Tampa City Council Transcripts

I would like to call this Tampa City Council meeting to to order if we can have roll call, please.

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Councilman Carlson will be joining US virtually, and see him by computer. Councilman Viera is here. He will be out momentarily. Councilman Citro will not be here. We will have six councilmembers.

Just for a note about 6:35, I have to dip out to go right down to the convention center. The National Shriners are here to give the welcome. So I will be right back.

All right. Thank you very much. Before we begin, this beautiful Christmas tree. I have been admiring it all day. This was put up by my understanding from Mary Bryant the legislative aide of Charlie Miranda, and I want to acknowledge her for all her hard work, and she is always decorating at christmastime, and this is probably her best work yet.

Only a joke, Mary.

All right, so We have a few items on the agenda tonight; however, We have quite a few continuances and withdrawals. And I would like to address those now at the beginning to clean them up and anybody here for said items so you are not here spending the evening and the item is not heard. Yes, maam.

Good evening, Council. Lachone Dock, Development Coordination and I would like to clear the agenda for this evening. Item in 2, a request to continue this item to January 12, 2022.

So moved.

Second.

Roll call to open the meeting.

Goes with item number 9.

Before we begin, have a motion to open the item a motion from Councilman Gudes and seconded from Councilman Miranda. All in favor. Yes, maam.

Item number 2 are a request to continue this item January 12, 2023.

Goes with item --

Item number 9.

We have a request -- actually a letter from Julia Mandell to continue items number 2 and items number 9 to January 12, 2023 at 5:01 pm. Anyone in the public to wishes to speak not on the merits of the case, but just on the continuance for items number 2 and items number 9? I see none. Let me just check --

Mr. Chairman, I move item number 2 and 9 on the agenda for January 12, 2023. Both items 2 and items number 9. Concerned Residents who agreed to the continuance, they also recommended that they be heard first.

Okay --

I dont know -- I am just saying this is what they said.

They were second on the agenda. Put Them no worse than second.

That is fair.

That is fair enough, but if possible, put them first. Far enough out for January 12, 2023. Who made the motion? Councilman Miranda. Seconded from Councilman Gudes. All in favor. That settles item 2 and number 9. Item number 3 is next. Yes, maam.

A request to continue this item to December 88. This will go along with the associated rezoning. So the intent is to hear them both together December 8.

A request to continue item number 3. Anyone in the public to wishes to speak just on the continuance of item number 3? I hear none, so that will be continued, You said until when, December.

December 8 at 5:01 pm.

Item number 3. A motion from Councilman Gudes and Councilwoman Hurtak to continue this item. All in favor. Opposed. Next up item number 5.

Item number 5, an e-mail from the Applicant requesting a continuance February 29 at 5:01.

Any comment on the continuance for item number 5. Mr. Peterika? None? Hearing none. A motion by Councilman Gudes and seconded by Councilman Miranda. All in favor. Any opposed. Next item number 7 is asking for a continuance.

Yes, item number 7, the Applicant is requesting a continuance to January 12, 2023 at 5:01.

So moved.

Second.

On item number 7 to be continued. Anyone in the public who wishes to speak on the continuance only? Item number 7? I see and hear none. This will be continued for January 12, 2023 at 5:01 pm. Motion by Councilwoman Hurtak. Seconded by Councilman Gudes. All in favor. Any opposed. All right, item number 11, a request to continue to either February or March 2023.

Yes, Council. This item the Applicant is requesting a continuance. If it is February, it will be February 9, 2023 at 5:01. Staff is prepared with this case, but the Applicant has requested a continuance.

Anybody who wishes to speak for the continuance on item number 11. Just the continuance on 11? I see and hear none. A motion to continue to February 9 at 5:01 pm. From Councilman Miranda. Second from --

Second.

Second from councilwoman Hurtak. All in favor --

Mr. Chairman, we have a lot of continuances. Miss Dock, are we going to be -- you know how I am of overloading dockets on nights, I want to make sure we stick to our rules here. I mean --

Absolutely. What we have done is look at the calendar to make sure before we request a date. So January 12 have availability.

We are good on all these continuances so far tonight.

The one requesting a continuance with the comp plan amendment we coordinated prior and saved space for that item.

Councilwoman Hurtak.

I was going to wait, but while we are talking about this. How many are first continuances versus second continuances?

So the other request are first Tampa Wantses, the item number 11 is the second continuance.

Per our rules, that would have to kick back, wouldnt it? Or is that the third continuance. It.

You are thinking of misnotice.

Yes, my apologies.

Misnoticed but this is the second continuance.

Just curious, thank you.

Next up and Councilman Carlson is on line. Let the record reflect that we have him with US virtually. Item number 14, a request -- sorry, there is a -- yeah, a request to withdraw. If I can have a motion to withdraw item number 14.

So moved.

Motion by Councilman Gudes, seconded from Councilman Miranda.

If I can one more housekeeping item. Item number 6 goes with a rezoning item number 12 so the Applicant has requested and Staff is requesting that item 6 can be heard with item 12. Move 6 down on the agenda.

Item number 6 and 12 will be heard back to back, aka together.

At the time of item 12.

You want to move 6 down?

I know You dont hear that often.

Any objections to that? That settles the agenda. Since these are all public hearings, let me go here to the beginning I will go in swear in. Item number 1 is a brownfiled issue. Who wishes to present. Yes, maam.

Good evening, Council, Mclane Evans, Assistant City Attorney. The first public hearing for brownfiled designation for Coral Walk. It is located on 1000 west fig street, owned by Zp 370 Tampa Lcc, requesting the designation as a brownfiled to assess in the environment environmental impacts that May be on the property. Detailed on a staff report of Coral Walk brownfiled designation that is available for public review in the clerks office. Except taking public comment on this matter this evening, no other action is required by Council. At the conclusion of the second public hearing currently scheduled for December 15, Council will have the opportunity to pass a resolution designating Coral Walk as a brownfiled area. Staff and owner of the property is here to answer any questions.

Any questions at this time?

1000 fig street.

Councilman Viera is in the house. Down one councilmember. Anybody in the public want to speak on item number 1? I see no one, but we have a registered public comment speaker for item 1, Jean Strohmeyer. Is she online and logged? All right.

Miss Strohmeyer, please turn on your audio -- I mean video and unmute yourself.

Unmute. We cant hear you. Do We have oversight of the Brownfiled designation because always very fine real estate. I wonder if We have oversight or somebody says this is bad. Designate a Brownfiled. I dont know how well We oversee those things, thats all.

Would you like to answer her? This designation is statutory designated by the State by municipalities. In this case a privately owned property and by doing the designation allows the property owner to qualify for certain statutory tax credits if they do find contamination and choose to clean it up. It. But my question is, you know, if they -- if somebody buys the property and they say, okay, we want these tax credits. I believe it was 50% from what I recall from a seminar we did or meeting one time. They just say hey, this is a brownfiled and they get the tax credit or do we have somebody -- somebody from the city or somebody -- an Independent Person who can sample what they are telling US it is? Oversees that. If they decide to proceed forward they have to do the cleanup, pay for it, and go through, my understanding is, a formal audit process and submit a formal package to the State to get in line to try to qualify for the tax credit. So the city after the designation process is sort of out of the process. The rest is taken over by Department of Environmental Protection. So, all right, thats it. Thanks.

Thank you very much. Thank you, maam. No need to close this hearing?

You close it.

Either way. In this particular circumstance, it doesnt matter if you open or close it.

Motion to close.

Seconded by Councilman Miranda. We have a second public hearing December 15 at 9 am., 2022 on this item. All right, We are going to go into the quasi judicial hearings. If you are going to speak on any item between item number 4 of the agenda, please stand, raise your right hand and We will swear you in. [Swearing in]

Thank you very much. Yes, maam, go ahead.

Yes, council, thank you very much, Lachone Dock land Development Coordination. Item number 4, file norez-22-33, For to rezone from Ig Industrial General and for use of a hotel on-site. I will bring it do Danny and I will come back to give my report.

Thank you very much.

Good evening, Danny Collins with your Planning Commission staff. Our first case is within the south Tampa planning district and more specifically in the Gandy Civic Association. Gaston Park is the closest public recreation facilities located half mile to the so southeast of the subject site. The closest transit site is .1 Miles on pinewood street and south Dale Mabry Highway and bloomingdale, brandon, downtown brandon, Tampa and south Tampa. Located within the level "a" evacuation zone and coastal high hazard area and within the macdill airport flight path and limits dwellings to 10 units per acre. The map. You will see the subject site is here. South Dale Mabry Highway. And this is interbay boulevard. The subject site is approximately half mile north of the MacDill Air Force Base. The surrounding development pattern is predominantly heavy industrial. There is a multifamily use to the north of the site. Also a public uses associated with air force base to the south and southeast of the subject site. Here is -- here is the adopted future land use map. The subject site is outlined in the purple color. It is been the light industrial land use designation which allows for development up to a 1.5 Far. The li to the north, east of the subject site. There is just -- some of interbay residential-35 and residential 50 parcels and that is approximately one block north of the subject site. The Planning Commission staff reviewed the application and found no adverse to the surrounding neighborhoods. The Pd proposes a .7 Far. Which is intensity under the light industrial designation. Again the light industrial designation allows for a 1.5 Far. The request for the hotel to ensure that in opportunities for the populations. Sidewalks are lacking. Adjacent to the site on pinewood and west markum street. The Pd proposes five-foot sidewalks adjacent to the site of the public right-of-way. The proposed sidewalks along right-of-ways will ensure that sidewalks interconnect with future sidewalks on adjacent parcels. The subject site is located within the coastal high hazard area. And pd a commercial use and policy 1.2.2 That requires mitigation for impact on shelter space demand will not apply to this pd. Overall, the proposed pd development that is comparable and compatible from the surrounding area and the request is consistent with the development pattern anticipated under the light industrial land use designation. Based on these considerations, the Planning Commission staff finds them consistent with the goals objectives and policies of the comprehensive plan. That concludes my presentation, and I am available for any questions.

