TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025, 5:01 P.M.
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5:01:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
5:01:50PM CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
5:01:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
5:01:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
5:01:57PM >> HURTAK?
5:01:57PM VIERA?
5:01:58PM CARLSON?
5:02:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
5:02:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
5:02:03PM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
5:02:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
5:02:05PM WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING.
5:02:06PM I SEE MR. SAM IS UP THERE AT THE MICROPHONE.
5:02:10PM WOULD YOU LIKE TO REVIEW THE AGENDA WITH US?
5:02:15PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: THE FIRST ITEM IS ITEM 2, REZ-25-20.
5:02:19PM REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO OCTOBER 16, ALONG WITH WAIVING
5:02:22PM THE 180-DAY REQUIREMENT.
5:02:25PM >> SO MOVED.
5:02:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
5:02:27PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
5:02:28PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
5:02:30PM OPPOSED?
5:02:30PM AYES HAVE IT.
5:02:32PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: ITEM 3, REZ 25-24, AND ITEM 4, DRI 25-14823
5:02:41PM ARE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 11 ALONG WITH
5:02:44PM WAIVING THE 180-DAY REQUIREMENT.
5:02:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
5:02:48PM MANISCALCO.
5:02:48PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
5:02:50PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
5:02:51PM OPPOSED?
5:02:51PM AYES HAVE IT.
5:02:52PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: ITEM 10, REZ 25-30 IS REQUESTING A
5:02:56PM CONTINUANCE TO OCTOBER 16, ALSO WAIVING THE 180-DAY
5:03:00PM REQUIREMENT.
5:03:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
5:03:05PM MANISCALCO.
5:03:06PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE?
5:03:09PM AYES HAVE IT.
5:03:14PM >> THOSE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTINUED, IF YOU CAN ASK FOR
5:03:17PM THE RECORD IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO
5:03:19PM SPEAK TO THE REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE?
5:03:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THE
5:03:24PM ITEMS WE'VE LISTED -- WE'VE GOT REQUESTS THIS EVENING FOR
5:03:28PM ITEMS 2, 3, 4, 10, AND 11 TO BE CONTINUED.
5:03:35PM IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK REFERENCE THAT
5:03:39PM CONTINUATION ON THOSE ITEMS?
5:03:40PM LET THE RECORD SHOW COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK JOINED THE MEETING.
5:03:50PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: IT'S ACTUALLY NOVEMBER 13, NOT NOVEMBER 11.
5:03:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOVEMBER 13.
5:03:55PM CAN WE TAKE IT AS A SCRIVENER'S ERROR?
5:04:01PM UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
5:04:03PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: LEAVE OFF ON ITEM 10?
5:04:08PM DID WE DO ITEM 10?
5:04:10PM ITEM 11, REZ-25-56, REQUESTING CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 13
5:04:21PM ALONG WITH WAIVING THE 180 DAY REQUIREMENT.
5:04:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM
5:04:25PM CARLSON.
5:04:25PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
5:04:26PM OPPOSED.
5:04:29PM AYES HAVE IT.
5:04:30PM ITEM 12.
5:04:32PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: REZ 25-26 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
5:04:36PM PLEASE REMOVE IT FROM THE AGENDA.
5:04:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AND THEN A MISNOTICE ON 13.
5:04:40PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE ITEMS 12 AND 13 FROM THE AGENDA.
5:04:44PM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
5:04:46PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
5:04:48PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
5:04:50PM OPPOSED?
5:04:50PM AYES HAVE IT.
5:04:51PM THOSE ARE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
5:04:52PM I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS.
5:04:59PM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
5:05:01PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
5:05:03PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
5:05:05PM OPPOSED?
5:05:05PM ITEM 1, WHO FROM STAFF IS GOING TO PRESENT ITEM 1?
5:05:09PM I GUESS I SHOULD MAKE A NOTE, IF YOU LOOK TO OUR RIGHT, YOUR
5:05:15PM LEFT, YOU WILL SEE THIS IS NOT MARTY SHELBY.
5:05:19PM MARTY SHELBY IS AT A CONFERENCE THIS EVENING.
5:05:23PM CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE HAS AGREED TO SIT IN HIS STEAD.
5:05:31PM THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.
5:05:32PM I WON'T DISCUSS THE FACT ABOUT THIS BEING AN UPGRADE.
5:05:35PM I'M TOLD I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY.
5:05:37PM THERE YOU GO.
5:05:39PM ITEM 1, PLEASE.
5:05:41PM >> JEFF McKITTRICK, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
5:05:44PM WE SHOULD HAVE A PowerPoint.
5:05:46PM I'M HERE FOR OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR ANNUAL ACTION
5:05:57PM PLAN GOING FORWARD FOR THE FY '26 AND PROGRAM YEAR 2025.
5:06:02PM TALKING ABOUT OUR SOURCES OF FUNDING AND THEN OUR USES OF
5:06:07PM THE FUNDING.
5:06:08PM OUR TIMELINE, PUBLIC INPUT, 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND
5:06:13PM THEN APPROVAL BY COUNCIL.
5:06:15PM SO AS PART OF THIS, WE DO OUR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH IS A
5:06:19PM FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
5:06:20PM 2022 TO 2026.
5:06:22PM AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS, WE'LL DO
5:06:25PM ANOTHER ONE NEXT YEAR.
5:06:26PM IT DESCRIBES OUR NEEDS, RESOURCES, PRIORITIES, AND THE
5:06:30PM ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE UNDERTAKEN WITH FEDERAL FUNDING FOR
5:06:33PM THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
5:06:34PM OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IS REQUIRED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
5:06:39PM WE SUBMIT IT TO HUD EVERY YEAR DURING THE FIVE-YEAR COMP
5:06:42PM PLAN CYCLE.
5:06:43PM THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR.
5:06:45PM THIS WILL DESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WILL BE
5:06:47PM UNDERTAKEN WITH OUR FEDERAL FUNDING.
5:06:49PM SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR AVAILABLE FUNDING,
5:06:53PM APPLICATIONS.
5:06:54PM WE DID SELECTION COMMITTEE, AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS, DRAFT
5:06:58PM DOCUMENT, CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, AND THEN THE PRESENTATION
5:07:02PM TO COUNCIL, SUBMISSION TO HUD AND THEN THE IMPLEMENTATION.
5:07:06PM SO OUR PRIORITY NEEDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AFFORDABLE
5:07:10PM HOUSING, AS YOU'RE AWARE, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND
5:07:14PM INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SERVICES, AS WELL AS ECONOMIC
5:07:17PM DEVELOPMENT, HOMELESS SERVICES, AND THEN PLANNING AND
5:07:21PM ADMINISTRATION.
5:07:21PM SO THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN PROVIDES KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT
5:07:26PM WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH OUR MONEY AND WHO IT'S GOING TO GO TO
5:07:29PM AND HOW IT WILL ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE
5:07:34PM CITY.
5:07:34PM SO WE RECEIVE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, COMMUNITY
5:07:37PM DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS, GRANT HOUSING
5:07:41PM OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS WITH AIDS OR HIV AND THEN THE HOME
5:07:46PM PROGRAM.
5:07:47PM THESE ARE OUR ALLOCATIONS FOR THIS YEAR.
5:07:49PM WE TAKE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES OFF THE TOP, AND THAT VARIES
5:07:53PM DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT GRANTS.
5:07:55PM WE ARE ADMINISTERING PROGRAM DELIVERY AND OUTREACH WITH
5:08:00PM 431,000, DEDICATING 3,685,000 TO OUR HOUSING PROJECTS THIS
5:08:08PM YEAR, BETWEEN CDBG, HOME AND SHIP FUNDING.
5:08:13PM WE HAVE HOUSING COUNSELING, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND
5:08:16PM INFRASTRUCTURE.
5:08:17PM WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC SERVICES.
5:08:18PM WE HAVE OUR HOPWA PROGRAM WHICH COVERS THE FOUR-COUNTY AREA,
5:08:23PM ESG, HOME CHDO FUNDS AND THEN HOME TENANT BASED RENTAL
5:08:31PM ASSISTANCE.
5:08:31PM FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT OUR
5:08:35PM CDBG.
5:08:37PM CDBG CAN BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES TARGETED TO LOW
5:08:40PM AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS, HOUSEHOLDS, AND
5:08:42PM NEIGHBORHOODS.
5:08:43PM 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND BELOW.
5:08:46PM SO THE VARIOUS USES, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC FACILITIES,
5:08:52PM REHABILITATION, INFRASTRUCTURE WORK.
5:08:55PM YOU CAN DO ACQUISITION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS OUR
5:08:59PM PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION.
5:09:02PM THESE ARE OUR PROPOSED PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR THIS
5:09:07PM YEAR.
5:09:08PM TAMPA LIGHTHOUSE WILL BE ALLOCATED 75,000.
5:09:11PM OUR SENIORS IN SERVICE ALSO 75,000.
5:09:15PM METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES FOR 125,000.
5:09:20PM THE CDC OF TAMPA FOR 75,000.
5:09:23PM AND THEN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL READINESS.
5:09:25PM SO WE TOTAL 450,000 FOR OUR PUBLIC SERVICES.
5:09:29PM WE CAN ONLY USE 15% OF OUR FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES FROM
5:09:35PM OUR TOTAL GRANTS.
5:09:37PM SO WE ARE LIMITED IN THAT.
5:09:38PM OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE GOING TO GO TO METROPOLITAN
5:09:42PM MINISTRIES TO REPLACE A SHELTER ROOF, AND THEN TO
5:09:45PM CORNERSTONE FOR CHILD CARE CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.
5:09:49PM WE ONLY HAD THOSE TWO APPLICATIONS, SO WE DO HAVE 850,000
5:09:54PM THAT WAS UNALLOCATED THIS YEAR.
5:09:56PM AND WE MAY ISSUE A NEW REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS TO ALLOCATE
5:10:01PM THAT FUNDING DOWN THE ROAD.
5:10:03PM SO OUR PROPOSED HOUSING COUNSELING PROGRAMS, THESE GO TO OUR
5:10:08PM LOCAL COUNSELING AGENCIES THAT HELP PREPARE FOLKS FOR THE
5:10:11PM DARE PROGRAM THAT WE RUN.
5:10:13PM EACH OF THEM GET A HUNDRED THOUSAND, AND THEY WILL GET THAT
5:10:16PM THIS YEAR.
5:10:17PM THEY ARE ALL FOUR REPEAT, SO THEY WERE FUNDED PREVIOUSLY.
5:10:22PM THEY REFER PEOPLE TO US FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
5:10:26PM OUR ESG FUNDING PROVIDES HOMELESS OUTREACH, STREET OUTREACH,
5:10:35PM DOES THE LOCAL HMIS SYSTEM, PROVIDES FUNDING TO SHELTERS --
5:10:42PM I'M SO SORRY.
5:10:44PM HELP OPERATE SHELTERS.
5:10:45PM PROVIDE HOMELESS PREVENTION OR RAPID REHOUSING TO THOSE ON
5:10:50PM THE VERGE OR THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS.
5:10:51PM AND THIS FUNDING GOES TO THE TAMPA/HILLSBOROUGH HOMELESS
5:10:55PM INITIATIVE AND THEN THEY WILL DISBURSE IT OUT THROUGH THEIR
5:10:59PM RFP PROCESS.
5:11:00PM AND THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED UNDER
5:11:05PM CONTRACT.
5:11:07PM FAMILY SERVICES, THE SPRING -- DAWNING FAMILY SERVICES, THE
5:11:12PM SPRING AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES.
5:11:14PM OUR HOPWA PROGRAM PROVIDES HOUSING FOR FOLKS WITH AIDS OR
5:11:20PM HIV.
5:11:20PM AGAIN, WE OPERATE THIS THROUGH THE FOUR-COUNTY AREA OF
5:11:24PM HILLSBOROUGH, HERNANDO, PASCO, AND PINELLAS.
5:11:29PM AND ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE RENT, EITHER TENANT BASED OR
5:11:34PM FACILITY BASED, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND THEN YOU
5:11:37PM CAN ALSO DO SHORT-TERM RENT, MORTGAGE, UTILITY ASSISTANCE
5:11:41PM AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
5:11:43PM THESE ARE THE VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT ARE BEING FUNDED.
5:11:47PM ALL OF THESE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN FUNDED IN THE PAST.
5:11:50PM AND I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH ONE UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO.
5:11:54PM OUR TOTAL HOPWA STRATEGY IS 5.129 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THIS
5:12:01PM YEAR FOR THE FOUR-COUNTY AREA.
5:12:03PM AND THOSE ARE THE OTHER THREE OR TWO.
5:12:10PM FINALLY, OUR HOME PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING TO NONPROFIT AND
5:12:13PM PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW AND
5:12:16PM MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES.
5:12:18PM AGAIN, 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AND BELOW.
5:12:21PM NUMBER OF THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH IT, ACQUISITION, NEW
5:12:25PM CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION.
5:12:27PM WE CAN DO DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, AND WE CAN DO RENTAL
5:12:32PM ASSISTANCE AS WELL.
5:12:32PM AS PART OF THAT, WE ALSO HAVE WHAT IS CALLED OUR CHDO.
5:12:38PM OUR HOME PROPOSED PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE OUR TBRA, RENTAL
5:12:44PM ASSISTANCE, EPIC, AND THEY WERE GIVEN 600,000 LAST YEAR FOR
5:12:47PM THE PROGRAM.
5:12:48PM SO TENANT BASED RENTAL IS A TWO-YEAR PROGRAM.
5:12:51PM SO THIS WILL BE THE SECOND YEAR OF THEIR GRANT FOR 600,000.
5:12:55PM THEN WE HAVE OUR CHDO WHICH DEVELOPS SINGLE-FAMILY HOME
5:12:58PM OWNERSHIP.
5:12:59PM AND THAT IS DONE AS A SET-ASIDE OF 15% MINIMUM, AND THAT
5:13:03PM GOES TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF HILLSBOROUGH.
5:13:06PM THEY ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCT TWO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN EAST
5:13:10PM TAMPA.
5:13:12PM OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
5:13:20PM STARTED JUNE 23rd AND IT ENDS TODAY.
5:13:23PM THIS ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT ANY COMMENTS IN WRITING, IN
5:13:28PM PERSON OR ONLINE.
5:13:29PM WE ALSO HAD AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT WAS OPEN FROM JUNE 12 TO
5:13:34PM JULY 15.
5:13:35PM WE HELD OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TODAY.
5:13:37PM AND IT WAS ADVERTISED IN OUR PAPER AS WELL AS ON THE CITY'S
5:13:41PM WEBSITE.
5:13:42PM COMMENTS, AGAIN, ARE ACCEPTED IN PERSON, REMOTELY VIA
5:13:47PM INTERNET, VOICE MAIL, E-MAIL, OR TELEPHONE.
5:13:50PM AND OUR CALENDAR, THIS IS, AS YOU SEE, WE ARE AT THE JULY
5:13:59PM 24th DATE TODAY.
5:14:00PM WE WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK TO HAVE THE PLAN APPROVED, THE
5:14:04PM ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND SUBMITTED TO HUD BY AUGUST 15.
5:14:10PM THEN OCTOBER 1, THE NEW YEAR BEGINS AND ALL THE AGREEMENTS
5:14:13PM ARE IN EFFECT WITH THE NEW AGENCIES.
5:14:16PM SO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CLOSED TODAY.
5:14:20PM AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE GETTING OUR FUNDING AGREEMENTS
5:14:23PM OUT ONCE THE PLAN IS APPROVED AND SUBMITTED TO HUD.
5:14:26PM HUD WILL APPROVE IT HOPEFULLY AND WE'LL GO INTO ACTION
5:14:31PM OCTOBER 1st.
5:14:32PM IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, YOU CAN COME TO OUR
5:14:38PM OFFICE, CALL US, E-MAIL US, ANYTHING THAT WORKS FOR YOU.
5:14:42PM CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS?
5:14:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
5:14:47PM IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS
5:14:51PM ITEM?
5:14:51PM MOTION TO CLOSE?
5:14:53PM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
5:14:55PM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
5:14:56PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
5:14:58PM OPPOSED?
5:14:58PM AYES HAVE IT.
5:14:59PM THANK YOU, SIR.
5:15:00PM WE ARE SWIFTLY MOVING ALONG.
5:15:06PM FOR THE REST OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THEY REQUIRE FOLKS
5:15:08PM THAT ARE GOING TO TESTIFY OR SPEAK TO THE ITEMS TO BE SWORN
5:15:13PM IN.
5:15:14PM IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING, PLEASE STAND,
5:15:16PM RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN.
5:15:23PM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
5:15:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
5:15:29PM ITEM NUMBER 2.
5:15:32PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
5:15:34PM AGENDA ITEM 5 IS REZ, 25-37, A REQUEST TO REZONE 4911 EAST
5:15:45PM 10th AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 16 TO RESIDENTIAL
5:15:48PM MULTIFAMILY 24.
5:15:49PM WE'LL START WITH THE AERIAL MAP, AS ALWAYS.
5:15:51PM YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED HERE ON EAST
5:15:54PM 10th AVENUE AND EAST 8th AVENUE.
5:15:57PM NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, YOU HAVE RM 16 ZONING.
5:16:01PM ALSO RM 16 ZONING WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:16:04PM THEN EAST OF THE SITE, YOU HAVE CG, WHICH IS OCCUPIED BY A
5:16:08PM RESTAURANT.
5:16:08PM SOUTH, YOU HAVE INDUSTRIAL GENERAL ZONING, YOU HAVE A
5:16:11PM RESTAURANT DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH AND THEN A PARCEL USED FOR
5:16:14PM OPEN STORAGE, DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE SITE, RESIDENTIAL
5:16:19PM SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, AND THAT RM 16 ZONING AND A PLACE OF
5:16:24PM RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY.
5:16:25PM SINCE THIS IS EUCLIDEAN REZONING, THERE ARE NO SITE PLANS OR
5:16:28PM ELEVATIONS, SO WE'LL MOVE STRAIGHT INTO THE PICTURES.
