TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018
6:00 P.M. SESSION
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15:26:59
18:05:55 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
18:05:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: I AM GOING TO CALL THIS EVENING SESSION OF
18:05:58 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.
18:05:59 ROLL CALL.
18:06:00 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
18:06:04 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
18:06:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
18:06:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
18:06:09 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
18:06:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
18:06:11 JUST LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A MEMO FROM
18:06:14 COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN THAT SHE WILL BE ABSENT FROM THIS MEETING
18:06:17 THIS EVENING.
18:06:20 ALL RIGHT.
18:06:21 STAFF.
18:06:22 HAVE WE GOT ANY HOUSECLEANING WE NEED TO DO?
18:06:25 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: YES, SIR.
18:06:27 LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
18:06:28 WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE REQUESTING CONTINUANCE.
18:06:32 ITEM 5 AND 9.
18:06:33 ITEM 5 IS REZ 1855.
18:06:36 IT WAS HEARD AT THE BLC MEETING, AND THEY REQUESTED A
18:06:40 CONTINUANCE AT THE BLC MEETING TO GO ON THE 24th FOR
18:06:45 RECONSIDERATION OF THEIR PROJECT.
18:06:47 SO IT CANNOT BE HEARD TONIGHT, AND I AM REQUESTING THAT IT
18:06:50 BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST 9th.
18:06:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
18:06:53 >> MOVE TO CONTINUE THE ITEM NUMBER 5 UNTIL AUGUST 9th
18:06:58 AT 6:00 P.M.
18:07:01 >> YES, SIR.
18:07:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
18:07:03 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
18:07:04 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY, MR. CHAIRMAN.
18:07:06 IF YOU WANT TO HEAR IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO DISCUSS
18:07:09 JUST FOCUSED ON THE CONTINUANCE.
18:07:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
18:07:13 5 BEING CONTINUED?
18:07:14 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I SEE NO ONE.
18:07:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY MR.
18:07:21 MANISCALCO.
18:07:22 ALL IN FAVOR?
18:07:23 OPPOSED?
18:07:24 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THE SECOND ITEM IS NUMBER 9, REZ 1852.
18:07:31 THEIR REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ADDRESS IT.
18:07:33 >> I MAY ABSTAIN FROM VOTING FROM WHAT I ABSTAINED FROM
18:07:39 EARLIER TODAY.
18:07:41 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
18:07:43 AND YOU ARE FILING THE APPROPRIATE FORM.
18:07:45 THANK YOU.
18:07:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. GRANDOFF?
18:07:47 >>JOHN GRANDOFF: GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF
18:07:50 CITY COUNCIL.
18:07:51 JOHN GRANDOFF, SUITE 3700 BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA ON BEHALF OF
18:07:55 ABC CAPITAL.
18:07:57 WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A CONTINUANCE ON THIS ITEM UNTIL
18:08:01 AUGUST 9th TO ALLOW US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE THE SITE
18:08:04 PLAN IN RESPONSE TO STAFF COMMENTS ON THE PROJECT.
18:08:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
18:08:10 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 9 BE
18:08:14 CONTINUED TO AUGUST 9th?
18:08:16 ALL RIGHT.
18:08:17 CAN I GET A MOTION?
18:08:18 >> SO MOVED.
18:08:19 >> SECOND.
18:08:19 >> MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
18:08:21 SECOND BY --
18:08:29 FROM THE FLOOR: [OFF MICROPHONE]
18:08:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES?
18:08:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, HAVE WE OPENED THESE HEARINGS?
18:08:38 >> NO.
18:08:39 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SHOULD WE OPEN IT BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT?
18:08:42 >>MARTIN SHELBY: QUITE FRANKLY THAT BEING AN OVERSIGHT, I
18:08:45 THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE THEM OPEN TO BE CONTINUED SO I
18:08:48 THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE NOW TO MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN.
18:08:50 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MOVE TO OPEN ITEMS 1 THROUGH 12.
18:08:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
18:08:56 ALL IN FAVOR?
18:08:57 OPPOSED?
18:08:58 ALL RIGHT.
18:08:59 YOU ALL ARE SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM IN PARTICULAR?
18:09:04 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
18:09:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: COME TO THE MIKE.
18:09:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY I, MR. CHAIR?
18:09:11 THE PURPOSE OF YOU SPEAKING TONIGHT, THERE HAS BEEN A
18:09:13 REQUEST FROM THE PETITIONER'S REPRESENTATIVE TO HAVE THE
18:09:16 ITEM CONTINUED TO AUGUST 9th.
18:09:19 THERE WOULD BE IN A OTHER NOTICE THAT YOU WOULD RECEIVE.
18:09:22 YOU WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A NOTE TO COME BACK ON AUGUST
18:09:24 9th, SOMETIME, AT 6:00 P.M. OR ANYTIME THEREAFTER ON
18:09:29 AUGUST 9th.
18:09:30 YOUR OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT IS TO SPEAK TO THE CITY COUNCIL IF
18:09:33 THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU FEEL IT SHOULD NOT BE CONTINUED AND
18:09:36 YOU OBJECT TO A CONTINUANCE, THEN THE COUNCIL CAN HEAR THE
18:09:39 REASONS FOR YOUR OBJECTION BUT NOT THE REASONS WHY YOU ARE
18:09:41 IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSED TO WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
18:09:44 THAT OPPORTUNITY WOULD COME IF YOU GET TO MAKE A
18:09:47 PRESENTATION EITHER AUGUST 9th OR WHATEVER ELSE.
18:09:51 >> ALL RIGHT.
18:09:52 SO WE CAN MAKE OUR ARGUMENTS BASICALLY ON THAT WHICH WOULD
18:09:56 BE PROBABLY A BETTER TIME.
18:09:57 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY TIME IF THE COUNCIL
18:10:02 GRANTS A CONTINUANCE.
18:10:02 >> IF YOU GRANT A CONTINUANCE.
18:10:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO MAKE NOTE OF
18:10:10 THAT BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT GET ANY OTHER NOTICE COMING BACK.
18:10:13 YOU WILL NOT GET MAIL OR SIGNAGE.
18:10:15 >> CONTINUED ON AUGUST 9th.
18:10:18 ALL RIGHT.
18:10:19 WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK AUGUST 9th.
18:10:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK
18:10:23 ON ITEM NUMBER 9 BEING CONTINUED TO AUGUST 9th AT
18:10:27 6:00 P.M.?
18:10:29 OKAY.
18:10:31 NEED A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
18:10:34 OH, YOU DID?
18:10:36 OKAY.
18:10:37 AUGUST IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
18:10:39 OPPOSED?
18:10:40 ALL RIGHT.
18:10:41 AUGUST 9th, CONTINUED TO AUGUST 9th, ITEM NUMBER 9,
18:10:44 CONTINUED TO AUGUST 9th AT CAN HAVE P.M.
18:10:47 ALL RIGHT, STAFF.
18:10:48 ITEM NUMBER 1.
18:10:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK WE NEED TO SWEAR IN.
18:10:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 THROUGH 12
18:11:05 NEEDS TO BE SWORN IN.
18:11:06 (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK).
18:11:18 >>REBECCA KERT: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
18:11:21 I'M HERE ON ITEM 1 WHICH AN AMENDMENT TO THE CENTRAL
18:11:24 BUSINESS DISTRICT DRI.
18:11:25 THE ORDINANCE WAS NOT BROUGHT UP ON SIRE SO I AM GOING TO
18:11:32 BRING UP A COPY SO EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A COMPLETE COPY.
18:11:42 THANK YOU.
18:11:43 THIS DRI AMENDMENT WHICH IS A SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE DRI IS
18:11:46 TO MAKE SOME MINOR REVISIONS TO THE EXISTING TRADE-OFF
18:11:50 MECHANISM TO ADD POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL FACILITY AS A
18:11:53 NEW USE.
18:11:54 IT WAS PREVIOUSLY TREATED AS ANOTHER USE, AND I AM
18:11:58 SPECIFICALLY CALLING IT OUT AS POST-SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
18:12:02 FACILITY AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF -- TO PLACE A CAP ON
18:12:07 IT AND PUT IT INTO THE TRADE-OFF MECHANISM.
18:12:09 BECAUSE THESE ARE JUST CHANGES TO THE TRADE OFF MECHANISM
18:12:11 THERE'S NO NET INCREASE, AND THE PROJECT WILL CONTINUE TO BE
18:12:16 DEVELOPED UNDERSTOOD THE EXISTING CODE AND ALL OF THE
18:12:18 PREVIOUS DRI APPROVALS.
18:12:20 THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE OTHER THAN TO THE TRADE-OFF MECHANISM
18:12:23 IS TO CHANGE FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BIENNIAL REPORT.
18:12:29 AND THOSE ARE THE CHANGES.
18:12:31 I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
18:12:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
18:12:37 OKAY.
18:12:38 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 1?
18:12:41 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
18:12:44 >> SECOND.
18:12:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
18:12:46 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
18:12:47 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
18:12:49 OPPOSED?
18:12:50 OKAY.
18:12:50 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY READING THE TITLE WILL BE GREAT.
18:13:02 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING
18:13:06 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA
18:13:09 APPROVING A SIXTH AMENDMENT TO A DEVELOPMENT ORDER RENDERED
18:13:11 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 380.06 FLORIDA STATUTES, FOR THE
18:13:18 DOWNTOWN TAMPA CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF REGIONAL IMPACT
18:13:22 APPROXIMATE PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
18:13:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
18:13:24 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
18:13:26 OPPOSED?
18:13:27 OKAY.
18:13:27 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
18:13:32 NEXT READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE ON AUGUST 2nd AT 10:30
18:13:34 A.M.
18:13:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 2.
18:13:36 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: ITEM NUMBER 2.
18:13:42 IT IS SU-2-17-19 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3425 WEST
18:13:49 BRADDOCK STREET.
18:13:50 THEY ARE REQUESTING OFF-STREET PARKING LOT FOR SPECIAL USE.
18:13:56 >>JENNIFER MALONE: PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. THIS IS IN
18:14:04 EVACUATION ZONE E, APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET TO THE WEST OF
18:14:08 THE SUBJECT SITE ALONG THE DALE MABRY HIGHWAY.
18:14:11 ALSO AN AERIAL.
18:14:15 THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
18:14:18 TO THE NORTH OF THE STADIUM, HIMES AVENUE, WEST TAMPA BAY
18:14:24 BOULEVARD, AND DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET OF THE SUBJECT
18:14:29 SITE IS AN OFFICE USE, BUT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
18:14:33 THIS IS REFLECTED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP WHICH SHOWS A
18:14:37 FUTURE LAND USE FOR RESIDENTIAL 10, WHICH IS THAT ORANGE
18:14:41 COLOR.
18:14:41 THE BLUE IS PUBLIC SEMI-PUBLIC.
18:14:44 WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
18:14:46 BASED ON THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE FACT THAT TO THE SOUTH
18:14:53 ACROSS THE STREET OF THE SUBJECT SITE, AND COMPATIBLE WITH
18:14:59 THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:15:00 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
18:15:02 THANK YOU.
18:15:02 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: AGAIN THIS IS A SPECIAL USE APPLICATION.
18:15:16 THE SPECIAL USE FOR COMMERCIAL OFF-STREET PARKING LOT
18:15:20 REQUIRES APPROVAL BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IN THE RS-50 ZONING
18:15:24 DISTRICT.
18:15:25 THE PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE OF HINES IS COMMERCIAL
18:15:29 INTENSIVE.
18:15:31 A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL OFFICE USES UP AND
18:15:37 DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF HIMES, ESTABLISHED SINGLE-FAMILY
18:15:42 NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:15:47 THEY ARE REQUESTING USE AS PARKING.
18:15:49 YOU CAN SEE PARKING OCCURRING THERE NOW.
18:15:51 THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
18:15:53 THIS IS ACROSS BRADDOCK.
18:15:59 A LAW FIRM THAT WAS APPROVED FOR PD SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
18:16:05 THIS IS DIRECTLY TO THE EAST.
18:16:08 WEST IS SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE.
18:16:10 AND TO THE EAST IS SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE.
18:16:13 TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY OFF OF DOUGLAS IS A RESIDENTIAL
18:16:21 OFFICE BUILDING.
18:16:26 ESTABLISHMENT.
18:16:30 THEN DOWN BRADDOCK IT'S A PATTERN OF SINGLE-FAMILY
18:16:33 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
18:16:38 HERE IS THE APPLICANT'S SITE PLAN FOR THE PARKING LOT.
18:16:43 COMMERCIAL OFF-STREET PARKING LOT.
18:16:46 THERE ARE SEVERAL SPECIAL USE CRITERIA THAT MUST BE MET.
18:16:51 THE FIRST ONE IS THE PROPERTY MUST BE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT
18:16:54 TO RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM THE COMMERCE USE.
18:17:01 IT IS NOT ADJACENT TO COMMERCE USE IT'S INTENDED TO SERVE SO
18:17:06 THAT CRITERIA IS NOT MET AND THEY NEED A WAIVER FOR IT.
18:17:09 IT MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE APPLICANT THAT THE LAW OFFICE
18:17:12 WANTS TO USE THIS AS THEIR PARKING LOT.
18:17:14 THE CODE SPECIFICALLY SAYS IF IT DOESN'T MEET THE
18:17:17 CRITERIA -- SO THAT CRITERIA IS NOT MET AND THEY NEED A
18:17:22 WAIVER.
18:17:23 ANOTHER CRITERIA IS IT THAT THE COMMERCIAL USE WHICH IT'S
18:17:29 SERVING MUST BE AN OFFICE OR COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT THAT
18:17:32 IT IS IN CONFORMANCE.
18:17:33 THAT HAS BEEN MET. THIS IS THE AN OFFICE USE APPROVED BY
18:17:36 LAND DEVELOPMENT.
18:17:37 ANOTHER CRITERIA THAT HAS NOT BEEN MET IS THE SIZE OF THE
18:17:44 PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR PARKING SHALL BE BASED ON THE SIZE
18:17:46 OF THE COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USE IT SERVES, AND THE
18:17:51 SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:17:54 NO N NO CASE MAY IT EXTEND 100 FEET BEYOND THE OFFICE SPACE.
18:18:03 GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE PARKING LOT, IT'S MORE THAN 100 FEET
18:18:07 AWAY.
18:18:07 SO THAT REQUIRES A WAIVER.
18:18:10 THERE'S A CRITERIA THAT THERE SHALL NO OPEN STORAGE.
18:18:15 THAT STANDARD IS MET.
18:18:16 AND THE LAST CRITERIA IS THAT IT SHALL MEET ADEQUATE
18:18:19 BUFFERING.
18:18:24 GIVEN THE SMALL SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL
18:18:28 LOT.
18:18:29 IT'S ONLY 50 BY 103.
18:18:32 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAIVERS THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR, FOR
18:18:35 BUFFERING.
18:18:36 BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED A COMMERCIAL USE BETWEEN TWO HOUSES
18:18:39 THE CODE REQUIRES A 6-FOOT MASONRY WALL ON THE EAST AND WEST
18:18:44 PROPERTY LINES AND A 15-FOOT BUFFER.
18:18:46 IF THEY WERE TO COMPLY WITH CODE THEY WOULD HAVE ENOUGH
18:18:50 SPACE TO HAVE A PARKING LOT.
18:18:51 SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR WAIVERS TO BOTH THE EAST AND WEST
18:18:55 BUFFER FROM 15 FEET OF LANDSCAPING TO THREE FEET OF
18:18:59 LANDSCAPING WITH FENCE ON EACH SIDE.
18:19:12 LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, MODIFICATIONS FROM NATURAL
18:19:15 RESOURCES.
18:19:17 BASICALLY STAFF FOUND THIS INCONSISTENT.
18:19:21 BASED ON THE LACK OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE SPECIAL USE
18:19:23 CRITERIA.
18:19:24 AGAIN, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DIRECTLY DESIGNING THE
18:19:27 COMMERCIAL USES THEY ARE SERVING SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU WILL
18:19:30 SEE SPECIAL USES WHERE THIS MAIN ROAD OVER HERE LIKE HIMES
18:19:33 AND THERE WILL BE A COMMERCIAL USE, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A
18:19:37 PARKING FLOAT A COMMERCIAL AREA.
18:19:39 THIS IS A RIGHT-OF-WAY, SO THAT'S ONE ISSUE THAT REQUIRES A
18:19:44 WAIVER.
18:19:44 SECONDLY, ANOTHER ISSUE AND WHAT WE ARE BASING OUR
18:19:49 PROFESSIONAL OPINION ON IS CREATING A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT
18:19:54 WITH RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.
18:19:56 SO BECAUSE OF THE WAIVERS REQUESTED, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
18:20:02 COMPLIANCE STAFF FOUND IT INCONSISTENT.
18:20:03 HOWEVER, IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT, THERE'S A REVISION
18:20:07 SHEET BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
18:20:12 ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
18:20:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF FROM COUNCIL?
18:20:15 ALL RIGHT.
18:20:16 PETITIONER?
18:20:16 >> GOOD EVENING.
18:20:26 MICHAEL TERRELL, 4521 WEST OTTAWA.
18:20:31 I'M THE APPLICANT.
18:20:33 WE ARE REQUESTING A SPECIAL USE OF THE PROPERTY AT 3425 WEST
18:20:37 BRADDOCK STREET FOR AN OFF-STREET PARKING LOT THAT PROVIDES
18:20:40 PARKING FOR THE COMMERCIAL USE.
18:20:43 THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS RS-50 WITH
18:20:47 LAND CLASSIFICATION OF R 10 WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE
18:20:49 CONSIDERATION OF THE SPECIAL USE REQUEST.
18:20:52 THE COMMERCIAL USE IT WILL SERVE IS A BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL
18:20:55 OFFICE WHICH IS CURRENTLY A LAW FIRM, MORGAN MORGAN.
18:20:59 BEFORE MORGAN AND MORGAN IT WAS THE MAIN OFFICE ... GOMEZ.
18:21:03 THE TWO LAW FIRMS MERGED TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES AND TO
18:21:08 HAVE A FOOTPRINT IN WEST TAMPA.
18:21:14 ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS NOW AN ATTORNEY FOR MORGAN AND
18:21:18 MORGAN IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
18:21:23 HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ACQUIRING THE SITE AND DEVELOPING THE
18:21:27 BUILDING.
18:21:27 THEY ALSO ACQUIRED THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR.
18:21:35 LET ME SHOW YOU.
18:21:38 HERE IS THE BUILDING MORGAN AND MORGAN.
18:21:40 AND MY CLIENT ALSO, AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT REQUESTED
18:21:45 SPECIAL USE ACROSS THE STREET.
18:21:59 WE OWN THE LOT ACROSS THE STREET WHICH WE ARE A PARTICIPANT
18:22:02 IN THE SPECIAL USE.
18:22:04 WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE PROPERTY
18:22:06 OWNER CATTY-CORNER TO THE BIDDING AND THE LOT.
18:22:11 THE MAIN CONCERN IS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE.
18:22:17 BASICALLY BOTH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE SUBJECT LOT
18:22:20 HAVE ASKED ME TO TELL THIS COUNCIL THAT THEY ARE 100% IN
18:22:23 SUPPORT OF THIS PETITION AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER IT.
18:22:26 MY CLIENT HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH ADJACENT OWNERS AND
18:22:30 HAS BEEN TOLD THEY LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER WHEN IT COMES TO
18:22:34 SAFETY.
18:22:34 THE REAR OF THE SUBJECT --
18:22:46 [RUSTLING PAPERS]
18:22:48 THIS IS THE ACTUAL PROPERTY NORTH.
18:22:52 IT'S KIND OF A SIMILAR SITUATION, A LOT IN BETWEEN TWO
18:22:58 BUILDINGS.
18:22:59 EVEN THOUGH ONE BUILDING IS COMMERCIAL BUT THE ONE TO THE
18:23:01 EAST IS RESIDENTIAL.
18:23:08 IT'S ACTUALLY A PARKING LOT TO THE ONE WE ARE PROPOSING
18:23:11 HERE.
18:23:12 THE LOT IS COMMERCIAL AND NOT RESIDENTIAL.
18:23:14 BECAUSE OF THE MERGER, THE WEST TAMPA INCREASED ITS STAFF
18:23:20 MEET THE DEMANDS OF ITS CLIENT.
18:23:22 IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LOT IS GOING TO BE USED BY
18:23:24 THE FIRM'S STAFF FOR EMPLOYEES ONLY.
18:23:28 THEY ARRIVE IN THE MORNING AND PARK.
18:23:39 SO THEY COME IN THE MORNING AND PARK.
18:23:40 AND PARK LIKE THIS.
18:23:42 AND THEY STAY THE ENTIRE DAY.
18:23:43 AND THEN AT FOUR OR FIVE THEY LEAVE.
18:23:46 SO THE CARS ACTUALLY PARK AT THE PARKING LOT SO THERE'S NO
18:23:52 IN AND OUT TRAFFIC DURING THE DAY.
18:23:54 THEY COME IN THE MORNING AND LEAVE AT NIGHT.
18:24:00 AS I SAID THERE'S NO -- THE SPACE IS PROVIDED BY THAT SITE.
18:24:08 IT IS THE INTENTION OF MY CLIENT TO REMAIN AT THIS LOCATION
18:24:11 AS A SPECIAL USE REQUEST IF NEEDED AS THEY PROVIDE A VERY
18:24:16 URGENT AND NECESSARY NEED.
18:24:18 WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER OUR REQUEST.
18:24:20 THANK YOU.
18:24:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM
18:24:24 NUMBER 2?
18:24:27 ITEM NUMBER 2.
18:24:28 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 2?
18:24:30 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
18:24:31 >> SECOND.
18:24:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
18:24:34 SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
18:24:36 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
18:24:37 OPPOSED?
18:24:40 MR. COHEN?
18:24:46 >>HARRY COHEN: MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
18:24:48 READING CONSIDERATION.
18:24:49 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2 APPROVING
18:24:53 PARKING OFF-STREET COMMERCIAL IN AN RS-50 RESIDENTIAL
18:24:56 SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
18:24:59 3425 WEST BRADDOCK STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND
18:25:03 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF PROVIDING AN
18:25:07 EFFECTIVE DATE.
18:25:07 >> SECOND.
18:25:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
18:25:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALSO THE WAIVERS.
18:25:16 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: DID YOU GET REVISION SHEET?
18:25:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
18:25:33 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
18:25:36 OPPOSED?
18:25:37 >> NO.
18:25:37 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN BEING ABSENT, SUAREZ
18:25:46 VOTING NO. NEXT READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE AUGUST 2nd
18:25:49 AT 9:30 A.M.
18:25:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 3.
18:25:52 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: ITEM NUMBER 3 ON YOUR AGENDA IS REZ
18:25:59 18-40, A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY AT 3006 NORTH
18:26:03 ALBANY AVENUE FROM RS-50 TO COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE.
18:26:06 >>JENNIFER MALONE: PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
18:26:12 THIS IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PLANNING -- TAMPA PLANNING
18:26:16 DISTRICT, ALSO WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
18:26:19 EVACUATION ZONE E.
18:26:24 [RUSTLING PAPERS] THE WESTSHORE BUSINESS DISTRICT AND TAMPA
18:26:28 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
18:26:29 HERE IS AN AERIAL OF THE SITE.
18:26:30 IT'S OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
18:26:34 THIS IS NORTH HOWARD AVENUE.
18:26:37 SOUTH OF COLUMBUS DRIVE AND THEN NORTH ALBANY OVER HERE.
18:26:41 A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN A AND DEVELOPED COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE
18:26:46 USES.
18:26:47 HOWEVER, PAST ALBANY IS SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL.
18:26:55 THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
18:26:58 THIS IS THE SITE IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35.
18:27:01 THAT'S THE RED THAT ALLOWS THE CONSIDERATION OF COMMERCIAL.
18:27:04 THE ORANGE IS RESIDENTIAL 10, WHICH IS SINGLE-FAMILY
18:27:13 DETACHED.
18:27:13 AND THEN THIS IS COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35.
18:27:17 PLANNING COMMISSION DID FIND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE
18:27:20 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
18:27:20 WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PORTION OF WEST PARKLAND STREET
18:27:25 DOES CREATE A MIXTURE OF USES IN THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35
18:27:31 LAND USE AND FIND THIS IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
18:27:35 AREA.
18:27:36 I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
18:27:41 THAT CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
18:27:42 THANK YOU.
18:27:42 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: AGAIN THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO
18:27:48 REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RS-50 TO COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE CI.
18:27:56 THE ZONING MAP OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
18:27:59 THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN GREEN.
18:28:01 AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS COLUMBUS AVENUE.
18:28:04 HERE IS HOWARD. THIS IS ALBANY.
18:28:07 THIS PORTION IS ALREADY IN THE COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE ZONING
18:28:12 DISTRICT AND THERE IS COMMERCIAL GENERAL IN THIS PORTION OF
18:28:14 THE BLOCK NORTH OF KATHLEEN.
18:28:17 AND THEN THE RS 50 CONTINUES TO THE NORTH.
18:28:25 THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS AN ALBANY AS WELL AS A
18:28:28 PORTION --
18:28:32 HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AN ALBANY.
18:28:35 THIS IS A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S ON KATHLEEN.
18:28:39 NOW WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A TOUR UP AND DOWN ALBANY.
18:28:43 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON THE CORNER OF KATHLEEN AND
18:28:46 ALBANY, RIGHT IN BETWEEN, KIND OF SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE
18:28:51 SUBJECT PROPERTY SECTIONS.
18:28:53 TO THE WEST IS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE.
18:28:56 CONTINUING WEST ON KATHLEEN.
18:29:00 THIS IS OPEN STORAGE USE.
18:29:04 AND THEN A PARKING LOT ON THE CORNER OF HOWARD AND KATHLEEN.
18:29:09 BACK ON KATHLEEN TOWARDS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
18:29:12 COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT.
18:29:16 THERE'S THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL ZONED PIECE OF PROPERTY HERE.
18:29:19 THIS IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT INCLUDES SEVERAL
18:29:21 BUILDINGS.
18:29:26 THERE IS A MOBILE HOME I THINK THAT'S USED FOR RELIGIOUS
18:29:29 ASSEMBLY USE.
18:29:31 AND THEN TWO HOUSES GOING BACK TO THE INTERSECTION OF ALBANY
18:29:35 AND KATHLEEN.
18:29:37 YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS AREA IS KIND OF TRANSITIONING.
18:29:41 AS JENNIFER SAID, IT IS IN THE C-35 LAND USE CATEGORY THAT
18:29:46 ALLOWS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THESE ZONING DISTRICTS.
18:29:50 TO THE NORTH IS THE CMU 35 DOWN TO CG.
18:29:55 THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 14,800 SQUARE FEET.
18:30:00 YOU SAW IT WAS KIND OF ON THE SOUTHWEST SECTION OF THE
18:30:04 INTERSECTION OF WEST KATHLEEN STREET AND NORTH ALBANY
18:30:07 AVENUE.
18:30:11 IF IT WERE TO BE REZONED AND APPROVED WITH CI, ANY
18:30:15 IMPROVEMENT OR APPROVALS FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROPERTY
18:30:17 WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE CI ZONING DISTRICT STANDARDS
18:30:19 WHICH IS 10-FOOT SETBACK FRONT, ZERO ON THE SIDE AND REAR,
18:30:25 AND THEN ON THE CORNER, AS WELL AS COMPLYING WITH ANY
18:30:30 BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL USES.
18:30:37 THERE ARE NO -- IT IS IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT SO
18:30:41 THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT SECTION OF THE CODE
18:30:43 BEING SECTION 27-241.
18:30:45 AND BECAUSE IT'S A EUCLIDEAN REZONING REQUEST, THERE IS NO
18:30:49 SITE PLAN, AND APPROVAL TWO OF COMPLY WITH CI ZONING
18:30:54 DISTRICT.
18:30:55 AND I PROVIDED BE IN THE STAFF REPORT A LIST OF ALL THE
18:30:58 POTENTIAL USES IN THE CI ZONING DISTRICT.
18:31:04 IT WAS FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT
18:31:06 CODE.
18:31:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL?
18:31:08 ALL RIGHT.
18:31:09 APPLICANT?
18:31:55 SPENCER KASS, 1001 NORTH HOWARD AVENUE.
18:31:58 I HAVE BEEN SWORN.
18:32:00 IT WOULD BE EASIER TO HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU.
18:32:09 IN THE BACK OF THE TABS YOU WILL FIND THE SUPPORTING
18:32:11 MATERIAL AND THE CROSS REFERENCE.
18:32:17 ONCE AGAIN, THE ZONING APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
18:32:23 TO THE CITY STAFF AND CLERK'S OFFICE.
18:32:26 ALL NOTICES HAVE BEEN MET.
18:32:29 EXHIBIT 1.
18:32:31 NEXT, NO WAIVERS, NOT A SINGLE WAIVER.
18:32:37 WE HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH THE ENTIRE CODE.
18:32:42 ALL NINE DEPARTMENTS THAT REVIEWED ARE DETERMINED TO BE
18:32:46 CONSISTENT.
18:32:47 THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS ALSO FOUND IT TO BE
18:32:49 CONSISTENT.
18:32:50 WE DID NOT REQUEST ANY CHANGES TO THE FUTURE LAND USE
18:32:54 CATEGORY.
18:32:59 COMPLIANCE, AS YOU HEARD FROM STAFF, I MEET ALL THE
18:33:03 REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE
18:33:06 CATEGORY IS COMMERCIAL 35, SECTION 27-21 CLEARLY STATES THAT
18:33:14 THAT IS AN ACCEPTABLE USE.
18:33:17 EXISTING COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS.
18:33:19 AS YOU SAW ON THE MAP FROM STAFF, 70% OF THE BLOCK IN
18:33:23 QUESTION IS ALREADY COMMERCIALLY ZONED, CI COMMERCIALLY
18:33:25 ZONED.
18:33:26 ACROSS THE STREET WE HAVE BOTH PD AND COMMERCIAL.
18:33:34 NEXT IS THE MAP.
18:33:39 AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, THAT'S ALL COMMERCIALLY ZONED
18:33:44 IN THE AREA.
18:33:48 FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
18:33:50 SAME THING.
