TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023, 5:01 P.M.
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[GAVEL SOUNDING]
05:07:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GOOD AFTERNOON, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
IF WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
05:08:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
05:08:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
05:08:09PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
PRESENT.
05:08:12PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
05:08:13PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
05:08:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
05:08:15PM >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
05:08:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
TO BEGIN, I HAVE A MEMO FROM
COUNCILMEMBER CARLSON'S OFFICE.
HE WILL NOT BE PRESENT FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING.
WE RECEIVED AND FILED THAT MEMO.
DO I NEED TO DO IT AGAIN.
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
MISS DOCK, WE HAVE SOME HOUSE CLEANING TO DO.
05:08:41PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
IF I MAY CLEAR THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
ITEM NUMBER 1, TA/CPA 22 -28.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE OF THIS ITEM TO
JULY 20, 2023.
5:01 P.M.
05:09:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A -- YES, MR. SHELBY?
05:09:03PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HERE WHO NEEDS TO
SPEAK TO THAT CONTINUANCE.
IF YOU CAN SO INQUIRE.
05:09:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE
CONTINUANCE OF ITEM NUMBER ONE?
05:09:13PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
AGAIN, THAT DATE AND TIME, PLEASE.
05:09:16PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
JULY 20, 2023, AT 5:01 P.M.
05:09:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE CONTINUANCE
ONLY?
HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION -- WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECONDED BE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:09:32PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I CAN, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL
ATTORNEY.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, THAT IS THE ONLY
NOTICE YOU WILL BE RECEIVING OF THAT DATE AGAIN, JULY 20,
2023, 5:01 P.M.
THANK YOU.
05:09:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
05:09:46PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
THE NEXT ITEM TO BE CLEARED FROM THE AGENDA ITEM
2, REZ-22-76.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE OF THIS ITEM TO
AUGUST 17.
05:10:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE IF THE
APPLICANT WISHES TO SAY ANYTHING.
05:10:05PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
WE NEED TIME TO REVIEW AND REVISE OUR SITE PLAN.
AND IT ALSO REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL DRC WITH CITY STAFF.
THE CITY STAFF HAS GIVEN US A DATE -- AN ESTIMATED DATE OF
AUGUST 17 SO WE CAN GO BACK.
HAVE THE DRC MAKE THE CORRECTIONS AND THEN BRINGS IT BACK TO
COUNCIL.
WE ALSO WOULD NEED FOR TO YOU WAIVE THE 180-DAY TIME LIMIT
THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PETITION.
05:10:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY COMMENTS?
I HEAR AND SEE NONE.
ITEM NUMBER 2.
THIS IS FOR THE CONTINUANCE ONLY.
NO, NON -- IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK -- WELL --
05:10:47PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THIS ONE SHOULD BE OPEN, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THEY ALL SHOULD BE OPENED.
05:10:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN ITEM 1 TO 8.
MOTION AND IS SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR.
SINCE THIS IS QUASI-JUDICIAL.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK.
WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN.
[SWEARING IN]
05:11:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY WHO WILL -- WE WILL DO THIS A
FEW TIMES BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE.
PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
YES.
[SWEARING IN]
05:11:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
FIRST SPEAKER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
05:11:37PM >> DO YOU NEED FOR ME TO RESTATE THE REQUEST?
05:11:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
YES, MA'AM.
05:11:43PM >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.
I AM SANDY DIEGO SANCHEZ, AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
ARMORY GARDENS CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND THIS PROPOSED BUILDING
IS WITHIN THE ARMORY GARDENS DISTRICT.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM PERPLEXED.
HOW CAN THIS AGENT CONTINUALLY BE ALLOWED TO DELAY HEARINGS.
I UNDERSTAND A DELAY FOR MEDICAL REASONS, BUT I DO NOT
UNDERSTAND A DELAY WHEN THE AGENT AND THE OTHER PEOPLE IN
HIS FIRM ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN
THIS FILE.
THERE ARE THREE CERTIFIED AGENTS ASSIGNED TO THIS PROPERTY,
TO THIS REZONING.
THE FIRM DISRESPECTS THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY DISRESPECT
THE NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT JUST ARMORY GARDENS.
CITY STAFF HAS PUT MORE THAN 100 HOURS BETWEEN HIS FIRST
DESIGN, THE SECOND DESIGN, THE ONE THAT IS BEFORE YOU NOW,
AND NOW HE IS GOING TO GO FOR A THIRD DESIGN.
HOW MUCH MONEY HAS HE CAUSED THE LAND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
TO SPEND USELESSLY BECAUSE HIS FIRM IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
THE AGENT AND HIS PARTNERS HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR
DECADES.
THEY KNOW ABOUT THE WAIVERS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
THEY KNOW OF THE INCONSISTENT ISSUES EARLY ON.
THE CITY STAFF MARKS THEM IN RED ON THE SITE PLANS.
THERE ARE ISSUES WITHIN THE FILE THAT SHOWS IF THERE IS AN
ISSUE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORTATION OR ANY OTHER
ISSUES.
THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT MEMOS, BUT ON THE SITE PLAN
THROUGHOUT ACELA THE WHOLE TIME.
IF I HAVEN'T RUN INTO SOMEONE AT THE GROCERY STORE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON, I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS CONTINUANCE.
I HAD TO STOP 14 PEOPLE FROM COMING DOWN HERE.
THAT WAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING MAYBE SEVEN PARKING TICKETS
THAT NEEDED TO BE PAID.
I PUT OUT $150 JUST FOR COLOR PRINTS TO DO THIS
PRESENTATION.
BESIDES A WASTE OF OUR TIME, WE WOULD HAVE INCURRED ALL
THESE EXPENSES AND NOT THE MONEY BUT THE INCONVENIENCE
AND THE DISRESPECT FROM THIS AGENT.
MAYBE IF THE AGENT WAS REQUIRED TO PAY BACK THE SALARY
EXPENSES THE CITY HAS INCURRED ON THIS PROJECT AND THE
COMMUNITY EXPENSES, HE MIGHT BE MORE ALERT.
HIS BUSINESS AND SET FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY MAY HELP HIM
UNDERSTAND THE INCONVENIENCE.
WHAT IF HE HAD TO REIMBURSE THE 25 TO 50 PEOPLE WHO CAME IN
FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
THE FACT IS HE HAS THE AUDACITY TO REQUEST THE 180-DAY
RESTRICTION WAIVER SHOWS HIS ATTITUDE OF ENTITLEMENT.
HE CONTINUES TO DISRESPECT THIS COUNCIL.
PLEASE DO NOT WAIVE THIS PENALTY.
IF THE AGENT DOESN'T LIKE THE PENALTY, LET HIM WITHDRAW AND
COME BACK IN 180 DAYS.
THANK YOU.
05:14:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
[APPLAUSE]
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
05:14:53PM >> HEY, GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS STEPHANIE POYNOR.
I CONCUR WITH SANDY.
I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
BECAUSE AT LEAST A YEAR AGO -- I NEED TO GO BACK AND FIND
IT, CARROLL ANN BENNETT ASKED FOR CITY COUNCIL --
05:15:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE CAN'T SEE IT ON THE MONITOR.
05:15:11PM >> PLEASE, PLEASE SHOW IT.
THIS IS IN THE LAST -- WHAT, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS, THE --
EIGHT CONTINUANCES, ONE MISNOTICE FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN
DOING THIS MOST OF MY LIFE, SINCE I WAS AN ADULT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MAYBE
EVEN MORE, CARROLL ANN BENNETT CALLED IN AND SAID I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE US SEE A 72-HOUR CONTINUANCE REQUEST.
AND ABBYE FEELEY AND RYAN MANASSE WAS STILL WORK THERE THEN.
THAT IS KIND OF AN INDICATOR.
THEY CAME UP AND SAID WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT BE A WEEK.
I HAVE TO AGREE.
IF WE ARE LAST-MINUTE LUCYS ON EVERYTHING AND EVERY TIME WE
HAVE -- WE ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE, I MEAN, REALLY, THAT --
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO NEVER HAVE A LIFE.
MONEY BEING PAID ON THAT END, BUT OUR STAFF HAVE -- A STAFF
REPORT.
THEY PREPARED A STAFF REPORT.
EVERYBODY'S TIME HAS BEEN WASTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
05:16:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
[GAVEL SOUNDING]
ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
ALL RIGHT, SIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY REBUTTAL OR RESPONSE BEFORE
WE MAKE A MOTION?
05:16:38PM >> COUNCIL, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE WERE WORKING WITH THE
STAFF UP UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.
AND IT WAS STAFF WHO DETERMINED WE COULD NOT GO FORWARD
BECAUSE THE CHANGES COULD NOT BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING WITHOUT GOING BACK TO DRC.
AND WE WERE ONLY ADVISED OF THAT THIS WEEK, AND I FILED A
LETTER OF REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE.
AS SOON AS WE KNEW, WE FILED THE REQUEST, AND I RESPECTFULLY
REQUESTED THAT WE BE RESET.
AND THE STAFF IS THE ONE THAT GAVE US A DATE AND SAID IT WAS
AUGUST 17.
AND THAT WE HAD TO WAIVE THE 180 DAYS.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
US.
05:17:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
05:17:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MISS DOCK, CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THAT?
05:17:26PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
SO THIS ITEM WAS SET FOR, OF COURSE, HEARING TODAY.
THE APPLICANT CONTACTED ME LAST WEEK AND STATED THAT THEY
WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES TO THE SITE PLAN TO ADDRESS
CERTAIN OVERLAY REQUIREMENTS.
THE CHANGES THAT WERE DESIRED TO BE MADE COULD NOT BE MADE
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
AND THAT WAS EXPRESSED TO THE APPLICANT.
THE APPLICANT AT THAT TIME DECIDED THEY WOULD REQUEST THE
CONTINUANCE.
SO THAT WAY THE CHANGES WILL REQUIRE ANOTHER DRC.
THE CHANGES TO BE MADE.
SO IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT THE APPLICANT DECIDED TO REQUEST
A CONTINUANCE.
SO EITHER THE CASE WOULD MOVE FORWARD THE WAY IT IS
PRESENTED WITH THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, OR THE
APPLICANT REQUESTS A CONTINUANCE TO GO TO DRC AGAIN.
05:18:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
05:18:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
EVERYBODY READY.
MR. MICHELINI.
05:18:25PM >> NO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE STAFF.
AND JUST REALIZED THAT WE COULDN'T MAKE THE CHANGES BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND READING.
IT WASN'T A LAST-MINUTE THING.
WE TRIED TO MAKE THE CHANGES AND WE WERE TOLD WE COULDN'T
MAKE IT UNTIL WE GO BACK TO THE CITY DRC.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR INDULGENCE ON THIS ONE.
05:18:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
05:18:55PM >>LUIS VIERA:
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY AND IF YOU INDULGE ME IN
THIS REGARD, HOW MANY FOLKS CAME HERE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS
ITEM, NUMBER 2, BY RAISE OF HANDS.
05:19:06PM >> EXCUSE ME, BUT THE 14 PEOPLE, I CALLED THEM OFF.
05:19:10PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MISS SANCHEZ, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT PEOPLE WEREN'T HERE WHO -- WHO DIDN'T FIND OUT
ABOUT THE CONTINUANCE AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
NO, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY.
THANK YOU.
05:19:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
05:19:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MISS DOCK, IF THIS MOTION FAILED AND THE
CHANGES DIDN'T BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING,
WHAT IS THE APPLICANT'S OPTION?
05:19:40PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THE APPLICATION COULD CAN BE HEARD TONIGHT IF IT IS THE
DECISION OF COUNCIL.
IT WILL BE PRESENTED AS THE SITE PLAN IN THE STAFF REPORT
PROVIDED TO YOU.
OR IT WILL -- LET ME STEP BACK A MOMENT.
IF IT IS HEARD TONIGHT THE WAY IT IS PRESENTED AND APPLICANT
WANTS TO MAKE THE CHANGES, WE WILL COME BACK TO FIRST
READING.
WE WILL HEAR THE CASE TONIGHT INSTEAD OF THE NEXT CASE BEING
THE SECOND READING AND WILL BECOME THE FIRST READING AGAIN
AND THEN HAVE THE SECOND READING.
05:20:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE?
THANK YOU.
WHAT THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
IS THERE A MOTION?
MOTION TO GRANT THE CONTINUANCE OR NOT?
05:20:27PM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY ASK A QUESTION TO MR. SHELBY, WHAT
ARE THE LEGAL STANDARDS FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC AND
OURSELVES THAT ARE DEALING WITH HERE -- EXCUSE ME -- OF
EQUITY TO THE APPLICANT VERSUS THOSE INDIVIDUALS SPOKEN.
THE LEGAL STANDARDS IF THEY GO FORWARD AND SOMEHOW THEY
SUFFER ALLEGEDLY PREJUDICE.
IF YOU CAN ADVISE US OF THAT.
05:20:51PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
CLEARLY YOU HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE
APPLICANT WISHES TO MAKE CHANGES.
AT SOME POINT IN TIME WHAT YOU ARE HEARING IS NOT, IN
EFFECT, WHAT YOU ARE HEARING IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE
ULTIMATELY BE AFFECTED BY THE APPLICANT.
AND THAT WILL AFFECT THE HEARING.
IF YOU HEAR IT TONIGHT, WHAT YOU WILL BE HEARING IS NOT WHAT
WILL BE COMING AND YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOLD THAT.
THE OTHER THING -- THE ONLY OTHER OPTION AND MISS DOCK
DIDN'T MENTION IT IS RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS,
THE OTHER OPTION IS TO WITHDRAW IT AND DELAYS THINGS AND
REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL FILING FEE.
AND WHAT THIS DOES, IT ALLOWS THEM TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN
REVIEW.
THIS IS SOMETHING IF COUNCIL WISHES FROM A POLICY
PERSPECTIVE, WE DISCUSS IT AT A LATER DATE.
NOT APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME, BUT OBVIOUSLY MY
RECOMMENDATION CLEARLY IS YOU WOULD NOT BE HEARING THE CASE.
IT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE COMING BACK AGAIN IN SOME FORM AND
FASHION.
I WOULD RECOMMEND -- BELIEVE THIS IS THE FIRST
CONTINUANCE, IS THAT CORRECT, MR. MICHELINI?
MISS DOCK?
05:21:57PM >> ONE OF THE THINGS -- LET ME ADD THIS.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE A FIRST READING, MAKE CHANGES AND
THEN COME BACK FOR A THIRD HEARING.
TRYING TO SAVE THREE HEARINGS INSTEAD OF TWO.
05:22:11PM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR.
AND I ASK THAT, AGAIN, OF MR. SHELBY BECAUSE I ALWAYS IN
THESE SITUATIONS -- BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND SENTIMENTS
EXPRESSED.
THINGS LIKE THAT.
I AM VERY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, ETC.
BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO GO WITH THE -- WITH THE OBJECTIVE
STANDARDS WE HAVE SET BY OUR COUNSEL AND WHAT NOT.
THANK YOU.
05:22:31PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ALSO ONE OTHER THING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
COUNCIL RECENTLY CHANGED ITS RULES TO ALLOW FOR AUTOMATIC
CONTINUANCE FOR F FIRST READING AND PRESUPPOSES THAT THE
GET THE INFORMATION IN TIME TO HAVE THAT DECISION MADE TO
PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL AND GRANTED AS A MATTER OF RIGHT TO
MEET THAT DEADLINE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
05:22:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
05:22:57PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
05:22:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
05:23:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
05:23:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE WILL GET TO THAT.
AUGUST 17 AT 5:01 P.M.
05:23:08PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
AGAIN ,TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I AM SORRY,
MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT IS THE NOTICE THAT YOU WILL BE RECEIVING
-- ACTUALLY THAT IS -- NO, THAT BEING AUGUST, IT IS ABOUT
THREE MONTHS AWAY.
UNLESS COUNCIL SEE AS REASON TO -- TO RENOTICE IT TO INCUR
THE COST AND TIME OF RENOTICING, THIS WILL BE THE NOTICE AT
THIS TIME THAT THE PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE FOR THE DATE AND TIME
OF THE CONTINUANCE.
05:23:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
05:23:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SEE THAT IS THE PART I AM NOT OKAY WITH.
NOT RENOTICING.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE PUBLIC REALLY SHOULD BE -- SHOULD
GET MORE NOTICE.
SO I -- [GAVEL SOUNDING]
05:23:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAN WE STOP WASTING SO MUCH TIME ON
CONTINUANCES.
WE HAVE A VERY BUSY NIGHT.
05:23:58PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MAY I, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN.
WITH -- I AM SORRY, I, IN EFFECT, INTERRUPTED YOU.
GO AHEAD.
05:24:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND AMEND TO SAY YES, WE
WILL CONTINUE; HOWEVER, ASK FOR THE APPLICANT TO RENOTICE.
05:24:16PM >> WE HAVE NO OBJECTION.
05:24:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EXCELLENT.
05:24:20PM >>LUIS VIERA:
INCORPORATED 100%.
05:24:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. SHELBY.
05:24:26PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
AS PART OF THE MOTION PLEASE INCLUDE THE
WAIVER OF THE 180-DAY NOTICE.
05:24:34PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. MICHELINI.
05:24:37PM >> WE DIDN'T EXPECT THE DATE TO BE SO FAR OFF BUT WHY YOU
ARE OTHER AGENDAS ARE FULL.
NOT THAT WHICH WERE TRYING TO PUSH IT SO FAR OUT.
WE HAVE NO OBJECTION WHATSOEVER OF RENOTICING.
05:24:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO
CONTINUE THIS UNTIL AUGUST 17 AT 5:01 P.M. WITH THE 180-DAY
WAIVER AND THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE RENOTICING.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:25:08PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
05:25:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM NUMBER 8.
05:25:15PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
ITEM NUMBER 8, REZ 23-13.
A MISNOTICE AND REMOVE FROM THE AGENDA.
05:25:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION TO REMOVE THE ITEM NUMBER 8
FROM THE AGENDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:25:33PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
05:25:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MIGHT I UNDERSTAND INSTEAD OF CLAPPING,
PEOPLE USING OF SNAPPING DOES NOT INTERRUPT AS MUCH.
GREATLY APPRECIATED.
05:25:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 3.
05:25:57PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT.
OH, SORRY --
05:26:02PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
AT THE OUTSET OF TONIGHT'S MEETING --
HEARINGS, I'M SORRY, TO REMIND YOU OF THE REQUIREMENT TO
DISCLOSE ANY EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION BEFORE THE START OF EACH
HEARING.
AND THEN -- AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
ALL PARTIES TO KNOW ABOUT THAT DURING THE COURSE OF THE
HEARING AND RESPOND TO IT IF NECESSARY.
SO I WILL ASK THAT YOU DO THAT.
AND ALSO AT THIS TIME TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL WRITTEN
COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC
INSPECTION TO BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD, RECEIVED AND FILED
AT THIS TIME.
MA MINNESOTA MANISCALCO A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND
FILE ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS?
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:26:47PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ITEM NUMBER THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR, ANY
DISCLOSURE FOR EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION, PLEASE DISCLOSE THEM
NOW.
05:26:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY EX-PARTE COMMUNICATION, COUNCILMAN
VIERA.
05:26:58PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YESTERDAY EVENING, I RECEIVED A TEXT THAT THAT
I IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO EVERY BY A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF
DAVID BERMAN WHICH IS A VERY NICE GENTLEMAN ON THIS ITEM.
I SENT IT ON OVER AND IT HAS BEEN DISCLOSED.
05:27:11PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
DO YOU WANT TO SAY WHAT THE SUM AND
SUBSTANCE OF THAT.
05:27:16PM >>LUIS VIERA:
AS I RECALL -- I WAS AT A CONCERT LATE LAST
NIGHT.
SO -- AND IT WAS ENCOURAGING ME TO SUPPORT IT.
I RESPONDED THAT I CANNOT ENGAGE WITH YOU AS THIS IS A QUASI
JUDICIAL MATTER.
I YOU WELL AND SENDING IT OVER TO THE CITY.
ONE LAST THING AND I TONIGHT WANT TO BE TOO CAUTIOUS SO TO
SPEAK AND NUMBER ONE, I BELIEVE MISS MANDELL WILL BE THE
COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT.
SHE IS MY COUNSEL ON THE HART BOARD, JUST FOR PURPOSES OF
THE PUBLIC.
AND I SEE CLICK BERG WHO USED TO BE MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS A CONFLICT BUT THE SPIRIT OF OPENNESS.
05:27:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, WITH THAT BEING
DISCLOSED.
WILL YOU BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL AND BASE THE EVIDENCE ON WHAT
IS IN THE RECORD.
05:28:04PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
05:28:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYTHING ELSE.
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
05:28:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SEVERAL DISCLOSURES.
I HAVE SEVERAL CLOSE PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCES PARTS OF THE
HEARING AND THEY WILL BE TESTIFYING THIS EVENING.
TWO ARE NEIGHBORS OF MINE.
AND COMING OUT OF A HOTLY CONTESTED CAMPAIGN, I WAS -- ON
BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE I HAD MANY SUPPORTERS ON BOTH SIDES
OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST PRIOR TO
BEING ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
AND TOURING THE CAMPAIGN, I ATTENDED A MEETING AT THE GARDEN
CLUB WHERE THIS WAS A ISSUE OF THAT MEETING.
AND YES I CAN STAY FAIR AND IMPARTIAL DURING THE COURSE OF
THIS MEETING.
05:28:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
05:28:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
IN MY CASE, I TOLD MY AIDE SOME TIME BACK IF YOU SEE A NAME
THAT YOU THINK WILL A BEFORE ME AND THEY WANT TO MEET WITH
ME -- I HAD SOME REQUESTS IN THE PAST.
I TOLD THEM I DON'T MEET WITH NO ONE WHO HAS ANYTHING
COMING.
I DON'T WANT TO RAISE MY RIGHT HAND AND SAY SOMETHING.
SOME ARE HERE NOW.
AND SOME MAY NOT BE HERE.
BUT MOST OF THE OTHER PRESENTERS AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.
SO I DON'T MEET WITH YOU ON ANYTHING THAT IS COMING UP, EVEN
BEFORE IT IS FILED.
SO GET THAT KNOWN THAT I WILL NOT MEET WITH EVERYONE ONE
SIDE OR THE OTHER SIDE.
I ALREADY SAID THAT TO THE AIDE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL HAND RAISING AND THE CONFESSIONS THAT
ARE NOT NEEDED AT TIMES.
05:29:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE?
NO?
ALL RIGHT.
DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR ANYTHING ELSE?
WE ARE GOOD?
YES, MA'AM.
05:29:36PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
FIRST ITEM THIS EVENING IS ITEM NUMBER, REZ-22-93.
LOCATED AT 2713 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT IS BEING PRESENT BY JULIA MANDELL AND THE
REQUEST TO REZONE FROM PD, PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY
APPROVED IN 2005 TO PD, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY IN PLACE OF
RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY.
BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GIVE
THEIR REPORT, I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE BACKGROUND FOR THE
BENEFIT OF COUNCIL AND FOR THE PUBLIC.
INITIALLY THIS APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED AND SUBMITTED WITH
A -- WITH A COMPANION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.
THAT PLAN AMENDMENT WAS A REQUEST FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE
DESIGNATION OF R-50, DECEMBER 1, 2022.
BOTH CASES WERE CONTINUED TO JANUARY 12, 2023.
AT THE JANUARY 12 PUBLIC HEARING REMANDED THE CPA BACK TO
THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THIS REZONING CASE WAS NEVER OPENED AND BOTH CASES WERE
CONTINUED TO JUNE 8, 2023.
TO THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING.
FEBRUARY 2, 2023, THE APPLICANT WITHDRAW THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT COMPLETED PUBLIC NOTICE AGAIN AND THE REZONING
CASE WAS SET FOR HEARING ON TODAY'S DATE ON MAY 11, 2023.
THE APPLICANT IS NO LONGER REQUESTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENT AND IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REZONING WITH
CONSIDERATION WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE THAT EXISTS ON THE
SITE WHICH IS R-35, RESIDENTIAL-35.
WITH THAT, COUNCIL, I WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON
THE CASE.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DANNY WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO
GIVE HIS REPORT AND THEN I WILL GIVE MY REPORT.
THANK YOU.
05:31:25PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
GOOD EVENING, DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
OUR FIRST CASE IS IN THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE BAYSHORE GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD.
FRED BALL PARK IS THE CLOSEST RECREATIONAL FACILITY ONE
BLOCK NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS MORGUES OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD BY HART-RAIL 13.
TO THE TRANSIT CENTER.
WITHIN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA AND LEVEL A EVACUATION
ZONE.
05:32:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE -- OKAY.
WE COULDN'T SEE IT FOR A MOMENT.
05:32:13PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
HERE IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SURROUNDING
SITE AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
YOU SEE THIS IN THE PURPLE COLOR ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
WEST BARCELONA AND BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
BAYSHORE BOULEVARD RUNS ALONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
SITE.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED RELS USES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS SITE,
AS WELL AS TO IT THE -- TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE
SITE.
THERE IS AN APARTMENT UNIT COMPLEX TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME OPEN SPACE TO THE NORTH OF THE
SUBJECT SITE.
THERE ARE TOWERS -- RESIDENTIAL TOWERS UP ALONG BAYSHORE
BOULEVARD AND OVER -- A COUPLE OF BLOCKS SOUTH OF THE
SUBJECT SITE, YOU HAVE SOME NONRESIDENTIAL USES JUST OFF
BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL-35, ALLOWS FOR
CONSIDERATION OF MEDIUM-DENSITY USES, INCLUDING MULTIFAMILY,
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES AND DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY USES.
CHURCHES SUCH AS WHAT WAS CURRENTLY ON THE SITE CAN BE
CONSIDERED IN THAT DESIGNATION.
DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS THAT
RESIDENTIAL-35.
YOU HAVE R-83 WHICH IS HEAVY -- IT IS A HIGH DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL LAND USE CATEGORY DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH --
NORTHWEST OF THE SITE AND CMU-85 DESIGNATED PARCELS TO THE
WEST AND THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE IN THAT CATEGORY.
IT ENCOURAGES A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND
FOUND THE REQUEST COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE TO THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
RESIDENTIAL-35 DESIGNATED PARCELS ARE NORTHWEST OF
BAY-TO-BAY BOULEVARD.
EAST OF SOUTH ISABEL AND SOUTH OF RUBIDEX STREET.
EXISTING DENSITY IS 14.7 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE BASED ON 15
SAMPLE SITES.
THIS DENSITY IS 40% OF THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER
THE R-35 DESIGNATION.
APPROXIMATELY 4.7 ACRES TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE
SUBJECT SITE ARE PARCELS -- ARE PARCELS DESIGNATED
RESIDENTIAL 83.
THIS AREAS HAS AN EXISTING OF 16.1 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE
BASED ON FIVE SAMPLE SITES WHERE 19% OF DENSITY UNDER THE
RESIDENTIAL 83 DESIGNATION.
GIVEN THE DENSITY AND INTENSITY ANTICIPATED IN THIS AREA OF
THE CITY, THE AREA CAN BE CONSIDERED UNDERDEVELOPED.
ADDITIONALLY SEVERAL TOWERS WITHIN PROXIMITY OF THE SITE
ALONG BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
THE BAYSHORE PRESBYTERIAN APARTMENTS, 15-STORY MULTIFAMILY
DEVELOPMENT IS TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE SITE ON
SOUTH YSABELLA AVENUE.
SEVERAL 15 TO 18-STORY TOWERS ALONG THE SUBJECT SITE FROM
BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND SEVERAL TALLER STRUCTURES NORTH OF
THE SUBJECT SITE ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THAT THE REQUEST WILL NOT
ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SEEKS TO PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTIVITY ALONG BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
SIDEWALKS ALONG ALL ADJACENT PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION OF THE MAIN LOBBY OF THE APARTMENT
BUILDING TO THE SIDEWALK ON YSABELLA AVENUE.
ADDITIONALLY THE APPLICANT PROPOSES INTERNAL PEDESTRIAN, AND
A CROSSWALK FROM THE PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY, ENTRANCE
TO THE SIDEWALK ON BARCELONA STREET.
THE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION WILL HELP ENSURE SAFETY
AND SECURITY, A PROPOSED SECURITY FENCE ALONG THE EAST
BOUNDARY AND THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SITE.
THE APPLICANT SHOULD PROVIDE GATES WHERE EVERY SIDEWALKS AND
FENCES MEET SO THE PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY IS ACCESSIBLE
TO PEDESTRIANS.
THE REQUEST SUPPORTS MANY OF THE POLICIES IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF HOUSING THE CITY'S POPULATION.
THE STATE PREVIOUSLY IN OUR REPORT, THE SURROUNDING AERATION
DEVELOPED WELL BELOW THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED IN THIS AREA OF
THE CITY.
THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES NEW HOUSING ON
VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED LAND TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TAMPA'S
FUTURE AND PRESENT POPULATION.
THE REQUEST WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING CHOICES IN THE
BAYSHORE GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SUBJECT SITE WITHIN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA AND
EVACUATION ZONE A.
THE APPLICANT IN U.S. WORK WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA AND OTHER
REGULATORY AGENCIES TO ENSURE EVERY RELATION DEVELOPMENT
MITIGATES IMPACT ON SHELTER SPACE DURING THE DEVELOPMENT
REVIEW PROCESS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS CONSISTENT WITH THE
GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
05:37:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
NO?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
05:37:09PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
IN THIS ITEM.
COUNCIL, REZ-22-93, THIS PD REQUEST WILL ALLOW FOR EXISTING
PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY TO REMAIN ON-SITE AND ALSO
INCLUDES A 50-UNIT RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TOWER THAT WILL
BE CONSTRUCTED.
THE SITE PLAN IDENTIFIES ON THE SITE THE EXISTING TEMPLE
18,014 SQUARE FEET BUILT IN 1969.
THE TEMPLE BUILDING WILL REMAIN IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION AND
A NEW RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE IS PROPOSED ALONG
THE WEST OF THE SITE, WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU SHORTLY ON THE
SITE PLAN PROVIDED.
THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL TOWER CONTAINS STRUCTURED PARKING
ON LEVELS 1-3.
AMENITIES PROVIDED ON LEVEL 4, INCLUDING A HEALTH CLUB, GAME
ROOM, BUSINESS CENTER, POOL, SPA, LOUNGE AND RESIDENTIAL
UNITS ARE PROVIDED ON LEVELS 5-29.
THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS 329 FEET.
THE EXISTING TEMPLE WILL REMAIN AT ITS CURRENT HEIGHT, WHICH
IS AT A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 30 FEET.
THE PROPOSED USES REQUIRE 167 PARKING SPACES AND 201 PARKING
SPACES ARE PROPOSED.
THE SITE HAS A FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AS DANNY
MENTIONED OF R-35, 35 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WITH A BONUS
PROVISION AGREEMENT.
THE APPLICANT HAS ENTERED INTO AN BONUS AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE
THE ADDITIONAL SEVEN UNITS ON-SITE GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE
PROPERTY.
TO THE BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT 1448 IS PAID TO ACHIEVE THE
ADDITIONAL UNIT COUNT AND TOP COME IN WITH THE EXISTING
RESIDENTIAL-35 LAND USE CATEGORY.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, COUNCIL, IT PUT UP FOR YOU ON THE
ELMO THE ACTUAL SITE PLAN.
I AM GOING TO ZOOM IN A LITTLE.
THIS IS TOO FAR.
HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.
JUST TO SHOW YOU THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO ON THE SITE PLAN, THIS IS BAYSHORE.
THIS IS BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
THIS IS BARCELONA STREET.
THIS IS YSABELLA AVENUE.
SO THIS IS THE NORTH.
THIS IS THE EXISTING TEMPLE BUILDING ON-SITE.
THAT IS THE FOOTPRINT OF THAT TEMPLE BUILDING.
THIS IS PARKING PROPOSED.
SO ONE POINT OF ENTRY, VEHICULAR ENTRY ON THE SITE IS FROM
BARCELONA.
AND YOU WOULD ENTER THIS WAY AND THEIR SURFACE PARKING IS
LOCATED HERE.
AND PARKING IS LOCATED HERE.
AND YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THE SITE ON THE WEST, WHERE THERE IS
A CIRCULAR DRIVE AND ARRIVAL.
THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IS LOCATED HERE ON THE SITE, WITHIN
THAT LOCATION.
HERE ARE THE EXISTING ELEVATIONS FOR THE SITE.
I WILL SHOW YOU THE TOP.
SO THIS IS THE ELEVATIONS THAT YOU WILL SEE PROVIDED.
LET ME -- LET ME ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT ON IT.
AND THEN THIS IS ALSO THE OTHER ELEVATIONS, THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THEN LET ME SHOW YOU ALSO THE ZONING ATLAS, THE ZONING
MAP FOR THE SITE.
SO THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE SITE.
THE SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED.
THIS IS THE EXISTING PD.
AND YOU CAN SEE JUST -- LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE SITE, YOU
HAVE YOUR RESIDENTIAL-75, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ZONING
FURTHER SOUTH.
YOU HAVE SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE, A FEW PDs AND YOU HAVE CG
AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ZONING THAT CONTINUES NORTH --
TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE SITE AND NORTH IS YOUR
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE.
THIS IS THE SITE WHICH IS LOCATED HERE ALONG BAYSHORE, SO
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS THAT SURROUND THE
SITE ITSELF.
THEN I HAVE PICTURES OF THE SITE.
TO SHOW ALONG WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
SO THIS IS THE SITE ON BAYSHORE.
LET ME ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BECAUSE SOME COUNTY PICTURES ARE A
BIT LARGER.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ENTRANCE OF THE SITE AS IT CURRENTLY
EXISTS.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW INSIDE THE SITE.
THIS IS THE PARKING WHICH EXISTS FOR THE SITE.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW THAT SHOWS LOOKING NORTH WITHIN THE
SITE.
THIS IS WEST OF THE SITE.
THIS IS ON BARCELONA.
THIS IS THE VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST ON YSABELLA.
THIS IS THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY THAT EXISTS WEST OF THE
SITE.
THIS IS NORTH OF THE SITE, THE GARDEN CLUB.
THIS IS NORTH OF THE SITE.
THIS IS AS YOU MOVE FURTHER NORTH.
FRED BALL PARK.
THIS IS DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE SITE.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY LINE JOGS ALONG THE SOUTH.
SO THAT IS DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH.
AND THEN THIS IS ALSO SOUTH.
THIS IS ACROSS BARCELONA.
THIS IS SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE.
THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF BARCELONA.
HAND THIS IS ALSO SOUTH.
THIS IS AT SANTIAGO.
ONE LAST PICTURE, THIS IS SOUTH OF THE SITE.
THIS IS AT BAY TO BAY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
REQUEST AND FOUND THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT.
YOU WILL SEE IN THE REPORT, FINDINGS OF INCONSISTENCY
RELATED TO THE NATURAL RESOURCES WAIVERS REQUESTED ON-SITE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR A MOMENT, COUNCIL, IS TO TURN IT
OVER, LET JONATHAN SCOTT WITH TRANSPORTATION REVIEW A COUPLE
OF THINGS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION.
ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT HAVE A FIND OF INCONSISTENT, THEY HAVE
SOME THINGS TO PUT ON THE RECORD.
AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO ERIN, AND SHE WILL COME AND REPORT
HER FINDINGS FROM NATURAL RESOURCES.
AFTER WHICH TIME, STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU
MAY HAVE, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU.
05:43:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:43:46PM >>JONATHAN SCOTT:
GOOD EVENING, JONATHAN SCOTT,
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
TRANSPORTATION FOUND IT CONSISTENT.
WE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION.
IT DID NOT REQUIRE A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
THE APPLICANT DID PROVIDE A TRAFFIC MEMO THAT PROVIDES TRIP
GENERATION INFORMATION.
THE PROBABLY ACTUALLY RESULTS IN A DECREASE OF TRAFFIC BASED
ON I.T.'S STANDARDS WHICH IS THE INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION
ENGINEERS.
NOW THAT WAS BASED ON THE APPROVED USE OF A DAY CARE AND
RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY AND PROPOSED USE OF MULTIFAMILY.
THE ACCESS FOR THIS SITE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR
THE RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY.
AND THE NEW USE OF THE MULTIFAMILY DOES NOT REAR A WAIVER
CERTAIN IT IS RESIDENTIAL.
SO THE EXISTING USE FOR THE DATE -- FOR THE RELIGIOUS
ASSEMBLY IS EXISTING AND THE NEW PROPOSED USE -- THE LOCAL
STREET ACCESS IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THAT, JUST TO LET Y'ALL
KNOW THAT.
AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ERIN TO COVER THE NATURAL
RESOURCES.
05:44:49PM >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, ERIN MAEHR,
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I WILL GO OVER SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH ITEMS RELATED TO THE
NATURAL RESOURCES FINDING OF INCONSISTENT.
HERE BEFORE YOU ON THE OVERHEAD IS THE SITE.
I AM JUST GOING TO CALL OUT AGAIN -- SO HERE TO THE EAST IS
BAYSHORE.
UP TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE IS THE -- IS THE TAMPA BAY
GARDEN CLUB.
TO THE WEST IS YSABELLA AND THEN BARCELONA.
THIS IS THE EXISTING TEMPLE RIGHT HERE, AND THE PROPOSE
MULTIFAMILY BUILDING.
HERE THE RED CIRCLES WITH Xs IN THE CENTER ARE DEPICTING THE
PROPOSED NONHAZARDOUS GRAND TREE REMOVALS.
RIGHT HERE.
THERE ARE THREE OF THEM AND ALL WITHIN THE EXISTING PARKING
AREA RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN THERE IS ONE -- THE GREEN CIRCLE OVER HERE ALONG
BAYSHORE IS A GRAND LIVE OAK THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE
RETAINED, A NONHAZARDOUS GRAND LIVE OAK.
SO ON THIS IMAGE, I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU JUST SOME OF THESE
-- SOME OF THE TREES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED.
SO WE ARE LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT THE SITE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE HILLSBOROUGH BAY IN THE BACKGROUND HERE.
YOU CAN SEE TREE NUMBER 36 IS A 50-INCH DBH, RATED C-4 AND.
FOR NEW COUNCILMEMBERS.
LIKE A A IS THE BEST RATED TREE THAT YOU NEVER SEE.
AND THE LOWER THE NUMBER, THE BETTER.
SO THIS IS A C-4.
THAT IS A GOOD CONDITION TREE.
JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THAT IS TREE NUMBER 38, IT IS A
35-INCH DBH, WHICH IS DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT AS WELL.
RATED B-5 AND A LIVE OAK AND WORTH 32 MITIGATION TREES.
THE TWO GRAND TREES PROVIDE 49 TYPE 1 MITIGATION TREES.
AND A LITTLE AREA ON THE SITE TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THESE
LARGE AND WIDE CANOPY SHADE TREES.
NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE REQUESTED AN ADDITIONAL GRAND LIVE
OAK TO BE PRESERVED.
THE APPLICANT HAS NOT REDESIGNED THE STRUCTURE TO
ACCOMMODATE AND HAVE SUBMITTED REASONABLE CONFIGURATION TO
SUPPORT THE REMOVAL.
IN ADDITION TO THE GRAND TREE'S WAIVER, THIS IS -- THIS IS
THE DARK MOSS ARBORIST INVENTORY AND TO MAINTAIN 20% TREE
ON-SITE.
CODE 50% TREE RETENTION FOR NONWOOD THE LOT OVER ONE ACRE.
FOUND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE SITE WHICH NO
CONSTRUCTION IS TAKING PLACE.
THE PARKING LOT AND THE DRIVEWAY ARE BEING REALIGNED ALONG
BARCELONA, WHICH IS REQUIRING SOME OF THESE REMOVALS OF
GRAND TREES AND SOME DIFFERENT RECONFIGURATIONS OF THE
PARKING LOT.
SO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT UP HERE, PROPOSED RETAINED TREE.
A 30-INCH SHARED -- A 30-INCH DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT LIVE
OAK AND A SHARED TREE WITH A GARDEN CLUB.
SO WE WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED INITIALLY THIS WAS GOING TO BE
A GREAT IMPACT TO THIS TREE.
SO NATURAL RESOURCES REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THE APPLICANT, THEY -- THEY PROVIDED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND SUBMITTED A TREE PRESERVATION PLAN AND A SHADE STUDY
WHICH PERHAPS THEIR ARBORISTS MAY SPEAK TO.
AND THE -- THE -- THEY HAVE INCLUDED -- THEY ARE GOING TO
ENCROACH INTO THE TREE'S PROTECTIVE RADIUS BY FIVE PEOPLE
WHICH IS ALLOWED BY CODE TO ALLOW ALTERNATE METHODS.
THEY HAVE PROPOSED TO PLACE THE PARKING LOT ON THE BOTTOM
FLOOR ON GRADE.
AND USE PERMEABLE MATERIAL TO ENCROACH THAT FAR.
AND THEY HAVE ALSO NOTCHED OUT THE BUILDING ON THE SECOND
FLOOR TO ACCOMMODATE THE CROWN OF THE TREE.
AND THEN LET ME SHOW YOU.
SO THIS IS -- THIS IS TREE 75.
THE SHARED 30-INCH DBH LIVE OAK WHICH IS TWO INCHES LESS
THAN A GRAND TREE BY THE CITY'S CODE.
SO IT'S A LARGE TREE, SO YOU CAN SEE -- THIS IS FACING
SOUTH, LOOKING LIKE FROM THE GARDEN CLUB SOUTH.
AND THEN TO IT THE RIGHT, THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT, IS LOOKING
EAST.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOME CROWN -- THE CROWN EXTENDS
HERE.
IT WILL REQUIRE SOME MINOR PRUNING TO ACCOMMODATE THE
BUILDING.
AND THIS IS CURRENTLY, LIKE, WHERE THE BUFFER WILL BE
PLACED.
SO, YEAH, IN SUMMARY, NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE FOUND THE
PROJECT INCONSISTENT DUE TO THE GRAND TREE WAIVERS AND THE
GRAND TREE RETENTION REQUESTED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE FOR YOU.
05:50:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS?
I SEE NONE.
THANK YOU.
YES, MA'AM.
NOW TO THE APPLICANT.
YES, MA'AM.
05:50:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE QUESTIONS.
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I WILL WAIT UNTIL THE --
05:50:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OKAY.
05:50:31PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS JULIA MANDELL WITH THE LAW FIRM OF
GRAY ROBINSON, EAST JACKSON STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
I AM GLAD TO BRING YOU A REAL EASY CASE SO YOU CAN ENJOY
YOUR EVENING.
NO, IN ALL CANDOR, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NEW
COUNCILMEMBERS.
AND YES, THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL CASE, AND ON THE OUTSET, I HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MANY OF THESE FOLKS IN THE ROOM
AND ALL CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY RESPECTFUL.
WE MAY NOT AGREE, BUT I DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK AND
WHAT THEY PUT INTO THIS.
I HAVE A POWERPOINT.
I AM TERRIBLE AT POWERPOINTS.
WE WILL SEE HOW THIS GOES.
05:51:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT IS ON THE SCREEN.
05:51:20PM >> VERY GOOD.
STAFF DID A NICE JOB PRESENTING THE CASE, SO I WON'T GET
INTO TOO MANY DETAILS.
BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT
THIS MATTER, IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER
CASES THAT YOU SEE.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETAIN THE SYNAGOGUE, RODEPH
SHOLOM, INC. ON THIS SITE WHILE STILL ALLOWING A DEVELOPMENT
POTENTIAL IT HAS UNDER ITS CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AS I SAID A PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT WE ARE SEEKING AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION IS TO RETAIN
THE SYNAGOGUE, AS WELL AS DEVELOP A CONDOMINIUM TOWER,
LUXURY CONDOMINIUM TOWER WITH 50 UNITS.
THIS WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE SYNAGOGUE.
CERTAINLY A LOT OF THESE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE GONE
THROUGH A ERA WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES AS
THEY USED TO.
CONGREGATION -- OH, BEFORE I GET INTO THAT, I DO WANT TO
MAKE A STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD AS IT RELATES TO THE HEIGHT
BECAUSE SOME CONFUSION OVER THE HEIGHT.
WHEN WE SUBMITTED THE SITE PLAN, THE SITE PLAN SHOWED A TOP
BUILDING HEIGHT OF 329.
THAT IS THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING.
IT ALSO ACCOMMODATED FOR THE MECHANICAL STRUCTURES THAT YOU
TYPICALLY SEE ON A ROOF.
WE REALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THAT ON THE SITE PLAN, BECAUSE
THERE IS A CODE PROVISION THAT RELATES TO THAT AND IT NEEDS
TO FOLLOW UNDER THE CLOSE.
THE CHANGE IF WE GET THERE WILL BE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING TO CLARIFY THAT AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE TOP OF THE BUILDING AND THE
HEIGHT IS LIMITED TO 329 FEET.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP.
AND WE HAD A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MY CLIENT, THE
RELATED GROUP, AS WELL AS CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM.
I AM ASKING TO ASK AT THIS POINT, THAT LLOYD STERN, THE OF
CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT
TO THE POINT.
05:53:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WILL THIS PERSON BE SPEAKING NOW?
05:53:24PM >> NO, HE IS SPEAKING AS PART OF THE CASE AND THE
PRESENTATION.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, I AM NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL TIME.
YOU GET TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE TONIGHT.
05:53:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
05:53:34PM >> LLOYD STERN, 22351 TURKEY ROAD, LAND O LAKES, FLORIDA.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
I AM LLOYD STERN, AND THE CURRENT MEMBER OF RODEPH SHOLOM.
MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN MEMBERS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE SALE OF OUR PARKING LOT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWER
IN THE PARKING LOT OF CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM, THE OLDEST
CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE IN TAMPA BAY AND THE ONLY ONE IN
SOUTH TAMPA.
BEFORE I TELL YOU OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS LAND SALE AS IT
RELATES TO THE FUTURE, LET ME SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE
INTERWOVEN FABRIC OF TAMPA.
TAMPA HAS A RICH JEWISH HERITAGE TO THE 1800s, OPPENHEIMER,
WOLF AND THE WOHL FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUCCESSFUL JEWISH
MERCHANTS AND KEY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN TAMPA BAY'S
EARLY YEARS.
RODEPH SHOLOM, INC. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1903, AND THIS YEAR, WE
ARE MARKING OUR 120th BIRTHDAY.
OUR FIRST BUILDING WAS IN YBOR CITY ON PALM AVENUE.
YBOR WAS HOME TO OVER 30 JEWISH MERE CHANTS AND SYNAGOGUE ON
PALM AVENUE THAT RODEPH CALLED FOR 30 YEARS.
A MORE PERMANENT HOME WAS NEEDED.
2713 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND BUILT OUR NEW SPIRITUAL HOME IN
1969.
SAME YEAR, THE GARDEN CLUB, OUR NEIGHBOR, FIRST OCCUPIED
THEIR BUILDING NEXT DOOR.
RODEPH AND THE GARDEN CLUB HAVE CONTINUED ON HAVE A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SHARING OF THE PARKING LOT AS NEEDED.
PART OF THE INTENTION OF THE SALE IS TO SELL THE PARKING LOT
THAT IS NEXT DOOR TO THEIR PARKING LOT SO WE HAVE FUNDS FOR
MAJOR REPAIRS IN THE FUTURE AND DO NOT HAVE TO SELL OUR
PROPERTY IN YEARS TO COME.
BY DEVELOPING WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING TO BUILD, WE WILL
GUARANTEE THAT A LARGE STRUCTURE WILL NEVER BE BUILT NEXT TO
THE GARDENS OF THE GARDEN CLUB, THEREFORE PROTECTING THE
GARDEN CLUB SINCE RODEPH HAS AGREED IN WRITING TO NEVER
BUILD ANYTHING LARGER THAN 9 EXISTING FOOTPRINT AND SAME
HEIGHT WHERE THE SYNAGOGUE SITS TODAY.
RODEPH IS PROUD OF MANY THINGS FROM OUR PAST AND PRESENT AND
TOP THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR OUR FUTURE.
WE WERE PROUD WHEN WE WERE EARLY TO EMBRACE BOTH THE QUALITY
FOR MEN WOMEN IN JUDAISM WITH BERNICE WOLF BEING OUR THE 30
YEARS AGO.
AND HOME OF PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY AS JEWISH
BUT LBGTQ, BLACK, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
RODEPH IS A HOME TO WORSHIP TOGETHER, AND MANY SIMVAS, MANY
JOYOUS EVENTS TOGETHER.
PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY WORK, CLEANING UP THE BAY, SUPPORTING
THE HUNGRY WITH MEALS ON HOLIDAYS AND I.T. THAT BRINGS WOMEN
TOGETHER OF MANY FAITHS AND BACKGROUNDS AT RODEPH EVERY
YEAR.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DRIVE BY EVERY YEAR AND SEE
OUR BEING WITH OUR LARGE MENORAH 30 FEET IN THE AIR AS A
BEACON OF VIBRANCY OF JUDAISM IN TAMPA.
WE HOPE THE MONEY REALIZED FROM THIS LAND SALE THIS WEEK
SHINES BRIGHT FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO COME.
PLEASE JOIN ME AND MANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN
SUPPORTING THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:57:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:57:25PM >> BEFORE I GET BACK IN MY PRESENTATION, CAN YOU LET ME KNOW
