TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2026, 5:01 P.M.
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5:06:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
IT IS 5:06.
WE'RE READY FOR THE 5:01 HEARING.
MS. LaCHONE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLEAR OUR AGENDA?
ROLL CALL, FIRST.
5:06:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
5:06:58PM >> MANISCALCO?
5:06:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
5:06:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
5:07:00PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
HERE.
5:07:01PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
5:07:02PM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
5:07:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
5:07:03PM >>THE CLERK:
YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
5:07:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A QUORUM.
NOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT CLEAR THE AGENDA?
5:07:11PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS TO CLEAR ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
THE FIRST IS ITEM 6, REZ-26-23.
APPLICANT REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER 10.
5:07:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING
FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
AYES HAVE IT.
I HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 6 --
5:07:47PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THIS IS THE FIRST CONTINUANCE?
5:07:49PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CORRECT.
5:07:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IS THE APPLICANT HERE OR THEY COMMUNICATED
BY E-MAIL?
5:07:58PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THE APPLICANT SHOULD BE HERE.
5:08:03PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND WISHES TO
SPEAK, THAT'S OKAY.
5:08:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE CAN JUST CONTINUE IT.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:08:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO MY QUESTION IS, WILL THIS BE RENOTICED?
5:08:31PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WHAT IS THE DATE?
5:08:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT IS THE DATE IT IS BEING MOVED TO AND
WILL THIS BE RENOTICED?
5:08:37PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THIS IS A REQUEST TO CONTINUE TO SEPTEMBER
10.
5:08:42PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE ANSWER IS NORMALLY NO.
5:08:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M GOING TO ASK THE APPLICANT, WILL THIS BE
RENOTICED?
COME ON UP, STATE YOUR NAME AND LET US KNOW.
5:08:50PM >> CLAY MATTHEWS, 100 SOUTH ASHLEY DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA,
33602.
I GUESS WE WEREN'T PLANNING ON RENOTICING IT BUT HAPPY TO
RENOTICE IF IT PLEASES THE COUNCIL.
5:09:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE MOTION THAT THIS
BE RENOTICED.
5:09:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE ALREADY MADE A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
5:09:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M ADDING A NEW MOTION THAT THIS BE
RENOTICED FOR THE PUBLIC FOR SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 AT 501 --
5:01 P.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, 33602.
5:09:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. SHELBY, GIVE ME LEGAL ADVICE.
5:09:27PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YOU PREVIOUSLY TOLD ME NOT TO SPEAK.
5:09:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M REOPENING THAT CHEST.
THE BOX IS BACK OPEN.
WE HAVE A MOTION THAT HAS PASSED TO CONTINUE.
IS IT PROPER FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE A MOTION TO REQUEST THIS TO
BE RENOTICED OR DO WE NEED TO RECONSIDER THE MOTION TO
CONTINUE AND THEN DO IT?
5:09:46PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY, WHY DON'T YOU MOVE
TO RESCIND AND START FROM THE BEGINNING.
IF YOU WANT TO DO A MOTION TO RECONSIDER -- THE ANSWER IS --
5:10:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
APPLICANT, DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO
RENOTICING?
5:10:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S WHY I MADE THE MOTION.
5:10:11PM >> NO, COUNCIL.
5:10:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HEARING NO OBJECTION, I'LL ACCEPT THE
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WITH THE DATE, TIME AND
PLACE?
WHO WAS THE SECOND?
COUNCILMAN VIERA SECONDED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
5:10:22PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
5:10:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE AN AGREEABLE APPLICANT.
5:10:27PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU.
THE NEXT ITEM TO CLEAR ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 10, REZ-26-47.
THE APPLICANT REQUESTED TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO AUGUST 20.
5:10:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO CONTINUE
THE ITEM.
WHO WAS THE SECOND?
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:10:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IS THE APPLICANT HERE?
5:11:00PM >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
5:11:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ARE YOU WILLING TO RENOTICE?
5:11:06PM >> IT'S NEXT MONTH.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN.
5:11:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
8/20.
5:11:14PM >> EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY IS WELL AWARE OF THE AUGUST
CONTINUANCE.
5:11:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT'S A PRETTY QUICK ONE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
MOTION TO CONTINUE TO AUGUST 20, 5:01 P.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
5:11:44PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION,
THE NEXT ITEM TO CLEAR IS ITEM 13.
IT IS REZ-26-04.
THE APPLICANT REQUESTS THE CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 12.
5:11:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'LL ANTICIPATE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S
QUESTION.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE?
5:12:04PM >> TYLER HUDSON, THIS WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER DRC
CYCLE, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DO NOVEMBER AND WE'RE MORE THAN
HAPPY TO RENOTICE.
5:12:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO NOVEMBER
12 WITH NOTICE?
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:12:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NOVEMBER 12, 2026, 5:01 P.M., 315 EAST
KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:12:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WITH THE RENOTICE.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
5:12:35PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
5:12:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
REMOVE ITEM 14 FROM THE AGENDA,
MANISCALCO, SECOND BY VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
AYES HAVE IT.
5:12:44PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
IF I MAY, CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE
ITEMS MOVING FORWARD OF THE REZONING CASES.
ITEM 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 AND 12.
ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE MOVING FORWARD THIS EVENING.
5:13:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I CONCUR.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
5:13:17PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I WANTED TO LET COUNCIL KNOW THAT I MAY HAVE
TO STEP OUT FOR ONE MINUTE, FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THEN
I'LL BE BACK.
5:13:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE ABBYE
FEELEY, PLEASE.
5:13:32PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
GOOD MORNING -- GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
SORRY.
LONG DAY.
5:13:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AT LEAST IT'S GOOD.
5:13:39PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
GOOD AFTERNOON, ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR
OF DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN, FOR A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE TO YOU
ROBERT SCOTT.
ROBERT SCOTT IS OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
HE COMES TO US VIA COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WHERE HE SPENT SIX
YEARS AS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT.
THEY JUST RECENTLY WON THE JOHN SASSO AWARD FROM NCDA THERE,
AND I JUST -- ROBERT IS FULL OF PASSION FOR HOUSING AND ALSO
HOMELESSNESS, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT, AND JUST HAS A HUGE
PERSONALITY.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE HIM WITH US.
I'LL JUST LET ROBERT JUST SAY A QUICK INTRODUCTION.
5:14:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOOD EVENING.
HOW WE START HERE, WE ALWAYS START WITH YOUR NAME.
5:14:30PM >> MY NAME IS ROBERT SCOTT.
I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DIRECTOR.
I'M HONORED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S
ALREADY BEING DONE.
5:14:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WELCOME ON BOARD, MR. SCOTT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:14:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING MR. SCOTT AT
OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK.
AND JUST FULL OF ENERGY.
SO NOT ONLY DOES HE LOVE ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, HE'S ALSO
PASSIONATE ABOUT COMMUNITY GARDENS.
SO I GOT HIM IMMEDIATELY INTRODUCED TO KITTY WALLACE.
WE'LL DO A TOUR OF GARDENS AND ALL SORTS OF WONDERFUL
THINGS.
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
LOVE YOUR ENERGY.
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
5:15:11PM >> THANK YOU.
5:15:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WELCOME ON BOARD, MR. SCOTT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR ALL OF THE ABUSE THAT YOU'LL GET FROM CITY
COUNCIL.
WE'LL GIVE THAT APOLOGY IN ADVANCE.
VERY GOOD.
WELCOME TO TAMPA.
5:15:21PM >>ABBYE FEELEY:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 1 WHICH IS RELATED TO OUR
ACTION PLAN AND MICHELLE BOONE WILL TAKE US THERE.
5:15:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M SHOOTING FOR 8:30 TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS GOING.
8:30 P.M.
5:15:42PM >>MICHELLE BOONE:
GOOD AFTERNOON.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT OUR PUBLIC HEARING
FOR THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE 2027 FISCAL YEAR PROGRAM
YEAR 2026 FEDERAL DOLLARS.
THIS IS KIND OF THE OVERVIEW OF OUR PRESENTATION, SO WE WILL
GET RIGHT INTO IT.
AS YOU KNOW, OUR FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN OUTLINES OUR
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND NEEDS FOR THE AREA FOR A FIVE-YEAR
PERIOD.
EACH YEAR OF THAT FIVE YEARS WE DO AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN ON
HOW WE WILL ALLOCATE AND EXPEND DOLLARS TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
THE ACTION PLAN IS THE FIFTH YEAR OF THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
SO WE WILL DO A NEW PLAN STARTING NEXT YEAR.
OUR ANNUAL ACTION PLAN INCLUDES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT FUNDS, HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDS,
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS AND EMERGENCY
SOLUTION GRANT FUNDS, ALL FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SOME OF OUR PROCESS REQUIREMENTS, EACH YEAR WE ARE ALLOCATED
THE FUNDS BY FORMULA FROM HUD.
WE PUT OUT UNIVERSAL APPLICATION FOR APPLICATIONS FROM AREA
AGENCIES TO EXPEND THOSE DOLLARS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF
PROJECTS.
WE RECOMMEND FUNDING, INCLUDE THOSE ALL IN OUR DRAFT
AGREEMENTS.
WE RELEASED THE DOCUMENT FOR THE PUBLIC TO READ, MAKE
COMMENTS ON.
WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THIS IS THE SECOND OF THE TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS AND
WE ALSO HAVE A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT ENDS THE
25.
SOME OF OUR PRIORITY NEEDS, HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE,
CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY, RENTAL ASSISTANCE,
PUBLIC FACILITIES, HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND
PUBLIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC FACILITIES.
OUR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FROM HUD -- AND WE THROW IN OUR SHIP
FUNDING ALLOCATION.
THAT IS OUR STATE ALLOCATION FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
OUR TOTAL ALLOCATED FOR ENTITLEMENT FUNDS IS $11,445,497.
AGAIN, CDBG, WE UTILIZE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC
FACILITIES, REHABILITATION, MULTIFAMILY, SINGLE-FAMILY, ALL
TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE CDBG FUNDS.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS WE ANTICIPATE FUNDING UNDER
THE PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM DOLLARS.
WE HAVE A 15% CAP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE AGENCIES AND THE FUNDING AMOUNTS THAT
WE WILL FUND FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR STARTING IN OCTOBER.
PUBLIC FACILITIES, WE HAD TWO APPLICANTS THAT ARE AWARDED
FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION RELATED PROJECTS TO FACILITIES THAT
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC.
OUR HOUSING COUNSELING PROGRAM IS AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT WITH
FOUR HOUSING COUNSELING AGENCIES.
THESE AGENCIES PROVIDE HOME BUYER EDUCATION FOR CLIENTS
GOING THROUGH OUR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED FOR OUTREACH,
EMERGENCY SHELTERS, SUPPORT SERVICES AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES
TO RAPIDLY REHOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
WE DO ALLOCATE 97% OF OUR ALLOCATION DIRECTLY TO THE
TAMPA/HILLSBOROUGH HOMELESS INITIATIVE AND THEN THEY
ALLOCATE THE FUNDS OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH THEIR COC.
OUR HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS, WE CURRENTLY ARE SERVING
A THREE COUNTY AREA.
PINELLAS COUNTY WILL BE SERVED THROUGH THE CITY OF ST. PETE
THIS YEAR, WHICH REDUCED OUR ALLOCATION, BUT WE STILL WILL
FUND PROJECTS IN HILLSBOROUGH, HERNANDO, AND PASCO COUNTIES.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE AGENCIES AND FUNDING AWARDS THAT
WE WILL BE FUNDING FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
OUR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS, A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES THAT PRODUCE HOUSING UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE AT OR
BELOW 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
SOME OF OUR PROPOSED PROGRAMS FOR OUR HOME, WE WILL DO
TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS A CONTINUED
PROGRAM.
HOME CHDO, MINIMUM SET ASIDE OF 15% MUST GO TO AN ELIGIBLE
CHDO.
NEW CONSTRUCTION OR REHAB FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND
ADMINISTRATION.
AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF AN AGGREGATE OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS
AND FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR OUR $11 MILLION ACROSS ALL
PROGRAMS.
AGAIN, OUR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PROGRAM STARTS -- IT
STARTED JUNE 25th.
WILL END JULY 25th.
ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED AND ACCEPTED AND INCLUDED
INTO THE PLAN.
AND THEN ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AFTER TODAY CAN BE SENT
TO THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER, AND WE WILL TAKE
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
5:20:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM
1?
HEARING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
GET A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR
ITEM NUMBER 1.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
5:21:08PM >>MICHELLE BOONE:
THANK YOU.
5:21:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM NUMBER 2.
GOOD EVENING.
5:21:23PM >> GOOD EVENING.
EMILY PHELAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS IS A TRANSMITTAL HEARING FOR TA/CPA 26-03.
IT IS LOCATED AT 4002 NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY AND
ASSOCIATED PARCELS.
I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA IS NOT
INITIATING THE AMENDMENT.
THE SITE IS PUBLICLY OWNED BY THE FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF HILLSBOROUGH COLLEGE.
WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA LEGAL DEPARTMENT
FOR THE AMENDMENT TO RUN OUT OF CYCLE.
THE AMENDMENT IS PUBLICLY INITIATED BUT IT IS REGULAR SCALE.
APPROXIMATELY 121.73 ACRES.
AND THE REQUEST IS TO GO FROM PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC TO URBAN
MIXED USE 60 AND REGIONAL MIXED USE 100.
SUBJECT SITE IS IN THE WESTSHORE PLANNING DISTRICT,
WESTSHORE BUSINESS CENTER, THE DREW PARK NEIGHBORHOOD AND
THE DREW PARK CRA.
THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE SITE IS BOUND BY NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY TO THE EAST,
WEST TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH, NORTH LOIS AVENUE TO
THE WEST AND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD TO THE
NORTH.
THE SUBJECT SITE CURRENTLY HAS THE DALE MABRY CAMPUS OF
HILLSBOROUGH COLLEGE, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT, THE HILLSBOROUGH TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE AS WELL
AS OTHER GOVERNMENT FACILITIES.
TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE IS TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND
PARKING FOR RAYMOND JAMES.
TO THE EAST ALONG NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY IS PRIMARILY
COMMERCIAL USES, INCLUDING RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM LOCATED
HERE AND AL LOPEZ PARK LOCATED HERE.
TO THE NORTH IS STEINBRENNER FIELD, LOCATED HERE.
AND WEST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD IS A MIX OF
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
TO THE WEST IS SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOME
MULTIFAMILY USES TO THE SOUTHWEST.
THE MULTIFAMILY IS HERE AND THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
NEIGHBORHOOD RUNS APPROXIMATELY HERE.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ON NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS TO THE LEFT.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ON NORTH LOIS AVENUE AT THE SUBJECT
SITE.
IT IS THE TAX COLLECTOR.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST ON WEST LOIS AVENUE AT THE SUBJECT
SITE.
THIS IS THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ON WEST TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD, AND THE
SUBJECT SITE IS BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPHER.
THIS IS LOOKING EAST FROM NORTH LOIS AVENUE TOWARDS WEST
KENTUCKY AVENUE AT THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS IN THE REAR.
AND THIS IS LOOKING EAST ON WEST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
BOULEVARD.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OFF TO THE RIGHT.
AND THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ON NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS IN THE FAR REAR OF THIS.
THIS IS STEINBRENNER FIELD TO THE RIGHT.
THIS IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN BLACK AND RECOGNIZED UNDER
THE PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
THIS DESIGNATION IS TO THE NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, AND WEST OF
THE SUBJECT SITE, PARTIALLY WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THERE ARE 20 DIS-- THE R-20 DESIGNATIONS IS LOCATED HERE
WITH THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST.
TO THE NORTH IS MIX OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
IN THE GRAY AND THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 IN THE RED.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS PRIMARILY REGIONAL MIXED USE 100 WHICH
IS THE DARK MAGENTA COLOR.
THIS STRIP OF LAND RIGHT HERE IS APPROXIMATELY 6.18 ACRES.
IT IS UNDER THE UMU DESIGNATION.
THESE ARE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE SITE.
UNDER THE CURRENT PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC DESIGNATION, THE
MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY AND NONRESIDENTIAL INTENSITY ARE
NOT DEFINED.
INSTEAD, THE MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IS DETERMINED BY
THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT WITH THE CONTEXT
OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
UNDER THE PROPOSED UMU 60 AND RMU 100 DESIGNATIONS, THE SITE
CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR A MAXIMUM OF JUST OVER 11,900 DWELLING
UNITS OR APPROXIMATELY 18.4 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF
RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL USES AND MIXED USES.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD DEFINE RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL
MAXIMUMS AND PROMOTE A MIXTURE OF USES.
IT WOULD ALSO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC
USES TO BE ON THE SITE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOUND THE AMENDMENT CONSISTENT WITH
MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ESPECIALLY
PROMOTING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT AND FUTURE TRANSIT INVESTMENTS ALONG
THESE CORRIDORS AND ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT
RESIDENTIAL AND EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN THE WESTSHORE BUSINESS
CENTER.
IT ALSO SUPPORTS COMPATIBILITY IN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, IS
AIMED AT PROTECTING EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHILE
ENSURING NEW DEVELOPMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND ADDITIONALLY NEW HOUSING IS ENCOURAGED BY THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ENSURE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOUSING
IS AVAILABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TAMPA'S GROWING
POPULATION.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROPOSED MAP
AMENDMENT BE FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES,
AND POLICIES OF THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:27:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:27:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THE FAA LIMIT IN THIS AREA?
5:27:19PM >>EMILY PHELAN:
I AM GOING TO DEFER TO CITY STAFF ON THAT
ONE BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW THAT ANSWER.
5:27:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE -- I
DON'T SEE --
5:27:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MS. DOCK IS COMING UP.
5:27:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AVIATION
REPRESENTATIVES --
5:27:36PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
SO WITHIN THIS AREA, WITH THIS REQUESTED FUTURE LAND USE,
THIS WOULD FALL UNDER THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY.
THE HEIGHT IS CONTROLLED BY THE AVIATION AUTHORITY.
5:27:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
5:27:51PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YOU'RE WELCOME.
5:27:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYTHING ELSE?
APPLICANT?
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, FOR STAFF.
5:28:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IF I MAY, THERE ARE CYCLES THAT THESE
THINGS ARE HANDLED BY THIS CHAMBER ON AND OFF THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR?
5:28:12PM >>EMILY PHELAN:
WE HAVE FOUR CYCLES A YEAR.
5:28:16PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IS THIS ONE OF THE FOUR CYCLES?
5:28:20PM >>EMILY PHELAN:
NO, THIS IS OUT OF CYCLE.
5:28:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE WHILE.
IT USUALLY COMES BEFORE THIS BOARD BEFORE IT GOES ANYWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER SIX MEMBERS, BUT I'VE NEVER
SEEN THIS UNTIL IT CAME TO OUR THOUGHTS ON JULY 17.
I THINK THE CLERK'S OFFICE RECEIVED IT ON JULY 15.
I'M NOT SURE OF THAT AND WE FIRST SAW IT ON JULY THE 17th
I THINK.
USUALLY IT COMES BEFORE US, GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION,
THE PLANNING COMMISSION SENDS IT TO TALLAHASSEE.
MAYBE I'M WRONG SOMEWHERE.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT COMES BACK TO US YEA OR NAY.
AM I CORRECT?
5:29:04PM >>EMILY PHELAN:
NOT QUITE.
THIS WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ITS PUBLIC HEARING
ON JULY 13, AND THEN IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT FOR A
TRANSMITTAL HEARING.
ONCE COUNCIL, IF THEY APPROVE THIS TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE
STATE, THEN IT WILL GO THROUGH THE STATE REVIEW.
AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK FOR ADOPTION.
5:29:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
AT THE TIME PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ANY
MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL NOTIFIED IT OR --
5:29:36PM >> DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A PROCEDURES MANUAL FOR
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS.
SO WITHIN THAT MANUAL IT DOES BREAK OUT FOUR CYCLES
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR AN APPLICANT TO APPLY FOR A PLAN
AMENDMENT.
IT ALSO ALLOWS PUBLICLY INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO RUN OUT OF
CYCLE.
AND THIS REQUEST, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HELP ME, THE
LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS SENT A LETTER TO US ASKING FOR THIS
AMENDMENT TO RUN OUT OF CYCLE.
5:30:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I DIDN'T ASK THAT.
WAS THIS BODY EVER NOTIFIED THAT THIS WAS GOING ON AT THAT
TIME?
5:30:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HOLD ON.
LET'S LET THEM TALK.
I COULD TOO.
