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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1/8/26 – Regular Agenda
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background…
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12/18/25 – Consequential Agenda to Close Out 2025
The final council meeting of 2025 has no shortage of consequential votes that will resonate for years to come. From…
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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…
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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…
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12/18/25 – 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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12/11/25 – Final CRA and Land Use Meetings of 2025
CRA to vote on services agreement with city and final evening land use hearing of the year.
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12/11/25 – 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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City of Tampa to Explore Selling “Big Blue”
There are no current plans for replacing Tampa Police Headquarters. Preliminary sale price of $36 million discussed today by city…
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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.