5:16:31PM BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT RM 16 ZONING CURRENTLY ALLOWS
5:16:35PM FOR NINE UNITS TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE SUBJECT SITE, WITH
5:16:38PM THE RM 24 ZONING, YOU CAN CONSIDERED UP TO 13 UNITS ON THE
5:16:42PM SUBJECT SITE.
5:16:43PM THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE SUBJECT SITE ON EAST 10th.
5:16:46PM THAT IS THE STREET TO THE SOUTH.
5:16:48PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTH OR 10th IS THE STREET TO THE NORTH.
5:16:54PM EXCUSE ME.
5:16:54PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ON 10th AVENUE.
5:16:57PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH ON 8th.
5:17:02PM YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT SOUTH OF THE
5:17:04PM SUBJECT SITE.
5:17:05PM THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM 8th AVENUE.
5:17:09PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH ON 10th AVENUE AT THE SUBJECT
5:17:13PM SITE.
5:17:14PM LOOKING NORTH ON 8th AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:17:21PM AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING WEST ON 10th AVENUE.
5:17:24PM THE SUBJECT SITE WOULD BE OVER HERE ON THE CORNER.
5:17:26PM THIS IS THE PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY THAT I POINTED OUT
5:17:29PM ON THE MAP.
5:17:29PM WITH THAT, OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAVE
5:17:34PM REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FOUND THE REQUEST TO BE
5:17:37PM CONSISTENT.
5:17:37PM I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANNY, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:17:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:17:45PM >> GOOD EVENING.
5:17:45PM DANNY COLLINS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:17:47PM I WAS SWORN IN.
5:17:48PM THIS CASE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
5:17:53PM SUBJECT SITE LOCATED IN THE COASTAL PLANNING AREA,
5:17:56PM SPECIFICALLY EVACUATION ZONE E.
5:17:58PM IT IS RECOGNIZED UNDER THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35
5:18:01PM DESIGNATION, WHICH IS A MEDIUM DENSITY MIXED USE PLAN
5:18:05PM CATEGORY.
5:18:06PM THAT CATEGORY IS PRESENT ALONG EAST 10th STREET, TO THE
5:18:11PM EAST OF NORTH 50th IT TRANSITIONS TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
5:18:15PM WE HAVE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH
5:18:18PM WE HAVE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
5:18:21PM WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL 20 JUST A BLOCK TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE
5:18:26PM SITE, AS WELL AS SOME PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC LAND -- SORRY.
5:18:31PM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 TO THE NORTH.
5:18:33PM THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
5:18:36PM CONSISTENT WITH THE NUMBER OF POLICIES IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
5:18:38PM PLAN.
5:18:38PM THE RM 24 ZONING DISTRICT CAN BE CONSIDERED IN THE CC-35
5:18:42PM DESIGNATION.
5:18:43PM PART OF THE CITY'S PLANNING AND HOUSING STRATEGIES IS TO
5:18:47PM ACCOMMODATE CURRENT AND FUTURE POPULATION DEMANDS BY USING
5:18:49PM LAND USES.
5:18:52PM LAND USE RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY AND ENCOURAGES INFILL
5:18:55PM DEVELOPMENT ON VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED SITES TO ENSURE AN
5:19:00PM ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOUSING TO MEET TAMPA'S POPULATION NEEDS.
5:19:03PM THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THESE STRATEGIES BY PROMOTING HIGHER
5:19:07PM DENSITY ON A VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED SITE PLANNED FOR 35
5:19:10PM DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
5:19:12PM DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE WILL NEED TO MEET THE RM 24
5:19:15PM DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND
5:19:18PM SHOULD ADDRESSED THE MIXED USE CENTER AND CORRIDOR POLICIES.
5:19:21PM OVERALL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FOUND THE REQUEST
5:19:23PM WILL NOT ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND
5:19:26PM WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING CHOICES IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA
5:19:29PM PLANNING DISTRICT.
5:19:29PM BASED ON THE CONSIDERATIONS, THE CITY OF TAMPA STAFF FINDS
5:19:34PM THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
5:19:37PM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
5:19:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
5:19:39PM ANY QUESTIONS?
5:19:40PM IS THERE AN APPLICANT?
5:19:43PM YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT IF YOU HAVE A
5:19:52PM PRESENTATION --
5:19:54PM SHE ASKED IF SHE HAD TO SAY SOMETHING.
5:20:04PM >> GOOD EVENING.
5:20:07PM BASICALLY, MY NAME IS ANNIE -- I AM THE OWNER REPRESENTATIVE
5:20:19PM AND THE APPLICANT FOR THE REZONING.
5:20:22PM BASICALLY, I'M JUST REQUESTING APPROVAL TO REZONE THE
5:20:25PM PROPERTY FROM RM 16 TO RM 24 TO ALLOW A SLIGHTLY HIGHER
5:20:32PM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY.
5:20:36PM CURRENTLY IT'S ALLOWED 8 RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THIS 0.56
5:20:41PM ACRES.
5:20:44PM AFTER REZONING, ABLE TO BUILD UP TO 13 UNITS WITH THE
5:20:49PM INCREASE OF 5 ADDITIONAL UNITS MAKE THE PROJECT MORE
5:20:52PM ECONOMICAL, SUPPORTING CONSTRUCTION COSTS, INFRASTRUCTURE
5:20:59PM INVESTMENT AND THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE WHILE PROVIDING
5:21:02PM ADDITIONAL HOUSING CHOICES IN THE AREA.
5:21:05PM THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE UNIT, THE PROPOSED INCREASING
5:21:11PM THE UNITS ALLOWED THE PROJECT TO BE FINANCIALLY MORE FISCAL
5:21:17PM BECAUSE THE SMALL MULTIFAMILY TENANTS WITH FEWER THAN TEN
5:21:21PM UNITS OFTEN STRUGGLE TO COVER THE RENT AND THE COSTS.
5:21:25PM ALSO, THE INCREASE SUPPORT THE CITY GOALS OF ENCOURAGING
5:21:29PM INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
5:21:33PM FURTHERMORE, THIS INCREASE WILL CREATE MORE HOUSING
5:21:38PM OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS, TRANSITION, ACCESSIBLE
5:21:44PM LOCATION.
5:21:45PM ALSO, AS STAFF ALREADY STATED THE REZONING IS COMPATIBLE
5:21:51PM WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO COMPATIBLE WITH
5:21:53PM THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 FUTURE LAND USE.
5:22:01PM IN SUMMARY, JUST RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL FOR THIS
5:22:06PM REZONING TO SUPPORT A RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT INFILL HOUSING
5:22:11PM GOALS AND THE ECONOMY.
5:22:16PM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
5:22:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW MANY UNITS WAS IT AGAIN?
5:22:23PM >> RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALLOWED UP TO 8 UNITS.
5:22:25PM BUT AFTER REZONING TO THE RM-24, IT WILL BE UP TO 13 UNITS,
5:22:34PM IF ALL THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS MEET.
5:22:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: UP TO 13 UNITS AFTER THE REZONING.
5:22:40PM I'M GLAD TO SEE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.
5:22:42PM MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT HIS FIRST HOUSE 60 YEARS AGO UP THE
5:22:46PM STREET FROM THERE FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS DOWN AND $56 A MONTH
5:22:51PM MORTGAGE.
5:22:52PM I HAVE THE PAPERS.
5:22:54PM THE HOUSE IS STILL THERE.
5:22:56PM I GO THROUGH THAT AREA ALWAYS, AND IT'S A FORGOTTEN PART OF
5:23:01PM TOWN.
5:23:01PM I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THERE.
5:23:03PM THANK YOU.
5:23:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
5:23:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOTHING.
5:23:07PM I JUST LISTENED TO MR. MANISCALCO.
5:23:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
5:23:11PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
5:23:11PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
5:23:14PM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MANISCALCO.
5:23:21PM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE?
5:23:22PM OPPOSED?
5:23:23PM AYES HAVE IT.
5:23:24PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
5:23:29PM >>BILL CARLSON: LIKE TO MOVE NUMBER 5, REZ-25-37, ORDINANCE
5:23:34PM BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE
5:23:36PM REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4911 EAST
5:23:39PM 10th AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE
5:23:42PM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
5:23:44PM CLASSIFICATION RM-16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO RM-24,
5:23:48PM RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:23:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
5:23:51PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
5:23:53PM IS IT A ROLL CALL VOTE? VOICE VOTE.
5:24:02PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
5:24:04PM OPPOSED?
5:24:05PM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUS.
5:24:08PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5:24:11PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 28, 2025,
5:24:14PM AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
5:24:17PM BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:24:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
5:24:23PM MOVING ON TO ITEM 6.
5:24:25PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
5:24:28PM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6 IS REZ-25-43, REQUEST TO REZONE 4904
5:24:34PM WEST PAUL AVENUE AND FOLIO NUMBER 131914-0000 FROM
5:24:42PM COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL,
5:24:44PM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
5:24:45PM BEFORE I JUMP INTO OUR AERIAL MAP AND SURROUNDING USES, I DO
5:24:49PM WANT TO PROVIDE A LENGTHY BACKGROUND ON THIS CASE.
5:24:52PM THE APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A REZONING REQUEST FOR
5:24:56PM THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:24:57PM FILE REZ 23-66.
5:24:59PM THIS REZONING REQUEST WAS HEARD BEFORE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL ON
5:25:02PM JANUARY 18, 2024, AND WAS DENIED.
5:25:04PM THE REQUEST WAS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM COMMERCIAL
5:25:07PM INTENSIVE TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR 10 RESIDENTIAL
5:25:09PM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS.
5:25:11PM THERE WERE TWO WAIVERS REQUESTED.
5:25:13PM THE FIRST WAS TO SECTION 27-284.3.3A, REQUEST TO REDUCE THE
5:25:19PM REQUIRED USE-TO-USE LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM 15 FEET AND SIX
5:25:22PM FOOT MASONRY WALL TO THREE FEET ON THE EAST AND FOUR FEET ON
5:25:26PM THE SOUTH WITH SIX FOOT PVC FENCE.
5:25:29PM THE SECOND WAIVER SECTION 27-282.9, REQUEST TO ALLOW THE
5:25:33PM FRONT DOOR ORIENTATION FOR UNITS 6 THROUGH 10 TO BE FACING
5:25:37PM AN INTERNAL DRIVE AISLE.
5:25:39PM AFTER THIS HEARING, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE
5:25:43PM ZONING ADMINISTRATOR TO WAIVE THE TIME TO RESUBMIT THE
5:25:45PM REZONING APPLICATION.
5:25:46PM ON NOVEMBER 20, 2024, THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR DETERMINED
5:25:49PM THAT THE BASIS FOR DENIAL WAS NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSED BY THE
5:25:52PM APPLICANT AND THE PLAN PROPOSED WAS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY
5:25:55PM DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
5:25:57PM THE BASIS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL DENIAL RELATED TO THE
5:26:00PM FOLLOWING: THE DESIGN NOT PROMOTING OR ENCOURAGING
5:26:03PM DEVELOPMENT THAT IS APPROPRIATE, ONLY FIVE OF THE TEN UNITS
5:26:06PM PROVIDED FRONT DOOR ORIENTATION TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
5:26:08PM REQUESTED USE TO USE BUFFER, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SECTION
5:26:11PM 27-139 THE NEED OR DESIRE FOR WAIVERS, AND THE PROPOSED
5:26:15PM DENSITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE SITE
5:26:17PM AND DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
5:26:20PM LASTLY, FOR THE RECORD, SINCE THE FIRST HEARING, IT HAS BEEN
5:26:23PM DETERMINED BY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION STAFF THAT THE ZONING
5:26:25PM DESIGNATION FOR BOTH PARCELS LOCATED SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT
5:26:29PM SITE, WHICH WOULD BE HERE, THE MAP CURRENTLY SHOWS ONLY ONE
5:26:34PM THAT IS PD.
5:26:36PM THIS IS ALL PD.
5:26:37PM IT WAS RECENTLY CORRECTED THROUGH A SCRIVENER'S ERROR.
5:26:39PM THAT PD WAS APPROVED UNDER FILE NUMBER Z 03-77 FOR
5:26:44PM RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT.
5:26:46PM AS SUCH, USE TO USE BUFFER WAIVER IS NOT REQUIRED.
5:26:49PM APPLICANT RESUBMITTED A REZONING REQUEST BEFORE YOU, THE
5:26:52PM REZONING REQUIRES ONE WAIVER RELATING TO THE FRONT DOOR
5:26:55PM ORIENTATION.
5:26:55PM WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL START GOING
5:26:59PM INTO THE SITE PLAN AND THE AERIAL AND USE MAP.
5:27:04PM YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE HERE OUTLINED IN RED, PAUL
5:27:09PM AVENUE HERE, AND PAUL AVENUE THERE.
5:27:11PM NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE YOU HAVE ONE PARCEL ZONED CI,
5:27:14PM WHICH HAS A COMMERCIAL USE ON IT, AND THEN YOU HAVE A PD
5:27:18PM HERE AND PD HERE.
5:27:19PM THE FIRST PD IS REZ 24-1480.
5:27:23PM THIS IS THE WESTSHORE MARINA DISTRICT PD.
5:27:25PM SO YOU HAVE TO THE NORTH AND TO THE WEST SINGLE-FAMILY
5:27:29PM ATTACHED USES.
5:27:29PM THE OTHER PD HERE -- EXCUSE ME, THIS IS ACTUALLY PD, Z 07-48
5:27:36PM AND THIS IS PD 14-80.
5:27:38PM AND THIS IS APPROVED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND
5:27:41PM DEVELOPED AS SUCH.
5:27:42PM TO THE EAST YOU HAVE CI ZONING, SO YOU HAVE OPEN STORAGE.
5:27:46PM AND THEN YOU HAVE A MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS HERE.
5:27:49PM TO THE SOUTH, PD THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED.
5:27:52PM IT HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED.
5:27:53PM AND THEN YOU HAVE THE MARINA DISTRICT FURTHER TO THE WEST.
5:27:57PM TO THE SOUTH, A LITTLE BIT OF COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY
5:27:59PM DEVELOPMENT ALONG WESTSHORE BOULEVARD AND MOVE INTO THE
5:28:02PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS AND THEN YOU HAVE GANDY
5:28:05PM BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH.
5:28:05PM WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE
5:28:10PM APPLICANT.
5:28:12PM THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO STRUCTURES WITH A TOTAL OF 10
5:28:20PM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS.
5:28:22PM YOU HAVE UNITS 1 THROUGH 5 ORIENTED TO THE NORTH ALONG WEST
5:28:27PM PAUL AVENUE.
5:28:28PM THEN YOU HAVE A SIDEWALK CONNECTION ALONG PAUL AVENUE THAT
5:28:32PM WILL CONNECT TO A FIVE-FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG THIS PORTION OF
5:28:35PM PAUL AVENUE.
5:28:36PM THE FRONT DOORS ARE LOCATED HERE FOR EACH UNIT.
5:28:38PM THEN UNIT 6 THROUGH 10 ORIENTED TO THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE
5:28:42PM AND THEN THE FRONT DOORS ARE LOCATED HERE WITH A SIDEWALK
5:28:45PM CONNECTION ALSO TO THE SIDEWALK THAT IS PROPOSED ON THIS
5:28:48PM PORTION OF WEST PAUL AVENUE.
5:28:50PM VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROVIDED IN TWO LOCATIONS.
5:28:53PM TO THE NORTHEAST AND THEN TO THE SOUTH WEST.
5:28:56PM TOTAL OF 23 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED AND 23 PARKING SPACES
5:29:00PM ARE PROVIDED.
5:29:01PM THERE ARE TWO-CAR GARAGES FOR EACH UNIT AND THEN THREE
5:29:04PM VISITOR PARKING SPACES LOCATED HERE.
5:29:07PM SOLID WASTE IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTHEAST, AND THEN THE
5:29:11PM MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS PROPOSED TO BE 40 FEET OR THREE
5:29:14PM STORIES.
5:29:15PM SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PICTURES OR THE ELEVATIONS AND THE
5:29:19PM PICTURES.
5:29:20PM HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
5:29:27PM NOW WE WILL GO INTO PICTURES.
5:29:37PM SO THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ON THE NORTHERN SECTION OF PAUL.
5:29:41PM THIS IS THE LOT DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:29:46PM NOW WE'RE MOVING WEST, SO THIS IS WHERE THE SUBJECT SITE IS
5:29:51PM NOW STARTING TO BEGIN OVER THIS WAY.
5:29:54PM HERE IS THE VIEW OF THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
5:29:58PM THIS IS WHERE THE UNITS WOULD BE LOCATED THAT ARE FACING
5:30:03PM NORTH, FACING PAUL AVENUE.
5:30:06PM MOVE A LITTLE FARTHER TO THE WEST.
5:30:12PM YOU CAN SEE THE STORMWATER RIGHT THERE.
5:30:13PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
5:30:17PM YOU CAN SEE THOSE TOWNHOMES THAT ARE PART OF THE WESTSHORE
5:30:20PM MARINA DISTRICT.
5:30:20PM STARTING TO ROUND THAT CORNER ON PAUL AVENUE WHERE IT STARTS
5:30:26PM TO HEAD SOUTH.
5:30:28PM NOW WE ARE LOOKING NORTH AROUND THE CORNER AT THE SUBJECT
5:30:37PM SITE.
5:30:39PM AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING EAST -- OR SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE
5:30:45PM AT WHERE THE PD WHERE THE SCRIVENER ERROR IS LOCATED SOUTH
5:30:48PM OF THE SUBJECT SITE ON PAUL AVENUE.
5:30:51PM SO THIS IS -- WHEN YOU'RE ROUNDING THE SECOND CORNER, WHERE
5:30:56PM IT STARTS TAKING THE TURN BACK AROUND TOWARDS WESTSHORE
5:30:59PM BOULEVARD.
