TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2026, 5:01 P.M.
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5:02:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO "MONSOON THURSDAY" IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND ASK THE CLERK
TO CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
5:02:45PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE.
5:02:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HERE.
5:02:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HERE.
5:02:48PM >> YOUNG?
VIERA?
5:02:49PM >>LUIS VIERA:
HERE.
5:02:50PM >>BILL CARLSON:
HERE.
5:02:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HERE.
5:02:52PM >>THE CLERK:
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
5:02:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S START OFF WITH CLEARING THE AGENDA.
YES, SIR.
5:02:57PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS TO CLEAR FROM THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST IS ITEM 11, FILE REZ 26-36.
THIS ITEM NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED TO THE JANUARY 14, 2027
HEARING.
5:03:13PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I CAN --
5:03:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHAT?
5:03:15PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THIS ONE IS A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING,
WHICH MEANS THERE'S BEEN A PREVIOUS CONTINUANCE, IS THAT
CORRECT?
5:03:20PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED AT THE JUNE
11, 2026 HEARING.
IT WAS CONTINUED FOR TONIGHT.
THE APPLICANT HAD AGREED TO NOTICE.
THEY DID NOT NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING. SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY
PUSHING THAT TO THE JANUARY HEARING AS A RESULT OF THEM NOT
FORMALLY NOTICING TO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
5:03:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
ITEM 11 THEN.
ITEM 11?
5:03:43PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
ITEM 11, CORRECT.
5:03:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT?
5:03:50PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
NO, IT HAS TO BE RENOTICED.
DO YOU HAVE A DATE, TIME, AND PLACE ALREADY?
5:03:55PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
WE'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE CONTINUED
TO JANUARY 14, 2027.
5:03:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SO MOVED.
5:04:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
SECOND.
5:04:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I KNOW I HAD ONE -- I'LL TAKE THE
LOW-HANGING FRUIT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:04:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR,
TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:04:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO WITH THE ADDENDUM ON THE
PLACE, TIME AND LOCATION WITH THE RENOTICE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
ITEM 11 WILL NOT BE HEARD TONIGHT.
JANUARY 14 AT 5:01 P.M.
ANYTHING ELSE?
5:04:27PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
ITEM 12, FILE REZ 26-79.
THIS NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
5:04:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN I GET A MOTION?
5:04:35PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
MISNOTICE.
5:04:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM MIRANDA TO REMOVE 12.
SECOND FROM MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
ANYTHING ELSE?
THAT'S IT.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
5:04:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
5:04:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:04:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO THURSDAY NIGHTS.
BECAUSE OF MY CANCER TREATMENT ON WEDNESDAY, I START TO GET
A LITTLE TIRED.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A TV IN THE BACK WHERE I CAN GO LAY DOWN AND
WATCH.
IF I LEAVE, I AM STILL WATCHING AND PAYING ATTENTION.
AND I WILL BE IN HERE TO VOTE.
IF YOU ARE A PETITIONER WHO HAS AN ISSUE WITH THAT, PLEASE
LET ME KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CASE AND I WILL STAY.
THANK YOU.
5:05:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG IS WITH US.
WE HAVE A FULL DAIS THIS EVENING.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 1.
5:05:31PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
5:05:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ACTUALLY, LET'S STOP THERE.
QUASI-JUDICIAL.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET EVERYBODY SWORN IN.
IF YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS,
PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY OUR
CLERK.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
5:05:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CHRISTOPHER?
5:05:56PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER
DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1 IS REZ 26-60.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 1605 WATERS COURT FROM YC 2 TO
YC 9 FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY USES.
BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I DO WANT
TO PASS OUT AN UPDATED REVISION SHEET.
THE APPLICANT HAD AN ITEM THEY WANTED TO ADDRESS RELATING TO
THE SETBACKS.
THAT WOULD BE THE BULLET ITEM SECOND FROM THE BOTTOM.
5:06:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COULD YOU TELL US KIND OF IN A NUTSHELL
WHAT THAT IS?
5:06:36PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
BASICALLY, THEY ARE ADJUSTING A
REFERENCE TO SETBACKS WHEN THE BUILDING HAS FIVE STORIES.
SO THEY WANT TO REMOVE THE REFERENCE TO HAVING 18-FOOT
MINIMUM SETBACK FOR THE NORTH AND EAST SETBACKS, IF THERE IS
A PROPOSED FIVE STORIES.
I'LL HAND IT OVER NOW TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
5:07:07PM >>QUINN STEELE:
GOOD EVENING.
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, THE
HISTORIC YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CENTRAL PARK URBAN
VILLAGE AND CRA AS WELL AS THE YBOR CITY LOCAL HISTORIC
DISTRICT IN EVACUATION ZONE E.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIX OF MULTIFAMILY
RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND PUBLIC USES, INCLUDING BOOKER
T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ROBERT W. SAUNDERS
SENIOR PUBLIC LIBRARY TO THE SOUTH.
THE SITE ALSO FRONTS EAST 7TH AVENUE AND IS NEAR TRANSIT
ALONG EAST HENDERSON AVENUE.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS COMMUNITY MIXED USE
35, ALTHOUGH UMU 60 IS PROPOSED THROUGH TA/CPA 26-01, WHICH
IS SCHEDULED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION NEXT WEEK ON
OCTOBER 15.
THIS REZONING REQUEST IS CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE
PLAN AMENDMENT FOR UMU 60.
THE CMU DESIGNATION SURROUNDS THE SITE ON ALL SIDES.
THERE'S RMU 100 AND UMU 60 TO THE SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATED WITH
GASWORX OVER HERE AS WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST ASSOCIATED WITH
ENCORE.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL UMU 60 FURTHER WEST ALONG EAST 7th
AVENUE.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM YC 2 TO YC 9 TO ALLOW
APPROXIMATELY 420,000 SQUARE FEET OF MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT
AT A PROPOSED 2.9 FAR.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE
PROPOSED UMU 60 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN,
INCLUDING THE GASWORX AND ENCORE DEVELOPMENTS.
THE PROJECT PROVIDES SIDEWALKS, SHADE TREES, BICYCLE PARKING
AND WALK-UP UNITS WITH RESIDENTIAL ENTRANCES ORIENTED
TOWARDS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE PRIMARY BUILDING ENTRANCES BE
CLEARLY LABELED IN THE SITE PLAN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING.
OVERALL, THE PROPOSAL WOULD PROVIDE MULTIFAMILY INFILL ON AN
UNDERUTILIZED SITE WITHIN THE CENTRAL PARK URBAN VILLAGE
NEAR TRANSIT EMPLOYMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS.
5:09:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
5:09:15PM >> AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
WE'LL START WITH AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE WHICH IS
OUTLINED IN RED.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ENCOMPASSES A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE
SUBJECT BLOCK.
IT HAS STREET FRONTAGE ALONG EAST HENDERSON AVENUE, EAST 7TH
AVENUE, EAST SCOTT STREET, AND EAST ESTELLE STREET.
SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE A RESTAURANT USE ON THE NORTH OR
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF EAST SCOTT
STREET AND EAST 7TH AVENUE.
THERE'S ALSO AN OFFICE -- BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USE
TO THE NORTH, RETAIL AND RESTAURANT USES NORTHEAST OF THE
SUBJECT SITE.
LOOKING EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS A VACANT PARCEL.
SOUTHEAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WE DO HAVE THE GASWORX
DEVELOPMENT.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WE HAVE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE
WE DO HAVE A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY ZONED YC 2 AND, OF
COURSE, WE HAVE A DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT ZONED YC 5 TO THE
IMMEDIATE WEST AS WELL.
THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO
REDEVELOP THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WITH A SINGLE STRUCTURE
APPROXIMATELY FIVE STORIES, MAXIMUM OF 60 FEET IN HEIGHT FOR
MULTIPLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, APPROXIMATELY 330 UNITS ARE
PROPOSED.
LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THE SITE PLAN ITSELF, THE APPLICANT
PROPOSES AN INTERNAL PARKING GARAGE PROVIDING 400 PARKING
SPACES.
THE ACCESS FOR THE PARKING GARAGE IS ALONG EAST HENDERSON.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S ON-STREET PARKING ALONG EAST
HENDERSON, EAST SCOTT STREET, AND EAST ESTELLE STREET.
THERE IS A SEPARATE ENTRANCE FOR LOADING DOCKS AND SOLID
WASTE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ALONG
EAST ESTELLE STREET.
AND THERE ARE GROUND WALK-UP UNITS ALONG BOTH EAST ESTELLE
STREET AND EAST HENDERSON AVENUE.
TWO INTERNAL COURTYARDS ARE ALSO SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN.
NEXT WE HAVE ELEVATIONS.
MAX SITE -- HEIGHT PROPOSED IS 60 FEET.
WE HAVE OUR NORTH, WEST, AND NORTHWEST ELEVATIONS.
NEXT WE HAVE THE SOUTHEAST, EAST, AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS.
THERE ARE TWO WAIVERS REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION.
THE FIRST IS TO SECTION 27-283.
THIS IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF LOADING BERTHS FROM
FOUR TO TWO.
ALSO A SECOND WAIVER TO SECTION 27-283, TO ALLOW TWO LOADING
SPACES MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET BY 30 FEET.
WE DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS TO SHOW.
PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS IS A VIEW FROM EAST HENDERSON.
THIS IS A VIEW FROM EAST SCOTT.
THE VIEW FROM EAST ESTELLE.
THIS IS THE RESTAURANT IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE
ON EAST 7TH.
ACROSS THE STREET ON EAST 7TH.
LOOKING NORTHWEST.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, THIS IS BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
LOOKING SOUTHEAST THIS IS PROJECT PART OF THE GASWORX.
WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
ONE ADDITIONAL USE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE
PETITION.
WE DO FIND THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE CITY
OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS
APPLICATION AND THE WAIVERS PROVIDED IN THIS PRESENTATION,
FURTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN MUST BE COMPLETED
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
THESE REVISIONS WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF
TRANSPORTATION'S INCONSISTENT FINDING.
I DO ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED
WITHIN THE YBOR CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THE APPLICATION REQUIRED RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BARRIO
LATINO COMMISSION.
THE BLC HEARD THE CASE ON JULY 28, 2026, AND DID RECOMMEND
APPROVAL AS PRESENTED AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:14:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
APPLICANT?
5:14:31PM >> HEATHER BONDS, STAFF FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
THE BLC DID HEAR THIS AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL, BUT I DID WANT
TO CORRECT AND MAKE ONE COMMENT.
BASED ON THE BLC'S CONDITIONS, BUILDING HEIGHT IS TO BE HELD
TO A 45-FOOT DATUM LINE.
ANY ADDITIONAL HEIGHT SHALL BE HELD TO ONE STORY WITH A
SETBACK OF 20 FEET FROM 7th AVENUE.
SO IT DOES NOT HAVE THE MASSING OF A 60-FOOT BUILDING.
MASSING AND BUILDING FORM SHALL REQUIRE BREAKING THE LENGTH
OF THE BUILDING, INCLUDING THE TOP FLOOR.
THE SETBACKS, ORIENTATION, AND SITE COVERAGE, PARTICULARLY
ADDRESSING ANY LONG FACADES SHALL BE BROKEN UP INTO
SEGMENTS.
FINALLY, IF CITY COUNCIL DETERMINES THAT THE REZONING
REQUEST FROM YC 2 TO YC 9 SHOULD BE APPROVED, A NOTE SHALL
BE ADDED TO THE REQUEST THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE BLC THE
ABILITY TO ADJUST THE SETBACKS AND HEIGHTS OF THE STRUCTURE
BY UP TO 10% FOR EACH ELEVATION DURING THE CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS PROCESS.
THANK YOU.
5:15:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
QUESTION.
MAYBE THIS WOULD GO BACK TO CHRISTOPHER.
WITH THE REVISED REVISION SHEET, HOW DOES THIS FIT OR WORK
WITH THE BARRIO'S RECOMMENDATION AND WHAT'S ON THE REVISED
REVISION SHEET?
5:15:51PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
WITH REGARD TO THE REVISION SHEET, WE DID NOTE ON THE LAST
BULLET POINT UNDER DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION WHERE WE DO
REFERENCE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO THE MAX
BUILDING HEIGHT THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE BLC.
THAT BULLET POINT STATES ON THE SITE DATA TABLE, UPDATE
PROPOSED NORTH SETBACK ALONG 7th AVENUE FOR THE FIFTH
FLOOR TO REFLECT A 20-FOOT MINIMUM SETBACK FROM THE PROPERTY
LINE.
AND THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO WHAT WAS IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OVERALL FROM THE BLC.
THE SITE PLAN I BELIEVE SHOWS 18-FOOT SETBACK.
5:16:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT REVISION WILL BE DONE BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND.
5:16:36PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
CORRECT.
CORRECTING 18 TO REFERENCE 20-FOOT IN THE RECOMMENDATION.
5:16:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BUT THE LAST BULLET IS NOT IN THERE.
THE ONE THAT THE BLC, THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THE SETBACKS,
THAT'S NOT IN THIS.
5:16:51PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
OH, YES, THAT IS IN THERE.
IN PARENTHESES, WE DO HAVE THAT PORTION OF THE BARRIO LATINO
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION.
DOES SAY BUILDING HEIGHT TO BE HELD AT 45-FOOT DATUM.
5:17:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING.
I'M ASKING ABOUT THE LAST BULLET.
5:17:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ABOUT THE YC 2 TO YC 9 AND THEN --
5:17:12PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
THAT'S NOT REFERENCED IN THAT
PARTICULAR BULLET POINT IN THE REVISION SHEET, HOWEVER IT IS
REFERENCED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
WE INCLUDED THE BLC RECOMMENDATION OVERALL IN THE STAFF
REPORT.
5:17:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD THAT SEPARATELY.
5:17:27PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
CORRECT.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO INCORPORATE THE BLC OVERALL RECOMMENDATION
INTO YOUR MOTION.
WE REFERENCE IT IN THE STAFF REPORT, AND THEN WHERE WE WORK
WITH THE APPLICANT TO CORRECT THE SETBACK FOR THAT PORTION
OF THE NORTH SETBACK ALONG EAST 7TH, WE ADJUSTED THAT AND
THEN REFERENCED THAT ONE SECTION OF THE OVERALL
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BLC.
5:17:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COULD WE GET A COPY OF THAT MEMORANDUM SO IF
WE NEEDED TO -- YEAH, IF WE NEED TO MAKE IT PART OF THE
MOTION, WE COULD DO THAT?
5:18:02PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
SURE.
5:18:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
GET US A HARD COPY OF IT.
5:18:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IF EACH OF US COULD GET A COPY OF THE
MEMORANDUM YOU ARE HOLDING.
5:18:13PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT,
THE PACKET.
THE MEMORANDUM.
5:18:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, NOT ALL OF US HAVE COPIES OF THE STAFF
REPORT.
IF WE COULD, WHO IS WORKING FOR YOU TONIGHT?
5:18:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SEBASTIAN OR DARLENE.
5:18:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MAYBE SEBASTIAN OR DARLENE CAN COME AND MAKE
COPIES FOR US.
5:18:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
VERY GOOD.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPLICANT NOW.
APPLICANT, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THE ISSUES DURING YOUR
PRESENTATION.
5:18:39PM >> TRUETT GARDNER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE HERE ON BEHALF OF
THE APPLICANT.
HOPEFULLY I'LL ADDRESS THE ONE CONFUSING PART FIRST AND THEN
THE REST WILL BE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
ON THE SETBACK ISSUE, WHEN WE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF THE
BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION ON BOTH THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND
THE REZONING, WE DID SHOW A LOT OF THE DESIGNS.
I THINK WE ACTUALLY GOT AHEAD OF OURSELVES SINCE HOPEFULLY
WE'LL BE GOING BACK TO THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION FOR
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
BUT I THINK ACTUALLY IT WAS A HELPFUL CONVERSATION BECAUSE
IT ELICITED FROM THEM WHERE THEY WANTED ENHANCEMENTS IN THE
SIDEWALK, WHICH WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE IT WALKABLE AS
POSSIBLE, AND THEN FOR IT NOT TO FEEL LIKE A SHEER 60-FOOT
BUILDING.
SO WHERE THE SETBACKS WOULD BE, AND SO THE REVISION SHEET
THAT CHRISTOPHER HAS PROPOSED BASICALLY IS THE SUMMARY OF
WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION,
HOPEFULLY GETTING AHEAD OURSELVES BUT HOPEFULLY MAKING OUR
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS EASY.
WE'RE FINE WITH ALL THOSE, INCLUDING THE REFERENCE TO THE
10%.
5:19:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
5:19:46PM >> YES, EXCITED TO BE PRESENTING THIS TO YOU.
IT IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL DESIGN THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH
ANY AND EVERYBODY.
5:19:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CTTV, COULD WE GET THE PRESENTATION ON THE
MONITOR?
5:20:00PM >> 330 MULTIFAMILY UNITS IN A FAST-GROWING AREA OF YBOR
CITY.
AND OUR JOURNEY STARTED WITH PLANNING COMMISSION WHERE WE
RECEIVED UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION TO THE BARRIO LATINO
COMMISSION, RECEIVED UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION ON THE
REZONING, WHICH IS WHAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT.
WE WERE LAST IN FRONT OF YOU TWO WEEKS AGO ON THE COMP PLAN
AMENDMENT AND THEN HERE FOR YOU TONIGHT ON THE REZONING.
SHOULD THINGS GO WELL TONIGHT, WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU
NEXT WEEK FOR SECOND READING ON THE COMP PLAN AMENDMENT AND
SECOND READING ON THE REZONING WHICH THEN SENDS US BACK TO
THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF
APPROPRIATENESS ON THE DESIGN WHERE ALL THE ISSUES WILL BE
FOLDED IN.
FROM STAFF STANDPOINT, WE HAVE POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
ALL EXCEPT FOR TECHNICAL WAIVER ON TRANSPORTATION, WHICH IS
THE WAIVER REQUEST.
AND MEGAN SMITH WILL GO OVER THAT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU MENTIONED AT THE PLANNING
COMMISSION HEARING -- SORRY, COMP PLAN AMENDMENT HEARING
LAST WEEK ON THE BIKE LANES, WE HAVE LOOKED INTO THAT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO MOBILITY ON THAT.
MEGAN HAS A VIEW OF THAT SHE'D LIKE TO PRESENT AS WELL.
AND THEN RICKY DE CAMPS IS HERE, THE DEVELOPER, AND WOULD
LIKE TO PRESENT A LITTLE BIT ON THE DESIGN WELL.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
5:21:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
OKAY.
GO AHEAD.
5:21:25PM >> GOOD EVENING, MEGAN SMITH, 400 ASHLEY DRIVE HERE ON
BEHALF OF GARDNER BREWER HUDSON.
IN TERMS OF TWO WAIVERS, AS CHRIS MENTIONED, WE HAVE ONE
REGARDING THE NUMBER OF LOADING BERTHS.
TAKING IT FROM FOUR TO TWO AND PROPOSING TWO 12 BY 30
LOADING SPACES.
THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM FEELS LIKE WITH THEIR EXPERIENCE IN
MULTIFAMILY THAT THIS WILL FIT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY
AND REALLY HELP LOGISTICS GO THROUGH APPROPRIATELY AND NOT
USE UP VALUABLE SPACE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE TRANSPORTATION, COUNCILWOMAN
HURTAK, YOU POINTED OUT, I LEFT OFF THE BIKE RACKS THE LAST
TIME.
I HAVE THOSE ADDED IN.
HARTLINE 9 RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH OF NEBRASKA AVENUE.
TECO STREETCAR FROM YBOR DOWN TO DOWNTOWN AND THEN THE CITY
OF TAMPA BIKE ROUTES ON 7th AVENUE AND THEN THE NEW ONE
GOING IN ON NUCCIO PARKWAY.
THE DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO PROPOSING TO DO MORE THAN THE
REQUIRED BIKE PARKING AND ALSO HAVING A WORKSHOP SPACE TO
REALLY HELP MAKE IT A BICYCLE FRIENDLY, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY
ENVIRONMENT OVERALL.
WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
I'LL PASS IT OVER TO RICKY DE CAMPS.
5:22:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
5:22:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
WHAT ABOUT SPACES FOR DELIVERY VEHICLES?
LIKE AMAZON SPECIFICALLY AND FEDEX, ALL THOSE TYPES?
ARE YOU PROPOSING THEY USE THE LOADING BERTH OR WILL THEY
HAVE A SPECIFIC SPOT?
5:22:50PM >> I WILL DEFER TO RICKY ON THAT.
I KNOW IN PAST PROJECTS THEY ACTUALLY GO INTO A MAIN HUB AND
COME IN A BULK INSTEAD OF THE OFF AND ON PROCESS.
MAKES IT MORE SEAMLESS, DOESN'T USE UP VALUABLE LOADING
SPACE AND GETS THEM IN AND GETS THEM OUT.
WHEN THEY DID THE ON-SITE DELIVERY, COMES IN A SMALLER
VEHICLE AND CAN UTILIZE THE PARKING GARAGE STRUCTURE SO THAT
WAY IT'S NOT BLOCKING ANY RIGHT-OF-WAY.
5:23:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SIMILAR TO A DOOR DASH, OR WHAT --
5:23:19PM >> I'LL DEFER.
5:23:21PM >> GOOD EVENING.
RICKY DE CAMPS.
I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT, DEVELOPER FOR THE PROJECT.
COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DELIVERY VERSION
OF DOOR DASH, ESSENTIALLY, IT CAN GO TO A CENTRAL LOCATION
AND THAT RESIDENT CAN THEN IDENTIFY WHEN THEY WANT THEIR
PACKAGE DELIVERED.
5:23:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M TALKING ABOUT UBER EATS, I'M TALKING
ABOUT FOOD.
5:23:47PM >> OH, YOU ARE ACTUALLY TALKING FOR FOOD.
5:23:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN BULK.
5:23:52PM >> YOU'RE RIGHT.
YEAH, WHAT WE HAVE IS ON-STREET PARALLEL PARKING THAT CAN BE
DESIGNATED -- WELL, IT'S ON STREET PARALLEL PARKING IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
WE CAN TRY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT DO SOME 15 MINUTE COMMERCIAL PARKING WHICH
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL BUT WE WOULD BE BUILDING
IT FOR THE CITY AND WOULD WORK WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT.
5:24:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE -- AS WE GET MORE
OF THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS, WE REALLY HAVE TO BE
THINKING ABOUT THAT SORT OF STUFF.
I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE MOBILITY
TEAM PUTTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR DELIVERIES.
5:24:27PM >> SPECIAL SIGNAGE.
5:24:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, SPECIAL SIGNAGE.
JUST SOMETHING, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE FUTURE.
IT'S THE NOW.
5:24:36PM >> IT'S HERE.
5:24:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YEAH, EXACTLY.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE DOUBLE PARKING, GETTING PARKING IN BIKE
LANES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
APPRECIATE IT.
5:24:45PM >> NO, NO, OF COURSE.
PRETTY SOON, I WAS IN MIAMI RECENTLY AND IT IS THE MOBILE
ROBOTS WITH THE COOLERS IN THEM THAT ARE ALL OVER THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY.
WE'LL BE FINDING PARKING FOR THEM, TOO, IN THE FUTURE.
I WANT TO NUMBER ONE, TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT KIND OF WHAT WE'RE
DOING, HOW WE'VE TAKEN OUR APPROACH ON THIS PROJECT.
OUR DESIGN TEAM HAS WORKED REALLY HARD -- INITIALLY, WE
STARTED WITH THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WORKING WITH THE
CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TICKING AND TYING AS MUCH AS
WE CAN TO MAINTAIN THE FEEL OF YBOR BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE
HISTORIC COMMISSION.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WANTED TO CREATE AN AUTHENTIC PLACE.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO CREATE AUTHENTIC WHEN YOU ARE BRAND-NEW
BUT WHAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
YOU'LL NOTICE IN SOME OF THE RENDERINGS HOW WE'VE
INCORPORATED THE DESIGN STANDARDS OF YBOR AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
WE ARE A FIVE-STORY BUILDING.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE ARE PROMOTING AND REALLY JUST
EMPHASIZING THE FOUR-STORY BRICK, AND THEN TRYING TO MUTE
BACK OUR FIFTH FLOOR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED -- OUR ARCHITECT IS HERE IF YOU
WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS -- BUT WHEN WE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF
THE HISTORIC COMMISSION, THE BARRIO LATINO, THEY GO, YOU ARE
SET BACK TOO MUCH.
WE ACTUALLY WANT YOU TO BRING THE BUILDING MORE FORWARD,
WHICH WE DID AND HENCE WHY YOU SAW THE LAST-MINUTE BULLET
POINTS AND WHY THEY ASKED FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE
FLEXIBILITY OF A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO MODIFY
THAT.
GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I DID WANT TO PRESENT YOU, THIS IS
A VIEW OF HENDERSON.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE MENTIONED WHAT WE REALLY WANTED TO
WORK ON IS I HAVE ROOTS TO YBOR.
I HAVE FAMILY THAT'S FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC THAT CAME
HERE TO TAMPA TO WORK IN THE CIGAR FACTORIES MANY, MANY
YEARS AGO.
MY MOM IS A TAMPA NATIVE.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT I GREW UP IN
OR GOING TO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OR, THE LITTLE
TERRACES ARE BIG AND IMPORTANT.
WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS EMPHASIZE THAT WALKABILITY.
IT'S INTENDED TO BE A NEIGHBORING, AN AREA WHERE OUR
RESIDENT WHO LIVES OFF OF HENDERSON CAN WALK OUT WITHOUT
FEELING LIKE THEY LIVE IN AN APARTMENT BUT MORE LIKE A
WALK-UP WITH THEIR OWN FRONT PORCH, IF YOU WILL, WHICH IS
PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU SEE IN YBOR.
YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT'S KIND OF THE APPROACH WE HAVE.
I HATE RENDERINGS BECAUSE THEY NEVER DO A GOOD JOB OF
SHOWING THE TREES.
WE'VE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
WE MET WITH A LOT OF LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND TREES AND I'M A BIG BELIEVER.
I JUST AM OF SHADED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS.
THESE TREES, WE DON'T DO PALM TREES.
WE DO LIVE OAKS OR OAK TREES BECAUSE WE'RE ENCOURAGING FOR
THAT SHADED ACTIVITY WHEN THE TREES MATURE.
LIKE I SAID, I'LL STOP THERE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
THANK YOU.
5:27:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION?
5:28:00PM >> YES, IT DOES.
AGAIN, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
5:28:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO
THE ITEM?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS ONE?
5:28:14PM >>BILL CARLSON:
IF COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK WILL MAKE THE
AMENDMENT THAT SHE SUGGESTED.
5:28:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I CAN PITCH IT TO HER.
5:28:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I WOULD SAY I WOULD INCLUDE ALL THE BULLET
POINTS IN THE MEMORANDUM FROM THE BARRIO LATINO.
5:28:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AND THE REVISED REVISION SHEET.
5:28:31PM >>BILL CARLSON:
MOVE REZ 26-60, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING
PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1605 NORTH WATERS COURT
IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION YC 2, YBOR
CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT RESIDENTIAL TO YC 9, YBOR CITY
HISTORIC DISTRICT SITE PLANNED CONTROL, RESIDENTIAL
MULTIFAMILY PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, INCLUDING THE
REVISION SHEET AND THE FOUR ITEMS IN THE AUGUST 4, 2026 MEMO
FROM THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION.
5:29:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
CLERK.
5:29:15PM >>THE CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION -- MOTION CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:29:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ITEM NUMBER 2.
5:29:34PM >>BRIA DIXON:
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM 2 IS REZ 26-65, REQUEST TO REZONE 4911 EAST
10th AVENUE FROM RM 24 RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY TO CI
COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
5:29:55PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THE SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT IN
EVACUATION ZONE E.
SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE AND IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS MOSTLY COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL USES WITH SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND VACANT F.D.O.T.
PROPERTY TO THE NORTH AND WEST.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS CDC 35, COMMUNITY
COMMERCIAL 35 WHICH SURROUNDS THE SITE TO THE EAST AND WEST.
TO THE SOUTH IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
TO THE NORTH IS CMU 35 AND THEN WE HAVE SOME R-20 TO THE
NORTHWEST.