18:33:54 THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
18:34:00 PUBLIC POLICY.
18:34:02 WHEN TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY IS SAFETY AND WELFARE,
18:34:09 ELIMINATING TRAFFIC ISSUES, PREVENTS FLOODING THE STREETS
18:34:12 WITH CARS, WE ARE PREVENTING BLOCKING OF MAILBOXES AND TRASH
18:34:15 CANS, PREVENTING SLOW DOWN RESPONSE TIME BY CITY POLICE FIRE
18:34:22 AND AMBULANCE, ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BY NOT PARKING
18:34:25 ALL THESE CARS ON THE STREET, REDUCING POTENTIAL FOR
18:34:28 ACCIDENTS, ENHANCING THE ENVIRONMENT, REDUCING THE DISTANCE
18:34:31 FOR TRIPS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN.
18:34:37 AND YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE INDEPENDENT STUDIES MUCH WHICH
18:34:39 ARE 5 IN THE BOOK THAT CONFIRM THE NEGATIVES OF ON-STREET
18:34:45 PARKING.
18:34:46 CLEARLY AS THESE EXHIBITS DEMONSTRATE THERE IS A NEGATIVE
18:34:50 IMPACT OF PARKING CARS ON THE STREET, CONTAINING DANGER TO
18:34:53 PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES, MORE CONGESTION, SLOWER RESPONSE
18:34:56 TIMES.
18:34:59 IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT OF COMMERCIAL ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
18:35:02 VALUES YOU WILL SEE THERE'S AN INDEPENDENT REPORT IN THE
18:35:04 BACK OF THE BOOK THAT CLEARLY STATES THAT THERE IS IN A
18:35:06 NEGATIVE IMPACT FROM COMMERCIAL INCREASE, AS IN MANY OF YOUR
18:35:15 PRESENTATIONS.
18:35:16 ONCE AGAIN, KEEPING VEHICLES OFF THE STREET, COMMERCIAL
18:35:22 AREAS.
18:35:23 EXISTING CONDITIONS.
18:35:24 LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
18:35:25 BE 25 CARS THAT REQUIRE PARKING.
18:35:32 THESE ARE NOT CUSTOMER CARS.
18:35:34 THESE ARE EMPLOYEE CARS.
18:35:35 AND AS I SAID, WE ARE KEEPING THEM OFF OF RESIDENTIAL
18:35:38 STREETS.
18:35:39 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE POSITIVE
18:35:44 PARKING SIGNS ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE ANYMORE SO YOU CAN'T BE
18:35:47 LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
18:35:49 AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, THEY DID NOT QUANTITY A PARKING
18:35:58 PERMIT SITUATION LIKE ON SOUTH HOWARD.
18:36:01 SO AT THE END OF THE DAY WE TALK ABOUT WHERE THE CARS ARE
18:36:05 GOING TO PARK.
18:36:09 HERE SORE EXAMPLES.
18:36:11 I THINK WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THESE.
18:36:14 SOUTH HOWARD, WE HAVE THE SOHO DISTRICT WHERE COUNCIL
18:36:21 DECIDED THAT THE PARKING IS, THAT AREA IS FLOODED.
18:36:36 THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHERE COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
18:36:39 OFF-STREET PARKING.
18:36:41 I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT --
18:36:53 OFF-STREET PARKING.
18:36:57 I HAVE TOE PAY INSURANCE.
18:36:59 TO PAY TO MAINTAIN THE LOT.
18:37:01 IT'S NOT CHEAP.
18:37:02 MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY EMPLOYEES, LET THEM PARK ON THE
18:37:06 STREET, LET THEM WALK, WHO CARES ABOUT THAT?
18:37:13 I CARE ABOUT BARKING.
18:37:41 THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMPLAINTS FROM ANYBODY IN THE 250-FOOT
18:37:45 NOTICE.
18:37:45 NONE.
18:37:47 THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS RIGHT NOW FROM PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
18:37:51 THE COMPLAINTS ARE DRIVEN BY PEOPLE COMPLETELY OUTSIDE THE
18:37:54 AREA.
18:37:54 SO LET'S TALK ABOUT EXISTING EGRESS ISSUES.
18:37:59 THERE ARE ONLY FOUR WAIVERS.
18:38:01 THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND.
18:38:04 THAT KATHLEEN, ALBANY, FREMONT AND ROME.
18:38:08 I TAKE MY CARS AND PARK ON ALBANY, ONE IN AND OUT OF THIS
18:38:17 NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:38:20 THE OTHER ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED OFF.
18:38:32 2110 WEST KATHLEEN WAS PURCHASED THREE YEARS AGO.
18:38:36 ONE GENTLEMAN COMPLAINED THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THIS ZONING
18:38:39 AREA.
18:38:39 THAT'S WHAT TRIGGERED ALL OF THAT.
18:38:41 I DIDN'T WAKE UP AND -- IT WAS COMPLAINT DRIVEN.
18:38:47 THAT COMPLAINT WENT TO CITY STAFF, SAID IF YOU WANT PARKING
18:38:52 THERE, IT CAN'T BE A VACANT -- HOW ABOUT WE REANALYZE?
18:39:00 STAFF SAID COMBINE THE LOT.
18:39:02 COMBINE THE LOT.
18:39:04 CITY STAFF DID ITS ANALYSIS, SAID KNOW, WE WOULD PREFER
18:39:08 REZONING, SPENT ENDLESS HOURS WITH CITY STAFF.
18:39:12 AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY DECIDED THAT WAS THE BEST COURSE
18:39:15 OF ACTION.
18:39:19 EXACTLY WHAT CITY STAFF ASKED ME TO DO.
18:39:23 NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH.
18:39:24 WE HAVE ADDRESSED CONCERNS AHEAD OF TIME.
18:39:29 WE POSTED OUR SIGNS AS REQUIRED BY LAW, DID OUR MAILINGS, AS
18:39:34 REQUIRED BY LAW, THERE WERE NINE LOCAL RESIDENCE, ANY
18:39:42 CONCERNS THERE.
18:39:43 AS I SAID AT THE END OF THAT MEETING, I SPOKE TO HER WE HAVE
18:39:53 TRIED TO REACH OUT TO HAVE THIS OTHER GROUP THAT CALLED
18:39:56 ITSELF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, NOT A RECOGNIZED EAST
18:40:00 TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
18:40:03 THE ONLY WAY FOR ME TO REACH OUT TO THEM WAS TO SEND A
18:40:05 MESSAGE THROUGH FACEBOOK TO ASK PERMISSION TO JOIN THE
18:40:09 GROUP.
18:40:09 EVEN THOUGH I AM A RESIDENTIAL LOT OWNER THERE, WAS NO
18:40:12 RESPONSE FROM THEM.
18:40:13 I SPOKE TO THEM.
18:40:15 THEY DECIDED THEY DON'T WANT TO RESPOND.
18:40:19 THAT'S THEIR RIGHT.
18:40:20 BUT THAT'S THE BEST I COULD GET.
18:40:28 AFFIDAVITS IN SUPPORT.
18:40:31 81 SIGNED.
18:40:32 THE FIRST ONE IS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:40:39 THE SECOND ARE FROM THE PAGES OF THE TAX ASSESSOR.
18:40:43 AS I SAID, I NEVER HAD ANY FROM THE LOTS UP AND DOWN THE
18:40:54 STREET.
18:40:55 LET ME FELL YOU ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:40:56 100% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PAID A LIVING WAGE.
18:41:00 NOT A MINIMUM WAGE.
18:41:01 A LIVING WAGE.
18:41:02 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS
18:41:04 CITY.
18:41:04 FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED.
18:41:06 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED.
18:41:07 WE PROVIDE A LOT OF INCOME IN THE AREA.
18:41:10 WE HAVE DONE TRAINING FOR FIREFIGHTERS.
18:41:12 WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FIGHT
18:41:14 CRIME.
18:41:15 THEY COME TO US WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM.
18:41:19 WE HAVE ALWAYS PROVIDED THEM ACCESS.
18:41:24 THOSE ARE ON ALBANY AND COLUMBUS.
18:41:26 WE SUPPORT NOT FOR PROFITS.
18:41:28 WE HAVE RECOGNITION FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
18:41:33 WE PROVIDED FREE PARKING IN THE LAST HURRICANE.
18:41:43 BY THE WAY ...
18:42:00 I THINK ONE OF THE -- WATERWISE AWARDS, MY REPUTATION FOR
18:42:09 DOING SOMETHING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IS WELL KNOWN.
18:42:12 THERE ARE TWO PROCEDURAL OBJECTIONS WE HAVE TO PLACE ON THE
18:42:15 RECORD. [MICROPHONE MUFFLED]
18:42:16 WE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE HEIGHTS GROUP.
18:42:28 SECOND, WE OBJECT TO ANY LETTERS, E-MAILS, PETITIONS, THEY
18:42:35 ARE NOT UNDER OATH.
18:42:41 FINALLY, JUST AS A PROCEDURAL MATTER, MY RIGHT TO
18:42:47 CROSS-EXAMINE ANY AND ALL WITNESSES WHO MIGHT COME UP.
18:42:51 AND WE REQUEST THE ABILITY TO OBJECT TO TESTIMONY AND
18:42:57 EVIDENCE BEING PROVIDED FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.
18:43:07 I DIDN'T DECIDE, HOW, LET ME SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
18:43:10 THE CITY OF TAMPA DECIDED THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED DONE.
18:43:14 THEY WANTED A REZONING.
18:43:16 ONE PERSON COMPLAINED.
18:43:20 I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THAT.
18:43:22 ALL I CAN DO IS TRY TO DO THE BEST THAT I CAN FOR THE PEOPLE
18:43:26 WHO WORK FOR ME AND THAT'S WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO HERE
18:43:28 TONIGHT.
18:43:30 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
18:43:33 UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
18:43:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON
18:43:38 ITEM NUMBER 3?
18:43:40 PLEASE COME FORWARD.
18:43:41 >> MY NAME IS LEE ELKIN.
18:44:08 I LIVE AT 3202 NORTH ROME AVENUE.
18:44:12 I START OUT BY SAYING, EVERYBODY VOTE.
18:44:15 VERY IMPORTANT.
18:44:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: SIR, LET ME REMIND YOU, YOU ARE SPEAKING
18:44:19 TO THE COUNCIL.
18:44:20 >> OKAY, I'M SORRY.
18:44:22 EVERYBODY VOTE.
18:44:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: DON'T WASTE OUR TIME.
18:44:30 >> OKAY.
18:44:30 I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT BY SAYING, WE HAVE 46 SIGNATURES
18:44:35 THERE, ALL HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE'S
18:44:40 ALSO SUCTION LETTERS INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL, AND 46 MIGHT
18:44:49 NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT BUT WE ONLY HAVE, I BELIEVE, ABOUT 55 OR
18:44:53 06 HOMES IN THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:44:55 SO AS A PERCENTAGE THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY HIGH.
18:44:58 THERE'S QUITE A FEW REASONS WHY I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS AND
18:45:02 I'M OPPOSED TO IT.
18:45:02 I WILL JUST GO THROUGH THEM.
18:45:05 AND FIRST OF ALL, THAT LOCATION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT
18:45:08 JUST A LOCATION AS IT WAS MENTIONED.
18:45:10 IT IS A MAJOR ARTERY.
18:45:13 IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAFEST ROUTE IN AND OUT OF OUR
18:45:17 NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE ROME AND FREEDOM ARE TOO DANGEROUS.
18:45:22 THAT PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NOT BEEN PROTECTED IN THE
18:45:24 PAST.
18:45:24 YES, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT LOOK A LITTLE DILAPIDATED IN
18:45:28 THAT AREA, BUT WHY THROW IN THE TOWEL ON THAT PART OF THE
18:45:31 NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY LOOKING BAD?
18:45:34 WHY IS IT TOO LATE FOR US TO TRY AND SAVE IT, INSTEAD OF
18:45:38 GOING ONE STEP FURTHER DOWN THAT ROAD?
18:45:44 I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ON THE CORNER OF ALBANY
18:45:49 AND KATHLEEN, RIGHT WHERE THIS IS, THAT IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL
18:45:54 BUS STOP.
18:45:55 I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK IT'S A WISE IDEA TO BRING MORE
18:45:59 VEHICLES AND TRAILERS RIGHT AROUND A PUBLIC SCHOOL BUS STOP
18:46:02 ON THAT CORNER.
18:46:04 ALSO, THE ENTRANCE IN THAT AREA ESPECIALLY WHERE IF
18:46:08 SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE IS FACING ALBANY ON THIS PIECE OF
18:46:11 PROPERTY, THAT'S A LINEAR PARK.
18:46:14 THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL ENTRANCE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:46:19 IT'S KIND OF A THING OF THE PAST NOW.
18:46:21 IT'S JUST BAREN GRASS, DOESN'T LOOK REAL GOOD.
18:46:26 BUT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET
18:46:28 THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO PUT TREES IN THERE.
18:46:31 AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WE FEEL THAT IF WE BEAUTIFY THE ENTRANCE
18:46:34 RATHER THAN LET IT GET WORSE, WE'LL TRY AND INVIGORATE
18:46:41 RENOVATIONS AND POSSIBLY EVEN NEW HOMES IN THAT AREA WHERE
18:46:44 RIGHT NOW THEY ARE JUST LOOKING DIRECTLY TO COLUMBUS
18:46:47 BOULEVARD.
18:46:47 [BELL SOUNDS]
18:46:49 LASTLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE SAY THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT
18:46:53 THE MAIN THING IS WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS IS FOR EMPLOYEES OH
18:46:59 TO PARK AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS [RUSTLING PAPERS] THAT IS
18:47:05 WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING
18:47:10 WITH.
18:47:11 RIGHT THERE.
18:47:13 I GAVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, AND I ASKED WHAT THIS
18:47:16 IS FOR AND THEY TOLD ME --
18:47:18 [BELL SOUNDS]
18:47:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU, SIR.
18:47:19 YOUR TIME IS UP.
18:47:20 NEXT SPEAKER.
18:47:21 >> THANK YOU.
18:47:21 >> I'M MIKE SCHWARTZER, RIGHT WEST OF WHERE THIS IS.
18:47:37 WHEN I MOVED IN THERE, MY WIFE AND I IN 2016, THIS WAS GOING
18:47:43 TO BE OUR FOREVER HOME.
18:47:45 AND I BOUGHT IT AT THE TOP OF THE MARKET.
18:47:49 IT WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
18:47:50 BUT AS YOU KNOW, REALTY IS ABOUT HAPPINESS. THIS LOT, WHEN
18:47:55 WE FIRST WENT IN, YOUTH, JUVENILES.
18:48:02 IT WAS VACANT FOR A WHILE AND THEN PURCHASED.
18:48:05 IT WAS BULLDOZED AND THE SALE PRICE WENT WAY DOWN AND THE
18:48:10 ASSESSED PRICE WENT DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
18:48:13 IT WAS UNIMPROVED.
18:48:18 WHAT THOSE PICTURES ARE SHOWING ARE TRUCKS BEING LOADED AND
18:48:22 TRAILERS BEING LOADED.
18:48:23 IT'S NOT JUST THE PASSING IN AND OUT FOR EMPLOYEES.
18:48:26 IT'S A WORKING LOT.
18:48:29 BIG DUMPSTER OVERFLOWING.
18:48:31 I MEAN, TODAY.
18:48:34 SO IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF VALUE.
18:48:41 IT'S COMMERCIAL JUNK.
18:48:43 INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:48:45 AND IT'S UNNECESSARY.
18:48:51 THERE ARE TWO VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IMMEDIATELY
18:48:54 ADJACENT, RIGHT ON COLUMBUS.
18:48:59 THERE'S NO NEED TO BRING MORE TRAFFIC PAST THE BUS STOP,
18:49:03 INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:49:06 HE SAYS HE'S ALL CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.
18:49:09 HE'S BRINGING THE TRAFFIC IN THERE.
18:49:11 HE'S SORT OF BLACKMAILING US.
18:49:13 THEY HAVE BEEN PARKING THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
18:49:14 IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK, THEY ARE PARKING BEHIND THOSE
18:49:18 PROPERTIES THAT THEY HAVEN'T BOUGHT.
18:49:19 BUT THE BUILDINGS ARE STILL THERE.
18:49:22 SO IT'S A BLIGHT AND IT'S A SPREADING BLIGHT.
18:49:27 AND AS SOMEONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I DON'T LIKE IT.
18:49:32 PEOPLE SAY, ARE YOU SURE YOU LIVE BACK HERE?
18:49:38 BEHIND THEM IS A MESS.
18:49:39 THANK YOU.
18:49:40 PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS.
18:49:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT.
18:49:43 >> MR. MOORE HAS A SPEAKER WAIVER FORM.
18:49:59 PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE HERE.
18:50:00 LIZA SCHWARTZ.
18:50:03 AND PETER ROMATO.
18:50:08 TWO EXTRA MINUTES, PLEASE.
18:50:09 >> MY NAME IS ANDREW MOORE, 1901 WEST EILEEN STREET WALKING
18:50:17 DISTANCE FROM THE PROPOSED ITEM.
18:50:20 I FOUND THIS AGENDA ITEM MISLEADING BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THE
18:50:24 PETITIONER HAVING AN ADDRESS OF KATHLEEN BUT THERE'S ALSO AN
18:50:27 ADDRESS OF ALBANY AND YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW THAT MR. KASS
18:50:31 KNOCKED DOWN THAT HOUSE.
18:50:32 THIS SHOWS THE ADDRESS HERE ON KATHLEEN AS WELL AS ON
18:50:36 ALBANY.
18:50:38 SO IT WAS MISLABELED AND MISLED HOMEOWNERS IN THE AREA.
18:50:42 ALSO HOMEOWNERS OF UNDER 50 HOUSES THAT HAD A PETITION WITH
18:50:47 40-SOMETHING SIGNATURES IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
18:50:52 THIS IS WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKED LIKE IN 2017 BECAUSE MR.
18:50:55 KASS BULLDOZED THE HOUSE.
18:50:58 NOTICE IT HAS LARGE OAK TREES, GRAND OAK TREES.
18:51:00 IT'S GREEN AND PRETTY.
18:51:03 THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.
18:51:06 THIS IS FROM GOOGLE.
18:51:08 TREES, PRETTY. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.
18:51:10 IT'S A WASTE LAND.
18:51:12 LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE WHERE THEY SHOW WHAT
18:51:15 HAPPENED BEFORE THE WAR AND HOW IT LOOKS AFTER THE WAR.
18:51:18 THIS IS WHAT MR. KASS BRINGS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:51:21 YOU MIGHT NOTICE THESE ARE RS-50 LOTS.
18:51:24 IF HE COMPLIES WITH EVEN THE SETBACK THERE'S NO WAY TO BE
18:51:27 SQUEEZE 25 CARS ON THERE.
18:51:31 AGAIN, THIS IS AN OVERHEAD OF THE LOT BEFORE HE TORE DOWN
18:51:34 THE HOUSE.
18:51:34 IT'S GREEN AND PRETTY.
18:51:35 THIS IS THE AREA IN QUESTION RIGHT HERE.
18:51:38 THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.
18:51:40 EVEN IN THIS GOOGLE EARTH SHOT RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE GOT AN
18:51:43 OPEN DUMPSTER RIGHT HERE, AND LARGE TRAILERS AND TRUCKS.
18:51:49 THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:51:50 THIS IS LOT IS RESIDENTIAL.
18:51:52 THIS HOUSE -- THERE'S HOUSES ON BOTH SIDES.
18:51:55 THERE'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OVER HERE.
18:51:59 THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT WILL PROBABLY END UP GETTING
18:52:03 BULLDOZED IF MR. KASS GETS HIS WAY AGAIN.
18:52:06 WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE DESOLATE AREA.
18:52:09 PLEASE DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO THIS HOUSE AS WELL.
18:52:12 MR. KASS THINKS HE'S A HERO BECAUSE HE BUYS THESE HOUSES IN
18:52:17 DISREPAIR AND THEN ONCE THEY ARE BAD ENOUGH HE SAYS, LISTEN,
18:52:21 I'M A HERO, TEARING DOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SAVE THE
18:52:23 NEIGHBORHOOD FROM BLIGHT.
18:52:28 I WENT TO TALK TO MR. KASS IN 2015 AND WARNED HIM ABOUT
18:52:31 THIS, SAID PLEASE WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKE THIS
18:52:34 NICER.
18:52:35 HE DIDN'T HEAR MY CALLS THEN.
18:52:36 ALSO THIS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY JULY 11th.
18:52:41 MR. KASS THREATENED TO HOLD THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOSTAGE IF WE
18:52:45 DIDN'T GIVE HIM THIS, OH, WE'LL PARK ON THE STREET AND FILL
18:52:47 THEM FULL OF CARS.
18:52:51 WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT TOUGH ON YOU.
18:52:54 SO IT'S JUST VERY UNFAIR WHAT HE'S DOING, HOLD THE WHOLE
18:52:58 NEIGHBORHOOD HOSTAGE.
18:53:00 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HE'S DOING.
18:53:01 HE'S ALREADY STARTING WORK IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE HERE,
18:53:04 AS 63:53 A.M. ALREADY HAS SIX TRUCKS.
18:53:07 THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:53:11 ZONED RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NOW.
18:53:12 BY 8:00 HE HAS TWO MORE TRUCKS AND THIS BE IS ON 7-11 THE
18:53:17 DAY HE CALLED THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN
18:53:23 THINGS UP,
18:53:31 A TOTAL OF SEVEN CARS OUT THERE.
18:53:34 FOUR TRUCKS.
18:53:35 AND I DON'T SIT HERE AND WATCH. THIS I JUST DRIVE BY ON MY
18:53:38 WAY TO WORK AND SNAP A PICTURE.
18:53:40 AGAIN HE DOES IT ON THE 12.
18:53:41 HE'S GOT SIX TRUCKS ALREADY THERE.
18:53:43 IT'S ONLY 7:18 IN THE MORNING.
18:53:45 WOULD YOU WANT THIS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE 8 A.M. AT
18:53:48 LEAST?
18:53:48 I SURE WOULDN'T.
18:53:51 AGAIN 7:13.
18:53:53 LOADING TRUCKS AGAIN.
18:53:54 IT'S 7:00 IN THE MORNING.
18:53:56 WE DON'T WANT THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:53:58 AGAIN ON 7-13, 7:58, RIGHT AT 8:00, HE'S GOT MORE TRUCKS
18:54:03 THAN A FLEET VEHICLE.
18:54:06 AGAIN ON 7-16 THERE IS NOTHING ON THE WEEKENDS SO WE JUMP TO
18:54:10 THE 16th.
18:54:11 HE'S GOT TWO MORE TRUCKS AT 6:45 A.M. LOADING UP WITH
18:54:14 WORKERS.
18:54:19 AGAIN WE COME BACK, 8:00.
18:54:20 HE'S GOT SEVEN MORE TRUCKS.
18:54:23 OH, WAIT, THERE'S AN 8th TRUCK.
18:54:25 IT BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, BLOCKING TRAFFIC.
18:54:28 IMAGINE THAT.
18:54:30 WANTS TO IMPROVE EVERYTHING, BUT TRUCKS BROKE DOWN IN THE
18:54:33 MIDDLE OF THE ROADBLOCKING EVERYTHING.
18:54:37 AND TODAY, 7:30, NOT TODAY BUT YESTERDAY, HE'S GOT TWO MORE
18:54:42 FLEET VEHICLES.
18:54:44 AGAIN ON THE 18th, OH MY GOODNESS, FIVE MORE TRUCKS IN
18:54:47 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH BIG LARGE TRAILERS.
18:54:50 [BELL SOUNDS]
18:54:53 AND TODAY OF ALL DAYS, GOING TO COME HERE, HE'S GOT SEVEN
18:54:57 MORE TRUCKS, AND TWO FLEET VEHICLES, IN A RESIDENTIAL
18:55:01 NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:55:03 THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME MR. KASS HAD PROBLEMS LIKE THIS.
18:55:06 HE'S TAKEN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HOSTAGE.
18:55:11 HE'S A LANDLORD WITH A PROPERTY PROBLEM.
18:55:13 IN THE PAST, HE'S HAD PROBLEMS WITH LARGE TRUCKS, AND DEBRIS
18:55:21 FOR NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
18:55:23 [BELL SOUNDS]
18:55:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU, SIR.
18:55:26 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. DIMAIO HAS THREE NAMES.
18:55:44 DIMAIO.
18:55:45 ARE YOU HERE?
18:55:45 THERE YOU ARE.
18:55:47 SHEILA SWITZER.
18:55:49 THANK YOU.
18:55:49 SARA HOWARD.
18:55:50 THREE ADDITIONAL MINUTES, PLEASE.
18:55:52 >> THANK YOU.
18:55:58 GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
18:55:59 MY NAME IS VICTOR DIMAIO, 3112 NORTH ROME AVENUE IN THE
18:56:05 BOWMAN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD SUBDIVISION.
18:56:08 NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACK, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY -- YOU ARE
18:56:18 COMING DOWN COLUMBUS DRIVE.
18:56:19 HERE IS HOWARD AND COLUMBUS.
18:56:22 THIS IS BOWMAN.
18:56:26 DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, WORKING WITH
18:56:31 TONIGHT, OKAY?
18:56:35 THIS IS HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS.
18:56:37 THIS SARASOTA CIGAR STORE.
18:56:38 ALL THESE BUSINESSES WE HAVE IN A PROBLEM WITH.
18:56:41 THEY ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
18:56:42 THEY CLEAN THE PLACE UP.
18:56:45 YOU KNOW, THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE.
18:56:48 MR. KASS AS YOU CAN TELL BY HIS TESTIMONY EARLIER TONIGHT,
18:56:51 HE'S A BULLY.
18:56:54 HE'S A HORRENDOUS BUSINESS OWNER.
18:56:59 I THOUGHT THIS WAS DONALD TRUMP TALKING.
18:57:01 BUT OBVIOUSLY HE'S FORCED US INTO THIS POSITION.
18:57:09 AND EVEN AS YOU SEE THESE STREETS ARE CROSSED OFF BECAUSE
18:57:15 THIS IS A CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF WEST TAMPA.
18:57:19 SO THESE STREETS DO NOT CUT THROUGH.
18:57:22 AND THE REASON WE USE KATHLEEN, ALL OF US USE KATHLEEN IS
18:57:26 BECAUSE ALBANY AND FREMONT ARE VERY DANGEROUS TO CROSS.
18:57:31 THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DEATHS BEFORE
18:57:33 BECAUSE OF PEOPLE TRYING TO TRY TO CUT INTO THE
18:57:37 NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:57:37 SO WE CUT THROUGH KATHLEEN, AND TO EITHER GO UP AND DOWN
18:57:43 HOWARD OR THERE.
18:57:47 SO THIS FOR ALL OF US TO CUT THROUGH.
18:57:53 AND THIS IS THE OVERHEAD SHOWING THE TREES.
18:58:04 THIS IS AGAIN WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OVER HERE.
18:58:06 THESE ARE THE CUT THROUGH BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
18:58:12 SO THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE ZONING.
18:58:15 AND THIS BEFORE WE GOT INVOLVED, THE CG, THE CIGAR SHOP,
18:58:26 HOLLYWOOD KNIGHT IS IN USE IN THE EVENING FROM 9 P.M. TO 3
18:58:30 A.M.
18:58:31 AND A CLIENT OF MAIN TOLD ME HE ACTUALLY HAS 45 AVAILABLE TO
18:58:37 USE.
18:58:39 NOT 25 BUT 40.
18:58:41 IT'S ALREADY ZONED.
18:58:43 ALREADY PAVED.
18:58:45 WELCOMES MR. KASS TO DO IF HE WANTS TO CUT A DEAL SO HE HAS
18:58:49 OPTIONS THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO USE THAT PARTICULAR HOUSE.
18:58:53 WHEN I WAS A KID -- HE PASSED AWAY, AND HE BOUGHT THAT ON A
18:58:59 FIRE SALE.
18:59:00 SO HE MOOED DOWN THE HOUSE, HE CUT DOWN GRAND OAK TREES.
18:59:05 I DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT AWAY WITH THAT.
18:59:08 AND IT'S NOT A PARKING LOT.
18:59:11 IT'S A LOADING DOCK.
18:59:12 SO HIS TRUCKS COME BARRELING DOWN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE
18:59:16 CRACK OF DAWN TO GO AHEAD AND LOAD UP THEIR LOADS AND TAKE
18:59:22 OFF AGAIN.
18:59:22 SO WE HAVE A DANGEROUS SITUATION HERE FOR KIDS THAT LIVE IN
18:59:28 THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE TO BE PICKED UP EVERY DAY.
18:59:31 ALL THESE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ARE PICKED UP RIGHT
18:59:33 THERE, OKAY, WHERE HE WANTS TO REZONE HIS PROPERTY, AND THIS
18:59:40 PROPERTY AT ALBANY, THIS HOUSE, I WAS SHOCKED.
18:59:43 I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS GUY GETS AWAY WITH MURDER, REALLY.
18:59:47 AND IF YOU READ SOME OF THIS, THIS IS A PROBLEM HERE.
18:59:50 YOU SEE THIS PLACE BEHIND HOLLYWOOD KNIGHTS.
19:00:00 ONCE YOU GRANT HIM THIS, THIS PLACE HAS BECOME A DUMP.
19:00:03 IT'S LITERALLY AN INDUSTRIAL DUMP.
19:00:05 BECAUSE I CAN SHOW YOU PICTURES OF WHAT HAPPENS, AND
19:00:16 WHENEVER WE DRIVE BY, WE HAVE TO SEE THIS.
19:00:23 YOU CAN SEE BEHIND THIS ROTTING FENCE, A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL
19:00:28 STUFF HERE, AND IT'S A PLUMBING PLACE.
19:00:36 YEARS AGO, HE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS LITTLE LOT HERE A PARKING
19:00:43 LOT.
19:00:50 HE THREW A TRAILER IN THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
19:00:52 NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOW IT'S WITH A TRAILER.
19:01:01 AND IT'S NOT VERY PRETTY.
19:01:04 THIS IS MR. KASS' HOUSE ON ALBANY.
19:01:08 AS YOU CAN SEE THE FENCE IS FALLING APART.
