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- Item 20 25 0237 — Approve (as amended). Mobile stroke unit lease and related staffing budget (see separate coverage). Recorded vote: 8 yeas, 0 nays.
- Item 20 25 0090 — Approve (as amended). Comprehensive plan amendments with LUZ amendment (removal of missing-middle encouragement language). Recorded vote: 6 yeas, 1 nay.
- Item 20 25 0216 — Approve. (Parks-related ordinance as listed on the agenda) Recorded vote: 7 yeas, 0 nays.
- Item 20 25 0218 — Approve (as amended). CIP adjustments and six traffic-signal/intersection projects added. Recorded vote: 7 yeas, 0 nays.
- Item 20 25 0219 — Withdrawn. (Item withdrawn per committee action after related legislative threshold changes). Recorded action: withdrawn (motion carried 7-0 on withdrawal).
- Item 20 25 0221 — Approve. (Agenda item listed; no discussion noted in committee). Recorded vote: 7 yeas, 0 nays.
- Item 20 25 0222 — Approve. (Agenda item listed; no discussion noted in committee). Recorded vote: 7 yeas, 0 nays.
- Item 20 20 5 2 25 (item listed as '11' in the agenda) — Approve. PSG categories and priorities, including acute-needs allocation and direction on mini-grant program. Recorded vote: 7 yeas, 0 nays.

Where the transcript recorded brief or no discussion, the summary line notes that no committee debate was reported. If a bill was debated in detail, the committee produced a separate article covering that discussion and outcome.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Jacksonville, FL - Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety Committee - Apr 14, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Summary of formal actions taken by the Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety Committee on April 14, including bill numbers, short descriptions (as available from the agenda), and recorded vote tallies.","taxTitle","Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida","taxId",2881,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6602279,"Committee adds six traffic-signal and intersection projects to the CIP; funds reallocated from countywide maintenance",483,3600000,4083000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3004735-26aeb4217c4b3178276ea7da213aee40&start=3600&end=4083","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3004735-26aeb4217c4b3178276ea7da213aee40/thumbnail_3600000.jpg","/articles/6602279/Jacksonville/Duval-County/Florida/Committee-adds-six-traffic-signal-and-intersection-projects-to-the-CIP-funds-reallocated-from-countywide-maintenance","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6602279-e4e0a65d0b2fbe748b44922493a52d2d/orig.mp4?Expires=1776557776&Signature=nZnmuA8k9rXomrEOwMbQOPEPxDmLRwkvvyF24pk~2rYVXZ5IjtTuVoPqmSv-69a751JFlhYI5DneaBKE9uHtv4E6CFmDSiJ9tI5XKxSHqOdTo16NtQkMHOrmtojBeyJT5HSD5hysSsHMWLBi8L06PwYwnNt4NTBwSO5rOjAnI887h8M1nXTYrZKPMLucJfOZE2JZKMQNt3AWUb5bZF3WQfvXtzQsPQpTNRDxdgLeIA1npxyX49V9bSH3fB1Ip9X27nPQdqdy4lkCjwrfW19j6wR7Yr3Q~D9mVx49aXwtoP-RxUhInj20RoRW81nF3Gg5sT3dgBa7CJG8my93GH4guQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Neighborhoods committee approved item 20 25 0218 on April 14, adding six traffic-signal and intersection projects to the city's capital improvement program (CIP) and correcting prior-year amounts on the CIP sheet.

Chris Ladue, chief of the Traffic Engineering Division, told the committee the projects were previously handled as maintenance but must now be created as named CIP projects because individual costs exceed $100,000. The projects include emergency rebuilds where poles or mast arms were damaged, several rebuilds of aging signals and one project to add a U-turn lane and signal phase, Ladue said.

Councilmember Clark Murray asked whether adding the projects would push other projects down the queue. Staff and council office representatives said the effect depends on current workload and whether construction contracts are already in place; several of the six projects are ready to move forward and were described as top priorities. Ladue said the city manages about 1,200 signals and that projects are prioritized by emergency need or maintenance backlog.