HOW MUCH TIME IS REMAINING.
OH, EIGHT MINUTES?
OKAY, VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
GO BACK TO THE POWERPOINT.
I WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICK BECAUSE I THINK
YOU HAVE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE
PROJECT.
THIS IS THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION SHOWING THE PRESCHOOL,
TEMPLE AND THE PARKING LOT.
THE PROPOSED CONFIGURATION AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT THE SYNAGOGUE IS USING BOTH ITS EXISTING STRUCTURE
AND THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE PARKING FOR ITS PARKING NEEDS SO
THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH PARKING FOR THE SYNAGOGUE.
THIS IS A -- SHOWING THE AMENITY DECK.
AND I THINK THAT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE, ESPECIALLY AS
IT RELATES TO ITS -- ITS VIEW OF THE GARDEN CLUB WHICH I
KNOW IS AN ISSUE.
THIS AMENITY DECK IS 45 FEET.
DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO THE GARDEN CLUB PROPERTY RISES UP 45
FEET -- APPROXIMATELY 45 FEET.
AND SHRINKS IN.
WHERE YOU SEE THE REMAINDER OF THE AMENITIES.
WHERE THE GYM, THAT IS WHERE THE TOWER IS.
IT SLIMS DOWN AND MOVES UP.
THE TOWER PORTION IS APPROXIMATELY 43 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY
OF THE GARDEN CLUB.
AND ALL FACES TO BAYSHORE.
WE HAVE MANY SITE ENHANCEMENTS.
ONE OF THEM BEING THAT WE ARE SET BACK AS FAR AS WE CAN FROM
BAYSHORE AND THE GARDEN CLUB.
WE ARE IMPROVING AND ADDING ADDITIONAL -- A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING ON THE -- ON THE PEDESTRIAN
ACCESS POINTS.
AND BEAUTIFYING THE SIDEWALK IS AREAS.
I KNOW THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE BEST VIEWS OF WALKING.
AS YOU HEARD FROM JONATHAN SCOTT, THIS ACTUALLY WILL
DECREASE TRAFFIC ACCORDING TO THE I.T.
I KNOW THAT IS HARD TO IMAGINE FOR THE NEIGHBORS, BUT THE
TECHNICAL IS THAT YOU ARE REPLACING A DAY CARE WITH 120
STUDENTS WITH A 50-UNIT RESIDENTIAL TOWER WITH THE SYNAGOGUE
REMAINING.
THIS IS -- THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THIS NEEDS
TO BE STATED AND UNDERSTOOD, ESPECIALLY BY NEW
COUNCILMEMBERS, BECAUSE THIS IS THE REALITY OF DEVELOPMENT
ON BAYSHORE.
ON BAYSHORE, THERE IS A SPECIAL STREET SETBACK WHERE BUILDS
CAN COME UP TO -- YOU CAN ASK FOR WAIVERS, BUT WITHOUT A
WAIVER, 63 FEET ON CENTER LINE OF BAYSHORE.
SO YOU CAN DEVELOP A LOT ON BAYSHORE AND BRING YOUR BUILDING
UP TO THAT -- THAT FAR UP TO BAYSHORE.
RIGHT NOW THE EXISTING SYNAGOGUE -- YOU SAW PICTURES AND
PROBABLY MANY OF YOU HAVE DRIVEN BY -- IS 10 3 FEET FROM THE
CENTER LINE OF BAYSHORE.
SET A LITTLE FARTHER BACK THAN IT IS OBLIGATED TO DO UNDER
CODE AND ALSO WHAT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT CAN DO.
THE TOWER -- THE STRUCTURE, BOTH THE PARKING AREA AND THE --
AND THE TOWER PORTION UNDER THIS PLAN WILL BE SET A MINIMUM
OF 240 FEET BACK FROM BAYSHORE.
AND MAXIMUM OF 330 FEET BACK FROM BAYSHORE.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONCERNS REGARDING
PRIVACY WHEN IT RELATES TO THE WEDDING GARDEN.
THIS PLAN SETS THAT TOWER WAY BACK.
YOU HAVE 50 UNITS.
25 ON EACH SIDE.
SO YOU ONLY HAVE GOT -- THE ARGUMENT IS, YOU WILL HAVE ALL
THESE PEOPLE LOOKING AT YOU.
YOU ONLY HAVE 25 ONION SIDE OF THE BUILDING UNITS SET UP AND
VERY FAR BACK.
IN ADDITION, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SYNAGOGUE WILL REMAIN.
SO THAT KEEPS THAT BUFFER.
YOU HAVE TREES IN THAT LOCATION.
AND IN ADDITION, THAT WEDDING GARDEN IS SET DIRECTLY ON
BAYSHORE.
SO I UNDERSTAND CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE, BUT THERE IS AN
INHERENT OF TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN BAYSHORE.
YOU HAVE BIKE RIDERS.
YOU HAVE GOT WALKERS.
YOU HAVE MOTORCYCLES.
OTHER CARS THAT PLAY LOUD MUSIC.
THAT IS PART OF WHAT HAPPENS ON BAYSHORE.
I ALSO WANT TO BRING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT.
YOU HAVE FOUR COMMUNITY USES RIGHT NOW ON BAYSHORE.
THEY ALL HAVE SIMILAR OR MORE INTENSE AND WILL USE
CLASSIFICATIONS FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
THIS TRULY OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REIMAGINE CO-LOCATIONS
OF THOSE LOCATIONS IN THIS KIND OF SIMILAR FORMAT.
AND I ALSO KNOW -- AND I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT POINT, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF FRUSTRATION
IN THE SOUTH TAMPA COMMUNITY ABOUT DEVELOPMENT.
FEELING LIKE THERE IS SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING.
BUT YOU HEARD THIS FROM WHY YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOU
HEARD THIS FROM WHY YOU ARE STAFF AND YOU CAN SEE IT
DIRECTLY ON THE MAP.
THIS AREA OF BARBIE, FOR DECADES, HAVE BEEN PLANNED FOR
HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
NOT A DECISION Y'ALL HAVE MADE.
NOT A DECISION YOUR PREDECESSORS HAVE MADE.
THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE YEARS AGO.
A LONG TIME AGO.
DECISION POINTS THAT HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT AND MANAGED IN
THIS PROCESS.
AND WE ARE DEVELOPING IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHERE YOU HAVE HEARD YOUR PLANNING
COMMISSION SAY, HAVEN'T EVEN BROUGHT YOURSELF UP TO THE
LEVEL OF DENSITY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND IN FACT EVEN AT THE RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 50 UNITS TO
AN ACRE -- I AM SORRY, 50 UNITS -- 50 UNITS, IT IS STILL THE
POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UP ON THIS PROPERTY WHICH IS UP TO 2
UNITS.
WE HAVE DONE AS MUCH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WE POSSIBLY
CAN.
I HAD AN OPEN DIALOGUE.
ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ME KNOW THAT I AM AN OPEN BOOK.
I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING.
SO I TRIED.
AND WE HAD CONVERSATIONS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYBODY AGREES, BUT THEY
HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY RESPECTFUL.
WE HAVE TRIED TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES BROUGHT UP THE BEST WE
CAN, BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS, AND THIS ALSO DEALS WITH THE
TREES.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU WERE TRYING TO TAKE A PROJECT
AND COLLOCATE IT WITH AN EXISTING USE, EXISTING TREES, AND
YOU WANT TO KEEP THE USE, IN THIS INSTANCE, WE UNDERSTAND
NATURAL RESOURCES.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE TREES.
THERE IS -- WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS EVERY ANGLE WE CAN.
THERE IS LITERALLY NO WAY TO DEVELOP THIS SITE WITH THIS
KIND OF COLLOCATION BECAUSE IT IS NOT ABOUT THE HEIGHT, IT
IS ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO COLLOCATE THIS IN THE
ACCESS POINTS ESPECIALLY SECURITY GIVEN THIS A SYNAGOGUE.
NO WAY TO REIMAGINE THIS SITE IN A COLLOCATION MANNER THAT
DOESN'T HAVE TREE REMOVAL.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE.
SO IT PUTS EVERYBODY IN THE POSITION -- WHILE I DON'T LIKE
SAYING THIS, BUT THIS IS ACCURATE.
SAYING DO WE WANT TO HAVE THIS AS AN AVAILABLE OPTION FOR
COLLOCATION LEAVING THE SYNAGOGUE IN ITS EXISTING LOCATION
AS MANY ASSURANCES WE CAN.
RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT SAY WE ARE GOING TO DO OR SHOULD
WE NOT GO IN THIS DIRECTION.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS THE CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING, BUT I
THINK IT IS A GOOD CONVERSATION, BECAUSE IT GIVES THESE
OTHER COMMUNITY USES OPTIONS TO REDEVELOP.
CITY OF DISCUSSED THE WAIVER CRITERIA BY DISCUSSING THE
INTERPLAY BETWEEN -- WE HAVE AN EXISTING BUILDING AND THAT
BEING A HARDSHIP BUT THAT IS IN YOUR PACKET.
I DO WANT TO TALK OF THE RELATED GROUP.
A LOT OF YOU HEARD OF RELATED GROUP AND A LOT KNOW THE
RELATED GROUP.
THIS THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF DEVELOPMENTS THEY DO IN TAMPA.
SOME OF THEM ARE HIGH-END LUXURY LIKE THE RITZ-CARLTON.
THEY COME TO TAMPA AND THEY LOVE TAMPA.
THEY WILL TALK ABOUT IT IF WE GET A CHANCE.
THEY WANT TO BE HERE.
WE ARE HERE TO STAY.
THIS IS NOT A FLY MACHINE BY-NIGHT DEVELOPER.
AS I SAID IN THIS, 44 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THEY HAVE
DEVELOPED IN TAMPA ALONG RITZ-CARLTON.
AND I WILL HOLD WHICH ISN'T MUCH FOR REBUTTAL.
WE REALLY DO THINK AS HARD AS THIS PROJECT IS TO DEAL WITH
IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR CONCERNS, THERE IS A
SINCERE EFFORT ON OUR PART TO BRING FORWARD A PROJECT THAT
RESPECTS THE PAST WITH THE SYNAGOGUE RETAINING ITS EXISTING
LOCATION, BUT ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL
HOUSING IN THIS AREA UP TO THE DENSITY THAT THIS
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS PROVIDING NOR AND IS SENSITIVE A WAY
POSSIBLE BY ADDING TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND OBVIOUSLY ANY ADDITIONAL TIME I WILL HAVE FOR REBUTTAL.
06:06:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ABOUT EVER WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT?
06:06:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
IF YOU COULD BRING ONE OF THE MAPS -- PREFERABLY ONE OF THE
-- YEAH.
AND PROBABLY ANY MAP WILL DO.
PREFERABLY ONES THAT HAVE ZONING.
THE ZONING MAP.
06:06:39PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES, LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
LET ME SHOW MY MAP.
I THOUGHT I PICKED IT UP DO WE HAVE AN AERIAL?
I AM SORRY, LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
HERE IS THE MAP.
THIS IS A PARCEL THAT IS HERE.
06:07:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT.
06:07:11PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
06:07:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BECAUSE I AM -- THIS IS THE CURRENT ZONING?
YOU CAN ZOOM OUT.
BECAUSE I AM REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT STUFF SURROUNDING IT.
THIS IS THE CURRENT ZONING, CORRECT?
06:07:24PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CORRECT.
06:07:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TO THE SOUTH SAYS RM-24.
AREN'T THOSE SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS TO THE SOUTH CURRENTLY?
06:07:31PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
SOME ARE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE DWELLINGS THAT ARE LOCATED TO THE
SOUTH.
THIS IS ONE.
I AM SORRY, AND SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
06:07:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE SAME THING TO THE WEST.
THE WEST SAYS IT IS COMMERCIAL GENERAL, BUT I SAW ON THE MAP
THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK COMMERCIAL.
IT LOOKED LIKE RESIDENTIAL.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
06:08:04PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
TO THE WEST, A POCKET OF COMMERCIAL GENERAL
WHICH IS LOCATED HERE ON YSABELLA.
THEN YOU HAVE YOUR TOWER THAT IS HERE.
06:08:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS TOWN HOMES.
AM I RIGHT WITH THAT?
YOU SHOWED SOME PHOTOS.
06:08:22PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
IN THE TOWER THERE MAY BE SOME TO THE WEST WITH A COMMERCIAL
COMPONENT BUT ALREADY RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO THE WEST.
AND SORRY, I AM DIGGING THROUGH MY PICTURES TO SEE.
06:08:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
06:08:36PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THIS ONE IS THE RESIDENTIAL TOWER.
06:08:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, I WAS ASKING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET
WHERE IT SAYS COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
06:08:44PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
RIGHT.
06:08:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IS NOT
COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
06:08:50PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
I APOLOGIZE, I HAD TO DIG THROUGH --
06:08:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SAW THAT AND I WAS
CLEAR ON THAT.
CAN YOU PUT THE MAP BACK UP?
06:09:00PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
SURE.
06:09:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT HAS -- WHAT HAS COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED
ON YSABELLA.
WE LOOKED AT IT ON ABSTRACT AND CURIOUS THE DEVELOPMENTS
ARE.
06:09:20PM >> YOU HAVE SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE.
THIS IS A PD THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION IN
SOME OF THE PHOTOS.
06:09:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HOW COMPARABLE IS IT SIZE-WISE?
06:09:31PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THAT ONE TO THE WEST.
I HAVE IT AS OVER 200 FEET IN HEIGHT.
THAT DEVELOPMENT IS 155 FEET.
IT IS 15 FLOORS.
HOLD ON A SECOND.
06:09:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
150 FEET, YOU SAID?
06:09:50PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THIS DEVELOPMENT IS 200 UNITS, 349 FEET.
06:09:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
349 FEET.
06:09:55PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THE SOUTH AT SANTIAGO.
THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS AT THE CORNER.
06:10:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OH, OKAY.
06:10:04PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
I AM SORRY, THIS ONE IS 250 FEET.
06:10:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
250 FEET AT 15 FLOORS.
06:10:09PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
21 FLOORS AND A PENTHOUSE AT 250 FEET AND
APPROVED IN 2016.
06:10:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT IS THE ONE SOUTH OF THE COMMERCIAL
GENERAL.
06:10:24PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CORRECT.
THIS IS ON THE OPPOSITE CORNER LIKE SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE.
06:10:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU SAID THERE IS ANOTHER ONE --
06:10:33PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
FURTHER SOUTH OF THE SITE AT SANTIAGO.
YOU HAVE BAY OAKS TOWER AND 249 FEET FURTHER SOUTH.
06:10:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HOW MANY STORIES IS THAT?
06:10:57PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THAT, I APOLOGIZE.
ONLY THE HEIGHT NOT THE STORIES.
06:11:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ON AVERAGE THAT WOULD BE --
06:11:12PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THEN FURTHER SOUTH AT BAY TO BAY
IS AQUATICA.
A PD THAT IS 155 FEET IN HEIGHT AND HAS 15 FLOORS.
06:11:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
06:11:26PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THAT IS AQUATICA.
THOSE I BELIEVE ARE THE ONES I HAVE.
06:11:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
IF YOU CAN PUT THAT MAP BACK UP FOR ME.
SO THOSE ARE ALL GOING SOUTH?
06:11:47PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES.
06:11:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY, THANK YOU.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE.
06:11:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
06:11:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS PROBABLY FOR THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
YOU SPOKE ABOUT SAMPLE PROPERTIES IN COMPARISON TO THIS
DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.
HOW MANY OF THOSE SAMPLE PROPERTIES WERE NOT BAYSHORE
FACING.
YOU KNOW NOT BAYSHORE ADJACENT?
06:12:15PM >> SO WHEN WE DO OUR SAMPLES -- DANNY COLLINS WITH THE
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
WHEN WE DO OUR SAMPLES, WE LOOK AT THE LAND USES.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE DENSITIES WITHIN THOSE LAND USE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE R-83.
PULL MY NUMBERS OUT.
SOME FOR EXAMPLE, THE R-83 WHICH IS THIS PARCEL HERE.
THIS DARK BROWNISH COLOR.
WE LOOKED AT THOSE SAMPLES .SO BASED ON FIVE SITES, IT WAS
-- THE CATEGORY ALLOWS UP TO 83 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS PLANNED FOR.
THOSE ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPED AT 16.12 UNITS AN ACRE WHICH
IS 19% OF THE DENSITY THAT IS ANTICIPATED IN THE CATEGORIES.
WE LOOKED AT THE R-35, WHICH ARE THESE RIGHT HERE.
EXCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE R-35 ANTICIPATES UP TO 35 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
PACED ON 15 SAMPLE SITES.
THE -- THE EXISTING DENSITY OF THE SAMPLES 14.27 OR 40% OF
THE DENSITY THAT IS ANTICIPATED IN 249 R-35 DESIGNATION.
06:13:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
RELATING THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD THOUGH, HOW MANY TOWERS
DO NOT FACE BAYSHORE?
06:14:00PM >> TOWER ARE KIND OF STAGGERED UP ALONG BAYSHORE.
THE ONE PRIMARILY WE LOOKED AT WHICH WE MENTIONED IN OUR
REPORT, THAT 15-STORY TOWER THAT IS DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF
THAT SITE.
06:14:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT IS THE ONE THAT FACES IT -- ABUTS THE
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE EXPRESSWAY, CORRECT?
06:14:17PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
YES.
06:14:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NONRESIDENTIAL.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
06:14:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
YES, MA'AM.
06:14:23PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
COUNCIL, LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
IF I MAY, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TOUCHED BRIEFLY ON THE
COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO THE WEST.
THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT IS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE
COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT REQUIRES SPECIAL USE APPROVAL.
A SPECIAL USE-1.
THAT IS WHY YOU WON'T SEE IT IDENTIFIED ON THE ACTUAL ATLAS
AS, LIKE, A PD -- OR AS A REZONING.
06:14:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
06:14:52PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD
LETTERS OF SUPPORT SENT INCORRECTLY TO OUR OFFICE.
SO I AM GOING TO ENTER THEM INTO THE RECORD AND I HAVE
COPIES FOR I'M COUNCILMEMBER.
06:15:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.
06:15:07PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MISS DOCK, MAYBE THIS CAN BE FOR THE
DEVELOPER.
THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY -- IT NEEDS TO BE
IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT I THINK THAT IS
IT WHAT I HAVE IN MY NOTES HERE.
THAT IS NOT THEY NEED THE WAIVER?
06:15:29PM >> YOU ARE CORRECT TO THE EXTENT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE
TURN AROUND, THE CIRCLE DRIVEWAY WITHIN THE PROPERTY, THERE
IS A REQUEST TO THEN ALLOW ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
SO THAT DOES REQUIRE A WAIVER AS PART OF THAT.
BUT, AGAIN -- AND I RECOGNIZE THE FRUSTRATION WITH EVERYONE.
WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO DO THIS KINDS OF COLLOCATION.
IF WE HAD A CLEARED SITE, THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER THINGS YOU
CAN DO.
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO DO THIS COLLOCATION IN THIS AREA AND
WHY THE REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE.
06:16:03PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
HAS THERE BEEN AN ANALYSIS DONE OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT OF THAT DECISION?
06:16:09PM >> WHEN YOU GET PERMITTING, THAT WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH --
THROUGH YOUR TRANSPORTATION FOLKS TO ENSURE THAT ANY
LANDSCAPE THAT IS PLACED IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ANYTHING
THAT IS DONE IN TERMS OF INTERFACE BETWEEN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
AND THE -- THE PROPERTY, THE ON-SITE PROPERTY COMPLIES WITH
THEIR TECHNICAL STANDARD.
ANYTHING RELATES TO VIEWED CORRIDORS.
ANYTHING THAT RELATES TO PEDESTRIANS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY
TO KNOW WHAT IS COMING IN AND OUT WILL OCCUR IN THAT REGARD.
06:16:39PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I WANT TO FRAME MY QUESTION PROPERLY.
SO THE -- SINCE YOU NEED THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY, IS THIS ANY WAY YOU CAN NOT HAVE TO DO THAT SO
YOU CAN MAKE IT FIT WITHIN THE AREA THAT YOU NEED SO THAT IT
CAN WORK.
ANY WAY THAT IT CAN WORK?
06:17:15PM >> I AM GOING TO ASK OUR LANDSCAPE --
06:17:21PM >> COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, RICKY PETERIKA, DARK MOSS.
I HAVE BEEN SWORN.
WE CHANGED THE WAIVER FROM REQUESTING BUFFERING IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY TO A EIGHT FOOT TO TWO FOOT ENHANCED BUFFERING
OUT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
A REMOVAL OF THE LANDSCAPE REQUEST TO PUT IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PUFFER WITHIN A
PROPERTY IN A NARROW BUFFER WITH.
06:17:52PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
OKAY.
IN PREVIOUS PROJECTS, IS THIS A COMMON REQUEST TO HAVE THIS
TYPE OF WAIVER?
I AM JUST ASKING SO I CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
I ONLY HAVE EXPERIENCE OF A COUPLE OF PROJECTS OF THIS
DENSITY AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TURNAROUNDS LIKE
THIS FUNCTION, BUT I THINK THE -- NO PROJECT I HAVE WORKED
ON IN A LANDSCAPER ARBOR.
IT HAS A CULTURAL FACILITY LIKE A SYNAGOGUE AS WELL AS THE
PROPOSAL.
06:18:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
IF NOTHING -- YES, SIR.
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
06:18:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MISS MANDELL, I HAVE A QUESTION, PART OF
YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU ASSERTED THAT IN ORDER TO RETAIN THE
SYNAGOGUE, THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY OPTION.
IS THAT YOUR PROFESSIONAL ASSERTION NOTHING ELSE THAT CAN BE
BUILT ON THIS SITE AND STAY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF CODE.
06:18:53PM >> AS IT RELATES TO THE TREE.
MY POINT WAS RELATING TO THE TREES.
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE -- AGAIN, YOU HAVE A CULTURAL ASSET AND
A SYNAGOGUE THAT HAVE CERTAIN SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR
INGRESS AND EGRESS.
SO IN ORDER TO RETAIN THIS -- THIS INSTITUTION ON THIS
LOCATION, THE SYNAGOGUE ON THIS LOCATION AND COLLOCATE, THE
ONLY WAY TO DO THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE TREES, THERE IS --
WE LOOKED AT IT.
NO WAY -- EVEN IF -- IT IS NOT A SIZE OR HEIGHT ISSUE, IN
ORDER TO DO THE INGRESS AND EGRESS.
RICKY CAN SPEAK ON THAT FURTHER.
WE DID SPEND TIME TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE COLLOCATION AND RETAIN
THOSE TREES.
06:19:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO
PUT ON THE RECORD THAT NOTHING ELSE CAN BE BUILT ON THE
SITE.
06:19:42PM >> THAT ISN'T WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ASSERT.
I WAS DIRECTLY ASSERTING AS IT RELATES TO THE TREES.
BUT I WAS ALSO POINTING OUT TO YOU THAT THIS IS A PARCEL AND
AN AREA THAT IS FOR HIGHER INTENSITY AND DENSITY
DEVELOPMENT.
ORDER TO PROVIDE BOTH FOR THE HIRE DENSITY AND INTENSITY AND
RETAINING THE SYNAGOGUE.
COULD YOU DO A PROJECT HERE NOT RETAINING THE SYNAGOGUE THAT
MAY BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IN THIS VAIN THAT MAY
RETAIN TREES, LIKELY, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT THE APPLICATION
IS AND NOT THE INTENT.
06:20:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER.
06:20:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL NOW BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT.
MR. PRESSMAN, DO YOU HAVE A SPEAKER WAIVER FORM.
06:20:30PM >> I DO, SIR.
06:20:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PLEASE GIVE IT TO MR. SHELBY AND WE WILL
READ OFF THE NAMES.
IF YOU WERE HERE, YOU MUST BE HERE.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO HE CAN WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU.
06:20:41PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
SUZANNE.
KAREN ROBERTS.
THANK YOU.
CAROL GUITEN.
THANK YOU.
MADDIE VEGA.
THANK YOU.
DONNA BARS.
LIZ REYNOLDS.
STEVE REYNOLDS.
SEVEN NAMES, AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN MINUTES FOR A TOTAL OF TEN,
PLEASE.
06:21:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS SOMEBODY PLAYING MUSIC IN THE CROWD?
THAT IS OUTSIDE?
IT IS OUTSIDE?
ALL RIGHT.
MR. PRESSMAN.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE --
06:21:39PM >> TEN MINUTES.
06:21:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
TEN MINUTES.
WE HAVE THAT ON THE CLOCK.
06:21:42PM >> MR. CHAIRMAN, TODD PRESSMAN, 200 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH IN
ST. PETERSBURG.
I AM PROUD AND HONORED TO REPRESENT THE ICONIC HISTORIC AND
BEAUTIFUL TAMPA GARDEN CLUB WHO HAS BEEN AN ICON IN THIS
CITY SINCE 1926.
WE APPRECIATE THE ZONING STAFF'S FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY.
THE GARDEN CLUB ABUTS THE PROPERTY ON ITS NORTH.
WE ARE THE MOST IMPACTED NEIGHBOR IN OUR BEEN.
AND, YES, I WAS SWORN IN.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE POWERPOINT.
06:22:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, WE SEE IT.
THERE YOU GO.
06:22:17PM >> THIS ISSUE IS ABOUT COMPATIBILITY.
IN OUR BELIEF THAT THIS COMPATIBILITY IS LIKE OIL AND WATER.
SEE, YOU HAVE THE GARDEN CLUB AND THE WEDDING GARDEN AND
FRED BALL PARK BEHIND AND THE NEW BUILDING IS LOCATED, YOU
SEE, ON THE LEFT.
SO THERE IS A CLOSE ORIENTATION BETWEEN THESE USES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GARDEN CLUB'S WEB SITE, THEY CAN TELL
YOU -- YOU CAN LOOK UP TODAY.
SPECTACULAR BACKDROP FOR WEDDINGS AND YOUR EVENT WILL BE
PRIVATE AND EXCLUSIVE, SPECTACULAR WEDDING GARDEN AND
GORGEOUS LAYOUT.
SO HERE IS A LITTLE SLIDE SHOW OF WHAT IS AT THE HEART OF
THE GARDEN CLUB WHICH IS THEIR WEDDING GARDEN AND WHAT IS
PROPOSED.
NOW I HAVE IT AT 354 FEET WHICH WAS THE PRIOR HEIGHT.
OUR RESEARCH WITH OUR PLANNER WAS THE TALLEST OUTSIDE
DOWNTOWN OF CHANNELSIDE.
I WILL REPHRASE THAT.
ONE OF THE LARGEST AND TALLEST BUILDINGS THAT WE SAW
RESEARCHED OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND CHANNELSIDE.
GARDEN AND WEDDING CENTER WHICH IS THE ABUTTING USE.
WE FOUND TALLER THAN MARRIOTT WATERSIDE 250,000 SQUARE FEET.
A TEN-FOOT SETBACK ON THEIR PLANS.
THESE ELEVATIONS ARE DIRECTLY FROM THE REPORTS OF THE PUBLIC
RECORD.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE A FACILITY THAT THEY HAVE
INTERNALLY FOR DINNERS AND SOCIAL EVENTS AND THINGS OF THAT
NATURE.
THIS IS A USE ON THE GROUND, ON THE GRASS.
SO THIS IS THE FRONT LAWN.
COMPARED TO ONE OF THE LARGEST BUILDINGS OUTSIDE OF TAMPA,
DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND CHANNELSIDE.
THIS IS FROM THE PUBLIC RECORD.
AND YOU WILL SEE PRIOR EXTERIOR PLAN SHOWED A PICKLEBALL
COURT, SUMMER IS KITCHEN, TABLES.
THESE ARE THE SUMMER KITCHEN TABLES.
YOU CAN SEE THE WEDDING GARDEN IS DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT.
THE PICKLEBALL COURT, TABLES.
OUR CONDO -- A BIG PARTY AREA MONDAY, 30, 35 PEOPLE ARE OUT
PARTYING, COOKING OUT, ENJOYING THE FACILITY.
A PARTY AREA AS WE SEE IT.
TO BE FAIR ON SUBSEQUENT PLANTS AFTER WE RAISED THE
QUESTION, THE PLAN DID CHANGE AND THEY NOTE IT AS AN AMENITY
DECK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS STILL PICKLEBALL OR NOT.
WHEN WOMEN ARE SAYING THEIR I DOs.
I DON'T THINK PETITION WANT TO HEAR PADDLEBALLS GOING BACK
AND FORTH AGAIN AT A TEN-FOOT SETBACK.
NOW LARGE BUILDINGS CAST LARGE SHADOWS.
THIS IS AN OUTDOOR USE.
IDYLLIC.
BEAUTIFUL.
THAT CHANGES LIGHT AND AIR ON A USE THAT IS VERY SPECIFIC
AND IMPACTED BY SHADOW, A UNIQUE, SINGULAR, IDYLLIC OPEN
SPACE THAT WILL LOSE EXCLUSIVITY.
AND PREVIOUS VENUE FOR WEDDINGS AND BEAUTIFUL,
UNINTERRUPTED.
CHOSEN BY GENERATIONS OF FAMILY.
LOSS OF THEIR COMPETITIVE ASSET AN IDYLLIC BEAUTIFUL VIEW
AND AFFECTS A FIVE-ACRE BAYSHORE JEWEL WHICH IS AN URBAN
OASIS AND PARK-LIKE BEAUTY.
WHY DO I SAY FIVE ACRES, THE BODY BEHIND IS THE FRED BALL
PARK -- VIRTUALLY ABUTTING.
A PARK SINCE 1906.
IT IS AN ORIGINAL POOL.
IT HAS A SPRING.
HERE ARE A FEW SHOTS OF IT HERE.
I WANT TO SAY ONE THING, AS MY FRIEND JULIA MANDELL PRESSED
AND PRESSED OF FUTURE LAND USE DENSITIES.
THE POINT IS THAT FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES ARE NOT A
AGAIN.
THEY ARE NOT -- THEY ARE NOT WHAT THE DENSITY NUMBERS SAY.
THEY ARE SPEED LIMIT.
YOU DON'T GET WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.
YOU CHOOSE WHAT THAT DENSITY IS GOING TO BE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK -- WHEN SHE SHOWS YOU A FUTURE LAND USE
CATEGORIES OF HIGH AMOUNTS, THOSE ARE NOT A AGAIN, AND
ADDITION ALLEGEDLY, THEY ARE UNDER PD SITE PLAN ZONING.
IF THEY CAME IN TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEY WILL HAVE TO
DEAL.
WITH TEN POUNDS OF SUGAR IN A FIVE-POUND BAD.
SHE TALKS OF MEETING INTENSITY.
SHE SAID MEETING THE DENSITY OR TRYING TO MEET THE DENSITIES
AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
BONUS OF SEVEN ADDITIONAL UNITS.
SPECIAL BONUS THAT THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY --
06:27:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SORRY, MR. SHELBY.
06:27:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
MY APOLOGIES FOR INTERRUPTING --
06:27:09PM >> STOP THE CLOCK PLEASE.
06:27:10PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A
QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING.
PEOPLE ARE HERE TO OBSERVE OR OFFER TESTIMONY TO GIVE
EVIDENCE.
NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE NOISE OR DISTRACT.
IT IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON SOMETHING.
SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE RESPECTFULLY, WHATEVER SIDE YOU
ARE ON, TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING DISTRACTING NOISE AND PUT
YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TESTIMONY, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE
COUNCIL UNDER THE LAW HAS TO SPEND ITS TIME, THE FACTS OF
THE CASE TO ALLOW TO MAKE ITS DECISION.
06:27:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PLEASE CONTINUE AND RESTART THE CLOCK.
PUT THE POWERPOINT UP.
THERE YOU GO.
06:27:46PM >> THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR OLD WAIVER OF A REDUCTION OF
PARKING FROM 84 TO 54 AND KEEP THAT PLUS ADD EVERYTHING THEY
ARE PROPOSING.
THEY ARE REDUCING THE REQUIRED TREE RETENTION FROM 50% TO
20% ON A NONWOODED LOT.
TAMPA WAS CHOSEN AS THE NUMBER ONE TREE CITY IN 2013 AND
REMOVED GRAND OAKS.
THE MAYOR MADE IMPORTANT COMMENTS OF KEEPING OUR TREE CANOPY
WHEN YOU WERE SWORN IN.
AND YOU HAVE SPECIFIC CRITERIA, COMPATIBILITY CRITERIA IN
WHY YOU ARE STAFF REPORT THAT YOU MUST FIND FOR.
FIRST CONSIDERATION OF ADVERSE IMPACTS.
NOTICES FIVE ACRES OF LUSH TROPICAL GARDENS WILL BE
THREATENED WITH THE MASSIVE BULK.
AND ENCOURAGE COMPATIBILITY AND SITE DESIGN OF SCALE
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL.
YOU HAVE TO FIND SUPPORT.
OUR PLAN THAT WE WILL PUT ON THE RECORD NOTE THAT WE ARE
HIGH-RISE DEVELOPMENTS EXIST.
THIS IS IMPORTANT ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
THEY ACCOMPLISH A FULL BLOCK AND THIS BUILDING MASS IS NOT
COMPATIBLE BECAUSE NOT SET UP ON BAYSHORE THE WAY THE OTHER
LARGE TOWERS ARE.
THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT FINDING.
PD OFFICIAL STANDARD.
PROTECT BEAUTY AND IMPORTANCE.
OPEN SPACE AND GREEN SPACE.
A CRITERIA YOU HAVE TO FIND TONIGHT.
NUMBER SIX YOU HAVE TO FIND TONIGHT ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT
WHERE IT IS -- WHERE IT IS COMPATIBLE SURROUNDING IMPACTED
NEIGHBORHOODS.
NOT ILLUSTRATIVE OF A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, SHE TELLS US
REDUCES THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE SITE.
YOU ALSO DO HAVE A LONG LIST OF COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES, AND
THERE ARE MANY THAT DON'T MATCH OR ARE SUPPORTED.
THESE ARE STILL UNDER YOUR CONSIDERATION, REQUIRING SCALE
AND MASS SOMETHING COMPATIBLE.
APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS OUR BEEN THERE ARE NONE AND
GO ON AND ON AND AFFECT COMPATIBILITY IN A MAJOR WAY.
CRITICAL FINDING BY OUR PLANNERS, EXISTING HIGH-RISES ARE
MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE LOW-RISE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER IN
OTHER PLACES BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCATED AT INTERSECTIONS OR
THE WHOLE BLOCK IS DEVELOPED WITH HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS.
SO WHEN YOU ARE PLANNING STAFF TELLS YOU THEY ARE UNDER
DENSITY, THAT IS FINE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE BE WITH THE
NEXT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
THIS AREA WHERE THE TOWER IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER TOWERS ON
BAYSHORE.
ZONING REPORT.
WE SUPPORT THE STAFF, BUT THEY ONLY HAD ONE SENTENCE OF THE
TAMPA GARDEN CLUB AND FRED BALL PARK.
PLANNING COMMISSION HAD NO MENTION OF THE PARK AND GARDEN
CENTER.
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE REVIEW WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
ABUTTING NEIGHBORS.
NOW THEY DID MAKE SOME COMMENTS THAT SHOWED A COUPLE OF
PICTURES AT THE HEARING.
I AM REFERRING TO THE STAFF REPORTS SUBMITTED INTO THE
RECORD.
SO IN SUMMARY, YOU HAVE LOUD AND WIDESPREAD CITIZEN
OPPOSITION.
OUR LAST COUNT 1200, 1300 PETITION SIGNATURES IN OPPOSITION.
CREDIBLE AND VALID POINTS.
BELIEVE IT IS COMPATIBLE LIKE OIL AND WATER HEIGHT, NOISE,
MASS, BEAUTY AND DENSITY.
WE BELIEVE IT IS TOO MUCH IN THE WRONG PLACE.
NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONSIDER.
WE BELIEVE TEN POUNDS OF SUGAR IN A FIVE-POUND BAG.
CITY'S FINDING OF INCONSISTENT.
SPECIFIC COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF CRITERIA THAT YOU
MUST FIND TONIGHT.
AND THAT IS WHY WE FEEL, AS WE MENTIONED, A FEW ITEMS THAT
THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT IS OFF.
WITH THAT, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO AGAIN UNDERSTAND THE
CRITICAL OPERATION AND ACTIVITY OF THE GARDEN CLUB, WHICH IS
PRIVACY, EXCLUSIVITY.
WEDDINGS ATTRACT ATTENTION.
WEDDINGS -- PEOPLE GAWK AT WEDDINGS.
THEY ARE VERY NICE TO LOOK AT.
WE FEEL THAT IS GOING TO BE GONE.
THE RELATED FOLKS, GOOD PEOPLE.
A GOOD PROJECT.
BUT CLEARLY WE FEEL IT IS IN THE WRONG LOCATION OCCASION.
SO I WILL PUT THIS IN THE RECORD.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
06:31:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY SPEAKER WAIVER FORMS?
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE APPROACH THE ATTORNEY AND WE WILL READ A
YOU HAVE THE NAMES.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE HIM THE LIST RIGHT HERE.
06:31:57PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FIVE NAMES.
ANN GEMSON.
TERRY CASTILLO.
THANK YOU.
ANN GLEN.
CJ SMITH.
ALISON MURRAY.
FIVE NAMES, FIVE ADDITIONAL MINUTES FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT.
06:32:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU WILL HAVE EIGHT MINUTES TOTAL.
06:32:32PM >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.
I AM JANE GRAHAM, 703 MAIN STREET, SAFETY, HARBOR.
I REPRESENT BAYSHORE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION.
EL TORAH IS HERE ATOP THING ALL CONCERNS OF THE TAMPA GARDEN
CLUB AND ALSO OPPOSED TO THIS REQUEST.
WE ARE REQUESTING A DENIALS TONIGHT.
YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION, REMEMBER AS A REZONING, YOU NEED TO
HEAR THAT THERE IS COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
THE APPLICANT HAS THE BURDEN TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE MET ALL
THE CRITERIA UNDER THE REZONING CODE, AS WELL AS THE WAIVERS
AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR A BONUS PROVISION.
AND I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT YOU
NEED TO LOOK FOR THAT.
THE STAFF HAS A FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY WHICH IS COMPETENT,
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
YOU NEED TO TAKE INTO SERIOUSLY IN YOUR ACCOUNT IN YOUR
DECISION.
AS FAR AS EL TORAH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE CONCERNS THAT
THIS WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THEIR LIFE, CHARACTER OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND WELL BEING DURING HURRICANE EVACUATIONS AND
FLOODS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BONUS PROVISION, BECAUSE IT IS
KIND OF SERIOUS.
YOU KNOW THE PROPERTY IS IN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD ZONE,
WHICH MR. DANNY COLLINS HAD MENTIONED.
AND PREVIOUSLY, THIS FIRST CAME TO YOU AS A FUTURE LAND USE
MAP AMENDMENT.
AND THE -- THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTUALLY SAID NO, THE
DENSITY -- YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION AGAINST IT
BECAUSE THERE WAS MORE DENSITY IN THE -- IN THE COASTAL HIGH
HAZARD AREA.
HERE, THE APPLICANT IS NO LONGER REQUESTING A FUTURE LAND
USE MAP AMENDMENT, BUT THEY ARE STILL REQUESTING AN INCREASE
OF DENSITY ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
THIS TIME IT IS VIA A BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT.
THIS REQUEST FOR THE SAME REASON AS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP
IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT INCREASES DENSITY IN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE OF SECTION 5 OF THE DRAFT BONUS
PROVISION AGREEMENT, IT EXPLICITLY DESCRIBES IT AS A DENSITY
INCREASE; HOWEVER, THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, CM
OBJECTIVE 1.1 IS VERY EXPLICIT.
DIRECT FUTURE POPULATION CONCENTRATIONS AWAY FROM THE
COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA SO AS TO ACHIEVE A NO NET INCREASE
OF OVERALL RESIDENTIAL DENSITY WITHIN THE COASTAL HIGH
HAZARD AREA.
NO EXCEPTION IN THE CODE OR THE EXTRA HE WAS PLAN THAT
ALLOWS FOR INCREASES OF POPULATIONS IN THE COASTAL HIGH
HAZARD AREA JUST BECAUSE IT WAS APPROVED VIA A BONUS
PROVISION.
THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS A STRONG PUBLIC POLICY REASON AS WELL
TO TOLE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROVISION AND NOT INCREASE
THE DENSITY IN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREAS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER COMP PLAN OBJECTIVES RELATED TO
THE INCREASE OF DENSITY.
AND I HAVE PROVIDED A LETTER, WHICH I WILL SUBMIT INTO THE
RECORD RIGHT NOW THAT GOES INTO MORE DETAIL.
THE OTHER ISSUE ABOUT THE BONUS PROVISION IS THAT THE CITY
REVIEWS IT BASED ON SEVERAL FACTORS UNDER 27-140-J.
SOME OF THEM INCLUDE THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT IS ARRIVED FROM
THE BONUS AMENDMENTS.
AND THE BENEFITS FROM THE BONUSES AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM
THE BONUS.
IN EXCHANGE FOR SEVEN ADDITIONAL UNITS OF BONUS DENSITY THAT
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO
PAY A GRAND TOTAL OF $144,480 FOR MULTIMODAL AND SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS WHILE EACH UNIT IS PROJECTED TO SELL IN THE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE BALANCE OF IT, THERE IS CERTAINLY AN
OFF-BALANCE OF WHAT THE BENEFIT AND WHAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING GIVE
VERSUS WHAT THEIR BENEFIT IS.
MEANWHILE, THE DENSITY INCREASE AND MORE PEOPLE IN A COASTAL
HIGH HAZARD AREA THAT NOT ONLY PLAINLY CONFLICTS WITH THE
CODE BUT PLACES THE SOUTH TAMPA COMMUNITY AT FURTHER RISK
DURING HURRICANE EVACUATION.
THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES WITH THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
THAT HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED BY MR. TODD PRESSMAN.
A COUPLE THAT I DO WANT TO RAISE TO YOU IS THE PROJECT WILL
DISRUPT THE SURROUNDING AREA.
LAND USE POLICY 9.3.8.
EL TORAH, IN PARTICULAR, IS CONCERNED OF IMPACT ON THE
INCREASE OF TRAFFIC ON WEST BARCELONA AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THE SURROUNDING UNITS.
WHILE THERE IS A TRAFFIC STUDY, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, YOU
ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS A NEW TRAFFIC REPORT SUBMITTED MAY 8
BY THE APPLICANT, BUT NO STAFF REVIEW OF IT.
SO WE WOULD URGE THAT THE STAFF WOULD AT LEAST BE ABLE TO
REVIEW THAT BEFORE AND HAVE ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
WE DO HAVE ONGOING CONCERN NOT JUST TRAFFIC BUT WHAT THE
IMPACT WILL BE FROM DELIVERY TRUCKS, GARBAGE TRUCKS ON-SITE
AND LOADING ZONES ON THE PROPERTY.
FINALLY, THIS SITE HAS -- MR. PRESSMAN TALKED ABOUT THE
TEN-POUND OF SUGAR IN A FIVE-POUND BAG.
I COULD THINK OF A LESS POLITE WAY OF SAYING THAT, BUT I
WON'T.
THE SITE PLAN REQUESTS NOT ONE BUT SEVEN WAIVERS.
AND THE WAIVERS MUST BE SUPPORTED BY THE CRITERIA UNDER
SECTION 27-139.4.
NOW REALLY IMPORTANTLY, IT REQUIRES THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE
-- PRESENT EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS THAT IT WILL NOT
SUBSTANTIALLY INTERFERE OR INJURY OTHERS WHOSE PROPERTY WILL
BE AFFECTED. AND YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR TESTIMONY FROM MANY
PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT BASED ON COMPETENT
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
THIS IS -- MANY ARE LAYPERSON TESTIMONY, BUT THEY ARE BASED
ON FACTS AND OBSERVATIONS THAT ARE UPHELD UNDER THE LAW AS
BEING COMPETENT.
AND YOU WILL HEAR WHY THIS WILL IMPACT THEM AS FAR AS -- YOU
KNOW, IMPACTING THE GARDEN CLUB, THE QUALITY OF LIFE, WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE.
THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REDUCE TREE
RETENTION ON A NONWOODED LOT FROM 50% DOWN TOP 20% WHEN NEXT
TO IT, YOU HAVE A WELL LOVED WEDDING AREA WHICH HAS ALL THE
-- YOU KNOW, IT BENEFITS FROM THE OUTSIDE.
THAT SOMETHING YOU NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON ASKED IF THERE WAS A STUDY ON PUBLIC
SAFETY FOR THE LANDSCAPING AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE ANSWER
WAS, WELL, WE DEAL WITH THAT IN THE SITE PLAN.
BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY INSUFFICIENT ANSWER, BECAUSE, AGAIN,
THE WAIVER CRITERIA REQUIRES THAT YOU DO HAVE -- THAT YOU DO
LOOK AT THE IMPACTS ON THE PUBLIC AND OTHERS IN THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
AGAIN, THE INCOMPATIBILITY WITH THE CHARACTER OF BAYSHORE
BOULEVARD.
THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESCRIBES BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AT
THE EMERALD JEWEL OF TAMPA.
ITS FORM HAS BEEN SHAPED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WESTERN
PERIMETER AND ECLECTIC CULTURAL HISTORY, LUSH LANDSCAPE
MEDIANS AND UNOBSTRUCTED WATERFRONT ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC.
THE CORRIDOR IS MORE THAN A ROAD.
IT IS AN EXPERIENCE.
A DESTINATION.
PART OF TAMPA'S IDENTITY.
PLEASE TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT AS YOU MAKE THE DECISION OF
THE LARGER AREA.
FINALLY -- I SEE MY TIME IS ALMOST RUN OUT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER SEVERAL THINGS INTO THE RECORD.
THIS IS AN EXISTING TAMPA LAND USE MAP THAT SHOWS THE BLUE
-- OH -- SO THAT SHOWS THAT IS OPEN SPACE.
AS WELL AS SEVERAL FLOOD MAPS.
06:40:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE GIVE THEM TO THE ATTORNEY AND WE WILL PUT THEM INTO
THE RECORD AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO PASS THEM AROUND THROUGH
HERE.
06:40:48PM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
06:40:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A SPEAKER WAIVER FORM?
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL GET THE SPEAKER WAIVER FORMS OUT OF THE
WAY AND THEN GO TO THE REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT.
YES, MA'AM.
06:41:02PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I HAVE ONE NAME.
JODY RIVERA.
06:41:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ONE ADDITIONAL MINUTE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU MAY BEGIN.
IF WE CAN GET THE PRESENTATION UP ON THE SCREEN.
06:41:39PM >> MY NAME IS ANGELA WECK, AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN PROUD
RESIDENTS OF TAMPA SINCE 1909.
I AM A MEMBER OF TAMPA'S FEDERATION OF GARDEN CLUB.
THIS WILL IMPACT OUR GARDEN CLUB AND ABILITY TO SUPPORT OUR
COMMUNITY.
THIS INCLUDES MANY THINGS ON THE ELMO, THE FLORIDA GARDEN
PROJECT AT THE LES PETERS GIRLS ACADEMY.
RENOVATION AND INSTALLATION OF THE IRRIGATION AT THE VALDEZ
SCHOOL.
THE BEAUTIFICATION OF AMERICAN THE PARTNERSHIP WITH GULF
COAST JEWISH CENTER TO PROVIDE NATURE CAMP FOR THE CHILDREN
THAT RECEIVE SERVICES THROUGH THEIR AGENCY.
THE MEDITATION GARDEN THAT WE INSTALL.
YOU SEE A FAMILY THAT LIVES THERE AT METROPOLITAN
MINISTRIES.
THE COMMUNITY GARDENS THAT WE SUPPORT AND PROVIDE THE SEED
MONEY ALL ACROSS OUR CITY AND COUNTY.
OUR KIDS CAMP WE HOST ON OUR PROPERTY EACH YEAR FOR STUDENTS
TO LEARN ABOUT NATURE AND THE NATURAL WORLD.
OUR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS WE PROVIDE AT WAKIVA YOUTH CAMP IN
APOPKA, FLORIDA.
THE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS WE GIVE TO UPPERCLASSMEN AND
GRADUATE STUDIES THAT ARE STUDYING MAJORS THAT WE FIND
IMPORTANT.
WE HOST MANY EVENTS.
MANY OF YOU WERE THERE AT OUR GARDEN CLUB ON FEBRUARY 22.
IN OUR FACILITY FREE OF CHARGE IN PAST YEARS, THE ORGANIZERS
HAD TO PAY FOR THE SPACE TO HOST THIS EVENT.
FOR YEARS ON ALL HIGH HOLY DAYS, YOU OUR GARDEN CLUB ALLOWED
THOSE ATTENDING RODEPH SHOLOM, INC. SERVICES TO PARK IN OUR
PARKING LOT AT NO COST TO THE SYNAGOGUE OR THEIR MEMBERS.
THIS IN-KIND DONATION TO RODEPH SHOLOM, INC. WAS ESPECIALLY
NECESSARY WHEN AROUND 2015 OR 2016, RODEPH SHOLOM, INC.
RECEIVED A 30-PARKING SPACE WAIVER DUE TO AN ADDITION TO
THEIR CAMPUS.
THAT PARKING WAIVER SHOULD NOT ROLL OVER WITH IN NEW
DEVELOPMENT HAND THIS WAIVER NEEDS TO BE RECONSIDERED AS THE
SCOPE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE SAME AS THE
PROPERTY'S CURRENT USE.
I UNDERSTAND AND OUR GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THAT
DEVELOPMENT CAN AND PROBABLY WILL OCCUR ON THIS SITE.
WE HAVE SEEN THE RISE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MITIGATING THE EFFECT
OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY TO OUR NEIGHBORS.
WHEN THE SANCTUARY CONDOMINIUM PROJECT BEING BUILT, PARKING
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS IMPACTED BY THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES.
DAILY THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED DUE TO BLOCKED
STREETS, DRIVEWAYS AND OTHER SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT APPROACHED THE GARDEN CLUB
ASKING US IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CONCERNS FOR
EMERGENCY VEHICLES, ABILITY TO NAVIGATE THE STREETS TO ALLOW
THE SANCTUARY WORKERS TO USE OUR PARKING LOT.
WE AGREED, AND CONTRACTED FOR A FEE TO ALLOW THIS.
UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE PLANTS AND OTHER HARD SCAPING BEING
DAMAGED, WE DISCONTINUED THAT CONTRACT WITH THE SANCTUARY
PROJECT.
AFTER DISCONTINUING IT, THE POLICE SAW A SPIKE IN THE CALLS
THEY WERE RECEIVING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AGAIN, APRIL
APPROACHED OUR GARDEN CLUB ASKING US TO AGAIN LET THE
SANCTUARY PROJECT USE OUR PARKING LOT.
WE ACQUIESCED IN THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AND BEING A GOOD
NEIGHBOR.
AFTER THE SANCTUARY WAS COMPLETED WE QUICKLY USED THE
PARKING REVENUE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE.
ARTURA WAS ASKING US FOR THE SAME PARKING ARRANGEMENT AND WE
NEED TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE CAUSE BID THIS ARRANGEMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE GARDEN CLUB BY THIS
DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE MITIGATED BY MONEY.
THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON OUR REVENUE AND THE TYPES OF
EVENTS WE WILL HAVE IN OUR BUILDING CANNOT BE REPLACED.
WITHOUT THOSE FUNDS, WE WILL BE UNABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE
WORK THAT IS THE MISSION OF THE GARDEN CLUB.
PLEASE DO WHAT IS NECESSARY AND DENY THESE WAIVERS TO SAVE
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE GARDEN CLUB.
06:46:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP.
ANOTHER SPEAKER WAIVER FORM, I BELIEVE.
YES, MA'AM.
06:46:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FOUR ADDITIONAL JAMES.
CATHERINE GEARY.
JOANNE ENRIQUEZ.
THANK YOU.
FALSONE.
THANK YOU.
AND CAROL LEGIRA.
FOUR ADDITIONAL TOTAL OF SEVEN MINUTES.
06:46:42PM >> ELIZABETH JOHNSON.
I AM GOING TO START WHERE MY FRIEND ANGELA LEFT OFF, BECAUSE
I AM THE MOTHER OF A BRIDE-TO-BE ON JUNE 10.
AND I WILL SAY TO YOU THAT THE GEM THAT IS THE GARDEN CLUB
IS SERIOUS.
AND THE EFFECT WILL BE SERIOUS.
WILL GET MARRIED JUNE 10.
WE CHOSE IT OVER PROBABLY 20 DIFFERENT VENUES BECAUSE YOU
MAY NOT REALIZE IT, BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY GET
A WATER VIEW.
SO YOU COULD BE IN A LOT OF HOTELS, BUT YOU WOULD FEEL LIKE
YOU ARE IN A CONVENTION CENTER.
WHAT THEY DID, TOO, AT THE GARDEN CLUB, BECAUSE THAT WE ARE
A OF THE BUILDING IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE THE ERA OF THE
SYNAGOGUE.
BUT THEY CAREFULLY RENOVATED IT INSIDE.
THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BRIDE SPACE.
THEY HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF GEM THAT IS BAYSHORE BOULEVARD
IN THE WAY THAT A GOOD STEWARD TAKES ADVANTAGE OF AN OLD
BUILDING.
IT IS KIND OF SQUATTY.
IT IS NOT HISTORICAL, BUT THEY MAINTAINED THE OUTSIDE
AND OUT LIKE A GOOD STEWARD.
WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT, THERE IS A LOT OF TRADING OFF.
WE LOVE THE SYNAGOGUE IDEA.
I GO TO CHRIST THE KING.
WE LOVE HAVING YOUNG PEOPLE GO TO PLACES OF WORSHIP AND GROW
IN THAT WAY.
BUT WHAT I WORRY ABOUT IN TAMPA IS THAT DEVELOPMENT TRADES
OFF THE GOOD, HARD WORK SOMETIMES OF OTHERS.
AND THAT IS A CONCERN.
IN HYDE PARK, YOU WILL HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT LIKE TO LOOK
OVER THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE DEVELOP EFFORTS THAT WANT TO LOOK OVER BAYSHORE.
YOUR GOOD SPEAKERS HERE CITED MANY WAIVERS THAT YOU WOULD BE
GIVING THAT ARE NOT NECESSARY.
MISS MANDELL SPOKE ABOUT GOING DOWN BAYSHORE.
HOW MUCH DENSITY HAS HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS.
WELL, I WROTE IN A LETTER TO YOU THAT I SAT IN THE BACK OF
MY DAD'S CAR WHEN HE WENT TO MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, SAT
THIS AND MADE STORIES UP OF THE BEAUTIFUL MANSIONS THAT WERE
ON BAYSHORE IN 1978.
IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT THAT ONE BY ONE, JUST WHEN THE SMELLS
OF BAYSHORE WERE BEING RECOGNIZE I NEED BY GOOD
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES, THAT PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE.
BUT TAKE ADVANTAGE, THEY DID.
IT WASN'T THE ZONING.
THE ZONING, OKAY, MAY HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED AND SHAME ON
THEM WHEN THAT HAS HAPPENED.
BUT NOW IT IS A CHANCE FOR YOU.
NOT EVERY WAIVER IS NEEDED.
CERTAINLY NOT GRAND TREES TAKEN DOWN.
WE HOMEOWNERS ABIDE BY THE TREE ORDINANCES.
I LIVE IN HYDE PARK.
WHEN WE LIVE IN HYDE PARK, WE ABIDE BY A HOST OF HISTORIC
DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS.