19:01:10 THE PORCH IS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE.
19:01:11 BUT ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO GO BEHIND
19:01:14 THERE.
19:01:15 THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE, ZONED RESIDENTIAL.
19:01:19 HE'S GOT A DUMPSTER BACK THERE BEHIND THIS RESIDENTIAL HOUSE
19:01:22 WHERE YOU CAN SEE, THAT IS A DUMP AS WELL, WINDOWS AND
19:01:28 GLASS, AGAIN WITHOUT ANY PERMISSION, REZONING APPLICATION AT
19:01:33 ALL.
19:01:33 AND THIS IS WHY WE OBJECT TO IT.
19:01:35 AS HE SHOWED YOU BEFORE THEY HAVE OAK TREES HERE, AND NOW
19:01:43 IT'S BECOME A LOADING ZONE.
19:01:45 AND THIS IS WHY WE OBJECT.
19:01:53 DENY THIS ZONING.
19:01:54 ONCE YOU GIVE HIM THE COMMERCIAL ZONING, IT'S NEVER GOING TO
19:01:58 GO BACK AND WE ARE GOING TO BE STUFF WESTBOUND THIS MESS FOR
19:02:00 GENERATIONS TO COME.
19:02:01 SO PLEASE, WE ARE BEGGING YOU, DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO BECOME
19:02:04 COMMERCIAL AND KEEP IT RESIDENTIAL.
19:02:07 WE CAN SELL TO THE DOMAIN HOMES AND THEY CAN BUILD NICE
19:02:11 RESIDENTIAL HOMES THERE.
19:02:11 [BELL SOUNDS]
19:02:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU, SIR.
19:02:14 NEXT SPEAKER.
19:02:14 >> SUSAN LONG, 921 EAST BROAD STREET.
19:02:41 I HAVE BEEN SWORN.
19:02:42 THIS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS AGO BY
19:02:46 MR. KASS AND HIS COMPANY.
19:02:50 HIS EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN PARKING ON THIS VIRTUALLY SINCE
19:02:52 TAMPA DAY HE ACQUIRED IT.
19:02:54 THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMPLAINTS.
19:02:57 EACH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY SIGNED A PETITION SAYING THEY HAVE
19:03:00 IN A PROBLEM WITH THE REZONING.
19:03:02 THE PROBLEM COMES IN, IF THEY CAN'T PARK THERE, THEY ARE
19:03:08 GOING TO HAVE TO PARK IN THE STREET.
19:03:10 AND THE NEIGHBORS WOULD PREFER TO KEEP THE BLIGHT ADJACENT
19:03:14 IMMEDIATELY CLOSE, WE WOULD PREFER THEY NOT PARK IN THE
19:03:18 STREET.
19:03:18 I UNDERSTAND THAT.
19:03:20 I DON'T WANT THEM PARKING ON MY STREET EITHER.
19:03:22 CAN'T ALWAYS AVOID IT SO BASED ON THAT, I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT
19:03:28 THIS PETITION.
19:03:29 THANK YOU.
19:03:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
19:03:30 ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 3?
19:03:44 ALL RIGHT.
19:03:45 MR. KASS, YOU HAVE REBUTTAL TIME.
19:03:47 >> AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, I WOULD LIKE
19:03:50 TO ASK A QUESTION OF ONE OF THE PREVIOUS PRESENTERS.
19:03:54 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHO TRESPASSED ON MY PROPERTY.
19:03:57 >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, WHAT
19:04:01 QUESTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK?
19:04:04 >> SURE.
19:04:05 MR. DIMAIO SHOWED A PICTURE THAT SAID ONE OF THE PEOPLE
19:04:09 WALKED ONTO MY PROPERTY AND TOOK A PICTURE.
19:04:11 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE PERSON WAS THAT TOOK THAT
19:04:14 PICTURE, PLEASE.
19:04:17 HE SHOWED A PICTURE OF SOMEBODY WHO TRESPASSED ON MY
19:04:20 PROPERTY.
19:04:20 I WANT THE NAME OF THE PERSON.
19:04:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
19:04:31 WE ARE NOT IN A COURT OF LAW HERE.
19:04:33 SO WHY SHOULD WE BE -- THAT'S BETWEEN THEM TWO.
19:04:43 IF HE WANTS TO DIVULGE THAT INFORMATION HE CAN DIVULGE THAT
19:04:46 INFORMATION.
19:04:46 I AM NOT GOING TO BE A REFEREE.
19:04:50 ON SOME PERSONAL ISSUE.
19:04:54 IF HE DON'T GET HIS ANSWER TONIGHT THEN HE KNOWS WHERE TO
19:04:57 GO.
19:04:57 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN --
19:05:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: HE'S NOT GOING TO HOLD UP IN A MEETING FOR
19:05:03 NO PERSONAL GRIPE THAT SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE.
19:05:06 AND HE WANTS TO BE ASK THAT QUESTION, HE REFUSES TO GIVE IT,
19:05:10 THEN HE CAN TAKE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
19:05:11 BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE THE JUDGE AND JURY HERE TONIGHT.
19:05:14 >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, MR. KASS
19:05:19 HAS A RIGHT TO ASK WHATEVER QUESTION --
19:05:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: WELL, HE ASKED THE QUESTION, AND MR.
19:05:24 DIMAIO REFUSED TO ANSWER, SO THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
19:05:27 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THAT'S THE RULING AS A RESULT OF --
19:05:32 >> HE'S REFUSING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
19:05:37 BUT
19:05:40 >>REBECCA KERT: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
19:05:46 THERE IS A RIGHT TO CROSS-EXAMINE BY THE PARTY IN THIS CASE.
19:05:52 THAT BEING SAID, UNDER THE RULES FROM THE CHAIRMAN THERE IS
19:05:57 NOT AN OBLIGATION FOR THE PERSON TO ANSWER.
19:05:59 HOWEVER, IT DOES REFLECT UPON THE WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE OF
19:06:01 THE TESTIMONY.
19:06:03 I AM NOT GOING TO DIRECT YOU TO STRIKE ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT
19:06:07 WAS GIVEN, BUT I THINK IT DOES GO TO THE WEIGHT THAT YOU
19:06:12 SHOULD GIVE THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS PRESENTED.
19:06:14 MR. KASS FOR THE RECORD EVER HAS TO ADDRESS TO WHAT I SAY TO
19:06:23 PRESERVE IT.
19:06:24 I AM ASSUMING HE WILL DO THAT FOR THE RECORD.
19:06:25 BUT AGAIN MR. KASS HAS TO MAKE AN OBJECTION HERE TONIGHT, OR
19:06:28 HE WAIVES THAT.
19:06:29 SO I UNDERSTAND --
19:06:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
19:06:35 HE ASKED FOR THAT PERSON'S NAME.
19:06:36 >> WE DO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE AND WE WANT OUR OBJECTION
19:06:40 PLACED ON THE RECORD.
19:06:44 LET ME ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THE CONCERNS.
19:06:46 FIRST, IN TERMS OF THE HOUSE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY -- ALL
19:06:51 PERMITS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA, ALL
19:06:56 INSPECTIONS BY THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE HOUSE.
19:06:59 SO THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THAT WAS DONE LEGALLY.
19:07:02 I WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT THAT PROPERTY HAS FALLEN INTO
19:07:05 DISREPAIR.
19:07:08 A BANK HAS BEEN CITED MULTIPLE TIMES BY THE CITY OF TAMPA
19:07:12 FOR VARIOUS CODE VIOLATIONS.
19:07:13 WE BOUGHT IT FROM THE BANK AND CLEARED EVERY SINGLE CODE
19:07:16 VIOLATION THAT EXISTED ON THAT PROPERTY.
19:07:18 THERE WERE RATS COMING OUT OF THAT PROPERTY THERE.
19:07:20 WERE MOSQUITOES; WHICH HAS TO BE PUMPED OUT, WAS CAUSING A
19:07:28 HEALTH HAZARD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
19:07:29 ALL THE TIME THE BANK OWNED IT THE CITY WASN'T ABLE TO DO
19:07:32 ANYTHING OTHER THAN CITE THAT PROPERTY OWNER.
19:07:34 WE BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY -- BROUGHT THAT PROPERTY INTO
19:07:38 COMPLETE COMPLIANCE.
19:07:39 THE SAME THING WITH BE THE HOUSE ON ALBANY.
19:07:41 THAT HOUSE HAD CODE VIOLATIONS BEFORE I BOUGHT THAT HOUSE.
19:07:45 BEFORE I PURCHASED IT, EVERY SINGLE VIOLATION WAS CLEARED
19:07:48 UP.
19:07:49 SOME PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- THEY SAID THE HOUSE WAS
19:07:56 INSPECTED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA YESTERDAY.
19:07:58 YESTERDAY.
19:08:00 THEY FOUND ABSOLUTELY NO CODE VIOLATIONS.
19:08:02 ABSOLUTELY NONE.
19:08:03 NONE OBSERVED.
19:08:08 SOMEBODY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUT IT UP, CITY OF TAMPA WENT
19:08:10 OUT AND INSPECTED.
19:08:12 ZERO.
19:08:12 ZERO.
19:08:13 SO THIRD PARTIES, WHICH BY THE WAY IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
19:08:22 THE MOST HATED USE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I KNOW THE GUY.
19:08:27 HE'S ALWAYS BEEN NICE TO ME BUT THAT IS THE MOST HATED USE
19:08:30 BY PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
19:08:33 THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY.
19:08:34 SO I SORT OF FIND IT FUNNY THAT WHEN HE CAME TO THE
19:08:37 NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, I SAID YOU WANT TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO
19:08:43 SOMEBODY THAT OWNS A PEACE OF PROPERTY THAT YOU DON'T LIKE,
19:08:46 YOU THINK THAT PERSON IS MORE INCLINED TO STAY OR LEAVE?
19:08:50 MORE INCLINED TO STAY.
19:08:51 I SAID DO YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA?
19:08:53 I SAID NO.
19:08:54 BUT I'M NOT BLACKMAILING ANYBODY.
19:08:56 I TALK ABOUT A REALISTIC SITUATION.
19:08:58 THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO US ON COLUMBUS IS NOT FOR SALE.
19:09:03 SO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH REALITY.
19:09:09 THE REALITY IS THAT ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT, THAT HAS A
19:09:13 RESIDENTIAL LOT, I WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSE AND GONE THROUGH
19:09:18 WITH THIS WITH CITY STAFF.
19:09:20 CARS PARKED OUT THERE ALL.
19:09:22 THESE 100% WITHIN CITY CODE.
19:09:25 IF MY FRIENDS WERE GOING TO VISIT ME, THEY COULD ALL PARK
19:09:28 OUT SHALL THERE.
19:09:29 TRUST ME.
19:09:30 I SAT THERE.
19:09:30 THIS WAS THE DISCUSSION I HAD WHEN TRYING TO DO A REZONING.
19:09:34 WE SAT THERE WITH STAFF, WENT THROUGH ALL THESE SCENARIOS.
19:09:38 THE SCENARIO THAT STAFF DOESN'T LIKE IS ABOUT PARKING THERE
19:09:42 AND THEN WALKING INTO THE COMMERCIAL ZONE.
19:09:44 I TRADE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, IT'S A DIFFERENCE WITHOUT
19:09:48 MEANING.
19:09:49 SO IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU SEE OF PARKING ON THE STREET THE
19:09:53 NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET TO THE EAST AND WEST HAVE BOTH
19:09:55 STATED THAT THEY ...
19:10:03 ABSOLUTELY NOT.
19:10:04 THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD.
19:10:05 SOME OF THOSE PICTURES, THE PERSON WITH THE BROKEN DOWN,
19:10:10 IT'S NOT SOMEBODY THAT COMES TO MY PROPERTY.
19:10:12 THE PICTURES YOU SAW OF THAT DUMP SITE, THAT'S NOT MY
19:10:16 PROPERTY EITHER.
19:10:17 THAT'S PROPERTY DOWN THE STREET NEXT TO THE STRIP MALL.
19:10:20 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE FACED WITH A SIMPLE SITUATION
19:10:25 WHICH IS I HAVE CARS AND THEY NEED TO PARK.
19:10:30 WHAT I HAVE SAID AND I THINK IT'S VERY FAIR IS IF MY CARS
19:10:35 HAVE TO PARK ON THE STREET WHERE IS THE SMARTER PLACE TO
19:10:38 PARK?
19:10:39 IN FRONT OF HOMES WHERE PEOPLE LIKE ME OR IN FRONT OF HOMES
19:10:41 THAT DON'T LIKE ME?
19:10:42 I AM NOT LOOKING TO PISS OFF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY IN MY OWN
19:10:47 NEIGHBORHOOD.
19:10:48 I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES START
19:10:50 FLOODING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD.
19:10:51 TRUST ME.
19:10:54 THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT OF THIS
19:10:56 NEIGHBORHOOD.
19:10:56 PEOPLE PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
19:10:58 THEY DON'T WANT, THEY DON'T WANT, THEY DON'T WANT.
19:11:01 THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL GET IF THIS IS APPROVED.
19:11:04 UNDER 27-238.13, WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, IF
19:11:11 APPROVED, YOU HAVE GOT LANDSCAPING, CURBS AND CURB STOPS.
19:11:15 THAT'S WHAT YOU GET.
19:11:16 [BELL SOUNDS]
19:11:18 I'M HAPPY TO DO IT.
19:11:20 AS STAFF HAS SAID, I HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE CODES.
19:11:25 ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR.
19:11:26 THE DUMPSTER USED TO BE ON MY PROPERTY ON COLUMBUS.
19:11:29 THE CITY OF TAMPA MOVED THAT DUMPSTER.
19:11:34 THE CITY OF TAMPA -- I HAVE NEVER BEEN CITED ON THE
19:11:39 PROPERTY, THAT DUMPSTER.
19:11:41 THE CITY OF TAMPA TOOK OUT THAT.
19:11:46 [BELL SOUNDS]
19:11:47 BACK TO COLUMBUS, THE CITY SAID HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES.
19:11:53 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
19:11:53 ONCE AGAIN I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
19:11:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
19:12:00 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEM NUMBER 3?
19:12:06 ALL RIGHT.
19:12:06 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
19:12:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
19:12:11 SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
19:12:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BEFORE WE CLOSE, LET ME GO BACK.
19:12:18 THE PROPERTY, MR. CHAIRMAN, ON COLUMBUS DRIVE, THAT WAS THE
19:12:20 PROPERTY, THE LATE 30s OR EARLY 40s.
19:12:27 RIGHT NEXT TO THE EAST OF THAT WAS A HOUSE THAT WAS MANNY
19:12:30 FERNANDEZ.
19:12:31 MANNY FERNANDEZ WAS A VERY NICE GUY ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL
19:12:34 TWO OR THREE TIMES.
19:12:35 AND LATER ON IN LIFE HE SOLD IT.
19:12:38 THE HOUSE EAST OF HIM WAS A HOUSE BE BY LOPEZ.
19:12:44 WHY DO I KNOW IT?
19:12:46 BECAUSE THEY USED TO DRAG ME OVER THERE WHEN I WAS SIX OR
19:12:53 SEVEN YEARS OLD.
19:12:54 AND I REMEMBER.
19:12:55 AND THERE WAS TWO GUYS THAT LIVED THERE.
19:12:57 ONE PASSED AWAY.
19:13:02 ONE WAS JOE.
19:13:03 AND BOTH TAUGHT ME HOW TO TRAIN RACEHORSES.
19:13:07 SO I AM GOING BACK TO WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
19:13:09 SO I UNDERSTAND THAN WHERE WE ARE AT.
19:13:12 IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION.
19:13:14 IN A ONE IS GOING TO LEAVE HERE 100% HAPPY FOR OR AGAINST.
19:13:18 THE WAY I LOOK AT IT.
19:13:20 BUT I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW ON COLUMBUS DRIVE, BECAUSE
19:13:31 HOW DO THEY DO THAT?
19:13:32 I DON'T KNOW.
19:13:35 BUT I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
19:13:39 WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER AND HAD THAT 58, I USED TO STAY THERE
19:13:44 AND DRIVE THAT 58.
19:13:46 IT WAS HIS.
19:13:47 BUT I GOT TO DRIVE IT AROUND.
19:13:51 IT WAS 1911, RIGHT BEHIND THE DIMAIO RESIDENCE AND EVERYBODY
19:13:57 GOT ALONG.
19:13:58 I REMEMBER THAT.
19:14:00 I KNOW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PRETTY GOOD.
19:14:03 I NEVER LIVED THERE.
19:14:04 I USED TO STAY AT MY AUNT AND UNCLE'S HOUSE AND THAT'S ALL I
19:14:10 HAVE TO SAY.
19:14:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
19:14:11 WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE.
19:14:13 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
19:14:16 OPPOSED?
19:14:17 WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
19:14:27 ANYONE WISHING TO READ ITEM NUMBER 3?
19:14:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WELL, WE CAN'T LET IT STAY STATUS QUO.
19:14:37 SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO READ IT.
19:14:43 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
19:14:44 I'LL READ IT AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GO.
19:14:46 AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE GOING ALREADY.
19:14:48 ITEM NUMBER 3.
19:14:49 REZ 18-40.
19:14:51 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION
19:14:55 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE VICINITY OF 3006 NORTH ALBANY
19:14:59 AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY
19:15:01 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
19:15:04 RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE
19:15:07 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
19:15:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
19:15:13 GOING ONCE?
19:15:14 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
19:15:20 LACK OF A SECOND, MOTION DIES.
19:15:22 SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY THIS?
19:15:33 AND WHAT GROUNDS?
19:15:35 ANYONE WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION?
19:15:41 WE HAVE TO MAKE SOMETHING.
19:15:46 >> ELECTION YEAR.
19:16:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
19:16:17 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, WHILE COUNCIL
19:16:21 CONTEMPLATES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, SO THAT WE ARE
19:16:23 CLEAR, THERE HAD BEEN SOME TESTIMONY RELATIVE TO PERHAPS
19:16:28 ANOTHER LOCATION WHERE MR. KASS, THE APPLICANT WAS A
19:16:33 LANDLORD.
19:16:34 I AM GOING TO ADVISE YOU AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, BUT I AM GOING
19:16:37 TO DO FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, THAT YOU ARE LOOKING
19:16:39 AT THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL, AND WHETHER IT IS APPROPRIATE
19:16:43 UNDER YOUR CODE TO GRANT A CHANGE OF EUCLIDEAN REZONING FOR
19:16:49 THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL, AND THAT YOU LOOK AT THE FACTS
19:16:51 RELATIVE TO WHAT PERTAINS TO, AS A PUBLIC POLICY MATTER,
19:16:57 YOUR REASONS FOR SAYING THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO ALLOW IT TO
19:17:04 BE CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE, OR FOR THE REASONS THAT
19:17:11 IF YOU DO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THAT IT IS AGAINST POLICY
19:17:19 FOR YOU TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THE PARTICULAR REASONS THAT YOU
19:17:21 FIND THAT IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THE
19:17:25 CURRENT ZONING.
19:17:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: I THINK WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT.
19:17:32 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HAVING IT DONE.
19:17:55 ANY GUIDANCE FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY?
19:17:59 HE.
19:18:03 >>REBECCA KERT: AGAIN, IN REZONING CASES, THE APPLICANT HAS
19:18:08 THE INITIAL BURDEN TO PROVE BY A SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT
19:18:10 EVIDENCE THAT THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IN YOUR CODE AND
19:18:12 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
19:18:14 IF YOU FEEL THEY HAVEN'T MET THE BURDEN, THEN IT'S
19:18:17 APPROPRIATE TO DENY IT.
19:18:18 BUT UNDER STATE LAW YOU DO HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE PARTICULAR
19:18:21 PROVISIONS THAT YOU FIND THAT THE DOES NOT MEET.
19:18:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
19:18:29 ALL RIGHT.
19:18:40 MIRANDA DOING A BALANCING ACT.
19:18:52 >>HARRY COHEN: I AM GOING TO ACTUALLY READ THE ORDINANCE
19:18:54 AGAIN.
19:18:55 AND PERHAPS SOMEONE WILL SECOND IT.
19:18:57 I DON'T KNOW.
19:18:58 BUT I CAN'T -- I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
19:19:08 READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
19:19:10 GENERAL VICINITY OF 3006 NORTH ALBANY AVENUE, CITY OF TAMPA,
19:19:15 FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
19:19:18 ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50 RESIDENTIAL
19:19:21 SINGLE-FAMILY TO CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE PROVIDING AN
19:19:24 EFFECTIVE DATE.
19:19:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND I AM GOING TO SECOND IT.
19:19:28 AND LET ME BE CLEAR WITH BOTH SIDES. IF WE DON'T DO THE
19:19:31 SECOND WE WILL BE HERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF LOOKING AT
19:19:34 EACH AND I DON'T MIND LOOKING AT YOU.
19:19:38 SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY, I WANT TO GET OFF THE AGENDA, AND THE
19:19:42 ONLY WAY I CAN GET OFF THE AGENDA IS SECOND MR. COHEN'S
19:19:45 MOTION AND TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
19:19:50 COUNCIL CAN VOTE IT DOWN AND SOMEBODY ELSE CAN MAKE THE
19:19:53 MOTION AS TO WHY.
19:19:54 I SECOND IT SO IT COMES TO BE A VOTE.
19:19:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. COHEN.
19:19:59 SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
19:20:00 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
19:20:02 OPPOSED?
19:20:03 >> I WOULD LIKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
19:20:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU CAN'T MAKE OUT THE
19:20:22 TWO WHO VOTED.
19:20:24 IT'S ON US HAVE WHO VOTED.
19:20:26 >>MIKE SUAREZ: NO.
19:20:28 >>HARRY COHEN: YES.
19:20:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
19:20:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
19:20:37 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
19:20:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO.
19:20:44 ALL RIGHT.
19:20:45 WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY?
19:20:48 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'LL TAKE AN ATTEMPT AT THIS.
19:20:52 I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST OF THIS EUCLIDEAN
19:20:55 REZONING FROM AS RS-50 RESIDENCE SINGLE-FAMILY TO CI
19:21:01 COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE.
19:21:02 ACCORDING TO SECTION 27-156-A, UNDER COMMERCIAL DISTRICT,
19:21:06 UNDER 27-156-A, SUB4, SUBC OF 4, CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE,
19:21:15 PROVIDES AREAS FOR INTENSE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY PERMITTING
19:21:19 HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE USES.
19:21:21 I FEEL THAT IS IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH WHAT IS THE CURRENT USE
19:21:27 THAT IS THE PROBLEM THERE.
19:21:29 AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING ATLAS, THE
19:21:33 COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE USES THAT ARE PART OF THIS ARE ALONG A
19:21:37 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, HOWARD AND COLUMBUS DRIVE.
19:21:41 IN RELATION TO THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL, IT WOULD BE INTO THE
19:21:45 RESIDENTIAL PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH ARE NOT AS
19:21:50 INTENSIVE IN USES ALONG BOTH COLUMBUS AND HOWARD AVENUE.
19:21:54 IN MY MIND, COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE SHOULD NOT BE WITHIN A
19:21:57 PARTICULAR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
19:21:59 IT SHOULD BE AS IT IS CURRENTLY ALONG THE COMMERCIAL
19:22:03 THOROUGHFARES.
19:22:04 SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I AM ASKING FOR DENIAL.
19:22:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
19:22:10 SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
19:22:11 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
19:22:14 OPPOSED?
19:22:15 MOTION CARRIED.
19:22:17 [ APPLAUSE ]
19:22:20 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ANNOUNCE THE VOTE.
19:22:27 >> CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
19:22:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND SECOND READING?
19:22:44 YOU HAVE SECOND READING?
19:22:48 SECOND READING DATE.
19:22:49 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THERE IS NO SECOND READING DATE.
19:22:51 >> MR. CLERK, IF I CAN JUST ASK, THIS WAS DENIED UNANIMOUSLY
19:22:57 WITH CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
19:22:59 IS THAT WHAT YOUR RECORDS REFLECT?
19:23:01 OKAY.
19:23:02 THANK YOU.
19:23:07 THEY DIDN'T ANNOUNCE THE FIRST ONE. DO YOU WISH TO DO THAT
19:23:09 FOR THE RECORD?
19:23:09 DO YOU WISH THE FIRST ONE, THE MOTION TO APPROVE?
19:23:13 >>THE CLERK: FIRST READING MOTION FAILED WITH SUAREZ,
19:23:19 MANISCALCO, VIERA, AND REDDICK VOTING NO.
19:23:23 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
19:23:26 >>THE CLERK: AND CAPIN BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
19:23:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 4.
19:23:30 >> REZ 18-53.
19:23:33 IT'S PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1420 WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD FROM
19:23:38 RS-50 TO COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
19:23:41 >>JENNIFER MALONE: PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
19:23:48 THIS IS IN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT.
19:23:56 ALONG THE EMPHASIS CORRIDOR.
19:24:00 ROUTE 14 AND 39 AND IN EVACUATION ZONE E.
19:24:04 I AM GOING TO SHOW AN AERIAL MAP.
19:24:14 THIS IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
19:24:15 WE HAVE WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD RIGHT HERE.
19:24:18 COMMERCIAL USES, SINGLE-FAMILY TO THE SOUTH.
19:24:24 THIS WAS REQUESTED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. IN THE AREA,
19:24:30 THE HIGH SCHOOL IS FURTHER TO THE EAST.
19:24:34 [RUSTLING PAPERS] THE FUTURE LAND USE AND COMMUNITY MIX 35,
19:24:42 TO THE SOUTH IS RESIDENTIAL 10, [RUSTLING PAPERS] AERIAL.
19:24:47 STAFF DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
19:24:54 THIS IS COMPATIBLE TO THE ZONING AREA.
19:24:59 COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR AS WELL
19:25:03 WITHIN COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35.
19:25:05 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: STAFF DID FIND THIS APPLICATION
19:25:17 CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
19:25:20 [RUSTLING PAPERS] IT'S TO REZONE FROM RS-50 TO COMMERCIAL
19:25:25 GENERAL.
19:25:27 THE PROPERTY ON BUSCH BOULEVARD.
19:25:31 HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
19:25:37 HERE IS THE REAR OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
19:25:42 LEGAL NONCONFORMING COMMERCIAL USE, RS ZONING DISTRICT.
19:25:47 HERE IS BEHIND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY THERE IS A RAILROAD
19:25:50 TRACK AND RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH.
19:25:53 TO THE EAST IS A COMMERCIAL USE, ANIMAL HOSPITAL TO THE EAST
19:25:59 ON BUSCH BOULEVARD, AND MEDICAL OFFICE TO THE WEST.
19:26:03 AND THEN A SERIES -- YES, BUSCH BOULEVARD, A SERIES OF
19:26:09 OFFICE USES.
19:26:17 AND AGAIN AS JENNIFER SAID, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS RS-50 ZONING
19:26:21 DISTRICT IT'S IN THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL -- I'M SORRY,
19:26:25 COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 LAND USE CATEGORY, WHICH ENCOURAGES
19:26:31 USES FROM RS-50 OR RESIDENTIAL OVER TO MEDIUM INTENSITY
19:26:34 COMMERCIAL USES AS SUPPORTED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
19:26:38 THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS .31 ACRES, SOUTHWEST OF BUSCH
19:26:43 BOULEVARD, AND NORTH ORLEANS AVENUE.
19:26:49 AGAIN, IT'S OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
19:26:51 PLANNING -- IF ANY DEVELOPMENT WERE TO OCCUR ON THIS
19:26:54 PROPERTY THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE COMMERCIAL
19:26:56 ZONING DISTRICT STANDARDS.
19:26:58 I PROVIDED A LIST OF ALL THE POTENTIAL USES IN THE
19:27:02 COMMERCIAL GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT FOR YOUR REVIEW.
19:27:05 [RUSTLING PAPERS] HERE IS THE ZONING MAP OF THE SUBJECT
19:27:07 PROPERTY.
19:27:09 TO THE SOUTH ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS RESIDENTIAL 50.
19:27:13 AND THEN THERE'S BASICALLY COMMERCIAL GENERAL ON THE
19:27:21 BOULEVARD.
19:27:26 THIS IS IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT WITH COMMUNITY
19:27:29 MIXED USE 35 WHICH PROMOTES A TRANSITION.
19:27:39 AGAIN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, STAFF FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE
19:27:42 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
19:27:44 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
19:27:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF?
19:27:49 ALL RIGHT.
19:27:49 APPLICANT?
19:27:50 >> ADEL GIRGIS, THE OWNER.
19:28:04 I AM ASKING YOU -- MOST OF THE AREA IS CG.
19:28:20 IT'S RS-50.
19:28:24 THAT'S IT.
19:28:24 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
19:28:28 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 4?
19:28:33 SEEING NONE.
19:28:34 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
19:28:35 >> SECOND.
19:28:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
19:28:37 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
19:28:39 ALL IN FAVOR?
19:28:40 OPPOSED?
19:28:42 MR. MANISCALCO.
19:28:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
19:28:49 FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
19:28:51 IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF BE 1420 WEST BUSCH BOULEVARD IN
19:28:55 THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
19:28:56 IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50
19:29:00 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL PROVIDING
19:29:03 AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
19:29:03 >> SECOND.
19:29:05 >> MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
19:29:08 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
19:29:09 ALL IN FAVOR?
19:29:11 OPPOSED?
19:29:11 MOTION CARRIED.
19:29:12 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED.
19:29:15 NEXT READING -- MOTION CARRIED WITH SUAREZ ABSENT AT VOTE
19:29:21 AND CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
19:29:22 READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE AUGUST 2nd AT 9:30 A.M.
19:29:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
19:29:28 ITEM NUMBER 6.
19:29:28 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THIS IS REZ 18-60, REZONING REQUEST FOR
19:29:35 THE PROPERTY AT 6311 SOUTH LOIS AVENUE.
19:29:38 A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RS 60 TO RM-16.
19:29:44 >>JENNIFER MALONE: EVACUATION ZONE C. THERE'S A HART
19:29:56 TRANSIT STOP LOCATED ABOUT 300 YARDS AT THE INTERSECTION AT
19:30:05 MANGO AVENUE.
19:30:06 THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HIGH SCHOOL OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
19:30:09 WE HAVE SOUTH LOIS AVENUE RIGHT HERE.
