Well, good morning, everyone. We'll go ahead and call the rules meeting of August 3rd into order, and we'll start with introductions to my left with Mr. Dennis. Good morning, Garrett Dennis, Administration. Pauline Hampsey, Council Research. Carla Schell, Office of General Counsel. Jacoby Pittman, District 10. Ron Salem, Group 2 at large. Mike Gay, District 2. Will Lainon, District 3. Terrence Freeman at large, Group 1. Good morning, Michael Boylan, District 6. All right, welcome, everyone. Do we have any public comment? All right, we've got three speakers, two are questions only, and one speaker, Mr. John J. Nooney. Please come forward to give your name and address for the record, and you'll be given three minutes to speak directly to an item on our agenda. Mr. Nooney, the floor is yours. All right. I am John, Philanthropic, Jelly Roll, Resiliency, Good Boy Nooney, 8356, Bascom Road, Jacksonville, Florida, 32216. Trust Scott Wilson, Kevin Carrico, District 4, CPAC 3, Raymond Day, Jose Gonzalez, Rosemary Wiselowski, School Board, District 3, Cindy Pearson, 20, 25, 0867, CIP, Wendy Kahn, Classrooms in Pottsburg, Charter School, Public School, Field Trip Park. It's brilliant. I'll be talking about 20, 24, 0107, 20, 24, 0325, 20, 26, 0024, Agenda Items, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 20, 26, 05, 3, 9. Now, that's the St. John's River Water Management District Commemorative Manatee Postage Stamp. Now, how much money is in that account? Now, where's Doug Conkey on this? Okay, Agenda Items, 23, 25, 27, 32, 40, 20, 26, 06, 01, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 20, 26, 06, 06. TDC, that's the Trump Doge Club, 47, 48, 51, 55, just down to a minute 40. R.D., you know, the real Doge, Ron Davis, 600, WBOB, AM Radio, Monday through Friday, 6 to 9 a.m. President Trump, Governor DeSantis, pardon Nooning. You know, I missed the ribbon-cutting ceremony for 20, 24, 0107. That was the direct contract for JU. Now, also, too, I will be making two donations. One, the 2026-0396, and that's the movie Trust Fund, and that's right here. And then the other one is going to be for 2026-0004. That's the Park Trust Fund. And so, you know, right now, like I said, you got a lot of stuff on here, but here's what everybody should be taking away. Here's our guide to downtown Jacksonville. You got two of them, 2025 and 2026. Mr. Nooney. Yeah, well, I'm talking, it's in the agenda. You know, I mean, it really is. So, anyway, you know, just, well, last thing I want to do is, you know, get another warrant or something. But, so, anyway, listen, you've been great. Happy Monday. Okay, I'll get these up, you know, to accounting and just tell the world. Open up our waterways and visit Jacksonville. Thank you. Next, we had Brenda Boyston. Questions only for the Salvation Army for 2026-0571. Did not wish to, yep, did not wish to speak. And Gary Monahan, did not wish to speak. Questions only for people to guess. Thank you. That'll take us to our agenda. You've got a handout. We'll go through the appointments first. We'll start with item number 10 on page 5, item number 10, 2026-0517. Get a motion on the bill. I've got a motion and a second. I have no speakers in the queue. Go ahead and call up Julio Alera. Is he here? Hello. Mr. Dennis, I'm sorry. Through the chair, to the chair, I don't see Mr. Julio in the audience yet. Can we move his appointment to the end of the agenda, if possible? Yeah. Thank you. Yes, we'll go ahead and move him to the end. Next, item number 17 on page 11, 2026-0546. I've got a motion and a second on the bill. It's Ms. Alicia Summers here. Come on down and give us a little bit of reasoning why you are interested in this position and state your name and address for the record. Good morning. My name is Alicia Summers. I live at 584 Bay Ridge Road, Jacksonville, 32216. I love arts and culture, and I love our city. And I've been supporting arts and culture and our city's growth for the last 30-plus years. I've invested in the arts community. I've invested in our city. And this is just another way to continue that work. All right. Thank you. Let me go to Councilman Amaro. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Alicia, how are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm well. Thank you. Thank you for putting yourself forward. I will support this because I've known Alicia for a number of years, and her heart is truly in this city. She's committed to doing what is necessary, what is right to move this city forward. So thank you for putting yourself forward. Thank you for your service. All right. Thank you. Council Member Pittman. Here, and to Alicia, I'm so glad. You know, I've known you for many, many years, and you have been a big advocate for the arts. I've seen you. We see you now. And thank you for giving yourself. This is, as you said, another way, because what matters to the arts matter to you. And so we're glad to have you in this space, and I appreciate you, and I'll be seeing you on the journey. Thank you. And I will be supporting this. Thank you. No other speakers in the queue. Open the ballot and record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you're approved. 2026-0546. You can be at the Tuesday council meeting for the final vote. You'll be recognized there. You don't have to be there, but you can if you would like. Thank you. So thank you for your service. Thank you all for your service. All right. Next item, number 18, 2026-0547. Get a motion on the bill. I'm set. I've got a motion and a second on the bill. Is Arlene Lloyd here? Come on down, Ms. Lloyd, and give us a little bit of reasoning why you want to be on the cultural council. Good morning. My name is Arlene Cameron Lloyd, 1039 Baines Lake Drive, Jacksonville, Florida. The cultural council actually started me off in my career in education. I worked for the Cathedral Arts Program, teaching dance to students. And 30 years later, I understand that arts and culture are extremely important to our children and our community. And I would love the opportunity to continue on this journey. All right. Thank you. Council Member Pittman, you're recognized. Chair and my colleagues, I also want to say, Ms. Lloyd, thank you for what you've done in the community. And I appreciate you looking to commit yourself to the cultural council because there is a space for you. And they're looking forward. I think you can add a whole lot to the cultural council. And I will support in this legislation. Thank you. Former Council President Freeman. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And through the chair to Ms. Lloyd. One, thank you all, as well as the previous person. Thank you for submitting the questions. As I was going through it, three things just jumped out. And I just wanted to put this on the record because I loved what I read here. The question is pretty basic. It says, how do you plan to collaborate with other board members and commission members and the community stakeholders to achieve the desired outcomes? And I really like to dig in on this question and really kind of get into the weeds when someone responds. But I couldn't with your response because it was spot on and it was as simple as this. And I'll abbreviate it. Listen, learn, and work. By listening, learning from others or learning from one another and working together. And that's how we come up with a strong solution. And I couldn't agree more. Looking forward to the value that you're going to add to this commission. Thank you so much. Thank you, sir. All right. Thank you. No other speakers in the queue. Let's open a ballot and record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you're approved. 2026-0547. So you as well, you're welcome to come Tuesday night. And after the final vote, we'll be recognizing you as well as others. But you do not have to attend. So thank you for your service. Thank you very much. Item number 19, 2026-0548. Can I get a motion on the withdrawal? Okay, second. I've got a motion and a second on the withdrawal. Mr. Dennis, is this the final withdrawal? Okay. All right. Any discussions? No speakers in the queue. Open the ballot and record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you approve the withdrawal for 2026-0548. All right. That takes us back to the beginning of our agenda. And we'll go through the items until some of, if some of our visiting council members show up, we'll stop and go ahead and take their bills up for action. So that takes the item number, page number two, item number one, 2024-0627 will be deferred at request of Council Member Diamond. Item number two, 2024-0966. Go ahead, Council President. Sorry, Mr. Chair. As we're going through these deferrals, and I do this every year, dating back to when I was chair, through the chair to our auditors, our OGC, how long can a bill sit in deferment before it automatically falls off? Through the chair to Council Member Freeman and to the committee. So Council Rule 3.106 provides that any bill that's been on the agenda for two years will be administratively withdrawn and removed by the Chief of Legislative Services at the two-year mark. So that would be August 13th for this bill. All right. Thank you. And to the chair, I'd seem to be more proactive than reactive. And I really pressed a couple years ago for action to be taken by these council members. Like, hey, either we're going to move this forward or we're not just – I don't like me personally leaving things hanging out there as a threat. Either we're going to execute – I don't threaten my kids that I'm going to spank you. I either spank you or I don't spank you, right? For those who spank or time out, whatever is politically acceptable for the parenting choices in the audience or out watching, I kind of follow the Bible on that one. But that said, I don't understand why some of you – I like them, some of them, but do we have to wait for them to fall off or can we – or is there an appetite to just say, hey, reach out to them one last time and say, you know, if you don't like this, this is falling off by – so like this first one, August 13th, it was introduced. Is it from when it's introduced or is it from the last time it was heard? How does that work? Through the chair to the committee, it's from date of introduction. And I will say, you do have a couple of options. Deferral is requested. Obviously, you could take it up and hear it today in committee. The other option is if two-thirds vote of the full council votes to keep it pending, you could go that route as well. You do have a council meeting on August 11th, and if two-thirds vote to keep it pending, it could postpone the bill for another 60 days. And then at that point, you'd have to take it up, and some sort of final action would need to be taken during that 60-day period. So it buys you an additional 60 days if you were to go that route. Okay, thank you. And to the chair and to the body, I'm not forever taking action against the will of one of my colleagues if they're not here. This is going to fall off. So the first option, I would not feel comfortable with. However, if there's an interesting discussion on some of these other ones, I am interested in hearing if the council person is interested in moving forward with it. And if not, I'd make a motion then to move it off if they didn't have any heartburn about that. Thank you. Michelle, on the motion, is that a motion on the – I just want to make sure I heard he would make a motion. So I want to make sure we're in the right posture on that. Through the chair to Council Member Freeman or to the chair, I'm not sure I understand what motion you're suggesting. So, I'm sorry, through the chair, I believe the introducer would have to withdraw it if they wanted to. But if we as a body or a rules committee wanted to entertain trying to move this action forward, what would be the process then to get it to the proper posture? Through the chair, your option would be the next council meeting on August 11th. That falls before the two-year mark. You could vote to either postpone or re-refer the bill. And two-thirds – if two-thirds of you vote in that way, then it would give the bill another 60 days. May I? All right. Well, through the chair to my colleagues. I don't – I like to operate under the rule of never surprise your friends. And so I don't think there's enough time to have a notice meeting, at least on my end, with these introducers. But I do think maybe putting some on notice, if they're beyond this upcoming council meeting, that, hey, you might want to go ahead and think about taking action on these because this rules committee may entertain cleaning up the agenda. Thank you. All right. Let me go to former council president, Dr. Salem. Thank you, Chair. Just to clarify, it takes ten votes to pass it, but two-thirds to keep it on the agenda? Is that what I heard? Through the chair to Council Member Salem, yes. So it would be a two-thirds vote of the full council to keep it, either postpone it or re-refer it after that two-year mark. But ten votes to pass it if that should occur? Correct. Okay. Just wanted to clarify that. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Let me go to Council Member Lannan. Thank you, Chair. As finance chair, I will make sure Council Member Diamond is aware of the August 13th date. Also, through the chair to Ms. Schell, I do believe when this originally came out, it was a two-thirds required vote is what it was marked as. That is my memory from two years ago. So, again, don't need an answer. But I do recall us being told that that bill was a two-thirds required bill. Okay. Let me go to Council Member Morrow. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Chair, I'm going to wait until the August 13th date. But I think these two pending legislations really have been around too long. And if we're not going to do anything with them, I think the responsible government is to, governance is to have them removed. So I'm going to support it whenever that comes up. All right. Thank you all for the discussion. And I just wanted to, when I heard the motion, that's when I have to pause on that to make sure we're in the right posture. So we've already taken, we did item one. I believe we was on item number two, 2024-0996. That one is deferred at the request of Council Member Carrico. Item three, 2025-0775 is deferred at the request of Council Member Matt Carlucci. Item number four, 2024-0192 is deferred at the request of Council President Howland. Item number five, 2024-0203 is deferred at the request of Council President Howland. Item number six, 2026-0227 is deferred at the request of Council Member Diamond. Item number seven, 2026-0318 is deferred at the request of Council Member Johnson. Item number 8, 2026-0320 is deferred at the request of Council Member White. Item number 9, 2026-0376 is deferred at the request of Council Member Peluso. And that takes, we've already taken action on number 10. I apologize. We have moved that, we're moving that to the end of the agenda to see if he shows up. And if not, then we will defer it. So then that takes us to our next action items. I want to go ahead and switch our agenda up here. Council Member Matt Carlucci has joined us. And I believe his item is number 13, item, or I believe item 13 on page 8. I've got a motion to second on the 2026-0540. Any, any discussions? Dr. Salem, you're recognized. I'm sorry. Curious to why this is a two-thirds vote versus, versus just 10. Ms. Kerr. Through the chair to Council Member Salem, this is because there is a waiver of Code Section 745-105H because this bill will rename only a portion of the street. And that code section requires a two-thirds vote for any waiver. So if he was naming the whole street, it would only be 10 votes? Through the chair to Council Member Salem, that's correct. Okay. Well, that's interesting. Thank you. Thank you. Let me go to former President Freeman. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And through the chair to Council Member Carlucci. One, thank you for coming today. Just a little bit of housekeeping that I always do. Two questions. One, the District 9 Council Member, are they okay with this? And then, which I would imagine they would be because you do your due diligence. And then, two, the community. Usually it's like two-thirds or something along those lines. I was trying to read up to see, and maybe I missed it in my pre-agenda meeting. But we do have the support of the community as well if we were to take this action. Thank you. To Councilman Freeman, through the chair, yes and yes. No other speakers in the queue. Let's open the ballot and record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. All right. By your action, you approve 2026-0540. Thank you, Mr. Carlucci, for being here this morning. All right. So, that takes us back to where we were in the agenda, item number 11, 2026-0535. Give your motion on the amendment. I've got a motion and a second on the amendment. Ms. Carraher. Through the chair to the committee, the amendment will clarify that the funding will be used for design for both of the projects. We'll attach a revised Exhibit 1, which is the BT, to correct the account information, and also attach a revised Exhibit 2, which are the CIP sheets, to correct some formatting issues, and also the council district for these projects. All right. Thank you. No speakers in the queue on the amendment. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Likewise, none. The amendment carries. Can I get a motion and a second on the bill as amended? No. I've got a motion and a second on the bill as amended. No speakers in the queue. Open the ballot and record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you approve 2026-0535. Next item, number 12, 2026-0539. Get a motion on the bill. I've got a motion and a second on the bill. No speakers in the queue. Let's open the ballot and record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you approve 2026-0539. Item number 13, we've already taken action on. Item 14, 2026-0542. Get a motion on the amendment. I've got a motion second on the amendment. No speakers in the queue. All in favor of the amendment, say aye. Let me pause there. Ms. Carraher. Through the chair to the committee, the amendment will revise the term of the contract to October 1st, 2026 through September 30th, 2027. We'll attach a revised Exhibit 1, which is the term sheet, to revise the payment terms to be on a reimbursement of $1,022.14 per month per additional bed and a one-time reimbursement of $21,398.24 for equipment and supplies. We'll update the deliverables, remove the line item budget, which is no longer needed, revise the contract term, and remove the Chapter 118 language. I mean, working with JFRD on this bill, this change to the term sheet will align this contract with the three other contracts that they have for the homeless shelter beds, so they will all be consistent. And lastly, we'll include some carryover language within the bill. Right. Thank you. No speakers in the queue on the amendment. Dr. Salem on the amendment. On the bill. I'm sorry. Okay. So I have no speakers on the amendment. All in favor of the amendment, say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Likewise, none. The amendment carries. Get a motion and a second on the bill as amended. I've got a motion and a second on the bill as amended. Dr. Salem. Thank you, Chair. I see our JFRD people are here. Don't need to come up. I've had multiple discussions with Captain Paramore that heads up the PATH program over the last two to three years. Her biggest issue has always been female beds. She has voiced that on many, many occasions of having females. And I don't know that this will solve it, but I think it will definitely help in that situation. Um, and, uh, I'm glad we're here to do that. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Let me go to Council Member Lennon. Uh, thank you, Chair. Through the Chair and Ms. Carraher, just to remind me on, uh, on the process here, uh, I believe Council Member Miller had a bill that anything that the Homeless Initiatives Commission recommended if it was over a hundred thousand had to come us, uh, come to us for approval. Approval, correct? Through the Chair and Council Member Lennon, that's correct. Thank you. And, uh, do you know what the remaining balance will be in that fund after this? Yes, through the Chair and Council Member Lennon, uh, there's about $690,000 left in that fund after taking into account this bill and another bill that's been introduced, 2026-578, which is for, uh, a day center. Through Chair and Ms. Carraher, so it's the 690 hours, uh, after both of those bills would be approved. That would be what was left over? That's correct. Okay, thank you. All right. Pastor President Freeman, you're recognized. Uh, thank you, Mr. Chair. And I do have a spill of water on aisle eight, so I just want to make sure anybody knows that. Um, Councilman Lennon, uh, Lennon just asked my question, so I'm just going to throw a softball out there. How did this bill, through the Chair to the auditors or whoever, how did this bill come forward for appropriations when, in the last budget cycle or the last committee cycle, we've been told that there's money sitting out there that didn't get approved? What's the difference in the process? Because I see on here, contact Chief Blanton or Dr. Tracy Polson, and Dr. Polson is listed as one of the liaisons to the commission, um, and so if nobody else is following me on this committee, but in our last meeting, we had a bill before us that wanted to mandate that we make someone attend their meeting. So I'm just trying to say, how does one bill come forward for appropriations, but yet other ones don't? Recommendations. Through the Chair to Council Member Freeman, I can't speak to that. But, uh, this bill was filed by the administration, so they probably would be the best to answer that question. Mr. Dennis. Uh, through the Chair to Council Member Freeman, uh, yeah, there was a, uh, robust, uh, conversation before, uh, and the difference, and I think, uh, it was explained, um, very well by, uh, general counsel. The difference between the JSEB having, um, an additional, uh, person there is totally different, uh, from, uh, from this commission, you know, whereas, uh, the, uh, monitor committee is just a, an oversight advisory, uh, committee. Uh, it was never set up to administer funds, uh, in the JSEB monitor committee versus, uh, this commission here was set up to, uh, be almost like a, a grant, um, issuing dollars. Uh, so, so that's the difference between the two. Uh, through the Chair. Thank you, Mr. Dennis, and I understand that, and I talk with you, or general counsel, and, and completely understand that aspect. My question was, and I love the fact that these dollars are getting on the street, so thank you all for the work that you're doing, but there's still money that's sitting out there waiting, um, that Council Member Peluso brought forward, and the reason we were told those dollars are still waiting is because that recommending commission did not have someone that wrote the memo that then initiated the act by the administration to get us to this point. my question through the Chair to, and it doesn't have to be answered. Now, I'm not trying to be adversarial. I'm just trying to understand, is it just because GFRD is actively engaged in the process, and so therefore, they stayed on the process, stayed up with you all, but how does this bill come with 400,000, and presented 623, 26, and then Council Member Peluso had a bill that was from 2025 when it was introduced that had not been funded, and that was the impetus of us being told that we needed to create legislation that someone was mandatorily on the board. We don't have to answer that now, but that's just the question that just came to my mind, is how do bills leapfrog each other? All right, thank you. Let me go to former President Dr. Salem. Thank you, Chair. This is more of a statement as we approach the budget process. We have done, as a city, a yeoman's job on homelessness since the advent of the bill by the state legislature that said that homeless people couldn't stay on public property, sidewalks, et cetera. I mean, the PATH program was initiated. We added beds to two of the homeless shelters. We've got this particular legislation, and that these dollars come from a percentage of economic development that's a permanent source of revenue for homelessness, just to remind everybody. So these dollars are continuous, and we saw a precipitous decline in the number of homeless people on the street. We all saw it in the downtown area. I'm just, as we go forward, and from the numbers that I've looked at, and I've looked at the most recent report, the numbers are fairly flat recently in terms of homelessness on the street between last year and this year. And I'm just concerned at maintaining this under the budget constraints we might be under as we move forward. And I just think we just all need to be aware of that. We have spent millions, millions in this particular area, and we've seen significant improvement. I'm just concerned how we go forward. And I just wanted to say that. Thank you. All right. Thank you, sir. Let me go to Council Member Bullen. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do appreciate the opportunity to speak to this. Obviously, going as far back with the CQLI, the focus on homelessness was very high on our list. I do appreciate the fact we're seeing an improvement downtown, but the fact of the matter is we're seeing a lot of migration to the suburbs. And Mandarin and other areas are seeing that. So hopefully, as we move forward in this process, we continue, and I agree with you 100%, Council Member Salem, that we need to continue to focus on this because pay me now or pay me later and pay me more much later. So I'm concerned that we don't, we compromise our ability to support the homeless community. As the Bible says, they'll always be with us. So I thank you for mentioning it, and I support your thought. All right. Thank you. Let me go to Council Member Amaro. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Through the chair, just want to make a quick comment. I'm very glad that Council Member Salem said what he said because there's still this narrative out there that the effort thus far has been ineffective when, in fact, it has been. And to empathize with what Council Member Boylan said, especially in District 1, I've seen this issue where this migration has taken place. I've stated before that this is a very complex issue. I've been on some of those campsites and with JFRD's PATH team and Al Ferraro from the blight office, and we've asked these individuals, do you want help? And they say no, and you cannot make them do anything. So it is very challenging. You move them from one location and they gathered another before you know it. But I'm glad to hear what you said and what you've said as well, Mr. Boylan, because the effort that has been put forth since I've been here, I think it's paying off, especially with a piece where individuals are given transportation back to their home, homeward bound. And so I think it's one of those things where we have to keep our foot to the pedal. Thank you. Thank you. No other speakers in the queue. We've got Ms. Councilmember Pittman. Chair, I also just wanted to add to what everyone else has said is that we definitely have to have availability and help with all of the legislation that you all know of, especially downtown. And so we have to have legislation that can address issues issues that we know that will take place after the development of downtown and La Villa and have an agency that could take care of the issues. As you all know, as Councilmember Merrill just stated, is that there are some people that just don't want services regarding or having mental capacity that just don't understand. But I think this is a trusted organization, and we need this facility. Thank you. All right. Thank you. There's no other speakers in the queue. I just want to kind of weigh in a little bit on this, and I appreciate, Councilman Bullen, your perspective on what's taking place in your district as Councilman Amaro. It's affecting him. It's affecting my district as heavily as well with these camps that are sprawling out. And so it's definitely a need that will continue to need to be addressed when the downtown is renovated, that we've got to keep this action moving forward. But kind of to support what Councilman Freeman was saying to the administration is, he was not speaking to the JSEP, but he was speaking to, in regards to Councilmember Peluso's bill about not getting the support from the administration. And I would just encourage the administration to give all these departments that are looking to reach out to have funds to help alleviate this homeless issue and any issue that the Council funds, that, you know, Council, I believe Council Freeman, you requested that attendance be sent. And kind of looking at that, I can see where there's some of the problem that there's been a lack of attendance from a lot of people that should have been in these meetings to help get it moved forward. So I just encourage that the, you know, we take a proactive look at what's taking place here and let's make the dollars that we've got available, make them go to use and meet the needs of the people out there. So that's my take on that. And I appreciate everybody's comments here. I've got a motion and a second on the bill. Let's open the ballot and record the vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you approve 2026-0542 as amended. Next item, number 15, 2026-0543, can I have a motion on amendment? I've got a motion and a second on amendment. Ms. Carraher. Through the chair to the committee, the amendment will attach a revised exhibit one, which is the BT to correct account information and attach a revised exhibit two, which is the term sheet and budget to provide some additional clarity on the various budget categories. All right. Thank you. No speakers on the amendment. Councilman Amaro, you recognized. On the bill. Okay. All right. No speakers on the amendment. All in favor of the amendment, say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Likewise, none. Amendment carries. Can I have a motion second on the bill? Amended. I've got a motion. And a second on the bill as amended. Councilman Amaro, you recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Through the chair to Office of General Counsel, I realize this is CBA dollars, but nevertheless, does it fulfill, as I read the recipient, does it fulfill the public purpose that's identified in the community benefits agreement? because I'm not quite sure what Zaire Sports Foundation is or what it does. It's CBA dollars, so I'm not trying to get in the weeds. I just want some clarity. Through the chair to Councilmember Amaro. These are CBA dollars. You are correct, and it's my understanding that they align with the requirements of the CBA. I did not drop this bill, but I could get more information from you if you would like. All right. Thank you. Let me go to Councilmember Landon. Thank you, Chair. Through the chair, I guess the committee, Ms. Kerr, heard. This is district dollars, so I don't think it has to meet workforce development, homelessness, and off the top of my head, I forget the third one for the countywide. So I'll support it because the district councilmember has chosen to use part of his million dollars on this item. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Through the chair to finance chair, I hope you're correct when I start making my applications because for some reason I get the sensibility, and I'm supporting it because it is the district CBA dollars. I just wasn't sure what the Sports Foundation does. But I know that public purpose threshold is pretty high even when you make the application. So I hope you're correct that those three metrics are not required when it comes to district. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Let me go to Councilmember Wallen after the vote. Okay. I've got a motion and a second on the bill as amended. No speakers in the queue. Open the ballot and record your vote. Six yays, zero nays. By your action, you're approved. 2026-0543. And Councilmember Wallen, you recognize. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I've got a bill coming up, actually it's the neighborhoods in TEU, that's similar in some respects. And maybe Councilmember Amara recalls Deep Bottom Creek. You did a story on this one. You're a fledgling young reporter, I'm sure. But the question of public purpose likely will come up at that point in time. Quick history, and I'm just sharing this now because I've got the form to do so. So back in 2022, we approved the creation of a special taxing district to support the maintenance of the basin at Deep Bottom Creek. And we were able to ably demonstrate, which I will share this afternoon in neighborhoods, the cause. While itself perhaps is not public purpose overall, the resulting effect of the buildup of the basin is due to the public purpose, their broader public purpose that led to it. So that's going to be coming up this afternoon, and I'll be sharing that information as well. I do appreciate the opportunity to speak to it. It is CBA dollars that I'm using to do this, and the money will actually be going to the Public Works Department to oversee the dredging of the basin. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you. All right, back on our agenda. Item number 16, 2026-04-0545 is deferred at the request of the administration. All right, item 17, we've taken action. 18, we've taken action. 19, we've taken action. And that takes us to our second readings. Item number 20, 2026-0569 is on second. 2026-0570 is on second. And that takes us to, go ahead. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I apologize for interrupting. The e-bike ordinance that I've introduced here, I'm looking to host a notice meeting. I'd love to get the feedback from my colleagues as to the bill itself. We will provide for you in advance of that public notice meeting a comparative to the SB's Senate Bill 382, which the governor had vetoed, just to show the comparison between what we had introduced as compared to what was in that bill. There was a lot of work that went into identifying what other municipalities and counties have done to address e-bike incidents. And I'd look forward to your participating in that notice meeting, which we'll set sometime, hopefully, after the 12th. Thank you. Thank you. Let me go to Council Member Morrow, right? Dr. Salem. Through the chair to Council Member Boiling, could you develop or maybe get the auditors or somebody a chart that has, here are the provisions in the Senate Bill, and here are the provisions in the bill that you're introducing, so we can very easily see the difference? It's already done, and it'll be in our office. We can send it to you today, if you like. We asked for that from the OGC weeks ago, and I do have a nice comparison sheet, so we'll check it to you. Okay, very hot topic. Understood. And we just want to make sure we get this right, that's for sure. Certainly. Right. Thank you all. That takes us to item number 22, 2026-0571. Can I get a motion on the emergency? I've got a motion, a second on the emergency. Ms. Carraher. Through the chair to the committee, a one-cycle emergency has been requested in order to make the funding available as soon as possible, since the funding was originally approved as part of the 25-26 budget process. No speakers on the emergency. All in favor of the emergency, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Likewise, none. Emergency carries. Can I get a motion, a second on the amendment? I've got a motion, a second on the amendment. Ms. Carraher. Through the chair to the committee, the amendment will add carryover language to the bill and attach a revised Exhibit 1, which is the BT, to correct account information. All right. No speakers on the amendment. All in favor of the amendment, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Likewise, none. Can I get a motion, a second on the bill, as an emergency as amended? I've got a motion and a second. No speakers in the queue. Open the ballot. Record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you approve 20-26-0571. It takes us to item number 23. These items are on second. 20-26-0574. 20-26-0575. And it takes us to item number 25, 20-26-0577. Can I get a motion on the emergency? I've got a motion and a second on the emergency. Ms. Carraher. Through the chair to the committee, an emergency has been requested in order to make the funding available as soon as possible to expedite the implementation of the program, recognizing it could be an effective tool in enhancing public safety. All right. Thank you. No speakers in the queue on the emergency. All in favor of the emergency, say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Likewise, none. Emergency carries. And a motion second on the amendment. I've got a motion second on the amendment. Ms. Carraher. Through the chair to the committee, the amendment will add carryover language, attach a revised Exhibit 1, which is the BT, to correct account information and correct a scrivener's error within the bill. All right. Dr. Salem on the amendment. What is the source of the funding? Through the chair. Through the chair to Council Member Salem, the source of the funding are dollars that were originally appropriated for a direct contract to an organization called El Bethel Development Center. The funding was not paid out, so the dollars are being repurposed. Through the chair, was it in last year's budget? Through the chair to Council Member Salem, the dollars to El Bethel were appropriated, I believe, during 24-25, and they carried over. There was carryover authorization to allow them to carry forward through September 30th, 2026. Okay, so it was in the 24-25 budget, never appropriated. Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Let me go to Council Member Lanning. Thank you, Chair. I think Council Member Salem, his question answered it for me. So it's not incremental, though. So 24-25 budget, it was carried over once. Now it's being used for something else, so there's no incremental impact one way or another on our budget. Through the chair to Council Member Lanning, that's correct. Thank you. All right. So I've got no other speakers in the queue on the amendment. I've got a motion and a second on the amendment. All in favor of the amendment, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Likewise, none. The amendment carries. Can I get a motion and a second on the bill as an emergency as amended? Move the bill as an emergency as amended. Second. Okay, I've got a motion and a second on the bill as an emergency as amended. No speakers in the queue. Let's open the ballot and record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you approve 2026-0557 as emergency and amended. Next item, number 26, is on second. 