Weekly Brief
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4/30/26 – Week off so talking baseball, trees and South Howard Flood Relief
With no council meeting this week, a looking ahead to the baseball stadium discussion and catching up on some lingering…
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4/23/26 – Tree Workshop
This week council sits for a morning workshop on Thursday with evening land use application hearings. The workshop will be…
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Status Update
Earlier this week I announced the site would be winding down and the agenda previews would be ending. It wasn’t…
Look Ahead
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4/16/26 – Regular Meeting
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background…
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4/9/26 – CRA & Evening Land Use
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background…
More Stories
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1/22/25 – Regular Meeting
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background…
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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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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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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…
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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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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…
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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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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…