I COULD EXPLAIN IT, TOO, BUT I'D RATHER THE FOLKS DO IT FROM
THE PODIUM.
MAYBE -- WHY DON'T WE START -- SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA THE PROCESS OF THESE PUBLICLY INITIATED
AND HOW THIS IS COMPLIANT WITH THE PROCESS.
5:30:43PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
AGAIN, THE PROCEDURES MANUAL KIND OF
OUTLINES THE PROCESS FOR INITIATING A PLAN AMENDMENT, BOTH
PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY.
5:30:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ME AND TO THE REST
OF THE SIX MEMBERS, THAT THE ADMINISTRATION DID THIS.
5:31:01PM >> NO.
5:31:01PM >> NO.
5:31:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU WANT TO DO IT OR WANT ME TO?
5:31:06PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THE SIMPLE THING HE'S ASKING IS THAT USUALLY
THESE COME BEFORE US FIRST AND THEN THEY GO TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION.
WHY DID IT GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST?
5:31:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS A PUBLICLY INITIATED PLANNING
COMMISSION -- I'M SORRY -- FUTURE LAND USE CHANGE.
IT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
NOW THEY ARE COMING TO US FOR TRANSMITTAL TO SEND TO
TALLAHASSEE.
IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO US AND THAT'S WHEN WE NORMALLY
HEAR THESE THINGS.
5:31:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
USUALLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND, IF I
REMEMBER.
5:31:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NO, NOT FOR THESE.
USUALLY THESE TRANSMITTAL THINGS ARE SO ADMINISTRATIVE WE
DON'T EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO THEM.
THEY ARE JUST CURSORY, JUST ADMINISTRATIVE KIND OF
FUNCTIONS.
THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS IS STANDING OUT.
USUALLY THEY ARE NONCONTROVERSIAL, WE TRANSMIT AND THEN
WE --
5:32:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
GO ON.
5:32:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SOMEBODY WANT TO --
5:32:09PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
ADOPTED PROCEDURES MANUAL DOESN'T REQUIRE
PUBLICLY INITIATED AMENDMENT TO GO TO COUNCIL BEFORE IT GOES
TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
5:32:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
CORRECT.
5:32:21PM >>BILL CARLSON:
WHO INITIATED THIS?
5:32:25PM >>DANNY COLLINS:
HILLSBOROUGH COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
5:32:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IF I MAY, BACK ON 3/17 OF '26 THERE WAS A
QUITCLAIM DEED 42214 WHICH IS IN ESSENCE WHAT THIS IS ALL
ABOUT.
IT'S SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND BY
THE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER.
IT IS NOT SIGNED BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
THE COPY I HAVE DOES NOT HAVE A DATE ON IT WHEN IT WAS
NOTARIZED.
5:33:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE FUTURE
LAND USE?
5:33:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IF IT'S NOT CORRECT, HOW CAN YOU APPLY
FOR IT?
5:33:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK THE APPLICANT WILL ANSWER THAT
QUESTION WHEN I GET TO THE APPLICANT.
HOLD THE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT?
5:33:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO PROBLEM.
5:33:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
HEARING NO MORE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPLICANT.
5:33:28PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
JIM SHIMBERG, SHUBIN LAW GROUP, 1001 WATER STREET.
I'M REALLY HERE ON BEHALF OF HILLSBOROUGH COLLEGE AND THE
RAYS.
LET ME ANSWER COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S QUESTION FIRST, THE
DOCUMENT HE'S TALKING ABOUT HAD TO DO WITH THE STATE
GOVERNOR AND CABINET CONVEYING 22 ACRES OF THIS PROPERTY
BACK TO HILLSBOROUGH COLLEGE.
I THINK THAT'S ONLY REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED BY THREE OUT OF
THE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNOR AND CABINET.
BUT THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR THE PROJECT THAT YOU ALL ARE VERY MUCH
AWARE OF AND WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF
THAT TODAY.
WE'RE HERE TO SEE IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TRANSMIT TO
TALLAHASSEE TO ALLOW THEM TO REVIEW IT FOR THEIR 30 DAYS AND
THEN COME BACK TO THE BOARD.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT SEPTEMBER 24 THAT IT WOULD COME BACK
FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS THAT WE STARTED
WORKING ON THIS, OUR OFFICE, WE TOOK THE POSITION THAT WE
THOUGHT THE P/SP CATEGORY, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A
MAXIMUM, WE THOUGHT WE COULD BASICALLY DO THIS PROJECT UNDER
THAT CATEGORY.
REALLY, FROM DAY ONE OF THE ARGUMENT ON OUR BEHALF, THE CITY
LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY STAFF WAS TELLING US THEY DID
NOT AGREE WITH THAT.
THEY THOUGHT THE COMP PLAN ON THIS PROPERTY NEEDED TO BE
CHANGED.
WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT TIME, AS YOU WELL KNOW.
WE WERE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THE DEAL FORWARD.
FINALLY THE BEGINNING OF APRIL WE AGREED.
YOU REALLY GOT TO CHANGE THE COMP PLAN HERE.
THAT'S WHY THEY SENT THE LETTER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
AND THEY SAID PLEASE INITIATE THIS.
IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS OUT OF CYCLE, I BELIEVE.
IT'S GONE THROUGH EVERY PROPER PROCESS.
WE POSTED SIGNS.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED IT, WE WENT TO THE
PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD.
WE GOT A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION.
NOW WE'RE HERE TO ASK YOU, AS YOU SAID, TO TRANSMIT IT TO
THE STATE TO ALLOW THE STATE LAND PLANNING GROUP AND THEIR
OTHER AGENCIES TO HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THIS.
THEN IT WILL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING
AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
I THINK YOU REQUIRE TWO HEARINGS.
AT THAT POINT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF IT.
WE'RE HERE, AS THEY SAID, USUALLY THESE THINGS ARE
RELATIVELY STANDARD.
YOU TRANSMIT IT UP TO THE STATE, SEE WHAT THEY SAY AND THEN
YOUR BOARD MAKES THE FINAL DECISION.
IN MY EXPERIENCE AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME,
THIS IS REALLY NOT OUT OF ORDER AND THIS IS THE WAY THESE
THINGS WORK.
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOU TO TRANSMIT IT UP TO THE STATE
AND WE'LL HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION IN SEPTEMBER.
5:36:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION?
5:36:08PM >> YES, SIR.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
5:36:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:36:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MS. PHELAN, DO YOU HAVE THE MAP YOU COULD PUT
UP AGAIN FOR ME.
5:36:27PM >>EMILY PHELAN:
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE?
THE ADOPTED OR PROPOSED?
5:36:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE PROPOSED, PLEASE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SOUTH OF COLUMBUS
DRIVE?
5:36:46PM >>EMILY PHELAN:
THIS AREA WITHIN THE RMU 100, IT DOES
ENCOMPASS THE INTERNATIONAL PLAZA AND THE MALL AS WELL AS
OTHER COMMERCIAL USES.
5:36:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF
THOSE BUILDINGS?
5:37:02PM >>EMILY PHELAN:
I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT ONE
BECAUSE WHEN WE DID OUR ANALYSIS AND WE LOOKED AT THIS IN
THE FIELD, WE DID PRIMARILY STICK TO WHAT WAS CURRENTLY
EXISTING AROUND THE PROPOSED SITE.
SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT THE HEIGHT IS.
5:37:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY CONCERN WITH THIS IS THAT THE PROPERTY
SOUTH OF COLUMBUS HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED AS A REGIONAL MIXED
USE 100 PROPERTY.
IT'S BEEN -- IT IS NOT THAT DENSE.
MY CONCERN AND MY QUESTION IS WHY YOU AREN'T GOING FOR UMU
60.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS -- SO YOU STATED THAT
WITH THIS RMU 100, THEY CAN DO BASICALLY 12,000 UNITS AND
8,500,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL RESIDENTIAL.
WHAT WOULD THE DIFFERENCE BE FOR UMU 60?
5:38:12PM >>EMILY PHELAN:
CAN I DO THE MATH REAL QUICK?
5:38:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SURE.
5:38:53PM >>EMILY PHELAN:
SO AT THE SITE, IF THE ENTIRE SITE WAS URBAN
MIXED USE 60, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS WOULD BE
A LITTLE OVER 7,300.
WITH THE F.A.R. BEING A 3.25 WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM OF THE
SITE IT WOULD BE JUST ABOUT 17.2 MILLION SQUARE FEET.
5:39:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OTHER THAN THE HOUSING UNITS, IT'S PRETTY
NEGLIGIBLE.
THANK YOU.
I'M GOING TO ASK MR. SHIMBERG, IS THERE A REASON THAT THEY
ARE GOING FOR RMU 100 INSTEAD OF UMU 60 WHICH IS MORE
APPROPRIATE FOR THAT LOCATION?
5:39:41PM >> AGAIN, JIM SHIMBERG.
A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS TO THAT.
I KNOW YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT A HEIGHT EARLIER, THE WESTSHORE
OVERLAY DISTRICT, THEY LAY OUT DIFFERENT COMP PLAN
CATEGORIES.
AND BOTH OF THOSE WOULD BE UNDER THIS CRITERIA, AND IT --
BASICALLY WITH RESPECT TO HEIGHT IT'S DETERMINED BY FAA.
WHAT YOU CAN GET APPROVED BY FAA AND THE AVIATION AUTHORITY.
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD NECESSARILY AFFECT THE HEIGHT.
ALSO, LET ME SAY ONE MORE THING.
IN EVERY MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD WITH CITY AND COUNTY TO TRY
TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, IT SEEMED LIKE, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT
TALKING ABOUT MONEY OR ANYTHING.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVERYBODY SEEMED TO BE, LOOK, THE MORE
YOU CAN DEVELOP THERE THE MORE TAX REVENUE YOU'LL GENERATE,
THE BETTER DEAL IT WILL BE.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T FACED THAT QUESTION.
I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND TALK TO MY CLIENTS BEFORE I
AGREE TO A CHANGE.
BUT, AGAIN, BOTH OF THOSE ARE VERY INTENSE CATEGORIES.
MOST OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS HAS BEEN FOR SLIGHTLY
LESS THAN EITHER ONE OF THOSE TWO.
AGAIN, THIS IS A COMP PLAN.
THIS IS SETTING THE OVERALL PARAMETER.
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND THERE'S NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE TWO.
5:40:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SEE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
THAT'S WHY IT IS COMING TO US BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES WHO
HAVE TO DETERMINE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WHAT YOU WANT TO BUILD HERE HAPPENS.
IT'S IS THIS -- THIS COMP PLAN CHANGES IT PERMANENTLY.
RIGHT NOW IT'S PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC.
IF WE CHANGE THAT, LIKE, IT HAS TO FIT THE SURROUNDING AREA.
RIGHT NOW I DON'T SEE RMU 100 FITTING IN THE AREA.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUTURE, WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY YOU DIDN'T GO FOR WHAT WOULD BE A
SMALLER AMOUNT AND WHEN YOU'RE BASICALLY GETTING THE SAME
THING.
5:41:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
REMEMBER, WE'RE HERE FOR THE TRANSMITTAL.
WE'RE NOT REALLY HERE --
5:41:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
-- SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK IS POSSIBLE.
5:41:44PM >> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU'RE MAKING A GOOD POINT.
5:41:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH THE
GOOD, BAD, UGLY WHEN IT COMES BACK FROM TALLAHASSEE.
I HEAR YOUR POINT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER WE TRANSMIT OR DON'T TRANSMIT.
NOT NECESSARILY THE GOOD, BAD, UGLY OF THE PLAN.
5:41:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THIS IS FROM YOUR LAW FIRM AND SIGNED BY
YOU.
PAGE 67 OF PAGE 2 OF 2, SPECIFICALLY AMENDMENT WILL
FACILITATE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY TO MIXED USE
ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT THAT MAY INCLUDE A MAJOR LEAGUE BALL
FIELD, BASEBALL FIELD.
NOT SHALL INCLUDE.
I'M NOT A LAWYER.
I'M NOT A JUDGE EITHER.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS.
5:42:30PM >> AGAIN, NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON --
5:42:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I HAVE TO VOTE.
5:42:36PM >> I THINK MY ANSWER TO THAT, MR. MIRANDA, WOULD BE THAT I
THINK WHEN THIS COMES BACK IN SEPTEMBER, YOU'LL HAVE A
BETTER SENSE AS TO WHETHER EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD OR
NOT.
AGAIN, WE'RE TRANSMITTING TO THE STATE FOR THEIR COMMENTS
AND THEN YOU GUYS WILL MAKE A DECISION WHEN IT COMES BACK IN
THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND THE REASON I THINK WE PUT
THAT, NOTHING IS CERTAIN, RAYS ARE NEGOTIATING RIGHT NOW
WITH THE CITY AND COUNTY.
5:42:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
LET ME CLARIFY ONE THING, COME BACK IN
SEPTEMBER IF THIS COUNCIL PASSES IT.
5:43:03PM >> YES, SIR.
5:43:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
5:43:08PM >> YES, SIR.
5:43:08PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU.
5:43:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER 2?
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
COME ON UP.
5:43:25PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THANKS FOR HEARING FROM ME.
THE PHRASE WE ARE PRIVATIZING THE PROFITS --
5:43:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
START WITH YOUR NAME.
5:43:35PM >> LAURA LAWSON.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THE PHRASE WE ARE PRIVATIZING THE PROFITS AND SOCIALIZING
THE LOSSES WAS FIRST COINED IN 1974 TO REFER TO CORPORATE
BAILOUTS.
IN THE 1990s, IT ALSO BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH STADIUM
SUBSIDIES.
BUT THIS SITUATION WITH THIS COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND THIS
PLAN IS A PARTICULARLY EXTREME CASE OF PRIVATIZING PROFITS
AND SOCIALIZING LOSSES.
FOR ONE THING, WE'RE GIVING UP THE MOST USED TAX COLLECTOR'S
OFFICE.
RESIDENTS GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE THERE, AND IT WILL
LIKELY END UP BEING DEMOLISHED JUST AS THE GOVERNOR'S NEW
VOTER SUPPRESSION LEGISLATION TAKES EFFECT.
IT WILL BE GONE WHEN PEOPLE NEED IT THE MOST.
PRIVATIZING THE PROFITS, SOCIALIZING THE LOSSES.
COUNTY IS PLANNING TO TAKE SALES TAX REVENUE THAT WE ALL
PAY, CITY OF TAMPA, WE PAY IT JUST AS MUCH AS UNINCORPORATED
RESIDENTS, TO BUILD A TAX-FREE STADIUM FOR A BILLIONAIRE.
THAT'S WHY IN THE PLAN AMENDMENT THAT'S THE ONLY PART THAT
REMAINS PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC TO PROTECT HIS PROPERTIES FROM
PROPERTY TAXES THAT HE WOULD OTHERWISE PAY.
THE COMP PLAN PROPOSAL TAKES PUBLIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE LAND
AND CREATES A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT GIVEAWAY ANY
BILLIONAIRE DEVELOPER WOULD CRAVE.
11,924 DWELLING UNITS.
THE LAND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SET ASIDE FOR COLLEGE PURPOSES
FOREVER.
THAT'S WHAT THE DEED SAYS.
BUT THE BILLIONAIRE OWNER IS FRIENDS WITH THE GOVERNOR WHO
ALONG WITH HIS CABINET DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED LAND FOR HIS
FRIEND TO MAKE PILES OF MONEY, MORE THAN OUR STUDENTS NEED
BUILDINGS AND CLASSROOMS AND LABS TO GET A DEGREE.
PRIVATIZING THE PROFITS FOR MR. ZALUPSKI AND SOCIALIZING THE
LOSSES FOR OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS.
WE SHOULD NOT DO THIS DEAL.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE SHOULD NOT PUT THE CART BEFORE
THE HORSE TONIGHT.
THE MINUTE WE CHANGE THIS FROM PUBLIC TO SEMI-PUBLIC WE
FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER THE VALUE AND THE POTENTIAL OF THAT LAND
AND THE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT LAND, SIFTING FROM A PUBLIC AND
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE PERMANENTLY TO A PROFIT-MAKING PURPOSE.
WE SHOULD NOT DO THAT BEFORE WE HAVE A SOLID PUBLIC BENEFITS
AGREEMENT THAT TRULY BENEFITS THE PUBLIC AND PROTECTS THE
COLLEGE AND THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, TRULY IMPROVES THESE
FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS RATHER THAN SHRINKING AND
DEMOLISHING THEM.
WE NEED MORE BALANCE TO THIS PLAN, AND WE NEED YOU ALL TO
BRING THE PRESSURE TO CREATE THAT.
THANK YOU.
5:46:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM?
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IN THE
PUBLIC IS LISTENING AND MS. LAWSON, FOR TONIGHT, AGAIN, THIS
IS NOT A DECISION-MAKING HEARING ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS
PLAN.
IT'S JUST WHETHER WE TRANSMIT IT TO TALLAHASSEE TO GET THEIR
COMMENTS.
IT WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER FOR US TO ACTUALLY
WEIGH THE GOOD AND THE BAD.
THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU JUST DISCUSSED AND
-- WE'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH ALL THOSE THINGS IN.
TONIGHT -- FUNNY, THIRD YEAR ON COUNCIL, THESE THINGS
USUALLY JUST GO THROUGH WITHOUT EVEN BLINKING AN EYE BECAUSE
IT IS JUST A TRANSMITTAL HEARING TO ASK TALLAHASSEE TO
COMMENT ON THE PLAN.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT.
THIS IS NOT THE MEAT.
JUST A TECHNICAL PROCEDURE.
APPLICANT, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY?
ANYBODY ELSE?
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:47:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU HEARD WHAT I THINK.
I'M NOT EVEN TRANSMITTING THIS BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S
THE CORRECT -- I DON'T THINK IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
I THINK IT IS A WASTE OF TIME TO SEND TO THE STATE.
I MOVE TO NOT TRANSMIT TO THE STATE.
5:47:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
5:47:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, SECOND
FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
5:48:00PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
5:48:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES.
5:48:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
5:48:09PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
NO.
5:48:10PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NO.
5:48:13PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
5:48:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NO.
5:48:17PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH YOUNG, VIERA, AND CLENDENIN
VOTING NO.
5:48:24PM >> CAN I ASK A QUESTION AS TO WHAT THAT MEANS?
5:48:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT MEANS IT DOESN'T GET TRANSMITTED.
FIRST TIME PROBABLY IN HISTORY WE HAVE NOT TRANSMITTED A
COMP PLAN AMENDMENT.
OR FUTURE LAND USE AMENDMENT.
5:48:40PM >> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
5:48:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
FROM STAFF, HAVE WE EVER NOT TRANSMITTED?
AND A HUSH FELL OVER THE ROOM.
ALL THE REST OF THE HEARINGS ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEDURES.
THEY REQUIRE ANYBODY THAT IS HERE TO TESTIFY ON ANY ISSUE
THAT'S COMING UP BEFORE COUNCIL THIS EVENING, YOU HAVE TO BE
SWORN IN.
PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY OUR
CLERK.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
5:49:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOOD EVENING.
HOW ARE YOU?
5:49:47PM >> I'M WELL.
HOW ARE YOU?
5:49:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOOD.
ANXIOUS TO HEAR ITEM 3.
5:49:53PM >>BRIA DIXON:
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM 3 IS REZ-26-10, REQUEST TO REZONE 2111 EAST
BUSCH BOULEVARD FROM CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO CI COMMERCIAL
INTENSIVE.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:50:13PM >> GOOD EVENING.
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT,
SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN AN
EVACUATION ZONE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
SURROUNDING AREA IS PREDOMINANTLY COMMERCIAL WITH COMMERCIAL
USES ALONG EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD AND NORTH 22nd STREET.
CHURCHES TO THE SOUTH AND WEST AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES
LOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST ACROSS EAST SKAGWAY AVENUE.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL
35.
CMU 35 AND CC-35 ARE PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED ALONG BUSCH
BOULEVARD, WHICH IS A TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR.
TO THE SOUTH IS R-10 IN THAT ORANGE COLOR.
TO THE NORTHEAST IS R-35, AND THEN PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC TO THE
SOUTHEAST.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM CG TO CI.
THE CI ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CC-35 FUTURE
LAND USE DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
PATTERN, FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD INCORPORATE THE MIXED
USE CORRIDOR DESIGN POLICIES, INCLUDING BUILDING
ORIENTATION, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS AND APPROPRIATE
BUFFERING TO ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES.
OVERALL, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED
REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:51:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
5:51:34PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO, SIR.
I'M SORRY.
5:51:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
NEXT.