THE REQUEST IS REZONE FROM RM 24 TO CI WHICH IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE CC-35 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND
WOULD PROVIDE INFILL ON A VACANT SITE.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PROVIDE APPROPRIATE BUFFERING FROM
THE RESIDENTIAL USES ADJACENT TO THE SITE AND ADDRESS
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY.
OVERALL, THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:30:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS, HEARING NONE, NEXT.
5:30:59PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I HAVE AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE OUTLINED IN RED.
IT IS JUST SOUTH OF EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE AND WEST OF NORTH
50th STREET.
HERE IT ALSO HAS FRONTAGE ON EAST 10th AVENUE, AS WELL AS
EAST 8th AVENUE.
TO THE WEST, THERE IS A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY ZONED RM
16.
TO THE NORTH IS A VACANT PARCEL ALSO ZONED RM 16.
TO THE EAST IS CG AS WELL AS A TACO BELL CURRENTLY OPERATING
AS A RESTAURANT.
AND TO THE SOUTH ALSO HAVE IG, INDUSTRIAL GENERAL ZONING
WHICH IS CURRENTLY A McDONALD'S OR A RESTAURANT USE.
I HAVE A SURVEY.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE PARCEL HERE.
IT HAS FRONTAGE AGAIN ON EAST 10th, AS WELL AS EAST 8th
AVENUE.
HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON EAST 10th AVENUE.
EAST 8th AVENUE.
VACANT PARCEL TO THE NORTH.
THE RESTAURANT TO THE EAST.
THE RESTAURANT TO THE SOUTH AND THEN THE PLACE OF RELIGIOUS
ASSEMBLY ALONG THE WEST.
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAVE REVIEWED
THE APPLICATION AND FOUND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH
THE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:32:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF BRIA?
HEARING NONE.
PERFECT AMOUNT OF PHOTOS.
NOT TOO MANY, NOT TOO MUCH.
5:32:40PM >>BRIA DIXON:
NOT TOO MANY.
GOT IT.
5:32:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
APPLICANT?
5:32:48PM >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS ANNIE FENG.
APPLICANT AND AUTHORIZED AGENT.
THIS LAND IS A LITTLE OVER HALF ACRE.
WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT IT OUR INTENTION WAS BUILDING A
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDING.
AFTER WE HIRE OUR ENGINEER AND WE DID SOME SITE STUDY AND
TRIED TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT LAYOUT FOR THE LAND -- THE
NARROWNESS AND ALSO BECAUSE IT IS FRONT ON BOTH STREETS.
AFTER WE MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PARKING AND THE
SETBACK AND EVERYTHING, IT'S JUST FINANCIAL FISCALLY VERY
DIFFICULT FOR US TO DO ANYTHING ON THAT SITE.
AFTER WE CONSULTED WITH THE ENGINEERS AND ALSO WITH THE
STAFF, WE FOUND OUT WE CAN REZONE TO CI.
CC-35 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AS WELL AS THE TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THEREFORE WE TRY TO FIND TO GET REZONE AGAIN TO CI TO
FIND A MORE APPROPRIATE USE AND POSITIVE AND CONSISTENT WITH
THE PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
5:34:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS
ITEM?
I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM 2?
5:34:28PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF 4911 EAST 10th AVENUE, CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 24, RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE
FAMILY TO CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
5:34:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
5:34:50PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:35:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU GOT THAT FOR SECOND READING?
THE APPLICANT?
5:35:11PM >> YES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
5:35:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ITEM NUMBER 3.
5:35:14PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM 3 IS REZ 26-74 REQUEST TO REZONE 2009 NORTH
ARMENIA AVENUE AND 2342 WALNUT STREET FROM PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT TO CI COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
THERE WAS AN ERROR ON THE AGENDA AND STAFF REPORT THAT
INCORRECTLY LISTS 2342 WEST AVENUE INSTEAD OF STREET.
I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:35:42PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, OLD
WEST TAMPA NEIGHBORHOOD, WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND
EVACUATION ZONE E.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIX OF SINGLE-FAMILY,
MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL USES.
ADDITIONALLY, AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ARMENIA AND SPRUCE
IS THE HISTORIC SANTAELLA CIGAR FACTORY.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL
35, WHICH IS PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED ALONG NORTH ARMENIA
AVENUE AND NORTH HOWARD AVENUE TO THE EAST, WHICH ARE BOTH
DESIGNATED TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDORS.
R-35 IS LOCATED TO THE EAST AND R-20 IS LOCATED FURTHER
WEST.
REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PD TO CG, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE CC-35 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE REQUEST WOULD ALLOW INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WEST
TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND ALONG THE TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR
SUPPORTING COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES NEAR TRANSIT AND
EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PROVIDE APPROPRIATE BUFFERING FROM
THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO THE EAST AND ADDRESS PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTIVITY.
OVERALL, THE REQUEST WILL PROVIDE COMPATIBLE INFILL
DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:36:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
5:36:58PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
WE'LL START WITH AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE OUTLINED IN RED.
THERE ARE TWO PARCELS, ONE TO THE NORTH, ONE IMMEDIATELY
SOUTH.
SUBJECT PROPERTY -- SORRY, THE SUBJECT SURROUNDING ZONING OF
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS RM 16 TO THE WEST AND NORTH, THE
SOUTH, AS WELL AS THE EAST.
THERE ARE SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED AND DETACHED
RESIDENCES THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AND RIGHT HERE IN THIS RM 24
ZONING DESIGNATION IS A RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY
DEVELOPMENT.
THERE IS A SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THIS HAS THE FRONTAGE ON WEST WALNUT STREET AS WELL AS
NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE.
122 FEET HERE AND 90 FEET HERE AT THE NORTH.
I ALSO HAVE SOME PHOTOS.
HERE IS THAT WALNUT AND THEN NORTH ARMENIA CURRENTLY
EXISTING.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH.
THIS IS THE ALLEY BEHIND THE SUBJECT PARCELS.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED TO THE EAST.
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED TO THE SOUTH.
AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY TO THE WEST.
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 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:38:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT.
5:38:35PM >> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS BENNY CALZON.
I'M THE APPLICANT AND OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
WE'RE TRYING TO PRESERVE THE BUILDING.
IT'S BEEN AN OFFICE SINCE WE PURCHASED IT TEN YEARS AGO.
NEVER REALIZING WHAT THE PD WAS.
WHEN WE CHANGED AND HAD A TENANT MOVE OUT, WE FOUND OUT ALL
OF THE INFORMATION ON IT.
AND WE OVER A YEAR NOW HAVE HAD IT VACANT BECAUSE OF THAT
REASON.
WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP IT AND PRESERVE IT AND HOPEFULLY
DEVELOP THE PARCEL NEXT TO IT.
5:39:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE
APPLICANT?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THE
ITEM?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
5:39:15PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
FILE REZ-26-74, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2009 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE AND
2342 WALNUT STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT, TO CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:39:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
5:39:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
5:39:47PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:40:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
GO AHEAD.
5:40:03PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA 4 IS REQUESTS TO REZONE 3209 NORTH 22nd STREET FROM
CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR
PHARMACIES, RETAIL SALES, CONVENIENCE AND SHOPPER'S GOODS.
I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:40:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
5:40:23PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
THE NORTH YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE.
IT'S ALSO WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE E.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL,
COMMERCIAL, AND PUBLIC QUASI-PUBLIC USES.
COMMERCIAL USES ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG NORTH 22nd STREET,
WITH MULTIFAMILY USES DIRECTLY WEST, INCLUDING THE BELMONT
HEIGHTS ESTATES COMMUNITY AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES TO THE
EAST.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS COMMUNITY MIXED USE
35, WHICH IS PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED ALONG NORTH 22nd
STREET.
R-35 IS LOCATED TO THE WEST WITH R-20 AND R-10 TO THE EAST.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM CG TO PD TO ALLOW PHARMACY,
CONVENIENCE, RETAIL, AND SHOPPER'S GOODS WITHIN THE EXISTING
COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
THE PROPOSED .58 F.A.R. IS WELL BELOW THE MAXIMUM 2.0 F.A.R.
ALLOWED UNDER THE CMU 35 DESIGNATION.
STAFF REQUESTS THAT THE APPLICANT CORRECT THE PROPOSED
F.A.R. AND MAX F.A.R. IN THE SITE DATA TABLE BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND READING.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND EXISTING SITE
CONDITIONS WHILE THE EXISTING BUILDING AND SITE
CONFIGURATION LIMIT THE ABILITY TO FULLY ACHIEVE THE
PEDESTRIAN DEVELOPMENT ENCOURAGED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
THE APPLICANT HAS MADE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING SIX FOOT
SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN BENCH NEAR THE HART TRANSIT STOP,
BICYCLE PARKING AND REPLACING THE EXISTING CHAIN-LINK FENCE
ALONG THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO SINGLE-FAMILY
HOME WITH A SIX-FOOT PVC FENCE TO IMPROVE SCREENING.
OVERALL, THE STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED PD CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CONTEXT OF THE EXISTING BUILDING
AND THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN ALLOWABLE USES.
THE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES AND SCREENING TO IMPROVE
COMPATIBILITY, ALTHOUGH THE EXISTING SITE LIMITS HOW FULLY
THE MIXED USE CORRIDOR DESIGN POLICIES CAN BE MET.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:42:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, THANK YOU.
I LOVE YOUR FIRING THAT OFF.
5:42:15PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ONCE AGAIN, START WITH AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT
PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED.
NORTH RM 24 ZONING THAT CURRENTLY CONTAINS A SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED RESIDENCE.
TO THE EAST, WHICH IS ZONED CG, ALSO ANOTHER SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED RESIDENCE.
TO THE SOUTH HERE, THERE IS A MEDICAL OFFICE, AND TO THE
WEST, THERE IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS -- SORRY, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
SEMI DETACHED AS WELL AS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE
FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS KNOWN AS BELMONT HEIGHTS.
I ALSO HAVE SITE PLAN AS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE PROPERTY IS EXISTING, EXISTED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
THREE FRONTAGES, LINK STREET AND NORTH 22nd.
ANOTHER HERE.
SINGLE-FAMILY AGAIN DETACHED RESIDENCE HERE AS WELL AS
ANOTHER SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENCE HERE.
I ALSO HAVE ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
WE HAVE WEST HERE, EAST, SOUTH, AND NORTH.
WHILE NINE PARKING SPACES ARE PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT --
SORRY, NINE SPACES ARE REQUIRED BY THE APPLICANT ONLY ONE IS
PROPOSED.
THE PROPOSED IS LOCATED ESSENTIALLY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
WHICH WOULD THUS PROVIDE A NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY.
THERE ARE NO SHADE TREES AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO
REDUCE IMPERVIOUS AREA TO RESTORE THE EASTERN PORTION HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IMPERVIOUS AREA OUTLINED HERE IN GREEN.
THE ADDITIONAL 450 SQUARE FEET OF GREENSPACE IS CONSIDERED
AN OVERALL ENHANCEMENT FOR THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING FIVE WAIVERS.
ONE IS FROM SECTION 27-283 TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED
LOADING BERTHS FROM FIVE TO TWO FOR 60% REDUCTION.
SECOND WAIVER TO REDUCE REQUIRED PARKING FROM NINE TO ONE
AND 89% REDUCTION.
THIRD WAIVER, 27-284, REDUCE THE USE-TO-USE BUFFER ALONG THE
EASTERN PROPERTY LINE FROM 15 FEET WITH THE SIX FOOT MASONRY
WALL TO TWO FEET WITH A SIX FOOT HIGH FENCE.
FOURTH WAIVER FROM SECTION 27-284, TO REDUCE THE USE-TO-USE
BUFFER ALONG 22nd STREET TO ALL ADJACENT RIGHT-OF-WAYS
FROM EIGHT FEET TO ZERO FEET.
THE FIFTH IS FROM SECTION 27-240 TO REDUCE THE FRONT YARD
SETBACK TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT SETBACK INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED
10 TO 12-FOOT RANGE REQUIRED DUE TO THE EXISTING BUILDING.
SORRY, THERE IS A SIXTH WAIVER.
27-284, TO PAY INTO THE TREE TRUST FUND FOR REQUIRED TREES
NOT BEING PLANTED ON-SITE.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE
PETITION AND FINDS THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT WITH THE
APPLICABLE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
PLEASE REFER TO TRANSPORTATION COMMENTS FOR OVERALL FINDING.
IF COUNCIL WISHES TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND WAIVERS AS
REQUESTED, MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE
REVISED SUBMITTED REVISION SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND READING.
REVISIONS WILL NOT RESOLVE TRANSPORTATION'S FINDINGS OF
INCONSISTENCY, AND I HAVE HERE COPIES OF THE REVISED
REVISION SHEET, WHICH WAS REVISED TO INCLUDE A CORRECTION TO
THE F.A.R. THAT WAS LISTED.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:45:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT.
5:46:00PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
STEVE MICHELINI.
REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
LET ME KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE SITE AND SHOW YOU
EXACTLY WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED HERE.
THIS IS AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING YOU THE PROXIMITY TO
THE LARGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE
STREET.
THIS IS A CLOSE-UP OF THAT.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE STARTED WITH, WHICH WAS THIS.
AND THE RENOVATIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE.
THERE IS A CLOSE-UP THERE.
THIS SHOWS YOU BASICALLY THE SITE, AND WE ARE SEVERELY
CONSTRAINED WITH THE SITE CONDITIONS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO
REGARDING RENOVATIONS.
THEY RECENTLY RECEIVED A $75,000 APPROPRIATION FROM THE CRA
FOR RENOVATIONS AND FOR UPGRADING.
THE BASIC PURPOSE OF THIS PD IS TO ALLOW A PHARMACY, WHICH
WOULD BE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL FOR
THOSE HOUSES THAT I SHOWED YOU ACROSS THE STREET.
THERE IS A BUS STOP HERE IN FRONT, HARTLINE HAS REQUESTED US
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT IT MORE APPROPRIATELY AND WE'LL WORK WITH
HARTLINE TO DO THIS, INSTEAD OF PLACING IT HERE WHERE IT IS
EXISTING, MOVE IT OVER HERE, WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE THE BUS
SHELTER THAT WAS BEING REQUESTED.
AGAIN, YOU SEE WHAT KIND OF SITE WE'RE DEALING WITH.
WE ADDED A HANDICAP SPACE, AND THAT APPARENTLY TRIGGERED THE
REQUIREMENT FOR THE PARKING.
WE ARE HERE ON THIS SITE, AND THOSE ARE ALL EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
THE WAIVERS REQUESTED ARE BECAUSE OF EXISTING CONDITIONS,
AND NOT BECAUSE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AGAIN, THIS IS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING COMMERCIAL.
IT'S BADLY NEEDED IN THE AREA.
THERE USED TO BE THE GROCERY STORE THAT WAS THERE IS NOW
GONE.
THE STAFF HAS NOTED THAT ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A TECHNICAL
OBJECTION FROM TRANSPORTATION, OVERALL THEY WERE PLEASED
WITH WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING FOR THIS LOCATION.
JUST IN TERMS OF THE -- MEETING THE CRITERIA, LET ME GO
THROUGH THAT REAL QUICK.
TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND AND
INFRASTRUCTURE, EXISTING BUILDING, EXISTING WATER AND SEWER
CONNECTIONS, EXISTING TRANSPORTATION AND 22nd STREET HAS
BEEN REDEVELOPED IN THAT AREA.
ALLOW THE INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENT USES.
THIS DOES THAT.
ENCOURAGE THE FLEXIBLE LAND DEVELOPMENT, IT COMPLIES WITH
THAT.
PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT SITE WHERE APPROPRIATE IN
LOCATION; IT'S BADLY NEEDED IN THIS LOCATION.
PROMOTE THE DESIRABLE LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENT; IT DOES THAT.
PROMOTE THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, AND ALTHOUGH YOU DON'T
HAVE THE BEST RENDERINGS OF THE ELEVATIONS, IT WILL BE MUCH
MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THERE AND PROMOTE
THE RETENTION OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILDINGS.
AND STRUCTURES.
AND WE MEET ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
5:49:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
5:49:33PM >> I HAVE A COPY OF THE LETTER FROM CRA REGARDING THE
75,000, IF YOU WANT IT.
5:49:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
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.
AYES HAVE IT WITH REVISED REVISION SHEET.
5:49:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
FILE REZ 26-78, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3209 NORTH 22nd STREET IN THE
CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CG, COMMERCIAL
GENERAL, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, PHARMACIES AND RETAIL
SALES, CONVENIENCE GOODS AND SHOPPERS GOODS, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE, INCLUDING THE REVISED REVISION SHEET.
5:50:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
NUMBER 5.
5:50:24PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
5:50:26PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
5:50:26PM >>THE CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 5, 2026 AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315
EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:50:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
5:50:39PM >>STEVE MICHELINI:
IS THAT NOVEMBER 5?
THANK YOU.
5:50:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
5:01 P.M.
OH, 10:30.
EXCUSE ME, 10:30.
SORRY.
SECOND READING.
GO AHEAD.
5:50:51PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM 5 IS REZ 26-82 REQUEST TO REZONE 620 WEST DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BOULEVARD FROM RS 50, RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY, TO CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:51:10PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT,
TAMPA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD AND TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE.
IT'S ALSO WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE D.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL USES AND
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
COMMERCIAL USES ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG WEST DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD WITH SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES TO THE
NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CORRIDOR.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE AS CMU 35, WHICH IS CONCENTRATED
ALONG MLK.
R-10 IS LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CORRIDOR.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RS 50 TO CG, WHICH IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE CMU 35 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND FRONTS A TRANSIT EMPHASIS
CORRIDOR AND MIXED USE CORRIDOR FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND
INTENSIFICATION ARE ENCOURAGED.
ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD ADDRESS PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.
ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY AND APPROPRIATE BUFFERING FROM
ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES.
OVERALL THE REQUEST WOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
COMPATIBLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN
VILLAGE AND ALONG A TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR AND IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:52:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
BRIA.
5:52:20PM >>BRIA DIXON:
BRIA DIXON, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION STAFF.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT PARCEL OUTLINED IN RED.
IT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
IT IS JUST SOUTH OF WEST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR
BOULEVARD AND JUST EAST OF NORTH BOULEVARD.
TO THE NORTH, YOU HAVE UPLAND DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY
FOR A PHARMACIES AND OPERATING AS CVS.
TO THE EAST, ANOTHER VACANT PARCEL, WHICH IS ZONED RS 50.
TO THE SOUTH IS ALSO A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN TO THE WEST YOU HAVE CG ZONING WHICH
IS THE LOCATION OF THE FORMER CORNER.
I HAVE A SURVEY.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY HAS FRONTAGE HERE ON
WEST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD.
IT IS BOLDED HERE.
I ALSO HAVE PHOTOS.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE CVS TO THE NORTH.
THE VACANT PARCEL TO THE EAST.
THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED TO THE SOUTH, AND
THEN THAT CG ZONING LARGE PARCEL TO THE WEST.
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 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:53:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
THANK YOU.
APPLICANT?
5:54:10PM >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS AMARYLLIS PETERS.
I WORK WITH ENGINEERING AND REPRESENTING THE OWNER.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE USED TO HAVE A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AT THIS
PROPERTY THAT ACTUALLY BURNED DOWN AND NOW IT'S VACANT.
SO HE WANTED TO CHANGE IT FROM RS 50 TO A CG SO HE HAS MORE
OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPING.
IN THE FUTURE.
AND WE'LL BE ASSISTING HIM IN DEVELOPING WHETHER HE GOES
COMMERCIAL OR HE GOES BACK TO A FAMILY.
MULTIFAMILY.
5:54:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS
ITEM?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
5:54:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THERE'S NO REVISION SHEET WITH THIS.
I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
VICINITY OF 620 WEST DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD
IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
RS 50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL,
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:55:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
MANISCALCO.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU, CLERK.
5:55:18PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5,
2026 AT 10 A.M., AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST
KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
5:55:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CHRISTOPHER, BEFORE YOU START, WE'VE HAD A
LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW UP.
I THINK WE'RE GETTING INTO THE MEATIER ITEMS.
IF YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT AND HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN IN AND YOU
PLAN ON SPEAKING OR TESTIFYING AT ANY OF THE HEARINGS,
PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY OUR
CLERK.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
5:56:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
CHRISTOPHER.
5:56:01PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 6 IS REZ 26-85.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 5510 AND 5400 SOUTH WEST SHORE
BOULEVARD FROM CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE TO PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT FOR DAY CARE AND NURSERY FACILITY.
AIR CONDITION STORAGE USE AND ALL CI USES.
BEFORE I YIELD TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, WE DO HAVE AN
UPDATED REVISION SHEET.
WE INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF AN ITEM UNDER PLANNING COMMISSION
STAFF.
THIS WAS JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE SITE PLAN BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING DEPICTS A FLOOR AREA RATIO OF 1.06.
5:56:53PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
THE GANDY, SLASH, SUN BAY SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD IN EVACUATION
ZONE A AS WELL AS THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA.
SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIX OF MULTIFAMILY,
SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND DETACHED AND COMMERCIAL USES.
THE MARINA SHOPPING DISTRICT IS LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST, UP
HERE.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS CC-35 WITH CMU 35 TO
THE NORTH AND R-10 TO THE EAST AND SOUTH.
THERE IS ALSO A POCKET OF HEAVY AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE
WEST.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM CI TO PD FOR A DAY CARE AND
NURSERY FACILITY.
AIR CONDITION STORAGE AND ALL CI USES.
THE PROPOSED 1.06 F.A.R. IS BELOW THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED UNDER
THE CC-35 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL AND FOUND IT
COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE PROJECT PLACES THE BUILDINGS NEAR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY,
PROVIDES INTERNAL SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS CONNECTING TO
WESTSHORE BOULEVARD.
SITE ALSO PROVIDES LANDSCAPING AND BUFFERING ALONG THE NORTH
SIDE ADJACENT TO MULTIFAMILY USES.
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT
THE FRONT ENTRANCES FOR THE DAY CARE AND EXISTING STORAGE
BUILDING BE LABELED ON THE SITE PLAN AS WELL AS CORRECTING
THE PROPOSED FAR TO 1.06.
OVERALL, THE PROPOSED PD IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
PATTERN ENVISIONED UNDER THE CC-35 DESIGNATION AND THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
5:58:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
LAND DEVELOPMENT.
5:58:22PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER
DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
STARTING WITH AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE, OUTLINED IN
RED, SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
THE INTERSECTION OF WEST TYSON AVENUE AND SOUTH WEST SHORE
BOULEVARD, SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE A RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE
FAMILY USES TO THE NORTH ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED DWELLINGS TO THE EAST ZONED PD.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE WE HAVE LEGACY PARK DRIVE AND
FURTHER SOUTH OF THAT, WE HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
DWELLINGS ZONED RS 60.
AND THEN WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, ACROSS SOUTH WEST SHORE
BOULEVARD WE HAVE IG, INDUSTRIAL GENERAL ZONING WITH OPEN
STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE USES.
THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN DEPICTS A PROJECT SITE APPROXIMATELY
2.19 ACRES IN AREA.
IT IS PROPOSED AS A MIXED USE ZONING LOT WITH A DAY CARE AND
NURSERY FACILITY PROPOSED.
ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY DEPICTED AS PARCEL 1 AND ON
THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE AN EXISTING AIR
CONDITION STORE FACILITY IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL TWO.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES PROPOSED TO PARCEL 2.
THE ONLY CHANGE TO THE SITE IS THE ADDITION OF PARCEL 1.
THE SITE IS ACCESSED BY AN EXISTING TWO-WAY ENTRANCE ON THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 44 SURFACE PARKING SPACES TO BE
PROVIDED ON-SITE BETWEEN THE TWO USES.
WITH THERE BEING NO CHANGES TO PARCEL 2, WHICH IS THE AIR
CONDITION STORAGE FACILITY, WE ONLY HAVE ELEVATIONS TO SHOW
YOU FOR THE PROPOSED DAY CARE AND NURSERY FACILITY.
THIS NEW BUILDING FOR PARCEL ONE WOULD HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT
OF 36 FEET, 7 INCHES.
AND WE DO HAVE ONE WAIVER WITH THIS REQUEST.
IT IS TO SECTION 27-284.
THIS IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED LOT ISLAND WIDTH FROM 13 FEET
TO 9 FEET.
THE DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSED WITH A FLOOR AREA RATIO OF 1.06
WITH THE APPLICANT ENTERING INTO A BONUS PROVISION
AGREEMENT, THE BONUS PROVISION AGREEMENT IS BEING PROCESSED
CONCURRENTLY WITH THIS APPLICATION.
SOME SITE PHOTOS TO SHOW.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS SHOWS WHAT WOULD BE PARCEL 2, THE EXISTING AIR
CONDITION STORAGE FACILITY.
THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE,
AROUND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE NEAR THE AIR
CONDITION STORAGE FACILITY LOOKING OUT TOWARDS WESTSHORE.
THIS SHOWS THE SITE FROM WESTSHORE LOOKING EASTWARD.
THE GRASSY AREA IN FRONT, THAT IS BASICALLY THE SITE FOR
PARCEL 1.
NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
AND, OF COURSE, BETWEEN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THOSE
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS WE DO HAVE SOUTH LEGACY DRIVE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE EAST AS
IT'S A GATED COMMUNITY.
AND THEN LOOKING WEST ACROSS WESTSHORE, WE HAVE THE VIEW
THERE.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS
PETITION.
WE DO FIND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE CITY
OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE
APPLICATION AND THE WAIVERS LISTED ABOVE, FURTHER
MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE AS STATED
ON THE REVISION SHEET.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:02:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER.
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
NEED TO BE A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER.
6:02:44PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
I'LL SKIP SOME OF THE SETUP STUFF.
CHRIS WENT OVER THAT IN GREAT DETAIL.
GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE SITE SINCE I THINK 2022.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
THE PRIOR OWNER WHO OWNED THE ENTIRE PARCEL, BOTH LOTS ONE
AND TWO, WHEN LIVE STORAGE CAME ONLINE, WANTED TO SPLIT SO
LIFE STORAGE COULD OWN THEIR OWN LAND.
WE HAD A PLAT FILED AND THE CITY AT THE TIME RECOMMENDED
SINCE IT IS A SPLIT INTO TWO THAT WE JUST DO A FORMAL
DECISION AND TIE THEM TOGETHER AS ONE ZONING LOT.
SO THAT'S WHY LIFE STORAGE IS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
THEY ARE JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE USING OUR
DENSITY.
WE DECIDED TO DO THE PD FOR BOTH PARCELS TOGETHER BECAUSE WE
NEED A SMALL AMOUNT OF BONUS, WHICH I'LL GO INTO IN A
SECOND.
AS MENTIONED, THESE DO, BECAUSE OF THE FDN FUNCTION AS ONE
ZONING LOT ALREADY.
THEY WILL AGAIN WITH THE PD.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY DO SHARE ACCESS AND PARKING AND
DRAINAGE, SO THEY FUNCTION TOGETHER AS ONE PARCEL.
AS MENTIONED, THAT'S NOT CHANGING AT ALL, THAT'S WHY THAT
FACILITY IS NOT CHANGING.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS JUST 11,500 SQUARE FOOT DAY CARE.
THIS PARCEL IN THE FRONT LOT ONE WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE
AN OUT LOT FOR SOME FORM OF RETAIL OR SOMETHING SIMILAR,
COMMERCIAL USE.
WE DO NEED THE 11,500 SQUARE FEET.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A BONUS AGREEMENT FOR .06 F.A.R. WHICH
IS THE SMALLEST BPA I'VE EVER DONE.
WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
LIFE STORAGE IS ACTUALLY USING THE DENSITY FROM OUR LAND
BECAUSE THEIR BUILDING IS SO LARGE, ABOUT 90,000 SQUARE
FEET.
WE ARE A BIT OVER-PARKED AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE
THE DAY CARE, IT DOESN'T OPERATE LIKE A SCHOOL OR A CHARTER
SCHOOL WHERE THERE IS LIKE A QUEUING LANE AND A DROP-OFF.
THE PARENTS PARK AND TAKE THE CHILDREN INSIDE.
SO DURING THE PEAK HOURS IT'S NICE TO HAVE A FEW EXTRA
SPACES SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING FOR
EVERYBODY ON-SITE.
WE DO HAVE ONE WAIVER.
IT'S REGARDING THE PARKING LOT ISLAND WIDTH.
THAT'S JUST FROM 13 FEET TO 9 FEET.