THESE ARE OVERLAYS TO THE ZONING THAT OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED
BY GOOD COUNCILMEMBERS LIKE YOU.
JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS DONE POORLY IN THE PAST DOES NOT
MEAN THAT THE GEM OF BAYSHORE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN
ADVANTAGE OF IN THE FUTURE.
YES, THE SUGAR IN THE BAG IS TOO BIG.
WE ALL KNOW IT.
THIS SHOULD BE DOWNTOWN.
I WANT TO ALSO COMPLIMENT YOU.
THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
AWESOME.
EVEN THOUGH IT IS A HARDSHIP ON US ALL.
IN 1978, THE DOWNTOWN WAS DEAD.
PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN TAMPA BELONG IN THE DOWNTOWN.
AND IF YOU MUST WORK WITH IDIOTIC ZONING FROM THE PAST,
PLEASE HOLD THE LINE AS FAR AS THE TREE ORDINANCES, THE
PRESERVATIONS, THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS, THE BUFFER ZONES AND ALL
THE OTHER RESPECTFUL THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.
WE SIT HERE AS MEMBERS OF THE CITIZENRY, AND WE ARE
ASTOUNDED.
THERE IS NO TRAFFIC PROBLEM WITH THIS?
OKAY.
THERE IS -- THERE ARE NAILS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN PEOPLE'S
TIRES.
THERE IS GOING TO BE CONES IN THE ROAD.
THERE IS GOING TO BE HURRICANE ISSUES.
WE LOVE YOUR STAFF.
WE LOVE ALL OF YOU.
BUT OFTEN WE NEED SOME COMMON SENSE FOR TAMPA.
PLEASE LISTEN TO THE GARDEN CLUB.
THIS IS A GEM.
I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT MY DAUGHTER'S WEDDING ON JUNE 10.
PLEASE LOOK IN THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN CLUB IF YOU ARE GOING BY
THAT SATURDAY.
THANK YOU.
06:51:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE SPEAKER WAIVER FORM?
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ONE?
IS THIS THE LAST SPEAKER WAIVER FORM.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY?
THE LAST SPEAKER WAIVER FORM.
NO, NO, GIVE IT TO THE ATTORNEY.
THERE IS MORE?
OKAY.
06:52:13PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ONE NAME GERALDINE POOLE.
THANK YOU.
06:52:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
06:52:30PM >> I AM KEENAN L. POOLE, 3203 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, UNIT 1001
IN THE STOVAL CONDO BUILDING.
I AM FULLY BEHIND THE DENIAL OF THE RELATED GROUP'S
APPLICATION IN ITS PRESENT FORM.
AS AN UPSET RESIDENT OF THE STOVAL CONDO THAT IS ADJACENT TO
THIS MASSIVE RELATED GROUP OVERBUILT RITZ-CARLTON THAT IS
PRESENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
DO NOT REPEAT THE MISTAKE THAT IS BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY THAT
YOU DID TO THE STOVAL RESIDENCE.
YOUR MISTAKE IS THAT YOU.
06:53:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PLEASE PUT THE OVERHEAD ON THE SCREEN SO
WE CAN ALL SEE IT.
06:53:17PM >> THANK YOU.
06:53:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THE ORDINANCE THIS IT IS.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
06:53:23PM >> YOUR MISTAKE THAT YOU APPROVED A RELATED GROUP, WHY
OVERDEVELOPMENT, ARCHITECTURALLY UNSOUND PROJECT THAT DID
NOT PROVIDE FOR PROPER TOWER SEPARATION WHICH DOES NOT FIT
INTO THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE BUILDINGS ARE TOO DARN CLOSE TO EACH
OTHER.
IT IS MY BEEN THAT THE -- THAT TAMPA CITY PLANNING, AS WELL
AS THE CITY OF TAMPA OFFICIALS LACK COMMON SENSE IN ALLOWING
THIS PROJECT TO GO.
THE CITY OFFICIALS ALLOWED FOUR UNITS TO EACH FLOOR.
THE RESPONSIBILITY WAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN THREE UNITS TO A
FLOOR.
THIS CAUSED US TO LOSE OUR PRIVACY AND YOUR RIGHT FOR QUIET
ENJOYMENT.
THE SUNLIGHT HAS PARTIALLY BLOCKED OUR GROUNDS.
OUR CITY VIEWS HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY BLOCKED.
CONSTANT DUST, DIRT AND DEBRIS BLOWING INTO OUR PROPERTY.
ALSO THE RELATED GROUP, BEFORE THIS CITY COUNCIL CHERRY
PICKED A STAT THAT SAID THAT 42 FEET FROM OUR BALCONIES.
WHAT THEY FAILED TO SAYS IT LESS THAN 25 FEET FROM THE UNIT
301 BALCONY AND LESS THAN 25 FEET FROM ARE OUR PARKING
GARAGE.
THEY CHERRY PICKED TO MISLEAD THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY
PLANNING AND ZONING.
COME OUT AND I WILL PERSONALLY LET YOU ON TO MY UNIT FROM
BOTH BALCONIES THAT YOU CAN PERSONALLY OBSERVE THE TRAVESTY
THAT THE RELATED GROUP HAS DONE TO OUR CONDOMINIUM,
THE STOVAL.
AND ALSO, THE RELATED GROUP, UNDER THE DIRECTION TO COASTAL
CONSTRUCTION, KNOCKED DOWN OVER 20 MASSIVE TREES.
IN IS YOUR TREE RETENTION POLICY?
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
THEY LEFT TWO TREES.
I AM A RETIRED CPA.
THAT IS 10%.
THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER FLOWN.
THE BIGGER ISSUE TODAY IS UNJUST ENRICHMENT.
THE CITY GETS MORE TAX REVENUES.
THE RELATED GROUP BOOSTS THEIR PROFITS.
THE TEMPLE GETS A BIG PAYDAY, BUT WHO LOSES?
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHO SUFFERS IF THIS APPLICATION IS APPROVED?
DO THE RESPONSIBLE OF THE -- OF ONLY ALLOWING SOMETHING
REASONABLE.
WHAT YOU PEOPLE DID TO THE STOVAL CONDO IS A TRAVESTY.
I PERSONALLY WOULD INVITE EACH OF YOU TO COME AND OBSERVE
FROM MY FRONT BALCONY AND MY REAR BALCONY JUST WHAT A
TRAVESTY IT IS.
IT IS TOO DARN CLOSE.
06:56:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
YES, MA'AM, YOU HAVE A SPEAKER WAIVER FORM?
06:57:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE LIST.
06:57:04PM >> CAN I HAVE THE OVERHEAD TURNED ON.
I WILL BE REFERENCING EVERYTHING ON THE OVERHEAD.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS ANYTHING.
06:57:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HOW MANY NAMES.
06:57:13PM >> JORDAN JASPER.
ONE ADDITIONAL MINUTE, PLEASE.
06:57:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PLEASE PUT THE OVERHEAD ON THE SCREEN SO
WE CAN SEE IT.
OKAY, YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
IF YOU CAN STAY CLOSER TO THE CENTER, A HIDDEN MICROPHONE.
06:57:39PM >> MY NAME IS DANA JASPER.
BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
ONE BLOCK FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, MORE SPECIFICALLY, I
AM POE TOED TO ONE OF THE WAIVERS I THAT IS BEING REQUESTED.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, I PLACED THE WAIVER I WILL BE SPEAKING
ABOUT ON THE OVERHEAD.
AND IN PARTICULAR, I WILL BE ADDRESSING THE HIGHLIGHTED
PORTION THERE IN WHICH THE DEVELOPER WISHES TO PROVIDE AN
ALTERNATE BUFFER WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SO YOU CAN HAVE A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE BUFFER IS, I WILL OUTLINE IT
ON THE SHEET FOR YOU ALONG YSABELLA AVENUE.
300 FEET BY 15 FEET.
IF YOU CALCULATE THAT OUT, IT COMES TO A TENTH OF AN ACRE.
I WANT TO POINT IT OUT TO COUNCIL, THAT ALONG IN BUFFER, THE
DEVELOPER PLANS TO PLACE FIVE TREES AS WELL AS SHRUBBERY.
TO YOU CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND IT FROM THE GROUND LEVEL, A
PICTURE OF THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN YSABELLA AND BARCELONA.
AGAIN, THE AREA REQUESTED BY THE DEVELOPER IS IN THE SPACE
HERE.
THIS IS BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND YSABELLA AVENUE.
I HAVE HANDED EACH OF YOU A COPY OF A TAMPA ORDINANCE.
THIS IS SECTION 2022-212.
NO PLANTING OF TREES AND SHRUB IN THE SIDEWALKS AREA IN THE
SEVERAL STREETS IN THE CITY.
UP WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDES REASONS TO DENY THIS WAIVER.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS WILL VIOLATE SECTION 22-312
REQUIREMENTS AS I JUST STATED.
SECONDLY, GRANTING THIS WAIVER WILL RESTRICT FUTURE OPTIONS
TO WIDEN YSABELLA AVENUE SHOULD WE EVER NEED ANOTHER LANE,
BIKE LANE OR TURN LANE.
NUMBER THREE, THIS CREATES OBSTRUCTED LINES OF SIGHT WHERE
NONE CURRENTLY EXIST.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE, NO TREES AT THIS LOCATION.
REMEMBER, I SAID THAT THE DEVELOPER IS PLANNING ON PUTTING
AT LEAST FIVE TREES.
LASTLY, TO GRANT THIS WAIVER WILL GIVE AWAY THE PUBLIC'S
RIGHT-OF-WAY LAND IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE A PRIVATE
DEVELOPER'S OVERSIZED PROJECT.
RECALL THAT I SAID THIS IS 1/10 OF AN ACRE.
THE DEVELOPER HAS 1.43 ACRES ON WHICH TO DEVELOP IN THIS
AREA HERE.
THEIR PROJECT IS SO LARGE THAT THEY ARE ASKING TO SPILL OVER
INTO THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT-OF-WAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT A TENTH OF AN AGE HE CAN IN SOUTH TAMPA
COST BUS I KNOW IT IS NOT FREE.
THE QUESTION TO THE DEVELOPER, WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR FREE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY LAND AND WHY ARE YOU NOT ACCOMMODATING
YOUR DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1.43 ACRES OF LAND YOU CURRENTLY
HAVE TO WORK WITH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT, AND I HOPE YOU CONSIDER MY
POINTS AND ASK YOU TO DENY THIS WAIVER.
07:00:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKER WAIVER FORMS AND GO TO
REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK, GO TO THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
07:01:02PM >> GOOD EVENING.
07:01:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I APOLOGIZE.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN.
A REQUEST FOR A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
WE WILL START WITH YOU.
WE APOLOGIZE.
07:01:28PM >> DON'T APOLOGIZE.
THAT IS FINE.
07:01:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE ARE IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.
07:01:34PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF YOU CAN PROVIDE IT TO ME AT THE END OF
YOUR PRESENTATION, THANK YOU.
07:12:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ROLL CALL PLEASE.
07:12:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
07:12:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
07:12:30PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
PRESENT.
07:12:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
07:12:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
07:12:35PM >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
07:12:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
07:12:41PM >> PAULA MECKLEY.
GOOD EVENING.
I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TO OPPOSE THE REZONING REQUEST FOR
22-93.
I AM A LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF OUR GREAT CITY WHERE I RAISE MY
FAMILY.
I SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA GARDEN CLUB AND THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BEACH PARK CLUB AND THE BEACH PARK
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
I LIVED HERE MANY YEARS.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME OUT YOU ARE IN BUCCANEERS MADE THE
PLAYOFFS AND I ATTENDED IN THE SOMBRERO AND A LONG TIME AGO
AND GROWTH AND CHANGE TO OUR CITY.
I UNDERSTAND THINGS CHANGE, MAYORS, COUNCILMEMBERS, TEAMS
AND STADIUMS.
ONE THING THAT HAVEN'T CHANGE IS THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL
FIELD.
END ZONE 120 YARDS 360 FEET.
THIS BUILDING AT 29 STORY IS 354.8 FEET.
JUST SHY --
07:13:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAN YOU ZOOM OUT --
07:13:40PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE SCROLL WHEEL ON TOP.
07:13:42PM >> ESSENTIALLY THEY WILL BE BUILDING A VERTICAL STADIUM NEXT
TO OUR GARDEN CLUB.
FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS FROM THE TAMPA GARDEN
CLUB AND -- I AM SORRY --
07:13:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ZOOM OUT SO WE CAN SEE IT.
07:14:00PM >> FROM THE -- FROM THE BEACH PARK WOMEN'S CLUB AND FROM THE
BALLAST POINT HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION.
AND WE ARE ALL -- ALL OF THESE GROUPS ARE OPPOSED TO THIS --
THIS APPLICATION.
IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE A PETITION THAT WAS DIRECTED
AND EACH PERSON HAS SUBMITTED THAT INDIVIDUALLY AND WE
ARE SHY OF 1300 SUBMITTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
I PARTICIPATED ON A ZOOM CALL ON NOVEMBER 1, 2022.
AND DURING THAT CALL, WE, THE TAMPA GARDEN CLUB, ASKED
DURING THIS COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER MODIFYING THE
SCALE AND SIZE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS
OF OUR GARDEN CLUB AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MR. PEDRO SNELL WHO WAS ON THE CALL ANSWERED WITH AN
EMPHATIC NO.
HE SAID THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WANT.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN MIAMI AND THE EAST COAST.
SINCE THEN REDUCED THE NUMBER OF UNIT TO 50 FROM 60, AND
INCREASED THE SQUARE FOOTAGE PER UNIT AND INCREASED THE
HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING TWO AND A HALF FEET.
WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT.
HE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS.
WE ASK THAT THEY DEVELOP WITHIN THEIR CURRENT ZONING AND
ENTITLEMENTS, THE CHANGE IN PD AND BONUS PROVISION DENSE
KNEE.
WHEN RODEPH SHOLOM REQUESTED REZONING IN 2015, WE DID
NOT OPPOSE THIS.
THEY WANTED TO ADD A SECOND STORY TO THE EXISTING PRESCHOOL,
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE AND REDUCE PARKING WAIVER.
THE PROPERTY NEXT TO THEM THAT THEY OWN SOLD FOR OVER $1
MILLION AND THEY WERE DEVELOPED INTO TOWN HOMES.
WE DID NOT OPPOSE IT.
WE AGREE WITH CITY COUNCIL THIS WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY.
THE LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH YOU, IT WAS HERE AS A MEMBER OF
THE BEACH PARK HOA.
AND WE WORKED WITH A DEVELOPER TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING
THAT WAS A GOOD COMPROMISE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS CAN BE DONE.
THIS IS NOT IT.
PLEASE DENY THIS APPLICATION.
07:16:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU MA MINNESOTA MANISCALCO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON.
ONE PERSON ONLY ONLINE TO SPEAK ON THIS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HER.
LOGGED IN ON THE COMPUTER.
PAMELA CARPENTER.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WOULD LIKE TO WEAR IN.
07:16:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THE OTHER RIGHT HAND.
[SWEARING IN]
07:16:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU ARE MUTED.
PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
07:16:28PM >> I ALSO NEED TO SCREEN SHARE.
07:16:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OKAY.
TURN YOUR VIDEO CAMERA ON, PLEASE.
WE CAN SEE YOUR SCREEN SHARE.
OKAY, GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN SPEAK.
07:16:52PM >> OKAY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
07:16:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND GO
AHEAD.
07:17:02PM >> PAMELA CARPENTER, 2501 CROWDER LANE.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 23 YEARS.
SINCE I CAN'T DO THIS IN PERSON, LIMITED TO THREE MEN SO I
WILL GO THROUGH MY SLIDES RATHER QUICKLY.
YOU HEARD FROM PAULA OF THE SIZE.
YOU CAN HEAR ME, RIGHT?
07:17:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, WE CAN.
GO AHEAD.
07:17:28PM >> YOU JUST HEARD OF PAULA ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING SO
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THAT.
PICTURE OF YSABELLA.
THE CURRENT -- RUSTY, THEY CAN HEAR YOU.
BE QUIET.
THIS IS YSABELLA AS IT EXISTS TODAY AND ITS OWN TRAFFIC
CALMING BUILT IN.
THE SCREEN SLIDE ON THE RIGHT IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE
WEST SIDE OF THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE PRESBYTERIAN TOWER.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
210 RESIDENTS THERE.
THEY DO NOT HAVE A SIDEWALK.
THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING TOWARD THAT PRESBYTERIAN TOWER WITH
THE 210 INDIVIDUALS.
WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION STARTS AT THIS PROPERTY ACROSS THE
STREET, THE SIDEWALK WILL BE INOPERABLE LIKE ANY OTHER
DEVELOPMENT WE ARE SEEING LATELY.
THEY TAKE FOR SAFETY REASONS.
AND HE UNDERSTAND THAT.
NO PROVISION DURING CONSTRUCTION AND I ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES
FOR THE DEVELOPER TO WORK WITH US AS A SOLUTION FOR THIS
TOWER TO HAVE SAFE WALKING TO GET TO THE PARK.
ALSO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THEIR BUS STOP IS ON YSABELLA.
THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED OF THEIR OWN SAFETY AND GOING
FORWARD WHEN CONSTRUCTION.
OUR STREET, YSABELLA, RUBIDEAU, CAROLINA, ALL CUT HOW THAT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT TO THE SELMON, YOU WILL SEE THEM COME
THROUGH STREETS.
THEY ARE HARDLY STREETS.
THEY ARE LANES.
NO CENTER LINE.
BARCELONA.
IN THE MIDDLE OF FRED BALL PARK.
AND OVER ON THE SIDE IS CAROLINA.
LATER, I AM GOING TO TALK TO YOU TRAFFIC STUDIES.
THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY.
MIND-BOGGLING THAT YOU WOULDN'T NEED A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THE
INCREASE OF DENSITY.
THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS CAROLINA.
WE RESOLVED THE PARKING TO BE ONLY ON ONE SIDE NOW.
BUT EVEN WITH PARKING ON ONE SIDE, WITH THERE ARE NO
SIDEWALKS ON THIS STREET.
SO YOU CANNOT GET DOWN TO THE CROSSWALK ON BAYSHORE.
WHY DO I BRING THIS UP?
BECAUSE THESE THINGS NEED TO BE THOUGHT OUT AHEAD OF TIME.
YOU HOOK AT A BUILDING AND 1.43 ACRES, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT
THE AREAS AROUND IT.
MIDDLE PICTURE IS A PICTURE OF THE EXISTING SIDEWALK IN
FRONT OF THIS AREA.
THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS A BIG THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF
TAMPA WHO REPLACED THAT SIDEWALK IN FRED BALL PARK IN 2021.
IT WAS A NICE ADDITION.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THESE ARE PICTURES OF CONSTRUCTION -- CURRENT CONSTRUCTION
TO PROVE THE POINT THAT YOU WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ANYTHING
IN FRONT OF A CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
WE WAIT FOR CONCRETE TRUCKS EVERY DAY.
OKAY.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE FLOODING PROBLEM ON RUBIDEAU.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ASKED FOR STATISTICS BUT HERE WE ARE.
ACCUMULATED ALL OF THEM.
WHAT THE DEVELOPERS DEVELOPED.
HOW MANY STORIES AND THE BUILDINGS ON BAYSHORE.
07:20:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU HAVE RUN OUT OF
TIME.
07:20:55PM >> OKAY.
MY CHARTS AND MY PRESENTATION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE RECORD.
07:21:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT CONCLUDES THE VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE WILL GO
BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
YES, MA'AM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
07:21:13PM >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.
HALEY SASSER, AND I LIVE 307 WEST WILDER IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
I AM VERY EXCITED TO GET MARRIED NEXT YEAR AT THE GARDEN
CLUB IN FEBRUARY.
UP CHOSE THIS VENUE OVER TEN OTHERS FOR MANY REASONS.
IT IS ONE OF A KIND.
IT IS SO SPECIAL TO THE CITY.
IT IS SUCH A GORGEOUS HISTORICAL SPOT ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
BEAUTIFUL AMOUNT OF LIGHT THAT IT HAS IN THE GARDENS MAKE
FOR AN INCREDIBLE PLACE TO MAKE A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT TO
SOMEONE.
I STARTED TO SEE THE NEWS OF THIS PROJECT AND POSSIBLE
CONSTRUCTION, I GOT VERY CONCERNED.
ALL THE REASONS YOU ALREADY HEARD, THE BUILDING BEING
PROPOSED TODAY IS INAPPROPRIATE AND DOES NOT FIT WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS WHY THIS PROJECT AS IT IS PROPOSED
IS NOT A REASONABLE OPTIONS FOR THIS AREA OF BAYSHORE.
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST NEW COME CONSTRUCTION OR BUILDING CON
DOES OR NEW MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES, BUT THIS LOCATION IS NOT
WHERE A GIANT HIGH-RISE SHOULD GO.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER LOCATIONS IN TAMPA THAT CAN USE PA
BUILDING LIKE THIS AND NOT IN SOUTH TAMPA.
THERE ARE ALREADY ENOUGH HIGH-RISES ON BAYSHORE.
LET'S NOT ADD ANOTHER UP WITH.
PLEASE DON'T RUIN THIS GORGEOUS WEDDING VENUE FOR HUNDREDS
OF BRIDES AND FAMILIES IN THE NEXT MANY, MANY YEARS.
IN CLOSING, I CAN'T IMAGINE SAYING MY VOWS TO MY FUTURE
HUSBAND WITH THE SCREECHING NOISE OF PEOPLE PLAYING
PICKLEBALL IN THE BACKGROUND.
THANK YOU.
07:22:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
07:22:52PM >> HI, MICHELLE VALERIO AND OUTGOING THE OF THE TAMPA
GARDEN CLUB FROM 2020 TO 2023 AND A MEMBER OF THE CURRENT
BOARD.
THE GARDEN CLUB HAS BEEN AN INSTITUTION IN TAMPA SINCE 1926.
THE CURRENT LOCATION ON BAYSHORE HAS BEEN OUR HOME SINCE
1949.
WE HAVE 4000 MEMBERS REPRESENTING EVERY STAGE OF
LIFE FROM YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHERS.
WE EMPHASIZE WITH THE CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM.
BECAUSE MANY WAYS WE HAVE HAD A SHARED PATH.
WE PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED DIMINISHING MEMBERSHIP AND
FINANCIAL ISSUES, BUT 40 OR SO YEARS AGO, THE DECISION TO
INVEST EVERY AVAILABLE PENNY TO BETTERMENT TO THE BUILDING
AND A WEDDING GARDEN FOR A BUSINESS.
WE TURNED OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION AROUND AND WE ARE BOOKED
OUT 18 MONTHS IN ADVANCE.
OUR EVENT PRICING IS TIERED SO ANY PRIDE CAN HAVE A WEDDING
WITH A BEAUTIFUL BAYSHORE BACKGROUND.
AT THAT 501-C-3 RUN BY VOLUNTEERS WITH ONLY ONE FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEE.
THE MONEY WE EARN GOES INTO THE UPKEEP OF THE BUILDING AND
THEN WE GIVE IT AWAY TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA TO MAINTAIN FRED BALL PARK
AND OPEN OUR BUILDING TO POLICE OFFICERS AND CITY STAFF
DURING COMMUNITY EVENTS.
IN THE THREE YEARS OF MY PRESIDENCY, OUR MEMBERS HAVE
CONTRIBUTED APPROXIMATELY $50,000 TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE
FORM OF SCHOLARSHIPS, COMMUNITY GARDEN GROWTH GRANTS,
SUPPORTIVE VETERANS PROJECT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
ADDITIONALLY WE MAKE DONATIONS IN KIND WITH THE USE OF OUR
BUILDING AND OUR GARDEN.
WE LOVE DOING THIS BECAUSE IT IS OUR MISSION.
AND WE CAN'T DO IT IF OUR INCOME IS REDUCED.
WE ARE GREATLY CONCERNED THAT ALL OF OUR PAST WORK AND
FINANCIAL INVESTMENT WILL BE PASTED IF CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T
HELP PROTECT THE LEGACY OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
NOW CON TARRY TO REPRESENTATIONS MADE HERE, OUR WEDDING
GARDEN DOES NOT DIRECTLY ABUT BAYSHORE.
THAT WAS OUR FRONT LAWN SHOWN.
OUR GARDEN IS SET BACK APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AND IS
SCREENED ON THE BAYSHORE SIDE FOR PRIVACY BY SIX-FOOT
HEDGES.
THE 29-STORY PLANNED BUILDING WILL LOOM OVER OUR CEREMONIES,
MUCH CLOSE TO THE GARDEN AND THE DEVELOPER HAS NEVER OFFERED
CONDITIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD SO AS NOT TO IMPACT
OUR CLIENTS OR CAUSE CANCELLATIONS OF OUR CONTRACTS.
OUR BRIDES ARE ON OUR PROPERTY FOR ONE DAY.
THAT CONSTRUCTION NOISE DURING THEIR CEREMONY IS NOT
SOMETHING THEY ARE GOING TO GET USED TO.
THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BE THE FOURTH ONE ADJACENT TO US IN AS
MANY YEARS.
PLEASE COME SEE THIS AREA FOR YOURSELF TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE.
REGARDLESS OF NO PARKING SIGNS, CARS LINE THE NARROW STREETS
ADDING TO THE CONGESTION AND THEY USE OUR LOT BECAUSE
NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
OUR ONCE GRASSY OVERFLOW SPACE IS NOW A SANDLOT THAT WILL
REQUIRE WORK TO RESUPPORT.
HISTORICALLY WE HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO PROVIDE OVERFLOW PARKING
FOR RODEPH SHOLOM, INC. BUT NO ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THEM
DUE TO EVENT SCHEDULE AND PARKING.
07:26:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
07:26:13PM >> GOOD EVENING, KITTY WALLACE, 4902 NORTH COLLINS LANE IN
WELLS WOOD.
THE PAST THE OF THE TAMPA GARDEN CLUB.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE LEGACY OF THE GARDEN
CLUB, THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE YEARS TO THE
QUALITY OF LIFE IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
FOR 95 YEARS, PLANTING TREES IN LOWRY PARK.
RENOVATING THE AMERICAN LEGION VETERANS CEMETERY.
AND COUNTLESS OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AND BEAUTIFICATION
PROJECTS.
OUR CHILDREN'S SUMMER NATURE CAMP PROVIDED INSPIRATION AND
KNOWLEDGE TO OVER 2,000 CHILDREN IN THE TERM ITS INCEPTION
IN 2005.
THE MEMBERS HAVE EDUCATED THE COMMUNITY PROVIDING WORKSHOPS
AND SPEAKERS AND FLOWER SHOWS FOR 9 95 YEARS PLAYING BY THE
RULES.
THE LAST GREEN SPACE ON BAYSHORE COMMONLY THE NICKNAME FOR
THE GARDEN CLUB.
THE LAST GREEN SPACE ON BAYSHORE IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO
PRESERVE THE LOVELY GARDENS ON OUR THREE ACRES, TO CONTINUE
TO PROVIDE A SPECIAL PLACE TO MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF
FAMILIES.
TO CELEBRATE THEIR WEDDINGS, THEIR BAR MITZVAHS AND
GRADUATIONS, PLAYING BY THE RULES.
DURING THE PAST DECADE, THE TAMPA GARDEN CLUB HAS ALSO
PROVIDED LEADERSHIP AND EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH COMMUNITY
GARDENS IN TAMPA BY SPONSORING THE TAMPA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY
GARDEN WHICH WAS NAMED BEST GARDEN IN THE SOUTH.
AND PROVIDING GRANTS SO THAT FIVE OTHER COMMUNITY GARDENS
COULD BE ESTABLISHED.
BY SUPPORTING THE TAMPA GARDEN CLUB'S REQUEST TO DENY THESE
WAIVERS, YOU ARE SUPPORTING AN INSTITUTION THAT IS 95 YEARS
OLD.
THAT HAS BENEFITED THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
IN MANY WAYS.
I ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THAT.
07:28:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
07:28:19PM >> I HAVEN'T DONE THIS BEFORE.
IS THIS SHOWING UP?
07:28:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
07:28:25PM >> WONDERFUL.
GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS COURTNEY HUMAS.
I AM A MEMBER AND PROUD VOLUNTEER OF THE GARDEN CLUB.
I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE DENY THE ZONING REQUEST TONIGHT.
07:28:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PLEASE PUT IT ON THE SCREEN SO WE CAN
ALL SEE.
YES WE CAN SEE IT.
YES, MA'AM.
GO AHEAD.
07:28:46PM >> I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MY SECONDS.
OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE IMPORTANT POINT THAT THE TAMPA
GARDEN CLUB DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO THIS PROPOSED REZONING IS
A SMALL WOMEN-OWNED AND WOMEN-RUN BUSINESS.
SMALL BUSINESS IS ANY OPERATING BUSINESS WITH LESS THAN FIVE
EMPLOYEES.
THE TAMPA GARDEN CLUB HAS ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
I WOULD EXPECT THAT IF I ASKED EACH OF YOU COUNCILMEMBERS IF
YOU SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS IN TAMPA, YOU WOULD SAY YES.
WELL, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO PROVE IT.
THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STATES ON PAGE 327 THAT WHEN
CONSIDERING REZONING, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST CONSIDER THE
IMPLICATIONS TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
THE IMPACT OF THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION, THE NOISE, OF THE
TRAFFIC, AND TREES BEING REMOVED CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO
FUTURE BOOKINGS OF WEDDINGS AND OTHER EVENTS AT THE TAMPA
GARDEN CLUB.
OAK TREES ARE PART OF THE GARDEN AREA FOR EVENTS.
QUIETNESS OF THIS SIDE OF THE PRO THE WILL BE UNFAIRLY
IMPLICATED.
CAN YOU IMAGINE A LARGE SHADOW THAT THE TOWER WILL PLACE ON
THE BEAUTIFUL WEDDING GARDENS.
BOOKINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN -- EXCUSE ME -- AFFECTED.
AND AS YOU HAVE HEARD OUR BUSINESS IS BEING IMPACTED.
THE TAMPA GARDEN CLUB MADE IT THROUGH COVID, THANK GOD.
BUT WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT COVID AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR
BUSINESS IS THAT THE CRISIS HAD AN END.
THIS BUILDING WITH ITS OVERDEVELOPMENT, THE WAIVERS, THE
TREE REMOVALS ARE ESSENTIALLY THE TAMPA GARDEN CLUB'S
PERMANENT COVID.
ONCE ITS BUILDING IS BUILT, IT IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
THE BEAUTIFUL FREES ONCE REMOVED ARE NOT COMING BACK.
PLEASE DO NOT DESTROY THE WONDERFUL BUSINESS MODEL THAT THE
TAMPA GARDEN CLUB HAS WORKED SO HARD TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN.
I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS REMINDER ON THE ELMO -- JUST TRYING TO
SHOW YOU.
ON THE CITY OF TAMPA WEB SITE WHICH STATES, AND I QUOTE,
SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ESSENTIAL OF MAINTAINING A
HEALTHY ECONOMY.
THE CITY OF TAMPA RECOGNIZES THE CHALLENGES FACED BY MANY
SMALL AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND OFFERS VALUABLE
INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO HELP YOU REMAIN COMPETITIVE, END
QUOTE.
PLEASE HELP US REMAIN COMPETITIVE.
WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.
WE WANT TAMPA TO BE A SUCCESSFUL THRIVES CITY.
WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
ZONING IS IN PLACE FOR A REASON.
AND ONLY THE CURRENT ZONING SHOULD BE ALLOWED.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN RED, TO ASK
THAT YOU PLEASE ALLOW THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF THE TAMPA
GARDEN CLUB TO CONTINUE.
THANK YOU.
07:31:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
STATE YOUR NAME.
07:31:26PM >> HI, DR. ARKIN KARAKAS, AND I LIVE BAYSHORE BOULEVARD NEXT TO THE
GARDEN CLUB AND LESS THAN A BLOCK FROM THE PROPERTY.
A FOURTH-GENERATION TAMPA NATIVE AND LIFE-LONG MEMBER, PAST
THE OF RODEPH SHOLOM.
I DRIVE DOWN BAYSHORE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY AND USE IT
REGULARLY FOR EXERCISE.
I'M HERE BOTH AS A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS A
MEMBER OF RODEPH SHOLOM.
LIKE MANY OF US HERE, I DON'T LIKE THE INCREASED DENSITY
THAT IS OCCURRING ALONG BAYSHORE.
UP LIKE THE FACT THAT IT IS FRONTED BY PROPERTIES OTHER THAN
CONDOMINIUMS.
THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL, BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS
THE BEST COMPROMISE TO HAVING NO FURTHER GROWTH IN THE AREA
AND HAVING ANOTHER LARGE BUILDING ON BAYSHORE.
I LIKE THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT LIMITS THE SIZE OF A
STRUCTURE THAT CAN BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY.
AND IT KEEPS A LONG-STANDING TAMPA RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AT
ITS HOME.
RODEPH SHOLOM FACES LIMITED FUNDS AND AN ENDOWMENT FOR
THE SALE OF A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AS NEEDED TO REMAIN
FINANCIALLY VIABLE.
IF THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT ACCEPTED, WE WILL NEED TO SELL THE
ENTIRE PROPERTY AND MOVE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
A LARGER CONDO WILL BE BUILT IN ITS PLACE WITHOUT THE
ENCUMBRANCE OF OUR CONGREGATION LIMITING ITS SIZE.
THE PRESENTATION OF OUR CONGREGATION ON BE THIS PROPERTY
DOES LIMIT DEVELOPMENT.
SELLING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS A REAL OPTION FOR US THAT WE
HAVEN'T WANTED TO USE.
OVER THE YEARS, THE BOARD OF RODEPH SHOLOM, INC. HAS
UNDERTAKE TAKEN NUMEROUS TO SELL THE ENTIRE PROPERTY FOR
MORE THAN THE CURRENT OFFER.
WE HAVE TURNED DOWN THESE OFFERS BECAUSE IT WILL REQUIRE US
TO MOVE FROM OUR HOME.
THIS VOTE CAN BOTH ALLOW US TO REMAIN AT OUR CURRENT
LOCATION AND BE FINANCIALLY VIABLE.
KEEPING RODEPH SHOLOM AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION IS IMPORTANT
FOR US BUT ALSO IMPORTANT TO TAMPA.
OUR CO-CONGREGATION OF A CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL AND
DEMONSTRATES DIVERSITY THAT OUR CITY HAD AS VISITORS TRAVEL
ALONG BAYSHORE.
A TAMPA HISTORICAL MARKER ON THE SITE NOTES THE 120-YEAR
LEGACY THAT RODEPH SHOLOM, INC. HAS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
TONIGHT'S VOICE WILL DECIDE ON THE TWO.
AND MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
ONE CHOICE HAS RODEPH SHOLOM BEING DEMOLISHED AND
ANOTHER LARGE CONDOMINIUM BUILT IN ITS PLACE.
THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY TAKES RODEPH SHOLOM, INC. AND BAYSHORE
BOULEVARD EXACTLY WHERE IT IS NOW IN A MORE MODEST BUILDING
OFF BAYSHORE IN OUR CURRENT EMPTY PARKING LOT.
FOR THESE REASONS, I ASK THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE APPROVE THIS
MOTION SO THAT RODEPH SHOLOM CAN REMAIN WHERE IT
BELONGS ON BAYSHORE AND LIMIT THE SIZE AND LOCATION OF
ANOTHER LARGE BUILDING.
07:34:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
07:34:35PM >> HELLO, MY NAME IS CRAIG NEWMAN.
2421 VICTORIA GARDENS.
I HAVE A MEMBER OF RODEPH SHOLOM SINCE 1961 AND I
SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
I COULD GO ALL OVER EVERYTHING THAT I WROTE HERE, BUT
LISTENING TO MANY FOLKS WHO SPOKE, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THE GARDEN CLUB.
I THINK EVERYBODY WHO SHOULD RECOGNIZE AND DO RECOGNIZE THE
BENEFITS OF THE GARDEN CLUB AND ALL THEY DO FOR TAMPA AND
FOR CHARITIES.
WE -- WE DON'T DISPUTE THAT AT ALL.
AND I THINK THAT JUST HAVING A BUILDING THIS TOWER IS NOT
GOING TO TAKE ANY OF THAT AWAY FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA, ALL
RIGHT.
BUT WHAT THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS DONE OR IN SPEAKING AND
LISTENING TO STAFF.
THEY TONIGHT FIND MUCH WRONG WITH WHAT IS GOING ON.
EVERYTHING FALLS IN THE CRITERIA.
THEY SPOKE BEFORE THE ATTORNEY CAME TO SPEAK.
BEFORE TALKING OF PLANNING.
EVERYTHING FELL IN THE SCOPE.
SOME OF THE DENSITY IS LESS THAN WHAT WE EXPECTED TO COME
BACK AT, BUT THEY HAVE SAID WE HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
A FEW ADJUSTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO WAIVERS.
I WILL TELL BUT WAIVERS, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WAS AT THAT TIME
YOU WERE CHAIRMAN.
THEY PUT A BAR 23 FEET AWAY FROM A CHURCH AND 23 FEET FROM A
RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
THERE WERE SEVEN WAIVERS TO PUT A BAR IN OFF OF HOWARD
AVENUE.
THAT IS WHY I CAME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
MUST HAVE BEEN EIGHT YEARS AGO -- SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AGO AND
PUT IT IN ANYWAY.
SEVEN WAIVERS.
WAIVERS HERE IN CITY COUNCIL AS SOME OF ARE NEW AND SOME OF
YOU ARE AREN'T.
BUT WAIVERS COME ACROSS ANYONE WHO IS HAVING ANYTHING BUILT
TO ASK FOR WAIVERS.
A WAIVERS ASKING CONSTANTLY FOR SIDEWALKS AND NOT PUTTING IN
SIDEWALKS OR TREES AND TREES REMOVING.
ON GANDY BOULEVARD, WE HAD 20 TREES THAT WERE CUT DOWN SO
THEY COULD PUT IN A CAR WASH.
AND THEY WERE FINE FOR DOING IT.
AND FIND WITH A D.
BUT THEY STILL HAVE A PROPERTY WITHOUT IT.
THEY HAVE A PROPERTY WITH NO TREES.
AND A CAR WASH.
WHAT I AM LOOKING AT HERE IS -- WE ARE TALKING OF A
SYNAGOGUE THAT ALSO HAS A LOT OF HISTORY, YOU KNOW, IN
TAMPA, YBOR CITY.
THE JEWISH HISTORY.
THE PROPOSAL, THE THIS I THINK SO THAT I HAVE SEEN -- I TOOK
THE TIME AND WENT THROUGH OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS
AND LOOKING AT THE FALSEHOODS SAID OF THIS PROJECT ON NEXT
DOOR.
I AM GOING TO READ YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PUT OUT.
AND IT WAS IN THERE TODAY.
I WENT OVER THEM AGAIN.
THE CONDOS BUILT DIRECTLY ON BAYSHORE.
THE GRAND OAKS WILL BE REMOVED AND ADJOINING PROPERTY WILL
BE RUINED BECAUSE OF THE CANOPY OF THE GARDEN CLUB.
EVEN A QUESTION AS TO WHY IS THE JCC, JEWISH COMMUNITY
CENTER ON HOWARD AVENUE BUILDING CONDOS IN THEIR PARKING
LOT.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WROTE IN SAYING THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH
THIS.
07:37:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
07:37:41PM >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE, THANK YOU.
07:37:45PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I CAST EVERY VOTE THE WAY I SEE IT AT THE
TIME.
BUT A VAST DIFFERENT IN ALCOHOL WAIVERS AND LAND ZONING
WAIVERS.
07:37:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
07:37:57PM >> DR. MARCY BAKER, AND I LIVE AT 610 WEST SWANN AVENUE ON
BAYSHORE.
I WAS BORN IN TAMPA AND HAVE BEEN A LIFE-LONG MEMBER OF
CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM, INC.
WHERE MY DAUGHTER WAS BAR MITZVAHS AND UNFORTUNATELY WHERE
WE HAD MY GRANDMOTHER'S FUNERAL.
I WAS BAR MITZVAHED THERE AND WAS MARRIED THERE.
MY FATHER IS A PAST THE OF RODEPH SHOLOM, INC. AND I AM THE
IMMEDIATE PAST THE.
I HAVE SERVED ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME, WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED MANY TIMES BY
DEVELOPERS ASKING US TO SELL OUR PROPERTY.
WE ALWAYS HAVE TURNED DOWN MY OFFERS.
WITH MY THE SHOW, AN UNIQUE OFFER TO KEEP OUR CURRENT
BUILDING IN ITS WONDERFUL LOCATION AND TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP
THE PARKING LOT.
THIS OFFER WAS VERY APPEALING TO US BECAUSE WILL GIVE US AN
ENDOWMENT THAT WILL ENSURE OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
THE FINANCIAL REALITIES OF MANY ORGANIZED RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING RODEPH SHOLOM IS THAT IT IS
BECOME HARDER AND HARDER TO MAINTAIN BALANCED BUDGET.
DUES ALONE DO NOT COVER OUR EXPENSES.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE HARD REALITY OF THIS SITUATION IS,
IS THAT IF WE DO NOT APPROVE -- HAVE APPROVAL -- EVEN LARGER
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND NOT WERE PRESERVE THE BEAUTIFUL AND
HISTORIC SYNAGOGUE ON THE PREMIERE STREET IN TAMPA LIVING
HERE ALL MY LIFE, I HAVE SEEN THE GROWTH THAT HAS OCCURRED
IN TAMPA AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A SHAME FOR US TO
POTENTIALLY USE A SYNAGOGUE FROM BAYSHORE BOULEVARD IF NOT
ALLOWED APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT.
PERSONALLY, WE ARE TALKING OF WEDDINGS.
PERSONALLY I WANT MY DAUGHTER TO BE MARRIED IN THE SAME
SYNAGOGUE WHERE I WAS BAR MITZVAHED.
WHERE I WAS MARRIED AND HAVE SHE WAS BAR MITZVAH.
THE APPROVAL OF THAT PROJECT WILL ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
07:40:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
STATE YOUR NAME.
07:40:09PM >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
LAURA MORWITZ.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TAMPA FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS.
PROBABLY AN OUTLIER HERE.
I WISH I HAD MY FAMILY HERE SINCE 1903 AND THAT WASN'T IN
THE CARDS FOR ME.
I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF RODEPH SHOLOM FOR TWO YEARS.
BEFORE THAT, I WAS ONLY INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY
EVENTS, MORE TOWARD THE BUSINESS.
I AM CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER AT A MAJOR LAW FIRM HERE IN
TAMPA I BUILT A HOME IN RODEPH SHOLOM AS A NEW MEMBER.
EVERYBODY HERE HAS BEEN HERE FOR DECADES.
THIS HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR ME.
I'M REALLY, REALLY SCARED THAT IF -- IF THIS SALE DOESN'T GO
THROUGH, THAT WE WON'T HAVE A CHOICE OF WHERE TO WORSHIP.
EVERYBODY HERE HAS A CHOICE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER CHURCHES WITH OTHER DENOMINATIONS.
THERE IS NO OTHER CONSERVATIVE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE IN SOUTH
TAMPA OR EVEN CLOSE BY.
WE HAVE MEMBERS WHO COME FROM LITHIA TO OUR SYNAGOGUE JUST
BECAUSE OF THE AREA DOESN'T HAVE THIS.
I HOPE THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE SALE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
07:41:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
07:41:27PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON -- GOOD EVENING, JIM BAKER.
I RESIDE AS -- YOU HEARD MY WIFE JUST SPOKE, 610 WEST SWANN
AVENUE AT THE CORNER OF SWANN AND BAYSHORE AND IN THE VICINITY
OF THE SYNAGOGUE.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS GOLDEN GATE CITY.
I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF RODEPH FOR 25 YEARS.
I WENT THROUGH THE CONVERSION.
I GOT MARRIED.
MY DAUGHTER HAD HER BAH MITZVAH.
MY FATHER-IN-LAW AND WIFE PAST PRESIDENTS.
I WILL SOON BE THE MEMBERSHIP CHAIR.
BEING ON THE BOARD I HAVE INSIGHT IN THE INNER WORKING
OF MAKING A SYNAGOGUE RUN.
NOT ONLY PEOPLE BUT THE FINANCES.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MANEUVER THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND EVER
INCREASING INFLATION COST, IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY.
THE ONLY SYNAGOGUE OPEN DURING THE PANDEMIC WITH INTERESTING
THINGS LIKE USING ZOOM AND IN-PERSON DRIVING SHABBATS IN THE
PARKING LOT AND MADE IT GREAT FOR US AND OUR MEMBERS.
RODEPH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE MADE THOUGHTFUL CONCESSIONS AFTER HEARING THE
CONCERNS OF ALL PARTIES.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE PROJECT TO HONOR THE PAST AND PRESERVE
THE FUTURE OF RODEPH ON BAYSHORE.
THANK YOU.
07:42:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
07:42:54PM >> MY NAME IS WARREN HARRIS.
30 4 SOUTH FIELDING AVENUE.
A RESIDENT OF TAMPA SINCE 1970.
23409 TO TELL YOU ANYTHING THAT YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW,
TAMPA HAS WONDERFUL JEWELS LIKE MANY CITIES BUT ONE OF OUR
BEST JEWELS IS BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
AND A JEWEL WITH THE SYNAGOGUE ALONG WITH MANY CHURCHES AND
THE GARDEN CLUB.
BAYSHORE STARTED OUT AS A RESIDENTIAL ROAD AND DEVELOPED
INTO AN EVEN MORE RESIDENTIAL ROAD WITH MULTIFAMILY
DWELLINGS AND CONDOS.
AS I SAID, IT ALSO HAS CHURCHES, CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE
SYNAGOGUE THAT IS THERE.
THE BEAUTIFUL OF THOSE FACILITIES, IN ADDITION TO THE
RESIDENTIAL AREAS, IS THAT IT SHOWS TO THE WORLD TAMPA'S
COMMITMENT TO NOT ONLY MORALITY BUT TO DIVERSITY.
THIS PLAN ALLOWS THE SYNAGOGUE TO REMAIN WHERE IT IS AND
UTILIZE THE VALUE OF THE LAND.
MY CONCERN IS, IF THIS PLAN IS DENIED, IN TIME, THE
SYNAGOGUE WILL BE FORCED TO SELL, SELL THE ENTIRE LOT
ALLOWING FOR A LARGER CONDOMINIUM TO GO IN THERE LOSING THE
BEAUTY OF THE SYNAGOGUE AND THE DIVERSITY THAT IT
DEMONSTRATES.
I ASK THIS COMMITTEE, THIS GROUP, THIS COUNCIL TO FIND A WAY
TO ALLOW BOTH THE SYNAGOGUE AND THE GARDEN CLUB TO CO-EXIST.
I DON'T BELIEVE THE COULD BE DOE WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE
BEAUTY AND USE OF THE GARDEN CLUB.
MAY CREATE SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY NOT BE IDEAL, BUT THE
GARDEN CLUB WILL DO THEIR GOOD WORK AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO USE
THEIR WONDERFUL FACILITY.
THANK YOU.
07:44:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
07:44:38PM >> BEFORE I START, CAN I HAVE THE -- CAN HAVE THE OVERHEAD
ON.
07:44:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PLEASE SHOW THE OVERHEAD ON THE SCREEN
SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE.
07:44:47PM >> GOOD EVENING, PATRICK CIMINO, THE HISTORIC HYDE
PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND EMPOWERED BY THE BOARD TO
OPPOSE THE REZONING OF THE PARCEL NEXT TO THE GARDEN CLUB
AND THEIR REQUEST.
I WANT TO STEP BACK.
THIS A REZONING AND A CONDO PROJECT FROM A LAND USE AND
ZONING PERSPECTIVE.
THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE DEAL WITH THIS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT A LOT.
I THINK WHAT IS REALLY CONCERNING IS THE EXCESSIVE USE OF
WAIVERS AND HAVING TO REQUIRE BONUS TO DO THE LEVEL OF
DENSITY THAT THIS IS.
AND THE COMP PLAN TALKS ABOUT IT.
MANY OF YOU ALL WERE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THE GARDEN
CLUB AND STATED SOUTH TAMPA SHOULD BE CLOSED.
THERE IS A LOT OF CONCERN IN THE FLOODING AREA.
PEOPLE HAVE EMPHASIZED THIS BETTER THAN ME.
I THINK THE GIVEAWAY ON SETBACKS IS CRITICAL.
TWO FEET, YOU CAN NOT PUT A LITTLE BUSH IN.
WE DEALT WITH THIS IN HYDE PARK.
SO TO NOT HAVE A BUFFER OR GIVE UP PUBLIC LAND IS NOT
APPROPRIATE.
AND FINALLY, YOU KNOW, I -- WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT FINANCIAL
HARDSHIP IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND I HAVE BECOME VERY
AGNOSTIC TO THAT.
BECAUSE, IN FACT, THAT IS NOT CRITERIA IN MAKING THESE KIND
OF DECISIONS OR SHOULD ONLY BE USED WITH EXCEPTION, NOT
ROUTINE.
AND I WILL SAY ONE OF THE CHALLENGES -- AND I KNOW YOU
ADDRESSED COUNCILMAN MIRANDA ON THIS.
TAMPA HAS USED TOO MANY WAIVERS.
IF YOU HAVE TO USE THAT MANY WAIVERS, WHY IS THERE CODE AND
WHY IS THERE A COMP PLAN.
RECOMMEND DENYING THIS REQUEST.
07:46:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
YES, MA'AM -- SIR, I SEE YOU ARE STANDING THERE.
AFTER YOU SPEAK, I WILL ASK FOR A TEN-MINUTE RECESS.
AND THE REASON IS, WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE FOLKS THAT HAVE
SPOKEN THAT DON'T NEED TO BE HERE TO LEAVE THE CHAMBERS
BECAUSE WE HAVE A HUGE GROUP DOWNSTAIRS AND WE WANT TO BRING
THEM IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY.
THERE ARE TVS AND MONITORS DOWNSTAIRS.
A ROOM FULL OF CHAIRS SO YOU CAN CONTINUE WATCHING THE
MEETING AND WE CAN KEEP THE PROCESS GOING.
YES, MA'AM, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
07:47:06PM >> THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN.
I AM PAULA MACKLING AND CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA GARDEN
CLUB, AND WE NEED WHERE YOU ARE HELP HERE.
WE ARE VERY WORRIED OF THIS DECISION AND HOW THIS COULD HAVE
A MAJOR IMPACT ON OUR PROPERTY AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS.
WHEN A PROJECT ASKS FOR WAIVERS AND BONUSES, THERE ARE
USUALLY UNDERLYING ISSUE HAVE CREATED THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
IN THIS CASE THE CIRCUMSTANCES IS THIS PIECE OF LAND IS JUST
WAY TOO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF THIS TOWER AND NEGATIVELY
EFFECTS THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
THIS PROJECT HAS NOT SHOWN JUSTIFICATION FOR THESE INCREASES
IN INTENSITY.
ALSO CLEAR IN THE CODE THAT THERE IS -- THERE CAN BE NO
ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
THIS HAS ALSO NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.
THE APPLICANT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOW TO CHERRY PICK SPECIFIC
INFORMATION THEY ARE PROVIDING.
THE TRAFFIC STUDY DOES NOT INCLUDE EXISTING TRAFFIC
GENERATED BY THE SYNAGOGUE OR THE NEW TOWER.
ALMOST COMPLETE ACROSS THE STREET.
WELL, WHICH IS IT?
ARE WE ALLOWED TO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR EVIDENCE IN BECAUSE
THEY SAY THERE ARE SEVEN TOWERS IN THIS AREA BUT ONE OF THEM
NOT TOTALLY BUILT YET.
I AM NOT SURE IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC OR NOT
ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC.
THEY MENTIONED THE CONDO UNIT ONLY HAS 50 AND AWAY FROM THE
GARDEN CLUB BUILDING AND THE WEDDING GARDEN AND DIRECTLY
ADJACENT TO A PARKING LO THE.
IT SAYS, WHAT THEY FAIL TO MENTION IS, AND IN THE LAST PD
UPLOADED IN ACELA, 350 FEET TALL FOUR INCHES THAT WILL LOOM
OVER OUR WEDDING GARDEN.
THE MEASUREMENT OF THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING IS LESS THAN
THE CENTER OF OUR GARDEN CLUB TO BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
IT IS CLOSER TO THE WEDDING GARDEN.
DON'T LET THEM TELL YOU IT IS NOT.
IT IS.
THEY MADE A STATEMENT THAT THE WEDDING GARDEN HAS NO BUFFER
AND SITS ON BAYSHORE, IT DOESN'T.
WAY BACK ON BAYSHORE.
AND WE HAVE VEGETATION BUFFERS.
WE ARE PUTTING BUFFERS AROUND OUR PICKLEBALL COURT.
AND THEY CAN HAVE VEGETATION TO STOP FROM THE PICKLEBALL.
DOES IT WORK?
I DON'T KNOW.
DOES IT WORK?
NO.
THEY STATE, GIVEN THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THIS PROJECT, REMOVAL
OF THE EXISTING TREE IS JUSTIFIED.
NO OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THIS SITE WITHOUT TREE REMOVAL
TO KEEP THE SYNAGOGUE.
WELL, THAT STATEMENT IS DISINGENUOUS.
JUST ACROSS THE STREET, THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPED LAND THAT
THE SYNAGOGUE SOLD IN 2015, TOOK SEVEN TOWN HOMES THAT GET
NICELY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
A DEVELOPMENT SIMILAR OR EVEN LARGER BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT
MORE LAND.
THAT WAS A HALF ACRE.
THIS IS 1.34 ACRE COULD FIT ON THAT PROPERTY WITH THE
SYNAGOGUE.
THUS WE WILL HAVE THE SYNAGOGUE.
NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
MEET THE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS THEY ARE HAVING.
WE WOULD SAVE THE TREES.
A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE.
WE ARE ASKING TO PLEASE DENY THIS APPLICATION.
IT IS JUST NOT COMPATIBLE WITH A SMALL SITE.
THANK YOU.
07:50:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
07:50:19PM >> MY NAME IS VANCE SMITH.
I RESIDE 350 1 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE
THIS APPLICATION FOR REZONING.
07:50:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PLEASE SHOW THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN FOR
EVERYONE TO SEE.
07:50:44PM >> IT IS BEYOND MY PAY GRADE.
07:50:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO, GO AHEAD.
07:50:49PM >> THE APPLICATION OF -- THE DEVELOPER'S REZONING
APPLICATION SEEMS TO CLAIM A RIGHT TO DEVELOP THE RS-35
DENSITY UNDER THE FLORIDA LAND USE PLAN.
THAT IS A CONDITIONAL RIGHT, IF ANY.
THEY MUST SHOW THAT THE PARCEL WOULD OTHERWISE FIT ALL OF
THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA LAND
REGULATIONS.
I THINK THAT RS-35, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FLORIDA -- THE TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE RS-35 IDENTIFIES RS-35 AS A MEDIUM
DENSITY ELEMENT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT MEDIUM DENSITY, THIS PROJECT HAS NONE OF
THE KEY CHARACTERISTICS IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
WHAT IT DOES HAVE, ALL OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF A HIGH-RISE
CONDOMINIUM FOR RS-83 OF WHICH THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A WAIVER.
THE PROJECT CANNOT EXIST WITH THE ZONING CODE AS APPLIED
WITHOUT SEVEN WAIVERS.
I THINK COMMON SENSE WILL TELL YOU THAT THE MORE WAIVERS AND
EXCEPTIONS THERE ARE, THE LESS LIKELY IT IS THAT IT IS
COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD-BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
FOR THAT REASON, WE THINK THE WAIVERS SHOULD BE DENIED
BECAUSE AS PART OF THEIR CRITERIA, WAIVER SHOULD NOT
SUBSTANTIALLY INTERFERE OR INJURY THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WHOSE
PROPERTY WOULD BE AFFECTED.
THAT IS PRECISELY THE POSITION OF WHERE THE GARDEN CLUB
SITS.
THEIR PROPERTY AND THEIR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED
SUBSTANTIALLY BY THE ALLOWANCE OF THIS PROJECT.
IN ADDITION, THERE HAS BEEN A PAST WAIVER FOR PARKING AND
INGRESS AND EGRESS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERHEAD, THE PARKING FOR THE TEMPLE IS
LIMITED TO 18 SPACES, BE THERE SUBJECTING THE REMAINING 165
OR SO SPACES TO INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM YSABELLA ONLY.
FINALLY I HAVE SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE.
GREEN SPACE ON THIS PROJECT HAS TO BE 30% OF THE AREA,
EXCLUDING THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, WE ONLY HAVE THE OUTLINES TEN FOOT
PERIMETER OUTLINES OF THE BUILDING.
07:53:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GO TO THE TEN-MINUTE RECESS.
AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE SPOKEN OR NAMED IN A SPEAKER WAIVER FORM
AND DO NOT NEED TO BE IN THIS ROOM, PLEASE LEAVE THE
CHAMBERS SO WE CAN BRING IN THE NEXT GROUP.
AGAIN, YOU CAN WATCH THE MEETING DOWNSTAIRS WHERE THERE IS
SEATING.
WE ARE IN RECESS FOR TEN MINUTES.

