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JaxNative68
July 21, 2009, 05:02:47 PMThe discussion will center around how potential cuts to balance the budget could affect the arts and historic preservation in the Urban Core.
This sentence almost made me fall out of my chair. But after reading it a second time I realized this is probably where the cut are going to be felt. I need a tissue to keep the tears out of my keyboard.
JaxNative68
July 21, 2009, 05:55:37 PMsorry for being so snarky. I just full read the links above and it sounds like the city is actually trying this time.
I tried to listen to the live stream, but the sound quality was a little rough and the volume to low.
tufsu1
July 21, 2009, 05:57:40 PMDon't tell Peyton to wake up....he's trying to deal with the issue...talk to the City Council!
Perhaps you should read today's TU article....interestingly enough, our millage rate would have to go up to from around 8.5 to around 9.25 just to keep pace with last year's revenues.
What makes you think the City could still do the same things (nevermind more) with less money?
JaxNative68
July 21, 2009, 06:11:37 PMThe amount of tax dollars with the increase in city population has increased. the property tax with the real estate value increase has increased. I personally think the city should be able to handle the maintenance cost of the city. The problem seams to be that the city is always stuck carrying the majority of the new developments infrastructure costs. The developer impact fees should be increased to help cover the costs of expanding our city population/growth. There is no way to expect the existing tax base to cover it. Not to mention the developers are being allowed to build vast neighborhoods that don't attract the buyers. With no buyers, there are no additional citizens to collect tax to cover the expansion costs of the city. The city needs to reign in the developers and stop the free-for-all, but the city seam to be blinded by the new home building numbers and not the actual numbers that matter. If incentives are given, they need to be given to developers investing in the downtown area.
urbanjacksonville
July 22, 2009, 09:27:07 AMHey everyone, you can listen to the produced audio version (waaay better than the live video) or subscribe with iTunes to future shows of Urban Jacksonville Weekly here: http://www.urbanjacksonville.info/2009/07/22/urban-jacksonville-weekly-episode-25/
I hope you enjoyed it. Please let me know if you have any feedback. I know the audio on the live video sucks, we are working to correct that.
Captain Zissou
July 22, 2009, 09:41:46 AMI agree with Jax Native. Making developers pay for infrastructure would increase their costs and possibly cause them to think more progressively about their projects. As an example, there is an expansive new development that is almost at 301 on Normandy that has about 8 houses in it. I can't imagine that they had to pay for their infrastructure improvements, as it would have made the community impossible to build.