Category: Government

Historic City News readers have been discussing our article, reported May 21st, titled “Free shuttle service during summer holiday weekends” announcing a public shuttle for St Johns County residents and visitors during the Memorial Day and Independence Day holidays that will allow beachgoers to park off-site yet still enjoy beach activities.

As mobility planning gets underway, the makeup of City Manager John Regan’s Mobility Task Force appointments and continuing frustration with cut-through traffic in city neighborhoods drew negative public comments at Monday’s City Commission meeting.

Historic City News spends a lot of time reporting that the City of St Augustine has announced some new study, or new survey, or hired a new consultant; but, a common complaint amongst readers seems to be that the information purchased ends up being shelved and the problem never gets addressed.

“No event will be scheduled on Francis Field during the months of March and April or from the third Saturday in November through January 31 of the following year except those events which were held during those months between October 1, 2015 and September 30, 2016.”

Historic City News learned the identities of the appointed members who will serve on the City of St Augustine’s Mobility Advisory Task Force.

Meetings available on-line and on GTV Meetings of the City Commission, Planning and Zoning Board, and the Historic Architectural Review Board are available for live and on-demand viewing at www.cosatv.com. Live broadcast of City Commission meetings are available via St. Johns County’s Government TV (GTV) on Comcast channel 3. For a schedule of all of GTV’s programming,…

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No matter how many times St Augustine city officials are taken to court for violating the constitutional rights of artists; and, no matter how many times the city is enjoined and ordered by the federal court to stop infringing those rights, it seems that there is always someone willing to run the taxpayer’s legal bills…

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On Monday, May 9, the City Commission adopted its strategic plan for 2017, the first step in developing and passing a budget for the next fiscal year. Historic City News readers will want to plan to participate at available public hearings.