[RECESS]

[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
8:13:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING BACK TO
ORDER.
ROLL CALL.
8:13:54PM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
8:13:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
8:13:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
8:13:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
PRESENT.
8:14:00PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
8:14:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.

8:14:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
8:14:03PM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
8:14:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
SO I'M TOLD WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE SHIFT CHANGE ANYMORE AND
THIS IS EVERYBODY FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
SO WE'RE IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE LECTERN.
I'M SORRY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN IN, LET'S, TO BE SAFE, PLEASE
STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN
BEFORE YOU GIVE ANY TESTIMONY OR SPEAK.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
8:14:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, WE'RE IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE APPROACH THE LECTERN.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND STATE YOUR NAME.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FORM A LINE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM
AND WE'LL KEEP IT GOING.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
8:14:57PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
I'M JONATHAN MOORE.
1501 WEST CLEVELAND STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA, PRESIDENT OF
ENVISION ADVISORS, TAMPA BASED OWNERS REP FIRM.
THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE QUICKLY IS WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE
IF THIS IS NOT APPROVED TONIGHT?

I'VE BEEN HIRED BY A CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM TO MAKE SURE
THIS NEW PROJECT IS BENEFICIAL TO THEM LONG TERM IN THE
PROCESS OF DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, DO NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT
OPERATIONS AT THE SYNAGOGUE.
ALTHOUGH WE'RE EARLY IN THE PROJECT, I FOUND THE DEVELOPER
TO BE VERY RESPONSIVE, COOPERATIVE AND FAIR IN PROTECTING
THE INTERESTS OF NOT ONLY RODEPH BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDING
PROPERTIES.
I STRONGLY FEEL THAT MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS AND RELIGIOUS
FACILITIES ARE SYMBIOTIC USES.
IT'S SMART DEVELOPMENT.
IT REALLY IS A WIN-WIN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT LIMITS THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT
FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THAT THE GARDEN CLUB WANTS.
I DON'T STAND IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTING POOR
DEVELOPMENT.
WHILE I'M NOT OVERSEEING THIS PROJECT, I FEEL THAT THE
DESIGN, PLACEMENT, AND THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AS BEING
DISCUSSED OR SYMPATHETIC TO WORKING HERE AND ARE THE BEST
SOLUTIONS TO KEEP THIS HISTORIC STRUCTURE, THE HISTORIC
NEIGHBOR AND THE AREA PROPER WHILE KEEPING UP WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN THE AREA.
AGAIN, WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE IF THIS PLAN IS NOT APPROVED?
MY BIGGEST FEAR IS RODEPH WILL SELL.
THE SYNAGOGUE WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND AN EVEN BIGGER PROJECT

WILL BE BUILT, MAYBE WITH FEWER WAIVERS, BUT A BIGGER
PROJECT WILL BE BUILT CLOSER TO BAYSHORE.
I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND RECOMMEND YOU VOTE YES TO
APPROVE MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
8:16:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
8:16:58PM >> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
JACK ROSS.
I'M HERE AS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF TAMPA, AS A MEMBER OF
RODEPH SHOLOM.
AND REPRESENTING THE TAMPA JCCs IN FEDERATION.
I'M HERE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF PETITIONER'S REQUEST THIS
EVENING.
THE JCC, AS YOU ALL PROBABLY KNOW, OPERATES A PRESCHOOL.
THE JCC PRESCHOOL IS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT,
ALTHOUGH WE WILL NOW BE MOVING.
WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE SITES, AND WE WILL BE
REOPENING IN A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF TIME TO SERVE OUR
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS SMART DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PROJECT ENSURES NOT ONLY RODEPH'S LEGACY BUT IT HELPS
TO USHER IN THE ERA OF TAMPA AND OUR DEVELOPMENT AND

PRESERVING LEGACY, HISTORY, CULTURE, AND MARRYING IT WITH
SMART DEVELOPMENT.
I ENCOURAGE YOU, COUNCIL, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA,
BUT ALSO FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE GARDEN CLUB, WHOSE
ALTERNATIVE MAY BE FAR WORSE THAN WHAT THEY IMAGINE IN
APPROVING THIS PROJECT.
IT IS A PROJECT THAT PRESERVES OUR HISTORY, LOOKS TO THE
FUTURE, AND YOUR COLLEAGUES AROUND THE COUNTRY, OTHER CITIES
WILL LOOK AT TAMPA AND SAY YOU GOT IT RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
8:18:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE A SPEAKER WAIVER FORM?
NO.
8:18:25PM >> NO.
8:18:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THANK YOU.
8:18:28PM >> THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ELISHA FISHEL.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE TAMPA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER AND
FEDERATION, TOP JEWISH FOUNDATION, AND JCC PRESCHOOL
CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY BEING DISCUSSED.
522 NORTH HOWARD AVENUE.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED

DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
AS YOU ARE LIKELY AWARE, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER HAS
OPERATED A PRESCHOOL AT CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM FOR WELL
OVER TWO DECADES SERVING BOTH JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH FAMILIES
WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF EARLY EDUCATION AVAILABLE.
ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CAUSE THE PRESCHOOL
TO RELOCATE, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY AS
WE BELIEVE IT WILL FURTHER ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE A
QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION TO THE ENTIRE SOUTH TAMPA COMMUNITY.
WE ARE ACTIVELY EXPLORING SEVERAL SOUTH TAMPA LOCATIONS.
WE ARE EQUALLY EXCITED FOR CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WILL ENSURE THAT RODEPH
SHOLOM, A TAMPA CULTURAL LANDMARK FOR OVER 100 YEARS, AT ITS
CURRENT BAYSHORE LOCATION WILL CONTINUE TO ENDURE.
IN ADDITION, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTS A
PROGRESSIVE AND THOUGHTFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW CURRENT
DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA CAN COEXIST WITH
TAMPA'S RICH AND IMPORTANT CULTURAL HISTORY.
AS TAMPA CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, THE
RELATED RODEPH SHOLOM DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS A WONDERFUL AND
SMART EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO EMERGE AS ONE OF THE
COUNTRY'S BEST LIVABLE CITIES ALL THE WHILE PRESERVING ITS
HISTORIC ROOTS.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU.

8:20:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
8:20:11PM >> MY NAME IS HORASA CORECIA.
I AM THE CURRENT RABBI AT RODEPH SHOLOM.
LET ME START WITH A BLESSING.
THANK YOU, GOD, FOR ALLOWING ALL OF US TO REACH THIS MOMENT.
I'M HERE TO SAY HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR COMMUNITY IS, HOW MUCH
GOOD WORK IT HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 120 YEARS.
I AM ORIGINALLY FROM URUGUAY.
I MET MY WIFE AND WE HAD TWO KIDS.
THEN WE MOVED TO VEGAS AND WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST
TEN YEARS.
WE HAVE BEEN IN BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES, BUT NONE OF THEM
COMPARES TO CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM.
I STUDIED AND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS I'M SERVING AS THE
RABBI, AS THE SPIRITUAL LEADER.
DURING THE LAST 50 YEARS, THE CONGREGATION HAS GONE FROM
AROUND 500 MEMBERS TO OUR CURRENT LESS THAN 280 MEMBERS.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A VIBRANT COMMUNITY WITH MANY EVENTS AND
PEOPLE COME TO LIVE THEIR JUDAISM EVERY DAY AS WE HAVE
THINGS GOING ON EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE ARE FACING SOME
CHALLENGES THAT MAKE US NEED TO CLOSE OUR DOORS.
MAYBE NOT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GUARANTEE THAT
THERE WILL BE RODEPH SHOLOM FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
THAT THERE WILL BE A JEWISH PRESENCE IN SOUTH TAMPA TO ALLOW
PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE, TO COME TOGETHER IN HAPPY AND SAD
OCCASIONS, TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR
MORE THAN 3,000 YEARS SINCE ABRAM.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SOUL OF OUR PEOPLE AND IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT FOR THE SOUL OF OUR BELOVED TAMPA COMMUNITY.
HOW GREAT AND HOW GOOD IT'S FOR ALL OF US, BROTHERS AND
SISTERS TO BE TOGETHER.
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
8:22:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
8:22:26PM >> MY NAME IS RALPH MARKAKIS.
I LIVE ON SAINT CROIX DRIVE.
HARD FOLLOWING MY RABBI, BUT I'LL DO IT.
I HAVE A LAW OFFICE ON WESTSHORE SOUTH OF GANDY SO I'VE SEEN
GROWTH IN TAMPA.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE SOUTH OF GANDY.
WE HAVE TO WELCOME THE GROWTH IN TAMPA.
WE LOVE TAMPA.
I KNOW YOU ALL LOVE TAMPA.
THIS IS OUR HOME.
PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WELCOME THEM AND WELCOME THEM WITH

GOOD HOUSING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVE MY BLUE SHIRT ON.
I SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL DO, TOO.
LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY, I WAS BORN IN TAMPA.
I WAS BORN AT ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, THE OLD ONE.
MY GRANDFATHER, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WHO PASSED AWAY IN 1918
IS BURIED AT THE CEMETERY.
SO WE'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
AND WE'VE SEEN IT CHANGE.
ONE THING IS FOR SURE, WE CAN'T KEEP IT LIKE IT WAS IN 1918.
PEOPLE ARE MOVING HERE.
I WAS BORN.
MY FATHER WAS BAR MITZVAH THERE.
MY FOUR KIDS AT RODEPH SHOLOM.
THIS IS OUR HOME AND THE PEOPLE ARE FAMILY.
THIS PROJECT HELPS SUPPORT THE SYNAGOGUE AND KEEPS THE
SYNAGOGUE FINANCIALLY SECURE.
WE DRIVE UP AND DOWN BAYSHORE.
I DRIVE UP AND DOWN BAYSHORE ALL THE TIME.
I SEE HIGH-RISES.
I DRIVE SLOWLY BUT I DRIVE UP THERE ALL THE TIME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
AND THIS PROJECT IS A PERFECT BALANCE BETWEEN CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATION, PRIVATE INDUSTRY, AND THE RELATED GROUP WHO IS

TERRIFIC AND HAS DONE OTHER PROJECTS HERE.
YOU DON'T SEE MANY BALANCES LIKE THAT WHERE YOU HAVE A
CHARITY AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY THAT'S DOING ALL THE WONDERFUL
THINGS FOR TAMPA.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
8:24:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
8:24:23PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
JONATHAN TANNEN.
I LIVE AT 7915 BALLY MONEY ROAD.
I'M A BOARD MEMBER AT CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS AN EXISTENTIAL ISSUE
FOR THE SYNAGOGUE.
WE HAVE AN AGING BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT OF
MAINTENANCE OVER THE COMING YEARS.
THIS WILL GIVE US AN ENDOWMENT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO
MAINTAIN OUR BUILDING IN PERPETUITY.
WE HAVE A MENORAH SCULPTURE THAT EVERYONE SEES WHEN THEY
DRIVE BY BAYSHORE THAT IS ICONIC.
IT IS A SYMBOL OF THE DIVERSITY OF FAITH TRADITIONS IN
TAMPA.
IT IS A SYMBOL OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

WE WANT THAT TO BE THERE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
8:25:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU, SIR.
YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
8:25:10PM >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS STEVEN SILVERMAN.
I AM A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKER.
I'M A RESIDENT OF SOUTH TAMPA ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF RODEPH SHOLOM.
WHEN MY CLIENTS GO INTO A NEW AREA, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO
DO DUE DILIGENCE AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS ALLOWED AND WHAT
WILL BE ALLOWED.
AND BY THE SAME TOKEN, WHEN PEOPLE LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD
WHERE THE FUTURE LAND USE AND ZONING ALLOWS OTHER THINGS TO
BE DEVELOPED, THEY ARE STILL FREE TO ALWAYS ENJOY THE RIGHTS
THAT THEY HAVE ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT THEY CANNOT PREVENT
NEIGHBORS FROM GETTING TO THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THEIR
PROPERTY.
YOU ENJOY INALIENABLE RIGHTS WHEN YOU HAVE A PROPERTY.
SO THE CITY OF TAMPA HAD A VISION FOR HOW THEY WANTED TAMPA
TO LOOK.
AND THAT'S ACHIEVED BY USING ZONING AND FUTURE LAND USE IN
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, MULTIFAMILY IS ALLOWED BUT ZONING
BY ITSELF IS A BLUNT INSTRUMENT.
AND MODIFICATIONS ARE OFTEN NEEDED.
WHEN THE DEVELOPER MAKES A MODIFICATION, IT IS CALLED A PLAN
MODIFICATION OR MAYBE A WAIVER.
WHEN THE CITY MAKES A MODIFICATION -- I'M SORRY.
WHEN THE DEVELOPER MAKES A PLAN, IT IS CALLED A PLAN
MODIFICATION.
WHEN THE CITY MAKES A MODIFICATION, IT'S CALLED A VARIANCE
OR A WAIVER.
IN THIS CASE, THE ISSUE IS NOT WHETHER MULTIFAMILY CAN BE
BUILT BECAUSE IT CAN BE BUILT.
THE ISSUE, RATHER, IS HOW MANY SQUARE FEET CAN IT BE OR HOW
HIGH CAN IT BE.
SO YOU HAVE TO BEAR THAT IN MIND.
A DIFFERENCE OF ONE OR TWO FLOORS IS NOT A HUGE ASK.
TAMPA HAS BECOME -- SOUTH TAMPA HAS BECOME VERY EXPENSIVE
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHANGING.
I SEE THE YOUNGER FAMILIES HAVE MOVED UP.
THE SYNAGOGUE WILL CHANGE WITH THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
I SEE MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE MULTIFAMILY AND THOSE PEOPLE
WILL BE WALKING TO SYNAGOGUE RATHER THAN DRIVING TO
SYNAGOGUE.
LASTLY, LOOK AT WHAT TAMPA HAS DONE.
TAMPA HAS RECOGNIZED ALL THE CHANGES AND FIGURED OUT WAYS TO

MAKE TAMPA A VIBRANT COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN.
THE WAY THEY ARE DOING THAT IS WITH MIXED USE.
LOOK AT MIDTOWN WHERE WE SEE MULTIFAMILY, HOTEL, RETAIL, AND
RESTAURANT.
LOOK AT WATER STREET WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUR SHINING BEACON
TO THE WORLD THAT TAMPA HAS ARRIVED.
SOUTH TAMPA IS ALREADY A VIBRANT MIXED USE COMMUNITY, BUT IT
HAS AN ADDITIONAL ELEMENT, OTHER MIXED USE COMMUNITIES DON'T
HAVE AND THAT IS IT ALREADY HAS RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND
HOUSES OF WORSHIP.
I SEE ALL THIS COMING TOGETHER AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN
LIVE, WORK, AND PRAY BECAUSE HOUSES OF WORSHIP ARE AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF A VIBRANT MIXED USE COMMUNITY.
I WOULD EVEN ARGUE THAT THEY ARE THE BEATING HEART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME.
THERE ARE OTHER RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE TO ADAPT.
RODEPH SHOLOM IS NOT THE AGENT OF CHANGE.
THEY ARE SEEKING TO ADAPT TO CHANGE THAT HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED AND WE REQUEST YOUR HELP WITH IT.
8:28:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
8:28:34PM >> MY NAME IS STEPHEN HAUBENSTALK.
I'M CURRENTLY A BOARD MEMBER AT RODEPH SHOLOM.

I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS ZONING.
I AM A PAST PRESIDENT OF RODEPH SHOLOM AS WELL, AND I WANT
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR THIS SITUATION.
OVER THE YEARS THAT I WAS ON THE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE BOARD
AND AS PRESIDENT, WE RECEIVED OFFER AFTER OFFER FOR PEOPLE
TO COME IN AND REDEVELOP THIS PROPERTY.
AND WE DECIDED TO ACCEPT THIS OFFER BECAUSE IT DID ALLOW US
TO CO-LOCATE ON THIS PROPERTY.
INSTEAD OF MOVING AWAY, LOSING OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE'RE
A COMMUNITY HERE.
WE'VE ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY SINCE 1969 ON THIS PROPERTY,
JUST AS THE GARDEN CLUB ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY ON THEIR
PROPERTY OVER ALL THESE YEARS.
AND WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GARDEN CLUB.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE TIMES THAT THEY HAVE LET US PARK IN
THEIR PARKING LOT, AND WE RECIPROCATE AND WHEN THEY HAVE
EVENTS WE LET THEM PARK IN OUR PARKING LOT.
WE ACTUALLY WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE MORE PARKING
SPACES TO OFFER THEM THAN WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH THE WAY THE
PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED CURRENTLY.
TAMPA, I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF TAMPA.
I WAS DRIVING DOWN MANHATTAN AVENUE THE OTHER DAY AND I
NOTICED A BIG PILE OF CONCRETE RUBBLE, AND IT WAS A CHURCH
THAT IS NOW BEING DEMOLISHED AND SOMETHING IS GOING TO GET
BUILT IN ITS PLACE.

I HAVE A FEELING IT MAY BE SOME HOUSING.
THE ISSUE WITH FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY FACILITIES LIKE OURS IS
THAT IT'S GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER TO MEET THE DEMANDS
THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR US TO EXIST AND MAINTAIN THESE
PROPERTIES AND OFFER THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER YOU'RE JEWISH OR
ANY OTHER FAITH, A PLACE TO GO TO WORSHIP AND BE A GROUP OF
PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER AND ENLIGHTEN THEMSELVES AND LEARN
AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTED THE TAMPA COMMUNITY WITH GOOD
DEEDS.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO STAY ON THAT PROPERTY AND BE
A PART OF THE SOUTH TAMPA COMMUNITY.
OTHERWISE WE WOULD LOSE THAT VICINITY TO SOUTH TAMPA AND A
LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE WAIVERS FOR A MINUTE.
THE RELATED GROUP HAS COME IN AND LOOKED AT WHAT WAS
POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE THEIR BUILDING AND CO-LOCATE WITH
THEM.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, IT'S NOT EASY TO STAY
SAFE JUST AS WE CAME THROUGH METAL DETECTORS HERE AND
ALLOWING THE WAIVERS IS ALLOWING THE SECURITY OF THE
SYNAGOGUE TO BE MAINTAINED.
8:31:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
8:31:48PM >> THANK YOU.
8:31:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.

YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
8:31:53PM >> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ANDREW TITAN.
I LIVE AT 5006 GARRICK COURT IN TAMPA.
I AM ALSO THE AUDIT CHAIRMAN OF TOP JEWISH FOUNDATION AND
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES.
I'M ALSO A PAST PRESIDENT OF CONGREGATION SCHAARAI ZEDEK,
WHICH IS A REFORMED JEWISH TEMPLE HERE IN TAMPA.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE GRANTING OF THE RELATED GROUP ZONING
REQUEST AND THE VARIANCES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THEM TO BUILD
THE PROPOSED CONDOMINIUM HIGH-RISE ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
I KNOW IT'S LATE AND YOU'VE HEARD THIS A MILLION TIMES, BUT
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SMART IF I SUMMARIZED IN MY OPINION
WHAT THE MAIN REASONS FOR THIS CHANGE SHOULD BE.
I FEEL THAT THERE ARE THREE MAIN REASONS WHY YOU OUGHT TO
GRANT THIS VARIANCE AND APPROVE THIS REQUEST.
FIRST, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THE SALE OF THE RODEPH SHOLOM LAND WILL PROVIDE THE
CONGREGATION WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WILL ENSURE ITS
LONG-TERM FUTURE AND WILL PREVENT THIS BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY
FROM FALLING INTO DISREPAIR.
TEMPLES, CHURCHES, THEY ARE ALL HAVING CHALLENGES.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO ACCEPT.
THEY HAVE A SOLUTION HERE WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE

TO EXIST AND ALSO ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THE PROPERTY LOOKING
NICE.
AS YOU DRIVE DOWN BAYSHORE, IT'S PRETTY AND YOU REALLY WANT
IT TO STAY THAT WAY.
THIS SOLUTION WILL ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
SECONDLY, WITHOUT THIS FUNDING FROM THIS SALE, THE
CONGREGATION MAY BE FORCED TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO ANOTHER
BUYER WHO MAY WANT TO BUILD A BIGGER CONDOMINIUM THAT WOULD
OCCUPY EVEN MORE LAND AND WOULD BRING EVEN MORE TRAFFIC TO
THE AREA.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET AWAY FROM THIS PROBLEM.
CONDOS ARE HAPPENING.
PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE TO TAMPA.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB SELLING THE AREA, AND WE JUST HAVE TO
ACCEPT THE FACT THAT WITH CHANGE, WITH PROGRESS, YOU KNOW,
THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE WITH IT.
THIRDLY, THE 50-UNIT CONDOMINIUM SHOULD ONLY HAVE MINIMAL
IMPACT ON TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, AND IT WILL CLEARLY GENERATE
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUES.
OF COURSE, THAT WILL BENEFIT SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, EMERGENCY
SERVICES, AND ROAD MAINTENANCE.
THUS I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU GIVE THIS SERIOUS
CONSIDERATION AND APPROVE THIS VARIANCE.
THANK YOU.
8:34:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
8:34:18PM >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS BETHANN CARMACO, AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING TAMPA
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES AT 522 NORTH HOWARD AVENUE.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTAL
PROJECT.
AS YOU HEARD SO MANY TIMES, RODEPH IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART
OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH SO MANY OF THEIR CONGREGANTS
DONATING AND SUPPORTING TO THE VITAL SERVICES OF TAMPA
JEWISH SERVICES PROVIDES, ABLE TO INCREASE WHAT WE'RE ABLE
TO DO IN OUR TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY TO HELP THOSE PERSONS MOST
IN NEED, BOTH JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH.
ABLE TO HELP THROUGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK AND EMERGENCY FOOD
BAGS THAT PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND GET EVERY DAY, MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY DURING THE WEEK.
WE'RE ABLE TO HELP BY OFFERING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL
WELLNESS CENTER WHERE WE PROVIDE COUNSELING ON A SLIDING FEE
SCALE TO THOSE PERSONS WHO CAN'T GET MENTAL HEALTH CARE
ANYWHERE ELSE AND WE ALSO ACCEPT INSURANCE FROM OUR
PATIENTS.
WE PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND WE PROVIDE SOCIAL
SERVICES THAT ARE IN SUCH GREAT NEED NOW MORE THAN EVER AND
EVEN GREATER THAN THE HEIGHT OF COVID.
WE ALSO HAVE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WHICH IS
ESCALATED TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE WAIT LISTS EVERY SINGLE

MONTH TO HELP COVER THE COSTS OF RENT AND UTILITIES AND
WATER AND ELECTRICITY.
AND WITH ALL THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW,
THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE ARE NEEDED MORE THAN EVER.
AND FOR SOME REASON A SERVICE THAT TAMPA JEWISH FAMILY
SERVICES CANNOT PROVIDE WE HAVE A VIBRANT REFERRAL SERVICE
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO IS IN
NEED OF ASSISTANCE IS GUIDED TOWARDS A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN
GET THE HELP THEY NEED.
I TRULY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT RODEPH AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT.
THEIR FAMILY IS PART OF OUR FAMILY AND WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER
TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A MORE VIBRANT PLACE AND TO KEEP THE
HISTORIC RELEVANCE HERE IN TAMPA BAY.
8:36:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
8:36:17PM >> THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FRANCINE LEVINE.
I LIVE ON WEST LAWN AVENUE.
I LIVED IN TAMPA FOR 39 YEARS.
MY HUSBAND DENNIS LEVINE IS A TAMPA NATIVE AND LIFELONG
MEMBER OF RODEPH SHOLOM.
WE WERE MARRIED AT RODEPH SHOLOM 38 YEARS AGO TOMORROW.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BOTH SERVED IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT

THE SYNAGOGUE AND WE KNOW THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE
TURNED DOWN MANY OFFERS OF DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THEY REQUIRED
THE SPIRITUAL HOME TO RELOCATE.
BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT WE'LL RECEIVE FROM THE
DEVELOPMENT, WE BELIEVE OUR SYNAGOGUE CAN MAINTAIN ITS
PRESENCE FOR MY CHILDREN AND MY GRANDCHILDREN.
WE BELIEVE IN THE IDEALS HELD SACROSANCT OF CONSERVATIVE
JUDAISM.
EMBRACING TRADITION BUT RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR CHANGE.
AND WE WANT TO REMAIN A VISIBLE PRESENCE THAT TAMPA IS A
DIVERSE AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY.
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR PROJECT.
8:37:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE A SPEAKER WAIVER FORM.
READ OFF THE NAMES AND IF THOSE ON THE LIST WOULD PLEASE
RAISE THEIR HANDS.
8:37:30PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I COUNT THREE NAMES.
NUCCI SMITH.
RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
NUCHI SMITH.
CINDY GOODING.
THANK YOU.
SHARLA WASH.

8:37:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU HAVE SIX MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND GO AHEAD.
8:37:55PM >> THANK YOU FOR STAYING THIS LATE.
MICHAEL MECKLEY.
2715 WEST JETTON.
I'VE LIVED THERE 35 YEARS.
IT'S A SHORT WALK TO BAYSHORE.
I'M IN FAVOR OF DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY TO SUPPORT OUR
POPULATION AND PROVIDE SUITABLE HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
WORK AND LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANT THE SYNAGOGUE TO REMAIN AND THRIVE IN ITS CURRENT
LOCATION.
AT THE SAME TIME I WANT THE TAMPA GARDEN CLUB TO BOTH REMAIN
AND THRIVE IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION.
WHAT I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF IS MAKING EXCEPTIONS TO ALLOW MORE
DENSITY IN AREAS WHERE MORE DENSITY WILL MAKE AN ALREADY
OVERDEVELOPED SITUATION WORSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE
EXCEPTIONS ARE MADE FOR THE BENEFIT OF A FEW UBERWEALTHY
INDIVIDUALS.
I'M ALSO NOT IN FAVOR OF MAKING EXCEPTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT
OF ONE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, IN THIS CASE THE SYNAGOGUE,
TO THE DETRIMENT OF ANOTHER ONE, IN THIS CASE THE TAMPA
GARDEN CLUB.
BEFORE I GET INTO THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, I WANT TO REVIEW A
COUPLE OF THINGS.

THE ROADS -- AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR REPEATING SOME OF THE
STUFF.
THE ROADS IN THE GENERAL AREA ARE OVERCROWDED TODAY WITH
LIMITED ABILITY TO EXPAND THE ROADS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
UNDEVELOPED MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITY PARCELS IN THIS AREA,
INCLUDING SEVERAL ZONED RD 3 VERY CLOSE TO THIS PARCEL.
THE SITUATION IS BAD ALREADY AND IS CERTAIN TO GET WORSE IN
THE FUTURE WHEN THESE PARCELS ARE DEVELOPED WITHOUT ANY
EXCEPTIONS.
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW IT'S IN A COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA.
REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT, PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THE
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED WAIVERS.
IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IF THEY RELATE TO
THE PRIOR PD THEY SHOULD HAVE TO BE BROUGHT BACK AND GET
APPROVED AGAIN.
REGARDING THE NORTH AND SOUTH SETBACKS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM
THIS DOCUMENT, THE CURRENT PD HAS THE CURRENT BUILDING.
THAT'S THE RED OUTLINE, SET BACK AN APPROPRIATE DISTANCE
FROM THE NORTH LOT LINE AND OUTSIDE THE REQUIRED RADIUS OF
THAT LARGE OAK TREE.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN THE PLAN SET IT SAYS THE
EXISTING SETBACK ON THIS SITE IS 13.5 FEET.
THAT IS NOT CORRECT.
THE 13.5 FEET IS THIS AREA WAY IN THE FRONT, WHICH IS

REMAINING.
IT JOGS BACK AND THE EXISTING SETBACK IS CLOSER TO ABOUT 20
FEET ON THE BACK SIDE WHERE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO
GO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS GIVES YOU A VISUAL OF WHAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO PLACE THE
EXISTING BUILDING, RIGHT HERE, VERSUS WHERE -- I'M SORRY,
THE PROPOSED BUILDING VERSUS WHERE THE EXISTING BUILDING
SITS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE EXISTING BUILDING IS SET BACK MUCH
FURTHER THAN WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.
OTHER THAN TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOO LARGE A BUILDING,
THERE'S NO REASON THE NORTH SETBACK SHOULD BE MODIFIED FROM
WHERE THE CURRENT BUILDING SITS.
THE SOUTH SETBACK SHOULD BE 15 FEET, WHICH IS THE SAME AS
THE WEST SETBACK.
THE FINAL THING I'D POINT OUT IS THERE IS A STREET BUFFER ON
ALL THREE SIDES OF THIS PROJECT OTHER THAN THE GARDEN CLUB.
SO IN TERMS OF THE SIDE OF THE PROJECT THAT NEEDS THE BUFFER
THE MOST, IT'S CLEARLY THE GARDEN CLUB SIDE BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T HAVE A STREET.
THE DEVELOPER'S REQUEST TO CHANGE THE NORTH AND SOUTH
SETBACKS SHOULD BE DENIED.
REGARDING THE WEST AND LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THE GREEN IS THE
LANDSCAPE BUFFER.

THE BLUE IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE.
I THINK THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP, BUT THE 15-FOOT
SETBACK ON THIS SIDE IS REALLY DISINGENUOUS BECAUSE IF YOU
PUT THE ENTIRE 8 FEET INSIDE THE PROPERTY, THE BUILDING
WOULD HAVE TO BE SET BACK 21 FEET TO ACCOMMODATE THE
PORTE-COCHERE AND THE ENTRY DRIVE WHICH THEY TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER.
OTHER PEOPLE MENTIONED THE PROBABILITY OF NEEDING TO WIDEN
ISABELLA IS HIGH.
IF YOU GIVE AWAY SIX FEET OF RIGHT-OF-WAY AND YOU HAVE TO
TAKE THAT BACK FOR EXPANSION LATER, THEN YOU ONLY END UP
WITH A TWO FOOT BUFFER WHICH, AGAIN, IS WAY TOO SMALL
CONCERNING SAFETY SITUATION.
LASTLY I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING AND
THE DENSITY OF THE PROJECT.
42 UNITS, 7 BONUS UNITS, NO ONE SAID THIS, 225,000 SQUARE
FEET OF LIVING SPACE, 354 FEET TALL.
ALL OF THIS ON JUST OVER ONE ACRE.
THE REASON THE SCALE AND SIZE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS SO
OFFENSIVE IS NOT COMPLICATED.
IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE THE UNITS ARE AVERAGING 4500 SQUARE
FEET.
I'D LOVE TO SEE A SHOW OF HANDS -- I'M NOT GOING TO ASK --
HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM LIVE IN A HOUSE OF 4500 SQUARE
FEET.

I'M SURE IT IS A SMALL NUMBER.
WAY OF COMPARISON, RECENTLY BUILT HYDE PARK HOUSE IS 3,000
SQUARE FEET ON AVERAGE.
WHAT'S ALLOWED FOR THE MAXIMUM UNDER THE CURRENT PD IS
UNCLEAR.
27-227 OF THE CODE INDICATES 120 FEET AND ANOTHER REMINDER,
THIS IS MEDIUM DENSITY.
THIS IS NOT HIGH DENSITY.
I'M A DEVELOPER.
THE SUGGESTION THAT CO-LOCATION CAN ONLY BE ACCOMPLISHED
WITH THIS DESIGN IS JUST FALSE, AND THE SUGGESTIONS THAT THE
ONLY OPTIONS ARE TO DO THIS OR TEAR IT DOWN, THAT'S FALSE,
TOO.
WITHOUT THE REQUESTED EXCEPTIONS, THE APPLICANT BUILT A
SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING WITH SIZABLE UNITS WHERE THE SIZE AND
SCALE OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING
SURROUNDING AREA.
THE REQUEST FOR THE BONUS UNITS SHOULD BE DENIED AND THE
HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING SHOULD BE LIMITED.
LET ME CLOSE WITH A FINAL IMPORTANT POINT.
THE APPLICANT SAID THEY REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY NEVER MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAYING I'M IN CONVERSATION
WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD VERSUS ACTIVELY AND PROACTIVELY
MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN TRYING TO SEE IF YOU CAN

FIND COMMON GROUND.
THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
THERE'S NO COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OFFERED BY THE
APPLICANT TO JUSTIFY GRANTING ANY ELEMENT OF THEIR REQUEST.
THIS IS SIMPLY A CASE OF OVERREACHING FROM EVERY STANDPOINT
THE REQUEST IS NEGATIVE TO THE AREA.
PLEASE PRESERVE THIS AREA AND REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
BY DENYING THIS APPLICATION, AND I HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS THAT
I REFERRED TO YOU TO PUT INTO THE RECORD.
8:44:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IF YOU WOULD GIVE THEM TO THE ATTORNEY,
AND HE WILL TAKE THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
8:44:27PM >> MY NAME IS BO ALLEN.
2725 SOUTH ISABELLA AVENUE.
COUNCILWOMAN, EARLIER TONIGHT YOU REQUESTED CLARIFICATION
REGARDING THE ZONING WEST OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ISABELLA AND A PHOTO WAS SHOWN,
THAT IS MY HOME.
WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY INDIVIDUALS TONIGHT, MOSTLY FROM
RODEPH SHOLOM AND THE GARDEN CLUB, BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD
THAT MANY FROM NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE IN THE DIRECT VICINITY OF
THE PROPOSED SITE.

I BELIEVE I SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF WHEN I SAY PLEASE DENY
THIS PROPOSAL.
THE ADVENT OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALTURA CONDOS, WHICH IS
DIRECTLY SOUTH OF WHERE I LIVE, JUST SHOWS HOW DISRUPTIVE
THESE PROJECTS CAN BE.
IT IS NOISY, OVERWHELMING, DIRTY.
THEY DISTURB THE COMMUNITY AND CREATE CONGESTION WITH FOOT
AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
THESE LENGTHY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LEAD TO TOTAL LACK OF
PRIVACY AND INABILITY TO ENJOY OUTDOOR SPACES.
FURTHERMORE, MY HOME IS TWO STORIES HIGH.
THIS PROPOSAL GOES THROUGH MY NEIGHBORS AND I WILL BE
COMPLETELY BOXED IN BY LUXURY CONDO HIGH-RISES.
NOT ONLY WILL MY ACCESS TO NATURAL SUNLIGHT BE COMPLETELY
OCCLUDED BUT I FEAR FOR THE HELD OF MY CENTURIES OLD OAK
TREE AND LOVELY MANGO TREE IN THE BACKYARD.
I FAIL TO SEE HOW THIS BENEFITS COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT LIVE
IN THE DIRECT VICINITY OF IT.
I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE HOW POORLY EQUIPPED THE AREA IS FOR
THE INCREASE IN PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
PLEASE CONSIDER MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS ON ISABELLA AND
BARCELONA WHO ARE BEING COMPLETELY BOXED IN BY THE LUXURY
HIGH-RISE CONDOS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
8:46:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS. PERINE, ARE YOU THE LAST SPEAKER?
ANYBODY ELSE?
STEPHANIE POYNOR, ARE YOU THE CLOSER?
GO AHEAD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
8:46:23PM >> MY NAME IS LAURA CHRYSLER.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS
PROJECT.
MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF CONGREGATION RODEPH
SHOLOM FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS.
WE JOINED WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF UNCLE SAM KINDLY
INVITING MY HUSBAND TO COME TO MacDILL TO BE A MEDICAL
OFFICER.
I HAVE ALSO HAD THE HONOR AND RESPONSIBILITY OF SERVING AS
PRESIDENT OF OUR CONGREGATION.
SO I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE CHALLENGES THAT MODERN-DAY
SYNAGOGUES FACE, INCLUDING THE FINANCIAL PRESSURE OF
MAINTAINING FACILITIES AND SERVICES.
RODEPH SHOLOM DID NOT EMBARK ON THE RELATIONSHIP WITH
RELATED GROUP LIGHTLY.
OUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP MADE THE VERY PRAGMATIC DECISION THAT
THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL GUARANTEE OUR ABILITY TO REMAIN IN
OUR SPIRITUAL HOME IN ITS LONG-TERM LOCATION FOR AS LONG AS
CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM IS ALIVE AND FLOURISHING IN SOUTH
TAMPA.

THE FACE OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD HAS BEEN CHANGING FOR AT
LEAST 40 YEARS.
IT'S DISINGENUOUS TO THINK THAT ALLOWING AN ADDITIONAL
RESIDENTIAL TOWER TO BE BUILT ON OUR PROPERTY WILL SOMEHOW
CHANGE THE CURRENT NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE
POTENTIAL LOSS OR RELOCATION OF RODEPH SHOLOM, PART OF THE
HEART AND SOUL OF ALL OF JEWISH TAMPA, WOULD BEEN
IRREPARABLE CHANGE.
AS YOU SAW IN THE EARLIER SLIDE SHOW, THE MENORAH ON OUR
BUILDING, WHICH METAPHORICALLY SHINES PROUDLY ON BAYSHORE
BOULEVARD, IS A SYMBOL OF LIFE, LIGHT, FAITH, AND COMMUNITY.
BY ALLOWING THIS PROJECT TO GO FORWARD, IT WILL PERMIT
RODEPH SHOLOM TO CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH ITS LIGHT
UNDIMINISHED.
THANK YOU.
8:48:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
8:48:29PM >> HI.
PAMELA JACKSON HANEY.
I HAVE LIVED IN SOUTH TAMPA 30 YEARS.
I AM A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE TAMPA TREE ADVOCACY GROUP.
I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO SAVE THE GRAND TREES ON THIS
PROPERTY.
THEY ARE PRICELESS AND NON-HAZARDOUS.

THE DEVELOPER ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY KNOWING FULL WELL THAT
IT HOLDS THE MAJESTIC GRAND TREES THAT ARE PROTECTED BY LAW
AND YET THE DEVELOPER SEEKS WAIVERS IN ORDER TO DESTROY
THEM.
THE SEEMINGLY INSIGNIFICANT PROCEDURE OF GETTING RID OF A
FEW MORE GRAND TREES IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS IS NO LONGER
INSIGNIFICANT AND NEEDS TO STOP.
THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS LOT IS TO SAVE ONLY 50% OF THE
TREES.
THE DEVELOPER IS ASKING TO RETAIN 20%.
SECTION 27-284.2.5 OF THE CITY CODE DISCUSSES THE STANDARDS
AND CRITERIA NEEDED FOR MAKING A DECISION TO APPROVE THE
REMOVAL OF A GRAND TREE.
NOT ONE OF THESE TREES MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR REMOVAL.
AND THUS THEY ALL NEED TO REMAIN AS THEY ARE.
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT THEY DO AND IT'S THE LAW.
IN ADDITION, THE SITE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE
REQUIRED MITIGATION, SO MORE MONEY WOULD HAVE TO BE POURED
INTO THE ALREADY OVERFLOWING SOUTH TAMPA TREE TRUST FUND.
WHERE ARE THE REASONABLE RECONFIGURATIONS?
WHILE MAYBE NOT IDEAL FOR THE DEVELOPER, IT'S TIME TO GET
CREATIVE, BUILD SOMETHING REASONABLE FOR THIS PARCEL.
IT'S A SMALL PRICE TO PAY TO SAVE GRAND TREES.
REGARDING THE GRAND TREE SHARED WITH THE GARDEN CLUB, THAT
TREE SHOULD BE HANDS OFF AND GIVEN A WIDE BERTH IN ORDER TO

SAVE IT.
THAT'S BEING A GOOD NEW NEIGHBOR.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE NEW CITY OF TAMPA TREE AND URBAN
FORESTRY ANALYSIS CAME OUT LAST MONTH.
SINCE 2011, WE HAVE LOST OVER 3300 ACRES OF TREE CANOPY
WHICH IS ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF CLEAR-CUTTING FOUR DAVIS
ISLANDS.
EACH YEAR, TAMPA'S URBAN FOREST REDUCES 1,000 FOUR TONS OF
AIR POLLUTANTS THAT CAUSE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS.
IT REDUCES RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AIR CONDITIONING, REDUCES
74.8 CUBIC FEET OF STORMWATER RUNOFF.
LOOK TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH, SPECIFICALLY MIAMI AND
WEST PALM BEACH WHO HAVE LOST SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF TYPE
ONE TREES DUE TO POOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
THE FLOODING IN THOSE TWO CITIES ALONE IS HORRID.
THEY ALSO STORE 1.4 MILLION TONS OF CARBON.
92% OF TAMPA RESIDENTS HIGHLY VALUE OUR TREES.
LONG-TERM RESIDENTS FEEL TREES AND THE ECOSYSTEM THEY
SUPPORT ARE CONNECTED TO THE HISTORICAL SENSE OF PLACE AND
WANT THEM IN THEIR FUTURE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN.
NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO SAVE THE GRAND TREES TO
BENEFIT OUR ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING THEM AT A
RAPID PACE.
IT IS SUCCESSFULLY PROVEN THAT LARGE OLD TREES PROVIDE THE

MOST BENEFIT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT.
THESE GRAND TREES MAKE UP LESS THAN 1% OF OUR TREES CANOPY.
IN CLOSING, THE SYNAGOGUE AND THE DEVELOPER WILL STILL MAKE
HEFTY PROFITS IF WE SAVE THESE GRAND TREES.
THANK YOU.
8:51:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER.
8:51:46PM >> BOB WHITMORE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CITY TREE, CITIZENS
ACTION GROUP.
YOU PROMISED ME -- YOU PROMISED ME ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND
YOU MADE A COMMITMENT AT THE TREE WORKSHOP ON APRIL 27.
YOU TOLD ME YOU CARED ABOUT THE CANOPY.
EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN FRONT OF YOU AND WANTS A VARIANCE IS
GOING TO HAVE A REASON TO CUT DOWN TREES.
24 TREES THEY WANT TO TAKE DOWN.
RELATED TOOK DOWN 30 TREES TO PUT UP THE BUILDING BEHIND
THIS PROPERTY.
NOW, RICKY IS GOING TO COME UP HERE LATER AND HE'S GOING TO
TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THE MAGIC THEY ARE GOING TO WORK TO
REPLANT THOSE TREES ON THE PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT.
THE MONEY IS GOING TO GO INTO THE TREE FUND AND THEY ARE
GOING TO MITIGATE IT IN SOME MYTHICAL SPOTS THROUGHOUT THE

CITY THAT DON'T EXIST AND, BOOM, WE'RE DONE.
WE'VE GOT 54 TREES THAT ARE OUT OF THE CANOPY.
ONE ACRE OF LAND IS WHAT THEY ARE BUILDING ON.
DID YOU SEE THAT MONSTER?
ONE ACRE OF LAND THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD THIS PROPERTY ON.
AND I THINK IT'S A LITTLE APPALLING THAT RELATED IS SORT OF
HIDING BEHIND THE SYNAGOGUE TO GET WHAT THEY WANT DONE.
THEY CAN SELL THAT PROPERTY AND THE SYNAGOGUE CAN MAKE MONEY
WITH THAT PROPERTY.
THEY JUST WON'T MAKE AS MUCH MONEY IF RELATED IS ALLOWED TO
PUT THIS MONSTROSITY THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE SO MUCH PROBLEMS
AND IN MY FIELD OF STUDY TAKE DOWN SO MANY TREES.
WE HAVE GOT TO TAKE AND MAKE, HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO
STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CANOPY.
ACTIVISTS CAN'T DO THIS.
WE CAN'T DO IT.
WE JUST CAN'T.
IT SHOWS.
FIVE YEARS OF DESTRUCTION.
7% OF THE CANOPY LOST ACROSS THE CITY, AND 18% OF THE CANOPY
LOST IN SOUTH TAMPA.
AND YOU GUYS, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS IS APPALLING.
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?
HOW ARE WE GOING -- LET'S GET A TREE CZAR.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.

GET A TREE CZAR.
NO.
NO.
NO TREE CZARS.
JUST LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT RATIONALLY.
LOOK AT IT AS HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE TREES.
LET'S PUT SOMETHING REASONABLE IN THERE.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS THING.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE.
THE SYNAGOGUE WILL GET THEIR MONEY FOR THE PROPERTY.
RELATED OR SOMEBODY ELSE CAN BUILD A BUILDING, AND WE'RE
GOOD.
WE DON'T LOSE TREES.
EVERYBODY IS HAPPY.
PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN THE SHADE ANYMORE.
10:00 DOESN'T NEED TO BE SUNRISE FOR PEOPLE IN SOME PARTS OF
SOUTH TAMPA.
WE CAN DO THIS.
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL.
I AM SO GRATEFUL TO SEE YOU PEOPLE UP THERE.
I REALLY AM.
I KNOW EACH ONE OF YOU SINCERELY CARES ABOUT THE CANOPY AND
ABOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IT'S ONLY BY GETTING THE WAY OF THESE THINGS -- I'LL GO OUT
OF BUSINESS.

I DON'T WANT TO COME HERE ANYMORE.
IT'S ONLY BY GETTING IN FRONT OF THESE THINGS ONE PROJECT AT
A TIME THAT WE ARE NOT GOING IN FIVE YEARS SAY WE'RE DOWN TO
23% CANOPY.
LIKE MIAMI.
WE CAN'T DO IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
8:55:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
BOB WHITMORE.
IT'S FOR THE RECORD.
YOU'RE GOOD.
SHE DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME.
8:56:02PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A SPEAKER WAIVER FORM
WITH SEVEN NAMES.
WE'LL BEGIN.
ANN LEAVENGOOD GILES.
KELLY McGWIRE.
EXCUSE ME.
KATHY McGWIRE.
IS KATHY McGWIRE PRESENT?
I DON'T SEE KATHY McGWIRE.
GRACE KELLY -- IS KATHY McGWIRE HERE?
8:56:33PM >> IF SHE IS NOT HERE, WE CAN ADD MIKE FANNING.
8:56:37PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WE DON'T HAVE MIKE FANNING ON THIS LIST.
NO OBJECTION TO THE EXTRA MINUTE.

