OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL

 

CHERYL L. BROWN                                                                                                                     117 WEST DUVAL STREET, SUITE 425

            DIRECTOR                                                                                                                                                                                                 4TH FLOOR, CITY HALL

   OFFICE (904) 630-1452                                                                                                                                                                                  JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA  32202

     FAX (904) 630-2906                                                                                                                                                                                                              

  E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net

 

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES


April 8, 2014

4:00 p.m.

 

Location:  City Council Chamber, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,

    

In attendance: Council Members Gulliford (President), Anderson, Bishop, Boyer, Brown, Carter, Crescimbeni, Jones, Joost, Love, Lumb, Schellenberg, Yarborough

 

Also:  Peggy Sidman, Paige Johnston, Jason Gabriel – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman and Janice Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Dana Farris and Paula Shoup – Legislative Services Division; Steve Cassada– Council Staff Services; James Richardson – Planning Department, Teresa Eichner and Margo Klosterman – Mayor’s Office; Lin White and John Jones – Public Works Department; Joe Whitaker – Office of Economic Development; Dan Macdonald and Edward Suggs – ECAs; Wyman Duggan, T.R. Hainline

 

Meeting Convened:  4:02 p.m.

 

LUZ Committee: Council Member Boyer reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

 

RCD Committee: Council Member Crescimbeni reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

 

Finance Committee: Council Member Anderson reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting, noting that 2014-169 (granting JEA a non-exclusive utility easement through Patton Park for installation of a wastewater reuse system) was just recommended for approval with amendments at the Special Finance Committee meeting this afternoon and will appear on tonight’s addendum.

 

PHS Committee: Council Member Brown reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

 

TEU Committee: Council Member Love reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

 

Rules Committee: Council Member Jones reported that all of the committee’s actions have been previously covered.

President Gulliford noted that 2013-523 (amending Ordinance Code Chapter 106 to limit the Mayor’s administrative transfer authority) would be on the addendum for a motion to discharge from committee and then withdraw.

Council Member Schellenberg requested authorization to add a resolution to the addendum for emergency action tonight to express the Council’s opposition to an effort in the Florida Legislature to allow the Orange Park Medical Center to regain its certification for operation of a Tier 1 trauma center outside of the normal certification process.

Council Member Joost reported that he had attended the Urban Core CPAC meeting last night and heard numerous complaints from attendees about the City’s recent code enforcement blitz resulting from the actions of the Neighborhood Blight Special Committee in terms of it being overly harsh and excessively exacting. The group discussed the degree to which the Council could or should attempt to find a way to lessen the enforcement impact on property owners and the need to balance enforcement to the letter of the law with common sense as to reasonableness.

 

Meeting adjourned: 4:25 p.m.

 

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research

                4.8.14   Posted 5:30 p.m.

Tapes:      Council agenda meeting – LSD

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Materials:  President’s marked agenda - LSD

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