5:31:00PM SO THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE THAT IS SOUTH OF IT THAT IS
5:31:03PM ZONED ALL PD THAT WAS CORRECTED THROUGH THE SCRIVENER'S
5:31:06PM ERROR.
5:31:06PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING BACK NORTH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TREES
5:31:09PM IS WHERE THE SUBJECT SITE WOULD BE.
5:31:11PM HERE IS THE SITE PLAN AGAIN.
5:31:23PM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
5:31:26PM APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT.
5:31:28PM SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE
5:31:30PM APPLICATION OR TO APPROVE THE WAIVERS AND THE APPLICATION,
5:31:33PM MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE REVISION
5:31:36PM SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING,
5:31:39PM UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANNY.
5:31:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
5:31:48PM >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION
5:31:51PM STAFF.
5:31:52PM I WAS SWORN IN.
5:31:54PM THIS CASE IS IN THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
5:31:57PM MORE SPECIFICALLY IN THE GANDY SUN BAY SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:32:01PM IT IS WITHIN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA.
5:32:04PM IT'S WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE A.
5:32:06PM THE SITE IS DESIGNATED UMU 60 AND THAT DESIGNATION SURROUNDS
5:32:11PM THE ENTIRE SITE.
5:32:13PM OVERALL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FOUND THE REQUEST
5:32:16PM COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.
5:32:19PM AS SAM NOTED, THERE ARE TOWNHOMES DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH AND
5:32:22PM WEST OF THE SITE.
5:32:23PM THE SITE, THE SUBJECT SITE, BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE UMU 60
5:32:27PM DESIGNATION IS SUBJECT TO BE IN THE MIXED USE CENTER AND
5:32:31PM CORRIDOR DESIGN POLICIES IN THE PLAN.
5:32:33PM HOWEVER, CERTAIN SITE CHALLENGES, INCLUDING EXISTING
5:32:37PM STORMWATER DITCH ALONG WEST PAUL AVENUE MADE THE
5:32:39PM CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDEWALK IN THIS AREA IMPRACTICAL.
5:32:41PM MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS THE MIXED USE CENTERS AND
5:32:44PM CORRIDOR POLICIES.
5:32:46PM AS A RESULT, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL
5:32:48PM FIND THE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENT IMPRACTICAL AND ALLOW THE
5:32:52PM PAYMENT IN -- PAYMENT FEE IN LIEU AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING,
5:32:58PM WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN.
5:33:00PM DUE TO THESE SITE CONSTRAINTS, THE APPLICANT IS UNABLE TO
5:33:04PM FULLY MEET THE POLICIES RELATED TO MIXED USE CENTERS AND
5:33:06PM CORRIDORS, INCLUDING THE ORIENTATION OF ALL THE UNITS TOWARD
5:33:10PM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SIDEWALK OR STREET.
5:33:11PM APPLICANT HAS MADE EFFORTS TO ALIGN WITH THE INTENT OF THE
5:33:14PM POLICIES BY ORIENTING UNITS 1 THROUGH 5 TOWARD WEST PAUL
5:33:18PM AVENUE AND PROVIDING INTERNAL PATHWAYS TO ALL UNIT ENTRANCES
5:33:21PM TO PROVIDE A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
5:33:23PM THE PROPOSAL ALSO SUPPORTS SEVERAL HOUSING POLICIES IN THE
5:33:27PM PLAN.
5:33:28PM IT PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT ON VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED LAND,
5:33:32PM HELPING TO ADDRESS BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE POPULATION
5:33:35PM DEMANDS.
5:33:36PM ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT SUPPORTS LU POLICY 1.1.8 WHICH
5:33:40PM ENCOURAGES A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES IN PROXIMITY TO
5:33:43PM TRANSIT WITHIN THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
5:33:46PM BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
5:33:48PM FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
5:33:52PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
5:33:52PM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
5:33:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
5:33:55PM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT?
5:34:03PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
5:34:05PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
5:34:07PM I WAS GOING TO -- STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE
5:34:11PM PETITIONER.
5:34:11PM ONE OF THE UNITS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IS
5:34:20PM ORIENTED TOWARD A STREET.
5:34:21PM SO THERE'S FOUR THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THE WAIVER.
5:34:28PM LET ME GIVE THESE TO YOU.
5:34:33PM SO IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE REQUEST FOR THAT WAIVER, WE'RE
5:34:45PM PROVIDING THIS ELEVATION TO DEMONSTRATE HOW WE'RE GOING TO
5:34:50PM HAVE AN ATTRACTIVE ATTACHMENT FOR THOSE FOUR UNITS THAT
5:34:54PM CAN'T FACE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
5:34:56PM SO THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR OTHER GUIDELINES REGARDING
5:35:03PM THE GARDEN-STYLE CONNECTION THAT MAKES IT ATTRACTIVE AND
5:35:08PM ALSO IT CONNECTS TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG PAUL.
5:35:12PM THIS HAS A LAND USE DESIGNATION OF UMU 60, WHICH IS 60 UNITS
5:35:17PM TO THE ACRE.
5:35:18PM THIS PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF ACRE.
5:35:21PM SO YOU'RE AT BY RIGHT DENSITY IS 25 UNITS AND WE'RE
5:35:26PM REQUESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF 10.
5:35:29PM THE GARAGES AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE REGARDING HOW
5:35:32PM YOU FIT THE CARS IN THERE.
5:35:34PM WE'RE PROPOSING A 20 BY 22-FOOT WIDE GARAGE, AND WE HAVE
5:35:40PM ON-SITE GARBAGE COLLECTION, WHICH MEANS THAT THE GARBAGE
5:35:44PM CONTAINERS DO NOT HAVE TO GO INSIDE OR ADJACENT TO THE
5:35:49PM STRUCTURES.
5:35:50PM WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING 2,475 SQUARE FEET OF GREENSPACE WHICH
5:35:59PM FAR EXCEEDS THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE CODE.
5:36:02PM THE PLAN WAS FOUND CONSISTENT BY BOTH THE CITY AND THE
5:36:07PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF AND THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT IS
5:36:13PM DOMINATED BY TOWN HOUSES AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
5:36:23PM SO WE'RE NOT INTRODUCING AN ELEMENT THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT
5:36:27PM THERE.
5:36:28PM LET ME SHOW YOU THIS AERIAL.
5:36:32PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS HERE.
5:36:34PM WE HAVE APARTMENTS AND TOWN HOUSES ON THIS SIDE AND ALSO ON
5:36:40PM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, WHICH IS THERE.
5:36:45PM A TOWN HOUSE PROJECT IS APPROVED HERE, AND ANOTHER APARTMENT
5:36:49PM BUILDING IS HERE.
5:36:50PM IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE STREET TO THE EAST, THIS IS THE
5:36:57PM VIEW OF THE TOWN HOUSE PROJECT THAT'S DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE
5:37:00PM STREET AND APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED FEET TO THE EAST.
5:37:03PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE TO THE RIGHT.
5:37:08PM ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SUBJECT SITE TO THE RIGHT, AND YOU
5:37:12PM CAN SEE THAT THAT STORMWATER DITCH IS OVERGROWN AND HAS NOT
5:37:17PM BEEN MAINTAINED.
5:37:18PM PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL OCCUR HERE IS THAT
5:37:21PM DRAINAGE SYSTEM WILL BE IMPROVED, RESTORED, AND WE WILL BE
5:37:25PM INSTALLING REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE SO WE DON'T HAVE THE
5:37:28PM ISSUES REGARDING PLUGGING UP OF THAT DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
5:37:32PM THIS IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST.
5:37:36PM THIS IS TO THE WEST AND TO THE NORTH.
5:37:40PM THESE ARE BASICALLY THE SAME PICTURES JUST SHOWING YOU THE
5:37:52PM SUBJECT SITE IS HERE.
5:37:54PM THIS IS WEST, AND THIS IS NORTH.
5:37:57PM SO WE'RE NOT ESTABLISHING ANY KIND OF NEW PRECEDENT HERE.
5:38:03PM AND IT IS LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BY DENSITY
5:38:06PM BY RIGHT.
5:38:07PM WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS I SAID, STAFF,
5:38:25PM CITY, AND COUNTY STAFF HAVE FOUND IT TO BE CONSISTENT.
5:38:30PM THESE ARE PROPOSED UNITS 1 THROUGH 5, AS I SAID, ORIENTED
5:38:34PM TOWARD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND 6 THROUGH 9 ARE ORIENTED TO THE
5:38:39PM BACK WITH THAT CONNECTION THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU.
5:38:42PM GOING THROUGH THE CRITERIA THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MEETING,
5:38:50PM GROUND FLOOR ENTRANCES, APPLICANT ASKED FOR THE WAIVER, ONLY
5:38:53PM WAIVER FOR THOSE UNITS ON THE BACK.
5:38:57PM WE ARE PROMOTING THE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF THE
5:39:00PM LAND, AND WE'VE BEEN FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
5:39:03PM AND WE'RE ALSO ADJUSTING THE SITE PLAN TO SAVE THE TREES AS
5:39:09PM IDENTIFIED BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
5:39:12PM ENCOURAGE FLEXIBLE AND LAND DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPMENT IS
5:39:15PM PROPOSED TO REQUIRE MULTIFAMILY AND THE REQUIREMENT IS 350
5:39:19PM SQUARE FEET OF GREENSPACE PER UNIT AND WE'RE EXCEEDING THAT.
5:39:22PM PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF APPROPRIATE LOCATION, THE
5:39:26PM SITE IS SURROUNDED BY TOWNHOMES AND RESIDENTIAL
5:39:30PM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, TO
5:39:36PM THE EAST IS THE ONE COMMERCIAL LOT AND TO THE WEST IS THE
5:39:39PM OTHER MULTIFAMILY PROJECT.
5:39:44PM THAT IS THE WESTSHORE MARINA DISTRICT JUST IMMEDIATELY TO
5:39:47PM THE WEST AND TO THE NORTH.
5:39:48PM PROMOTE MORE DESIRABLE LIVING CONDITIONS AND THE PROPOSED
5:39:52PM SITE IS ALLOWED, EUCLIDEAN ZONING, WE COULD NOT MEET THAT
5:39:56PM BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF SITE CONDITIONS WE'RE TRYING TO
5:40:00PM DEAL WITH, INCLUDING RESTORING AND REBUILDING THAT ENTIRE
5:40:03PM CORNER WITH THE STORMWATER SYSTEM.
5:40:06PM PROMOTE THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND ELEMENTS WHICH ARE
5:40:09PM ATTRACTIVE AND CONSISTENT, AND WE'VE BEEN FOUND TO BE
5:40:12PM CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
5:40:14PM THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED IS UNIQUE AND THEREFORE NEED THE
5:40:18PM WAIVER, I DEMONSTRATED HOW WE HAVE MITIGATED THAT REQUEST
5:40:21PM REGARDING THE ACCESS WAIVER THAT WE NEED ON THE REAR.
5:40:25PM AND THE WAIVER IF ALLOWED WILL NOT SUBSTANTIALLY INTERFERE
5:40:27PM WITH OTHERS.
5:40:29PM IT'S ADJACENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH BY ANOTHER TOWN HOUSE
5:40:31PM PROJECT, AND THAT TOWN HOUSE DEVELOPER IS THE ONLY ONE WHO
5:40:35PM CONTACTED US AND INDICATED THEIR SUPPORT.
5:40:37PM THE WAIVER IS IN HARMONY AND SERVES THE GENERAL INTENT AND
5:40:42PM PURPOSE OF THIS CHAPTER AND OTHERWISE THE TAMPA AND
5:40:45PM DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
5:40:47PM AND IT WAS NOT MEANT TO SINGLE THIS PROPERTY OUT WHEN IT'S
5:40:51PM COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE SIMILAR
5:40:53PM SIZE AND SCALE.
5:40:54PM ALLOWING THE WAIVER WILL RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE.
5:40:59PM IT WOULD BE AN INJUSTICE NOT TO ALLOW THIS TO MOVE FORWARD.
5:41:04PM THIS IS NOT ESTABLISHING A NEW PRECEDENT.
5:41:06PM WE SIMPLY ARE REPEATING WHAT ALREADY EXISTS IN THE AREA.
5:41:09PM WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT, IT'S IN AN
5:41:15PM URBAN MIXED USE AREA, AS I SAID, URBAN MIXED USE 60, WHICH
5:41:19PM ALLOWS FOR MUCH HIGHER DENSITY PROJECT.
5:41:24PM MIXED USE CATEGORY, AS I SAID, WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE 25
5:41:27PM UNITS.
5:41:28PM WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE -- I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF
5:41:31PM THESE OBJECTIVES BUT THEY ARE IN YOUR REPORT.
5:41:32PM THE CITY DESIGN OBJECTIVE CONSISTENT, CITY PLANNING
5:41:36PM STRATEGIES CONSISTENT.
5:41:37PM MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WERE
5:41:40PM CONSISTENT.
5:41:41PM LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WERE CONSISTENT.
5:41:45PM OVERALL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT
5:41:47PM CONSISTENT.
5:41:48PM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY PLANS CONSISTENT.
5:41:50PM ADEQUATE SITES TO ACCOMMODATE HOUSING NEEDS CONSISTENT.
5:41:53PM AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
5:41:56PM FOUND US TO BE CONSISTENT.
5:41:59PM OVERALL, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS,
5:42:02PM AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
5:42:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
5:42:06PM I DO.
5:42:08PM I THINK ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES I'VE SEEN BETWEEN THIS
5:42:14PM PRESENTATION AND THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION WAS YOU WERE NOT
5:42:16PM PLANNING ON APPROVING THAT STORM DRAIN IN THE PREVIOUS
5:42:19PM APPLICATION.
5:42:20PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THAT'S CORRECT.
5:42:21PM WE ALSO INCREASED THE GREENSPACE.
5:42:23PM WE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL BUFFERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND WE
5:42:27PM MODIFIED THE ACCESS SO THAT IT WAS CONSISTENT.
5:42:32PM I HAVE THE TURNING RADIUS PLANS WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE
5:42:37PM BEFORE, WHICH SHOWS THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE TURN FOR THE SOLID
5:42:40PM WASTE DEPARTMENT TO ACCESS THIS SOLID WASTE CONTAINER HERE.
5:42:47PM AND THEN YOU SEE THESE TURNING RADIUSES HERE SHOW THAT IT
5:42:54PM MEETS THE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS ON BOTH EITHER WAY,
5:42:56PM WHICHEVER WAY YOU COME IN.
5:42:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PART OF THE PROPOSAL TO IMPROVE THAT STORM
5:43:01PM DRAIN, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF MY CONCERNS AT THE FIRST
5:43:05PM HEARING, THE FIRST APPLICATION.
5:43:06PM PART OF YOUR PROPOSAL, BECAUSE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
5:43:08PM ELEVATION CHANGE.
5:43:10PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THAT'S CORRECT.
5:43:11PM WE'LL BE CORRECTING THAT SO THE FRONT DOORS WILL ACTUALLY
5:43:14PM HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT'S INTERIOR.
5:43:17PM IT'S NOT IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
5:43:18PM IT'S ON OUR PROPERTY, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE AN EASEMENT
5:43:21PM FOR ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS.
5:43:23PM THAT STORMWATER AREA IS DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE OF
5:43:28PM THAT GRADE CHANGE THAT YOU POINTED OUT, BUT WE'LL BE
5:43:32PM CORRECTING THAT AND IT WILL ALL BE HANDLED AT PERMITTING
5:43:35PM WITH A SPECIFIC STORMWATER PERMIT.
5:43:37PM IT'S IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
5:43:39PM SO WE HAVE TO --
5:43:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION I THINK
5:43:42PM THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
5:43:44PM I REMEMBER THAT.
5:43:45PM SO THIS ELEVATION IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE INTERESTING AND
5:43:48PM ATTRACTIVE THAN THE ELEVATION YOU HAD IN THE APPLICATION.
5:43:51PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: YES, SIR.
5:43:52PM THAT'S THE CONNECTIONS IN THE REAR, ALONG -- THAT'S FOR THE
5:43:58PM UNITS 6 THROUGH 9.
5:44:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL INCLUDED, IS THIS
5:44:02PM THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL OR THE PD THAT YOU'RE SUBMITTED --
5:44:06PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: WE'RE SUBMITTING THAT FOR THE RECORD.
5:44:08PM AND I'VE PROVIDED THAT TO THE STAFF FOR THEIR -- I MEAN, YOU
5:44:15PM MAY HAVE SOME MINOR CHANGES IN THE ACTUAL DESIGN, BUT THAT'S
5:44:18PM THE INTENT.
5:44:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S A VERY PRETTY PICTURE.
5:44:21PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THE INTENT IS TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT WITH
5:44:23PM THAT.
5:44:25PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
5:44:27PM JUST FOR THE RECORD, ELEVATIONS AS PART OF A PD REZONING ARE
5:44:30PM NOT BINDING UNLESS WE CRAFT A NOTE FOR THE SITE PLAN SAYING
5:44:33PM THEY ARE.
5:44:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS, HOW ARE THOSE
5:44:38PM HANDLED?
5:44:39PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SO, ORIGINALLY THERE WAS NO SIDEWALK
5:44:46PM PROPOSED ALONG THIS PORTION OF WEST PAUL AVENUE.
5:44:49PM SINCE THE SITE WILL BE BROUGHT UP FOR -- PER BUILDING CODE,
5:44:52PM THE SITE WILL HAVE TO BE BROUGHT UP.
5:44:54PM WHEN THE SITE IS BEING BROUGHT UP, THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THE
5:44:57PM STORMWATER STUFF AND CAN PUT IN THE SIDEWALK SINCE THE
5:45:00PM SIDEWALK IS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN, IT WILL BE REQUIRED AS
5:45:02PM PART OF THE BUILDING PLAN AS WELL.
5:45:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO WE'RE COVERED.
5:45:07PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, WE'RE COVERED WITH THE SIDEWALK.
5:45:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYTHING ELSE?
5:45:13PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: I CONCLUDED MY PRESENTATION, UNLESS YOU
5:45:15PM HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
5:45:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS?
