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 9, 2013

4:00 p.m.

 

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

    

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

 

Also:  Cindy Laquidara, Peggy Sidman, Dylan Reingold and Julianna Rowland – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman and Janice Billy– Council Auditor’s Office; Dana Farris – Legislative Services Division; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Steve Cassada – Council Staff Services; Lin White – Public Works Department; Joe Whitaker  – Office of Economic Development; Chris Hand and Michelle Barth – Mayor’s Office; Dan Macdonald and Scott Wilson  – ECAs; Wayne Young – JEA; Chris Quinn – Chamber of Commerce; Kevin Meerschaert – WJCT; Steve Patterson – Florida Times-Union; Paul Harden, Danny Wimmer, Ginny Myrick, Connie Benham

 

Meeting Convened:  4:07 p.m.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

PHS Committee: Council Member Daniels reported that the committee had no actions to report from its meeting, but requested that 2013-166 (Ordinance Code amendment to create an Entertainment District downtown) be moved for discharge from the PHS Committee and taken up tonight.  The RCD committee recommended approval of the bill.

 

Finance Committee: Council Member Crescimbeni reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting, noting that there are conflicting substitutes from the Finance Committee and the Rules and TEU Committees for 2013-94 (mobility fee temporary moratorium). The Rules/TEU substitute will be moved first, and Council Members Love, Holt, Clark and Crescimbeni indicated that they will have floor amendments to offer.

 

LUZ Committee: Council Member Boyer reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting. 

 

RCD Committee: Council Member Carter reported that all of the committee’s actions had been previously covered.

 

President Bishop said that there would be a 4-item addendum – one item of unfinished business and three new introductions, one of which has a request for emergency action on first reading.  Council Member Boyer requested to add a fifth item for introduction and action – an ordinance waiving the provisions of the City noise ordinance for events at Metropolitan Park through the end of April (boat show and Welcome to Rockville concert) and would also waive any civil fines or criminal penalties for violations of the noise ordinance for those April events.  Council Member Joost will offer a floor amendment to extend the waiver to exempt Metropolitan Park events in May as well.  President Bishop indicated that he will ask for discharge of 2013-166 from PHS as requested by Council Member Daniels.

 

Council Member Schellenberg reported that the state bills regarding changes to the telecommunications services tax, which are the subject of pending City resolution 2013-170, are not moving in the Florida Legislature in this session.

 

Council Member Carter may have a floor amendment for 2012-710 (lease agreement with Old Plank Road Baptist Church to change the lessee name to the church’s pastor).

 

Council Member Boyer stated that addendum bill 2013-240 (resolution honoring and commending HabiJax) will be moved first on the agenda and the other addendum items will be taken up at the end of the meeting.

 

Meeting adjourned:  4:24 p.m.

 

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research

                4.9.13   Posted 5:30 p.m.

Tapes:      Council agenda meeting – LSD

                 4.9.13

Materials:  President’s marked agenda - LSD

    4.9.13