CITY OF TAMPA EVENING SESSION
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019
5:30 P.M.
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5:12:37PM
5:36:52PM >> -- INTO SESSION.
5:36:53PM IF YOU COULD DO THE ROLL CALL, DUANE.
5:36:55PM >> SUAREZ?
5:36:56PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
5:36:57PM >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
5:36:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
5:37:00PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
5:37:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
5:37:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
5:37:05PM >> AND REDDICK IS ABSENT.
5:37:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A REQUEST, REQUESTING
5:37:10PM THE TREE ORDINANCE ITEM BE MOVED FROM THE LAST ITEM TO
5:37:13PM NUMBER TWO.
5:37:13PM I HAD SPOKEN WITH MS. KERT ABOUT THAT, AND SHE SUGGESTED
5:37:17PM SINCE IT WAS NOTICED AT 6:00 TO MOVE IT TO 6 WHICH COULD
5:37:22PM MAKE IT THREE OR FOUR, BUT MOVED UP, NEVERTHELESS.
5:37:25PM IS THAT AMENABLE?
5:37:28PM THANK YOU, SIR.
5:37:28PM FIRST, WE BEGIN AT 5:30 WITH SOMEONE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
5:37:33PM ON AIR QUALITY.
5:37:45PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
5:37:47PM I'M OCEA WYNN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LOGISTICS AND ASSET
5:37:52PM MANAGEMENT.
5:37:53PM I WAS ASKED TO COME IN TO REPORT ABOUT THE STATUS OF AIR
5:37:59PM QUALITY HERE IN OLD CITY HALL AS WELL AS THE RELOCATION
5:38:02PM TIMELINE FOR STAFF AND COUNCIL MEETINGS AND FINALLY THE WORK
5:38:09PM BEING DONE ON THE BUILDING.
5:38:11PM I WILL REPORT ON BOTH THE AIR QUALITY AND THE WORK THAT'S
5:38:16PM BEING DONE AND MIKE CHUCRAN, FROM THE CONTRACT
5:38:21PM ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, WILL REPORT ON THE RELOCATION
5:38:23PM TIME -- ON THE TIMELINE PIECE.
5:38:25PM IN TERMS OF THE STATUS OF THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY, I'M GOING
5:38:33PM TO START BY GIVING A TIMELINE OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE
5:38:38PM LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
5:38:40PM IN JANUARY OF 2017, THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY TESTING WAS
5:38:46PM CONDUCTED DUE TO DUST BEING IN THE BUILDING.
5:38:49PM IF YOU RECALL DURING THAT TIME WE WERE DOING THE RENOVATION
5:38:52PM OF THE ENVELOPE OF THE BUILDING, AND WE WERE GETTING
5:38:55PM COMPLAINTS FOR BOTH DUST AND NOISE, AND THAT'S WHEN WE DID
5:38:58PM THE FIRST INDOOR AIR QUALITY TESTING.
5:39:01PM WE CONTINUALLY MONITORED THE AIR QUALITY FROM JANUARY UNTIL
5:39:09PM APRIL OF 2017, AND WE -- THE REPORTS CAME BACK THAT THERE
5:39:15PM WERE NO ELEVATED REPORTS -- ELEVATED ISSUES OF AIR QUALITY.
5:39:22PM THERE WERE NO PARTICULATES IN THE AIR THAT WOULD BE OF
5:39:26PM CONCERN OTHER THAN THE DUST AT THAT TIME.
5:39:29PM IN JANUARY 2018, WE WERE NEAR THE COMPLETION OF THE EXTERIOR
5:39:41PM RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING AND AN INDOOR AIR QUALITY TEST
5:39:44PM WAS PERFORMED AT THAT TIME TO DETECT ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
5:39:48PM TO THE AIR QUALITIES.
5:39:50PM AGAIN, THERE WERE NO CONCENTRATIONS OR CHANGES IN THE AIR
5:39:53PM QUALITY.
5:39:53PM IN MARCH OF 2018, THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED, AND IN JUNE, WE
5:40:01PM CONDUCTED A FOLLOW-UP TESTING TO THE WHOLE BUILDING, AND WE
5:40:05PM DID THIS FOR TWO REASONS.
5:40:07PM FIRST, WE WANTED TO DO A BEFORE AND AFTER OF WHAT HAS
5:40:13PM OCCURRED -- HAD OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE TESTING AND THEN
5:40:17PM COMPARE IT TO THE RESULTS OF WHERE WE WERE AT THAT POINT IN
5:40:20PM TIME.
5:40:20PM AND THEN THE SECOND REASON WAS THAT WE NEEDED DATA, SINCE WE
5:40:26PM WERE INSTALLING THREE FRESH-AIR UNITS OR FRESH-AIR HANDLERS,
5:40:32PM WE NEEDED TO SEE WHERE WE WERE IN TERMS OF THE PRESSURE IN
5:40:37PM THE BUILDING.
5:40:37PM THE AIR HANDLERS WERE INSTALLED TO CREATE A POSITIVE
5:40:41PM PRESSURE IN THE BUILDING TO ASSIST WITH HUMIDITY CONTROL AND
5:40:46PM TO KEEP THE MOISTURE OUT.
5:40:48PM AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THERE WERE ELEVATED RESULTS DETECTED.
5:40:53PM NOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE ELEVATED
5:40:56PM RESULTS WERE RESULTS HIGHER THAN THE ONES THAT WERE
5:40:59PM PREVIOUSLY DETECTED; HOWEVER, THEY WERE NOT ELEVATED TO THE
5:41:03PM POINT TO EXCEEDING INDUSTRY STANDARD THRESHOLDS OF
5:41:07PM PARTICULATES IN THE AIR.
5:41:13PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE REASON FOR THE ELEVATED
5:41:15PM NUMBERS ARE?
5:41:16PM AND THIS IS ELEVATED NUMBER OF PARTICULATES IN THE AIR OR --
5:41:22PM >> PARTICULATES IN THE AIR AND THEN SAMPLE.
5:41:24PM WE DID SPOT SAMPLING, SO BOTH OF THOSE.
5:41:29PM WHAT WE THOUGHT ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHAT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE
5:41:36PM THIS IS WE DID NOTICE THERE WAS MOISTURE COMING INTO THE
5:41:38PM BUILDING.
5:41:39PM WE NOTICED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THAT THERE ARE WINDOWS
5:41:43PM THAT ARE UP IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE BUILDING, AND THAT
5:41:46PM CAUSES THE MOISTURE AND RAIN AND WHATEVER TO COME IN AND IT
5:41:50PM SETTLES IN.
5:41:51PM AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE COULD COME
5:41:55PM UP WITH IN TERMS OF WHAT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY CAUSED THE
5:41:59PM ELEVATED RESULTS.
5:41:59PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A HUGE AMOUNT OF WATER
5:42:02PM THAT WAS LEFT IN VIERA -- MR. VIERA'S OFFICE SOAKED THROUGH
5:42:07PM THE RUG AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT CAME IN, AND IT WASN'T
5:42:11PM BECAUSE THE WINDOW WAS OPEN?
5:42:14PM >> NO, SIR, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT.
5:42:16PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU WERE NOT AWARE OF THAT.
5:42:18PM >> YES.
5:42:19PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU COULD BE A TESTAMENT TO WITNESS.
5:42:22PM IT WAS VERY WET IN HIS OFFICE.
5:42:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, IT WAS SOMETHING, WATER STARTED COMING
5:42:28PM UP FROM THE FLOOR, AND THERE WAS CRACKING FROM THE FLOOR.
5:42:31PM NOT CRACKING LIKE STRUCTURAL CRACKING, ELECTRICAL NOISES,
5:42:36PM BUT PROBABLY MAYBE FOUR, FIVE MONTHS AGO.
5:42:40PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HE MADE A DECISION NOT TO TOUCH ANY
5:42:42PM ELECTRICAL ITEMS WHILE HIS FEET WERE SOAKED IN WATER, WHICH
5:42:46PM I THOUGHT WAS A GOOD DECISION ON YOUR PART.
5:42:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: A RARE GOOD DECISION.
5:42:51PM >> THAT WAS FOUR, FIVE WEEKS AGO.
5:42:52PM >>LUIS VIERA: MONTHS AGO.
5:42:54PM >> MONTHS.
5:42:55PM LET'S PROGRESS UP TO THAT POINT.
5:42:59PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE ANSWER IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHY THERE WAS
5:43:02PM ADDITIONAL OR HIGHER LEVEL OF PARTICULATES.
5:43:05PM >> NO, SIR, WE DON'T.
5:43:05PM WE JUST KNOW --
5:43:10PM >> COUNCILMAN CAPIN HAD A COMMENT.
5:43:13PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
5:43:15PM -- HIGH LEVEL, MEDIUM, LOW.
5:43:17PM WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.
5:43:22PM >> OCEA WYNN: LET'S SAY IF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IS 50
5:43:30PM PARTICULATES PER SQUARE INCH OR WHATEVER, WE WERE LESS THAN
5:43:34PM WHAT THAT STANDARD WAS.
5:43:35PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: 49?
5:43:36PM OKAY, THAT NUMBER NEEDS TO BE -- I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT
5:43:41PM NUMBER.
5:43:41PM >>Ocea Wynn: YES, MA'AM.
5:43:43PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEARS AGO I FLEW TO EUROPE ON AN AIRLINE.
5:43:46PM I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT COACH.
5:43:49PM I'M 5'4" AND MY KNEES WERE HITTING THE SEAT IN FRONT OF ME,
5:43:53PM OKAY.
5:43:54PM THE WHOLE TRIP.
5:43:55PM I WROTE THE AIRLINE AND I SAID SARDINES TRAVEL BETTER THAN
5:43:58PM THIS.
5:43:59PM THEY WROTE BACK THAT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD.
5:44:02PM EVERY TIME I HEAR "INDUSTRY STANDARD," MY EARS PERK UP.
5:44:06PM THOSE NUMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
5:44:08PM >>Ocea Wynn: YES, MA'AM.
5:44:09PM SO WE CONTINUED TO CONDUCT THE TESTING JUST TO SEE IF THERE
5:44:17PM WERE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES DETECTED.
5:44:20PM IN MARCH OF 2018, THE EXTERIOR PROJECT ENDED.
5:44:25PM AS I JUST MENTIONED, WE CONTINUED WITH THE TESTING BECAUSE
5:44:30PM WE'RE INSTALLING THE FRESH-AIR UNITS.
5:44:37PM WHEN WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE ELEVATED AREAS, ELEVATED
5:44:45PM AMOUNTS, WE DID HAVE A LICENSED CONTRACTOR COME IN TO
5:44:48PM REMEDIATE THE WHOLE AREA, REMEDIATE EVERY AREA, AND THEN WE
5:44:53PM DID THE TESTING AFTERWARDS.
5:44:54PM AFTER WE DID THE TESTING, WE HAVE NOT FOUND ANY ADDITIONAL
5:45:00PM INCREASE IN PARTICULATES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE
5:45:02PM BUILDING.
5:45:04PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD, CHAIR.
5:45:05PM I APOLOGIZE.
5:45:05PM I'M TRYING TO GET THE TIMELINE RIGHT.
5:45:08PM MARCH 2018 WAS WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED.
5:45:11PM JUNE 2018 IS WHEN YOU HAD THE HIGHER LEVEL OF PARTICULATES.
5:45:15PM THEN YOU HIRED A MEDIATION FIRM AFTER JUNE 2018 TO COME IN?
5:45:19PM CORRECT?
5:45:20PM >>Ocea Wynn: YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
5:45:22PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHEN DID YOU BRING IN THE LICENSED MITIGATION
5:45:25PM SPECIALIST?
5:45:26PM >>Ocea Wynn: THE LICENSED MITIGATION SPECIALIST CAME IN
5:45:30PM AFTER WE HAD THAT FINAL TESTING DONE.
5:45:34PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I MEAN, BUT WAS IT IN JULY?
5:45:37PM >>Ocea Wynn: IT WAS IN JUNE.
5:45:38PM IT WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER.
5:45:39PM YEAH, IT WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER.
5:45:40PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
5:45:41PM >>Ocea Wynn: AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE CONTINUED THE
5:45:47PM TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WERE NO ELEVATED LEVELS OF
5:45:52PM PARTICULATES, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ELEVATED LEVELS.
5:45:55PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HOW LONG WAS THE TESTING?
5:45:58PM DID YOU DO IT THE MONTH OF JUNE?
5:46:00PM DID YOU DO IT IN AUGUST?
5:46:01PM >>Ocea Wynn: WE STARTED IN JUNE, AND THEN WE TEST QUARTERLY
5:46:05PM AFTERWARDS.
5:46:06PM SO EVERY THREE MONTHS WE TEST TO SEE IF THERE ARE ELEVATED
5:46:09PM RESULTS.
5:46:09PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU DID JUNE, AND THEN YOU DID SEPTEMBER.
5:46:12PM >>Ocea Wynn: THEN WE DID DECEMBER.
5:46:14PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THEN DECEMBER.
5:46:15PM OKAY.
5:46:15PM >>Ocea Wynn: THE NEXT TEST WILL BE CONDUCTED NEXT WEEK, SO
5:46:18PM EVERY THREE MONTHS WE DO THE SCHEDULED TESTING.
5:46:21PM SO THE NEXT -- SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF -- OH, IN
5:46:29PM ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO CLEAN THE AIR HANDLERS MONTHLY.
5:46:33PM SO WE GO AND CLEAN ALL OF THOSE OUT MONTHLY JUST AS A
5:46:37PM PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.
5:46:38PM THE NEXT AREA, OR THE THING YOU WANTED US TO REPORT ON WAS
5:46:43PM WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE UPCOMING PROJECTS?
5:46:46PM THE COMPLETE RENOVATION OF OLD CITY HALL HAS ALWAYS BEEN
5:46:51PM PLANNED TO BE CONDUCTED IN THREE PHASES.
5:46:53PM THE FIRST PHASE WAS THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT; WE DID THAT.
5:46:58PM THE SECOND PHASE WAS THE EXTERIOR ENVELOPE.
5:47:03PM AND NOW THE THIRD PHASE THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR IS THE
5:47:08PM UPGRADES TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, THE MECHANICAL SYSTEM,
5:47:13PM AND TO THE PLUMBING.
5:47:15PM NOW, TYPICALLY WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE IS DO THE WINDOW
5:47:20PM REPLACEMENT AND THEN UPGRADED THE ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL AND
5:47:24PM THE PLUMBING.
5:47:24PM ALSO, YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE HAD THINGS FALLING OFF THE
5:47:28PM BUILDING.
5:47:28PM SO DUE TO SAFETY -- THE BALUSTRADES AND PARTS FALLING OFF
5:47:35PM THE BUILDING, BUT DUE TO SAFETY MEASURES, WE DECIDED TO
5:47:39PM SWITCH THE ORDER TO DO THE ENVELOPE NEXT, AND NOW WE'RE AT
5:47:43PM THE PART OF DOING THE FACE REPORT FOR THE ELECTRICAL,
5:47:47PM MECHANICAL, AND PLUMBING.
5:47:48PM I WILL HAVE MIKE COME AND TALK ABOUT THOSE NEXT STEPS IN
5:47:57PM TERMS OF TIMELINES OF WHEN WE EXPECT TO GET THOSE DONE.
5:48:02PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I APOLOGIZE AGAIN.
5:48:05PM YOU JUST READ THE REPORT.
5:48:07PM DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE REPORT?
5:48:10PM >>Ocea Wynn: THESE ARE MY NOTES.
5:48:12PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD TO HAVE --
5:48:15PM IT'S EASIER THAN ME ASKING YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT TIMELINE IF
5:48:19PM WE HAD SOMETHING IN FRONT OF US TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE
5:48:23PM DOING.
5:48:24PM YOU MAYBE WANT TO MAKE A COPY OF THAT, MAYBE HAVE SOMEBODY
5:48:27PM FROM STAFF MAKE A COPY AND GIVE IT ALL TO US.
5:48:29PM I'M TRYING TO DO IT BY MEMORY.
5:48:33PM >>Ocea Wynn: I'LL DO THAT.
5:48:35PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
5:48:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: WERE THERE ANY FINDINGS OF MOLD?
5:48:43PM MOLD.
5:48:45PM ANY FINDINGS OF MOLD?
5:48:48PM >>Ocea Wynn: SO, YES, SO WHAT THEY DID FIND WHEN THEY DID
5:48:50PM THE TESTING, THAT THERE WERE BOTH VIABLE AND NONVIABLE
5:48:53PM LEVELS OF MOLD.
5:48:54PM AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE
5:48:57PM THERE ARE MINUTE LEVELS OF DEAD MOLD SPORES AND LIVE MOLD
5:49:04PM SPORES AS WELL.
5:49:04PM THE LIVE MOLD SPORES WERE THE ONES THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE --
5:49:07PM LIKE MOLD IN YOUR HOME OR JUST MOISTURE FROM LIVING IN
5:49:12PM FLORIDA.
5:49:13PM SO WE DID HAVE THOSE AT THOSE MINUTE LEVELS.
5:49:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
5:49:20PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
5:49:22PM MIKE CHUCRAN, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
5:49:26PM I WANT TO GO OVER A NOTIONAL TIMELINE FOR THE PHASE THREE
5:49:28PM PORTION OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN OLD CITY
5:49:30PM HALL.
5:49:31PM SO THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION FOR PHASE THREE FOR THE OLD
5:49:36PM CITY HALL IMPROVEMENT DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT, THE REQUEST FOR
5:49:41PM QUALIFICATION IS TO BE POSTED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
5:49:44PM SO FROM THAT STAGE ON, END OF APRIL OR END OF MARCH, WE'LL
5:49:49PM LOOK TO DO SHORT-LISTING THE FIRMS THAT PRESENT.
5:49:52PM THEN WE'LL SHORT-LIST THEM AND HAVE PRESENTATIONS LOOKING AT
5:49:55PM THE MID JUNE TIME FRAME, MID JUNE OF 2019.
5:49:59PM AFTER THE MAYOR MAKES HIS SELECTION OF THE FIRM, WE EXPECT
5:50:03PM TO SEE THAT IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL IN LATE AUGUST OF 2019.
5:50:07PM AND SUBSEQUENTLY, ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THAT IN LATE SEPTEMBER
5:50:12PM WE'LL START THE NOTICE TO PROCEED TO THE SELECTED FIRM TO
5:50:15PM BEGIN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
5:50:17PM SO WE ANTICIPATE THE DESIGN TO TAKE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS FOR
5:50:23PM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE AND
5:50:26PM WE EXPECT TO BRING THAT TO CITY COUNCIL EARLY MAY OF 2020.
5:50:31PM AND THEN EARLY JUNE OF 2020 WE EXPECT NOTICE TO PROCEED TO
5:50:40PM BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PHASE THREE PORTION.
5:50:42PM AS FAR AS ANY RELOCATION, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS OF THAT.
5:50:45PM WE KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT IT WILL BE BEYOND JUNE OF 2020.
5:50:49PM AND THEN WE'LL GET SOME MORE DETAILS ON HOW THAT WOULD BE
5:50:54PM PHASED.
5:50:56PM >>HARRY COHEN: SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE REASON THIS
5:50:59PM ISSUE CAME UP IS BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE AIR
5:51:02PM QUALITY IN THE BUILDING AND WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE WERE GOING
5:51:04PM TO NEED TO BE MOVING OUT.
5:51:06PM AND WHILE I HEARD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING RELATED TO
5:51:09PM PARTICULATES, THERE WAS THIS COMMENT MADE ABOUT MOLD.
5:51:13PM IS THERE A MOLD PROBLEM IN THE BUILDING?
5:51:18PM YEAH, GO AHEAD.
5:51:19PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES, THERE IS A MOLD PROBLEM BECAUSE IN OUR
5:51:21PM OFFICE, THEY CAME IN AND THE PAINT ON THE WALL, THE MOLD WAS
5:51:25PM COMING AND PEELING THE PAINT OFF THE WALL.
5:51:28PM THEY CAME IN, SCRAPED IT, WHATEVER THEY DID, AND WE HAD IT
5:51:33PM IN FOUR PLACES LIKE THAT.
5:51:36PM AND IT WAS LIKE THAT FOREVER.
5:51:38PM WE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AND NOBODY DID ANYTHING UNTIL NOW,
5:51:41PM NOTHING.
5:51:42PM SO, YES, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MOLD.
5:51:45PM I WOULD SAY.
5:51:50PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE PHASE THREE, MIKE, ON THE PHASE THREE,
5:51:52PM THAT IS THE ELECTRICAL --
5:51:55PM >> HVAC, THE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING.
5:51:57PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: AC, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING.
5:51:59PM LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
5:52:13PM CONTRACTS WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS KIND OF
5:52:16PM CONSTRUCTION -- CAN YOU HEAR ME?
5:52:17PM YOU'RE STRETCHING, BECAUSE I CAN SPEAK A LOT LOUDER.
5:52:23PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE OKAY.
5:52:24PM IT'S A SPECIALIZED TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE OF THE AGE
5:52:29PM OF THE BUILDING AND THE KIND OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT
5:52:32PM ARE USED.
5:52:33PM THERE'S LOTS OF NOOKS AND CRANNIES AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE
5:52:36PM PART OF THIS.
5:52:37PM MY GUESS IS, BASED ON SOME OF THE ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE WE
5:52:41PM HAVE, NOT NECESSARILY THE MITIGATION -- EXCUSE ME, NOT BASED
5:52:44PM ON THE AIR QUALITY STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, THAT WE MAY
5:52:50PM HAVE TRAPPED SOME OLD MOLD IN HERE OR SOME LIVE SPORES IN
5:52:55PM HERE AFTER WE SEALED THE BUILDING.
5:52:56PM THAT IS A GUESS OF MINE BECAUSE I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON
5:52:59PM BUILDING OR ANYTHING ELSE.
5:53:00PM BUT THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
5:53:02PM WE JUST MENTIONED ABOUT MR. VIERA'S OFFICE THAT WAS SOAKED
5:53:06PM THROUGH, OKAY, AND THEN ALSO MS. CAPIN'S OFFICE, WHICH HAS
5:53:12PM GOT GROWING MOLD.
5:53:14PM I WILL SAY, IN MY OFFICE, TOO, WE HAD A KIND OF TRAVELING
5:53:17PM MOLD PROBLEM, TOO.
5:53:18PM NOW, THAT MAY BE IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE BUILDING.
5:53:21PM AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUILDING THIS OLD, WHEN
5:53:25PM YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAD TO DO, THE KIND OF WORK, IT'S
5:53:29PM VERY DELICATE, VERY CAREFUL.
5:53:31PM AS YOU KNOW, WE LEFT THE BUILDING FOR A WHILE OR AT LEAST
5:53:34PM LEFT OUR FLOOR TO WORK OUT OF OTHER SPOTS AND OTHER
5:53:37PM BUILDINGS.
5:53:38PM IT BECOMES AN ISSUE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE ACTUALLY SEALED
5:53:43PM THE BUILDING PROPERLY OR WE SEALED IT PROPERLY BUT WE SEALED
5:53:47PM IN THE BAD STUFF.
5:53:48PM THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT.
5:53:50PM I THINK WE MAY HAVE AN ISSUE THERE.
5:53:52PM AND AS PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT WAS FIRST PUT IN PLACE, IS
5:53:58PM THERE A WAY THAT THAT CONTRACTOR EITHER GUARANTEES OR MAKES
5:54:04PM SURE THAT BEFORE HE CAN BE CERTIFIED AS COMPLETING THE JOB
5:54:08PM THAT THERE'S NO ISSUES CONCERNING THESE TYPE OF THINGS, LIKE
5:54:11PM AIR QUALITY AND MOLD AND THINGS LIKE THAT?
5:54:13PM I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CONTRACT SAYS.
5:54:16PM >> MIKE CHUCRAN: NO, FOR THE EXTERIOR PORTION OF THE WORK
5:54:21PM THAT WAS DONE HERE, THAT WAS AN ARCHITECTURAL RESTORATION OF
5:54:23PM THE EXTERIOR OF THE FACILITY.
5:54:25PM NOW, THERE WERE LOTS OF GAPS AND HOLES IN THIS BUILDING,
5:54:30PM BEING AS OLD AS IT WAS, AND SO IT WAS SEALED UP, BUT THERE
5:54:34PM IS NO EXTERIOR SEALANT APPLIED TO THE BUILDING.
5:54:37PM IT'S STILL POROUS ENOUGH FOR BREATHING.
5:54:41PM THAT'S HOW THE BUILDINGS WERE DESIGNED BACK IN 1915.
5:54:44PM THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF OUR EXTERIOR RENOVATION PROJECT WAS
5:54:47PM TO RESTORE IT TO THE ORIGINAL 1915 LOOK.
5:54:50PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT BEGS THE QUESTION THEN.
5:54:53PM IF WE'RE RESTORING IT BACK TO 1915 LEVEL, AND WE MIGHT HAVE
5:54:58PM SOME ISSUES WITH MOLD OR WITH OTHER KIND OF PARTICULATES
5:55:04PM THAT ARE IN THE AIR, HOW DO WE SOLVE THAT PROBLEM MAKING IT
5:55:08PM OKAY FOR MODERN STANDARDS BUT STILL KEEPING THE EXTERIOR AS
5:55:12PM NICE AND BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS?
5:55:14PM I THINK THE QUESTION, IS THAT PART OF THE CONTRACT THAT WE
5:55:18PM ENTERED INTO IN ORDER TO REFURBISH THE BUILDING?
5:55:22PM BECAUSE YOU WANT THE OUTSIDE TO LOOK GREAT, WHICH IT DOES.
5:55:25PM LOOKS TERRIFIC, BUT IF THE INSIDE FOR SOME REASON WE'VE
5:55:29PM EITHER TRAPPED SOMETHING OR SOMETHING HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED
5:55:32PM TO MAKE IT A FUNCTIONAL BUILDING SO WE DON'T HAVE THESE
5:55:35PM ISSUES, IS THERE SOMETHING CONTRACTUALLY THAT SAYS THAT THEY
5:55:39PM HAVE TO MAINTAIN EITHER A HIGHER STANDARD OR A DIFFERENT
5:55:42PM STANDARD OR MAYBE IT HAS NOTHING IN THE CONTRACT, I DON'T
5:55:44PM KNOW.
5:55:46PM >> MIKE CHUCRAN: NO, SIR, NOTHING IN THE CONTRACT REGARDING
5:55:49PM AIR QUALITY IN THE BUILDING.
5:55:50PM THEY DEFINITELY IMPROVED ON IT BY SEALING THE BUILDING UP,
5:55:53PM WHICH IS WHAT THEY DID.
5:55:54PM PART OF THIS PHASE THREE PORTION OF IT INCLUDES AN EXTERIOR
5:55:58PM SEALANT.
5:55:59PM THE REASON THAT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL EXTERIOR, THEY
5:56:03PM LOOKED AT IT, THEY DISCUSSED IT, EXTERIOR SEAL, BUT THIS IS
5:56:06PM A NATIONAL LANDMARK BUILDING, AND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS
5:56:10PM OF SEALANT BEING APPLIED THAT CAUSES DISCOLORATION OVER
5:56:13PM TIME.
5:56:14PM BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE AT THIS POINT THEY BELIEVE THEY FOUND
5:56:16PM THERE IS A PRODUCT OUT THERE THAT CAN BE APPLIED THAT WILL
5:56:19PM SEAL THE BUILDING, AND WE HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE SCOPE IN
5:56:22PM THE PHASE THREE PORTION.
5:56:23PM THAT ALONG WITH SEALING THE BUILDING AND HVAC, PLUMBING,
5:56:27PM ELECTRICAL, SHOULD COMPLETE --
5:56:28PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT IS A SECOND SEALANT --
5:56:33PM >> MIKE CHUCRAN: NO --
5:56:38PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: LET'S GET THE TERMINOLOGY RIGHT.
5:56:40PM YOU SAID THE BUILDING HAD BEEN SEALED ORIGINALLY.
5:56:42PM EXPLAINING WHAT SEALING THE BUILDING THE FIRST TIME.
5:56:46PM >>Mike Chucran: IF YOU REMEMBER IN THE ORIGINAL PART, MORTAR
5:56:49PM POINTS, CRACKING, THERE ARE AIR GAPS AND THINGS MOVING IN.
5:56:53PM THAT HAS BEEN SEALED WITH THE ORIGINAL MORTAR AND BRICK AND
5:56:56PM LOOK OF THE BUILDING.
5:56:57PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'LL ASK ONE LAST QUESTION ALONG THE LINES.
5:57:00PM IS THERE ANYTHING DONE INTERIORLY TO SEAL TO MAKE SURE WE
5:57:03PM DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE MOISTURE AND OTHER PARTICULATES THAT
5:57:06PM MIGHT COME FROM THE OUTSIDE THAT MIGHT CAUSE SOME ISSUES FOR
5:57:08PM PEOPLE INSIDE HERE?
5:57:10PM IS THAT WHAT THIS PHASE THREE IS GOING TO HANDLE?
5:57:13PM >>Mike Chucran: YES, SIR, THERE IS A PORTION IN PHASE THREE,
5:57:16PM BASICALLY TAKE THE CASINGS OF THE WINDOWS OFF AND APPLY
5:57:18PM SEALANT AROUND THE WINDOWS AS WELL.
5:57:20PM THAT'S THE BULK OF YOUR CONCERN OF MOISTURE COMING IN IS
5:57:24PM THROUGH THE WINDOWS.
5:57:25PM THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PART OF PHASE THREE.
5:57:27PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST MOISTURE.
5:57:29PM I'M TALKING GALLONS.
5:57:30PM THAT'S THE ISSUE.
5:57:32PM I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
5:57:35PM THANK YOU, CHAIR.
5:57:37PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I SEE HERE WHERE IT SAID THE AIR HANDLERS
5:57:41PM WERE CLEANED MONTHLY.
5:57:42PM THEY WERE NOT REPLACED, RIGHT?
5:57:43PM ON HERE, PHASE THREE SAYS THE AIR HANDLERS WERE NOT
5:57:47PM REPLACED.
5:57:48PM WERE THEY?
5:57:49PM HAVE THEY?
5:57:50PM >>Mike Chucran: NOT IN THE ORIGINAL PROJECT.
5:57:54PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: NOW, THE OTHER THING, WHEN YOU BRING IT UP
5:57:56PM THAT WE MOVED OUT, THE ONLY TIME WE MOVED OUT IS WHEN THE
5:58:00PM WINDOWS WERE BEING DONE BECAUSE WE WERE IN THE OFFICES WHEN
5:58:02PM THEY WERE PILING DUST AND BANGING ON THE WALLS AND STUFF WAS
5:58:06PM FALLING FROM THE CEILING.
5:58:07PM WE WERE IN OUR OFFICES, HOW MANY MONTHS WAS THAT?
5:58:10PM IT HAPPENED IN HERE.
5:58:12PM ALL THE STUFF THAT WAS IN THERE WAS FALLING ON US.
5:58:21PM I HAD A COUGH.
5:58:22PM AS A MATTER OF FACT, I SAW A REPORT THAT SOMEONE PULLED FOR
5:58:29PM ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM LAST WEEK.
5:58:31PM ON THERE IS -- IT HAS THERE PRINTED ON THERE.
5:58:36PM I'M COUGHING.
5:58:37PM I SAID THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS BUILDING THAT'S REALLY
5:58:39PM BOTHERING ME.
5:58:40PM AND THAT WAS IN '17 -- '18?
5:58:43PM WHEN DID WE START?
5:58:46PM I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DATE.
5:58:47PM YEAH, THE OUTSIDE.
5:58:49PM I'M LOOKING AT IT, AND I THINK IT SAID 2017, AS FAR BACK AS
5:58:57PM TWO YEARS AGO, I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE AIR QUALITY IN
5:59:02PM HERE BECAUSE IT KEPT MY EYES WATERED, AND I WAS COUGHING.
5:59:08PM WHEN YOU SAY THEY MOVED US OUT, THEY MOVED US OUT WITH THE
5:59:17PM WINDOWS, NOT WHEN THEY WERE BANGING ON THE WALLS, KNOCKING
5:59:20PM EVERYTHING DOWN ON US.
5:59:22PM I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
5:59:23PM ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO MAKE THIS A MOTION.
5:59:26PM WE'LL BE GETTING A FULL REPORT BACK, IS THAT WHAT OCEA SAID?
5:59:30PM NO?
5:59:31PM BECAUSE IF WE'RE GETTING A REPORT BACK, I WANT TO SEE THOSE
5:59:34PM NUMBERS THAT COMPARE.
5:59:37PM DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THEY COME BACK WITH THOSE
5:59:41PM NUMBERS OR THE REPORT -- FULL REPORT?
5:59:43PM OKAY.
5:59:46PM THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT STAFF COME BACK WITH
5:59:50PM A FULL REPORT OF THE AIR QUALITY TEST, ALL OF THEM AND THE
5:59:56PM NUMBERS.
5:59:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN, A
6:00:00PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
6:00:02PM ALL IN FAVOR -- I'M SORRY, DISCUSSION.
6:00:05PM >> [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
6:00:12PM >> YES, SIR.
6:00:13PM >>LUIS VIERA: ALL IN FAVOR?
6:00:15PM ANY OPPOSED?
6:00:16PM ONE QUESTION, IF I MAY, IS CITY COUNCIL GOING TO BE
6:00:22PM RELOCATED?
6:00:23PM WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE?
6:00:25PM >>Mike Chucran: WE BELIEVE PROBABLY SOME LOCATION.
6:00:27PM WE'RE UNSURE.
6:00:29PM ONCE WE GET THE TEAMS IN PLACE, AFTER THEY ARE SELECTED,
6:00:31PM WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT THEIR PLAN IS.
6:00:34PM WE ANTICIPATE THIS BEING A ONE-YEAR CONSTRUCTION EFFORT.
6:00:37PM WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT.
6:00:42PM WE HAVE TO SEE THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT AND WHAT THE TIME FRAME
6:00:45PM WOULD BE FOR RELOCATING PEOPLE.
6:00:47PM >>LUIS VIERA: RUMOR IS IT WILL BE RELOCATED IN NEW TAMPA.
6:00:49PM I'M JOKING.
6:00:50PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YBOR CITY.
6:00:51PM [ LAUGHTER ]
6:00:53PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING ELSE, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL?
6:00:55PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: ONE QUICK QUESTION, IS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
6:00:59PM MOVING?
6:00:59PM IS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT MOVING BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION OR
6:01:02PM ANYTHING?
6:01:02PM >>Mike Chucran: RIGHT NOW?
6:01:03PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH.
6:01:06PM >>Mike Chucran: NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
6:01:08PM NOT DOING ANY CONSTRUCTION IN THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
6:01:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: APPARENTLY, WE HAVE A GREAT MANY INDIVIDUALS
6:01:29PM IN ANOTHER ROOM FOR THE DAVIS ISLAND MATTER, AND THERE IS NO
6:01:33PM TV THAT IS WORKING.
6:01:37PM CAN WE GET AN iPAD AND STREAM IT?
6:01:46PM WELL, WE CAN KICK THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE TREE
6:01:57PM ORDINANCE.
6:01:57PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: CAN I ASK A QUESTION THEN, CLERK?
6:02:00PM THE TELEVISION IS NOT WORKING IN THE HALLWAY DOWN THERE?
6:02:03PM NOTHING DOWN STAIRS IS WORKING RIGHT NOW?
6:02:07PM WELL, THERE IS ONE WORKING DOWN BY THE INFORMATION DESK.
6:02:14PM >> [NOT SPEAKING INTO A MICROPHONE]
6:02:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
6:02:26PM WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT WHEN WE GET THERE, I GUESS.
6:02:30PM FROM WHAT I'M TOLD, EVEN IF WE DEAL WITH NUMBER 16 AND
6:02:33PM EVERYBODY HERE FROM 16 LEAVES, THAT WILL NOT BE ENOUGH ROOM
6:02:37PM TO HOLD -- NOT NEARLY.
6:02:38PM WE'LL KICK THAT CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR 15 MINUTES.
6:02:44PM WE'RE GOING TO MOVE SINCE IT IS 6:05 TO ITEM NUMBER 16.
6:02:49PM ANY OBJECTION FROM CITY STAFF, COUNCIL, OR MR. SHELBY TO
6:03:04PM MOVING IT?
6:03:05PM I WOULD ASSUME NOT, BUT JUST MAKING SURE.
6:03:16PM >>REBECCA KERT: REBECCA KERT, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
6:03:19PM I'M HERE IN LIEU OF KRISTIN MORA WHO HAS BEEN HANDLING THIS
6:03:24PM FOR A LONG TIME AT THIS POINT.
6:03:26PM SHE UNFORTUNATELY IS ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW.
6:03:28PM SHE WANTED ME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SHE WOULD HAVE DONE
6:03:33PM ANYTHING TO BE HERE, AND I CAN ATTEST TO THAT BECAUSE I HAD
6:03:35PM TO TELL HER TO LEAVE TODAY.
6:03:36PM BUT I AM HERE WITH THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE.
6:03:39PM THIS IS THE SUBSTITUTE THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF CITY COUNCIL'S
6:03:43PM LAST MOTION TO MAKE THE CHANGES AND SEND IT OVER TO THE
6:03:46PM PLANNING COMMISSION.
6:03:47PM THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BECAUSE IT WAS CHANGED TO ADD IN THE
6:03:51PM RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH HAPPENED
6:03:53PM ON MONDAY TO ADD THE EXHIBIT OF THE TREE MATRIX, WHICH IS
6:03:58PM EXHIBIT A, WHICH YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THROUGHOUT THIS
6:04:01PM PERIOD OF TIME AND THERE WERE CROSS REFERENCES NOT
6:04:05PM ORIGINALLY CAUGHT.
6:04:06PM THERE ARE NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES -- I'M SORRY.
6:04:10PM I'M HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING AS WELL.
6:04:12PM IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUILDING.
6:04:14PM >> WELCOME TO OUR WORLD.
6:04:16PM >>REBECCA KERT: THIS DID GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON
6:04:18PM MONDAY.
6:04:20PM IT HAD A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
6:04:22PM I WAS NOT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT I WAS ADVISED
6:04:24PM THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS AT THAT TIME AT THE PLANNING
6:04:26PM COMMISSION.
6:04:27PM IT IS BEFORE YOU FOR FIRST READING.
6:04:30PM AND IT IS APPROPRIATE TO READ IT TONIGHT, IF YOU FEEL THAT'S
6:04:34PM APPROPRIATE.
6:04:34PM THE SECOND READING IS YOUR PUBLIC HEARING, IF IT PASSES ON
6:04:39PM FIRST READING.
6:04:40PM AND I AM AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, AND MS. BECK
6:04:44PM IS HERE IF THERE ARE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
6:04:46PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
6:04:48PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MS. KERT, THERE ARE NO MATERIAL CHANGES TO
6:04:52PM WHAT WE SENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FROM OUR PRIOR
6:04:58PM HEARING CONCERNING THIS, IS THAT CORRECT?
6:04:59PM >>REBECCA KERT: THAT IS CORRECT.
6:05:00PM WHAT WAS SENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION REFLECTED THE
6:05:02PM CHANGES THAT CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED AT YOUR LAST MEETING.
6:05:04PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
6:05:05PM >>REBECCA KERT: THIS IS JUST TO ADD IN THE EXHIBIT TO
6:05:07PM INCLUDE THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION AND TO FIX
6:05:10PM SOME CROSS-REFERENCES THAT WERE NOT ORIGINALLY CAUGHT.
6:05:12PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
6:05:13PM SO SOME MINISTERIAL ISSUE, NOTHING OF ANY SUBSTANCE.
6:05:19PM >>REBECCA KERT: THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN ADVISED TO REPRESENT
6:05:22PM TO YOU TODAY.
6:05:23PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
6:05:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
6:05:34PM >>HARRY COHEN: THERE WILL BE A FULL PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS
6:05:36PM IN THE SECOND WEEK.
6:05:37PM >>REBECCA KERT: THAT IS CORRECT.
6:05:39PM CITY COUNCIL, YOU TYPICALLY DO NOT TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AT
6:05:44PM YOUR FIRST READING.
6:05:45PM IT IS WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION TO OPEN THAT UP.
6:05:48PM THAT WOULD BE THE OUTSIDE THE NORM OF HOW YOU HANDLE FIRST
6:05:51PM READING.
6:05:53PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
6:05:55PM THIS IS A VERY LONG ORDINANCE --
6:06:06PM >>REBECCA KERT: I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING.
6:06:09PM BEFORE YOU GOT STARTED ON THE READING, I DID WANT TO LET YOU
6:06:12PM KNOW YOU DO NEED TO READ THE SUBSTITUTE.
6:06:14PM I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU ONCE YOU GOT STARTED.
6:06:18PM APPARENTLY, THAT WAS PART OF THE CROSS-REFERENCE.
6:06:20PM IT'S WHAT I JUST HANDED OUT.
6:06:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: MS. KERT, IF I MAY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
6:06:31PM IN THE EVENT OF SECOND READING OR TONIGHT, APPARENTLY NOT,
6:06:34PM WE WERE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS, ANY INCREMENTAL SMALL
6:06:41PM CHANGES, HOW WOULD THAT BE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE COUNCIL
6:06:44PM EXPIRES?
6:06:45PM >>REBECCA KERT: SECOND READING WOULD BECOME FIRST READING.
6:06:47PM AND THEN YOU COULD DIRECT THOSE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND
6:06:51PM SECOND READING, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THEY ARE AND ASSUMING
6:06:53PM THAT THEY ARE NOT MAJOR SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT WOULD
6:06:56PM REQUIRE IT TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
6:06:58PM I DO ALSO WANT TO REMIND CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY
6:07:01PM ENACTED ORDINANCES THAT ARE I BELIEVE SET TO GO -- I KNOW
6:07:07PM THEY ARE SET TO GO INTO EFFECT IN APRIL.
6:07:09PM I BELIEVE IT'S APRIL 17.
6:07:10PM I'M SORRY IF I'M OFF BY A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT THAT'S WHAT MY
6:07:14PM MEMORY SAYS.
6:07:15PM IF NOTHING HAPPENS, THEN THOSE ORDINANCES GO INTO EFFECT,
6:07:19PM WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE ADDRESSED EVERYTHING THAT CITY COUNCIL
6:07:21PM HAS TALKED, ABOUT WHICH THIS DOES.
6:07:24PM I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
6:07:26PM IF CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO OPEN IT UP, IT'S IN YOUR
6:07:29PM DISCRETION, IT'S JUST NOT TYPICAL PRACTICE.
6:07:38PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN CAPIN?
6:07:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: GO AHEAD, SIR.
6:07:41PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I PRESENT A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE FOR FIRST
6:07:49PM READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
6:07:49PM FLORIDA, RELATING TO COMPREHENSIVE CHANGES TO THE CITY'S
6:07:49PM TREE AND LANDSCAPING REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN CHAPTERS 13
6:07:49PM (LANDSCAPING, TREE REMOVAL AND SITE CLEARING); 16 (PARKS AND
6:07:49PM RECREATION); 19 (PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND STRUCTURAL
6:07:49PM STANDARDS); 22 (STREETS AND SIDEWALKS); AND 27 (ZONING AND
6:07:49PM LAND DEVELOPMENT); REPEALING AND RESERVING CHAPTER 13
6:07:49PM (LANDSCAPING, TREE REMOVAL AND SITE CLEARING); AMENDING
6:07:49PM SECTION 16-86, TREE TRUST FUND ESTABLISHED; AMENDING SECTION
6:07:49PM 19-3, DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 19-58, UNLAWFUL TO ALLOW
6:07:49PM A DANGEROUS TREE TO REMAIN ON PROPERTY; AMENDING SECTION
6:07:49PM 22-5 DEFINITIONS; AMENDING SECTION 22-223, ADMINISTRATIVE
6:07:49PM AUTHORITY; AMENDING SECTION 22-323.6, TREES WITHIN OR
6:07:49PM PROXIMATE TO PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY; AMENDING SECTION 27-7,
6:07:49PM AREA OF COVERAGE OF CHAPTER; CREATING SECTION 27-20,
6:07:49PM PLANNING DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 27-43, DEFINITIONS;
6:07:49PM AMENDING SECTION 27-51, ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE
6:07:49PM OFFICERS; AMENDING SECTION 27-58, FEES; AMENDING SECTION
6:07:49PM 27-60, ALTERNATIVE DESIGN EXCEPTION; AMENDING SECTION 27-61,
6:07:49PM REVIEW; AMENDING SECTION 27-79, POWERS AND DUTIES; AMENDING
6:07:49PM SECTION 27-81; ADMINISTRATION; NOTICE; PUBLIC HEARING;
6:07:49PM DECISION; AMENDING SECTION 27-96, VARIANCE; AUTHORITY;
6:07:49PM APPLICATION; NOTICE; CRITERIA; DECISION; STAY; DENIAL;
6:07:49PM REVIEW; EXPIRATION OF VARIANCE; AMENDING SECTION 27-114,
6:07:49PM VARIANCE; AUTHORITY; APPLICATION; PUBLIC NOTICE; CRITERIA;
6:07:49PM DECISION; STAY; DENIAL; REVIEW; EXPIRATION OF VARIANCE;
6:07:49PM AMENDING SECTION 27-132, REGULATIONS GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL
6:07:49PM SPECIAL USES; AMENDING SECTION 27-139, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS;
6:07:49PM AMENDING SECTION 27-147, AMENDMENT INITIATION; AMENDING
6:07:49PM SECTION 27-148, PROCEDURE FOR AMENDMENT APPLICATION;
6:07:49PM AMENDING SECTION 27-151, COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF LAND
6:07:49PM DEVELOPMENT CODE; AMENDING SECTION 27-156, OFFICIAL SCHEDULE
6:07:49PM OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 27-177, HISTORIC
6:07:49PM DISTRICT ESTABLISHED; AMENDING SECTION 27-178, ALTERNATIVE
6:07:49PM PARKING REQUIREMENTS; AMENDING SECTION 27-185.1, OFF-STREET
6:07:49PM SURFACE PARKING DESIGN STANDARDS; AMENDING SECTION 27-198,
6:07:49PM OFFICIAL SCHEDULE OF PERMITTED PRINCIPAL, ACCESSORY AND
6:07:49PM SPECIAL USES; AMENDING SECTION 27-211.13, LANDSCAPING;
6:07:49PM AMENDING SECTION 27-212.6, LANDSCAPING, TREE PLANTING,
6:07:49PM SCREENING; AMENDING SECTION 27-283.13, SPECIAL EVENT PARKING
6:07:49PM LOTS, INTERIM PARKING LOTS AND RESIDENTIAL PARKING FOR
6:07:49PM STADIUM EVENTS; REPEALING AND REPLACING SECTION 27-284,
6:07:49PM TITLE; PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY; PERIODIC STUDY OF TAMPA’S
6:07:49PM URBAN FOREST; CREATING SECTION 27-284.1, ADMINISTRATIVE
6:07:49PM AUTHORITY; DEFINITIONS; GENERAL PROCEDURES; FEES; CREATING
6:07:49PM SECTION 27-284.1.1, CITY TREE MATRIX; TECHNICAL STANDARDS;
6:07:49PM AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH, PUBLISH, AND ADOPT; CREATING SECTION
6:07:49PM 27-284.1.2, TREES – PROTECTED, GRAND, AND EXEMPT TREES;
6:07:49PM MEASUREMENT METHODS; CREATING SECTION 27-284.1.3. OTHER
6:07:49PM EXEMPTIONS; CREATING SECTION 27-284.1.4, NONCONFORMING
6:07:49PM LANDSCAPE AREA(S) DUE TO GOVERNMENTAL ACQUISITION; SECTION
6:07:49PM 27-284.2, PERMITS, IN GENERAL; TREE PROTECTION DURING
6:07:49PM CONSTRUCTION; INSPECTIONS; CREATING SECTION 27-284.2.1,
6:07:49PM PERMIT FOR SITE CLEARING; APPLICATION; REQUIRED
6:07:49PM DOCUMENTATION; INSPECTIONS; CREATING SECTION 27-284.2.2,
6:07:49PM PERMIT FOR LANDSCAPING AND TREE PLANTING ACTIVITIES AS PART
6:07:49PM OF A BUILDING PERMIT; APPLICATION; REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION;
6:07:49PM INSPECTIONS; CREATING SECTION 27-284.2.3, PERMIT FOR TREE
6:07:49PM PRUNING; APPLICATION; STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR DECISION;
6:07:49PM REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION; INSPECTIONS; CREATING SECTION
6:07:49PM 27-284.2.4, PERMIT FOR PROTECTED TREE REMOVAL; APPLICATION;
6:07:49PM REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION; STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR DECISION;
6:07:49PM INSPECTIONS; PETITION FOR REVIEW; CREATING SECTION
6:07:49PM 27-284.2.5, PERMIT FOR GRAND TREE REMOVAL; APPLICATION;
6:07:49PM REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION; STANDARDS AND CRITERIA FOR DECISION;
6:07:49PM INSPECTIONS; PETITION FOR REVIEW; CREATING SECTION
6:07:49PM 27-284.2.6, TREE PLANTING PERMIT; PROCEDURES; REQUIREMENTS;
6:07:49PM INSPECTIONS; CREATING SECTION 27-284.2.7, EMERGENCY WORK;
6:07:49PM CREATING SECTION 27-284.3, TREE PRESERVATION, PLANTING,
6:07:49PM LANDSCAPED AREA REQUIREMENTS; CREATING SECTION 27-284.3.1,
6:07:49PM LANDSCAPE AND TREE PLANTING STANDARDS; TREE PRESERVATION
6:07:49PM (RETENTION) STANDARDS; CREATING SECTION 27-284.3.2, TREE
6:07:49PM PLANTING REQUIREMENTS; TREE MATRIX; IRRIGATION; CREATING
6:07:49PM SECTION 27-284.3.3, LANDSCAPED AREA AND TREE PLANTING
6:07:49PM REQUIREMENTS; CREATING SECTION 27-284.3.4, LANDSCAPED AREA,
6:07:49PM IN-LIEU CALCULATION AND PAYMENT GENERAL PROCEDURE; CREATING
6:07:49PM SECTION 27-284.4, TREE MITIGATION METHOD; REQUIREMENTS;
6:07:49PM CREATING SECTION 27-284.4.1, TREE MITIGATION CALCULATIONS;
6:07:49PM CREATING SECTION 27-284.4.2, TREE PLANTING PERMIT FOR
6:07:49PM MITIGATION TREES; REPEALING AND REPLACING SECTION 27-285.
6:07:49PM ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY; PENALTIES; REMEDIES; REPEALING
6:07:49PM SECTION 27-285.1, LANDSCAPE AND TREE PLANTING STANDARDS;
6:07:49PM REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
6:07:49PM THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
6:07:49PM EFFECTIVE DATE.
6:14:54PM [ APPLAUSE ]
6:14:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND.
6:14:59PM I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
6:15:00PM MARTY, DID YOU --
6:15:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN BE HEARD VERY BRIEFLY, COUNCIL.
6:15:07PM I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, OBVIOUSLY, COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS
6:15:10PM THIS, BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING AND ALSO THAT
6:15:13PM IT'S CLEAR FOR THE RECORD THAT WHAT YOU JUST READ IS A
6:15:17PM LEGISLATIVE MATTER.
6:15:17PM IT IS NOT A QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER.
6:15:19PM SO AS SUCH, IT IS TREATED DIFFERENTLY.
6:15:22PM FRANKLY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AT THIS IS THIS MOTION
6:15:26PM TONIGHT MOVES IT FORWARD TO A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
6:15:30PM PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH TIME THE PUBLIC WILL BE GIVEN THE
6:15:33PM OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
6:15:34PM SO, THEREFORE IT WOULD BE MY OPINION THAT UNDER CHAPTER 166,
6:15:39PM BECAUSE IT IS A LEGISLATIVE MATTER, IT DOES REQUIRE THE
6:15:41PM TITLE ALLOWED TO BE READ BY TITLE IN LIEU OF THE ENTIRE
6:15:47PM ORDINANCE, THE STATE GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ BY
6:15:49PM TITLE ONLY.
6:15:50PM THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO READ THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE.
6:15:55PM BUT MY POINT IS THIS, MY POINT IS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS
6:16:01PM LEGISLATIVE, THIS IS, IN FACT, A MINISTERIAL STEP TOWARDS
6:16:05PM MOVING IT TO A PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH TIME THE PUBLIC WILL
6:16:09PM HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
6:16:11PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WISH I HAD SOME OXYGEN IF YOU SAID I DIDN'T
6:16:14PM HAVE TO DO ALL THAT.
6:16:15PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
6:16:18PM A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
6:16:20PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS VOLUMINOUS MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
6:16:23PM ANY OPPOSED?
6:16:24PM YES, APRIL 18th.
6:16:30PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH REDDICK BEING ABSENT.
6:16:34PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 18th, 2019
6:16:37PM AT 9:30 A.M.
6:16:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: NOW WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2.
6:16:47PM NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO WERE HERE FOR THE
6:16:57PM TREE ORDINANCE ARE APPARENTLY LEAVING AND SOME OF THE OTHER
6:16:59PM POOR FOLKS DOWNSTAIRS CAN COME ON BACK.
6:17:02PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD OPEN PUBLIC HEARINGS 2 THROUGH 15.
6:17:06PM I THINK 15 WAS THE LAST ONE.
6:17:08PM WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN.
6:17:11PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN SUAREZ, A
6:17:15PM SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN MANISCALCO.
6:17:18PM ALL IN FAVOR?
6:17:19PM ANY OPPOSED?
6:17:21PM LET US BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 2.
6:17:22PM ANYONE FROM STAFF FOR ITEM NUMBER 2?
6:17:27PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: GOOD EVENING.
6:17:29PM JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION.
6:17:31PM I WON'T GIVE A FULL PRESENTATION SINCE YOU SAW THAT LAST
6:17:34PM TIME.
6:17:35PM THIS IS A CONTINUED ITEM.
6:17:36PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO
6:17:38PM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 ON ROWLETT PARK DRIVE.
6:17:40PM THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT.
6:17:43PM I DO HAVE THAT RESOLUTION AVAILABLE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE
6:17:46PM IT, BUT IT SHOULD ALSO BE IN YOUR PACKET.
6:17:50PM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:17:51PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
6:17:52PM ANY QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL?
6:17:54PM OKAY.
6:17:54PM APPLICANT?
6:17:57PM >>TODD PRESSMAN: MR. CHAIRMAN, TODD PRESSMAN, 200 SECOND
6:18:01PM AVENUE SOUTH IN ST. PETERSBURG.
6:18:02PM I MADE THE STAFF AND CITIZENS AWARE THAT WE WERE COMING
6:18:06PM TONIGHT TO ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE.
6:18:10PM I PROUDLY REPRESENT HOPE STREET AND THE IDLEWILD BAPTIST
6:18:13PM CHURCH, WHO HAVE A DECADES-LONG TREMENDOUS HISTORY OF
6:18:15PM CHARITABLE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
6:18:19PM WE HAVE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED DIRECTION, AS DISCUSSED AT THE
6:18:22PM LAST HEARING, TO MOVE TOWARDS A PD REZONING, SO EVERYONE
6:18:27PM KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO GO WHERE AND HOW IT WILL BE
6:18:32PM PHASED OR PLACED ON THE PROPERTY.
6:18:34PM THAT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
6:18:36PM IN THIS CASE, IT'S BEING DONE FROM SCRATCH ON VACANT LAND.
6:18:39PM BUILDING FOOTPRINT, SITE CIRCULATION, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES,
6:18:42PM WETLAND STUDIES, WETLAND JURISDICTIONALS, YOUR APPLICATION
6:18:45PM IS THREE PAGES OF REQUIREMENTS.
6:18:47PM SO THIS IS STILL A BLANK CANVAS.
6:18:49PM SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO ASK FOR A SIX-MONTH CONTINUANCE.
6:18:53PM ADDITIONALLY, ALL THE PLANS HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BOARD OF
6:18:57PM TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS.
6:18:58PM SO THEY HAVE REALLY JUST BARELY BEGUN TO PUT THAT PUZZLE
6:19:03PM TOGETHER.
6:19:03PM SO OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THE CITIZENS CLEARLY.
6:19:07PM THEY GAVE US A DIRECTION WE ALL DO HAVE TO WORK TOWARDS.
6:19:11PM I AM CONFIDENT.
6:19:12PM I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.
6:19:13PM BUT AT THIS TIME, THERE IS NO PD PLAN, AND WE BELIEVE IN SIX
6:19:19PM MONTHS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD WITH A VERY GOOD
6:19:21PM PLAN THAT WE'LL WORK HARD TOWARDS AND I HOPE THE CITIZENS
6:19:27PM WILL SUPPORT AS WELL.
6:19:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL?
6:19:30PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. PRESSMAN, ARE YOU ASKING FOR A DATE LIKE
6:19:35PM SEPTEMBER 26th?
6:19:38PM >>TODD PRESSMAN: WHATEVER WOULD BE SIX MONTHS.
6:19:39PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'M TRYING TO DO MY MATH, MR. PRESSMAN.
6:19:44PM I THINK IT IS SEPTEMBER.
6:19:46PM >>TODD PRESSMAN: MARY IS SAYING YES.
6:19:48PM THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE FOR ITEMS 2 AND 3.
6:19:51PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: TERRIFIC.
6:19:52PM WE'LL HAVE TO STILL GET ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NUMBER 3.
6:19:56PM >>TODD PRESSMAN: MY GOOD FRIEND, MR. MICHELINI, HAS BEEN
6:19:59PM ASKING ME AND ASKING ME ABOUT THIS.
6:20:01PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
6:20:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
6:20:03PM COUNCIL?
6:20:04PM NOW WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
6:20:07PM IT'S I BELIEVE ONLY ON THE CONTINUANCE.
6:20:12PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: RIGHT, TWO PROVISIONS, ONE IS THE LAND
6:20:14PM USE PROVISION AND THE OTHER IS THE ZONING PROVISION.
6:20:17PM I'VE EXCHANGED SEVERAL E-MAILS WITH MR. PRESSMAN AND COPIED
6:20:20PM YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THAT.
6:20:22PM THE LAND USE AMENDMENT COULD GO FORWARD IF THEY WOULD DEFINE
6:20:26PM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
6:20:27PM THE REMAINDER OF THAT PROPERTY COULD BE DEVELOPED EXACTLY AS
6:20:31PM HE'S PROPOSING WITH HIS WAREHOUSE WITHOUT HAVING TO ENCUMBER
6:20:35PM THE WHOLE PROPERTY FOR POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
6:20:40PM WE'VE ENCOURAGED HIM TO DO THAT.
6:20:42PM WE REACHED OUT AND TALKED TO THE CITY STAFF AND THEY
6:20:46PM INDICATED TO ME THAT IF IT IS LESS THAN ONE ACRE OF
6:20:48PM PROPERTY, AND I HAVE SUGGESTED .85 ACRES ALONG THE
6:20:53PM SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE PROPERTY BE DESIGNATED, THAT THEY
6:20:57PM COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE LAND USE AMENDMENT AS QUICKLY AS
6:20:59PM THEY CAN GET YOU A LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
6:21:02PM WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH CONTINUING THE ZONING PORTION
6:21:05PM FOR SIX MONTHS, IF THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS, BUT WE'D HAVE A
6:21:11PM SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AND PROBLEMS WITH CONTINUING THE LAND
6:21:12PM USE PORTION.
6:21:14PM AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THE COUNCIL LIKES TO SEE THEM
6:21:18PM MOVING TOGETHER, BUT IF THEY ARE GONNA FOLLOW THROUGH WITH
6:21:21PM WHAT THEY SAID, WHICH WAS TO RESTRICT THE LAND USE TO A
6:21:25PM SMALL AREA INSTEAD OF ENCUMBERING ALL OF THAT PROPERTY AND
6:21:30PM THEN ADVERSELY AFFECTING ALL OF THE INDUSTRIAL USERS ALL THE
6:21:33PM WAY AROUND THEM AS WELL AS THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS AND
6:21:37PM THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON THIS, WE STRONGLY
6:21:41PM RECOMMEND THAT YOU SHORTEN THE TIME FRAME ON THE LAND USE
6:21:44PM PORTION AND NOT THE ZONING PORTION.
6:21:46PM IF HE WANTS SIX MONTHS TO DEVELOP A PLAN, THAT'S FINE.
6:21:50PM HE CAN GO FORWARD RIGHT NOW WITH HIS LAND USE SECTION IF HE
6:21:53PM GAVE YOU A LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
6:21:55PM I'VE CONFIRMED THAT WITH THE CITY LEGAL DEPARTMENT, WITH THE
6:21:58PM PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WITH THE CITY STAFF.
6:22:00PM AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT IS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO DCA.
6:22:05PM IT DOESN'T HAVE TO WAIT TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR TWO
6:22:08PM HEARINGS.
6:22:09PM IT COULD BE ADOPTED HERE ON YOUR FIRST READING AND THEN
6:22:13PM SECOND READING AS WELL BEFORE THIS COUNCIL IS REMOVED TO
6:22:20PM ANOTHER AREA AND HAVE A NEW COUNCIL SITTING.
6:22:24PM >> WHERE ARE WE GOIN'?
6:22:26PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE
6:22:28PM PRESENTATION AGAIN IF YOU CONTINUE THE LAND USE SECTION FOR
6:22:30PM SIX MONTHS.
6:22:31PM BUT IF HE WANTS TO DO IT THAT WAY, IT'S TO HIS BENEFIT TO
6:22:36PM REDUCE IT TO LESS THAN ONE ACRE.
6:22:38PM IT SAVES HIM ANOTHER TWO OR THREE MONTHS IN REVIEW TIME
6:22:42PM GOING TO DCA AND THEN COMING BACK.
6:22:45PM I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER THE LAND USE
6:22:48PM PORTION NOT BEING CONTINUED FOR SIX MONTHS.