AGAIN, JUST TO ACCOMMODATE SOME EXTRA PARKING SPACES BUT WE
CAN STILL SPIT A -- INSIDE THE PARKING ISLAND WITH THE NINE
FEET.
STAFF FOUND THE APPLICATION FULLY CONSISTENT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
6:05:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS
ITEM?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
WHOEVER SAID THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA DESERVES AN AWARD BECAUSE
IT'S A GREAT SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP TO DO THIS.
GREAT JOB.
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND AND
REVISED REVISION SHEET.
6:05:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
REZ 26-85, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
5510 AND 5400 SOUTH WEST SHORE BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CI COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE
TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, DAY CARE AND NURSERY FACILITY,
AIR CONDITIONED STORAGE AND ALL CI USES, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALONG WITH THE REVISION SHEET AND --
6:06:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AND THE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND.
6:06:08PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
AND THE CHANGES BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING.
6:06:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
6:06:16PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL.
LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA,
FLORIDA, 33602.
6:06:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
CHRISTOPHER?
6:06:32PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER
DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM 7 IS REZ 26-86.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 2202 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD FROM
CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR A DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT.
I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
6:06:55PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
[AUDIO INTERFERENCE]
6:07:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CTTV, WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING BACK THERE,
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
6:07:07PM >>QUINN STEELE:
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA
PLANNING DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH HOWARD NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL
AS EVACUATION ZONE C.
SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
SURROUNDING AREA IS PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL ALONG WEST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD WITH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY TO THE
SOUTH.
THE SITE IS ALSO ADJACENT TO A GAS STATION TO THE WEST AND
OFFICE TO THE EAST.
DESIGNATED AS UMU 60 WHICH IS PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED ALONG
WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, WHICH IS A DESIGNATED TRANSIT
EMPHASIS CORRIDOR.
CMU 35 IS LOCATED ALONG SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE TO THE WEST WITH
R-20 DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE SITE.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM CG TO PD TO ALLOW A DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT.
THE PROPOSED .07 FAR IS WELL BELOW THE 3.25 FAR ANTICIPATED
UNDER THE UMU 60 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND THE
USE COMPARABLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
WHILE THE DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT IS INHERENTLY VEHICLE ORIENTED
AND LOW INTENSITY COMPARED TO WHAT IS ENVISIONED FOR THE UMU
60 DESIGNATION, THE SITE DESIGN PLACES THE BUILDING IN
PRIMARY ENTRANCE NEAR KENNEDY BOULEVARD, PROVIDES LIGHTING
AND BICYCLE PARKING AND PLACES PARKING AT THE REAR.
STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READINGS
THE APPLICANT LABEL ALL FRONT ENTRANCES, CLARIFY THE
NORTH-WEST SIDEWALK CONNECTION AND CLARIFY THE DRIVE-THROUGH
WINDOW LOCATION AND SCREENING.
OVERALL, THE PROPOSED PD IS COMPARABLE WITH THE SURROUNDING
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD AND IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:08:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, CHRISTOPHER?
6:08:46PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
STARTING OFF WITH THE AERIAL OF THE
SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED -- CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF.
LOOKING AT THE AERIAL HERE, SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED.
IT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AT THE INTERSECTION OF
SOUTH WESTLAND AVENUE AND WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE MEDICAL OFFICE USE TO THE NORTH
ZONED CG.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE WE HAVE A MIX OF SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED, SEMI DETACHED AND ATTACHED USES ZONED RM 16.
IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE WE HAVE CG ZONING WITH
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USES.
WE ALSO HAVE AN EXISTING PD ZONED PROPERTY.
THIS IS FROM 1984 APPROVED FOR OFFICE USE AND WEST OF THE
SUBJECT SITE, WE DO HAVE CG ZONING.
THIS IS A CIRCLE K GAS STATION.
LOOKING HERE AT THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED SITE PLAN, THE SITE
IS APPROXIMATELY 13,763 SQUARE FEET.
WITH A SINGLE STORY DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT PROPOSED.
THE BUILDING ITSELF IS 965 SQUARE FEET.
IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
THE SITE AS DESIGNED HAS A TWO-WAY DRIVEWAY.
ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION UTILIZING EXISTING 15-FOOT PAVED
ALLEY WAY.
THERE ARE FOUR PARKING SPACES ALONG WITH SOLID WASTE
PROPOSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THE DRIVE-THROUGH ITSELF ALLOWS FOR UP TO 10 VEHICLES, AND
THERE IS EGRESS, ONE-WAY EGRESS PROPOSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF THE BUILDING.
THERE'S ALSO A PATHWAY FROM THE PARKING AREA LEADING UP TO
THE EXISTING -- OR TO THE PROPOSED DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT.
AND, OF COURSE, WITH THE POSITIONING OF THE BUILDING ALONG
KENNEDY BOULEVARD, IT'S FAIRLY ACCESSIBLE TO PEDESTRIANS AND
CYCLISTS.
THERE ARE ALSO OFF-SITE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS PROPOSED
ALONG KENNEDY THAT WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE KENNEDY OVERLAY
STANDARDS.
AND THERE IS AN EXISTING SIDEWALK, WHICH RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH
ALONG SOUTH WESTLAND AVENUE.
NEXT WE HAVE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.
THE ELEVATIONS AS PROPOSED, THERE IS A MAXIMUM BUILDING
HEIGHT PROPOSED OF 25 FEET.
HERE WE HAVE THE SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS.
AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE THE NORTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS.
THERE ARE SIX WAIVERS THAT ARE PROPOSED WITH THIS
APPLICATION.
THE FIRST IS TO SECTION 132.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR DIRECT ACCESS
TO AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR STREET.
THIS IS PART OF THE SPECIAL USE 2 CRITERIA FOR REVIEWING
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS.
THE SECOND WAIVER IS TO SECTION 27-132 AS WELL.
THIS REQUEST TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED DISTANCE FOR QUEUING
LANE TO A RESIDENTIAL USE FROM 50 FEET DOWN TO 24 FEET.
AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF THE SU 2 CRITERIA WHICH WAS ADDED AS
A WAIVER.
THIRD WAIVER IS TO SECTION 27-284.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED 8-FOOT VEHICULAR
USE LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO SIX FEET ALONG SOUTH WESTLAND
AVENUE.
FOURTH WAIVER TO SECTION 27-284.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO REDUCE THE PARKING ISLAND WIDTH FROM 13
FEET TO 12 FEET.
THE FIFTH WAIVER IS TO SECTION 27-284, WHICH IS TO ELIMINATE
THE BUFFER ALONG THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, WHERE THE PROPERTY
LINE ABUTS ALLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY ACROSS FROM RESIDENTIALLY
ZONED PROPERTY.
THE SIXTH WAIVER IS TO SECTION 27-243.
THIS IS TO INCREASE THE ALLOWABLE DISTANCE FOR ACCESS ON THE
LOCAL STREET, SOUTH WESTLAND AVENUE FROM 100 FEET TO 115
FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION WITH WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
WE DO HAVE PHOTOS TO SHOW OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE FIRST PHOTO IS LOOKING SOUTH.
THIS WOULD BE FROM, YOU ARE STANDING NEAR KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
THIS IS SOUTH LOOKING NORTH.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE ACROSS WEST
KENNEDY.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, AND THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING SOUTH
DIRECTLY FROM THE SUBJECT SITE AT THE RESIDENCE WHICH IS
IMMEDIATELY SOUTH.
EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
I DO HAVE A PHOTO I WANT TO SHOW, WHICH SHOWS THAT ALLEY
WAY.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN FROM SOUTH WESTLAND.
THIS IS LOOKING WEST, BASICALLY IF YOU WALK OR DRIVE YOU'RE
GOING TO GO DIRECTLY INTO THE CIRCLE K SITE.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE
PETITION.
WE DO FIND THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE CITY
OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE
APPLICATION AND WAIVERS LISTED ABOVE, FURTHER MODIFICATIONS
TO THE SITE PLAN WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND READING AS STATED ON THE REVISION SHEET.
THESE ISSUES WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF TRANSPORTATION'S
INCONSISTENT FINDING.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:14:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
6:14:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WAS THERE A FIRE AT THIS LOCATION, WHAT
WAS PREVIOUSLY THERE AND IT WAS DEMOLISHED?
6:14:48PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RESTAURANT.
I DON'T KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR IT CLOSING.
6:15:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
NO QUESTIONS.
GO AHEAD.
APPLICANT.
6:15:25PM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVER, GARDNER BREWER
HUDSON.
YOU'LL BE SICK OF ME TONIGHT.
THIS IS TWO OF FOUR.
I'M HONORED TO KICK OFF THE DRIVE-THROUGHS ON THE AGENDA.
I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE TODAY.
THIS IS ADJACENT TO CIRCLE K.
THIS IS THE FORMER SITE OF PUPS PUB AND IT DID BURN DOWN.
ANSWER YOUR EARLIER QUESTION.
ZONED CURRENTLY CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL, AND IT IS WITHIN THE
KENNEDY BOULEVARD OVERLAY.
AS CHRIS MENTIONED THERE IS A MIX OF USES IN THE VICINITY.
SOME OFFICE HERE.
SOME MULTIFAMILY AND THEN COMMERCIAL OBVIOUSLY AS WELL.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
CHRIS SHOWED THE SITE PLAN.
I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU AGAIN.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY SMALL BUILDING PUSHED TO THE FRONT OF
THE SITE OBVIOUSLY TO COMPLY WITH THE KENNEDY BOULEVARD
OVERLAY.
THIS IS UNSURPRISING I'M SURE TO MANY OF YOU, BUT OUR CURB
CUT ON KENNEDY BOULEVARD IS BEING CLOSED BY F.D.O.T.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD THAT ONE RELIEF VALVE ON THE EAST
SIDE OF THE SITE ALONG WESTLAND.
THE ACCESS THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE ALLEY -- I HAVE MORE AND
I'LL SHOW THOSE AS WELL.
WE'RE ALSO BRINGING THE SITE UP TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE
KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
SO WE'RE ADDING KIND OF THAT PAVEMENT SCORING, STREET TREES,
WIDENED SIDEWALK.
WHY A PD?
SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THIS ALREADY.
SURPRISINGLY, A DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT IS NOT ALLOWED BY
RIGHT IN COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE TWO.
IF YOU NEED ANY OTHER WAIVERS IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO GO A
PD.
NO DRIVE-THROUGH TO ME IS LIKE THE EPITOME OF CG USES BUT IT
IS NOT ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE SO MANY DRIVE-THROUGHS COME THROUGH AS
PD ZONINGS.
BECAUSE THIS SITE IS THE FORMER SITE OF NOT ONLY PUPS PUB,
BUT ALSO THE BUNGALOW BEFORE PUPS PUB WHICH WAS A
RESTAURANT, THIS DOES HAVE A CURRENT WET ZONING APPROVAL.
BEFORE WE GOT IN TOUCH WITH SWIG AND SHAWN IS HERE FROM SWIG
AND WILL SPEAK ABOUT SWIG'S OPERATIONS WHENEVER I'M DONE, WE
WERE APPROACHED BY A DIFFERENT BAR USE TO BUILD A BUILDING
HERE WITHIN THE SAME FOOTPRINT AS THE ORIGINAL WET ZONING.
WET ZONING SAT FOR 14 HOURS, ALLOWS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES
UNTIL 3 A.M.
WE BELIEVE OBVIOUSLY SWIG IS A BETTER USE FOR THE SITE.
I THINK THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKELY AGREE.
SHAWN WILL SPEAK TO SOME OF THE HOURS WITH SWIG.
EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE SOME COMPLEXITIES THAT COME ALONG WITH
THE DRIVE-THROUGH, WE THINK THIS IS AN IMPROVED USE FOR THE
SITE COMPARED TO THE CURRENT APPROVALS THAT EXIST THERE
TODAY.
WE ARE REQUESTING SOME WAIVERS, AS IS RELATIVELY CONSISTENT
IN SOME OF THESE OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
THEY ADD A LITTLE LAYER OF COMPLEXITY TO THE APPLICATIONS
AND GIVEN THE SITE BEING SO SMALL AT .3 ACRES, WE'RE
OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND TO MAKE THINGS
FIT.
I TRIED TO ORGANIZE THESE INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST ONE BEING AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP TRAFFIC OFF OF
KENNEDY.
I'LL GO INTO DETAIL ON THESE IN THE SUCCEEDING SLIDES, BUT
JUST TO HIGH-LEVEL SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
NEXT THREE ARE RELATED TO ON-SITE QUEUING.
OBVIOUSLY, ON-SITE QUEUING IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO
KEEP THE TRAFFIC OFF OF THE LOCAL STREETS.
LAST TWO ARE RELATED TO EXISTING CONDITIONS AT THE SITE AND
THINGS WE'RE NOT CHANGING BUT THAT WE STILL NEED TO
RE-REQUEST THOSE SAME WAIVERS FOR.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE ACCESS TO KENNEDY AS MENTIONED DOT IS
CLOSING OUR KENNEDY ACCESS.
WHAT IS RELATIVELY INTERESTING IS THAT THE CITY'S STANDARD
CODE DOESN'T LIKE ACCESS ON COMMERCIAL STREETS.
HOWEVER, THE KENNEDY BOULEVARD OVERLAY SPECIFICALLY REQUESTS
ACCESS ON THE LOCAL STREETS AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE KENNEDY
BOULEVARD OVERLAY THE INTENTION OF THAT IS TO MAKE KENNEDY
WALKABLE, HAVE IT BE VERY PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND HAVING
THOSE INTERMITTENT CURB CUTS ALONG KENNEDY OBVIOUSLY
DISRUPTS THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE SOME TEXT FROM THE OVERLAY ON THE SCREEN.
OVERLAY ENCOURAGES ACCESS ON WESTLAND VERSUS KENNEDY
BOULEVARD.
SECOND ARE RELATED TO ON-SITE QUEUING.
I HAVE THESE TWO TEAL ARROWS ON THE SCREEN.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO MEASURE THIS QUEUE LANE TO RESIDENTIAL
FROM THE VERY FIRST ENTRANCE TO THE QUEUE LANE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WHEN SOMEONE DRIVES INTO THAT DRIVE-THROUGH
LANE WHERE THE DASHED LINE IS, THAT'S WHERE THE MEASUREMENT
IS TAKEN FROM.
TO ME, I THINK QUEUING IS MORE SO WHEN THE VEHICLES ARE
STACKED.
THAT IS A MUCH LONGER DISTANCE THAN WHAT THAT 24 FEET WOULD
SUGGEST FOR THE TECHNICALITY OF THE WAIVER.
WE'RE REQUESTING A BUFFER REDUCTION, BUT WE ARE COMPLIANT
WITH THE KENNEDY BOULEVARD OVERLAY AND WILL BE EVEN WITH
THAT REDUCED SPACE THERE ALONG WESTLAND AVENUE.
ABLE TO INCLUDE THE LANDSCAPE AND TREE PLANTINGS IN THAT
BUFFER.
AND WE'RE REQUESTING A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE PARKING
ISLAND WIDTH IN ORDER TO MAKE EVERYTHING FIT ON SUCH A
SMALLER SITE.
I DID THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE WE'RE
REQUESTING RELIEF FOR SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS
IN ORDER TO MAKE THINGS FIT, WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
STILL PROVIDING THE INTENT OF THE CODE AND STILL PROVIDING
AN UPGRADE SPACE.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE'RE PROVIDING ALMOST 2,000 SQUARE FEET OF
GREENSPACE AGAINST ABOUT 1200 THAT'S REQUIRED.
THAT'S ABOUT A 36% INCREASE IN WHAT'S REQUIRED PER STANDARD
CODE.
REST ASSURED THE GREENSPACE WILL BE ON-SITE.
IT MIGHT NOT BE IN THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT CODE HAD
ORIGINALLY DESIGNED.
LAST TWO, AS I MENTIONED, THE WAIVERS ARE RELATED TO THE
EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THESE ARE IMAGES FROM WHEN THE SITE, WHEN THE BUILDING PUP
PUB WAS THERE.
I USED TO GO THERE WITH MY DOG.
I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE.
THERE IS NO CURRENT BUFFER ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE.
THAT IS THE WAY PUP'S PUB OPERATED AS WELL.
THEY TOOK THE ALLEY, DONATED OR DEDICATED NOT OFFICIALLY BUT
GAVE AN EASEMENT TO THE CITY TO WIDEN THE ALLEY TO HAVE THIS
ON-SITE PARKING HERE.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS TURNED, THE SITE PLAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE USING THE ALLEY.
ADDING EXTRA SPACE TO THE ALLEY TO WIDEN THAT TO THE FULL
WIDTH OF THE DRIVE AISLE AND THEN ADDING THE PARKING SPACES
THERE.
IT WILL BE WIDER THAN WHAT YOU SEE IN THE IMAGE BUT SAME
DESIGN INTENT THERE.
THE NEXT ONE, SAME THING.
SO THE CITY ACTUALLY REQUIRES YOUR DRIVEWAY CONNECTION TO BE
WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE INTERSECTION, AND THAT IS SO
THAT TRAFFIC DOES NOT SPILL FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS
ON LOCAL STREETS.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS AT CONFLICT WITH WHAT DOT WANTS, WHICH
THEY WANT THE ENTRANCE TO YOUR PROPERTY AS FAR AWAY FROM THE
INTERSECTION AS POSSIBLE, TO NOT HAVE TRAFFIC BACK UP ON
KENNEDY, EITHER WAY, THIS IS AN EXISTING, AS MENTIONED, THIS
IS AN EXISTING ALLEY.
WE'RE REUSING THE SAME CURB CUT THAT ALREADY EXISTS TODAY.
NOT CHANGING THAT, NOT INCREASING THE DEGREE OF THE WAIVER
OF THAT.
THAT IS JUST WHERE THE ALLEY IS TODAY.
WE'RE JUST UTILIZING THAT.
STAFF DID FIND THIS APPLICATION CONSISTENT WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF TRANSPORTATION.
THAT INCONSISTENCY WAS BASED SPECIFICALLY ON THE WAIVER THAT
REQUIRES US TO BE 115 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION CURB CUT,
WHICH, AGAIN, THAT IS AN EXISTING CONDITION, NOT SOMETHING
THAT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY CHANGING ON THE SITE.
WITH THAT, IS I'M GOING TO BRING UP SHAWN LARSON WITH SWIG.
HE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT TO THE OPERATIONS OF SWIG.
6:22:32PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
SHAWN LARSON.
I'M WITH BUBBLES GROUP.
WE'RE THE LOCAL FRANCHISEE OF SWIG DRINKS IN THE
TAMPA/ST. PETE AREA.
SO, YEAH, THE OVERALL CONCEPT IS SWIG DRINKS.
WE DO WHAT IS CALLED DIRTY SODA.
THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE ALCOHOL.
ANY KIND OF COLA AND MIX THINGS INTO IT.
THE CONCEPT IS A FAST DRIVE-THROUGH TYPE THING.
AVERAGE DRIVE-THROUGH TIME IS BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR
MINUTES.
SO CARS MOVE THROUGH PRETTY QUICKLY.
THERE IS NO PATIO SEATING OR ANY OTHER SEATING WHERE PEOPLE
WOULD STAY.
ALSO, MOST OF THE BUSINESS IS DRIVE-THROUGH.
WE HAVE SOME WALK-UP.
THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT'S IN MORE
OF AN URBAN SETTING.
AS ALEX MENTIONED, WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR THE
WALKABILITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AS PART OF OUR OUTREACH, WE DID REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO THE
RESIDENTS OF THE BUILDING THAT'S ACROSS FROM THE ALLEY TO GO
OVER WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THEM AND SEE IF THEY HAD ANY
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND ENCOUNTERED NO OPPOSITION.
WITH THAT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
6:23:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE WALK-UP, IS THAT ON KENNEDY, WALK UP
WINDOW?
6:23:50PM >> IT WOULD BE ON WESTLAND.
6:23:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LIKE A WINDOW KIND OF SITUATION.
6:23:55PM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
6:23:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
THANK YOU.
6:24:00PM >> THANK YOU.
6:24:02PM >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE BACK UP TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
6:24:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO
THIS ITEM?
I HAVE ONE ONLINE SPEAKER, PATRICIA, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
SORRY, DIANE.
DIANE CARTER LYONS.
DIANE?
DIANE, UNMUTE YOURSELF.
6:24:36PM >> IS THAT BETTER?
6:24:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YEP.
MUCH BETTER.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
6:24:40PM >> MY NAME IS DIANE CARTER LYONS.
6:24:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AND WE NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN.
THERE YOU GO.
WE CAN SEE YOU NOW.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY THE CLERK.
6:24:51PM >> DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THE TESTIMONY YOU ARE ABOUT TO
PROVIDE IS THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH?
6:24:55PM >> I DO.
6:24:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD, DIANE.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
6:25:00PM >> DIANE CARTER LYONS.
I'M THE OWNER OF THE 2124 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD ADJACENT TO
THE PROPERTY BEING DISCUSSED.
I HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED PROFESSIONAL OFFICES IN THIS
ADDRESS OVER THE PAST 45 YEARS.
I'VE DIRECTLY, PRACTICALLY, AND NOT -- KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THE
ACCESS CONSTRAINTS WOULD BE.
THE PARKING NEEDS, THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, AND SERVICE
PATTERNS IN OUR BLOCK.
I WRITE THIS LETTER TO RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THE APPLICATION
BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE ZONING CHANGE TO OPERATE A
DRIVE-THROUGH, ONE-STOP SWIG DRINKS AT 2202 WEST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD.
HIGH-VOLUME DRIVE-THROUGH BUSINESS IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH
THE CONSTRAINTS ON THE LOCAL STREET ALLEY.
AND PARKING NETWORK SURROUNDING OUR BLOCK.
THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS TRAFFIC CIRCULATION, A DRIVE-THROUGH
BUSINESS DEPENDS ON FREQUENT SHORT TRIPS AND QUEUING TRAFFIC
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND ALSO INTO THE EVENING.
THIS LOCATION IS BOUND BY THE NEW TRAFFIC MEDIAN BEING
CONSTRUCTED ALONG KENNEDY BOULEVARD, WHICH WILL PREVENT
WESTBOUND TURN-INS.
THIS WILL FORCE A LARGE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC OUT OF THE
CONSTRAINED ONE WAY AND NARROW LOCAL ACCESS ROUTE.
THESE STREETS AND SERVICE ALLEYS WERE NOT DESIGNED TO SAFELY
ACCOMMODATE THE VOLUME, TURNING MOVEMENTS, SHORTCUTTING AND
QUEUE SPILLOVER THAT A DRIVE-THROUGH WILL CREATE.
THE ALLEYWAY BEHIND MY BUILDING WHICH CONNECTS ALBANY TO
WESTLAND IS UNPAVED AND ONLY ONE VEHICLE WIDE.
ACROSS THIS ROUTE IS RELIED ON BY SERVICE VEHICLES, GARBAGE
COLLECTION, DELIVERIES, ET CETERA, NOT A PUBLIC CIRCULATION
ROUTE OR A BYPASS FOR DRIVERS THROUGH THE TRAFFIC.
THESE TRAFFIC PATTERNS MAY NOT BE INTENDED BUT THEY WOULD BE
THE INEVITABLE RESULT.
PARKING AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY ARE ADDITIONAL
CONCERNS.
THE PURPOSE WOULD BRING HIGH VOLUME, EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS,
THIRD-PARTY DELIVERY DRIVERS AND LATE-EVENING ACTIVITY TO A
MAINLY RESIDENTIAL AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT.
EXISTING ON-STREET PARKING IS RELIED UPON BY NEARBY
RESIDENTS, OUTSIDE BUSINESS, TOURISTS AND HOURS AND BY THE
BUSINESSES FOR DELIVERIES.
SERVICE ACCESS, A DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND CURRENT ZONING
HAS FUNCTIONED WELL FOR MANY YEARS ALONGSIDE THE EXISTING
RESIDENCES AND BUSINESSES.
I ASK THAT THE APPLICATION BE DENIED IN ORDER TO PROTECT
TRAFFIC SAFETY, SERVICE ACCESS, PARKING AVAILABILITY, AND
THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
6:28:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, DIANE.
6:28:07PM >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
6:28:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
APPLICANT, WOULD YOU LIKE REBUTTAL?
6:28:11PM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THOSE POINTS, THE FIRST BEING THE
ALLEY.
THE CITY ENCOURAGES USE OF ALLEYS.
SO I KNOW THAT WHILE IT FEELS LIKE A PRIVATE ROAD AND IT IS
ONE CAR WIDE, CITY POLICY DOES DIRECT USE OF THE ALLEYS.
THAT'S WHY WE STILL HAVE THEM.
THAT'S WHY THIS COUNCIL IS RELATIVELY HESITANT TO VACATE
ALLEYS BECAUSE WE LIKE THE GRID SYSTEM.
BUT COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS NOT A CHICK-FIL-A.
IT'S NOT A STARBUCKS.
IT'S DESIGNED VERY, VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN THAT.
AS SHAWN MENTIONED, THE AVERAGE QUEUE TIME IN THE
DRIVE-THROUGH IS THREE MINUTES.
THIS IS REALLY, REALLY QUICK.
THERE IS NO FOOD.
FAST BITES, PRETZEL BITES, STUFF MEANT TO BE REALLY QUICK.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS GOING TO BRING
THIS UP.
I WANTED TO SAY THIS AND WHILE WE ARE PROPOSING FOR A SWIG
TO COME HERE, OBVIOUSLY, IF WE GET THE ENTITLEMENTS FOR A
DRIVE-THROUGH, COULDN'T ANY DRIVE-THROUGH COME THROUGH HERE.
SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT AND SAY THAT THE SWIG BUILDING
SPECIFICALLY IS 965 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS A REALLY SMALL BUILDING.
IF YOU WANTED TO PUT A CHICK-FIL-A OR STARBUCKS HERE, THAT
BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD HAVE TO BE INCREASED AND BE
RIGHT BACK BEFORE YOU AT CITY COUNCIL.
I DO THINK THIS IS VERY TAILORED TO OUR SPECIFIC
APPLICATION.
THERE WAS SOME MENTIONS ABOUT ON-STREET PARKING AND
CIRCULATION.
SWIG ALSO DOESN'T DO DOOR DASH OR UBER EATS BECAUSE THE
DRINKS, BY THE TIME THEY PICK THEM UP AND DELIVER THEM TO
THE CUSTOMER THEY ARE FLAT.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT THE INTENTION OF THE BUSINESS.
I THINK LIKE I MENTIONED THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT OPERATION.
WE DON'T EXPECT THERE TO BE CARS OR DELIVERY DRIVERS PARKING
ON THE STREETS.
WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE DRIVE-THROUGH, SPEND THEIR
THREE MINUTES AND BE ON THEIR WAY.
I'LL JUST CONCLUDE WITH THE FACT THAT IF NO DRIVE-THROUGH ON
KENNEDY, WHAT'S A BETTER LOCATION FOR THE DRIVE-THROUGH IN
THE ZONED CATEGORY?
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
PLEASE, QUESTIONS, I'LL ANSWER THEM.
6:30:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ADJACENT USAGE.
CAN YOU GO AROUND THE PROPERTY -- DO YOU HAVE THE OVERHEADS?
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE PROPERTY THAT DIANE OWNS.
WHAT THE USAGE IS.
I UNDERSTAND THE RM PROPERTY BEHIND IS A MULTIFAMILY.
6:30:32PM >> YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
THIS IS A LITTLE BLURRY.
SUBJECT SITE HERE --
6:30:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CTTV -- THERE WE GO.
6:30:39PM >> SUBJECT SITE HERE.
CIRCLE K VERY CLOSE TO THE WEST.
TO THE SOUTH, YES.
THIS IS A MULTIFAMILY BUILDING HERE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY AN OLDER PD.
THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY SMALL OFFICE BUILDING.
ACTUALLY A TITLE COMPANY.
I SIGNED IN THERE.
AND THIS IS THE PARCEL THAT DIANE OWNS, THAT THESE ARE
OFFICES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO KENNEDY THERE.
AND THE ALLEY RUNS ALONG OUR SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE, SO LIKE
THIS.
I BELIEVE THAT DIANE --
6:31:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN THAT ADJACENT --
ADJACENT TO THAT PROPERTY.
6:31:13PM >> NO, SIR.
