RESEARCH DIVISION
TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY & UTILITIES
COMMITTEE AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
October 1, 2012
1:30 P.M.
City Council Conference Room A
117 West Duval Street
Attendance: Council Members Greg Anderson (Chair), Jim Love, Matt Schellenberg; Margaret Sidman, Dylan Reingold, Paige Johnston, Cherry Shaw Office of General Counsel; Heather Reber, Council Auditor’s Office; Jessica Deal, Tiffani Dailey, Mayor’s Office; John Jones, Lin White, Public Works; Mark Sheldon, Ellen Fales, Planning & Development; Scott Trebatoski, John Page, Animal Control & Protective Services; Robert White, Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville; Executive Council Assistant Donna Barrow (Lumb); Philip Zamarron, Legislative Aide; John J. Jackson, Council Research Division.
The Chair called the meeting to order at 1:31 p.m. and proceeded to review the Council Auditor’s Office marked agenda.
On Item # 1, ORD-MC 2012-451, Amend Chpt 30 (Planning & Dev Dept)…(Addressing & street Naming Regs)…(Procedures to Notify Propty Owners & Occupants of Duplicate street Names & Out of Sequences Addresses…(appeals) to Supplement & Clarify..Procedures…., the Chair indicated that a substitute for the bill had been drafted and that Assistant General Counsel Margaret Sidman would be distributing the substitute in the course of the Committee meeting. The Chair explained the changes that the substitute made that he felt removed any confusion in the appeals process.
On Item #2, ORD 2012-456, Concerning a Communications Tower Lease with TowerCom III, for Alberts Field at 12073 Brady Road....the Chair announced that the item was being deferred at the request of the sponsor, Council Member Schellenberg, because the applicant needed additional time to work on the proposed bill.
On Item #3, ORD 2012-492, Approp $13,400,000 from the JIA/CRA Tax Increment Dist to fund (1) Duval Rd Expansion….(2) Future North Access Rd…, the bill’s sponsor, Council Member Holt, requested that the measure be deferred.
On Item # 7, ORD 2012-529, Apv 2nd Amend to Redev Agreemt bet City, JEDC & Castro Southeast, Inc & Successor Christieco, Inc to Extend Date on Which City can Draw on the Ltr of Credit to 1/1/17, the measure’s sponsor, Council Member Anderson, had requested a deferral. Assistant General Counsel Dylan Reingold indicated that a deferral would enable the resolution of the numbers (in the loan balance) issue, a matter that had been made at the previous agenda meeting.
The Chairman re-opened discussion on Item #1, ORD-MC 2012-451 (Addressing & Street Naming….Procedures to Notify Propty Owners & Occupants of Duplicate Street Names & Out of Sequence Address….the Chair announced that three appeals on address changes had surfaced. The Chair wanted to grant those seeking the appeals 48 hours to complete the appeals process; Council Member Schellenberg contended that there was no need to provide 48 hours since September 26th marked the end of the 14 days that the applicants had to exercise their right to appeal the proposed 911 Commission’s address changes.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:43 p.m.
John J. Jackson, Council Research Division (904) 630-1729
10.03.12
Posted: 3:00 PM