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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page. Included in the full agendas are copies of any contracts, agreements, ordinances, or resolutions.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, March 8. The meeting begins at 3:15 PM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall. The Economic & Community Development Committee and the…
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A few items we wanted to highlight today:
Hall calls out P. C. City Councilman Sam Hall calls out fellow Councilman P. C. Wu for his negative comments regarding the City’s new charter. Indeed, Councilman Wu did make several such comments during Monday’s Council committee meetings. Councilman Wu has long been involved with the Florida League of Cities and his opposition to the new charter seemed genuinely philosophical. That said, the voters have spoken; we will have a mayor-council government…
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Below is the presentation given by Port of Pensacola and CRA staff at Monday’s City Council committee meetings.
Amy Miller of Port staff explains the new strategy:
“Our strategy really is about developing more maritime business at the port by targeting specific business sectors that we believe are positioned for good growth levels going forward while, at the same time, working to attract the private sector investment necessary to incorporate a reasonable level of public use and access…”
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Yesterday’s Council committee meetings featured an expansive presentation on a new vision for the Port of Pensacola, courtesy of CRA Director Thaddeus Cohen and Port staffers Clyde Mathis and Amy Miller.
The presentation painted the Port of Pensacola as a “boutique” or “specialty” port, which rather than being “all things to all people” intends to concentrate on serving niche markets like energy and offshore operations. The presentation also included concepts for converting…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page. Included in the full agendas are copies of any contracts, agreements, ordinances, or resolutions.
As the first set of committee meetings since City voters approved a new charter last month, Monday’s committee meetings are expected to be lengthy. In addition to a large agenda otherwise, the Committee of the Whole meeting will likely…
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While your publisher was on vacation, the City became entangled in a bizarre controversy involving a convicted felon, the Community Maritime Park, and the Port of Pensacola.
The background. Tim Eagan, a convicted felon and City Hall lurker, attempted to hold the City hostage by threatening a petition campaign to reverse the City Council’s decision to issue bonds for the Community Maritime Park project. Even if his campaign wasn’t successful, it could have…
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A few items I wanted to highlight today:
On attracting Southwest Airlines. PNJ business reporter Carlton Proctor says “the game is on” regarding the Airport’s campaign to attract Southwest Airlines. As we’ve said, Southwest would be a colossal win for Pensacola and the Airport, and would likely secure the Airport’s place as the dominant regional airport for some time to come.
O’Brien covers Council’s caving on tree ordinance. PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien lets Council members…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, August 24. The meeting begins at 3:15 PM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall. The Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet.
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Business at the Port of Pensacola continues to deteriorate. This situation is not just a result of the current recession. It is another year in a persistent decline. This will be the 25th straight year of losses, according to annual City financial reports.
Revenues through the first nine months of Fiscal Year 2009 were $935,000. At this rate, total revenues for the entire fiscal year will be the lowest in the last 25 years. (It may be the lowest in the last 50 years.) Expenses exceeded Revenues…
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A few items I wanted to highlight today:
North Hill residents don’t like AT&T utility cabinets. Well, nobody does, I guess. They’re big and ugly. AT&T was especially careless, though, in its placement of a large cabinet in the right-of-way at the edge of Alabama Square, which is a beautiful little neighbourhood park. There certainly exist alternative locations for the cabinet, but AT&T seems set on taking the easiest road rather than the wisest. The cabinets, called VRADs, have earned AT&T criticism across the country…
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, July 20. The meeting begins at 9:00 AM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall.
All committees will meet.
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, July 6. The meeting begins at 9:00 AM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall. The Finance Committee, the Economic and Community Development Committee, and the Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet.
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A few items I wanted to highlight today:
Pensacola News Journal:
“Charter review panel hears from public”
Rick’s Blog:
“Valentino recruited Sindel to run against Grover”
Independent News: “A Port Hole”
Jamie Page’s Notebook:
“Consolidation group has questions for itself”
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Note: This meeting will take place on Monday, June 22. The meeting begins at 9:00 AM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, second floor, City Hall.
All committees, including the Community Redevelopment Agency, will meet…
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Progressive Pensacola wishes to thank all of those at Celebrate Pensacola, the City of Pensacola, and elsewhere who helped to bring the Juan Sebastián de Elcano to Pensacola. The 13,000 people who toured the Elcano are a testament to the overwhelming popularity of its visit.
Your correspondent spent yesterday afternoon at Siguenza Point near Fort Pickens, enjoying our picturesque beaches and watching the Elcano depart the harbour. As the Elcano cruised through Pensacola Pass and unfurled its sails, I thought of Pensacola’s rich maritime history…
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A few other things I wanted to highlight from yesterday’s Council committee meetings:
The Committee of the Whole meeting, where most of the contentious items were discussed, lasted about four hours and 50 minutes, ending at 8:09 PM. Most of the time was spent on three issues: the Community Maritime Park, the pension study, and the airport hotel lease. Regarding the airport hotel lease, Councilwoman Diane Mack’s much-publicised proposal that City Council break the contract with Julian MacQueen died for lack of a second…
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C. C. Elebash, a frequent critic of the Port of Pensacola, highlights the slow port traffic in the first half of FY 2009:
“The Port of Pensacola is experiencing a downturn in business. It is down from an already low level of activity…
…Recent activity provides further evidence of the failure of our industrial seaport. The Port of Pensacola was doomed 50 years ago when containers were introduced to international shipping. It has evolved into little more than a staging area…”
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Below is the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week. As always, direct expenditures are highlighted. Links to the full agendas are included at the bottom of the page.