6:31:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
6:31:16PM >>BILL CARLSON:
SORRY IF I MISSED THIS SOMEHOW.
CAN YOU PUT THE PLAN BACK ON?
6:31:21PM >> THE AERIAL OR THE SITE PLAN?
6:31:26PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YEAH.
SORRY, THE OTHER ONE.
THE SITE PLAN.
THE ONE WITH THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
I'LL JUST TELL YOU MY QUESTION IS, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES,
YOU MENTIONED CHICK-FIL-A.
THERE'S ALSO TRADER JOE'S AND OTHERS.
THE PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE RUN INTO, IF THIS IS AMAZINGLY
SUCCESSFUL, EVERY STARBUCKS, THE STARBUCKS ON DALE MABRY BY
NEPTUNE, THEY LINE UP ALL THE WAY DOWN DALE MABRY A FEW
CARS.
SO THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO PEOPLE STAGE BEFORE THEY GET
INTO THAT QUEUE?
HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS OPENING, WHEN
YOU MIGHT HAVE A HUNDRED CARS?
6:32:22PM >> DO YOU GUYS DO ANYTHING SPECIFIC FOR OPENING?
6:32:26PM >> TYPICALLY WE DO.
SHAWN LARSON.
OBVIOUSLY, THE DESIGN QUEUING IS MEANT TO HANDLE, WE
TYPICALLY SEE.
JUST TO KIND OF HIT ON THAT, IT'S NOT A CHICK-FIL-A.
IT'S QUICKER.
OUR LINES TYPICALLY AREN'T AS LONG.
I BELIEVE YOU ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OPENINGS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
WE DO IN MOST CASES DO A GRAND OPENING AND YOU MIGHT SEE
LONGER LINES THERE IN THAT CASE WE WOULD WORK WITH -- WE
TYPICALLY WORK WITH THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO COME UP
WITH SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS.
BUT THEN ADDITIONALLY WHAT WE DO IS ALSO FOCUS THE MENU ON
ONE THING AND STAFF UP SO THAT IT GOES EVEN QUICKER.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST DID AN OPENING IN -- UP OFF OF SR 54 IN
PASCO COUNTY AND ODESSA AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP OUR QUEUE
ON OUR PARCEL PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE TIME WITH MINIMAL
IMPACT.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
6:33:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
6:33:35PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I RECEIVED A FEW E-MAILS.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE TEN OR SO.
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY SPECIFICALLY MENTION THE NAME CULVER'S, THAT'S WHAT IT
IS?
6:33:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT IS THE NEXT, FURTHER DOWN THE AGENDA.
6:33:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
GOT IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
6:33:52PM >> ANYTHING FURTHER?
6:33:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HEARING NOTHING ELSE, NO.
VERY GOOD.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
6:34:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I'M GOING TO TRY A MOTION.
I MOVE TO DENY REZ 26-86 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2202
WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE APPLICANT
TO MEET ITS BURDEN OF PROOF TO PROVIDE COMPETENT AND
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AS CONDITIONED AND
SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND CITY CODE AND THE APPLICANT'S FAILURE TO MEET ITS
BURDEN OF PROOF WITH RESPECT TO THE REQUESTED WAIVER.
MAINLY, THE WAIVERS ARE NOT IN HARMONY AND DO NOT SERVE THE
GENERAL INTENT AND PURPOSE OF CHAPTER 27.
SIX WAIVERS VERY CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE
IN LOCATION.
I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE APPLICANT MENTIONED
THAT IF IT IS NOT ON KENNEDY BOULEVARD, WHERE?
KENNEDY BOULEVARD IS WHERE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING
DENSITY.
IT'S NOT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR SUBURBAN TRAFFIC PATTERN,
WHICH THIS IS.
ALSO, THIS DOES NOT PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE
USE OF LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATIONS
TO POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS TO ON-SITE NATURAL ELEMENTS
SECTION 27-136, SUBSECTION 1.
AND IT DOES NOT AND SUBSECTION 6 DOES NOT PROMOTE AND
ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION,
CHARACTER, AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND EXISTING GEOGRAPHY.
6:35:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
IS THERE A SECOND?
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
DISCUSSION?
I STRUGGLE WITH THAT, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
BECAUSE I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I AGREE WITH THE
DENSITY ISSUE.
MY PROBLEM WITH IT IS THE EXISTING USE BEING THE BAR AND
ALSO ADJACENT -- THAT'S WHY I ASKED ABOUT THE ADJACENT
PARCELS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND OTHER ISSUES THAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH.
IT SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY LIGHT USAGE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL
CONSIDERING WHAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A BAR.
IT SEEMS LIKE IF NOT THIS, THEN IT COULD GO BACK TO BEING A
BAR.
6:36:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH A BAR.
KENNEDY IS A PLACE FOR DENSITY.
AND THIS IS NOT DENSITY.
A BAR WOULDN'T BE DENSITY.
LIKE, THIS IS WHERE WE WANT HIGH, TALL, VERY DENSE
BUILDINGS.
THIS IS A SMALL PARCEL, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT A DRIVE-IN
IS THE FURTHEST THING FROM DENSITY THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY
PUT ON THIS PARCEL.
6:36:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
I HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND.
6:36:54PM >> MIRANDA?
6:36:55PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YES.
6:36:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
NO.
6:36:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
6:37:00PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
6:37:03PM >>LUIS VIERA:
NO.
6:37:04PM >>BILL CARLSON:
YES.
6:37:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NO.
6:37:09PM >>THE CLERK:
THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MANISCALCO, VIERA, AND
CLENDENIN VOTING NO.
6:37:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
NO SECOND.
6:37:24PM >>THE CLERK:
I'M SO SORRY.
6:37:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NUMBER 8.
6:37:34PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM 8 IS REZ 26-87.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 2101 WEST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE
FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR RETAIL
SALES TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT USES.
I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
6:38:08PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT.
THE ARMENIA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVACUATION ZONE D.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
SURROUNDING AREA IS PRIMARILY COMMERCIAL ALONG WEST
HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE WHICH IS A DESIGNATED TRANSIT EMPHASIS
CORRIDOR WITH A SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD ONE BLOCK NORTH.
ADDITIONALLY, MENDENHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS LOCATED TO THE
SOUTHEAST.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL
35, WHICH IS PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED ALONG WEST HILLSBOROUGH
AVENUE AS WELL AS HOWARD AND ARMENIA.
TO THE NORTH IS R-20 AND THE R-10 DESIGNATION.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PD TO PD TO ALLOW A 986 SQUARE
FOOT DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT.
THE PROPOSED 0.026 FAR IS WELL BELOW THE 2.0 FAR ANTICIPATED
UNDER THE CC-35 DESIGNATION.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAVE REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND
FOUND IT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT
PATTERN, ALTHOUGH THE VIEWS IS VEHICULAR ORIENTED AND LOW
INTENSITY COMPARED TO WHAT IS ENVISIONED UNDER THE CC-35
DESIGNATION, THE SITE PROVIDES PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS,
SIDEWALKS, AND THE BUILDING LOCATED CLOSE TO WEST
HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, STAFF
IS REQUESTING THAT THE SIDEWALK ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE
BUILDING CONNECT TO NORTH ALBANY AVENUE.
STAFF ALSO ENCOURAGES THE APPLICANT TO EXPLORE SHADE TREES
ALONG WEST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE.
OVERALL, THE PROPOSED PD WOULD PROVIDE COMPATIBLE COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT ALONG A TRANSIT EMPHASIS AND MIXED USE CORRIDOR
AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:39:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
CHRISTOPHER.
6:39:45PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER
DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
STARTING OFF WITH AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE, THE PROJECT
IS OUTLINED IN RED.
IT'S LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE
AND NORTH ALBANY AVENUE, LOOKING AT USES SURROUNDING THE
SUBJECT SITE, WE DO HAVE RS 60 ZONING TO THE NORTH.
THIS IS COMPRISED OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST
HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, WE DO HAVE CG ZONING -- SORRY, CI
ZONING.
ACROSS FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST
HILLSBOROUGH WE DO HAVE A WAREHOUSE USE AND OPEN STORAGE
USE.
LOOKING TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WE STILL HAVE CI
ZONING.
WE HAVE AN EXISTING DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT THERE.
IT'S A STARBUCKS.
AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE WE HAVE CI ZONING WITH AIR --
WITH AN AIR CONDITIONING STORAGE FACILITY.
LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, THIS SITE PLAN DEPICTS A
37,662 SQUARE FOOT SITE WITH A SINGLE STORY DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT.
THE PROPOSED BUILDING HAS APPROXIMATELY 986 SQUARE FEET.
IT'S ORIENTED TO HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, PROVIDING WALK-UP
ACCESS FROM ADJACENT SIDEWALK ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AS WELL
AS A TOTAL OF 10 PARKING SPACES ON-SITE.
THERE ARE TWO ACCESS POINTS TO THE SITE.
FIRST ALONG HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND THE SECOND IS ALONG
NORTH ALBANY AVENUE.
THE PROPOSED DRIVE-THROUGH, TWO LANE.
IT CAN PERMIT UP TO 20 VEHICLES.
SITE PLAN ALSO DEPICTS PROPOSED OFF-SITE SIDEWALKS OF FIVE
FEET IN WIDTH ALONG NORTH ALBANY AVENUE AND ALONG WEST
MOHAWK AVENUE.
NEXT WE HAVE ELEVATIONS.
THE MAX HEIGHT PROPOSED FOR THE PROPOSED DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT
IS 24 FEET.
THERE ARE NO WAIVERS WITH THIS APPLICATION.
WE DO HAVE SITE PHOTOS.
THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY USED FOR FAMILY DOLLAR.
IT IS NOW VACANT.
THIS IS THE VIEW FROM HILLSBOROUGH.
THIS IS FROM NORTH ALBANY.
NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, LOOKING SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST.
ADDITIONAL PICTURES SHOWING THE BACK ENTRANCE WAY, EXISTING
DRIVEWAY WOULD REMAIN.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE
PETITION.
WE DO FIND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE
OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION, FURTHER
MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AS STATED ON THE REVISION
SHEET.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
6:43:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
ROUND TWO.
6:43:50PM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE WITH THE LAW FIRM OF
GARDNER BREWER HUDSON.
CAN YOU GUYS SEE THIS PowerPoint?
6:43:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE CAN.
IT WILL COME UP HERE -- THERE WE GO.
6:44:02PM >> SEEMED LIKE I WAS FROZEN.
OKAY.
CHRIS EXPLAINED THIS.
THIS IS A VACATED FAMILY DOLLAR.
THE REZONING REQUEST IS FROM PD TO PD.
THE PD REFLECTS THE FAMILY DOLLAR THAT EXISTS ON THE SITE
TODAY.
THIS IS JUST UNDER AN ACRE.
RUNNING THROUGH THE SITE PLAN ON THIS ONE, THIS IS FOR DUTCH
ROAST COFFEE AS YOU SAW IN THE ELEVATIONS.
WHAT'S REALLY UNIQUE AND INTERESTING ABOUT DUTCH BROS, WE
DID THEIR SITE IN SOUTH OF GANDY.
THEY TRIED TO ADAPTIVELY REUSE THE SITE AS BEST THEY CAN.
I'LL FLIP BACK AND FORTH FROM THE AERIAL TO THE SITE PLAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEY HAVE THE ENTRANCE ON ALBANY.
ALSO ENTRANCE ON HILLSBOROUGH.
RETENTION TO THE NORTH.
ALL STAYS THE SAME.
CIRCULATION PERSPECTIVE, THE SITE WILL FUNCTION VERY LARGELY
LIKE IT DOES TODAY WITH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DRIVE-THROUGH
LANES FOR THE ACTUAL COFFEE.
WE DO HAVE TWO ACCESS POINTS FOR ENHANCED CIRCULATION AND A
BIT MORE PARKING SPACES REQUIRED ON THIS ONE.
THEY DO HAVE A LITTLE PATIO OUTSIDE, A WALK-UP.
PEOPLE CAN PARK AND WALK UP AND GRAB COFFEE IF THEY WANT AT
THE WINDOW AS WELL.
THIS ONE HAS ADDITIONAL GREENSPACE BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED
AS WELL.
PARTIALLY THAT'S BECAUSE OF ADAPTIVELY REUSING SOME OF THE
GREENSPACE ON-SITE.
CURRENT RETENTION AREA AGAIN NOT RECONFIGURING THAT AND
STARTING OVER, WE'RE USING A LOT THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
WE'RE PROVIDING NEW SIDEWALKS ON MOHAWK AND ALBANY AS WELL.
AND I DON'T GET TO SAY THIS VERY OFTEN SO I HIGHLIGHTED THIS
IN BLUE, WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY WAIVERS IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF DID FIND THIS APPLICATION FULLY CONSISTENT.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE, BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
6:45:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT.
I'M SORRY.
IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE
ITEM?
COME UP.
6:46:00PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JAMIE COLEMAN.
I'M AN ACTIVE DUTY CAPTAIN AND CHAPLAIN IN THE U.S. AIR
FORCE.
MY WIFE AND I AND OUR THREE CHILDREN LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS
THE STREET TO THE NORTH FROM THE PROPOSED RESTAURANT.
WE WOULD BE THE MOST IMPACTED.
I'M HERE TONIGHT AS A HUSBAND, A FATHER, AND A HOMEOWNER AND
I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER CAREFULLY WHAT THIS RESTAURANT
WOULD MEAN FOR OUR FAMILY AND FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR BIGGEST CONCERN OBVIOUSLY IS TRAFFIC.
I JUST HEARD THAT IT COULD ACCOMMODATE UP TO 20 VEHICLES AT
A TIME.
THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF CARS.
THERE'S ALREADY, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, A NEW STARBUCKS
ACROSS THE STREET.
IT HAS CONSTANT TRAFFIC ENTERING AND LEAVING ONTO ALBANY.
ALBANY IS A VERY TIGHT, CONSTRICTED ROAD.
WE'RE ALREADY SEEN AN INCREASE IN CONGESTION.
NOW WE'RE CONSIDERING ADDING ANOTHER HIGH-VOLUME BUSINESS
WITH A TWO-LANE DRIVE-THROUGH DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM IT.
AND THAT MEANS MORE CARS, MORE TRAFFIC, MORE HEADLIGHTS
SHINING DIRECTLY INTO OUR HOME.
WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT NOISE, OBVIOUSLY.
IDLING CARS, ENGINES, DOORS, HORNS, SPEAKERS.
THAT NOISE WILL BE RIGHT NEXT TO OUR HOME.
BUT THERE'S ONE MORE THING IMPORTANT TO US.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE A SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WITH DOWN
SYNDROME, SEVERE AUTISM, AND A SEIZURE DISORDER.
OUR HOME IS A PLACE WHERE WE WORK HARD TO GIVE HER A SAFE,
PEACEABLE, AND PREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENT.
NOISE, CONSTANT ACTIVITY, BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS, AND INCREASED
TRAFFIC CAN AFFECT HER VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN IT MIGHT AFFECT
THE AVERAGE PERSON.
FOR OUR FAMILY, THIS ISN'T SIMPLY A QUESTION OF WHAT GETS
BUILT ACROSS THE STREET.
IT'S A QUESTION OF WHAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT WE WILL HAVE IN
OUR OWN HOME.
WE RECOGNIZE THE CITY MAY ULTIMATELY APPROVE THE RESTAURANT,
AND IF THAT HAPPENS, WE'D ASK YOU TO PUT MEANINGFUL
CONSIDERATION OR PROTECTIONS, MEANINGFUL PROTECTIONS IN
PLACE FOR THE NEIGHBORING HOMES.
WE ASK FOR A BARRIER THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE RESTAURANT
AND OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT WOULD HAVE A MATURE
LANDSCAPING AND GREENERY, SUBSTANTIAL BARRIER.
AND WE WANT THAT BARRIER TO REDUCE NOISE, HEADLIGHTS, ODORS,
AND THE VISUAL IMPACT OF THE RESTAURANT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CITY TO STOP PROGRESS, BUT
WE ARE ASKING TO BALANCE PROGRESS WITH RESPONSIBILITY AND TO
REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS
PROPOSAL.
WE LIVE HERE.
WE RAISE OUR FAMILY HERE.
AND WE WILL LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DECISION
EVERY DAY.
AND WE ASK YOU TO CONSIDER WHETHER THIS RESTAURANT IS TRULY
COMPATIBLE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT DIRECTLY
BEHIND IT.
THANK YOU.
6:48:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
APPLICANT, REBUTTAL?
6:48:46PM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
6:48:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN WE GET THE WOLF UP, PLEASE?
6:49:07PM >> SO THIS IS THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE JUST SOUTH OF
MOHAWK.
THE RETENTION POND IS WALLED.
THERE'S ALREADY A WALL ALONG THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
PROPERTY AND THE SIX FOOT HIGH CHAIN-LINK FENCE IS PROPOSED
TO REMAIN AND IS ALSO NOTED HERE AS WELL.
BUT ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS A HUNDRED
PERCENT.
I WILL GET HIS CONTACT INFORMATION AND I WILL PASS IT ALONG
TO DUTCH BROS AND MAKE SURE THEY PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO HIM
TO MAKE SURE THIS CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT AFFECT
THEIR FAMILY.
6:49:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HOW HIGH IS THAT EXISTING WALL?
THE FENCE IS SIX FEET, THE CHAIN-LINK, BUT DOESN'T SAY WHAT
THE CONCRETE WALL IS.
6:50:03PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
6:50:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU HAVE TO COME UP.
HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN?
6:50:11PM >> I SIGNED IN.
6:50:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN?
CLERK.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
6:50:20PM >> YES.
6:50:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
START WITH YOUR NAME.
6:50:24PM >> JULIE FARR WITH C DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GALLOWAY COMPANY,
WE ARE THE ENGINEER OF RECORDS OFFICE.
THERE IS AN EXISTING RETAINING WALL AROUND THE SITE.
IT'S NOT -- I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT HEIGHT.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY LIKE THREE FEET TALL.
I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS SPEAKERS, DUTCH BROS DOES NOT
USE SPEAKERS.
IT'S FACE TO FACE ORDERING.
NO SEATING PROVIDED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
PEOPLE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH AND LEAVING.
WON'T BE HANGING OUT INSIDE MAKING NOISE.
WE'VE DONE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR PLANS TRYING TO
REDOES THE IMPERVIOUS FROM 66% TO 59.
WE'RE DOING ADDITIONAL GREENSPACE BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED
FROM 30% UP TO 41 PERCENT.
WE'RE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PARKING.
ALL OF OUR RESTAURANTS ARE LANDSCAPED AND TRY TO BE VERY
COMPATIBLE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND NOT DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN
BRING JOBS AND PRODUCT THAT THE PEOPLE WANT.
6:51:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ALEX, I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS IS
YOU HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES TO THE BACK.
SO I THINK YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.
6:51:36PM >> YEAH.
I WAS GOING TO -- THANKS, JULIE.
YOU ARE GOOD FOR NOW.
6:51:42PM >> I WAS GOING TO SAY, IF IT MAKES COUNCIL FOR COMFORTABLE
AND ALSO BENEFICIAL TO THE NEIGHBOR, MENTIONED LANDSCAPING
AS WELL, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO ENHANCED LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
WE CAN PLANT ADDITIONAL TREES.
WE CAN COMMIT TO PLANTING TREES THAT ARE THE LARGEST
COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE NURSERY.
HE'S PROBABLY LAUGHING AT ME --
6:52:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL WITH LANDSCAPING?
6:52:05PM >> YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
6:52:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LET ME GO TO THE OTHER COUNCILPERSON.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FIRST AND THEN MIRANDA AND VIERA.
6:52:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THIS WAS YOU HAVE AN
ENTRANCE OFF OF HILLSBOROUGH.
WHY WOULD YOU -- I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO DO ADAPTIVE
REUSE, BUT THERE'S ALREADY PROBLEMS ON ALBANY.
WHY WOULDN'T YOU SIMPLY CLOSE THE ALBANY CONNECTION AND THEN
EXTEND THE WAITING AREA TO ADD ROOM FOR EVEN MORE CARS AND
THEN MAYBE JUST TILT THE DUMPSTER SO THAT SOLID WASTE CAN
GET IN.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE USING A LOT OF SPACE FOR A
DRIVEWAY THAT PROBABLY ISN'T NECESSARY AND IS DETRIMENTAL TO
THE NEIGHBORS.
I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE CONCERNED WHEN THERE IS A
DRIVE-THROUGH THAT EMPTIES OUT INTO -- ONTO A RESIDENTIAL
STREET.
IT JUST SEEMS THAT HILLSBOROUGH IS THE BETTER PLACE FOR THAT
SINCE YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT.
6:53:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
6:53:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WAS GOING TO ECHO THE SAME ITEM.
WHEN YOU HAVE HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, BUSINESSES, FROM GAS
STATIONS ON OUT.
6:53:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HOLD ON.
ONLY ONE CONVERSATION AT A TIME.
6:53:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
FROM WHAT I HEARD, NOT IN THE -- MASONRY
WALL.
THE CAPTAIN WAS CORRECT ABOUT THE LIGHT AND EVERYTHING ELSE
ON THAT TYPE OF SITUATION.
I UNDERSTAND AND I THINK EVEN HELP THE SOUND NOISE FROM
HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE.
IT IS A VERY HIGHLY TRAVELED ROAD.
VERY HIGHLY.
I WOULD IMAGINE THAT EVEN WITH VACANT LAND HE WOULD GET SOME
OF THE NOISE FROM THE VEHICLES ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE WHICH
HAS GOT TO BE A HUNDRED FEET AWAY.
6:53:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CHRISTOPHER, YOU CAN'T HAVE -- CHRIS, WE
CAN HEAR YOU.
REMEMBER THE ACOUSTICS IN HERE ARE SO LOUD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
6:54:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NONE AT ALL.
6:54:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
6:54:04PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, ON THE ISSUE WITH REGARDS
TO THE MASONRY WALL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE,
CORRECT?
6:54:14PM >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
6:54:15PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I ALWAYS LOOK AT THESE THINGS AS AN ATTORNEY
-- I TRY TO -- AND HERE WE HAVE SOMETHING WITH NO WAIVERS,
BUT THERE ARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THEN THE TEN
SUGGESTIONS.
YOU HAVE A GENTLEMAN HERE WHO CAME.
GOD BLESS YOU, SIR.
YOU SHARED FROM YOUR HEART.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
ONE THING, MR. SHELBY, STOP ME -- STRIKE ME, STOP ME IF I'M
GOING OUT OF BOUNDS OR WHATEVER, I WOULD SAY AGAIN THE TEN
SUGGESTIONS, NOT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT IS FOR -- MAY I
HAVE THE GENTLEMAN COME UP, MR. CHAIR, ASK HIM A QUESTION.
GENTLEMAN IN THE GREEN SHIRT.
6:54:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
PUBLIC SPEAKER, COME ON UP.
6:54:52PM >>LUIS VIERA:
QUICK YES-OR-NO QUESTION.
YOU SAID, DAUGHTER, CORRECT?
6:55:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SAY YOUR NAME AGAIN.
6:55:01PM >> CHAPLAIN JAMIE COLEMAN.
6:55:04PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, SIR.
DOES SHE HAVE LIKE AN ADA THERAPIST OR ANYTHING OF THAT
NATURE?
6:55:11PM >> SHE DOES.
6:55:12PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
6:55:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
BACK TO THE APPLICANT.
ADDITIONAL REBUTTAL IF YOU NEED IT.
6:55:20PM >>LUIS VIERA:
MY QUESTION, SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS
THAT CHAIRMAN CLENDENIN TALKED ABOUT.
OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO MEET WITH THIS GENTLEMAN AND HIS
DAUGHTER'S ABA THERAPIST BECAUSE THERE COULD BE UNIQUE
ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS COULD ACCOMMODATE AS GOOD PEOPLE,
AGAIN, BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, IF THAT MOVES
FORWARD TO THIS WAY.
AGAIN, THERE ARE NO WAIVERS.
TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THEN TEN SUGGESTIONS.
WHATEVER.
I'M TIRED.
JUST A THOUGHT.
I WOULD ASK, DO YOU COMMIT TO DOING THAT AGAIN AND NO
BEARING WHATSOEVER ON MY VOTE, ET CETERA, IS THAT SOMETHING?
6:55:58PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF I MAY INQUIRE, COUNCILMAN, THE QUESTION
WOULD BE AND THE QUESTION ALSO WOULD BE FOR STAFF, IF
SOMETHING DOES COME OF THAT THAT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL CHANGES
THAT AREN'T MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING BECAUSE
IT'S COMING BACK FOR A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION PUBLIC
HEARING, WHAT IS THE COURSE OF ACTION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO
COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTUATE ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF
A RESULT OF THIS MEETING?
6:56:21PM >> SURE.
WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE SECOND READING IF WE'RE
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET ONE, FIRST READING, ANYTHING THAT
COMES OUT OF MY CONVERSATION WITH MR. JAMES, THAT REQUIRES
SITE PLAN REVISIONS FURTHER.
6:56:36PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YOU WOULD COMMIT TO DOING THAT.
6:56:37PM >> HUNDRED PERCENT, YES.
6:56:38PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THAT WOULD APPEAR -- I DON'T WANT TO PUT
ANYTHING -- MR. SHELBY.
6:56:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ONE MORE WITH THE MASONRY WALL.
A LANDSCAPE PLAN, MATURE LANDSCAPING BETWEEN FIRST AND
SECOND READING AS WELL.
TO BUFFER THAT.
6:56:54PM >> WE DO, BUT WE'LL ALTER IT TO MAKE SURE IT REFLECTS THAT.
6:56:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS THE ADJACENT USAGE OF
THE SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SIX FOOT WALL AND MATURE LANDSCAPING TO BUFFER THE USAGE,
MAYBE THEY WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A BETTER CIRCUMSTANCE NOW
VERSUS WHAT IT WAS WITH THE DOLLAR STORE.
6:57:11PM >> WE'LL UPDATE THAT BETWEEN READINGS.
6:57:14PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
IF I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL'S DIRECTION --
6:57:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WELL, NOT YET.
WHAT I'M PULLING TOWARDS, YES.
6:57:23PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
SHALL I HOLD MY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS UNTIL
WE ARE AT THAT POINT?
6:57:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
UNTIL WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT.
6:57:29PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
IF I COULD INTERJECT BRIEFLY.
IS THERE CONSIDERATION BY COUNCIL TO CLOSE THE DRIVEWAY OFF
OF ALBANY?
6:57:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
YES.
6:57:42PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
I RAISE THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A
PROPOSED SOLID WASTE LOCATION AND THAT LOCATION HAS BEEN
REVIEWED BY STAFF FOR AUTO TURNS, FOR ACCESSING, EXITING THE
SITE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE ALSO HAD FIRE REVIEW THE SITE.
THAT MAY KICK US BACK NOW TO A DRC BECAUSE NOW WE'VE GOT
SOLID WASTE, FIRE.
WE'D HAVE LANDSCAPE INVOLVED.
THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT WOULD THROW OFF THE SITE IF YOU
CLOSE THAT DRIVEWAY.
THE OTHER ITEM WOULD BE WE AS STAFF NEED A BASELINE TO GO BY
GOING INTO SECOND READING SO IF WE WERE TO ESTABLISH, LET'S
SAY, SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG THE ENTIRETY OF THE NORTH
PROPERTY LINE AND THEN WE COULD WORK OUT DETAILS ON A
LANDSCAPE BUFFERING THAT KIND OF GIVES US GUIDANCE GOING
INTO SECOND READING.
IT WOULD REALLY DEPEND ON THE DIRECTION YOU'RE GOING WITH
THAT DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE BECAUSE IT DOES AFFECT SOLID WASTE
AND FIRE.
6:58:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DON'T WANT TO INJECT TESTIMONY.
I'LL WAIT UNTIL WE CLOSE TO ADDRESS THE DRIVEWAY THING.
I DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY.
6:58:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY QUESTION IS FOR THE APPLICANT WAS, WAS
THAT SOMETHING THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CONSIDER OR SOMETHING
THAT THEY WOULDN'T?
6:58:59PM >> I NEED TO CONFIRM WITH THE CIVIL.
CAN YOU GIVE ME A COUPLE?
6:59:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
TAKE YOUR SIDEBAR.
MR. SHELBY.
