JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville City Council granted final approval on Tuesday to legislation reflecting an agreement with the Jacksonville Aviation Authority over aerospace development at JAA’s airports, according to News4JAX partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.
During Tuesday’s meeting, councilmembers voted 17-0 in favor of an amended version of Resolution 2025-0693, introduced by Council Vice President Nick Howland.
The resolution requests that the Duval County delegation to the state Legislature file a bill amending JAA’s charter to formally make it responsible for developing the industry and require it to submit a strategic development plan annually to Council.
The amendments came about after Howland came to an agreement with JAA in which the authority agreed to establish a joint committee with Council to focus on attracting aerospace companies to Northeast Florida, particularly Cecil Spaceport.
Howland agreed in return to drop provisions in his resolution that would have renamed JAA the Jacksonville Aviation and Aerospace Authority and required that two of its board members have experience in the aerospace industry.
Council committees approved those amendments the week of Oct. 6, and the full Council OK’d them Oct. 14.
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