --> 02:03:21,540
impacted by fentanyl. And so

3544
02:03:21,540 --> 02:03:23,323
we ask you to work with us to

3545
02:03:23,323 --> 02:03:26,323
end this crisis. Thank you.

3546
02:03:32,632 --> 02:03:33,366
Thank u next. Casey Jones.

3547
02:03:33,366 --> 02:03:36,966
>> I do in the Casey addresses

3548
02:03:37,370 --> 02:03:40,370
all I think everybody knows

3549
02:03:43,420 --> 02:03:44,110
why here. And the battle is

3550
02:03:44,110 --> 02:03:47,513
not over with we. We actually

3551
02:03:47,513 --> 02:03:51,113
want to a few battles. The

3552
02:03:51,150 --> 02:03:53,486
state and the city. Still

3553
02:03:53,486 --> 02:03:57,686
calling on you all. To make a

3554
02:03:58,324 --> 02:04:01,924
city rule. And Paul's. For the

3555
02:04:01,961 --> 02:04:04,361
whole county. The beaches

3556
02:04:04,764 --> 02:04:07,433
still have. The flock cameras

3557
02:04:07,433 --> 02:04:11,633
wide open. I don't know if I

3558
02:04:15,241 --> 02:04:15,942
can. Talk to city attorney.

3559
02:04:15,942 --> 02:04:19,445
See if you all pass a rule a

3560
02:04:19,445 --> 02:04:21,130
90 day ban until. The state of

3561
02:04:21,130 --> 02:04:23,382
Florida rules on on this and

3562
02:04:23,382 --> 02:04:26,382
with legislation. But I still

3563
02:04:27,653 --> 02:04:28,955
call you all to do something.

3564
02:04:28,955 --> 02:04:30,756
I want to see here not do

3565
02:04:30,756 --> 02:04:33,756
nothing. I've been coming for

3566
02:04:34,660 --> 02:04:37,660
almost 2 months trying to ask.

3567
02:04:39,732 --> 02:04:40,399
For something some kind of Our

3568
02:04:40,399 --> 02:04:41,166
our great governor finally

3569
02:04:41,166 --> 02:04:44,766
stepped up to the plate, did

3570
02:04:47,172 --> 02:04:47,873
something. But it's only state

3571
02:04:47,873 --> 02:04:50,273
state roads. Everybody knows

3572
02:04:53,460 --> 02:04:53,646
what I'm talking about. To get

3573
02:04:53,646 --> 02:04:56,646
here had passed by for

3574
02:04:56,716 --> 02:04:59,716
campers. So I got digitally

3575
02:05:00,860 --> 02:05:00,786
tracked on the way here. It's

3576
02:05:00,786 --> 02:05:03,786
this totally against the 4th

3577
02:05:07,560 --> 02:05:09,960
Amendment. How how's the

3578
02:05:11,163 --> 02:05:13,563
government? Dancing all over

3579
02:05:13,566 --> 02:05:14,233
the Constitution? Ask. That's

3580
02:05:14,233 --> 02:05:16,802
because they're using a 3rd

3581
02:05:16,802 --> 02:05:19,802
party. The 3rd parties doing

3582
02:05:20,539 --> 02:05:22,408
the dirty work. To violate our

3583
02:05:22,408 --> 02:05:24,710
rights in our Constitution. So

3584
02:05:24,710 --> 02:05:28,310
I'm asking you all. To do

3585
02:05:28,514 --> 02:05:31,514
something. Way for the state

3586
02:05:33,850 --> 02:05:34,253
to rule. Thank Thank you. Are

3587
02:05:34,253 --> 02:05:36,880
doing a great job and thank

3588
02:05:36,880 --> 02:05:36,789
you

3589
02:05:36,789 --> 02:05:37,656
>> COUNCILMAN Jimmy. Thank

3590
02:05:37,656 --> 02:05:40,592
you, Nic, for showing up to

3591
02:05:40,592 --> 02:05:44,192
the meeting. And next we have,

3592
02:05:48,234 --> 02:05:49,368
Brooke today.

3593
02:05:49,368 --> 02:05:51,971
>> Good evening. My name is

3594
02:05:51,971 --> 02:05:52,605
Brooke Dube. My addresses on

3595
02:05:52,605 --> 02:05:55,410
file. I am here again to

3596
02:05:55,410 --> 02:05:56,342
advocate for something that

3597
02:05:56,342 --> 02:05:57,276
MAY seem like a small issue,

3598
02:05:57,276 --> 02:06:00,876
but it is a growing problem

3599
02:06:01,800 --> 02:06:02,480
and that is tnr funding for

3600
02:06:02,480 --> 02:06:03,549
community cat their cats

3601
02:06:03,549 --> 02:06:05,949
within our neighborhoods that

3602
02:06:06,485 --> 02:06:08,287
do not belong to anyone that

3603
02:06:08,287 --> 02:06:10,230
people are going out of their

3604
02:06:10,230 --> 02:06:12,659
way to trap and get them fixed

3605
02:06:12,659 --> 02:06:13,393
and vaccinate against diseases

3606
02:06:13,393 --> 02:06:15,295
to prevent them from

3607
02:06:15,295 --> 02:06:17,290
reproducing and in our

3608
02:06:17,290 --> 02:06:17,730
neighborhoods. I personally

3609
02:06:17,730 --> 02:06:20,500
have been doing this for over

3610
02:06:20,500 --> 02:06:21,834
2 years now helping who I can.

3611
02:06:21,834 --> 02:06:22,434
And I've gone over 100

3612
02:06:22,434 --> 02:06:24,834
community cats fixed in

3613
02:06:25,338 --> 02:06:27,473
vacinated within that time. I

3614
02:06:27,473 --> 02:06:28,975
believe that the ceo of every

3615
02:06:28,975 --> 02:06:31,375
pet has requested 150,000 has

3616
02:06:32,745 --> 02:06:34,714
a significant increase. I do

3617
02:06:34,714 --> 02:06:35,547
agree that that is a very

3618
02:06:35,547 --> 02:06:36,149
reasonable increase consider.

3619
02:06:36,149 --> 02:06:36,816
And if you look at the

3620
02:06:36,816 --> 02:06:39,816
previous year's fund and it

3621
02:06:40,152 --> 02:06:43,752
has run out very quickly and

3622
02:06:44,323 --> 02:06:45,240
we are looking at potentially

3623
02:06:45,240 --> 02:06:45,724
more increases in the future.

3624
02:06:45,724 --> 02:06:48,360
When you look at the numbers

3625
02:06:48,360 --> 02:06:50,430
of how many in takes are

3626
02:06:50,430 --> 02:06:51,263
increasing over the years more

3627
02:06:51,263 --> 02:06:53,663
people are learning about 10

3628
02:06:54,660 --> 02:06:55,367
or more people are being

3629
02:06:55,367 --> 02:06:56,803
proactive at being part of

3630
02:06:56,803 --> 02:06:57,403
solution. So I think that the

3631
02:06:57,403 --> 02:06:59,803
council really needs to

3632
02:06:59,939 --> 02:07:02,174
consider raising the fund and

3633
02:07:02,174 --> 02:07:04,900
significantly. But right now,

3634
02:07:04,900 --> 02:07:04,677
150,000 is the reasonable

3635
02:07:04,677 --> 02:07:07,677
request. So that's what I'm

3636
02:07:07,981 --> 02:07:08,381
here to support. Thank you.

3637
02:07:08,381 --> 02:07:10,381
Thank you.

3638
02:07:10,883 --> 02:07:13,883
>> I want to invite Tom

3639
02:07:14,620 --> 02:07:15,321
Maguire, Knee. And that is

3640
02:07:15,321 --> 02:07:16,880
until to come on down to the

3641
02:07:16,880 --> 02:07:17,590
front. The meantime,

3642
02:07:17,590 --> 02:07:18,257
Christian.

3643
02:07:18,257 --> 02:07:21,257
>> Mcclanahan, I hope I was

3644
02:07:23,296 --> 02:07:25,296
close.

3645
02:07:27,132 --> 02:07:28,601
>> Yes, very close. Good

3646
02:07:28,601 --> 02:07:31,601
evening. My name is Christa

3647
02:07:32,672 --> 02:07:35,720
Mcclanathan located my address

3648
02:07:35,741 --> 02:07:36,709
might be on file my first time

3649
02:07:36,709 --> 02:07:38,244
doing that. So I really heard.

3650
02:07:38,244 --> 02:07:38,978
I'm speaking on behalf of the

3651
02:07:38,978 --> 02:07:40,579
community cats that I care for

3652
02:07:40,579 --> 02:07:42,979
and the community cat

3653
02:07:43,550 --> 02:07:44,784
caregivers around Jax this

3654
02:07:44,784 --> 02:07:46,719
year was my first year feeding

3655
02:07:46,719 --> 02:07:47,887
community cats and working

3656
02:07:47,887 --> 02:07:49,755
with the tnr program at every

3657
02:07:49,755 --> 02:07:50,389
putt, as well as facilities

3658
02:07:50,389 --> 02:07:52,389
like Jacksonville, Humane

3659
02:07:52,492 --> 02:07:53,860
Society and a cps. And

3660
02:07:53,860 --> 02:07:55,161
throughout this first year, it

3661
02:07:55,161 --> 02:07:55,828
was one of the most mentally

3662
02:07:55,828 --> 02:07:57,530
disheartening and draining

3663
02:07:57,530 --> 02:07:58,230
years I've had in a long time

3664
02:07:58,230 --> 02:08:02,430
and I have a teenager and a 3

3665
02:08:04,136 --> 02:08:05,805
year-old. At the beginning of

3666
02:08:05,805 --> 02:08:06,505
the kitten season. I took in

3667
02:08:06,505 --> 02:08:08,273
12 kittens, somewhat scabies,

3668
02:08:08,273 --> 02:08:08,975
some with eye infections and

3669
02:08:08,975 --> 02:08:12,575
some who needed to be bottle

3670
02:08:13,179 --> 02:08:15,381
fed every 2 to 5 hours. I paid

3671
02:08:15,381 --> 02:08:16,315
for the the vet visits and all

3672
02:08:16,315 --> 02:08:17,917
the while continuing to help

3673
02:08:17,917 --> 02:08:20,917
feed and 10 are my 2 colonies.

3674
02:08:22,955 --> 02:08:24,900
My house hole, my household

3675
02:08:24,900 --> 02:08:25,191
also called scabies, smelled

3676
02:08:25,191 --> 02:08:25,925
like a shelter and my own pets

3677
02:08:25,925 --> 02:08:27,527
were suffering having to be

3678
02:08:27,527 --> 02:08:28,661
quarantined away from the

3679
02:08:28,661 --> 02:08:31,364
kittens. And then one can died

3680
02:08:31,364 --> 02:08:33,566
and it broke my heart. I

3681
02:08:33,566 --> 02:08:34,934
thought at him, I took him to

3682
02:08:34,934 --> 02:08:36,802
the vet. I bought bottle fed

3683
02:08:36,802 --> 02:08:38,771
him for weeks. I took him to

3684
02:08:38,771 --> 02:08:39,539
the vet. I did the necessary

3685
02:08:39,539 --> 02:08:42,307
things that need to be done on

3686
02:08:42,307 --> 02:08:43,509
my own. But he still past

3687
02:08:43,509 --> 02:08:45,378
another kitten in the Colony

3688
02:08:45,378 --> 02:08:46,780
was run over. And I know of at

3689
02:08:46,780 --> 02:08:46,812
least 4 other kittens who are

3690
02:08:46,812 --> 02:08:48,447
unaccounted for, probably with

3691
02:08:48,447 --> 02:08:52,470
the same fate. And then the

3692
02:08:52,118 --> 02:08:55,118
$25 fee came. At every pet

3693
02:08:56,890 --> 02:08:56,789
with about a week's notice to

3694
02:08:56,789 --> 02:08:57,457
say I was disappointed is an

3695
02:08:57,457 --> 02:08:59,258
understatement to say I was

3696
02:08:59,258 --> 02:09:01,260
discouraged is an

3697
02:09:01,260 --> 02:09:01,760
understatement. Caregivers

3698
02:09:01,760 --> 02:09:02,428
like me need this program to

3699
02:09:02,428 --> 02:09:03,530
keep down the population of

3700
02:09:03,530 --> 02:09:06,530
these cats and kittens. It

3701
02:09:07,267 --> 02:09:07,934
prevents their deaths disease.

3702
02:09:07,934 --> 02:09:09,502
It helps that community and

3703
02:09:09,502 --> 02:09:12,502
business and the animals. Did

3704
02:09:12,805 --> 02:09:15,741
you know cats pregnancy starts

3705
02:09:15,741 --> 02:09:16,375
and ends within around 65 days

3706
02:09:16,375 --> 02:09:18,944
and they can get pregnant

3707
02:09:18,944 --> 02:09:19,678
while their nursing and taking

3708
02:09:19,678 --> 02:09:22,678
your pregnant at only 4 months

3709
02:09:23,115 --> 02:09:24,216
old. We need to protect these

3710
02:09:24,216 --> 02:09:24,917
pets because once it gets

3711
02:09:24,917 --> 02:09:26,819
overwhelming, who's going to

3712
02:09:26,819 --> 02:09:27,519
be a wants to do it?

3713
02:09:27,519 --> 02:09:31,119
>> Thank u next. We have time

3714
02:09:35,362 --> 02:09:37,197
of war.

3715
02:09:37,197 --> 02:09:37,931
>> Good evening. I am Tom

3716
02:09:37,931 --> 02:09:39,931
addresses 4, 7, 1, 1, heard or

3717
02:09:42,268 --> 02:09:43,436
road Jacksonville, Florida. I

3718
02:09:43,436 --> 02:09:45,204
start with a recap of what I

3719
02:09:45,204 --> 02:09:47,440
said last time I was here

3720
02:09:47,440 --> 02:09:51,400
talking about how a new jail

3721
02:09:51,760 --> 02:09:53,760
is economically unsustainable

3722
02:09:53,212 --> 02:09:55,348
let me just add to what I

3723
02:09:55,348 --> 02:09:58,117
said. Then that increased uses

3724
02:09:58,117 --> 02:09:58,951
civil citation and reduced

3725
02:09:58,951 --> 02:10:01,320
cash bail would lead to

3726
02:10:01,320 --> 02:10:02,855
smaller jail population and

3727
02:10:02,855 --> 02:10:06,455
obviate the need for a new

3728
02:10:06,825 --> 02:10:08,327
jail. So really, you've got to

3729
02:10:08,327 --> 02:10:10,730
consider there are so many

3730
02:10:10,730 --> 02:10:12,865
other options. Then building a

3731
02:10:12,865 --> 02:10:15,101
new jail. All of that adds up

3732
02:10:15,101 --> 02:10:16,803
to it. Not making economic

3733
02:10:16,803 --> 02:10:19,705
sense for the city in its

3734
02:10:19,705 --> 02:10:21,705
financial condition. Currently

3735
02:10:21,908 --> 02:10:24,243
what we really need from you

3736
02:10:24,243 --> 02:10:25,378
all is more blue collar jobs.

3737
02:10:25,378 --> 02:10:27,346
And I'm very happy about the

3738
02:10:27,346 --> 02:10:29,746
Johnson and Johnson Ni

3739
02:10:29,916 --> 02:10:32,316
building their new facility.

3740
02:10:32,819 --> 02:10:34,954
But we need a lot more of that

3741
02:10:34,954 --> 02:10:37,456
because if you are looking

3742
02:10:37,456 --> 02:10:39,325
around, you are seeing adults

3743
02:10:39,325 --> 02:10:41,594
using children's toys is

3744
02:10:41,594 --> 02:10:44,397
transportation now there is a

3745
02:10:44,397 --> 02:10:45,970
real problem with making ends

3746
02:10:45,970 --> 02:10:48,970
meet and having enough money

3747
02:10:48,667 --> 02:10:49,369
to pay the bills in this city

3748
02:10:49,369 --> 02:10:50,360
and the working class people

3749
02:10:50,360 --> 02:10:53,360
in this city are suffering

3750
02:10:53,939 --> 02:10:55,675
because of it. Also, we need

3751
02:10:55,675 --> 02:10:58,675
road improvement for the exact

3752
02:11:00,790 --> 02:11:02,782
same reason. Road quality is a

3753
02:11:02,782 --> 02:11:03,449
big problem. Roads to damage

3754
02:11:03,449 --> 02:11:05,449
people's vehicles endanger

3755
02:11:07,820 --> 02:11:09,822
their livelihood. And let me

3756
02:11:09,822 --> 02:11:11,570
also add that the concrete

3757
02:11:11,570 --> 02:11:12,425
batch plant is something

3758
02:11:12,425 --> 02:11:14,825
that's toxic. Lee dangerous

3759
02:11:15,195 --> 02:11:17,595
leading to fatal conditions.

3760
02:11:18,131 --> 02:11:20,299
2, such as cancer and lungs.

3761
02:11:20,299 --> 02:11:23,360
And finally, let me wrap up by

3762
02:11:23,360 --> 02:11:23,736
saying I'm going to the jumbo

3763
02:11:23,736 --> 02:11:26,372
shrimp game on Friday. Any of

3764
02:11:26,372 --> 02:11:28,400
y'all like join me.

3765
02:11:28,400 --> 02:11:30,440
>> Thank you, John. Mooney.

3766
02:11:36,215 --> 02:11:38,217
You might want to join Hello.

3767
02:11:38,217 --> 02:11:38,951
I am John Resiliency.

3768
02:11:38,951 --> 02:11:41,351
Philanthropic Julie ruled good

3769
02:11:42,550 --> 02:11:42,755
boy. A new knee.

3770
02:11:42,755 --> 02:11:44,755
>> 83. 56 Peskin rejects will

3771
02:11:45,425 --> 02:11:47,425
Florida 3, 2, 2, 1, 6, city

3772
02:11:49,280 --> 02:11:51,698
Council district for new name.

3773
02:11:51,698 --> 02:11:54,267
Cpac 3, which was a no show at

3774
02:11:54,267 --> 02:11:55,234
finance for Cip when UConn

3775
02:11:55,234 --> 02:11:57,634
True Commission. That's our

3776
02:11:58,704 --> 02:11:59,405
capital improvement projects

3777
02:11:59,405 --> 02:12:01,607
and school board district 3.

3778
02:12:01,607 --> 02:12:02,875
Cindy Pearson, awesome

3779
02:12:02,875 --> 02:12:04,875
Representative 2025, 0, 8, 6,

3780
02:12:07,346 --> 02:12:09,746
7, That was the legislation

3781
02:12:10,830 --> 02:12:11,584
that was a result of joint

3782
02:12:11,584 --> 02:12:12,285
meetings between Duval County,

3783
02:12:12,285 --> 02:12:15,885
Public Schools in the city of

3784
02:12:17,356 --> 02:12:18,390
Jacksonville. When working on

3785
02:12:18,390 --> 02:12:19,792
a cip classrooms and pottsburg

3786
02:12:19,792 --> 02:12:22,362
now going to cia had on. You

3787
02:12:22,362 --> 02:12:25,362
know, that's an acronym. For

3788
02:12:25,732 --> 02:12:26,866
classrooms in America. You

3789
02:12:26,866 --> 02:12:29,266
know, charter schools, public

3790
02:12:31,637 --> 02:12:32,472
schools, field trip Park. That

3791
02:12:32,472 --> 02:12:33,172
Representative Pearson now

3792
02:12:33,172 --> 02:12:35,572
Affordable Housing Trust Only

3793
02:12:37,377 --> 02:12:39,378
just and one minute. There's

3794
02:12:39,378 --> 02:12:41,747
27 million dollars and that

3795
02:12:41,747 --> 02:12:44,184
refund. Asked the orders. The

3796
02:12:44,184 --> 02:12:46,152
point is you can use this fund

3797
02:12:46,152 --> 02:12:48,687
immediately. Now I shared an

3798
02:12:48,687 --> 02:12:49,355
option at the 9 through 26

3799
02:12:49,355 --> 02:12:51,355
northeast Florida Regional

3800
02:12:52,759 --> 02:12:53,760
Council board meeting. You

3801
02:12:53,760 --> 02:12:56,760
know, ask both pain Ju'coby

3802
02:12:58,430 --> 02:13:00,567
Pittman arrow. They're here.

3803
02:13:00,567 --> 02:13:01,433
I'll be speaking on other

3804
02:13:01,433 --> 02:13:02,102
examples, which for those in

3805
02:13:02,102 --> 02:13:04,502
council chambers, they are

3806
02:13:04,671 --> 02:13:06,839
agenda items. 40 48 just and

3807
02:13:06,839 --> 02:13:09,839
the 30 some seconds. I also

3808
02:13:10,376 --> 02:13:12,645
need a pardon, you know, from

3809
02:13:12,645 --> 02:13:13,713
speaking out on 2024, 0, 1, 0,

3810
02:13:13,713 --> 02:13:15,515
7, That was j you in the

3811
02:13:15,515 --> 02:13:16,883
direct contract for 3.5

3812
02:13:16,883 --> 02:13:17,650
million check out

3813
02:13:17,650 --> 02:13:19,650
Twenty-twenty 403, to 5.

3814
02:13:21,187 --> 02:13:21,921
That's University of Florida

3815
02:13:21,921 --> 02:13:24,157
and also check out boat ramp

3816
02:13:24,157 --> 02:13:25,191
Billy in Saint Johns County.

3817
02:13:25,191 --> 02:13:28,191
No, the Parramatta Road boat

3818
02:13:28,360 --> 02:13:30,229
ramp. He is right. Do a site

3819
02:13:30,229 --> 02:13:30,963
inspection. The point is a

3820
02:13:30,963 --> 02:13:33,963
public access on our waterways

3821
02:13:35,100 --> 02:13:35,601
is getting crushed, The

3822
02:13:35,601 --> 02:13:37,690
Jacksonville Riverfront

3823
02:13:37,690 --> 02:13:37,703
Alliance. Thank you, sir. All

3824
02:13:37,703 --> 02:13:40,703
right. Next, we had that

3825
02:13:44,430 --> 02:13:44,644
incident.

3826
02:13:44,644 --> 02:13:46,644
>> Revenue Madison help

3827
02:13:49,248 --> 02:13:51,250
address on file. I am coming

3828
02:13:51,250 --> 02:13:51,884
here today to speak in support

3829
02:13:51,884 --> 02:13:54,284
of Mayor Diggins proposed

3830
02:13:55,210 --> 02:13:57,230
affordable housing trust fund.

3831
02:13:57,230 --> 02:13:58,591
Housing is an essential right

3832
02:13:58,591 --> 02:13:59,292
of people and housing is

3833
02:13:59,292 --> 02:14:00,259
something that so many people

3834
02:14:00,259 --> 02:14:03,259
in the city of Jacksonville

3835
02:14:05,198 --> 02:14:07,366
lack. If you look across the

3836
02:14:07,366 --> 02:14:08,501
country, housing funds just

3837
02:14:08,501 --> 02:14:11,300
like this have been approved

3838
02:14:11,300 --> 02:14:11,904
on a bipartisan basis. So this

3839
02:14:11,904 --> 02:14:13,939
is not about politics on

3840
02:14:13,939 --> 02:14:17,539
party. This is about doing the

3841
02:14:18,378 --> 02:14:19,278
right thing. I want to address

3842
02:14:19,278 --> 02:14:20,613
the comments that was made in

3843
02:14:20,613 --> 02:14:22,581
regards to the funding for

3844
02:14:22,581 --> 02:14:24,850
this affordable housing Trust

3845
02:14:24,850 --> 02:14:25,819
Fund. One of the council

3846
02:14:25,819 --> 02:14:27,860
members said that it was just

3847
02:14:27,860 --> 02:14:29,880
a drop in the bucket and that

3848
02:14:29,880 --> 02:14:30,256
we shouldn't do it because of

3849
02:14:30,256 --> 02:14:30,990
that because we would have a

3850
02:14:30,990 --> 02:14:32,859
hard time choosing who to give

3851
02:14:32,859 --> 02:14:36,620
the money to well, then why do

3852
02:14:36,620 --> 02:14:37,630
we fund jso? Why do we fund

3853
02:14:37,630 --> 02:14:38,764
jfrd? Why do we fund any city

3854
02:14:38,764 --> 02:14:40,764
department?