6:59:09PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
COUNCIL, BEFORE I GO TO WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK OR TALK
ABOUT, I JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT ANOTHER
OPTION WOULD BE THAT ALTHOUGH NO REQUESTS FOR A CONTINUANCE
BY THE APPLICANT OR PETITIONER SHALL BE GRANTED AFTER THE
APPLICANT HAS MADE THEIR INITIAL PRESENTATION, UNLESS
DETERMINATION BY CITY COUNCIL THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR
PURPOSES OF PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM
CITY COUNCIL IS THERE ARE ADVERSE IMPACTS THAT YOU ARE
SUGGESTING NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
PERHAPS ON THAT BASIS, THEN THE APPLICANT WOULD THEREFORE
NOT OBJECT TO A CONTINUANCE BEING GRANTED AT FIRST READING
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
6:59:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE THERE YET.
I THINK WE CAN GET TO A YES.
7:00:00PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IF YOU GET TO A YES, COUNCIL, I'LL WAIT
UNTIL THEY FINISH TALKING BECAUSE I WANT THE APPLICANT TO
HEAR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
7:00:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
APPLICANT?
7:00:16PM >> I THINK THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH GOING FROM THE TWO
ACCESS POINTS TO THE ONE ACCESS POINT.
BUT WE CAN COMMIT TO DOING A RIGHT-OUT ONLY ON ALBANY IF
THAT'S HELPFUL, WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK, IF THAT ADDRESSES THE
CONCERNS OF COUNCIL.
7:00:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT'S REASONABLE.
CHRISTOPHER HAS A PAIN ON HIS FACE.
7:00:42PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
ALTHOUGH THE APPLICANT IS OFFERING A
SUGGESTION, I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO SEE SOME AUTO TURN
RENDERINGS.
IT WOULD HAVE -- IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE -- YOUR SUGGESTION,
ALEX, THIS WOULD BE A RIGHT TURN OUT ONLY.
THE PROBLEM IS THE SOLID WASTE LOCATION HERE AND HOW THAT
GETS ACCESSED.
7:01:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
THEY CAN STILL COME IN.
7:01:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
NOT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:01:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
IT WOULD BE A RIGHT TURN OUT.
IT WOULDN'T CHANGE THE IN.
7:01:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:01:19PM >> THEY CAN TURN INTO THE SITE, PICK UP THE DUMPSTER, BACK
UP AND COME OUT ONTO HILLSBOROUGH.
7:01:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT SHOULDN'T AFFECT ANYTHING.
7:01:30PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
OKAY.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
7:01:33PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THE QUESTION WOULD BE FOR STAFF, CAN THIS
BE ACCOMPLISH THE -- A, DO YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT DIRECTION?
B, CAN THIS BE ACCOMPLISHED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
READING?
OR PERHAPS IT MAY HAVE TO COME BACK ON FIRST READING.
I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT HAS OFFERED TO BE IN THAT POSITION
IF THAT'S THE CASE.
DOES THAT WORK?
7:01:51PM >> IF NEEDED.
I WON'T SPEAK FOR STAFF.
BUT I THINK HAVING THE OUT BE ONLY RIGHT INSTEAD OF A LEFT
DOESN'T AFFECT ANY KIND OF THE TRAFFIC STUDIES OR ANY SITE
CIRCULATION THAT WE'VE DONE.
BUT IF THERE NEEDS TO BE --
7:02:07PM >> SUSAN JOHNSON VELEZ, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
I THINK THE CONCERN IS THAT SOLID WASTE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEIR TRUCKS CAN GET IN OR OUT
OR COME OUT ON HILLSBOROUGH, THEY HAVEN'T REVIEWED WHAT IS
BEING PROPOSED HERE TONIGHT.
I THINK AT THIS POINT I WOULD PROBABLY, FURTHER TO WHAT
MR. SHELBY WAS SUGGESTING, EITHER SEE IF THE APPLICANT IS
WILLING TO CONTINUE THIS OR IT MIGHT BE SECOND READING MIGHT
HAVE TO GO BACK TO FIRST READING DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF
THE CHANGES.
SOUNDS LIKE AT LEAST SOLID WASTE MIGHT NEED TO REVIEW WHAT
CHANGES COUNCIL IS DISCUSSING NOW.
7:02:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CAN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS INTENTION?
IF SOLID WASTE, WE CAN RESERVE THE RIGHT TO PUSH THIS BACK
TO FIRST READING AT THE SECOND BITE AT THE APPLE?
7:02:52PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
COUNCIL, THERE'S ALSO THE OTHER ISSUE, I
HEARD ISSUES SUCH AS BUFFERING, HEIGHTS OF WALLS.
7:03:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AGAIN, THIS IS ONE COUNCILPERSON SUGGESTED
THAT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT OR AT LEAST A
FOUR VOTE.
SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL WITH LANDSCAPING.
LET ME TRY TO SURMISE WHERE WE ARE AT.
SIX FOOT WALL TO BUFFER THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LANDSCAPING
AND THEN THE SUGGESTION THAT IT'S ONLY ACCESS TOWARDS
HILLSBOROUGH.
RIGHT TURN IN -- RIGHT TURN OUT, LEFT TURN IN ONLY.
ON THE SIDE STREET ACCESS POINT.
7:03:32PM >> LEFT OR RIGHT IN BUT ONLY RIGHT OUT.
DEPENDING ON WHERE THE DUMPSTER --
7:03:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M SORRY.
YES.
YOU'RE CORRECT.
AND THEN WOULD IT BE PROPER WITH THAT ASSUMPTION TO MOVE
FORWARD ON TAKING THIS FROM FIRST TO SECOND.
AND IF THERE WAS A SOLID WASTE OR TRANSPORTATION OBJECTION
BEING ABLE TO KICK THIS BACK TO FIRST READING WHEN WE COME
BACK OR TO ADDRESS THAT OBJECTION.
7:04:29PM >> THIS IS THE CURRENT AUTO TURN FOR SOLID WASTE.
THE PROPOSED CHANGE ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO TURN RIGHT
DOESN'T CHANGE -- SOLID WASTE WILL NOT NEED TO LOOK AT THIS
AGAIN.
BUT IF STAFF IS MORE COMFORTABLE WITH US DOING -- GOING BACK
TO FIRST READING ON SECOND READING, WE CAN.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE
SITE PLAN THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE JUST ADDING
THE WALL AND THE BUFFER.
7:05:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WALL AND LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
7:05:05PM >> RIGHT.
7:05:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IF SOMETHING ELSE COMES UP, WE ALWAYS HAVE
THE RIGHT TO SAY NO ON THE SECOND READING.
7:05:15PM >> NOBODY IS HERE FROM SOLID WASTE.
7:05:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE ALWAYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY NO ON THE
SECOND READING.
7:05:20PM >> OR GO BACK TO FIRST READING.
7:05:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THAT IS THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE.
THE POINT IS YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED ADVERSE OR NEGATIVE IMPACTS
AS THE CODE PERMITS YOU TO DO AND TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH
SOLUTIONS TO THAT.
WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING MOVING THIS
ON FIRST READING TO A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION PUBLIC
HEARING FOR THE PURPOSES OF HAVING THOSE ADVERSE IMPACTS
ADDRESSED.
BARRING THAT, WITH THE ADDITIONAL -- WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION THAT YOU MIGHT NEED AT A SECOND READING, BASED
ON THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE WITH REGARD TO THOSE
ADVERSE IMPACTS, YOU COULD IN EFFECT MOVE TO DENY AT SECOND
READING ON THAT.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD THAT WOULD BE THE
CHOICE THAT THE APPLICANT IS MAKING RATHER THAN AGREEING TO
A REQUEST FOR A FIRST READING CONTINUATION.
7:06:21PM >> YEAH.
I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARILY FAIR TO MAKE MY APPLICANT
WAIT FOR A CONTINUED READING BECAUSE SOLID WASTE ISN'T HERE
WHEN I HAD THE AUTO TURNS THAT SOLID WASTE APPROVED RIGHT
HERE.
BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, MR. SHELBY.
7:06:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'M GOING TO SUGGEST WE READ THIS ON FIRST
READING WITH THE REVISION THAT THE APPLICANT WILL MAKE THE
CHANGE OF THE SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL WITH THE LANDSCAPING
PLAN BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AND THE RIGHT -- THE
TURNING IN AND OUT CHANGES THAT WE SUGGESTED ON ALBANY.
7:06:56PM >> AND MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBOR.
7:06:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AND THE MEETING, YES.
DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT?
7:07:05PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I WANTED TO ADD AGAIN THE MEETING --
7:07:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WE SAID THAT.
7:07:11PM >>LUIS VIERA:
AND ALL THAT.
MAY I ASK, IT'S A QUICK YES OR NO TO THE GENTLEMAN IN GREEN.
I WANT TO MAKE DARN SURE.
7:07:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
LET'S NOT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE GOOD.
7:07:21PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE HE'S OKAY WITH THIS.
IF SO, NOD.
7:07:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DON'T THINK THAT'S PROPER.
IT'S NOT PROPER.
7:07:32PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IT WOULD TAINT THE RECORD.
7:07:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CHRISTOPHER.
7:07:38PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
SUMMARY BEFORE ANY VOTE OR ANYTHING.
WE ARE -- YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE TO GO TO A SECOND READING.
7:07:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
WHEN -- WE HAVEN'T HAD A MOTION YET.
IF YOU HEAR A MOTION, IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE A SIX FOOT
MASONRY WALL, A LANDSCAPE PLAN BETWEEN FIRST -- WITH THE
MASONRY WALL TO BUFFER THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE RESTRICTIONS
ON THE TURNS IN AND OUT ON ALBANY AND THE MEETING THAT
COUNCILMAN VIERA DISCUSSED.
7:08:09PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
APPLICANT, NO CONCERNS?
7:08:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
WE'RE GOOD WITH THIS?
I THINK I LEFT OFF WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON, IS THAT RIGHT.
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
7:08:26PM >>BILL CARLSON:
FILE REZ 26-87, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING
PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2101 WEST HILLSBOROUGH
AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ALSO INCLUDING THE PROVISION THAT THEY COME BACK BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND READING WITH PLANS FOR AN EIGHT-FOOT
MASONRY FENCE.
7:08:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SIX.
7:08:58PM >>BILL CARLSON:
OKAY.
SORRY.
SIX FOOT MASONRY FENCE AND A LANDSCAPING PLAN TO BUFFER
NOISE AND LIGHT AND TO REQUIRE RIGHT TURN ONLY FROM ALBANY
AND TO HAVE HAD A MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBOR.
7:09:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
RIGHT TURN IN, WITH TURNING RESTRICTIONS
WE DISCUSSED.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
7:09:28PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5,
2026, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST
KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
7:09:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
7:09:43PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, SIR.
I WAS WAITING ON WHEN IT WAS COMING BACK.
COMING BACK NOVEMBER 5.
OBVIOUSLY, I WON'T BE HERE FOR THAT.
JUST FOR THE MEETING WITH THIS GENTLEMAN.
THANK YOU.
7:10:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER 9.
7:10:05PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9 IS REZ 26-88.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 202 SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY
FROM CG COMMERCIAL GENERAL AND RS 60 RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR A DRIVE-IN
RESTAURANT USE.
I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
7:10:32PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THE SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, BON
AIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVACUATION ZONE C.
SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE ALONG SOUTH DALE MABRY
HIGHWAY.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL,
SINGLE-FAMILY, AND MULTIFAMILY USES.
COMMERCIAL USES ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG SOUTH DALE MABRY
HIGHWAY AND WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
BOTH WHICH ARE TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDORS.
TO THE EAST IS A SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE SPLIT BETWEEN CMU 35 ALONG DALE
MABRY AND R-10 IN THE REAR.
CMU 35 IS PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED ALONG DALE MABRY HIGHWAY
WITH UMU 60 AND RMU 100 FURTHER NORTH.
R-10 AND R-20 ARE TO THE EAST.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM CG AND RS 60 TO PD FOR A
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT.
THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE CMU 35 PORTION
OF THE SITE WITH ACCESSORY PARKING IN THE R-10 PORTION.
THE PROPOSED BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY 4,250 SQUARE FEET AT
A 0.2 FAR WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CMU 35 DESIGNATION.
STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE APPLICANT CORRECT THE FUTURE
LAND USE DESIGNATION IN THE SITE DATA TABLE BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND READING.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN,
ALTHOUGH THE USE IS VEHICULARLY ORIENTED AND LOW INTENSITY
COMPARED TO WHAT IS ENVISIONED UNDER THE CMU 35 DESIGNATION.
THE SITE PROVIDES SIDEWALKS ALONG ALL FRONTAGES.
A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO WEST CLEVELAND STREET, BICYCLE
PARKING, AND STREET TREES.
HOWEVER, STAFF IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER ACTIVATE
THE DALE MABRY CORRIDOR BY BRINGING THE BUILDING CLOSER TO
THE STREET, ORIENTING THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE TOWARDS THE
CORRIDOR, AND MOVING PARKING TO THE SIDE AND REAR, AS
ENCOURAGED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE APPLICANT DID NOT INCORPORATE ANY OF THE REQUESTED
CHANGES INTO THE REVISED SITE PLAN.
THIS SITE ABUTS A SINGLE-FAMILY HOME TO THE EAST.
THE PROPOSED BUILDING PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT SETBACKS FROM
THAT PROPERTY LINE WITH EXISTING LANDSCAPING AND A SIX-FOOT
MASONRY WALL TO PROVIDE SCREENING FROM THE RESIDENTIAL USE.
OVERALL, WHILE THE DESIGN COULD BETTER SUPPORT THE
PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ENVISIONED ALONG A
MIXED USE AND TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR, GENERALLY THE
PROPOSED PD IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
7:12:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
CHRISTOPHER.
7:12:51PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER
DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
WE WILL START WITH THE AERIAL.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED.
LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF WEST
CLEVELAND STREET AND SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY.
LOOKING AT SURROUNDING USES, THE SUBJECT SITE HAS SPLIT
ZONING.
WE HAVE CG ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ALONG DALE MABRY
AND RS 60 ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WE DO HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED.
WE HAVE RS 60 ZONING HERE.
NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE WE HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED
WITH RS 60 ZONING, AND CG ZONING WITH STRIP SHOPPING CENTER,
DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WE HAVE AN EXISTING RESTAURANT,
AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE WE HAVE PD ZONING APPROVED FOR
STRIP SHOPPING CENTER WHICH INCLUDES A MIX OF RETAIL USES.
APPLICANT'S PROPOSED SITE PLAN DEPICTS THE 36,702 SQUARE
FOOT PROPERTY WITH A SINGLE STORY DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT.
THE BUILDING FOR THE PROPOSED DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT IS 4,250
SQUARE FEET.
ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROVIDED BY A TWO-WAY DRIVEWAY LOCATED
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST CLEVELAND STREET.
THERE IS A ONE-LANE DRIVE-THROUGH.
WE HAVE ORDERING BOX AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING
AND THE PICKUP WINDOW LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
BUILDING.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF 37 SURFACE PARKING SPACES THROUGHOUT THE
SITE.
THERE IS A NEW FIVE-FOOT SIDEWALK PROPOSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF WEST CLEVELAND RUNNING EAST TO WEST, CONNECTING INTO A
FIVE AND A HALF FOOT SIDEWALK THAT EXISTS, THAT RUNS NORTH
TO SOUTH ON SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY.
NEXT WE HAVE THE ELEVATIONS PROPOSED.
THE BRAND FOR THIS, OF COURSE, IS CULVER'S.
WE DO HAVE THE VARIOUS ELEVATIONS.
THE MAX HEIGHT PROPOSED IS 24 FEET, 3 INCHES.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF 7 WAIVERS WITH THIS REQUEST.
I DO HAVE AN UPDATED REVISION SHEET I DO NEED TO PROVIDE.
THE REASON FOR THE UPDATED REVISION SHEET, WE ACTUALLY HAD A
CONFLICT BETWEEN STORMWATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
STORMWATER HERE ON THE REVISION SHEET HAS A NOTE FOR BETWEEN
FIRST AND SECOND READING TO REMOVE ALL TREES AND VEGETATION
FROM THE STORMWATER RETENTION POND, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A REQUIREMENT IN OUR CODE FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES WHICH CALLS FOR A 15-FOOT USE-TO-USE BUFFER AND,
OF COURSE, THERE'S PLANTING REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UPON DISCOVERING THAT STORMWATER DOESN'T WANT ANY PLANTINGS
IN THE STORMWATER DETENTION POND, WE INFORMED THE APPLICANT
THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO REQUEST WHAT WOULD BE IN THIS CASE
AN 8th WAIVER TO THE REQUEST.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE 8th WAIVER STATES TO OMIT ONLY TREE AND
SHRUB PLANTING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE REQUIRED 15-FOOT
USE-TO-USE BUFFER ON THE EAST PROPERTY LINE DUE TO EXISTING
STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE.
JUST WANTED TO GET THAT INTO THE RECORD.
NOW I'LL GO AHEAD AND NOTE THE REQUESTED WAIVERS.
THE FIRST REQUESTED WAIVER IS FROM THE SPECIAL USE 2 PERMIT
CRITERIA, WHICH IS SECTION 27-132.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR DIRECT ACCESS
TO AN ARTERIAL OR COLLECTOR STREET.
THIS IS REQUIRED DUE TO THE TWO-WAY DRIVEWAY BEING PROPOSED
ALONG WEST CLEVELAND.
THE SECOND WAIVER IS TO SECTION 27-283, THIS IS TO ALLOW
ACCESS FROM NONRESIDENTIAL PARKING LOTS TO A LOCAL STREET AT
GREATER THAN 150 FEET OF THE INTERSECTION WITH AN ARTERIAL
OR COLLECTOR ROADWAY.
WAIVER 3 IS TO SECTION 27-284, THIS IS TO REDUCE THE 8-FOOT
WIDE VUA RIGHT-OF-WAY LANDSCAPE AREA TO FIVE FEET WIDE WITH
NO CHANGES TO THE REQUIRED PLANTINGS ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY
LINE.
WAIVER FOUR SECTION 27-284, THIS IS TO REDUCE THE 8-FOOT
WIDE VUA RIGHT-OF-WAY LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO THREE FEET WIDE
WITH NO CHANGES TO THE REQUIRED PLANTINGS ALONG THE NORTH
PROPERTY LINE.
WAIVER FIVE IS TO SECTION 27-289 TO ALLOW A FREE-STANDING
SIGN SETBACK OF 10 FEET AND OVERALL HEIGHT OF 17 FEET.
THE CODE ALLOWS A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 15 FEET.
THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR A BRAND STANDARD HEIGHT FOR CULVER'S
FRANCHISING SYSTEM.
WAIVER 6, 27-289 TO ALLOW A FREE-STANDING SIGN AREA OF 57.17
SQUARE FEET, INCLUDING THE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER.
THE CODE ALLOWS MAXIMUM SIGN AREA OF 50 SQUARE FEET PER SIGN
FACE.
THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR BRAND STANDARD SIGN FOR CULVER'S
FRANCHISING SYSTEM.
WAIVER 7, WAIVER TO ALLOW A MURAL TO BE DESIGNATED AS ART
AND EXCLUDED FROM THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING
SIGNS CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 4, PUBLIC ART, SECTION 42,
DEFINITION, WORKS OF ART OR ART WORKS.
WAIVER 8, I REFERENCED PREVIOUSLY, BUT I'LL REFERENCE IT
AGAIN.
SECTION 27-284 TO OMIT ONLY TREE AND SHRUB PLANTING
REQUIREMENTS FROM THE REQUIRED 15-FOOT USE TO USE BUFFER ON
THE EAST PROPERTY LINE DUE TO EXISTING STORMWATER
INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PHOTO, SUBJECT SITE IS THE FORMER
SHELLS RESTAURANT.
THIS IS A VIEW FROM NEAR DALE MABRY.
ANOTHER VIEW.
LOOKING AT THE SITE FROM CLEVELAND.
THIS IS LOOKING TO THE EAST HALF OF THE SITE.
LOOKING NORTH.
SOUTH.
IMMEDIATELY EAST.
LOOKING WEST.
AND I DO HAVE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS IF YOU NEED TO SEE SOME
ADDITIONAL.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE
PETITION.
WE FIND THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE CITY OF
TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS
APPLICATION AND THE WAIVERS LISTED ABOVE, FURTHER
MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED
BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AS STATED ON THE REVISION
SHEET.
THESE REVISIONS WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF
TRANSPORTATION'S INCONSISTENT FINDING.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
7:20:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
7:20:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
CAN YOU SHOW ME PHOTOS OF THE NORTH?
7:20:41PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
UM-HUM.
SORRY.
THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE.
7:20:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
HOW DEEP IS THE PROPERTY?
DOES IT END AT THAT BACK PARKING LOT OR DOES IT CONTINUE
FACING RESIDENTIAL HOMES?
7:21:04PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
THERE'S RESIDENTIAL.
IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN WEST CLEVELAND AND PASS THIS
DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO RUN INTO RESIDENTIAL.
7:21:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
AS PART OF THIS REZONING REACHES BEYOND
THAT.
7:21:19PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
LET ME --
7:21:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THIS IS CLOSEST TO DALE MABRY.
BUT THE PROPERTY WAS DEEPER.
7:21:26PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
YES.
7:21:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SHOWED JUST THE SHELLS PROPERTY.
AND THEN THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE BEHIND IT.
7:21:40PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
I'M LOOKING FOR THE AERIAL AND IT'S
RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE PHOTO.
THE SHELLS -- THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, IT DOES GO BACK TO THE
EAST --
7:21:50PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THOSE ARE TWO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES NORTH
OF THERE.
7:21:52PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
TO THE NORTH, CORRECT.
TWO TO THE NORTH OF THERE.
7:21:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AND TO THE EAST.
7:21:58PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
AND TO THE EAST.
MORE FURTHER BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:22:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT.
7:22:11PM >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO -- MIKE CARELLI, TERESA HUTCHINS.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO CULVER'S AND WHAT WE BRING TO THE
COMMUNITY.
I'LL BE BRIEF.
TERESA AND I OWN THREE CULVER'S IN THE COUNTY, NONE IN THE
CITY.
WE OPENED OUR FIRST ONE IN 2017 IN BRANDON.
WE HAVE OWN ONE IN RIVERVIEW, AND WE HAVE ONE IN CARROLLWOOD
ON NORTH DALE MABRY.
OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ASKING US FOR YEARS
TO BRING ONE TO THE CITY.
AND WE THINK WE FOUND THE PERFECT PROPERTY TO BRING IT TO
THE CITY, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO DEVELOP IT.
WE BRING GOOD FOOD.
WE HAVE FRESH BEEF, NEVER FROZEN, GREAT HAMBURGERS, IF YOU
NEVER TRIED THEM.
CHEESE CURDS AND FRESH CUSTARD WHICH UNLIKE SOME OF OUR
COMPETITORS, POWDERED PRODUCT OR PACKAGE, FRESH WISCONSIN
DAIRY THAT COMES IN.
RUN IT THROUGH A CUSTARD MACHINE AND MAKE IT FRESH EVERY
COUPLE OF HOURS.
VERY GOOD PRODUCT.
SECOND THING WE BRING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY ARE
JOBS.
EMPLOYS ABOUT 60 PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE ONLY RESTAURANTS GIVE 14 AND 15-YEAR-OLDS A SHOT.
MANY TIMES WE'RE THE FIRST JOB AND OPPORTUNITY THAT A LOT OF
YOUNG KIDS HAVE TO START WORK, BUILD SELF-CONFIDENCE AND
LEARN TO ACT PROPERLY IN A WORKPLACE.
IN ADDITION, ALL FRANCHISES AND ALL LOCALLY OWNED, WE HAVE A
DEVELOPMENT PATH FOR MANAGERS THAT STAY WITH US A LONG TIME
WHERE THEY CAN WORK INTO AN OWNERSHIP POSITION.
OUR TWO RESTAURANTS IN BRANDON AND RIVER VIEW THIS YEAR, WE
HAVE TWO GMs BEEN WITH US SINCE 2017 SINCE DAY ONE AND
BOTH WORKED THEMSELVES INTO OWNERSHIP POSITIONS.
IF YOU EVER WATCHED THE FOUNDER, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF
FOOD SERVICE NERD, THEY ALWAYS -- McDONALD'S SAYS WE'RE
NOT IN THE BURGER BUSINESS, WE'RE IN THE REAL ESTATE
BUSINESS.
WE SELL BURGERS TO DEVELOP REAL ESTATE.
CULVER'S, NOT IN THE BURGER BUSINESS, WE'RE IN THE TALENT
DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS.
WE TAKE PEOPLE, NURTURE THEM, KEEP THEM, DEVELOP THEM, GIVE
THEM CAREER OPPORTUNITIES THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE OTHERWISE.
LAST THING, WE LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE DO A KID'S NIGHT ONCE A MONTH, A KIND OF HALO EVENT.
2.99 KIDS MEALS.
PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO NORMALLY GO OUT TO EAT CAN BRING
THEIR KIDS.
CARICATURE ARTIST.
BALLOON ARTIST, FACE PAINTER.
WE GIVE PEOPLE AN EXPERIENCE, LIKE I SAID, CAN'T NORMALLY
EAT OUT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE.
IN ADDITION, WE LIKE TO INGRAIN OURSELVES IN THE COMMUNITY
AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, SO WE DO SHARE NIGHTS.
RECENTLY IN CARROLLWOOD, TERESA SET ONE UP, OUR MOST
SUCCESSFUL SHARE NIGHT EVER.
IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH CARROLLWOOD K-8 BY THE
CARROLLWOOD RESTAURANT.
SHARE NIGHT FOR ESE PROGRAM.
THEY WERE THRILLED.
IT WAS TWICE.
WE DONATED TWICE THE AMOUNT EVER DONATED FROM A SHARE NIGHT
BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A BIG EVENT.
BLOCKED OFF THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT AND ALLOWED THE KIDS TO
HAVE A TRUNK OR TREAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T NORMALLY GET TO
PARTICIPATE IN THINGS LIKE THAT.
GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE BRING.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE THIS DEVELOPMENT GO FORWARD AND BRING IT
TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
7:25:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
7:25:18PM >> I WAS NOT SWORN IN.
DANIEL BERGEN, NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, SUITE 101, TAMPA.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
I DO.
I BELIEVE WE DELIVERED A PRESENTATION EARLIER.
7:25:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT'S UP.
7:25:41PM >> THERE IT GOES.
DANIEL BERGEN.
WE WENT THROUGH THIS HERE.
THIS IS JUST SOME TYPICAL SITE DATA INFORMATION HERE
REQUESTING THE REZONING TO PD DUE TO THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
I'D LIKE TO IDENTIFY BECAUSE I WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE
WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEPTH OF WHAT WE'RE
CONSTRUCTING.
SPLIT ZONING AS STAFF HAD MENTIONED.
THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT PORTION AS FAR AS THE BUILDING, THE
DRIVE-THROUGH IS ALL WITHIN THE CG ZONING.
IT'S THE SAME AS WHAT SHELLS HAS NOW.
YOU HAVE BACK OF HOUSE AND PARKING THAT'S IN THE REAR,
THAT'S WITHIN THE SPECIAL USE PORTION OF IT.
AND THEN THE CG ZONING IS WHAT CONTAINS THE BUILDING,
ET CETERA.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY VARIATION WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
THIS IS WHAT WAS GONE OVER EARLIER.
WE HAVE THE ZONING MAP, SO I WON'T REPEAT MYSELF.
HERE IS OUR SITE.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I'VE READ THROUGH OPPOSITION.
I UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE BON AIR RESIDENTS.
I'VE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WORKING EXCLUSIVELY IN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY FOR 20 YEARS NOW.
HATE TO SAY THAT.
DALE MABRY IS AN EVACUATION ROUTE.
IT'S ALSO AN ARTERIAL ROAD CONTROLLED BY F.D.O.T. AND IT'S
FLORIDA STATUTES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT THAT NONCONFORMING
DRIVEWAYS ONTO ARTERIAL ROAD ON AN EVACUATION ROUTE THAT
DON'T MEET SPACING CRITERIA ARE NOT PERMITTED.
IF YOU WERE TO SEE, WHICH WE'LL GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
SHELLS AS IT'S CURRENTLY DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED IS A
LABYRINTH OF NONCONFORMING DRIVEWAYS WITH NO CONSISTENT
ACCESS BOTH ONTO DALE MABRY AND ONTO CLEVELAND.
