• The City and TriLegacy Group have agreed to negotiate a resolution concerning their differences over the redevelopment agreement at The Shipyards. Until the negotiations are complete, neither side will publicly comment on the matter.
• A new art gallery may open soon in Springfield. Led by Dustin Greer, the unnamed gallery will be located at 8th and Pearl streets.
• The City Council’s Finance Committee meeting Monday was taped and will be the first committee meeting to air on Comcast cable sometime this week. Council member Warren Alvarez called the first hour of the meeting, “one long commercial.”
• Norman Studios in Arlington was recently broken into and vandalized, a “weekly occurrence” say those trying to refurbish the old film studio. Hoping to find a solution, Ann Burt from Old Arlington, Inc. is imploring the City Council to install a security system. “But a police officer would be ideal,” she said.
• The Charles Bennett statue in Hemming Plaza will be unveiled Friday at 5 p.m. A reception follows at the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art.
• If it looks like mayor’s office receptionist Alice Newman is moving a little slow this week, she has good reason. Newman spent the weekend playing softball for St. Vincent’s at a coed tournament downstate. They won.
• There’ll be a press conference Wednesday at 10 a.m. at 315 E. Bay St. (the Suddath Building) to announce plans for the Bay Street Town Center project. Mayor John Peyton and City Council member Suzanne Jenkins will be present to discuss the plans. There will be two phases, with phase one scheduled for completion before the 2005 Super Bowl. Phase two will start after the Super Bowl.
• The City Council’s Finance Committee bumped the proposed entrance fee to the Cecil Field gym from $1 to $3. Council member Jerry Holland said the hike would encourage more people to sign up for the $120 annual membership. Parks and Recreation Director Bob Baughman said he wanted to keep prices low to encourage people to use the gym. The money will pay into a trust fund to maintain the gym.
• Why won’t the City share in advertising revenue from the Jumbotron scoreboard it wants to pay to install in Alltel Stadium? “The short answer is, the mayor asked for it. Mr. (Wayne) Weaver said no,” said Mayor John Peyton’s policy chief, Steve Diebenow. Diebenow said the City could make money selling advertising time during the Gator Bowl and Florida/Georgia.
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