The Transportation, Energy & Utilities Committee of the Jacksonville City Council met on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, from 9:30 AM to 10:27 AM in the Council Chamber. The meeting covered four action items, including an honorary street designation, renaming a portion of Confederate Street, a JTA budget amendment, and a railroad crossing closure, along with six second-read items. The committee approved three ordinances and advanced one with amendments.
Good morning, everyone. We'll go ahead and get started with the Tuesday, April 7th meeting of the Transportation Energy and Utilities Committee. We'll start off with introductions with uh Mr. Delaney. Good morning, Bill Delaney, Mayor's Office. Stephen Libby, Council Research. Carla Shell, Office of General Council. Edward Lindsky Council Auditor's Office. Kenamor, City Council, District 1. Councilman Reginald Ganford Julian, District 8. Will Lane and District 3. Matt Carluccia at large group 4. Good morning, Tyranno Clap Murray, District 9, and to all the parents out there, yes, there is no school today. Your child must be home with you. Good morning, Rockman Johnson, District 14. Last but not least, the West Side. All right, good morning, everyone. It's my dad's 75th birthday. And Dad, if you're watching, please do something more exciting. Thank you. So uh we don't have any presentations today. Uh next uh committee meeting, our chief resiliency uh officer is gonna come and give a presentation. Uh Councilman Carlucci, that was one of your requests from a while back. So we'll have that going. Uh, other than that, I don't think we have any uh other presentations on the docket. So uh as always, if you do have an uh area of interest that you want to have and come present here, just let me know, and we can uh work through that. Uh we'll go through the the agenda quickly and then we'll have uh some public comments. We have four action items. Item number one, 2026 000 five. We'll have a public hearing open and closed. There's an amendment, and then we'll take final action on this one that's been out there a while. Item two, 2026-140. There's a public hearing on this. We'll open and close. There's neighborhoods amendment, and then we'll take action. Item three, 2026, 146. This is the JEA, essentially the reconciliation bill of the prior year budget that we'll take action on, and then item four, we'll amend and move that one. Items five, twenty twenty-six two fifteen, item six, twenty twenty-six two sixteen, item seven, twenty twenty-six, two twenty-two, item eight, twenty twenty-five, two twenty-six, item nine, twenty twenty-six two thirty, and item ten, twenty twenty-six two three one are all on second read. So with that, uh, what public comment cards do I have? Okay, looks like we have one public comment card, and then we have two. Got it, two for two of five. So, item uh, or I'm sorry, first public comment, John Nooney, you have two minutes. All right. Hello. I am John J. Nooney. Jacksonville City Council Resolution 2023 0819. I'm in City Council District 4 CPAC 3 School Board District 3. Um, yeah, I'll be touching on agenda items 1, 2, 3, 2026, 0146. Anybody remember 2026 0141, JEA Solar Park on Pottsburgh Creek?