6:22:50PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS IN TERMS OF THE
6:22:56PM CONTINUATION.
6:22:57PM YOU DO NOT WANT TO CONTINUE THE LAND USE PORTION.
6:22:59PM WE DON'T WANT YOUR OPINION AS TO WHAT HE SHOULD BE DOING.
6:23:04PM >> WOULD NOT LIKE IT CONTINUED FOR SIX MONTHS.
6:23:06PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I GOT IT.
6:23:07PM REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS, MR. MICHELINI, I THINK YOU
6:23:10PM UNDERSTAND THAT THIS COUNCIL, AS IT IS, WILL NOT BE LOOKING
6:23:13PM AT THIS.
6:23:13PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
6:23:14PM IT IS THE TIMING OF -- WE ALSO HAVE TO ENGAGE OTHER EXPERTS
6:23:18PM ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
6:23:21PM IT'S GOING TO DRIVE HIS EXPENSES UP AS WELL AS THE
6:23:24PM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CONCERNS.
6:23:26PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU ARE VERY MAGNANIMOUS IN TERMS OF WHAT HIS
6:23:30PM EXPENSES WILL BE BUT HE STILL HAS THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR THAT.
6:23:33PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: I AGREE.
6:23:34PM THIS IS THE SECOND CONTINUANCE, NOT THE FIRST ONE.
6:23:36PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WE KNOW THAT.
6:23:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS
6:23:41PM ITEM?
6:23:44PM >> SUSAN LONG, 921 EAST BROAD STREET.
6:23:47PM THERE'S OVER 16 ACRES HERE.
6:23:49PM THEY WANT TO BUILD FOUR STRUCTURES.
6:23:52PM YOU DON'T NEED 16 ACRES TO DO THAT.
6:23:54PM IF THEY CAN KEEP IT DOWN TO ONE, MAYBE TWO AT THE MOST, IT
6:23:59PM WOULD BE MUCH MORE BENEFICIAL.
6:24:00PM IT'S GOING TO DISRUPT THAT WHOLE SECTION, EASTERN FRINGE OF
6:24:04PM SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
6:24:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: COULD YOU STOP THE CLOCK?
6:24:07PM PUBLIC COMMENT IS TO BE RESTRICTED ON THE MOTION FOR
6:24:10PM CONTINUANCE ITSELF, TO THE EXTENT YOU BELIEVE THE
6:24:13PM COMMENTS --
6:24:14PM >> JUST TO THE CONTINUANCE.
6:24:16PM CONTINUE IT.
6:24:16PM HOW'S THAT?
6:24:18PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
6:24:19PM ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
6:24:22PM >> GOOD EVENING, KAMI CORBETT FOR THE RECORD, 7406 PARK
6:24:26PM DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
6:24:27PM I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CONTINUANCE FOR SIMILAR REASONS
6:24:30PM THAT MR. MICHELINI HAS.
6:24:31PM MY BIGGEST CONCERN, THOUGH, IS THAT IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS
6:24:34PM OF THE CONTINUANCE, THERE'S BEEN VERY LITTLE COMMUNICATION
6:24:38PM BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND MYSELF AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:24:41PM THEY JUST SAID THEY THINK THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR
6:24:44PM CONCERNS BUT WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY SUBSTANTIVE
6:24:47PM DISCUSSIONS.
6:24:47PM IF YOU DO CHOOSE TO CONTINUE IT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
6:24:51PM ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO ENGAGE THE NEIGHBORHOODS EARLY ON
6:24:54PM IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AND NOT WAIT UNTIL TWO WEEKS BEFORE
6:24:57PM THE HEARING AND GIVE US A PLAN AND NOTICE.
6:24:59PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MS. CORBETT, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY THE LAST
6:25:04PM TIME, MOST OF THE FOLKS IN OPPOSITION OF THE ORIGINAL THING
6:25:07PM WANTED TO HAVE A PD.
6:25:09PM OBVIOUSLY THAT DOES TAKE SOME TIME, CORRECT?
6:25:13PM >> IT DOES.
6:25:14PM BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE SIX MONTHS.
6:25:16PM I HAVE CLIENTS THAT WILL COME TO ME AND SAY FILE BEFORE THE
6:25:20PM NEXT CUTOFF.
6:25:21PM I'M NOT GOING TO OPINE ON WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THAT.
6:25:24PM I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY THOUGHTS ARE.
6:25:25PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WE'RE JUST KIND OF TAKING HIM AT HIS WORD, SO
6:25:29PM --
6:25:31PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS
6:25:33PM ITEM?
6:25:33PM OKAY, MR. PRESSMAN -- OR MR. SHELBY.
6:25:37PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, COUNCIL, JUST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION,
6:25:41PM SIX-MONTH REQUESTS FOR CONTINUANCE ARE VERY RARE.
6:25:47PM BEING SUCH A LONG LENGTH OF TIME, COUNCIL HAS TAKEN THE
6:25:50PM OPPORTUNITY TO INQUIRE OF THE PETITIONER WHETHER THEY WOULD
6:25:52PM BE WILLING TO RENOTICE TO PUT THE PUBLIC ON NOTICE SOMEWHERE
6:25:57PM DOWN THE ROAD.
6:25:57PM THAT MAY BE SOMETHING COUNCIL WANTS TO INQUIRE OF
6:26:00PM MR. PRESSMAN, IF COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER THE REQUEST.
6:26:09PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
6:26:10PM COORDINATION.
6:26:11PM PER CODE, IF THEY CHANGE FROM EUCLIDEAN ZONING TO PLANNED
6:26:15PM DEVELOPMENT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO RENOTICE REGARDLESS.
6:26:20PM >>LUIS VIERA: MR. PRESSMAN FOR REBUTTAL.
6:26:22PM >>TODD PRESSMAN: I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT THIS
6:26:26PM IS A BIG UNDERTAKING FOR THE GROUP.
6:26:29PM THEY HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
6:26:32PM THEY HAD TO FIND AN ENGINEER, THEY HAD TO GET EVEN A
6:26:35PM PRELIMINARY PLAN THROUGH THE GROUP.
6:26:36PM WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE.
6:26:39PM I DID REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
6:26:41PM I REACHED OUT TO OLD SEMINOLE HEIGHTS THAT KAMI IS WITH,
6:26:44PM TALKED TO THEM OR E-MAILED THEM MYSELF.
6:26:46PM ONCE WE HAVE A PLAN, WE WILL BE INCLUSIVE WITH EVERYONE, BUT
6:26:50PM I DON'T WANT THE COUNCIL TO HAVE ANY IMPRESSION FROM ANYONE
6:26:53PM THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A DIFFERENT REGARD OR WE HAVE NOT
6:26:55PM BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE
6:26:58PM CASE.
6:26:59PM THIS IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION.
6:27:00PM IT DOES TAKE A LONG TIME, AS YOU ALL KNOW, FOR ONE OF THESE
6:27:04PM PLANS FROM SCRATCH.
6:27:06PM WE COULD END UP WITH A HUGE WETLAND IN ONE AREA AND HAVE TO
6:27:10PM WORK AROUND THAT.
6:27:10PM I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.
6:27:11PM WE ARE HERE, FOR THE FOLKS WHO SPOKE, TO WORK WITH THE
6:27:14PM NEIGHBORS.
6:27:15PM WE HAVE THAT GOAL, WE WANT TO WORK TOWARDS THAT GOAL, AND WE
6:27:17PM WILL BE INCLUSIVE.
6:27:18PM THAT'S ALL.
6:27:19PM THANK YOU.
6:27:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL?
6:27:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM
6:27:24PM BOTH SIDES, I REMEMBER THAT HEARING SOMETIME BACK WHERE IT
6:27:29PM WAS A LITTLE OF SOMETHING AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTED MORE
6:27:32PM OF THAT LITTLE OF SOMETHING.
6:27:33PM THEY WANTED MORE RESIDENTIAL.
6:27:34PM AND FROM WHAT I'M HEARING, IT MIGHT COME BACK ONE WAY OR THE
6:27:38PM OTHER, EITHER TO SATISFY WHAT WAS SAID IN THE EARLIER DEBATE
6:27:43PM ON THE PREVIOUS HEARING WE HAD OR MAYBE THEY WON'T HAVE
6:27:46PM ENOUGH RESIDENTIAL.
6:27:47PM WHAT I'M ASKING BOTH SIDES TO DO, EVEN THOUGH ONE SIDE IS
6:27:51PM THE PRESENTATION.
6:27:52PM THE OTHER SIDE IS EITHER ACCEPTING IT OR NOT ACCEPTING
6:27:55PM WHAT'S COMING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SAY THAT THINK
6:27:59PM BEFORE YOU START DRAWING WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS LIKE
6:28:02PM TODAY AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE TOMORROW AND WHAT
6:28:06PM IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOREVER.
6:28:09PM MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE TO THOSE DOING THE PLANS THAT THAT
6:28:12PM NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY SUSTAINABLE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND
6:28:15PM WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
6:28:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: WELL SAID.
6:28:18PM ANYONE ELSE?
6:28:19PM I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE IS AT LEAST -- WE'LL SEE HOW
6:28:24PM COUNCIL ACTS ON IT, BUT A REQUEST BECAUSE THIS IS --
6:28:28PM STANDING ASIDE FROM ANY LEGAL PRONOUNCEMENTS, WE MAY HAVE A
6:28:31PM VERY WORTHY ENDEAVOR BY A BIG COMMUNITY PARTNER THAT THIS
6:28:35PM CITY AND LARGER AREA HAS IN IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITY.
6:28:39PM I'M GLAD TO SEE AND I HOPE THERE'S DIALOGUE AND COMMUNITY
6:28:43PM ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT IDLEWILD KNOWS HOW TO DO,
6:28:46PM CERTAINLY.
6:28:47PM WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
6:28:52PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEM 2 TO
6:28:55PM SEPTEMBER 12.
6:28:58PM WE HAD TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE LIQUOR NIGHT ON 26.
6:29:01PM AFTER SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS, I NEED SOME LIQUOR MYSELF.
6:29:04PM SEPTEMBER 12, IF THAT'S OKAY -- OH, NO?
6:29:08PM WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE?
6:29:10PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, JENNIFER
6:29:11PM MALONE.
6:29:12PM WE TYPICALLY DO HEAR YOUR LAND USE AMENDMENTS ON THAT SECOND
6:29:15PM EVENING OF THE MONTH, BUT IT'S AT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL.
6:29:17PM I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
6:29:20PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I MAY HAVE BEEN DRINKING THE WAY YOU JUMPED
6:29:23PM UP.
6:29:23PM [ LAUGHTER ]
6:29:24PM THAT'S FINE, WE CAN MAKE IT SEPTEMBER 26 AT 6 P.M.
6:29:29PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I SECONDED IT ALREADY.
6:29:30PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
6:29:33PM A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CAPIN, ALL IN FAVOR?
6:29:35PM ANY OPPOSED?
6:29:37PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH REDDICK BEING ABSENT.
6:29:42PM THE ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER 12 -- 26, 2019 AT
6:29:47PM 6 P.M.
6:29:50PM >>LUIS VIERA: DOES THIS DISPOSE OF ITEM 3 AS WELL?
6:29:54PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT'S QUASI-JUDICIAL, SO WE HAVE TO SWEAR
6:29:59PM EVERYBODY IN.
6:29:59PM ALL THE HEARINGS ARE OPEN.
6:30:11PM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
6:30:38PM >>LUIS VIERA: STAFF, GO AHEAD.
6:30:44PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
6:30:46PM COORDINATION.
6:30:47PM JUST TO CLARIFY THE AGENDA FOR THE PUBLIC, ITEMS NUMBER 6,
6:30:50PM 10, AND 13 DID NOT PERFECT NOTICE SO THEY CANNOT BE HEARD
6:30:54PM TONIGHT.
6:30:55PM AND SO THE FIRST ITEM --
6:30:58PM >> 6, 10, 13?
6:31:01PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: YES, SIR, THOSE WERE ALL MISNOTICED, AND
6:31:05PM THEY CANNOT BE HEARD TONIGHT.
6:31:06PM ITEM NUMBER 4 IS REZ --
6:31:09PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WAS ITEM NUMBER 3 DISPOSED OF?
6:31:14PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: NOT YET, MR. SHELBY.
6:31:16PM SHE'S HANDLING SOME HOMEWORK AND THEN WE'LL DO THE REST.
6:31:19PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY.
6:31:21PM I'M ASKING WHETHER THOSE ITEMS NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE
6:31:25PM AGENDA BEFORE YOU MOVE ON.
6:31:26PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I'M JUST RESTATING WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA
6:31:29PM THAT ALREADY SAYS IT CANNOT BE HEARD.
6:31:32PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S TRUE.
6:31:33PM IT ALSO NORMALLY REQUIRES A MOTION TO REMOVE.
6:31:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET HER FINISH, PLEASE.
6:31:39PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I'M FINISHED.
6:31:40PM [ LAUGHTER ]
6:31:44PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEMS 6,
6:31:48PM 10, 13 FROM THE AGENDA.
6:31:50PM >>LUIS VIERA: [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
6:31:52PM -- ALL IN FAVOR?
6:31:54PM ANY OPPOSED?
6:31:54PM OKAY.
6:31:56PM NEXT WE GO TO ITEM 3.
6:32:06PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: ITEM 3 IS REZ 18-113.
6:32:10PM IT IS THE CORRESPONDING REZONING THAT WENT WITH THE
6:32:12PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT YOU JUST MOVED TO CONTINUE
6:32:14PM TO THE SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING.
6:32:16PM STAFF HAS NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD.
6:32:20PM STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY REVISED PLANS OR ANY REVISED
6:32:24PM PROPOSALS FROM THE APPLICANT.
6:32:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY TAMPA CITY
6:32:29PM COUNCIL?
6:32:29PM OKAY.
6:32:30PM APPLICANT?
6:32:33PM >>TODD PRESSMAN: WE WOULD MAKE THE SAME REQUEST FOR THE
6:32:36PM COMPANION REZONING.
6:32:37PM WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WITH THIS AS WELL, KEEP
6:32:39PM THE NEIGHBORS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS UP TO SPEED.
6:32:42PM >>REBECCA KERT: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
6:32:43PM I WOULD JUST ASK SINCE THIS WILL END UP BEING CONTINUED FOR
6:32:47PM MORE THAN 180 DAYS, YOUR CODE REQUIRES THAT YOU MAKE A
6:32:50PM FINDING OF EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
6:32:52PM I WOULD ASK THAT YOU INCLUDE THAT FINDING IN YOUR MOTION.
6:32:54PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MAKE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE AND SAY BECAUSE
6:32:57PM OF EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES?
6:32:59PM >>REBECCA KERT: THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT, THANK YOU.
6:33:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL?
6:33:04PM DO WE NEED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT?
6:33:09PM IF I MAY, IF ANYBODY HERE WISHES TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON
6:33:13PM ITEM NUMBER 3 ON THE CONTINUANCE ONLY.
6:33:16PM OKAY, SEEING NONE.
6:33:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEM 3, MR. CHAIRMAN FOR
6:33:22PM CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL AND ITEM NUMBER 3 BE HELD
6:33:25PM ON SEPTEMBER THE 26th AT 6 P.M.
6:33:27PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: SECOND.
6:33:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
6:33:31PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
6:33:33PM ALL IN FAVOR?
6:33:34PM ANY OPPOSED?
6:33:35PM GOING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4.
6:33:41PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION TO CONTINUE CARRIED WITH REDDICK
6:33:46PM BEING ABSENT.
6:33:47PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 26th,
6:33:52PM 2019, AT 9:30 A.M. -- AT 6 P.M.
6:33:59PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
6:33:59PM NEXT ITEM, NUMBER 4.
6:34:03PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO.
6:34:05PM ITEM 4 IS REZ 19-12, REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY AT 2807
6:34:09PM NORTH BOULEVARD AND 518 WEST PLAZA PLACE FROM RO AND RS-50
6:34:16PM TO RM-18.
6:34:20PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING
6:34:22PM COMMISSION.
6:34:22PM THIS IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, MORE
6:34:25PM SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE.
6:34:27PM WE'RE GOING TO SHOW AN AERIAL.
6:34:31PM THIS IS GRAHAM ELEMENTARY.
6:34:33PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
6:34:34PM WE'RE ALONG NORTH BOULEVARD AND WEST PLAZA PLACE.
6:34:37PM THIS IS NORTH OF WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE, AND I WILL SHOW THE
6:34:43PM FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
6:34:44PM THE FUTURE LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL 20.
6:34:46PM THIS IS THAT PUBLIC, WHICH IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT'S
6:34:48PM THE BLUE.
6:34:49PM AND THEN THE ORANGE IS THAT RESIDENTIAL TEN WHICH IS MORE OF
6:34:52PM A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
6:34:54PM THE REQUEST FOR THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 18 ZONING
6:34:57PM DISTRICT IS COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THAT RESIDENTIAL
6:35:00PM 20 FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY, AND THAT IS THE TYPE OF
6:35:03PM DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ENCOURAGED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN
6:35:06PM THESE AREAS.
6:35:07PM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
6:35:08PM I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:35:09PM THANK YOU.
6:35:09PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS -- THANK YOU, MA'AM.
6:35:12PM ANY QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL?
6:35:19PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
6:35:20PM COORDINATION.
6:35:21PM JENNIFER SHOWED YOU AN AERIAL IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND
6:35:25PM USE DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY.
6:35:27PM HERE IS THE ZONING MAP OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
6:35:29PM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN GREEN.
6:35:31PM IT IS ZONED RO, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, AND RS-50, WHICH IS THE
6:35:36PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED ZONING LOT.
6:35:40PM THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
6:35:44PM THIS OVERALL AREA IS RS-50, AND THEN ALONG NORTH BOULEVARD,
6:35:52PM YOU HAVE SOME PDS, ANOTHER ROPD AND THEN THE RM-16.
6:35:56PM THE APPLICANT IS WANTING THIS PROPERTY TO GO TO RM-18.
6:35:59PM AS JENNIFER DESCRIBED PER THE LAND USE CATEGORY, THIS IS IN
6:36:02PM AN AREA THAT CONTAINS DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES BUT IS
6:36:07PM SLATED IN THEIR POLICY GUIDANCE TO INCREASE THE DENSITY IN
6:36:11PM THIS AREA FOR 20 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN GENERAL.
6:36:15PM SO THE RM-18 IS ALLOWABLE CONSIDERATION OF A ZONING DISTRICT
6:36:19PM WITHIN THE R-20 LAND USE.
6:36:21PM LIKE I SAID, THE PROPERTY IS VACANT.
6:36:23PM RM-16 TO THE SOUTH.
6:36:25PM THIS IS EUCLIDEAN REZONING REQUEST, SO THERE'S NO SITE PLAN
6:36:28PM OR WAIVER TO REVIEW AND APPROVE.
6:36:31PM SO IF APPROVED, ANY DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH
6:36:35PM ALL STANDARDS IN THE RM-18 ZONING DISTRICT.
6:36:37PM THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF FOUND IT
6:36:40PM CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES.
6:36:42PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
6:36:44PM ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
6:36:45PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:36:46PM APPLICANT.
6:36:49PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
6:36:51PM LEIGHTON HYDE FOR THE APPLICANT.
6:36:53PM BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
6:36:59PM PLAN, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU PASS THIS ORDINANCE
6:37:02PM THIS EVENING.
6:37:03PM ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
6:37:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR THE APPLICANT?
6:37:07PM THANK YOU, SIR.
6:37:09PM OKAY.
6:37:10PM TIME NOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 4.
6:37:13PM IF YOU WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME ON UP.
6:37:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
6:37:18PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
6:37:20PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
6:37:22PM ALL IN FAVOR?
6:37:23PM ANY OPPOSED?
6:37:24PM OKAY.
6:37:25PM COUNCILMAN COHEN, COULD YOU READ ITEM NUMBER 4, PLEASE?
6:37:28PM >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
6:37:30PM I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
6:37:33PM CONSIDERATION.
6:37:34PM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
6:37:36PM 2807 NORTH BOULEVARD AND 518 WEST PLAZA PLACE IN THE CITY OF
6:37:42PM TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION
6:37:45PM 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RO (RESIDENTIAL
6:37:50PM OFFICE) AND RS-50 (RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY) TO RM-18
6:37:57PM (RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
6:38:00PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
6:38:06PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH REDDICK BEING ABSENT
6:38:09PM AND SUAREZ BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
6:38:11PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 18th,
6:38:14PM 2019, AT 9:30 A.M.
6:38:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
6:38:16PM OKAY.
6:38:17PM NEXT WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 5.
6:38:21PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO.
6:38:23PM ITEM NUMBER 5 IS REZ 19-15 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3302
6:38:30PM WEST SAN JUAN STREET.
6:38:31PM IT IS A REZONING FROM RM-16 TO RM-18.
6:38:36PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING
6:38:38PM COMMISSION.
6:38:38PM THIS IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING -- SORRY, SOUTH TAMPA
6:38:42PM PLANNING DISTRICT, LEVEL C EVACUATION ZONE, CORONA PARK IS
6:38:45PM LOCATED ABOUT A HALF MILE TO THE SOUTH AND IT DOES HAVE HART
6:38:49PM SERVICE ROUTES 19 AND 36 SERVE THE SUBJECT SITE.
6:38:52PM WE ARE SOUTH OF WEST BAY TO BAY BOULEVARD AND THEN YOU CAN
6:38:55PM KIND OF SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE EXPRESSWAY OVER HERE.
6:38:57PM I HAVE WEST SAN JUAN, SOUTH FERDINAND AVENUE.
6:39:01PM THERE'S DEFINITELY A MIXTURE OF USES.
6:39:04PM THIS IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE SOUTH.
6:39:06PM THERE'S A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES IN THIS AREA, SOME
6:39:09PM MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, WHICH IS REFLECTED
6:39:12PM ON OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
6:39:14PM THE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL 20.
6:39:17PM THERE IS SOME RESIDENTIAL 10 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:39:19PM THAT'S THE SCHOOL I POINTED OUT, THAT BLUE IS FOR THE
6:39:22PM PUBLIC, QUASI-PUBLIC FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
6:39:25PM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES SEEK TO PROVIDE DIVERSE HOUSING
6:39:29PM OPPORTUNITIES FOR TAMPA'S GROWING FUTURE POPULATION.
6:39:31PM IT ENCOURAGES EFFECTIVELY UTILIZING THIS UNDERUTILIZED LAND
6:39:35PM FOR HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING.
6:39:37PM THIS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE UNDERLYING FUTURE LAND USE
6:39:39PM DESIGNATION AND THE POLICIES WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
6:39:42PM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:39:43PM WE DID FIND IT CONSISTENT.
6:39:44PM THANK YOU.
6:39:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL?
6:39:56PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
6:39:57PM COORDINATION.
6:39:58PM AS I STATED, THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FROM RM-16 TO RM-18,
6:40:04PM SO THEY ARE JUST ASKING FOR A DENSITY BUMP-UP TO THE NEXT
6:40:08PM HIGHEST LAND USE ZONING DISTRICT.
6:40:10PM THIS OVERALL AREA IS RM-16, AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME RS-50
6:40:18PM KIND OF INTERDISPERSED.
6:40:19PM THIS IS AN AREA WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING, KIND
6:40:22PM OF INTERDISPERSED THROUGH ACTIONS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
6:40:25PM PLAN AMENDMENT SOME TIME AGO.
6:40:27PM HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, CURRENTLY VACANT.
6:40:33PM HERE IS THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST AT 3306 SAN JUAN, ACROSS
6:40:40PM SAN JUAN, VACANT ON THE CORNER, THEN ACROSS THE STREET ON
6:40:47PM FERDINAND HERE, AND THEN THERE'S SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES ON
6:40:56PM THIS SIDE OF THE BLOCK.
6:40:58PM THIS IS EUCLIDEAN REZONING REQUEST, SO THERE'S NO SITE PLAN
6:41:01PM OR WAIVERS TO REVIEW, AND ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS TO OCCUR
6:41:05PM WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETELY COMPLY WITH ALL BASIC CODE
6:41:08PM REQUIREMENTS.
6:41:09PM OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND OTHER APPLICABLE CODE
6:41:13PM SECTIONS.
6:41:14PM THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF FOUND IT
6:41:20PM CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES.
6:41:23PM DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME?
6:41:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL?
6:41:27PM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
6:41:28PM APPLICANT.
6:41:33PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
6:41:35PM MY NAME IS BOB SAMPIERE.
6:41:40PM I'M REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
6:41:41PM AS SHOWN, BOTH LAND DEVELOPMENT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION
6:41:43PM HAVE FOUND THE REZONING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF
6:41:45PM TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES AS WELL AS THE PROVISIONS OF THE
6:41:48PM TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
6:41:50PM I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
6:41:54PM THIS RECOMMENDATION.
6:41:55PM I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
6:41:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
6:41:58PM ANY QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL?
6:42:00PM OKAY.
6:42:00PM NOW IF ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON
6:42:04PM ITEM NUMBER 5, PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
6:42:10PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
6:42:11PM I'M KIM DEGANCE, PRESIDENT OF THE PALMA CEIA NEIGHBORHOOD
6:42:15PM ASSOCIATION.
6:42:16PM I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
6:42:18PM OPPOSES THIS REZONING.
6:42:21PM WE HAD A HOUSE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET THAT SHE POINTED
6:42:24PM OUT IS VACANT AND ACTUALLY HAS A LOT WITH A HOUSE ON IT.
6:42:29PM THREE YEARS AGO COME AND WANT TO DO THE SAME THING AND WE
6:42:32PM STOOD UP HERE TRYING TO DENY IT.
6:42:34PM WE HAVE FOUGHT HARD TO NOT HAVE QUADRIPLEX -- NEW QUADRIPLEX
6:42:39PM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:42:41PM WE FEEL IT DOESN'T GO WITH THE LOOK WE WANT IN THE
6:42:45PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:42:46PM YOU TAKE ONE HOUSE AND KNOCK IT DOWN, POTENTIALLY TWO ADULT
6:42:50PM DRIVERS, YOU WANT TO PUT A HOUSE THAT IS A QUADRIPLEX THAT
6:42:53PM COULD HAVE EIGHT CARS THERE, WHERE ARE ALL THESE CARS GOING
6:42:56PM TO PARK?
6:42:58PM WHERE ARE ALL THESE CARS GOING TO START DRIVING ON THE
6:43:01PM ALREADY OVERCROWDED ROADS?
6:43:05PM THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS.
6:43:06PM THERE IS A SCHOOL VERY CLOSE BY.
6:43:07PM WE JUST DO NOT FEEL THAT THIS IS APPROPRIATE TO REZONE.
6:43:12PM THIS WILL SET A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER BUILDERS TO COME IN AND
6:43:15PM DO THE EXACT SAME THING AND LEAD TO OVERCROWDING IN OUR
6:43:18PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:43:19PM I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DENY THIS REZONING TONIGHT.
6:43:22PM I ALSO HAVE A LETTER THAT I WANT TO ADD TO THE FILE.
6:43:34PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
6:43:35PM ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 5?
6:43:40PM SIR.
6:43:41PM >> GOOD EVENING.
6:43:42PM MY NAME IS SCOTT PRICE.
6:43:44PM I AM A HOMEOWNER AND A RESIDENT AT 3312 WEST SAN JUAN
6:43:48PM STREET.
6:43:48PM I'M REPRESENTING THE OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY HOMEOWNERS ON THE
6:43:51PM BLOCK.
6:43:52PM I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING.
6:43:54PM AS A RESIDENT ON SAN JUAN STREET, I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE
6:43:56PM IMPACT AND ISSUES THAT THE ABOVE REZONING REQUEST WOULD POSE
6:43:59PM TO OUR STREET.
6:44:00PM OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE WITNESSED SEVERAL HOMES BEING BUILT ON
6:44:03PM OUR STREET AS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CONTINUES TO GROW.
6:44:06PM HOWEVER, THESE NEW CONSTRUCTIONS HAVE TORN DOWN A
6:44:08PM SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AND BUILT A NEW SINGLE-FAMILY HOME IN ITS
6:44:11PM PLACE.
6:44:12PM THIS IS DIFFERENT.
6:44:12PM AT PRESENT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX MULTIUNIT BUILDINGS ON OUR
6:44:16PM SMALL STREET IN SOUTH TAMPA.
6:44:18PM DUE TO THE GROWTH AND LACK OF PARKING SPACE ON THE STREET,
6:44:22PM WE'RE FACED WITH TIGHT AND OVERCROWDED PARKING, INCREASE
6:44:26PM TRAFFIC, OUR KIDS NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY SAFELY IN THE
6:44:28PM STREETS.
6:44:29PM HOMEOWNERS' CARS BEING HIT.
6:44:31PM MINE HAS BEEN HIT THREE TIMES FOR THE RECORD.
6:44:33PM NO SPACE ON THE STREET FOR DRIVERS PASSING THROUGH AS WELL
6:44:36PM AS OUR LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ROOSEVELT, REACHING MAX
6:44:40PM CAPACITY.
6:44:40PM THE ABOVE REZONING REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR FOUR TOWNHOMES
6:44:44PM THAT USED TO BE A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.
6:44:46PM IT DOES NOT CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF DAILY LIVING TO THE
6:44:49PM CURRENT RESIDENTS WHATSOEVER.
6:44:50PM WE WELCOME NEW FAMILIES AND HOMEOWNERS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
6:44:53PM BUT ONLY THOSE THAT HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS IN MIND.
6:44:56PM WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE
6:44:58PM PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON THE STREET AND HOW IT WOULD NEGATIVELY
6:45:02PM IMPACT OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIVING WHEN MAKING YOUR DECISION ON
6:45:06PM 3302 WEST SAN JUAN STREET.
6:45:08PM I HAVE A LETTER FROM MYSELF AND SEVEN OTHER HOMEOWNERS ON
6:45:11PM THE STREET.
6:45:11PM I WOULD HAVE THREE MORE, BUT THEY WERE ON VACATION.
6:45:14PM I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE COUNCIL.
6:45:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
6:45:17PM ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 5?
6:45:27PM >> I HAVE FOUR EXTRA MINUTES.
6:45:42PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HANG ON A SECOND, MS. RODRIGUEZ.
6:45:45PM IS MS. KATHY LONG HERE?
6:45:47PM RAISE YOUR HAND.
6:45:47PM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
6:45:48PM MS. RITA SCALLA.
6:45:51PM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
6:45:53PM BOB OR BARB ATKINS.
6:45:54PM BOB.
6:45:55PM AND THEN MS. OR MR. FREEDMAN.
6:46:01PM MS. FREEDMAN.
6:46:06PM ARE THEY OUTSIDE THERE?
6:46:07PM MR. SHELBY, YOU WALK OUT A MINUTE AND I TAKE YOUR JOB.
6:46:25PM I'M NOT EVEN A LAWYER.
6:46:26PM WE HAVE THESE THREE.
6:46:28PM MR. FREEDMAN, WE'RE WAITING FOR.
6:46:29PM HE JUST WENT TO THE BATHROOM.
6:46:38PM CAN YOU GO TO THE BATHROOM AND CHECK AND MAKE SURE HE'S
6:46:42PM HERE?
6:46:42PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: HOW DOES COUNCIL WANT ME TO PROCEED.
6:46:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SATISFIED.
6:46:46PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOUR ADDITIONAL MINUTES FOR A TOTAL OF
6:46:49PM SEVEN.
6:46:49PM ALSO, COUNCIL, I'M BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT I'M
6:46:52PM ASKING THE AIDES TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS
6:46:55PM TO MAKE SURE AS THE ITEMS APPROACH THEY ARE ABLE TO HEAR SO
6:46:58PM WE DON'T HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT ANY PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE
6:47:01PM HEARD.
6:47:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
6:47:03PM GO AHEAD, SIR.
6:47:04PM >> I'M JACK RODRIGUEZ.
6:47:05PM I LIVE AT 3218 WEST SAN JUAN, A COUPLE OF HOUSES OVER FROM
6:47:09PM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
6:47:10PM PALMA CEIA PARK SUBDIVISION WAS PLATTED IN THE '20s DURING
6:47:16PM THE BOON WITH 5,000-SQUARE-FOOT LOTS.
6:47:19PM IT'S DOTTED WITH MEDITERRANEAN AND BRICK APARTMENTS.
6:47:23PM THERE'S NOT BEEN A DUPLEX BUILT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN OVER
6:47:27PM 30 YEARS, SINCE 1989.
6:47:29PM THERE'S NOT BEEN A REZONING APPROVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
6:47:32PM SINCE 2002, AND THAT WAS A PD REZONING.
6:47:36PM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS RECLASSIFIED TO RM-16 IN 1989.
6:47:42PM RM-16 PROVIDED AND RECOGNIZED THE AREA'S 5,000-SQUARE-FOOT
6:47:47PM LOTS AND PROHIBITS DUPLEXES.
6:47:50PM CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZED THIS ISSUE AND CHANGED THE
6:47:54PM REQUIREMENTS SO DUPLEXES AND TOWN HOUSES COULD NOT BE BUILT
6:47:58PM UNLESS THEY HAD MORE THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
6:48:00PM IT'S OBVIOUS AND MOST IMPORTANT THAT IT WAS THE INTENT OF
6:48:04PM COUNCIL, THIS NEW ZONING MADE ALL APARTMENTS, DUPLEXES AND
6:48:08PM TOWN HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL NONCONFORMING.
6:48:12PM THEY ARE ALL ON 5,000-SQUARE-FOOT LOTS.
6:48:14PM THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE ON THE DUPLEXES AND TOWN HOUSES
6:48:19PM ARE ALL BUILT BEFORE 1989.
6:48:21PM THE REZONINGS WERE AN ACCOMMODATION TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS
6:48:25PM TO PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENT AND PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS.
6:48:29PM ALL REDEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN
6:48:32PM SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED HOUSING.
6:48:34PM THERE'S NOT BEEN ONE DUPLEX BUILT, AS I SAID.
6:48:38PM THE AREA IS DOTTED WITH RS-50 AND RS-60 ZONING.
6:48:42PM THERE IS RS-50 ADJACENT TO THE REAR OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
6:48:47PM TRANSPORTATION DIDN'T GO OUT THERE, OTHERWISE IF THEY WOULD
6:48:50PM RECOGNIZE THAT THEY WOULD SEE THE NARROW STREETS FILLED WITH
6:48:55PM CARS.
6:48:55PM IT'S LIKE DRIVING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE STREET TO THE OTHER
6:48:59PM TO GET DOWN THIS STREET.
6:49:01PM EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAD TO COME TO MY HOUSE THREE MONTHS AGO
6:49:05PM AND BARELY DIDN'T MAKE IT.
6:49:08PM THERE'S ALSO AN OLD STUCCO APARTMENT BUILDING IMMEDIATELY
6:49:12PM ACROSS FROM THIS SITE.
6:49:14PM ITS CARS ARE PARKED ALL ALONG THE FRONT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
6:49:19PM IN ADDITION, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, THE NORTH SIDE OF
6:49:22PM SAN JUAN HAS CITY NO PARKING SIGNS AS WELL AS THE EAST AND
6:49:27PM WEST SIDE OF FERDINAND, WHICH BOTH STREETS ADJOIN THIS SITE.
6:49:33PM THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT LOOKS AT WHAT HAS BEEN BUILT
6:49:38PM PRIOR TO 1989.
6:49:40PM IT RECOGNIZES ALL DUPLEXES AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
6:49:45PM THEY HAVE IGNORED CURRENT DEVELOPMENT SINCE THERE HAS NOT
6:49:50PM BEEN DUPLEX OR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT BUILT IN OVER 30
6:49:54PM YEARS.
6:49:54PM THEY HAVE NOT LOOKED AT CURRENT DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OVER 100
6:49:58PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THIS
6:50:03PM IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
6:50:06PM THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD, WITH YOUR DIRECTION, UPDATE
6:50:10PM ITS OUTDATED PLAN BASED ON CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS.
6:50:14PM THE REQUEST IS A SPOT ZONING.
6:50:18PM THIS APPROVAL WILL SET A PRECEDENT FOR DUPLEX REZONING
6:50:22PM REQUESTS.
6:50:23PM IT WILL OPEN THE FLOODGATES FOR REQUESTS TO REZONING TO
6:50:27PM RM-18 FOR ADDITIONAL DUPLEXES.
6:50:30PM THE DUPLEXES IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN AND HAVE
6:50:34PM TORN DOWN OR DESTROYED WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE REBUILT.
6:50:38PM COUNCIL DENIED A REZONING REQUEST DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET
6:50:42PM FROM THIS SITE IN 2016.
6:50:45PM THE REQUEST WAS IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE.
6:50:48PM THE STAFF REPORTS WERE IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE.
6:50:51PM OUR PRESENTATION IS IDENTICAL TO THAT ONE.
6:50:54PM YOU UNANIMOUSLY DENIED THAT REQUEST.
6:50:58PM I SEE NO DIFFERENCE HERE.
6:50:59PM YOU SHOULD AGAIN VOTE TO DENY.
6:51:02PM MANY OF THE STRUCTURES WERE BUILT TO THE RM ZONING
6:51:10PM CLASSIFICATION.
6:51:10PM THE DUPLEXES AND MULTIFAMILY UNITS ARE IN THE MINORITY AND
6:51:15PM ARE LEGAL NONCONFORMING.
6:51:17PM I RESEARCHED HOUSES IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:51:20PM THERE HAVE BEEN 100 SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES BUILT IN
6:51:26PM THIS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
6:51:30PM NO DUPLEXES.
6:51:32PM THERE ARE ALSO EIGHT SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES CURRENTLY UNDER
6:51:36PM CONSTRUCTION IN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:51:39PM THAT CALCULATES OUT TO BE ABOUT $70 MILLION OF INVESTMENT IN
6:51:45PM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:51:46PM I PRACTICE REAL ESTATE FOR OVER 47 YEARS.
6:51:51PM THE PETITIONER PAID THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY
6:51:54PM DETACHED LOT.
6:51:56PM I SEE NO ECONOMIC HARDSHIP FOR THEM TO REQUEST HIGHER
6:52:00PM DENSITY.
6:52:00PM TO ALLOW DUPLEXES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL REVERSE THE
6:52:05PM POSITIVE EFFECT OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING THAT HAS
6:52:08PM BEEN BRINGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD BACK AND INCREASING PROPERTY
6:52:11PM VALUES.
6:52:11PM OKAY.
6:52:14PM SO WHY SHOULD YOU DENY?
6:52:16PM BECAUSE THE RM-16 RECOGNIZES EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY AND
6:52:22PM MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
6:52:24PM ALL LOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE PLATTED 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
6:52:28PM YOU ALL RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE AND DID AWAY WITH R-2 ZONING
6:52:33PM WHEN YOU REZONED THE AREA IN 1989.
6:52:37PM THERE ARE PARKING ISSUES ALONG THE STREET.
6:52:40PM THE REQUEST IS A SPOT ZONING AND WILL ENCOURAGE MORE
6:52:45PM REQUESTS.
6:52:45PM THE REQUESTS WILL IMPACT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
6:52:48PM BY ENCOURAGING DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT.
6:52:51PM THE REBIRTH OF DUPLEXES WILL DISCOURAGE NEW SINGLE-FAMILY
6:52:56PM DETACHED CONSTRUCTION.
6:52:59PM MOST IMPORTANTLY, COUNCIL DENIED THIS SAME REQUEST THREE
6:53:03PM YEARS AGO WITH NO ADDITIONAL NEW INFORMATION OR EVIDENCE.
6:53:08PM I THINK COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN AND SET THE PRECEDENT TO KEEP AND
6:53:14PM PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING.
6:53:18PM THANK YOU.
6:53:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
6:53:23PM ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 5?
6:53:25PM OKAY.
6:53:28PM SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO REBUTTAL.
6:53:33PM >> THANK YOU.
6:53:34PM I'D LIKE TO THANK JACK, WHO I MET OUT THERE ON THE PROPERTY
6:53:38PM AND TRIED TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE WERE DOING.
6:53:41PM THE BOTTOM LINE IS STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE
6:53:47PM FOUND THIS TO BE CONSISTENT AND WHERE THE CITY WANTS TO GO.
6:53:51PM JUST A FEW THINGS, ONE, WE DID HAVE TRANSPORTATION OUT
6:53:55PM THERE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HOLDING US BACK A LITTLE
6:53:59PM BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION.
6:54:02PM WE DID HAVE TRANSPORTATION OUT THERE.
6:54:04PM ALSO, MR. RODRIGUEZ HAD INDICATED THAT WE WERE SETTING A
6:54:13PM PRECEDENT.
6:54:14PM WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE RM-18s ALL OVER THAT AREA.
6:54:23PM >>HARRY COHEN: CAN WE PUT THAT BACK UP?
6:54:25PM >> SURE.
6:54:25PM >>HARRY COHEN: THE RM-18s THAT YOU ARE POINTING OUT THERE,
6:54:29PM ARE THOSE EXISTING MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT PREDATE THE ZONING
6:54:35PM CHANGE?
6:54:35PM >> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
6:54:39PM >>HARRY COHEN: OKAY, WELL -- THANK YOU.
6:54:43PM >> THE OTHER THING IS THAT HOME WAS ORIGINALLY A DUPLEX.
6:54:51PM I KNOW BECAUSE ONE OF MY BEST BUDDIES LIVED IN IT -- SO THAT
6:54:52PM WAS A DUPLEX, AND HE TURNED IT INTO A SINGLE-FAMILY.
6:54:55PM BUT THAT WAS A DUPLEX.
6:54:56PM THANK YOU.
6:55:02PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: CAN I ASK A QUESTION, SIR?
6:55:05PM YOU MADE A COMMENT, YOU SAID TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WAS
6:55:08PM WORKING THROUGH SOME ISSUES YOU HAD?
6:55:10PM >> NO WE HAD TRANSPORTATION OUT THERE BECAUSE ON OUR PLAN,
6:55:12PM THE WAY WE WANTED TO PUT OUR DRIVEWAYS, THEY SAID WE
6:55:16PM COULDN'T DO THEM LIKE THAT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
6:55:19PM ROOM FROM THE STOP SIGN.
6:55:20PM WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK AROUND WHAT EXACTLY WE CAN PUT
6:55:23PM THERE AND HOW WE'LL DO IT.
6:55:25PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IS IT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT
6:55:28PM WILL BE PARKING THERE?
6:55:29PM OR IS IT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE TURNAROUND?
6:55:32PM >> IT IS THE AMOUNT OF DISTANCE FROM THE --
6:55:35PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD, I'LL ASK OUR STAFF TO STABBED UP
6:55:39PM AND LET ME GET THE SPECIFICS FROM HIM, IF THAT'S OKAY.
6:55:42PM >> JONATHAN SCOTT, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
6:55:45PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU HEARD WHAT I WAS ASKING HIM.
6:55:47PM WHAT ARE THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PARTICULAR PLOT OF
6:55:50PM LAND?
6:55:50PM >> I BELIEVE HE WAS LOOKING AT A CORNER CLEARANCE ISSUE FOR
6:55:54PM THE DRIVEWAY MEETING THE CORNER CLEARANCE FOR HIS DRIVEWAY
6:55:58PM SPECIFICATIONS.
6:55:58PM I FORGET SPECIFICALLY BUT IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
6:56:02PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU SAID CORNER CLEARANCE?
6:56:05PM >> CORNER CLEARANCE, MEETING THE DRIVEWAY SPECIFICATIONS FOR
6:56:07PM THE LOT.
6:56:08PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MEANING HOW WIDE THE SPACES ARE --
6:56:13PM >> JUST HOW FAR.
6:56:13PM IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE CORNER.
6:56:15PM IT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE CORNER STREET,
6:56:21PM BASICALLY.
6:56:21PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DOES IT CAUSE A PROBLEM LATER ON?
6:56:25PM WHAT'S THE ISSUE?
6:56:26PM >> HE HAS TO MEET THE TECHNICAL STANDARDS OR GET A DESIGN
6:56:30PM EXCEPTION.
6:56:32PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DESIGN EXCEPTION CAN BE APPROVED BY THE
6:56:34PM ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, IS THAT WHAT IT IS?
6:56:37PM >> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY OUR TRANSPORTATION DESIGN
6:56:39PM DEPARTMENT.
6:56:39PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, RIGHT.
6:56:41PM >> YES.
6:56:42PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: TERRIFIC.
6:56:43PM THANK YOU.
6:56:44PM >> SURE.
6:56:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL?
6:56:47PM NOTHING FURTHER, SIR, ON REBUTTAL? WE HAVE A MOTION TO
6:56:55PM CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN
6:56:59PM CAPIN.
6:57:00PM ANY IN FAVOR?
6:57:02PM ANY OPPOSED?
6:57:02PM WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
6:57:18PM >>HARRY COHEN: I'LL TRY SOMETHING.
6:57:20PM HOW'S THAT?
6:57:20PM I AM GOING TO MOVE TO DENY THIS APPLICATION BECAUSE I THINK
6:57:26PM THAT IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE
6:57:30PM NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CLEAR INTENT OF THE COUNCIL WHEN IT
6:57:34PM REZONED THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN 1989 TO BASICALLY RESTRICT IT TO
6:57:41PM SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
6:57:45PM >> SECOND.
6:57:46PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY ADD, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, ON
6:57:48PM THE PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WE SAW ON OUR SCREEN, THAT THERE
6:57:53PM WAS NO RM-18 ON THAT BLOCK, ON THAT SURFACE, ON THE FACE OF
6:57:57PM THAT BLOCK, THAT'S THE EVIDENCE THAT I SAW.
6:58:00PM >>HARRY COHEN: YES.
6:58:01PM I'LL ADD THAT TO THE MOTION.
6:58:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
6:58:03PM WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
6:58:05PM A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN -- GO AHEAD.
6:58:09PM >>REBECCA KERT: I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT THAT PORTION OF
6:58:11PM IT AND THERE WAS A SECOND.
6:58:12PM I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT UNDER THE STATE STATUTE, CITY
6:58:15PM COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO CITE THE CODE.
6:58:19PM >>HARRY COHEN: CITE THE CODE.
6:58:20PM >>REBECCA KERT: YES, A SPECIFIC CODE SECTION IT CAN INCLUDE
6:58:25PM A SECTION OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO
6:58:28PM CITE TO A CERTAIN CODE SECTION THAT THEY ARE NOT MEETING --
6:58:35PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD, I THINK IF YOU LOOK UNDER OUR
6:58:38PM LAND USE OBJECTIVE 2.1 REGULATING THE LEVELS OF BUILDING
6:58:41PM INTENSITY ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS, AND MR. MIRANDA JUST
6:58:44PM POINTED OUT THE RMF-18 IS NOT A DESIGNATION THAT, OTHER THAN
6:58:50PM PREVIOUSLY THAT WAS GRANDFATHERED IN FROM PREVIOUS YEARS IS
6:58:53PM NOT AVAILABLE.
6:58:54PM >>HARRY COHEN: I THINK I NEED SOMETHING FROM LAND
6:58:56PM DEVELOPMENT CODE, NOT FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, RIGHT?
6:58:59PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK WE CAN DO FROM EITHER WAY.
6:59:01PM >>REBECCA KERT: REBECCA KERT, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
6:59:03PM IT IS APPROPRIATE TO BASE YOUR APPROVAL -- LET ME TAKE A
6:59:08PM STEP BACK.
6:59:08PM REBECCA KERT, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
6:59:10PM EVERYTHING HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
6:59:12PM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.
6:59:15PM THEREFORE, I THINK IT MEETS BOTH THE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL
6:59:18PM DEVELOPMENT HAS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
6:59:20PM AND THE STATE STATUTE THAT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO CITE A
6:59:24PM SPECIFIC CODE TO DENY IT BASED UPON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
6:59:27PM SO THE SHORT ANSWER IS, YES, YOU CAN CITE TO THE
6:59:30PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
6:59:32PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT.
6:59:33PM I WASN'T SURE.
6:59:35PM SECONDLY, LAND USE POLICY 2.1.2 USE OF LIMITED LAND
6:59:40PM RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY, A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, THIS IS
6:59:44PM WHERE WE'RE AT, MORE ECONOMICALLY SOUND THIS DEVELOPMENT
6:59:47PM PATTERN IS NOT MORE ECONOMICALLY SOUND THAT ENCOURAGES THE
6:59:52PM KINDS OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT
6:59:54PM PATTERN IN THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:59:56PM LET'S SEE HERE.
7:00:00PM AND THAT LAND USE OBJECTIVE 9.3, COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND
7:00:04PM REDEVELOPMENT TO SUSTAIN STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURE THE
7:00:09PM SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE CITY.
7:00:11PM OBVIOUSLY THIS LAND USE -- THIS LAND USE DESIGNATION DOES
7:00:16PM NOT MEET THAT STANDARD.
7:00:21PM >>HARRY COHEN: WHY DON'T WE INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE
7:00:24PM MOTION.
7:00:26PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
7:00:29PM A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
7:00:31PM ALL IN FAVOR?
7:00:32PM ANY OPPOSED?
7:00:34PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION TO DENY CARRIED WITH --
7:00:40PM [ APPLAUSE ]
7:00:40PM -- MOTION TO DENY CARRIED WITH REDDICK BEING ABSENT.
7:00:53PM [ CHEERING ]
7:00:58PM >> THANK YOU.
7:01:06PM >> DID DEREK JETER JUST SHOW UP?
7:01:09PM I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
7:01:11PM [ CHEERING ]
7:01:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WISH THEY COULD HEAR THIS.
7:01:18PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
7:01:18PM MY POWERS ARE LIMITED.
7:01:21PM WE ARE ON NUMBER 7.
7:01:32PM IS ANYONE HERE FROM STAFF FOR NUMBER 7?
7:01:39PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
7:01:40PM COORDINATION.
7:01:41PM THIS IS REZ 18-100.
7:01:43PM IT'S A REZONING REQUEST FOR 40 -- I'M SORRY.
7:01:46PM 4707, 4713, AND 4717 WEST McCOY STREET FROM PLANNED
7:01:52PM DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
7:01:57PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING
7:01:59PM COMMISSION.
7:01:59PM SINCE THIS WAS CONTINUED AND I GAVE A FULL PRESENTATION THE
7:02:02PM LAST TIME, I WON'T REPEAT MYSELF.
7:02:04PM I'LL JUST REMIND YOU WHERE THIS IS AND WHAT THE LAND USE
7:02:07PM ALLOWS.
7:02:07PM IT IS LOCATED ON SOUTH WESTSHORE, IT IS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF
7:02:11PM A LARGER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS DEVELOPED WITHIN
7:02:16PM THE LAST TEN YEARS, I BELIEVE, DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH.
7:02:20PM AND THEN THE FUTURE LAND USE IS TRANSITIONAL USE 24 WHICH
7:02:23PM ALLOWS A VARIETY OF USES.
7:02:25PM IT ALLOWS RESIDENTIAL.
7:02:26PM IT ALLOWS COMMERCIAL, IT EVEN ALLOWS A LITTLE BIT OF
7:02:29PM COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA.
7:02:30PM THIS IS IDENTIFIED ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA AS REALLY
7:02:33PM TRANSITIONING TOWARDS THESE RESIDENTIAL USES.
7:02:35PM SO WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
7:02:39PM EACH SUBMITTAL AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, BUT I AM
7:02:44PM AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE
7:02:47PM CATEGORY OR ABOUT THOSE POLICIES.
7:02:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
7:02:49PM ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
7:02:56PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
7:02:57PM COORDINATION.
7:02:58PM AS JENNIFER STATED, THIS WAS A CONTINUED APPLICATION FROM
7:03:00PM THE JANUARY 17, 2019 PUBLIC HEARING.
7:03:04PM CITY COUNCIL MADE A MOTION.
7:03:08PM THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION WAS FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR
7:03:12PM MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITH SUBSEQUENT SEVEN WAIVERS.
7:03:16PM STAFF FOUND IT INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT AND NATURE
7:03:20PM OF ALL THE WAIVERS, AND IT WAS STAFF'S BELIEF THAT THE
7:03:25PM APPLICANT COULD REVISE THE PLAN AND BY MOVING THE BUILDINGS
7:03:28PM AND PERHAPS LOSING ONE DWELLING UNIT THAT COULD
7:03:31PM SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WAIVERS.
7:03:33PM THE DEVELOPER IN THIS INSTANCE TOOK STAFF'S ADVICE, LOST ONE
7:03:39PM DWELLING UNIT AND AS A RESULT HAS GONE FROM SEVEN WAIVERS
7:03:41PM DOWN TO TWO.
7:03:42PM THE TWO WAIVERS ARE TO REDUCE THE TREE PRESERVATION FROM 50%
7:03:48PM TO 0 AND FOR THE ENTRIES OF BUILDINGS 2 AND 3 TO FACE THE
7:03:53PM NORTH AND NOT A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
7:03:58PM ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND
7:04:00PM APPLICABLE OTHER CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCE
7:04:02PM REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
7:04:03PM SO NOW THERE IS A TOTAL OF 22 TOWNHOMES.
7:04:18PM THERE ARE SOME CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING IF
7:04:20PM THIS APPLICATION IS APPROVED, JUST MINOR CHANGES TO SOME OF
7:04:23PM THE DATA ON THE SITE PLAN FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT AND NATURAL
7:04:27PM RESOURCES AND TRANSPORTATION.
7:04:29PM BUT ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS AND THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT
7:04:32PM REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE
7:04:36PM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVIDED THOSE REVISIONS ARE MADE.
7:04:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
7:04:40PM ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
7:04:41PM OKAY.
7:04:50PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
7:04:54PM ROY MAZUR, WRA ENGINEERING, 4260 WEST LINEBAUGH AVENUE.
7:05:00PM I'M A PLANNER AND AN ENGINEER ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
7:05:05PM WHY WE ARE HERE IS THE COUNCIL WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO GRANT
7:05:11PM US A CONTINUANCE SO WE COULD INDEED HUDDLE WITH STAFF AND
7:05:14PM OUR CLIENT AND SEE IF WE COULD IMPROVE THE SITE PLAN AND
7:05:17PM BRING IT INTO CONSISTENCY.
7:05:19PM WE HAVE INDEED DONE THAT.
7:05:21PM AS STAFF INDICATED, THE AREA, THE ZONING FOR THE AREA IS
7:05:25PM TU-24.
7:05:27PM WE ARE PROPOSING 22 UNITS NOW ON THE ONE-ACRE LAND --
7:05:32PM ONE-ACRE PARCEL SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AREA
7:05:35PM ZONING.
7:05:35PM JUST TO SHOW YOU A VIEW OF WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE, AND A
7:05:42PM CONCERN THAT STAFF HAD WAS WE'RE ALSO TAKING DOWN, YOU KNOW,
7:05:46PM ALL THE TREES ON THE SITE.
7:05:47PM NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
7:05:48PM THE SITE -- THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
7:05:50PM THIS IS LOOKING EAST TOWARD WESTSHORE BOULEVARD.
7:05:53PM THE SITE WAS MASTER PLANNED AND MASS GRADED WITH THE INTENT
7:05:59PM OF DEVELOPING A RESTAURANT.
7:06:00PM SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO PUT 22 UNITS AS OPPOSED TO A
7:06:04PM RESTAURANT.
7:06:05PM AND SO THE TREES ON THE SITE ITSELF HAVE BEEN MASS GRADED
7:06:09PM AND HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
7:06:10PM THERE ARE TREES AROUND THE PERIMETER WHICH WE ARE PROPOSING
7:06:14PM TO REMOVE.
7:06:15PM THIS IS A GLANCE AT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
7:06:18PM THIS IS ALONG WESTSHORE BOULEVARD.
7:06:20PM THIS IS ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS FURTHER NORTH.
7:06:23PM THAT'S THE JEFFERSON STREET APARTMENTS.
7:06:25PM OUR LANDSCAPING WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR.
7:06:28PM AGAIN, WHAT HAS CHANGED IS THAT WE HAVE DROPPED A UNIT.
7:06:37PM WE HAVE ALTERED OUR GREENSPACE, AND, IN FACT, WE HAVE ENOUGH
7:06:41PM GREENSPACE NOW, WE WILL BE PLANTING ALL OF OUR MITIGATION
7:06:45PM TREES ON-SITE.
7:06:46PM SO TREE FOR TREE, WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANTING MORE TREES THAN WE
7:06:50PM ARE REMOVING.
7:06:51PM ANOTHER CONCERN WAS TRAFFIC, TRIP GENERATION.
7:06:58PM AND THIS IS FROM THE ITE, THE STANDARD TRIP GENERATION
7:07:03PM SOFTWARE, COMPARING A 3500-SQUARE-FOOT RESTAURANT WITH 22
7:07:08PM TOWNHOMES.
7:07:09PM THE FIRST COLUMN IN THE BLUE IS THE DAILY TRIPS CREATED BY A
7:07:14PM 3500-SQUARE-FOOT RESTAURANT.
7:07:17PM THE DAILY TRIPS, IN ORANGE THERE, ARE FROM 22 TOWNHOMES.
7:07:21PM CLEARLY YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL DAILY TRIPS GREATLY REDUCED BY
7:07:25PM WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
7:07:26PM THE A.M. PEAK FOR THE RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW, FOR A RESTAURANT
7:07:29PM IN THE MORNING, NOT AS MUCH TRAFFIC.
7:07:31PM YOU COULD SEE IT'S 3 VERSUS 10.
7:07:34PM IN THE EVENING, 26 TRIPS FOR A RESTAURANT, 12 FOR WHAT WE
7:07:38PM ARE PROPOSING.
7:07:39PM SO IN TERMS OF DAILY TRIPS, P.M. PEAK HOUR TRIPS, WE'RE
7:07:44PM ACTUALLY TAKING A FEW TRIPS OFF THE ROAD BY PROPOSING 22
7:07:49PM TOWNHOMES AS OPPOSED TO THE RESTAURANT THAT IS CURRENTLY
7:07:52PM ZONED FOR.
7:07:53PM WE REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH GREENSPACE, WITH PARKING.
7:08:01PM WE ARE NOW COMPLIANT WITH BUILDING SEPARATION.
7:08:03PM WE ARE NOW ALSO, AGAIN -- WE CAN PLANT MORE TREES ON A
7:08:09PM ONE-FOR-ONE BASIS THAN WE ACTUALLY TOOK DOWN.
7:08:13PM AS MARY ALLUDED TO, PERHAPS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
7:08:17PM THE PREVIOUS MEETING AND THIS ONE IS THIS GRAPHIC HERE WHERE
7:08:22PM WE'RE SHOWING EVERY REVIEW IS IN COMPLIANCE FROM ALL OF THE
7:08:27PM -- ALL NINE REVIEWS BY CITY STAFF FIND THE SITE IN
7:08:33PM COMPLIANCE.
7:08:33PM ANOTHER CONCERN WAS REALLY -- OR A QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW,
7:08:42PM WAS ABOUT THE RESTAURANT, WHY ARE YOU CHOOSING TOWNHOMES
7:08:46PM INSTEAD OF PURSUING A RESTAURANT?
7:08:47PM MY DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT THE MARKETABILITY OF THAT.
7:08:52PM I'LL ALLOW MY COLLEAGUE, MARTIN FRAME, TO COME AND DISCUSS
7:08:55PM THAT VERY POINT WITH YOU.
7:09:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: DUANE, DO WE HAVE THE TIMER ON?
7:09:08PM >> I HAVE A LETTER FROM THE MARKETING BROKER FOR THE
7:09:15PM PROPERTY.
7:09:15PM THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN MARKETED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND A
7:09:21PM HALF, ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW, AND IT'S BEEN MARKED TO ALL THE
7:09:26PM RESTAURANT OWNERS AND USERS IN THE AREA.
7:09:28PM IT'S BEEN TAKEN TO ICSE WHICH IS THE LARGE RETAIL CONFERENCE
7:09:32PM HELD TWICE A YEAR AND THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY TRACTION WITH
7:09:35PM ANY KIND OF RESTAURANT USERS ON THE SITE.
7:09:37PM THERE SIMPLY IS NOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC TO SUPPORT A
7:09:40PM RESTAURANTEUR HERE.
7:09:41PM THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE DO LIKE IT, IT IS A LOWER
7:09:45PM TRAFFIC AREA ON WESTSHORE THAT IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR
7:09:47PM HOUSING.
7:09:48PM I THINK THAT THE USE FOR TOWNHOMES IS CONSISTENT FROM A
7:09:54PM PLANNING STANDPOINT.
7:09:55PM NEXT DOOR WE HAVE THREE-STORY APARTMENTS.
7:09:57PM WE'LL BE BUILDING THREE-STORY TOWNHOMES RIGHT NEXT DOOR
7:10:00PM IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT, DRIVING DOWN WESTSHORE, IT WILL BE
7:10:04PM FROM A VISUAL STANDPOINT, LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S IN THE
7:10:08PM IMMEDIATE AREA.
7:10:09PM AND IN REGARDS TO TRAFFIC, AS ROY MENTIONED, IT'S ACTUALLY
7:10:14PM GOING TO BE A REDUCED TRAFFIC LOAD COMPARED TO WHAT A
7:10:16PM RESTAURANT USE WOULD BE TODAY.
7:10:18PM IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
7:10:23PM THOSE.
7:10:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
7:10:26PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP THE FIRST --
7:10:30PM I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THIS.
7:10:31PM PRETTY SURE I REMEMBER THERE WAS A DISCUSSION FROM THE
7:10:33PM NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THE USE FOR A RESTAURANT.
7:10:36PM OBVIOUSLY, WHEN THE FIRST PD CAME THROUGH, THAT WAS THE IDEA
7:10:41PM BEHIND IT IS THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THERE.
7:10:43PM NOW, WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE 2011 -- SHE CAN SPEAK, TOO,
7:10:48PM BECAUSE SHE PROBABLY HAS BETTER IDEAS THAN I DO.