19:30:13 THE ACADEMY.
19:30:14 FURTHER SOUTH IS INTERBAY AVENUE.
19:30:17 TO THE SOUTH.
19:30:24 THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
19:30:26 THE FUTURE LAND USE [RUSTLING PAPERS] IS PUBLIC QUASI PUBLIC
19:30:31 IN BLUE.
19:30:32 AND SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL 10, AND
19:30:39 MULTIFAMILY REPRESENTED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL 20 AND
19:30:42 RESIDENTIAL 35.
19:30:44 STAFF DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
19:30:47 WE HAVE AN ENTIRE SECTION IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVOTED
19:30:50 TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES.
19:30:54 THE EXPANSION OF THIS CAUSES IN A CONFLICT WITH THE PLAN AND
19:30:59 WE DID FIND IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
19:31:02 THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
19:31:03 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: AGAIN THE REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY
19:31:12 AT ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL TO RM-16.
19:31:17 I DO HAVE EXTENSIVE PHOTOS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
19:31:20 BUT ROBINSON HEY SCHOOL.
19:31:26 THIS IS -- THE SCHOOL USES THIS AS OVERFLOW PARKING, WHICH
19:31:31 IS A PERMITTED USE TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS ALREADY AS YOU CAN
19:31:35 SEE RM-16.
19:31:37 THE RM-16 ZONING DISTRICT, A SCHOOL IS A PERMITTED USE.
19:31:40 AND RESIDENTIAL FAMILY ZONING DISTRICTS, THE SCHOOLS ARE
19:31:45 REQUIRED TO COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR SPECIAL USE THAN.
19:31:48 SO IF THE REZONING FOR THE MAIN CAMPUS ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL
19:31:53 WERE TO BE IMPROVED, THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
19:32:01 TO THE NORTH, IN THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT,
19:32:05 ON EITHER SIDE ALONG MANHATTAN AND LOIS AVENUE.
19:32:10 THIS IS THE EUCLIDEAN REZONING DISTRICT.
19:32:13 ANY DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH RM-16 ZONING
19:32:16 STANDARDS.
19:32:21 THERE'S A SITE PLAN AS I STATED.
19:32:25 AND IT IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
19:32:30 STAFF FOUND THIS CONSISTENT.
19:32:31 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
19:32:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: STAFF?
19:32:39 APPLICANT?
19:32:40 >>GINA GRIMES: HILL, WARD, HENDERSON HERE TONIGHT
19:32:42 REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
19:32:46 THIS REZONING REQUEST FROM RS-60 TO RM-16.
19:32:52 AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF 12,115 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO
19:32:59 ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
19:33:01 CURRENTLY, ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL HAS CAPACITY OF
19:33:04 APPROXIMATELY 1600 STUDENTS.
19:33:06 IT'S ACTUALLY THE LOWEST STUDENT CAPACITY SCHOOL IN
19:33:11 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
19:33:12 THERE ARE 1645 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ROBINSON RIGHT NOW WHICH
19:33:17 MEANS THAT IT'S OVER CAPACITY, SLIGHTLY OH OVERCAPACITY.
19:33:21 AS NOW THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMING TO
19:33:23 THIS AREA.
19:33:24 SO THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
19:33:26 SEATS.
19:33:29 THIS PROPOSED CLASSROOM ADDITION, 12 CLASSROOMS, AND IT'S
19:33:34 GOING TO BE LOCATED.
19:33:39 THIS IS MANHATTAN.
19:33:40 THIS IS LOIS.
19:33:42 THIS IS ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
19:33:47 THIS IS THE AUDITORIUM RIGHT THERE.
19:33:49 AND THE SCHOOL IS INTENDED TO BE CONSTRUCTED RIGHT THERE --
19:33:53 INTENDED TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THIS AREA RIGHT THERE.
19:33:56 AND TO GIVE YOU A BETTER SHOT, HERE IS ACTUALLY THE SITE
19:33:58 PLAN SHOWING THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING IN YELLOW RIGHT
19:34:03 NEXT TO THE AUDITORIUM.
19:34:06 AND JUST WEST OF LOIS.
19:34:09 WITH THE ADDITION, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ADD 285 SEATS TO
19:34:13 ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL, TAKING THE CAPACITY UP TO 1,884.
19:34:19 JUST TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE DID
19:34:24 THE SAME WHERE WE HAD A SIMILAR REQUEST FOR PLANT HIGH
19:34:29 SCHOOL.
19:34:30 PLANT'S CAPACITY IS 2,489. SO THIS IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS.
19:34:36 I WANT TO ADDRESS VERY QUICKLY WHY WE CHOSE MULTIFAMILY
19:34:39 ZONING AS OPPOSED TO GOING THROUGH THE SPECIAL USE APPROVAL
19:34:41 PROCESS.
19:34:42 AS MARY SAID, A SCHOOL IS A SPECIAL USE IN THE RM-16 ZONING
19:34:48 DISTRICT.
19:34:49 I'M SORRY, IN THE RS-60 ZONING DISTRICT.
19:34:52 SO WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE SPECIAL USE PROCESS.
19:34:55 THE REASON WE CHOSE THE EUCLIDEAN TO RM-16 IS BECAUSE IT'S
19:34:58 LESS COSTLY, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE HIRE ENGINEERS TO DEVELOP
19:35:02 A SPECIFIC SITE PLAN.
19:35:03 IT ALSO WILL GIVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FLEXIBILITY GOING
19:35:06 FORWARD, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONS FOR ANY OTHER
19:35:09 CONSTRUCTION THAT'S NECESSARY.
19:35:11 WE ALSO CHOSE THE RM-16 BECAUSE AS MARY ALSO MENTIONED, THE
19:35:15 PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH THAT'S ALSO OWNED BY THE SCHOOL
19:35:18 DISTRICT WHICH IS SOUTH OF REMBRANT -- THIS IS REMBRANT
19:35:22 HERE -- IT IT'S ALREADY ZONED RM-16.
19:35:25 AND THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY IS UNDER CONE
19:35:27 INSTRUCTION FOR A NEW -- THAT'S SOUTH OF REMBRANT.
19:35:34 IT'S ALREADY BUILT OUT.
19:35:37 IT ALREADY ALLOWS SO THERE WAS NO NEED TO REZONE THAT
19:35:41 PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
19:35:43 WHEN WE SENT THE LETTERS OUT TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY
19:35:46 OWNERS AND SAID WE WERE REZONING TO RM-16 I IMMEDIATELY
19:35:50 BECAME CONCERNED THEY WERE THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE
19:35:53 CHANGED TO APARTMENTS SO WE INCLUDED A LETTER TO EVERYBODY
19:35:55 SAYING THAT THE INTENT OF THE REZONING WAS TO ADD AN
19:35:58 ADDITION TO ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
19:36:01 BUT THE REAL SAFEGUARD THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE THAT THIS
19:36:03 CAN'T BE USED FOR MULTIFAMILY IS THE FACT THAT THE COMP PLAN
19:36:06 CATEGORY IS PUBLIC QUASI-PUBLIC, WHICH ONLY ALLOWS
19:36:10 GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC USES ON THAT PROPERTY.
19:36:14 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AS THEY
19:36:17 ARE REQUIRED TO DO UNDER THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
19:36:20 THEY MET BACK IN MAY.
19:36:21 THEY ONLY HAD TWO PEOPLE ATTEND THAT MEETING AND THOSE
19:36:23 PEOPLE DID NOT OBJECT.
19:36:24 I ALSO SPOKE TO AL STEENSON, THE PRESIDENT OF THE GANDY SUN
19:36:29 BAY SOUTH CIVIC ASSOCIATION, AND THEY HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO
19:36:32 THIS EITHER.
19:36:33 NO STAFF OBJECTIONS.
19:36:34 NO NEIGHBORHOOD OBJECTIONS.
19:36:36 WITH THAT WE WOULD REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
19:36:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
19:36:41 ALL RIGHT.
19:36:42 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 6?
19:36:44 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
19:36:46 >> SECOND.
19:36:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
19:36:48 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
19:36:50 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
19:36:53 OPPOSED?
19:36:53 MR. MIRANDA.
19:36:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 6.
19:36:59 [OFF MICROPHONE] ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
19:37:05 CONSIDERATION.
19:37:05 AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
19:37:08 6311 SOUTH LOIS AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND
19:37:13 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
19:37:15 DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO
19:37:18 RM-16 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
19:37:21 [RUSTLING PAPERS]
19:37:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECONDED BY MR. VIERA.
19:37:24 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
19:37:26 OPPOSED?
19:37:27 >>GINA GRIMES: THANK YOU.
19:37:30 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
19:37:34 NEXT READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE AUGUST 2nd AT 9:30
19:37:36 A.M.
19:37:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
19:37:38 ITEM NUMBER 7.
19:37:39 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THIS IS REZ 18-62.
19:38:02 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7210 INTERBAY BOULEVARD FROM IG
19:38:11 TO RM-24.
19:38:12 >>JENNIFER MALONE: THIS IS JENNIFER MALONE.
19:38:15 I HAVE AN AERIAL HERE.
19:38:16 THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN PURPLE WITH THE RED
19:38:19 HATCHING LOCATED ON INTERBAY BOULEVARD.
19:38:22 THIS IS SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY.
19:38:24 AND THIS IS MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE JUST SOUTH OF THE
19:38:28 SUBJECT SITE.
19:38:32 THERE IS MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH.
19:38:37 INDUSTRIAL USE KIND OF ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS.
19:38:49 THE SUBJECT SITE HAS A FUTURE LAND USE COMMUNITY MIXED USE
19:38:53 35.
19:38:54 ACTUALLY AMENDED IN 2007 FROM INDUSTRIAL CATEGORY.
19:39:02 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES BECAUSE OF THAT, BACK IN 2007.
19:39:06 TO THE NORTH WE HAD MULTIFAMILY.
19:39:09 MULTIFAMILY 35.
19:39:10 RESIDENTIAL 20.
19:39:11 RESIDENTIAL 10.
19:39:13 AND THEN 24 OVER HERE.
19:39:17 THE BLUE IS MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
19:39:22 I HAVE ONE MORE MAP TO HAVE SHOW YOU.
19:39:23 THE SUBJECT SITE IS UNIQUE AND THE PORTION OF THE SUBJECT
19:39:25 SITE IS ACTUALLY -- THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, IT RELATES TO
19:39:31 MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
19:39:32 THIS IS A ZOOM OUT SHOWN IN PURPLE.
19:39:36 AND THE HASHED LOONS IN GREEN.
19:39:39 THAT'S THE FLIGHT PATH.
19:39:41 MacDILL FLIGHT PATH.
19:39:48 TIFF SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN YELLOW.
19:39:51 AND IT'S IN PURPLE.
19:39:54 JUST A PORTION OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS ACTUALLY IN THAT CLEAR
19:39:57 ZONE.
19:39:57 I AM GOING TO HAVE MARY SPEAK FURTHER ON THAT, AND REBECCA
19:40:01 KERT AS TO HOW THAT RELATES TO THE REZONING BUT I WANT TO
19:40:06 PUT THIS MAP FOR THE RECORD FOR THE CLEAR ZONE.
19:40:09 AND WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT.
19:40:16 IT HAS THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 WHICH DOES ALLOW THE
19:40:20 REZONING, AS WELL AS PROVIDING HOUSING OPPORTUNITY IN THE
19:40:25 AREA OF THE CITY, WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE BE
19:40:32 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
19:40:33 THANK YOU.
19:40:33 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: AGAIN THIS IS REZ 18-62.
19:40:42 THE REQUEST TO GO TO RM-24.
19:40:50 HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
19:40:51 CURRENTLY VACANT.
19:40:55 JENNIFER SHOWED YOU THE MAP THE CLEAR ZONE FOR MacDILL
19:40:59 AIR FORCE BASE WHICH IS ROUGHLY THIS AREA HERE.
19:41:12 THIS WOULD BE VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
19:41:24 HERE IS THE ZONING MAP.
19:41:27 THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN GREEN ON EITHER SIDE IS
19:41:31 INDUSTRIAL GENERAL.
19:41:33 AGAIN AS JEFF IN SAID, THE PROPERTY IS MIXED USE 35 LAND USE
19:41:39 CATEGORY WHICH ALLOWS CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMERCIAL
19:41:42 GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT.
19:41:43 TO THE NORTH IS RM-24.
19:41:45 TO THE NORTH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, COMMERCIAL.
19:41:52 FURTHER INDUSTRIAL GENERAL.
19:41:53 AND ZONED DEVELOPMENT FOR MORE TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENTS.
19:41:58 YOU CAN SEE THIS AREA, INDUSTRIAL.
19:42:05 I PROVIDED YOU A LIST OF ALL THE PERMITTED USES OF THE RM
19:42:08 234 ZONING DISTRICT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THE STAFF
19:42:11 REPORT.
19:42:14 THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A LITTLE --
19:42:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: EXCUSE ME.
19:42:18 MR. SUAREZ?
19:42:20 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CAN YOU PUT THE AERIAL BACK ON?
19:42:22 I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING.
19:42:24 YOU MENTIONED TWO THINGS GOING ON HERE.
19:42:26 WE HAVE THE CLEAR ZONE ON THE BOTTOM THERE.
19:42:28 AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S GOING TO BE -- THERE'S --
19:42:35 IT'S PRESERVED AS WETLANDS.
19:42:37 ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T BUILD OTHER THAN THE FURTHEST
19:42:42 NORTH SECTION?
19:42:45 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THEY CAN DEVELOP, ROUGHLY, THEY CAN
19:42:48 DEVELOP IN THIS AREA.
19:42:49 THEY CAN PROBABLY GET A ROAD THROUGH HERE AND DEVELOP IN
19:42:52 THIS AREA.
19:42:52 >>MIKE SUAREZ: LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
19:42:56 I AM WASN'T SURE IF THE MIDDLE PORTION COULD BE DEVELOPED
19:42:59 ALSO.
19:42:59 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: YES.
19:43:00 I BELIEVE SO.
19:43:02 AGAIN WE HAVE TO HAVE A SITE PLAN, AND WETLAND EVALUATION
19:43:06 AND BUFFER.
19:43:09 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IS THAT GOING TO BE REQUIRED?
19:43:13 >> WHEN AND IF IT'S APPROVED, YES, OF COURSE.
19:43:15 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
19:43:18 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: WHERE WAS I?
19:43:20 OKAY.
19:43:20 SO I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
19:43:23 BE STAFF DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
19:43:27 CODE.
19:43:31 DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ME?
19:43:34 MR. SUAREZ?
19:43:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: BEFORE YOU START, LET ME JUST DO A LAST
19:43:42 CHECK.
19:43:45 ANYONE THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 7 THROUGH 12 THAT HAS
19:43:48 NOT BEEN SWORN, PLEASE STAND TO BE SWORN AT THIS TIME.
19:43:54 I SAW A FEW PEOPLE COME IN.
19:43:56 (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK)
19:43:58 >>MARTIN SHELBY: BEFORE MR. BENTLEY BEGINS HE HAS PRESENTED
19:44:16 A BOOK THAT HE WOULD LIKE MADE PART OF THE RECORD FOR
19:44:19 PURPOSES OF RECEIVING AND FILING.
19:44:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY MR.
19:44:25 SUAREZ, SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
19:44:27 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
19:44:28 OKAY.
19:44:29 >>MARK BENTLEY: GOOD EVENING.
19:44:32 MY NAME IS MARK BENTLEY, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET, TAMPA.
19:44:36 I HAVE BEEN SWORN.
19:44:36 I REPRESENT CANTOR MANAGEMENT FUND, PROPOSED DEVELOPER OF
19:44:41 THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH IS 26 ACRES AND ARE ENTIRELY
19:44:44 VACANT.
19:44:45 IT'S A DOWN-ZONING ESSENTIALLY FROM INDUSTRIAL GENERAL TO
19:44:47 RM-24 TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
19:44:51 THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT ACCORDING TO OUR MARKET STUDY IS HIGHLY
19:44:54 DESIRABLE AND IN DEMAND ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATE TO
19:44:57 MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE PERSONNEL AND MEMBERS OF THE
19:45:00 MILITARY.
19:45:01 AND OBVIOUSLY BY VIRTUE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE BASE.
19:45:05 WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN TRANSPORTATION IMPACT.
19:45:11 FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT, THE EXISTING ZONING WITH
19:45:13 THE BONUS WOULD ALLOW 2.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET.
19:45:17 AND THAT COULD BE RETAIL, OFFICE AND/OR INDUSTRIAL, ANY
19:45:23 COMBINATION THEREOF.
19:45:26 SO THAT WOULD BE 25 TIMES IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACT
19:45:29 THAN WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
19:45:31 AND BE I HAVE A TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER HERE, MR. JERRY
19:45:34 DABKOWSKI AND HE WILL ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS WE HAVE WITH
19:45:42 TRAFFIC WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.
19:45:44 ACCORDING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE'S A POTENTIAL
19:45:46 FOR 780 UNITS AT THE PROPERTY.
19:45:51 ACTUALLY, IF YOU DO THE MATH, AND THESE ARE ALL THEORETICAL
19:45:57 NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU SAW SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
19:45:59 CONSTRAINTS UNDER THE CMU 35, YOU COULD HAVE 910 UNITS.
19:46:03 BOTTOM LINE, 2.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET, NONRESIDENTIAL OR 910
19:46:09 UNITS.
19:46:10 WE ARE TAKING THAT DOWN TO RM-24 WHICH PER THE STAFF REPORT
19:46:13 WOULD MAX OUT AT 625 UNITS, AND WE ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO GET
19:46:17 NEAR THAT.
19:46:18 WE ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO GET NEAR 5900 AND I'LL EXPLAIN A
19:46:21 LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
19:46:25 THERE ARE CERTAIN LEGAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
19:46:27 THAT LIMIT THE SCOPE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
19:46:36 HERE IS WHAT RENDERING OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
19:46:46 WE HAVE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS.
19:46:47 THE CLEAR ZONE WAS ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF A STUDY DONE
19:46:52 BY THE AIR FORCE IN 2008, AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS IS A
19:46:56 3,000 LINEAL FOOT BY 3,000 LINEAL FOOT BOX AT THE END OF THE
19:47:01 RUNWAY.
19:47:02 SO THEY DISCOURAGE ANY VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THAT
19:47:06 PARTICULAR AREA.
19:47:16 AND WHAT HAPPENED IN 2010 AS A RESULT OF SOME ADMINISTRATIVE
19:47:23 LITIGATION THAT INVOLVED THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND
19:47:26 CITY OF TAMPA, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, AND THE STATE
19:47:33 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
19:47:35 WE ALL ENTERED INTO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
19:47:39 AND THAT SHOULD BE IN THE BACKUP.
19:47:45 AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY RESOLUTION OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IN
19:47:49 2010.
19:47:50 HERE IS A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION.
19:48:01 THE IMPORTANT THING RESULTING FROM THE LITIGATION WAS
19:48:04 EXHIBIT B, AND IT SAID THAT THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP
19:48:07 SHALL BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THE DESIGNATION OF CMU 35, AND
19:48:14 SHALL BE PERMITTED AT A RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 35 UNITS PER
19:48:17 ACRE OR F.A.R. OF 1.5.
19:48:21 SO YOU CAN SEE HERE -- THERE'S TERMS OF AGREEMENT THAT WE
19:48:27 CAN DEVELOP UP TO 35 UNITS PER ACRE.
19:48:29 WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT BUT I AM JUST LETTING YOU KNOW AND
19:48:33 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SETTLEMENT, SHE CAN
19:48:37 RESPOND TO THOSE.
19:48:38 SO WE DO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, CITY COUNCIL, THE U.S. AIR
19:48:43 FORCE, WHO SUPPORTS THIS APPLICATION, THEY ARE NOT HERE
19:48:46 TONIGHT, AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THAT THAT TYPE OF DENSITY
19:48:51 IS APPROPRIATE.
19:48:54 SO WE DON'T INTEND ANY VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CLEAR
19:48:57 ZONE, AND THE DENSITY IS GOING TO BE LESS THAN THE RM-24.
19:49:07 THE RATIONALE FOR THE RM-24 AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE AERIAL,
19:49:11 THE OVERHEAD THAT YOU JUST SAW A COUPLE MINUTES AGO, FROM
19:49:16 MRS. MALONE, THERE ARE A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON
19:49:19 THE PROPERTY, SO FINAL DESIGN HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED AND IT'S
19:49:22 A PRETTY COMPLEX PIECE OF PROPERTY SO WE OPTED FOR THE RM-24
19:49:26 AND HERE IS THE REASON ESSENTIALLY, OBVIOUSLY REDUCED COSTS
19:49:29 ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, NUMBER TWO, TO MAINTAIN DESIGN
19:49:33 FLEXIBILITY, NUMBER THREE, RM-24 WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE
19:49:38 STAFF BY VIRTUE OF THE RM-24 ACROSS THE STREET AND
19:49:42 SURROUNDED ON BOTH SIDES BY IG CAN AND COMMERCIAL ZONING, SO
19:49:49 WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVERS TO ANY CITY CODE SO IT
19:49:52 WASN'T NECESSARY TO BE GO THROUGH THE PD PROCESS.
19:49:54 AND ALSO THE RM-24 WOULD LIMIT IN AND OF ITSELF THE
19:49:57 DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, 625 UNITS.
19:50:04 BECAUSE IT HAS A MINIMUM AMOUNT PER SQUARE FOOT OF EACH
19:50:06 UNIT.
19:50:07 I MENTION THERE IS THE NATURAL RESOURCE LIMITATION.
19:50:15 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS AERIAL, APPARENTLY WHAT HAPPENS
19:50:18 WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, A BORROW PIT FOR THE
19:50:22 CONSTRUCTION AT DALE MABRY DECADES AGO.
19:50:25 AND EVENTUALLY THEY CONVERTED IT INTO JURISDICTIONAL
19:50:28 WETLAND.
19:50:29 SO WHEN YOU DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO
19:50:32 RESPECT THE WETLANDS, BUT THERE'S SO SIGNIFICANT SETBACKS
19:50:35 AND REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
19:50:43 SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN TERMS OF CONSTRAINTS, WE HAVE A
19:50:46 26-ACRE SITE, 7 ACRES DEDICATED TO THE CLEAR ZONE.
19:50:50 THAT'S ROUGHLY 25%.
19:50:51 THEN ABOUT HALF THE PROPERTY IS JURISDICTIONAL.
19:50:54 SO ALL WE HAVE LEFT IN TERMS OF DEVELOPABLE PROPERTY IS MR.
19:51:01 SUAREZ HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY UP
19:51:05 FRONT.
19:51:05 WE'LL CALL IT PHASE 1 AND POSSIBLY PHASE 2 HERE.
19:51:08 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO HOW MUCH ACREAGE IS ON PHASE 1 AND PHASE
19:51:16 2?
19:51:19 DO YOU KNOW?
19:51:29 YOU CAN COME UP AND GIVE IT IN A MINUTE.
19:51:31 THAT'S FINE.
19:51:31 >> I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROPERTY FOR YEARS AND
19:51:43 ROUGHLY BETWEEN 10 AND 12 ACRES.
19:51:44 >>HARRY COHEN: MAYBE TELL US HOW MANY UNITS WOULD BE ON THE
19:51:50 FRONT AND IN THE MIDDLE.
19:51:51 >>MARK BENTLEY: HERE IS WHAT THEY ARE CONTEMPLATING.
19:51:55 IF I GET THIS WRONG, LET ME KNOW.
19:51:58 IT'S ROUGHLY 245 PHASE 1.
19:52:08 256 IN PHASE 1, MR. SUAREZ.
19:52:11 THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
19:52:13 AND PHASE 2 WOULD BE ROUGHLY 190.
19:52:19 OKAY.
19:52:19 I AM GETTING THIS INFORMATION FROM MR. GLEN BECKER FOR THE
19:52:24 RECORD.
19:52:25 SO 256 AND 190.
19:52:29 OKAY.
19:52:34 AND I JUST GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM THE ENGINEER IN TERMS
19:52:37 OF DEVELOPABLE PROPERTY, ON THE CLEAR ZONE IT'S ROUGHLY 12
19:52:40 ACRES OF A 26-ACRE SITE.
19:52:45 SO NOT WITHSTANDING THE RM-24 WOULD ALLOW 625.
19:52:50 OKAY?
19:52:51 SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE.
19:53:03 IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE THIS HAS BEEN ANALYZED BY THE
19:53:05 CITY AND WE HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE MEETINGS WITH THE CITY.
19:53:07 AND THE CITY HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT
19:53:10 INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT INCLUDING
19:53:12 WATER, SEWER, SOLID WASTE, AND TRANSPORTATION.
19:53:17 STORMWATER WILL BE DEALT WITH ON-SITE.
19:53:19 AND OBVIOUSLY COMPLY WITH ALL CITY AND SWFWMD REQUIREMENTS.
19:53:24 IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC IMPACT, I THINK JONATHAN IS STILL
19:53:28 AROUND, BUT OUR ENGINEER HAS MET WITH THE CITY AND THEY
19:53:35 DETERMINED A METHODOLOGY IN TERMS OF MOVEMENT TOWARDS DALE
19:53:38 MABRY VERSUS WESTSHORE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE PROJECT, AND
19:53:42 THEY HAVE ALSO DETERMINED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE
19:53:43 CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT AND THE RANGE OF 450 TO 460
19:53:48 UNITS THAT WOULD NOT REDUCE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ON INTERBAY
19:53:52 BOULEVARD.
19:53:54 AND THAT INCLUDES BACKGROUND TRAFFIC, PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T
19:53:59 BEEN DEVELOPED YET.
19:53:59 AND HERE AGAIN, JERRY IS AVAILABLE TO CLARIFY THAT IF YOU
19:54:02 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
19:54:04 THIS AREA IS ALSO IN WHAT THE CITY HAS DESIGNATED AS A
19:54:11 TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY EXCEPTION AREA, AND ALL THE
19:54:14 CLIENT'S OBLIGATIONS ARE TO NUMBER ONE PAY A PROPORTIONATE
19:54:17 SHARE OF THE MITIGATION AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY
19:54:20 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND SECONDARILY PAY IT'S SHARE OF
19:54:24 MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FEE BASED ON IMPROVEMENT BASIS.
19:54:28 SO IT'S THE CITY'S OBLIGATION TO USE THESE FEES IN A MANNER
19:54:32 THAT MITIGATES ANY IMPACT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IN THE
19:54:36 PARTICULAR MULTIMODAL SECTOR.
19:54:39 IN TERMS OF SUPPORT, WE RECEIVED A LETTER IN SUPPORT LATE
19:54:42 THIS AFTERNOON.
19:54:42 I FORWARDED IT TO MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
19:54:47 ADJOINING PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE EAST BY THE NAME OF CHAD.
19:54:53 WE DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION FROM ANY OF THE AGENCIES
19:54:55 INCLUDING NATIONAL NATURAL RESOURCES AND TRANSPORTATION.
19:55:00 PLANNING STAFF, WILL LIMIT THE OVERALL MAXIMUM OF 625 UNITS
19:55:06 THAT CAN BE CONSTRUCTED.
19:55:08 I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THAT.
19:55:10 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 625.
19:55:12 IT'S MORE IN THE RANGE OF 460.
19:55:16 [RUSTLING PAPERS] THEY HAVE NO OBJECTIONS.
19:55:18 THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONCLUDES THAT BOTH THE PROPOSED
19:55:20 REZONING IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADOPTIVE LAND USE AND THE
19:55:23 REZONING IS COMPARABLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, SEVERAL
19:55:26 MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS ARE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST
19:55:30 OF THE SUBJECT SITE, AND THE PROPOSING PROPOSED REZONING
19:55:35 WILL CREATE MORE MULTIFAMILY OPPORTUNITIES FOR TAMPA'S
19:55:38 POPULATION FURTHERING THE POLICY IN THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE
19:55:41 PLAN P.I MENTION THE LETTER IN SUPPORT.
19:55:44 I'LL GET THAT IN THE RECORD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE
19:55:46 FESTIVITIES.
19:55:47 AND -- SORRY, I HAVE THIS COLD.
19:55:51 I JUST CAME BACK FROM ENGLAND AND SOMETHING GOING ON OVER
19:55:54 THERE, BESIDES DONALD TRUMP.
19:55:58 THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL CREATE MORE MULTIFAMILY
19:56:01 OPPORTUNITIES AS I MENTIONED.
19:56:02 IN SUMMARY, THE PETITION IS BASED ON PROFESSIONAL OPINION,
19:56:07 NUMBER ONE, CONSISTENT WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE
19:56:10 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
19:56:13 PLAN AND NUMEROUS GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES SET FORTH
19:56:16 IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S REPORT, IS CONSISTENT AND HONOR
19:56:21 IT IS AGREEMENT CITY COUNCIL ENTERED INTO WITH THIS PROPERTY
19:56:23 OWNER, AND BEFORE WE FINISH, I HAVE A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER
19:56:27 MR. RUSSELL OTTEBBERG PREPARED A REPORT THAT I SUBMITTED
19:56:32 INTO THE RECORD AND HIS PRESENTATION IS ABOUT A MINUTE IF
19:56:34 YOU ARE INCLINED.
19:56:36 THANK YOU.
19:56:38 RUSSELL?
19:56:38 >> RUSSELL OTTEBBERG, LAND O' LAKES, FLORIDA.
19:56:45 AS MARK INDICATED, I PREPARED A LAND PLANNING REPORT INTO
19:56:50 THE RECORD.
19:56:52 RATHER THAN TAKE A LOT OF TIME, THERE ISN'T MUCH TIME LEFT,
19:56:56 JUMP TO THE SUMMARY, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW I
19:56:59 ARRIVED AT THOSE CONCLUSIONS I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
19:57:02 THE PROPOSED RM-24 ZONING DISTRICT IS FUNDAMENTALLY QUINT
19:57:06 THE UNDERLYING CMU 35 LAND USE CATEGORY AND CONSISTENCY
19:57:11 MATRIX ON THE DEVELOPMENT CODE AS SUCH, OR ZONING
19:57:15 REGULATIONS.