Any questions for the Gentleman? No? Thank you very much.

Thank you, again, Council. Lachone Dock, land Development Coordination. As mentioned by Danny earlier, just a few seconds ago, the site contains 2.56 Acres. And what is proposed on the site with this pd rezoning is a hotel. I have a site plan to show you. The site is currently vacant as was mentioned. This is the site plan submitted. So this is the boundary of the property. This is pinewood street to orient you on this site plan. This is markum street. Dale Mabry would be off to the right on this screen. So this is the site proposed. This is the six-story hotel which will be located on the western end of the site. Vehicular access is proposed on pinewood street and on markum. You can see the parking spaces are located here. The amenities for the hotel are located along the west. The pool is located here. And you can see the buffer that is provided surrounding the site. What I would like to show you next is the aerial of the site in the zoning map. So this is the site located in red. This is pinewood street just to orient you. This is interbay. And this is south Dale Mabry Highway. So the base is here. This is located just to the entrance. The visitor center for the base is located here. And you enter the base here. And this is the site here. So you can see it is surrounded with Ig zoning which is located to the north. You have some ci zoning here. Some remnants of the rm-24. And Ig located along the south also. And I have pictures of the site. Let me remove this. Makes it easier to see. So we will start just on the northern edge of the site. Let me zoom in a little bit. So this is actually on pinewood street. This is looking west on pinewood. So the site sits back here on the site. Dale Mabry is behind this in this picture. This is east of the site. So -- which is also vacant, of course, still on pinewood. And this takes US down to the north end of the site as we work our way over. This is oriented a little different. This is a picture of the site also. And this takes US further west on the site. And this takes US to the end of the street. On the site plan, you can see where actually pinewood ends. And that is the end of the road and this is still the site here on the left. This is oriented a little different. This is north of the site, the industrial. This is also north of the site. And this is the view when you are looking east on pinewood headed toward Dale Mabry that is in the distance. This is northeast of the site at south Dale Mabry. And this is south of the site when we swing around on markum. That is located to the south. So Staff has reviewed the request and finds the request consistent. There are site plan modifications required to be made between first and second reading which the Applicant agrees to. I am available if you have any questions.

Any questions?

Thank you, Council.

The Applicant is here.

Havent seen him in a while. Truett Gardner, brewer, gardner, hudson. Alex is pulling up the presentation. With me tonight is Alex Schaler, and in attendance is Brian Funk, the developer; Mike Grat, who works with brian; Ricky Peterika our arborist; and our architect, Richard Wilson. With that, can you all see the powerpoint? Perfect. Lachone showed this, but to give you a little more context, you can see actually proximity wise, Dale Mabry on the east side and the gatehouse really to the south of the roundabout. We worked closely with the Base. Started our first contact with them prior to even filing this and they will hopefully be the largest client of this hotel and they are supportive of this. We had an issue that we need to run to the ground on height. Which we have. We will insert a note that it will be subject to faa approval. I have an e-mail from the Base civil engineer saying that is absolutely fine with them. And also just to clarify, I think danny might have said we are in the flight zone. We are not. We are just outside of the flight zone as it relates to this piece. As you travel to the east is where the -- where the flight zone begins or the clear zone begins. Real quick just orientation wise, pinewood is on the north. Markum on the south. The primary points of access are, one, kind of in the middle of the site on pinewood and one in the middle of the site on markum with the hotel pushed to the west side of the property. This is the architecture that is proposed to be a Hampton Inn. Mr. Funk likes to go above and beyond the architecture and outfitting of the hotel that you can see here. Also on the ground floor -- they are oversizing the convention space to make room for additional convention space that the Base is lacking. And so that will be a part of this project as well. And with that, I will turn things over to Alex to run through just staff and then our waivers.

Mr. Chairman?

Yes, Sir.

How many rooms are in the who he tell? And 77 feet is the height. Staff is largely supportive of this application. Planning Commission found it consistent as well as the other reviewing departments listed on the right side of the screen. We are requesting three waivers in conjunction with the application, all related to natural resources. I have a street view image on the screen here showing that this site is completely vacant as it stands today. A totally green site that proposed a lot of challenges when We went through our development program here. And especially related to the existing tree pattern on the site and I will go into more detail in a second. The first waiver is a buffering waiver to the east, a very minimal request. 15 feet and providing 15 feet and a wall required that is six feet high. We are providing a wall along the back side to the east which is three feet high retaining wall and a small portion to the north, small portion to the south along the landscape buffer that will not required a wall, and the wall is three feet shorter than what is required by code. The last waiver is of trees. One is to remove one nonhazardous grand tree. The yellow bubble is where the tree exists today and located right in the middle of the proposed building permit. We did submit two reasonable configurations into the record and they are in the file already. With the red shading on both images on the screen is representative of potentially shifting the building elsewhere to leave the tree where it exists today. The first alternative, as you can see, results in a limited amount of parking. We would lose a decent amount. And then arguing you could put the parking behind the building, We wouldnt have access as the existing access of pinewood and markum more to the east of the site. The second alternative goes into what Truett mentioned regarding the true zone. The red dash on the site on the bottom right corner. We can not have the building corner in the elevation within that corner clipping and the second alternative We produced there. The last waiver relating to trees is with regards to tree retention. We did a reasonable configuration. They requested We provide that and those are in the record, sand live oak clump of trees exist the middle of the proposed parking field and accommodating that clump and leaving that that is, add 50%. And that is factor in play with the tree retention. We proposed to keep a decent amount of the trees lo he kated to the rear of the hotel. The ones We were leaving in this original waiver request a reduction from 50% to 11%. Unfortunately, there was existing construction going on due west of a multifamily development 7210 interbay. The Surveyor had stated the boundaries incorrectly and the Contractor inadvertently took out some of the trees internal. That is discussed with Erin and she is aware and they wrote a letter in our case file and that will be carried on through permitting. We want to mention that and propose 50% to 11%. And We feel a relatively difference between 11% and zero. Truett went into this and with Macdill. And Truett mentioned the height here, and We did file for Faa approval on October 10, 45-day review period for them and We are wait for them to come back. We have agreed and talked to Lachone and the staff if We are fortunate enough to get approval on first reading, We will be with Faa maximum building height and wont exceed that. Thats it for the presentation and We will answer any questions.

Any questions for the Applicant? Councilman Gudes.

You talked to Macdill. Have you talked to the Neighborhood Association in the area?

Any objections?

We will know soon. But we will let them speak for themselves.

Okay. I wanted to put that on the record.

If that is the conclusion of your presentation, we will go to public comment. Anyone who wishes to speak on item number 4? Have you been sworn in? For the 17th time today. I apologize. My computer worked -- two computers, they both work fine. Its the webinar that you guys use. I am sorry. [Swearing in] first of all, I need to say this. Dont make them put a block wall. All it is a hiding spot for the homeless. So you end up with a bunch of folks hiding on the other side of the wall trying to -- trying to live there. If you notice, Lachone showed you a whole bunch of beautiful, clean pictures of that property. It didnt look like that a couple of months ago. The homeless have been down there. It was a hot mess. It was a garbage dump. And you know they have done a good job keeping up with it. I will also say that one of my tenants works at the temporary living facility on base, and the base -- the Macdill inn. They stay full. I deal with tons and tons of folks who do not have a place to stay when they come here to stay. So we need this facility. The closest place to stay off base is all the way at gandy. There is a la quinta there. A couple of motels in between, but I wouldnt stay there. When my husband and I moved here, we had to drive all the way up to the at that hereby shan inn. This is something that will produce for our community. Now I am happy to see that we are taking out a grand tree because the first I saw of this. Not anything that has been discussed with US and I guarantee that Carroll Anne is having the vapors at home. We need the employment. We need the space. Good interaction with Macdill. No they are not in the flight line. I live near the flight line and I will be closer to the base than them. I have to -- and not in the chaa either. Just the tree -- it is ripping my heart out, but otherwise I am totally on board. That is why I drove down here just to speak for this. We need the business. And Carroll Ann dont kill me.

We have of the poynor seal of approval. Anybody in the chambers to speak on item number 4. If not, one person registered on line. Jean Strohmeyer is the registered speaker. Gandy, interbay south of Gandy -- I cant see her on camera.

We can, go ahead. Hotel and I always find a reason why to say no. Always try to find one, but on this one I absolutely cannot. They say the lot is vacant and it isnt like what Stephanie just said. A lot of homeless camps in there and pretty gross. When we took a tour of it we got to see that and that is a lot of that around. Also, we discussed -- now whether -- I dont know if this is part of the deal, but They did say They would complete the bike trail, the walking trail to match it up with the -- with the trail -- They were calling it like the friendship trail. They are supposed to complete that if -- if it would be zoning and everything They are supposed to do as far as the motels, drug dealer homes. Great for the jobs. I dont like the tree thing. I didnt know about that. But the most important thing that I believe the Gentleman said I I could use the pool. He said I can. But anyway. Thats it. And I am happy to support something for our neighborhood. I really am. And I think this will definitely will be helpful for our neighborhood. So please approve it.

Thank you very much. That concludes all the public comment. Rebuttal from the public. Dana Gordon president of the Ballast Point Neighborhood Association as well as a letter from Anting A Go Corata, visit Tampa Bay. With that, we will close unless you have any questions.

Would you like to submit them for the record.

