TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025, 5:01 P.M.
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5:01:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
5:01:14PM EVENING MEETING TO ORDER.
5:01:15PM IF I COULD HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
5:01:18PM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
5:01:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
5:01:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
5:01:22PM >> HENDERSON?
5:01:23PM VIERA?
5:01:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
5:01:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
5:01:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
5:01:27PM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
5:01:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
5:01:29PM ALL RIGHT.
5:01:30PM CAN I GET A MOTION TO OPEN ALL THE ITEMS, THE PUBLIC
5:01:33PM HEARINGS?
5:01:33PM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
5:01:36PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
5:01:36PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
5:01:38PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:01:40PM >> AYE.
5:01:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEMS 1 THROUGH 10 ARE OPEN.
5:01:42PM WE NEED TO DO SOME CLEANUP ON THE AGENDA.
5:01:45PM YES, MA'AM, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND WE'LL GO OVER
5:01:48PM EVERYTHING.
5:01:52PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
5:01:56PM WE HAVE SOME HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS TO ADDRESS.
5:01:58PM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 7, REZ-24-85, THE APPLICANT REQUESTED THE
5:02:07PM APPLICATION BE WITHDRAWN.
5:02:08PM PLEASE REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA.
5:02:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW FROM
5:02:13PM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
5:02:14PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
5:02:15PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:02:16PM AYE.
5:02:16PM ANY OPPOSED?
5:02:17PM ITEM NUMBER 8.
5:02:19PM >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8, REZ-24-103, THE APPLICANT HAS
5:02:23PM REQUESTED THE APPLICATION TO BE WITHDRAWN.
5:02:25PM PLEASE REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA.
5:02:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW ITEM NUMBER
5:02:29PM 8.
5:02:30PM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
5:02:33PM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:02:34PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:02:35PM AYE.
5:02:35PM ANY OPPOSED?
5:02:36PM YES, MA'AM.
5:02:38PM ITEM 10.
5:02:39PM >> AGENDA ITEM 10, REZ-25-37, THE APPLICANT WAS A MISNOTICE
5:02:44PM AND WILL NOT BE HEARD.
5:02:45PM PLEASE REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE AGENDA.
5:02:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 10 FROM
5:02:50PM THE AGENDA.
5:02:50PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
5:02:51PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
5:02:53PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:02:53PM AYE.
5:02:54PM ANY OPPOSED?
5:02:57PM >> ALL OTHER ITEMS ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
5:02:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
5:03:00PM WE HAVE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
5:03:03PM WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE.
5:03:08PM IF ANYBODY IS GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 10, PLEASE
5:03:12PM STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN.
5:03:19PM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
5:03:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
5:03:26PM SIR, GO AHEAD.
5:03:27PM YOU HAVE ITEM NUMBER 1.
5:03:31PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
5:03:33PM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1 IS REZ-25-02, A REQUEST TO REZONE 2701
5:03:40PM NORTH FREMONT AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50 TO
5:03:43PM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
5:03:45PM WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR AERIAL MAP HERE.
5:03:48PM YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED ON NORTH
5:03:51PM ST. JOHN AND FREMONT STREET.
5:03:54PM SURROUNDING SUBJECT SITE IS LARGELY SURROUNDED WITH
5:03:56PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND RS 50 ZONING.
5:04:01PM WEST BEACH STREET, IT TRANSITIONS TO RM 16 ZONING.
5:04:05PM FROM THERE, YOU HAVE A BIT OF A MORE MIX OF USES.
5:04:07PM GO NORTH, RM 16 USES AS WELL AND CI USES ALONG THE CORRIDOR
5:04:12PM AND CI ALONG NORTH ROME AVENUE.
5:04:15PM AT THE END OF THE BLOCK, ROME YARD SITE.
5:04:17PM THIS WAS APPROVED FOR 1200 MULTIFAMILY UNITS AND 40
5:04:21PM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS AND 56,000 SQUARE FEET OF
5:04:24PM COMMERCIAL USES.
5:04:24PM AND THEN ALSO SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, YOU HAVE ONE PARCEL
5:04:29PM ZONED RM 18.
5:04:30PM THAT WAS DONE BEFORE THIS COUNCIL SOMETIME RECENTLY, I WANT
5:04:34PM TO SAY IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.
5:04:36PM MOVE ON TO THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
5:04:48PM SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FOUR SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
5:04:51PM UNITS WITH LOT WIDTHS RANGING FROM 25 TO 30 FEET.
5:04:55PM EACH UNIT IS ORIENTED TOWARDS WEST ST. JOHNS STREET.
5:04:59PM EACH UNIT HAS A FRONT PORCH AND ALSO PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION
5:05:02PM FROM THE FRONT DOOR AND THE FRONT PORCH TO THE EXISTING
5:05:05PM SIDEWALK ALONG WEST ST. JOHNS STREET.
5:05:08PM APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING A NEW SIDEWALK ON NORTH FREMONT
5:05:12PM STREET.
5:05:12PM VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROVIDED FROM THE REAR FROM
5:05:16PM AN ALLEY.
5:05:17PM EACH UNIT IS REQUIRED TWO PARKING SPACES AND TWO PARKING
5:05:20PM SPACES ARE PROVIDED FOR EACH UNIT AND A CARPORT.
5:05:23PM THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT IS 35 FEET.
5:05:26PM AND THEN LASTLY, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING 7 SHADE TREES.
5:05:31PM THE SHADE TREES WILL BE LOCATED ALONG WEST ST. JOHN'S STREET
5:05:34PM AND NORTH FREMONT AVENUE.
5:05:36PM YOU HAVE FIVE SHOWN RIGHT NOW, BUT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
5:05:41PM READING, THE APPLICANT DID AGREE TO PROVIDE TWO MORE TREES
5:05:44PM HERE TO REPLACE THE TREES BEING REMOVED.
5:05:46PM THAT WILL BE DONE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
5:05:49PM SHOW YOU SOME ELEVATIONS NOW.
5:05:52PM THIS IS THE SOUTH ELEVATION ALONG ST. JOHN.
5:06:07PM THAT IS THE NORTH.
5:06:08PM THE BACK OF THE CARPORT WILL BE.
5:06:10PM AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR EAST AND WEST ELEVATION.
5:06:14PM WE'LL RUN THROUGH SOME PICTURES NOW.
5:06:26PM THIS IS LOOKING EAST.
5:06:27PM THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SUBJECT SITE FROM NORTH FREMONT.
5:06:32PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTH.
5:06:34PM THIS IS THE VIEW FROM ST. JOHN AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:06:36PM THIS IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME JUST TO THE EAST OF
5:06:41PM THE SUBJECT SITE LOOKING NORTH ON ST. JOHN STREET.
5:06:45PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING EAST ON ST. JOHN.
5:06:48PM AT THE END OF THE BLOCK IS WHERE ROME YARD WILL BE.
5:06:51PM SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED HERE.
5:06:53PM AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT
5:06:59PM SITE ON WEST ST. JOHN.
5:07:00PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH ON FREMONT AVENUE AT THE
5:07:05PM INTERSECTION WITH ST. JOHN.
5:07:07PM SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED HERE.
5:07:08PM THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHWEST AT THE INTERSECTION.
5:07:18PM AND THIS IS LOOKING WEST ON ST. JOHN.
5:07:21PM SUBJECT PARCEL WOULD BE BACK BEHIND.
5:07:25PM AND THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE ON
5:07:27PM FREMONT.
5:07:28PM THIS IS LOOKING WEST.
5:07:29PM LASTLY, WE'RE LOOKING NORTH ON FREMONT AVENUE TOWARDS
5:07:34PM COLUMBUS DRIVE.
5:07:35PM ONE MORE.
5:07:36PM AND THIS IS LOOKING DOWN THE ALLEY.
5:07:38PM SUBJECT SITE WOULD BE HERE.
5:07:39PM HERE IS THE SITE PLAN AGAIN.
5:07:50PM DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF FOUND THE REQUEST
5:07:54PM CONSISTENT.
5:07:54PM THE PROPOSAL MORE EFFICIENT SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND AND
5:07:58PM INFRASTRUCTURE THAN THE EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ON THE
5:07:59PM SITE.
5:08:00PM DUE TO THE SUBJECT SITE'S UNDERLYING FUTURE LAND USE,
5:08:03PM PROXIMITY OF PUBLIC TRANSIT LOCATED LESS THAN A THOUSAND
5:08:06PM FEET AWAY AND LARGE SCALE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
5:08:09PM WITHIN PROXIMITY.
5:08:10PM SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE,
5:08:12PM MODIFICATIONS SHOWN ON THE REVISION SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED
5:08:15PM BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
5:08:17PM UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EMILY.
5:08:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:08:20PM YES, MA'AM.
5:08:30PM >>EMILY PHELAN: EMILY PHELAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:08:33PM THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING
5:08:35PM DISTRICT.
5:08:36PM THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
5:08:37PM THE OLD WEST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVACUATION ZONE D.
5:08:40PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS REPRESENTED HERE WITH THE PURPLE
5:08:43PM OUTLINE.
5:08:45PM THE RESIDENTIAL 35 DESIGNATION IS THE SITE AS WELL AS THE
5:08:48PM SURROUNDING AREA.
5:08:50PM AS YOU MOVE NORTH TOWARDS WEST COLUMBUS, THE RED IS CC-35,
5:08:55PM WHICH ALSO DOES COME DOWN NORTH ROME AVENUE.
5:08:58PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
5:09:01PM CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY PLANNED FOR UNDER THE
5:09:03PM RESIDENTIAL 35 DESIGNATION AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT INFILL
5:09:06PM DEVELOPMENT ON VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED LANDS.
5:09:09PM THE REQUEST WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN
5:09:12PM PROXIMITY TO COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND AMENITIES ALONG WEST
5:09:15PM COLUMBUS DRIVE AND IS COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE
5:09:18PM SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
5:09:19PM THE FOUR PROPOSED UNITS WILL HAVE ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY
5:09:22PM WHICH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTS.
5:09:24PM OVERALL, THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE CITY'S HOUSING POLICIES BY
5:09:27PM ADDING ADDITIONAL UNITS WITHIN THE OLD WEST TAMPA
5:09:30PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:09:30PM AND PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT
5:09:32PM WITH THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
5:09:34PM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:09:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:09:38PM APPLICANT.
5:09:39PM HELLO, SIR.
5:09:44PM >> HELLO, COUNCIL.
5:09:45PM I'M ASAD SHEIKH.
5:09:49PM I'M THE APPLICANT OR I MAY BE LISTED AS THE AGENT ON THE
5:09:51PM APPLICATION.
5:09:53PM I JUST URGE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
5:09:55PM ALL WE'RE DOING HERE IS BRINGING EXTRA DENSITY UNDER THE
5:09:58PM FUTURE LAND USE, UP TO 8 UNITS WOULD BE ALLOWED WITH BONUS.
5:10:01PM WE'RE ASKING FOR FOUR.
5:10:03PM WE PROPOSED FOUR SINGLE-FAMILY HOME UNITS VERSUS FOUR
5:10:06PM TOWNHOME UNITS BECAUSE FROM INTERACTION WITH NEIGHBORHOOD,
5:10:09PM THEY PREFER SINGLE-FAMILY VERSUS THE MASS AND SCALE OF FOUR
5:10:14PM TOWNHOMES WOULD APPEAR AS ONE BUILDING.
5:10:16PM SO THAT'S WHY WE PROPOSED WHAT WE DID.
5:10:18PM WE HOPE THAT YOU APPROVE OUR APPLICATION.
5:10:21PM THAT'S ALL.
5:10:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
5:10:23PM I SEE NONE.
5:10:24PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 1.
5:10:28PM I SEE NO ONE.
5:10:29PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MIRANDA.
5:10:31PM SECOND FROM VIERA.
5:10:33PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:10:35PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 1, FILE REZ-25-02, ORDINANCE
5:10:39PM BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN
5:10:42PM ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2701
5:10:45PM NORTH FREMONT AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE
5:10:47PM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
5:10:50PM CLASSIFICATION RS-50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD,
5:10:53PM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED,
5:10:56PM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:10:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
5:10:58PM MIRANDA.
5:10:58PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
5:11:00PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:11:02PM AYE.
5:11:03PM ANY OPPOSED?
5:11:05PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5:11:06PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025, AT
5:11:11PM 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
5:11:14PM BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:11:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
5:11:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO SAY I THOUGHT THE
5:11:24PM APPLICANT'S EXPLANATION OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY WAS VERY
5:11:30PM INTERESTING.
5:11:30PM I HADN'T HEARD THAT BEFORE.
5:11:32PM I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO THE NEIGHBORS.
5:11:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 2.
5:11:40PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: GOOD EVENING.
5:11:41PM STEPHANIE POPE.
5:11:43PM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
5:11:44PM AGENDA ITEM 2 IS REZ-25-21, REQUEST TO REZONE 3210 EAST
5:11:50PM YUKON STREET FROM RS 60 TO RS 50.
5:11:53PM WE'LL START WITH AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE
5:12:01PM SURROUNDING AREA.
5:12:02PM YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED.
5:12:07PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST YUKON
5:12:11PM STREET WITHIN THE GENERAL VICINITY BETWEEN NORTH 33rd AND
5:12:15PM NORTH CALDER PLACE.
5:12:17PM THE SURROUNDING AREA'S DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS CHARACTERIZED
5:12:20PM BY SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND
5:12:22PM COMMERCIAL USES TO THE NORTH ALONG BUSCH BOULEVARD.
5:12:25PM SURROUNDING IT IS THE RS 60 AND HERE ALONG BUSCH BOULEVARD
5:12:30PM IS THE COMMERCIAL.
5:12:31PM DIRECTLY NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS
5:12:34PM ZONED RS 60.
5:12:36PM GIVEN THE MIX OF USES IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA SURROUNDING THE
5:12:39PM SUBJECT BLOCK, THE REQUESTED RS 50 ZONING IS INCONSISTENT
5:12:43PM WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
5:12:45PM NOW WE'LL PUT UP A SURVEY OF THE LOT.
5:12:54PM HERE IS THE SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY.
5:12:56PM THE PROPERTY LINE IS OUTLINED HERE, AND THIS IS EAST YUKON
5:13:01PM STREET.
5:13:01PM THIS IS NORTH 33rd STREET.
5:13:05PM YOU CAN SEE THE OUTLINE OF THE PARCEL.
5:13:08PM THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO SPLIT THE LOT INTO TWO PARCELS.
5:13:12PM THE FRONTAGE FOR THE LOTS IS PROPOSED TO BE ON EAST YUKON
5:13:18PM STREET.
5:13:19PM NEXT, WE HAVE THE CONFORMING MAP.
5:13:21PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS PART OF THE ELIZABETH COURT SUBDIVISION
5:13:23PM BLOCK B, LOTS 26 AND 27.
5:13:26PM THE SUBJECT BLOCK, BLOCK B, WAS PLATTED IN 1925 WITH 50 LOTS
5:13:31PM WITH FRONTAGE RANGING IN WIDTH FROM 36 TO 56 FEET.
5:13:35PM THE AREA OF ANALYSIS INCLUDES 258 PARCELS.
5:13:38PM THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS BEING PROVIDED FOCUSES ON THE PARCELS
5:13:42PM FACING YUKON.
5:13:44PM WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS.
5:13:45PM HERE IS THE SUBJECT SITE, THIS ONE, AND THIS HERE.
5:13:48PM THE SUBJECT BLOCK FACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF YUKON STREET
5:13:52PM BETWEEN NORTH CALDER AND NORTH 33rd STREET, WHICH IS RIGHT
5:13:56PM HERE, HAS THREE PARCELS, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:13:59PM TWO, OR 67%, HAVE LOT WIDTHS OVER 100 FEET AND ONE, OR 33
5:14:06PM PERCENT, HAS A LOT WIDTHS OF 55 TO 59.99 FEET.
5:14:11PM TO THE EAST, THE BLOCK FACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF YUKON
5:14:14PM BETWEEN NORTH 33rd STREET AND NORTH 34th STREET, WHICH
5:14:18PM IS RIGHT HERE, CONTAINS FOUR PARCELS WITH 100% OF THOSE LOTS
5:14:23PM HAVING A WIDTH OF 70 TO 74.99 FEET.
5:14:25PM TO THE WEST, THE BLOCK FACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF YUKON
5:14:29PM STREET BETWEEN NORTH CALDER AND NORTH 30th, WHICH IS THIS
5:14:33PM ONE HERE, CONTAINS SEVEN PARCELS WITH THREE PARCELS OR 43%
5:14:39PM HAVING LOT WIDTHS OF 65 TO 69.99 FEET AND FOUR PARCELS OR
5:14:44PM 57% HAVING LOT WIDTHS OF 60 TO 64.99 FEET.
5:14:49PM STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED IN THE OVERALL STUDY AREA THAT 85% OF
5:14:53PM THE PARCELS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR
5:14:57PM GREATER AND 15% HAVE A WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS.
5:15:02PM WHILE THERE ARE A VARIETY OF LOT SIZES WITHIN THE VICINITY
5:15:05PM OF THE SUBJECT SITE, STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED REQUEST TO BE
5:15:08PM INCONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE
5:15:11PM OVERALL STUDY AREA.
5:15:13PM SINCE THIS IS EUCLIDEAN REZONING, THERE IS NO SITE PLAN OR
5:15:16PM ELEVATION.
5:15:16PM NEXT I'LL SHOW SOME PHOTOS.
5:15:18PM THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:15:24PM THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:15:29PM THIS IS YUKON HERE.
5:15:33PM YOU CAN SEE THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE.
5:15:36PM TO THE NORTH.
5:15:37PM THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:15:42PM HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE DOWN YUKON.
5:15:45PM THIS IS THE SIDEWALK ALONG YUKON.
5:15:49PM HERE IS A PHOTO LOOKING EAST DOWN YUKON BETWEEN 33rd AND
5:15:56PM 34th.
5:15:57PM THIS IS THE BLOCK FACE IN THAT SAME AREA BETWEEN 33rd AND
5:16:03PM 34th ON YUKON.
5:16:04PM THIS IS LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET, AND YOU CAN SEE THE
5:16:09PM HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BACK HERE.
5:16:10PM THIS IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:16:16PM THIS IS THE LOT TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND LOOKING
5:16:23PM WEST DOWN YUKON.
5:16:24PM THIS IS DIRECTLY WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:16:32PM THIS IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:16:36PM AND THIS IS THE HOME, THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE AT CALDER
5:16:40PM AND YUKON.
5:16:43PM THIS IS LOOKING FROM CALDER DOWN YUKON TOWARDS 30th.
5:16:49PM THIS IS THAT BLOCK FACE ALONG YUKON BETWEEN CALDER AND
5:16:54PM 30th.
5:16:55PM NOW WE'RE TURNED AROUND AND LOOKING EAST DOWN YUKON TOWARDS
5:17:00PM CALDER.
5:17:02PM THIS IS LOOKING DOWN CALDER.
5:17:04PM THIS IS LOOKING DOWN YUKON BACK TOWARDS THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:17:10PM FINALLY, THIS IS LOOKING DOWN 33rd.
5:17:14PM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION
5:17:19PM AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAND
5:17:21PM DEVELOPMENT CODE.
5:17:23PM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:17:25PM I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EMILY IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
5:17:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:17:29PM NO.
5:17:30PM THANK YOU.
5:17:30PM COME ON UP.
5:17:36PM >>EMILY PHELAN: EMILY PHELAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:17:38PM THE SITE IS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT.
5:17:40PM THE TEMPLE CREST NEIGHBORHOOD IN EVACUATION ZONE D.
5:17:44PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS RIGHT HERE OUTLINED IN PURPLE AND IT'S
5:17:48PM REPRESENTED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION WHICH DOES
5:17:51PM SURROUND THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:17:52PM FURTHER NORTH ALONG EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD, THE PINK COLOR IS
5:17:55PM THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35.
5:17:57PM ACROSS THE STREET IS THE URBAN MIXED USE 60 AND HEAVY
5:18:00PM INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATIONS.
5:18:01PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
5:18:04PM CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE
5:18:07PM RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT INFILL
5:18:10PM DEVELOPMENT ON VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED LANDS.
5:18:12PM THE REQUEST WILL NOT ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
5:18:16PM AND PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICT WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL
5:18:19PM HOUSING WITHIN THE TEMPLE CREST NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:18:21PM OVERALL THE PROPOSED REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT
5:18:23PM COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE
5:18:26PM SURROUNDING USES AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
5:18:28PM PATTERN ANTICIPATED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION.
5:18:31PM AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY
5:18:34PM QUESTIONS.
5:18:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:18:35PM APPLICANT.
5:18:37PM YES, SIR.
5:18:40PM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
5:18:41PM >> MY NAME IS PHIL ZHONG.
5:18:46PM GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
5:18:49PM SO THE REASON FOR MY APPLICATION IS I WISH TO SPLIT THE LOT
5:18:52PM AND PUT TWO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
5:18:55PM I'M LOOKING TO BUILD SOMETHING WITH A SMALL FOOTPRINT,
5:18:59PM ENERGY EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE AND ALSO -- I PLAN TO
5:19:04PM LIVE IN ONE MYSELF AND A RELATIVE HAS INDICATED INTEREST IN
5:19:09PM THE OTHER.
5:19:10PM THE STAFF REPORT SHOWED THAT THE PROPOSAL FITS THE
5:19:15PM NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHARACTER, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND OTHER
5:19:20PM TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.
5:19:21PM SO HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL WILL SUPPORT MY APPLICATION.
5:19:25PM NOW, I HAVE SPOKE TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.
5:19:30PM SOME OF THEM ARE ON BOARD, BUT SOME DID INDICATE THEY
5:19:34PM THOUGHT TOO MUCH DENSITY AND TRAFFIC IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
5:19:36PM ALREADY.
5:19:36PM THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING TO ME BECAUSE THERE WERE
5:19:40PM QUITE A FEW EMPTY LOTS AND ALSO THE CITY AT 40% OF THE
5:19:46PM PLANNED DENSITY AT THIS POINT.
5:19:49PM I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, AND WHAT I FOUND IS -- SO
5:20:00PM THE GREEN PIN YOU CAN SEE IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
5:20:04PM THE RED PIN ARE SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:20:10PM IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY POPULAR VACATION SPOT WITH BUSCH
5:20:15PM GARDENS TO THE NORTH AND HILLSBOROUGH RIVER TO THE SOUTH.
5:20:17PM IT'S NOT QUITE THE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE RIVER THAT I
5:20:23PM INITIALLY THOUGHT.
5:20:25PM AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE CITY'S OWN HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT
5:20:31PM FROM LAST YEAR INDICATED THAT THIS PARTICULAR ZIP CODE HAS
5:20:34PM THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF SHORT-TERM RENTAL AMONG ALL THE
5:20:40PM ZIP CODES IN THE CITY.
5:20:42PM WHEN A HOUSE IS PUT UP AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, USUALLY
5:20:48PM ADVERTISE SLEEP SIX PEOPLE, SLEEP EIGHT.
5:20:51PM BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE GO ON VACATION, MYSELF, FOR EXAMPLE, I
5:20:54PM DON'T MIND SHARING A BEDROOM WITH SOMEONE, RIGHT?
5:20:56PM IT SAVES THE COST.
5:20:59PM THAT'S BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY.
5:21:00PM THAT MAKES THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL MORE ATTRACTIVE.
5:21:04PM I THINK THE STATE OR THE CITY HAS A RULE SAYING TWO PERSON
5:21:08PM PER BEDROOM PLUS TWO MORE FOR THE HOUSE.
5:21:11PM TWO BEDROOM TRANSLATE TO SIX PEOPLE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY AND
5:21:16PM THREE BEDROOM INTO EIGHT.
5:21:17PM SO WHEN THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL USUALLY END UP HOSTING MORE
5:21:21PM PEOPLE THAN WHAT A TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD WOULD BE.
5:21:25PM SO BECAUSE OF THAT, IF WE WERE TO SEE THE TRUE IMPACT OF
5:21:31PM SHORT-TERM RENTAL ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S CHARACTER, WE KIND
5:21:34PM OF HAVE TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF RED PINS THAT
5:21:38PM WE'RE SEEING HERE.
5:21:39PM SO WHEN WE CONSIDER THE NEIGHBOR'S COMMENTS ABOUT TOO MUCH
5:21:47PM DENSITY, TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ALREADY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE
5:21:51PM CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THAT THESE EXISTING SHORT-TERM
5:21:54PM RENTAL WITH THE HIGHER NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS LIKELY ALREADY IS
5:22:04PM THE AFFECTED, THE REASON FOR SUCH SENTIMENT IN THE
5:22:08PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:22:09PM BUT YET THEY DON'T REALLY PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THE RESIDENTS
5:22:12PM OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:22:14PM AND THEN MY PROJECT, YES, IT WOULD INCREASE THE DENSITY A
5:22:18PM LITTLE BIT BY A SMALL AMOUNT, BUT IT WILL PRODUCE TWO
5:22:22PM SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE IN THE
5:22:25PM COMMUNITY AS FULL-TIME RESIDENTS.
5:22:28PM I ALSO HAVE AN E-MAIL FROM -- IN THE ATTACHMENT FROM ONE OF
5:22:33PM THE GENTLEMEN WHO LIVES A FEW DOORS EAST OF ME.
5:22:36PM HE TOLD ME HE SUPPORT ME, WHAT I WANT TO DO.
5:22:42PM HE WANTS ME TO PROMISE HIM TO KEEP IT OWNER OCCUPIED AND NOT
5:22:45PM TURN IT INTO ANY KIND OF A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
5:22:49PM WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE YOU SUPPORT
5:22:52PM MY APPLICATION.
5:22:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WAS THINKING, YOU MUST HAVE DONE A LOT
5:22:56PM OF WORK IN FINDING OUT WHO WERE THE HOMEOWNERS AND WHO WERE
5:23:01PM RENTALS.
5:23:02PM YOU HAD OVER 30 THAT WERE RED.
5:23:04PM >> I WENT TO THE WEBSITE THAT THE SAME WEBSITE THAT THE CITY
5:23:10PM USES --
5:23:10PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: EACH CITY HAS A RENTAL CERTIFICATE.
5:23:15PM >> I COULD NOT TELL CERTIFICATE WHETHER FOR SHORT-TERM OR
5:23:19PM RENTAL -- OR LONG TERM.
5:23:21PM TAX CERTIFICATE SHOWS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE RED PIN.
5:23:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
5:23:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
5:23:30PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
5:23:32PM THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 2.
5:23:34PM I SEE NO ONE AND NO ONE REGISTERED.
5:23:37PM MOTION TO CLOSE?
5:23:37PM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
5:23:39PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
5:23:40PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:23:41PM AYE.
5:23:42PM COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM 2?
5:23:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
5:23:52PM GENERAL VICINITY OF 3210 EAST YUKON STREET IN THE CITY OF
5:23:56PM TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
5:23:58PM FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 60 TO RS 50
5:24:01PM RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:24:10PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DID YOU SAY TO RS 50 OR DID I MISS THAT?
5:24:13PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
5:24:14PM FROM RS 60 TO RS 50.
5:24:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
5:24:19PM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
5:24:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A SELLING FEATURE TO
5:24:27PM TALK ABOUT ALL THE AirBnBs BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING WE
5:24:32PM CAN DO TO PREVENT YOU FROM DOING THAT TO A PROPERTY.
5:24:35PM WE CAN'T REQUIRE YOU TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED.
5:24:37PM THIS IS A LAND DECISION, NOT A USE DECISION.
5:24:42PM I WAS ALREADY A LITTLE CONCERNED, BUT THAT MADE ME MORE
5:24:46PM CONCERNED AND I WON'T SUPPORT THIS.
5:24:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
5:24:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT FOR THAT VERY REASON, BUT WHAT OUR
5:24:55PM CITY STAFF JUST SAID ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THE
5:24:57PM NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK THIS DEFINITELY DOES SET AN
5:24:59PM UNFORTUNATE PRECEDENT BY GOING FROM THE 60 TO THE 50 IN THE
5:25:04PM MASSING AND SCALE ON THAT STREET, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A
5:25:08PM FORWARD FACING STREET.