AS PART OF OUR STEWARDSHIP, WE NEED TO CREATE SAFE,
ACCESSIBLE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CITY WITH
CONFORMING STANDARD DRIVEWAYS THAT ALLOW FOR PROPER TURNING
MECHANISMS, QUEUING, THAT DON'T BOG DOWN ROADS LIKE DALE
MABRY WITH A DRIVEWAY EVERY 15 FEET.
THAT'S WHAT DOT IS DRIVING FOR.
THAT'S WHAT IS SAFE FOR THE CITIZENS, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS
DEVELOPMENT IS DOING.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'VE CONSOLIDATED.
I'LL SHOW YOU THE CONSOLIDATION BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE SIDEWALK
ON ALL SIDES WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CODE.
WE HAVE ONE SINGULAR DRIVEWAY THAT IS REMOVED AND OFFSET
FROM DALE MABRY, WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY TURN ONTO
CLEVELAND AND THEN SAFELY ACCESS THE SITE.
ALL QUEUING IS DONE ON-SITE.
THAT'S DISPLAYED THROUGH THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
MAJORITY OF THE SALES ARE FOREVER INCREASING WITH CALL-AHEAD
OR TEXT-AHEAD ORDERS THROUGH UBER EATS, DOOR DASH, THOSE
TYPES OF ORDERING SERVICES, SO WE HAVE QUEUING THAT IS DONE
THROUGH PARKING SPACES.
THE DRIVEWAY IS NOT JUST BEING ACCESSED.
YOU HAVE MUCH QUICKER IN AND OUTS.
THIS IS A SELF-CONTAINED DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, AS THE FRANCHISEES WERE SAYING, THIS IS MUCH MORE
FAMILY ORIENTED THAN YOU WOULD SEE WITH A LOT OF OTHER TYPE
RESTAURANTS.
SO I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS OF
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AND
HOW THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL WAIVERS HERE THAT I'LL JUST KIND OF TOUCH
ON.
ALL OF THESE ARE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE HAVE SOME DE MINIMIS DIFFERENCES, SMALL, MINOR
DIFFERENCES THAT ARE A RESULT OF THE ACTUAL FRANCHISEE
SIGNAGE, WHICH IS A SMALL DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE CITY
CODE AND THE FRANCHISE SIGNS.
THOSE ARE NOT INTENTIONAL, BUT WE'RE ASKING FOR
CONSIDERATION DUE TO THE STANDARDIZATION OF CULVER'S AND
WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING OUTLANDISH OR CRAZY.
CURRENTLY, THERE REALLY IS NO VUA OR RIGHT-OF-WAY
LANDSCAPING.
IT'S A SEA OF ASPHALT THAT LINES CLEVELAND AND DALE MABRY,
RIGHT?
SO WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THAT.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR REDUCTION IN PLANTING REQUIREMENTS.
JUST ASKING FOR REDUCTION IN WIDTH.
THIS WILL BE A BEAUTIFICATION IN THE END COMPARED TO WHAT IS
CURRENTLY THERE.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DRIVEWAY.
I KNOW THAT IS A WAIVER, BUT IT IS A REQUIREMENT BY DOT.
THAT DRIVEWAY WOULD NEVER BE PERMITTED BY DOT IF THE SITE
WERE TO BE REDEVELOPED, THEY WOULD REQUIRE US TO ACCESS A
LOCAL ROAD.
WE DON'T MEET ANY OF THE CRITERIA TO PUT A DRIVEWAY ON DALE
MABRY FOR THE SITE.
AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS DISCUSSING EARLIER.
IF YOU WERE TO GO AND VISIT HERE, SHELLS HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR
A LITTLE BIT BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY AT PRESS BOX
TONIGHT.
SO YOU HAVE BASICALLY ONE CONTINUOUS OPEN DRIVEWAY ALONG
DALE MABRY, WHICH IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.
THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN.
IT'S UNSAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS.
UNSAFE FOR ACCESSIBILITY.
NO ONE ASK ACCESS DALE MABRY SAFELY FROM THIS SITE.
IT'S JUST COMPLETELY IRREGULAR AND NONCONFORMING.
THEN YOU HAVE THREE SEPARATE DRIVEWAYS THAT ACCESS
CLEVELAND.
SO HOW SOMEONE CAN DETERMINE WHERE YOU TURN IN, WHERE YOU
TURN OUT, THIS IS JUST ONE ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.
IF ANOTHER RESTAURANT WERE TO COME OCCUPY THIS BUILDING,
THOSE SAFETY ISSUES WOULD THEN BE OF MORE CONCERN TO THE
CITY.
WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE ALL THAT.
WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS BETWEEN NATURAL RESOURCES AND
STORMWATER.
WE'RE REALLY INDIFFERENT.
IF YOU WANT US TO HAVE PLANTS IN THE POND, WE'LL PUT CYPRESS
TREES.
IF YOU DON'T, WE WON'T.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF GOING ON BACK AND FORTH.
BUT IT IS FAIR TO SAY THERE IS AN EXISTING BUFFER WITH OAK
TREES.
THERE IS A WALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARCEL.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CONCERN WITH RESPECT TO OUR BUFFERING
FROM THE EASTERN RESIDENTS.
IT SEEMS TO BE ALL DRIVEN AROUND THE DRIVEWAY.
THAT BEING SAID, THE DRIVEWAY LOCATION, IF SHIFTED TOWARDS
DALE MABRY, REALLY WOULD NOT CREATE ANYTHING BUT MORE SAFETY
PROBLEMS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO DICTATE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT GO DOWN
CLEVELAND.
IT'S NOT GOING TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF THRU TRAFFIC OR
THRU STREETS THAT HAPPEN IN AND AROUND DALE MABRY.
THOSE ARE ALREADY THERE.
ALL IT'S GOING TO DO IS BY KEEPING THE DRIVEWAY WHERE WE ARE
AT AND IT IS OFFSET FROM THE OTHER DRIVEWAY SPECIFICALLY
ACROSS THE STREET IS IT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR PROPER TURNING
AND QUEUE LENGTH AND DETENTION TIME FOR SOMEONE TO GET ON TO
CLEVELAND AND THEN ACCESS OUR SITE SAFELY, AS WELL AS
PEDESTRIANS.
RIGHT NOW, IF WE WERE TO MOVE IT CLOSER TO DALE MABRY, THE
PERSON WOULD TURN ON TO CLEVELAND AND THEN TURN RIGHT IN AND
IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH -- THAT'S WHY THERE IS SPACING
CRITERIA.
WE WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE SAFETY OPERATION AND MAXIMIZE
THE ON-SITE STORAGE SO THERE ARE NO ISSUES WITH CLEVELAND.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED ACCESS HERE THAT WE'RE SHOWING AS WELL.
WE DO MAINTAIN CROSS ACCESS WITH PRESS BOX.
IT'S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
7:33:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
7:33:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WHILE I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, IF
YOU LOOK AT THE EXISTING SHELLS PROPERTY NOW, YOU HAVE THAT
ACCESS OFF DALE MABRY, WHICH THAT WOULD GO AWAY.
A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC WOULD COME OFF DALE MABRY AND GO ONTO
THE PROPERTY.
THE ACCESS POINTS ON CLEVELAND, YOU SHOW THAT THERE ARE
THREE.
THEY DON'T GO AS FAR BACK -- THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ACROSS
THE STREET STOPS HERE.
THE ACCESS POINTS ARE HERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
MY CONCERN IS, THE INGRESS AND EGRESS HERE ON CLEVELAND,
IT'S FACING PEOPLE'S HOUSES.
THERE ARE TWO HOUSES THERE IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OF F.D.O.T., IF YOU ARE GOING TO CHANGE
IT, THEY WANT TO CLOSE OFF THAT DALE MABRY ACCESS, THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT USED TO THAT, SO IT WOULD BE -- IT WOULD
APPEAR TO BE LIKE MORE TRAFFIC GOING ON CLEVELAND, EVEN IF
YOU HAD LIKE A NO RIGHT TURN AND MAKE FOLKS TURN, TAKE THAT
LEFT ON DALE MABRY TO GET OUT --
7:34:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
REMEMBER, THIS IS QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME
AND NOT TESTIMONY TIME.
IF YOU GET TO A QUESTION.
7:34:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I'M GOOD.
THANKS.
7:34:20PM >> I THINK I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.
DOT DOESN'T ALLOW RIGHT-OUT ONLY CURRENTLY ON ARTERIAL
EVACUATION ROUTES.
THAT'S IN THE PAST.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE SITES FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE IS GOING TO BE NO PERMITTED DRIVEWAY ACCESS ONCE THE
SITE IS REDEVELOPED OR IF SHELLS WERE TO BE REOCCUPIED
BECAUSE OF THE DURATION IT'S BEEN SHUT DOWN IT WOULD BE
RECONSIDERED FOR ALL ACCESS POINTS ONTO DALE MABRY.
THE DALE MABRY ACCESS IS NOT EVER GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THIS
SITE COMES BACK INTO CONSIDERATION AND REUSED.
THERE WILL BE AN ACCESS ONTO CLEVELAND.
IT'S A MATTER OF WHAT IS THE SAFEST AND BEST.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE FEEL WE'RE PROPOSING.
THE DRIVEWAY LOCATION BEING WHERE IT IS, IS STILL -- IT'S
STILL CONFORMING.
YES, IT IS BEYOND THE 150, BUT THAT IS A MORE DESIRABLE
DISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO SAFETY.
7:35:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
A QUESTION WOULD BE, YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE 150.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO MOVE THAT INGRESS/EGRESS CLOSER TO DALE
MABRY AND MAKE THIS WORK SO IT'S NOT GOING INTO PEOPLE'S --
FACING PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES AS FOLKS ARE COMING IN AND OUT?
7:35:35PM >> I WOULD QUESTION WHAT WOULD BE THE DISTANCE THAT WOULD
MAKE THIS GO AWAY.
I FEEL THIS IS AN ACCURATE DESIGN.
IT'S THE BEST DESIGN.
IT'S THE SAFEST DESIGN.
7:35:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
WE STILL HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
MY IDEA WOULD BE SO IT MATCHES THE -- IS THERE A WAY TO MOVE
THE ENTRANCE WAY FROM CLEVELAND CLOSER TO DALE MABRY SO IT
AT LEAST LINES UP WITH THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THERE AND
DOESN'T ENCROACH ON TO THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE?
I KNOW THERE ARE PARKING SPACES THERE, BUT SHIFT IT OVER AND
CLOSE OFF THAT AREA SO YOU'RE NOT GOING INTO PEOPLE'S,
FACING PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS.
7:36:24PM >> I'M NOT POSITIVE THAT IT CAN BE SHIFTED MORE TO WHERE IT
WOULD MAKE TANGIBLE IMPACT.
THAT'S A TRUTHFUL STATEMENT.
I THINK OUR CONCERN IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO MEET DOT
CRITERIA, SPACING CRITERIA, AND KEEP THE CROSS ACCESS
ALIGNED WITH PRESS BOX AS IT IS, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S WHERE
IT'S AT.
IF WE SHIFT IT 25 FEET, I THINK THEY WOULD STILL HAVE AN
ISSUE.
THE MAIN ISSUE IS THAT IT'S ON CLEVELAND.
IF I READ THROUGH THE OPPOSITION, IT'S THAT IT'S ON
CLEVELAND.
THAT'S UNAVOIDABLE.
7:37:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
DAVID?
WHO IS OVER THERE?
JONATHAN.
ALL I CAN SEE IS THE TOP OF A HEAD.
HE'S GOT HAIR.
7:37:24PM >> JONATHAN SCOTT, TRANSPORTATION.
WHAT WAS THE QUESTION, SIR?
7:37:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THE QUESTION WAS, CAN THAT INGRESS AND
EGRESS OFF OF CLEVELAND BE SHIFTED CLOSER TO DALE MABRY AND
MEET, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT'S JUST
TO THE NORTH BECAUSE THERE IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND THEN
THE RESIDENTIAL BEGINS, SO THE CARS AREN'T GOING IN AND OUT
FACING PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS, BASICALLY CLOSING IT OFF THERE
AND MAKING THE INGRESS AND EGRESS CLOSER TO DALE MABRY,
SHIFT IT OVER.
7:37:56PM >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
THE WAY THEY DESIGNED THIS SITE, ONCE AGAIN, WE GOT THE
SOLID WASTE COMING IN AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND THEY DID HAVE INTENTIONS OF PUSHING IT FARTHER AWAY FROM
DALE MABRY FOR ACCESS AS WELL.
COULD IT BE DONE?
YES.
BUT TALKING ABOUT ANOTHER REDESIGN.
IN MY OPINION IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA.
I THINK THE WAY THEY DID IT IS GOOD.
I RESPECT THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER THAT HAS PUT
TESTIMONY INTO THAT FACT AS WELL.
7:38:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
7:38:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN MIRANDA FOLLOWED BY CARLSON.
7:38:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU SAID ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS AND
YOUR COMPANY AND SO FORTH AND SO ON, BUT THIS IS ABOUT
ZONING, NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU DO FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I'M A CUSTOMER OF YOURS.
I GO ALL THE WAY TO THE ONE BY THE OUTBACK, AND I GO PAST IT
AND I MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN AND I GET ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE IS AN ENTRANCE THERE THAT THE ROAD IS
ONLY FOR YOUR ENTRANCE, AM I CORRECT?
7:38:56PM >> TALKING ABOUT DALE MABRY AND HUDSON.
7:38:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
PLASTIC --
7:38:59PM >> DALE MABRY AND HUDSON.
7:39:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ONCE YOU GET IN THERE, YOU DRIVE RIGHT
INTO THE PLACE.
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
DRIVE IN, GO AROUND AND PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE NORTH
PART OF YOUR BUILDING NEXT TO THE OUTBACK, FACING THE
OUTBACK, THEN YOU HAVE THE SIDE ENTRANCE DOOR, YOU COME IN,
GO IN AND ORDER AND SIT DOWN AND YOUR DRIVE-IN WINDOW IS TO
THE SOUTH.
7:39:26PM >> YES, FAMILIAR.
OLD HUDSON NURSERY SITE.
7:39:30PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE AN INGRESS AND
EGRESS PROBLEM HERE.
NOT A PRODUCT PROBLEM.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY WELL RECEIVED WHENEVER YOU GO.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND YOU.
EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED TODAY IS IN DISTRICT 6.
AND THIS IS ALSO IN DISTRICT 6.
I'M JUST LISTENING TO EVERYONE.
YOU HEARD WHAT HAPPENED ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE.
WE TRIED TO WORK THINGS OUT.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HURT ANYONE, YOURSELF OR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, SO WE HAVE TO COME TO SOMETHING TO WORK OUT IF
POSSIBLE.
NOTICE I SAID IT VERY CLEARLY, IF POSSIBLE.
I'VE TAKEN A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE I LIKE THE PRODUCT.
7:40:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
REMEMBER, THIS IS Q & A TIME.
7:40:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'VE GOT THREE MINUTES.
7:40:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
IT'S Q & A TIME.
WE'LL HAVE THAT PART AFTER WE CLOSE THE HEARING.
7:40:25PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'LL STOP RIGHT NOW.
7:40:26PM >> IN SPEAKING WITH THE HUDSON NURSERY PROPERTY I WAS
INVOLVED WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT THERE WHEN THEY CONVERTED
OVER WITH CHEDDAR'S, OUTBACK AND CULVER'S --
7:40:35PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE AT.
THAT WAS THE HUDSON PROPERTY.
7:40:40PM >> THAT WAS THE HUDSON PROPERTY.
HUDSON LANE AND DALE MABRY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD IN
CARROLLWOOD.
I GO THERE WITH MY BUDDY ANDY SCAGLIONE ALL THE TIME, SUCK
THOSE DOWN.
7:41:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS IS Q & A.
7:41:02PM >> THE DIFFERENCE, THE SEPARATION THERE, IT'S SPACING
CRITERIA IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO, RIGHT?
SO WE HAVE LIMITED -- WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT SPACING
BETWEEN DRIVEWAY ACCESSES TO ACCESS DALE MABRY.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TESTIFYING.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I AM MAKING UP.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS DESIRABLE.
WE DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGH WAIVERS, SPECIAL
DESIGN EXCEPTIONS MEET SPACING CRITERIA FOR DALE MABRY
ACCESS.
THAT'S NOTHING THAT I'VE COME UP WITH.
THAT IS FROM THE STATE.
COUPLE IT WITH AN ARTERIAL ROAD AND EVACUATION ROUTE, WE
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT.
THAT SECTION OF DALE MABRY AND THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS
MULTIPLE FRONT -- IT'S VERY LONG FRONTAGE.
BIFURCATED THE PROPERTY WITH SINGULAR RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT
ACCESS AND THAT'S HOW THEY ACCESSED THAT POINT.
IT IS A DIFFERENT SCENARIO.
IT IS A MUCH MORE DEVELOPED COMPLEX AND RETAIL CENTER VERSUS
THIS IS A SINGLE USE, SINGLE PARCEL RETAIL CENTER.
7:42:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
7:42:05PM >>BILL CARLSON:
I WONDER IF JONATHAN COULD COME BACK OUT AND
MAYBE THE APPLICANT COULD RESPOND TO WHATEVER JONATHAN SAYS.
SO HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE F.D.O.T. RULE ABOUT NOT ALLOWING
ACCESS ON A HURRICANE EVACUATION ROUTE.
HOPEFULLY I CHARACTERIZED THAT CORRECTLY.
UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS -- ARE THERE NO CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH
THAT WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED IN?
LIKE IF SHELLS CAME BACK AND USED EXACTLY THE SAME BUILDING,
SAME FOOTPRINT, WOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO DO THIS?
WHAT OTHER USES WOULD ALLOW THE DALE MABRY ACCESS THAT WOULD
THEN TRIGGER AND WHAT WOULD THEN TRIGGER THIS TO REQUIRE IT
TO BE SHUT OFF?
7:42:46PM >> JONATHAN SCOTT, TRANSPORTATION.
THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
IF THE USE DIDN'T CHANGE, THEY OBVIOUSLY COULD USE IT THE
SAME WAY.
THE WAY DOT LOOKS AT IT, THEY CONSIDER IF THERE IS A
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, WHICH WOULD MEAN BASICALLY ANY KIND OF
CHANGE IN USE OR IN TRIPS, THEN THEY HAVE THIS DISTANCE
SEPARATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE DRIVEWAY.
ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER MENTIONED AND ABSOLUTELY
CORRECT, IT WOULDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA AND WOULDN'T --
7:43:17PM >>BILL CARLSON:
SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE, WHAT IS IT THAT'S
CHANGING?
7:43:22PM >> IT IS THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT FROM OTHER DRIVEWAYS AND
OTHER ROADWAY.
7:43:27PM >>BILL CARLSON:
IF THEY HAD SOMEHOW BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE
EXACT SAME BUILDING, WOULDN'T TRIGGER IT.
7:43:32PM >> KEPT SAME USE AND SAME BUILDING, YEAH, THEY WOULDN'T
CHANGE IT UNTIL THAT TIME.
7:43:37PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THANK YOU.
7:43:39PM >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.
IT HAS TO DO AS WELL HOW LONG THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN
SHUTTERED.
ANY SORT OF REDEVELOPMENT NOW, IF -- NEW STATE STATUTES AND
THIS IS FROM A FEW YEARS AGO, ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS DONE
ALONG DOT RIGHT-OF-WAY HAS TO GO IN FRONT OF DOT.
IF YOU WERE TO COME IN AND DO ANYTHING OF THE SLIGHTEST
MODIFICATION TO THAT BUILDING, IT WOULD TRIGGER A DOT
REVIEW, EVEN IF IT WERE TO BE SOMETHING AS MINOR AS PUTTING
A CANOPY OR ANY SORT OF SITE IMPROVEMENT WORK.
ALSO, IF THE BUILDING OR THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR A
CERTAIN DURATION, I BELIEVE IT'S TWO YEARS, THEN THE USE IS
NO LONGER GRANDFATHERED.
SO THE LONGER SOMETHING STAYS CLOSED, THEN IT HAS TO GO BACK
IN FRONT OF DOT.
THIS IS THEIR WAY OF SYSTEMATICALLY COMPLETING SAFETY
UPGRADES ALONG ARTERIAL ROADS.
7:44:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO
THE ITEM?
IT WILL BE ONE AT A TIME.
YOU CAN STAY COMFORTABLE, LIKE THREE AT A TIME IF YOU LINE
UP AGAINST THE WALL.
WHEN YOU START, COME UP TO THE PODIUM, START WITH YOUR NAME.
THE TIMER WILL COME ON.
THEE MINUTES.
YELLOW LIGHT COMES ON, YOU STILL HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.
ALWAYS START WITH YOUR NAME.
HAS EVERYBODY BEEN SWORN IN?
DID SOMEBODY SAY THEY HAVE NOT?
OKAY.
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN IN, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR
RIGHT HAND.
IF YOU TESTIFY ON EITHER OF THE TWO REMAINING HEARINGS,
STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY OUR CLERK.
[OATH ADMINISTERED]
7:45:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ONE AT A TIME COME TO THE PODIUM.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
7:45:29PM >> VERY GOOD.
GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS DAVID KOZLOWSKI.
VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE.
I HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORS HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO START TO SAY THAT THERE COULDN'T BE A
GREATER DIFFERENCE IN OPINION AND VIEW THAN WHAT'S BEEN
PRESENTED TO YOU FOLKS TONIGHT.
CULVER'S TALKS ABOUT BEING ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.
CULVER'S HAS NOT REACHED OUT TO ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE COMMUNITY HAS REACHED OUT TO THE
DEVELOPER OR THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR CULVER'S, AND WE
FROM THE ONSET DISCUSSED THE CONCERNS WITH WHERE THIS
ENTRANCE IS GOING TO GO.
THIS CONSTRUCTION IS NOT CONSISTENT OR COMPLIANT WITH THE
CITY OF TAMPA'S REZONING STAFF REPORT.
THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION, IF APPROVED, WILL IMMEDIATELY
SUBJECT A HEAVILY OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A
VERY HIGH CONCENTRATION OF CHILDREN TO IMMEDIATE SAFETY
RISK.
THIS IS A VERY VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOOD.
EVERY SINGLE HOUSE ON THAT BLOCK HAS TWO OR MORE CHILDREN
THAT ARE FROM INFANTS ALL THE WAY INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH
SCHOOL, ET CETERA.
IT'S A VERY BUSY STREET.
ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET ANY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING HOUR AND YOU WILL SEE RESIDENTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THAT STREET.
THERE ARE NO PARKS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ENCROACHING ON TO WHAT IS CURRENTLY
BEING REDEVELOPED.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE NEWER HOMES THAT ARE ON THE STREET,
YOU'LL SEE A NEW HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, A
MULTIFAMILY HOME, FOUR-BEDROOM HOME.
MY HOME, FIVE-BEDROOM HOME.
ALL THESE OTHER HOMES.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY HIGHLY RESIDENTIAL UTILIZED
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I FEEL LIKE THESE CONCERNS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ADDRESSED
PREVIOUSLY BY SOME COUNCIL BEFORE THIS TIME HERE BECAUSE
THIS IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL, HALF OF THAT AREA IS, AND THERE'S
BEEN A BRICK WALL THAT'S BEEN BUILT THERE TO PROTECT THE
HOMES OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT
COMMERCIAL, SLASH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO SHIELD THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE NOW TRYING TO TAKE
AWAY.
IT'S REALLY SAD, IF YOU GUYS SAW THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK
YOU'D HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE.
THE COMMUNITY, THIS HAS BEEN AN AREA THAT'S BEEN -- THAT HAS
BEEN NEGLECTED.
THE COMMUNITY HAS COME TOGETHER.
RAISED OVER $25,000 TO PLANT SOD, PLANT TREES.
IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT THE STORMWATER, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT
POSSIBLY KNOCKING DOWN AN URBAN FOREST.
LOOK AT THE TREES AROUND THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST.
THAT'S MY PROPERTY.
THESE ARE OLD GROWTH OAK TREES HERE.
THIS WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE,
FOLKS, AND THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, TOO.
BUFFER AGREEMENT UNDER TAMPA CODE 27 COMMERCIAL TRANSITION,
CITY IS SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN A STEP TRANSITION BETWEEN THESE
COMMERCIAL ZONES, INTRUSION OF COMMERCIAL, INCONSISTENCIES
WITH IMAGINE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE BEING OVERLOOKED HERE.
I THINK YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM AND
TALK TO THE REST OF MY NEIGHBORS HERE.
I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS REZONING.
7:48:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HELLO, SIR.
START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
7:48:41PM >> RAY WONG, RESIDENT IN THE BON AIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO HOW THIS IS BEING PROPOSED AND THE
LANGUAGE THAT IS BEING USED AS A PERFECT SOLUTION.
IT IS, IN FACT, A PERFECT SOLUTION BASED ON NOT BEING ABLE
TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT CODE
REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS WHY THE VARIANCES ARE BEING
REQUESTED.
AS AN ARCHITECT, I'M GENERALLY PRODEVELOPMENT.
IN FACT, I PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ADVOCATING
FOR APPROVAL OF OTHER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
MANY OF MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS SHARE MY PERSPECTIVE.
WE ARE NOT ANTIDEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT
MAKES LITTLE SENSE, AND IT IS QUESTIONABLE AT BEST IN THIS
PARTICULAR LOCATION.
I'D LIKE TO DRAW UPON MY NEARLY 30 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE AS AN ARCHITECT AND FOCUS ON THREE SPECIFIC
REGULATORY CONCERNS.
FIRST, TAMPA CODE SECTION 27-283-12J WHICH SEEKS TO MINIMIZE
THE IMPACT OF NONRESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC ON RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOODS.
YET, THIS PROPOSAL DIRECTLY DIRECTS AS PRIMARY PUBLIC STREET
ACCESS TO CLEVELAND STREET, A LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD 200
FEET FROM DALE MABRY, WHICH EXCEEDS 150-FOOT STANDARD AND
REQUIRES A WAIVER.
THIS APPLICANT HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED WHY THIS EXCEPTION IS
JUSTIFIED OR HOW TRAFFIC AND POTENTIAL DRIVE-THROUGH QUEUING
WILL BE KEPT OFF CLEVELAND STREET.
I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN
DONE.
WE SAID THE SAME THING ABOUT THE TRADER JOE'S ON SWANN, AND
YOU ALL KNOW HOW THAT BACKS ON TO DALE MABRY AND SWANN.
SECOND, SECTION 27-136 AND 138 WHICH ESTABLISHES PLANNED
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ADDRESSING NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY,
APPROPRIATE SITE DESIGN, AND ADEQUATE STREET INFRASTRUCTURE.
TO THIS POINT, THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAY AND
VEHICULAR CIRCULATION ENCROACH INTO THE RESIDENTIAL
TRANSITION AREA, PLACING RESTAURANT TRAFFIC APPROXIMATELY 50
FEET FROM THE EXISTING HOMES AND WELL WITHIN THE REALM OF
THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIRD, SECTION 27-139, WHICH ESTABLISHES CRITERIA FOR
GRANTING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WAIVERS, INCLUDING
CONSIDERATIONS OF IMPACT ON NEARBY HOMES.
THIS APPLICATION IS REQUESTING WAIVERS INCLUDING 7 TO 8
DIFFERENT WAIVERS, INCLUDING REDUCTIONS THAT REQUIRE
LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ALONG CLEVELAND STREET.
FOR THOSE REASONS, I RESPECTFULLY ASK COUNCIL TO DENY THIS
REZONING.
THIS IS SIMPLY NOT THE PROJECT, THE RIGHT PROJECT FOR THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:51:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, RAY.
NEXT SPEAKER.
FOR THOSE OF YOU SPEAKING, IF SOMEBODY ALREADY TESTIFIED TO
SOMETHING, YOU CAN ALWAYS SAY YOU AGREE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPEAT WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE SAID.
7:51:50PM >> GOOD EVENING.
7:51:52PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MR. MARTELL, IS DAVID RYDEEN HERE?
YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR TIME, THREE MINUTES FOR AN ADDITIONAL
MINUTE.
THAT WILL BE A TOTAL OF FOUR MINUTES.
7:52:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
START WITH YOUR NAME.
YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
7:52:04PM >> JEFFREY MARTELL, RESIDENT OF BON AIR, ALSO THE BON AIR
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.
SUBMITTED A LETTER.
HOPEFULLY COUNCIL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.