Move to close.

Second.

All in favor, any opposed. Councilman Miranda, read item number 4 including the revisions.

Item number 4, file no. Rez 22-33. Ordinance being presented for first reading consideration rezoning general vicinity of 3812 pinewood street in the City of Tampa, Florida, more particularly described in section 1 from zoning district classification ig, industrial general to pd, planned development for a hotel. Providing an effective date.

Second.

Motion from Councilman Miranda and second from Gudes and includes the revision sheet.

Including the revision cheat and meet the goals and objectives of the land code and section 139.4.

Thank you very much. Roll call.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Motion carried unanimous with Citro being absent.

Thank you very much. Second reading and adoption will be held on February -- January 5, 2023 at 9:30 am.

Thank you, next up is item 8. Item 6 is being heard with 12 later in the agenda. So item number 8.

Thank you, Council. Lachone Dock, Development Coordination. The next item is item number 8, re z+ 22-80 for the property located at 2213 north 65th street. The applicant is Yuri Diaz and the request to rezone from rs-50 residential single-family to Industrial General Ig. And I will turn it over to Danny to give you his report and then I will come back and give you my report. Thank you.

Danny Collins again with your Planning Commission staff. I have been sworn in. The next case in the central planning district and east side commercial neighborhood. Kenley park is the closest recreational facility located .3 Miles from the subject site. 300 feet south of east columbus drive. East columbus drive is transit emphasis corridor. The subject site is located within a level d evacuation zone. Here is an aerial map of the subject site and the surrounding property. The surrounding area contain a mix of uses including light and heavy commercial, light industrial and single-family detached uses. Heavy industrial and commercial uses along this portion of columbus, there are presence of heavy industrial and commercial uses along this portion of columbus drive. Here is the adopted future land use map. The subject site is within the transitional use-24 designation. The tu-24 designation allows for a variety of uses from, anything from light industrial all the way to residential uses. Transitional use-24 surrounds the site on all sides. The tu-24 designation has the potential of creating a development pattern not for intense uses under this designation because it allows for a variety of uses. Proposed ig zoning district be under the tu-24 of the consistency matrix of the land development code. Due to the range of industrial uses of the area of industrial general zoning district will be appropriate for this site. Additionally any developments on the subject site must meet the requirements of the ldc. The comprehensive plan of development to ensure neighborhoods and socio and economic health of the city. Through the rezoning process, discourages residential development near industrial-zoned areas. The proposed ig zoning supports this policy direction by discouraging the potential residential development in an area with -- with industrial uses. In conclusion, the proposed ig zoning district will provide a development that is comparable and compatible with a existing development pattern consistent with the tu-24 designation and the request will continue to recognize industrial lands for key economic engines on the city and the Planning Commission staff finds it consistent with the goals, objectives of policies of the Tampa Comprehensive Plan. That concludes my presentation. Available for any questions.

Do we have any questions? Thank you very much. Yes, maam.

Thank you, again, Council, Lachone Dock, land Development Coordination. The subject site is requesting the industrial general zoning on the property. I will go ahead and show you the aerial again. This May look familiar to you because not long ago there was a request to rezone south of this property.

Six mile creek area?

It probably --

Six mile creek area?

Yes. And the request also was to rezone from rs-50 to Ig. So this map has not been updated yet. This is located south of broadway on 65th street. And then this is on the east side of 65th street. That is the property identified in red. You can see it is surrounded with rs-50 zoning. But out on-site. That is not the use on-site. A lot of industrial and commercial uses in the area although that zoning exists. Staff found the request consistent with that area. But this is the site on 65th street. A couple more pictures of the site. Like I said, most of the uses are the commercial or industrial like the open storage uses in that vicinity.

What is the use -- what is the use currently going to be used for, do you know?

Currently on the site now, I believe it is open storage.

Open storage?

Vacant but automobiles stored on-site and the Applicant can confirm, but I think that is what it is. And then this is the one residence that is on the street and that is further south. So this is toward the end of that street. This is looking north -- this is west of the site. And then this is another picture west of the site. And as I mentioned, the Drc Staff has reviewed the request and find the request consistent, and I am available if you have any questions.

Any questions? Nope? Thank you very much.

You are it.

Please state your name.

All right. Any questions -- is that the entire presentation. [Speaking spanish]

Smooth, smooth.

Any questions for the Applicant. Anybody From The Public who wishes to speak on this item, item number 8? I see no one. I do not have anyone registered to speak.

Move to close.

Second.

Motion from Councilman Gudes. Seconded from Councilman Miranda. Councilman Gudes, item number 8.

File norez-22-80. First reading and consideration. General vicinity of 2213 north 65th street City of Tampa, Florida, more particularly described section 1 zoning district rs-50 residential single-family to Ig Industrial General providing an effective date.

Do you have more.

The proposed zoning district allow for better utilization of land under the residential 24 designation. And appropriate at lot he occasion as a diverse range of commercial industrial uses in the surrounding area.

All right, a motion from Councilman Gudes. Second from Councilwoman Hurtak. Roll call.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Motion carried unanimously with Viera and Citro being absent. Second reading and adoption will be held on January 5, 2023 at 9:30 am.

All right. You got it.

First approval and we read it again and then final approval.

Thank you. Next is item number 10.

Yes, thank you, Council, Lachone Dock, land Development Coordination. Next item 10 is file no. Rez-22-96. Property 18202 east meadows road. The applicant is Clayton Bricklemyer and the request is to rezone from pd that allows for a strip shopping center and all cg to pd for a vehicle car wash. I will give it to Danny and I will come back to give my report. Thank you.

Danny Collins, again, with your Planning Commission staff. I have been sworn in. Our next case in the New Tampa Planning District and more specifically in the new Tampa neighborhood. Branch and park is the closest recreational facility1 Mile southeast of the subject site. Subject site is not in proximity with transit and not within an evacuation zone. Here is an aerial map of the subject site and the surrounding properties. The site is outlined in purple color. The subject site is surrounded by a mix of uses. There is a publix directly to the northeast of the subject site. This is the storage unit here. And then an elementary school is northwest of the subject site. There is also some residential uses in proximity to the west of the subject site. Here is the adopted future land use map. A majority of the subject sites recognized under the suburban mixed use 3 land use designation. There is a portion on the western pre that is approximately .28 Acre that is designated environmentally sensitive areas which cannot be considered for development. Due to the site being less than -- or due -- because there is less than 25% of the site within the esa and wetlands. The site cannot be considered for wetland credit. The Planning Commission staff reviewed the request and finds the request will have no adverse impacts on the surrounding area. The plan promotes development that is sensitive to adjacent uses and to minimize impacts onthe Surrounding area. The pd a .3 Far. Which is below the intensity considered under the sm-3. And a mix of single-family attached uses, light uses, semi public uses and a elementary school as mentioned. That is to the northwest of the subject site. The Planning Commission staff finds that the proposed pd is comparable and compatible with the surrounding development pattern. The comprehensive plan promotes pedestrian safety and encourages commercial development that enhances the citicity of Tampa character and ambience. The plan encourages commercial development to connect building entrances to public right-of-ways and sidewalks that are feasible for pedestrian activities. And created a pedestrian-oriented development with sidewalks along all adjacent right-of-ways and a pathway of east meadow road to the entrance to the structure. The proposed sidewalks along all adjacent right-of-ways will ensure sidewalks interconnect with existing and future sidewalks on adjacent properties. Based on these considerations, the Planning Commission staff finds the request consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the City Of Tampa Comprehensive Plan. That concludes my presentation and available for any questions.

Any questions? No? Thank you, Lachone.

Thank you, Council. Lachone Dock, Development Coordination. Again this request is to rezone for a pd. For the use of a car wash which is vehicle minor repair. The property is currently zoned as a pd. Does allow for all cg uses as the current zoning approval for the pd. The changes that are proposed -- well, the actual request and the placement of the building proposed today which is before you requires -- it contains changes which will require a new pd. That is why this request is before you today because the alteration of the building proposed. Although this use is allowed in the current pd rezoning. So the request is -- that was approved in 2017. That was never developed as you can see from the pictures provided for you showing the lot as being vacant. And this request proposes 4117 square feet of structure that will be contained within one story. This was the site plan that was submitted. So to orient you, this is east meadows road. This arched roadway. This is cross creek boulevard to the south. And then this is the proposed car wash, which will be loaded -- located here with -- within this building structure. So vehicular access to the site is proposed on east meadows with an in only. At this point, vehicles who travel through, travel around, go to the car wash and exit the site to the northeast and then parking is located in front of the building. And then these are the wetland areas which are identified, which have been mentioned. There is over an acre and a half of wetland areas that is consistent with the Esa land use designation that Danny explained to you that exists surrounding the site. These are elevations of the site. The top is the south elevation. The bottom picture is the north elevation. And then we get to our west and our east during the elevations of the site. Then I have a zoning map. So this is the property that is identified in red. This is cross creek boulevard. This is morris bridge road, which is to the east. So I have pictures of the commercial that exists northeast. And then the School and the storage unit is to the north. And then south of cross creek boulevard, you can see the property is vacant there. So I will zoom in. This is a view of the site. The site is on the right in this picture. This is the view if you were looking south on east meadows, and the site is located here. This is another view of the site. We will work our way around headed toward the north boundary. That is northeast. The northeast portion of the site is located here. This is east meadows. Your commercial is located to the right of the picture. This is another view of the site. This is a view from the east looking toward the site. And this is the very north -- northeast end of the site. The School is located here. That is a part of the School parking lot. That is a picture of the School located to the north. You have the Public Storage which is also located to the north. And this is the commercial which is northeast of the site. And then that is the view south of the site, the vacant land across cross creek. And Staff has reviewed the request and finds the request consistent. There are modifications to be made to the site plan between first and second reading and the Applicant agrees to make those changes. That concludes my presentation. I am available for questions.

