TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022
5:01 P.M.
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17:06:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GOOD AFTERNOON.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
ORDER IF WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
17:07:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
17:07:08 >>CLERK:
DINGFELDER -- SORRY, LOOKING AT THE WRONG
ONE.
LET'S START OVER.
17:07:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HERE.
17:07:17 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HERE.
17:07:18 >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
17:07:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
17:07:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
17:07:23 >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
17:07:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. SHELBY.
17:07:27 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
MARTIN SHELBY, THURSDAY APRIL 28, 2022.
AND WE ARE HERE AT CITY -- AT OPENED CITY HALL FOR
TONIGHT'S QUASI JUDICIAL AND LAND USE HEARINGS.
THE PUBLIC AND THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA ARE ABLE TO WATCH,
LISTEN AND VIEW THIS MEETING SPECTRUM 640, FRONTIER
CHANNEL 15 AND INTERNET AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE AT CITY COUNCIL
EITHER IN PERSON HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 315
EAST KENNEDY OR VIRTUALLY THROUGH VIDEO TELL
CONFERENCING AS COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY.
PREREGISTRATION IS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY
ON A QUASI OR JUDICIAL MATTER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, THAT IS ON THE WEB SITE AT
TAMPA.GOV/QUASI WHICH IS ON THE SAME PAGE AS
TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL.
A REMINDER TO PARTICIPANTS ON THE VIRTUAL PLATFORM, YOU
MUST HAVE ACCESS TO A COMMUNICATION MEDIA TECHNOLOGY
DEVICE SUCH AS A COMPUTER OR CAMERA EQUIPPED WITH A
CAMERA AND MICROPHONE TO BE SEEN AND HEARD BY CITY
COUNCIL AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS.
SPECIFIC TWO-WAY VIRTUAL VIDEO FOR MAT, SMARTPHONES ARE
NOT COMPATIBLE AS THEY NOT ALLOW TO YOU SHARE YOUR
CAMERA WHEN CONNECTED.
WITH REGARD TO THE GO TO MEETING PLATFORM, THERE IS A
CHAT BOX AVAILABLE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I ASK THAT YOU ONLY USE THAT FOR
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS.
DO NOT USE THE CHAT TO COMMUNICATE WITH CITY COUNCIL
DURING THE MEETING.
LIKEWISE THE SAME FOR E-MAILS AND TEXT.
IF ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS GET E-MAILS OR TEXTS THAT
ARE RELATED TO TONIGHT'S HEARING, THAT YOU DO NOT LOOK
AT THEM OR YOU IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAD, YOU DO DISCLOSE
THEM.
WITH REGARD TO EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS, ANY VERBAL
EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE
HEARING, PLEASE BE SURE TO DISCLOSE WITH WHOM THAT
HAPPENED AND SUM AND SUBSTANCE AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED
AND ALSO LASTLY THAT YOU ADOPT THESE RULES FOR CMT, TO
WAIVE THE RULES THAT ARE YOUR STANDING RULES AND ADOPT
THE RULES THAT ARE YOUR NOTICE AND IN THE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR TONIGHT'S HEARINGS.
17:09:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MOVE.
17:09:58 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SO MOVED.
17:09:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
17:10:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED.
17:10:04 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
17:10:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
JUST FOR THE RECORD, TWO ABSENCES
THIS EVENING AND MEMOS RECEIVED BY BOTH OFFICES.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SENT A MEMO SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE
TO ATTEND THIS EVENING'S MEETING DUE A PRIOR OBLIGATION
AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON HERE FOR THIS MORNING'S SESSION
WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THIS EVENING'S MEETING AND THEY
HAVE BOTH SENT MEMOS FOR THE RECORD.
ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO.
A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO RECEIVE AND FILE AND
A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR.
OPPOSED.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONTINUANCES.
WE ONLY HAVE FIVE COUNCILMEMBERS HERE THIS EVENING.
THERE IS A REQUEST FROM RUSSELL OTTENBERG FOR ITEM
NUMBER 7 THAT THIS HEARING BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 23,
2022.
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 7, REZ 21-130.
MAY WE HAVE A MOTION -- YES?
OH, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO MOVE ITEMS 1-12.
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE.
ALL HEARINGS ARE OPEN.
ITEM NUMBER 7 THAT THEY WISH TO HAVE A CONTINUANCE.
WE HAD A MOTION FROM -- ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON
ITEM NUMBER 7.
JUST THE CONTINUANCE.
NOT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CASE BUT JUST THE CONTINUANCE.
DO WE HAVE SOMEONE ON LINE?
ALL RIGHT.
MR. OTTENBERG, WE NEED TO SWEAR HIM IN JUST FOR THIS
CONTINUANCE?
17:11:43 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO.
17:11:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. OTTENBERG, IF YOU WERE ON,
PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA AND UNMUTE YOURSELF.
17:11:51 >> GOOD EVENING.
17:11:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
17:11:55 >> I NEED TO BE SWORN IN?
17:11:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NOT ON THE CONTINUANCE.
GO AHEAD.
17:11:59 >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
AS THE LETTER SUBMITTED STATES, WE ARE -- WE REQUEST
THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS THAT WE
BELIEVE WILL APPLY TO THIS APPLICATION THAT WERE RAISED
ON A COUPLE OF OTHER REZONINGS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
THIS.
AND THAT ARE -- THAT WERE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS FOR 306
SOUTH ALBANY AVENUE AND 3407 AND 409 SOUTH ALBANY
AVENUE THAT WAS HEARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
WE WOULD LIKE SOME TIME TO WORK ON THESE ITEMS AND
ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS' CONCERNS THAT
WERE BROUGHT UP DURING THOSE HEARINGS.
17:12:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN
REGARDING THE CONTINUANCE.
17:12:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MOVE TO CONTINUE.
17:12:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO NEED TO CLOSE IT.
MOTION TO CONTINUE FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
17:12:50 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
STATING THE DATE AND TIME.
17:12:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
JUNE 23, 2022 AT 5:01 P.M.
ROLL CALL.
17:13:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
17:13:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
17:13:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
17:13:07 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
17:13:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
17:13:12 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK AND
CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
17:13:16 >> THANK YOU.
17:13:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NEXT ITEM REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE.
LETTER BY JULIA MANDELL REQUESTING THAT AB 2-21-21,
ITEM NUMBER 11 BE CONTINUED FOR JUNE 23, 2022 AT 5:01
P.M.
ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 11.
JUST THE CONTINUANCE.
SEEING NONE, HEARING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY
REGISTERED FOR ITEM NUMBER 11.
17:13:49 >> MR. CHAIR, AB 2-21-21 BE MOVED TO JUNE 23, 2022.
17:13:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO, SECOND
BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ROLL CALL.
17:13:59 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
17:14:01 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
17:14:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
17:14:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
17:14:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
17:14:11 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK AND
CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
17:14:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT, THOSE ARE THE
CONTINUANCES I HAVE FOR NOW.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 1.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
17:14:45 >>CLERK:
THEY ARE ONLINE.
17:14:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM NUMBER 1.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
17:14:56 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMAN, DIEGO VERA.
ITEM NUMBER 1.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY SCREEN FOR A QUICK
PRESENTATION.
17:15:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE CAN SEE IT.
JUST GOT TO MAKE IT BIGGER.
GO AHEAD.
17:15:24 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
FILE NO. TA/CPA 21-23, TEXT AMENDMENT OF THE TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGARDING THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD
AREA.
THIS IS A LOCAL AMENDMENT AND STATE WITH THE COASTAL
HIGH HAZARD AREA RECENTLY.
THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA IS SET BY -- ON THE SCREEN
COASTAL MANAGEMENT POLICY.
THIS A POLICY THAT WAS UPDATED WITH STATE LAW AND THE
WHEN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
GENTLEMEN, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE
TEXT AMENDMENT TO.
AT THIS TIME I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
17:16:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN AT
THIS TIME?
HEARING NONE.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 1.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE.
17:16:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES AND
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, READ THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE FOR
ITEM NUMBER 1.
17:16:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ITEM NUMBER 1, FILE NO. TA/CPA
21-23.
ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
CONSIDERATION.
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040 MANAGE FUTURE LAND
USE AMENDMENT FOR POLICIES 1.1.2 PROVIDING FOR REPEAL
OF ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERAL
SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
17:17:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM?
[INAUDIBLE]
17:17:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MY COLLEAGUE GOT ME THERE.
OKAY.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE A NUMBER ON IT AT ALL.
17:17:38 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
IT IS ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT?
IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
17:17:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YOU WANT ME TO READ WHAT IS ON THE
AGENDA.
17:17:44 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IT IS NOT THE SAME.
17:17:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ORDINANCE NUMBER 20-22, I WOULD
IMAGINE THE SAME NUMBER.
TA/CPA 21-23, ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040:
TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COASTAL MANAGEMENT ELEMENT TO
END COASTAL MANAGEMENT ELEMENT 1.1.2 PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
17:18:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECOND.
17:18:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
17:18:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
17:18:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
17:18:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
17:18:26 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY CARLSON AND HURTAK
BEING ABSENT SECOND READING AND ADOPTION MAY 19, 2022
AT 9:30.
17:18:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 2.
17:18:45 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEN, DIEGO GUERRA, PLANNING
COMMISSION STAFF.
FILE NO. TA/CPA 21-24.
ENDMENT FOR THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA.
THIS IS A PUBLIC INITIATED AMENDMENT.
THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND
THE UPDATE IS REQUIRED TO BE REFLECTED IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE IS NO DESCRIPTION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AS A COASTAL
HIGH HAZARD AREA.
THIS AMENDMENT UPDATES THE FUTURE LAND USE MAPS AND
PUBLIC ACCESS MAP AS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN.
THIS AMENDMENT ON THE SCREEN CURRENTLY ADOPTED IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS UPDATED MAP NOW AVAILABLE AND DISPLAYED ON YOUR
SCREEN.
GENTLEMEN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS CITY
COUNCIL ADOPT THE MAP AMENDMENT 8.1.24.
AT THIS TIME THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I AM
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
17:19:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
GENTLEMAN?
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
2?
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED?
17:20:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MOVE TO CLOSE.
17:20:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECOND.
17:20:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, READ ITEM NUMBER 2.
17:20:13 >>LUIS VIERA:
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST
CONSIDERATION, THE IMAGINE 2040 TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA CHHA AND PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
17:20:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
17:20:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
17:20:37 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
17:20:39 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
17:20:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
17:20:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
17:20:44 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON AND
HURTAK BEING BE A DENT.
17:21:00 >>CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION MAY 19, 9:30 A.M.
17:21:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM NUMBER 3.
17:21:04 >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS.
MAY I SHARE MY SCREEN.
DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THE NEXT THREE AMENDMENTS ARE PARK AMENDMENTS.
I WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
LET'S GET STARTED.
THE NEXT THREE AMENDMENTS WE ARE LOOKING AT FILE NO.
TA/CPA 21-31, 21-32, RECREATION CENTER, AND FILE NO.
TA/CPA 21-33.
USA PARK.
ALL THREE AMENDMENTS IN PUBLICLY INITIATED.
WHOOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
ALL THREE AMENDMENTS ARE PUBLICLY -- WERE PUBLICLY
INITIATED FOR THE EXISTING CITY OF TAMPA PARKS.
EACH PARK IS LISTED ON THE CITY OF TAMPA DEDICATED PARK
LIST AND 16-91 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
AND ALL SITES WILL BE RECOGNIZED THROUGH THE
RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
ALL PARKS -- THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED ALL PARKS
AND FOUND CONSISTENT WITH PROMOTING RECREATION AND OPEN
SPACE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
OUR FIRST PARK IS FILE NO. TA/CPA 21-31.
INTERBAY POOL IN THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT AND
MORE SPECIFICALLY WITH THE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
HERE IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
NOUGHT MANHATTAN AVENUE AND WEST ESTRELLA STREET.
THE USE IS TO THE WEST OF THE SITE, SOUTH MANHATTAN
AVENUE ARE PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL.
THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL USES TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF
THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS AN IMAGE LOOKING AT THE SITE FROM SOUTH
MANHATTAN AVENUE.
ANOTHER IMAGE LOOKING -- SORRY ABOUT THAT.
ANOTHER IMAGE LOOKING AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE POOL.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY RECOGNIZED UNDER THE
PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC LAND USE DESIGNATION.
PRESENT TO THE NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH OF THE SITE.
DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE SITE ARE PARCELS RECOGNIZED
UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL-10.
AND SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE, OUR PARCEL IS RECOGNIZED
UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL-6 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
HERE IS THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
RECOGNIZE THE ENTIRE SITE UNDER THE RECREATIONAL/OPEN
SPACE DESIGNATION.
CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT SITE, WE CAN NOT DETERMINE THE
MAXIMUM INTENSITY UNDER THE PUBLIC-SEMI PUBLIC
DESIGNATION.
THOSE ARE TYPICALLY DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF
PERMITTING AND THIS AMENDMENT WILL REMOVE ANY POTENTIAL
RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE
SUBJECT SITE.
BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROPOSED MAP AMENDMENT TO FILE NO.
TA/CPA 21-21 ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICIES OF THE
TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
17:24:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN.
ANYONE WANTING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 3.
ANYONE REGISTERED FOR 3.
17:24:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MOVE TO CLOSE.
17:24:26 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SECOND.
17:24:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED.
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
17:24:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
FILE NO. TA/CPA 21-31, ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE
LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED 4321 WEST
ESTRELLA STREET OTHERWISE KNOWN AS INTERBAY POOL FROM
PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC, P/QP TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE,
R/OS, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
17:25:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
17:25:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CITRO AND
SECOND BY MIRANDA.
17:25:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
17:25:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
17:25:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
17:25:22 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
17:25:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
17:25:26 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK AND
CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 19,
2022 AT 9:30 A.M.
17:25:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
17:25:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
MR. COLLINS, NUMBER 4.
17:25:43 >>DANNY COLLINS:
NEXT CASE IS FILE NO. TA/CPA 21-32.
FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. RECREATIONAL COMPLEX IN THE
CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT AND MORE SPECIFICALLY
IN THE WEST RIVER NEIGHBORHOOD.
HERE IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SURROUNDING SITE AND
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF SPRUCE
STREET AND TO THE NORTH OF WEST OREGON AVENUE.
HERE IS AN IMAGE LOOKING AT THE SITE FROM SOUTH OREGON
AVENUE.
THIS IS ANOTHER SHOT LOOKING AT THE SITE FROM SOUTH
OREGON AVENUE AS WELL.
HERE IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE FACILITY.
CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT SITE IS RECOGNIZED AS A
NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE 35 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
THAT DESIGNATION TO THE NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH OF THE
SUBJECT SITE, TO THE WEST OF THE SITE IS UNDER THE
RESIDENTIAL-35 DESIGNATION.
AS PROPOSED, THE SUBJECT SITE WILL BE RECOGNIZED UNDER
THE RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE DESIGNATION.
THIS MAP AMENDMENT WOULD REMOVE THE CONSIDERATION OF
THE 191 DWELLING UNITS FOR 356,755 SQUARE FEET OF
RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL USES FROM THE SUBJECT
SITE.
COUNTY COMMISSION REVIEWED THE PROPOSED MAP AMENDMENT,
FILE NO. TA/CPA 21-32 AND RECOMMEND THAT IT IS FOUND
CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES OF THE
IMAGINE 2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
17:27:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 4?
ANYONE REGISTERED.
17:27:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOVE TO CLOSE.
17:27:21 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SECOND.
17:27:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.
OPPOSED.
COUNCILMAN GUDES, ITEM NUMBER 4.
17:27:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
FILE NO. TA/CPA 21-32.
ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION AMENDING THE
2040: TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE
ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED 2200
NORTH OREGON AVENUE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. RECREATION COMPLEX FROM NEIGHBORHOOD
MIXED USE 35 TO RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE R/OS PROVIDING
FOR REPEAL.
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
17:28:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES AND.
17:28:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES,
17:28:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
17:28:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
17:28:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
17:28:16 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON AND
HURTAK BEING ABSENT.
SECOND ADOPTION MAY 19, 2022 AT 9:30 A.M.
17:28:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM NUMBER 5.
17:28:30 >>DANNY COLLINS:
OUR LAST AMENDMENT FOR TONIGHT, FILE
NO. TA/CPA, IN THE CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP USF PARK.
IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT PERIPHERY.
THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE AERIAL MAP IN THIS BLACK COLOR.
IT IS ALONG JUST TO THE WEST OF SOUTH DRIVE SOUTH OF
THE SELMON EXPRESSWAY.
THERE IS AN IMAGE LOOKING AT THE SUBJECT SITE FROM
SOUTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
THIS IS LOOKING AT THE -- LOOKING EAST FROM THE SUBJECT
SITE OF SOUTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE PUBLIC/SEMI
PUBLIC DESIGNATION.
THE DESIGNATION IS FOUND NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH OF THE
SUBJECT SITE, ACROSS FROM THE SUBJECT SITE TO THE WEST.
OUR PARCELS ARE RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RMU-100 AND
RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE ALONG THE WATER.
THIS MAP AMENDMENT WILL RECOGNIZE THE ENTIRE SITE UNDER
THE RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE DESIGNATION.
HERE IS A SLIDE SHOWING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE
PROPOSED CHANGE WILL REMOVE ANY POTENTIAL RESIDENTIAL
OR NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND
IT CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
OF THE IMAGINE 2040 TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THIS
CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
17:29:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COLLINS?
ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM
NUMBER 5?
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED.
17:30:04 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MOTION TO CLOSE.
17:30:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
17:30:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.
OPPOSED.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, ITEM NUMBER 5.
17:30:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ITEM NUMBER 5, FILE NO. TA/CPA
21-33.
ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION,
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE IMAGINE 2040 TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR
THE PROPERTY LOCATED 225 SOUTH ASHLEY DRIVE OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS USF PARK FROM PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC P/QP TO
RECREATION/OPEN SPACE R/OS PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
17:30:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND
SECONDED.
17:30:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
17:31:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
17:31:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
17:31:08 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH HURTAK AND
CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
SECOND READING MAY 19, 2021 AT 9:30.
17:31:17 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE GO INTO QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING
ON 6-IT.
IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS 6-12, PLEASE
STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WILL SWEAR
EVERYBODY IN.
[SWEARING IN]
17:31:33 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
YOU HAVE BEEN SWORN IN AND SO HAVE THE PEOPLE ON THE
SCREEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 6.
17:31:46 >>ERIC COTTON:
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
ERIC COTTON, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 6, FILE NUMBER REZ-21-127.
A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING.
A REQUEST TO REZONE AT 3003 WEST CYPRESS STREET FROM
CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TO
DEVELOPMENT ARE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. COLLINS FROM THE
PLANNING COMMISSION.
17:32:21 >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS, AGAIN, WITH THE
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
THE FIRST CASE IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING
DISTRICT IN THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
CLOSEST TRANSITS 130 FEET WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE WEST
OF CYPRESS STREET.
THE SITE IS SERVED PROVIDING CONNECTIONS TO TAMPA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
CLOSEST RECREATION FACILITY VILA BROTHERS PARK TO THE
SOUTHEAST OF THE SITE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE LEVEL E
EVACUATION ZONE.
AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING
PROPERTIES.
IT IS GENERALLY EAST OF MACDILL, AT THE INTERSECTION OF
MACDILL AND WEST CYPRESS STREET.
THERE ARE NONRESIDENTIAL USES DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF
THE SUBJECT SITE.
TO THE NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH ARE RESIDENTIAL USES.
HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE ENTIRE SITE UNDER THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 LAND
USE DESIGNATION.
CMU-35 IS PRESENTS ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST
CYPRESS STREET AND NORTH SIDE OF CYPRESS STREET.
PREDOMINANTLY RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL-20 LAND
USE DESIGNATION.
YOU TRANSITION SOUTH AND ALSO NORTH OF THE SUBJECT
SITE, IT TRANSITIONS TO A RESIDENTIAL-10 SINGLE-FAMILY
NEIGHBOR.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE
INFORMATION AND FOUND NO IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PORTION OF WEST CYPRESS IS DEVELOPED AT 27% OF THE
DENSITY UNDER THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE DESIGNATION.
THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO WEST CYPRESS STREET PRIMARILY
CONSISTING OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND
COMMERCIAL USES ALONG THE SEGMENT.
THE REQUEST PROPOSES 47 SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS
WITH OVERALL DENSITY OF 23 UNITS PER ACRE WHICH IS
BELOW THE DENSITY THAT IS ANTICIPATED UNDER THE CMU-35
DESIGNATION.
ADDITIONALLY THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON A COLLECTOR
ROADWAY WHERE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS ARE
ENCOURAGED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT ADDRESSES THE MIXED USE POLICIES
BY PLACING PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL UNITS CLOSE TO THE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS, AND INCLUDING THE ORIENTATION OF
THE FRONT DOOR, RIBBON SIDEWALK AND STREET.
PD HAS INTERNAL CONNECTIONS THAT HELP ENSURE PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY AND MORE WALKABLE URBAN
ENVIRONMENT ALONG CYPRESS.
THE REQUEST SUPPORTS MANY.
POLICIES IN THE COMP PLANS A IT RELATES TO HOUSING THE
CITY'S POPULATION BY DEVELOPING THE SITE AT A DENSITY
OF 23.26 UNITS PER ACRE, THE REQUEST WILL ADD
ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES TO THE GROWING CENTRAL
PLANNING DISTRICTS.
THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGE NEW HOUSING ON
VACANT LANDS TO MEET THE NEED OF CONTINUE'S FUTURE --
CURRENT AND FUTURE POPULATIONS.
BASED ON THE CONSIDERATION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
17:35:22 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COLLINS?
ALL RIGHT, MR. COTTON, I SEE YOU ARE ON.
17:35:28 >>ERIC COTTON:
YES, SIR.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
ERIC COTTON, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
MAY I SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE.
17:35:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD, SIR, WE CAN SEE IT.
17:35:41 >>ERIC COTTON:
THANK YOU.
A REZONING REZ-21-127 FOR PROPERTY 3003 WEST CYPRESS
STREET.
AS MR. COLLINS ALLUDED TO, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO
DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITH SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
ELEMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR FOUR WAIVERS.
FIRST TO REDUCE THE SOUTHERN SETBACK ALONG THE FRONT
YARD SETBACK, AND THIS IS IN WEST TAMPA BASED ON BLOCK
AVENUE FROM 25 DOWN TO 10 FEET.
REDUCE THE BACK-UP WIDTH FROM SIX FEET TO TWO FEET AND
I SHOW THE SITE PLAN SO COUNCIL KNOWS WHERE THE REQUEST IS
AT.
TO ALLOW FOR THE 40 TO 47 GROUND FLOOR ENTRANCES NOT TO
FACE THE COMING STREET, AND REDUCE THE BUILDING
SEPARATION FROM 15 FEET TO NINE FEET FOR BUILDINGS H, G
AND F.
SO THIS IS -- PROPERTIES ON THE CORNER OF NEW JERSEY
AND CYPRESS.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PLAT.
IT WAS PLATTED BACK IN 1919 TEN UNITS FOR TEN LOTS.
THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE DEVELOPMENT HERE IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE RED.
TO THE NORTH IS SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE
WEST, WHICH IS OVER HERE IS DEVELOPED WITH COMMERCIAL
-- COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
ACROSS NEW JERSEY -- ACROSS CYPRESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE
IS A MIXTURE OF COMMERCIAL AND SOME RESIDENTIAL.
AND LET'S SEE -- SORRY ABOUT THIS.
AND -- SO THE ZONING ACROSS THE STREET IS CN AND PD
ALONG WITH SINGLE-FAMILY.
PROPOSED USES FOR EIGHT SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED PLANS.
THIS IS THE EXISTING SITE PLAN.
LET ME GO TO THE ACTUAL DEVELOP -- THE PROPOSED
DEVELOPED PLAN ON HERE.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE.
SO JUST GOING THROUGH THE WAIVERS AND LOOKING AT THE
SITE PLAN ITSELF.
THE REQUIRED SETBACK ALONG CYPRESS IS -- SHOULD BE 25
FEET.
YOU SEE THIS AREA RIGHT THROUGH HERE IS ONLY THE 10.
AGAIN, THIS IS BASED ON BLOCK AVERAGE.
THE BACK-UP SPACE AS SOMEBODY BACKS OUT OF THE GARAGES
ON THIS TOWN HOME ALONG NEW JERSEY.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE -- SIX FEET IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO
BE TWO.
THE ONLY HOMES THAT HAVE FRONTAGE FACING THE STREET ARE
ALONG CYPRESS.
THE REMAINING PROPERTIES ARE ALL INWARD FACING.
THAT IS ONE OF THE OTHER WAIVERS AND THE LAST WAIVER IS
THE BUILDING SEPARATION FOR -- BETWEEN LOTS BUILDINGS
H, G AND F.
STAFF FOUND THE OVERALL REQUEST INCONSISTENT WITH
REVISIONS REQUIRED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
THE REVISION SHEET HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO THE STAFF
REPORT THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL.
THIS TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.
THE HOMES -- THE BUILDINGS ARE ABOUT 35 FEET TALL.
THEY ARE USING TWO-CAR GARAGES IN THE MAJORITY OF THEM
AND THEY WILL HAVE REQUIRED THE VISITOR PARKING SPACES.
THE EXISTING SITE AS THE TAMPA LETTER CARRIERS BUILDING
AND VIEWS LOOKING WESTWARD DOWN CYPRESS.
THIS IS THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS ALONG NEW JERSEY.
AGAIN, THIS IS CYPRESS AND NEW JERSEY.
AND THIS IS LOOKING EAST BACK TOWARD DOWNTOWN.
AGAIN, FINDING WAS INCONSISTENT.
MODIFICATIONS MUST BE MADE TO THE SITE PLAN AS STATED
IN THE REVISION SHEET BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
IF COUNCIL IS INCLINED TO APPROVE IT, A APPLICANT NOTE
TO GO THROUGH THE TAME PROCESS.
NO CONSTRUCTION IN THE EASEMENT AREA UNTIL THE EASEMENT
IS APPROVED.
THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
17:40:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COLLINS.
HEARING NONE?
APPLICANT, YES, SIR.
17:40:10 >> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DAVID MECHANIK, SOUTH BOULEVARD, TAMPA,
FLORIDA.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF THE APPLICANT ONYX AND EAST.
WITH ME IS JACOB EGAN WITH ONYX AND EAST.
ALSO WITH ME WITH GREG ROTH, ENGINEER WITH BOWLER ENGINEERS.
MICHAEL YATES, A CERTIFIED TRANSPORTATION PLANNER.
ERIN BARKE, AN ARCHITECT.
I WOULD ASK TO ENTER THEIR RESUMES INTO THE RECORD.
17:40:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
17:40:54 >> SINCE WALKED AWAY FROM THE MIC, I DIDN'T ENTER MY
SENTENCE.
BUT ENTER THE RESUME AS EXPERT WITNESSES IN THIS CASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT I WAS JUST HANDED SOME
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS OR HOW IT PERTAINS TO THIS
PROJECT.
SO I CANNOT ADDRESS IT, OF COURSE.
BEFORE I INTRODUCE MR. ROTH, I WANT TO MAKE A FEW KEY
POINTS.
OUR PERMITTED DENSITY ON THIS SITE IS 60 UNITS.
AND WE ARE ONLY PROPOSING 47 UNITS.
WE ARE WELL BELOW THE PERMITTED DENSITY.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE STAFF, BOTH
THE CITY ZONING STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF,
DETERMINE THAT THE USES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING ARE
COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT WE FURTHER AN OBJECTIVE
OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR INFILL HOUSING
IN TAMPA, WHICH IS SORELY NEEDED.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE WAIVERS AND GREG
ROTH WILL SPEAK IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT THIS, BUT ABOUT
THREE WEEKS AGO, CITY COUNCIL AMENDED THE CITY CODE TO
ALLOW FOR HOUSES TO NOT BE REQUIRED TO FACE A PUBLIC
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THEY ONLY HAD TO FACE EITHER A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY OR
AN INTERNAL DRIVEWAY.
THAT CODE SECTION WAS NOT AMENDED TO AFFECT
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED HOUSING, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY
THE SAME HOUSING TYPE.
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, AS MY CLIENT IS PROPOSING TO
BUILD IT, IS A TOWN HOME.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, WE DON'T UNDER STAND WHY THERE
WOULD BE A DISTINCTION.
AND THIS, ALONE, WOULD JUSTIFY THE WAIVER THAT WE ARE
ASKING FOR.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. ROTH TO ADDRESS
THE PROJECT IN GENERAL AND THE WAIVERS.
THANK YOU.
17:43:07 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. MECHANIK.
17:43:07 >> YES.
17:43:10 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU GAVE ME TWO IDENTICAL COPIES.
ONE FOR THE CLERK AND ONE TO BE PASSED AROUND?
17:43:17 >> WHATEVER IS THE PREFERENCE, THANK YOU.
17:43:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME.
17:43:23 >> GREGORY ROTH WITH BOLLER.
LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER.
3820 NORTHDALE BOULEVARD AND WE HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
17:43:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I KNOW ONYX EAST.
17:43:37 >> THERE YOU GO.
HOW I DO CONTROL THIS.
IS THERE A WAY TO CHANGE THE SLIDE HERE FROM MY ANGLE.
MAYBE NOT?
DOES THIS CONTROL THE SLIDE?
PERFECT.
THERE WE GO.
OKAY.
PERFECT.
SO FIRST WANT WOULD WALK THROUGH THE SITE PLAN.
AND JUST SO -- TO BRING EVERYBODY BACK TO WHERE WE ARE.
AN EXISTING STRUCTURE ON-SITE WITH SOME SURFACE PARKING
AND TWO EXISTING DRIVEWAYS THAT ACCESS CYPRESS STREET.
AS MENTIONED, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS 27 TOWN HOME
UNITS, FEE SIMPLE TOWN HOMES AND TWO DRIVEWAYS, ONE ON
CYPRESS AND ONE ON NEW JERSEY.
THE SITE -- THE SITE PLAN ITSELF MEETS ALL RESIDENTIAL
AND GUEST PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
WE MEET ALL PUA AND GREEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND TREE
PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS WHICH I AM HAPPY TO REPORT
NOT A TON ON THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE PROPOSING UNDERGROUND STORMWATER AND KIND OF
WANT TO GET THROUGH INTO THE WAIVERS TO TALK ABOUT A
COUPLE OF THEM IN PARTICULAR.
THE FIRST WAIVER IS THE BLOCK AVERAGE SETBACK FOR THE
BUILDINGS ALONG CYPRESS FROM 25 FEET DOWN TO 10 FEET.
WORTH NOTING FOR THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY, THE PARCEL
TAKES UP THE ENTIRE BLOCK, AND SO IT WILL ESTABLISH THE
BLOCK AVERAGE.
THE 25-FOOT SETBACK IS REFERENCED FROM THE RM-24 ZONING
REQUIREMENTS.
THE SECOND WAIVER IS THE BACK-UP WAIVER FROM SIX FOOT
TO TWO FEET IN WIDTH.
WE CAN PHYSICALLY PROVIDE AND YOU CAN SEE TWO AREAS
WHERE WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT ALONG NEW JERSEY.
WHERE YOU BACK OUT FROM THE GARAGES FROM THE TOWN
HOMES.
WE COULD PHYSICALLY PROVIDE THE SIX FEET, BUT INSTEAD
OF ASKING FOR THIS WAIVER, WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ASKING
FOR A LANDS SCAPE PUA BUFFER WAIVER.
WE STUDIED BOTH OPTIONS TO SEE WHAT IS THE LEAST
INTRUSIVE.
AND SO WE RAN AUTO TURN WITH A F-150 SUPER CAB TRUCK
BACKING OUT OF THAT WESTERNMOST GARAGE.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER THERE, A ZOOM
IN ON THE EXHIBIT, SHOWING THAT TRUCK PULLING OUT AND
HAD NO ISSUE BACKING OUT, GETTING INTO AND OUT OF THE
GARAGE IN THE WESTERNMOST SPOT.
CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FULLY ACCESS
THAT WESTERN GARAGE WITH THE TWO-FOOT BACK-UP INSTEAD
OF THE SIX, WE DECIDED SEEKING THIS WAIVER WAS LEAST
INTRUSIVE AND ALLOWED US TO KEEP THE GREEN SPACE AND
NOT ASK FOR ANY NATURAL RESOURCE WAIVERS.
THE THIRD WAIVER IS THE NUMBER OF FRONT DOORS FACING
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WHICH DAVE DID MENTIONED THE CODE
CHANGE IN HIS OPENING REMARKS.
BUT JUST TO TALK TO IT FROM A SITE PLAN STANDPOINT.
THERE PHYSICALLY WOULD BE NO WAY TO LAY THIS SITE OUT
AT A CORNER PARCEL THE WAY IT IS TODAY WITH MEETING OR
ACHIEVING THE DENSITY THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY CODE
WITHOUT ASKING FOR THIS WAIVER.
THERE IS JUST NO WAY TO MAKE THAT WORK.
WE DID LOOK AT MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR A SITE PLAN AS WELL
AS TO TRY TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY TO REDUCE THE
WAIVER.
BUT BY DOING THAT, WILL REQUIRE US TO ADD OTHER WAIVERS
REDUCING SOME OF THE PARKING AND IMPACTING SOME OF THE
EXISTING TREES THAT WE WERE TRYING TO SAVE WITH THE
SITE PLAN.
SO, AGAIN, THAT -- THAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT BACK-UP
OR THE WAIVER.
THE FINAL WAIVER IS REDUCE THE BUILDING SEPARATION FROM
15 FEET TO 9 FEET.
WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS ONE, BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IMPACT THE TREES THAT ARE LOOK TO PRESERVE NORTH OF THE
EASTERN ROAD BUILDINGS AND THE SOUTH THEN.
FOR NOW, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL YATES TO
DISCUSS TRAFFIC.
17:47:33 >> GOOD EVENING, MICHAEL YATES WITH TRAFFIC.
AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN.
I AM GOING TO GO BRIEFLY THROUGH THE TRAFFIC NUMBERS.
SO BASICALLY AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, WE ARE A
SLIGHT INCREASE OVER THE EXISTING OFFICE USE THAT IS ON
THE SITE TODAY.
IT IS 123 DAILY TRIPS.
A REDUCTION OF 21 A.M. PEAK-HOUR TRIPS AND INCREASE OF
ONLY SIX P.M. HOUR TRIPS.
WHAT THAT EQUATES TO THE LESS OF 1% INCREASE OF TRAFFIC
ON CYPRESS STREET.
SO VERY MINOR INCREASE OF THE CAPACITY.
AND THEN WHAT WE ALSO DID IS LOOK AT SOME ALTERNATIVE
USES THAT CAN BE DONE UNDER CG.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TRIP GENERATION TABLE THERE IN
THE LOWER LEFT, IT IS 105 FOR A RESTAURANT, 145 FOR A
FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT, AND WE LOOKED AT AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX OF 140 UNITS AND 81 TRIPS COMPARED TO THE 21
P.M. PEAK-HOUR TRIPS THAT WE HAVE.
WE ARE A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN ANY OF THE USES A
THAT CAN BE DONE ON-SITE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE TABLES THAT ARE
PRODUCED BY THE MPO.
IT IS SHOWING THAT THE VO -- THE VOLUME TO CAPACITY OF
ROAD IS AT .55.
ONLY HALF OF THE CAPACITY IS BEING USED TODAY BASED ON
THE LEVEL OF SERVICE REPORT.
I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JACOB.
17:49:18 >> TO CHANGE THE SLIDE.
17:49:23 >> HELLO, ERIN BARKER, AND I AM THE DESIGN DIRECTOR
FOR SHARP DESIGN STUDIO IN TAMPA.
AS THEY MENTIONED THE SITE CONSISTS OF SINGLE-FAMILY
ATTACHED HOMES ENTRY RAISED 24 ABOVE GRADE AND
BUILD-TO OF 35 FEET FOR LESS.
ALL THE HOMES HAVE A FRONT GREEN SPACE OF A SMALL FRONT
YARD OR A COURTYARD.
THE HOMES ARE DESIGNED IN A HISPANIC ECLECTIC
ARCHITECTURE.
THE SLOPED ROOFS INCORPORATE FIVE TO SIX AND 12 PITCHES
AND BARREL TILE ROOF.
AT THE TOP OF THE BUILDING IS A PARAPET WHICH IS
CONSISTENT TO THE NEIGHBORING ARCHITECTURE.
TO THE WEST A COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH A SMALL PARAPET.
ACROSS THE STREET IS A BUSINESS WITH A PARAPET WALL.
AND I BELIEVE ALESSI HAS ONE WITH AN APPLIED ROOF TO
IT.
THE BUILDING -- THE ADDITIONAL SPANISH DETAILING
INCORPORATES THE USE OF BRACKETS, SCORED STUCCO, THE
TILE ROOF, AND TILE -- EXCUSE ME TILE ACCENTS AND THE
HALF ROUND OPENINGS AT THE FRONT PORCHES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO JACOB.
17:50:40 >> GOOD EVENING, JACOB EGAN.
2002 EAST 4TH AVENUE.
ONYX AND EAST, THE APPLICANT.
FLIP THROUGH A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE.
I WANT TO TALK VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THE SITE AND LOOKING
AT IT AND THE INTENTION PUT INTO IT TO BLEND IN WITH
THE USES.
DIRECTLY TO THE WEST AS WE DESCRIBED IS A GROCERY STORE
WITH INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL.
TWO BUILDINGS DOWN TO THE EAST IS ALESSI BAKERY, HEAVY
COMMERCIAL.
TO THE NORTH OF US IS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS HAVE
BEEN DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY.
WE VIEW THIS AS A GREAT BLEND BETWEEN THE VARIOUS USES.
WE ARE UNDER ITS DENSITY ALLOWED OF 60 UNITS.
WE ARE AT 47.
SO WE ARE CARRYING FROM THE COMMERCIAL INTO THE
RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, THAT WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL
THAT ERIN JUST DESCRIBED, THIS WAS VERY INTENTIONALLY
DESIGNED TO MATCH THE WEST TAMPA DISTRICT IN GENERAL
HISTORICALLY AS A HEAVY SPANISH, MEDITERRANEAN
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.
SO THE REASONING FOR THE ELEVATIONS IS TO BLEND IN WITH
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER TO DAVID
MECHANIK WHO WILL WRAP UP FOR US.
THANK YOU.
17:51:51 >> THIS IS DAVE MECHANIK AGAIN.
JUST BRIEFLY, I NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT THE URBAN
DESIGN DEPARTMENT FOUND THE WAIVERS THAT AFFECT THEIR
DEPARTMENT TO BE ACCEPTABLE AND THEY WERE NOT OBJECTING
IN ANY WAY TO THIS APPLICATION.
WITH THAT, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
17:52:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MECHANIK?
NONE AT THIS TIME.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM?
ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU WERE NOT SWORN IN, WHEN YOU APPROACH THE
LECTERN, SWEAR YOU IN.
ALMOST EVERYONE WITH THE EXCEPTION WERE SWORN IN.
YES, MA'AM.
17:52:35 >> IS THERE A MIC?
17:52:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
INTEGRATED THERE.
17:52:42 >> SANDY SANCHEZ AND I HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
-- WHO HAVE SIGNED TO GIVE ME SOME OF THEIR TIME.
I HAD THREE OTHER PEOPLE BUT THE WEATHER HAS KEPT THEM
BACK, SO I WILL TRY TO DO THE BEST I CAN.
I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE SITUATIONS WHERE DAVID AND
GOLIATH HERE.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE WILL TRY DO SOMETHING WITH THE
MATERIAL WE HAVE.
17:53:02 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I CAN, MISS SANCHEZ, YOU ALSO
HANDED OUT MATERIAL TO COUNCILMEMBERS TODAY?
17:53:06 >> YES, I DID.
17:53:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU HAVE ONE FOR THE RECORD, I
UNDERSTAND.
17:53:10 >> YES.
17:53:14 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE NAME AIDAN -- ADRIAN, LAST NAME,
SIR.
LARAMIE.
AND MARK -- HOOP.
TWO EXTRA MINUTES PLEASE FOR MISS SANCHEZ.
17:53:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND
STATE YOUR NAME.
17:53:35 >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT.
17:53:38 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO, NOT YET.
17:53:40 >> BUT I CAN BEGIN.
17:53:42 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU WANTS TO GO TO THE OVERHEAD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN DO THAT FROM THE CONTROL ROOM,
PLEASE.
17:53:46 >> I HAVE GOT IT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO WITH IT.
17:53:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
17:53:49 >> OKAY.
17:53:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE CAN MAKE IT BIGGER ON OUR
SCREEN, PERFECT.
17:53:55 >> YOU ARE JUST ASKING THE IMPOSSIBLE AND TAKING UP OUR
TIME.
17:53:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT IS GOOD.
YOUR TIME HAVEN'T STARTED.
WE CAN SEE -- WE CAN SEE IT.
17:54:04 >> YOU HAVE THE PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU SO YOU SHOULD BE
FINE.
OKAY.
MY NAME IS SANDY SANCHEZ FROM THE GARDENS CIVIC
ASSOCIATION AND I'M HERE TO ASK TO YOU DENY THE WAIVERS
NEEDED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO PROCEED.
SORRY, I AM SOAKING WET.
ANYWAY, LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 1.
I CAN'T BELIEVE BOTH THE CITY PLANNING AND
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOLKS MISSED THE WHITE ELEPHANT IN
THE ROOM.
THE 2020 REPORT FROM THE FDOT PLANNED FOR THE
RENOVATION OF I-275 THAT IS GOING THROUGH OUR CITY.
THIS PART OF THE PLAN THAT INCLUDES THE INTERMODAL
TRANSPORTATION CENTER TO BE BUILT ON WEST CYPRESS.
HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN MISSED?
YOU WILL NOTE THAT REPORT IS IN 2020, JUST TWO YEARS
AGO.
AT A GENERAL MEETING OF NEIGHBORHOODS THIS PAST MONDAY,
MR. VIK BHIDE OF CITY OF TAMPA MOBILITY DEPARTMENT
EXPLAINED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE FDOT PLAN WAS NOT IN HIS
CONTROL, HE DID CONFIRM CYPRESS STREET TO BE THE
TRANSIT CORRIDOR BETWEEN DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND THE
AIRPORT.
CYPRESS IS THE ONLY POSSIBILITY FOR THIS CORRIDOR.
THINK ABOUT IT.
IRONICALLY, I HAD ALREADY EXCHANGED E-MAIL WITH KRISTIN
CARSON OF THE FDOT MARCH 23 OF THIS YEAR AND SHE
CONFIRMED, DOT STILL OWNS THE PROPERTY ACROSS FROM
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL ON CYPRESS.
AND THERE ARE STILL PLANS TO GO FORWARD WITH INTERMODAL
TRANSPORTATION CENTER.
THIS ITEM FOR CONFIRMATION OF THIS INFORMATION.
NOW I WILL LOOK TO YOU LOOK AT ITEMS 2 AND 3, WHICH ARE
THE TRANSPORTATION, THE TRAFFIC REPORTS SUBMITTED BY
THE DEVELOPER.
THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS DOCUMENT STATES THE REPORT WAS
SUBMITTED IN AUGUST OF 2021.
BUT IF YOU LOOK FURTHER TO THE THIRD PAGE, YOU WILL SEE
THAT THE -- FOR THIS REPORT WAS FROM 2017.
GENTLEMEN, THAT IS FIVE YEARS AGO.
MIDTOWN WAS NOT BUILT.
NEITHER WAS THE FOUNDRY ON ARMENIA.
TO FURTHER THE EMPHASIS ON THE OBSOLETE MATERIAL, THE
LAST PAGE OF THE REPORT HAVE THE TAMPA LEVEL OF SERVICE
REPORT FROM 2015, AGAIN, SEVEN YEARS AGO.
AT THIS POINT, IT WAS RATED AS A D.
E IS FAILING.
WITH THE TRAFFIC TODAY, THIS -- THAT REPORT WOULD FAIL.
17:56:32 >> IT CLEARS ITEMS NUMBER 4 AND 5.
THE TRAFFIC.
THE REAL TRAFFIC THAT IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ALSO INCLUDED -- A COPY, A MAP, FOR OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
THE YELLOW LINE IS GOING NORTH AND SOUTH.
THEY ARE THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES THROUGH OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE GREEN LINE GOING AROUND IT IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD
ITSELF THAT IS EXPECTED -- THAT IS GOING TO BE
INFLUENCED BY THIS DECISION THAT YOU MAKE.
THE PINK LINES GOING THROUGH ARE THE LINES THAT OTHER
PEOPLE TAKE TO CUT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
PLEASE NOTICE ALL THE STOP LIGHTS AROUND OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT ON THE CORNER OF HABANA AND
KENNEDY, THERE IS A NEW STOPLIGHT GOING UP AND NEW
STOPLIGHT AT ARCH WHEN MIDTOWN PUTS IN THEIR 16-STORY
BUILDING.
THOSE ROADS GO DIRECTLY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NORTH OF
CYPRESS.
THE TRAFFIC IS SO BAD ON CYPRESS THAT THE COMMUNITY
HAS SPOKEN TO VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY, FOR HELP
AT THE CORNER OF HABANA AND CYPRESS, 400 FEET AWAY FROM
THIS PROPOSED PROJECT.
THIS IS A CONTINUAL OCCURRENCE OF ACCIDENTS AND NEAR
MISSES AT THIS CORNER, AND EVEN HAD A TRAFFIC FATALITY.
AGAIN, MISSED INFORMATION.
CURRENT TRAFFIC REPORTS WILL BE ABLE TO CONFIRM SOME OF
THIS IF THESE REPORTS WERE CURRENT.
AGAIN, HOW THE CITY PLANNERS AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANNERS
DID NOT REMEMBER THE TRANSIT CORRIDOR ON CYPRESS AND
NOT NOTICE THAT THESE TRAFFIC REPORTS ARE OBSOLETE IS
BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION.
NONE OF THE ABOVE ITEMS MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.
WHY IS THAT.
I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE 24 DUPLICATE LETTERS FROM
THE LETTER CARRIERS.
ONLY ONE PROBLEM WITH THAT, NONE OF THEM LIVE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
I AM ALWAYS AMAZED WHEN ONE DEPARTMENT MARKS A PLAN
CONSISTENT.
THE DEVELOPER DOES NOTHING.
AND THE FOUND IS -- THE PLAN IS FOUND CONSISTENT.
BOTH REPORTS ARE MOVING TARGETS.
NOTHING CHANGED FROM THE CITY PLANNING REPORT.
THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY IS STILL IN EFFECT.
WE WILL HAVE TO REALIZE HOW THEY REMAIN AND GET RESPECT
FOR THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY IS IGNORED.
CAN I KEEP GOING?
17:59:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO, THAT'S IT.
MA'AM.
THAT WAS THE FIVE MINUTES.
17:59:22 >> ONE LAST LITTLE NOTE, PLEASE.
IF YOU GRANT THESE WAIVERS, WHICH ARE ALSO TOTALLY
OPPOSED TO THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY, YOU WILL JEOPARDIZE
THE ABILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE D.O.T.'S PLANS.
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CLAIM EMINENT DOMAIN AND
SQUELCH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE RELIEF FROM HEAVY
TRAFFIC AND OVERBUILDING AND THE ABILITY TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH MASS TRANSPORTATION IS SO BADLY NEEDED.
17:59:51 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. COTTON WAS FROM THE CITY AND COLLINS WAS FROM THE
PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION?
ERIC COTTON.
MR. COTTON, IF YOU WERE ON THE LINE, A QUESTION FROM
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
18:00:09 >>ERIC COTTON:
YES, SIR.
18:00:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
LISTENING TO MISS SANCHEZ WHO IS --
ONE OF THE PIONEERS OVER THERE AT THAT COMMUNITY.
IS THIS PROPOSAL CONSISTENT WITH THE WEST TAMPA
OVERLAY?
18:00:25 >> THE ONLY WAIVER -- KEVIN JOHNSON FROM THE URBAN
DESIGN GROUP.
THE ONLY WAIVERS THEY ARE ASKING FOR IS THE FRONT YARD
SETBACK FOR THE BLOCK AVERAGE ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION
FROM 25 DOWN TO 10.
THE REST OF THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS FOUND TO BE IN
COMPLIANT.
18:00:46 >> YES, SIR I WAS.
18:00:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
STATE YOUR NAME.
18:00:51 >> CHRISTOPHER SWIGON, THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
18:01:20 >> CATEGORIES TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT DENSITY OF
CHARACTER OF EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS.
PROTECT AREAS OF THE LOWEST INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT
THAT ARE CURRENTLY AND PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL USE OR HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CONSTRAINTS SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREAS AND
RESPOND TO COMMUNITY PLAN POLICIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT OR
INFILL DEVELOPMENT THAT MAINTAINS THE SINGLE-FAMILY
CHARACTER OF AN AREA BUT ALLOWS FOR GREATER HOUSING
TYPES.
WE WOULD ASK CITY COUNCIL TO PROTECT THE DESIRE TO
REMAIN A LOWER DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
.TWO, CITY OF TAMPA 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PAGE 173,
POLICY 2.2.3.
DEVELOP COMMUNITY PLANS FOR THOSE AREAS OF THE CITY
EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH.
EACH PLAN SHALL REFLECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY,
CHARACTER, CURRENT CONDITIONS, NEEDS, VALUES.
THEIR CHARACTER IF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME.
THEIR CURRENT CONDITION IS 90% SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
HOMES.
THEIR VISION AND GOALS ARE TO REMAIN SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
POINT THREE, LAND USE POLICY 9 BE 1.2 WHICH IS TO
ENCOURAGE SENSITIVE DESIGN AND SITE PLANS IN URBAN
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MITIGATE THE SCALE OF LARGER
BUILDINGS THROUGH CAREFUL USE OF BUILDING MASS
SETBACKS, ARTICULATION, FENESTRATION AND ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGNS.
SORRY.
THE WEST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY
FOUR-STORY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
FOR THAT MATTER, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY
BUT ONE THREE-STORY HOME AT THIS POINT.
THE WEST TAMPA.
.4, 9.5.2, MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND DISCOURAGE THE DEMOLITION OF
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, RESIDENTS AND DISPLACEMENT OF
RESIDENTS IN A WAY THAT ENCOURAGES REHABILITATION AND
PROVIDES HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY.
FOR THE CHARACTER OF SINGLE-FAMILY AREA INCLUDES USE
DEVELOPMENT AND DENSITY CHARGE STATISTICS.
WE ASK CITY COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD'S
DENSITY CHARACTERISTICS.
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
18:03:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MA'AM, YOU WERE NOT SWORN IN.
18:03:36 >> NO, I WAS NOT.
18:03:39 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN.
ANYONE WHO HAS COME IN SENSE.
I SEE A FEW PEOPLE.
IF YOU PLAN ON SPEAKING, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR
RIGHT HAND.
[SWEARING IN]
18:03:54 >> I DO.
18:03:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
18:03:59 >> MAY I PRESENT SOME DOCUMENTS?
18:04:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SURE.
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
18:04:49 >> DEBBIE ZABERMAN, CITY OF TAMPA CORSICA STREET.
AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN.
I PROVIDED TWO LETTERS INTO THE RECORD THAT I HAVE
PASSED OUT TO ALL OF YOU.
THEY GO INTO QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL THAT INCLUDES CASE
AND POINT AND DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE CODE THAT NEED
TO BE LOOKED AT.
I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT THE CITY
ACTUALLY ISN'T BEING BUILT ACCORDING TO THE CODE.
THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE THAT CITY STAFF WAS ALLOWED TO
SHARE HOW TO ACCESS THIS.
YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD ALL OVER THE CITY
BEING BUILT BY PD.
WE COME IN FRONT OF YOU OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN
SAYING THAT THE CITY IS NOT BEING BUILT ACCORDING TO
CODE.
IT IS BEING BUILT ACCORDING TO EXCEPTION.
THIS IS NO DIFFERENCE.
SOMEONE IN STAFF NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE WEST TAMPA
OVERLAY.
A NUMBER OF POINTS THAT ARE LISTED OUT IN DETAIL THAT I
WON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH IN THREE MINUTES, BUT THE
STAFF REPORT NEEDS TO CONSIDER EVERY DETAIL IN THAT
REPORT AND SAY WHY THEY ARE NOT REQUIRING THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS, WE NEED A LOT OF LEGAL HELP IN THE
COMMUNITY.
IT SEEMS LIKE WORDS MEAN SOME THINGS IN ONE MEETING.
AND IN ANOTHER MEETING, WORDS MEAN SOMETHING ELSE.
THE CODE IS VERY CLEAR THE WORD "SHALL"THAT IS USED IS
MANDATORY AN INTERPRETATION 27.41.
WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY, SUSPENDERS AND TWO
ZIPPERS BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT WAIVER OF THESE
REQUIREMENTS IS NOT AN OPTION AS THE CODE SPECIFICALLY
STATES SHALL -- SHALL COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS AND
CLARIFIES THAT CASES OF CONFLICT, THE MORE RESTRICTIVE
STANDARDS APPLY.
AND FURTHER, IT STATES THAT MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT
MUST BE MET IN ORDER TO GAIN APPROVAL.
HOW THOSE WORDS THAT WE WORKED SO HARD TO GET IN THE
CODE AREN'T FOLLOWED IS A MYSTERY US TO THAT WE NEED
HELP WITH THAT.
THE OTHER THING IS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WITH ANASTASIA
BARNES LETTER OF MARCH 1, 2022.
GOES AND SAYS STAFF WILL SUPPORT WAIVING CERTAIN ITEMS.
WHY ARE THEY SUPPORTING IT?
THEY ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY THAT
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WORKED SO HARD TO GET AND ALSO THE PD
IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE SITE.
WE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THE OTHER THING IS JUMPING THROUGH HERE, YOU GOT A
PARKING REQUIREMENT THAT SAYS THAT IT COULD CREATE SOME
POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES.
WHENEVER THERE IS A STAFF REPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTS
POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES, I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO
QUANTIFY AND CHARACTERIZE DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPOSURE FOR
THAT.
AND ALSO PLEASE LOOK AT THE SECTION 27-241-G WHICH
TALKS ABOUT MAXIMIZING EFFICIENT MASS TRANSIT
OPPORTUNITIES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR EASEMENT DEDICATION
AND TRANSIT SHELTERS.
I DON'T SEE THAT ON THE RECORD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO US.
WE ALMOST FEEL LIKE OUR DISCUSSION IS MEANINGLESS,
BECAUSE WHEN WE COME IN FRONT OF YOU, THE CODE DOESN'T
MATCH.
ONE OTHER THING, IF I MAY, MISS BARNES ACTUALLY SAID
THAT THE 14 FEET -- MAY I FINISH.
18:07:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
18:07:51 >> I HAVE FOR YEARS SAID THAT THE FOOTNOTE TO SECTION
27-156 MEANS THAT THE YARDS ARE SUPPOSED TO INCREASE BY
HEIGHT OVER 30 FEET ON ALL YARDS.
MISS BARNES SAYS THAT IN THIS MEMO SHE HAS, AND THAT IS
NOT BEING APPLIED.
THEY ARE DOING A WEDDING CAKE.
NOWHERE IN THE CODE.
ALSO THAT SAME INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO NEW BEACH
PARK IN THE EXPERT WITNESS REPORT.
AGAIN, WE GET IGNORED ALL THE TIME ON THAT.
WE NEED HELP TO MAKE SURE YOUR CODE IS BEING FOLLOWED
AND WHEN WE SHOW UP HERE AND THE WORK WE DO WITH YOUR
WONDERFUL STAFF ACTUALLY RESULTS IN ACTIONS THAT MATCH
THE CODE AND THE OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
18:08:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
18:08:34 >> OH, YES.
18:08:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
18:08:40 >> MY NAME IS ANDREW LAWRENCE.
I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
WEST NASSAU STREET THAT DIRECTLY SHARES THE BOARD WE
ARE THIS POTENTIAL PROPERTY AND A RESIDENT OF THE TAMPA
BAY AREA FOR THE LAST 37 YEARS.
I AM SPEAKING TODAY TO ECHO THE 40-PLUS RESIDENTS WHO
WROTE IN TO OPPOSE THIS REDISTRICTING PROJECT.
DOES NOT HAVE 47 HOMES PACKED CONTINUE TO.
I AM PERFECTLY ACQUAINTED TO CHANGE IN PROGRESS.
FOUR OR PERHAPS SIX UNATTACHED AT THE MAXIMUM.
THE NUMBER 47 DOESN'T CROSS THE BOUNDARY OF ABSURD BUT
CROSSES THE BOUNDARY SEVERAL TIMES.
THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PUSHED IN A SINGLE LOT.
TRAFFIC, CYPRESS IS UNUSABLE DURING PEAK HOURS AND MY
CARS SPEEDING DOWN IT.
WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, AND I RISK MY LIFE GOING IN
THE ROAD.
MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR HAD HER MAILBOX LEVELED WHICH I
WOULD LIKE TO SUPPLY HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS
AND EVERYBODY SPEEDS DOWN OUR ROAD.
THIS PROJECT -- IN OVERREACH WOULD EASILY ADD 100 NEW
VEHICLES AROUND THE CORNER TO SKIRT CYPRESS AND USE OUR
STREET WHICH IS A DANGEROUS AND POSSIBLY DEADLY
DISASTER.
I AM HOPING THIS MAILBOX DOESN'T BECOME A CHILD OR DOG
ONE DAY.
I AM CONCERNS OF INFRASTRUCTURE AS I RECENTLY PAID
$3,000 AS DID MY NEIGHBOR TO UN CLOG MY SEWER LINES AND
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE PROJECT WILL TAX A SYSTEM
ALREADY OVERWHELMED.
I AM CONCERNED OF THE LIFE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL OAK TREES.
TWO WHICH WILL BE CUT DOWN AS CONSTRUCTION STARTS.
CONCERNED ABOUT DRAINAGE AS THE GREEN SPACE IS PAVED
OVER AND HAVE TO WORRY HOW MUCH WATER USED TO BE SWEPT
AWAY IN THE DITCHES WILL BE COVERED BY CONCRETE.
I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE LAYOUT.