I THINK THE APPLICANT DID AS WELL, ATTEMPTED TO COUNTER A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
QUICKLY, WE MET TWICE WITHIN THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
ONE MORE INFORMATIONAL, SECOND A FORMAL MEETING, FORMAL
VOTE.
HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ATTENDED THAT MEETING
VOTED TO OPPOSE THE PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS.
I KNOW I ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
REZONING STAFF REPORT, OF COURSE, INCONSISTENT.
TO ME, ALSO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, ALSO IN THE LAND
DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY FOR 25 YEARS, THESE ARE WHAT I CONSIDER
HEAVY WAIVERS.
THE ACCESS LOCATION, THE REDUCED BUFFERS, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE
AN 8th BUFFER NOW AS WELL.
THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT IN MY OPINION RELATIVE TO ANY REZONING
OR PUD CONSIDERATION.
THE ACCESS ON DALE MABRY IS BEING REMOVED.
I HEARD THE TESTIMONY.
RIGHT-IN ONLY ACCESS BE ATTEMPTED, THAT COORDINATION WITH
PRESS BOX, WHICH I THINK HAS SOME COMMON OWNERSHIP WITH THIS
PROPERTY BE ATTEMPTED OR ANY SOLUTIONS ATTEMPTED OTHER THAN
TO SIMPLY SAY EVACUATION ROUTE.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.
PUT MY DRIVEWAY ON WEST CLEVELAND, SET BACK FURTHER THAN 150
FEET.
IT WAS EXHIBIT PRESENTED AND ONE OF THE COUNCILMAN POINTED
OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES IT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM
TWO HOUSES.
I WOULD FURTHER THAT STATEMENT, NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT
CULVER'S, TALKING ABOUT CROSS ACCESS WITH THE PRESS BOX.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LATE HOURS, MIDNIGHT, 1 A.M., 2 A.M.,
3 A.M., I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME THE EMPLOYEES LEAVE, COMING
OUT AND WITH THE HEADLIGHTS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM TWO
NEIGHBORS.
PROPERTY IS COMMERCIALLY DEVELOPED.
USE AND CHARACTER IS DIFFERENT.
THE MASONRY SCREEN WALL BEING REMOVED, 70% OF IT ALONG WEST
CLEVELAND.
THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY WHOEVER ZONING STAFF,
PLANNING STAFF, CITY COUNCIL TO PUT THERE.
THAT ESSENTIALLY PROTECTED THE REAR THIRD OF THE PROPERTY
WHICH IS RESIDENTIALLY ZONED.
THAT'S BEING REMOVED.
TREASURE CLOSURE INTRODUCED, DRIVE-THROUGH INTRODUCED, CROSS
ACCESS WITH PRESS BOX EXIT INTRODUCED AS WELL AS THE
ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
THE REALITY IS THE PROPERTY IS TOO NARROW.
ASKING FOR A BUFFER ON WEST CLEVELAND.
THEY ARE ASKING TO HAVE A SITE PLAN WITH NO BYPASS LANE.
WE'VE SEEN NO QUEUING STUDY, AT LEAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
FIVE OR SIX CARS IN THIS QUEUE, NO DOUBLE DRIVE-THROUGH THAT
ALL MAJOR FAST FOOD PEOPLE ARE USING TODAY.
THIS PROPERTY WILL BACK UP.
THE QUEUE WILL GO PAST FIVE OR SIX CARS.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT PICK UP AND ALL THIS.
PEOPLE WILL PARK ON WEST CLEVELAND AND THAT IS THE REALITY.
ALSO ZERO SETBACK TO PRESS BOX OR CLOSE TO ZERO SETBACK AS
WELL.
WAIVER ON WEST CLEVELAND IS SIGNIFICANT AS WELL.
MASONRY WALL SHOULD REMAIN.
BUFFER IN TACT.
8th WAIVER TO THE REAR TO THE EAST.
OTHER REALITY HERE IS THAT THE PRESS BOX AND SHELLS ALBEIT
MAYBE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP, MAYBE SAME FAMILY TRUST.
CROSS ACCESS, CROSS PARKING.
THE EMPLOYEES FOR PRESS BOX PARK BEHIND THE SHELLS.
THE CUSTOMERS PARK BEHIND SHELLS.
WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE MOST OF THE PRESS BOX PARKING.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE CULVER'S PROPERTY HERE,
WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT CLEVELAND, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT
THE NEXT STREET TO THE SOUTH.
I DON'T THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS ANYWHERE NEAR ENOUGH
INFORMATION TO EVEN CONSIDER THIS APPLICATION.
I THINK THERE'S CONSIDERATIONS WITH PRESS BOX.
I THINK THERE'S FURTHER NEED TO PUSH DOT TO CONSIDER AT
LEAST THE RIGHT IN AT A MINIMUM.
THERE'S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
THERE'S LANDSCAPING, AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE REQUEST THAT
THE CITY COUNCIL DENY THIS APPLICATION.
THEY DIDN'T REACH OUT TO US TO MEET.
THERE'S BEEN NO NEIGHBORHOOD COORDINATION.
THE ONLY REASON I HEARD TODAY IS THEY CAN'T MAKE THE DALE
MABRY DRIVEWAY WORK, THEN THE USE DOESN'T WORK.
PERIOD.
THEY ARE ASKING FOR A REZONING.
THEY ARE ASKING TO LOOK TO USE THE REAR THIRD OF THE
PROPERTY IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARACTER AND USE THAN
TODAY.
IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.
IT'S TOO NARROW AND THE COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTY IS NOT
-- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
7:56:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER.
START WITH YOUR NAME, SIR.
7:56:16PM >> GOOD EVENING.
SHAWN WILSON, 371 WEST ROLAND STREET.
I'M THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE BON AIR NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS.
I ALSO SENT YOU ALL A LETTER.
GOSH, IF THEY ARE SO COMMUNITY ORIENTED WHY DIDN'T THEY EVER
REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY?
TO ME, THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.
HOW CAN WE BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT THEY HAVE SAID?
NOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE DRIVEWAY LOCATION.
IT'S ALSO, AS YOU HEARD, THEY ARE REMOVING A WALL.
THAT WALL IS A TREASURE.
WE LOVE THAT WALL.
OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE ADOPTED THAT WALL AND THE SWALE AND IT'S
PLANTED.
I KNOW YOU HAVE DRIVEN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I INVITE YOU TO
COME WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IT IS VERY
VIBRANT.
THE EXISTING TRAFFIC PATTERN WORKS.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ABOUT A 4500 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT, USED
TO BE SHELLS.
WAS THERE FOR DECADES.
THE TRAFFIC WORKS.
THEY ARE PROPOSING ABOUT A 4,000 OR 4500 SQUARE FOOT
RESTAURANT.
I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT MAYBE MY NEIGHBORS DON'T
WANT.
I'M GOING TO INVITE CULVER'S TO COME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BRING YOUR CUSTARD MACHINE.
BRING YOUR FRESH BEEF.
LOAD THEM UP, PUT SOME CHAIRS IN, PAINT IT, HANG CULVER'S
SIGN UP AND START SELLING HAMBURGERS.
BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO DEMO A BUILDING AND BUILD A NEW
BUILDING WHICH IS THE SAME SIZE AND RUIN THAT WHOLE AREA.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AS I PUT IN MY LETTER, THE CITY
INCENTIVIZE THE OWNERS TO MAYBE DO A KIND OF GRAND
REDEVELOPMENT, DEMO THE PRESS BOX, DEMO SHELLS, COME BACK IN
WITH A BIGGER BUILDING THAT'S FRONTING OUT ON DALE MABRY,
BUT THAT STILL RETAINS THE DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH
THE CURRENT COMMERCIAL DRIVEWAYS BOTH ON THE NORTH AND THE
SOUTH SO WE'RE NOT MOVING DRIVEWAYS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
LEAVING THE DRIVEWAYS WHERE THEY ARE.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.
THAT WOULD BE A TRUE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT.
BUT WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IS NOT.
AND NOW I HEARD TONIGHT THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY WANTS TO REMOVE
ALL THE BEAUTIFUL OAK TREES THAT ARE ON THE EAST PROPERTY
LINE THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT TO MR. KOZLOWSKI'S HOUSE.
WE'RE DEFINITELY -- I MEAN, I WILL HUG THOSE TREES.
THOSE TREES ARE NOT GOING TO BE CUT DOWN.
THE STORM DRAINAGE WORKS.
THE CIRCULATION WORKS.
IT HAS ALL WORKED FOR DECADES.
TPD KNOWS HOW THE CIRCULATION WORKS.
THE NEIGHBORS DO.
YOU ALL KNOW HOW THE CIRCULATION WORKS.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY IT CAN'T WORK JUST BECAUSE NOW THEY
ARE SELLING HAMBURGERS INSTEAD OF FISH STICKS.
I DON'T SEE WHAT THE HULLABALOO IS ABOUT HERE.
THE OTHER THING, YOU ARE PUTTING IN FAST FOOD WHERE THERE IS
NO FAST FOOD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HOST MANY GREAT RESTAURANTS THAT YOU ALL KNOW.
THEY ARE LOCALLY OWNED.
OLIVIA, WE JUST GOT SODO, NOW VIOLET STONE, I THINK, IS
COMING IN WHERE RENZO'S USED TO BE.
WE LOVE RESTAURANTS.
BUT THEY HAVE TO STAY ON THE PERIMETER.
THEY HAVE TO STAY ON THE PERIMETER.
AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO NOT APPROVE THIS.
IF THEY WANT COME IN, AGAIN, SELL HAMBURGERS IN THE EXISTING
BUILDING, I THINK I HEARD THAT THEY CAN KEEP THE DRIVEWAY ON
DALE MABRY, THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
7:59:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
START WITH YOUR NAME.
7:59:27PM >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
KELLY HOLBROOK, 3700 WEST CLEVELAND STREET.
I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARCHITECTS.
I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT.
I'M AN ATTORNEY, BUT I'M NOT HERE TODAY AS AN ATTORNEY.
I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M A MOM AND A MOM WHO LIVES ON THE
CORNER OF CLEVELAND AND STERLING.
I BOUGHT MY HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THERE WAS A SWING IN THE FRONT YARD, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE
SELLING POINTS FOR ME.
WE ARE AN ACTIVE, ACTIVE COMMUNITY.
OUR KIDS ARE NOT ON GAMES INSIDE.
THEY ARE OUTSIDE PLAYING.
ALL OF US KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO OUTSIDE
SOCIALIZING.
ON THE EXACT STREET THAT THEY NOW WANT TO PLACE ALL OF THIS
TRAFFIC.
I KNOW THEY SAID THEY ARE FOR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S
FANTASTIC, BUT WE ARE THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY ALSO SAID THAT
IT'S NOT SAFE TO HAVE THAT TRAFFIC BACKING UP ON DALE MABRY.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS ALSO NOT SAFE?
HAVING THE TRAFFIC BACK UP ON OUR FAMILY STREET WHERE OUR
KIDS PLAY.
I AM ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO THIS.
IT IS A ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE.
AND I HOPE YOU ALL CONSIDER THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT USE FOR
THIS PROPERTY.
THANK YOU.
8:00:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
START WITH YOUR NAME.
8:00:53PM >> HI.
MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER HENRY.
I'M A RESIDENT AT 3620 WEST HORATIO STREET, FEW STREETS DOWN
FROM WHERE THIS IS PROPOSED.
I WANT TO JUST ECHO ALL OF WHAT MY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS
HAVE BEEN SAYING.
HEY, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CULVER'S HERE.
I THINK IT WOULD DO REALLY AMAZING BUSINESS.
LOOK AT WHAT THE CHICK-FIL-A DOES WITH TWO DRIVE-THROUGH
LANES, CONSTANTLY BACKED UP.
I'M JUST HERE TO PROTECT MY NEIGHBORS THE WAY I WOULD WANT
TO BE PROTECTED.
I WOULD JUST ASK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, WOULD YOU WANT
TO SEE A TRAFFIC JAM AT EVERY LUNCH AND DINNER HOUR SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK.
I WOULDN'T.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AT MY FIRST COUNCIL MEETING.
I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN CONSIDER WHAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT.
THANK YOU.
8:01:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOUR BREVITY.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
8:01:46PM >> HELLO.
I'M BROOKS WRIGHT.
I LIVE AT 3711 WEST CLEVELAND STREET.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SAFETY.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.
I'M AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN.
I WORK AT A TRAUMA HOSPITAL.
I HAVE CHILDREN.
AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY WITH THIS CURRENT
PROPOSAL.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO OPPOSE THIS CURRENTLY OUT FOR CULVER'S.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO CULVER'S AS A BUSINESS AT THIS LOCATION
BUT I'M OPPOSED TO THE LAYOUT AS EVERYBODY ELSE PREVIOUSLY
SPOKE ABOUT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S CONFUSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT A WALL IS
BEING REMOVED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, A WALL IS BEING
REMOVED.
I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT, BUT THIS IS
GOING INTO MY NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE
SHARING MY DRIVEWAY, TOO.
I FEEL LIKE I'M MIRRORING THE LAST CONCERN FROM A DIFFERENT
PROJECT, BUT I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN MYSELF, WHICH
INCLUDES A SIX-YEAR-OLD AUTISTIC, NONVERBAL CHILD WHO IS
PRONE TO RUNNING AWAY.
BEYOND MY OWN FAMILY, OUR BLOCK IS HOME TO SEVERAL FAMILIES
WITH CHILDREN WHO REQUIRE PROTECTION.
THE CONSTANT INFLUX OF HUNDREDS OF CARS DIRECTLY FACING OUR
DRIVEWAY CREATES A HIGH-RISK ENVIRONMENT FOR MY SPECIAL
NEEDS DAUGHTER AND CAUSES ONGOING ANXIETY FOR MY FAMILY THAT
I FEEL IS UNNECESSARY.
WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN 2021, AGAIN, THERE WAS A BARRIER
THAT WAS EXISTING.
I BOUGHT THE HOUSE KNOWING THAT THERE'S AMPLE DISTANCE
BETWEEN ME AND THE BUSINESS THAT WAS ALREADY THERE, SHELLS.
THIS NEW PROPOSAL COMPLETELY WILL GET RID OF THE BARRIERS
THAT I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH WHEN BUYING MY HOUSE.
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO SAY AT THIS POINT
MIRRORS ALL MY NEIGHBORS' CONCERNS, SO I'LL END IT HERE.
AGAIN, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION
WITH THIS.
AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.
PLEASE THINK ABOUT US.
8:03:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
8:03:57PM >> MY NAME IS MATT ROM NICK, 3701 WEST CLEVELAND STREET.
I WANTED TO SHOW A PICTURE OF THE WALL THAT EVERYONE KEEPS
TALKING ABOUT.
PERFECT.
THIS IS THE PICTURE THAT NO ONE HAS REALLY SEEN YET BECAUSE
IT DOESN'T FAVOR THIS MOVEMENT.
THIS IS BROOKS' HOUSE RIGHT HERE WHO JUST SPOKE.
THIS NEW DRIVEWAY IS GOING BASICALLY RIGHT HERE.
YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE WHOLE THING.
AND THIS IS THE WALL THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN TO
ACCOMMODATE THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS REZONING OF THIS
PROPERTY.
I THINK IT WAS ALSO A -- THERE'S ABOUT HALF OF THE SIDEWALK
OR THEY ARE REPLACING ALL THE SIDEWALK.
HALF THE SIDEWALK IS ALREADY THERE.
THEY ARE JUST CHANGING THE SETBACK, WHICH THEY ARE ASKING
FOR.
NOW THEY'LL HAVE TO REPLACE THE SIDEWALK.
THAT'S THAT.
I ALSO LIVE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS HERE,
HERE IS THE SHELLS.
I LIVE ON THIS CORNER HERE.
ON THIS CORNER INTO OUR ENTRANCE OF OUR PROPERTY, OF OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD AND AT THE OTHER ENTRANCE HERE, THERE ARE
MULTIPLE NO SEMITRUCK SIGNS.
SO I ASK, HOW IS THIS GOING TO GO THROUGH -- HOW ARE THESE
TRUCKS GOING TO SERVICE THIS BUSINESS?
WE ALREADY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SEMITRUCKS PULLING IN AND
OUT.
WE DEAL WITH IT.
WE UNDERSTAND WE ARE A CUT-THRU NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE A LOT
OF TRAFFIC.
WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
WE DEAL WITH IT.
WE WORK WITH THE CITY QUITE A BIT ON STOP SIGNS AND ROAD
CALMING DEVICES AND WORK WITH THE LOCAL PD, EVERYBODY CUTS
THROUGH ON DALE MABRY AND KENNEDY.
I JUST WONDER HOW THE BIGGER SEMITRUCKS ARE GOING TO SERVICE
THESE BUSINESSES IF THE ONLY ENTRANCE IS NOW OFF OF
CLEVELAND, WHEN YOU'RE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO PULL SEMITRUCKS
INTO THE BUILDING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I HAVE THREE KIDS.
OFTEN PLAYING IN THE STREETS.
BROOKS, TOO.
LIKE THEY SAID, DOZENS OF KIDS ON THE STREET PLAYING AND
DOING WHAT KIDS SHOULD DO.
THEY SHOULD BE OUTSIDE.
ALL MY OTHER POINTS KIND OF ECHO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS
ALREADY SAID.
I WANT TO BRING UP A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS THAT KIND OF
ISOLATE JUST WHY THIS SITE DOESN'T WORK.
CULVER'S, ON THE SITE PLAN THAT THEY PROPOSED, THERE IS NO
CAR STACKING IN THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
EACH OF THE OTHER DRIVE-THROUGHS EARLIER SHOWED CARS
STACKING AND THERE WAS IDENTIFIED CAR STACKING.
THIS ISN'T SHOWN ON HERE.
MY QUESTION IS, HOW MANY CARS ARE GOING TO BE STACKED?
I THINK IT'S NOT FAVORABLE, WHICH IS WHY.
I WOULD SAY THAT THE TRAFFIC COUNT FOR CULVER'S IS 500 TO
700 CARS A DAY.
THAT'S JUST A TYPICAL QSR DRIVE-THROUGH.
SO WHERE THESE CARS ARE GOING TO STACK DURING THEIR PEAK
HOURS WHICH WOULD BE DURING LUNCH?
8:07:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
START WITH YOUR NAME.
8:07:21PM >> HELLO.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL LORENZ.
I'M AT 3705 WEST CLEVELAND.
I HAD A LETTER MY WIFE WANTED ME TO GIVE YOU GUYS.
8:07:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HAND IT TO OUR ATTORNEY.
8:07:37PM >> SHE WANTED TO BE HERE, BUT WE HAVE FOUR KIDS.
LIKE ALL MY OTHER NEIGHBORS, WE HAVE 15 ACTUAL CHILDREN ON
OUR BLOCK.
THE NEW HOUSE THAT'S BEING BUILT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME,
WE'RE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER ONE.
IT'S VERY EXCITING.
WE MOVED IN APPROXIMATELY 11 YEARS AGO.
AT THAT TIME, ONLY HAD NINE.
WE'RE QUICKLY GROWING AND COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE YOUNG KIDS.
ALL WE CARE ABOUT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS THE SAFETY OF OUR
CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY IN THIS WORLD OF ELECTRONICS, WE DON'T
WANT THAT.
WE WANT THEM TO GROW UP LIKE WE DID.
OUTSIDE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
FOR BREVITY, I AGREE WITH ALL MY NEIGHBORS WHO BELIEVE
SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WE WANT TO KEEP THE
CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS PROPOSAL DOESN'T DO
THAT.
WE AREN'T AGAINST BUSINESS BY ANY MEANS, BUT WE WOULD WANT A
BUSINESS THAT REPRESENTS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE BEST LIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
8:08:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
HEARING NONE, APPLICANT, WOULD YOU LIKE A REBUTTAL?
8:08:47PM >> DANIEL BERGEN, ENGINEER.
WE'LL TRY TO GO SYSTEMATICALLY THROUGH SOME OF THE
OPPOSITION CONCERNS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS.
I THINK WE'LL START FIRST WITH THE DRIVE-THROUGH ORDERING
AND STACKING AND OPERATION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE
RESTAURANT.
THAT WAS A CONCERN.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO THAT.
8:09:07PM >> A NUMBER OF PEOPLE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S NO CAR STACKING
BECAUSE THE CARS AREN'T DRAWN ON HERE.
BUT THE ARROWS SHOW THE FLOW.
SORRY WE DIDN'T DRAW THE CARS ON HERE.
WE TRIED TO DESIGN THE SITE TO HAVE AS MUCH STACKING AS
POSSIBLE.
WE TRIED TO DESIGN IT WITH A DOUBLE SIDE BY SIDE
DRIVE-THROUGH, BUT WE WERE TOLD THE BUILDING HAD TO BE AS
CLOSE TO DALE MABRY AS POSSIBLE.
WE CHANGED THAT TO A DOUBLE TANDEM TRUTH.
IT'S TWO ORDER BOARDS LINEARLY IN A LINE.
WE CAN PUSH A LOT OF VOLUME THROUGH AND WE HAVE IT SET UP SO
THE CARS CAN WRAP ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BUILDING NO MATTER
HOW BUSY WE ARE, HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME, ALL THE
STACKING WILL HAPPEN ON THE SITE.
DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THE FLOW HERE A LITTLE BIT?
8:09:48PM >> WE ALSO HAVE iPADS AND TABLETS.
I'M TERESA HUTCHINS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TANDEM DRIVE-THROUGH, AT PEAK TIME, SO
DURING OUR LUNCH RUSHES OR OUR DINNER RUSHES, WE ALSO PUT
TABLETS OUT THERE.
WE'LL HAVE FOUR ORDER TAKERS, MAYBE FIVE OR SIX, OUT THERE
TAKING ORDERS.
THE CARS WILL NOT BACK UP ONTO CLEVELAND.
8:10:21PM >> IF WE HAVE MORE THAN THREE CARS PAST THE ORDER BOARD, WE
SEND THE iPADS OUT TO KEEP THE LINE DOWN.
IF THE LINE IS TOO LONG, NOT GOOD FOR BUSINESS AND WE DON'T
WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
IN ADDITION, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL TRUCKS, AND
I'M NOT THE ENGINEER, BUT NOBODY EVEN MENTIONED THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE CROSS ACCESS AND WE HAVE PLATT STREET.
I BELIEVE EVEN THE TRASH TRUCKS ARE PLANNING ON COMING
THROUGH FROM THE PRESS BOX SITE ON PLATT STREET.
THEY WEREN'T PLANNING ON COMING THROUGH ON CLEVELAND.
I UNDERSTAND THE NEIGHBORS HAVE CONCERNS, BUT I THINK THAT
GOT ENTIRELY MISSED THAT CLEVELAND ISN'T THE ONLY ACCESS
POINT.
PEOPLE COULD COME THROUGH ON PLATT, CROSS THROUGH THE BACK
OF THE LOT AND GET TO CULVER'S.
COMMERCIAL TRUCKS CAN GO THROUGH THERE AS WELL.
I BELIEVE WE DESIGNED THE TRASH TO LINE UP EXACTLY WITH THE
PRESS BOX TRASH SO TRASH TRUCK CAN COME FROM PLATT, PICK IT
UP FROM PRESS BOX, PICK IT UP FROM US AND THEN LEAVE.
I THINK THAT WAS MISSED IN SOME OF THE OPPOSITION.
ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXIT, WHERE WE HAVE THE CUT TO
CLEVELAND, IT DOESN'T TECHNICALLY LINE UP WITH TWO HOMES.
IT LINES UP WITH ONE.
I UNDERSTAND, IF I WAS IN THE HOME I WOULD HAVE A COMPLAINT,
TOO.
IT'S NOT TWO.
IT'S ONE.
8:11:27PM >> I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
CHILDREN.
IT'S VALID.
THIS IS A HIGHLY TRAVELED SUBURBAN, SLASH, URBAN AREA.
AND WE ARE RESTRICTED TO THE ACCESS POINT.
I PROMISE YOU THAT.
SO I KEEP REITERATING THAT.
I THINK THE CITY HAS SPOKE TO THAT, OUR ACCESS, WHETHER IT'S
150, 100-FOOT OR 200 FEET, WHATEVER GETS DEVELOPED HERE WILL
BE ACCESSING CLEVELAND.
IN THAT CONSIDERATION, WE DO NOT WANT TO BE BAD NEIGHBORS.
TO MR. MIRANDA'S REQUEST, WE COULD POSSIBLY SHIFT IT 25 FEET
WEST AND I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM WITH DOT THAT THAT WOULD BE
AN ACCEPTABLE DISTANCE, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD
DO TO TRY TO AVOID LESS CONFLICT, INTRUSION INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE ARE DEALING WITH ONE OWNER, ONE PARCEL,
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT IT IS ALIGNED WITH, SO WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO SHIFT IT FURTHER AWAY, BUT THE RESIDENTS
THAT ARE TO THE EAST OF THAT, THIS IS -- IT'S A COMMERCIAL
USE.
THE USE ITSELF IS PERMITTED AS A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE, AND
WE ARE JUST, IF THE DRIVEWAY WAS MOVED CLOSER TO DALE MABRY,
WHICH WOULD BE NONCONFORMING WITH DOT, IT WOULD STILL ACCESS
CLEVELAND.
SO AS MUCH AS I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS, THERE IS GOING TO
BE AN ACCESS TO CLEVELAND.
THERE'S CURRENTLY ACCESS TO CLEVELAND.
THIS IS A MUCH SAFER, CONSOLIDATED, SINGULAR CITY STANDARD
ACCESS WITH DEFINED PEDESTRIAN SIDEWALKS.
IF YOU WERE TO GO THERE NOW, YOU WOULD SEE A SEA OF ASPHALT,
150 FEET LONG, THAT DOES NOT DEFINE WHERE CARS AND WHERE
PEOPLE AND WHERE BICYCLES GO.
THERE IS NO BUFFER.
THERE IS NO ANYTHING.
AND TO SAY THAT WOULD STAY IN ITS EXISTING CONDITION WOULD
BE UNFORTUNATE.
8:13:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
MOTION TO CLOSE FIRST AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS.
8:13:32PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE.
8:13:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
8:13:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THE DIFFERENCE I SEE AND WHAT I'VE SEEN
BEFORE THIS COMPANY, TALKING ABOUT URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS
AND VAST DIFFERENCE.
WHERE I GO TO, THERE ARE NO HOUSES.
THERE ARE NO RELATIVES, NO FRIENDS, NO DOGS, THERE'S NO
HUMAN BEINGS AROUND OTHER THAN BIG BUSINESS.
OUTBACK ON ONE SIDE, ROAD -- YOUR COMPANY IS A GREAT
COMPANY, BUT YOU'RE IN THE WRONG, IN MY OPINION, YOU'RE ON
THE WRONG PROPERTY, BECAUSE NOW YOU ARE TOUCHING PEOPLE'S
LIVES THAT YOU DON'T TOUCH WHERE I GO.
IT IS A DIFFERENT COMPLETE AREA, DIFFERENT MINDSET.
EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO BE A PREACHER.
I'M NOT.
BUT WHAT I SEE IN BUSINESS, YOU HAVE A GREAT BUSINESS, BUT A
WRONG LOCATION.
YOU ARE INTERFERING WITH THE LIVES OF PEOPLE.
HERE AGAIN, I'M NOT AGAINST YOU OR ANYTHING ELSE, I'M NOT
SPEAKING ONLY FOR MYSELF.
BUT WHAT I SEE HERE, I MEAN, SEVEN DIFFERENT --
8:14:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
EIGHT WAIVERS.
8:14:59PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SITE PLANS AND WAIVER PLANS, SOUTH
SETBACK AND WEST SETBACK, AND DATA TABLE AND SOUTH BACK TO
THE WEST, 27 FEET, I'VE NEVER SEEN HARDLY SO MANY OF THESE
IN ONE ZONING AREA.
IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO DO THIS.
IT'S ABOUT LIVES.
IT'S ABOUT LIVING.
IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING WATCHING THE BIRDS FLY.
WE DON'T HAVE NONE OF THAT OVER THERE.
YOU HAVE A GREAT BUSINESS.
AND YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LOCATION.
8:15:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THIS AREA OF TAMPA UNFORTUNATELY
EXPERIENCED MORE THAN ITS SHARE OF BURDENS.
THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID,
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A GREAT LOCATION.
