The Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety Committee of the Jacksonville City Council met on Monday, June 15, 2026, at 9:30 AM in the Council Chamber. The meeting was convened by Chair Mike Gay and adjourned at 10:39 AM. Seven members were present: Gay, White, Salem, Miller, Amaro, Boylan, and Clark-Murray. The committee acted on a wide range of items including towing regulations, parking agreements, polling place changes, affordable housing loans, and ballpark improvements.
Well good morning. It is now 9:30, and we'll go ahead and get started with our last neighborhoods meeting of the 25-26 council year. With that, I call the meeting to order, and we'll start with our introductions to my left with Mr. Delaney. Good morning, y'all. Bill Delaney with the administration. Brandon Russell, Council Research. Mary Stepopoulos, Office of General Counsel. Philip Peterson, Council's Office. Good morning, Michael Bylan, district six. Randy White, District 12. Mike Gay, District 2. Morning, Chris Miller at large group five. Ron Salem, group two at large. Good morning, Tyrona Clark Murray, District 9. All right, thank you all. We'll go ahead and uh uh have our public comment time. We've got a couple speaker cards. We'll start with Mr. Carnell Oliver. If you would please come up, give your name and address, or say it's on file, and please speak directly to the bill, and you'll be given three minutes, sir. Uh, yes, my name is Carnell, addresses on file. What I'm speaking to is 2026 0458. Um, surplus of land that's in city posit city possession. The language of the bill talks about giving property to nonprofit. I think that the language needs to be stricken and be donated after 30 days to Jacksonville Housing Authority because there's only one pot of money left for nonprofits can still benefit from. And you also have Reggie Gaffman that serves on this council, and you got Jacoby Pittman that serves on this council. I'm not surprised they filed this kind of bill. It's security for the future. Number two, dealing with this loan with Franklin Arms and changing certain standards and criteria for it. I have no problem with it. But the priorities, populations, and both these bills dealing with housing. Number one, 458 and 457 need to have a criteria that fits standards of 1866 civil rights act. Jim Crow is still very much alive. And I'm making that very perfectly clear. There are federal laws on the books that have not been enforced. We talk about law and order, but when I come up here as a citizen, saying I want law and oil for black American. If you donate this property, donate it to Jacksonville Housing Authority, and make a criteria that American freedmen get access to housing. And if you're going to set the standards for this project development done with Franklin Arms, American freedmen have got to be a priority. The language, especially where we've always been, is a priority. And I'm also going to speak on topic of this. I need a resolution sent to Congressman John Rutherford. He sits on key jurisdiction committees. And I need a re-authorization of the 1868-66 Civil Rights Act. It is law on the books, it's just not being enforced on a local level. And that is part of the conversation that we need to have. We have laws on the books that should be enforced. Alright, thank you. Our next speaker is Mr. John J.