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UF Jacksonville campus clears first committee on 7-1 vote

Mark Kaplan, vice president of government and community relations for the University of Florida, talks to Jacksonville City Council on Monday, March 6, 2023, about a proposed campus in Jacksonville.
Mark Kaplan, vice president of government and community relations for the University of Florida, talks to Jacksonville City Council on Monday, March 6, 2023, about a proposed campus in Jacksonville.

A potential University of Florida graduate campus in Jacksonville cleared its first hurdle Monday in City Council when the Neighborhoods Committee voted 7-1 for it, a margin that came after roughly two and a half hours of debate and some significant amendments to the original proposal.

The proposal faced a slew of questions from council members. Al Ferraro ended up casting the lone vote against it, saying it had too many unknowns.

"We've got people asking us, 'What are we going to get for this money?'" Ferraro said.

Read the rest of this story at the Florida Times-Union, a WJCT News partner.