Downtown Investment Authority and council members set schedule to debate land swap versus purchase for 801 West Bay Street

Laurie Boyer, chief executive officer of the Downtown Investment Authority, told the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee on April 15 that DIA intends to file gateway legislation and the related redevelopment agreement in late April and May so the council can consider either a land swap or a purchase of property at 801 West Bay Street.

Boyer said the gateway legislation will be in substantially final form by April 28 and filed for council auditors to review; formal introduction was scheduled for May 13. She said the Committee of the Whole is being planned for May 27, a council day from 2 to 4 p.m., to present the pros and cons of a land swap and of a purchase and to allow amendments at committee. A final council vote was described as targeted for June 10; BOyer said any amendment…