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TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2024, 5:01 P.M.

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5:05:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY
COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
IF I CAN HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
5:05:10PM >> CARLSON?
HURTAK?
5:05:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
5:05:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
5:05:14PM >> HENDERSON?
VIERA?
MIRANDA?
5:05:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
5:05:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
5:05:19PM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
5:05:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MS. ZELMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOMEONE?
5:05:24PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN:
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES.
ANDREA ZELMAN, CITY ATTORNEY.
[MICROPHONE NOT ON]

RECENTLY HIRED ATTORNEYS, ONE OF WHOM HAS INTEREST IN LAND
USE LAW.
[MICROPHONE NOT ON]
[INAUDIBLE]
THIS IS MYA HURWITZ.
SHE GRADUATED FROM ROLLINS COLLEGE AND THOMAS COOLEY SCHOOL
OF LAW AND WAS SELECTED AS DEANS FELLOW.
GRADUATED CUM LAUDE.
MEMBER OF THE LAW REVIEW.
DISTINGUISHED STUDENT FROM HER GRADUATING CLASS.
SHE GREW UP IN TAMPA.
SHE INTERNED IN OUR OFFICE AND PRESSED US ALL SO MUCH THAT,
OF COURSE, WE ASKED HER TO STAY.
SHE WILL BE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO INTRODUCE HER.
MYA HURWITZ.
5:06:13PM >> VERY NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND HOPEFULLY
GETTING A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED WITH THURSDAYS.
THANK YOU.
5:06:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
WE ARE HERE UNTIL 4 SOMETIMES.
5:06:26PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN:
THANK YOU FOR INDULGING US.
[ APPLAUSE ]
5:06:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS?
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE SOME HOUSEKEEPING.
YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.
5:06:45PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 2, WHICH IS
REZ-23-99.
THERE IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO MARCH 13, 2025.
5:07:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I MOVE TO MOVE THE ITEM TO MARCH -- IT
SAYS JANUARY.
5:07:09PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
I'M SORRY.
IN SPEAKING WITH THE APPLICANT, THE REQUEST IS FOR MARCH 13.
THEY CAN CONFIRM, THE APPLICANT.
AS WELL AS WAIVING THE 180 DAY.
5:07:19PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU'RE AWARE THE AGENDA SAYS JANUARY 16?
5:07:22PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES.
THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS JANUARY.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE HAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC.

5:07:31PM >> TRUETT GARDNER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
ON THE MARCH DATE, WHAT WE REALIZED IS OUR ORIGINAL
CONTINUANCE WAS JANUARY 16.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS THIS UPCOMING
WEEK BUT WE REALIZED TODAY THAT IF WE DID AGREE TO SOME SITE
PLAN CHANGES, OUR LAST DATE TO SUBMIT THAT SITE PLAN WAS
YESTERDAY.
SO IT MAKES NO SENSE.
THE MARCH 13 WOULD GIVE US UNTIL JANUARY 15 TO MAKE
REVISIONS AND ALSO GIVE STAFF THE ABILITY TO REVIEW AGAIN.
5:07:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM TO MARCH
13 AND WAIVE THE 180 DAY.
5:08:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK AND MR. SHELBY.
5:08:08PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MS. DOCK, IF YOU CAN, AND COUNCIL, YOU CAN
RATIFY THIS.
THIS IS THE FIRST CONTINUANCE, IS THAT CORRECT?
5:08:18PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THIS IS THE SECOND REQUEST.
5:08:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
BUT THE FIRST CONTINUANCE WAS ORIGINALLY
ASKED FOR FOR AN OCTOBER 10 MEETING.
5:08:27PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES.
5:08:28PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD.
5:08:31PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THE CASE WAS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 8.
THEN IT WAS CONTINUED TO OCTOBER 10, AND THEN THE OCTOBER 10
CASES WERE RESCHEDULED TO TODAY DUE TO THE STORM.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE OCTOBER 10 AGENDA.
5:08:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR?
5:08:50PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NOW, JUST ONE LAST THING.
YOU HAD NOTIFIED THE COUNCIL FOR THE ORIGINAL CONTINUANCE AT
LEAST A WEEK IN ADVANCE AS I RECALL, IS THAT CORRECT?
5:08:59PM >> CORRECT.
5:08:59PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
5:09:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED.
5:09:02PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF WE COULD HAVE THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE
AGAIN BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE
PUBLIC, THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANOTHER MAILING WITH REGARD
TO THIS CONTINUANCE.
SO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN REZ 23-99 AT 319 BAYSHORE
BOULEVARD, THE DATE OF THE HEARING IS AGAIN.
5:09:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MARCH 13, 2025, 5:01 P.M., 315 EAST
KENNEDY BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602, THIRD FLOOR.
5:09:30PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
5:09:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
JUST A QUESTION, WILL THAT BE THE FIRST --
5:09:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
FIRST OR LAST ON THE AGENDA, MR. SHELBY?
5:09:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
LET ME READ THE RULE TO YOU.
RULE 3C-2 STATES THAT FOR THOSE EVENING LAND USE ITEMS THAT
ARE REQUIRED TO BE RESCHEDULED, CONTINUED OR SET FOR
RECONSIDERATION, COUNCIL SHALL SCHEDULE THESE ITEMS ON A

FUTURE AGENDA AT THE END OF THE MEETING, AT THE END OF THE
AGENDA FOLLOWING NEW PETITIONS CONSISTENT WITH THE
LIMITATIONS SET FORTH ABOVE.
AND, AGAIN, THAT'S COUNCIL'S RULES AND SUBJECT TO YOU
WHETHER YOU WANT TO WAIVE IT, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE WITH A
SUPERMAJORITY.
5:10:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHAT'S NEXT?
5:10:18PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 7 IS REZ 24-55 THIS IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE THE
ITEM TO DECEMBER 12, 2024.
5:10:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SO MOVED.
5:10:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
5:10:35PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
AGAIN, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, THIS
IS A FIRST CONTINUANCE, IS THAT CORRECT?
5:10:39PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CORRECT.
THIS IS THE FIRST CONTINUANCE.
5:10:41PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ALSO PURSUANT TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR
CRITERIA, IT HAS TO BE RECEIVED, THE REQUEST HAS TO BE

RECEIVED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING.
IN THAT CASE, THIS IS ALSO CONTINUED AS A MATTER OF RIGHT
THEN.
A DATE, TIME AND PLACE, PLEASE.
5:10:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT'S GOING TO BE CONTINUED TO DECEMBER
12, 2024, 5:01 P.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, 33602, THIRD FLOOR.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER 14.
5:11:13PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES, ITEM NUMBER 14 IS REZ 24-67.
THERE IS A REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM.
TO DECEMBER 12, 2024.
5:11:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
THIS IS TO CONTINUE ITEM 14 TO DECEMBER 12, 2024, 5:01 P.M.
5:11:32PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
IN ADDITION TO WAIVING THE 180 DAYS.
5:11:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WITH THE WAIVER OF 180 DAYS.
315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
THIRD FLOOR.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
WHAT'S NEXT?

5:11:44PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
ITEM 19, REZ 24-70.
THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
IT IS A MISNOTICE.
5:11:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION TO STRIKE ITEM NUMBER
19 FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
5:12:02PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS.
5:12:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS STUCK IN TRAFFIC.
HE WILL BE HERE ANY MINUTE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON IS HERE.
WE ALREADY OPENED EVERYTHING.
WE'LL HEAR ITEM NUMBER 1 AND 3 TOGETHER, IS THAT CORRECT?
5:12:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
SEPARATE VOTES.
5:12:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SEPARATE VOTES.
ALL RIGHT.
IF WE WANT TO KICK IT OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER 1.
GO AHEAD.
5:12:31PM >>ROSS SAMONS:
ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
GET THE CLERK TO SHARE THE ELMO SCREEN, PLEASE.
PRESENTING FILE VAC-24-09.
REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME IS GARDNER, BREWER, HUDSON.
PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2315 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE.

THIS IS A PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST, NORTH OF AMELIA AVENUE,
SOUTH OF COLUMBUS DRIVE, EAST OF FLORIDA AVENUE AND WEST OF
MORGAN STREET.
THIS APPLICATION WAS FILED MARCH 22, 2024.
APPLICANT'S REASON FOR THE APPLICATION IS SOUTHERN PORTION
OF THE ALLEY WAS ALREADY VACATED.
APPLICANT OWNS ALL SURROUNDING LAND.
THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY IS CREATED BY SUBDIVISION PLAT AND
ACQUISITION.
THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY IS APPROXIMATELY 4,875 SQUARE
FEET.
AND THIS IS WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY.
HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST.
YELLOW FROM COLUMBUS TO AMELIA, AND THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY
IN RED.
THIS IS THE PLAT IN WHICH THE ALLEY WAY WAS DEDICATED.
IN RED IS WHAT IS EXISTING OF THE ALLEY.
GREEN WAS PART OF THE ACQUISITION TO EXTEND THE ALLEY IN THE
PAST.
THIS IS RIGHT-OF-WAY MAPPING ATLAS SHEET SHOWING THE CURRENT
PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST IN RED.
AGAIN, SHOWING PREVIOUS ALLEY VACATINGS IN THE PLAT ITSELF.
5:14:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MARTY, WE SEE IT.
5:14:35PM >>ROSS SAMONS:
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH FROM EAST COLUMBUS
DRIVE.

THE ALLEY APPROXIMATE LOCATION IS HERE.
THEN THE CURVE HERE.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH FROM AMELIA AVENUE.
AGAIN, APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE ALLEY IS HERE AND IT GOES
BEHIND THE BUILDINGS HERE.
STAFF OBJECTS TO THIS VACATING REQUEST.
EASEMENT RESERVATION REQUIRED BY TECO.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS ARE NATURAL RESOURCES, COMPLY WITH
CHAPTER 27 AS REGARDS TO TREE PRESERVATION AND SITE DESIGN
FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS PLACED ADJACENT TO TREES IN THE VACATED
AREA.
THAT ONE OBJECTION FROM STAFF IS FROM URBAN DESIGN, AND
THAT'S DUE TO THE FACT TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY DISTRICT AND
ALLEYS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE USED FOR DESIGN STANDARDS.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:15:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
WHO IS NEXT?
5:15:43PM >> TYLER HUDSON.
ADDRESS 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
VERY FULL AND EXCITING AGENDA BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
WE'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS PRETTY EFFICIENT.
THIS PROPERTY MIGHT HAVE SEEMED FAMILIAR TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S
IN SERVICE OF A PROJECT THAT COMPRISES THREE DIFFERENT
APPLICATIONS.

THERE IS A RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATING THAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK
ABOUT NOW.
THERE IS A PD THAT WE'LL SPEAK ABOUT NEXT.
TWO PRESENTATIONS, TWO VOTES.
BUT BACK ON SEPTEMBER 12, THERE WAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENT FOR THIS LAND AREA TO CHANGE THE SITE FROM CMU 35
AND U -- UP TO UMU 60 AND FROM R-35 UP TO CMU 35.
SO THIS COUNCIL PASSED THAT UNANIMOUSLY ON SEPTEMBER 12.
ASKED TO KEEP THESE THINGS TOGETHER.
SOMETIMES THERE IS A PREFERENCE TO PRESENT THE LAND USE
TOTALLY INDEPENDENTLY OF THE PROJECT THAT IT'S IN SERVICE
OF, SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
SOME OF THIS MIGHT SEEM FAMILIAR.
ALSO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE
THE PROJECT TEAM NOW SO FOR THE PD WE CAN GET SORT OF RIGHT
INTO THE SUBSTANCE AND NOT INTO THE INTRODUCTION.
THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROJECT IS THE FRAMEWORK GROUP.
WITH US HERE THIS EVENING IS PHILLIP SMITH, NICK HERRING,
AND --
THE PROJECT CIVIL ENGINEER IS KIMLEY-HORN.
THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS HERE.
TORTI GALLAS IS THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM THAT HAS BEEN WORKING
ON THIS PROJECT SINCE THE BEGINNING.
JONATHAN FISCHER IS HERE.
DARK MOSS IS OUR ARBORIST.

RICKY PETERIKA IS HERE AND MY COLLEAGUE ALEX SCHALER IS HERE
AS WELL.
TALK ABOUT THE ALLEY, LITTLE UNUSUAL SHAPE.
15 FEET WIDE BUT THEN IT STOPS BECAUSE I BELIEVE ABOUT 40,
50 YEARS AGO, THAT BOTTOM PIECE WAS VACATED.
THE CITY WAS ABLE TO ASSEMBLE THIS WONKY TURNAROUND AS YOU
CAN SEE THERE.
THE TRIANGLE PIECE IS ACTUALLY JUST A PIECE OF CITY-OWNED
REAL ESTATE FOR WHICH THIS COUNCIL APPROVED LAND SALE
CONTRACT.
CONTINGENT ON ALL OF THE STUFF GETTING APPROVED OF WHICH
THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF.
BREAKS UP THE SITE.
FACING FLORIDA AVENUE, LONG, LONG TIME AGO, REALLY EVEN
BEFORE SOME OF THE -- THIS WAS PLATTED TO BE SINGLE-FAMILY
HOMES FACING FLORIDA AVENUE.
THAT'S REALLY NEVER HOW IT DEVELOPED.
THE BLOCK PATTERNS IN THIS PORTION OF TAMPA HEIGHTS ARE
REALLY LARGELY THE RESULT OF THE VACATINGS THAT HAVE
PRECEDED IT, WHICH ROSS ALLUDED TO.
IN TERMS OF THE REASONS WHY TRYING TO HAVE IT VACATED, FIRST
OF ALL IT CREATES A DEAD END.
YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL THE ALLEY IS THERE BECAUSE IT IS
ASPHALT IN A SEA OF ASPHALT.
LIKE TRYING TO DISCERN DROPS OF WATER IN THE OCEAN.

IT IS LEGALLY THERE ON PAPER.
DOESN'T FUNCTION LIKE A NORMAL THRU AREA.
FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE WAY DOWN, IT HAS A WEIRD HITCH.
IT'S NOT USED AT ALL BY THE BUILDINGS FRONTING FLORIDA
AVENUE, WHICH ARE COMPLETELY VACANT AND INOPERABLE.
NOT THAT THIS IS ENORMOUSLY MEANINGFUL, THE SAME PROPERTY
OWNER OWNS ALL OF THE LAND AROUND IT.
WHILE THERE IS A STAFF OBJECTION THAT IS SORT OF IN A SEA OF
NON-OBJECTIONS, THERE WAS AN OBJECTION AT ONE POINT FROM
STREET MAINTENANCE BECAUSE IF YOU SEE THE WORD EAST COLUMBUS
DRIVE ON YOUR SCREEN, KIND OF RIGHT UNDER THE E AND C, THE
SIDEWALK IS REALLY STRANGE.
IT IS A COMPOSITE OF SOME CITY-OWNED LAND AND SOME
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
WE ORIGINALLY INCLUDED THAT IN THE APPLICATION.
CITY WANTED TO KEEP THAT FOR SIDEWALK.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
ONCE WE REMOVED FROM THE APPLICATION, I THINK THE STREET
MAINTENANCE OBJECTION WENT AWAY.
URBAN DESIGN POINT, I DON'T WANT TO BE DISMISSIVE OF THE
NOTE.
THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION WHICH REVIEWS AND
RECOMMENDS TO YOU ALL THESE APPLICATIONS, THEY I BELIEVE IT
WAS UNANIMOUS.
THEY HAD NO ISSUE AT ALL WITH THE ALLEY.

SEEN NO OBJECTIONS FROM ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS AT ALL ABOUT
THIS ALLEY VACATING COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT.
IT'S NECESSARY TO BRING REALLY ANY MEANINGFUL DENSITY TO THE
SITE WHICH I THINK THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INVITES BASED ON
THIS COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TO SAY ON THIS.
I'LL WRAP IT UP THERE BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU
HAVE.
5:19:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION?
5:19:47PM >> YES, SIR, IT DOES.
5:19:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN.
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 1,
JUST THE ALLEY VACATING?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER
1.
5:20:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ITEM NUMBER 1, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA, VACATING, CLOSING, DISCONTINUING AND
ABANDONING THAT ALLEYWAY/RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED NORTH OF

AMELIA AVENUE, SOUTH OF COLUMBUS DRIVE, EAST OF FLORIDA
AVENUE AND WEST OF MORGAN STREET WITHIN THE PLAT OF NEVE
BLOCK SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
FLORIDA AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF SUBJECT
TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE
PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS,
INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:20:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
FOR THE ONES GOING FORWARD, THEY ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 3 -- WELL, ANY OF THE
ITEMS THIS EVENING, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND
AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN.
SORRY.
SHE IS GOING TO READ THAT QUICK.
5:21:19PM >>THE CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION HELD ON DECEMBER 5,
2024, 10 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:21:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S SWEAR EVERYBODY IN THAT WILL SPEAK.

[OATH ADMINISTERED]
5:21:44PM >> YES.
5:21:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GREAT.
LET'S GO WITH ITEM NUMBER 3.
YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.
5:21:47PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
REZ-24-52, REQUEST TO REZONE 205, 207, AND 209 EAST COLUMBUS
DRIVE, 2301, 2303, 2307 AND 2315 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 2407
AND 2006 EAST AMELIA AVENUE AND FOLIO NUMBER 191372.0000
FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 24 TO COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE --
AND COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR
STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL CG USES AND COMMERCIAL PARKING.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANNY WITH PLANNING COMMISSION.
5:22:29PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
I WAS SWORN IN.
OUR FIRST CASE IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT,
MORE SPECIFICALLY IT'S IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE.
WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE E.
HERE IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
IT'S OUTLINED IN THE COLOR PURPLE.
GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST COLUMBUS
DRIVE AND NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS PREDOMINANTLY NONRESIDENTIAL ALONG

COLUMBUS DRIVE AND NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE.
THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTIAL USES AS YOU MOVE SOUTH OF THE
SUBJECT SITE INTERIOR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AS YOU CAN SEE, PORTIONS OF THE SUBJECT SITE -- WELL, THIS
IS THE OLD ADOPTED MAP.
BUT THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY RECOGNIZED UNDER UMU 60 FUTURE
LAND USE CATEGORY.
SO THAT CATEGORY IS FOUND ALONG NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND UP
ALONG EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
INTERIOR TO THE SITE ALONG AMELIA AVENUE IS LAND RECOGNIZED
YOU DID THE CMU 35 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE IS PREDOMINANTLY DESIGNATED CC-35 AS
WELL AS PORTIONS OF EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE AS YOU MOVE WEST ON
COLUMBUS DRIVE, YOU HAVE PARCELS RECOGNIZED UNDER CMU 35
CATEGORY.
AS YOU MOVE EAST, PARCELS RECOGNIZED UNDER R 35 AND
RESIDENTIAL 10 FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION
AND DETERMINES IT ALIGNS WITH THE OVERALL GUIDANCE PROVIDED
IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE APPLICANT IS UTILIZING LAND USE POLICY 5.1.6 TO
PROPORTIONALLY WAIVE THE FLOOR AREA RATIO AND USES THROUGH
THE ENTIRE SITE THROUGH PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING.
PROPOSED F.A.R. OF 2.74 IS CONSISTENT WITH INTENSITY

ANTICIPATED UNDER THESE SITES WHILE UTILIZING THAT POLICY TO
ENSURE CLARITY ON THE SITE PLAN.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICANT INCLUDE A NOTE
REFERENCING LAND USE POLICY 5.1.6 BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READINGS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EMPHASIZES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND
ENCOURAGES COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT ENHANCES THE
CHARACTER AND AMBIENCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, PARTICULARLY
WITHIN MIXED USE CORRIDORS.
IT ALSO PROMOTES THE CONNECTIONS OF BUILDING ENTRANCES TO
PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND INCLUSION OF SIDEWALKS AND
PRACTICAL AND FEASIBLE LOCATIONS TO SUPPORT PEDESTRIAN
ACTIVITY.
PD PROPOSES 12-FOOT SIDEWALKS ALONG NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND
WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE INCORPORATING STREET TREES WHERE
FEASIBLE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY F.D.O.T. AND THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
THE DESIGN ALSO INCLUDES ENTRYWAYS THAT ACTIVATE THE
STREETSCAPE.
WHILE STREET TREES ARE CURRENTLY SHOWN AS CONCEPTUAL ON THE
SITE PLAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF ENCOURAGES THE
APPLICANT TO ENSURE THAT STREET TREES PLACED CLOSE TO THE
SIDEWALK AS POSSIBLE DURING PERMITTING AND SITE DESIGN
PROCESS.
THE PROPOSED REZONING ALSO SUPPORTS SEVERAL POLICIES IN THE

PLAN RELATED TO HOUSING THE CITY'S POPULATION.
PLAN ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HOUSING ON VACANT AND
UNDERUTILIZED LAND TO MEET THE CITY'S CURRENT AND FUTURE
HOUSING DEMANDS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH INFRASTRUCTURE
POLICY 1.1.17 WHICH DIRECTS THE GREATEST SHARE OF GROWTH TO
THE URBAN VILLAGE.
BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
5:25:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT.
5:26:06PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
WE'LL START WITH OUR AERIAL MAP PER USUAL.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED ALONG COLUMBUS DRIVE,
NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND AMELIA AVENUE.
THE SITE IS WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
AND TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY.
THERE ARE THREE LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS WITHIN THE VICINITY
OF THE SUBJECT.
THIS IS ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH HERE NOW KNOWN AS REDEEMER CITY
CHURCH.

HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS DW WATERS
CAREER CENTER AND THEN THE ST. JAMES HOUSE OF PRAYER LOCATED
HERE.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE YOU HAVE CI USES AND RM 24 ZONING.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY HERE.
YOU HAVE A VACANT LOT AND DUPLEX HERE.
AS YOU MOVE SOUTH INTO THE TAMPA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, IT IS
A MIX OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND MULTIFAMILY.
AS YOU GO TO THE WEST, CI ZONING, CG ZONING AND PD.
YOU HAVE VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING HERE, RETAIL SALES AND
THEN RETAIL SALES HERE.
THIS PD IS REZ 22--- NO.
THIS ONE -- OH, YEAH.
IT WAS APPROVED FOR 252 UNITS UNDER STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL
NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AS YOU GO TO THE NORTH, YOU HAVE CI ZONING AND PD ZONING AND
THEN RS 50 ZONING.
VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING HERE, MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN THIS
PD WAS APPROVED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, SEMI DETACHED
AND ADU.
ON THIS SIDE, MIX OF MORE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, RS 50 BUT
STILL MULTIFAMILY MIXED IN ALONG THERE.
TO THE EAST YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL UTILITY TRANSMISSION SITE,
CELL PHONE TOWER.
RS 50 ZONING FOR THE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED -- OR

SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES HERE.
TAMPA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME
MULTIFAMILY HERE AND THEN SIMILAR MIX OVER HERE WHERE IT'S
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED WITH OLDER HISTORIC MULTIFAMILY
BUILDINGS.
5:28:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THAT WAS A FORMER JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
5:28:19PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
5:28:25PM >> WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SITE PLAN.
HERE IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AROUND 247,000-SQUARE-FOOT
BUILDING.
AS DANNY MENTIONED WITH 2.7 F.A.R.
THIS INCLUDES 208 UNITS AND 4,500 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL
SPACE.
YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL SPACE HERE AT THE CORNER OF COLUMBUS AND
FLORIDA AND THEN ALONG FLORIDA AND THEN AT THE CORNER OF
AMELIA, YOU HAVE UNITS HERE AND THEN MORE UNITS ALONG AMELIA
THAT ARE WALK-UP UNITS.
SOLID WASTE IS PROVIDED FROM COLUMBUS, AS LONG AS A LOADING
DOCK IS ALONG COLUMBUS AS WELL.
ACCESS TO PARKING GARAGE ALONG COLUMBUS DRIVE.
SETBACKS ON THE NORTH ARE ZERO.
ON THE EAST OR WEST ZERO.
SOUTH IT'S ZERO.
TO THE EAST YOU HAVE A 15-FOOT SETBACK AWAY FROM THE

SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.
ALONG COLUMBUS, MAX BUILDING HEIGHT IS 89 FEET OR SIX
STORIES.
SAME FOR FLORIDA AND AMELIA AVENUE.
ALONG THE EAST SIDE, SIX STORY OR FIVE STORY OR THREE FOOT
HEIGHT MAXIMUM.
226 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND 340 PARKING SPACES ARE
PROVIDED.
ALSO 25 BIKE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE PROVIDED AND 25 BIKE
PARKING SPACES WERE REQUIRED.
WE'LL GO TO PICTURES NOW.
THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH FROM AMELIA.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST FROM SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION FROM COLUMBUS, AND THIS IS THE
WEST ELEVATION FROM FLORIDA AVENUE.
THIS IS WITHIN THE SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE ARE THE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED HOUSES DIRECTLY BEHIND
THE SUBJECT SITE TO THE EAST.
THIS IS ON AMELIA LOOKING TOWARDS FLORIDA AVENUE THAT WAY.
THIS IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE YOU WERE JUST
LOOKING.
THIS IS THE DUPLEX SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
STARTS ABOUT RIGHT THERE AND THERE IS THE VACANT LOT I
MENTIONED EARLIER.

WE'RE MOVING FURTHER WEST NOW TOWARDS FLORIDA AVENUE.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
THIS IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE
LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS DOWNTOWN.
THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
YOU HAVE AMELIA RIGHT HERE.
FLORIDA AVENUE RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM WHERE
WE WERE JUST COMING FROM.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ALONG FLORIDA AVENUE.
YOU HAVE THE METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES THERE.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ALONG FLORIDA AVENUE TOWARDS THE
INTERSECTION WITH COLUMBUS.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST INTO THE TAMPA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
AND THAT'S THE ALLEY THAT WAS VACATED.
THIS IS MOVING FARTHER NORTH ON FLORIDA AVENUE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES THERE, AND
THEN THE INTERSECTION OF COLUMBUS.
AND THEN THESE ARE SOME OF THE STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY
CURRENTLY.
WE HAVE NOW ROUNDED THE CORNER, UP PAST FLORIDA AVENUE.
THIS IS ALONG COLUMBUS DRIVE LOOKING EAST.
THIS IS ONE OF THE STRUCTURES ON THE SITE THAT'S

CONTRIBUTING.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHEAST ONTO THE SUBJECT SITE BACK BEHIND
THE BUILDINGS.
YOU CAN SEE THE UTILITY TRANSMISSION SITE THERE.
MOVING FURTHER EAST ALONG COLUMBUS DRIVE, THIS IS THE PD I
MENTIONED EARLIER FOR THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AND SEMI
DETACHED USES.
THIS IS MULTIFAMILY HERE.
MOVING FARTHER EAST, THIS IS THE END OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
UTILITY TRANSMISSION TOWER THERE.
THIS IS LOOKING BACK THE DIRECTION WE CAME WEST ALONG
COLUMBUS DRIVE.
AND THIS IS TAMPA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND THEN HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
HOMES TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ON MORGAN STREET.
I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF PICTURES BUT IT'S A BIG SITE.
HERE IS A SITE PLAN FOR YOU AGAIN.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF FOUND THE REQUEST
INCONSISTENT.
SEE THE FINDINGS FROM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, NATURAL
RESOURCES, TRANSPORTATION, AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND
HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
TWO CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES COMBINED WITH PROPOSAL'S LACK OF
EFFORT TO INCORPORATE ARC CONDITIONS OF PROPOSAL.
NO PROPOSED HEIGHT TREES AND PROPOSED HEIGHT TO

SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED HOMES INDICATES THAT THE PROJECT DOES
NOT FULLY ADDRESS OR ADEQUATELY MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL
IMPACTS WHILE FALLING SHORT OF CREATING A TRULY URBAN
ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES WALKABILITY.
NOTWITHSTANDING STAFF FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY, SHOULD IT BE
THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE WAIVERS AS IDENTIFIED
IN THE STAFF REPORT, MODIFICATIONS AS SHOWN ON REVISED
REVISION SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING.
THE REVISIONS WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUES OF ALL THE
INCONSISTENCY FINDINGS.
I HAVE A REVISED REVISION SHEET.
STAFF FINDINGS ARE BASED ON THE LAST SUBMITTED SITE PLAN.
I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DENNIS FERNANDEZ WITH THE
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO GO OVER
THEIR STAFF'S FINDINGS AND ARC RECOMMENDATIONS.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:33:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO.
MR. FERNANDEZ.
5:34:02PM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ:
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DENNIS FERNANDEZ, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND HISTORIC
PRESERVATION MANAGER.
THIS EVENING I JUST WANTED TO BRING THE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION FOR THIS REQUEST.

I WANT TO JUST SUMMARIZE THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
COMMISSION FELT THAT A PROJECT WAS POSSIBLE AND ENCOURAGED
IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION WHICH HAS REALLY BEEN A
CHALLENGING AREA FOR NOT ONLY THE TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC
DISTRICT, BUT THE FLORIDA AVENUE CORRIDOR.
THERE'S BEEN OTHER PROJECTS ALONG THE FLORIDA AVENUE
CORRIDOR IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WHERE THE ARCHITECTURE
REVIEW COMMISSION FELT THE EXTRA MASSING AND DENSITY WAS
APPROPRIATE AND THEY FELT IN THIS CASE THAT FOR THE MOST
PART, REDEVELOPMENT WAS WELCOMED.
HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR REDEVELOPMENT WAS CONDITIONED BY
SEVERAL POINTS THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION MADE
IN ITS MOTION.
I DO WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THERE ARE TWO
CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES ON THE SITE THAT WERE APPROVED FOR
DEMOLITION IN COORDINATION WITH THIS PROJECT.
ALSO, THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE APPROVED
AND THE ALLEY VACATING WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE APPROVED.
I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS A WILLINGNESS TO
COLLABORATE WITH THE DEVELOPER WITHIN CERTAIN PARAMETERS.
I KIND OF MARKED UP THE SITE PLAN A LITTLE BIT TO TRY TO
EXPLAIN SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE BOARD MADE AT
ITS JULY 10, 2024, PUBLIC HEARING.
GENERALLY, THE COMMISSION SUPPORTED THE STAFF COMMENTS THAT
WERE PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT FOR THAT EVENING'S

HEARING.
THEY DID RECOMMEND GENERAL NOTE NUMBER 3 ON THE PROPOSED PD
SITE PLAN BE AMENDED.
I HAD HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR NOTE.
PDs CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
COMMISSION BECAUSE IT LOCKS IN SO MANY ELEMENTS OF
DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS SETBACKS, HEIGHT, THE GENERAL FOOTPRINT
OF THE BUILDING THAT WHEN THE COMMISSION RECEIVES THAT BACK
FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS REVIEW, THEY ARE VERY
RESTRICTED IN WHAT THEY CAN CHANGE.
SO WE WERE LOOKING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF FLEXIBILITY WITHIN
THE ENVELOPE FOR THE BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO STEP BACK, STEP
BACK HIGHER LEVELS, BREAK UP THE MASSING AND SCALE.
THE BOARD WENT BEYOND WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED.
SO WITHIN THE YELLOW ENVELOPE OF THE PROJECT, THE COMMISSION
RECOMMENDED THAT THE SETBACK AND HEIGHTS SHOWN ON THE SITE
PLAN AND ELEVATION BE ALLOWED TO BE ADJUSTED UP TO 25% OF
EACH BUILDING ELEVATION DURING THE CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS REVIEW PROCESS.
THEY ARE SAYING OF THE 25%, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO STEP BACK
OR CHANGE THE SETBACK WHICH OBVIOUSLY AFFECTS THE DESIGN AND
POTENTIALLY THE HEIGHT OF A PROJECT.
THEY ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE APPLICANT NOTE FOR THE
APPROPRIATE TREATMENT OF THE GRANITE CURBS, THERE ARE

GRANITE CURBS THAT SURROUND THE PROPERTY.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE REVISIONS.
I'M SURE THAT THE APPLICANT WILL COVER THAT WHEN THEY
ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
THERE'S ALSO A RECOMMENDATION THAT ANY OF THE APPROVAL OF
THE ARC BE CONTINGENT ON COUNCIL APPROVING THE VACATING AND
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT.
THOSE ITEMS ARE NOW MOOT.
THERE WAS A REQUEST, PARTICULARLY BEING SENSITIVE TO THE
SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTIES THAT EXIST ON THE EAST.
THOSE ARE CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURES.
THEY WERE RELOCATED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO I BELIEVE IS
HERE FROM THE METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES SITE.
THEY ARE RELOCATING.
THOSE REHABILITATIONS FUNDED THROUGH THE INTERSTATE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION TRUST FUND WITH LOW-INTEREST LOANS.
WE OBVIOUSLY IN PRESERVATION HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT HOW THOSE
PROPERTIES ARE PERCEIVED.
THE COMMISSION FELT THAT THE SCALE AND HEIGHT AND PROXIMITY
OF THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS INDICATED ALONG THE ORANGE
HERE, JUST BETWEEN THE ALLEY AND THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE
WAS EXCESSIVE, AND THEY REQUESTED THAT THE SCALE OF THE
BUILDING WHERE IT ABUTS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES
BE REDUCED TO THREE STORIES ABOVE AND ANYTHING ABOVE 35 FEET
BEGIN TO STEP BACK ONE BY ONE.