5:45:17PM WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN SINCE WE FIRST OPENED THIS.
5:45:23PM IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON TESTIFYING ON ANY OF THE CASES THIS
5:45:28PM EVENING OR SPEAK ABOUT ANY OF THE CASES THIS EVENING, STAND
5:45:30PM UP, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN, PLEASE
5:45:42PM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
5:45:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK
5:45:46PM TO ITEM 5?
5:45:47PM COME ON UP.
5:45:50PM I'M SORRY.
5:45:56PM ITEM 6.
5:45:58PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
5:45:59PM MY NAME IS LORI ROGERS.
5:46:01PM I AM SPEAKING NOT ONLY AS A REALTOR OF 25 YEARS IN SOUTH
5:46:07PM TAMPA, BUT I'M ALSO A HOMEOWNER IN THE AREA.
5:46:09PM I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT THERE SINCE 2003.
5:46:14PM I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE THIS REZONING OF THIS
5:46:18PM APPLICATION, ALLOWING A COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN THIS PROPERTY
5:46:22PM I BELIEVE WOULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE VALUES.
5:46:24PM AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
5:46:29PM THANK YOU.
5:46:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
5:46:31PM ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
5:46:33PM COME ON UP.
5:46:42PM >> GOOD EVENING.
5:46:43PM MY NAME IS PIA HOVGAARD ELLISON.
5:46:49PM I USED TO BE A RESIDENT IN THE SAME AREA.
5:46:52PM NOT ONLY AM I ALSO LIVING IN TAMPA, BEEN HERE FOR 23 YEARS.
5:46:55PM I'VE SEEN THE DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE.
5:46:58PM SINCE THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS ALREADY
5:46:59PM SURROUNDING IT, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO APPROVE IT.
5:47:03PM THANK YOU.
5:47:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
5:47:04PM IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE?
5:47:09PM >> HELLO.
5:47:10PM MY NAME IS SHAMUS GARRETT.
5:47:13PM PROUD RESIDENT OF THE SOUTH OF GANDY COMMUNITY.
5:47:15PM I HAVEN'T LIVED HERE 26 YEARS, BUT I SERVED IN THE MILITARY
5:47:19PM FOR 28, RETIRING HERE IN TAMPA BECAUSE IT IS SUCH AN AMAZING
5:47:23PM CITY.
5:47:23PM I'VE KNOWN MR. HILL AND THE APPLICANT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
5:47:26PM NOW, I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT.
5:47:29PM I WISH I COULD HAVE LIVED IN THAT DISTRICT WHEN I WAS
5:47:31PM LOOKING FOR A HOME.
5:47:33PM EVERYTHING TURNED OUT THE WAY IT NEEDED TO.
5:47:35PM BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND I HOPE YOU APPROVE
5:47:37PM IT.
5:47:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
5:47:39PM I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO REBUTTAL AFTER ALL
5:47:51PM THE GLOWING.
5:47:51PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: I WAS GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR
5:47:54PM CONSIDERATION.
5:47:55PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, FOR
5:47:57PM CLARIFICATION, WOULD COUNCIL LIKE STAFF TO CRAFT SOME TYPE
5:48:00PM OF NOTE TO MAKE THE ELEVATIONS BINDING FOR THE SOUTH SIDE?
5:48:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WOULD THAT BE AMENABLE WITH YOU --
5:48:08PM >> THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SCHEMATIC.
5:48:10PM THOSE ARE NOT ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS.
5:48:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE PROPOSAL WILL BE?
5:48:14PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THEY WOULD BE SCHEMATIC.
5:48:15PM THAT IS THE PHRASE.
5:48:16PM IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT DEPENDING UPON HOW THE ARCHITECT
5:48:21PM ACTUALLY DESIGNS AND DRAWS THEM.
5:48:23PM BUT THAT'S THE INTENT, YES.
5:48:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CATE, IS THAT SUFFICIENT?
5:48:30PM >>CATE WELLS: WE'LL ADD A NOTE TO THE SITE PLAN.
5:48:33PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION, WHEN THE MOTION
5:48:34PM IS MADE, CAN THAT BE INCLUDED ALONG WITH THE REVISION SHEET?
5:48:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ALSO HAVE A REVISION SHEET.
5:48:39PM YES.
5:48:40PM VERY GOOD.
5:48:41PM APPLICANT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE?
5:48:43PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: NO THANK YOU. RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
5:48:47PM APPROVAL.
5:48:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LEARN TO QUIT WHEN YOU'RE AHEAD.
5:48:51PM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
5:48:52PM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:48:54PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
5:48:56PM OPPOSED?
5:48:56PM AYES HAVE IT.
5:48:58PM COUNCILMAN VIERA, THERE IS A REVISION SHEET AND NOTE
5:49:01PM ATTACHED.
5:49:01PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HEREBY MOVE ORDINANCE WITH REVISION SHEET
5:49:05PM AND THE ORDINANCE, REZ 25-43 PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
5:49:09PM CONSIDERATION, REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
5:49:12PM 4904 WEST PAUL AVENUE AND FOLIO NUMBER 131914-0000 IN THE
5:49:18PM STUDIES OF, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
5:49:20PM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CI COMMERCIAL
5:49:23PM INTENSIVE TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
5:49:25PM SINGLE-FAMILY, ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:49:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECOND FROM
5:49:30PM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
5:49:30PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:49:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE
5:49:39PM THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE CHANGES AND THE CONSIDERATION.
5:49:43PM WE'RE SEEING THAT A LOT MORE AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.
5:49:46PM JUST LIKE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE.
5:49:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL THOSE IN --
5:49:53PM >> CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
5:49:55PM WAS THAT A MOTION WITH THE REVISION SHEET AND THE NOTE?
5:49:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, IT WAS.
5:50:00PM THANK YOU FOR THAT.
5:50:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
5:50:02PM OPPOSED?
5:50:02PM AYES HAVE IT.
5:50:03PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
5:50:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEFORE WE MOVE ON --
5:50:08PM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5:50:09PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 28, 2025
5:50:13PM AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
5:50:17PM BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:50:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
5:50:23PM ITEMS 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, I NEED TO STATE THAT THEY ARE
5:50:32PM CONTINUED TO THE RESPECTIVE DATES AND WILL BE HEARD AT
5:50:35PM 5:01 P.M. AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, 33602.
5:50:49PM >>THE CLERK: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
5:50:51PM AUGUST 28, 2025, AT 10 A.M.
5:50:53PM LOCATED AT OLD CITY HALL, 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD
5:50:57PM FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:51:04PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 7 IS REZ-25-46, REQUEST
5:51:07PM TO REZONE 1901 WEST PLATT STREET, 211 AND 213 SOUTH FREMONT
5:51:14PM AVENUE FROM COMMERCIAL GENERAL AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY
5:51:17PM 16 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
5:51:19PM ATTACHED.
5:51:19PM I'LL START WITH OUR AERIAL MAP HERE.
5:51:21PM HERE IS THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED ON FREMONT AND
5:51:29PM PLATT STREET.
5:51:29PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE HYDE
5:51:31PM PARK NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
5:51:34PM FREMONT.
5:51:34PM YOU HAVE THE HYDE PARK NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT AND ON THE
5:51:37PM OTHER SIDE OF THE ALLEY HERE.
5:51:39PM DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, YOU HAVE CG ZONING ALONG
5:51:43PM PLATT STREET WITH COMMERCIAL STRIP CENTER HERE.
5:51:46PM TO THE EAST YOU HAVE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS PD
5:51:51PM Z01-119 WHICH IS APPROVED FOR A RESTAURANT.
5:51:54PM AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME AND
5:51:57PM THEN A SEMI-DETACHED HOME.
5:51:59PM TO THE NORTH, YOU HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHED AND
5:52:03PM DETACHED HOMES, AND THEN TO THE WEST, YOU ALSO HAVE RM 16
5:52:08PM ZONING AND CG ZONING, AND THAT IS DEVELOPED WITH RESIDENTIAL
5:52:11PM MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
5:52:13PM AS YOU MOVE TO THE EAST ON PLATT, YOU HAVE SOME PD APPROVED
5:52:17PM FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN TO THE SOUTH, YOU HAVE
5:52:20PM MIX OF PDs AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ZONING THAT HAS
5:52:23PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, AND
5:52:26PM SEMI-DETACHED USES AND THEN MULTIFAMILY AS WELL.
5:52:28PM ALONG NORTH OF PLATT STREET, YOU MAINLY HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY
5:52:32PM DETACHED AND SEMI-DETACHED VERSUS THOSE ATTACHED AND
5:52:37PM MULTIFAMILY, BIGGER MULTIFAMILY USES.
5:52:38PM SO WE'LL GO INTO THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT
5:52:42PM NOW.
5:52:43PM SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THREE STRUCTURES WITH A TOTAL
5:52:53PM OF 14 SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS.
5:52:55PM UNITS 1 THROUGH 5 ARE LOCATED TO THE EAST WITH FRONT DOORS
5:52:58PM ORIENTED TOWARD SOUTH FREMONT AVENUE.
5:53:01PM AND THEN PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS ARE PROVIDED TO SOUTH
5:53:04PM FREMONT SIDEWALK, THE EXISTING SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ON SOUTH
5:53:07PM FREMONT.
5:53:08PM UNITS 6 THROUGH 9 ARE ORIENTED TO THE WEST ALONG THE ALLEY,
5:53:12PM AND THEN PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION IS PROVIDED HERE, THAT IS
5:53:17PM THREE FEET AND THEN CONNECTS TO A FIVE-FOOT PEDESTRIAN
5:53:19PM CONNECTION HERE AND THEN A CROSSWALK THAT CONNECTS THOSE
5:53:22PM UNITS OUT TO THE SIDEWALK ON SOUTH FREMONT AVENUE.
5:53:25PM THEN UNITS 10 THROUGH 14 ARE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH PORTION OF
5:53:29PM THE SUBJECT SITE WITH FRONT DOOR UNITS ORIENTED TOWARDS WEST
5:53:33PM PLATT STREET AND THEN THEY EACH HAVE THEIR PEDESTRIAN
5:53:36PM CONNECTION AS WELL TO AN EXISTING SIX-FOOT SIDEWALK.
5:53:39PM VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROPOSED VIA THE ALLEY HERE.
5:53:42PM AND THEN VIA SOUTH FREMONT AVENUE.
5:53:46PM THERE ARE 32 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED AND 32 ARE PROVIDED.
5:53:50PM EACH OF THE UNITS HAVE THEIR TWO-CAR GARAGES, ACCESS VIA THE
5:53:54PM DRIVE AISLE HERE.
5:53:55PM AND THEN THE DRIVE AISLE THERE AS WELL.
5:53:57PM AND THEN THERE ARE FOUR GUEST PARKING SPACES PROPOSED HERE.
5:54:00PM THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS 45 FEET OR FOUR STORIES.
5:54:05PM 350 SQUARE FEET OF GREENSPACE PER UNIT IS REQUIRED AND 288
5:54:09PM SQUARE FEET OF GREENSPACE PER UNIT IS PROVIDED.
5:54:11PM NOW WE WILL MOVE INTO THE PICTURES.
5:54:15PM OR THE ELEVATIONS.
5:54:20PM I ALWAYS WANT TO SKIP THE ELEVATIONS.
5:54:21PM HERE'S YOUR ALLEY ONES AND THEN YOUR PLATT STREET.
5:54:35PM THIS IS FREMONT HERE, WEST PLATT.
5:54:45PM WE ARE LOOKING WEST ON PLATT STREET AT THE INTERSECTION.
5:54:49PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE RIGHT HERE.
5:54:50PM WE'RE LOOKING BACK EAST TOWARDS DOWNTOWN.
5:54:54PM THAT IS THE PD WITH THE APPROVED RESTAURANT ON IT.
5:54:56PM LOOKING FURTHER WEST DOWN PLATT NOW, YOU CAN SEE THE ALLEY
5:55:02PM RIGHT HERE.
5:55:03PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:55:04PM LOOKING TO THE SOUTH AT PLATT, AWAY FROM THE SUBJECT SITE,
5:55:09PM SMALL COMMERCIAL STRIP.
5:55:12PM MOVE FURTHER WEST, WHERE THE INTERSECTION OF PLATT AND THE
5:55:17PM ALLEY ARE.
5:55:18PM THIS IS THE MULTIFAMILY THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER THAT'S IN
5:55:20PM THE CG ZONING, AND THEN MOVING NORTH IN THE ALLEY NOW, STILL
5:55:26PM LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
5:55:27PM HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL MULTIFAMILY THAT'S WITHIN THE RM
5:55:31PM 16.
5:55:32PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTHWEST IN THE ALLEY.
5:55:34PM SITE IS OVER HERE.
5:55:35PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING BACK EAST.
5:55:39PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:55:40PM YOU CAN SEE THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES HERE, AND THEN
5:55:43PM SEMI DETACHED.
5:55:44PM AND THEN THE PD WITH THE RESTAURANT.
5:55:45PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTH FROM THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:55:49PM THIS IS THE SEMI DETACHED DEVELOPMENT HERE.
5:55:53PM LOOKING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST TOWARDS FREMONT, YOU CAN
5:55:57PM SEE THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES ACROSS THE STREET.
5:55:59PM LOOKING NORTH ALONG FREMONT, SUBJECT SITE IS HERE.
5:56:05PM LOOKING A LITTLE BIT FARTHER NORTH OF FREMONT, NORTH OF THE
5:56:08PM SUBJECT SITE TO KIND OF GIVE A FEEL OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY
5:56:11PM DETACHED HOMES.
5:56:12PM AND THEN NOW WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO CLEVELAND, FURTHER
5:56:15PM NORTH, THIS IS SOME OF WHAT THE SEMI DETACHED DEVELOPMENT
5:56:21PM LOOKS LIKE.
5:56:22PM HEADING BACK SOUTH, SEMI DETACHED UNITS DIRECTLY NORTH OF
5:56:25PM THE SUBJECT SITE WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE.
5:56:27PM THIS IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME.
5:56:29PM THIS IS LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET TO GIVE YOU A BETTER VIEW
5:56:33PM OF WHAT THE SEMI-DETACHED CLOSEST TO THE SUBJECT SITE LOOKS
5:56:35PM LIKE.
5:56:36PM NOW WE'RE LOOKING SOUTHWEST, BACK TOWARDS PLATT STREET AND
5:56:40PM AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
5:56:41PM PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP.
5:56:49PM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
5:56:58PM APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT.
5:57:01PM SEE THE FINDINGS FROM NATURAL RESOURCES, PLANNING
5:57:02PM COMMISSION, AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
5:57:03PM THE REQUESTED USE OF SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED IS APPROPRIATE
5:57:06PM IN LOCATION, BUT THE SCALE AND MASSING OF THE 45 FEET OR
5:57:09PM FOUR-STORY STRUCTURES ARE OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE
5:57:11PM DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ON THIS BLOCK AND THE BLOCK ADJACENT TO
5:57:14PM THE ALLEY.
5:57:15PM NOTWITHSTANDING STAFF'S FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY, SHOULD IT
5:57:17PM BE THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE WAIVERS AS
5:57:19PM IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT AND THE APPLICATION, MODIFICATIONS
5:57:22PM TO THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE REVISION SHEET MUST BE
5:57:25PM COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
5:57:27PM I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
5:57:29PM IF NOT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANNY.
5:57:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
5:57:32PM MR. COLLINS.
5:57:38PM >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION
5:57:40PM STAFF.
5:57:41PM I WAS SWORN IN.
5:57:42PM THIS CASE IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT AND
5:57:46PM WITHIN THE SOUTH HOWARD NEIGHBORHOOD.
5:57:48PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE C.
5:57:52PM IT CURRENTLY HAS TWO LAND USE -- FUTURE LAND USE
5:57:56PM DESIGNATIONS.
5:57:57PM ON THE SOUTH SIDE CMU 35 AND NORTH SIDE IT'S RESIDENTIAL 20.
5:58:02PM CMU 35 IS PREDOMINANTLY FOUND ALONG PLATT STREET AND THE
5:58:13PM AVENUE OVER HERE.
5:58:14PM THE APPLICANT IS UTILIZING LU POLICY 5.1.6 TO PROPORTIONALLY
5:58:19PM WEIGH THE DENSITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE SITE THROUGH A PLANNED
5:58:22PM DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.
5:58:23PM IF APPROVED, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE
5:58:26PM APPLICANT ADD A NOTE ON THE SITE PLAN BETWEEN FIRST AND
5:58:29PM SECOND READINGS INDICATING THAT THEY ARE UTILIZING LU POLICY
5:58:33PM 5.1.6.
5:58:35PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A MIXED USE CENTER AND
5:58:38PM CORRIDOR AND SUBJECT TO MEETING THE RELEVANT DESIGN
5:58:41PM STANDARDS.
5:58:42PM THESE AREAS ARE INTENDED TO SUPPORT WALKABLE PEDESTRIAN
5:58:44PM ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT ENHANCES THE PUBLIC REALM.
5:58:48PM HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN DOES NOT MEET SEVERAL KEY
5:58:51PM DESIGN PRINCIPLES I WANT OUTLINED IN THE PLAN.
5:58:54PM SPECIFICALLY, IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH POLICIES THAT PROMOTE
5:58:56PM PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVE STREET FRONTAGES.
5:59:00PM AS PROPOSED, UNITS 6 THROUGH 9 FACE AN ALLEY, AND THERE IS
5:59:03PM NO SIDEWALK CONNECTION ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE TO
5:59:07PM LINK THE NORTHERN BUILDINGS.
5:59:08PM THE ONLY PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION BETWEEN UNITS 1 THROUGH 5 AND
5:59:11PM 6 THROUGH 9 CROSSES OVER A DRIVE AISLE WHICH IS INCONSISTENT
5:59:14PM WITH POLICIES THAT CALL FOR SAFE, DIRECT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS,
5:59:18PM PROMOTE MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY AND INTRODUCE PEDESTRIAN
5:59:23PM VEHICULAR CONFLICTS.