THE TRASH COMPACTOR OF THIS PROJECT IS SEQUESTERED AS
CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTY AS IT COULD POSSIBLY BE, EXEMPT
FLYING THE FACT THAT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EXISTING
RESIDENTS WAS NOT CONSIDERED ONE MOMENT BY THESE
DEVELOPERS.
I CHOSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE QUAINT PEACEFUL NATURE
OF UNATTACHED HOMES.
PLEASE DO THE NOT PUT US THROUGH IN OR DEAL.
INCONSISTENT AND PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE INVASIONS OF ITS
SAME KIND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN YOUR
HANDS.
18:10:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
STATE YOUR NAME.
18:11:08 >> JOHN DEORIO, 2120 NORTH WOODLAND AND CURRENT
PRESIDENT OF THE OAK PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
SPEAKING ON ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT HEAVILY OPPOSE
THIS PROJECT.
SIMPLY PUT, THIS REQUEST DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE
COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE OVERLAY STANDARDS.
WAIVER IS NOT AN OPTION AS THE CODE SPECIFICALLY STATES
THAT APPLICATION SHALL COMPLY WITH THESE STANDARDS AND
CLARIFIES IN CASES OF CONFLICT, THE MORE RESTRICTIVE
CONFLICT SHALL APPLY AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS MUST BE
MET FOR DESIGN APPROVAL.
APPROVING THIS REQUEST UNDERMINES THE SAFEGUARDS TO
ACCOMPLISH THE INTENT OF THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY
DISTRICT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED
CONSISTENCY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN
SECTION 27-241-E-2.
SIMPLY, WE HAVE WITNESS IN SUPPORT OF THE GROWTH OF THE
WA-WA AND COMPLEX GO UP AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND.WEST
TAMPA IS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY ALL THIS GROWTH.
THE TRAFFIC SAFETY CONCERNS.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY
IN MIND, WITHOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IN MIND.
WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT DON'T PUT THE PEOPLE
FIRST.
ON TOP OF PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE AS SANDY
SAID EARLIER, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO
SUPPORT THIS AND ADD SOMETHING THAT CAN'T FORWARD TO
MOVE ON.
AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE WON'T NAVIGATE THE STREETS.
WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PEOPLE IN MIND.
WE HAVE TO THINK QUALITY OVER QUANTITY AND TO ASK
OURSELVES HOW DOES THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT HELP THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEOPLE.
IF WE ARE NOT WITH THE PEOPLE IN MIND, IT IS OFF TRACK.
CITY WANTS TO MAKE GREAT PLANS AND TO MAKE THAT BETTER,
WE NEED TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
IF CAN HE CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, WE HAVE
TO CARE AND RESPECT OUR DECISION.
18:12:54 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
18:13:06 >> HI, CARROLL ANN BENNETT AND A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF
TAMPA.
IN ADDITION TO MANY INDIVIDUALS, NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATIONS DAVIS ISLAND, OAK PARK, AND OTHERS.
PD ZONINGS ARE A GREATER AND GREATER CONCERN FOR
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS BECAUSE PDS ARE BEING MISUSE AND
ABUSED 27-226 PDS SHOULD BE FOR UNIQUE SITUATIONS THAT
OTHER ZONINGS CANNOT ACCOMMODATE.
RM-24 ZONING ALLOWS 48 UNITS CONTINUE TO THIS POLICY.
1.2.28 SHOW THE PURPOSE IS FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTENT
WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATION BUT NOT PERMITTED IN
STANDARD ZONING.
STANDARD RM-24 ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE
DESIGNATION OF THIS PROPERTY.
EUCLIDIAN RM-24 ALLOWS 48 UNITS.
WHY AREN'T THEY ASKING FOR THAT?
SLIDE OUT OF ZONING REQUIREMENTS EVER RM-24.
THEY WANT SPECIAL TREATMENT.
THEY WANT LOTS OF WAIVERS.
THEY WANT FIVE TREES ON TWO ACRES OF LANDS.
THEY WANT EXCEPTIONS.
THE WORSE WAY TO PLAN A CITY TO PLAN AN EXEMPTION.
THE WORST WAY TO GOVERN A CITY IS TO GOVERN BY
EXCEPTION.
NO WAY TO AVOID A PD BUT TO AVOID TAMPA ZONING
REQUIREMENTS.
IN WAIVER THEY ARE ASKING FOR THAT VIOLATES THE WEST
TAMPA OVERLAY FROM 25 TO 10 FEET.
THERE IS NO ROOM TO ADJUST THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE
FUTURE FOR THE TRANSIT CORRIDOR THAT VIK BHIDE SAYS IS
THE ONLY TRANSIT COO ARE DOOR FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE
AIRPORT.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO ADD A TURN LANE, BIKE LANE,
TROLLEY LANE, BUS STOP OR WIDER SIDEWALK TO MAKE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD MORE VALUABLE.
YOU TAKE AWAY OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
THEY EMPHASIZE CM-U.
MU STANDS FOR MIXED USE.
WHERE IS THE MIXED USE THAT GETS PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR
CAR AS SOON AS THEY SAY THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
WHERE IS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALARMED AT THE LOSS OF COMMERCIAL
PROPERTY.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PROVIDES JOBS.
JOBS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GET CARS OFF THE MYSTERY.
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALARMED BY CITY PLANNING AND ZONING
THAT ARE BECOMING THE RULE INSTEAD OF THE EXCEPTION.
DEVELOPERS ARE ADDICTED TO PDS AND REZONINGS.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BUILD TO CODE.
THEY WANT EXCEPTIONS, WAIVERS AND VARIANCES.
LIKE A SPOILED CHILD IN THE CANDY AISLE.
ONE AT TO REDUCE YOUR CASELOAD, STOP FEEDING THE RAGING
ADDICTION TO REZONINGS.
YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY?
STOP WASTING BUCKETS OF CITY RESOURCES AND TAXPAYER
MONIES ON REZONINGS AND PDS.
STOP FEEDING THEM CANDY.
THEY WILL ONLY COME BACK FOR MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
YOU CAN'T SATISFY AN ADDICTION.
IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
THE MORE YOU FEED IT, THE BIG TER GETS.
REASONABLE USE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS COMMERCIAL THAT
PRODUCES JOBS.
RM-24.
REASONABLE USE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
THANK YOU.
18:16:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
18:16:09 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
NATHAN HAGAN.
I LIVE IN NORTH HYDE PARK AN ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD TO
THIS.
I AM VERY CONFLICTED ON THIS PROJECT.
FIRST OF ALL, I SUPPORT THE DENSITY COMPLETELY.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE DENSE.
YOU GUYS PROBABLY KNOW THAT.
I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS PART OF TOWN IF I
DID NOT -- IF WE DID NOT HAVE TOWN HOMES IN NORTH HYDE
PARK.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE, BUT NOT IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD.
TOWN HOMES ARE MORE AFFORDABLE THAN SINGLE-FAMILY
HOMES.
A DEVELOP WE ARE BUILDING A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ON THIS
PROPERTY INSTEAD OF THIS, THAT HOME WILL BE MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN THE TOWN HOUSE THAT IS GOING TO BE IN
HERE.
WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, KNOW THIS IS NOT WORK
FORCE HOUSING BUT WHAT GOES THERE INSTEAD IS A 800,000
OR 900,000 VILLA OR 700,000 VILLA AND MORE EXPENSIVE
THAN WHAT THESE TOWN HOMES.
SIX HOMES WILL BE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IF WE PUT 47
HOMES CONTINUE TO.
THIS IS A DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW.
I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE MOVED HERE THINKING IT WAS A
SUBURB.
WE ARE IN A CRISIS.
WE NEED MORE HOMES.
THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR TWO BUSINESS DISTRICTS IN.
THERE IS JUST NO OTHER WAY AROUND IT.
A DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT A SUBURB.
AS TRAFFIC CORRIDOR, I -- YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF
RESPECT TO PEOPLE WHO SPOKE BEFORE ME, BUT WE TALK OF
TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL TALK ABOUT MORE
HOUSING NOT LESS.
THE FACT THIS IS A TRANSIT CORRIDOR MEANS IT IS
APPROPRIATE FOR FOUR, FIVE OR SIX SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
A HUGE WASTED OPPORTUNITY WE BUILT SIX HOMES ON THIS
TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
SO I REALLY HOPE WE DON'T DO THAT.
BUT I SAY I AM CONFLICTED, BECAUSE I -- I THINK
PROJECT COULD BE A LOT BETTER.
I THINK THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD BE A LOT HAPPIER
WITH WHAT CAME -- WHAT COULD COME HERE.
I THINK IT SHOULD BE MIXED USE.
IT SHOULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THEY ARE NOT USING A BONUS DENSITY FOR ANYTHING MUCH
LESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
A QUESTION WE SHOULD BE ASKING.
I AM VERY CONFUSED.
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT THE DEVELOP WE ARE NOT
INCENTIVIZED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING BONUS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
SO, YOU KNOW, I HATE THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS BY PD.
AGAIN I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON
THIS.
WE NEED TO STOP ALLOWING PDS.
WE NEED ZONING REFORM.
WE NEED AN ISSUE INHERITED BY THIS COUNCIL.
IN COUNCIL HAS AN WAY TO ADDRESS ISSUES.
AND WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS BY PD AND LEGISLATE
WITH HOUSING IN OUR ZONING CODE.
ULTIMATELY I HAVE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I
HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IF THIS PROJECT IS REJECTED TODAY
WHAT WILL COME NEXT WILL BE BETTER.
I BELIEVE LOOKING AT THIS, IF THIS DOES NOT GET
APPROVED AS IT IS, THE SOLUTION FEWER HOMES CONTINUE
TO.
AND THAT'S IT.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT -- WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS.
I DON'T THINK THEY WILL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD
AND PUT A 60-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING WITH MIXED USE.
IF IT IS BETWEEN THIS AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, I CHOOSE
THIS.
BETWEEN THIS AND 30 HOMES, I CHOOSE THIS.
SO IF THAT IS WHAT THE CHOICE IS, I SUPPORT THIS
PROJECT.
18:19:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER.
18:19:19 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS BOBBY CREIGHTON.
MANY OF THE SPEAKERS HERE HAVE MADE VERY, VERY
EXCELLENT POINTS.
AND I DO NOT ENVY YOU ALL ON THE COUNCIL HAVING TO
DELIBERATE BETWEEN THESE DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDERS HAVE MADE SOME VERY GOOD
POINTS.
THEY CAME TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD EXPECTING A CERTAIN WAY
OF LIFE, A CERTAIN ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY WANTED TO LIVE
IN, BUT AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO FACE THE FACT WE ARE
IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOUSING CRISIS RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT WILL NOT END ANY TIME SOON BASED ON THE
PROJECTIONS WE HAVE ALL SEEN.
ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS MENTIONED QUANTITY AS AN
ISSUE.
THE QUANTITY OF THE HOMES.
I THINK THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE POSITIVES OF THIS
PROJECT.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS HOUSING CRISIS BY
BUILDING LESS HOUSING, MORE EXPENSIVE HOUSING AND
BIGGER HOUSING ON THE SAME SIZE LOTS.
WE NEED TO BE THINKING STRATEGICALLY OF HOW TO ADVANCE
THE CITY.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE REALLY IN A CRUCIAL MOMENTS DECIDING
WHAT TAMPA IS GOING TO BECOME AND WHAT SORT OF CITY WE
ARE GOING TO BE.
INSTANCES LIKE THIS ARE A MICROCOSM OF THIS.
60% OF THE CITY ZONED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BALLPARK WHICH IS COMMERCIAL AND
FIGURE HOW MUCH IS LEFT FOR MULTIFAMILY.
IT IS NOT A LOT.
THAT IS REALLY HOLDING TAMPA BACK.
THE PD ZONING.
SOMEONE HAD A GREAT QUOTE EARLIER WHEN THEY SAID WE ARE
BUILDING BY EXCEPTION AND NOT BUILDING BY THE CODE.
IF THAT IS THE CASE, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT THE
CODE AND UPDATE THE CODE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH
THIS PROCESS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND FINALLY MAKE
A DETERMINATION OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE AS A CITY, WHAT
WE WANT OUR CITY TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WE
WANT TO WELCOME TO OUR CITY AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND THIS EXTENDS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT
EXTENDS TO THE ZONING CODE, THAT EXTENDS TO
CONVERSATIONS WITH PLANNERS AND URBAN DESIGNERS,
OBVIOUSLY.
AND IT IS A DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WOULD BRING HOUSING FOR PEOPLE
THAT DESPERATELY NEED IT.
IT IS NOT AFFORDABLE BUT MORE OF A SUPPLY WHETHER I
HOPEFULLY EASE SOME OF THAT DEMAND.
ULTIMATELY I WOULD SAY I HAVE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT
EVEN THOUGH I HEAR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DEFINITELY SYMPATHIZE AND EMPATHIZE
WITH THEIR POSITION, BUT ZOOMING OUT TO LOOK AT THE
CITY AS A WHOLE, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
CONSIDER THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND HOUSING THAT WILL
BECOME AVAILABLE IF THIS IS BUILT.
THANK YOU.
18:21:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
18:21:59 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
ANDREW AUBRY, 505 NORTH GOMEZ.
I WILL INTRODUCE FACTS THINK THAT PULLED OFF THE GIS
SYSTEM FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
85% OF THE HOMES -- WHAT I DID WAS LOOK AT HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY.
I LOOKED AT 275 TO THE NORTH.
ARMENIA TO THE EAST.
KENNEDY TO THE SOUTH.
AND HIMES TO THE WEST.
86% OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE SINGLE-FAMILY.
86%.
SO FOR SOMEBODY TO TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO BE CHANGING.
WE AGREE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHANGING.
A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON.
A LOT OF DOUBLE LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED.
A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE
REFORM THAT REZONE HUGE SWATHS OF LAND SO WE DIDN'T
HAVE TO DO THIS PD THING EVERY SINGLE TIME.
I COME BEFORE YOU SO MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS
BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS THIS EXCEPTION GAME WE ARE
PLAYING.
WHY NOT STICK TO THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE REFORM.
WHERE IS ALL THE STAFF RESOURCES AND TIME THAT GOES
INTO THOSE REPORTS AND EVERY TIME WE JUST DECIDE TO
CHANGE IT.
SO IF YOU SEE HERE OF THE TOWN HOMES IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ARE 37 PROPERTIES.
TEN OF THOSE -- THEY ARE TEN DEVELOPMENTS TOTAL, OKAY.
OF THOSE, SEVEN ARE DETACHED.
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU GUYS DID EAST OF HABANA.
TAKE A PROPERTY, SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.
AND MAKE A TOWN HOME.
THEY ARE TWO STORIES TALL.
THIS IS FOUR STORIES.
FOUR.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF YOU WANT TO TALK OF BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE IS ANOTHER FOUR-STORY BUILDING IN
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
AND WHERE IS THE NEXT ONE GOING TO BE?
BECAUSE WE KEEP DOING THIS PD THING OVER AND OVER AND
OVER AND IT WILL BE A HODGEPODGE.
LET'S GROW SOME POLITICAL MUSTER.
REZONE SOME HUGE SWATHS OF LAND AND LET THE DEVELOPERS
GO THERE AND PLAY.
BUT IT CAN'T JUST HAPPEN PIECEMEAL BY PIECEMEAL.
IT IS BREAKING UP THE CITY AND THE FABRIC.
THE REASON MOST OF US BOUGHT IN THIS HOME IS BECAUSE IT
IS SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
PARKING.
NOT ENOUGH PARKING.
THE STREETS THIS WILL BE ON, THE OVERFLOW, NO STREET
PARKING.
WHEN PEOPLE START HAVING PARTIES AT THIS PLACE AND
EVENTS, WHERE IS THE OVERFLOW GOING TO GO?
IN A ROAD THAT DOESN'T HAVE ON-STREET PARKING.
NOT ENOUGH PARKING.
A COUPLE MORE POINTS.
THIS -- THIS LOT WAS ORIGINALLY PLOTTED FOR TEN UNITS.
NOW PROPOSING 47.
I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED SIX.
IT IS TEN LOTS.
GOMEZ.
THE EXIT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE A LEFT ON LEFT
SITUATION ON CYPRESS.
IT WILL CAUSE ACCIDENTS.
THIS IS WHY WE WENT TO THE STATE AND GOT MONEY FOR
HIMES BECAUSE LEFT ON LEFT ACCIDENTS THAT CAUSED
FATALITIES.
THIS WILL CAUSE ANOTHER ONE.
AND, AGAIN, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH.
THIS IS NONCONFORMING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOT WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER THIS INTO THE RECORD.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
18:24:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC?
18:25:06 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, THE TWO PEOPLE I WAS EXPECTING -- THAT
CAUGHT IN THE WEATHER ARE HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES.
IF THEY COULD SIGN THE PAPER PLEASE.
18:25:13 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. SHELBY, THE TWO PEOPLE THAT
WERE SUPPOSED TO GIVE UP THEIR TIME TO MISS SANCHEZ ARE
HERE.
CAN WE GIVE HER TWO MINUTES?
18:25:24 >> THEY WILL BE GLAD TO SIGN, MR. SHELBY.
18:25:27 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
RATHER THAN SIGN -- IF THEY JUST
STAND UP AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
18:25:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
18:25:35 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHAT IS YOUR NAME.
18:25:39 >> KATHERINE ECHEVARIA.
18:25:41 >> NORMA SALTER.
18:25:43 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU HAVE NOT SPOKEN AND YOU ARE
WAIVING, YOU TIME, IS THAT CORRECT?
18:25:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT, TWO MINUTES, MA'AM.
18:25:50 >> I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS DEVELOPED A PEDESTRIAN COMMUNITY.
WE WALK, RIDE, GOLF CARTS, SCOOTERS AND MOTORIZED
WHEELCHAIRS TO GO TO THE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS ON THIS
AREA OF CYPRESS.
THESE FOUR BLOCKS ON CYPRESS ARE OUR MINI MALL.
WE HAVE A ROLLING OATS, THE NEW COFFEE SHOP, MEDICAL
OFFICES, FITNESS STUDIO, SPA, SMALL CONVENIENCE STORE
AND BY ALESSI AND VILA BROTHERS PARK AND WE SUPPORT
THEM ALL.
WE WALK TO THE RESTAURANTS ON KENNEDY.
THIS DEVELOPER MET WITH SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I
UNDERSTAND IT WAS A PRETTY NEGATIVE MEETING.
I COULD NOT ATTENDS BECAUSE I HAD OTHER CIVIC DUTIES
BUT THE ONYX GROUP NEVER REACHED OUT AGAIN OR MADE ANY
ATTEMPT TO COMPROMISE.
THE GOWN DRY WITH 250 UNITS OPENED IN MARCH.
THIS IS JUST A SIDEBAR.
60 DAYS LATER, THEY ONLY RENTED 50 OF THEM, AND THAT IS
BECAUSE THEY ARE UNAFFORDABLE.
THE SAME THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS SITUATION.
NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE STUDIO APARTMENTS RENT THERE FOR $1800.
THE THREE BEDROOMS ARE $5250.
COULD THAT BE THE REASON WHY THEY ARE EMPTY?
THEY ARE NOT AFFORDABLE.
18:27:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS THIS THE FOUNDRY?
18:27:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
$5,000.
18:27:16 >> CHANGES FROM DAY TO DAY.
SO PLEASE DENY OR CONTINUE SINCE MOST OF THIS
INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN IS YOU OBSOLETE.
THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN ACCOMMODATING YOUR
CONSTITUENTS OR CONTINUED INTERACTION WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING.
