Come speak. Ask questions. Demand answers. Expect democracy. Decisions are made by people who show up.Check out the agenda for the Monday, February 8, 2016 City Commission meeting here.
It includes naming the 11-acre park at the south end of Lincolnville the Robert B. Hayling Freedom Park. Three cheers to Mayor Nancy Shaver for advancing the idea of preserving the park in the first place, and to Commissioners in advance for honoring Dr. Hayling, the dentist who led the St. Augustine Movement.
Also on the agenda, as item 14A: "Motion to rescind Ordinance 2015-33, Large Scale Comprehensive Plan Amendment and rescind the order on the denial of the Madeira PUD, Ordinance 2015-34, and set both for third reading and final hearing. N. Shaver, Mayor." Mayor Shaver and Commissioners Sikes-Kline and Freeman voted sgainst extending the PUD to the year 2013. No backup material is yet available, but it appears the developer may have decided to make concessions to our community in exchange for an extension -- perhaps a renewed golf course in place of the one destroyed to carve up homes that still have not been built, or perhaps affordable workforce housing to make up for the possible violation of the Fifteenth Amendment and the Voting Rights Act in constantly annexing lily-white fancy-bears developments, reducing African-American voting strength from 25% to 12% since 1964.
Also on the agenda, modifications to the PUD ordinance, a ban on dormitories in residential areas, and changes in HARB membership and selection.
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