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 14, 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, Doyle Carter, Richard Clark, John
Crescimbeni, Bill Gulliford, Ray Holt, Jim Love, Don Redman, Matt Schellenberg
Also:
Peggy Sidman, Paige Johnston, Susan Grandin – 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; Sheryl Steckler –
Inspector General’s Office; Lin White –
Public Works Department; James Richardson – Environmental Protection Board; Joel
McEachin – Planning and Development Department; Dan Macdonald and Kevin Kuzel –
ECAs; Wayne Young – JEA; Kevin Meerschaert, Eric Smith, Curtis Hart
Meeting Convened:
4:04 p.m.
Rules Committee: Council Member Gulliford reviewed the
actions of the committee from its meeting.
TEU Committee: Assistant Council Auditor Kyle Billy 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, noting that 2015-55 (amending Zoning and Sign
Codes regarding signs in the Sports and Entertainment Complex Sign Overlay
Zone) is scheduled for its mandatory public hearing but was deferred in the
Finance Committee so no action will be taken tonight.
Council Member Bishop said that he would move to re-refer
2015-170 (ordinance designating the Elena Flats building at 122 E. Duval Street
as a historic landmark) to committee to hear information about a potential
buyer for the building. Deputy General Counsel Peggy Sidman said that the bill
would need to be re-advertised for a new LUZ public hearing and that the
persons who spoke at the last LUZ public hearing should be invited to attend
the new public hearing if they wish to comment. Council Member Boyer agreed
with the motion to re-refer because she has recently learned that the Downtown
Investment Authority was not represented at the public hearing and its
information on the project was not presented.
Council Member Boyer announced her intention to move an
amendment to correct a scrivener’s error in new Ordinance 2015-258 (amending
the Police and Fire Pension Fund) before it is referred to committee so that
the public, when they access the bill, will see the correct version. Peggy
Sidman noted that a waiver will be required of the Council Rule that prohibits
amendments to new bills before they have been referred to committee.
Ms. Boyer also noted that a bill will be added to an
addendum to the agenda to reallocate $250,000 of the $750,000 previously appropriated
to the Liberty Street Bridge Repair project for the purpose of dropping the
debris from the second roadway collapse on Liberty Street into the river so
that an evaluation can be made of the condition of the rest of the piling
structure. The Public Works Department presented this request to the Special
CIP Committee last week which voted its approval of the transfer.
Council Member Gulliford announced that he would be asking
for deferral of 2015-200 (appropriating $85,000 from General Fund balance to
pay for a forensic audit of the Police
and Fire Pension Fund ) until April 28th because the Ordinance Code
requires that any legislation affecting the PFPF be referred to that board for
comment before Council action.
President Yarborough announced that Inspector General
Advisor Sheryl Steckler would be making a report at the beginning of the
meeting in compliance with the requirement that the IG verbally report to the
Council on a semi-annual basis. Mr. Yarborough also noted that 2015-105
(appropriating $869,486 from the Stormwater Utility
budget to purchase water quality credits from the JEA) and 2015-111 (declaring
surplus a fire engine and transferring it to the Jacksonville Chapter of
Guardians of the Ribbon) had conflicting recommendations from various
committees, including a number of recommendations to not approve the bills. The
bills will be moved for approval as is the standard practice.
Meeting adjourned:
4:19 p.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research
4.14.15 Posted 5:00 p.m.
Tapes: Council agenda
meeting – LSD
4.14.15
Materials: President’s marked agenda - LSD
4.14.15