18:27:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AT THE HERON DOWN WATER STREET FOR A THREE BEDROOM,
$9,000 OR $10,000.
18:27:48 >> I LIVE THERE -- NOT THERE BUT ON ANOTHER STREET.
[LAUGHTER]
18:27:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE
ONLINE TO SPEAK.
I BELIEVE YOU WERE SWORN IN.
OKAY.
YES, MA'AM, STEPHANIE POYNOR.
18:28:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. CHAIRMAN -- YOU KNOW TAMPA WAS ON
CNN.
18:28:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FOR WHAT?
18:28:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HOUSING CRISIS PROBLEM.
PHOENIX WAS NUMBER ONE.
18:28:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
GO AHEAD.
18:28:12 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
18:28:13 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. CHAIRMAN.
18:28:17 >> STEPHANIE POYNOR, NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER.
GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.
FIRST OF ALL, I PREPARED THIS SPEECH A MONTH AGO BEFORE
THAT LAST-MINUTE CONTINUANCE WHICH I THOUGHT WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF.
THIS ALL HURRY UP AND GET READY AND BY THE WAY WE
CHANGED OUR MINDS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
ONE IS WAIVERS FOR SETBACKS AND SIDEWALKS.
I AM NOT AN EXPERT AND I FOUND NUMBERS.
THE LOT IS APPROXIMATELY 100 X 250.
THE 23-FOOT REDUCTION OF SETBACK TO THE SOUTH GIVES
THEM AN ADDITIONAL 2300 SQUARE FEET.
13-FOOT REDUCTION ON THE LEFT GIVES THEM 250 FEET.
THREE-FOOT REDUCTION ON THE EAST GIVES THEM 750 SQUARE
FEET.
THAT IS A TOTAL OF 6300 SQUARE FEET.
THAT IS WHOLE ANOTHER LOT THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING THE
CITY TO BLESS THEM WITH, TO GIVE THEM THAT.
I AM SORRY AS A CITIZEN, I AM OFFENDED THAT THEY EXPECT
YOU TO GIVE AWAY OUR LAND, THE LAND THAT WE ARE
PROBABLY GOING TO NEED FOR MASS TRANSIT ONE DAY.
PLEASE JESUS, LET US GET IT.
COUPLE OF FEET IS REASONABLE, BUT I AM NOT --
CARROLL ANN WAS ON IT.
I WANT TO SAY THIS OUT LOUD BECAUSE THIS RUBS ME WRONG.
THE APPLICANTS ARE ASKING FOR BASICALLY AN ENTIRE EXTRA
LOT OF SETBACK.
AND WE ONLY GET A FOUR-FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE?
I ARGUE THAT THEY SHOULD BUILD SMALLER UNITS THAT WILL
BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE LAND THAT THEY HAVE THAT IS
NOT ENCROACHING ON OUR CITY'S GREEN SPACE.
I WILL ADD, WHY ARE THERE NO SIDEWALKS PLANNED FOR THIS
PROJECT THAT WILL SUPPORT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC INCLUDING
TO THOSE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
DON'T ALLOW THESE RIDICULOUS WAIVERS.
SEND THE DEVELOPER BACK TO GET A BETTER PLAN.
AND HONESTLY, THEY SHOWED YOU PICTURES OF SIDEWALKS.
BUT THEY ARE NOT ON THE PLANS UNLESS THEY CHANGED
SOMETHING AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
I AM NOT AN EXPERT.
BUT IN MY OPINION, IF YOU WERE GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE
AND YOU WANT TO BUILD ALL THESE UNITS, WHY ARE YOU NOT
BUILDING THE SIDEWALKS TOO?
I GUESS IT IS JUST TOO MUCH FOR THEM.
BUT IT IS GOING TO COST US 2.7 MILLION TO BUILD -- TO
BUILD TWO MILES OF SIDEWALKS A YEAR.
WE ARE NEVER GOING TO GET THEM UNLESS THESE DEVELOPERS
SUCK IT UP AND PAY FOR THE SIDEWALKS.
THANK YOU.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
18:30:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
18:30:47 >> I'LL BE BACK LATER.
18:30:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
NEXT SPEAKER --
18:30:50 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. CHAIRMAN.
18:30:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. SHELBY.
18:30:54 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAKING SURE THE
RECORD IS CLEAR AND ADVISE COUNCILMAN -- COUNCILMAN
GUDES COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO INFORMATION THAT HE
LEARNED ON, I GUESS TELEVISION, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT
YOU REMEMBER THAT -- THAT DOESN'T HAVE SUBSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE AND DON'T LET THAT FACTOR INTO YOUR DECISION.
18:31:15 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MR. SHELBY, I WAS TELLING COUNCIL
THAT I SAW SOMETHING ON TV.
NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
18:31:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
JUST AS COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS IT IS NOT
PART OF THEIR DECISION GUDES I AM NOT MAKING MY
DECISION ON SOMETHING THEY CALL.
I AM NOT SAYING IT WAS PART OF THIS CASE.
LET'S GET THAT STRAIGHT THE RECORD.
18:31:36 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES, SIR.
18:31:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NEXT SPEAKER HUMERA.
18:31:43 >> HUMERA OSSOL.
I LIVE IN PRIMARY GARDENS.
I SENT AN E-MAIL AND I THROUGH MY PRESENTATION OUTS THE
WINDOW BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD
SPOKE ON A LOT OF KEY POINTS.
BUT WHAT I AM GOING TO FOCUS ON IS THIS.
CITY AND COUNTY PLANNERS TALK A LOT ABOUT WALKABILITY
OF NEIGHBORS AS A PRIORITY.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I AM NOT AGAINST URBAN
DENSITY.
I THINK URBAN DENSITY IS A GOOD THING BUT ONLY IF IT IS
DONE RIGHT.
NOT IF IT IS DONE IN A WAY THAT MAKES A NEIGHBORHOOD --
THAT NEGATIVELY EFFECTS THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
I AM NOT AN EXPERT TRAFFIC ENGINEER OR A CITY PLANNER.
BUT I HAVE BEEN HIT BY A CAR.
AND I AM GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PERSPECTIVE OF
THIS PROJECT AS SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO DRIVE A CAR AS
LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.
MY MAIN MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS I WALK, I TAKE MY
BIKE, OR I TAKE MY NEW ELECTRIC SCOOTER.
THIS PROJECT DOES CONTRIBUTE TO MORE OF THE SAME, THE
SAME MOLD, CAR-CENTRIC, DANGEROUS BY DESIGN.
WE ARE ALREADY ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS METRO AREAS IN
THE UNITED STATES.
AND THIS IS JUST MORE OF THE STATE.
PEOPLE HERE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT CONGESTION.
SO CONGESTION USUALLY JUST GIVES ME MORE MOTIVATION TO
EITHER WALK OR RIDE MY BIKE OR TAKE MY SCOOTER.
WELL, GUESS WHAT, ALL THAT CONGESTION MAKES IT EVEN
MORE DANGEROUS FOR ME TO DO ANY OF THOSE THREE THINGS.
I AM GOING TO FOCUS ON ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS PLAN AND
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW PROJECTS ARE DESIGNED AS CAR
CENTRIC.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DRIVE THAT ENTERS ON TO SEE PRESS.
THOSE CURVES -- THE DRIVE IS CURVED INSTEAD OF AT A
STRAIGHT ANGLE.
THOSE CURVES ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE IT SO THAT THE CARS
CAN WHIZ IN AND OUT MORE QUICKLY FROM THAT EXIT OR
ENTRANCE.
AND GUESS WHAT, THEY DON'T LOOK PEDESTRIAN.
THEY DON'T LOOK FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS OR PUSHING
STROLLERS OR ON ELECTRIC SCOOTERS.
THEY DON'T LOOK.
THEY WANT TO GET IN AND OUT OF THAT ENTRANCE AS QUICKLY
AS THEY CAN.
AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE COMING AND GOING AS
QUICKLY AS THEY CAN IN RUSH HOUR, AT SCHOOL TIME, AND
THOSE TIMES WHEN TRAFFIC ON CYPRESS IS BACKED UP FOR A
WHILE.
DANGEROUS.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET HIT.
I HAVE BEEN HIT.
I HAVE COME CLOSE TO BEING HIT MORE THAN ONCE AND NOT A
SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TIMES WAS IT MY FAULT.
IT WAS BECAUSE THE DRIVER WAS IN A RUSH TO GET ON OR
OFF OF THAT BUSY ROAD AS QUICKLY AS THEY COULD.
SO THIS IS MORE DANGEROUS BY DESIGN.
IT DOES NOT IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT MAKES OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MORE DANGEROUS FOR ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WALK, RIDE THEIR BIKES, DO ALL
THE THINGS TO KEEP CARS OFF OF THE ROAD.
YOU ARE JUST MAKING IT MORE DANGEROUS FOR US.
PLEASE DENY IT.
18:35:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
18:35:02 >> CLEAN UP THE CODE.
18:35:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE REGISTERED?
18:35:07 >>CLERK:
NO ONE REGISTERED.
18:35:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THAT WILL CLONE CLUED PUBLIC
COMMENT.
MR. MECHANIK, IT IS YOUR REBUTTAL TIME, SIR.
18:35:17 >> YES, SIR, MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCILMEMBERS, DAVID
MECHANIK.
WE WILL TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS WE CAN.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS.
AND I WOULD ASK YOUR INDULGENCE IF WE NEED AN EXTRA
MINUTE OR TWO.
IN A MOMENT I AM GOING TO ASK MICHAEL YATES TO ADDRESS
THE TRAFFIC ISSUES.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO RECAP OUR RESPONSES TO ALL
THE OTHER COMMENTS.
WE EMBRACE THE IDEA THAT CYPRESS STREET IS A TRANSIT
CORRIDOR AND A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
AND EVERY PLANNING BOOK WOULD YOU EVER READ INCLUDING
TAMPA'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES HIGHER DENSITIES
IN TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS.
THAT IS WHERE YOU WANT DENSITY IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE
USAGE OF TRANSIT.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
BUT MY CLIENT IS NOT PUSHING THE ENVELOPE.
WE ARE ASKING FOR 78% OF THE DENSITY THAT IS ALLOWED ON
THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT A BONUS.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN THOUGHT OF A BONUS.
WE ARE LESS THAN THE PERMITTED DENSITY SIGNIFICANTLY.
THERE ARE COMPLAINTS ABOUT OUR PARKING AND ABOUT
IMPACTS TO TREES.
WE ARE FULLY COMPLYING WITH THE CODE.
THERE IS NO PARKING WAIVER.
THERE IS NO TREE WAIVERS.
THERE IS NO REQUEST TO TAKE DOWN A GRAND TREE.
MY CLIENT HAS TRIED DESPERATELY TO AVOID ASKING FOR
WAIVERS.
AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT -- I THINK EVERY PERSON,
EVERY DEVELOP WEAR BE HAPPY IF YOUR EUCLIDIAN ZONING
DISTRICTS ALLOWED FOR REASONABLE URBAN DEVELOP, URBAN
INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
YOUR EUCLIDIAN ZONING DISTRICTS WERE DEVELOPED ABOUT 30
YEARS AGO AND THEY DO NOT ANTICIPATE OR ALLOW FOR THE
TYPE OF URBAN INFILL DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CITY IS
SEEKING TODAY.
AND SO MY CLIENT WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY NOT TO HAVE TO
FILE A PD.
BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE UNDER THE CURRENT CODE.
WITH THAT, I WILL LIKE TO ASK MR. YATES TO ADDRESS THE
TRAFFIC ISSUE.
18:37:40 >> GOOD EVENING, MICHAEL YATES WITH PALM TRAFFIC.
I AM GOING TO PUT UP ON THE ELMO THE SLIDE FROM OUR
PRESENTATION.
SO THE -- WE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON THE TRAFFIC
STUDY.
ONE THAT WAS DONE IN AUGUST OF 2021.
YES, BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THE FILING.
WE HAVE TO DO IT IN ADVANCE OF THE FILING.
THAT IS HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET HERE.
SO -- BUT THAT'S WHY IT WAS DONE AUGUST 2021.
NOTHING THAT HAS CHANGED IN THE REPORT THAT CHANGES IN
THAT TIME.
THERE WAS A SECOND COMMENT ABOUT THE DATA BEING USED
WAS EXTREMELY OLD.
WHAT IS BEING REFERENCED IS THE ITE TRIP GENERATION
MANUAL.
IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2017.
THIS IS JUST THE TRIP GENERATION FOR VARIOUS USES.
AND SO IT IS -- THEY HAVE NOW COME UP WITH THE 11TH
EDITION IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
BUT AT THE TIME OF THE FILING, THIS WAS THE LATEST
ADDITION OF THE ITE TRIP GENERATION.
IT IS CURRENT DATA AND A COMPENDIUM OF 20 YEARS OF
TRAFFIC DATA.
ALL OF THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY WE DO IT.
THE SECOND COMMENT WE GOT WAS ON THE LEVEL OF SERVICE
REPORT.
THAT THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MPO PRODUCES THE CITY OF
TAMPA PORTION OF IT.
THEY DO DO PERIODIC UPDATES TO THAT.
DATED LEVEL OF SERVICE REPORT AND AS THEY GET COUNTS,
THEY UPDATE THE COUNTS IN THERE.
NOT ALL DATA FROM 2015.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THEY DO THE UPDATES, THEY DON'T
SPECIFY THE COUNT YEAR OF COUNTS IN THERE.
BUT, AGAIN, OF THE DATA IN THERE, WE WERE AT A V OVER
C, VOLUME OVER CAPACITY .55.
ONLY HALF OF THE CAPACITY WAS BEING UTILIZED BY THE
EXISTING TRAFFIC ON THE ROADWAY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND WE
WILL BRING UP DAVID MECHANIK AGAIN.
18:39:37 >> THANK YOU.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE FINAL POINT -- OR TWO
FINAL POINTS.
MR. YATES INITIALLY POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE CG ZONING
ON THE PROPERTY, GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
THAT WOULD ALLOW COMMERCIAL USES FAR -- THAT WOULD
GENERATE FAR MORE TRAFFIC.
WE CAN PUT A MCDONALD'S ON THIS PROPERTY AND GENERATE
FAR MORE TRAFFIC THAN WHAT WE ARE GENERATING.
AND I WILL JUST REMIND COUNCIL, THE URBAN DESIGN
DEPARTMENT FOUND IN PROJECT CONSISTENT WITH THE WEST
TAMPA OVERLAY.
THANK YOU.
18:40:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FROM ANY COUNCILMEMBERS?
IF NOT, IF WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE.
18:40:24 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MOVE TO CLOSE.
18:40:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR.
AYE.
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 6, ANYBODY LIKE TO READ THIS ITEM?
18:40:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MR. CHAIR, I WILL MAKE A ATTEMPT AT IT
BUT WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I WILL SAY THAT IT WILL NEED
FOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTES TO BE APPROVED.
18:40:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
18:40:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I MADE IT STATEMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FILE NUMBER REZ-21-127, ORDINANCE
FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE REZONING
PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3003 WEST CYPRESS
STREET, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION, CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND THE PETITIONER PROVIDED
A BURDEN OF PROOF UNDER SECTIONS.
MEET WITH THE COMPLIANCE OF THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND
POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE APPLICATION, EXCUSE ME, IS CONSISTENT WITH HOUSING
CHAPTER 1.3, WHICH ASSURES THAT ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF
HOUSING IS NEEDED FOR THE CAPABILITY OF TAMPA HOUSING
UNDER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE 27-136.
PROPOSED USE PROMOTES THE EFFECTIVENESS AND SUSTAINABLE
USE OF LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS FOR THE WAIVERS, THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT IS UNIQUE, THEREFORE IT NEEDS THE WAIVERS.
AND REVISIONS BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
18:42:01 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND.
18:42:07 >>LUIS VIERA:
I WILL SECOND IT.
18:42:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ROLL CALL.
18:42:10 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
18:42:12 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
NO.
18:42:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
18:42:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
MANISCALCO MAN MANISCALCO NO.
18:42:24 >>CLERK:
MOTION FAILED BEING TIED WITH HURTAK AND
CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
18:42:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAN'T BE TIED.
18:42:33 >>CLERK:
SORRY 3-2.
WITH CITRO, MIRANDA AND.
MANISCALCO AND GUDES VOTING NO AND HURTAK AND CARLSON
BEING ABSENT.
18:42:47 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
PURSUANT TO RULE 6 H, A MOTION IN
QUASI FAILED TO RECEIVE FOUR VOTES THE MOTION FAILS.
ANOTHER MOTION IN ORDER, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE
AUTOMATICALLY OPENED AND CONTINUED FOR A TIME CERTAIN
AT THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING.
JUST A REMINDER, NEXT WEEK IS YOUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING
WHICH IS MAY 5.
WE KNOW OF ONE COUNCIL MEMBER BEING ABSENT.
18:43:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO TO MAY 19?
18:43:16 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO OBJECTION, MAY 19, I SUSPECT WE
HAVE A FULL COUNCIL, PERHAPS.
18:43:19 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I THINK WE SHOULD.
18:43:22 >> WE WOULD AGREE TO THAT DAY, YES, SIR.
18:43:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WOULD BE --
18:43:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOVE TO REOPEN AND CONTINUE IT.
18:43:30 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU MAKE A MOTION TO REOPEN.
18:43:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MAKE THE MOTION TO REOPEN.
18:43:34 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECOND.
18:43:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.
THE CASE -- THE HEARING IS REOPENED.
18:43:39 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES.
NOW NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE ABSENT WILL HAVE TO PREPARE AND
VIEW THE RECORD IN ADVANCE OF THE HEARING.
SO THAT WOULD BE -- WHAT TIME, MADAM CLERK ON MAY 19,
2022?
10:30 A.M.
18:43:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THAT
EFFECT.
18:44:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THAT IS FINE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO CONTINUE TO
MAY 19 AT 10:30 A.M.
18:44:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
SECOND.
18:44:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.
ALL RIGHT ARE, MAY 19, 10:30 A.M.
18:44:18 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
AGAIN, COUNCIL, THE WAY RULE 6 H
WORKS, THE COUNCILMEMBERS WHO ARE ABSENT WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY VIEW THE RECORD.
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE HEARING.
AND THERE WILL NOBODY ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION BECAUSE
IT IS FOR FIRST READING AND CONSIDERATION, BUT
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT IF THEY DO HAVE ANY --
PARTICULARLY OF STAFF OR WHOEVER IS PRESENT AND THEN A
MOTION WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE.
AND THEN -- TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A MOTION
AND A VOTE THEN.
18:44:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT, THANKS.
18:44:51 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY, THANK YOU.
18:44:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM NUMBER 7 IS CONTINUED AND GO
TO ITEM NUMBER 8.
DO WE NEED RECESS -- WE WILL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
[GAVEL SOUNDING]
18:59:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS COUNCIL
MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL PLEASE.
18:59:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HERE.
18:59:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HERE.
18:59:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
18:59:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
18:59:37 >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
18:59:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHTY.
ITEM NUMBER 8.
18:59:42 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
ERIC COTTON, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 8 IS REZ-21-135 FOR 3218 WEST PAUL AVENUE.
APPLICANT IS REZONING FROM RS-60 REC RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY.
AND TURN OVER TO DANNY COLLINS FROM THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
19:00:06 >>DANNY COLLINS:
GOOD EVENING, DANNY COLLINS WITH THE
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
OUR NEXT CASE IS IN THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
MORE SPECIFICALLY TO INTERBAY SOUTH OF GANDY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CLOSEST PUBLIC TRANSIT IS THREE QUARTER OF A MILE
SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH DALE
MABRY AND WEST BALLAST POINT.