GRACE KELLY.
THANK YOU.
CAROLYN FRAN --
CHERYL SMITH.
ELENA COATS.
BENTLEY.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, TEN MINUTES.
THANK YOU.
8:57:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES.
8:57:15PM >> IT SAYS SIX.
GOT IT.
HI.
MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
FOUNDING MEMBER OF T-TAG.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, MANISCALCO, AND MIRANDA, YOU VOTED IN 2021
TO, QUOTE, REMOVE THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE FAR FOR SINGLE USE
RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY.
YOU DID THIS BECAUSE, QUOTE, CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERED
NUMEROUS REZONING REQUESTS FOR SINGLE USE RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENTS.
DURING SUCH HEARINGS, CITY COUNCIL REPEATEDLY SOUGHT
DIRECTION COMP PLAN OBJECTIVE 1.1 DIRECTING FUTURE
POPULATION CONCENTRATIONS AWAY FROM THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD

AREA TO ACHIEVE A NO NET INCREASE IN OVERALL RESIDENTIAL
DENSITY WITHIN THE CHHA.
QUOTE, IN ORDER TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH,
SAFETY AND WELFARE, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTS STAFF TO PREPARE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE TAMPA BAY TIMES WROTE AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF HOW MUCH
WORSE THE DAMAGE IN TAMPA WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPARED TO FORT
MYERS IF HURRICANE IAN HAD HIT TAMPA AS PROJECTED.
URBAN TAMPA BAY SUMMED IT UP BETTER THAN I CAN.
QUOTE, IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ALLOW NEW DEVELOPMENT
IN LOCATIONS WHICH ARE AT HIGH RISK OF INUNDATION DURING
FLOOD EVENTS.
EVERY PROPERTY DEVELOPED IN SUCH LOCATIONS IS ANOTHER
PROPERTY THE REST OF US WILL BE SUBSIDIZING IN PERPETUITY
WITH OUR INSURANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF PAYMENTS, END QUOTE.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, MANISCALCO, AND VIERA IN 2022 YOU AGAIN
VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ELIMINATE FAR FOR LAND USE CATEGORY CMU
35, CC 35, AND UMU 60, QUOTE, PROHIBITING THE USE OF THE FAR
OPTION FOR SINGLE USE MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
WITHIN THE SOUTH TAMPA OR NEW TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICTS.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE RELATED GROUP IS BUILDING SINGLE USE.
THE RELATED GROUP DOES NOT OWN PLACES OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY.
ALSO IN 2022, BEACH PARK BROUGHT IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT
THEY HAD RMU 100 IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU VOTED UNANIMOUSLY FOR A THIRD TIME TO ADD THAT LAND USE

-- TO ADD THAT LAND USE CATEGORY BECAUSE YOUR INTENT WAS TO
ELIMINATE THE EXCESS DENSITY OF SINGLE USE MULTIFAMILY
RESIDENTIAL IN SOUTH TAMPA.
THIS PROPERTY IS R 35.
THERE ARE ONLY THREE OTHER R 35s IN SOUTH TAMPA AND IT WAS
NOT INCLUDED IN THOSE MOTIONS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
BECAUSE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS EXACT SAME THING YOU VOTED TO
ELIMINATE UNANIMOUSLY THREE TIMES.
EXCESS DENSITY WHERE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
SO YOU MUST DECIDE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
INTENT WHEN YOU VOTED REPEATEDLY AGAINST EXCESS DENSITY IN
THE CHA, QUOTE, IN ORDER TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE PUBLIC
HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO SPLIT HAIRS BY SAYING IT'S R 35 NOT CC 35,
YOU'LL BE EXPLAINING YOURSELF FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS TO ALL
THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THE CANDIDATE FORUM THAT WAS HELD AT
THE GARDEN CLUB.
THEY ARE CALLING THIS EXCESS DENSITY A BONUS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAGE TITLED BONUS PROVISIONS THAT I GAVE
YOU, YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS ACTUALLY MAKES IT EVEN EASIER FOR
YOU TO DENY.
IT POINTS OUT THAT BONUS PROVISIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CITY
COUNCIL APPROVAL AND ARE NOT A BY RIGHT PROVISION.
IF THIS IS UNDERDEVELOPED WHY DO THEY NEED A BONUS

AGREEMENT.
VOTE NO ON THE BONUS AGREEMENT.
LAST MONTH YOU GOT A PEEK AT THE NEW TREE REPORT.
THE PERCENTAGE THAT THE COVERAGE HAS DECREASED IS TERRIBLE.
THE SOUTH TAMPA PERCENTAGE IS THE WORST IN JUST FIVE YEARS.
IT IS BECAUSE OF PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE.
RELATED WANTS TO REMOVE 24 HEALTHY LIVE OAKS.
THREE OF THEM ARE GRAND OAKS.
ON THESE PAGES FROM THE TREE REPORT YOU'LL SEE THAT LIVE
OAKS ARE 33% OF THE VALUE OF OUR TREE CANOPY.
BUT LIVE OAKS ONLY MAKE UP 3% OF THE TREE CANOPY.
HERE YOU'LL SEE LIVE OAKS, THE LIGHT COLOR IS THE PERCENTAGE
-- SORRY.
CAN YOU SEE IT?
THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF LIVE OAKS.
3%.
THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE LEAF AREA OF LIVE OAKS.
IT'S THE GREATEST.
ONLY 3% OF THE CANOPY BUT HAS MORE LEAF AREA THAN ANY OTHER
TREE.
THEY ARE THE WORKHORSES OF OUR TREE CANOPY.
WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS TO THE PUBLIC?
WE'VE HAD THE HOTTEST NINE YEARS ON RECORD.
AREAS WITH TREE CANOPY ARE SIX DEGREES COOLER THAN AREAS
WITHOUT IT.

WE NEED TO GET USED TO HEARING THE PHRASE URBAN HEAT ISLAND
EFFECT BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE OF IT IF WE DON'T STOP
THE DECIMATION OF OUR CANOPY.
YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S WORTH?
ANNUAL BENEFITS OF OUR CANOPY ARE $306 MILLION A YEAR.
THE LOSS ADDS UP TO $12,240,000 A YEAR.
EVERY YEAR.
HOW MUCH WOULD OUR CITY BENEFIT FROM AN EXTRA $12,240,000 A
YEAR?
WHAT AREA FLOODS MORE THAN BAYSHORE BOULEVARD?
HOW MUCH DOES FLOODING COST OUR CITY?
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY FIGURED IT OUT.
THIS IS HOW MUCH IT COSTS OUR CITY.
$4.9 MILLION OF RUNOFF IS AVOIDED WITH OUR TREE CANOPY.
4.9 MILLION.
LIVE OAKS ALONE SAVE THE CITY ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR
IN RUNOFF.
THE VALUE OF AVOIDED RUNOFFS CANNOT BE REPLACED.
WHAT IS FREE FLOOD PREVENTION?
THE 24 LIVE OAKS ON THIS PROPERTY.
YOU HAVE TO BE CRAZY TO CUT DOWN 24 OAKS ON ONE OF THE MOST
FLOOD-PRONE STREETS IN THE CITY.
DURING THE CAMPAIGN YOU SAID YOU UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE TREE.
NOW IS WHEN YOU GET THE POWER TO DO JUST THAT.

OUR MAYOR SAW THE BAD TREE REPORT AND SPRANG INTO ACTION.
SHE'S HAD PRESS CONFERENCES TALKING ABOUT HER PLANS TO SAVE
OUR TREES AND PLANT 30,000 MORE.
WE ARE A TEAM.
YOU, THE MAYOR, ALL OF US.
THE MAYOR CAN GET TREES PLANTED AND CHANGE THE PENALTIES FOR
ILLEGAL TREE CUTTING.
YOU CAN SAY NO TO WAIVERS TO REMOVE GRAND TREES.
YOU CAN SAY NO TO WAIVERS TO REMOVE MORE THAN 50% OF THE
TREES.
SUPPORT THE MAYOR, SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS AND PROTECT OUR
TREES LIKE THE SOLID GOLD INFRASTRUCTURE THEY ARE.
THE RELATED GROUP CAN BUILD ON THIS PROPERTY.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS PULL PERMITS.
IF THEY BUILD WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY ENTITLED TO WITH NO
WAIVERS, THEY CAN STILL REMOVE 50% OF THE TREES.
THEY CAN BUILD 42 UNITS THAT ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
THE UNITS WON'T COST $5 MILLION, WHICH IS WHAT THEY TOLD US
THESE UNITS ARE GOING TO COST.
THEY'LL BE BETTER.
THEY WILL BE SMALLER AND MORE AFFORDABLE.
THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE, NOT JUST A FEW.
I GOT THIS SLIDE FROM GINA GRIMES.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN THE POLICY -- IT'S NEVER BEEN THE LAW THAT
A LANDOWNER IS ALWAYS ENTITLED TO THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE

OF HIS LAND.
THE SYNAGOGUE GOT A PD REZONING IN 2005.
LATER THEY ASKED FOR AMENDMENT TO SELL HALF AN ACRE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE I GAVE YOU, YOU'LL SEE THEY
WERE GRANTED THE CHANGE ONLY IF THEY COMMITTED TO PRESERVING
ALL OF THE TREES AND YET HERE THEY ARE TODAY ASKING TO CUT
DOWN 80% OF THOSE TREES.
PROMISES AREN'T WORTH THE PAPER THEY ARE WRITTEN ON.
WHEN, AND I MEAN WHEN, NOT IF, THE SYNAGOGUE BECOMES
RESIDENTIAL, ALL THE REMAINING TREES ON THE SYNAGOGUE'S LAND
WILL BE KILLED, TOO.
THERE'S NOTHING REQUIRING THEM TO STAY.
IF THEY GET AN OFFER THEY CAN'T REFUSE, THEY CAN DO WHATEVER
THEY WANT.
THE AGREEMENT ABOUT RESTRICTING WHAT CAN BE BUILT IN THE
FUTURE IS GOING TO BE THROWN OUT THE WINDOW.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM STAY ON
BAYSHORE BOULEVARD BUT YOU CANNOT VOTE YES BECAUSE YOU WANT
THEM TO STAY.
YOU CANNOT VOTE YES UNDER THREAT OF SOMETHING WORSE.
THAT IS NOT COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AND YOU MUST
BASE YOUR DECISION ON EVIDENCE ONLY.
ALL THEIR ASSURANCES EVAPORATE THE DAY AFTER YOU VOTE YES.
YOU ARE EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN FROM BASING YOUR DECISION ON
WHAT THIS SYNAGOGUE MIGHT DO IN THE FUTURE.

ON THE OTHER HAND THE COMP PLAN REQUIRES TO YOU PREVENT HARM
TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.
LU POLICY 9.3.8 STATES THAT, QUOTE, NEW RESIDENTIAL
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SHALL BE MINIMALLY DISRUPTIVE TO
ADJACENT AREAS.
TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE CITY SHALL ASSESS THE POTENTIAL
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS.
THEY SAID THEY CAN'T BUILD WHAT THEY WANT WITHOUT WAIVERS.
WELL, THEN IT WAS THE WRONG PROPERTY FOR THEM TO BUY.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAID THE PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT IS
14.7 UNITS PER ACRE.
THE COMP PLAN REQUIRES YOU TO MAKE SURE THESE DEVELOPMENTS
ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT.
THEY TOLD YOU THE PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT IS 14.7 UNITS PER
ACRE.
DANNY COLLINS TOLD YOU.
YOU MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR PREVIOUS VOTES TO PROTECT
AND PRESERVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
I ASK YOU TO PRESERVE OUR TREE CANOPY, WHICH BENEFITS
EVERYONE.
I ASK YOU TO VOTE ON COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
ONLY.
I ASK YOU TO PROTECT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AS THE COMP
PLAN MANDATES.

THANK YOU.
9:06:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
NEXT SPEAKER.
9:06:30PM >> I HAVE A WAIVER FOR AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE.
9:06:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
NANCY KISWELL.
9:06:57PM >> GOOD EVENING.
I'M LORRAINE PARRIINO, PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA TREE ADVOCACY
GROUP.
JUST LAST YEAR, MIAMI-BASED DEVELOPER THE RELATED GROUP
DEMOLISHED THE MIDDLE INCOME BAY OAKS APARTMENTS ON
BAYSHORE.
CONSTRUCTING A SUPER LUXURY CONDO THERE, IT DESTROYED 30
MATURE LIVE OAK TREES, THE MOST VALUABLE TREES IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA.
NOW THE RELATED GROUP IS AT IT AGAIN, CONSTRUCTING YET
ANOTHER LUXURY CONDO ON BAYSHORE ASKING CITY COUNCIL TO
IGNORE CITY CODE PROTECTING THESE VALUABLE TREES BY ALLOWING
IT TO KEEP ONLY 20% OF THE TREES.
LET ME STATE THAT AGAIN.
THE RELATED GROUP WANTS A SPECIAL WAIVER TO DESTROY 80% OF
THE LIVE OAK TREES ON THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING THREE HEALTHY
OLD GROWTH LIVE OAKS, 50-INCH LIVE OAK.
YES RELATED GROUP WANTS PERMISSION FROM YOU, CITY COUNCIL TO

DESTROY 24 LIVE OAKS, THE MOST VALUABLE TREES IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA.
PLUS THREE GRAND LIVE OAKS, SO THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR VAST
WEALTH AT TAMPA'S EXPENSE.
LET US CALL THIS OUT FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS.
CORPORATE GREED AT ITS WORST.
WHERE DOES IT STOP?
YOU CITY COUNCIL MUST STOP THIS BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO
CORPORATE GREED IT IS NEVER ENOUGH.
THE 2016 TREE CANOPY AND URBAN FOREST ANALYSIS RATED TAMPA'S
TREE CANOPY A HEALTHY 33.3%.
THAT SAME YEAR MIAMI-DADE, THE RELATED GROUP'S HEADQUARTERS,
HAD A VERY SUBSTANDARD TREE CANOPY OF 19% DUE TO UNBRIDLED
AMBITION AND OVERBUILDING BY THE CITY AND DEVELOPERS LIKE
THE RELATED GROUP.
MIAMI-DADE'S VERY POOR TREE CANOPY SPARKED HUGE CONCERN
RESULTING IN MILLION TREES MIAMI, AN AMBITIOUS CITY
CORPORATE INITIATIVE TO PLANT A MILLION TREES BY 2020.
IT DID NOT REACH ITS GOAL.
THE QUESTION BEFORE US TODAY IS THIS.
IS CITY COUNCIL WILLING FOR TAMPA'S TREE CANOPY TO BECOME AS
DEGRADED AS MIAMI-DADE'S WAS IN 2016?
THE JUST RELEASED 2021 TREE CANOPY AND URBAN FOREST ANALYSIS
INFORMS US THAT TAMPA'S TREE CANOPY DECLINED BY 4% IN THE
PAST FIVE YEARS.

A CLOSER LOOK SHOWS THAT TAMPA LOST 7% OF ITS TREE CANOPY
SINCE 2016 AND 13% SINCE 1995.
SOUTH TAMPA ALONE LOST AN ASTOUNDING 18% OF TREE CANOPY AND
FLOOD-PRONED DAVIS ISLAND LOST 10%.
IF THE CITYWIDE PUSH FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES AT
BREAKNECK SPEED AS DID MIAMI-DADE'S, TAMPA WILL LOSE ANOTHER
7% OF TREE CANOPY IN FIVE YEARS, DECREASING TO 23%.
TAMPA IS THEN ON A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE TO TIE MIAMI-DADE'S
2016, 19% TREE CANOPY.
THE 24 LIVE OAK TREES THAT THE RELATED GROUP WANTS TO REMOVE
TO THE 30 MATURE OAK TREES IT REMOVED LAST YEAR AND THE
DESTROYED TREES AMOUNT TO ASTOUNDING 54 TREES, INCLUDING
THREE GRAND OAKS, THE MOST VALUABLE TREES IN ALL OF FLORIDA.
THIS DEVELOPER WILL DESTROY A SMALL FOREST OF TREES NO
MATTER THE GREAT HARM TO TAMPA'S ECOSYSTEM, MERELY TO
SATISFY ITS CORPORATE GREED AND AMBITION.
IS CITY COUNCIL REALLY WILLING TO APPEASE THE SELF-INDULGENT
GREED OF DEVELOPERS LIKE THE RELATED GROUP, ALLOWING IT TO
DESTROY EVEN MORE OF TAMPA'S DISAPPEARING TREE CANOPY THAN
IT ALREADY HAS?
THE CITY OF TAMPA FOREST EXAMINER FOUND THIS REZONING TO BE
INCONSISTENT.
DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT ALSO FOUND IT
INCONSISTENT.
YOU CITY COUNCIL MUST DECIDE IF YOU WILL FOLLOW THE CODE AND

PROTECTION TAMPA'S TREE CANOPY AND HEALTHY GRAND OAKS OR IF
INSTEAD YOU ARE WILLING TO GRANT WAIVERS TO IRRESPONSIBLE
DEVELOPERS ALL TOO WILLING TO DESTROY TAMPA'S OLD GROWTH OAK
TREES.
CITY COUNCIL, YOU MUST FOLLOW THE CODE OR BETTER YET
STRENGTHEN IT, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR DEVELOPERS TO
REQUEST TREE-DESTROYING WAIVERS.
THAT IS WHY THE CITY CODES WERE CODIFIED AND THAT IS WHY YOU
WERE ELECTED TO ENFORCE THEM TO PRESERVE TAMPA'S NATURAL
RESOURCES FOR TODAY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL TAMPA RESIDENTS TO PROTECT
TAMPA'S NATURAL BEAUTY AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM THE
AMBITIOUS, THE GREEDY, THE SELFISH, AND FROM DEVELOPERS
INTERESTED ONLY IN THEIR OWN FINANCIAL PROFIT.
PLEASE VOTE NO TO THESE TREE-KILLING WAIVERS.
9:11:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER -- SORRY, LAST SPEAKER, PLEASE.
WE DID IT.
YES, MA'AM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
9:11:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IT LOOKS LIKE SIX NAMES.
BOB WECK.
KATHRYN PROVADA.
ELIZABETH WECK.

SAM WARNER.
CORRINE GERTNER.
AND WENDELL GERTNER.
TOTAL OF SIX PLUS THREE.
9:12:02PM >> GOOD EVENING.
STEPHANIE POYNOR.
I HANDED YOU A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION THAT CARROLL ANN
MENTIONED.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 2021-273.
BUT WHAT'S ALMOST AS IMPORTANT IS THE NEXT PIECE OF PAPER
THAT I GAVE YOU WITH THIS LARGE TYPE AT THE TOP.
BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO TAKE JUST A MINUTE AND LOOK AT THE
HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS BECAUSE WHAT IT SAYS HERE IS WHAT CITY
COUNCIL ASKED FOR.
AND WHAT CITY COUNCIL ASKED FOR WAS COUNCIL ALSO DIRECTED
STAFF TO REVIEW THE USE OF -- IN THE SINGLE RESIDENTIAL USE
RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS.
THEY DID.
THEY NEVER MENTIONED THIS NIFTY LITTLE R-35.
MY GUESS WHY, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY FOUR OF THEM IN ALL OF
SOUTH TAMPA, INCLUDING THIS ONE.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN THIS ORDINANCE, IT CERTAINLY GOES
ALONG WITH THE SPIRIT OF THIS ORDINANCE WHERE WE WERE NOT
ALLOWING FAR, WHERE YOU CAN'T BUY BONUS DENSITY.
SO THEY OVERLOOKED THESE FOUR VERY SMALL PARCELS.

AND THE OTHER THREE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT ON THEM.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE OF THINGS, CITY
COUNCIL IN 2021 VOTED NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE, BUT THREE TIMES
TO PUT THIS ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
AND THIS WASN'T EVEN ANYTHING THAT THE SOUTH OF GANDY FOLKS
ASKED FOR BECAUSE WE NEVER GOT TO FAR.
WE NEVER GOT TO 1.0.
THIS BONUS DENSITY AGREEMENT, MY MOUTH HANGS OPEN.
$144,000 FOR 7 UNITS.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
PLEASE, CAN YOU SIGN ME UP FOR WHERE I CAN GO TO HAND
SOMEBODY 144,000 AND GET PROBABLY ABOUT 30 MILLION OUT OF
IT?
PLEASE TELL ME WHERE I CAN GO SHOP FOR THAT BECAUSE I NEED
THAT KIND OF MONEY.
I WOULD BUY SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIKE THE CHURCH DID AT
THE CORNER OF -- SOMEBODY MENTIONED IT EARLIER.
BAY VISTA AND MANHATTAN.
THEY ARE BUILDING UNITS.
GUESS WHAT, THE CHURCH SOLD IT TO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPER.
THEIR ONLY REQUIREMENT WAS THAT THEY GET TO NAME IT AND THEY
NAMED IT.
A HUNDRED AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN SOUTH TAMPA.

NOW, WE'VE HEARD A LOT THIS EVENING ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE.
THE HISTORY, NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO THERE, NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
THERE IS NO BOGEYMAN STANDING IN THE CORNER THAT IS GOING TO
CREATE A NEW DEVELOPMENT FIVE MINUTES AFTER YOU SAY NO FOR
THIS.
THERE IS NO BOGEYMAN, I'M TELLING YOU, EVERY DEVELOPER UNDER
THE SUN HAS COME UP HERE AND SAID, WELL, IT COULD BE MUCH
WORSE.
WE CAN BUILD THIS AND WE CAN BUILD THAT.
IT'S A FARCE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, THIS IS WHAT THEY THINK IS A GOOD DEAL
AND DON'T TELL ME THAT EVERYBODY WAS TREATED RESPECTFULLY
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, CARROLL ANN AND I ARE HERE TONIGHT
BECAUSE WE GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE GARDEN CLUB LADIES.
NOW, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE LADIES IN RED.
THEY LIKE GARDENING AND TREES.
AND RELATED GROUP WANTED THEM TO TAKE OUT THEIR JOINT TREE.
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY.
THAT WAS THE FIRST CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT THIS.
THEY CALLED US BECAUSE THEY SAID THESE PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE
AWAY OUR TREE.
WELL, GUESS WHAT, THIS PROJECT WILL STILL TAKE OUT THAT TREE

BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILDING TOO STINKIN' CLOSE.
THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN HERE EARLIER THAT TALKED ABOUT FIVE,
TEN POUNDS OF SUGAR.
YOU KNOW I WOULD SAY SOMETHING MUCH, MUCH WORSE.
WHEN DO WE START MAKING PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RULES?
THIS IS FOUR AND A HALF, FIVE MILLION DOLLAR UNITS.
THIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO CREATE A PLACE FOR ANYONE TO LIVE.
NOBODY CALLS THAT HOTLINE AND SAYS, I CAN'T FIND A FOUR AND
A HALF OR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS PROPERTY.
I CAN'T FIND IT.
IT'S NOT THERE.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS DEVELOPER TELL US WE'LL BUILD SIDEWALKS
AROUND IT.
WE'LL BUILD SIDEWALKS FOR THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET.
IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU ARE NOT
TALKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM
ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY SAY THEY NEED AND HOW MANY PEOPLE
CAME HERE TONIGHT AND SAID WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIDEWALKS?
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WALK IN THE STREET.
BUT WE DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THAT.
THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT IT SAYS THAT
THEY ARE BUYING WITH THE BONUS DENSITY SEVEN UNITS.

BUT THEY CAN ONLY BUILD 42.
BUT THEN WE TALKED ABOUT 50.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL BUT I DID TEACH THIRD GRADE MATH
FOR A LONG TIME.
42 PLUS 7 IS 49, NOT 50.
SO WE CAN'T LET THEM HAVE 50 EITHER BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT
THEY ASKED FOR AND NOT WHAT'S IN THE BONUS AGREEMENT.
PLEASE, I'M SURE I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING.
YES, MEDIUM DENSITY.
MEDIUM DENSITY!
CARROLL ANN GAVE YOU A PAPER WITH A BROWN BOX, MEDIUM
DENSITY.
THAT SAYS 8 STORIES HIGH.
THEY WANT TO BUILD 21 MORE STORIES ON TOP OF THAT.
THAT'S NOT MEDIUM.
THAT'S EXTRA LARGE.
THAT'S XXL.
REALLY COOL GUY THAT WAS HERE EARLIER, THAT GUY.
AGAIN, WE'RE BACK TO TEN POUNDS OF SHIZZLE IN A FIVE POUND
BAG.
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION
BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAID WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO THIS TO SOUTH
TAMPA ANYMORE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK AT LEAST ONE, MAYBE TWO OF YOU
STOOD UP AND SAID SOUTH TAMPA IS FULL AT THE GARDEN CLUB IN

THE LAST 90 DAYS.
WE'RE FULL.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
SOUTH OF GANDY, IT DOES COUNT BECAUSE THOSE HUNDRED CARS
THAT ARE GOING TO LIVE THERE, I GOT TO GET PAST TO GET HOME
FROM HERE.
IT IMPACTS US EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE ANY NEW
DENSITY.
DANNY COLLINS SAID 14.7 UNITS PER ACRE.
WHY ARE WE EVEN DISCUSSING IT?
WE HAVE TO SPEND ALL THIS TIME AND ENERGY TO PROTECT THE
FOLKS IN OUR CITY FROM SOMEBODY FROM MIAMI.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER MIAMI.
I DIDN'T MOVE TO MIAMI.
I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH MIAMI, BUT I
DIDN'T MOVE TO MIAMI.
I MOVED TO TAMPA.
IT'S ALSO -- FLOOD ZONE.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS?
I STILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
9:19:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

[ LAUGHTER ]
[ APPLAUSE ]
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
WE DON'T ALLOW JOY AND CELEBRATION IN HERE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
NO JOY.
YES, MA'AM.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
9:19:31PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I WANT TO GET IT ON THE RECORD OFFICIALLY
FOR ONE OF THE WAIVERS, SECTION 27-290.1-E TO ALLOW AN
INCREASE OF THE FENCE OR WALL IN THE FRONT YARD, IT SAYS
BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND BARCELONA FROM THREE FEET TO SIX FEET
IS THAT SHOWN IN THE SITE PLANS?
I WAS LOOKING AT THAT AND I COULDN'T TELL.
AND I JUST WANT TO GET THAT IN THE RECORD.
9:20:00PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
COUNCILWOMAN, WHAT WAS THE LAST PART OF YOUR QUESTION?
9:20:06PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
IT SAYS SECTION 27-290 TO ALLOW AN
INCREASE IN THE ALLOWED FENCE/WALL HEIGHT IN THE FRONT YARD,
BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND BARCELONA STREET FROM THREE FEET TO
SIX FEET.
9:20:20PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES.
THAT IS IDENTIFIED.
THAT IS THE WAIVER REQUESTED AND THAT IS LISTED ON THE SITE

PLAN.
9:20:26PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
RIGHT.
BUT IS IT IN THE SITE PLAN?
9:20:28PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
ON THE SITE PLAN --
IT IS A SECURITY FENCE.
9:20:46PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
IT'S NOT DECORATIVE?
9:20:48PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
IT'S SHOWN AS A DASHED LINE.
WHAT HAPPENS IS SOME OF THE LINES, THEY DON'T BLEED INTO
EACH OTHER BUT ALL LINES.
YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY LINE AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SETBACK
LINE AS SHOWN AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE FENCE LINE.
IT SAYS PROPOSED SECURITY FENCE AND IT POINTS HERE.
THIS IS IT WITH THE LINE AND THE DOTS AND THAT IS WHAT IS
PROPOSED.
THIS IS CONSIDERED THE FRONT YARD, SO THAT IS THE NEED FOR
THE WAIVER TO ALLOW THAT FENCE AT SIX FEET.
9:21:18PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ALSO, THE LAST ONE, IS THERE ANY EFFORT TO
SAVE THE TREES?
I REMEMBER UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA, THEY SAVED A VERY BIG TREE
WHEN THEY BUILT THE LACROSSE FIELD.
THE GRAND TREES IN PARTICULAR, IS THERE AN EFFORT TO PICK
THEM UP AND SAVE THEM?
9:21:33PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
I BELIEVE I'LL LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO
THAT.
9:21:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ARE WE NOW GOING INTO REBUTTAL OR WOULD

THIS NOT COUNT FOR REBUTTAL.
SHE'S ASKING SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
9:21:50PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
BEFORE WE BEGIN THE REBUTTAL PERIOD, IF YOU
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE APPLICANT
BEFORE THEY DO REBUTTAL -- REMEMBER, REBUTTAL IS THEIR LAST
WORD.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, NOW WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE
TIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT AFTER REBUTTAL,
YOU CAN ADDRESS WHAT THEY RAISED DURING REBUTTAL.
AS OF NOW, GIVE THEM THE LAST WORD IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
9:22:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU'RE GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MS. MANDELL.
9:22:22PM >> BEFORE I GET INTO REBUTTAL, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, THERE
WERE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED.
ARE THOSE SUPPOSED TO BE ANSWERED NOW BEFORE I GET INTO
REBUTTAL?
BECAUSE REBUTTAL IS MY OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO EVERYTHING.
MY RECOLLECTION IS WE DO ALL THE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE END
WITH REBUTTAL.
IF THOSE WERE QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED BY
MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, ISN'T NOW THE TIME FOR THEM TO ANSWER
THOSE QUESTIONS?

9:22:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
[INAUDIBLE]
9:22:57PM >> THAT'S WHY I WANT TO CLARIFY IT.
9:23:00PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF THERE WAS A QUESTION POSED, THEN WHOEVER
IS APPROPRIATE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
9:23:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT WON'T CUT INTO YOUR REBUTTAL TIME.
9:23:08PM >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT IN PROCESS.
9:23:10PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
9:23:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. PETERIKA.
9:23:14PM >> RICKY PETERIKA, DARK MOSS.
I'VE BEEN SWORN.
WITH ME IS --
9:23:18PM >> ARTIE CINTRON WITH KIMLEY-HORN.
I'VE BEEN SWORN IN AS WELL.
9:23:21PM >> THERE ARE THREE GRAND TREES PROPOSED ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THE EXISTING SYNAGOGUE AND BY PROPOSING THE OTHER HALF OF
THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THOSE AND PROVIDING
ACCESS, THE ACCESS PROPOSED IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE TREE
PROTECTION OF THOSE THREE TREES.
SO WE TRIED -- WE EVALUATED SEVERAL CRITERIA OR SEVERAL
CONFIGURATIONS.
TWO OF THEM ARE IN YOUR PACKET TO PRESERVE ONE OR TWO OF
THOSE TREES AND CHARACTERIZED THE IMPACT TO THE SITE PLAN
THAT RESULTS FROM THE PRESERVATION OF TWO OF THOSE GRAND
TREES.
9:24:03PM >> TO ADD TO RICKY'S POINT, THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE

AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE SYNAGOGUE REQUIRE, ADD SOME
CONSTRAINTS.
TO RICKY'S POINT, THE CONSTRAINT OF THE ACCESS AFFECTS THE
EXISTING TREES THERE.
9:24:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL GO TO THE APPLICANT
FOR REBUTTAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
9:24:51PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
COUNCILMAN VIERA, DO YOU WISH TO HAVE A
DISCUSSION OR RAISE SOME ISSUES OR CONCERNS?
DO YOU WANT A DISCUSSION PRIOR TO REBUTTAL?
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING?
9:25:00PM >>LUIS VIERA:
LITTLE FROM A AND LITTLE FROM B.
I TYPICALLY DO IT AFTER REBUTTAL BECAUSE MAYBE MY QUESTIONS
ARE ANSWERED IN THEIR REBUTTAL.
9:25:07PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF THAT'S THE CASE -- IF THE REBUTTAL
RAISES QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED PERHAPS, BUT
THE QUESTION IS IF YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS NOW, THEN
THEY CAN SPEND THE TIME.
9:25:18PM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE CHAIR, I'LL WAIT UNTIL
AFTER REBUTTAL.
9:25:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HE MAY HAVE HIS ANSWERS IN REBUTTAL.
IF NOT --
9:25:26PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WE CAN OPEN THE FLOOR AGAIN FOR REBUTTAL.
9:25:29PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
LET ME SAY THIS, MR. CHAIRMAN, IN FACT,

IN THIS CASE AND EVERYTHING, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF FEELINGS ONE WAY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
WITH FEELINGS THE OTHER WAY.
YOU HAVE THREE ENTITIES HERE.
YOU HAVE THE SYNAGOGUE, YOU HAVE THE GARDEN CENTER, AND YOU
HAVE THE DEVELOPER.
WHAT WE HAVE HEARD IN THE PREPONDERANCE, WHAT IF I DON'T DO
THIS, I GET THAT, ABOUT MONEY AND ALL THAT.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REZONING.
IT IS ABOUT WHATEVER IS ON THE DOCKET WE'RE LOOKING AT,
WHATEVER YOU PRESENT, WHATEVER THEY PRESENT, WHATEVER THE
DEBATE IS, WHATEVER THIS COUNCIL HEARS IS THE REZONING, NOT
ABOUT WHAT IF, IF I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SURVIVE AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I PERSONALLY UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT
OF THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
HOWEVER, I SEE THINGS GO DOWN AND THE SAME THINGS, ANY
BUSINESS GOES DOWN, WHEN THE YOUTH COME BACK, THEY GO UP.
I KNOW PARKS AND RECREATION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
ZONING, BUT OUR ATTENDANCE IN PARKS AND RECREATION IN SOME
PARTS ARE DOWN, ALL THE WAY DOWN.
YOU KNOW WHY?
EVERYBODY IS MY AGE.
HOWEVER, WHEN THE YOUNG KIDS COME IN, IT GOES BACK UP.
IT IS A CIRCLE OF LIFE THAT HAPPENS.

I'M NOT SAYING THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET THAT AND PUT IT
INTO THIS ZONING, BUT ALL THE ZONINGS STAND ON THEIR OWN.
NOT ABOUT THIS BENEFIT OR DEMISE OR DEMISE AND BENEFIT.
AND IT'S ABOUT THE REZONING.
THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:27:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:27:09PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO BUILD ON SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID.
INCLUDING TAKING SOME ISSUES OFF THE TABLE THAT I THINK ARE
IMPORTANT FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, THAT A LOT OF -- WE HEAR A
LOT OF RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, ET CETERA,
ET CETERA, THERE'S THE VIEW THAT SAYS NO FURTHER BUILDING IN
A PART OF TAMPA AND THEN THERE IS THE VIEW PARTICULARLY ON
THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN
THERE, RIGHT?
IN OTHER WORDS, CONSTRUCTION NOISE, ALL THAT STUFF, I THINK
IT'S REASONABLE TO SAY THAT WILL HAPPEN.
WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS BEING APPROVED OR SOMETHING IN
THE FUTURE, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE WILL HAPPEN, I THINK
THE MORE PERSUASIVE CASE AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOT THE
IDEA OF NO MORE BUILDING, NOT SAYING THAT I'M HERE BECAUSE
I'M LISTENING TO EVERYTHING, ET CETERA, THAT'S FOR SURE,
THAT IS THE SUGAR BAG, RIGHT, LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR THAT,
SOMETHING THAT THE APPLICANT OBVIOUSLY HAS TO ADDRESS IN

THEIR REBUTTAL.
LIKE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID, WE HEARD A LOT OF VERY, VERY
COMPELLING FACTUAL STATEMENTS WITH REGARDS TO THE FUTURE OF
THE GARDEN CLUB, WITH REGARDS TO THE FUTURE OF THE
SYNAGOGUE, THINGS THAT ARE VERY, VERY COMPELLING IN TERMS OF
NARRATIVES ON THE CITY, FACTUAL ISSUES, ET CETERA,
ET CETERA, WHETHER THEY ARE COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
IS OBVIOUSLY A WHOLE OTHER ISSUE IN TERMS OF OUR
CONSIDERATION HERE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE ISSUE OF THE SELLING OF THE PROPERTY, WHAT
HAPPENS IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WILL THE PROPERTY BE SOLD,
ET CETERA?
SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT IS A THREAT.
COULD BE A STATEMENT OF FACT.
BIG PROPERTY ON BAYSHORE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT THAT.
AGAIN, COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, I DON'T THINK SO.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ON BOTH SIDES THAT ARE VERY,
VERY COMPELLING.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IS
OBVIOUSLY A WHOLE OTHER ISSUE.
THAT BEING SAID, I'LL BE QUIET AND LET MS. MANDELL SPEAK.
THANK YOU.
9:29:12PM >> ERIC FORDIN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE RELATED GROUP
REPRESENTING 2713 SOUTH BAYSHORE LLC.

9:29:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ARE YOU PART OF THE REBUTTAL.
9:29:22PM >> I AM.
ON BEHALF OF GEORGE PEREZ OUR CHAIRMAN, JOHN PAUL PEREZ AND
NICK PEREZ OUR PRESIDENTS, I REALLY WANT TO WELCOME, THANK
EVERYONE FOR WELCOMING US INTO THIS CITY HALL AND VIBRANT
CONVERSATION.
I LOVE TAMPA.
I WENT TO SCHOOL IN TAMPA.
I CAME HERE IN 1990.
I WAS THE FIRST DEVELOPER TO BRING RELATED GROUP INTO TAMPA,
INTO CHANNELSIDE.
GEORGE AND JOHN PAUL AND NICK HAVE A SINCERE DESIRE TO
CONTINUE OUR INVESTMENT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONGREGATION AND WITH THE
NEIGHBORS TIRELESSLY.
NOT EVERYONE IS GETTING WHAT THEY WANT AND WE'RE CONFLATING
A LOT OF THE ISSUES.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP AND DEVELOP SOMETHING FOR THE SYNAGOGUE
WHERE THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS INTO THE SITE, WHICH IS THE
PORTION THAT'S INTERFERING WITH THESE GRAND OAKS.
I'VE OFFERED, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE THE GRAND OAKS, I
WOULD RELOCATE THEM TO A LOCATION, IF THE GARDEN CLUB WOULD
LIKE TO TAKE THEM ON THEIR PROPERTY TO CREATE MORE SHADE, I
HAVE NO PROBLEM SPENDING THAT MONEY TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.
I'LL DO THE ROOT PRUNING AND TAKE CARE OF IT.

IF THEY WANT SIDEWALKS ACROSS THE STREET OF ISABELLA, THAT'S
SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT AT CITY COMMISSION.
I CAN'T OFFER TO DO THAT WHEN I DON'T CONTROL THE STREETS.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM PAYING TO MILL THE STREETS AND THE
SIDEWALKS.
THAT'S PART OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND A GOOD DEVELOPER.
I DON'T WANT THE SIDEWALKS AND THE STREETS TO BE RUN DOWN.
OUR PLAN IS TO BEAUTIFY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTINUE THE
EXISTENCE OF RODEPH SHOLOM.
OUR TOWER IS NOT IMPACTING THE GRAND OAKS.
OUR TOWER, WHERE IT'S LOCATED IS AWAY FROM THE GRAND OAKS.
THE ACCESS POINT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE THAT WE HAVE TO CREATE
IS IMPACTING THE GRAND OAKS.
IF WE CAN MOVE THE ACCESS POINT CLOSER TO BAYSHORE, WHICH I
DON'T THINK WE'RE ABLE TO DO, MAYBE THAT WAY WE CAN MINIMIZE
THE IMPACT TO THE GRAND OAKS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S
POSSIBLE.
SO THE TOWER IS NOT AT ISSUE WITH THESE GRAND OAKS.
YOU WANT ME TO DO A SMALLER PODIUM AWAY WHERE THE PODIUM
GETS TALLER AND THEN THE TOWER GETS TALLER?
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SHOVE TEN POUNDS OF SUGAR IN A FIVE
POUND SACK.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE A SENSIBLE DEVELOPER.
IT'S 50 UNITS.

IF RODEPH ISN'T THERE, IT'S 72 UNITS.
I'M HERE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND A GOOD DEVELOPER, AND
WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
PEOPLE CAN CAST ASPERSIONS ON US AND PAINT US AS A BAD GUY
AND IT'S CORPORATE GREED, IT'S THE FURTHEST THING FROM THE
TRUTH.
BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I TRULY LOVE THE CONVERSATIONS.
I DO THIS IN FRONT OF MUNICIPALITIES UP AND DOWN THE EAST
COAST AND THE WEST COAST AND I HAVE NOTHING BUT POSITIVE
THINGS TO SAY ABOUT AT THE GARDEN CLUB AS WELL AS THE TREE
ADVOCATES.
IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY WORKING WITH EVERYONE.
I WISH I COULD APPEASE EVERYONE.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE, BUT WE'RE TRYING OUR
HARDEST.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
9:32:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MS. MANDELL, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
9:33:00PM >> I THINK MR. FORDIN SUMMED IT UP VERY NICELY.
THERE WERE SEVERAL LEGAL ISSUES THAT CAME OUT THROUGH THIS
CONVERSATION.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE, SUCH AS THE BONUS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THESE OTHER ITEMS WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

THE ONLY THING THAT I DO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, BECAUSE I THINK
THAT DID GET CONFLATED IN THIS CONVERSATION, IS THE
REQUESTED HEIGHT.
THE REQUESTED HEIGHT IS 329.
SO THAT GOT JUST A LITTLE CONFLATED AND WAS NOT AS CLEAR ON
THE SITE PLAN AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUT I WANT THAT
STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD.
THE REMAINDER I THINK OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID HERE, I ALSO
TREMENDOUSLY RESPECT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND UNDERSTAND
THIS IS A HARD CASE.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR VOTE OF APPROVAL.
I THINK THAT IT IS A PROJECT THAT WE COULD ALL BE PROUD OF
AND WE CAN KEEP BAYSHORE IN THE MANNER IT IS RIGHT NOW WITH
THE SYNAGOGUE REMAINING IN ITS EXISTING LOCATION.
AGAIN, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU.
9:33:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ANY BOARD MEMBERS?
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:34:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ERIC, I'M SORRY.
I FORGOT YOUR LAST NAME.
9:34:08PM >> FORDIN.
9:34:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU REFERRED TO OTHER OPTIONS.
IT'S FINANCIALLY VIABLE TO SHRINK THE FOOTPRINT AND GO UP
HIGHER?
9:34:19PM >> IT'S REALLY THE FINANCIAL -- WE PROMISED THE SYNAGOGUE X

AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, AND THE NUMBERS WORK AT 50 UNITS.
IT MAKES IT MORE CHALLENGING FOR US AT 42 UNITS.
9:34:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MY QUESTION IS, YOU'RE CAPABLE OF
SHRINKING THE FOOTPRINT AND GOING UP HIGHER?
9:34:35PM >> YES.
BUT WE DIDN'T THINK THE NEIGHBORS WOULD WANT US TO BUILD A
TALLER TOWER.
9:34:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M THINKING OF OPTIONS.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT --
9:34:46PM >> BAY OAKS WHERE RITZ CARLSON IS, THAT'S I THINK TWO OR
THREE FLOORS TALLER THAN THIS BUILDING IS PROPOSED.
THIS BUILDING IS SHORTER THAN BOTH PHASES OF RITZ-CARLTON
PHASE ONE AND TWO.
9:35:04PM >> CATE WELLS FOR THE RECORD WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
JUST WITH REGARD TO THAT QUESTION, IN A QUASI-JUDICIAL
HEARING BEFORE COUNCIL, SUCH AS THIS REZONING, THIS IS NOT
THE POINT IN TIME TO NEGOTIATE ALTERNATIVE DESIGN ELEMENTS
OR DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
THE APPLICANT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE ISSUES
WHILE THEY WERE COMMUNICATING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
OTHERS.
SO THIS IS AN APPLICATION THAT IS BEFORE YOU.
THERE'S BEEN A FULL PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL GETS TO MAKE A DECISION BASED UPON COMPETENT,
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE CRITERIA IN CHAPTER

27 AND IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS TO HOW THIS APPLICATION
DOES OR DOES NOT MEET THAT CRITERIA AND WHETHER THE
APPLICANT HAS MET ITS BURDEN OF PROOF WITH REGARD TO THAT
CRITERIA AS WELL AS WITH REGARD TO THE REQUESTED WAIVERS.
SO ANY DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO SIDEWALKS, ANY DISCUSSION
WITH REGARD TO PAYING FOR THE RELOCATION OF TREES IS NOT
RELEVANT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
9:36:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:36:09PM >>CATE WELLS:
THANK YOU.
9:36:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA AND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:36:11PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
CATE, IF I MAY, MS. WELLS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HARD
DILIGENT WORK.
LET ME ASK YOU, BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER DID VOLUNTARILY
WITHOUT US INQUIRING INTO THE ISSUES BRING UP LIKE YOU NOTED
SIDEWALKS, RELOCATION OF TREES, ET CETERA, WITHOUT BEING
PUSHED BY CITY COUNCIL AT ALL, WHICH I DON'T THINK WE HAVE.
CAN THEY VOLUNTARILY SPEAK ON THOSE ISSUES?
9:36:35PM >>CATE WELLS:
THAT'S AN ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLUTION THAT
IS NOT BEFORE YOU ON THE SITE PLAN.
WHAT IS BEFORE YOU IS A COMPLETE APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN
PRESENTED, THAT STAFF HAS REVIEWED, THAT YOU'VE CONSIDERED,
HOURS OF TESTIMONY AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT MEETS THE
CRITERIA IN THE CODE.
TO START DISCUSSING NEGOTIATIONS AND CONDITIONS ON THE SITE

PLAN, WHETHER THEY ARE OFFERED BY THE APPLICANT OR BY CITY
COUNCIL, THIS IS NOT THE TIME OR PLACE.
9:37:02PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I RESPECT THAT.
THANK YOU.
9:37:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:37:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY MANY TIMES "WHAT IF"
WHEN I DO SOMETHING OR THINK OF SOMETHING.
WHAT IF IT DOESN'T WORK.
WHAT IF I DO THIS AND IT DOESN'T WORK?
THAT WAS THE BURDEN OF PROOF WAS ON THE DEVELOPER AT THAT
TIME.
I WASN'T THERE WHEN THE PLANS, I WASN'T THERE WHEN THE
NEGOTIATION TO BUY THE LAND.
THIS COUNCIL WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT.
I WASN'T THERE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOODS, WE WEREN'T THERE.
WE HEAR ONLY THE COMPETENT EVIDENCE THAT'S PRESENTED TO US.
IF THE DEVELOPER, PARTNER, PLANS, FRIENDS, EMPLOYEES,
WHATEVER, HAD COME UP WITH A WHAT IF, WHAT IF WHAT I HAVE
HERE NOW DOESN'T WORK, WHAT DO I DO THEN?
WHAT ABOUT THE TREES?
WHAT ABOUT THE SHOLOM?
WHAT ABOUT THE GARDEN CLUB?
WHAT ABOUT THIS?
I'M SURE THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

COOPERATED IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY SAY, DO THIS, EVERYBODY
WINS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS DONE.
ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US.
I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE OTHER FIVE MEMBERS HERE, BUT THAT'S
ALL I CAN DO.
I CAN'T NEGOTIATE NOW.
I'M NOT PART OF NEGOTIATING TEAM AND SHOULDN'T BE PART OF
THE NEGOTIATING TEAM.
I WASN'T IN THE BEGINNING.
I'M ONLY AT THE END LISTENING TO THE FINAL FACTS OF LIFE AND
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE HARD AND NOT TRYING TO BE SOFT.
I'M TRYING TO BE TRUTHFUL.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WHAT I HEAR IS HOW I GOT TO
PRESENT MY VOTE.
AND IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT WHEN IT COMES TO NEIGHBORHOOD
BECAUSE TODAY 50% IS GOING TO LEAVE NOT HAPPY AND 50% IS
GOING TO BE HAPPY.
IF YOU COME BACK TWO MONTHS AGO, THOSE WHO WERE HAPPY ARE
GOING TO BE UNHAPPY.
THOSE WHO WERE NOT HAPPY ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY.
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
WE TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN BUT ONLY ON THE EVIDENCE THAT'S
PRESENTED TO US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

9:39:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
GO AHEAD.
9:39:17PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
9:39:27PM >> I'M SORRY.
I SAID THAT WE CLOSE WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH QUESTIONS AND THEN
WHEN WE WANT TO START OUR CONVERSATION.
WE CAN ALWAYS REOPEN.
WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
9:39:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ANY DISCUSSION?
MR. SHELBY.
9:39:45PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF THERE ARE ANY FINAL COMMENTS BASED ON
THE DISCUSSION BEFORE WE CLOSE FROM MS. MANDELL.
MS. MANDELL, DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS BASED ON THE
DISCUSSION BEFORE THEY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING?
9:39:59PM >> I DO NOT.
9:40:00PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
9:40:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
9:40:05PM >> AYE.
9:40:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?

9:40:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
TO MY FRIENDS AT THE SYNAGOGUE, I JUST
WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE WE HEARD AN AWFUL LOT OF FOLKS TALK
ABOUT THE CONCERN ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SYNAGOGUE THIS
EVENING, BUT THE COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, THE
FINANCIAL IMPACT OF WHETHER THE SALE OR NOT SALE OR THE --
WHATEVER THE MYSTERY OF WHERE THAT LEADS US IS REALLY NOT
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER TONIGHT AS EVIDENCE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY FRIENDS THAT ARE ON THE
SIDE OF THE DEBATE UNDERSTANDS THAT, AS WE'RE WEIGHING THE
EVIDENCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUST THE ZONING AND WHAT'S
BEFORE US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
9:40:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
9:41:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION AND SEE
WHERE IT GOES.
I MOVE TO DENY REZ 22-93 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2713
BAYSHORE BOULEVARD DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE APPLICANT TO
MEET ITS BURDEN OF PROOF TO PROVIDE COMPETENT AND
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AS CONDITIONED AND
SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND CITY CODE AND APPLICANT'S FAILURE TO MEET ITS
BURDEN OF PROOF WITH RESPECT TO THE REQUESTED WAIVERS.
I FIND THAT IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE AMOUNT THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING THE INCREASED DENSITY
FROM 43 TO 50, THE NEED FOR A BONUS, THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY
BUILD WITHIN THE CURRENT ZONING AND DON'T NEED TO GO ANY
FURTHER.
IN ADDITION, THE WAIVERS, WE'VE SEEN SOME WAIVERS THAT WE
HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.
I AM SPECIFICALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE REDUCTION IN THE
REQUIRED VEHICULAR USE AREA, LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM 8 FEET TO
2 FEET ALONG ISABELLA AND PROVIDING THE ALTERNATIVE BUFFER
WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WHICH IS CITY PROPERTY.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE REDUCTION SECTION 27-284-3-1 TO
REDUCE THE 50% OF TREE RETENTION ON A NON-WOODED LOT OVER
ONE ACRE TO 20%.
ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE WAIVER SECTION 27-284.2.5 TO REMOVE
THREE NON-HAZARDOUS GRAND LIVE OAKS AS SHOWN ON THE TWO
REASONABLE RECONFIGURATION DESIGN ALTERNATIVES.
IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S CERTAINLY A WAY TO SAVE AT LEAST ONE
OR TWO OF THOSE, EVEN LOOKING AT THE REASONABLE
RECONFIGURATION.
AGAIN, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ABILITY TO BUILD WITHOUT NEEDING
ALL OF THESE WAIVERS.
WHEN LOOKING AT OUR -- SO MANY PAPERS.
SORRY.
WHERE DID IT GO?
THERE WE GO.

WHEN LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, SO WHEN WE HAVE A
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WHEN WE HAVE A CODE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT, IT'S THE COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE PART
OF THIS.
I SEE THAT SECTION 27-136, THE PURPOSE, I DISAGREE THAT THIS
PD PROMOTES THE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND AND
INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE
SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CULTURAL RESOURCES
IN THE AREA.
I ALSO FIND THAT IT DOES NOT ENCOURAGE COMPATIBILITY AND
OVERALL SITE DESIGN AND SCALE.
I ALSO DON'T FIND THAT IT MAXIMIZES THE PRESERVATION OF
NATURAL RESOURCES AND I DON'T FIND THAT IT PROMOTES AND
ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION,
CHARACTER, AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND EXISTING GEOGRAPHY.
AND I FIND THAT THE WAIVERS DO SUBSTANTIALLY INTERFERE WITH
OR INJURE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WHOSE PROPERTY WOULD BE
AFFECTED BY ALLOWANCE OF THE WAIVER AND THIS IS SECTION
27-1394 UNDER WAIVERS.
I DO NOT FIND THAT THE WAIVERS ARE IN HARMONY WITH AND SERVE
THE GENERAL INTENT AND PURPOSE OF APPLICABLE CITY OF TAMPA
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
9:44:42PM >> SECOND.

9:44:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DOES ANYONE WANT TO ADD TO THAT?
9:44:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION?
9:44:53PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I APPRECIATE THE MOTION.
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY INTERESTING DIALOGUE, ET CETERA.
FOR ALL OF US, IT IS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT VOTE.
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN I THINK SAID IT BEST.
FOR ME, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE HASN'T BEEN THE EXISTENCE OF
THE WAIVERS.
IT'S BEEN THE EXTENT OF THE WAIVERS THAT HAVE BEEN SOUGHT.
SOMETHING IS COMING TO THIS AREA.
MAYBE THIS COMES BACK TO US IN A DIFFERENT FORM IN A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AND SOMETHING CHANGES, ET CETERA, FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION.
FOR ME THE BIG CHALLENGE HAS BEEN, NUMBER ONE, THE EXTENT OF
THE WAIVERS AND WHERE THEY ARE AT.
THAT'S BEEN MY BIG CHALLENGE.
I ALWAYS SAY IN SUPPORTING THINGS OR IN OPPOSING THINGS,
LAND USE DEVELOPMENTS THAT COME BEFORE US ARE LIKE A STOOL.
AND YOU NEED SOME LEG ON THAT STOOL THAT CAN EITHER SUPPORT
IT OR SUPPORT THE OPPOSITION TO IT.
AND WHEN I SEE THIS, THE WAIVERS, THE EXTENT OF THE WAIVERS
SOUGHT DON'T FORM A STOOL WHERE I CAN REASONABLY SUPPORT IT
AT THIS TIME.

THAT'S MY THINKING ON IT.
THANK YOU.
9:45:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE?
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
FIRST, I AGREE WITH THE MOTION IN GREAT DETAIL BY COUNCIL
MEMBER HURTAK.
AND SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, IT'S NOT
THE EXISTENCE OF THE WAIVERS.
IT'S THE EXTENT OF THE WAIVERS.
IS IT THE NECESSITY OF ALL THESE WAIVERS?
AGAIN, THE MOTION WENT INTO VERY SPECIFIC DETAIL FOR THIS
DENIAL, AND VERY GOOD EXPLANATION.
I AGREE WITH THAT.
WITH THAT SAID, WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
9:46:37PM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
9:46:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
9:46:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
9:46:43PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
9:46:45PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
9:46:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
9:46:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
9:46:50PM >>THE CLERK:
THE MOTION TO DENY HAS CARRIED.
[ APPLAUSE ]

[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:47:01PM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW THIS WAS A LONG MEETING.
9:47:09PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
MADAM CLERK.
9:47:11PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION TO DENY HAS CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING
ABSENT.
9:47:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE, IF YOU EXIT, EXIT QUIETLY.
WE'RE STILL IN THE MEETING.
IF WE COULD TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
[RECESS]
9:50:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CALL TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:59:37PM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
9:59:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
9:59:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
9:59:43PM >> HENDERSON?
VIERA?
9:59:44PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
9:59:45PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
9:59:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
9:59:47PM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.