5:51:39PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
WE'LL START WITH THE AERIAL VIEW.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS HERE OUTLINED IN RED.
TO THE NORTH, EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD.
TO THE EAST, NORTH 22nd AND TO THE SOUTH, WE HAVE EAST
SKAGWAY AVENUE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF EAST
BUSCH BOULEVARD AND NORTH 22nd AVENUE.
PROPERTIES TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH ARE ZONED RS 50 AND
PROPERTIES TO THE EAST AND NORTH AND THE WEST ARE ALL ZONED
COMMERCIAL GENERAL CG.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH THE LARGE
VACANT BUILDING WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY A WALGREENS PHARMACY.
HERE WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE SURVEY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD, NORTH 22nd AND
SKAGWAY.
I HAVE PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PARCELS.
SUBJECT PROPERTY BUSCH BOULEVARD, NORTH 22nd STREET, EAST
SKAGWAY AVENUE.
NORTH.
IMMEDIATELY EAST, PLACE OF ASSEMBLY TO THE SOUTH, RESIDENCES
TO THE SOUTH, AND A LOCAL CHARITY TO THE WEST.
THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS APPROXIMATELY 1.4 ACRES, GIVEN THAT
THE SURROUNDING USES PRIMARILY CONSIST OF COMMERCIAL USES
AND THE SITE'S LOCATION ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, THE
REQUEST TO CI ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
CITY OF TAMPA REGULATIONS LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:53:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
5:53:35PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
CAN YOU PUT THE PICTURE BACK WHERE IT SHOWS
THE SUBJECT SITE?
5:53:40PM >>BRIA DIXON:
WHICH ONE?
THERE ARE THREE.
5:53:43PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THAT'S IT THERE.
5:53:45PM >> WALGREENS.
5:53:46PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
GOTCHA.
THANK YOU.
5:53:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPLICANT?
GOOD EVENING.
5:53:58PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AILEEN ROSARIO, 2504 WEST CREST AVENUE, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
MY CLIENT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE EUCLID ON THE PROPERTY
FROM CG TO CI.
HE DOES HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT IDEAS OF WHAT HE WOULD LIKE
TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY.
NOT DOING ANY KIND OF MAJOR CHANGES.
IT WILL NOT HURT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT ACTUALLY WILL PROBABLY BEAUTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DID GET A PHONE CALL FROM THE CHURCH ASKING ME WHAT IT IS
HE'S GOING TO DO.
I EXPLAINED, ASKED WHY GOT REZONE BECAUSE THE USE THAT HE'S
INTENDING TO DO, HE HAS TO BE CI.
HE WANTS TO KEEP THINGS LEGAL AND DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY
AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING ILLEGAL ON THE PROPERTY.
MY CLIENT IS HERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:54:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO
THIS ITEM?
HEARING NONE, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:54:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MS. ROSARIO, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT YOUR CLIENT
PLANS TO DO?
5:55:05PM >> HE'S THINKING OF HAVING AN EXOTIC CAR DEALERSHIP,
PRIVATELY OWNED.
YOU HAVE TO COME IN WITH APPOINTMENTS.
MOST ALL THE CARS WILL BE INDOORS.
EVERYTHING IS PRIVATELY.
SO IT WILL BE PRIVATE OWNED, PRIVATE PEOPLE COMING IN AND
IT'S GOING TO BE EXOTIC CARS.
5:55:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU HAD A BIT OF A PAUSE AFTER THE WORD
EXOTIC --
[ LAUGHTER ]
5:55:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALL OF OUR MINDS WENT TO THE SAME, BUT
THEN --
5:55:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WASN'T EXPECTING THE WORD CARS TO COME
NEXT.
5:55:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS NOT DREW PARK.
5:55:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THAT.
5:55:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU HAD MY VOTE BEFORE THAT.
YOU HAD IT AT EXOTIC.
THEN YOU HAD TO FILL IN THE BLANK.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM NUMBER 3?
5:56:10PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MOVE FILE REZ 26-10, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR
FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2111 EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD IN THE
CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CG TO CI
COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:56:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
5:56:34PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 27, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:56:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ITEM NUMBER 4.
5:56:51PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM 4 IS REZ 26-12, REQUEST TO REZONE 1704 WEST
NORTH B STREET, 202, 210 AND 220 NORTH ROME AVENUE, AND 1701
AND 1711 WEST NORTH A STREET FROM IG, INDUSTRIAL GENERAL, TO
CI, COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE.
NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
5:57:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
5:57:18PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT,
WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND NORTH HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S ALSO WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE C.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
THE SURROUNDING AREA IS A MIX OF INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL,
RESIDENTIAL, AND VACANT PROPERTIES.
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG NORTH
ROME AVENUE AND WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
THERE ARE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IMMEDIATELY WEST AND
MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTHEAST.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS GENERAL MIXED USE 24,
WHICH SURROUNDS THE SITE TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND SOUTH.
R 35 AND R-20 ARE LOCATED IMMEDIATELY WEST.
UMU 60 IS CONCENTRATED ALONG KENNEDY BOULEVARD, WHICH IS A
TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR, AND THEN CMU 35 IS FURTHER NORTH.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM IG TO CI.
THE CI ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL MIXED
USE 24 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THIS REZONING WILL PROVIDE INFILL DEVELOPMENT OF A VACANT
PARCEL WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
ANY FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
APPROPRIATE BUFFERING AND SCREENING FROM ADJACENT
RESIDENTIAL USES.
OVERALL, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED
REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:58:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, STAFF.
5:58:43PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
START WITH THE AERIAL PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT PARCELS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, FOUR PARCELS ARE OUTLINED HERE IN RED.
WE HAVE NORTH ROME AVENUE AND LOCATED NORTH OF WEST NORTH A
STREET AND SOUTH OF WEST NORTH B STREET.
THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 253 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG WEST NORTH
A STREET AS WELL AS 352 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG NORTH ROME
AVENUE AND ANOTHER 204 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG WEST NORTH B
STREET.
GIVEN THE SCOPE OF THE REQUEST, I HAVE A LOT OF PICTURES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ALL --
5:59:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ENOUGH PICTURES.
5:59:28PM >>BRIA DIXON:
OKAY.
HERE IS A SLIGHTLY REDUCED AND I DO HAVE MORE IF YOU WOULD
LIKE MORE.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED AT WEST NORTH B STREET.
SUBJECT PROPERTY AGAIN AT 220 NORTH ROME AVENUE AS WELL AS I
BELIEVE 210 NORTH ROME.
THIS IS THE ALLEY.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT 1701 WEST NORTH A STREET AS
WELL AS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT 1711 WEST NORTH A STREET.
THIS IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH.
TO THE EAST.
THIS IS A WALMART SUPER CENTER TO THE EAST.
THE SOUTH.
TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS ADJACENT COMMERCIAL PARKING IN THE CN ZONING
DESIGNATION TO THE WEST.
THIS IS ANOTHER OWNED PARCEL TO THE WEST.
GIVEN THE SIZE AND SCOPE -- TOGETHER, THE ADJACENT PARCELS
CREATE APPROXIMATELY .71 ACRES.
GIVEN THAT THE SURROUNDING USE CONSIST PRIMARILY OF
COMMERCIAL USES, PROPOSAL IMPLEMENTS TRANSITIONAL ZONING
BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD USES AND THE
PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THE REQUEST TO CI ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:00:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
6:00:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THE PICTURES KIND OF ANSWER MY QUESTION,
WHICH IS, WE JUST REZONED THIS NOT THAT LONG AGO.
SO WHY THE DIFFERENCE?
6:01:06PM >>BRIA DIXON:
THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
6:01:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WELL, THEN THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION FOR THE
APPLICANT.
THANK YOU.
6:01:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT.
6:01:18PM >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
6:01:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES, WE CAN.
WERE YOU SWORN IN?
6:01:23PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
STACEY WELLNITZ.
6:01:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HOLD ON A SECOND.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM SO THERE IS A LITTLE DELAY.
CAN YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON?
6:01:43PM >> IT'S TELLING ME I'M SHARING IT.
MY LIGHT IS ON HERE.
6:01:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT IS A BRAND-NEW PROGRAM FOR US AS WELL.
BEAR WITH US.
CAN YOU SEE THE REQUEST OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT SENT YOU?
6:02:18PM >> YES, IT KEEPS SAYING I'M SHARING MY CAMERA BUT IT WON'T
TAKE IT.
IT'S NOT ALLOWING IT.
6:02:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
YOU'RE HELPING US WORK OUT THE KINKS.
YOU SHOULD BE GETTING A PHONE CALL SHORTLY.
6:03:29PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I WILL SAY, IF I MAY -- NO, NOT ABOUT SINGING.
6:03:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LITERALLY IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD, YOU
CANNOT SING.
OKAY.
WE CAN SEE YOU NOW.
HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN?
AND NOW WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
6:03:53PM >> THERE WE GO.
I HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN IN.
6:03:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YEAH, TURN THE MUSIC OFF.
AS MUCH AS WE LOVE YOUR MUSIC.
THERE WE GO.
6:04:05PM >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT
TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
6:04:10PM >> I DO.
6:04:11PM >>THE CLERK:
THANK YOU.
6:04:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHAT WAS THE SECRET?
HOW DID YOU GET IT WORKING?
6:04:16PM >> IT WAS ALL ON YOUR END.
I DON'T KNOW.
6:04:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
TAG, YOU ARE IT.
ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY.
WE DID HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AS TO WHY
THE REQUEST FOR THE CHANGE.
6:04:33PM >> MY NAME IS STACEY WELLNITZ.
I AM THE ARCHITECT.
THE ARCHITECT FOR THE NOW MASSAGE BOUTIQUE AND APPLICANT FOR
THE PROJECT.
I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN AND THEN I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED ZONING FROM IG TO CI.
THIS REQUEST WAS INITIATED TO ALLOW MY CLIENT TO BECOME A
TENANT IN THE NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
6:04:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
STATE THAT AGAIN.
HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.
6:05:01PM >> I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED REZONING FROM IG TO CI.
THIS REQUEST WAS INITIATED TO ALLOW MY CLIENT, THE NOW
MASSAGE TO BECOME A TENANT IN THIS NEW COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY REZONED, WE ARE NOT THAT
PROJECT ARCHITECTS FOR THE BUILDING.
PROJECT ARCHITECTS FOR A TENANT THAT WANTS TO BE A TENANT IN
THE BUILDING.
SO THE ZONING FROM OR TO IG WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THAT.
WHEN OUR CLIENT WENT TO SECURE A SUITE, WE NEED TO BE A CI.
WE NEED A COMMERCIAL ZONING.
WE WERE UNAWARE THERE WAS A ZONING REZONE PRIOR TO THIS.
6:05:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
UNDERSTAND.
I THINK THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD FOR THE CASE?
6:05:51PM >> NO, JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU
MIGHT HAVE.
6:05:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO
ITEM 4?
HEARING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ?
6:06:09PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST
READING CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF 1704 WEST NORTH B STREET, 202 -- OH
DEAR.
210 NORTH ROME AVENUE, 1701 AND 1711 WEST NORTH A STREET IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION IG,
INDUSTRIAL GENERAL, TO CI, COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE, PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
6:06:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECOND FROM
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
6:06:46PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 27, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
6:07:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
LaCHONE.
6:07:01PM >> LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 5 IS REZ 26-14 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1732 WEST SAINT
LOUIS STREET.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RS 50,
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED USE.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO QUINN TO GIVE HER REPORT.
6:07:28PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THE SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, WEST
TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND OLD WEST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALSO WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE C.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIXTURE OF USES, INCLUDING
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES TO THE WEST WITH COMMERCIAL USES TO THE
EAST ALONG ROME AVENUE AND EAST OF ROME AVENUE ARE
MULTIFAMILY USES IN THE ROME YARD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL USES TWO BLOCKS NORTH ALONG
WEST COLUMBUS DRIVE WHICH IS A TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS RESIDENTIAL 35 WHICH
SURROUNDS THE SITE TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH.
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 IS LOCATED DIRECTLY EAST WITH THE
NMU 35 ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROME AVENUE APPROACHING THE
HILLSBOROUGH RIVER.
THE REQUEST IS REZONE FROM RS 50 TO PD TO ALLOW TWO
SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED DWELLING UNITS.
PROPOSAL CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R
35 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES FRONT DOOR ORIENTATION TO WEST SAINT
LOUIS STREET, SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS AND ALLEY ACCESS,
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT
THE SITE DATA TABLE BE CORRECTED TO REFLECT THE R-35 FUTURE
LAND USE DESIGNATION AND THAT ALL FRONT DOORS BE CLEARLY
LABELED ON THE SITE PLAN.
OVERALL THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES COMPATIBLE INFILL WITHIN THE
WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:08:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
MS. DOCK.
6:08:57PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
SO THE PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED IN RED.
THIS IS WEST SAINT LOUIS.
THIS IS NORTH ROME AVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SITE IS SURROUNDED WITH RS 50
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING AS WELL AS THE
SINGLE-FAMILY USES.
ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROME AVENUE IS THE ROME YARD PROJECT.
THAT IS THE PD.
THAT IS THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMING ONLINE
CURRENTLY THAT HAS THAT MIXTURE OF COMMERCIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL USES.
TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE SITE IS EXISTING PD.
IT IS AN OLDER APPROVAL THAT IS FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY
USES.
FURTHER NORTH OF THE SITE ALONG COLUMBUS DRIVE, YOU HAVE
YOUR COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE ZONING, AND YOU HAVE THOSE USES
THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE ZONING
DESIGNATION.
AND THERE IS A SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE
REQUEST.
SO I'LL JUST ZOOM IN ON THAT.
I JUST DID A BLOW-UP OF THAT SITE PLAN.
SO THE REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS.
THE SETBACKS ARE TO THE NORTH 20 FEET, TO THE SOUTH 15 FEET,
TO THE EAST AND WEST ARE 5 FEET SETBACKS.
SO THE LOT AREA IS 4,879 SQUARE FEET.
A TOTAL OF 4 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND 4 SPACES ARE
PROVIDED.
SO ON THE SITE PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THE PROPERTY
BOUNDARY.
THIS IS THE ONE BUILDING THAT WOULD CONTAIN THE TWO UNITS.
AND ACCESS IS PROPOSED FROM THE 14-FOOT ALLEY.
SO THIS IS WITHIN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT, THE WEST TAMPA
OVERLAY, SO IT DOES MEET THAT STANDARD PROVIDING THE
ENCLOSED GARAGE PARKING SPACES AS WELL AS ROOM TO PARK
OUTSIDE OF THE ACTUAL GARAGE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT DOOR ENTRY, WHICH ORIENTS
SAINT LOUIS STREET.
AND THEN THERE IS PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE
PROPERTY, AND YOU HAVE A WALKWAY THAT MAKES THAT CONNECTION
TO THE SIDEWALK.
AND I HAVE ELEVATIONS OF THE SITE TO SHOW.
SO ON THE TOP, THAT IS THE NORTH ELEVATION.
YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT DOORS, AND THEN THIS IS THE REAR
ELEVATION WITH JUST THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
AND THEN THE TOP ONE IS THE WEST ELEVATION.
AND THEN THIS IS THE EAST ELEVATION.
THEN I HAVE A FEW PICTURES TO SHOW OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS IS RESIDENTS TO THE NORTH.
THIS IS TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS THE COMMERCIAL TO THE EAST.
THIS IS TO THE WEST, THE RESIDENTIAL THAT EXISTS, AND THIS
IS LOOKING EAST ON SAINT LOUIS AND THIS IS THE ALLEY, JUST
TO GIVE YOU A PICTURE TO SHOW IT IS OPEN AND USED.
THERE ARE NO WAIVERS WITH THIS REQUEST.
AND THERE ARE SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND READING.
WITH THAT, THE DRC STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY REQUEST HE IS.
6:12:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT.
6:12:21PM >> I'M KSHITIJ SHERARD, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
HOPE TO GET THE REZONING DONE.
6:12:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANT TO SAY I LIKE THE ARCHITECTURE.
THE FACADE IS JUST DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
VERY INTERESTING.
6:12:38PM >> THANK YOU.
6:12:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, ANYBODY IN THE
PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
HEARING NONE, MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
6:12:50PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
FILE REZ-26-14, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1732 WEST SAINT LOUIS STREET, IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 50,
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
6:13:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
6:13:24PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 27, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
6:13:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM NUMBER 7.
6:13:40PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 7 IS REZ 26-31.
THIS REQUEST CONSISTS OF 11 PARCELS.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU ON THE MAP THE AREA CONTAINED WITHIN
THIS REQUEST.
THIS IS WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
TO THE NORTH IS WEST NORTH A STREET.
THIS IS ALBANY.
AND THEN THIS IS WESTLAND.
THE AREA ENCOMPASSES THIS BLOCK IN THAT AREA.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT.
THIS WAS APPROVED IN 2022 FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY
USE, RETAIL SALES, RESTAURANT AND PERSONAL SERVICES.
AND THE REQUEST IS FOR A PD FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL,
RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY AND ALL CG USES.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
6:14:32PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT,
NORTH HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD IN EVACUATION ZONE C.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIXTURE OF COMMERCIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL USES.
COMMERCIAL USES ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG WEST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD AND NORTH HOWARD AVENUE, WHICH ARE TRANSIT
EMPHASIS CORRIDORS.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES ARE TO THE NORTH ALONG WITH
SCATTERED MULTIFAMILY AND DUPLEX DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS URBAN MIXED USE 60
WHICH SUPPORTS HIGH INTENSITY MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND IS
CONCENTRATED ALONG KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
CMU 35 IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST.
CMU 35 -- SORRY, R-35 TO THE EAST.
THE REQUEST IS FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AND
COMMERCIAL USES AT JUST OVER 283,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE PD PROPOSES A 3.25 F.A.R. THROUGH A BPA WITH THE CITY.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE PROJECT PROVIDES WALK-UP UNITS, COMMERCIAL ENTRANCES
ORIENTED TO KENNEDY BOULEVARD, SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE
PARKING AND A BUS SHELTER CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN'S MIXED USE CORRIDOR POLICIES.
OVERALL, THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES MIXED USE INFILL DEVELOPMENT
ALONG A TRANSIT EMPHASIS AND MIXED USE CORRIDOR AND IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I'M AVAILABLE
FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:15:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, NEXT.
6:15:54PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I'LL SHOW YOU THE ZONING MAP AGAIN TO DISCUSS THE ZONING
SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY.
TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY YOU HAVE THE COMMERCIAL
GENERAL ZONING.
WHICH IS ALONG KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
AND THEN TO THE NORTH YOU HAVE YOUR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY
ZONING WITH YOUR SEMI DETACHED USES AS WELL AS SINGLE-FAMILY
ATTACHED USES AND MULTIFAMILY USES.
TO THE EAST YOU HAVE YOUR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS
APPROVED FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AS WELL AS
ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL USES SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT BLOCK.
SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN.
I JUST BLEW UP THE ACTUAL SITE ITSELF, JUST ENLARGED IT.
SO THIS REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF 292 RESIDENTIAL
UNITS.
THE BUILDING HEIGHT THAT IS PROPOSED IS 85 FEET.
THE BUILDING SETBACKS ARE TO THE NORTH 10 FEET, TO THE SOUTH
5 FEET, TO THE EAST 10 FEET, TO THE WEST 10 FEET.
AND THE ACTUAL LOT ITSELF CONTAINS 87,354 SQUARE FEET.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF 319 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED, THE REQUEST
PROPOSES TO PROVIDE 392 SPACES.
SO ON THE SITE PLAN ITSELF, WHICH IS ON THE MONITOR, YOU'LL
SEE THIS IS KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
YOU HAVE NORTH A STREET, ALBANY, AND WESTLAND.
SO THIS IS THE TOWER, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING AND SIX
FLOORS ARE PROPOSED.
IT WOULD CONTAIN A TOTAL OF 75,817 SQUARE FEET.
VEHICLES WOULD ENTER THE PROPERTY FROM WESTLAND AVENUE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COMMERCIAL IS LOCATED ALONG
KENNEDY.
SO THAT ACTIVATES THAT SPACE ALONG KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRANCES THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR THE
COMMERCIAL.
AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR WALK-UP UNITS THAT ARE LOCATED
SURROUNDING THE SITE.
AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS ABOVE.
SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS REZONED AS I MENTIONED EARLIER
IN 2022.
AT THAT TIME IT WAS FOR 235 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
AND 4,986 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USE FOR THAT
COMMERCIAL USES.