LOCATED ONE AND ONE QUARTER MILES WEST OF THE SUBJECT
SITE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE B.
AND AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
EAST OF WEST WALL AVENUE AND SOUTH SHERIDAN ROAD.
OPINION IT IS THE THIRD LOT EAST OF THAT INTERSECTION.
THE SURROUNDING AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL IN
CHARACTER WITH SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES SURROUNDING THE
SUBJECT SITE.
HERE IS THE -- HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SUBJECT SITE UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL-10 FUTURE LAND USE
DESIGNATION.
UP TO 10 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
TYPICALLY DESCRIBED AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO
SUPPORT DENSITY USES.
R-10 IS SURROUNDED -- SURROUNDS THE SUBJECT SITE ON ALL
SIDES THAT IS REPRESENTED THINK ABOUT ORANGE, TANNISH
COLOR.
THE CMU-35 IS TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE.
APPROXIMATELY TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE
ALONG WEST GANDY BOULEVARD.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND
FOUND NO ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SEGMENT OF WEST PAUL AVENUE EXCLUDING THIS SITE HAS
AN EXISTING DENSITY OF 5.93 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE
BASED ON 19 SAMPLE SITES.
EXISTING DENSITY IS 59% OF THE DENSITY CONSIDERED UNDER
THE RESIDENTIAL-10 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION WHICH IS
WELL BELOW THE TEN DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE THAT IS
ANTICIPATED IN THE DESIGNATION.
ONE UNIT FOR .25 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WHICH IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY OF THE R-10 DESIGNATION AND
5% HIGHER THAN THE EXISTING BLOCK DENSITY OF THE
SEGMENT OF WEST PAUL AVENUE.
PLANNING COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED
LOT WIDTHS ALONG THE OF WEST PAUL.
100 FEET TO 152 TO LOT RANGE 50 TO 60 FEET.
50 FEET FOR THE SUBMITTED SITE PLAN.
TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE EXISTING BLOCK DENSITY
ALONG WEST PAUL AVENUE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS THE REQUEST TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
THAT WILL BE BUILT WITH AN EXISTING STREET BLOCK AND
CON FIGURES RAFF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION
FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR
ANY QUESTIONS.
19:02:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COLLINS.
HEARING NONE, MR. COTTON.
19:03:01 >>ERIC COTTON:
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
MAY I SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE.
SO, AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY IS -- THIS REQUEST IS REZ 2
1135.
THE A MORNING MOBLEY REPRESENTED BY STEVE MACDILL.
THIS IS A EUCLIDIAN :ASK.
FROM RS-50 TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY.
A PLATTED LOT.
THE LOT IS PLATTED WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 50 X 134.
THE SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN YOU CAN TELL THIS HAS AN EXIST CAN ONE-STORY
GARAGE.
I BELIEVE IT BELONGS TO THE HOUSE IMMEDIATELY TO THE
EAST OF THE PROPERTY THIS IS THE ZONING -- THE AERIAL
FOR SHOWING THE ZONING TO THE NORTH.
RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY.
TO THE SOUTH, EAST AND WEST ARE RS-60, ALTHOUGH -- IF
YOU GO DOWN THE BLOCK, AND RS-50 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AGAIN, THERE ARE NO WAIVERS.
THERE ARE NO SIGHT PLAN TO REVIEW.
THIS IS THE -- THE CONSISTENCY MAP THAT SHOWS THE
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY REQUEST QUESTION.
EVERYTHING IN THE -- IN THAT BLUISH COLOR IS 50 FEET.
BETWEEN 50 AND 54 FEET.
SO IDENTIFIED AS 37% OF THE BLOCKS IN THE STUDY AREA
WHICH IS SHOWN HERE.
65% OF THE SUBJECT BLOCK IS 71% OF THE BLOCK OF WEST
PAUL AVENUE, WHICH IS THIS AREA RIGHT THROUGH HERE.
AND 44% OF THE BLOCK FACE OF 60 FEET OR LESS.
STAFF FINDS THE REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA.
REZONING THE PROPERTY FROM RS-60 TO RS-50 WILL MAKE
THIS A CONFORMING LOT.
60 FEET OF WIDTH AND 50.
AND RS-50.
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
19:05:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COTTON AT
THIS TIME.
MR. MICHELINI, YES, SIR.
19:05:17 >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING
MARK MOBLEY AND THEIR CUSTOM HOME COMPANY REGARDING THE
REZONING.
REQUESTING RS-50.
CURRENT ZONING IS RS-60.
AS THE STAFF HAS POINTED OUT FROM THE PLANNING
COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF, THEY FOUND IT CONSISTENT AND
HAD NO OBJECTIONS.
THIS IS AN EUCLIDIAN ZONING, UNLESS WE FILE FOR A
VARIANCE OF SOME OTHER KIND DURING DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL
HAVE TO MEET THE EXISTING CODES REGARDING SETBACKS AND
HEIGHT AND ALL THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN WITHIN THE
AREA.
IT WAS PLATTED IN 1925.
AND AS THE STAFF HAS NOTED, THE LOTS ARE 50 FEET WIDE
AND 134 FEET DEEP.
GIVEN THAT, THESE LOTS ARE EXTREMELY LARGE.
AND THERE SHOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY WHATSOEVER REGARDING
THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN TO ENABLE THIS TO GO FORWARD.
THE -- I DON'T -- I MEAN IN THE PAST, I HAVE GONE
THROUGH AND LISTED ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CONSISTENCIES
THAT WERE FOUND BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BY THE CITY
STAFF.
INSTEAD OF READING ALL OF THEM AND GOING THROUGH EACH
ONE OF THESE NOTES, I REFER THAT YOU ASK THAT THESE BE
RECEIVED AND FILED AND BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY STAFF REPORT
FINDING IT CONSISTENT.
I KNOW IT IS LENGTHY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE OBJECTIVE AND
LAND USES UNDER THE CITY'S PLANNING STRATEGY.
THE LAND USE OBJECT THAT I WAS ARE CONTAINED IN THE
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND
POLICIES AND THE LAND USE OBJECTIVES CONTAINED THEREIN
UNDER THE EIGHT-POINT PROCESS.
THE OVERALL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT
LAND USE POLICIES, SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS, LAND USE
POLICIES, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY PLAN POLICIES, AND
THEIR OVERALL ANALYSIS FINDING IT WAS CONSISTENT.
LIKE I SAID, TO SAVE TIME AND -- IF YOU JUST ADOPT THIS
BY REFERENCE, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
IT IS PART OF THE RECORD ANYWAY.
WE ARE FOUND CONSISTENT.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS -- WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION.
THIS IS UNDERUTILIZED BECAUSE ONLY A GARAGE ON THIS
PARTICULAR PARCEL.
AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTY
THAT CAN BE USED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT
HAVE AND RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL.
19:07:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
HEARING NONE.
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 8?
ALL RIGHT, I SEE NO ONE.
NO ONE REGISTERED FOR NUMBER 8, IS THAT CORRECT.
MOTION TO CLOSE BY COUNCILMAN GUDES AND SECONDED BY
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR.
OPPOSED.
WHO WAS NEXT.
COUNCILMAN -- COUNCILMAN GUDES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ NUMBER 8?
19:08:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
REZ-21-135.
ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF 3218 WEST PAUL AVENUE IN THE CITY
OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 1, ZONING DISTRICT RS-60 RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
19:08:29 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ROLL CALL.
19:08:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
19:08:36 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
19:08:38 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
19:08:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
19:08:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
19:08:43 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD MAY 19, 2022
AT 9:30 A.M.
19:08:50 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.
19:08:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 9, MR. COTTON.
19:08:58 >>ERIC COTTON:
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
ERIC COTTON WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
NUMBER 9, REZ-22-04.
FOR A PROPERTY ON 2303 NORTH JEFFERSON STREET TO REZONE
FROM RM-24 TO PD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
PROPERTY.
NOW REFER TO MR. COLLINS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
19:09:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. COLLINS, GO AHEAD CANCER
CANCER THAT IS DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING
COMMISSION STAFF.
I HAVE BEEN SWORN.
TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE.
THE CLOSEST TRANSITS STOP IS LOCATED EAST OF THE
SUBJECT SITE EAST 26TH AVENUE.
I AM SORRY.
I LOST MY PLACE.
AND SUBJECT SITE IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN AN EVACUATION
ZONE AND FERNANDO MESA SPARK LOCATED .12 MILES TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
AERIAL MAP OF THE SURROUNDING SITE.
THE PROPERTY IS GENERALLY NORTHEAST OF EAST FRANCIS
AVENUE AND NORTH JEFFERSON STREET.
THE SURROUNDING AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL IN
CHARACTER WITH SEVERAL OF THE SURROUNDING USES BEING
DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY USES.
THERE IS -- I AM SORRY, THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE
MAP.
SUBJECT SITE UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL-35 FUTURE LAND USE
DESIGNATION.
SURROUNDS ITS SUBJECTS SITE ON ALL SIDES.
AND PRESENT ALL THE WAY TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF THE SUBJECT
SITE AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE OF EAST ROSS AVENUE
NORTH OF EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL-10 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION
AND FOUND IN ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE PORTION OF NORTH JEFFERSON BETWEEN
EAST ROSS AVENUE AND EAST DEMILA AVENUE AS AN EXISTING
DENSITY OF 8.54 UNITS PER ACRE.
THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 18 ZONING DISTRICTS --
SORRY, I AM ON THE WRONG THING.
EXISTING PORTION IS 24% OF THE ALLOWABLE DENSITY
PLANNED UNDER THE R-35 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
ONE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNIT CONSISTENT WITH THE
DENSITY UNDER THE R-35 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
PROPOSED REZONING AFFECTS MANY IN THE COMP PLAN WITH
HOUSING ITS CITY'S POPULATION.
TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES NEW HOUSING ON
VACANT OR UNDERUTILIZED LAND TO HELP THE NEEDS OF
TAMPA'S FUTURE AND PRESENT POPULATION.
POLICY 1.17.62 SHARE OF ROADS AND URBAN CENTERS AND
VILLAGES, SUCH AS THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE.
THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THIS POLICY DIRECTION AND WILL
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE
TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE.
BASE ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION
FINDS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
19:12:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COLLINS?
MR. COTTON, GO AHEAD, SIR.
19:12:10 >>ERIC COTTON:
THANK YOU.
CAN I SHARE MY SCREEN.
REZ 22-04.
THE APPLICANT IS CHRISTOPHER BECKWITH RENTED BY LORI
DUE VALUE AT 2303 NORTH JEFFERSON STREET.
REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RM-24 TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
THE REQUEST IS TO BUILD A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ON THE
PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY IT S A LITTLE UNDER 2,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROPOSED BUILDING WILL BE AROUND 995 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
IT IS IN THE HEART OF TAMPA -- IN TAMPA HEIGHTS, SOUTH
OF COLUMBUS DRIVE, ALONG JEFFERSON.
PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS ZONED RM-24.
TO THE NORTH AND WEST, LOTS ARE CURRENTLY VACANT.
TO THE EAST AND THE SOUTH, THERE ARE ALSO ZONED RM-24
AND DEVELOPED WITH RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY.
THERE ARE SOME DIRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND READING.
A REVISION SHEET ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT.
ADDITIONALLY -- THERE IS ADDITIONAL REVISIONS THAT ARE
REQUESTED BY NATURAL RESOURCES.
THESE WERE DISCOVERED WHILE I WAS PREPPING FOR
TONIGHT'S HEARING.
I HAD E-MAILED BOTH THE APPLICANT AND THE CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE.
THOSE REVISIONS -- WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ME TO READ THEM
INTO THE RECORD.
LET ME SHOW YOU THE SITE PLAN FIRST.
THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
THE LOT WITH THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME BEING PROPOSED.
TWO-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.
HANDS IT IS JUST THE ELEVATIONS OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
GETTING OUT OF PLACE.
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES CHURCH TO THE NORTH AND THE SITE
ITSELF IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
IT IS THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY OVER HERE IS VACANT.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH FINDING WITH THE REVISIONS
REQUIRED.
WOULD COUNCIL LIKE ME TO READ THE ADDITIONAL REVISIONS
FROM NATURAL RESOURCES INTO THE RECORD OR SUFFICIENT.
AND I WILL GIVE THEM TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND TO THE
APPLICANT.
19:14:06 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IF YOU CAN READ THEM INTO THE
RECORD.
19:14:08 >>ERIC COTTON:
WILL DO.
A NOTE TO THE SITE PLAN AS QUOTE 27.
284.2.4, THREE 20-INCH ROYAL OAKS AND SABLE PALM WERE
REMOVED WITHOUT A PERMIT.
VIOLATORS ARE SUBJECT TO TRIPLE -- TRIPLE PERMIT FEE OF
$369.
REQUIRED MITIGATION IS THREE TYPE ONE BE PENALTY TREES
AND DBH PAYMENT OF 4 50 PER TREE AND SIX TYPE ONE
MILLGATION TREES AT TWO AND A HALF DBH OR PAYMENT OF
$300.
TOTAL AM PAID IS $3519.
THIS REFLECTED FROM CODE CASE 22 -- COD-22-305.
SECTION 284.1.
PROVIDE THE FULL CITY OF TAMPA TREE TABLE OF THE TREE
TABLE.
SHOW SIX-FOOT NODES AS WELL.
AND SITE TABLE NEEDS TO BE REVISED SHOWING THE
REQUIREMENTS 27.284.3.
TABLE 3.3.
THE SITE PLAN REQUIRES TREES -- ONE TREE PER 2,000
SQUARE FEET OF PAR SET OF BUILDING FOOTPRINT.
THE CALCULATION SHOULD BE ONE TREE.
AND A NOTE TO THE SITE PLAN OF REGISTER CONSTRUCTION
FOR 27.281.
AND TECH MANUAL 8.2.
TREE PROTECTION.
AND PROVIDE TREE PROTECTION FOR GRAND TREES.
32 INCHES.
AND THE AGE OF IMPROVEMENT, SPECIMEN 24 FEET.
AND 15 FEET FROM THE EDGE TO THE CLOSEST EDGE OF THE
PAVEMENT AND PROTECTED TREES 23 INCHES OR LESS, 10 FEET
FROM THE EDGE OF TRUNK TO THE CLOSEST IMPROVEMENT.
AND TREES AND TREES WITHIN 20 FIGHTS OF THE PARCEL MAY
BE PROTECTED AND NOT IMPACTED BY CONSTRUCTION.
19:16:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SIR.
19:16:04 >>ERIC COTTON:
THANK YOU.
19:16:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO?
IF WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 9.
YES, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
19:16:21 >> CHRIS BECKWITH, 817 NORTH RIVER SHORE DRIVE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE TREES FIRST.
I DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY.
I HAVE IT UNDER CONTRACT, DEPENDENT ON THE REZONING.
THE OWNERS TOOK THE TREE OUT BASED ON A TREE REPORT
THAT HE HAS.
SO HE ACTUALLY HAS A TREE CONSULTATION SCHEDULED WITH
THE CITY LAWYERS ON JUNE 1.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
19:16:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
19:16:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
ARE YOU OWNER OF THE PROPERTY?
19:16:50 >> NO, I HAVE IT UNDER CONTRACT.
I AM TRYING TO BUY IT.
19:16:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I AM SORRY, MR. CHAIR.
ARE YOU AUTHORIZED TO MAKE DECISIONS?
19:16:58 >> YES.
19:17:00 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
DO YOU HAVE THAT IN WRITING?
19:17:03 >> NOT WITH ME.
19:17:05 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ARE YOU THE APPLICANT?
19:17:06 >> I AM APPLICANT.
I HAVE THE AUTHORITY FROM THE OWNERS.
19:17:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MISS WELLS, IS THAT CORRECT?
19:17:17 >>CATE WELLS:
CATE WELLS.
PART OF THE APPLICANT, AN AGENT AUTHORIZATION OF MR.
BECKWITH.
19:17:25 >>CATE WELLS:
YES.
THAT IS SOMETHING OUR OFFICE CHECKS BEFORE THESE
APPLICATIONS COME BEFORE YOU.
19:17:31 >> I WASN'T GOING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY WITHOUT
HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO AS ERIC MENTIONED, SO WE ARE TRYING TO REZONE TO PD.
BECAUSE IT IS A NONCONFORMING LOT.
ONLY 35 FEET WIDE, 57 FEET DEEP.
SO IT IS VERY SMALL, BUT ORIGINALLY PLATTED THAT WAY.
SO IT DOESN'T -- IT WON'T MEET ANY OF THE CRITERIA FOR
RM-24.
I HAVE GONE TO THE ARC ALREADY.
GONE THROUGH HAVING THEM APPROVE THE SITE PLAN, WHICH
THEY HAVE.
I KNOW I HAVE TO STILL GO BACK THROUGH THEIR DESIGN
CRITERIA.
SO THE -- THE SETBACKS IN -- IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD --
NOT NECESSARILY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE SOUTH SIDE
WOULD BE FIVE FEET.
THE NORTH SIDE WILL BE THREE.
WHICH IS BASICALLY JUST LIKE A PORTICO ALL THE WAY DOWN
THE SIDE.
THE FRONT SETBACK IS 7.
AND THE REAR IS 11.
SO IF YOU SAW IN THE PICTURES, THERE IS A -- THE LOT
JUST TO THE SOUTH RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS A MULTIFAMILY UNIT.
AND THAT SETBACK ON JEFFERSON -- IT IS LITERALLY ON THE
SIDEWALK.
LIKE MAYBE ONE FOOT.
THE LOT TO THE NORTH IS VACANT.
AND THIS LOT RIGHT HERE, I BELIEVE, WAS ACTUALLY JUST
REZONED FOR A DUPLEX.
AND THEIR SIDE SETBACK -- WAS SEVEN FEET.
SO THIS HOUSE WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT ONE AND
ACTUALLY SIT BEHIND THE -- THE APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT
THERE.
IT IS LIKE A FOUR-UNIT.
AND THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, AGAIN, THE SIDE SETBACK TO
THIS SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THIS WILL BE FIVE FEET AWAY.
THE STRUCTURE HERE WILL BE FIVE FEET AWAY.
THE PORTICO WOULD BE THREE.
AND THE PARKING -- THERE ARE TWO PARKING SPOTS.
WE DID THEM TANDEM BECAUSE HAVING THEM NEXT TO EACH
OTHER WOULD BASICALLY BE THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE LOT.
THAT IS THE ONLY WAY IT WOULD REALLY WORK.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE FOR YOU.
19:19:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, COUNCILMAN CITRO.
19:19:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WHAT ARE THE SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS.
19:19:47 >> THE FRONT IS 7 AND REAR JUST OVER 11.
AGAIN, WHEN I WENT TO THE ARC, THEY LOOKED AT A LOT OF
HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE MUCH LESS SETBACKS
IN THE AREA IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
19:20:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON
ITEM NUMBER 9?
YES, SIR, MR. HAGAN.
19:20:16 >> MY NAME IS NATHAN HAGAN.
I WANT TO COMMENT WHEN WE TALK OF MIDDLE HOUSING AND
THE ISSUES OF ZONING CODE IN TAMPA.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE NEED MORE OF IF WE WANT
TO HAVE MORE DENSITY.
I DON'T KNOW REALLY KNOW ANYTHING OF THIS PROJECT.
I NEVER TALKED TO THE APPLICANT.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT UNTIL I LOOKED AT THE
AGENDA TODAY, BUT I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THERE WAS AN
RM-24 GOING TO A PD.
