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Reggie Gaffney, Jr.
Council Member
District 8
Jacksonville, FL
October 20, 2026
Last heard
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at 26:16Following that, the applicant did work to obtain parking plans on off-site, so between the rethreaded and the parking that they'll be able to provide on-site and working with the traffic engineer with the city to provide some on-street parking there.
at 31:59and the potential of additional parking agreements on other parcels, including on-street parking that will be done with works of traffic engineering to create some more on-street parking spaces.
at 25:36private ponds, I guess that still would be kind of, you know, I guess ruffling the feathers of SB 180 to OGC.
at 52:33Yeah, that's fine. And if you get anyone here from the public would like to speak, we need the public speaker
at 7:37want to declare as partay i received numerous email i think anywhere up from 20 phone calls i received
at 2:09:01sure the community was made aware. It was notice put out. I'm not sure if we have anybody in opposition,
at 3:22recognizing me, Chair. I think this legislation, I'm going to defer this for another few weeks. I still
at 3:28haven't spoke with the developer yet, so I need to have a community meeting. I'm not sure if he's
at 2:39:51And I think that in order to do an audit, they would have had to pay anywhere from $15,000 to $20,000.
at 2:44:50You know, sometimes these dollars is only $50,000 to $100,000, but you have to carry insurance.
at 33:04In terms, I'm assuming, I guess, you're representing, I guess, the owner, and it's under contract,
at 33:36But at the same time, I want to be respectful and be mindful, you know, of, I guess, the investment
at 5:34Before we move forward, I think it's important that, I think, Roshonda, Roshonda, what I want you to do, if you can, over the last five years, if you can inform us of how many kids have lost their life to these retention ponds.
at 21:59Can someone from the private sector speak, I'm not sure if anyone is here from the Builders Association, speak on, I guess, what mechanism restrictions are in place when it comes to retention ponds?
at 2:48:14I brought that up to go to show you that this is a very important issue to the community in the city of Jacksonville.
at 2:48:52Like I said, some of the recommendations was maybe a committee, especially a committee to move forward and tackle this issue.