The city s upcoming capital improvement program is shaping up as one of the largest in Jacksonville s history with $430 million of projects tentatively slotted for the proposed 2021-22 budget that would include city dollars to help relocate the Jacksonville Fairgrounds from the sports complex to the Westside.
The $430 million covers about 140 line items for public safety, roads, environmental projects, public buildings, and parks. In comparison, that portion of this year s budget totals $211 million, which already was a historically large amount when it was enacted by City Council last September.
Many of the projects carry over from the city s current five-year capital improvement plan that gets updated annually, but some projects are new such as $27.2 million over two years toward relocating the fairgrounds from its long-time home out to the Jacksonville Equestrian Center off Normandy Boulevard.
05:10 AM EST Share The parties are seeking resolution as City Council prepares to vote on $32.9 million to purchase three parking garages.
The Downtown Investment Authority’s and the city’s legal fight with Metropolitan Parking Solutions over the company’s 2004 redevelopment agreement for three parking garages is headed to mediation in the 4th Judicial Circuit Court.
Attorneys for the three parties are scheduled for a Zoom videoconference at 9:30 a.m. May 5 to begin mediation in the case, according to records filed Feb. 18 with the Duval County Clerk of Courts.
MPS filed a lawsuit in September alleging the city and DIA were in breach of contract and in default when the city withheld portions of several development loan payments owed to the company for parking garages at the Duval County Courthouse and VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena owned and operated by MPS.