3855
02:14:42,340 --> 02:14:42,768
>> At all that kind of logic

3856
02:14:42,768 --> 02:14:45,768
is not only disingenuous, it's

3857
02:14:46,639 --> 02:14:50,239
ignorant. Just want to take a

3858
02:14:54,847 --> 02:14:55,248
second. Let that sink in.

3859
02:14:55,248 --> 02:14:57,248
>> We need.

3860
02:14:58,718 --> 02:14:59,419
>> Funding for affordable

3861
02:14:59,419 --> 02:15:02,419
housing more than anything in

3862
02:15:03,256 --> 02:15:05,892
this city. Because when we can

3863
02:15:05,892 --> 02:15:07,160
afford to take people that

3864
02:15:07,160 --> 02:15:09,195
lose their houses and give

3865
02:15:09,195 --> 02:15:11,998
them a bus ticket to send them

3866
02:15:11,998 --> 02:15:13,132
back to another city. But we

3867
02:15:13,132 --> 02:15:15,101
cannot afford to send people

3868
02:15:15,101 --> 02:15:15,768
into a house where they

3869
02:15:15,768 --> 02:15:17,837
contribute to our community

3870
02:15:17,837 --> 02:15:19,205
and they make our society in

3871
02:15:19,205 --> 02:15:22,242
our city better than who are

3872
02:15:22,242 --> 02:15:22,942
we? The Bible says that we

3873
02:15:22,942 --> 02:15:26,512
should take care of the least

3874
02:15:26,512 --> 02:15:27,213
of these. What are we doing if

3875
02:15:27,213 --> 02:15:30,813
we're only taking care of the

3876
02:15:30,817 --> 02:15:32,151
rich? In another spot in the

3877
02:15:32,151 --> 02:15:32,818
Bible, the magnifico, says

3878
02:15:32,818 --> 02:15:36,418
that the rich will be sent

3879
02:15:36,722 --> 02:15:37,390
away empty handed. This is

3880
02:15:37,390 --> 02:15:38,291
something that people need.

3881
02:15:38,291 --> 02:15:40,930
This is something they're

3882
02:15:40,930 --> 02:15:40,827
going to keep advocating for.

3883
02:15:40,827 --> 02:15:41,527
Are you going to be with them?

3884
02:15:41,527 --> 02:15:44,830
Are you going to stand in the

3885
02:15:44,830 --> 02:15:45,531
way? Thank you.

3886
02:15:45,531 --> 02:15:46,232
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT.

3887
02:15:46,232 --> 02:15:48,468
We've got 7 individuals who

3888
02:15:48,468 --> 02:15:52,668
did not wish to speak, but I

3889
02:15:53,720 --> 02:15:55,700
want to note their names and

3890
02:15:55,700 --> 02:15:55,641
their comments. Hayley Spring

3891
02:15:55,641 --> 02:15:57,641
support 3, 7, 6, on home

3892
02:16:00,579 --> 02:16:01,380
occupancy. Crystal Bando band.

3893
02:16:01,380 --> 02:16:03,780
Sorry. Support the Affordable

3894
02:16:04,884 --> 02:16:06,884
housing projects. Residents,

3895
02:16:08,540 --> 02:16:08,988
Avis, Bowling. It's in favor

3896
02:16:08,988 --> 02:16:09,722
of the change that precinct

3897
02:16:09,722 --> 02:16:11,722
polling place. Number 5, 0, 5,

3898
02:16:16,620 --> 02:16:18,462
508. We've got Jennifer Kiefer

3899
02:16:20,990 --> 02:16:20,833
and also miles pop about lower

3900
02:16:20,833 --> 02:16:24,433
who support to spur a program,

3901
02:16:26,380 --> 02:16:26,806
increasing funding for that.

3902
02:16:26,806 --> 02:16:27,473
And too gentle manner to folks

3903
02:16:27,473 --> 02:16:31,730
to kill Mo Men. And Willie

3904
02:16:31,744 --> 02:16:32,545
Batiste. Who oppose investment

3905
02:16:32,545 --> 02:16:33,246
in TiVo. And with that MISTER

3906
02:16:33,246 --> 02:16:35,646
PRESIDENT, we conclude public

3907
02:16:38,851 --> 02:16:41,620
comment. Now it's time for

3908
02:16:41,620 --> 02:16:42,355
public hearings on Page 15

3909
02:16:42,355 --> 02:16:43,256
council members should declare

3910
02:16:43,256 --> 02:16:45,656
any ex parte communications.

3911
02:16:46,920 --> 02:16:46,759
Anyone wishing to speak on the

3912
02:16:46,759 --> 02:16:48,661
following bills should have

3913
02:16:48,661 --> 02:16:49,262
completed a blue Speaker card

3914
02:16:49,262 --> 02:16:51,662
and you'll be allowed 3

3915
02:16:52,766 --> 02:16:53,699
minutes to speak. If you

3916
02:16:53,699 --> 02:16:54,834
provided your address on the

3917
02:16:54,834 --> 02:16:55,935
prescribed for No, don't wish

3918
02:16:55,935 --> 02:16:56,569
to speak. Stated in the

3919
02:16:56,569 --> 02:16:58,969
microphone. The new been

3920
02:17:00,674 --> 02:17:02,575
permitted to say it's on file,

3921
02:17:02,575 --> 02:17:03,709
but we encourage you to be

3922
02:17:03,709 --> 02:17:04,443
specific as to your location

3923
02:17:04,443 --> 02:17:08,430
will likely impact the way the

3924
02:17:08,581 --> 02:17:09,983
comments that you give. Like

3925
02:17:09,983 --> 02:17:10,616
public comment, assuming at

3926
02:17:10,616 --> 02:17:12,685
approval of the presiding

3927
02:17:12,685 --> 02:17:13,853
officer, the PRESIDENT In this

3928
02:17:13,853 --> 02:17:14,987
case, speaker MAY be invited

3929
02:17:14,987 --> 02:17:15,522
to the Johnson Room for

3930
02:17:15,522 --> 02:17:17,522
further discussion

3931
02:17:19,910 --> 02:17:21,910
Councilmember. Failure to

3932
02:17:21,895 --> 02:17:22,595
complete the perform provided

3933
02:17:22,595 --> 02:17:23,296
including the provision of an

3934
02:17:23,296 --> 02:17:25,699
address on the formal it will

3935
02:17:25,699 --> 02:17:26,332
not be called MR. Till Deal.

3936
02:17:26,332 --> 02:17:29,332
Would you please read the

3937
02:17:33,439 --> 02:17:35,439
Bills? 2026? 3.76 5, 96, 18,

3938
02:17:38,244 --> 02:17:40,244
6, 19, 6. 26. 21 6.22

3939
02:17:43,783 --> 02:17:45,783
>> 6. 46. 6. 61. 62 63 6.64 65

3940
02:17:50,456 --> 02:17:52,456
66. 67. 68 69 6.70, 71. 72 6.

3941
02:17:56,620 --> 02:17:58,620
73 6.74 6. 75 6.76 77. 6 78 6

3942
02:18:00,166 --> 02:18:02,166
79 67 2026. 1. 26 1. 27 5. 23.

3943
02:18:04,571 --> 02:18:05,305
5. 24 5. 53 5. 54 6, 31 6.32

3944
02:18:05,305 --> 02:18:06,500
>> This PRESIDENT Ask that you

3945
02:18:06,500 --> 02:18:07,707
please open all these public

3946
02:18:07,707 --> 02:18:09,707
hearings. These public

3947
02:18:11,377 --> 02:18:13,513
hearings are all open item

3948
02:18:13,513 --> 02:18:15,513
number. 23, 2026, 3, 7, 6, We

3949
02:18:21,688 --> 02:18:24,688
have one Speaker card. Knee.

3950
02:18:24,724 --> 02:18:26,724
>> The low.

3951
02:18:28,761 --> 02:18:29,896
>> I and John Jay new

3952
02:18:29,896 --> 02:18:31,896
Jacksonville City Council

3953
02:18:31,931 --> 02:18:33,633
resolution 2023, 0, 8, 1, 9,

3954
02:18:33,633 --> 02:18:34,300
city Council district 4 cpac

3955
02:18:34,300 --> 02:18:36,300
planning District 3 school

3956
02:18:39,739 --> 02:18:40,840
board district 3. And you

3957
02:18:40,840 --> 02:18:43,777
know, I'm you know, I got 3

3958
02:18:43,777 --> 02:18:46,777
minutes, you know. You know,

3959
02:18:49,820 --> 02:18:51,217
Florida statute, but I'm just

3960
02:18:51,217 --> 02:18:52,184
surprised that I'm the only

3961
02:18:52,184 --> 02:18:54,190
speaker on this. I mean, this

3962
02:18:54,190 --> 02:18:56,419
is sweeping legislation. You

3963
02:19:00,793 --> 02:19:01,460
know, it's a county wide, but

3964
02:19:01,460 --> 02:19:02,162
home occupation, affordable

3965
02:19:02,162 --> 02:19:04,562
Housing Park on Pottsburg

3966
02:19:04,864 --> 02:19:05,732
Creek. You know, this has been

3967
02:19:05,732 --> 02:19:06,432
unreal.

3968
02:19:06,432 --> 02:19:10,320
>> easy, but it was never in

3969
02:19:10,102 --> 02:19:10,803
waterways. Are neighborhoods.

3970
02:19:10,803 --> 02:19:13,873
>> And, you know, it fills up

3971
02:19:13,873 --> 02:19:14,573
the whole entire page. But I

3972
02:19:14,573 --> 02:19:17,143
just I just want to be on the

3973
02:19:17,143 --> 02:19:20,743
record. You know, and just to

3974
02:19:23,516 --> 02:19:25,585
speak to it. This is its huge

3975
02:19:25,585 --> 02:19:27,585
sweeping citywide legislation.

3976
02:19:27,820 --> 02:19:29,588
So thank you for listening.

3977
02:19:29,588 --> 02:19:30,957
And no more speaker cards. All

3978
02:19:30,957 --> 02:19:33,357
right. This public case

3979
02:19:33,927 --> 02:19:34,661
closed. I moved to substitute.

3980
02:19:34,661 --> 02:19:37,763
>> We have a motion and second

3981
02:19:37,763 --> 02:19:38,431
on the substitute. Seeing no

3982
02:19:38,431 --> 02:19:39,132
speakers in the queue will

3983
02:19:39,132 --> 02:19:40,600
take the substitute early on

3984
02:19:40,600 --> 02:19:41,934
favor indicate by saying Aye,

3985
02:19:41,934 --> 02:19:43,970
again saying it was set to

3986
02:19:43,970 --> 02:19:44,971
pass, moved the bill a

3987
02:19:44,971 --> 02:19:45,638
substitute. We have a motion

3988
02:19:45,638 --> 02:19:48,374
and second on the bill has

3989
02:19:48,374 --> 02:19:49,750
substituted. There are no

3990
02:19:49,750 --> 02:19:52,750
speakers that's open about a

3991
02:20:03,857 --> 02:20:05,857
quarter it.

3992
02:20:07,940 --> 02:20:09,940
>> 16 yeas, 0 nays.

3993
02:20:10,830 --> 02:20:11,698
>> By your vote 2026, 0, 3, 7,

3994
02:20:11,698 --> 02:20:13,500
6 is approved.

3995
02:20:13,500 --> 02:20:14,234
>> Turn to page 69 number. 24

3996
02:20:14,234 --> 02:20:16,234
2026, 5, 9, 0, 1, Speaker Card

3997
02:20:26,946 --> 02:20:28,946
Lake Harbor.

3998
02:20:30,983 --> 02:20:31,684
>> Harper information on file.

3999
02:20:31,684 --> 02:20:32,452
I have a longstanding record

4000
02:20:32,452 --> 02:20:35,452
of standing for the Second

4001
02:20:35,721 --> 02:20:36,422
Amendment. The Constitutional,

4002
02:20:36,422 --> 02:20:39,325
the Constitution, the bill of

4003
02:20:39,325 --> 02:20:39,926
rights. Here is City Council.

4004
02:20:39,926 --> 02:20:43,526
And I am just I'm just

4005
02:20:44,730 --> 02:20:45,831
recalling. Threat there was

4006
02:20:45,831 --> 02:20:46,833
when there's something that

4007
02:20:46,833 --> 02:20:48,668
people are pushing called the

4008
02:20:48,668 --> 02:20:51,470
gun show loophole. It was

4009
02:20:51,470 --> 02:20:52,472
documented that that it was

4010
02:20:52,472 --> 02:20:53,206
actually criminals who are

4011
02:20:53,206 --> 02:20:54,307
engaging in criminal

4012
02:20:54,307 --> 02:20:56,543
transactions in terms of

4013
02:20:56,543 --> 02:20:58,678
purchasing guns. And the fact

4014
02:20:58,678 --> 02:21:01,414
is big. Good, good people.

4015
02:21:01,414 --> 02:21:02,549
Stop bad people with guns. And

4016
02:21:02,549 --> 02:21:03,683
I was reading something

4017
02:21:03,683 --> 02:21:04,350
four-sided bring with me to

4018
02:21:04,350 --> 02:21:07,821
pass it out to you. But in

4019
02:21:07,821 --> 02:21:08,521
this last 2 years, what we

4020
02:21:08,521 --> 02:21:12,121
have seen over and over again

4021
02:21:12,592 --> 02:21:14,160
is we have seen good people

4022
02:21:14,160 --> 02:21:14,727
stopping bad people with guns,

4023
02:21:14,727 --> 02:21:17,127
no words, law abiding

4024
02:21:19,980 --> 02:21:20,232
citizens, stopping people

4025
02:21:20,232 --> 02:21:23,103
gauged and violence. Whether a

4026
02:21:23,103 --> 02:21:25,370
mass shooting or one-on-one.

4027
02:21:25,370 --> 02:21:25,838
But the reality is that good

4028
02:21:25,838 --> 02:21:27,507
people with firearms who

4029
02:21:27,507 --> 02:21:30,309
trained and know how to use

4030
02:21:30,309 --> 02:21:33,309
them. Are exactly what the

4031
02:21:34,280 --> 02:21:35,147
Second Amendment's about. And

4032
02:21:35,147 --> 02:21:38,180
as I'm sitting here, looking

4033
02:21:38,180 --> 02:21:39,180
at this, I'm thankful that

4034
02:21:39,180 --> 02:21:41,854
this has been brought forward

4035
02:21:41,854 --> 02:21:42,556
to you by City Council.

4036
02:21:42,556 --> 02:21:44,490
PRESIDENT. It's it's a great

4037
02:21:44,490 --> 02:21:45,358
thing that he's doing here.

4038
02:21:45,358 --> 02:21:46,580
I'm also thankful for Eric

4039
02:21:46,580 --> 02:21:49,658
Friday for the work that he's

4040
02:21:51,964 --> 02:21:52,599
done. I conversing about this

4041
02:21:52,599 --> 02:21:54,599
legislation. You're being

4042
02:21:54,801 --> 02:21:56,669
required to vote on this

4043
02:21:56,669 --> 02:21:57,336
because if you don't pass

4044
02:21:57,336 --> 02:21:58,370
this, you're going to have

4045
02:21:58,370 --> 02:22:00,239
some lawsuits that are going

4046
02:22:00,239 --> 02:22:02,242
to be very expensive and maybe

4047
02:22:02,242 --> 02:22:02,875
that's the best way to handle

4048
02:22:02,875 --> 02:22:05,110
some of the sayings to to

4049
02:22:05,110 --> 02:22:06,846
bring things to a head that at

4050
02:22:06,846 --> 02:22:09,915
the point of at the point of a

4051
02:22:09,915 --> 02:22:10,550
gavel. But you're out is this

4052
02:22:10,550 --> 02:22:12,685
for those of you who vote

4053
02:22:12,685 --> 02:22:13,319
against this legislation?

4054
02:22:13,319 --> 02:22:15,455
You're voting against the

4055
02:22:15,455 --> 02:22:17,855
Constitution. And the Second

4056
02:22:19,192 --> 02:22:20,293
Amendment and the and the Bill

4057
02:22:20,293 --> 02:22:21,193
of rights, the Second

4058
02:22:21,193 --> 02:22:21,894
Amendment. You're voting

4059
02:22:21,894 --> 02:22:22,963
against the individual rights

4060
02:22:22,963 --> 02:22:25,431
that we have as citizens here

4061
02:22:25,431 --> 02:22:26,990
in the United States as an

4062
02:22:26,990 --> 02:22:28,499
important thing that people

4063
02:22:28,869 --> 02:22:30,303
don't need to remember because

4064
02:22:30,303 --> 02:22:31,871
you have video, you have

4065
02:22:31,871 --> 02:22:32,672
pictures, all manner of

4066
02:22:32,672 --> 02:22:36,272
records to show how you vote

4067
02:22:36,342 --> 02:22:37,430
on this. Thank you.

4068
02:22:37,430 --> 02:22:38,778
>> And no more speaker cards

4069
02:22:38,778 --> 02:22:41,800
and 5.90, this public closed

4070
02:22:41,800 --> 02:22:42,649
and move the amendment. We

4071
02:22:42,649 --> 02:22:43,416
have a motion and second on

4072
02:22:43,416 --> 02:22:45,451
the amendment, no speakers

4073
02:22:45,451 --> 02:22:46,152
will vote for Le all in MR.

4074
02:22:46,152 --> 02:22:49,152
Million. The amendment of the

4075
02:22:50,323 --> 02:22:50,924
bill.

4076
02:22:50,924 --> 02:22:52,459
>> All in favor of the

4077
02:22:52,459 --> 02:22:54,859
amendment indicate by saying

4078
02:22:55,328 --> 02:22:56,262
Aye, I again say no. The

4079
02:22:56,262 --> 02:22:56,963
amendment passes the bill as

4080
02:22:56,963 --> 02:22:57,697
amended. We have a motion and

4081
02:22:57,697 --> 02:23:01,200
second on the bill as amended,

4082
02:23:01,200 --> 02:23:01,934
MR. Miller, you're recognized

4083
02:23:01,934 --> 02:23:02,602
>> thank you, MR. PRESIDENT to

4084
02:23:02,602 --> 02:23:05,602
be at his co-sponsor. Thank

4085
02:23:06,372 --> 02:23:06,940
you. Thank you, MR. Miller,

4086
02:23:06,940 --> 02:23:09,340
MR. Police say you're

4087
02:23:10,276 --> 02:23:10,977
recognized. Thank you, MR.

4088
02:23:10,977 --> 02:23:11,711
PRESIDENT stand in opposition

4089
02:23:11,711 --> 02:23:13,112
to this bill and any bill that

4090
02:23:13,112 --> 02:23:15,882
could be passed. It involves

4091
02:23:15,882 --> 02:23:17,882
anything involving firearms.

4092
02:23:19,919 --> 02:23:20,620
Again, 2 weeks ago we had the

4093
02:23:20,620 --> 02:23:23,620
3rd anniversary of a shooting

4094
02:23:25,925 --> 02:23:26,626
in my district. Piece of

4095
02:23:26,626 --> 02:23:29,260
legislation. While I believe

4096
02:23:29,161 --> 02:23:29,863
it was good probably intended.

4097
02:23:29,863 --> 02:23:30,530
It's something that we could

4098
02:23:30,530 --> 02:23:32,665
do internally. You need to

4099
02:23:32,665 --> 02:23:34,601
pass a bill. This isn't

4100
02:23:34,601 --> 02:23:35,301
necessary. This could be done

4101
02:23:35,301 --> 02:23:37,360
administratively. We do need

4102
02:23:37,360 --> 02:23:37,770
to go through this process.

4103
02:23:37,770 --> 02:23:38,471
There's a million different

4104
02:23:38,471 --> 02:23:40,741
things that that are done at

4105
02:23:40,741 --> 02:23:41,408
the state level that does not

4106
02:23:41,408 --> 02:23:44,143
require the city change its

4107
02:23:44,143 --> 02:23:46,145
ordinance code. But this bill

4108
02:23:46,145 --> 02:23:47,647
down, it's completely

4109
02:23:47,647 --> 02:23:48,347
unnecessary. Blood has been

4110
02:23:48,347 --> 02:23:49,515
spilt on our streets far too

4111
02:23:49,515 --> 02:23:50,417
often because of gun violence.

4112
02:23:50,417 --> 02:23:51,250
And we should not have our

4113
02:23:51,250 --> 02:23:54,250
names associated with us vote

4114
02:23:55,788 --> 02:23:56,456
now. MR. Gay, you are

4115
02:23:56,456 --> 02:23:58,856
recognized, followed by MR.

4116
02:24:00,126 --> 02:24:00,727
Diamond. Thank you, MR.

4117
02:24:00,727 --> 02:24:03,127
PRESIDENT that means a

4118
02:24:04,230 --> 02:24:04,764
co-sponsor. Thank you, Sir.

4119
02:24:04,764 --> 02:24:05,898
MR. Diamond, you're

4120
02:24:05,898 --> 02:24:06,366
recognized, followed by MISTER

4121
02:24:06,366 --> 02:24:08,167
Matt Carlucci.

4122
02:24:08,167 --> 02:24:09,935
>> Thank you, MR. Council

4123
02:24:09,935 --> 02:24:11,400
PRESIDENT, you're absolutely

4124
02:24:11,400 --> 02:24:11,671
right. But has been spilled

4125
02:24:11,671 --> 02:24:12,338
our streets. You know, you

4126
02:24:12,338 --> 02:24:12,938
stop blood being spilled in

4127
02:24:12,938 --> 02:24:14,240
our streets, arming our

4128
02:24:14,240 --> 02:24:15,942
citizens so they can defend

4129
02:24:15,942 --> 02:24:16,643
themselves. Anyone who wants

4130
02:24:16,643 --> 02:24:18,111
to stand up and stripped the

4131
02:24:18,111 --> 02:24:18,745
right. The Second Amendment, a

4132
02:24:18,745 --> 02:24:19,412
constitutional right for

4133
02:24:19,412 --> 02:24:21,748
someone stand up and defend

4134
02:24:21,748 --> 02:24:22,415
themselves. Shame on you. I

4135
02:24:22,415 --> 02:24:23,490
hope everyone Jackson knows

4136
02:24:23,490 --> 02:24:25,118
what you're standing for

4137
02:24:25,118 --> 02:24:28,718
today. And over to you, MR.

4138
02:24:32,792 --> 02:24:35,192
Mukherjee. MISTER PRESIDENT. I

4139
02:24:36,229 --> 02:24:37,564
would like to the adage this

4140
02:24:37,564 --> 02:24:41,164
bill, this bill was about. My

4141
02:24:41,501 --> 02:24:43,690
father and Tallahassee back

4142
02:24:43,690 --> 02:24:44,971
and I-10 86 he never sought

4143
02:24:44,971 --> 02:24:45,938
past with the past. It was

4144
02:24:45,938 --> 02:24:49,538
named after my father. And it

4145
02:24:49,609 --> 02:24:52,545
is to make all Gov laws

4146
02:24:52,545 --> 02:24:53,246
uniform throughout the state.

4147
02:24:53,246 --> 02:24:55,480
So that one county could have

4148
02:24:55,480 --> 02:24:55,849
their own laws and that would

4149
02:24:55,849 --> 02:24:58,849
make it easy for another

4150
02:25:00,853 --> 02:25:01,520
county to have different laws

4151
02:25:01,520 --> 02:25:02,255
and people would just skip

4152
02:25:02,255 --> 02:25:02,956
Brandon, buy guns and get guns

4153
02:25:02,956 --> 02:25:06,159
where they wanted to. The law

4154
02:25:06,159 --> 02:25:06,893
would be uniform. I believe

4155
02:25:06,893 --> 02:25:09,893
that's the intent and purposes

4156
02:25:10,196 --> 02:25:12,198
of bill. And I don't really

4157
02:25:12,198 --> 02:25:14,834
think the bills needed like

4158
02:25:14,834 --> 02:25:19,340
MR. Said because it is a state

4159
02:25:21,508 --> 02:25:22,575
statute law. Because of the of

4160
02:25:22,575 --> 02:25:26,175
the history that I know with

4161
02:25:26,212 --> 02:25:28,782
it he introduced over 40 years

4162
02:25:28,782 --> 02:25:32,382
ago before we had so many

4163
02:25:32,652 --> 02:25:33,786
shootings like we do today.