Councilman Viera.

Out of curiosity, what school that, if you know? Maybe the Applicant can tell US.

I dont remember by heart.

A Private School?

Heritage Elementary School.

Thank you very much.

Absolutely.

Those pictures, is that even in the City Of Tampa -- new Tampa joke.

It is out there, but it is close.

A joke.

A good one. Mr. Bricklemyer. Clayton Bricklemyer, 101 e. Kennedy boulevard. I went to the County Center first, Councilman Viera, and then I realized where I was. I dont have anything to add. Those were solid presentations. The use is already allowed. Explaining to somebody out of town that they have to come back to do a pd to do a pd what is allowed in the pd. I will ask for your approval and we are available for questions.

Any questions? Anybody in the public wish to speak on item number 10. I see no one. I see no one registered. A motion to close from Councilman Miranda. Second by Councilman Gudes. All in favor. Any opposed. Councilwoman Hurtak. Read item number 10.

Yes, file norez 22-96, ordinance for first reading consideration an ordinance rezoning property in the general vicinity of 18202 east meadows road in the City of Tampa, Florida, and more itically described in section 1 from zoning classification pd, planned development to pd, planned development, vehicle repair minorcar wash providing an effective date.

A motion from Councilwoman Hurtak. Second from councilman Miranda. Roll call.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Motion carried unanimously with Citro being absent. Second reading and adoption will be held on January 5, 2023 at 9:30 am.

Thank you very much. At this speed with two more cases to go, we might be out by 7:00. There is no jinx. I am looking at the registered speakers. Yes, maam. Item number 13.

We are at the point with item 6. We will hear item 6.

We will move on with 6. I will like the clerk to please share my screen, please. Ross Samons land Development Coordination. The Applicant is a brighter community. Agent is Alex Schaler. 1607 marion street. To vacate the alley line south of henderson, east of marion and west of morgan street. This application was filed August 11, 2022. The property on the north and south side of the alley that is requested to be vacated. The Applicant's reason for the application is for development of a project associated with rezonings 22-116. All abutting property owners are applicants to the request. The alley was created by subdivision platt platt, as it exists 2751 square feet. The Applicant's properties are in red. The aerial map. And the proposed say vacating request is for the alley in yellow. Internal City Of Tampa atlas sheet showing the proposed vacating in pink. The alley is in pink. And the property -- the property owners -- the property is in gray. There is an image of the alleyway looking east from marion street. Another image of the alleyway looking west from morgan street. The Applicant's property looking south from the alley at morgan street. And The Applicant's property looking north of the alley at morgan street. The Applicant's property on the north side of the alley at marion street. And The Applicant's property on the south side of the alley at marion street. This is the alley continuation looking west from marion street that was previously vacated. And this is a alley continuation looking east from morgan street. This portion is not to be vacated. Staff had no objections to this vacating request. The easement reservations are needed for Teco and Frontier. Special conditions for natural resources must comply with chapter 27 with regard to tree preservation and site design for improvements placed adjacent to trees in any vacated areas. That concludes my presentation. I am available for any questions.

Any questions? Thank you very much. Yes, maam.

Yes, Council, Lachone Dock, Development Coordination. Item number 12 and this is the associated rezoning for the request rez-22-116. The request is to rezone the property from ci rm-24 to pd, planned development to pd, multifamily, storefront and office. And applicant is Michael Kass represented by Tyler Hudson. Show you the vicinity because consistency of multiple properties. On the aerial map, you can see the area is identified in red. Bounded by Florida Avenue on the west. Hendserson is to the north. Morgan street is on the east. And then Estelle is on the south. So this request consists of that area. I will turn it over to Danny to give you his report and I will come back and give my report. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Danny Collins, again, with your Planning Commission staff. I have been sworn in. Our next case within the central planning district and Tampa heights neighborhood. Subject Site is adjacent to two transit stops that are served by hart routes 1, 5 and 6. These routes provide service to downtown Tampa, the university area transfer center. Water works park is the closest public registration facility of a quarter mile west of the Subject Site. Subject Site is within a level "d" evacuation zone. Here is an aerial map of the Subject Site and the surrounding properties. You will see the Subject Site is just to the east and west of north marion street. Generally southeast of north Florida Avenue. Here is the adopted future land use man. The Subject Site is recognized under the community commercial 35 future land use designation. The site within the cbd periphery bonus area. So under the cc-35, the Subject Site can be considered up to a .04 Far. Through bonus. The cc-35 is the predominant land use category along Florida Avenue. Couple of blocks west of the Subject Site is land recognized under the umu-100 and north and east is land you under the residential 83 land use designation. The Planning Commission staff reviewed the application and. 40 Far. With which is consistent with intensity under the cc-35 under the cbd periphery bonus and policies related to the development within mixed use corridors. Proposed mixed use building is close to the public right-of-ways. And entrances are in the one lick right-of-ways. And six-foot sidewalks are with existing right-of-ways and to have significant pedestrian traffic. The pd proposes safe access to transit along Florida Avenue which is a transit emphasis corridor and an area suitable for intensification. The request supports many of the comprehensive plan policies related to housing the citys population. The comprehensive plan encourages new housing on vacant and underutilized land of the housing to meet the needs of tampas future and present populations. Finally the request will provide additional housing choices with transit, employment and commercial services specifically found along Florida Avenue. In conclusion, the request is comparable and compatible with the surrounding area and several policies of development of mixed use corridors and urban villages and furthermore, additional 456 housing units within the Tampa heights neighborhood. Based on these considerations, the Planning Commission staff finds the request consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the city of Tampa Comprehensive Plan. This concludes my presentation and I am available for any questions.

Any questions for the Gentleman? No? Thank you very much.

Thank you, again, Council. Lachone Dock, land Development Coordination. For this rezoning request. 38 Acres. The site plan identifies two buildings, which are proposed, one is a west building and the other is the east building. And I will show you on the site plan here. The west building proposes 18 floors. And it proposes the uses of residential, multifamily and storefront and commercial office and the east building would contain seven floors and it would contain a residential multifamily and the parking gar raj. 351 units proposed in the west building. And this is identified as the west building on the site plan. And then this is the east building pictured here. And then in the east building, there is a unit count of 105 proposed. 15000 square feet of commercial proposed in the western building. On this site plan, hendserson avenue is to the north to orient you. And in is Florida Avenue bordered on the west and estelle street and morgan street. And you can see the two buildings located here. The bridges would connect actually here and here. Two sky bridges are proposed to create that connection. So this is the zoning map, the zoning atlas, and you can see, again, this is the property that is identified in red on Florida Avenue and henderson. You can see the site is surrounded with pd zoning districts to the north you have ci joining that runs along Florida Avenue along that corridor and the pockets of the rm-24 located to the northeast and east of the site. And then I have pictures of the site and surrounding -- surrounding the area. This is to the north of the site. This is the north end of the site. This is on henderson. This is located west of the site this is at the southwest corner at Florida. Another view of the site at the north end. This is Monday marion street. This is another view of the site on marion. This is the Day Care which is located on the southwest corner. Another view of the site headed further south. The south end of the site as we approach on marion. This is northwest of the site on the corner of Florida and henderson. This is the south end. Of the site that is looking east. This is located northeast of the site. Northwest or northeast of the site. This is north. The site is to the right in the picture and this is if you are looking east on henderson. And this is the substation that is there to the south, the teco substation. We have site plan modifications for first and second reading and I have a revised revision sheet to provide to you. Two sheets one contains the revisions and other will are revisions. One is to add a note to the site plan between first and second reading of 5% Affordable Housing and the other to allow the note to have the Day Care to remain in place and another point to note when staff reviewed the request the request was found inconsistent with site plan modifications but Water Department had a finding of inconsistent. Their find something consistent. The Applicant has agreed to make these changes. Between first and second reading on the site plan. It just did not make the deadline for the hearing, the submittal. But it is consistent --

I thought You said something of Affordable Housing and Day Care. I need to understand that clearly.

Yes, the Applicant -- I will let them expand on that but they are providing affordable housing. I believe it is 5% of the units will be affordable. And then the Day-care Center will be allowed to remain in space until construction starts.

Are we giving dollars to them or just what They are trying to do to be nice.

This is what They are on their own They are offering to provide these -- the affordable units. The bonus provision will be read at second reading. And page 2 of the staffing, in addition to paying for the bonus density to go to a 4.0 Far. They are also providing the 5% affordable housing.

Any other questions? Yes, maam, Councilwoman Hurtak.

I thought the bonus agreement was to underground utilities and for upgrades to the -- I guess the sidewalks and the areas. Did I get that wrong.

Not at all. Cate Wells for the record. The bonus provision agreement requires -- it values the increase from 4.0 To 1.0. What the Developer is committed to doing relocating and undergrounding the utilities in the area as well as making other streetscape enhancements. The affordable housing component is not related to the bonus agreement and is not part of the request for increase in density. Typically, if a Developer wanted to provide affordable housing as the amenity to increase the density and intensity, there would be a requirement that the affordable housing component be 10% of the residential units. So -- I heard they are proposing 5%. So thats why you wont see that as in the bonus provision agreement.

Thank you.

Mr. Shelby.

That was addressed. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much. All right yes, sir. 400 ashley drive. It might be a good time to do a quick swear in break because a bit of turn over in the room.

A few people came in since We swore everybody in. If anybody is here to speak on any item on the agenda, please stand and raise your right hand and We will swear you in. Bless you. [Swearing in] what will be one of the fastest rezoning nights that I can recall in recent memory.

