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

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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES


January 22, 2013

3:30 p.m.

 

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

    

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

 

Also:  Peggy Sidman and Dylan Reingold – 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; Jessica Deal – Mayor’s Office; Rachel Welsh – Council Staff Services; Dan Macdonald, Celeste Hicks and Connie Holt – ECAs; Kevin Meerschaert – WJCT; Steve Paterson – Florida Times-Union; Connie Benham, John Nooney

 

Meeting Convened:  4:04 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 reported that the committee had not met on January 14th.  The first reading items scheduled for consideration for second reading and re-referral have been placed on today’s agenda by the Council President to keep them in the proper cycle.  President Bishop stated that he is introducing a bill tonight to amend the Council Rules to make this an administrative procedure if committee meetings are cancelled.

 

PHS Committee: Council Member Daniels reported that the committee had cancelled its meeting as well.  2012-723 (appropriating $555,030 in FEMA grant funds to purchase repetitive flooding properties) will be moved for discharge tonight.

 

Finance Committee: Council Member Crescimbeni reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting, noting that 2013-43 (economic development incentives for Body Central Corp.) is the first bill to be processed under the new “fast track” process for economic development incentives.

 

RCD Committee: Council Member Carter reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting. 

 

LUZ Committee: Council Member Boyer reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.  Council Member Jones requested that 2012-507 (rezoning on Kings Road) be re-referred to committee while he considers a possible amendment relating to access on a residential street.  Council Member Boyer noted that the bill is a straight rezoning, so conditions are not applicable as they would be in a request for a PUD or a variance or exception.

 

Council Member Schellenberg suggested that the chairs in the Council Chamber be swapped for the chairs in Council Conference Room A since those chairs are much more comfortable for sitting in lengthy meetings which happen more frequently in the Council Chamber.

 

Council Member Yarborough requested that 2013-80 (honoring the Regency Square Branch Library on its 40th anniversary) and an addendum resolution (honoring Allen Moore on his retirement as the USDA District Conservationist for Northeast Florida) be moved as emergencies for action tonight.

 

Council members requested that their names be added as co-sponsors to several bills.

 

Meeting adjourned:  4:15 p.m.

 

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research

                1.22.13   Posted 5:30 p.m.

Tapes:      Council agenda meeting – LSD

                 1.22.13

Materials:  President’s marked agenda - LSD

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