7:10:51PM WHAT'S HAPPENED BETWEEN 2011 AND NOW IS ACTUALLY WE'VE
7:10:55PM INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWN IN THAT AREA,
7:10:58PM WHICH, IN MY MIND -- AND I'M NOT A MARKET EXPERT -- WOULD
7:11:01PM SEEM THERE WOULD BE MORE CUSTOMERS THERE THAN WHEN THEY
7:11:04PM FIRST ORIGINALLY DEVISED AN IDEA FOR RETAIL.
7:11:08PM ONE OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS DONE AT THE LAST MEETING WAS
7:11:11PM THAT THEY DESPERATELY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND WOULD LIKE TO
7:11:18PM CONTINUE ALONG THAT PATH OF HAVING A RESTAURANT.
7:11:20PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT.
7:11:23PM YOU'RE NOT MR. EILERS.
7:11:24PM >> I'M MR. MARTIN FRAME WITH DAVID WEEKLEY HOMES.
7:11:28PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MARK EILERS IS THE ONE THAT MADE THE ORIGINAL
7:11:34PM REPORT SAYING HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS CREDIBLE TO HAVE A
7:11:38PM RESTAURANT, IS THAT CORRECT?
7:11:39PM >> THAT'S WHAT HE MENTIONED TO US.
7:11:40PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
7:11:42PM THAT'S NOT YOUR WORDS.
7:11:43PM THAT'S HIS WORDS.
7:11:44PM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
7:11:44PM HE IS THE LISTING BROKER AND HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF MARKETING
7:11:48PM THE PROPERTY THE LAST TWO YEARS AND HE'S ALSO BEEN INVOLVED
7:11:50PM IN THE PROPERTY SINCE 2011.
7:11:52PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE
7:11:54PM JEFFERSON APARTMENT GROUP IS WHAT IT SAYS FROM THE LETTER.
7:11:57PM >> THAT'S RIGHT.
7:11:58PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: JEFFERSON APARTMENT GROUP IS THE ONE ADJACENT
7:12:00PM TO THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
7:12:01PM >> THEY BUILT THE APARTMENTS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, YES, SIR.
7:12:03PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
7:12:04PM BUT HE WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT OTHER PARCEL TO SAY, HEY,
7:12:09PM YOU'RE MAKING A HUGE MISTAKE, WHY ARE YOU DOING RETAIL HERE,
7:12:12PM YOU GUYS ARE REALLY OFF THE MARK.
7:12:14PM >> I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS UP TO HIM TO MAKE THE DECISION
7:12:16PM AS A BROKER.
7:12:19PM IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL LANDOWNER.
7:12:21PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE HE MEANT IT THEN BUT
7:12:24PM OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY.
7:12:26PM >> I CAN'T SPEAK FOR HIM.
7:12:27PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU GAVE ME THIS.
7:12:28PM I HAVE TO GO BY WHAT YOU GAVE ME.
7:12:31PM >> I UNDERSTAND.
7:12:31PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU CAN'T ANSWER TO THIS, PER SE.
7:12:34PM >> NO.
7:12:35PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU JUST WANTED TO GIVE US THE LETTER.
7:12:37PM YOU WORK WITH MR. EILERS?
7:12:39PM >> WELL, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS TRANSACTION, YES.
7:12:42PM I'M THE BUYER OF THE PROPERTY.
7:12:43PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE
7:12:45PM CONFUSED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAD SOMEBODY THAT
7:12:48PM WAS ORIGINALLY INVOLVED IN IT.
7:12:50PM IT WENT IN AS INCLUDING THE RESTAURANT, OKAY?
7:12:53PM >> CORRECT.
7:12:54PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: NOW HE'S SAYING I NEVER LIKED THAT IDEA, BUT
7:12:56PM I'M STILL INVOLVED IN THIS DEAL AND TELLING YOU NOW IT'S A
7:13:02PM GOOD IDEA TO DO THE OTHER THING.
7:13:03PM NOW, HE MAY HAVE TOLD THE OTHER GROUP ORIGINALLY, THAT, HEY,
7:13:06PM IT WAS A BAD IDEA BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
7:13:08PM JUST KNOW BY HIS LETTER.
7:13:10PM >> WELL, IN HINDSIGHT, I THINK HE MIGHT HAVE POSSIBLY WARNED
7:13:13PM AT THAT TIME.
7:13:13PM AGAIN, HE'S NOT THE ONE MAKING THE DECISION.
7:13:15PM HE DIDN'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
7:13:16PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: GOT IT.
7:13:18PM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHAT THE REASON FOR THE LETTER WAS.
7:13:21PM >> JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW IT HAS BEEN MARKETED AS A
7:13:24PM RESTAURANT SITE AND HAVE TRIED TO SELL IT AS A RESTAURANT
7:13:27PM SITE BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SO.
7:13:29PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: GOT IT.
7:13:31PM APPRECIATE IT.
7:13:31PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM CITY
7:13:33PM COUNCIL?
7:13:33PM OKAY.
7:13:35PM ANYTHING FURTHER, APPLICANT?
7:13:36PM >> THANK YOU.
7:13:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: NOW PUBLIC COMMENT.
7:13:40PM ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 7?
7:13:48PM >> GOOD EVENING, KALI DENAULT, PORT TAMPA.
7:13:52PM I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION OF PORT TAMPA.
7:13:54PM I APPRECIATE YOU REMEMBERING THE HISTORY OF THE TRANSACTION,
7:13:56PM SO I WON'T GO INTO THAT AGAIN.
7:13:58PM THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER KEEPING THE LOT
7:14:01PM ZONED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE RESTAURANT.
7:14:03PM THERE IS A HUGE LACK OF IT IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW WHILE THE
7:14:06PM ADDITION OF RESIDENCES AND PEOPLE CONTINUES TO TAKE PLACE.
7:14:09PM MARTIN FRANK FROM DAVID WEEKLEY DID MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE
7:14:14PM BOARD TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT, AND WE APPRECIATED THE
7:14:18PM MEETING AND WE DID ASK ABOUT MIXED USE TO SEE IF WE COULD
7:14:21PM MEET IN THE MIDDLE.
7:14:21PM IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING DAVID WEEKLEY DOES.
7:14:24PM IT'S NOT PART OF THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
7:14:26PM WE UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY
7:14:30PM ARE GOING TO CONSIDER.
7:14:31PM AS THESE PROPOSALS CONTINUE TO COME UP, THOUGH, I HOPE THAT
7:14:34PM YOU'LL CONSIDER THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT COMING TO
7:14:37PM PORT TAMPA AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND VEHICLES BEING ADDED
7:14:40PM TO THE AREA.
7:14:41PM WHILE YOU ALSO ALLUDED TO THIS ALREADY, THE AREA MIGHT NOT
7:14:44PM HAVE SUPPORTED THE RESTAURANT BEFORE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY
7:14:46PM GROWING AT A RAPID RATE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ONE.
7:14:49PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
7:14:50PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
7:14:52PM ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 7?
7:14:54PM MS. KERT.
7:14:56PM >>REBECCA KERT: THANK YOU, REBECCA KERT.
7:14:58PM LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
7:14:59PM I KNOW CITY COUNCIL KNOWS THIS, BUT JUST FOR RECORD PURPOSES
7:15:02PM I JUST WANT TO REMIND CITY COUNCIL AND THE AUDIENCE THAT THE
7:15:04PM PROPERTY OWNER DOESN'T HAVE THE BURDEN TO SHOW WHETHER OR
7:15:07PM NOT THERE IS AN ECONOMIC NEED OR NOT AN ECONOMIC NEED FOR
7:15:10PM THEIR PROJECT.
7:15:11PM IT'S STRICTLY A LAND USE QUESTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
7:15:13PM SO I KNOW THAT THE ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP BEFORE AND A LOT OF
7:15:16PM ISSUES GET BROUGHT UP, BUT SINCE THERE WAS A LOT OF
7:15:20PM DISCUSSION ABOUT IT TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND CITY
7:15:23PM COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.
7:15:24PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION OF MS. KERT.
7:15:26PM ASKING THE QUESTION AFTER SOMETHING IS BEING PRESENTED TO US
7:15:30PM IS LEGITIMATE, IT'S OKAY, CORRECT?
7:15:31PM >>REBECCA KERT: YES.
7:15:32PM THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT PEOPLE PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL
7:15:34PM THAT ARE UNFORTUNATELY NOT RELEVANT IN A STRICT LAND USE
7:15:38PM SETTING.
7:15:39PM AND JUST BEFORE CITY COUNCIL GOT TO THEIR FINAL DELIBERATION
7:15:42PM -- I AM NOT HAVING MY A-GAME TONIGHT -- DELIBERATION.
7:15:46PM [ LAUGHTER ]
7:15:47PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: TRY READING THAT FIRST THING I HAD TO READ,
7:15:50PM OKAY?
7:15:50PM >>REBECCA KERT: NOT GOING TO SAY IT IS THE BUILDING.
7:15:53PM I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD THAT CITY
7:15:57PM COUNCIL HAS TO VOTE THIS UP OR DOWN BASED UPON YOUR ALREADY
7:16:01PM ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
7:16:03PM AND NOT ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS AN ECONOMIC NEED OR NOT
7:16:07PM AN ECONOMIC NEED FOR THE PROJECT.
7:16:08PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: LET ME ASK YOU A DIFFERENT QUESTION, THEN.
7:16:11PM >>REBECCA KERT: SURE.
7:16:11PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OBVIOUSLY THE ORIGINAL PD FOR THIS WAS FOR
7:16:15PM THAT TYPE OF USE.
7:16:16PM IS IT PROPER TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PREVIOUS, YOU KNOW,
7:16:19PM PD FOR THAT PARTICULAR USE?
7:16:21PM >>REBECCA KERT: IT IS COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE TO ASK ABOUT
7:16:24PM WHAT THE CURRENT LAND DESIGNATION IS AND WHAT THAT PD IS.
7:16:30PM I WASN'T MEANING TO SAY THE QUESTIONS WEREN'T APPROPRIATE.
7:16:32PM I MEANT FOR THE FINAL DELIBERATION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING ON
7:16:36PM WHAT TO WEIGH THE DECISION, NEEDS TO BE THE COMPREHENSIVE
7:16:38PM PLAN --
7:16:38PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I NEVER LIKE TO GET IN TROUBLE WITH A LAWYER.
7:16:41PM I APPRECIATE YOU TELLING ME THAT.
7:16:42PM >>REBECCA KERT: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
7:16:43PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU'RE WELCOME.
7:16:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
7:16:47PM REBUTTAL?
7:16:48PM >> JUST IN CLOSING, I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE DID WORK WITH
7:16:52PM THE CITY TO BRING THIS MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH THE DESIRES OF
7:16:56PM THE CITY.
7:16:57PM WE REDUCED THE WAIVERS DOWN FROM SEVEN DOWN TO TWO.
7:17:00PM WE'RE PLANTING MORE TREES THAN WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING OUT.
7:17:02PM THE STUFF WE ARE TAKING OUT ARE CABBAGE PALMS THAT ARE NOT
7:17:06PM NECESSARILY THE MOST WELL TAKEN CARE OF TREES AT THIS TIME.
7:17:10PM THE SITE ITSELF I THINK LENDS ITSELF TOWARDS THIS USE.
7:17:14PM AND THE ZONING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A
7:17:18PM CHANGE OF ZONING CATEGORY.
7:17:19PM WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING FOR A CHANGE OF USE WITHIN THE EXISTING
7:17:22PM ZONING CATEGORY.
7:17:23PM SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT
7:17:25PM TRYING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO A HIGHER DENSITY OR
7:17:28PM ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
7:17:29PM WE ARE WELL WITHIN THE RIGHT OF A TU-24 TO ASK FOR THE
7:17:34PM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO
7:17:37PM BUILD.
7:17:38PM THANK YOU.
7:17:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
7:17:41PM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE?
7:17:44PM WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, A SECOND BY
7:17:49PM COUNCILMAN CAPIN.
7:17:50PM ALL IN FAVOR?
7:17:51PM ANY OPPOSED?
7:17:52PM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING ITEM
7:17:55PM NUMBER 7?
7:17:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SIR.
7:17:57PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'LL DO IT.
7:17:59PM AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
7:18:02PM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
7:18:04PM 4707, 4713, AND 4717 WEST McCOY STREET, IN THE CITY OF
7:18:10PM TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION
7:18:12PM 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD (PLANNED
7:18:16PM DEVELOPMENT, RETAIL, AND RESTAURANT) TO PD (PLANNED
7:18:20PM DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED); PROVIDING
7:18:24PM FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7:18:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CAPIN, A SECOND
7:18:28PM BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
7:18:29PM MR. SHELBY.
7:18:30PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT INCLUDES THE REVISION SHEET, IS THAT
7:18:32PM CORRECT?
7:18:33PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
7:18:33PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CAPIN, A SECOND
7:18:36PM BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
7:18:37PM ALL IN FAVOR?
7:18:38PM ANY OPPOSED?
7:18:40PM >> NAY.
7:18:44PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH REDDICK BEING ABSENT AND
7:18:50PM SUAREZ AND MANISCALCO VOTING NO.
7:18:52PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 18th, 2019
7:18:58PM AT 9:30 A.M.
7:19:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 8 IF ANYONE IS
7:19:04PM HERE FROM STAFF.
7:19:06PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
7:19:07PM COORDINATION.
7:19:09PM REZ 18-101, ANOTHER CONTINUED CASE FROM THE FEBRUARY 14th
7:19:14PM MEETING.
7:19:14PM IT'S A REZONING REQUEST FROM RM-16 TO PD AT 414 AND 418 EAST
7:19:21PM EMILY STREET.
7:19:24PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING
7:19:27PM COMMISSION STAFF.
7:19:27PM WE ARE IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT WITHIN THE
7:19:31PM TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE AGAIN.
7:19:33PM THIS IS NOT LOCATED IN AN EVACUATION ZONE BUT THREE HART
7:19:35PM ROUTES DO SERVE THE SUBJECT SITE.
7:19:37PM SORRY.
7:19:41PM I HAVE INTERSTATE 275, EAST EMILY STREET RIGHT HERE AND
7:19:45PM NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE.
7:19:46PM THIS IS THE ROBLES PARK HOUSING VILLAGE AND I ALSO HAVE A
7:19:50PM PARK TO THE SOUTH.
7:19:51PM THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS RESIDENTIAL -- EXCUSE ME,
7:19:58PM ACTUALLY RESIDENTIAL 20, BUT THIS IS RESIDENTIAL 35 OVER
7:20:01PM HERE, AND THEN I HAVE THE REC OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS THAT
7:20:04PM PARK, WHICH IS THE GREEN COLOR.
7:20:06PM WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
7:20:09PM OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS A POLICY ABOUT CONGREGATE LIVING
7:20:16PM FACILITIES, WHICH IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING.
7:20:16PM HSG POLICY 1.7.2, WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THAT
7:20:20PM POLICY THAT SPEAKS TO THOSE FACILITIES BECAUSE THEY ARE --
7:20:24PM I'M QUOTING THE POLICY HERE -- THEY MAY BE CONSIDERED IN ANY
7:20:27PM LAND USE PLAN CATEGORY THAT PERMITS RESIDENTIAL USES.
7:20:29PM SO IT IS APPROPRIATE HERE.
7:20:31PM IT'S COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
7:20:33PM DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
7:20:38PM PLAN.
7:20:39PM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
7:20:40PM THANK YOU.
7:20:41PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, STAFF?
7:20:46PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
7:20:48PM COORDINATION.
7:20:49PM AS I STATED, THIS IS A CONTINUATION FROM LAST MONTH'S
7:20:58PM HEARING.
7:20:58PM I'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT SPEAK IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT IT, BUT
7:21:02PM BASICALLY CAME IN AS 150-BED CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY AND
7:21:07PM TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEING REMODELED.
7:21:09PM THERE IS A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE USE
7:21:12PM AND THE DESIGN OF THE SITE.
7:21:15PM AS A RESULT, THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED THE APPLICATION
7:21:21PM CONTEXT FROM 150 BEDS DOWN TO 87 BEDS WITHIN THE EXISTING
7:21:27PM STRUCTURE WITH AN ADDITION AND THE SECOND EXISTING
7:21:30PM STRUCTURE.
7:21:30PM THAT SUBSEQUENTLY HAS REDUCED THE PARKING SLIGHTLY.
7:21:35PM OTHER THAN THAT, IT IS THE SAME GENERAL LAYOUT.
7:21:40PM THIS CURRENT PLAN IS ASKING FOR NO WAIVERS.
7:21:45PM IT IS A PD, BUT THERE ARE NO WAIVERS BEING REQUESTED, AND
7:21:49PM THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW FOUND -- STAFF FOUND IT CONSISTENT
7:21:54PM WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, PROVIDED THERE
7:21:57PM ARE CHANGES MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, JUST SOME
7:22:01PM MINOR TYPOS FROM LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
7:22:04PM ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHANGES BETWEEN
7:22:07PM FIRST AND SECOND READING.
7:22:08PM DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
7:22:12PM >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
7:22:14PM THANK YOU.
7:22:14PM APPLICANT.
7:22:22PM >> J. B. BRICKLEMYER, REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPERS, THE
7:22:26PM APPLICANT.
7:22:26PM WE BROUGHT A LARGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION BY E-MAIL FOR THE
7:22:30PM COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
7:22:31PM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IF YOU HAD TIME TO
7:22:34PM REVIEW IT.
7:22:35PM I'LL REVIEW A COUPLE OF THE POSITIVE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE
7:22:37PM PROJECT NOT INCLUDED IN THE INFORMATION.
7:22:39PM CITY STAFF, AS MARY SAID, TOTALLY CONSISTENT.
7:22:43PM WE HAVE MET WITH THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION BOARD
7:22:45PM EVERY MONTH SINCE DECEMBER IN DISCUSSIONS ON THIS.
7:22:48PM THE DEVELOPER HAS MET WITH THEM AS WELL.
7:22:53PM HE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT COMPLYING WITH ALL THEIR REQUESTS AS
7:22:56PM FAR AS SITE CHANGES AND ACCOMMODATIONS.
7:22:59PM ONE OF THOSE WAS TO DESIGN THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING SUCH
7:23:03PM THAT IT COMPLIES WITH THE TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT
7:23:07PM GUIDELINES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
7:23:09PM HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THAT'S NOT REQUIRED.
7:23:11PM A LITTLE HISTORY, 414 EAST EMILY WAS UNDER A CITY DEMOLITION
7:23:17PM ORDER AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE, AND UNSAFE STRUCTURE THREE YEARS
7:23:18PM AGO.
7:23:20PM SINCE PURCHASING THE PROPERTY IN AUGUST OF 2016, THE
7:23:23PM DEVELOPER SECURED THE PROPERTY AND STABILIZED THE STRUCTURE
7:23:26PM WHICH ONE OF HIS FOLKS WILL SHOW SOME PICTURES OF THAT IN A
7:23:29PM SHORT WHILE.
7:23:30PM HE PURCHASED 418 EAST EMILY STREET A YEAR AGO AND COMMENCED
7:23:34PM WITH THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WHICH IS THE INTENT AND
7:23:37PM THAT'S BEEN DOCUMENTED IN THE AGREEMENT.
7:23:38PM IT APPEARS AT THIS POINT HIS INVESTMENT SO FAR IS ABOUT
7:23:49PM $325,000 IN STABILIZING THE STRUCTURE AND IMPROVING THE
7:23:52PM FACILITIES.
7:23:52PM HE PUT ON HOLD WHEN HE WENT TO THE PD TO WAIT FOR THE ZONING
7:23:57PM TO BE COMPLETED.
7:23:58PM HE EXPECTS THE ANTICIPATED RENOVATION COST OF THE TWO
7:24:02PM CURRENT STRUCTURES TO BE ABOUT ANOTHER 300, 330 THOUSAND
7:24:05PM DOLLARS, SOMEWHERE IN THAT BALLPARK.
7:24:07PM THE TOTAL -- THE ADDITION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 1.25 MILLION
7:24:11PM FOR THE NEW STRUCTURE, AND ONCE COMPLETED, HE EXPECTS TO
7:24:14PM HAVE ABOUT 25 FOLKS ON STAFF.
7:24:16PM I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
7:24:20PM I'D LIKE TO RESERVE MY TIME FOR REBUTTAL AND I DO HAVE AN
7:24:23PM ADDITIONAL SPEAKER TIME NOTE.
7:24:25PM >> I'M SORRY, WHAT?
7:24:31PM >> ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL OF THE APPLICANT?
7:24:33PM THANK YOU.
7:24:35PM NOW, I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE WALKED IN.
7:24:39PM IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 8 THROUGH 15,
7:24:43PM AND YOU ARE IN THE ROOM, AND YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN IN,
7:24:47PM PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN.
7:24:52PM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
7:24:58PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
7:24:59PM ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON
7:25:01PM THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 8?
7:25:03PM ITEM NUMBER 8, REZ 18-101, ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC LIKE TO
7:25:10PM SPEAK ON THAT.
7:25:11PM COME FORWARD.
7:25:12PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
7:25:13PM JUSTIN RICKE, PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC
7:25:17PM ASSOCIATION.
7:25:18PM MY ADDRESS IS 103 EAST 26th AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33603.
7:25:23PM I'M NOT SURE IF MR. BRICKLEMYER SUBMITTED THE AGREEMENT THAT
7:25:29PM WE HAVE BETWEEN THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND THE DEVELOPER.
7:25:31PM WE HAVE A REVISED AGREEMENT.
7:25:34PM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS, BUT MAY I SUBMIT THIS FOR THE
7:25:36PM RECORD?
7:25:37PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: ABSOLUTELY.
7:25:42PM >> THE CURRENT POSITION OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION IS THAT WE
7:25:47PM DO NOT SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THIS.
7:25:50PM THAT'S THE POSITION OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
7:25:52PM NOW I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL POSITION.
7:25:56PM MR. MIRANDA, A FEW MOMENTS -- WELL, PROBABLY SEVERAL MINUTES
7:26:01PM AGO, YOU SAID YOU WANT TO LOOK TO WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
7:26:03PM GOING, WHERE IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT WILL BE THERE
7:26:06PM FOREVER.
7:26:07PM WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT COMMENT, AND I THINK ABOUT THIS
7:26:10PM SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT DOESN'T EXACTLY
7:26:14PM EXCITE ME.
7:26:14PM WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
7:26:18PM IT'S NOTHING NEW.
7:26:19PM IT'S NOTHING GROUNDBREAKING OR VISIONARY.
7:26:22PM IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE'RE
7:26:26PM GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH LIKE A LOT OF THE OTHER
7:26:29PM INSTITUTIONS THAT WE END UP HAVING TO DEAL WITH.
7:26:32PM AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I HAVE TO DO WHAT'S -- AND THIS
7:26:36PM IS, AGAIN, MY PERSONAL FEELINGS.
7:26:38PM NOT THE POSITION OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
7:26:39PM I GAVE YOU THAT ALREADY.
7:26:41PM THIS IS MINE AS A RESIDENT OF TAMPA HEIGHTS.
7:26:42PM I'M NOT ENTHUSED ABOUT IT.
7:26:45PM I DON'T LIKE IT.
7:26:46PM I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO FIT THE FUTURE USE OF THAT.
7:26:49PM I KNOW WHAT YOUR STAFF SAY BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL FIT
7:26:53PM WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE FUTURE OF THAT AREA.
7:26:56PM THAT AREA HAS SEEN ENOUGH BLIGHT.
7:26:58PM IT'S SEEN ENOUGH STRUGGLE.
7:26:59PM IT'S SEEN ENOUGH POVERTY.
7:27:01PM AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, LAST MEETING, WE HAD A
7:27:04PM PARADE OF PEOPLE COME UP HERE THAT WERE VETERANS, AND IT
7:27:10PM SEEMED LIKE THIS WAS A VETERANS FACILITY; IT'S NOT.
7:27:13PM I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
7:27:14PM I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE ENVIRONMENT, AS YOU GENTLEMEN
7:27:19PM ALL PROBABLY KNOW, AROUND ROBLES PARK IS NOT EXCEPTIONALLY
7:27:22PM SAFE STILL, RIGHT?
7:27:23PM DURING THE SERIAL KILLER TIME, WHEN I THINK ONE OF THE ONE
7:27:26PM TIMES, WHERE ONE OF THE GENTLEMAN SHOT SIX PEOPLE IN ONE
7:27:29PM NIGHT WERE SHOT IN ROBLES PARK -- SIX.
7:27:33PM AND YOU WANT TO OPEN AN ALF HERE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T CARE
7:27:38PM FOR THEMSELVES?
7:27:39PM I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THE MOMENT NOR DO I THINK
7:27:43PM IT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF.
7:27:46PM THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL OUTLOOK.
7:27:48PM >> NEXT, PLEASE.
7:27:52PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
7:27:53PM THANK YOU.
7:27:54PM ONE MORE TIME, MY NAME IS LENA YOUNG GREENE, AND I HAVE --
7:28:01PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: SPEAKER WAIVER FORM.
7:28:03PM >> YES.
7:28:04PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DUANE, IF YOU COULD GRAB THAT FROM HER,
7:28:07PM PLEASE.
7:28:13PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE LAWYER WALKS OUT JUST FOR ME TO DO THIS.
7:28:16PM NIA OR NAYA YOUNG HERE, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND.
7:28:21PM THANK YOU.
7:28:21PM I THINK THAT'S IT.
7:28:22PM CORRECT?
7:28:23PM ONLY ONE PERSON, MS. YOUNG?
7:28:25PM THAT WAS ONE ADDITIONAL MINUTE FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR.
7:28:30PM YOU'RE WELCOME.
7:28:32PM >> SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
7:28:38PM I LIVE OF ANYONE CLOSEST TO THIS FACILITY.
7:28:45PM I'M ONE OF THE CLOSEST NEIGHBORS.
7:28:47PM I'VE LIVED IN THAT AREA FOR A LONG TIME.
7:28:50PM OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE SPENT MANY, MANY HOURS, MANY, MANY
7:28:55PM DAYS AND ONGOING EFFORTS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP ALL OF TAMPA
7:29:01PM HEIGHTS.
7:29:02PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE OFTEN SAID HERE IS THAT THE
7:29:06PM NORTH AREA SHOULD BE EQUITABLE TO THE SOUTH AREA.
7:29:11PM WE HAVE GREAT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SOUTH
7:29:14PM AREA.
7:29:15PM WE HAVE OUR CRA.
7:29:17PM WE HAVE OUR ECONOMIC ENGINE THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SOUTH
7:29:22PM AREA.
7:29:22PM WE HAVE NEW HOUSES, NEW FACILITIES, NEW BUILDINGS THAT ARE
7:29:27PM COMING IN, RESTORING OF OUR OLD BUILDINGS.
7:29:31PM NORTH TAMPA HEIGHTS AROUND ROBLES PARK IS ONE OF THE MOST
7:29:37PM VULNERABLE PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
7:29:39PM WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A LONG TIME WITH THE HOUSING
7:29:42PM DEVELOPMENT TO HELP IMPROVE THAT AREA.
7:29:44PM THE HOUSING COMPLEX HAS 35 ACRES WITH OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE
7:29:50PM LIVING IN THAT AREA.
7:29:51PM WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PARK THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF IN THAT
7:29:55PM AREA.
7:29:56PM BRICK STREETS, NARROW STREETS.
7:29:59PM ALL THE HOUSES THAT ARE AROUND THE PARK ARE SINGLE-FAMILY
7:30:03PM HOUSES.
7:30:05PM NOW, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THE ZONING -- FORM-BASED ZONING
7:30:12PM FOR A LONG TIME, AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT.
7:30:14PM IF WE HAD THAT, WE BELIEVE THAT WE, THE RESIDENTS, WOULD
7:30:18PM HAVE -- PUT INTO THAT WHAT WE ACTUALLY DESIRE FOR THAT
7:30:22PM SPECIFIC AREA.
7:30:23PM BUT THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY FACILITY AROUND A PARK THAT HAS
7:30:27PM ALL SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTS.
7:30:31PM OUR PRESIDENT TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DEAL WITH ON
7:30:35PM AN ONGOING BASIS.
7:30:37PM HELICOPTERS ARE HANGING OVER OUR HOUSES EVERY NIGHT
7:30:41PM MONITORING THAT AREA.
7:30:43PM THIS IS NOT AN AREA TO NOT ONLY RAISE THE NUMBER THAT WAS
7:30:47PM THERE MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE FINALLY GOT THAT FACILITY, THAT
7:30:52PM WAS ANOTHER SAME AS THEY ARE PUTTING IN, THAT ONLY HAD, I
7:30:56PM THINK, 19 RESIDENTS AT THAT TIME, CHANGING THAT TO UP TO 87
7:31:01PM RESIDENTS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING IN AN AREA THAT
7:31:07PM IS SUCH A SMALL AREA THAT WHEN THERE IS AN EVENT AT THE
7:31:10PM PARK, WE ARE PREPARED BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET OUR VEHICLES IN.
7:31:15PM THAT'S THE AREA.
7:31:15PM IF YOU HAVE ANY EMERGENCY AT THIS FACILITY WITH 87 RESIDENTS
7:31:22PM WHO NEED HELP, THERE WILL BE A PROBLEM.
7:31:25PM MANY OF THE OTHER FACILITIES LIKE THIS THAT WE HAVE DONE
7:31:28PM RESEARCH ON ARE NOT WITHIN OUR RESIDENTIAL ENCLAVE LIKE WE
7:31:34PM HAVE THERE.
7:31:35PM MANY OF THEM ARE ON COMMERCIAL PATHS.
7:31:38PM THIS IS NOT WHAT WE DESIRE FOR OUR AREA.
7:31:41PM TAMPA HEIGHTS IS OVERBURDENED WITH THESE FACILITIES.
7:31:45PM WE ARE JUST OVER A MILE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:31:52PM AND TO ADD ANOTHER 87 FOLKS WHO NEED ASSISTED LIVING IN AN
7:31:57PM AREA THAT ALREADY HAS ALL OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AND
7:32:04PM THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND
7:32:07PM YEARS, THIS IS TAKING US BACKWARDS RATHER THAN LOOKING
7:32:10PM FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR OUR AREA.
7:32:14PM THANK YOU.
7:32:14PM I SENT MY LETTER WITH SOME OF MY OTHER COMMENTS, SO PLEASE
7:32:19PM CONSIDER THAT.
7:32:20PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANTED A CLARIFICATION FROM THE
7:32:26PM LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
7:32:27PM WHEN WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ANY DEVELOPMENT, ANY
7:32:30PM ASSOCIATION, THAT DOES NOT LEAVE US INVOLVED IN THE
7:32:32PM AGREEMENT, AM I CORRECT?
7:32:33PM >>REBECCA KERT: IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY IS NOT
7:32:35PM A PARTY TO THE AGREEMENT SO THE CITY WOULD NOT BE ENFORCING
7:32:39PM THE AGREEMENT.
7:32:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: NEXT.
7:32:43PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
7:32:44PM MY NAME IS AARON BARNES.
7:32:46PM 5318 36th AVENUE CIRCLE WEST, APARTMENT E-2, BRADENTON,
7:32:50PM FLORIDA, 32309.
7:32:53PM I'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE APPLICANT AS A
7:32:56PM CONSULTANT TO HELP MAKE THIS REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE.
7:33:00PM SOME HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY WORRY ABOUT THE LOCATION AND
7:33:04PM THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTIES.
7:33:06PM NOW, IF WHAT THEY SAY IS TRUE AND THEY SAY THAT THE POLICE
7:33:11PM ARE OUT THERE CONSTANTLY, AND THEY HAVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
7:33:15PM ALL THE TIME, WOULDN'T THAT DICTATE THAT IT'S TIME FOR A
7:33:20PM CHANGE?
7:33:21PM WOULDN'T IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO GET AN ASSISTED LIVING
7:33:25PM FACILITY OUT IN THE AREA?
7:33:27PM EVERY DAY, PEOPLE ARE GROWING OLDER.
7:33:30PM EVERYBODY NEEDS THIS.
7:33:31PM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE LOCATION LATELY,
7:33:36PM BUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY HAS A
7:33:39PM WAIT LIST OF LONGER THAN A YEAR.
7:33:44PM I HAVE TALKING POINTS.
7:33:44PM I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. BEAR WITH ME.
7:33:51PM I HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS THAT THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT.
7:33:59PM THIS IS PRIOR TO THE RECONSTRUCTION AND REVITALIZATION OF
7:34:04PM THE STRUCTURE.
7:34:05PM OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS KIND OF AN EYESORE.
7:34:08PM THEY HAD BEEN WORKING ON REVITALIZING THE STRUCTURE TO MEET
7:34:15PM THE HISTORIC STANDARDS WHICH THEY EXPRESSED IS NOT REQUIRED.
7:34:18PM AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER THAT
7:34:22PM WAY EVERYBODY CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
7:34:25PM THESE ARE JUST SOME PHOTOGRAPHS AS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, THE
7:34:31PM STRUCTURE BEFORE.
7:34:32PM AND THEY HAD MADE SEVERAL CHANGES TO REVITALIZE, OBVIOUSLY
7:34:40PM LIKE MR. BRICKLEMYER HAD SAID, THE LOCATION WAS SET FOR
7:34:45PM DESTRUCTION.
7:34:48PM THEY SAW FIT TO COME IN HERE AT THIS LOCATION NEAR A PARK TO
7:34:52PM MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TO REBUILD AND REVITALIZE, TO OFFER
7:34:57PM EMPLOYMENT, TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES IN A PLACE OF STRUGGLE
7:35:02PM AND TO BUILD AND HELP THE LOCAL AREA.
7:35:04PM I'VE BEEN THERE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE I'M SHOWING YOU
7:35:08PM THESE PICTURES.
7:35:09PM WHAT THEY SAY IS TRUE.
7:35:10PM THE LOCATION IS ROUGH.
7:35:13PM THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF STRUCTURE AND THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF
7:35:17PM PROBLEMS.
7:35:18PM I'LL SHOW YOU MORE PICTURES SINCE THEN.
7:35:23PM THERE WERE COMPLAINTS THAT IT WAS NOT WELL-KEPT.
7:35:28PM THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN RECENTLY.
7:35:30PM THE UPDATES THAT WE HAD MADE, HOW CLEAN AND WELL-KEPT THE
7:35:35PM AREA IS.
7:35:36PM AND I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO THE BEST OF
7:35:40PM OUR ABILITY TO MAKE THIS A FUTURE FOR EVERYONE.
7:35:43PM [ BELL SOUNDS ]
7:35:44PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.
7:35:49PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
7:35:50PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU ARE A CONSULTANT WITH THAT GROUP?
7:35:53PM >> FOR THE APPLICANT.
7:35:54PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THEM?
7:35:57PM >> WELL --
7:35:57PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU SAID "WE" QUITE A BIT.
7:36:00PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
7:36:00PM WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOUR TIME IS SUBTRACTED FROM
7:36:03PM THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO DO BOTH THEIR
7:36:06PM PRESENTATION AND REBUTTAL.
7:36:08PM >> BASICALLY, I'M A DISABLED VETERAN.
7:36:11PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S NOT AN ADVOCACY.
7:36:14PM I WANT TO KNOW, YOU SAID YOU WERE DOING CONSULTING WORK.
7:36:17PM >> RIGHT.
7:36:18PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THEM?
7:36:20PM >> BASICALLY COME OUT AND DOCUMENT THE CHANGE.
7:36:23PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU'RE JUST A DOCUMENTARIAN, IS THAT WHAT
7:36:28PM YOU'RE SAYING?
7:36:29PM I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE
7:36:32PM PUBLIC.
7:36:33PM >> I'M A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, YES, SIR.
7:36:34PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE.
7:36:38PM YOU DON'T NEED TO READ IT.
7:36:40PM SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE AN ADVOCATE AND MAYBE PAID BY THE GROUP.
7:36:44PM >> NEGATIVE, SIR.
7:36:45PM I RECEIVE NO PAYMENT.
7:36:46PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO GET OUT.
7:36:48PM YOU SAID YOU WERE A CONSULTANT AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS
7:36:50PM CONFUSED ABOUT.
7:36:51PM >> I APOLOGIZE FOR MY VERBIAGE.
7:36:53PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: NO, NO.
7:36:54PM WE NEED TO GET THE TRUTH.
7:36:55PM THAT'S ALL.
7:36:56PM >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
7:36:57PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
7:36:59PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE HERE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM?
7:37:02PM OKAY.
7:37:02PM THE APPLICANT FOR REBUTTAL.
7:37:09PM >> I WANT TO FOLLOW UP AND ANSWER ANY FINAL QUESTIONS AND
7:37:12PM MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS.
7:37:15PM MS. LENA YOUNG GREENE SAID THAT THE AREA IS OVERRUN WITH
7:37:20PM THESE FACILITIES.
7:37:20PM THERE'S 10 ALFs IN ALL OF 33602 AND 603, PROVIDING A TOTAL
7:37:25PM OF 150 BEDS.
7:37:25PM THERE'S THREE ALFs IN TAMPA HEIGHTS PROVIDING 76 BEDS.
7:37:29PM 60 OF THOSE BEDS ARE IN PALM BAPTIST, THE HIGH-RISE TOWER.
7:37:32PM THOSE BEDS ARE $3500 A MONTH.
7:37:35PM SO TO SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS OVERRUN WITH ASSISTED LIVING
7:37:39PM FACILITIES IS IMPUTING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT FACTUALLY
7:37:42PM CORRECT, AND THEY ARE IMPUTING A LOT OF THE OTHER CONGREGATE
7:37:46PM LIVING FACILITIES WHICH THE APPLICANT SAID HE'S NOT DOING,
7:37:49PM HOMELESS SHELTER OR ANYTHING ELSE, DOING AN ASSISTED LIVING
7:37:52PM FACILITY.
7:37:52PM THE PROBLEM THEY HAD WITH SOME OF THE OTHER FACILITIES, I
7:37:55PM TOTALLY AGREE WITH HIM, IT'S A PROBLEM.
7:37:57PM THAT'S NOT WHAT THE APPLICANT, NOT WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS
7:37:59PM PLANNING ON DOING.
7:38:00PM I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR COUNCIL.
7:38:02PM WE DID THAT IN OUR LETTER OF COMMUNICATION.
7:38:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
7:38:09PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU GAVE US AN AGREEMENT WITH TAMPA HEIGHTS
7:38:12PM CIVIC ASSOCIATION?
7:38:13PM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
7:38:13PM THE ONE THAT MR. RICKE PROVIDED IS THE UPDATED PROVISION
7:38:19PM PROVIDED BY E-MAIL YESTERDAY.
7:38:21PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHO MAKES UP THE -- I KNOW MS. YOUNG GREEN.
7:38:27PM >> SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, NOT AS PART OF THE
7:38:29PM ASSOCIATION.
7:38:31PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'M ASKING YOU A QUESTION ABOUT WHO YOU DEALT
7:38:34PM WITH.
7:38:34PM >> DEALT WITH THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AT THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC
7:38:36PM ASSOCIATION.
7:38:37PM MET WITH THEM EVERY MONTH AND A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH
7:38:40PM INDIVIDUALS.
7:38:42PM MR. BIG DORY MET WITH MS. GREEN.
7:38:44PM WE MET WITH MR. RICKE SEPARATELY, AND AS HE WAS ONCOMING
7:38:49PM PRESIDENT TO GET HIS GUIDANCE AS WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE
7:38:52PM THE REQUEST OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AS THE REPRESENTATIVES
7:38:55PM OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:38:57PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANT TO ASK MR. RICKE A QUESTION SINCE IT
7:38:59PM WAS PRESENTED.
7:39:01PM I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.
7:39:02PM MR. RICKE, IF YOU COULD COME UP HERE FOR A SECOND?
7:39:06PM DID HE LEAVE ALREADY?
7:39:07PM HE LEFT.
7:39:09PM OH, HE'S OUT IN THE HALLWAY.
7:39:11PM HERE'S MY PROBLEM, SIR.
7:39:32PM I WANT YOU TO KNOW, YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S PRESENTING AN
7:39:35PM AGREEMENT SUPPOSEDLY BETWEEN YOU AND THE ASSOCIATION WHO
7:39:40PM DISAGREES, HE SAID THAT HE HAS -- I DON'T THINK HE LIKED IT
7:39:47PM TOO MUCH BASED ON WHAT HE SAID.
7:39:50PM I'M CURIOUS WHO MADE UP THAT DECISION THAT HE PRESENTED TO
7:39:54PM US.
7:39:54PM I KNOW HE'S INVOLVED WITH THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, THAT'S WHY I
7:39:56PM WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED THAT THERE WASN'T SOMEBODY SAYING,
7:39:59PM WELL, WE MADE AN AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, SO I'M A LITTLE -- I'M
7:40:03PM JUST REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING TO BE HONEST WITH
7:40:06PM YOU.
7:40:06PM >> LET ME SEE IF I CAN DO MY BEST TO EXPLAIN IN MR. RICKE'S
7:40:10PM ABSENCE.
7:40:11PM HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC BOARD.
7:40:13PM THERE IS A TAMPA HEIGHTS -- IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
7:40:16PM GROUP.
7:40:17PM SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT SIT ON THE EXECUTIVE
7:40:20PM BOARD AND HE IS PRESIDENT, MS. LENA YOUNG GREEN IS A MEMBER
7:40:25PM AT-LARGE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER MEMBERS -- EIGHT OR NINE
7:40:33PM MEMBERS ON THE BOARD.
7:40:36PM SHE DOESN'T KNOW.
7:40:36PM I THINK IT'S EIGHT OR NINE BASED ON THE SEATING I'VE SEEN
7:40:39PM THERE.
7:40:42PM I CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT.
7:40:45PM THE BOARD VOTED AND I'M SURE THERE WERE SOME NAYS, BUT THE
7:40:51PM BOARD VOTED TO MAKE THE AGREEMENT AND NOT OPPOSE THE
7:40:55PM DEVELOPMENT.
7:40:56PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT MR. MIRANDA SAID, WE HAVE
7:40:59PM NO POWER TO MAINTAIN OR CONTROL ANY AGREEMENT THAT'S MADE
7:41:02PM BETWEEN YOU AND ANYONE ELSE OUTSIDE OF THIS CHAMBER.
7:41:06PM >> ABSOLUTELY.
7:41:07PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
7:41:09PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING FURTHER FOR REBUTTAL, SIR?
7:41:12PM >> NO, SIR.
7:41:12PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL?
7:41:14PM QUESTIONS?
7:41:14PM OKAY.
7:41:16PM THANK YOU, SIR.
7:41:16PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
7:41:21PM A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
7:41:23PM ALL IN FAVOR?
7:41:24PM ANY OPPOSED?
7:41:25PM WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
7:41:44PM >>HARRY COHEN: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
7:41:46PM READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
7:41:49PM GENERAL VICINITY OF 414 AND 418 EAST EMILY STREET, IN THE
7:41:53PM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
7:41:55PM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-16
7:41:59PM (RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY) TO PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
7:42:03PM CONGREGATE LIVING FACILITY: GROUP CARE FACILITY, LARGE);
7:42:07PM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7:42:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL SECOND FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
7:42:11PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COHEN -- DISCUSSION?
7:42:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO SEE IF COUNCIL -- I SEE A LOT
7:42:20PM OF PAPERS MOVING BUT NO LIPS --
7:42:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
7:42:26PM A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
7:42:29PM ALL IN FAVOR --
7:42:35PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED MORE
7:42:37PM DISCUSSION.
7:42:38PM [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
7:42:42PM WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CONTRACTS.
7:42:44PM TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES MAKE CONTRACTS PRESENTED TO US, THAT'S
7:42:47PM LIKE POURING WATER OVER THE DAM.
7:42:49PM YOU CAN'T RECOVER IT.
7:42:51PM THERE ARE TWO PRIVATE ENTITIES.
7:42:57PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. MIRANDA, IF I COULD, TOO, ONE OF THE
7:43:01PM THINGS THAT HAPPENS, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE AGREEMENTS AND
7:43:04PM WE'VE HAD THEM BEFORE.
7:43:05PM PEOPLE COME UP AND SAY BEGRUDGINGLY AGREE TO IT BASED ON
7:43:09PM CERTAIN CONDITIONS BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE THAT SEEMED TO
7:43:11PM BE IN FAVOR OF IT FROM THAT BOARD.
7:43:13PM THAT'S WHAT I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT.
7:43:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, THE BOARD
7:43:19PM DID NOT APPROVE OR DENY, IF I REMEMBER THE BEGINNING OF THE
7:43:23PM HEARING.
7:43:24PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
7:43:26PM >>HARRY COHEN: I WOULD JUST SAY THE DIFFICULTY THAT I THINK
7:43:29PM THERE IS WITH THIS APPLICATION IS THERE IS A LOT OF
7:43:34PM TREPIDATION ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION AS TO
7:43:39PM WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE ON
7:43:42PM THE RECORD TO JUSTIFY A DENIAL, AND THERE ARE NO WAIVERS,
7:43:47PM AND THE FACT THAT THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION MADE THE AGREEMENT
7:43:51PM AND DECIDED NOT TO TAKE A POSITION ON THE MATTER IS NOT
7:43:56PM HELPFUL IN PROVIDING AMMUNITION FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE
7:44:02PM IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPLICATION.
7:44:05PM >> I AGREE.
7:44:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
7:44:08PM WE WILL THEN VOTE ON COUNCILMAN COHEN'S MOTION, SECONDED BY
7:44:13PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
7:44:14PM ALL IN FAVOR?
7:44:16PM ANY OPPOSED?
7:44:18PM >> NAY.
7:44:21PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH REDDICK BEING ABSENT, CAPIN
7:44:26PM BEING ABSENT AT VOTE, AND SUAREZ VOTING NO.
7:44:29PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 18, 2019 AT
7:44:34PM 9:30 A.M.
7:44:38PM >>LUIS VIERA: NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 9.
7:44:42PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO.
7:44:43PM ITEM NUMBER 9 IS REZ 18-124.
7:44:47PM IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR 3916 WEST MULLEN AVENUE FOR A
7:44:52PM REZONING FROM RS-60 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY
7:44:56PM RESIDENTIAL.
7:44:59PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING
7:45:01PM COMMISSION.
7:45:01PM THIS IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, LEVEL
7:45:07PM C EVACUATION ZONE, TWO HART ROUTES SERVE THE SUBJECT SITE.
7:45:10PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MS. MALONE, IF YOU COULD HOLD ON A SECOND.
7:45:14PM SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF NOISE COMING IN HERE AND HARD
7:45:17PM TO HEAR YOU.
7:45:18PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: LET ME KNOW WHEN I SHOULD PROCEED.
7:45:21PM OKAY.
7:45:24PM I'M GOING TO CONTINUE, BUT IF AT ANY POINT, YOU DON'T HEAR
7:45:27PM ME, LET ME KNOW AND I WILL STOP.
7:45:29PM WE ARE NORTH OF HENDERSON AVENUE.
7:45:31PM THIS IS GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE SOUTH.
7:45:34PM THIS IS GRADY AND MULLEN IS WHERE THE SUBJECT SITE IS
7:45:37PM LOCATED.
7:45:38PM I CAN ZOOM IN.
7:45:49PM THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS
7:45:52PM RESIDENTIAL 20.
7:45:53PM THAT IS ON MULLEN AVENUE.
7:45:55PM IT IS ALSO SEEN ON THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP ON
7:45:58PM MORRISON.
7:45:59PM TO THE SOUTH IS THE BLUE.
7:46:00PM THAT'S PUBLIC.
7:46:01PM THAT IS THE SCHOOL I POINTED OUT EARLIER.
7:46:03PM THAT'S GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT ALL OF THAT BROWN IS THE
7:46:06PM RESIDENTIAL 20.
7:46:07PM WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
7:46:11PM BASED ON THE INTERESTING LAND USE NATURE OF THE SITE, I DID
7:46:15PM A LITTLE BIT OF DIGGING AND I FOUND OUR PRELIMINARY
7:46:17PM SUBSECTOR PLAN FROM 1979.
7:46:22PM THIS IS THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE SITE.
7:46:24PM IT WAS DESIGNATED LOW-MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL BACK THEN.
7:46:29PM THE YELLOW IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
7:46:31PM THE LOW-MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION BACK
7:46:35PM IN 1979 HAD THE SAME DENSITY AS THE RESIDENTIAL 20 TODAY, SO
7:46:40PM THIS HAS A VERY LONG HISTORY OF BEING ADOPTED ON THE SUBJECT
7:46:43PM SITE.
7:46:43PM SO WE DID FIND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
7:46:47PM WE HAVE NUMEROUS POLICIES ABOUT PROMOTING DIFFERENT HOUSING
7:46:53PM TYPES WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA WHERE THEY ARE COMPATIBLE.
7:46:57PM THIS HELPS WITH TAMPA'S GROWING POPULATION, PROVIDING
7:47:01PM HOUSING FOR THE POPULATION PROJECTED OUT TO 2040, WHICH IS
7:47:07PM WHAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES.
7:47:09PM BASED ON POLICIES, ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE AND HISTORY OF
7:47:12PM THE SITE, WE DID FIND IT CONSISTENT.
7:47:14PM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
7:47:15PM THANK YOU.
7:47:15PM >>LUIS VIERA: QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
7:47:22PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
7:47:23PM COORDINATION.
7:47:24PM FOR THIS APPLICATION, CITY STAFF HAS RECEIVED QUITE A FEW
7:47:30PM LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.
7:47:31PM I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SENT ALSO TO CITY COUNCIL
7:47:35PM MEMBERS BUT I WAS NOT CLEAR.
7:47:38PM SOME WERE, SOME WEREN'T.
7:47:39PM I WANTED TO CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE THE RECORD WAS CLEAR SO I
7:47:43PM MADE COPIES FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR THE CLERK AND CITY
7:47:46PM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
7:47:48PM THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 50 LETTERS IN HERE.
7:47:55PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DID YOU READ THEM ALL?
7:47:58PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: NO, SIR.
7:47:59PM SO THIS APPLICATION IS A REZONING REQUEST FROM RS-60 TO PD,
7:48:09PM MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL FOR MULTIFAMILY -- FOUR MULTIFAMILY
7:48:14PM DWELLINGS WITHIN ONE BUILDING.
7:48:16PM THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY -- WHOA.
7:48:20PM HOLD ON.
7:48:20PM THIS IS CHURCH.
7:48:21PM THIS IS MORRISON.
7:48:24PM THERE IS A SCHOOL TO THE SOUTH.
7:48:26PM THERE IS A CATHOLIC SCHOOL TO THE FAR EAST ACROSS CHURCH.
7:48:31PM HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN GREEN.
7:48:33PM CURRENTLY ZONED RS-60 AS WELL AS THE MAJORITY OF THE
7:48:36PM SURROUNDING PROPERTY IS ALSO RS-60.
7:48:38PM THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS A DUPLEX IN THE RM-12 ZONING
7:48:43PM DISTRICT.
7:48:43PM AND THEN CATTY-CORNER FROM THE SITE IS AN EXISTING RM-12
7:48:50PM ZONING DISTRICT.
7:48:50PM AGAIN, AS JENNIFER EXPLAINED, THIS BLOCK, THE BLOCK NEXT TO
7:48:53PM IT, AND THE FURTHER BLOCK TO THE WEST ARE ALL IN THE R-20
7:48:57PM LAND USE CATEGORY WHICH ALLOWS FOR CONSIDERATION UP TO THE
7:49:00PM RM-18 ZONING DISTRICT.
7:49:02PM I'LL TAKE YOU ON A QUICK TOUR OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
7:49:11PM HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
7:49:13PM CURRENTLY A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE.
7:49:14PM HERE IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
7:49:20PM THAT'S ACROSS GRADY.
7:49:22PM IT IS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE.
7:49:23PM HERE IS CATTY-CORNER FROM THE PROPERTY, A SINGLE-FAMILY
7:49:27PM HOUSE AT 4001.
7:49:30PM ACROSS THE STREET ON MULLEN, A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE,
7:49:34PM CONTINUING TO THE EAST, SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES.
7:49:38PM DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPERTY, AGAIN, IN THAT RM-12 ZONING
7:49:45PM DISTRICT IS A DUPLEX.
7:49:46PM YOU CAN SEE THE TWO DOORS HERE.
7:49:49PM ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE
7:50:02PM BUILDING WITH FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
7:50:04PM THEY ARE TOWNHOME-STYLE.
7:50:08PM HERE IS THE ELEVATION OF THE BUILDING.
7:50:14PM WHEN THIS ORIGINAL APPLICATION CAME FORWARD TO STAFF, THEY
7:50:19PM HAD ALL FOUR OF THE DRIVEWAYS AND ALL FOUR OF THE BUILDINGS
7:50:22PM FACING GRADY.
7:50:24PM IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO BE MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING
7:50:27PM SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA, WE STRONGLY
7:50:31PM SUGGESTED AND THE DEVELOPER AGREED TO ROTATE SO TWO UNITS
7:50:35PM ARE FACING THIS WAY AND TWO UNITS ARE FACING ON MULLEN
7:50:38PM AVENUE.
7:50:38PM THE PROPOSED SETBACKS ARE NORTH 15 FEET, SOUTH 7 FEET, WEST
7:50:48PM 10 FEET, AND EAST 7 FEET.
7:50:52PM THE OVERALL PROPOSED HEIGHT IS 35 FEET, WHICH IS STANDARD
7:50:57PM FOR A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
7:50:59PM THERE ARE SOME CHANGES BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND READING
7:51:03PM FROM LAND DEVELOPMENT, JUST A MINOR CORRECTION OF THE TITLE
7:51:06PM BLOCK.
7:51:07PM NATURAL RESOURCES HAS SOME CORRECTIONS TO THE TREE TABLE.
7:51:10PM THE ONLY WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUIRED OR REQUESTED IS TO
7:51:18PM SECTION 13-165D TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRUST FUND FOR
7:51:23PM MITIGATION TREES.
7:51:24PM THE SITE PLAN MEETS ALL OTHER APPLICABLE ZONING STANDARDS.
7:51:30PM AGAIN, AS JENNIFER STATED, AND I TRIED TO STATE, JUST FOR
7:51:40PM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE
7:51:42PM PUBLIC THAT WROTE INTO STAFF, AND I THINK, SO IT'S CLEAR
7:51:46PM THIS BLOCK, THE BLOCK NEXT TO IT AND THE BLOCK FARTHER TO
7:51:49PM THE WEST HAVE BEEN IN THE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE
7:51:53PM CATEGORY SINCE AT LEAST THE 1970s.
7:51:55PM SO THESE BLOCKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SLATED FOR INCREASED
7:52:00PM DENSITY, BUT I BELIEVE THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO REZONINGS THAT
7:52:04PM HAVE ACTUALLY OCCURRED.
7:52:06PM SO THE DEVELOPER, THE APPLICANT IN THIS INSTANCE IS WANTING
7:52:09PM TO INVOKE THE ALLOWANCES WITHIN THE R-20 LAND USE CATEGORY
7:52:13PM TO INCREASE THE INTENSITY AS ENVISIONED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE
7:52:16PM PLAN.
7:52:17PM THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION I'VE HAD WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT
7:52:21PM THE COMPATIBILITY ISSUE.
7:52:25PM WITH ZONING AND LAND USE, THERE ARE TWO APPROACHES THAT YOU
7:52:28PM CAN TAKE, AND THIS IS HOW I EXPLAIN IT TO THE PUBLIC.
7:52:31PM YOU CAN HAVE AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT THE CITY
7:52:33PM WANTS TO MAINTAIN, SO YOU PUT A LAND USE CATEGORY IN THAT
7:52:37PM AREA SO THAT PATTERN WILL MAINTAIN.
7:52:41PM THE OTHER APPROACH IS THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN EXISTING
7:52:43PM DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT YOU WANT TO TRANSITION TO A
7:52:46PM DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, SO YOU CHANGE THE LAND USE
7:52:48PM CATEGORY.
7:52:48PM SO THIS AREA HAS BEEN SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN THE
7:52:53PM DISTANT PAST, BUT A HIGHER INTENSITY LAND USE CATEGORY WAS
7:52:57PM PLACED ON IT IN AN EFFORT FOR THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES TO BE
7:53:00PM REMOVED AND INCREASE INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO
7:53:04PM OCCUR.
7:53:05PM DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME?
7:53:07PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
7:53:08PM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
7:53:11PM MS. MALONE.
7:53:13PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: I HAVE ONE MORE POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE
7:53:16PM THAT I DIDN'T GET TO EARLIER.
7:53:19PM MARY DID A GREAT JOB OF REITERATING THE POINT I WAS TRYING
7:53:22PM TO MAKE ABOUT THE HISTORIC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
7:53:25PM THIS IS TEXT FROM THE HORIZON 2000 TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
7:53:29PM WHICH WAS ADOPTED BACK IN THE EARLY '80s.
7:53:31PM WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE SUBSECTOR, WHICH WAS IN
7:53:34PM SUBSECTOR B-3 AT THE TIME, THEY DID POINT OUT THAT ON
7:53:38PM MORRISON, AT LEAST, JUST WEST OF HENDERSON BOULEVARD, THERE
7:53:41PM WERE SEVERAL BLOCKS OF DUPLEX UNITS WHICH IS STILL THE
7:53:44PM PATTERN TODAY, AND SO WHEN THEY DREW THAT WHAT IS NOW
7:53:49PM RESIDENTIAL 20, I BELIEVE THAT THEY SAW SOME EXISTING
7:53:52PM CHARACTERISTICS AS WELL AS WHAT COULD BE ENVISIONED IN THE
7:53:55PM FUTURE WHEN WE WERE DECIDING THOSE FUTURE LAND USE
7:53:57PM CATEGORIES AND THE FUTURE GROWTH PATTERN OF THE CITY.
7:54:00PM SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD.
7:54:03PM THANK YOU.
7:54:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THOSE DWELLINGS WERE BUILT IN THE '40s
7:54:06PM AND '50s, WEREN'T THEY?
7:54:09PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: IT DOES SAY IN HERE THAT THE MAJORITY OF
7:54:11PM THE HOUSING STOCK WAS BUILT IN THE '50s IN THE SUBSECTOR.
7:54:14PM MOST -- AND I'M QUOTING -- MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE
7:54:17PM RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WERE BUILT AFTER 1950.
7:54:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I REMEMBER NOT THE '50s.
7:54:25PM I REMEMBER THE '30s.
7:54:26PM [ LAUGHTER ]
7:54:27PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT.
7:54:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WORKED FOR MANY YEARS 3825 HENDERSON
7:54:33PM BOULEVARD.
7:54:34PM I REMEMBER GOING THROUGH GRADY WHEN THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC.
7:54:36PM WHEN THERE WAS ONE LITTLE STOP SIGN.
7:54:42PM I REMEMBER THE POST OFFICE ON HENDERSON, THE VITAMIN SHOP
7:54:44PM AND ALL THAT'S GONE NOW.
7:54:46PM I REMEMBER ALL THAT.
7:54:48PM I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE AREA IS.
7:54:50PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: WE DID IDENTIFY SOME OF THAT PATTERN
7:54:52PM WITHIN THIS.
7:54:52PM CAN I ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
7:54:55PM THANK YOU.
7:54:55PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
7:54:58PM APPLICANT.
7:55:06PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
7:55:08PM I'M DAVID NEKOUEE, THE ENGINEER AND PLANNER WITH CAPITAL
7:55:13PM DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
7:55:17PM THIS PROJECT ON 3916 WEST MULLEN AVENUE.
7:55:21PM CAPITAL DESIGN IS AN INFILL DESIGN AND DEVELOPER COMPANY IN
7:55:25PM THE TAMPA AREA, SPECIALIZING IN MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
7:55:30PM THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF FOUR LUXURY TOWNHOME
7:55:34PM UNITS WITH UPSCALE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR FINISHES.
7:55:38PM WHICH REFERRING TO COMPS AND VALUES WILL BE AN EQUAL OR
7:55:44PM GREATER PRICE PER SQUARE FEET VALUE OF THE HOMES IN THE
7:55:48PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:55:48PM AS PLANNING JUST MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED RIGHT
7:55:55PM NORTH OF WEST MORRISON STREET, AND THE WHOLE ROW OF DUPLEXES
7:56:00PM ARE LOCATED RIGHT SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY.
7:56:02PM AS YOU SEE, SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY ON MORRISON, YOU SEE A ROW
7:56:35PM OF DUPLEXES, AND THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE SOUTH HAS AN
7:56:43PM EXISTING ZONING OF RM-12, WHICH BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE
7:56:47PM WOULD ALLOW WITHOUT ANY REQUEST FOR REZONING FOR UP TO THREE
7:56:52PM UNITS OR MULTIFAMILY.
7:56:55PM THE SAME SCENARIO FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF
7:56:58PM MORRISON AND CHURCH STREET.
7:57:01PM ALSO, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THERE ARE
7:57:06PM OTHER MIXED-USE PROPERTIES ABOUT 600 FEET FROM THE DISCUSSED
7:57:14PM LOCATION UP TO ABOUT EIGHT-STORY BUILDING.
7:57:17PM SO THERE ARE A MIX OF LAND USES -- A MIX OF ZONING IN THE
7:57:22PM VICINITY OF THIS PROPERTY.
7:57:23PM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TO DESIGN THIS PROJECT, WE WENT
7:57:32PM THROUGH A FEW ROUNDS OF REVIEW WITH THE CITY STAFF, AND WE
7:57:36PM NARROWED DOWN THE BUILDING.
7:57:38PM WE INCREASED THE SETBACKS, THE BACKYARDS, THE FRONT
7:57:43PM DRIVEWAYS.