5:59:24PM WHILE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTS INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND
5:59:27PM INCREASED HOUSING SUPPLY, IT ALSO PLACES A STRONG EMPHASIS
5:59:29PM ON CONTENT SENSITIVE DESIGN AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE
5:59:33PM SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
5:59:34PM THE CURRENT PROPOSAL DOES NOT REFLECT THE ESTABLISHED
5:59:37PM SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
5:59:39PM IT LACKS ORIENTATION, STREET FACING DESIGN AND SITE
5:59:44PM INTEGRATION WITHIN THE MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS.
5:59:47PM BASED ON THE ABOVE CONSIDERATIONS, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
5:59:50PM FINDS THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
5:59:52PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
5:59:52PM AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
5:59:55PM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:59:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
5:59:56PM ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
5:59:57PM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT?
6:00:03PM START WITH YOUR NAME PLEASE.
6:00:10PM >> RALPH SCHULER, JVB ARCHITECT, AT 2401 NORTH HOWARD
6:00:14PM AVENUE.
6:00:20PM I HAVE BEEN SWORN.
6:00:30PM THANK YOU.
6:00:44PM THIS PROJECT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY CORRIDOR.
6:00:47PM IT'S ON PLATT STREET.
6:00:51PM THIS AREA OF PLATT STREET, IT IS PEPPERED WITH PDs AND
6:00:55PM MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL.
6:00:58PM IT'S KIND OF WHAT A CITY WANTS TO BE.
6:01:02PM A NUMBER OF USES WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT HOUSING STOCKS.
6:01:07PM WE HAVE SOME SINGLE-FAMILY.
6:01:09PM WE HAVE SEMI-DETACHED, WE HAVE MULTIFAMILY.
6:01:11PM WE HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD SIZE APARTMENT BUILDINGS TO THE
6:01:17PM EAST, BOTH ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF PLATT.
6:01:20PM SO IN STARTING, THIS IS OUR SITE PLAN, OF COURSE.
6:01:22PM THE SITE PLAN, WE WENT THROUGH THE DE, AND WE GOT VERY GOOD
6:01:24PM COMMENTS FROM THE DE -- SORRY, WITH THE DRC.
06:01:26PM THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME, I GUESS, IS DEBATING WHAT
06:01:29PM HAPPENS WITH THE UNIT TO THE BACK HERE.
06:01:31PM I THINK EVERYONE IS VERY HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN.
06:01:33PM EVERYONE IS VERY HAPPY WITH OUR PROJECT.
06:01:36PM WE HAD REALLY JUST TWO ISSUES.
06:01:40PM ONE IS A TREE HERE.
06:01:42PM AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION REALLY WANTED US TO INVESTIGATE
06:01:50PM A SIDEWALK ON THE VERY NORTH SIDE, RIGHT NEXT TO A
06:01:53PM RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
06:01:55PM AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THEY REALLY WANTED TO KEEP THE TREE.
06:02:00PM SO WE TRIED TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM.
06:02:06PM THE HAPPY MEDIUM WAS GOING TO POSSIBLY BE IF YOU SEE MIDBLOCK,
06:02:11PM WE HAVE A -- A SIDEWALK THERE.
06:02:13PM AND WE HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT RUNS ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
06:02:17PM IN THE ALLEY.
06:02:18PM SO WE HAVE TWO CONNECTIONS TO THOSE TOWN HOUSES.
06:02:21PM ONE FROM PLATT AND ONE FROM FREMONT.
06:02:26PM BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE
06:02:30PM PROJECT.
06:02:30PM SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE REST OF THE
06:02:35PM INFILL.
06:02:36PM ALL OF OUR VEHICULAR ACCESS IS ALL FROM THE INTERIOR.
06:02:41PM THERE IS NO FRONT YARD, YOU KNOW, ACCESS.
06:02:47PM IT IS ALL PEDESTRIAN.
06:02:48PM ALL VEHICULAR FROM THE REAR.
06:02:50PM THIS IS -- THIS IS WHAT OUR PROJECT LOOKS LIKE ON THE CORNER
06:02:54PM OF PLATT AND FREMONT.
06:02:56PM IT'S -- IT IS PREDOMINANTLY THREE STORIES.
06:03:00PM ONLY THE BACK ONE-THIRD IS A BONUS ROOM.
06:03:03PM AND THAT IS FOR A ROOFTOP GARDEN.
06:03:06PM SO THE ROOFTOP GARDEN, OF COURSE, IS ADDITIONAL LIVING SPACE
06:03:10PM AND OUTDOOR SPACE, AS WELL AS, WE HAVE A SECOND-FLOOR BALCONY.
06:03:18PM TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITY ALLOWED FOR THESE
06:03:21PM UNITS EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW THE GREEN SPACE
06:03:24PM REQUIREMENT BY ONLY ABOUT 50 OR SO SQUARE FEET PER UNIT.
06:03:29PM THIS IS THE FACING PLATT STREET.
06:03:35PM AGAIN, WE TRIED TO BRING IT RIGHT DOWN THE SCALE OF THE
06:03:39PM ARCHITECTURE.
06:03:40PM AS YOU CAN SEE, IT -- IT LOOKS LIKE A THREE-STORY BUILDING.
06:03:44PM STAFF -- WHAT THE CITY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IS SCALE AND
06:03:51PM MASSING.
06:03:52PM I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB OF BREAKING DOWN THE SCALE AND
06:03:55PM MASSING OF THIS PROJECT.
06:03:56PM THIS IS LOOKING DOWN FREMONT FROM ACROSS THE STREET,
06:03:59PM ACTUALLY FURTHER BACK FROM THE SIDEWALK.
06:04:01PM AND YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE A THREE-STORY PROJECT ON THE
06:04:04PM STREET.
06:04:05PM THE VERY, VERY MIDDLE OF PROJECT IS WHERE WE WILL BE
06:04:09PM INVESTIGATING ANY ADDITIONAL HEIGHT.
06:04:12PM BUT, ALSO, THERE ARE TWO OTHER STRUCTURES VERY CLOSE TWO
06:04:18PM BLOCKS DOWN THE ROAD THAT ARE FIVE-STORY-TALL BUILDINGS.
06:04:21PM SO THIS IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
06:04:27PM PLATT STREET CORRIDOR.
06:04:28PM THIS IS A LITTLE -- YEAH, ANIMATION FOR YOU OF KIND OF WHAT
06:04:39PM THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.
06:04:40PM HOW IT CAN BE A VERY GOOD NEIGHBOR AND HOW CAN, YOU KNOW, IT
06:04:46PM BE A GREAT ADDITION TO -- TO WHAT IS, I THINK, GOING TO BE A
06:04:51PM VERY COOL STREET.
06:04:52PM THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD.
06:04:56PM THE PIONEER BUILDING TWO BLOCKS DOWN THAT HAS SOME SIMILAR
06:05:01PM CHARACTERISTICS.
06:05:02PM ISN'T QUITE THAT FANCY.
06:05:04PM AND, OF COURSE, THIS IS THE BUILDING TWO BLOCKS DOWN.
06:05:08PM IT'S A FIVE-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING, FULL CITY BLOCK.
06:05:14PM CLEARLY, IT IS TALLER THAN WHAT WE ARE.
06:05:16PM AND THEN A LITTLE PUBLIC STORAGE BUILDING FURTHER DOWN, WHICH
06:05:21PM IS FOUR STORIES WHICH ISN'T GREAT, BUT, OF COURSE, IT IS
06:05:26PM NEXT TO THE CROSSTOWN.
06:05:27PM SO LET ME ADDRESS THE WAIVERS.
06:05:30PM SO REALLY, AGAIN, WHEN I TALK ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE WAIVERS
06:05:35PM FOR THE FOUR UNITS OUT OF THE 14 UNITS THAT ARE OFF OF THE
06:05:41PM ALLEY.
06:05:42PM WE DO PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
06:05:46PM TO THERE.
06:05:46PM AND WE THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ASSET.
06:05:50PM AND THEN ONLY ON THE ALLEY THE REQUIRED VUA IS BEING REDUCED
06:05:55PM FROM EIGHT TO FIVE.
06:05:56PM EVERYWHERE ELSE WE HAVE AT LEAST EIGHT BUT MOSTLY MORE ON --
06:06:01PM OF COURSE, ON PLATT AND FREMONT.
06:06:03PM AND THEN, AGAIN, THE OTHER THING I ADDRESSED IS THAT WE ARE
06:06:09PM BELOW THE GREEN SPACE, BUT NOT A LOT, AND WE ARE IN AN URBAN
06:06:13PM CORRIDOR AND PROVIDING LOTS OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR OUR
06:06:18PM RESIDENTS.
06:06:19PM IT IS NOT LIKE WE ARE IN A THREE-STORY BLOCK.
06:06:22PM WE HAVE ROOFTOP GARDENS.
06:06:24PM WE WILL HAVE A SECOND-FLOOR BALCONY THAT IS LARGE AND
06:06:28PM INVITING AND ACTUALLY ACTIVATES THE STREET.
06:06:32PM LIKE A FRONT PORCH BUT JUST ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
06:06:36PM I DON'T THINK SOMEONE WANTS TO BE ON A PORCH ON PLATT AVENUE
06:06:40PM ANYWAYS ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
06:06:42PM SO THEN, I -- EVERYBODY ELSE, TRANSPORTATION, SOLID WASTE,
06:06:58PM STORMWATER, TAMPA, EVERYBODY ELSE FINDS US CONSISTENT.
06:07:02PM I REALLY THINK THE TWO ISSUES THAT STAFF, BETWEEN THE
06:07:06PM PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF HAVE ARE EXACTLY HOW WE
06:07:11PM TREAT THESE FOUR UNITS IN THE BACK.
06:07:12PM AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE HEIGHT.
06:07:14PM I THINK THE HEIGHT IS EXTREMELY APPROPRIATE.
06:07:17PM WE HAVE BROKEN SCALE DOWN.
06:07:19PM HEIGHT IS ONLY IN THE CENTER OF THIS BLOCK.
06:07:23PM AGAIN, 99% OF TIME YOU ONLY SEE A THREE-STORY BUILDING AND
06:07:29PM THAT IS REALLY AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DESIGN TO GET YOU TO
06:07:32PM HAVE A SMALL SPACE IN THE BACK THAT YOU CAN USE WHILE YOU
06:07:35PM ARE ENJOYING YOUR ROOFTOP GARDEN.
06:07:37PM SO I THINK, AGAIN, COUNCIL, WE HAVE A GREAT PROJECT.
06:07:47PM I THINK THE -- THE ARCHITECTURE IS IT GOING TO BE
06:07:52PM COMPLEMENTARY.
06:07:53PM IT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE PROUD
06:07:57PM OF.
06:07:57PM I DID NOT GET ANY -- ANYONE CALLING ME WHEN WE NOTICED THAT
06:08:03PM WASN'T SUPPORTIVE.
06:08:04PM I AM NOT SURE IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE TONIGHT OR NOT.
06:08:08PM BUT WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I WILL
06:08:10PM TAKE QUESTIONS.
06:08:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
06:08:13PM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
06:08:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REAL QUICK.
06:08:15PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
06:08:16PM SO YOU ARE TALKING THREE STORIES AND YOU GONE INTO THAT.
06:08:21PM TWO BLOCKS AWAY IT IS FIVE STORIES, IS THAT CORRECT?
06:08:24PM >> YES, SIR.
06:08:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE THE STORAGE FACILITY THAT IS
06:08:27PM THREE STORIES.
06:08:28PM >> THAT IS FOUR STORIES.
06:08:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOUR STORIES AND THAT IS COMMERCIAL
06:08:32PM SPACE WHICH A COUPLE OF CARS MIGHT GO IN AND OUT.
06:08:35PM IT IS A STORAGE FACILITY.
06:08:36PM I REALLY LIKE THIS DESIGN.
06:08:38PM I KNOW PLATT IS A VERY BUSY STREET.
06:08:41PM COMPLIMENTS TO THE ARCHITECT.
06:08:43PM I THINK A VERY COOL DESIGN.
06:08:46PM THE BROWN PANELING.
06:08:48PM IS THAT WOOD PANELS.
06:08:50PM >> COMPOSITE.
06:08:51PM LOOKS LIKE WOOD.
06:08:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE DESIGN IS GREAT.
06:08:54PM THE ROOFTOP GARDEN, I GUESS YOU WERE SAYING, IS NICE.
06:08:58PM THE BALCONIES, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST A BORING BLOCK.
06:09:04PM I MEAN, WE SEE A LOT OF THAT.
06:09:06PM THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE EFFORT WAS MADE TO
06:09:10PM MAKE IT STAND OUT.
06:09:10PM AND I THINK IT WILL ACTIVATE, YOU KNOW, THE -- YOU KNOW, THE
06:09:15PM FRONTAGE.
06:09:16PM NOW IN THE -- IN THE ANIMATION, THOSE ARE TREES THAT ARE
06:09:22PM GOING TO BE PLANTED?
06:09:25PM >> RIGHT.
06:09:26PM IN INTEREST OF TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO RUN A RENDERING
06:09:30PM ANIMATION.
06:09:31PM A MODELING ANIMATION.
06:09:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT YOU PLAN TO PUT SOME SHADING AND ALL
06:09:37PM THAT.
06:09:38PM >> ON OUR SITE PLAN.
06:09:39PM IF YOU PUT EVERY TREE IN FRONT, YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE
06:09:42PM BUILDING AND DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
06:09:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
06:09:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:09:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I ALSO LIKE THE DESIGN ALLEY.
06:09:53PM FRONT ENTRANCES DON'T BOTHER ME BECAUSE FOLLOWING THE ADU
06:09:59PM WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE GO IN.
06:10:02PM THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE.
06:10:04PM I DON'T THINK THE HEIGHT IS AN ISSUE.
06:10:06PM NOT A FULL FOUR STORIES, THAT PART DOES NOT BOTHER ME.
06:10:11PM I HEARD THAT YOU TOLD COUNCIL MEMBER ORDINANCE THOSE ARE
06:10:15PM RENDERING TREES.
06:10:18PM NO PALM TREES.
06:10:20PM PALM TREES ARE TERRIBLE.
06:10:21PM >> WE WILL PUT IN SHADE TREES.
06:10:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU HAVE TO PUT IN SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES --
06:10:26PM IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE WHICH -- BY THE WAY, I
06:10:30PM NEVER SEEN THAT MANY PEOPLE IN A RENDERING BEFORE.
06:10:33PM LITERALLY DID A CASTING CALL.
06:10:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THOUGHT THE SAME THING.
06:10:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU CHOSE EVERY TYPE OF PERSON AND I THOUGHT
06:10:41PM THAT WAS FUNNY.
06:10:42PM I APPRECIATE THAT.
06:10:43PM BUT NONE OF THEM ARE SHADED.
06:10:44PM SO I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AS WE ARE PUTTING VEGETATION,
06:10:49PM PLEASE MAKE SURE IT IS VEGETATION THAT CAN GROW PROPERLY SO
06:10:53PM A TYPE I TREE IS NOT GOING TO FIT THERE BUT WHAT APPROPRIATE
06:10:59PM TYPE II TREE CAN WE PUT ARE PUT THERE HOPING THAT YOU CAN
06:11:03PM WORK WITH NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THAT.
06:11:06PM MY ONLY OTHER CONCERN IS THE GARAGE SIZE.
06:11:11PM WHAT SIZE ARE THE GARAGES?
06:11:13PM BECAUSE ONE THEM WAS KIND OF TIGHT.
06:11:16PM >> GOTCHA.
06:11:17PM WE ARE -- WE ARE 20 FOOT CLEAR SIDE TO SIDE.
06:11:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU PUT IT UP ON THE WOLF SO WE CAN SEE
06:11:27PM THAT?
06:11:29PM >> YES.
06:11:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
06:11:31PM >> SO THIS IS -- THIS WAY IS 20 FOOT, 8.
06:11:38PM 20 FOOT CLEAR AND DEPTH OF 20 FOOT, 6.
06:11:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE SAYING -- IS IT THE ROOF OF THE UNIT?
06:11:49PM >> THE UNIT ITSELF -- THE CENTER IS 20.
06:11:52PM THE ACTUAL GARAGE IS 20 FEET.
06:11:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
06:11:56PM YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO ASK, BECAUSE IT IS A THING NOW.
06:11:59PM >> NO PROBLEM.
06:12:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO REIN IN
06:12:07PM PARKING.
06:12:08PM AND THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS -- IS TRICKY FOR PARKING.
06:12:13PM >> WE DO PROVIDE, OF COURSE, THE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL VISITOR
06:12:20PM PARKING.
06:12:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY, THANK YOU.
06:12:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO ON THE SITE PLAN, WHAT TYPE TREES ARE
06:12:24PM DESIGNATED -- ARE THEY ON THE SITE PLAN?
06:12:27PM >> YEAH, WE JUST SAY CITY OF TAMPA STANDARD TREES.
06:12:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHADE TREES CAN WE GET --
06:12:42PM >>ERIN MAHER: ERIN MAHER, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
06:12:45PM I BELIEVE THERE ARE WIRES ON ONE OF THE SIDES OF THE STREET.
06:12:49PM BUT I HAVE ASKED THEM TO PLANT TYPE I SHADE TREES IN WHERE
06:12:53PM THERE ARE NO WIRES.
06:12:54PM SO IT IS ON HIS SHEET TO CHANGE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
06:12:58PM READING.
06:12:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PERFECT.
06:13:00PM EXCELLENT.
06:13:01PM SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL FINISH WITH MY
06:13:05PM COMMENTS.
06:13:05PM I CONCUR WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL PERSONS OF THE PROJECT.
06:13:09PM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, NEXT TO ONE OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS TO
06:13:14PM TAMPA.
06:13:14PM IF YOU CAN WALK THERE, THAT IS A BONUS.
06:13:16PM THE SIDEWALK WILL CONTINUE THE FULL LENGTH OF THE PROJECT?
06:13:20PM >> YES, SIR.
