Mothballing legislation rolls toward city council...

[sheclown]

Where this legislation stands at this point:

The legislation had to go through three committees before it could go to full council.  The first committee met on Monday and it was deferred, but yesterday it passed easily through the remaining two committees (see above).   If the members of the first committee will wave voting on it and send it to full council on Tuesday, it could be voted on and passed that evening. 

[avs]

Can you post, or is it posted somewhere, specifically what it says?

[ChriswUfGator]

Where this legislation stands at this point:

The legislation had to go through three committees before it could go to full council.  The first committee met on Monday and it was deferred, but yesterday it passed easily through the remaining two committees (see above).   If the members of the first committee will wave voting on it and send it to full council on Tuesday, it could be voted on and passed that evening. 

Is Gaffney a member of the committee that deferred it?

[iloveionia]

No.  The committee deferred as they were new and inexperienced with Roberts Rules apparently.  Gaffney is the one who is supporting that they will wave their vote so that it will push through Council Tuesday without hold up. 

[ChriswUfGator]

No.  The committee deferred as they were new and inexperienced with Roberts Rules apparently.  Gaffney is the one who is supporting that they will wave their vote so that it will push through Council Tuesday without hold up. 

Oh, well if he's already onboard, then you're 10 steps ahead of me. I was going to suggest contacting him for assistance, but it sounds like you already have it covered.

[iloveionia]

While SOS certainly ignited the fire for mothballing, Jason Teal, Lisa Sheppard, and Bill Killingsworth have truly made it happen.  It was evident in the two meetings yesterday a lot of frontloading had been done by these 3 to allow mothballing to move forward, and it has been these folks that have worked in the last year to make it a reality.

[Miss Fixit]

Where this legislation stands at this point:

The legislation had to go through three committees before it could go to full council.  The first committee met on Monday and it was deferred, but yesterday it passed easily through the remaining two committees (see above).   If the members of the first committee will wave voting on it and send it to full council on Tuesday, it could be voted on and passed that evening. 

Is Gaffney a member of the committee that deferred it?

I was told by a planning department staff member that Gaffney IS on the committee that deferred the legislation.  However, he apparently did not show up for Monday's meeting.  Nice that he's going to waive committee's vote but it would have been better to have seen him actively supporting the ordinance.

[sheclown]

Can you post, or is it posted somewhere, specifically what it says?

this link should take you where you need to go:

http://cityclts.coj.net/coj/COJBillList.asp?Bill=2011-0408

[movedsouth]

also see: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2011-08-04/story/mothballing-crumbling-houses-could-save-jacksonville-homeowners?cid=hp-lede

[thelakelander]

Great article.  However, the things being said in the TU's comment section are pretty insane.

[sheclown]

seriously insane.

[Garden guy]

Great article.  However, the things being said in the TU's comment section are pretty insane.

Yes those are some insane comments and those are made by the conservative city in which we live in and it is those exact conservatives that voted in our wonderful conservative council that makes all of these decisions..blame eachother for this bs....we have the most conservative council in the south and noone is challenging them....they..our council are the ones to blame for most of the bs in our city...picket thier house for a while and maybe they'll think about their decisions more.

[acme54321]

Dear lord, some of those people just bitch and moan about anything.  Maybe someone should introduce a bill that cedes everything west of Cassat to clay county, they'd probably like that.

[iloveionia]

^^^I don't read the crap that people write.  They should mind their own business.  Mothballing is not a burden on the taxpayer and will likely HELP the city in many financial facets. 

SOS is certainly the neighborhood face behind mothballing.  However, without Bill Killingsworth's directive to write the legislation, and without Lisa Sheppard who tirelessly wrote the 30 page doc., without the support of Joel McEachin, Autumn Martinage, Samantha Paull, and Jason Teal mothballing would have just been a pie in the sky dream.  They were the worker bees who believed in mothballing and spent their time making this happen for the good of our historic neighborhoods.

Truly the staff at HPC took us seriously and (I hope) appreciated the vote of confidence from a group of "gung-ho" slightly over bearing, neighborhood group of advocates. 

[sheclown]

PASSED!