7:57:43PM WE ROTATED TWO OF THE UNITS TO FACE MULLEN, SO IT WOULD LOOK
7:57:48PM IN HARMONY AND IN PLACE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:57:50PM BASED ON THE LAND USE 9.12, WHICH -- LAND USE POLICY 9.1.2
7:58:01PM WHICH ENCOURAGES SENSITIVE DESIGN AND SITE PLANNING, WE DID
7:58:06PM ALL OUR EFFORT TO BASICALLY COVER THIS POLICY AND WE GOT A
7:58:15PM COMMENT OF CONSISTENCY FROM THE STAFF AS WELL.
7:58:17PM WE BELIEVE THAT THIS DESIGN WOULD BE IN HARMONY WITH THE
7:58:22PM DUPLEXES IN THE AREA, AND ALSO WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY AND
7:58:26PM HOUSES NEIGHBORING NEXT DOOR.
7:58:28PM AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS IS THE RENDERING LOOKING AT IT
7:58:41PM FROM MULLEN FACING NORTH.
7:58:48PM THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
7:58:51PM IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR, 3914, WE TRIED TO
7:58:57PM MATCH BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR, A TWO-STORY,
7:59:03PM 3914 WITH A TWO-STORY 3916.
7:59:07PM THIS HAS TWO DOUBLE-CAR GARAGE AND THIS HAS THREE-CAR
7:59:12PM GARAGE.
7:59:13PM LAND USE POLICY 1.2.18 TALKS ABOUT PROMOTING HARMONY IN THE
7:59:23PM VISUAL RELATIONSHIP AND TRANSITION BETWEEN NEW AND OLDER
7:59:25PM BUILDINGS.
7:59:26PM AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRIED TO COVER IN OUR DESIGN.
7:59:31PM WE MET ALL CITY CRITERIA INCLUDING ZONING, PLANNING,
7:59:34PM TRANSPORTATION, WATER, SEWER, AND STORMWATER, AND WE FEEL WE
7:59:37PM ARE ALIGNED WITH THE CITY GOALS TO INCREASE DENSITY.
7:59:40PM WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL ADD VALUE TO THE
7:59:44PM NEIGHBORHOOD, INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT,
7:59:49PM INCREASE THE TAX BASE, PROMOTE ECONOMY GROWTH WHICH RESULTS
7:59:52PM IN IMPROVEMENT OF OUR ROAD AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, SEWER, AND
7:59:57PM WATER SYSTEMS.
7:59:58PM WE WOULD LIKE TO KINDLY REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT
8:00:02PM FROM THE COUNCIL.
8:00:04PM I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
8:00:05PM THANK YOU.
8:00:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
8:00:09PM NOTHING FURTHER FROM THE APPLICANT?
8:00:11PM NOTHING FURTHER FROM YOU?
8:00:18PM >> NO.
8:00:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
8:00:20PM NOW WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 9.
8:00:24PM NOW, HOW MANY FOLKS HERE WITHIN THIS ROOM PLAN ON SPEAKING
8:00:27PM THIS EVENING?
8:00:28PM IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HANDS.
8:00:30PM OKAY.
8:00:33PM SO LET'S BEGIN.
8:00:34PM EACH SPEAKER HAS UP TO THREE MINUTES UNLESS YOU HAVE
8:00:37PM PERMISSION FROM OTHER PEOPLE TO TAKE YOUR TIME.
8:00:40PM WE WOULD ALL ASK TO NOT BE I GUESS OVERLY REPETITIVE.
8:00:44PM AND YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE YOUR MAXIMUM ENTITLEMENT,
8:00:48PM GENERALLY, BUT IF YOU WISH TO TAKE LESS THAN THAT, THAT'S
8:00:51PM MARVELOUS.
8:00:51PM [ LAUGHTER ]
8:00:52PM GO AHEAD.
8:00:54PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, COULD I MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT WE HAVE
8:00:56PM FOLKS LINE UP ON BOTH SIDES AND THEN JUST TAKE TURNS GOING
8:01:00PM BACK AND FORTH.
8:01:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: I BELIEVE ALL THESE FOLKS OVER HERE ARE GOING
8:01:05PM TO SPEAK WHO ARE LINED UP.
8:01:07PM IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK, LINE UP AND BEGIN TO MAKE A LINE
8:01:10PM SO WE HAVE AN IDEA.
8:01:11PM GO AHEAD, SIR.
8:01:12PM >> I HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT FOR THE RECORD, AND SOME
8:01:15PM EXTRA TIME, ACTUALLY.
8:01:22PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE
8:01:24PM ANYONE THAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN SWORN IN BE SWORN IN
8:01:26PM BECAUSE WE DID MOVE PEOPLE IN.
8:01:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYBODY HERE WHO HAS NOT BEEN SWORN IN THAT
8:01:33PM INTENDS TO SPEAK?
8:01:35PM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE TRICKLING IN.
8:01:45PM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
8:01:55PM >>LUIS VIERA: GO AHEAD, SIR.
8:01:56PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. REALI, HE HAS A FULL
8:02:02PM SHEET HERE OF NAMES ON THE SPEAKER WAIVER FORM.
8:02:05PM HE'S ALLOWED UP TO SEVEN.
8:02:07PM I'LL CALL THEM IN ORDER.
8:02:08PM PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE IF YOU ARE HERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO WAIVE
8:02:11PM YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
8:02:12PM JoANN LETO.
8:02:14PM >> I'M HERE.
8:02:14PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
8:02:15PM SUSAN SWARTZ.
8:02:17PM >> HERE.
8:02:17PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
8:02:18PM ELLENE PAULEY.
8:02:20PM >> HERE.
8:02:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
8:02:20PM LAURIE SOMESON.
8:02:24PM >> HERE.
8:02:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
8:02:25PM CHRISTA CURREA.
8:02:27PM ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK?
8:02:28PM OKAY.
8:02:30PM BRITTANY JOHNSON.
8:02:32PM THANK YOU.
8:02:33PM AND MARGARET DRUMSTA.
8:02:37PM ALL THESE PEOPLE WILL WAIVE THEIR TIME.
8:02:39PM A TOTAL OF TEN MINUTES, PLEASE.
8:02:41PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
8:02:43PM MY NAME IS KEVIN REALI.
8:02:45PM I'M REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE
8:02:47PM AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TIME I WAS GIVEN.
8:02:49PM I WORK FOR PHELPS DUNBAR, 100 SOUTH ASHLEY DRIVE, TAMPA,
8:02:54PM FLORIDA.
8:02:54PM WE DO APPRECIATE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND UNDERSTAND
8:03:01PM THAT STAFF APPROVAL IS BASED ON SOME OF THE PROVISIONS IN
8:03:03PM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
8:03:04PM HOWEVER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS IN THE
8:03:07PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT
8:03:09PM MEET AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROVISIONS IN THE CODE THAT
8:03:12PM THIS PLAN IS INCONSISTENT WITH.
8:03:15PM STARTING SPECIFICALLY HERE, THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT
8:03:18PM EVIDENCE IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT THE PLAN MEETS THE CERTAIN
8:03:23PM PROVISIONS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT IT SHOULD BE A
8:03:27PM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT BY EUCLIDEAN REZONING.
8:03:30PM THAT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF MY PRESENTATION.
8:03:33PM NO SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT EVIDENCE THAT THE REQUEST IS
8:03:35PM CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING TRENDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN,
8:03:37PM AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW.
8:03:40PM STARTING WITH SOME OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE
8:03:42PM PLAN, AND I'LL GO OVER THESE RATHER QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY ARE
8:03:46PM A LITTLE BIT REPETITIVE IN WHAT THEY COVER.
8:03:49PM BUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH THE COUNCIL NOTED EARLIER
8:03:53PM IN VOTING DOWN A SIMILAR APPLICATION ENCOURAGES HIGHER
8:03:57PM DENSITY THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING CHARACTER.
8:04:00PM I'LL SWITCH TO A VISUAL HERE WHILE I DISCUSS THIS.
8:04:03PM THIS IS THE FOUR-BLOCK AREA AND THIS HERE REPRESENTS THE
8:04:06PM AREA ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ALLOWS A HIGHER DENSITY.
8:04:08PM THE NEW USE WILL BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER
8:04:13PM BECAUSE THE EXISTING CHARACTER IS SINGLE-FAMILY, THE VAST
8:04:17PM MAJORITY.
8:04:17PM EVERY HOUSE MARKED HERE IN BLUE WAS BUILT IN 1948.
8:04:21PM THEN FOR A 60-YEAR PERIOD, THE ONLY CHANGE IN ANY OF THESE
8:04:26PM STRUCTURES WERE THE TWO ORANGE ONES.
8:04:28PM WE HAD A 60-YEAR PERIOD WITH ESSENTIALLY NO DEVELOPMENT.
8:04:30PM NOW, ALL OF THESE RED STRUCTURES ARE STRUCTURES THAT WERE
8:04:32PM BUILT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
8:04:34PM SO AFTER 60 YEARS OF NO DEVELOPMENT, THE TREND IN THE LAST
8:04:37PM TEN YEARS HAS BEEN TO BUILD SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, THAT'S THE
8:04:42PM DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA AND ALL OF THOSE ARE
8:04:43PM SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
8:04:44PM ADDITIONALLY, THE ROW OF DUPLEXES THAT THE APPLICANT RELIES
8:04:48PM ON TO SAY THIS IS A MULTIFAMILY AREA, THE DUPLEXES, SAVE TWO
8:04:52PM ZONINGS, ARE A LEGAL NONCONFORMING, THE ZONING DOESN'T
8:04:56PM SUPPORT THAT ANYMORE.
8:04:57PM ADDITIONALLY, MOST -- I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT, INCORRECT.
8:05:00PM NOT MOST.
8:05:01PM 43% HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO SINGLE-FAMILY.
8:05:03PM SO THE TREND HAS BEEN AWAY FROM THOSE DUPLEXES.
8:05:05PM THOSE DUPLEXES HAVE BEEN SLOWLY CONVERTING TO SINGLE-FAMILY
8:05:09PM USES.
8:05:10PM SO THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE COMP PLAN IS INCONSISTENT
8:05:13PM WITH DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT EXISTS THERE.
8:05:17PM ADDITIONALLY, LAND USE POLICY 9.3.5 SUGGESTS THAT THE MORE
8:05:25PM DENSE USES SHOULD BE ON THE PERIPHERY.
8:05:27PM SO I'M GOING TO SHIFT TO A DIFFERENT PICTURE HERE.
8:05:31PM IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE HERE SO I'LL POINT IT OUT.
8:05:34PM BUT WHERE MY FINGERS ARE HERE, THESE ARE RM-12 ZONINGS.
8:05:38PM IT'S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT COLOR THAT THE SHADING DOESN'T
8:05:40PM SHOW VERY WELL.
8:05:41PM BUT THE -- THOSE TWO EXIST ON THE PERIPHERY.
8:05:45PM IF THIS WAS TO BE APPROVED, IT WOULD BE A MORE INTENSE USE
8:05:49PM THAN BOTH OF THOSE SURROUNDED ON THE OTHER THREE SIDES BY A
8:05:52PM LESS INTENSE USE.
8:05:53PM AND SO IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY AN ISLAND OF MORE DENSE USE NOT
8:05:57PM ON THE PERIPHERY OF WHAT IS IN THE EXISTING AREA AND WHAT
8:06:01PM THE ZONING CURRENTLY SUPPORTS.
8:06:03PM MOVING ON WITH OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
8:06:08PM THAT ARE INCONSISTENT, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MINIMALLY
8:06:12PM DISRUPTIVE TO THE EXISTING TREND OF DEVELOPMENT.
8:06:18PM WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A TREND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ALREADY
8:06:22PM SINGLE-FAMILY AND WHATEVER MULTIFAMILY IS IN THE AREA IS
8:06:24PM TRENDING TOWARD SINGLE-FAMILY.
8:06:26PM AND THEN THE EXISTING AREAS ARE PREDOMINANTLY OCCUPIED BY
8:06:30PM MULTIFAMILY.
8:06:31PM THAT IS IN LAND USE POLICY 9.6.3.
8:06:33PM SO MULTIFAMILY IS SUPPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED WHERE MULTIFAMILY
8:06:37PM EXISTS.
8:06:37PM AND THE IDEA THAT THE DUPLEXES TO THE SOUTH ARE WHAT WE'RE
8:06:43PM BASING THAT ON IS INACCURATE BECAUSE THOSE ARE BEING CHANGED
8:06:46PM AWAY FROM DUPLEXES TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
8:06:48PM AND THE SINGLE-FAMILY IS BEING TRANSITIONED OUT OF THE AREA.
8:06:51PM SO IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT PATTERN OF
8:06:55PM DEVELOPMENT AND INCONSISTENT WITH THE MULTIFAMILY TREND IN
8:07:00PM THE AREA.
8:07:01PM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO ASKS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CREATE
8:07:09PM TRANSITIONS IN DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY.
8:07:11PM SO THIS WOULD BE WHERE WE HAVE A DENSITY INCREASING SLOWLY
8:07:17PM AS YOU GO IN.
8:07:18PM IF WE SWITCH BACK TO THE MAP I SHOWED EARLIER, THIS WOULD BE
8:07:21PM A MORE INTENSE ZONING, INSTEAD OF BRANCHING OUT WITH A
8:07:23PM SIMILAR INTENSITY AND THEN INCREASING THE INTENSITY SLOWLY,
8:07:26PM IT'S GOING TO BE MORE INTENSE THAN EVERYTHING AROUND IT,
8:07:29PM INCLUDING THE AREA THAT'S ALREADY BEEN UPZONED TO A MORE
8:07:32PM DENSE USE.
8:07:33PM ADDITIONALLY, AND I'LL TOUCH ON THIS IN A MINUTE WHEN WE
8:07:38PM TALK ABOUT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, BUT THE COMPATIBILITY
8:07:42PM WITH SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, WHEN MULTIFAMILY IS
8:07:44PM DEVELOPED, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP THAT IN A WAY THAT'S
8:07:47PM COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT.
8:07:50PM AND THIS PLAN EXCEEDS THE SETBACK LIMITS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY
8:07:52PM CHARACTER, UNDERSTANDABLY, THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO DO
8:07:54PM SINGLE-FAMILY.
8:07:55PM BUT ADDITIONALLY IT EXCEEDS THE SETBACK OF LIKE ZONING
8:07:58PM DESIGNATIONS SO RM-12 AND RM-16 THEIR SETBACKS DON'T COMPLY
8:08:02PM WITH THAT.
8:08:02PM ESSENTIALLY A PD IS BEING USED TO TRY AND GET AROUND OTHER
8:08:05PM PROVISIONS OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
8:08:08PM AND ADDITIONALLY, IT AVOIDS A TRANSITIONAL DENSITY LAND USE
8:08:12PM POLICY 9.7.3 BECAUSE IT IS AN ISLAND OF MORE DENSE USE, IF
8:08:17PM IT'S APPROVED.
8:08:18PM REAL QUICK, JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER VISUALS.
8:08:21PM THESE DUPLEXES KEEP COMING UP.
8:08:23PM THAT'S ONE OF THE DUPLEXES.
8:08:25PM HERE'S ANOTHER DUPLEX.
8:08:27PM ALL THESE DUPLEXES COULD PASS AS SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IF YOU
8:08:31PM LOOK AT THEM.
8:08:33PM THEY DON'T HAVE THE BULK THAT THIS FACILITY -- NOT FACILITY
8:08:35PM -- I'M SORRY, THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE.
8:08:37PM AND SO TO RELY ON THE DUPLEXES IS NOT REALLY A GOOD WAY TO
8:08:43PM SHOW THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
8:08:44PM MOVING ON TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
8:08:51PM THE PURPOSE OF A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT -- I'LL PARAPHRASE HERE
8:08:54PM -- IS TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT ON A LOT THAT HAS A UNIQUE
8:08:58PM CHARACTERISTIC WHERE OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS CANNOT
8:09:01PM ACCOMMODATE.
8:09:01PM SO THIS DEVELOPMENT VIOLATES THIS PROVISION OF THE LAND
8:09:05PM DEVELOPMENT CODE.
8:09:06PM THERE ARE NO PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES THAT WOULD
8:09:10PM REQUIRE A PD.
8:09:11PM THERE ARE NO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT REQUIRE A PD.
8:09:15PM THERE ARE NO ACCESS ISSUES THAT REQUIRE A PD.
8:09:17PM ADDITIONALLY, OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS CAN ACCOMMODATE.
8:09:20PM IF YOU IGNORE SETBACKS, THIS EXACT DEVELOPMENT WOULD WORK IN
8:09:25PM AN RM-16 ZONING, A EUCLIDEAN REZONING.
8:09:28PM SO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD DEVELOP AS
8:09:33PM EUCLIDEAN REZONING BECAUSE IT WOULD FIT INSIDE THAT ZONING
8:09:36PM DESIGNATION AND THEN WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED DO IS FIT WITHIN
8:09:40PM THE SETBACKS.
8:09:40PM IF THEY WERE TO DO THIS DEVELOPMENT IN AN RM-16, THEY WOULD
8:09:44PM HAVE TO COME AND TRY AND GET A VARIANCE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT
8:09:47PM GOING TO MEET THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS FOR RM-16.
8:09:50PM BY DOING A PD, THEY'RE AVOIDING THAT, AND IT'S VIOLATING THE
8:09:53PM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THE PD IS NOT
8:09:56PM MET HERE IN ANY CAPACITY.
8:09:57PM THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT EVIDENCE THAT A PD DISTRICT
8:10:00PM IS WARRANTED HERE.
8:10:01PM IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT A MIXTURE OF NOTICES -- THERE, I HAVE
8:10:09PM THAT ON THE SLIDE BUT WE'RE NOT MIXING ANY USES HERE.
8:10:12PM TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, WITH
8:10:15PM THE COMPARABLE ZONING DISTRICTS, SO RM-16 ALLOWS FOUR
8:10:20PM DWELLING UNITS -- WOULD ALLOW FOUR DWELLING UNITS ON A
8:10:25PM SIMILARLY SIZED LOT.
8:10:26PM AND IF THEY WERE TO DEVELOP WITH RM-16 IT WOULD REQUIRE
8:10:29PM 25-FOOT FRONT SETBACK AND 15-FOOT BACKYARD SETBACK.
8:10:33PM NOW, AS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, THE PLAN HERE HAS A 15-FOOT
8:10:38PM FRONT SETBACK AND 7-FOOT BACKYARD SETBACK.
8:10:41PM NOW, IT DOES HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL FEET IN THE CORNER, BUT
8:10:47PM THE PD HERE, IF APPROVED, WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE A WAY OF
8:10:51PM GETTING AROUND A VARIANCE WHERE EUCLIDEAN REZONING WOULD
8:10:54PM WORK.
8:10:54PM AND THEN ALSO FOR DENSITIES, I DON'T HAVE RM-16 ON HERE, BUT
8:10:58PM TO THE NORTH, THE EAST, AND THE WEST, YOU HAVE ONE DWELLING
8:11:01PM UNIT PER LOT PER 6,000 SQUARE FEET PER DWELLING UNIT.
8:11:06PM WHAT YOU HAVE TO THE SOUTH THAT IS AN RM-12 IS 3600 SQUARE
8:11:10PM FEET PER DWELLING UNIT, AND THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE EVEN MORE
8:11:13PM INTENSE THAN THAT AT 2752.
8:11:17PM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S MORE INTENSE THAN
8:11:20PM ANYTHING AROUND IT.
8:11:20PM WE'RE TALKING DEVELOPMENT THAT SHOULD BE DONE THROUGH
8:11:21PM EUCLIDEAN REZONING, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT
8:11:24PM THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
8:11:25PM THERE'S ALSO A NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH TREES THAT I'M GOING TO
8:11:28PM BRUSH OVER BECAUSE THEY CAN BE CORRECTED, BUT IT IS WORTH
8:11:32PM POINTING OUT THAT OUR CODE IN TAMPA IS VERY -- VERY IN-DEPTH
8:11:37PM WITH TREES.
8:11:38PM THE TREE TABLE ON THE SITE PLAN AND THE ORIGINAL COMMENTS
8:11:42PM FROM STAFF WERE THAT SOME OF THE TREES SHOULD REMAIN.
8:11:45PM THE APPLICANT THEN TRIED TO SAVE ONE TREE, AND THAT TREE WAS
8:11:48PM THEN TOLD BY STAFF IT HAS TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE THERE'S NOT
8:11:51PM ENOUGH SPACE FOR IT.
8:11:52PM THE TREE TABLE WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE THEM NO CREDIT BECAUSE
8:11:55PM THE ONLY TREE ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY THAT WILL REMAIN IS IN
8:11:58PM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND THE DEBIT TABLE WILL HAVE TO BE
8:12:01PM INCREASED TO 15.
8:12:02PM ADD THE VEHICLE USE AREA, 22 PLANTINGS, THEY DON'T HAVE
8:12:06PM SPACE TO DO THAT.
8:12:06PM THEY DO REQUIRE A WAIVER TO PAY INTO THE MITIGATION
8:12:10PM REQUIREMENT FOR TREES.
8:12:11PM NOW, THE COUNCIL IS OBVIOUSLY ALLOWED TO GIVE THAT WAIVER,
8:12:15PM BUT THIS IS AN EXTREME EXAMPLE --
8:12:17PM [ BELL SOUNDS ]
8:12:18PM -- WHERE THAT REQUEST WOULD BE SORT OF THE MAXIMUM THAT, AS
8:12:21PM YOU COULD REQUEST, BECAUSE THE ONLY TREE THEY ARE SAVING IS
8:12:24PM IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WHERE THEY CAN'T BUILD.
8:12:26PM IN SUM, WE REQUEST THE COUNCIL DENY BECAUSE IT'S
8:12:31PM INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
8:12:32PM IT VIOLATES THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND IS INCONSISTENT
8:12:35PM WITH THE AREA HEIGHT BULK PLACEMENT PROVISIONS OF THE
8:12:39PM SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
8:12:40PM THANK YOU.
8:12:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
8:12:41PM NEXT.
8:12:46PM >> GOOD EVENING.
8:12:47PM MY NAME IS MARK HEILIG, 3914 WEST MULLEN WITH MY WIFE AND
8:12:52PM SIX CHILDREN.
8:12:53PM MY OLDEST DAUGHTER GWEN.
8:12:55PM ONE GOOD HAS COME FROM THIS APPLICATION.
8:12:58PM WE HAD AN EXPERT LESSON IN CIVICS FOR OUR CHILDREN, SOME OF
8:13:02PM WHOM HAVE NOW CREATED THE CITY COUNCIL CRY ROOM, YOU'LL SEE
8:13:06PM OUT HERE.
8:13:06PM [ LAUGHTER ]
8:13:07PM MY ELDEST WAS VERY EXCITED BECAUSE THE HOUSE WAS JUST ON
8:13:13PM TELEVISION WITH MR. NEKOUEE'S PRESENTATION.
8:13:16PM IF YOU LOOK AT THE FRONT OF HIS DESIGN AND THE FRONT OF OUR
8:13:18PM HOME, THEY DO LOOK SIMILAR ONLY INSOFAR AS A PLAYING CARD
8:13:24PM AND EDGE OF A BRICK LOOK SIMILAR.
8:13:25PM WHEN YOU TURN THEM TO THE SIDE THEY LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT.
8:13:29PM HERE IS HIS ELEVATION, IF I COULD USE THIS, AND HERE IS THE
8:13:32PM FRONT OF THE ELEVATION THAT YOU SAW.
8:13:33PM IT WAS MUCH PRETTIER IN HIS PICTURE.
8:13:36PM BUT THIS IS THE SIDE THAT FACES OUR HOME.
8:13:38PM IT GOES 15 FEET IN FRONT OF OUR HOME ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK
8:13:44PM LAND LINE.
8:13:45PM I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS A TWO-STORY PLAY HOUSE RIGHT HERE
8:13:48PM WITH A NICE SLIDE AND A TRAMPOLINE RIGHT HERE AND I COUNTED
8:13:52PM 11 WINDOWS WATCHING MY SIX CHILDREN PLAY IN THE BACKYARD.
8:13:57PM WE SHARE MANY OF THE CONCERNS ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS SHARE.
8:14:00PM HONESTLY, THE CITY CAN'T STAY THE SAME FOREVER.
8:14:03PM I GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:14:05PM I REMEMBER THE POST OFFICE, TOO, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
8:14:09PM AND MY SON IS AT TAMPA BAY LITTLE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
8:14:11PM HE WOULDN'T COME TO CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE HE HAD TO CATCH
8:14:14PM USING THE GLOVE I PLAY WITH.
8:14:15PM I GET IT.
8:14:16PM WE CAN'T STAY THE SAME.
8:14:17PM THIS IS A DRASTIC CHANGE AND WE BROUGHT OUR FAMILY BACK TO
8:14:21PM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SO THEY COULD WALK TO CHRIST THE KING SO
8:14:25PM THEY COULD WALK AND PLAY IN THE STREETS THAT I PLAYED IN
8:14:26PM WHEN I WAS A KID.
8:14:27PM THEY CAN WALK TO MY DAD'S HOUSE ON ZELAR STREET BUT ALSO
8:14:30PM BECAUSE THESE ARE THE LAST BIG BACKYARDED LOTS IN SOUTH
8:14:34PM TAMPA.
8:14:35PM CANDIDLY, WHEN YOU HAVE SIX CHILDREN, AS YOU HAVE HEARD THEM
8:14:38PM WHILE WE'VE BEEN SITTING HERE, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY
8:14:41PM "GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY."
8:14:43PM RIGHT?
8:14:44PM [ LAUGHTER ]
8:14:44PM THAT'S A GREAT BENEFIT OF OUR LOT, AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE
8:14:48PM SAYING, "GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY SO LONG AS ALL THESE VARIOUS
8:14:55PM NEW NEIGHBORS HAVE THEIR SHADES DRAWN."
8:14:57PM I'LL YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
8:14:59PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
8:15:00PM [ APPLAUSE ]
8:15:02PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
8:15:10PM >>LUIS VIERA: AS THE POUNDING OF THIS GAVEL REFLECTS, WE ARE
8:15:13PM NOT TO HAVE, PLEASE, ANY CLAPPING.
8:15:15PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
8:15:15PM IF I MAY, TO THE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS HERE, WHAT'S YOUR NAME.
8:15:19PM >> MY NAME IS GWEN.
8:15:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: GWEN.
8:15:21PM WHAT A LOVELY NAME.
8:15:22PM THANK YOU FOR COMING.
8:15:23PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I HAVE TO SAY, CHAIR, SIR, I THINK YOU NEED
8:15:26PM TO WATCH MORE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND LESS FATHERING.
8:15:31PM YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF KIDS.
8:15:32PM GOT A LOT OF KIDS.
8:15:34PM >> SOMETHING IN THE WATER.
8:15:35PM [ LAUGHTER ]
8:15:41PM >> GOOD EVENING.
8:15:42PM MY NAME IS DANIEL.
8:15:43PM I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE SWANN ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD
8:15:46PM ASSOCIATION.
8:15:47PM I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:15:50PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DID YOU SAY YOUR FULL NAME?
8:15:53PM >> DANIEL CURREA, C-U-R-R-E-A.
8:15:58PM I AM AN ARCHITECT.
8:15:59PM I AM AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT USF AT SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY
8:16:04PM DESIGN.
8:16:04PM THIS IS PART OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE MY KIDS PLAY.
8:16:13PM IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID, ALREADY MADE
8:16:17PM HALF OF MY PRESENTATION, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR IMAGE, YOU
8:16:20PM CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE ALL TYPES OF RM-16, RM-16 OVER HERE.
8:16:26PM WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS WELL
8:16:28PM GENTRIFIED.
8:16:29PM IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO OMIT PEOPLE COMING FROM OTHER
8:16:33PM PLACES AND BE A PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:16:35PM THIS IS AN ISLAND THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED.
8:16:37PM AND WITH THAT IT'S REALLY GOING TO BRING A LOT OF
8:16:40PM DEVELOPERS.
8:16:40PM YOU'RE MULTIPLYING TIMES FOUR, THE DEVELOPER SAY, OH, I WANT
8:16:45PM A PIECE OF THE CAKE FOR SURE.
8:16:48PM AS AN ARCHITECT, I GET APPROACHED ENDLESS TIMES.
8:16:51PM CAN YOU MAXIMIZE MY PROFIT?
8:16:54PM I'LL SAY, SURE, AS LONG AS I MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE CODE,
8:16:57PM AND WE'LL MEET THAT STANDARD, AND WE'LL DO THE BEST THAT WE
8:16:57PM CAN.
8:16:57PM THIS IS NOT WHAT THAT IS.
8:16:59PM IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND WANT THINGS
8:17:02PM IN ANOTHER PLACE.
8:17:02PM WE WANT RM-16.
8:17:04PM WE WANT DENSITY.
8:17:06PM THE CITY NEEDS DENSITY.
8:17:07PM WE NEED THE TAX DOLLARS.
8:17:08PM I GET IT.
8:17:09PM I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT.
8:17:11PM I AM NOT.
8:17:12PM MY ENTIRE LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON WELL-THOUGHT-OUT
8:17:17PM DEVELOPMENT.
8:17:17PM THERE'S ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP, ABOUT TWO
8:17:21PM YEARS AGO, WE HAD JUST A MAGNIFICENT RAIN.
8:17:25PM OUR HOUSE GOT FLOODED ALL THE WAY UP TO ONE FOOT AND MY
8:17:29PM HOUSE IS ON THE HIGHEST SIDE OF SWANN ESTATES.
8:17:37PM IN HERE, REPORTED STREET FLOODING FROM CITY OF TAMPA'S
8:17:42PM WEBSITE.
8:17:42PM IT'S SHOWING VERY CLEARLY THAT WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF FLOODING
8:17:45PM ALL AROUND HERE.
8:17:46PM WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR.
8:17:48PM ALL THE NEWS PEOPLE WILL COME DOWN TO THIS CORNER SAYING,
8:17:52PM HEY, WE'RE FLOODING.
8:17:54PM THIS IS EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THAT AREA, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE
8:17:56PM NOT MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT.
8:17:59PM WE ARE MAKING IT REALLY, REALLY HARD FOR US TO SOLVE OUR
8:18:05PM ISSUE OF A VERY, VERY LOW INFRASTRUCTURE.
8:18:07PM IN HERE, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHOW IS ALL THE KIDS FROM THE
8:18:13PM NEIGHBORHOOD WILL GATHER AROUND GRADY, INCLUDING MY KIDS, MY
8:18:16PM WIFE AND I SOMETIMES WILL WALK ALL THE WAY TO GRADY.
8:18:20PM WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN HERE IS THAT WE WILL HAVE NOW TWO
8:18:24PM SIDEWALKS AND ANOTHER TWO SIDEWALKS, BUT THIS IS JUST THE
8:18:27PM FIRST DEVELOPMENT.
8:18:28PM ONCE THAT HAPPENS IN THAT STREET, IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN
8:18:32PM ALL THROUGHOUT GRADY AND START SPREADING LIKE A FINGER.
8:18:35PM WE DON'T WANT THAT DEVELOPMENT.
8:18:37PM LASTLY, JUST FOR EVERYBODY, THE ELEVATION THAT IS EXTREMELY
8:18:43PM UGLY NEXT TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
8:18:47PM ONE LAST --
8:18:49PM [ BELL SOUNDS ]
8:18:50PM SORRY.
8:18:53PM I CAN YIELD.
8:18:54PM I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
8:18:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
8:18:57PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:19:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. PATTERSON HAS A LONG LIST.
8:19:08PM THE FIRST SEVEN NAMES I'LL CALL OFF.
8:19:12PM IT'S GOOD WHEN PEOPLE CALLED OUT.
8:19:14PM I COULD HEAR THEM.
8:19:15PM CAROL HAGGERTY?
8:19:19PM >> HERE.
8:19:19PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ZACK NEWARD.
8:19:23PM >> HERE.
8:19:23PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: FRANK SIERRA.
8:19:25PM >> HERE.
8:19:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
8:19:26PM CASSANDRA PAULEY.
8:19:27PM >> HERE.
8:19:27PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DANIELLE CICCARELLO.
8:19:34PM THANK YOU.
8:19:34PM TRACIE SINGLETON.
8:19:36PM THANK YOU.
8:19:37PM GREG COVEN.
8:19:39PM THANK YOU.
8:19:39PM SEVEN NAMES CALLED OFF WHO ARE WAIVING THEIR TIME.
8:19:42PM A TOTAL OF TEN, PLEASE.
8:19:44PM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY COUNCIL.
8:19:48PM MY NAME IS JAMES PATTERSON, 4108 WEST CLEVELAND STREET,
8:19:53PM APPROXIMATELY NINE BLOCKS NORTH OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
8:19:58PM SWANN ESTATES IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:20:00PM IT IS MY HOME.
8:20:01PM I AM A QUALIFIED LAND PLANNER.
8:20:04PM THIS IS WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING.
8:20:05PM WHEN I SAW THE VARIANCE, I WAS VERY CONCERNED.
8:20:08PM MY YOUNGEST CHILD WALKED THIS WAY TO GRADY.
8:20:11PM WE WALK AS A FAMILY THIS WAY TO GRADY ELEMENTARY.
8:20:14PM THIS IS AN EXTREME OVERBUILD.
8:20:16PM I WOULD ASK THAT YOU DENY THIS.
8:20:19PM ON THE GROUNDS OF MANY THINGS ALREADY SAID, I'LL TRY NOT TO
8:20:23PM REPEAT WHAT WAS SAID TO RESPECT YOUR TIME.
8:20:25PM I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT SIMPLY A FUTURE LAND
8:20:29PM USE COMPONENT DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY GUARANTEE A
8:20:32PM PERMITABILITY.
8:20:33PM SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR COPY THE
8:20:38PM ORIGINAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT MS. MALONE SPOKE OF EARLIER
8:20:42PM SHOWED TWO BLOCKS THAT WERE ZONED, THAT A FUTURE LAND USE
8:20:46PM THAT ALLOWED MULTIFAMILY.
8:20:48PM I WOULD PRESENT TO YOU THAT THIS IS NOT THE TYPICAL PATTERN
8:20:52PM TO DO MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, OR FUTURE LAND USE.
8:20:56PM THE DUPLEXES IN THIS AREA WERE PREEXISTING PRIOR TO ANY LAND
8:20:59PM USES BEING PLACED IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
8:21:01PM THE ONLY REASON THAT THESE THREE BLOCKS WERE ZONED OR HAD A
8:21:05PM FUTURE LAND USE OF MULTIFAMILY WAS THE PREEXISTENCE OF
8:21:07PM 1500-SQUARE-FOOT DUPLEXES ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF MORRISON.
8:21:11PM I SPOKE TO MR. HEY, DAVID HEY EARLIER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
8:21:16PM REGARDING THIS.
8:21:17PM AND HE EVEN WAS SURPRISED THAT THE SOUTH SIDE OF MULLEN HAD
8:21:20PM A FUTURE LAND USE THAT WAS MULTIFAMILY.
8:21:22PM EVERY STRUCTURE IN THE THREE-BLOCK RADIUS BETWEEN CHURCH AND
8:21:27PM LOIS AND BETWEEN MORRISON AND MULLEN WERE ALL CONSTRUCTED
8:21:30PM BETWEEN 1948 AND 1949.
8:21:32PM SO PRIOR TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EVER BEING FIRST
8:21:35PM ADMITTED, THERE WERE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ALONG THE ENTIRE
8:21:38PM SOUTH SIDE OF MULLEN HAD ALREADY BEEN BUILT OUT.
8:21:40PM FOR EVERY EIGHT HOMES ON MULLEN, SEVEN HOMES, PREEXISTING
8:21:44PM DUPLEXES ON MORRISON.
8:21:45PM I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
8:21:53PM THE AREA HERE IN RED IS THE THREE BLOCKS THAT I'M SPEAKING
8:21:58PM ABOUT.
8:21:59PM TYPICAL PLANNING PRACTICES, WHICH ARE UTILIZED TODAY, WOULD
8:22:02PM NOT HAVE DESIGNATED THREE END-TO-END RES-20 FLU BLOCKS
8:22:02PM BIFURCATING AN EXISTING RES-10 SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
8:22:07PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:22:07PM THE FLU DESIGNATION MERELY EXISTS AS A RESULT OF THE
8:22:11PM PREEXISTENCE OF THE DUPLEXES ALONG MORRISON.
8:22:14PM AS I SAID, DAVID HEY ACTUALLY WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED ABOUT
8:22:16PM THE MULLEN ZONING, AND THEN WHEN I EXPRESSED THAT I HAVE
8:22:19PM ALREADY SPOKEN TO MANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THESE THREE
8:22:22PM BLOCKS AND I EXPLAINED, THEY ASKED ME WHY IS THIS
8:22:24PM MULTIFAMILY ALLOWED TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED THIS MASSIVE
8:22:27PM ENORMOUS COMPLEX?
8:22:28PM AND I SAID BECAUSE THE FUTURE LAND USE WILL ALLOW SOME
8:22:31PM MULTIFAMILY AND SO IT OPENS THE DOOR.
8:22:33PM IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC.
8:22:34PM IT STILL NEEDS TO BE APPROVED AND DOESN'T EVEN MEET THE
8:22:38PM REQUIREMENTS OF ANY OTHER ZONING THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY
8:22:41PM PRESENTED.
8:22:41PM DAVID HEY ACTUALLY SUGGESTED TO ME THAT IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
8:22:44PM IS AGAINST THIS AND AGAINST ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, YOU CAN
8:22:47PM ACTUALLY PROPOSE A COMP PLAN AMENDMENT IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
8:22:50PM IS UNANIMOUS AND PROPERTY BY PROPERTY COULD REQUEST THAT
8:22:53PM THEIR PROPERTIES BE DOWNPLANNED.
8:22:55PM AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE STARTED.
8:22:57PM I HAVE 26 OF THE PROPERTIES ALREADY COMMITTED.
8:23:00PM I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REACH THE REST OF THE 45 HOMES.
8:23:03PM THERE'S THE EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
8:23:05PM THERE IS A HOME THAT'S BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW AND DOES NOT
8:23:08PM HAVE A NEW OWNER YET.
8:23:10PM THERE'S A HOME THAT'S BEEN IN COURT FOR A LONG TIME DUE TO A
8:23:13PM VERY UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT.
8:23:14PM REMAINING 42 HOMES, I HAVE 26 ALREADY COMMITTED ON PAPER
8:23:17PM WITH SIGNATURE SAYING PLEASE HELP ME DOWNPLAN MY HOME.
8:23:20PM WHEN I EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO DO THIS, IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
8:23:27PM THAT IS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY I
8:23:30PM WOULD ASK YOU TO WITHHOLD THIS AND DENY THIS TO GIVE US THE
8:23:33PM OPPORTUNITY TO DOWNPLAN THESE THREE BLOCKS.
8:23:35PM AS FAR AS THE STAFF REPORT COMMENTS, I'LL QUICKLY GO THROUGH
8:23:38PM THESE.
8:23:39PM THIS IS PAGE 6 OF YOUR REPORT, PAGE 4 OF THE STAFF REPORT.
8:23:42PM SECTION 27-136 THE PURPOSE STATES WHAT THE PURPOSE THAT
8:23:45PM WE'RE HERE AND THE PURPOSE THAT WE HAVE COME BEFORE YOU.
8:23:48PM ITEM NUMBER 1 UNDER THAT SAYS PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT,
8:23:50PM SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CAREFUL
8:23:53PM CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS TO ON-SITE
8:23:56PM NATURAL ELEMENTS SURROUNDING THE IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
8:23:59PM STAFF HASN'T COMMENTED ON ANY OF THOSE UNDER THERE.
8:24:02PM ADVERSE IMPACT, ALL THE TREES WILL BE REMOVED, AS YOU HEARD
8:24:06PM PRIOR.
8:24:06PM ANOTHER ADVERSE IMPACT IS THAT THE INTERSECTION FLOODS EVERY
8:24:11PM SINGLE TIME IT RAINS.
8:24:12PM I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS BEFORE YOU.
8:24:14PM THIS IS A PICTURE LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM THE INTERSECTION AT
8:24:19PM THE SIDE YARD OR THE WEST SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY.
8:24:22PM THIS IS AFTER A MORNING RAIN A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER A
8:24:26PM MORNING RAIN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
8:24:28PM NOT ONLY IS THE STREET FLOODED BUT YOU'LL SEE RIGHT HERE,
8:24:30PM THE SIDE YARD, THE PERVIOUS AREA OF THE SITE ALSO HAS
8:24:34PM STANDING WATER SEVERAL INCHES.
8:24:35PM ANYTIME IT RAINS THIS ENTIRE INTERSECTION GOES UNDERWATER
8:24:38PM AND EVEN THE PERVIOUS AREAS HOLD WATER BECAUSE THE
8:24:41PM GROUNDWATER TABLE IS SO HIGH.
8:24:42PM HERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE INTERSECTION, RIGHT AFTER A
8:24:45PM RAIN.
8:24:46PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE.
8:24:48PM AND I PROPOSE ONE MORE PICTURE SHOWING HIS VARIANCE SIGN,
8:24:52PM THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE OF HIS PROPERTY, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE
8:24:55PM STREET IS ANKLE DEEP WATER HOURS AFTER THE RAIN.
8:24:58PM THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AT THE INTERSECTION, ADDING FOUR
8:25:01PM DRIVEWAYS WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS, ADDING A
8:25:03PM 5700-SQUARE-FOOT FOOTPRINT OF A HOUSE, EVEN PROPOSED WITH
8:25:07PM THE ON-SITE UNDERGROUND STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM TO WITHHOLD
8:25:12PM THE HALF INCH OF RAIN, IT WILL NOT SUSTAIN IF THE
8:25:14PM GROUNDWATER IS SATURATED.
8:25:16PM THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THE WATER TO GO AND ALREADY A HUGE
8:25:19PM EXISTING PROBLEM.
8:25:20PM THE CITY OF TAMPA'S STORMWATER TECHNICAL REPORT ACTUALLY
8:25:26PM CALLED THIS, PAGE 8 OF THE REPORT, ACTUALLY IS CONSIDERED A
8:25:29PM COMMERCIAL UNDER THE STORMWATER TECHNICAL STANDARDS BECAUSE
8:25:31PM OF THE ENORMOUS SIZE.
8:25:32PM IT ALSO SAYS THAT PERVIOUS PAVERS WHICH ARE LABELED ON THE
8:25:36PM EXISTING SITE PLAN RIGHT NOW, ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE
8:25:40PM CONSIDERED FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.
8:25:41PM THE PLAN DOES PROVIDE FOR THAT AND AN UNDERGROUND STORMWATER
8:25:45PM PIPE THAT IS PERFORATED BUT THE EXISTING PAVERS WILL NOT BE
8:25:51PM PERMITTED.
8:25:52PM ANY DEVELOPER THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO PUT PAVERS, THEY DON'T
8:25:55PM BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.
8:25:56PM NOW WE HAVE DRIVEWAYS GOING ON THE STREET THAT IS FLOODED.
8:26:01PM PAGE 9, ITEM 2 ON PAGE FOUR AND FIVE OF THE STAFF REPORT
8:26:05PM ALLOW THE INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT LAND USE.
8:26:07PM WE ALREADY HEARD THIS.
8:26:08PM THE PROPOSED HEATED SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS ONE STRUCTURE
8:26:12PM WILL BE OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE DWELLING UNIT.
8:26:16PM THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE IN R-60 IS 6,000 SQUARE FEET OF HEATED
8:26:21PM SPACE.
8:26:22PM THAT IS CONSIDERED THE DWELLING UNIT.
8:26:23PM I PUT THE DEFINITIONS OUT OF THE CODE THERE FOR YOU.
8:26:26PM THE LARGEST HOME IN THE AREA IS STILL UNDER 6,000 SQUARE
8:26:29PM FEET WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES BETWEEN 1500 AND 3,000
8:26:33PM SQUARE FEET.
8:26:33PM THIS IS A 10,000-SQUARE-FOOT STRUCTURE THAT IS EXCLUDING OF
8:26:36PM THE GARAGES.
8:26:38PM APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FEET.
8:26:40PM MR. HEILIG'S HOUSE TO THE EAST IS 3,321 SQUARE FEET.
8:26:44PM THE HOME ACROSS THE STREET, 1500 SQUARE FEET.
8:26:46PM THE HOME ACROSS THE STREET TO THE WEST -- OR TO THE SOUTH,
8:26:49PM 1564 SQUARE FEET, AND THE HOME ACROSS TO THE WEST 2200
8:26:53PM SQUARE FEET.
8:26:54PM SINCE THE YEAR 2000, 13 HOMES HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON
8:26:56PM MULLEN, NEW HOMES, AND NINE NEW HOMES CONSTRUCTED ON
8:27:00PM MORRISON WITHIN THIS THREE-BLOCK SECTION THAT HAS THE FUTURE
8:27:04PM LAND USE OF RES-20.
8:27:06PM I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, THESE PICTURES HERE, ABOUT 10 YEARS
8:27:10PM AGO, AND I KNOW MY TIME IS RUNNING SHORT, ABOUT TEN YEARS
8:27:13PM AGO AT THE CORNER OF MORRISON AND LOIS, THIS SIDE YARD HERE,
8:27:16PM THIS LOT HERE WAS PROPOSED TO BE SPLIT INTO TWO AND TWO
8:27:20PM ENORMOUS HOMES ERECTED SIDE BY SIDE.
8:27:22PM THOSE HOMES NEVER WERE COMPLETED AND THOSE HOMES WERE TORN
8:27:25PM DOWN AND A NEW PROPERTY OWNER BUILT A LUXURY HOME ON THERE,
8:27:28PM THANK GOODNESS.
8:27:29PM THE ENORMITY OF THIS STRUCTURE ABSOLUTELY LOOKS OUT OF PLACE
8:27:33PM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:27:35PM LOOKING FURTHER DOWN, IF YOU'VE PLAYED MONOPOLY AND YOU HAVE
8:27:38PM THAT ONE PERSON WHO PUTS A HOTEL, YOU HATE HIM.
8:27:41PM THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING.
8:27:42PM IF YOU PUT THESE TWO STRUCTURES TOGETHER, THE STRUCTURE THAT
8:27:44PM MR. NEKOUEE IS PROPOSING IS TWO FEET LONGER THAN BOTH OF THE
8:27:48PM STRUCTURES COMBINED AND 14 FEET WIDER ON A LOT THAT IS
8:27:52PM 7 FEET NARROWER.
8:27:53PM IT'S ABSOLUTELY INAPPROPRIATE FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:27:56PM PAGE FIVE OF THE STAFF REPORT, ENCOURAGE FLEXIBLE
8:28:01PM DEVELOPMENT, REDUCES TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, CONSERVES ENERGY
8:28:04PM AND MAXIMIZES AND PRESERVES THE NATURAL RESOURCES.
8:28:07PM IT FAILS TO REDUCE THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
8:28:09PM IT MULTIPLIES IT TIMES FOUR.
8:28:11PM FAILS TO CONSERVE ENERGY.
8:28:12PM MULTIPLIES IT TIMES FOUR.
8:28:14PM THE PROPOSAL FAILS IN MAXIMIZING THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL
8:28:16PM RESOURCES.
8:28:16PM AS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD, ALL SEVEN ON-SITE TREES WILL NEED
8:28:20PM TO COME DOWN.
8:28:21PM IN ADDITION, THREE EXISTING TREES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT
8:28:25PM WILL HAVE TO COME DOWN TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE DRIVEWAYS.
8:28:27PM ONLY ONE TREE OUT OF 14 TREES OR 13 TREES WILL REMAIN.
8:28:31PM IF I DID THE MATH RIGHT.
8:28:34PM 11 TREES.
8:28:35PM THE KEY CHARACTERISTICS WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF
8:28:38PM R-10 AND R-20, IT'S LISTED FOR BOTH R-10 AND R-20 THAT THE
8:28:44PM STREET TREE CANOPY PROVIDES FOR SHADE AND ENHANCES
8:28:47PM NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND IDENTITY.
8:28:49PM THAT IS A GOAL OF THE FUTURE LAND USE.
8:28:51PM HAVING EVERY ONE OF THESE TREES TAKEN DOWN IS PREPOSTEROUS.
8:28:54PM THE PROPOSED INFILL IS NOT CONSISTENT.
8:28:56PM THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BUILT ON MORRISON
8:28:59PM IN PLACE OF DUPLEXES.
8:29:00PM THERE'S BEEN FOUR ADDITIONAL DUPLEXES THAT HAVE BEEN
8:29:02PM TRANSFERRED TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY REMOVING THE CENTER
8:29:04PM WALL.
8:29:05PM IT IS NOT AN INFILL TREND TO HAVE HIGHER DENSITY IN THAT
8:29:09PM AREA.
8:29:09PM THE DENSITY IS ACTUALLY BEING REDUCED.
8:29:11PM I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING, AS FAR AS WAIVERS, IT
8:29:16PM SAYS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HARDSHIPS, THE LAST ITEM ON STAFF'S
8:29:19PM THING, ON STAFF'S REPORT, THE INDIVIDUAL HARDSHIPS WILL BE
8:29:22PM SUFFERED AS A FAILURE OF COUNCIL TO GRANT A WAIVER.
8:29:25PM I WOULD REMIND THAT YOU THERE ARE NO HARDSHIPS THAT WILL BE
8:29:27PM SUFFERED.
8:29:28PM IN FACT, THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD
8:29:31PM SAYS THAT A HARDSHIP, PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY DOES NOT RESULT
8:29:34PM FROM THE ACTIONS OF THE APPLICANT.
8:29:35PM A SELF-CREATED HARDSHIP OR PRACTICAL DIFFICULTY SHALL NOT
8:29:38PM JUSTIFY A VARIANCE.
8:29:40PM IT SHOULD NOT JUSTIFY A WAIVER.
8:29:42PM LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SCRIPTURES, IN FIRST CORINTHIANS 10
8:29:45PM VERSE 23, SAYS EVERYTHING IS PERMISSIBLE BUT NOT EVERYTHING
8:29:48PM IS BENEFICIAL.
8:29:49PM I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER AND DENY THIS PROPOSAL.
8:29:51PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
8:29:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, NEXT, PLEASE.
8:30:10PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MRS. ROSEN HAS FIVE NAMES.
8:30:12PM PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE.
8:30:13PM BETHANY ARWIDSON.
8:30:17PM MIKE FANNING.
8:30:18PM JUSTIN ROSEN.
8:30:19PM THANK YOU.
8:30:20PM STEVEN JENSEN.
8:30:21PM THANK YOU.
8:30:21PM AND ALICIA KRIZ.
8:30:25PM THANK YOU.
8:30:25PM FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT MINUTES, PLEASE.
8:30:28PM >> OKAY.
8:30:29PM GOOD EVENING.
8:30:31PM MY NAME IS MARA ROSEN, 390 WEST MULLEN AVENUE.
8:30:35PM FROM THE MOMENT I RECEIVED NOTICE, I HAVE BEEN WORKING TO
8:30:38PM PREVENT THIS FROM DESTROYING THE CHARACTER OF OUR
8:30:40PM NEIGHBORHOOD AND CAUSING A STRUCTURE, FLOODING AND
8:30:45PM PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
8:30:45PM I HAVE A PETITION WITH 393 SIGNATURE FOR YOUR REVIEW.
8:30:50PM A LONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY ARE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED.
8:30:53PM WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I FUNDAMENTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE
8:30:56PM STAFF REPORT THAT THIS REZONING SHOULD BE APPROVED.
8:30:59PM THERE IS CREDIBLE AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THIS
8:31:01PM APPLICATION SHOULD BE DENIED.
8:31:03PM IT IS NOT IN CONFORMITY OR AGREEMENT WITH SECTION 27-136
8:31:08PM ITEM 6 OF THE TAMPA MUNICIPAL CITY CODE.
8:31:11PM AND THEREFORE IT SHOULD BE DENIED.
8:31:14PM IF TO BENEFIT OTHERS I WILL QUOTE FROM ITEM 6.
8:31:17PM THIS REZONING SHOULD QUOTE ENCOURAGE LOCATION, CHARACTER AND
8:31:22PM COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD,
8:31:24PM BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND BE EXISTING GEOGRAPHY, END QUOTE.
8:31:27PM IT DOES NONE OF THE ABOVE.
8:31:29PM IT IS INAPPROPRIATE IN LOCATION.
8:31:31PM MULLEN AVENUE CONSISTS OF 100% SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.
8:31:35PM THIS IS TOO DEEP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:31:37PM OTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF MORE THAN TWO UNITS IN SWANN ESTATES
8:31:41PM ARE LOCATED IN A FURTHER WEST OF CHURCH AVENUE OR SOUTH OF
8:31:44PM CLEVELAND STREET.
8:31:45PM IT WOULD BE ENTIRELY OUT OF PLACE.
8:31:48PM JUST BECAUSE THIS DEVELOPMENT CAN BE CONSIDERED DOES NOT
8:31:50PM MEAN THAT IT SHOULD BE ALLOWED.
8:31:52PM IT IS NOT CONSISTENT, COMPLEMENTARY, COMPATIBLE OR
8:31:56PM APPROPRIATE IN CHARACTER AND IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE
8:31:59PM SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT THAN ENVIRONMENT
8:32:06PM SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A BASIS OF COMPARISON OF CHARACTER.
8:32:14PM THIS IS THE SIDE VIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THIS MUCH IS
8:32:16PM WHAT WOULD BE NEXT TO IT.
8:32:19PM THE DUPLEX DIRECTLY BEHIND THE SITE IS IT 3913 MORRISON.
8:32:23PM IT IS APPROXIMATELY 1500 SQUARE FEET IN ONE STORY, SIMILAR
8:32:27PM IN SIZE TO BOTH OLDER SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND DETECTED IN
8:32:32PM THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
8:32:33PM THE PROPOSED BUILDING AS SAID IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER.
8:32:39PM ALL BUT TWO DUPLEXES ARE ZONED RS-60 AND MANY HAVE BEEN
8:32:43PM CONVERTED TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES OR NEW HOMES HAVE BEEN
8:32:46PM CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY.
8:32:48PM HOMES ON MULLEN HAVE A SETBACK OF 25 FEET.
8:32:51PM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT HAS A 10-FOOT SETBACK VARIANCE.
8:32:54PM THIS WILL OBSTRUCT VIEWS ON THE STREET AND CLASH WITH THE
8:32:59PM AESTHETICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:33:01PM ZERO HOMES ON MULLEN TAKE UP THE ENTIRE LOT.
8:33:03PM 100% OF HOMES HAVE BACKYARDS.
8:33:05PM THIS WILL NOT.
8:33:06PM THE TREE REQUIREMENT IS NOT MET.
8:33:15PM PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER ARE THE MANY LARGE OAK
8:33:18PM TREES.
8:33:19PM WE NEED TREES TO COMBAT FLOODING.
8:33:23PM ONCE AGAIN WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, CITY STAFF DIDN'T RECOMMEND
8:33:27PM THIS DEVELOPMENT OR DOING SO FROM AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
8:33:29PM CONTEXT.
8:33:30PM THEY DON'T LIVE ON THE STREET AND SO THEREFORE THEY CANNOT
8:33:33PM HAVE THE SAME AWARENESS OF ISSUES THAT OCCUR AND ARE
8:33:37PM DEPENDENT ON WEATHER, TIME OF DAY, INCLUDING FLOODING,
8:33:41PM VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
8:33:43PM THIS REZONING WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THESE
8:33:45PM THINGS.
8:33:47PM I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THIS APPLICATION TO
8:33:50PM MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND QUALITY OF
8:33:53PM LIFE AS CITIZENS.
8:33:54PM I THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE THIS.
8:33:59PM I YIELD MY TIME.
8:34:01PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
8:34:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
8:34:04PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:34:05PM >> MICHAEL TRINALLI, WEST MULLEN, ABOUT FOUR HOUSES AWAY
8:34:13PM FROM THIS PROPOSED STRUCTURE.
8:34:16PM I LIVED IN TAMPA, MY WIFE AND I, ALL OF OUR ADULT LIVES.
8:34:20PM WE RAISED THREE CHILDREN HERE.
8:34:21PM WE CAME FROM BEACH PARK.
8:34:26PM OVER TO MULLEN, 3 BEDROOM, 1 BATH HOUSE.
8:34:30PM BOOM.
8:34:30PM WE STILL HAVE ROOM IN THE HOUSE WHEN OUR KIDS WANT TO VISIT
8:34:34PM US AS LONG AS THEY DON'T TRY TO STAY.
8:34:36PM (LAUGHTER)
8:34:36PM BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER, I CONFESS NOT TO
8:34:41PM READING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
8:34:42PM I HOPE SOMEWHERE BURIED WITHIN THERE IS A CLAUSE.
8:34:46PM ANYBODY WHO WOULD WANT TO INCREASE THE DENSITY IN THIS
8:34:49PM PARTICULAR AREA HAS TO BE OUT OF THEIR MIND, WITH ALL DUE
8:34:53PM RESPECT.
8:34:57PM MORRISON EVERY MORNING AT 8:00 IS A PARKING LOT.
8:35:02PM KIDS WHEN WE DROP THEM OFF AT SCHOOL THE SAME THING FROM ONE
8:35:06PM TO THREE.
8:35:07PM THE SAME WITH GRADY OR LOIS, AND THEY SIT THERE AND PARK.
8:35:11PM YOU HAVE CHRIST THE KING ON THE OTHER BLOCK IN THE OTHER
8:35:14PM DIRECTION.
8:35:14PM YOU STILL HAVE THE POST OFFICE THERE.
8:35:16PM YOU HAVE THE LITTLE LEAGUE IN SPRING SEASON, TENNIS COURTS.
8:35:20PM YOU HAVE THE PLAY FIELD, CHRIST THE KING WHERE IT'S ALL THE
8:35:23PM SOCCER GOING ON.
8:35:25PM IT'S BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.
8:35:26PM THERE'S CARS THERE ALL THE TIME.
8:35:28PM THERE'S TRAFFIC.
8:35:29PM MORRISON AND CHURCH, RIGHT?
8:35:31PM ALL THE TIME.
8:35:32PM NOW, THE IMPORTANT THING, AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS
8:35:36PM GRADY, WHEN YOU WALK DOWN GRADY 7:30 EVERY MORNING, I WALK
8:35:40PM NORTH TO GET SOME BREAKFAST.
8:35:44PM THERE'S A FLOOD OF CHILDREN COMING DOWN GRADY.
8:35:47PM THAT'S THE FILTER GRADY AVENUE RIGHT THERE, WHERE THEY GET
8:35:50PM TO THE SAFETY OF THAT CROSSWALK AND THAT CROSSING GUARD.
8:35:53PM THE OTHER CROSSWALK IS ON MULLEN CROSSING OVER CHURCH TO GET
8:35:57PM TO CHRIST THE KING.
8:35:58PM SO YOU HAVE A FLOOD OF KIDS FUNNELING AND FILTERING RIGHT
8:36:02PM PAST THIS STRUCTURE EVERY MORNING.
8:36:04PM YOU HAVE EIGHT CARS COMING OUT.
8:36:06PM I GUARANTEE YOU, MORE LIKE 10 TO 12.
8:36:09PM OKAY?
8:36:10PM YOU KNOW, BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY.
8:36:12PM YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO -- THOSE TREES ARE GOING TO BE IN
8:36:16PM THE SETBACK.
8:36:17PM THE TREES ARE GOING TO BE BLOCKING THEIR VIEW.
8:36:19PM THEY ARE GOING TO BE READING THEIR CELL PHONES, IN A HURRY
8:36:25PM TO GET TO WORK AS THEY BACK OUT ONTO THE STREET.
8:36:27PM YOU SAW THE KIDS RIDING THEIR BIKES DOWN THE STREET BECAUSE
8:36:30PM THE KIDS ARE ON THE SIDEWALK, RIGHT?
8:36:32PM ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR BACKS OUT.
8:36:34PM WHACK.
8:36:34PM OKAY?
8:36:35PM WE ARE DONE IN HERE.
8:36:36PM WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THE SCREAMING TO THE PARENTS.
8:36:38PM WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE CRASHING LIGHT, THE SIRENS.
8:36:42PM WE ARE GOING TO HEAR IT.
8:36:43PM YOU MIGHT HEAR IT ON THE EVENING NEWS, READ ABOUT IT IN THE
8:36:46PM NEWSPAPER.
8:36:46PM BUT THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.
8:36:47PM IT'S A CRUEL DANGEROUS PROPOSITION TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT
8:36:52PM OF CARS ON THAT CORNER UNDER THE CURRENT CONDITIONS WITH THE
8:36:56PM SCHOOL CHILDREN.
8:36:57PM IT GOING TO BE A DISASTER AND I HOPE YOU PLEASE, PLEASE
8:37:00PM CONSIDER THAT.
8:37:01PM THANK YOU.
8:37:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
8:37:03PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:37:04PM >> I'M MARGARITA LOPEZ, 3918 WEST SWANN.
8:37:13PM MY CHILD ATTENDS GRADY.
8:37:15PM MY CONCERNS ARE TODAY THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE THERE, WE ALREADY
8:37:19PM MENTIONED CHRIST THE KING, GRADY IS ALREADY UP TO CAPACITY
8:37:23PM AS WELL AS AND FURTHER DOWN WE HAVE SWANN.
8:37:29PM THE BOTTOM LINE IS I SEE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AS WELL
8:37:31PM AS CHILDREN ON BIKES AND SCOOTERS.
8:37:34PM NOT ALL THE STREETS HAVE BIKE WALKS.
8:37:37PM SOME OF THEM DO.
8:37:38PM SOME OF THE SIDEWALKS ARE A LITTLE BIT UNEVEN SO I SEE
8:37:40PM CHILDREN GOING OFF THE SIDEWALK TO RIDE THEIR SCOOTER OR
8:37:43PM BIKE INTO THE STREET.
8:37:45PM SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC REMAINS AS IT IS
8:37:49PM WITH A LOT OF CHILDREN.