The committee approved the amendment and bill as amended by voice/ballot vote: 7 yeas, 0 nays. The clerk recorded \"7 yeas, 0 nays.\"","The committee approved six named traffic-signal and intersection projects as amendments to the capital improvement program, funding them via transfers from countywide maintenance funds and adding them to the project queue. Vote was 7-0.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6602283,"Committee adopts revised categories for Public Service Grants, adds priority for acute needs",4268,223000,4491000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3004735-26aeb4217c4b3178276ea7da213aee40&start=223&end=4491","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3004735-26aeb4217c4b3178276ea7da213aee40/thumbnail_223000.jpg","/articles/6602283/Jacksonville/Duval-County/Florida/Committee-adopts-revised-categories-for-Public-Service-Grants-adds-priority-for-acute-needs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6602283-9ec4cd78e0dbe227ad35dc90be121af1/orig.mp4?Expires=1776557776&Signature=JELUgouJAkR4reGjzpj~E1Z4AhjFz9D4k~q3eqdr265iF1BmPKVKM6yrDvrbUwG~PFKOJNq0QF4A2EIoRr6OvVfeOD7b31FWbvltTsLFIaR-KDRU6A1BZ0WQC2Z9hM4lWPP4PG03SU9Pjo-ICLzUlWi-UQCXNXZI8ng1tynCU~k8lFQeOuyEaoEx9lMmU36-NWUjRgZsLoevnuvM1xOhwHNmZzTUYhEzz0g33H6vLU1uwrL10YKUscomxwXyBOExeXfhLP6rIMIFJ9-t8F1pq8VLGy4JAOdO0yrihS8LNyKDd5ZaHHmTRWexOSTYK4wufIhllv6iMKTVZq-wJWJTYA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The committee voted 7-0 on April 14 to adopt revisions to the Public Service Grants categories and related priorities (item 20 20 5 2 25). The revisions keep the existing category structure but propose a reallocation that increases funding emphasis for acute needs.

Dr. Joy Gorham Hervey, chair of the PSG Council, opened public comment urging committee support for item 11 and explaining that the PSG Council recommended keeping the categories similar to prior cycles while adding a fourth category to be administered outside the normal PSG process. Maribel Hernandez, chief of grants and contract compliance, told the committee that the proposed neighborhood mini-grant program would be administered outside the traditional PSG ordinance process and would instead be set up under procurement code section 1.26; the program itself still required separate budget approval and a future council action with program stipulations.

Committee members asked clarifying questions about funding and program design. Staff said the reallocation increases the percentage for acute needs by five percentage points based on nonprofit feedback and community need assessments. Hernandez and Dr. Hervey said the micro-grant or mini-grant concept (separate from standard PSG rounds) has been under discussion since 2022 and may be funded through the budget process if approved.

After brief questions and clarifications the committee approved the ordinance as presented. The clerk recorded \"7 yeas, 0 nays.\"","The committee approved revised categories for Public Service Grants (PSG), increased allocation for acute needs and signaled a separate process for a neighborhood mini-grant program; vote was 7-0.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":46,"_47":104,"_49":105,"_51":106,"_53":107,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":108,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":109,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6602288,"Council amends comprehensive plan to remove 'missing middle' encouragement language after heated debate",1828,1661000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3004735-26aeb4217c4b3178276ea7da213aee40&start=1661&end=3489","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3004735-26aeb4217c4b3178276ea7da213aee40/thumbnail_1661000.jpg","/articles/6602288/Jacksonville/Duval-County/Florida/Council-amends-comprehensive-plan-to-remove-missing-middle-encouragement-language-after-heated-debate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6602288-b15b36179ed06d93ddebd28b5f443540/orig.mp4?Expires=1776557776&Signature=A9EUfJayd5YyT0r9LlO3v6sbzX1B-v8M65EECfZxdGNKgdCnDEn5ESfQVsEAqhcnQuRWEs8R8QisoLOv~W5CV1coOKe82bD3cRzPWZ100wYUgi4Uh~xjtFl~5k57IxrpzXETBJHDcAqzIM~Lqe04tscAbGQ-mkhPMHe4EhJvq6QiGMxCM4h2QQg0mt3u0nQM8XKKD66oZs7nacZr0iGgohMB504kKL~h2opVFpdshXCO5-lx2~oqTrxFEhtc~~xE9adeyPMEVjMFDQ3FjUSSepDvJCoCNbw3oMCoOvSukb4oiU-8qKUjH6YAJQomdavA0HmwAdBVO~GR~kvnf9FY5Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jacksonville's Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety Committee on April 14 approved an amendment to the city’s comprehensive plan (item 20 25 0090) that removes proposed language encouraging \"missing middle\" housing concepts, voting 6-1.

Planning staff told the committee the amendment strikes provisions that encouraged missing-middle housing and revises definitions for terms including affordable and workforce housing in the housing element. Ms. Perola, a planning department representative, told the committee the change removes the city's explicit encouragement of missing-middle policies but does not eliminate the ability to pursue zoning or density changes, which would still require council approval.

Councilmembers split over the amendment. Opponents of the change — including Councilmembers Paluso and Boylan — argued that the comprehensive plan is the correct place to state long-term housing goals and that removing the language signals the city is retreating from efforts to diversify housing types and address affordability. Supporters — including Councilmembers Romero and Salem — said the language had created community concern, and that removing the encouragement language preserves the normal public-review and land-use-change processes.