IT'S WHY YOU LIKE IT, BUT IT IS JUST THE WRONG APPLICATION
FOR THIS LOCATION, FAST FOOD RESTAURANT WITH THE
DRIVE-THROUGH WITH THE INTENSITY AND THE AMOUNT OF WAIVERS.
IT'S TOO MUCH ON THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL.
THE BURDEN AGAIN IN SOUTH TAMPA, THE RESIDENTS, IT'S BEEN
TOO GREAT.
THIS WOULD FIT IN A MORE SUBURBAN AREA BURR NOT IN THIS
LOCATION.
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
8:16:15PM >>LUIS VIERA:
IF A MOTION WAS MADE, I WOULD SUPPORT.
I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE ON THINGS LIKE THIS.
I THINK COUNCILMAN MIRANDA DID A GREAT JOB OF THAT.
IN THE SENSE AND THE WAIVERS HERE I THINK GO TOO STRUCTURAL
TO THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
IN TERMS OF THE REASONABLE USE OF THE SURROUNDING
PROPERTIES.
AND LIKE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA SAID, YOUR COMPANY IS WONDERFUL,
AND YOU GUYS SEEM LIKE I BELIEVE VERY SINCERE PEOPLE WHO ARE
HERE AS PROFESSIONALS WANTED TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
RUN A BUSINESS AND CREATE JOBS.
I GO TO THE ONE IN LUTZ, I MEAN A LOT AND THE ONE IN WESLEY
CHAPEL.
8:16:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THOSE CHEESE CURDS.
8:16:58PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I'M A FAN.
I REALLY AM.
AGAIN, IN THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING
THAT POSES WAY TOO MUCH OF AN UNREASONABLE BURDEN ON THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.
BUT THANK YOU.
8:17:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION?
I'LL DEFER TO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK FOR A MOTION.
HEARING NONE, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
8:17:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO I'LL JUST SAY I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL
YEARS NOW AND I'VE NEVER SEEN EIGHT WAIVERS.
THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE BRING TO US.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING THAT YOU COULD SOLVE AT LEAST
SOME OF THESE.
I MOVE TO DENY REZ 26-88 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 202
SOUTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE APPLICANT
TO MEET ITS BURDEN OF PROOF TO PROVIDE COMPETENT AND
SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AS CONDITIONED AND
SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN AND CITY CODE AND THE APPLICANT'S FAILURE TO MEET ITS
BURDEN OF PROOF WITH RESPECT TO THE REQUESTED WAIVERS.
I ALSO ADOPT THE FINDINGS OF CITY STAFF REPORTS.
PARTICULARLY THE WAIVERS ARE NOT IN HARMONY OR SERVING THE
GENERAL INTENT OR PURPOSE OF CHAPTER 27.
ALSO, THE PD PLAN REQUIREMENT SECTION 27-136 SUBSECTION 1
DOES NOT PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND
AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATIONS OF POTENTIAL
ADVERSE IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND
SUBSECTION 6 DOES NOT PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT
WHERE APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION, CHARACTER, AND COMPATIBILITY
WITH THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT ENVIRONMENT
AND EXISTING GEOGRAPHY.
SOMEONE MENTIONED A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE.
THIS IS A VERY SUBURBAN TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO BRING TO AN URBAN AREA.
I SUGGEST THAT YOU REALLY REVISIT WHAT A SITE PLAN MIGHT
LOOK LIKE IN AN URBAN AREA.
8:18:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE.
OPPOSED?
8:19:04PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY.
8:19:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THANK YOU.
MOMENT FOR THE ROOM TO CLEAR.
ITEM NUMBER 10, WE'LL CLOSE IT OUT.
BRING IT HOME.
8:19:36PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATION.
AGENDA ITEM 10 IS REZ 26-99.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 1728 EAST 2nd AVENUE, 1704,
1720, AND 1722 EAST 3rd AVENUE FROM YC 6 AND YC 9.
YC 9 APPROVED FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY TO YC 9 FOR
RETAIL SALES SHOPPERS GOODS AND ALL CG USES.
I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
8:20:24PM >>QUINN STEELE:
QUINN STEELE, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
THIS SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT.
THE HISTORIC YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD, YBOR CITY LOCAL HISTORIC
DISTRICT AND EVACUATION ZONE A.
ADDITIONALLY PORTIONS OF THE SITE ARE WITHIN THE COASTAL
HIGH HAZARD AREA.
SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN PURPLE.
SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL,
OFFICE, AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
YBOR CITY IN THIS AREA HAS INCREASINGLY TRANSITIONED FROM
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES TOWARDS A MORE URBAN MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
ADAMO DRIVE AND THE SELMON EXPRESSWAY ARE ONE BLOCK SOUTH.
AND WE HAVE THE PORT DOWN HERE AS WELL.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE SITE DESIGNATED AS CMU 35, AND GMU 24.
CMU PORTION OF THE SITE ALLOWS UP TO 2.0 FAR WITHOUT A BONUS
BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE YBOR CITY LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS A MIXTURE OF FUTURE LAND USE
DESIGNATIONS INCLUDING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTHEAST,
UMU 60 TO THE SOUTH, RMU 100 TO THE SOUTHWEST, WHICH IS THE
CHANNEL DISTRICT.
CC-35 TO THE NORTH AND UMU 60 ALONG THE 7th AVENUE
CORRIDOR.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM YC 6 AND YC 9 TO YC 9 TO ALLOW
RESIDENTIAL -- SORRY, EXCUSE ME, RETAIL SALES, SHOPPERS
GOODS AND ALL CG USES.
THE PD PROPOSES A 1.11 FAR WITHIN THE CMU 35 PORTION OF THE
SITE WITH PARKING IN THE GMU 24 PORTION WHICH DOES NOT
REQUIRE A BONUS.
PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT
CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND THE
HISTORIC CHARACTER OF YBOR CITY.
THE EXISTING BUILDING IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
WITH ENTRANCES AND SIDEWALKS CONNECTING TO EAST 2nd
AVENUE, NORTH 17th STREET, AND ANGEL OLIVIA SENIOR STREET.
SITE ALSO PROVIDES SHADE TREES, BICYCLE PARKING AND
SCREENING AROUND THE SURFACE PARKING AREAS.
THE SITE IS WELL SERVICED BY TRANSIT, INCLUDING THE TECO
STREETCAR AND HART ROUTE 8 AND APPROXIMATELY ONE BLOCK FROM
EAST ADAMO DRIVE, A DESIGNATED TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR.
OVERALL THE REQUEST PROVIDES INFILL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
THAT SUPPORTS THE EVOLVING MIXED USE CHARACTER OF YBOR CITY
WHILE ADDRESSING THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, TRANSIT ACCESS
AND HISTORIC COMPATIBILITY AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
8:22:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
8:22:45PM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE:
FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER
DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT AFTER MY PRESENTATION, WE DO HAVE
MEMBER OF HISTORIC STAFF HERE TO SPEAK BEFORE THE APPLICANT
JUMPS UP.
MENTION THAT ON THE ONE FROM EARLIER IN THE EVENING.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS COMPRISED OF FOUR PARCELS.
THE PROPERTY HERE NOTED AS YC 9, THIS WILL BE PARCEL 1 ON
THE SITE PLAN I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU BUT WE ALSO HAVE PARCEL
2, PARCEL 3, AND PARCEL 4.
LOOKING AT SURROUNDING USES HERE, NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE
WE DO HAVE RETAIL USES, RESTAURANT USE.
SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE WE HAVE INDOOR RECREATION, WHICH
IS A PICKLEBALL CLUB.
EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE WE HAVE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL
OFFICE USES, WAREHOUSE USES, AND THEN WEST OF THE SUBJECT
SITE WE DO HAVE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR USES.
WE ALSO HAVE WEST OF PARCEL 4 WE HAVE SOME VACANT PARCELS
AND THEN NORTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WE DO HAVE
RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE FAMILY.
THE SITE PLAN PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWS ADAPTIVE REUSE
OF AN EXISTING WAREHOUSE WHICH IS ON PARCEL 1.
PARCELS 2 AND 3 ARE PROPOSED FOR SURFACE PARKING.
THOSE PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 31 PARKING SPACES AND PARCEL 4
WOULD PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 15 SURFACE PARKING SPACES.
THERE ARE SIDEWALKS PROPOSED ALONG THE PERIMETER OF PARCELS
2 AND 3 AND 4.
THE SITE PLAN DEPICTS FIVE AND SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS ADJACENT
TO PARCEL ONE ON EAST THIRD AVENUE AND ANGEL OLIVIA SENIOR
STREET AND PARCELS 2 AND 3 DEPICT 6.5-FOOT SIDEWALKS ALONG
EAST 3rd AVENUE AND ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF ANGEL OLIVIA
SENIOR STREET AND FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
EAST 3rd AVENUE AND NORTH 17th STREET.
NEXT WE HAVE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS.
THESE ELEVATIONS SHOW HOW THE EXISTING WAREHOUSE WOULD BE
TRANSITIONED TO PROVIDE THE PROPOSED RETAIL SALES, SHOPPERS
GOODS AND CG USES IN GENERAL.
THERE ARE TWO WAIVERS REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION.
THE FIRST IS 27-178.
THIS IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF OVERALL PARKING
SPACES IN THE YC ZONING DISTRICT FROM 86 SPACES REQUIRED TO
46 PROVIDED.
THIS WOULD BE A 47% REDUCTION IN THE SECOND WAIVER SECTION
27-283.
THIS IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED BACKUP WIDTH FOR STANDARD
90-DEGREE PARKING SPACES AND COMPACT 90-DEGREE PARKING
SPACES FROM 7 AND 6 FEET RESPECTIVELY TO FOUR FEET.
WE'LL SHOW PARCEL 1.
THIS IS THE EXISTING WAREHOUSE.
THIS IS FROM EAST 3rd STREET.
THIS IS THE VIEW FROM ANGEL OLIVIA SENIOR STREET.
AND THE BACK SIDE OF PARCEL ONE ALONG EAST 2nd AVENUE.
THESE ARE PARCELS TWO AND THREE PROPOSED FOR PARKING.
THIS IS FROM EAST 3rd.
THIS IS PARCEL 4 WHICH IS FURTHER WEST OF PARCELS 2 AND 3
ALONG EAST 3rd AVENUE.
THIS IS NORTH OF PARCELS 2 AND 3.
NEXT WE HAVE WHAT WOULD BE SOUTH OF PARCEL 1, THE WAREHOUSE.
SOUTH OF PARCEL 4.
THIS IS EAST OF PARCELS 2 AND 3.
EAST OF PARCEL 1.
WEST OF PARCEL 1.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WEST OF PARCEL 4.
I'VE GOT ONE LAST ONE I'LL SHARE.
THIS IS A WAREHOUSE USE.
THIS IS LOCATED BETWEEN PARCELS 2 AND 3 ON THE EAST AND
PARCEL 4, WHICH WOULD BE WEST OF THAT PROPERTY.
DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE
PETITION.
THEY DO FIND THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE
CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
AND SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE
APPLICATION AND WAIVERS LISTED ABOVE, FURTHER MODIFICATIONS
TO THE SITE PLAN WOULD NEED TO BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST
AND SECOND READING AS STATED ON THE REVISION SHEET.
AND REVISIONS WOULD NOT RESOLVE ISSUES RELATED TO
TRANSPORTATION'S INCONSISTENT FINDING.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE WITH IT BEING IN THE LOCAL YBOR HISTORIC
DISTRICT, THIS ONE DID GO BEFORE THE BARRIO LATINO
COMMISSION, AND THE BARRIO LATINO COMMISSION REVIEWED THE
REFERENCE REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1704 EAST
3rd AVENUE, 1720 AND 1722 EAST 3rd AVENUE AND 1728 EAST
2nd AVENUE AT ITS MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2026.
AND THE BLC VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PRESENTED AT THAT
PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL YIELD NOW TO HISTORIC STAFF AND BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS.
8:28:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, GO AHEAD.
8:28:47PM >> HEATHER BONDS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
AS CHRISTOPHER MENTIONED, THE BLC HEARD THIS AND RECOMMENDED
APPROVAL.
THEY ALSO APPROVED THE TWO PARKING LOTS THROUGH SEPARATE
CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS THROUGH THE YBOR CITY NEW
PARKING CODES.
I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
8:29:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANY QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE.
THANK YOU.
APPLICANT?
8:29:12PM >> IT'S REALLY SICK OF ME.
8:29:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU NEED IT.
8:29:36PM >> I HAVE PRINTOUTS IF WE NEED TO.
8:29:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
CTTV, DO WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
WE CAN SEE YOUR LAPTOP.
IT'S JUST NOT PROJECTING.
8:29:53PM >> THIS IS COMPLETELY DARK.
NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
8:30:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
1996.
8:30:14PM >> AVI FRIEDMAN-SHAW WITH CASA YBOR, 1313 EAST 8th AVENUE.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ON THIS PROJECT.
WE ACTUALLY CAME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL I THINK A FEW YEARS AGO
TO BRING IT TO A YC 9 ZONING, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY A PD.
WE PURCHASED THIS PRIMARY BUILDING ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.
AND IT'S GONE THROUGH A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ITERATIONS.
WE PREVIOUSLY REZONED IT FOR OFFICE AND ART STUDIO USE.
IN THAT REZONING, THERE IS A SMALL, ABOUT 8,000 SQUARE FOOT
WEST SECTION OF THAT WAREHOUSE.
LOOKS LIKE IT IS TWO BUILDINGS.
IT IS THE SAME BUILDING GOING TO BE USED FOR PARKING.
ULTIMATELY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONCEPT COME TO
FRUITION.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH AND FINALLY
SIGNED A LEASE WITH A LARGE REGIONAL SHOWROOM TENANT.
THEY OPERATE SHOW-ROOMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WHERE YOU'RE
ABLE TO GO IN, TAKE A LOOK AT VARIOUS KITCHEN, BATH OR
APPLIANCE PACKAGES THEY HAVE AND THEN BUY IT THERE AND THEY
WILL SHIP IT TO YOU.
THEY DON'T HAVE INVENTORY ON-SITE.
NOT LIKE AN IKEA, YOU DON'T WALK OUT WITH BIG BOXES.
YOU'LL ORDER IT THERE AND SHIP IT TO YOU.
WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THIS USE TO YBOR.
THEY MADE A BIG COMMITMENT, BOTH WE AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE
SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DOLLARS TO REHABILITATE THIS
HISTORIC WAREHOUSE.
CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET THEM OPEN IN 2027.
AS PART OF THE USE, THEY WILL NEED SOME PARKING.
THIS BUILDING IS LOT LINE TO LOT LINE.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NO PARKING THAT YOU CAN PUT ON THE
BUILDING ITSELF.
THEY NEEDED ALL 30,000 SQUARE FEET OF THE BUILDING FOR THEIR
ACTUAL USE, NOT TAKING A CHUNK FOR PARKING.
THE TWO LOTS TO THE NORTH WHICH GIVE US ABOUT 45 TO 50
PARKING SPACES, THAT'S ALL THEY NEED UNDERNEATH, FOR THEIR
BUSINESS.
LIKE I SAID, THEY DON'T NEED A WHOLE LOADING AREA.
IT'S JUST FOR CUSTOMERS TO PARK.
THOSE PARKING LOTS ARE GOING TO BE EXCLUSIVE TO THEM.
SIGNS UP THAT SAY FOR THIS CUSTOMER ONLY OR THIS TENANT
ONLY.
ALL OTHERS CAN'T PARK HERE.
AND THEN I'LL NOTE -- MAKE ONE NOTE ON THAT WAIVER, IF THIS
BUILDING WAS TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OUTSIDE OF YBOR CITY HISTORIC
DISTRICT, THE REQUIRED PARKING WOULD ONLY BE ONE PER
THOUSAND FOR FURNITURE SALES.
FURNITURE WAREHOUSE.
BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE YBOR CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT
PARKING NEED DOESN'T EXIST.
THERE IS NO FURNITURE SALES CATEGORY WITHIN YBOR.
SO IT JUST KIND OF ALL FALLS UNDER THIS BLANKET RETAIL SALES
SHOPPERS GOODS CATEGORY, WHICH IS WHY IT'S SET AT THREE PER
ONE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE REQUESTING THE WAIVER.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BRING THIS USE TO
YBOR.
ALEX, IF YOU HAVE MORE DETAILS, I'LL LET YOU RUN THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION.
8:32:54PM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
AVI COVERED THE LARGE MAJORITY.
IF THIS DOES WORK AGAIN -- CAN YOU GUYS SEE THAT OR NO?
NOTHING.
OKAY.
THAT'S FINE.
ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO ADD IN REGARD TO THE PARKING
WAIVER, AVI MENTIONED THIS, THE GENERAL STANDARD CITY CODE
HAS A USE FOR FURNITURE THAT PARKS AT ONE PER THOUSAND.
YBOR CITY SPECIFIC CODE DOES NOT.
SO THEY ONLY HAVE RETAIL SALES.
THAT PARKS AT THREE PER THOUSAND.
SO THAT'S TRIPLE WHAT THE CITY THINKS THAT A FURNITURE OR
SHOW ROOM USE WOULD NEED.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE REQUESTING THIS PARKING REDUCTION.
UNDER THE STANDARD CITY CODES FURNITURE PARKING RATIO, WE
WOULD ONLY BE REQUIRED 29 SPACES.
AGAIN, WE'RE PROVIDING 46.
SO WE'RE WELL OVER WHAT WE THINK THE INTENT OF CODE WAS.
AGAIN, JUST YBOR DIDN'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC OF A USE IN THEIR
PARKING CODE.
NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
8:33:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK TO
THE ITEM?
MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
I BELIEVE WE LEFT OFF WITH VIERA.
8:34:15PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF 1728 EAST 2nd AVENUE, 1704, 1720, 1722
EAST 3rd AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
CLASSIFICATION YC 6 YBOR CITY HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMUNITY
COMMERCIAL AND YC 9 YBOR CITY SITE PLANNED CONTROLLED TO YC
9 YBOR CITY HISTORIC SITE PLAN CONTROLLED RETAIL SALES,
SHOPPERS GOODS, ALL CG USES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
8:34:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
IS THAT GOING TO BE YOUR LAST MOTION?
NO, NO.
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
8:35:06PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2026
AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
8:35:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED
PROGRAM.
LET'S START WITH COUNCILMAN MIRANDA FOR NEW BUSINESS.
8:35:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
[INAUDIBLE] -- MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT
OFF-SITE COMMENDATION TO PURCHASING DEPARTMENT IN
RECOGNITION OF THEIR 20th YEAR OF RECEIVING THE
ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE PROCUREMENT AWARD FROM THE
NATIONAL PROCUREMENT INSTITUTE.
8:35:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
8:35:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT
AN OFF-SITE COMMENDATION TO HISPANIC MAN AND WOMAN OF THE
YEAR GALA WHICH WOULD INCLUDE COMMENDATION TO HISPANIC MAN
AND WOMAN OF THE YEAR JASON FERNANDEZ AND AMY RUIZ.
8:35:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
NOTHING.
COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK?
COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG?
8:36:10PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
YES.
I HAVE A MOTION AND JUST SOME COMMENTS.
I MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT AN OFF-SITE COMMENDATION
ON NOVEMBER 10, 2026, RECOGNIZING THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA INSTITUTE ON BLACK LIFE.
8:36:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN YOUNG.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
THANK YOU.
8:36:31PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
THANK YOU, AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK ANOINTED
WORLD CHURCH OF TAMPA BAY.
THEY WERE CELEBRATING 36 YEARS, AND MYSELF AND MR. JOE
ROBINSON RECEIVED COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARDS.
I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THAT.
AND THEN ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER WHEN I DID
THE COMMENDATION FOR ALBERT OWENS, MR. BUCIFIED BERT, HE GOT
HIS GAME BALL YESTERDAY AND WENT TO THE TRAINING FACILITY.
GOOD MOMENT.
HE WAS VERY EXCITED AND VERY THANKFUL THAT WE HONORED HIM IN
THAT WAY.
THANK YOU.
8:37:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN VIERA?
8:37:11PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, SIR, TWO QUICK ONES, IF I MAY.
I WON'T BE HERE FOR THIS, HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY EVERY
YEAR FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG.
WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM THE JCC FEDERATION OVER.
I MOVE TO HAVE IT ON JANUARY 21st, 2027 FOR FIVE, TEN
MINUTE PRESENTATION.
8:37:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
8:37:36PM >>LUIS VIERA:
YES, MA'AM.
I'M SO SORRY.
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY.
JANUARY 21st, 2027 UNDER PRESENTATIONS.
IS ANYBODY GOING ON OCTOBER 13th TO THE TAMPA BAY CHAPTER
OF TUSKEGEE AIRMEN?
ARE YOU DOING A COMMENDATION?
8:37:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
HAVEN'T WE GIVEN THEM A COMMENDATION?
8:37:59PM >>LUIS VIERA:
I DON'T THINK SO.
8:38:02PM >>NAYA YOUNG:
[INAUDIBLE]
8:38:03PM >>LUIS VIERA:
OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, IF I MAY, I MOVE
TO DO A COUNCIL COMMENDATION TO THE TUSKEGEE CHAPTER OF
AIRMEN OF TAMPA BAY CHAPTER OF AIRMEN.
YOU MAY PRESENT IT.
8:38:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR OFF-SITE
COMMENDATION.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
8:38:23PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU, COUNCIL, THAT'S IT.
8:38:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
8:38:25PM >>BILL CARLSON:
THERE IS A LADY SOUTH OF GANDY WHO IS
BELOVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND HER FRIENDS HAVE ASKED US FOR A
COMMENDATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GIVE AN OFF-SITE
COMMENDATION TO KARISSA RODGERS FOR HER SERVICE TO THE SOUTH
OF GANDY COMMUNITY.
8:38:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECOND
FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
OPPOSED?
AYES HAVE IT.
8:38:43PM >>BILL CARLSON:
ONE LAST THING, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SENT US
AN E-MAIL TODAY TO ASK US TO TALK ABOUT INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT
THE CHARTER.
EVERY WEEK WE HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE PUBLIC, YOU HEARD US
GET CRITICIZED THIS MORNING, I THINK THE MAYOR'S HANDLER
SHOULD STOP PROTECTING HER AND LET HER COME HERE AND HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH US.
IT'S NOT PROFESSIONAL.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE COMMUNITY TO NOT FACE THE COMMUNITY AND
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
IF YOU'RE CUTTING SIDE DEALS, IT MEANS YOU'RE WEAK.
8:39:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YOU KIND OF STOLE MY THUNDER.
I RECEIVED -- WE RECEIVED THE SAME E-MAIL.
I ACTUALLY CANCELED THAT MEETING REQUEST.
I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE, IN FACT, I WOULD SAY
FORMAL INVITATION TO ASK THE MAYOR IF SHE WANTED TO COME AND
SPEAK TO US ON THE 15th ABOUT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MAYOR TO
COME TO US.
8:39:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SECOND.
8:39:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I MAKE A MOTION TO INVITE THE MAYOR --
8:39:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I CAN'T SECOND BECAUSE I'M CHAIRING.
8:39:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
COME TO COUNCIL, IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO COME
TO COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
RECOMMEND --
8:39:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT SHE SHOULD COME INSTEAD
OF US MEETING WITH HER.
8:39:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.
8:40:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM CHAIR.
AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
8:40:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
15th.
OCTOBER.
8:40:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
COUNCILMAN VIERA.
8:40:13PM >>LUIS VIERA:
THANK YOU.
HOW CAN I SAY THIS?
I WASN'T PLANNING ON TALKING ABOUT THIS WHATSOEVER.
I'M GOING TO BE FRANK.
IF WE HAVE THE MAYOR HERE, IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO A
POLITICAL CIRCUS.
I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT AN INVITATION ON A BACK AND FORTH,
WHAT HAVE YA, I JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- I KNOW WHAT
I'LL DO WITH THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
WHATEVER.
THAT'S JUST MY VIEW.
MAYBE, BY THE WAY, IF SHE COMES AND I'M WRONG, VIERA, YOU
ARE WRONG, WHATEVER, I JUST THINK THAT'S WHATEVER.
8:40:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
YES, MR. SHELBY.
8:40:47PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
WOULD IT BE THE CHAIRMAN'S OFFICE WHO WOULD
WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS AS TO TIME AND WHAT'S BEST ON THE
AGENDA?
8:40:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
AFFIRMATIVE.
8:40:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
OKAY.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
I'VE GOT TWO NAYS.
VIERA -- I'M SORRY.
8:41:11PM >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA, MANISCALCO, AND
MIRANDA VOTING NO.
8:41:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'VE GOT A FEW HERE.
A MOTION FOR STAFF TO BRING BACK THE LANGUAGE FOR THE
PROPOSED DEBT AND CIT ORDINANCES ON 12/17/2026.
8:41:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MOTION FROM CHAIR CLENDENIN, A SECOND FROM
COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
8:41:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
MARTIN SHELBY, FORGIVE ME, I KNOW IT'S
LATE.
IS THIS GOING TO BE -- 17th IS A REGULAR MEETING.
8:41:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
8:41:46PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
DID YOU WANT IT AS DRAFT OR FIRST READING?
8:41:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SUPPOSED TO COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED DEBT
ORDINANCE.
FIRST READING OF IT.
8:41:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
8:41:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
SORRY.
12/17.
8:42:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
HE HAS A SHEET.
8:42:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'LL HAND THIS WHEN I'M DONE.
ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE RESCHEDULED NOISE
ITEMS -- DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THE NOISE?
8:42:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I DID, BUT WE ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE COMMUNITY
OF TAMPA HEIGHTS, AND THEY UNDERSTOOD.
8:42:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE RESCHEDULED
NOISE ITEMS ON THE OCTOBER 22, 2026, WORKSHOP TO THE
JANUARY 28, 2027, WORKSHOP SO THE CONSULTANT CAN ATTEND.
BOTH ITEMS.
8:42:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
BOTH NOISE ITEMS.
MOTION FROM CHAIR CLENDENIN.
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
AYE.
8:42:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I'D LIKE ALSO -- ANYBODY PAYING ATTENTION,
COMMISSIONER HARRY COHEN MADE A MOTION AT COUNTY COMMISSION
ON MICROMOBILITY ORDINANCE.
MAKE A MOTION FOR CITY STAFF TO COORDINATE WITH THE
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY STAFF ON THE PROPOSED MICROMOBILITY
ORDINANCE THAT IS BASED ON THE ORANGE COUNTY ORDINANCE AND
TO REPORT BACK ON THE POSSIBILITY OF CITY OPTING INTO THE
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ORDINANCE AND RETURN ON JANUARY 21, 2027
UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
8:43:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
MY ONLY REQUEST ON THAT IS COULD YOU HAVE
THAT SENT TO ALL OF US SO WE KNOW WHAT IT IS?
8:43:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
YES.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HILLSBOROUGH IS JUST -- IN
OTHER WORDS, HARRY JUST MADE THE --
8:43:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
SURE.
COULD YOU GET THE ORLANDO ONE SENT TO US?
8:43:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE IT AND MAKE SURE IT GETS
DISTRIBUTED.
8:43:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
AWESOME.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
MOTION FROM CHAIR CLENDENIN.
WHO WAS THE SECOND?
SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
8:43:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
IN TERMS OF -- MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL
ATTORNEY.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M CONCERNED IN TERMS OF YOUR TIMING, BECAUSE
THIS CAME UP RECENTLY WITH REGARD TO I BELIEVE IT WAS THE
VACATION RENTALS.
BY THE TIME THE COUNTY COMMISSION ACTS UPON IT, THE
ORDINANCE HAS ALREADY BEEN BAKED AND ALREADY SAYS, AT LEAST
IN THAT SITUATION --
8:44:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
THE COMMISSIONER -- COMMISSIONER COHEN
LITERALLY JUST LAST WEEK ASKED THEIR STAFF TO START WORKING
ON THIS.
SO I THINK THIS IS TIMELY THAT WE ASK OUR STAFF TO
COORDINATE WITH THEM.
HE MADE THE MOTION AT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING
TO HAVE IT OPEN SO THAT THE TEMPLE TERRACE AND PLANT CITY
AND CITY OF TAMPA CAN BE ADOPTED INTO THAT ORDINANCE.
8:44:28PM >>MARTIN SHELBY:
THANK YOU.
8:44:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
VERY GOOD.
8:44:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK:
I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR?
AYE.
8:44:33PM >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
8:44:37PM >> SECOND.
8:44:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN:
I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM
COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
OPPOSED.
AYES HAVE IT.
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