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THE CITY COUNCIL
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32202
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Neighborhoods, Community Investments and Services Committee
Agenda Meeting Minutes
August 1, 2016
8:30 a.m.
Topic:
NCIS Committee agenda meeting
Location:
Lynwood Roberts Room, 1st floor, City Hall – St. James Building, 117
West Duval Street
In attendance:
Council Members Scott Wilson (Chair), Bill Gulliford, Joyce
Morgan and Garrett Dennis
Also: Council Members Lori Boyer and Anna Lopez Brosche; Kyle
Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Peggy Sidman, Paige Johnston, Michael Wedner, Loree French and Jason
Teal – Office of General Counsel; Jeff
Clements – Council Research Division; Juliette Williams – Legislative Services
Division; Sam Mousa, Ali Korman Shelton and Jessica Baker – Mayor’s Office
See attached sign-in sheet for additional attendees
Meeting Convened:
8:32 a.m.
Chairman Wilson called the meeting to order and asked the
attendees to introduce themselves. He reviewed the Auditor’s marked agenda
which included 7 items marked for deferral, 9 items ready for action (1 as a
substitute) and 7 items for second reading and re-referral.
2016-385 (appropriating $150,000 from Special Council
Contingency – Hemming Park to the Friends of Hemming Park for park operations):
The bill is marked for deferral at the request of the sponsor, Council Member
Gulliford, but Friends of Hemming Plaza has requested that the item be taken up.
Council Members Gulliford and Boyer indicated they are willing to allow the
bill to be discussed, but Ms. Boyer believes substantial work still needs to be
done by the Special Committee in Hemming Park before the bill will be ready for
action. Mr. Wilson will move that item to the end of the agenda for potential
discussion after the other bills have been taken up.
Chairman Wilson announced that agenda items will be taken up
in the following order to accommodate visiting council members and City staff: 1)
2016-435, 2) 2016-440; 3) 2016-426; 4) 2016-455, then the remainder of the
agenda in order, with 2016-385 coming last.
Council President Boyer said that she wants the Council to
consider allocating more of the City’s CDBG funding to demolition of condemned
properties to enhance public safety, at least for one year to deal with the
backlog of condemned structures. Council Member Gulliford said that the CDBG
funds need to be used citywide in all eligible areas and not just reserved for
certain parts of the city.
Meeting Adjourned:
8:38 a.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research
8.1.16 Posted 12:00 p.m.
Tapes: NCIS agenda
meeting– LSD
8.1.16
Materials: Auditor’s marked NCIS agenda
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