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

 

Rules Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes

May 5, 2014

8:30 a.m.

 

Topic: Rules Committee agenda meeting

 

Location: Conference Room A, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,

Suite 425

 

In attendance: Council Members Warren Jones (Chair), Lori Boyer, Bill Bishop,

Also: Janice Billy and Heather Reber – Council Auditor’s Office; Juliette Williams – Legislative Services Division

 

See attached sign-in sheet for additional attendees

 

Meeting Convened: 8:36 a.m.

 

Chairman Jones reviewed the Council Auditor’s marked agenda which included 4 items marked for deferral, 18 items ready for action (1 for withdrawal, 1 for substitute and re-referral) and 6 items for second reading and re-referral.

 

2013-57 (amending the Comprehensive Plan’s Transportation and Capital Improvement elements to allow a landowner or developer to receive mobility fee credit for constructing a transportation improvement not listed on the City’s Mobility Plan): Council Member Boyer said that Assistant General Counsel Jason Gabriel has drafted an amendment that will accommodate the provisions of pending ordinance 2013-761, which will be the subject of a meeting on May 7th. The bill will be deferred for another cycle.

 

2014-151 (providing for a straw ballot referendum on a residency requirement for City employees): defer

 

2014-177 (encouraging more use of the civil citation process for eligible first-time misdemeanor offenders): will be moved to first on the agenda to accommodate State Attorney Angela Corey.

 

2014-186 (amending the requirements for street name changes): will be deferred pending further discussion of appropriate percentages of property owners required to approve the name change.

 

Lin White said that Public Works Director Jim Robinson is prepared to make a presentation on the City’s “lazy asset” study; it will be placed at the end of the agenda.

 

Meeting Adjourned: 8:45 a.m.

 

 

Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research

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Tapes:  Rules agenda meeting– LSD

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Materials: Auditor’s marked Rules agenda

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