8:37:50PM TRADER JOE'S, HASN'T REALLY IMPROVED THE SITUATION.
8:37:53PM AS YOU KNOW THAT'S A CONCERN.
8:37:55PM WE HAVE A LOT OF CARS.
8:37:57PM A LOT OF SPEEDING.
8:37:58PM AND THE THING ABOUT SO CLOSE TO GRADY AND SWANN.
8:38:02PM I SEE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, AVOIDING TRADER JOE'S AT
8:38:10PM SWANN.
8:38:12PM THE CONCERN THAT OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED VERY WELL IN DETAIL,
8:38:17PM IF YOU DO ALLOW THIS DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE, IN SPITE OF
8:38:21PM ALL THE CONCERNS WE HAVE, THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD THAT ANOTHER
8:38:24PM DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THIS ONE WILL ALSO INFILTRATE OUR
8:38:28PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:38:28PM THANK YOU.
8:38:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
8:38:31PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:38:31PM >> MY NAME IS SUZANNE KEYS, 4210 BAHAMA COURT.
8:38:38PM HOWEVER, I LIVED AT 4014 MULLEN AVENUE FOR 42 YEARS AND
8:38:44PM RAISED MY CHILDREN THERE.
8:38:46PM I SAW A BUILDER KNOCK DOWN A HOME AND BUILT A TWO-STORY 3400
8:38:50PM SQUARE FOOT HOME THERE.
8:38:51PM THERE ARE MANY NEW SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON MULLEN AND
8:38:54PM McKAY, SWANN, ALSO MANY OLDER SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BUILT IN
8:38:58PM THE 1950s THAT HAVE BEEN RENOVATED, ADDED ONTO OVER THE
8:39:02PM YEARS AND ARE CHARM AND BEAUTIFUL.
8:39:04PM BOTH NEWER AND OLDER SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ARE ON THESE BLOCKS
8:39:08PM AND BLEND VERY WELL.
8:39:09PM THE CONSISTENT FACTOR IS THAT THEY ARE ALL SINGLE-FAMILY
8:39:12PM HOMES.
8:39:13PM NEW AND OLD TOGETHER AND IT WORKS.
8:39:16PM TOWNHOUSES DO NOT AND WILL NEVER HAVE A PLACE IN THIS
8:39:18PM IMMEDIATE AREA.
8:39:19PM THEY DON'T FIT WELL WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:39:22PM I AM ALSO A REALTOR.
8:39:24PM COLDWELL BANKER, AND HAS BUILT FOUR HOUSES ON MULLEN AVENUE.
8:39:29PM WANT TO LIVE IN THIS AREA BECAUSE OF THE LARGE LOTS, THE
8:39:31PM ABILITY TO BUILD A BIG HOUSE OR HAVE A BIG BACKYARD AND PUT
8:39:34PM IN A POOL.
8:39:34PM I CURRENTLY HAVE A HOUSE AT 40127 MULLEN AVENUE.
8:39:38PM DUE TO THIS PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE I HAD TO DISCLOSE THE
8:39:40PM ISSUE AT HAND TO POTENTIAL BUYERS.
8:39:42PM THEY ALL WANT TO GO RUNNING.
8:39:44PM ALL THE BUYERS WHO HAVE 4212 MULLEN SAID THEY DO NOT WANT TO
8:39:51PM STATE IN A BLOCK WITH TOWNHOUSES, THEY ONLY WANT TO LIVE IN
8:39:54PM A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WHICH IS WHY
8:39:56PM THEY ARE CONSIDERING THEIR T AREA TO BEGIN WITH.
8:39:59PM I REACHED OUT TO BUILDERS I WORK WITH OWN A REGULAR BASIS
8:40:02PM AND HAVE BUILT HOMES ON MULLEN AVENUE OR THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
8:40:06PM THEY HAD TO SAY NUMBER ONE, I AM CERTAIN EVERY RESIDENT WILL
8:40:08PM BE IN OPPOSITION.
8:40:10PM THIS WON'T WORK THERE.
8:40:11PM TWO, THAT PROPOSAL IS CERTAINLY NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE
8:40:13PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:40:14PM THREE, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER MAP CLEARLY SHOWS ALL MAPS ARE
8:40:18PM LARGE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED LOTS.
8:40:20PM FOUR, BEING A BUILDER, I'M OKAY WITH MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURES,
8:40:23PM BUT THAT TOWNHOUSE PROPOSAL DEFINITELY DOES NOT BELONG ON
8:40:27PM MULLEN OR ON THAT CORNER.
8:40:31PM MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION IS THAT NO MATTER HOW UPSCALE OR HOW
8:40:34PM MUCH MONEY THIS BUILDER POURS INTO THE TOWNHOUSES IT WILL
8:40:37PM HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:40:39PM IT WILL NOT BRING UP THE VALUE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:40:42PM THEY WILL LOOK HORRIBLE.
8:40:46PM IT WILL DEFINITELY BRING THE PROPERTY VALUE DOWN FOR EVERY
8:40:49PM OTHER OWNER WHO SURROUND IT.
8:40:51PM ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL -- ON MORRISON IT'S IMPORTANT TO
8:40:57PM NOTE THAT MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO
8:40:59PM SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, BEAUTIFUL HOMES, I MIGHT ADD, OR
8:41:01PM BUILDERS HAVE REPLACED THEM WITH SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES WHICH
8:41:05PM BROUGHT UP THE VALUE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SEVERAL YEARS
8:41:07PM BACK THERE WAS ON THE CORNER OF MORRISON AND THE OWNER AT
8:41:12PM THAT TIME WANTED TO DIVIDE THE LOT AND BUILD TWO HOMES
8:41:14PM FACING CLARK.
8:41:15PM CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, THIS IS YEARS AGO BUT I WATCHED
8:41:18PM IT, DENIED THE REQUEST.
8:41:20PM AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE OWNER MOVED AND THE NEXT OWNER TURNED
8:41:23PM IT INTO A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.
8:41:25PM I OPPOSE THE TOWNHOUSE ON THAT LOT AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT
8:41:29PM YOU DENY THIS REQUEST.
8:41:30PM IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE EXISTING OWNERS, ALL OF US IN RED,
8:41:35PM THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MAINTAINS ITS CHARACTER.
8:41:37PM THANK YOU.
8:41:37PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU MA'AM.
8:41:41PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:41:42PM >> HARVEY BRUNEAU, 3910 WEST MULLEN, THREE HOUSES DOWN FROM
8:41:49PM THIS MONSTROSITY THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO PASS THROUGH OR
8:41:53PM NOT PASS THROUGH SO I BEG YOU TO NOT PASS IT.
8:41:56PM THIS HOME THAT WE ARE IN WAS PURCHASED BY MY FATHER-IN-LAW
8:42:00PM IN 1948.
8:42:01PM HE'S A SERVICEMAN AT MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
8:42:03PM HE RAISED FOUR KIDS.
8:42:04PM THREE NURSES AND ONE TEACHER.
8:42:06PM HE WOULD DIE AGAIN IF HE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THIS
8:42:11PM STREET.
8:42:11PM WE CAN'T HAVE THIS.
8:42:13PM MY WIFE AND I WANT TO VOICE OUR OPPOSITION OF LETTING THIS
8:42:17PM PASS THROUGH.
8:42:17PM THE REASON IT WILL DECREASE THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES, INCREASE
8:42:21PM THE TRAFFIC ON OUR STREET AND NOT FIT THE PERSONALITY AND
8:42:25PM CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:42:26PM THIS IS A CASE OF GREED VERSUS NEED.
8:42:29PM WE DON'T NEED DEVALUATION OF OUR HOMES. WE DON'T NEED MORE
8:42:33PM SATURATION OF HOMES.
8:42:34PM WE DON'T NEED MORE TRAFFIC ON MULLEN OR GRADY AND WE DON'T
8:42:37PM EVEN HAVE A SIDEWALK ON MULLEN.
8:42:39PM WE DON'T NEED TO LOSE THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:42:41PM PLEASE SAY NO TO REZONING THIS REQUEST.
8:42:44PM THANK YOU COUNCIL.
8:42:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
8:42:47PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:42:48PM >> MY NAME IS SUE ASHLEY THOMAS.
8:42:50PM I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE BUILDER.
8:42:52PM I AM ALSO A REALTOR REPRESENTING HIM.
8:42:55PM I WANT TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE.
8:42:56PM THIS IS THE HOUSE IN QUESTION.
8:43:01PM THAT'S THE HOUSE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
8:43:03PM I HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK WITH THIS BUILDER AS FAR AS
8:43:06PM TOWNHOMES GO.
8:43:07PM HE BUILT A COUPLE OFF OF CLEVELAND.
8:43:09PM WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO -- AND WE WENT AND WALKED AND
8:43:13PM TALKED WITH A BUNCH OF NEIGHBORS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE, THERE
8:43:17PM ARE 14 DUPLEXES DIRECTLY BEHIND MORRISON ON THIS STREET.
8:43:24PM WHAT HE'S LOOKING TO DO, WE ARE TRYING TO FIND LIVING FOR
8:43:27PM PEOPLE THAT'S AFFORDABLE, LUXURY TOWNHOMES THAT ARE IN A
8:43:32PM PRICE RANGE WHERE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO BUY, HAVE THEIR
8:43:36PM FAMILIES.
8:43:36PM I WOULD RATHER HAVE A NICE-LOOKING TOWN HOME LIKE THIS NEXT
8:43:40PM TO ME AND HAVE MY CHILDREN OUT THERE LOOKING AT IT THAN I
8:43:43PM WOULD RATHER HAVE THEM LOOKING AT THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
8:43:46PM THE BUILDER IS NOT TRYING TO CAUSE ANY HARDSHIP ON ANYONE.
8:43:51PM HE'S PLANNING ON PUTTING SIDEWALKS IN THERE SO THAT THE
8:43:53PM CHILDREN DON'T HAVE TO WALK AROUND THE CORNER LIKE THEY DO
8:43:55PM RIGHT NOW.
8:43:56PM WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASIER AND NOT CAUSE ANY HARDSHIP ON
8:43:59PM ANYBODY WHATSOEVER.
8:44:01PM AS FAR AS TWO FACING ONE DIRECTION AND TWO FACING THE OTHER,
8:44:05PM YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ON AVERAGE FOUR CARS ON EACH SIDE.
8:44:09PM FOR A FAMILY THAT HAS SIX FAMILY MEMBERS, THAT'S SIX
8:44:13PM VEHICLES FOR ONE.
8:44:14PM YOU ARE TALKING TWO, TWO-CAR GARAGE PLUS SPACE TO BE ABLE TO
8:44:18PM PARK YOUR CARS, TWO TO FOUR CARS IN THERE.
8:44:21PM YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CAUSE ANY STREET PARKING, ANY HAVOC
8:44:24PM THERE.
8:44:24PM YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SIDEWALKS FOR THE KIDS TO WALK AROUND.
8:44:26PM AS FAR AS PEOPLE BACKING OUT, THAT CAN HAPPEN IN ANY
8:44:29PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:44:30PM I HOPE EVERYONE USES CAUTION WHEN THEY BACK OUT.
8:44:33PM WE ARE JUST TRYING TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:44:34PM I DID A SURVEY ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:44:36PM THERE'S A LOT OF INVESTORS, A LOT OF INVESTMENT HOMES ON
8:44:39PM THAT.
8:44:40PM THERE'S A LOT OF RENTERS THAT LIVE ON THAT STREET AS WELL.
8:44:43PM I WALK BOTH MULLEN AND MORRISON, TRIED TO KNOCK ON A LOT OF
8:44:49PM DOORS AND TALK TO PEOPLE ALONG WITH THE BUILDER SO EVERYBODY
8:44:52PM COULD MAKE A SMOOTH TRANSACTION AND NOT CAUSE HARDSHIP ON
8:44:55PM ANYONE.
8:44:56PM I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
8:44:57PM I HOPE THAT YOU LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND ALSO THERE IS A
8:45:01PM LOT OF FAMILIES MOVING INTO THE TAMPA BAY AREA, AND TO HAVE
8:45:04PM HOUSING FOR EVERYONE.
8:45:06PM UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM COMING TO TAMPA.
8:45:08PM I LIKE THEM.
8:45:09PM BUT WE WANT TO HAVE NICE HOMES FOR THEM TO LIVE IN.
8:45:12PM WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT PUTTING SMALL LITTLE LOW-END STUFF.
8:45:16PM WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING TWO NICE LUXURY TOWNHOMES ON EACH
8:45:20PM SIDE.
8:45:20PM AND I THINK THE OPINION THAT THEY WILL FIT IN WITH THE
8:45:24PM COMMUNITY.
8:45:25PM I WOULD APPRECIATE FOUNTAIN YOU WOULD GIVE THIS SOME
8:45:27PM CONSIDERATION AND PLEASE APPROVE THIS.
8:45:28PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MA'AM, ARE YOU PAID BY THE BUILDER OR -- IT
8:45:35PM SOUND LIKE YOU ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM OR SOMETHING.
8:45:37PM >> I'M NOT -- I DO WORK WITH THE BUILDER.
8:45:40PM I AM PAID NOT FROM -- WHEN I CLOSE ON A PROPERTY, THAT'S
8:45:43PM WHEN I AM PAID.
8:45:45PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'M ASKING A QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE TIME
8:45:47PM CONSTRAINTS THAT EACH SIDE OF THE GROUP HAS AS OPPOSED TO
8:45:50PM PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE YOU HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT?
8:45:54PM THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I AM ASKING.
8:45:55PM >> I AM HERE REPRESENTING IF THIS GOES THROUGH AND I AM HERE
8:45:59PM ON DAVID'S BEHALF AS WELL BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN WHAT HE WANTS
8:46:02PM TO DO.
8:46:02PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
8:46:05PM I'M NOT SURE YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
8:46:07PM >> I'M SORRY, ASK ME AGAIN?
8:46:09PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE COUNTY BECOME AN
8:46:11PM ISSUE LATER ON.
8:46:13PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU ARE NOT EMPLOYED BY HIM.
8:46:16PM >> NO, ABSOLUTELY.
8:46:17PM I WORK FOR KELLER.
8:46:19PM I AM NOT EMPLOYED BY HIM WHATSOEVER.
8:46:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
8:46:24PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:46:26PM SHHH.
8:46:27PM >> MY NAME IS JOHN OVERTON AND I'M WITH A GIVE BUILDER, RITZ
8:46:33PM BUILDERS AND WE HAVE THREE PROPERTIES WITHIN A BLOCK, BLOCK
8:46:36PM AND A HALF OF THIS AND I AM HERE MOSTLY BECAUSE I AM SCARED
8:46:38PM TO DEATH, AND I HAVE BEEN BUILDING -- YES.
8:46:43PM I HAVE BEEN BUILDING IN SOUTH TAMPA SINCE 2001 WHICH MEANS I
8:46:47PM HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME OF THE GOOD AND SOME OF THE BAD, AND
8:46:49PM I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS REALLY GOOD BACK IN SPRING OF 2006.
8:46:52PM I WAS EXCITED.
8:46:53PM I BOUGHT A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROPERTY.
8:46:55PM BY 2007 I COULDN'T UNLOAD IT FOR FREE.
8:46:59PM SO IT TOOK ME SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS JUST TO GET BACK TOGETHER
8:47:03PM SO I COULD DO IT AGAIN AND I TAKE SALEABILITY VERY
8:47:06PM SERIOUSLY.
8:47:07PM A COUPLE YEARS AGO, JUST AS EXAMPLE, 4702 VASCONE ABOUT A
8:47:16PM BLOCK OFF OF WESTSHORE.
8:47:18PM WE FINISHED THAT AND IT SAT FOR NEARLY A YEAR AND SOLD FOR
8:47:22PM LESS THAN WE WERE HOPING TO GET.
8:47:25PM THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WE GOT WAS THE TOWNHOMES AT THE END OF
8:47:28PM THE STREET.
8:47:29PM AND THAT'S WHY THEY WOULDN'T BUY OUR HOUSE.
8:47:31PM WE HAD A THREE-CAR GARAGE, LIKE GARAGES THAT WE HAD A
8:47:34PM THREE-CAR GARAGE.
8:47:36PM THE TOWNHOMES AT THE END OF THE STREET WERE THE PROBLEM AND
8:47:39PM THEY MADE IT ABUNDANT CLEAR, IT WAS A GORGEOUS HOUSE, LOVED
8:47:42PM IT.
8:47:43PM SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, IT CONCERNS ME.
8:47:46PM I HAVE THREE PROPERTIES.
8:47:47PM I ONLY DO A HANDFUL A YEAR.
8:47:49PM SO IF I AM DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE THE SAME
8:47:53PM PROBLEM, I'M OUT OF BUSINESS FOR GOOD.
8:47:57PM IF I HAVE TO SIT ON THESE FOR A YEAR WATCHING THESE THINGS
8:48:00PM GO DOWN AND HUNDREDS OF SUBS BE AFFECTED, I WOULD BE
8:48:03PM AFFECTED.
8:48:05PM BUT THAT'S JUST BAD NEWS.
8:48:08PM AND THE FIRST THING IF THIS GOES THROUGH, EVERY PROPERTY
8:48:11PM WITHIN A BLOCK IN THAT PLACE IS GOING TO DROP 60, $ 0,000.
8:48:16PM I PROMISE YOU.
8:48:17PM BECAUSE I WOULDN'T PAY FOR IT AT THE PRICES NOW.
8:48:20PM I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE OOH CORNER LOCATION LIKE THAT AND DON A
8:48:23PM NICE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE THAT SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE.
8:48:25PM THE ONE AT 4101 MULLEN, HAD A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
8:48:31PM I HOPE WE HAVE DONE A NICE JOB INFORM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:48:33PM I THINK THIS IS OUT OF PLACE.
8:48:35PM IT'S A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE STREET.
8:48:40PM THE CLOSEST DUPLEX BEHIND IT WAS 1948.
8:48:45PM IT'S NOT CURRENT, BUT ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT IT WOULD
8:48:48PM CURRENTLY HURT EVERY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IN THE AREA
8:48:51PM BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE A HARDER TIME SELLING THEIR HOUSE
8:48:53PM AND IT WOULD PROBABLY KNOCK DOWN THE PROPERTY VALUES AND THE
8:48:56PM TAX ROLLS AND THEN IT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE EVERY BUILDER IN
8:48:59PM THE REGION TO RUN IN AND TRY TO DO THE SAME THING AND HURT
8:49:02PM ALL THE OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES IN THE AREA.
8:49:04PM THAT'S WHAT I HAVE GOT.
8:49:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
8:49:07PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:49:08PM >> GOOD EVENING.
8:49:15PM MY NAME IS TOM CONLEY, I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN, 3823 WEST PAUL
8:49:20PM MIRROR A AVENUE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE VIRGINIA PARK
8:49:22PM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
8:49:24PM I AM ASKING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DENY THIS PETITION, 1824
8:49:29PM FOR 3916 WEST MULLEN AND THE BASIS THAT IT DOESN'T SUPPORT
8:49:33PM TAMPA CODE SECTION 27-136 SUB6, THAT IT DOES NOT PROMOTE AND
8:49:39PM ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION,
8:49:41PM CHARACTER, COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED
8:49:44PM NEIGHBORHOOD, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND EXISTING GEOGRAPHY.
8:49:47PM THE CURRENT ZONING DESIGNATION FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS
8:49:50PM RS-60, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, AND TO BE SEEN ON THE MAP,
8:49:57PM THERE ARE ONLY TWO PARCELS THAT ARE NOT ZONED RS-60.
8:50:01PM THE RM-12 AND THE CORNER THERE.
8:50:08PM THE NONCONFORMING PROPERTY SITED BY THE HILLSBOROUGH
8:50:11PM PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD NOT BE USED TO SUPPORT THE
8:50:14PM FINDING SINCE SEVERAL OF THESE PROPERTIES, THE DUPLEXES THAT
8:50:17PM HAVE BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE AND ARE NO LONGER DUPLEXES BUT
8:50:20PM HAVE BEEN MADE INTO SINGLE-FAMILY STRUCTURES AND THEREFORE
8:50:23PM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RS-60 ZONING DECEMBER I CAN NATION
8:50:26PM FOR THE SPACE.
8:50:28PM I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND INCH THAT YOU DENY THIS
8:50:30PM PETITION.
8:50:30PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
8:50:32PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:50:33PM >> MICHAEL McNABB, 2404 SOUTH PARK AVENUE.
8:50:43PM I AM THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE PALMA CEIA WEST
8:50:47PM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
8:50:48PM I HAVE NOTHING REALLY NEW TO ADD THAN WHAT'S BEEN SAID.
8:50:52PM I THINK A LOT OF THINGS WERE COVERED BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT
8:50:54PM OUR NORTHERNMOST BORDER IS MORRISON AVENUE ON THE SOUTH
8:50:57PM SIDE.
8:50:57PM SO SOME OF OUR 600 MEMBERS LIVE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO WHERE
8:51:01PM THIS PROJECT IS PROPOSED, AND A NUMBER OF THEM CALLED ME AND
8:51:05PM SAID WE DON'T WANT THIS, WE WANT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO
8:51:08PM IT.
8:51:08PM AND THAT'S WHY I AM HERE TONIGHT, IS TO TELL YOU IF THIS
8:51:12PM PROJECT WERE PROPOSED AT PALMA CEIA WEST WE WOULD HAVE AT
8:51:15PM LEAST THIS MANY PEOPLE IF NOT MORE HERE TO TELL YOU THAT
8:51:18PM THIS IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IS NOT IN
8:51:21PM KEEPING WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:51:22PM THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
8:51:23PM I INCH YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS.
8:51:25PM THANK YOU.
8:51:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
8:51:27PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:51:28PM >> CARROLL ANN BENNETT, A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF SOUTH TAMPA,
8:51:34PM CHAIRPERSON OF THE VARIANCE AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
8:51:37PM OF VIRGINIA PARK.
8:51:37PM I WILL TRY TO BE QUICK.
8:51:39PM ON PAGE 14 OF THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT SAYS THE SOUTH
8:51:43PM TAMPA HAS LIMITED GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL
8:51:47PM QUALITIES WILL BE COMPROMISED BY INCREASED SUBURBIZATION,
8:51:54PM LIMITED TRANSPORTATION FACILITY WHICH WOULD BE INEFFICIENT
8:51:57PM TO IMPROVE, LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE MORE COMMUNITY
8:52:00PM FACILITIES, OPEN SPACES, OR SERVICES TO MEET INCREASED
8:52:05PM DEMAND, IS UNSTABLE AND IS FLOOD PRONE LAND.
8:52:09PM THIS IS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
8:52:12PM IT'S SAYING IN THE 30-YEAR PERIOD FROM 2010 -- OR 2010 TO
8:52:17PM 2040 THEY WANT 97 AND 35 NEW PEOPLE RESIDENTS IN SOUTH
8:52:20PM TAMPA.
8:52:22PM SO MY QUESTION IS, FROM 2010 TO 2019, HOW MANY DO WE HAVE?
8:52:29PM IS ANYBODY GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION?
8:52:31PM BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS TO ME IF TAMPA'S OWN PLAN IS SAYING
8:52:35PM THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT SOUTH TAMPA CAN SUPPORT, THEY ARE
8:52:38PM SAYING IT'S VERY LIMITED, AND THIS IS IT.
8:52:41PM WE ARE TWO THIRD OF THE WAY THERE.
8:52:43PM HOW MANY PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPROVED?
8:52:46PM HOW MANY CONDOS?
8:52:47PM HOW MANY APARTMENTS?
8:52:48PM HOW MANY DUPLEXES?
8:52:50PM HOW MANY LOTS SPLIT?
8:52:52PM HOW MANY RESIDENCES HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE 19 YEARS?
8:52:55PM HOW MANY PEOPLE DID THEY SAY ONE PERSON PER RESIDENT OR --
8:53:01PM I'M SURE THEY HAVE A NUMBER THERE.
8:53:02PM SHOULD BE SOME WAY OF LOOKS AT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
8:53:05PM APPROVED FOR SOUTH TAMPA, AND SAYING HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO
8:53:09PM THAT GOAL.
8:53:11PM I BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE.
8:53:13PM I LIVE THERE.
8:53:14PM I SEE THE GROWTH.
8:53:15PM I SEE THE THOUSANDS OF UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED IN SOUTH
8:53:18PM TAMPA IN THE LAST 19 YEARS.
8:53:21PM WE COULD ALREADY BE AT THE GOAL.
8:53:23PM WE COULD BE OVER THE GOAL.
8:53:25PM WHO HERE CAN TELL ME THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? PROBABLY
8:53:29PM IT'S NOT KEPT TRACK THE WAY IT NEED TO BE PARTICULARLY SINCE
8:53:32PM WE ARE COMING SO CLOSE TO THE END.
8:53:34PM I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
8:53:36PM I ASK YOU TO DENY THIS UNTIL WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO
8:53:40PM SHOW THAT IT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED.
8:53:43PM THANK YOU.
8:53:43PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU MA'AM.
8:53:45PM NEXT, PLEASE.
8:53:46PM LET ME INQUIRE, DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK HERE?
8:53:50PM ANYONE ELSE?
8:53:52PM OKAY.
8:53:53PM GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
8:53:54PM >> GOOD EVENING.
8:53:55PM I'M HERE TO BRING YOU A NEW PERSPECTIVE.
8:53:58PM I AM A NEW RESIDENT TO THE TAMPA AREA.
8:54:01PM MY NAME IS ALITA LINES FROM PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA.
8:54:08PM AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR
8:54:12PM NEIGHBORHOOD, ABOUT PEOPLE COMING IN.
8:54:14PM IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
8:54:15PM I GET THAT.
8:54:16PM SORRY.
8:54:16PM I GET THAT.
8:54:17PM IT'S WONDERFUL.
8:54:19PM BUT WHAT THE BUILDER IS PROPOSING ISN'T JUST A TOWN HOME.
8:54:23PM IT'S A PLACE TO STAY, WHAT IS COME, WE ARE ALREADY HERE.
8:54:31PM WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING THESE HOMES, AND IT'S REALLY
8:54:34PM HARD FOR ME TO STAND UP HERE WHERE I JUST CAME FROM.
8:54:40PM WE SHOULD ALL BE THANKFUL THAT WE ARE EVEN IN THIS
8:54:42PM SITUATION.
8:54:43PM AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY -- AND TALK ABOUT IT.
8:54:49PM I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY.
8:54:50PM I HAVE NOT BEEN PAID TO STAND HERE.
8:54:56PM I AM IN THE INDUSTRY FOR SURE.
8:54:57PM BUT I HAVE DONE A FEW OPEN HOUSES AND SOME OF THE APPLICANT
8:55:00PM HOMES.
8:55:01PM AND THEY ARE TOWNHOMES, BUT THEY FEEL LIKE SINGLE
8:55:06PM RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
8:55:08PM THEY ARE PRIVATE.
8:55:08PM THEY ARE ECOFRIENDLY.
8:55:10PM AND ALL I AM SAYING IS THAT WE ARE COMING, AND PART OF THE
8:55:14PM REASON WHY I AM HERE IS BECAUSE TAMPA IS GROWING.
8:55:17PM WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, IT'S COMING.
8:55:20PM AND WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING ISN'T FAR OFF.
8:55:26PM THANK YOU.
8:55:26PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
8:55:31PM NO ONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
8:55:33PM BEFORE WE GO TO REBUTTAL, I WAS TOLD THAT CITY STAFF WISHED
8:55:36PM TO OPINE ON ANYTHING?
8:55:38PM MR. SHELBY?
8:55:39PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
8:55:44PM I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE SAID
8:55:47PM TO MAKE SURE THE RECORD WAS CLEAR.
8:55:49PM THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED.
8:55:51PM THIS ISN'T A VARIANCE APPLICATION.
8:55:53PM IT'S A REZONING APPLICATION.
8:55:54PM WITHIN THE PD REZONING APPLICATION PROCESS YOU ARE ALLOWED
8:55:57PM TO ASK FOR WAIVERS.
8:56:00PM AS PART OF THAT REQUEST BASED ON-SITE CONDITIONS.
8:56:05PM THE PD ITSELF ALLOWS -- FOR THE USES THAT YOU WANT AS WELL
8:56:11PM AS MAXIMUM HEIGHT AND SETBACKS.
8:56:12PM SO THOSE ARE NOT ITEMS THAT REQUIRE WAIVERS.
8:56:16PM THOSE ARE BUILT INTO THE PD ZONING DISTRICT STANDARDS THAT
8:56:20PM EITHER ARE APPROVED OR DENIED.
8:56:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU MA'AM.
8:56:25PM NEXT NOW REBUTTAL.
8:56:27PM GO AHEAD, SIR.
8:56:27PM >> A FEW THINGS REGARDING THE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.
8:56:37PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS ABOUT SAFETY.
8:56:41PM THAT'S A CAN MAJOR CONCERN.
8:56:43PM WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THIS DESIGN IS SWANN IS 606 FEET.
8:56:53PM RIGHT NOW TWO FEET HERE, ON THE CORNER OF MULLEN AND GRADY,
8:57:00PM THERE'S NO SIDEWALK.
8:57:01PM SO IF I HAVE MY KID IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
8:57:07PM HAVE A SIDEWALK AND MY KIDS GO TO GRADY AVENUE AND USE THE
8:57:12PM SIDEWALK TO GO BACK HOME.
8:57:13PM I WALK ON IT AND I HAVE SEEN KIDS THAT GO ON THE STREET.
8:57:17PM THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO SIDEWALK ON MULLEN.
8:57:20PM IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THE KIDS WOULD
8:57:22PM ACTUALLY GET OFF THE STREET TO WALK ON THE SIDEWALK.
8:57:29PM REGARDING THE PARKING ISSUE.
8:57:37PM WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY.
8:57:43PM THEY ARE REQUIRING TWO PARKING PLACES ON THE CORNER FOR
8:57:49PM GUEST PARKING
8:57:55PM WE HAD SETBACK OF 18 FEET FROM WHERE THE BUILDING START, AND
8:58:02PM THAT 18 FEET WILL ALLOW TWO MORE PARKING THAN REQUIRED.
8:58:10PM SO ALSO THE DISTANCE WE HAVE FROM THE BUILDING TO THE EDGE
8:58:16PM OF PAVEMENT, WE HAVE 38 FEET IN THE NORTH AND, WHICH AN
8:58:21PM AVERAGE CAR LENGTH IS ABOUT 15, 15 AND A HALF FEET, AND, FOR
8:58:25PM EXAMPLE, IF ONE OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE GUESTS, THEY COULD
8:58:30PM ACCOMMODATE TWO CARS IN THE GARAGE, BUT FOUR MORE CARS FOR
8:58:33PM EACH UNIT.
8:58:35PM AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS WITH THE CITY, AND FOR THE
8:58:42PM SAFETY OF THE KID, OR MAYBE HAVE AN ACCIDENT.
8:58:49PM IN TERMS OF STORMWATER AND FLOODING ISSUE, WE COULD HAVE
8:58:55PM UNDERGROUND VAULT, BUT ANY OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES CAN BE
8:58:59PM ADDED WHEN WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET
8:59:04PM ALL THE STORMWATER ISSUES.
8:59:09PM REGARDING THE RM-16 OR 18 ZONING THAT WAS MENTIONED
8:59:15PM INITIALLY WHEN WE STARTED DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT, WE CAME UP
8:59:18PM WITH THE IDEA TO HAVE A THREE-STORY AND HAVE A LESS
8:59:22PM FOOTPRINT IN THE AREA.
8:59:25PM AND THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP.
8:59:27PM BUT THE ISSUE WITH TWO-STORY AGAIN WAS NOT -- WITH THE
8:59:36PM NEIGHBORS AND WANTED TO DO TWO STORIES TO ALIGN WITH THE
8:59:39PM NEXT DO NEIGHBOR, AND THAT'S HOW WE LED TO A PD REZONING
8:59:44PM REQUEST, NOT RM-18.
8:59:47PM AND JUST TO SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS
8:59:53PM WILL BE A GOD ADDITION TO FIT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ADD
8:59:58PM VALUE AND IMPROVE THE GROWTH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:00:01PM I APPRECIATE COUNCIL FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
9:00:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: AND DID YOU STATE YOUR NAME AT THE BEGINNING?
9:00:09PM >> YES.
9:00:10PM DAVID NEKOUEE.
9:00:19PM MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
9:00:23PM MANISCALCO.
9:00:24PM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:00:26PM ANY OPPOSED?
9:00:27PM WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
9:00:29PM >>HARRY COHEN: IF I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THIS
9:00:32PM APPLICATION.
9:00:32PM AND I AM GOING TO BASE THAT ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS
9:00:38PM FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
9:00:40PM LAND USE POLICY 9.1.2 WHICH IS TO ENCOURAGE SENSITIVE DESIGN
9:00:46PM AND SITE PLANNING IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MITIGATE THE
9:00:49PM SCALE OF LARGER BUILDINGS TO CAREFULLY USE OF BUILDING
9:00:54PM SETBACKS, ARTICULATION FENESTRATION, PEDESTRIAN SCALED
9:01:00PM ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS.
9:01:04PM THERE IS DEFINITELY IN MY VIEW EXCESSIVE SETBACKS, SETBACK
9:01:09PM WAIVERS THAT WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE IT WAS UNDER THE PD.
9:01:15PM I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE SIZE AND SCALE OF THE PROPOSED
9:01:18PM DEVELOPMENT IS OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE RESIDENTIAL
9:01:21PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:01:22PM LAND USE POLICY 9.3.8, IT IS THE INTENT OF THE CITY THAT NEW
9:01:28PM RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SHALL BE MINIMALLY
9:01:30PM DISRUPTIVE TO ADJACENT AREAS, TO ACHIEVE THIS TAMPA CITY
9:01:34PM SHALL ASSESS THE POTENTIAL POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF
9:01:38PM RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
9:01:42PM PATTERN AND THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND
9:01:45PM REQUIRE MITIGATION OF NEGATIVE OFF-SITE IMPACTS.
9:01:48PM SECTION 27-136, ITEM 6 OF THE TAMPA MUNICIPAL CODE, SAYS THE
9:01:55PM REZONING SHOULD PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT WHERE
9:01:59PM APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION, CHARACTER AND COMPATIBILITY WITH
9:02:02PM THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND
9:02:06PM EXISTING GEOGRAPHY.
9:02:07PM WE HEARD SUBSTANTIVE COMPETENT EVIDENCE TONIGHT THAT THE
9:02:10PM PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION,
9:02:16PM CHARACTER AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED
9:02:19PM NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS THE DIRECTLY IMPACTED SURROUNDING
9:02:23PM HOUSES.
9:02:24PM FINALLY, I WOULD JUST MENTION THAT THE WAIVER, WHICH
9:02:29PM CONTRIBUTES TO THE TREE TRUST FUND FOR MITIGATION, DOESN'T
9:02:33PM POINT OUT THAT ACTUALLY IT EFFECTIVE TO REMOVE EVERY SINGLE
9:02:38PM TREE ON THE PROPERTY.
9:02:39PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
9:02:43PM COULD I ADD TO THAT LAND USE OBJECTIVE 9.3, BECAUSE THE
9:02:46PM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT COMPATIBLE OR THE REDEVELOPMENT IS NOT
9:02:50PM COMPATIBLE TO SUSTAIN STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS ... [NO ENCODER]
9:02:58PM [NO ENCODER]
9:03:12PM [NO ENCODER]
9:03:12PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:03:25PM I AM TOLD THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE
9:03:28PM THE GOOD FOLKS AT TV, THEY NEED TO SWITCH SOMETHING.
9:03:39PM [~CHEERS AND APPLAUSE~]
9:03:39PM WE WILL RECONVENE IN FIVE MINUTES.
9:03:42PM THANK YOU.
9:03:43PM (RECESS).
9:07:11PM
9:13:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 11.
9:19:03PM >> ROLL CALL.
9:19:07PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
9:19:11PM >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
9:19:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:19:14PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
9:19:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:19:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:19:17PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I APOLOGIZE.
9:19:24PM >> YOU ARE FORGIVEN.
9:19:26PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THANK YOU.
9:19:29PM I'M MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
9:19:33PM ITEM NUMBER 11 IS REZ 1901, A REZONING REQUEST AT 100 WEST
9:19:38PM DAVIS BOULEVARD FROM RS-50 TO PD FOR DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY
9:19:42PM RESIDENTIAL USES.
9:19:43PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
9:19:53PM WE ARE ON DAVIS ISLAND, WITHIN THE DAVIS ISLAND URBAN
9:19:57PM VILLAGE, CENTRAL PLAN TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, THIS IS WEST
9:20:01PM DAVIS BOULEVARD.
9:20:02PM THERE'S A VARIETY OF HOUSING.
9:20:04PM THERE'S REALLY A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES ON THIS PORTION OF
9:20:07PM WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD.
9:20:08PM WE HAVE THE BAY OVER HERE AND OVER HERE, FURTHER NORTH OF
9:20:11PM COURSE IS THE TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL.
9:20:13PM THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL 6.
9:20:18PM DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH IS A DIFFERENT LAND USE.
9:20:20PM THE BROWN IS RESIDENTIAL 35.
9:20:22PM IT ALLOWS CONSIDERATION OF MULTIFAMILY AS WELL AS OTHER
9:20:26PM USES, AND ACROSS THE STREET, RESIDENTIAL 6 IS VERY LOW
9:20:32PM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
9:20:33PM IT ALLOWS 6 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, AND DIFFERENT
9:20:38PM DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAN WHAT WE WOULD SEE RIGHT NEXT DOOR,
9:20:42PM WHICH IS THE RESIDENTIAL 35.
9:20:43PM SO IT'S EXPECTED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF
9:20:46PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
9:20:50PM WE DID FIND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
9:20:53PM WE DID FIND THAT THIS IS A COMPATIBLE IN-FILL DEVELOPMENT.
9:20:57PM THE AREA IS PLANNED FOR SIX UNITS PER ACRE.
9:21:00PM WE DID A DENSITY POPULATION ON THE SITE AND IT WOULD BE AN
9:21:03PM OVERALL DENSITY OF THREE UNITS TO THE ACRE WITH I IS
9:21:06PM CONSISTENT WITH THAT RESIDENTIAL 6 FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
9:21:10PM WE FOUND THAT IT WOULD NOT OFFER THE CHARACTER OR
9:21:12PM DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE DAVIS ISLAND URBAN VILLAGE
9:21:17PM IF YOU HAVE ANY ACCURATE QUESTIONS I'M AVAILABLE.
9:21:19PM THANK YOU.
9:21:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
9:21:22PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:21:22PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I HAVE A REVISED STAFF REPORT.
9:21:32PM IT IS REVISED BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TYPOS IN IT.
9:21:38PM SO I WILL GIVE YOU THOSE.
9:21:47PM ALSO FOR DISTRIBUTION, JUST TO VERIFY THAT YOU RECEIVED IT,
9:21:52PM I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOT IN THE BOX OR NOT, IS A POCKET OF --
9:21:56PM PACKET OF INFORMATION FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR
9:21:58PM OPPOSITION.
9:22:00PM SO I HAVE COPIES.
9:22:12PM JENNIFER STATED WE ARE ON DAVIS ISLANDS.
9:22:15PM HERE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
9:22:17PM IT'S CURRENTLY ZONING ZONED RS-75.
9:22:20PM THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 41,260 SQUARE FEET SO ALMOST
9:22:26PM HALF AN ACRE.
9:22:27PM THAT'S WHERE JENNIFER GOT THE SIX DWELLING UNITS AN ACRE,
9:22:32PM ABOUT HALF AN ACRE SO IT WOULD BE AT THREE DWELLING UNITS.
9:22:38PM TO THE NORTH AND ACROSS DAVIS BOULEVARD WEST IS THE RM-24
9:22:44PM ZONING DISTRICT.
9:22:46PM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD IS RS-75.
9:22:48PM AND THEN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, YOU CAN SEE THE RS-60
9:22:54PM ZONING WHICH ALLOWS DENSITY OF GENERALLY 10 DWELLING UNITS
9:22:59PM PER ACRE, 60 SQUARE FEET, 6,000 SQUARE FOOT, 60-FOOT WIDTHS,
9:23:06PM THEN YOU HAVE MORE RM-24 ZONING DISTRICT, PLANNED
9:23:11PM DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE RM 35 WHICH IS EVEN A HIGHER DENSITY.
9:23:14PM SO REALLY THIS LOT IS AT THE VERY EDGE OF THE RS-75 ZONING
9:23:18PM DISTRICT.
9:23:25PM WHENEVER WE DO A REVIEW A REQUEST THAT'S ASKING FOR A LOT
9:23:29PM WIDTH SMALLER THAN THE ZONING STANDARD THAT IS CURRENTLY
9:23:33PM LOCATED WE DO ANALYSIS OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
9:23:36PM AS I JUST STATED THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED RS-75, SO TYPICALLY
9:23:39PM THE LOT LENGTH IS 375 FEET AT LEAST.
9:23:43PM THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS, ONE WITH
9:23:46PM AN EXISTING HOUSE, AND THE NEWLY CREATED LOT, ONE
9:23:52PM SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE.
9:23:53PM IF EXISTING LOT IS 1400 SQUARE FEET BUT THE NEWLY CREATED
9:23:58PM LOT WILL BE A LITTLE OVER 65,000 SQUARE FEET.
9:24:01PM I'M SORRY, 65 LINEAR FEET OF WIDTH.
9:24:06PM 65 LINEAR FEET OF WIDTH.
9:24:08PM 81 HOUSES IN LOTS WERE EVALUATED, IN THE RED-BLUE MAP.
9:24:13PM THESE BROWN AREAS ARE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT SO THEY WERE
9:24:17PM NOT INCLUDED.
9:24:17PM AND THEN THESE ARE 60 ZONING LOTS, THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN
9:24:21PM THE ZONING AREA BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT CRITERIA. SO OF
9:24:24PM THE TOTAL OF 1 LOTS, 62% -- 81 LOTS, 62% ARE EQUAL TO OR
9:24:31PM GREATER THAN 75 FEET IN WIDTH AND LEAVING A REMAINING 68%
9:24:36PM LESS THAN 75 FEET WIDTH FOR THE STUDY AREA.
9:24:39PM FOR THE SUBJECT BLOCK, WHICH IS THIS AREA, ELEVEN LOTS WERE
9:24:45PM EVALUATED.
9:24:46PM 36% WERE GREATER OR EQUAL TO 75 FEET IN WIDTH AND THE
9:24:50PM REMAINING 64, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL LESS THAN 75 FEET WIDE.
9:24:54PM AND FOR THE SUBJECT LOT FACE, THERE ARE FOUR LOTS HERE.
9:24:58PM AND IT'S A 50-50 SPLIT.
9:25:01PM STAFF DID NOT LOOK AT THE SUBJECT BLOCK BECAUSE THIS IS
9:25:06PM RESIDENTIAL, THESE ARE LOTS ALLOWED TO HAVE 60-FOOT WIDE
9:25:10PM LOTS.
9:25:17PM HERE IS THE SITE PLAN THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING.
9:25:24PM THERE IS ONE EXISTING ZONING LOT.
9:25:26PM THEY ARE REQUESTING TO SPLIT THE ONE EXISTING LOT INTO TWO
9:25:29PM LOTS.
9:25:30PM THERE'S AN EXISTING HOUSE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WILL REMAIN
9:25:35PM AND BE IN THE NEW LOT.
9:25:36PM AND THEN THIS WILL BE THE NEW PROPERTY LINE.
9:25:43PM AND THEN THIS IS AN EXISTING ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
9:25:47PM SO WITH THE NEW PROPERTY LOIN, A NEW HOUSE COULD BE
9:25:51PM DEVELOPED WITH THE EXISTING ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
9:25:54PM AND THEN THE EXISTING HOUSE WILL REMAIN.
9:25:56PM AND THEN CODE REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO PARKING
9:26:00PM SPACES ON-SITE SO A NEW PROPOSED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, GARAGE
9:26:03PM IS PROPOSED TO GO WITH THE EXISTING HOUSE.
9:26:06PM SO HERE IS ONE LOT WITH A NEW HOUSE, A EXISTING DETACHED
9:26:11PM STRUCTURE.
9:26:12PM THEN THE SECOND LOT IS THE EXISTING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED
9:26:18PM GARAGE.
9:26:18PM THE ONLY WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUIRED AND REQUESTED IS THE
9:26:21PM SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN A PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE BEING A
9:26:24PM HOUSE AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE BEING A GARAGE.
9:26:27PM TYPICALLY THE STANDARD FOR THE RS-75 ZONING DISTRICT IS TEN
9:26:31PM FEET.
9:26:31PM THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT TO GO DOWN TO THREE FEET.
9:26:37PM BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF THE HOUSE.
9:26:41PM THAT'S THE ONLY WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
9:26:43PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY.
9:26:45PM >>HARRY COHEN: I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.
9:26:51PM CITY COUNCIL HAS DEALT WITH THIS PROPERTY BEFORE.
9:26:55PM IT WAS MANY YEARS.
9:26:57PM I MEAN IT WAS LIKE 2013 AND 2014, I THINK.
9:27:01PM WHAT DID WE DO?
9:27:04PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THERE WERE ACCORDING TO RECORDS NO
9:27:06PM REZONING APPLICATIONS.
9:27:08PM THERE WERE VRB REQUESTS AND I THINK SUBSEQUENT APPEALS FOR
9:27:15PM THE PLACEMENT OF A POOL AND FRONT YARD SETBACKS.
9:27:18PM >>HARRY COHEN: AND THE WALL?
9:27:20PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: YES.
9:27:23PM YES.
9:27:23PM >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU.
9:27:26PM I JUST WANT TO TRY TO REACQUAINT ALL OF US WITH WHAT WE
9:27:30PM DEALT WITH ABOUT THIS PROPERTY THE LAST TIME.
9:27:35PM I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE.
9:27:38PM THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THIS PROPERTY HAS COME UP.
9:27:41PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I PROCEED?
9:27:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
9:27:46PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: OKAY.
9:27:47PM THERE ARE SOME CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING,
9:27:51PM REFLECTED IN THE REVISED STAFF REPORT.
9:27:53PM JUST SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE TREE TABLE AND SOME
9:27:57PM INFORMATION ON THE SITE PLAN.
9:28:00PM BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT, THE DRC COMMITTEE REVIEWING THE
9:28:05PM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND OTHER APPLICABLE CODE STANDARD,
9:28:08PM AND THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR REDUCED
9:28:13PM LOT WIDTH, STAFF FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND
9:28:15PM DEVELOPMENT CODE PROVIDED THE MODIFICATIONS BASED OPT
9:28:18PM REVISED STAFF REPORT ARE APPROVED.
9:28:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
9:28:25PM PETITIONER PLEASE.
9:28:41PM >>GINA GRIMES: WITH THE LAW FIRM OF HILL, WARD, HENDERSON.
9:28:44PM COULD YOU STOP THE TIME FOR ONE SECOND?
9:28:46PM I AM GOING TO HAND OUT THE BOOK.
9:28:47PM I ACTUALLY SET THEM UP THERE.
9:28:52PM AGAIN, GINA GRIMES WITH THE LAW FIRM OF HILL, WARD,
9:29:17PM HENDERSON, 101 KENNEDY BOULEVARD, REPRESENTING OWNER, THE
9:29:24PM OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF THAT CORPORATION IS MARTHA SHEPLEY,
9:29:27PM HERE WITH ME THIS EVENING ALONG WITH HER SON.
9:29:29PM SHE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY BACK IN 2011.
9:29:32PM SO SHE'S LIVED THERE WITH HER SON FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
9:29:36PM IT'S CURRENTLY A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME WITH AN ACCESSORY
9:29:40PM STRUCTURE.
9:29:41PM AS YOU SAW FROM THE EARLIER PHOTOS, THE HOME IS LOCATED
9:29:49PM ACROSS THE VARIOUS LOTS.
9:29:51PM THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS FOUR PLATTED LOTS.
9:29:54PM THEY WERE PLATTED BACK IN 1924 BY DP DAVIS HIMSELF.
9:29:59PM THE PARCEL IS 204 FEET WIDE BY 114 FEET DEEP SO IT HAS
9:30:04PM 21,260 SQUARE FEET.
9:30:06PM A HALF ACRE ON DAVIS ISLAND.
9:30:09PM IT'S A VERY LARGE LOT.
9:30:10PM WE ARE SEEKING SIMPLY TO REZONE IT FROM RS-75 TO PD.
9:30:15PM TO DO WHAT?
9:30:15PM TO ALLOW TWO SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.
9:30:19PM WE ARE NOT -- AND WITH ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
9:30:22PM WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR MULTIFAMILY.
9:30:24PM I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.
9:30:26PM THE SITE PLAN SHOWS TWO PROPOSED LOTS.
9:30:31PM MARY WENT OVER WITH YOU THE CONFIGURATION OF THOSE LOTS.
9:30:34PM IF YOU LOOK AT THIS DIAGRAM RIGHT HERE IT SHOWS THE
9:30:37PM CONFIGURATION OF THE LOT CLEARER.
9:30:39PM ONE LOT IS OVERSIZED, IT'S 139 FEET BY 114 FEET AND THEN THE
9:30:45PM SECOND LOT, LOT TWO, IS 65 FEET BY 114 FEET.
9:30:49PM SO THE REASON FOR THIS PD IS VERY SIMPLE.
9:30:54PM IT'S TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING HOME AND THE EXISTING
9:30:57PM ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THIS HALF ACHE ACRE LOT, BECAUSE BOTH
9:31:01PM OF THOSE STRUCTURES ARE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
9:31:05PM MY CLIENT IS RENOVATING THAT HOME WHILE SHE LIVED IN IT.
9:31:11PM BECAUSE THIS IS BEING DONE TO ADDRESS THIS UNIQUE SITUATION,
9:31:15PM IT REALLY IS A TEXTBOOK CASE TO JUSTIFY UTILIZATION OF A PD
9:31:21PM ZONING.
9:31:21PM IT'S BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE SHAPE OF THE LOTS.
9:31:25PM IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT UNDER THE RS-75
9:31:28PM ZONING RIGHT NOW, WE COULD IN FACT DIVIDE THIS LOT UP INTO
9:31:33PM TWO LOTS WITHOUT A REZONING.
9:31:38PM HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I MEAN.
9:31:40PM AND THEN I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS
9:31:42PM ARE.
9:31:43PM SO WITHOUT A REZONING, WE COULD DIVIDE THIS LOT INTO A
9:31:47PM 75-FOOT LOT AND A 125-FOOT LOT.
9:31:50PM HOWEVER, TO DO SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WOULD REQUIRE US TO
9:31:54PM ALTER THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND THE EXISTING ACCESSORY
9:31:58PM STRUCTURE THAT BOTH AGAIN ARE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL
9:32:01PM REGISTER.
9:32:02PM AS I MENTIONED, MY CLIENTS CAREFULLY RENOVATED THIS
9:32:05PM STRUCTURE OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
9:32:06PM THE LAST THING SHE WANTS TO DO IS ALTER THE HISTORIC
9:32:09PM FOOTPRINT OF THAT BUILDING, OF THAT STRUCTURE.
9:32:12PM SO SHE'S PROPOSING TO CREATE A SECOND LOT ON THE SITE TO
9:32:17PM SELL IT AS A SEPARATE DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY HOME, AND ALONG
9:32:22PM WITH IT WILL BE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE REAR.
9:32:26PM THAT'S THE EXISTING ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
9:32:28PM ONE OF THE REASONS THAT SHE WANTS TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S
9:32:31PM BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE TO RENOVATE THIS OVER THE PAST EIGHT
9:32:35PM YEARS, AND SHE WOULD LIKE TO SELL OFF THAT SECOND LOT TO
9:32:38PM HELP HER FUND THE CONTINUED RENOVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
9:32:41PM THE EXISTING HOME.
9:32:42PM THE HOME RIGHT NOW IS FOR SALE.
9:32:44PM SHE DOES NOT WANT TO SELL IT.
9:32:46PM SHE WOULD LIKE TO SELL OFF, REZONE THE PROPERTY, SELL TO
9:32:49PM HAVE SECOND LOT, AND THEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAY IN THE
9:32:52PM HOME.
9:32:55PM WE BELIEVE THAT THE REZONING IS APPROPRIATE FOR SEVERAL
9:32:59PM DIFFERENT REASONS.
9:33:01PM IT'S NOT ONLY APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT MEETS CODE.
9:33:03PM IT APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT A REASONABLE PROPOSAL.
9:33:06PM IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
9:33:09PM AS YOU HEARD FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS FROM
9:33:11PM IF CITY STAFF.
9:33:13PM IT'S SURROUNDED BY PROPERTY THAT'S MORE INTENSE THAN IT IS.
9:33:17PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY RIGHT HERE.
9:33:19PM THIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE HAS A CATEGORY OF R-50.
9:33:24PM IT ALLOWS DENSITY 8 TIMES MORE THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED ON MY
9:33:27PM CLIENT'S PROPERTY RIGHT HERE.
9:33:28PM THIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE IS R 35.
9:33:31PM IT CAN BE 6 TIMES MORE DENSE THAN MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY RIGHT
9:33:35PM HERE.
9:33:36PM ACROSS THE STREET, R-10, 1.5 TIMES MORE DENSE AND IT ALSO
9:33:42PM DEVELOPED WITH HOMES THAT SMALLER.
9:33:44PM THIS PROPERTY IS R-6.
9:33:47PM IT ALLOWS DENSITY OF 6 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
9:33:50PM HOW MANY ARE WE PROPOSING?
9:33:51PM WE ARE PROPOSING HALF OF WHAT THE COMP PLAN ALLOWS.
9:33:54PM WE ARE PROPOSING A DENSITY OF THREE DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
9:33:57PM THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS ON THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING PROPERTY
9:34:01PM ARE ALSO SIMILAR, AND AGAIN WE BELIEVE THIS SHOWS THAT IT'S
9:34:04PM VERY COMPATIBLE AND ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD TRANSITION WITH THE
9:34:08PM SURROUNDING LAND USES AND ZONINGS AND COMP PLANS.
9:34:12PM THE R-35, RM-24, RM-24 ACROSS THE STREET, THE RS-60.
9:34:20PM IN ADDITION, YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT,
9:34:23PM AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE.
9:34:25PM NEXT DOOR IS A VACANT LOT, WHICH IS PROPOSED.
9:34:29PM IT'S RM-24.
9:34:30PM IT'S PROPOSED RIGHT NOW FOR TOWNHOMES.
9:34:36PM SHORT DISTANCE DOWN THE STREET YOU HAVE APARTMENTS ACROSS
9:34:38PM THE STREET, YOU HAVE TOWNHOUSES AND CONDOS.
9:34:41PM ACROSS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET YOU HAVE THE PARK AND THEN
9:34:43PM YOU HAVE THIS RS-60 AREA.
9:34:45PM IT HAS HOMES THAT ARE COMPARABLE IN SIZE TO HAVE WHAT WE ARE
9:34:48PM PROPOSING ON THIS ACTUAL PIECE OF PROPERTY.
9:34:52PM SO AGAIN, IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
9:34:55PM IT'S LESS DENSE THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED.
9:34:57PM IT'S LESS DENSE THAN THE SURROUNDING ZONING DESIGNATION AND
9:35:01PM IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE ACTUAL SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT.
9:35:03PM THE PD ALSO COMPLIES WITH THE CODE FOR THE REASONS THAT ARE
9:35:06PM STATED IN THE CITY STAFF REPORT, AND INCLUDING THEIR LOT
9:35:11PM STUDY.
9:35:11PM LOT 1, WHICH IS THE LOT THAT ACCOMMODATES THE EXISTING
9:35:16PM STRUCTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS ALMOST DOUBLE THE SIZE THAT
9:35:23PM IS ALLOWED IN THE -- THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE RS-75 ZONING
9:35:27PM DISTRICT.
9:35:29PM IT DOUBLED THE MINIMUM LOT SIGH, 139-FOOT WIDE LOT BY 114
9:35:34PM FEET DEEP.
9:35:34PM YOU ONLY HAVE TO HAVE 75 FEET OF WIDTH. THIS PARCEL IS
9:35:38PM ALMOST BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE THREE HOMES CONSTRUCTED ON IT.
9:35:41PM IT'S ONLY SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE THREE
9:35:44PM HOMES.
9:35:47PM THE STAFF REPORT ALSO ADDRESSES THE LOT STUDY, AND ON THE
9:35:52PM SUBJECT BLOCK, AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU HAVE SURROUNDING PROPERTY
9:35:59PM THAT IS ON THE SUBJECT LOT, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH SIDES OF THE
9:36:06PM BLOCK, 64% OF THE LOTS ARE SMALLER THAN THE RS-75.
9:36:12PM ON THE BLOCK FACE, 50% OF THE LOTS ARE SMALLER THAN THE
9:36:15PM RS-75.
9:36:17PM AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF CONSIDERED AND WHICH I
9:36:21PM ARGUE JUST NOW IS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AREA AND THE
9:36:23PM SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT.
9:36:26PM STAFF ALSO, AS THEY ALWAYS DO IN THEIR STAFF REPORTS,
9:36:28PM CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS OF THE PD REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET
9:36:31PM FORTH IN 27-136 AND HAVE FOUND THAT IT MEETS ALL OF THE
9:36:36PM REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE APPLICABLE.
9:36:37PM AGAIN, THEY ARE RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION,
9:36:41PM AND A TEXTBOOK CASE FOR WHY YOU SHOULD USE A PD.
9:36:47PM THE OTHER ARGUMENT THAT WE HAVE AS TO WHY THIS IS AN
9:36:50PM APPROPRIATE REZONING IS THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC DENSITY OF
9:36:55PM THIS LOT.
9:37:00PM AFTER DP DAVIS PLATTED THIS AS FOUR LOTS, AND THAT'S WHAT
9:37:04PM THIS IS, IS FOUR PLATTED LOTS, THEORETICALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU
9:37:08PM WOULD HAVE HAD.
9:37:09PM WHAT TURNS OUT THAT HAPPENED WAS IN 1924, 5, HE BUILT THE
9:37:15PM FIRST MODEL HOME ON DAVIS ISLAND, AND THAT WAS IT ON LOT 13.
9:37:19PM SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE FLORIDA REAL ESTATE BOOM BUST AND DP
9:37:26PM DAVIS LOST THE PROPERTY.
9:37:27PM IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY BOUGHT BY AN ENGINEERING FIRM,
9:37:31PM BALLINGER, WHO THEN BEGAN TO CONSTRUCT A SECOND MODEL HOME
9:37:35PM RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
9:37:37PM WHAT THEY ENDED UP DOING WAS INSTEAD OF CONSTRUCTING TWO
9:37:40PM SEPARATE MODEL HOMES, THEY COMBINED THIS HOME, THE TWO MODEL
9:37:43PM HOMES, INTO ONE LARGE MODEL HOME.
9:37:46PM AND THE REASON THEY DID THAT WAS TO ATTRACT A MORE AFFLUENT
9:37:50PM BUYER.
9:37:50PM AND THE POINT IN TELLING YOU ALL OF THIS IS THAT THIS
9:37:54PM PROPERTY, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO
9:37:57PM HAVE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR HOMES ON IT.
9:38:01PM SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE WITH TWO HOMES IS CERTAINLY
9:38:05PM CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC DENSITY, AND
9:38:08PM DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT DP DAVIS HIMSELF PLANNED FOR DAVIS
9:38:13PM ISLAND.
9:38:16PM ALSO, I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU -- AND IT'S IN YOUR PACKAGE
9:38:19PM OF MATERIALS -- IS A LETTER FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
9:38:22PM STATE.
9:38:22PM WHAT IT DOES IS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THIS
9:38:25PM REZONING AND STATES THAT THE FACT THAT WE ARE REZONING THE
9:38:29PM PROPERTY DOES NOT AFFECT ITS LISTING ON THE NATIONAL
9:38:33PM REGISTER.
9:38:33PM SO IT HAS NO EFFECT ON THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF IT.
9:38:36PM VERY QUICKLY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION.
9:38:39PM BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HERE.
9:38:42PM AND THE PROBLEM IS THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
9:38:44PM BASICALLY, WHAT I COULD GARNER FROM WHAT I READ ON SOCIAL
9:38:48PM MEDIA IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION, AND FALSE
9:38:52PM RUMORS THAT WERE SPREAD ABOUT THIS PROPERTY FROM THE OUTSET.
9:38:54PM IN FACT I AM GOING TO READ TO YOU SOME POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
9:38:59PM FROM GREG MUZELLA.
9:39:01PM HE STARTS BY SAYING -- AND THIS IS WHAT STARTED THE SOCIAL
9:39:04PM MEDIA FRENZY.
9:39:06PM IS ANYONE CONCERNED ABOUT THE REZONING FOR 100 WEST DAVIS
9:39:09PM FROM RESIDENTIAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I ASSUME
9:39:12PM MEANS, QUOTE, CONDOS?
9:39:14PM MISINFORMATION.
9:39:14PM IT'S MY VIEW WE DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY RESIDENTIAL BE REZONE
9:39:18PM FOR CONDOS.
9:39:19PM A SUBSEQUENT POST, AND THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE ONE OF
9:39:22PM ALL OF THEM, WAYNE PICARD SAYS, I WOULD CERTAINLY
9:39:25PM PARTICIPATE IN A REZONING; WHAT'S THE ZONING FOR?
9:39:29PM SO IT'S ALMOST AS IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND OPPOSE
9:39:32PM THE REZONING JUST FOR THE SPORT OF OPPOSING REZONING.
9:39:37PM THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO CHANGE.
9:39:39PM ANOTHER POST AFTER EARLY SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID, WAIT A MINUTE,
9:39:42PM WE LOOKED AT THE ACTUAL PD SITE PLAN.
9:39:45PM IT DOESN'T HAVE MULTIFAMILY IN IT.
