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Council withdraws Kings Road CRA appointment after residency requirement flagged
Summary
A nominee for the Kings Road/Suttell CRA advisory board had his appointment withdrawn after staff could not verify that he lived within the one-mile residency required by code; members discussed ordinance changes to allow 'live or work' waivers.
The Rules Committee withdrew a resolution to appoint Ernest J. Smith III to the Kings Road/Suttell Community Redevelopment Area advisory board after staff reported they could not verify the nominee’s residential address within the one-mile boundary required by the CRA code.
Smith described longtime residency in Jacksonville’s North Side and professional work as a realtor and vice president at Citibank;…
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