06:13:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YEAH, REMEMBER DON'T -- HONESTLY, I DON'T
06:13:24PM HAVE AN ISSUE FOR STORAGE HERE.
06:13:26PM THEY SAY IT DOESN'T HAVE STREET ACCESS OF BUILDING THE
06:13:33PM HEIGHT.
06:13:34PM HAD I BEEN ON COUNCIL, I WOULD HAVE STREET ACCESS TO THOSE
06:13:38PM OPPORTUNITIES MAKE A WALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
06:13:39PM BUT, YES, THIS IS GOOD.
06:13:41PM THIS IS NICE.
06:13:42PM I LIKE THE ECLECTIC VISION YOU HAVE HERE FOR BLENDING IN TO
06:13:47PM WHAT NOW IS KIND OF A HOT MESS.
06:13:49PM AND -- BECAUSE IT IS A FASCINATING STREET.
06:13:52PM THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO HERE.
06:13:54PM >> A LOT GOING ON.
06:13:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A LOT GOING ON.
06:13:56PM KUDOS.
06:13:57PM GOOD JOB ON IT.
06:13:59PM STAFF.
06:14:05PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
06:14:08PM COUPLE OF ELEVATIONS ARE NOT BINDING UNLESS WE CRAFT A NOTE
06:14:13PM TO MAKE THEM BINDING .
06:14:15PM THE ELEVATIONS SHOW 45 FEET JUST IN THE REAR, THE ENTIRE
06:14:19PM PROJECT CAN BE BUILT TO 45 FEET FOR FOUR STORIES.
06:14:22PM THAT WILL ALSO BE A NOTE WE WOULD HAVE TO CRAFT TO LIMIT
06:14:26PM WHERE THE FOUR STORIES CAN FEBRUARY THAT IS THE WISH OF
06:14:28PM COUNCIL.
06:14:28PM AND THEN ANOTHER CLARIFYING POINT THAT WHILE THE SITE PLAN
06:14:34PM HERE DOES SHOW THE GARAGE SIZES BEING THIS WIDTH, THE TABLE
06:14:41PM LISTS THAT THE GARAGE SIZES WILL BE 8 X 19.
06:14:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
06:14:49PM >> 9 X 18 IS THE SIZE OF A STANDARD SPACE.
06:14:54PM OUR GARAGES ARE 20 X 20.6.
06:15:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING THAT WILL
06:15:06PM NEED TO BE CHANGED.
06:15:07PM >> WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING THIS PROJECT.
06:15:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WITH THAT WILL BE A STIPULATION.
06:15:13PM I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE HEIGHT.
06:15:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. THOMAS, WHAT WOULD WE NEED -- WHAT
06:15:18PM EXACTLY DO YOU NEED FOR ME TO SAY.
06:15:22PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, MA'AM, BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
06:15:24PM READINGS SITE DATA TABLE TO REMOVE THE 9 X 18.
06:15:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SITE DATA TABLE.
06:15:32PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: NOTE TO MAKE THE ELEVATIONS BINDING AND A
06:15:35PM NOTE REGARDING WHERE THE 45-FOOT MAX BUILDING HEIGHT CAN BE
06:15:38PM FOR THE FOURTH STORY.
06:15:39PM AND THEN I CAN WORK WITH CATE, BASED ON THOSE MOTIONS TO
06:15:45PM CRAFT THOSE NOTES.
06:15:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MISSED THE LAST ONE, ELEVATIONS --
06:15:50PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: WHERE THE BUILDING CAN BE 45 FEET.
06:15:52PM MAKING SURE THE 45 FEET WHERE THE FOURTH STORY IS SET BACK
06:15:57PM LIKE IN THE ELEVATION.
06:15:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHERE THE BUILDING CAN BE 45 FOOT.
06:16:02PM GOT IT.
06:16:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
06:16:05PM OKAY.
06:16:06PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
06:16:09PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
06:16:11PM A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:16:12PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK -- SORRY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
06:16:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK: 25-46, ORDINANCE OF FIRST READING
06:16:24PM CONSIDERATION.
06:16:24PM ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY OF 1901 WEST
06:16:29PM PLATT STREET AND 211 AND 213 SOUTH FREEMONT, AVENUE, IN THE
06:16:34PM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
06:16:37PM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING CLASSIFICATION CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL,
06:16:41PM AND RM-16, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO PD, PLANNED
06:16:46PM DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
06:16:49PM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE INCLUDING A REVISION SHEET AND
06:16:53PM CHANGING THE SITE DATA TABLE FROM 19 X 18-FOOT GARAGES,
06:16:58PM MAKING THE ELEVATIONS BINDING.
06:17:00PM AND STATING WHERE THE BUILDING CAN BE 35 FEET TALL.
06:17:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
06:17:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:17:11PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
06:17:13PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:17:14PM OPPOSED?
06:17:17PM AYES HAVE IT CLERK MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY,
06:17:19PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION AUGUST 28, 2025 AT OLD CITY
06:17:25PM HALL, 315 E. KENNEDY, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
06:17:30PM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
06:17:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY, HERE WE GO.
06:17:34PM ITEM NUMBER 8.
06:17:36PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAMUEL THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT
06:17:40PM COORDINATION.
06:17:40PM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8 IS REZ-25-52.
06:17:45PM REQUEST TO REZONE 2801 NORTH TAMPA STREET FROM COMMERCIAL
06:17:49PM NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL
06:17:52PM SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED.
06:17:54PM AND LOOK AT OUR AERIAL REVIEW AND SURROUNDING USES.
06:17:58PM EAST ROME AND NORTH TAMPA AND EAST GLADYS STREET.
06:18:01PM TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, RM-16 WITH SINGLE-FAMILY
06:18:05PM DETACHED USES.
06:18:07PM TO THE SOUTH IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT APPROVED FOR A
06:18:09PM SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHED AND ATTACHED USES.
06:18:13PM RM-16 ZONING AS WELL WITH MULTIFAMILY USES AND CI ZONING
06:18:19PM WHICH WILL DEVELOP THE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES.
06:18:23PM ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE, RM-16.
06:18:27PM AND A SMALL COMMERCIAL BUILDING RIGHT HERE.
06:18:29PM AND SOME MORE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS THERE AS WELL.
06:18:32PM HERE IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
06:18:39PM LET'S SEE HERE.
06:18:44PM SO YOU HAVE UNITS 1-4 THAT ARE ORIENTED TOWARD THE NORTH
06:18:50PM ALONG WEST WARREN.
06:18:51PM SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS AND THE SPACING OF WEST WARREN AND AN
06:18:55PM EXISTING SIX-FOOT SIDEWALK THERE.
06:18:58PM TO THE SOUTH FACING WEST, SEMI-DETACHED UNITS FACING NORTH
06:19:02PM TAMPA STREET WITH THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS WITH THE
06:19:06PM EXISTING SIDEWALKS ON TAMPA STREET.
06:19:07PM VEHICULAR ACCESS PROVIDED FROM EAST GLADYS STREET AND A
06:19:13PM TWO-CAR GARAGE AND 14 PARKING SPACES AND REQUIRED.
06:19:17PM TWO GUEST PARKING SPACES TO THE NORTH OF THE STORMWATER POND
06:19:22PM AND THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING TYPE I TREE'S LONG THE
06:19:28PM EASTERN PROPERTY LINE DUE TO OVERHEAD LINES SURROUNDING THE
06:19:31PM SUBJECT SITE AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, SO THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE
06:19:35PM THAT TYPE I TREES BECAUSE OF THE OVERHEAD WIRES.
06:19:42PM MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 50 FEET FOR THREE STORIES.
06:19:48PM THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS FOR THE UNITS FACING WEST --
06:19:53PM EAST WARREN AND THE ELEVATIONS FOR THE UNITS FACING
06:19:57PM NORTH TAMPA STREET.
06:19:58PM JUMP INTO OUR PICTURES NOW.
06:20:04PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ON WARREN.
06:20:07PM SUBJECT SITE.
06:20:09PM DETACHED UNITS ACROSS THE STREET AND A MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE
06:20:13PM TO THE EAST OF IT.
06:20:14PM LOOKING SOUTH ON WARREN.
06:20:21PM WEST ON WARREN.
06:20:22PM THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND THE OTHER MULTIFAMILY UNITS
06:20:26PM IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM
06:20:29PM THE SUBJECT SITE.
06:20:29PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTHWEST AT THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ACROSS
06:20:32PM THE STREET.
06:20:32PM NOW WE ARE LOOKING NORTH ON TAMPA STREET.
06:20:37PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE ON THE CORNER.
06:20:39PM NOW WE ARE LOOKING SOUTH ON TAMPA STREET WITH THE SUBJECT
06:20:46PM SITE HERE, MULTIFAMILY AND SEMI ATTACHED FURTHER DOWN.
06:20:50PM MOVING CLOSER TO IT THE EXISTING PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY
06:20:55PM IS LOCATED ON THIS SITE.
06:20:56PM ACROSS THE STREET OF THE MULTIFAMILY AND THE COMMERCIAL
06:21:00PM STRUCTURE.
06:21:00PM THIS THE EXISTING PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY ON THE SUBJECT
06:21:05PM SITE.
06:21:05PM THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ON GLADYS STREET AT THE SUBJECT SITE
06:21:14PM NOW MOVING EAST.
06:21:15PM THE PD WITH SEMI ATTACHED AND DETACHED UNITS APPROVED AND
06:21:20PM HERE IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
06:21:22PM NOW WE ARE LOOKING BACK WEST ON GLADYS STREET TOWARD
06:21:25PM SYMPHONY DETACHED -- ACTUALLY THIS IS MULTIFAMILY THIS IS
06:21:34PM MULTIFAMILY AS WELL.
06:21:36PM AND LOOKING EAST, AND THIS IS A VIEW OF SOME OF THE ATTACHED
06:21:41PM UNITS ON FLORIDA AVENUE.
06:21:43PM I WILL PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP.
06:21:46PM DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEW THE
06:21:57PM APPLICATION AND FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT.
06:21:59PM SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE
06:22:02PM APPLICATION, MODIFICATIONS OF THE SITE PLAN BETWEEN FIRST
06:22:06PM AND SECOND READING AND A REVISION SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED
06:22:09PM BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING UNLESS THERE ARE ANY
06:22:12PM QUESTIONS.
06:22:12PM I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DANNY.
06:22:14PM SORRY, I COULD NOT GET THAT TO FOCUS.
06:22:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
06:22:19PM HEARING NONE?
06:22:21PM PLANNING COMMISSION.
06:22:21PM >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION
06:22:24PM STAFF.
06:22:25PM THIS CASE IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT WITHIN THE
06:22:30PM TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE.
06:22:33PM SUBJECT SITE WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE E AND THE RESIDENTIAL-20
06:22:38PM DESIGNATION TO THE NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SITE.
06:22:42PM APPROXIMATELY, ONE BLOCK WEST OF NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE THAT HE
06:22:46PM CONTAINS CC-35 DESIGNATED PARCELS.
06:22:49PM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED
06:22:52PM HOUSING TO BE DESIGNED WITH THE FRONT DOORS FACING A PUBLIC
06:22:57PM EITHER A SIDEWALK OR STREET.
06:22:58PM THE PROPOSED PD ALLIANCE WITH THIS POLICY DIRECTIONS UNITS
06:23:03PM 1-4 OF EAST WARREN AVENUE AND UNITS 5 AND 6 FACING NORTH
06:23:07PM TAMPA STREET.
06:23:08PM FURTHERMORE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTS RESIDENTIAL
06:23:13PM INFILL, PARTICULARLY IN AREA WITHIN PROXIMITY OF COMMERCIAL
06:23:19PM SERVICES.
06:23:19PM THIS AREA HAS A BROAD RANGE OF SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT
06:23:22PM OPPORTUNITIES ALONG N. ARMENIA AVENUE.
06:23:24PM INTRODUCING SINGLE DETACHED HOME, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
06:23:29PM -- SORRY, THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON THE SITE, THE PROPOSED
06:23:36PM DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTES TO A DIVERSE HOUSING MIX AND
06:23:39PM SUPPORTS THE COMPACT FORM AND VISION OF THE PLAN.
06:23:43PM THE PLAN'S HOUSING THAT CORRECT TO THE OVERALL HOUSING
06:23:48PM SUPPLY PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE
06:23:52PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE GREATEST SHARE OF GROWTH TO THE
06:23:54PM URBAN VILLAGES.
06:23:56PM THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT
06:23:59PM WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
06:24:00PM AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
06:24:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. COLLINS.
06:24:04PM ANY QUESTIONS?
06:24:06PM HEARING NONE.
06:24:08PM APPLICANT.
06:24:09PM >> STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
06:24:15PM THIS HAS A LAND USE DESIGNATION OF RESIDENTIAL-20, WHICH
06:24:20PM ANTICIPATES HIGHER DENSITIES BEYOND SINGLE-FAMILY.
06:24:23PM WE LOOKED AT THE AERIALS ON THE SITE PLAN AND YOU CAN SEE
06:24:32PM THIS AREA IS SURROUNDED BY MULTIFAMILY AND TOWNHOUSE
06:24:35PM PROJECTS.
06:24:39PM THIS IS AN AERIAL SHOWING THE SUBJECT SITE -- THESE ARE
06:24:44PM DUPLEX TOWNHOUSE STYLE.
06:24:46PM NOW YOU HAVE HERE THE SAME THING, AND THIS WAS APPROVED FOR
06:24:53PM ANOTHER TOWN HOUSE PROJECT.
06:24:54PM A LITTLE CLOSER VIEW SHOWING YOU THE SAME ORIENTATION.
06:25:01PM THIS IS THE PROPOSED SUBJECT SITE FOR REDEVELOPMENT HERE.
06:25:07PM THE INTENSITY OF THIS SITE IS FOR RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY WHICH
06:25:16PM IS VERY INTENSE.
06:25:17PM THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS LESS INTENSIVE.
06:25:24PM THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
06:25:26PM TOWN HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET.
06:25:27PM THIS IS LOCATED ON A TRANSIT CORRIDOR, WHICH IS, ACCORDING
06:25:33PM TO YOUR DISCUSSIONS AND POLICIES, WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO
06:25:35PM ENCOURAGE OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT THAT TRANSITION BETWEEN
06:25:39PM SINGLE-FAMILY, WHICH IS FURTHER TO THE EAST ALLOWANCE OF
06:25:48PM MULTIFAMILY AND TOWN HOUSE PROJECTS ALONG THOSE CORRIDORS.
06:25:51PM THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 15,000 SQUARE FEET AND PROVIDING
06:25:55PM 2533 FEET OF GREEN SPACE WITH EXCEEDS THE REQUIREMENTS.
06:25:59PM THE CIRCULATION IS INTERNAL TO THE SITE.
06:26:02PM WHICH TAKES OFF OF GLADYS AND EXITS HERE.
06:26:13PM WE ALSO HAVE VISITOR SPACES ARE HERE.
06:26:18PM THE GARAGES ARE 22 FEET X 22 FEET WIDE SO THAT WE ARE
06:26:23PM TRYING TO ENCOURAGE AS WE COME FORWARD WITH DIFFERENT
06:26:26PM PROJECTS TO MAKE THOSE GARAGES WIDER TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS
06:26:29PM THAT COUNCIL HAS HAD.
06:26:32PM IT IS ATTRACTIVE INFILL PROJECT THAT IS A GREAT TRANSITION
06:26:41PM OF THE HEAVILY TRAVELED TAMPA STREET AND THE REST OF THE
06:26:43PM RESIDENTIAL FURTHER TO THE EAST.
06:26:45PM AS WE SAID, WE ARE LOCATED ON AN ARTERIAL.
06:26:48PM THE TYPE -- PLANTING TYPE I TREES ALONG THE EAST SIDE WHERE
06:26:55PM WE DON'T HAVE IS A CONFLICT WITH THE OVERALL LINES.
06:26:58PM WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY -- THE
06:27:04PM CITY AND THE STAFF REPORT, WE ARE CONSISTENT AND THIS IS AN
06:27:09PM APPROPRIATE TRANSITION.
06:27:10PM WITH RESPECT TO THE CRITERIA WE HAVE TO MEET FOR PDs,
06:27:21PM PROMOTE THE STANDARD USE OF LAND AND A REDUCTION IN
06:27:26PM INTENSITY AND PROVIDES FOR NEEDED HOUSING.
06:27:30PM WITH RESPECT FOR FLEXIBLE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA, WE
06:27:37PM EXCEED THE GREEN SPACE WHICH PROVIDES THAT BUFFER,
06:27:41PM PARTICULARLY ALONG THE EAST SIDE AND ENHANCE WITH THE LARGER
06:27:44PM TYPE TREES.
06:27:45PM THE DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTER MEETS THAT CRITERIA.
06:27:54PM THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL-20 LAND USE CLASSIFICATION WHICH ALLOW
06:27:59PM FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
06:28:00PM PROMOTE VALUABLE LIVING CONDITIONS.
06:28:02PM WE THINK WE PROVIDED THAT.
06:28:03PM AND ALSO ALL OF THE ACCESSES ARE FRONTING RIGHT-OF-WAYS.
06:28:07PM AND SO THERE IS NO WAIVER THAT WILL BE REQUESTED.
06:28:10PM THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES ARE CONSISTENT, AND NO WAIVERS
06:28:14PM ARE BEING REQUESTED.
06:28:15PM WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT, AGAIN, I
06:28:22PM WILL JUST READ THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE -- OF THE DIFFERENT
06:28:25PM CRITERIA WE HAVE FOUND CONSISTENT WITH.
06:28:27PM THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
06:28:31PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF POLICIES OF THE
06:28:34PM TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF CITY DESIGN.
06:28:37PM THE URBAN VILLAGES GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES, THE LAND
06:28:42PM DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, OVERALL GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND
06:28:46PM POLICIES.
06:28:46PM MULTIFAMILY LOW AND RESIDENTIAL OBJECTIVES.
06:28:52PM ADEQUATE HOUSING AND INFILL.