9:39:47PM IT DOESN'T ALLOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT IT ALLOWS.
9:39:50PM THE REASON THEY ARE DOING IT IS FOR THE REASONS I JUST TOLD
9:39:53PM YOU HERE TONIGHT.
9:39:54PM AND AFTER SEVERAL OF THOSE POST, MR. MUZELLA SAYS IT WAS
9:39:58PM MENTIONED AT THE MEETING THIS WAS MOST LIKELY A BACK DOOR
9:40:01PM REZONING REQUEST TO HAVE THE PROPERTY ZONED FOR CONDOS AND
9:40:05PM COMBINED WITH THE PROJECT TO THE NORTH.
9:40:06PM I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TWO BIG CONCERNS ABOUT IT.
9:40:08PM DO YOU WANT A CONDO PROJECT AND DO YOU WANT TO SET A
9:40:12PM PRECEDENT FOR BACK DOOR REZONING? NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER
9:40:15PM FROM THE TRUTH.
9:40:16PM IT'S A COMPLETELY FALSE STATEMENT.
9:40:18PM AND IF NECESSARY WE WOULD BE WILLING TO AGREE TO A
9:40:21PM CONDITION, AND YOU ALL KNOW WHAT A PD, SINGLE-FAMILY, YOU
9:40:25PM CAN'T HAVE MULTIFAMILY.
9:40:26PM WE ALL KNOW THAT.
9:40:27PM BUT IF IT WOULD ALLAY THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE
9:40:31PM WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO ADD A CONDITION THAT SAYS NO
9:40:33PM MULTIFAMILY IS PERMITTED ON THIS SITE.
9:40:36PM ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WAS EXPRESSED TO ME BY MR. BOB BOLT WHO
9:40:43PM IS I BELIEVE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT IS THE TRAFFIC
9:40:46PM POTENTIALLY HAS TO BACK INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE OF THE
9:40:48PM WAY THE PROPERTY WAS DIVIDED AND THE LENGTH OF THE
9:40:54PM DRIVEWAYS.
9:40:54PM HE WAS CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO BACK INTO
9:40:57PM DAVIS -- WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD.
9:41:00PM SO WHAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
9:41:03PM WE WOULD BE WILLING ON THE NEW LOT TO CREATE SOME SORT OF
9:41:06PM HAMMER HEAD TO GIVE THE ABILITY TO TURN AROUND ON-SITE AND
9:41:09PM THEN PULL OUT OF THE DRIVEWAYS IN A FORWARD POSITION.
9:41:13PM IF THAT WILL ADDRESS OR ALLAY THEIR CONCERNS WE ARE HAPPY TO
9:41:18PM HAVE AGREE TO A CHANGE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING THAT
9:41:21PM SHOWS THAT HAMMERHEAD.
9:41:22PM ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WE HEARD EXPRESSED WAS WITH REGARD TO
9:41:24PM THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE.
9:41:25PM THE SITE PLAN SAYS 40 FEET OF THE DESIGN -- ABOVE THE DESIGN
9:41:31PM FLOOD ELEVATION WHICH ON DAVIS ISLAND AND A LOT OF AREAS IN
9:41:34PM THE CITY IS ABOUT TO CHANGE.
9:41:36PM WHAT MY CLIENT WAS INTENDING TO DO WAS TO MAKE SURE -- SHE
9:41:39PM WAS THINKING IT WAS 40 FEET FROM THE GRADE.
9:41:43PM ACTUALLY, WHAT IT SHOULD BE IS 35 FEET FROM THE DESIGN FLOOD
9:41:47PM ELEVATION.
9:41:48PM THAT'S THE SAME HEIGHT AS WHAT'S ALLOWED EVERYWHERE ELSE ON
9:41:51PM DAVIS ISLAND.
9:41:52PM THE CITY MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A WAIVER BEING REQUESTED.
9:41:55PM WE NEVER INCLUDED A WAIVER.
9:41:57PM AND I WAS INFORMED BY THE ZONING DEPARTMENT THAT THERE WOULD
9:42:01PM NEED TO BE A WAIVER TO ADDRESS THE CLOSENESS OF THIS LITTLE
9:42:09PM BUMPOUT ON THE HISTORIC STRUCTURE.
9:42:12PM ITS PROXIMITY TO THE GARAGE.
9:42:13PM IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A 10-FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN THE GARAGE
9:42:16PM AND THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE.
9:42:18PM THERE'S ONLY THREE RIGHT HERE.
9:42:22PM THAT WAIVER IS SOMETHING I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD TO HAVE ON
9:42:25PM THE SITE PLAN.
9:42:25PM I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE SETBACKS WERE AS THEY ARE SHOWN ON THE
9:42:28PM SITE PLAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL ON SEPARATE WAIVES BUT WE
9:42:32PM DO MODIFY OUR SITE PLAN, WE ARE WILLING TO INCLUDE THAT AS A
9:42:35PM WAIVER, AND WE HAVE ALSO REVISED OUR NARRATIVE BECAUSE AN
9:42:41PM ISSUE WAS RAISED THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ACCURATE NARRATIVE
9:42:45PM AND IT DIDN'T ADDRESS THE WAIVER, AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS ADDED
9:42:49PM LATE IN THE PROCESS.
9:42:50PM I AM GOING TO SUBMIT TO COUNCIL IN YOUR BACK A COPY OF THE
9:42:53PM REVISED PROJECT NARRATIVE WITH THE WRITTEN WAIVER
9:42:56PM JUSTIFICATION.
9:42:56PM AND THE WAIVER JUSTIFICATION IN THIS CASE IS THAT IN ORDER
9:43:00PM TO HAVE AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HERE, IT'S AS CLOSE TO THE
9:43:05PM PROPERTY LINE AS WE CAN GET AT THREE FEET.
9:43:08PM IT'S ALMOST EIGHT FEET FROM MOST OF THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE.
9:43:11PM IT'S JUST THIS SMALL LITTLE AREA WHERE IT'S THREE FEET.
9:43:15PM IF THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE FOR COUNCIL WE WOULD BE MORE THAN
9:43:19PM HAPPY TO TRY TO ADDRESS IT BY MAKING THAT STRUCTURE SLIGHTLY
9:43:22PM SMALLER SO OF THAT NO WAIVER AT ALL WOULD BE REQUIRED.
9:43:27PM YOUR STAFF REPORT STATE THAT THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS AT ALL
9:43:30PM FROM ANY OF THE STAFF, WHICH DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, AND THAT
9:43:33PM IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
9:43:36PM THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS NO OBJECTIONS AT ALL AND FIND IT
9:43:41PM CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
9:43:42PM [BELL SOUNDS]
9:43:43PM WITH THAT WE WOULD ASK FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
9:43:47PM AND I WILL ADDRESS ANY OTHER ISSUES DURING REBUTTAL.
9:43:50PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
9:43:54PM ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
9:43:55PM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:43:56PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE ASPECT OF IT, WHICH
9:43:59PM YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM TO MAKE TWO 75-FOOT
9:44:02PM FRONTAGE LOTS ON HERE.
9:44:03PM BUT YOU HAVE THE PROBLEM HAVING A NATIONAL HISTORIC BUILDING
9:44:06PM IN THERE.
9:44:07PM AND HERE IS THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE.
9:44:09PM IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPLIT UP THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE IT
9:44:11PM CURRENTLY PUT IN THERE, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WHICH IS
9:44:16PM GOING TO BE PART OF THE SECOND LOT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOLD,
9:44:19PM THAT'S PART OF THE HISTORIC ASPECT OF THE BUILDING ITSELF.
9:44:25PM THAT'S PART OF THE APPLICATION FROM 1989.
9:44:29PM >>GINA GRIMES: WELL, YES.
9:44:30PM YES, SIR.
9:44:31PM ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
9:44:32PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
9:44:33PM SO I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE NOW WHAT ARE WE DOING?
9:44:37PM WE ARE CARVING OUT THE OTHER PART THAT'S GOING TO GO WITH
9:44:40PM THE FIRST LOT, NOT WITH THE SECOND LOT THAT'S WHERE THE
9:44:44PM HISTORIC BUILDING IS AT?
9:44:46PM >>GINA GRIMES: THAT'S CORRECT.
9:44:47PM AND THAT'S THE REASON SHE ASKED THE STATE PRESERVATION
9:44:49PM OFFICER WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD AFFECT THE HISTORIC NATURE
9:44:52PM OF IT, AND THEY SAID THAT IT DID NOT.
9:44:54PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHEN I READ THE LETTER, I DON'T THINK THAT I
9:44:58PM GOT THAT OUT OF THERE.
9:45:00PM YOU KNOW, THEY WERE VERY CURSORY IN THEIR REVIEW, IT LOOKED
9:45:05PM LIKE.
9:45:05PM NOW, I MAY BE WRONG ABOUT THAT.
9:45:07PM BUT IT SAID THAT, YOU KNOW --
9:45:11PM >>GINA GRIMES: UPON REVIEW OF THE DRAWINGS WE RECEIVED FROM
9:45:13PM YOU TODAY WE FIND THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE LOT ZONING WOULD
9:45:16PM NOT IMPACT THE LOTS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
9:45:20PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT WHEN THAT'S EXACTLY
9:45:22PM WHAT WAS IN THE THING?
9:45:23PM I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STATE IS SAYING.
9:45:25PM BUT IN TERMS.
9:45:26PM NATIONAL REGISTER, HOW CAN YOU REMOVE A BUILDING AND STILL
9:45:29PM KEEP THE NATIONAL REGISTRY?
9:45:32PM >>GINA GRIMES: IT'S NOT BEING REMOVED.
9:45:33PM IT'S STILL BEING PRESERVED.
9:45:34PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU.
9:45:41PM I JUST WANT TO HEAR WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.
9:45:44PM >>GINA GRIMES: WHAT'S HISTORIC ABOUT IT?
9:45:46PM ITS ATTACH.
9:45:47PM TO THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE.
9:45:49PM IT'S NOT BEING CHANGED.
9:45:52PM AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT -- IT WAS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL
9:45:55PM REGISTER BECAUSE OF ITS ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.
9:45:59PM THAT'S NOT BEING CHANGED.
9:46:00PM THAN.
9:46:01PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
9:46:03PM >>GINA GRIMES: THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A LETTER SAYING LISTING
9:46:06PM ON THE NATIONAL --
9:46:08PM >> THE QUESTION I HAVE IS ONCE IT GETS REZONED THAT OTHER
9:46:11PM STRUCTURE, THAT WON'T BE PART OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER
9:46:14PM ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SAME LOT, CORRECT?
9:46:17PM >>GINA GRIMES: IT WILL STILL BE LISTED ON THE NATIONAL
9:46:19PM REGISTER.
9:46:20PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO THE NEW OWNER COULD NOT CHANGE IT OR --
9:46:24PM THAT'S WHY I AM CONFUSED.
9:46:26PM YOU SEE WHAT I AM SAYING?
9:46:28PM >>GINA GRIMES: YES, I DO.
9:46:29PM ONCE A HOME IS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER, IT DOESN'T
9:46:32PM HAVE LOCAL -- NECESSARILY LOCAL PROTECTIONS.
9:46:36PM HOWEVER, YOU CANNOT SEEK TO DEMOLISH A STRUCTURE THAT'S ON
9:46:42PM THE NATIONAL REGISTER WITHOUT TRIGGERING A REVIEW BY THE
9:46:45PM HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION.
9:46:47PM AND DURING THAT REVIEW PROCESS, THEY DETERMINE WHETHER OR
9:46:51PM NOT THEY WANT TO DESIGNATE IT AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.
9:46:55PM AND IF THEY DO, THEN THEY MOVE FORWARD RIGHT THEN, AND THEY
9:46:58PM EVALUATE WHETHER IT SHOULD BE DESIGNATED A LAND HISTORIC
9:47:02PM LANDMARK TO GIVE IT LOCAL PROTECTION.
9:47:04PM THEN THAT WOULD COME TO YOU AS CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT
9:47:06PM FINAL DECISION.
9:47:07PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE NEW OWNER WITH THE NEW LOT?
9:47:11PM >>GINA GRIMES: CORRECT.
9:47:12PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO GET AT WHAT
9:47:14PM PROTECTIONS THERE ARE, IF ANY, WITH A NEW PIECE OF PROPERTY
9:47:17PM THAT WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL.
9:47:18PM IT'S MOVED OVER NOW.
9:47:20PM >>GINA GRIMES: AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
9:47:22PM AND I WANT TO POINT OUT TOO THAT WHILE MY CLIENT WAS NOT
9:47:25PM OBLIGATED TO RETAIN AND PRESERVE THE HISTORIC NATURE OF
9:47:29PM THIS, BECAUSE IT'S NOT LOCALLY DESIGNATED.
9:47:32PM NONETHELESS SHE DID AND WENT THROUGH A PAINSTAKING
9:47:35PM RENOVATION OF THIS HOUSE WITHOUT CHANGING AT ALL.
9:47:38PM AND I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE EXTERIOR AS FAR AS ITS
9:47:43PM HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
9:47:45PM THAT SHE REBUILT.
9:47:46PM MANY PORTIONS OF IT TO MAKE IT LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL TO WHAT
9:47:50PM WAS PREVIOUSLY SHOWN ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER.
9:47:54PM AND I AM GOING TO FIND THOSE PICTURES AND I WILL SHOW THEM
9:47:57PM TO YOU DURING REBUTTAL BUT I DON'T WANT TO HOLD YOU UP ANY
9:48:00PM LONGER.
9:48:00PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THERE WAS ONE CHANGE, AND I THINK MR. COHEN
9:48:05PM MENTIONED A PREVIOUS ISSUE WITH THE FENCING, IN THE FRONT
9:48:08PM FOR THAT, FOR THE POOL.
9:48:11PM AND I REMEMBER THAT CASE ALSO.
9:48:13PM SO THAT'S BEEN CHANGED.
9:48:15PM OR HAS IT NOT?
9:48:16PM I DON'T KNOW I.CAN'T REMEMBER.
9:48:18PM >>GINA GRIMES: WELL, THERE WASN'T A FENCE ORIGINALLY BUT
9:48:20PM THERE HAS BEEN A THREE-FOOT FENCE WITH THREE-FOOT ORNAMENTAL
9:48:25PM IRON IN BETWEEN THE COLUMNS.
9:48:26PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: BUT THAT'S A CHANGE, IS WHAT I AM ASKING.
9:48:31PM >>GINA GRIMES: THAT'S A CHANGE TO THE LOT, YES.
9:48:32PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
9:48:35PM THANK YOU.
9:48:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL?
9:48:39PM OKAY.
9:48:40PM COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN.
9:48:41PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THE LOT HAS NO STRUCTURE.
9:48:49PM THE LOT BEING PROPOSED TO BE SOLD HAS NO STRUCTURE ON IT.
9:48:54PM >>GINA GRIMES: THAT'S CORRECT.
9:48:54PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
9:48:55PM THEN THERE'S NOTHING ON IT.
9:48:58PM >>GINA GRIMES: NOTHING.
9:48:59PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
9:49:00PM FINE.
9:49:02PM >>GINA GRIMES: ON THE THAN IT HAS THAT ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
9:49:04PM IN THE REAR, IS THE ONLY --
9:49:06PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: ACCESSORY STRUCTURE?
9:49:09PM >>GINA GRIMES: YES.
9:49:10PM IN THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. THIS ONE IN THE REAR RIGHT THERE.
9:49:13PM SO THE LOT LINE WILL JOG AROUND AND GO LIKE THAT.
9:49:18PM IT WILL GO AROUND THAT.
9:49:19PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THAT'S WHAT I SAW IN THE OTHER.
9:49:21PM OKAY.
9:49:22PM >>GINA GRIMES: THAT'S THIS ONE.
9:49:24PM LIKE THAT.
9:49:24PM TO PRESERVE AND THE SETBACKS FOR THE EXISTING ACCESSORY
9:49:29PM STRUCTURE, THAT THEN WILL BE ATTACHED TO THIS HOME, AND NEW
9:49:33PM ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WILL SERVE THE EXISTING HOME RIGHT HERE.
9:49:36PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I REMEMBER THE POOL, ALSO.
9:49:43PM AND I FOUGHT VERY HARD FOR THAT FENCE.
9:49:47PM >>GINA GRIMES: WELL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FENCE AROUND THE
9:49:49PM POOL.
9:49:50PM YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FENCE AROUND THE POOL.
9:49:51PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: AND IT IN THE FRONT.
9:49:56PM I REMEMBER THAT.
9:49:56PM OKAY.
9:49:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO?
9:50:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST TO CLARIFY.
9:50:05PM IN THE BOOKLET YOU GAVE US, SHE IS SELLING THIS EMPTY LOT IN
9:50:10PM ORDER TO USE TO CONTINUE THE MONEYS TO CONTINUE THE
9:50:15PM RESTORATION.
9:50:16PM >>GINA GRIMES: AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE HOME.
9:50:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHICH IS THE HISTORICAL HOME THAT SHE
9:50:21PM LIVES IN.
9:50:21PM THAT'S IT?
9:50:23PM >>GINA GRIMES: YES.
9:50:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING FURTHER?
9:50:26PM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
9:50:27PM NOW WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:50:28PM EACH INDIVIDUAL GETS THREE MINUTES.
9:50:31PM NOW, WILL EVERYBODY WHO IS GOING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING LINE
9:50:34PM UP AGAINST THE WALL, PLEASE, SO WE CAN HAVE A GOOD IDEA?
9:50:39PM HAS EVERYONE BEEN SWORN IN?
9:50:41PM HAS ANYONE NOT BEEN SWORN IN?
9:50:48PM BE PREPARED TO BE SWORN IN.
9:50:50PM (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK)
9:51:04PM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU MAY PROCEED, SIR.
9:51:05PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
9:51:11PM MY NAME IS DR. MALCOLM PLANE, ON THE CORNER FROM THE LOT
9:51:19PM UNDER DISCUSSION.
9:51:20PM MY CONCERN IS THE ISSUES AROUND THE VERY COMPLEX
9:51:29PM INTERSECTION.
9:51:37PM THIS IS EAST DAVIS BOULEVARD.
9:51:39PM WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD.
9:51:41PM AND THEN THE CIRCLE AS WELL.
9:51:46PM SO THE ROAD WITH THE INTERSECTION.
9:51:48PM I LIVE RIGHT HERE.
9:51:49PM SO COMING OFF BALTIC CIRCLE, THERE'S A MERGE LANE AND ON
9:51:55PM THIS MERGE LANE IS TO BE FOUR DRIVEWAYS.
9:51:59PM RIGHT NOW, THIS STRUCTURE, WHICH IS HERE, ALREADY ONE
9:52:06PM DRIVEWAY, ALREADY ADD ONE ADDITIONAL DRIVEWAY.
9:52:10PM THE TOWNHOUSE IS GOING TO ADD TWO DRIVEWAYS.
9:52:16PM SO GOT MUCH MORE VISUAL, SO I APOLOGIZE.
9:52:27PM RIDING THERE WITH MY BICYCLE COMING DOWN, THERE'S ACTUALLY
9:52:30PM NO BICYCLE LANE ALONG DAVIS BOULEVARD.
9:52:35PM THERE'S A BICYCLE LANE STARTING ABOUT THIS POINT HERE ALONG
9:52:41PM WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD.
9:52:42PM SO YOU HAVE TRAFFIC COME DOWN WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD.
9:52:45PM WHICH THEN GETS JOINED BY THIS MERGED LANE FROM BALTIC
9:52:50PM CIRCLE.
9:52:54PM SO TO COMPETE ALONG THIS PLACE HERE FOR CARS COMING FROM
9:52:57PM THIS WAY, AND COMING ON THE CORNER FROM BALTIC CIRCLE, AND
9:53:03PM COMPLETE AS WELL WITH FOUR DIFFERENT DRIVEWAYS.
9:53:06PM SO TO ME, IT'S QUITE A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD, NOT JUST BUT FOR
9:53:18PM PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THIS INTERSECTION.
9:53:19PM I HAD A VIDEO, AND I SAW A KID ON A SKATEBOARD CROSSING THIS
9:53:24PM INTERSECTION WHICH IS ACTUALLY VERY TRICKY TO GET TO THE
9:53:28PM CENTRAL ISLAND THERE, AND CROSS OVER TWO LANES, THE CENTER
9:53:33PM AISLE, AND THEN ACTUALLY TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF EAST
9:53:37PM DAVIS BOULEVARD AND CROSS OVER FOUR LANES.
9:53:41PM IT'S EXTREMELY CONGESTED INTERSECTION, AND ADDING ADDITIONAL
9:53:45PM DRIVERS ADDS SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RISK.
9:53:51PM THANK YOU.
9:53:51PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
9:53:54PM NEXT, PLEASE.
9:53:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
9:54:10PM MRS. GEE?
9:54:12PM THERE ARE TWO, ONE, TWO, THREE NAMES.
9:54:14PM NANCY BOLT.
9:54:17PM THANK YOU.
9:54:18PM STELLA CHA.
9:54:20PM AND CAROL BONEA?
9:54:24PM THANK YOU.
9:54:25PM THREE ADDITIONAL MINUTES.
9:54:26PM TOTAL OF SIX.
9:54:27PM >> CAN YOU SEE THAT OKAY?
9:55:04PM GOOD EVENING.
9:55:05PM I'M CONNIE GEE.
9:55:06PM I LIVE ON ADELIA ON DAVIS ISLAND AND I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT
9:55:13PM WHAT HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT AND THAT IS WHY THIS SHOULD BE
9:55:16PM DENIED.
9:55:16PM IT SHOULD BE DENIED BECAUSE IT ALREADY A VERY CONGESTED
9:55:19PM AREA, AND THE ROAD DESIGN IS UNSAFE.
9:55:24PM RESIDENTS ARE BEING DENIED THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR WELL-BEING
9:55:31PM IN A VERY HIGH DENSITY, ALL THESE BLACK DOTS ARE ALL THOSE
9:55:38PM APARTMENTS AND CONDOS AND TOWNHOUSES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
9:55:43PM SO IT'S HIGH DENSITY.
9:55:44PM IT HIGH-VOLUME TRAFFIC.
9:55:47PM STATION 251 IS JUST SOUTH OF ARBOR.
9:55:52PM HERE IS THE PROPOSED PROPERTY.
9:55:53PM ACCORDING TO THE COUNCIL, OCTOBER 2018, MORE THAN 10,000
9:55:59PM VEHICLES CROSSED THAT AREA ON A DAILY BASIS.
9:56:03PM NOW, WE KNOW IT'S MORE BECAUSE OUR EXIT VEHICLES ARE 21,583.
9:56:08PM ACCORDING TO THE TRACKING STATION ON THE EXIST BRIDGE.
9:56:12PM BUT WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THAT 10,000 RIGHT NOW.
9:56:15PM THAT OCCURS WHERE YOU HAVE A MULTI-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING
9:56:21PM THAT HAS 29 UNITS.
9:56:23PM HOW MANY CARS?
9:56:25PM 30?
9:56:26PM 40?
9:56:26PM 60?
9:56:28PM YOU HAVE A NEW CONDO BEING BUILT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS
9:56:31PM PROPERTY WITH 12 UNITS.
9:56:33PM THAT'S 24 CARS.
9:56:36PM YOU HAVE A NEW PROPERTY THAT IS JUST NORTH OF THE PROPERTY,
9:56:45PM THE FIVE UNITS HERE.
9:56:47PM OKAY.
9:56:47PM SO YOU HAVE ANOTHER TEN CARS.
9:56:50PM AND AS HAS BEEN SAID, TWO MORE DRIVEWAYS.
9:56:53PM AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS ANOTHER TWO MORE DRIVEWAYS.
9:56:57PM AND IF YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PAGE DOWN HERE, YOU HAVE NOT ONLY
9:57:03PM MULTI-UNIT PROPERTIES, YOU HAVE MULTI-DIRECTIONAL TRAFFIC,
9:57:07PM YOU HAVE NO SAFE CROSSWALKS, YOU HAVE IN A BIKE LANES.
9:57:13PM YOU HAVE A DANGEROUS SITUATION, TO RESIDENTS WITH WHO ARE
9:57:18PM TRYING TO WALK TO THE VILLAGE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
9:57:25PM I WALK THIS.
9:57:26PM THIS IS MY PATH.
9:57:27PM CARS DO NOT STOP FOR YOU.
9:57:32PM THEY ARE NOT ONLY A HIGH VOLUME NUMBER OF CARS, BUT THEY ARE
9:57:35PM HIGH-SPEED.
9:57:36PM THE SPEED IS 30 MILES PER HOUR.
9:57:40PM TRY 50.
9:57:43PM ON AVERAGE.
9:57:44PM SO YOU ARE ADDING DANGER TO AN ALREADY EXISTING DANGEROUS
9:57:50PM SITUATION.
9:57:52PM THESE CARS, ARE THEY GOING TO PULL OUT FROM THESE NEW UNITS?
9:57:55PM ARE THEY GOING TO PULL OUT AND USE THE "AMERICAN IDOL" LANES
9:57:58PM AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS BIKE LANE RIGHT DOWN
9:58:02PM HERE BEFORE THEY CAN GET OVER TO THE WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD.
9:58:07PM OR ARE THEY GOING TO CUT ACROSS ALL FOUR LANES, WHICH THEY
9:58:10PM ARE NOD NOT SUPPOSED TO BECAUSE THEY ARE DESIGNATED TURNING
9:58:13PM LANES?
9:58:13PM ARE THEY GOING TO CUT ACROSS TO THOSE LANES THAT ARE TRYING
9:58:16PM TO MAKE A RIGHT AND LEFT-HAND TURN?
9:58:19PM TO EXHIBIT THE DANGER, DAVIS BOULEVARD IN THE A STREET,
9:58:27PM THESE ARE THE CRASHES ON DAVIS BOULEVARD.
9:58:30PM 197 CRASHES IN FOUR YEARS.
9:58:32PM NINE FATALITY.
9:58:33PM WE AVERAGE ALMOST ONE PER WEEK.
9:58:36PM IN THIS AREA, A STREETS AND DAVIS BOULEVARD, THAT'S THE
9:58:41PM CRASHES ARE ALL THE GREEN DOTS.
9:58:43PM 48 CRASHES ON DAVIS BOULEVARD IN THE A SECTION.
9:58:48PM IN THIS SECTION WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT HERE WHERE THE
9:58:51PM PROPERTY IS, WHERE THERE'S WEST DAVIS, AVENUES DAVIS, AND
9:58:55PM DAVIS, IN THE B STREET, 21 CRASHES ON WEST DAVIS.
9:58:59PM AND THOSE B STREETS.
9:59:01PM EAST DAVIS, ANOTHER 13 CRASHES.
9:59:06PM WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR TRAGEDY.
9:59:11PM AND BAD DESIGN, HIGH-VOLUME TRAFFIC, HIGH SPEEDING TRAFFIC,
9:59:17PM BAD ROAD DESIGN, IN ANY WHICH WAY YOU LOOK. YOU CAN TELL BY
9:59:22PM THE DIRECTION.
9:59:23PM AND THIS CITY CAN BE HELD LIABLE.
9:59:25PM AND I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING.
9:59:26PM VERY RECENTLY, NEW YORK CITY CAVED ON A NEGLIGENCE CASE.
9:59:33PM THE PLAINTIFF WAS AWARDED $20 MILLION WHEN THE CITY WAS HELD
9:59:37PM LIABLE FOR FAILING TO REDESIGN THE STREETS THAT HAD A
9:59:42PM HISTORY OF ALREADY BEING DANGEROUS.
9:59:45PM DO WE WANT THAT FOR OUR CITY?
9:59:47PM I DON'T THINK SO.
9:59:49PM BADLY DESIGNED STREETS AND ADDING TO IT EXACERBATES THE
9:59:54PM DANGER ALREADY.
9:59:56PM I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I CAN TELL YOU EXCEPT LOOK AT THE
10:00:00PM NUMBERS.
10:00:02PM LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
10:00:04PM YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ALREADY ON DAVIS ISLAND.
10:00:08PM YOU HAVE TOO MUCH BAD DESIGN ON DAVIS ISLAND.
10:00:10PM AND YOU ARE GOING TO ADD TO IT BY ALLOWING FOUR MORE
10:00:14PM DRIVEWAYS?
10:00:16PM ON A BASIC ONE-WAY ROAD?
10:00:19PM DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
10:00:21PM I WOULDN'T WANT OUR CITY TO BE HELD LIABLE AND HAVE TO PAY
10:00:24PM OUT A LOT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS BECAUSE OF THAT.
10:00:27PM THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU, OUR CITY
10:00:31PM GOVERNMENT HOLD NO GREATER RESPONSIBILITY THAN TO PROVIDE
10:00:35PM FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF EACH AND EVERY RESIDENT.
10:00:41PM [BELL SOUNDS]
10:00:43PM I HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM FROM ALL OF YOUR CAMPAIGN ADS.
10:00:48PM THEY ALL TALK ABOUT GET RID OF THE CONGESTION, MAKE OUR
10:00:52PM ROADS SAFE, WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PROTECT OUR
10:00:55PM NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:00:55PM COME ON, GUYS.
10:00:58PM A LOT OF DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
10:01:01PM PLEASE DON'T ADD ANYMORE.
10:01:10PM I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS, EVERYTHING I HAVE AND MY NOTES
10:01:14PM FOR THE RECORD.
10:01:14PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:01:16PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU ARE ASKING THE CITY TO REALIGN THE
10:01:19PM ROADS ON DAVIS ISLAND FOR THAT THEY ARE SAFER?
10:01:23PM >> I AM ASKING TO REDESIGN THE ROADS TO MAKE THEM SAFER FOR
10:01:26PM PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLISTS AND PEOPLE IN THE WHEELCHAIRS AND
10:01:29PM PEOPLE WITH -- WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT LIVE UP HERE THAT
10:01:32PM WALK RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY, RIGHT IN THIS PAST.
10:01:38PM YOU HAVE A VERY --
10:01:41PM >>LUIS VIERA: MA'AM, MA'AM, MA'AM, YOU ANSWERED
10:01:43PM COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN'S QUESTION.
10:01:46PM >> IT CAN BE DONE -- VERB
10:01:51PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:01:54PM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:01:55PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:01:56PM >> MY NAME IS JOHN CHA, AND I LIVE AT 98 BALTIC CIRCLE.
10:02:05PM AND I ALSO REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL DENY THIS APPLICATION
10:02:09PM FOR REZONING.
10:02:11PM I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I WAS -- THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LOT
10:02:15PM OF DUPLICATION SO I WILL TRY TO EVEN CUT DOWN MY COMMENTS
10:02:19PM EVEN FURTHER.
10:02:20PM THIS IS REALLY ONE OF PUBLIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
10:02:24PM I ALSO ECHO THE PRIOR COMMENTS ABOUT TRYING TO CROSS DAVIS
10:02:30PM BOULEVARD IN THIS LOCATION, AND IN ADDITION OF -- THE
10:02:36PM CONSTRUCTION OF THE MULTI-UNIT STRUCTURE JUST NORTH OF THE
10:02:38PM PROPOSED SITE.
10:02:40PM AGAIN, THAT WAS INTRODUCED THREE ADDITIONAL DRIVEWAYS.
10:02:44PM AND THE GEOMETRY OF THE ROAD AS IT SPLITS INTO TWO DID NOT
10:02:51PM ALLOW FOR GOOD VISUALIZATION BY EITHER THE DRIVER OR THE
10:02:56PM PEDESTRIAN, AND I THINK THAT AGAIN INCREASING BOTH THE
10:02:59PM DENSITY AS WELL AS THE INGRESS AND EGRESS OF VEHICLES INTO
10:03:04PM THIS MERGED LANE IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.
10:03:09PM THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT I HAVE BEEN A TRAUMA
10:03:14PM SURGEON FOR TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS,
10:03:17PM AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF HORRIFIC ACCIDENTS RESULTING FROM
10:03:22PM AUTOMOBILE VERSUS PEDESTRIAN.
10:03:24PM TAMPA IS ALREADY IN THE PATH OF METROPOLITAN AREAS IN TERMS
10:03:30PM OF PEDESTRIAN DEATHS RESULTING FROM AUTOMOBILES.
10:03:33PM SO I FULLY AGREE THAT THIS AREA IS NOT A GOOD ONE, AND
10:03:39PM PERHAPS WHEN IT'S BEEN REDESIGNED TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL
10:03:43PM STRUCTURES AND DRIVEWAYS, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
10:03:46PM BUT IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY, AGAIN, I
10:03:54PM REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THIS APPLICATION.
10:03:56PM THANK YOU.
10:03:57PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:04:01PM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:04:01PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WE HAVE A SPEAKER FORM HERE FOR MRS. DAVIS.
10:04:19PM IS THERE A RANDY ZOMERAN?
10:04:23PM THANK YOU.
10:04:23PM AND WAYNE PICARD.
10:04:25PM THANK YOU.
10:04:26PM I THINK THE OTHER TWO WERE MARKED OUT, IS THAT CORRECT?
10:04:29PM >> YES, THEY LEFT.
10:04:33PM >> TWO ADDITIONAL MINUTES FOR FIVE TOTAL.
10:04:34PM >> MY NAME IS JANET DAVIS AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
10:04:37PM DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS AND A 23 YEAR RESIDENT OF
10:04:41PM DAVIS ISLAND.
10:04:42PM MANY OF THE RESIDENT PRESENT AT TONIGHT'S MEETING ATTENDED
10:04:44PM DICA'S MARCH MEETING ASKING FOR OUR SUPPORT OPPOSING THE 100
10:04:49PM WEST DAVIS REZONING.
10:04:50PM DICA'S CONSISTENT POSITION ON THESE ISSUES IS NOT TO OPPOSE
10:04:56PM DEVELOPMENT BUT TO HOLD FIRM IN ASKING CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
10:05:01PM THE COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THE CODE.
10:05:04PM AS A RESULT OF THE OPPOSITION FROM OUR RESIDENTS, WHICH I
10:05:08PM MUST MENTION PRIOR TO ANY OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA, THEY ALL
10:05:12PM SHOWED UP, I SUBMITTED A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL AND WISH TO
10:05:16PM READ IT FOR THE RECORD AS FOLLOWS.
10:05:19PM DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION
10:05:22PM DISCUSSED REZ 19-01 AT ITS MARCH 5th, 2019 BOARD
10:05:28PM MEETING.
10:05:28PM THE DISCUSSION INCLUDED STATISTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT
10:05:31PM TRAFFIC MATTERS ON WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD AND INCONSISTENCIES
10:05:36PM WITH THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE.
10:05:41PM SUBSEQUENT TO THE MEETING A VOTE WAS TAKEN AUTHORIZING THE
10:05:44PM PRESIDENT TO PROVIDE WRITTEN OPPOSITION TO REZ 19-01.
10:05:50PM THE DICA BOARD MEMBERS VOTED TO OPPOSE THE REZONING FROM
10:05:54PM RS-75 TO PD.
10:05:56PM THE PD IF APPROVED WILL RUN, ALLOW FOR TWO LOTS, ONE OF
10:06:02PM WHICH WILL BE NONCONFORMING.
10:06:04PM TWO, CREATE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC SAFETY HAZARD.
10:06:07PM THREE, BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE LOT REQUIREMENTS FOR AN
10:06:11PM RS-75 ZONING DISTRICT.
10:06:13PM AND FOUR, RESULT IN IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH
10:06:16PM THE CODE.
10:06:18PM THE DIKA BOARD CONTINUES TO ASSERT THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT
10:06:22PM SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED WITHIN
10:06:24PM THE CODE.
10:06:26PM WE BELIEVE THAT CONTINUAL DEVIATIONS FROM THE CODE WILL
10:06:29PM ADVERSELY IMPACT THE CHARACTER OF THE ISLANDS AND IN THIS
10:06:34PM INSTANCE POTENTIALLY CREATE DANGEROUS SITUATIONS FOR OUR
10:06:37PM COMMUNITY AND VISITORS.
10:06:39PM THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR ALLOWING THE DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC
10:06:42PM ASSOCIATION THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THESE COMMENTS.
10:06:46PM I WOULD LIKE TO THIS LETTER FOR THE RECORD.
10:06:49PM BUT I WOULD ALSO ADDITIONALLY LIKE TO UNDERSCORE THE
10:06:51PM FOLLOWING POINTS.
10:06:52PM DICA IS NOT HERE TO BE THE VOICE OF NO ON EVERY REQUEST.
10:06:59PM PD AND VARIANCES ARE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE WHEN
10:07:03PM WARRANTED.
10:07:04PM AS WE HAVE STATED REPEATEDLY, DAVIS ISLAND IS UNDER
10:07:07PM TREMENDOUS PRESSURE FOR INCREASED DENSE DENSIFICATION DRIVEN
10:07:11PM BY DEVELOPERS TRYING TO MAKE ESCALATING LAND PRICES WORK BY
10:07:15PM CRAMMING TOO MUCH HOUSE ON TOO LITTLE LAND.
10:07:18PM DICA IS HERE TO WORK TO PROTECT THE CHARACTER OF OUR SPECIAL
10:07:23PM COMMUNITY, THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENT AND THE RIGHTS
10:07:27PM NEIGHBORS WITHSTANDING MOST AFFECTED BY THIS REQUEST.
10:07:29PM WE BELIEVE THIS REQUEST IN SHORT IS AN OVERREACH USING THE
10:07:33PM PD AS A VEHICLE TO WORK AROUND THE CODE RESULTING IN ONCE
10:07:37PM AGAIN A REQUEST TO PUT TOO MUCH DENSITY ON THE LAND.
10:07:41PM WE BELIEVE THE APPLICATION TO BE FLAWED AND INCOMPLETE, FROM
10:07:45PM THE FAILURE OF THE APPLICANT TO LIST ALL WAIVERS CLEARLY AND
10:07:48PM UPFRONT, TO THE MANY INCONSISTENCIES IN THE SITE PERHAPS AND
10:07:52PM ELEVATIONS SUPPORTING THE REQUEST.
10:07:54PM WE BELIEVE STAFF'S CONCLUSION OF CONSISTENCY OF THE REQUEST
10:07:58PM WITH CODE TO BE IN ERROR.
10:08:00PM WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO PROTECT THE CHARACTER OF OUR ISLAND
10:08:03PM AND THE SAFETY AND THE RIGHT OF OUR RESIDENTS THEREFORE WE
10:08:07PM ASK THAT YOU DENY THIS REQUEST.
10:08:08PM THANK YOU.
10:08:08PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MRS. FERLITA HAS A SPEAKER WAIVER FORM.
10:08:30PM PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR NAMES.
10:08:32PM STAN MAXWELL.
10:08:33PM THANK YOU.
10:08:34PM STEVEN -- I CANNOT MAKE IT OUT.
10:08:39PM TWO ADDITIONAL MINUTES, TOTAL OF FIVE.
10:08:40PM >> MY NAME IS JOANN FERLITA, LIVE AT 103 BERMUDA AVENUE
10:08:48PM WHICH IS DIRECTLY ON THE WEST SIDE, ON THE BACKSIDE OF 100
10:08:50PM WEST DAVIS, AS WELL AS 96 AND 98 WEST DAVIS.
10:08:54PM I'M WITHIN 250 FEET OF THE WEST DAVIS HOUSE AND HAVE LIVED
10:08:57PM IN OUR HOME SINCE 1989.
10:09:03PM I WAS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE CREATION OF THE DAVIS ISLAND PARK
10:09:06PM WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET WHICH IS SHOWN ON STAFF
10:09:09PM RECORD AS MULTIFAMILY HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.
10:09:15PM A PARK.
10:09:15PM AND ALSO THE DAVIS ISLAND BUSINESS DISTRICT IMPROVEMENTS
10:09:18PM PROJECT.
10:09:19PM OBVIOUSLY, HAVING NOT ONLY A FOUR-STORY TOWNHOUSE BUILT AT
10:09:24PM 9690 WEST DAVIS WHICH HAS ALREADY ZONED RM-24 AND RECENTLY,
10:09:30PM AND NOW THE POSSIBILITY TWO OF ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS OF 257
10:09:32PM TO 40 FEET IN HEIGHT ADDED TO 100 WEST DAVIS DRAMATICALLY
10:09:37PM CHANGES EVERYTHING WE LOVED ABOUT OUR HOME ON DAVIS ISLAND.
10:09:41PM DOESN'T SEEM QUITE FAIR CONSIDERING WE LIVED IN OUR HOME,
10:09:46PM OUR HOME IS HOMESTEADED AND THE PROPERTY AT WEST DAVIS IS
10:09:49PM NOT HOMESTEADED AND LEASING OUT THE HOME AND GARAGE
10:09:52PM APARTMENT DWELLING SOMETIMES SEPARATELY FOR LONG AND
10:09:55PM SHORT-TERM RENTAL AS A TRAVEL RESORT AND FOR EVENTS AND
10:09:59PM PARTY.
10:09:59PM I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT THE SITE MAY IN THE FOUGHT BECOME
10:10:02PM ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE RESORT AND
10:10:05PM RENTAL PROPERTY OR TRAVEL RESORT.
10:10:08PM THE OWNERS WILL SEEK TO REZONE TO MULTIFAMILY IS WHAT I AM
10:10:11PM CONCERNED ABOUT.
10:10:12PM I'M ASKING YOU TO DENY THE APPLICATION FOR REZONING REZ
10:10:15PM 19-01 OF 100 WEST DAVIS FROM RS-75 TO PD OR ANY LOTT LOT
10:10:22PM SMALLER THAN THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT OF RS-75 WOULD
10:10:25PM ALLOW.
10:10:25PM TODAY APPROXIMATELY 74% INCLUDING SUBJECT LOT OF THE HOMES
10:10:29PM WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICT RS-75, AND 1320-FOOT RADIUS OF
10:10:34PM THE LOT ARE ON LOTS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 75-FOOT WIDTH
10:10:40PM AND 7500 SQUARE FEET.
10:10:42PM THEREFORE, THIS REZONING WOULD NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE
10:10:45PM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:10:47PM IT VIOLATES ALL THREE OF THE PLANS AND I ENCOURAGE COUNCIL
10:10:51PM TO FOLLOW THE IMAGINE 2040 TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY
10:10:55PM 9.2.8, TAMPA ZONING ATLAS DESIGNATED AS RS-75, AND CITY CODE
10:11:01PM SECTION 27-11, WHICH STATE NEWLY CREATED LOTS MUST MAINTAIN
10:11:07PM THE ORIENTATION AND HISTORICAL PRECEDENT PATTERN OF PARCEL
10:11:12PM CONFIGURATIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:11:14PM LOTS OF RECORD MAY NOT BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE ESTABLISHED
10:11:17PM PATTERN OF THE LOTS WITHIN THE LAID RADIUS OF 1320 PHOTO.
10:11:22PM I WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNCIL TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE
10:11:24PM IMPACT OF REZONING SMALLER THAN RS-75 AND ALLOW LOT
10:11:28PM SPLITTING WOULD HAVE ON THE RESIDENT WHO BOUGHT HOMES AND
10:11:31PM MOVED HERE WITH REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT CITY COUNCIL
10:11:34PM WOULD ENFORCE THE RS-75 ZONING DISTRICT WITH A MINIMUM
10:11:37PM 75-FOOT WIDTH AND MINIMUM 7500 SQUARE FOOT LOT THAT HAS BEEN
10:11:43PM IN EFFECT FOR DECADE.
10:11:45PM THE SMALLER NEWLY CREATED LOT WOULD NOT MEET -- WOULD MEET
10:11:49PM NEITHER WIDTH NOR AREA OF RS-75 AND THE LARGER LOT WOULD NOT
10:11:55PM MOAT RS-75 SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
10:11:57PM TO ENSURE TAMPA AND DAVIS ISLAND CONTINUE TO BE THE
10:12:00PM COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CITIZENS HAVE CALLED
10:12:03PM HOME AND PROTECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES, PLEASE DENY THE
10:12:05PM REZONING APPLICATION FOR 100 WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD.
10:12:08PM PLEASE DENY THIS REZONING.
10:12:10PM FOLLOW OUR CODE.
10:12:11PM I WOULD LIKE PUT INTO THE RECORD THE DOCUMENTS, SHORT TERM
10:12:18PM RENTAL INFORMATION AS PULLED OFF THE INTERNET TODAY,
10:12:21PM PETITIONS TO BE OPPOSE THE REZONING OF THE WEST DAVIS, 30
10:12:25PM INDIVIDUAL WITHIN 250-FOOT ZONE, PETITIONS TO OPPOSE THE
10:12:30PM REZONING OF 100 WEST DAVIS OF 42 INDIVIDUAL, 251-FOOT PLUS
10:12:37PM AREA, AND A REPORT ON ALL PARCELS IN THE ZONING DISTRICT
10:12:40PM RS-75, THAT ARE IN A 1320-FOOT RADIUS OF 100 WEST DAVIS
10:12:47PM BOULEVARD, 74% OF 120 HOMES ARE GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 75
10:12:53PM FEET, AND A MINIMUM OF 7500 SQUARE FEET.
10:12:56PM THE CITY STAFF IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION DID THE SURROUNDING
10:12:59PM BLOCK, NOT IF 1320-FOOT RADIUS ON THE SIDE.
10:13:04PM THESE ARE COPIES.
10:13:05PM I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM FOR THE RECORD.
10:13:21PM >> MY NAME IS DON FERLITA, 103 BERMUDA AVENUE, DIRECTLY
10:13:29PM BEHIND 100 WEST DAVIS.
10:13:32PM MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 30 YEARS.
10:13:35PM MY FAMILY, MY MOTHER AND FATHER BUILT THE HOUSE IN 1939.
10:13:40PM I HAVE LIVED ON DAVIS ISLAND FOR 60 YEARS.
10:13:43PM AND I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES.
10:13:46PM ESPECIALLY AN INCREASE IN DENSITY AND TRAFFIC.
10:13:50PM NOW MOST NIGHTS I SIT OUT ON MY DECK.
10:13:53PM I HAVE A CIGAR AND A COCKTAIL.
10:13:57PM IT'S USUALLY RELATIVELY PEACEFUL.
10:13:59PM BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THERE'S A SCREECH OF BRAKES AND
10:14:02PM HORNS TOOTING.
10:14:04PM NOW THAT USED TO HAPPEN MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH OR MAYBE
10:14:09PM EVERY TWO MONTHS, YEARS AGO.
10:14:11PM NOW IT'S JUST ABOUT EVERY WEEK, SOMEBODY SLAMMING ON BRAKES
10:14:16PM AND BLOWING THEIR HORN.
10:14:19PM THERE'S DEFINITELY AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.
10:14:23PM RECENTLY, DAVIS ISLAND WAS NAMED THE FIFTH BEST NEIGHBORHOOD
10:14:28PM IN AMERICA.
10:14:31PM WELL, NEARBY HARBOR ISLAND WAS NUMBER 21.
10:14:36PM ACCORDING TO GOOGLE THERE'S ABOUT 150,000 NEIGHBORHOOD IN
10:14:40PM THE U.S.
10:14:42PM DAVIS ISLAND IS NUMBER 5.
10:14:48PM SOME DAY MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON MAY TAKE OVER MY HOUSE,
10:14:51PM AND HOPEFULLY DAVIS ISLANDS WILL STILL RANK AS ONE OF THE
10:14:55PM BEST NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:14:56PM APPROVING THIS REZONING WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT SAFETY AND
10:15:01PM IMPACT ALL OF US NEIGHBORS OF THIS SITE.
10:15:06PM PLEASE DENY THE REZONING APPLICATION FOR 100 WEST DAVIS
10:15:10PM BOULEVARD.
10:15:12PM THIS UNCONTROLLABLE GROWTH MUST STOP SOMEWHERE, SOME TIME.
10:15:18PM LET IT BE NOW.
10:15:19PM PLEASE STAND UP FOR DAVIS ISLANDS A AND DENY THIS REZONING
10:15:24PM AND FOLLOW OUR CODE.
10:15:26PM THANK YOU.
10:15:26PM >> MY NAME IS MAURICE BONEA.
10:15:36PM MY HOME IS 109 BERMUDA WHICH IS BEHIND THIS PROPERTY.
10:15:43PM THE MOST IMPORTANT DUTY OF LEADERS OF A COMMUNITY ARE TO
10:15:47PM KEEP ITS CITIZENS SAFE.
10:15:50PM WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED OUR HOME AT 109 BERMUDA, WE TOOK OUR
10:15:55PM ELDEST SON TO SEE THE HOUSE.
10:15:57PM HE WAS VISITING FROM NEW YORK CITY, SO CONGESTION, TRAFFIC
10:16:02PM AND PEDESTRIANS WERE NOT A BIG DEAL.
10:16:06PM WHEN MY WIFE ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT FROM BERMUDA ONTO DAVIS
10:16:11PM BOULEVARD, OUR SON SHOUTED, MOM, YOU CAN'T PULL OUT HERE.
10:16:14PM TURN AROUND AND GO THE OTHER WAY.
10:16:18PM THEN HE MADE US PROMISE HIM THAT WE WOULD NEVER USE THAT
10:16:22PM INTERSECTION TO LEAVE THE HOUSE.
10:16:27PM IF MY SON COULD SEE THAT THE CORNER WAS UNSAFE AFTER
10:16:30PM VISITING JUST ONCE, WE NEED TO THINK REALLY HARD ABOUT
10:16:36PM ADDING MORE CARS TO THE ALREADY TREACHEROUS INTERSECTION.
10:16:42PM CROSSING THAT CORNER EITHER BY FOOT, BICYCLE OR CAR IS
10:16:46PM SIMPLY UNSAFE.
10:16:49PM THE ADDITION OF MORE DWELLINGS CURRENTLY BEING BUILT OR
10:16:53PM PLANNING TO BE BUILT WILL ADD MULTIPLE CARS TO A DAILY -- ON
10:16:59PM A DAILY BASIS TO THE ALREADY CONGESTED THOROUGHFARE.
10:17:04PM I AM NOT OPPOSED TO GROWTH OF OUR CITY, AND I ENCOURAGE IT.
10:17:10PM HOWEVER, INCREASING THE TRAFFIC AT AN ALREADY DIFFICULT
10:17:13PM INTERSECTION IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE.
10:17:16PM OTHER AREAS OF OUR CITY HAVE HAD TO MODIFY THEIR TRAFFIC
10:17:20PM PATTERNS.
10:17:22PM ON BAYSHORE, SPEED LIMITS HAVE BEEN LOWERED, CROSSWALK
10:17:26PM LIGHTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, AND LANES NARROWED FROM THREE TO
10:17:31PM TWO. THIS IS IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR ALL.
10:17:33PM UNFORTUNATELY, A BIG PART OF THOSE CHANGES WERE DUE TO
10:17:39PM FATALITIES ON THE ROAD.
10:17:40PM I WOULD NOT WANT -- I WOULD NOT LIKE OUR DAVIS ISLAND
10:17:45PM COMMUNITY TO HAVE TO MAKE SIMILAR CHANGES IN THE FUTURE FOR
10:17:49PM THE SAME REASONS.
10:17:51PM HAVING INCREASED TRAFFIC FLOW AT THAT INTERSECTION IS ASKING
10:17:55PM FOR TROUBLE AND CAN BE AVOIDED BY SMART AND FORWARD-LOOKING
10:18:00PM CITY PLANNING.
10:18:03PM WE BOUGHT OUR HOME ON DAVIS --
10:18:06PM [BELL SOUNDS]
10:18:06PM WE BOUGHT OUR HOME ON DAVIS ISLAND HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE A
10:18:10PM SAFE COMMUNITY.
10:18:13PM I THINK WITH THIS ADDED TRAFFIC, IT WOULD NOT BE SAFE.
10:18:16PM AND I AM AGAINST IT.
10:18:19PM AS AN ASIDE, BEYOND THIS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I
10:18:23PM FIND AN EVENT LIKE THIS INAPPROPRIATE TO PERSONALLY ATTACK
10:18:27PM PEOPLE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
10:18:30PM THANK YOU.
10:18:30PM >> MY NAME IS ELIZABETH CARR.
10:18:41PM AND MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A 1941 HOME AT 104 BERMUDA
10:18:48PM AVENUE ON DAVIS ISLAND IN 1996 AND RAISED OUR THREE CHILDREN
10:18:52PM THERE.
10:18:52PM SO I AM A PARTICIPATING NEIGHBOR WITHIN 250 FEET OF THIS
10:18:56PM PROPERTY.
10:18:58PM WE HAVE EXPECTED AND MAINTAINED THIS 78-YEAR-OLD HOME FOR
10:19:02PM OUR BENEFIT.
10:19:03PM ALSO OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
10:19:05PM OUR HOME IS ON A CORNER LOT, WE I AM STALLED AND MAINTAIN A
10:19:11PM LIVING HEDGE OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
10:19:13PM IN PREPARING TO THEY SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL, I READ RELEVANT
10:19:16PM PART OF THE IMAGINE 2040 TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADOPTED BY
10:19:21PM CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 7, 2016.
10:19:24PM IF A REZONING REQUEST LIKE THE ONE BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY IS
10:19:27PM APPROVED WE CAN ALL BE CERTAIN THAT IMAGINE 2040 WILL FALL
10:19:31PM SHORT OF REALITY.
10:19:34PM IMAGINE PLAN DESCRIBES LIFE ON DAVIS ISLAND AS IT WOULD
10:19:38PM BECOME IN 2014 IF THE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES ENCLOSED IN
10:19:42PM THE PLAN COME TO BE.
10:19:46PM IN IMAGINING WHAT DAVIS ISLAND LIKE IN 2014 THERE WERE
10:19:51PM SEVERAL POINT.
10:19:52PM SO I AM GOING TO DISCUSS A FEW OF THOSE.
10:19:54PM OF ONE WAS THAT THE ISLAND'S UNIQUE HISTORY AND HERITAGE
10:19:58PM WILL BE EMBRACED BY RESIDENT AND HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND
10:20:02PM DESIGN ELEMENTS ARE PROTECTED VOLUNTARILY.
10:20:06PM I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT 2014 PROJECTION FORWARD TODAY AND
10:20:10PM SAY THAT I STAND HERE TO VOLUNTARILY PROTECT HISTORIC
10:20:15PM STRUCTURE BY STATING THAT THE HOME ON THIS PARCEL IS LISTED
10:20:18PM ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES WHICH MEANS THAT
10:20:22PM IT IS DEEMED WORTHY OF PRESERVATION FOR ITS HISTORICAL
10:20:25PM SIGNIFICANCE.
10:20:26PM THE PROPOSAL TO BUILD A 40-FOOT HOME AGAINST A ONE-STORY
10:20:33PM STRUCTURE AND BUILD A NEW GARAGE AND DRIVEWAY FOR THE
10:20:35PM HISTORIC STRUCTURE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE GRAND
10:20:38PM ENTRANCE WILL LOWER ITS ATTRACTIVENESS AND VALUE AND PLACE
10:20:41PM IT AT RISK FOR FUTURE DEMOLITION.
10:20:45PM I ALSO STAND TO VOLUNTARILY PROTECT THE UNIQUE HISTORY AND
10:20:48PM HERITAGE OF DAVIS ISLAND IN THAT IT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
10:20:52PM IS SAFE WITHOUT TRAFFIC LIGHT.
10:20:54PM INCREASING TRAFFIC THROUGH DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS WILL
10:20:57PM EVENTUALLY REQUIRE TRAFFIC LATES ON DAVIS ISLAND TO CONTROL
10:21:00PM TRAFFIC AND THEREBY THE LOSS OF THIS UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC.
10:21:05PM ANOTHER POINT STATED IN 2040 ISLANDERS ENJOY THEIR
10:21:10PM TRADITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS, AND THEY STRENGTHEN THEIR SENSE
10:21:14PM OF COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTICIPATION.
10:21:15PM [BELL SOUNDS]
10:21:18PM AN ATTEMPT TO PARTICIPATE IS THWARTED BY DETAILS TO BE
10:21:21PM ADDRESSED LATER IN THIS APPLICATION FOR REZONING.
10:21:23PM IN ADDITION I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT THE OWNER DOES NOT
10:21:26PM LIVE IN THE PROPERTY BUT RENT IT ON SHORT-TERM BASIS AND HAS
10:21:30PM INSTALLED A FENCE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY BY THIS APPLICATION
10:21:34PM TO REZONE THEIR PROPERTY FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF FINANCIAL
10:21:36PM GAIN TO THE DETRIMENT OF HISTORIC RESIDENT AND SURROUNDING
10:21:41PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:21:42PM THANK YOU.
10:21:43PM [BELL SOUNDS]
10:21:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:21:46PM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:21:47PM >> GREG RODIER; I LIVE AT 105 BERMUDA DIRECTLY BEHIND THE
10:21:52PM PROPERTY.
10:21:53PM I OPPOSE THIS FOR TWO PRIMARY REASONS.
10:21:59PM ONE, SAFETY AS IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT OVER AND OVER.
10:22:02PM THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON DAVIS ISLAND, ON WEST DAVIS
10:22:07PM BOULEVARD, EAST DAVIS BOULEVARD.
10:22:09PM I WALK MY DOGS EVERY SINGLE DAY SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
10:22:14PM AND I CHOOSE THE TIME I WALK MY DOGS AROUND THE BLOCK AND
10:22:19PM TAKE THE WEST DAVIS ROUTE BECAUSE I'M FEARFUL.
10:22:25PM THERE'S THAT MUCH TRAFFIC.
10:22:26PM WHEN I AM ON THAT ROAD IN THE MORNING AND I THINK TO MYSELF,
10:22:29PM WHERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE GOING?
10:22:30PM THIS IS A SMALL ISLAND.
10:22:32PM THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE.
10:22:33PM THEY ARE ALL GOING FAST.
10:22:35PM I'M IN CONSTRUCTION.
10:22:36PM I'M IN THE TRADE.
10:22:37PM I REALIZE A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING TO WORK ON THE ISLAND.
10:22:39PM BUT THERE AREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE WORKING, BECAUSE THE
10:22:44PM ISLAND IS NOT THAT BIG.
10:22:48PM THE NEXT BIGGEST CONCERN I HAVE WITH ALL OF THAT IS THE FACT
10:22:51PM THAT ALL OF THESE HOMES INCLUDING THE TOWNHOMES, BUT ALL
10:22:55PM THESE NEW DRIVEWAYS, EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO
10:22:58PM EXIT AND HEAD SOUTH ON WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD.
10:23:02PM BUT IF THEY ARE GOING SOMEWHERE, THEY ARE GOING TO NEED TO
10:23:05PM BE GOING NORTH.
10:23:07PM SO THEY HAVE SELF OPTIONS.
10:23:08PM THEY CAN EITHER TAKE A LEFT ON DANUBE AND CROSS ON WEST
10:23:16PM DAVIS OR TAKE A RIGHT AND CIRCLE ON BERMUDA AND EXIT ON
10:23:21PM BALTIC.
10:23:22PM EXISTING ON BALTIC IS DEFINITELY A LIFE CHALLENGING -- YOU
10:23:28PM HAVE GOT TO TAKE THAT TURN THERE.
10:23:32PM I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO REROUTE
10:23:35PM ITSELF THROUGH BERMUDA AVENUE.
10:23:39PM AND THE REASONS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, YOU GO DOWN THE
10:23:42PM BLOCK, AND WE HAVE GOT A FAMILY OF CHILDREN.
10:23:44PM WE HAVE GOT REALE. WE HAVE GOT GUNNER.
10:23:48PM WE HAVE LUCAS. WE HAVE GOT ELAN.
10:23:49PM WE HAVE LILY. WE HAVE GOT LENA.
10:23:53PM YOU HAVE GOT MILLER.
10:23:54PM YOU HAVE GOT GABRIELLE.
10:23:55PM YOU HAVE GOT CHASE.
10:23:57PM YOU HAVE GOT ALL THOSE CHILDREN.
10:24:00PM AND IN TODAY'S LEISURE WORLD, THOSE CHILDREN ARE OUT THERE
10:24:04PM EVERY SINGLE DAY PLAYING.
10:24:07PM THEY ARE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE BLOCK.
10:24:09PM THEY ARE ON SKATEBOARDS.
10:24:11PM THEY ARE ON SCOOTERS.
10:24:14PM IT'S A BAD SITUATION.
10:24:17PM AND THE SAFETY IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN.
10:24:19PM [BELL SOUNDS]
10:24:21PM THE OTHER CONCERN THAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED IS WITH THE FACT
10:24:24PM THAT IT IS USED AS AN ENTERTAINMENT VENUE.
10:24:28PM I LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND IT.
10:24:30PM I LIKE TO SIT ON MY PATIO AND SMOKE A CIGAR.
10:24:33PM THE AUXILIARY STRUCTURE ISN'T TWO STORY AND IT ALL GLASS
10:24:36PM FACING MY PATIO.
10:24:37PM SO I ADOPT HAVE PRIVACY WHEN THAT'S BEING USED AS A VENUE.
10:24:41PM I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT ULTIMATELY WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT
10:24:44PM STRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
10:24:46PM THANK YOU.
10:24:47PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:24:50PM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:24:55PM >>LINDA SAUL-SENA: I LIVE AT 157 BISCAYNE ON DAVIS ISLAND,
10:24:58PM ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AWAY.
10:25:00PM IN MY VIEW, I WROTE THE DAVIS ISLANDS PLAN FOR THE PLANNING
10:25:04PM COMMISSION AS A YOUNG PLANNER AND DID SOME RESEARCH.
10:25:08PM IN 1927, DAVIS ISLANDS WON THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION
10:25:12PM AWARD FOR THE BEST PLANNED COMMUNITY.
10:25:15PM IT IS UNBELIEVABLY THOUGHTFULLY PUT TOGETHER.
10:25:18PM YOU HAVE GOT THE COMMERCIAL AREA.
10:25:19PM YOU HAVE GOT THE OFFICES.
10:25:20PM YOU HAVE GOT MULTIFAMILY.
10:25:22PM AND YOU HAVE GOT SINGLE-FAMILY.