5:25:09PM I'M ALSO, AGAIN, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE AND THEY
5:25:13PM CLEARLY, THE CITY STAFF CLEARLY POINTED OUT THIS WAS NOT
5:25:17PM COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT PARCEL.
5:25:19PM I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT IT.
5:25:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
5:25:21PM I'LL ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.
5:25:24PM THE SECOND WAS FROM HENDERSON.
5:25:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
5:25:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO.
5:25:28PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
5:25:30PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
5:25:31PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
5:25:32PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
5:25:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
5:25:35PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK AND CLENDENIN
5:25:37PM VOTING NO.
5:25:38PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025, AT
5:25:42PM 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
5:25:45PM BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:25:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
5:25:51PM ITEM NUMBER 3.
5:25:56PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
5:25:57PM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3 IS REZ 25-23, REQUEST TO REZONE 1905
5:26:05PM WEST SLIGH AVENUE FROM RO-1 TO PD FOR RESIDENTIAL,
5:26:09PM SINGLE-FAMILY, ATTACHED USES.
5:26:10PM WE'LL START WITH AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE
5:26:16PM SURROUNDING AREA.
5:26:17PM YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED.
5:26:21PM ON WEST SLIGH AVENUE.
5:26:24PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED TWO LOTS WEST OF THE
5:26:28PM INTERSECTION OF NORTH FREMONT AND WEST SLIGH.
5:26:31PM HERE IS FREMONT.
5:26:32PM AND HERE IS SLIGH.
5:26:33PM THE SUBJECT SITE CONTAINS ONE PLATTED VACANT LOT.
5:26:37PM THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE SUBJECT
5:26:40PM SITE IS A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, OFFICE, SINGLE-FAMILY,
5:26:44PM ATTACHED AND SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS.
5:26:46PM SOUTH OF THE SITE IS ZONED RS 50.
5:26:49PM SOUTHWEST IS A PD, APPROVED, RS 50, PD APPROVED IN 1996 FOR
5:26:55PM TOWNHOMES.
5:26:57PM TO THE WEST OF THE SITE IS ZONED RO 1 FOR RESIDENTIAL OFFICE
5:27:02PM AND EAST OF THE SITE IS A PD, APPROVED IN 1987 AND CURRENTLY
5:27:06PM BEING USED FOR AN OFFICE AND RETAIL USE.
5:27:09PM NORTH OF THE SITE IS ZONED RS 50.
5:27:13PM NORTH OF THE SITE IS ZONED RS 50 THERE.
5:27:16PM HERE IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
5:27:23PM THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN
5:27:26PM IDENTIFYING ONE NEW THREE-STORY BUILDING ON-SITE CONTAINING
5:27:30PM FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS.
5:27:33PM HERE IS THE OUTLINE OF THE BUILDING.
5:27:36PM UNIT ONE HERE AND THEN TWO THROUGH FIVE HERE.
5:27:39PM THE BUILDING IS LOCATED NEAR THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE SITE.
5:27:43PM THE SITE IS DESIGNED WITH ONE POINT OF VEHICULAR ACCESS ON
5:27:46PM WEST SLIGH AVENUE, THAT WOULD BE RIGHT HERE, WHICH ALLOWS
5:27:49PM FOR TWO-WAY INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THE SITE.
5:27:52PM EACH UNIT PROVIDES A ONE-CAR GARAGE AND ONE SURFACE PARKING
5:27:56PM SPACE.
5:27:57PM SO THERE ARE THE GARAGES AND THE PARKING SPACES.
5:28:00PM THE MOST SOUTHERN UNIT, UNIT NUMBER 1, HAS A FRONT DOOR
5:28:05PM ORIENTATION TOWARDS WEST SLIGH AVENUE.
5:28:07PM THAT'S SHOWN HERE.
5:28:09PM THE INTERNAL UNITS, UNITS NUMBER 2 THROUGH 5, HAVE FRONT
5:28:14PM DOOR ORIENTATION TOWARD AN INTERNAL DRIVE AISLE.
5:28:18PM PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS ARE PROVIDED INTERNALLY WITH ALL
5:28:20PM WALKWAYS CONNECTING TO THE SIDEWALK PROVIDED ON SLIGH
5:28:23PM AVENUE.
5:28:24PM HERE ARE THE INTERNAL WALKWAYS TO THE SIDEWALK THERE ON
5:28:28PM SLIGH.
5:28:28PM THE REQUEST OF FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS
5:28:32PM ON-SITE IS APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION ON THIS SEGMENT OF WEST
5:28:35PM SLIGH AVENUE.
5:28:36PM THE PROPOSED USE PROVIDES AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION FROM THE
5:28:39PM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES TO THE WEST AND THE
5:28:42PM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WHICH EXISTS EAST OF THE SITE.
5:28:45PM NEXT I'LL SHOW THE ELEVATIONS.
5:28:49PM THIS IS THE EAST OF THE BUILDING, AND THEN THIS IS THE WEST
5:29:00PM OF THE BUILDING.
5:29:01PM AND THEN HERE WE HAVE THE NORTH AND THEN THE SOUTH.
5:29:13PM YOU CAN SEE THAT ENTRANCE FOR UNIT NUMBER 1.
5:29:17PM NEXT I'LL SHOW SOME PHOTOS OF THE SITE.
5:29:21PM HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE SITE.
5:29:27PM THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE SITE.
5:29:32PM THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ACROSS WEST SLIGH AVENUE.
5:29:37PM THERE YOU CAN SEE THE MULTIFAMILY, AND THEN THE
5:29:39PM SINGLE-FAMILY THERE.
5:29:41PM THIS IS WEST OF THE SITE.
5:29:48PM THIS IS LOOKING WEST DOWN WEST SLIGH AVENUE.
5:29:52PM THIS IS THAT RETAIL AND OFFICE THAT IS EAST OF THE SITE.
5:29:58PM THIS IS LOOKING EAST DOWN SLIGH AVENUE AT FREMONT.
5:30:04PM AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING NORTH DOWN FREMONT AND YOU CAN SEE
5:30:07PM THE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NORTH OF THAT AREA.
5:30:12PM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
5:30:15PM APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
5:30:17PM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
5:30:19PM THERE IS ONE WAIVER AS PART OF THIS REQUEST.
5:30:22PM IF CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE APPLICATION, THE MODIFICATIONS
5:30:25PM TO THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE SUBMITTED REVISED REVISION
5:30:29PM SHEET, WHICH I HAVE RIGHT HERE AND WILL SUBMIT TO YOU IN
5:30:32PM JUST A MOMENT MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
5:30:35PM READING.
5:30:35PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:30:37PM OTHERWISE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EMILY.
5:30:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:30:40PM YES, MA'AM.
5:30:49PM >>EMILY PHELAN: EMILY PHELAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:30:51PM BEFORE I BEGIN MY PRESENTATION, THERE IS A REVISED STAFF
5:30:55PM REPORT THAT I NEED TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD.
5:30:57PM OUR REPORT INCORRECTLY STATED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:30:59PM THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT IN THE
5:31:13PM ARMENIA GARDENS ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:31:15PM IT IS IN EVACUATION ZONE E.
5:31:17PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS HERE OUTLINED IN PURPLE, REPRESENTED
5:31:20PM WITH THE RESIDENTIAL 20 DESIGNATION, WHICH IS TO THE EAST,
5:31:24PM SOUTH, AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:31:26PM TO THE NORTH IS RESIDENTIAL 10.
5:31:28PM TO THE SOUTH IS RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE, AND THAT'S THE ROME
5:31:31PM AND SLIGH PARK.
5:31:32PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
5:31:36PM CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
5:31:38PM IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE
5:31:41PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS POLICIES THAT SUPPORT INFILL
5:31:43PM DEVELOPMENT ON VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED LANDS.
5:31:46PM THE REQUEST WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING WITHIN THE
5:31:49PM ARMENIA GARDENS ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING
5:31:51PM OPPORTUNITIES IN PROXIMITY TO COMMERCIAL SERVICES ALONG
5:31:54PM NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE WHICH IS FURTHER TO THE WEST OF THE
5:31:57PM SITE OUTSIDE OF THE DEPICTION.
5:31:59PM THE DESIGN MEETS THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
5:32:03PM GUIDANCE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS, REGARDING
5:32:05PM PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY.
5:32:07PM UNIT ONE ORIENTS TOWARDS WEST SLIGH AVENUE AND WHILE UNITS
5:32:11PM TWO THROUGH FIVE FACE AN INTERNAL DRIVE AISLE THERE IS A
5:32:14PM DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THE SIDEWALK ALONG WEST
5:32:17PM SLIGH AVENUE MEETING THE INTENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
5:32:20PM OVERALL, THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE
5:32:23PM WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND IS CONSISTENT
5:32:25PM WITH THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
5:32:27PM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:32:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:32:31PM I SEE NONE.
5:32:32PM APPLICANT?
5:32:33PM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 3?
5:32:38PM YES, MA'AM.
5:32:39PM COME ON UP.
5:32:47PM >> MY NAME IS LUISA ALONSO, THE APPLICANT FOR THIS CASE.
5:32:54PM I'M ASKING THAT THE REQUEST BE APPROVED BY YOU -- BAD
5:33:03PM CONDITION.
5:33:08PM BRING SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL TO THE AREA.
5:33:10PM THIS PORTION IS NOT THE MOST DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME.
5:33:14PM CONSIDER APPROVING THIS REQUEST.
5:33:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
5:33:19PM ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
5:33:21PM ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 3?
5:33:27PM MOTION TO CLOSE.
5:33:28PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:33:29PM AYE.
5:33:30PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE REZ-25-23, AN ORDINANCE BEING
5:33:33PM PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE
5:33:37PM REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1905 WEST SLIGH
5:33:40PM AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY
5:33:43PM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
5:33:46PM RO-1, RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
5:33:50PM RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, ATTACHED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
5:33:52PM DATE.
5:33:53PM AND WITH THE REVISION SHEET.
5:33:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
5:33:57PM HENDERSON.
5:33:57PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
5:33:59PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:33:59PM AYE.
5:34:00PM ANY OPPOSED?
5:34:02PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5:34:04PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025, AT
5:34:08PM 10 A.M., AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
5:34:12PM BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:34:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
5:34:17PM SOMEBODY LEFT A PAIR OF GLASSES AND THESE FOLDERS DOWN
5:34:22PM STAIRS.
5:34:23PM DO THEY BELONG TO ANYBODY?
5:34:24PM ITEM NUMBER 4.
5:34:36PM YES, MA'AM.
5:34:38PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
5:34:40PM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4 IS REZ-25-25, REQUEST TO REZONE 808
5:34:46PM NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE AND 2402 WEST STATE STREET FROM PD, FOR
5:34:52PM PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY, TO PD FOR MEDICAL AND BUSINESS
5:34:55PM PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USE.
5:34:56PM WE'LL START WITH AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE
5:35:03PM SURROUNDING AREA.
5:35:04PM YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED HERE.
5:35:07PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS ON THE CORNER OF NORTH ARMENIA AND WEST
5:35:13PM STATE STREET.
5:35:14PM HERE IS WEST STATE STREET AND NORTH ARMENIA.
5:35:16PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
5:35:19PM THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE SUBJECT
5:35:21PM SITE IS PREDOMINANTLY COMPOSED OF DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY
5:35:25PM RESIDENTIAL HOMES WITH SOME OFFICE USES.
5:35:27PM THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST AND NORTH IS ZONED RM 16, WHICH YOU
5:35:33PM CAN SEE HERE.
5:35:37PM ALSO TO THE NORTH IS A PD APPROVED IN 1998 FOR OFFICE USE.
5:35:42PM AND THAT'S RIGHT HERE, JUST NORTH OF THE SITE, THE OTHER PD.
5:35:46PM TO THE EAST ACROSS NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE IS A PD APPROVED IN
5:35:50PM 2016 FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES, AND THAT'S THIS ONE
5:35:55PM RIGHT HERE.
5:35:57PM AND TO THE SOUTH IS ZONED RO FOR RESIDENTIAL OFFICE FOR
5:36:01PM RESIDENTIAL OFFICE USES.
5:36:03PM THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE SITE THERE.
5:36:04PM HERE IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
5:36:14PM THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IDENTIFYING
5:36:17PM ONE NEW BUILDING ON-SITE, WHICH IS OUTLINED HERE.
5:36:20PM FOR MEDICAL AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL USES.
5:36:24PM THE CURRENT PD ON THE SITE IS APPROVED FOR RELIGIOUS
5:36:27PM ASSEMBLY USES.
5:36:28PM THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT A TWO-STORY STRUCTURE
5:36:32PM CONTAINING 5400 SQUARE FEET WITH PROPOSED SURFACE PARKING
5:36:35PM LOCATED TO THE SOUTH AND WEST WITH A PORTION UNDERNEATH THE
5:36:38PM BUILDING.
5:36:39PM YOU CAN SEE THAT HATCHED AREA HERE, THAT PARKING IS
5:36:42PM UNDERNEATH THERE.
5:36:43PM ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROPOSED ON WEST STATE STREET, WHICH
5:36:49PM WOULD BE THROUGH HERE.
5:36:50PM THE SITE IS SURROUNDED WITH A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG THE
5:36:53PM NORTH AND A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK TO THE EAST ALONG NORTH
5:36:56PM ARMENIA AVENUE.
5:36:58PM PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IS LOCATED FROM THE BUILDING ENTRANCE
5:37:00PM FACING NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE AND THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED
5:37:04PM BICYCLE RACKS ON THE GROUND FLOOR NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
5:37:06PM THERE IS THE ENTRANCE AND THE BICYCLE RACKS ARE RIGHT IN
5:37:11PM THIS AREA.
5:37:11PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT AND
5:37:17PM MUST COMPLY WITH STANDARDS AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING UNLESS
5:37:19PM WAIVED HEREIN.
5:37:21PM NEXT I'LL SHOW THE ELEVATIONS.
5:37:24PM HERE YOU CAN SEE THE EAST ELEVATION.
5:37:27PM THE NORTH ELEVATION.
5:37:29PM THE WEST ELEVATION, AND THEN HERE TO THE SOUTH.
5:37:36PM I'LL SHOW SOME PHOTOS OF THE SITE HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE
5:37:45PM SUBJECT SITE.
5:37:46PM THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THIS ONE IS
5:37:52PM LOOKING ACROSS ARMENIA.
5:37:55PM THIS IS EAST ACROSS NORTH ARMENIA, AND THAT'S THE NEWLY
5:38:02PM DEVELOPED OR NEWER DEVELOPED PD.
5:38:05PM THIS IS LOOKING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST THERE.
5:38:12PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ACROSS WEST STATE STREET.
5:38:17PM THERE IS THAT OFFICE.
5:38:19PM THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH DOWN NORTH ARMENIA AND THIS IS THE
5:38:25PM ADJACENT PROPERTY HERE.
5:38:27PM THIS IS WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ON WEST STATE STREET
5:38:31PM DIRECTLY BEHIND THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:38:33PM AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING WEST DOWN WEST STATE STREET.
5:38:38PM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
5:38:41PM APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH
5:38:44PM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DUE TO THE FINDINGS FROM
5:38:46PM TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE PARKING WAIVER REQUESTED.
5:38:49PM THERE ARE THREE WAIVERS AS PART OF THIS REQUEST.
5:38:53PM IF CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE APPLICATION, THE MODIFICATIONS
5:38:55PM TO THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE SUBMITTED REVISED REVISION
5:38:59PM SHEET, WHICH I WILL PROVIDE TO YOU MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN
5:39:03PM FIRST AND SECOND READING.
5:39:05PM FOR THE RECORD, THE MODIFICATIONS WILL NOT RESOLVE
5:39:08PM TRANSPORTATION FINDINGS OF INCONSISTENCY.
5:39:10PM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:39:12PM AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EMILY IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
5:39:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:39:15PM YES, MA'AM.
5:39:24PM >>EMILY PHELAN: EMILY PHELAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:39:27PM BEFORE I BEGIN, WE HAVE A REVISED STAFF REPORT THAT WE NEED
5:39:30PM TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD.
5:39:31PM THE F.A.R. WAS INCORRECT ON OUR ANALYSIS PART.
5:39:34PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING
5:39:48PM DISTRICT, THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND THE ARMORY
5:39:51PM GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD, ALSO IN EVACUATION ZONE D.
5:39:53PM THE SUBJECT SITE HERE OUTLINED IN PURPLE IS REPRESENTED WITH
5:39:56PM THE RESIDENTIAL 20 DESIGNATION, WHICH IS TO THE NORTH,
5:40:00PM SOUTH, AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:40:03PM TO THE EAST, THE RED IS THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35
5:40:06PM DESIGNATION.
5:40:07PM FURTHER SOUTH, THE RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE IS A PARK, THE
5:40:12PM VILA BROTHERS PARK.
5:40:15PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE STAFF
5:40:17PM MEETS THE LOCATIONAL CRITERIA OUTLINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
5:40:20PM PLAN AS THE SITE IS ALONG AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY.
5:40:23PM ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED 0.44 F.A.R. IS BELOW THE MAXIMUM
5:40:27PM F.A.R. ALLOWED IN THE RESIDENTIAL 20 DESIGNATION.
5:40:30PM THE DESIGN FOLLOWS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GUIDANCE TO THE
5:40:33PM DESIGN FOR CREATING PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AS THE
5:40:37PM BUILDING IS ORIENTED TOWARD NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE.
5:40:40PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE SITE IS
5:40:42PM ADEQUATELY BUFFERED FROM THE RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE
5:40:44PM REQUEST IS COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
5:40:48PM AREA.
5:40:48PM OVERALL, THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH
5:40:51PM THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ANTICIPATED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 20
5:40:54PM DESIGNATION AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE
5:40:57PM ANY QUESTIONS.
5:40:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:40:58PM NO.
5:40:59PM APPLICANT?
5:40:59PM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
5:41:05PM >> JUDAH RUBIN.
5:41:06PM AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT.
5:41:07PM FIRST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS
5:41:12PM PROCESS THUS FAR.
5:41:14PM I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE.
5:41:16PM I THINK THIS WAS A FORMER RELIGIOUS USE SITE.
5:41:20PM MUCH DENSER APPLICATION PRIOR.
5:41:22PM GONE FROM PD TO PD.
5:41:23PM WE HAVE MET WITH THE ARMORY GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD
5:41:25PM ASSOCIATION.
5:41:26PM BOTH HAD INITIAL APPLICATION AND SHARED OUR REVISIONS,
5:41:30PM ALBEIT FAIRLY MINOR TO THEM MORE RECENTLY AS WE'VE GONE
5:41:34PM THROUGH THE DRC PROCESS.
5:41:35PM I THINK WE COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT ARMORY GARDENS HAD AS
5:41:39PM CONCERNS.
5:41:40PM THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE MANY.
5:41:41PM THEY WERE ACTUALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE PROPOSED USE.
5:41:43PM I THINK THEY FIND IT MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
5:41:47PM RELATIVE TO THE PRIOR USE.
5:41:48PM IT'S CERTAINLY A LOT SHORTER.
5:41:52PM PRIOR USE WAS ALMOST 72 FEET TALL AND 20% LARGER WITH LESS
5:41:56PM PARKING.
5:41:57PM I'LL JUST TALK TO THE PARKING WAIVER, WHICH I THINK IS THE
5:42:01PM BIGGEST CONSIDERATION FOR THIS EVENING.
5:42:03PM WE'RE PREPARED TO MEET THE REVISED REVISION CONDITIONS FROM
5:42:07PM STAFF, IF I SAID THAT RIGHT.
5:42:09PM IN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND READINGS REGARDING THE
5:42:12PM COMMENTS FROM THE DRC, AND AS IT RELATES TO PARKING, JUST
5:42:16PM SETTLE ON THIS.
5:42:17PM WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE.
5:42:19PM IT IS A SINGLE MAN ENT PRACTICE, BY DEFINITION A FAIRLY LOW
5:42:24PM VOLUME MEDICAL PRACTICE AS MEDICAL PRACTICES GO.
5:42:26PM THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THE NEED OR DEMAND FOR THE 6 PER
5:42:30PM THOUSAND PARKING THAT'S IN THE CODE.
5:42:32PM THEY WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY SATISFIED WITH THE FIVE PER
5:42:35PM THOUSAND.
5:42:35PM IF YOU ELIMINATE -- THE OTHER THOUGHT IS IF YOU ELIMINATE
5:42:39PM THE VERTICAL CIRCULATION REQUIRED TO CREATE THIS USE, YOU
5:42:44PM ACTUALLY REDUCE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTY BY TAKING
5:42:47PM OUT LOBBIES AND VERTICAL CIRCULATION AND GET TO A LITTLE
5:42:50PM LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET WHICH IS THE USABLE SQUARE
5:42:54PM FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING.
5:42:55PM THAT GETS YOUR PER SQUARE FOOT OR PER BUILDING SQUARE FOOT
5:43:00PM RATIO TO OVER FIVE PER THOUSAND.
5:43:02PM AS YOU SAW IN THE PICTURES AND AS I'VE SEEN EVERY TIME I
5:43:05PM DRIVE UP AND DOWN THE SECTION OF ARMENIA WITH FREQUENCY,
5:43:08PM NONE OF THE ON-STREET PARKING IS USED, LARGELY BECAUSE THE
5:43:12PM PROPERTY ISN'T USED.
5:43:14PM SPACE FOR AT LEAST FIVE OTHER PARKING STALLS ALONG ARMENIA
5:43:17PM THAT TEND TO REMAIN VACANT WHICH IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT UNTIL
5:43:20PM A PROPERTY IS PUT INTO USE.
5:43:22PM WE ANTICIPATE LOOKING FORWARD TO USING THE ON STREET
5:43:26PM PARKING.
5:43:27PM I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS INTENDED FOR, TO BE ABLE TO
5:43:29PM SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
5:43:31PM I'LL CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE THEM.
5:43:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
5:43:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT YOU ARE ON
5:43:41PM THE DEFENSIVE, BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION NOTE ON PARKING,
5:43:43PM THIS COUNCIL I DON'T THINK WILL BE THAT CONCERNED ABOUT THE
5:43:46PM DE MINIMIS AMOUNT OF LESS PARKING ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS ON
5:43:50PM A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
5:43:52PM ONE THING -- MY QUESTION WOULD BE, ARMENIA IS SUCH A
5:43:56PM FORWARD-FACING POSITION.
5:43:57PM I GO AGREE.
5:43:58PM I THINK THIS IS A MUCH BETTER USE OF THE PROPERTY THAN HAD
5:44:01PM PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED.
5:44:02PM I THINK IT IS A BETTER ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY.
5:44:05PM IT'S AN AMENITY THAT PEOPLE USE FOR MEDICAL OFFICES.
5:44:08PM IF YOU WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE MORE PARKING, COULD YOU HAVE
5:44:12PM MORE OF A FORWARD FACING BUILDING ON THE FRONT FACING
5:44:14PM ARMENIA TO BE ABLE TO SHADOW THE GARAGE, SO YOU DON'T HAVE A
5:44:18PM GARAGE RIGHT ON ARMENIA?
5:44:20PM >> THE NICE THING ABOUT IT, I SAY IT IS A NICE THING, WE
5:44:23PM HAVE AT LEAST PUT THE BUILDING FRONTAGE ON ARMENIA AS
5:44:28PM SUGGESTED OR REQUIRED BY THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY THAT
5:44:30PM PROMOTES FRONTAGE BUILDINGS.
5:44:32PM I UNDERSTAND THAT WE PUT BUILDING OVER PARKING AND WE HAVE
5:44:35PM PROPOSED FENCING, WHICH IF WE PLANTED LANDSCAPING OR
5:44:39PM CREEPING VINES IT WOULD BE FENCING ULTIMATELY GREEN.
5:44:42PM I THINK THAT IS A DIRECTION WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAD HERE.
5:44:45PM THAT WILL HELP OBSCURE THE VISIBILITY OF PARKING UNDER THE
5:44:48PM STRUCTURE.
5:44:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I JUST LOOK AT THAT, I LOVE YOUR FIRM AND
5:44:55PM QUALITY OF PROJECTS THAT YOU BRING TO COUNCIL.
5:44:57PM USUALLY REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
5:44:59PM AGAIN, ARMENIA IS SUCH A GREAT STREET.
5:45:03PM OBVIOUSLY, THE REQUEST OF THE CITY IS TO HAVE THAT
5:45:06PM FORWARD-FACING BUILDING.
5:45:08PM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
5:45:11PM NEGOTIATING FROM THE DAIS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF THE
5:45:15PM BUILDING.
5:45:16PM STAFF GIVE ME A DIRTY LOOK BY SAYING THIS STUFF.
5:45:19PM ELIMINATE THE SPOTS UP FRONT AND EXPAND YOUR LOBBY OR DO
5:45:23PM SOMETHING MORE FORWARD FACING, THE LOOK IS MORE INVITING TO
5:45:26PM ARMENIA AND MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ON THE
5:45:29PM STREET, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION.
5:45:31PM LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK PARKING IS THE PROBLEM HERE.
5:45:33PM FOR A SINGLE MEDICAL OFFICE, AND ON THIS PARTICULAR
5:45:37PM LOCATION, I THINK YOU'RE GOOD.
5:45:39PM >> THE OTHER THING WE'RE IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT.
5:45:43PM WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.
5:45:45PM I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE ON THEIR FACE, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO
5:45:48PM WORK WITH STAFF, WHICH I THINK SPEAKS TO SOME OF THOSE
5:45:50PM CONCERNS.
5:45:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I LOVE YOUR ALL'S PRODUCT USUALLY.
5:45:54PM I THINK YOU DO A GOOD JOB.
5:45:56PM IT'S AN IMPORTANT NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:45:58PM >> THANK YOU.
5:45:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
5:45:59PM ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WISHES TO SPEAK?
5:46:02PM >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
5:46:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
5:46:06PM MIRANDA.
5:46:06PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
5:46:08PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:46:08PM AYE.
5:46:09PM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
5:46:13PM FOUR.
5:46:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE FILE REZ-25-25, AN ORDINANCE BEING
5:46:20PM PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE
5:46:22PM REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 808 NORTH
5:46:25PM ARMENIA AVENUE AND 2402 WEST STATE STREET IN THE CITY OF
5:46:29PM TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
5:46:32PM FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
5:46:35PM TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, MEDICAL AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL
5:46:38PM OFFICE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:46:39PM AND WITH THE REVISION SHEET.
5:46:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
5:46:45PM CLENDENIN.
5:46:46PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
5:46:47PM ALL IN FAVOR?
5:46:48PM AYE.
5:46:49PM ANY OPPOSED?
5:46:51PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5:46:53PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025, AT
5:46:58PM 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
5:47:01PM BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:47:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 5.
5:47:09PM YES, SIR.
5:47:09PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
5:47:12PM AGENDA ITEM 5 IS REZ 25-29, A REQUEST TO REZONE 204, 258
5:47:18PM SOUTH PLANT AVENUE, 205, 207, 209 AND 211 WEST PLATT STREET
5:47:23PM FROM OFFICE PROFESSIONAL AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO PLANNED
5:47:26PM DEVELOPMENT FOR SCHOOL.
5:47:27PM START WITH AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:47:30PM SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED ON SOUTH PLANT AVENUE, SOUTH
5:47:34PM PARKER AND WEST PLATT STREET.
5:47:35PM JUST TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE YOU HAVE A PD, THAT IS
5:47:39PM THE PUBLIX ON BAYSHORE THAT I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.
5:47:42PM TO THE SOUTH, ANOTHER PD THAT IS FOR MULTIFAMILY.
5:47:46PM THEN TO THE WEST, SOUTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE YOU HAVE
5:47:49PM COMMERCIAL GENERAL ZONING AND THEN TO THE WEST YOU HAVE MORE
5:47:52PM COMMERCIAL USES AND COMMERCIAL ZONING ALONG WEST PLATT
5:47:55PM STREET.
5:47:57PM DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH, YOU HAVE THE EXPRESSWAY AND ABOUT A
5:47:59PM THOUSAND FEET TO THE WEST YOU HAVE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS
5:48:01PM DISTRICT, THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER.
