What lost mobility fee funds could have paid for

[thelakelander]

You basically lobby your council representatives to do the right thing for what is in the benefit of the entire community, short and long term, and leave it at that. 

[fsujax]

There was a poll about the moratorium in the Business Journal today. 82% of the 506 who responded said the Council should NOT approve a moratorium.

[thelakelander]

I noticed that.  I wonder how much that would really weigh in on the council's decision though.

[Ocklawaha]

It's only a 'business journal' probably read by um, business people, I mean, what do they know? So it probably will have no effect whatsoever on our council.

[sheclown]

Thanks Ennis.  As always, you speak so that all can hear.

[fieldafm]

I hope all you jerks who bitch and complain and make suggestions about everything online can muster up enough energy to call their own city council reps and send ALL our council reps an email. People with access need to use it and everyone needs to show up to city council this tuesday.

Well, that certainly will motivate them...

I have no problem with John P's statement.  Several of us have had to make great personal sacrifices to advocate for something we feel benefits our community and have had to deal with the ramifications of back room retribution for doing what's right instead of what's convenient.  This is one of the most important issues in our community, are we going to finally turn the tide and demand a better community?  The choice is yours, now do something about it.. That starts with YOU calling all of City Council and making your thoughts known.  The paid lobbyists are already pumping Counciil full of misinformation advocating to bankrupt our city to line their own pockets.. What do YOU want for our city? 

[Spence]

at the risk of being redundant:

here
http://www.coj.net/city-council/city-council-members.aspx
you will find

District 1: Clay Yarborough
Phone: (904) 630-1389
Email: Clay@coj.net
Assistant: BeLinda Peeples

District 2: William Bishop
Phone: (904) 630-1392
Email: WBishop@coj.net
Assistant: Suzanne Warren

District 3: Richard Clark
Phone: (904) 630-1386
Email: RClark@coj.net
Assistant: Sonia Johnson

District 4: Don Redman
Phone: (904) 630-1394
Email: Redman@coj.net
Assistant: Scott A. Wilson

District 5: Lori N. Boyer
Phone: (904) 630-1382
Email: LBoyer@coj.net
Assistant: James Nealis

District 6: Matt Schellenberg
Phone: (904) 630-1388
Email: MattS@coj.net 
Assistant: Audrey Braman

District 7: Dr. Johnny Gaffney
Phone: (904) 630-1384
Email: Gaffney@coj.net
Assistant: Tiffani Dailey

District 8: E. Denise Lee
Phone: (904) 630-1385
Email: EDLee@coj.net
Assistant: Dan Macdonald

District 9: Warren A. Jones
Phone: (904) 630-1395
Email: WAJones@coj.net
Assistant: Rupel Wells

District 10: Reginald L. Brown
Phone: (904) 630-1684
Email: RBrown@coj.net
Assistant: Mercedes Parker

District 11: Ray Holt
Phone: (904) 630-1383
Email: Holt@coj.net
Assistant: Connie Holt

District 12: Doyle Carter
Phone: (904) 630-1380
Email: doylec@coj.net
Assistant: Rebekah Hagan

District 13: Bill Gulliford
Phone: (904) 630-1397
Email: Gulliford@coj.net 
Assistant: Stan Johnson

District 14: Jim Love
Phone: (904) 630-1390
Email: JimLove@coj.net
Assistant: Kevin Kuzel


At-Large Council Members

Group 1: Kimberly Daniels
Phone: (904) 630-1393
Email: KimDaniels@coj.net
Assistant: Ricky Anderson

Group 2: John R. Crescimbeni
Phone: (904) 630-1381
Email: JRC@coj.net
Assistant:  None

Group 3: Stephen C. Joost
Phone: (904) 630-1396
Email: Joost@coj.net
Assistant: Celeste Hicks

Group 4: Greg Anderson
Phone: (904) 630-1398
Email: GAnderson@coj.net
Assistant: Leeann Summerford

Group 5: Robin Lumb
Phone: (904) 630-1387
Email: RLumb@coj.net
Assistant: Donna Barrow

If you are unsure who represents your area of Duval, look here.
http://www.coj.net/city-council/council-district-maps.aspx

or more specifically, here  http://www.coj.net/city-council/docs/2007districtmap.aspx

[sheclown]

Big money paying big lobbyists.

Only many little voices can possibly stand up to this.

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/YUbvYMweQy0?version=3&hl=en_US

[thelakelander]

If anyone has any specific questions about the plan, fee or the moratorium, feel free to ask me (edavis@metrojacksonville.com).  I helped develop most of it and have pretty intimate knowledge of the reason behind it, how it works, and how the mobility fee credit adjustments work...."moreso than even the paid lobbyists".  I'm even learning how to estimate job creation behind specific projects in it.  Here's two examples:

Project: Edgewood Avenue
Description: Complete streets lane diet between St. Johns & Post Street. Resurfacing to 2 lanes with bicycle lanes added.
Capital cost: $492,689.16
Jobs created: 13 (6 in construction)
Income: $596,550
Output (sales): $1.65 million
Value added (GSP): $837,232
Local/State Tax: $48,314
Internal Return on Investment: 25%
Benefit-Cost Ratio: 3.6

Project: Southside Boulevard
Description: 12' wide multi-use path added from Philips Highway to Baymeadows Road.
Capital cost: $991,684.90
Jobs created: 20 (10 in construction)
Income: $967,398
Output (sales): $2.67 million
Value added (GSP): $1.36 million
Local/State Tax: $78,348
Internal Return on Investment: 27%
Benefit-Cost Ratio: 4.2

Btw, I'm using the TransValU tool to generate the economic numbers: http://www.cfgis.org/FDOT-Resources/TransValU.aspx

[Bridges]

So let me get this straight.  The total number of applied for waivers, if all built, would be for $27.44 mil.  But the amount actually waived by completed jobs is $4.76 mil?

So the original waiver was to "get hammers moving" and "bring jobs", but in actuality a little less than 20% of the waived fees led to physical hammers moving and jobs.  Obviously, that is only so far, but it appears that the waiver isn't even a job starter as described. 

[fsujax]

I sent my email. The only one to respond was Clay Yarborough, Lori Boyer did acknowledge my email to me in person. Pathetic my councilman can't even respond to me.

[urbanlibertarian]

I sent my email. The only one to respond was Clay Yarborough, Lori Boyer did acknowledge my email to me in person. Pathetic my councilman can't even respond to me.

Just imagine if this was decided in Tally or DC.  What kind of response would your email to a state legislator or congressperson have gotten?

[fsujax]

probably nothing as well.

[Bridges]

I have written letters to each council member individually,  but I've also encouraged friends to write them.  The best way to get people, who otherwise would not write in, to write in is to make it as easy as possible for them.  So I sent this to a lot of people.

Step 1: Copy the following email addresses and paste them in an email:

Clay@coj.net, WBishop@coj.net, RClark@coj.net, Redman@coj.net, LBoyer@coj.net, MattS@coj.net, Gaffney@coj.net, EDLee@coj.net, WAJones@coj.net, RBrown@coj.net, Holt@coj.net, doylec@coj.net, Gulliford@coj.net, JimLove@coj.net, KimDaniels@coj.net, JRC@coj.net, Joost@coj.net, GAnderson@coj.net, RLumb@coj.net, mayorbrown@coj.net


Step 2: Paste this in the subject line:

Vote NO on 2013-94

Step 3: Paste this in the body of the email:

Write something short for them to copy and paste. 

[thelakelander]

I've started sending out my emails as well.  It should be interesting to see how it all plays out.  I'm hoping that at the end of the day, the needs of the city overall will come out on top.