ONE FOOT FOR ONE FOOT.
SO THEY WANTED A LOWER HEIGHT AND MORE SETBACK IN THAT AREA
ABUTTING THE SINGLE-FAMILY.
THEY ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE GRAND TREE THAT'S PROPOSED TO
BE REMOVED BE PRESERVED EITHER ON-SITE OR THROUGH RELOCATION
ON-SITE, EITHER THROUGH REDESIGN OR RELOCATION.
THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE TREES ON THE SITE ARE
BEING REMOVED.
ALONG THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS OF COLUMBUS DRIVE AND FLORIDA
AVENUE, THERE IS A REQUEST TO MAINTAIN A FOUR-STORY VOLUME
ALONG THOSE TWO CORRIDORS, AND THEN STEP BACK 10 FEET FOR
THE HEIGHT TO CONTINUE UP, TO BREAK DOWN HISTORICALLY IN THE
HISTORIC DISTRICT, YOU SAW THE PHOTOS.
MAINLY TWO AND THREE STORY HEIGHT BUILDINGS AND THERE IS A
DESIRE TO KIND OF MAINTAIN THAT SCALE, EVEN THOUGH ALLOWING
FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT BEYOND THE SETBACK.
THE LAST REQUEST WAS TO ADD A SIX-FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG
THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE.
I BELIEVE THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED ON THE REVISION SHEET.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, A LOT OF CONDITIONS IN
TRYING TO MASSAGE THIS PD TO ALLOW FOR REDEVELOPMENT THAT
WAS SENSITIVE TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND THE CORRIDOR.
THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
5:40:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
QUESTIONS?

NO.
APPLICANT.
5:40:40PM >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS NICK HERRING.
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT WITH THE FRAMEWORK GROUP.
WE ARE LOCATED AT 1211 NORTH WESTSHORE BOULEVARD, SUITE 802
HERE IN TAMPA.
WE ARE A TAMPA COMPANY.
I HAPPEN TO BE A TAMPA NATIVE.
SO I'M THRILLED TONIGHT TO PROPOSE TO YOU THE REZONING OF
OUR DEVELOPMENT SITE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF FLORIDA AVENUE
AND COLUMBUS DRIVE IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SITE.
ASSEMBLAGE CONSISTING OF NINE ACRES.
NINE PARCELS, JUST UNDER TWO ACRES.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT INTERSECTION.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT SITE.
IT'S LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO MAJOR ARTERIAL
ROADWAYS.
THERE ARE ONLY THREE MAJOR ARTERIAL ROADWAYS IN TAMPA
HEIGHTS.
AND THIS IS LOCATED ON TWO OF THEM.
FLORIDA AND COLUMBUS AS I MENTIONED.
THIS INTERSECTION AND THE SURROUNDING BLOCKS WERE ADOPTED IN
2002 BY A NEIGHBORHOOD STUDY AS THE TOWN CENTER, AS THE

ACTIVITY CENTER.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, INDIVIDUALS SUPPORT HIGH-DENSITY MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT WITH A SIGNIFICANT ADDITION OF HOUSING AT THIS
INTERSECTION IN PARTICULAR.
THAT'S LIKELY WHY BACK IN SEPTEMBER WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT
ALLOWS US TO PROPOSE THE DEVELOPMENT IN FRONT OF YOU
TONIGHT, WHICH INCLUDES A COMBINATION OF FIVE AND SIX
STORIES, 208 APARTMENTS AND 4100 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND
STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE WITH 350 SPACES.
NOW, THE PARTICULAR QUALITIES OF THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT I'LL
DETAIL TO YOU HIT ON DOZENS OF OBJECTIVES OF LAND USE
POLICIES.
I WON'T READ THESE IN DETAIL, BUT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF
WHAT I'M DISCUSSING, THESE BOXES THAT WE'RE CHECKING WITH
THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED, THESE LAND USE POLICIES REQUEST
PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AND HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ALONG MIXED
USE CORRIDORS, WALKABILITY, WIDE SIDEWALKS, RESIDENTIAL
STOOPS, STREET TREES, UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES, PROMOTING
TRANSIT USE, ENCOURAGING NEW HOUSING ON UNDERUTILIZED LAND,
DIRECTING TRAFFIC TOWARDS MAJOR ROADS AND VARIATION OF
MASSING, ARTICULATION AND OPENINGS WITH THESE NEW BUILDINGS,
AMONG OTHER OBJECTIVES.
AS WE TALK FURTHER, IT WILL ALSO BECOME APPARENT THAT THERE

ARE SOME SPECIFIC REQUESTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE
COULDN'T MEET.
THERE WERE MANY REQUESTS THAT WERE, IN FACT, IN DIRECT
OPPOSITION WITH ONE ANOTHER.
BUT WE BELIEVE IT IS OUR JOB AS DEVELOPERS TO LISTEN, TO
FIND COMPROMISE AS BEST WE CAN AND MAKE THE CASE FOR THE
DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE IN PURSUIT OF A DEVELOPMENT THAT
IS WIDELY BENEFICIAL AND ONE THAT WE CAN DELIVER IN THE NEAR
TERM IMMINENTLY.
HERE WE HAVE GIVEN YOU A CLOSER VIEW OF WHAT WE'RE
PROPOSING.
WE'RE PROPOSING OUR MAIN ACCESS DRIVE, INTERNAL LOADING,
SERVICE ACCESS ON COLUMBUS.
WE ARE GREATLY ENHANCING THE STREETSCAPE AND THE WALKABILITY
AROUND OUR PERIMETER, STARTING WITH 12-FOOT SIDEWALKS,
STREETSCAPE, THE ADDITION OF A PLAZA, THE ADDITION OF AN
ARCADE.
THESE ARE ON FLORIDA AVENUE AND COLUMBUS DRIVES.
ADDITIONALLY, GROUND FLOOR RETAIL.
ON OUR TWO MAJOR CORNERS REALLY OUR ONLY EXTERIOR CORNERS.
THE CORNER OF FLORIDA AVENUE AND COLUMBUS DRIVE AS WELL AS
FLORIDA AND AMELIA.
SPEAKING OF AMELIA, HERE WE FOCUSED ON CREATING RESIDENTIAL
COMPATIBILITY.
AMELIA IS ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF OUR SITE.

WE OPEN OUR COURTYARDS SOUTHWARD.
WE ARE PROPOSING WALK-UP UNITS, URBAN STOOPS.
WE ARE ALSO TRANSITIONING TOWARDS THE SINGLE-FAMILY TO OUR
EAST WITH A STEP-DOWN IN THE BUILDING HEIGHT FROM SIX
STORIES TO FIVE.
WE'RE ALSO ESTABLISHING A 15-FOOT UNOBSTRUCTED LANDSCAPE
BUFFER OR A SETBACK, AND THAT'S A MINIMUM IN MANY LOCATIONS
LIKE WHERE THE NUMBER 6 IS SHOWN, WE'RE AS FAR BACK AS 20
FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE COMMITTED TO INSTALLING THE 6-FOOT
OPAQUE MASONRY CONCRETE BLOCK WALL THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE
DRC.
TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE, EVERY ONE OF
FRAMEWORK'S DEVELOPMENTS IS CENTERED ON IDEA.
BRAND IDENTITY OR BACKGROUND STORY.
WE START BY ASKING WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD
TODAY AND IN ITS PAST AND WHAT CAN WE DRAW FROM FOR
INSPIRATION TO MAKE OUR NEW BUILDING SPECIAL AND MEANINGFUL.
TAMPA HEIGHTS WAS REALLY TAMPA'S FIRST PROMINENT RESIDENTIAL
SUBURB.
FROM THE 1890s TO 1920s, HEIGHTS WAS THE PLACE WHERE THE
MAJORITY OF CITY'S SOCIAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS MADE THEIR
HOMES.
AND THEY WERE VERY NICE HOMES.
1900 TAMPA TRIBUNE ARTICLE SHOWCASED TAMPA'S BEST HOMES AND

70% OF THEM WERE IN THE HEIGHTS.
70% OF THE HOMES IN THE YEAR 1900 WERE IN THE HEIGHTS.
BACK THEN, RESIDENTS OF THE HEIGHTS COULD STROLL TREE-LINED
STREETS AND BOARD STREETCARS TO GET TO DOWNTOWN TAMPA OR TO
YBOR.
AND THEN THE ADVENT OF THE AUTOMOBILE ESTABLISHED FLORIDA
AND OTHER AVENUES AS COMMERCIAL ARTERIES INTO AND OUT OF
TAMPA AND INTO AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN.
1909, DR. NEVE, THE NAMESAKE OF THE NEVE BLOCK, HE WAS A
DENTIST AND WATCHMAKER.
HE DEVELOPED OUR PARTICULAR BLOCK FROM A SINGLE STORY
FARMHOUSE INTO WHAT HE CALLED A COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT INCLUDED CLOTHING STORES, A GROCERY STORE, PHARMACY AND
ICE CREAM SHOP, ICE CREAM FACTORY AND EVEN A SAUSAGE-MAKING
FACTORY.
MANY OF THESE BUILDINGS HAD RESIDENTIAL FLATS ABOVE.
ALTHOUGH LIKELY NOT THE SAUSAGE FACTORY.
SO WE TAKE THESE ORIGIN STORIES AND WE SPIN THEM TOGETHER
INTO A BIG IDEA.
THE BIG IDEA THAT I MENTIONED.
YOU SEE IT COMING TOGETHER HERE.
IT'S LOADED WITH INSPIRATION IMAGES, SOME HISTORIC, SOME
CONTEMPORARY.
IT'S COMING TOGETHER AS A VIBE AND A FEELING AND, OF COURSE,
COLOR PALETTE ACROSS THE BOTTOM.

IN THE DESIGN THAT WE PROPOSED, YOU'LL SEE THE 1920s AND
1930s ERA MERCANTILE ARCHITECTURE STYLES THAT CHARACTERIZE
THE BUILDINGS THAT ONCE STOOD ON THIS BLOCK.
WE'RE MAKING KEY ARCHITECTURAL MOVES SUCH AS ARCHED WINDOWS
AND OPENINGS TO OUR ARCADE, THE USE OF MASONRY AND USE OF
MASONRY DETAILS LIKE BANDING AND COINING.
HEAVY CORNICE ACCENTS AND PARAPET ORNAMENTATION TOO.
WE MANAGED TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO A HIGH DENSITY BUILDING
THAT BELONGS IN THIS LOCATION.
BUT WE BREAK THAT MASSING UP WITH A TIERED BUILDING DESIGN,
COURTYARDS AND DEEP BUILDING RESOURCES AS WELL.
RECESSES.
EXCUSE ME.
OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE AND FAR-REACHING.
WE'VE BEEN AT IT FOR NEARLY A YEAR DATING BACK TO DECEMBER
OF 2023.
WE FOCUSED DISCUSSIONS, OF COURSE, WITH THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND YOU'LL SEE ALL THE VARIOUS LAND USE
COMMITTEE HEARINGS, GENERAL MEETINGS, BOARD MEETINGS THAT
WE'VE ATTENDED LISTED HERE.
IT DOESN'T COUNT ALL OF THE COUNTLESS E-MAILS AND PHONE
CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS.
OF COURSE, WE'VE DISCUSSED OUR PLANS WITH MULTITUDE OF
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ONE ON ONE.
WE KNOCKED ON DOORS.

WE HANDED OUT FLYERS.
WE HAD CONVERSATIONS.
AS I MENTIONED AT THE TOP, WE WEREN'T ALWAYS ABLE TO SAY YES
TO THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED, SOME OF THE REQUESTS WERE IN
OPPOSITION.
THEY WERE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
OTHERS INFEASIBLE.
WE DID OUR BEST TO FIND MIDDLE GROUNDS.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT REPRESENTS
GREAT COMPROMISE AND ONE THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO MAKING A
REALITY IN THE NEAR TERM.
SO LET'S GET INTO SOME OF THOSE DETAILS.
WE WERE ASKED TO CREATE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL.
IN RESPONSE, WE ADDED RETAIL AT THE CORNER OF FLORIDA AND
AMELIA.
WE DEMISED AND WE MODIFIED OUR RETAIL ON FLORIDA AND
COLUMBUS, WHAT WE HAD ALREADY PROPOSED, TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE
NEIGHBORHOOD USERS THAT INDIVIDUALS HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST
IN.
IS IT WHAT EVERYONE WANTS?
NO, IT IS NOT.
MAJOR CHALLENGE, WE HAVE LIMITED GROWTH SQUARE FOOTAGE TO
WORK WITH AND WE NEED RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS TO MAKE THIS
WORK.
208 APARTMENTS AS WE'VE PROPOSED HERE IS BARELY VIABLE.

YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF APARTMENTS OF THIS SIZE BECAUSE IT'S
VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK, THE COST THAT IT
TAKES TO RUN ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES MAKES IT BORDER LINE
INFEASIBLE.
I'LL MENTION TOO THAT WE STARTED THIS ENDEAVOR IN OUR
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A SINGLE STOREFRONT
AT THE CORNER OF FLORIDA AND COLUMBUS AND NOW BOTH POSSIBLE
CORNERS FEATURE RETAIL, AS I MENTIONED.
WE MODIFIED IT.
DEMISED IT.
WE STRETCHED AND ACCOMMODATED WHAT WE COULD IN RESPONSE TO
THE FEEDBACK.
WE WERE ASKED TO ENHANCE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AND SAFETY.
WE ADDED 12-FOOT SIDEWALKS.
THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT OF COLUMBUS DRIVE.
WE ADDED THE MID BLOCK PLAZA THAT'S SHOWN IN THE IMAGE HERE.
WE ADDED AN ARCADE ON FLORIDA AVENUE.
ALSO TURNS ON COLUMBUS DRIVE AS WELL.
AND WE ADDED STREET TREES TO CREATE SHADE, A NICE RESPITE
FROM THE SUN.
WE'RE GRATEFUL OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD ON THE TOPICS.
WE'RE HAPPY WITH THE CHANGES AND THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE
MADE.
I THINK WE MADE SOME INTERESTING PUBLIC SPACES, RESPITE FROM
THE SUN AND HEAT LIKE I MENTIONED.

ALL THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF SHADE AND A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE
EXPERIENCE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TOO.
WE WERE ASKED TO KEEP LOADING AND SOLID WASTE MANEUVERING
OUT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
WE STARTED WITH THE SITE PLAN SHOWN AT TOP HERE.
WE ROTATED THAT LOADING INWARD AND CREATED AN INTERNAL DRIVE
TO PULL THOSE SERVICES COMPLETELY OFF THE STREET, SOMETHING
THAT WE WERE HAPPY TO DO.
IT WAS EXPRESSED THAT OUR DRIVEWAY MAY BE TOO CLOSE TO THE
INTERSECTION OF COLUMBUS AND FLORIDA.
AND IN RESPONSE, WE SHIFTED THAT DRIVEWAY AS FAR EAST AS WE
COULD, NEARLY 20 FEET AND WE RECONFIGURED THE ENTRANCE TO
OUR GARAGE HERE.
THE ORIGINAL DISTANCE MET CODE REQUIREMENTS.
IT RECEIVED NO OBJECTION FROM THE CITY.
REGARDLESS, IN RESPONSE, WE MADE THIS ACCOMMODATION.
I'LL MENTION AGAIN WE INCREASED THE WIDTH OF THE SIDEWALKS
ON COLUMBUS TO 12 FEET, WHICH WILL HELP VISIBILITY IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS FROM PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TO DRIVERS AND
VICE VERSA.
WE WERE ASKED TO FOCUS ON COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENT
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I AM GOING TO READ FROM THE LAND USE
POLICY A LITTLE BIT HERE, BUT I THINK IT STRESSES THE BIG
IDEA.

LAND USE POLICY 2.1.2 SAYS USE LIMITED LAND RESOURCES MORE
EFFICIENTLY BY ENCOURAGING INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON VACANT AND
UNDERUTILIZED SITES.
POLICY 6.1 CALLS FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF MAJOR CORRIDORS
LIKE WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE INTO A BROADER MIX OF USES THAT
PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIGH DENSITY HOUSING WHILE
ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR RETAIL AND SERVICES.
IN THE BIG PICTURE, WE ARE DROPPING DEVELOPMENT DENSITY
RIGHT ON THE BULL'S-EYE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE
INTERSECTION OF TWO COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, TWO MAJOR ARTERIAL
ROADS AT WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENVISIONS AS ITS TOWN CENTER,
AT WHAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN ITS TOWN CENTER.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAST FEW DECADES.
HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD ONCE CHARACTERIZED BY RESIDENTIAL
BUNGALOWS AND MAIN STREET RETAIL NOW DESIRES DENSITY AND
AGREES THIS IS WHERE IT SHOULD GO.
ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN,
THIS MARRIAGE OF DENSITY WITH HISTORIC HOMES AND HISTORIC
BUILDINGS IS NECESSARY.
LAND USE POLICY 6.1.6 HOWEVER STRESSES THE NEED FOR
COMPATIBILITY.
I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT WE HAVE DONE THAT.
WE HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO THAT THROUGH MASSING, HEIGHT, AND
LANDSCAPING AS THE LAND USE POLICY REQUIRES.
THROUGH HEIGHT AND MASSING, WE REDUCED PORTIONS OF OUR

EASTERN WING, THE ONE SHOWN HERE, FROM SIX STORIES TO FIVE
THAT HAS COMPLICATED OUR BUILDING.
IT HAS MADE IT LESS EFFICIENT.
MADE IT MORE EXPENSIVE BUT WE HAVE DONE IT.
WE BROKE UP MASSING WITH ADDITIONAL TIERS AS WELL.
REGARDING OUR SETBACKS, I MENTIONED 15-FOOT UNOBSTRUCTED
LANDSCAPE BUFFER ACTUALLY IN EXCESS OF THAT IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
WE COMMITTED BUILDING SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL.
AS A BONUS WE ORIENTED OUR COURTYARD SOUTH CREATING THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTIAL STOOPS.
WE DECIDED AGAINST PUTTING ANY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ON THIS
STREET AND WE CHOSE COLUMBUS INSTEAD.
REGARDING THE ARC, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THEIR
REQUESTS BUT NOT ALL.
RIGHT-HAND SIDE LISTING ONES COULDN'T.
ASKING TONIGHT TO SOLIDIFY THE BUILDING MASSING AND SETBACKS
BECAUSE WE NEED FINALITY WITH RESPECT TO OUR DEVELOPMENT
PLAN AND THE UNIT COUNT.
BUILDING HEIGHT REDUCTION I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.
TEN FOOT SETBACK REQUESTED BY THE ARC IS IN DIRECT
OPPOSITION OF MUCH OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, INDIVIDUALS WHO ENCOURAGE US TO CONCENTRATE
MASSING AND BUILDING HEIGHT, SPECIFICALLY ON FLORIDA, UP TO
7, 8 PLUS STORIES.

THAT'S DIRECTLY OPPOSED AND, OF COURSE, WE ARE PROPOSING THE
SIX STORY BUILDING ALONG THAT ELEVATION.
LASTLY, THE TWO WAIVERS THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED, ONE IS FOR
TREE RETENTION AS A JUSTIFICATION, WE'RE PROVIDING ONE AND A
HALF TIMES THE GREENSPACE REQUIRED.
REGARDING LOADING BERTHS, WE ARE PROPOSING TWO LOADING
BERTHS AS REQUIRED.
ONE IS MEANT -- REQUESTED TO BE 12 BY 60.
WE'RE PROVIDING 12 BY 30.
THIS IS COMMON OF URBAN MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS
SIZE.
AGAIN, IT'S OFF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER
DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC.
THANK YOU.
5:55:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
5:55:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THERE ARE TWO POINTS THAT CONCERN ME MOST OF ALL, ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT VIABILITY, MAKING THE NUMBERS.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR STACK.
YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE IT WORK, BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IN
THAT IS THAT IF I'M CORRECT AND I DIDN'T GET THE EXACT
NUMBER, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE 200 SOME ODD PARKING SPACES
AND YOU HAVE CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THAT.

I KNOW THAT THE COST OF AN INDIVIDUAL PARKING SPACE FOR
STRUCTURED PARKING IS LIKE $50,000 A SPACE.
SO IN RESPECT TO THAT, YOU'RE KIND OF DOING IT TO YOURSELF
WHEN YOU'RE ADDING TOO MUCH PARKING.
AND YOU HAVE TOO MUCH PARKING.
AND IF YOU BELIEVE YOU NEED THAT MUCH PARKING, THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT I COMPLETELY DON'T UNDERSTAND, IF YOU ARE
STRUGGLING WITH MAKING THIS WORK FINANCIALLY, BUT YET YOU'RE
ADDING WHAT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF BUILDING THIS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU HAVE SO MUCH MORE PARKING?
5:56:50PM >> SURE, SURE.
SO WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO CONSISTING OF THOUSANDS
OF UNITS ACROSS THE STATE, 1500 OR SO HERE IN TAMPA.
OUR EXPERIENCE TELLS US THAT WE NEED TO CREATE BASICALLY A
SCIENTIFIC CALCULATION OF HOW MANY PARKING SPACES WE HAVE
FOR STUDIO, ONE BEDROOM, TWO AND THREE.
WE RUN THE NUMBERS.
THAT GETS TO US 340 PARKING SPACES FOR THE APARTMENTS.
THAT'S 1.63 PARKING RATIO.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
PARKING IS EXPENSIVE.
WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD IT IF WE DON'T HAVE TO BUT WE FEEL WE
HAVE TO BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, BASED ON THE LOCATION, THE
BEDROOM/BATHROOM COUNT, TENANT PROFILE.
WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO CREATE ISSUES FOR THE SURROUNDING

NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO UNDERPARK THIS AND HAVE RESIDENTS PARK
WHEREVER THEY WANT.
WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT TOO.
ON THE SUBJECT OF FEASIBILITY, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE
SCIENTIFIC SORT OF APPROACH, THE CALCULATION OF SPACES PER
BEDROOM, THIS IS WHAT IS EXPECTED OF US WHEN IT COMES TO
DISCUSSIONS WITH INVESTORS, WITH THE LENDER.
WE CAN'T PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT IS AN OUTLIER, ONE SPACE PER
UNIT OR ON THE OTHER SIDE, TWO AND A HALF SPACES PER UNIT.
IT HAS TO MAKE LOGICAL SENSE.
OUR EXPERIENCE TELLS US THIS MAKES LOGICAL SENSE AND IT'S
NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WITH OUR LEASING PERFORMANCE.
NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WITH OUR RETENTION.
IT'S GOING TO BE FUNCTIONAL.
IF IN THE FUTURE WE DON'T NEED THESE SPACES, WE'LL FIND
ALTERNATIVES IF WE HAVE TO.
PARKING FOR OTHER BUSINESSES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THINGS
OF THAT NATURE.
BUT FOR NOW, GIVEN OUR EXPERIENCE, THIS IS WHAT'S REQUIRED.
5:58:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SECONDLY, HOW OFTEN DO YOU TRAVERSE FLORIDA
AVENUE AROUND 5 P.M.?
5:58:44PM >> NOT ALL THAT FREQUENTLY PERSONALLY.
5:58:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WELL, IF YOU DID -- IF YOU HAVEN'T TRAVERSED
THAT, FLORIDA AVENUE AT COLUMBUS AT 5 P.M. IS ABSOLUTELY

GRIDLOCKED.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AN INGRESS AND EGRESS EVEN A
HUNDRED FEET PAST THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S GRIDLOCK NOW WITH NOTHING THERE.
I'M CURIOUS WHY YOU CHOSE NOT TO PUT IT ON AMELIA, WHICH
MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE.
I KNOW COLUMBUS ISN'T AN F.D.O.T. ROAD, OTHERWISE F.D.O.T.
WOULDN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO IT.
I HAVE A REAL HARD TIME WITH IT.
IT'S NOT THE INGRESS I'M HAVING THE DIFFICULTY WITH BECAUSE
TURNING OFF INTO THE SECTION, THE EXTRA SPACE YOU HAVE MAKES
PERFECT SENSE.
IT'S PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT AT A RUSH HOUR TIME.
5:59:53PM >> OKAY.
WELL, THE DECISION TO ORIENT, FIRST, IT IS OUR PARKING
GARAGE PUSHED NORTH AND THEN THE VEHICULAR INGRESS/EGRESS ON
COLUMBUS.
IT STARTED WITH THE BUILDING PLANNING PROCESS, THE SITE
PLANNING PROCESS.
I'VE TALKED ABOUT VIABILITY, BUT A MAJOR DRIVER OF THAT IN
SITE PLANNING THESE BUILDINGS IS HOW DO WE MAKE THEM MOST
EFFICIENT?
WE MAKE THEM MOST EFFICIENT BY INTRODUCING WHAT WE CALL
DOUBLE-LOADED CORRIDORS WHERE YOU HAVE A SINGLE CORRIDOR
SERVING APARTMENTS ON EITHER SIDE.

WE START WITH THE DESIRE TO INCORPORATE THOSE.
OF COURSE, THOSE CREATE COURTYARDS, AND IT WAS MOST
ADVANTAGEOUS, MOST DESIRABLE IN OUR VIEW TO OPEN THOSE
SOUTHWARD.
ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THAT, AS I MENTIONED, IS THAT WE PROMOTE
THAT RESIDENTIAL FEEL ON AMELIA WITH THE URBAN STOOPS, WITH
THE OPEN COURTYARDS AND TIERED BUILDING DESIGN.
SO IT KEEPS BOTH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC OFF OF AMELIA AND IT
GIVES US THE CHARACTER THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THERE.
6:01:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH.
WE'VE HAD SO MANY OF THESE COME TO US.
I'LL BE HONEST, MOST OF THEM BUILD UPON OTHERS, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT VERY CLOSE BY THAT DID
A LOT OF THIS WITH LESS PARKING AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF.
I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS OVERALL.
6:01:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
NO.
I'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I SAW A FEW PEOPLE WALK IN A FEW MINUTES AGO.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK AND YOU WALKED IN AFTER I SWEAR
EVERYBODY IN, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND REAL QUICK AND RAISE YOUR
RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN?
ANYBODY ELSE WALK IN?
THERE YOU GO.

[OATH ADMINISTERED]
6:02:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP HERE
AND WE'LL TAKE YOU ONE BY ONE.
YES, MA'AM, COME UP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:02:09PM >> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS MAUREEN ARILL.
3401 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF YOU SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST.
I HAVE FOUR ADDRESSES ONE BLOCK NORTH.
AND I GO THROUGH FLORIDA AND COLUMBUS FREQUENTLY.
I'LL GET BACK TO THAT.
ANYWAY, MY ADDRESSES ARE 2740, 42, 44, 46.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK NOT JUST FOR MYSELF BUT ALSO FOR MY
TENANTS WHO HAVE BEEN HOPING AND PRAYING FOR SOME SORT OF
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PARTICULAR CORNER.
CURRENTLY, THE ONLY LANDMARKS THAT WE HAVE TO SHARE WITH
CLIENTS OF THE TENANTS IS THE RAINBOW COLORED DOWNTOWN MOTEL
AND THE CHURCH NEXT DOOR THAT GOT DAMAGED FROM THE SHOOT-OUT
ONE YEAR AGO WHEN THE POLICE KILLED SOME SORT OF CRIMINAL.
ANYWAY, I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE THIS IS A CHALLENGING AREA.
WE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT THIS DEVELOPMENT AND FEEL IT IS
COURAGEOUS, TO SAY THE LEAST.

AS STOREFRONTS THAT HAVE NO PARKING IN FRONT OF THEM BECAUSE
WE'RE RIGHT ON FLORIDA AVENUE, THIS WILL BE A GAME-CHANGER.
WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PEDESTRIANS, WHICH WE HAVE NEVER
HAD UNLESS THEY ARE STUMBLING OUT OF THE MOTEL.
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR HIGHLY FUNCTIONING NEIGHBORS WHO CAN COME
IN AND SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES.
LUCKY CAT YOGA, WHICH MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, HAPPENED TO BE
HAVING A YOGA CLASS WHEN THE SHOOT-OUT OCCURRED LAST YEAR
AND THE POLICE WENT IN THROUGH THE BACK AND VACATED ALL THE
YOGA STUDENTS FOR THEIR SAFETY.
THIS IS A CHALLENGING AREA.
THESE ARE CRAZY TIMES, AND ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BRING
RESIDENTS TO OUR CORNER IS SOMETHING THAT WE SUPPORT.
THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU.
6:04:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. FERNANDEZ, COME ON UP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:04:31PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS RICK FERNANDEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON YOUR AGENDA ITEM 3, REZ 24-52.
OUR BOARD'S POSITION EXPRESSING CONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE
REZONING AS SENT OUT IN THE E-MAIL, SENT OUT TO YOU FOLKS ON

NOVEMBER 8.
I INCORPORATE THAT E-MAIL FULLY BY REFERENCE HERE.
I DO HAVE A COPY OF IT, IF ANYONE WOULD CARE TO HAVE IT AS
PART OF THE RECORD.
WE SEE THIS AS A GOOD PROJECT BY FRAMEWORK.
THAT COULD BE MADE BETTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SURROUNDING
COMMUNITY.
FULL SUPPORT IF YOU REVIEW THE LETTER IS CONTINGENT ON FOUR
CHANGES TO THE PD PLAN, TWO OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN
DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL HURTAK.
THE FIRST, PARKING SHOULD NOT BE ABOVE THE CODE MINIMUM.
SECOND, THE GARAGE RAMP SHOULD BE FURTHER FROM THE
INTERSECTION OF COLUMBUS AND FLORIDA.
WE HAVE SUGGESTED PLACEMENT ON AMELIA TO THE SOUTH.
FOURTH, MORE COMMERCIAL USE SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THE GROUND
FLOOR.
AND FOURTH, THE DEVELOPER SHOULD SET ASIDE 10% OF UNITS FOR
AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING.
ESPECIALLY WHEREAS HERE CBD PERIPHERY DENSITY BONUSES ARE
AWARDED.
THESE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE INFORMED BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF OUR LAND USE COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY BRIAN SEAL, WHO I
THINK IS FAMILIAR TO ALL OF YOU.
AND ADOPTED BY OUR BOARD FOLLOWING SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE
DEVELOPERS AT FRAMEWORK.

TO BE CLEAR, FRAMEWORK HAS INTERACTED WITH THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
CIVIC ASSOCIATION AT A HEALTHY LEVEL.
I'M NOT CASTING ASPERSIONS ON THE DEVELOPERS HERE.
WE HAVE SIMPLY REACHED AN IMPASSE.
MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US BRIDGE THE GAP.
ON ITS FACE, THE PROJECT APPEARS SOLID.
I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE
IN FULL SUPPORT.
OUR BOARD'S POSITION IS BASED IN LARGE PART ON AN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN DATING
BACK TO 2003, WHICH ENVISIONS THE COLUMBUS DRIVE CORRIDOR AS
THE MAIN COMMERCIAL TOWN CENTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE BUSINESSES AND SERVICES IN TAMPA
HEIGHTS, THAT TAMPA HEIGHTS RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS FROM ALL
FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE FLORIDA/COLUMBUS INTERSECTION.
THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL, WALKABLE CORRIDORS IS THE FULL
PUBLICLY ACTIVATED STOREFRONT THAT DRAWS IN FROM THE
SURROUNDING BLOCKS.
THIS PLAN FALLS SHORT.
WHILE THE ABOVE LISTED MODIFICATIONS -- OR WITH THE ABOVE
LISTED MODIFICATIONS, TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION WOULD
BE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REZONING.
WE ASK YOU TO WEIGH THE ISSUES AND REQUEST CHANGES BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND READING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

WOULD YOU CARE FOR A COPY OF THE LETTER, COUNCIL?
6:07:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SURE.
BRING IT ON UP, SIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
NEXT SPEAKER, YES, SIR, COME ON UP AND PLEASE STATE YOUR
NAME.
6:07:38PM >> MY NAME IS LOU VILAROSA.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT COUNCILPERSON HURTAK'S COMMENTS ON
TRAFFIC.
VOLUNTEER TUTOR AT ACADEMY PREP SCHOOL ON THE CORNER OF
15th STREET AND COLUMBUS DRIVE.
I HAVE TO GET THERE TO TUTOR A STUDENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
I LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
COLUMBUS DRIVE IS ONE-WAY TRAFFIC FROM NORTH BOULEVARD ALL
THE WAY TO 15th STREET.
I'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I DON'T EVEN TRY TO GO
THROUGH THERE.
I GO TO NORTH BOULEVARD.
I MAKE A RIGHT TURN.
I GO ALL THE WAY TO PALM AVENUE, CUT MY WAY AROUND THE
BACKSIDE AND COME BACK TO 15th STREET.
OTHERWISE IT IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE AND IT'S DANGEROUS.
I HIGHLY SUPPORT COUNCILMAN HURTAK'S COMMENT.
6:08:32PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MAYBE I MISHEARD YOU SAY COLUMBUS DRIVE
IS ONE WAY.