19:57:16 THERE IS RM-24 ZONING EXISTS DIRECTLY ACROSS INTERBAY
19:57:21 BOULEVARD FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
19:57:23 THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY
19:57:26 IN THE GENERAL AREA IS GENERALLY MIX OF RESIDENTIAL
19:57:30 DEVELOPMENT.
19:57:33 THE PROPOSED REZONING IS COMPATIBLE WITH REZONING USES IN
19:57:36 THE GENERAL AREA OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
19:57:38 ACTUALLY, THE EXISTING IG ZONING DISTRICT IS FUNDAMENTALLY
19:57:42 INCONSISTENT WITH THE UNDERLYING CMU 35 LAND USE CATEGORY,
19:57:47 AND SO THIS REZONING WILL REMEDY THAT INCONSISTENCY AND MAKE
19:57:51 IT CONSISTENT.
19:57:53 THE AVAILABLE DENSITY UNDER THE CMU 35 IS ABOUT 46% HIGHER
19:58:02 THAN THAT PROPOSED UNDER THE RM-24 ZONING DISTRICT.
19:58:05 SO IT'S QUITE A REDUCTION IN POTENTIAL UNITS AS A RESULT OF
19:58:12 THIS.
19:58:13 THE GENERAL TRAFFIC POTENTIAL UNDER THE PROPOSED RM-24
19:58:16 ZONING DISTRICT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THAT UNDER THE
19:58:19 EXISTING IG ZONING DISTRICT, IG BEING A MUCH MORE INTENSE
19:58:24 DISTRICT OBVIOUSLY.
19:58:25 THE PROPOSED REZONING IN IS SUPPORTED BY FURTHER OBJECTIVES
19:58:30 AND POLICIES FOUNDED IN THE CITY OF TAMPA'S COMPREHENSIVE
19:58:32 PLAN.
19:58:33 STAFF REPORT FINDS THE PROPOSED REZONING CONSISTENT AND THIS
19:58:37 IS A DOWN-ZONING FROM IG TO RM-24.
19:58:42 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
19:58:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN?
19:58:46 >>HARRY COHEN: I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING AND THEN I WANT
19:58:48 TO ASK MRS. CURT ABOUT THE AGREEMENT.
19:58:51 SOMEBODY SAID EARLIER AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
19:58:54 YOU SAID THE AIR FORCE SUPPORTED THIS.
19:58:56 >>MARK BENTLEY: YES.
19:58:59 >>HARRY COHEN: WHAT IS THAT BASED ON?
19:59:01 >>MARK BENTLEY: MY CONVERSATIONS WITH TONY RODRIGUEZ, THE
19:59:04 BASE PLANNER, OKAY, I AM JUST TELLING YOU, I GUESS YOU COULD
19:59:08 CONSIDER THIS HEARSAY BUT I TALKED TO HIM TWICE ABOUT IT AND
19:59:11 THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE SETTLEMENT.
19:59:13 FIRST OF ALL THEY SIGNED THE SETTLEMENT, 35 UNITS PER ACRE,
19:59:17 AND THEIR CONCERN WAS NO VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT.
19:59:20 IN THE CLEAR ZONE AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY ALL THEY CARED
19:59:22 ABOUT, OKAY.
19:59:23 SO I SPOKE WITH MR. RODRIGUEZ AND HE SAID THEY SUPPORTED THE
19:59:27 MULTIFAMILY RM-24 ZONING APPLICATION, AND HIS CONCERN WOULD
19:59:32 BE THAT MAYBE PART OF THE PROPERTIES IN MacDILL THAT
19:59:35 THEY CHARACTERIZE AS NOISE CONTOURS AND JUST TO BE PREPARED
19:59:40 FOR ANY KIND OF SOUND MITIGATION IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION.
19:59:42 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU.
19:59:44 I WILL JUST TELL YOU FOR THE RECORD I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
19:59:46 THE AIR FORCE TAKING A POSITION ON ONE OF OUR LAND USE
19:59:49 ISSUES.
19:59:54 SO I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT IT.
19:59:56 >>MARK BENTLEY: THE INTERESTING THING IS WHEN THIS CAME UP
19:59:59 WE FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL, WENT TO TRIAL, SETTLED IT, THEY
20:00:03 SAID, JUST PRESERVE THAT SEVEN ACRES THERE, AND THAT'S THE
20:00:06 END OF IT.
20:00:07 AND THESE ALL THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
20:00:08 AND WE AGREED TO THAT.
20:00:10 AND THAT'S PART OF THE DEAL.
20:00:11 >>HARRY COHEN: LET ME ASK MRS. KERT ABOUT THAT.
20:00:15 THANK YOU.
20:00:18 CAN YOU JUST TELL US ABOUT THIS AGREEMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS
20:00:21 TO OUR DECISION TONIGHT?
20:00:24 >>REBECCA KERT: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
20:00:26 ABSOLUTELY.
20:00:29 MRS. SAMANIEGO HAD THE DRC REVIEW COMMITTEE INFORMATION FROM
20:00:33 THE AIR FORCE.
20:00:34 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE IS A MEMBER OF
20:00:42 OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE MEETING AND WITHIN THE
20:00:46 PROXIMITY OF THE BASE, AND SOME OF THEM WROTE A LETTER OF NO
20:00:51 OBJECTION TO THE PLANNER, THE STAFF THERE, MR. RODRIGUEZ.
20:00:54 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU.
20:00:56 >>REBECCA KERT: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
20:01:03 THE VERY SHORT SUMMARY IS THAT IN 2008 CITY COUNCIL PASSED A
20:01:06 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY
20:01:09 GRANTING CMU 35.
20:01:12 WITH CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.
20:01:14 THAT WAS CHALLENGED BY WHAT WAS FORMERLY DEPARTMENT OF
20:01:18 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IN JOINING WITH THE AIR FORCE OBJECTING TO
20:01:21 THE FACT THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE,
20:01:24 AND THAT THE CITY HAD NOT PLACED THE POLICIES THAT ARE
20:01:30 REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTE TO PROTECT THE AIR FORCE BASE.
20:01:35 AS I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS THERE, WAS AT SOME POINT A
20:01:38 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED BY ALL PARTIES TO GO BACK AND
20:01:42 GRANT THE CMU 35 ON THIS PROPERTY AGAIN WITH DIFFERENT
20:01:47 LIMITATIONS INCLUDING NOISE ATTENUATION, INCLUDING THE CLEAR
20:01:51 ZONE, THE DEVELOPMENT IN THERE, SO RIGHT NOW THERE IS CMU 35
20:01:56 ON THE PROPERTY, THERE IS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I
20:02:00 BELIEVE, ALSO, AS ADOPTED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BECAUSE
20:02:05 I HAVE THE ORDINANCE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THERE BE NO
20:02:09 DEVELOPMENT IN THE CLEAR ZONE, AND THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IN YOUR
20:02:13 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THERE'S ALSO -- THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT
20:02:16 THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE CLEAR ZONE, RETENTION PONDS, OPEN
20:02:19 SPACE, PARKS AND RECREATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE
20:02:22 DEVELOPMENT, BUT IN A VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT.
20:02:25 AT THE TIME OF ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY, THEY HAVE
20:02:27 TO COMPLY WITH NOISE LEVEL, CONTOUR, ADOPTED I BELIEVE -- SO
20:02:38 THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT STIPULATED THAT THE CITY WOULD MAKE
20:02:41 CHANGES TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
20:02:42 THEY DID.
20:02:44 AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE STATE DISMISSED THAT CASE
20:02:51 REGARDING THE CMU ON THIS PROPERTY.
20:02:53 >>HARRY COHEN: SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US RELATED TO
20:02:57 TONIGHT'S APPLICATION?
20:02:58 >>REBECCA KERT: MUCH LIKE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PLANS
20:03:02 CATEGORIES, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER ALLOWED.
20:03:07 THEN THE APPLICANT HAS THE BURDEN TO COME IN AND DEMONSTRATE
20:03:12 THAT REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND
20:03:15 USE MAP, AS WELL AS ALL THE ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES.
20:03:17 THE SETTLEMENT DOES SAY THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THE
20:03:21 DENSITY THAT -- IT SAYS SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF
20:03:32 35 OR FLOOR AREA RATIO WHICH IS CMU, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT
20:03:39 WAS MEANT TO INDICATE THAT THERE ARE PORTIONS OF THE
20:03:43 PROPERTY THAT OTHER COMP PLANS ARE LIMITED TO TEN DWELLING
20:03:47 UNITS PER ACRE AND THOSE DO NOT APPLY IN THIS CASE.
20:03:50 >>HARRY COHEN: SO WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR IS
20:03:51 ACTUALLY LESS THAN IS AGREED TO UNDER THAT AGREEMENT?
20:03:57 >>REBECCA KERT: THAT IS A PLANNING QUESTION, BUT I WILL SAY
20:03:59 THAT YOUR PLANNING STAFF HAS SAID THAT, YES.
20:04:01 >>MARK BENTLEY: MR. COHEN, THEN I WILL FINISH UP.
20:04:06 THIS IS INTERESTING DISCUSSION BECAUSE THE TWIST ON THIS IS
20:04:08 THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THIS MUCH JURISDICTIONAL LAND AREAS ON A
20:04:15 PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE'S A FORMULA IN YOUR LAND USE THAT
20:04:18 YOU DON'T GET FULL DENSITY, ABOUT 25%.
20:04:22 SO WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT THAT REBECCA JUST
20:04:25 READ IS THAT NOT WITHSTANDING THE JURISDICTIONAL AREA, WE
20:04:28 WERE ENTITLED TO 35 UNITS PER ACRE.
20:04:31 ACROSS THE ENTIRE 26 ACRES.
20:04:34 OKAY.
20:04:34 AND THAT'S WHAT'S SIGNIFICANT.
20:04:36 OTHERWISE, WE COULDN'T GET 35 UNITS PER ACRE TRANSFERRED OFF
20:04:44 ONE OF THOSE POND.
20:04:45 SO THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT GUARANTEED WE COULD GET 35
20:04:48 UNITS.
20:04:50 NOW SITTING HERE KNOWING THAT PROPERTY YOU AREN'T GOING TO
20:04:52 BUILD 35 UNITS PER ACRE, 20 TIMES 26, WHATEVER THE MATH IS
20:04:58 ON THAT.
20:04:58 IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
20:04:59 IT'S CLOSE TO A THOUSAND.
20:05:03 EVERY TIME I TRY MATH IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS I GET CALLED OUT.
20:05:06 BUT ANYHOW, THAT'S WHAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THAT.
20:05:10 WE WERE GUARANTEED THE 35 REGARDLESS OF THE FORMULA.
20:05:15 PROBABLY GET PROPORTIONAL CREDIT.
20:05:20 SO THAT SUMS IT UP.
20:05:21 I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD PROJECT.
20:05:23 IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN AWAY FROM OTHER DEVELOPMENTS SOUTH OF
20:05:27 INTERBAY IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACT.
20:05:29 WE HAVE DETERMINED BASED ON THE STAFF AND OUR OWN STUDY THAT
20:05:34 WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO GRADE LEVEL OF SERVICE.
20:05:36 THE TYPE OF USE THERE, AS I MENTIONED, THE KEY MARKET IS
20:05:39 MILITARY.
20:05:40 SO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HOPEFULLY MacDILL AND BACK, AND
20:05:44 THAT TYPE OF THING.
20:05:46 IF THERE'S ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO INTERBAY
20:05:49 OR ANY INTERSECTION, OBVIOUSLY THE CITY CAN GOING TO REQUIRE
20:05:55 THAT AT TIME OF PERMITTING.
20:05:57 SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND
20:05:59 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
20:06:01 AND OBVIOUSLY I WILL RESERVE TIME FOR REBUTTAL.
20:06:05 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
20:06:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
20:06:08 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 7?
20:06:11 >> TOM VENTO, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION OF PORT
20:06:27 TAMPA.
20:06:28 I LIVE AT 4701 INGRAM STREET IN PORT IF.
20:06:36 I SENT YOU, COUNCIL, A LETTER, AND A LOT OF THE NUMBERS ARE
20:06:43 BASED ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT WAS A EUCLIDEAN
20:06:47 ZONING.
20:06:49 NO PLAN.
20:06:50 NOBODY KNEW WHAT IT WAS.
20:06:52 BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THEY ARE REDUCING ABOUT 30%
20:06:58 OF WHAT THE MAXIMUM IS.
20:06:59 RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 6,000 UNITS WITH SPACES
20:07:08 TO BUILD 6,000 UNITS THAT ARE ALREADY ENTITLED WEST OF DALE
20:07:12 MABRY, AND SOUTH OF THE GANDY CORRIDOR.
20:07:18 THAT INCLUDES DEBARTOLO AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
20:07:21 THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE A PROBLEM.
20:07:23 IT ALREADY IS A PROBLEM.
20:07:24 THIS IS TWO DAYS AGO, LOOKING TOWARD WESTSHORE ON INTERBAY.
20:07:36 THIS IS THE SAME DAY LAG TOWARDS THE BASE.
20:07:39 BACKED UP PAST WESTSHORE, AND NORTH ON WESTSHORE.
20:07:48 IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRIPS PER DAY, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE
20:07:51 ABOUT 3200 TRIPS PER DAY GENERATED BY THE AMOUNT OF UNITS
20:07:55 THAT THEY HAVE THERE, THE I THINK IS THE NUMBER, THE TRAFFIC
20:08:07 ENGINEER CAN TELL YOU MORE.
20:08:09 SO USUALLY IF A PD, WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE -- WHAT'S
20:08:14 GOING TO BE PROPOSED AND YOU CAN TELL WHETHER IT'S GOING TO
20:08:16 BE COMPATIBLE.
20:08:19 THE ONLY ALS TRANSPORT UNIT IN THE AREA SOUTH OF GANDY IS
20:08:23 OVER ON THE FIRE STATION 15, AND IF THAT WERE THE CASE,
20:08:34 WHERE MY WIFE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST, SHE PROBABLY WOULD
20:08:36 NOT BEER WHO TODAY.
20:08:42 IF ALL OF THESE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS CAME ONLINE AT THE
20:08:45 SAME TIME.
20:08:45 IT'S GOING TO DEGRADE THAT ROAD.
20:08:50 IT'S ACCUMULATIVE EFFECT.
20:08:53 WE ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED.
20:08:54 WE ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF A FUNNEL.
20:08:56 THERE'S ONLY THREE WAYS OUT.
20:08:59 REALLY INTERBAY, MANHATTAN AND WESTSHORE.
20:09:02 WESTSHORE IS AT 732, I BELIEVE, IN THE MORNING.
20:09:07 AND THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS LIKE.
20:09:09 IT'S NOT AN UNCOMMON THING.
20:09:12 THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE I SHOWED YOU ANOTHER SET OF
20:09:15 PICTURES THE SAME THING.
20:09:17 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS.
20:09:21 IT'S ACTUALLY WORSE.
20:09:22 WHEN SCHOOL IS IN.
20:09:25 SO IF YOU COULD PUT THIS INTO THE RECORD.
20:09:27 [BELL SOUNDS]
20:09:29 I THINK YOU HAVE GOT ONE ALREADY, OKAY?
20:09:31 AND LIKE I SAY, THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED TO IT.
20:09:37 AND WE WEREN'T NOTICED NOR WAS SUN BAY SOUTH BECAUSE THAT
20:09:42 STRIP SOUTH OF INTERBAY IS NOT IN ANY ASSOCIATION.
20:09:48 SO THAT PUTS US AT A DISADVANTAGE.
20:09:50 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
20:09:50 I APPRECIATE IT.
20:09:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
20:09:54 7?
20:09:58 MR. BENTLEY?
20:10:00 >>MARK BENTLEY: I AM NOT GOING TO WEAR OUT MY WELCOME.
20:10:17 BUT I APPRECIATE THE GENTLEMAN'S CONCERNS.
20:10:18 IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS HOLISTICALLY, I GUESS INTERBAY, A
20:10:23 LOT OF DEVELOPERS PAID A LOT OF FEES FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND IT
20:10:27 JUST HASN'T COME TO FRUITION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
20:10:29 BUT HERE AGAIN, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY DOWN ZONING THIS PROPERTY
20:10:32 BASED ON THE SETTLEMENT WITH THE AIR FORCE, AND LIKE I SAID,
20:10:37 HYPOTHETICALLY, WE COULD DO THE 910 UNITS, AND CLOSE TO 2
20:10:42 MILLION SQUARE FEET.
20:10:43 THE CONSULATE OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN APPROACHED BY SOME OF
20:10:47 THE RETAILERS, TARGETS, HOME DEPOTS AND THE LOWES, AND
20:10:53 THAT'S NOT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO ON THE PROPERTY.
20:10:55 AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A POSSIBILITY OF FILLING IN SO OF THE
20:10:57 WETLANDS AND COMPENSATING IN TERMS OF BUYING CREDITS AND
20:11:00 MITIGATION BANK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
20:11:02 IT'S A PRETTY COOL PROJECT.
20:11:03 IT'S GOING TO BE DESIGNED AROUND THE LAKES, THERE'S A STRONG
20:11:07 DEMAND FOR IT AND THE CLIENTS HAVE BEEN A REALLY GOOD TRACK
20:11:10 RECORD IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
20:11:12 SO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR YOU HAVE A
20:11:14 QUESTION OF THE ENGINEER, HERE AGAIN, WE RESPECTFULLY
20:11:19 REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT.
20:11:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
20:11:26 MOTION BY MR. COHEN TO CLOSE, SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
20:11:30 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
20:11:31 OPPOSED?
20:11:32 MR. VIERA, ARE YOU INTERESTED?
20:11:36 >>LUIS VIERA: I AM INTERESTED.
20:11:38 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
20:11:41 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
20:11:44 VICINITY OF 7210 INTERBAY BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
20:11:48 FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
20:11:51 ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION IG INDUSTRIAL GENERAL TO
20:11:54 RM-24 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
20:11:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: THERE'S A MOTION BY MR. VIERA.
20:12:02 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
20:12:03 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
20:12:06 OPPOSED?
20:12:07 ALL RIGHT.
20:12:07 >>MARK BENTLEY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
20:12:10 HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
20:12:10 I APPRECIATE IT.
20:12:11 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
20:12:16 AND MIRANDA ABSENT AT VOTE.
20:12:20 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE APRIL 2nd AT 9:30
20:12:23 A.M.
20:12:30 CORRECT THAT.
20:12:30 AUGUST 2nd AT 9:30 A.M.
20:12:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 8.
20:12:36 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
20:12:39 ITEM NUMBER 8 IS REZ 18-49.
20:12:42 IT'S FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1241 EAST FOWLER AVENUE
20:12:48 FROM CI TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR INTENSIVE USES.
20:12:57 >>JENNIFER MALONE: THIS IS IN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING
20:13:00 DISTRICT, IN EVACUATION ZONE, THERE IS TRANSIT PROVIDED, 0.1
20:13:07 MAILS AWAY FROM THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS AN AERIAL ALONG
20:13:11 FOWLER AVENUE.
20:13:12 THIS IS NEBRASKA.
20:13:15 FOWLER.
20:13:17 THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED.
20:13:18 TO THE NORTH IS COMMERCIAL USE ON EAST FOWLER.
20:13:24 THIS IS THE BURGER KING AT THIS CORNER RIGHT HERE.
20:13:27 THE MULTIFAMILY TO THE SOUTH.
20:13:29 AND IT IS COMMERCIAL 35 WITH CI USES.
20:13:41 THE BROWN IS RESIDENTIAL 35 AND THEN MULTIFAMILY DETACHED
20:13:48 FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
20:13:50 PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT.
20:13:53 ACTUALLY, THERE WERE SEVERAL AREAS ON THE SITE PLAN THAT WE
20:13:57 FOUND FURTHER POLICIES IN OUR PLAN, ACTIVITY ALONG THESE
20:14:04 MIXED USE CORRIDORS, AND FOWLER SAFE A MIXED USE CORRIDOR OF
20:14:08 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
20:14:14 PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.
20:14:19 SO IT IS CONSISTENT.
20:14:20 AND THAT CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
20:14:22 THANK YOU.
20:14:22 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I HAVE AN AMENDED REVISION SHEET.
20:14:44 JENNIFER SHOWED YOU A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
20:14:47 I WANT TO SHOW YOU A ZONING MAP.
20:14:50 SUBJECT PROPERTY IN GREEN AS YOU CAN SEE UP AND DOWN FOWLER
20:14:53 AVENUE, BOTH SIDES.
20:14:54 THE RED LINE INDICATES THE BOUNDARY.
20:15:02 THE USES THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING WITH THIS PLANNED
20:15:04 DEVELOPMENT, THEY ARE ASKING FOR CI USE.
20:15:07 SO BASICALLY THEY ARE REQUESTING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
20:15:09 BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE SITE AND WAIVERS THAT THEY ARE
20:15:14 REQUESTING.
20:15:15 SO THEREFORE THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
20:15:18 PROCESS.
20:15:25 HERE IS THE SITE PLAN.
20:15:27 THEY ARE ASKING FOR A STRIP SHOPPING CENTER THAT WOULD ALLOW
20:15:32 FOR CI USES, RESTAURANT USES, AS WELL AS A FOUR-STORY HOTEL
20:15:38 TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
20:15:42 THIS IS FOWLER AVENUE.
20:15:46 HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
20:15:54 THIS IS THE BACK OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY.
20:15:56 YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING LOT, THE LANDSCAPES ITEMS.
20:16:02 THIS IS TO THE WEST, PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY.
20:16:17 THE PORTION OF THE PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY PARKING LOT.
20:16:33 THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S RECOGNIZED BY THE CITY AS
20:16:35 REQUIRED PARKING.
20:16:36 ANOTHER RESTAURANT IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY.
20:16:41 STRIP SHOPPING CENTER FURTHER TO THE EAST.
20:16:43 AND THEN ACROSS FOWLER.
20:16:52 BACK TO THE SITE PLAN.
20:16:53 THE SPECIFIC PROPERTY IS 1.58 ACRES.
20:16:56 THE CODE REQUIRES THAT YOU MUST PRESERVE 50% OF THE TREES
20:16:59 ON-SITE.
20:17:02 THEY ARE WANTING TO REMOVE 70% OF THE TREES, THEY ARE
20:17:11 REQUIRED TO PRESERVE 50% SO THAT REQUIRES A WAIVER.
20:17:17 THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE BUFFERS ON THE WEST.
20:17:24 THEY ARE REQUIRED TEN FEET.
20:17:25 THEY ARE PROPOSING ZERO.
20:17:26 ON THE EAST THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE TEN FEET AND THEY ARE
20:17:29 PROPOSING FIVE.
20:17:32 THERE IS A REQUIRED THREE-FOOT VEHICLE USE AREA WHICH IS
20:17:35 ANOTHER PARKING LOT.
20:17:38 REQUIREMENT.
20:17:38 THEY ARE PROPOSING THAT THEIR PARKING LOTS BE FLUSH AGAINST
20:17:42 THE PARKING LOT DIRECTLY TO THE WEST.
20:17:45 SO THEREFORE THAT'S ANOTHER WAIVER REQUEST.
20:17:49 BASED ON THE HOTEL USE IN A STRIP SHOPPING CENTER 110
20:17:54 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND THEY ARE PROPOSING ONLY 89
20:17:58 SO THAT'S A 19% PARKING WHATEVER YOU TO WHICH STAFF DID FIND
20:18:03 IT CONSISTENT.
20:18:08 GOING TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, LAND DEVELOPMENT
20:18:10 COORDINATION FOUND THIS INCONSISTENT BASED ON ACCOMMODATION
20:18:15 OF TREE REMOVAL AS WELL AS A PARKING REDUCTION.
20:18:18 NATURAL RESOURCES FOUND IT INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THE TREE
20:18:24 PRESERVATION.
20:18:25 THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PRESERVE 50% OF THE TREES.
20:18:30 THEY ARE REMOVING 70%.
20:18:34 NATURAL RESOURCES DID NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE WAIVER
20:18:37 REQUEST FOR THE USE AREA BUFFER
20:18:48 TRANSPORTATION DID FIND IT INCONSISTENT BASED ON THE 19%
20:18:55 PARKING REDUCTION.
20:19:00 THE REVISION SHEET, THE AMENDED REVISION SHEET, RATHER, THE
20:19:06 WAIVERS THAT ARE READ INTO THE RECORD CLARIFYING THE PARKING
20:19:09 BREAKDOWN.
20:19:12 THIS IS A PARKING BREAKDOWN ON PD PLANS FOR RESTAURANT USES.
20:19:18 RESTAURANT USES AS OPPOSED TO RETAIL USES, SQUARE FOOTAGE OF
20:19:23 BIDDING, BASED ON OCCUPANCY LOAD.
20:19:28 SO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER BOTH SCENARIOS BEING THAT THE ENTIRE
20:19:32 STRIP SHOPPING CENTER IS TAKEN UP BY ONE RESTAURANT.
20:19:39 THAT CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
20:19:40 BASICALLY THE STAFF DID FIND IT INCONSISTENT BASED ON THE
20:19:44 WAIVERS, THE PARKING, AND THE TREE REMOVAL.
20:19:49 IF IT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL, THERE IS A REVISION SHEET
20:19:54 THAT I SUBMITTED.
20:19:55 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME?
20:20:01 >> ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL?
20:20:02 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER OF TREES TO BE REMOVED
20:20:05 VERSUS WHAT IS REQUIRED.
20:20:08 BUT I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE WE HAVE A CIU AND WE HAVE
20:20:12 ALL THOSE TREES THERE.
20:20:13 IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT -- DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT WE
20:20:18 HAVE THAT MANY TREES IN A COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE USE.
20:20:21 I'M WONDERING WHY THERE WOULD BE SO MANY TREES ON THIS TYPE
20:20:24 OF A USE.
20:20:30 ESPECIALLY NEXT TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
20:20:32 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I UNDERSTAND.
20:20:36 THERE'S AN EXISTING RESTAURANT ON THE PROPERTY.
20:20:39 IT WAS DEVELOPED MANY, MANY DECADE AGO.
20:20:42 A AND AS I STATED, WHENEVER YOU PUT IN A PARKING LOT, THESE
20:20:56 ARE THOSE TREES.
20:20:57 >> I UNDERSTAND.
20:20:59 YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
20:21:00 I THINK OF COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE USE, I DON'T LOOK AS IF
20:21:04 THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TREES THERE.
20:21:06 AND IT'S THE TREES THAT WERE BUILT THERE FOR THE RESTAURANT.
20:21:08 THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
20:21:10 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: AND THE APPLICANT BECAUSE OF THEIR
20:21:12 PROPOSED DESIGN, THE STRIP SHOPPING CENTER HERE AND THIS IS
20:21:16 FOR THE HOTEL WOULD GO, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO PUT THEIR NEW
20:21:19 PARKING LOT OVER THE EXISTING SITUATION, AND THIS IS BEING
20:21:23 WHERE WE ARE.
20:21:24 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THERE'S ONLY
20:21:28 27% OF THE TREES ARE GOING TO BE STAYING ACCORDING TO THEIR
20:21:31 PLAN, HOW MANY TREES ARE ON THAT SITE NOW JUST OUT OF
20:21:35 CURIOSITY, IF YOU KNOW?
20:21:37 DON'T COUNT.
20:21:38 IT'S OKAY.
20:21:38 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: NO, SIR, I AM NOT GOING TO COUNT.
20:21:41 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
20:21:47 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: 33.
20:21:48 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
20:21:51 THAT WRITING IS REALLY SMALL ON THERE.
20:21:53 AND THANK YOU.
20:21:53 YOU ARE MUCH YOUNGER.
20:21:56 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I AM NOT THAT MUCH YOUNGER.
20:21:58 THANK YOU.
20:21:58 >>LUIS VIERA: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
20:22:05 APPLICANT?
20:22:05 >> CERTIFIED PLANNER FOR THE AVID ENGINEERING, SURVEYOR ON
20:22:23 THE PROJECT AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
20:22:26 THE SITE IS -- A LITTLE UNDER 77 SQUARE FOOT.
20:22:41 CURRENTLY, THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY WANT TO TEAR DOWN THAT
20:22:46 RESTAURANT, BUILD BACK THE 81-ROOM CANNED WE'LL SUITES HOTEL
20:22:53 BASICALLY WITH EXISTING RESTAURANT, 6600 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL
20:23:01 CENTER WHICH WOULD BE FOR TENANTS.
20:23:06 WITH THAT, WE HAVE PROPOSED A RESTAURANT USE WITHIN THAT.
20:23:16 I WILL COME BACK TO THAT WHEN I GET TO THE WAIVERS.
20:23:19 FIRST I WANT TO WALK THROUGH THE SITE OVERALL.
20:23:31 THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
20:23:34 THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS A CHURCH THAT FORMERLY WAS A
20:23:43 TOYS R US DEPARTMENT STORE.
20:23:45 THE PROPERTY -- THE OWNERS, THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
20:23:51 OWNERS OUT THERE.
20:23:52 THEY WENT INTO A CROSS PARKING AGREEMENT.
20:23:56 PORTION OF THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE CROSS ACCESS, BECAUSE THEY
20:24:01 HAD A SHARED DRIVEWAY, THIS PARCEL DOES NOT HAVE DIRECT
20:24:04 ACCESS.
20:24:06 THEY HAVE SHARED ACCESS THROUGH THE PARCELS TO THE EAST.
20:24:10 AS SUCH, WE ARE MAINTAINING THAT PROCESS THROUGH THE
20:24:13 PROPERTY.
20:24:14 AND ESSENTIALLY A PARKING LOT, TO OPTIMIZE PARKING, BUT
20:24:22 MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN USE.
20:24:29 THIS IS WHERE THE RESTAURANT IS.
20:24:31 CURRENTLY PARKING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO THE BACK OF THE
20:24:37 RESTAURANT.
20:24:38 AND THE PROPERTY, THE HOTEL DOWN THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
20:24:46 AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PLAN, THE CHURCH PROPERTY HAS PARKING
20:24:51 RIGHT UP TO THE PROPERTY LINE CURRENTLY.
20:24:54 WE ARE PROPOSING THIS VERY NARROW STRIP, NOT ENOUGH TO BE
20:25:02 VIABLE EVEN FOR GRASS.
