JACKSONVILLE
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
January 22, 2008
3:00 p.m.
City Council Conference Room A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Council
President Davis, Council Members Jabour, Corrigan, Joost, Redman, Holt, W.
Jones, Fussell, and M. Jones
Also: Peggy Sidman, Dylan
Reingold and Tracy Arpen – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman, Janice
Billy and Carmen Martin – Council Auditor’s Office; Dana Farris and Carol Owens
– Legislative Services Division; Lisa Rinaman and Sherry Hall – Mayor’s Office;
Lin White – Dept. of Public Works; John Crofts - Planning Department; Kelly Boree – Recreation and Community
Services Department; Annette Hastings – Tourist Development Council; Alison
Miller, Mina Hosseini, Angela Ryan, Jenny Huxford, Debbie Delgado, Tiffany
Clark, Dianne Smith and Sarah Balme – ECAs; Kevin Meerschaert - WJCT
The meeting was called to
order at 3:00 p.m.
Council President Davis noted
that keeping a quorum present may be somewhat difficult tonight, as 2 members
are excused, 1 will be arriving late, and 2 have requested to be excused for
early departure. It will be incumbent on
council members to keep absences from the chamber to an absolute minimum to
ensure that a quorum is always in attendance.
Council Member Jabour gave
the Rules Committee report. He requested
that resolution 2008-13 (urging Congress to pass the Second Chance Act of 2007
to reduce criminal recidivism) be discharged from Rules on the floor. The bill was recommended for approval by the
PHS Committee.
Assistant Council Auditor
Janice Billy gave the Finance Committee report.
She noted that a special Council meeting has been called for next week
to discuss Ordinance 2007-401 regarding the BJP courthouse construction
project. She also noted that Ordinance
2008-29 (appropriating $3 million to the Sheriff’s Office for Operation Safe
Streets) was recommended for approval as an emergency and that Ordinance
2007-1304 (submerged land lease on Southbank Riverwalk for dinner cruise ships)
needs to be discharged from the RCD Committee; both Finance Committee and the
Waterways Commission have recommended approval of the bill.
Council Member Joost stated
that all of the PHS Committee bills had been previously covered.
Carmen Martin of the Council
Auditor’s Office gave the TEU Committee report.
Council Member Joost gave the
RCD Committee report. He reiterated the
need to discharge 2007-1304 from the committee as discussed earlier, and noted
that 2008-29 will have a floor amendment to add the emergency passage language.
Council Member Corrigan gave
the LUZ Committee report. Ordinance
2007-835 (appeal of Planning Commission ruling on zoning exception for
on-premises alcohol service) was the subject of over 2 hours of testimony and
debate in committee and ended with the committee voting 4-2 to deny the
appeal. A “yea” vote supports the
committee’s denial of the appeal.
Ordinance 2007-1250 (Selva Marina rezoning) will be postponed for 2
weeks to allow the land use amendment to run simultaneously with the
rezoning. Finally, 2007-1248 (road
frontage waiver on
Council Member Mia Jones
requested that Resolution 2008-74 (honoring and commending Ike Williams) be
passed as an emergency on first reading so that it may be presented at a
function this weekend.
Council Member Joost
requested clarification of the motion on 2007-835 – a vote to support the LUZ
recommendation is a vote to deny the appeal and allow the restaurant to
continue serving alcohol on the same basis as it currently does. Council Member Corrigan will give a short
explanation of the dispute and LUZ’s recommendation during the meeting for the
benefit of the audience.
Assistant General Counsel
Peggy Sidman announced that there will be 2 “shade” meetings scheduled in the
near future to discuss two legal cases – Jacksonville Property Rights
Association, Inc. vs. City of
President Davis reiterated
the importance of keeping a quorum present in the chamber at all times tonight.
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:15 p.m.
Jeff Clements, Chief
Council Research Division
630-1405