6:08:36PM >> IT'S ONE WAY EACH WAY.
EACH WAY.
BECAUSE THE HOUSING CANNOT BE EXPANDED ALL THE WAY TO YBOR
CITY.
6:08:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I GOT IT.
6:08:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
EAST BOULEVARD, IT GETS --
6:08:46PM >> THANK YOU.
6:08:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SIR.
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:08:49PM >> GOOD EVENING.
ERIN McKINNAN.
I LIVE AT 2212 NORTH MORGAN STREET IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
HERE TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT BY THE FRAMEWORK GROUP WHICH I BELIEVE WILL ENRICH
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE FRAMEWORK GROUP HAS SHOWN A REAL
COMMITMENT TO ENGAGING WITH THE HEIGHTS.
THEY THOUGHTFULLY INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, RETAIL
SPACE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY FEATURES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHARACTER AND VALUES.
THEIR PLANS ALSO INCLUDE -- THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART --
UNDERGROUND STORMWATER DETENTION SYSTEM WHICH APPARENTLY IS
SUPER EXPENSIVE, A PROACTIVE STEP THAT DEMONSTRATES THEIR
RESPECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

A KEY POINT FOR US IS THE COLUMBUS AVENUE ENTRANCE.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS DESIGN HELPS KEEP OUR SIDE STREETS
QUIETER AND MORE NEIGHBORHOODLY AND FEEL THAT DIRECTING
TRAFFIC TOWARD A MAJOR ROAD IS THOUGHTFUL AND BALANCES
ACCESSIBILITY WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S RESIDENTIAL INTEGRITY.
HOWEVER, COLUMBUS AVENUE DEFINITELY NEEDS ATTENTION BEFORE
ANY OF THIS IS DONE.
IT'S ALREADY A PROBLEM AREA.
THIS PROJECT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION
NEED TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER ACCESS.
SPECIFICALLY THE INTERSECTION OF COLUMBUS AND TAMPA, WHICH
WOULD BENEFIT GREATLY FROM A TURN LANE AND A TURN LIGHT.
ADDING THESE FEATURES WOULD ALLEVIATE CONGESTION AND REDUCE
STRAIN ON OTHER PARTS OF COLUMBUS.
THOUGH THIS PROJECT DOES NOT DESIGNATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
ADDING 208 NEW UNITS WILL HELP ADDRESS THE HOUSING SHORTAGE,
INCREASING HOUSING AVAILABILITY CAN STABILIZE RENTAL PRICES
OVER TIME CREATING A MORE ACCESSIBLE MARKET AND THIS ALIGNS
WITH OUR SHARED VISION OF TAMPA HEIGHTS AS A DIVERSE AND
VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
THE PLANNED RETAIL AND PUBLIC SPACES ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT,
FOSTERING INVITING STREETSCAPE ALONG COLUMBUS DRIVE WITH
PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY SIDEWALKS, GREENSPACES, AND COMMERCIAL
STOREFRONTS.
THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WELL WITH THE TAMPA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD

PLAN.
THIS PROJECT BRINGS NEW LIFE AND OPPORTUNITY TO TAMPA
HEIGHTS ADDRESSING BOTH HOUSING NEEDS AND COMMUNITY
VIBRANCY.
I APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER'S RESPECT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
AND BELIEVE THIS PROJECT IS A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD IN OUR
GROWTH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND COMMITMENT TO
A THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
6:11:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:11:12PM >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ERICA GREENBERG SCHNEIDER.
I'M THE OWNER AND DIRECTOR OF BLEU ACIER, INC., WHICH IS AT
109 WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO MOVE THERE, ARTISTS, DICK
GRECO HAD SENT OUT A DESIRE TO SEE THAT WHOLE AREA BECOME A
COTTAGE INDUSTRY WITH ARTISANS AND LIVE-WORK SPACES.
I WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY, UNFORTUNATELY.
THAT NEVER REALLY HAPPENED.
WHAT I WANTED TO SAY WAS THAT FRAMEWORK IS A VERY GOOD
COMPANY.
I'VE DEALT WITH THEM FOR ART REASONS.
I HAVE A GALLERY.

I'VE WORKED WITH THEM BEFORE AND THEY ARE HONEST, THEY ARE
TRUTHFUL.
I AGREE WITH THE FIRST WOMAN THAT SPOKE EARLIER WHOSE NAME I
DID NOT RETAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, ABOUT WE NEED HELP WITH
RETAIL.
THAT WHOLE AREA, USED TO BE MICHIGAN AVENUE IN THE '30s.
I HAVE PICTURES.
MY BUILDING IS NEXT DOOR TO THE ORIGINAL HOME OF THE FIRST
MAYOR OF TAMPA.
AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS VERY EXCITING.
IT WAS VERY BUSTLING.
WE NEED THAT TO COME BACK.
HAVING THE RESIDENTIAL PART WITH THE STOREFRONTS ON THE
BOTTOM IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
I NEED COMPANY.
I AM THE ONLY PLACE THAT SELLS THINGS ON THAT STREET.
PLUS I SELL ART WHICH IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY AS WELL.
BUT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO OFFER LIVING SPACE AND
COMMERCIAL SPACES AND THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS MOVING HERE,
PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRAFFIC, I TEACH AT USF IN
ST. PETERSBURG, IT TOOK ME TWO AND A HALF HOURS TO GET HERE
THIS AFTERNOON.
I LEFT AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.
275 WAS RIDICULOUS.

SO THIS IS NOT ONLY COLUMBUS, IT'S EVERYWHERE.
PEOPLE ARE POURING IN HERE AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT
ISSUE.
BUT THE CITY IS GROWING AND WE CAN'T FIGHT THAT.
YOUNGER AND YOUNGER GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE ARE INSTALLING
THEMSELVES IN TAMPA AND THEY WANT AN ENVIRONMENT.
THEY WANT A NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT.
AND THIS PROJECT IS REALLY PERFECT FOR THAT.
THANK YOU.
6:13:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DID YOU SAY THAT YOUR BUILDING ON
COLUMBUS, THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR IS THE ORIGINAL HOME THAT'S
THERE?
6:13:26PM >> YEAH, BUT --
[ENCODER DISCONNECT]
-- I MET ONE OF THE ORIGINAL CARPENTERS WHO WORKED ON THE
HOUSE WHO SHOWED ME IMAGES OF IT.
WHEN IT WAS FIRST BUILT, IT WAS STUNNING.
6:13:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
TALKING ABOUT MAYOR LANCASTER.
6:13:44PM >> THE GREEN VICTORIAN HOUSE TO THE EAST OF ME.
6:13:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
6:13:50PM >> UNFORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO TAMPA
HEIGHTS AND IT WAS SOLD, RESOLD AND RESOLD AND THEY BROKE IT
UP AND DID NIGHTMARES TO IT UNFORTUNATELY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PART.
THAT WHOLE STRETCH IS A BEAUTIFUL PART OF TAMPA HEIGHTS.

THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
6:14:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR.
PLEASE COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME.
6:14:11PM >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS WILLIAM DOVINS.
513 EAST HUGHES STREET IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
THIS WEEK IT WILL BE SIX YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED IN TAMPA
HEIGHTS.
ONE THING THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE IS
THIS CORNER ON FLORIDA AND COLUMBUS HAS BEEN NOT ACTIVATED
THE ENTIRE TIME THAT I LIVED HERE.
AND FROM SPEAKING TO MY NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT TONIGHT.
I'LL GIVE SOME OTHER REASONS WHY.
I WORK DOWNTOWN AND I COMMUTE VIA BIKE, WALKING, AND
SOMETIMES DRIVING.
I TRY TO DO THAT AS LESS AS POSSIBLE BUT SUMMER DOES NOT
PERMIT SOMETIMES.
WALKING MY DOG IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I GENERALLY AVOID THIS
AREA BECAUSE, ONE, THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO ADDRESS ARE THE
NARROW SIDEWALKS.
IT'S NOT VERY COMFORTABLE WITH SPEEDING TRAFFIC COMING BY
WITH A DOG, LET ALONE IF YOU PASS SOMEONE ELSE ON THE
SIDEWALK.

IT'S A VACANT LOT, SO IT'S COVERED IN BROKEN GLASS.
I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE TO WALK THERE MYSELF.
ONE THING I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IS THE ACTIVATION OF THIS
CORNER AND MAKING IT A UTILITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE THING TOUCHED ON IN THE PRESENTATION WAS THE FACT THAT
AT FIRST THERE WAS NO GROUND FLOOR RETAIL.
AND THAT WAS A CONCESSION THEY MADE IN THEIR COMMUNICATION
WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I GENERALLY APPRECIATED.
I KNOW ONE THING WE WANT WITH TAMPA HEIGHTS IS TAMPA HEIGHTS
AS TOUCHED ON EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS ORIGINALLY
THE FIRST SUBURB.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHEN TAMPA WAS MUCH SMALLER.
NOW TAMPA HEIGHTS HAS BECOME PART OF OUR URBAN CORE, AND I
KNOW MANY PEOPLE ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE TALKED ABOUT WANTING
TO INCREASE DEMAND FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
I THINK LARGE DENSITY PROJECTS SUCH AS THIS WILL CREATE THAT
DEMAND OF MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO USE THAT
TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO AND FROM THEIR JOBS WHEREVER THEY
MAY BE DOWNTOWN OR EVERYONE IS WORKING REMOTELY NOW TO HAVE
TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE FOLKS TO USE OUR DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR
AND CREATE THAT VIBRANT URBAN ENVIRONMENT WHICH WE'RE
LOOKING FOR.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, COUNCIL.
THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE GENERAL POINTS OF WHY I SUPPORT THIS
PROJECT.

THANKS.
6:16:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
PLEASE COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME.
6:16:44PM >> LEE WILSON VERSAGI.
720 SOUTH ORLEANS AVENUE, TAMPA.
MY HUSBAND, RUSS AND I HAVE THE THREE ABUTTING HOUSES THAT
ARE ON MORGAN TO THIS PROJECT.
I WOULD AGREE THAT IF THEY STEP BACK TO THREE STORIES WHERE
THE HOUSES ARE, THAT WOULD BE VERY GOOD FOR US BECAUSE WE
OWN THESE HOUSES.
WE RENT THESE HOUSES.
THE DENSITY IS SO MUCH.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES THAT THEY SHOWED YOU OF
THE SURROUNDING AREA, YOU CAN SEE THAT.
AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT DEVELOPMENT, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S
MASSIVE COMPARED TO EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND IT.
I AGREE THAT THAT AREA NEEDS ACTIVATION AND NEEDS RETAIL,
AND IT NEEDS A VIBRANT CORNER THERE.
BUT THERE ARE ISSUES WITH WHERE ARE CARS GOING TO PULL IN
AND OUT OF.
BUT THE NOISE FOR US, IT WILL IMPACT US FINANCIALLY, WE
BELIEVE.
OR I SHOULD SPEAK FOR MYSELF.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE A SMALLER

THREE-STORY TO FOUR-STORY BUILDING ON THAT CORNER AND
ACTIVATE THE STREET IN THAT WAY.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD EXCEPT FOR I
WILL SHOW YOU JUST REALLY QUICK.
THIS IS AT 80 FEET BEHIND ONE OF OUR HOUSES, AND YOU CAN SEE
THE THREE HOUSES THAT ARE RIGHT THERE.
WELL, THAT'S WHERE THE BUILDING IS GOING TO BE.
THAT'S THE SAME AS IF YOU HAD THIS BUILDING BEHIND YOU AND
YOU WERE IN THAT FOURTH LANE ACROSS ON FLORIDA AVENUE, YOU
WOULD BE AT THE BACK DOOR OF THESE HOUSES.
IT'S REALLY JUST TOO MUCH DENSITY.
6:19:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
COME ON UP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:19:46PM >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS RUSS VERSAGI.
I'M A STAKEHOLDER IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
THE MIXED USE PROJECT THAT'S PLANNED FOR THE SOUTHEAST
CORNER ON COLUMBUS AND FLORIDA AVENUE IS ONE THAT HAS
UTILIZED EVERY IMAGINABLE ZONING FUNCTION, INCLUDING LAND
USE AMENDMENTS, DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, REMOVAL OF
TREES, VACATING ALLEYS, ZERO SETBACK WAIVERS, AND A PD TO
MAXIMIZE THE DENSITY.
IT WILL COST THEM OVER $90 MILLION AND REACH A HEIGHT OF 89

FEET.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT IN ANYBODY'S STANDARD.
YET IT'S LOCATED IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND FACES THREE
HISTORIC BUNGALOWS ON THE SAME BLOCK WITH ONLY A 15-FOOT
SETBACK.
IF THE BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED AS REQUESTED, THOSE BUNGALOWS
WILL NEVER HAVE A SUNSET MUCH LESS ANY PRIVACY.
MY WIFE'S PHOTOS SHOWED WHAT AN AERIAL LOOKS LIKE AND YOU'RE
STARING RIGHT IN THE BACKYARD OF THESE BUNGALOWS.
THOSE HOMES ARE EACH OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
AND TEN YEARS AGO, THOSE THREE HOMES WERE RESCUED FROM
DEMOLITION.
DENNIS FERNANDEZ MENTIONED THAT.
AND NOW THEY ARE FULLY RESTORED TO THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR
STANDARDS, AND THEY HAVE BECOME A PART OF THE PIONEERING
EFFORT TO RESTORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS TAMPA HEIGHTS.
I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT WITH
CONDITIONS THAT WERE GIVEN BY THE CITY STAFF AND THE ARC.
BOTH OF THOSE PROPOSALS CALLED FOR A STEP-DOWN REDUCTION IN
HEIGHT OF 35 FEET WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT FACES THE THREE
BUNGALOWS.
THESE ARE THE THREE BUNGALOWS, AND THESE ARE THE BUILDINGS
THAT WILL BE LOOKING DOWN ON IT.
AND THOSE BUILDINGS IF THEY MEET A 35-FOOT STEP-DOWN, IT
WILL PROBABLY TAKE TEN OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AWAY.

I'M SUGGESTING THAT THAT IS A GOOD COMPROMISE.
THEY CAN PUT THE OTHER TEN UNITS ELSEWHERE OR JUST GO TO THE
SELLER OF THE LAND AND SAY, WE CAN ONLY PAY THIS MUCH FOR
YOUR LAND.
AND THAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD.
EITHER FISH OR CUT BAIT WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
I APPRECIATE YOU HEARING ME OUT.
THANK YOU.
6:22:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE?
ALL RIGHT.
WE GO TO REBUTTAL NOW.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT
UP.
FIRST, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.
THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT
PARCEL, AS YOU SEE, IT'S EMPTY PARKING LOT, SOME HISTORIC
STRUCTURES.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES TO IT BUT A VERY BUSY
INTERSECTION.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING TAMPA HEIGHTS IN YOUR INVESTMENT.
HOWEVER, A COUPLE OF THINGS WERE BROUGHT UP.
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK BROUGHT UP THE GRIDLOCK.
I TAKE FLORIDA AVENUE TO COLUMBUS TO GET OUT OF HERE EVERY
TIME I LEAVE.
SOMETIMES I TAKE KENNEDY, NOT THAT IT'S ANY EASIER, BUT I

LIVE NORTH.
AND THAT INTERSECTION IS INCREDIBLY BUSY.
IT MAY NOT BE WHEN WE GET OUT OF HERE AT 2 IN THE MORNING
TONIGHT AT THIS RATE, BUT DURING THE DAY, IN THE MORNINGS,
IT'S VERY, VERY BUSY.
FLORIDA AVENUE IS A ONE-WAY, MULTIPLE LANES GOING NORTH.
BUT COLUMBUS DRIVE IS A NARROW EAST AND WEST.
AND IT IS VERY, VERY BUSY.
ONCE YOU GO EAST OF NORTH BOULEVARD, AS THE GENTLEMAN
MENTIONED, IT GETS BACKED UP.
THAT'S ONE THING.
THE ENTRANCE WAY TO -- THE INGRESS AND EGRESS ON COLUMBUS
DRIVE, I SEE IT AS VERY DIFFICULT FOR MOST OF THE DAYTIME TO
GET IN AND OUT OF THERE BECAUSE THE INTERSECTION, HOW NARROW
IT IS.
ANOTHER CONCERN THAT CAME UP IS, AS MR. VERSAGI MENTIONED AT
THE END AND IN REGARDS TO THE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES, IS
THERE A WAY TO USE THAT STEP-DOWN APPROACH IN THAT BACK AREA
THAT FACES THOSE THREE HOMES?
REDUCE A COUPLE OF UNITS, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING YOU
HAVE BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE THAN WHAT'S NECESSARY, COULD YOU
MAKE THOSE NUMBERS WORK?
YOU SAID THERE IS THE BANK.
THERE'S FINANCING.
THERE'S MAKING THIS MAKE SENSE AND PROFITABLE, CONSIDERING

YOU HAVE TO MAKE THIS BUILDING WORK.
YOU HAVE TO OPERATE IT AND YET TURN A PROFIT.
THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 10%
AFFORDABLE UNITS, JUST A LOT OF STUFF BROUGHT UP.
6:25:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
POINT OF ORDER.
WE CANNOT CONSIDER THEIR FINANCIAL VIABILITY.
SO WE CAN'T REALLY TALK -- I MEAN, THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE
CAN CONSIDER IN THIS.
6:25:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO, NO.
BECAUSE HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO ANSWER WITH IT'S NOT GOING TO
MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE.
BUT WHAT CAN WE DO IN ORDER TO, I DON'T WANT TO SAY
ACCOMMODATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
MR. FERNANDEZ CAME UP -- RICK FERNANDEZ, NOT THE HISTORICAL
PRESERVATION MANAGER, MR. FERNANDEZ, SAYING THAT WE WANT TO
GET THERE.
THERE IS A CONDITIONAL LETTER OF SUPPORT, YOU COULD SAY.
BUT CAN ANY CHANGES BE MADE BETWEEN NOW AND SECOND READING?
ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT WOULD HELP US GET TO TRYING TO
ACCOMMODATE -- ACCOMMODATE -- TRY TO COME TO A HAPPIER
MEDIUM?
A LOT OF QUESTIONS, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD --
6:26:09PM >>BILL CARLSON:
CAN I ADD?
TALK ABOUT IT ALL IN REBUTTAL.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE FACT
THAT YOU HAD SO MANY MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC, THAT YOU
LISTENED TO IT YOU LOOKED AT THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THE
COMMUNITY, AND THAT YOU WERE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE THINGS
YOU COULDN'T DO.
I THINK THAT WAS VERY PROGRESSIVE FOR A DEVELOPER.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT.
JUST ADDING ON TO WHAT HE JUST SAID, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
VERSAGI FAMILY HAS RESTORED PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF IMPORTANT
HISTORIC STRUCTURES AND MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURES AROUND.
I KNOW THEY UNDERSTAND THE RELEVANCE OF BUILDINGS TO ONE
ANOTHER.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE
SAME THING.
JUST ON THAT ONE PART -- YOU CAN'T SEE THE MAP I CAN SEE --
JUST ON THAT ONE PART, LIKE HALF THE WALL FACING IT, I SAW
YOU ALL HAD STEPPED IT BACK ON THE TOP FLOOR TO CREATE
PATIOS OR WHATEVER.
IT LOOKS -- THE STYLE OF IT SHOWS THAT YOU PUT A LOT OF
THOUGHT IN THE ARCHITECTURE.
IS IT POSSIBLE AT ALL TO STEP BACK SLIGHTLY TO HIT THE
REQUIREMENTS THEY HAVE SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT STEPS DOWN TO THE
HISTORIC HOMES?
6:27:29PM >> TO HIT ON THOSE TOPICS --
6:27:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BEFORE YOU START, I AGREE WITH MR.

CARLSON.
CAN I ADD TO YOUR LIST OF THINGS TO RESPOND TO IN REBUTTAL?
MY QUESTIONS.
6:27:42PM >> SURE.
6:27:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHAT WAS -- WHY DID YOU RULE OUT AMELIA
FOR A GARAGE ENTRANCE?
THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED QUITE OFTEN ABOUT THIS CORNER AND
THE LACK OF RETAIL.
YOU ONLY HAVE THE TWO CORNERS, RIGHT, RELATIVELY SMALL
SPACES.
LACK OF RETAIL.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU UNDERGROUNDED UTILITIES ON THIS
PROJECT.
6:28:10PM >> THAT IS THE PROPOSAL, CORRECT.
6:28:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE POINTS.
NONE OF THOSE ARE STICKLERS FOR ME.
6:28:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
6:28:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I APPRECIATE.
I AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEEN SAID ON BOTH SIDES.
HOWEVER, IN MY MIND, I'M CALCULATING FLORIDA AVENUE DOES
HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY NORTH AS FAR
AS YOU CAN GO.
GO OUT OF CITY LIMITS FLORIDA AVENUE.
HOWEVER, I GOT SOME E-MAILS ON FLORIDA AND HILLSBOROUGH

ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, WHY YOU'RE CHANGING THE
TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION.
IT WAS VERY WELL EXPLAINED.
HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE IS 550,000 CARS.
FLORIDA AVENUE HAS MUCH LESS THAN THAT, BUT A LOT OF CARS.
LEFT-TURN LANE ON FLORIDA AND HILLSBOROUGH IS DONE AND HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS SO YOU CAN GET RID OF FOUR CARS AND
CONTINUE THE TRAFFIC ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE.
ON YOUR AREA, ON FLORIDA AND COLUMBUS, YOU GO ONE BLOCK WEST
TAMPA STREET AND THERE IS A BIG DEVELOPMENT COMING THERE.
GOT TO BE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ON TAMPA STREET AS IT
IS ON FLORIDA AVENUE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WHAT?
HABITUAL.
THEY GO AND COME EVERY WAY THE SAME DAY EVERY DAY.
THAT'S A NATURAL THING.
TRAFFIC BAD?
YES.
THAT BUILDING I'VE KNOWN FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS.
THAT BUILDING IS OVER 80 OR 90 YEARS OLD.
WHEN I WAS A KID 1956 TO '59, WENT TO JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
WALKED TO YBOR CITY, PAST THIS BUILDING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT HASN'T CHANGED.
I WAS GOING TO SAY A BAD WORD.
IT WAS INCOMPARABLE TO WHAT USED TO IN YBOR CITY.
BONSAI OR SOMETHING THAT SOLD VINYL AND FLOOR.

RETAIL AND WHOLESALE COMBINED.
ACROSS THE STREET, BICYCLE SHOP.
TWO BUILDINGS TO THE SOUTH I DON'T THINK WERE THERE.
I THINK THEY WERE ADDED ON SOMETIME AFTER 1960.
I DON'T REMEMBER THEM BEING THERE.
I'M GOING WAY BACK.
WHY HAVE MORE PARKING?
I'M ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF MORE PARKING.
PLEASE JOIN SOMETHING, KIDS, 15, 16 YEARS OLD, WHAT DO YOU
THINK THEY'LL DO COUPLE YEARS OLDER?
WON'T RIDE A BUS.
THEY DON'T SEE A BUS.
TALK ABOUT TRANSIT AND WANT TO HAVE TRANSIT WHERE THERE IS
POPULATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE POPULATION, HOW YOU GET THE BUS?
I DON'T KNOW.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS IN THIS ATMOSPHERE IN LIFE, PARKING IS A
DIRE NECESSITY.
KIDS BECOME OLDER REAL QUICK, GIVE THEM KEYS, SO IF YOU HAVE
208 AND YOU HAVE 300 AND HOW MUCH.
6:30:50PM >> 340.
6:30:51PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE OVER.
GUARANTEE YOU YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF TEENAGERS THAT BECOME
YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WITHIN THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
THEY ARE GOING TO NEED PARKING, WHETHER IT MEETS THAT

REQUIREMENT OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FIGURED IT OUT.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE LOOKED AT.
THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN AS UGLY AS I'VE SEEN ANYTHING
ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME.
WHEN YOU LOOK JUST NORTH OF YOU ON THE SAME CORNER OPPOSITE
SIDE, CHAIN-LINK FENCE, DON'T YOU?
6:31:19PM >> THAT'S RIGHT.
6:31:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WHAT ABOUT ON THE OTHER SIDE?
BIG BUILDING THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN.
USED TO BE A FURNITURE STORE.
TOOK FURNITURE TO GET FIXED.
BOTTOM WAS HAIR CUT.
I NEVER WENT THERE.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS ALL THESE THINGS I REMEMBER, NOW YOU
FOLLOW THAT AVENUE, COLUMBUS DRIVE ON THE SAME NORTH SIDE,
GUESS WHAT YOU HAVE THERE.
CAR REPAIR.
GOTTEN MUCH BETTER.
PASSED BY THE OTHER DAY.
I NOTICED SOME BUILDINGS ARE REALLY NICE AND PAINTED AND
SOMEONE LIVING THERE NOW.
THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE, AUTO REPAIR SHOP.
BEHIND YOUR PLACE?
AUTO REPAIR BODY SHOP, AM I CORRECT?
6:32:00PM >> THAT'S RIGHT.

6:32:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, BUT I SEE WITH MY
EYES AND TRY TO MEMORIZE EVERYWHERE I GO WHAT I SEE.
I REMEMBER THAT 60 YEARS AGO AND 70 YEARS AGO AND IT HAS NOT
CHANGED.
IT WAS BOARDED UP FOR A LONG TIME.
WINDOWS WERE BOARDED UP, PAINTED DIFFERENT COLOR.
ALL THAT STUFF WAS THERE.
WHAT WAS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEN?
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS SOMETHING DONE, BUT I THINK
COMPROMISE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM WHAT I
READ AND THE BODY LANGUAGE AND STUFF I HEARD.
I DON'T THINK FAR APART, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU TO NEGOTIATE
WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
6:32:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
6:32:38PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AS THE DETECTIVE REPRESENTATIVE, I WANT TO SAY FRAMEWORK,
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE BEEN WAITING AND -- I'VE ALSO TAKEN A LOOK AT THE
STAFF REPORT AS WELL AS WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY.
WHILE I APPRECIATE THE PROJECT, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE
QUITE THERE YET IN TERMS OF THE THINGS.
MAYBE NOT ALL.
WE HAVE MORE PARKING THAN YOU NEED AND NO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, AND THAT CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE

GENTRIFICATION OF TAMPA HEIGHTS FOR ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A PERSONAL STATEMENT, PER SE, BUT IF
YOU TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION OF CHOOSING PARKING OVER
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD DEFER AND PICK
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A SET-ASIDE.
AND THEN THE RETAIL SPACE, I LOOKED -- I ADDED IT UP, IS IT
ONLY THREE UNITS OF RETAIL SPACE TOTALING 5,745 SQUARE FEET?
6:33:45PM >> THREE STOREFRONTS, 4500 SQUARE FEET.
6:33:54PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
AT THE ONSET, IN MY MIND, I ENVISIONED
THAT THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST TEN BUSINESSES THERE.
LITTLE TINY SHOPS WE COULD CHOOSE FROM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THREE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT THEY
POSSIBLY WILL BE AT 3,000 SQUARE FEET BEING THE LARGEST,
3100 SQUARE FEET AND TWO SMALLER ONES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD NECESSARILY CONTRIBUTE TO IT
BEING WALKABLE FOR THE TAMPA HEIGHTS COMMUNITY, DEPENDING ON
WHAT THOSE BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO BE.
BUT I HOPE THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING THERE COULD
BE MORE COMPROMISE.
AT THIS POINT, I ACTUALLY DO WANT TO SUPPORT IT.
I'M MORE IN FAVOR OF IT THAN NOT SUPPORTING IT, BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE MORE COMPROMISE WITH THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF
THE THINGS THAT THEY OUTLINED.
ANYTIME DENNIS FERNANDEZ COMES BEFORE US, HE'S ALWAYS
PREPARED.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET THERE EVEN FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AS
WELL.
THANK YOU.
6:34:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
6:34:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE -- GOT ME OFF TRACK.
6:35:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FORGIVE ME.
6:35:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON ALSO
ABOUT THE RETAIL.
I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT THAT FRONTAGE THAT'S GOING TO
FACE COLUMBUS AND THEN AND CASS STREET.
CASS STREET AT TAMPA, RIGHT ACROSS FROM CAFFEINE, IT IS UGLY
AS SIN.
IT'S JUST CARS.
THAT'S ALL YOU SEE.
I'M SURE IT WILL BE A LITTLE NICER BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME
THING.
INGRESS AND EGRESS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WALK, AND IT
JUST MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE TO HAVE AMELIA BE YOUR SPACE
THAT PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT OF.
AND THEN I DIDN'T MENTION THE STEP-DOWN.
I'M GLAD COMMUNITY MEMBERS DID, BECAUSE, YES, THAT IS ALSO A
HUGE ISSUE.
WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE PROJECT ON TAMPA, BUT THAT WASN'T
EVEN AS HIGH.

SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ALSO ABOUT THE HEIGHT.
IT DOES SEEM -- I MEAN, I AGREE.
IT'S HUNDRED PERCENT OVER PARKED.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, THESE AREN'T THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU CAN DO
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A
GIANT SITE PLAN MODIFICATION.
THAT'S MY CONCERN.
YEAH, IT WOULD BE LOVELY TO SAY YOU CAN TAKE OFF A FEW
STORIES OR MOVE THINGS AROUND BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING AND ESPECIALLY ADD AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT I DON'T
THINK THAT THAT'S POSSIBLE.
AND THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING
IT UP.
6:36:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
VIERA AND CARLSON.
6:36:40PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY SUGGEST AND, SIR, I DON'T KNOW HOW
YOU FEEL ABOUT IT OR COUNCIL, WHICH IS THERE -- I THINK
COUNCIL WHAT MR. RICK FERNANDEZ, I WAS LISTENING TO HIS
COMMENTS AT THE TELEVISION THERE.
I HAD TO GO USE THE RESTROOM AND I STOPPED BY TO LISTEN.
BY THE WAY, I'M SICK.
I'M A LITTLE SLOWER THAN USUAL TODAY, SO TO SPEAK.
POTENTIALLY, SIR, MAYBE CAN WE, MR. CHAIRMAN OR COUNCIL,
MAYBE ALLOW THIS GENTLEMAN TO GO OUTSIDE, REASSESS, IF YOU

WISH TO DO, ANY CHANGES OR ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY WANT TO DO
SO MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK ON THE STUMP SO TO SPEAK,
MAYBE IF YOU NEED 15 OR 20 MINUTES.
I THINK THERE IS SUPPORT UP HERE FOR THINGS, RIGHT?
JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF, SO TO SPEAK.
I WOULD USUALLY BE MORE ELOQUENT.
6:37:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CARLSON AND CLENDENIN.
6:37:44PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YOU HAVE A LOT TO RESPOND TO.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT VIEWS
ON THINGS.
IN THE AREA OF PARKING, I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH MY
COLLEAGUES.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
SADLY I THINK WE ALL THOUGHT TEN YEARS AGO WE WOULD HAVE
MASS TRANSIT OR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.
IF WE HAD THAT, THEN THE WHOLE MOVEMENT TO REDUCE PARKING
WOULD MAKE SENSE.
IN THE MEANTIME, UNTIL WE GET THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE
PARKING THAT IS DEMANDED BY THE MARKET SO THAT YOU CAN RENT
THESE OR SELL THEM AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT I HEAR A
LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T -- FROM PEOPLE
WHO LIVE AROUND THE PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING,
THAT NEIGHBORS DON'T LIKE THEM TAKING UP ALL THE PARKING,
DON'T LIKE FIGHTING WITH THEM FOR PARKING, ESPECIALLY IF ANY
OF THE RETAIL ENDS UP BEING PRIMARILY DELIVERY PEOPLE HAVE

PROBLEMS WITH IT.
ONE OF THE CONCEPTS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS
TRANSIT-READY DEVELOPMENT.
IF THERE IS A PLACE THAT D.O.T. OR HART COULD PUT A CUTOUT
TO PUT A BUS STOP EVENTUALLY, NEARBY EVEN, THEN THAT
WOULD --
6:38:55PM >> STREETCAR.
6:38:57PM >>BILL CARLSON:
ANYWAY, I JUST SAY I THINK FOR NOW UNTIL WE
GET TRANSIT OR UNTIL WE GET AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES WE HAVE TO
HAVE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING THAT A BUILDING NEEDS, OTHERWISE
THE PARKING WILL SPILL ON THE STREETS.
THANK YOU.
6:39:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SINCE EVERYBODY ELSE IS ISSUING THEIR
OPINION ON THIS, I'LL INJECT IT IN.
I INITIALLY ASKED YOU TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THE LIST.
ONE, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CORRIDOR FOR DENSITY.
IF GOD IS WILLING AND I'M ABLE -- WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
THIS BEFORE WE LEAVE THIS TERM, WE'LL HAVE A STREETCAR
RUNNING IN FRONT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE LESS DENSITY, PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
DENSITY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE LESS DENSITY.
THIS IS A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
THIS IS AN AREA AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
IT'S IMPORTANT, NOT JUST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THE ENTIRE

CITY OF TAMPA.
THE HEIGHT DOESN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL, ESPECIALLY ALONG
FLORIDA.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL.
WOULDN'T BOTHER ME IF IT WAS HIGHER ON FLORIDA.
I THINK, AGAIN, WITH THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, I
THINK ACTIVATING THOSE STOREFRONTS I THINK IS IMPORTANT AND
I THINK YOU RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT
INTERSECTION FOR PEDESTRIAN INTERFACE.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I APPLAUD.
I APPLAUD THE WIDER SIDEWALKS, MAKING IT PEDESTRIAN
FRIENDLY.
UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES WHICH WILL HELP US WITH THE STREET
SCAPING FOR THE TREES, I THINK THAT'S TREMENDOUS.
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THE PARKING I AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
I'M NOT INVESTING OPINION INTO THIS -- INVESTING A PENNY IN
THIS PROJECT, NOT A BANKER.
I ASSUME YOU DON'T WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING AND PAY FOR
SOMETHING NOT BEING UTILIZED.
I'LL SAY YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THE MARKET A LOT BETTER THAN
ANY ONE OF THE SEVEN OF US SITTING UP HERE ABOUT WHAT IS
REQUIRED TO RENT THE UNITS.
I'LL GO WITH WHAT THE MARKET DICTATES ON THIS PARTICULAR
PROJECT.