5:48:03PM AS YOU MOVE SOUTH, YOU HAVE BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, DAVIS
5:48:06PM ISLANDS, AND THEN AS YOU MOVE FARTHER NORTH, YOU HAVE THE
5:48:09PM GRAND CENTRAL AREA AND THEN THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
5:48:12PM WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
5:48:18PM THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEW BUILDING, PARKING GARAGE
5:48:31PM AND SPORTS FIELD.
5:48:33PM THE EXISTING GYM IS PROPOSED TO BE RETAINED.
5:48:36PM TOTAL OF 104,278 SQUARE FEET IS PROPOSED AND 94,821 SQUARE
5:48:45PM FEET OF THAT WILL BE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
5:48:46PM THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 480 STUDENTS.
5:48:49PM THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING IS PROPOSED HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE
5:48:52PM OF THE PROPERTY BOUND BY PLANT AVENUE AND PLATT STREET.
5:48:56PM THE ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE HERE INTERNALLY.
5:49:00PM ALSO BE AN ENTRANCE HERE AND HERE.
5:49:04PM THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT FOR THE NEW SCHOOL WILL
5:49:06PM BE THREE STORIES OR 70 FEET.
5:49:09PM THEN WHEN YOU MOVE TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE, YOU HAVE
5:49:11PM THE PLAY FIELD, THE EXISTING GYMNASIUM AND THEN THE PROPOSED
5:49:16PM PARKING GARAGE.
5:49:17PM EXISTING GYMNASIUM IS 31 FEET.
5:49:20PM PROPOSED PARKING GARAGE IS GOING TO BE 80 FEET OR FIVE
5:49:24PM STORIES.
5:49:24PM ACCESS TO THE PARKING GARAGE IS PROPOSED TO COME FROM HERE
5:49:28PM ON SOUTH PARKER STREET.
5:49:31PM THE PARKING GARAGE IS PROPOSED TO HAVE 111 PARKING SPACES
5:49:35PM AND 55 SPARRING SPACES OR REQUIRED.
5:49:38PM NOW TO TOUCH ON VEHICULAR CIRCULATION ON THE SITE WHEN IT
5:49:41PM COMES TO PICK UP AND DROP-OFF ALONG THE NORTH SIDE HERE IS
5:49:44PM WHERE QUEUING WILL TAKE PLACE.
5:49:46PM AND THEN LOADING AND UNLOADING FOR STUDENTS WILL TAKE PLACE
5:49:51PM INTERNALLY TO THE SITE RIGHT HERE.
5:49:53PM THEN LASTLY, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING FIVE TO EIGHT FOOT
5:49:59PM SIDEWALKS ALL AROUND THE SITE.
5:50:01PM AND THEN ALSO BE INTERNAL PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT
5:50:04PM THE SITE.
5:50:04PM AND THERE'S ALSO AN OUTDOOR PAVILION PROPOSED AS PART OF THE
5:50:08PM SPORTS FIELD.
5:50:09PM GO THROUGH SOME ELEVATIONS REAL QUICK.
5:50:22PM HERE IS THE INTERSECTION OF PLATT AND PLANT.
5:50:30PM THIS IS PLATT AND SELMON EXPRESSWAY.
5:50:34PM SOUTH TOWARDS PLATT STREET.
5:50:36PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTH FROM THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
5:50:38PM THIS IS WHERE THE DROP-OFF AND PICKUP WOULD HAPPEN.
5:50:41PM THIS IS YOUR VIEW FROM ALONG PLATT STREET.
5:50:44PM AND THEN HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS OF THE PROPOSED PARKING
5:50:56PM GARAGE.
5:50:57PM THAT'S GOING TO BE BACK UP AGAINST WHERE THE SELMON
5:50:59PM EXPRESSWAY IS AT THE END OF SOUTH PARKER, AND THEN THIS IS
5:51:02PM THE EXISTING GYMNASIUM THAT WILL BE RETAINED ON-SITE.
5:51:06PM I'LL RUN THROUGH SOME PICTURES NOW.
5:51:08PM THE SITE IS QUITE BIG.
5:51:10PM KIND OF A LOT OF PICTURES BUT TRY TO KEEP IT AT A MINIMUM.
5:51:14PM THIS IS AT PARKER STREET AND THE ALLEY.
5:51:21PM THIS IS THE PUBLIX HERE AND THIS IS THE ALLEY.
5:51:25PM THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE
5:51:29PM SITE AND WHERE THE QUEUING WILL BE TAKING PLACE UP HERE AND
5:51:32PM THE DROP-OFF HAPPENING DOWN THAT WAY.
5:51:34PM THIS IS MOVING ON DOWN THE ALLEY.
5:51:39PM SUBJECT SITE HERE ON EITHER SIDE.
5:51:41PM THIS IS ZUDAR'S -- USED TO BE, IT IS NOT PART OF THE
5:51:49PM REQUEST.
5:51:49PM IT IS THE PARCEL RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.
5:51:52PM THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH INTERNALLY TO THE SITE.
5:51:55PM THIS IS THE VACANT PARKING LOT SOUTH OF THE SCHOOL RIGHT
5:51:57PM NOW.
5:51:58PM PLATT STREET HERE AND THAT MULTIFAMILY AND THE PD TO THE
5:52:00PM SOUTH.
5:52:01PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTH INTERNALLY OR NORTHEAST.
5:52:05PM YOU HAVE THE EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING HERE.
5:52:08PM YOU CAN SEE THE GYMNASIUM OVER THERE IN THE DISTANCE.
5:52:11PM LOOKING NORTHEAST STILL GIVES YOU A BETTER VIEW OF THE
5:52:15PM EXISTING SCHOOL HERE.
5:52:17PM GYMNASIUM.
5:52:18PM BACK OVER HERE IS WHERE THE NEW PARKING GARAGE WILL GO.
5:52:21PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:52:25PM ABOUT HERE IS WHERE THE PLAY FIELD WILL GO AND THE EXISTING
5:52:28PM SCHOOL.
5:52:29PM THIS IS WHERE THE NEW SCHOOL WILL BE HERE AT THIS PARKING
5:52:32PM LOT.
5:52:33PM HERE IS A BETTER VIEW OF THE END OF THE SITE WHERE THE
5:52:37PM SPORTS FIELD WILL GO.
5:52:39PM NOW WE WORKED OUR WAY TO WHERE CARDY AND PLANT STREET IS.
5:52:44PM SELMON EXPRESSWAY HERE.
5:52:46PM CARDY.
5:52:47PM THE ENTRANCE TO THE SELMON EXPRESSWAY.
5:52:49PM THIS IS LOOKING DOWN WHERE THE QUEUING, YOU CAN SEE THE
5:52:52PM EXISTING QUEUING TAKES PLACE ON CARDY SO IT WILL CONTINUE TO
5:52:57PM TAKE PLACE HERE.
5:52:58PM AND THIS IS LOOKING -- NOW WE MOVED ALL THE WAY DOWN CARDY
5:53:03PM AND BACK AT PARKER STREET NOW WHERE YOU GET BACK TO THE
5:53:06PM PUBLIX.
5:53:06PM THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ON PARKER TOWARD THE MULTIFAMILY.
5:53:09PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING DOWN INTO WHERE THE PUBLIX IS.
5:53:16PM THIS IS WHERE CARDY STREET DUMPS INTO THE LOADING AREA FOR
5:53:20PM THE PUBLIX.
5:53:21PM THIS IS PARKER STREET.
5:53:22PM CARDY WOULD BE BACK UP HERE.
5:53:24PM VIEW, SOUTH END OF PARKER STREET WHERE IT MEETS PLATT.
5:53:32PM WHERE ZUDAR'S USED TO BE.
5:53:37PM WEST ON PLATT STREET.
5:53:38PM THIS IS WHERE THE NEW SCHOOL WILL BE.
5:53:40PM LOOKING EAST ON PLATT TOWARD DOWNTOWN.
5:53:44PM LOOKING SOUTH.
5:53:47PM LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS BAYSHORE FROM THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:53:52PM NOW WE'RE OVER ON PLANT AVENUE, LOOKING FROM THE SUBJECT
5:53:54PM SITE TOWARDS PLANT AVENUE.
5:53:56PM AGAIN, WHERE THE NEW SCHOOL WILL BE.
5:53:58PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING NORTH ON PLANT BACK TOWARDS CARDY.
5:54:02PM AND WE MADE BASICALLY A BIG LOOP BACK AROUND THE SITE.
5:54:06PM PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP.
5:54:15PM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
5:54:26PM APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE INCONSISTENT.
5:54:28PM SEE THE FINDINGS FROM NATURAL RESOURCES.
5:54:30PM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION'S ANALYSIS DID DETERMINE THAT THE
5:54:33PM USE IS APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION AND THE SITE -- AS THE SITE
5:54:36PM IS LOCATED IN AN URBAN AREA WITH A MIXTURE OF USES WITHIN
5:54:39PM CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
5:54:41PM DENSE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, EXPANDED SCHOOL WILL SERVE THE
5:54:44PM SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, NOTWITHSTANDING STAFF'S FINDING OF
5:54:47PM INCONSISTENCY, SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO
5:54:49PM APPROVE THE WAIVERS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT AND THE
5:54:51PM APPLICATION, MODIFICATIONS ARE SHOWN ON THE REVISION SHEET
5:54:54PM MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.
5:54:57PM THESE REVISIONS WILL NOT SOLVE STAFF'S ISSUES OF FINDINGS OF
5:55:01PM INCONSISTENCY.
5:55:02PM UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO EMILY.
5:55:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
5:55:07PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE THREE STORY OR 31-FOOT LIMIT IS THAT A
5:55:10PM SELF-IMPOSED LIMIT OF THE APPLICANT OR A CITY REQUIREMENT?
5:55:13PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO SET THEIR OWN
5:55:15PM HEIGHT IN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REQUEST.
5:55:17PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS JUST WHISPERING TO MARTY, JUST FOR
5:55:22PM DISCLOSURE, ALL THREE OF MY KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, SO I
5:55:25PM KNOW A LOT ABOUT THIS PROPERTY.
5:55:27PM I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE.
5:55:28PM THE LAST ONE FINISHED TWO YEARS AGO, MORE THAN TWO YEARS
5:55:32PM AGO, THAT'S NOT A CONFLICT, CORRECT?
5:55:34PM I DON'T HAVE ANY FINANCIAL INTEREST OR ANYTHING.
5:55:37PM JUST SO IF ANYBODY COMES BACK AND SAYS, OH, YOUR KIDS WENT
5:55:40PM THERE, I THINK -- I'M SURE I CAN BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL.
5:55:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
5:55:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I ATTENDED ST. JOHN'S GREEK ORTHODOX,
5:55:48PM WHAT USED TO BE.
5:55:49PM I'M PRETTY CLEAR.
5:55:49PM [ LAUGHTER ]
5:55:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DIDN'T ATTEND THE SCHOOL.
5:55:55PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL.
5:55:56PM [ LAUGHTER ]
5:55:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SOME THINGS ARE SELF-EVIDENT.
5:56:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
5:56:01PM YES, MA'AM.
5:56:01PM COME ON UP.
5:56:12PM >>EMILY PHELAN: EMILY PHELAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:56:14PM THE SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
5:56:16PM THE HYDE PARK SPANISHTOWN CREEK CIVIC ASSOCIATION
5:56:20PM NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVACUATION ZONE B.
5:56:22PM THE SUBJECT SITE, AGAIN, HERE, OUTLINED IN PURPLE,
5:56:26PM REPRESENTED WITH THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 DESIGNATION,
5:56:29PM WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USES.
5:56:33PM A SCHOOL IS AN ALLOWED USE.
5:56:35PM TO THE WEST IS COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35.
5:56:39PM TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND PARTIALLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE
5:56:42PM SUBJECT SITE IS THE RMU 100 DESIGNATION.
5:56:45PM AND THIS DARK BROWN IS THE RESIDENTIAL 50.
5:56:48PM THE PROPOSED 0.77 F.A.R. IS BELOW THE MAXIMUM THAT CAN BE
5:56:53PM CONSIDERED WITHIN THE CMU 35 DESIGNATION.
5:56:56PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS FOUND THAT THE PROPOSED PD
5:56:59PM MEETS THE INTENT OF THE MIXED USE CORRIDOR POLICIES BY
5:57:02PM ORIENTING THE PROPOSED BUILDING TO WEST PLATT STREET AND
5:57:05PM PROVIDING A FIVE-FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG SOUTH PARKER STREET.
5:57:09PM ADDITIONALLY, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE PARKING
5:57:12PM GARAGE IS ARCHITECTURALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
5:57:14PM AREA.
5:57:15PM OVERALL, THE PROPOSED PD WOULD ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT IS
5:57:18PM COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT
5:57:20PM PATTERN AND CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
5:57:22PM AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ANY
5:57:25PM QUESTIONS.
5:57:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:57:26PM OKAY.
5:57:27PM APPLICANT.
5:57:34PM >> ASHLEY ANDERSON, INVISION ADVISORS, 1501 WEST CLEVELAND
5:57:38PM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
5:57:40PM AS YOU CAN SEE HERE -- ELMO UP, PLEASE.
5:57:43PM THANK YOU.
5:57:44PM WE HAVE SOME RENDERINGS SHOWING THE VERY BEAUTIFUL NEW
5:57:48PM SCHOOL CAMPUS WE'RE PROPOSING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY.
5:57:51PM WE HAVE A FULL PROJECT TEAM HERE ON BEHALF OF SAINT JOHNS AS
5:57:55PM WELL AS MANY SAINT JOHNS SUPPORTERS, INVISION ADVISORS, OUR
5:57:58PM ATTORNEYS AT PHELPS, OUR ARCHITECT DAVE PETERSON WITH COOPER
5:58:02PM JOHNSON SMITH.
5:58:02PM RICKY PETERIKA, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WITH DARK MOSS.
5:58:07PM SHOULD WE GO SHORT ON OUR PRESENTATION, WE'D LOVE TO USE THE
5:58:11PM TIME FOR REBUTTAL.
5:58:12PM THANK YOU SO MUCH, STAFF, FOR WORKING WITH US.
5:58:16PM WE SEE THIS AS A CIVIC PORTION.
5:58:20PM NOT ONLY IS IT A GATEWAY OF TAMPA'S DOWNTOWN BUT ALSO
5:58:23PM ADJACENT TO MANY BUILDINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.
5:58:27PM WE SEE THIS AS A TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A SITE
5:58:32PM THAT'S LONG LANGUISHING, ESPECIALLY SURFACE PARKING.
5:58:35PM CORNER OF PLATT STREET FOR OVER 20 YEARS HAS BEEN SURFACE
5:58:39PM PARKING WITH THE CAMPUS THAT IS FALLING OUT OF USEFULNESS
5:58:42PM LIFE.
5:58:43PM WE COLLABORATED WITH THE CITY FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS ON
5:58:45PM THIS SITE PLAN.
5:58:46PM I WANT TO USE THIS PHOTO TO SHOW WHAT COULD BE THE FUTURE
5:58:49PM AND WHAT IS THE CURRENT CONDITION AS OF THIS MORNING.
5:58:52PM THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF PLATT STREET.
5:58:56PM >> YOU WERE UP EARLY.
5:58:58PM >> I WAS.
5:58:58PM THE SUN IS UP KIND OF HIGH, ACTUALLY.
5:59:01PM THIS IS LIKE 9.
5:59:02PM THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER VIEW OF THAT.
5:59:04PM YOU'RE SEEING THE ACTIVATED STREET WALL AND GOOD URBAN
5:59:07PM DESIGN OF BOTH PLATT AND PLANT STREET.
5:59:09PM SAME THING, TRANSFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITY BUT ON THE OTHER
5:59:16PM END OF THE SITE PLAN.
5:59:17PM THIS IS FACING AGAINST THE SELMON EXPRESSWAY.
5:59:20PM CURRENT CONDITION, AGING SCHOOL CAMPUS AS WELL AS SOME MODGE
5:59:23PM PODGE STUFF HAPPENING THERE AT CARDY STREET BACKING UP TO
5:59:27PM THE SELMON AND THE NEW PLAN WHICH WILL ALSO COMINGLE THE
5:59:32PM OTHER USES THE SCHOOL DESPERATELY NEEDS, WHICH IS PARKING
5:59:34PM THAT ISN'T SURFACE PARKING AND THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN
5:59:37PM PLAY FIELD AT THE MOMENT.
5:59:38PM HERE IS A BETTER VIEW FOR YOU TO TAKE TIME TO LOOK AT.
5:59:44PM ALSO THIS PICTURE EXEMPLIFIES GATEWAY OF TAMPA'S DOWNTOWN.
5:59:51PM WE SEE THIS AS A GOOD URBAN DESIGN PROJECT AT A GATEWAY
5:59:54PM THAT'S KEY.
5:59:55PM CIVIC ORIENTED DESIGN BUILDING.
5:59:57PM IT HAS REDUCED OR ELIMINATED SURFACE PARKING AND PUT INTO
6:00:00PM STRUCTURED PARKING.
6:00:01PM WE HAVE DEDICATED BIKE PARKING AND MORE ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN
6:00:04PM WALKWAYS, ENHANCED SIDEWALKS AT FIVE TO EIGHT FEET AND
6:00:07PM SUPPORTS THAT KIND OF COHESIVE ENTRANCE ON PLATT STREET
6:00:10PM CURRENTLY MISSING AS YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE
6:00:14PM CORE.
6:00:15PM THESE ARE THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE PROJECT FEATURES THAT
6:00:19PM THE SCHOOL DESPERATELY NEEDS.
6:00:21PM 90,000 SQUARE FOOT OF NEW BUILDING.
6:00:23PM S.T.E.M. LABS THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE.
6:00:25PM CAFETERIA SPACES, AND THE STRUCTURED PARKING ELIMINATING
6:00:28PM THAT UGLY SURFACE PARKING AND SECURE PLAYGROUNDS AND
6:00:32PM ATHLETIC FIELD WHICH CURRENTLY THE SITE IS NOT OFFERING THE
6:00:35PM RIGHT LEVEL OF SECURITY FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS.
6:00:37PM DESIGN IS HISTORICALLY INSPIRED, WHICH I HOPE RESONATES FOR
6:00:42PM SOME OF YOU ON COUNCIL.
6:00:43PM IT IS ALSO INDICATIVE OF THE ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES AND THE
6:00:49PM PLETHORA OF BUILDINGS OF SIMILAR STATURE AT UT.
6:00:52PM THANK YOU, SAM FOR WALKING THROUGH THE SITE PLAN.
6:00:56PM IT IS HERE IF YOU NEED IT.
6:00:58PM WE ALSO HAVE OUR DESIGN TEAM TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
6:01:00PM THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF IT.
6:01:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
6:01:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M SURE THIS IS GOING TO GET ANSWERED,
6:01:08PM ONE THING THAT PIQUED MY INTEREST.
6:01:10PM I ALMOST WISH YOU WOULD HAVE GONE FOUR STORIES, BLENDED IN
6:01:19PM BETTER.
6:01:20PM WHAT I DON'T WANT TO -- YOU MENTIONED HOLY NAMES AND THE
6:01:24PM TRAFFIC PROBLEMS WE HAVE.
6:01:26PM WHOEVER IS GOING TO PRESENT THE DROP-OFF AND HOW IT CAN BE
6:01:30PM ACCOMMODATED IN THIS LOOP, HOW MANY CARS YOU ACCOMMODATE
6:01:33PM VERSUS THE EXPANSION OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE NEW
6:01:37PM SCHOOL.
6:01:38PM AGAIN, THAT EGRESS TO THE CROSSTOWN AND ONE-WAY STREETS, IT
6:01:43PM COULD POTENTIALLY BE A NIGHTMARE IF NOT DONE WELL.
6:01:46PM >> I HAVE A SHORT ANSWER AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO
6:01:49PM THE DESIGN TEAM.
6:01:50PM NOW THE CIRCULATION HERE IS INTERNAL.
6:01:52PM IT ACTUALLY, A, WE SUBMITTED AN APPROVED TRAFFIC STUDY BY
6:01:58PM TRANSPORTATION.
6:01:58PM CONSISTENT RULING FROM TRANSPORTATION BUT ACTUALLY IT'S
6:02:02PM GOING TO KEEP EVERYTHING MORE INSULAR AND TAKE MORE OF THE
6:02:06PM HEAT OFF PLATT STREET.
6:02:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PEOPLE ARE FEEDING IN AND FEEDING OUT AND
6:02:16PM END UP WITH THE PERFECT STORM OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IN OR
6:02:19PM OUT BECAUSE OF THE DROP-OFF.
6:02:21PM HOW MANY CARS CAN YOU ACCOMMODATE INTERNALLY AND CREATE TWO
6:02:23PM LANES ON CARDY SINCE IT IS A ONE-WAY?
6:02:26PM >> THERE ARE TWO LANES THERE.
6:02:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU USE THAT FOR YOUR PURPOSES?
6:02:32PM >> I'LL DEFER TO THE DESIGN TEAM ON THAT.
6:02:35PM WE DO HAVE PUBLIX'S APPROVAL AS WELL FOR THIS BECAUSE THAT'S
6:02:39PM PART OF THEIR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR FOR THEIR TRUCKS.
6:02:42PM BOTH THE STAFF, ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITH THE EXPRESSWAY
6:02:45PM AUTHORITY, PUBLIX, AND THE SCHOOL ALL FOUND IT CONSISTENT
6:02:48PM WITH THAT.
6:02:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO HOLY NAME TRAFFIC JAMS.
6:02:53PM >> CORRECT.
6:02:53PM IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT SITE.
6:02:54PM THIS IS A MORE CONNECTED SITE THAN BAYSHORE IS.
6:02:57PM I THINK WHAT'S KEY HERE, THERE IS GOING TO BE A STAGGERING
6:03:00PM OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND THE TRAFFIC PLAN SHOWS A STAGGERING
6:03:03PM OF PICKUP AND DROP-OFF TIMES.
6:03:06PM THIS IS A LOWER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS FOR
6:03:09PM INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING.
6:03:11PM PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEY DON'T START AT THE SAME TIME EITHER.
6:03:14PM THERE IS A LOGISTICS PART OF IT THAT THE START AND STOP
6:03:17PM TIMES FOR ALL STUDENTS WILL BE STAGGERED DEPENDING ON WHERE
6:03:21PM THEY ARE IN THE EDUCATION JOURNEY, JUST LIKE A PUBLIC
6:03:23PM SCHOOL.
6:03:23PM MIDDLE SCHOOLERS START A DIFFERENT TIME THAN THE LITTLE
6:03:26PM ONES.
6:03:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD TO KNOW IT IS STAGGERED.
6:03:29PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PRESENT EVIDENCE, SO I
6:03:32PM WON'T STATE ANY FACTS.
6:03:33PM WHEN THE TRANSPORTATION PERSON COMES UP, IF THEY COULD
6:03:36PM DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MacDILL, THE NUMBER OF
6:03:38PM LANES ON MacDILL VERSUS THE NUMBER OF LANES ON PLATT
6:03:41PM STREET AND THE ROADWAYS AROUND THAT.
6:03:44PM >> OKAY.
6:03:44PM OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE HERE FOR A REZONING.
6:03:47PM THIS IS A SCHOOL THAT'S OPERATING HERE, TO YOUR POINT.
6:03:50PM SO WHY WE NEED A REZONING IS WE HAVE MULTI-FOLIOS INCLUDING
6:03:53PM THAT SURFACE PARKING AT THE CORNER THAT HAVE NOW BEEN
6:03:56PM COALESCED INTO ONE.
6:03:57PM THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE FOR A REZONING.
6:03:59PM OTHER THAN THAT, THE USE IS THE EXACT SAME AS THE EXISTING
6:04:01PM SITE.
6:04:01PM IT'S JUST BETTER AND HAS MORE SAFETY FOR THE STUDENTS.
6:04:04PM WE DO HAVE -- THAT DOES CAUSE US TO HAVE WAIVERS.
6:04:07PM THEY WERE PRESENTED.
6:04:08PM THEY ARE IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
6:04:09PM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON HOW WE'RE REQUESTING THOSE.
6:04:13PM ONE OR TWO MORE RENDERINGS FOR YOUR VIEW.
6:04:17PM THIS IS ON PLATT STREET.
6:04:18PM THIS IS LOOKING WEST, SHOWING SOME OF THAT CIRCULATION THAT
6:04:22PM WILL TAKE A LITTLE HEAT OFF OF PLATT STREET ITSELF, BECAUSE
6:04:25PM THAT ALLEYWAY IS NOW ACTIVATED IN THAT REGARD.
6:04:29PM AGAIN, REMEMBER, THERE ARE THE STAGGERED TIMES.
6:04:31PM NO, THERE WILL BE NO POOL.
6:04:40PM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN
6:04:43PM SPEAKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
6:04:44PM WORKING WITH STAFF OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
6:04:46PM DIRECT OUTREACH WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS INCLUDING PUBLIX
6:04:49PM AND THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY.
6:04:50PM WE DID HAVE A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE LAST MONTH TO ANSWER ANY
6:04:54PM QUESTIONS.
6:04:55PM NO CONCERNS RAISED BY THE PUBLIC THAT ATTENDED.
6:04:58PM WE DO THINK THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSISTENT DESIGN AND
6:05:02PM BECAUSE THE CAMPUS IS AN EXISTING CAMPUS AND WE'LL BE ABLE
6:05:05PM TO PHASE CONSTRUCTION TO LIMIT IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:05:09PM WE DID RECEIVE 78 LETTERS FOR THE RECORD AND A LOT OF
6:05:12PM DRAWINGS FROM EXCITED SAINT JOHNS STUDENTS.
6:05:15PM THEY ARE AMAZING.
6:05:15PM IF YOU HAVE TIME TO READ THEM, PLEASE DO.
6:05:17PM HOVER BOARDS, PUPPY WALLS, I DON'T KNOW.
6:05:21PM THERE WAS A WHOLE THING.
6:05:22PM THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY MEETING AS YOU CAN SEE.
6:05:24PM WE HAVE THOSE LETTERS FOR THE RECORD IF YOU'D LIKE.
6:05:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: -- SENDING A PUPPY IN HERE.
6:05:31PM [ LAUGHTER ]
6:05:32PM >> I BROUGHT KIDS.
6:05:33PM I BROUGHT A LOT OF -- OUR CLOSING REQUEST IS YOU PLEASE
6:05:39PM SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND PLEASE SUPPORT THIS.
6:05:41PM THIS TEAM OF FAMILIES HAS BEEN WANTING THIS PROJECT FOREVER.
6:05:44PM THEIR CAMPUS IS NOT IN ITS USEFUL LIFE ANYMORE.
6:05:48PM THEY NEED SOMETHING GOOD AND BIG FOR THEIR GROWING MINDS.
6:05:52PM HERE ARE SOME OF THE DRAWINGS AND SOME OF THE LETTERS
6:05:56PM ADDRESSED DIRECTLY TO YOU.
6:05:57PM SOPHIA ASKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT, SO DOES KARINA.
6:06:04PM AND I'M DONE.
6:06:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHAMELESS.
6:06:06PM SHAMELESS.
6:06:08PM >> INTRODUCE FOR A SHORT PRESENTATION, THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
6:06:11PM FROM SAINT JOHNS.
6:06:12PM HUGH JEBSON.
6:06:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I ASKED EVERYBODY TO
6:06:18PM STAND UP AND BE SWORN IN.
6:06:20PM IF YOU WALKED IN AFTER THE FACT AND GOING TO SPEAK AND WERE
6:06:23PM NOT SWORN IN, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
6:06:26PM THIS IS ONLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING AND WERE NOT
6:06:30PM SWORN IN.
6:06:31PM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
6:06:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
6:06:39PM >> GOOD EVENING.
6:06:39PM HUGH JEBSON.
6:06:41PM I SERVE AS SAINT JOHNS HEAD OF SCHOOL.
6:06:44PM I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO REPRESENT THOUSANDS
6:06:47PM OF CHILDREN, EDUCATORS AND FAMILIES.
6:06:49PM THOSE CURRENTLY PART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND FUTURE
6:06:51PM GENERATIONS WHO WITH HOPEFULLY YOUR SUPPORT WILL BENEFIT
6:06:54PM FROM THIS TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT.