4164
02:25:33,786 --> 02:25:35,488
This will have a difference to

4165
02:25:35,488 --> 02:25:36,389
do with that one way or the

4166
02:25:36,389 --> 02:25:38,425
other. It's just keeping laws

4167
02:25:38,425 --> 02:25:39,580
uniform throughout the state.

4168
02:25:39,580 --> 02:25:42,395
So you can't go from one

4169
02:25:42,395 --> 02:25:45,310
county to the next in pick and

4170
02:25:45,310 --> 02:25:45,665
choose who has the best guns

4171
02:25:45,665 --> 02:25:49,265
to buy and with the less

4172
02:25:49,636 --> 02:25:50,670
restrictions. Thank you.

4173
02:25:50,670 --> 02:25:51,771
>> All right. Thank you. There

4174
02:25:51,771 --> 02:25:53,706
are no other speakers in the

4175
02:25:53,706 --> 02:25:54,440
queue. We have a motion and

4176
02:25:54,440 --> 02:25:55,740
second on the bill as amended.

4177
02:25:55,740 --> 02:25:58,740
Let's open the ballot in

4178
02:26:09,588 --> 02:26:11,588
record it.

4179
02:26:39,852 --> 02:26:41,852
>> 14 yays, 3 nays.

4180
02:26:43,890 --> 02:26:44,924
>> And by your vote, 2026, 0,

4181
02:26:44,924 --> 02:26:47,324
5, 9, 0, is approved. I know.

4182
02:26:47,927 --> 02:26:50,290
25 2026 62 and I have no

4183
02:26:50,290 --> 02:26:51,310
speaker cards. This public

4184
02:26:51,310 --> 02:26:51,765
areas close to turn the page.

4185
02:26:51,765 --> 02:26:52,432
17 item number. 26 by 26 6, 1,

4186
02:26:52,432 --> 02:26:55,432
9, I have one speaker Card

4187
02:26:55,601 --> 02:26:58,601
Qasem Baker. Maker come on

4188
02:27:07,913 --> 02:27:10,717
down. You have 3 minutes name

4189
02:27:10,717 --> 02:27:11,384
and address, please.

4190
02:27:11,384 --> 02:27:14,221
>> Good evening. My name is

4191
02:27:14,221 --> 02:27:15,388
the 7, 8, addresses on file.

4192
02:27:15,388 --> 02:27:16,790
I'm here today on behalf of

4193
02:27:16,790 --> 02:27:17,524
the property on their

4194
02:27:17,524 --> 02:27:19,524
regarding the ordinance, 0, 6,

4195
02:27:22,950 --> 02:27:23,629
1, 9, Respectfully asking for

4196
02:27:23,629 --> 02:27:24,331
your approval to rezone this

4197
02:27:24,331 --> 02:27:27,931
property from acc. Do want to

4198
02:27:28,268 --> 02:27:28,968
see cg, too. This is not a

4199
02:27:28,968 --> 02:27:30,303
request to introduce a brand

4200
02:27:30,303 --> 02:27:31,571
new commercial use to this

4201
02:27:31,571 --> 02:27:33,240
area. This property has a long

4202
02:27:33,240 --> 02:27:34,173
history operating as a use

4203
02:27:34,173 --> 02:27:35,909
dealership under the city of

4204
02:27:35,909 --> 02:27:38,309
Jackson will approve the

4205
02:27:39,779 --> 02:27:40,947
exception dating back to 2004.

4206
02:27:40,947 --> 02:27:41,614
The properties or the

4207
02:27:41,614 --> 02:27:43,350
commercially zoned Infront

4208
02:27:43,350 --> 02:27:46,350
Cassatt Avenue. It's a major

4209
02:27:48,454 --> 02:27:50,854
commercial corridor. I'm not

4210
02:27:51,258 --> 02:27:51,958
asking to rezone residential

4211
02:27:51,958 --> 02:27:54,194
property to a car lot to him

4212
02:27:54,194 --> 02:27:55,195
asking for an established

4213
02:27:55,195 --> 02:27:57,230
commercial site to continue

4214
02:27:57,230 --> 02:27:57,931
operating as an independent

4215
02:27:57,931 --> 02:27:58,631
mobile dealership under the

4216
02:27:58,631 --> 02:28:01,310
Ccg to zoning classification

4217
02:28:01,901 --> 02:28:03,103
required in this application.

4218
02:28:03,103 --> 02:28:04,437
I understand there are

4219
02:28:04,437 --> 02:28:05,171
concerns about the nearby

4220
02:28:05,171 --> 02:28:07,571
residential neighborhood and I

4221
02:28:08,675 --> 02:28:09,342
respect those concerns. I also

4222
02:28:09,342 --> 02:28:10,710
brought public records from

4223
02:28:10,710 --> 02:28:12,479
the city of Jacksonville show

4224
02:28:12,479 --> 02:28:13,313
and other properties along

4225
02:28:13,313 --> 02:28:15,713
Cassat Avenue that already

4226
02:28:18,840 --> 02:28:18,685
zone to ccg too. These are

4227
02:28:18,685 --> 02:28:20,685
established commercial

4228
02:28:21,254 --> 02:28:21,988
properties in the same

4229
02:28:21,988 --> 02:28:23,988
corridor, including properties

4230
02:28:26,425 --> 02:28:27,494
located near residential. The

4231
02:28:27,494 --> 02:28:28,929
fact that the ccg to already

4232
02:28:28,929 --> 02:28:29,763
exist in the compatible

4233
02:28:29,763 --> 02:28:32,163
locations shows that the

4234
02:28:32,798 --> 02:28:33,933
zoning classifications itself

4235
02:28:33,933 --> 02:28:34,634
does not automatically mean

4236
02:28:34,634 --> 02:28:36,634
that neighboring residential

4237
02:28:37,571 --> 02:28:38,672
area cannot be protected.

4238
02:28:38,672 --> 02:28:40,240
We're also willing to work

4239
02:28:40,240 --> 02:28:41,407
with the city on reasonable

4240
02:28:41,407 --> 02:28:42,608
conditions, Ricard that

4241
02:28:42,608 --> 02:28:44,608
regarding buffering

4242
02:28:46,245 --> 02:28:48,245
landscaping, lightning and

4243
02:28:48,415 --> 02:28:49,549
signage to help protect the

4244
02:28:49,549 --> 02:28:50,216
neighborhood homes while

4245
02:28:50,216 --> 02:28:52,216
allowing this longstanding

4246
02:28:53,853 --> 02:28:54,988
commercial use to continue. I

4247
02:28:54,988 --> 02:28:55,621
respectfully ask that the

4248
02:28:55,621 --> 02:28:56,856
supplication be evaluated

4249
02:28:56,856 --> 02:28:59,856
based on the specific history

4250
02:29:00,193 --> 02:29:00,794
and facts of this property

4251
02:29:00,794 --> 02:29:02,562
includes previous city

4252
02:29:02,562 --> 02:29:04,898
approved dealership use its

4253
02:29:04,898 --> 02:29:05,599
existing commercial zoning and

4254
02:29:05,599 --> 02:29:08,599
its location on a commercial

4255
02:29:10,360 --> 02:29:12,436
corridor. And compatible ccg 2

4256
02:29:12,672 --> 02:29:13,339
already Cassatt Avenue. I

4257
02:29:13,339 --> 02:29:15,410
believe the city's decision

4258
02:29:15,410 --> 02:29:16,810
should be based on that actual

4259
02:29:16,810 --> 02:29:19,810
conditions and history of this

4260
02:29:20,713 --> 02:29:21,130
property. Thank you for your

4261
02:29:21,130 --> 02:29:22,348
time.

4262
02:29:22,348 --> 02:29:22,816
>> Thank you. I have no more

4263
02:29:22,816 --> 02:29:24,816
speaker cards.

4264
02:29:26,586 --> 02:29:27,287
>> This public areas closed.

4265
02:29:27,287 --> 02:29:31,487
MR. So I would like to speak

4266
02:29:31,924 --> 02:29:33,226
MR. Baker. All right. Moving

4267
02:29:33,226 --> 02:29:35,626
on to item number, 27, 2026, 6

4268
02:29:35,962 --> 02:29:38,798
to 0. I have no speaker cards.

4269
02:29:38,798 --> 02:29:39,799
Spokane closed. I'm 28 2026,

4270
02:29:39,799 --> 02:29:40,400
6, 2, one. I want speaker

4271
02:29:40,400 --> 02:29:42,800
cards, Stephen Wood to

4272
02:29:44,171 --> 02:29:46,600
questions only. Seeing no

4273
02:29:46,600 --> 02:29:47,974
questions. Public hearings

4274
02:29:47,974 --> 02:29:50,374
closed. I'm 29 2026. 6 to 2. I

4275
02:29:51,578 --> 02:29:54,578
have no speaker cards. Case

4276
02:29:55,915 --> 02:29:56,616
closed for any page. 18 item,

4277
02:29:56,616 --> 02:29:58,385
number 2026, 6, 4, 6, I have

4278
02:29:58,385 --> 02:30:01,385
one speaker card. Jamie Travis

4279
02:30:06,325 --> 02:30:07,728
laundered.

4280
02:30:07,728 --> 02:30:08,328
>> Good Evening City Council.

4281
02:30:08,328 --> 02:30:11,328
My name is Jamie Travis

4282
02:30:13,633 --> 02:30:15,569
Leonard, my addresses on file.

4283
02:30:15,569 --> 02:30:17,569
I support 26, 6, 4, 6.

4284
02:30:17,737 --> 02:30:19,272
Actually I honestly had I was

4285
02:30:19,272 --> 02:30:19,973
confused by why the funds are

4286
02:30:19,973 --> 02:30:21,508
moving more so than anything

4287
02:30:21,508 --> 02:30:23,410
else. I do based on my

4288
02:30:23,410 --> 02:30:24,144
understanding support what's

4289
02:30:24,144 --> 02:30:24,844
happening. So I guess I really

4290
02:30:24,844 --> 02:30:28,444
just came up to request that

4291
02:30:30,216 --> 02:30:30,784
if. There is a way for the

4292
02:30:30,784 --> 02:30:31,384
public to gather more

4293
02:30:31,384 --> 02:30:32,840
information on what

4294
02:30:32,840 --> 02:30:33,552
specifically these are being

4295
02:30:33,552 --> 02:30:35,722
broken down to the bill

4296
02:30:35,722 --> 02:30:36,389
summary did not quite get me

4297
02:30:36,389 --> 02:30:37,991
the information that I was

4298
02:30:37,991 --> 02:30:38,725
seeking at the time. That's

4299
02:30:38,725 --> 02:30:42,325
really only come up or I'm

4300
02:30:42,929 --> 02:30:43,230
sorry. All Thank you. Thank

4301
02:30:43,230 --> 02:30:43,930
you.

4302
02:30:43,930 --> 02:30:46,733
>> And no more speaker cards

4303
02:30:46,733 --> 02:30:48,568
and 6 for 6. It's been case

4304
02:30:48,568 --> 02:30:50,568
closed 31.0, 6, 6, 6, 1, no

4305
02:30:50,837 --> 02:30:53,237
speaker cards, but again,

4306
02:30:53,473 --> 02:30:55,873
closed item number 30 to 2026,

4307
02:30:59,579 --> 02:31:00,246
6, 6, 2, I Speaker card.

4308
02:31:00,246 --> 02:31:03,846
Please be sure it's on the

4309
02:31:05,510 --> 02:31:05,986
bill mission any.

4310
02:31:05,986 --> 02:31:07,120
>> Below.

4311
02:31:07,120 --> 02:31:09,255
>> I am John j. Noon

4312
02:31:09,255 --> 02:31:11,255
Jacksonville City Council

4313
02:31:11,658 --> 02:31:12,325
resolution 2023, 0, 1, 9, City

4314
02:31:12,325 --> 02:31:14,325
Council district, 4 cpac, 3

4315
02:31:15,695 --> 02:31:16,863
school board district 3, no

4316
02:31:16,863 --> 02:31:19,863
one full support. You know,

4317
02:31:20,867 --> 02:31:21,568
2026, 0, 6, 6, 2, In fact, I

4318
02:31:21,568 --> 02:31:22,201
was just hoping there be more

4319
02:31:22,201 --> 02:31:23,336
people. You know, you're

4320
02:31:23,336 --> 02:31:26,336
speaking about it, you know,

4321
02:31:26,773 --> 02:31:29,173
this was rules, neighborhoods

4322
02:31:29,809 --> 02:31:32,780
tu but not in waterways. You

4323
02:31:32,780 --> 02:31:34,478
know, Orleans Credit, you

4324
02:31:36,150 --> 02:31:38,151
know, this is something that

4325
02:31:38,151 --> 02:31:38,885
no, over the over the years,

4326
02:31:38,885 --> 02:31:41,285
especially with waterways. You

4327
02:31:42,856 --> 02:31:43,523
know, what are we should be? I

4328
02:31:43,523 --> 02:31:45,923
mean, everything should be

4329
02:31:46,590 --> 02:31:47,460
going to waterways. But I just

4330
02:31:47,460 --> 02:31:50,797
wanted to be, you know, on the

4331
02:31:50,797 --> 02:31:53,797
record, fully support it. You

4332
02:31:53,833 --> 02:31:54,501
know, just a good bill. Thank

4333
02:31:54,501 --> 02:31:57,504
you. Thank you. We have no

4334
02:31:57,504 --> 02:31:57,770
more speaker cards and 6, 6,

4335
02:31:57,770 --> 02:31:58,672
2,

4336
02:31:58,672 --> 02:31:59,572
>> This public hearing is

4337
02:31:59,572 --> 02:32:01,972
closed in additional public

4338
02:32:02,208 --> 02:32:02,608
hearing be held on OCTOBER,

4339
02:32:02,608 --> 02:32:04,344
13th 2020.

4340
02:32:04,344 --> 02:32:05,779
>> Right now, the page. 99. 33

4341
02:32:05,779 --> 02:32:07,779
2026, 6, 6, 3, at 2 speaker

4342
02:32:08,581 --> 02:32:09,249
cards. John Mooney will he

4343
02:32:09,249 --> 02:32:12,485
comes back up here, MR. New

4344
02:32:12,485 --> 02:32:16,422
come on up. You want to speak

4345
02:32:16,422 --> 02:32:17,590
on this one was too many. In

4346
02:32:17,590 --> 02:32:18,492
the meantime, Jimmy Travis

4347
02:32:18,492 --> 02:32:20,293
letter does not wish to speak

4348
02:32:20,293 --> 02:32:20,960
in this, but she does support

4349
02:32:20,960 --> 02:32:22,960
6, 6, 3, This is due 3

4350
02:32:24,831 --> 02:32:26,831
minutes. All right.

4351
02:32:26,933 --> 02:32:29,933
>> I I am John philanthropic

4352
02:32:30,636 --> 02:32:31,238
resiliency. Good boy. New 83.

4353
02:32:31,238 --> 02:32:33,638
56 Bascom road Jack. So

4354
02:32:37,343 --> 02:32:39,343
Florida, 3 to 2, 1, 6, yeah,

4355
02:32:39,345 --> 02:32:40,747
this this legislation, you

4356
02:32:40,747 --> 02:32:41,481
know, neighborhoods finance

4357
02:32:41,481 --> 02:32:44,481
center to waterways. I support

4358
02:32:45,285 --> 02:32:45,886
the mayors Council on fitness

4359
02:32:45,886 --> 02:32:47,420
and we'll being park on

4360
02:32:47,420 --> 02:32:48,121
Pottsburg Creek in District 4

4361
02:32:48,121 --> 02:32:50,521
cpac, 3 school board district

4362
02:32:52,759 --> 02:32:54,627
3. And I would just double it.

4363
02:32:54,627 --> 02:32:57,627
You know, go from 31,000. You

4364
02:32:57,697 --> 02:32:58,398
make it 62,000. You know, so

4365
02:32:58,398 --> 02:33:01,201
good stuff. All right. Thank

4366
02:33:01,201 --> 02:33:02,168
you.

4367
02:33:02,168 --> 02:33:05,168
>> Thank you, And no more

4368
02:33:05,672 --> 02:33:08,720
speaker cards. Public closed.

4369
02:33:08,508 --> 02:33:10,508
I'm 34 35 664-6655, know

4370
02:33:12,212 --> 02:33:12,946
Speaker card. These public

4371
02:33:12,946 --> 02:33:15,810
hearings are closing up age 20

4372
02:33:15,810 --> 02:33:17,481
36, 6, 6, 6, I had no speaker

4373
02:33:18,752 --> 02:33:19,453
cards. Case closed time. 37

4374
02:33:19,453 --> 02:33:21,453
2026, 6, 6, 7, I one Speaker

4375
02:33:21,454 --> 02:33:22,288
card. Jamie Travis Leonard.

4376
02:33:22,288 --> 02:33:24,991
She does not wish to speak,

4377
02:33:24,991 --> 02:33:27,991
but she opposes this bill.

4378
02:33:28,928 --> 02:33:30,997
This public hearing closed

4379
02:33:30,997 --> 02:33:33,499
items turn the page. 21 times.

4380
02:33:33,499 --> 02:33:34,401
38 39 6, 6, 8, 6, 6, 9, I have

4381
02:33:34,401 --> 02:33:35,101
no speaker cards. These public

4382
02:33:35,101 --> 02:33:37,501
hearings are closed item 40.

4383
02:33:37,937 --> 02:33:39,937
26 6. 6, 7, 0, I have 2

4384
02:33:41,908 --> 02:33:43,844
speaker cards. Jamie Travis

4385
02:33:43,844 --> 02:33:47,280
letter does not wish to speak.

4386
02:33:47,280 --> 02:33:50,280
She supports and Jon nudity.

4387
02:33:52,218 --> 02:33:54,618
MR. Many 6, 7, 0, Please stay

4388
02:33:57,591 --> 02:34:00,693
on the bill. I thought I'd

4389
02:34:00,693 --> 02:34:00,994
Doing pretty good on that 6,

4390
02:34:00,994 --> 02:34:01,661
7, 0,

4391
02:34:01,661 --> 02:34:04,631
>> All right. I am John Jay

4392
02:34:04,631 --> 02:34:07,660
New And name and address is on

4393
02:34:07,660 --> 02:34:10,660
file. All right. Now, this

4394
02:34:13,390 --> 02:34:13,707
one. Okay. What we're going to

4395
02:34:13,707 --> 02:34:17,143
be doing is executing a 3rd

4396
02:34:17,143 --> 02:34:17,510
Amendment agreement with j you

4397
02:34:17,510 --> 02:34:19,312
to renew.

4398
02:34:19,312 --> 02:34:20,880
>> The Manatee Protection

4399
02:34:20,880 --> 02:34:21,548
Studies, you know, again,

4400
02:34:21,548 --> 02:34:23,548
neighborhoods, finance, but

4401
02:34:26,619 --> 02:34:30,219
not in waterways and you know,

4402
02:34:30,223 --> 02:34:32,623
this is $103,000. And, you

4403
02:34:33,326 --> 02:34:35,796
know, when I fill out a card.

4404
02:34:35,796 --> 02:34:37,796
For 2026, 0, 6, 7, 8, And

4405
02:34:38,898 --> 02:34:41,298
that's 50 grand. The Manatee

4406
02:34:43,302 --> 02:34:45,702
tank youth pitch competition.

4407
02:34:46,473 --> 02:34:47,340
You know, the priorities. And

4408
02:34:47,340 --> 02:34:47,941
let me just say to you know

4409
02:34:47,941 --> 02:34:50,341
what the last waterways

4410
02:34:55,140 --> 02:34:56,916
meeting. You know, there are

4411
02:34:56,916 --> 02:34:59,916
you know, the manatee deaths.

4412
02:35:00,653 --> 02:35:01,354
Want to say it Queen's

4413
02:35:01,354 --> 02:35:02,210
Harbour. They've had 2 or 3.

4414
02:35:02,210 --> 02:35:05,210
Mean, it's like month after

4415
02:35:06,893 --> 02:35:09,893
month. Anyway, you know, with

4416
02:35:13,266 --> 02:35:14,501
this. You know why it's not

4417
02:35:14,501 --> 02:35:18,101
being sent. None of this stuff

4418
02:35:19,873 --> 02:35:21,608
is going to waterways. And you

4419
02:35:21,608 --> 02:35:22,308
really need to do that. And

4420
02:35:22,308 --> 02:35:24,244
the Environmental Protection

4421
02:35:24,244 --> 02:35:26,112
Board. Same thing. So these

4422
02:35:26,112 --> 02:35:29,112
things should be really that

4423
02:35:29,950 --> 02:35:32,685
did. All right. That's Just

4424
02:35:32,685 --> 02:35:33,387
say on that. Thank you.

4425
02:35:33,387 --> 02:35:36,356
>> Thank you, MR. And have no

4426
02:35:36,356 --> 02:35:37,257
more speaker cards of 6, 7, 0,

4427
02:35:37,257 --> 02:35:40,127
here is closed during to pay

4428
02:35:40,127 --> 02:35:42,127
item number. 41 2026. 6, 7, 1,

4429
02:35:43,763 --> 02:35:44,498
I have one speaker court.

4430
02:35:44,498 --> 02:35:45,980
Jamie Travis letter g does not

4431
02:35:45,980 --> 02:35:48,980
wish to speak, but she

4432
02:35:48,134 --> 02:35:50,534
supports the bill. Spokane

4433
02:35:51,171 --> 02:35:51,737
closed. I-40 to 6, 7, 8,

4434
02:35:51,737 --> 02:35:52,472
emergency in the home

4435
02:35:52,472 --> 02:35:54,872
emergency. There are emergency

4436
02:35:56,709 --> 02:35:57,877
sorry. I emergency.

4437
02:35:57,877 --> 02:35:59,746
>> We have a motion and second

4438
02:35:59,746 --> 02:36:01,915
on the emergency, we have no

4439
02:36:01,915 --> 02:36:03,160
speakers in the queue will

4440
02:36:03,160 --> 02:36:03,716
vote for Leon favorite

4441
02:36:03,716 --> 02:36:04,384
emergency indicate by saying

4442
02:36:04,384 --> 02:36:07,120
Aye, aye, all again say no

4443
02:36:07,120 --> 02:36:08,121
emergency move the bill as an

4444
02:36:08,121 --> 02:36:08,822
emergency. We have a motion

4445
02:36:08,822 --> 02:36:10,657
and second on the bill as an

4446
02:36:10,657 --> 02:36:12,893
emergency. All recognize MR.

4447
02:36:12,893 --> 02:36:14,260
Diamond, thank you, MISTER

4448
02:36:14,260 --> 02:36:14,994
PRESIDENT. Just so it's clear

4449
02:36:14,994 --> 02:36:17,798
this contract was extended one

4450
02:36:17,798 --> 02:36:18,498
day longer. One day general

4451
02:36:18,498 --> 02:36:19,866
counsel told us this would be

4452
02:36:19,866 --> 02:36:22,101
illegal under Florida State

4453
02:36:22,101 --> 02:36:22,802
law. So go ahead and vote for

4454
02:36:22,802 --> 02:36:23,403
if you want. But clearly this

4455
02:36:23,403 --> 02:36:25,803
flouts the intention of

4456
02:36:27,400 --> 02:36:27,774
Florida State law. And we have

4457
02:36:27,774 --> 02:36:31,374
no more speakers in the queue

4458
02:36:43,560 --> 02:36:47,256
it up in about a quarter it.

4459
02:36:48,280 --> 02:36:50,280
>> 16 yeas, one nay.