SO THROUGH THE PROPOSED PD, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE
INTENSIFYING THE SITE WITH AN INCREASE OF 57 RESIDENTIAL
UNITS, AND 1,629 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL USES.
AS COMPARED TO THE CURRENT APPROVED PD REZONING, JUST TO
STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD.
SO WE REVIEWED THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND THE FLOORS HAVE THE
ELEVATIONS OF THE PROJECT.
THIS IS THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
THIS IS KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
THIS IS THE EAST ELEVATION ALBANY.
AND THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION, NORTH A.
THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION.
SO WITH THE REQUEST, THERE ARE WAIVERS THAT ARE LISTED.
ONE OF THE WAIVERS LISTED PREVIOUSLY APPROVED WAIVERS WITH
CARRY-OVER TO THIS REQUEST, BUT THERE IS A TOTAL OF FOUR NEW
WAIVERS REQUESTED PLUS THE ADDITIONAL, SO THERE WOULD BE
FIVE WAIVERS.
THE FIRST WAIVER IS SECTION 27-243.
THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE PLACEMENT OF THE STREETSCAPE
TREES TO BE IN FIVE BY TEN PLANTER IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
THE PLANTER OFFSET FROM THE CURB TWO FEET.
THE NEXT WAIVER IS 27-243 TO ALLOW LOCAL STREET -- TO ALLOW
ACCESS TO A LOCAL STREET GREATER THAN 100 FEET OF THE
INTERSECTION FROM KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
THE NEXT WAIVER IS 27-284.3.1 AND THAT IS A REQUEST TO
REDUCE THE REQUIRED 50% TREE RETENTION TO 0% FOR NON-WOODED
LOT OVER AN ACRE.
AND THE NEXT WAIVER IS 27-283.15 AND THAT IS TO ALLOW
LOADING MANEUVERING WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THE NEXT WAIVER IS 27-284.2.5 AND THAT'S THE REQUEST TO
REMOVE THE ONE NON-HAZARDOUS GRAND LIVE OAK THAT WAS FROM
THE PREVIOUS REQUEST BUT ALSO IT WOULD APPLY WITH THIS
REQUEST ALSO.
SO WE HAVE A REVISION SHEET, A REVISED REVISION SHEET THAT
I'M GOING TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD SO THAT WAY THAT IS
LISTED CORRECTLY ON THE FINAL SITE PLAN THAT IS SUBMITTED.
AND THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, BUT WITH THAT DRC STAFF
FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
6:20:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
6:20:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
DO WE HAVE ANY PHOTOS?
6:21:02PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
WE DO.
I'M SO SORRY.
BREVITY.
6:21:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BREVITY IS GOOD.
6:21:09PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
I APOLOGIZE.
I FORGOT THE PICTURES.
SO THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
ON KENNEDY.
THAT'S ANOTHER VIEW.
THAT'S ANOTHER VIEW.
IT'S ENCOMPASSING THAT ENTIRE BLOCK, SO WE HAVE A FEW JUST
TO SHOW.
ON ALBANY.
AND THIS IS WEST NORTH A.
SO THIS IS WESTLAND.
THIS IS ON NORTH A AND ALBANY.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTHWEST.
THIS IS NORTH.
TO THE NORTH, THAT'S ON NORTH A.
THIS IS SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON KENNEDY.
THIS IS EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON
ALBANY.
WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
6:22:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY FIRST QUESTION IS, AGAIN, COULD YOU PLEASE
REPEAT THE OLD SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR RETAIL AND THE NEW SQUARE
FOOTAGE FOR RETAIL.
6:22:31PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
ABSOLUTELY.
THE CURRENT APPROVAL WOULD ALLOW FOR 4,986 SQUARE FEET OF
RETAIL AND RESTAURANT.
THE CURRENT IS PROPOSING, ON THE CURRENT PLAN, INCREASING BY
57 RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND 1,629 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL.
6:23:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT WOULD BE 6600 SQUARE FEET.
SO MY QUESTION IS, I REMEMBER THIS IN 2022.
THIS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, HAD A STAIR STEP THAT LED TO
THE STREET BEHIND IT, NORTH A.
CORRECT?
6:23:29PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CORRECT.
6:23:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO WE'RE DOING AWAY WITH THE STAIR STEP.
6:23:33PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CORRECT.
ON THE ELEVATIONS, IT KIND OF SHOWS THAT FOR THE MOST PART,
YES, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME ELEVATION.
6:23:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I REMEMBER THAT BEING A HUGE PORTION OF THE
COMMUNITY CONCERN.
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
6:23:50PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE ELEVATIONS AGAIN.
6:23:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ON THE RECORD THAT I WAS
REMEMBERING THE PREVIOUS --
6:23:59PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
OKAY.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
6:24:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IS THERE AN APPLICANT?
I SEE HIM APPROACHING.
MR. SINGER.
6:24:15PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
DAVID SINGER ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT FOR THE SECOND TIME.
THIS TIME, 2026 AS OPPOSED TO 2022.
DAVID SINGER FROM OLDER LUNDY, 1000 WEST CASS STREET.
I'VE BEEN SWORN.
THIS IS A MODIFICATION TO A PD THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2022.
WE'RE HERE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL UNITS.
HALF THE NEW UNITS WILL BE AFFORDABLE BASED ON THE BONUS
AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
THIS REALLY IS TO UNIFY THE BLOCK.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT -- SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THE
CUT-OUT ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE THAT HAD THE JERSEY MIKE'S AND
WE HAD A KIND OF STAGGERED SITE PLAN THAT WE HAD TO DEAL
WITH, AND WE'RE FIXING THAT BASICALLY WITH THE ADDITION OF
THAT PIECE.
IT INCREASES STOREFRONT RETAIL.
IMPORTANTLY, WITH THE ADDITION OF THAT PIECE AND I'LL SHOW
YOU THIS AND TO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S POINT, THIS ALLOWS US
TO LOWER THE HEIGHT.
SO ONE OF THE RESIDENTS' MAIN CONCERNS LAST TIME, THEY
DIDN'T WANT MAJOR SHADOWS COMING ONTO NORTH A STREET.
AND THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE STAIR STEP.
BUT NOW THAT WE'RE LOWERING THE HEIGHT BY TWO STORIES, WE
THINK WE'VE ACHIEVED THE SAME GOAL WITH A DIFFERENT DESIGN.
I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR ATTENTION AND ASSISTANCE
THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND REMIND COUNCIL THE APPLICANT HAS
EARNED A CONSISTENT FINDING ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE STAFF
REPORT.
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AGREE TO THE BONUS AGREEMENT, 10% OF THE OVERALL UNITS WILL
BE AFFORDABLE.
AS YOU'LL SEE DRAMATICALLY MORE EFFICIENT DESIGN OF THE
STRUCTURE, FURTHER ACTIVATION OF KENNEDY.
AND UNIFYING THAT SITE WHICH RESULTS IN THE BUILDING HEIGHT
REDUCTION.
AGAIN, HERE IS THE LOCATION, SO YOU ARE ORIENTED RIGHT ON
KENNEDY, A COUPLE OF BLOCKS OFF OF HOWARD.
AGAIN, ON THE TRANSIT CORRIDOR, AND THERE WILL BE A BUS
STOP, HART BUS STOP WITH A SHELTER RIGHT IN FRONT.
SO THIS SITE IS BOUNDED HERE IN RED.
IT'S AN ASSEMBLAGE OF 11 PARCELS, ALL OF WHICH ARE OWNED
CURRENTLY BY THE APPLICANT.
INTERNAL ALLEYWAYS HAVE ALREADY BEEN VACATED.
WE SHADED IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTION.
THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THAT SOUTHWEST
SECTION.
2022 WASN'T POSSIBLE.
COULDN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THAT PIECE OF THINGS.
IT WAS A SINGLE STORY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1979.
YOU JUST SAW THE PHOTOS AND YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH
IT.
NOW WE CAN UNIFY THAT SITE.
HERE ARE THE UPDATED IMPROVEMENT AND STATISTICS REGARDING
THE OVERALL BUILD.
UMU 60.
WE'RE STILL DOING THE PD, STILL MIXED USE, STILL TWO ACRES.
THE F.A.R., BECAUSE WE CAN EXPAND INTO THAT SHADED GREEN
AREA AND JERSEY MIKE'S EXPANDS TO 3.25 BUT REQUIRES A BONUS
AGREEMENT.
WE ENTERED INTO THAT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
PART OF THE BONUS AGREEMENT MEANS THERE WILL BE 10%
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
292 UNITS.
THAT RETAIL INCREASES TO 6600 OR SO.
AGAIN, THE PARKING IS 392, EVEN THOUGH 319 ARE REQUIRED.
AND THAT BUILDING HEIGHT GOES DOWN TO 6 STORIES.
IT WAS 8 PREVIOUSLY.
I PUT HERE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE APPROVED SITE PLAN IN
2022 AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
SO IF YOU LOOK DOWN HERE, THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT.
THIS WAS THAT JERSEY MIKE'S ASSEMBLAGE DOWN HERE, AND THERE
WERE THREE DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS ON THAT CORNER.
NOW, THERE'S ONE ACCESS POINT.
MAKES THINGS A LOT SAFER, ALLOWS US TO EXTEND SIDEWALKS, AND
IMPORTANTLY, IT ALLOWS US TO ADD ADDITIONAL WALK-UP UNITS
HERE.
THAT WASN'T ALLOWED BEFORE AND ALSO ALLOWS FOR SOME MORE
LANDSCAPE BUFFERING.
THIS HERE IS THE SAME SITE FROM ABOVE, LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE WALK-UP UNITS THAT CAN BE ADDED.
AND THE UNIFIED COMMERCIAL DOWN HERE WITH THE UNIFIED
SIDEWALK THAT TRAVELS AROUND THE CORNER AS WELL.
TWO FEWER STORIES.
30 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
WE'RE INCREASING THE NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL TO 6600 OR SO.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE LOOKS LIKE.
SO, AGAIN, ON THIS SIDE IS WHAT WAS APPROVED BEFORE.
AND ON THIS SIDE IS WHAT IS PROPOSED.
THE PROPOSED ELEVATION COMES DOWN TWO STORIES.
WHAT WE HAVE EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
IN PERSON, ZOOM, TELEPHONE CALLS, E-MAILS.
I THINK YOU WILL FINE THERE'S NOT VERY SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY
OPPOSITION TO THIS.
I THINK THEY ARE GENERALLY HAPPY WITH WHAT THE APPLICANT IS
PROPOSING.
THERE WILL BE 61 NEW TREES ON-SITE.
AND EACH JUST FOR COUNCIL'S REFERENCE, EACH UNIT IS GOING TO
COME WITH A BIKE PARKING SPACE.
AND WE THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE THINK THIS WAS A GOOD PROJECT IN 2022 AND IT'S A BETTER
PROJECT NOW.
THANKS.
6:30:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, MANISCALCO, THEN
YOUNG.
6:30:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AM GOING TO BE THE NAYSAYER HERE THAT SAYS
120% IS NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
JUST PERIOD.
IT IS NOT.
TO ME, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
LIKE, THAT'S NOT WORTH IT.
BUT MY BIGGER CONCERN IS I REMEMBER THIS CASE, AND THE
REASON WE HAD TO GO FROM FOUR LOADING BERTHS TO ZERO WAS
BECAUSE OF THAT JERSEY MIKE'S.
NOW THE JERSEY MIKE'S IS GONE YET WE STILL HAVE NO LOADING
BERTHS AND NOW WE HAVE MORE RETAIL.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BLOCKING STREETS.
I'M INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DID NOT THINK ABOUT
ADDING A LOADING BERTH NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE SPACE TO DO SO.
THAT'S A NO FOR ME JUST STRAIGHT OFF THE TOP.
I'M JUST REALLY SURPRISED.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE STAIR STEP WENT TO FOUR STORIES
AT NORTH A.
6:31:51PM >> I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.
YOU MIGHT BE RIGHT.
I CAN'T TELL FOR SURE.
6:31:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
EIGHT STORIES ON KENNEDY SLOWING DOWN TO FOUR
WHEN YOU GET TO NORTH A, KEEPING THE SAME AMOUNT OF UNITS, I
KNOW THAT'S HARDER TO BUILD, BUT I'M GOING TO BE REALISTIC,
THAT FITS BETTER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE COMING DOWN IN HEIGHT, BUT YOU'RE
STILL NOT MEETING THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NORTH A RIGHT THERE
WHERE THERE ARE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BACK THERE.
AND THERE ARE DUPLEXES NEXT DOOR THAT HAVE TWO TO THREE
STORIES.
THEY ARE NOT SIX.
AND THAT'S A JAR -- A VERY JARRING THING, WHICH IS WHY WE
LOVE TO SEE STAIR STEP COMING FROM KENNEDY.
I'M CONCERNED SPECIFICALLY, THE LOADING BERTH IS A THING
THAT WILL GET ME.
I REMEMBER THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE THEM BECAUSE OF JERSEY
MIKE'S.
NOW THAT THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED, I EXPECT LOADING BERTHS.
AGAIN, PUTTING IN 120% AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT WORTH IT TO
ME FOR THE EXTRA DENSITY.
120% IS SIMPLY MARKET RATE.
6:33:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I LIKE THE CHANGES FROM WHAT WE APPROVED
BEFORE, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
FIRST, THE FRONT FACING KENNEDY WILL BE ALL RETAIL.
SO YOU'LL CLOSE OFF THAT INGRESS AND EGRESS INTO THE JERSEY
MIKES.
I LIKE THAT ON WESTLAND, NOW YOU HAVE ONE ENTRANCE WAY
INSTEAD OF MULTIPLE.
I LIKE THAT YOU HAVE THE WALK-UP UNITS.
I LIKE THAT YOU REDUCED IT, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T GO DOWN TO
FOUR STORIES, IT WILL BE AN OVERALL FROM EIGHT TO SIX LEVEL.
SO I SEE A LOT OF POSITIVES IN THIS PROJECT, AND I WANT TO
MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.
THANK YOU.
6:33:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
6:33:42PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
MY COMMENTS WERE ALSO GOING TO BE FOR THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I MEAN, WE HAVE UT THAT'S NOT FAR FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT.
YOU HAVE GRADUATING STUDENTS FROM UT WHO MAY HAVE JOBS
DOWNTOWN AND WANT TO LIVE CLOSE TO WHERE THEY WORK.
WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER ABOUT WANTING TO HAVE
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WHILE 120 IS ON THE CHART, IT'S REALLY NOT.
IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW -- DID YOU ALL CONSIDER -- IF I'M UNDERSTANDING
CORRECTLY, OUT OF 292 UNITS, 30 OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE AT
120, THAT'S A LOT OF UNITS.
LIKE, THE 292, NOT THE 30.
I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, I GET IT, BUT, YES, IT'S IN THE
CHART, BUT IF WE ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT LIKE WHAT PEOPLE
CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD, IF WE'RE DOING A BONUS PROVISION, CAN
WE CONSIDER -- 30, MAYBE SOME ARE 80, OR IS THAT SOMETHING
YOU ALL THOUGHT ABOUT?
6:34:53PM >> YEAH, CAN I TELL YOU -- I CAN TELL YOU THE APPLICANT DID
A VERY DEEP DIVE INTO HOW TO MAKE THIS PROJECT ECONOMICALLY
FEASIBLE FOR THEM AND THEY ABSOLUTELY CONSIDERED IF THEY
COULD DIVIDE THE PERCENTAGE.
THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY COULD NOT.
AND I THINK THAT THE 120 IS AS GOOD AS THEY CAN GET AT THIS
POINT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TELL YOU.
I'M NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU IN TERMS OF YOUR ANALYSIS.
CURRENTLY, IF THE PROJECT STANDS AS APPROVED, THERE'S ZERO
THAT ARE EVEN AT 120.
I THINK THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN IN A PRETTY TOUGH
MARKET AND PRETTY TOUGH ECONOMY AND THAT'S THE BEST ANSWER I
CAN GIVE YOU, AGAIN, NOT DISAGREEING WITH YOU.
6:35:35PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I APPRECIATE YOUR HONESTY.
THANK YOU.
6:35:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN WE GET STAFF?
6:35:39PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I JUST WANT TO STATE ON THE RECORD REGARDING THE HEIGHT, THE
CURRENT PD IS APPROVED AT MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 85 FEET.
AND THE REQUEST THAT IS BEFORE YOU HAS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF
85 FEET.
SO I JUST WANT TO JUST STATE FOR THE RECORD.
6:36:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT?
6:36:04PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
22 PD, THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT APPROVED,
THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY, APPROVED AT MAXIMUM
HEIGHT OF 85 FEET.
THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 85
FEET.
6:36:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT'S THE SAME.
6:36:20PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES.
6:36:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR AGAIN.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
6:36:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
STORIES VERSUS FEET.
6:36:27PM >> YEAH, THE ISSUE IS -- DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT.
EXACTLY AS COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN SAID, SIX STORIES VERSUS
EIGHT STORIES, AND THE TOP OF THE DESIGN FEATURE, THE
PARAPETS GET TO THAT 85.
BUT THE ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL ROOF DOES NOT.
6:36:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
-- 85 FEET PERIOD.
6:36:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW A PARAPET
IS 20 FEET TALL.
6:37:05PM >> YOU'VE GOT WHAT IS APPROVED AND YOU'VE GOT WHAT IS
PROPOSED.
THIS HERE GETS YOU TO THE 85.
THESE TWO LITTLE DESIGN FEATURES HERE.
AGAIN, I'M NOT THE ARCHITECT, SO IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GIVE
YOU A GOOD DESIGN READING OF THIS, BUT THAT'S --
6:37:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S NOT 85 FEET VERSUS 85 FEET.
THE HEIGHT FOR BOTH OF THESE WAS 85 FEET.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SEEING HERE.
6:37:35PM >> I THINK IF COUNCIL WOULD CONDITION THIS TO SIX STORIES,
WE CERTAINLY WOULD MAKE THAT CHANGE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING.
6:37:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DOES IT MATTER?
MY QUESTION WAS, AND THIS IS JUST -- I THINK YOU ALREADY
KNOW THIS ANSWER.
THE CONCERN ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WITH WHAT THEY HAVE
ASKED FOR IS PART OF OUR CODE AND PLAN.
THAT QUESTION IS KIND OF ASKED AND ANSWERED.
IF WE DON'T LIKE THAT, WE CHANGE THE PLAN.
6:38:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
6:38:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
6:38:14PM >>BILL CARLSON:
DAVID, THE RENDERING THAT YOU JUST SHOWED, I
RECALL THIS CASE, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE RENDERINGS
LOOK LIKE.
YOU SAID EARLIER THAT IT STEPPED DOWN TOWARD THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE PREVIOUS ONE AND NOW YOU HAVE COME DOWN
TWO STORIES.
DO YOU HAVE A SIDE VIEW RENDERING OF WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
STEPPING DOWN?
6:38:36PM >> DAVID SINGER.
I DON'T HAVE WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS AN ELEVATION RENDERING LOOKING -- THIS IS NORTH A,
AND THIS IS WESTLAND.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE DESIGN NOW.
6:38:49PM >>BILL CARLSON:
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT ALSO WAS
THE SHADOW, AND YOU SAID WHATEVER ABOUT THE 85 FEET, BUT AS
IT IS RIGHT NOW, THE RENDERING SHOWS THE SHADOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME OF DAY IT IS, BUT SHOWS A SHADOW IN
THE STREETS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT GOES BEYOND THAT.
ARE THE RESIDENTS SATISFIED THAT THE SHADOWS ARE
SUFFICIENTLY NOT --
6:39:14PM >> GOOD QUESTION.
IN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WE'VE HAD, EVERYBODY SEEMED PRETTY
HAPPY WITH THIS DESIGN.
WE DID NOT GET PUSH-BACK FROM LOWERING TO SIX STORIES.
AGAIN, IF WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TODAY, THEY COULD
BUILD IT TO WHAT IT WAS APPROVED IN 2022.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO DO THAT.
MITCH CORTI FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS HERE IF YOU DO HAVE
A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THE DESIGN, HE MIGHT BE BETTER
EQUIPPED TO ANSWER IT.
I'M HAPPY TO BRING HIM UP TO THE PODIUM.
6:39:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS -- ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO
THIS ITEM?
6:40:01PM >> JONATHAN SCOTT.
I WANTED TO HELP HIM OUT A LITTLE BIT.
THEY DO HAVE LIKE A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LOADING BERTH
WAIVER.
NOW, TALKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THEY ARE GOING TO
SHARE LIKE A LOADING DOCK WITH THE SOLID WASTE.