6:06:57PM THIS MASTER PLAN IS A FUNDAMENTAL GAME CHANGER.
6:07:01PM EDUCATIONALLY IT BRINGS TO LIFE A VISION FOR CHILDREN TO
6:07:04PM IDENTIFY AND PURSUE UNPRECEDENTED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND
6:07:07PM PASSIONS.
6:07:08PM IT BRINGS STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TOGETHER, THEREBY
6:07:11PM STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY.
6:07:12PM IT ELEVATES OUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT CHILDREN'S SOCIAL,
6:07:14PM EMOTIONAL, ACADEMIC, AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING WITH THE
6:07:17PM CREATION OF A DESIGNATED STUDENT SUPPORT CENTER AND SO MUCH
6:07:21PM MORE.
6:07:21PM WHEN ASKED WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE MOST TO HAVE IN THEIR NEW
6:07:25PM SCHOOL, THE CHILDREN HAVE NO LESS IMPORTANT PRIORITIES --
6:07:28PM BETTER FOOD, BETTER PLACES TO HANG OUT WITH THEIR FRIENDS,
6:07:32PM AND ADEQUATE OUTDOOR SPACE.
6:07:34PM SPECIFICALLY A FIELD FOR P.E. CLASSES AND RECESS, NEITHER OF
6:07:38PM WHICH THEY CURRENTLY ENJOY.
6:07:39PM FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL'S 70-YEAR HISTORY, OUR
6:07:42PM ATHLETIC TEAMS MUST TRAVEL AND PLAY AWAY ON SOMEONE ELSE'S
6:07:47PM HOME FIELD.
6:07:47PM SOMETHING THAT MIGHT SEEM RELATIVELY MINOR AS PLAYING ON A
6:07:50PM HOME FIELD IS ACTUALLY A BIG DEAL TO A MIDDLE SCHOOLER'S
6:07:54PM DEVELOPING SENSE OF IDENTITY, CONFIDENCE, BELONGING AND
6:07:57PM PRIDE.
6:07:57PM MY STANDPOINT AS LEADER OF THE SCHOOL, THERE IS NO BIGGER
6:08:00PM DEAL THAN THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOL AS WELL
6:08:02PM AS THE EMPLOYEES WHO GIVE SO MUCH OF THEMSELVES TO SUPPORT
6:08:04PM THOSE CHILDREN.
6:08:05PM THIS MASTER PLAN ADDRESSES SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THAT WE
6:08:08PM FACE IN PROVIDING THE SAFEST POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR
6:08:11PM CHILDREN AND TEACHERS.
6:08:13PM ONE GLARING EXAMPLE IS THE CURRENT LOCATION OF OUR MIDDLE
6:08:15PM SCHOOL P.E. CLASSES.
6:08:17PM CHILDREN MUST CROSS A VERY BUSY THREE-LANE STREET SO THEY
6:08:21PM CAN ACCESS THE DIRT AND CONCRETE PROPERTY DIRECTLY UNDER THE
6:08:25PM CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY WHERE THEY DO P.E. AND PLAY.
6:08:28PM WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY FOR THEIR
6:08:30PM PARTNERSHIP, BUT THIS ARRANGEMENT IS SIMPLY NOT APPROPRIATE
6:08:32PM FOR CHILDREN.
6:08:33PM AT SOME POINT, THIS SPACE WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE,
6:08:36PM RESULTING IN THE ALMOST TOTAL ABSENCE OF ANY OUTDOOR SPACE
6:08:40PM FOR CHILDREN.
6:08:40PM IN ADDITION TO NOT MEETING CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL NEEDS,
6:08:43PM THAT EXISTING LOCATION POSES RISKS TO THEIR SAFETY AND
6:08:48PM WELL-BEING.
6:08:48PM IT IS A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNHOUSED
6:08:52PM COMMUNITY.
6:08:53PM SEVERAL OCCASIONS CHILDREN AND TEACHERS HAVE REPORTED BEING
6:08:55PM APPROACHED BY CLEARLY UNSTABLE INDIVIDUALS COMING ACROSS
6:08:58PM DISCARDED HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND EVEN AS HAPPENED, FINDING A
6:09:03PM DISCARDED FIREARM.
6:09:04PM SEVERAL EMPLOYEES INCLUDING MYSELF HAVE DIRECT INTERACTIONS
6:09:08PM WITH UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING ENCOUNTERING THEM
6:09:11PM SLEEPING INSIDE THE CAMPUS PERIMETER.
6:09:13PM THE REASON I BELIEVE SO DEEPLY AND PASSIONATELY IN THIS
6:09:17PM PROJECT IS BECAUSE IT MAKES POSSIBLE TWO KEY OBJECTIVES THAT
6:09:19PM IN MY OPINION ARE OF UNIVERSAL INTEREST, NOT CONTROVERSIAL,
6:09:24PM AND ARE FUNDAMENTALLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
6:09:27PM EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE TAMPA CHILDREN
6:09:29PM TO GROW AND LEARN AND TO DO SO IN THE SAFEST POSSIBLE URBAN
6:09:34PM ENVIRONMENT.
6:09:34PM IT IS FOR THIS REASON AND ON THEIR BEHALF THAT I ASK FOR
6:09:38PM YOUR SUPPORT.
6:09:38PM THANK YOU.
6:09:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
6:09:39PM ANYBODY ELSE?
6:09:40PM AS PART OF THE APPLICATION?
6:09:42PM NO.
6:09:42PM WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
6:09:44PM IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME UP.
6:09:48PM I KNOW THE ROOM IS VERY CROWDED.
6:09:49PM IF YOU COULD FORM A LINE ON THE WALL ON THE SIDE AND JUST
6:09:53PM KIND OF KEEP IT IN ORDER.
6:09:55PM SIR, YOU ARE THE FIRST SPEAKER.
6:10:04PM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:10:05PM >> MY NAME IS PETER PALERMO.
6:10:08PM FRESHMAN AT JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL.
6:10:10PM 240 SOUTH PLATT AVENUE.
6:10:13PM THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS THANK YOU ALL.
6:10:15PM YOU ALL RECOGNIZED ME LAST MONTH BECOMING AN EAGLE SCOUT.
6:10:19PM SOME OF YOU HAVE KNOWN ME SINCE BEFORE I WAS BORN.
6:10:23PM MANY OF YOU HAVE KNOWN MY FAMILY SINCE BEFORE I WAS BORN.
6:10:26PM SOME OF YOU HAVE KNOWN MY FAMILY WHEN MY PARENTS WERE BORN.
6:10:31PM I'M THE SECOND GENERATION IN MY FAMILY TO ATTEND SAINT
6:10:34PM JOHNS, MY DAD, AUNT, UNCLE, ALL ATTENDED BEFORE ME.
6:10:37PM I ATTENDED SCHOOL ON ALL THREE CAMPUSES OF SAINT JOHNS AND I
6:10:41PM KNOW FROM MY EXPERIENCE AT SAINT JOHNS IT NEEDS A NEW AND
6:10:44PM BETTER HOME.
6:10:45PM GOOD SCHOOLS ARE CROWN JEWELS OF THE CITY.
6:10:47PM BUILDING SAINT JOHNS IS NOT ABOUT BUILDING A BETTER PLACE
6:10:53PM FOR KIDS TO GROW BUT ALSO BUILDING A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR
6:10:57PM HOME TAMPA.
6:10:57PM THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ME ON MY JOURNEY TO EAGLE SCOUT,
6:11:00PM FOR BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF MY HOMETOWN AND GIVING SAINT
6:11:04PM JOHNS CAMPUS A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF TAMPA'S FUTURE.
6:11:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:11:07PM WHAT WAS YOUR LAST NAME AGAIN?
6:11:09PM >> PALERMO.
6:11:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WAS THE TOWN MY DAD WAS BORN IN
6:11:15PM SICILY.
6:11:15PM THANK YOU.
6:11:16PM NEXT SPEAKER.
6:11:17PM YES, MA'AM.
6:11:22PM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:11:24PM >> LAUREN SMITH.
6:11:25PM MY DAUGHTER AUBREY SMITH.
6:11:27PM I AM HERE THIS EVENING TO EXPRESS MY PASSION AND
6:11:29PM APPRECIATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THE REZONING
6:11:31PM APPLICATION THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED.
6:11:33PM MY OLDEST CHILD HERE BEGAN KINDERGARTEN AT THE SCHOOL IN
6:11:36PM 2019.
6:11:37PM TODAY I CURRENTLY HAVE THREE CHILDREN WHO ATTEND SJE, AND MY
6:11:39PM HOPE IS THAT MY FOURTH CHILD WILL FOLLOW SUIT.
6:11:43PM BEGINNING THIS YEAR, MY CHILDREN SPAN ALL THREE CAMPUSES.
6:11:46PM ONE IN PRE-K AT THE PRIMARY CAMPUS ON ROME AVENUE, ANOTHER
6:11:50PM IN SECOND GRADE AT THE LOWER SCHOOL CAMPUS ON SOUTH ORLEANS
6:11:55PM AVENUE AND MY OLDEST AT THE CAMPUS IN THE AREA OF INTEREST.
6:12:00PM ONCE MY CHILDREN GRADUATE FROM THEIR TIME THERE, WE'LL HAVE
6:12:03PM A TOTAL OF ALMOST 18 CONSECUTIVE YEARS AT SAINT JOHNS.
6:12:07PM THIS IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT DRIVING TO AND
6:12:11PM FROM SCHOOLS, MORNING DROP-OFFS, AFTERNOON PICKUPS, TRIPS TO
6:12:15PM DELIVER FORGOTTEN LUNCHES AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES AND CLASS
6:12:22PM EVENTS.
6:12:23PM BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY, EXCEPT TO BE ON ONE
6:12:27PM CAMPUS.
6:12:27PM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW CAMPUS BUILDING WILL BE AN
6:12:30PM INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON
6:12:32PM THE SCHOOL AND OUR SOUTH TAMPA COMMUNITY.
6:12:35PM UNIFYING SCHOOL CAMPUSES TOGETHER AS ONE WILL ONLY REINFORCE
6:12:39PM THE REPUTATION OF EXCELLENCE THAT SAINT JOHNS IS SO PROUD TO
6:12:42PM HAVE EARNED IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
6:12:45PM SAINT JOHNS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR THE COMMUNITY IT
6:12:48PM IS SURROUNDED BY, PARTICULARLY BY HAVING CAMPUSES NESTLED IN
6:12:52PM NEIGHBORHOODS AND SITUATED CLOSE TO ACCESS POINTS TO
6:12:55PM DOWNTOWN.
6:12:56PM RESPECT FOR ITS SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
6:12:58PM PRIORITY.
6:12:59PM THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CAMPUS IS A GATEWAY TO FURTHER
6:13:03PM DEVELOP OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY IN
6:13:05PM A HOLISTIC WAY.
6:13:06PM THROUGH THE ADDITION OF THE FIELD SPACES THAT MAKE MY MOMMY
6:13:09PM HEART MELT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THEM, WE CAN ENHANCE OUR
6:13:12PM ATHLETICS.
6:13:13PM MAYBE THE NEXT SUPER STAR SOCCER PLAYER WILL BE AN SJE ALUM.
6:13:18PM WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES FOR FINE ARTS AND
6:13:20PM EXPERIENCE, WE CAN ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR CREATIVE
6:13:23PM STUDENTS AND PERHAPS THE NEXT SUPER STAR SINGER WILL ALSO BE
6:13:26PM AN ALUM.
6:13:27PM NO DOUBT IN OUR CURRENT SITUATION, EACH INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS
6:13:30PM EMBODIES THE HEARTS OF THE STUDENTS THAT FILL IT AND WE
6:13:33PM WOULD ALL BE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY TO
6:13:35PM SUPPORT THIS REQUEST.
6:13:37PM I THINK I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL THE PARENTS WHEN WE SAY
6:13:40PM WE ALWAYS TELL OUR CHILDREN THE SKY IS THE LIMIT AND DON'T
6:13:43PM LET ANYTHING STAND IN YOUR WAY.
6:13:46PM TODAY WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP SO THEY CAN SPREAD THEIR
6:13:49PM WINGS AND SOAR AS HIGH AS THEY CAN WITHOUT LIMITS.
6:13:53PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
6:13:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:13:55PM NEXT SPEAKER.
6:13:57PM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:14:03PM >> MY NAME IS EVIE FORD.
6:14:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
6:14:07PM >> MY NAME IS EVIE FORD.
6:14:10PM I GO TO SAINT JOHNS EPISCOPAL.
6:14:17PM I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE PRE-K AND I AM IN SECOND GRADE.
6:14:24PM I REALLY LIKE MY SCHOOL.
6:14:32PM >> DO YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF A NEW CAMPUS?
6:14:34PM >> YES.
6:14:35PM >> WILL THERE BE MORE ROOM TO PLAY?
6:14:37PM >> YES.
6:14:38PM >> WOULD YOUR DAD BE HAPPY WITH A LARGER, MORE BEAUTIFUL,
6:14:40PM SAFER SCHOOL?
6:14:41PM >> YES.
6:14:42PM [ LAUGHTER ]
6:14:43PM >> BETTER FOR THE CITY AND BETTER FOR THE STUDENTS.
6:14:46PM IT'S A WIN-WIN.
6:14:47PM THANK YOU ALL.
6:14:52PM [ APPLAUSE ]
6:14:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT SPEAKER.
6:14:56PM YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:14:59PM >> ROY COLINS.
6:15:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
6:15:03PM >> HI.
6:15:03PM MY NAME IS ROY COLLINS.
6:15:06PM 246 WEST COUNTRY CLUB AVENUE.
6:15:08PM SIXTH GRADER AT SAINT JOHNS AND EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND THE
6:15:12PM CHALLENGES OF OUR CURRENT CAMPUSES.
6:15:15PM FIRST DURING P.E. WE GO OUTSIDE EVERY OTHER DAY CHEAP FOR
6:15:19PM CHOICE.
6:15:19PM THE PROBLEM IS WE PLAY ON CONCRETE.
6:15:22PM IF SOMEONE SLIPS THEY GET AN ATROCIOUS SCRAPE THAT LEAVE YOU
6:15:26PM BLEEDING FOR A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME.
6:15:28PM ALSO, WE DON'T HAVE ROOM TO GET TO OTHER CLASSES.
6:15:31PM USUALLY EVERYONE GETS SHOVED AND MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE
6:15:34PM FALL AND NOW THAT KID IS HOLDING UP THE LINE EVEN MORE.
6:15:37PM LIKE THE INTERSTATE.
6:15:38PM IT'S ALWAYS CROWDED, IF SOMEBODY WRECKS THE CAR, YOU'RE IN
6:15:42PM STAND-STILL TRAFFIC.
6:15:44PM WE ALSO DON'T HAVE GREENSPACE OR PERFORMING ART SPACE
6:15:47PM BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ROOM.
6:15:48PM WHILE MY SISTERS AND I MAY NOT BENEFIT FROM A NEW CAMPUS, I
6:15:51PM HOPE FUTURE STUDENTS WILL.
6:15:52PM THANKS FOR LISTENING.
6:15:53PM I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE TO APPROVE THE NEW SCHOOL.
6:15:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ARE THE COMEDIAN IN YOUR CLASS?
6:15:59PM [ LAUGHTER ]
6:16:00PM >> YEAH.
6:16:01PM [ LAUGHTER ]
6:16:02PM [ APPLAUSE ]
6:16:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT SPEAKER.
6:16:07PM YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:16:09PM >> GRACE.
6:16:10PM HELLO, CITY COUNCIL.
6:16:12PM I'M GRACE AND A SAINT JOHNS STUDENT IN FOURTH GRADE.
6:16:16PM BOTH OF MY SIBLINGS WENT HERE AND WE LOVE THE SCHOOL.
6:16:19PM I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO ACCEPT OUR SCHOOL'S REZONING
6:16:22PM APPLICATION.
6:16:23PM ME AND MY PARENTS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A NEW SCHOOL AND
6:16:26PM GREATLY APPRECIATED.
6:16:27PM YOU MAY BE THINKING, HOW COULD A NEW SCHOOL HELP STUDENTS
6:16:30PM LEARN BETTER?
6:16:31PM NEW SCHOOL GIVE US MORE STUDY MATERIALS AND NEWER AND MORE
6:16:35PM SPECIALIZED CLASSES, MORE MODERN SCHOOL COULD HELP US MORE
6:16:39PM SET FOR SUCCESS WHEN WE ARE ADULTS.
6:16:41PM NEW SCHOOL WOULD ALSO GIVE US MORE ROOM TO EXPLORE
6:16:44PM INTERESTS.
6:16:45PM ART AND SCIENCE TEACHER SHARE A ROOM.
6:16:47PM HOW DO WE LEARN ABOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM WHEN PAINTINGS ARE IN
6:16:52PM THE WAY?
6:16:52PM IN THE NEW DESIGN, SEPARATE ROOMS FOR ART AND SCIENCE AND A
6:16:56PM SOCCER.
6:16:59PM RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A VERY SMALL GRASSED AREA FOR THEM TO
6:17:01PM USE.
6:17:02PM IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES IF WE HAD A REAL SOCCER FIELD TO
6:17:05PM PLAY IN.
6:17:05PM A NEW SCHOOL WOULD BE SAFER, TOO.
6:17:07PM DURING HURRICANES MILTON AND HELENE, VERY LUCKY THAT THE
6:17:11PM SCHOOL HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE.
6:17:13PM A NEW SCHOOL WOULD BE SAFER DURING HURRICANES BECAUSE IT IS
6:17:16PM FURTHER AWAY FROM THE BAY.
6:17:17PM WE COULD HAVE ON CAMPUS HEALTHY MEALS THAT WE DON'T
6:17:19PM CURRENTLY OFFER.
6:17:20PM HAVING A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING WOULD MAKE STUDENTS MORE
6:17:23PM EXCITED TO COME TO SCHOOL.
6:17:25PM COULD HAVE EVENTS THERE, TOO, LIKE CHRIST THE KING HAS THEIR
6:17:28PM CARNIVAL.
6:17:28PM NEW CAMPUS WOULD MERGE TWO CAMPUSES.
6:17:30PM KIDS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE WITH THEIR YOUNGER AND OLDER
6:17:33PM SIBLINGS.
6:17:33PM I WOULD HAVE FELT MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN I WENT TO SAINT
6:17:39PM JOHNS IF I WAS ON THE SAME CAMPUS AS MY BROTHER AND SISTER.
6:17:43PM HAVING AN AMAZING SCHOOL IN THE HEART OF TAMPA WOULD MAKE
6:17:46PM PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO THE CITY AND THE AIR AROUND IT
6:17:49PM BETTER.
6:17:49PM PLEASE VOTE YES TO THE REZONING APPLICATION.
6:17:51PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, CONSIDERATION, HAVE A GREAT
6:17:53PM EVENING.
6:17:54PM GO EAGLES.
6:17:55PM [ APPLAUSE ]
6:17:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT SPEAKER.
6:18:01PM >> MARY ELLEN COLINS.
6:18:03PM MY ADDRESS IS 246 WEST COUNTRY CLUB AVENUE.
6:18:10PM AS A FOURTH GENERATION TAMPA RESIDENT, MY FAMILY AND I HAVE
6:18:14PM WATCHED OUR COMMUNITY TRANSFORM OVER THE YEARS, FROM OUR
6:18:16PM SKYLINE TO OUR WAY OF LIFE, TAMPA IS A MODERN-DAY CITY.
6:18:20PM TRANSFORMATION MEANS CHANGE, THOUGH, AND CHANGE IS NEVER
6:18:23PM EASY.
6:18:23PM SOMETIMES IT'S NECESSARY, THOUGH, FOR A COMMUNITY TO
6:18:25PM CONTINUE TO GROW AND PROSPER.
6:18:27PM SUCH IS THE CASE WITH SAINT JOHNS EPISCOPAL.
6:18:32PM IT HAS BEEN A FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 100
6:18:35PM YEARS AND THE SCHOOL IS CELEBRATING 73rd ANNIVERSARY.
6:18:38PM REMAINS THE OLDEST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL IN THE STATE WITH RICH
6:18:41PM HISTORY OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND COMMUNITY VALUES.
6:18:43PM PARISHIONER AND ALUM OF THE SCHOOL AND PARENT OF A SIXTH
6:18:46PM GRADE AND TWIN FOURTH GRADERS I'M ACUTELY FAMILIAR WITH THE
6:18:50PM SCHOOL'S TRADITIONS AND NEEDS.
6:18:51PM I GRADUATED 34 YEARS AGO, THE SCHOOL HAS REMAINED LARGELY
6:18:54PM UNCHANGED.
6:18:56PM SAY THAT AGAIN.
6:18:57PM 34 YEARS AGO AND THE SCHOOL HAS NOT CHANGED.
6:18:59PM ITS FACILITIES ARE IN DIRE NEED OF UPGRADES AND EXPANSION TO
6:19:02PM MATCH THE CALIBER OF THE EDUCATION HAPPENING INSIDE ITS FOUR
6:19:05PM WALLS.
6:19:06PM SAINT JOHNS HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN THE
6:19:09PM LARGER COMMUNITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT
6:19:11PM MAKES SENSE, A PLAN NOT ONLY RESPECTFUL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
6:19:14PM PRESERVES THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO HELPS
6:19:17PM REVITALIZE TAMPA'S URBAN CORE.
6:19:19PM A PLAN THAT MEETS THE SCHOOL'S LONG-TERM NEEDS TO FULFILL
6:19:21PM THE MISSION AND PROVIDE UNMATCHED K-8 EDUCATIONAL
6:19:24PM EXPERIENCE.
6:19:24PM I FULLY SUPPORT SAINT JOHNS REZONING APPLICATION AND ASK YOU
6:19:28PM FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO HELP CONTINUE PROPELLING SAINT JOHNS
6:19:31PM AND OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD.
6:19:32PM THANK YOU.
6:19:32PM SUBMIT THIS FOR THE RECORD.
6:19:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE.
6:19:34PM GIVE IT TO THE ATTORNEY.
6:19:36PM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
6:19:37PM NEXT SPEAKER.
6:19:40PM IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE AFTER THIS SPEAKER?
6:19:42PM IF SO, PLEASE COME ON UP OR STAND UP.
6:19:46PM YES, MA'AM.
6:19:46PM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
6:19:47PM >> HI.
6:19:47PM LEAH.
6:19:49PM 4006 WEST CORONA STREET.
6:19:52PM GOOD EVENING.
6:19:52PM IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I STAND IN FRONT OF YOU TO
6:19:55PM EXPRESS MY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR THE NEW BUILDING ZONING
6:19:58PM APPLICATION.
6:19:59PM MY HUSBAND AND I ARE TAMPA NATIVES AND PROUD PARENTS OF TWO
6:20:02PM YOUNG EAGLES.
6:20:03PM MY DAUGHTER, THE ILLUSTRATOR OF ONE OF THE GRAPHICS YOU'VE
6:20:07PM SEEN.
6:20:08PM WE ARE BOTH PRACTICING ARCHITECTS ALSO BY PROFESSION.
6:20:11PM I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF DESIGNING AND MANAGING A VARIETY OF
6:20:14PM LARGE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
6:20:16PM I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE MANY LAYERS OF DECISION MAKING AND
6:20:19PM REGULATORY COMPLEXITY THAT GO INTO URBAN DEVELOPMENTS AND
6:20:22PM HAVE A VERY DEEP RESPECT FOR LEADERSHIP IN YOUR POSITION.
6:20:25PM MORE SO, I'VE WITNESSED THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER THAT
6:20:30PM THOUGHTFUL, WELL EXECUTED DESIGN CAN HAVE ON A COMMUNITY,
6:20:33PM NOT ONLY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE THERE, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE WHO
6:20:36PM VISIT AND ENGAGE WITH IT.
6:20:38PM EARLIER, DROP-OFF AND PICKUP WAS MENTIONED.
6:20:40PM I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND OUR TRAFFIC STUDIES AND FEEL CONFIDENT
6:20:43PM THAT THIS DESIGN IS A HUGE ASSET TO THE AREA AND TO OUR
6:20:46PM TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
6:20:47PM AS A PARENT AND MEMBER OF THE SAINT JOHNS BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
6:20:51PM I CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED BY THE SCHOOL'S DRIVE TO BETTER
6:20:54PM ITSELF WHILE REMAIN ROOTED IN THE CORE VALUES AND TRADITIONS
6:20:57PM UPON WHICH IT IS FOUNDED.
6:20:59PM CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FOR MANY REASONS, ONE OF THE MOST
6:21:03PM IMPORTANT IS THE DEEP AND AUTHENTIC COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY
6:21:06PM SERVICE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO SOMETHING GREATER THAN SELF.
6:21:08PM BY APPROVING THIS NEW UNIFIED CAMPUS, YOU ARE ENABLING THE
6:21:11PM SCHOOL TO FURTHER THIS MISSION AND EXTEND ITS POSITIVE
6:21:14PM IMPACT.
6:21:15PM NO LONGER CONSTRAINED BY THE DETERIORATING BUILDINGS AND
6:21:18PM OUTDATED, INEFFICIENT LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT OUR
6:21:21PM STUDENTS -- THAT LIMIT OUR STUDENTS' POTENTIAL.
6:21:24PM SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME THAT SCHOOLS ARE THE MOST POWERFUL
6:21:26PM EXPRESSION OF COMMUNITY'S VALUES.
6:21:28PM WE AT SAINT JOHNS RECOGNIZE THE RESPONSIBILITY WE HAVE
6:21:32PM SITUATED SO CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN'S CORE, NOT ONLY TO REPRESENT
6:21:35PM THE VALUES OF COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO ENHANCE AND DIVERSIFY
6:21:38PM THE CITY'S URBAN FABRIC.
6:21:40PM WE BELIEVE THIS NEW BUILD WILL BRING VITALITY TO THE AREA,
6:21:44PM SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES, AND SUPPORT A THRIVING NEIGHBORHOOD
6:21:46PM WHERE EDUCATION IS FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE DAILY LIFE OF
6:21:50PM OUR CITY.
6:21:51PM THE NEW MASTER PLAN WILL PROVIDE OUR CHILDREN, FACULTY AND
6:21:54PM GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS TO COME WITH A SAFE, HEALTHY, AND
6:21:56PM FLEXIBLE ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO GROW IN NEW
6:21:59PM WAYS AND EXPLORE A BROADER RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, SKILLS,
6:22:03PM ATHLETICS, AND SERVICES OPPORTUNITIES.
6:22:05PM WE BELIEVE THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS OUR COLLECTIVE AND SHARED
6:22:08PM GOALS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT IN
6:22:11PM OUR CITY'S NEXT GENERATION AND LONG TERM COMMUNITY
6:22:15PM RESILIENCE.
6:22:15PM I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO SUPPORT AND PRIORITIZE THE
6:22:19PM DEVELOPMENT OF THIS MASTER PLAN.
6:22:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
6:22:22PM [ APPLAUSE ]
6:22:24PM IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK?
6:22:30PM YES, SIR.
6:22:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ON THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE, AGAIN, ON THE
6:22:34PM DROP-OFFS, NOT THAT -- OBVIOUSLY, I THINK IT IS A GREAT
6:22:38PM PROJECT.
6:22:39PM I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY, BUT I WANT TO -- I'D LIKE TO
6:22:42PM YOU EXPLAIN TO ME SO I KNOW WHEN I MAKE MY VOTE THAT I'M
6:22:45PM VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT I CAN STAND BEHIND, YOU KNOW.
6:22:49PM WHAT ARE THE STAGGERED TIMES?
6:22:52PM HOW MANY CARS CAN YOU ACCOMMODATE ON PROPERTY AT ONE TIME
6:22:55PM WHILE THEY ARE BEING DROPPED OFF?
6:22:57PM AND WHAT IS THE TOTAL ANTICIPATED LIKE NUMBER OF VEHICLES
6:23:02PM THAT ARE ENTERING AND EXITING DURING DROP-OFF PERIODS?
6:23:05PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
6:23:06PM CHARLES DAVIS, 100 SOUTH ASHLEY DRIVE, ASSISTING THE
6:23:10PM APPLICANT AS LEGAL COUNSEL.
6:23:12PM I'M GOING TO ADDRESS ONE COMPONENT OF THE QUESTION.