IF WE WERE FURTHER ALONG IN PROVIDING A TRANSIT, CAR-FREE
ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMPA, I MAY HAVE A
DIFFERENT OPINION.
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE OVER-PARKED BUT
ESPECIALLY IF YOU ADD MORE RETAIL, MAYBE YOU RIGHT-SIZE
PARK.
THIS IS NOT GOING TO DICTATE HOW I VOTE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW WHY YOU CHOSE NOT TO DO THE AMELIA GARAGE ENTRANCE AND
AGAIN THE LACK OF RETAIL.
IF YOU FLIP THAT BUILDING AND PUT THOSE COURTYARDS ALONG
COLUMBUS, I CAN SEE A GREAT RESTAURANT WITH A COURTYARD.
AGAIN, I'M NOT HERE DESIGNING.
I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO PRETEND THAT I'LL DESIGN THE PROJECT
FROM THE DAIS IN 15 MINUTES, SOMETHING THAT YOU SPENT YEARS
DOING.
6:41:33PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
ATTORNEY WELLS, I WANT YOU TO STOP ME IF
THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION.
BUT I'M THINKING, AND THIS JUST OCCURRED TO ME, THAT THE
ADDITIONAL PARKING, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE 3100 SQUARE FEET
RETAIL SPACE IS GOING TO BE A BAR OR SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S
GOING TO BE MORE PARKING NEEDED BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE
A LOT MORE PATRONS SUPPORTING THAT?
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE AND THEN WE END UP
HAVING A PROBLEM BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT NOISE
THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YET.

IS THAT A BAD QUESTION TO ASK?
6:42:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT WOULD BE A SEPARATE HEARING, I THINK.
6:42:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I KNOW.
YOU SAID THAT YOU UNDERSTAND BASED ON YOUR BUSINESS MODEL
WHY YOU HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL PARKING.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT'S BECAUSE THE RETAIL SPACE ON THE
BOTTOM LEVEL IS GOING TO BE A SOCIAL SPACE THAT REQUIRES
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PARK AND NOT SPILL INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OR TO AVOID THAT TO SOME DEGREE.
I'M JUST ASKING IN ADVANCE JUST IN CASE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW
WE COME BACK AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT A BAR AND
CROWDEDNESS.
CAN I ASK THAT, ATTORNEY WELLS?
IS IT OKAY?
YES.
6:42:49PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
6:42:50PM >> IF I MAY, THEY ARE ASKING FOR ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL
USES.
SO A BAR MAY NOT BE KNOWN WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO RIGHT
NOW BUT THEY COULD COME BACK IN FRONT OF YOU AND ASK FOR
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE APPROVAL IN THE FUTURE.
A BAR IS ALLOWED IN COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES.
6:43:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT SHOULD BE PARKED FOR IT ALREADY BECAUSE IF
IT IS COMMERCIAL SPACE, MR. THOMAS, IS THAT CORRECT?
6:43:11PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
YES.

IF I MAY, I CAN PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATIONS ON
WHAT CAN BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AND WHAT
WOULD REQUIRE THIS TO GO BACK TO DRC AND HAVE ANOTHER FIRST
READING.
THINGS SUCH AS HEIGHT, THAT CAN BE MODIFIED BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND READING.
HAVE TO ADD IT TO THE REVISION SHEET.
THINGS SUCH AS ACCESS, COLUMBUS, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD MAKE
IT GO BACK TO DRC AND YOU GUYS FOR FIRST READING BECAUSE
THEY HAD TO MODIFY THE ACCESS AND POSSIBLY ADD RETAIL TO
THAT.
THERE ARE MINOR THINGS THAT CAN BE CHANGED BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING.
EVEN IF IT CAN'T BE CHANGED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING, THERE IS THE OPTION TO GO BACK TO DRC AND COME BACK
FOR FIRST READING.
6:43:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
REBUTTAL.
6:43:54PM >> OUT OF RESPECT FOR EVERYONE'S TIME AND A LONG AGENDA THAT
YOU'RE FACING, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND REQUEST A CONTINUANCE AND
WE'LL RETURN IN FRONT OF YOU WITH MORE DETAILS.
6:44:09PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WAS GOING TO OFFER TO MAKE THE MOTION.
6:44:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT DATE IS AVAILABLE?
6:44:19PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
COUNCIL, I ASKED STAFF TO COME PREPARED
WITH OPEN DATES TONIGHT BASED ON THE LENGTH OF THE AGENDA.
IF THE SITUATION SHOULD ARISE, YOU WOULD BE PREPARED TO KNOW

WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPEN DATE.
STAFF?
OPEN AVAILABLE DATES THAT WOULD WORK WITH THE PETITIONER?
6:44:37PM >> WE COULD DO DECEMBER.
6:44:40PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IS DECEMBER ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY WANT?
6:44:46PM >> DECEMBER IS FINE WITH THE APPLICANT.
6:44:49PM >>CATE WELLS:
CATE WELLS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTINUANCE IS TO LOOK AT REVISING THE
SITE PLAN, THEN I DON'T KNOW THAT A DECEMBER 12 HEARING
MAKES SENSE.
WHAT I HEARD WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTINUANCE WAS TO WORK
ON REBUTTAL AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SO I GUESS THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT THE
PURPOSE OF THE CONTINUANCE IS SO WE CAN IDENTIFY AN
APPROPRIATE DATE.
6:45:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, CAN YOU CLARIFY THE PURPOSE OF
THIS CONTINUANCE?
DECEMBER IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
6:45:54PM >> DECEMBER.
THERE WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TIME FOR DRC, SO THESE WOULD BE
CHANGES THAT COULD BE DONE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
THEY ARE CHANGES THAT -- WE CAN LOOK INTO CHANGES THAT WOULD
TRIGGER OTHER REVIEWERS, ASIDE FROM HEIGHT THAT WOULDN'T
CAUSE US TO GO BACK TO ANOTHER DRC.

6:46:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS THAT DECEMBER 12?
6:46:35PM >> YES, SIR.
6:46:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS THERE SPACE DECEMBER 12?
6:46:37PM >> YES.
6:46:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO
DECEMBER 12.
6:46:41PM >> SO MOVED.
6:46:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
5:01 P.M.
315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA,
33602.
MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FIRST ON THE AGENDA?
NO.
OKAY.
I'M SORRY.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS?
WE'LL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
[ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
[RECESS]

