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Committee approves multiple ordinances, road closures and property transfers in unanimous votes
Summary
The Transportation, Energy and Utilities Committee passed a series of ordinances and closures on Sept. 16, including street abandonments, a parking-lot transfer from FDOT to the city, and multiple closure bills; most votes were unanimous (5–0 or 6–0 depending on item).
The Transportation, Energy and Utilities Committee took action on a series of agenda items during its Sept. 16 meeting, passing a set of ordinances, street-closure requests and property transfers by unanimous committee votes.
Items taken up and passed by the committee included (vote tallies recorded at the meeting):
- Ordinance 20250643 — passed, 5–0 (motion text not specified in the transcript).
- Ordinance 20250644 (closure with public hearing) — passed, 5–0 (no public speakers; chair noted the committee is the final step in a multi-step process and referenced local and state notifications).
- Ordinance 20250650 — passed, 5–0 (motion text not specified).
- Ordinance 20250652 — amendment introduced and adopted to clarify notice and to remove associated exhibits requiring a 75% property-owner approval; bill as amended passed, 6–0.
- Ordinance 20250655 — passed, 6–0.
- Ordinance 20250661 — transfer of an FDOT-owned parking lot to city ownership to support a nearby park; parks staff described the action as a paperwork cleanup with little expected additional cost. Passed, 6–0.
- Ordinance 20250662 (closure and abandonment of an unimproved portion of Van Der Veer Avenue shown on the plat of Chase Heights, Plat Book 10, Page 41, Duval County) — public hearing held, one public commenter (John Newney) spoke in support but asked about waterways and public access; the ordinance passed, 6–0.
- Ordinance 20250663 (JAA garage repair item) — passed, 6–0 (see separate coverage for discussion of cost and insurance).
Several items were deferred at the start of the meeting: Ordinance 20250448 and Ordinance 20250638 were deferred and not acted on at this session.
Public comment: John J. Newney spoke during the public hearing for the Van Der Veer Avenue closure (20250662). Newney identified himself with local civic planning and community groups and said he supported the closure but asked how much land was involved, whether waterways were affected and requested consideration of public access in related river and shoreline agenda items.
On an item involving multiple private road-renaming requests, staff explained that because the 9-1-1 committee initiated the renaming, the code requirement that would normally require 75% approval of affected property owners did not apply; the committee adopted an amendment to reflect that and to remove associated exhibits requiring the 75% threshold.
All votes recorded in the meeting were unanimous in favor; detailed motion text, movers and seconders were not specified in the committee transcript for most items.
The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.