6:23:14PM WE HAVE OUR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS WITH US AS WELL WHO CAN GO
6:23:17PM THROUGH SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND
6:23:23PM QUEUING.
6:23:24PM JUST SO COUNCIL KNOWS, ALLUDED TO IN THE FIRST PART OF OUR
6:23:27PM PRESENTATION, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT ON TITLE THAT WE NEEDED
6:23:30PM TO AMEND.
6:23:30PM WE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH PUBLIX AND THE EXPRESSWAY
6:23:34PM AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS ALL THE TRAFFIC AND QUEUING CONCERNS.
6:23:37PM SO THERE ACTUALLY IS A RECORDED AGREEMENT TO THAT EFFECT,
6:23:42PM DISCUSSING HOW WE'RE GOING TO STAGGER THE PICKUP AND
6:23:45PM DROP-OFF TIMES AND GO INTO THE QUEUING.
6:23:49PM WE WENT THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT TRAFFIC STUDIES THROUGHOUT OUR
6:23:51PM APPLICATION, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT GENERAL POINT
6:23:54PM THAT WE HAVE.
6:23:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IS THAT IN THE RECORD?
6:23:58PM DO WE HAVE THAT?
6:24:00PM I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THAT.
6:24:02PM >> I CAN SUBMIT IT TO THE RECORD.
6:24:07PM >> CATE WELLS WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
6:24:09PM IT WASN'T PART OF THE CERTIFIED, SO IT'S NOT IN OnBase.
6:24:14PM I HAVE COPIES OF THE RECORDED AGREEMENT WHICH I'LL PROVIDE.
6:24:21PM >> ROB GIDEL, 400 NORTH ASHLEY.
6:24:25PM I WANTED TO FURTHER THAT POINT, NO ONE HAS A GREATER
6:24:28PM INTEREST IN PREVENTING SORT OF ANY SORT OF BLOCKAGE THAN
6:24:33PM PUBLIX.
6:24:34PM WHEN ASHLEY SAID TOOK TWO AND A HALF YEARS, YEAR AND A HALF
6:24:37PM WAS NEGOTIATING WITH PUBLIX.
6:24:42PM UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO PUBLIX.
6:24:48PM THEY DESERVE THAT, THE RESPECT.
6:24:50PM THAT WAS THE REASON WHY THEY WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH OUR
6:24:53PM TRAFFIC CONSULTANT.
6:24:54PM THAT ROADWAY AGREEMENT WASN'T REQUIRED AS PART OF THE
6:24:56PM APPLICATION.
6:24:57PM ONLY WAY WE COULD GET PUBLIX ON BOARD.
6:24:59PM YOU'LL SEE IN THIS DOCUMENT THERE IS QUEUING, THERE IS
6:25:03PM STAGGERING.
6:25:04PM THERE'S ALSO THE REQUIREMENT FOR US TO KEEP REPRESENTATIVES
6:25:07PM ON THE SIDE TO ESSENTIALLY, TO THE EXTENT THERE ARE
6:25:11PM BLOCKADES THAT THEY ARE MOVING TRAFFIC ALONG.
6:25:14PM WE HAVE TO INFORM OUR PARENTS ONCE A MONTH ABOUT THE TRAFFIC
6:25:17PM TO ADJUST AS CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE THAT MAY REQUIRE US TO
6:25:22PM AMEND OUR THOUGHT PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO TRAFFIC AND
6:25:25PM QUEUING.
6:25:25PM WE ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS NOT
6:25:28PM SOMETHING THAT WE WANT AT ALL TO BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE CITY
6:25:32PM OF TAMPA OR PUBLIX.
6:25:34PM AND TO THAT END, AGAIN, TO THE CITY'S BENEFIT, PUBLIX IS A
6:25:38PM PART OF THAT AGREEMENT AND THEY WOULD ENFORCE IT.
6:25:41PM SO I THINK THAT'S JUST AN ADDED BUFFER AND HELPFUL PIECE FOR
6:25:45PM YOU ALL TO KNOW ABOUT.
6:25:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DID YOU ANTICIPATE WHAT THAT FLOW WOULD
6:25:50PM LOOK LIKE ON THE EXIT FROM THE ALLEY TURNING NORTHBOUND
6:25:54PM TOWARDS THE CROSSTOWN?
6:25:55PM THAT IS THE SECTION THAT KIND OF LIKE CONCERNS ME, THE EXIT
6:25:58PM FROM THE ALLEY TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE OF THE CROSSTOWN.
6:26:01PM >> YES, SIR, ABSOLUTELY.
6:26:02PM NOT SHIFT IT BACK TO PUBLIX, BUT TO HIGHLIGHT THE POINT,
6:26:08PM THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING THEIR TRUCKS, BECAUSE THEY
6:26:10PM HAVE NO CERTAINTY AND UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHEN THEY'LL SHOW
6:26:13PM UP.
6:26:13PM WE NEEDED TO PROVIDE THEM ASSURANCES THAT THERE'S GOING TO
6:26:16PM BE ENOUGH TURNING RADIUS, WE WEREN'T GOING TO BLOCK THE TWO
6:26:21PM LANES.
6:26:22PM YES, THERE WILL BE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT STANDS ON THE
6:26:24PM CORNER.
6:26:24PM SO IF THERE IS BLOCKAGE AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET AROUND,
6:26:27PM SAME THING WITH THE CROSSTOWN EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY.
6:26:30PM WE WORKED WITH THEM AS WELL BECAUSE THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT
6:26:32PM HOW THIS WAS GOING TO IMPACT THEIR RAMP THERE.
6:26:35PM TO THE EXTENT IT'S BLOCKED, IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO MOVE
6:26:39PM TRAFFIC AROUND, DOES THAT MEAN PARENTS MIGHT HAVE TO TURN
6:26:42PM AROUND?
6:26:42PM THAT'S WHAT IT WILL HAVE TO BE.
6:26:45PM RECORDED OBLIGATION, LEGAL OBLIGATION AND AGREEMENT THAT'S
6:26:47PM RECORDED.
6:26:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THEA AND PUBLIX,
6:26:54PM GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.
6:26:55PM THANK YOU.
6:26:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
6:26:56PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST FOLLOWING ON THAT, WHAT ABOUT THE
6:26:59PM LOADING DOCKS BEHIND PUBLIX?
6:27:02PM YOU SAID THEY DID NOT AGREE TO NOT LOAD DURING CERTAIN
6:27:06PM TIMES?
6:27:06PM HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE BLOCKAGES THERE?
6:27:10PM >> PROTECTED TIME PERIODS WHERE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO SORT OF
6:27:13PM HAVE SUPERVISION, SURVEILLANCE, HOWEVER, WHERE WE HAVE
6:27:18PM SOMEONE ON-SITE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE
6:27:21PM TRAFFIC.
6:27:21PM IF THERE IS A TRUCK FROM PUBLIX THAT COMES, WE'RE SUPPOSED
6:27:26PM TO KIND OF USHER IN.
6:27:28PM THERE WAS NOTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT.
6:27:29PM OBVIOUSLY, THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE FOR THEM THAT WE
6:27:31PM NEEDED TO ADDRESS AND GET THEM COMFORTABLE WITH.
6:27:35PM >>BILL CARLSON: TO FOLLOW ON COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN'S
6:27:39PM COMMENT FROM EARLIER, HE TALKED ABOUT ACADEMY.
6:27:42PM CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON PLATT STREET AS
6:27:46PM COMPARED TO WHAT IT IS NOW?
6:27:51PM >> AS TO WHERE IT IS NOW, I THINK IT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY
6:27:55PM IMPROVED BECAUSE WE ARE ENFORCING THE STAGGERING WHERE THERE
6:27:59PM ARE DROP-OFF TIMES.
6:28:00PM I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK AS TO WHERE THEY ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT
6:28:03PM I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB SORT OF
6:28:06PM ENSURING THAT THE TIME PERIODS WERE NOT GOING TO KIND OF ALL
6:28:09PM COINCIDE AT THE SAME TIME.
6:28:10PM THAT WAS NUMBER ONE.
6:28:12PM I THINK THE ADDITIONAL PIECE THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE
6:28:16PM EXPRESSWAY AND PUBLIX WAS THAT THE QUEUING THAT WE'VE HAD
6:28:21PM ISSUES IN THE PAST WITH SOMETIMES ARISES FROM PEOPLE THAT
6:28:24PM DON'T NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS THAT THEY ARE
6:28:27PM SUPPOSED TO.
6:28:29PM NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE TRY TO ENFORCE THAT.
6:28:32PM AND SO, AGAIN, IT'S ON US PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND OUR
6:28:37PM OBLIGATION TO THEM, THAT WE HAVE CONES PRESENTED THERE.
6:28:40PM PEOPLE INSTRUCTING AND PARENTS THAT VIOLATE THIS WHEN THEY
6:28:44PM COME TO PICK UP AND DROP OFF, ARE GOING TO BE REPRIMANDED
6:28:49PM FOR IT.
6:28:49PM >>BILL CARLSON: I GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT MacDILL
6:28:53PM EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT PICKUP AND DROP-OFF TIME.
6:28:57PM DO YOU HAVE A TRAFFIC PERSON WHO CAN EXPLAIN -- WE KNOW
6:29:04PM THIS, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
6:29:06PM PRESENT EVIDENCE?
6:29:07PM CAN YOU PRESENT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WIDTH AND TRAFFIC
6:29:11PM FLOW ON MacDILL BY ACADEMY VERSUS PLATT STREET NEXT TO
6:29:14PM THIS?
6:29:16PM >> MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT HAVING IT UP EARLIER.
6:29:18PM TRIP GENERATOR FROM OUR APPROVED TRAFFIC STUDY.
6:29:22PM IT WAS APPROVED BY TRANSPORTATION.
6:29:24PM I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT, MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT NOTING IT
6:29:28PM DURING THE PRESENTATION, THIS WILL BE REDUCING TRIPS ON
6:29:30PM PLATT BECAUSE THEY ARE ACTUALLY REQUIRED TO COME OFF OF
6:29:32PM PLATT STREET.
6:29:34PM IN ADDITION, WHAT IS A NEW NOTE HERE, A, IT IS A
6:29:37PM MULTI-INTERGENERATIONAL CAMPUS NOW.
6:29:40PM WE WILL BE HAVING REDUCED TRIPS BECAUSE WE WILL BE PICKING
6:29:45PM UP FAMILIES DEPENDING ON THE SAME.
6:29:47PM ALSO ON-SITE FOR AFTER SCHOOL.
6:29:49PM SO YOU'LL HAVE LONGER HOURS.
6:29:50PM THE OTHER ADDITIONAL NOTE IS THE SURFACE PARKING WHICH IS
6:29:53PM GREATLY ENHANCED WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T
6:29:57PM WANT TO WAIT IN CAR LINE, I AM NOT A CAR LINE LADY, I AM A
6:30:00PM WALK AND PICK UP MY CHILD AT MacFARLANE PARK ELEMENTARY.
6:30:05PM THEY CAN GO PARK AND INTERACT AT THE FRONT DOOR WHICH
6:30:09PM REDUCES THE LINING, THE QUEUING TRIPS.
6:30:12PM THIS BECOMES MORE OF A CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT THAT INCREASES
6:30:15PM PEDESTRIANS AND ALSO INCREASES THE ABILITY TO DO BIKING.
6:30:18PM THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO SKIN THIS CAT.
6:30:21PM IT'S TAKING TRAFFIC OFF OF PLATT.
6:30:23PM IT'S CIRCULATING IT WITH CARDY STREET AND ALLEY ECOSYSTEM,
6:30:27PM LETTING FOLKS BE WALKERS OR PARKERS AND WALK TO THE FRONT
6:30:30PM DOOR AS WELL AS GENERATING HOPEFULLY MORE BICYCLE TRIPS BY
6:30:34PM BEING A NICER, SAFER PLACE TO HAVE YOUR BIKES.
6:30:39PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU SAID YOU ARE COMBINING, THAT MEANS
6:30:41PM YOU'RE COMBINING THE KIDS FROM THE CHURCH -- I THINK WE USED
6:30:44PM TO CALL IT MIDDLE SCHOOL, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME.
6:30:47PM ANYWAY, COMBINING THOSE KIDS.
6:30:49PM THAT MEANS LESS TRAFFIC THROUGH HYDE PARK THEN.
6:30:52PM >> CORRECT, YES.
6:30:53PM THAT'S TRUE.
6:30:54PM IT'S ALL BEING CONSOLIDATED ONTO ONE CAMPUS.
6:30:56PM THE LITTLEST OF OUR KIDS TO THE ELDEST, 8th GRADERS WOULD
6:31:01PM ALL BE ON ONE CAMPUS.
6:31:03PM THEY MIGHT BE STAYING LONGER OR SHORTER WITH AFTER SCHOOL
6:31:07PM PROGRAMS, CLUBS.
6:31:08PM IT MAKES IT MORE OF AN ECOSYSTEM AND LESS THAN A ONE SITE,
6:31:13PM SIT IN A CAR LINE, GET OUT OF THERE SITUATION.
6:31:17PM HARD TO PREDICT EVERYTHING.
6:31:19PM THE TRAFFIC STUDY SHOWS IT WON'T BE AN IMPOSITION.
6:31:22PM IT WAS IMPROVED.
6:31:24PM WHEN THE REALITIES OF THE LOGISTICS OF THE CAMPUS COME TO
6:31:26PM LIFE YOU'LL SEE A VERY RICH EXPERIENCE, I THINK.
6:31:29PM AND ALSO WALKERS.
6:31:30PM I THINK THIS GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR WALKERS.
6:31:32PM IT'S NOT THAT FAR FROM FOLKS WHO MIGHT LIVE IN THE ADJACENT
6:31:36PM NEIGHBORHOODS TO WALK THEIR CHILDREN IN OR AT LEAST BIKE
6:31:38PM THEIR CHILDREN IN.
6:31:40PM NOT UNLIKE YOU SEE ON THE HYDE PARK CAMPUSES.
6:31:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ARE THEY CLOSING THE HYDE PARK CAMPUS?
6:31:45PM STILL GOING TO BE A SCHOOL?
6:31:50PM >> HUGH JEBSON, HEAD OF SCHOOL.
6:31:52PM JUST TO CLARIFY A COUPLE OF POINTS, WE WILL KEEP THE ROOM --
6:31:56PM WE HAVE A SMALL CAMPUS FOR FOUR AND FIVE-YEAR-OLDS, THAT'S
6:31:59PM STAYING.
6:32:00PM THE CAMPUS ATTACHED TO THE CHURCH, THE CHURCH WILL DETERMINE
6:32:03PM WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT ONCE THE SCHOOL VACATES IT.
6:32:06PM SO THE TRAFFIC FROM THAT SITE CURRENTLY WILL LEAVE THAT
6:32:09PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:32:09PM THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO
6:32:12PM STATE.
6:32:13PM ONE, STAGGERED TIMES IN THE MORNING WILL ALLEVIATE A LOT OF
6:32:17PM THE PRESSURE AND THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
6:32:19PM THE TRAFFIC FLOW DESIGN THAT YOU'VE SEEN WILL ALLEVIATE IT.
6:32:23PM WE WILL DIRECT FAMILIES TO PARK IN THE GARAGE IF THEY NEED
6:32:26PM TO STOP.
6:32:27PM AFTERNOON WILL BE MUCH LESS OF AN ISSUE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO
6:32:30PM MANY AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ON THAT SITE.
6:32:33PM TEAMS, ACTIVITIES, CLUBS, THEY STAY LATER AND DEPART IN
6:32:39PM DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS.
6:32:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION OR
6:32:43PM SOMEBODY ELSE, IS TRAFFIC PERMITTED TO ENTER THE GARAGE VIA
6:32:46PM PLATT AND PARKER?
6:32:47PM CAN THEY GO ON PLATT AND TURN LEFT ON PARKER INTO THE
6:32:51PM GARAGE?
6:32:52PM >> THAT IS A DESIGN QUESTION.
6:32:55PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN I ASK THE PRINCIPAL SOMETHING WHILE
6:32:57PM HE'S STANDING THERE?
6:32:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
6:32:59PM >> DAVID PETERSON, ARCHITECTS.
6:33:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE TOP OF THE WHEEL.
6:33:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WALK UP -- TRAFFIC OVER
6:33:26PM HERE ON PLATT GETS BACKED UP, CAN THEY COME DOWN PLATT, GO
6:33:29PM ONTO PARKER AND ENTER THE GARAGE THAT WAY?
6:33:33PM >> THEY CAN, YES.
6:33:34PM TURN IN LEFT OR TURN IN RIGHT.
6:33:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS A PRESSURE RELIEVER.
6:33:40PM >> WE ALSO HAVE THE SMALL SIDE LANE, SO IF SOMEBODY IS
6:33:43PM DROPPING OFF A PROJECT EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEY CAN GET
6:33:45PM OUT OF THE WAY ON THE ALLEY TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC MOVING.
6:33:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, YOU HAD A
6:33:50PM QUESTION.
6:33:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANTED TO ASK THE PRINCIPAL A QUESTION
6:33:54PM BECAUSE I'M SURE THE TEACHERS ARE LISTENING.
6:33:56PM LOOKING AT THIS PLAN, IT LOOKS LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF EXTRA
6:34:00PM TEACHER DUTIES GOING ON.
6:34:01PM [ LAUGHTER ]
6:34:01PM YOU MIGHT WANT TO CLEAN THAT UP FOR THE RECORD BEFORE
6:34:06PM CONSTRUCTION STARTS.
6:34:07PM >> WE DON'T NEED TO TELL THEM THAT.
6:34:09PM WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS ALLUDED TO, WE HAVE A PRIVATE
6:34:16PM SECURITY COMPANY THAT WE CONTRACT TO, SO THEY WILL BE
6:34:19PM ENFORCING --
6:34:20PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO TEACHER DUTIES.
6:34:22PM >> I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
6:34:23PM [ LAUGHTER ]
6:34:24PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST TRYING TO GET IT ON THE RECORD FOR
6:34:27PM THE TEACHERS.
6:34:28PM THANK YOU, SIR.
6:34:28PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION.
6:34:31PM THE RENDERINGS, BECAUSE OF THE COLOR, LOOK LIKE YOU'RE
6:34:34PM RETAINING THE RED BRICKS.
6:34:36PM IS THAT TRUE OR NOT?
6:34:38PM >> YES.
6:34:39PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU ARE RETAINING THEM.
6:34:41PM >> OH, YES, FOR THE ALLEY, YES.
6:34:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEED YOUR NAME AGAIN FOR THE RECORD.
6:34:53PM >> DAVID PETERSON, COOPER JOHNSON SMITH, PETERSON
6:34:56PM ARCHITECTS.
6:34:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU SAID THE BRICKS WILL REMAIN IN THE
6:34:59PM ALLEY.
6:34:59PM >> YES.
6:35:00PM WE'LL REMOVE THEM AND REINSTALL THEM BECAUSE THE WHOLE ALLEY
6:35:03PM NEEDS TO BE REWORKED.
6:35:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:35:05PM ANYBODY ELSE?
6:35:06PM IF NOT, NOTHING FURTHER, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE.
6:35:09PM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
6:35:11PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
6:35:12PM ALL IN FAVOR?
6:35:13PM AYE.
6:35:13PM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM 5?
6:35:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ-25-29, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
6:35:22PM FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING
6:35:24PM PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 240, 258 SOUTH PLANT
6:35:32PM AVENUE, 205, 207, 209 AND 211 WEST PLATT STREET IN THE CITY
6:35:37PM OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION
6:35:40PM 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS, OP, OFFICE
6:35:43PM PROFESSIONAL, AND CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL, TO PD PLANNED
6:35:47PM DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
6:35:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
6:35:51PM HURTAK.
6:35:51PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, BOTH TEACHERS.
6:35:54PM ALL IN FAVOR?
6:35:54PM AYE.
6:35:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALONG WITH VARIOUS REPORTS OF THE
6:35:59PM PLANNING COMMISSION.
6:36:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OH, AND A REVISION SHEET.
6:36:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND.
6:36:03PM ALL IN FAVOR?
6:36:04PM AYE.
6:36:09PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
6:36:11PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 5, 2025 --
6:36:16PM [ APPLAUSE ]
6:36:16PM OLD CITY HALL.
6:36:21PM [ APPLAUSE ]
6:36:21PM THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33 --
6:36:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:36:29PM WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT AS THE CHAMBERS --
6:36:32PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FOR THE RECORD --
6:36:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF WE COULD KEEP IT DOWN.
6:36:41PM WE'RE STILL IN THE MEETING.
6:36:42PM WE'LL TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS.
6:36:49PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
6:36:49PM [RECESS]
06:41:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
06:41:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
06:41:29PM >>GUIDO : HERE.
06:41:34PM >>CLERK: YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
06:41:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, NUMBER 6.
06:41:40PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: STEPHANIE POPE, LAND DEVELOPMENT.
06:41:43PM ITEM NUMBER 6 IS TO REZONE 918 EAST 123 AVENUE FROM PD TO
06:41:52PM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-DETACHED PLACES.
06:41:54PM START WITH AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE SURROUNDING
06:42:05PM AREA.
06:42:05PM SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED HERE.
06:42:07PM THIS IS ALONG EAST 23rd AND THEN 10th -- NORTH 10th STREET
06:42:12PM IS RIGHT HERE.
06:42:13PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS COMPOSED OF ONE PARCEL LOCATED ON WEST
06:42:18PM SIDE OF NORTH 10th STREET AND IN THE GENERAL VICINITY
06:42:22PM BETWEEN EAST 23rd AVENUE AND EAST 24th AVENUE.
06:42:24PM THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT SITE CONTAIN MOSTLY
06:42:28PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES.
06:42:30PM SURROUNDING AREAS ARE COMPRISED OF RS-50 WITH ONE REZONING
06:42:35PM OF RM-16 OVER HERE, ONE BLOCK TO THE SOUTH AND MOSTLY CG
06:42:40PM USES ALONG NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE.
06:42:42PM THIS IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
06:42:51PM APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT TWO SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
06:42:54PM DWELLINGS.
06:42:55PM FRONT ORIENTATION FOR UNIT ONE, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE IS
06:43:00PM FACING NORTH 10th STREET.
06:43:02PM AND THE FRONT DOOR ORIENTATION FOR UNIT TWO IS ALONG EAST
06:43:07PM 23rd.
06:43:08PM AND THAT FRONT DOOR IS RIGHT HERE.
06:43:09PM EACH UNIT IS PROPOSED WITH THREE STORIES AND A TWO-CAR
06:43:15PM GARAGE WITH ENCLOSED PARKING.
06:43:17PM YOU SEE THOSE GARAGES HERE.
06:43:18PM THERE ARE EXISTING SIDEWALKS ALONG NORTH 10th STREET AND
06:43:22PM EAST 23rd AVENUE.
06:43:26PM ALLEYWAY NORTH OF SUBJECT SITE.
06:43:29PM THIS IS HERE.
06:43:30PM THE APPLICANT WORKED ON THE DESIGN WITH STAFF AND SAVED TWO
06:43:35PM OF THE TREES ON-SITE.
06:43:36PM YOU CAN SEE THOSE HERE.
06:43:37PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS IN THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY AND MUST
06:43:43PM COMPLY WITH STANDARDS AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING UNLESS
06:43:47PM WAIVED HEREIN.
06:43:49PM PROPOSED ELEVATION PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
06:43:51PM THIS IS FOR UNIT ONE.
06:43:54PM THIS SHOWS THE WEST ELEVATION.
06:43:57PM THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION.
06:43:58PM THE EAST ELEVATION.
06:44:01PM AND THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
06:44:03PM THIS IS FOR UNIT TWO.
06:44:05PM THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION.
06:44:07PM THE NORTH ELEVATION.
06:44:10PM EAST.
06:44:12PM AND SOUTH.
06:44:14PM NEXT, I WILL SHOW SOME PHOTOS OF THE SITE AND SURROUNDING
06:44:19PM AREA. THIS IS THE PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
06:44:23PM THIS IS ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
06:44:29PM JUST LOOKING AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE THERE.
06:44:31PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
06:44:35PM THIS IS SOUTH.
06:44:38PM AND THIS IS RESIDENCE JUST WEST OF THE SITE THAT YOU CAN SEE
06:44:47PM ON THE OTHER PHOTOS.
06:44:48PM EAST.
06:44:53PM THIS IS THAT ALLEYWAY TO THE NORTH.
06:44:58PM THIS IS ALONG EAST 23rd AVENUE LOOKING WEST.
06:45:03PM THIS IS ALONG NORTH 10th STREET LOOKING SOUTH.
06:45:08PM AND FINALLY, THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ON 10th STREET.
06:45:13PM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
06:45:20PM APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
06:45:25PM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
06:45:26PM NO WAIVERS AS PART OF THIS REQUEST.
06:45:27PM IF CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE APPLICATION, THE MODIFICATIONS
06:45:30PM OF THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE SUBMITTED REVISION SHEET
06:45:34PM MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.
06:45:36PM I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
06:45:38PM IF NO QUESTIONS, TURN IT OVER TO EMILY.
06:45:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:45:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU CAN PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP.
06:45:46PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: YES, MA'AM.
06:45:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUESTION.
06:45:49PM CAN WE -- I SEE WE HAVE STORMWATER RETENTION ON THERE.
06:45:52PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: YES, MA'AM.
06:45:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IS IT PERMISSIBLE TO MAKE THAT PART OF THE
06:45:57PM OFFICIAL SITE PLAN?
06:45:59PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: THAT IS JUST THERE TO RESERVE IT FOR THE
06:46:02PM TIME OF PERMITTING.
06:46:03PM THAT WILL HAPPEN AT -- THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE
06:46:06PM STORMWATER STANDARDS AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING.
06:46:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY REASONING IS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS
06:46:12PM THIS COUNCIL DEALS WITH A LOT IS WHAT HAPPENS IF A
06:46:17PM STORMWATER RETENTION POND IS REQUIRED AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
06:46:21PM YOU SELL THE HOUSE AND IT GETS FILLED IN.
06:46:23PM SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE SITE PLAN.
06:46:28PM I SPOKE TO MISS WELLS ABOUT IT EARLIER.
06:46:31PM >>SAM THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
06:46:37PM THERE SHOULD BE NOTES ON THE SITE PLAN THAT SAY THE SITE
06:46:40PM WILL COMPLY WITH ALL STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS ALREADY.
06:46:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
06:46:44PM I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ASK.
06:46:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, OTHER QUESTIONS?
06:46:55PM NOT YET.
06:46:55PM YES, MA'AM.
06:46:58PM COME ON UP.
06:46:59PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
06:47:05PM ARE YOU WORRIED IS THAT THE STORMWATER WILL GO AWAY AFTER
06:47:09PM THEY ARE PERMITTED?
06:47:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK: TEN, 20 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, THIRD OWNER
06:47:15PM DOESN'T KNOW IT IS A RETENTION POND AND FILLS IT IN.
06:47:18PM THAT A PROBLEM WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ON OUR COUNCIL, LIKE OUR
06:47:21PM REGULAR JOB SIDE.
06:47:22PM SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD SOLIDIFY ON A
06:47:26PM SITE PLAN.
06:47:27PM BUT THE APPLICANT SAID THEY WILL ADDRESS IT.
06:47:28PM SO I WILL LEAVE IT TO THAT.
06:47:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
06:47:32PM >>STEPHANIE POPE: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
06:47:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
06:47:35PM YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP.
06:47:37PM >>EMILY PHELAN: EMILY PHELAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
06:47:42PM THE SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, EAST
06:47:47PM TAMPA URBAN DISTRICT UNDER VM YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD BACK IN
06:47:50PM EVACUATION ZONE E.
06:47:52PM SITE OUTLINED IN PURPLE WITH RESIDENTIAL-20 DESIGNATION TO
06:47:55PM THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND ACROSS THE
06:48:00PM STREET IS THE RESIDENTIAL-10.
06:48:01PM MOVING FURTHER WEST ALONG THEY PRACTICES CA AVENUE IS
06:48:04PM THE CMU-5 AND NEBRASKA AVENUE IS A TRANSIT EMPHASIS
06:48:09PM CORRIDOR.