07:04:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WELCOME BACK TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
07:04:13PM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
07:04:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
07:04:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
07:04:16PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
PRESENT.
07:04:18PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
07:04:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
07:04:21PM >>CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
07:04:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. SHELBY.
07:04:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND THE
PUBLIC, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
A COUPLE OF MATTERS.
ONE, I WILL PREFACE WITH AN APOLOGY ON A RULE RELEVANT TO
LAST MEETING.
A RELATIVELY NEW RULE, AND I WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR
ATTENTION TO HAVE IT IN TOP OF YOUR MIND AND THE SAME WITH
THE PUBLIC.
THAT IS RULE 6-J-3.
NO REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE BY THE APPLICANT OR PETITIONER
SHALL BE GRANTED AT A QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARING AFTER
THE APPLICANT, PETITIONER, HAS COMPLETED ITS INITIAL
PRESENTATION UNLESS UPON DETERMINATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL
THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR PURPOSES OF PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS.
WELL, WHAT HAS HAPPENED -- IT IS COMING BACK IN DECEMBER FOR
WHATEVER REASON YOU WILL DETERMINE, BUT AFTER THEN, JUST
KNOW THAT THIS RULE WILL APPLY HENCEFORTH.
I WILL MAKE SURE IT IS ON THE TOP OF MY MIND THAT, AGAIN,
THAT COUNCIL DID PLACE THIS RULE THAT ONCE A PETITIONER
BEGINS THEIR INITIAL PRESENTATION, YOU CAN'T GO AN HOUR AND
THEN ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE WITHOUT HAVING A --
SOMETHING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED BY PROCEDURAL DUE
PROCESS.
THAT IS NUMBER ONE.
SECOND ITEM I WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL, PLEASE, FOR THE PURPOSE
OF THE RECORD, REMAIN MINDFUL THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM
TESTIFYING AS TO FACTS UPON WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO YOU, BUT
YOU ARE GOING TO BASE YOUR DECISION ON.
TESTIMONY FROM THE WITNESSES RATHER THAN YOU TESTIFYING YOUR
OWN PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY --
WHEN YOU COME TO MAKE THE DECISION, RELY ON FACTS THAT ARE IN
EVIDENCE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, NOT
THROUGH YOUR OWN TAMPA.
THANK YOU.
07:06:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SELF-IMPOSED COUNCIL
RULES AND COUNCIL CHOOSES NOT FOLLOW THE RULES, AN ACTION THAT IS
TAKEN.
NOT SOMETHING -- NO RECOURSE FOR THAT, CORRECT?
07:06:30PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WELL, ACTUALLY, TECHNICALLY, NOBODY RAISED
THE RULE.
AND CERTAINLY -- I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
AND MOVING FORWARD, IT IS COMING BACK DECEMBER 12 FOR
COMPLETION ONE WAY OR THE OTHER OR DETERMINATION ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER.
BUT IF YOU WISH TO WAIVE YOUR RULES, THAT IS YOUR
PREROGATIVE AND REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE OF FIVE.
07:06:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MIGHT BE SOMETHING GOOD TO ADD TO SOME OF OUR
MORE LARGER MORE CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS.
WE MAY WISH TO SAY THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF EVENING
MEETING OR JUST OVERALL.
AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY EVENING MEETING SO THE PETITIONERS
KNOW.
07:07:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT, AND GLAD YOU ARE
SAID THAT.
07:07:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
07:07:20PM >>STEPHANIE POPE:
GOOD EVENING, STEPHANIE POPE, LAND
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4, REZ 23-71.
REQUEST TO REZONE 5106 EAST 21st FROM RM-16 TO COMMERCIAL
INTENSIVE FOR COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE USES.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
07:07:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR.
07:07:46PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
GOOD EVENING, DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
I WAS SWORN IN.
OUR NEXT CASE IS THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, MORE
SPECIFICALLY TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
YOU WILL SEE THE SUBJECT SITE.
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4.
TO THE EAST OF NORTH 50th STREET.
SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS PREDOMINANTLY COMMERCIAL,
COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE USES.
INDUSTRIAL USES AS WELL IN THE AREA.
JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE.
SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SUBJECT SITE INCLUDING PARCELS TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST
OF THE SITE ARE RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL -- SORRY,
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 CATEGORY.
TO THE SORT OF THE INTERSTATE, WE HAVE A RESIDENTIAL-10
NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE BLOCK TO THE WEST OF THE SITE, WE HAVE SOME LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE ZONING DISTRICT CAN BE
CONSIDERED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 DESIGNATION AS
OUTLINED IN THE CONSISTENCY MATRIX OF THE LDC.
SURROUNDING AREA CONTAIN A MIXTURE OF USES, LIGHT AND HEAVY
COMMERCIAL, AS WELL AS SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF INTERSTATE 4 WITH
PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST ZONED CI.
GIVEN THE PREVALENCE OF CI ZONING IN THE VICINITY AND
POLICIES PROMOTING COMPATIBILITY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF THE ZONING DISTRICT ALIGNS WITH THE EXISTING
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA AND INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROMOTING SUFFICIENT AND ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF ADDITIONAL
JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA.
ADDITIONALLY, THE SITE IS WITHIN AN URBAN VILLAGE AND MIXED
USE CENTER AND CORRIDOR.
ENSURE THAT IT ADDRESSES THE APPLICABLE DESIGN POLICIES IN
THE PLAN AND SITE PLAN PERMITTING PROCESS.
BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
07:10:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO?
YES, MA'AM.
07:10:04PM >>STEPHANIE POPE:
STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I WILL START WITH AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED ON THE
NORTHEAST SIDE OF NORTH 21st AVENUE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 AND EAST OF NORTH 50th STREET.
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS SIMILAR TO THE EAST, WEST, AND
SOUTHWEST WITH COMMERCIAL INTENSITY EXISTS.
NORTH OF SOUTH IN PD, Z24-12 WITH VEHICLE SALES.
YOU CAN SEE THE SITE OUTLINED IN RED.
THERE IS THE EXISTING VEHICLE SALES USE.
HERE IS INTERSTATE 4 AND NORTH 50th STREET.
NEXT, I WILL PUT UP THE SURVEY.
A CLOSE-UP LOOK OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE OF THE PARCEL.
NORTH OF I-4, EAST OF NORTH 50th AND NORTH OF 51st AVENUE.
HERE IS THE OUTLINE OF THE PARCEL WITH THE EXISTING.
GIVEN THE MIX OF USES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA SURROUNDING THE
SUBJECT BLOCK, THE REQUESTED CI ZONING PROVIDES AN
APPROPRIATE TRANSITION FROM THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL USE THAT
IS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE USES TO THE SOUTH,
EAST AND WEST.
IN THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES LOCATED FURTHER WEST
AND SOUTH.
USES ALLOWED IN THE CI ZONING DESIGNATION IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE EXISTING USES SURROUNDING THE SITE IN THE BUILD
ENVIRONMENT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY AND MUST
COMPLY WITH THE CODE AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING.
SINCE THIS IS AN EUCLIDIAN ZONING, NO SITE PLAN OR
ELEVATIONS.
AND NEXT, I WILL SHOW YOU A PHOTO.
THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE SITE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSE RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS A PHOTO LOOKING EAST.
AND IT IS WHERE THE 21st IS RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS A PHOTO LOOKING SOUTH AT INTERSTATE 4 AND EXISTING
HOTEL.
THIS IS A PHOTO LOOKING WEST.
AND THIS IS A PHOTO NORTHEAST OF THE SITE.
THERE IS A REHABILITATION CENTER THAT ABUTS THE VEHICLE USE.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
APPLICATION AND FOUND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
07:12:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPLICANT?
APPLICANT FOR NUMBER 4.
WELL, THERE IS NOBODY HERE.
THERE IS NO APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 4?
SIR?
07:13:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
HOLD THAT ITEM IF THERE IS NOBODY HERE.
WELL, I WANT TO CHECK THE RULES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT
REQUIRES -- THE CODE REQUIRES FOR THE APPLICANT TO BE
PRESENT.
07:13:16PM >> THE APPLICANT'S BURDEN OF PROOF.
07:13:19PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
COUNCIL CAN ACT ON THIS TODAY IF THE
APPLICANT IS NOT HERE.
07:13:23PM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF I MAY.
07:13:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
07:13:26PM >>LUIS VIERA:
IN CASE -- [SPEAKING WORLD LANGUAGE]
07:13:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT ARE YOU HAVING IN THE FRONT.
MARCONI STREET.
07:13:45PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. CHAIRMAN, WHY DON'T WE HOLD THIS AND
SEE WHERE WE CAN STAND ON THIS AND GET BACK TO YOU.
07:13:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HOLD NUMBER 4.
AND NOBODY REGISTERED ONLINE, CORRECT?
NOT FOR THIS.
OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER 5.
07:13:59PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT.
ITEM NUMBER 5 REZ-24-14 WEST CHERRY STREET.
FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHED USEM AND I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR REPORT.
07:14:29PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS AGAIN WITH YOUR PLANNING
COMMISSION STAFF.
I WAS SWORN IN.
OUR NEXT CASE IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
SPECIFICALLY IN THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
SUBJECT SITE IN EVACUATION ZONE E.
AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBSITE AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
SUBJECT SITES PREDOMINANTLY IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE BLOCK NORTH OF WEST ARMENIA AVENUE.
HERE IS -- HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SUBJECT SITE, INCLUDING THE PARCELS TO
THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST ARE RECOGNIZED UNDER THE
RESIDENTIAL-20 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
ONE BLOCK EAST IS LAND ALONG ARMENIA AVENUE RECOGNIZED UNDER
THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35.
AND THEN JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST IS LAND RECOGNIZED UNDER
THE PSP CATEGORY.
SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHED USES CAN BE CONSIDERED IN THE
RESIDENTIAL-20 DESIGNATION.
SURROUNDING AN AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY DEVELOPED WITH
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES WITH A FEW SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
RESIDENCES LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND WEST.
IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, AND
IT IS NOT OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE AREA.
THE APPLICANT HAS ENTERED INTO A BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT
WITH THE CITY ALLOWING FOR AN ADDITIONAL UNIT ON THE SITE.
PROPOSED 20 UNITS PER ACRE ALLIANCE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL-20
DESIGNATION AND CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN BUILT
TO A SIMILAR DENSITY.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE REQUEST IS
COMPATIBLE TO THE PORTION ALONG WEST CHERRY STREET AND
COMPATIBLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WHICH IS
ENCOURAGED BY PLAT THE PLAN.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES TO
BE DESIGNED FRONT DOORS ORIENTED TOWARD THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SIDE AND STREET.
AND MEETS THE POLICY BY ENSURING THAT THE FRONT DOORS
CONNECT TO THE SIDEWALK ON WEST CHERRY STREET.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROMOTES THE USE OF ALLEYS TO
PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN TAMPA
THE PD PROPOSES ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY CONSISTENT WITH THE
POLICY GUIDANCE.
BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
07:17:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
YES, MA'AM.
07:17:05PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THIS REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TWO UNITS
ON-SITE.
THE PROPERTY IS MEASURED 50 FEET IN FRONTAGE.
AND 95 FEET IN DEPTH.
FOUR PARKING SPACES AND FOUR PARKING SPACES ARE PROVIDED.
SITE IS SURROUNDED WITH IN RM-16 ZONING.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE SITE.
ZONING AERIAL.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE THAT IS OUTLINED HERE IN RED.
THIS IS CHERRY STREET.
THIS IS NORTH ARMENIA.
THIS IS NORTH TAMPANIA.
AND PALMETTO STREET IS TO THE NORTH.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE RM-16 ZONING SURROUNDING THE SITE.
WHEN YOU LOOK WEST OF TAMPANIA, YOU HAVE THAT CHANGE IN THE
ZONING.
AND THE USE WITH THE RS-50 SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING AND
SINGLE-FAMILY USAGE.
YOU HAVE YOUR SCHOOL USE THAT IS HERE.
THEN AS YOU APPROACH FURTHER EAST ON ARMENIA, YOU HAVE YOUR
MIXTURE OF COMMERCIAL USES AND A COUPLE OF PDs WITH
PERMITTED COMMERCIAL USES.
SITE IS IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AND MUST COMPLY WITH THE
OVERLAY STANDARDS AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING.
THERE ARE NO WAIVERS REQUESTED WITH THIS SITE.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.
WHICH WAS SUBMITTED.
THIS IS CHERRY STREET.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
THIS DOTTED LINE THAT IS OUTLINED.
YOU CAN SEE TWO UNITS ON-SITE.
THIS IS THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT.
UNIT ONE AND UNIT TWO.
VEHICLES WILL ACCESS THE SITE THROUGH THE ALLEY WHICH IS
ENCOURAGED IN THE OVERLAY AND EACH UNIT HAS A TWO-CAR
ENCLOSED GARAGE.
THESE UNITS ALSO -- THEY HAVE WALKWAYS THAT CONNECT WITH THE
SIDEWALK, WHICH IS ALONG CHERRY STREET.
AND THERE IS A COVERED ENTRY WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU IN THE
ELEVATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
THIS IS A SOUTH ELEVATION.
THIS IS FROM THE ALLEY.
THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION, AND THE BOTTOM ONE IS THE NORTH
ELEVATION AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COVERED ENTRY
AND THE PORCHES FOR EACH UNIT THAT INCORPORATED IT INTO THE
DESIGN.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SUBJECT SITE, AND THIS IS IF YOU ARE
LOOKING NORTH TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS EAST OF THE SITE.
AND EAST OF THE SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST ON CHERRY.
THE SITE IS ON THE LEFT IN THIS PICTURE.
THIS IS THE SCHOOL PARKING THAT IS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE
SITE.
THE SITE IS OVER ON THE LEFT.
AND THEN WE SWING AROUND WEST.
THIS IS WEST OF THE SITE.
AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CHERRY AND TAMPANIA AND WEST OF
THE SITE.
AT THE CORNER.
THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE
REQUEST.
FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT.
THERE ARE SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND READING.
THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
07:20:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPLICANT, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME.
07:20:37PM >> GOOD EVENING, ALEX RIOS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE A COUPLE OF MOMENTS WITH STAFF, IF THAT IS
PERMISSIBLE.
I WANT TO CONFIRM THE CASE.
07:20:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OKAY.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
07:20:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ARE YOU READY, SIR?
07:21:46PM >> YES.
07:21:46PM >> OKAY, GOOD EVENING, ALEX RIOS WITH RIOS ARCHITECTURE.
PROPOSES REZONING FROM RS-50 TO PD FOR TWO SINGLE-FAMILY
SEMI DETACH HOMES.
ABOUT RESPECT TO THE DESIGN, THE PROJECT IS WITHIN THE WEST
TAMPA OVERLAY.
THE OVERLAY HAS DESIGN REQUIREMENT SUZI ALV/GAZIT BTL,
BUILT-TO-LINE SETBACKS, SIDE SETBACKS AND ENCOURAGING REAR
PARKING.
THE PROPOSED DESIGN COMPLIES WITH THE BTL SETBACKS.
IT UTILIZES THE REAR PARKING FOR TWO PARKING SPACES AND
PROPOSES A MODEST SCALE DESIGN.
THREE STORIES.
ALL OF WHICH IS UNDER THE 35-FOOT HEIGHT RESTRICTION.
WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT A DESIGN COMPATIBLE WITH THE WEST
TAMPA OVERLAY AS WELL AS THE STAFF'S UNANIMOUSLY CONSISTENT
FINDINGS.
THANK YOU.
07:23:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 5?
A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
07:23:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THAT I -- I REALLY
APPRECIATE DEVELOPERS WHO CAN -- WHO JUST LOOK AT THE RULES
AND STAY IN THEM.
AND YOU ARE CONSISTENTLY ONE WHO DOES THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
JUST FOLLOWING THE RULES IS DOABLE.
SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
THANK YOU.
07:24:06PM >> THANK YOU.
07:24:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN VIERA, READ ITEM NUMBER 5.
07:24:10PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED -- SUBSTITUTE.
YES, SIR.
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
CONSIDERATION.
ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2539
WEST CHERRY STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED SECTION 1, RM-16 TO PD.
SEMI-DETACHED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
07:24:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION AND A SECOND.
07:24:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SECOND.
07:24:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
07:24:44PM >>CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION DECEMBER 5, 2024, CITY
COUNCIL.
315 KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
07:24:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION IS NOT TO BE
ADOPTED UNTIL AFTER SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF THE
ORDINANCE.
07:25:02PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF YOU THINK, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I DON'T WANT TO MESS THIS UP.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CORRECT.
MADAM CLERK.
MADAM CLERK?
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING THIS CLEARLY SO WHEN
IT COMES BACK FOR SECOND READING.
CAN THEY MAKE A MOTION NOW TO ACCEPT THE SUBSTITUTION SO IT
WILL JUST SHOW UP AS THE RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION ON SECOND
READING?
07:25:26PM >>CLERK:
YES.
07:25:27PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
HAVE A MOTION FOR THE SUBSTITUTE.
07:25:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THIS IS A MOTION FOR SECOND READING.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
SECONDED BY HENDERSON.
OPPOSED?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 4.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 4?
07:25:43PM >> THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE.
WE WERE ABLE TO CONTACT HIM AND HE SAID HE WOULD BE OKAY
WITH A CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY.
07:25:49PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IS THERE --
07:25:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM NUMBER 4, THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE
AND WOULD LIKE A CONTINUANCE.
07:26:00PM >> THIS ITEM WAS SCHEDULED ON OCTOBER 10, AND HE DID NOT
REALIZE THAT THE CASE WAS AUTOMATICALLY CONTINUED TO THIS
EVENING.
SO THAT'S -- THAT IS THE GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, WE BELIEVE,
REQUIRED BY THE CODE TO CONTINUE AN ITEM LIKE THIS RATHER
THAN WITHDRAWING IT FOR A FAILURE TO APPEAR.
07:26:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT IS THE AVAILABLE DATE FOR JANUARY
16?
07:26:23PM >> PLENTY OF AVAILABILITY TO JANUARY 16.
DON'T HAVE ANY CONTINUANCES TO THAT DATE YET.
07:26:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CONTINUE TO JANUARY 16.
07:26:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33062.
5:01 P.M., JANUARY 16.
CAN WE -- COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN WITH A MOTION.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
ITEM NUMBER 4 HAS BEEN CONTINUED.
OKAY.
IS THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 6 HERE?
ALEX SCHALER IS -- THE LATEST ONLY -- WE HAVE TO TRIPLE
CHECK.
07:27:16PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAM THOMAS.
ITEM NUMBER 6, REZ-24-42.
TO REZONE FROM COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE TO RESIDENTIAL FOR
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
TURN IT OVER TO DANNY WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
07:27:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD, SIR.
07:27:36PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF.
I WAS SWORN IN.
NEXT CASE IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT IN THE
PALMETTO BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
SUBJECT SITE WITHIN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA AND
EVACUATION ZONE A.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH
20th STREET AND DAVIS STREET.
THIS IS SOUTH 22nd TO THE EAST.
USES SURROUND THE SUBJECT SITE.
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE SITE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS RECOGNIZED UNDER THE TRANSITIONAL USE 24
CATEGORY ALLOW FOR RANGE OF USES FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO
RESIDENTIAL.
THAT CATEGORY IS TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT
SITE.
TO THE WEST, WE HAVE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
THEN WE HAVE CMU-35 AND CC-35 ALONG SOUTH 22nd STREET.
THE REQUEST FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES CAN BE
CONSIDERED IN THE 24 DESIGNATION, AND THE REQUEST IS
CONSISTENT WITH POLICIES THAT SUPPORT INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON
VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED LAND.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ONE BLOCK FROM SOUTH 22nd AVENUE WHICH
IS AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND
NONRESIDENTIAL USES.
MUCH OF SOUTH 22nd AVENUE IS COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35
AND CC-35, AND BOTH SUPPORT A MIXTURE OF USES.
REQUEST WILL A PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND PROXIMITY TO
COMMERCIAL AMENITIES ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.
PD IS CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICY OF SINGLE-FAMILY USES.
UNIT ENTRANCES ARE ORIENTED TOWARD THE STREET WITH A
PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AND VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM AN
ALLEY IS REFERRED BY THE PLAN, THE APPLICANT CANNOT USE THE
ALLEY DUE TO CONCERNS FROM FDOT.
THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE CITY'S HOUSING POLICIES BY
UTILIZING VACANT LAND FOR NEW HOUSING TO MEET THE NEED OF
TAMPA'S GROWING POPULATION.
BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FIND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS.
07:29:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO, COME ON UP.
07:29:52PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I WILL GET STARTED WITH OUR AERIAL MAP.
07:29:57PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE A PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS.
AND THAT IS ONE THAT IS A BIT OLDER ALSO FOR SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED UNITS.
TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH.
AND KIND OF IN THE GENERAL AREA A MIX OF CI USES ALONG SOUTH
22nd STREET OR 20st STREET.
ALONG 22nd STREET IS MORE CG USES.
RM--ZONING DISTRICT THROUGH HERE AND 2nd STREET, RS-50
ZONING.
A MIX OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND OLDER MULTIFAMILY
HOME LIKE DUPLEXES OR TWO FAMILY USES LIKE THAT.
QUITE A DIFFERENT USES IN THE AREA AND OBVIOUSLY AS YOU MOVE
WEST, YOU GET INTO THE PORT TAMPA BAY WHERE YOU HAVE THE
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
SO WE WILL GO INTO THE SITE PLAN NOW PROVIDED BY THE
APPLICANT.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TEN SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
UNITS.
TWO BUILDINGS WITH FIVE UNITS EACH.
THE FRONT DOOR TOWARD DAVIS STREET AND VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM
DAVIS STREET.
TWO-CAR ENCLOSED GARAGE, AND TWO CARS FIT IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR
EACH ONE.
TOTAL OF 40 PARKING SPACES BEING PROVIDED AND 23 PARKING
SPACES ARE ACQUIRED.
APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 42 FEET
OR THREE STORIES.
AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PRESERVING -- KIND OF HARD TO SEE,
BUT THERE ARE THREE -- I THINK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR OAK
TREES IN THE REAR THAT THE APPLICANT IS PRESERVING.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT -- AS YOU KNOW PROBABLY FROM
THE PREVIOUS REZONINGS TO THE NORTH, THERE IS AN ALLEY NORTH
OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE APPLICANT WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH STAFF TO REDESIGN WHEN
THEY CAME IN TO DO ALLEY ACCESS AND FROM THE ALLEY TO BETTER
PROVIDE STREET TREATMENT AND ALONG THE FRONT OF THE
PROPERTY.
THEY RESUBMITTED THEIR SITE PLAN AFTER THEY REDID IT.
WENT BACK TO ANOTHER DRC.
FDOT SHOWED UP FOR THE DRC WHEN THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR
FOR ONE.
THEY OBJECTED TO ACCESSING THE SITE FROM 20th STREET.
THAT KIND OF THREW MAJOR COMPLICATIONS IN THIS, AND THAT IS
WHY WE ARE WITH THIS PLAN NOW.
WANTED TO ADD SOME CONTEXT THAT THE APPLICANT DID TRY TO USE
THE ALLEY AND IT BEAM EXTRA COMPLICATED WITH FDOT'S
INVOLVEMENT.
I WILL GO AHEAD AN SHOW YOU PICTURES OF THE SITE OR THE
ELEVATIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION.
SOUTH ON DAVIS STREET.
EAST ELEVATION AND YOUR WEST ELEVATION.
SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ON DAVIS STREET.
SUBJECT SITE HERE.
YOU HAVE SOME MULTIFAMILY RIGHT HERE.
ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS MOVING TOWARD 20th STREET.
SO WE ARE MOVING TOWARD THE PORT ALONG THE SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING WEST.
TOWARD DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND THE PORT ALONG DAVIS STREET.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ACROSS THE STREET.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT OLDER MULTIFAMILY IN THE AREA.
ANOTHER MULTIFAMILY UNIT AS WELL.
LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE.
WE ARE CONTINUALLY MOVING EAST TOWARD SOUTH 20th STREET.
THIS IS ALSO ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE.
SOME VACANT LOTS.
IT IS SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME HERE.
WE ARE NOW LOOKING BACK NORTH AT THE SITE.
THIS IS SOUTH 20th STREET HERE.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST ALONG DAVIS BACK IN TOWARD PALMETTO
BEACH.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ALONG 20th STREET.
YOU SEE THE PORT OVER HERE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT ALLEY THAT RUNS ALONG THE NORTH OF
THE SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH.
ON 20th STREET.
ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING NORTH ON 20th STREET.
THE SUBJECT SITE ENDS RIGHT HERE, AND THAT IS THE ENTRANCE OF
THE ALLEY FROM 20th STREET.
THAT IS A VIEW LOOKING DOWN THE ALLEY.
THIS IS WHERE THAT OTHER DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED NOT
TOO LONG AGO WITH SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
AND HERE IS A VIEW OF THE ALLEYS WITH THE SUBJECT SITE HERE
AND OTHER PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE THERE.
DEVELOPMENT COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICANT AND
FOUND IT CONSISTENT.
SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE
APPLICATION, THE MODIFICATIONS ON THE REVISED REVISION SHEET
AND MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, AND I
HAVE COPIES OF THE REVISION SHEET FOR YOU ALL.
07:35:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
07:35:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
A QUESTION WITH WHY AREN'T THEY -- ARE
THEY GOING TO TRY TO CLOSE THE ALLEY THEN?
IF FDOT IS NOT GOING TO LET THEM USE IT, WHAT IS THE POINT?
07:35:18PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
VERY COMPLICATED.
FDOT DOESN'T OWN THE ALLEY, BUT CITY OF TAMPA OWNS THE ALLEY.
FDOT CANNOT FORCE THE CITY OF TAMPA TO CLOSE THE ALLEY, BUT
ON FDOT'S PORTION.
IF THEY WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING THERE, THEY COULD.
I THINK IT WILL BE MORE SO ALONG THE LINES THAT WHEN THE
APPLICANT APPLIED FOR A PERMIT AND THEY WENT TO GO IMPROVE
THE ALLEY, FDOT WILL DENY THEIR ACCESS TO 20th STREET.
07:35:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MAYBE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
WHY DIDN'T THEY WANT TO VACATE THE ALLEY FOR EXTRA SPACE.
SO I WILL ASK.
07:35:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPLICANT, COME ON UP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
07:35:59PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DYLAN McCRORY.
1716 WEST MORRISON AVENUE IN HYDE PARK.
AS YOU HAVE SEEN FROM CITY STAFF, WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH A
LENGTHY PROCESS WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO COMPLY WITH AS MUCH OF THE REQUEST THAT
WE COULD, FLIPPING THE SITE BACK AND FORTH.
AND, YOU KNOW, PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A
-- A FULLY COMPLIANT DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE SOME SLIDES -- I AM NOT SURE HOW THOSE --
07:36:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE THEM COMING UP.
THERE THEY ARE.
07:36:43PM >> GREAT, THANK YOU.
AND IS THERE A -- THANK YOU.
SO AS YOU HAVE SEEN, THE SITE MAP IS AT THE CORNER OF 20th
STREET AND DAVIS STREET.
APPROXIMATELY .7 ACRES.
A RENDERING OF THE DRAWINGS YOU SEE COMING FROM THE FRONT.
THIS IS -- I BELIEVE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE -- I GUESS WHAT
WOULD BE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DAVIS AND 20th.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE SITE PLAN ALREADY.
WE ARE DOING FIVE TOWN HOMES WITHIN TWO BUILDINGS.
THIS IS LESS -- A LESS DENSE PROJECT THAN WHAT IS ALLOWED BY
-- AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS ALLOWED FOR THE SITE.
AS WAS MENTIONED, WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO USE THE ALLEY
PER FDOT.
THERE IS ONE REQUEST TO REMOVE A GRAND LAUREL OAK THAT IS
PART OF THE PROJECT.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE -- THAT THE NATURAL RESOURCES SUPPORTS
THIS WAIVER GIVEN OUR -- MORE THAN DOUBLE, YOU KNOW, GREEN
SPACE REQUIREMENT.
AND, AGAIN, WE HAVE -- WE HAVE MADE EVERY ATTEMPT TO COMPLY
WITH CITY STAFF IN THE REQUEST.
SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.
07:37:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, ITEM
NUMBER 6?
I SEE NOBODY.
07:38:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOTION TO CLOSE.
07:38:08PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND.
07:38:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, ITEM NUMBER 6.
07:38:13PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I MOVE FILE NUMBER REZ 24-42, ORDINANCE
PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
ORDINANCE REZONING THE PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
2004 AND 2014 DAVIS STREET, FOLIO 199257.0100M AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE AS ZONING
CLASSIFICATION CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE TO PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
07:38:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AND THE REVISION SHEET.
07:38:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
VERY GOOD.
GO AHEAD AND READ THE VOTE.
07:38:58PM >>CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION DECEMBER 5, 2024.
07:39:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IT WAS UNANIMOUS.
07:39:11PM >>CLERK:
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND HEARING WILL BE DECEMBER 5, 2024, 10 A.M. CITY COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, 315 E. KENNEDY, 33602, THIRD FLOOR.
07:39:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. GARCIA, ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT?
07:39:29PM >> I HAVE HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN IN, BUT I AM GOING TO SPEAK.
07:39:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OH, YOU HAVE NOT?
LET'S SWEAR YOU IN.
I KNOW YOU WALKED IN A LITTLE BIT LATER.
[SWEARING IN]
07:39:48PM >> I DO.
07:39:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO WITH ITEM NUMBER 8.
TEN MORE TO GO.
07:39:52PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
REZ-24-48.
REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
TURN TO OVER TO DANNY COLLINS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
07:40:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
07:40:14PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
24-56.
MY APOLOGIES.
07:40:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
07:40:20PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF.
I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
NEXT CASE IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT WITH THE
WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE B.
AN AERIAL MAP OF SUBJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
SUBJECT SITE IN PURPLE.
AND WEST LEMON STREET.
IT IS PREDOMINANTLY IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA ONE BLOCK SOUTH
ALONG CASS.
IT IS A PICTURE OF USES INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL AND SOME
COMMERCIAL USES.
THE REQUEST FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES CAN BE
CONSIDERED WITHIN THE R-35 -- SORRY.
THE SITE WITH WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL-35 CATEGORY AS SHOWN
HERE.
AND THAT CATEGORY IS TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST.
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES SUCH AS WHAT IS PROPOSED CAN BE
CONSIDERED WITHIN THE R-35 CATEGORY.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS ONE BLOCK NORTH OF 192 UNIT, FIVE-STORY
MIXED USE UNDER REZ-19-34.
SUBJECT SITE WITHIN ONE BLOCK OF COMMERCIAL USES AND
AMENITIES AMONG CASS STREET AND TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OF WEST
CYPRESS TREAT.
A COLLECTOR ROADWAY WITH TRANSIT SERVICES.
PROJECT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING FOR THESE SERVICES
AND TRANSIT OPTIONS WITHOUT ALTER CAN THE CHARACTER OF
SURROUNDING AREA CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN.
PD SUPPORTS THE PLAN'S DESIGN POLICY OF NORTH WE WILL LOW
AVENUE AND VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE ADJACENT ALLEY WITH THE
DESIGN GUIDELINES OF SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES.
THIS DESIGN PROMOTES PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT BY
CONNECTING ENTRANCES TO NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALKS.
THE REQUEST SUPPORTS MANY OF POLICIES IN THE PLAN AS RELATES
TO HOUSING ITS POPULATION.
REQUEST WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE WEST
RIVERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
PACED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
07:42:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COME ON UP, SIR.
07:42:33PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
HERE IS YOUR AERIAL MAP.
YOU SEE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED ON RED IN WEST LEMON AND NORTH
WILLOW AVENUE.
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA HAS CHANGED
DRASTICALLY OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS.
A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT.
JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS CADDY CORNERED TO
A PD SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER.
APPROVED FOR THREE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS.
WHEN YOU GO ALONG CASS STREET, THERE IS MAYOR DEVELOPMENTS
FOR LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES HERE AND HERE.
AND ANOTHER ONE HERE.
COMMERCIAL INTENSE USES HERE.
AND THEN AS YOU MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU HAVE A
MIXTURE OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
I WOULD SAY PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED BUT SOME
OLDER MULTIFAMILY USES STILL MIXED IN WITHIN THIS RS-50 AND
A RM-18 HERE.
THERE IS A GENERAL MIX IN THIS AREA.
BUT YOU GET A LOT MORE WHEN YOU MOVE SOUTH AND WEST,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU MOVE SOUTH OF LEMON STREET.
SO HERE IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THEY ARE PROPOSING TWO SEMI-DETACHED UNIT.
ORIENTED TOWARD NORTH WILLOW AVENUE.
AND THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS WITH THE FRONT DOORS ORIENTED
TOWARD WILLOW AVENUE AS WELL.
FIVE-FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG WILLOW AND LEMON STREET.
VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE IS FROM THE ALLEY TO THE WEST
OF SUBJECT SITE OFF LEMON STREET.
TWO-CAR GARAGE FOR EACH UNIT.
MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT 35 FEET OR THREE STORIES.
FOUR PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND FOUR PARKING SPACES ARE
BEING PROVIDED.
GO TO THE ELEVATIONS.
OH, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THIS IS A IN THE WEST TAMPA
OVERLAY.
ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THIS IS ON WILLOW.
THIS IS OFF THE ALLEY.
AND YOU HAVE THE NORTH ELEVATION.
THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING WEST.
LEMON STREET HERE.
THIS IS NORTH WILLOW.
SUBJECT SITE.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HERE AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS CASS STREET.
THIS IS MOVING FURTHER WEST ALONG LEMON STREET.
SUBJECT SITE IS HERE AND GOING TOWARD ROME AVENUE.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ON WILLOW.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE COMMERCIAL USES ALONG CASS STREET AND THE
MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE FOREGROUND.
THIS IS LOOKING -- SEE HERE.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST TOWARD DOWNTOWN.
THIS IS WILLOW.
THIS IS CASS HERE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OLDER SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND THE
COMMERCIAL USE ALONG CASS STREET.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ALONG WILLOW.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
AND THEN OVER IN THE DISTANCE OVER HERE IS WHERE THAT PD WAS
APPROVED FOR THE THREE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS.
THIS IS MOVED FURTHER WEST ALONG LEMON AND THE ALLEY USED TO
ACCESS THE SITE.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOUSE RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS LOOKING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ALLEY.
YOU HAVE A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
AND TWO OLDER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS HERE.
THEN THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD THE MULTIFAMILY
DEVELOPMENT AND CASS STREET ON THE ALLEY THAT WILL BE USED
TO ACCESS THE SITE.
PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP FOR YOU ALL.
AND HAVE REVIEWED AND FOUND IS CONSISTENT THE APPROPRIATE
INFILL IN A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES MODIFICATIONS MUST BE
SUBMITTED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
07:46:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPLICANT, COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME.
07:46:39PM >> GOOD EVENING, RALPH SCHULER.
2101 NORTH HOWARD AVENUE.
I HAVE BEEN SWORN.
PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROJECT, OF COURSE.
WE ARE IN A TRANSITION AREA.
SOME SINGLE-FAMILY TO THE WEST.
BUT MAINLY IN THIS CORRIDOR, OF COURSE, WE HAVE A MIXTURE OF
USES BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY.
WE ARE PROPOSING SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED DUPLEX.
ESSENTIALLY VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD AS WAS SAID PREVIOUSLY.
WE HAVE ACCESS FROM THE FRONT.
TWO FRONT PORCHES.
WE WILL DEFINITELY A FRONT PORCH NEIGHBORHOOD.
ACCESS TO THE REAR IS THROUGH THE ALLEY FOR -- FOR OUR
VEHICULAR ACCESS.
WE HAVE NO WAIVERS.
WE DO MEET THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY STANDARDS AND MET WITH
DAVID HUNTER.
NO ISSUE THERE IS.
IT IS A MORE CONTEMPORARY PROJECT, OF COURSE, IF YOU GO DOWN
LEMON STREET.
LEMON STREET HAS AT LEAST A DOZEN NEW HOUSES ON LEMON STREET
THAT HAVE SIMILAR VERNACULAR CHARACTER OF WHAT WE ARE
PROPOSING.
AND BEN, WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
A GOOD TRANSITION FROM A COMMERCIAL STREET TO A STREET DOWN
FROM LEMON STREET.
WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
07:48:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, ITEM
NUMBER 8.
A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN -- WAIT, HE IS
AN APPLICANT.
07:48:12PM >> IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO TALK?
07:48:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
07:48:16PM >> JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
BEING HERE AT 9:00 -- OMAR GARCIA, 1041 RURAL PASS ROAD.
