# Jacksonville City Council - October 20, 2026

The Jacksonville City Council’s regular meeting on October 20, 2026, included public comments about neighborhood drug activity and proposed changes to council wards, followed by consideration of development regulations. Staff presented a requested Unified Development Ordinance amendment to clarify which roads trigger multifamily-dwelling setbacks in quarter-commercial districts and reduce the setback from 350 to 300 feet. The applicant, TWWC Camp Lejeune LLC, sought the change to allow a possible hotel-to-apartment conversion; the Planning Board recommended approval. The transcript does not clearly record the Council’s final action on this amendment. In a separate zoning-map hearing, the Council voted to deny a request to rezone 25 East Drive from single-family residential to residential mobile-home zoning. No contract awards, bids, or specific procurement spending decisions were identified.

Enso Coastal Alliance’s new CEO presented the organization’s website, economic-development and business-retention work, site marketing, and plans to coordinate with the city’s downtown coordinator. She acknowledged the city as a financial partner and referenced a year-two request, but no amount or funding action was specified. Council members also gave community-event and city-program updates; no further procurement actions were reported.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Topics:** Policy
**Published:** October 20, 2026

### Sources
- [Jacksonville City Council - October 20, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPLD6-mdsX0) - Jacksonville NC