9:59:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
GO AHEAD.
ITEM NUMBER 4.
9:59:53PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
9:59:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
HERE, PRESENT.
9:59:59PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THIS NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 4.
THIS IS REZ-23-18.
IT IS FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 2500 AND 2510 NORTH
TAMPA STREET.
106, 108, 110, AND 114 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE AND 101 AND 103
WEST AMELIA AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT IS REPRESENTED BY TYLER HUDSON.
THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE A PROPERTY FROM RM 24 RESIDENTIAL
MULTIFAMILY AND CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO PD, PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES ON-SITE.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GIVE THEIR
REPORT AND I'LL COME BACK AND GIVE MY REPORT.
10:00:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
10:00:37PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I DID RECEIVE A PHONE CALL.
10:00:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO EX PARTE
COMMUNICATION.
10:00:44PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
I DID RECEIVE A PHONE CALL FROM THE DEVELOPER DURING THE
TIME THAT I WAS CITY COUNCIL-ELECT.

WE DID NOT GET INTO A DETAILED CONVERSATION.
I REVEALED THAT I WAS RECENTLY ELECTED BUT THEY WERE CALLING
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS AREA TO EXPLAIN THE
PROJECT AND TO GET SOME SUPPORT, BUT WE DID NOT EXTEND THE
CONVERSATION.
10:01:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAN YOU BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL?
10:01:07PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I CAN BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL.
10:01:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR, MR. COLLINS.
10:01:15PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
GOOD EVENING.
DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.
OUR NEXT CASE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT
AND MORE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN
VILLAGE.
GARDNER PARK IS THE CLOSEST RECREATION FACILITY LOCATED .14
MILES SOUTH OF THE SITE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS IN PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT.
THERE IS A STOP LOCATED AT WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE AND NORTH
TAMPA STREET.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE COASTAL PLANNING AREA
AND EVACUATION ZONE E.
HERE IS THE -- AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
THE SUBJECT SITE GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER

OF WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE AND NORTH TAMPA STREET.
THIS IS WEST COLUMBUS HERE.
THIS IS NORTH TAMPA STREET.
YOU'LL SEE PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL USES TO THE SOUTH AND
WEST OF THE SITE.
UP ALONG NORTH TAMPA STREET YOU HAVE NONRESIDENTIAL USES AS
WELL AS ALONG WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
NOW, THIS MAP IS THE OLD MAP.
THIS MAY LOOK FAMILIAR.
THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE UMU 60 DESIGNATION THAT YOU
READ EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
AND IT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON MARCH 19 THROUGH ORDINANCE 23-32.
THE CORRIDORS UP ALONG COLUMBUS DRIVE AND NORTH TAMPA STREET
ARE NOW RECOGNIZED UNDER THE URBAN MIXED USE 60 DESIGNATION,
WHICH ALLOWS DEVELOPMENT UP TO 60 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OR
UP TO A 3.25 F.A.R.
ENCOURAGES MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE SITE ARE LANDS
RECOGNIZED UNDER THE CMU 35 DESIGNATION AS WELL AS TO THE
WEST OF THE SITE.
TO THE EAST OF THE SITE YOU HAVE LAND RECOGNIZED UNDER THE
CC 35 DESIGNATION AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE LAND
RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 35 DESIGNATION.
DUE TO THE SITE WITHIN AN URBAN VILLAGE, SITE IS ELIGIBLE TO

USE 5.1.6 TO PROPORTIONALLY WEIGH THE INTENSITY AND DENSITY
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SITE THROUGH A PD.
PER NOTES 10 AND 12 ON THE SITE PLAN, THE PROJECT IS
UTILIZING THE POLICY TO WAIVE THE INTENSITY PERMITTED UNDER
URBAN MIXED USE 60 AND PORTIONS OF THE SITE DESIGNATED CMU
35.
THE APPLICANT ENTERED INTO A BONUS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
PROPOSED INTENSITY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE UNDERLYING LAND
USES.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATIONS AND
DETERMINED THE REQUEST WOULD HAVE MINIMAL IMPACTS TO THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT THAT IS
SENSITIVE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO ENCOURAGES THE USE OF ALLEY,
VEHICULAR ACCESS POINT IS PROVIDED FROM NORTH TAMPA STREET,
ALLEY THAT DIVIDES THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PARCELS.
THE PROPOSED ACCESS WILL HELP PRESERVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
PROVIDE A SAFER AND MORE PLEASANT STREETSCAPE FOR
PEDESTRIANS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED
DENSITY AND USES WILL NOT ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
PROMOTES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ENTRANCE TO CONNECT TO PUBLIC
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE IS AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY AND PD PROPOSES
THE STRUCTURE BE ORIENTED TOWARD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY -- SORRY,
WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE IS ARTERIAL ROADWAY AND PD PROPOSES THE
STRUCTURE TO BE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
ENTRANCES ARE ALSO ORIENTED TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
CONNECTED TO THE SIDEWALKS.
THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK WILL HELP ENSURE THAT SIDEWALKS
INTERCONNECT WITH EXISTING AND FUTURE SIDEWALKS ON ADJACENT
PROPERTIES.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROVIDING SHADE TREES ALONG THE
PERIMETER OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
OVERALL THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST
ADDRESSES THE MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDOR POLICIES.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND
FOUND THE REQUEST COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
PORTION OF WEST NORTH A STREET BETWEEN NORTH TAMPA AVENUE
AND NORTH -- SORRY, THIS IS FINALLY, THE REQUEST SUPPORTS
POLICIES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS IT RELATES TO THE
HOUSING OF THE CITY'S POPULATION.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES NEW HOUSING ON VACANT AND
UNDER UTILIZED LAND TO ENSURE ADEQUATE HOUSING IS PRESENT TO
MEET TAMPA'S FUTURE POPULATION.
FURTHERMORE, ADDITIONAL HOUSING WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
URBAN VILLAGE.

PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REQUESTS IF APPROVED THE FUTURE
LAND USE DELINEATION BE ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND READINGS.
BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND
POLICIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:05:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
10:06:06PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
COUNCIL, THIS REQUEST FOR THIS PD REQUEST REZ-23-18 WOULD
ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY WITH STOREFRONT
RESIDENTIAL USES. THIS INCLUDES 252 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY
UNITS AND 11,210 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES
ON-SITE.
THE PD IDENTIFIES TWO STRUCTURES WHICH WILL BE PLACED
ON-SITE.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.
JUST TO ORIENT YOU ON THE SITE PLAN, THIS IS COLUMBUS.
THIS IS NORTH TAMPA STREET.
AND THEN THIS IS AMELIA, THIS IS HIGHLAND AND THIS IS THE
ALLEY.
TWO STRUCTURES ARE PROPOSED ON-SITE.
ONE AT THE NORTH AND THEN THE OTHER IS THE PARKING GARAGE
WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH, WHICH I'LL DETAIL FOR

YOU SHORTLY.
ALSO, ON THE PARKING STRUCTURE THAT IS PROPOSED, THAT IS A
FIVE-STORY STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE ON THE SOUTH.
IT IS PROPOSED TO PROVIDE 259 PARKING SPACES AT A MAXIMUM
BUILDING HEIGHT OF 65 FEET.
AND THE MAIN STRUCTURE ON THE NORTH THAT WILL CONTAIN 252
RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THE 11,210 SQUARE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES, 1,935
SQUARE FOOT OF LEASING OFFICE AT A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 87 FEET
OR 8 STORIES.
ALSO, THE PROPERTY, AS DANNY MENTIONED EARLIER IN RELATION
TO THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF THE UMU 60 WHICH WAS
RECENTLY ADOPTED ON THE PROPERTY, THE APPLICANT HAS
REQUESTED A DOW JONES AGREEMENT, THROUGH AN AGREEMENT, THE
APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE 10% AFFORDABLE UNITS ON-SITE.
AND THIS IS -- AGAIN, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE VEHICULAR ACCESS IS PROPOSED HERE ON COLUMBUS.
YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THE SITE FROM THE ALLEY, TWO-WAY TRAFFIC
IS PROPOSED ALSO FOR THE PARKING GARAGE, YOU CAN ACCESS FROM
THE ALLEY AT THIS POINT.
THIS IS THE RESIDENTIAL.
THIS IS THE LEASING OFFICE AND THEN RETAIL IS PROPOSED.
ALONG COLUMBUS FOR THE STREET FRONTAGE.
ELEVATIONS OF THE SITE, SO THE TOP ELEVATION SHOWS YOU THE
WEST.

THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
SO THIS IS THE BUILDING ON COLUMBUS, AND THEN THIS IS IN THE
FOREGROUND THE PARKING GARAGE, WHICH IS PROPOSED, WHICH
WOULD BE PLACED ON AMELIA.
THIS IS THE EAST ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE TOP.
SO FROM TAMPA STREET AND THEN THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION,
THE BUILDING THAT IS ON COLUMBUS PROPOSED.
DANNY IS SHOWING YOU THE SITE, THE LOCATION ON THE AERIAL
MAP.
THIS IS THE ZONING MAP, JUST TO SHOW YOU THE AREA AGAIN FROM
A ZONING PERSPECTIVE.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY WHICH IS IDENTIFIED IN RED.
THIS IS COLUMBUS DRIVE.
THIS IS TAMPA STREET.
THIS IS AMELIA AND THEN THIS IS HIGHLAND.
YOU CAN SEE SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY YOU HAVE YOUR
RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ZONING.
YOU HAVE YOUR COMMERCIAL ZONING RUNNING ALONG TAMPA STREET
TO THE EAST AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME PORTIONS OF IT ALONG
COLUMBUS.
I HAVE PICTURES TO SHOW YOU OF THE SITE AND THE SURROUNDING
AREA.
AS YOU HEAD FURTHER NORTH AND NORTHEAST YOU HAVE MORE OF THE

RESIDENTIAL ZONING WITH COMMERCIAL THROUGHOUT.
I HAVE PICTURES OF THE SITE.
SO THIS IS THE SITE.
IF YOU ARE ON TAMPA STREET AND YOU'RE LOOKING WEST.
THIS PORTION OF THE SITE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS WHAT
WOULD BE THE SOUTH PARCEL.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT IS VACANT.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SOUTH PARCEL.
THIS IS ON THE SOUTH.
THIS IS IF YOU ARE ON AMELIA AND LOOKING NORTH.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE ALLEY AS IT EXISTS TODAY.
THIS IS THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE WHICH IS AT
HIGHLAND AND COLUMBUS.
THIS IS THE CORNER OF THE SITE.
THIS IS THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE SITE.
SO THIS WILL BE THE NORTH PARCEL AT THE CORNER AT TAMPA.
THIS IS NORTH OF THE SITE.
THIS IS NORTHEAST OF THE SITE AT THE OTHER CORNER AT TAMPA.
THIS IS EAST OF THE SITE ON COLUMBUS.
THIS IS WEST OF THE SITE.
THIS IS IF YOU ARE ON HIGHLAND.
THIS IS ALSO WEST OF THE SITE.
THIS IS DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE SITE.
THIS IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT EXISTS.
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND IT'S LOCATION IN

RELATION TO THE PROJECT PROPOSED.
SO THE DRC STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FINDS THE REQUEST
INCONSISTENT.
THAT INCONSISTENT FINDING IS IN RELATION TO THE SCALE AND
MASSING AND COMPATIBILITY OF THE DESIGN PROPOSED.
ALSO IN RELATION TO TRANSPORTATION RELATED WAIVERS AND
NATURAL RESOURCES RELATED WAIVERS ON-SITE.
I'M GOING TO PRESENT IN RELATION TO THE ZONING, I'M GOING TO
TURN IT OVER AND LET ERIN PRESENT TO YOU REGARDING THE
NATURAL RESOURCES FINDING ON THE SITE.
SO THERE WERE THREE WAIVERS ON THE SITE PLAN.
THERE'S ANOTHER WAIVER THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE ADDED.
AND ERIN WILL REVIEW THAT WITH YOU.
I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME SHOWING YOU THE SITE
AND PICTURES OF THE SITE JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
SCALE AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE AREA.
IN STAFF'S REVIEW AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS SITE HAS A UMU
60 LAND USE CATEGORY, WHICH IS THE URBAN MIXED USE, ALLOWS
UP TO 60 UNITS PER ACRE, BUT STAFF UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ALSO
LOOKED AT THE SITE PLAN AND REVIEWED IT AND UNDERSTAND THAT
CODES MUST ALSO BE MET.
THIS IS A PD SITE PLAN WHICH IS BEFORE YOU AND YOUR CRITERIA
THAT MUST BE MET WITHIN THIS PD REQUEST.
WITHIN YOUR STAFF REPORT WHAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU IS
AN ANALYSIS OF THAT CRITERIA WITH THE PD SITE PLAN.

I JUST WANT TO REVIEW WITH YOU A PORTION OF THAT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT NUMBER 6 ON PAGE 6 OF THE STAFF REPORT, THIS
CRITERIA SPEAKS TO COMPATIBILITY TO CHARACTER TO THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT AND ANY IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WITH THIS ON THE SITE PLAN, WHAT I'VE DONE IS BLOWN UP
THE SITE PLAN FOR YOU.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE NORTH.
THIS IS COLUMBUS.
THIS IS HIGHLAND.
THIS IS THE EAST WHICH IS TAMPA STREET AND THIS IS AMELIA.
THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL I SHOWED YOU IN THE PICTURE IS
LOCATED HERE.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL EXISTS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE BLOCK, BUT YOU'LL SEE WITHIN THIS SITE PLAN, THIS
BOUNDARY, WHICH IS AT THE SOUTH --
10:13:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
COULD YOU MOVE THAT UP, PLEASE?
IT'S NOT SEEN ON THE SCREEN.
10:13:29PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THIS BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH IS ROUGHLY
185-FOOT.
WHAT'S PROPOSED ON THE SOUTH PARCEL IS THE GARAGE, A
FIVE-STORY GARAGE WHICH WOULD HAVE THE FIVE STORIES AT THE
WIDTH OF 185 FEET.
WHAT'S PROPOSED AS A SETBACK ON THE WEST FOR THE
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WHICH EXISTS HERE IS A 10-FOOT
SETBACK.

THIS IS WHERE THE GARAGE WOULD START TO THE NORTH.
THIS PROPERTY BOUNDARY, WHICH IS LOCATED HAS A BUILDING
PLACEMENT AT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT AT THE WIDTH OF 380 FEET.
KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE RM 24 ZONING DISTRICT IS WHAT
EXISTS ON THE BLOCK.
THE RM 24 REQUIRES A 25-FOOT SETBACK WHICH WILL PUT IT
APPROXIMATELY HERE.
AT A SETBACK.
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE BLOCK.
WHAT IS PROPOSED HERE IS A SETBACK OF 6 FEET.
TO THE SOUTH WOULD PROVIDE 6.2.
TO THE WEST IS 10 FEET.
TO THE SOUTH IS 6 FEET.
TO THE WEST IS 10 FEET.
PROVIDED.
STAFF HAS CONCERNS REGARDING THE SCALE AND COMPATIBILITY OF
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
ANY STRUCTURES WHICH ARE ON-SITE CURRENTLY WOULD HAVE TO BE
DEMOLISHED AND NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD OCCUR.
SO WHAT WE'RE STARTING WITH HERE IS A BLANK SLATE.
THE SITE WOULD BE EMPTY.
THEY ARE PROPOSING NEW DEVELOPMENT, SO STAFF FEELS THAT
ADDITIONAL BUFFERS COULD BE PROVIDED TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE
CODE.
BUT ONE THING I WANT TO SHOW IS JUST QUICKLY, BEFORE I TURN

IT OVER TO ERIN.
SO THIS IS ON AMELIA AND THIS IS LOOKING WEST.
THIS IS SHOWING THE RESIDENTIAL STREET WHICH EXISTS.
THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD OCCUR TO THE RIGHT IN THIS PICTURE.
SO YOU HAVE NEXT TO THAT THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME WHICH IS TO
THE SOUTH, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE PROPOSED GARAGE.
WHAT I DID IS I LOOKED AROUND.
WE TRIED TO FIND A DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS A PARKING GARAGE, A
STRUCTURE GARAGE ADJACENT TO A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
HOME.
I COULD NOT FIND AN EXAMPLE.
SO WHAT I DID WAS FIND JUST TO SHOW YOU IN RELATION SCALE.
SOMETHING THAT WOULD SHOW YOU THE SCALE OF WHAT WOULD EXIST
NEXT TO A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME.
SO THAT IS A PARKING GARAGE WHICH -- THIS IS APPROXIMATE.
I CAN'T SAY THE EXACT HEIGHT BUT THIS GIVES YOU THE STORIES.
THIS IS ANOTHER PARKING GARAGE.
THIS PARKING GARAGE WAS DEVELOPED.
TO THE WEST OF THIS GARAGE, TO THE SOUTH, ACTUALLY,
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES EXIST.
THIS IS CARVER CITY.
AND WHAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED WITH THIS GARAGE IS A 25-FOOT,
WESTSHORE, WITHIN THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY, A 25-FOOT SETBACK
IS REQUIRED.
25 FEET WAS PROVIDED.

A MASONRY WALL WAS PROVIDED ALONG WITH LANDSCAPING.
SO WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON SITE VISUALLY, IT CREATES THAT BUFFER
FOR THE RESIDENTIAL THAT'S ADJACENT TO THIS.
BUT I COULDN'T GET A GOOD PICTURE OF IT BECAUSE THE WALL IS
THERE.
THERE'S TREE CANOPY THAT'S THERE.
IT JUST HAS A DIFFERENT LOOK AND FEEL BUT THIS GIVES YOU AN
IDEA OF WHAT WOULD BE PLACED AT THAT BUFFER OF 10-FOOT.
THIS IS ANOTHER GARAGE.
THIS IS DOWNTOWN.
10:17:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ACROSS THE STREET.
10:17:21PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
EXACTLY, YES, IN THE CBD, IN THE CENTRAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT.
THAT ALSO GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCALE.
THIS GARAGE ALSO DROPS DOWN IN HEIGHT.
WHAT IS PROPOSED PROPOSES NO STEP BACK.
IT IS ALL AT THE SAME HEIGHT.
THIS IS ON CYPRESS.
SO THIS IS A PARKING GARAGE THAT EXISTS THERE.
THE INTERSTATE IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS.
YOU CAN SEE THE TALL BUILDING THAT'S BEHIND IT.
THAT GIVES AN IDEA OF THE SCALE THAT IS PROPOSED ON THAT
RESIDENTIAL STREET.
WHAT I WANTED TO DO, COUNCIL, IS TO TURN IT OVER TO ERIN AND
HAVE ERIN DISCUSS THE NATURAL RESOURCES.

10:18:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK AND THEN COUNCIL
MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:18:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN YOU PLEASE PUT THE PICTURE OF AMELIA
STREET BACK UP?
THAT LOOKS LIKE A GIANT RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE RIGHT.
WHAT IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY?
10:18:25PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY --
10:18:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT LOOKS AT LEAST 10 FEET.
10:18:33PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LET ME SEE WHAT THE WIDTH OF THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY IS.
IT IS AT LEAST 10 FEET.
THE ROAD ITSELF?
10:18:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, NO.
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
IT LOOKS LIKE A GIANT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
MAYBE SIX FEET.
10:18:49PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
IT'S MORE THAN THAT, I THINK.
I DON'T SEE THE DIMENSION HERE.
10:18:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BUT MY QUESTION IS --
10:18:59PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
IDENTIFY AS A SIDEWALK ALSO.
10:19:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY QUESTION, THOUGH, BASICALLY IS THAT THE
BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO START OR THE PARKING GARAGE WOULD
HAVE TO START ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK, SO WE WOULD
STILL HAVE THE BUFFER OR NO?
10:19:14PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CORRECT.

SO THIS IS THE PROPERTY LINE WHICH IS IDENTIFIED HERE, THIS
DARK LINE.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING SETBACK, WE'RE TALKING FROM THE
PROPERTY LINE ITSELF.
WE'RE NOT INCLUDING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:19:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
I WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
10:19:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ACTUALLY ASKED MY
QUESTION BECAUSE I SAW THE SAME THING.
10:19:38PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES, FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
10:19:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
10:19:46PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
JUST A MINUTE, IF I CAN.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON CAN WE HAVE A SHORT DIALOGUE TO PUT
THIS IN THE RECORD AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
YOU DO LIVE IN THIS AREA, IS THAT CORRECT?
10:19:57PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES, I DO.
10:19:58PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
DID YOU RECEIVE ANY NOTICE IN THE MAIL
ABOUT THIS THAT YOU WERE IN THE NOTICED AREA, YOU'RE NOT
WITHIN 250 FEET, ARE YOU?
10:20:05PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I'M NOT WITHIN 250 FEET.
10:20:07PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
HOW FAR AWAY WOULD YOU SAY YOU WOULD BE?
10:20:10PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I AM EXACTLY THREE BLOCKS.
ONE BLOCK TOWARD COLUMBUS DRIVE AND THEN THREE BLOCKS TO
TAMPA STREET AND COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:20:18PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY FINANCIAL INTEREST IN

THIS MATTER WHATSOEVER, IS THAT CORRECT?
10:20:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I HAVE NO FINANCIAL INTEREST.
10:20:24PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
BASED ON THAT AND THE FACT THAT YOU DO LIVE
IN PROXIMITY, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL AND
BASE YOUR DECISION SOLELY ON THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU HEAR, THE
COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AT THE HEARING.
10:20:38PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I BELIEVE I CAN BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL ON
THIS ISSUE, YES, I DO.
10:20:43PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:20:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
10:20:50PM >> ERIN MAEHR, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I REVIEWED THIS FOR NATURAL RESOURCES.
I'LL TOUCH ON A FEW OF THE REASONS WHY NATURAL RESOURCES IS
INCONSISTENT.
I DO WANT TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL WAIVER THAT'S REQUIRED
AFTER SOME FURTHER REVIEW FOR THE MULTIFAMILY GREENSPACE AND
THAT WAIVER SHOULD STATE PER 27-284 3.3A TO REDUCE THE
REQUIRED GREENSPACE OF 6,485 SQUARE FEET TO 5,718 SQUARE
FEET SUBJECT TO LANDSCAPE IN LIEU FEES AT THE TIME OF
PERMITTING.
I'M GOING TO SHOW SOME SLIDES HERE.
ON THE OVERHEAD YOU CAN SEE THE DARK MOSS ARBORIST INVENTORY
OF THE SITE.
AGAIN TO THE EAST IS TAMPA.

THE NORTH IS COLUMBUS.
SOUTH IS AMELIA, AND TO THE WEST IS HIGHLAND.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE IMAGE, IT'S NOT A DENSELY TREED
SITE, HOWEVER EVERY TREE ON-SITE IS PROPOSED FOR REMOVAL AS
WELL AS THERE ARE FIVE TREES IN THE ALLEY THAT ALSO ARE
REQUIRED TO BE REMOVED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE.
THE PROJECT HAS REQUESTED A WAIVER.
THE 50% CODE-REQUIRED RETENTION DOWN TO 0% FOR A NON-WOODED
LOT OVER ONE ACRE.
I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION THAT THE REQUIRED TREE MITIGATION
FOR ALL THESE TREES IS 39 TYPE ONE SHADE TREES ON THE SITE.
SO ON THIS NEXT IMAGE I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, THIS IS THE
GREENSPACE AND WAIVERS OR GREENSPACE AND BUFFERS IMAGE.
I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU HERE, THE GREEN SQUIGGLES EVERYWHERE
ARE WHERE THE GREENSPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE PARCEL.
THERE'S NO RIGHT-OF-WAY GREEN SQUIGGLES, BUT THIS IS WHERE
IT IS LOCATED ON THE SITE.
AND DOWN HERE, RIGHT ALONG THE PARKING GARAGE TO THE WEST OF
IT, NEXT TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME, IS A 10-FOOT BUFFER.
10-FOOT WIDE LAND USE BUFFER.
AND THE CODE ACTUALLY REQUIRES A 15-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER
WITH SIX FOOT TALL MASONRY WALL WHICH THE PROJECT IS
REQUESTING A WAIVER TO REDUCE THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
THIS TEN FOOT WIDTH IS THE LARGEST BUFFER OR SETBACK ON ANY
LOCATION ON THE ENTIRE SITE.

SO I JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THOSE 39 TYPE ONE
SHADE TREES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR MITIGATION.
NOWHERE ON THE SITE CAN THESE TREES REALLY BE ACCOMMODATED
IN ANY OF THESE SETBACKS OR BUFFERS.
SO AS SOON AS A TREE IS PLANTED IT BECOMES A PROTECTED TREE.
A PROTECTED TREE REQUIRES A 10-FOOT PROTECTIVE RADIUS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ACCORDING TO AN IFAS PEER REVIEWED
PUBLICATION, UF IFAS PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATION IN 2020, FOR
LIVE OAK TO REACH 25% OF ITS MAXIMUM GENETIC POTENTIAL, THE
TREE NEEDS AT LEAST 13 FEET OF PLANTING DISTANCE TO REACH
75% OF ITS MAXIMUM POTENTIAL, GENETIC POTENTIAL, IT WOULD
NEED 27 FEET.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PLAN BEFORE YOU, THERE AREN'T ANY
BUFFERS OR SETBACKS THAT COULD REALLY ACCOMMODATE ANY OF
THESE TYPE ONE SHADE TREES.
I GAVE YOU INFORMATION FOR A LIVE OAK, BUT OTHER SHADE TREES
ARE PRETTY SIMILAR TO THAT.
SO THE ONLY TREES THAT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ARE EITHER TYPE
THREE SHORT AND WIDE TREES LIKE CRAPE MYRTLES OR YOU CAN
PLACE PALMS, OF COURSE, AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, SO WITH
THE CODE THEY DO ALLOW RECIPROCATION OF TREES.
SO FOR THIS MANY TYPE ONE TREES, YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE 117
TYPE THREE TREES.
SO 39 LIVE OAKS IS EQUAL TO 117 TYPE THREE TREES.
HOWEVER YOU CAN ONLY SWITCH OUT 50% OF THE TREES THAT YOU

ARE REMOVING OR YOU ARE REQUIRED TO MITIGATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, 234 PALMS EQUAL THE AMOUNT OF TREES.
SO THAT'S JUST TRYING TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS REQUIRED ON THE
SITE AND THAT NONE OF IT -- A LOT OF IT CANNOT BE PROVIDED
ON-SITE.
PALMS COULD BE PLANTED, HOWEVER THE BENEFITS THAT COME ALONG
WITH PALMS IN COMPARISON TO SHADE TREES, WHICH WE NEED IN
OUR CITY, IS QUITE INFERIOR, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LONG TERM.
SO AS THE REASONS THAT I JUST ENUMERATED, NATURAL RESOURCES
FOUND THE PROJECT TO BE -- [INAUDIBLE]
THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS.
10:26:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
BEFORE WE BEGIN, I SAW A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE COME IN THE ROOM.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK SO WE
CAN SWEAR YOU IN.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
10:26:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
GO AHEAD.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:26:38PM >> TYLER HUDSON.
400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
IN LIGHT OF THE HOUR, WE PUT OUR PRESENTATION ON A LITTLE
BIT OF A DIET AND TRY TO GET THIS THROUGH A LITTLE FASTER
THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF THIS PROJECT WHICH HAS
BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR IN THE MAKING AND WHICH ATTRACTED A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SUPPORT IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING THAT FROM THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC
ASSOCIATION BOARD.
WE HAVE ABOUT 22 LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GOING TO
ENTER INTO THE RECORD.
I IMAGINE IT WAS PROBABLY A HEAVY E-MAIL IN-BOX WEEK FOR YOU
ALL.
SO SOME MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN MISSED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ALL IN THE RECORD.
THE REASON THE PROJECT IS SO WELL SUPPORTED BY THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS COMMUNITY IS BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK
OF THE DEVELOPER.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE DEVELOPER.
IT'S REALLY TWO DEVELOPER TEAM BOTH CHICAGO DEVELOPERS.
CAMPBELL STREET ASSET MANAGEMENT AND JOSH KRUEGER IS WITH US
THIS EVENING AND THE TANDEM GROUP WITH DIMITRI NASAS OUT OF
CHICAGO JOINED BY THEIR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNER LORD
CAMPBELL WHO IS HERE WITH ME AS WELL.
TO SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, WE HAVE ABOUT A WHOLE FOOTBALL
TEAM WORTH OF VARIOUS EXPERTS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS,
DEVELOPERS, ARBORISTS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND SKIP THE INTRO OF EACH ONE AND MOVE ON
THROUGH THIS.

BEFORE WE TALK MORE ABOUT THE BUILDING, BECAUSE YOU'RE
APPROVING A BUILDING.
YOU'RE APPROVING A PROJECT.
I WANT TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT IN RECENT HISTORY ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR BLOCK IN THIS PARTICULAR PART OF TAMPA HEIGHTS.
BACK IN 2002, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADOPTED A PLAN FOR TAMPA
HEIGHTS.
IT DESIGNATED CERTAIN AREAS AS ACTIVITY CENTERS, ENVISIONED
ALMOST AN URBAN CORE ON THE STRETCH OF COLUMBUS THAT RUNS
BETWEEN FLORIDA AND TAMPA.
PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE-FAMILY BUT REALLY ZEROED IN ON THIS
AREA RIGHT HERE AS THE TOWN CENTER OF TAMPA HEIGHTS, SAYING
THAT IT SHOULD BE A THRIVING MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL AND
COMMERCIAL AREA.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT FLORIDA AVENUE AND TAMPA STREET,
ALONG WITH COLUMBUS, ARE ALL ARTERIAL ROADWAYS.
TAMPA STREET BEING A ROAD RUN BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
ODDLY AND SOMEWHAT FRUSTRATINGLY, COLUMBUS DRIVE IS A
COUNTY-OWNED PORTION OF THE ROAD.
THIS IS WHAT THE SUBJECT BLOCK LOOKS LIKE IN 2002.
AND IT IS BLURRY.
THIS IS THE BEST I COULD GET FROM GOOGLE EARTH.
THAT'S THE BLOCK IN 2023.
SO 20 YEARS WENT BY.

SATELLITE IMAGES GOT A LOT BETTER.
THAT'S OBVIOUS.
58% POPULATION INCREASE IN THIS CENSUS TRACT, WHICH IS
CENSUS TRACT 24 IN THE CITY, SORRY, CENSUS TRACT 42, MOSTLY
SOUTHWESTERLY TAMPA HEIGHTS.
BUT THIS BLOCK HASN'T CHANGED.
ONE OF THE ANCHORS OF THE TOWN CENTER THAT THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
NEIGHBORHOOD ADOPTED IN 2002, AND THIS COUNCIL, YOUR
PREDECESSOR, 20 YEARS AGO ADOPTED.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE ON THIS BLOCK BUT THERE
HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES COMING AND NOT JUST THIS PD REZONING
THAT'S BEFORE YOU.
IN FEBRUARY THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP
AMENDMENT TO DESIGNATE PORTIONS OF THE SITE UMU 60 WHICH
MATCHES AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THIS IS ONE OF THE
MANY SHADES OF PURPLE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FUTURE LAND
USE MAP AND IT SAYS THIS IS THE PREFERRED LAND USE CATEGORY
TO DELINEATE COMMUNITY CENTER ACTIVITY CENTERS, INTENSIVE
AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL USES.
UMU 60 FOR A COMPARISON, A LOT OF YBOR CITY, A LOT OF THE
HISTORIC DISTRICT ON YBOR CITY, THAT'S UMU 60.
ENCORE IS UMU 60.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE WARM BOWL OF PORRIDGE FROM GOLDILOCKS.
IT'S ALSO NOT THE CC 35 THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN PORTIONS OF
NORTH HYDE PARK OR MORE INTERIOR.

THIS IS A FAIRLY HEAVY DUTY URBAN CATEGORY.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THEY
SUPPORT THE APPLICATION, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH THEY
REGULATE TALKS A LOT ABOUT CORRIDORS.
IT TALKS A LOT ABOUT TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDORS.
TALKS A LOT ABOUT MIXED USE EMPHASIS CORRIDORS.
SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS ARE BOTH.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH GUIDES DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS,
IS REPLETE WITH REFERENCES TO CORRIDORS BEING THE PLACE TO
FOCUS DENSE DEVELOPMENT, TO FOCUS A MIX OF USES.
PARTLY BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE BELIEVE CAN ACCOMMODATE
IT AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN ONE SECOND.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION FUNDING WHICH IS A
PROBLEM IN THIS COMMUNITY.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT.
THERE IS A GRANT OBTAINED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA TO DO
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ALONG FLORIDA AND TAMPA STREET.
THIS ISN'T HYPOTHETICAL MONEY.
THIS IS REAL MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FROM THE TAX
DOLLARS COMING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL PAY FOR
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ALONG TAMPA STREET.
I BELIEVE YESTERDAY THE TPO I THINK ACCELERATED SOME OF THE
FUNDING FOR THE ORANGE PORTIONS THAT YOU SEE ON TAMPA AND
FLORIDA WHICH AGAIN THAT WILL MAKE MORE OF A CONNECTION, BUT
THE BLUE IS FUNDED WITH THE RAISE GRANT, SO THERE ARE GOING

TO BE SIGNIFICANT STREET LEVEL AND STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS
ON TAMPA STREET, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE THIS PROJECT FRONTS.
THIS IS WHAT THE BLOCK LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
THE FAMILY THAT OWNS THE GOLD RING RESTAURANT AND OPERATED A
LONG TIME NO LONGER WISH TO OPERATE IT.
THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS FOR SALE.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TERMINATING THAT BILLBOARD AS WELL,
WHICH IS A BIT UNSIGHTLY THERE.
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
WE BELIEVE THAT A PROJECT OF THIS DENSITY IS APPROPRIATE FOR
THIS BLOCK.
IT IS AN APPROPRIATE WESTERN ANCHOR FOR THE TOWN CENTER OF
TAMPA HEIGHTS THAT WAS CALLED FOR 20 YEARS AGO AND FOR WHICH
THERE HAS BEEN NO REAL MOVEMENT ON ANY OF THE BLOCKS THAT
COMPRISE THE TAMPA HEIGHTS TOWN CENTER THAT I WOULD SUGGEST
THIS IS PROBABLY NOT THE LAST ONE THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL
SEE.
LaCHONE DID A GREAT JOB WALKING THROUGH THIS.
THIS IS THE PROJECT FROM THE GROUND.
THIS IS THE PROJECT FROM THE SKY.
NORTH IS UP.
PROJECT ACCESSED OFF OF COLUMBUS DRIVE.
CURRENTLY SIX CURB CUTS, TWO ON COLUMBUS, FOUR ON TAMPA
STREET WHICH MAKE THIS AN ABSOLUTE TERRIBLE PLACE TO WALK

AND TERRIBLE PLACE TO RIDE A BIKE.
WE WILL BE ELIMINATING TOTAL OF SIX CURB CUTS.
WE ARE USING THE ALLEY.
KEEPING THE ALLEY, NOT SEEKING TO VACATE THE ALLEY AND IT
WILL BE IMPROVED.
EXCITING IS THE GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL.
WE HEARD FOR A LONG TIME THIS COMMUNITY WANTS RETAIL ALONG
THIS CORRIDOR AND IT SEEMS SO OBVIOUS THAT IT IS A CORRIDOR
WHERE RETAIL SHOULD GO AND TO THE DEVELOPER'S CREDIT, AND
RETAIL IS HARD.
RETAIL IS HARD FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPERS TO DO.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT APPLES AND ORANGES, BUT THERE IS A VERY
SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE
COLUMBUS FRONTAGE WRAPPING AROUND TO THE TAMPA FRONTAGE.
ABOUT 11,000 SQUARE FEET.
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT WILL GET CHOPPED UP.
LIKELY CHOPPED UP INTO MULTIPLE RETAIL UNITS.
LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE ONE.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE BRING MUCH-NEEDED RETAIL AND PROVIDE A
PROOF OF CONCEPT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPERS TO FOLLOW.
STATS, 252 MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
10% AFFORDABLE HOUSING SET ASIDE.
THAT'S NOT OUT OF CHARITY.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE USING BONUS DENSITY.
WE'RE PROPOSING THAT 26 UNITS BE SET ASIDE.

HALF AT 80% AMI, HALF AT 120% AMI.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT I THOUGHT HAD CONSTRUCTIVE
COMMENTS.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THERE IS A DISAGREEMENT, VERY RESPECTABLE
ONE.
BETWEEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S VIEW OF THIS ON
COMPATIBILITY AND DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT, THE
PLANNING COMMISSION NOTES BETTER UTILIZATION OF THE LAND,
THE REQUEST WOULD HAVE NO ADVERSE IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING
AREA.
DENSITY AND USES WILL NOT ALTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S
CHARACTER.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROJECT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN
WAITING FOR.
IS IT PERFECT?
NO.
I HAVE YET TO BRING A PERFECT PROJECT BEFORE THIS COUNCIL.
THERE ARE AREAS WHERE IT CANNOT MEET THE CODE REQUIREMENTS
BECAUSE IT IS DENSE AND OUR CODE STRUGGLES, AS YOU WILL SEE
TONIGHT AND -- WITH THE PROJECTS WE BRING IN THE URBAN
PERIPHERY WITH STRICTLY APPLYING THE CODES AGAINST THE
DENSITY THAT THE COMP PLAN ANTICIPATES.
WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION SUPPORT.
WE BELIEVE THE RECORD -- TALK MORE IN REBUTTAL, A LOT OF
EVIDENCE THAT THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
REGULATIONS EITHER ON THEIR FACE AS THEY ARE WRITTEN OR
THROUGH THE WAIVER CRITERIA.
THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL WAIVER JUSTIFICATION MEMORANDUM IN
THE RECORD ALONG WITH A MEMORANDUM OUTLINING COMPLIANCE WITH
EACH OF THE PD CRITERIA.
NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE.
I WOULD ASK THAT RICKY COME UP AND TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE
NATURAL RESOURCES WAIVERS.
10:35:15PM >> RICKY PETERIKA.
I'VE BEEN SWORN.
THE WAIVER I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO IS THE RETENTION WAIVER.
THE TREES ON THIS SITE HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN A PREVIOUSLY
DISTURBED SITE FOR A VERY LONG TIME OR ASSEMBLY OF LOTS.
ON ANY PROJECT TO SPEAK TO KIND OF CONTINUING PATTERNS, ANY
PROJECT WITH 2.5 F.A.R. PROPOSED RESULTS IN A RETENTION
REQUEST.
IN THIS CASE WE'RE GOING 50 TO 0.
RECENTLY THE LANDSCAPE CODE WAS REVISED OR TREE CODE WAS
REVISED.
IF THOSE STANDARDS WERE APPLIED TO THIS REQUEST, THE 50%
WOULD AMOUNT TO 9 TREES, 8 OF WHICH ARE LAUREL OAKS, A
FASTER GROWING, SHORTER LIVING, MORE SENSITIVE TREE SPECIES,
AND THERE ARE TWO LIVE OAKS, GRANTED IN GOOD CONDITION, THAT
WOULD BE AN UNFORTUNATE LOSS.

THE MAJORITY OF THE TREES THAT ARE THE NATURE OF THIS
REQUEST ARE LESS DESIRABLE AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPACTED BY
THE PREVIOUS DEVELOPER.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO -- [INAUDIBLE]
10:36:32PM >> GOOD EVENING.
ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
I'LL TAKE OVER WITH THE REST OF THE WAIVERS.
THE NEXT REQUEST WE HAVE BEFORE IS YOU GREENSPACE WAIVER.
I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THIS IN THE CONTEXT
OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND NOT AS AN INDIVIDUAL WAIVER ITSELF.
WITH DEVELOPMENT AND WE'VE SAID THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND
WILL SAY THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, DEVELOPMENT IS A
TRADE-OFF.
I THINK THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT URBAN INFILL SITES SUCH
AS A SITE LIKE THIS, THERE'S MAJOR SITE DESIGN COMPONENTS
ALL OF WHICH HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED.
THIS SITE SPECIFICALLY, THIS WAS GREENSPACE AND THIS WAS
PARKING.
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO BALANCE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS VOCAL ABOUT WANTING SUFFICIENT PARKING,
NOT NECESSARILY PARKING PER THE -- CODE, PARKING SUFFICIENT
IN THE DEVELOPMENT IN WHAT WE FELT WOULD NOT CAUSE OVERFLOW
PARKING IN THE STREET AND INTERRUPT THEIR PATTERN OF HOW
THEY PARK TODAY.
WITH THAT, WE'RE PROPOSING WHAT WE FEEL TO BE A VERY

MODERATE REDUCTION IN GREENSPACE.
THIS IS ABOUT A 12% WAIVER REQUEST IS WHAT IT ADDS UP TO.
WE ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE REQUEST.
I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS
WAIVER.
OUR PARKING GARAGE TODAY, THE DESIGN HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED
GIVEN THIS IS SO EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.
I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY A POTENTIAL WHEN WE SUBMIT FOR
BUILDING PERMITS THAT THAT GARAGE LAYOUT CAN ABSORB SOME OF
THE SURFACE PARKING STALLS CURRENTLY SHOWN ON THE NORTH AND
WE CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE GREENSPACE THERE.
AGAIN, AN EFFORT TO BE CONSERVATIVE, WE THOUGHT A REDUCTION
REQUEST OF 700 SQUARE FEET OF GREENSPACE WAS ONE THAT WAS
REASONABLE AND ALLOWED US TO CAPITALIZE ON OTHER DIFFERENT
DESIGN COMPONENTS THAT I'LL SPEAK TO IN JUST A SECOND.
THE NEXT WAIVER REQUEST BEFORE IS YOU BUFFERING WAIVER.
ERIN MENTIONED THIS EARLIER AND POINTED OUT THE SAME EXACT
SECTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS RENDERING WE PROVIDED ON THE PLAN,
ALTHOUGH WE'RE REQUESTING A FIVE-FOOT REDUCTION IN THE WIDTH
OF THE BUFFER, I THINK WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN TERMS OF
QUALITY AND QUANTITY IN THIS BUFFER FAR EXCEEDS A FIVE FOOT
REDUCTION.
WE ARE PROVIDING THREE INCH CALIPER TREES OR FOUR INCH,
EXCUSE ME WHERE THREE INCH IS REQUIRED.

WE'RE ALSO REDUCING THE SPACING BETWEEN THE TREES.
IT'S 20 FEET IS CODE REQUIRED.
WE'RE PROVIDING A SPACING OF 10.
EFFECTIVELY DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF TREES THAT WE'LL PUT IN
THE BUFFER BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS IMPORTANT GIVEN IT
IS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL.
ONE FINAL NOTE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON THE SPECIFIC WAIVER,
WE DO HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE DIRECTLY ADJACENT
NEIGHBOR TO THE WEST.
THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND HAVE NO ISSUE
WITH THE BUFFER REDUCTION REQUEST AND THEY ARE THE ONES
OBVIOUSLY MOST AFFECTED BY A REDUCTION IN THE BUFFER WIDTH.
WE FELT THAT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT AND WE HAVE THOSE
TO SUBMIT INTO THE RECORD AS WELL.
10:39:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
10:39:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
REAL QUICK, IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THAT
SLIDE.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHEN YOU INCREASE THE DENSITY OF
TREES, AND THIS MIGHT BE BETTER FOR RICKY TO ANSWER, HOW
DOES THAT IMPACT THE GROWTH OF THE TREE?
IF THEY ARE REALLY THAT MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER IS THAT REALLY
BETTER?
10:39:36PM >> IT DEFINITELY DEPENDS ON THE SPECIES AND WHERE WE'RE
PROPOSING THIS DENSER PALM BUFFER ESSENTIALLY AND ON THAT
SIDE --

10:39:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OH, PALMS.
10:39:52PM >> TYPE TWO, SORRY, TYPE TWO BUFFER, TYPE TWO TREES ARE TALL
AND NARROW SPECIFICALLY.
BY DEFINITION.
10:40:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHEN YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT, I'M SEEING -- I KNOW THEY ARE NOT OAKS BUT
I'M SEEING BUNCHED TREES.
I'M THINKING, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL SURVIVE.
10:40:11PM >> WE DID.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS A RENDERING, CONCEPT PLAN, WE DID MAKE SURE
THAT THE CALIPERS WE WERE PROVIDING WOULD FIT WITH THAT
QUANTITY.
NEXT WAIVER REQUEST IS IN REGARDS TO PARKING.
AS I FORESHADOWED THIS A LITTLE EARLIER WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS
A VERY, VERY JUSTIFIABLE PARKING REDUCTION.
I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN GREATER IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
AREA.
I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN GREATER, BUT GIVEN THE SPECIFIC LOCATION
OF THE SITE AND OTHER DIFFERENT FACTORS WE FELT THAT 9%
REDUCTION, 362 REQUIRED TO 330 PROVIDED WAS SOMETHING THAT
WAS REASONABLE AND SOMETHING THAT MADE SENSE FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT IS TODAY AS WELL AS WHERE IT'S GOING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I KNOW TYLER SAID THE SITE WAS NOT VERY
BIKEABLE, BUT THE TAMPA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY ITSELF IS
RELATIVELY BIKEABLE.

RECEIVED 79 BIKE SCORE AS WELL AS A DECENT WALK SCORE.
ALSO SERVICED BY TRANSIT.
HART ROUTE 1 RUNS ALONG AT 15 MINUTE INTERVALS.
HIGHEST FREQUENCY IN THE CITY.
THE NEXT POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IN REGARDS TO PARKING IS
THAT THIS IS A TRUE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
11,000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL.
THAT'S RELATIVELY HIGH NUMBER COMPARED TO SOME OTHER
PROJECTS WE'VE SEEN IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.
SO THERE WILL BE SOMEWHAT OF A, QUOTE, TRADE-OFF, OR PEAKS
AND VALLEYS IN THE DIFFERENT USES AND IN THE PARKING DEMAND
THAT THEY REQUIRE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS HEAT MAP, THE PEAK COMMERCIAL
PARKING DEMAND TIME IS DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, 9 TO 5.
HOWEVER, WITH MULTIFAMILY, THAT PEAK DEMAND IS SWITCHED AND
THAT'S OVERNIGHT.
PEOPLE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PARK THEIR CARS OVERNIGHT WHERE
THEY LIVE BECAUSE THEY WILL BE THERE OVERNIGHT.
THE HOURS PEAK BETWEEN 9 P.M. AND 4 A.M.
WE DO FEEL AS IF THOSE SPOTS WILL BE USED FOR, QUOTE, DUAL
OCCUPANCY FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND MULTI, AND I THINK THAT
JUSTIFIES TRADE-OFF THAT THE PARKING CODE DOESN'T
NECESSARILY ABSORB.
I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, DID A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS
RECENTLY IN TAMPA HEIGHTS THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED.

21-86 AS WELL AS 22-116.
THESE WERE APPROVED FOR PARKING REDUCTIONS OF 13% AND 25%.
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SIMILAR IN LOCATION, THEY ARE NOT EXACTLY
THE SAME.
THE PROJECTS WERE SOUTH OF PALM.
THEY ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE CBD PERIPHERY.
THIS IS A BIT NORTH.
AS I SAID, I THINK OUR PROPOSED REDUCTION OF 9% IS RELEVANT
TO WHERE THE SITE STANDS TODAY.
PEOPLE STILL DRIVE.
PEOPLE STILL DRIVE.
BUT WHERE IT'S ALSO GOING TO GO IN THE FUTURE.
THE LAST WAIVER REQUEST IS LOADING WAIVER.
LUCKILY THIS IS VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU.
REDUCTION FROM 4 TO 2 ALLOWING MANEUVERING IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
OUR SITE IS SURROUNDED BY RIGHT-OF-WAY AS WELL AS BIFURCATED
BY THE EXISTING ALLEY.
PROUD TO HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
THE LETTERS ARE SUBMITTED IN THE RECORD.
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS BUT ACTUAL INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.
COMMERCIAL ASPECT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST A CONNECTIVITY
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE DENSITY FOR THE MIXED USE

PROJECT TO COME TO THIS CENTER AND THEY ARE EXCITED TO BE
HERE.
I'LL PASS THIS ON TO JOSH KRUEGER, THE DEVELOPER.
HE CAN TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH.
10:43:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU'VE RUN OUT OF TIME.
10:43:12PM >> THE DEVELOPER WILL SPEAK IN REBUTTAL.
10:43:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY COMMENTS?
10:43:20PM >>ERIN MAEHR:
I JUST WANTED TO STATE FOR THE RECORD WE
HAVEN'T RECEIVED A LANDSCAPE PLAN.
IT HASN'T BEEN SUBMITTED INTO THE RECORD SO WE HAVEN'T
REVIEWED THAT AT THIS TIME.
10:43:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM?
YES, SIR.
PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME.
10:43:43PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
CAMILO SOTO.
I AM AN ATTORNEY AND AN URBAN PLANNER, BUT I AM HERE
ACTUALLY AS A CONCERNED RESIDENT.
GOOD EVENING TO MR. SHELBY AS WELL, MADAM CLERK AND STAFF.
OVERALL, I THINK THIS IS TRULY A TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT.
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

BUT THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS IN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE
CONTEXT AND HOW IT IMPACTS THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
ESPECIALLY THE PARK DOWNHILL, I LIVE AT 105 WEST FRANCES.
I WAS SWORN IN.
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ON COUNCIL
AROUND JUNE OF 2022 MAY RECALL ME MENTIONING THE FACT THAT
THE PARTICULAR ALLEYWAY THAT IS SOUTH OF WEST AMELIA, NORTH
OF WEST FRANCES, IT IS ON THE LAST PAGE OF YOUR STAFF
REPORT.
THE LAND USE MAP, THAT CHUNK THAT'S BETWEEN, RED, ABUTTING
PART AGAINST TAMPA STREET AND THEN THE REST OF IT IS BROWN.
ANYWAYS THAT WILL GIVE YOU A VISUAL OF THE BLOCK THAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
SO AS MR. HUDSON, MY COLLEAGUE HAS INDICATED, THE PARTICULAR
BLOCK WHERE THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED REALLY HASN'T HAD MUCH
DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, THE FULL CONTEXT IS SOUTH OF THAT THE RM 24 PORTION
HAS EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN RESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT.
NOT ONLY HAS IT INCREASED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE
ALSO HAVE TWO NEW POOLS THAT HAVE COME ALONG ONLINE, AND
THOSE TWO POOLS IN PARTICULAR ABUT THE ALLEYWAY THAT I'M
CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE MY HOME LAYS.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS IN PARTICULAR, AS IT RELATES TO
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION HAS ALREADY INDICATED THAT THEY ARE

NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND COMP PLAN
AS IT IS.
THEY ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, PRIOR TO THE SECOND
READING OF THIS ORDINANCE.
NORTHERLY RESOURCES HAS ALSO ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
AND TRANSPORTATION HAS DONE THE SAME.
I'M CONCERNED WITH STORMWATER AND IT'S EVALUATION OF THE
SITE, SPECIFIC IMPACT NOT ONLY TO THE BLOCK, TO THE BLOCK
THAT I LIVE ON, 105 WEST FRANCES.
THE PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN INDICATES THAT THEY ARE TO COMPLY
WITH THE STANDARD TECHNICAL SPECS OF STORMWATER ATTENUATION
WHICH IS GENERALLY 100% STORMWATER ATTENUATION.
IN LIGHT OF THE INCREASED FLOODING THAT WE'VE HAD, IN
PARTICULAR THAT RAIN EVENT, JUNE 22nd, ONLY GOTTEN WORSE
AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL POOLS THAT ARE THERE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THE APPLICANT COMMIT TO
VOLUNTEERING OR PROFFERING TO GREATER STORMWATER ATTENUATION
FROM THIS PROJECT OR ALTERNATIVELY I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
STORMWATER IN TAMPA REVIEW THE FLOOD IMPACTS BASED ON
CONTEMPORANEOUS DATA, CONTEMPORANEOUS DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS
THAT EXTEND SOUTH OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
NOW, IF YOU'RE WAFFLING OR A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT PUTTING
AN ONEROUS AMOUNT OF WORK ON THIS DEVELOPER, I'D LIKE TO
REMIND YOU, THEY ARE ASKING FOR NO TREE RETENTION, BLENDED
INTENSITY AND ADDITIONAL DENSITY AND REDUCED GREENSPACE.

