RESEARCH DIVISION
RECREATION & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE AGENDA MEETING
June 3 2008
8:30 a.m.
City Council Conference Room A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Council Members Graham (Chair), Bishop; Margaret
Sidman, Office of General Counsel;
Janice Billy Council Auditor’s Office; Lisa Rinaman, Administration, Sherry
Hall; Paul Crawford, Joe Whitaker, Steve
Emery JEDC; Jessica Deal, Chamber of Commerce; Penny Thompson, Shands; Kelly
Boree, Recreation & Community Services Department; Wight Greger, Ken
Pinnix, Housing and Neighborhoods Department; Stan Johnson, Mina Hosseini,
Celeste Hicks, ECAs; Robert Blue and Wyatt Grant, agents; Marilyn Allen, Carl
Bradford Legislative Svcs.
The Chair called the Agenda
meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. and asked Janice Billy, Assistant Council
Auditor, to review those items on the agenda that were ready for action,
deferral, second reading and re-referral.
The Chair thanked the
Administration (Lisa Rinaman) for moving Item #3, Ordinance 2007-1348 amending
Chapter 191, Ord Code (Special Events & Entertainment Dist), to the status
of ready for action.
Though ORD 2008-28, Amend Chapt 366 (Groundwater Resource Mgmt), Ord
Code. was deferred, Council Member Joost wanted to know
the status of the legislation and whether or not the outreach efforts to
educate the public and stake holders were underway and working. Sherry Hall indicated that meetings have been
set to brief the public and business representatives and to resolve
questions. She expects that the
Administration will be meeting with individual Council Members on the proposed
legislation.
Janice Billy explained the
substitute offered for Item #6, ORD 2008-210, Amend Sect 111.830 (Library
Conference Facilities Spec Rev Fund).
On Item #7, ORD Auth a 1st
Amend to License Agreemt w/ Jacksonville Skeet & Trap Club, Inc for New
Berlin Rd Propty), the Chair ordered that the bill be deferred until the sponsor,
C/M Johnson, has had an opportunity to address questions. Margaret Sidman indicated that Council
Members had expressed concern that rental fees had been deleted.
There being no further
business on the agenda, the meeting was adjourned at 8:40 a.m.
John J. Jackson, Council
Research Division (904)630-1729