06:48:10PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH
06:48:12PM THE DENSITY PLANNED FOR UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL-20 DESIGNATION
06:48:15PM AS POLICIES THAT SUPPORT INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON VACANT AND
06:48:18PM UNDERUTILIZED LAND.
06:48:20PM THE REQUEST WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN
06:48:23PM PROXIMITY TO COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND AMENITIES ALONG NORTH
06:48:26PM NEBRASKA AVENUE AND COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE
06:48:29PM SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
06:48:30PM THE REQUEST WILL NOT ALTER THE CHARACTER OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND
06:48:33PM PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING
06:48:37PM WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
06:48:37PM OVERALL, THE PROPOSED PD FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT AT THAT
06:48:40PM COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT
06:48:43PM PATTERN AND KENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
06:48:45PM AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
06:48:46PM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
06:48:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
06:48:48PM MR. MICHELINI, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME.
06:48:51PM >> STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
06:48:53PM AS THE STAFF HAS POINTED OUT, THIS IS RESIDENTIAL-20, WHICH
06:48:57PM TECHNICALLY ACCORDING TO THE LAND USE CODE, YOU COULD HAVE
06:49:01PM THREE UNITS THERE.
06:49:01PM BUT WHAT WE DID WAS -- CAN YOU SEE ALL THAT?
06:49:10PM WHAT WE DID WAS PROVIDED A 22-FOOT SETBACK ON THIS SIDE TO
06:49:18PM PROTECT THAT TREE AND A 21-AND-A-HALF-FOOT SETBACK OVER HERE
06:49:23PM TO PROTECT THAT TREE.
06:49:24PM IT IS NOT PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE FOR THREE UNITS THE
06:49:30PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED IS MORE IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER
06:49:40PM ON THIS.
06:49:40PM THE SIZE OF SETBACKS SQUEEZED BETWEEN THE TWO UNITS, BUT
06:49:47PM SAVING THE TREE WAS THE MUCH GREATER DESIRE AND GOAL.
06:49:50PM YOU ASKED ABOUT THE STORMWATER.
06:49:52PM WE HAVE TO SHOW AN AREA FOR STORMWATER.
06:49:54PM THESE ARE NOT WET PONDS.
06:49:56PM THESE ARE DRY.
06:49:58PM SO THE DOWNSPOUTS AND ALL OF THE DRAINAGE WILL FLOW TO THE
06:50:03PM RESPECTIVE AREAS BEFORE IT GOES ANYWHERE ELSE.
06:50:05PM AND THE POST CONDITION FOR STORMWATER WAS BETTER THAN THE
06:50:09PM CURRENT CONDITION.
06:50:10PM THE OLDER HOMES HAD NO RETENTION AND DID NOT ADDRESS
06:50:13PM STORMWATER IN ANY RESPECT.
06:50:15PM SO THESE WILL HAVE TO MEET THE TECHNICAL STANDARDS THAT ARE
06:50:18PM NOT WAIVABLE.
06:50:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
06:50:22PM >> WE ARE PROPOSING 35 FEET IN HEIGHT.
06:50:25PM THE GARAGES ARE RECESSED SO THEY DON'T -- THEY ARE NOT FLAT.
06:50:28PM THEY DON'T -- THEY ARE NOT GOING TO APPEAR AS WHAT WE CALL
06:50:33PM SNOUT HOUSES.
06:50:34PM AND THEY ARE -- THEY ARE WIDE ENOUGH, 20 FEET WIDE AND 22
06:50:40PM FEET IN DEPTH.
06:50:41PM THEY ARE ABOUT 2500-SQUARE-FOOT UNITS.
06:50:44PM MORE OR LESS.
06:50:45PM OF LIVING AREA.
06:50:49PM AND THE -- I AM SORRY.
06:50:53PM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY STAFF HAVE BOTH FOUND
06:50:56PM IT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE
06:51:00PM CITY PLANNING STRATEGY, URBAN VILLAGE, RESIDENTIAL
06:51:03PM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, REGULATIONS, MULTIFAMILY, LOW INCOME
06:51:07PM -- I MEAN LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY AND SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
06:51:11PM WE MET THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE CODE REGARDING PLAN
06:51:15PM DEVELOPMENT.
06:51:15PM AND THAT HAS BEEN YOUR SHEET TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE
06:51:20PM DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE AND LOCATION.
06:51:22PM THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE INFILL FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
06:51:25PM PROMOTE A MORE DESIRABLE LIVING CONDITIONS.
06:51:29PM THIS WILL -- THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS GOING
06:51:32PM IN FOR REDEVELOPMENT HERE WHICH WILL HELP TO UPLIFT THIS
06:51:36PM NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HAS AT SO FAR HAS NOT SEEN A LOT OF
06:51:43PM ACTIVITY.
06:51:44PM PROMOTE LIVING AND DESIRABLE CONDITIONS IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
06:51:47PM IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE US TO UPGRADE THE WATER -- STORMWATER.
06:51:52PM THE WATER UTILITIES, THE SANITARY SEWER AND THE STORM
06:51:56PM FACILITIES AS THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE OUTDATED.
06:52:00PM AND AS WE BRING THIS IN, THE CITY IS GOING TO MAKE US
06:52:03PM UPGRADE THOSE OTHER FACILITIES.
06:52:05PM AND THAT INCLUDES THE SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF THESE
06:52:07PM STRUCTURES.
06:52:08PM PROMOTE THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AS THE STAFF HAS POINTED
06:52:12PM OUT.
06:52:13PM BOTH OF THE ENTRYWAYS FACE RIGHT-OF-WAYS OF WAY.
06:52:16PM ONE ON 23rd AND ONE ON 10th STREET.
06:52:19PM WE DID MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION LAST NIGHT.
06:52:22PM WE DISCUSSED EXACTLY WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT PARAMETERS WERE
06:52:26PM AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS.
06:52:29PM A LOT OF QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE, BUT NO ONE HAD
06:52:33PM ANY OBJECTION.
06:52:34PM TWO-CAR GARAGE AND 18 FEET FROM THE FACE OF GARAGE TO THE
06:52:39PM RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE WHICH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR
06:52:41PM VISITORS.
06:52:42PM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
06:52:44PM I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
06:52:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
06:52:48PM ANYBODY IN PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
06:52:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
06:52:53PM >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND.
06:52:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:52:56PM OPPOSED.
06:52:57PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS ITEM?
06:53:01PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 6, FILE NUMBER REZ
06:53:05PM 25-32.
06:53:06PM ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL 818 EAST 23rd
06:53:11PM AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY
06:53:14PM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
06:53:17PM CLASSIFICATION RS-50, PD, TO SINGLE-FAMILY PROVIDING AN
06:53:21PM EFFECTIVE DATE.
06:53:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND A SECOND.
06:53:24PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:53:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: TONIGHT, I APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON THE TREE
06:53:30PM AND ATTENTION TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY.
06:53:31PM IT DOES FIT IN THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
06:53:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
06:53:34PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:53:35PM ANY OPPOSED?
06:53:46PM >> ONE MORE ELEVATION THAT IS KID-CERTIFIED AND SIGNED BY
06:53:50PM ONE OF THE CHILDREN.
06:53:51PM INCLUDED A TREE ON EITHER SIDE AND THE SUN.
06:54:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT IN THE RECORD.
06:54:08PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
06:54:10PM SECOND READING, JUNE 5, 2025, 315 E. KENNEDY, THIRD FLOOR,
06:54:21PM TAMPA, FLORIDA.
06:54:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM, LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT,
06:54:24PM ITEM NUMBER 9.
06:54:26PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
06:54:28PM LaCHONE DOCK.
06:54:29PM ITEM 9 ,REZ 25-14 AT PROPERTY 4601 AND 4611 WEST NORTH A
06:54:37PM STREET.
06:54:37PM THE APPLICANT IS REPRESENTED BY ROB ROSNER.
06:54:40PM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RO-1 RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND PD
06:54:45PM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVED IN 2013 FOR BUSINESS
06:54:48PM PROFESSIONAL AND MEDICAL OFFICE TO PD FOR RESIDENTIAL
06:54:52PM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
06:54:53PM AND I DID WANT TO JUST PROVIDE A BRIEF BACKGROUND.
06:54:56PM THIS ITEM WAS HEARD BEFORE COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY.
06:55:00PM IT WAS AT THE FEBRUARY 27th HEARING.
06:55:04PM AND AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL DIRECTED THE APPLICANT TO GO TO
06:55:08PM REDESIGN THE SITE AND POSSIBLY ADD ACCESS TO THE SITE FROM
06:55:12PM THE NORTH FROM THE ALLEY.
06:55:14PM SO THE APPLICANT REDESIGNED THE SITE.
06:55:16PM AND I WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE CHANGES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN
06:55:21PM THE BACKGROUND FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.
06:55:23PM AND ALSO JUST TO SHOW YOU FIRST BEFORE I GO OVER THAT, THIS
06:55:27PM IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED.
06:55:30PM SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE THREE BUILDINGS PROPOSED.
06:55:33PM THIS IS WHAT WAS BEFORE YOU IN FEBRUARY AT THE HEARING.
06:55:36PM THIS IS TRASK STREET.
06:55:38PM THIS IS NORTH A STREET.
06:55:40PM TWO POINTS OF ACCESS ON NORTH A.
06:55:43PM THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
06:55:44PM SO THE APPLICANT REDESIGNED THE PLAN.
06:55:48PM AND THIS IS THE NEW SITE PLAN, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU THIS
06:55:52PM EVENING.
06:55:52PM AND LET ME ZOOM IN ON THAT.
06:55:55PM AND SO THIS IS TRASK STREET.
06:56:01PM AND THEN THIS IS NORTH A.
06:56:03PM SO THE DIFFERENCES IN THE PLAN -- THE APPLICANT ADDED AN
06:56:08PM ADDITIONAL BUILDING AND THERE ARE NOW FOUR BUILDINGS IN THE
06:56:11PM DESIGN INSTEAD OF THREE.
06:56:12PM THE UNITS WERE INCREASED FROM A UNIT COUNT OF 21 TO 23
06:56:17PM UNITS.
06:56:17PM THE BUILDINGS WERE REORIENTED.
06:56:20PM AS YOU CAN SEE BUILDINGS ONE AND TWO ARE FRONTING WEST
06:56:23PM NORTH STREET.
06:56:27PM BUILDINGS THREE AND FOUR HAVE FRONTAGE TOWARD THE INTERIOR
06:56:32PM COURTYARD AREA.
06:56:33PM BUILDINGS ONE AND TWO HAVE VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM NORTH A
06:56:44PM STREET.
06:56:44PM EACH HAS A ONE-CAR GARAGE AND SURFACE PARKING FOR BUILDINGS
06:56:51PM ONE AND TWO.
06:56:51PM BUILDINGS THREE AND FOUR HAVE THE ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY.
06:56:54PM VEHICULAR ACCESS.
06:56:55PM GARAGE ONLY.
06:56:57PM TWO BUILDINGS FOR EACH UNIT, HAS TWO-CAR ENCLOSED GARAGE.
06:57:01PM BUILDINGS ONE, THREE AND FOUR CONTAIN SIX UNITS.
06:57:05PM BUILDING TWO CONTAINS FIVE UNITS.
06:57:06PM AND THERE IS A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT THAT WAS INCREASED
06:57:10PM SLIGHTLY FROM 35 FEET TO 40 FEET.
06:57:13PM ALSO, THE APPLICANT ELIMINATED THREE WAIVERS, WHICH WERE
06:57:18PM PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED AT THE FEBRUARY HEARING.
06:57:20PM THEY HAVE REMOVED THE NEED FOR THE BUFFER TREE INTERVAL FOR
06:57:26PM FRONT DOOR ORIENTATION THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED AND GREEN
06:57:30PM SPACE, THAT WAIVER HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PLAN.
06:57:32PM SO IN THE PROJECT TABLE, THE PROJECT INFORMATION TABLE
06:57:37PM PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGES TWO AND THREE.
06:57:40PM I BOLDED AND UNDERLINED THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, THE
06:57:45PM DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO PLANS.
06:57:46PM THE PARKING THAT IS NOW REQUIRED IS 23 SPACES.
06:57:51PM AND THEY ARE PROVIDING 46 SPACES.
06:57:53PM THE SITE IS IN THE WEST SHORE OVERLAY, SO THOSE PARKING
06:57:59PM STANDARDS ARE SPECIFIC TO THE OVERLAY AND THAT IS HOW THEIR
06:58:01PM PARKING IS DETERMINED.
06:58:02PM WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST GO TO THE SITE PLAN AND SHOW
06:58:10PM YOU THE SIDEWALKS MAINTAINED.
06:58:12PM LOCATE ALONG EAST ALONG NORTH TRASK STREET AND YOU CAN SEE
06:58:16PM THE INTERIOR GREEN SPACE THAT WAS PROVIDED THERE THAT
06:58:19PM ALLOWED THE ADDITION OF ADDITIONAL TREE PLANTINGS AND THE
06:58:24PM DESIGNS SAVES THE TREES BORDERING THE SITE FROM THE EAST AND
06:58:30PM THE SOUTH ALSO.
06:58:30PM I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THE ELEVATIONS SUBMITTED.
06:58:33PM THESE ARE THE NEW ELEVATIONS ON THE SITE.
06:58:36PM SO THIS IS THE EAST ELEVATION, AND THIS IS THE WEST
06:58:46PM ELEVATION AND WHEN YOU ZOOM OUT, YOU CAN SEE BOTH.
06:58:48PM THE TOP IS THE NORTH ELEVATION, AND THE BOTTOM IS THE SOUTH
06:58:51PM ELEVATION.
06:58:52PM AND THIS IS THE OTHER ONE.
06:58:54PM THAT WAS FOR THE HVAC UNITS.
06:58:58PM SO YOU HAVE THE WEST ELEVATION THAT IS LOCATED HERE.
06:59:02PM AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR EAST ELEVATION.
06:59:04PM AND THEN YOU HAVE THE NORTH ELEVATION ON TOP.
06:59:10PM AND THEN THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
06:59:11PM THEN I HAVE THE ZONING ATLAS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
06:59:21PM SO YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE -- THE SUBJECT SITE IS
06:59:27PM IDENTIFIED IN RED.
06:59:28PM THIS IS NORTH A STREET.
06:59:30PM THIS IS TRASK. THIS IS WESTSHORE BOULEVARD.
06:59:34PM AND THIS IS KENNEDY.
06:59:36PM I AM --
06:59:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT IS OUT OF FOCUS.
06:59:39PM YEAH.
06:59:41PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: OKAY.
06:59:42PM AND YOU CAN SEE, OF COURSE, ALONG KENNEDY -- OH, THERE WE
06:59:48PM GO.
06:59:49PM ALONG KENNEDY BOULEVARD THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL ZONING ALONG
06:59:52PM WITH THOSE COMMERCIAL USES THAT EXIST DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE
06:59:56PM SITE IS A BANK THAT IS THERE AND COMMERCIAL, YOU HAVE YOUR
07:00:02PM WALGREEN'S COMMERCIAL LOCATED AT THE CORNER AT WESTSHORE
07:00:06PM BOULEVARD.
07:00:06PM THIS IS THE EXISTING WESTSHORE PLAZA, WHICH, OF COURSE, HAS
07:00:10PM BEEN RECENTLY REZONED TO A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
07:00:13PM DIRECTLY WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, YOU HAVE THE PD ZONINGS.
07:00:16PM AND THOSE HAVE THE COMMERCIAL, THE OFFICE USES.
07:00:19PM NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, YOU HAVE YOUR SINGLE-FAMILY
07:00:21PM ATTACHED ALONG WITH YOUR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY USES.
07:00:24PM AND FURTHER EAST OF THE SITE, YOU HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY
07:00:27PM ATTACHED DIRECTLY EAST.
07:00:29PM AS YOU HEAD FURTHER EAST ALONG WEST NORTH A STREET, YOUR
07:00:34PM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AND THE PDs WITH MULTIFAMILY AND
07:00:38PM ATTACHED USE ON SITE.
07:00:40PM AND THEN ALSO HAVE PHOTO OF THE SITE, BUT LET ME JUST SHOW
07:00:44PM YOU A FEW JUST OF THE SITE ITSELF.
07:00:47PM YOU MAY REMEMBER THE SITE FROM THE FIRST READING.
07:00:50PM SOME THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
07:00:52PM THAT SHOT EAST PORTION OF THE SITE AT NORTH A AND TRASK.
07:00:58PM THIS IS THE EAST END OF THE SITE.
07:01:00PM THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW TO SHOW YOU THE EXISTING ENTRANCE TO
07:01:09PM THE SITE.
07:01:10PM THIS IS ON-SITE IF YOU ARE LOOKING EAST TOWARD THE NORTH END
07:01:14PM OF SITE.
07:01:15PM THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW JUST SHOWING YOU -- LOOKING WEST OF THE
07:01:26PM SITE.
07:01:26PM THIS IS WEST.
07:01:34PM THIS IS IF YOU ARE LOOKING WEST ON NORTH A STREET.
07:01:37PM THE SITE IS OFF TO THE RIGHT.
07:01:39PM THIS IS WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
07:01:42PM THE SITE IS OFF TO THE RIGHT IN THAT PICTURE.
07:01:46PM THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
07:01:50PM THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF WEST SHORE.
07:01:55PM THIS IS SOUTH ACROSS THE STREET.
07:01:58PM AND THE SUBJECT SITE.
07:02:04PM THEN THIS IS EAST.
07:02:06PM THIS IS ON TRASK.
07:02:07PM SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED.
07:02:12PM AND THAT IS ANOTHER VIEW EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE NORTH ON
07:02:16PM TRASK.
07:02:17PM AND THEN THIS IS JUST CIRCLING BACK AROUND, THIS IS NORTH OF
07:02:25PM THE SUBJECT SITE.
07:02:26PM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND THAT IS MULTIFAMILY LOCATED
07:02:31PM FURTHER NORTH.
07:02:31PM SO THE -- ON THE SITE PLAN ITSELF, THERE ARE CHANGES THAT
07:02:36PM ARE LISTED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
07:02:39PM THEY ARE VERY MINOR.
07:02:41PM CHANGE THAT HAS TO BE MADE.
07:02:42PM APPLICANT HAS TO ADD ONE WAIVER TO THE SITE.
07:02:44PM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED WAIVERS ARE LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT
07:02:47PM BUT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT NEED TO LIST THOSE IN THE FINAL
07:02:50PM SITE PLAN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
07:02:52PM THEY ONLY NEED TO ADD THEIR CURRENT REQUESTED WAIVERS.
07:02:55PM I PROVIDED -- IN THE UPDATED REVISION SHEET THAT INCLUDES
07:03:00PM THAT.
07:03:01PM SO FOR THE RECORD, THE APPLICANT WILL BE CLEAR WHAT CHANGES
07:03:04PM TO MAKE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
07:03:06PM STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT.
07:03:08PM AND I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
07:03:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO QUESTIONS.
07:03:12PM JUST A COMMENT.
07:03:13PM I AM GLAD THAT THE PHOTOS WERE SO DETAILED BECAUSE IF WE ALL
07:03:16PM NOTICE THE ROADS.
07:03:18PM THEY ARE SO BAD.
07:03:19PM I COME THROUGH HERE ALL THE TIME.
07:03:21PM SO IF MOBILITY IS LISTENING, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION,
07:03:24PM THIS NORTH A, B, GRAY, ALL THE WAY UP EAST AND WEST IS
07:03:29PM TERRIBLE.
07:03:29PM AND THEY NEED REPAVING.
07:03:31PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
07:03:32PM >>LaCHONE DOCK: TURN TO OVER.
07:03:38PM >>ERIN MAHER: ERIN MAHER, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
07:03:45PM I AM GOING TO SPEAK OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO NATURAL
07:03:48PM RESOURCES OF THE CODE.
07:03:50PM NATURAL RESOURCES DID FIND THE SITE PLAN CONSISTENT.
07:03:53PM THEY DID ELIMINATE THE VEHICULAR USE AREA BACK HERE.
07:03:56PM AND THEY ARE PROVIDING TOTAL OF 12 TYPE 1 TREES ON THE SITE
07:04:02PM NOW.
07:04:02PM AND THE REQUIRED CODE TREES ARE 11.
07:04:06PM THEN THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING ADDITIONAL TREES THAT AREN'T
07:04:10PM TYPE 1 FOR A TOTAL OF 20 TREES ON THE SITE.
07:04:13PM SO THEY ARE REALLY GOING BEYOND THAT.
07:04:15PM THEY HAVE REMOVED THE WAIVER FOR THE GREEN SPACE.
07:04:18PM SO THEY ARE EXCEEDING THAT BY 2,000 SQUARE FEET NOW.
07:04:21PM THEY ARE REQUIRED AROUND 8,000.
07:04:24PM AND THEY HAVE JUST OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
07:04:27PM THEY DO STILL REQUIRE WAIVERS FOR THESE TWO NONHAZARDOUS
07:04:33PM GRAND TREES IN THE BACK.
07:04:34PM THE PRUNING WILL BE ADVERSE FOR THIS ONE IF THEY WERE TO
07:04:40PM PRESERVE IT.
07:04:40PM AND THIS ONE IS RIGHT -- A COUPLE OF FEET FROM THIS UNIT 7.
07:04:44PM SO WITH THAT, WE FOUND THE PROJECT CONSISTENT BECAUSE THEY
07:04:49PM DID ELIMINATE A WAIVER FOR GREEN SPACE.
07:04:51PM AND THEY CAN PROVIDE MUCH MORE TYPE 1 TREES ON THE SITE.
07:04:55PM THAT'S IT.
07:04:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
07:04:58PM ANYTHING ELSE?
07:04:58PM YES, MA'AM.
07:04:59PM MISS DOCK ARE YOU COMING -- OH.
07:05:03PM ALL RIGHT, SO THAT IS THEIR REVISED REVISION SHEET, CORRECT?
07:05:07PM YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
07:05:09PM >>EMILY PHELAN: EMILY PHELAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
07:05:13PM SUBJECT SITE AGAIN IS HERE REPRESENTED WITH THE
07:05:17PM RESIDENTIAL-35 DESIGNATION WHICH IS TO THE NORTH AND TO THE
07:05:19PM SOUTH AND FURTHER WEST OF THE SITE.
07:05:22PM THE MAGENTA COLOR ARE THE REGIONAL MIXED USE-100 AND ACROSS
07:05:26PM THE STREET IS THE RESIDENTIAL-20.
07:05:27PM THE SITE DOES INTERFACE WITH COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES AN
07:05:32PM SINGLE FAMILY ATTACHED USES ARE TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF
07:05:36PM THIS SITE.
07:05:36PM AND GIVEN THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, PLANNING
07:05:40PM COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED PD IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE
07:05:44PM SURROUNDING AREA AND BELOW THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE
07:05:47PM RESIDENTIAL-35 DESIGNATION.
07:05:49PM THE DESIGN FOLLOWS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GUIDANCE TO THE
07:05:52PM DEFENSE SIGN FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
07:05:54PM AS UNITS ONE THROUGH FIVE ARE ORIENTED TOWARD TRASK STREET.
07:06:00PM UNITS 6-13 ARE ORIENTED TOWARD WEST NORTH A STREET AND
07:06:06PM CREATES A PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS.
07:06:08PM WHILE THE UNITS TOWARD THE REAR WHICH ARE 14-21 ARE
07:06:13PM INTERNAL, THERE IS A SIDEWALK THAT IS PROVIDED WHICH
07:06:16PM CONNECTS TWO OF THE ADJACENT SIDEWALKS ALONG THE
07:06:18PM RIGHT-OF-WAYS.
07:06:19PM OVERALL, THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE CITY'S HOUSING POLICY
07:06:23PM BUSINESS ADDING ADDITIONAL HOUSING WITHIN THE WEST SHORE
07:06:26PM PALMS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE REQUEST WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
07:06:28PM HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROXIMITY TO COMMERCIAL SERVICES
07:06:31PM AND AMENITIES ALONG WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD AND ALSO WEST
07:06:36PM SHORE.
07:06:36PM AND COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
07:06:39PM DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND CONSISTENT WITH THE TAMPA
07:06:42PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
07:06:42PM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM AVAILABLE.
07:06:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
07:06:47PM ALL RIGHT, APPLICANT.
07:06:48PM >> HELLO, ROB ROSNER, FLORIDA DESIGN CONSULTANTS.
07:06:58PM AND ROSE FROM DEVELOPMENT.
07:07:03PM I WANTED TO FIRST THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GET IT
07:07:09PM RIGHT.
07:07:09PM AND I WANTED TO SHARE A FEW THINGS HERE.
07:07:11PM SO AS THEY MENTIONED HERE, GOOD THINGS WE DID.
07:07:17PM GAVE US THE TIME TO DO WAS THAT WE REMOVED THE INTERNAL
07:07:23PM ROADWAY FOR THE COURTYARD AND ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE.
07:07:26PM WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY GOOD ABOUT ONE.
07:07:28PM USING THE ALLEY FOR THE GARAGES.
07:07:30PM GREAT IDEA.
07:07:31PM THANK YOU FOR LETTING US DO THAT.
07:07:32PM ALLOWS USES TO ELIMINATE THREE WAIVERS AND BETTER USE OF THE
07:07:41PM LAND AND MORE EFFICIENT OF PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT
07:07:45PM OF DENSITY WITHIN A NICE DEVELOPMENT.
07:07:48PM AND THEN JUST AS -- AS STATISTICS BECAUSE WE ADDED EXTRA
07:07:54PM GREEN SPACE.
07:07:54PM WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND BY 25% AND ON THE AMOUNT OF TREES
07:07:59PM AT 81% OVER WHAT WAS REQUIRED.
07:08:02PM SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND WE WANTED TO SHOW THAT.
07:08:05PM JUST AS LAST -- SINCE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS WAS CONSISTENT
07:08:10PM ALL THE WAY ACROSS, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
07:08:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
07:08:19PM YES, MA'AM.
07:08:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST GREAT JOB.
07:08:21PM REALLY IMPRESSIVE LISTENING TO CONCERNS AND JUST LOOKING AT
07:08:25PM IT.
07:08:25PM AND IT IS JUST SO MUCH GREENER.
07:08:28PM I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE -- SEEING WHAT IS SURROUNDING IT,
07:08:33PM IT IS VERY SIMILAR IN STYLE.
07:08:35PM IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BE VERY PROUD OF.
07:08:45PM THE GREEN, THE TREES.
07:08:46PM ING SO TO BE PROUD OF.
07:08:48PM >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR GETTING THIS DONE IN AN
07:08:53PM AMOUNT OF TIME.
07:08:53PM STEPHANIE AND SAM AND LA SON WHO AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
07:09:00PM SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF.
07:09:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
07:09:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TWO MORE UNITS.
07:09:05PM >> VERY MUCH A WIN-WIN.
07:09:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MUCH MORE DELIBERATE LOOKING AND FITS THAT
07:09:11PM PARCEL.
07:09:11PM YEAH, SOMETIMES OUR BELLIGERENCE PAYS OFF.
07:09:15PM SO CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU.
07:09:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
07:09:20PM >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
07:09:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
07:09:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:09:24PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING THE REVISED
07:09:28PM REVISION SHEET.
07:09:29PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: READ NUMBER 9, REZ 25-13, ORDINANCE
07:09:34PM PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION REZONING PROPERTY
07:09:37PM IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4061 AND 4611 NORTH A STREET IN
07:09:42PM THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED OF
07:09:45PM ZONING CLASSIFICATION RO-1 RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND PD PLANNED
07:09:50PM DEVELOPMENT SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE
07:09:54PM DATE AND VARIOUS REVISION SHEETS.
07:09:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
07:09:57PM SECONDED FROM VIERA.
07:09:59PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:10:00PM OPPOSED?
07:10:02PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
07:10:04PM SECOND READING AN ADOPTION IS JUNE 5, 2025 AT 10 A.M. AT OLD
07:10:08PM CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 E. KENNEDY, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA,
07:10:13PM FLORIDA, 33602.
07:10:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
07:10:16PM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
07:10:18PM APPRECIATES IT.
07:10:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COMPLETES OUR AGENDA.
07:10:21PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, ANY NEW BUSINESS?
07:10:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, SIR.
