Category: Government

Cathy DuPont notified Historic City News that representatives of the Department of Interior will conduct a meeting with city staff and others next week to discuss arrangements for the first meeting of the federal St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission.

The City of St. Augustine invited all Historic City News readers to join governmental entities across the nation in celebration of National Public Works Week, May 15th through 21st with an open house on Saturday, May 21st.

The City of St. Augustine informed local Historic City News reporters today that the previously announced public meeting soliciting input on the city’s harbor management plan has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 26th at 4:00 p.m. in the Alcazar Room of City Hall located at 75 King Street.

At last night’s St. Augustine City Commission meeting, Historic City News listened as the city’s General Services Director, Jim Piggott, made assurances to commissioners that a larger buoy is in place and inlet dredging is planned.

Just a reminder to Historic City News readers who access county services from the Ponte Vedra Beach annex that the office of St. Johns County Tax Collector Dennis W. Hollingsworth, C.F.C., are closed this week at that location for repairs and remodeling.

At tonight’s city commission meeting, just four weeks after approving a new ordinance creating a franchise system and regulations to replace the $80-a-year permit system for horse-drawn carriages, the St. Augustine commission advanced to second reading and public hearing, two new ordinances that may amend it.

Historic City News was in communication with St. Augustine City Commissioner Bill Leary this weekend; in preparation for issues he will raise at tonight’s meeting.

In less than 30 days since Historic City News local reporters watched the St. Augustine City Commission approve a highly controversial new carriage ordinance, we have learned that when the commission reconvenes Monday night, they will begin considering amendments to it.