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1/15/26 – CRA Board to consider $5.5 million in funding for Curtis Hixon Park; Mirasol development on Davis Islands highlights evening agenda
Council sit this week as the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board Thursday morning with evening land use applications in the evening—each with a 12 item agenda. Of the items in the morning session they will be voting on 5 ranging from appointing members to district Citizen Advisory Council (CAC) seats to maybe, finally approving the
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1/22/25 – Regular Meeting
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese…
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Despite racial profiling concerns, Tampa City Council advances ordinance banning bike stunts on Riverwalk
The ordinance must pass a second reading during a December meeting.
Last Week
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1/8/26 – SoHo Flood Relief Project Back on Agenda as Council Catches Up on Unfinished Business
Council votes on $1 million HOPE shelter expansion but real test comes in how they spend the next six months.
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1/15/26 – CRA & Evening Land Use
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background details from the Summary Sheet when available and provides links to supporting documents. Also included is a zoning map with current applications. A note about document links, Onbase links can change, and you can always

Tampa Land Use Map
Have you ever wanted to check the current zoning for a property but also its future land use designation? Now you can with our interactive map.
Keeping Up
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SB 48 would require allowing ADUs in all single family residential zoning districts
The proposal passed unanimously in the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development on Wednesday.
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Community Redevelopment Agency Board Meeting Canceled
Ultimately Tampa City Council meetings are to conduct the business of the city, not public forums.
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Tampa Union Station’s $6 million renovation should be mostly done by this time in 2027
Jerel McCants, author of ‘The Architecture of Segregation’ is overseeing the effort.
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Council Set to Vote on South Howard Flood Relief Project Grant Amendment
The $64+ million dollar project still hasn’t had a final design or price tag presented but council will be voting to approve an amended $10…
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Tampa’s Impact Fees: What You Need to Know
Tampa’s transportation multi-modal impact fees are finally getting their first update since 1989—a 36-year gap that has cost the city nearly $140 million in subsidized…
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Tampa City Attorney Andrea Zelman to Retire, Mayor Nominates Scott I. Steady for Role
Item 5 of Tampa City Council’s agenda this week the mayor announces the retirement of City Attorney Andrea Zelman. Zelman assumed the role three years…
From the Editor
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The Charter Review is Starting Off on the Wrong Foot
Nothing in the charter or the adopted ordinances says anything about council’s priorities in a charter review.
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A Year of Agendas
A little bit of how Tampa Monitor came to be, what’s been accomplished in the last year and what comes next.
