The highly anticipated announcement will be unveiled before City Council next week.
City Council will be presented with the agreement between Mayor Deegan and the Jacksonville Jaguars at its next meeting on Tuesday May 14th.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —"The executive branch and the Jaguars have reached an agreement on the stadium renovation," said City Council President Ron Salem before a scheduled meeting between the Council and the Duval County School Board on Wednesday morning.
But councilmember Nick Howland said he doesn't plan on writing a blank check with taxpayer money for the stadium. "The stadium belongs to the people of Jacksonville," said councilmember Rahman Johnson,"and if we don't do the updates then we're slumlords and we can't do that on our watch.""I want to see the numbers, I'm really curious what they're going to look like and let me tell you, if it's about raising taxes, I'm a no," said Johnson,"and if it's not something that's sustainable for the long term I'm a no as well.
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