Support for community benefits agreement dominates public hearing on Jaguars stadium deal

City Council will consider moving $94 million of the city’s $150 million contribution into stand-alone legislation.

  • By Ric Anderson
  • | 10:23 p.m. June 17, 2024
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Residents of OutEast, the neighborhood north of EverBank Stadium, gather at City Hall on June 17 for a City Council meeting about the Jacksonville Jaguars "Stadium of the Future" agreement. Their shirts read "Believe in OutEast."
Residents of OutEast, the neighborhood north of EverBank Stadium, gather at City Hall on June 17 for a City Council meeting about the Jacksonville Jaguars "Stadium of the Future" agreement. Their shirts read "Believe in OutEast."
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Portions of the community benefits agreement in the stadium deal between the city and the Jacksonville Jaguars would be separated out and considered as stand-alone legislation in an amendment crafted by City Council member Randy White in collaboration with Mayor Donna Deegan’s office.

Randy White

White, the incoming Council president, announced the amendment at the start of a June 17 public hearing on legislation containing the stadium deal, Ordinance 2024-0904. 

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