4460
02:36:51,465 --> 02:36:52,799
>> And by your vote 2026, 0,

4461
02:36:52,799 --> 02:36:53,433
6, 7, 1, passes item 40 to

4462
02:36:53,433 --> 02:36:54,868
2026, 6, 7, 2, I have one

4463
02:36:54,868 --> 02:36:57,268
speaker card. Jamie Travis

4464
02:37:02,275 --> 02:37:03,343
Leonard.

4465
02:37:03,343 --> 02:37:04,344
>> Good Evening City Council.

4466
02:37:04,344 --> 02:37:05,780
My name is Jimmy Travis

4467
02:37:05,780 --> 02:37:08,315
Leonard. I'll try to keep this

4468
02:37:08,315 --> 02:37:10,217
brief. I do support 6, 7, 2,

4469
02:37:10,217 --> 02:37:11,218
as you've heard tonight,

4470
02:37:11,218 --> 02:37:11,985
affordable housing is a hot

4471
02:37:11,985 --> 02:37:12,686
topic in this city, especially

4472
02:37:12,686 --> 02:37:16,286
with some of the stuff coming

4473
02:37:16,356 --> 02:37:17,356
down from the budget. My main

4474
02:37:17,356 --> 02:37:18,491
request is that as we're

4475
02:37:18,491 --> 02:37:20,891
looking at these initiatives

4476
02:37:21,328 --> 02:37:23,728
where we are surplus

4477
02:37:24,970 --> 02:37:25,650
properties donate them for

4478
02:37:25,650 --> 02:37:25,698
affordable housing or

4479
02:37:25,698 --> 02:37:26,432
incorporate them into our

4480
02:37:26,432 --> 02:37:28,432
affordable housing initiatives

4481
02:37:29,402 --> 02:37:30,136
that we don't just look at

4482
02:37:30,136 --> 02:37:31,571
rentals. I fear that something

4483
02:37:31,571 --> 02:37:33,640
that has been happening where

4484
02:37:33,640 --> 02:37:36,910
we're looking at what I would

4485
02:37:36,910 --> 02:37:37,543
call temporary housing. I

4486
02:37:37,543 --> 02:37:40,543
would like to see more

4487
02:37:41,347 --> 02:37:43,747
initiatives that are helping

4488
02:37:44,584 --> 02:37:47,584
lower income or even are.

4489
02:37:47,588 --> 02:37:48,121
Returning. You know, people.

4490
02:37:48,121 --> 02:37:49,790
Who have experience

4491
02:37:49,790 --> 02:37:51,790
homelessness, who are

4492
02:37:52,590 --> 02:37:53,393
transitioning into full-time

4493
02:37:53,393 --> 02:37:55,128
housing to then eventually be

4494
02:37:55,128 --> 02:37:57,197
able to purchase and own their

4495
02:37:57,197 --> 02:37:57,897
own home. That's really what i

4496
02:37:57,897 --> 02:37:59,432
wanted to say on this. Again.

4497
02:37:59,432 --> 02:38:01,134
I do support and I hope you'll

4498
02:38:01,134 --> 02:38:01,868
continue to bring forth

4499
02:38:01,868 --> 02:38:04,204
initiatives to further our

4500
02:38:04,204 --> 02:38:04,871
housing in the city has you've

4501
02:38:04,871 --> 02:38:07,271
seen? It's very important.

4502
02:38:07,540 --> 02:38:08,241
Thank you.

4503
02:38:08,241 --> 02:38:11,241
>> And no more speaker cards

4504
02:38:13,446 --> 02:38:15,282
of 6, 7, 2, case closed.

4505
02:38:15,282 --> 02:38:16,416
During the page page. 23 43

4506
02:38:16,416 --> 02:38:18,416
2026, 6, 7, 3, have no

4507
02:38:20,553 --> 02:38:22,953
speakers. Case closed item. 44

4508
02:38:23,757 --> 02:38:25,757
2026, 6, 7, 4, I have one

4509
02:38:27,260 --> 02:38:29,426
speaker Card. Victoria toasty

4510
02:38:29,796 --> 02:38:32,196
the questions on believe.

4511
02:38:32,833 --> 02:38:33,533
Seeing no questions this

4512
02:38:33,533 --> 02:38:35,501
public hearing is closed and

4513
02:38:35,501 --> 02:38:37,270
moved the emergency that we

4514
02:38:37,270 --> 02:38:38,338
have a motion and second on

4515
02:38:38,338 --> 02:38:39,720
the emergency, no speakers in

4516
02:38:39,720 --> 02:38:42,175
the queue will vote for Le all

4517
02:38:42,175 --> 02:38:42,876
in favor. Oh, wait a second.

4518
02:38:42,876 --> 02:38:45,212
MISTER Sit City can be a seat

4519
02:38:45,212 --> 02:38:47,212
in

4520
02:38:49,983 --> 02:38:51,718
>> have a surplus. It. All in

4521
02:38:51,718 --> 02:38:54,718
favor indicate by saying Aye,

4522
02:38:55,188 --> 02:38:57,424
I again say no. All right. The

4523
02:38:57,424 --> 02:38:58,158
emergency passes move the bill

4524
02:38:58,158 --> 02:38:59,760
as emergency. We have a motion

4525
02:38:59,760 --> 02:39:00,460
a second on the bill as an

4526
02:39:00,460 --> 02:39:01,194
emergency. No speakers in the

4527
02:39:01,194 --> 02:39:05,394
queue it up in about a quarter

4528
02:39:11,972 --> 02:39:13,140
it.

4529
02:39:13,140 --> 02:39:15,540
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays by your

4530
02:39:15,942 --> 02:39:16,309
vote. 2026, 0, 6, 7, 4 is

4531
02:39:16,309 --> 02:39:18,309
approved.

4532
02:39:20,790 --> 02:39:21,147
>> Item 45 2026, 6, 7, 5, no

4533
02:39:21,147 --> 02:39:23,820
speaker cards. But case

4534
02:39:23,820 --> 02:39:25,118
closed. Turning the page. 24,

4535
02:39:25,118 --> 02:39:27,118
I'm 20. I am 46. 2026, 6, 7,

4536
02:39:27,187 --> 02:39:28,588
6, 3 speaker cars. Y'all come.

4537
02:39:28,588 --> 02:39:32,188
I come down to the front,

4538
02:39:36,950 --> 02:39:38,495
please. Julie, do Wainwright.

4539
02:39:41,434 --> 02:39:44,434
And also Jamie Travis Leonard.

4540
02:39:45,104 --> 02:39:45,838
I also have a card from Dks

4541
02:39:45,838 --> 02:39:47,838
community Development. No-name

4542
02:39:47,908 --> 02:39:48,975
James Kelly I'm sorry written

4543
02:39:48,975 --> 02:39:52,412
here. Does not wish to speak.

4544
02:39:52,412 --> 02:39:56,120
Is questions on We have this

4545
02:39:58,184 --> 02:40:01,184
Leonard and this right? Good

4546
02:40:04,991 --> 02:40:05,625
evening. I am and

4547
02:40:05,625 --> 02:40:06,293
>> My name is Joe Leader.

4548
02:40:06,293 --> 02:40:09,293
Wainwright in my address on

4549
02:40:09,896 --> 02:40:12,980
record. Thank you for the last

4550
02:40:12,980 --> 02:40:12,832
several years watch funds

4551
02:40:12,832 --> 02:40:14,768
being assigned to improve last

4552
02:40:14,768 --> 02:40:16,336
shortage of housing for those

4553
02:40:16,336 --> 02:40:18,138
that can afford it in those

4554
02:40:18,138 --> 02:40:20,140
that cannot afford it. And

4555
02:40:20,140 --> 02:40:21,441
those that are homeless and

4556
02:40:21,441 --> 02:40:24,645
only to see funds could to

4557
02:40:24,645 --> 02:40:28,245
make the help useless to those

4558
02:40:28,348 --> 02:40:30,383
needing it the most. The

4559
02:40:30,383 --> 02:40:31,500
cutting from 10 million to

4560
02:40:31,500 --> 02:40:31,685
3 million for homeless

4561
02:40:31,685 --> 02:40:34,850
shelters and now removing

4562
02:40:35,455 --> 02:40:36,156
23 million from the mayor's.

4563
02:40:36,156 --> 02:40:38,391
Budget proposal. Well, as a

4564
02:40:38,391 --> 02:40:39,325
reason for cutting the funds,

4565
02:40:39,325 --> 02:40:41,728
every time you find a solution

4566
02:40:41,728 --> 02:40:42,429
and help our people. City

4567
02:40:42,429 --> 02:40:46,290
Council finds a way to block

4568
02:40:46,300 --> 02:40:46,967
it. Citizens always need

4569
02:40:46,967 --> 02:40:49,536
support to buy a house and

4570
02:40:49,536 --> 02:40:51,771
maintain it. But it's a

4571
02:40:51,771 --> 02:40:52,706
different day now. We all need

4572
02:40:52,706 --> 02:40:55,106
support, mortgage food and

4573
02:40:55,942 --> 02:40:58,612
even gas. We have a successful

4574
02:40:58,612 --> 02:41:01,120
program that helps the

4575
02:41:01,581 --> 02:41:02,549
homeless return home run by

4576
02:41:02,549 --> 02:41:03,116
the police. However,

4577
02:41:03,116 --> 02:41:04,217
Jacksonville has many

4578
02:41:04,217 --> 02:41:06,617
resources for the homeless.

4579
02:41:07,153 --> 02:41:09,255
The other counties send a lot

4580
02:41:09,255 --> 02:41:09,956
of their homeless to us

4581
02:41:09,956 --> 02:41:12,956
instead of helping their own

4582
02:41:12,992 --> 02:41:15,992
people. Don't turn your back

4583
02:41:16,196 --> 02:41:17,163
on our residents that can help

4584
02:41:17,163 --> 02:41:20,163
this city and please replace

4585
02:41:21,680 --> 02:41:21,668
the funds. I am a homeless. I

4586
02:41:21,668 --> 02:41:24,668
am a member of the

4587
02:41:24,838 --> 02:41:26,806
homelessness commission. And

4588
02:41:26,806 --> 02:41:27,841
we have to constantly fight to

4589
02:41:27,841 --> 02:41:29,843
get funds to our agencies to

4590
02:41:29,843 --> 02:41:32,843
do an effective job. Please

4591
02:41:33,747 --> 02:41:34,381
help those in need. Thank you.

4592
02:41:34,381 --> 02:41:37,381
>> Thank u next. We have

4593
02:41:39,886 --> 02:41:40,554
Chavez. Leonard. And MISTER

4594
02:41:40,554 --> 02:41:43,222
Kelly does not. Do you want

4595
02:41:43,222 --> 02:41:46,222
questions on correct? And no

4596
02:41:48,295 --> 02:41:49,960
more speaker cards on 6? So in

4597
02:41:49,960 --> 02:41:49,796
6. All right.

4598
02:41:49,796 --> 02:41:52,796
>> And seeing no speakers are

4599
02:41:53,967 --> 02:41:56,270
questions. We close public. To

4600
02:41:56,270 --> 02:41:58,270
page. 25 items. 47 2026, 6, 7,

4601
02:41:59,539 --> 02:42:01,174
7, I have no speaker cards.

4602
02:42:01,174 --> 02:42:02,800
>> voters closed and item

4603
02:42:02,800 --> 02:42:05,800
number. 48, I have one speaker

4604
02:42:05,178 --> 02:42:07,178
card. For 2026, 6, 7, 8, MR.

4605
02:42:15,455 --> 02:42:17,357
John Duty.

4606
02:42:17,357 --> 02:42:19,225
>> Hello, I am John j. Noon. A

4607
02:42:19,225 --> 02:42:19,926
Jacksonville City Council

4608
02:42:19,926 --> 02:42:21,926
resolution 2023, 0, 8, 1, 9

4609
02:42:23,396 --> 02:42:24,640
City Council district 4 cpac

4610
02:42:24,640 --> 02:42:25,966
planning District 3 school

4611
02:42:25,966 --> 02:42:28,366
board district 3. So we're

4612
02:42:29,903 --> 02:42:31,380
going appropriate 50. 1000

4613
02:42:31,380 --> 02:42:33,390
from the contributions from

4614
02:42:33,390 --> 02:42:35,439
private sources line item.

4615
02:42:37,877 --> 02:42:39,880
And, you know, it for and here

4616
02:42:39,880 --> 02:42:41,515
you have funding for the

4617
02:42:41,515 --> 02:42:42,249
Manatee tank youth pitch

4618
02:42:42,249 --> 02:42:44,249
competition for sustainability

4619
02:42:45,919 --> 02:42:46,653
programs. Well, here's the

4620
02:42:46,653 --> 02:42:50,253
reason that, you know, this is

4621
02:42:50,290 --> 02:42:51,225
here's joke thing. You know,

4622
02:42:51,225 --> 02:42:52,293
and I wanted to say, you know,

4623
02:42:52,293 --> 02:42:53,960
I thought when this thing got

4624
02:42:53,960 --> 02:42:54,627
creative, there's like

4625
02:42:54,627 --> 02:42:55,996
25 million bucks. So we're

4626
02:42:55,996 --> 02:42:58,996
just, you know, just plowing

4627
02:43:00,133 --> 02:43:00,834
through this. And, you know,

4628
02:43:00,834 --> 02:43:02,436
it's a neighborhood's finance

4629
02:43:02,436 --> 02:43:05,436
not and waterways. You know?

4630
02:43:06,390 --> 02:43:08,342
So, you know, I just scratch

4631
02:43:08,342 --> 02:43:09,900
it. You know, it's it's a

4632
02:43:09,900 --> 02:43:10,410
budget transfer Smith, the

4633
02:43:10,410 --> 02:43:13,410
request of the mayor, you

4634
02:43:13,947 --> 02:43:15,883
know, use this money for

4635
02:43:15,883 --> 02:43:17,883
manatee affordable house

4636
02:43:18,850 --> 02:43:21,850
anywhere and and many waterway

4637
02:43:21,121 --> 02:43:23,521
in in Jacksonville split. 25

4638
02:43:23,757 --> 02:43:24,424
of peace, but scratch it. This

4639
02:43:24,424 --> 02:43:28,240
is like I said, we'll joke

4640
02:43:28,528 --> 02:43:29,963
stuff. Thank you for listening

4641
02:43:29,963 --> 02:43:33,563
and no more speaker cards of

4642
02:43:34,401 --> 02:43:36,401
6, 7, 8, spelling closed.

4643
02:43:37,804 --> 02:43:38,771
>> And up age 26 items

4644
02:43:38,771 --> 02:43:40,541
numbered. 49 56, 7, 9, 6, 8,

4645
02:43:40,541 --> 02:43:43,541
7, I have no speaker cards.

4646
02:43:44,410 --> 02:43:46,410
bouquets are closed.

4647
02:43:48,982 --> 02:43:50,884
PRESIDENT. We now move on to.

4648
02:43:50,884 --> 02:43:52,185
Public hearings on land use

4649
02:43:52,185 --> 02:43:53,860
amendment and companion

4650
02:43:53,860 --> 02:43:53,753
rezonings and modifications.

4651
02:43:53,753 --> 02:43:56,753
The comp plan beginning on

4652
02:43:56,857 --> 02:43:58,857
Page 27. Item number. 51,

4653
02:44:04,398 --> 02:44:05,132
2020's. 6, 1, 2, 6, I have 2

4654
02:44:05,132 --> 02:44:07,532
speaker cards, Samantha Series

4655
02:44:08,168 --> 02:44:09,303
and Chavez gave me Travis

4656
02:44:09,303 --> 02:44:10,370
Leonard both oppose it, but

4657
02:44:10,370 --> 02:44:13,973
did not wish to speak on it at

4658
02:44:13,973 --> 02:44:15,141
this time.

4659
02:44:15,141 --> 02:44:15,909
>> This probably is. Public

4660
02:44:15,909 --> 02:44:17,144
hearings continued to

4661
02:44:17,144 --> 02:44:18,878
SEPTEMBER 22nd 2026 and

4662
02:44:18,878 --> 02:44:21,878
turning the page to item

4663
02:44:24,518 --> 02:44:26,918
number 50 to one to 7.

4664
02:44:29,856 --> 02:44:32,125
>> Have I think one or 2?

4665
02:44:32,125 --> 02:44:32,826
Samantha she does not wish to

4666
02:44:32,826 --> 02:44:35,826
speak, but she does supposed

4667
02:44:35,829 --> 02:44:36,930
oppose it.

4668
02:44:36,930 --> 02:44:38,930
>> This public hearings

4669
02:44:39,666 --> 02:44:39,967
continued to SEPTEMBER 22nd

4670
02:44:39,967 --> 02:44:41,634
2026.

4671
02:44:41,634 --> 02:44:43,303
>> All right. Next, we have

4672
02:44:43,303 --> 02:44:45,703
item number. 53. 26 5 to 3. I

4673
02:44:47,441 --> 02:44:49,420
have one speaker card.

4674
02:44:49,420 --> 02:44:49,710
Samantha Series again. And she

4675
02:44:49,710 --> 02:44:53,280
does oppose us but does not

4676
02:44:53,280 --> 02:44:53,980
wish to speak.

4677
02:44:53,980 --> 02:44:55,282
>> Public hearings continued

4678
02:44:55,282 --> 02:44:57,682
to SEPTEMBER 22nd 2026. Item

4679
02:45:01,355 --> 02:45:02,550
number. 54.

4680
02:45:02,550 --> 02:45:02,723
>> What the up that there was

4681
02:45:02,723 --> 02:45:04,291
the other one 27 card game.

4682
02:45:04,291 --> 02:45:05,250
You have this letter. I think

4683
02:45:05,250 --> 02:45:09,825
we need to open it. I think we

4684
02:45:11,650 --> 02:45:11,732
knew it. Moving on item number

4685
02:45:11,732 --> 02:45:14,132
50 for 2026. 5 to 4. I have

4686
02:45:15,435 --> 02:45:16,136
one speaker card. Again,

4687
02:45:16,136 --> 02:45:16,770
Samantha Series. She opposes.

4688
02:45:16,770 --> 02:45:19,873
But that does not wish to

4689
02:45:19,873 --> 02:45:20,907
speak.

4690
02:45:20,907 --> 02:45:22,675
>> public areas continue to

4691
02:45:22,675 --> 02:45:24,675
9.20, to 2026. Item number 55,

4692
02:45:26,446 --> 02:45:28,446
5, 5, 3,

4693
02:45:30,117 --> 02:45:32,517
>> One speaker car John.

4694
02:45:33,387 --> 02:45:34,788
Questions only.

4695
02:45:34,788 --> 02:45:35,121
>> This public hearing is

4696
02:45:35,121 --> 02:45:37,121
closed.

4697
02:45:37,757 --> 02:45:38,391
>> I move the bell.

4698
02:45:38,391 --> 02:45:40,928
>> We have a motion and a

4699
02:45:40,928 --> 02:45:41,662
second on the bill seeing no

4700
02:45:41,662 --> 02:45:45,862
speakers in the queue it up in

4701
02:45:54,307 --> 02:45:56,707
about a quarter vote.

4702
02:45:57,577 --> 02:45:59,577
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

4703
02:46:00,580 --> 02:46:01,614
>> And by your vote, 2026, 0,

4704
02:46:01,614 --> 02:46:02,348
5, 5, 3, passes, MR. Floor

4705
02:46:02,348 --> 02:46:04,550
earlier before we move on, MR.

4706
02:46:04,550 --> 02:46:07,488
Abbott's letter just to make

4707
02:46:07,488 --> 02:46:08,255
sure did you want to speak on

4708
02:46:08,255 --> 02:46:08,956
2026? 0, 1, 2, 7 I can reopen.

4709
02:46:08,956 --> 02:46:11,956
Public doesn't know you, but

4710
02:46:12,425 --> 02:46:14,394
you want speak She's fine.

4711
02:46:14,394 --> 02:46:15,161
Item. 56. 26 5, 5, 4, I have

4712
02:46:15,161 --> 02:46:15,428
one speaker card again. John.

4713
02:46:15,428 --> 02:46:17,428
Her

4714
02:46:21,670 --> 02:46:21,801
>> yeah. Questions only.

4715
02:46:21,801 --> 02:46:22,469
Spokane closed. I moved the

4716
02:46:22,469 --> 02:46:23,537
bill. We have a motion and

4717
02:46:23,537 --> 02:46:25,238
second on the bill.

4718
02:46:25,238 --> 02:46:28,238
>> No speakers in the queue.

4719
02:46:32,345 --> 02:46:34,614
It's up about a quarter vote.

4720
02:46:34,614 --> 02:46:36,614
That's good.

4721
02:46:39,319 --> 02:46:41,319
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

4722
02:46:42,489 --> 02:46:44,424
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 5,

4723
02:46:44,424 --> 02:46:46,424
5, 4 passes age 30 items.

4724
02:46:46,993 --> 02:46:48,993
Number, 57 58 2026. 61 62. I

4725
02:46:50,898 --> 02:46:51,598
have no speaker cards. These

4726
02:46:51,598 --> 02:46:52,332
public hearings or close. An

4727
02:46:52,332 --> 02:46:54,732
additional public hearings for

4728
02:46:56,269 --> 02:46:57,270
both will be held 20 to 2026.

4729
02:46:57,270 --> 02:46:59,270
PRESIDENT Colleagues pursuant

4730
02:47:00,174 --> 02:47:00,874
to Section 200.0 6, 5, the

4731
02:47:00,874 --> 02:47:03,274
Florida statutes, the council

4732
02:47:03,877 --> 02:47:04,578
secretary, MISTER Teal. We'll

4733
02:47:04,578 --> 02:47:05,178
read a statement immediately

4734
02:47:05,178 --> 02:47:06,780
prior to today's public

4735
02:47:06,780 --> 02:47:08,780
hearing concerning adoption.

4736
02:47:12,652 --> 02:47:14,220
The first second and 3rd 2026.

4737
02:47:14,220 --> 02:47:14,822
27 millage levees, MR. Plea

4738
02:47:14,822 --> 02:47:15,522
Mrt a police raid that

4739
02:47:15,522 --> 02:47:16,223
happened cult statement prior

4740
02:47:16,223 --> 02:47:19,726
to our opening of the public

4741
02:47:19,726 --> 02:47:21,726
hearing on 501. Ordinance

4742
02:47:23,997 --> 02:47:25,299
2026. 501. The consolidated

4743
02:47:25,299 --> 02:47:27,134
city of Jacksonville proposes

4744
02:47:27,134 --> 02:47:27,967
to Levy the following millage

4745
02:47:27,967 --> 02:47:30,303
rate within the General Fund.

4746
02:47:30,303 --> 02:47:30,937
General Services District

4747
02:47:30,937 --> 02:47:32,937
accepting urban services

4748
02:47:33,539 --> 02:47:35,539
districts 2 through 5.

4749
02:47:36,609 --> 02:47:39,900
>> a total mileage of 11.1, 9,

4750
02:47:39,212 --> 02:47:41,212
1, 9, mills for operations.

4751
02:47:41,815 --> 02:47:43,416
This reflects a 3.9 3%

4752
02:47:43,416 --> 02:47:45,419
increase in the operating

4753
02:47:45,419 --> 02:47:48,419
millage rate from the rollback

4754
02:47:55,462 --> 02:47:56,960
rate of 10.7, 6, 8, 9, mills.

4755
02:47:56,960 --> 02:47:56,763
I hope PRESIDENT Open the

4756
02:47:56,763 --> 02:47:58,665
public hearing. This public

4757
02:47:58,665 --> 02:48:02,265
hearings open. And we have one

4758
02:48:04,671 --> 02:48:07,671
speaker card, John MR. Does

4759
02:48:09,743 --> 02:48:10,410
not appear to be present. In

4760
02:48:10,410 --> 02:48:11,144
close public hearing. This

4761
02:48:11,144 --> 02:48:14,144
public hearing is closed. I

4762
02:48:14,147 --> 02:48:14,881
recommend will Ashley, an

4763
02:48:14,881 --> 02:48:17,281
additional public hearing will

4764
02:48:18,180 --> 02:48:18,318
be held 9.20 to 2026, thank

4765
02:48:18,318 --> 02:48:19,190
you.