JUST -- SOMEONE HERE AT 9:00 THIS MORNING WITH YOU GUYS, YOU
NEED TO RENEGOTIATE YOUR SALARY TO HOURLY AND YOU WILL MAKE
A LOT MORE MONEY THAT WAY.
SECOND OF ALL, THE GOOD THING WITH THIS PROPERTY, WE
FOLLOWED THE RULES.
NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVERS OR ANYTHING.
SO THAT'S GOOD.
THIRD THING, HOPEFULLY THE OCCUPANTS OF THE PROPERTY WILL
RIDE THEIR TAKE ALONG CASS STREET AND ENJOY THE NEW FRANKLIN
STREET UPGRADES.
07:48:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU WON HURTAK OVER.
A MOTION TO CLOSE.
07:48:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION.
07:48:57PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND.
07:48:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
07:49:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANT TO SAY THAT IT CAN BE DONE.
DEVELOPERS CAN BUILD WITHIN THE OVERLAY.
AND I JUST -- THE NEIGHBORHOODS -- AND WE LOVE TO CONTINUE
TO SEE THIS TYPE OF WORK, THANK YOU.
I, OF COURSE, NOTICED THE BIKEWAY.
07:49:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, READ NUMBER 8.
07:49:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
VICINITY OF 708 NORTH WILLOW AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA, MORE TECHNICALLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
TO PD SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED PROVIDED A IF HE CAN
TESTIFY DATE.
07:49:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
SECONDED FROM MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
07:49:45PM >>CLERK:
MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION DECEMBER 5, 2024 AT 10 A.M. CITY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 E. KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, 33602.
07:50:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NINE MORE ITEMS TO GO.
ITEM NUMBER 9.
07:50:04PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT TOWARD
NATION.
AMEND ITEM NUMBER 9, REZ-24-7, REZONE 9313 NORTH 11th FEET
FROM RS 50 TO PD.
07:50:26PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING
COMMISSION STAFF.
I WAS SWORN IN.
IN THE UNIVERSITY PLAN DISTRICT.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS NOT WITHIN AN EVACUATION ZONE.
AN AERIAL MAP OF SURROUNDING SITE AND PROPERTIES.
IT IS OUTLINED IN THE COLOR PURPLE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER
OF NORTH 11 STREET.
IT IS TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD WHICH
CONTAINS PREDOMINANTLY COMMERCIAL USES.
SOUTH WE HAVE INDUSTRIAL USES.
OVERALL, SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF BUSCH IS
RESIDENTIAL IN CHARACTER.
HERE IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SUBJECT SITE, INCLUDING THE PARCELS TO
THE NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST ARE RECOGNIZED UNDER THE
RESIDENTIAL 20 DESIGNATION.
ONE BLOCK SOUTH, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35.
AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BUSCH IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
MULTIFAMILY USES ARE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE R-20 FUTURE LAND
USE DESIGNATION.
SURROUNDING AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL WITH A MIXTURE
OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACH AND SEMI DETACHED HOMES AND
MULTIFAMILY USES TO THE NORTH.
THERE ARE COMMERCIAL USES TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
PROPOSED SENSE TEE OF 14.2 IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY
UNDER THE.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT
WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND UNITS THAT HAVE A FRONT DOOR ORIENTED TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALK AND STREET.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REQUESTED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READINGS, THE APPLICANT LABELED THE FRONT ENTRANCE ENTRANCES
AND PROVIDE A SIDEWALK CONNECTION BETWEEN NORTH 11th STREET
WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO PER AN E-MAIL FROM THE
APPLICANT BACK SEPTEMBER.
THE ASK SUPPORTS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S HOUSING POLICIES.
THE REQUEST WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING CHOICES WITHIN
THE NORTH TAMPA COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IN AN AREA PLANNED FOR 20 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS THE REQUEST 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.
07:52:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO?
YES, SIR.
07:52:46PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
GET OUR AERIAL MAP OUT.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED HERE.
ALONG 11th STREET.
COMMERCIAL USES ON BUSCH BEAUTIFUL.
NORTH SIDE IG.
CI ZONING.
AND NORTH NEBRASKA, CI ZONING.
THIS AREA AROUND HERE IS ZONED RS-50.
EXTREME WILL HE DECEPTIVE.
I WALKED THE AREA SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MULTIFAMILY AND
DUPLEXES THAN STAPH.
IT WAS SURPRISING HOW MANY DUPLEXES THERE WERE IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS YOU MOVE THIS WAY, RECENT -- RECENT REZONING ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF WELLNESS STREET THAT WAS FOR MULTIFAMILY AND
LOW-INCOME MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT.
WE WILL GO TO THE SITE PLAN.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT.
A SINGLE STRUCTURE BUILDING WITH MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
FIVE UNITS ON THE FIRST FLOOR, AND FIVE UNITs ON THE SECOND
FLOOR.
DANNY MENTIONED, WE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE
APPLICANT AGREED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING TO ADD
SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS TO THE SIDEWALKS THEY ARE PROPOSING
ALONG 11th STREET FOR THE FIVE UNITS ON GROUND FLOOR TO
ENHANCE THE ACCESSIBILITY.
FOR THE UNITS ON THE SECOND FLOOR, A SIDEWALK THAT RUNS
HERE.
AND A SIDEWALK THAT RUNS FROM NORTH 11th STREET BACK TO THE
BACK OF THE BUILDINGS.
THEY TAKE THE STAIRS UP TO THE SECOND UNIT HAVE THAT
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO NORTH 11th STREET.
ADDITIONALLY THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING BICYCLE PARKING WITH
I IS REQUIRED.
TEN SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND TEN SPACES WITH THE PARKING
RIGHT HERE.
THE MAX BUILDING HEIGHT IS PROPOSED TO BE 30 FEET FOR TWO
FLOORS.
18 PARKS SPACES ARE REQUIRED.
AND 19 PARKING SPACES ARE BEING PROVIDED.
ACCESS TO THE PARKING IS FROM EAST WALNUT STREET AND NORTH
11th STREET.
THEY HAVE PARKING ALONG THE SIDE PROPERTY LINES AND THE REAR
PROPERTY LINES.
I WANT TO NOTE IT IS HARD TO SEE ON THE SITE PLAN.
IT DIDN'T PRINT OUT WELL.
A GRAND TREE HERE AND A GRAND TREE HERE.
APPLICANT WORKED CLOSELY WITH STAFF TO REDESIGN THIS SO
THOSE TWO TREES COULD BE SAVED.
THEY REARRANGED THE PARKING AND AT STAFF'S SUGGESTION, MOVED
THE BUILDING CLOSER TO THE STREET TO MAKE IT MORE ACTIVE AND
GIVE THE TREES PLENTY OF ROOM SO THEY WOULDN'T IMPACTED.
I THINK -- THAT COVERS EVERYTHING ON SITE PLAN.
AND I WILL GO TO THE ELEVATIONS NOW.
HERE IS YOUR EAST ELEVATION.
THIS IS FROM THE REAR.
THIS IS YOUR WEST ELEVATION ALONG NORTH 11th STREET.
AND THEN YOUR NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE ELEVATIONS.
I WILL GO TO PICTURES NOW FOR US.
SO THIS IS LOOKING WEST ON WALNUT STREET.
THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
THIS IS LOOKING WEST TOWARD NEBRASKA AVENUE.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ACROSS THE STREET.
IT LOOKS LIKE A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME BUT THERE ARE
MULTIPLE STRUCTURES ON HERE.
SO IT IS MULTIFAMILY.
THIS IS LOOKING LITTLE BIT FURTHER WEST.
SUB SITE IS HERE.
MULTIFAMILY HERE AND HERE AS WELL.
DUPLEXES TECHNICALLY.
AND THE INTERCEPTION OF 11th.
AND LOOKING SOUTH ON 11 th STREET.
BUSCH BOULEVARD IS DOWN HERE.
YOU CAN SEE MORE DUPLEXES OVER HERE AND THIS IS THE SUBJECT
SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST ON 11th STREET AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
SO SUFFICIENT THE SUBJECT SITE HERE AND THE PART AROUND
OVER HERE.
THIS IS LOOKING BACK NORTH ON 11th STREET.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE DUPLEXES TO OVER HERE AND SUBJECT SITE
THERE.
THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER VIEW OF THE SUBJECT SOUTH.
SUBJECT SITE IS RIGHT THERE.
AND BUSCH BOULEVARD JUST TO THE SOUTH WITH THOSE COMMERCIAL
USES.
THIS IS THE MULTIFAMILY ACROSS THE STREET THAT LOOKED LIKE
SINGLE-FAMILY.
YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURES ON THAT SIDE FOR THE MULTIFAMILY
UNITS.
THIS IS A BETTER VIEW LOOKING WEST ON WILMA JUST TO THE WEST
OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
YOU CAN SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
NEBRASKA.
PUT UP THE SITE PLAN BACK UP.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND THEY REVIEWED THE APPLICATION
AND FOUND IT TO BE CONSISTENT.
APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH STAFF TO PROVIDE A DEVELOPMENT
PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED MISSING HOUSING.
AND TO HELP MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS.
SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE,
MODIFICATIONS OF THE REVISION SHEET SHOULD BE COMPLETED
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
07:58:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO?
APPLICANT, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME, AND GO AHEAD, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
07:58:18PM >> DeWAYNE MILFORD, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANTS, THE OWNERS
ELIZABETH GUTIERREZ AND WILLIAM MATOS.
I DON'T THINK I NEED TO ADD A WHOLE LOT TO WHAT STAFF HAS
PRESENTED.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS HERE.
WE DO MEET PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
WE ARE PROVIDING THE BICYCLE PARKING AREA.
WE DO HAVE THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, WHICH WAS DISCUSSED.
SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE KNEW -- WE WERE A BLOCK
AND A HALF FROM A BUS ROUTE.
SO HOPEFULLY WITH THE CONNECTIVITY AND WHAT NOT WE WILL BE
PROVIDING PEOPLE -- FOLKS WILL HAVE EASY TO ACCESS TO GET
ANYWHERE IN THE CITY THAT THEY NEED TO.
WE WERE ABLE TO WORK THIS OUT WITH STAFF SO THAT WE ARE NOT
ASKING FOR ANY WAIVERS.
WE DID AS IT WAS MENTIONED WORK CLOSELY WITH STAFF TO SAVE
TREES THAT SHOULD BE SAVED.
YOU WILL NOTICE SEVERAL TREES XED OUT ON THE SITE PLAN.
THOSE WERE MOST ME EITHER UNDESIRABLE OR DANGEROUS TREES.
AND HURRICANE MILTON PROVED THAT TO BE TRUE.
TWO OF THOSE X'ED OUT TREES ARE GONE THANKS TO HURRICANE
MILTON.
IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE IS SOME PLAN CHANGES THAT
STAFF HAS REQUESTED.
AND I AM SURE I WAS THE ONE THAT SENT THE E-MAIL IN
SEPTEMBER.
AND I AM SURE I CAN REMEMBER THAT LONG AGO.
BUT I AM SURE I DID AGREEING TO THOSE CHANGES WHICH WE HAVE
ALREADY BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING.
AND HOPEFULLY STAFF WILL CUT US SOME SLACK ON TREE MITT FOR
THAT TREE THAT MILTON TOOK OUT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
08:00:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 9?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED IN COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
08:00:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
JUST AGAIN WANT TO SAYS IT REALLY NICE THAT
FOLKS CAN WORK WITHIN THE BOUND AND GET THINGS DONE.
FILE NUMBER REZ 24-74.
ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 9313
NORTH 11th STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE FROM ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
08:00:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK --
08:00:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
INCLUDING THE REVISION SHEET.
08:00:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
PROPOSE?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, MA'AM.
08:01:02PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION DECEMBER 5, 2024 AT 10 A.M. ON
THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD
FLORIDA, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
08:01:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EIGHT MORE TO GO.
[LAUGHTER]
WE COULD BE DONE BY 9:00.
ITEM NUMBER 10.
I THINK WE CAN.
ITEM NUMBER 10.
08:01:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SPEED DIAL.
08:01:32PM >>STEPHANIE POPE:
GOOD EVENING, STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10, 24-105.
REQUEST GOT 2706 AND 2708 WEST CHESTNUT FROM RS-50 TO RM-12
FOR RESIDENTIAL USES.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
08:01:51PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF.
I WAS SWORN IN.
OUR NEXT CASE IS ALSO IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA DISTRICT WITHIN
THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
IT IS WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE E.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
IT IS ON THE BLOCK -- MID-BLOCK OF WEST CHESTNUT
STREET TO THE WEST OF NORTH TAMPANIA AVENUE.
SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL.
THIS A FIRE STATION.
THIS IS WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SUBJECT SITE IS RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL-20 FUTURE
LAND USE CATEGORY.
THE CATEGORY SURROUNDS THE SUBJECT SITE IN ON ALL SIDES.
ONE BLOCK TO THE WEST, PARCELS DESIGNATED CMU-35 AND CC-35.
PROPOSED RM-12 ZONING DISTRICT CONSIDERED WITHIN THE RM-20
DESIGNATION.
SURROUNDING AREA MIXTURE OF USES, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED,
SEMI PUBLIC AND PUBLIC USES.
IF DEVELOPED UNDER THE RM-12 STANDARDS, HAVE THE POTENTIAL
OF TWO DWELLING UNITS.
THE PROPOSED DENSITY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE R-20 WHICH WOULD
ALLOW A MAXIMUM OF THREE UNITS.
PROVIDE INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON A SITE THAT IS PRESENTLY
UNDERUTILIZED ENCOURAGED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FIND THE RM-12 ZONING DISTRICT FOR
COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SURROUNDING
AREA.
LU POLICY 9.2.6 SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND MULTIFAMILY
DEVELOPMENT BE DESIGNED WITH A FRONT DOOR ORIENTED TOWARD
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALK AND STREET.
SINCE THIS IS A EUCLIDIAN ZONING DISTRICT, THE APPLICANT
SHOULD ADDRESS THIS POLICY AND PLANNED POLICIES AT THE TIME
OF PERMITTING.
BASED ON THE CONSIDERATION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
08:04:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, DID YOU LIVE ACROSS THE STREET?
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP.
08:04:15PM >>STEPHANIE POPE:
STEPHANIE POPE, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
START WITH AN AERIAL VIEW OF SUBJECT SITE.
OUTLINED IN RED ON WEST CHESTNUT STREET.
SURROUNDING AREA DEVELOPMENT PATTERN A MIXTURE OF
MULTIFAMILY ATTACHED, DETACHED.
THE SITE OUTLINED IN RED.
WEST CHESTNUT.
NORTH TAMPANIA, NORTH HABANA AVENUE AND NORTH ARMENIA
AVENUE.
HERE IS THE SURVEY.
AND HERE IS A CLOSE-UP VIEW OF THE SURVEY.
THIS IS A CLOSE-UP LOOK OF THE SUR SAFETY PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE OF THE PARCEL.
LOCATED SOUTH OF WEST CHESTNUT.
WEST OF NORTH TAMPANIA, EAST OF NORTH HABANA AND WEST OF
NORTH UNION.
YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING HOME ON THE SITE TO BE DEMOLISHED.
WHILE THE SUBJECT SITE IS FLANKED BY SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
UNITS, THE REQUESTED USE OF MULTIFAMILY IS APPROPRIATE IN
LOCATION AND PROVIDES A TRANSITION FROM THE DENSER
MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
SITE IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AND MUST COMPLY WITH CODE AT
THE TIME OF PERMITTING.
JUST TO CLARIFY, MAXIMUM OF THREE UNITS IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT
IN THE R-20 LAND USE, THE REQUESTED ZONING OF RM-12 WILL
ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO UNITS.
SINCE THIS IS A EUCLIDIAN ZONING NO SITE PLAN OR
APPLICATION.
SHOW SOME PHOTOS OF THIS SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
LOOKING EAST.
AND THEN THIS IS THE ALLEY THAT IS JUST SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT
SITE.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
APPLICANT AND FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
08:06:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT.
ANYTHING ELSE?
ALL RIGHT.
IF NOT, APPLICANT.
COME ON UP, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
08:07:00PM >> JERRY ALONSO.
08:07:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD, SIR.
08:07:04PM >> EVERYTHING WAS EXPLAINED.
ONLY THING I HAVE IS THE PICTURE OF WHAT I WILL BUILD.
A SINGLE-STORY DUPLEX.
BEAUTIFUL.
GOING TO REALLY IMPROVE THE AREA.
08:07:14PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I WANT TO SEE IT.
08:07:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
LET'S SEE THE PICTURE.
08:07:18PM >> PEACOCK.
ANOTHER ONE OF THESE BUILT ON ST. JOSEPH.
IDENTICAL BUILDING.
ANOTHER ONE ON 10th AND 47th.
SORRY.
08:07:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU ARE GOOD.
YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.
VERY NICE.
08:07:53PM >> DOORS.
IMPACT WINDOWS.
ALL THE NEWEST.
THIS IS THE ONE THAT WAS ON 47th.
08:08:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
VERY NICE.
08:08:19PM >> NICE INSIDE TOO.
08:08:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYTHING ELSE?
08:08:22PM >> THAT'S IT.
08:08:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON
ITEM NUMBER 10.
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ITEM 10 I BELIEVE IS COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
08:08:32PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MOVE FILE NUMBER REZ-24-105, ORDINANCE
REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2706 AND 2708
WEST CHESTNUT STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RM-12,
RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY.
08:08:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
08:09:05PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION DECEMBER 5, 2024 AT 10 A.M. IN
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 E. KENNEDY, THIRD FLOOR, TAMP
FLORIDA 33602.
08:09:21PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
NUMBER 11, REZ-24-106.
TO REZONE 2220 AND IT 22 MARCONI STREET FROM RS-50 TO PD.
TURN IT OVER TO DANNY COLLINS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
08:09:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
08:09:40PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF.
I WAS SWORN IN.
OUR NEXT CASE IS ALSO IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING
DISTRICT.
MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE -- IN THE PALMETTO BEACH
NEIGHBORHOOD.
HERE IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
IT IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
JUST TO THE WEST OF NORTH 24th AND MARCONI STREET.
THE SURROUNDING AREA IS RESIDENTIAL IN CHARACTER.
SUBJECT SITE IS RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL-10 WHICH IS
RECOGNIZED TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST OF THE SITE.
POCKETS OF RESIDENTIAL-20 TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OF THE SITE.
AS WE MOVE WEST TOWARD NORTH 22nd, WE HAVE A MIXTURE
OF CC-35.
AND CC -- CMU-35 AND CC-35.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FOUND
NO ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
PROPOSED PD PROPOSES 9.0 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WHICH IS
CONSISTENT WITH 9.6 UNITS PER ACRE ALONG MORCONI STREET
BETWEEN NORTH 22nd AND NORTH 24th STREET.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THAT WILL NOT HURT
THE CHARACTER AND IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.
SUPPORT SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE ENCOURAGING
DEVELOPMENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S POPULATION.
ALLOW INFILL HOUSING IN THE CENTRAL PLANS DISTRICT.
TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT CONSISTENT WITH THE AREA'S FUTURE
LAND USE -- FUTURE LAND USE OF RESIDENTIAL-10 ALLOW UP TO
TEN UNITS PER ACRE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE
PALMETTO BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
REQUEST IS COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
AREA AND CONSISTENT WITH THE R-10.
BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
FINDS IT CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
08:11:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO?
GO AHEAD, SIR.
08:11:49PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
HERE IS THE AERIAL MAP.
OUTLINES THE SUBJECT SITE IN RED.
YOU CAN SEE IT OUTLINED IN RED HERE ON MARCONI STREET.
PALMETTO.
A MIXTURE OF HOUSING.
SINGLE-FAMILY.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI ATTACHED.
DUPLEXES.
OLDER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS A LOT OF RS-50.
QUITE A MIX AND ONE BLOCK SOUTH AND YOU HAVE RM-16 ZONING
DISTRICT.
FURTHER SOUTH, PARK AND THE BAY.
AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS WELL.
TO THE EAST, YOU HAVE 22nd STREET THE CG USES AND TO THE
NORTH THE IKEA THAT I AM SURE WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.
HERE IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS.
ONE OF THESE UNITS IS ALREADY AN EXISTING HOME.
AND THEY ARE PROPOSING TO BUILD A NEW SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
UNIT.
THE REASON WHY THIS IS A PD IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE THIS LOT
WAS ORIGINALLY PLATTED AND IN 1894 AS 50 X 95.
TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOPMENT A HOME TO GET THAT 5,000 SQUARE
FEET.
IT DOESN'T MEET THE 5,000-SQUARE-FOOT MINIMUM.
ONLY OPTION TO DEVELOP THROUGH A PD UNFORTUNATELY.
APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A FIVE-FOOT SIDEWALK ON MARCONI
AVENUE.
EACH HOUSE HAS A DRIVEWAY AND TWO-CAR GARAGE.
FOUR PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND FOUR ARE BEING PROVIDED
MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS 35 FEET AND A GRAND TREE ON-SITE
THAT THE APPLICANT IS PRESERVING.
SHOW SOME ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT NOW.
THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS OF THE PROPOSED NEW HOME.
AND HERE ARE PICTURES OF EXISTING HOME ON THE SITE.
SO I WILL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES FROM AROUND THE AREA NOW.
SO THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ON MARCONI STREET.
THIS IS THE VACANT LOT.
YOU CAN SEE THE GRAND TREE THERE.
THIS IS THE EXISTING HOME ON THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ACROSS THE STREET.
FROM THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST ON MARCONI AVENUE.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
08:14:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THE GRAND TREE IS BEING RETAINED,
CORRECT?
08:14:25PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
YES, SIR.
AND THIS IS LOOKING A LITTLE FARTHER EAST.
YOU CAN SEE THE GRAND TREE ON THE CORNER THAT WILL NOT BE
IMPACTED AND THE PROTECTED RADIUSES ARE BEING PROVIDED.
HERE IS A BETTER LOOK AT THE VACANT PORTION OF THE SITE.
AND THEN THIS IS STANDING ON THE VACANT PORTION OF THE SITE.
THE GRAND TREE IS HERE.
AND LOOKING WEST TOWARD DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN THIS IS FURTHER PAST THE SUBJECT SITE, LOOKING
FURTHER EAST INTO PALMETTO BEACH ON MARCONI STREET.
THIS IS LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET.
YOU CAN SEE SOME MULTIFAMILY HERE AND SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
THERE.
BRING THE SITE PLAN BACK UP.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
APPLICATION AND FOUND IT CONSISTENT.
SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE
APPLICATION, FURTHER MODIFICATIONS ON THE REVISION SHEET
WILL BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
08:15:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
08:15:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I NOTICE ON THE EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENCE, THE RAISED AIR CONDITIONER.
AND -- DUE TO THE FLOODING IN THE AREA, I WONDER IF THIS
HOUSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE ELEVATED?
08:15:43PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
I WON'T GET TOO MUCH INTO PERMITTING, BUT
THEY HAVE TO MEET FLOOD REGULATIONS WHEN THEY GO TO
PERMITTING.
08:15:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
08:15:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
MR. ALONSO OR WHOEVER.
ITEM NUMBER 11.
08:16:02PM >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL COSENTINO AND I'M HIS ARCHITECT.
08:16:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYTHING WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE.
08:16:12PM >> WE WORKED DILIGENTLY THROUGH THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THE
SITE PLAN AND EVERYTHING ELSE MET CRITERIA.
THEY WENT OVER EVERYTHING DILIGENTLY.
08:16:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
08:16:23PM >> NO, THANK YOU.
08:16:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC SPEAK ON ITEM 11.
A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
08:16:34PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
FILE NUMBER REZ-24-105, FIRST READING
CONSIDERATION, 2220 AND 2222MARCONI STREET FROM RS-50 TO PD.
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
08:16:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
08:17:05PM >>CLERK:
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
SECONDING ADOPTION DECEMBER 5, 2024 AT 10 A.M. CITY OF TAMPA
CHAMBERS, 315 EAST KENNEDY, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602.
08:17:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SIX MORE TO GO.
ITEM NUMBER 12.
08:17:21PM >> GOOD EVENING, STEPHANIE POPE, LAND DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, REZ-24-26, REQUEST TO REZONE FROM
2704 WEST PALMETTO STREET TO RS-50.
08:17:48PM >>JENNIFER MALONE:
JENNIFER MALONE FROM THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
I HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN IN.
08:17:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OH, NO.
WE WILL LET THIS ONE SLIDE.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN.
EVERYBODY WHO WILL BE SPEAKING.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY NEW BESIDE MISS MALONE.
GO AHEAD.
[SWEARING IN]
08:18:08PM >>JENNIFER MALONE:
YES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEARING WITH ME.
DANNY AND I ARE SPLITTING OUR DUTIES TONIGHT.
THIS IS REZ 24-26 AS STEPHANIE MENTION ON WEST PALMETTO
STREET.
TO THE SOUTH WE HAVE WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
TAMPANIA AND PALMETTO AND HAS BEEN OVER HERE.
WITHIN THE SURROUNDING AREA, A MIXTURE OF HOUSING TYPES IS
REFLECTED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
RESIDENTIAL-20.
TO THE SOUTH OF THIS BLUE IS PUBLIX.
AND THAT IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I POINTED OUT.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35.
THIS -- THIS IS ARMENIA AVENUE ACTUALLY OVER HERE, BUT YOU
CAN'T QUITE SEE IT.
AND THEN RESIDENTIAL-10.
SO THE REQUEST FOR TWO SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED DWELLING
UNITS IS WITHIN WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE
RESIDENTIAL-20.
WE FOUND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTS INCREASED DENSITY OR INCREASED
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY IN OUR URBAN VILLAGES.
IN THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
THIS SITE COULD BE CONSIDERED UNDERUTILIZED.
THE DENSITY OF TWO DWELLING UNITS WHICH IS WHAT THEY ARE
PROPOSING AND IN PROXIMITY TO A TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
ARMENIA AVENUE TO THE EAST AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES NEAR
SCHOOLS AND COLLOCATION.
WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS ALWAYS.
08:19:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS MALONE.
SEE NONE.
GO AHEAD, YES, MA'AM.
08:19:37PM >>STEPHANIE POPE:
STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
START WITH AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SITE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED ON WEST
PALMETTO STREET.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY A VACANT LATE LOCATED SOUTH OF
PALMETTO STREET NORTH OF TAMPANIA, NORTH OF WEST CHERRY
STREET AND EAST OF HABANA.
ALONG PALMETTO SINGLE-FAMILY USES.
ZONING CHANGES TO RM-16.
ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF THE SITE ON WEST CHERRY STREET IS WEST
TAMPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
CONSIDERING THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, THE USE OF
SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED PROVIDES AN APPROPRIATE INFILL.
YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE OF THE SUBJECT SITE ON WEST
PALMETTO.
HERE IS NORTH HABANA.
NORTH TAMPANIA AND NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE.
HERE IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
SEMI DETACHED UNITS.
FRONT DOORS ARE ORIENTED TOWARD WEST PALMETTO STREET.
AND EACH HAS A DRIVEWAY CONNECTED TO THE 14th WITH AN ALLEY
IN THE REAR.
WALKWAYS CONNECT THE FRONT DOOR TO THE EXISTING FIVE-FEET
CONCRETE SIDEWALK ALONG WEST PALMETTO.
THE MAXIMUM TWO UNITS ARE BEING BUILT WITH A BONUS PROVISION
AGREEMENT.
FOUR PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND FOUR PARKING SPACES ARE
BEING PROVIDED.
TWO IN EACH UNIT'S ENCLOSED GARAGE.
MAX PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT IS 35 FEET.
NO ENOUGH WAIVERS REQUESTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TWO UNITS.
THE TWO GARAGES WITH THE TWO SPACES FOR THE CARS.
AND HERE IS THE ACCESS TO THE ALLEY.
AND THEN THE WALKWAY UP TO THE EXISTING FIVE-FOOT CONCRETE
SIDEWALK ALONG WEST PALMETTO.
HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS.
THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION.
AND HERE WE HAVE THE EAST ELEVATION.
AND THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE GARAGES HERE.
NEXT, I WILL SHOW PHOTOS OF THE SITE.
HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH OF THE SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ACROSS THE STREET.
OF THE SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING WEST.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH OF THE SITE.
AND THEN HERE IS A PHOTO OF WEST TAMPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
AND IT IS JUST SOUTH OF THE SITE.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THERE ARE NO WAIVERS WITH THIS REQUEST.
IF CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE APPLICATION, THE MODIFICATIONS
TO THE SITE PLAN WILL BE SUBMITTED AND THE REVISED REVISION
SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, AND I
AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
08:23:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
MR. RIOS, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME.
08:23:15PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, ALEX RIOS WITH RIOS ARCHITECTURE.
PROPOSES A REZONING FROM RS-50 TO PD FOR TWO SINGLE-FAMILY
SEMI DETACHED TOWN HOMES WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGN.
PROJECT LOCATED WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY.
SITE PLAN DEMONSTRATES COMPLIANCE WITH BLOCK AVERAGING.
BLOCK AVERAGING, SETBACKS AND UTILIZE THE REAR ALLEY FOR TWO
PARKING SPACES.
HOME HAVE SLOPES, ELEVATIONS AND MODEST BUILDING HEIGHT.
WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT THIS PROPOSAL THAT
MEETS THESE OVERLAY REQUIREMENTS.
REQUEST NOR WAIVERS.
AND PLEASED WITH CITY'S STAFF UNANIMOUS FINDING THE PROJECT
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN.
THANK YOU.
08:24:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT.
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
12?
08:24:15PM >> YES.
08:24:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COME ON UP, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
08:24:19PM >> ONE ISSUE -- YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE ME AGAIN.
MY NAME IS LEWIS VILLAROSA.
YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN.
I AM A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF THAT AREA.
AND AS FAR AS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONCERNED, THERE IS NO
-- THERE IS NO DUPLEX -- TWO-STORY BUILDING ON PALMETTO
STREET FROM TAMPANIA ALL THE WAY TO HIMES.
THERE ARE NONE ON CHERRY STREET ALL THE WAY TO MILES.
ON BEACH STREET ALL THE WAY TO HIMES.
THEY ARE OUT OF CHARACTER.
SINGLE-FAMILY SINGLE STORY WITH GREAT LAWNS.
LOW DENSITY.
WE WANT TO KEEP THE DENSITY LOW IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME TECHNICAL THAT ALLOWS, IT IS
OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ANOTHER THING, THAT
ALLEY BEHIND THERE HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR YEARS.
VERY DIFFICULT TO TRAVERSE IT.
I HAVE TO MAINTAIN MY PORTION OF IT BECAUSE I LIVE ON
ALLEYWAY.
I DON'T TAKE MY CAR.
I ACCESS FROM THE FRONT.
CITY NO LONGER MAINTAIN IT IS BECAUSE NO UTILITIES PROVIDED
THROUGH THERE.
TRASH PICK-UP IN THE FRONT.
TELEPHONE COMPANIES DON'T RUN THEIR LINES THERE ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A LOT OF REZONING GOING
IN THERE.
I AM ONLY CONCERNED OF TRAFFIC DENSITY TOO.
PEOPLE DON'T USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AS THEY SHOULD.
I AM AS GUILTY AS ANYBODY ELSE IS.
I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED, YOU ARE SEEING IT THERE AND HERE.
THERE IS ANOTHER REQUEST COMING UP THAT EVEN IS EVEN WORSE
THAN THE TRAFFIC DENSITY IN A SIMILAR AREA BUT I WILL
RESERVE MY COMMENTS TO THAT POINT.
08:26:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
08:26:10PM >> 2718 WEST PALMETTO STREET.
I AM ON THE SAME BLOCK.
08:26:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK?
SIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY REBUTTAL?
08:26:28PM >> MY REBUTTAL WOULD BE THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
WEST TAMPA OVERLAY.
WEST TAMPA OVERLAY HAS MANY LOTS NOT MEETING RS-50 STANDARDS
AND ARE NARROWER IN WIDTH.
YES MAY NOT BE DUPLEXES BUT THE DENSITY IS NOT ALREADY
EXCEED WHAT IS THERE WITH THE NARROWER LOT SIZE.
AS FAR AS THE REAR ALLEY, WE ARE ONE BLOCK OFF OF THE -- OF
THE STREET TO OUR EAST.
SO IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO CHALLENGING TO ACCESS.
08:27:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE.
08:27:06PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND.
08:27:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ITEM NUMBER 12.
AND THEN THE RESOLUTION WILL BE ADOPTED AFTER SECOND
READING.
GO AHEAD, SIR, ITEM NUMBER 12.
08:27:18PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY 6225 AND 6421
SOUTH 6th STREET AND MORE DESCRIBED IN ZONING
CLASSIFICATION RS-60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHED PROVIDE
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
08:27:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A =MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
08:27:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
POINT OF ORDER.
I AM LOOKING AT NUMBER 12.
ORDINANCE TALKING OF SOMETHING AWAY FROM THERE.
I THINK THIS IS INCORRECT.
I AM NOT SURE.
WHAT IS IT?
08:28:08PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THAT WAS 15.
THIS IS NUMBER 12.
08:28:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM NUMBER 12 -- THE ORDINANCE IS
WRONG.
YOU ARE GOING TO CHANGE IT FROM A RS-50 TO A PD.
IF YOU CAN REREAD THAT.
08:28:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHAT ORDINANCE DO WE HAVE IN THE CLERK'S
FILE?
08:28:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT ITEM DO YOU HAVE FOR ITEM NUMBER
12?
08:28:36PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
DO YOU HAVE THE ORDINANCE HANDY?
WHY DON'T WE START OVER AND DO IT THIS WAY.
HOW IS THAT.
08:28:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE GOT IT HERE.
DON'T FORGET THE REVISION SHEET.
08:28:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IS THERE A REVISION SHEET, MR. THOMAS?
08:28:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IS THERE A REVISION SHEET?
08:29:10PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
GIVE IT TO MISS JOHNSON-VELEZ.
08:29:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
INCLUDE REVISION SHEET AND WILL HAVE THE
CORRECT TITLE.
08:29:20PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
MOVE AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY 704 WEST PALMETTO STREET
IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
IN SECTION ONE FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD.
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WITH THE REVISION SHEET.
08:29:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE HAVE A MOTION -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
PLEASE READ IT.
08:29:55PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
08:29:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED.
GO AHEAD.
08:30:01PM >>CLERK:
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION DECEMBER 5, 2024 AT 10 A.M. IN
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, 33602.
08:30:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE DON'T MOVE IT UNTIL AFTER SECOND
READING.
ALL RIGHT.
GO AHEAD.
ITEM NUMBER 13.
08:30:25PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
REZ-24-26.
REQUEST TO REZONE 1606 AND 1608 NORTH MacDILL AVENUE FOLIO
NUMBER 180542.0000.
FROM RS-60 TO PD.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER MALONE WITH THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
08:30:49PM >>JENNIFER MALONE:
JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING
COMMISSION.
WE ARE IN WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AGAIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE
275 NEAR McFARLAND PARK.
AND THE McFARLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS TO THE VICINITY
TO THE NORTH.
SUBJECT SITE IS REALLY -- BORDERS THE McFARLAND PARK THE
ACTUAL PARK.
THE FUTURE LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL-10.
WE HAVE A GREEN FOR THE PARK.
THAT IS RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE.
BLUE IS PUBLIC-SEMI-PUBLIC RELATION IS THE PREDOMINANT LAND
USE CATEGORY.
TYPICALLY SEMI-DETACHED; HOWEVER, THE PLAN DOES ALLOW
FOR SOME CONSIDERATIONS TO IT SHALL TO PROMOTE DIFFERENT
HOUSING TYPES WITHIN THIS FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
THE POLICIES TO SEEK TO ALLOW SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED IN THE
RESIDENTIAL-10 IF WE FIND IT IS ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OR PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION.
BASED ON THAT POLICY DIRECTION, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
REVIEWED THE POLICIES ALLOWING FOR DIVERSITY OF HOUSING
TYPES IN THE FUTURE LAND USE AND WHERE IT IS LOCATE AND FELT
THAT IT MET THOSE BASED ON BEING AT THE CORNER OF AN
ARTERIAL AND JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 275.
THAT IS YOUR SEEING A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPE WITHIN
THIS LAN USE DESIGNATION AND REVIEWED IT FOR COMPATIBILITY
WITH THE AREA AND THE SURROUNDING POLICY.
WE DID FIND THAT IT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES AND SERVICES AND AMENITIES ALONG NORTH MACK
DIRT AVENUE.
AND I APOLOGIZE.
THE -- AS WELL AS WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE WINNER
WITH ALWAYS LOOKING FOR INCREASED HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
THERE.
SO WITH THAT, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU.
08:32:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT?
08:32:48PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
HERE IS AN AERIAL MAP OF OUR SUBJECT SITE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED HERE.
WEST MAIN STREET HERE.
NORTH MacDILL AVENUE HERE.
AND WEST GREEN STREET HERE.
THE SURROUNDING AREA IS LARGELY SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
WEST TAMPA OVERLAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF NORTH MacDILL
AVENUE.
McFARLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE AND McFARLAND PARK --
McFARLAND PARK HERE.
A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK, GEORGE GUIDA SENIOR HOUSE.
I THINK I AM PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT.
TO THE SOUTH INTERSTATE 275.
AND THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT HERE IS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY
ATTACHED.
HOUSES.
GO TO THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING EIGHT SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
HOMES ON THE SITE.
THE LOTS RANGE FROM 37 TO 53 FEET IN WIDTH.
THE FRONT DOORS OF THE HOME ORIENTED TOWARD NORTH MacDILL AVENUE
AND THEY HAVE A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THE SIDEWALK ALONG
MacDILL FOR EACH STRUCTURE.
A SIDEWALK PROPOSED NORTH MAIN STREET TO THE NORTH.
AND SWAB, SIDEWALK TO THE SOUTH ALONG WEST GREEN STREET.
ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROPOSED FROM A REAR DRIVE AISLE THAT
GOES FROM WEST MAIN STREET TO THE SOUTH TO THE WEST GREEN
STREET.
A TWO-CAR GARAGE FOR EACH UNIT.
SO THERE ARE -- LET'S SEE HERE.
16 PARKING SPACES PROVIDED AND 16 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED.
ADDITIONALLY, THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT PROPOSED AT 37
FEET.
LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE APPLICANT DID
WORK WITH STAFF TO PRESERVE THE 60 FOOT -- OR
60-INCH CAMPHOR STREET ON-SITE.
SO HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
TOMORROW PICTURES OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE FROM MacDILL
AVENUE.
THIS IS MAIN STREET HERE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES ON MAIN
STREET.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ALONG MacDILL AVENUE.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOUSES ACROSS