MOVE-IN AND MOVE-OUTS.
AND ALSO PROPOSING ON STREET PARKING SPACES ON THE NORTHERN
STREET WHICH IS GOOD FOR MOVE IN AND MOVE OUT.
STAFF DID SUPPORT THIS.
6:40:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CAN YOU SHOW US WHERE THAT WOULD BE ON THE
SITE PLAN?
I'M TELLING YOU NOW, STREET PARKING IS NOT GOING TO EXIST.
IT WILL BE SNAPPED UP.
THERE WILL BE NO PLACE TO PARK ON THE STREET.
6:40:51PM >> THEY HAVE LIKE A SOLID WASTE LOADING AREA HERE WHICH THEY
COULD SHARE FOR THE LOADING AND THEN PROPOSING LIKE SOME
ON-STREET PARKING SPACES IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WHICH WILL BE
-- THEY COULD USE THAT FOR LOADING KIND OF, TOO.
POINT SOME OF THAT OUT.
6:41:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE NEVER KNOWN A DELIVERY DRIVER TO PARK ANY FURTHER
THAN THEY HAVE TO PARK.
THEY ARE GOING TO PARK IN THE STREET.
AND IF THEY ARE GOING TO GO TO THE COMPACTOR, THEY ARE
BLOCKING THE SIDE WAY -- SIDEWALK, WHICH IS A PEDESTRIAN
ISSUE.
THIS IS WHY I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BRING A
PLAN THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE LOADING BERTH.
SO IF YOUR ARCHITECT IS HERE AND IS WILLING TO SPEAK TO
THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT.
BECAUSE I APPRECIATE YOU, MR. SCOTT, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT
HAPPENING IN THE REAL WORLD.
6:41:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. SINGER, IS THE ARCHITECT HERE?
6:41:56PM >> WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM HERE.
HE'S NOT THE ARCHITECT.
MITCH CORTI.
6:42:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COME FORWARD.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
6:42:04PM >> MITCH CORTI.
SO, WITH THE LOADING, WE DO HAVE SOME LOADING HERE IN THIS
AREA.
THAT HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO THE RETAIL.
THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED THROUGH WITH STAFF AND WE ALL CAME TO
AN AGREEMENT THAT THIS WAS SUFFICIENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH
ALL THE OTHER ON-STREET PARKING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.
I CAN TELL YOU WE BUILD MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, AND WE ALMOST NEVER INCLUDE LOADING JUST BECAUSE
WITH THESE INFILL PROJECTS, EVERY ONE IS USED TO LOADING ON
THE STREET AND WE'VE HAD MORE RETAIL ON THIS IN PLENTY OF
PROJECTS AND HAVE HAD NO ISSUES.
I THINK THAT'S HOW WE GET COMFORTABLE WITH IT JUST BASED ON
EXPERIENCE.
6:42:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AGAIN, MY ISSUE IS FINDING A DEDICATED SPACE
TO DO LOADING.
SO WHETHER THAT BE DEDICATED, IF IT'S DEDICATED ON-STREET
PARKING FOR DELIVERY OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT, AND WORK
WITH MR. SCOTT AND THE PARKING TEAM TO FIGURE THAT OUT,
BECAUSE I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WE NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR
URBAN LIVING, BUT IF THAT'S JUST SIMPLY BLOCKING A SPACE FOR
DELIVERY, THAT'S FINE.
BUT TO HAVE AN ANSWER TO PARK AROUND THE BLOCK IS JUST NEVER
GOING TO HAPPEN.
6:43:32PM >> UNDERSTOOD.
WE CAN TRY TO WORK TO BLOCK OFF A FEW SPACES POTENTIALLY.
I THINK A LOT OF LOADING IS ALSO HAPPENING NOT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DAY, LIKE VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN THE SPACES
ARE AVAILABLE AND NOT A TON OF CARS ON THE STREET, WHICH IS
ALSO WHAT WE SEE AT OTHER PROJECTS.
AGAIN, THAT'S HOW WE'VE GOTTEN COMFORTABLE WITH THE DESIGN.
6:43:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I AGAIN APPRECIATE THAT.
IN TAMPA WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO
INTO STRUCTURED PARKING, THEY WON'T.
IF THEY COULD PARK ON THE STREET, THEY WILL, BECAUSE IT'S
FASTER.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO BLOCK OFF -- SO THOSE
SPACES WON'T BE EMPTY EARLY IN THE MORNING BECAUSE SOMEBODY
WHO DIDN'T FEEL LIKE GOING TO STRUCTURED PARKING WILL PARK
IN THEM.
WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT TO TRY TO AVOID
THAT, BUT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT IS SIMPLY TO BLOCK THE
PARKING FOR DELIVERY ONLY.
I'M AMENABLE TO THAT.
6:44:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK TO
THIS ITEM?
SOMEBODY ONLINE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK?
OKAY.
CARLOS RAMIREZ.
6:44:46PM >> YES, SIR, I'M HERE.
6:44:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HELLO, CARLOS.
HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN?
WERE YOU SWORN IN?
6:44:53PM >> I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN, YES, SIR.
6:44:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HE PROBABLY WAS LISTENING WHEN YOU DID IT.
LET'S DO IT AGAIN THEN.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE.
6:45:04PM >>THE CLERK:
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU
ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
6:45:09PM >> I DO.
6:45:09PM >>THE CLERK:
THANK YOU.
6:45:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
START WITH YOUR NAME AGAIN, PLEASE.
6:45:13PM >> CARLOS RAMIREZ, NORTH HYDE PARK.
6:45:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GO AHEAD.
6:45:20PM >> ONE SECOND.
MY SCREEN IS --
6:45:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE CAN SEE YOU.
6:45:34PM >> CAN YOU GUYS SEE MY PRESENTATION?
6:45:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE DID A MOMENT AGO.
6:46:01PM >> CAN YOU SEE IT NOW?
6:46:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
6:46:06PM >> ALL RIGHT.
CARLOS RAMIREZ, NORTH HYDE PARK.
EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
I HAVE A LOT TO COVER.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND APPRECIATE THEIR
ENGAGEMENT WITH US.
TWO CRITICAL ISSUES STILL REMAIN THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE
TO RESOLVE AND THEREFORE WE CAN'T SUPPORT THIS APPROVAL.
JUST HAS TO DO WITH PARKING AND SHADE TREES.
PARKING, WE'RE ASKING THE DEVELOPER TO MAXIMIZE ON-SITE
PARKING USED BY THE TENANTS.
THIS ISSUE IS NOT THE NUMBER OF SPACES AVAILABLE BUT RATHER
THE RESIDENTS ACTUALLY USING WHAT IS PROVIDED.
WE'VE SEEN REPEATED SATURATION OF NEARBY RESIDENTIAL STREETS
AS APARTMENT TENANTS PARK OFF-SITE DUE TO REDUCED PARKING
ALLOCATIONS OR PARKING SPACES NOT BEING INCLUDED IN THE
LEASE.
THIS OVERFLOW AFFECTS NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY OF LIFE AND
CREATES UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE AND RESCUE VEHICLES THAT
MUST BE ABLE TO PASS THROUGH THE STREETS WITHOUT
OBSTRUCTION.
EXAMPLES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PEOPLE PARKING ON THAT
LITTLE BULB OUT FOR THE TREES.
OVER HERE, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE U-HAULS AT THE
BEGINNING AND END OF EVERY SEMESTER.
WE SEE THEM BLOCKING STREETS.
THIS STREET HERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF CARS THAT PARK ON BOTH
SIDES, WHICH MAKE IT REALLY HARD FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO
GET THROUGH, CREATING UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
AND THEN IT BLEEDS OVER TO THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, CREATING
DAMAGE TO THE SHOULDER AND ERODING IT.
ALSO, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PARKING AVAILABLE, PEOPLE
START PARKING CLOSER TO THE CORNERS, CREATING SITE DISTANCE
ISSUES AND SAFETY.
HERE'S ONE HERE.
ANOTHER ONE HERE.
SO WE JUST WANT TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT MINIMIZING PARKING IS GREAT, BUT IT ONLY
WORKS WHEN THERE'S RELIABLE ALTERNATIVES.
UNFORTUNATELY, IN TAMPA, EVERY STEP FORWARD IN PUBLIC
TRANSIT SEEMS TO COME WITH TWO STEPS BACK AND WE REMAIN FAR
BEHIND OTHER CITIES WHEN THE DEVELOPER HAS BUILT THEIR
UNITS.
THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE CHALLENGE, LONG TRANSIT WAIT
TIMES AND SIGNIFICANTLY HOTTER TEMPERATURES.
THIS ENVIRONMENT, REDUCED PARKING SUPPLY DOESN'T CHANGE
BEHAVIOR.
SIMPLY SHIFTS THE BURDEN ON TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD
STREETS.
FOR THE TREE PLANTING, OUR GOAL IS TO MAXIMIZE TYPE ONE
CANOPY TREES.
DECORATIVE ARE NICE, ORNAMENTAL ARE NICE BUT WE'RE LOOKING
FOR SHADE ESPECIALLY THE AREAS ABUTTING THE RESIDENTIAL
AREAS.
THESE STREETS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SHADE AND HELP TO TRANSITION
FROM HIGHER DENSITY, TALLER BUILDINGS, 85 FEET TO LOWER
DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES ACROSS THE STREET, CREATING A MORE
COMFORTABLE AND VISUALLY BALANCED EDGE.
THE EMPHASIS APPLIES PRIMARILY ALONG NORTH A STREET AND
NORTH HALF OF ALBANY AND WESTLAND AVENUES.
HEAT, TYPE ONE CANOPY COVERAGE IS NOT OPTIONAL.
IT'S CRITICAL FOR LIVEABILITY AND RESILIENCE.
6:49:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, CARLOS.
MS. DOCK.
6:49:06PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
YES, COUNCIL, LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
I'VE HEARD DISCUSSION REGARDING SIX STORIES AND AGREEMENT TO
PROVIDE SIX STORIES FROM THE APPLICANT, EXCEPT THAT IS NOT A
MAXIMUM HEIGHT.
SO IF THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL IS TO POSSIBLY ADD A
LOADING BERTH AND THEN MAYBE IF THE APPLICANT IS REVISING
THE PLAN TO A MAX OF SIX STORIES, WE WOULD LIKE DIRECTION AS
TO A MAXIMUM HEIGHT.
6:49:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
85 FEET, SIX STORIES.
6:49:39PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CURRENTLY, THEY HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 85
FEET.
6:49:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
85 FEET WITH EIGHT STORIES.
SIX STORIES, THEY NEED TO COME DOWN.
6:49:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO
DISCUSSION OF COUNCIL.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 85 FEET.
IT'S KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
MR. SHELBY.
6:50:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MS. DOCK, DO YOU HAVE A REVISED REVISION
SHEET TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD OR YOU WANT TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THERE'S MORE TO ADD TO IT OR NOT DEPENDING ON WHAT
THE DISCUSSION IS WITH THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE?
6:50:15PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CORRECT.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
DO I HAVE A REVISED REVISION SHEET.
I ADDED THE CONDITION REGARDING THE SIX STORIES.
ONCE I GET THE CONFIRMATION OF THE MAX HEIGHT I'LL ADD THAT.
IF IT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO VOTE ON THIS.
IF THE APPLICANT IS AGREEING TO ADD A LOADING SPACE, THAT
CANNOT BE ADDED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
WE NEED TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE SHIFTED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
THAT LOADING SPACE.
THERE MAY NOT BE MAJOR CHANGES.
THERE COULD BE A SHIFT.
IT WOULD BE UP TO THE APPLICANT TO, ONE, AGREE TO THE
CHANGES, AND THEN, TWO, DETERMINE IF THEY AGREE TO ADD A
LOADING SPACE.
6:50:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MY OBSERVATIONS.
ONE, IT'S VERY URBAN.
VERY URBAN-STYLE DEVELOPMENT.
I'M EMPATHETIC WITH THE ARGUMENT FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT
ABOUT THE SHADE TREE COVERAGE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
SO BEFORE WE CLOSE THIS, I WANT TO HEAR SOME FEEDBACK ON THE
SHADE TREE COVERAGE.
EVERYTHING I HEARD, THAT IS THE THING THAT STRIKES ME,
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH 365 DAYS OUT
OF THE YEAR.
I'M NOT AS CONCERNED, AGAIN, THE LOADING THING, THIS IS A
REAL CITY NOW.
WE'RE NOT BUILDING SUBURBIA.
THIS IS LIKE REAL CITY.
YOU MOVE TO CITIES AND YOU HAVE THOSE TYPES OF MOMENTARY
INCONVENIENCES IN HAD THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.
THE HEIGHT, I HONESTLY DON'T THINK 85 FEET IS A PROBLEM.
ALREADY HAVE APPROVAL TO BUILD 85 FEET, WHETHER THAT IS SIX
OR EIGHT STORIES, I DON'T KNOW.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY BEHIND IT IS NOT
DEVELOPED.
THE PROPERTY ON 8th VOTE TO IS THAT DEVELOPED?
STAFF IS THAT PROPERTY DEVELOPED?
IT'S NOT LIKE SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES SITTING BACK THERE.
6:51:57PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
IT IS VACANT.
I HAVE THE PHOTOS.
6:52:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALL THE AREA IS BEING REDEVELOPED INTO
MORE INTENSIVE THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST IN THIS AREA.
AGAIN, WE START THINKING ABOUT KENNEDY BOULEVARD AS A
TRANSIT CORRIDOR, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE DENSITY ALONG
KENNEDY BOULEVARD TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT TRANSIT IF WE'RE
EVER GOING TO GET THERE.
APPLICANT, CAN YOU DISCUSS -- CAN YOU PLEASE DISCUSS THE
TREE SITUATION?
6:52:23PM >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT.
WE WORKED WITH NATURAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE AS MANY TREES AS
WE POSSIBLY COULD.
PART OF THE ISSUE IS THE UTILITIES THAT ARE THERE AND
FINDING SPACE FOR ALL THE SHADE TREES THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY
PUT.
WE WANT AS MANY SHADE TREES AS CAN BE THERE AS WELL.
MAKES FOR A BETTER PROJECT, BETTER DESIGN, SAFER PROJECT,
PEDESTRIAN CAPABILITIES OF WALKING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
WALK-UP UNITS ON A STREET.
THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING SOME OF THOSE UTILITIES AND
HOPEFULLY MOVING THEM UNDERGROUND.
IT'S NOT CURRENTLY REQUIRED.
BUT AS WE GET TO THE BUILDING PERMIT PHASE, IF IT'S POSSIBLE
TO UNDERGROUND THEM, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY PUT MORE SHADE
TREES AND WORK WITH NATURAL RESOURCES TO DO THAT.
6:53:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
WITH THE BONUS PROVISIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I WOULD WANT
TO SEE THOSE UTILITIES.
I WOULD BE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE PROJECT IF YOU HAD COME
BEFORE US WITH UNDERGROUNDING UTILITY PLAN TO BE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE SHADE TREES AND THE THINGS THAT COME WITH
UNDERGROUND UTILITIES.
NATURAL RESOURCES, IS THERE -- WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THIS
PROJECT OF EXPANSION, IF THESE UTILITIES WERE UNDERGROUNDED,
WHAT KIND OF INCREASE IN SHADE TREES ABLE TO PROVIDE IN THIS
IMPORTANT CORRIDOR?
6:53:44PM >> JOSEPH CERMAK, FORESTER EXAMINER.
SO THIS SITE IS GOVERNED BY THE KENNEDY CORRIDOR OVERLAY.
TWO OF THE THREE TREES ON THE LIST ARE TYPE ONE TREES, THAT
WOULD BE AN OAK AND AN ELM, REMAINING TREE IS TYPE TWO,
HOLLY, ALSO STILL MORE OF A CANOPY TREE.
SO IF IT WAS UNDERGROUNDED, THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE TO
PROVIDE SHADE TREES.
6:54:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM?
I'LL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY.
6:54:23PM >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT.
WE'VE BEEN IN EXTENSIVE DISCUSSIONS WITH TECO ABOUT DOING
EXACTLY THIS.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FROM THEM AND WE DON'T HAVE THE
REQUIREMENTS.
SO I CAN'T TELL YOU AT THIS POINT WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO
HAVE US DO IT, NOT DO IT, WHERE IT WOULD GO.
IT IS OUR INTENT THAT WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LIKE TO DO IT.
IT'S A BETTER PROJECT.
IT'S A MUCH BETTER PROJECT WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
6:54:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA
YET.
6:54:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'M LISTENING AND OBSERVING.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M GOING BACK TO THE PARKING.
YOU HAVE 292 UNITS AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT A LOT PERCENT
HAS A CAR.
PEOPLE WANT TO WALK, RIDE BIKES, BUT I AIN'T SEEN TOO MANY
PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A CAR, THAT DO HAVE A BIKE.
AND I'M BEING SINCERE WITH YOU.
YOU'RE A GREAT GUY.
YOU DO A GREAT PRESENTATION.
BUT THEN THE QUESTION I ASKED MYSELF IS IF THESE ARE YOUNG
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY SOME FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA WHICH
IS GROWING EVERY DAY.
OVER 11,000 GOING THERE NOW, AND -- WHAT PERCENT GOING TO
HAVE VISITORS THAT NEED A PARKING SPACE?
NOT ONLY THE TENANTS THERE, BUT THE VISITORS THAT ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH 292 UNITS.
1%, 5%, NO%, 10%, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I'M SURE THERE'S SOME SCALE OF ECONOMY GONE BY
COUNTRYWIDE WHAT THAT IS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I'M AFRAID THAT IS THE ONE THAT WILL TIP THE ICEBERG TO
WHERE THEY'LL PARK ANYWHERE.
6:55:58PM >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT.
I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT VERY MUCH.
IT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE PARKING
REQUIREMENT BY 73 SPACES.
ONLY 319 REQUIRED.
WE'RE PROVIDING 393.
SO WE'VE TAKEN THAT VERY MUCH INTO ACCOUNT AND DRAWING ON
THE EXPERIENCE THAT THE LOCAL TEAM HAS HAD ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO PROVIDE THOSE EXTRA 73 SPACES.
6:56:22PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THAT BEING SAID, I BELIEVE, MR. CHAIRMAN,
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THE UNIVERSITY WHERE THEY BUILD THE
BUILDING, THEY BUILT FOR PARKING ALSO.
AND THEY HAVE AMPLE PARKING.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WHEN THEY LEAVE THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WHEREVER THEY ARE GOING MAY NOT HAVE THE AMPLE PARKING.
6:56:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
I'LL GO TO THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T SPOKEN AND THEN COME BACK
TO YOU.
6:56:47PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE HOW MANY PARKING
SPACES WERE THEY PROVIDING.
6:56:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN VIERA AND BACK TO COUNCILWOMAN
HURTAK.
6:56:52PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
IN READING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK THERE IS A
COLLABORATIVE WAY TO YES ON THIS.
BUT QUESTION TO MR. SINGER, IF I MAY, ON THE TECO ISSUE, IS
THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN INQUIRE ON BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING IF THAT IS OF SOME CONDITIONAL RELEVANCY TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS?
6:57:13PM >> MITCH CORTI.
YES, I THINK IT IS.
MITCH CORTI.
YES, I THINK WE CAN.
AND WE'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH UTILITY COMPANIES, SOMETIMES
THINGS JUST CHANGE.
LIKE DAVID SAID, IT IS OUR INTENT, 100% TO UNDERGROUND THOSE
UTILITIES.
BUT I DON'T HAVE LIKE AN UNDERGROUNDING PLAN OR UTILITY PLAN
OR ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED OUT WITH TECO.
I WILL SAY LIKE WE'RE GOING TO PUSH AS HARD AS WE CAN.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULDN'T LET US.
WE CAN TRY BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, WE CAN TRY TO
GET SOME KIND OF RESPONSE THAT, YES, THAT IS FEASIBLE.
FROM THERE, I THINK IT'S WHERE THE LOCATION IS, WHETHER
UTILITIES ARE KIND OF IN THAT AREA AND CAN WE FIT THE TREES
WE WANT.
LIKE DAVID SAID, WE WANT THE SHADE TREES.
WE WANT THAT GREAT RESIDENT EXPERIENCE AND PEDESTRIAN
EXPERIENCE, SO WE'RE GOING TO PUSH FOR THAT AS MUCH AS WE
CAN.
6:58:08PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I INQUIRE, GIVEN THE PROXIMITY, UT ISSUES,
ET CETERA, NEED FOR HOUSING ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS AND SO
FORTH, SOMETHING MANY OF US WANT TO GET YES TO, IF THAT IS
AN ISSUE, POTENTIAL CONSIDERATION.