20:25:04 WE WERE JUST OUT THERE TODAY.
20:25:05 BASED ON -- THE PAVEMENT, PARKING.
20:25:22 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE FIRST TWO WAIVERS WHICH IS THE WAIVER
20:25:24 OF THE TEN FOUNTAIN BUFFER AND THEN THE WAIVER OF THE
20:25:29 SCREENING THAT WOULD NORMALLY GO BETWEEN USES.
20:25:33 BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT SHARED PARKING STIPULATION, WE
20:25:39 BELIEVE THAT THAT JUSTIFIES WAIVING THAT REQUIREMENT.
20:25:48 WE HAVE PROPOSED TO KEEP THE TREES, THE TWO ISLANDS.
20:25:53 THEY ARE GOING TO REMOVE ASPHALT THAT'S CURRENTLY AROUND
20:25:56 THOSE TREES, IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THOSE TREES.
20:26:05 THE REASON WHY THERE ARE SO MANY TREES ON THE PROPERTY IS
20:26:08 BECAUSE THE EXISTING RESTAURANT HAS CABBAGES PALMS.
20:26:16 THEY ARE THE SAME AS OAK TREES FREE FOR TREE.
20:26:22 ALSO, IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS
20:26:26 THERE ARE A BUNCH OF EXOTIC TREES.
20:26:32 TALKING WITH THE ARBORIST ON IT, WE WOULD PROBABLY REMOVE
20:26:35 THOSE BY THE CITY SO WE WILL BE REMOVING THOSE AND REPLACING
20:26:39 THEM WITH DIFFERENT TREES.
20:26:43 IN SPEAKING WITH THE ARBORIST WHO HAVE DID PROVIDE A AN
20:26:46 ARBORIST REPORT TO THE CITY FOR REVIEW, THE CABBAGE PALMS,
20:26:54 IT'S NOT REALLY RECOMMENDED.
20:26:55 A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T SURVIVE DURING CONSTRUCTION
20:26:58 ACTIVITY.
20:27:00 SO IT'S REPLACEMENT ANYWAY.
20:27:06 TECHNICALLY WE COULD LOCATE THOSE TREES, WHEN WE TAKE THE
20:27:12 EXOTICS OUT AND MEET THE 50% THAT WAY.
20:27:15 TWO OF THEM PARTICULARLY RECOMMEND REPLACING, CABBAGE PALMS,
20:27:22 SO THEY ARE NOT AS GOOD QUALITY AS THE REPLACEMENT ONES.
20:27:32 THE TWO WAIVERS FOR THE BUFFER AND THE SCREENING, THE
20:27:42 SITUATION IS CREATED BECAUSE OF THE USE CHANGED.
20:27:49 BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE OF USE NEXT DOOR THAT CHANGED THE
20:27:51 STANDARDS FOR THE PROPERTY.
20:27:52 THAT'S WHY THAT BUFFER DOESN'T EXIST OUT THERE TODAY.
20:27:55 BECAUSE IT WAS RETAIL BACK THEN.
20:28:02 ON PAPER, THEY ARE NOT COMPATIBLE, BUT IT IS A MIXED USE
20:28:10 RETAIL ENVIRONMENT ALONG THAT CORRIDOR,
20:28:20 I DO WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, STAFF, I THINK MARY SAID,
20:28:26 THERE IS A BUFFER ON THE EAST SIDE.
20:28:27 I DON'T THINK THAT'S CORRECT BECAUSE THAT'S
20:28:29 COMMERCIAL-COMMERCIAL.
20:28:30 WE HAVE NOT ASKED FOR THAT IF THAT IS THE CASE.
20:28:33 I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THAT REQUEST.
20:28:36 WE TALKED ABOUT THE TREE PROTECTION ALREADY.
20:28:39 AND THE FINAL ONE I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FOURTH
20:28:42 WAIVER WHICH IS PARKING.
20:28:46 THIS IS ACTUALLY TRIP GENERATION.
20:28:52 IT'S A TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS FOR THE PROPERTY.
20:28:54 THE RESTAURANT, EXISTING, AND ACTUALLY REDUCED IT DURING THE
20:29:01 DESIGN.
20:29:04 THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE EXISTING USE, ACTUALLY MORE THAN THE
20:29:13 41 TRIPS, BECAUSE WE USED THE RETAIL.
20:29:21 WITH REGARD TO THE PARKING WAIVER --
20:29:25 >> IS THERE A WAY TO ZOOM THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT?
20:29:36 >> THE DESIGNATION FOR ALLOWING THAT IS 27-383.4 AND
20:29:41 27-33.10.
20:29:45 I WON'T READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT TO PREVENT USE OF ON
20:29:55 STREET PARKING FOR TWO BUILDINGS.
20:30:02 JOINT USE OF FACILITY MAY ALSO BE APPROVED IF THE BUILDING
20:30:06 ADMINISTRATOR, THAT SUCH BUILDINGS OR USES ARE NOT
20:30:13 SIMULTANEOUS.
20:30:15 SO THE IF THIS IS A PD APPROVED, AND THAT CANNOT CHANGE THE
20:30:20 REQUIREMENT.
20:30:25 FINALLY, WAIVER OF PARKING.
20:30:33 AND THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY AUTHORIZE REDUCTION IN THE
20:30:36 REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
20:30:42 THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE SPECIFIC USE FOR DEVELOPMENT
20:30:44 NECESSITY ZERO PARKING SPACES A THAT THIS ARTICLE REQUIRES.
20:30:48 THE APPLICANT MUST DEMONSTRATE THE PARKING DEMAND FOR THE
20:30:52 DEVELOPMENT BY SUBMITTING THE APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC DATA.
20:30:54 SO WE HAVE PROVIDED THE STUDY BASED UPON THE TRAFFIC
20:30:58 ENGINEER, THE STANDARD FOR PARKING STANDARD.
20:31:12 I WOULD RATHER SHOW YOU SOME CHARTS THAT MAKE AT LOT
20:31:14 SIMPLER.
20:31:16 THERE'S THREE CHARTS.
20:31:18 THEY BREAK IT DOWN BY MONDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY,
20:31:22 FOR THE COMBINATION OF USES.
20:31:26 YOU WILL SEE THAT THE CHARTS ARE VERY SIMILAR.
20:31:29 AND SO THERE'S BASICALLY ESSENTIALLY NO DIFFERENCE
20:31:34 THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
20:31:35 THERE'S SLIGHTLY MORE USE DURING THE DAY.
20:31:37 AND INTO THE EVENING ON A FRIDAY.
20:31:40 BUT THE PARKING LOT SITS PREDOMINANTLY -- NOT PREDOMINANTLY.
20:31:48 A PORTION OF IT IS DURING THE DAY, GENERALLY SPEAKING 60,
20:31:54 70% OCCUPANCY RATE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY FROM 8 A.M.
20:32:00 THROUGH 6 P.M.
20:32:01 DURING THE EVENING, CUSTOMERS WITH RESTAURANT USES ARE OUT
20:32:08 FOR DINNER BY CHECKING INTO THE HOTEL.
20:32:10 OBVIOUSLY OCCUPANCY CONTINUES TO GO UP, AND STAYING
20:32:16 OVERNIGHT AND LIKEWISE IN THE MORNING.
20:32:18 BY 6:00 IN THE MORNING BE WHEN IT REACHES MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY,
20:32:22 AND IT TRAILS OFF AS, AND OBVIOUSLY RETAIL AND RESTAURANT
20:32:30 USES THAT WILL COME IN AND USE THOSE VACANT SPACES DURING
20:32:33 THAT TIME.
20:32:35 THIS CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER OF SPACES, THE AMOUNT OF SPACES,
20:32:40 AND HOW IT OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
20:32:44 THE BLUE IS THE HOTEL.
20:32:50 THE RED IS PARKING SPACES USED THROUGH THE DAY.
20:32:54 AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THAT USAGE IS PRETTY SIMILAR, VARIES EACH
20:32:59 DAY OF THE WEEK.
20:33:05 SO AS POINTED OUT WE SUBMITTED THE TRAFFIC STUDY, AND 27-383
20:33:15 .4, THERE IS THE ABILITY FOR THAT JOINT USE OF PARKING LOT,
20:33:21 SO THAT'S THE JUSTIFICATION FOR 89 SPACES ARE ALLOWED.
20:33:23 AND BASED ON THE STUDY, WE PUT THE RESULTS, HOW MUCH OF THAT
20:33:28 COULD BE RESTAURANT WITHOUT OVERTAXING PARKING ON THE
20:33:31 PROPERTY?
20:33:31 AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR, RESTRICTION OF 1900
20:33:35 SQUARE FEET OF THAT 6600 SQUARE FEET, THE RESTAURANT.
20:33:46 WE WERE USING DATA WITH THE LIMITATION OF THE RESTAURANT.
20:33:54 THE CROSS ACCESS PARKING THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE ADJACENT
20:33:56 PROPERTIES IS NOT FACTORED INTO THE STUDY
20:34:12 WITH THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND THE
20:34:15 OWNER IS HERE.
20:34:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS?
20:34:17 MR. VIERA.
20:34:17 >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT DO YOU HAVE A CHURCH CROSSOVER CHURCH
20:34:21 AND SEE THE PASTOR TOM HILL.
20:34:23 WHAT ENGAGEMENT IF ANY HAVE YOU HAD WITH THE CHURCH IN TERMS
20:34:25 OF THE PARKING SITUATION?
20:34:27 >> THE OWNER AND I MET WITH THEM.
20:34:31 AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE PROJECT, ABOUT ACCESS
20:34:36 IMPROVEMENTS, AND HOW THEY OPERATED, AND THEIR NEEDS FOR
20:34:44 SPECIAL EVENTS AND ALL THAT, AND THEY BOTH AGREED TO WORK.
20:34:53 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I WILL LET THEM SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
20:34:55 LATER ABOUT THAT.
20:34:56 THANK YOU, SIR.
20:34:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
20:34:58 ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME?
20:35:07 SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 8.
20:35:08 >> MR. CHAIR, THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT I WANT TO
20:35:22 ASK A QUESTION OF.
20:35:22 MAY I CALL SOMEONE TO THE PODIUM?
20:35:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: DO YOU WANT TO DO IT BEFORE THE
20:35:27 PRESENTATION?
20:35:29 >>LUIS VIERA: OH, I'M SORRY.
20:35:30 PUBLIC COMMENT?
20:35:31 MY APOLOGIES.
20:35:32 GO AHEAD, SIR.
20:35:33 >> 4409 WEST PELA AVENUE, A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR.
20:35:41 I OWN THIS PROPERTY, AND I SOLD OFF THE PIECE THAT THEY ARE
20:35:45 PLANNING TO DEVELOP.
20:35:46 I SOLD IT OFF BACK IN THE LATE 80s, THE EARLY 90s TO
20:35:51 HOPS.
20:35:52 BASICALLY AT THAT POINT IN TIME THEY WERE GRANTED A VERY
20:35:55 OPEN RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS NOT SPECIFIED
20:36:01 THE NUMBER OF SPACES, NOR DOES IT SPECIFY WHERE THEY CAN
20:36:04 PARK.
20:36:05 SO FROM THAT THAT STANDPOINT, I LOOKED AT WHAT THEY ARE
20:36:11 DOING ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE,
20:36:14 AND THEY ARE GOING TO PUT ABOUT 20% OF THEIR PARKING ON MY
20:36:17 PROPERTY, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE WEST.
20:36:20 I ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE RESTAURANT ON THE EAST SIDE
20:36:24 AS WELL.
20:36:25 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS NOT MENTIONED, THE CHURCH IS
20:36:28 UNDER A GROUND LEASE, WHICH EXPIRES IN MAY OF 2028.
20:36:33 ALL OF THAT GOES AWAY FROM THE WEST SIDE OF MY PROPERTY, ALL
20:36:39 OF THAT GOES AWAY WHEN THE LEASE EXPIRES.
20:36:42 I WANTED TO PUT UP HERE AND BASICALLY SHOW YOU FOWLER AVENUE
20:36:47 OBVIOUSLY IS HERE.
20:36:49 THE PIECE THAT THEY ACQUIRED IS 135 FEET ON FOWLER AVENUE.
20:36:56 THE RESIDUAL PEDIATRICIAN THAT I HAVE LEFT IS 105 FEET.
20:36:59 IT ALSO HAS THE ENTRANCE, AND BASICALLY IT CONTROLS THE
20:37:05 PARCEL TO THE WEST AS WELL, AS FAR AS RECIPROCAL PARKING
20:37:09 GOES.
20:37:09 BUT AGAIN, I REITERATE, IN 2028, THAT RECIPROCAL PARKING TO
20:37:15 THE WEST OF THE -- REST OF THE PROPERTY GOES AWAY SO
20:37:19 ANYTHING REFERENCING RECIPROCAL PARKING IN THAT AREA WILL
20:37:23 NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR WHOEVER DEVELOPS THIS.
20:37:27 MY CONCERN BASICALLY IS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE CREATING A
20:37:32 VERY AGGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS.
20:37:36 THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING ON THEIR SITE.
20:37:39 AND BASICALLY, THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN INDICATE WHERE I AM
20:37:42 GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO PARK BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IN
20:37:46 RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT TO WHERE THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO
20:37:49 DESIGNATE WHERE THEY PARK.
20:37:51 SO I WANT TO IN ANY CASE CLEAR.
20:37:54 AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I HAVE SOME RESERVE ABOUT IN
20:38:00 HERE.
20:38:01 MY FAMILY HAS OWNED THIS PROPERTY ALL THE WAY FROM 15th
20:38:05 STREET TO NEBRASKA AVENUE.
20:38:07 WE HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS PROBLEM WITH VAGRANCY UP THERE.
20:38:10 AND I'M CONCERNED WITH THIS HOTEL THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PUT
20:38:14 IN HERE.
20:38:15 THEY ARE CLAIMING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG-TERM STAY,
20:38:19 BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE -- I DON'T KNOW BE THAT THERE'S ANY
20:38:23 MECHANISM TO WHICH TO CHECK ON THAT.
20:38:26 SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I AM PLANNING TO ENGAGE JOHN
20:38:31 GRANDOFF, MY ATTORNEY, TO COME IN AND HELP ME REPRESENT ON
20:38:33 THIS.
20:38:33 [BELL SOUNDS]
20:38:36 AT THIS POINT IN TIME -- MAY I BE GRANTED ANOTHER MINUTE?
20:38:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: GO AHEAD.
20:38:41 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
20:38:43 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AT THIS POINT IN TIME IF EITHER THIS CAN
20:38:46 BE PUT OFF TO ALLOW ME TO GET JOHN GRANDOFF INVOLVED, OR
20:38:50 DENIED.
20:38:51 I WOULD REALLY BE PREFER IT BE DENIED BASED ON THE
20:38:55 AGGRESSIVE NATURE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING HERE.
20:38:57 WITH THAT I YIELD MY TIME.
20:38:59 >>LUIS VIERA: WHICH PROPERTY DID YOU SAY YOU CURRENTLY OWN,
20:39:07 IS TO THE WEST OF THAT PROPERTY?
20:39:10 >>MIKE SUAREZ: BECAUSE THE CHURCH, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT
20:39:13 FROM WHERE I AM LOOKING AT NOW, THE CHURCH IS TO THE LEFT, I
20:39:15 BELIEVE, ON THIS PARTICULAR --
20:39:17 >> THE CHURCH IS THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.
20:39:19 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO THAT TOP PART IS YOURS?
20:39:23 >> THIS PIECE RIGHT IN HERE.
20:39:25 105 FEET.
20:39:28 THAT IS MY PIECE.
20:39:29 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND THE ONLY REASON I AM ASKING IS BECAUSE
20:39:32 IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE ACCESS TO THE RESTAURANT IS THERE,
20:39:35 ONLY FOR THE HOTEL, CORRECT?
20:39:36 BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE HOTEL ENTRANCE WOULD HAVE TO GO
20:39:40 THROUGH YOUR PROPERTY.
20:39:42 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
20:39:43 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I JUST WANTED TO GET IT CLARIFIED BECAUSE
20:39:45 YOU MENTION ADD COUPLE OF THE PROPERTIES, AND OBVIOUSLY YOUR
20:39:48 FAMILY WHEN YOU DECIDED TO SELL, SO CERTAIN PARCELS, SO IT'S
20:39:52 GOTTEN A LITTLE CUT UP NOW.
20:39:54 >> WELL, WE ACTUALLY SPLIT THE PROPERTIES UP IN 1980.
20:39:59 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU, SIR.
20:40:04 THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
20:40:05 I APPRECIATE THAT.
20:40:05 >> IN A PROBLEM.
20:40:06 AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CONCERN MYSELF
20:40:09 WITH, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I COULD, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE
20:40:15 SETBACKS ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE.
20:40:18 THE WAIVERS THAT THEY ARE ASKING THERE.
20:40:20 WITH THAT I YIELD MY TIME.
20:40:22 [BELL SOUNDS]
20:40:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU, SIR.
20:40:24 YOU USED IT.
20:40:27 (LAUGHTER)
20:40:28 ALL RIGHT, MR. VIERA.
20:40:29 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
20:40:32 I SEE PASTOR TOMMY BACK THERE.
20:40:34 PASTOR, DO YOU MIND COMING UP FOR ONE QUESTION, IF I MAY?
20:40:37 THANK YOU, SIR.
20:40:40 YOU SAT AROUND HERE FOR WHAT IS IT, TWO AND A HALF HOURS?
20:40:43 SO MIGHT AS WELL GET A QUESTION OUT OF IT, PASTOR.
20:40:47 PASTOR, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I GUESS THE CROSSOVER
20:40:50 CHURCH'S POSITION ON THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU COULD
20:40:54 JUST LET COUNCIL KNOW.
20:40:55 >> WE DID ACTUALLY MEET WITH THEM.
20:40:58 WE REACHED OUT TO THEM.
20:40:59 >> AND I'M SORRY, IF YOU COULD GIVE YOUR NAME.
20:41:02 >> TOMMY KYLLONAN, PASTOR OF CROSSOVER CHURCH WEST OF THIS
20:41:08 PROPERTY.
20:41:09 MY ADDRESS IS 1235 EAST FOWLER AVENUE.
20:41:12 SO WE REACHED OUT TO THEM BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DID GET A
20:41:15 NOTICE IN THE MAIL.
20:41:16 WE DID -- THEY DID MAIL US SOME INFORMATION ON THE PROPERTY.
20:41:19 ALSO BECAUSE I WILL STILL LISTED AS THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION
20:41:23 PRESIDENT.
20:41:24 SO I DID GET THE INFORMATION BECAUSE OF THAT.
20:41:26 SO WE REACHED OUT TO THEM BEFORE TONIGHT AS A COURTESY.
20:41:29 WE WANTED TO TRY TO KIND OF SEE WHERE THEY WERE AT.
20:41:32 WE HAD A FEW QUESTIONS.
20:41:33 OUR BIGGEST QUESTION WAS THE SHARED PARKING EASEMENT
20:41:37 AGREEMENT THAT WAS FORMERLY THERE, AND WE LOOKED UP A BUNCH
20:41:42 OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC RECORDS.
20:41:43 THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF.
20:41:44 IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
20:41:46 BUT END OF THE DAY OUR CONCERN WAS OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE GOING
20:41:49 TO HAVE TO COME IN AND OUT OF OUR PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE
20:41:52 PROPERTY THAT MR. LANE OWNS.
20:41:54 AND SO THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
20:41:56 AND NOW UNDER THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH TOYS R
20:41:59 US, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE ASPHALT.
20:42:02 THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
20:42:03 THAT'S NOT US, THAT'S NOT THE LAND OWNER AT THIS POINT.
20:42:08 THAT'S US.
20:42:08 SO THAT PARKING LOCALITY IS BE IN NEED OF REPAIR.
20:42:13 SO OUR CONCERN WAS THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF USAGE.
20:42:16 ARE YOU GOING TO HELP US WITH SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE?
20:42:18 WE THINK THAT WILL ONLY BE FAIR IF YOU GUYS ARE USING IT,
20:42:22 JUST AS MUCH OR MORE THAN WE ARE AS YOU ARE COMING IN AND
20:42:25 OUT OF THAT DRIVEWAY, IN AND OUT OF THERE.
20:42:28 SO WE DO HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION.
20:42:30 THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, THAT THEY WOULD
20:42:33 HELP WHEN THEY PAVE IT, THEY WOULD RESEAL, PAVE IT BECAUSE
20:42:38 THEY WANT EVERYTHING TO LOOK UNIFORM.
20:42:40 THEY DON'T WANT EVERYTHING TO LOOK BACK AND THEN NICE ON
20:42:43 THEIR SIDE.
20:42:44 SO AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WERE AT PEACE WITH THAT.
20:42:47 >>LUIS VIERA: SO YOU ARE OKAY THEN?
20:42:50 >> YES.
20:42:51 >>LUIS VIERA: JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
20:42:53 THANK YOU, SIR.
20:42:54 >>HARRY COHEN: IS THIS GENTLEMAN YOUR LANDLORD OR SEPARATE?
20:43:00 >> IT'S A COMPLICATED DEAL.
20:43:01 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
20:43:09 >> MY SON OWNS THE REMAINING 235 IN THE MIDDLE.
20:43:14 >> SO WE HAVE TWO GROUND LANDLORDS BUT THEY ARE NOT
20:43:18 TECHNICALLY OUR LANDLORDS BECAUSE WE ARE SUBLEASING UNDER
20:43:22 TOYS R US.
20:43:22 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
20:43:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
20:43:31 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 8 FROM THE PUBLIC?
20:43:36 ALL RIGHT.
20:43:37 THE APPLICANT?
20:43:46 YOU HAVE SOME REBUTTAL TIME.
20:43:49 BEFORE YOUR REBUTTAL, THE QUESTION FROM THE GENTLEMAN, MR.
20:43:59 GRANDOFF IS THE ATTORNEY, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEM?
20:44:07 >> WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD LAKE FOR THE COUNCIL TO FIND IN OUR
20:44:10 FAVOR.
20:44:11 WE FEEL THAT IT STANDS FOR ITSELF.
20:44:15 SHALL WE HAVE PROBABLY PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION STUDIES AS
20:44:19 WELL AS A DETAILED SITE PLAN TO SHOW THAT THE PROJECT, 20%
20:44:26 OF THE PROPERTY IS ERRONEOUS.
20:44:28 WE HAVE GOT THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT THAT MEET THAT CRITERIA.
20:44:36 >> STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
20:44:38 >> PETE HANSEL. PLANNER.
20:44:41 SO WE DO MEET THE PARKING ON-SITE BASED ON PARKING DEMAND
20:44:43 STUDY WHICH IS AN OPTION UNDER THE CODE AS I MENTIONED
20:44:47 EARLIER.
20:44:50 THE CITY NORMALLY DOES PARKING IN ISOLATION SO WE DON'T MEET
20:44:55 THE CODE FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE BUT WE DO MEET IT UNDER THE
20:44:59 THAN STANDARD ALLOWED BY CODE.
20:45:11 >>HARRY COHEN: YOU HAVE A WAIVER HERE TO REDUCE THE PARKING
20:45:14 FROM 110 TO 89.
20:45:17 HOW CAN YOU MEET THE STANDARD?
20:45:18 >> THE CODE ALLOWS UNDER THIS SECTION, 27-383.4, THE ABILITY
20:45:27 TO DO A PARKING STUDY THAT LOOKS AT JOINT USE OF FACILITIES,
20:45:31 LOOKING AT OUR -- FOR PARKING.
20:45:34 >>HARRY COHEN: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
20:45:36 BUT BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT WAS OFFERED, SOME OF THAT IS
20:45:42 GOING TO GO AWAY.
20:45:43 >> WE DID NOT FACTOR IN ANY OFF-SITE PARKING.
20:45:55 THE SPACES PROPOSED ON-SITE ARE ADEQUATE BASED ON THE
20:45:58 PARKING STUDY THAT WE PROVIDED.
20:46:00 WE DID NOT FACTOR IN ANY OUTSIDE PARKING.
20:46:03 THE AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL OFF-SITE PARKING IS AVAILABLE
20:46:08 IF EVER NEEDED.
20:46:09 >>HARRY COHEN: I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MADE AN ARGUMENT THAT
20:46:14 BECAUSE OF THE USE THAT YOU SHOWED THAT IT WOULD BE
20:46:18 SUFFICIENT TO MEET YOUR NEEDS.
20:46:21 IT ISN'T TECHNICALLY SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE CODE, THOUGH.
20:46:24 >> IT DOESN'T MEET THE CODE UNDERSTANDER PARKING BUT IT DOES
20:46:28 MEET STANDARDS UNDER THAT SECTION OF THE CODE.
20:46:30 I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHETHER THERE
20:46:33 SHOULD BE A WAIVER OR NOT BUT THAT'S WHAT WAS DECIDED BY
20:46:35 STAFF AND DRC IS THAT IT SHOULD BE A WAIVER REQUEST.
20:46:39 THAT'S WHY WE ASKED FOR IT.
20:46:41 I BELIEVE IT FOLLOWS THE PARKING STANDARD.
20:46:44 >>REBECCA KERT: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
20:46:45 I DON'T WANT TO GET IN REBUTTAL BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY.
20:46:49 THAT THE FROM THE CITY CODE PERSPECTIVE HE DOES NOT MEET
20:46:52 THAT PROVISION OF CITY CODE.
20:46:53 OTHERWISE HE WOULD NOT NEED A WAIVER.
20:46:56 HE CERTAINLY HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE ALL HIS ARGUMENTS THAT HE
20:46:59 HAS JUSTIFIED HIS WAIVER, BUT HE DOES NOT MEET ANY OF THE
20:47:02 PROVISIONS OH --
20:47:04 >>HARRY COHEN: THE APPROPRIATE ONE.
20:47:05 >>REBECCA KERT: YES, CORRECT.
20:47:07 >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
20:47:11 BACK TO THE CODE SECTION IT ALLOWS -- WHAT IS THE
20:47:15 APPROPRIATE MECHANISM?
20:47:18 THE CODE TALKS ABOUT THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR APPROVING IT.
20:47:22 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT COUNCIL HAD TO APPROVE IT AS A PD.
20:47:25 >>REBECCA KERT: I AM GOING LET MRS. SAMANIEGO ANSWER THAT.
20:47:29 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THE APPLICANT HAS BROUGHT THIS UP FROM
20:47:36 THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS APPLICATION.
20:47:39 THE JOINT USE FOR THE PARKING STANDARD IS TYPICALLY IN THE
20:47:44 SCENARIOS WHERE THE DIFFERENT USES ARE NOT SPOKEN TO.
20:47:52 THE USES THAT HE PROPOSES STRIP COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER
20:47:55 AND HOTEL HAVE PARKING STANDARDS THAT WE GO BY.
20:47:59 I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE APPLICANT THAT HE CAN CERTAINLY
20:48:01 PRESENT HIS PARKING STUDY TO YOU AS EVIDENCE AS AN
20:48:05 ALTERNATIVE, BUT BASICALLY THE CODE REQUIREMENT STANDS.
20:48:10 I REVIEWED THIS WITH THE TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER AND HEAD OF
20:48:12 THE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION AS WELL AS THE ZONING
20:48:15 ADMINISTRATOR, BECAUSE HE'S ASKING TO DO FINE PARKING
20:48:18 STANDARD IN THE CODE, HE'S HELD TO THOSE STANDARD.
20:48:22 I HAVE ALSO EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT HE'S REFERENCING ANOTHER
20:48:25 CODE SECTION WHERE THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR MAY
20:48:28 ADMINISTRATIVELY WAIVE PARKING STANDARDS.
20:48:31 HOWEVER, BECAUSE THIS APPLICANT IS IN THE PD PROCESS THAT
20:48:36 RESPONSIBILITY THE DEFERRED TO THE COUNCIL SO IT REQUIRES A
20:48:39 WAIVER.
20:48:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
20:48:46 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK THAT THE CHAIR MADE THE COMMENT TO
20:48:50 YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR REBUTTAL, WE WERE TRYING TO
20:48:53 ANSWER A QUESTION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BARKING BUT WITH
20:48:57 ACCESS.
20:48:58 THE GENTLEMAN CAME UP HERE AND MADE A CASE FOR THAT THERE
20:49:03 MIGHT BE SOME WAY THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO TALK WITH SOMEONE.
20:49:07 I THINK THAT YOU PROBABLY SHOULD DO IT NOW VERSUS LATER.
20:49:09 I CAN'T TELL YOU TO NOT DO THAT.
20:49:11 BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN SOMETHING THIS COMPLICATED, IT
20:49:17 GIVES ME PAUSE WHENEVER I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON
20:49:19 SOMETHING.
20:49:20 IT ISN'T AS EASY OF A DECISION AS HAVING TWO LANDLORDS ON
20:49:26 EITHER SIDE THAT ALLOW YOU ACCESS IN.
20:49:28 IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.
20:49:29 SO I THINK THE GENTLEMAN'S VIEWPOINT AND HIS SUGGESTION
20:49:32 SHOULD BE WELL TAKEN.
20:49:34 THAT'S THE ONLY THING I AM GOING TO TELL YOU.
20:49:36 AND IF YOU GET WHAT I AM SAYING TO YOU, I THINK THAT MIGHT
20:49:38 BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IF YOU WOULD ASK FOR A
20:49:41 CONTINUANCE.
20:49:42 THAT'S UP TO YOU I.CAN'T ASK FOR IT AND I AM NOT GOING TO
20:49:45 TELL YOU TO DO THAT.
20:49:46 BUT I KNOW THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT, THIS IS COMPLICATING
20:49:50 THINGS A LOT ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CHURCH IS BEING LEASED BY
20:49:54 A MAJOR CORPORATION, OR MAYBE THEY ARE NOT IN BUSINESS
20:49:57 ANYMORE, I'M NOT SURE, BUT A COMPANY, THERE IS TWO DIFFERENT
20:50:01 OWNERS ON THE PROPERTY AS THE PROPERTY OWNERS, AND SO THAT
20:50:06 ACCESS USE IS GOING TO GO AWAY ACCORDING TO THIS GENTLEMAN
20:50:10 IN 2028.