4766
02:48:19,190 --> 02:48:20,954
>> With that, I recommend the

4767
02:48:20,954 --> 02:48:21,821
approval of the tentative

4768
02:48:21,821 --> 02:48:22,456
millage.

4769
02:48:22,456 --> 02:48:23,156
>> I have a motion and a

4770
02:48:23,156 --> 02:48:25,556
second all recognize finance

4771
02:48:25,859 --> 02:48:26,560
chair land.

4772
02:48:26,560 --> 02:48:27,194
>> I think council PRESIDENT

4773
02:48:27,194 --> 02:48:28,995
Colleagues and finance we

4774
02:48:28,995 --> 02:48:30,931
talked about there is a new

4775
02:48:30,931 --> 02:48:31,665
state law already proved not

4776
02:48:31,665 --> 02:48:34,650
dependent on amendment 3. That

4777
02:48:34,634 --> 02:48:35,680
changes the voting threshold

4778
02:48:35,680 --> 02:48:35,735
requirements.

4779
02:48:35,735 --> 02:48:38,135
>> For changing the millage

4780
02:48:38,304 --> 02:48:39,406
rate both up and down. And I

4781
02:48:39,406 --> 02:48:40,907
want MR. Peterson to share the

4782
02:48:40,907 --> 02:48:42,342
same information as well as

4783
02:48:42,342 --> 02:48:43,100
with the new voting thresholds

4784
02:48:43,100 --> 02:48:44,511
are going to be for us, not

4785
02:48:44,511 --> 02:48:47,247
just this year, but going

4786
02:48:47,247 --> 02:48:49,160
forward. Saul turn over to him

4787
02:48:49,160 --> 02:48:49,616
too. Explain that new law to

4788
02:48:49,616 --> 02:48:51,616
MISTER Peterson, you're

4789
02:48:53,200 --> 02:48:53,720
recognized.

4790
02:48:53,720 --> 02:48:54,421
>> Through the present to the

4791
02:48:54,421 --> 02:48:57,224
council. So the new law that

4792
02:48:57,224 --> 02:48:58,592
passed this year requires that

4793
02:48:58,592 --> 02:48:59,359
if the millage rate any

4794
02:48:59,359 --> 02:49:01,759
mileage rate above the

4795
02:49:03,463 --> 02:49:04,497
rollback rate requires a

4796
02:49:04,497 --> 02:49:05,198
two-thirds vote of the

4797
02:49:05,198 --> 02:49:05,866
governing body. Will. There

4798
02:49:05,866 --> 02:49:06,833
are is a higher limit that

4799
02:49:06,833 --> 02:49:09,233
would require 3 fourths. But

4800
02:49:10,170 --> 02:49:10,870
for your purposes, the

4801
02:49:10,870 --> 02:49:13,270
military's that are presented

4802
02:49:14,108 --> 02:49:14,941
to you tonight as from the

4803
02:49:14,941 --> 02:49:17,941
mayor do require a two-thirds

4804
02:49:18,111 --> 02:49:18,712
vote of the governing body.

4805
02:49:18,712 --> 02:49:19,412
Tonight only requires a

4806
02:49:19,412 --> 02:49:21,812
majority vote because you're

4807
02:49:22,715 --> 02:49:24,617
just doing tentative approval.

4808
02:49:24,617 --> 02:49:27,870
But for the vote on the

4809
02:49:27,870 --> 02:49:27,788
SEPTEMBER 22nd, it will

4810
02:49:27,788 --> 02:49:28,522
require a two-thirds vote and

4811
02:49:28,522 --> 02:49:29,189
that is the law going forward.

4812
02:49:29,189 --> 02:49:31,589
Anything above the rollback

4813
02:49:32,760 --> 02:49:33,460
rate.

4814
02:49:33,460 --> 02:49:34,194
>> All right. Thank you, MR.

4815
02:49:34,194 --> 02:49:37,194
Petersen. I will recognize MR.

4816
02:49:38,980 --> 02:49:39,867
Diamond. Thank you. Council

4817
02:49:39,867 --> 02:49:40,567
PRESIDENT, I just want to say

4818
02:49:40,567 --> 02:49:41,201
again, this my last time ever

4819
02:49:41,201 --> 02:49:41,801
doing this. We're raising

4820
02:49:41,801 --> 02:49:43,971
taxes on the people of

4821
02:49:43,971 --> 02:49:45,639
Jacksonville with this vote.

4822
02:49:45,639 --> 02:49:46,373
Let's be clear. The mayor has

4823
02:49:46,373 --> 02:49:49,760
proposed a tax increase on the

4824
02:49:49,760 --> 02:49:49,776
people of Jacksonville making

4825
02:49:49,776 --> 02:49:51,311
it harder for the hardworking

4826
02:49:51,311 --> 02:49:52,613
people of Jacksonville to keep

4827
02:49:52,613 --> 02:49:53,313
their homes. If you're renting

4828
02:49:53,313 --> 02:49:55,549
in Jacksonville right now and

4829
02:49:55,549 --> 02:49:56,216
you're dying to buy a house,

4830
02:49:56,216 --> 02:49:56,883
the mayor just raise your

4831
02:49:56,883 --> 02:49:58,418
taxes again, made it harder

4832
02:49:58,418 --> 02:50:02,422
for you to not be a renter,

4833
02:50:02,422 --> 02:50:03,123
but to buy your first time. So

4834
02:50:03,123 --> 02:50:03,857
this is ridiculous. The fact

4835
02:50:03,857 --> 02:50:04,590
that we're not even looking at

4836
02:50:04,590 --> 02:50:06,920
a rollback rate which counties

4837
02:50:06,920 --> 02:50:08,295
in cities across Florida are

4838
02:50:08,295 --> 02:50:08,962
doing is wild to me. So know

4839
02:50:08,962 --> 02:50:10,964
I'll be known all these and

4840
02:50:10,964 --> 02:50:11,632
also got a budget amendment.

4841
02:50:11,632 --> 02:50:14,632
Thank you, sir. MISS Clark.

4842
02:50:17,700 --> 02:50:18,238
Mary. Thank you. Chair.

4843
02:50:18,238 --> 02:50:19,540
>> Through the chair to MISS

4844
02:50:19,540 --> 02:50:21,940
The populace. Just curious

4845
02:50:24,911 --> 02:50:25,945
about process we're can about.

4846
02:50:25,945 --> 02:50:26,981
The beaches? Do they ever have

4847
02:50:26,981 --> 02:50:27,748
an opportunity to speak in

4848
02:50:27,748 --> 02:50:29,617
regards to the rollback

4849
02:50:29,617 --> 02:50:32,170
decision that we make?

4850
02:50:35,822 --> 02:50:36,489
>> Outside of this body. Know?

4851
02:50:36,489 --> 02:50:36,990
>> MR. Publisher recognize

4852
02:50:36,990 --> 02:50:37,957
through the chair

4853
02:50:37,957 --> 02:50:38,992
councilmember Clerk rare you

4854
02:50:38,992 --> 02:50:40,761
talking with respect to what

4855
02:50:40,761 --> 02:50:41,461
they assess as their mileage

4856
02:50:41,461 --> 02:50:44,300
or just as far as the city of

4857
02:50:44,300 --> 02:50:45,866
Jacksonville's assessment.

4858
02:50:45,866 --> 02:50:48,401
Thank you for that question.

4859
02:50:48,401 --> 02:50:50,337
So on. My concern is that they

4860
02:50:50,337 --> 02:50:51,710
like right now we're holding a

4861
02:50:51,710 --> 02:50:53,774
public hearing. There's no one

4862
02:50:53,774 --> 02:50:54,474
here from them.

4863
02:50:54,474 --> 02:50:57,777
>> From from them to speak in

4864
02:50:57,777 --> 02:51:00,614
regards to it. So we did have

4865
02:51:00,614 --> 02:51:01,214
a public hearing and we in the

4866
02:51:01,214 --> 02:51:01,948
beaches, everybody does

4867
02:51:01,948 --> 02:51:03,683
receive the trim notice just

4868
02:51:03,683 --> 02:51:04,951
like they do in the city of

4869
02:51:04,951 --> 02:51:05,652
Jacksonville and the trim

4870
02:51:05,652 --> 02:51:07,621
notice would reflect the

4871
02:51:07,621 --> 02:51:08,755
assessment of each entity that

4872
02:51:08,755 --> 02:51:09,489
is authorized to assess taxes

4873
02:51:09,489 --> 02:51:10,891
against the household. So that

4874
02:51:10,891 --> 02:51:11,591
would include the school

4875
02:51:11,591 --> 02:51:12,292
board.

4876
02:51:12,292 --> 02:51:15,292
>> It's cetera. So those are

4877
02:51:15,495 --> 02:51:16,496
all listed on the trim notice.

4878
02:51:16,496 --> 02:51:17,564
Again, we do have a public

4879
02:51:17,564 --> 02:51:18,966
hearing tonight and again on

4880
02:51:18,966 --> 02:51:20,533
the final adoption night. And

4881
02:51:20,533 --> 02:51:21,201
they just as anyone would have

4882
02:51:21,201 --> 02:51:23,136
an opportunity to come and

4883
02:51:23,136 --> 02:51:24,710
speak to the items when they

4884
02:51:24,710 --> 02:51:25,380
come up.

4885
02:51:25,380 --> 02:51:25,639
>> Okay. Thank you. So what

4886
02:51:25,639 --> 02:51:26,340
you're saying that they

4887
02:51:26,340 --> 02:51:28,340
receive notices individually

4888
02:51:29,710 --> 02:51:30,677
in the mail and then the other

4889
02:51:30,677 --> 02:51:31,444
opportunity they have is to

4890
02:51:31,444 --> 02:51:32,312
come before this body. But

4891
02:51:32,312 --> 02:51:34,714
they don't come before any

4892
02:51:34,714 --> 02:51:35,382
other body in regards to.

4893
02:51:35,382 --> 02:51:38,382
>> They could also come to

4894
02:51:39,219 --> 02:51:40,187
their respective municipal,

4895
02:51:40,187 --> 02:51:41,321
council to address the

4896
02:51:41,321 --> 02:51:42,356
assessment. So, for instance,

4897
02:51:42,356 --> 02:51:43,423
for Jacksonville Beach, the

4898
02:51:43,423 --> 02:51:45,191
City Council also will hold

4899
02:51:45,191 --> 02:51:46,560
budget hearings and they will

4900
02:51:46,560 --> 02:51:47,561
address the millage there that

4901
02:51:47,561 --> 02:51:49,362
they assess. And they also are

4902
02:51:49,362 --> 02:51:50,364
able to attend because that is

4903
02:51:50,364 --> 02:51:51,365
also reflected on their trim

4904
02:51:51,365 --> 02:51:52,533
notice. And they can also

4905
02:51:52,533 --> 02:51:54,200
attend that public hearing to

4906
02:51:54,200 --> 02:51:55,936
speak as well as they can on

4907
02:51:55,936 --> 02:51:56,704
here as the county assessor.

4908
02:51:56,704 --> 02:51:58,138
We have that mileage that

4909
02:51:58,138 --> 02:51:58,772
we're assessing essentially as

4910
02:51:58,772 --> 02:52:01,208
the county. Thank you for

4911
02:52:01,208 --> 02:52:01,875
that. Thank you.

4912
02:52:01,875 --> 02:52:04,275
>> All right, Doctor Salem,

4913
02:52:06,279 --> 02:52:08,679
you're recognized. Thank you,

4914
02:52:09,416 --> 02:52:10,150
MR. PRESIDENT PRESIDENT Missed

4915
02:52:10,150 --> 02:52:11,985
the populace. Is that

4916
02:52:11,985 --> 02:52:12,552
two-thirds two-thirds of the

4917
02:52:12,552 --> 02:52:13,820
council 13 or is that

4918
02:52:13,820 --> 02:52:15,722
two-thirds of those present?

4919
02:52:15,722 --> 02:52:18,910
It's two-thirds of the

4920
02:52:18,910 --> 02:52:20,491
council. So that's 13 votes

4921
02:52:21,127 --> 02:52:22,960
your respective of who's here.

4922
02:52:22,960 --> 02:52:22,796
>> Through the PRESIDENT,

4923
02:52:22,796 --> 02:52:23,430
correct. And that's going to

4924
02:52:23,430 --> 02:52:24,231
be on each of the mileage

4925
02:52:24,231 --> 02:52:25,665
Bills. 5, 0, 1, 5, 0, 2, in

4926
02:52:25,665 --> 02:52:27,665
503.

4927
02:52:29,702 --> 02:52:30,503
>> Bar. Thank

4928
02:52:30,503 --> 02:52:31,872
>> All right. With that, we

4929
02:52:31,872 --> 02:52:33,741
have no more McHugh. We do

4930
02:52:33,741 --> 02:52:34,708
have a motion to recommend

4931
02:52:34,708 --> 02:52:35,375
approval of tentative millage.

4932
02:52:35,375 --> 02:52:35,976
And we have a second. Let's

4933
02:52:35,976 --> 02:52:38,976
open the ballot in the

4934
02:52:50,557 --> 02:52:52,557
quarter.

4935
02:53:01,268 --> 02:53:03,268
>> 15 yeas, 2 nays.

4936
02:53:04,504 --> 02:53:05,705
>> And by your vote, 2026, 0,

4937
02:53:05,705 --> 02:53:06,940
5, 0, 1, passes. All right.

4938
02:53:06,940 --> 02:53:07,641
Moving on to item number 6,

4939
02:53:07,641 --> 02:53:10,410
2026. To MISTER Clerk. Would

4940
02:53:11,478 --> 02:53:14,478
you please read the statement?

4941
02:53:14,614 --> 02:53:15,182
>> Ordinance 2026. 502, the

4942
02:53:15,182 --> 02:53:15,883
consolidated City of

4943
02:53:15,883 --> 02:53:18,283
Jacksonville proposes to Levy

4944
02:53:19,653 --> 02:53:20,287
the following millage rate

4945
02:53:20,287 --> 02:53:21,354
within the General Fund.

4946
02:53:21,354 --> 02:53:22,356
General Services district,

4947
02:53:22,356 --> 02:53:24,756
including only urban Services

4948
02:53:25,693 --> 02:53:27,828
district 2 through 4, a total

4949
02:53:27,828 --> 02:53:29,828
mileage of 7.9, 0, 1, 2, mills

4950
02:53:31,865 --> 02:53:32,800
for operations. This reflects

4951
02:53:32,800 --> 02:53:35,200
a 6.0, 2, 4%, increase in the

4952
02:53:35,602 --> 02:53:38,200
operating millage rate from

4953
02:53:38,104 --> 02:53:38,772
the rollback rate of 7.4, 3,

4954
02:53:38,772 --> 02:53:41,172
7, 3, Mills. Thank you, MR.

4955
02:53:42,208 --> 02:53:42,943
PRESIDENT. Thank you with

4956
02:53:42,943 --> 02:53:44,440
that. As PRESIDENT, I ask you,

4957
02:53:44,440 --> 02:53:46,120
please open the public

4958
02:53:46,120 --> 02:53:46,647
hearing. This public hearings

4959
02:53:46,647 --> 02:53:49,616
open one Speaker card, I

4960
02:53:49,616 --> 02:53:51,616
believe done left.

4961
02:53:52,786 --> 02:53:53,253
>> MR. PRESIDENT close it. If

4962
02:53:53,253 --> 02:53:53,920
you like.

4963
02:53:53,920 --> 02:53:56,320
>> scene, not seen Germany

4964
02:53:56,523 --> 02:53:58,291
this public. Closed and

4965
02:53:58,291 --> 02:53:58,993
additional public here in

4966
02:53:58,993 --> 02:54:00,260
additional public hearing be

4967
02:54:00,260 --> 02:54:00,927
held on SEPTEMBER. 22nd 2026

4968
02:54:00,927 --> 02:54:01,661
thing that as PRESIDENT, I

4969
02:54:01,661 --> 02:54:04,661
recommend approval of the time

4970
02:54:05,499 --> 02:54:06,533
mileage. We have a second, All

4971
02:54:06,533 --> 02:54:07,667
right. We have a motion a

4972
02:54:07,667 --> 02:54:08,369
second to recommend approval

4973
02:54:08,369 --> 02:54:11,369
of tentative millage. We have

4974
02:54:12,906 --> 02:54:13,574
MR. Care going accuser. Thank

4975
02:54:13,574 --> 02:54:14,241
you, MR. PRESIDENT, I rise.

4976
02:54:14,241 --> 02:54:15,776
Just explain my vote on the

4977
02:54:15,776 --> 02:54:16,443
last one in the next couple

4978
02:54:16,443 --> 02:54:18,120
when we reduce the millage

4979
02:54:18,120 --> 02:54:19,780
rate last year.

4980
02:54:19,780 --> 02:54:20,480
>> lot of people were critics

4981
02:54:20,480 --> 02:54:22,749
of us that it wasn't enough.

4982
02:54:22,749 --> 02:54:24,851
It was a sandwich. Was this

4983
02:54:24,851 --> 02:54:25,519
map and I stated then that

4984
02:54:25,519 --> 02:54:26,220
there was still going to be

4985
02:54:26,220 --> 02:54:26,887
money that we could say. But

4986
02:54:26,887 --> 02:54:30,487
we can find savings that I

4987
02:54:30,857 --> 02:54:31,859
would. That would push and

4988
02:54:31,859 --> 02:54:32,993
then I would vote for a

4989
02:54:32,993 --> 02:54:33,694
continued military ducks. So I

4990
02:54:33,694 --> 02:54:34,995
know there's not an appetite

4991
02:54:34,995 --> 02:54:35,963
for the men trying to train

4992
02:54:35,963 --> 02:54:36,697
wreck anything. That's my

4993
02:54:36,697 --> 02:54:37,964
principle. That's what I said.

4994
02:54:37,964 --> 02:54:38,632
Last year's on the stick to

4995
02:54:38,632 --> 02:54:39,900
that. And that's why can't

4996
02:54:39,900 --> 02:54:42,900
support the sun. That's the

4997
02:54:44,605 --> 02:54:45,239
reason. Thank you.

4998
02:54:45,239 --> 02:54:46,874
>> Ok, and seen new other

4999
02:54:46,874 --> 02:54:47,908
speakers in the queue. We do

5000
02:54:47,908 --> 02:54:48,609
have a motion a second to

5001
02:54:48,609 --> 02:54:49,242
recommend approval, tentative

5002
02:54:49,242 --> 02:54:52,242
millage soap and about a

5003
02:55:03,624 --> 02:55:05,624
quarter of

5004
02:55:06,726 --> 02:55:08,726
>> 16 one MAY.

5005
02:55:14,301 --> 02:55:14,934
>> Why don't We entertain.

5006
02:55:14,934 --> 02:55:17,934
Let's do this for MISTER

5007
02:55:19,806 --> 02:55:21,307
Diamond. Who can move to

5008
02:55:21,307 --> 02:55:23,707
reconsider only MISTER Kerik,

5009
02:55:24,578 --> 02:55:25,312
a know reconsider anyone.

5010
02:55:25,312 --> 02:55:28,716
Okay. We have a motion to have

5011
02:55:28,716 --> 02:55:29,349
a second to reconsider. All

5012
02:55:29,349 --> 02:55:30,160
right. We have a motion a

5013
02:55:30,160 --> 02:55:31,418
second to reconsider. We'll

5014
02:55:31,418 --> 02:55:32,119
take this vote to reconsider

5015
02:55:32,119 --> 02:55:34,200
verbally. All those in favor

5016
02:55:34,200 --> 02:55:37,200
reconsidering say aye. I all

5017
02:55:38,659 --> 02:55:39,560
again say no. The way, ok,

5018
02:55:39,560 --> 02:55:42,560
we're going we're going to

5019
02:55:43,197 --> 02:55:43,830
take this vote by hand all in

5020
02:55:43,830 --> 02:55:45,830
favor of reconsideration.

5021
02:55:47,634 --> 02:55:48,335
Razor him with. I'll give MR.

5022
02:55:48,335 --> 02:55:50,735
Submitted in legislative its

5023
02:55:56,610 --> 02:55:57,310
account. Okay. The motion to

5024
02:55:57,310 --> 02:55:58,110
reconsider masses. All right.

5025
02:55:58,110 --> 02:55:59,680
So will entertain a motion to

5026
02:55:59,680 --> 02:56:00,547
recommend approval, tentative

5027
02:56:00,547 --> 02:56:01,248
millage unless I have to go

5028
02:56:01,248 --> 02:56:04,248
through the whole thing open

5029
02:56:06,953 --> 02:56:08,540
the public hearing,

5030
02:56:08,540 --> 02:56:09,220
>> I think what we've

5031
02:56:09,220 --> 02:56:09,690
reconsidered last year and I

5032
02:56:09,690 --> 02:56:11,158
recommended then that, yes,

5033
02:56:11,158 --> 02:56:13,227
you would go through the

5034
02:56:13,227 --> 02:56:14,361
process again. So I would

5035
02:56:14,361 --> 02:56:15,280
recommend you have the clerk

5036
02:56:15,280 --> 02:56:15,895
read the statement you open

5037
02:56:15,895 --> 02:56:18,295
and close. Public hearing

5038
02:56:18,565 --> 02:56:19,766
announced the additional and

5039
02:56:19,766 --> 02:56:21,766
then vote.

5040
02:56:22,503 --> 02:56:23,270
>> Thank De La please are to

5041
02:56:23,270 --> 02:56:25,972
give his statement if you'd

5042
02:56:25,972 --> 02:56:28,972
like go ahead, MR. Ordinance

5043
02:56:30,477 --> 02:56:31,278
2026. 502. Consolidated City

5044
02:56:31,278 --> 02:56:33,280
of Jacksonville proposes to

5045
02:56:33,280 --> 02:56:34,381
Levy the following millage

5046
02:56:34,381 --> 02:56:35,983
rate within the General Fund.

5047
02:56:35,983 --> 02:56:36,850
General Services district,

5048
02:56:36,850 --> 02:56:39,250
including only urban service

5049
02:56:39,519 --> 02:56:41,519
districts, 2 through 4.

5050
02:56:41,788 --> 02:56:44,188
>> a total mileage of 7.9, 0,

5051
02:56:45,892 --> 02:56:46,993
1, 2, mills for operations.

5052
02:56:46,993 --> 02:56:48,895
This reflects a 6.0, 2, 4%,

5053
02:56:48,895 --> 02:56:49,629
increase in the operating

5054
02:56:49,629 --> 02:56:51,531
millage rate from the rollback

5055
02:56:51,531 --> 02:56:53,531
rate of 7.4, 3, 7, 3, Mills.

5056
02:56:56,200 --> 02:56:56,369
Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT. Here

5057
02:56:56,369 --> 02:56:57,103
is open.

5058
02:56:57,103 --> 02:56:59,473
>> And I have one speaker card

5059
02:56:59,473 --> 02:56:59,840
but I believe he's gone for

5060
02:56:59,840 --> 02:57:01,708
the day.

5061
02:57:01,708 --> 02:57:02,609
>> Not seen MR. Noonan, this

5062
02:57:02,609 --> 02:57:03,977
public hearings close an

5063
02:57:03,977 --> 02:57:05,479
additional public hearing be

5064
02:57:05,479 --> 02:57:07,180
held in 9.20, to 2026 and with

5065
02:57:07,180 --> 02:57:07,748
that are but move

5066
02:57:07,748 --> 02:57:09,116
recommendation of rec

5067
02:57:09,116 --> 02:57:10,984
recommended approval of the

5068
02:57:10,984 --> 02:57:11,685
tentative millage.

5069
02:57:11,685 --> 02:57:12,385
>> We have a motion a second

5070
02:57:12,385 --> 02:57:13,320
to recommend a pool approval

5071
02:57:13,320 --> 02:57:14,889
of tentative millage seen

5072
02:57:14,889 --> 02:57:16,560
those speakers. Let's open the

5073
02:57:16,560 --> 02:57:16,757
ballot.