6:58:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK WE COULD -- IF WE COULD GET THAT
BIG BONUS, UNDERGROUND THE UTILITIES, I THINK THAT IS A WIN.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
6:58:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
FINALLY TO MY QUESTION WHICH IS SIMPLY BONUS
PROVISION, ONE OF THE THINGS IS UNDERGROUNDING, IS IT NOT?
ONE OF THE PROVISIONS IS UNDERGROUNDING.
I WOULD RATHER YOU SPEND YOUR BONUS PROVISION ON
UNDERGROUNDING THE UTILITIES, THAN 120% AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WHICH IS NOT AFFORDABLE.
I'M JUST SAYING.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE
TREES ARE A BIG ISSUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UNDERGROUNDING IS
SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO.
UNDERGROUNDING IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO.
BECAUSE THAT IS A PART OF THE BONUS PROVISION, I'M STILL
REALLY STUCK ON THIS 85 FEET.
IF SOMEONE COULD TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED FOR
SIX STORIES BECAUSE IT CLEARLY ISN'T 85 FEET, IF YOU SHOWED
CORRECT RENDERINGS.
SO CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED FOR SIX
STORIES?
6:59:30PM >> 75 FEET.
THE 85 FEET WAS AGAIN OVERRUNS, OTHER THINGS ON TOP OF
BUILDING.
I THINK WE'RE 71 FEET TO THE TOP OF THE TOP FLOOR
ESSENTIALLY OR TO THE TOP OF THE SIXTH FLOOR, YEAH.
6:59:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE, MS. DOCK, TO -- I MEAN,
CHANGING THE BONUS PROVISION, WE CAN'T DO THAT BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND READING, CAN WE?
6:59:58PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION I BELIEVE FOR
MS. WELLS.
7:00:04PM >>CATE WELLS:
GOOD EVENING.
CATE WELLS WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO AMEND THE BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT IF
THEY ARE WILLING TO.
I WOULD JUST HAVE TO FILE A SUBSTITUTE AGREEMENT WITH
COUNCIL IN ADVANCE OF SECOND READING.
7:00:23PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
WE CAN'T DO BOTH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND
UNDERGROUND?
7:00:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IF THEY CHOSE TO DO THAT.
HOW THIS WORKS IS THEY HAVE LIKE A KIND OF CHINESE MENU OF
THINGS THEY CAN PICK TO GIVE US THIS AND WE GIVE YOU THAT.
7:00:40PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO INQUIRE OF STAFF AS
TO WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING, WHETHER IT'S POSSIBLE AND THEN
IT'S UP TO, AGAIN, THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE APPLICANT.
7:00:56PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
IN MY MIND, WE NEED BOTH.
IT'S STILL NEXT TO A UNIVERSITY.
WE STILL NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT A FEW HOURS AGO.
7:01:06PM >>CATE WELLS:
SECTION 27-140 ISN'T REALLY SET UP TO ALLOW
BOTH ALTERNATIVES.
AND THE REASON BEING TYPICALLY WITH THE INCREASE IN F.A.R.,
THERE IS A CALCULATION THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL GO THROUGH TO
IDENTIFY WHAT THE MONETARY VALUE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
INCREASE IN F.A.R.
A LOT OF TIMES FOLKS WILL UNDERGROUND THE UTILITIES AND THEN
HAVE TO DOCUMENT THE COSTS EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE
AMOUNT OF THE BONUS.
WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THERE IS NO CALCULATION AS TO THE
VALUE OF THE INCREASED HOUSING.
THE CODE JUST SAYS YOU CAN PROVIDE 10% OF THE UNITS TO BE
USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BETWEEN 80 AND 120 PERCENT AMI.
SO THE CODE ISN'T CURRENTLY SET UP TO ALLOW FOR THAT
ALTERNATIVE.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON AS A PART
OF THE COMP PLAN UPDATE AND THE CODE UPDATE SO THAT YOU DO
HAVE THAT SLIDING SCALE, SO TO SPEAK IN THE MENU, BUT IT'S
NOT CURRENTLY SET UP THAT WAY.
7:02:15PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
I APPRECIATE THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED BOTH THINGS.
IN RESPONDING TO, WE DID GET PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT WAS WITH
THE TREE, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT POINT AS WELL.
BUT WE NEED A LOT OF THINGS IN THE CITY AND I WOULD RATHER
BE ABLE TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN RATHER THAN PICK EITHER-OR
BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU.
7:02:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
IF I'M HEARING THE SENTIMENT OF COUNCIL AND SOMEBODY CORRECT
ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT THIS PROJECT APPEARS TO BE FINE IF
YOU'RE ABLE TO BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING COME BACK TO
COUNCIL WITH A PLAN FOR UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES TO BE ABLE
TO DO THE TYPE ONE TYPE OF SHADE TREES, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
-- WHERE DID WE LAND ON THIS LOADING DOCK SITUATION?
HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT?
I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S FEELINGS, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD
FROM ANYBODY ELSE.
NOBODY ELSE CARES.
7:03:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M SHOCKED THAT NO ONE ELSE CARES.
IF YOU SAW THE PHOTOS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- YOU CLEARLY
DON'T DRIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:03:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:03:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YOU DON'T LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:03:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM ME.
7:03:24PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
CAN YOU LOOK INTO HAVING AT LEAST ONE
DESIGNATED, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK --
7:03:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BUT THEN THAT BLOCKS OFF SPACE FOR
PARKING.
7:03:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S FINE.
PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE PARKING ON THE STREET WHO LIVE IN THAT
DEVELOPMENT.
7:03:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M NOT HEARING A SENTIMENT FROM COUNCIL
THAT IT'S A BURNING ISSUE.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
GO AHEAD.
7:03:47PM >>BILL CARLSON:
DAVID, THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS WE
TALKED ABOUT.
I WOULD BE OKAY VOTING FOR THIS AT FIRST, NOW, AND THEN THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME WOULD BE, LISTEN TO THE DIFFERENT
FEEDBACK, TALK TO CARLOS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
AND FIGURE OUT WHAT -- THEY ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO LIVE
WITH IT EVERY DAY.
SURE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THIS
IS A TRADITIONAL GRID SYSTEM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU CAN'T TURN RIGHT ONE PLACE, YOU CAN TURN ANOTHER
PLACE.
I WOULD TALK TO THEM AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT -- TALK TO THEM
TOMORROW AND OF THOSE THINGS FIGURE OUT WITH STAFF WHAT IS
THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION AND PUT AS MUCH OF THIS STUFF IN.
WHILE I STILL HAVE THE FLOOR, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK TALKED
ABOUT THE HEIGHT AND YOUR COLLEAGUE SAID YOU COULD GO TO 75
FEET.
KNOWING THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IN THERE
ABOVE, YOU COULD WORK IT OUT WITH STAFF, WAY TO SAY WE'RE
GOING DOWN TO 75 FEET, BUT GIVE THE ABILITY TO PUT ANTENNAS
OR WHATEVER HAS TO GO UP ON TOP.
JUST THROWING OUT IDEAS.
WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS ON THE TABLE.
PROBABLY CAN'T DO ALL OF THEM.
I WOULD CHECK WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND IT TO MAKE
SURE YOU'RE PROPOSING THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT THE MOST AND
THEN COME BACK TO US.
THAT WOULD HELP ME.
7:05:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HEIGHT OF 75 FEET, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF THINGS TO EXCEED THAT LEVEL.
75 AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ACCESSORY THINGS --
7:05:25PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CORRECT.
THAT COULD BE A NOTE ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN.
FOR THOSE ALLOWANCES.
7:05:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
HEARING THE UNDERGROUNDING AND TYPE ONE TREES.
75 FEET AS A HEIGHT RESTRICTION ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN WITH
THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT MS. DOCK JUST SAID REFERENCE
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
AND IS THAT ALL I'M HEARING?
LET'S GET A SENSE?
SO THE APPLICANT HAS CLEAR DIRECTION.
7:05:53PM >>LUIS VIERA:
ON SOME OF THESE I'M LOOKING FOR GOOD FAITH
EFFORTS COMING FORTH AND THEN FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND
EVALUATION.
FOR ME, THERE'S NOT A LINE IN THE SAND ON SOME OF THESE
ISSUES, BUT JUST BEST-FAITH EFFORTS WHICH, OF COURSE, YOU
GUYS ARE GOING TO DO.
7:06:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DO FIND THAT CARLOS, THE PERSON WHO
SPOKE FROM THE PUBLIC, IS GENERALLY VERY AMENABLE TO LIKE
URBAN TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
HE'S NOT ONE NORMALLY THE NAYSAYER PERSON.
7:06:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
7:06:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M GOING TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND READING.
I'LL GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
BUT THOSE SHADE TREES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, AND I REALLY -- SO
FOR ME, IT'S GOING TO BE SEEING THAT, THE DELIVERY SPACE
THAT IS DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING GARAGE.
IT SHOULD BE DIRECTLY NORTH OF THAT.
IT SHOULD BE LONG ENOUGH FOR A SEMI, WHICH WOULD BE PERFECT
FOR TWO AMAZON VEHICLES.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE
NEED.
AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK
TO WITH MR. SCOTT AND OUR PARKING DIRECTOR.
BUT OVERALL, IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE HAVE A NEED FOR PARKING
ISSUES TO BE SOLVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:07:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO ADD?
7:07:14PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I AGREE WITH CHAIR CLENDENIN ALSO ABOUT THE
URBANIZATION, I REMEMBER AS FAR BACK AS 20 YEARS AGO, LINDA
SAUL-SENA LED AN EFFORT TO REIMAGINE KENNEDY, AND WE HAVE TO
HAVE STREET FACING DENSITY TO HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION AND
WE ALSO NEED THE RETAIL, WHICH IS WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN.
THAT'S WHY I REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT THIS.
BUT WE NEED TO CONSIDER EVERYTHING COUNCIL SAID AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND IT.
7:07:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING PROJECT.
LITTLE TWEAKS TO MAKE THIS, BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF THESE
PIECES ON KENNEDY BOULEVARD IS GOING TO ADD UP TO A MUCH
GREATER WHOLE.
YOU GUYS ARE BASICALLY THESE URBAN PIONEERS COMING OUT,
BRINGING THIS NEW TYPE OF PROJECT TO THIS IMPORTANT TRANSIT
CORRIDOR.
SO I'M EXCITED.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THE BLOCK
FACE AND BE ABLE TO WRAP THE RETAIL LIKE THIS.
IF WE CAN GET THIS, IF WE CAN GET THE STREETSCAPE RIGHT AND
DO THIS RIGHT, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A
TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT AND I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO BRING IT
FORWARD.
THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT KEYSTONE PROJECT FOR THIS.
WE'VE GOT THE UNDERGROUND, WE HAVE THE 75 FEET, AND THEN
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP OUR MINDS OPEN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
WITH THE RESTRICTIONS THAT LaCHONE DOCK IS GOING TO READ
TO US BEFORE WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
7:08:42PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THE THREE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS ADDING A LOADING SPACE ON
THE SITE PLAN IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AND ALSO AMENDING THE
SITE PLAN DATA TABLE AND ELEVATIONS TO A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF
SIX STORIES OR 75 FEET WITH SOME ALLOWANCES FOR THAT
ADDITIONAL HEIGHT.
AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS CONFIRMING WITH TECO IF THEY ARE
ABLE TO UNDERGROUND THE UTILITIES.
7:09:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
STREET LOADING SPACE REFERRING TO.
7:09:13PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
CORRECT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION, COUNCIL, IF I MAY, THE TYPICAL
TIME FRAME BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING IS TWO TO THREE
WEEKS.
THE APPLICANT ALREADY MENTIONED THEY HAD A HARD TIME
REACHING OUT TO TECO OR GETTING AN ANSWER.
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO CONFIRM IF THEY CAN UNDERGROUND.
THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TIME TO ALLOW IT.
I DID SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANT AND STATED THEY MAY WANT TO
ASK FOR ADDITIONAL TIME BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
I CAN'T SAY THEY CAN'T, BUT IT WILL BE TOUGH TO GET THAT
CONFIRMATION.
7:09:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MR. SHELBY YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING.
7:09:47PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
QUESTION WITH REGARD TO -- THERE WAS
DISCUSSION REGARDING THE BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT.
YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THAT.
IS THAT REMAINING THE SAME?
AND WILL THAT APPEAR UNCHANGED AT THE SECOND READING?
7:10:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S UP TO THE APPLICANT.
7:10:02PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THAT INVOLVES UNDERGROUNDING -- WELL, THERE
WAS SOME DISCUSSION WHETHER THAT INVOLVES UNDERGROUNDING
UTILITIES OR NOT.
7:10:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
FOR THE BONUS, I THINK WHERE WE'RE AT IS
WITH THE BONUS AGREEMENT AND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS WHAT
THEY CHOSE TO DO, THE UNDERGROUNDING UTILITIES, TO GET THE
PD THROUGH -- I MEAN, YEAH, THAT'S ON TOP.
IT'S APPLES AND ORANGES FOR THE BONUS AGREEMENT.
ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO ADD.
7:10:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WANT TO BE MORE SPECIFIC IN THE SITE PLAN
OF WHERE THE DELIVERY PARKING.
SO I WANTED THAT TO BE ON NORTH WESTLAND.
7:10:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ON THE UTILITY SIDE.
7:10:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT IS THE PERFECT SPACE.
EASY TO LOAD INTO, GREAT PLACE TO STOP.
TO ME, IT MAKES THE BEST SENSE.
IF YOU LOSE A COUPLE OF PARKING SPACES, YOU LOSE A COUPLE OF
PARKING SPACES.
7:11:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL ANTICIPATE THEN.
WE'RE GOOD WITH THIS DIRECTION.
EVERYBODY GOOD?
APPLICANT GOOD?
7:11:12PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
MY IDEA HAS ALREADY BEEN CANNED.
I GUESS.
7:11:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
KIND OF NOT.
STILL ALIVE.
7:11:22PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YOU DIDN'T NOD.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THIS?
SECOND THING IS WHEN DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK FOR SECOND
READING?
7:11:29PM >> DAVID SINGER FOR THE APPLICANT.
WE HAVE HEARD EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
WE ARE OKAY WITH THE DIRECTION THIS IS HEADING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH MS. WELLS IN BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING THE RENEGOTIATION OF SOME OF THE PROVISIONS
OF THE BONUS AGREEMENT.
IF SOMEONE IS INCLINED TO MOVE THIS FOR APPROVAL TODAY,
WE'RE FINE WITH YOU ADDING THE PROVISION THAT IT'S 75 FEET
CAPPED.
WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU GIVE US THREE WEEKS FOR SECOND
READING.
7:11:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN WE GET A DATE FROM STAFF?
7:11:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WE ONLY DO REGULAR MEETINGS EVERY OTHER WEEK.
7:12:07PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
7:12:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AUGUST 27.
MOTION TO CLOSE?
7:12:17PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YOU ARE OKAY WITH THE 27.
AUGUST 27?
7:12:20PM >> WE ARE OKAY.
7:12:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF READING THIS
ONE.
7:12:36PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
JUST FOR THE RECORD I HAVE RECEIVED AND
PROVIDED TO THE CLERK THE AMENDED REVISION SHEET.
7:12:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I CAN SAY AMENDED REVISION SHEET?
7:12:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
YES.
7:12:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I DON'T LIKE TO LEGISLATE FROM -- OR I DON'T
LIKE TO CHANGE PROJECTS FROM THE DAIS.
JUST NOT SOMETHING I LIKE TO DO.
BUT I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY THE CHANGES ARE SO MINUTE.
SO FILE REZ 26-31, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
READING CONSIDERATION.
AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
106, 108, 110, 1112 NORTH ALBANY AVENUE, 108 NORTH ALBANY
AVENUE UNIT 2, 2101, 2117 AND 2121 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD,
105 AND 107 NORTH WESTLAND AVENUE, AND 2110 WEST NORTH A
STREET, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT
RESIDENTIAL/RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY AND ALL CG USES,
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7:13:46PM >> SECOND.
7:13:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WITH THE AMENDED REVISED REVISION SHEET.
7:13:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
7:14:00PM >>THE CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION HELD ON AUGUST 27,
2026 AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST
KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
7:14:14PM >>LUIS VIERA:
COUNCIL, IF I MAY, THERE WAS SOMETHING IN MY
DISTRICT I NEED TO CALL CHIEF BERCAW ON.
I WAS MESSAGING WITH HIM ON IT.
FIVE, TEN MINUTES HOPEFULLY.
7:14:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE SHOULD BE GOOD ON THIS ONE.
7:14:31PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM 8 IS REZ 26-43, REQUEST TO REZONE 5024 NORTH
30th STREET FROM RS 50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, TO IG,
INDUSTRIAL GENERAL.
I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
7:14:48PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT,
EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND EAST TAMPA ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALSO WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE E.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE, SURROUNDING AREA
CONTAINS A MIXTURE OF INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL,
AND VACANT PROPERTIES.
PARCELS ZONED IG ARE LOCATED TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND WEST
WHILE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ARE PRIMARILY EAST OF NORTH 30th
STREET.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS TU 24 WHICH SUPPORTS A
RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
R-10 IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY EAST ACROSS NORTH 30th STREET
AND FURTHER NORTH IS THE CC-35 DESIGNATION.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 50 TO IG.
IG ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH TU 24 FUTURE LAND USE
DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
REQUEST WILL CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE INDUSTRIAL LANDS FOR THE
SUPPORT AS KEY ECONOMIC ENGINES WITHIN THE CITY.
ADDITIONALLY, PROPOSAL DIRECTS GROWTH WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA
URBAN VILLAGE THROUGH INFILL DEVELOPMENT OF A VACANT PARCEL
AND AREA CHARACTERIZED BY INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT.
ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN
APPROPRIATE BUFFERING AND SCREENING ADJACENT TO NEARBY
RESIDENTIAL USES.
OVERALL, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED
REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
7:16:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
7:16:17PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
START WITH AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED.
IT IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NORTH 30th AS
WELL AS EAST WILDER AVENUE.
SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND UNDEVELOPED.
HERE WE HAVE A SURVEY.
SHOWS AGAIN NORTH 30th AND EAST WILDER AVENUE.
I ALSO HAVE PHOTOS.
SUBJECT PROPERTY.
SAME SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM EAST WILDER AVENUE.
TO THE NORTH.
EAST.
SOUTH.
AND SEVERAL PROPERTIES TO THE WEST.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 0.14 ACRES AND
PRESENTLY AGAIN UNDEVELOPED.
GIVEN THAT THE SURROUNDING USE IS PRIMARILY CONSIST OF
INDUSTRIAL USES AND FEW SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENCES,
THE REQUEST TO IG ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
PATTERN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATED WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA
OVERLAY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MUST COMPLY WITH OVERLAY
STANDARDS AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
APPLICATION AND FOUND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
7:17:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
CAN YOU PUT THE MAP UP AGAIN?
OF THE CURRENT ZONING.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS WHAT?
7:17:56PM >> INDUSTRIAL GENERAL, IG.
YOU HAVE THE IG PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS AREA.
7:18:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THANK YOU.
7:18:07PM >>BRIA DIXON:
YOU'RE WELCOME.
7:18:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHY DON'T WE PAUSE A MOMENT UNTIL WE GET
ANOTHER COUNCILPERSON BACK.
I'LL ASK THE APPLICANT, WE HAVE FOUR PERSONS HERE, WHICH IS
A QUORUM.
WE CAN WAIT FOR THE FIFTH.
ARE YOU READY TO PRESENT?
IS THE APPLICANT HERE?
WHO IS THE APPLICANT?
HERE WE GO.
WE'RE GOOD.
7:19:05PM >> I'M ACTUALLY THE AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT.
MAURICE JONES.
7:19:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
7:19:12PM >> NOT NECESSARILY, BUT I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
7:19:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS
ITEM?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
THE AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU READ 8.
7:19:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
ORDINANCE REZONING THE PROPERTY IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF 5024 NORTH 30th STREET IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 50, RESIDENTIAL,
SINGLE-FAMILY, TO IG, INDUSTRIAL GENERAL, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
7:19:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
7:19:56PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH YOUNG AND VIERA ABSENT AT
VOTE.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 27, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
7:20:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
7:20:14PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM NUMBER 9 IS REZ 26-45, FOR THE PROPERTY AT 2404 AND
2408 STUART STREET.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PD, PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS A PD APPROVED IN 2008 UNDER Z-08-58 FOR A PLACE OF
RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, FOR PLACE OF
RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY AND RS-50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO QUINN TO GIVE HER REPORT.