THE STREET AND 275 IN THE FOREGROUND.
THIS IS ALONG WEST GREEN STREET.
THIS IS THE LARGE CAMPHOR.
THE 16-INCH CAMPHOR BEING PRESERVED.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ON GREEN STREET.
SUBJECT SITE HERE.
THE GRAND TREE AGAIN.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH.
THIS IS THE BACK SIDE OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
SO WE HAVE GONE FARTHER DOWN GREEN STREET TO THE WEST.
THIS IS THE REAR OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
MacDILL AVENUE IS OVER HERE.
NOW WE HAVE KIND OF WORKED OUR WAY ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND
THE SITE ON WEST MAIN STREET, LOOKING SOUTHWEST AT THAT
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACH HOME THAT IS BEHIND THE SUBJECT SITE.
AND THEN NOW WE ARE LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS MacDILL AND WEST MAIN STREET.
NOW WE ARE LOOKING EAST ON MAIN STREET.
YOU HAVE McFARLAND PARK HERE AND THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
WE WILL DO ANOTHER ONE.
AND THEN LOOKING EAST AT -- AT ACROSS THE STREET FROM
MacDILL LOOKING AT -- THIS WILL BE McFARLAND PARK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL HERE AND SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED -- SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED UNITS OTHER SIDE OF MacDILL AVENUE.
SITE PLAN BACK UP.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION STAFF REVIEWED AND FINDS THE
REQUEST CONSISTENT.
SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE
ACTION AND WAIVERS REQUESTED MODIFICATION ON THE REVISION
SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.
08:36:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPLICANT?
GLOBAL ENGINEERING AS WELL.
08:37:09PM >> I SHOULD BE -- I AM NOT SURE -- I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT
IS -- THAT IS CIVIL ENGINEER.
08:37:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD, SIR.
08:37:17PM >> I AM ALEX RIOS WITH RIOS ARCHITECTURE.
REZONING FROM RS-50 TO PD FOR EIGHT SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
HOMES.
FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS R-10.
TEN UNITS PER ACRE.
THE PROPOSED DENSITY OF THIS PROBABLY IS EIGHT UNITS, WHICH
IS VERY COMPATIBLE WITH THE RS-50.
WITH THE SURROUNDING RS-50 PROPERTIES AND APPROVED PD TO OUR
WEST.
THE SITE PLAN -- THE SITE PLAN PROPOSE AS STORMWATER
RETENTION AREA AND TWO-WAY DRIVE AISLE ON THE OF THE
PROPERTY TO SERVE AND ACCESS THE SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS.
THIS AVOID WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE WOULD BE A CHALLENGING
ACCESS POINT OFF OF MacDILL AND ALLOW FOR A MORE ENGAGING
STREET PRESENCE.
ONLY WAIVER REQUESTED IS A REDUCTION OF A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE
OFF THE TWO -- OFF THE TWO-WAY REAR DRIVE AISLE TO THE
GARAGE.
WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE PLEASED WITH CITY STAFF'S UNANIMOUS
FINDING OF THIS PROBABLY BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THANK YOU.
08:38:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
YES?
08:38:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS REALLY A
CREATIVE USE OF THIS PROPERTY WITH THE FORWARD-FACING
DEVELOPMENT.
AND BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT YOU ARE DOING THERE.
I THINK IT IS REALLY A NICE-LOOKING PROJECT FOR THAT AREA.
08:38:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON
THIS ITEM?
COME ON UP, SIR.
08:38:49PM >> WILL BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE ME TONIGHT.
THREE TIMES.
AGAIN, MY NAME --
08:38:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHEN YOU GET UP THERE --
08:38:58PM >> SORRY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
I WILL LOU VILLAROSA.
I LIVE WEST PALMETTO STREET.
I LIVE IN THE VICINITY OF AREA.
I UNDERSTAND WITH REGARD TO HOUSING NEEDS IN THE AREA.
I UNDERSTAND THAT FULLY.
MANY WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT.
BUT THAT PARTICULAR ARCHITECTURE IS OUT OF CHARACTER WITH
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU NOTICED HOUSE NEXT TO IS THE
HISTORIC DERPA HOUSE.
YOU SAW THE PICTURE OF IT.
THAT, AGAIN -- I DON'T KNOW OF ANY TYPE OF TWO-STORY DUPLEX
TYPES -- THAT IS NOT A DUPLEX IN THAT WHOLE AREA.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF THEM.
MY OTHER CONCERN IS MAIN STREET IS THE ACCESS TO THE PARK.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO THERE FOR PICKLEBALL NOW.
AND ALSO STUDENTS THAT -- THAT ARE IN THAT PARK DURING THE
DAYTIME ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY FROM THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL, McFARLAND PARK.
I BELIEVE THAT IS -- WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, A BACCALAUREATE.
A SCHOOL FOR VERY SMART KIDS.
I HAD CONCERN OF TRAFFIC DENSITY USING MANY STREET BECAUSE
ACCESS TO THE PARK AND CHILDREN DO PLAY IN THAT PARK RIGHT
NEXT TO IT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
08:40:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE?
SIR, DO YOU NEED REBUTTAL, SIR?
08:40:25PM >> I JUST -- I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE -- THAT THE
REAR ALLEY ON THE SITE WAS VACATED AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE
PROPOSING -- WHY THE SITE PLAN -- THAT IS WHY THE SITE PLAN
IS HOW IT IS FORMED ALSO.
THE TRAFFIC ON MacDILL AND REITERATE THAT THE DENSITY IS
COMPATIBILITY WITH THE RS-50 LOTS AND PD TO THE WEST.
08:40:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU, MISS MALONE.
08:40:49PM >>JENNIFER MALONE:
I HAVE A CORRECTION FOR THE RECORD.
BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE USE IS SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED.
I WAS UP HERE BEFORE YOU AND IN OUR REPORT, BECAUSE THE LOTS
ARE SO SMALL ON PD, WE MISINTERPRETED AND THOUGHT THEY WERE
ATTACHED.
THEY ARE DETACHED.
RESIDENTIAL-10 SUPPORTS SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. IT IS WELL
WITHIN THE DENSITY AS WELL WITH THE ACRE SITE FOR EIGHT
UNITS.
YES.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT THAT IS FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU.
08:41:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE.
08:41:23PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND.
08:41:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
MIND READING 13?
08:41:30PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
I MOVE FILE NUMBER REZ-24-26.
ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
ORDINANCE REZONING THE PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
1606 AND 1608 NORTH MacDILL AVENUE AND FOLIO NUMBER
180543-000 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATIONS RS -- DO I SAY 10 OR 50 -- 50, RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
08:42:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A GENTLE SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
08:42:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IN THE -- IN THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE PUBLIC
HEARING, IT SAYS RRS-60.
AND IN THE ORDINANCE SAYS RS-50.
08:42:26PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS.
IT IS RS-50.
08:42:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
YOU SAID RS-50.
08:42:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
YES, MA'AM.
GO AHEAD.
08:42:38PM >>CLERK:
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION ON DECEMBER 5, 2024, 10 A.M. CITY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS 315 KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, 33602.
08:42:55PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS.
ITEM NUMBER 15, REZ-24-71.
4901 AND 4903 SOUTH QUINCY STREET FROM CG TO PD.
JENNIFER MALONE FOR THE PLANNING.
08:43:15PM >>JENNIFER MALONE:
JENNIFER MALONE WITH THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
JUST SOUTH OF WEST GANDY BOULEVARD ALONG SOUTH QUINCY
STREET.
I AM SURE EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH WEST GANDY.
RESIDENTIAL USES ALONG IT.
A CLINIC RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SUBJECT SITE IS A COMMUNITY THAT IS PRESENT AROUND BAYSHORE
BOULEVARD AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 IN THE RED JUST TO THE
WEST OF THE SITE.
THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 ACTUALLY WOULD ALLOW FOR GREATER
-- MANY USES ARE -- CAN BE CONSIDERED UNDER THAT FUTURE LAND
USE CATEGORY.
WE DID FIND THIS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
SINCE THEY ARE ONLY ASKING FOR THREE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACH
UNITS.
WE FOUND THAT IT WILL PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPARABLE
AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND ALSO PROVIDE A NICE SENSITIVE TRANSITION FROM THE
COMMERCIAL USES TO THE -- TO THE NORTH AND THE SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED RESIDENCES TO THE SOUTH.
SO THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH LU POLICY 9.7.3.
WHICH ENCOURAGES TRANSITION OF DENSITY BETWEEN SINGLE-FAMILY
AND MORE INTENSE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.
AGAIN, WEST GANDY BOULEVARD IS A TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR
AND PLAN PROMOTES INCREASED DENSITY AND GROWTH IN AND ALONG
THOSE CORRIDORS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
08:44:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. SHELBY, YOU SEE ON THE AGENDA -- YOU GOT THE RIGHT ONE
--
08:44:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE WHO ARE FOLLOWING THE
AGENDA.
ADDRESS ON THE ORDINANCE IS WRONG.
CORRECT ADDRESS IS SOUTH QUINCY AND WHOEVER WILL BE READING
THE ORDINANCE, WE HAVE THE CORRECT TITLE TO PASS ALONG.
08:45:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
YES, SIR.
08:45:11PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAMUEL THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
WE HAVE OUR SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED ON SOUTH QUINCY
AVENUE.
SOUTH OF GANDY BOULEVARD.
COMMERCIAL USES ALONG GANDY BOULEVARD AND
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACH AND MULTIFAMILY ALONG GANDY BOULEVARD.
APPROVED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED HERE.
MORE HERE.
AND SIGNIFICANT SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED ALONG BAYSHORE
BOULEVARD OVER HERE.
DECENT AMOUNT OF MULTIFAMILY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE
AREA.
PD FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNIT.
AN THEN YOU HAVE MEDICAL USES MERE -- PRIMARY MEDICAL USES
ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE AND QUICKLY
TRANSITIONS TO R-75 FOR DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY USES.
LET'S SEE HERE AS WE GO INTO THE SITE PLAN NOW.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
DEVELOPMENT PROPOSES THREE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS.
I DO WANT TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND OF AN ASSOCIATED CASE
THAT IS RELATED TO THIS APPLICATION.
LET'S SEE HERE.
SPECIAL USE 1 APPLICATION FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
ATTACHED USES WAS DENIED ADMINISTRATIVELY IN JANUARY 2024
DUE TO THE APPLICANT NOT COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
27-132.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE DENIAL WAS APPEALED AND UPHELD BY CITY
COUNCIL.
UPHELD IT CITING THAT THE APPLICANT FAILED TO PROVIDE
COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OF SPECIFIC CRITERIA IN
27-132 SHOULD BE WAIVED.
THE APPLICANT IS NOW APPLYING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY WITH
THIS PD REQUEST.
SO -- AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE SENT SECTION
27-132 DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PD REZONING ACTION.
SO THAT IS JUST A QUICK SUMMARY ON THE BACKGROUND OF THIS
CASE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE THREE UNITS ARE ORIENTED TOWARD
SOUTH QUINCY STREET.
EACH UNIT HAS A TWO-CAR GARAGE.
SO -- LET'S SEE HERE.
THERE ARE SEVEN PARKING SPACES REQUIRED AND 12 ARE BEING
PROVIDED.
YOU HAVE TWO IN EACH OF THE GARAGES AND THE DRIVEWAY IS ABLE
TO ACCOMMODATE TWO PARKING SPACES AS WELL.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A FIVE-FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG
QUINCY.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS 35
FEET.
I WILL SHOW YOU THE ELEVATIONS NOW PROPOSED.
SORRY.
HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS.
THIS IS THE REAR ELEVATION.
AND THEN HERE ARE YOUR TWO SIDE ELEVATIONS.
SOME PICTURES OF THE SUBJECT SITE NOW.
THIS IS ALONG QUINCY.
THIS IS LOOKING WEST DIRECTLY TO THE SUBJECT SITE.
YOU HAVE AN OLD COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON THE SUBJECT SITE AND
WHAT LOOKS TO BE A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNIT.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ALONG QUINCY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT TRANSITION HAPPENS FROM THE COMMERCIAL USES
TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES TO THE SOUTH ALONG
QUINCY.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ALONG QUINCY.
YOU CAN SEE THE COMMERCIAL USES JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE
SUBJECT SITE HERE AND HERE AS WELL.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST ACROSS QUINCY AT THE VETERINARIAN
CLINIC.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT FARTHER NORTH ON QUINCY.
YOU CAN SEE THE START OF THE RESTAURANT THAT SAY LONG GANDY
BOULEVARD THERE.
THEN HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING SOUTH AT THE EXISTING
STRUCTURES ON THE SITE AND THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES TO THE
SOUTH.
AND THEN HERE IS A DIFFERENT ANGLE FROM THE COMMERCIAL USE
ACROSS, SO YOU CAN SEE THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
THAT BORDER IS ON THE VETERINARIAN CLINIC ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I WILL THROW THE SITE PLAN BACK UP.
WHAT I FORGOT EARLIER, THE APPLICANT DESIGNED THE SITE
SO THEY ARE NOT IMPACTING THE CLUSTER OF TREES SO THEY HAVE
THEIR PROTECTED RADIUSES AND WON'T BE IMPACTED.
I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW STAFF FOUND IT CONSISTENT.
SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE, REVISIONS
MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
08:50:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
08:50:21PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
AS STAFF HAS POINTED OUT, WE WERE FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT
WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ALSO WITH THE CITY STAFF.
BY RIGHT WE COULD BUILD FIVE UNITS.
WE ARE PROPOSING THREE UNITS TO BE ASSURED OF MEETING THE
TREE AND LANDSCAPE CODE, AS WELL AS PROVIDING ENHANCED
DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE ARE EXCEEDING WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE CITY, TRYING TO
BE SENSITIVE TO THE RECENT ISSUES REGARDING FLOODING.
THERE ARE NO WAIVERS BEING REQUESTED.
WE SHIFTED THE BUILDING SOUTHWARD IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE
TREES TO THE NORTH.
AND WE ARE PROVIDING THE PARKING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR EACH
OF THE UNITS WITH TWO ENCLOSED GARAGE COVERED UNITS EACH.
THE NORTH EAST AND WEST ARE ALL CG.
AND THE SOUTH IS RS-75.
WE HAVE ALSO PROVIDED 17 FEET OF SETBACK ON THE SOUTH SIDE,
WHICH INCLUDES THE TEN-FOOT ALLEY, AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL
SEVEN FEET ON OUR SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
WE ARE PROTECTING THE TREE CANOPY FROM MEETING THE GREEN
SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
WE ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL OF THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS
THAT ARE -- THAT ARE SHOWN AND DEVELOPED IN THE A ERA.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS QUICKLY.
TO SHOW YOU HOW WE SHIFTED THE BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE THE
TREE CANOPY.
AND THEN THIS IS THE -- THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWING
YOU THAT THE LAND USES SURROUNDING THIS ARE ALL 35 UNITS TO
THE ACRE.
AND THIS IS THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY HERE.
AND QUINCY -- SHOWING YOU THE DOORS AND THE GARAGES ALL FACE
QUINCY.
SO THEY ARE ALL FRONT-FACING.
SO STAFF HAS ALREADY SHOWED YOU THE PICTURES REGARDING --
REGARD CAN THE SURROUNDING USES.
WE ARE AS I SAID -- WE HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE COMPATIBILITY
AND CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE CODE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER PICTURES TO SHOW YOU.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS THE RESTAURANT.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD THE -- TOWARD THE SUBJECT
PROPERTY.
YOU SEE THIS IS A -- A HAIR SALON HERE.
THIS IS TO BE REMOVED.
THIS IS THE VETERINARY CLINIC.
THIS PROPERTY WILL ALIGN WITH THE VETERINARY CLINIC ACROSS
THE STREET, WHICH IS A MUCH MORE INTENSIVE USE.
AS THE STAFF HAS POINTED OUT, A COMPATIBLE TRANSITION
PROJECT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THE SETBACK ON THE WEST SIDE IS 15 FEET TO THE BUILDING AND
FIVE FEET TO THE DECK.
AND BELOW THE DECK IS THE RETENTION AREA.
SO WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
08:53:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15?
YES, COME ON UP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
08:53:42PM >> SANDRA MARTIN.
ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER.
I HAVE A COPY OF MY NOTES FOR EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL.
08:53:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE.
08:53:50PM >> I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS AND TIRED.
SOMETHING THAT I WILL SPEAK ON.
08:53:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
GO AHEAD.
08:54:04PM >> SANDRA MARTIN.
I AM THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY
THAT WAS NEVER SHOWN DURING ANY OF THE PICTURES.
ABSOLUTELY NOT ONE SHOT OF MY PROPERTY THAT RUNS DIRECTLY
BEHIND.
THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN RIGHTFULLY TURNED DOWN TWICE,
ATTEMPTING TO REZONE THIS NONCONFORMING PROPERTY TO
RESIDENTIAL.
IT HAS BEEN TURNED DOWN ONCE BY THE THE CITY OF TAMPA ZONING
DEPARTMENT.
TURNED DOWN BY THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
NOW THE DEVELOPER IS TRYING TO SNEAK IN A NEW RESIDENTIAL
REZONE VIA PD ZONING FORMAT.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY ABSURD.
I AM THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER AND STRONGLY CONTEST ANY PD
REZONING ATTEMPTS.
ALL ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS CONTEST THE REZONING AS WELL.
THE RECORD SHOULD SHOW THAT LAWRENCE GARCIA SUBMITTED A
REBUTTAL AND COOK'S ENGLISH KITCHEN ALSO SUBMITTED A
REBUTTAL TO THE REZONING.
THEY ALSO SUBMITTED PICTURES OF THE -- OF THE STORMWATER
DRAINAGE OR RUNOFF THAT WE HAVE DURING -- DURING THE ROUTINE
STORMS -- NOT JUST THE HEAVY STORMS, BUT DURING ROUTINE
STORMS BECAUSE THERE IS NO ADEQUATE STORMWATER DRAINAGE
AROUND THE LOCATION.
THIS IS ONE REASON WE BELIEVE THAT THE ZONING SHOULD BE
DENIED.
GOING ON TO BULLET NUMBER THREE.
GRANTING ANYTHING LESS THAN THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ZONING
IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT FROM A 20-FOOT SETBACK TO A 15 WITH
A MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH LEAVES THE PERMEABLE AREA BEING
TAKEN AWAY.
SO ANY TYPE OF STORMWATER DRAINAGE WOULD GO INTO MY
PROPERTY.
LIKE I SAID, I LIVE TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
ONCE YOU START BUILDING THIS PARTICULAR -- ONCE YOU START
BUILDING THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING, YOU ARE GOING TO GO UP 11
FEET ON ONE SIDE OF MY PROPERTY.
I ALREADY HAVE 11 FEET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY PROPERTY.
GUESS WHERE ALL THE RAIN WATER GOES TO, ALL THE STORMWATER,
DIRECTLY INTO MY PROPERTY.
GOES DIRECTLY ON TO MY PROPERTY.
THE NATURAL RUNOFF THAT WOULD BE -- THE NATURAL RUNOFF IS
NOW BLOCKED BY THIS RAISING OF THE PROPERTY, ALONG THE TREE
LINES.
08:56:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU STILL HAVE 30 SECONDS.
08:56:38PM >> 30 SECONDS OF FOLLOW-UP.
THERE WAS A POINT -- LIKE I SAID THEY WERE GOING TO PUT A
STORMWATER IN, BUT I WOULD BE THE ONE WITH THE RETENTION
POND.
RIGHT NOW I AM CURRENTLY RETENTION POND.
I REQUEST THAT ANY SETBACKS AND REDUCTIONS FOR THIS PROJECT
BE DENIED AND HOW IT WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE SURROUNDING
PROPERTY AND ABUTTING OWNERS.
WHAT I BELIEVE ARE ZONING CODES ARE PUT INTO PLACE SO
PROPERTY OWNER AND PRESENT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ARE
PROTECTED.
08:57:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
08:57:11PM >> YOU ARE WELCOME.
08:57:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
08:57:15PM >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS STEPHANIE POYNOR.
WANT TO POINT THIS OUT TO YOU.
THIS FRONT EASEMENT IS THE FRONT YARD -- THE FRONT OF THE
BUILDING, RIGHT.
THEY SHOWED IT TO YOU.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS.
THEY ARE COUNTING THOSE AS PARKING SPACES.
SO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS ONLY GOING TO BE 15 FEET FROM
THE ROAD.
AND YOU GOT A FIVE-FOOT SIDEWALK IN THERE.
I WANT Y'ALL TO LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT THE WIDTH OF -- THE LENGTH OF ALL OF THESE VEHICLES.
I AM SURE YOU WILL SEE A FAMILIAR ONE.
08:57:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YEAH, I DO.
08:58:00PM >> ONLY ONE ON THERE THAT IS LESS THAN 15 FEET.
YOU CAN'T PARK THERE.
YOU CAN'T PARK IN THOSE DRIVEWAYS.
Y'ALL DON'T DRIVE GIANT VEHICLES.
YES, MA'AM, THEY ARE YOUR CARS.
I DID IT -- I DID IT LAST WEEK.
I DID IT LAST WEEK DURING DAY.
08:58:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
VERY CREATIVE.
08:58:21PM >> YOUR CAR PARKING SPACES ARE LABELED.
GIVE ME A BREAK.
THE STAFF REPORT SAYS -- THE STAFF REPORT SAYS IT REQUIRES
SEVEN PARK SPACES.
IF YOU CAN'T PARK IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, IT HOME HAS SIX.
NEXT THING.
I NEED TO SCROLL OUT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THE LOT SIZE IS 7906.
AND THE STAFF REPORT SAYS YOU CONDITION BUILD ANYTHING ON A
7906 LOT BECAUSE HAS TO BE 10,000 SQUARE FEET FOR
COMMERCIAL.
GUESS WHAT, IF YOU DO THE MATH AND THESE NIFTY LITTLE
SETBACKS, 3509 SQUARE FEET THAT YOU WILL SUBTRACT FROM THAT.
BUT I JUST CONFIRMED WITH MR. SCOTT, THAT MOST DRIVEWAYS ARE
18 FEET WIDE FOR A TWO-CAR DRIVEWAY.
18 TIMES 50 IS 270.
WITH OUR QUARTERBACKS, WE ARE AT 5126 IMPERMEABLE SPOTS.
SO THAT PUTS THEM AT 64% IMPERMEABLE.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
IT IS IT IS 50%.
THAT'S THE RULE.
AND THESE POOR FOLKS NEXT DOOR -- THE YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN
THE STUFF FROM COOK'S.
THEY HAVE TWO INCHES OF WATER ON A RAINY DAY AT COOK'S.
OKAY.
THE OWNER WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
I GAVE YOU THE SU-1.
THE FIRST ONE, THE SU-1, THE SECOND ONE.
YOU GUYS.
THEY BROUGHT IT THROUGH HERE FOR A PETITION OF REVIEW IN
MAY.
WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AGAIN?
HERE WE GO AGAIN.
IT HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN SIX MONTHS.
AND WE ARE ROLLING THE DICE.
YOU KNOW WHAT, NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE PACKET THAT GAVE YOU, SAME SITE PLANS,
SAME ELEVATIONS.
ALL THE SAME CRAP.
AND THE STAFF REPORT TELLS THEM TO GO AND LABEL IT ALL.
SO THEY JUST LEFT IT UNLABELED ALL THREE TIMES THEY APPLIED
FOR IT AND DIDN'T BOTHER TO PUT IT ON THERE.
GIVE ME A BREAK.
THIS IS A CRAPPY PLAN.
A CRAPPY PLAN ONCE.
A CRAPPY PLAN TWICE AND A CRAPPY PLAN THE THIRD TIME.
I GAVE YOU THE REASON TO DENY IT FROM COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AT
THE END.
09:00:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN MR. SHELBY, DO YOU WANT
TO SPEAK?
09:00:45PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FOR THE PURPOSE AND I BELIEVE STAFF DID
MENTION THIS WITH REGARD TO THE SU-1, AND THE SU-1 CRITERIA
IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PD CRITERIA IN FRONT OF.
AND THE DECISION HAS TO BE PACED ON THE --
09:01:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ON THE SU-1.
09:01:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NOT ON THE SU-1 BUT THE PD REQUEST.
THAT IS WHAT THE BASIC DETERMINATIONS ARE.
09:01:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE?
MR. MICHELINI, YOU HAVE REBUTTAL, SIR?
09:01:19PM >> HALF OF WHAT WAS SAID WAS INACCURATE.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO ENCLOSED CAR SPACES AND THOSE
ARE PROVIDED WITH IN THE DEPTH OF THOSE GARAGES ARE 22 FEET
IN DEPTH.
THE DIMENSION FROM THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING TO THE EDGE OF
THE PROPERTY LINE IS 18 FEET, NOT 15 FEET.
THOSE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL PARKING AREAS.
THOSE ARE NOT REQUIRED PARKING AREAS.
AS I SAID TO YOU, WE REDUCED THE -- REDUCED THE NUMBER OF
UNITS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MET GREEN SPACE.
TO MAKE SURE WE MET DRAINAGE.
YOU CAN NOT WAIVE DRAINAGE.
SO WE CAN NOT -- WE CAN NOT TAKE WATER FROM THIS SITE AND
PUT IT ON TO ANOTHER SITE.
IT IS NOT ALLOWED.
ALL OF WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE -- BY THE CODE HAS TO BE
RETAINED AND PLACED ON THIS SITE.
AS I -- AS -- REFRESH YOUR MEMORY ABOUT THE ANALYSIS.
AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT FROM THE CITY STAFF.
WAS DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENT, GROUND FLOOR ENTRANCES NEWS
FACE THE FRONT YARD.
PROPOSED PLAN MEETS THESE REQUIREMENTS.
AUTO STORAGE AREA PROVIDED IN THE FRONT OR CORNER YARD FOR
TWO REQUIRED SPACE SHALL BE ENCLOSED.
THAT CRITERIA IS MET.
FEW THEIR BE THREE UNITS MUST -- SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED
CONTINUOUS CONFIGURATION.
WE HAVE.
WE HAVE THREE UNITS AND NOT EIGHT.
THE ELEVATION SUBMITTED MUST DEPICT WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO
CONSTRUCT.
AND THAT IS CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE AS BOTH THE CITY STAFF
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WERE POINTED OUT.
PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED CG.
AND SO -- I AM NOT SURE WHERE THEY GOT THE INFORMATION THAT
THIS WAS CHANGING FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.
IT IS A DOWNZONING.
NOT AN INCREASE OF ZONING.
I WILL SHOW YOU AGAIN THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PROXIMITY.
I AM NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE REFERRING TO.
WAS THIS PROPERTY HERE HAS -- HAS THE SAME -- IT IS CC-35.
AND -- AND IT IS COMMERCIAL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY ARE
TALKING OF INVADING THEIR PROPERTY.
THESE PROPERTIES BACK UP TO THE BACK OF THIS BUILDING WITH
THE RETENTION AREAS IN THE BACK UNDERNEATH THE ENTIRE AREA
AND DECKS PROVIDED ARE OVER THE RETENTION AREA.
PROVIDED THE GREEN SPACE.
SHIFTED THE BUILDINGS BACK TO PROTECT THE TREE CANOPY THAT
IS HERE.
WE ARE ADJACENT TO THE -- TO THE MEDICAL OFFICE WHICH IS THE
VETERINARY CLINIC HERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY LINE, ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATELY
17 FEET FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE TO THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT.
SO YOU HAVE -- YOU HAVE THAT PLUS -- PLUS THE 18 FEET HERE
PLUS THE ENCLOSED GARAGES.
AGAIN, THE CRITERIA HERE IS FOR A PD.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT THE SPECIAL
USE.
IT HAS TO DUE WITH ACCESS AND MET GOING INTO THE PD PROCESS.
I WILL SHOW YOU A SECTION.
THIS IS THE REAR SHOWING YOU THE DRAINAGE UNDERNEATH.
DECK AND THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING BEING 15 FEET.
THAT IS -- THAT IS COMPATIBLE AND CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING
IN THE AREA, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE OTHER MULTIPLE TOWN
HOUSES THAT ARE JUST HALF A BLOCK AWAY SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUE.
IT IS SIMPLY -- IT IS SIMPLY INACCURATE.
WE WENT OUT AND WE ALSO DID A SURVEY.
WE HAVE THE SURVEY HERE SHOWING THAT THE PROPERTIES GOING
TOWARD GANDY BOULEVARD ARE HIGHER THAN OUR PROPERTY.
SO THE WATER THAT IS COMING -- IS COMING DOWN.
IT IS NOT GOING UPHILL.
BUT WE ARE TREATING THE OFF-SITE WATER AS WELL AS OUR WATER.
09:05:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
09:05:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COULD YOU PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP THERE
FOR US.
09:05:33PM >> WHICH SITE PLAN?
09:05:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SHOWING THE SETBACKS.
EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN, SO THE ROAD --
09:05:44PM >> THE EDGE OF PAVEMENT IS OUT -- IS OUT HERE.
THIS IS THE -- THIS IS THE --
09:05:52PM >> THAT IS -- THE EASEMENT?
09:05:56PM >> THAT IS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THAT IS QUINCY.
SO YOU HAVE -- YOU HAVE QUINCY.
YOU HAVE THIS -- THIS DIMENSION HERE.
PLUS YOU HAVE THIS DIMENSION HERE.
WHICH IS ON OUR PROPERTY.
THIS DIMENSION HERE IS 18 FEET.
THE DIMENSION THAT IS INSIDE THE GARAGES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
LISTENED TO COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION ABOUT DON'T BRING A 20-FOOT
GARAGE DEPTH INTO US.
SO THEY ARE ALL 22 FEET IN DEPTH.
SO YOU HAVE 22 FEET HERE.
ANOTHER 18 FEET HERE.
AND ANOTHER 17 FEET BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE EDGE
OF PAVEMENT.
09:06:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
SETBACK UPON THE BACK -- WE COVERED THAT.
09:06:37PM >> 15 FEET HERE.
09:06:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SOUTHERN SIDE.
09:06:42PM >> SEVEN FEET.
SEVEN FEET ON OUR SIDE AND THE 10-FOOT ALLEY WHICH HAS NOT
BEEN VACATED.
WE SHIFTED THE BUILDING UP HERE WHICH IS -- THE LINE TO
ACCOMMODATE THOSE TREES.
09:06:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BY RIGHT, THIS PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED WITH
THE EUCLIDIAN ZONING, WHAT WOULD BE THE SETBACKS IN.
09:07:04PM >> TEN FEET ON EACH SIDE AND I THINK IT IS --
09:07:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LET ME ASK STAFF THAT.
09:07:11PM >> STAFF CAN ANSWER THAT.
CG.
09:07:14PM >> SHOULD BE 10 AND ZERO ON OTHER SIDES.
SETBACKS DRASTICALLY LOWER THAN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED RIGHT
NOW.
09:07:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY WORSE AS FAR AS
PERMEABLE SURFACE.
09:07:31PM >> COMPARED TO THESE, YES, THE QUARTERBACKS WILL BE
DRASTICALLY REDUCED, BUT GETTING WHETHER THIS WILL BE
DEVELOPED BY RIGHTS IS ANOTHER CAN OF WORMS.
09:07:43PM >> YOU CAN'T WAIVE THE STORMWATER REGARDLESS.
09:07:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I UNDERSTAND.
09:07:48PM >> AND WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE.
09:07:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MR. SHELBY?
09:07:59PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I JUST WANTED TO -- THE EUCLIDIAN ZONING
WHICH IS CG.
09:08:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYBODY ELSE?
IS THERE A MOTION -- YES, MA'AM.
09:08:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
IF COULD YOU PUT THE -- PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP.
I WILL ADMIT, I DID HAVE THIS QUESTION.
BUT WHEN SOMEONE BROUGHT IT UP.
PERMEABLE SURFACE.
TALK TO ME ABOUT PERMEABLE SURFACE.
HOW MUCH PERMEABLE SURFACE IS ON HERE.
09:08:49PM >> I WILL BE HONEST, I WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS WELL OF PERMEABLE SERVICE.
THAT IS NOT TYPICALLY A REVIEWER WHO WORKS WITH ME AND NOT
SOMETHING I TYPICALLY REVIEW UNDER.
I CAN TELL YOU THINK STORMWATER RETENTION THAT IS OVER 50%.
IF THEY GO OVER 50% OF PERMEABLE SURFACES, THEY HAVE TO
RETAIN ALL THE STORMWATER ON THEIR SITE NO MATTER WHAT EVEN
THEY GO OVER 50%.
YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND IT ON THERE.
09:09:17PM >> THE DRIVEWAYS ARE ALL PERMEABLE.
09:09:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
57.
HOW IS THAT NOT A WAIVER?
09:09:25PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
JONATHAN, DO YOU KNOW?
09:09:31PM >> JONATHAN SCOTT, 57%.
IT IS NOT A WAIVER.
09:09:34PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
57% PERVIOUS.
09:09:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
09:09:42PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
DIDN'T GO OVER THE IMPERVIOUS.
A TECHNICAL STANDARD THAT CAN'T BE WAIVED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
09:09:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
IF NOT, A MOTION TO CLOSE.
09:09:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE.
09:09:56PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND.
09:09:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
WHO IS THE LAST PERSON.
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
09:10:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I AM GOING TO READ THIS AND SUPPORT IT.
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THAT QUESTION I ASKED OF EUCLIDIAN ZONING
WHAT IS ALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY AND DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW IS
LESS INTENSE AND WE JUST DISCOVERED THAT 57% PERMEABLE
SURFACE.
SO I AM READING ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
VICINITY OF 4901 AND 4093 SOUTH QUINCY STREET IN SECTION 1
FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL
TO PD.
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:10:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
WE HAVE MR. SHELBY, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, GO AHEAD.
09:10:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I -- I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE YOU WITH.
BY JUST -- I DON'T THINK THIS PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES
DEVELOPMENT WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION, CHARACTER
AND COMPATIBILITY.
SO I AM GOING TO SAY NO.
09:11:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ROLL CALL VOTE.
09:11:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
09:11:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
09:11:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
NO.
09:11:11PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
09:11:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
09:11:18PM >>BILL CARLSON:
NO.
09:11:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
09:11:20PM >>CLERK:
MOTION PASSES WITH HURTAK, HENDERSON AND CARLSON
VOTING NO.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5, 2024
AT 10 A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 315 KENNEDY BOULEVARD,
THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33062.
09:11:36PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
09:11:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ITEM NUMBER 16.
THREE MORE TO GO.
09:11:41PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
EYE NUMBER 16, REZ-24-80, PROPERTY 1007 AND 1011 NORTH
ARMENIA AVENUE.
REZONE FROM PD TO PD BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE TO ALLOW
FOR A BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
AND I WILL TURN IT TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR REPORT.
09:12:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:12:06PM >>JENNIFER MALONE:
JENNIFER MALONE OF YOUR PLANNING
COMMISSION STAFF.
WE ARE IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT IN THE WEST
TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE ALONG NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE.
AT THE CORNER OF NORTH ARMENIA AND WEST GRAY STREET.
TO THE SOUTH OF SUBJECT SITE ARE -- THIS IS A LARGE
MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THE -- THE FURTHER SOUTH JUST SOUTH OF THE FRAME IS
THE GLASER COMMUNITY CENTER TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE.
TO THE EAST IS THE DENTIST OFFICE, BUT SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED ALONG WEST GRAY STREET.
SO WE DEFINITELY SEE THAT PATTERN ON THE FUTURE LAND USE
MAP.
THE RESIDENTIAL -- THE FUTURE LAND USE OF THE SITE IS
RESIDENTIAL-20 TO THE SOUTH.
AND THEN EAST, ESPECIALLY ALONG -- APOLOGIZE, NORTH HOWARD
IS COMMERCIAL 35.
AND RESIDENTIAL-10 IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AS WELL -- THE
FUTURE LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL-20.
AS LACHONE OPENED AND POINTED OUT, ASKING FOR BUSINESS
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USE.
CAVEAT FOR RESIDENTIAL-20, IT ALLOWS FOR SOME LIMITING
SURVEY OR OFFICE USE IT IS IT MEETS THE LOCATIONAL CRY TER
CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
FOR THIS FUTURE LAND USE, THE CRITERIA LOCATED THE SITE HAVE
ACCESS TO ROADWAY FUNCTION IN ALLEY CLASSIFIED AS A
COLLECTOR OR HIGHER.
NORTH ARMENIA IS CLASSIFIED AS ARTERIAL ROADWAY WHICH IS ON
THE LADDER OF ROADWAY AS COLLECTOR ROADWAY.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH THE LOCATIONAL CRITERIA AND THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING FOR THIS INFILL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT IN
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG A TRANSIT CORRIDOR AS WELL.
AND WE FOUND IT WAS COMPATIBLE IN SCALE WITH THE SURROUNDING
AREA THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
09:14:14PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, AGAIN, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THIS BUILD WILL ALLOW FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF A BUSINESS
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
CURRENTLY A STRUCTURE ON-SITE.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NEW STRUCTURE, WHICH
WILL CONTAIN GROUND-FLOOR PARKING AND I WILL SHOW THAT YOU
MOMENTARILY.
MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS 35 FEET.
SITE CONTAINS 9675 SQUARE FEET.
TOTAL OF 16 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND 15 SPACES.
APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A WAIVER FOR THAT DIFFERENCE OF THE
ONE PARKING SPACE.
THE SUBJECT SITE LOCATED IN AT THE TAMPA OVERLAY AND MUST
COMPLY WITH THOSE STANDARDS ,AND TWO WAIVERS REQUESTED TO
THOSE OVERLAY STANDARDS AND I WILL REVIEW WITH YOU SHORTLY.
THIS IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE THAT IS OUTLINED IN RED.
SO FOR OR INSTALLATION, THIS IS NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE.
THIS IS NORTH HOWARD.
THIS IS CYPRESS STREET.
YOU CAN SEE I-275 FURTHER NORTH.
SUBJECT SITE HAS TWO ZONINGS ON THE PROPERTY.
THE PD THAT IS LOCATED NORTH.
AND ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE CONTAINS THAT
RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ZONING.
SURROUNDING THE SITE TO THE NORTHEAST, YOU HAVE THE
RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ZONING.
WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WEST OF ARMENIA, YOU HAVE YOUR
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ZONINGS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY THAT IS
FURTHER SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE.
AS YOU APPROACH HOWARD AVENUE TO THE EAST, YOU HAVE MORE OF
YOUR COMMERCIAL USES AND THE PDs THAT ALLOW FOR THE
COMMERCIAL AND THE MORE INTENSE USE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE
APPLICANT.
SO -- ON THE SITE ITSELF -- LIT ME ZOOM OUT JUST A LITTLE
BIT.
THIS IS GRAY STREET.
AND THEN THIS -- THIS IS ARMENIA AVENUE.
SO THE SUBJECT SITE HAS -- IS -- THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY IS
THIS PINK OUTLINE OF THE OR THE PURPLE OUTLINE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS THE OUTLINE OF THE STRUCTURE PROPOSED.
SO THERE IS ACCESS TO THE SITE ON GRAY STREET.
THERE ARE SIX SURFACE PARKING SPACES WHICH ARE LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF THE BUILDING AND THIS IS THE STRUCTURE AND YOU HAVE
GROUND LEVEL PARKING WITH THE STRUCTURE ABOVE.
SO THE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USE WILL BE CONTAINED ON
THE SECOND LEVEL.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE PROVIDED SURROUNDING
THE SITE.
ON NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE.
SIDEWALK WILL BE INCREASED TO A SIX-FOOT MINIMUM AS REQUIRED
BY THE OVERLAY STANDARDS SO THAT STANDARD IS MET.
THEN I HAVE THE ELEVATIONS OF THE SITE.
SO THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION.
THIS IS ON ARMENIA AVENUE.
AND THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION.
AND THEN THIS IS THE EAST ELEVATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
WHICH IS THE ALLEY, FACING THE ALLEY.
THEN WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE SITE.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER VIEW.
OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS ANOTHER ANGLE SO YOU CAN SEE BOTH PARCELS.
THIS IS LOCATED NORTH OF THE SITE.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW NORTH.
THIS IS EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS SOUTH.
YOU CAN SEE THE VIEW LOOKING SOUTH.
THIS GIVES YOU A CLEARER VIEW LOOKING SOUTH ON ARMENIA.
09:18:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
OH, OKAY.
09:18:28PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS IS WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
AND ANOTHER VIEW OF THIS WHICH IS ANOTHER PROPERTY WEST OF
SUBJECT SITE.
DRC STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FINDS THE REQUEST
INCONSISTENT, AND THIS IS DUE TO THE FINDINGS OF
TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE PARKING WAIVER.
THERE IS A WAIVER REQUEST TO REDUCE THE PARK BIG ONE SPACE
SO NOT WITHSTANDING STAFF'S CONSISTENCY.
IF CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE APPLICATION, MODIFICATIONS TO
THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AND
THIS WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF TRANSPORTATION'S FINDING
OF INCONSISTENT.
09:19:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