ALL OF THIS CREATES MORE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA.
THEY ARE ASKING FOR VALUE FROM THE CITY AND WE'RE ASKING --
I'M ASKING FOR THEM TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THEIR STORMWATER
IMPLICATIONS AND RETURN THE VALUE BACK TO ENSURE WE DON'T
HAVE WORSENING STORM FLOODING IN THE AREA.
10:47:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE?
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A REGISTERED INDIVIDUAL, ARIELLE MILLIGAN.
SHE'S GONE.
YES, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:47:27PM >> RUBIN BRYANT, 515 EAST FLORIBRASKA AVENUE, RESIDENT OF
TAMPA HEIGHTS.
I WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PROJECT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I SEE.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 2016.
WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THAT WITH ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER
IT'S ON A MOM AND POP LEVEL WITH SOMEONE RENOVATING A HOME
OR REFURBISHING A BUILDING IN ORDER TO HAVE A CAFE, THERE'S
ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT ARE BROUGHT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN 2016 TO WHAT I'VE SEEN NOW HAS BEEN A
HUGE INFLUX OF CASH COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH IS
LITERALLY FIXING HOMES ONE BY ONE.

A PROJECT LIKE THIS I THINK WILL CONTINUE THAT SAME PATTERN
AND ALSO CREATE A TREND AND SET A PRECEDENCE FOR COLUMBUS.
I'M HOPING WHATEVER THE VARIANCES THAT THEY NEED, IF THEY
ARE REASONABLE, THAT THEY ARE GIVEN THE VARIANCES IN ORDER
TO TAKE CARE -- IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT PROJECT MOVE FORWARD
AS WELL AS TAKE CARE OF CONCERNS LIKE HIS.
I THINK THE DEVELOPER IS BEING MINDFUL.
THANK YOU.
10:48:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE.
I SEE NO ONE ELSE.
10:48:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THE ONLY THING, TALK ABOUT STORMWATER,
ISN'T THERE A FACTUAL THING THAT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS TO
CONTAIN THEIR STORMWATER ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY?
CAN WE ADDRESS THAT?
10:49:02PM >> JONATHAN SCOTT.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TO CONTAIN ITS STORMWATER AND
PROVIDE RETENTION, SO THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY
IMPACT TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:49:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HOW IS THAT DONE?
10:49:16PM >> THEY'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL
MANUAL FOR STORMWATER, AND THAT HAS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS
THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET.
10:49:23PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10:49:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE?
10:49:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER.
ARE YOU GUYS UNDERGROUNDING THE UTILITIES RUNNING ALONG
COLUMBUS?
10:49:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, I THINK THEY HAVE TO.
10:49:40PM >> TYLER HUDSON FOR THE RECORD.
POWER LINES NO.
BUT OTHER UTILITIES WILL BE SUBSURFACE.
STORMWATER WILL BE UNDER THE SITE IN A VAULT.
10:49:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THE TREES PRESENTED TODAY, YOU INDICATED
THEY ARE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED.
HOW WILL WE KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IT WAS
PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY?
10:50:10PM >>ERIN MAEHR:
ERIN MAEHR, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
LANDSCAPING IS REVIEWED AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING.
WE LOOK AT THE SPACE RIGHT NOW JUST TO SEE WHAT CAN BE
PROVIDED ON THE SITE BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE.
THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A LANDSCAPE PLAN, BUT WE
SOMETIMES ASK FOR ONE JUST SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THEY ARE
PROPOSING.
THEY CAN CHANGE IT AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING.
10:50:35PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I GUESS THIS QUESTION WOULD BE FOR LEGAL.
IN TERMS OF THE WAIVER, DOES THE GRANTING OF A WAIVER BY
THIS COUNCIL AFFECT WHAT ULTIMATELY THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED

TO HAVE TO BRING IN?
IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING.
THAT'S THE QUESTION, IN TERMS OF -- MY CONCERN IS THIS WAS
JUST BROUGHT TO COUNCIL TODAY.
YOU HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT, IF YOU'D
LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT, MR. HUDSON.
10:51:06PM >> COUNCIL, THIS CAN BE A DIFFICULT ISSUE AND IT MIGHT BE
WORTH LOOKING AT THE CODE ON.
LANDSCAPING PLANS AREN'T REQUIRED.
THERE'S SOMETHING THOUGH REALLY INFORMATIVE FOR YOU ALL TO
SEE, LANDSCAPING PLANS ARE APPROVED AND FINALIZED IN
CONNECTION WITH PERMITS.
THERE ARE THINGS WE DO HAVE TO PROVIDE IN TERMS OF NATURAL
RESOURCES.
RICKY AND ERIN HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH DAILY IF NOT MULTIPLE
TIMES DAILY THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE WHERE
WE CAN ON THE NATURAL RESOURCES.
WHAT I PROPOSE IS BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING WE'LL
WORK TO PRESENT A CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS TYPICALLY DONE
AT PERMITTING.
WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO APPROVE THE WAIVERS TODAY.
THERE IS AN ELEMENT OF TRUST BUT VERIFY WITH US, BUT I WILL
SAY AND I THINK ERIN WOULD AGREE, WE'RE IN VERY CLOSE TOUCH
WITH NATURAL RESOURCES TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE

WE CAN ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TREES.
10:52:09PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
IS THERE A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT FOR
THIS PLAN?
10:52:14PM >> NO, MA'AM.
WE'RE NOT REALLY RECEIVING ANY CITY RESOURCES.
AND THIS ISN'T A DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC LAND.
IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THE MOST -- THERE IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND
THE CITY WHICH IS IN EXCHANGE FOR US BEING ABLE TO BUILD
MORE OF A BUILDING, WE'RE GOING TO SET ASIDE 10% OF THE
UNITS IN THAT LARGER BUILDING WITH RENT RESTRICTIONS.
HALF OF THEM RENT RESTRICTED FOR HOUSEHOLDS THAT EARN 80% OF
AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND HALF THAT EARN 120% OF AREA MEDIAN
INCOME.
THOSE NUMBERS WILL PROBABLY BE UPDATED BY THE FLORIDA
HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR
2023.
10:52:55PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LACHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO PUT ON THE RECORD.
THE COMMUNITY PLAN THAT WAS MENTIONED IS NOT ADOPTED IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE OTHER ITEM IS THE PARKING WAIVER THAT WAS MENTIONED AND
PRESENTED WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED.
THE DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY OVER-PARKED.
AND ONE OF THE CHANGES YOU'LL SEE ON THE REVISION SHEET IS

FOR THE APPLICANT TO RECALCULATE THE PARKING BASED ON THE
USE PROPOSED OF THE STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
10:53:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE GO TO REBUTTAL FROM THE APPLICANT.
10:53:36PM >> TYLER HUDSON FOR THE RECORD.
I'D LIKE TO ASK GREG ROTH, A LICENSED CIVIL ENGINEER WITH
BOWLER TO ADDRESS BRIEFLY THE STORMWATER COMMENT MADE BY MY
CURRENT FRIEND AND FORMER NEIGHBOR MR. SOTTO.
THE TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING IN THAT
AREA HAVE STORMWATER ATTENUATION REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE VERY
DIFFERENT THAN LARGE PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
10:53:59PM >> GOOD EVENING, GREG ROTH WITH BULLER.
600 WESTSHORE BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
AS MENTIONED AND AS JONATHAN SCOTT CAME UP HERE AND
MENTIONED, WE WILL BE MEETING THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR
STORMWATER IN ADDITION TO STORMWATER APPROVAL WE HAVE FOR
THE PD, WE ALSO HAVE TO MEET F.D.O.T. REQUIREMENTS, WHICH
ARE MORE STRINGENT BECAUSE WE'RE TYING INTO THE D.O.T.
SYSTEM ON TAMPA ROAD, SO WE WILL BE MEETING D.O.T. STORM,
WHICH ARE HUNDRED-YEAR STORMS VERSUS 25-YEAR STORM THAT THE
CITY REQUIRES US TO DESIGN TO.
WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL ATTENUATION DESIGNED INTO OUR SYSTEM.

10:54:41PM >> COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND FOR YOUR
QUESTIONS.
I THINK LEGALLY SPEAKING EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE WHEN YOU'RE
IN THIS QUASI-JUDICIAL CAPACITY, YOU'RE NOT WEARING ROBES,
BUT IT'S QUASI-JUDICIAL.
THE STOOL REFERENCE IN ONE OF THE PRIOR HEARINGS, MATTERS
FIRST, WERE YOU CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I THINK THERE'S ABUNDANT EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD THAT WE ARE,
NAMELY YOUR OWN PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF SAYS IT'S
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SECOND QUESTION IS ARE YOU CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS?
ON THEIR FACE IT DEPENDS.
SOME OF THEM YES.
OTHERS WE BELIEVE ARE JUSTIFIED BY THE WAIVERS AND THE
WAIVER JUSTIFICATIONS THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO THE RECORD.
AS THE COUNCIL HAS SEEN ON THIS SITE AND OTHER URBAN
PERIPHERAL SITES THAT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING
BEFORE YOU AND OBTAIN APPROVAL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SQUARE
PEG, ROUND HOLE TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT MIGHT
APPLY TO A PUBLIX ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, APPLY FOR A REALLY
URBAN DENSE MIXED USE SITE LIKE THIS.
I DO BELIEVE THE WAIVERS ARE JUSTIFIED.
ONE OF THE BEST TESTS IS THE THIRD LEG OF THE STOOL WHICH IS
THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

THIS GROUP AND JOSH IS BASED OUT OF CHICAGO, THEY MET WITH
THE LAND USE COMMITTEE OF THE TAMPA CIVIC HEIGHTS PROBABLY
THREE OR FOUR TIMES.
THE BOARD THREE OR FOUR TIMES.
THERE HAS BEEN AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORT, WHICH
IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL IS SEEING MORE OF
BECAUSE DEVELOPERS WATCH THESE HEARINGS AND KNOW THAT IT'S
EXPECTED.
I THINK IT'S NOTEWORTHY FOR A PROJECT OF THIS AMBITION, OF
THIS SCOPE, INTRODUCING REALLY A NEW LEVEL OF DENSITY TO AN
INTERSECTION THAT WHILE IT NEEDS IT AND EXPECTED UNDER THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NEW.
GROWTH IS CHANGE AND CHANGE IS HARD.
THE FACT THAT 22 RESIDENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE TAMPA
HEIGHTS CIVIC COMMUNITY, CIVIC ASSOCIATION ITSELF ALL
ENDORSE THIS PROJECT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK OF THE
DEVELOPER AND LISTENING TO THEM AND INCORPORATING THEIR
FEEDBACK IN THE PLAN.
IT'S NOT PERFECT BUT WE THINK IT IS AN EXCELLENT PLAN AND
BELIEVE IT MERITS YOUR APPROVAL THIS NIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
10:56:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:56:50PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
THE 26 AFFORDABLE UNITS, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE THE SAME
AMENITIES AS THE OTHER AREAS IN THE BUILDING?

WILL THEY BE MIXED THROUGHOUT OR ISOLATED TO A PARTICULAR
AREA?
10:57:03PM >> THEY ARE MIXED THROUGHOUT -- THE BONUS PROVISION
AGREEMENT REQUIRES THAT THEY BE UNIFORM AS TO AMENITIES AND
FINISHES.
THAT'S IN THE BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT.
THE INTENT IS ABSOLUTELY THAT THEY ARE STACKED AND THERE IS
A REQUIREMENT IN THE BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT THAT IT IS
CONFIDENTIAL.
THERE IS -- THERE'S CERTAINLY NO LABELING OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
THE LEASING MANAGER WILL KNOW WHICH UNITS FOR WHICH THE
TENANT HAS TO FILL OUT HOUSEHOLD INCOME CERTIFICATION FORM
BUT ABSOLUTELY BLENDED IN.
IT WILL BE ONE COMMUNITY.
10:57:37PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
DOES THAT SAME CONCEPT APPLY TO RETAIL
SPACE WHEN IT COMES TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND AFFORDABILITY
FOR THE RETAIL SPACE THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE GROUND LEVEL?
10:57:45PM >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
CURRENTLY THERE'S NO AFFORDABLE RETAIL REQUIREMENT.
IT'S SOMETHING WORTH CONSIDERING.
I THINK IT'S IMPLEMENTED IN SOME SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S A
PUBLIC LAND CONTRIBUTION.
PERHAPS THE CITY CAN ASK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
CANDIDLY, NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK FOR THIS SITE.

FOR CLARITY, THERE IS NOT ANY RENT RESTRICTION ON THE
RETAIL.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT COMES IN.
10:58:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE.
10:58:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM NUMBER
4?
10:58:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
FILE NUMBER REZ 23-18, AN ORDINANCE
REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2500 AND 2510
NORTH TAMPA STREET, 106, 108, 110 AND 114 WEST COLUMBUS
DRIVE AND 101 AND 103 WEST AMELIA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RM-24 (RESIDENTIAL,
MULTIFAMILY) AND CG (COMMERCIAL GENERAL) TO PD (PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL
USES); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:59:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
DISCUSSION?
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.

10:59:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MAY I ADD TO?
I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION TO SAY I WOULD LIKE -- I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WOULD, I WANT TO
PUT THAT IN THE POTENTIAL LANDSCAPE PLAN BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING, AND I WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF FINDINGS OF
FACT THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
ANTICIPATED INTENSITY OF THE CMU 35 AND UMU 60 FUTURE LAND
USE DESIGNATIONS AND WILL PROVIDE NEW HOUSING ON VACANT AND
UNDERUTILIZED LAND TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOUSING
IS AVAILABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TAMPA'S PRESENT AND FUTURE
POPULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH HOUSING POLICY 1.3.1 AND 1.3.4
AND INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY 1.1.17 AND 1.1.18.
AND IT IS COMPLIANT WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE SECTION
27-136 THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AS SHOWN ON THE SITE
PLAN PROMOTES OR ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT THAT IS APPROPRIATE
IN LOCATION, CHARACTER, AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT THE WAIVERS IN COMPLIANCE
WITH SECTION 27-139-4 IS THAT THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT IS A UNIQUE AND THEREFORE IN NEED OF WAIVERS,
AND THAT THE WAIVERS WILL NOT SUBSTANTIALLY INTERFERE WITH
OR INJURE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WHOSE PROPERTY WOULD BE
AFFECTED BY THEM.
11:01:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'LL ACCEPT THAT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
11:01:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WITH REGARD TO THAT, THERE IS ALSO A
REVISION SHEET, EXTENSIVE REVISION SHEET.

MR. HUDSON WOULD YOU AFFIRM THE FACT THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING YOU AGREE TO MAKE THE CHANGES ON THE REVISION
SHEET.
11:01:31PM >> I SO AFFIRM.
11:01:32PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WOULD YOU INCLUDE THAT IN THE MOTION,
PLEASE?
11:01:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
TO INCLUDE THE REVISION SHEET BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND READING.
11:01:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN VIERA WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER HURTAK AND THE REVISION SHEET BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING.
MAY I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
11:01:57PM >> HURTAK?
11:02:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:02:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
11:02:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
11:02:05PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:02:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:02:08PM >> CARLSON?
11:02:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:02:11PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 1st,
2023, AT 9:30 A.M.

11:02:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 5.
11:02:42PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 5 IS REZ-23-25 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10 LADOGA
AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT IS REPRESENTED BY REBECCA KERT.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RS 75 RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PD FOR RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USE.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANNY TO PRESENT.
11:03:17PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF.
I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.
CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT MORE SPECIFICALLY THE DAVIS
ISLANDS URBAN VILLAGE.
DAVIS ISLANDS PARK IS THE CLOSEST PUBLIC PARK.
THE PARK IS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM THE SUBJECT SITE.
CLOSEST TRANSIT STOP APPROXIMATELY 1.2 MILES NORTH OF THE
SITE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF DAVIS BOULEVARD AND ARBOR
PLACE.
SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA.
EVACUATION ZONE A.
AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
YOU'LL SEE THE SURROUNDING AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY DEVELOPED
WITH SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES.

THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE JUST NORTHEAST, JUST NORTH OF
LADOGA AVENUE.
HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 6
FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION WHICH ALLOWS DEVELOPMENT UP TO 6
DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
THE RESIDENTIAL 6 SURROUNDS THE PROPERTY ON ALL SIDES, TO
THE WEST, SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND
FOUND THE REQUEST COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
THIS PORTION OF LADOGA AVENUE BETWEEN WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD
AND FORMOSA AVENUE, 3.27 UNITS PER ACRE BASED ON 26 SAMPLE
SITES.
REQUEST ALLOW FOR TWO SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL
UNITS, 4.16 UNANIMOUS PER ACRE COMPARABLE TO THE BLOCK
DENSITY AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER
THE R-6 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
LOT WIDTH RANGE FROM 50 FEET TO 400 FEET.
ALONG LADOGA AVENUE.
APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET.
PD PROPOSES LOT WIDTHS WITHIN THE RANGE OF LOTS ALONG THE
SEGMENT.
TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE EXISTING BLOCK DENSITY AND
RANGE OF LOT WIDTHS ALONG THE SEGMENT OF LADOGA AVENUE,

PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THAT THE REQUEST WILL
PROVIDE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE BUILT
WITHIN THE EXISTING STREET BLOCK AND LOT CONFIGURATION OF
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSED REZONING SUPPORTS MANY OF THE POLICIES IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING THE CITY'S
POPULATION.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES NEW HOUSING ON VACANT AND
UNDER UTILIZED LAND TO MEET TAMPA'S PRESENT AND FUTURE
POPULATIONS.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN -- URBAN VILLAGES.
REQUEST WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE DAVIS ISLANDS
URBAN VILLAGES.
BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
OF THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
11:06:14PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THIS PETITION REZ 23-25, THIS PD REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR THE
EXISTING LOT TO BE SPLIT AND WITH THE CREATION OF TWO LOTS
FOR THE USE OF TWO SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS.
THE TOTAL SITE AREA IS 21,940 SQUARE FEET.
THE SITE PLAN DEPICTS THE EXISTING STRUCTURE, WHICH IS
ON-SITE, AND IT'S WITH SETBACKS OF FRONT SETBACK OF 25 FEET,

THE REAR IS AT 20 FEET.
THE SIDES ARE AT 7 FEET.
ON THE EAST AND THEN THE WEST SIDE IS AT 3 FEET.
ON PARCEL B SO THE SITE PLAN IDENTIFIED A PARCEL A AND B.
PARCEL B THAT WOULD CONTAIN NEWLY CREATED LOT.
THE SETBACKS ARE 25 FEET IN THE FRONT, 20 FEET IN THE REAR,
AND 7 FEET ON BOTH SIDES.
FOR THAT LOT.
LOCATED ON DAVIS ISLANDS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PRECEDENT IN THE IMMEDIATE
AREA IS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DETACHED STRUCTURES.
I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE ON OUR CONFORMING MAP.
BECAUSE THIS IS A REQUEST TO DIVIDE THE LOTS, THE SITE PLAN
SHOWS THAT THERE'S ONE LOT WHICH WOULD MEASURE 70 FEET
APPROXIMATELY IN WIDTH AND THE OTHER LOT WOULD MEASURE
APPROXIMATELY 71 FEET IN WIDTH.
BASED UPON THE ANALYSIS WHICH WAS CONDUCTED, STAFF FINDS THE
REQUEST INCONSISTENT WITH THE IMMEDIATE AND SURROUNDING AREA
AND STAFF ANALYSIS HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITHIN THE STAFF
REPORT.
AND I'LL REVIEW THAT ANALYSIS WITH YOU AND FIRST I'LL ORIENT
YOU ON THE ZONING MAP WITH THE SITE.
SO THIS IS THE ZONING MAP.
THE SITE IS IDENTIFIED WITH THE RED DOTTED LINE WHICH IS
LOCATED HERE.

SO THIS IS THE SITE.
IT'S ON LADOGA AVENUE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS DAVIS
BOULEVARD THAT'S LOCATED HERE.
THE SITE YOU CAN SEE HAS THE RS 75 ZONING.
YOU HAVE A COUPLE, RS 60 THAT'S FARTHER NORTH.
ACROSS THE CANAL, A PD LOCATED FURTHER EAST.
THE REMAINDER IS RS 60 WHEN YOU LOOK NORTHEAST OF THE SITE.
I WILL SHOW YOU, I'LL PUT UP THE CONFORMING MAP.
THEN WHAT I'LL DO IS WHILE THE MAP IS UP I'LL READ THE
ANALYSIS AS A RESULT OF THIS MAP.
ON THIS MAP JUST TO ORIENT YOU, THIS IS DAVIS BOULEVARD.
I'M GOING TO PULL IT DOWN SO YOU CAN SEE THE LEGEND ALSO.
THIS IS THE SITE, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN BLACK AND IT HAS THE
HATCHING ON IT.
DAVIS BOULEVARD AND THIS IS LADOGA.
SO THE AREA OF ANALYSIS IS THE AREA WHICH IS SHOWN WITH THE
PARCELS WHICH ARE IN COLOR.
WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT -- JUST ONE SECOND.
WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGES 4 AND 5 OF THE REPORT, THE
ANALYSIS IS PROVIDED.
I'LL GIVE IN SUMMARY WHAT IS PART OF THE ANALYSIS.
RELATION TO REVIEWING THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, THE
SUBJECT BLOCK WHICH IS LADOGA AVENUE FROM WEST DAVIS
BOULEVARD TO THE END OF THE STREET, IT CONTAINS 19 TOTAL
ZONING LOTS.

THAT'S INCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE.
14 OR 74% OF THE LOTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 75
FEET OR GREATER AND FIVE OR 26 PERCENT OF THE LOTS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 74.99 FEET OR LESS.
ON THE SUBJECT BLOCK FACE, THE NORTH SIDE OF LADOGA AVENUE,
THERE ARE 9 ZONING LOTS, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE.
AND 7 OR 78% OF THOSE LOTS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH
OF 75 FEET OR GREATER AND 2 OR 22% OF THE LOTS HAVE BEEN
DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 74.99 OR LESS.
SO PURSUANT TO THE ANALYSIS THAT'S PROVIDED, THE MAJORITY OF
THE LOTS WITHIN THE STUDY AREA HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A
LOT WIDTH OF 75 FEET OR MORE.
SPECIFICALLY THE BLOCK FACE 7 OR 78% OF THE LOTS ARE
DEVELOPED AT A LOT WIDTH OF 75 FEET OR MORE.
WITH ONE LOT DEVELOPED AT A WIDTH OF 75 FEET TO 79 FEET, TWO
OF THOSE LOTS ARE DEVELOPED AT A WIDTH OF 80 TO 99 FEET AND
4 OF THOSE LOTS ARE DEVELOPED AT A WIDTH OF 100 FEET OR
GREATER.
THEREFORE STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO CREATE TWO LOTS TO BE
INCONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE
BLOCK FACE AND THE BLOCK.
IN ADDITION, THIS PD SITE PLAN REQUEST IS INCONSISTENT WITH
THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT.
THAT IS STAFF'S ANALYSIS.

LET ME SHOW YOU ALSO PHOTOS OF THE AREA.
THIS IS DIRECTLY EAST OF THE SITE.
THAT'S AT THE CORNER OF DAVIS.
THIS IS THE SITE ITSELF.
SO THIS IS THE SITE THAT HAS THE EXISTING HOME AND THIS IS
THE PORTION OF THE SITE WHICH IS CURRENTLY VACANT BUT WILL
BE SPLIT AND THAT'S WHERE THE NEW PROPOSED STRUCTURE WOULD
BE PLACED.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SITE.
11:11:51PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
11:11:51PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THIS IS THE EXISTING HOME AND THAT WILL
REMAIN AND THEN THE LOT NEXT TO THE AREA NEXT TO IT.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SHOW ON THIS PICTURE.
THERE WAS LANDSCAPING THAT DAY.
SO THIS IS A BIG TRAILER THAT'S IN FRONT.
I HAD TO GET KIND OF A SIDE VIEW.
AND THEN THIS IS WEST OF THE SITE, DIRECTLY WEST.
THIS IS FURTHER WEST.
THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
IT'S HARD TO SHOW THE EXACT LOT WIDTHS IN THE PICTURES.
THIS IS WEST ALSO HEADING FURTHER DOWN.
THEN WE'RE COMING AROUND SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE AND THEN
HEADING BACK SOUTH.
THIS IS SOUTH OF THE SITE.
SOUTHEAST OF THE SITE.

ANOTHER HOME.
THE SOUTHEAST.
AND THEN THIS IS GOING BACK DOWN.
THESE ARE ALL ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE.
SITE PLAN REVISIONS TO BE MADE TO THE SITE PLAN BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND READING, SHOULD COUNCIL VOTE TO APPROVE THE
SITE PLAN THIS EVENING.
SO THOSE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT AND THEY DO
AGREE TO MAKE THE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:13:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
11:13:27PM >> THE TWO.
11:13:28PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THE TWO YELLOW PARCELS ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE CHECKERED BOX, DID YOU SHOW THAT HOUSE?
THAT WAS TWO LOTS TOGETHER BUT IT LOOKED A LOT SMALLER.
THE HOUSES YOU SHOWED IN THE AREA.
11:13:49PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES, SOUTH.
11:13:54PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I WAS CURIOUS.
IS THAT TWO HOUSES?
11:13:58PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
NO.
THIS IS ONE HOME.
11:14:01PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
OKAY.
11:14:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THIS IS DAVIS ISLANDS.
11:14:08PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THEY JUST HAVE TWO GARAGES ON BOTH SIDES.
I SEE.

THANK YOU.
11:14:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:14:24PM >> REBECCA KERT, 400 NORTH TAMPA STREET.
I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TONIGHT OF REPRESENTING JOHN AND KAREN
HOTCHKISS FOR THIS REZONING AT 10 LADOGA AVENUE.
BEFORE I BEGIN TO EXPLAIN THE CASE TO YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE THEM HAVE THE BRIEF OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES
TO YOU.
11:14:43PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
I'M JOHN HOTCHKISS.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS AS WELL.
WE OWN 10 LADOGA AVENUE, MY WIFE KAREN AND I.
WE CURRENTLY RESIDE AT 68 BAHAMA CIRCLE ALSO ON DAVIS
ISLAND.
LITTLE BACKGROUND, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK.
WE HEARD SO WE WANTED TO CLEAR SOME OF THE THINGS ABOUT OUR
LOVE BASICALLY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AND JUST KIND OF SET IT
FORWARD THAT WAY.
MY FAMILY, INCLUDING SOME EXTENDED COUSINS THAT GOT HERE IN
THE LATE 1800s, WE LAID DOWN ROOTS IN 1910.
BEEN ON DAVIS ISLANDS SINCE THE 1930s AND MY FAMILY,
GRANDPARENTS HAVE OWNED VARIOUS BUILDINGS THERE.
AND THEN SOME REALLY COOL STRUCTURES ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD
AS WELL.

WE LOVE OLD STRUCTURES.
WE LOVE ARCHITECTURE.
I'VE BEEN CALLED A FRUSTRATED ARCHITECT MANY TIMES.
AND WE HAVE WON SOME DESIGN AWARDS WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS
BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL THAT WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE
OF BOTH LIVING IN AND --
IN 1969, CAMILLE AND JOHNNY McCOURTER, MY MATERNAL AUNT
AND UNCLE BOUGHT 10 LADOGA AVENUE.
IT HAS REALLY SINCE THAT TIME BEEN THE REUNION CENTRAL FOR
THE FAMILIES AND EXTENDED FAMILIES FOR OVER 54 YEARS, LONGER
THAN I'VE BEEN ALIVE.
I MENTION THESE THINGS TO DISPLAY THAT WE HAVE DEEP ROOTS IN
THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE LOVE, NEIGHBORS WE LOVE.
BUILT OUR LIVES HERE.
WE ARE VERY COMMITTED TO OUR COMMUNITY.
KAREN WILL SHARE MORE.
11:16:17PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR TIME, ESPECIALLY AT THIS
HOUR.
KAREN HOTCHKISS, OWNER OF 10 LADOGA AND RESIDENT OF 68
BAHAMA.
OUR STORY WITH 10 LADOGA STARTED IN FALL OF 1995.
JOHN AND I WERE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND
INVITED TO TAMPA FOR A THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
WE QUICKLY NEW IT WAS A SPECIAL PLACE AND FELL IN LOVE WITH
THE COMMUNITY.

AFTER GRADUATION, DAVIS ISLANDS WAS A NATURAL FIT AND BOUGHT
OUR FIRST HOME ON THE ISLAND IN 1999.
WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN ON THE ISLAND AND
PARTICIPATE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
IN 2021, WHEN JOHN'S AUNT WAS READY TO TRANSITION FROM THE
LADOGA HOUSE SHE CALLED US FIRST AND OUR DREAM OF OWNING THE
PROPERTY BECAME A REALITY.
WE MOVED TO 10 LADOGA SEPTEMBER 2021, AWARE THAT MAJOR
RENOVATIONS WERE NEEDED AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY,
WE PULLED A DEMOLITION PERMIT IN ORDER TO FACILITATE --
PULLED A DEMOLITION PERMIT OVER AN ALTERATIONS PERMIT TO
PLAN FOR ADDITION AREA OF THE 1920 STYLE HOME.
WE PROCEEDED WITH THE FIRST STAGE OF RENOVATION SPENDING
MORE THAN $150,000 TO UPGRADE ELECTRICITY, PLUMBING AND
GUEST HOUSE.
AS RENOVATIONS PROGRESSED WE REALIZED OUR DREAM WAS QUICKLY
OUTPACING REALITY.
THE COST FOR THE SECOND RENOVATION OF MAIN HOUSE MORE THAN
TRIPLED IN COST.
COULD NOT IGNORE THE MOUNTING EMOTIONAL TOLL THAT THE
CURRENT CONSTRUCTION WAS PLAYING ON THE FAMILY SO WE MADE A
PIVOT.
LOOKED FOR A BUYER TO CARRY ON THE DREAM OF RENOVATING THE
HOME.
MET WITH LITTLE SUCCESS WHICH BRINGS US TO OUR CURRENT

SITUATION.
HONORED TO WORK WITH REBECCA KERT AND WE'LL LET HER TAKE YOU
THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS.
11:17:53PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT CITY COUNCIL
NORMALLY LOOKS FOR WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOT.
YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT WILL BE THE EFFECT AND HOPEFULLY NO
ADVERSE EFFECT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT IS THE PRECEDENT
THAT IT WILL SET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT I'LL DO DURING THE PRESENTATION IS GIVE YOU SUBSTANTIAL
COMPETENT EVIDENCE FOR WHICH TO REVIEW THIS.
THIS IS THE GENERAL LOCATION MAP.
ABOUT HALF AN ACRE.
SLIGHTLY TO THE WEST OF DAVIS BOULEVARD AND CURRENTLY HAS
ONE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ON IT.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLATTED AS PART OF DAVIS ISLANDS AS THREE
LOTS.
A 40, 50, AND 50 LOT.
I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THIS REQUEST IS NOT AS YOU
TYPICALLY SEE TO REESTABLISH THE ORIGINAL PLAT.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR THREE LOTS ON THIS PROPERTY.
WE'RE ASKING FOR TWO LOTS OF GENERALLY EQUAL WIDTH.
ON DAVIS ISLANDS AND SOME OF THE OLDER HOMES YOU OFTEN SEE
ON VERY LARGE LOTS A SIDE LOT OR A GARDEN.
WHEN THEY COME TO YOU FOR LOT SPLIT YOU END UP WITH ONE VERY

LARGE OVERSIZED LOT AND SIDE LOT WHICH IS UNDERSIZED FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
THE ORIGINAL HOME WAS BUILT ON ONE AND A HALF PLATTED LOTS
AND IT WAS SOLD BY DAVIS ISLANDS INCORPORATED.
AND I WILL PRESENT THAT DEED TO YOU WHEN WE'RE AT THE
CONCLUSION AS ONE AND A HALF PLATTED LOTS.
I MENTION THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE WRITTEN IN
THEIR OPPOSITION LETTERS THAT THEY FEEL THIS IS NOT
CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF DAVIS ISLANDS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY EXACTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN
OF DAVIS ISLANDS.
AT SOME POINT THE LOTS CAME INTO COMMON OWNERSHIP.
THAT MAKES THEM ONE ZONING LOT AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE
TODAY.
THIS IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT WHAT A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
IS AND WHAT A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ISN'T.
A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IS ACTUALLY A TOOL THAT THE CITY
PROVIDES WHICH PROVIDES THE GREATEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
PROVIDES THE GREATER ASSURANCE THAN A EUCLIDEAN DISTRICT
BECAUSE YOU SET IN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE.
WE ARE SETTING AS NEAR AS WE CAN TO THE RS 75 STANDARD SO

NEIGHBORS WILL FEEL MINIMAL IF ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL.
THE LOT SIZE FOR RS 75 IS 7500.
WE FAR EXCEED THAT.
WHAT WE DO NOT MEET IS THE FRONT LOT WIDTH BECAUSE OF THE
IRREGULAR SHAPE OF THE LOT.
THERE IS NO REAR LOT REQUIREMENT, BUT WE FAR EXCEED WHAT THE
FRONT WOULD BE.
THE LOT DEPTH IS HUNDRED REQUIRED IN RS 75 AND SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN 124 AT THE SMALLEST AND 168 AT THE LARGEST.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE SETBACKS.
WE ARE SETTING OUR SETBACKS AT RS 75 STANDARDS WHICH IS 25
IN THE FRONT, 7 ON THE SIDE, 20 IN THE REAR, EXCEPT FOR THE
EXISTING STRUCTURE WHICH WAS BUILT AT A THREE FOOT SOMETHING
LOT LINE.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO ASK FOR A THREE FOOT SETBACK.
HOWEVER I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE CONDITIONS OF
THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT STATE THAT IF THE EXISTING HOME
GOES AWAY OR DESTROYED IN EXCESS OF 75% THAT THEN WE GO TO 7
FEET CONSISTENT WITH THE RS 75.
THE EXISTING HOME IS A LEGAL NONCONFORMING STRUCTURE WITH
ALL LEGAL NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES, IF THEY GO AWAY, THEN
YOU'LL MEET REGULAR SETBACKS AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
COMMITTING TO THIS IN PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT ARE WE REALLY ASKING FOR?
A LOT WIDTH REDUCTION OF AROUND 5%, LITTLE BIT AROUND FOUR

IN ONE, LITTLE LESS THAN SIX ON THE OTHER.
AND WE ARE PROVIDING A LOT SIZE THAT IS 154% GREATER THAN IS
REQUIRED UNDER THE CODE AND ON THE SMALLER LOT IS 138%
LARGER THAN IS REQUIRED UNDER THE CODE.
WE'RE THROWING A LOT OF NUMBERS AT YOU.
I KNOW THAT CAN BE KIND OF HARD TO TRACK WHAT THAT ACTUALLY
FEELS LIKE SO WE HAD THE ARCHITECT DRAW UP SOME DRAWINGS.
THIS IS THE OVERALL LOT BOUNDARY.
THE GREEN AREA IS THE AREA REQUIRED FOR AN RS 75 AND THE
PEACH IS ALL THE EXCESS PROPERTY THAT IS NOT REQUIRED THAT
WILL BE PART OF THE LOTS.
I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, EACH ONE OF THESE IS AN RS 75
LOT.
TWO OF THESE LOTS FIT VERY CLEANLY IN HERE BUT FOR THE
IRREGULAR SHAPE OF THE LOTS, WHICH LEADS US TO MY NEXT
ILLUSTRATION, WHAT IS THAT REDUCTION IN SIDE SETBACK LOOK
LIKE?
WHAT WILL THAT FEEL LIKE TO THE NEIGHBORS?
I HAVE IN HERE THE ARROWS, BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SMALL, IT'S
ALMOST HARD TO SEE.
OVER HERE.
I ALSO WANT TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE HAVE THEM
DRAWN AT THE FRONT OF THE LOT.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY NOT REQUIRED TO BE AT THE FRONT OF THE
LOT.

THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE AT THE FRONT SETBACK, WHICH IS AT 20
FEET, 25.
AND THEN HALFWAY UP UNTIL YOU MEET HALF OF YOUR REQUIRED LOT
AREA.
SO WE JUST WANTED YOU TO SEE THE MINIMAL IMPACT THIS WILL
HAVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU WERE WALKING BY, BIKING BY, RUNNING BY AND/OR BOATING
BY, AS THE CASE MAY BE ON DAVIS ISLAND, ALTHOUGH THIS FRONTS
A ROAD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FEEL THIS DIFFERENCE.
WE WERE DISAPPOINTED NOT TO GET SUPPORT FROM STAFF, BUT WE
DO UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF HAS TO BE CONSISTENT IN HOW THEY
ANALYZE ALL THESE CASES.
WHAT THEY HAVE IS A VERY GENERAL TOOL THAT WORKS REALLY WELL
IN 60/50 LOT SPLITS AND THE GRID SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE IN
MUCH, NOT ALL, BUT MUCH OF SOUTH TAMPA.
IT DOESN'T WORK AS WELL WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE
CURVILINEAR NATURE OF DAVIS ISLANDS.
AS YOU CAN SEE THEY ANALYZED THIS PORTION, BUT WE'RE LOSING
A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE LOSING OUR CANAL NEIGHBORS.
WE'RE LOSING THE PEOPLE OVER TO THE EAST OF US, WHICH ARE
ALSO RS 75 PROPERTIES.
OVER HERE IS RS 60.
THIS IS RS 75 WITH A COUPLE OF POCKETS OF RS 60 VERY CLOSE
TO US.

WE'RE NOT CRITICIZING THE TOOL.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE TOOL THEY USE.
IT'S JUST NOT AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN ILLUSTRATING WHAT'S GOING
ON IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT 1320 WHICH IS THE WALKABLE DISTANCE IS
A BETTER TOOL IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I KNOW THAT THAN HAS ASKED CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER REVISING
THE REGULATIONS TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE 1320 BE WHAT YOU LOOK
AT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REZONINGS THAT GO FOR LOT
SPLIT.
SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF CONFUSING TO ME AND I'M
NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE GETTING THEIR NUMBERS FROM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBER AT THE SETBACK,
BUT SOME OF THESE LOTS I KNOW THAT THEY ARE PLATTED LOTS AND
THEY SHOULD -- THEY ARE TWO PLATTED 40-FOOT LOTS.
SO THAT WOULD BE 80.
LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BE USING LOT AVERAGING.
A GRID SYSTEM WHERE EVERYTHING IS RECTANGULAR WHAT YOU HAVE
IN THE FRONT OF THE LOT WILL BE PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU HAVE AT
YOUR FRONT SETBACK BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN DAVIS ISLANDS.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO USE LOT AVERAGING, WE HAVE 151-FOOT LOT
AVERAGE AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SPLIT THE LOTS
ADMINISTRATIVELY AND HAVE AN EXTRA FOOT TO SPARE.
WHAT THIS LOT -- WHAT THIS MAP DOES SHOW IS THAT THERE IS A
LARGE DIVERSE AMOUNT OF LOT SIZES, LOT AREAS AND LOT TYPES

IN DAVIS ISLANDS.
IF YOU WERE TO UPDATE THIS MAP AFTER THE LOT SPLIT, WE WOULD
BE THE BROWN COLOR WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM US.
WE WOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME COLOR AS THESE TWO PROPERTIES
RIGHT HERE AND WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT COLORS ON THE MAP, IF
I WAS TO HAND IT TO YOU QUICKLY, I'M NOT SURE YOU WOULD
EASILY QUICKLY IDENTIFY WHAT THE CHANGE WAS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT THIS ANALYSIS THAT STAFF DOES
AND AGAIN REALLY WORKS WELL IN 50/60 GRID AREAS OF THE CITY,
IT'S NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DIFFERENCE, THE PERCENTAGE
DIFFERENCE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
WHEN YOU'RE GOING FROM AN RS 60 TO R 50 OR A PD WITH A
50-FOOT WITH RS 60 STANDARDS, YOU'RE DOING 16.6% DIFFERENCE
EVERY TIME.
EVERY TIME.
SO YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE DIFFERENCE
THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, AS I SHOWED BEFORE, IS NOT JUST 5%,
BUT 5% ON A VERY LARGE LOT AS I THINK WAS NOTED EARLIER IN
THE PICTURES.
AGAIN, WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT A BETTER COMPARISON WOULD BE
THE 1320 WHICH I TOOK THIS FROM THE STAFF REPORT.
THIS CIRCLE IS A LITTLE HARD TO SEE.
AND I ALSO HAVE, WE DID PULL THAT INFORMATION FROM THE
PROPERTY APPRAISER.

AND I WILL SUBMIT THAT ALSO INTO THE RECORD.
THE LOT THAT IS THERE NOW IS 95% LARGER THAN THE REST OF THE
LOTS IN THE AREA.
IF ANYTHING, THE EXISTING LOT IS THE ONE THAT DOES NOT FIT
THE TYPICAL FORMAT OF WHAT YOU SEE IN THE GENERAL AREA.
THE NEW LOTS WE'RE CREATING ARE LARGER THAN APPROXIMATELY
50% OF THE LOTS IN THE AREA.
THEY WILL NOT BE OUT OF PLACE.
I DID WANT TO ALSO MENTION THAT MR. AND MRS. HOTCHKISS HAVE
DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH.
THEY MADE PHONE CALLS, KNOCKED ON DOORS, MET WITH NEIGHBORS,
AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORS WERE WILLING AND ABLE TO DO THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DAVIS ISLANDS CIVIC ASSOCIATION,
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTING THIS REQUEST, THEY WERE
INCREDIBLY GRACIOUS WITH THEIR TIME AND ALLOWED US TIME ON
THEIR AGENDA TO MEET WITH THEM, AND THEY ALSO HAD, MY CLIENT
ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY MEETING ON-SITE AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS
DISAPPOINTINGLY SPARSELY ATTENDED, WE WERE ABLE I THINK TO
CHANGE SOME HEARTS AND MINDS BY EXPLAINING WHAT THE PD DOES.
WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, WE FELT GOOD ABOUT
DOING THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE ANY OTHER TIME I HAVE FOR REBUTTAL
BECAUSE I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME NEIGHBORS WHO ARE HERE AND
CONCERNED.
THANK YOU.

11:27:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 5?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC?
I SEE THAT YOU WERE ALL SWORN IN.
COME ON UP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:28:12PM >> STERLING McLEMORE.
MY WIFE AND I LIVE NEXT STORE AT 14 LADOGA.
WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO VOTE AGAINST THE REZONING REQUEST
FOR FOLLOWING REASONS.
WE MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT BY PURCHASING AND RESTORING
OUR HISTORIC HOME.
SPLITTING THE LOT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR INVESTMENT AND
WE'RE COUNTING ON THIS BOARD TO PROTECT US.
TWO, THE PD IS A WORK-AROUND CURRENT ZONING LAWS AND
ALLOWING THIS REQUEST ESTABLISHES A GATEWAY FOR FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT ON DAVIS ISLAND WHICH WOULD DESTROY IT, IN MY
OPINION.
OUR ISLAND IS A CROWN JEWEL OF TAMPA REAL ESTATE BEING
CENTERED ON ALL THE AMAZING WORK THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS DONE
WITH THE DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT.
THE ISLAND NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED AND PRESERVED.

THREE, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE TO THIS BOARD THAT SHOULD YOU
ACCOMMODATE THE REQUEST BASED ON THE PLEA IN THEIR LETTER
THAT IT'S NECESSARY IN SAVING THE HISTORIC HOME, THAT IT
WILL, IN FACT, BE SAVED.
FOUR, THE PD ESTABLISHES A THREE FOOT SETBACK ON OUR
PROPERTY LINE WHICH WOULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR PROPERTY
VALUE AND OUR PROPERTY RIGHTS.
IN THE LETTER SUBMITTED BY THE HOTCHKISS FAMILY, IT'S BEING
PRESENTED THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO SPLIT THE HOME IN ORDER TO
RAISE CAPITAL IN ORDER TO RESTORE THIS HOUSE AND SAVE THE
HISTORIC HOME THAT'S ON THE SITE.
THEY PURCHASED THE HOME IN ORDER TO DO THAT, AS THEY STATED,
AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION THEY DECIDED TO MOVE ON AND NOT
RENOVATE THE HOUSE.
I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WANT TO SPLIT IT.
IT'S TO RECOUP THEIR INVESTMENT.
THEY MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT PURCHASING THE HOME.
THEY HAVE NOT HAD A BUYER WILLING TO PAY THAT SAME PRICE.
THE MARKET HAS CHANGED.
AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THIS BOARD TO ENABLE THEM TO SPLIT
THE LOT TO RECOUP THEIR INVESTMENT.
I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING THIS
REQUEST, SINCE THEY OWN NEARLY $12 MILLION IN PERSONAL
HOMES, DO THEY NEED THE MONEY TO RENOVATE THE HOUSE OR DO
THEY WANT THE SPLIT FOR FINANCIAL GAIN?

IF THEY WANTED TO SAVE THE HOME, WHY DIDN'T THEY RENOVATE IT
INSTEAD OF MOVING?
WHY DID THEY PULL AND RECENTLY EXTEND -- THEY RECENTLY
EXTENDED THE DEMOLITION PERMIT ON THE HOME -- IF THEY WANT
TO SAVE IT.
WHY DID THEY ACCEPT AN OFFER ON THE WHOLE PROPERTY BASED ON
THIS SPLIT GOING THROUGH?
IS THE STORY A PLOY TO PULL ON THE HEARTSTRINGS OF YOUR
BOARD TO SAVE THE HOME IN ORDER TO GET A DEVELOPMENT DEAL
DONE?
IF YOU ARE GOING TO CONSIDER THE REQUEST, THEN AT LEAST
DEMAND ASSURANCES THAT THE HOME BE SAVED LIKE PUTTING IT ON
A NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER.
MOREOVER, PLEASE CONSIDER THE PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS
ARE THE ACTUAL SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS WHO WILL LIVE WITH THE
CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR DECISION TODAY.
PLEASE PROTECTION US.
PLEASE VOTE NO.
THIS LOT IS NOT LEGALLY LARGE ENOUGH TO SPLIT AND THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS DO NOT WANT IT.
THANK YOU.
11:31:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:31:16PM >> MICHAEL PELORI.

56 LADOGA AVENUE.
MY GRANDPARENTS, MY GREAT-GRANDPARENTS BUILT HOMES.
THEY ALL LIVED ON LADOGA AVENUE.
I GREW UP ON LADOGA.
MY DAD GREW UP ON LADOGA AND NOW MY TWO KIDS, AGE 2 AND 4
ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GROW UP ON OUR WONDERFUL STREET.
TO SAY THIS PROJECT IS UNPOPULAR ON OUR STREET IS
UNDERSTATEMENT.
NO LADOGA RESIDENTS I'VE SPOKEN TO SUPPORT THIS.
GRANTING THE REQUEST TO PD THIS PROPERTY AND DEVELOP TWO
HOMES IS AN UNNECESSARY BURDEN ON LADOGA NEIGHBORS, THE
RESIDENTS THAT ACTUALLY LIVE ON THE STREET AND DRIVE AND
WALK BY THIS PROPOSED PROJECT EVERY DAY.
THIS LOT IS ONE HOUSE OFF OF A VERY SHARP CORNER AND WE
REALLY DON'T NEED TO NAVIGATE ANY MORE LAWN CARE COMPANIES,
TRUCKS, AND SERVICE VEHICLES THAN WE ALREADY HAVE TO.
THERE'S NO HARDSHIP WITH THIS REQUEST.
WHAT IS PROPOSED IS A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
IN RESPECT TO THE EXISTING HOMES ON THE BLOCK, TWO HOMES DO
NOT FIT ON THIS PROPERTY.
TWO HOMES ARE NOT PERMITTABLE ON THIS LOT.
BEYOND THIS TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THERE IS NO ACTUAL
SAFEGUARD TO SAVE THIS HISTORIC HOME AND RESTORE IT TO ITS
GRANDEUR.
GRANTING THIS REQUEST TO PD WOULD SET UP A HORRIBLE

PRECEDENT FOR OUR QUIET STREET AND DAVIS ISLANDS AS A WHOLE.
I WOULD LIKE MY KIDS TO CONTINUE GROWING UP ON A STREET THAT
AT LEAST SLIGHTLY RESEMBLES THE LADOGA OF MY CHILDHOOD.
THANK YOU.
11:32:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, NECESSARY, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:32:45PM >> ROB NATION.
7 LADOGA AVENUE.
MOVED IN IN 1998.
BEEN THERE 24 YEARS.
MY WIFE CHRISTIE AND I RAISED TWO KIDS THERE.
AND WE LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM 10 LADOGA
AVENUE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, LADOGA HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE MORE
BEAUTIFUL STREETS ON THE ISLAND.
LARGER LOTS, LARGER GREENSPACE, AND I FEEL TO SUBDIVIDE THE
CURRENT LOCATION WOULD HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE
ISLANDS.
JUST THE WINDING STREETS, MORE CARS IN THE STREET, JUST
MAKES IT MORE UNSAFE.
WHEN I MOVED THERE IN 1998, YOU COULD LAY OUT AND SUNBATHE
IN THE STREET.
MY KIDS, I WOULD PUT CONES OUT AND THEY COULD RIDE AND LEARN
TO RIDE THEIR BIKES.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT TODAY.
IT'S ONLY GOING TO INCREASINGLY GET WORSE AS WE BUILD THESE
LOTS UP.
IT'S GOING TO SET A PRECEDENT -- THE DENSITY, I DID ABOUT
CONFORMITY AND LOTS -- I UNDERSTAND ABOUT CONFORMITY AND
LOTS, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO PRESERVE AND WE HAVE
TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE IT WOULD HAVE AN
ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY.
11:34:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:34:18PM >> HI.
MY NAME IS CHRISTIE NATION.
THAT WAS MY HUSBAND.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED AT 7 LADOGA FOR 24 YEARS.
I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF 10 LADOGA.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE RAISED TWO CHILDREN ON LADOGA AVENUE.
ONE OF WHOM STILL LIVES WITH US AS SHE IS AUTISTIC AND WE
JUST HAD TO TAKE GUARDIANSHIP OF HER.
WE HAVE STAYED AT LADOGA AVENUE BECAUSE OF THE QUIET, LOWER
TRAFFIC VOLUME AND OUR DAUGHTER FEELS COMFORTABLE DAY TO
DAY.
PLEASE DON'T LET THEM BUILD TWO HOMES ON ONE OFFICIAL LOT.
IT WILL SET A BAD PRECEDENT AND THE SAFETY WILL GO DOWN.