Committee of the Whole
Neighbourhood Services
Enterprise Operations
Economic and Community Development
Finance Committee
Note: The Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet.
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Here’s the breakdown of what the Pensacola City Council will consider in the coming week:
*Committee of the Whole
*Neighbourhood Services
*Enterprise Operations
*Finance Committee
Note: The Economic and Community Development Committee and the Community Redevelopment Agency will not meet on Monday; however, the CRA will hold a special meeting on Thursday night, before Council, from 5:30-6:30 PM.
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Now what’s going on with the other committees of the Pensacola City Council this coming Monday:
Keep in mind the City Council’s committee meetings are open to the public. Meetings start at 3:15 PM in the Hagler/Mason Conference Room, Second Floor, City Hall.
Economic and Community Development
Neigbourhood Services
Enterprise Operations
Finance
Community Redevelopment Agency
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A few items from area newsmedia I want to highlight today:
Rick Outzen: “Photos of Morgan’s swearing in ceremony”
Rick features some good shots from new Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan’s swearing-in ceremony yesterday morning.
Jamie Page: “Movement for Change will speak out on Port lease”
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Here’s the cliffnotes from yesterday’s City Council committee meetings. Remember that items approved by committees then proceed to the regular Thursday night Council meeting to be approved or disapproved by the full Council.
Committee of the Whole
*Dr. Coy Irvin appeared to thank the City for its help with the Celebrate Pensacola 450th anniversary festivities. Everyone patted one another on the back.
*Staff provided to Council the “initial evaluation” of the CMPA development agreement by Abramson and Associates.
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A few items I want to highlight today:
Pensacola News Journal:
“Public defender cleans house”
Public Defender James Owens, who took office this morning, has fired thirteen employees from the office’s Pensacola division.
“I was told when I became public defender, don’t make any waves, don’t let anyone go, keep the status quo and you won’t have an opponent in four years. My plan is with my platform. We’ve got to restructure our office,” said Owens.
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Today, I want to highlight a local editorial on the Port of Pensacola, and several editorials from state papers concerning embattled Florida House Speaker Ray Sansom:
Pensacola News Journal:
“Journal’s editorial on the port was light on the facts”
Ship pilot Brian F. McGee counters the PNJ’s Port-critical editorial last month, charging the PNJ with not presenting the [...]
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Local smart person (and sister-in-law of Mayor-elect Mike Wiggins) Ann Regan has distributed an email to members of the City Council and City staff detailing flawed and otherwise problematic language in the proposed amendment of the Pate Cold Storage lease at the Port of Pensacola.
The email, reproduced in full at Councilman Sam Hall’s blog, recommends [...]
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A few miscellaneous things I want to highlight today:
Mark O’Brien: “Bar patrol, no daring, a safe bet”
The PNJ’s Mark O’Brien offers up some O’pinions, at least one of which is right on the money:
Decades ago, leaders nixed plans to extend North Ninth Avenue through vacant land to Interstate 10. Now, homes cover the property and [...]
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Update: O’Brien has rewritten his piece with Councilman Hall’s side of the story; he’s now calling it “Tale of two smells.”
PNJ columnist Mark O’Brien roasted Pensacola City Councilman Sam Hall in a piece today in response to Hall’s early exit from last Thursday night’s Council meeting. The story is peppered with quality quotes from Mike Pate [...]
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Tonight’s City Council was not the marathon of excitement the last one was, but it had its moments.
Absent were Mayor John Fogg, Councilman Mike DeSorbo, and for most of the meeting, Councilman Sam Hall. Mayor Fogg had a death in the family, and Councilman DeSorbo is recovering from surgery. Councilman Hall was present at the [...]
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On the agenda for Monday’s meeting of the Pensacola City Council’s Enterprise Operations Committee:
The Pate Cold Storage lease amendment
It’s here. Rick Outzen’s done a good job of laying out the downsides for the City of the proposed lease amendment. As he says, the proposed amendment if passed would “extend the lease through 2022 and take [...]
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Check out these two items from area bloggers:
Rick Outzen: “Severe buy-out clause in port lease”
Rick highlights important changes in the proposed amendment of Pate Cold Storage’s lease at the Port. The amendment would extend the lease through 2022 — which isn’t that big a deal, because other leases extend that far anyway — and (here [...]
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As we said in our last post, the airport hotel deal was the biggest issue of the meeting, but the meeting was pretty busy even without it. Here’s a rundown of some of the other business conducted:
Council amends Old East Hill LDC
Council approved veterinarian Dr. Laura Hill’s request to amend the Land Development Code to [...]
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City Council’s Enterprise Operations Committee voted Monday 3-1 to extend the Halcorp lease at the Port of Pensacola. Full Council vote is Thursday.
The City’s Charter Review Commission will meet today at 4:00 PM in the Hagler/Mason Room, second floor, Pensacola City Hall.
Today is Escambia Superintendent of Schools Jim Paul’s final day on the job. Recently [...]
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On the agenda for Monday’s meeting of the Pensacola City Council’s Enterprise Operations Committee:
More on that Airport hotel
We mentioned in the last post that Julian MacQueen wants to build a hotel on airport property. Well, as Economic and Community Development votes to allow hotels and other development in the airport restricted zone, Enterprise Operations will [...]
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Councilwoman-elect Maren DeWeese apparently feels strongly that the lease at the Port of Pensacola of Halcorp, a liquid asphalt distributor, should not be renewed.
I tend to agree, although I don’t take the hard line that she does. I am certainly critical of the Port of Pensacola, foremost for the fact that it is an unprofitable [...]
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