MR. SHELBY.
09:19:18PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
LOOKING AT THIS, I DON'T EVER
RECALL GETTING NOTIFIED BUT THE TRUST IS RIGHT BEHIND THE
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT.
IT HAS GOT TO BE WITHIN 80 FEET OF THE BUILDING OR 90 FEET
OF THE BUILDING.
AND I MANAGE IT.
SO I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF AND I WILL BE TURNING IN THE SLIP
TOMORROW.
09:19:40PM >>LUIS VIERA:
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT?
NOT A CONFLICT.
I WILL SAY IT AS A MATTER.
ELLIE PROBASCO AND HER HUSBAND AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.
09:20:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE RECORD.
FAIR AND IMPARTIAL AND BASE YOUR DECISION ON THE COMPETENT
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD.
09:20:13PM >>LUIS VIERA:
ABSOLUTELY.
09:20:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
ANY OTHER CONFLICTS?
09:20:21PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
09:20:22PM >> ELLIE PROBASCO, THE OWNER OF 1011 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE
AND 1007 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE.
I BROUGHT THE FIRST PROPERTY 1011 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE IN
2018.
I RUN MY LAW PRACTICE OUT OF THAT PROPERTY.
AT THE TIME IT WAS JUST MYSELF.
SO IT WAS GREAT PROPERTY.
I MADE FRIENDS WITH MY NEIGHBORS TO THE RIGHT OF ME.
I HAVE A LAW OFFICE.
TO THE LEFT OF ME, I HAD A GENTLEMAN THAT HAD A
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME.
WHEN HE WAS READY TO SELL, HE CAME OVER AND OFFERED ME FIRST
RIGHT OF PURCHASE.
AND I SNAPPED IT UP IN A HEARTBEAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT HOME WAS JUST IN DISARRAY AND REALLY
UNSALVAGEABLE.
SO WE HAD TO TEAR IT DOWN.
I BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY IN 2022.
RIGHT AFTER I FORMED A NEW LAW PRACTICE.
AND TOOK ON TWO PARTNER.
ONE OF MY PARTNERS IS HERE TODAY.
PROBASCO BANE.
WITH MORE PEOPLE, WE NEED MORE SPACE.
I HAVE THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE EMPTY LOT
CURRENTLY IS A DENTIST.
AND SO IT IS -- IT IS PRETTY MUCH A PROFESSIONAL ROW OF
PEOPLE.
ACROSS THE STREET IS SANCHEZ'S OFFICE.
HE IS ALSO A FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY LIKE MYSELF.
SO, AGAIN, I HOPE THAT YOU PASS THE ORDINANCE.
09:21:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
09:21:55PM >> RYAN RANADO, AUTHORIZED AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT.
I HAVE A QUICK PRESENTATION TO GO THROUGH HOPEFULLY WILL NOT
TAKE TOO LONG HERE.
I CAN PULL IT UP.
09:22:07PM >> THERE YOU GO, SIR.
09:22:09PM >> JUST TO KIND OF RUN THROUGH THIS.
PROJECT IS LOCATED ALONG NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE BETWEEN STATE
ROAD 60 AND 275 NORTH OF CYPRESS STREET.
LIKE ELLIE WAS SAYING, THE SITE USED TO HAVE TWO HOMES ON
IT.
ONE TO THE NORTH AND ONE TO THE SOUTH.
THIS HOME TO THE SOUTH WAS IN DISARRAY, SO THEY FOR IT DOWN.
AND ADDED A PARKING LOT.
CURRENTLY, THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IN 2020 WAS REZONED TO A
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
WHERE THE CURRENT OFFICE IS.
PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH RETAINS THAT RM-16 ZONING.
WE ARE PROPOSE TO REZONE THE TWO PROPERTY TOGETHER INTO A
NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
WE ARE COMPLYING WITH THE MAXIMUM F.A.R. OF 0.5 WHICH COMES
FROM UNDERLYING FUTURE LAND USE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF
35 FEET.
WE ARE WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY.
PROJECT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF AND FOUND CONSISTENT
WITH THE OVERLAY STANDARDS.
WE HAVE A FEW WAIVERS AND THE MEAT OF WHAT I WANTED TO
DISCUSS YOU WITH TODAY.
THE FIRST WAIVER WE ARE LOOKING AT IS A BUFFER.
I WOULDN'T CALL IT A REDUCTION.
WE ARE STILL PROPOSING FOR A MINIMUM 15-FOOT-WIDE BUFFER, BUT
WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING WITH THIS WAIVER TO ALLOW FOR THE --
AN EXISTING HEDGE AND EXISTING TREES ALONG EAST PROPERTY
LINE.
WE ARE HOPING TO RETAIN THOSE AND CREATE A MORE NATURAL
BUFFER OPPOSED TO COMING IN AND PUTTING A SOLID WALL UP
THERE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ESSENTIALLY ALL THAT VEGETATION
WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE OF THE FOOTS WITH THE WALL.
WE ARE HOPING TO JUST EXTEND THE SIX-FOOT-TALL HEDGE ALONG
-- BASICALLY FILL IN THE PROPERTY LINE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE
HEDGE.
THE SECOND WAIVER -- THING IS A LITTLE MORE NUANCED AND
WANTED TO PUT IT IN TO DOT ALL YOUR Is AND CROSS ALL OF
OUR Ts.
OVERLAY DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT -- IT SPECIFICALLY
STATES THAT PARKING NEEDS TO BE IN THE SIDE AND THE REAR BUT
DOESN'T DISCUSS CORNER YARDS.
WE SPECIFICALLY PUT THIS WAIVER IN JUST IN CASE TO ALLOW
PARKING ON A CORNER YARD.
TO THE NORTH -- TO THE PROPERTY LINE ALONG THE NORTH.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY -- A CORNER YARD THAT FUNCTIONS AS A SIDE
YARD.
STAFF AGREED WITH US AND FOUND CONSISTENCY WITH THE WEST
TAMPA OVERLAY.
THE SECOND AND FOURTH WAIVERS ARE SETBACK REDUCTIONS.
AGAIN THESE ARE A LITTLE MORE NUANCED.
NOT SETBACKS FOR THE BUILDING.
WHAT WE HAVE GOT GOING ON -- A LOT OF ELEVATION CHANGE ON
THIS SITE.
WE HAVE TO PUT STAIRS IN A VERY LARGE ADA RAMP TO GET
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THE SIDEWALK ALONG NORTH ARMENIA UP
TO OUR BUILDING.
AND SO WHAT -- THE PROJECTION OF THE SETBACK IS NOT THE
BLACK, BEFORE THE STEPS AND THE ADA RAMP.
IN COORDINATION WITH STAFF, WE NEEDED TO PUT THOSE IN AS
WAIVERS TO ALLOW THE RAMP AND THE STAIRS IN THE SETBACK.
THEN FINALLY, AGAIN, ON THE PARKING REDUCTION WAIVER, WE ARE
ASKING FOR A WAIVER TO GO FROM 16 SPACES TO 15 SPACES.
PARKING IS BASE ON GROSS FLOOR AREA AND BEING WE HAVE AN
ELEVATED BUILDING WITH PARKING BELOW, WHAT TRIPS US ONE
SPACE OVER WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE GROSS FLOOR AREA, THE
BUILDING WHICH INCLUDES TWO STAIRWELLS TO GET UP TO THE
SECOND FLOOR.
SO WHEN YOU ADD IN THE AIR I CAN'T HAVE THE STAIRWELLS,
WHICH IS TECHNICALLY -- REALLY NOT A USABLE SPACE IN THE
BUILDING ONCE YOU GET IN THE OFFICE AREA.
THAT KICKS US ONE SPACE OVER WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE.
WE HAVE REVIEW THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN SIMILAR TO THE
PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE AGREE THAT WE BELIEVE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
LOCATIONAL CRITERIA.
WE BELIEVE IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITH
THE DENTAL OFFICE TO SOUTH.
LAW OFFICES TO THE NORTH AND WEST.
STAFF REVIEWED THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
PROPERTY, THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE THE ADA RAMP AND THE STAIRS
THAT COME DOWN NECESSITATING THE TWO SETBACK REDUCTION
WAIVERS.
FINALLY AND STAFF SHOWED THE ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING.
WE THINK IT BRINGS OUT SOME TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE THAT WE
HOPE WILL GAIN YOUR APPROVAL.
SO AT THIS POINT, THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO GO OVER.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
09:26:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 16?
I SEE NOBODY.
THIS.
09:26:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION.
09:26:53PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND.
09:26:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK?
09:26:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IS THERE A REVISION SHEET?
09:26:59PM >> YES.
09:26:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU FILE NUMBER REZ-24-80, ORDINANCE
PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF 1007 AND 1011 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE IN
CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1,
ZONING DISTRICT RM-16, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO PD,
PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND
REVISION SHEET.
09:27:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
09:27:40PM >>CLERK:
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH MIRANDA ABSTAINING.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE DECEMBER 5, 2024 AT 10
A.M. IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315 KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD
FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
09:27:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
TWO MORE ITEMS.
ITEM NUMBER 17.
09:28:03PM >>STEPHANIE POPE. GOOD EVENING, STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ONLY ITEM NUMBER 17, REZ-24-81.
REQUEST TO REZONE 3109 N. BOULEVARD FROM RESIDENTIAL 50 TO
RESIDENTIAL OFFICE.
HE WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
09:28:24PM >>JENNIFER MALONE:
JENNIFER MALONE WITH YOUR PLANNING
COMMISSION STAFF.
WE ARE IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLAN DISTRICT IN THE TAMPA
HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE ALONG N. BOULEVARD AND AT THE CORNER
OF NORTH BOULEVARD.
WEST PLYMOUTH STREET TO THE NORTH.
TO THE EAST OF THE SITE, WE HAVE PLYMOUTH PARK.
09:28:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE NEED TO TRANSITION OUR SCREENS TO THE
PRESENTATION.
09:28:48PM >>JENNIFER MALONE:
SORRY.
THERE WE GO.
GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
09:28:56PM >>JENNIFER MALONE:
THANKS.
N. BOULEVARD.
WEST STREET.
TO THE NORTH WE HAVE PLYMOUTH PARK.
THERE IS A TECO SUBSTATION.
RADIANT CHURCH.
WOODLAWN CEMETERY.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS PARCEL UP HERE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT IN JUST A MOMENT
WHEN I GO THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS.
AGAIN, THE FUTURE LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL-10.
THERE IS SOME SUBURBAN MIXED USE -- THAT IS THIS PEACHY
COLOR ALONG NORTH BEAUTIFUL.
THE GREEN IS THE PLYMOUTH PARK, THAT IS RECOGNIZES RATIONAL
OPEN SPACE.
BLUE IS PUBLIC.
THE PORTION OF THE CEMETERY THAT IS NOT DESIGNATED AS THE
CEMETERY IS BLUE FOR PUBLIC USE.
THERE IS THE RADIANT CHURCH WITHIN THE SAME BLOCK.
THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU FOR RESIDENTIAL OFFICE.
AS I SAID, THE FUTURE LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL-10.
AND RESIDENTIAL-10, IT IS IT CONSISTENT WITH LOCATIONAL
CRITERIA.
RESIDENTIAL-10 LOCATIONAL CRITERIA IS VERY STRICT BECAUSE
THIS IS A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED CATEGORY PRIMARILY FOR
RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT AND
ALSO RETAINING LAND FOR RESIDENTIAL USES AS WELL.
THE CRITERIA STATES THAT 50% OF BLOCK HAS TO BE ZONED
COMMERCIAL.
AND -- FOR THIS COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OFFICE USES WITHIN THE
BLOCK WHICH IS WEST BRADDOCK TO WEST PLYMOUTH.
THIS PARCEL IS THE PARTIAL ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO ZONING.
I AM SURE CITY STAFF WILL DO THIS.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE LANGUAGE SAYS 50% OR MORE OF THE
BLOCK FACE -- IT HAS TO BE IN THE PROPOSED -- THE PROPOSED
HAS TO BE ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE -- THAT IS THE CRITERIA WE ARE
REVIEWING THIS UNDER.
THAT IS WHY THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOUND THIS INSTINCT.
50% HAS TO BE ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
OF COURSE, IT IS STILL BEFORE YOU AND ULTIMATELY THE
DECISION OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
WE FELT THIS WOULD BE A COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT OF A
NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DID NOT FEEL THIS WAS BEST USE OF
PROPERTY UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL-10 LAND USE CATEGORY.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
09:31:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NO?
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COME ON UP.
09:31:34PM >>STEPHANIE POPE:
STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO THE RECORD.
AS YOU HEARD FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY ARE FINDINGS
WERE INCONSISTENT.
THE STAFF REPORT FIND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS BEING
CONSISTENT; HOW FAR, THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED AS THEIR
REPORT HAS BEEN FOUND INCONSISTENT.
WE WILL START WITH AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND
THE SURROUNDING AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED.
SUBJECT SITE LOCATED EAST OF N. BOULEVARD.
SOUTH OF WEST PLYMOUTH STREET.
EAST OF NORTH MASSACHUSETTS PEACH AND NORTH OF WEST WEST
STREET.
DIRECTLY NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SUBJECT, IS
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PARCELS.
AND MOVING FURTHER WEST ARE FOR RESIDENTIAL OFFICE USE.
TO THE NORTH OF THE SITE APPROVED IN 2004 -- AND THAT WILL BE
UP HERE -- IS -- IS UNDER FILE NUMBER Z 04-2 IS AN OFFICE
USE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
THIS IS N. BOULEVARD.
THERE IS NORTH MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE.
WEST PLYMOUTH.
AND THERE ARE A FEW OF THE RESIDENTIAL OFFICE USES
SURROUNDING AS WELL AS SOME PD IN THAT AREA.
NEXT, HE WILL PUT UP A SURVEY.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A LOOK AT THE SURVEY OF THE
PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE OF THE PARCEL.
THE ASKED RO ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
PATTERN IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT SITE IS A SMALL
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACH UNITS AND RESIDENTIAL OFFICES.
SINCE THIS IS A EUCLIDIAN REZONING NO SITE PLANS OR
ELEVATIONS.
NEXT, WE WILL PUT UP PICTURES OF THE SITE.
HERE IS A -- HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE FRONT OF SITE.
A PHOTO SHOWING REAR OF THE SITE.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH OF THE SITE.
AND HERE IS THE SUBJECT SITE RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH.
THIS IS A LOOKING EAST.
AND THIS IS LOOKING WEST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT
SITE.
GIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ON N. BOULEVARD, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE KENT WITH THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
09:34:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
NOPE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPLICANT, COME ON UP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
09:34:28PM >> GOOD EVENING, ISABELLE ALBERT FOR THE RECORD.
I AM CERTIFIED PLANNER AND REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT WHO IS
ALSO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
FOR THIS SITE, MR. ANDREW SCARPENETO.
AS YOU HEARD TONIGHT, THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 109 N. BOULEVARD
ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BRADDOCK.
AND THIS IS TO SHOW YOU WHERE IT IS IN RELATIONSHIP WITH N.
BOULEVARD HOW IT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE BUT CLOSER TO
COLUMBUS.
CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL-10 AND ZONING IS
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50.
AND I THINK I NEED TO SHOW A BETTER PICTURE OF THE AREA AS
YOU JUST HEARD RIGHT NOW OR EARLIER.
THIS IS -- YOU WILL NOTICE ALONG N. BOULEVARD -- THIS IS THE
N. BOULEVARD HERE.
USES ARE ACTUALLY PREDOMINANTLY NOT AS RESIDENTIAL.
YOU HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL OFFICE.
YOU HAVE THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
BUT RESIDENTIAL OFFICE IS FOR RESIDENTS THAT ARE CONVERTED
TO OFFICE.
AND WHO THAT, THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS TYPICALLY WHEN YOU SEE THESE AREAS MORPHING INTO
THAT KIND.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
YOU SAW THE PICTURES OF THE TWO OFFICES ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS IS A FIRE STATION.
AND TO THE NORTH SIDE IS A MEDICAL AND OFFICE BUILDING.
AND FURTHER TO THE NORTH ARE THE OFFICE USE.
THE APPLICANT, HE LIVES IN THE AREA.
AND HE HAS HIS OWN BUSINESS.
AND HE IS LOOKING FOR AN OFFICE.
SO WHEN HE SAW THIS HOME THAT WAS AVAILABLE, AND HE SAW WHAT
WAS GOING ON NORTH AND SOUTH.
HE SAID THIS WILL BE GREAT FOR ME FOR MY OWN PERSONAL USE TO
HAVE MY OFFICE AS A RESIDENTIAL OFFICE.
AND THIS IS WHY TODAY WE ARE PROVIDING REQUEST FOR THIS.
RESIDENTIAL OFFICE IS FOR PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL AND
OFFICE.
THOSE ARE THE TWO USES.
THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE BOTH OF THOSE NAMES IN THE ZONING
DISTRICT.
IT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ALLOW NONRESIDENTIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO CREATE A BALANCE.
AND IT IS DUE BECAUSE OF NATURE OF THE URBAN CONDITIONS, AND
THIS IN CASE, N. BOULEVARD IS AN ARTERIAL.
YOU JUST HEARD EARLIER.
WE SAID ARTERIAL.
ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE CLASSIFICATIONS.
AS WELL AS IT ENCOURAGES THE REHAB OF EXISTING STRUCTURE,
WHICH IS WHAT THE APPLICANT WANTS TO DO.
HE WANTS TO CONVERT THIS HOUSE TO HIS OWN PERSONAL OFFICE.
NOW TO ALLOW AS YOU HEARD AN OFFICE COMMERCIAL
RESIDENTIAL RO INTO THE RESIDENTIAL-10, YOU HAVE TO MEET THE
COMMERCIAL LOCATION CRITERIA.
AND PLANNING COMMISSION, UNFORTUNATELY, IS BOUND BY THE
EXACT WORDING.
AND SHE IS CORRECT -- JENNIFER IS CORRECT, FOR ZONING.
BUT WE HAVE HERE THE RO, WHICH IS CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL
ZONING THAT SHE WAS REFERENCING TOO.
THAT WAS 100 FEET.
WHOLE BLOCK IS 5,000 FEET.
THE DENTAL OFFICE, 50 FEET YOU MEET THE MINIMUM 50%.
BUT STATED THEY ARE BOUND BY THE WORDING OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE, IT IS NOT ZONED RO OR PD, BUT IN
EXISTENCE SINCE 1996.
56 YEARS AGO.
IT HAVEN'T DEVELOPED.
IT HAVEN'T CHANGED SENSE THEN.
AND I THINK THAT DESERVES RECOGNITION OF BEING A ESTABLISHED
OFFICE USE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT IS NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE IT IS NOT ZONED
CORRECTLY.
IT IS AN ESTABLISHED USE.
THEREFORE, I THINK -- I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
TOWARD THAT 50% OF THE -- OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE EXCEPT THIS ONE GENTLEMAN.
SO -- BUT, AGAIN, WE -- ALL WE WANT TO DO IS CONVERT THIS TO
A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE HERE JUST DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO SHOW YOU THAT WE
WILL BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
FOR THE RECORD, THE STAFF FINDINGS -- BUT THERE IS ALSO
POLICIES.
RIGHT NOW IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT DOES SUPPORT THIS.
YOU LOOK AT POLICY 12.2.
RESPECTING THE SCALE.
UNIQUE CHARACTER OF AREA.
ACCEPTS OF COMMUNITY IS WHAT THIS IS.
POLICIES 8.15, 8.15.2 TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ZONING IS
CONFORMING WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IT IS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR MATRIX.
IT DOES MEET, 9.3.1 ADDRESS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE RO
CLASSIFICATION IN THE CODE HAS URBAN DESIGN CRITERIA.
A CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMPLYING AND COMPATIBLE
WITH THE AREA.
WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE ARE USING WITH PUBLIC FACILITIES
AND ONLY FACILITIES WILL BE REQUIRED.
OVERALL YOU SAW THE AREA, WHETHER IS A RESIDENTIAL OR OFFICE
USE.
HAVING THIS USE THERE IS EXTREMELY COMPATIBLE ESPECIALLY FOR
THE LOCATION WHERE IT IS.
AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
09:40:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM 17?
09:40:19PM >> YES.
09:40:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COME ON UP, SIR.
AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
09:40:22PM >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS DAVID WRIGHT.
I AM AN ATTORNEY HERE IN TAMPA.
AND I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE THE NEIGHBOR WHO IS BEHIND AND
SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT OF THIS HOUSE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD ON THE LOCATIONAL CRITERIA, BECAUSE
I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
LAW, ESPECIALLY IN FLORIDA, WE FOLLOW THE TEXTURAL APPROACH.
YOU READ THE LANGUAGE IN THE STATUTE OR CODE IN THIS
INSTANCE.
HERE FOR R-10, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT AN RO IS PROHIBITED
UNLESS SEEKING COMMERCIAL ZONING REPRESENTS 50% OR MORE OF A
GIVEN BLOCK SPACE.
WE LOOKED A LITTLE BIT AT WHAT THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL
ZONING IS.
AND I -- I PUT THIS UP FOR A DIFFERENT VIEW.
SO YOU SEE.
I AM THIS HOUSE RIGHT HERE.
THE HOUSE I AM POINTING TO NOW IS THE ONE THEY WANT TO
CHANGE INTO RESIDENTIAL OFFICE SPACE.
I AM ABUTTING THE PROPERTY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE ZONING IS, IF YOU GO BASED OFF OF
ACTUAL ZONING, WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CODE, YOU
ARE AT 100 FEET OVER TOTAL OF 500 FEET PER TOTAL PERCENTAGE
OF 20%.
SO UNDER THE CODE, THIS APPLICATION IS NOT EVEN ELIGIBLE FOR
CONSIDERATION BECAUSE BASED OFF OF OUR RENT ZONING, 20% RO,
80% RESIDENTIAL.
IF YOU GO OFF OF USAGE, YES, THERE IS THIS OFFICE RIGHT HERE
THAT IS A DENTIST OFFICE, BUT THIS LOT OVER HERE, WHILE
ZONED RO IS ACTUALLY USED AS SOMEONE'S HOUSE.
I WALK BY IT EVERY DAY WHEN I WALK MY DOG.
SO WHEN YOU BASICALLY FLIP THE NUMBERS, BECOMES 150 FEET
OVER 500, 30%.
YOU ARE STILL NOT AT YOUR 50.
THAT FACE N. BOULEVARD.
IT IS ONE OVER SIX.
YOU ARE GETTING LESS.
YOU ARE AT 16.667%, RIGHT.
SO WE ARE EVEN FURTHER AWAY FROM 50%.
SO REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU CUT IT, YOU ARE NOT AT YOUR 50%.
THIS APPLICATION SHOULDN'T EVEN BE CONSIDERED.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A MENTION OF
THE LAND USE POLICIES.
BUT LAND USE POLICY 9.5.5 SAYS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER AND TYPES
OF NONRESIDENTIAL USES PERMITTED IN A SINGLE-FAMILY
RESIDENTIAL AREAS, TO PROTECT THOSE AREAS FROM THE NEGATIVE
IMPACTS OF INCOMPATIBLE USES.
THAT IS WHAT THE POLICY SAYS.
THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
I AM ONE OF RESIDENTS.
I DO NOT WANT A RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND FURTHER
COMMERCIALIZATION OF THIS AREA.
SO I ASK THAT YOU DENY IT.
09:43:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK?
MA'AM, DO YOU HAVE REBUTTAL?
09:43:53PM >> THANK YOU.
AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, SAYS BELLA ALBERT REPRESENTING THE
APPLICANT.
I WANT TO READ THE 9.5.5.
THESE ARE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY AREAS, SPECIFICALLY FOR AREAS.
THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY IN THE AREA THAT CURRENTLY HAS NOT
ONLY SINGLE-FAMILY, BUT N. BOULEVARD WHICH IS AN ARTERIAL
YOU HAVE DIFFERENT USES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
TO ADDRESS THE INCOMPATIBILITY, THIS IS WHY IN OUR CODE,
THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL DESIGN CRITERIA TO ADDRESS THAT.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY THE MAIN THING.
I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LANGUAGE THAT
HAS ONE WORD ZONING.
BUT THE REALITY IS, THAT USE THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WE
HAVE VERY LONG TIME WAS THE LEGAL CONFORMING USE, LEGAL
NONCONFORMING.
I DON'T KNOW.
I UNFORTUNATELY GOT THIS REPORT YESTERDAY.
SO SCRAMBLING TO SEE, YOU KNOW THE AREA.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT -- AT THE -- WHAT'S
AROUND THERE.
LOOKING AT THE RO REGULATIONS AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, I
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT POLICIES
THAT I STATED.
09:45:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
CLENDENIN NOTHING.
09:45:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANYTHING ELSE, MA'AM.
MOTION TO CLOSE.
09:45:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE.
09:45:29PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND.
09:45:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON?
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
09:45:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IT DOESN'T JIVE WITH THE WORDING.
THE ADDRESSES ARE WRONG IN THE SECOND PART OF THE ORDINANCE.
NOT THE SAME ADDRESS.
ITEM NUMBER 17, REZ-24-81.
ORDINANCE PRESENT TODAY ARE FIRST READING ORDINANCE REZONING
IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3109 N. BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA, FROM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION RS-50 TO RO PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:46:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ROLL CALL VOTE.
09:46:28PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YES.
09:46:30PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES.
09:46:31PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
09:46:33PM >>BILL CARLSON:
NO.
09:46:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
09:46:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
09:46:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
09:46:41PM >>CLERK:
MOTION PASSES WITH CARLSON AND HURTAK VOTING NO.
SECOND HEARING DECEMBER 5, 2024, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 315
KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLORIDA, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
09:47:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT, 18.
09:47:05PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, REZ-24-88.
111 EAST 22.
TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
09:47:17PM >>JENNIFER MALONE:
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
JENNIFER MALONE.
WE ARE IN EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING
DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE PART OF EAST 21st AVENUE.
NORTH 32nd AND EAST 22ND AND AT THE CORNER.
THE FUTURE LAND USE IS RESIDENTIAL-10, WHICH IS WHAT IS ON
THE MAP IN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE YELLOW COLOR TO THE
SOUTH IS RECREATIONAL/OPEN SPACE AND RESIDENTIAL-20 ON
EITHER SIDE.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE PARK.
NOT A VERY LONG PRESENTATION.
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PROVIDE MORE
HOUSING FOR THE AREA FOR THE EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
WE LOOKED AT THE DENSITY OF THE -- TO MAKE IT MORE
APPROPRIATE WITH WHAT IT IS PLANNED FOR WHICH IS.
CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE POLICIES THAT ARE REFERENCED IN THIS
PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION.
09:48:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COME ON.
09:48:26PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS:
SAM THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AL BARNES PARK.
RS-50 ZONING, NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THEN ALONG NORTH 31st -- 34th STREET.
CG ZONING AND CE ZONING.
SOME RANDOM DROPPED IN RM-16 AND RO ZONING OVER HERE AND
SOME RANDOM PDs SCATTERED THROUGHOUT.
MOST AREA IS SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE OVER TO THE SITE PLAN.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO TWO SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
UNITS.
THE REASON WHY THIS IS COMING BEFORE YOU WITH A PD BECAUSE
ONCE AGAINST ONE OF THOSE SITES WHERE IT DONE MEET THE
MINIMUM LOT REQUIREMENTS.
THIS SITE IS 59 IN WIDTH BY 110 IN LENGTH.
JUST A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF CREATING TWO 50-FOOT-WIDE LOTS.
THIS LOT IS 45 FEET PROPOSED.
THIS ONE IS PROPOSED TO BE 50 FOOT IN WIDTH.
SLIGHTLY SMALLER LOT ON ONE SIDE AND THE CORNER LOT SLIGHTLY
BIGGER.
APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A ONE-CAR GARAGE FOR EACH UNIT AND
ANOTHER PARKING SPOT IN THE FRONT IN THE DRIVEWAY.
THE FRONT DOORS ARE ORIENTED TOWARD EAST 22nd AVENUE AND
FIVE-FOOT SIDEWALKS ARE PROPOSED ALL AROUND THE SUBJECT
SITE.
AND MAX BUILDING HEIGHT IS 30 FEET.
I WILL GO INTO ELEVATIONS NOW.
NORTH ELEVATION.
SOUTH.
EAST.
AND WEST.
SIMILAR ELEVATIONS FOR THE OTHER PROPOSED STRUCTURE.
QUICKLY DO SOME PICTURES.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH DIRECTLY AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF 32nd AND 22nd.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME
ACROSS THE STREET.
HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE AT THE INTERSECTION OF 22nd AND
32nd, LOOKING TO THE EAST.
32nd, THIS IS 22nd.
WEST ON 22nd AVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
MORE OF AN ANGLED ONE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS ALWAYS CLEAR.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ACROSS THE STREET AT A SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED HOME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
SITE PLAN BACK UP.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
APPLICANT AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT.
IT IS IN WEST AT THAT POINT, EAST TAMPA HAS A VARIETY OF LOT
SIZES SMALLER THAN THE 50-FOOT REQUIREMENT IN THE RS-50 AND
STAFF FELT IT WOULD BE A PROPER INFILL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AN
AREA.
SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE,
MODIFICATIONS MUST BE APPROVED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND.
I AM AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
09:51:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
APPLICANT, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR
NAME.
09:51:49PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
I LIVE AT 2914 TEMPLE TERRACE, 3627.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE MUCH.
THIS LOT IS LOCATED IN EAST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND AS YOU SAW ON THE PICTURES, THE LOT IS NOW CLEARED, BUT
BEFORE THAT, THERE WAS A HOUSE ON THE LOT.
THE LOT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS AND COUPLE OF
TREES.
ONE WAS CITED AS DANGEROUS FOR THE NEIGHBORS.
WE CLEARED THAT.
WE ARE PROPOSING TO BUILD TWO BEAUTIFUL HOMES AS YOU SAW ON
THE SITE PLAN THAT WILL BE CONFORMING WITH SURROUNDING AREA
WHICH IS ALL RESIDENTIAL AROUND THERE.
AND IT IS GOING TO ALSO ADD TO THE DENSITY OF AREA.
SO PROVIDE MORGUE HOUSING AND MUCH-NEEDED, YOU KNOW, AREA.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAIVERS.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVERS.
BUT PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL MEET ALL THE EAST TAMPA
OVERLAY DISTRICT DESIGN.
THAT'S THE ELEVATIONS AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
AND RESPECTFULLY ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST IF YOU
DON'T MIND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
09:53:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN?
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
MR. SHELBY.
09:53:15PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I THINK THERE IS SOMEBODY ONLINE.
09:53:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU ARE ALI, CORRECT?
09:53:22PM >> MY WIFE.
09:53:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
DOES SHE WANT TO SPEAK?
09:53:26PM >> IS.
09:53:27PM >> SHE WAS THERE TO BACK ME UP IF I NEEDED ANYTHING.
09:53:31PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
YOU DON'T NEED HER TONIGHT.
09:53:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN
CLENDENIN AND SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA COUNCILMAN
CARLSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE LAST ITEM.
09:53:46PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MOVE NUMBER 18, REZ-24-88.
PROPERTY IN 3111 EAST 22nd AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXCEPTION 1 FROM
ZONING DISTRICT RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD,
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL.
MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECOND BY CLENDENIN.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GO AHEAD AND READ IT.
09:54:17PM >>CLERK:
SECOND READING DECEMBER 5 ALREADY 2024 AT 10 A.M.
IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS 315 KENNEDY BOULEVARD, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, 33602.
09:54:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
JUST BEFORE EVERYBODY GOES.
WANT TO STAY TO STAFF WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU DID TONIGHT.
VERY NICE WHEN SO MANY FOLKS COME UP AND PRESENTERS AND SAY
I DON'T NEED TO SAY ANY MORE BECAUSE THE STAFF DID SUMP A
WONDERFUL JOB AND I HEARD IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND I
WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
A VERY LONG NIGHT AND A LOT OF CASES NICE TO HEAR OVER AND
OVER AGAIN AND IT WAS VERY GLOWING.
CONGRATULATIONS.
09:54:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU.
WE WILL GO TO NEW BUSINESS.
09:55:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO.
09:55:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR JOHNNY WONG, TPO EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR TO GIVE A FIVE-MINUTE PRESENTATION ON THE REGIONAL
MERGER STUDY AND ASK IF COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE
SCOPE OF WORK.
SHOULD BE FIVE TO TEN MINUTES.
09:55:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
EYES HAVE IT.
09:55:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
NEW BUSINESS?
COUNCILMAN VIERA?
09:55:37PM >>LUIS VIERA:
REALLY QUICK, ASKED BY THE HISPANIC BAR
ASSOCIATION TO GIVE A COMMENDATION AT THEIR ANNUAL GALA FOR
THEM.
09:55:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN -- MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED.
GO AHEAD, SIR.
09:55:56PM >>LUIS VIERA:
SECOND, THIS IS A WRITTEN REPORT.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE STAFF'S TIME.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF -- THE FACTS SPEAK FOR ITSELF
ON.
BUT I WANT STAFF TO REPORT WHAT CITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FUNDS THAT PRESENTLY EXIST CAN BE GEARED TOWARD THOSE
IMPACTED BY FLOODING.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE IN THE NORTH TAMPA AREA.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE NORTH TAMPA AREA, A REAL BIG HUB
OF AFFORDABLE AND WORK FORCE HOUSING AND THE EFFECTS OF
MILTON LONG TERM BY PEOPLE LEAVING THEIR HOMES, HAVING, YOU
KNOW, VULTURES COMING IN TRYING TO FLIP HOMES -- VULTURES SO
TO SPEAK TO TRY TO FLIP HOMES.
COULD HURT THE CORE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN TAMPA.
I WANT TO SEE WHAT EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT COULD ASSIST
THOSE.
WRITTEN REPORT DECEMBER 5.
09:56:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
09:56:52PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
NOTHING FOR ME.
09:56:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE TWO FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
NUMBER ONE, I REQUEST -- A REQUEST FROM PLANNING COMMISSION
SETTING ADOPTION HEARING FOR TA-CPA 24-16 ON JANUARY 30,
2025 AT 5:01 P.M. AND DIRECT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT PROVIDE
CITY CLERK FOR NORM OF NOTICE FOR ADVERTISING THE PUBLIC
HEARING.
09:57:13PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
09:57:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
YES, SIR.
09:57:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ADOPTION SHANKS 24-17, TA-CPA 24-18 AND
19.
AT 5:01 P.M. AND HAVE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR NOTICE TO
ADVERTISE THE YOU CAN WILL HE CAN HEARING.
09:57:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
09:57:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NOTHING.
09:57:40PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I SENT ONE AROUND -- I THINK IT WAS MAYBE
TODAY.
MOTION TO HAVE STAFF LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF PURCHASING
THE PROPERTY 1350 HOW FAR WARD AVENUE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
TURNING IT INTO A SMALL PARK AND REPORT BACK ON DECEMBER 19.
09:57:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU WANT A WRITTEN -- A WRITTEN OR IN
PERSON.
09:58:02PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I WOULD RATHER IN PERSON.
IT SHOULD BE SHORT.
09:58:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IN PERSON ON THAT DAY, DECEMBER 19,
IN-PERSON STAFF REPORT.
CAN HE DO WRITTEN?
DO WRITTEN.
SAME THING.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
09:58:28PM >>BILL CARLSON:
SECOND ONE IS, THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS
WHY NEIGHBORHOODS FLOODED, BUT IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS, IT IS
OBVIOUS THAT MAINTENANCE WAS NEEDED.
ONE NEIGHBORHOOD I LOOKED AT, IT LOOKED LIKE MAINTENANCE
HADN'T BEEN DONE IN 20 YEARS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE -- YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME PICK A DATE.
IT SHOULD BE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IF
FEMA'S DEADLINE IS 90 DAYS WHAT WE CAN GET REIMBURSED FOR.
MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE CITY STAFF REPORT ON WHATEVER DATE FOR
UPDATE ON STORMWATER DRAIN MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY
PARTICULARLY AREAS THAT FLOODED AND WHETHER WE NEEDED AN
EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
PART OF THIS IS TO SEE DO WE NEED AN EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE
BUDGET TO TRY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD FASTER.
09:59:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHAT DAY ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
09:59:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DIDN'T SOMEONE ALREADY MAKE THIS MOTION?
09:59:29PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I DID SOMETHING SIMILAR.
IT WAS FOR HOUSING THROUGH FEMA, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOR
MAINTENANCE, I THINK.
09:59:35PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I MADE A MOTION THAT IS COMING BACK IN
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TO UPDATE THE STORMWATER REPORT.
THIS IS SON MAINTENANCE.
AND IN PARTICULAR, AN UPDATE ON MAINTENANCE.
BUT THE QUESTION -- I KNOW THAT THE ONE AREA THAT HAD BEEN
OVERLOOKED FOR 20 YEARS.
THEY WERE THERE YESTERDAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS 20 YEARS, BUT LOOKED LIKE THAT.
IT LOOKED LIKE -- THE WAY I DESCRIBED IT, IF YOU WENT TO THE
PHILIPPINES AND FOUND A PILLBOX WITH JUNGLE ALL OVER IT,
THAT IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
10:00:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DECEMBER 19.
WE ALREADY HAVE ONE ITEM THAT SAYS STAFF'S REPORT FOR
FINDING SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS IMMEDIATELY PREVENT RAINFALL
FLOODING IN AREAS OCCURRED DURING THE RECENT STORMS.
TIE IT THAT THAT.
10:00:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
TIE IS TO THE JANUARY 9 ONE.
10:00:25PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MY ONLY CONCERN IS WE ARE NEARING THE 90
DAYS.
10:00:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD ASK IF THAT MATTERS.
I THINK THE FEMA STUFF IS CLEANING -- DEBRIS PICK-UP.
I DON'T THINK IT IS -- I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO PREEMPTIVE
MAINTENANCE UNDER THAT.
10:00:40PM >>LUIS VIERA:
PERHAPS TO GET PAST THE RULES.
AMEND THE ONE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THERE.
THE SAME.
10:00:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DECEMBER 19.
10:00:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF THAT IS ENOUGH TIME.
10:00:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THIS WOULD SHALL --
10:00:58PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
I WANT THE CLERK KNOW WHICH YOU ARE
REFERENCING.
10:01:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT.
DECEMBER 19, COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS GOING TO AMEND THAT
MOTION, WHICH IS ON THE -- ON THE STAFF REPORT OF POSSIBLY
FINDING SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS THAT WILL PREVENT RAINFALL AND
FLOODING IN THE AREA OF THE RECENT STORMS AND ADD TO THAT
THE MAINTENANCE OF STORMWATER SYSTEM AND IF WE NEED TO SEEK
OUT ADDITIONAL FUND.
10:01:31PM >> YEAH, I HAVE GOT IT.
10:01:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
EXISTING MOTION FOR THE IN-PERSON STAFF
REPORT ON DECEMBER 19.
AND HE IS GOING TO AMEND THAT AND ADD THAT TO IT.
A MOTION AN A SECOND.
10:01:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SECOND.
10:01:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
ANYTHING ELSE?
10:01:48PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:01:50PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
SORRY ABOUT THIS.
WELL, I -- I AM WILLING TO GO FIRST.
ANYWAY, COUPLE OF THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, A REMINDER THAT ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, YOU SET
A SPECIAL CALLED NIGHT MEETING JUST FOR THE
BAYSHORE FLUEDRA.
AND TONIGHT, YOU HAD A CASE THAT YOU CONTINUED TO MARCH 13,
NUMBER TWO ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
AND A DISCUSSION WAS RAISED INTERNALLY THAT MAYBE CITY
COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CASE FOR MARCH 13
MEETING TO SHORTEN THE AMOUNT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW PRESENTLY
YOU ARE ALLOWED TEN CASES PLUS THREE CONTINUANCES.
10:02:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CAP THAT DATE AT FIVE.
10:02:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SECOND.
10:02:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION TO CAP THAT DATE IN MARCH.
10:02:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
FIVE TOTAL?
FIVE TOTAL?
10:02:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
EXISTING AND FOUR.
10:02:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
INCLUDING CONTINUANCES FIVE.
10:02:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:03:01PM >>GWEN HENDERSON:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:03:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
SECONDED FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.

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