20:50:11 SO THAT COMPLICATES OUR DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
20:50:14 I LIKE THINGS UNCOMPLICATED.
20:50:17 SO YOU MIGHT NEED TO UNCOMPLICATE IT BE SO THAT I CAN
20:50:21 UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
20:50:23 I'M NOT THAT SMART SO IT'S A LITTLE HARDER FOR ME TO GET
20:50:26 WHERE WE ARE AT ON THIS.
20:50:28 >> I UNDERSTAND.
20:50:29 AND WITH THAT, IN THE SPIRIT OF COOPERATION, WE WOULD ACCEPT
20:50:34 AN ORDER TO RESOLVE THAT AND WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER A COUPLE
20:50:37 OF THE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE DO FOR MY MIND.
20:50:43 AGAIN I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY.
20:50:44 I'M A PLANNER.
20:50:45 SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE LEGALITIES, AND PROVIDED THAT TO THE
20:50:51 CITY THROUGH THE INITIAL SUBMITTAL ON THE PARKING STUDY,
20:50:54 PLUS AGAIN AS PART OF THE DRC RESPONSE.
20:50:57 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE OWNERS' ATTORNEY THAT THE
20:51:00 EASEMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S AN AREA THAT'S IN QUESTION, IT
20:51:04 CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH THAT
20:51:07 ANSWER BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR FOR YOU TO HAVE TO MAKE A
20:51:09 DECISION NOT KNOWING.
20:51:15 THERE IS OBVIOUSLY ONLY ONE WAY TO GET TO THE PROPERTY.
20:51:18 SO REGARDLESS IF THERE IS TERMINATION ON IT, I BELIEVE
20:51:25 THERE'S PROBABLY LEGAL PRECEDENCE BE ANYWAY (COUGHING) AND
20:51:32 IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR CROSS PARKING OR NOT IN THE
20:51:34 FUTURE.
20:51:35 THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE WORKED OUT AND GET
20:51:38 BACK TO YOU ON.
20:51:39 THE OWNER -- MY CLIENT HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH THE OTHER
20:51:46 OWNER IN IMPROVING THE ACCESS, BECAUSE IT IS A SHARED
20:51:49 FACILITY.
20:51:50 SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AGAIN HAVE AGREED TO CONTINUE
20:51:53 WORKING WITH HIM ON.
20:51:54 AND AS FAR AS -- I TALKED TO HIM TWICE IN THE LAST MONTH,
20:51:59 AND THE OWNER HAS TALKED TO HIM AT LEAST TWICE AND CALLED
20:52:04 THREE OR FOUR OTHER TIMES.
20:52:06 SO WE HAVE TALKED TO HIM OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
20:52:09 WE HAVE HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY.
20:52:10 SO WE ALSO -- I TALKED TO THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNER, THE
20:52:17 SHARED PROPERTY LINE.
20:52:18 I TALKED TO HIM TWICE I.DON'T KNOW IF THE OWNER HAS TALKED
20:52:21 TO HIM OR NOT.
20:52:22 I KNOW I DID GIVE THE NEIGHBOR SOME TO REACH OUT TO HIM.
20:52:29 I FEEL SATISFIED AND THAT'S WHY HE WASN'T HERE TONIGHT
20:52:34 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
20:52:37 I FELT THAT --
20:52:41 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND IT PROBABLY GOOD TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE
20:52:43 ROOM SINCE THERE'S SO MANY DISPARATE, YOU KNOW, ENTITIES
20:52:48 THAT ARE DEALING WITH THIS.
20:52:49 SO THAT WHEN YOU COME HERE IT'S A CLEANER WAY OF ACTUALLY
20:52:52 MAKING YOUR CASE.
20:52:54 THAT WOULD JUST BE MY SUGGESTION.
20:52:55 >> YES.
20:52:56 I AGREE.
20:52:56 NOW THAT WE ARE AWARE THAT'S AN ISSUE, WE'LL WORK IT OUT AND
20:53:00 COME BACK TO YOU.
20:53:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED?
20:53:04 >>MIKE SUAREZ: 30 DAYS?
20:53:06 >> 30 DAYS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.
20:53:08 >>HARRY COHEN: AUGUST 9th?
20:53:14 AND WE HAVE ONLY ALCOHOL.
20:53:15 AND THEN WE HAVE SEPTEMBER 13th.
20:53:17 >>MARTIN SHELBY: FIBBING, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST TO HAVE REMIND
20:53:21 COUNCIL TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDAR.
20:53:23 YOU HAVE TEN REZONINGS AND ONE DRI SCHEDULED FOR THE NIGHT
20:53:26 ON YOUR CALENDAR AND TONIGHT YOU ADDED TWO CONTINUANCES TO
20:53:29 THE NIGHT OF THE 9th. SO THAT BRINGS IT UP TO 13 ITEMS.
20:53:33 >> WE DO HAVE CONSTRAINTS BECAUSE CANNED WOOD SUITES, THEY
20:53:56 HAVE TO PERFORM ON THE PROPERTY.
20:53:58 SO OBVIOUSLY IF IT WOULD NOT OVERBURDEN THE COUNCIL,
20:54:05 SEPTEMBER 13th WOULD BE FINE WITH US.
20:54:09 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I MAKE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO
20:54:11 SEPTEMBER 13th AT 6:00 P.M.
20:54:14 >> SECOND.
20:54:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
20:54:17 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
20:54:19 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
20:54:21 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
20:54:22 OPPOSED?
20:54:24 ALL RIGHT.
20:54:25 WE'LL SEE YOU ON SEPTEMBER 13th.
20:54:26 >> THANK YOU.
20:54:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 10.
20:54:31 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: ITEM NUMBER 10 IS REZ 18-54, PROPERTY
20:54:41 LOCATED AT 4523 WEST CHESTNUT STREET FROM RS-50 TO PLANNED
20:54:46 DEVELOPMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
20:54:47 >>JENNIFER MALONE: PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
20:54:54 THIS IS LOCATED IN THE WESTSHORE PLANNING DISTRICT,
20:54:56 EVACUATION ZONE C.
20:54:59 THERE ARE TWO TRANSIT ROUTES TO THE SUBJECT SITE AND A
20:55:04 TRANSIT STOP ABOUT 200 YARDS AWAY.
20:55:08 THIS IS THE AERIAL.
20:55:09 THIS IS WEST BOY SCOUT BOULEVARD HERE.
20:55:13 THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
20:55:18 IT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL BECAUSE IT'S SURROUNDED BY DEVELOPMENT
20:55:24 IN THAT AERIAL.
20:55:28 TO THE SOUTH THERE'S A SCHOOL TO THE SOUTH.
20:55:33 AND THEN THERE'S PARKING.
20:55:44 THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
20:55:53 HEY INTENSITY.
20:55:56 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
20:55:57 AND THIS IS AIRPORT PROPERTY.
20:56:02 WE DID FIND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
20:56:04 WE DO RECOGNIZE THE GROWTH WITHIN THIS AREA OF THE CITY.
20:56:11 AND WE DO CONSIDER THE MULTIFAMILY FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
20:56:13 PATTERN TO BE CONSISTENT ESPECIALLY WITH THAT FUTURE LAND
20:56:15 USE CATEGORY REGIONAL MIXED USE 100 AND THE DEVELOPMENT
20:56:20 PATTERNS.
20:56:21 THANK YOU.
20:56:22 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: 4523 WEST CHESTNUT STREET.
20:56:45 HERE IS AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
20:56:48 HERE IS CHESTNUT.
20:56:51 BOY SCOUT IS JUST A VERY SMALL PIECE RIGHT HERE.
20:56:53 THE REST OF THE ENTIRE BLOCK IS ONE LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
20:56:58 SO VERY SMALL PIECE RIGHT HERE.
20:57:02 THERE'S ABOUT 5300 SQUARE FEET. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE
20:57:05 PROPERTY FROM CHESTNUT.
20:57:09 THIS IS FROM CHESTNUT.
20:57:12 THAT'S THE SIDE OF THE APARTMENT DILLED BUILDING.
20:57:15 HERE IS A LITTLE WALKWAY.
20:57:18 THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
20:57:20 HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
20:57:26 THERE IS A RESTAURANT WITH A PARKING LOT.
20:57:28 CATTY-CORNER ACROSS CHESTNUT IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY,
20:57:33 ANOTHER APARTMENT COMPLEX.
20:57:35 AND TO THE SOUTH ACROSS CHESTNUT IS BALL FIELD.
20:57:39 AND THEN A RECENTLY DEVELOPED PD FOR APARTMENT BUILDING.
20:57:50 THIS IS KIND OF LOOKING FROM THE PROPERTY FROM THE SUBJECT
20:57:53 PROPERTY DOWN CHESTNUT.
20:57:59 PUBLIC RECOMMEND AT THIS SITE.
20:58:00 GIVEN THAT IT IS IN THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY.
20:58:02 THE PROXIMITY TO EXISTING BUILDING, THE SIDEWALK
20:58:05 IMPROVEMENTS.
20:58:22 [RUSTLING PAPERS] AND ONE LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
20:58:26 SO THE APPLICANT HAS SOME UNIQUE CONSTRAINTS WITH THE SITE
20:58:32 TO FIT IN A DEVELOPMENT.
20:58:34 ANOTHER THING TO CONSIDER AS JENNIFER STATED IS THAT IT IS
20:58:41 IN THE RMU 100 LAND USE CATEGORY, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST
20:58:45 CATEGORY IN THE ENTIRE CITY.
20:58:46 SO THEY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS FOR THIS
20:58:50 PROPERTY.
20:58:51 HOWEVER THE PRACTICAL CONSTRAINTS, SO THEY ARE PROPOSING A
20:58:57 FIVE-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING, EACH FLOOR -- AND I KNOW THE
20:59:04 APPLICANT, EACH FLOOR WILL REPRESENT A UNIT.
20:59:09 THERE IS THE SITE PLAN.
20:59:13 AGAIN REMEMBER THIS IS ONLY 50 FEET WIDE.
20:59:15 SO THEY HAVE ONE WAY TRAFFIC COMING OFF OF CHESTNUT.
20:59:21 PARKING SPACES UNDERSTOOD THE BUILDING.
20:59:22 ONE FLOOR AT GRADE.
20:59:29 SO THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUAL PARKING SPACES.
20:59:31 HERE ARE GUEST PARKING SPACES.
20:59:33 THE SOLID WASTE ACCESSIBLE AND THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
20:59:42 WAIVERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE SMALL
20:59:45 SIZE, PRIMARILY CONTRIBUTION TO THE TREE TRUST FUND FOR
20:59:50 MITIGATION OF REQUIRED TREES TO REDUCE THE FRONT YARD
20:59:54 SETBACK FROM 25 FEET TO THREE.
21:00:00 AGAIN THEY TRY TO MAXIMIZE THEIR NFL AS WELL AS I SHOWED
21:00:05 YOU -- ENVELOPE AS WELL AS THE ADD ADJOINING PROPERTY. THIS
21:00:09 IS BASICALLY ON THE SETBACK AS WELL.
21:00:14 BUT IT IS A CODE REQUIREMENT FOR THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY OF
21:00:17 25-FOOT SETBACK.
21:00:18 TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED 8 FAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, TO ZERO, AND
21:00:25 4-INCH WITH LANDSCAPE AREA.
21:00:31 AND REDUCE THE REQUIRED GROUND LEVEL MINIMUM TRANSPARENCY,
21:00:37 THE TOP ELEVATION, FROM 50% TO ZERO, THIS IS THEIR EAST
21:00:43 ELEVATION WHICH IS CODE COMPLIANT.
21:00:46 THE SOUTH ELEVATION, AGAIN, THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY IN THE
21:00:52 DESIGN DISTRICT. THIS IS FACING CHESTNUT.
21:00:55 YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRANSPARENCY OR WINDOWS
21:00:59 ON THE GROUND FLOOR, THEY HAVE ZERO PERCENT.
21:01:06 IT REQUIRES A WAIVER.
21:01:07 >> BLANK WALL SPACE.
21:01:20 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: CHESTNUT.
21:01:23 THIS IS TO THE NORTH.
21:01:24 THAT'S FACING THIS WAY TO THE SIDE OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
21:01:31 THIS IS GOING TO THE -- FACING TO THE WEST.
21:01:36 SO OF THIS SINGLE-FAMILY WEST.
21:01:48 IF I AM NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION, STOP ME.
21:01:50 >> NO, I THINK YOU ARE.
21:01:51 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THESE APARTMENT WINDOWS WILL BE FACING
21:01:55 THIS WALL.
21:02:07 THIS IS GLASS.
21:02:10 HERE IS BEHIND THE SCREEN.
21:02:14 HEADLIGHTS ARE FACING THIS WAY.
21:02:16 AND THEN THIS IS WEST.
21:02:23 >>HARRY COHEN: I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO IS LOOKING IF HE
21:02:37 BLANK WALL?
21:02:41 [RUSTLING PAPERS]
21:02:42 >> LET ME SHOW YOU A PICTURE.
21:02:44 I HAVE A PICTURE HERE.
21:02:47 THESE PEOPLE.
21:02:52 IT WILL BE DRIVE AISLE.
21:02:54 AND THEN PARKING UNDER HERE.
21:02:56 AND THEN BLANK WALL.
21:03:11 [RUSTLING PAPERS] SO TRANSPARENCY.
21:03:15 REDUCE BACKUP DISTANCE.
21:03:17 [RUSTLING PAPERS]
21:03:24 THE LOCATION REQUIRES A BACKUP WAIVER.
21:03:28 REQUIRES 6 FEET AT THE BACK OF EACH PARKING SPACE FOR
21:03:32 BACKUP. THIS HAS ZERO FEET.
21:03:34 THAT'S ANOTHER WAIVER.
21:03:35 AND THAT'S IT AS FAR AS THE WAIVER.
21:03:37 [RUSTLING PAPERS]
21:03:39 THERE ARE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
21:03:42 BASICALLY JUST KIND OF CLEANING UP THE SITE PLAN TO MAKE
21:03:45 SURE THAT'S ALL THAT IS REQUIRED, DATA THAT WE HAVE FOR
21:03:49 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PER LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
21:03:52 NATURAL RESOURCES DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT.
21:03:56 AGAIN THERE ARE JUST SOME CLEAN-UPS FOR THE TREE TABLE AND
21:03:59 THE INFORMATION.
21:04:02 TRANSPORTATION ADDED A COUPLE OF MODIFICATIONS BUT THEY DID
21:04:05 FIND IT CONSISTENT.
21:04:08 URBAN DESIGN DID FIND THIS INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THE
21:04:10 BUILDING, THEIR CODE REQUIRES 25 FEET, AND THEY ARE ONLY AT
21:04:20 3.
21:04:22 AS WELL AS TRANSPARENCY ON THE SOUTH SIDE AS WE INDICATED
21:04:25 WITH THE ELEVATION.
21:04:30 LAND DEVELOPMENT DID FIND IT CONSISTENT, THOUGH.
21:04:33 WE JUST HAD SOME STAFF CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
21:04:38 READING.
21:04:39 SO BASICALLY OVERALL, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE FOUND
21:04:44 IT INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THE BACKUP DISTANCE WITH
21:04:47 TRANSPORTATION, AND THE PARKING, AS WELL AS THE URBAN DESIGN
21:04:55 STANDARDS THAT WERE NOT MET.
21:04:56 DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ME?
21:05:00 [RUSTLING PAPERS]
21:05:05 >>HARRY COHEN: [OFF MICROPHONE] I NOTICED THAT BLANK WALL
21:05:10 WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE OVERLAY STANDARD.
21:05:12 BUT I DON'T SEE ANY --
21:05:17 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: A BLANK WALL IS TAKE A PROBLEM IN AN
21:05:20 OVERLAY WHEN IT FACED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
21:05:23 THIS IS NOT A RIGHT-OF-WAY.
21:05:24 >>HARRY COHEN: SO THEY DON'T NEED A WAIVER FOR THAT?
21:05:28 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: NO, THEY DO NOT, SIR.
21:05:30 ANYTHING ELSE?
21:05:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL?
21:05:35 ALL RIGHT, APPLICANT.
21:05:42 >> MY NAME IS PAUL SIERRA, 912 WEST MARTIN LUTHER KING
21:05:50 TAMPA, REPRESENTING THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY THIS EVENING.
21:05:54 AND REQUESTING I THINK FOR OBVIOUS REASONS THIS ONE SINGLE
21:05:58 SOLITARY LOT KIND OF GOT LEFT BEHIND BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD
21:06:01 DEVELOPMENT.
21:06:03 THEY HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATING WHAT TO DO WITH IT FOR QUITE A
21:06:06 WHILE.
21:06:06 IT'S A STRUGGLE WITH THAT LOT, AS YOU CAN SEE.
21:06:09 YOU HAVE MET WITH THE STAFF SEVERAL TIMES, AND I THINK A
21:06:15 PLAN THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT'S AROUND IT TO THE NORTH, TO
21:06:18 THE EAST.
21:06:20 I DROVE BY AGAIN THIS MORNING REFRESH MY MEMORY.
21:06:23 THERE'S HUNDREDS OF APARTMENTS TO THE NORTH PORT AND TO THE
21:06:25 EAST IMMEDIATELY, CONTIGUOUS.
21:06:29 THERE'S SIX STORY. THIS PLAN, THE OWNERS, DESIGNER IS HERE
21:06:32 THIS EVENING TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
21:06:35 IT'S DESIGNED TO BE REFLECTIVE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX
21:06:38 THAT'S AROUND IT.
21:06:42 I NOTE SOME TALK WHERE THE BLANK WALL AND THE SETBACK WHICH
21:06:45 I HAVEN'T -- HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE BUT THE SETBACK IS NO
21:06:48 DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S THERE NOW.
21:06:50 BY THE APARTMENTS.
21:06:51 SO WE ARE NOT ANY FURTHER NORTH OR FURTHER SOUTH ON
21:06:56 CHESTNUT.
21:06:57 AND WE THINK THEY HAVE KNOWN EVERYTHING THEY COULD POSSIBLY
21:07:01 DO AND MAYBE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HELP
21:07:05 WITH.
21:07:06 BUT IT MEETS THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
21:07:09 AND THE OWNER IS WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THIS
21:07:13 REFLECTIVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH BE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
21:07:15 AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE ASKING YOU TO GIVE IT FROM RS-50 TO
21:07:19 A PD.
21:07:20 ANY QUESTIONS?
21:07:22 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AND THE DESIGNER IS HERE THIS
21:07:24 EVENING ALSO.
21:07:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
21:07:26 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
21:07:29 ALL RIGHT.
21:07:29 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FROM THE PUBLIC TO
21:07:33 SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 10?
21:07:35 ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 10?
21:07:42 BE SEEING NONE.
21:07:44 >> MOTION TO CLOSE.
21:07:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MR. SUAREZ.
21:07:47 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
21:07:48 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
21:07:51 OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
21:07:51 MR. SUAREZ.
21:07:52 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
21:07:55 BY THE WAY, MRS. SAMANIEGO, THAT BALL FIELD IS THE HOME OF
21:07:59 THE FLORIDA STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONS JEFFERSON DRAGONS.
21:08:04 JUST REMEMBER THAT.
21:08:05 >> AND I'M ALUMNAE.
21:08:10 >> I KNEW YOU WERE, MR. SIERRA.
21:08:12 FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
21:08:15 THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4523 WEST CHESTNUT STREET IN THE
21:08:18 CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
21:08:20 SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50
21:08:22 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
21:08:25 RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
21:08:28 AND I GUESS INCLUDING SOME OF THE REVISIONS THAT WILL BE
21:08:33 NEEDED TO BE ADDED BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND READS.
21:08:36 >> SECOND.
21:08:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
21:08:39 SECONDED BY MR. COHEN.
21:08:41 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
21:08:42 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
21:08:45 OPPOSED?
21:08:45 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN ABSENT, MIRANDA ABSENT AT VOTE.
21:08:51 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE --
21:08:56 >> SECOND.
21:08:57 >> AT 9:30 A.M.
21:08:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 11.
21:09:02 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: REZ 18-59, A REZONING REQUEST FROM RM-16,
21:09:09 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AT 410,
21:09:12 412 NORTH ALBANY AVENUE AND ALSO HAS A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
21:09:16 PURSUANT TO TEXAS 27140 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT TO INCREASE
21:09:21 THE INTENSITY.
21:09:21 >>JENNIFER MALONE: PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
21:09:28 THIS IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT,
21:09:31 EVACUATION ZONE C.
21:09:33 THERE'S TWO BUS ROUTES WITHIN 200 YARDS OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
21:09:37 THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IS ABOUT FOUR BLOCKS AWAY, AND IS
21:09:42 ALSO -- I'LL SHOW YOU AN AERIAL.
21:09:49 OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
21:09:51 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH.
21:09:55 THESE ARE SOME -- THIS SUBJECT SITE.
21:10:01 I HAVE ALBANY, NORTH HOWARD AVENUE, A VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL
21:10:05 USES, WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD CORRIDOR.
21:10:09 HERE IS A MARATHON GAS STATION AT THAT CORNER.
21:10:11 YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH.
21:10:13 THIS SITE WAS REGS RESIDENTIAL 20, THAT BROWN COLOR.
21:10:17 ALONG WITH KENNEDY BOULEVARD IS URBAN MIXED USE 60.
21:10:22 FURTHER TO THE NORTH 35.
21:10:25 I HAVE RESIDENTIAL 35 RIGHT HERE.
21:10:26 AND THEN R-20.
21:10:33 WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT.
21:10:35 THIS AREA IS DEFINITELY DEVELOPING [RUSTLING PAPERS] AND
21:10:41 MORE AND MORE RESIDENTIAL AND THE FUTURE LAND USE IS
21:10:44 RESIDENTIAL 20, THAT SUPPORTS THAT TRANSITION.
21:10:48 WE DO FIND THAT THERE IS DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING OPPORTUNITY TO
21:10:54 PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT, INTENSITY CONSISTENT WITH OUR
21:10:56 CITY'S STRATEGY, EASING HOUSING, AREAS THAT WE HAVE
21:11:04 INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ACCORDING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
21:11:09 WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT, COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
21:11:13 AREA.
21:11:14 THANK YOU.
21:11:14 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
21:11:20 I WANT TO MAKE SURE, I BELIEVE IT WAS A DRESSED TO YOU BUT I
21:11:24 DO HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT WITH CONCERN FROM THE NORTH PARK
21:11:31 ALLIANCE.
21:11:31 YOU SHOULD HAVE IT.
21:11:40 YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY READ IT FOR YOURSELVES BUT THEY SAID THEY
21:11:43 SUPPORT THE PROJECT BUT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF PARK
21:11:47 AREAS, IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
21:11:54 GENERAL I HAVE SHOWED YOU AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE
21:11:56 PROPERTY.
21:11:57 HERE IS A ZONING MAP OF THE PROPERTY.
21:12:01 THIS PROPERTY IS RM 15.
21:12:10 [OFF MICROPHONE] THERE ARE VARIOUS PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS IN
21:12:14 THIS AREA, USUALLY FROM SMALLER TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT
21:12:18 HAVE BEEN SPRINGING UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE LAST 10
21:12:21 OR 15 YEARS.
21:12:25 SO UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DEVELOP BY
21:12:28 RIGHT MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
21:12:30 HOWEVER, THEY ARE WANTING TO ENGAGE OR EXERCISE THE OPTION
21:12:36 TO GET ADDITIONAL UNITS.
21:12:38 THERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM ALBANY.
21:12:46 THIS IS THE ALLEY THAT'S UNIMPROVED.
21:12:50 BEHIND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
21:12:55 TO THE SOUTH, SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSES MIXED IN WITH
21:12:59 SOME MULTIFAMILY.
21:13:03 ACROSS THE STREET IS A SIDE BY SIDE SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE.
21:13:09 SINGLE-FAMILY.
21:13:11 HERE IS A SINGLE-FAMILY.
21:13:18 THIS AREA IS TRANSITIONING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL
21:13:21 HOUSES AS ENVISIONED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS JENNIFER
21:13:26 STATED.
21:13:30 I'LL GO THROUGH THE SITE PLAN.
21:13:31 I KNOW THE APPLICANT WILL GO INTO IT IN MORE DETAIL.
21:13:36 THERE IS A THREE-STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING.
21:13:40 PARKING.
21:13:41 AGAIN THIS IS KIND OF AN EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU WILL HAVE
21:13:45 GROUND FLOOR PARKING WITH A CANTILEVER OVER IT AND THEN TWO
21:13:51 INDIVIDUAL PARKING GARAGES AS WELL.
21:13:57 THE SITE IS 15,630 SQUARE FEET.
21:14:01 IT WAS CURRENTLY VACANT.
21:14:04 AND THE SETBACKS THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING ARE 20 IN THE
21:14:07 FRONT, 15 FROM THE REAR, AND THE NORTH SIDE BE OF 7.
21:14:12 AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT PROPOSING IS 35 FEET WHICH IS
21:14:16 CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING ZONING OF RM-16.
21:14:20 A TOTAL OF 14 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED, AND THEY ARE
21:14:25 PROPOSING 12.
21:14:26 SO THEY ARE REQUESTING A PARKING REDUCTION FROM 14 TO 12
21:14:32 WHICH IS 14% REDUCTION.
21:14:36 BECAUSE OF LIMITED SPACE ON THE SITE, THE TREE TRUST FUND
21:14:42 FOR REQUIRED TREES TO INCREASE THE REQUIRED SETBACK FOR THE
21:14:46 GARAGE, 15 FEET TO 7, THE FRONT YARD, AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS
21:14:56 THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY, BASED ON ARCHING IT CAME OUT TO
21:15:00 29.8, THE BUILD-TO LINE.
21:15:02 THEY ARE REQUESTING TO REDUCE TO THE 20.
21:15:08 HERE IS ANOTHER WAIVER FOR THE BACKUP DISTANCE, THE SECOND
21:15:11 WAIVER FOR THIS PARKING SPACE.
21:15:15 YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIX FEET BACKUP DISTANCE. THIS ONLY HAS
21:15:18 TWO.
21:15:21 PROVIDES A WAIVER.
21:15:22 AND BE AS I STATED, THEY ARE ASKING FOR DENSITY BONUS.
21:15:27 THEY SUBMITTED THE AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED, AND
21:15:33 THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXTENT OF
21:15:38 14,786.55.
21:15:50 THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING
21:15:52 THAT STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
21:15:54 COORDINATION.
21:15:58 STAFF REPORT, THEY DID FIND THIS SQUINT.
21:16:01 NATURAL RESOURCES FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH SOME CHANGES
21:16:04 BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
21:16:06 TRANSPORTATION FOUND IT INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THE PARKING
21:16:08 WAIVER.
21:16:10 AND DID FIND IT INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THE BLOCK AVERAGING
21:16:15 AND AGAIN THE SETBACK FOR THE PARKING GARAGES.
21:16:19 SAYING THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMPLAINS STAFF FOUND IT
21:16:22 OVERALL INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THE TRANSPORTATION DESIGN
21:16:25 REVIEWS.
21:16:26 HOWEVER, IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT THERE ARE CHANGES
21:16:29 BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
21:16:31 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
21:16:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
21:16:34 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: SEEING NONE.
21:16:38 >>REBECCA KERT: AS WAS STATED THERE IS A BONUS DENSITY
21:16:42 PROVISION AGREEMENT THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH THIS.
21:16:46 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TONIGHT.
21:16:49 IF YOU DO APPROVE IT ON FIRST READING IT WILL A COMPANY THIS
21:16:52 ITEM ON SECOND READING.
21:16:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: APPLICANT?
21:16:55 >>MICHAEL HORNER: 14502 NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY, 33618
21:17:05 REPRESENTING CTE CAPITAL THE OWNER AND APPLICANT.
21:17:10 WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE NINE, MAYBE 12 HOURS SO I WILL BE
21:17:14 BRIEF.
21:17:15 I WILL BE SUMMARY ORIENTED.
21:17:16 WITH ME TONIGHT IS KIEFER NORRIS WHO WILL MAKE A BRIEF
21:17:23 COMMENT AFTER MY PRESENTATION.
21:17:24 WE WORKED WITH STAFF DILIGENTLY THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTH.
21:17:27 WE APPRECIATE STAFF'S SUPPORT.
21:17:28 WE APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION FINDINGS OF FACT AS WELL AS A
21:17:32 CONSISTENCY FINDING, GOALS, POLICIES, OBJECTIVES OF THE
21:17:35 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
21:17:36 WE DO HAVE THIS MINOR WAIVER.
21:17:38 THEY CALL THEM TECHNICAL WAIVERS BECAUSE WE MEET JUST ABOUT
21:17:42 EVERY OTHER CRITERIA.
21:17:43 THE MAJOR ONES ARE HEIGHT.
21:17:44 THE OTHER ONES OF COURSE OPEN SPACE.
21:17:46 AND WE EXCEED THAT BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, ALMOST 31%.
21:17:51 WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THOSE CHANGES.
21:17:54 WE CAN ACCOMMODATE ALL THE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
21:17:58 READING.
21:17:58 AS MARY NOTED THIS IS RM-16.
21:18:01 MULTIFAMILY BY RIGHT, FOUR AND FIVE UNIT.
21:18:04 WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SIXTH BY THE BONUS DENSITY PROVISION.
21:18:07 CTD PUT TOGETHER I THINK AN INCREDIBLE IN-FILL CREATIVE
21:18:11 DESIGN PROJECT.
21:18:13 IT'S THREE STORIES, BUT IT'S CAPPED AT 35 FEET SO WE WILL BE
21:18:17 UNDER THAT 35-FOOT CAP.
21:18:18 IT DOES HAVE A ROOFTOP DECK.
21:18:20 IT DOES HAVE PARKING CANTILEVERS, AND THE BUILDING
21:18:24 CANTILEVERS OVER THE PARKING.
21:18:27 WE HAVE SIX UNITS.
21:18:28 FOUR ARE TOWNHOMES AVERAGING ABOUT 1600, 1700 SQUARE FEET.
21:18:32 TWO CONDO UNITS.
21:18:34 PENTHOUSE UNIT.
21:18:35 2832 SQUARE FEET.
21:18:37 THOSE FRONT ORIENTATIONS ARE NORTH ALBANY AS WELL AS NORTH B
21:18:43 STREETS.