10:25:23PM THIS IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY AREA.
10:25:25PM NOW, THE MORE EXPENSIVE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES FACE WEST.
10:25:30PM THIS IS ON THE WEST SIDE.
10:25:32PM THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THIS AREA IS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL
10:25:36PM WOULD BUY SEVERAL LOTS AND CREATE A HOME AND A GARDEN.
10:25:40PM VERY FREQUENTLY THERE WAS AN OUTBUILDING WHICH WAS A GARAGE,
10:25:45PM RELATIVES OR STAFF LIVED ON THE SECOND LEVEL OF THAT, AND
10:25:48PM THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
10:25:52PM THERE ARE MANY -- NOT TONS BUT THERE ARE AT LEAST TWO DOZEN
10:25:57PM EXAMPLES OF THESE ORIGINAL HOMES THAT ARE STILL INTACT.
10:26:00PM THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TODAY VIOLATES THE HISTORIC PATTERN
10:26:06PM OF THE AREA.
10:26:07PM THE BIFURCATION OF THIS LOT INTO A JOB IS REALLY NOT
10:26:12PM CONSISTENT WITH THE HISTORIC PATTERN, AND IT REALLY
10:26:15PM INAPPROPRIATE.
10:26:16PM AND IT DOES A DISSERVICE TO THE RHYTHM OF THIS PORTION OF
10:26:20PM THE ISLAND.
10:26:22PM ON ANOTHER NOTE -- AND SPEAKING AS SOMEBODY WHO KNEW THE
10:26:27PM PLAN AND WATCHED THE REZONINGS, AND THIS WAS SET ASIDE AS AN
10:26:30PM RS-75 AREA, AND WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY WOULD CHANGE THAT
10:26:36PM PLAN THAT'S PART OF THE COMP PLAN, AND HAS BEEN ADOPTED.
10:26:41PM LASTLY, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD A SON WHO HAD A BACHELOR
10:26:45PM PARTY BY INVITING SEVEN CLASSMATES AND RENTING THIS
10:26:50PM PROPERTY.
10:26:51PM THE PREMISE THAT THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY LIVES
10:26:54PM THERE FULL TIME IS NOT VALID BASED ON MY FRIEND'S SON'S
10:26:59PM BACHELOR PARTY EXPERIENCE.
10:27:00PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
10:27:02PM AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO RESPECT THE TRADITIONAL
10:27:05PM PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT ON DAVIS ISLANDS.
10:27:08PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU MA'AM.
10:27:11PM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:27:11PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. BOLT HAS FIVE NAMES.
10:27:23PM PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE, PLEASE.
10:27:25PM KATHLEEN FARAZANEGA.
10:27:31PM ZELDA.
10:27:33PM MARY JO FERAZZA.
10:27:36PM BRIAN BRODY.
10:27:38PM VANESSA EDWARD.
10:27:39PM THANK YOU.
10:27:40PM FIVE ADDITIONAL MINUTE FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT.
10:27:42PM >> I JUST WANT TO START OUT BY THANKING THIS COUNCIL FOR
10:27:54PM TESTING THE LIMIT OF STAMINA.
10:27:57PM (LAUGHTER)
10:27:58PM REALLY, THANK YOU.
10:27:59PM THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH ONE.
10:28:01PM EVEN THOUGH I DON'T COME HERE THIS OFTEN AND I KNOW THAT.
10:28:07PM ABOUT A WEEK AGO, A BOMB WENT OFF --
10:28:11PM >> YOUR NAME, PLEASE?
10:28:13PM >> I'M SORRY.
10:28:14PM BOB BOLT, 213 BLANCA.
10:28:17PM 43 YEAR RESIDENT OF DAVIS ISLAND.
10:28:20PM EVERY DAY MOSTLY TWICE A DAY, I DRIVE THROUGH THE
10:28:23PM INTERSECTION THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.
10:28:26PM I COULD DRIVE THIS THING IN MY SLEEP.
10:28:28PM I MEAN, I KNOW THIS TRAFFIC SITUATION.
10:28:32PM AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I NEED TO ELABORATE ON THAT GIVEN THE
10:28:35PM QUALITY OF THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
10:28:38PM A WEEK AGO, A BOMB WENT OFF IN THE FORM OF A STAFF REPORT.
10:28:44PM I CAN ONLY TELL YOU, YOU KNOW I AM NOT A LAND USE ZONING
10:28:48PM GUY, BUT EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT THIS SUBJECTIVE LEARNED
10:28:50PM SINCE THAT REPORT WAS ISSUED.
10:28:52PM AND THE BOMB WENT OFF BECAUSE OF THE FINDING OF CONSISTENCY
10:28:56PM ON ALL THESE ISSUES THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THE PD APPLICATION,
10:29:00PM OKAY.
10:29:01PM SO BEAR WITH ME.
10:29:02PM I DON'T KNOW MUCH.
10:29:03PM HAVING I KNOW ABOUT THIS SUBJECTIVE LEARNED IN THE LAST WEEK
10:29:06PM SO HERE IS WHAT I KNOW.
10:29:10PM THIS APPLICATION WAS FILED ON OCTOBER 5th, '18.
10:29:18PM SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE -- IN PROCESS A LITTLE MORE THAN FIVE
10:29:22PM MONTH.
10:29:22PM WHAT YOU WITNESSED TONIGHT, I HAVE CONTAINED OF GOTTEN A
10:29:26PM SENSE OF.
10:29:26PM THIS IS A MOVING TARGET.
10:29:27PM THEY ARE FILING AMENDMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND MRS.
10:29:32PM GRIMES, EXCELLENT ATTORNEY, HIRED ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND IT
10:29:35PM BEEN MOVING EVER SINCE, AND I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S BEEN
10:29:38PM EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR A LAYMAN TO GET HIS ARMS AROUND JUST
10:29:42PM EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.
10:29:44PM BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE STAFF REPORT WAS A SHOCKER TO
10:29:48PM ALL OF US.
10:29:49PM AND WE HAVE RALLIED AS FAST AS WE CAN TO PRESENT TO YOU
10:29:53PM TONIGHT BASICALLY ON ONE WEEK OR LESS WORK.
10:29:55PM IT TOOK A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET OVER THE SHOCK.
10:29:59PM THE NEXT THING I LOOKED, I FOUND WAS THIS.
10:30:02PM ARE THERE ANY WAIVES OR VARIANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
10:30:05PM APPLICATION?
10:30:06PM NO.
10:30:07PM OKAY.
10:30:08PM SO GO FORWARD FROM THERE.
10:30:11PM WE WERE TOLD PUBLICLY AND ALL NOTICES SUBSEQUENT TO THIS
10:30:16PM THAT WERE ISSUED ACCORDINGLY, NO VARIANCES.
10:30:18PM BUT IF YOU READ THE STAFF REPORT, AND YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY,
10:30:22PM THERE ARE VARIANCES.
10:30:23PM THERE'S ACTUALLY A VARIANCE IN THE STAFF REPORT.
10:30:26PM THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE MENTIONED TONIGHT.
10:30:28PM BUT THE IMPORTANT PART IS THIS.
10:30:29PM WHEN YOU READ THAT STAFF REPORT, I COUNTED 12 MENTIONS OF
10:30:36PM VARIANCES IN THE STAFF REPORT.
10:30:38PM THIS IS AN APPLICATION TO HAVE NO REQUEST FOR VARIANCES.
10:30:42PM IT'S RIDDLED WITH REFERENCES TO STAFF REPORT.
10:30:45PM WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
10:30:46PM SO AS I LEARNED MY WAY THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I LEARNED THAT
10:30:49PM IF YOU FILED A PD APPLICATION, YOU CAN TO SOME DEGREE YOU
10:30:54PM CAN GET AROUND SOME OF THE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS.
10:30:56PM THE STRICTER VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS UNDERSTOOD THE
10:30:59PM RATIONALIZATION OF THE HARMONIZATION OF THE PROPERTY AND ALL
10:31:03PM THOSE GOOD CONCEPT THAT YOU KNOW SO WELL AND I DON'T.
10:31:06PM BUT THE POINT IS, THE PD, I THINK IN THIS INSTANCE, AS A
10:31:11PM LAYMAN, IS BEING ABUSED BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL COMPLIES ANT
10:31:16PM VARIANCES IN THERE AND YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT
10:31:18PM THAT, IF YOU HAVE LOT SIZE, DIMENSIONS, TRAFFIC, ALL THESE
10:31:22PM THINGS THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR.
10:31:24PM AND WAY HEARD THE STAFF SAY EARLIER -- AND I MIGHT HAVE
10:31:28PM MISCONSTRUED THIS, BUT WHAT I HEARD IS PD, NO REQUEST FOR
10:31:31PM VARIANCE, SHUT DOWN OF ANALYSIS.
10:31:35PM IN OTHER WORDS, IF THERE'S NO OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR
10:31:37PM VARIANCES, IT GET A DIFFERENT TACT IN THE EYE OF THE STAFF.
10:31:42PM AND I WOULD SUBMIT THAT SUBSTANCE OVER FORM SHOULD GOVERN
10:31:45PM THIS.
10:31:46PM IF YOU READ INTO THIS APPLICATION, AND YOU READ THE STAFF
10:31:49PM REPORT, YOU KNOW, IT TALKS WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT VARIANCES WHEN
10:31:54PM NONE ARE REQUESTED.
10:31:55PM OKAY, THE OTHER THING I HAVE NOTICED IS WHEN YOU READ THE
10:31:58PM STAFF REPORT, YOU CAN VISUALIZE YOURSELF LOOKING OUT IN THE
10:32:02PM NEIGHBORHOOD, AND BASICALLY YOU ARE LOOKING NORTH, LOOKING
10:32:06PM ACROSS THE STREET, THE MULTI--YOU LOOK DOWN TOWARD THE
10:32:10PM VILLAGE, AND THAT'S ONE VIEW.
10:32:13PM BUT I WANT THIS COUNCIL TO TURN AROUND LIKE A GOOGLE MAP,
10:32:18PM TURN AROUND AND LOOK DOWN THE OTHER WAY.
10:32:20PM AND I WANT YOU TO VISUALIZE AN RS-75 DOMINO THERE.
10:32:24PM THAT'S THIS PROPERTY.
10:32:26PM AND LOOK BEHIND IT.
10:32:29PM AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE, YOU ARE GOING SEE RS-75 DOMINOS
10:32:33PM ALL THE WAY DOWN THE FULL LENGTH OF WEST DAVIS.
10:32:36PM AND THEN YOU ARE GOING TO TAB A LEFT AND GO THE FULL LENGTH
10:32:39PM OF SOUTH DAVIS AND THEN TAKE ANOTHER LEFT AND COME UP TO THE
10:32:42PM VILLAGE.
10:32:43PM RS-75.
10:32:44PM WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU PUSH THAT FIRST DOMINO OVER?
10:32:47PM THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO BE CHANGED.
10:32:50PM NOW, WE ALL READ THE PAPERS.
10:32:52PM WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON DAVIS ISLAND. THIS NOTION BE
10:32:55PM THAT YOU CAN MAKE MONEY BY SUBDIVIDING A LOT, I'M NOT SURE
10:32:59PM THAT MAKES ANY SENSE THESE DAYS.
10:33:01PM IT MIGHT HAVE MADE SENSE 10, 20 YEARS AGO.
10:33:03PM THIS HE IS DAYS THE KIND OF BUYERS THAT MOVING ONTO DAVIS
10:33:05PM ISLAND WANT BIG LOT.
10:33:07PM LOOK AT THE HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT.
10:33:09PM THE TENDENCY IS TO WANT THE BIG LOT.
10:33:12PM I QUESTION WHETHER THIS APPLICATION MAKES ANY SENSE EACH FOR
10:33:15PM THE OWNER.
10:33:16PM OKAY.
10:33:16PM SO BASICALLY, OUR POSITION IS THAT THIS WHOLE THING HAS COME
10:33:22PM TO PASS WAY TOO FAST.
10:33:24PM THERE HASN'T BEEN ADEQUATE DISCLOSURE REGARDING THE REAL
10:33:28PM NATURE OF THE APPLICATION REQUESTING VARIANCES AND SO FORTH.
10:33:31PM IT BEEN DROPPED ON US SEVEN DAYS AGO.
10:33:33PM IT REALLY WASN'T UNTIL THEN WE KNEW THE STAFF WAS GOING TO
10:33:36PM GO THIS DIRECTION.
10:33:37PM AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING OUR BEST TO PUT TOGETHER A GOOD
10:33:40PM OPPOSITION.
10:33:41PM THANK YOU.
10:33:42PM AND I WANT TO SAY THIS.
10:33:43PM I PERSONALLY LOVE HISTORY, OKAY.
10:33:45PM AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT DP DAVIS JUMPED OFF THAT SHIP ON
10:33:50PM OCTOBER 20th, 1926, OKAY? AND IF NEPTUNE OFFERED HIM UP
10:33:55PM AND HE CAME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TONIGHT AND HE WOULD TELL
10:33:58PM YOU PLEASE, DON'T DO THIS TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:34:00PM HE COMES BACK FROM CORAL GABLES. HE DESIGNED THIS
10:34:04PM MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE THAT MRS. SAUL-SENA DESCRIBED, AND
10:34:09PM EXPERIENCED THESE BIG LOTS, AND THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS
10:34:11PM A NICE PROPERTY.
10:34:12PM IT'S GOT A NICE SIDE YARD.
10:34:13PM IT'S ALL COORDINATED.
10:34:15PM BUT TO CUT THAT PROPERTY IN HALF, REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE
10:34:18PM LOT, WOULD UTTERLY DESTROY HIS VISION NOT ONLY OF THE
10:34:22PM PROPERTY BUT OF THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:34:24PM THANK YOU.
10:34:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:34:27PM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:34:27PM >> AND IF YOU HAVE ANY GRANDCHILDREN.
10:34:35PM >> DEBBY ZAMMERMAN, DAVIS ISLAND RESIDENT, DICA BOARD MEMBER
10:36:10PM AND DAVIS ISLAND COMMITTEE BOARD MEMBER.
10:36:13PM I HAVE BEEN SWORN.
10:36:13PM I KNOW THE SITE WELL AND ACCESS THE ADJACENT SIDEWALK AND/OR
10:36:17PM ROADWAYS MOST DAYS AND OFTEN SEVERAL TIMES IN ONE DAY.
10:36:20PM ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS CARS EXISTING THE PROPERTY HAVE NOT
10:36:23PM SEEN ME OR OTHER WAS ME INCLUDING MY GRANDCHILDREN.
10:36:26PM MY HUSBAND RIDES BIKES IN THE BIKE LANE ADJACENT TO THE
10:36:30PM PROPERTY COUNTLESS TIMES EACH WEEK.
10:36:32PM SAFETY OF THE SIDEWALK, BIKE LANE AND ROADWAY ARE IMPORTANT
10:36:34PM TO ME AND I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT THIS PD COULD
10:36:38PM COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY, FRIEND AND OTHER
10:36:40PM RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE ISLAND.
10:36:42PM THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PER LU POLICY 8.1.3.3 STATES
10:36:48PM PLANNING DEVELOPMENT REZONING IS NOT TO BE USED FOR THE SOLE
10:36:53PM PURPOSE OF WAIVING THE ESTABLISHED LAND DEVELOPMENT
10:36:55PM REGULATIONS.
10:36:56PM I AM HERE TO ASK THAT THE PD DECISIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY
10:36:59PM FOLLOW OUR CODE.
10:37:01PM I HAVE SUBMITTED CORRESPONDENCE INTO THE RECORD ADDRESSING
10:37:05PM TRANSPORTATION, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CONCERNS, PD WAIVES, SITE
10:37:09PM PLAN DISCREPANCIES, PROJECT NARRATIVE DEFICIENCIES, STAFF
10:37:13PM REPORT DISCREPANCIES, AND TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL STANDARD
10:37:17PM ISSUES.
10:37:18PM I GAVE THOSE TO MR. SHELBY AND THEY ARE IN THE RECORD.
10:37:22PM SITE PLAN DEFICIENCIES.
10:37:25PM YOU HAVE A MARKED UP SITE PLAN AND IT'S ON THE OVERHEAD AS
10:37:29PM WELL AND ON THIS BIG BOARD, A MARKED UP SITE PLAN AND MATRIX
10:37:33PM LEGEND WHICH LOSS MORE LIKE THIS.
10:37:35PM SORRY.
10:37:38PM AND MATRIX LEGEND WHICH REFLECT POTENTIAL DEFICIENCIES AS
10:37:42PM REFLECTED WITHIN THE SITE PLAN BOARD.
10:37:44PM THE APPLICANT HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE SITE PLAN INFORMATION
10:37:47PM REQUIRED FOR THE CODE AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
10:37:50PM SINCE PDS ARE TIED TO THE SITE PLAN NO APPROVAL SHOULD BE
10:37:54PM GRANTED UNTIL THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY STAFF.
10:37:57PM FINDINGS MUST BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC IN A MANNER THAT
10:38:00PM ALLOWS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE REQUIRED
10:38:03PM SITE PLAN.
10:38:04PM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCONSISTENCIES.
10:38:07PM THIS REQUEST IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
10:38:10PM PLAN.
10:38:11PM I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH A SAMPLING OF COMP PLAN
10:38:14PM REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS REQUEST.
10:38:16PM MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN CITED MANY TIMES TONIGHT ON OTHER
10:38:19PM ISSUES.
10:38:20PM IN CLOSING, THIS PD REQUEST IS ESSENTIALLY A WORK-AROUND --
10:38:26PM EXCUSE ME, THIS PD REQUEST IS ESSENTIALLY AN OVERREACH OF
10:38:29PM THE PD PROCESS WHICH DISGUISE IT IS TRUE INTENT OF THE
10:38:33PM REQUEST WHICH IS TO PROVIDE, NUMBER ONE, THE CREATION OF AN
10:38:36PM IRREGULARLY SHAPED LOT IN EQUIPMENT THE ESTABLISHED
10:38:39PM DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TWO, ALLOW FOR A
10:38:42PM LOT WITH DIMENSIONAL CHANGE CITY, LESS THAN REQUIRED IN THE
10:38:47PM CODE, AND 3, ALLOW A STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT IN CONFLICT WITH
10:38:50PM THE CODE AS HE NUMBER RIGHTED WITH THE MARKED UP SITE PLAN.
10:38:54PM PLEASE FOLLOW OUR CODE.
10:38:55PM OVERTURN THIS DECISION AND REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICANT
10:38:57PM DEVELOP THEIR SITE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CODES AS LU POLICY
10:39:01PM 8.133 SAYS, PLANNING DEVELOPMENT REZONING PROCESS IS NOT TO
10:39:05PM BE USED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF LAND DEVELOPMENT
10:39:11PM REGULATIONS.
10:39:12PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
10:39:13PM IN THE RECORD I HAVE SUBMITTED THE MARKED UP SITE PLAN --
10:39:16PM [BELL SOUNDS]
10:39:17PM >> THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CORRESPONDENCE.
10:39:20PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:39:21PM NEXT, SIR.
10:39:24PM AND OF A THIS GENTLEMAN, MA'AM, ARE YOU GOING TO BE
10:39:26PM SPEAKING?
10:39:26PM OKAY.
10:39:29PM THANK YOU, SIR.
10:39:29PM >> MY NAME IS ED ROZELLO.
10:39:48PM MY WIFE AND MY FIVE CHILDREN LIVE AT 52 REDOLLA.
10:39:54PM WE LOVE TAMPA.
10:39:55PM WE LOVE DAVIS ISLAND.
10:39:56PM AS THE REQUESTER HAS ADMITTED THE REQUEST IS ALL ABOUT THE
10:40:01PM MONEY.
10:40:01PM SO LET TALK ABOUT MONEY.
10:40:02PM I HAVE PUT TOGETHER A MAP OF THE HOTTEST AND MOST RICH REAL
10:40:10PM ESTATE IN TAMPA, AND CLEARLY -- AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THIS
10:40:15PM IN FRONT OF YOU.
10:40:16PM I CAN SCROLL ALL THE WAY NORTH AND ALL THE WAY SOUTH.
10:40:20PM AND AS YOU CAN SEE DAVIS ISLAND IS ONE OF THE TWO HOTTEST,
10:40:23PM RICHEST AND MOST IN DEMAND PIECES OF REAL ESTATE.
10:40:29PM SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MONEY, WHICH THIS IS WHAT
10:40:32PM IT'S ALL ABOUT -- AND IT REALLY ISN'T ABOUT THE USE, IT JUST
10:40:37PM ABOUT THE MONEY.
10:40:37PM WHAT YOU HAVE IS DEVELOPERS LICKING THEIR CHOPS.
10:40:40PM AND MY CONCERN IS THAT -- I SHARE ALL THE OTHER CONCERNS BUT
10:40:46PM I SHARE A CONCERN THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT JUST ONE DECISION.
10:40:48PM THIS IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT ONE PRECEDENT CAN OPEN THE DOOR
10:40:52PM TO MANY MORE, WHICH CAN ACCUMULATE AND BECOME LAW.
10:40:57PM SO LET TALK ABOUT WHAT AM I SAYING?
10:40:59PM WHAT I AM SAYING HERE IS IF YOU SEE THE NUMBER ONE, THE
10:41:03PM NUMBER ONE IS THE PARCEL IN QUESTION.
10:41:07PM IF YOU AGREE TO LET THEM BUILD -- LET THEM PARCEL OUT WHAT
10:41:14PM WOULD NOW BE CONSIDERED A NONCONFORMING LOT AND BUILD WHAT
10:41:16PM WOULD NOW BE CONSIDERED A NONCONFORM STRUCTURE, ALL OF THE
10:41:20PM PROPERTIES, WHICH IS TWO IN THE ABOVE ON THAT MAP, IT'S ALL
10:41:29PM OF THE RESIDENCES TO DANUBE.
10:41:33PM THEY ARE ALL TEAR DOWNS.
10:41:34PM YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM.
10:41:35PM THEY ARE ALL TEAR DOWN STRUCTURES.
10:41:37PM SO IF I AM A DEVELOPER AND I KNOW THIS ABOUT THE MONEY, AND
10:41:43PM EVEN THEY ARE ADMITTING BITS THE MONEY, THERE'S GOING TO BE
10:41:46PM A MONEY CHASE FOR ALL THOSE LOTS TO BE REZONED OR LET ON THE
10:41:50PM THINGS HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU COULD OPEN UP THE DOOR TO THAT.
10:41:53PM THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
10:41:55PM I MADE A MAP.
10:41:56PM I AM NOT RAND OR McNALLY BUT I MADE A MAP TO THE BEST OF
10:42:00PM MY ABILITY OF HOW MANY TEAR DOWNS ARE ON DAVIS ISLAND.
10:42:04PM JUST JUDGING -- I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF HOMES
10:42:08PM ON DAVIS ISLAND THAT ARE 50 OR 60 YEARS OLD.
10:42:11PM THEY ARE SINGLE STORY UNITS AND MANY OF THEM LOOK TO BE IN
10:42:14PM DISREPAIR, ET.
10:42:16PM THERE ARE OVER 600 TEAR DOWNS ON DAVIS ISLAND.
10:42:20PM SEW SO MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS ISN'T ONE DECISION, THIS
10:42:24PM COULD BE A DECISION THAT CHANGES THE ABSOLUTE FACE AND
10:42:27PM LANDSCAPE OF DAVIS ISLAND.
10:42:29PM AND FINALLY I SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WAS CALLED THE IMAGINE
10:42:32PM 2040, THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND IN IT, IT JUST TALKS
10:42:38PM ABOUT PROTECTING LOW DENSITY, SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS.
10:42:44PM IT TALKS ABOUT MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF SINGLE-FAMILY
10:42:46PM RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
10:42:47PM [BELL SOUNDS]
10:42:49PM DISCOURAGING DEMOLITION.
10:42:55PM >> THANK YOU, SIR.
10:42:56PM I WILL GIVE YOU 15 SECONDS.
10:42:57PM >> FINALLY, UNDER 5.3, IT TALKS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS
10:43:01PM INCONSISTENT WITH THE LEVELS OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.
10:43:03PM IF YOU HAVE EVER TRIED TO GET ON OR OFF THIS ISLAND AS THE
10:43:07PM DENSITY CONTINUES TO GROW, IT BECOMING INCREASINGLY
10:43:09PM DIFFICULT IN THE MORNINGS AND THE EVENINGS.
10:43:12PM SO I AM OPPOSED TO THIS AND I ASK YOU TO DENY THE REQUEST.
10:43:15PM THANK YOU.
10:43:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.
10:43:20PM NOW WE WILL MOVE TO -- I BELIEVE THERE'S NO ONE ELSE.
10:43:23PM ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
10:43:30PM >> YES.
10:43:32PM >>LUIS VIERA: THE LINE IS FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK
10:43:34PM YAY OR NAY AND YOU MAY SPEAK IF YOU LIKE.
10:43:36PM JUST TO CLARIFY IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
10:43:39PM SPEAK?
10:43:40PM OKAY.
10:43:40PM GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:43:41PM >> MY NAME IS PERRY SULLIVAN.
10:43:45PM AND I HAD TO COME AND SPEAK.
10:43:50PM OUTSIDE LAG SOMETIMES TAKE CLOSE TO A PROJECT.
10:43:54PM BUT MA'AM, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING?
10:44:02PM IT'S RELEVANT.
10:44:03PM THE REASON I AM ASKING IS THE TRIPS GENERATED FOR DOWN THE
10:44:08PM STREET AND AROUND THE CORNER, WORKING IN THE HOUSE, SHE'S
10:44:13PM NOT GOING TO BE IN AND OUT, IN AND OUT.
10:44:15PM AND IF SHE DOES, THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN IT WON'T BE
10:44:18PM CROWDED.
10:44:19PM BUT I WORK FOR MYSELF AND I DON'T GO OUT WHEN IT'S CROWDED
10:44:22PM ON THE STREET.
10:44:22PM IF SHE DIDN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE THEN SHE WOULD LEAVE AT 8 IN
10:44:28PM THE MORNING AND COME BACK AT 5:00.
10:44:29PM I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS CAUSING TROUBLE FOR SAFETY AND THE
10:44:33PM ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE SHE HAS A DRIVEWAY ENTERING ON
10:44:35PM THE STREET.
10:44:36PM IT'S NOT HER FAULT BECAUSE THE DESIGN OF DAVIS ISLAND.
10:44:43PM SHE HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
10:44:44PM SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT POINT.
10:44:46PM IT'S A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE.
10:44:48PM IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT.
10:44:50PM AND IT WON'T BE CAUSING ANY KIND OF SAFETY ISSUES THAT I CAN
10:44:54PM SEE.
10:44:54PM SHE'S AN OWNER OF THE HOUSE.
10:44:56PM SHE HAS A VESTED INTEREST.
10:44:57PM AND SHE'S SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY TO REHAB THE HOUSE TO MEET
10:45:05PM THE HISTORIC, WHICH SHE DIDN'T HAVE THAN TO DO.
10:45:10PM CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S A LOT OF EXTRA MONEY YOU HAVE TO SPEND
10:45:14PM THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO, TO DO THAT.
10:45:16PM SO SHE HAS SOME VESTED INTEREST.
10:45:17PM SHE LOVES WHAT SHE'S DOING.
10:45:19PM SHE LOVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SHE LOVES THE HOUSE SHE'S IN.
10:45:21PM AND SHE JUST WANTS TO MAKE IT BETTER.
10:45:24PM YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GO IN THE BACKYARD AND DO ALL THIS WORK.
10:45:29PM SO SHE'S TRYING TO DO WHAT SHE HAS.
10:45:31PM SHE'S USING HER RESOURCES TO DO WE SHE NEEDS TO DO TO FIX
10:45:35PM THE HOUSE.
10:45:36PM OKAY?
10:45:39PM THE REROUTING OF THE TRAFFIC.
10:45:43PM YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE GOT A HOUSE, EXTRA HOUSE BACK ON MY
10:45:47PM DRIVEWAY, I DON'T SEE HOW THAT WILL CAUSE YOU TO HAVE TO
10:45:50PM REROUTE AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE'S DOING.
10:45:54PM ALL RIGHT?
10:45:54PM AND ALL THESE THINGS ABOUT SITTING IN THE BACKYARD WITH A
10:45:58PM CIGAR, WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS LADY BUILDING A
10:46:01PM HOUSE AND GOING DOWN ON HER MERRY WAY?
10:46:06PM I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RELEVANCE OF THIS.
10:46:09PM MY MIND IS NOT I GUESS AS ADVANCED AS THE PEOPLE HERE.
10:46:13PM I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS.
10:46:15PM I HAVE A LOGICAL WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS.
10:46:17PM AND I JUST ASK IT BE DONE.
10:46:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:46:22PM NOW REBUTTAL BY THE PETITIONER.
10:46:29PM >>GINA GRIMES: SOMEBODY LEFT THEIR GLASSES.
10:46:31PM FOR THE RECORD, GINA GRIMES.
10:46:32PM BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO PASS OUT SOME PHOTOS.
10:46:35PM THERE'S ONE PACKAGE THAT THE PHOTOS OF THE HOUSE BEFORE IT
10:46:39PM WAS RENOVATED, PRERENOVATION AND POST RENOVATION.
10:46:44PM AND I WANT TO SHOW THEM BOTH TO YOU.
10:46:53PM AS FAR AS REBUTTAL, YOU HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT
10:46:57PM ROADWAY SAFETY, THAT THERE IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN THE
10:47:00PM AREA, THAT THERE AREN'T ADEQUATE CROSSWALKS, THAT THERE IS
10:47:05PM ALREADY A LOT OF TRAFFIC, THAT THERE'S POOR ROADWAY DESIGN.
10:47:11PM AS THE LAST SPEAKER SAID, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE RESIDENTS
10:47:13PM OUT THERE, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED BY
10:47:18PM THIS PROJECT.
10:47:19PM THOSE ARE ALREADY EXISTING CONDITIONS.
10:47:21PM SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS THAT WITH THIS PROJECT?
10:47:25PM WELL, THE ISSUE WITH THE DRIVEWAY, HE SAID WE WOULD BE
10:47:28PM WILLING TO ADD THAT HAMMER HEAD DESIGN IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE
10:47:33PM THAT ANYBODY THAT WOULD PULL OUT ON THE SITE WOULD BE ABLE
10:47:36PM TO TURN AROUND INTERNALLY AND THEN PULL OUT STRAIGHT AS
10:47:39PM OPPOSED TO BACKING OFF.
10:47:40PM BUT BEYOND THAT, THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY MORE WE CAN DO AS
10:47:43PM FAR AS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
10:47:45PM I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE
10:47:48PM TRAFFIC ON WEST DAVIS, BUT AS MRS. SAUL-SENA POINTED OUT
10:47:53PM THIS IS A PERFECTLY PLANNED COMMUNITY AND ALL THE COMMERCIAL
10:47:56PM TRAFFIC GOES ON EAST DAVIS.
10:47:57PM SO THE ONLY PEOPLE GOING DOWN WEST DAVIS THAT ARE SPEEDING
10:48:00PM AND CAUSING ACCIDENTS ARE THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE OUT ON THE
10:48:03PM ISLAND TO THE WEST.
10:48:11PM THE OTHER POINT THAT I REALLY THINK IS IMPORTANT, AND IT'S
10:48:15PM NOT INTENDED TO BE MEANT AS THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO
10:48:19PM IF THIS REZONING IS NOT APPROVED, BUT I WANT EVERYBODY TO
10:48:22PM KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS LOT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE
10:48:27PM TWO SEPARATE LOTS THAT COMPLY WITH THE RS-75.
10:48:31PM IT CAN BE DEVELOPED WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE REZONING
10:48:36PM PROCESS.
10:48:36PM BUT AS WE HAVE SHOWN YOU, YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
10:48:40PM YOU CAN SEE BY THE PHOTOS WHAT LENGTHS THAT MY CLIENT WENT
10:48:43PM TO, TO TRY TO RENOVATE THIS STRUCTURE, AND IT A BEAUTIFUL
10:48:46PM HOME, AND IT CERTAINLY ISN'T SOMETHING THAT SHE'S GOING TO
10:48:49PM RENT OUT FOR BACHELOR PARTIES.
10:48:52PM SHE HAS RENTED IT OUT IN THE PAST.
10:48:55PM SHE WILL BE GLAD TO TESTIFY TO THAT UNDER OATH.
10:48:59PM SHE DOES NOT OWN ANY OTHER HOMES IN THE CITY.
10:49:01PM SO IT'S NOT ACCURATE THAT SHE HAS A HOME ON DAVIS ISLAND
10:49:04PM THAT -- OR HARBOR ISLAND THAT SHE STAYS IN.
10:49:08PM THIS IS HER ONLY HOME AND SHE'S LIVED THERE THE PAST EIGHT
10:49:11PM YEARS WITH HER SON T. DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION BROUGHT
10:49:14PM UP THE POINT THAT IT DOESN'T COMPLY WITH CODE.
10:49:16PM IN FACT IT DOES PURSUANT TO THE STAFF REPORT.
10:49:20PM THEY BELIEVE IT TOO MUCH DENSITY, BUT KEEP IN MIND THE
10:49:23PM DENSITY WAS PERMITTED ON THE SITE AS SIX DWELLING UNITS PER
10:49:26PM ACRE AND WE ARE PROPOSING HALF OF THAT.
10:49:28PM SO CERTAINLY CAN'T BE TOO MUCH DENSITY.
10:49:30PM AS FAR AS THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, THE WAIVERS, WE DIDN'T
10:49:37PM LIST ANY WAIVES BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO ASK FOR ANY
10:49:40PM WAIVERS.
10:49:40PM WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE COULD PUT THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE
10:49:43PM ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AND THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE AS WE DO ALL
10:49:46PM THE OTHER SETBACKS AS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO
10:49:49PM FOR THE SITE PLAN.
10:49:50PM DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS REQUIRED TO BE A WAIVER.
10:49:52PM BUT IF THEY HAVEN'T HAD ADEQUATE TIME TO ADDRESS IT BECAUSE
10:49:55PM OF THIS CHANGE AND THIS ADDED WAIVER, THEN CERTAINLY BETWEEN
10:49:59PM FIRST AND SECOND READING THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY MORE THAN
10:50:03PM AMPLE TO OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE IT AND ADDRESS IT AT THE
10:50:07PM SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON SECOND READING.
10:50:10PM AND THEY CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME BETWEEN NOW AND
10:50:12PM THEN TO ADDRESS IT.
10:50:13PM BUT IN THE END, WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO IS THE LEGAL STANDARD FOR
10:50:16PM THOSE APPLICATIONS.
10:50:18PM WHENEVER IT GOES UP FOR REVIEW, THERE'S THREE THINGS THE
10:50:21PM COURT LOOKS AT, PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS.
10:50:23PM THE ONLY PROCEDURAL ISSUE RAISED WAS THE ONE I JUST
10:50:26PM MENTIONED.
10:50:26PM THAT HAS TO DO WITH ADEQUATE TIME TO PREPARE AND RESPOND
10:50:30PM BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING.
10:50:31PM THEY WILL HAVE ADEQUATE TIME TO DO SO.
10:50:34PM THE SECOND STANDARD THE COURT IS GOING TO LOOK AT IS WHETHER
10:50:37PM OR NOT YOU FOLLOW THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW.
10:50:39PM THE STAFF HAS GIVEN YOU IN THEIR STAFF REPORT THE
10:50:41PM REQUIREMENTS FOR 27-136, REQUIREMENTS FOR A PD, AND IT SAID
10:50:45PM THAT WE COMPLIED WITH ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENT.
10:50:48PM AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST IT COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
10:50:50PM TO SUPPORT WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE.
10:50:53PM THE STAFF REPORT ALONE BY LAW CONSTITUTES COMPETENT AND
10:50:58PM SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
10:50:59PM THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY THAT I PRESENTED TO YOU RELATES
10:51:03PM TO THE COMP PLAN, RELATED TO THE ZONING, RELATED TO THE
10:51:06PM EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, RELATED MOST IMPORTANTLY TO THE
10:51:09PM HISTORIC PRESERVATION ISSUE WHICH IS DRIVING THIS WHOLE
10:51:11PM CASE, AND A REQUEST FOR THE REZONING.
10:51:14PM ALL OF THAT ALSO RELATES TO THE CODE CRITERIA AND THE
10:51:17PM RATIONALE.
10:51:18PM WE BELIEVE IT SUBSTANTIAL AND COMPETENT EVIDENCE.
10:51:21PM BUT I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING THAT'S NOT SUBSTANTIAL AND
10:51:23PM COMPETENT EVIDENCE AND THAT'S FEAR AND CONJECTURE AND
10:51:26PM RUMORS.
10:51:27PM AND WE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY BUT
10:51:30PM NOTHING RELATED OR SPECIFICALLY CAUSED BY THIS SITE, AND
10:51:33PM THAT IS NOT COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
10:51:36PM AND WITH THAT WE WOULD ASK BECAUSE IT DOES COMPLY WITH CODE
10:51:40PM AND BECAUSE THE STAFF SUPPORT IT THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THIS
10:51:43PM REZONING REQUEST.
10:51:44PM THANK YOU.
10:51:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:51:47PM ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
10:51:48PM YES, SIR, MR. MANISCALCO.
10:51:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REAL QUICK. THIS EMPTY LOT AND THE ONE
10:51:54PM THAT'S JUST NEXT DOOR TO IT, WAS THERE A MID CENTURY DESIGN
10:51:58PM HOME THAT WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, VERY LARGE?
10:52:02PM OKAY.
10:52:05PM >>GINA GRIMES: NOT OUR LOT.
10:52:06PM NOT PART OF OUR LOT.
10:52:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OR NEXT TO IT.
10:52:09PM ON THE CORNER IT WAS --
10:52:11PM >>GINA GRIMES: AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK PEOPLE ARE MOST
10:52:13PM FEARFUL OF IS THIS IS RIGHT NOW BEING ADVERTISED AS A
10:52:16PM TOWNHOUSE PROJECT.
10:52:18PM BY THE WAY THE TOWNHOMES ARE GOING FOR 1.5 MILLION EACH.
10:52:23PM AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT.
10:52:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE HOUSE THAT WAS THERE HAD A DRIVEWAY
10:52:29PM WITH MAYBE TWO OR THREE-CAR GARAGES FACING WEST DAVIS, IF I
10:52:34PM REMEMBER THE DESIGN.
10:52:37PM >>GINA GRIMES: I AM NOT SURE WHAT WAS THERE.
10:52:38PM HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE OVERHEAD THAT'S FROM GOOGLE EARTH
10:52:42PM WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE STRUCTURE WAS THERE.
10:52:44PM AND IT LOOKS LIKE OUT HERE MAYBE THAT THERE WAS LIKE AN OPEN
10:52:52PM CURVE ALMOST.
10:52:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I REMEMBER.
10:52:55PM THANK YOU.
10:52:55PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE ELSE FROM COUNCIL?
10:52:58PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I CAN REMEMBER THAT I MENTIONED THE FENCE,
10:53:03PM AND IT CAME BACK, AND WAS VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD.
10:53:11PM AND IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ALLOWED MORE THAN THREE FEET.
10:53:16PM SO THEN THE IRON FENCE WAS ADDED.
10:53:20PM I DO REMEMBER THAT, WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
10:53:22PM BUT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OR INFLUENCE MY DECISION.
10:53:27PM HOWEVER, I AM GOING TO SAY THIS.
10:53:29PM THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC.
10:53:32PM I ALSO HEARD, WE DON'T WANT RED LIGHT, WE DON'T WANT LIGHT
10:53:36PM IN OUR DISTRICT, BECAUSE THEY WILL RUIN DAVIS ISLAND.
10:53:40PM DO YOU NOT THINK THOSE ACCIDENTS ARE GOING TO RUIN DAVIS
10:53:42PM ISLAND, AND THE TRAFFIC?
10:53:45PM IT'S COMING FROM THE RESIDENTS.
10:53:49PM THE REASON THEY COME TO WORK, THEY WORK AT TAMPA GENERAL,
10:53:52PM THEY WORK AT THE NORTH END OF THE ISLAND.
10:53:57PM SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT DAVIS
10:54:03PM ISLAND HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION, DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC
10:54:05PM ASSOCIATION, SHOULD BE LOOKING AT VERY SERIOUSLY AS TO THE
10:54:11PM RESIDENTS, THE TRAFFIC, THE SPEED.
10:54:18PM IT HAPPENS THERE.
10:54:20PM AND I AGREE THAT THIS -- THIS REQUEST, WHETHER IT'S GRANTED
10:54:27PM OR NOT, IN MY OPINION, HAS NOT IMPACTED THAT AT ALL.
10:54:35PM WHAT IMPACT IT IS THE RESIDENTS DRIVING DOWN WEST DAVIS AT
10:54:40PM SPEED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING.
10:54:46PM THAT'S IT FOR ME.
10:54:47PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
10:54:49PM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE?
10:54:51PM >> SO MOVED.
10:54:51PM >> SECOND.
10:54:53PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:54:55PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:54:57PM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:54:58PM ANY OPPOSED?
10:54:58PM OKAY.
10:54:59PM I WILL SAY THIS AGAIN.
10:55:01PM AS I HAVE A FEW TIMES TAINT.
10:55:02PM WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
10:55:03PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'LL READ IT.
10:55:11PM THIS IS REZ 19-01.
10:55:14PM AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
10:55:15PM CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
10:55:18PM VICINITY OF 100 WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:55:22PM FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
10:55:25PM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-75 RESIDENTIAL
10:55:28PM SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
10:55:31PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:55:41PM SERIOUSLY?
10:55:42PM OKAY.
10:55:42PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION DIES.
10:55:51PM OH, FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
10:55:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL SECOND IT FOR DISCUSSION AND SEE
10:55:57PM WHERE IT GOES.
10:55:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CAPIN.
10:56:01PM A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:56:03PM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:56:05PM ANY OPPOSED?
10:56:06PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION FAILED WITH CAPIN AND SUAREZ VOTING
10:56:19PM YES.
10:56:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: MIRANDA.
10:56:22PM >> I'M SORRY.
10:56:25PM WITH CAPIN AND MIRANDA VOTING YES.
10:56:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY FURTHER MOTIONS?
10:56:30PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION, ONE OF THE ISSUES I
10:56:46PM HAVE ABOUT THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS BECAUSE OF THE
10:56:49PM UNIQUENESS OF THE BUILDING ITSELF, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE
10:56:53PM DESIGN AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO PROMOTE AND CHANGE IT.
10:57:00PM THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THE HOME MAKES IT A LITTLE
10:57:03PM DIFFERENT FOR ME AS OPPOSED TO ANY OTHER KIND OF CHANGE IN
10:57:05PM LAND USE.
10:57:06PM BUT IN ADDITION, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, WHEN WE DID THE
10:57:11PM FENCING, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SAFETY FOR THE
10:57:15PM CHILDREN THAT WERE IN THE POOL.
10:57:17PM NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE'S AN OVERARCHING PROBLEM
10:57:20PM WITH MORE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC, JUST AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS
10:57:24PM BEFORE.
10:57:25PM BUT I REMEMBER THAT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WAS MADE BY THE
10:57:28PM APPLICANT THE FIRST TIME.
10:57:31PM THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS IS THAT IT DOES CHANGE THE CHARACTER
10:57:33PM OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THE UNIQUENESS OF THE LOT
10:57:36PM ITSELF IS DIFFERENT THAN ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S OUT
10:57:40PM THERE.
10:57:40PM AND THE WAY THAT THE PLATTED FACING OF IT CHANGES KIND OF
10:57:44PM THE NATURE OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S IN THERE.
10:57:46PM SO FOR THAT PURPOSE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION -- OKAY, YEAH.
10:57:56PM AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT.
10:57:58PM I MEAN, IF YOU WOULD RATHER DISCUSS IT IF SOMEBODY ELSE
10:58:00PM WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION, BUT I WILL MAKE A MOTION.
10:58:05PM WE CAN MAKE A MOTION AND THEN DISCUSS.
10:58:08PM IT DOESN'T MATTER EITHER WAY.
10:58:10PM FOR ME, THE MOTION DEALS MORE WITH WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT
10:58:14PM PATTERN AND THE CHARACTER AND COMPATIBILITY, AND THAT'S
10:58:18PM UNDERSTOOD 27-136 UNDER SUB6 PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE
10:58:25PM DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE LOCATION, CHARACTER AND
10:58:27PM COMPATIBILITY, AND WITH THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED
10:58:30PM NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND EXISTING GEOGRAPHY.
10:58:33PM I DON'T THINK IT MEETS THOSE STANDARD BASED ON THE VERY
10:58:36PM UNIQUENESS OF THE BUILDING AND THE PLOT ITSELF.
10:58:42PM THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT UNIQUE TO ME, AND WHY I DON'T AGREE
10:58:45PM WITH HAVING TO CHANGE THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AS REFLECTED
10:58:50PM IN WHAT BE WE SEE CURRENTLY ON THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE
10:58:55PM ISLAND.
10:58:56PM PUT IT THAT WAY.
10:58:57PM BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE OTHER LOTS AROUND IT ARE 75-FOOT
10:59:02PM FRONTAGE, AND THEN OF COURSE WITH THE UNIQUENESS OF THE
10:59:06PM PROPERTY ITSELF, THE BUILDING ITSELF, I CAN'T SEE THAT
10:59:11PM CHANGE MAKING IT FIT INTO THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT
10:59:16PM PATTERN.
10:59:17PM SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.
10:59:20PM BASED ON THAT.
10:59:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
10:59:26PM >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:59:37PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: [OFF MICROPHONE] THE PATTERN IS THERE.
10:59:40PM AND THAT'S BEING DONE AS WE SPEAK.
10:59:43PM SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC AT ALL.
10:59:49PM WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, AND I SEE THERE'S FIVE TOWNHOUSES --
10:59:54PM FROM THE FLOOR: NOW.
10:59:56PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: NEXT TO IT.
10:59:58PM SO IT ALREADY HAS CHANGED.
11:00:01PM IT ALREADY IS THERE.
11:00:04PM SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DISTURBANCE TO THE RESIDENTS AS
11:00:11PM FAR AS THE LOOK OR THE DESIGN.
11:00:18PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD, IT'S SINGULARLY UNIQUE.
11:00:25PM IF YOU LOOK AT IT THE WAY THE PATTERN IS ON ONE SIDE OF
11:00:28PM DAVIS BOULEVARD VERSUS THE OTHER SIDE.
11:00:30PM MY POINT IS THAT THE HOUSE ITSELF, THE PROPERTY ITSELF, IS
11:00:33PM UNIQUE IN THAT NATURE.
11:00:34PM THAT'S MY FEELING ABOUT IT BASED ON WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
11:00:37PM READ ON IT.
11:00:39PM OBVIOUSLY WE CAN HAVE DISAGREEMENT ON IT.
11:00:41PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: LEGAL.
11:00:43PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DO WE HAVE TO OPEN THE HEARING AGAIN?
11:00:50PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF IT'S A QUESTION THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE
11:00:52PM AN OPINION, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DO OPEN IT.
11:00:54PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN BY COUNCILMAN
11:00:57PM MIRANDA.
11:00:57PM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:01:00PM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:01:00PM ANY OPPOSED?
11:01:02PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHEN I ASK YOU THE UNIQUENESS, WHERE DOES
11:01:06PM THAT FALL ON OUR REASONING TO DENY?
11:01:15PM >>REBECCA KERT: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:01:17PM I'M NOT SURE THAT I'M SEEING THE SECTION THAT -- I KNOW YOU
11:01:21PM REFERENCED IT.
11:01:22PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'LL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.
11:01:25PM 27-136 SUB 6.
11:01:29PM IF YOU WANT ME TO READ IT OUT, I WILL.
11:01:31PM >>REBECCA KERT: I SEE IT.
11:01:33PM I JUST WASN'T FINDING IT.
11:01:35PM THAT'S HELPFUL.
11:01:41PM THE UNIQUENESS OF THE PARTICULAR LOT -- THIS IS NOT LOCALLY
11:01:48PM HISTORIC.
11:01:48PM SO IT DOES NOT HAVE LOCAL HISTORIC DESIGNATION PROTECTION.
11:01:53PM AND NOT THAT THAT WAS EVERYTHING -- BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY
11:02:00PM FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT IN ITSELF IS NOT A BASIS FOR IT.
11:02:04PM SECTION 6 TALKS ABOUT PROMOTING, ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT
11:02:08PM WITH CHARACTER AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING
11:02:11PM IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:02:12PM AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT TALKING ABOUT.
11:02:15PM NOW CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE THE ONES WHO APPLY THE
11:02:19PM FACT TO THE LAW.
11:02:21PM BUT THAT SECTION IS TALKING ABOUT IS THE PARTICULAR PROPERTY
11:02:26PM COMPATIBLE WITH THE S SURROUNDING AREA?
11:02:30PM I HOPE I ANSWERED IT.
11:02:31PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU
11:02:34PM HAVE SMALL HOUSES RIGHT BEHIND IT THAT WERE BUILT IN THE
11:02:38PM 40s AND THE 50s.
11:02:39PM IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE RIGHT NOW.
11:02:42PM MAYBE HISTORIC, BUT IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE.
11:02:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:02:54PM DO WE NEED AT MOTION TO CLOSE, I WOULD ASSUME?
11:02:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED TO CLOSE.
11:02:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:03:01PM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:03:02PM ANY OPPOSED?
11:03:02PM NEXT I BELIEVE IS COUNCILMAN COHEN, UNLESS COUNCILMAN CAPIN
11:03:06PM YOU ARE FINISHED.
11:03:06PM >>HARRY COHEN: DID WE JUST CLOSE OUR DISCUSSION?
11:03:14PM >>LUIS VIERA: NO.
11:03:14PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OUTSIDE TESTIMONY.
11:03:18PM >>HARRY COHEN: SECTION 27-136 SUBSECTION 8, PROMOTE
11:03:27PM ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND ELEMENTS WHICH COMPLIMENT THE
11:03:30PM SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND ENHANCE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE
11:03:34PM DEVELOPMENT AND ELEVATIONS PROVIDED OR RESIDENTIAL STYLE
11:03:38PM THAT'S COMPLEMENTARY TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
11:03:40PM I THINK THE COMMENTS THAT I HEARD FROM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ --
11:03:45PM I AM NOT TRYING TO PUT WORDS INTO YOUR MOUTH -- WAS THAT
11:03:48PM THIS WAS JUST A LITTLE TOO CUTE TRYING TO CARVE OUT THIS
11:03:52PM ODD-SHAPED LOT WITH THIS SORT OF HOUSE THROWN IN THERE,
11:04:02PM DIVIDING THE TWO HISTORIC STRUCTURES FROM ONE ANOTHER ON THE
11:04:04PM SAME PROPERTY.
11:04:09PM AND I UNDERSTOOD THE PETITIONER'S ARGUMENT ABOUT BEING ABLE
11:04:12PM TO DIVIDE IT AS A RIGHT, BUT YOU CAN'T REALLY DIVIDE IT AS A
11:04:17PM RIGHT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STRUCTURE IS ACTUALLY SIT ON
11:04:20PM THE PROPERTY.
11:04:21PM SO YOU ARE FORCED TO DO THIS PRETTY CONVOLUTED DIVIDING OF
11:04:25PM THE LOT, WHICH TO ME IS INCOMPATIBLE AND INCONSISTENT WITH
11:04:30PM THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
11:04:33PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:04:37PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: [OFF MICROPHONE] IT COMES UP TO THE SIDE OF
11:04:46PM THE HOUSE.
11:04:48PM >>HARRY COHEN: BUT YOU CAN'T.
11:04:49PM I GUESS THAT'S MY POINT IS YOU CAN'T REALLY DIVIDE IT
11:04:51PM WITHOUT CHOPPING THE HOUSE.
11:04:53PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: RIGHT.
11:04:54PM I HAVE GOT A HOUSE LIKE THAT.
11:04:55PM I KNOW EXACTLY.
11:04:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:05:00PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THINK FOR A GROUP OF GOOD NEIGHBORS TO
11:05:04PM COME HERE FOR A LONG DAY TODAY, IT'S APPLAUDABLE THAT THEY
11:05:09PM FEEL WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS CORRECT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT
11:05:12PM VERY MUCH.
11:05:12PM HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT LAND ZONING IT'S ABOUT THE
11:05:14PM PROPERTY UNDER THE HOUSE, NOT THE PROPERTY ON TOP OF THE
11:05:17PM HOUSE.
11:05:18PM IN OTHER WORDS, THE CEILING IS ONE THING.
11:05:22PM NO HIGHER THAN 35 FEET.
11:05:23PM AND THEN YOU HAVE THE LAND ON WHICH THE HOUSE SITS UNDER.
11:05:26PM THE PROPERTY OWNER IN THIS CASE -- AND I AM NOT A JUDGE AND
11:05:29PM I AM NOT A LAWYER -- IS -- AND I HEARD SOME DIFFERENT THINGS
11:05:33PM ABOUT AN APPELLATE COURT, THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER WHICH IS
11:05:38PM FINE.
11:05:38PM I UNDERSTAND THAT.
11:05:39PM THEN ON ZONING MATTERS, YOU ONLY LOOK AT THE LAND.
11:05:43PM THIS IS NOT PROPERTY BEING DIVIDED.
11:05:46PM PROPERTY THAT'S ALREADY OWNED BY ONE SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER.
11:05:48PM THE PROPERTY MEETS THE QUALIFICATION WHETHER IT'S
11:05:51PM RECTANGULAR, SQUARE, OR ZIGZAG, IT MEETS THE QUALIFICATION
11:05:56PM OF THE BUILDING.
11:05:57PM SO THEY OWN BOTH SIDE.
11:06:00PM HOWEVER BUYS THAT PROPERTY, AND BUILD A HOUSE, I WOULD
11:06:05PM ASSUME KNOWS THAT THE LOT IS NOT SQUARE AND NOT RECTANGULAR.
11:06:10PM IF NOT YOU HAVE TO BE BLIND.
11:06:12PM AND I JUST FEEL THAT BUYER BEWARE, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT
11:06:16PM TO BUY, AND YOU ARE GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE, I WOULD IMAGINE
11:06:20PM TO THE STANDARD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN I HAVE LITTLE
11:06:24PM PROBLEM WITH IT BUT NOT ENOUGH TO OVERTURN.
11:06:27PM THAT'S JUST MY FEELING WITH IT.
11:06:28PM AND I AM NOT ARGUING WITH A COLLEAGUE.
11:06:31PM I CANNOT ZONE DESIGN OF THE HOUSE.
11:06:34PM I CAN ONLY ZONE THE PROPERTY.
11:06:35PM I HAVE BEEN HERE QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
11:06:37PM IF I GO BACK TO BAY TO BAY AND BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, THEY PAID
11:06:42PM OVER 3.5 MILLION ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY BECAUSE WE TRIED TO
11:06:46PM DESIGN THE BUILDING, NOT THE LAND.
11:06:49PM SO MY EXPERIENCE TELLS ME LISTEN CAREFULLY, VOTE YOUR
11:06:52PM CONSCIENCE.
11:06:53PM AND I MAY NOT ALWAYS BE RIGHT.
11:06:55PM I ADMIT.
11:06:56PM BUT BE CAREFUL OF WHAT MAY BE COME.
11:06:57PM THANK YOU.
11:06:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. MIRANDA.
11:07:05PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND YOU ARE RIGHT, THEY CAN SPLIT THIS IN
11:07:07PM HALF NOW AND TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE.
11:07:08PM THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO, THOUGH.
11:07:10PM THAT'S WHY THEY ARE ASKING PERMISSION TO DO IT THE WAY THEY
11:07:13PM WANT TO DO IT.
11:07:14PM AND I UNDERSTAND IF THEY WANT TO TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE AND
11:07:18PM MAKE IT 75 AND 75 THEY HAVE MORE THAN A RIGHT TO DO THAT BUT
11:07:21PM THEY AREN'T GOING TO DO THAT.
11:07:22PM AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON IT BECOMES MORE OF AN ISSUE FOR
11:07:25PM US.
11:07:25PM YOU KNOW, I AM NOT TRYING TO TELL THEM OF WHAT TO DO.
11:07:28PM I AM JUST TELLING THEM THAT THEY COULD DO IT NOW, AS
11:07:32PM ADMITTED BY THEIR ATTORNEY.
11:07:33PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN.
11:07:36PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THEY HAVE TO CUT.
11:07:39PM I HAD A PORCH LIKE THAT BUT I TOOK OFF.
11:07:41PM I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
11:07:42PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO DO THAT EITHER.
11:07:48PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: NO, THEY DON'T.
11:07:50PM BUT IT THERE.
11:07:52PM THE USE OF THE LAND, THE ZONING THE WAY IT STANDS RIGHT NOW,
11:07:55PM IT CAN BE DONE.
11:07:56PM SO ALL WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS MOVING IT SO THAT IT DOES NOT
11:08:04PM TOUCH THE HOUSE, IT DOES NOT DESTROY ANY PART OF THE HOUSE,
11:08:11PM BUT THEY CAN DO IT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW.
11:08:16PM SO WE WILL BE OKAY.
11:08:18PM I'M DONE.
11:08:18PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTION, I CALL THE
11:08:23PM QUESTION.
11:08:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: WAS THERE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT?
11:08:29PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: COUNCILMAN COHEN ADDED A COUPLE OF OTHER
11:08:31PM ITEMS ON THERE WHICH I ACCEPTED.
11:08:33PM I KNOW THE CLERK GOT THAT ALL.
11:08:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: JUST MAKING SURE.
11:08:37PM WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SUAREZ AND I BELIEVE A SECOND
11:08:40PM BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:08:41PM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:08:42PM ANY OPPOSED?
11:08:50PM DUANE?
11:08:51PM TO DENY.
11:08:51PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION TO DENY CARRIED WITH CAPIN AND MIRANDA
11:09:06PM VOTING NO.
11:09:11PM AND REDDICK ABSENT.
11:09:12PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:09:15PM >> IF I MAY, SOMEBODY LEFT THEIR GLASSES UP FRONT.
11:09:22PM YES, WE ARE DONE.
11:09:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE NOW GO TO ITEM 12.
11:09:31PM OF.
11:09:32PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:09:34PM THE NEXT ITEM IS REZ 1905, A REZONING REQUEST FOR 7214 NORTH
11:09:40PM 40th STREET TO PD FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND
11:09:43PM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
11:09:44PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
11:09:55PM THIS IS LOCATED ON NORTH 40TH STREET.
11:10:02PM AND WE HAVE 40TH STREET RIGHT HERE.
11:10:09PM EAST PROPER TO THE SOUTH AND THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER.
11:10:14PM THERE'S A MIXED -- AND IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME LET ME KNOW BUT
11:10:22PM I AM GOING TO KEEP GOING.
11:10:24PM THERE'S A MIX OF COMMERCIAL IN THE AREA ALONG NORTH 40TH
11:10:27PM STREET.
11:10:32PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35.
11:10:35PM THIS IS ACTUALLY IT SAYS COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 ON THE
11:10:39PM FUTURE LAND USE MAP BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY ALL RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:10:41PM IT JUST HASN'T BEEN CORRECTED YET BUT THIS IS THE SUBJECT
11:10:44PM SITE AND ABUTS TO NORTH 40TH STREET. THIS IS RESIDENTIAL 10
11:10:47PM BEHIND IT WHICH IS A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED FUTURE LAND USE
11:10:50PM DESIGNATION.
11:10:55PM OH, THAT'S ALSO UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT, THE EVACUATION
11:10:59PM ZONE.
11:11:05PM TO THE NORTH -- SORRY.
11:11:08PM TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, THE WHITE.
11:11:11PM THOSE ARE APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
11:11:14PM AND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, I ACTUALLY HAVE A PLANNING
11:11:17PM COMMISSION -- WE DID NOT FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE
11:11:23PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
11:11:23PM YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT 40TH STREET WENT THROUGH A PLANNING
11:11:26PM PROCESS IN ABOUT 2010 TIME FRAME.
11:11:30PM THROUGH THAT VISION PROCESS AND THAT COMMUNITY PLAN, WE HAVE
11:11:33PM POLICIES RELATED TO 40TH STREET WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE
11:11:36PM PLAN THAT WE ARE ADDING THE TEXT AMENDMENT, AS WELL AS THERE
11:11:40PM WAS A MAP PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
11:11:44PM WE FOUND THIS DID NOT FURTHER THOSE POLICIES RELATED TO 40TH
11:11:48PM STREET.
11:11:49PM THE BUILDING BEFORE YOU IN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS MORE
11:11:51PM OF THE TYPICAL SUBURBAN DESIGN WITH PARKING PLACED IN THE
11:11:55PM FRONT.
11:11:56PM WE DID FIND THAT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE FORM AND VISION
11:12:00PM UNDERSTOOD THE 40TH STREET PLAN THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR A
11:12:03PM MORE URBAN FORM.
11:12:05PM AND THAT IS ALSO AS WELL UNDERSTOOD THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE
11:12:10PM CORRIDOR WHICH THIS IS ON.
11:12:13PM SO THIS IS ENCOURAGED THAT THIS WOULD BE MORE OF A
11:12:18PM PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED BUILDING WITH THE BUILDING PLACED IN
11:12:21PM FRONT OF 40TH STREET, PARKING PLACES IN THE REAR OF THE
11:12:24PM STRUCTURE.
11:12:25PM SO THAT'S THE FORM THAT WAS DESIRED IN THE AREA OF THE CITY
11:12:28PM AND WE FOUND THAT THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS NOT MEETING THAT
11:12:32PM FOR THOSE POLICIES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
11:12:35PM THAT CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
11:12:37PM SO IT IS INCONSISTENT.
11:12:38PM AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:12:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:12:42PM THANK YOU.