I dont know, a lot of people came in. Here with me this evening is Pat Chillura. One of the chill-bros. One of the developers along with his development partner and my colleague Alex Schaler will be here. Will be talking in a little bit. Kimley-horn and Scott And Ben. Dark Moss our arborist and Ricky Peterika. And Finn Forecast was the architect. We are pretty clear of the location of the site. It appears a little like two blocks, although you will note in a second about the size of a normal city block in Tampa heights once you get north of henderson. Where marion street terminates. North of our site. The Kass Schuler Law Firm that has the time and temperature north on Florida Avenue. A little under three acres and well within the cbd periphery. Close to downtown. A block and a quarter outside of the central business district had which will be important as We go detail a little later in some of the waivers that We need. To set the table, some of this might sound a little familiar to Council because a year less four days ago that Council unanimously approved rez 21-86, the empty block that is just north of the Salvation Army office building. That was a project that was -- a little smaller than this. Eight stories of mixed use. 321. The project was more dense and the same developer in the project team. Fairly similar to in that there is a bonus density agreement for some utility relocations and streetscape improvements. But as Patton will talk about a little bit later on, affordable housing meant a lot to him and to the neighborhood. So that is a voluntary contribution that they are making. With that, Alex will walk through a little bit of the site and I will be back to talk about waivers. We have a right-of-way vacating application. The alley We are considering vacating is in yellow and the green boundary on the site on the screen so you can see the reference. The alley prohibits any kind of unified development on the eastern portion of this block. That is why We are proposing the vacating and the western portion has already been vacated and it you not disrupt any kind of grid connection to Florida Avenue. As mentioned from Ross, We dont have objections from the Utility Providers on this application as well. To run through the site plan, Lachone did a good job setting this up, and I will try to be brief. And two buildings west and east. 18-floor multifamily. And will line the frontage on the ground floor. Eastern block will be seven floors multifamily, wrap product around the parking garage. Bifurcated from marion street and We are trying to enhance marion street and have that be a significant component of this project. As Lachone mentioned two sky bridges. 30 foot clearance around the top and on the southern portion of marion street. Marion street will are walk-up units, doors on each side, parallel parking, sidewalks, landscaping as well to create that almost downtown cbd feel as you walk through marion street. The access for the western building, two points. A northern access and southern point off of estelle, on the eastern building an access off of morgan street, ingress and egress for the parking garage and another access point off of estelle that is limited to Solid Waste and loading only. And the screen to the left, a ten-foot-wide transportation easement between the sidewalk and the building for the he thinks tension of the street car that I will go into detail. On the screen is the historic map of the street car with 22-186 as well. This site is located where the small green star is on the map. This is historically planned to be serviced by Transbe Sit 37 and We want to provide this easement so that the purple line on the left side of the site, that ten-foot-wide transportation easement and where it is physically located on the site and We have a map showing the proposed streetcar to the right of the slides. And traveling north of Florida Avenue, looping around and back down south along Tampa street. And We feel this is really important not only for the specific site but the heights community for a whole that provide connection from the downtown core and the city center and one that does not require a car. We are grateful for staff working with US on this project to bring a great project to Tampa heights and Planning Commission did find it consistent as well as the other reviewing departments listed on the right hand side of the screen. A few waivers in conjunction with this application, and at this time toss it back to Tyler who will run the details and justification behind those. Goes through each waiver and maybe a little less excruciating detail. I will spare that and go through a summary. This set of waivers are presented to you for literally like every rezoning you see in the cbd periphery. Not physically possible to accommodate the density that the comp plan calls for in these higher density areas with the zoning code as it is. Lets talk of the first one which is access. This is a waiver that We might between first and second reading talk about whether it is truly necessary. There is a provision in the code -- a bit odd. It states that you cannot use a local street to get to a nonresidential parking garage for parking lot. While this is a residential projects, right, but a commercial component. So this arguably triggered. Unfortunately, We have no option but to use local streets because estelle, marion and henderson are all local streets and the Florida Department of Transportation will not let US put any curb cuts on Florida Avenue. The neighborhood doesnt want curb cuts on Florida Avenue. And We really have no choice and this one is self-explanatory. Parking -- We are requesting a parking reduction. This site has the highest walk score I ever seen on a project. Called a walkers paradise which I didnt know that was a category. And there is -- two areas of justification I want to talk about on parking. First this is the type of location where a -- where a car option 58 lifestyle is truly possible. You are within easy walking distance of really the office buildings that are going into the armature works area, downtown, a short walk or bike ride over to Ybor City. From a transit perspective, this site has the best transit than any other site that I worked on. Two highest hart routes, 1 and 6. 15-minute frequency at the site. The potential location as Alex alluded to of an expanded streetcar, maybe a brt, who knows, a site that you can have a car lifestyle. A grocery store a block away. We believe this is the maximum amount of parking that We would need. And it is pretty consistent with the reductions We are seeing in this area. Also important to think, what is the reduction from? What is the baseline? We talked a little bit about new Tampa the parking consideration for this piece of land is a block and a quarter north of the cbd. The same parking code of all of if with the latter not seeing 18-story apartments. So our requirement is 848 spaces. If you were to pick this project up and drop it in Ybor City, We would have 501 spaces. And the central business district and channel district, 350 spaces. We believe that the number of parking spaces the market is requiring with some for retail if you count the retail spaces. Bear in mind the folks who use this retail will live in the area We are parking the residential units at 1.3 Per unit and utilization in downtown is 1.25. So Patton can talk a little bit more about this and We thought about this and We think this number is right but lower than what the code would literally required and that is where the waiver comes in. Loading. Council, you will see these quite frequently, the code loads you up with loading berths of on the square footage not what the building is going to be. We are going to have two loading berths that qualify. One is a 12 examine 60 president west building and 12 can x 30 in the eastern. And highlighted in yellow areas where the trash will be located all but 30 minutes a week, those will work as loading berth. If for some reason multiple large box trucks moving in simultaneously which I dont think will ever really happen and on street parking, pretty significant part lining marion street in the middle. We dont think there will be any issue with move in and move out. Type of retail We are anticipating to be here not a target. Not large scale deliveries. Trees. Talk first of the grand oaks. Two nonhazardous grand oaks that We really had no choice to remove. We did reasonable reconfigurations, Ricky with Aaron. And one is smack-dab in the eastern block. Nothing We could do there. The second tree look like it is on the edge and do the reasonable configuration, no way to have a single building and keep that tree with the protected tree radius. We did the best We could and the trees are not consistent and compatible with the footprint. On retain a Law Firm, Cross Fit Gym and a Day Care. Those are wholly inconsistent with the types of massing that We are putting on here. So We arent proposing to retain any of the treeses on-site, but putting better trees, newer trees is something that the developer cares a lot about. Something We promise to do in connection with our bonus agreement where We only get credit from going above and beyond code. Marion street in particular is where We think there is an opportunity to even replace every second or third on-street parking space with significant tree planting to get shade tree. Pay extra for mature trees to make up for loss time. Downtown -- outside the Parks doesnt have a ton of green space. Street trees and right-of-way trees. Thats what We are going to do work with Erin to do the best We can in the permitting stage but something that Patton can talk about. Creating a shaded area, nice area in the project. With that, I will ask Patton to come up and talk a bit. As Tyler said, I am the oldest of the three chill brothers. Commissioner Gudes able to drive past Leto.

Say that.

My favorite ice cream. You got to go check it out.

I will. I am not here on behalf of Chill Bros although this project is certainly something we will look for as a sixth or seventh location. We are doesnt relien on four. I am representing the developer, a Private Based Equity Firm. Here with Brett a former executive and lead developer on the chart house in rocky point which is a project that I think Tampa is pretty proud of. This is our second projects as Tyler said. A year ago today we brought you a project for a 321-unit development one block to the north. We are rapidly approaching a groundbreaking on that in -- probably about a month, month that of. So we are pretty excited about it and appreciate helping US get to the point where we are today. As Tyler said, my company loves the sub market for all the reasons that Tyler pointed out. A walkers paradise of. A bikers paradise as well. We can get all over Tampa and over the immediate suburbs, downtown itself, water street, channelside, north Hyde Park, ybor, and hopefully soon we will be directly on the rails of the new streetcar extension, just adding another positive Mass transit or public transit opportunity. As I mentioned, the second project that we worked on over the last two years. I worked diligently on -- really two complex assemblages in this sub market. Gotten to know the community. Gotten to know the neighbors. Gotten to know business owners, all the stakeholders in this area. This community wants to see development. They want to see progress. They want to see improve walkability. They want to see street retail. They want to see street activation and get more people living in the area. Most importantly, keep heights an inclusive and diverse community. 5% affordable set-aside as we discussed not to satisfy a bonus payment but we think it is the right thing to do. I am a Fourth Generation Tampanian and I do think it is the right thing.

Councilman Miranda.

I was going to ask the Gentleman. He know as I lot more than I do. What was that corner one time in the '50s.

In the '50s.

I know you werent there. [Laughter] I dont think you were. I will have to call up My Grandfather. It was originally a Car Dealer -- a Car Lot.

You are right. Ford.

The building across the street. And bakers billiards.

I earned my living there. Awesome. So as I touched on. We got the support of the neighborhood. I believe we have got 20-plus letters opinion a few speakers in opposition. These supporters range from Doctors, office users, Lawyers, people in the neighborhood for a year and a half all the way up in some cases 50-plus years. We have got the support of nonprofit like the brighter community the nonprofit day care serving kinds of our -- our at-risk communities and families. We have got the support of the Salvation Army and the Cmca. Tampa Staples like the Columbia Restaurant Group and Ulele, Roca, Free State, Fancy Free Nursery. I dont need to go through all of them but I can assure you the support is there. I am extremely excited of the project. And we are excited of the project in the neighborhood and will bring good to the community and I hope to have why you are support. Thanks.