Council members also debated technical points: Councilmember Clark Murray cited planning-department population-growth projections (City of Jacksonville Planning and Development Department; University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research) showing anticipated growth in other city quadrants and asked whether the missing-middle mapping aligned with those projections.

The amendment also included a procedural LUZ change; committee members noted that community outreach for this comp-plan cycle included virtual citizen information meetings and CPAC reviews but that in-person evening meetings had not been held.

After discussion, the committee approved the LUZ amendment and the bill as amended by a roll call of 6 yeas and 1 nay. The clerk recorded \"6 yeas, 1 nay.\"","The committee backed a land-use amendment that removes language encouraging missing-middle housing from the proposed 2045 comprehensive plan update; the LUZ amendment passed 6-1 amid debate about community input and projected population growth patterns.",{"_33":111,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":112,"_41":113,"_43":114,"_45":44,"_47":115,"_49":116,"_51":117,"_53":118,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":119,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":120,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6602294,"Council approves UF Health-backed mobile stroke unit lease for Jacksonville Fire Rescue",927,711000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3004735-26aeb4217c4b3178276ea7da213aee40&start=711&end=1638","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3004735-26aeb4217c4b3178276ea7da213aee40/thumbnail_711000.jpg","/articles/6602294/Jacksonville/Duval-County/Florida/Council-approves-UF-Health-backed-mobile-stroke-unit-lease-for-Jacksonville-Fire-Rescue","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6602294-0e4940b538f59a1de10bd364c2e7f75e/orig.mp4?Expires=1776557776&Signature=bWicdlSkJTRzfxDGdnHF1ClCBIWsp9GTx6j12TFUgsJUn~3WoNrADkObOP0hFRZ509phEzyokGWXMi3V~Pq6nmQuuxQD24xGtUGoqu2XaYi3jT5VVZ4GSqYLrmn9FcQ9OvueZoOv2r3Pmfxv7-4ArDuAMUSgMIW8IAdqIEprkuE3WckPYoFDq3CL-gbJyfzyTRP9qVhO7D211abrjaK4Kd4mu9a9st58yOmVvbKPkmB0KQFpFD4vb3~cBIDC2mbvlUmyZowiFHh~aKfjyr1SnZLSSBTLdAv95jZLLlcFild8EKyWghilQNo8lMdAwPE8uoK6Qnde~1b0EMkaptfzEQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Jacksonville City Council's Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety Committee approved item 20 25 0237 on April 14, authorizing the city to accept and lease a UF Health–owned mobile stroke unit to Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department (JFRD).

The measure, approved as amended by an 8-0 vote, authorizes the city to lease the specialized ambulance for $1 per year, house it at Fire Station 64 and staff it with seven city-funded JFRD positions. UF Health purchased the unit and provided a state grant to fund the CT scanner, clinical staffing costs for UF personnel and stroke-related medications, Chief Keith Powers told the committee.

The unit contains a 16-slice CT scanner and equipment to stream images live to a neurologist at UF Health who will read scans in real time, Powers said. The unit will carry two critical care paramedics, a neurologic nurse and a CT technologist. \"This unit's going to have a mobile CT in the back of it ... it can scan someone's brain to determine what kind of stroke they're having,\" Powers said, describing how the on-call neurologist can direct treatment remotely.

Powers said UF Health secured grants to put similar units in Alachua County and The Villages and to fund the staffing model; UF Health will reimburse the city roughly $71,000 per month toward personnel costs and will supply stroke medications and the vehicle. The city's budget includes roughly $855,000 to cover a full year of salaries and benefits for the seven JFRD employees assigned to the unit; the cost is being budgeted so positions can be filled immediately. The city will be responsible for fuel, routine maintenance and housing the vehicle.

Committee members asked about operational coverage and equity. Powers said the vehicle's initial response area will focus on the northwest quadrant of Duval County — roughly from I-10 north to the county line, and from the St. Johns River west — chosen after heat-mapping stroke incidents. If dispatched, the unit may intercept other ambulances en route to hospitals to perform CT scanning and begin definitive stroke therapy, he said.

Council members and the committee praised the technology's potential to save lives and urged faster expansion to other quadrants. Powers said UF Health's agreement is three years with one-year renewals and that the aim is to prove the concept before adding more units. The committee approved the amended bill by voice vote; the clerk recorded \"8 yeas, 0 nays.\"","The council approved a one-year lease, for $1 per year, of a UF Health–purchased mobile stroke unit that will be based at Fire Station 64. UF Health will fund much of the equipment and staff costs; the city will cover fuel, maintenance and stationing costs and budgeted funding for seven JFRD positions.","actionData","errors"]

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