11:12:43PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:12:47PM AS I STATED, THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR RM-24 TO PD FOR
11:12:50PM A BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND PERSONAL SERVICES.
11:12:54PM GENERAL I HAVE SHOWED YOU AN AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY.
11:12:57PM HERE IS THE ZONING MAP OF THE PROPERTY.
11:12:59PM YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S ON 40TH STREET.
11:13:02PM IT HAS DOUBLE FRONTAGE ON 40TH STREET AS WELL AS SUTTON
11:13:05PM PLACE, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS IN GREEN.
11:13:07PM TO THE SOUTH OF IT THESE LOTS ARE ALL CITY OWNED
11:13:10PM RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:13:11PM ALL OF THIS AREA IS ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL ZONE, AND THE
11:13:16PM PROPERTY TO THE FAR NORTH WAS RECENTLY REZONED AS COMMERCIAL
11:13:20PM GENERAL AS WELL.
11:13:27PM THE SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
11:13:29PM THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A 2,720 SQUARE FEET
11:13:35PM BUILDING WITH A MIXTURE OF BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND
11:13:39PM PERSONAL SERVICE USES.
11:13:43PM WITH ASSOCIATED PARKING.
11:13:45PM THERE ARE FOUR WAIVERS BEING REQUESTED.
11:13:47PM THE FIRST ONE IS TO PAY TO THE TRUST FUND FOR TREE
11:13:52PM MITIGATION NOT LOCATED ON-SITE TO BE ADDED BETWEEN FIRST AND
11:13:55PM SECOND READING.
11:13:56PM THE SECOND WAIVER IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED PARKING FOR 14
11:14:00PM PARKING SPACES, 36% REDUCTION.
11:14:03PM THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO AND THERE WILL BE NOTED ON THE
11:14:06PM SITE PLAN THAT ONLY A PORTION OF THE BUILDING COULD BE USED
11:14:09PM FOR PERSONAL SERVICES WHICH HAS A MUCH HIGHER PARKING COUNT,
11:14:12PM AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE
11:14:14PM PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
11:14:15PM EVEN WITH THAT, IT'S STILL 36% PARKING REDUCTION.
11:14:19PM TRANSPORTATION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION BOTH FOUND
11:14:22PM THIS APPLICATION CONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THAT PARKING WAIVER
11:14:24PM REDUCTION.
11:14:27PM SIMILARLY, THERE IS A WAIVER TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED USE
11:14:31PM BUFFER ALONG THE NORTH, THERE'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX TO THE
11:14:35PM NORTH THAT'S REQUIRED AT 15-FOOT BUFFER WITH A CMU WALL.
11:14:39PM THEY ARE REQUESTING DOWN TO 10 FEET WITH A WOOD FENCE.
11:14:43PM AND THEN THE LAST WAIVER IS VEHICLE USE AREA BUFFER TO THE
11:14:47PM SOUTH.
11:14:51PM THERE ARE SOME CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
11:14:57PM PRIMARILY TAMPA MOST SUBSTANTIVE ONE BETWEEN FIRST AND
11:15:01PM SECOND READING IS TO RELOCATE THE ADA SPACE TO THE SOUTH IN
11:15:06PM AN EFFORT TO SAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TREES ON THE NORTHERN PART
11:15:11PM OF THE PROPERTY.
11:15:12PM SO THAT'S EMBEDDED WITHIN THE REVISIONS IN THE STAFF REPORT.
11:15:18PM THERE ARE SOME REVISIONS TO TRANSPORTATION.
11:15:20PM AGAIN, TRANSPORTATION FOUND IT INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THE
11:15:22PM PARKING WAIVER.
11:15:25PM AND NATURAL RESOURCES HAS TWO PINELLAS OF REVISIONS.
11:15:30PM OTHER THAN THAT, OVERALL, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMPLIANCE,
11:15:35PM PLAN IS INCONSISTENT AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE LARGE PARKING
11:15:41PM REDUCTION AT 36%.
11:15:42PM I KNOW THE APPLICANT WILL MAKE A PRESENTATION.
11:15:44PM BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME?
11:15:46PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:15:48PM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:15:50PM APPLICANT, PLEASE.
11:15:51PM >> MY NAME IS PERRY SULLIVAN.
11:16:01PM AND I THINK I WANT TO ADDRESS THE VERY FIRST STATEMENT.
11:16:12PM HOW DO I SHOW MORE OF THIS ON THE SCREEN?
11:16:26PM >> THE SLIDE AT THE TOP.
11:16:47PM OKAY.
11:16:47PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THE MAIN ISSUE THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS, AT THIS POINT, I
WANT TO START OUT IS TURNING THE BUILDING SIDEWAYS.
11:16:59PM THE OWNER IS DEFINITELY ADAMANT ABOUT NOT DOING THAT FROM A
11:17:03PM PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
11:17:07PM AS FAR AS ADVERTISING, I HAVE THE SHORT SIDE OF THE BUILDING
11:17:12PM FACING 40th STREET.
11:17:13PM THE SIGNAGE IS A DIRECT FUNCTION OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT
11:17:17PM YOU HAVE.
11:17:18PM NOW, INSTEAD OF A LONG BUILDING, I CAN GET ALL THE SIGNAGE
11:17:23PM FOR ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE IN THERE.
11:17:24PM I'LL HAVE THIS LITTLE SLITHER FACING 40th STREET.
11:17:28PM WHAT I HAVE BEFORE YOU NOW -- I DID A SURVEY FROM
11:17:36PM HILLSBOROUGH TO BUSCH, GOING DOWN 40th.
11:17:41PM THIS SHOWS, THE ONES I'M SHOWING YOU, THE 22 BUILDING WHICH
11:17:46PM REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 82% OF THE STRUCTURES DOWN 40th
11:17:52PM STREET FROM THE TWO AREAS THAT I MENTIONED.
11:17:54PM IN ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS, THEY HAVE PARKING IN THE FRONT.
11:18:01PM SOME WERE BUILT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, SOME WERE BUILT
11:18:04PM MAYBE A YEAR AGO.
11:18:05PM THE POINT IS, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE CORRIDOR, THEY HAVE
11:18:08PM PARKING IN FRONT.
11:18:09PM I'M JUST ASKING FOR SOME KIND OF COMMON SENSE TO ALLOW MY
11:18:14PM CLIENT TO DO THAT.
11:18:17PM AS FAR AS THE OTHER INCONSISTENCIES CHANGING, WE DIDN'T HAVE
11:18:25PM A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
11:18:26PM WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COMPLY, SHIFTING THE
11:18:29PM DISABLED DOWN TO THE OTHER END IS FINE.
11:18:32PM HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THE WALL.
11:18:37PM BLOCK WALL TO A FRAME WALL.
11:18:39PM IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE
11:18:45PM BUILDING THE WAY THEY WANT IT.
11:18:47PM BY THE TIME YOU GET -- I CAN SHOW YOU THE TREE TABLE.
11:18:53PM THE RED CIRCLES ARE PROTECTIVE RADIUS YOU HAVE TO HAVE FOR
11:19:06PM THE TREES.
11:19:07PM SO WE HAVE TREES, WE HAVE THIS HUGE TREE ON THIS SIDE OF THE
11:19:10PM LOT.
11:19:11PM TREES HERE.
11:19:11PM TREES ON THAT SIDE.
11:19:13PM IF YOU TURN IT THIS WAY, NOW YOU STILL HAVE TO STAY AWAY
11:19:18PM FROM THE TREE ON THIS SIDE AND YOU'RE CUTTING INTO THE ONLY
11:19:21PM PLACE YOU CAN HAVE -- BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE THE TREE, THE
11:19:25PM TREE BARRICADE.
11:19:27PM WE'RE PRETTY MUCH STUCK WITH THE WAY THE LOT IS NOW.
11:19:33PM WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.
11:19:34PM WE'RE TRYING TO GET 80 POUNDS OF DOG FOOD IN A 10-POUND BAG.
11:19:40PM IT'S HARD WHEN YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO SO MANY AGENCIES TO TRY
11:19:44PM TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
11:19:46PM WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT.
11:19:51PM THIS JUST SHOWS THE PLAN, WHERE WE'LL PUT THE BARBERSHOP,
11:20:09PM WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES.
11:20:11PM WE CUT THAT DOWN, SO WE CAN CUT DOWN THE AMOUNT OF PARKING.
11:20:18PM THE PERSONAL SERVICES HAS THE MOST HIGH DEMAND FOR PARKING.
11:20:23PM SO THAT'S WHY WE MADE IT SMALLER.
11:20:27PM THE BARBERSHOP IS GOING TO HAVE NINE PEOPLE AND THEN THE
11:20:32PM UNASSIGNED PEOPLE, THEY'LL HAVE TO BE PROFESSIONAL
11:20:35PM BUSINESSES BY THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE SET UP.
11:20:40PM THE WAY WE WANT TO DO IT, THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK
11:20:53PM GOING DOWN 40th STREET IN THE FRONT ELEVATION.
11:20:56PM LIKE I SAID, THE SIGNAGE IS A FUNCTION OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE
11:21:01PM THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE BUILDING, FOR THE FRONTAGE, SO WE CAN
11:21:05PM PUT PLAN SIGNS DELINEATING WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE ON THE INSIDE
11:21:10PM OF THE BUILDING.
11:21:11PM IF WE DO WHAT THE CITY IS REQUESTING US, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE
11:21:17PM GOING TO HAVE FACING 40th STREET.
11:21:20PM THIS RIGHT SIDE ELEVATION, AND I CAN'T FATHOM THE LOGIC
11:21:29PM BEHIND IT IN MY LITTLE MIND.
11:21:32PM MY CLIENT, THIS IS WHERE HE IS NOW, WHERE IT SAYS JAZZ IT UP
11:21:41PM BARBERSHOP.
11:21:42PM HE'S BEEN THERE FOR HOW MANY YEARS?
11:21:48PM TEN YEARS.
11:21:49PM BEFORE THAT, HE WAS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AT HIS OTHER
11:21:52PM BARBERSHOP?
11:21:56PM 20 YEARS HE'S BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY.
11:21:58PM HE'S NOT A FLIPPER, NOT A DEVELOPER.
11:22:02PM NOT GOING TO BE HERE TOMORROW AND GONE THE NEXT DAY.
11:22:05PM HE LOVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:22:06PM THIS IS WHAT HIS CLIENTS TELL US.
11:22:08PM THAT IS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
11:22:12PM RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE HE IS NOW, YOU CAN SEE THE
11:22:15PM LITTLE PARKING SPACES YOU HAVE FOR THE ENTIRE STRIP OF LAND.
11:22:18PM THE RESTAURANTS THERE, THERE ARE TWO RESTAURANTS, THERE IS A
11:22:23PM HOOKAH LOUNGE, A BEAUTY SALON, A BARBERSHOP, WHICH WILL
11:22:30PM REQUIRE MUCH MORE PARKING THAN WE WERE GOING TO HAVE IF WE
11:22:33PM MOVE TO A NEW BUILDING.
11:22:35PM ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, I'M JUST ASKING THAT YOU GRANT US A
11:22:48PM WAIVER.
11:22:49PM ANY QUESTIONS?
11:22:51PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:22:54PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE, THE ORIGINAL
11:22:56PM LOCATION WHERE HIS PLACE IS AT NOW, DIDN'T WE REZONE
11:23:00PM SOMETHING FOR ONE OF THE USES THERE, MAYBE THE HOOKAH
11:23:04PM LOUNGE?
11:23:05PM MAYBE NOT YOU, BUT I REMEMBER WE HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME OF
11:23:09PM THE PARKING ISSUES.
11:23:11PM >> WHEN 40th STREET CAME THROUGH, TOOK A LOT OF LAND.
11:23:13PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I KNOW.
11:23:15PM IT TOOK A LOT OF THE FRONTAGE THERE.
11:23:18PM RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE, IF I'M LOOKING AT THE PLAN RIGHT,
11:23:21PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE IT RIGHT, YOU HAVE 40th STREET
11:23:24PM THERE, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE PARKING IN THE FRONT, AND
11:23:29PM WHAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY STAFF AND BY THE INCONSISTENCY IS
11:23:35PM THAT THEY WANT TO MOVE IT UP CLOSER TO THE STREET.
11:23:40PM IS THAT WHAT IT IS?
11:23:42PM >> THEY WANT TO TURN IT SIDEWAYS.
11:23:43PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THEY WANT TO TURN IT SIDEWAYS.
11:23:46PM >> YES.
11:23:46PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WITH IT FURTHER TOWARDS AWAY FROM THE
11:23:49PM RETENTION POND OR TOWARDS WHERE THE RETENTION POND IS AT.
11:23:53PM THE ACCESS WOULD STILL BE WHERE IT'S AT NOW, RIGHT?
11:23:57PM BUT IT WOULD BE TURNED SIDEWAYS.
11:23:59PM >> IT WOULD BE TURNED SIDEWAYS, BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS
11:24:02PM GOING TO BE IN A RETENTION POND.
11:24:04PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THIS RIGHT.
11:24:08PM I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED WITH WHAT YOU HAD SAID VERSUS WHAT
11:24:12PM THEY HAD SAID.
11:24:14PM IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE SOME OF THE OBJECTIONS FROM THE
11:24:19PM PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TO DO MORE WITH THE WAY THAT IT FITS
11:24:22PM IN OR DOESN'T FIT IN TO THE VISION PLAN, AS FAR AS WHAT I'M
11:24:27PM READING ON HERE.
11:24:29PM IN ADDITION, WAS THERE ATTEMPT BY THE STAFF OR BY YOU TO
11:24:34PM MOVE THAT FRONTAGE UP TOWARDS THE RETENTION PLAN, MEANING
11:24:39PM THE BUILDING ITSELF, SHORTENED IT AND THEN PUT THE PARKING
11:24:43PM IN THE BACK AND MAYBE ELONGATE IT ON THE OTHER SIDE?
11:24:47PM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS TRIED.
11:24:49PM >> I TRIED --
11:24:51PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: TRUNCATE IT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT LIKE AN
11:24:55PM L SHAPE.
11:24:56PM THAT'S THE ONLY GUESS I WOULD SAY.
11:24:58PM >> I TRIED OTHER DESIGNS, NOTHING WAS MORE EFFICIENT.
11:25:02PM I DIDN'T PRESENT IT TO THEM.
11:25:04PM IT'S SOMETHING I DID TRYING TO WORK IT OUT.
11:25:07PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: GOT IT.
11:25:09PM APPRECIATE IT.
11:25:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALONG THE SAME LINES, MR. SUAREZ, I'M
11:25:13PM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE WAS A LITTLE L, WOULDN'T YOU
11:25:17PM GAIN FIVE OR SIX OTHER PARKING SPACES?
11:25:20PM >> SAY IT AGAIN, SIR?
11:25:24PM >> REPEAT THE QUESTION.
11:25:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF THE BUILDING INSTEAD OF FACING THE WAY
11:25:28PM IT IS, IT WOULD BE LIKE THIS WITH A LITTLE L ALONG HERE,
11:25:33PM WOULDN'T YOU PICK UP MORE PARKING SPACES?
11:25:36PM IN OTHER WORDS YOU'RE TRYING TO FIT LIKE YOU SAID, 10 POUNDS
11:25:39PM OF SOMETHING IN AN EIGHT-POUND BAG AND IT AIN'T FITTING.
11:25:45PM >> NO.
11:25:45PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT AGAINST THE PROJECT.
11:25:48PM >> I UNDERSTAND, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I TRIED EVERYTHING I
11:25:51PM COULD DO.
11:25:52PM I TRIED DIFFERENT SHAPES.
11:25:54PM I TRIED TURNING IT, AND ONE PROBLEM JUST STARTED DOMINOING
11:26:01PM WITH OTHER PROBLEMS.
11:26:03PM DO SOMETHING IN ONE AREA, IT AFFECTS SOMETHING ELSE.
11:26:06PM THIS IS THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS.
11:26:09PM THIS IS THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS, IN MY OPINION.
11:26:14PM TRY TO GET IT TO WORK.
11:26:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL?
11:26:21PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:26:22PM ANYTHING FURTHER FROM --
11:26:25PM >> NO, SIR.
11:26:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:26:27PM ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 12?
11:26:35PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
11:26:36PM JAMES McKAY.
11:26:37PM I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
11:26:42PM I'M A 39-YEAR RESIDENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS, AS YOU
11:26:48PM KNOW, OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING
11:26:53PM 40th STREET WIDENED YEARS AGO.
11:26:56PM AS THE PRESENTER SAID, ALL OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS ON 40th
11:27:02PM STREET FACE 40th STREET.
11:27:05PM AT OUR MEETING OF OUR CIVIC ASSOCIATION THIS PAST MONDAY,
11:27:08PM THE PRESENTERS PUT THEIR PLAN FORTH AND IT WAS
11:27:13PM ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSED BY THE MEMBERSHIP WHO VOTED
11:27:17PM UNANIMOUSLY TO COME BEFORE YOU AND GIVE HIM OUR BLESSING.
11:27:25PM THIS IS NOT A DIFFICULT PROBLEM TO SOLVE.
11:27:30PM I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:27:33PM LONGTIME BUSINESSMAN THERE.
11:27:35PM I WOULD URGE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THIS PLAN AS IT'S
11:27:41PM PRESENTED.
11:27:42PM THANK YOU.
11:27:42PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:27:44PM ANYONE ELSE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 12?
11:27:48PM OKAY.
11:27:49PM ANY REBUTTAL FROM THE APPLICANT?
11:27:54PM ANY REBUTTAL, SIR, MR. SULLIVAN, REBUTTAL?
11:27:58PM ANYTHING FURTHER?
11:27:59PM OKAY.
11:28:00PM THANK YOU.
11:28:00PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
11:28:04PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:28:06PM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:28:07PM ANY OPPOSED?
11:28:08PM OKAY.
11:28:09PM I DON'T KNOW WHO I WAS NEXT.
11:28:12PM I'LL JUST START WITH COUNCILMAN SUAREZ, DO YOU WISH TO READ
11:28:15PM ITEM 12, SIR?
11:28:17PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING
11:28:20PM CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
11:28:23PM VICINITY OF 7214 NORTH 40th STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:28:26PM FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM
11:28:29PM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-24 (RESIDENTIAL,
11:28:33PM MULTIFAMILY) TO PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, PERSONAL SERVICES
11:28:37PM AND BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL OFFICE); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11:28:40PM DATE.
11:28:40PM AND INCLUDING ANY REVISION SHEET THAT IS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
11:28:43PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
11:28:45PM A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN.
11:28:47PM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:28:48PM ANY OPPOSED?
11:28:51PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH REDDICK BEING ABSENT.
11:28:54PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 18, 2019, AT
11:28:57PM 9:30 A.M.
11:29:00PM >>LUIS VIERA: THE FINAL COUNTDOWN GOES TO NUMBER 14.
11:29:04PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
11:29:06PM COORDINATION.
11:29:07PM ITEM NUMBER 14 IS REZ 19-08.
11:29:11PM IT IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTIES AT 3304 AND 3306
11:29:16PM WEST SAINT JOSEPH STREET FROM RS-50 TO PD FOR DETACHED
11:29:21PM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
11:29:22PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:29:24PM I'M HERE TO PASS OUT -- WELL, BEFORE I BEGIN, I HAVE SOME
11:29:28PM CORRECTED STAFF REPORTS FOR THE RECORD.
11:29:31PM I'VE NEVER HAD TO DO THAT BEFORE, BUT THERE IS A FIRST TIME
11:29:40PM FOR EVERYTHING.
11:29:45PM THE REZONING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS ON ST. JOSEPH'S STREET.
11:29:49PM IT IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
11:29:52PM IT HAS VERY CONVENIENT ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
11:29:55PM THERE ARE FOUR HART ROUTES THAT SERVE THIS.
11:29:57PM EVACUATION ZONE E.
11:29:58PM IT IS SOUTH OF WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
11:30:07PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
11:30:07PM WE HAVE WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
11:30:07PM I BELIEVE THERE IS A GROCERY AND A BAKERY IN THESE
11:30:10PM COMMERCIAL USES.
11:30:11PM AND THEN THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE, AND THIS IS NORTH LINCOLN
11:30:16PM RIGHT HERE.
11:30:16PM THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL, AND THESE ARE THE COMMERCIAL USES
11:30:21PM ALONG WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
11:30:23PM IT'S GOING TO BE REFLECTED ON MY FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
11:30:27PM RED IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 THAT ALLOWS UP TO COMMERCIAL
11:30:30PM INTENSITY USES.
11:30:31PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS RESIDENTIAL 20.
11:30:33PM THAT IS THE BROWNISH COLOR, AND THEN IT TRANSITIONS IN
11:30:36PM DENSITY TO RESIDENTIAL 10 AS WE MOVE SOUTH.
11:30:39PM WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT.
11:30:42PM THE FUTURE LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL 20.
11:30:44PM THAT ALLOWS A DECENT AMOUNT OF -- THAT ALLOWS UP TO 20
11:30:50PM DWELLING UNITS TO THE ACRE, WELL WITHIN WHAT THE APPLICANT
11:30:54PM IS PROPOSING THROUGH THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
11:30:56PM WE DID FIND IT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
11:30:59PM AREA, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
11:31:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL?
11:31:04PM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:31:06PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: THANK YOU.
11:31:10PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
11:31:12PM COORDINATION.
11:31:13PM JENNIFER KIND OF REVIEWED THE OVERALL AREA, SO I WON'T
11:31:18PM BELABOR THE POINT.
11:31:21PM BASICALLY WITH THIS REZONING APPLICATION AT THIS PROPERTY,
11:31:26PM THEY ARE PROPOSING TWO SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS.
11:31:29PM ONE WITH THE EXISTING HOUSE AND THE NEW LOT FOR PROPOSED
11:31:33PM HOUSE.
11:31:34PM CURRENTLY ZONED RS-50.
11:31:36PM THE ISSUE IS THAT THE LOT, THE OVERALL LOT IS 100 BY 95.
11:31:42PM SO THEY CANNOT CREATE TWO 50 BY 100 LOTS BECAUSE THE LOTS
11:31:47PM ARE SHORT.
11:31:48PM THEY ARE FIVE FEET SHORT FROM THE 100-FOOT LOT DEPTH.
11:31:53PM THERE ARE NO WAIVERS BEING REQUESTED.
11:31:54PM SO THAT'S THEIR ONLY ISSUE.
11:31:56PM RS-50 IS THE SMALLEST EUCLIDEAN DISTRICT WE HAVE FOR
11:32:00PM SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS.
11:32:01PM THEREFORE, THEY HAVE TO REQUEST A PD BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MEET
11:32:05PM THE MINIMUM LOT AREA OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET BECAUSE THEY ARE
11:32:09PM SHORT APPROXIMATELY 250 SQUARE FOOT EACH.
11:32:14PM SO THAT IS THE ONLY VARIATION.
11:32:17PM THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH ALL OF THE RS-50 STANDARD SETBACKS,
11:32:22PM HEIGHTS, ET CETERA.
11:32:23PM SO THE ONLY KIND OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PROJECT AND A
11:32:28PM STANDARD RS-50 LOT SPLIT WHICH CITY COUNCIL WOULD NOT SEE IS
11:32:34PM -- IS THEY ARE SHORT A LITTLE BIT IN THE AREA BUT STILL
11:32:36PM WITHIN THE REALM OF ALLOWABLE DENSITY WITHIN THE LAND USE
11:32:40PM CATEGORY.
11:32:41PM SAYING THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS
11:32:43PM REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT
11:32:46PM WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES.
11:32:50PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:32:50PM ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:32:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JUST ONE STATEMENT.
11:32:55PM AREN'T THE REST OF THE LOTS ON THAT STREET THE SAME WAY?
11:32:58PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: YES, THEY ARE, SIR.
11:32:59PM THAT'S HOW THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PLATTED.
11:33:02PM IT'S NOT THE WIDTH.
11:33:04PM I DID NOT DO THE RED-BLUE MAP.
11:33:06PM JUST THE DEPTH.
11:33:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:33:23PM APPLICANT, PLEASE.
11:33:30PM >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
11:33:32PM I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE THE EASIEST CASE IN ALL YOUR
11:33:36PM RECORDS.
11:33:36PM YES, MY NAME IS GABRIEL -- NO, IT'S -- MY NAME IS GABRIEL
11:33:46PM NAVARRETE.
11:33:50PM AS SHE EXPLAINED, WE'RE SHORT BY 250 SQUARE FEET PER LOT
11:33:57PM THAT WE WANT TO CREATE, IF POSSIBLE.
11:34:01PM I THINK THE KEY THING HERE IS THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS
11:34:14PM THE ONE LOT.
11:34:16PM WITHIN THAT LOT, WE HAVE SIX PROPERTIES OR SEVEN PROPERTIES
11:34:20PM WITH THE SAME SIZE THAT HE WANTS TO CREATE.
11:34:26PM IF YOU GO A LOT DOWN SOUTH TO IT, YOU HAVE PROBABLY 80% OF
11:34:32PM THEM.
11:34:33PM BUT IF YOU GO TO THE SIX BLOCKS SURROUNDING, BECAUSE THIS IS
11:34:39PM -- TO THE NORTH IS JUST COMMERCIAL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
11:34:42PM SAME PATTERN IN THE CENTER OF THE BLOCK, AND THEN ON THE
11:34:45PM SIDES, ON THE VERY ENDS IS WHERE YOU HAVE LOTS A LITTLE
11:34:49PM LARGER, LIKE 50 FEET, 56 FEET.
11:34:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HOWEVER, ST. CONRAD IS THE LAST ONE, IF
11:34:57PM YOU GO JUST SOUTH OF THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT THE LOT
11:35:00PM IS 60 OR 50 BY ABOUT 150 FEET.
11:35:04PM >> OVER HERE --
11:35:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR.
11:35:06PM >> YES, THAT IS TRUE.
11:35:07PM YES.
11:35:10PM SO WE'RE SEEKING FOR THAT, FOR YOU TO ALLOW US TO BUILD A
11:35:16PM SECOND HOUSE WITH A LOT THAT IS 250 SQUARE FEET SHY.
11:35:22PM 50 WIDE, AND WE'RE SHORT ON THAT NUMBER.
11:35:25PM ANY QUESTIONS?
11:35:29PM WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVERS, VARIANCES.
11:35:33PM WE ARE GOING TO STAY UNDER THE 50% RULE OF BUILDING
11:35:38PM COVERAGE.
11:35:39PM PRETTY MUCH THAT'S OUR REQUEST.
11:35:49PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:35:51PM THANK YOU, SIR.
11:35:54PM ANYONE HERE TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON ITEM 14?
11:35:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:36:00PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:36:02PM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:36:04PM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:36:05PM ANY OPPOSED?
11:36:06PM OKAY.
11:36:09PM COUNCILMAN COHEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND HANDLING ITEM 14.
11:36:11PM >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:36:13PM I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
11:36:15PM CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
11:36:18PM VICINITY OF 3304 AND 3306 WEST SAINT JOSEPH STREET, IN THE
11:36:23PM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:36:25PM SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50
11:36:28PM (RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY) TO PD (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
11:36:32PM RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11:36:35PM DATE.
11:36:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
11:36:38PM A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:36:40PM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:36:40PM ANY OPPOSED?
11:36:42PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH REDDICK BEING ABSENT.
11:36:44PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 18th,
11:36:48PM 2019, AT 9:30 A.M.
11:36:49PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:36:51PM AND YOU ARE RIGHT.
11:36:52PM THAT WAS VERY EASY.
11:36:53PM ITEM 15.
11:37:04PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: ITEM 15, THE LAST ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA
11:37:07PM TONIGHT IS -- MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:37:12PM REZ 19-17 FOR UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, REZONING FROM PD-A AND IG
11:37:19PM AND CG TO PD-A FOR COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY.
11:37:27PM >>JENNIFER MALONE: JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING
11:37:29PM COMMISSION STAFF.
11:37:30PM WE'RE IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT JUST OUTSIDE OF
11:37:34PM -- THIS IS THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER AND THEN THIS IS THE
11:37:36PM CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OFF TO THE SIDE.
11:37:39PM WE'RE OFF OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
11:37:41PM THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA CAMPUS AND THEN I HAVE NORTH
11:37:44PM BOULEVARD THAT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE.
11:37:47PM THIS WILL LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT IS THE
11:37:52PM UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA BUT BECAUSE WE WERE BEFORE YOU RECENTLY
11:37:55PM WITH A FUTURE LAND USE MAP AMENDMENT ON THE SUBJECT SITE.
11:37:58PM AS YOU'LL NOTICE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COLORS ON
11:38:01PM THE MAP.
11:38:02PM THERE'S PUBLIC REC OPEN SPACE, REGIONAL MIXED USE 100,
11:38:08PM GENERAL MIXED USE 24, AND THEN THE PLAN AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU
11:38:12PM WAS TO TAKE ALL OF THIS TO QUASI-SEMI-PUBLIC, THAT HAS BEEN
11:38:16PM TRANSMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY PER
11:38:19PM YOUR MOTION, AND IT'S BEING REVIEWED UP IN TALLAHASSEE AS I
11:38:24PM SPEAK.
11:38:24PM IN THE MEANTIME, WE REVIEWED THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
11:38:29PM ALTERNATIVE.
11:38:29PM IT IS CONSISTENT.
11:38:30PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF DID NOT HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH IT.
11:38:34PM I DID NOTE IN MY STAFF REPORT JUST A POLICY, THAT THE
11:38:43PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES ENCOURAGE THE NONRESIDENTIAL USES TO
11:38:45PM REMAIN SENSITIVE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
11:38:49PM NEIGHBORHOOD BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CAMPUS IS AN
11:38:51PM ESTABLISHED PIECE OF TAMPA'S COMMUNITY FABRIC.
11:38:54PM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
11:38:56PM THANK YOU.
11:38:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:39:04PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
11:39:05PM COORDINATION.
11:39:07PM WITH THIS APPLICATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA HAS ACQUIRED,
11:39:13PM I BELIEVE, OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING SOME ADDITIONAL
11:39:16PM LANDS.
11:39:19PM THESE GRAY PIECES ARE THE NEW LANDS, SO THEY NEED TO BE
11:39:22PM INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL CAMPUS PLAN, SO THEREFORE THAT'S
11:39:26PM PART OF THE REASON FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SUBMITTAL
11:39:31PM THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU.
11:39:32PM THE LAST TIME THIS WAS APPROVED, THIS CAMPUS PD-A PLAN WAS
11:39:36PM APPROVED WAS IN 1501.
11:39:38PM YOU'LL NOTE IN THE STAFF REPORT, SEVEN OF THE EXISTING
11:39:41PM WAIVERS FROM 1501 WERE CARRIED FORWARD ONTO THIS PLAN, AND
11:39:46PM THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL FOUR WAIVERS BEING REQUESTED BASED
11:39:49PM ON THE CURRENT PROPOSAL.
11:39:51PM PER THE PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT, NO MODIFICATIONS ARE PROPOSED
11:40:03PM FOR THE HISTORIC CAMPUS AREA.
11:40:06PM THE TOTAL DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENTS INCLUDE 4.8 MILLION
11:40:10PM SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES A TOTAL OF 6,000
11:40:13PM BEDS PREVIOUSLY -- THE 2015 PLAN WAS FOR 5,000 BEDS.
11:40:20PM THEY ARE ASKING FOR 6,000 BEDS NOW.
11:40:23PM SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 1,000 BEDS.
11:40:26PM SIMILARLY, THE EXISTING APPROVED SQUARE FOOTAGE WAS 1.8
11:40:31PM MILLION SQUARE FEET.
11:40:32PM NOW THEY ARE ASKING FOR ENTITLEMENT FOR 2.5 MILLION SQUARE
11:40:36PM FEET.
11:40:37PM SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 700,000 SQUARE FEET.
11:40:40PM BASED ON THE INCREASED BEDS AND THE INCREASED SQUARE
11:40:45PM FOOTAGE, THEY'RE PARKING REQUIREMENTS HAVE INCREASED.
11:40:49PM AND THIS IS -- I'M GOING INTO THE FIRST NEW WAIVER, WHICH IS
11:40:53PM WAIVER NUMBER 8, STATED ON PAGE 2 OF YOUR STAFF REPORT.
11:40:57PM THEY ARE ASKING TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING
11:41:00PM SPACES FROM 5500 PARKING SPACES TO 4400 PARKING SPACES,
11:41:06PM WHICH IS A REDUCTION OF 1100 PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS A 20%
11:41:11PM REDUCTION OVERALL.
11:41:13PM TRANSPORTATION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT STAFF HAS FOUND THIS
11:41:15PM APPLICATION INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THAT PARKING WAIVER.
11:41:18PM 20% OR 1100 PARKING SPACES TOTAL.
11:41:22PM THE NEXT WAIVER THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS TO INCREASE THE
11:41:25PM MAXIMUM 10-FOOT SETBACK ALLOWED ON KENNEDY BOULEVARD FOR
11:41:31PM THIS AREA IN HERE, THERE IS A GRAND OAK TREE THEY NEED TO
11:41:34PM PRESERVE WHICH REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE A LARGE PROTECTIVE
11:41:37PM RADIUS THAT EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM BUILDING SETBACK FOR KENNEDY
11:41:41PM BOULEVARD.
11:41:42PM SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR THAT WAIVER.
11:41:44PM STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION TO THAT.
11:41:45PM TO ALLOW THE PRINCIPAL BUILDING FACADE AND FUNCTIONAL
11:41:48PM PEDESTRIAN ENTRIES OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TO BE ORIENTED
11:41:51PM AWAY FROM KENNEDY BOULEVARD AND NOT MAINTAIN PEDESTRIAN
11:41:53PM ACCESS DIRECTLY TO PUBLIC SIDEWALKS.
11:41:57PM AGAIN, AS PART OF THE CAMPUS PLAN, A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS
11:42:00PM DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO FACE KENNEDY.
11:42:03PM THEY ARE ASKING THAT THEY CAN FACE THE INTERNAL ROADWAY
11:42:07PM NETWORK, CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF
11:42:10PM THE CAMPUS.
11:42:11PM STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION.
11:42:12PM A CARRY-THROUGH FROM THE 2015 PLAN WITH THE WORDING CHANGED
11:42:17PM SLIGHTLY TO ALLOW ALTERNATIVE LIGHTING FIXTURES, POLES,
11:42:20PM RELATED EQUIPMENT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING CAMPUS
11:42:22PM LIGHTING PLAN TO BE PLACED AT LOCATIONS AS APPROVED BY THE
11:42:26PM CITY OF TAMPA AND THE FLORIDA D.O.T.
11:42:29PM I'LL LET THE APPLICANT GO INTO HIS COMPLETE PRESENTATION --
11:42:35PM SORRY, IT'S GETTING A LITTLE LATE.
11:42:37PM BASICALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT COMPLIANCE STAFF FOUND IT
11:42:41PM INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BECAUSE OF THE
11:42:44PM 20% REDUCTION WHICH EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY 1100 PARKING
11:42:48PM SPACES DEFICIENT.
11:42:49PM I BELIEVE THAT IT'S AN ISSUE OF TIMING AND CONSTRUCTION, BUT
11:42:54PM I'LL LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO THAT.
11:42:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:42:57PM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:43:00PM APPLICANT.
11:43:07PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I'M OUT OF JUICE.
11:43:09PM >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.
11:43:11PM MORRIS MASSEY, 101 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, SUITE 3700, HERE
11:43:15PM IN TAMPA ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
11:43:18PM I KNOW IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG NIGHT, AND WE'RE ALL REALLY
11:43:21PM TIRED.
11:43:22PM MARY DESCRIBED THE PURPOSE OF THE REZONING ACCURATELY.
11:43:26PM ANOTHER REASON -- FRANKLY, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE
11:43:32PM UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA HAS TRANSFORMED ITSELF OVER THE LAST
11:43:34PM SEVERAL YEARS.
11:43:34PM THE CAMPUS IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
11:43:36PM IT IS A VIBRANT, GROWING CAMPUS.
11:43:38PM AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS
11:43:41PM FRANKLY TO SEEK AN INCREASE IN THE CAP ON THE ENROLLMENT.
11:43:46PM CURRENTLY UNDER THE PDA, THE CAP IS AT 8500.
11:43:51PM WE ARE AT ABOUT 8300 FULL-TIME STUDENTS AT THIS POINT IN
11:43:53PM TIME.
11:43:53PM WE'RE ASKING THAT GO UP TO 11,000.
11:43:56PM THERE ARE LONG-TERM PLANS IN PLACE FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE
11:44:00PM CAMPUS, AND SO THIS IS ALL PART OF THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE
11:44:04PM GOING THROUGH AND WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
11:44:07PM THE PARKING WAIVER SEEMS TO BE THE MAJOR ISSUE AND SO THAT'S
11:44:10PM WHAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS MY CONVERSATION ON TONIGHT AND NOT
11:44:13PM GO INTO ANY OTHER DETAIL UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AND WE'RE
11:44:16PM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE PD-A
11:44:19PM REQUEST.
11:44:20PM WE THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL UNIQUE FACTORS THAT JUSTIFY THE
11:44:23PM PARKING WAIVER IN THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
11:44:25PM FIRST, THE UNIVERSITY HAS RECENTLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HAS
11:44:29PM PASSED A POLICY WHERE FRESHMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE CARS
11:44:32PM ON CAMPUS.
11:44:33PM AND THEY HAVE NO PARKING PRIVILEGE ON CAMPUS.
11:44:35PM LAST YEAR, THE ENTERING CLASS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WAS
11:44:38PM 2100.
11:44:41PM 2100 FRESHMAN.
11:44:43PM .5 PARKING SPACES PER STUDENT IS THE CODE.
11:44:46PM IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT, THEN THERE ARE A THOUSAND AND 50
11:44:50PM SPACES THAT ARE BASICALLY WIPED OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE THE
11:44:53PM FRESHMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE CARS ON CAMPUS ANY LONGER.
11:44:56PM ALSO, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA IS LARGELY A
11:45:01PM RESIDENTIAL CAMPUS.
11:45:01PM ABOUT 60% OF THE STUDENTS LIVE ON CAMPUS OBVIATING THE NEED
11:45:06PM NECESSARILY FOR CARS TO GET TO AND FROM THE CAMPUS.
11:45:09PM ALSO, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE STUDENTS THAT DO NOT LIVE ON
11:45:14PM CAMPUS LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
11:45:17PM AS YOU'LL AWARE, A NUMBER OF MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN
11:45:20PM APPROVED IN DOWNTOWN AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER
11:45:23PM RECENTLY.
11:45:24PM YOU'VE GOT ALTA GRAND CENTRAL GOING UP, A LARGE NUMBER OF
11:45:28PM STUDENTS LIVE AT THE BARRY MOORE NEAR THE STRAZ.
11:45:30PM I CAN THEM BIKING AND WALKING TO CAMPUS.
11:45:33PM EVERY DAY I GO TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CENTER THEY ARE
11:45:35PM CROSSING CASS STREET TO COME OVER TO CAMPUS.
11:45:38PM BUT YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN DOWNTOWN.
11:45:41PM 915.
11:45:43PM YOU'VE GOT MANOR RIVERWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER AT
11:45:48PM THE OLD TRIBUNE SITE.
11:45:50PM A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS LIVE IN THESE COMPLEXES.
11:45:52PM THEY LIVE IN THE BLEAKER PROJECT IN HYDE PARK.
11:45:59PM SOHO FLATS, AURORA, POST HYDE PARK.
11:46:03PM A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.
11:46:05PM A LARGE NUMBER LIVE IN HARBOUR ISLAND OR IN THE CHANNEL
11:46:08PM DISTRICT, FRANKLY.
11:46:09PM ALL OF THESE PLACES ARE WITHIN WALKING AND BIKING DISTANCE.
11:46:14PM OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE MAJOR TRANSIT NEEDS THE
11:46:17PM UNIVERSITY HAS IS NOT ADDITIONAL PARKING.
11:46:20PM IT'S BUYING SPACES.
11:46:22PM THE UNIVERSITY HAS GONE ON A PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE NUMBER
11:46:24PM OF BIKING SPACES ON CAMPUS.
11:46:26PM CURRENTLY, THE UNIVERSITY HAS 400 BIKING SPACES ON CAMPUS.
11:46:31PM IF THE UNIVERSITY WAS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT THAT
11:46:33PM AMOUNT OF BIKING SPACES ON CAMPUS WOULD QUALIFY THEM FOR A
11:46:38PM REDUCTION OF 250 REQUIRED PARKING SPACES BECAUSE THE CENTRAL
11:46:41PM BUSINESS DISTRICT REGULATIONS ALLOW UP TO 20% OF THE
11:46:45PM REQUIRED PARKING TO BE SERVICED BY BICYCLE SPACES, TWO
11:46:51PM BICYCLE SPACES PER ONE CAR SPACE.
11:46:55PM AND WE THINK THE SAME POLICY SHOULD APPLY HERE.
11:46:58PM WE'RE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
11:47:00PM QUITE FRANKLY, STUDENTS ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BIKE FROM
11:47:02PM THEIR APARTMENT BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN THAN WHITE COLLAR
11:47:06PM WORKERS ARE WILLING TO BIKE TO WORK.
11:47:08PM IT PROBABLY SERVES REALLY THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA MUCH MORE
11:47:12PM THAN IT DOES SERVE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, THAT
11:47:15PM POLICY.
11:47:15PM ALSO, I KNOW THAT TRANSIT OPTIONS, AND IT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE
11:47:25PM THAT WE FACE AS A COMMUNITY, IF THERE'S ONE AREA FOR
11:47:28PM DIFFERENT TRANSIT OPTIONS OTHER THAN A CAR, IT IS DOWNTOWN
11:47:31PM AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
11:47:32PM I WANT TO HAND OUT TO YOU ALL THIS COMES FROM THE UNIVERSITY
11:47:36PM WEBSITE, TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND THEN THE BIKE UT
11:47:40PM PROGRAM.
11:47:41PM AND WHAT THIS HIGHLIGHTS, GOING TO BIKE UT, UT HAS A BIKE
11:47:56PM RENTAL PROGRAM MUCH LIKE COAST BIKES, WHICH YOU CAN ALSO
11:48:00PM RENT THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND AROUND UT,
11:48:03PM BUT CAMPUS REC HAS A BUNCH OF BIKES THAT IF YOU HAVE A UT
11:48:09PM STUDENT ID, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND RENT IT FOR FREE.
11:48:12PM YOU GO DOWN TO PUBLIX OR GO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.
11:48:15PM ALSO, AS THE HANDOUT SUGGESTS, BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO THE
11:48:22PM CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND IT'S IN THE DOWNTOWN SPECIAL
11:48:27PM DISTRICT AS WELL, STUDENTS AND FACULTY HAVE ACCESS TO THE
11:48:31PM DOWNTOWNER.
11:48:32PM YOU HAVE TWO HART ROUTES THAT GO TO THE CAMPUS.
11:48:35PM YOU HAVE ROUTE 30 THAT GOES ON KENNEDY BOULEVARD THAT
11:48:38PM CONNECTS DOWNTOWN TO THE AIRPORT, AND THEN YOU HAVE ROUTE 7
11:48:41PM THAT GOES FROM DOWNTOWN TO CASS STREET AND THEN UP NORTH
11:48:44PM BOULEVARD.
11:48:45PM ALSO, THE CAMPUS IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE MARION STREET
11:48:49PM TRANSIT WAY, WHICH IS THE FOCAL POINT OF ALL THE HART
11:48:52PM TRANSIT LINES, INCLUDING THE EXPRESS LINES THAT COME INTO
11:48:55PM DOWNTOWN.
11:48:56PM YOU ALSO HAVE THE STREETCAR SYSTEM, THE WATER TAXI.
11:48:59PM YOU HAVE COAST BIKE.
11:49:00PM THE UNIVERSITY HAS A ZIP CAR THAT STUDENTS CAN USE.
11:49:04PM SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS OTHER THAN HAVING
11:49:07PM A CAR TO GO TO AND FROM CAMPUS.
11:49:10PM ALSO, AS PART OF THIS PDA, HARTLINE HAS REQUESTED AND THE
11:49:14PM UNIVERSITIES AGREED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO TWO HARTLINE BUS
11:49:18PM STOPS ADJACENT TO THE CAMPUS ON KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
11:49:21PM OTHER FACTORS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL TO
11:49:27PM CONSIDER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WAIVER REQUEST AND LET ME
11:49:29PM PUT THIS UP ON THE ELMO.
11:49:31PM IT'S PART OF YOUR ZONING PACKAGE.
11:49:41PM THE CAMPUS IS ON THE PERIPHERY OF DOWNTOWN.
11:49:42PM IT'S CLOSE TO EVERYTHING.
11:49:44PM IT IS A SELF-CONTAINED CAMPUS IN MANY WAYS GEOGRAPHICALLY.
11:49:47PM AND LET ME POINT OUT WHAT I'M SAYING.
11:49:50PM THIS I THINK ADDRESSES SOME OF STAFF'S CONCERN THAT BY
11:49:53PM GRANTING A PARKING WAIVER YOU MAY CREATE ISSUES FOR THE
11:49:56PM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:49:57PM ON THE EAST SIDE, YOU'VE GOT THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER AND
11:50:01PM DOWNTOWN.
11:50:01PM THERE'S REALLY NO OPTION FOR STUDENTS TO PARK CARS UNLESS
11:50:04PM THEY WANT TO PAY A HUGE RATE AT ONE OF THE PARKING GARAGES
11:50:08PM DOWNTOWN, OR UNLESS THEY LIVE IN ONE OF THE APARTMENT
11:50:10PM BUILDINGS, THEN THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO PARK IN THERE.
11:50:13PM THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE YOU'VE GOT KENNEDY BOULEVARD AND A
11:50:16PM FAIRLY HEAVY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN
11:50:19PM TO THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY WHERE THE PARKING IS REALLY ALL
11:50:22PM CONTROLLED BY LARGE BUSINESS ENTITIES LIKE TAMPA GENERAL AND
11:50:26PM ARE INTERNAL.
11:50:28PM ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CAMPUS, YOU HAVE A WAREHOUSE
11:50:31PM DISTRICT PRIMARILY WHERE THE PARKING IS CONTROLLED AGAIN BY
11:50:34PM THE OWNERS OF THE WAREHOUSES AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OLD
11:50:37PM FURMAN SITE CONTROLLED BY TGH.
11:50:40PM AGAIN, REALLY NO OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARKING TO SPILL IN
11:50:43PM THAT AREA.
11:50:44PM TO THE NORTH, TAMPA PREP.
11:50:45PM THEY CAN'T PARK AT TAMPA PREP.
11:50:47PM NORTH OF THAT, YOU HAVE THE JULIAN LANE PARK.
11:50:51PM THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO PARK THERE EITHER OR THEY'LL BE TOWED.
11:50:54PM I THINK THERE'S SOME CONCERN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE
11:50:56PM NORTHWEST, BUT, QUITE FRANKLY, THE BULK OF THE CAMPUS IS
11:51:00PM REALLY ORIENTED TOWARD THE RIVER AND SOUTH TOWARD KENNEDY.
11:51:03PM IF YOU'RE LIVING DOWNTOWN OR ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER
11:51:07PM OR HARBOUR ISLAND OR EVEN CHANNELSIDE, YOU ARE MUCH MORE
11:51:12PM LIKELY TO WALK OR BIKE TO CAMPUS BECAUSE BY THE TIME YOU'RE
11:51:15PM ABLE TO FIND SOMEPLACE TO PARK SIX OR SEVEN BLOCKS FROM
11:51:19PM CAMPUS AND THEN WALK TO THE HALL, ONCE YOU GET ON CAMPUS, IT
11:51:24PM DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
11:51:26PM FRANKLY, IT'S OUR TRAFFIC ISSUE AS A RESULT OF THE ISSUE IS
11:51:29PM REALLY GOING TO AFFECT THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND WILL NOT
11:51:32PM SPILL INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS A CONCERN.
11:51:36PM THE OTHER THING, AND MARY MENTIONED THIS, PART OF THE REASON
11:51:41PM FOR THIS REQUEST IS THE TIMING OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE GROWTH
11:51:43PM OF THE UNIVERSITY.
11:51:44PM CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 4,165 PARKING SPACES.
11:51:48PM WITH THIS PD-A APPROVAL, HOPEFULLY, WE WILL PROBABLY
11:51:52PM INCREASE THAT TO BETWEEN 42 AND 4300.
11:51:56PM WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE .5 THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW.
11:52:00PM BUT THE LONG-TERM PLANS FOR THE UNIVERSITY, THERE ARE GOING
11:52:03PM TO BE ADDITIONAL DORMS AND BUILDINGS BUILT.
11:52:05PM THE UNIVERSITY HAS GROWN EVERY YEAR FOR 22 YEARS.
11:52:08PM SO THE ENROLLMENT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
11:52:11PM THERE ARE PLANS ULTIMATELY FOR ANOTHER LARGE PARKING GARAGE
11:52:14PM NEAR THE POOL AREA, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE
11:52:18PM IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
11:52:19PM THIS UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS CATALYST FOR
11:52:23PM REDEVELOPMENT ALONG KENNEDY AND ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
11:52:25PM RIVER.
11:52:26PM WE DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EITHER
11:52:29PM THE UNIVERSITY OR CITY TO TRY TO HALT DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF
11:52:32PM A PARKING ISSUE.
11:52:33PM ULTIMATELY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PARKING GARAGE AND
11:52:36PM ADDITIONAL SURFACE PARKING LOTS, WE PROBABLY WILL COME BACK
11:52:39PM UP CLOSE TO THAT .5 THRESHOLD.
11:52:43PM AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE'RE ASKING THAT BE LOWERED TO .4.
11:52:47PM FINALLY, UNLIKE MOST PETITIONS THAT COME BEFORE YOU, THE
11:52:52PM UNIVERSITY AND THIS PD-A, ARE, I THINK, SPECIAL.
11:52:57PM THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY HAVE A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.
11:53:00PM THE CITY IS THE UNIVERSITY'S LANDLORD FOR MUCH OF THE
11:53:04PM CAMPUS.
11:53:04PM ALSO, THIS PD-A HAS BEEN AMENDED TWICE SINCE IT WAS
11:53:09PM ORIGINALLY ADOPTED IN 2002.
11:53:11PM THE UNIVERSITY CONTINUES TO EXPAND GEOGRAPHICALLY.
11:53:14PM ACTUALLY HAD PURCHASED ADDITIONAL PROPERTY ON THE WEST SIDE
11:53:17PM OF THE CSX RAILROAD TRACKS.
11:53:21PM WE ARE NOT PULLING THAT IN AT THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE WE
11:53:23PM WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AND WORK WITH
11:53:26PM THE STAFF AND NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE WE BRING THAT IN BUT WE'LL
11:53:29PM HAVE TO AMEND THIS PD-A IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE.
11:53:35PM FRANKLY, THE UNIVERSITY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND PROGRAMS
11:53:38PM EVOLVE AND THAT REQUIRES CHANGES TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE
11:53:40PM PD-A.
11:53:42PM IF THERE IS A PARKING ISSUE, WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK BEFORE
11:53:44PM YOU PROBABLY IN THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS, MAXIMUM, SO
11:53:47PM THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
11:53:51PM FOR THOSE REASONS, WE THINK IN THIS CASE THE WAIVER IS
11:53:54PM JUSTIFIED.
11:53:55PM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
11:53:59PM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:54:12PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: A, IT'S BEEN SO LONG, I THINK YOU CAME HERE
11:54:16PM WITHOUT A BEARD.
11:54:17PM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:54:18PM BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE ALL NIGHT.
11:54:20PM >> I FEEL A LITTLE BIT THAT WAY, YES, SIR.
11:54:21PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: TWO, IT'S HART, NOT HARTLINE.
11:54:28PM THIRD, 22% OF THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO SCHOOL AT UT USE THE
11:54:32PM DOWNTOWN AND THEY COME FROM CHANNELSIDE PRIMARILY, EVEN
11:54:35PM THOUGH THERE IS ONE HOUSE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN RIVERSIDE
11:54:38PM HEIGHTS THAT THEY CALL THE FRAT HOUSE BECAUSE THIS WEEKEND
11:54:41PM BEING ST. PATRICK'S DAY, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DRUNK PEOPLE
11:54:45PM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:54:46PM THAT'S NOT A USUAL THING.
11:54:48PM I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
11:54:48PM HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY KIND OF IDEA IN TERMS OF HOW YOU CAN
11:54:53PM MASSAGE THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITH YOUR CLIENT,
11:54:56PM UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT OTHER TRANSIT WAYS
11:54:59PM OF SOLVING SOME OF THESE PARKING PROBLEMS AS OPPOSED TO AS
11:55:03PM WHAT YOU HAD JUST MENTIONED, BUILDING A PARKING GARAGE RIGHT
11:55:06PM BY THE POOL?
11:55:08PM AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THAT, ISN'T THERE RESTRICTION,
11:55:11PM MAYBE THERE ISN'T, I THINK ONLY THE CENTRAL BUSINESS
11:55:13PM DISTRICT, ABOUT PARKING NEAR THE RIVER?
11:55:19PM >> WELL, THE HISTORIC CAMPUS ENCOMPASSED A LOT OF THE
11:55:23PM RIVERFRONT.
11:55:24PM SO THERE REALLY IS NOT MUCH AVAILABILITY TO PARK CARS NEAR
11:55:28PM THE RIVER, AND ALSO THAT'S THE PRIME REAL ESTATE.
11:55:32PM YOU DON'T WANT TO USE THAT AREA IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS
11:55:34PM DISTRICT.
11:55:35PM THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT USING THAT FOR PARKING.
11:55:38PM SO THE HISTORIC PORTION OF THE CAMPUS, I MEAN, IT GOES UP TO
11:55:44PM THE NEW STUDENT SERVICES CENTER THAT'S JUST BEEN REBUILT AND
11:55:48PM THEN YOU HAVE THE LIBRARY, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT WHAT WAS THE
11:55:51PM OLD TAMPA PREP CENTER, THE SCIENCE CENTER, THERE'S REALLY NO
11:55:54PM AVAILABILITY TO PUT PARKING ON THE RIVER.
11:55:56PM THERE'S REALLY VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF -- WE HAVE ACQUIRED
11:56:01PM A SURFACE PARKING LOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF KENNEDY THAT
11:56:05PM WE'RE INCORPORATING HERE.
11:56:06PM WE'RE ALSO BRINGING IN WHAT IS A WEIRD TRIANGULAR SHAPE JUST
11:56:11PM ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CSX RAILROAD TRACKS THAT WE'LL TURN
11:56:15PM TO SURFACE PARKING.
11:56:16PM WE'RE TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN TO INCORPORATE
11:56:18PM ADDITIONAL PARKING INTO THE CAMPUS.
11:56:20PM BUT THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHAT WE CAN DO PHYSICALLY AT THIS
11:56:23PM POINT IN TIME.
11:56:24PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MY POINT IN ASKING YOU THAT IS WHETHER OR NOT
11:56:28PM THERE IS A WAY WE CAN FIND SOME ALTERNATIVE TO PROVIDING
11:56:32PM MORE PARKING, BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU'RE LAND LOCKED,
11:56:36PM LITERALLY, UNLESS YOU KEEP EXPANDING, AND SO YOU'LL KEEP
11:56:39PM COMING BACK HERE, LIKE YOU SAID, IN TWO YEARS TO PUT MORE
11:56:43PM PARKING IN, THERE'S GOT TO BE A BETTER WAY OF DOING IT.
11:56:47PM IT'S NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE
11:56:50PM THIS OR TO GET IT PASSED.
11:56:53PM IT'S JUST THAT YOU KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE AND MORE AND
11:56:57PM MORE.
11:56:57PM WE HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
11:56:59PM >> PART OF THE REASON WE KEEP COMING BACK IS THAT THE
11:57:02PM UNIVERSITY IS GROWING, AND IT IS ACQUIRING LAND, ADDITIONAL
11:57:07PM LAND FOR PARKING, FOR ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS.
11:57:09PM I MEAN, IT IS AN AMAZING STORY, FRANKLY.
11:57:13PM WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, WAS HAVING
11:57:19PM PROBLEMS FINANCIALLY AND HAVING PROBLEMS WITH KEEPING --
11:57:22PM HAVING A DECENT STUDENT BODY.
11:57:24PM I THINK LESS THAN 2,000 STUDENTS.
11:57:26PM NOW IT'S APPROACHING 9,000 AND MOVING TOWARDS 11,000.
11:57:32PM IT'S AN AMAZING STORY.
11:57:33PM IT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF BEING AN URBAN UNIVERSITY
11:57:38PM WHERE YOU'RE DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES.
11:57:41PM THE UNIVERSITY HAS AGGRESSIVELY LOOKED FOR ADDITIONAL LAND
11:57:44PM ADJACENT TO IT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS PARKING BUT ALSO TO
11:57:48PM ADDRESS FACILITIES.
11:57:49PM BECAUSE AS IT GROWS, THERE ARE PLANS FOR A NEW FINE ART
11:57:53PM CENTER, NEW CLASSROOMS.
11:57:54PM IT'S NOT JUST BEDS AND PARKING.
11:57:56PM IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON THERE, AND IT'S A
11:58:01PM GREAT STORY, FRANKLY, IN MY OPINION.
11:58:03PM BUT THERE ARE --
11:58:08PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW -- I WANT TO TELL
11:58:20PM YOU, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT YEAR, I
11:58:24PM STARTED THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, AND THERE WERE 600
11:58:29PM STUDENTS.
11:58:29PM 600.
11:58:31PM IT WAS SMALLER THAN MY HIGH SCHOOL.
11:58:35PM PRETTY COOL.
11:58:36PM THAT'S IT.
11:58:37PM GOOD JOB.
11:58:38PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT YOU MENTIONED, IF I MAY,
11:58:41PM MR. CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO THANK DR. VAUGHN FOR WHAT HE'S
11:58:45PM DONE THERE AND THE BOARD AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GIVEN, THE
11:58:48PM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN AND RAISED MILLIONS OF
11:58:51PM DOLLARS TO MAKE IT WHAT IT IS.
11:58:52PM IT'S LARGER NOW IN ENROLLMENT THAN PRINCETON AND WAKE
11:58:59PM FOREST.
11:58:59PM I THINK IT HAS STUDENTS FROM 154 COUNTRIES.
11:59:02PM THAT MAKES TAMPA WHAT IT IS TODAY -- PART OF IT.
11:59:04PM I'M NOT SAYING ALL OF IT.
11:59:06PM THE OTHER PART IS THAT WE ONLY HAVE TWO SEASONS -- SUMMER
11:59:09PM AND CHRISTMAS.
11:59:10PM AND EVERYBODY IS HAPPY HERE.
11:59:11PM I THINK THEY ARE, UNTIL TONIGHT.
11:59:13PM THANK YOU AGAIN.
11:59:14PM APPRECIATE IT.
11:59:17PM >>HARRY COHEN: I HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT UNLIKE PRINCETON AND
11:59:19PM WAKE FOREST, IT DOESN'T APPEAR ANYBODY HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR
11:59:21PM PAYING TO GET --
11:59:23PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DIDN'T WANT TO GO THERE.
11:59:27PM >> WAKE FOREST ALUM.
11:59:28PM BE NICE, OKAY.
11:59:29PM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:59:32PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYTHING FURTHER?
11:59:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:59:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER
11:59:39PM 15?
11:59:40PM BEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:59:43PM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:59:45PM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:59:46PM ANY OPPOSED?
11:59:47PM I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN CAPIN -- OH, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:59:52PM MY APOLOGIES.
11:59:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:00:59AM I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
12:00:00AM CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
12:00:02AM VICINITY OF 401, 802, 909, AND 1005 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD,
12:00:07AM 109 NORTH WILLOW AVENUE AND 112 AND 115 NORTH EDISON AVENUE
12:00:12AM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY
12:00:15AM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
12:00:18AM PD-A, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVE, CG COMMERCIAL
12:00:23AM GENERAL, AND IG INDUSTRIAL GENERAL TO PD-A, PLANNED
12:00:28AM DEVELOPMENT, ALTERNATIVE, COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY PRIVATE;
12:00:31AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:00:33AM >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, A SECOND BY
12:00:35AM THAT PROUD UT GRADUATE, CHARLIE MIRANDA.
12:00:36AM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:00:36AM ANY OPPOSED?
12:00:36AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH REDDICK BEING ABSENT.
12:00:39AM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 18, 2019, AT
12:00:42AM 9:30 A.M.
12:00:44AM >>LUIS VIERA: INFORMATION REPORTS AND MOTIONS.
12:00:48AM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
12:00:50AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I HAVE SEVEN ITEMS HERE -- I'M KIDDING.
12:00:53AM HAPPY ST. PADDY'S DAY.
12:00:55AM HOPEFULLY SOME OF US WILL BE IN THE PARADE THIS WEEKEND.
12:00:59AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN COHEN?
12:01:00AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO?
12:01:02AM COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN?
12:01:03AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
12:01:04AM I HAVE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.
12:01:06AM FREE SHOT CLINIC, HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY FOR DOGS ON
12:01:10AM APRIL THE 6th, 2019, 9 A.M. TO 12 P.M., RIVER TOWER PARK
12:01:18AM AT 401 EAST BIRD STREET.
12:01:21AM AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, 813-252-2027.
12:01:28AM IT SAYS, "PLEASE ANNOUNCE."
12:01:31AM SO THERE YOU GO.
12:01:36AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:01:38AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR, WE STARTED ON THURSDAY AND
12:01:41AM FINISHED ON FRIDAY.
12:01:43AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: WOW, THAT'S COOL.
12:01:44AM >>LUIS VIERA: NOTHING HERE.
12:01:45AM ANY MOTION?
12:01:47AM >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:01:47AM >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COHEN, SECOND BY
12:01:51AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ALL IN FAVOR.
12:01:53AM THANK YOU.
12:01:53AM HAVE A GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
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