5074
02:57:16,757 --> 02:57:19,157
>> And very carefully record

5075
02:57:24,531 --> 02:57:26,531
your vote. A

5076
02:57:27,568 --> 02:57:29,503
>> 15 yeas, 2 nays.

5077
02:57:29,503 --> 02:57:30,170
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 5,

5078
02:57:30,170 --> 02:57:32,570
0, 2, passes, MR. Dimon can

5079
02:57:33,240 --> 02:57:35,640
sleep at night with 2026.

5080
02:57:36,176 --> 02:57:38,176
Their Pfizer through.

5081
02:57:39,790 --> 02:57:39,780
>> Trying to page 32 out at 61

5082
02:57:39,780 --> 02:57:42,583
2026. MR. To please read the

5083
02:57:42,583 --> 02:57:44,583
statement.

5084
02:57:46,987 --> 02:57:48,210
>> Ordinance 2026, 503. The

5085
02:57:48,210 --> 02:57:48,722
consolidated City of

5086
02:57:48,722 --> 02:57:49,489
Jacksonville proposes to Levy

5087
02:57:49,489 --> 02:57:50,123
the following millage rate

5088
02:57:50,123 --> 02:57:51,991
within the General Fund.

5089
02:57:51,991 --> 02:57:53,991
General Services district,

5090
02:57:54,828 --> 02:57:57,228
including only urban services

5091
02:57:57,731 --> 02:57:59,733
District 5, a total mileage of

5092
02:57:59,733 --> 02:58:01,733
9.4, 208, mills for

5093
02:58:02,235 --> 02:58:02,836
operations. This reflects a

5094
02:58:02,836 --> 02:58:04,836
1.9 8% increase in the

5095
02:58:05,606 --> 02:58:07,340
operating millage rate from

5096
02:58:07,340 --> 02:58:08,808
the rollback rate of 9.2, 3,

5097
02:58:08,808 --> 02:58:11,208
8, 0, Mills. Thank you, MR.

5098
02:58:11,779 --> 02:58:12,790
PRESIDENT its public hearings

5099
02:58:12,790 --> 02:58:12,713
open.

5100
02:58:12,713 --> 02:58:13,346
>> Thank you. We have one

5101
02:58:13,346 --> 02:58:15,349
speaker card to get John

5102
02:58:15,349 --> 02:58:16,617
anybody. I think he's gone.

5103
02:58:16,617 --> 02:58:18,318
>> And that scene, MR. None of

5104
02:58:18,318 --> 02:58:19,190
this public hearing close an

5105
02:58:19,190 --> 02:58:21,321
additional public hearing to

5106
02:58:21,321 --> 02:58:22,489
be held at 9.20, to 2020 that

5107
02:58:22,489 --> 02:58:24,489
MR. PRESIDENT, recommend

5108
02:58:24,691 --> 02:58:25,725
approval of the tentative We

5109
02:58:25,725 --> 02:58:28,950
have a motion and a recommend

5110
02:58:28,950 --> 02:58:28,829
approval of tentative millage.

5111
02:58:28,829 --> 02:58:32,429
>> Seeing no speakers in the q

5112
02:58:37,571 --> 02:58:39,971
tip about a quarter

5113
02:58:41,408 --> 02:58:43,408
>> 15 yeas, 2 nays.

5114
02:58:43,510 --> 02:58:44,545
>> And by your vote 2026, 0,

5115
02:58:44,545 --> 02:58:45,845
5, 0, 3, is approved. But got

5116
02:58:45,845 --> 02:58:46,713
out. I number 62 2026. 504.

5117
02:58:46,713 --> 02:58:50,830
Ask you to please a public

5118
02:58:50,830 --> 02:58:50,784
hearing spoke against and 3

5119
02:58:50,784 --> 02:58:53,784
speaker cards Giannone is no

5120
02:58:53,820 --> 02:58:54,454
longer here. Jamie Travis

5121
02:58:54,454 --> 02:58:56,854
Leonard followed by play.

5122
02:59:01,295 --> 02:59:02,696
Carper.

5123
02:59:02,696 --> 02:59:03,630
>> Good Evening City Council.

5124
02:59:03,630 --> 02:59:04,331
My name is Jimmy Travis

5125
02:59:04,331 --> 02:59:04,998
addresses on file. The should

5126
02:59:04,998 --> 02:59:07,100
be the last time you see me

5127
02:59:07,100 --> 02:59:10,601
tonight. So I'm here because I

5128
02:59:11,405 --> 02:59:12,105
do not, sir, toward the

5129
02:59:12,105 --> 02:59:13,640
finance committees changes to

5130
02:59:13,640 --> 02:59:16,400
the mayor's proposed budget.

5131
02:59:20,781 --> 02:59:21,348
They? Did a reduction of 2.

5132
02:59:21,348 --> 02:59:23,348
23.4 million dollars.

5133
02:59:23,851 --> 02:59:25,185
>> I was really upset it came

5134
02:59:25,185 --> 02:59:26,286
from all all the pieces except

5135
02:59:26,286 --> 02:59:29,886
our largest piece, which is a

5136
02:59:30,357 --> 02:59:33,357
33%. That's going jso as a

5137
02:59:33,760 --> 02:59:35,760
reminder. They have 673,613

5138
02:59:37,698 --> 02:59:38,932
$389 in their budget. And

5139
02:59:38,932 --> 02:59:40,668
instead were nickel and dime.

5140
02:59:40,668 --> 02:59:41,769
Ing all of these other areas,

5141
02:59:41,769 --> 02:59:42,436
you heard people come out

5142
02:59:42,436 --> 02:59:43,690
tonight. They want their

5143
02:59:43,690 --> 02:59:43,770
affordable housing

5144
02:59:43,770 --> 02:59:46,170
initiatives. They want their

5145
02:59:47,274 --> 02:59:47,974
affordable housing trust. And

5146
02:59:47,974 --> 02:59:49,209
do you know the money if you

5147
02:59:49,209 --> 02:59:50,644
had taken that just from jso,

5148
02:59:50,644 --> 02:59:52,246
if you take in the savings

5149
02:59:52,246 --> 02:59:52,946
that you the finance committee

5150
02:59:52,946 --> 02:59:53,647
apparently very want know how

5151
02:59:53,647 --> 02:59:57,247
much it would have been from

5152
02:59:59,586 --> 03:00:00,253
just jso. 3.5% Not a lot in

5153
03:00:00,253 --> 03:00:03,253
comparison to wiping out an

5154
03:00:03,457 --> 03:00:04,124
entire trust lost. If you take

5155
03:00:04,124 --> 03:00:07,124
just from the public safety

5156
03:00:07,461 --> 03:00:08,161
piece, which is again over 50%

5157
03:00:08,161 --> 03:00:11,761
of our budget, it would have

5158
03:00:13,660 --> 03:00:13,800
been 2.2% overall budget. Some

5159
03:00:13,800 --> 03:00:15,536
here today to remind you that

5160
03:00:15,536 --> 03:00:16,237
stop nickel and dime our

5161
03:00:16,237 --> 03:00:17,537
public services use a public

5162
03:00:17,537 --> 03:00:19,540
safety is important. The mayor

5163
03:00:19,540 --> 03:00:20,240
says public safety is

5164
03:00:20,240 --> 03:00:22,640
important. You're not giving

5165
03:00:25,752 --> 03:00:25,822
us public safety just by

5166
03:00:25,822 --> 03:00:28,810
committing over 50% budget to

5167
03:00:28,810 --> 03:00:29,382
jso and Jfrd. We need actual

5168
03:00:29,382 --> 03:00:30,840
public safety. That includes

5169
03:00:30,840 --> 03:00:31,318
rose that includes affordable

5170
03:00:31,318 --> 03:00:33,718
housing. That includes access

5171
03:00:34,254 --> 03:00:35,623
to nutritious food and instead

5172
03:00:35,623 --> 03:00:37,240
of addressing the shortages,

5173
03:00:37,240 --> 03:00:40,240
your bickering about it and

5174
03:00:43,363 --> 03:00:45,733
finance. Over 50% of our

5175
03:00:45,733 --> 03:00:47,868
budget. But you could look at.

5176
03:00:47,868 --> 03:00:49,537
Also talk about the mayor.

5177
03:00:49,537 --> 03:00:51,605
You'll want to cut from the

5178
03:00:51,605 --> 03:00:52,272
mayor's office. I'm actually

5179
03:00:52,272 --> 03:00:53,373
not necessarily opposed to

5180
03:00:53,373 --> 03:00:54,107
that as long as the cuts are

5181
03:00:54,107 --> 03:00:56,243
cost of the areas are. Sheriff

5182
03:00:56,243 --> 03:00:58,780
makes more than our mayor. Our

5183
03:00:58,780 --> 03:01:01,780
sheriff has a higher salary.

5184
03:01:01,749 --> 03:01:03,830
And you're going to tell me to

5185
03:01:03,830 --> 03:01:03,783
my face that the mayor's

5186
03:01:03,783 --> 03:01:06,860
office is where we need to be

5187
03:01:06,860 --> 03:01:08,860
cutting money. Seems

5188
03:01:09,556 --> 03:01:11,592
ridiculous. Seems seems out of

5189
03:01:11,592 --> 03:01:13,992
touch. With what's happening

5190
03:01:16,496 --> 03:01:18,640
in the city. I come up here to

5191
03:01:18,640 --> 03:01:18,765
oppose the changes for the way

5192
03:01:18,765 --> 03:01:22,365
to finance. I do support the

5193
03:01:22,903 --> 03:01:23,571
mayor's initial budget.

5194
03:01:23,571 --> 03:01:24,271
Obviously have some issues

5195
03:01:24,271 --> 03:01:26,606
with where the majority of my

5196
03:01:26,606 --> 03:01:28,409
tax dollars are going. But the

5197
03:01:28,409 --> 03:01:31,409
very least she allocated some

5198
03:01:32,790 --> 03:01:35,790
funds to actual public safety.

5199
03:01:44,859 --> 03:01:46,590
>> Thank u next like Harper.

5200
03:01:46,590 --> 03:01:48,128
>> Lake Harper information on

5201
03:01:48,128 --> 03:01:49,363
file on Surface. Amy MAY seem

5202
03:01:49,363 --> 03:01:50,464
somewhat comical. What I'm

5203
03:01:50,464 --> 03:01:51,465
going to suggest, but I'm very

5204
03:01:51,465 --> 03:01:52,199
serious about it came to me

5205
03:01:52,199 --> 03:01:53,801
while I'm sitting here listing

5206
03:01:53,801 --> 03:01:57,401
of things going on about the

5207
03:01:57,838 --> 03:01:58,872
Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

5208
03:01:58,872 --> 03:02:00,774
You all know that I brought to

5209
03:02:00,774 --> 03:02:04,374
light the fact that a million

5210
03:02:04,478 --> 03:02:05,912
dollar grant was wasted by

5211
03:02:05,912 --> 03:02:06,480
Donna Deegan with regards to

5212
03:02:06,480 --> 03:02:08,480
James Weldon, Johnson

5213
03:02:11,318 --> 03:02:13,453
renovation project. My My my

5214
03:02:13,453 --> 03:02:14,120
conjecture is that that was so

5215
03:02:14,120 --> 03:02:15,188
mismanaged and it was never

5216
03:02:15,188 --> 03:02:17,240
intended to be managed. The

5217
03:02:17,240 --> 03:02:19,159
way run the way it was

5218
03:02:19,159 --> 03:02:19,826
presented that they were faced

5219
03:02:19,826 --> 03:02:20,560
with question of whether or

5220
03:02:20,560 --> 03:02:23,560
not they would submit funding

5221
03:02:25,465 --> 03:02:26,466
under the grant or and get

5222
03:02:26,466 --> 03:02:27,200
caught Fort or let it go and

5223
03:02:27,200 --> 03:02:29,203
present you all with a million

5224
03:02:29,203 --> 03:02:29,836
dollar Bill. That's where I

5225
03:02:29,836 --> 03:02:32,836
think that's what I think

5226
03:02:34,741 --> 03:02:36,176
happened. So not sure if it's

5227
03:02:36,176 --> 03:02:38,176
5, 6 or 7 million dollars.

5228
03:02:38,912 --> 03:02:39,980
It's in the cip item for that.

5229
03:02:39,980 --> 03:02:40,982
But the reality is there's

5230
03:02:40,982 --> 03:02:42,148
only one number and that total

5231
03:02:42,148 --> 03:02:42,817
amount that you need to deal

5232
03:02:42,817 --> 03:02:45,719
with. And that's a million

5233
03:02:45,719 --> 03:02:47,200
dollars that was spent. Now,

5234
03:02:47,200 --> 03:02:47,988
if you just all you do is keep

5235
03:02:47,988 --> 03:02:50,988
that million dollars in there

5236
03:02:51,925 --> 03:02:55,525
and leave. That that plaza out

5237
03:02:55,529 --> 03:02:57,798
there the way it is. So nobody

5238
03:02:57,798 --> 03:02:58,465
gets any kind of political or

5239
03:02:58,465 --> 03:03:01,465
so societal benefit from it

5240
03:03:02,690 --> 03:03:02,937
that it's benign. Then reduce

5241
03:03:02,937 --> 03:03:03,570
the damage. But you know what

5242
03:03:03,570 --> 03:03:06,974
you can do and this is a

5243
03:03:06,974 --> 03:03:07,607
serious part. Whatever the

5244
03:03:07,607 --> 03:03:09,607
differences between that

5245
03:03:09,677 --> 03:03:12,246
million dollars in the cip

5246
03:03:12,246 --> 03:03:12,913
item, you can use it to fund

5247
03:03:12,913 --> 03:03:15,313
the for affordable Housing

5248
03:03:17,451 --> 03:03:18,518
Trust fund. You've already got

5249
03:03:18,518 --> 03:03:19,186
that and of millions of $1.05,

5250
03:03:19,186 --> 03:03:21,186
4, 5, 6 million dollars set

5251
03:03:22,222 --> 03:03:23,123
aside for that through that

5252
03:03:23,123 --> 03:03:25,626
cip transfer that to housing

5253
03:03:25,626 --> 03:03:26,326
affordability trust fund and

5254
03:03:26,326 --> 03:03:29,629
you're going to get you deal

5255
03:03:29,629 --> 03:03:30,264
with a lot of problems. And I

5256
03:03:30,264 --> 03:03:30,931
mean that that's that's a

5257
03:03:30,931 --> 03:03:31,665
serious suggestion. If

5258
03:03:31,665 --> 03:03:34,665
somebody will actually want to

5259
03:03:34,769 --> 03:03:35,469
do something right.

5260
03:03:35,469 --> 03:03:38,380
>> As PRESIDENT Your cars in

5261
03:03:38,380 --> 03:03:39,390
the final 4.

5262
03:03:39,390 --> 03:03:39,739
>> This public hearings close,

5263
03:03:39,739 --> 03:03:42,420
an additional public hearing

5264
03:03:42,420 --> 03:03:42,643
will be held on 9.20, to 26

5265
03:03:42,643 --> 03:03:44,378
with that. And with the

5266
03:03:44,378 --> 03:03:45,110
substitute check

5267
03:03:45,110 --> 03:03:48,215
>> We have a motion and a

5268
03:03:48,215 --> 03:03:49,516
second on the substitute.

5269
03:03:49,516 --> 03:03:50,250
Seeing no speakers will take a

5270
03:03:50,250 --> 03:03:50,851
vote verbally on the

5271
03:03:50,851 --> 03:03:53,200
substitute all in favor

5272
03:03:53,200 --> 03:03:55,656
indicate by saying Aye, I

5273
03:03:55,656 --> 03:03:56,457
again say no substitute

5274
03:03:56,457 --> 03:03:58,259
passes. I recommend approval

5275
03:03:58,259 --> 03:03:59,860
of the tentative budget has

5276
03:03:59,860 --> 03:04:00,561
substituted second. We have a

5277
03:04:00,561 --> 03:04:01,262
motion a second to recommend

5278
03:04:01,262 --> 03:04:03,597
approval, tentative budget as

5279
03:04:03,597 --> 03:04:05,997
substituted. We have one

5280
03:04:09,904 --> 03:04:12,139
speaker on the q dr Johnson.

5281
03:04:12,139 --> 03:04:13,607
Thank you for recognizing

5282
03:04:13,607 --> 03:04:14,274
MISTER PRESIDENT. Let me say I

5283
03:04:14,274 --> 03:04:16,677
am certainly going to I was

5284
03:04:16,677 --> 03:04:17,678
having some eye.

5285
03:04:17,678 --> 03:04:18,612
>> My reason for voting, yes.

5286
03:04:18,612 --> 03:04:20,470
Tonight it will be voting yes

5287
03:04:20,470 --> 03:04:20,781
on the tentative budget, but I

5288
03:04:20,781 --> 03:04:22,916
will be making some amendments

5289
03:04:22,916 --> 03:04:24,785
to the budget. When we bring

5290
03:04:24,785 --> 03:04:27,540
the final budget up for a

5291
03:04:27,540 --> 03:04:27,922
vote. But my reason for voting

5292
03:04:27,922 --> 03:04:29,556
yes tonight is because I

5293
03:04:29,556 --> 03:04:30,223
appreciate the work that

5294
03:04:30,223 --> 03:04:31,859
CHAIRMAN Land and put in on

5295
03:04:31,859 --> 03:04:32,559
the finance committee having

5296
03:04:32,559 --> 03:04:35,559
served on this committee and

5297
03:04:35,629 --> 03:04:36,363
worked with him. He put

5298
03:04:36,363 --> 03:04:37,640
everything into it. And I know

5299
03:04:37,640 --> 03:04:40,640
all of the committee members

5300
03:04:41,435 --> 03:04:42,470
who are here put in an

5301
03:04:42,470 --> 03:04:43,770
extraordinary amount of work.

5302
03:04:43,770 --> 03:04:45,605
And while we MAY not all agree

5303
03:04:45,605 --> 03:04:47,841
on what we need to do how we

5304
03:04:47,841 --> 03:04:48,709
need to do it, we all agree

5305
03:04:48,709 --> 03:04:50,444
that what we need to do is to

5306
03:04:50,444 --> 03:04:51,144
move our city forward in the

5307
03:04:51,144 --> 03:04:52,479
great work that we're doing.

5308
03:04:52,479 --> 03:04:53,180
So I will be voting yes on

5309
03:04:53,180 --> 03:04:56,180
this tonight, but I certainly

5310
03:04:57,384 --> 03:04:59,186
reserve the right to. Put the

5311
03:04:59,186 --> 03:05:00,287
things in that will bring it

5312
03:05:00,287 --> 03:05:00,955
closer aligned to what I

5313
03:05:00,955 --> 03:05:02,422
believe the people sent us

5314
03:05:02,422 --> 03:05:03,123
here to Thank you for letting

5315
03:05:03,123 --> 03:05:04,725
me say that again. I have to

5316
03:05:04,725 --> 03:05:05,325
say what I'm speaking. Good

5317
03:05:05,325 --> 03:05:07,828
work on the chair about

5318
03:05:07,828 --> 03:05:08,562
Finance Committee. Thanks.

5319
03:05:08,562 --> 03:05:11,298
>> Thank you. DR. Johnson over

5320
03:05:11,298 --> 03:05:12,466
to council incluso. Think

5321
03:05:12,466 --> 03:05:13,166
PRESIDENT Just to verify the

5322
03:05:13,166 --> 03:05:16,166
reason for the substitute is

5323
03:05:16,970 --> 03:05:17,271
some of the items that were

5324
03:05:17,271 --> 03:05:17,972
put.

5325
03:05:17,972 --> 03:05:19,600
>> Below the line preparation

5326
03:05:19,600 --> 03:05:19,406
and 3 or what is the

5327
03:05:19,406 --> 03:05:21,406
substitute?

5328
03:05:25,450 --> 03:05:27,445
>> Primarily second. To the

5329
03:05:28,282 --> 03:05:29,116
PRESIDENT Fired recognize

5330
03:05:29,116 --> 03:05:29,683
Councilmember Linda, thank

5331
03:05:29,683 --> 03:05:31,850
you, MR. PRESIDENT to

5332
03:05:31,850 --> 03:05:32,153
COUNCILMAN Police. So it's the

5333
03:05:32,153 --> 03:05:33,554
entire work that was done by

5334
03:05:33,554 --> 03:05:34,254
the Finance Committee through

5335
03:05:34,254 --> 03:05:36,654
40 hours of televised budget

5336
03:05:38,559 --> 03:05:39,226
hearings, essentially. So I

5337
03:05:39,226 --> 03:05:39,893
take a while to go through

5338
03:05:39,893 --> 03:05:40,728
everything. But yes, if you

5339
03:05:40,728 --> 03:05:42,296
watch the finance hearing, the

5340
03:05:42,296 --> 03:05:44,298
substitute Bill is the

5341
03:05:44,298 --> 03:05:45,266
culmination. Again, the high

5342
03:05:45,266 --> 03:05:46,767
points we're well positioned.

5343
03:05:46,767 --> 03:05:47,468
We did put some things in the

5344
03:05:47,468 --> 03:05:49,468
amendment. 3 referendum about

5345
03:05:50,771 --> 03:05:51,572
6 million or so. Our budget is

5346
03:05:51,572 --> 03:05:52,239
pretty much flat year over

5347
03:05:52,239 --> 03:05:53,874
year, which is the perfect

5348
03:05:53,874 --> 03:05:54,508
place to be with the revenue

5349
03:05:54,508 --> 03:05:56,908
uncertainty. And that's a

5350
03:05:57,611 --> 03:05:58,679
council member Johnson, 99% of

5351
03:05:58,679 --> 03:06:00,948
the budget. The mayor

5352
03:06:00,948 --> 03:06:01,649
supported was approved without

5353
03:06:01,649 --> 03:06:04,490
much discussion. So we

5354
03:06:04,840 --> 03:06:04,719
modified about 20 million this

5355
03:06:04,719 --> 03:06:05,952
similar to last year. We

5356
03:06:05,952 --> 03:06:06,753
modified the legislative

5357
03:06:06,753 --> 03:06:09,153
branch modified about one

5358
03:06:09,557 --> 03:06:10,725
percent of the budget that was

5359
03:06:10,725 --> 03:06:12,159
proposed to us. Do you have

5360
03:06:12,159 --> 03:06:12,793
any other questions for right

5361
03:06:12,793 --> 03:06:15,793
now account police? As a

5362
03:06:16,964 --> 03:06:17,965
matter of fact, I do

5363
03:06:17,965 --> 03:06:18,799
>> To the PRESIDENT, I do

5364
03:06:18,799 --> 03:06:19,466
appreciate that councilmember

5365
03:06:19,466 --> 03:06:21,735
just to verify and possibly

5366
03:06:21,735 --> 03:06:22,536
the PRESIDENT, but to fill up

5367
03:06:22,536 --> 03:06:25,472
just a verified by voting on

5368
03:06:25,472 --> 03:06:27,408
this right now is 10 a budget.

5369
03:06:27,408 --> 03:06:28,275
We could still make changes on

5370
03:06:28,275 --> 03:06:31,378
on council night, right? We we

5371
03:06:31,378 --> 03:06:32,246
know that's certainly

5372
03:06:32,246 --> 03:06:32,846
plausible and doable. We've

5373
03:06:32,846 --> 03:06:33,481
seen it before. Just to

5374
03:06:33,481 --> 03:06:34,248
piggyback on. COUNCILMAN

5375
03:06:34,248 --> 03:06:36,648
Johnson was saying MR.

5376
03:06:38,885 --> 03:06:39,520
Pearson, you're recognized.

5377
03:06:39,520 --> 03:06:40,988
Through the PRESIDENT To

5378
03:06:40,988 --> 03:06:42,756
counter police said that's

5379
03:06:42,756 --> 03:06:43,490
correct. Up until SEPTEMBER

5380
03:06:43,490 --> 03:06:44,191
22nd you have opportunity to

5381
03:06:44,191 --> 03:06:46,793
make changes or on SEPTEMBER.

5382
03:06:46,793 --> 03:06:47,427
22nd brother.