06:28:56PM INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS POLICIES.
06:29:00PM PROVIDING MULTIMODAL OPTIONS.
06:29:03PM I FORGOT TO MENTION WE HAVE A BUS STOP WITHIN A QUARTER OF A
06:29:06PM MILE OF THIS SITE, WHICH IS GOING TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF
06:29:10PM TRANSIT.
06:29:11PM WE ARE PROPOSING SIX UNITS ON THIS SITE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT
06:29:15PM WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
06:29:17PM I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
06:29:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:29:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
06:29:23PM AND AGAIN, THIS IS A LOVELY DEVELOPMENT FROM SITE PLAN-WISE,
06:29:28PM BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MENTION THAT TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY.
06:29:34PM THE -- THE RENDERINGS WERE KIND OF BARE.
06:29:39PM IT IS NO THIS.
06:29:41PM >> AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, COUNCILWOMAN, WE ARE SUBJECTED
06:29:48PM TO THE TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY AND THOSE ELEVATIONS, AGAIN,
06:29:51PM THEY ARE REPRESENTED IN THEIR SCHEMATIC AND THEY ARE NOT
06:29:56PM FINAL.
06:29:56PM URBAN DESIGN WILL HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON ALL THE DESIGN
06:30:01PM CRITERIA AND CONSISTENT WITH TAMPA HEIGHTS.
06:30:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CHANCE -- THE PD WE APPROVED JUST
06:30:06PM SOUTH OF IT HAS PORCHES, LIKE WRAP-AROUND.
06:30:10PM I REMEMBER THAT VERY DISTINCTIVELY BECAUSE THE BEGINNING OF
06:30:15PM SOME OF THE CHANGE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
06:30:18PM HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T
06:30:21PM HEARD THE TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY, BUT APPRECIATE THE ONE WAY
06:30:24PM IN, THE KEEPING OFF OF TAMPA AND WARREN.
06:30:29PM >> THE VISITOR SPACE BEING OFF OF THE STREET.
06:30:31PM SO YOUR ON-STREET PARKING IS MINIMIZED.
06:30:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK: EXACTLY.
06:30:35PM JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THAT.
06:30:37PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
06:30:38PM >> SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION THE TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY.
06:30:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S OKAY.
06:30:46PM IT IS NEWISH.
06:30:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYONE ELSE?
06:30:50PM EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID.
06:30:56PM AT LEAST 50% OF THESE THINGS FOR US.
06:31:00PM ESPECIALLY FOR IN THE PDs.
06:31:02PM YOU KNOW WHAT I FEEL ABOUT PDs.
06:31:05PM STARTING TO WARM IT UP WHEN YOU PRESENT IT AS AN ENTIRE
06:31:09PM PACKAGE FOR THE DESIGN ELEMENTS OF A PD BECAUSE YOU ARE
06:31:12PM ASKING IT AS NOT A AGAIN.
06:31:15PM IMPORTANT TO SELL US ON THOSE ELEMENTS NOT SO BLACK AND
06:31:18PM WHITE.
06:31:19PM IT'S GOOD TO HAVE -- TO HAVE THOSE DESIGN ELEMENTS INCLUDED
06:31:24PM IN THOSE PDs AND HAVE IT BINDING SO WE KNOW -- MAYBE WE ARE
06:31:29PM FOLLOWING GIVE AN INCH HERE WHEN WE WILL GIVE AN INCH OVER
06:31:32PM THERE.
06:31:32PM SO I LIKE SEEING THOSE THINGS.
06:31:34PM IT IS A SHAME WE DON'T HAVE OF THIS ALONG THE CORRIDOR HOW
06:31:41PM LIVABLE WITH NICE SIDEWALK AND UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND
06:31:45PM SIDEWALKS AND THESE REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
06:31:47PM THAT IS NOT YOUR BUSINESS BUT I ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN
06:31:51PM HURTAK.
06:31:51PM >> I CAN CERTAINLY TAKE THAT SUGGESTION BACK TO THE
06:31:55PM DEVELOPER AND RECOMMEND THAT THEY CONSIDER UNDERGROUND
06:31:58PM UTILITIES.
06:31:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYTHING ELSE?
06:32:08PM NOW YOU SOUND LIKE ME.
06:32:09PM IS ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
06:32:16PM A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:32:18PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
06:32:19PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:32:21PM OPPOSED.
06:32:22PM THE AYES HAVE IT.
06:32:23PM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
06:32:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
06:32:25PM I HAVE -- AN ORDINANCE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2801
06:32:32PM NORTH TAMPA STREET MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN ZONING
06:32:34PM CLASSIFICATION CN, COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO PD, PLANNED
06:32:38PM DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED OF TAN
06:32:41PM EFFECTIVE DATE AND INCLUDING A REVISION SHEET.
06:32:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
06:32:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
06:32:47PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
06:32:49PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:32:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED, THIS IS FILE
06:32:53PM NUMBER REZ 25-52.
06:32:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT SHE SAID.
06:32:59PM SAM, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD?
06:33:01PM OH, HE IS READY.
06:33:02PM SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
06:33:05PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
06:33:06PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:33:07PM OPPOSED.
06:33:08PM THE AYES HAVE IT.
06:33:09PM >> THANK YOU.
06:33:10PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
06:33:14PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 28, 2025
06:33:19PM AT 10 A.M. LOCATED AT OLD CITY HALL, 315 E. KENNEDY, THIRD
06:33:25PM FLORIDA, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33062.
06:33:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LAST ITEM.
06:33:31PM SAM THOMAS.
06:33:33PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAMUEL THOMAS, LAND DEVELOPMENT
06:33:36PM COORDINATION.
06:33:36PM JUST TO TELL COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, THE TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY
06:33:41PM DOESN'T HAVE ANY ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES IN IT.
06:33:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK: REALLY?
06:33:46PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, MA'AM.
06:33:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM SURPRISED.
06:33:49PM >>SAMUEL THOMAS: I AM SURPRISED EVERY DAY.
06:33:52PM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9 REZ-25-55, 12318 WEST NORTH B.
06:34:11PM STREET TO RM-16 TO PD SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED.
06:34:17PM GO TO OUR AERIAL MAP.
06:34:18PM TO THE WEST IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT IS APPROVED FOR
06:34:21PM SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI-DETACHED.
06:34:23PM TO THE NORTH RM-16 WITH DETACHED UNITS WITH SINGLE-FAMILY.
06:34:29PM SAME FOR THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BLOCK.
06:34:30PM AS YOU MOVE SOUTH, YOU HAVE THIS PLAN DEVELOPED WITH OFFICE
06:34:37PM AND A PLAN Z-0480 WHICH IS SINGLE-FAMILY AND SEMI-DETACHED
06:34:43PM USES.
06:34:43PM THEN AS YOU MOVE FURTHER DOWN, YOU GET TO KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
06:34:47PM GO INTO THE SITE PLAN.
06:34:54PM HERE IT IS.
06:34:57PM THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
06:34:59PM THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO SEMI DETACHED UNITS.
06:35:02PM THIS DOES REQUIRE A BONUS AGREEMENT THAT THE APPLICANT HAS
06:35:06PM ENTERED INTO.
06:35:06PM THE FRONT DOORS ARE ORIENTED TOWARD NORTH B. STREET WITH
06:35:11PM PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK THAT IS SIX
06:35:14PM FEET AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PROVIDED FROM A REAR ALLEY.
06:35:17PM TWO PARKING SPACES PROVIDED FOR EACH UNIT.
06:35:20PM MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS 35 FEET OR THREE STORIES.
06:35:23PM AND THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE AFTER THIS QUITE A FEW PINES
06:35:31PM IN THE FRONT YARD THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO
06:35:33PM PRESERVE QUITE A NUMBER OF THEM.
06:35:35PM HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
06:35:38PM THERE ARE THE PINES THAT SOME OF THEM THAT WILL BE
06:35:51PM PRESERVED.
06:35:52PM THE PD TO THE WEST OF IT CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
06:35:55PM LOOKING SOUTH AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
06:35:57PM NOW WE ARE LOOKING EAST ON WEST NORTH B.
06:36:02PM LOOKING WEST ON NORTH B. YOU CAN SEE THOSE UNITS UNDER
06:36:07PM CONSTRUCTION.
06:36:08PM LOOKING NORTH FROM THE SUBJECT SITE ACROSS THE STREET
06:36:13PM SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
06:36:14PM THIS IS FROM THE ALLEY LOOKING WEST.
06:36:17PM OF THE SUBJECT SITE HERE.
06:36:20PM LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE ALLEY.
06:36:25PM THAT IS THE PD THAT WAS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF IT WITH A SEMI
06:36:30PM DETACHED AND ATTACHED USES AND THE OFFICE BUILDING HERE.
06:36:34PM LOOKING EAST DOWN THE ALLEY WITH THE SUBJECT SITE OVER HERE.
06:36:37PM AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING NORTH FROM THE ALLEY BACK TOWARD
06:36:42PM NORTH B. STREET INTERIOR TO THE SITE.
06:36:46PM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION STAFF REVIEW AND FIND THE REQUEST
06:36:50PM CONSISTENT.
06:36:50PM SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE
06:36:53PM APPLICATION, MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN OF THE REVISION
06:36:56PM SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
06:36:59PM I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
06:37:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS AS SOON AS ALL RIGHT.
06:37:03PM PLANNING COMMISSION.
06:37:07PM >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION
06:37:09PM STAFF.
06:37:09PM THE LAST CASE IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING IT IS STRICT
06:37:13PM WITH A NORTH TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
06:37:15PM WITHIN THE COASTAL PLANNING AREA.
06:37:17PM EVACUATION ZONE E.
06:37:20PM WITHIN THE R-20 DESTINATION TO THE NORTH, EAST AND WEST
06:37:27PM AND CMU-35 TO THE SOUTH.
06:37:28PM CMU-35 IS PRESENT ON HOWARD AVENUE AND A COUPLE OF BLOCKS
06:37:35PM NORTH OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
06:37:36PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FOUND THAT THE REZONING WAS BOTH
06:37:39PM COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING A AREA.
06:37:41PM PD WILL PROVIDE A TRANSITION IN INTENSITY BETWEEN THE
06:37:46PM COMMERCIAL USES WITHIN SOUTH AND WEST ALONG N. ARMENIA
06:37:51PM AVENUE AND THE SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS OF THE NORTH AND
06:37:53PM EAST OF THE SITE.
06:37:54PM THE PD INCORPORATES DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT ARE ORIENTED TOWARD
06:38:04PM NORTH B STREET.
06:38:05PM THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE CITY'S COMPACT URBAN STRATEGY.
06:38:12PM THIS ENCOURAGES HOUSING THAT ENCOURAGES WALKING AND TRANSIT
06:38:17PM USE PARTICULARLY NEAR EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, COMMUNITY
06:38:21PM AMENITIES.
06:38:22PM WELL, SUCH SITUATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD
06:38:30PM AND TO THE EAST OF N. ARMENIA AVENUE BOTH OF WHICH ARE
06:38:35PM DESIGNATED TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
06:38:39PM AND ADDRESSES THE PLAN'S HOUSING CATEGORIES BY CONTRIBUTING
06:38:43PM TO THE CITY'S HOUSING SUPPLY PARTICULARLY IN THE WEST TAMPA
06:38:45PM URBAN VILLAGE.
06:38:46PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN HAS THE GREATEST SHARE OF GROWTH.
06:38:51PM BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
06:38:54PM FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
06:38:58PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
06:39:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
06:39:04PM HEARING NONE.
06:39:04PM APPLICANT.
06:39:05PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
06:39:10PM STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
06:39:12PM THIS IS FOR ESSENTIALLY WHAT USED TO BE CALLED A DUPLEX.
06:39:16PM IT IS AN INFILL PROJECT.
06:39:18PM AND I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU AN AERIAL.
06:39:21PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
06:39:25PM YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE TOWN HOUSES AND APARTMENTS ALL THE WAY
06:39:31PM AROUND THIS.
06:39:31PM THIS IS -- THES ARE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER VIEW CLOSER VIEW
06:39:43PM -- TO ME ADJACENT TO A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT.
06:39:46PM WHEN THE STAFF IS LOOKING AT THIS AND THEY FIND IT
06:39:48PM CONSISTENT, BOTH THE CITY STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION
06:39:50PM STAFF, WE PUT IN A PROJECT THAT WAS QUINT THAT AND AS THE
06:39:58PM STAFF POINTED OUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PINE TREES.
06:40:01PM AND THEY WILL BE SELECTIVELY CALLED OUT DEPENDING ON WHICH
06:40:05PM ONE IS NICER AND DESERVED BEING SAVED AND WHICH ONES ARE
06:40:09PM NOT.
06:40:10PM THE GARAGES ARE 19 AND A HALF FEET WIDE BY 22 FEET DEEP.
06:40:14PM AND WITH THAT ISSUE OUT OF THE WAY.
06:40:16PM AND TELL YOU THIS 9 X 18.
06:40:23PM SHOWS ON THE SCHOOL IT PLAN THOSE ARE THE DIMENSIONS.
06:40:26PM OF TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
06:40:30PM R-20 LAND USE DESIGNATION, THE CRITERIA IS TO PROMOTE THE
06:40:39PM EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND.
06:40:41PM SITE IS TO SAVIOR THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE PINE TREES
06:40:45PM LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY AND THE SETBACK OF 17
06:40:48PM FEET ALLOW FOR TREE PROTECTION.
06:40:51PM WE ARE GOING TO PROTECT AS MANY AS WE CAN AND TAKE OUT THE
06:40:54PM ONES THAT ARE NOT HEALTHY OR AT LEAST NOT AS HEALTHY AS THE
06:40:58PM OTHERS.
06:40:58PM PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE IN
06:41:02PM LOCATION TO CHARACTER AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ZONING IS
06:41:05PM LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND EAST AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS
06:41:07PM LOCATED TO THE SOUTH.
06:41:08PM AGAIN, THIS IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO KENNEDY BOULEVARD WHICH
06:41:14PM ALSO HAS TRANSIT ACCESS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THE
06:41:18PM COUNCIL HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING.
06:41:19PM THE DESIRABLE LIVING CONDITIONS, SYMPHONY DETACHED FOR
06:41:27PM DEVELOPMENT OF TWO UNITS THAT IS NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE
06:41:30PM CURRENT RM-16 ZONING WHICH IS WHY WE NEED THE BONUS
06:41:35PM PROVISION AND REQUESTING THAT THROUGH THE PD.
06:41:37PM PROMOTE THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS.
06:41:40PM WE WILL HAVE TO MEET -- I WILL GET TO THAT WEST TAMPA
06:41:43PM OVERLAY GUIDELINES.
06:41:44PM WE HAVE TO MEET THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THAT.
06:41:46PM THERE WON'T BE ANY EXCEPTIONS AND YOU COULDN'T WAVE THAT
06:41:50PM ANYWAY EVEN IF WE REQUESTED IT.
06:41:52PM THE SUBJECT IS WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL-20 LAND USE CATEGORY
06:41:57PM AND THE SURROUND AREA CONTAIN AS MIX OF COMMERCIAL
06:42:01PM RESIDENTIAL USES.
06:42:02PM CLOSEST PARK IS VILA BROTHERS, WHICH IS A QUARTER OF A MILE
06:42:07PM AWAY.
06:42:07PM IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES OF
06:42:11PM THE CITY'S DESIGN LINE AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
06:42:15PM CITY PLANNING STRATEGIES, PUBLIC REALM STRATEGIES, URBAN
06:42:20PM REALM STRATEGIES, OVERALL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
06:42:24PM REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES.
06:42:25PM LOW MEDIUM DENSITY LOW AREA STRATEGY PROPS VIED MULTIMODAL
06:42:31PM OPTIONS AND ADEQUATE SITES FOR ACCOMMODATING HOUSING NEEDS
06:42:36PM AND INFRASTRUCTURE, GOALS AND POLICIES AND INSURANCE
06:42:39PM STRUCTURES AND SHELTERS.
06:42:40PM AND STAFF FOUND IT CONSISTENT.
06:42:41PM THEY ALSO NOTED IN THERE WAS SOME DESIGN CRITERIA WE COULD
06:42:46PM NOT ACHIEVE WITHOUT GOING FOR A PD.
06:42:50PM I KNOW YOU WILL LIKE THE EUCLIDIANS WHEN WE CAN DO THAT,
06:42:55PM HOWEVER, SOME CRITERIA WE MUST GO THROUGH A PD TO ACHIEVE.
06:43:00PM I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL AND WILL BE HAPPY TO
06:43:04PM ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
06:43:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: QUESTIONS?
06:43:07PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:43:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NOT A QUESTION, JUST A STATEMENT AS WE ARE
06:43:10PM LOOKING AT BASICALLY WITH INFILL AND I AM APPRECIATIVE THE
06:43:18PM WAY WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME INFILL IN SOME POSITIVE
06:43:21PM WAYS.
06:43:22PM >> WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS OF TRYING TO MOVE THINGS OUT
06:43:29PM OF SOUTH TAMPA.
06:43:29PM ALL THREE OF THE PROJECTS THIS EVENING ARE OUTSIDE OF THE
06:43:32PM SOUTH TAMPA, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, DISTRICT.
06:43:34PM AND YOU ARE SEEING SOME MOVEMENT THERE AND THEY ARE TRYING
06:43:36PM TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE MORE ATTRACTIVE.
06:43:38PM LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL IS MAKING OVER
06:43:40PM THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AND TRYING TO INCORPORATE THOSE UP
06:43:45PM FRONT SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ISSUES AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO
06:43:47PM ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING BEING
06:43:51PM THIS AND THAT AND THE GARAGE WIDTHS, INCREASING OF
06:43:54PM LANDSCAPING, PRESERVATION OF TREES AND GOING TO TYPE 1 TREES
06:43:59PM KNOWING THAT WE ARE REN AND HER CREW, SHE HOME RUN SHE
06:44:04PM DOESN'T BADGER ME BUT REMINDS ME TO HAVE TRY I TREE.