07:10:25PM MY ELECTRIC BILL, BUT I LEFT IT AT THE HOUSE.
07:10:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
07:10:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: NO.
07:10:30PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO, SIR, NOTHING.
07:10:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY GOODNESS.
07:10:34PM I AM PICKING UP FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
07:10:36PM I GOT A LOT.
07:10:37PM FIRST FOUR OF THEM ARE NOT MINE.
07:10:39PM THEY ARE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
07:10:39PM A MOTION A REQUEST FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION SETTING AN
07:10:43PM ADORATION HEARING TA-CPA 25-05, 07, 08, 10, 11, 12, AND THE
07:10:59PM CITY OF TAMPA FY '25-'26 SCHEDULE PROJECT UPDATE ON SEPTEMBER
07:11:06PM 5, 2025 AND DIRECT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE CITY
07:11:11PM CLERK FOR FORM OF NOTICE FOR ADVERTISING THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
07:11:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM CLENDENIN AND SECONDED FROM
07:11:18PM VIERA.
07:11:18PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:11:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SETTING AN ADOPTION HEARING ON OCTOBER 23,
07:11:27PM 2025 AT 5:01 P.M. AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR A FORM OF NOTICE
07:11:33PM ADVERTISING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
07:11:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
07:11:36PM VIERA.
07:11:36PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:11:37PM YES, SIR.
07:11:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALSO FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
07:11:39PM SETTING A TRANSMITTING HEARING FOR 04, 06 ON OCTOBER 23,
07:11:46PM 2025 AT 5:01 P.M. AND PROVIDE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WITH THE
07:11:50PM CITY COLLECT FOR THE FORM OF NOTICE TO ADVERTISE THE PUBLIC
07:11:53PM HEARING.
07:11:53PM >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND.
07:11:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND A SECOND.
07:11:56PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:11:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ADOPTION HEARING 25-04 AND 06 ON JANUARY
07:12:04PM 29, 2026 AT 5:01 AND PROVIDE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE
07:12:08PM CITY CLERK FOR NOTICE TO ADVERTISE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
07:12:11PM >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND.
07:12:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND A SECOND.
07:12:14PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:12:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: REST OF THEM WILL BE MORE INTERESTING.
07:12:17PM SO AS THOSE -- THIS PROBABLY WILL RING KIND OF TRUE OF SOME
07:12:23PM CURRENT EVENTS.
07:12:24PM I HAVE BEEN SINCE A CERTAIN THING HAPPENED IN CITY COUNCIL.
07:12:27PM I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO REQUEST A RESPONSE BY JUNE 8 FROM
07:12:31PM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT DESCRIBING THE CITY COUNCIL'S
07:12:33PM OBLIGATION AND WHAT PROCESS SHOULD COUNCIL FOLLOW WHEN IT IS
07:12:38PM PRESENTED WITH SUBSTANTIVE ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING WITHIN
07:12:41PM CITY GOVERNMENT OR CITY STAFF.
07:12:43PM IN OTHER WORDS, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST -- I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
07:12:46PM -- I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY INTERPRETATION OF
07:12:49PM WHAT IT OUR LEGAL OBLIGATION WHEN THOSE ALLEGATIONS COME
07:12:52PM BEFORE US.
07:12:53PM ARE WE -- ARE WE REQUIRED TO REACT TO THOSE?
07:12:56PM ARE WE REQUIRED TO ACT ON THAT BASED ON OUR INVESTIGATORY
07:13:00PM RESPONSIBILITIES OR BY CHARTER OR BY LAW?
07:13:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU SAID JUNE 8.
07:13:05PM WE HAVE A JUNE 5 REGULAR MEETING.
07:13:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SORRY, JUNE 5.
07:13:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WRITTEN STAFF REPORT.
07:13:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
07:13:13PM >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND.
07:13:14PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WENT BACK AND WATCHED THE VIDEO FROM LAST
07:13:18PM WEEK.
07:13:18PM CURRENT EMPLOYEE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM SINCE
07:13:21PM THEN --
07:13:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO DETAILS BECAUSE
07:13:24PM CREATE ANY LIABILITY.
07:13:24PM >>BILL CARLSON: BY THE WAY, I NEVER SPOKEN TO HIM BEFORE,
07:13:29PM DESPITE THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
07:13:31PM HE WAS ALLEGING FRAUD.
07:13:32PM AND THE ONLY -- SO IF SOMEBODY -- IF AN EMPLOYEE -- I HAVE
07:13:38PM HAD EMPLOYEES -- PAST EMPLOYEES ALLEGE FRAUD TO ME DIRECTLY
07:13:41PM AND I HAVE GIVEN IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
07:13:43PM THE -- THE -- I HAVE GIVEN IT TO CHIEF OF STAFF IN THE PAST.
07:13:47PM AND HE -- LIKE HE DID THE OTHER DAY WENT TO THE AUDIT
07:13:51PM DEPARTMENT.
07:13:51PM THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT MANAGES PROCESSES, NOT CRIMINAL
07:13:55PM ACTIVITY.
07:13:56PM ONLY GROUP IN THE CITY THAT LOOKS AT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS
07:13:59PM THE TPD.
07:14:00PM BUT BECAUSE THE TPD REPORTS TO THE MAYOR, I -- AND THE CITY
07:14:06PM ATTORNEY REPORTS TO THE MAYOR.
07:14:06PM ONLY CHOICE WE HAVE IS TO GO OUTSIDE.
07:14:09PM WHATEVER THE CITY ATTORNEY SAYS, WE NEED TO GO TO THE STATE
07:14:12PM ATTORNEY.
07:14:12PM I REVIEWED THE PROCESS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE STATE.
07:14:15PM IF THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS LIKE THIS, WE SOMEHOW HAVE TO HAVE
07:14:19PM A CONDUIT TO THE STATE ATTORNEY FDLE TO GO AROUND.
07:14:22PM NOT TRYING TO BE PUNITIVE OF AN ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE HAD
07:14:25PM ISSUES LIKE HANNA AVENUE AND OTHERS.
07:14:28PM AND I HAD RECOMMENDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T TAKE IT
07:14:31PM UP AT THE TIME.
07:14:32PM SO MANY ALLEGATIONS, I SAID GO TO THE STATE ATTORNEY AND
07:14:36PM NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE WRONG, CLEAR EVERYONE.
07:14:40PM AND CLEAR THE CLOUD.
07:14:41PM MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL.
07:14:42PM BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS OUTSIDE.
07:14:45PM IF WE GO TO A PROCESS ANALYSIS AND WE SAY, OKAY, EVERYTHING
07:14:49PM IS CORRECT.
07:14:50PM WE ARE NOT FULFILLING OUR DUTY TO THE CITY, I THINK.
07:14:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, BUT I BELIEVE
07:14:56PM THAT BETWEEN OUR COUNCIL ATTORNEY AND THE CITY ATTORNEYS.
07:15:01PM IF WE -- I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COVERED IN THIS
07:15:05PM WORLD OF POLITICIANS GO REGULAR MOVED FROM OFFICE AND
07:15:09PM WHATNOT.
07:15:09PM I BELIEVE IF WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY'S INTERPRETATION OF WHAT
07:15:13PM OUR -- I CAN'T SAY FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY BUT THAT
07:15:17PM REFERENCES MONEY.
07:15:18PM BUT LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY, IF I HAVE THAT IN MY HAND, AN
07:15:22PM ATTORNEY'S LETTER, THAT WOULD COVER ME IN MY RESPONSIBILITY.
07:15:26PM FOR A CITY ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENTS -- REPRESENTS THE CITY
07:15:29PM OF TAMPA AND REPRESENTS US.
07:15:29PM SO -- I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
07:15:32PM I THINK THAT STANDS ON ITS OWN.
07:15:34PM I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT IN MY HAND FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY
07:15:37PM TO HAVE THAT SO WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW BLACK AND WHITE FROM A
07:15:40PM LEGAL INTERPRETATION FROM THE ATTORNEY THAT REPRESENTS THE
07:15:43PM CITY WHAT OUR -- WHAT OUR PROCESS IS AND WHAT OUR
07:15:45PM RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.
07:15:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HURTAK, VIERA, MIRANDA.
07:15:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY ONLY THING IS, I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO GET
07:15:53PM ONE FROM OUR ATTORNEY.
07:15:54PM I THINK IT SHOULD BE A COMMENT FROM BOTH THE CITY ATTORNEY
07:15:58PM AND CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
07:15:59PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION?
07:16:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
07:16:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE CITY ATTORNEY REPRESENTS ITS MUNICIPAL
07:16:07PM CORPORATION.
07:16:07PM UNDER THE CHARTER, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THE FINAL LEGAL
07:16:11PM DESIGNATION.
07:16:11PM I SUGGEST THAT YOU SEE WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TO SAY.
07:16:14PM THEN YOU CAN DEAL HOW YOU WISH TO GO FORWARD.
07:16:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
07:16:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
07:16:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: I SECONDED IT.
07:16:20PM I AM GLAD TO DO IT.
07:16:22PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE OF A FEW THINGS WHICH IS -- I AM GLAD
07:16:25PM THIS IS A WRITTEN REPORT AND NOT -- THIS IS WRITTEN,
07:16:27PM CORRECT?
07:16:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
07:16:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT IS FINE BECAUSE THIS IS VERY, VERY
07:16:32PM CAREFUL --
07:16:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IN A LETTER.
07:16:34PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE WITH SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.
07:16:37PM WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED IN A SITUATION NO MATTER HOW WELL
07:16:40PM MEANING YOU ARE.
07:16:41PM AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO.
07:16:42PM BECOME A PERSON WITH KNOWLEDGE IF LITIGATION SOMETHING
07:16:47PM FORTHCOMING.
07:16:48PM SUBJECT TO SUBPOENAS AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
07:16:51PM SOMETIMES YOU GO THE TO THE DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO AND BE
07:16:53PM CAREFUL.
07:16:53PM WHEN IT COMES TO OUR STAFF INCLUDING OUR CITY ATTORNEYS.
07:16:57PM AND OUR CITY ATTORNEYS I HAVE FULL FAITH IN THEM ETHICALLY
07:17:02PM THEY ARE GOOD AND DECENT PEOPLE AND I HAVE NO CHALLENGE OF
07:17:05PM GOING WITH THEM AND MR. SHELBY WHO IS A VERY ATTORNEY AND
07:17:10PM DECENT PERSON AND SO FORTH.
07:17:11PM I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE IT AS A WRITTEN REPORT BECAUSE THEY
07:17:14PM HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
07:17:15PM NUMBER ONE, JUST ON INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS AND NUMBER TWO,
07:17:18PM TAKING A SITUATION AND ESCALATING IT AND ESCALATING IT TO
07:17:21PM THE POINT WHERE THINGS SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL.
07:17:24PM SO, AGAIN, MY SECOND REMAINS.
07:17:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
07:17:28PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:17:28PM FOR A JUNE 5th WRITTEN REPORT.
07:17:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE REST OF THESE -- I HAD INITIALLY
07:17:35PM CONCEPTUALLY -- YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL NOW FOR TWO
07:17:40PM YEARS.
07:17:40PM JUST GOT ELECTED AND SOME OF YOU FOR A DAY OR TWO LONGER.
07:17:44PM I -- I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SYSTEMIC ISSUES.
07:17:47PM SO -- A LOT TIMES IT GOES BACK TO CHARTER.
07:17:51PM I WAS INITIALLY SPITBALLING AN IDEA -- WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER
07:17:56PM ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED.
07:17:57PM AND I KNOW WE DID PASS SOME CHARTER AMENDMENTS RECENTLY.
07:18:01PM SO I -- I WAS GOING TO BRING THESE AS MOTIONS TONIGHT.
07:18:05PM INSTEAD WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS THROW THESE OUT UP
07:18:09PM AGAINST THE WALL.
07:18:10PM BECAUSE I ALSO WANT EVERYBODY'S INPUT ON IT.
07:18:13PM THESE ARE JUST IDEAS.
07:18:15PM MAYBE THEY ARE GOOD IDEAS.
07:18:16PM MAYBE THEY ARE BAD IDEAS.
07:18:17PM MAYBE THEY ARE -- YOU ALL SPRAY MORE IDEAS OR LESS IDEAS.
07:18:22PM BUT I AM GOING TO READ THESE OF WHAT I HAVE WOULD HAVE
07:18:25PM INITIALLY PROPOSED AND LET THEM LINGER FOR A BIT AND MAYBE
07:18:28PM REVISIT THEM AT A FUTURE DATE.
07:18:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
07:18:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE FOR A CHARTER
07:18:36PM AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT THAT WILL GIVE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
07:18:38PM THE ABILITY TO REMOVE A DIRECTOR AND ABOVE LEVEL STAFF WITH
07:18:41PM A SUPERMAJORITY OF FIVE VOTE OF COUNCIL.
07:18:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: AT THE VERY LEAST THE CITY ATTORNEY --
07:18:51PM BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS REALLY THE POWER OF THE CITY.
07:18:53PM AND WHOEVER CONTROLS THE CITY ATTORNEY CONTROLS IT.
07:18:57PM AND -- AND AN ATTORNEY -- IT IS NOT WHETHER IT IS ETHICAL OR
07:19:02PM NOT.
07:19:02PM IT IS NOT WHETHER SOMEBODY IS A GOOD PERSON OR NOT.
07:19:05PM AN ATTORNEY -- I HAD LONG CONVERSATION WITH MARTY AND ANDREA
07:19:09PM AND BOTH OF THEM.
07:19:11PM ALL DEPENDS ON THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHO -- WHICH CLIENT YOU
07:19:15PM ARE REPRESENTING AND WHAT THAT CLIENT WANTS.
07:19:17PM WE NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR -- SAYS IN THE CHARTER THAT THE
07:19:20PM CITY ATTORNEY REPRESENTS CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, BUT WE
07:19:23PM NEED TO PUT -- IF -- WE CAN'T FIRE PERSON, THEN WE ACTUALLY
07:19:27PM HAVE NO POWER.
07:19:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS THE INTENT.
07:19:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OFFICIAL MOTION?
07:19:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT IS NOT A MOTION.
07:19:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
07:19:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WON'T IN THE FUTURE USE THE TERM MOTION.
07:19:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT IS IDEA ONE.
07:19:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE GIVETH AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKETH
07:19:52PM AWAY.
07:19:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I KNOW THE CHARTER IS PRETTY CLEAR ON IT --
07:19:55PM YOU WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE CHARTER.
07:19:57PM I AM SORRY.
07:19:57PM IT HAS BEEN A DAY.
07:19:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT EVEN LATE THOUGH.
07:20:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO READ THESE TO US.
07:20:03PM BUT MR. SHELBY, AFTER HE DOES SO, SO THAT WE CAN THINK ON
07:20:09PM THEM, IS THERE A WAY HE CAN GIVE THEM TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN
07:20:13PM GET COPIES OF THESE IDEAS SO WE CAN THINK ABOUT THEM?
07:20:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK ONCE I READ IT, I CAN DISTRIBUTE
07:20:20PM WHAT I READ.
07:20:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, BUT I
07:20:24PM AM VERY VISUAL, AND I WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT AND READ IT.
07:20:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE WHOLE PURPOSE.
07:20:29PM I WANTED TO THROW IT OUT THERE.
07:20:31PM THE NEXT FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE WITH
07:20:34PM A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO ALLOW COUNCIL TO HAVE AMENDMENTS.
07:20:40PM AND DO MID-CYCLE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
07:20:43PM I THINK WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS IN THE PAST AND
07:20:45PM WE GET ONE BITE AT THE APPLE.
07:20:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CAN DO BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
07:20:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT INITIATED BY COUNCIL BUT BY THE
07:20:54PM ADMINISTRATION.
07:20:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AND IT IS STILL -- WE JUST REALLOCATED SOME
07:20:58PM MONEY FROM '24.
07:20:59PM AND I WENT TO ASK THE DEPARTMENT HEAD ABOUT IT, AND THEY
07:21:04PM SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
07:21:06PM THE $1.8 MILLION FOR THE FOLKS THAT REALLY NEED OUR HELP.
07:21:09PM AND THE DEPARTMENT HEAD DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS $1.8 MILLION.
07:21:14PM AND THAT IS NOT OKAY.
07:21:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT IS FAIR, YES, SIR.
07:21:17PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO A LONG DISCUSSION.
07:21:20PM AND BOTH ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION AND I READ THE
07:21:23PM CHARTER ALL THE TIME.
07:21:24PM I DON'T RECALL THIS IS A LIMIT IN THE CHARTER.
07:21:27PM MAY BE A LIMIT IN SOME RULES OR PRACTICE OR NEXT BETWEEN THE
07:21:30PM ADMINISTRATION, BUT FOUR YEARS AGO, THE ADMINISTRATION
07:21:34PM STARTED SAYING, ALL CITY COUNCIL IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE
07:21:39PM POWER OF THE MAYORS.
07:21:40PM IN FACT BECAUSE -- IN THIS BEFORE -- BEFORE HURTAK GOT ON
07:21:44PM AND TWO OTHERS ON THE CHARTER REVIEW.
07:21:46PM BECAUSE WE UNDERSTOOD THE CHARTER, WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE
07:21:51PM REAL POWERS OF COUNCIL WERE AND ALL WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS
07:21:56PM EXERCISE THEM.
07:21:57PM IF THEY WILL VOTES ON COUNCIL OR MISINTERPRETED THE CHARTER --
07:22:02PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FOUR VOTES ON COUNCIL.
07:22:05PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF A MAYOR IS FRIENDLY WITH FOUR PEOPLE ON
07:22:10PM COUNCIL, THEY CAN GET FOUR VOTES.
07:22:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT IS NOT FAIR.
07:22:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS COUNCIL.
07:22:16PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE MAYOR DOESN'T CONTROL OUR VOTES.
07:22:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: ALWAYS HAPPENED IN COUNCILS THAT MAYORS TRY
07:22:24PM TO CONTROL VOTES.
07:22:25PM THE MAYOR IS ALLOWED TO LOBBY US, BUT WE ARE NOT ALLOW TO
07:22:29PM LOBBY EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE.
07:22:31PM YOU KNOW I DON'T GET CALLS VERY OFTEN FROM THE MAYOR.
07:22:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I DON'T.
07:22:35PM I ACTUALLY DON'T.
07:22:36PM >>BILL CARLSON: MANY PEOPLE ON HERE HAVE SAID -- MANY PEOPLE
07:22:39PM ON HERE HAVE SAID THEY HAVE.
07:22:40PM I GET IT.
07:22:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANTED TO THROW THIS OUT HERE AND GET AN
07:22:46PM INTERPRETATION ON THAN WHAT WAS OUT THERE.
07:22:50PM THE NEXT ITEM FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE
07:22:53PM FOR A CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT FOR SUBPOENA ON THE
07:23:00PM CHARTER.
07:23:01PM RIGHT NOW WEST COAST ABILITY BUT DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO
07:23:05PM FIND IT.
07:23:05PM RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE YOU HAVE TO HAVE MONEY TO
07:23:09PM ESTABLISH THAT.
07:23:10PM IF WE HAVE THAT IN THE CHARTER BUT WE DON'T HAVE BE ABILITY
07:23:14PM TO DO IT.
07:23:14PM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT EVEN REQUIRES DISCUSSION.
07:23:17PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE ALSO NEED TO BE ABLE TO HIRE THE VECTOR
07:23:20PM OURSELVES.
07:23:21PM I THINK THAT IS PART OF -- IDEALLY THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL
07:23:26PM ATTORNEY.
07:23:26PM RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T EVEN HIRE -- WE CAN'T HIRE A PARALEGAL
07:23:30PM THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.
07:23:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: INTERESTING.
07:23:32PM WE DID RESEARCH, AND I WOULD LIKE MR. SHELBY TO TALK ABOUT
07:23:35PM THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
07:23:36PM LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE WITH CHART AIR
07:23:40PM AMENDMENT THAT LIMITS THE USE OF INVESTIGATIVE POWERS TO
07:23:43PM ONLY LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
07:23:44PM ACTUALLY MY UNDERSTANDING -- AND I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO THE
07:23:49PM CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS.
07:23:50PM BUT AN INTERPRETATION ON THE CHARTER.
07:23:52PM WHEN I READ IT -- WESTERN RAID THE CHARTER SAYS.
07:24:00PM AND IT SAYS BASICALLY AS WE SEE FIT, AS FAR AS INVESTIGATIVE
07:24:04PM POWERS.
07:24:04PM I JUST -- THIS IS JUST REALLY KIND OF ALMOST LIKE A
07:24:10PM CLARIFYING THE INTENT OF THAT PARAGRAPH.
07:24:12PM LAST THING IS -- AND FOR THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO DRAFT AN
07:24:17PM AMENDMENT FOR A CHART AMENDMENT FOR A VOTE BY COUNCIL FOR
07:24:20PM ANY BONDING OVER $10 MILLION.
07:24:22PM AND THIS IS -- THIS IS -- CORRECTLY -- MAYBE I AM JUST
07:24:26PM DELUSIONAL, BUT THIS IS WHAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN HAPPENING.
07:24:29PM AND THIS IS REALLY CONFUSED ME.
07:24:31PM SO WE PASSED SPENDING AND THEN THAT IS IMPLIED PERMISSION
07:24:41PM FOR BOND SOMETHING IN LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE.
07:24:44PM WHEN DOES BONDING ISSUE COME BEFORE COUNCIL.
07:24:47PM I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING A MAJOR BONDING ISSUE COME BEFORE
07:24:51PM COUNCIL IN THE TWO YEARS I SCANT BEFORE COUNCIL.
07:24:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: GENERALLY THE BONDING -- BE FROM MY
07:25:00PM UNDERSTANDING FROM MR. ROGERO, THEY DO SHORT-TERM BONDS AND
07:25:04PM EVENTUALLY ROLL THEM INTO LONG-TERM BOND AND THAT IS WHEN IT
07:25:07PM COMES TO US.
07:25:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID A LONG-TERM
07:25:12PM BOND.
07:25:12PM I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN WE DID ONE.
07:25:15PM ITS BEEN HERE TWO YEARS AND I DON'T REMEMBER DOING ONE.
07:25:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE LAST ONE -- I THINK THERE WAS ONE IN '22
07:25:24PM POSSIBLY.
07:25:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE WENT THROUGH A WEIRD PROCESS WITH FIRE
07:25:31PM STATION 24 AND FLEET MAINTENANCE.
07:25:33PM WE VOTED ON THE CAPACITY OF THE BOND FOR IT.
07:25:35PM I HAD TRIED DO A MOTION ON TAXATION FOR THE PROJECTS AND
07:25:40PM OTHERS.
07:25:40PM AND SO THEN WE -- WE HAD THE.3 I THINK IT WAS.
07:25:45PM AND DECIDED THE BOND.
07:25:46PM AND KIND OF A WEIRD PROCESS.
07:25:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I KIND OF FEEL LIKE A FOOL BECAUSE I WAS
07:25:53PM NEW AT THE TIME, AND SAID I WILL VOTE FOR THE PROJECT BUT
07:25:56PM NOT VOTE FOR THE BONDING.
07:25:57PM WHEN I VOTED FOR THE PROJECT, AND I BELIEVE I VOTED FOR THE
07:26:01PM BONDING.
07:26:02PM I THINK WE NEED -- I THINK THIS IS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE
07:26:06PM CITIZENS AND SOME OF YOU REALIZE THIS TOO, I THINK WE NEED
07:26:09PM TO GO ON RECORD SAYING IF I AM GOING TO PROPOSE
07:26:12PM SPENDING X, Y AND Z, I HAVE TO SAY YES TO BONDING X, Y
07:26:19PM AND Z.
07:26:20PM TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY TO BORROW MONEY TO FUND THE PROGRAM IF
07:26:25PM I DON'T THINK WE ARE ON RECORD DOING THAT.
07:26:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
07:26:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY PROBLEM IS THEY COME FORWARD AND THE
07:26:31PM ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO SPENDS THIS MUCH MONEY ON A
07:26:33PM PROBABLY, BUT THEN FIVE MONTHS TO 12 YEARS LATER -- OR 12
07:26:38PM MONTHS LATE, IT'S DOUBLE OR TRIPLE OF AMOUNT.
07:26:41PM SO I THINK THAT IS THE TRICK THERE.
07:26:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK IF -- I THINK WITH THE $10
07:26:47PM MILLION, THAT KIND OF BINDS THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.
07:26:49PM THIS MY -- THIS IS MY HEARTBURN ON SOME OF THIS.
07:26:53PM I JUST DESCRIBED.
07:26:54PM WE VOTE FOR A PROJECT.
07:26:55PM AND VERY CLEARLY.
07:26:58PM I WILL SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BUT NOT SUPPORT THE BORROWING OF
07:27:01PM MONEY AND THEY ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO GIVE THE MONEY
07:27:05PM BECAUSE GOT LIVE CON SEVERAL AND WE HAD A MILLAGE INCREASE
07:27:08PM PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE PAY AS YOU GO.
07:27:10PM AND WE CONTINUE TO SPEND -- WE ARE BORROWING ALL OF THIS
07:27:13PM MONEY.
07:27:13PM I AM CONCERNED OF THE AMOUNT OF BONDING WE ARE DOING IN THE
07:27:16PM CITY.
07:27:16PM GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.
07:27:18PM AND I -- I THINK THAT -- AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE TO DO A LOT
07:27:23PM OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
07:27:24PM AND I NEVER AM ONE OF THESE ONES THAT SAY NO BONDING BECAUSE
07:27:27PM I GET THE GENERATION OF FINANCING, BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO
07:27:30PM BE -- I WANT THE QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED.
07:27:32PM DO YOU WANT TO BOND X NUMBER OF DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THIS
07:27:35PM PROJECT.
07:27:36PM AND I -- AND I WILL BE VERY CLEAR AND VERY CLEAR FOR COUNCIL
07:27:41PM THAT THEY HAVE TO SAY IF WE ARE GOING TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY
07:27:44PM OF TAMPA TO BORROW THIS MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS PROJECT.
07:27:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AGREE.
07:27:49PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
07:27:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: TWO THINGS.
07:27:53PM WE HAVE FULL NUMBER AND WE KNOW WHAT WILL BE PROPOSED AND
07:27:57PM WHAT THE INTEREST WILL BE.
07:27:58PM IT WAS ALL IN ONE PLACE UNTIL RECENTLY.
07:28:01PM WE ASKED THE QUESTION WHAT PERCENT OF CAPACITY HAVE WE USED
07:28:05PM IT IS, LIKE, 38%.
07:28:07PM WE KNOW FROM STAFF AS WE GET CLOSER TO 100%, OUR BOND
07:28:11PM RATINGS WILL GO DOWN.
07:28:12PM WE DON'T KNOW YET WHERE -- WHERE THE RIGHT POINT IS, WHERE
07:28:17PM WE NEED TO STOP BOUNDING, SO WE NEED TO DO THAT.
07:28:20PM NUMBER TWO, THE ONE BEFORE ON INTERPRETATIONS BY LEGAL
07:28:23PM DEPARTMENT.
07:28:23PM AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON -- ON WHICH -- WHICH CLIENT YOU ARE
07:28:27PM WORKING FOR.
07:28:28PM BUT, REMEMBER, MAYBE IT WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME A COUPLE OF
07:28:32PM YEARS AGO AN INTERPRETATION THAT ONLY THE MAYOR CAN NAME
07:28:36PM BUILDINGS AND WE PROVED THAT WAS WRONG.
07:28:37PM WE ENDED UP COMING WITH A COMPROMISE WHICH IS FINE.
07:28:40PM BUT BEFORE THAT, ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE FOUND OUT THAT --
07:28:44PM IN 2018, A PRIOR CITY ATTORNEY WROTE A TWO PARAGRAPH MEMO
07:28:51PM THAT HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE CHARTER THAT CITY COUNCIL --
07:28:53PM SORRY, ONLY THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN APPROVE SETTLEMENT AND DO
07:28:59PM WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL.
07:29:01PM THAT WAS ILLEGAL.
07:29:02PM THE CHARTER SAID THE OPPOSITE.
07:29:04PM PROVED IT WAS WRONG.
07:29:06PM HUNDREDS OF SETTLEMENTS THAT WERE -- THAT WERE NOT
07:29:10PM DISCLOSED --
07:29:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOW DID YOU PROVE IT WAS WRONG?