5383
03:06:47,427 --> 03:06:48,950
>> No different threshold

5384
03:06:48,950 --> 03:06:50,597
somewhere. We would vote on

5385
03:06:50,597 --> 03:06:52,466
tonight. Correct. Through the

5386
03:06:52,466 --> 03:06:54,201
PRESIDENT's account surplus.

5387
03:06:54,201 --> 03:06:54,868
That's correct. Next people on

5388
03:06:54,868 --> 03:06:55,536
this as well with the same

5389
03:06:55,536 --> 03:06:57,536
attention as Councilmember

5390
03:06:59,500 --> 03:07:00,341
Johnson words.

5391
03:07:00,341 --> 03:07:01,241
>> All right. Thank you very

5392
03:07:01,241 --> 03:07:02,876
much. See no other speakers in

5393
03:07:02,876 --> 03:07:03,476
the queue. We do have a motion

5394
03:07:03,476 --> 03:07:05,112
and second to recommend

5395
03:07:05,112 --> 03:07:05,812
approval, tentative budget as

5396
03:07:05,812 --> 03:07:08,212
substituted. It's open about,

5397
03:07:20,427 --> 03:07:21,161
of course. But

5398
03:07:21,161 --> 03:07:24,161
>> 16 yeas, one, nay and by

5399
03:07:25,766 --> 03:07:26,433
your vote 2026, 0, 5, 0, 4,

5400
03:07:26,433 --> 03:07:27,134
>> Is approved. And I just

5401
03:07:27,134 --> 03:07:27,834
want to say I appreciate the

5402
03:07:27,834 --> 03:07:29,937
decorum of the collaboration

5403
03:07:29,937 --> 03:07:31,204
that we've seen all through

5404
03:07:31,204 --> 03:07:31,938
tonight, not just on that

5405
03:07:31,938 --> 03:07:33,874
bill, but on the millage bills

5406
03:07:33,874 --> 03:07:34,608
and everything else. Tonight.

5407
03:07:34,608 --> 03:07:36,210
Hope to see it on SEPTEMBER

5408
03:07:36,210 --> 03:07:39,347
22nd as well. We can disagree

5409
03:07:39,347 --> 03:07:40,140
without being disagreeable.

5410
03:07:40,140 --> 03:07:41,415
Finally that I mentioned it

5411
03:07:41,415 --> 03:07:44,185
earlier today, the process for

5412
03:07:44,185 --> 03:07:44,885
a floor amendments. We'll come

5413
03:07:44,885 --> 03:07:47,421
out by memo from Plus before

5414
03:07:47,421 --> 03:07:48,555
the end of the week and should

5415
03:07:48,555 --> 03:07:49,189
be pretty clear for anyone who

5416
03:07:49,189 --> 03:07:50,590
wants to introduce floor

5417
03:07:50,590 --> 03:07:52,990
amendments on budget night. 2

5418
03:07:55,829 --> 03:07:56,831
weeks from tonight.

5419
03:07:56,831 --> 03:07:58,232
>> MR. PRESIDENT. Now move on

5420
03:07:58,232 --> 03:07:58,932
to 3rd reading resolutions in

5421
03:07:58,932 --> 03:08:00,367
Ortiz's as it happens. There

5422
03:08:00,367 --> 03:08:02,436
are no 3rd reading resolutions

5423
03:08:02,436 --> 03:08:03,103
tonight as we move on to the

5424
03:08:03,103 --> 03:08:05,503
ordinance beginning on Page

5425
03:08:07,740 --> 03:08:07,708
item pager, 33. For members of

5426
03:08:07,708 --> 03:08:08,409
the Iot these bills have

5427
03:08:08,409 --> 03:08:09,676
already been had their public

5428
03:08:09,676 --> 03:08:10,477
hearings with final committee

5429
03:08:10,477 --> 03:08:13,477
reports. They're now ready for

5430
03:08:14,281 --> 03:08:15,149
full Council action. Our first

5431
03:08:15,149 --> 03:08:17,170
item is number 63

5432
03:08:17,170 --> 03:08:19,170
Twenty-twenty 6, 0, 6, 2, 7, I

5433
03:08:22,690 --> 03:08:24,580
move the amendment.

5434
03:08:24,580 --> 03:08:25,759
>> Did you just introduced the

5435
03:08:25,759 --> 03:08:26,427
motion on the amendment? I

5436
03:08:26,427 --> 03:08:27,128
did. Then we have a second.

5437
03:08:27,128 --> 03:08:29,263
All right. We have a motion a

5438
03:08:29,263 --> 03:08:31,465
second on the amendment on

5439
03:08:31,465 --> 03:08:32,433
2020, sit 6, 0, 6, 2, 7,

5440
03:08:32,433 --> 03:08:33,330
scene. No speakers will take

5441
03:08:33,330 --> 03:08:34,669
them over. All in favor

5442
03:08:34,669 --> 03:08:37,471
indicate by saying Aye, again

5443
03:08:37,471 --> 03:08:38,438
saying passes over the bill as

5444
03:08:38,438 --> 03:08:40,741
amended. We have a motion and

5445
03:08:40,741 --> 03:08:41,441
second on the bill as amended.

5446
03:08:41,441 --> 03:08:45,641
No speakers and cue it up in

5447
03:08:50,450 --> 03:08:52,850
about a quarter point.

5448
03:08:53,487 --> 03:08:55,487
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

5449
03:08:56,357 --> 03:08:57,240
>> By your vote. 2026, 0, 6,

5450
03:08:57,240 --> 03:08:59,392
2, 7 passes and just before

5451
03:08:59,392 --> 03:09:01,294
2026, 6 move the amendment. We

5452
03:09:01,294 --> 03:09:02,196
have a motion second on the

5453
03:09:02,196 --> 03:09:04,596
amendments, no speakers vote

5454
03:09:05,266 --> 03:09:05,666
All those in favor indicate by

5455
03:09:05,666 --> 03:09:06,367
saying Aye.

5456
03:09:06,367 --> 03:09:07,168
>> again saying no amendment

5457
03:09:07,168 --> 03:09:08,680
passes. Move the bill as

5458
03:09:08,680 --> 03:09:09,870
amended. We have a motion and

5459
03:09:09,870 --> 03:09:10,604
second on the bill as amended.

5460
03:09:10,604 --> 03:09:13,604
The speaker's it's open about,

5461
03:09:21,148 --> 03:09:23,148
of course. But

5462
03:09:25,152 --> 03:09:27,152
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

5463
03:09:28,288 --> 03:09:29,890
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 6,

5464
03:09:29,890 --> 03:09:29,991
to 8 passes pay. 34 item

5465
03:09:29,991 --> 03:09:31,991
number 65 Twenty-twenty 6, 6,

5466
03:09:32,860 --> 03:09:33,594
3, 5, a move. That amendment.

5467
03:09:33,594 --> 03:09:36,964
>> We have a motion and second

5468
03:09:36,964 --> 03:09:37,698
on the amendment seeing no

5469
03:09:37,698 --> 03:09:38,365
speakers, let's vote verbally.

5470
03:09:38,365 --> 03:09:39,967
All those in favor of the

5471
03:09:39,967 --> 03:09:40,634
amendment indicate by saying

5472
03:09:40,634 --> 03:09:42,469
Aye aye again saying no

5473
03:09:42,469 --> 03:09:43,737
amendment passed the bill as

5474
03:09:43,737 --> 03:09:46,307
amended. We have a motion and

5475
03:09:46,307 --> 03:09:47,842
second on the bill as amended.

5476
03:09:47,842 --> 03:09:50,242
All recognize MR. Diamond.

5477
03:09:51,111 --> 03:09:54,711
Move Council moment. We have a

5478
03:09:54,848 --> 03:09:56,350
motion and second, council

5479
03:09:56,350 --> 03:09:57,840
amendments. We'll take this

5480
03:09:57,840 --> 03:09:58,885
vote early. All those in favor

5481
03:09:58,885 --> 03:09:59,720
of COUNCILMAN Indicate by

5482
03:09:59,720 --> 03:10:01,655
saying Aye, again saying no.

5483
03:10:01,655 --> 03:10:04,558
The council member passes Bill

5484
03:10:04,558 --> 03:10:05,959
has 20 summit. We have a

5485
03:10:05,959 --> 03:10:06,894
motion and second of 2 and a

5486
03:10:06,894 --> 03:10:09,894
second second second on the

5487
03:10:10,630 --> 03:10:10,765
bill has twice amended. Seeing

5488
03:10:10,765 --> 03:10:13,765
no speakers. It's open about,

5489
03:10:20,140 --> 03:10:21,274
of course. Thanks.

5490
03:10:21,274 --> 03:10:23,674
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays by your

5491
03:10:24,311 --> 03:10:24,912
vote. 2026, 0, 6, 3, 5,

5492
03:10:24,912 --> 03:10:25,613
passes.

5493
03:10:25,613 --> 03:10:27,613
>> 66 Twenty-twenty 6, 6, 3,

5494
03:10:28,150 --> 03:10:29,500
with that amendment.

5495
03:10:29,500 --> 03:10:30,317
>> We have a motion and second

5496
03:10:30,317 --> 03:10:30,984
on the amendment. No speakers

5497
03:10:30,984 --> 03:10:33,154
vote verbally. All those in

5498
03:10:33,154 --> 03:10:34,354
favor of amendment indicate by

5499
03:10:34,354 --> 03:10:34,855
saying Aye, again saying the

5500
03:10:34,855 --> 03:10:36,855
amendment passes.

5501
03:10:37,558 --> 03:10:38,726
>> bill as amended.

5502
03:10:38,726 --> 03:10:40,940
>> We have a motion and second

5503
03:10:40,940 --> 03:10:40,794
on the bill as amended. No

5504
03:10:40,794 --> 03:10:43,794
speakers open ballot a court

5505
03:10:50,871 --> 03:10:52,871
of it.

5506
03:10:53,341 --> 03:10:55,341
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

5507
03:10:57,780 --> 03:10:57,511
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 6,

5508
03:10:57,511 --> 03:10:59,179
3, 6, passes.

5509
03:10:59,179 --> 03:10:59,880
>> And lastly on page, 35, I'm

5510
03:10:59,880 --> 03:11:01,415
67 Twenty-twenty 6, 6, 4, 5,

5511
03:11:01,415 --> 03:11:02,149
move amendment.

5512
03:11:02,149 --> 03:11:05,749
>> We have a motion and second

5513
03:11:05,953 --> 03:11:06,620
on the amendment. There are no

5514
03:11:06,620 --> 03:11:07,788
speakers. Let's vote Leon.

5515
03:11:07,788 --> 03:11:10,257
Those in favor indicate by

5516
03:11:10,257 --> 03:11:12,559
saying Aye, again saying no.

5517
03:11:12,559 --> 03:11:13,260
>> Amendment passed the bill

5518
03:11:13,260 --> 03:11:14,795
as amended. We have a motion

5519
03:11:14,795 --> 03:11:15,596
and second on the bill as

5520
03:11:15,596 --> 03:11:16,296
amended, no speakers and q

5521
03:11:16,296 --> 03:11:19,896
what's up in about a quarter

5522
03:11:26,340 --> 03:11:28,340
it. Coming

5523
03:11:29,309 --> 03:11:31,309
>> 17 yeas, 0 nays.

5524
03:11:32,613 --> 03:11:34,613
>> By your vote, 2026, 0, 6,

5525
03:11:36,650 --> 03:11:37,351
4, 5, passes.

5526
03:11:37,351 --> 03:11:39,520
>> MR. PRESIDENT. I was time

5527
03:11:39,520 --> 03:11:39,620
for second reading resolutions

5528
03:11:39,620 --> 03:11:40,321
ordinances ordinances

5529
03:11:40,321 --> 03:11:43,321
beginning on page. 36 to what

5530
03:11:45,559 --> 03:11:48,559
you please read the Bills.

5531
03:11:50,598 --> 03:11:51,332
2026 6.80, 62 6. 47 6. 48 6.

5532
03:11:51,332 --> 03:11:53,332
49 6. 56. 51. 6.30, to 6. 53

5533
03:11:55,369 --> 03:11:57,369
6. 54 6. 55 6.56

5534
03:11:58,806 --> 03:12:00,574
>> 6. 57 6. 58 6. 59 6.60

5535
03:12:00,574 --> 03:12:01,342
>> Given we have no public

5536
03:12:01,342 --> 03:12:03,210
participation cards, 68 69,

5537
03:12:03,210 --> 03:12:05,612
we've already taking up item

5538
03:12:05,612 --> 03:12:06,480
number. 98 on page. 43. We now

5539
03:12:06,480 --> 03:12:08,516
move on to the induction

5540
03:12:08,516 --> 03:12:10,217
introduction of first reading

5541
03:12:10,217 --> 03:12:12,217
resolutions and ordinances

5542
03:12:12,486 --> 03:12:14,621
beginning on that same page

5543
03:12:14,621 --> 03:12:16,890
again, there was one item

5544
03:12:16,890 --> 03:12:18,792
already addressed 2026, 7, 2,

5545
03:12:18,792 --> 03:12:19,493
3, at this point is present.

5546
03:12:19,493 --> 03:12:21,728
We have one additional I have

5547
03:12:21,728 --> 03:12:23,300
to add to the agenda, but it

5548
03:12:23,300 --> 03:12:23,731
does require no action this

5549
03:12:23,731 --> 03:12:26,100
evening. Therefore, I want to

5550
03:12:26,100 --> 03:12:27,301
move the of second.

5551
03:12:27,301 --> 03:12:29,470
>> We have a motion and second

5552
03:12:29,470 --> 03:12:30,204
on the will take the vote on

5553
03:12:30,204 --> 03:12:32,440
the Burley all in favor of the

5554
03:12:32,440 --> 03:12:34,542
addendum indicate by saying

5555
03:12:34,542 --> 03:12:35,276
Aye, I again say no passes.

5556
03:12:35,276 --> 03:12:37,676
>> That concludes our business

5557
03:12:38,579 --> 03:12:39,113
for the evening.

5558
03:12:39,113 --> 03:12:39,813
>> Thank you, quick

5559
03:12:39,813 --> 03:12:42,213
announcements. And then we'll

5560
03:12:43,617 --> 03:12:44,618
open up to the again. The

5561
03:12:44,618 --> 03:12:46,187
meeting for the full budget

5562
03:12:46,187 --> 03:12:46,854
will be next. 2 weeks from

5563
03:12:46,854 --> 03:12:48,189
today that SEPTEMBER 22nd,

5564
03:12:48,189 --> 03:12:49,356
we're going to started at

5565
03:12:49,356 --> 03:12:50,570
04:00pm. You'll see a memo

5566
03:12:50,570 --> 03:12:52,226
from the last year we started

5567
03:12:52,226 --> 03:12:52,893
at 03:00pm. I don't think

5568
03:12:52,893 --> 03:12:53,527
we're going to be that much

5569
03:12:53,527 --> 03:12:56,297
time. But we are going to

5570
03:12:56,297 --> 03:12:59,297
start at 04:00pm next council

5571
03:13:00,167 --> 03:13:01,101
meeting again. I've said it

5572
03:13:01,101 --> 03:13:02,269
before meme on the floor.

5573
03:13:02,269 --> 03:13:03,203
Amendments will come out from

5574
03:13:03,203 --> 03:13:03,871
Mary. And if you have any

5575
03:13:03,871 --> 03:13:05,272
questions on whether you've

5576
03:13:05,272 --> 03:13:07,740
submitted amendments anyways,

5577
03:13:07,740 --> 03:13:10,674
you can contact her and she

5578
03:13:11,178 --> 03:13:12,780
will clarify for you. And with

5579
03:13:12,780 --> 03:13:13,581
that, let me open it to the q

5580
03:13:13,581 --> 03:13:16,581
for people who have comments

5581
03:13:17,585 --> 03:13:18,252
or announcements. Roll call

5582
03:13:18,252 --> 03:13:18,919
first before that and then

5583
03:13:18,919 --> 03:13:22,519
over into the q. Thank you.

5584
03:13:33,601 --> 03:13:35,601
Roll Call, please.

5585
03:13:43,144 --> 03:13:43,878
>> 17 present.

5586
03:13:43,878 --> 03:13:44,979
>> All right. Thank you. The q

5587
03:13:44,979 --> 03:13:45,713
is lighting up its doctors.

5588
03:13:45,713 --> 03:13:48,713
Salem, followed by MR. Diamond

5589
03:13:50,283 --> 03:13:51,170
followed by misspent.

5590
03:13:51,170 --> 03:13:53,754
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT, I

5591
03:13:53,754 --> 03:13:54,322
just want to stand up and I'm

5592
03:13:54,322 --> 03:13:54,989
just getting a little

5593
03:13:54,989 --> 03:13:56,457
concerned about some of the

5594
03:13:56,457 --> 03:13:58,857
naming that we're doing.

5595
03:13:59,527 --> 03:14:00,194
>> I mean, the rule.

5596
03:14:00,194 --> 03:14:03,194
>> Is you're supposed to be

5597
03:14:04,999 --> 03:14:05,833
passed for 5 years and how

5598
03:14:05,833 --> 03:14:06,901
voted for all the ones we've

5599
03:14:06,901 --> 03:14:10,671
done. So I'm just as guilty as

5600
03:14:10,671 --> 03:14:11,372
anybody. And then we in recent

5601
03:14:11,372 --> 03:14:13,140
years, if they had passed for

5602
03:14:13,140 --> 03:14:16,310
a year or 2, we waive the rule

5603
03:14:16,310 --> 03:14:17,440
to do that. Now we are

5604
03:14:17,440 --> 03:14:20,440
honoring people that are still

5605
03:14:21,482 --> 03:14:22,216
alive. And my concern is we're

5606
03:14:22,216 --> 03:14:25,216
going to start honoring people

5607
03:14:28,389 --> 03:14:30,424
at this dice before So.

5608
03:14:30,424 --> 03:14:31,158
>> We need to take a look at

5609
03:14:31,158 --> 03:14:35,358
the rule or we should abide by

5610
03:14:35,429 --> 03:14:36,530
it. One way the other. And I

5611
03:14:36,530 --> 03:14:39,330
just think this is getting I

5612
03:14:39,330 --> 03:14:39,700
see a lot of heads nodding.

5613
03:14:39,700 --> 03:14:42,700
>> This is getting a little

5614
03:14:43,370 --> 03:14:44,372
out of control. Both the ones

5615
03:14:44,372 --> 03:14:47,541
we did I voted for I both.

5616
03:14:47,541 --> 03:14:49,644
Well, I I I so I I didn't want

5617
03:14:49,644 --> 03:14:51,244
to bring it up at the time,

5618
03:14:51,244 --> 03:14:53,614
but this is getting a little

5619
03:14:53,614 --> 03:14:54,381
out of control and I think

5620
03:14:54,381 --> 03:14:55,480
would somehow MISTER

5621
03:14:55,480 --> 03:14:58,480
PRESIDENT, we should take a

5622
03:14:58,219 --> 03:14:59,687
look at that rule. It MAY be

5623
03:14:59,687 --> 03:15:00,387
adjusted in some way come up

5624
03:15:00,387 --> 03:15:03,124
with something. Thank you for

5625
03:15:03,124 --> 03:15:06,293
let me say that. Thank you,

5626
03:15:06,293 --> 03:15:09,293
sir. Over to some diamond.

5627
03:15:10,231 --> 03:15:10,931
Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT says

5628
03:15:10,931 --> 03:15:14,531
this is a little awkward now.

5629
03:15:15,269 --> 03:15:15,803
I want rename or street Ron

5630
03:15:15,803 --> 03:15:16,604
Salem or it will of

5631
03:15:16,604 --> 03:15:19,604
>> don't really know what to

5632
03:15:21,800 --> 03:15:23,911
do now. Doctor Ron Salem, now

5633
03:15:23,911 --> 03:15:24,978
on on a more serious, also

5634
03:15:24,978 --> 03:15:26,714
camaraderie note on Friday,

5635
03:15:26,714 --> 03:15:29,714
which is 9.11, out Jax Beach

5636
03:15:31,785 --> 03:15:32,687
at 06:00pm. Land and I will be

5637
03:15:32,687 --> 03:15:35,870
running the Travis Manion

5638
03:15:37,224 --> 03:15:37,925
Foundation, 5 k Councilor Lan

5639
03:15:37,925 --> 03:15:40,325
is speaking and transmitting

5640
03:15:40,828 --> 03:15:41,562
was his classmate. And so, you

5641
03:15:41,562 --> 03:15:44,731
know, it's not gonna be a long

5642
03:15:44,731 --> 03:15:46,734
speech. That's good. It'll be

5643
03:15:46,734 --> 03:15:49,871
quick, but it but want to join

5644
03:15:49,871 --> 03:15:51,500
us. We have a go on the Web

5645
03:15:51,500 --> 03:15:51,838
site and we are the 16, which

5646
03:15:51,838 --> 03:15:52,539
is 13 plus 3, which is our 2

5647
03:15:52,539 --> 03:15:55,539
districts. We didn't want to

5648
03:15:55,943 --> 03:15:58,345
do. But was it? Faster be? I

5649
03:15:58,345 --> 03:15:59,460
think that's what it was. Just

5650
03:15:59,460 --> 03:16:02,316
what I really wanted to do. I

5651
03:16:02,316 --> 03:16:03,450
said, let's do it. But any

5652
03:16:03,450 --> 03:16:05,352
event, if you'd like to join

5653
03:16:05,352 --> 03:16:05,987
us, pay either one of us,

5654
03:16:05,987 --> 03:16:07,554
Texas, not public record.

5655
03:16:07,554 --> 03:16:09,156
That's ok and join us for the

5656
03:16:09,156 --> 03:16:09,823
run. Will be 5 k were both out

5657
03:16:09,823 --> 03:16:10,557
of shape. So it'll be easy

5658
03:16:10,557 --> 03:16:11,358
unless wrong comes with us. In

5659
03:16:11,358 --> 03:16:14,958
which case have to keep up.

5660
03:16:15,796 --> 03:16:16,798
Alright, thank you. Thank you,

5661
03:16:16,798 --> 03:16:17,765
MR. Diamond, we have 2 you

5662
03:16:17,765 --> 03:16:19,132
MISS Pittman, MR. Miller What

5663
03:16:19,132 --> 03:16:19,767
would you like to go last?

5664
03:16:19,767 --> 03:16:22,167
>> Okay. We're gonna MISS

5665
03:16:26,440 --> 03:16:28,840
Terminal. Thank you, MR.

5666
03:16:29,777 --> 03:16:32,177
PRESIDENT. To the PRESIDENT.

5667
03:16:34,582 --> 03:16:35,282
It's a I'm not sure where I'm

5668
03:16:35,282 --> 03:16:38,585
going to go with this, but I

5669
03:16:38,585 --> 03:16:39,921
try to make it I'm going talk

5670
03:16:39,921 --> 03:16:40,621
about this for a long time.

5671
03:16:40,621 --> 03:16:42,823
But it just seemed right. So

5672
03:16:42,823 --> 03:16:45,223
wanted to thank Councilmember

5673
03:16:45,759 --> 03:16:47,561
Mile and also are too

5674
03:16:47,561 --> 03:16:50,465
chaplains from Jfrd and jso

5675
03:16:50,465 --> 03:16:53,801
who aren't here right now. For

5676
03:16:53,801 --> 03:16:57,438
us to remember. And for us to

5677
03:16:57,438 --> 03:16:58,172
pass that on to the next

5678
03:16:58,172 --> 03:17:00,341
couple generations who many of

5679
03:17:00,341 --> 03:17:03,341
them have no idea what

5680
03:17:04,445 --> 03:17:06,380
happened that day hits close

5681
03:17:06,380 --> 03:17:07,214
to home with me in that many

5682
03:17:07,214 --> 03:17:07,915
years, I couldn't talk about

5683
03:17:07,915 --> 03:17:11,510
this, but I I was signing the

5684
03:17:11,510 --> 03:17:14,510
Pentagon. And should have been

5685
03:17:17,457 --> 03:17:19,426
there. With my normal period

5686
03:17:19,426 --> 03:17:20,628
of assignment at the Pentagon.