THAT SEEMED VERY STRANGE TO ME.
SET UP ALARM IN MY HEAD AND I WAS PLEASED TO SEE A
2,000-SQUARE-FOOT LOT.
ONE OF THE WORST -- ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL OF
EXCLUSIONARY ZONING, A WORD I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY ABOUT.
THE RULES WE SET IN PLACE 8 0 YEARS AGO THAT MAKE
HOUSING VERY UNAFFORDABLE IN THE CITY.
MINIMUM HOUSE.
MAKING HOUSING MORE EXPENSIVE AND APPLAUD THE
APPLICANT.
IT WASN'T UP TO THEM BECAUSE IT WAS PLOT THIS WAY, THIS
IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF HOUSES WE NEED TO
THINK OF LEGALIZING IN PARTS OF THE CITY.
I KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE TREES AND A VERY
NOVEL THING TO SEE, BUT I AM PLEASE TODAY SEE SOME
DIVERSITY OF HOUSING IN.
19:21:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. CITRO, QUESTION FOR MR. COTTON.
19:21:37 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MR. COTTON, ARE YOU.
19:21:40 >>ERIC COTTON:
YES, SIR.
19:21:42 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
WAS THIS PLOTTED THIS WAY?
HOW DID IT GET BE TOO SMALL LOT.
19:21:49 >> THEY WENT TO A FORMAL DECISION BACK IN 2018.
IT IS PART OF A LARGER LOT.
IT WAS SPLIT OFF ILLEGALLY SOME TIME IN THE PAST.
IT WAS THEN PURCHASED.
THE PERSON WHO OWN TODAY IN 2018 CAME FOR A FORMAL
DECISION BUT THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR TO DETERMINE THAT
THE LOT WAS A LEGAL LOT OF RECORD BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO
THAT.
THE WAY TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION IS COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL IS A REZONING APPLICATION.
19:22:14 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THIS LOT CANNOT BE USED FOR ANYTHING
ELSE BUT IF THERE IS A CHANGE, CHANGE OF USE.
19:22:20 >>ERIC COTTON:
CORRECT.
IF -- IF T WOULD HAVE STAYED VACANT UNLESS ACTION TAKEN
BY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THE APPLICANT SOME RELIEF WITH
THE LOT SIZE.
19:22:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. COTTON, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
19:22:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE.
NO?
ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY.
NO?
AND NOBODY REGISTERED, THAT'S CORRECT?
19:22:42 >>CLERK:
THAT'S CORRECT.
19:22:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MOTION.
19:22:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
19:22:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
19:22:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
FILE NUMBER 9, REZ-22-04, MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE
REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2303 NORTH
JEFFERSON STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RM-24 RESIDENTIAL MULHERN TO
PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
19:23:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
19:23:19 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
19:23:22 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
DID THAT INCLUDE BOTH -- SORRY IF I
MISSED IT.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE REVISION SHEET AND THE -- AND THE
ADDITIONAL REVISED REVISION SHEET --
19:23:30 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I AM SORRY I FAILED TO LOOK.
YES, IT DOES, SIR.
19:23:34 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SIR.
19:23:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
19:23:36 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
19:23:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
19:23:41 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
19:23:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
19:23:45 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 19,
2022 AT 9:30 A.M.
WITH CARLSON AND HURTAK BEING ABSENT.
19:23:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 10, MR. COTTON.
19:24:02 >>ERIC COTTON:
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
NEXT UP ON AGENDA REZ 21-129 FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED AT
105, 17 AND 109 EAST 26TH AVENUE.
A COUPLE OF LOTS CURRENTLY ZONED RS-50.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE IT TO RM-18.
NOW I WILL REFER TO MR. COLLINS WITH THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
19:24:26 >>DANNY COLLINS:
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, DANNY COLLINS
WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
NEXT CASE IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICTS
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN
VILLAGE.
THE REQUEST IS TRANSIT STOP LOCATED ONE BLOCK EAST OF
THE SUBJECT SITE AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST 26TH
AVENUE AND NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE.
THE TRANSIT SITE CONNECTING THE SUBJECT SITES OF
DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND THE UNIVERSITY.
THE CLOSEST PUBLIC RECREATION FACILITY IS ROBLES PARK
LOCATED QUARTER MILE TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
SUBJECT SITE IS NOT LOCATED WANT EVACUATION ZONE.
AN AERIAL MAP OF A SUBJECT SITE AND THE SURROUNDING
PROPERTY.
YOU WILL SEE THE SUBJECT SITE IS GENERALLY EAST OF THE
INTERSECTION -- SORRY, WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 26TH
AVENUE AND NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE.
THERE ARE NONRESIDENTIAL USES PREDOMINANTLY LOCATED
ALONG FLORIDA AVENUE AND TRANSITION TO RESIDENTIAL USES
AS YOU MOVE WEST OFF FLORIDA AVENUE.
THIS IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL-20 FUTURE
LAND USE.
R-20 TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
ALONG FLORIDA AVENUE, RECOGNIZED UNDER THE COMMERCIAL
35 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
AS YOU MOVE TWO BLOCKS WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, OUR
PARCEL IS RECOGNIZED UNDER THE FUTURE LAND USE
DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND
FOUND NO ADVERSE IMPACTS.
THIS PORTION OF EAST 26TH AVENUE BETWEEN NORTH TAMPA
AVENUE AND IT IS PRESENTLY UNDER DEVELOPED.
SEGMENT AT 5.87 DWELLING UNITS WHICH IS 29% OF THE
DENSITY THAT IS ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R-20 FUTURE LAND
USE DESIGNATION.
RESIDENTIAL MULTI FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R-20 DESIGNATION
AND WILL OFFER DEVELOPMENT COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE
WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND REQUEST THE BOARD OF THE
POLICIES AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY'S HOUSING CH
POPULATION.
ENCOURAGES NEW HOUSING OF VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED LAND
AS A NEED OF TAMPA'S PRESENT AND FUTURE POPULATIONS.
ADDITIONALLY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SEEKS THE GROWTH TO
THE URBAN CENTERS AND VILLAGES.
THE PROPOSED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OFFERS.
19:26:47 >> THE POLICY BY CREATING ADDITIONAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES MULTIFAMILY AND ATTACHED
RESIDENTIAL USES TO DESIGNED TO INCLUDE ORIENTATION OF
THE FRONT DOOR TO A NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALK AND STREETS.
AND THOSE ARE -- THAT IS LAND USE POLICY 9.2.6.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE FROM MULTIFAMILY OR
ATTACHED SHOULD ADDRESS THE POLICY AND DIRECTION IN THE
FUTURE.
BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF
TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS.
19:27:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COLLINS.
MR. COTTON, GO AHEAD.
19:27:26 >>ERIC COTTON:
THANK YOU.
ERIC COTTON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGAIN, THIS IS REZ 21-129.
THE APPLICANT IS BENJAMIN BUCKLEY.
REPRESENTED BY ROBERTA CURRY.
THE ADDRESS IS 105, 17 AND 1 9TH AVENUE.
NO SITE PLAN.
EUCLIDIAN FROM RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RM-18
RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PLAT.
UNFORTUNATELY IT IS ORIENTED WHERE NORTH IS TO THE
RIGHT, BUT IT IS THREE PLATTED LOTS OF THE PROPERTY.
SURROUNDING PROPERTY TO THE EAST IS ZONED CI.
IT IS DEVELOPED WITH COMMERCIAL USES.
TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH AND WEST ARE ALL RS-50.
ALL DEVELOPED -- THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS DEVELOPED
AS MULTIFAMILY AND TO THE SOUTH AND WEST, SINGLE-FAMILY
ZONING DISTRICTS.
DEVELOPED AS SINGLE-FAMILY.
IF THIS IS GOING TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UP TO EIGHT
DWELLING UNIT ON THE SITE, GIVEN THE ITENS TEE ALLOWED
UNDER THE RM-18 WITHOUT ANY WAIVERS BEING GRANTED.
JUST AS -- AS A SIDE, THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE STEP
DOWN FROM REFERRING SINGLE-FAMILY GOING INTO
MULTIFAMILY FROM THE MORE INTENSE CI ZONING USES AS WE
GO INTO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN SOME PHOTOS OF THE SITE.
AGAIN, IT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
THIS IS THE -- THIS IS THE SITE -- I TAKE THAT BACK.
BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE SITE.
VACANT ALONG WITH A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ON IT.
THIS IS THE VIEW TO THE WEST AND THE VIEW TO THE NORTH.
AND ACROSS -- AND THIS IS THE EAST.
THIS IS THE COMMERCIAL TO THE EAST.
AND THIS IS JUST THE VIEW LOOKING DOWN THE PROPERTY
GOING BACK TOWARD THE MAIN ROAD.
AGAIN, STAFF FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
THEM FOR YOU.
19:29:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COTTON.
MR. BUCKLEY OR YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.
THANK YOU.
19:29:41 >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL PEDRO RODRIGUEZ,
607 WEST MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. BOULEVARD IN TAMPA.
I AM REPRESENTING MISS CURRIE AND NATIONAL PROPERTY
REPORTS OF OTHER TWO LOTS.
MR. BUCKLEY IS HERE WITH ME.
THE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL PROPERTY REPORTS.
WE ARE HERE ON A REQUEST FOR EUCLIDIAN REZONING TO
RM-18 FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 105 TO 109 EAST
26TH STREET.
I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP.
19:30:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN BRING UP THE PRESENTATION.
SO IN THIS SURVEY, SHOWS THREE PARCELS OF PROPERTY.
THEY OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR TEN YEARS AND THEY WOULD
LIKE TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTIES TO CREATE A SETTING THAT
WILL ALLOW FOR SMALLER, YET MORE COMFORTABLE DWELLINGS
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, ADDRESSING THE MIDDLE --
MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING NEEDS AND FITTING WELL WITHIN
MAYOR CASTOR'S PLANNING INITIATIVES.
THERE IS ACTUALLY TWO SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTIES ON THE
-- ON THESE THREE LOTS.
THERE IS ONE VACANT LOT.
THIS IS THE MIDDLE EXAMPLE.
THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE SIMILAR PROPERTIES AROUND
TAMPA.
THESE ARE IN THE SOHO DISTRICT WHICH ARE ZONED RM-24.
AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY, THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY
REQUEST MEETINGS WITH THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS WHO ARE
AFFECTED BY THE REQUESTED REZONING.
WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THREE OF THEM.
TWO HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING A -- THE MAIN
CONCERNS WERE THERE WERE NO PLANS.
AND THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A BOXY-LOOKING
STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN THAT WAS DESIGNED BY THE
LATE TOM LEVIN AT THE REQUEST OF MR. BUCKLEY THAT SHOWS
SEVERAL SMALLER PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE BUILT ON -- ON
THIS PROPERTY.
SO THE OWNERS WOULDN'T WANT TO SPEND ANY MORE MONEY ON
THIS WITHOUT HAVING SOME ASSURANCES THIS IS WHAT THE
CITY WOULD BE -- WOULD APPROVE.
SO PROVIDED THE RM-18 WOULD GIVE THEM -- WOULD GIVE THE
OWNER INSURANCE THAT THE -- THAT THEY COULD ACTUALLY
BUILD THIS SORT OF THING.
MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
WITH THE EUCLIDIAN REZONING THEY WILL HAVE TO MEET ALL
THE APPROPRIATE SETBACKS.
AND THE TYPE -- THE ISSUE WITH THE TYPE OF BUILDING
CONSTRUCTED WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF
THE CITY OF TAMPA BUILDING OFFICIAL.
THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING OF A SIMILAR
NATURE ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, TAMPA STREET, AS WELL
AS NORTH BOULEVARD, TO NAME A FEW.
THE AIR ROW SHOWS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AND THE
OTHER PICTURES ARE TO THE SITE.
HERE ARE SOME MORE.
THOSE ARE, I BELIEVE, ON NORTH BOULEVARD AND FLORIDA
ALSO.
THE REQUESTED REZONING MEETS WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
CODE, LONG-RANGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE TAMPA
ENVISION PLAN.
THESE ITEMS -- THE ITEM HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ARE
POINTS FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN USED BY COUNCIL IN
PRIOR REZONING REQUEST.
THE ONE MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK IN RED HAS BEEN
POSITIVELY REFERRED -- REFERENCED BY THE STAFF IN THE
REPORT TODAY.
THAT IS PART OF THE -- THE -- THE PRESENTATION.
THERE THERE ARE PRESENTLY -- THERE IS PRESENTLY ONE
HOUSE ON -- ON THE TWO LOTS, -- ON THE THREE LOTS,
SORRY.
BOTH OF THESE RESIDENCES ARE PRESENTLY RENTED AT NO
CHARGE.
TENANTS BASICALLY TO AVOID HAVING THE RESIDENCES VACANT
THE REZONING WILL GIVE THE OWNERS A POSSIBILITIES OF
BUILDING THREE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTS AT EACH REZONE
THE PARCEL OR NINE DWELLINGS ON THE THREE REZONED
PARCELS COMBINED.
MULTIPLE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTS PER PARCEL WILL LIKELY
ADDRESS COST CONCERN OF POTENTIAL BUYER AS LESS LAND IS
INVOLVED IN THE PURCHASE AND SALE.
TAMPA RESIDENTS WANT TO BE AS CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AS
POSSIBLE.
APPROVING THIS REZONING REQUEST WILL HELP TOWARD THAT
AND IS HELPFUL IN THE CURRENT HOUSING SHORTAGE THAT WE
ARE EXPERIENCING.
THERE IS AN ALLEY.
AN ALLEY TO THE SOUTH, TO THE THREE PARCELS PROVIDING
ACCESS TO TAMPA STREET.
WE DO NOT FORESEE PARKING AS BEING AN ISSUE.
IT WILL BE ON-SITE AND THROUGH THE EXISTING ALLEY.
IT IS WIDER THAN THE TYPICAL STREET IN THE AREA AND A
ROAD WHERE THE FORMER TROLLEY USED TO RUN.
THE OWNERS WHICH TO BE CONTRIBUTORS OF THE ADVANCEMENT
OF THE CITY AND WE BELIEVE WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS IN
LINE WITH THE VISION CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS AND MAYOR CASTOR'S INTENTION FOR THE CITY.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU APPROVE OUR REQUEST.
WE PROVIDED 15 LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
ONE IS FROM JOHN WATSON TO RUNS THE HALFWAY HOUSE
ACROSS THE STREET ON NORTH BOULEVARD -- ON -- ON NORTH
FLORIDA.
THAT PROPERTY IS ZONED COMMERCIAL.
AND IT EXTENDS FROM FLORIDA AVENUE TO TAMPA STREET.
I HAVE ALSO IN THE PRESENTATION, HAVE INCLUDED
EXCERPTS FROM THE ENVISION PLAN THAT TALKS OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, WHICH, WE BELIEVE,
SUPPORT OUR REQUEST.
MR. BUCKLEY IS HERE WITH ME TODAY.
WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY
HAVE.
19:36:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
19:36:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I HAVEN'T SEEN MR. BUCKLEY IN A
LONG TIME.
19:36:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HE DOESN'T AGE.
HE LOOKS THE SAME.
19:36:28 >> THANK YOU.
19:36:31 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT IS HERE
TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 10?
I SEE NO ONE AND NOBODY REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
IF NO OTHER --
19:36:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
MOTION TO CLOSE.
19:36:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
19:36:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSE $.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER
10.
19:36:51 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR, I MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED
FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION REZONING PROPERTY IN
THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 105, 107 AND 109 EAST 26TH
AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY TO RM-18 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
19:37:15 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ROLL CALL.
19:37:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
19:37:21 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YES.
19:37:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
19:37:25 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
19:37:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
19:37:29 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON AND
HURTAK BEING ABSENT.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 19,
2022 AT 9:30 A.M.
19:37:41 >> THANK YOU.
19:37:42 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD EVENING.
19:37:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU TOO.
LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 12.
MR. COTTON.
19:37:50 >>ERIC COTTON:
ERIC COTTON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THIS IS AB 22 -- OH, CAN I SHARE MY SCREEN, PLEASE?
SORRY.
THANK YOU.
THIS IS AB 22-06 FOR PROPERTY OF 3615 AND 3617 WEST
GANDY BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT IS DAVID SMITH FROM STEARNS WEAVER.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE FOR A LARGE
VENUE.
THE PROPOSED USE IS SHOPPERS GOODS.
LARGE VENUE FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE AND OFF PREMISE
IN PACKAGE SALES.
SO THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS TWO ALCOHOL PERMITS ON
IT.
ONE WAS A 2 ABS.
LET ME START -- THIS IS FOR A PUBLIX GROCERY STORE.
THERE IS THE -- THE MAIN STORE 2 APS.
THE LIQUOR STORE A 3 APS AND PROPOSING TO GO TO A LARGE
VENUE.
THEY ARE REQUESTING ROUGHLY 64,281 TOTAL SQUARE FEET.
61 500 WILL BE INDOORS AND 2800 SQUARE FEET WILL BE
OUTSIDE.
THEY DID RECEIVE A DESIGN EXCEPTION BACK -- BACK LAST
YEAR IN 2021 TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES.
SO THEY WERE GOING FROM 245 SPACES DOWN TO 228 SPACES.
THE HOURS OF OPERATION WILL BE PROPOSED TO BE FOR THE
MAIN STORE 7 A.M. TO 10 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND
A LIQUOR STORE FROM 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY.
THEY ARE ASKING FOR TWO WAIVERS FROM THE AB
REQUIREMENTS.
ONE IS A DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM OTHER PLACES THAT ARE
WET WHICH I BELIEVE THIS IS THE TARGET STORE FROM 250
-- 250 FEET TO 222 FEET AND RESIDENTIAL USES FROM 250
FEET TO 67 FEET.
AGAIN, THE TARGET STORE IS CLOSEST TO THEM.
AND SELLS ALCOHOL AND 2,-ABS.
AND CONDOMINIUM WHICH IS 67 FIGHTS.
TWO WAIVERS REQUESTED.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
AGAIN, IT IS A GROCERY STORE, SHOPPERS GOOD.
THIS IS THE LIQUOR STORE.
THIS IS THE MEZZANINE AND OUTDOOR SEATING AREA.
THIS IS THE EXISTING SIDES AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH HIMES
AND GANDY.
THIS IS THE TARGET IN QUESTION.
THE BAY VILLA CONDOMINIUMS.
AND THIS PICTURE -- THE PROPERTY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
RIGHT NOW.
AND SOME PHOTOS OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
YOU CAN SEE THE CONDOMINIUM TO THE NORTH.
THE TARGET TO THE WEST.
AND ACROSS THE STREET IS STRIP COMMERCIAL OF A WA-WA
AND CHICK-FIL-A.
THE STARBUCKS IS ON THE SAME PROPERTY AS THE PUBLIX.
WE FOUND IT INCONSISTENT BECAUSE OF THE WAIVERS
REQUESTED FROM THE DISTANCE SEPARATION.
THERE ARE SOME MINOR CORRECTIONS TO THE SITE PLAN THAT
NEED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
ALTHOUGH -- HOLD ON ONE SECOND, PLEASE.
I DON'T SEE A REVISION SHEET ATTACHED TO THE STAFF
REPORT.
WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT ITSELF, THERE ARE SOME
REVISIONS REQUESTED.
LIST WAIVERS.
ON THE SECOND PAGE.
DISTANCE SEPARATION.
UPDATE THE AERIAL MAP ON THE SITE PLAN.
UP DATE THE TITLE TO READ ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SALES.
AND PACKAGE SALES OFF.
