Transportation, Energy & Utilities Committee
Transportation, Energy & Utilities Committee · 2026-06-16 · meeting
The Transportation, Energy & Utilities Committee of the City of Jacksonville met to discuss several upcoming projects and initiatives. Potential opportunities exist for towing companies and vehicle storage facilities due to updated traffic code rules for towing vehicles and vessels. A new public park project at Main Street and Bay Street could involve landscape architects, civil engineers, and construction companies. Additionally, a proposed 50,000 square foot commercial building at Main Street and Central Avenue may create work for concrete and paving companies, electricians, plumbers, HVAC installers, and building material suppliers.
Agenda items
- *****Note: Items may be added at the discretion of the Chair.*****
- Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
- Utilities (Sub)
- General Contractor
- Concrete & Masonry
- Electrical
- Plumbing
- HVAC & Climate Control
- Painting & Flooring
- Roofing
- Building & Industrial Supply
- Real Estate Development
- Engineering & Architecture
- Attendance:
- Utilities (Sub)
- General Contractor
- Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
- Building & Industrial Supply
- Engineering & Architecture
- COUNCIL RULE 4.505 DISRUPTION OF MEETING
- Legal Services
- Office & Business Support Services
- Security Services
- Item/File No. Title History
- General Contractor
- Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
- Concrete & Masonry
- Electrical
- Plumbing
- HVAC & Climate Control
- Building & Industrial Supply
- Engineering & Architecture
- Real Estate Development
- Ms. Elizabeth Filippelli, Lights Out Northeast Florida, and Mr. Mike Taylor, Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens, introduced themselves at the podium. Ms. Filippelli stated that Lights Out Northeast Florida has operated for about seven years and that it has conducted about 14 seasons of collecting deceased birds killed by glass in downtown. She further noted that the Lights Out initiative was first created 27 years ago in Chicago, following a large glass collision event in which hundreds of birds died.
- Lighting & Low-Voltage Systems
- Windows, Doors & Glass
- Engineering & Architecture
- Landscaping & Lawn Service
- Building & Industrial Supply
- Real Estate Development
- General Contractor
- NCSPHS AMENDMENT:
- Legal Services
- Commercial & Business Insurance
- Transportation (Other)
- NOTE: The next regular meeting will be held Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
- Government Authority
- ORD-MC re Towing & Storage of Vehicles or Vessels; Repealing Pt 12 (Wrecker Facilities & Charges) & Pt 13 (Towing on Private Property), Ch 804 (Jacksonville Traffic Code), Ord Code; Creating a New Pt 12 (Towing & Storage of Vehicles & Vessels from Public Property), Ch 804 (Jacksonville Traffic Code), Ord Code, to Update & Clarify Provisions Related to Nonconsensual Towing & Storage of Vehicles & Vessels from Public Property; Creating a New Pt 13 (Towing & Storage of Vehicles & Vessels from Private Property), Ch 804 (Jacksonville Traffic Code), Ord Code, to Update & Clarify Provisions Related to Nonconsensual Towing & Storage of Vehicles & Vessels from Private Property; Prov for Codification Instructions (MacGillis) (Introduced by CM Gay) (Co-Sponsors CMs Peluso & Miller)
- Government Authority
- Legal Services
- Waste Management
- Presentation by Elizabeth Filippelli on the Lights Out Northeast Florida initiative
- Engineering & Architecture
- Business Consulting
- Utilities (Sub)
- Lighting & Low-Voltage Systems
- Public Comment
- Pursuant to the American with Disabilities Act, accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please allow 1-2 business days notification to process; last minute requests will be accepted; but may not be possible to fulfill. Please contact Disabled Services Division at: V 904-255-5466, TTY-904-255-5476, or email your request to KaraT@coj.net.
- The NCSPHS amendment was moved and seconded. Mr. Ed Linsky, Council Auditor's Office, explained the amendment. The NCSPHS amendment was approved unanimously.
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