5687
03:17:20,628 --> 03:17:21,595
However, my sign manager

5688
03:17:21,595 --> 03:17:24,132
called means and sent me to a

5689
03:17:24,132 --> 03:17:26,334
class a nato course over in

5690
03:17:26,334 --> 03:17:29,934
Europe. And so I wasn't there

5691
03:17:30,104 --> 03:17:31,806
when the plane, the nose of

5692
03:17:31,806 --> 03:17:32,907
the plane went in. My senior

5693
03:17:32,907 --> 03:17:35,242
bosses office at the Pentagon.

5694
03:17:35,242 --> 03:17:38,242
And so 30, my colleagues that

5695
03:17:39,146 --> 03:17:41,249
I just laughed course were

5696
03:17:41,249 --> 03:17:43,484
killed that day, including my.

5697
03:17:43,484 --> 03:17:46,484
My office mate, certain major.

5698
03:17:50,291 --> 03:17:52,590
Strickland. And I seen her

5699
03:17:52,590 --> 03:17:52,793
boss, a senior person killed

5700
03:17:52,793 --> 03:17:53,460
that day in the Pentagon. Also

5701
03:17:53,460 --> 03:17:57,600
one of my best friends, his

5702
03:17:59,267 --> 03:18:02,267
aide. Major Kip Taylor and

5703
03:18:02,903 --> 03:18:03,837
many others and some which I

5704
03:18:03,837 --> 03:18:06,807
hired and I brought into the

5705
03:18:06,807 --> 03:18:07,775
Pentagon to work whose family

5706
03:18:07,775 --> 03:18:10,775
members we're very upset with

5707
03:18:11,479 --> 03:18:12,213
me for years and maybe even

5708
03:18:12,213 --> 03:18:14,281
still a couple of them to this

5709
03:18:14,281 --> 03:18:14,983
day. And I get that cause.

5710
03:18:14,983 --> 03:18:17,983
They were hurting and they're

5711
03:18:22,560 --> 03:18:24,391
still hurting. So. That's just

5712
03:18:24,391 --> 03:18:27,991
one of those things that I

5713
03:18:28,729 --> 03:18:29,363
don't want lose that. And

5714
03:18:29,363 --> 03:18:31,799
those who don't know what

5715
03:18:31,799 --> 03:18:33,868
happened that day. I hope our

5716
03:18:33,868 --> 03:18:35,369
schools and others are

5717
03:18:35,369 --> 03:18:37,700
teaching them. What happened

5718
03:18:37,700 --> 03:18:40,670
that day. And we do everything

5719
03:18:40,841 --> 03:18:42,676
we can to keep that from

5720
03:18:42,676 --> 03:18:43,378
happening There are signs

5721
03:18:43,378 --> 03:18:45,179
there and we should picked up

5722
03:18:45,179 --> 03:18:49,490
on them as a country. And we

5723
03:18:49,490 --> 03:18:50,150
did. Things that could have

5724
03:18:50,150 --> 03:18:52,150
short-circuited those things

5725
03:18:56,290 --> 03:18:57,324
from happening that day. So. I

5726
03:18:57,324 --> 03:18:58,592
don't know what the point is.

5727
03:18:58,592 --> 03:19:00,270
And this really MAY be. My

5728
03:19:00,270 --> 03:19:03,270
last statement is my real

5729
03:19:03,330 --> 03:19:06,200
point. But it's it's. Tough.

5730
03:19:06,200 --> 03:19:07,635
One this time rolls around

5731
03:19:07,635 --> 03:19:08,369
when this comes up and

5732
03:19:08,369 --> 03:19:10,769
especially when someone brings

5733
03:19:10,972 --> 03:19:15,772
it up, I just used to just try

5734
03:19:17,878 --> 03:19:19,780
to ignore it. And we past. But

5735
03:19:19,780 --> 03:19:20,881
but now I've been able to

5736
03:19:20,881 --> 03:19:21,915
speak up speak to some groups

5737
03:19:21,915 --> 03:19:22,816
I think it's better that way

5738
03:19:22,816 --> 03:19:24,816
for everybody, including

5739
03:19:28,722 --> 03:19:29,423
myself. So my hope is that we.

5740
03:19:29,423 --> 03:19:31,325
Don't forget that we remember

5741
03:19:31,325 --> 03:19:34,228
not only 9.11 but also other

5742
03:19:34,228 --> 03:19:35,462
things that are important to

5743
03:19:35,462 --> 03:19:36,563
pass on that we learn from for

5744
03:19:36,563 --> 03:19:40,163
the future. So thank you for

5745
03:19:42,536 --> 03:19:43,337
Lent allowing me to. Kind of

5746
03:19:43,337 --> 03:19:46,107
go on a little bit more than I

5747
03:19:46,107 --> 03:19:47,308
should have. But I think in

5748
03:19:47,308 --> 03:19:48,900
some ways is probably good for

5749
03:19:48,900 --> 03:19:51,478
me to get it out as well. So

5750
03:19:51,478 --> 03:19:52,680
thank you, MR. PRESIDENT.

5751
03:19:52,680 --> 03:19:54,480
>> Well said, Colonel Miller,

5752
03:19:54,480 --> 03:19:54,816
a statement to keep you last

5753
03:19:54,816 --> 03:19:57,218
till we have MISS Clark,

5754
03:19:57,218 --> 03:19:57,918
Maria, MR. On the q as first,

5755
03:19:57,918 --> 03:20:00,918
please. Thank Explain the key

5756
03:20:01,989 --> 03:20:04,958
holder. Holder has your but

5757
03:20:04,958 --> 03:20:07,358
not worked on it.

5758
03:20:09,960 --> 03:20:10,640
>> ok, does not just not now.

5759
03:20:10,640 --> 03:20:10,698
Thank you for sharing that

5760
03:20:10,698 --> 03:20:11,365
COUNCILMAN Miller. I just

5761
03:20:11,365 --> 03:20:14,965
wanted to thank all of you.

5762
03:20:17,304 --> 03:20:18,500
Not only for year support last

5763
03:20:18,500 --> 03:20:18,706
isolation, but for the very,

5764
03:20:18,706 --> 03:20:20,374
very warm welcome. I received

5765
03:20:20,374 --> 03:20:22,477
my first committee efforts

5766
03:20:22,477 --> 03:20:25,279
Council night. I will be

5767
03:20:25,279 --> 03:20:25,980
getting some you noticed

5768
03:20:25,980 --> 03:20:27,281
meetings on the calendar so I

5769
03:20:27,281 --> 03:20:27,982
talk with you all hear more

5770
03:20:27,982 --> 03:20:28,716
about your priorities and see

5771
03:20:28,716 --> 03:20:29,417
how we can work together to

5772
03:20:29,417 --> 03:20:32,252
just want publicly. Thank you

5773
03:20:32,252 --> 03:20:34,252
all. Welcome aboard.

5774
03:20:35,890 --> 03:20:35,790
>> Over to MR. Followed by

5775
03:20:35,790 --> 03:20:36,524
Misspent. Thank you, MR. Sam

5776
03:20:36,524 --> 03:20:38,191
just standing up to thank you,

5777
03:20:38,191 --> 03:20:40,191
Councilmember Miller for

5778
03:20:40,294 --> 03:20:41,620
saying that and a lot of

5779
03:20:41,620 --> 03:20:41,695
senior officers, a lot senior

5780
03:20:41,695 --> 03:20:42,429
enlisted that of a really

5781
03:20:42,429 --> 03:20:44,899
tough time talking about their

5782
03:20:44,899 --> 03:20:45,533
time in service, their time in

5783
03:20:45,533 --> 03:20:46,200
situations like that. I'm

5784
03:20:46,200 --> 03:20:48,202
grateful to you and I hope

5785
03:20:48,202 --> 03:20:48,869
that's a lesson to others that

5786
03:20:48,869 --> 03:20:51,472
they're able to speak up as

5787
03:20:51,472 --> 03:20:52,139
well as you Thank you, sir.

5788
03:20:52,139 --> 03:20:55,139
>> And finally over to MISS

5789
03:20:56,543 --> 03:20:57,778
Pittman.

5790
03:20:57,778 --> 03:21:00,481
>> First of all, colleagues, I

5791
03:21:00,481 --> 03:21:01,148
just want to say thank you to

5792
03:21:01,148 --> 03:21:02,160
you all that we're able to

5793
03:21:02,160 --> 03:21:05,616
come to the memorial on AUGUST

5794
03:21:08,560 --> 03:21:08,790
20 says 6. Keeping the current

5795
03:21:08,790 --> 03:21:12,793
the gear and Al Youm family in

5796
03:21:12,793 --> 03:21:15,193
the 9 survivors and your

5797
03:21:15,596 --> 03:21:17,650
prayers and just being there

5798
03:21:17,650 --> 03:21:17,765
beside me in a whole lot. I

5799
03:21:17,765 --> 03:21:20,968
just I just have to tell you

5800
03:21:20,968 --> 03:21:21,769
all that in.

5801
03:21:21,769 --> 03:21:23,237
>> You know, I know that MAY

5802
03:21:23,237 --> 03:21:26,837
might be my my last time.

5803
03:21:26,974 --> 03:21:27,675
>> But I hope that the city

5804
03:21:27,675 --> 03:21:30,440
will continue it on or the

5805
03:21:30,440 --> 03:21:33,644
city will allow me to have

5806
03:21:34,482 --> 03:21:37,482
that because we cannot forget

5807
03:21:38,653 --> 03:21:39,821
what happened on Kings Road at

5808
03:21:39,821 --> 03:21:42,690
Dollar General. There there is

5809
03:21:42,690 --> 03:21:44,726
a Boulder's that will be put

5810
03:21:44,726 --> 03:21:47,726
and front of Dollar general

5811
03:21:48,830 --> 03:21:49,396
before the end of the year and

5812
03:21:49,396 --> 03:21:51,396
acknowledging them as

5813
03:21:51,865 --> 03:21:53,267
something permanent for the

5814
03:21:53,267 --> 03:21:56,867
family's last year, we put a

5815
03:21:56,904 --> 03:21:59,304
permanent seeding. They're at

5816
03:22:02,376 --> 03:22:05,976
the park Aand. King's row. So

5817
03:22:06,347 --> 03:22:07,948
also, I wanted to just remind

5818
03:22:07,948 --> 03:22:08,583
I know, y'all, we're talking

5819
03:22:08,583 --> 03:22:11,583
about the budget and it's

5820
03:22:12,486 --> 03:22:16,860
below the budget, but we are

5821
03:22:16,590 --> 03:22:20,190
hosting and I like Kevin in

5822
03:22:20,828 --> 03:22:23,864
Raul to talk about? Well, what

5823
03:22:23,864 --> 03:22:27,735
I have to tap just let you

5824
03:22:27,735 --> 03:22:30,135
know that we're hosting 2026.

5825
03:22:31,538 --> 03:22:33,538
>> Innovative policy

5826
03:22:33,908 --> 03:22:37,508
conference here. F a c which

5827
03:22:37,779 --> 03:22:38,779
is Florida. Coming up, Florida

5828
03:22:38,779 --> 03:22:41,179
Association of counties will

5829
03:22:41,649 --> 03:22:43,517
be in Jacksonville and that

5830
03:22:43,517 --> 03:22:45,653
what that means is heads and

5831
03:22:45,653 --> 03:22:46,354
the ban. So what I know there

5832
03:22:46,354 --> 03:22:48,522
was a long conversation about

5833
03:22:48,522 --> 03:22:51,926
that on finance, but we will

5834
03:22:51,926 --> 03:22:53,728
has several commissions from

5835
03:22:53,728 --> 03:22:54,728
around the city of

5836
03:22:54,728 --> 03:22:56,728
Jacksonville that about 3

5837
03:23:00,801 --> 03:23:03,804
years ago. We opted to host

5838
03:23:03,804 --> 03:23:04,538
that innovative and policy

5839
03:23:04,538 --> 03:23:06,538
conference here and

5840
03:23:08,542 --> 03:23:10,844
Jacksonville and because we

5841
03:23:10,844 --> 03:23:13,614
are one of the leading cities

5842
03:23:13,614 --> 03:23:14,682
in Jacksonville. I would say

5843
03:23:14,682 --> 03:23:17,682
Duval County who's doing is

5844
03:23:18,553 --> 03:23:21,880
where we show casing our rich

5845
03:23:21,880 --> 03:23:21,722
history, transportation,

5846
03:23:21,722 --> 03:23:23,722
logistics, environmental

5847
03:23:24,559 --> 03:23:25,259
restoration of what we have

5848
03:23:25,259 --> 03:23:28,259
been doing for several years

5849
03:23:28,296 --> 03:23:30,164
and were now getting

5850
03:23:30,164 --> 03:23:33,164
attention. They will be here

5851
03:23:33,902 --> 03:23:36,302
from SEPTEMBER 15 through the

5852
03:23:37,805 --> 03:23:39,373
17th. I'd like for you an

5853
03:23:39,373 --> 03:23:42,373
accident doing it at Mayo

5854
03:23:43,978 --> 03:23:45,113
hosting at Mayo Hilton Hotels.

5855
03:23:45,113 --> 03:23:48,683
So I know there's been a lot

5856
03:23:48,683 --> 03:23:50,683
of discussion, but

5857
03:23:52,453 --> 03:23:53,321
dissociation has been very as

5858
03:23:53,321 --> 03:23:57,521
a helpful for me. I don't let

5859
03:23:58,593 --> 03:23:59,726
my colleagues speak about what

5860
03:23:59,726 --> 03:24:03,326
the support has meant and has

5861
03:24:03,530 --> 03:24:04,231
bringing ideas bat 2

5862
03:24:04,231 --> 03:24:06,300
Jacksonville. And I'm really

5863
03:24:06,300 --> 03:24:08,102
hoping that you all will

5864
03:24:08,102 --> 03:24:10,502
consider the membership for

5865
03:24:11,973 --> 03:24:14,141
that again. And also very good

5866
03:24:14,141 --> 03:24:15,710
shout out to visit

5867
03:24:15,710 --> 03:24:18,110
Jacksonville for helping us

5868
03:24:19,881 --> 03:24:20,114
put this together. Kevin,

5869
03:24:20,114 --> 03:24:20,197
r#

5870
03:24:20,197 --> 03:24:20,283
#

5871
03:24:20,283 --> 03:24:20,361
#

5872
03:24:20,361 --> 03:24:20,435
#

5873
03:24:20,435 --> 03:24:20,516
#

5874
03:24:20,516 --> 03:24:20,587
#

5875
03:24:20,587 --> 03:24:20,881
#

5876
03:24:20,881 --> 03:24:23,251
, don't know if you

5877
03:24:23,251 --> 03:24:24,451
all want to say anything about

5878
03:24:24,451 --> 03:24:27,451
being members. And I know

5879
03:24:29,423 --> 03:24:31,823
we've had pass colleagues

5880
03:24:33,328 --> 03:24:35,897
members of the City council

5881
03:24:35,897 --> 03:24:36,897
that have been members of the

5882
03:24:36,897 --> 03:24:37,832
association Rowe. Would you

5883
03:24:37,832 --> 03:24:41,432
like to say anything or Kevin

5884
03:24:44,438 --> 03:24:46,438
regarding?

5885
03:24:46,707 --> 03:24:47,475
>> All right. MISTER Kerik, I

5886
03:24:47,475 --> 03:24:48,142
recognize I thank Yes, roll in

5887
03:24:48,142 --> 03:24:50,344
and Kuz one Pippin are the

5888
03:24:50,344 --> 03:24:52,413
designated members. But did go

5889
03:24:52,413 --> 03:24:53,470
with them to an innovative con

5890
03:24:53,470 --> 03:24:54,248
conference at the head of

5891
03:24:54,248 --> 03:24:54,882
Panama City. When I was vice

5892
03:24:54,882 --> 03:24:55,549
PRESIDENT, that's when we

5893
03:24:55,549 --> 03:24:57,151
started having the dialogue

5894
03:24:57,151 --> 03:24:57,818
about how to bring that

5895
03:24:57,818 --> 03:25:00,154
conference Jackson get some

5896
03:25:00,154 --> 03:25:03,154
heads in beds. So definitely

5897
03:25:03,290 --> 03:25:03,992
want to support them coming to

5898
03:25:03,992 --> 03:25:05,393
town. And I guess we'll have

5899
03:25:05,393 --> 03:25:06,760
further discussions during the

5900
03:25:06,760 --> 03:25:07,461
budget and which I would

5901
03:25:07,461 --> 03:25:08,162
support. I'm a member of the

5902
03:25:08,162 --> 03:25:12,362
League of Cities and I had to

5903
03:25:13,330 --> 03:25:15,636
get. Fruitful time down in

5904
03:25:15,636 --> 03:25:16,904
Orlando. Make making

5905
03:25:16,904 --> 03:25:17,538
connections selling

5906
03:25:17,538 --> 03:25:18,606
Jacksonville to the broad

5907
03:25:18,606 --> 03:25:20,606
broad Florida communities.

5908
03:25:21,800 --> 03:25:24,608
They received a very well. So

5909
03:25:25,580 --> 03:25:26,247
thank you. It's for so it now.

5910
03:25:26,247 --> 03:25:29,847
As thank. You must live in

5911
03:25:32,860 --> 03:25:32,853
Florida. Still yours. The

5912
03:25:32,853 --> 03:25:36,453
other thing I was unable to

5913
03:25:38,326 --> 03:25:41,326
attend the ouc meeting or

5914
03:25:41,396 --> 03:25:43,396
neighborhood's regarding

5915
03:25:44,798 --> 03:25:46,734
several zoning issues in my

5916
03:25:46,734 --> 03:25:48,703
district because my mother

5917
03:25:48,703 --> 03:25:51,171
sick. And I want to put that

5918
03:25:51,171 --> 03:25:53,174
on record. But I am hosting a

5919
03:25:53,174 --> 03:25:55,174
meeting this Thursday,

5920
03:25:57,412 --> 03:25:58,679
SEPTEMBER 10th at the Legends

5921
03:25:58,679 --> 03:26:00,679
Center regarding 3 Pacific

5922
03:26:00,981 --> 03:26:03,981
Lee. Just zoning issues are

5923
03:26:04,718 --> 03:26:06,788
concerns. And in my district

5924
03:26:06,788 --> 03:26:08,389
before we vote on the

5925
03:26:08,389 --> 03:26:10,959
legislation. There is a lot of

5926
03:26:10,959 --> 03:26:11,993
concern and it matters and

5927
03:26:11,993 --> 03:26:14,762
hopefully that you all and

5928
03:26:14,762 --> 03:26:17,162
listening to the residents

5929
03:26:18,199 --> 03:26:18,899
because they have been down

5930
03:26:18,899 --> 03:26:20,234
here. And I just want to make

5931
03:26:20,234 --> 03:26:23,834
sure that we get the experts

5932
03:26:24,171 --> 03:26:26,571
and the planning committed

5933
03:26:27,942 --> 03:26:29,942
Planning Commission's report

5934
03:26:29,978 --> 03:26:31,446
so we can look at all the

5935
03:26:31,446 --> 03:26:33,846
substantial evidence to make

5936
03:26:35,316 --> 03:26:37,151
sure zonings either up or

5937
03:26:37,151 --> 03:26:40,654
down. So I just want it to say

5938
03:26:40,654 --> 03:26:41,589
that is well and now we're

5939
03:26:41,589 --> 03:26:43,989
ready to celebrate our

5940
03:26:45,192 --> 03:26:47,192
birthdays. Councilmen will

5941
03:26:47,695 --> 03:26:50,695
land on his birthday. Is

5942
03:26:51,866 --> 03:26:52,600
SEPTEMBER. The 9th and then

5943
03:26:52,600 --> 03:26:56,737
his pca is well, let's give a

5944
03:26:56,737 --> 03:26:57,104
big round of applause.

5945
03:26:57,104 --> 03:26:57,805
>> Jamie.

5946
03:26:57,805 --> 03:27:00,805
>> His birthday is on. And

5947
03:27:04,612 --> 03:27:05,379
then 9 teen and COUNCILMAN

5948
03:27:05,379 --> 03:27:07,382
Staff Rhonda Hall. Patrick,

5949
03:27:07,382 --> 03:27:10,982
her birthday is also on the

5950
03:27:11,486 --> 03:27:13,621
19. So we have to vigils

5951
03:27:13,621 --> 03:27:15,689
birthdays on the 19th and

5952
03:27:15,689 --> 03:27:17,240
again, thank you all for

5953
03:27:17,240 --> 03:27:17,725
listening to me. And I'm

5954
03:27:17,725 --> 03:27:20,594
hoping that I can get some of

5955
03:27:20,594 --> 03:27:23,964
you all to and Lee's com, one

5956
03:27:23,964 --> 03:27:28,164
of the days at area. Me I'm

5957
03:27:29,136 --> 03:27:29,771
sorry at the Mayo to support

5958
03:27:29,771 --> 03:27:31,771
the association counties.

5959
03:27:34,341 --> 03:27:35,242
Thank you so much.

5960
03:27:35,242 --> 03:27:36,210
>> And can see, no other

5961
03:27:36,210 --> 03:27:37,745
speakers in the Queue. Great

5962
03:27:37,745 --> 03:27:38,446
meeting tonight. We are

5963
03:27:38,446 --> 03:27:42,460
adjourned and over to era for

5964
03:27:48,322 --> 03:27:49,560
the prayer.

5965
03:27:49,560 --> 03:27:49,891
>> Thank you, MR. PRESIDENT as

5966
03:27:49,891 --> 03:27:52,193
was sitting here trying to

5967
03:27:52,193 --> 03:27:55,793
think of what to say. Was

5968
03:27:56,960 --> 03:27:58,496
moved by. COUNCILMAN Military

5969
03:28:00,934 --> 03:28:03,937
marks. So this it's what's on

5970
03:28:03,937 --> 03:28:07,537
my heart. Lord. Help us to

5971
03:28:09,610 --> 03:28:12,610
remember. Those who die. On

5972
03:28:14,515 --> 03:28:16,150
9.11 Lord, help us. Remember,

5973
03:28:16,150 --> 03:28:19,150
those are still battling with

5974
03:28:19,187 --> 03:28:19,921
diseases and other illnesses.

5975
03:28:19,921 --> 03:28:23,424
As a result what happened on 9

5976
03:28:23,424 --> 03:28:24,125
to 11. Lord. Help us to

5977
03:28:24,125 --> 03:28:26,160
remember the families who are

5978
03:28:26,160 --> 03:28:28,160
still grieving. 2500 years

5979
03:28:33,340 --> 03:28:34,350
later. Lord, help us. To

5980
03:28:34,350 --> 03:28:36,537
encourage those who are now

5981
03:28:36,537 --> 03:28:39,537
serving overseas. On the front

5982
03:28:41,375 --> 03:28:42,643
line. Help us to remember the

5983
03:28:42,643 --> 03:28:44,913
unity that this nation

5984
03:28:44,913 --> 03:28:47,313
experience in the aftermath.

5985
03:28:52,253 --> 03:28:52,886
Where we were One points.

5986
03:28:52,886 --> 03:28:53,454
Lord, help us to remember

5987
03:28:53,454 --> 03:28:56,454
that. We can agree to

5988
03:28:58,393 --> 03:29:00,793
disagree. Hating each other.

5989
03:29:02,497 --> 03:29:03,197
Give us the strength. Help us

5990
03:29:03,197 --> 03:29:06,197
to remember that were called

5991
03:29:08,870 --> 03:29:09,904
to serve. And that served. Now

5992
03:29:09,904 --> 03:29:12,273
on to him. That is able to

5993
03:29:12,273 --> 03:29:15,273
keep us falling. And to

5994
03:29:16,544 --> 03:29:19,544
present. To present us before

5995
03:29:20,415 --> 03:29:21,348
his PRESIDENT. Which is

5996
03:29:21,348 --> 03:29:24,348
exceeding joy today, only by

5997
03:29:24,385 --> 03:29:26,354
Scott are safe because every

5998
03:29:26,354 --> 03:29:29,000
and Majesty Dominion and power