• City officials say there will be a 1,000-foot secured perimeter around the Coliseum on June 26, implosion day. That means several area buildings will have to be evacuated.
• Vestcor will formally open 11 E. Forsyth with a ribbon cutting Thursday at 10 a.m. Tours and lunch to follow, but it’s invite only.
• Today’s Downtown Development Authority meeting includes a discussion on what to do at 752 W. Adams St., the site of the soon-to-be-demolished Mendelson Printing Company building. The DDA will review a proposal by 752 West Adams, LLC, which includes attorneys Russell Smith and Harold Lippes, to develop the 11,000 square-foot site into professional office space.
• Morning commuters crossing the Mathews Bridge into downtown Tuesday morning were greeted by Gretchen Brantley, who was waving a sign seeking a job. The public relations specialist said she became frustrated after she sent out 40 resumes and got only one call back. She plans to be out all week, unless of course, she finds a job first.
• It seems La Cena owner Jerry Moran and the City have worked out their differences over the restaurant’s garbage. The City plans to issue City-owned garbage cans to Elks Building businesses so they can put their garbage out front instead of in the alley. However, Moran wants the cans sold to him at cost and replaced if they are stolen or damaged.
• Rogers Towers law firm is hosting a Morning Labor Briefing June 26 at the Hilton. Topics include negligent hiring and retention, wage/hour collective actions, military law leave and the top 10 things you can do to avoid labor and employment law problems. RSVP to Tom Helm at 346-5528. The seminar is free for Rogers Towers clients, $50 for guests.
• Wrong date in a City Note last Friday. Next month’s Jacksonville Economic Development Commission meeting is June 18.
• Speaking of the JEDC, word is Mayor John Delaney is going to allow Mayor-elect John Peyton to appoint his own replacements for JEDC Chair Tom Petway and Rev. Fred Newbill. Earlier this year, Newbill resigned effective June 30 and Petway has said he will not continue to serve after June 30.
• Speaking of Peyton, he plans to resign from the Jacksonville Transportation Authority board before he’s installed as mayor July 1.
• The accolades for Duval County Teacher of the Year Daryl Timmons may not be over. She’s one of five finalists for Florida Teacher of the Year, which will be announced July 22.
• The congrats are still pouring in to Mayor John Delaney on being named the next president of the University of North Florida. So are the resumes and “I’d like a job” letters.
• Former Downtown Development Authority head Frank Nero also sent a congratulatory letter to Delaney. Nero, the current president and CEO of The Beacon Council (Miami-Dade’s JEDC), wrote, “I have no doubt that the fact that I did not send a letter of recommendation contributed greatly to your selection.”
• Big ceremony set for June 3 at the future site of the new Jacksonville Children’s Commission Campus on A. Philip Randolph Boulevard. It’s at 10 a.m. and Toni and Andy Crawford will present a gift of $1 million to the Don Brewer Center for Early Learning. The new Campus is expected to open by 2005.
• City Council members Elaine Brown and Reggie Fullwood will meet with representatives of the DDA and JTA June 5 at 2 p.m. in JTA’s boardroom to talk about the LaVilla Convention Center Subdistrict Plan.
• Before Tuesday’s City Council meeting, all of Jacksonville’s past Council presidents since Consolidation gathered for a special ceremony in which their portraits will be unveiled. They will become a permanent display in Council Chambers.
• ESPN Magazine is reporting the San Francisco 49ers will release wide receiver J.J. Stokes July 1 and the Jaguars are THE team after him.