Any questions. Anybody? No? Anybody else as part of your presentation? Does that conclude it? Anybody in the public wish to speak on this project? If you would like to speak, please come up and state your name and you will have three minutes. Yes, sir, go ahead. A Local Real Estate Broker and keep it brief, far less than three minutes. I am in support of this project. I am currently in the early stages of renovating a historic bungalow very nearby with my future office space. I work in Residential Property Management and I find that my experiences we are still experiencing a shortage of rental housing inventory and that will alleviate that and I am in support of the mixed use and retail spaces. With that, I think I am done.

Thank you. Next up. Please state your name. I believe it was a year ago, I was here supporting a similar project. I am a stakeholder in Tampa heights. I actually own a former automobile dealership, the faris building which is one block west of the proposal this evening. And that building a few years after extensive renovations on my part became a local landmark in Tampa. In 2018, I helped establish the Yellow Brick Road Business Association, which has now included all the commercial businesses on the upper n. Franklin street commercial district. It is a historic district. We were thrilled as business owners at the ends of 2019 when primarily from the tenants in my building, the hall on franklin and creative loafing, we celebrated the best year for reactivation in this district. My sole tenant on the first floor had 10 to 15,000 transactions a month that is mostly driven by pedestrian traffic. And he recorded $4.4 Million in sales. Everybody was happy. And then we had the pandemic. And in 2020 and 2021, foot traffic basically has gone to zero. Sales have gone to zero. And we are starving. We decided what we need 1,000% is residents, because when bad things happen, businesses close, but residents reside. We want people walking there. We want to build the energy back. And so many of these businesses have suffered. They want something more consistent. And we think the only way to of bring that about is to have residential development. And this is now our sole purpose of the Business Association. With that, I will close.

Thank you very much. Next person. Please state your name. For the record, I live in the Tampa heights neighborhood at 3907 north dartmouth avenue, and I am on the northwest quadrant of the neighborhood and I also sit on the board of the Tampa Heights Civic Association, further north as a northwest quadrant rep. I run businesses and a stakeholder of cafe hey and bluemont franklin which is a grass-roots entertainment art walk down franklin street to sort of revive the arts and entertainment and small business collaboration on franklin street. Sort of how it used to be back in the day. So we work with Tampa theatre and other businesses. For this north quadrant, I support this project just because we have a good relationship with this developer through the civic association. And one of the main points that we bring up whenever we talk to developers in Tampa Heights Civic Association is affordable housing because of the diverse -- the diversity of the neighborhood and the historical importance of the diversity in the neighborhood. So we are from a homeowner and business owner and stakeholder in the neighborhood, I fully support this project because they have done everything they possibly can to make those conditions for affordable housing and make that work.

Thank you very much. Next up, please state your name. Happy December. I cant believe it is christmastime but that tree is making it noticeable. Alexandra Merkopolis and resident of Tampa Heights. I am in full support of this project because, one, if it is not in all your minds, walkers parents. A hot word for me if I ever list my house which I dont have an intention of doing, but with that said, I personally drive through this area every single day. And it is a bit of an eyesore. I feel comfortable walking near Armature Works, riding my bike around the air area and can only hope what this project will allow US to expand that same feeling and the walkability of those areas also into this area. However as much as I would like that personally, my favorite part of this development is the fact that they are keeping the diversity top of mind and affordable housing and keeping Tampa Heights diverse is super important and something we should take in stride. With that said, I -- looking to the future, this is something that I think will continue to propel Tampa as one of those places that, yes, everyone wants to live, but everybody will want to keep on living because of the accessibility. But with that said, thats all I got. Thank you.

Thank you very much. Next speaker. Please state your name. Linda Divine and im here representing the Rotary Club Of Tampa tonight. The immediate past president. Our club has been in Tampa since 1914 and one of the oldest rotary clubs in world. Our club is in support of this project, but probably comes to you in an odd way or an unusual way. And I want to tell you about that. I received a call from Patton earlier this year. And I thought he wanted to be a rotary member -- laughter -- but I soon learned that the Rotary Club Of Tampa was the object of a reverter clause for the day care nursery site. It was deeded -- a property that was deeded in 1950. There was a restriction on the use. And I will read here, prohibited the property from being use today are any purpose whatsoever then the care, training or education of children of tender years. If the property were no longer used for that purpose, it would be transferred to our club. So after I picked myself off the floor and talked too club leadership and then the full club, we determined to work with the day care, a brighter community. We recognize that as another long-term institution in Tampa. Felt good with our hearts as we met with them and able to work out a long-term arrangements with them so we can stay fidel tee to the thoughts and wishes of the original owners. And if this deal happens, we will be in it with them for the long haul. So we are pleased to be part -- a small part of this project, this housing initiative in Tampa. On a personal note, I am a pensioner now but used to be at the University of Tampa for many decades as an Administrator and I can attest that the need for affordable housing in Tampa is critical. So thank you.

Thank you very much. Anyone else wish to speak? Thank you. We have one person registered. And that is Jean Strohmeyer for item number 12. Is she on line?

She is no longer online.

Okay. Any questions or comments from Councilmembers before we go too rebuttal? I hear none. Mr. Hudson, go ahead. If we are fortunate to get approval, delay the second reading to March 15, 2023. March 16, 2023.

Mr. Shelby, possible to push it out that far. I think it is okay.

Okay, March 16, 2023 would be the second reading should this get approved.

A motion --

Item number 6 first.

Motion to close.

Take a motion to close item 6.

And 12.

Motion to close both.

Motion from Councilwoman Hurtak and second by Councilman Viera. Councilman Viera.

Move ordinance of consideration of the City of Tampa, Florida, closing and the alleyway north of estelle, south of henderson, east of marion and east of. More particularly described as section to hereby subject to covenants and restrictions of enforcement providing for definitions, interpretations and providing severability and providing an effective date.

A motion from Councilman Viera. Second from Councilman Miranda. Roll call vote.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Motion carried unanimously with Gudes, Citro being absent. Second reading and adoption will be held on March 16, 2023 at 9:30 am.

Great. Next we have item number 12, Councilman Miranda, would you mind reading item number 12.

We passed them out here.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, item number 12, file number rez-22-116 ordinance for first reading consideration rezoning property in the general vicinity. 1503 and 1505 and 1601, 1604, 1605, 1607, 1613, and 1615, north marion street. 1602, 1604, 1606, 1608 north morguen street in the City of Tampa, Florida, more particularly described in section 1 as zoning district class if I casing ci commercial intensive rm-24, residential multifamily and pd and pd multifamily and storefront commercial and office providing an effective date. The application in this case has met all the goals and objectives required by law regarding the land zoning classification 27-163. The purpose of development promotes and encourages development that is appropriate in location, character and065807pm compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood. Proposed units promotes a substantial use of the land and infrastructure. And the design and proposed development is unique and of waivers and will not substantially interfere or injury the rights of others in the property that would be effected by the waivers.

Motion from Councilman Miranda with a second from Councilwoman Hurtak. Roll call vote.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Motion carried unanimously with Gudes and Citro being absent. Second reading and adoption will be held on January 5 -- March -- excuse me, March 16, 2023 at 9:30 am.

Thank you very muchon The addendum a resolution for a bonus provision agreement. Do we need to move that?

Second reading.

Hold off until March 16.

Lachone Dock, Land Development Board Nation. The next item is item number 13 which is the last item, rez-22 -117 for the property at 825 west linebaugh avenue and folio 95031.00010 Is the property to the east of that. The applicant is recommended by Truth Gardener and the request to rezone from pd planned development which allows for residential multifamily and medical office to pd for medical office and residential multifamily. And I will turn it over to Danny to give his presentation and I will come back to give my presentation.

Thank you very much. Any questions? No. Okay. If we can show the overhead. The overhead, please.

Good evening, Danny Collins with your Planning Commission staff. I have been sworn in. Our last case within the University Planning Districts and more specifically the east forest hills neighborhood. The closest public registration is Danny Del Rio Pool that is located adjacent to the site to the north. The transit stop on the corner of n. Boulevard and linebaugh avenue. The subject site is within a level e evacuation zone. An aerial map of the subject site and the surrounding properties. On the northeast corner of west linebaugh and n. Boulevard. This is daniel del rey pool to the north. And there are nonresidential uses along this portion of boulevard. As well as along linebaugh avenue. Here is the adopted future land use Mass. The can subject site is currently under the residential-20 future land use designation allows up to 20 dwelling units per acre. Directly to the north of the site is -- is land recognized under the open space designation and r-10 to the northeast of the subject site. R-20 to the south and also to the west along linebaugh avenue, the orange-tannish color represents residential-10. Applicant propose today rezone the eastern portion of 2.09 Acres of a 3.88 Of a zoning district to allow the development of 57 multiresidential family units. And the western portion phase one rezoned to a d 21-53 to allow for business medical office. The proposed multifamily use in the future land use designation and phase two of the project. The pd orients toward west linebaugh avenue with the multifamily building behind it. The comprehensive plan typically does not encourage in design and instead encourages buildings to be oriented toward the public right-of-ways of way. And vacant and heavily wooded and allow to preserve several grand trees located on the site which is encouraged by the comprehensive plan. The pd provides a clearly delineated safe pedestrian connection from west linebaugh to the front door of the proposed multifamily residential building which is consistent with policies of the plan to seek to engage the public realm and provide safe pedestrian connections. And proposed configuration for easement to the phase one which is to the west of the site with the pedestrian connection to the western portion of the site. So there is connectivity there. The orientation of the building to west linebaugh avenue will not be allowed. The orientation of the building to west linebaugh avenue will not have allowed the cross access easement and the reason for the configuration. The request supports many tole cease in the comprehensive plan of housing the citys population. The Tampa Comprehensive Plan encourages housing on vacant and underutilized land to meet the needs of tampas future and present population. On subject site vacant land meet the policy designation. Housing in the east forest hills neighborhood. It is comparable and compatible with the existing development pattern. Base and these considerations, the Planning Commission staff finds the request consistent with the goals and policies of the Tampa Comprehensive Plan. That concludes my presentation and available for any questions.