7:20:47PM >>QUINN STEELE:
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
WE ARE SUBMITTING REVISED STAFF REPORTS TO THE RECORD.
ONLY REVISION CORRECTS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE ANALYSIS OR OUR CONSISTENCY
FINDING.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT,
PALMETTO BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD AND LOCATED WITHIN EVACUATION
ZONE A IN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA.
THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
THE SURROUNDING AREA IS PRIMARILY DEVELOPED WITH
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES WITH SOME TWO FAMILY RESIDENCES
IN PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC USES.
COMMERCIAL USES ARE LOCATED ONE BLOCK WEST ALONG SOUTH
22nd STREET.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS RESIDENTIAL TEN WHICH
SURROUNDS THE PROPERTY ON ALL SIDES.
R-20 LOCATED APPROXIMATELY TWO BLOCKS NORTH.
DE SOTO PARK IS ONE BLOCK EAST SHOWN IN GREEN, WHICH IS THAT
RECREATION OPEN SPACE DESIGNATION.
AND CMU 35 IS ONE BLOCK WEST ALONG SOUTH 22nd STREET.
THE REQUEST IS FOR PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY WITHIN THE PD
ZONING DISTRICT ON THE WEST AND SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME
WITHIN THE RS 50 ZONING DISTRICT ON THE EAST.
THE PROPOSAL ALLOWS THE EXISTING CHURCH TO REMAIN WHILE
CREATING ONE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT CONSISTENT WITH
THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R-10 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, STAFF IS REQUESTING
REVISIONS TO THE SITE DATA TABLE, CORRECTION OF THE F.A.R.
AND LABELING OF ALL FRONT ENTRANCES ON THE SITE PLAN AS
OUTLINED IN OUR STAFF REPORT.
OVERALL, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED
REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
7:22:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, YES, MA'AM.
7:22:23PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
SO THE PROPERTY IS IDENTIFIED IN RED.
IT IS LOCATED ON STUART STREET, WHICH IS LOCATED HERE.
THIS IS HARPER TO THE NORTH.
THIS IS SOUTH 24th STREET.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED WITH RS 50 ZONING AND
THE USE OF RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY IN THAT SURROUNDING
AREA.
AND THIS REQUEST WOULD ALLOW THE APPLICANT THROUGH THIS PD
TO TAKE THE EXISTING PROPERTY BOUNDARY AND SPLIT IT AND
CREATE A LOT ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY IN THIS LOCATION FOR A
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE.
SO THIS WOULD CREATE THE RS 50 LOT HERE WITHIN THIS
BOUNDARY, WITH THE PROPOSED TWO-STORY RESIDENCE LOCATED
THERE AND THEN THE CHURCH WOULD REMAIN.
AND NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THE CHURCH BUILDING ON THE
WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
ONCE THE LOT IS SPLIT, THE PD, THIS WOULD BE ZONED PD.
THE CHURCH PARCEL.
AND THIS WOULD BE THE RS 50.
AND THE PD PARCEL WOULD HAVE 18,704 SQUARE FEET.
THE RS 50 SITE WOULD HAVE 5,035 SQUARE FEET.
THE PARKING REQUIRED FOR THE PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY IS
36 SPACES.
AND 23 SPACES ARE PROVIDED.
YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE OUTLINE OF THE CHURCH BUILDING.
VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE IS FROM EITHER SOUTH 24th
STREET FOR THE SURFACE PARKING LOCATED HERE ON THE WEST SIDE
OF THE BUILDING, OR FROM STUART STREET.
AND THEN THERE'S SURFACE PARKING THAT'S LOCATED HERE ON THIS
LOT.
I HAVE PICTURES OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE PROPERTY, THE CHURCH PROPERTY,
THE VACANT AREA THAT SHOWS THE REAR OF IT.
THIS IS EAST.
THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ON 24th STREET.
THIS IS LOCATED SOUTH.
THIS IS IF YOU TURN AROUND AND LOOK WEST.
THIS IS ON STUART STREET.
AND THIS IS WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THIS IS TO THE NORTH.
SO THERE ARE WAIVERS REQUESTED, AND THEY ARE GENERALLY JUST
DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS EXISTS, THE SITE EXISTS.
BUT THERE ARE FIVE WAIVERS REQUESTED.
ONE IS 27-283.7 TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES FROM
36 TO 23.
THE NEXT WAIVER IS 27-284 AND TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED TEN
FOOT USE LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO FIVE FEET ALONG THE EAST.
AND THEN THE NEXT IS 27-132, THE SPECIAL USE CRITERIA TO
REDUCE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY
FROM THE REQUIRED 20,000 SQUARE FEET TO THE PROPOSED 18,704
SQUARE FEET.
THE NEXT IS A WAIVER TO 27-284, TO REDUCE THE TEN FOOT
LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO ZERO.
THIS IS ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY.
THE LAST WAIVER IS 27-284 AND IT'S TO OMIT PLANTING OF SIX
REQUIRED VUA TREES INTERIOR OF THE VUA AND TO PAY INTO THE
TREE TRUST FUND FOR TREES NOT PLANTED.
SO WITH THAT, THE DRC STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FINDS
THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT, AND THERE ARE SITE PLAN
MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
THE INCONSISTENT FINDING WAS FROM TRANSPORTATION AND NATURAL
RESOURCES DUE TO THE WAIVERS REQUESTED.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
7:26:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT?
JUAN VASQUEZ IS ONLINE.
JUAN, STAND BY, IF YOU CAN HEAR US.
WE'RE WORKING TO GET YOU UP.
7:26:27PM >> YES.
7:26:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
BUT WE HAVE TO GET YOU ON CAMERA.
IS YOUR CAMERA ON?
7:26:33PM >> YES.
7:26:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THERE YOU GO.
CAN YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO BE SWORN IN BY OUR CLERK,
PLEASE.
7:26:38PM >>THE CLERK:
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU
ARE ABOUT TO PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
7:26:43PM >> YES.
7:26:44PM >>THE CLERK:
THANK YOU.
7:26:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
7:26:48PM >> JUAN VASQUEZ.
7:26:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE CASE?
7:26:52PM >> YES, GOOD AFTERNOON.
JUAN VASQUEZ, ENGINEER OF RECORD AND APPLICANT FOR THIS
REZONING.
AS SHE EXPLAINED, THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS A CHURCH ON
IT.
IT USED TO HAVE A SMALLER BUILDING WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THE
HOUSE.
ALL THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS FOR THE LOT TO BE SPLIT SO THAT
WE CAN HAVE THAT SINGLE-FAMILY HOME STAND ALONE IN ITS OWN
LOT, RS 50, WHICH REQUIRES A 50-FOOT WIDTH ON THE LOT.
SO WE'RE KEEPING THE CHURCH IN THE PD, IN THE ORIGINAL PD
AND WE'RE SPLITTING OUT THE HOUSE AND THE RS 50 ZONING.
WE ARE MEETING THE IMPERVIOUS AREA RATIOS, AND OTHER ZONING
CODES THAT ARE REQUIRED.
THERE ARE SOME WAIVERS, AS SHE EXPLAINED THAT WE'RE
REQUESTING.
MOST OF THESE WAIVERS WERE ALREADY PART OF THE ORIGINAL PD.
SIMPLY THAT.
LIKE I SAID AGAIN, THERE WAS A SMALLER BUILDING ON THE RIGHT
SIDE WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THE HOUSE.
THAT GOT TORN DOWN AND WE'RE PUTTING A NEW CONSTRUCTION HOME
THERE AND IT'S BEING SPLIT OUT.
THAT IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS PD REZONE TO PD AND ALSO TO RS
50.
7:28:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS
ITEM?
SEEING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MIRANDA, SECOND FROM MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
7:28:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ALL I WANT TO SAY IS I ADORE THIS CHURCH.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CHURCH.
IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN BY IT, I BIKE BY ON SUNDAY SOMETIMES.
NICE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
7:28:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE WE GO.
GO AHEAD.
7:29:00PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ITEM 9, FILE RESTS 26--- REZ 26-45,
ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION,
AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
2404 AND 2408 STUART STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT, PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY, AND RS 50,
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7:29:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM MANISCALCO.
THAT'S WITH THE REVISION SHEET BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND.
7:29:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
WITH THE REVISION SHEET, FIRST AND SECOND
AND ANY OTHER THINGS NEEDED.
7:29:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
NEXT.
7:29:44PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH YOUNG AND VIERA -- MOTION
CARRIED WITH YOUNG AND VIERA ABSENT AT VOTE.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 27, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
7:30:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
MS. DOCK.
7:30:03PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 11 IS REZ 26-56 FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1715 WEST OVERPAR
DRIVE.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RS 100
RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS 50, RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO QUINN TO GIVE HER REPORT.
7:30:25PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT IN THE
FOREST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN AN EVACUATION ZONE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
THE SURROUNDING AREA IS DEVELOPED ALMOST ENTIRELY WITH
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS RESIDENTIAL 10 WHICH
SURROUNDS THE PROPERTY ON ALL SIDES.
R 6 AND R/OS ARE TO THE SOUTHEAST.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 100 TO RS 50.
CONSIDERATION FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS CONSISTENT WITH THE
DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R-10 FUTURE LAND USE.
PLANNING COMMISSION FOUND IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
RS 100 IS PREDOMINANT ZONING ALONG THIS PORTION OF WEST
OVERPAR DRIVE, PROPOSED RS 50 ZONING REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH
THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND PROVIDES FOR
MORE EFFICIENT USE OF UNDERUTILIZED SITE.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REZONING CONSISTENT WITH
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
7:31:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, MS. DOCK.
7:31:26PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
THANK YOU, AGAIN, COUNCIL, LaCHONE DOCK,
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED.
THIS IS OVERPAR AND JUST FOR ORIENTATION, THIS IS NORTH
ARMENIA AVENUE THAT'S LOCATED HERE.
SO I WILL PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF THIS AREA AS IS USUALLY
PROVIDED WHENEVER THERE IS A REQUEST TO REDUCE THE ZONING
DESIGNATION AND THE LOT FRONTAGE REQUIRED IN THAT
DESIGNATION.
YOU WILL SEE THAT SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO THE
NORTH, WEST, SOUTH, AND EAST, THE ZONING IS RS 100.
AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO MOVE TWO BLOCKS SOUTH.
YOU GET TO THE RS 60 ZONING THAT'S LOCATED HERE, AND THEN
YOU'VE GOT THE GOLF COURSE THAT HAS THAT AND SOME OF THE
PARCELS THAT HAVE RS 75 ZONING, THAT'S TO THE SOUTHEAST AND
EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
BUT AN ANALYSIS IS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT, BUT I ALSO WANT
TO SHOW YOU AND TALK TO THE CONFORMING MAP THAT WAS
PROVIDED.
I'M GOING TO READ INTO THE RECORD THE ANALYSIS.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH IS HATCHED.
AND THIS IS OVERPAR.
THIS IS NORTH ARMENIA.
SO THE FIRST ANALYSIS I HAVE IS OF THIS BLOCK FRONTAGE.
THE SECOND PART THAT I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD IS FOR THE
FRONTAGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OVERPAR.
AND THEN THE NEXT I WILL READ IS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF
ROME.
I PROVIDED IN THE REPORT THE WEST SIDE OF ROME, BUT WE'LL
TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL AND THEN ALSO GIVE A FURTHER ANALYSIS
OF THE FRONTAGES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A PART OF THE CAROL HEIGHT
SUBDIVISION.
ORIGINALLY PLATTED IN 1955.
LOT 9.
EAST 25 FEET OF LOT 8.
THE AREA OF ANALYSIS INCLUDES 165 PARCELS.
97% OR 160 PARCELS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH WIDTHS RANGING
FROM 50 FEET TO OVER 100 FEET.
3% OR FIVE PARCELS WIDTH OF 34.99 FEET OR LESS.
THESE PARCELS ARE REMNANT PARCELS, SO THEY ARE UNBUILDABLE
PARCELS, JUST TO PUT ON THE RECORD.
SO THE SUBJECT BLOCK FACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST OVERPAR
DRIVE, BETWEEN NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE AND NORTH ROME AVENUE
CONTAINS TEN PARCELS, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT PARCEL, WITH
WIDTHS RANGING FROM ZERO TO GREATER THAN A HUNDRED FEET.
EXCLUDING THE SUBJECT PARCEL, ONE REMNANT PARCEL MEASURES
ZERO TO 34.99 FEET IN WIDTH.
FOUR PARCELS MEASURE 75 TO 79.99 FEET IN WIDTH.
TWO PARCELS MEASURE 80 FEET TO 99.99 FEET IN WIDTH AND FOUR
PARCELS MEASURE OVER 100 FEET IN WIDTH.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO PARCELS WITH FRONTAGES LESS THAN 75
FEET.
THE BLOCK FACE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST OVERPAR
DRIVE BETWEEN NORTH OAK LEAF AVENUE AND NORTH ROME AVENUE
CONTAIN NINE PARCELS.
ONE PARCEL MEASURES 50 TO 54.99 FEET IN WIDTH.
FIVE PARCELS MEASURE 70 TO 74.99 FEET IN WIDTH.
AND THREE PARCELS MEASURE 80 TO 99.99 FEET IN WIDTH.
ON EAST OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL ON THE BLOCK FACE ON THE EAST
SIDE OF NORTH ROME AVENUE, BETWEEN WEST -- DRIVE AND WEST
COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 11 PARCELS WITH TWO
PARCELS RANGING IN WIDTH FROM 50 FEET TO 54.99 FEET AND
THREE PARCELS RANGING IN WIDTH FROM 75 TO 79.99 FEET.
AND ONE PARCEL RANGING IN WIDTH FROM 80 TO 99.99 FEET IN
WIDTH.
FIVE PARCELS RANGING IN WIDTH OF 100 FEET OR GREATER.
SO IN THE OVERALL STUDY AREA, WHAT I'VE DONE IS ALSO
PROVIDED FOR YOU THE WIDTH -- THE PERCENTAGES THAT HAVE
70-FOOT LOTS WIDER AND ALSO 80-FOOT WIDE OR LARGER.
YOU'LL SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE LOTS HAVE AT LEAST A 70-FOOT
WIDTH.
BUT THE OVERALL STUDY AREA HAS IDENTIFIED 97 PERCENT OF
PARCELS OVER 50 FEET IN WIDTH.
3% OF THE PARCELS AT A WIDTH OF 49.99 FEET OR LESS IN THE
STUDY AREA.
88% OF THE PARCELS ARE GREATER THAN 70 FEET IN WIDTH, AND
56% OF THE PARCELS ARE GREATER THAN 80 FEET IN WIDTH.
WHILE THERE ARE A VARIETY OF LOT SIZES IN THE VICINITY, THE
MAJORITY OF PARCELS IN THE OVERALL STUDY AREA ARE DEVELOPED
AT A WIDTH GREATER THAN 70 FEET.
WITH ONLY THREE PARCELS MEASURING AT WIDTHS RANGING FROM 50
TO 54.99 FEET, STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED REQUEST TO BE
INCONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE
OVERALL STUDY AREA.
WITH THAT, I AM AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
7:36:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
7:36:35PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
I HAVE PICTURES OF THE SITE.
I AM SO SORRY.
FORGOTTEN PICTURES TWICE.
SO THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON OVERPAR.
THIS IS THE EAST END OF THE PROPERTY.
IT IS PRETTY WIDE BECAUSE IT HAS A HUNDRED FEET OF FRONTAGE.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW A COUPLE OF PICTURES.
THE EAST SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE SURROUNDING USES.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW SOUTH.
SOUTH.
YOU CAN SEE THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
WIDER FRONTAGES.
THIS IS NORTH OF THE PROPERTY AND THIS IS ON VERONICA IF YOU
WENT NORTH TO THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC.
THIS IS NORTHEAST ON VERONICA LOOKING EAST, AND THEN THIS IS
NORTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
7:37:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT.
7:37:39PM >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.
AILEEN ROSARIO, 2504 WEST CREST AVENUE.
I'VE BEEN SWORN.
MY CLIENT IS REQUESTING TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY EUCLIDEAN RS
100 TO RS 50.
UNDERSTANDABLY A LOT OF THE LOTS WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD,
THEY ARE 75 FEET WIDE.
SOME OF THEM ARE 70 FEET.
BUT THE ZONING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING PAGE ON THE
PROPERTY APPRAISER, IT SAYS RS 100.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES ARE NOT 100 FEET WIDE.
THEY ARE 70, 75, 80.
SO THEY DON'T MATCH THEIR ZONING.
RIGHT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY CLIENT, THERE IS A
LOT 50 BY 130.
MY CLIENT'S LOT, YES, IT'S 100 BY 224 FEET LONG.
SO THE ONLY THING HE WANTS TO DO IS MAKE IT AN RS 50, PUT
TWO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND WHO HAVE THE BUYER ENJOY A
REALLY NICE PRETTY LOT WITH A LOT OF MATURE TREES.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET RID OF THE TREES.
THE TREES HAVE TO STAY.
WE DID HAVE TO TAKE A TREE OUT BECAUSE IT WAS DANGEROUS.
WHEN THE TREE PERSON WENT OUT TO DO THE INSPECTION, THEY
SAID WE HAD TO TAKE IT OUT DANGEROUS, BECAUSE IT WAS
LITERALLY FALLING ON THE CAR AND THE HOUSES.
IT WAS DONE IN A MATTER OF LIKE THREE DAYS WE GOT THE
PERMIT, HAD SOMEONE OUT THERE AND THEY TOOK IT DOWN.
EVERYTHING WAS CLEANED UP AND WE'RE JUST WAITING.
THAT'S ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS DO TWO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, TWO
FAMILIES CAN HAVE BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF LAND, BECAUSE IT GOES
FROM THE FRONT ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE.
YOU CAN'T BUILD ON THE OTHER SIDE.
NOT ENOUGH WIDTH TO BUILD.
WHOEVER DOES PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY WILL HAVE 50-FOOT BY 220
FEET PROPERTY WHICH IS NICE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DID I SPEAK WITH A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY GAVE ME SOME PHONE CALLS AND I ALSO EXPLAINED TO THEM
WHAT THE ZONING IS, THAT AN RS 50 IS SINGLE-FAMILY.
ONE HOUSE, ONE FAMILY, ONE KITCHEN.
UNLESS THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HOMESTEAD, THEN THEY CAN APPLY
FOR THE ADU, BUT CANNOT BE MULTIFAMILY WHEN RS 50.
THEY WERE OKAY AND SATISFIED WITH THOSE ANSWERS.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
7:39:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC?
HELLO.
I DIDN'T SEE YOU SITTING BACK THERE.
7:40:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I DO WANT TO SAY I DID RECEIVE -- BOTH
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE FOREST
HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I MADE A COPY.
I'LL LET YOU SEE IT AND THEN GIVE IT TO THE CLERK.
I WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THE RECORD.
7:40:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I SUSPECT WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY STANDING AT
THE PODIUM MOMENTARILY WITH THE NAME.
7:40:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SAY WE GOT THIS
LETTER.
7:40:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COME FORWARD AND START WITH YOUR NAME,
PLEASE.
7:40:37PM >> BETH KEANEY.
I DO LIVE IN FOREST HILLS.
BEAUTIFUL AREA.
MANY OF YOU HAVE COME AND HELPED US CELEBRATE OUR HUNDREDTH
ANNIVERSARY.
IT IS AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT IS A LARGER
PARK-LIKE SETTING.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING PEOPLE THAT MAYBE MS. ROSARIO DID NOT
SPEAK TO.
WE ALSO SENT LETTERS TO YOU ON -- COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, FROM
THE BB FAMILY, AND I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD READ THAT IN JUST
HOW LONG THEY HAVE LIVED THERE.
AND EXPECTED IT TO BE THE SAME.
THE NEIGHBORS ON EACH SIDE OF HER, THEY ARE UNABLE TO COME.
THEY ARE IN THEIR SENIOR YEARS.
I TOLD THEM I WOULD SPEAK FOR THEM.
I'VE ONLY COME TO YOU TO SPEAK ONE TIME BEFORE, AND THAT WAS
TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US WITH THE FLOODING IN OUR AREA
AND GETTING MONIES TO GET THOSE PEOPLE BACK ON THEIR FEET.
SO WE HAVE A LARGE AREA THAT IS PRONE TO FLOODING.
WE SEE THAT THIS IS AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.
THEY HAVE NOT CHANGED IT FOR A LONG TIME.
