Category: Government

In a request that will come before the St Johns County Tourist Development Council for funding Monday, St Augustine Comptroller Mark Litzinger has articulated a satellite parking plan and shuttle that he tells Historic City News editor Michael Gold will allow the city to manage large-attendance events, like the upcoming Mumford and Sons concert.

The City of St Augustine has received approval from the commission during last night’s regular business meeting to move forward with an application for a $50,000 matching grant to get the Flagler era city water works building at Davenport Park in condition to be returned to public service.

The last formal proposal to return the North City Water Works building to use was reported by Historic City News on July 16, 2011, when Colin Bingham proposed that the property could be repaired for community meetings — tonight, the St Augustine City Commission will revisit what should be done with the aging, deteriorating structure.

The very last item on the agenda of Monday night’s city commission meeting will no doubt test the patience, and endurance, of St Augustine commissioners, residents, and non-residents who have taken adverse positions with the issuance of a permit to Dolphin Cove Inn, Inc., to build a wooden fence along their north property line on…

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A controversial provision that allowed 607 acres of Joe Anderson’s property in northwest St Johns County to receive “agriculture enclave” status by being slipped into a larger growth management bill at the end of the 2012 legislative session was overturned yesterday when Governor Rick Scott signed HB 537 into law.

Historic City News readers who reside or vote in District 24 are invited to join Florida Representative Travis Hutson for a “Flag Day Open House”, on Friday June 14 at his district office in Palm Coast.

A series of public budget hearings that include an evaluation of proposed funding requests for each St Johns County program, project, facility, and new initiative, requested for Fiscal Year 2014, begin this morning. Historic City News readers are invited to attend and encouraged to speak during the public hearings.