Any questions for the Gentleman? Thank you very much. Yes, maam.

Thank you, again, Council. Lachone Dock, land Development Coordination. As Danny has described to you, this request for rezoning is appear part of a phased development. So phase one received the approval in 2021 with phase two before you today with this pd. Phase one contains 77,972 square feet of land and phase two contains 91,040 square feet. The proposal is to construct a three-story residential multifamily structure on-site. This is the site plan, as submitted. On the west boundary or in the left of this picture, this is n. Boulevard. And then this is linebaugh avenue that is located to the site. This half is the phase one development. And this is phase two, which is before you today nor phase two, the vehicular access. The one that Danny mentioned earlier and the location of the structure on-site with the parking located in the front. Vehicular access is proposed at to point on linebaugh and you can see the buffering surrounding the site itself and the pedestrian sidewalk connection that are provided to the sidewalk. And I have the zoning map for you. So this is the property that is identified in red on this map, which is located here. This is n. Boulevard. This is linebaugh avenue. This is phase one of the development. And this is phase two which is before you today. You can see that heavy tree canopy there. That site is vacant. This site currently today is under construction, phase one. And I have a few pictures of the site to show. So this is phase one. You can see the construction. That is looking toward the corner there. This is another view. This actually leads into the current site. That is the site itself. That is the east ends of the site. These are all on linebaugh. This is north of the site. This is south of the site which is the residential multifamily and another view south of the site and this is also south of the site. And southwest of the site. You can see the commercial which is located at the corner. The DRC staff reviewered the request and finds it consistent. Site plan modifications between first and second reading. I have revised revision sheet that I will provide and that should be included in the changes requested. The Applicant has agreed to make the changes requested. It requires -- there is a slight modification on the revision sheet. And that is due to the green space required to be provided. The Applicant has agreed to provide the necessary green space for the site. It will require reduction of the sidewalk, the pedestrian path by reducing two feet. And I believe it is located within this area of the site. Along that sidewalk. That will give them the necessary green space required on the site. And then with that, those are all of the changes that are required. I am available if you have any questions.

Do we have any questions? Thank you. Mr. Gardner.

You dominated the agenda.

00 goal and We will be as brief as We can.

We appreciate that. Addie will address our small parking waiver. Recovering traffic engineer we brought over to handle entitlement. As you can see from this slide here, absolutely how heavily wooded this site is. Especially on the -- on the eastern side. So Ricky has been working close with natural resources and we have got a very good plan there. Site total 3.9 Acres. As you can see here, it is split in two. With the western side being 1.79 Acres and the eastern side, 2.09 Acres. We were -- actually ironically, all the way back to 1998, this site was approved as a pd with the western side being medical office and eastern side being multifamily. In 2021, a year ago, actually December of last year, we brought this in front of you and the developer was focused on the western side, the medical office side, 7600 square feet. They are hoping to get their co as early as next month or the month after. We kept the eastern side as a place holder knowing that we will want to come back to you with the multifamily piece. That is why we are here tonight. And the request is for 57 units on that eastern side, which is less than what the comp plan allows. And all Reviewing Agencies found US to be consistent. And with that, I will turn it over to Addie, who will address parking, and then Ricky will cover our waivers on natural resources issues. Good evening, for the record, Addie Clark. Address 400 north ashley drive. And a recovering traffic engineered a truett mentioned. As he mentioned staff found can consistent with modification and four waivers. The first waiver hail talk about is regarding parking. As you can see here requesting a waiver for 8% of the required parking. So given the projects location within the University Planning Disking District and along the transit corridor, we feel that the slight reduction of required parking is completely justified. A shelter hart transit of stop is just outside the project boundary and you can see on the bottom right corner of the screen -- of the site. Phase two, multifamily portion of the project providing 90 parking spaces and with the industry standard demand data of the Institute Of Transportation Engineers ite parking manual, it is parked at the high irate than the average multifamily development. As mentioned in your staff report, this site has been strategically designed to have the least amount of impact to the natural areas that currently exist on the site and that is one of the reasons for the minor parking request -- parking waiver request. And I will pass it on to Ricky, our arborist.

Any questions? Thank you very much. Thank you, Council. Ricky Peterika, dark moss. I have been sworn. The two Natural Resources waivers as discussed are for retention and grand tree removal. A rare occurrence for this kind -- for projects in general. I was asked by the -- after doing my inventory I was asked by the developer to provide a red line -- a site plan red line that was basically do a preliminary design to protect the best trees. And this is a function of that exercise. While We are impacting many, given the condition of the forest and the types of tree that are there and the age and the species, We preserve the best and are impacting the worst or oldest. That is really the nature of both requests that We have a large, dense site that has just been overgrown. So they are not -- there isnt a propensity of good or excellent trees on the site. That is what the code uses to recognize. So We provided some alternative site plans. Two shown here. One splits the building up. And that creates -- and We get a parking reduction that triggers a variance and that created an issue with reasonable Confirmation. The other, the alternative two, We lose units. We are accommodating relatively old laurel oak that would get the construction and impacted some county better trees We were trying to preserve. Second waiver. Buffering. It is not really a -- much more of a reduction and customization. We are buffering ourselves. The buffer We are requesting is from the parcel -- phase one to the west, which has a buffer already provided. Envision this multifamily. So We are providing a more customized buffer. Instead of a hedge, We are providing a fence. And instead of -- kind of a poorly define tree type, evergreen type 2 and 3, which I -- I coordinated with Natural Resources to get her -- She agreed that is a better planting scheme than following the code as is. Other than the reduction in width, it is the same vegetative buffer that would have been provided and customization to the north and no change in the width. So I appreciate your consideration of these balanced issues.

Any questions for the gentleman071511pm No?

Whenever they are finish -- would this be a good time. Mr. Gardener. Good to see you as always. I want to confirm. Clean staff report. No objections from City Staff, etc.?

Thats what I thought. I see a letter from a Diana Limberrackus on 101st street. She expressed concerns of stormwater and flooding. Legitimate -- I know no objections from stormwater. Stated on the site plan. We will be compliant with the code. I did have one update that I just told Lachone about in the spirit of the holidays, my client is Jb Realty out of lakeland. They were listening to the hearing before. We are not asking for any bonus density at all, but they would also like to submit to 5% affordable so I wanted to state that for the record. And Lachone said it would be okay to make that change between first and second reading but I wanted to go ahead and state that.

Thank you for that, sir. And last question, this -- this letter indicated something about the privacy of neighbors. If you wanted to address that or concerns. I am not sure exactly where this neighbor is, but we do have an unique aspect of the site that the eastern side of it is actually -- it is kind of an interesting legal situation. Its a wide swath that is actually -- if you look at the deed, is owned by our client, but the way that the legal is stated, it doesnt include it in the deed. And so basically it will be set aside as additional buffer, and I dont know if that person is on the autoest but a mas sieve buffer on the east because of anomaly on the deed.

Thank you.

Any other questions. Anyone in the public wishing to speak on the item? Yes, sir. Nobody? Nobody registered. There was a registered speaker, but not logged in, correct? Do you have any rebuttal or any other final comments?

Move to close.

Motion to close from Councilman Miranda. Do we have a second.

Second.

All in favor. Councilman Carlson, read number 13?

Yes, Sir, hang on a second.

Also include the revision between first and second reading and the addition of the 5% affordable units that was just brought up.

Voluntarily.

Voluntarily, yes, Sir.

I would like to move item number 13, file number rez-22-117. Ordinance of consideration, rezoning property in the general vicinity of 258 west linebaugh avenue and folio 59031.0010 From zoning district classification planned development pd planned development to Pd Medical Office. Between first and second reading and the voluntarily 5% affordable housing.

A second from Councilman Miranda. Roll call vote.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Motion carried unanimous with --

Yes.

Motion carried unanimous with Gudes and Citro being absent. Second reading and adoption will be held on January 25, 2023 at 9:30 am.

Thank you very much. That concludes the agenda. So quell go to New Business. Councilman Carlson, any New Business this evening.

Yes, sorry. I have a couple. Bear with me for a second. Following up on today, I would like to ask Staff to come back in January to talk to US of the resources we can use in the City -- I would like to make a motion to report back on January 19 during Staff reports as to the legal and lobbying resources of the City of the heavy use of sb 64 for the City to get an exception from Dep for the beneficial discharge of waters into the bay.

A motion from Councilman Carlson. Seconded by Councilwoman Hurtak. All in favor. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Anything else.

Second, related to the name instead of "pure." Here is what I came up with which is pretty neutral. Motion to ask Staff to begin using the term wastewater reuse in all caps to replace.

Second.

In all caps. And any agenda item in any way of using the 50 mgd wastewater discharge and objects formally known as pure and tap.

Repeat that one more time.

Wastewater reuse.

Thank you.

All capital letters.

Pure was in all caps.

All in favor. Any opposed? All right. Anything else, sir?

Yeah, quickly. Motion to ask Staff to report back -- I dont know if you saw an incident in south Tampa. I wont describe the details but you all May know. Make a motion to ask Staff to report back on January 19 during Staff reports as to any needed changes to provide better fire rescue coverage in south Tampa and in particular, area south of gandy.