PLEASE SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION
THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SAVED THE LOT BECAUSE THAT WAS
THEIR DREAM HOUSE.
JUST PLEASE HELP US.
THANK YOU.
11:35:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:35:18PM >> VINCENT PELORI.
58 LADOGA.
I'VE LIVED AT 58 PRETTY MUCH ALL MY LIFE WITH VERY FEW YEARS
OF EXCEPTION THROUGH THE COLLEGE TIMES.
I BELIEVE THE STAFF HAS GOT EVERYTHING DOWN PAT.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR INNER NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PEOPLE THAT
YOU HAVE SEEN AND THE MANY THAT WERE HERE EARLIER THAT
COULDN'T STAY WERE WITHIN OUR, I DON'T KNOW, EIGHT HOUSE
BOUNDARY THAT WERE VERY AGAINST THIS.
EVERYONE NEARBY IS AGAINST IT.
MAYBE YOU HAVE LETTERS FROM PEOPLE IN CARROLLWOOD, GOSH
KNOWS, OR OTHER PARTS OF DAVIS ISLAND, POSSIBLY, BUT THE
PEOPLE IN OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD DO NOT WANT THIS, DO
NOT FEEL IT'S RIGHT, AND WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO NOT
APPROVE IT.
THANK YOU.
11:36:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, MA'AM.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
11:36:35PM >> CYNTHIA HOLLOWAY.
184 BALTIC CIRCLE.
I DON'T LIVE ON LADOGA BUT I DO LIVE ON DAVIS ISLAND.
I WOULD BE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND
THAT WHEN THIS PROPERTY OWNER ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY, THEY
KNEW WHAT THE ZONING WAS, R 75.
I ASK THAT YOU KEEP THAT TO KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE ISLAND
AND FOR THE REST OF THE ISLAND.
I DON'T LIVE ON LADOGA BUT I HAVE OTHER HOUSES AROUND ME
THAT WILL BE FACING THE SAME ISSUE SOON AND I'D LIKE TO SEE
YOU DO THE RIGHT THING AND FOLLOW WHAT THE RULES ARE.
HE KNEW WHAT THE RULES WERE WHEN HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND
I THINK WE SHOULD ABIDE BY THEM NOW.
THANK YOU.
11:37:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
11:37:15PM >> MY NAME IS EVAN REUBINSON.
9 LADOGA AVENUE, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM 10 LADOGA.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW POINTS RATHER THAN BORE YOU WITH
REGURGITATION OF MY LETTER, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN
OPPOSITION TO THIS ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS MATTER.
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS IN SUPPORT, ASIDE

FROM MAYBE ONE OR TWO, DON'T HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME OF THEM LIVE IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
ALTHOUGH JOHN HAS A LOT OF FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS, THE
MAJORITY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT AT ALL AFFECTED BY THIS
REZONING.
WE ARE.
OUR COMMUNITY.
I GREW UP IN A 1929 HOME IN CLEARWATER.
IT WAS BUILT BY THE GRANDSON OF THE GUY THAT BUILT THE
BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
DONALD ROEBLING.
HE BUILT THIS HOME, AND WE PUT IT ON THE HISTORIC TRUST
LIST, NOT BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST ECONOMICAL THING TO DO,
BUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AND WE PRESERVED THAT HOME MY FAMILY AND I.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS HOME, IF IT DOES HAVE HISTORIC
VALUE, WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN PURSUED AND WHY IT HASN'T BEEN
PUT ON THIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION LIST.
IN FACT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S BEEN A DEMO PERMIT THAT'S
BEEN PULLED.
SO THE NARRATIVE OR IF I WILL SAY THE FALLACY OF THIS HOUSE
BEING BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE I THINK IS JUST THAT, A FALLACY.
JOHN TO ME HAS POSITED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS.
ON ONE HAND HE WANTS TO KEEP THE HOUSE AND RESTORE IT, BUT

LIKE I SAID, HE HAS A DEMO PERMIT ON IT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, HE SAYS HE CAN'T AFFORD TO RESTORE THE
HOME AND NEEDS TO SUBDIVIDE IT YET BOUGHT A $7 MILLION
WATERFRONT ESTATE ON DAVIS ISLAND.
IF THIS REZONING IS APPROVED, WHAT'S TO STOP ANYONE FROM
BUYING MULTIPLE PROPERTIES ON DAVIS ISLAND AND THEN
SUBDIVIDING THEM FOR FINANCIAL GAIN?
HUMBLY IN CLOSING, I WOULD ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL USES
ITS WISDOM AND DENIES THE REZONING OF 10 LADOGA AVENUE IN
THE INTEREST OF PRESERVING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ITS QUAINTNESS,
ITS CHARM, ITS EXCLUSIVITY AND ITS PRIVACY AND FAMILY
FRIENDLY NATURE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
THANK YOU.
11:39:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE ONLINE INDIVIDUAL.
11:39:35PM >> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
BOB ABERGER.
540 BOSPHOROUS AVENUE, DAVIS ISLAND.
I'VE BEEN SWORN.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND
ITS BOARD AND AS THEIR ZONING CHAIR.
MY SMART WATCH JUST TOLD ME IT'S TIME FOR BED, SO I WILL BE
BRIEF.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR PATIENCE.
OUR OPPOSITION IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.

WE BELIEVE THE USE OF A PD SETS A BAD PRECEDENT.
I'VE SPOKEN PASSIONATELY IN FRONT OF THIS BODY AND THE
VARIANCE BOARD OF THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE ONCE WE BELIEVE
OCCASIONALLY IS A BAD DECISION HAS BEEN MADE.
I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY MANY RESIDENTS ASKING ME, WOULD I
SUPPORT A PD?
WOULD THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION SUPPORT A PD?
BECAUSE THERE ARE VERY FEW REGULAR LOTS ON DAVIS ISLAND.
IT'S A SERIES OF PIE SHAPES.
WE BELIEVE THAT ONCE THIS PRECEDENT IS SET YOU WILL SEE A
FLOODGATE OF REQUESTS BY DEVELOPERS, BY RESIDENTS TO DO JUST
THIS FOR THE FINANCIAL GAIN AND OPPORTUNITY A LOT SPLIT
AFFORDS.
THERE IS STRONG OPPOSITION FROM ALL OF THE ADJACENT
NEIGHBORS.
DAVIS ISLAND, IT IS UNIQUE.
IT'S SPECIAL.
WE FIGHT HARD TO PROTECT ITS CHARACTER BUT IT'S NOT
HOMOGENEOUS.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS A SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S A GRAND NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PEOPLE THAT INVESTED IN IT INVESTED IN IT FOR A REASON.
WE BELIEVE THAT OUR OPPOSITION IS SPECIFIC TO HELP THEM
PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THEIR PROPERTY VALUES.
THE MANY LETTERS OF SUPPORT I BELIEVE COPIED ON ALL OF THEM,

I DON'T BELIEVE WERE TERRIBLY RELEVANT.
DIDN'T HAVE VESTED INTEREST.
FINALLY, THE USE OF THIS IS A FINANCIAL VEHICLE WE BELIEVE
IS WITHOUT MERIT.
AND I WON'T GO INTO ANY OF THE DETAILS OF THAT.
A LOT SPLIT IS A WINDFALL.
IT'S A DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.
I REQUEST THAT YOU NOT OPEN THIS FLOODGATE, THAT YOU NOT SET
THIS PRECEDENT.
THERE'S NO ASSURANCE OF THIS HOME BEING SAVED.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAVE AN HISTORIC AT-GRADE HOME ON
DAVIS ISLAND WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN INSURE THEM.
SO I BELIEVE IT IS PREDOMINANTLY A PRECEDENT FOR SETTING
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT PLAYS.
WHILE THE DIVIDED LOTS WOULD BE LARGE AND I EMBRACE THAT, IT
IS THE FRONTAGE THAT IS NOT SUFFICIENT.
IT IS THE FRONTAGE THAT IS THE CHARACTER OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CHARACTER OF THE ISLAND, AND THE VALUE
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT WITH REGARD TO THE ADJACENT AND
APPROXIMATE NEIGHBORS.
NONE OF THESE ARE EASY DECISIONS AND I APPRECIATE THE
CHALLENGES YOU ALL FACE.
BUT WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOU OPPOSE THIS EVENING'S PD.
THANK YOU.
11:42:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

YES, SIR.
11:42:19PM >> GOOD EVENING.
I CERTAINLY THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO AFTER I'VE BEEN
HERE SINCE 5:00 TODAY.
11:42:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 5?
11:42:30PM >> YES.
11:42:32PM >> ME TOO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
11:42:34PM >> HARRY HEDGES.
I LIVE AT 574 MARMORA.
I BOUGHT THAT HOUSE WITH MY SISTER IN 1971.
WE TALK ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF DAVIS ISLAND.
WE TALK ABOUT THE BIG ESTATE HOMES.
WE TALK ABOUT, AND, FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE DONE THREE HISTORIC
PROPERTIES.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT HISTORIC PROPERTY, IT'S HISTORIC.
THE BAD THING ABOUT HISTORIC PROPERTY, IT'S HISTORIC.
AND WHEN WE JUDGE SOMEBODY ELSE'S MOTIVE FOR FINANCIAL GAIN,
I THINK WE'RE LOSING PERSPECTIVE OF THE SIZE OF THIS LOT.
MY LOT IS 7900 SQUARE FEET.
THESE LOTS WILL BE 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO IF WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO MOVE
INTO FLORIDA AND SPEND TOP DOLLAR FOR A HOME OR A PLACE TO
LIVE, TO TRY TO KEEP THEM OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO
THINK ABOUT THIS.

MY MIND IS THINKING OF THE TAX DOLLARS THAT COME IN FROM
THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE MY BACKGROUND IS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
AND THIS JUST MEANS WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT MANY
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN TAMPA.
I DON'T QUESTION THE MOTIVATION OF ANYBODY THAT HAS SPOKEN
ILL OF THIS TRANSACTION.
I'M JUST SAYING A 10,000-SQUARE-FOOT SLOT A LOT OF LOT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF LOTS ON DAVIS ISLANDS HALF THAT SIZE.
I DON'T THINK MAINTAINING THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY IS
GOING TO BE DISTURBED BY HONORING THIS REQUEST.
SO I AM ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE.
DAVIS ISLAND HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO ME, AND TAMPA, AS
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 50 SOME YEARS AND VERY
INVOLVED.
LET'S NOT TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
NIMBYISM IS NOT WHAT TAMPA IS ABOUT.
AND I THANK YOU.
HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
11:45:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU, SIR.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON REGISTERED ONLINE.
WE HAVE TO SWEAR THAT PERSON IN AND HAVE THEM TURN THEIR
CAMERA ON.
11:45:20PM >> I THINK THAT'S ME.
11:45:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL

SWEAR YOU IN.
11:45:25PM >>THE CLERK:
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE
ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
11:45:30PM >> I DO.
11:45:32PM >>THE CLERK:
YOU MAY LOWER YOUR HAND.
THANK YOU.
11:45:35PM >> ARIELLE MILLIGAN:
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M VERY HONORED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE REZONING
APPLICATION AND ESPECIALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE CHARACTER OF
THE APPLICANT.
I WAS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF DAVIS ISLAND.
I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN THE HOUSE AT 10 LADOGA AND MY PARENTS
LIVED THERE FOR 50 SOMETHING YEARS.
WHEN THEY WENT TO SELL IT, WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO SELL IT
TO THE APPLICANTS WHO ARE ALSO FAMILY MEMBERS AND WHO ALSO
LOVE THE HOUSE, AND THEY HAVE HAD VERY EXTENSIVE PLANS TO
RESTORE THE PROPERTY.
THEY ENCOUNTERED A LOT OF ROAD BLOCKS IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO
RESTORE THIS HOUSE AND THEY HAVE GONE TO EXTREME MEASURES
AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING THIS LATEST EFFORT.
THE INTENTION WAS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO SAVE
THIS HOUSE.
IT'S A HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD HOUSE, IF POSSIBLE, WHICH IS A JEWEL
OF DAVIS ISLAND.
THEY CALL IT THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE.

I SENSE A MISUNDERSTANDING ON THE PART OF MY FORMER
NEIGHBORS OF THE INTENTIONS OF THE APPLICANT.
I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY MISDIRECTED.
I SENSE THERE IS SOME -- I APPRECIATE THEIR COMING DOWN AND
PASSIONATELY SUPPORTING THEIR VIEW, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE
IT'S MISDIRECTED BECAUSE THE SEPARATION OF THE LOT AND THE
TWO PARCELS IS GOING TO OFFER MORE GREENSPACE AND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF TWO MORE MODEST SIZE HOUSES OR ONE MORE
MODEST SIZE HOUSE AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER GIGANTIC GARGANTUAN
MANSION WHICH IN MY OPINION IS -- THE MODEST HOUSES ARE MORE
IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF DAVIS ISLAND AND THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARTICULAR, HAVING GROWN UP ON LADOGA.
I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THAT SIDE OF THINGS AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
11:47:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
MS. DOCK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK?
11:47:41PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
COUNCIL, I JUST WANTED TO STATE ON THE RECORD AND JUST TO
EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT THE CONFORMING MAP THAT WAS PROVIDED.
TWO ANALYSIS PROVIDED THAT I RAN FOR THE REQUEST ON THE MAP.
SO ONE WAS THE FIRST THAT I SHOWED YOU.
THAT CONTAINED -- THAT WAS THIS AREA.
AND THEN THE ANALYSIS THAT I READ AND PROVIDED FOR YOU WAS

BASED UPON THIS MAP.
WHAT WE DO IS LOOK AT THAT AREA, IF YOU'RE STARTING AT THE
1320, WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S ACROSS WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD, THAT
AS THE DIVIDER, AND THEN ALSO THE CANAL.
SO WE LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THIS IS THAT AREA.
THIS IS THE COMPLETE AREA WITHIN THE 1320.
SO WHAT WAS ELIMINATED WAS EAST OF WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD AND
THEN NORTH OF THE CANAL BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE DEVELOPMENT
PATTERN THAT EXISTS.
WITH THIS ANALYSIS, 63% OF THE LOTS ARE GREATER THAN 75 FEET
IN WIDTH.
AND THEN 37% OF THE LOTS ARE LESS THAN 74.99 FEET IN WIDTH.
SO THIS ANALYSIS WAS RUN, BUT THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT THE
PATTERN.
YOU CAN SEE THIS BLOCK DEVELOPMENT COMPARED TO -- SORRY, THE
SUBJECT LOT.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PARCEL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT ANALYSIS WAS RUN.
I CAN SUBMIT THAT INTO THE RECORD.
THANK YOU.
11:49:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, MA'AM.
YOU HAVE REBUTTAL?
11:49:20PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
I WANT TO SAY THAT WE DO APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM THE

NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DID WANT TO HAVE MY CLIENT GET UP TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
I KNOW IT'S NOT, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, MOTIVES ARE NOT
THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT EVIDENCE UPON WHICH YOU BASE YOUR
DECISIONS BUT I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE THEIR
SLICE HEARD AS WELL BASED UPON SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE
OPPOSITION LETTERS SO YOU COULD HEAR FROM THEM DIRECTLY.
WE HAVE PRESENTED THE COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE TONIGHT
FOR YOU TO BASE YOUR DECISION ON, THAT THIS WILL NOT HAVE AN
ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORS.
THE ONLY THING THAT STAFF FOUND THAT WE DID NOT MEET IN THE
PD REQUIREMENT WAS THE IMPACT ON NEIGHBORS.
I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN SHOW YOU THE DE MINIMIS REQUEST THAT
THIS IS GOING TO HAVE.
NOBODY WALKING DOWN THE STREET IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO FEEL
THIS OR SENSE THIS.
THERE IS A DIVISION ON DAVIS ISLAND.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT ANY CHANGE AT ALL.
SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO HAVE THE SMALLER LOTS TURNED INTO
LARGER LOTS WITH MASSIVE HOUSES.
SOME PEOPLE PREFER THAT THE ORIGINAL MIX REMAIN.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT.
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY DIVIDED BY THE DAVIS CORPORATION VERY
SIMILAR ALONG THESE LINES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUST ASKING TO GO BACK TO.

WE'RE NOT ASKING TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLATTED LOTS.
I DO WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE DID HAVE 29 LEVERS
OF SUPPORT FROM -- LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE ON DAVIS
ISLAND.
12 OF THEM WERE WITHIN THE 1320 WHICH IS A WALKABLE
DISTANCE.
IT WAS -- I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM SAID NONE WERE BUT
CERTAINLY IMPLIED THAT NONE OF THEM WERE NEIGHBORS THAT
RESIDED IN THE AREA AND THAT'S JUST NOT CORRECT.
I UNDERSTAND DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC ASSOCIATION HAS TAKEN THE
POSITION THAT THEY DO NOT SUPPORT PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS.
I HAD MY OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THEIR MIND ON THAT AND I DID
NOT.
I'M NOT SURE I WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
PDs DO NOT CREATE A PRECEDENT, PARTICULARLY IN THIS AREA
WHERE EACH AND EVERY LOT IS UNIQUE.
I ALSO, SOME OF YOU NEW HERE, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN HERE
WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
CITY COUNCIL HAS DENIED AN OTHERWISE APPROVABLE LOT SPLIT
REQUEST IN THE PAST BASED UPON THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A
CONCERN ABOUT PD SETTING A PRECEDENT.
THAT WAS IN THE GULF VIEW AREA.
THAT CASE WAS OVERTURNED.
AND THAT WAS FOUND AS NOT A LEGAL BASIS TO SUPPORT IT.
AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK -- I HEAR THE NEIGHBORS' CONCERNS.

THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO AFFECT THE LIFE THEY LOVE ON THE
ISLAND.
THE ISLAND IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA, THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THEM.
BUT THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPETENT EVIDENCE YOU HAVE ARE THE
FACTS, AND THE FACTS ARE SHOWING THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO
CHANGE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE FEAR OF CHANGE, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN
THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
TWO OF THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE IN OPPOSITION ARE ACTUALLY IN
THOSE HOUSES IN THE GROUND DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM US IN LOTS
THAT ARE LESS THAN 75 FEET.
AND ONE OF THOSE HOUSES DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A 75-SQUARE-FOOT
LOT.
I AM NOT AT ALL TRYING TO MAKE ANYONE FEEL BAD.
I JUST WANT CITY COUNCIL TO BE AWARE THAT YOU CAN BE ON A
SMALL LOT IN A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD IF YOU CONSIDER
75-FOOT WIDE LOT SMALL, AND THESE ARE CERTAINLY NOT SMALL
LOTS.
THE LOTS CREATED, AGAIN, ARE BIGGER THAN 50% OF THE LOTS IN
THE SURROUNDING AREA OF 1320 SQUARE FEET.
I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS PD.
11:53:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS?
11:53:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE.
11:53:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
11:53:36PM >> AYE.
11:53:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK?
11:53:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA TO INCREASE DENSITY TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH, BUT IT'S
NOT DENSITY IN EVERY AREA OF TAMPA.
ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SPECIAL, AND I THINK PART OF
WHAT MAKES TAMPA A CHARMING PLACE FOR EVERYONE TO LIVE.
AS WE LOOK AND I THINK THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REFLECTS THIS
TO A GREAT DEGREE, WE LOOK FOR PLACES TO DEVELOP DENSITY.
WE'RE LOOKING IN AREAS THAT ARE PART OF OUR TRANSPORTATION
CORRIDORS, AND OUT OF THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA.
WE KNOW DAVIS ISLAND IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE AND ACCESS
IN AND OUT OF DAVIS ISLAND PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE, INCREASE
DENSITY THERE IS MAYBE NOT THE SMARTEST PLACE FOR OUR
COMMUNITY TO LOOK TOWARDS.
I'M NOT AGAINST, AGAIN, DEVELOPMENT.
I'M NOT AGAINST CREATIVE WAYS OF ACHIEVING THAT, BUT I AM
AGAINST ONE DESTABILIZING NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHANGING THE
CHARACTER AND THE SCALE AND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN

THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS WE TALK ABOUT
HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS.
YBOR CITY AND WEST TAMPA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THESE COMMUNITIES LIKE DAVIS ISLANDS ARE VERY SPECIAL FOR
THE CITY OF TAMPA.
MY OPINION, I WILL BE VOTING TO DENY THIS REQUEST.
11:55:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU, SIR.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:55:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'LL GO AHEAD AND I AGREE WITH YOU, WITH
COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
I WILL MOVE TO DENY REZ-23-25 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 10
LADOGA AVENUE DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE APPLICANT TO MEET
ITS BURDEN OF PROOF TO PROVIDE COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AS CONDITIONED IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CITY CODE, MAINLY I DO ADOPT
THE FINDINGS OF CITY OF TAMPA STAFF.
WHILE THE PROPOSED REZONING MAY BE ALLOWABLE FOR
CONSIDERATION UNDER THE EXISTING FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF CONCLUDED THAT THE
PROPOSED REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN
ANTICIPATED UNDER RESIDENTIAL 6 FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY, I
FIND THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE
EXISTING AND PREDOMINANT PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT CATEGORIZED
BY THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT EQUAL OR EXCEED 75 FEET IN

WIDTH.
AS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, 76% OF THE ZONING LOTS WITHIN
THE AREA OF ANALYSIS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 75
FEET OR GREATER AND THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN WITHIN
THE SUBJECT BLOCK ESTABLISHES THAT 74% OF THE LOTS ARE
DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 75 FEET OR GREATER.
THIS PERCENTAGE INCREASES TO 78 WHEN YOU STUDY THE
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ON THE SUBJECT BLOCK FACE WHICH IS THE
NORTH SIDE OF LADOGA AVENUE.
OVERALL, THIS IS NOT ABOUT PRECEDENT SETTING.
THIS IS ABOUT STICKING WITH THE FEEL -- ENCOURAGING
DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION, CHARACTER AND
COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD
BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND EXISTING GEOGRAPHY AND I FIND THAT
THIS IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THAT.
11:57:11PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IS THAT CONSISTENT, YOUR DECISION WITH
SECTION 27-136?
11:57:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T READ THE CODE.
I APOLOGIZE.
YES, WITH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CODE CRITERIA SECTION
27-136.
11:57:28PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
11:57:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION?
WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.

ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:57:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
11:57:41PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
11:57:43PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
11:57:45PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
11:57:47PM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
11:57:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
11:57:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
11:57:51PM >>THE CLERK:
THE MOTION TO DENY HAS CARRIED WITH CARLSON
BEING ABSENT.
11:57:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
TWO MORE ITEMS.
MR. HEDGES, GOOD NIGHT.
11:58:29PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THIS NEXT ITEM IS REZ-23-26 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1236
CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REPRESENTED BY TYLER HUDSON.
THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM CD, CHANNEL
DISTRICT 2, TO CD 2 AND THIS IS TO ALLOW STOREFRONT
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES AND HOTEL USES ON
THE SITE.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANNY WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND

I'LL COME BACK AND GIVE MY REPORT.
11:59:10PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF.
I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.
NEXT CASE IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT MORE
SPECIFICALLY THE CHANNEL DISTRICT URBAN VILLAGE.
DEPUTY KOTFILA MEMORIAL DOG PARK IS CLOSEST RECREATION
FACILITY LOCATED A QUARTER MILE TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT
SITE.
SEVERAL TRANSITS ROUTE RUN WITHIN PROXIMITY OF THE SITE.
HART ROUTE 8 RUNS ALONG CHANNELSIDE DRIVE AND PROVIDES
CONNECTIONS TO DOWNTOWN TAMPA, WESTFIELD BRANDON MALL AND
THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF PALMETTO BEACH, PROGRESS VILLAGE AND
SOUTH BRANDON.
ADDITIONALLY TECO STREETCAR RUNS ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT
SITE ALONG CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE COASTAL PLANNING AREA AND
THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA AND EVACUATION ZONE A.
AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN PURPLE COLOR.
ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
PREDOMINANTLY MIXTURE OF MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT FOUND WITHIN PROXIMITY OF THE SITE IN THE
CHANNEL DISTRICT.
THIS IS PORT TAMPA TO THE EAST.

HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT THIS IS OUTDATED.
ON APRIL 20th, 2023, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED TA/CPA 22-25, A
PLAN AMENDMENT THAT RECOGNIZED THE SUBJECT SITE UNDER THE
REGIONAL MIXED USE 100 DESIGNATION.
WHILE IT'S SHOWING HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ON THE SITE, THE SITE IS
CURRENTLY REGIONAL MIXED USE 100.
RMU 100 IS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ARE -- LAND RECOGNIZED
UNDER THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION.
REGIONAL MIXED USE 100 DESIGNATION ALLOWS CONSIDERATION UP
TO FOR MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL USES AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT
UP TO 3.5 F.A.R.
SUBJECT SITE IS ALSO WITHIN THE CBD PERIPHERY, WHICH IS
ELIGIBLE FOR A BONUS UP TO A 7.0 F.A.R.
THE APPLICANT IS UTILIZING THE CENTRAL BUSINESS PERIPHERY
BONUS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL DENSITY ON THE SUBJECT SITE.
PD 7.0 FAR CONSISTENT WITH THE MAXIMUM DENSITY ANTICIPATED
UNDER RMU 100 THROUGH THE CBD PERIPHERY BONUS.
GENERAL NOTE 10 ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PD SHALL COMPLY WITH
THE PROVISION SET FORTH IN SECTION 27-140 REGARDING DENSITY
AND FLOOR AREA RATIO.
IF THE INTENT OF THE CBD INTENSITY BONUS IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS MET.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REQUEST IF APPROVED THAT THE

PROPOSED SQUARE FOOTAGE BE CORRECTED TO 204,295 SQUARE FEET
AS INCORRECTLY RECORDED ON THE SITE PLAN BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED USES AND
INTENSITY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN
IN THIS AREA OF THE CITY.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE RETAIL
SERVICE COMMERCIAL AND OTHER PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED USES ALONG
MIXED USE CORRIDORS TO BE ORIENTED TO THE STREET BY PLACING
BUILDINGS CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND ORIENTING
THE ENTRANCES TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED THREE ENTRANCES TO THE PROPOSED
MIXED USE BUILDING ALONG CHANNELSIDE DRIVE MEETING THE
INTENT OF THE POLICY DIRECTION.
SIDEWALKS ARE PROVIDED ALONG ALL ADJACENT PUBLIC
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
OVERALL THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE PD ADDRESSES
THE MIXED USE CENTERS AND -- POLICY OF THE PLAN.
PROPOSED REZONING SUPPORTS MANY OF THE POLICIES IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING CITY POPULATION.
TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES NEW HOUSING ON VACANT
AND UNDER UTILIZED LAND TO ENSURE ADEQUATE HOUSING IS
AVAILABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TAMPA'S PRESENT AND FUTURE
POPULATIONS.
THE REQUEST WILL ALSO ADD ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE CHANNEL

DISTRICT.
FINALLY, THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPACT -- SEEK
TO PROMOTE HOUSING DENSITY THAT PROMOTE WALKING AND TRANSIT
NEAR EMPLOYMENT CONCENTRATION.
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AND AMENITIES.
BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND
POLICIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
12:03:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:03:42AM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THIS ITEM, COUNCIL, WHICH IS REZ-23-26 IS THE REQUEST, WHICH
IS THE SITE PLAN CONTROL DISTRICT FOR CD 2.
THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT OF
225 UNITS FOR HOTEL AND STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL AND GENERAL
COMMERCIAL USES ON-SITE.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT ONE BUILDING ON-SITE AND
THIS WOULD INCLUDE A BUILDING FOOTPRINT OF 25,485 SQUARE
FEET.
I'LL SHOW YOU THIS SITE PLAN SHORTLY.
THERE'S ONE POINT OF VEHICULAR ACCESS PROPOSED.
IT IS ON CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
A CIRCULAR DRIVE IS PROPOSED AT THE GROUND LEVEL NEAR THE
BUILDING ENTRANCE.

I'M GOING TO SITE PLAN UP ON THE ELMO.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ON CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE SITE.
THIS SHOWS YOU THAT THIS IS CONTAINED -- THIS IS ONE
BUILDING.
THAT IS THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT, WHICH IS PROPOSED.
THE RETAIL SPACE IS LOCATED HERE AT GROUND LEVEL WITH THE
BUILDING ENTRANCE LOCATED HERE ON-SITE.
THE APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED RECENT APPROVAL, AS DANNY HAS
MENTIONED, FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF RMU 100
REGIONAL MIXED USE 100.
THE DEVELOPER HAS ENTERED INTO A BONUS AGREEMENT.
THIS DOES ALLOW FOR THE INCREASED F.A.R. ON-SITE AND THE
DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE 10% OF THE RENTAL UNITS AS
AFFORDABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT ADDITIONAL F.A.R. FOR THE BONUS.
SHOW YOU PICTURES OF THE SITE.
I'LL SHOW YOU THE ZONING ATLAS FIRST.
THIS IS THE ZONING MAP.
ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS THE PARCEL IDENTIFIED HERE IN RED.
THIS IS ON CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SURROUNDING ZONING IS CD.
YOU HAVE CD 2 AND CD 3 THAT'S TO THE WEST WITH PDs THAT
ARE FURTHER NORTH.
THIS IS THE RECENTLY ADOPTED GAS WORKS PROJECT LOCATED NORTH

AND NORTHEAST OF THE SITE.
YOU HAD A FEW REZONINGS COME THROUGH RECENTLY FOR MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THAT AREA.
THIS IS THE SITE LOCATED ON CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
USED TO BE TAMPA BLUEPRINT.
THIS IS THE SITE THAT'S FURTHER HERE ON THE RIGHT.
VIEW LOOKING SOUTH.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW, JUST AN EXPANDED VIEW.
THIS IS SHOWING NORTH OF THE SITE.
THIS IS FURTHER NORTH.
THIS IS WHAT'S LOCATED EAST OF THE SITE.
THE PORT PROPERTY.
THIS IS WEST OF THE SITE.
THE DRC STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FINDS IT
INCONSISTENT.
THAT INCONSISTENCY IS ONLY IN RELATION TO THE WAIVERS WHICH
ARE TRANSPORTATION RELATED.
THERE IS A REVISED REVISION SHEET WHICH I WILL PROVIDE TO
YOU.
AND THESE ARE CHANGES WHICH MUST BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING.
AND ALSO, I WANT TO MENTION THAT ON THE SITE PLAN THERE IS A
WAIVER WHICH IS LISTED ON THE SITE PLAN BUT NOT INCLUDED ON
THE REPORT.
THAT WAIVER IS IN RELATION TO THE LOADING BERTHS.

SO THAT WAIVER WILL REMAIN AND THAT IS A PART OF THE REVISED
REVISION SHEET, JUST TO CLARIFY.
THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
12:07:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO.
PETITIONER?
12:08:17AM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE FOR THE RECORD.
HERE BEFORE WITH YOU A REZONING REQUEST IN THE CHANNEL
DISTRICT, AN AREA THAT LOVES DENSITY.
NOT ONLY IS IT ENCOURAGED BUT IT IS EXPECTED WITH THE TREND
OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE WAY IT'S GOING TODAY.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO MAKE THIS CONCISE.
MIGHT SKIP OVER INTRO SLIDES.
THE TEAM IS WITH US IN THE ROOM AS WELL AS AVAILABLE
VIRTUALLY.
STAFF DID A GREAT JOB OF SETTING UP THIS LOCATION.
I THINK LaCHONE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THE SITE IS.
SAME WITH THE SITE PLAN, 225 UNITS PROPOSING MULTIFAMILY
RESIDENTIAL ON THE SITE WITH A LITTLE BIT OVER 1,000 SQUARE
FEET OF GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL.
THIS IS A VERY SMALL SITE IN COMPARISON TO SOME OF THE OTHER
ASSEMBLAGES THAT YOU'VE SEEN.
SAME DEVELOPMENT TEAM, WE ARE PROVIDING 10% OF AFFORDABLE

HOUSING, HALF AT 80% AMI, HALF AT 120% AMI THAT IS TO OBTAIN
THE BONUS DENSITY THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
WE WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING THE CHANNEL DISTRICT STANDARD
PUBLIC GROUND APARTMENTS, THE CURVY SIDEWALK THAT YOU SEE
THROUGHOUT THE SIDEWALK AND THE WIDER SIDEWALKS FOR
PEDESTRIAN ENGAGEMENT ALONG THE FRONTAGE ALONG CHANNELSIDE
DRIVE.
DEVELOPMENT WISE, THE SAME DESIGN TEAM AND BEING COMPLETELY
TRANSPARENT DEVELOPED THE ASSEMBLAGE TO THE NORTH OR GOT IT
ENTITLED I SHOULD SAY.
ABOUT READY TO UNDERGO PERMITTING.
1242 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL BACK IN
NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
THIS WAS A BIT LARGER GIVEN THE LAND AREA, FOR 532
MULTIFAMILY UNITS, 8,000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR
COMMERCIAL THAT WAS APPROVED JUST NORTH WITH A LOT OF THE
SAME WAIVERS IN A SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON A SMALLER
SCALE GIVEN THE LAND.
PROUD TO HAVE STAFF SUPPORT ON THE APPLICATION.
ONE DEPARTMENT THAT FOUND INCONSISTENT IS TRANSPORTATION,
THE RESULT OF LOADING WAIVERS WE'RE REQUESTING WHICH YOU ALL
ARE VERY FAMILIAR SEEING ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA LIKE THE
CHANNEL DISTRICT SO DENSE.
THIS IS IN THE RECORD.
SHOWING HOW THE LOADING WILL COME IN, THE ROUTE.

PULL INTO THE SITE.
ALL INTERNAL TO THE SITE.
ALL INTERNAL TO THE BUILDING.
PULL, IN BACK UP INTO THE LOADING STALL AND REVERSE BACK
OUT.
WE ARE REQUESTING A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF BERTHS FROM
TWO TO ONE.
AGAIN, FAIRLY PRETTY STANDARD REDUCTION ESPECIALLY IN THE
CHANNEL DISTRICT.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE A BIT SMALLER OF A VEHICLE FOR
LOADING.
THE CODE REQUIRES A WB 50 WHICH IS INHERENTLY UNNECESSARY
EVEN WITH PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF BELONGINGS MOVING INTO A
MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS A BIT OF A UNIQUE REQUEST IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
CODE WAS RECENTLY AMENDED, RICKY MENTIONED EARLIER, SOME OF
THE LANDSCAPE CODE.
WE BELIEVE AN ACCIDENTAL EXCLUSION IN A FOOTNOTE IN A
LANDSCAPE TABLE THAT'S BEEN IN THE CODE FOR QUITE SOME TIME
WHICH EXCLUDES THE CHANNEL DISTRICT FROM THESE STRICT USE TO
USE BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU SEE ELSEWHERE IN THE
CITY.
BASED ON A TECHNICALITY, WE DO HAVE TO REQUEST THIS BUFFER
OR REDUCTION IN THIS BUFFER FROM 15 FEET TO 0 FEET AND NO
WALL.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS AERIAL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE
SCREEN, THE CHANNEL DISTRICT HAS VERY, VERY LIMITED
BUFFERING BECAUSE IT'S MEANT TO BE MORE OF A DENSE DISTRICT
WHICH THERE'S URBAN DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT SPEAK TO
INTEGRATION THAT ARE IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THESE LARGE
SUBURBAN BUFFERS.
ANOTHER REQUEST THAT THIS WAS ALSO APPROVED 1242 CHANNELSIDE
DIRECTLY NORTH, THIS IS UNIQUE TO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
THEY REQUIRE SETBACK SPACE OFF OF THE ROADWAY FRONTAGE.
WE ARE LOCATED ALONG CHANNELSIDE DRIVE WHICH THE STANDARD
SETBACK THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO THE SITE BETWEEN 10 AND 15
FEET IS RELATIVELY REASONABLE FOR FRONTAGE SETBACK AND
INHERENTLY REASONABLE FOR A MINIMUM SIDE YARD AT 0 FEET.
HOWEVER, THIS TABLE INCLUDES A NOTE THAT IS STILL IN THE
CODE AND CAVEATS THAT FOR EACH 10 FEET OF BUILDING HEIGHT
THAT YOU GO ABOVE 60 FEET THE REQUIRED YARDS ARE INCREASED
BY A MINIMUM OF ONE FOOT.
SO WHEN YOU DO THE MATH ON A BUILDING THAT IS VERY, VERY
TALL, MUCH HIGHER THAN APPROXIMATELY SIX STORIES, THE WAY
THAT THE CHANNEL DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT USED TO BE BACK WHEN
THE CODE WAS DERIVED, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO
PROVIDE ALMOST 39 FEET OF A FRONT SETBACK FROM CHANNELSIDE
DRIVE WHICH IS JUST INHERENTLY UNREASONABLE AND NOT
PREVALENT IN THE DISTRICT.
SAME WITH THE SIDE PROPERTY LINES.

WE'RE REQUIRED TO TAKE THAT BASE OF 0 UP TO 24 FEET IS
WHAT'S REQUIRED.
WE'RE PROVIDING, REQUESTING SOME SLIGHT REDUCTIONS IN THESE
BUFFERS.
AND THIS IS A REQUEST, THE WAIVER REQUEST THAT IS SUPPORTED
BY URBAN DESIGN.
THIS HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY VETTED THROUGH THEM FOR ALL OF OUR
PROJECTS LOCATED IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
QUICK NOTE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS MENTIONED THIS IS
PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO MEET THE BONUS DENSITY.
I'LL BE QUICK BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY
INTERESTING.
I WAS DIVING INTO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT THE
CRA PUTS OUT AND I DO READ THEM.
AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE -- IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL
PLAN WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2004 INCLUDED A SECTION
ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IT INCLUDED VERBIAGE THAT
MENTIONED DIRECT DEVELOPER INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPING
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MENTIONING THAT THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE
SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE DISTRICT.
AS YOU CAN SEE THE PLAN THAT CURRENTLY GOVERNS TODAY, 2022,
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, SAME EXACT LANGUAGE REGARDING DEVELOPER
INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALSO NOTING
THERE IS A CURRENT SHORTAGE.
WHILE WE TRANSITIONED FROM ABSOLUTE SHORTAGE TO A CURRENT

SHORTAGE, A SHORTAGE EXISTS NONETHELESS.
I THINK AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE CITY BUT
I THINK IT'S INHERENTLY IMPORTANT IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
WHERE RENTS ARE SKY HIGH.
MEANWHILE, IT'S A VERY DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE GIVEN ITS
PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO OWN A CAR.
YOU CAN BIKE.
YOU CAN WALK TO RESTAURANTS, TO YOUR JOB.
PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, SO LET'S MAKE
IT A BIT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET THERE.
WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE THE PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
12:14:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
I HEAR NO ONE.
12:14:08AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WAS GOING TO SAY BY YOUR PRESENTATION, I CAN
TELL YOU PREPARED A LOT FOR THIS AND REALLY WORKED HARD ON
IT.
WHEN I SAW YOU SPEAK, AGAIN, JUST SEEING A LAWYER WORK LIKE
THAT, YOU CAN SEE IT.
GOOD JOB.
IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT.
12:14:23AM >> I SPEAK VERY FAST.
12:14:27AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
COUNCIL MEMBER TO MY RIGHT AND I SAID I
HEARD SPEED-READING.

I NEVER HEARD SPEED TALKING.
12:14:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM?
THIS IS ITEM 6.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED?
MOTION TO CLOSE.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, SECOND BY VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
12:15:13AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF 1236 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN ZONING
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CD-2, CHANNEL DISTRICT 2 TO CD-2,
CHANNEL DISTRICT 2 STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL
GENERAL USES AND HOTEL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WITH THE REVISED SQUARE FOOTAGE, I FIND THIS IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES IN
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I FIND THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE
SECTION 27-136 AND I FIND THAT THE -- THAT'S IT.
THERE YOU GO.
GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW.
12:15:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:16:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN I ADD AN AMENDMENT FOR NOT JUST THE
SQUARE FOOTAGE BUT THE WHOLE REVISED REVISION SHEET?
12:16:09AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I TAKE THAT.

YES.
12:16:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION?
SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
THIS INCLUDES THE AMENDMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
ROLL CALL.
12:16:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
12:16:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
12:16:30AM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
12:16:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
12:16:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
12:16:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
12:16:38AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 1st,
2023, AT 9:30 A.M.
12:16:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OKAY.
THE LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT.
12:16:59AM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THE LAST ITEM THIS EVENING IS REZ-23-33.
IT'S FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1509 NORTH MORGAN STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REPRESENTED BY JOSEPH GIBBONS AND THIS
REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RM 24, RESIDENTIAL
MULTIFAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED USES ON-SITE.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANNY WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

12:17:33AM >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF.
OUR LAST CASE IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT AND
MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE.
WATER WORKS PARK IS THE CLOSEST PUBLIC RECREATION FACILITY
LOCATED WITHIN A QUARTER MILE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
CLOSEST TRANSIT STOP IS ONE BLOCK WEST OF THE SITE.
12:17:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I DON'T THINK YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT CASE.
OH, GOSH, I WAS THINKING SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE ARE ALL TIRED.
12:18:05AM >>DANNY COLLINS:
CLOSEST TRANSIT STOP IS ONE BLOCK WEST OF
THE SUBJECT SITE AT EAST ESTELLE STREET AND NORTH MARION
STREET.
SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN THE COASTAL PLANNING AREA IN
EVACUATION ZONE D.
HERE IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE ON THE EAST
SIDE OF MORGAN STREET NORTH OF KAY STREET.
THERE ARE SOME SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES ON THE EAST SIDE
OF MORGAN STREET.
AND RESIDENTIAL USES AS WELL AS MULTIFAMILY USES NORTHEAST
OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 83
DESIGNATION WHICH IS A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE

CATEGORY.
ALLOWS DEVELOPMENT UP TO 83 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
THAT IS THE PRIMARY LAND USE FOUND EAST OF MORGAN STREET.
TO THE WEST IS LAND RECOGNIZED UNDER THE COMMUNITY
COMMERCIAL 35 DESIGNATION, WHICH ENCOURAGES A MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN UP TO A 2.0 F.A.R. OR 35 DWELLING UNITS
PER ACRE.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FOUND
THE PD COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA IS NONRESIDENTIAL,
PARCELS UTILIZED FOR LIKE COMMERCIAL PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC USES
AND SOME SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED RESIDENTIAL USES.
THIS PORTION OF NORTH MORGAN STREET BETWEEN EAST ESTELLE AND
EAST KAY STREET, EXCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE, HAS AN EXISTING
DENSITY OF 12.13 UNITS PER ACRE.
THE EXISTING DENSITY IS 15% OF THE DENSITY THAT CAN BE
CONSIDERED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 83 DESIGNATION.
THE REQUEST PROPOSES TWO SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES AT AN
OVERALL DENSITY OF 22.22 UNITS PER ACRE WHICH IS WELL BELOW
THE DENSITY CONSIDERED UNDER THE DESIGNATION.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
RESIDENTIAL USES TO BE DESIGNED TO INCLUDE THE ORIENTATION
OF FRONT DOOR TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, SIDEWALK OR STREET.
BOTH UNIT ENTRANCES ARE ORIENTED TOWARD AND CONNECT TO THE
SIDEWALK ON NORTH MORGAN STREET MEETING THE INTENT OF THE

POLICY DIRECTION.
THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK WILL HELP ENSURE THAT SIDEWALKS
INTERCONNECT WITH EXISTING AND FUTURE SIDEWALKS ON ADJACENT
PARCELS.
FINALLY THE REQUEST SUPPORTS MANY OF THE POLICIES IN THE
COMP PLAN AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING THE CITY'S POPULATION.
TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES NEW HOUSING IN VACANT
AND UNDERUTILIZED LAND TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF
HOUSING IS AVAILABLE TO MEET TAMPA'S GROWING POPULATION.
ADDITIONALLY, THE COMP PLAN SEEKS TO DIRECT THE GREATEST
SHARE OF GROWTH TO THE CITY'S URBAN VILLAGES.
PROPOSED PD SUPPORTS THE POLICY BY CREATING ADDITIONAL
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE.
BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND
POLICIES OF THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
12:20:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
NO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:21:05AM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THIS REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY THAT IS BEFORE YOU WOULD
ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY WITH TWO
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED USES ON THE SITE.

THE LOT CONTAINS 4,043 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS PROPOSED WITH ONE 4500-SQUARE-FOOT STRUCTURE WHICH
WOULD CONTAIN THREE STORIES ON-SITE.
LET ME SHOW YOU THE SITE PLAN.
THIS IS MORGAN STREET.
THIS IS MORGAN STREET.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED VEHICULAR ENTRANCE.
SO THIS IS THE BUILDING AND YOU HAVE UNIT ONE HERE, UNIT TWO
IS LOCATED HERE, AND THIS IS THE PROPERTY LINE LOCATED HERE.
SO THEY ARE PROPOSING FRONT DOOR ENTRY.
THE FRONT DOORS ARE ORIENTED TO MORGAN STREET.
EACH UNIT CONTAINS A TWO-CAR ENCLOSED GARAGE.
THERE ARE NO WAIVERS WITH THIS SITE PLAN, THIS PD REQUEST.
I'LL SHOW YOU PICTURES OF THE SITE.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY -- LET ME ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED HERE IN RED.
OUTLINED IN RED.
MORGAN STREET, 275, WHICH IS TO THE SOUTH.
AND THIS SITE YOU CAN SEE JUST DIRECTLY NORTH IS A PD.
THAT'S AN OFFICE USE THAT'S THERE.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT PD, THE REMAINDER OF THIS BLOCK
IS DEVELOPED WITH THAT SAME USE, WHICH IS PROPOSED.
IT'S EITHER SINGLE-FAMILY.
THIS IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED, BUT WHEN YOU'RE OUT
ON-SITE AND LOOKING AND I HAVE SOME PHOTOS, SINGLE-FAMILY

SEMI DETACHED THAT'S THE REMAINDER OF THE BLOCK.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT EXISTS OUT ON SITE.
YOU HAVE CI ZONING AND SO COMMERCIAL ZONING TO THE WEST AND
THEN YOU HAVE FURTHER NORTH A COUPLE OF PDs AND COMMERCIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD ZONINGS.
SO THIS IS THE SITE ON MORGAN.
THIS IS EAST OF THE SITE.
LET ME ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SHOWING THE
WHOLE PHOTO.
THIS IS LOCATED DIRECTLY EAST OF THE SITE.
IT IS EAST OF THE SITE.
THIS IS EAST.
THIS IS IF YOU'RE ON PIERCE LOOKING WEST TO MORGAN STREET.
THE UNITS ARE DESIGNED THE SAME.
FROM THE EXTERIOR THEY LOOK THE SAME.
THIS IS NORTH OF THE SITE.
THIS IS THE PD THAT I MENTIONED.
THIS IS THE VIEW IF YOU'RE ON MORGAN STREET AND LOOKING
SOUTH.
YOU CAN SEE THE INTERSTATE THAT'S LOCATED THERE AND YOU CAN
SEE THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT HERE TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS IS THE VACANT COMMERCIAL LOT THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET.
DRC REVIEWED THE STAFF AND FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT.
AS I MENTIONED, THERE WERE NO WAIVERS WITH THIS REQUEST.

SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING, AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
12:24:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:24:49AM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
12:24:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
APPLICANT.
12:24:53AM >> GOOD MORNING.
[ LAUGHTER ]
I'VE BEEN HERE SO LONG MY GIRLFRIEND HAD A BIRTHDAY WHILE
I'VE BEEN HERE.
12:25:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, IT IS HER BIRTHDAY.
12:25:04AM >> MY NAME IS JOE GIBBONS.
I'VE BEEN SWORN IN.
708 WEST OHIO AVENUE.
I AM THE APPLICANT AND THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROJECT.
THE PREVIOUS PHOTOS THAT YOU SAW, OUR PROJECT, THIS IS THE
FINAL PIECE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE DONE 20 UNITS.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAD OUR CONSTRUCTION TRAILER ON
AND STORED MATERIALS AND STUFF.
IT'S LATE.
I NEED TO SEE THESE.
ONE BUILDING, TWO UNITS, SEMI DETACHED.
PROPOSING ZERO LOT LINE DUPLEX.

EACH UNIT HAS A GARAGE PARKING.
THE FRONT DOORS ARE ORIENTED TO MORGAN STREET.
DURING THE CONSTRUCTION, THE PHASE THREE OF MY PREVIOUS
DEVELOPMENT, PIERCE STREET, WE IMPROVED THE ALLEYWAY HERE
WHICH IS UNUSUAL THAT WE CAME IN AND WANTED TO IMPROVE THE
ALLEY WHICH ALLOWS THE CIRCULAR MOTION OF THE WASTE TRUCKS
AND WHATNOT.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID ON
THE OTHER THREE PHASES.
WE DID CHANGE THEM UP A LITTLE BIT.
MODERNIZED THEM A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL WINDOWS.
WE'RE DOING A WIDER DECK ON THE SECOND FLOOR HERE.
THESE ARE THE FRONT DOORS ORIENTED TO THE STREET.
THE RENDERINGS SHOW THE SIDEWALK GOING TO THE DRIVEWAY.
DURING STAFF MEETINGS, THE SIDEWALK WILL NOW CONTINUE ALL
THE WAY OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO REBUILD THE SIDEWALK ALONG
MORGAN STREET.
JUST ANOTHER RENDERING.
THIS IS THE SIDEWALK I JUST MENTIONED THAT WILL COME OUT TO
THIS NEW SITE.
THERE IS AN EXISTING SIDEWALK THERE, BUT IT'S IN BAD SHAPE,
SO WE'LL BE REPLACING THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK FROM THE ALLEY
THAT WE BUILT TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE.
THIS IS A SIDE RENDERING.

THIS IS THE ALLEY HERE.
PIERCE STREET BUILDING THAT WE JUST COMPLETED LAST FALL IS
BACK HERE.
THIS IS THE ELEVATION, THE NORTH ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE AREA OF THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING.
AND THEN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING, COVERED LANAI AND THIS IS
BACKING UP TO THE PIERCE STREET PROPERTY THAT WE JUST
FINISHED.
I GUESS I'M FORTUNATE, I'M ASKING FOR KIND OF A DOWNZONING.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS UNTIL WE HAD MEETINGS WITH STAFF, BUT
I WAS ENTITLED TO BUILD SIX UNITS AND WE'RE REQUESTING TO
BUILD TWO SEMI DETACHED.
AND THE SITE DOES NOT HAVE ANY TREES, BUT WE WILL BE
PLANNING TREES DURING THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
12:28:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
WE HAVE TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
ANYBODY ONLINE REGISTERED?
12:28:46AM >>THE CLERK:
NO.
12:28:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
12:28:54AM >> AYE.

12:28:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA -- ARE YOU OKAY?
12:28:58AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'M FINE.
12:28:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD.
12:29:01AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
FILE NUMBER 7, REZ-23-33, ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING, ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1509 NORTH MORGAN STREET IN THE CITY
OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-24, RESIDENTIAL,
MULTIFAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
12:29:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
12:29:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THIS MEETS -- COMPLIANCE, PURPOSE OF
REZONING ALLOW BETTER UTILIZATION OF LAND CONSIDERED WITH A
DENSITY APPLICATION -- I THINK IT'S A DONE DEAL HERE.
12:29:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ROLL CALL VOTE.
AND THE REVISION SHEET, SIR.
12:29:51AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
REVISION SHEET.
12:29:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD.
12:29:57AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
12:29:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
12:30:02AM >> CARLSON?
12:30:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
12:30:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.

12:30:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
12:30:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
12:30:09AM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 1st,
2023, AT 9:30 A.M.
12:30:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW --
12:30:22AM >> MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE --
12:30:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NOT YET.
COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS A WALK-ON RESOLUTION I BELIEVE.
12:30:31AM >>LUIS VIERA:
I SENT IT OUT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON IT?
12:30:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I HAVE A VERY CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS A STUTTERER AND I
THINK IT'S REALLY FABULOUS THAT YOU ARE FOCUSING ON THIS
WEEK.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
12:30:48AM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM, MY PLEASURE.
OUR PRESIDENT OBVIOUSLY HAS DEALT WITH THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
12:30:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS RESOLUTION
FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
IS THAT A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK?
ALL IN FAVOR?

AYE.
12:31:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT A COMMENDATION
TO CATHY BARTOLOTTI FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA,
PARTICULARLY THROUGH HER INVOLVEMENT AS A MEMBER IN SERVING
AS AN OFFICER OF THE LAS DAMAS DEL CENTRO ASTURIANO.
THIS WILL BE PRESENTED OFF-SITE AT THE CENTRO ASTURIANO AT
AN UPCOMING EVENT IN JUNE.
12:31:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A VERY, VERY GOOD MOTION TO A WONDERFUL
PERSON WHO HAS BEEN SO INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY
YEARS.
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?
12:31:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
12:31:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:31:52AM >>LUIS VIERA:
REALLY QUICK, IF I MAY, I HAD TO SUPPLEMENT
THE MOTION I DID AT CRA TODAY ON AREAS THAT ARE WITHOUT
GROCERY STORES FOR THE SAME MOTION WHICH IS TO FIND UNDER
FEASIBILITY THE CITY AND/OR CRA ASSIST IN THESE AREAS I WANT
TO INCLUDE SULPHUR SPRINGS SINCE IT'S NOT IN THE CRA.
I HAVE TO DO IT HERE TO BE ON OCTOBER 19.
12:32:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.

SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
12:32:25AM >>LUIS VIERA:
ONE REALLY FAST, IF I MAY, JULY 13, 2023, TO
HAVE CITY STAFF COME BACK ON A REPORT ON THE POSSIBILITY OF
MAKING AHMEDABAD -- A-H-M-E-D-A-B-A-D -- IN INDIA ONE OF
CITY OF TAMPA'S SISTER CITIES.
I COULD GO THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, BUT I SHALL NOT.
I HAD A REQUEST FROM SOME IN THE INDIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
ON THAT, AND I MAKE FOR THAT MOTION.
12:32:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
ANY OPPOSED?
12:32:55AM >>LUIS VIERA:
THAT'S IT.
12:32:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:32:58AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I HAVE SIX BUT I'LL HOLD THEM UNTIL
LATER.
12:33:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:33:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL DOCUMENTS.
12:33:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
12:33:13AM >> AYE.
12:33:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
LISA, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE STILL
HERE.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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