2026-0578, 2026-0579, 2026-0581, 2026-0582, 2026-0587, 2026-0588, 2026-0589, 2026-0590, 2026-0593, 2026-0594, 2026-0595, 2026-0597, 2026-0598, 2026-0599, 2026-06-01, and it takes us to item number 41, 2026-06-02. Okay, a motion on emergency. I've got a motion and a second on emergency. Ms. Carraher. Through the chair to the committee, the nature of the emergency is to enable this appointee to be seated in order to participate in the next Tourist Development Council's meeting. All right, no speakers in the queue on the emergency. All in favor of the emergency, say aye. Aye. Any opposed, likewise, none. The emergency carries. Can I get a motion and a second on the bill as an emergency? I've got a motion and a second on the bill as an emergency. No speakers in the queue. Open the ballot. Record your vote. Seven yays and a second on the emergency. By your action, you approve 2026-06-02 as an emergency. Item number 42, 2026-06-03. Can I get a motion on the emergency? I've got a motion and a second on the emergency. Ms. Carraher. Through the chair to the committee, the emergency is in order to allow this appointee to be seated in time to participate in the next TDC meeting. All right, no speakers in the queue on the emergency. All in favor of the emergency, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Likewise, none. The emergency carries. Can I get a motion and a second on the bill as an emergency? I've got a motion and a second on the bill as an emergency. No speakers in the queue. Open the ballot. Record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you approve 2026-06-03. The next item is on second, 2026-06-04, 2026-06-05. And that takes us to item number 45, 2026-06-06. Can I get a motion on the emergency? I've got a motion and a second on the emergency. Ms. Carraher. Through the chair to the committee, the nature of the emergency is to enable the appointee to be seated in time to participate in the next TDC meeting. All right. I have no speakers on the emergency. All in favor of the emergency, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Likewise, none. Emergency carries. Can I get a motion and a second on the bill as an emergency? I've got a motion and a second on the bill as an emergency. There's no speakers in the queue. Let's open the ballot and record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you approve 2026-06-06 as an emergency. Next item, 46, is on second, 2026-06-08, 2026-06-09, 2026-06-10, 2026-06-11, 2026-06-12. And that takes us to our next item, number 51, 2026-06-13. Can I get a motion? I've got a motion and a second on the bill. No speakers in the queue. Let's open the ballot and record your vote. And add me as well. Thank you. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you've approved 2026-06-13. Next item, 52, 2026-06-14. I've got a motion and a second on the bill. No speakers in the queue. Councilman Amaro, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm sorry. I don't know what happened. I fell off. I was going to call the industry spokesman just to, if that's what Councilman Freeman was about to do, just to give us an overview as to why this is necessary. And I know it's being introduced by Councilmember Freeman. Passed Council President Freeman, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Councilman Amaro. I was going to do the same thing and see if Mr. Monhand could kind of give us a little more insight to this as well. I already know it, but you're the expert in it, so thank you. Thank you, sir. Good morning, Cezanne. Very good. Through the chair, thanks to the committee for considering this resolution. Gary Monahan, Tico Peoples Gas, 4040 Phillips Highway, Jacksonville, Florida. As you all know, next Tuesday is numerically August 11th, 8-1-1, and we're calling attention to the requirement under Florida Statute 556 to call Sunshine 8-1-1 prior to doing any digging or disturbing the ground in any way. Florida leads the nation in underground infrastructure and utility damages, and we want to make sure that folks understand and recognize the importance of calling 8-1-1 prior to performing any digging to keep themselves safe, our utility workers safe, and keep the utilities and underground infrastructure that powers our city safe as well, and glad to take any questions should there be any. All right. Thank you. Let me go to Councilman Bullen. Thank you, Chair. Through the chair, to Ms. Monahan. Do we also lead the nation in a number of underground utilities? I don't have the answer to that, but there's a lot under there. I know there is, and I think that, in all seriousness, I think that's an important point to appreciate the fact where we stand in terms of that. I know a lot of communities north of us just don't have the wherewithal to do that, and I think Florida's blessed that way to have as much underground as we have. Yes, sir. All right. Thank you. I have no other speakers in the queue. I'd just like to add that it's very, very important that we bring awareness to the 8-1-1, and yes, we lead the nation in hits of utilities, but it's not always marked accurately. So we hope that some due diligence will take place with getting our locators marked and accurately. Ms. Pittman, you're recognized. I'd like to know, is there a marketing campaign to get the information out, and how much is being spent on that, or will be spent? Yes, ma'am. Through the chair to Councilwoman Pittman, Sunshine 8-1-1 is a private nonprofit organization that operates in Florida, and they spend a significant amount of money on getting their message out. As far as people's gas goes, we also share with our customers the importance of calling 8-1-1 and that it's required by law, but as far as what 8-1-1 spends on marketing, I couldn't tell you. So is there a significant amount, because not everybody use people's gas, and as he just said, just north of us, I just want to make sure that there is an intentional, intentions to get the information out, and I want to say or ask with people's gas, do you all put the information in your monthly bills, or is it just a separate, what do you do? Yes, ma'am. It's on our website that anyone, anyone can access at any time, our customers or not, and we also emphasize with contractors the importance of calling 8-1-1 before doing any large excavation projects. I really think that's important, because again, I had an experience where I didn't know that you were actually supposed to use locators to do the work, and it wasn't until someone told me, you know, y'all can't do anything before you get that. So, extremely important for small businesses to know that information, so I really would like to see special and older areas, you know, that information pointed out. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Let me go back to Councilman Amaro. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to be added. I think that this public education is necessary. It may not be as critical with businesses as much as with individual property owners who sometimes feel that that easement is part of their property, and they start digging and doing stuff, you know, whether it's irrigation lines or whatever, and they just need to be a heightened awareness that there's a possibility that you can strike something there. And then the other piece is that if you do cause damage, who's responsible? So I do think the education piece is necessary. All right. Thank you. Let me go back to Pastor President and Councilman Freeman. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And just to close, one through the chair and Mr. Bonahan, thank you so much for bringing this forward. I know this is not just a TECO-owned initiative. As you shared, Sunshine 811 Day, they're a non-profit, the Sunshine Organization. So thank you for taking the bullets, because it could have been any other organizations up there as well, but you took the lead on that. I think I'm pretty safe on never hitting a line, because I don't use shovels, and I don't use rakes, and I don't dig, but others probably do. So thank you so much for bringing it forward. Yes, sir, and thank you for your willingness to sponsor the committee for their consideration. All right. Thank you, everyone. I will say that TECO People's Gas are probably one of the top ones out there that do the proper locating and are more spot on when they do locate. So we have, I know there's fewer complaints about TECO not marking it right than some of the other ones, but also with your contractors out there, every two years they go through continuing education, and 811 is part of their continuing education, so there's really no excuse from a contractor's perspective for not following this is the law. And so I appreciate everyone's comments on this, and I appreciate TECO being here this morning. With that, I've got a motion and second on the bill. Let's open the ballot and record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. Thank you. Thank you. By your action, you approve 2026-0614, and please add me as a co-sponsor. Next item, 53, 2026-0615 is on second. 2026-0616 is on second. And that takes us to item number 55, 2026-0617. Get a motion on the bill. I've got a motion and a second on the bill. Council President, you're recognized. Past President, you're recognized. Okay, and please add me as a co-sponsor. I think that's the full slate. All right, I've got a motion and a second on the bill. Open the ballot and record your vote. Seven yays, zero nays. By your action, you're approved 2026-0617. And that takes us to the end of our agenda. Former Council President Freeman, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Through the chair to Chief Golden, I just saw on my phone I got a cancellation of our meeting. Can you meet me in the green room as soon as it's over? We'd love to chat with you a little bit. Thanks so much. All right, let's go to Finance Chair, Councilman Lanning. Thank you, colleagues. Just a reminder, for tomorrow in finance, we're going to start out with CPAC 1, 2, and 3 coming to hear their feedback and questions or concerns on the budget. This was something that Council President Howland wanted to make the CPACs integrated. So if your districts are in CPAC 1, 2, or 3, just want to throw that out there as a reminder. Yes, thank you for reminding me. We need to go back to item number 10. Mr. Dennis. Yes, through the chair to the committee, I've been in contact with Mr. Julio. He isn't around. I know he's not going to make it. I shared that with him. So we'll just ask for a defer on that. But I do want to point, if I may, while I'm on the microphone, item number two for that settlement, there is an auction for the trio that goes to auction on the 5th. So as you're deliberating about item number two, just wanted to point that to your attention. And it's public. You can find out about the auction on Jack's Daily Record had a report on that just recently, but that goes to auction. So item number two may not be relevant to potentially new owners after the Wednesday. Let me go to Councilman Amaro. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Through the Chair to Mr. Dennis, I've been on the Rules Committee and quite often it seems like these nominees know they're supposed to be here and they don't show up. And I think that, number one, it questions their seriousness about fulfilling the appointment and somehow I'd like to see that minimized, if you will, where if people are being nominated, they know they have to make an appearance, show up. And if you're not interested, then let the administration know they're not interested so you can move on. I just want to make comment there. I've just seen it happen too often. Yes, sir. Duly noted through the Chair, Councilman Amaro, and then we have tightened up on that, so we'll definitely do that. Thank you. All right, thank you. Let me go to past president, Dr. Salem. Interestingly, to respond to Councilmember Amaro, as many of you know, rules was in the afternoons for the last seven years, and I asked Council Member Howland why he moved it to the morning, and his response was many of the people that were under confirmation said it's much easier to come first thing in the morning than it is to come in the afternoon, so hopefully that will enhance attendance as we move forward. Thank you. Thank you, and Mr. Dennis, please hear the comments and take to heart what, you know, with respect to everyone's time up here, you know, we need to make sure we get the people that are serious and are committed that, you know, puts this, the seriousness in this appointment for the city. So with that, I have no other items. I do want to come to member 2026 0 5 1 7 will be deferred. Nailed it. I was getting there. I talked slow, but I'll get there. All right. We are adjourned. Good job. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.