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
May 12, 2015
4:00
p.m.
Location:
City Council Chamber, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,
In attendance:
Council Members Clay Yarborough (President),
Greg Anderson, Bill
Bishop, Lori Boyer, Reggie Brown, Doyle Carter, Richard Clark, John Crescimbeni
(arr. 4:05), Bill Gulliford, Ray Holt, Warren Jones, Stephen Joost, Jim Love, Robin
Lumb, Don Redman, Matt Schellenberg
Also:
Peggy Sidman, Paige Johnston, Susan Grandin and Stephen Durden – Office of
General Counsel; Kirk Sherman and Kyle Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Dana
Farris – Legislative Services Division; Steve Cassada– Council Staff Services;
Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Teresa Eichner – Mayor’s Office; Lin
White – Public Works Department; James Richardson – Environmental Protection
Board; Dan Macdonald and Scott Wilson – ECAs; Paul Crawford – Office of
Economic Development; Bill Hodges – Children’s Commission; Fred Atwill, Paul Harden, T.R. Hainline, Richard Berry
Meeting Convened:
4:01 p.m.
Rules Committee: Council Member Gulliford reviewed the
actions of the committee from its meeting.
TEU Committee: Council Member Brown reviewed the actions of
the committee from its meeting.
Finance Committee: Council Member Clark reviewed the actions
of the committee from its meeting.
RCDPHS Committee: Council Member Redman reported that all
the actions of the committee had been previously covered
LUZ Committee: Council Member Holt reviewed the actions of
the committee from its meeting.
Council Member Boyer reported that she will be offering a
floor amendment to 2015-234 (amending the City “whistleblower ordinance”) to
conform the wording of who constitutes a whistleblower official to state law.
On 2015-258 (amending the Police and Fire Pension Plan) Ms. Boyer stated that
the City has received the required actuarial statement from the Police and Fire
Pension Fund, so she will request that the bill be discharged, amended to
attach the actuarial statement, and then re-referred to committee. She also
suggested that 2015-304 (amending the Police and Fire Pension Fund) be
similarly discharged, amended and re-referred.
Council Member Holt announced that many of the e-mails that
council members have been receiving from his constituents regarding 2015-254
(appropriating funds from several roadway improvement projects to design of a
new Imeson Park Boulevard project) are misleading.
The constituents want the funds from the Yellow Bluff Road improvement project
to be used for repaving of a different portion of Yellow Bluff Road from the
original project, but Mr. Holt has been informed that the bond funds providing
the funding to that project cannot be used for paving purposes. Council Member
Bishop requested that Mr. Holt also provide an explanation of why funds are
being proposed to be transferred from a project in the Springfield neighborhood
to the Northside for this project.
Council Member Jones reported that he understood Council
Member Lee to be agreeable to the Council taking action on 2015-216
(appropriating funds from a landfill mitigation account to install security
cameras at two parks), which was postponed at the last meeting.
Council Member Bishop reported that he would be offering a
floor amendment to 2015-55 (amending the Sport and Entertainment Complex Sign
Overlay Zone regarding exterior signage on the Veteran’s Memorial Arena),
explaining that the floor amendment would provide that all legal signs
currently on the exterior of the building will be allowed to stay, future
exterior signage would be required to be approved by the Downtown Development
Review Board, and recognizing that a changeable message marquee will be erected
in the future following design approval by the DDRB.
President Yarborough said that the administration had
requested a floor amendment to 2015-273 (appropriating grant funds to the
Jacksonville Homeless Day Center) to define what constitutes “utilities”
payable with the funds.
Meeting adjourned:
4:15 p.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research
5.12.15 Posted 5:00 p.m.
Tapes: Council agenda
meeting – LSD
5.12.15
Materials: President’s marked agenda - LSD
5.12.15