AS YOU PUT TWO HOMES IN THIS AREA, LESS PERMEABLE AREA FOR
THE WATER TO RUN DOWN THE STREET.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I OFTEN TALK ABOUT THAT ONCE YOU'VE
CHANGED SOMETHING.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT
MULTIPLE, BIGGER DENSITY.
AND I DID ATTEND A MEETING IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, TALKING
ABOUT A PLAN IN THE FUTURE FOR GOING DOWN TO THE SMALLER
AMOUNT.
THE HOMES ON EACH SIDE, AS SHE TOLD YOU, THEY ARE LARGER
LOTS.
WE WOULD PREFER THAT THERE JUST BE ONE SINGLE HOME THAT
MATCHES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
AND IT WOULD ASSURE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY HAD PLANNED --
ONE LADY RIGHT BEHIND THEM, TO PASS DOWN THEIR PROPERTY FOR
MULTIGENERATIONAL PURPOSES.
THEY DO NOT PLAN TO LEAVE.
THESE ARE THEIR FOREVER HOMES, AND TO PUT A SINGLE, TWO
SINGLE HOUSES WITH LESS THAN TEN FEET BETWEEN THEM AND NEXT
TO THEIR OWN PROPERTY, IT'S GOING TO BE, YES, IT'S A NICE
PLACE TO LIVE, BUT IT IS AN EYESORE, LIKE A SLAP IN THEIR
FACE A LITTLE BIT.
I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO TALK
ABOUT THIS BECAUSE AS A PERSON TOLD YOU, RS 60 IS DOWN WHERE
I LIVE, CLOSER TO THE GOLF COURSE, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF
GREENSPACE, A LOT OF TREES, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RETAIN
THAT, IF POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU.
7:43:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
7:43:17PM >> LOUIS VASQUEZ.
I LIVE ON THAT STREET.
I GUESS MY CONCERN IS I WANT TO PUT TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS IN
THERE.
CURRENTLY TWO ON THERE NOW.
WOULD THAT MAKE IT THREE?
THERE IS AN APARTMENT IN THE BACK THAT WAS BUILT YEARS AGO.
NOT EVEN SURE IF IT SHOWED UP OR GOT PERMITS FOR IT.
BUT THERE IS AN APARTMENT IN THE BACK AND THEN THE HOUSE.
OF COURSE, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKING
THE WAY IT DOES.
I LIVE TWO HOUSES DOWN AND I HAVE A BIG LOT OR LONG LOTS.
GREAT FOR KIDS TO BE RAISED AND SO FORTH.
BUT TO HAVE CHANGE LIKE THAT AND TO KIND OF SQUEEZE TWO
HOUSES IN THERE, IS IT WILL TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT I THINK THE
NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN FOR YEARS.
32 YEARS NOW.
THAT'S MY CONCERN.
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S CURRENTLY TWO DWELLINGS ON THERE NOW.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THE OTHER ONE IF THEY DO GET
APPROVED, WHICH WILL MAKE IT THREE.
7:44:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
YES, MA'AM.
7:44:24PM >> QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A CORRECTION.
IN OUR PRESENTATION, WE SAID THAT THE SITE COULD BE
CONSIDERED FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO DWELLING UNITS.
THE CORRECT NUMBER IS MAXIMUM OF FIVE DWELLING UNITS.
SO THIS SITE HAS FRONTAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF WEST OVERPAR, AND
THIS CUL-DE-SAC HERE.
I WILL DEFER TO CITY STAFF ON WHAT THE ZONING DISTRICT WOULD
ALLOW, IF THEY COULD SPLIT IT UP.
BUT THE MAXIMUM DENSITY FOR THIS SITE IN THE RESIDENTIAL TEN
DESIGNATION IS FIVE UNITS.
7:44:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTION.
APPLICANT, WOULD YOU LIKE A REBUTTAL?
7:45:04PM >> YES.
ON THE PROPERTY AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, THERE IS
SINGLE-FAMILY HOME, AND THERE IS AN ADU THAT WAS BUILT --
CAN'T TELL YOU HOW LONG AGO.
AT LEAST 40, 50 YEARS AGO.
SO, YES, LIKE THIS YOUNG LADY SAID JUST NOW, IF THEY WERE
ABLE TO LEAVE THAT HOUSE LIKE THAT AND THEY WANTED TO
ACTUALLY TAKE THE FUTURE LAND USE AND DO THAT FIVE DWELLING
UNITS, THEN MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT
OUTRIGHT ALLOWS IT, RIGHT?
BUT WE ONLY WANT TO DO TWO HOUSES, SINGLE-FAMILY, THAT
BUILDING IN THE BACK, THAT'S GOING AWAY.
7:45:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ADDRESS US.
7:45:48PM >> I'M SORRY.
THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT'S IN THE BACK, THAT WOULD GO
AWAY BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE, YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY.
NOT LEAVE A 50-YEAR-OLD BUILDING THAT NOBODY EVEN LIVES IN
THERE.
IT'S DILAPIDATED.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE THAT THERE.
HAVE ONE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME WITH A REALLY PRETTY LOT AND
THEN ONE EXTRA HOME.
MY UNDERSTANDING FROM DOING THE RESEARCH, THE PROPERTY
DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS RS 50, THE PROPERTY
OWNER IN THERE FROM THE NEIGHBORS THAT CALLED ME HAVE SAID
THEY HAVE DONE ILLEGAL HOMES, ILLEGAL ROOMS AND THEY ARE
RENTING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
OF COURSE, THAT PARTICULAR HOUSE HAS A LOT OF CARS BECAUSE
THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL.
WE ONLY WANT TO DO TWO PRETTY SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
LIKE TO HAVE THEIR FAMILY BE THERE FOR THE NEXT 30, 40, 50
YEARS, JUST LIKE THEY HAVE NOW.
PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD HUNDRED FOOT LOTS RIGHT NOW.
THEY CAN PROBABLY AFFORD A 50-FOOT LOT AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY
THE SAME BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY HAVE NOW.
THAT'S ALL.
THANK YOU.
7:47:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
I'LL SAY THAT THIS IS EXACTLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I RAN
ON ABOUT PRESERVATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS CLEARLY IS NOT -- THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS DEVELOPED IN A
CERTAIN WAY AND NEIGHBORS HAVE EXPECTATIONS.
AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR CITY STAFF ON THE DEVELOPMENT, SHE
GAVE A VERY DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF HOW THESE LOTS ARE LAID
OUT AND THAT IS THAT EXPECTATION OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF WE WERE TO START CARVING UP THESE IT WOULD COMPLETELY
CHANGE THE CHARACTER AND THE FEEL OF THIS CHERISHED
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT I
THINK WE SHOULD PROTECT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
7:47:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD TO MOVE TO DENY
REZ 26-56 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1715 WEST OVERPAR
DRIVE DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE APPLICANT TO MEET ITS BURDEN
OF PROOF TO PROVIDE COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN
THE RECORD THAT THE REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY CODE.
I ADOPT THE FINDINGS OF THE CITY STAFF REPORT SPECIFICALLY
THAT 88% OF THE LOTS IN THE STUDY AREA ARE OVER 70 FEET
WIDE.
7:48:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
THE AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
7:48:33PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION TO DENY CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
MOTION TO DENY CARRIED WITH YOUNG ABSENT AT VOTE.
7:48:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ITEM 12.
7:48:46PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
7:48:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HOLD ON, LaCHONE.
7:48:54PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
7:49:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
TWO SUBSTITUTE.
SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE, SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION, BUT THAT'S NOT
TO BE ADOPTED UNTIL THE SECOND READING.
7:49:12PM >>THE CLERK:
[INAUDIBLE]
7:49:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
WHY ARE WE READING THE RESOLUTION.
7:49:22PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 12 IS REZ 25-116.
THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 3101 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM CI COMMERCIAL
INTENSIVE TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT
RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL WITH ALL CN USES.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO QUINN TO GIVE HER REPORT.
7:49:44PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
WE ARE SUBMITTING A REVISED REPORT INTO THE RECORD.
THIS REPORT WAS TRANSMITTED BEFORE THE DEADLINE BUT IT
DIDN'T MAKE IT ON TO OnBase.
OUR RECOMMENDATION REMAINS CONSISTENT BUT WE DID HAVE SOME
ADDITIONAL CONCERNS AND CHANGES TO THE ANALYSIS THAT ARE
INCLUDED IN THAT STAFF REPORT.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
THE TAMPA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD AND URBAN VILLAGE IN
EVACUATION ZONE E.
A PORTION OF THE SITE IS ALSO WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS LOCAL
HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL USES.
NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE IS A TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR WITH
COMMERCIAL AND VACANT PROPERTIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND
SINGLE-FAMILY, TWO FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO THE
EAST.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL
35, WHICH SUPPORTS COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT.
R-20 IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY EAST AND TRANSITIONS TO R-10
FURTHER EAST WITH A POCKET OF R 35 HERE.
THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW A STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AT
2.0 F.A.R. THROUGH A BONUS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE MAXIMUM INTENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE
CC-35 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE PROJECT ORIENTS RESIDENTIAL ENTRANCES TOWARDS THE
STREET, PLACES PARKING BEHIND THE BUILDING, PROVIDES SIX
FOOT SIDEWALKS AND BICYCLE PARKING AND SUPPORTS MANY OF THE
MIXED USE DESIGN POLICIES.
ALTHOUGH STAFF HAVE CONCERNS WITH THE LOCATION OF THE
DUMPSTER AREA FOR ROLL OUT DUE TO THE UPDATED DESIGN, THE
CURRENT DESIGN WOULD REQUIRE THE DUMPSTER TO BE PLACED ON
THE SIDEWALK AND BE ROLLED ALONG THE DRIVE AISLE ON
COLLECTION DAYS.
STAFF ENCOURAGES THE APPLICANT TO CLARIFY THE DESIGN AND
ENSURE THE DUMPSTER DOES NOT BLOCK PEDESTRIAN USE OF THE
SIDEWALK.
OVERALL, THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES COMPATIBLE INFILL WITHIN --
ALONG A TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS
URBAN VILLAGE AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
7:51:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ANY QUESTIONS?
7:51:47PM >>LaCHONE DOCK:
LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I'LL PROVIDE THE AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
SO THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED.
THIS IS FLORIDA AVENUE.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ALONG FLORIDA AVENUE THE CI ZONING
EXISTS ALONG WITH THOSE COMMERCIAL USES.
AS YOU HEAD FURTHER WEST, YOU HAVE THE RS 50 ZONING, AND THE
MAJORITY OF THIS AREA WITH THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
DEVELOPMENT.
TO THE EAST IS THE SAME RS 50 ZONING.
SO YOU HAVE THAT COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THAT RUNS ALONG FLORIDA
AVENUE.
I HAVE THE SITE PLAN SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT, BUT I DID
WANT TO STATE ON THE RECORD THAT THE APPLICATION WAS
CONTINUED AT THE CITY COUNCIL EVENING HEARING ON MAY 14th.
THE APPLICANT WANTED TO REDESIGN THE SITE.
I KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF VERSIONS OF THIS ACTUAL SITE PLAN
HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED OVER TIME, AND THE APPLICANT WAS WORKING
ON A REDESIGN, INCLUDING THE LOCATION OF THE SOLID WASTE.
BUT WHAT IS BEFORE YOU WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE DATA
TABLE IS PROVIDED THE UPDATED SQUARE FOOTAGES PROVIDED.
SO THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS COMPRISED OF 700 SQUARE
FEET.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THE SITE THAT IS SUBMITTED INTO THE
RECORD.
THIS IS ADALEE.
THIS IS FLORIDA AVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE THE COMMERCIAL THAT IS LOCATED HERE, WHICH WOULD
FRONT FLORIDA AVENUE.
THE RETAIL SPACES.
THESE ARE THE ENTRANCES FOR THE PEDESTRIANS TO ENTER THE
ACTUAL PROPERTY.
AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WOULD ENTER THE SITE ALONG THE SOUTH,
AND THERE ARE PARKING SPACES THAT ARE LOCATED INTERNALLY ON
THE SITE.
ALSO, THERE IS A SIDEWALK THAT IS PROPOSED.
FOR EACH ENTRY POINT, THERE IS A WALKWAY THAT WOULD PROVIDE
CONNECTION TO THE SIDEWALK THAT'S PROPOSED.
SO THE LOT WIDTH ITSELF HAS 50 FEET OF FRONTAGE.
THE LOT CONTAINS 6,098 SQUARE FEET.
THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT PROPOSED IS 69 FEET.
TOTAL OF 6 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED, 6 SPACES ARE PROVIDED.
TWO BICYCLE PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND TWO SPACES ARE
PROVIDED.
SO THE PLAN DEPICTS A FOUR STORY STRUCTURE.
CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 700 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE AS
MENTIONED.
THERE ARE SIX DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE LOCATED ON FLOORS TWO
THROUGH FOUR.
WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SHOW YOU THE ELEVATIONS THAT ARE
SUBMITTED.
BY THE APPLICANT.
THIS IS THE SOUTH ELEVATION.
THIS IS THE NORTH ELEVATION.
AND THEN ON THE LEFT, MY LEFT, WEST ELEVATION AND THIS IS
THE EAST ELEVATION.
THEN I HAVE A FEW PICTURES OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF THIS PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED
HERE.
AND THAT'S FLORIDA.
THIS IS EAST OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THE DRC STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST.
THERE IS ONE WAIVER REQUESTED.
27-284.
REQUEST IS TO REDUCE TO 15-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND 6-FOOT
MASONRY WALL TO A 5-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WITH A 6-FOOT
WOODEN FENCE.
DRC STAFF FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT, AND THERE ARE SITE
PLAN MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
7:55:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
GOOD EVENING.
7:55:50PM >> GOOD EVENING.
BRYCE PENSON WITH HALFF ASSOCIATES, 1000 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE,
TAMPA, FLORIDA.
SHE DID A GOOD JOB COVERING MOST OF THE LOCATION AND
EVERYTHING.
SO I'LL SKIP OVER THAT.
7:56:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
7:56:05PM >> AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS JUST TO REZONE FROM CI TO A PD FOR
STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL FOR ALL CN USES.
THIS IS FROM OUR LANDSCAPING PLAN JUST TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE
BIT WITH MORE COLOR.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT IS REQUESTED TO HAVE A 2.0 F.A.R., WHICH
REQUIRES A BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT.
AND THE AGREEMENT WORKED OUT WAS OFFERING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UNIT.
THERE'S CURRENTLY SIX DWELLING UNITS PROPOSED.
ONE OF THEM WOULD BE AFFORDABLE.
AND THEN THE SITE IS ONLY REQUIRED TO HAVE SIX PARKING
SPACES.
WITH THE SIZE OF THE SITE, THAT'S ALL WE COULD PROVIDE.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, SHE MENTIONED THE DUMPSTER LOCATION.
FOR THE REASON WE CONTINUE TO THIS HEARING, WE WERE
ORIGINALLY PROPOSING A DUMPSTER OVER HERE, AND EVEN WITH
CUTTING THE UPPER STORIES OF THE BUILDING BACK TO ALLOW FOR
SPACE FOR THE DUMPSTER TO PICK UP, THERE WAS NO AUTO TURN
EXHIBIT, WE COULD PHYSICALLY HAVE THE TRUCK TURN INTO THE
SITE TO FRONT LOAD AND PICK UP THE DUMPSTER.
SO WHAT WE WORKED OUT WITH A SOLID WASTE WAS BEING ABLE TO
ROLL OUT THE DUMPSTER TO THIS LOCATION HERE, PICK IT UP AND
THEN ROLL IT BACK ON TRASH COLLECTION DAYS.
WE ARE EXCEEDING THE GREENSPACE REQUIREMENTS.
ONLY 39 SQUARE FEET OF GREENSPACE IS REQUIRED.
WE'RE PROVIDING OVER 500 SQUARE FEET.
TWO NEW TREES ARE REQUIRED, WHICH WE ARE PROVIDING UP HERE.
THIS GOES OVER THE WAIVER OF THE USE-TO-USE BUFFER.
AND THE REASON FOR HAVING A WOODEN FENCE INSTEAD OF MASONRY
WALL IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IS ALLOWED WITHIN THE TAMPA
HEIGHTS LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THAT'S WHY WE WERE COMPLYING WITH THE ARC REQUIREMENTS.
WE RECEIVED A LETTER OF SUPPORT, WHICH I CAN SUBMIT INTO THE
RECORD, FROM THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT, AND I WILL SUBMIT THAT
TO THE CLERK.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
7:58:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
7:58:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF
DEVELOPMENT THAT I WANTED TO SEE ON A 50-FOOT WIDE PARCEL.
LIKE, I KNOW -- AND -- YOUR ONLY WAIVER IS SOMETHING FOR THE
HISTORIC DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE MORE GREENSPACE.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS LIKE BE DEVELOPED AND BUILT.
BECAUSE IN THIS AREA, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO
SEE AND I HOPE THIS IS A MODEL GOING FORWARD FOR OTHERS.
7:59:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT.
7:59:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AMAZED.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE IT.
YOU CHOSE A GOOD PLACE TO DO IT.
TAMPA HEIGHTS IS ALL ABOUT DENSITY AND MAXIMIZING, BUT
FITTING IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR DOING A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
7:59:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK
TO THIS ITEM?
HEARING NONE, MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
GOOD PROJECT.
WE LEFT OFF WITH -- COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I THINK.
I THINK WE'RE BACK TO CARLSON.
REMEMBER, THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE.
7:59:45PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MOVE FILE REZ 25-116, ORDINANCE BEING
PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
7:59:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE.
7:59:56PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I JUST LEFT OUT THE WORD SUBSTITUTE.
SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
CONSIDERATION.
AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
3101 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE TO PD
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT, RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL, ALL
CN USES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
8:00:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
THE AYES HAVE IT.
8:00:34PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH YOUNG ABSENT AT VOTE.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 27, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
8:00:52PM >> SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION?
8:00:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT WILL BE NEXT TIME AROUND US, NEXT
ROUND.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM.
NEW BUSINESS, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
8:01:00PM >>BILL CARLSON:
NO, THANKS.
8:01:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN VIERA?
8:01:02PM >>LUIS VIERA:
BRIEF ONE, IF I MAY.
I WAS ASKED, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALL FRIENDS WITH THE SMITH
FAMILY, WALTER SMITH.
THEY ARE HAVING A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THEIR SON.
I WAS ASKED TO DO A COMMENDATION, IT WOULD BE IN THE NAME OF
THE SMITH FAMILY POSTHUMOUSLY FOR DR. WALTER SMITH.
I CAN'T BE THERE.
I THINK THEY ARE SPEAKING TO COUNCILMAN YOUNG ON IT, BUT
JUST MAKING THE MOTION.
THAT'S ALL.
8:01:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO FOR A COMMENDATION FOR
WALTER SMITH FAMILY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
OFF SITE.
ANYTHING ELSE?
NO.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO?
8:01:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YES, REMEMBER THIS MORNING I MENTIONED
THAT I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION.
GIVE A COMMENDATION OFF-SITE TO THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION IN CONJUNCTION -- WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A LIBERTY TREE DEDICATION AT
JULIAN B. LANE PARK AUGUST 29 AT 10 A.M.
THIS IS, OF COURSE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 250th BIRTHDAY
OF OUR COUNTRY.
SO I JUST WANT TO PRESENT THAT COMMENDATION OFF-SITE.
8:02:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
8:02:18PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT LAURA
DERISO, EXECUTIVE AIDE TO HR DIRECTOR KELLY AUSTIN, IS
RETIRING AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IN CELEBRATION OF HER TIME WITH THE CITY, I WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT HER WITH A COMMENDATION FOR HER
RETIREMENT CELEBRATION ON SEPTEMBER THE 11.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE OFF SITE.
8:02:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
8:02:46PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THAT'S IT, SIR.
8:02:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
CHAIR.
8:02:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I AM TRAVELING TO COLOMBIA AGAIN NEXT WEEK
TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR LEED.
START IN BOGOTA AND THEN BARRANQUILLA.
AND AWARD THEM A PLAQUE, MAKE A MOTION TO PROVIDE OFF-SITE
COMMENDATION TO OUR SISTER CITY BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA, IN
RECOGNITION OF OBTAINING LEED CITIES GOLD CERTIFICATION.
8:03:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM CHAIR CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
8:03:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
CAN I GO FOR TRANSLATION IF YOU NEED ME?
8:03:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
ANY OPPOSED?
OKAY.
8:03:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
AYES HAVE IT.
WE BEAT OUR TIMELINE BY 26 MINUTES.
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