A motion from Councilman Carlson. Seconded from Councilman Miranda. Correct. All in favor. Opposed. Anything else.

One last thing that came up today. There is -- there are a lot of allegations flying about -- about the status of compliance with the reresidency requirement of senior staff. Whether you agree with it or not, I dont know how he will feel on it, but make shoot you are if we have a rule, we are complying with it. We are not going to comply, we come up with exceptions. I will make a motion to ask staff to report back on February 16 during staff reports as to the current status of the City Department Heads compliance with the charter define residency requirements and what to do if any of have excited the time limit and do not comply.

Second of.

A second from councilwoman Hurtak. All in favor, and any opposed.

Thats it. Thank you.

A couple of quick ones, if I May. A couple of weeks ago, Chief Barbara Tripp with Tampa Fire Rescue requested more time for an update on some fire issues that I inquired with her on. She sent a memo and I want to reset that for the first week in January of 2023. Is that now -- Councilwoman Hurtak, what was the date you wanted no more staff reports on, was that the 5th.

I believe that was the 19th.

As a courtesy, making sure.

Thank you, appreciate it.

No, no worries. I want to, if I May have have is fire rescue report not only the improvements on districts 7 but as well as compliance with the public safety master plan. It has been two years since that was forwarded and I want to see where we are at. I also want to invite -- I spoke to Tampa Fire Fighters 754 to also come and discuss that issue.

Motion from Councilman Viera. Second from a Councilman Miranda. All in favor. Any opposed.

If tfr needs more time, to be why usually glad to do that. Motion for a commendation for the Winn-dixie on county line road for all their work for our first responder.

A motion by Councilman Viera, second from Councilman Miranda. Which aisle. Second from -- laughter -- Councilman Miranda. All in favor.

Lastly, you May have read in the paper things on the rates Salvador Martinez Ybor who was the grandson of the late Vicente Martinez Ybor. I have written a guest column on him in the Tampa Bay times a few months ago on Memorial Day. A gentleman who lived in Tampa and would go on to move to Cuba. When Pearl Harbor happened, we come back to Tampa to volunteer for the United States to fight in World War II and the grand son of Vicente Martinez Ybor would give his life in World War II, not enough people know about that.

I didnt know.

Just astounds me. December 7, we will have a 1 pm. -- I will send an invite out to City Council, an event at the Ybor City -- the history museum where the purple heart of the late Salvatore Martinez Ybor will be presented to the museum. I actually drove to miami to visit Ignacio Martinez Ybor his nephew who had the purple heart who was so kind to donate it. I want to request for City Staff to look at an honorary street renaming in Ybor City after Salvatore Martinez Ybor and come back to US the first week of April, March, whatever. I guess you cant say whatever. The first week in March. You know what, the second week in March, after elections.

A motion from Councilman Viera. Second from --

Second.

Second from councilwoman Hurtak. All in favor. Aye.

You know what, and I will say this opinion some news came out today -- I am getting a lot of e-mails on issues involving the Chief and certain issues, etc. You know, I am getting a lot of e-mails and inquiries from constituents, etc., Etc., For my opinion because I think it important for US to speak out on these issues for transparency and accountability and etc., That when you are a Civil Servant or an official, things like that are wrong and I think its important for the Administration to put forth a plan on the level of accountability that is going to happen, etc. I just feel compelled to say that. I think that is something that is very important. And I know that a statement has been made, and I hope to see follow-up on this because I think it is something very important to all constituents in the City Of Tampa.

Thank you for bringing that up because we are getting e-mails and calls and I am glad you said something. I appreciate that. I am also very appreciative that you brought up Pearl Harbor. Because I post every year about Pearl Harbor day. And so many people go thank you for remembering it because, you know, it has been so long since and we cant forget that. So I appreciate in regards to the Ybor Family. Thank you, sir. Councilwoman Hurtak, do you have anything?

Yes, I do. I would like to make a motion to request the housing and community manager Kayon Henderson to provide a brief report on the Affordable Housing Committee, strategies. Recommendation report prior to its transmittal to the state at the December 15, 2022 City Council meeting.

Motion from Councilwoman Hurtak. Seconded from councilman Miranda. All in favor. Yes, maam.

Like to make a motion asking staff for a brief presentation on The City's plans for upgrading or replacing Sire preferably on January 5. I will go a little backgrounds on this. I dont know if anybody else have problems getting into Sire documents. Struggled. It wasnt my computer. It was Sire. I have been told that they are replacing it in the next couple of months but I would like for them to come and give US a little brief rundown on that. Awesome. Even with the resolution, I would still like a little -- maybe with the resolution, maybe -- if they have enough time, by December 15 too add something to their resolution explain it to Council, we will really appreciate it.

If I can make a suggestion. Maybe have that resolution. Ask that it be placed in staff reports.

Okay. Then lets do that. Lets place the resolution under staff reports.

Motion from councilwoman Hurtak. Do we have a second.

Second.

Second.

Second with Councilman Miranda. All in favor.

I have one more. I would like to make a motion for legal to bring back an amended form of the notice of tenants rights for approval by Council which will add the contact information for the Tenant Services Team.

A motion from Councilwoman Hurtak. Seconded from Councilman Viera, all in favor. Opposed. Anything else.

I made a motion earlier -- every mind.

Councilman Gudes.

I am a strong believer that I dont kick anybody when they are down. I am not quick to rush statements and make statements to the press when incidents happened because you dont know all the facts. Until all the facts are in, I received a number of calls from the media asking for interviews and statements. And I told my office, we are not going to entertain any of those type of situations because you never know what all the facts are. You never make statements that you dont know about. And sometimes those things come back to bite you sometimes. And I learned that through my history with the Police Department. You wait until it is all done and over with and then make your statements once the facts are all in. So with that being said, no need to call me in reference to it. But I would like to make a couple of motions and hopefully not as long as Mr. Viera but I have a a few tonight. As you know Mr. Johnson was over our finance committee -- Budget Finance Committee and Miss Lockett was due for a commendation. I did not see that January 10 but postponed. Put it on the calendar for January 10 and asked for the Paster to give the invocation that day.

Motion from Councilman Gudes and second. Any opposed.

I received several phone calls from several paints and folks in the community in reference to the spring hill baseball complex and recreational facility in reference to the facility there with some type of Grant with the Cal Ripken Foundation and I wrote up something that the Parks and Recreation provide information on the Cal Ripken Grant of badges to baseball program and how the funds are utilized, what partners they are utilized for. Who is responsible for this and to bring back the staff report on December 15. I also have the forms here for the file from parents and so forth. I also kind of talked to Miss Hills about it, and She is kind of already ready to come forward to give information about it.

I am not keeping track, but December 15, I dont know what the night meeting looks like --

Shouldnt be long --

15th we have a night meeting.

Every Thursday --

It is a busy day.

I want to make sure. And probably about four --

We end the year with a bang.

That should be pretty quick. If I got to push it back another date. I kind of talked to Her and She gave me the situation but I want to publicly tell the public because they need to know what I was told.

Just to follow up. Is She aware of the date of the 15th.

Not aware of the 15th, but we already talked and will be quick --

May not be a written report because the sire deadline for the 15th is tomorrow. And Moi into the be able to put it --

Then the next date.

January 5.

Move it to the 5th.

A motion and a second from Councilman Miranda. Anything else?

Two more. I know We have commendations January 10 on Tuesday, but I want to try to get these other two in before the holidays are over and would like a commendation to miss Denise James. You know she is the one that has always done our CRA east Tampa Christmas event and tree lighting until now. We have a bigger event now that We do. I want to give her a commendation for the 14 years of service to try to get that moving and going for the community.

Second.

All in favor --

January 10.

All in favor. Yes, Sir.

Last one will be for serenity outreach for -- advocacy for development and training advocacy and serve underprivileged community.

A motion from Councilman Gudes. Seconded from Councilman Miranda. Is that it, sir? Councilman Miranda.

Sorry, Gentlemen. As you no He the east Tampa big tree lighting is on Friday.

You better believe I will be there.

They are light it up a little bit better and other tree on 34th. But the tree on mlk and 17th and a little special thing for Sulphur Springs the week after and so negotiated and I need to do something to give a bang to them as well.

I will --

Councilman, a different location than last year?

Yes, sir. I want to say 1805 east -- 1705 east --

Right off of Nebraska.

Across from Young Middle School.

With the giant -- with the big --

What time on Friday.

630.

You dont want to miss it. All right.

The Singers will be there.

I have a couple of item. I will hand the gavel over to Councilman Viera. First, I would like to make a motion to give Kim Pulea a commendation at the franklin -- this is off-site of the franklin street Christmas ceremony for her hard work every year and giving back to the community. You go up n. Franklin street, it gets lit up which is really nice for the area.

Thank you. A motion by Councilman Maniscalco. Seconded by Councilman Miranda. All in favor. Opposed.

On behalf of Chairman Citro, City Council invites Craig Richards to make a presentation of the December 15, 2022 City Council of the Tampa Edc fiscal report as required with their biannual contract with the city to be placed on the agenda during ceremonial activities.

Motion from Councilman Maniscalco. Seconded by Councilman Miranda. All in favor. Opposed?

Motion to receive and file.

Motion to receive and file from Councilman Viera and seconded by Councilman Miranda. We are adjourned. Good night. [Gavel sounding] disclaimer: this file represents an unedited version of realtime captioning which should neither be relied upon for complete accuracy nor used as a verbatim transcript. Any person who needs a verbatim transcript of the proceedings May need to hire a court reporter. © - City Of Tampa (813) 274-8211