06:44:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: RAMP UP ON THAT BADGER.
06:44:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK: A LITTLE MORE.
06:44:13PM >> WE INCORPORATE IT UP FRONT TO ANTICIPATE THOSE QUESTIONS
06:44:15PM AND TRY TO RESOLVE THEM SO WE ARE NOT HAVING TO HAVE THAT
06:44:19PM DIALOGUE WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, AT PODIUM.
06:44:23PM YOU KNOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT WE LISTENED TO YOU AND
06:44:27PM INCORPORATED IT IN THE PLANS.
06:44:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WITH A TONIGHT SAY WE NOTICE AND APPRECIATE
06:44:32PM IT.
06:44:32PM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
06:44:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I CAN'T GO WITHOUT GARAGE SIZES.
06:44:38PM >> YOU WILL LET ERIN BADGER ME.
06:44:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GARAGE SIZES.
06:44:42PM YOU SEE WE HAVE THESE GREAT PROJECTS.
06:44:44PM I GET AT THE A SMALL PARCEL AND SURROUNDED BY MULTIFAMILY.
06:44:48PM I GET ALL OF THAT.
06:44:49PM THE OTHER SIZE OF THIS, THAT STREET PARKING IS TERRIBLE.
06:44:53PM NOT A LOT OF STUFF.
06:44:55PM AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN A GARAGE OF A PLACE AT THIS TIME.
06:44:59PM I CAN TELL YOU IT IS A ONE-CAR GARAGE AND A CAR SITTING IN
06:45:03PM THE DRIVEWAY.
06:45:04PM THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS.
06:45:05PM SO YOU GOT -- PRESENTING THIS THING AND REALLY PUSH THESE
06:45:10PM PLANS AND TO GET GARAGES, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE -- IT IS NOT
06:45:14PM BECAUSE I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A GARAGE.
06:45:16PM IT IS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PARKING OVER BICYCLE LOS
06:45:20PM ANGELES.
06:45:20PM WE DON'T PARKING OVER SIDEWALKS.
06:45:21PM WE ARE TRYING TO CLEAN THAT SITE UP, AND BY DOING THAT
06:45:25PM GETTING PEOPLE IN A PROPERLY SIZED GARAGE.
06:45:28PM ALSO -- YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TRASH CANS OUT.
06:45:31PM AND IT IS AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.
06:45:33PM SO I AM -- I DON'T HEAR CONCERNS FROM COUNCIL ABOUT THAT.
06:45:37PM SOIL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
06:45:39PM I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU
06:45:45PM DEAL WITH CITY COUNCIL'S WISHES.
06:45:48PM >> NO REBUTTAL, SIR.
06:45:51PM JUST RESPECT YOUR APPROVAL.
06:45:53PM I THINK THAT IS ALL OF THE PROJECT.
06:45:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
06:45:57PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
06:46:01PM HEARING NONE -- AND I HEAR NO REBUTTAL.
06:46:03PM MOTION TO CLOSE BY -- SORRY, YOU ARE ON THE LINE.
06:46:13PM -- SORRY ABOUT THAT.
06:46:16PM TODD, WE CAN'T SEE YOU.
06:46:18PM SO HOLD ON, YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE LAUREN.
06:46:22PM YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN IN YET?
06:46:34PM RAISE YOUR HAND
06:46:36PM [SWEARING IN]
06:46:42PM >> I DO.
06:46:42PM >>CLERK: GREAT, THANK YOU.
06:46:45PM MIS>>ALAN CLENDENIN: START WITH YOUR NAME.
06:46:46PM >> LARRY PALOSKI.
06:46:50PM AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO REZONING REZ-25-55.
06:46:56PM GO OVER IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT AND TALKING OF THE
06:47:01PM LOSS OF PRIVACY.
06:47:02PM THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL INTRODUCE A STRUCTURE ENCROACHES
06:47:07PM ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES SUCH AS MY OWN THAT ERODES A SENSE OF
06:47:12PM PRIVACY THAT HE IS THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
06:47:14PM THE ONLY ADJACENT THREE-STORY -- I BELIEVE THEY ARE
06:47:23PM APARTMENTS -- IN THE BACK SIDE OF THE PROPERTY THAT ALREADY
06:47:26PM KIND OF PROMOTE THAT REDUCED PRIVACY.
06:47:28PM AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE WAS SHOWN EARLIER AS RESIDENTIAL HOME ON
06:47:37PM THE CORNER OF ARMENIA AND NORTH B. STREET.
06:47:40PM BASICALLY WILL BE THE TREETOPS AND IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, YOU
06:47:46PM WOULD ALSO HAVE A ROOFTOP TERRACE WHICH IS A ROOFTOP
06:47:51PM TERRACES THAT YOU WILL SEE OVER THE TREE TOPS AND BASICALLY
06:47:54PM LOOKING DOWN ON YOUR NEIGHBORS.
06:47:56PM NEXT POINT OF DISCUSSION WILL BE THE DISRUPTION OF -- THE
06:48:03PM CONSTRUCTIONS ARE OFTEN OVERSIZED AND OUT-OF-SCALE
06:48:07PM BUILDINGS.
06:48:07PM TRADITIONAL BUNGALOW STYLE HOMES THAT TAKE AWAY FROM THE
06:48:13PM ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY IN THE VISUAL OF THE AREA.
06:48:17PM MOVING INTO THE THIRD TOPIC IS REDUCTION OF NATURAL LIGHTS.
06:48:24PM THESE TALLER STRUCTURES ARE ON WE WILL DEFINITELY SMALLER
06:48:29PM LOTS.
06:48:30PM THEY BLOCK QUITE A BIT OF SUNLIGHT FROM NEIGHBORING HOMES
06:48:37PM THAT CAN LEAD TO ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
06:48:41PM AND I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT THERE IS INSUFFICIENT
06:48:47PM PARKING AND THE STREET OVERCROWDEDNESS.
06:48:50PM OUR STREETS ARE STRAINED AS IT IS AND THIS BASICALLY
06:48:55PM EXACERBATES IT.
06:48:58PM I HAVE SEEN IT MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE PEOPLE'S CARS HAVE
06:49:02PM GOTTEN HIT -- BASICALLY HIT WITH ACCIDENTS.
06:49:06PM WE ARE DEALING WITH THAT ISSUE.
06:49:12PM WHICH CAN ALSO PROMOTE -- ISSUE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND
06:49:18PM DESIGNS.
06:49:18PM TRAFFIC AND SAFETY CONCERNS -- OUR BLOCK FUNCTIONS AS
06:49:25PM CUT-THRU BETWEEN TWO ONE-WAY STREETS AND HOWARD AND ARMENIA.
06:49:30PM MULTIPLE VEHICLES.
06:49:32PM LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER.
06:49:34PM IT IS JUST A COMMON AREA WHERE A LOT OF HIGH-SPEED PEOPLE
06:49:40PM AND SPEEDS ARE ADDING MORE VEHICLES AND MORE HOMES THERE.
06:49:45PM AND MORE PURPOSE IN THAT CASE.
06:49:48PM JUST THE LAST THING ON THE KIND OF LOCAL IMPACT.
06:49:51PM I THINK THAT ADDING ADDITIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOME IN OUR AREA
06:49:59PM CAN HURT SCHOOLS.
06:50:00PM IN HILLSBOROUGH, A SCHOOL REZONING IN RESPONSE TO THE BUILDING
06:50:07PM INCREASE AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
06:50:08PM I THINK A GROWING CONCERN THAT CONTINUING THIS TREND CAN
06:50:11PM PROMOTE AN OVERBURDEN ON OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
06:50:15PM AND UNNECESSARY USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO CONTINUE TO
06:50:20PM REFUND REZONING EFFORTS.
06:50:24PM AND CURRENT AND FUTURE STUDENTS.
06:50:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
06:50:27PM YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED NOW.
06:50:29PM THANK YOU.
06:50:30PM MR. SHEPHERD, YOU DO NOT HAVE CAMERA ONLINE.
06:50:39PM ARE YOU ABLE TO GET ONLINE?
06:50:43PM >> I'M HERE.
06:50:43PM I AM WORKING WITH KEVIN WITH SUPPORT, BUT I CANNOT GET MY
06:50:46PM CAMERA TO WORK.
06:50:47PM IT IS SHOWING ON AND EVERYTHING, BUT --
06:50:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN TAKE
06:50:54PM YOUR COMMENT WITHOUT -- IT WOULD HAVE TO BE ONLINE AND
06:50:57PM VISIBLE FOR US TO TAKE YOUR TESTIMONY.
06:51:00PM I WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER 30 SECONDS TO RESOLVE IT.
06:51:06PM OKAY.
06:51:06PM >> OKAY.
06:51:08PM I APPRECIATE THAT.
05:51:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HE HAS BEEN WAITING ALL THIS TIME.
06:51:16PM I AM NOT SEEING ANY RESULTS FROM THAT.
06:51:33PM I AM VERY SORRY, MR. SHEPHERD, BUT THANK YOU FOR MANAGING
06:51:39PM THAT ATTEMPT.
06:51:39PM WOULD YOU LIKE A REBUTTAL, PLEASE?
06:51:42PM >> LET ME JUST POINT OUT ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T INCLUDE IN
06:51:45PM THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION.
06:51:45PM THE ACCESS FOR THIS IS OFF THE ALLEY.
06:51:49PM SO THE GARAGES ARE OFF OF THE ALLEY HERE AND ARE PROVIDING
06:52:00PM THE 18 FEET FROM THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND THE FACE OF
06:52:02PM THE ALLEYWAY.
06:52:03PM SO ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE NEW DISCUSSIONS YOU HAD, THE 18
06:52:07PM FEET IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE ADDITIONAL CARS AND VISITORS.
06:52:12PM AND AGAIN COMING OFF THE BACK AND PRESERVING THESE PINE
06:52:15PM TREES IN THE FRONT.
06:52:16PM ONE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE
06:52:21PM GUARANTEE OF PRIVACY IS NOT PART OF THE CITY CODE.
06:52:24PM IT IS NO AT TECHNICAL STANDARD.
06:52:26PM AND LIGHT AND AIR IS NOT ONE EITHER.
06:52:29PM BUT THE MAKING AND MEETING THE PARKING CODE IS.
06:52:33PM AND WE -- FROM THEM POINTING THAT OUT, WE DO MEET THE
06:52:38PM PARKING REQUIREMENT AND WE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL SPACE IN THE
06:52:41PM DRIVEWAY FOR VISITOR PARKING.
06:52:42PM SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE RESPECTFULLY
06:52:47PM REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
06:52:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR
06:52:51PM ATTENTION.
06:52:51PM THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT.
06:52:53PM I THOUGHT IT WAS SHORTER.
06:52:54PM COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
06:52:56PM A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
06:52:59PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
06:53:00PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:53:02PM AYES HAVE IT.
06:53:04PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
06:53:06PM AND THE REVISION SHEET.
06:53:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 9, REZ-25-55 PRESENTED FOR
06:53:13PM FIRST READING AND RECONSIDERATION.
06:53:15PM REZONING OF PROPERTY 2318 NORTH B. STREET FROM THE CITY OF
06:53:21PM TAMPA, FLORIDA, OF ZONING DISTRICT RM-16, RESIDENTIAL MULTI
06:53:28PM FAMILY TO PD, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
06:53:33PM DATE MANISCALCO SECOND.
06:53:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
06:53:37PM AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
06:53:39PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:53:40PM OPPOSED.
06:53:41PM AYES HAVE IT.
06:53:42PM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.
06:53:44PM HAVE A LOVELY EVENING.
06:53:46PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
06:53:48PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE ON AUGUST 28, 2025 AT 10
06:53:52PM A.M., LOCATED AT OLD CITY HALL, 315 E. KENNEDY, THIRD
06:53:58PM FLORIDA, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
06:54:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IS IT RAINING OUTSIDE?
06:54:04PM THAT IS -- THAT OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING.
06:54:07PM WE MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS.
06:54:08PM ANY NEW BUSINESS, MR. CARLSON?
06:54:11PM >>BILL CARLSON: NO THANK YOU.
06:54:12PM BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL RAIN FOR AN HOUR.
06:54:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
06:54:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: TIME TO TAKE UP ALL MY BACK-UP COMMENDATIONS.
06:54:21PM [LAUGHTER]
06:54:22PM I AM JOKING.
06:54:23PM SO ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MOTIONS.
06:54:26PM ONE IS I HAVE TO MOVE THE FIRE FIGHTER OF THE QUARTER
06:54:30PM COMMENDATION FROM AUGUST 7 TO SEPTEMBER 4, PLEASE.
06:54:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
06:54:35PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
06:54:37PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:54:38PM OPPOSED.
06:54:39PM THE AYES HAVE IT.
06:54:41PM >>LUIS VIERA: A COUPLE OF WRITTEN REPORTS BECAUSE OF THE
06:54:44PM TRANSITION IN MOBILITY AND PARKS.
06:54:46PM I MOTION FOR A WRITTEN STATUS REPORT ON THE STATUS OF
06:54:50PM THE K-BAR RANCH PARK COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
06:54:52PM THERE IS THIS BIG -- WHATEVER IT IS -- 60-ACRE PARK IN K-BAR
06:54:59PM RANCH THAT THEY ARE BUILDING AND SUPPOSED TO DO COMMUNITY
06:55:01PM OUTREACH AND WANTED TO KNOW OF THE STATUS.
06:55:03PM WRITTEN REPORT AUGUST 28.
06:55:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
06:55:07PM A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
06:55:09PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:55:10PM OPPOSED?
06:55:11PM AYES HAVE IT.
06:55:12PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
06:55:14PM WITH MOBILITY, 1678 MILES OF IT WILL BE REPAVED.
06:55:18PM AND I WILL MOVE FOR A STATUS UPDATE ON THAT.
06:55:20PM WRITTEN SEPTEMBER 4 OF 2025.
06:55:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
06:55:27PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
06:55:28PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:55:29PM OPPOSED.
06:55:30PM THANK YOU.
06:55:31PM >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT AN
06:55:35PM OWNER-REPRESENTATIVE IS.
06:55:36PM I ASSUME YOU DO.
06:55:37PM ADVOCATE ON THE JOB TO GET THINGS DONE.
06:55:39PM DOESN'T DO THE DAY TO DAY WORK THAT A PROJECT MANAGER DOES.
06:55:43PM I SPOKE WITH SOME INDIVIDUALS -- SOME OWNER, GROUPS AND SOME
06:55:47PM OF THE FOLKS OVER AT TAMPA FIRE RESCUE -- STRIKE THAT AT
06:55:50PM TAMPA FIRE FIGHTERS LOCAL 754 ON THIS.
06:55:53PM AND WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA TO,
06:55:58PM NUMBER ONE, FINISH STATION 24 BY THE YEAR 2006 I THINK --
06:56:02PM NO, I AM JOKING.
06:56:03PM TO FINISH IT BY THE TIME WE LEAVE AS WELL AS MAKE SOME REAL
06:56:07PM MOVEMENT ON FLEET MAINTENANCE.
06:56:11PM WE HAVE PROPERTY FOR THAT AND WE CAN MOVE THAT FORWARD.
06:56:14PM AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THE DELAY WE HAVE SEEN IN FLEET
06:56:17PM MAINTENANCE.
06:56:17PM SO, THEREFORE, I DO MORE FOR WRITTEN STAFF REPORT OF THAT
06:56:24PM INCLUDES OUR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO ASSIST IN THE CONSTRUCTION
06:56:29PM EFFICIENCY OF STATION 24, AS WELL AS MORE ON POINT FLEET
06:56:31PM MAINTENANCE.
06:56:32PM I AM SORRY SEPTEMBER 18 WRITTEN REPORT.
06:56:35PM >>BILL CARLSON: DO YOU MEAN AN EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIVE OR
06:56:43PM INTERNAL REPRESENTATIVE.
06:56:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: EXTERNALLY, I AM THINKING, BUT WE WILL FIND OUT
06:56:50PM MORE.
06:56:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND
06:56:57PM SECOND.
06:56:57PM MOTION CARRIES.
06:57:00PM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU REMEMBER THE PERSONNEL CHIEF FOR TAMPA
06:57:03PM FIRE RESCUE.
06:57:04PM THE GREATEST GUY.
06:57:05PM WHEN LEFT THE CITY OF TAMPA.
06:57:07PM WE NEVER HONORED HIM AND 45 YEARS SINCE JASE COVAN BEGAN
06:57:12PM WITH TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
06:57:14PM IT IS PERSONAL TO ME.
06:57:15PM I MET JASE IN 2011, AND GOT ME CONNECTED WITH THE FIRE
06:57:20PM UNION LONG AGO.
06:57:21PM AND DID SOME GOOD UNDERCOVER POLITICAL WORK FOR ME IN MY
06:57:26PM FIRST CAMPAIGN.
06:57:27PM I CAN SAY THAT.
06:57:28PM SO I MOTION TO HAVE A COMMENDATION -- I HAVE SPOKEN WITH
06:57:32PM TAMPA FIRE FIGHTERS ABOUT THIS.
06:57:33PM I WILL GET WITH CHIEF TRIPP -- I AM SURE SHE WILL WANT TO BE
06:57:37PM HERE TO GIVE JAYS A COMMENDATION ON 45 YEARS.
06:57:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
06:57:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:57:45PM OPPOSED.
06:57:46PM AYES HAVE IT.
06:57:47PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S IT.
06:57:49PM I FILLED UP SOME TIME.
06:57:50PM THANK YOU.
06:57:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:57:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOTION FOR THE MAYOR'S HISPANIC COMMITTEE TO
06:57:56PM GIVE A FIVE-MINUTE REGARDING THEIR HIS SPANISH HERITAGE
06:58:03PM MONTH.
06:58:03PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER COMMENDATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
06:58:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
06:58:08PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
06:58:10PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
06:58:11PM OPPOSED.
06:58:12PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING TO REPORT.
06:58:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
06:58:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION AND FILE.
06:58:19PM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
06:58:21PM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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