07:29:12PM CITY ATTORNEY GIVES AN INTERPRETATION.
07:29:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: I PAID MY OWN ATTORNEYS TO COME BACK WITH
07:29:17PM LEGAL OPINIONS THAT THEY WOULD ARGUE --
07:29:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THEY WOULD CONCEDE THAT THEY WERE WRONG
07:29:22PM BECAUSE TAKE T TO AN OUTSIDE --
07:29:25PM >>BILL CARLSON: THIS IS ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM I BROUGHT UP IN
07:29:28PM THE PAST.
07:29:28PM NO PLACE FOR ARBITRATION.
07:29:31PM IF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYORS -- MAYOR DON'T AGREE,
07:29:35PM UNLIKE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS, THE -- WE DON'T HAVE A
07:29:39PM JUDICIAL BRANCH.
07:29:40PM LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS NOT A JUDICIAL BRANCH.
07:29:44PM SIMPLY GIVING LEGAL ADVICE SAID CLEARLY IN THE CHARTER.
07:29:48PM NOT MAKING RULINGS AND JUDGMENTS.
07:29:50PM FINAL RULER ON THE LEGAL OPINION BUT THEY ARE NOT -- WHAT
07:29:53PM HAPPENED IN THE PAST LIKE 2018, THAT TWO-PARAGRAPH MEMO WAS
07:29:57PM HANDED DOWN LIKE LAW LIKE IT WAS A JUDGE'S RULING.
07:30:01PM WE NEED A PLACE TO GO TO GET AN OFFICIAL OPINION.
07:30:03PM IF YOU LOOK AT -- NOT MUCH CASE LAW ON CITY ATTORNEYS
07:30:09PM WORKING WITH MULTIPLE CLIENTS.
07:30:10PM NOT THAT ANYBODY DID ANYTHING WRONG OR UNETHICAL BUT A WAY
07:30:13PM TO INTERPRET WHO IS THE CLIENT AND -- AND YOU MIGHT GIVE A
07:30:17PM DIFFERENT ANSWER OPINION ON WHO THE CLIENT IS.
07:30:19PM >> WE HAD THIS SITUATION UP WITH THE CITIZENS -- THE
07:30:21PM CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD AND THE POLICE.
07:30:24PM BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY HA ONE OPINION.
07:30:26PM THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD A DIFFERENT OPINION WHO COULD CREATE
07:30:30PM THE BOARDS AND WHATNOT, BUT ANYWAYS, SEVERAL INSTANCES.
07:30:34PM YES, MA'AM.
07:30:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE PART THEIR CONCERNS ME ABOUT THAT
07:30:36PM PARTICULAR RULING OR JUST -- ATTORNEY'S -- THE CITY
07:30:43PM ATTORNEYS DECISION WAS IT WASN'T SHARED WITH COUNCIL.
07:30:46PM IT WAS JUST KIND OF FILED AND DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
07:30:49PM SO THAT WAS THE BIGGER CONCERN.
07:30:51PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE OTHER THING IS, THEY WENT TO -- ON THIS
07:30:55PM -- IF THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
07:30:57PM WENT TO GO WHEN YOUNG WHO IS A VERY WELL-RESPECTED FORMER
07:31:02PM PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA BAR.
07:31:03PM THEY ASKED HER OPINION.
07:31:05PM THEY PAID $10,000 OR SOMETHING.
07:31:07PM BUT THAT WAS BEFORE MY TIME ON COUNCIL.
07:31:09PM BUT SHE GAVE HER RULING.
07:31:11PM BUT THE PLAN IS THAT THEY MADE UP A PROCESS BECAUSE THERE IS
07:31:14PM NO PROCESS.
07:31:15PM NO PROCESS IN THE CHART THEIR SAYS YOU GO TO A FORMER HEAD
07:31:18PM OF THE FLORIDA BAR.
07:31:18PM OR THAT YOU GO TO A CERTAIN KIND OF LAWYER.
07:31:21PM AND IT DOESN'T SAY NECESSARILY THAT YOU GO TO A JUDGE.
07:31:25PM IT WILL BE NICE TO HAVE DEFINED THE PROCESS TO GET THE FINAL
07:31:28PM DECISION ON INTERPRETATION OF THE CHARTER.
07:31:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SOUNDS LIKE IF WE CONTINUE TO MOVE
07:31:36PM FORWARD.
07:31:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE TO LEAVE IN A FEW MINUTES.
07:31:38PM WHY DON'T WE WORKSHOP THIS.
07:31:40PM MADE A MOTION NEXT WEEK TO WORKSHOP.
07:31:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THROWING IT OUT THERE AND MAYBE HAVE --
07:31:46PM MAYBE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
07:31:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN YOU TYPE THE LIST UP AND GIVE IT TO
07:31:52PM MR. SHELBY SO WE CAN ALL HAVE ALL THE WORDING AND GO OVER
07:31:55PM IT.
07:31:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TWO MORE QUICK LITTLE THINGS.
07:31:58PM ONE IS -- THIS GOES BACK TO SOMETHING YOU SAID EARLIER.
07:32:01PM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL HIRING.
07:32:03PM A LEARNING LESSON FOR ME.
07:32:05PM WE CAN HIRE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IF WE WANTED TO.
07:32:07PM WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET AND SUPERMAJORITY
07:32:10PM BECAUSE LET'S SAY WE PASS -- WORK ON THIS BUDGET THIS NEXT
07:32:14PM CYCLE.
07:32:15PM WE GET -- WE CAN INCLUDE STAFF OR INCLUDE ALLOCATIONS.
07:32:19PM IT NEEDS TO HAVE FIVE, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, IF THE MAYOR
07:32:23PM VETOES YOU WOULD NEED TO DO THE VETO.
07:32:27PM AND START THINKING ALONG THOSE LINES, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE
07:32:30PM THE BUDGET LINE FOR X Y OR Z.
07:32:35PM NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AND PASS BY FIVE BECAUSE
07:32:38PM HAS TO WITHSTAND A VETO.
07:32:40PM MAYOR AND ADVISORIES BOARD.
07:32:41PM THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GET APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
07:32:43PM I DON'T THINK WE GET THOSE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
07:32:45PM I DON'T SEE THOSE.
07:32:47PM THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
07:32:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
07:32:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: A LOT OF THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE AT THE
07:32:53PM BEGINNING OF HER TERM AND THEY JUST STAY.
07:32:56PM I DON'T KNOW I THINK WE NEED -- BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING THE
07:32:59PM SAME PROBLEMS WITH BOARD AND COMMISSIONS OVERALL.
07:33:01PM WE JUST NEED MORE PEOPLE.
07:33:02PM AND IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.
07:33:05PM TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER SYSTEM.
07:33:09PM ALSO, IT'S -- THE -- I MEAN, DIGITALLY, IT IS DEFENSE TO
07:33:13PM APPLY.
07:33:14PM IT IS STILL LIKE -- CLENDENIN EVEN THE CREATION OF THESE
07:33:21PM THINGS.
07:33:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE --
07:33:23PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS CONVERSATION -- YOU SHOULD HAVE THE
07:33:24PM CONVERSATION WITH EVERYBODY HERE.
07:33:25PM I MEAN, VIERA SAID EARLIER ABOUT -- ABOUT HAVE IT -- HAVE A
07:33:32PM CONGREGATION WITH THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY HERE.
07:33:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS WHY I AM THROWING IT OUT THERE TO
07:33:38PM START THE DISCUSSION.
07:33:38PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BUT THAT'S HOW MISINTERPRETATIONS HAPPEN.
07:33:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S WHY I AM NOT MOVING IT AS A MOTION.
07:33:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND IT, WE ARE DISCUSSING IT
07:33:48PM WITHOUT THE MOTION.
07:33:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TO BEGIN TO START THE DISCUSSION.
07:33:50PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDER UNDERSTAND.
07:33:53PM I AM NOT HERE TO PROTECT NOBODY BUT MYSELF.
07:33:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AND I THINK THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL OF MY
07:34:00PM SPITBALLING, BRAINSTORMING THROWING SPAGHETTI AGAINST THE
07:34:04PM WALL.
07:34:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
07:34:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
07:34:07PM I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.
07:34:09PM AND THAT LED ME TO ASK -- I HAVE OF A QUESTION FOR MR.
07:34:12PM SHELBY.
07:34:15PM ARE YOU COMING FORWARD SOON WITH -- WITH INFORMATION ABOUT
07:34:19PM THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
07:34:23PM IN THE NEXT -- I THINK THIS YEAR.
07:34:26PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE ORDINANCE.
07:34:28PM YOUR CHARTER REQUIRES BE A ORDINANCE THIS YEAR TO START THE
07:34:32PM PROCESS.
07:34:32PM I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR BUDGET ANALYST MISS COPESKY IN
07:34:36PM TERMS OF BRINGING MONEY INTO THE FY '26 BUDGET WORKING WITH
07:34:40PM MIKE PERRY, THE BUDGET OFFICER, TO HAVE THAT MONEY INCLUDED.
07:34:45PM AND IS A CERTAIN NUMBER TO HAVE THAT START.
07:34:47PM THE ANSWER IS, YES, COUNCIL WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS
07:34:51PM AND WE HAVE TO FIND OUT AS WILL THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
07:34:55PM CITY ATTORNEY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
07:34:56PM IT SHOULD BE HAPPENING AS WE APPROACH THE SUMMER.
07:35:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WONDERFUL.
07:35:01PM JUST WANTED TO KNOW.
07:35:02PM THANK YOU.
07:35:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHEN WILL THAT CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
07:35:06PM CONVENE?
07:35:08PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: A DECISION TO BE MADE.
07:35:10PM BEFORE YOU CONVENE IT, YOU HAVE TO STAFF IT.
07:35:19PM AND YOUR CHARTER REQUIRES AN INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY IN
07:35:25PM ADDITION TO AN OUTSIDE FACILITATOR THAT HAS TO BE BUDGETED.
07:35:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MY APPOINTEE IS RIGHT HERE.
07:35:31PM WILLIAM --
07:35:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL YOUR FAULT.
07:35:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS, MA'AM?
07:35:43PM YES, SIR.
07:35:43PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE THING I JUST WANT TO ASK YOUR OPINION.
07:35:46PM DAVIS ISLAND HAS BEEN EXPERIENCE AS HORRIFIC SMELL, THE
07:35:52PM EASTERN SIDE OF DAVIS ISLAND.
07:35:55PM YOU PROBABLY GOTTEN CALLS OF IT.
07:35:58PM ERIC AND HIS STAFF -- THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE -- WITH
07:36:01PM THE CHEMISTRY OR THE BIOLOGY OF THE WASTE TREATMENT PLANTS.
07:36:05PM AND -- AND SOMEBODY -- SOMEBODY IN A TRUCK PUT SOMETHING IN
07:36:09PM THAT MESSED UP THE BIOLOGY AND CAUSED A TERRIBLE SMELL.
07:36:13PM I AM PARAPHRASING WHAT WAS IN THE REPORT.
07:36:15PM ERIC AND HIS STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB COMMUNICATING.
07:36:18PM OF COURSE THE PEOPLE ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT IT.
07:36:22PM I HAVEN'T CALLED ERIC TODAY BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN OUT AND
07:36:25PM MAYBE HE JUST GOT BACK AND I CAN HOLD THIS.
07:36:28PM I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH HAVING SOMEBODY COME IN FRONT OF
07:36:31PM US SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE ALL AT ONCE WHAT WE ARE DOING
07:36:35PM AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS.
07:36:36PM A BUNCH OF E-MAILS AND MIXED INFORMATION GOING TO DIFFERENT
07:36:41PM PEOPLE.
07:36:41PM I WILL THROW THAT OUT THERE AND MAYBE MAKE A MOTION NEXT
07:36:44PM WEEK.
07:36:44PM OTHER THING IS THAT THE -- I HAVEN'T SEEN THE VIDEO MYSELF.
07:36:49PM AND ALLEGEDLY SOMEBODY IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAID THEY
07:36:52PM DIDN'T CARE WHAT CITY COUNCIL THOUGHT.
07:36:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
07:36:57PM >>BILL CARLSON: AND FOLKS ARE VERY CONCERNED OF HOW THE
07:37:01PM DRAFT OF THE PLAN HAS CHANGED RADICALLY.
07:37:03PM I AM GETTING A BUNCH OF E-MAIL ABOUT THAT.
07:37:09PM BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF IT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
07:37:12PM A QUICK UPDATE.
07:37:12PM MOTION TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY TO RETURN -- I KNOW
07:37:18PM WE HAVE A LOT COMING UP BUT WHATEVER THE NEXT MEETING IS FOR
07:37:22PM THE NEXT TWO MINUTES.
07:37:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU ARE ASKING MARTIN SHELBY.
07:37:25PM >>BILL CARLSON: TO TELL THE NAME OF THE COUNCIL APPOINTEES
07:37:31PM TO THE COMMISSION, THEIR TERM AND RIGHTS --
07:37:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHEN DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS?
07:37:36PM MAY 15?
07:37:39PM A ONE-WEEK MOTION.
07:37:41PM THE MOTION WAS TO DIRECT MR. SHELBY TO COME BACK WITH A LIST
07:37:44PM OF -- JUST A BRIEF TWO-MINUTE --
07:37:46PM >>BILL CARLSON: CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTEE,
07:37:49PM THEIR TERMS AND RIGHTS IN RELATIONS TO THOSE APPOINTEES.
07:37:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH, MR.
07:37:55PM SHELBY.
07:37:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I CAN REQUEST THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
07:37:58PM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
07:37:59PM HOW SOON DID YOU SAY YOU NEEDED IT?
07:38:02PM I HOPE IT IS NOT A ONE-WEEK MOTION.
07:38:04PM >>BILL CARLSON: DO WE HAVE A LOT JUNE 15.
07:38:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUNE 5 IS PACKED.
07:38:10PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT CAN BE A WRITTEN REPORTING IS INITIALLY
07:38:14PM AND YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO FROM THERE.
07:38:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RAIN REPORT FROM MR. SHELBY FOR JUNE 5.
07:38:20PM IS THAT GOOD, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
07:38:22PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
07:38:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD, MR. SHELBY.
07:38:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ONCE THE MINUTES COME OUT.
07:38:27PM DO YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THE WORDING?
07:38:30PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, HERE.
07:38:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
07:38:34PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
07:38:35PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:38:36PM OPPOSED.
07:38:37PM ANYTHING ELSE?
07:38:40PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, TWO OTHER THINGS.
07:38:41PM I READ THE ARTICLE THAT THE "TIMES" WROTE IN THE BREAK OF
07:38:44PM THE MEETING THIS MORNING.
07:38:45PM NUMBER ONE, THE HEADLINE NOW SAYS -- IT'S FUNNY.
07:38:48PM THE WHOLE DISCUSSION, THE HEADLINE SAYS MAYOR CASTOR SENT
07:38:54PM THIS LETTER.
07:38:54PM DID WE SEE THE LETTER OR GO TO THE CHAIR?
07:38:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ONLY CAME TO THE CHAIR.
07:38:59PM >>BILL CARLSON: WOULD BE NICE THAT WAS A BACK-UP TO THE
07:39:02PM MEETING SO WE KNOWN ABOUT THAT.
07:39:04PM I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE LETTER SAID, SO APPARENTLY -- I
07:39:08PM WILL ASK WITHOUT A MOTION THAT THEY -- THAT THE CHAIR OR
07:39:12PM CITY ATTORNEY CIRCULATE THAT TO US BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE
07:39:15PM MEDIA HAS IT AND WE DON'T.
07:39:17PM MAYOR CHASTISING US AND WALKING INTO A MEETING THAT WE
07:39:20PM DIDN'T KNOW SHE HAD DONE THAT SECOND THING.
07:39:25PM THE CHIEF OF STAFF SENT ME AN E-MAIL IN AFTERNOON ASKING TO
07:39:29PM MEET TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS -- ON DISCUSSING THE -- THE
07:39:34PM CULTURAL ISSUES.
07:39:35PM AND HE AND I MET ONCE SIX WEEKS AGO ON IT. AND HE WANTS TO
07:39:39PM MEET AGAIN.
07:39:40PM I DID RESPOND TO HIM, AND I SAID THAT I THINK THAT ADAM
07:39:44PM SMITH NEEDS TO RETRACT THINKS STATEMENT TO ME TO THE MEDIA
07:39:47PM AND APOLOGIZE PUBLICLY.
07:39:49PM COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, BY LAW, IS NOT ALLOWED TO ENGAGE
07:39:53PM IN POLITICS.
07:39:53PM AN MAKING OFFENSIVE STATEMENTS OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ISN'T
07:39:58PM GOOD POLITICS.
07:39:59PM IF THE MAYOR WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING OFFENSIVE.
07:40:02PM IF THE MAYOR WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING OFFENSIVE, SHE CAN
07:40:06PM ALLOWED TO DO IT BECAUSE SHE IS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
07:40:09PM LIKE IF A KID IS ON A PLAYGROUND.
07:40:11PM AND ONE KID PUNCHES THE OTHER KID.
07:40:13PM KID THAT GOT PUNCHED SAY HEY, YOU JUST PUNCHED ME.
07:40:17PM KID THAT PUNCHED SAID, "YOU ARE A POOPY HEAD" AND THIS
07:40:23PM PLAYGROUND MENTALITY.
07:40:23PM WHAT IS HAPPENING SOMEBODY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OR
07:40:26PM COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT THINK THESE CHILDISH STRATEGIES IS
07:40:30PM WORKING BUT ERODING TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL YOU HAVE
07:40:32PM US BECAUSE THE PUBLIC DOESN'T TRUST THE PROCESS.
07:40:34PM WE NEED TO FIX THE CULTURE OF THE CITY FROM THE GROUND UP.
07:40:38PM WE NEED TO CREATE A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE FEEL
07:40:41PM HAPPY TOE GO TO WORK AND THEY KNOW THEY WILL NOT BE
07:40:43PM RETALIATED AGAINST IF THEY GIVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK.
07:40:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO RECONFIRM SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU
07:40:52PM REMINDED ME BECAUSE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION STATEMENT
07:40:54PM MADE.
07:40:54PM I KNOW WE SAID THIS LAST TIME AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
07:40:57PM PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE KEEP HEARING THAT THIS THEY ARE
07:41:00PM GOING TO CREATE THE CODE THAT THEY ARE SCREAMING REALLY DOES
07:41:04PM NOT CONFORM WITH WHAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR.
07:41:09PM CONTINUE TO ASK FOR BONUS DENSITY IN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD
07:41:13PM AREA.
07:41:14PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THEY ARE LISTENING, DON'T WASTE YOUR
07:41:17PM TIME.
07:41:17PM DON'T THINK YOU WILL COME TO THIS COUNCIL AND PRESENTS US
07:41:20PM WITH LAND CODE THAT -- THAT GIVE -- THAT GIVES AWAY -- GIVES
07:41:26PM AWAY DENSITIES.
07:41:27PM GIVES AWAY PRODUCTS, COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA.
07:41:31PM DON'T EVEN CONSIDER IT.
07:41:33PM I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE DISAGREES WITH ME ON THAT.
07:41:37PM >>CATE WELLS: CATE WELLS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
07:41:40PM ON THAT NOTE, WHILE I HAVE NOT BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH THE
07:41:43PM PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR THE LAST YEAR OR
07:41:46PM MORE, WHEN I LEARN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE LAST
07:41:51PM MEETING DIRECTED STAFF TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE FUTURE LAND
07:41:56PM USE ELEMENT, I REQUESTED PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF TO
07:42:00PM INCLUDE BACK-UP DOCUMENTS SO THAT IT WOULD BE EASY FOR CITY
07:42:04PM COUNCIL TO SEE THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE THAT WENT TO THE
07:42:07PM PLANNING COMMISSION VERSUS THE LANGUAGE THAT IS GOING TO BE
07:42:11PM COMING OUT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
07:42:13PM AND THEIR MEETING, I UNDERSTAND, IS ON THE 12th OF THIS
07:42:17PM MONTH.
07:42:17PM SO I -- KNOWING HOW LONG THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON AND
07:42:24PM ALL OF THE INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
07:42:28PM IN THE PROCESS.
07:42:28PM I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR CITY COUNCIL TO SEE THE
07:42:32PM LANGUAGE THAT RESULTED FROM ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS AND NOT
07:42:34PM JUST THE FINAL LANGUAGE COMING OUT OF THE PLANNING
07:42:36PM COMMISSION MEETING.
07:42:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MISS WELLS, THAT IS BRILLIANT.
07:42:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HURTAK, MIRANDA AND CARLSON.
07:42:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
07:42:44PM WANT TO CAUTION US.
07:42:46PM THEY ARE A RECOMMENDING BODY.
07:42:48PM WE ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE RULES.
07:42:49PM NO NEED TO IT -- NO NEED TO GET INTO IT.
07:42:52PM LIKE, I WATCHED THE VIDEO.
07:42:55PM THEY CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT.
07:42:56PM THEY CAN SAY -- BUT THEY -- THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.
07:42:59PM IT IS OUR JOB TO GO BACK, TO GO THROUGH, TO USE OUR
07:43:03PM WONDERFUL STAFF, WHO KNOW WHAT IS WE WANT.
07:43:06PM AND THAT IS WHY MISS WELLS ASKED FOR THE OTHER COPY.
07:43:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ARE WASTING MONEY AND TIME.
07:43:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN THAT'S NOT -- ULTIMATELY, NOT OUR
07:43:17PM PROBLEM.
07:43:17PM OUR PROBLEM IS TO DO WHAT WE PRETTY MUCH UNANIMOUSLY AGREE
07:43:23PM ON FROM CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD FROM THIS DAIS THAT --
07:43:27PM THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOCUS ON -- ON PEOPLE IN THE
07:43:33PM COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA.
07:43:35PM THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.
07:43:38PM ULTIMATELY WE ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THE POSITION.
07:43:41PM WE NEED TO BE LESS WORRIED WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND
07:43:44PM DO OUR WORK.
07:43:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BLEW MY MIND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE
07:43:48PM STUFF AWAY.
07:43:48PM GIVE RIGHTS AWAY.
07:43:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, WE ARE THE ONES -- WE ARE RESPONSIBLE
07:43:54PM FOR READING THE INFORMATION.
07:43:55PM WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THAT.
07:43:56PM AND OUR STAFF IS GREAT IN HELPING US GET THROUGH THAT
07:44:01PM INFORMATION.
07:44:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK.
07:44:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK.
07:44:07PM BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS HAVEN'T BEEN DONE SINCE THE '80s.
07:44:10PM ANYTHING -- THIS IS JUST A LOT -- THIS IS A HEAVY LIFT.
07:44:13PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OUR STAFF IS NOT ALWAYS IN AGREEANCE WITH
07:44:18PM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
07:44:18PM A LOT OF TIMES SOMETHING THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH PLANNING
07:44:22PM COMMISSION WILL SAYS IT CONSISTENT.
07:44:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT WE OVERALL ARE THE ONES.
07:44:26PM WE HAVE TO PUT IN THE WORK.
07:44:28PM GOING TO EVERY SINGLE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE MEETING --
07:44:32PM PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE CAN BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS
07:44:35PM GOING ON.
07:44:36PM YOU SHOULD KNOW IF YOU DON'T ALREADY, THOSE ARE ALL
07:44:39PM RECORDED.
07:44:39PM IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THEM, YOU SHOULD.
07:44:41PM BECAUSE IT REALLY KEEPS YOU IN TOUCH.
07:44:44PM I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GET AN UPDATE FROM CLARION SOON TOO.
07:44:49PM BUT WATCHING THOSE, THE FOLKS CHOSEN FOR THAT ADVISORY
07:44:53PM COUNCIL HAS GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS.
07:44:55PM IT HAS BEEN A REALLY INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
07:44:58PM SO -- SO THAT IS -- THOSE PEOPLE ARE DOING THE HEAVY LIFTING
07:45:03PM BEFORE WE HAVE DO THE HEAVY LIFT.
07:45:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
07:45:08PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CATE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INDULGENCE
07:45:12PM COMING UP AND SAYING WHAT YOU SAID AND SO FORTH, BUT DO WE
07:45:16PM HAVE ANY SYSTEM IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING THE WAY YOU BUILD
07:45:18PM THINGS?
07:45:19PM BECAUSE WHAT I SEE COMING.
07:45:20PM WE TALK OF THE '820s.
07:45:22PM WE ARE STILL LIVING IN THE 20s.
07:45:25PM AND I DON'T MEAN 2020, BUT 1920.
07:45:28PM WE KEEP BUILDING WHAT TEARS DOWN THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE IT
07:45:31PM GOT TORN DOWN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
07:45:34PM AND THE EARTH IS NOT WHAT IT WAS IN 1920s.
07:45:37PM IT HAS CHANGED.
07:45:39PM ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED FROM WHAT I GATHER -- I HOPE IT
07:45:43PM NEVER COMES IN WAY, BUT THE BAY OVER THREE DEGREES WARMER
07:45:46PM THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
07:45:47PM SO WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF HURRICANE, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
07:45:51PM AGAIN?
07:45:52PM THE SAME BUILDINGS THAT WERE TORN DOWN REBUILT AND WILL BE
07:45:55PM TORN DOWN AGAIN BY THE HURRICANES.
07:45:57PM AND THE HIGH WATER.
07:45:58PM SO I LOOK AT LITTLE AREAS LIKE -- LIKE THE BAHAMAS, PUERTO
07:46:03PM RICO, CUBA, ALL THAT.
07:46:05PM THEY DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
07:46:06PM OUT IN THE COUNTRY THEY DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE SHACKS.
07:46:10PM BUT IN THE CITY, THEY DON'T BUILD THE WAY WE DO.
07:46:12PM >> ISN'T OUR BUILDING CODE THERE?
07:46:15PM >>CATE WELLS: A STATEWIDE BUILDING CODE ADOPTED INITIALLY
07:46:19PM FOLLOWING HURRICANE ANDREW THAT HIT MIAMI IN THE 1990s.
07:46:22PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO DRYWALL, CONCRETE.
07:46:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STATE OF FLORIDA.
07:46:26PM NOT US.
07:46:27PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOBODY IS DOING ANYTHING.
07:46:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YEAH.
07:46:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
07:46:32PM ANYTHING ELSE, MA'AM.
07:46:33PM >>CATE WELLS: ONCE YOU ARE CONCLUDED, I WANT TO YOU KNOW
07:46:37PM THERE IS A YOUNG GENTLEMAN IN THE AUDIENCE -- HIS NAME IS
07:46:40PM COOPER BURKE.
07:46:41PM A SENIOR AT TAMPA PREP.
07:46:42PM HE IS INTERNING WITH OUR OFFICE FOR A FEW WEEKS.
07:46:45PM BEFORE HE BREAKS FOR THE SUMMER.
07:46:47PM AND HE JUST ACCEPTED AN OFFER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.
07:46:52PM SO HE IS GOING TO BE A DUCK.
07:46:53PM BUT HE PROMISED TO COME BACK TO TAMPA ONCE HE IS DONE WITH
07:46:56PM COLLEGE.
07:46:57PM BUT I WAS HOPING MAYBE ONCE WE ARE DONE IF I COULD GET A
07:47:01PM PICTURE OF HIM WITH THE COUNCIL.
07:47:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME ON UP.
07:47:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ABSOLUTELY.
07:47:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WITH YOU A TONIGHT SAY SOMETHING?
07:47:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE ON TV.
07:47:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
07:47:14PM >> MY NAME IS COOPER BURKE.
07:47:15PM A STUDENT AT TAMPA PREP.
07:47:17PM LIKE SHE JUST SAID.
07:47:18PM I AM GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AND THIS HAS BEEN
07:47:21PM INTERESTING TO WATCH.
07:47:22PM HAPPY TO BE HERE.
07:47:23PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOUR MAJOR.
07:47:27PM >> GLOBAL STUDIES AND ETHNIC STUDIES.
07:47:33PM >> I HAVE TO SHARE YOU THAT PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY APPLAUD
07:47:37PM THEM.
07:47:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BOOS.
07:47:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHY DON'T WE ADJOURN AND THEN DO THAT.
07:47:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY
07:47:45PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON AND SECONDED.
07:47:47PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
07:47:48PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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