OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL

CHERYL L. BROWN 117 WEST DUVAL STREET, SUITE 425

DIRECTOR 4^TH FLOOR, CITY HALL

OFFICE (904) 630-1452 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32202

FAX (904) 630-2906

E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES

February 28, 2012

4:00 p.m.

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

In attendance: Council Members Joost (President), Bishop, Gulliford, Brown, Anderson, Boyer, Love, Yarborough, Jones, Crescimbeni, Redman, Holt, Schellenberg and Clark

Also: Peggy Sidman and Dylan Reingold – Office of General Counsel; Janice Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Steve Cassada – Council Staff Services; Jessica Deal - Mayor’s Office; Dana Farris and Juliette Williams – Legislative Services Division; Lin White – Public Works Department; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Kelley Boree – Parks and Recreation Department; Kevin Kuzel, Dan Macdonald, Ricky Anderson and Donna Barrow – ECAs; Tony Bates – Concerned Taxpayers; Kevin Meerschaert – WJCT; Steve Patterson – Florida Times-Union; Randy Wyse, Curtis Hart, Connie Benham, Theresa Eichner, Ernest McDuffie, Helen Ludwig

Meeting Convened: 4:00 p.m.

Council President Joost convened the meeting and asked the committee chairs to report their committee actions.

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

Rules Committee: Council Member Bishop reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

RCDPHS Committee: Council Member Gulliford reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting. President Joost announced that 2012-70 (appropriation of $75,000 for construction of a dog park at Ed Austin Regional Park) will be postponed to March 13, 2011.

Finance Committee: Council Member Clark reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

LUZ Committee: Council Member Brown reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting and reported that the Kickbacks restaurant administrative deviation appeals are still being negotiated between the restaurant and Riverside Avondale Preservation. The RAP board was to have had a meeting either last night or tonight and the LUZ Committee awaits the outcome of the board’s discussion of the proposed settlement.

President Joost announced that there would be a 2-item addendum. The first is a resolution requested by the Jacksonville Jaguars in support of the team’s plans to raise its profile by playing games internationally, which will be requested for emergency approval tonight in order to be taken to the NFL owners’ meeting which occurs before the next Council meeting. The second bill is a request by the administration for an introduction only – no other action tonight.

Council Member Gulliford presented President Joost with a tee shirt produced by the Save the Mayport Ferry proponents.

Meeting adjourned: 4:07 p.m.

Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research

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Tapes: Council agenda meeting – LSD

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Materials: President’s agenda - LSD

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