Author: Michael Bishop
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This Week 12-12-24
Brief look at week ahead for Tampa City Council and the CRA Board.
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Agendas 12-12-24
CRA Agenda 1. Current Downtown CAC Vice Chair, MaryBeth Williams, to appear and provide a verbal report outlining activities and/or concerns of said CAC. 2. CRA Director’s Monthly Report Memorandum from Cedric McCray, Interim CRA Director, transmitting a written report for said agenda item. 3. Staff to provide a report on wheelchair accessible playground equipment…
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This Week 12-5-24
In case you missed it Council voted to approve the South Howard Flood Relief project. (5-2 with Carlson and Maniscalco voting no). What comes next? Expect a public kickoff sometime after the New Year. I would expect the first update to Council in late spring. A final vote to approve what ever design and cost…
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Agenda 12-5-24
Council Agenda 1. Presentation of Commendation to the Police Officer of the Month. 2. Presentation of Commendation to the ATU Local 1464 Employee of the Month 3. Johnny Wong, TPO Executive Director, to provide a 5-minute presentation to discuss the progress made on the regional merger study and ask if Council is comfortable with the…
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This Week 11-21-24
Big decision on the S Howard Flood Relief project and a look at few other agenda items.
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South Howard Flood Relief Project
A comprehensive look at what the project is and isn’t and what decision Council faces.
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Agenda 11-21-24
A skim-able version of this week’s agendas with links to the full agenda plus a map of the alcoholic beverage sales applications.
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Tampa Police Officer Terminated for Unauthorized Use of Deadly Force
City of Tampa Police public information office sent out a release on November 5th that an officer was terminated for unauthorized use of deadly force that resulted in the suspect briefly lose consciousness. A subsequent news item was added to tampa.gov. The news item doesn’t not include the video that was released.
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This Week 11-14-24
Well. I took a break. Quite quit if you will. I did a poor job of time management and wanting to dig into the budget and keep up with the weekly agendas. Some frustration set in realizing the budget for most Council members was decided and there wouldn’t be any robust discussions. Unless you want…
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Agenda 11-14-24
Council meets twice on Thursday. The sit as the CRA Board in the morning and have land use hearings in the evening. Below are links to the official agenda which includes links to the supporting documents. I also include simplified text versions for reference and easier scanning. CRA Agenda Evening Agenda CRA Agenda 1. Current…