21:18:44 CITY AND PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE POLICIES FOR ORIENTATION
21:18:47 OF UNITS TO RIGHT-OF-WAY.
21:18:48 WE HAVE DESIGNED THIS PROJECT TO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
21:18:51 WE HAVE BALCONIES.
21:18:53 WE HAVE FRONT DOOR ENTRYWAYS.
21:18:54 WE HAVE PATIOS.
21:18:55 THIS IS A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTED PROJECT. THIS IS AN URBAN
21:18:59 IN-FILL PROJECT.
21:19:00 IT MEETS THE DESIGN GUIDELINES SET FORTH AND ENCOURAGED IN
21:19:03 THIS TRANSITIONAL AREA.
21:19:06 MARY NOTED VERY CLOSE TO HAVE NORTH HOWARD AND SOUTH ARMENIA
21:19:11 CORRIDOR, TWO CORRIDORS.
21:19:13 WE HAVE KENNEDY TO THE SOUTH.
21:19:14 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF URBAN I WILL FILL PD DESIGN PROJECTS,
21:19:17 AND HAVE ATTACHED UNITS AND HIGHER DENSITIES.
21:19:20 WE ARE UNDER THE REZ 20 MULTIFAMILY COMP PLAN DENSITY CAP.
21:19:25 WE HAVE EIGHT UNITS -- EXCUSE ME, EIGHT PARKING SPACES
21:19:30 SURFACED.
21:19:30 WE HAVE TWO DOUBLE CAR GARAGES.
21:19:33 THEY ARE CLOSED.
21:19:34 WITH THE ADDITIONAL FOUR UNITS.
21:19:37 THEN WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FRONT THAT DO NOT ENCROACH
21:19:40 INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, OR THE SIDEWALK FOR AN ADDITIONAL
21:19:42 FOUR SPACES, MORE THAN SUFFICIENT TO MAKE UP THE PARKING
21:19:46 WAIVER OF TWO SPACES.
21:19:48 ACTUALLY 1.5 GUEST SPACES.
21:19:50 TOTAL PERVIOUS SURFACE FROM ALBANY AND NORTH B, THIS IS
21:20:06 ALBANY.
21:20:06 YOU SEE THE FRONT DOOR PATIO ORIENTATION IN THE BALCONIES.
21:20:10 THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE SOUTH, NORTH SIDE LOOKING
21:20:15 SOUTHEAST.
21:20:16 THIS WOULD BE A DOUBLE CAR GARAGES.
21:20:18 THIS IS ALBANY. THIS IS NORTH B.
21:20:20 YOU CAN SEE THE ROOFTOP DECK.
21:20:22 BALCONY AS WELL.
21:20:29 THE OPEN SPACE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE MET AND EXCEEDED,
21:20:32 ALMOST 4,200 SQUARE FEET, ACTUALLY EXCEEDS 4200 SQUARE FEET.
21:20:38 AND THE ZONING MAP, AND THE COMP PLAN DISTRICT, AND VERY
21:20:42 CLOSE AND ABUTTING.
21:20:45 MY CLIENT WORKED HARD WITH STAFF.
21:20:47 WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE NORTH HYDE PARK ALLIANCE THE LAST
21:20:51 SEVERAL MONTHS, AND SENT A LETTER TO YOU INDICATING THEY
21:20:54 SUPPORT THIS.
21:20:55 THEY ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE PARKING WAIVER REDUCTION.
21:20:57 IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY DID ASK FOR ANY FUNDS TO BE IN
21:21:01 LIEU OF THE TREE TRUST BANK CONTRIBUTION BE SPENT WITHIN
21:21:05 THIS AREA, WE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THAT.
21:21:09 IT'S UNDER AN ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT, NOT OURS.
21:21:12 THE WE CAN MAKE ALL THOSE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
21:21:15 READING.
21:21:16 THESE WILL NOT BE TWO UNIT, IN EXCESS OF 450,000 PLUS.
21:21:21 WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WITH TWO NOTICES,
21:21:25 WE RECEIVED NO OBJECTIONS.
21:21:27 BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
21:21:28 THANK YOU.
21:21:39 MR. NORRIS HAS A BRIEF COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE.
21:21:41 THANK YOU.
21:21:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
21:21:42 >> MY NAME IS KIEFER NORRIS, REPRESENTING CTD CAPITAL AND
21:21:50 VINCENT JACKSON WHO HAS BEEN A LONG TIME -- AND REAL EXCITED
21:21:55 ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN REDEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
21:21:57 WE FEEL THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE OF SIMILAR NATURE THAT
21:22:03 WILL COMPLEMENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
21:22:04 WE SPOKE, HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
21:22:08 ASSOCIATION IS, AND APPROVE OUR PLAN ALONG THE WAY.
21:22:14 WE FEEL THAT THIS DESIGN AND THE SIZE IS WHAT THE
21:22:18 NEIGHBORHOOD CALLS FOR.
21:22:19 EVEN HAVE NICE URBAN LIVING WITH FAMILIES, AND THAT THEY
21:22:24 DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE TO HAVE KID.
21:22:26 SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.
21:22:28 I DON'T WANT TO SPEND ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME.
21:22:30 I KNOW YOU ARE TIRED.
21:22:31 AND WE HOPE YOU SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND ITS DESIGN.
21:22:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
21:22:38 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
21:22:45 MR. HORNER, HOW MANY UNITS DOES THIS CONSIST OF?
21:22:48 >>MICHAEL HORNER: SIX UNITS.
21:22:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
21:22:51 ANYONE --
21:22:52 >> TOWNHOUSES AND THEN TWO ON TOP?
21:22:55 >> A SPLIT FOUR BUT TWO, TWO STORY, THEN TOWNHOUSE.
21:23:03 THOSE TWO ARE SPLIT, SECOND FLOOR AND TOP FLOOR.
21:23:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON
21:23:09 ITEM NUMBER 11?
21:23:10 ALL RIGHT.
21:23:11 >> NORTH ROME AVENUE.
21:23:16 AND I HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN IN.
21:23:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, YOU HAVEN'T?
21:23:23 ANYONE ELSE THAT PLANS ON SPEAKING ON THE LAST ITEM, 11 AND
21:23:28 12?
21:23:29 IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN, PLEASE DO SO NOW.
21:23:31 (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK).
21:23:32 >> THANK YOU.
21:23:38 MY NAME IS BENJAMIN BUCKLEY, 902 NORTH ROME.
21:23:41 AND I AM ON THE CAC FOR THE CRA OF WEST TAMPA.
21:23:47 AND I AM ALSO THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NORTH HYDE PARK
21:23:51 CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
21:23:52 AND I KNOW, I HAVE NEVER SPOKE WITH THESE GENTLEMEN THEY
21:23:57 MENTIONED BUT ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES MENTIONED THAT HE
21:24:00 SPOKE WITH US.
21:24:01 MAYBE HE SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE, BUT I DIDN'T TALK TO
21:24:03 HIM.
21:24:04 ANYWAY, WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, IT LOOKS LIKE A NICE PROJECT,
21:24:09 BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT GREEN SPACE AND WAIVERS AND
21:24:13 THINGS LIKE THAT.
21:24:15 AND I KNOW THE CITY COLLECTS MONEY.
21:24:18 WE COLLECT MONEY WHEN THESE DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS WANT TO
21:24:23 WITH DRAW FROM THE REQUIREMENTS LAKE THE GREN SPACE MONEY.
21:24:27 WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE GREEN SPACE MONEY
21:24:31 THAT WAS COLLECTED ON THE EAST EDGE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
21:24:35 WE HAVE A BIG NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
21:24:37 THERE'S NO PARKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
21:24:38 ALL THE PARKS ARE ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY CROSSING LARGE ROADS
21:24:43 THAT ARE HAZARDOUS, THEY HAVE IN A LIGHTS, SO ON AND SO
21:24:47 FORTH.
21:24:47 AND WHAT WE WANT IS WE WANT YOU TO TURN THIS DOWN, AND WE
21:24:52 WANT ANY GREEN SPACE MONEY, ANY MONEY THAT IS COLLECTED TO
21:24:56 BE -- TO REMAIN.
21:24:58 AND I HEARD ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN TALKING ABOUT THAT BUT WE
21:25:00 WANT TO THE REMAIN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF, AND LET ME SAY
21:25:04 THIS.
21:25:06 THIS WEST TAMPA, I BELIEVE THIS IS AN URBAN VILLAGE BY THE
21:25:09 TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
21:25:12 AND THERE'S A LITTLE PARAGRAPH ABOUT THE OBJECTIVES OF URBAN
21:25:16 VILLAGE.
21:25:17 SUPPORT URBAN VILLAGE DESIGNATIONS THAT PRODUCE A
21:25:20 DISTINCTIVE HEY-QUALITY BUILT ENVIRONMENT WHOSE FORMS AND
21:25:24 CHARACTER RESPECT TAMPA'S UNIQUE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENTAL AND
21:25:28 ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT AND CREATE MEMORABLE PLACES THAT
21:25:32 ENRICH COMMUNITY LIFE.
21:25:34 AND GREEN SPACE IS IMPORTANT.
21:25:36 AND IT'S BUILT INTO THE DESIGN CODE BECAUSE IT'S FOR THE
21:25:41 HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE.
21:25:42 AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO LIVE IN THIS PLACE ARE NOT
21:25:45 HERE TONIGHT.
21:25:45 THEY HAVEN'T BOUGHT THE PLACE OR THEY HAVEN'T RENTED IT.
21:25:49 AND THE DEVELOPER IS ASKING TO WAIVER THIS MONEY AND WE WANT
21:25:55 THE MONEY TO STAY IN THIS ZONE.
21:25:56 LET ME ALSO SAY THIS.
21:25:58 [RUSTLING PAPERS] THERE'S A FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLANNER
21:26:03 DEVELOPER ARCHITECT, CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER.
21:26:07 HE'S WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED A PATTERN LANGUAGE, AND IN THAT
21:26:10 BOOK A LOT OF PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THIS BOOK AS A STANDARD FOR
21:26:13 PLANNING URBAN WORK.
21:26:16 ANYWAY, IN THAT BOOK IT STATES THAT ANY GREEN SPACE SHOULD
21:26:20 BE -- THE IDEAL SITUATION IS TO HAVE THREE MINUTES OR THREE
21:26:25 BLOCKS FROM ANY DEVELOPMENT.
21:26:26 WE DON'T HAVE ANY GREEN SPACE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
21:26:29 WE HAD A LOT OF MONEY SAVED UP FROM ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS
21:26:33 THAT FAR GO THE GREEN SPACE BUT IT WAS YOU USED IN ANOTHER
21:26:36 AREA.
21:26:37 AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR THE GREEN SPACE ARE THE
21:26:41 PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ESPECIALLY FOREMOST THE
21:26:44 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE HOUSES.
21:26:46 AND I ASK YOU ALL TO DENY THIS.
21:26:49 [BELL SOUNDS]
21:26:52 IF THEY WANT TO DO AN AGREEMENT IN THE PROJECT AGREEMENT, I
21:26:55 THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE A SENTENCE THAT SAYS THIS MONEY, ANY
21:26:58 MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED NEEDS TO BE SPENT WITHIN THE THREE
21:27:03 MINUTE OR THREE BLOCK OR IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
21:27:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE GOT YOUR POINT.
21:27:09 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK?
21:27:14 AND I GUESS WE CAN ASK MRS. KERT.
21:27:21 COULD YOU EXPLAIN -- WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER OR AUTHORITY.
21:27:28 >>REBECCA KERT: DUE TO THIS REZONING PROCESS YOU DON'T HAVE
21:27:32 THE AUTHORITY TO DICTATE WHERE THE MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED IN
21:27:35 A LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION BUT NOT THE INITIAL REZONING.
21:27:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
21:27:42 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 11?
21:27:46 ALL RIGHT.
21:27:47 PETITIONER, DO YOU WISH TO REBUT?
21:27:50 >>MICHAEL HORNER: I'LL BE BRIEF. WE APPRECIATE THOSE
21:27:56 COMMENTS.
21:27:56 IN A ONE WANTS MORE PARK AREA THAN MY CLIENTS.
21:28:00 IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT ON THIS PROPERTY.
21:28:03 IN TERMS OF THE OPEN SPACE, THE CITY REQUIRES 350 SQUARE
21:28:09 FEET PER UNIT.
21:28:11 WE ARE MORE THAN DOUBLE THAT.
21:28:12 SO WE TAKE GREEN SPACE VERY SERIOUSLY.
21:28:14 WE WENT VERTICAL INSTEAD OF HORIZONTAL AND MAINTAINED THAT
21:28:18 31%, 41 SQUARE FEET.
21:28:21 WE WOULD LOVE A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
21:28:22 WE WOULD BE THE FIRST ONES TO BE DIRECT THOSE PAYMENTS TO
21:28:25 THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
21:28:27 WE ARE ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT.
21:28:29 AS YOUR ATTORNEY TOLD YOU THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
21:28:33 WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
21:28:34 THANK YOU.
21:28:34 >>HARRY COHEN: BE IT IS IN THE CRA DISTRICT.
21:28:39 SO ANY PROPERTY TAX MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF THIS PROPERTY IS
21:28:42 GOING TO BE INVESTED DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
21:28:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: THROUGH THE CRA.
21:28:47 >>HARRY COHEN: CORRECT.
21:28:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
21:28:51 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL?
21:28:56 SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, GOT A MOTION TO
21:29:01 CLOSE FROM MR. COHEN.
21:29:02 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
21:29:04 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
21:29:08 OPPOSED?
21:29:12 WHO IS NEXT?
21:29:12 >> I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
21:29:17 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
21:29:19 VICINITY OF 210 AND 212012 NORTH ALBANY AVENUE IN THE CITY
21:29:24 OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION
21:29:26 1 FROM ZONING CLASSIFICATION RM-16 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY
21:29:31 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
21:29:36 RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
21:29:37 >> SECOND.
21:29:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
21:29:39 SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
21:29:43 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
21:29:44 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
21:29:46 OPPOSED?
21:29:48 ALL RIGHT.
21:29:48 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN ABSENT, MIRANDA ABSENT AT VOTE.
21:29:54 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE AUGUST 2nd AT 9:30
21:29:57 A.M.
21:29:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
21:30:00 THE LAST ITEM FOR THE NIGHT.
21:30:03 ITEM NUMBER 12.
21:30:04 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. THIS IS
21:30:08 REZ 18-42.
21:30:10 IT'S A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTIES AT 2702 THROUGH
21:30:12 2966 NORTH DALE MABRY FROM CI AND PD TO PD VEHICLE SALES AND
21:30:21 LEASING VEHICLE REPAIR MAJOR AND MINOR, RETAIL SALES,
21:30:24 SHOPPERS GOODS AND WAREHOUSE U.
21:30:26 >>JENNIFER MALONE: PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
21:30:31 THIS IS LOCATED ON WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE AND NORTH DALE MABRY
21:30:36 HIGHWAY BETWEEN THE WESTSHORE PLANNING DISTRICT AS WELL AS
21:30:41 SPECIFIC POLICY DIRECTION AND THE PLAN W.IT'S IN EVACUATION
21:30:45 ZONE E, NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY IS A RECOGNIZED TRANSIT
21:30:49 EMPHASIS CORRIDOR BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THREE
21:30:53 ROUTES SERVING THE SUBJECT SITE.
21:30:54 HERE IS AN AERIAL OF WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
21:31:02 THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
21:31:03 IT CURRENTLY OPERATING AS A CAR DEALERSHIP AND RETAIL.
21:31:07 THERE'S A VARIETY OF CAR DEALERSHIPS AND COMMERCIAL USES
21:31:10 WITHIN THE AREA.
21:31:14 AIRPORT PROPERTY HERE.
21:31:17 FUTURE LAND USE MAP, REGIONAL MIXED USE 100.
21:31:25 AGAIN IT OFFERS AN INCREDIBLY HEY INTENSE -- IN THE BUSINESS
21:31:31 DISTRICT, VERY HIGH.
21:31:35 WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
21:31:39 FURTHER, THE NUMBER OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICIES WITH THE
21:31:42 PLACEMENT OF THE RETAIL BUILDINGS, AND THE APPLICANT WILL GO
21:31:45 INTO FURTHER.
21:31:46 BUT AS FAR AS THE PLACEMENT OF THE RETAIL BUILDING AND THEIR
21:31:49 PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY POLICY OBJECTIVES THROUGH THEIR SITE
21:31:53 PLANS, THEY ARE MEETING THE POLICIES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
21:31:56 PLAN.
21:31:57 THANK YOU.
21:31:57 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
21:32:07 THIS IS THE LAST ITEM THIS EVENING.
21:32:11 THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE JERRY ULM CAR DEALERSHIP.
21:32:17 THIS SOUTHERN PORTION IS COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE.
21:32:23 FOR THE RECORD THEY HAVE AMENDED THE REVISION THAT I WILL
21:32:26 SUBMIT TO YOU -- [OFF MICROPHONE]
21:32:39 I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE PLAN.
21:32:45 UP HERE IS DALE MABRY.
21:32:52 THERE IS AN AERIAL THAT I MARKED UP.
21:32:56 A DETAILED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITH THE
21:33:01 PICTURE.
21:33:06 THERE IS THE JERRY ULM BUILDING NOW WITH CARS.
21:33:14 THIS IS STORAGE, SERVICE AND WAREHOUSE FACILITY.
21:33:17 THIS IS -- THIS ALL ENCOMPASSES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
21:33:24 SOUTH DALE MABRY, BURGER KING, MORE RETAIL.
21:33:31 THEN TWO RECENTLY DEVELOPED LARGE SCALE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
21:33:46 [RUSTLING PAPERS]
21:33:51 HERE IS THE SITE PLAN.
21:33:54 AGAIN THEY ARE ASKING FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR VEHICLE
21:33:59 LEASING, MAJOR AND MINOR VEHICLE REPAIR, AND RETAIL SALE,
21:34:04 SHOPPERS GOODS AND WAREHOUSE.
21:34:05 BASICALLY THEY ARE PROPOSING A PD WITH TWO SEPARATE
21:34:08 SECTIONS.
21:34:14 THE RETAIL SALES, SHOPPERS GOODS, AND TO THE SOUTH WILL BE
21:34:18 THE VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING, MINOR VEHICLE REPAIR,
21:34:23 WAREHOUSING.
21:34:32 FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THE RETAIL PORTION IS ON THE CORNER OF
21:34:38 DALE MABRY AND COLUMBUS.
21:34:40 IT'S CONSIDERED PARCEL A AS REFLECTED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT,
21:34:43 AND THEN VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING WILL BE IN PARCEL B.
21:34:47 THE OVERALL SITE WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED IN 2006.
21:34:51 NOW THEY ARE EXPANDING TO THE SOUTH.
21:34:53 AND THE EXISTING CR PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
21:34:56 PARCEL A CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 52,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL
21:34:59 BUILDING LOCATED ON THE CORNER.
21:35:01 THE SETBACKS WILL BE A LITTLE OVER 15 FEET ON THE NORTH.
21:35:10 TO THE SOUTH 50 FEET.
21:35:13 TO THE EAST IS 48.
21:35:17 THIS IS IN THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
21:35:25 EARLIER THIS EVENING, BUILT-TWO LINES WITH.
21:35:31 THE ENTIRE SITE IS 11.7 ACRES.
21:35:34 THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT ARE REQUIRED BETWEEN FIRST AND
21:35:37 SECOND READING.
21:35:40 IT'S REFLECTED IN YOUR AMENDED REVISION SHEET.
21:35:43 A AS STATED SETBACKS FOR THE PARCEL B TO THE SOUTH.
21:35:47 THE NORTH SETBACKS ARE 40 FEET.
21:35:49 EAST IS 80 FEET.
21:35:51 WEST IS 60 FEET.
21:35:52 AND TO THE SOUTH, FOR THE MAIN BUILDING IS 67.4 FEET.
21:35:57 THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN, BUILDING FOR
21:36:05 PARKING.
21:36:06 THE FLOOR AREA RATIO NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN.
21:36:10 CLARIFICATION OF THE EXTERNAL SIDEWALK NETWORK.
21:36:16 AS FAR AS WAIVERS, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SIGNAGE
21:36:19 PACKAGE.
21:36:20 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAIVERS RELATED TO INCREASE THE REQUEST
21:36:23 FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE AND FREE-STANDING SIGNS AS WELL AS
21:36:28 LOCATION AND NUMBER OF WALL SIGNS.
21:36:30 THEY ARE REQUESTING AS ALLUDED TO EARLIER A WAIVER TO
21:36:36 INCREASE FRONT YARD SETBACK FROM 20 FEET TO APPROXIMATELY
21:36:42 48.4 FEET.
21:36:44 THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR THE LARGE D.O.T. STORMWATER LINE
21:36:49 THROUGH THERE.
21:36:57 FOR BOTH PARCELS THAT IS EFFECTIVE.
21:37:02 THERE'S A USE FOR USE BUFFER REQUIREMENT ON THE PORTION AS
21:37:08 INDICATED ALSO, SO THIS REQUIRES A BUFFER WAIVER.
21:37:12 THEY ARE ASKING FOR INCREASED HEIGHT, THE CODE REQUIRES A
21:37:17 20-FOOT HEIGHT, BACK TO 100 FEET, 55 FEET SETBACK FROM THE
21:37:25 EASTERN CORNER OF 20 ALONG DALE MABRY AND THEN SIGNAGE
21:37:31 STANDARD AS FAR AS THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF THE WALL
21:37:36 SIGNS.
21:37:40 NATURAL RESOURCES FOUND THIS CONSISTENT.
21:37:45 ACTUALLY, BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING TO CLARIFY, CLEAN
21:37:54 UP THE PLAN, GET IT RED FOR PERMITTING, AND TRANSPORTATION
21:37:57 IS GOING TO COMMENT WITH THE MITIGATION OF 140,000 FOR
21:38:06 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE WESTSHORE DISTRICT.
21:38:10 OTHER THAN THAT, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
21:38:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
21:38:17 ALL RIGHT.
21:38:18 APPLICANT?
21:38:18 >> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
21:38:25 I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
21:38:27 MARY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB COVERING ALL THE SPECIFIC WAIVERS.
21:38:30 I JUST WANT TO GO OVER BRIEFLY, THE REASON I BROUGHT THE TWO
21:38:34 BOARDS ON MY LEFT IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT SHE HAD AN
21:38:38 AERIAL UP, AND YOU CAN SEE --
21:38:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
21:38:42 >> RICHARD BEKESH, SPRING ENGINEERING.
21:38:45 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE AERIAL OF THIS 11.7 ACRES, THE
21:38:50 SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS SITE, THE EXISTING JERRY ULM
21:38:53 SITE WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED A LITTLE OVER 50 YEARS AGO, IT'S
21:38:55 ALMOST 100% -- SO THERE'S NO LANDSCAPE ISLANDS, SO WE ARE
21:39:01 ENHANCING THAT SIGNIFICANTLY. ALSO HERE WHAT WE ARE
21:39:04 PROPOSING TWO VERY UNIQUE BUILDINGS.
21:39:06 THE FIRST BUILDING ON THE CORNER IS GOING TO BE A FLAGSHIP
21:39:08 "ROOMS TO GO" STRUCTURE SO IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN
21:39:14 AMERICA.
21:39:14 IT WILL BE AN ICONIC ELEMENT ON THE CORNER OF COLUMBUS AND
21:39:18 DALE MABRY AND SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPRESSIVE
21:39:20 WITH.
21:39:21 AND THE ENHANCEMENT AND IMPACT OF THIS CORNER WILL BE
21:39:23 SUBSTANTIAL.
21:39:24 THE BUILDING ON THE SOUTH WILL BE A NEW JEEP CHRYSLER RAM
21:39:30 DODGE FACILITY, AND THIS IS ALSO A VERY UNIQUE FACILITY.
21:39:34 THERE'S VERY FEW FACILITIES LIKE THIS IN AMERICA TODAY.
21:39:37 CHRYSLER HAS DETERMINED THAT THEY ARE BREAKING OFF JEEP INTO
21:39:41 THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL ENTITY NOW SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF
21:39:43 ITS TYPE FREE-STANDING JEEP, SO YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PACKAGES
21:39:49 YOU HAVE THE ARCHITECTURE THAT IS DRIVING THE JEEP BRAND
21:39:54 WHICH IS INDEPENDENT FROM CHRYSLER.
21:39:55 SO BOTH OF THESE STRUCTURES WILL BE VERY ICONIC, VERY MODERN
21:39:59 AND TESTIMONY BE A SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENT.
21:40:01 THE JERRY ULM STORE WAS BUILT AS I SAID A LITTLE OVER 50
21:40:05 YEARS AGO.
21:40:05 IT HAS EXCEEDED ITS USEFUL LIFE AND IT'S TIME FOR IT TO GO
21:40:09 AND IT TIME FOR THE CORNER TO BEEN ENHANCED.
21:40:12 UM WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE
21:40:13 WAIVERS.
21:40:14 WE CAN GO INTO THOSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
21:40:16 BUT I THINK SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB COVERING THEM.
21:40:20 AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE, THE
21:40:22 SITE, I AM HERE TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.
21:40:24 THANK YOU.
21:40:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
21:40:26 FROM COUNCIL?
21:40:30 ALL RIGHT.
21:40:30 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 12?
21:40:35 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
21:40:37 >> SECOND.
21:40:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN TO CLOSE.
21:40:40 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
21:40:42 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
21:40:46 OPPOSED?
21:40:46 ALL RIGHT.
21:40:48 MR. MANISCALCO.
21:40:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE MISSING ONE OF OUR COUNCIL
21:40:55 MEMBERS.
21:40:56 I'LL GIVE A QUICK HISTORY LESSON ON THE PROPERTY OF WHAT
21:40:59 THIS SITE USED TO BE IN THE 1950s.
21:41:01 IT USED TO BE SUPER TEST AMUSEMENT PARK.
21:41:05 THERE'S A LOT OF PICTURES FLOATING AROUND ON FACEBOOK WHERE
21:41:09 FAMILIES WOULD GO AND WHATNOT.
21:41:10 BUT HAVING SAID THAT, GLAD TO SEE THIS COMING THROUGH HERE
21:41:13 IN MY DISTRICT.
21:41:15 I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A JERRY ULM CUSTOMER.
21:41:18 I DROVE A DODGE CHALLENGER, MY THIRD ONE FROM JERRY ULM AND
21:41:23 THEY ARE REALLY GOOD PEOPLE.
21:41:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY: CAN I ASK MR. MANISCALCO, CAN YOU BE FAIR
21:41:30 AND IMPARTIAL?
21:41:37 >> I KNOW THEM. WE'RE NOT "FRIENDS" FRIENDS. YES.
21:41:37 SO I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
21:41:40 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
21:41:42 VICINITY OF 2702, 2710, 2730 AND 2966 NORTH DALE MABRY
21:41:47 HIGHWAY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA MORE PARTICULARLY
21:41:49 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
21:41:52 CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE AND PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT VEHICLE
21:41:55 SALES AND LEASING VEHICLE REPAIR TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
21:41:59 VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING, MINOR AND MAJOR VEHICLE REPAIR,
21:42:02 RETAIL SALES, SHOPPERS GOODS AND WAREHOUSE, PROVIDING
21:42:06 EFFECTIVE DATE AND WITH THE AMENDED REVISIONS:
21:42:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
21:42:13 SECOND BY MR. VIERA.
21:42:15 ALL IN FAIR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE?
21:42:16 OPPOSED?
21:42:17 ALL RIGHT.
21:42:17 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN ABSENT, MIRANDA ABSENT AT VOTE.
21:42:23 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE AUGUST 2nd AT 9:30
21:42:26 A.M.
21:42:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
21:42:28 INFORMATION REPORTS.
21:42:30 MR. SUAREZ.
21:42:30 >>MIKE SUAREZ: NO, SIR.
21:42:32 >>HARRY COHEN: YES.
21:42:34 VERY QUICKLY.
21:42:36 MOTION NUMBER 1, PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTS THAT A PLANNED
21:42:40 AMENDMENT ADOPTION PUBLIC HEARING BE SET FOR TACPA 1810 ON
21:42:45 SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 AT 5:30 P.M.
21:42:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
21:42:50 SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
21:42:52 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
21:42:54 OPPOSED?
21:42:55 >>HARRY COHEN: MOTION NUMBER 2.
21:42:56 PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTS A PLAN AMENDMENT ADOPTION
21:42:59 PUBLIC HEARINGS BE SET FOR TACPA 18-07, TACPA 18-08, TACPA
21:43:10 18-09-A, AND TACPA 18-09-B ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER
21:43:18 27th, 2018 AT 5:01 P.M.
21:43:20 >> SECOND.
21:43:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
21:43:23 SECONDED BY MR. SUAREZ.
21:43:24 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
21:43:26 OPPOSED?
21:43:27 >>HARRY COHEN: ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT A
21:43:30 COMMENDATION BE RATIFIED THAT WAS GIVEN TO MONTY SAMPSON ON
21:43:34 THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT FROM SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.
21:43:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
21:43:41 ALL IN FAVOR?
21:43:41 OPPOSED?
21:43:42 ALL RIGHT.
21:43:44 MR. MANISCALCO.
21:43:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SIR.
21:43:47 >>LUIS VIERA: NO, SIR.
21:43:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: JUST I JUST HAVE ONE, AND THAT IS TO ASK
21:43:54 I.T. PEOPLE, I GUESS THAT'S CORRECT, TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON
21:43:58 OUR TV, THE STATUS OF OUR TVs IN OUR OFFICE, ASK THEM TO
21:44:03 COME BACK ON AUGUST 2nd UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
21:44:07 TO PROVIDE US AN UPDATE.
21:44:09 LAST TIME THEY WAS HERE --
21:44:15 >> I SECOND THAT.
21:44:15 >> THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BACK.
21:44:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
21:44:19 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
21:44:24 >> MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
21:44:26 >> SO MOVED.
21:44:26 >> SECOND.
21:44:27 >> MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
21:44:28 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
21:44:29 ALL IN FAVOR?
21:44:30 ALL RIGHT.
21:44:31 WE STAND ADJOURNED.
21:44:33
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