PACKAGE SALES FOR CONSUMPTION OFF PREMISE AND TO UPDATE
THE ADDRESS.
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
19:41:41 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. COTTON?
NO?
ALL RIGHT.
19:41:45 >>ERIC COTTON:
THANK YOU.
YES, SIR.
19:41:50 >> GOOD EVENING, DAVID SMITH, 41 EAST JACKSON STREET A
PLANNER WITH STEARNS, WEAVER, MILLER.
ERIC HAS DONE A EXCELLENT JOB.
STAFF ALWAYS DOES DESCRIBING IT.
BUT I WILL GO THROUGH ORIENTATION.
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL SHOW ON THE ELMO FAIRLY CLEARLY.
PERFECT.
AS STAFF HAS INDICATED REQUEST FOR A LARGE VENUE,
BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE AND
PACKAGE SALES OFF-PREMISE.
KIND OF A LARGE DESCRIPTION THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE
DOING A BIG BAR, BUT THIS IS A SIP AND STROLL CONCEPT
FOR PUBLIX.
BASICALLY WILL HAVE BEER AND WINE.
PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOP, WALK AROUND AND ENJOY BEER
AND WINE AND GET THEIR GROCERIES AND GO HOME AND HAVE
PACKAGE SALES.
WHAT I AM SHOWING YOU HERE IS THE EXISTING -- WELL,
WHAT IS THE EXISTING PUBLIX IS DEMOLISHED AND UNDER
REDEVELOPMENT.
IT ORIGINALLY HAD A LIQUOR STORE ON THE WEST SIDE.
AND THE -- THE 2 PS FOR PACKAGE SALES WAS THE MAIN
STORE.
AS INDICATED BY THIS SITE PLAN, THE REASON FOR US TO
COME BACK IN OTHER THAN THE 2 COP ASPECT OF IT IS THAT
A DRIVE-IN WINDOW WAS PLACED ON THE WEST SIDE FOR
PHARMACY.
THAT CAME TO COUNCIL I BELIEVE IN A SPECIAL USE
APPROVAL NOT TOO LONG AGO.
THEY RELOCATED THE PACKAGE STORE TO THE EAST SIDE OF
THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE.
AND THIS IS THE REDEVELOPED STORE, THE MEZZANINE AREA
AND THE OUTDOOR SEATING.
THE OUTDOOR SEATING WITH A DELI SANDS WITCH AND GET A
BEER AND SIT IN THE SUNSHINE AND ENJOY THAT.
NOT INTENDED FOR SERVICE PER SE, OR PEOPLE SELLING BEER
IN THAT AREA ALTHOUGH THEY WILL BE CONSUMING IT.
WAIVERS WE HAVE REQUESTED HAVE BEEN ITEMIZED BY STAFF.
BUT THIS JUST GIVES AN ORIENTATION.
HERE IS THE PROPERTY LINE FOR TARGET.
HERE IS THE -- THE STORE LINE FROM THE -- NOT THE NEW
STORE, BUT WHAT WILL BE THE LOCATION THAT REQUIRES
DISTANCE SEPARATION.
AND ALSO IN THE BACK.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED BOTH OF THESE WAIVERS ESSENTIALLY --
THESE STORES HAVE BEEN IN RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER
JUST LIKE THIS FOR 20 YEARS.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE
FURTHER AWAY ACROSS HIMES.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THE BUILDING IS NOT GETTING ANY CLOSER
TO THEM.
SO BASED UPON STAFF'S REVIEW, THE STANDARDS FOR MIXED
USE CORRIDORS.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST GRANTING THE WAIVERS AND
APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE.
AGAIN THE INTENTS IS FOR THE MAIN STORE-BOUGHT ITEMS TO
BE SIP AND STROLL AND SMALL PACKAGE SALES FROM THE
LIQUOR STORE.
I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
19:44:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
19:44:54 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
HE DEFLECTED TO ME.
I AM GOING TO SEE IF I CAN GRASP THIS.
AND PLEASE -- I MEAN NO OFFENSE TO PUBLIX.
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE ON SALE -- I MEAN ON-PREMISE.
19:45:13 >> CONSUMPTION.
19:45:17 >> BUT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A SEPARATE LIQUOR STORE.
YOU HAVE BEER AND WINE IN THE STORE, BUT YOU WILL HAVE
A SEPARATE HARD LIQUOR STORE.
19:45:24 >> YES, SIR.
19:45:28 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SO TO BE ABLE TO DRINK REGARDLESS --
REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOL CONTENT IN THE STORE, SOMEONE
WOULD HAVE TO FIRST GO TO THE PACKAGE STORE, PUT IT
UNDERNEATH THEIR ARM, GO IN THE STORE AND GET THEIR
TONIC FOR THEIR BEGIN OR GINGER BEER FOR THEIR MOSCOW
MULE TO HAVE A SIP AND STROLL.
19:45:47 >> LET ME --
19:45:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
JUST LOOKING FOR A YES AND NO.
19:45:52 >> WELL, IT IS NOT A YES OR NO ANSWER BECAUSE THE --
THE LICENSING THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH IT -- THE
DESCRIPTION IN THE TAMPA CODE FOR THE TYPE OF WET
ZONING YOU ASKED FOR DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH UP WITH
THE TYPE OF LICENSING YOU GET FROM THE STATE.
2 COP WOULD BE A BEER AND WINE ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION
LICENSE WHICH IS WHAT PUBLIX WILL BE SEEKING FOR THE
LARGE VENUE SPACE.
AND THE PACKAGE SALES WILL BE SOLELY THE HARD LIQUOR
WILL BE IN A SEPARATE BUILDING AS REQUIRED BY STATE
LAW, A SEPARATE ENTRANCE IN ORDER TO HAVE PACKAGE
SALES.
NOT THE INTENT OF PUBLIX TO HAVE PEOPLE BUY HARD
LIQUOR, BRING IN THE STORE AND DRINK.
19:46:35 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
AGAIN, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, NOTHING
AGAINST PUBLIX; HOWEVER, WHAT I JUST SAID MAY HOLD
TRUE.
SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO GROCERY SHOPPING AND DO A BEGIN
AND TONIC, THEY HAVE GOT TO GO TO THE LIQUOR STORE
FIRST AND THEN GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.
19:46:51 >> THEY COULD DO THAT, BUT UNDER THE LICENSE THAT IS
BEING REQUESTED --
19:46:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
19:46:57 >> 2 COP CONSUMPTION ON-PREMISE.
THEY CAN'T TAKE THEIR PACKAGE AND BRING IT IN.
SALE AND CONSUMPTION -- IT IS NOT A BOTTLE CLUB.
19:47:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I AM JUST -- I AM JUST READING WHAT I
-- WHAT I AM SEEING.
19:47:10 >>ERIC COTTON:
IF I MAY, COUNCIL.
19:47:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. COTTON.
19:47:15 >>ERIC COTTON:
YES, MR. CITRO, SO THROUGH THE ALCOHOL
LICENSING BY THE STATE, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SELL
PACKAGE AT THE LIQUOR STORE PORTION.
YOU CAN'T -- YOU CANNOT OPEN AND CONSUME WITHIN -- I
BELIEVE IT IS 500 FIGHTS BY CITY REGULATIONS.
THE BACK CADGE STORE -- THE PORTION OF THE LIQUOR STORE
IS SELLING PACKAGE-ONLY.
INSIDE OF THE GROCERY WHERE THE 3 A PS -- WHERE THE 3
APS.
IN THE GROCERY STORE WITH THE BEER AND WINE
CONSUMPTION, LIMITED TO BEER AND WINE.
THEY CAN NOT LEGALLY GO IN THE PACKAGE, BUY A BOTTLE OF
GIN AND TONIC AND BEGIN MIXING.
THAT IS AGAINST THE REGULATIONS.
19:48:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THE DEFINITIVE WORD IS LEGALLY.
OKAY, LET ME GO ABOUT IT FROM THIS ANGLE.
YOU WILL HAVE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISE IN A
61-PLUS-THOUSAND-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING.
19:48:22 >>, LIKE GREEN WISE GROCERS.
LIKE TRADESER JOE'S.
WHOLE FOODS.
THOSE LOCATIONS HAVE SIP AND STROLL.
WE WILL CALL IT SIP AND STROLL.
19:48:31 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
19:48:32 >> IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
LARGE VENUE.
JUST A GREEN WISE APPROVED DOWNTOWN IN WATER STREET
THAT IS GREEN WISE, SIMILAR SIZE THAT HAS SIP AND
STROLL.
19:48:48 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I NEVER HEARD OF THAT.
I AM SORRY, THIS WHOLE CONCEPT IS JUST AMAZING TO ME.
EVEN IN MY STRONGEST DAYS OF DRINKING, I COULD NEVER
CONCEIVE THIS.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER LEFT THE STORE.
19:49:01 >> DOESN'T HAPPEN A LOT.
THIS IS A NEW -- THIS IS A NEW -- LUCKY'S WHO WAS ALL
OVER FLORIDA UNTIL THEY WENT BANKRUPT, BUT THEY HAD
THAT CONCEPT.
WHOLE FOODS HAVE BEEN DOING IT ACROSS THE STATE.
GREEN WISE GROCERS ARE DOING THIS.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE, THIS IS NOT A GREEN WISE
GROCER, A STANDARD PUBLIX FOR THE REQUEST OF SIP AND
STROLL.
NOT INTENDED TO BE A BAR, BUT INTENDSED TO ALLOW CLIENT
TO HAVE CRAFT BEERS FROM THE VENUE TO WALK AROUND AND
GO ON-PREMISE.
19:49:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THE CRAFT BEER IS BEING BREWED ON
PREMISE.
19:49:46 >> CRAFT BEER BREWED IN THE CAN.
THEY DON'T BREW THEIR OWN BEER.
19:49:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES.
19:49:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
HE BROUGHT IT UP.
PUBLIX THE GROCERY STORE WILL HAVE AN AREA INSIDE THE
STORE WHERE PEOPLE CAN EATS AND DRINK?
19:50:02 >> BASICALLY THEY HAVE -- NOW THEY HAVE A DELI.
ALL -- PUBLIX HAS A DELI AREA.
MANY OF THEM HAVE A SEATING AREA WHERE PEOPLE EAT THEIR
DELI SANDWICHES.
THIS WILL ALLOW THE PEOPLE TO BUY A BEER OR GET A CLASS
OF WINE FROM THE POURS AREA AND CONSUME THAT WHILE THEY
ARE EITHER HAVING THEIR SANDWICH OR WALKING AROUND THE
STORE IN THE GROCERY STORE.
19:50:32 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
I UNDERSTAND -- I UNDERSTAND NEW
CONCEPT.
I HAVE CONCERNS OF -- OF BEING ABLE TO DRINK -- YOU
KNOW.
I JUST -- IT IS A NEW CONCEPT, BUT KIND OF -- I AM
LOOKING AT KIDS AND FAMILIES AND -- AND PEOPLE INSIDE
OF A PUBLIX.
YOU KNOW, I -- IT IS NEW, I GUESS.
19:50:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
19:50:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS CHANGE, I
REALLY DO.
AND I CAN JUST SEE IT NOW.
UNMANNED FOOD CART HAS AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRINKING.
I MEAN, THAT IS POSSIBLE.
NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE WHEN YOU START SOMETHING.
19:51:13 >> YES, SIR.
19:51:16 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THEY ARE TAKING A BIG RISK, IN MY
OPINION.
BUT IT IS THEIR RISK, NOT MINE.
19:51:19 >> YES, SIR.
THEY ARE DOING THIS CONCEPT ELSEWHERE.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ONE IN THE STATE.
19:51:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
JUST -- PEOPLE -- I DON'T -- I
MEAN, I VOTE FOR ALCOHOL.
I DON'T DRINK.
BUT IT IS JUST -- I NEVER DRANK.
DOESN'T MEAN I AM GOOD OR BAD.
BUT IT JUST --
19:51:42 >> I UNDERSTAND, SIR.
19:51:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CITRO.
19:51:46 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I CAN'T PREDICTS THE FUTURE AND I AM
KNOLL NOT GOING TO.
THIS IS FOR CONSUMER GOODS SALES ALONG WITH ALCOHOL
CONSUMPTION, FOR THE MOST PART.
19:51:55 >> ON-SITE.
BASICALLY SELLING ALCOHOL TODAY, PACKAGE SALES AND --
THIS ALLOWS THEM --
19:52:03 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
THE ALCOHOL SALES REALLY STARTS
TICKING UP, THEN ALL YOU WILL SEE IN THE STORE IS
BRILLO PAD, CLEANER AND MAYBE BAG OF CHIPS.
AND THE REST WILL BE AISLES OF ALCOHOL.
I AM JUST -- I JUST -- I AM JUST ENVISIONING SOMETHING
CHANGING OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
19:52:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THE LIABILITY IS THEIRS.
IT IS REALLY, REALLY BIG AND A BIG BRAND NAME.
19:52:24 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I WILL NEVER SAY ANYTHING AGAINST
PUBLIX.
19:52:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THE LIABILITY IS THEIRS.
THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR.
REMEMBER THAT SAYING.
19:52:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE?
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK?
NOBODY IS HERE.
19:52:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
LADY IN THE THIRD ROW.
19:52:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THE GHOST IN THE THIRD ROW.
WE HAVE STEPHANIE POYNOR REGISTERED ONLINE.
MISS POYNOR.
19:52:51 >> GOOD EVENING.
THIS IS NOT BRAND-NEW IDEA.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE POYNOR.
THERE ARE GROCERY STORES ALL OVER THE STATE OF FLORIDA
WHO HAVE THIS CONCEPT.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING BRAND-NEW.
PLEASE FOR THE LORD -- PLEASE HELP US OUT IN SOUTH
TAMPA.
WE HAVE NOTHING.
AT LEAST THIS IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE A COCKTAIL.
MY HUSBAND MIGHT ACTUALLY GO TO THE GROCERY STORE WITH
ME BECAUSE HE CAN BELLY UP TO THE BAR WHILE I AM
SHOPPING.
HE PROBABLY WON'T.
AT LEAST IT SOUNDS GOOD ON PAPER.
I MEAN, I AM JUST KINDS OF FLABBERGASTED OF ALL THE
CONVERSATION AROUND THIS BECAUSE SHOWS ME HOW LITTLE
YOU PEOPLE GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME.
19:53:41 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
MISS POYNOR, I HAVE BEEN TO THE
GROCERY STORE EVERY DAY.
19:53:45 >> GROCERY STORE, JOE.
19:53:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
BY TO THE GROCERY STORE.
19:53:50 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE EVERY DAY,
MISS POYNOR.
19:53:55 >> YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
19:53:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE.
I SEE AT WHOLE FOODS THEY DO IT.
THEY DO IT AT THE GREEN WISE DOWN HERE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT IS HOW IT IS.
AS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID THE LIABILITY IS THEIRS.
IT IS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND, YOU KNOW, SO, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
19:54:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOVE TO CLOSE.
19:54:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
19:54:25 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
19:54:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN GUDES, READ ITEM NUMBER
12.
19:54:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
AB 2-22-06.
ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING AND CONSIDERATION
ORDINANCE PROVIDING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2IC BEVERAGE
SALES LARGE VENUE CONSUMPTION ON-PREMISE AND PACKAGE
SAILS OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION AND MAKING LAWFUL THE
SALE OF BEVERAGES OF BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR ON THAT
CERTAIN PLOTS OR TRACT OF LAND 3615/3617 WEST GANDY
BOULEVARD AND PROVIDING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE
REPEALED, REPEALING ORDINANCE 9429-A AND RESCINDING
SPECIAL USE 1, S-1 V 11-401 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
19:55:20 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
REVISIONS THAT ARE IN THE SITE PLAN?
OR AM I CORRECT.
19:55:23 >>ERIC COTTON:
ERIC COTTON.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT ON A
SEPARATE REVISION SHEET THAT I READ INTO THE RECORD.
19:55:33 >> WE AGREE WITH THE REVISIONS REQUIRED.
19:55:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ROLL CALL.
19:55:38 >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
19:55:40 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
NO.
19:55:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
19:55:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
YES.
19:55:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
19:55:50 >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CITRO VOTING NO.
HURTAK AND CARLSON ABSENT.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION MAY 19, 2022 AT 9:30 A.M.
19:55:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA AND GO TO NEW BUSINESS.
COUNCILMAN GUDES, ANYTHING?
GUDES THIS MORNING I MADE A MOTION IN REFERENCE TO HUD.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MR. SHELBY AND ECONOMIC
ADVISORY ADMINISTRATOR AND LEGAL FOR HOUSING.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SOME REVISIONS TO THAT.
A MOTION TO AMEND MY PREVIOUS MOTION MADE AT THE
WORKSHOP TODAY REGARDING THE LEADER TO HUD.
FOR THE CHAIR TO SEND A LETTER OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATIONS TO INTERCEDE
IN THE DEPARTMENTS REGARDING THE PROPERTY OWNER TO
EXPEDITE REMEDIATION AND TAKING ENFORCEABLE AGAINST A
NONTRANSIT APARTMENT LICENSE IF IT FAILS TO ADDRESS THE
DELAWARE MOREABLE LIVING CONDITIONS.
19:56:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
19:56:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A DATE OR ANYTHING?
[INAUDIBLE]
19:56:52 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN GUDES.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR.
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
19:57:01 >>ORLANDO GUDES:
LEGAL WILL DRAFT THAT.
19:57:04 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
NOTHING FOR ME TONIGHT.
19:57:06 >>LUIS VIERA:
JUST REALLY QUICK IF I MAY.
MEMORIAL DAY AT THE END OF MAY AND WE ALWAYS INVITE
SOME GOLD STAR FAMILIES TO COME AND BRIEFLY SPEAK.
I WOULD ASK THAT BE SET FIRST ON THE AGENDA ON -- I
THINK IT IS MAY 26, IF I MAY.
19:57:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SO MOVED.
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
THIS IS -- A WORKSHOP DAY.
19:57:25 >>LUIS VIERA:
IF THAT IS OKAY.
19:57:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NROTION COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
OPPOSED?
ANYTHING ELSE.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, I HAVE JUST ONE ITEM.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT A COMMENDATION
TO THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE RUN TEAM ON MAY 4 AT A
LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED.
19:57:49 >>JOSEPH CITRO:
SECOND.
19:57:52 >>LUIS VIERA:
A MOTION BY CHAIR MANISCALCO AND SECOND
BY CITRO.
ALL IN FAVOR.
ANY OPPOSED.
ANYTHING ELSE.
19:57:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THAT'S IT.
MR. SHELBY?
19:58:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
LAST WEEK, COUNCIL VOTED TO PUT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ON
THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND THE MOTION WAS TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK, WHICH I
MISTAKINGLY SAID NEXT WEEK INSTEAD OF MAY 5.
SO IT APPEARS ON THE AGENDA FOR A VOTE TO A RESOLUTION
RATIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OF CITY OF TAMPA
COUNCILMEMBER LYNN HURTAK TO FILL A VACANCY FOR THE
REMAINDER OF A THREE-YEAR TERM ENDING SEPTEMBER 17,
2023 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
I WILL GIVE THE COPY OF THE FIRST PAGE TO THE CLERK.
19:58:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WILL -- NOT TRYING TO CORRECT
ANYONE.
BUT A THREE-YEAR TERM.
19:58:53 >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THREE-YEAR TERM?
REMAINDER OF A THREE-YEAR TERM.
THANK YOU.
19:58:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CITRO.
SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUDES.
ALL IN FAVOR.
OPPOSE PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE A MOTION TO
RECEIVE AND FILE.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
CITRO.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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