CITY OF TAMPA. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. I DON'T SEE THAT THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA NOR ANY REQUESTS FOR CONTINUANCES. AM I CORRECT? OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE A CEREMONIAL ACTIVITY. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA IS GOING TO KICK IT OFF WITH ITEM NUMBER 1. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HONORABLE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, MY PLEASURE TODAY TO BE HERE WITH THE HONOR OF SIX LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION HIGH SCHOOL ORATORICAL CONTESTANTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 2025 AMERICAN LEGION ORATORICAL CONTEST. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE EDUCATORS HERE TONIGHT WHO WOULD PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. MR. HUMPHREYS AND MR. HUMPHREYS WILL BE HERE TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FOR SOMEONE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE. TWO OF THEM, I BELIEVE. THE NEXT LADY, I CAN'T READ MY OWN WRITING HERE. COLINS. SHE IS FROM THE ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES, ATTENDED BY A LOT OF VERY BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED YOUNG WOMEN IN THIS AREA FOR MANY YEARS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. FRANK SMITH. YOU'VE BEEN AT POST 45 FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. IT IS MY PLEASURE, THESE THINGS COME ONCE A YEAR. WHAT THESE KIDS DO AND HOW HARD THEY WORK TO EVEN GET TO THE POINT OF GOING THROUGH THE CONTEST IS REALLY UNBELIEVABLE. WHAT THEY MEMORIZE AND HOW THEY BRING IT FORWARD IS INSPIRING FOR ALL AMERICANS. AND THIS IS WHERE SOCIETY STARTS AND FAILS. BUT THESE PEOPLE WILL ALL BE SUCCESSFUL, NOT BECAUSE YOU DO IT, BUT YOU WANT TO DO IT AND BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS ORATORICAL CONTEST. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M FRANK SMITH FROM POST 5. THAT'S THE ONE AT KENNEDY AND DALE MABRY. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR HONORING OUR CONTESTANTS FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS. IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT. ONE SIDE ANNOUNCEMENT, OUR OLDEST VETERAN PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS WEEK, MR. PAUL MUMFERT. WORLD WAR II VETERAN AND HERO. WE THOUGHT OF BILL AS HABITUAL OPTIMIST. AGE 95, HE BOUGHT A CAR WITH TEN-YEAR WARRANTY ON IT. THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF OPTIMIST. BILL HAD THE LAST LAUGH BECAUSE HE LEFT US THIS WEEK AT AGE 101. THANKS TO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US, YOU HAVE GIVEN US PUBLICITY OVER THE YEARS AND OUR NUMBERS ARE GOING UP A LITTLE BIT IN THE PARTICIPATION. AND I WANT TO MAKE COPIES OF THIS EVENT TONIGHT AVAILABLE TO OUR NATIONAL AMERICAN LEAGUE COMMANDER AND NATIONAL AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER AND OUR NATIONAL AMERICAN LEGION ORATORICAL CHAIRMAN. BECAUSE IN ABOUT ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS, THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 8,000 LEGIONAIRES DESCENDING ON TAMPA FOR THE NATIONAL CONVENTION IN AUGUST. TO KNOW HOW GOOD THE FOLKS IN TAMPA HAVE TREATED US OVER THE YEARS. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE FORMER, PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDER, EUNICE BUTTS, ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR AMERICANISM PROGRAM. THE YOUTH PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE ORATORICAL PROGRAM ARE ALL PART OF THE PROGRAM TO BUILD BETTER CITIZENS. >> GOOD EVENING TO THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL CONSTITUENTS. IT IS INDEED AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE AMONG YOU THIS EVENING TO EXHIBIT AND SHOWCASE ONE OF OUR FINAL PROGRAMS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION. YOU HAVE A TREASURE HERE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, WITH 13 AMERICAN LEGION POSTS, AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY DO. THE AMERICAN LEGION ORATORICAL CONTEST EXISTS TO DEVELOP DEEP KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SINCE 1938, THE PROGRAM HAS PRESENTED AND A LOT OF STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC SPEAKING CHALLENGES THAT TEACHES IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP QUALITIES. THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION LAWS, THE ABILITY TO THINK AND SPEAK CLEARLY AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, RIGHTS, AND PRIVILEGES OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. THE PROGRAM HAS FEATURED NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS POLITICIANS. AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THOSE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. THE AMERICAN LEGION IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THAT EXISTS TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE FEW MINUTES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT YOU THU VERY MUCH. >> SINCE EUNICE JUST STOLE WHAT WAS MY SPEECH DESCRIBING THE CONTEST, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER AT THIS TIME TO COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO PRESENT THE AWARDS TO THE STUDENTS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SMITH. LET ME JUST SAY, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP A GENTLEMAN, MR. HUMPHREYS, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL. AND HE WILL BE THE RECIPIENT OF TWO OF THE AWARDS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY. THAT'S ON BEHALF OF VAN RAYS AND RILEY MYERS. AM I CORRECT? >> YES, SIR, WE JUST WANT TO SAY FROM EAST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR STUDENTS, FROM OUR STAFF, FROM OUR ADMINISTRATION, TO ALL, FROM ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I WILL MAKE SURE AT OUR AWARDS PROGRAM NEXT WEEK THAT THEY RECEIVE THEM THERE AT THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU GUYS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL RILEY MYERS, ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND WHAT YOU DO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ON A DAILY BASIS FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HERE IS ONE FOR VAN RAYS, ALSO FROM PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOL. PLANT CITY IS AN EXTENSION OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. YOUR STRAWBERRIES ARE DELICIOUS. >> WE APPRECIATE THAT. STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL JUST ENDED BUT WE THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THANK YOU ALL. >> STRAWBERRY CREST? >> IN FACT, THE TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST FROM THE ACADEMY OF HOLY NAMES WOULD LIKE TO ASK TO BE WITH US, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE OF THE STARS HERE. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT TEACHES TECHNOLOGY AND TEACH A LOT OF THE KIDS WHAT TO DO, HOW TO DO IT AND WHEN TO DO IT. STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL AND THE NAME OF THE PARTICIPANT. >> ANNOYA BAGOY. SHE WON THE CONTEST IN POST 26 IN PLANT CITY, AND SHE WAS THE SILVER MEDALIST AT THE DISTRICT CONTEST. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TALKING ABOUT THE CONTEST, ONE OF THE CONTESTANTS HERE WHO PARTICIPATED LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU DO IT AND MAKE A LITTLE SPEECH. I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS BUSY, BUT THIS SO MUCH FOR THE COUNTRY OF AMERICA THAT WE LIVE IN AND THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT WILL BE THE NEXT LEADERS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP? I WANT THE COUNCIL TO MISUNDERSTAND, THE NATION, THE CITY WE LIVE IN, WHAT THESE KIDS GO THROUGH AND THEN WE'LL DO THE REST OF THEM. >> OKAY. SO IN DECEMBER, I WAS TASKED WITH THE COMPETITION. I WROTE ONE EIGHT- TO TEN-MINUTE SPEECH ON HOW BRITAIN INSPIRED MANY ASPECTS OF OUR CONSTITUTION WITH ABUSES. FOUR ASSIGNED TOPICS ON DIFFERENT AMENDMENTS. I WROTE AND MEMORIZED THEM. I WENT TO THE POST, THE DISTRICT, THE CENTRAL AREA AND THEN I COMPETED IN THE STATE COMPETITION. THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I COULD LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND MY LOVE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT TO HONORING US. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT IS YOUR NAME. >> AVA RODERICK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. >> THIS IS FOR THE YOUNG LADY WHO JUST SPOKE. YOU CAN SEE BY HER PRESENTATION, THE WAY SHE SPEAKS, SHE REALLY KNOWS WHAT SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT, THE HISTORY AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE READING THE CONSTITUTION FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS, MEMORIZING ALL THOSE WORDS. IT'S MY HONOR TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND GOING TO DO FOR THIS COUNTRY. CONGRATULATIONS AVA. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> HERE IS THE ONE FOR WINNING THE POST CONTEST. >> THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: PIERRE. SAME THING FOR YOU, YOUNG LADY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS, YOU ARE WELCOME. >> I ONLY WENT TO THE FIRST DISTRICT, AND WHILE I DID NOT WIN, I GOT TO GO AGAINST THIS LOVELY LADY RIGHT HERE. IT WAS HONESTLY JUST A WONDERFUL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW I HAVE A LONG WAYS TO GO, BUT IT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE AND I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT. THANK YOU ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? >> [INAUDIBLE] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT SCHOOL? >> BAYSHORE CHRISTIAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. >> ON BEHALF OF THE ACADEMY, AS A FORMER ALUMNI FROM ACADEMY, A FORMER MAYOR'S YOUTH CORPS ALUMNI, THEY PROBABLY HANG OUT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, THIS IS NOT MY FIRST TIME IN CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S NOT MY FIRST STUDENT THAT'S WON EITHER. BUT I JUST HAVE TO SAY THE PROGRAM IS REALLY GREAT. FRANK IS FANTASTIC AND IT'S JUST AN HONOR FOR HER TO BE HERE AND FOR HER TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION. SO THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT'S YOUR NAME? >> ANN MARIE COLINS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR DOING THIS YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. IT'S SOMETHING THIS COUNTRY REALLY NEEDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. [ APPLAUSE ] IF THERE IS ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 2 THROUGH 12, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS 2-12. PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER 2. COME ON UP. YES SIR. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2 IS RESTS 24-15, A REQUEST TO REZONE 2007 DAVIS STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 16 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED. WE'LL START OUT WITH AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE. YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED HERE ON DAVIS STREET. YOU HAVE SOUTH 20th STREET TO THE WEST OF IT, SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT SITE YOU HAVE A MIX OF USES JUST NORTH OF HERE. I KNOW THE MAP REFLECTS CI ZONING BUT THAT WAS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT APPROVED NOT TOO LONG AGO BY YOU ALL. APPROVED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED. AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER PD HERE THAT WAS APPROVED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND THEN HERE AS WELL. AS YOU MOVE SOUTH, YOU HAVE RM 16 AND THEN YOU KIND OF HAVE THIS RM 16 POCKET THAT GOES UP THROUGH HERE. MIX OF SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, OLDER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT MAINLY. AND THEN THIS PD HERE IS FOR A WAREHOUSE USE AND THEN ALONG 22nd STREET, YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL USES. THEN ONCE YOU MOVE WEST OF SOUTH 20th STREET, YOU HAVE THE PORT WITH HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING. SO NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO THE SITE PLAN. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO SEMI DETACHED UNITS. BOTH OF THE UNITS ARE ORIENTED TOWARD DAVIS STREET AND ARE PROVIDING FRONT PORCHES. VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROVIDED FROM DAVIS STREET AS WELL. ONE CAR GARAGE EACH UNIT AND PARKING SPOT IN EACH OF THE DRIVEWAYS FOR BOTH OF THE UNITS. ADDITIONALLY, THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS PROPOSED TO BE 35 FEET. PROPOSED 5-FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG DAVIS STREET. THERE IS A 15-FOOT ALLEY IN THE REAR THAT YOU'LL NOTICE HERE, THIS IS THE CASE THAT THE APPLICANT KIND OF SIMILAR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER, TO THE NORTH WHERE THE OTHER CI ZONING OR PD ZONING, THEY COULDN'T UTILIZE THE ALLEY BECAUSE F.D.O.T. HAD OBJECTIONS ACCESSING 20th STREET FROM THE ALLEY. THEY REDESIGNED AND THEN LOADED IT FROM THE FRONT. HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. HERE IS YOUR EAST AND WEST. THIS IS YOUR FRONT ALONG DAVIS STREET AND REAR OFF THE ALLEY. RUN THROUGH SOME PICTURES NOW. THIS IS LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE SUBJECT SITE FROM DAVIS STREET. THIS IS LOOKING WEST TOWARDS THE PORT. THIS IS LOOKING EAST TOWARDS 22nd STREET. YOU HAVE AN OLDER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THERE. THIS IS LOOKING NORTH. THIS IS WHERE THE PD ACROSS THE STREET WAS APPROVED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED. AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ACROSS THE ALLEY AT SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME BEHIND IT. THIS IS LOOKING WEST DOWN THE ALLEY, AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING EAST DOWN THE ALLEY. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAVE FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT. SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE, FURTHER MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DANNY UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. HELLO SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. THE CASE IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY IN THE PALMETTO BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA IN EVACUATION ZONE A. SUBJECT SITE IS RECOGNIZED UNDER THE TU 24 DESIGNATION. THAT SURROUNDS THE SUBJECT SITE ON ALL SIDES AND ALLOWS FOR A RANGE OF USES, ANYTHING FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO RESIDENTIAL USES. ONE BLOCK WEST WE HAVE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, AND THEN ONE BLOCK EAST ALONG 22nd WE HAVE MOSTLY CMU 35 AND SOME CC-35 DESIGNATED PARCELS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY AND POLICIES OUTLINED IN THE TU 24 DESIGNATION AS WELL AS POLICIES SUPPORTING INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED LANDS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING CLOSE TO COMMERCIAL SERVICES ALONG SOUTH 22nd STREET AND WON'T ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA WHICH IS TRANSITIONING TO RESIDENTIAL. THE DESIGN FOLLOWS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S GUIDANCE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS WITH ENTRANCES ORIENTED TOWARD DAVIS STREET TO PROMOTE A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. WHILE VEHICULAR ACCESS IS ENCOURAGED FROM THE ADJACENT ALLEY -- POSSIBLE DUE TO CONCERNS PRESENTED BY F.D.O.T. IN THEIR REVIEW. OVERALL, THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE CITY'S HOUSING POLICIES BY ADDING ADDITIONAL UNITS IN THE PALMETTO BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD. BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. APPLICANT. COME ON UP, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALEX RIOS WITH RIOS ARCHITECTURE, PRESENTING 24-15 TO REZONE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2007 DAVIS STREET FROM RM 16 TO PD FOR TWO SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED TOWNHOMES. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, F.D.O.T. DID IMPOSE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON UTILIZING THE REAR ALLEY AND THUS WE DO HAVE PARKING OFF THE FRONT. THE PROPOSED DESIGN IS THREE STORIES, PARTIALLY DUE TO BEING WITHIN A FLOOD ZONE. DESPITE THAT, THE OVERALL SCALE OF THE FOOTPRINT IS MODEST WITH SETBACKS IN LINE WITH THE ORIGINAL RM 16 ZONING, AND THERE IS PLENTY OF GREENSPACE. WE ARE PLEASED WITH STAFF'S UNANIMOUSLY FINDING THE PROJECT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN AND SEEK YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 2? THERE'S NOBODY REGISTERED. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 2. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 2 2REZ 24-15, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2007 DAVIS STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND THE REVISION SHEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? YES, MA'AM, IF YOU WOULD READ IT. >>THE CLERK: YOU WANT ME TO DO A ROLL CALL OR ANNOUNCE THE SECOND READING? SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1st, 2025 AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 3. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3 IS REZ 24-68, REQUEST TO REZONE 307 SOUTH MELVILLE AVENUE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. WE'LL START WITH OUR AERIAL OVERVIEW. YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED HERE ON SOUTH MELVILLE AND WEST AZEELE STREET. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AREA HAS A NUMBER OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICTS WITH SOME POCKETS OF RM 16 IN THE MIX. THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS LARGELY SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED OR SEMI DETACHED WITH SOME REMAINING SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNITS IN THE AREA. A COUPLE OF BLOCKS OVER, YOU GET TO THE SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE CORRIDOR. YOU HAVE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT HERE FOR LARGE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX. ONCE YOU MOVE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CROSSTOWN, YOU HAVE HYDE PARK VILLAGE. MOVE INTO THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PD ON THE SUBJECT SITE. IT WAS APPROVED NOT TOO LONG AGO, I BELIEVE IN 2022. ORIGINALLY, THE PD THAT IS APPROVED CURRENTLY HAS TWO SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED UNITS ON THIS LOT. THE APPLICANT IS NOW PROPOSING TO STILL RETAIN THE EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME, RETAIN THIS EXISTING UNIT IN THE REAR AND INSTEAD OF DOING THE TWO SEMI DETACHED UNITS, THEY ARE PROPOSING A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME HERE AND THEN IN THE REAR THEY ARE PROPOSING A GARAGE WITH A UNIT ABOVE THE GARAGE. THAT'S BASICALLY THE CHANGE BETWEEN THE CURRENT APPROVED PD AND THIS PD. YOU HAVE BOTH OF THE HOUSES ARE ORIENTED TOWARD SOUTH MELVILLE. PARKING IN THE FRONT IN EXISTING DRIVEWAY FOR THIS UNIT AND TWO PARKING SPACES IN THE REAR OFF THE ALLEY. AND THEN THE PARKING FOR THE STRUCTURE OR FOR THIS LOT HERE WILL BE IN A GARAGE. TWO PARKING SPACES IN THE GARAGE THAT IS LOADED OFF OF AZEELE STREET. EXISTING SIDEWALKS ON MELVILLE AND WEST AZEELE STREET. THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT IS 35 FEET. OVERALL, 8 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND 6 PARKING SPACES ARE BEING PROVIDED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE TWO SPACES WITH THE EXISTING AND TWO -- YEAH, TWO SPACES WITH BOTH THE EXISTING? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YEAH, OVERALL THEY ARE REQUIRED EIGHT SPACES AND THEY ARE PROVIDING SIX. THIS ONE HAS PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY HERE AND THEN TWO PARKING SPACES HERE AS WELL. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. SO THERE'S TWO WITH THAT ONE YOU'RE POINTING TO. TWO IN THE BACK. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, TWO IN THE BACK. >>LYNN HURTAK: FOR THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENCE AND THE GARAGE APARTMENT, THERE ARE ONLY TWO SPACES IN THE GARAGE? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, MA'AM. THAT'S CORRECT. TWO IN THE DRIVEWAY HERE. TWO HERE AND THEN TWO SPACES IN THE GARAGE. I'LL GO TO SOME PICTURES REAL QUICK. LET ME SHOW YOU THE ELEVATIONS FIRST. HERE ARE THE ELEVATIONS WHERE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS. YOU HAVE THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME THAT'S ON THE FRONT AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SECOND UNIT THAT IS IN THE REAR. AND THEN THESE ARE THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS FOR THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HOME AND THEN THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS FOR THE GARAGE WITH THE UNIT ABOVE IT. I'LL SHOW SOME PICTURES OF THE SITE. SO THIS IS LOOKING WEST ON AZEELE STREET. THIS IS THE VACANT PORTION OF THE SITE. THIS IS THE EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AND THE UNIT IN THE REAR. THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH ACROSS THE STREET ON AZEELE. SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES. NOW WE'RE LOOKING NORTH DOWN THE ALLEY. THIS IS ALL THE SUBJECT SITE RIGHT HERE. AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING EAST FROM THE ALLEY. SO VACANT PORTION OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THEN WHERE THE CURRENT EXISTING STRUCTURES ARE THERE. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE PARKING IN THE REAR, EXISTING UNIT THAT WILL REMAIN AND EXISTING HOUSE THAT WILL REMAIN. AND LOOKING ON DOWN THE ALLEY TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS IS LOOKING WEST ACROSS THE ALLEY. ONE OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THAT EXIST. NOW WE'RE LOOKING BACK SOUTH TOWARD AZEELE STREET. SUBJECT SITE HERE. NOW WE'RE LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM AZEELE. THIS WOULD BE OVER HERE, MELVILLE. YOU HAVE THE SUBJECT SITE HERE. MOVING NORTH ALONG MELVILLE, YOU HAVE THE EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AND THEN THE VACANT AREA. NOW WE'RE LOOKING EAST FROM THE SUBJECT SITE AT SOME OF THEM EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THAT REMAIN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. LOOKING WEST DIRECTLY AT THE SUBJECT SITE, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DRIVEWAY THAT PROVIDES TWO PARKING SPOTS AND THEN VACANT LOT. NOW WE'RE LOOKING BACK SOUTH ON MELVILLE TOWARDS SOME OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE INCONSISTENT. SEE THE FINDINGS FROM TRANSPORTATION. NOTWITHSTANDING STAFF'S FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY, SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE WAIVER AS IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT AND THE APPLICATION, MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE REVISION SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THESE REVISIONS WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT STAFF IS FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU SAID ALREADY APPROVED PD WITH THE PROPERTY FOR TWO TOWN HOUSE ATTACHED? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, SIR. SO THIS PORTION OF THE PD IS THE SAME, BUT DOWN HERE ON THE CURRENT APPROVED PD IS TWO SEMI DETACHED UNITS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT WAS THE PARKING APPROVED FOR THAT? WAIVER FOR THAT PARKING PD? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY GOT A WAIVER FOR PARKING ON THAT. LET ME TAKE A LOOK. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M ASKING, IS THIS A CHANGE OF THE PARKING REQUEST -- >>SAMUEL THOMAS: THERE WAS NO PARKING WAIVER FOR THE ORIGINAL PD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THEY ARE ADEQUATELY PARKED ON THAT ONE. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: IF MR. SCOTT COULD COME UP. >> JONATHAN SCOTT, MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES? I'M ALSO CURIOUS WHY THE PARKING IS NOT ON THE ALLEY. >>JONATHAN SCOTT: YES. THEY ARE PROVIDING LIKE SIX SPACES IN THE REQUIRED EIGHT, BASICALLY. LIKE YOU SAID, THE NEW SOUTHERN PORTION HAS TWO IN THE GARAGE AND ONE OF THE UNITS IS ABOVE THAT GARAGE, WHICH THEY ARE COUNTING. THAT TECHNICALLY WOULD NEED TWO SPACES. FOR THAT THEY ARE ASKING A WAIVER. NOW, THE GARAGE DESIGN FOR THAT DRIVEWAY, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO ACCESS THAT STREET. THE ORIENTATION OFF THE ALLEY COULD HAVE BEEN DESIGNED BUT THEN I THINK THEY WOULD LOSE LIKE THEIR YARD SPACE AND GREENSPACE AND STUFF. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY -- BUT THEY COULD HAVE PUT IT OFF THE ALLEY. >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY COULD HAVE BUT CHOSE NOT TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DANNY COLLINS, COME ON UP. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. THIS CASE IS ALSO IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT. IT'S IN THE SOHO NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO IN THE HYDE PARK NATIONAL DISTRICT. SITE IS WITHIN EVACUATION ZONE C AND SITE RECOGNIZED UNDER RESIDENTIAL 35 DESIGNATION WHICH SURROUNDS IT ON ALL SIDES. ONE BLOCK NORTH ALONG PLATT CMU 35. PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R 35 DESIGNATION AND OVERALL COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING MIX OF RESIDENTIAL USES IN THE AREA. THE REQUEST SUPPORTS THE CITY'S HOUSING POLICIES BY PROVIDING INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON AN UNDERUTILIZED LOT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE SOHO NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SITE BENEFITS FROM GOOD TRANSIT ACCESS AND PROXIMITY TO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ALIGNING WITH THE CITY STRATEGY TO PROMOTE DENSITY, DEVELOP MORE HOUSING IN THESE AREAS. HOWEVER, WHILE THE REQUEST ALIGNS WITH SEVERAL POLICIES OUTLINED IN THE PLAN, IT DOES NOT FULLY ADDRESS POLICIES RELATED TO VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE ALLEYS. REQUEST INCLUDES VEHICULAR ACCESS FOR PARKING FOR THE NORTHWESTERN HOME, INCLUDING TRASH PICKUP VIA THE ALLEY. HOWEVER, THE SOUTHWESTERN HOME IS NOT PROPOSED TO HAVE ALLEY ACCESS FOR PARKING. INSTEAD, ACCESS IS PROPOSED FROM WEST AZEELE STREET. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM ALLEYS WHERE FEASIBLE. REVIEWING THE REQUEST, CITY COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER THE ACCESS FROM -- THE POTENTIAL ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN HOME. APPLICANT MODIFY THE SITE PLAN TO UTILIZE ALLEY FOR ACCESS TO THE UNIT THOUGH ADDITIONAL BACKUP SPACE MAY BE REQUIRED. WHILE THIS ADJUSTMENT MAY REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE BACKYARD AND POOL AREA FOR THE UNIT, IT WOULD BETTER ALIGN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY SUPPORTING ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY AND RESULT IN A BETTER OVERALL DESIGN. IT WOULD ALSO HELP PRESERVE THE ALLEY'S FORM AND FUNCTION WITHIN THE HYDE PARK NATIONAL DISTRICT WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE PLAN. IN SUMMARY, WHILE THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE APPLICANT HAS ADDRESSED MANY OF THE POLICIES OUTLINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE APPLICANT RECONSIDER THE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE GARAGE FOR THE ALLEY FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN HOME. IF APPROVED, THIS CHANGE SHOULD BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. OTHER THAN THAT, THE REQUEST IS COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R-35 DESIGNATION. BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. MR. MICHELINI, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOU ARE THE APPLICANT. >> STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. FOR THE 307 MELVILLE. LET ME GO TO A COUPLE OF ISSUES. THE ALLEY IS ONLY 14 FEET WIDE. IF YOU TURN THE GARAGES, THEN WE HAVE DIFFICULTY MAKING THAT TURNING RADIUS ACCORDING TO THE OTHER TECHNICALLY STANDARDS -- TECHNICAL STANDARDS THAT THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO KEEP THE EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE THAT EXISTS HERE AND THE ADDITIONAL UNIT IN THE BACK. THIS IS THE AERIAL VIEW -- THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE THAT WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT AND WE'RE REQUESTING A CHANGE FROM PD TO PD. EXISTING HOUSE. DEVELOPMENT AREA. AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY INTENDS TO BUILD HERE FOR HIM TO LIVE IN. WITH STAFF INTERPRETATION OF THE GARAGE APARTMENT WAS THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE LEASED OUT AND THEREFORE THAT'S WHERE THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES CAME FROM. THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH -- SORRY, THAT'S AZEELE. THIS IS LOOKING TO THE EAST. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH THAT THE STAFF ORIGINALLY PRESENTED THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF TOWN HOUSES IN THE AREA. THIS IS STILL LOOKING TO THE EAST, BUT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS HERE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM TOWN HOUSES HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEIR ACCESS IS OFF OF AZEELE AS WELL, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM OUR SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE. YOU SEE THAT THE ACCESSES ARE HERE AND NOT OFF OF THE ALLEY. THIS IS WHAT THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE WOULD LOOK LIKE, SO IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE GUIDELINES OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT VERY WELL. THESE ARE ALL EXAMPLES WITHIN ONE BLOCK OF THE PROPERTY THAT HAVE ACCESS OFF OF THE STREET AND NOT OFF THE ALLEY. WE TRIED TO MAKE THE ALLEY ACCESS WORK. SIMPLY THE DIMENSIONS WERE NOT ALLOWING US TO HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO MAKE THAT WORK. SO THAT IS THE EXCEPTION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO BE RELIEVED OF THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES. THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GARAGE APARTMENT. THE HOUSE WOULD HAVE ITS OWN GARAGE ACCESS BECAUSE OF ITS R 35, NINE UNITS COULD BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY, ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY YOU COULDN'T GET THEM IN THERE. YOU WOULD HAVE TO ELEVATE IN SOME CONSIDERATION. THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, MATCHES DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AS IT'S SHOWN IN THE CITY STAFF REPORT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RETAINS THE EXISTING HOME AND THE EXISTING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH. IT ADDS TWO MORE -- WE SIMPLY CAN'T GET THE OTHER TWO SPACES IN THERE, EVEN IF WE TURN THE GARAGE, WE WOULD STILL NEED A WAIVER FOR THE TWO SPACES. IT'S SURROUNDED BY SIMILAR PROJECTS. THE PROPERTY IS ALMOST -- IS 12,440 SQUARE FEET. AND IT DOES PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE. IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE CHANGING NEEDS OF TECHNOLOGY BY MAINTAINING THE EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE INSTEAD OF TEARING IT DOWN. IT TAKES IT FROM THE TOWN HOUSE PROJECT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THERE AND TURNS IT INTO A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITH A GARAGE APARTMENT. IT ENCOURAGES THE FLEXIBLE USE OF THE LAND AND IT REDUCES TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. AGAIN IT REDUCES THE DENSITY FROM NINE POSSIBLE UNITS TO ONE SINGLE-FAMILY UNIT WITH A GARAGE APARTMENT. IT PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE AND SUSTAINS THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT EXISTS. IT PROMOTES LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENT. IT PROMOTES THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES THAT I SHOWED YOU. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT NORMALLY WOULD BE APPROVED AFTER IT GOES TO THE GUIDELINE REVIEW OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. IT PROMOTES RETENTION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES. INSTEAD OF COMING TO YOU WITH A DEMOLITION REQUEST TO DEMOLISH AN EXISTING HOUSE AND EXISTING SECOND UNIT, YOU COULD COME IN AND ASK FOR MORE UNITS, THEY WANT TO RETAIN THE TWO AND ADD A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE. THE DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS UNIQUE. SIMPLY THE DIMENSIONS DON'T WORK. IF WE START SQUEEZING IN ANOTHER PARKING SPACE, WE HAVE TO REDUCE GREENSPACE. WOULD RATHER PROVIDE THE GREENSPACE THAN COME BACK IN AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL ROOM FOR TWO PARKING SPACES. THE WAIVER IF ALLOWED WOULD NOT SUBSTANTIALLY INTERFERE OR INJURE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AS IT ADDRESSES A NEED THAT IS THERE. TYPICALLY, THE OLDER DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THERE, THEY DIDN'T ALL HAVE PARKING SPACES DEDICATED TO THEIR PROPERTIES REGARDLESS HISTORICALLY. SO WE BELIEVE SIX PARKING SPACES GOES A LONG WAY TOWARD MEETING THE INTENT OF THAT CODE. THE WAIVER IS IN HARMONY AND SERVES THE GENERAL INTENT AND PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER. AS I SAID, WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE ROOM TO ADD TWO MORE PARKING SPACES. THE INTERPRETATION FROM THE STAFF WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A POTENTIAL LEASED SPACE, ALTHOUGH IT IS A MORE EFFICIENT, SMALL UNIT, IT STILL REQUIRES TWO SPACES. ALLOWING THE WAIVER WOULD RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE BEING DONE. AS I SAID, IT TAKES AWAY THE TOWN HOUSE PROJECT AND CONVERTS IT TO A SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE WITH A GARAGE APARTMENT. WE ARE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL. AS I SAID, THE SITE, IT IS A SMALL SCALE GARAGE APARTMENT THAT HAS TO MEET A FAIRLY INTENSIVE USE, PARKING REQUIREMENT. THIS SHOWS YOU THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE EXISTING HOUSE HERE THAT'S TO BE RETAINED AND THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE HERE WITH A BACK PORCH AND A GARAGE APARTMENT THERE. SO THE GREENSPACE IS BEING MET HERE, AND HERE AND WILL BE MET HERE WITH THAT WAIVER. SO WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOW BIG IS THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW? THE TWO PROPOSED -- ACTUALLY, THE FOUR PROPOSED BUILDING LOTS. >>STEVE MICHELINI: TWO ALTOGETHER? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT IS THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THIS PROPOSED PROPERTY ALTOGETHER. I CAN'T FIGURE THAT OUT. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THERE IS A SURVEY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 1 129 BY 95? >>STEVE MICHELINI: 129 ACROSS THE FRONT AND 95 ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PUTTING UP THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN SHOWING THE OVERHEAD OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTIES, COULD YOU -- I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU PARK. RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY, IT SEEMS LIKE WITH THE TWO EXISTING PROPERTY, THEY ARE UNDERPARKED ALREADY RIGHT? >>STEVE MICHELINI: NO, THEY EACH HAVE TWO SPACES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SEE THE TWO IN THE DRIVEWAY. I SEE THE ONE DRIVEWAY. WHERE IS THE FOURTH CAR? >>STEVE MICHELINI: THEY HAVE TWO COMING OFF THE ALLEY AND TWO OFF THE FRONT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OH, TANDEM PARKING. THAT'S WHAT I MISSED WAS THE TANDEM PARKING. HOW LONG IS THAT? DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THAT DRIVEWAY IS? >>STEVE MICHELINI: 68 FEET. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE DRIVEWAY IS 68 FEET. THAT'S NOT 68 FEET. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS, FROM THERE TO THERE, 68 FEET. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: UNLESS THAT CAR -- REALLY? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THREE CAR LENGTHS. >>STEVE MICHELINI: SAYS 68 FEET. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHOW US THE PICTURE AGAIN UNDERNEATH THERE. OKAY. >>STEVE MICHELINI: YOU SEE THE BACK OF ONE CAR HERE. AND THAT'S BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY. GOTCHA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU SAID WE DON'T HAVE ROOM. IT'S AN EMPTY LOT. SO THAT IS A CHOICE TO NOT HAVE ROOM. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN SAY YOU CAN'T FIT THEM. I THINK IF YOU TAKE THE POOL OUT, YOU CAN CERTAINLY FIT THEM. >>STEVE MICHELINI: IF YOU DO THAT, THEN YOU COMPROMISE THE GREENSPACE. >>LYNN HURTAK: IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE A GREENSPACE WAIVER INSTEAD BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THAT APARTMENT HAS NOWHERE TO PARK BUT THE STREET. SO WHAT YOU'VE DONE BY PUTTING THE DRIVEWAY ONTO THE STREET IS YOU'VE TAKEN AWAY TWO POSSIBLE ON STREET PARKING SPACES AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR A TENANT TO PARK. I'M HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME WITH THIS AND I'M A PERSON WHO HAS NO PROBLEM WITH REDUCED PARKING, BUT THE FACT THAT THIS APARTMENT LITERALLY HAS NO PARKING SPACE IS REALLY TROUBLING TO ME. >>STEVE MICHELINI: COULD I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT REORIENTING THE PARKING TOWARD THE ALLEY. YOU WOULD STILL NEED A PARKING WAIVER. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT THAT, YOU ARE STILL RETAINING TWO ON-STREET PARKING SPACES THAT YOU'RE TAKING AWAY BY PUTTING A DRIVEWAY THERE. >>STEVE MICHELINI: OKAY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >>LYNN HURTAK: ALSO, YOU CAN TAKE THAT DRIVEWAY SPACE AND MAKE IT AT LEAST ONE PARKING SPACE GOING OFF THE ALLEY. IF YOU PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IF YOU REORIENT, YOU COULD ACTUALLY GET THREE PARKING SPACES, TWO IN A GARAGE AND ONE SURFACE PARKING SIMILAR TO THE LOT NEXT DOOR. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THIS ONE, OR THE ONE THAT THE STAFF HAD. >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK THE STAFF WOULD BE EASIER -- THE ACTUAL SITE PLAN. >>STEVE MICHELINI: WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS REORIENT THIS THIS WAY AND THEN THAT FREES UP SPACES ALONG AZEELE FOR ON-STREET PARKING. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. IT ALSO FREES UP A SPACE THAT YOU COULD HAVE A THIRD OFF THE ALLEY THAT'S JUST ON A PARKING PAD. VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE BACK OF THE NEXT HOUSE. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE IS A WAY TO DO THIS WITHOUT TAKING AWAY EXISTING -- IF YOU WANT ME TO BUY REDUCING PARKING FOR THIS, I'M GOING TO NEED TO YOU NOT TAKE AWAY ON-STREET PARKING TO DO SO. IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >>STEVE MICHELINI: I UNDERSTAND. I THINK ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF WAS TO MAKE THAT CHANGE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. AND CERTAINLY WE WOULD COME BACK WITH A REVISED PLAN THAT SHOWED THAT. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: THAT'S NOT A CHANGE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. TRIGGER GREENSPACE AND TRANSPORTATION. TRANSPORTATION WOULD HAVE TO DO ANOTHER REVIEW AND NATURAL RESOURCES WOULD NEED TO DO ANOTHER REVIEW. IT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. >>STEVE MICHELINI: COULD I ASK SAM A QUESTION? THAT WOULD REQUIRE THIS MATTER TO BE CONTINUED? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: YES, THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCIL RULES AND PROCEDURES. >>STEVE MICHELINI: IF IT'S COUNCIL'S PLEASURE WANT THE CHANGES MADE -- I KNOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE AT THE BEGINNING. I UNDERSTAND THAT. HOWEVER, THIS ISSUE I DIDN'T REALIZE WAS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO WARRANT A MAJOR CHANGE GOING BACK TO CITY STAFF. IS IT POSSIBLE TO ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE ON THAT MATTER? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEFORE WE GET THERE, I WANT TO STATE MY OBJECTION, THERE CAN'T BE ANY ON-STREET PARKING. THIS PLACE HAS TO BE FULLY PARKED. WE BOTH KNOW -- I LIVE NOT VERY FAR, THERE'S NO ON STREET PARKING. PARKING IN THIS AREA IS SO BAD. ALREADY MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA. I KIND OF DIG WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO HERE. I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT. I THINK PROBABLY BETTER THAN WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY HAD FOR THE FIRST PD BUT YOU HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT PARKING. HOWEVER YOU CONFIGURE THIS, WHETHER YOU REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE POOL, WHATEVER YOU DO. THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY IS HEADING KIND OF IN A NICE DIRECTION. THAT FIRST HOUSE OBVIOUSLY -- HOPEFULLY THE SECOND HOUSE LOOK JUST AS NICE. I'M AGREEABLE IF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL IS OF GRANTING THAT CONTINUANCE. JUST KNOWING THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO FULLY PARK THIS THING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THOUGH, I WOULD BE WILLING, BECAUSE A GARAGE APARTMENT OFTENTIMES JUST NEEDS ONE CAR. SO I WOULD BE FIVE GIVING A WAIVER FOR ONE SPACE BECAUSE I THINK, AGAIN, IF YOU PARK IT FROM THE ALLEY, THERE WAS SOME SPACE TO DO A CONCRETE PAD OR YOU COULD BE RETRO AND DO A -- GOD, RETRO, BUT REALLY, INSTEAD OF A GARAGE, YOU COULD DO CARPORTS. EITHER WAY, I AGREE WITH YOU. I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FULLY PARKED BUT WE NEED AT LEAST ONE SPACE FOR THE APARTMENT. THAT'S MY SPACE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WITH REGARD TO COUNCIL'S RULES, THE RULES STATE NO REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE BY THE APPLICANT PETITIONER SHALL BE GRANTED IN A QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARING AFTER THE APPLICANT PETITIONER HAS COMPLETED ITS INITIAL PRESENTATION, UNLESS UPON DETERMINATION BY CITY COUNCIL THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR PURPOSES OF PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS. PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS WOULD BE THAT IT WOULD ALLOW THE PETITIONER TO ADDRESS THE ADVERSE IMPACTS THAT COUNCIL HAS INDICATED AND ALLOW HIM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. ALSO, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER HE HAS, IN FACT, COMPLETED HIS INITIAL PRESENTATION. HE HAS NOT DONE SO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT DATES? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: WE HAVE A FEW DATES AVAILABLE. WE HAVE ONE SLOT IN JUNE. ONE SLOT IN JULY AND THEN ALL OF AUGUST FULL. I THINK MAYBE WOULD SUGGEST A LATER DATE -- >>STEVE MICHELINI: WE NEED TIME TO WORK ON THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CAN CONTINUE TO JULY -- >>SAMUEL THOMAS: LET'S DO AUGUST. WE CAN DO SEPTEMBER. >>LYNN HURTAK: I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WERE SAYING AUGUST WAS COMPLETELY FULL, NOT COMPLETELY EMPTY. I MISHEARD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CONTINUE TO AUGUST 28. >>STEVE MICHELINI: STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AUGUST, WHICH WE CONCUR WITH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AUGUST IS EMPTY OR FULL? >>LYNN HURTAK: HE SAID FULL BUT HE MEANT EMPTY. HE MEANT THE WHOLE THING WAS OPEN. THAT'S WHERE I MISHEARD TOO. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO AUGUST 28 AT 5:01 P.M., 315 -- IS 28th THE RIGHT DATE? >>STEVE MICHELINI: 21st IS THE DATE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AUGUST 21st. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AUGUST 21st, 5:01 P.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, 33602, UNITED STATES. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THIS IS BEING CONTINUED UNTIL THE AUGUST DATE. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 4. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM NUMBER 4. PLEASE SILENCE YOUR PHONES WHOEVER IS RINGING. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 4 IS REZ-24-78. A REQUEST TO REZONE 1503, 1505 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 1601, 1604 1605 1607 1613 1615 NORTH MARION STREET, 1601, 1604, 1606 AND 1608 NORTH MORGAN STREET FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL. ALL CG USES, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND COMMERCIAL PARKING. WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR AERIAL MAP. HERE IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE. IT IS WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY. IT'S ALSO ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE HISTORIC DISTRICT STARTS RIGHT UP HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE SITE IS BOUND TO THE NORTH BY EAST HENDERSON AVENUE, TO THE EAST BY NORTH MORGAN STREET, TO THE SOUTH BY EAST ESTELLE STREET AND TO THE WEST BY NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE. DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT IS THE SALVATION ARMY. YOU HAVE SOME RM 24 ZONING HERE AND HERE AS WELL. YOU HAVE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO THE EAST FOR MULTIFAMILY. TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, YOU HAVE A TECO SUBSTATION AND THEN CI ZONING. YOU HAVE SOME PDs AND SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND SEMI DETACHED UNITS HERE. AS YOU MOVE ALONG FLORIDA AVENUE, YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL USES AND THEN FURTHER NORTH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT LINE YOU HAVE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED. AND THEN FARTHER NORTH YOU HAVE THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE YMCA REDEVELOPMENT. AND THEN AS YOU MOVE SOUTH, ONCE YOU CROSSED 275, THEN YOU ARE WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, PD. THIS CAME BEFORE YOU ALL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. THE PREVIOUS PD APPROVED THE SUBJECT SITE THAT WAS REZ 22-116. PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE WESTERN BLOCK HERE FOR AN 18 STORY TOWER WITH 456 UNITS AND 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL ON THE NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE. AND THEN ON THE WESTERN OR ON THE EASTERN BLOCK, IT WAS APPROVED FOR A SEVEN STORY TOWER WITH 105 UNITS WITH A PARKING GARAGE. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED -- OR CURRENTLY APPROVED ON-SITE. SO NOW WE'LL GO INTO THE CURRENT SITE PLAN. ON THE WESTERN BLOCK, JUST AS BEFORE, THERE IS STILL AN 18-STORY MULTIFAMILY TOWER PROPOSED. IT IS NOW PROPOSED TO HAVE 435 UNITS WITH 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL ALONG FLORIDA AVENUE. THERE ARE 10% OF THE UNITS ARE PROPOSED TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. ALSO PROPOSED TO BE A GARAGE INTEGRATED INTO THIS 18 STORY BUILDING NOW, WHEREAS BEFORE THERE WASN'T. ALONG FLORIDA AVENUE, YOU HAVE A 12-FOOT SIDEWALK PROPOSED AND THEN THAT INCLUDES A 10-FOOT TRANSPORTATION EASEMENT. THE SIDEWALKS ALONG HENDERSON AND ESTELLE AND NORTH MARION VARY IN WIDTH BUT NO LESS THAN SIX FEET ALL THE WAY AROUND. PROPOSED WALK-UP UNITS ON MARION STREET AS WELL. YOU HAVE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE PROPOSED FROM ESTELLE -- OR HENDERSON AND THEN ESTELLE. ADDITIONALLY, ALONG ESTELLE YOU HAVE YOUR LOADING OR YOUR LOADING AREA AND YOU HAVE YOUR SOLID WASTE. THE MAXIMUM PROPOSED BUILDING HEIGHT FOR THIS BLOCK IS 18 STORIES OR 200 FEET. THEN ON THE EASTERN BLOCK, WHERE THE SEVEN STORY MULTIFAMILY TOWER OR BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, THERE ARE NOW PROPOSED TO BE 41 TOWNHOME UNITS OR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS. SEVEN UNITS ORIENTED TOWARD EAST HENDERSON AVENUE AND 7 UNITS ORIENTED TOWARD EAST ESTELLE STREET. REMAINING UNITS ARE ORIENTED TOWARD COURTYARDS. MOST OF THE UNITS ON THE END WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE DO HAVE A DOOR THAT CONNECTS TO EITHER MORGAN OR MARION STREET. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. THIS IS THE ONE THAT DOESN'T. VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THESE UNITS ARE PROPOSED IN TWO LOCATIONS ALONG NORTH MARION STREET, HERE AND HERE AND ALONG NORTH MORGAN STREET HERE AND HERE. YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THESE -- ONLY ONE OF THE DRIVE AISLES GOES COMPLETELY THROUGH. THAT'S BECAUSE THE APPLICANT WORKED WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THEY WOULD NOT GO THROUGH TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND CUT BACK ON THE NUMBER OF CURB CUTS ON THE SITE. THERE ARE FIVE UNITS WITHIN THIS TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT THAT ONLY HAVE ONE CAR GARAGE. ALL THE REMAINING UNITS DO HAVE TWO-CAR GARAGES. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING BICYCLE PARKING. YOU HAVE A BICYCLE RACK HERE, BICYCLE RACK HERE, BICYCLE RACK DOWN HERE AS WELL. BICYCLE PARKING OBVIOUSLY INCORPORATED INTO THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. PROPOSED MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT IS 55 FEET. SIDEWALKS ON ALL SIDES ARE PROPOSED TO BE SIX FEET TALL. LASTLY, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO PRESERVE A 38-INCH LIVE GRAND OAK THAT IS LOCATED HERE. SO OVERALL, THERE ARE 558 PARKING SPACES REQUIRED AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 547. THE APPLICANT DOES PROPOSE ON-STREET PARKING ALONG MARION STREET HERE. HENDERSON HERE. AND THEN NORTH MORGAN STREET HERE. SINCE THIS IS IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY, ON-STREET PARKING CAN BE COUNTED TOWARDS YOUR REQUIRED PARKING. HOWEVER, TO GET THAT ON-STREET PARKING APPROVED THEY MUST GO THROUGH A PROCESS OUTSIDE OF THIS REZONING APPLICATION. SO THE APPLICANT IS NOT COUNTING THAT PARKING TOWARDS THE REQUIRED PARKING SINCE THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD BE APPROVED OUTSIDE OF THIS REZONING. THEN LASTLY, THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH HART TO INCLUDE TWO IMPROVED TRANSIT STOPS AND SHELTERS ON EITHER SIDE OF MARION STREET HERE. I'LL WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH SOME PICTURES NOW OR I'LL SHOW YOU THE ELEVATION. >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. THOMAS, BEFORE YOU GO, IF YOU COULD PUT THAT OUT. WHY TWO SHELTERS? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: I CANNOT REALLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THAT WAS IN COORDINATION WITH HART. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL ASK THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: HERE ARE SOME ELEVATIONS OF THE PROPOSED TOWNHOMES. PROPOSED MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 55 FEET, THEY RANGE FROM THREE TO FOUR STORIES. I'LL RUN THROUGH THE ELEVATIONS OF THE TOWNHOMES. SEVEN UNITS FRONTING ESTELLE. SEVEN UNITS FRONTING HENDERSON. WE'LL GET INTO WHAT THE INTERIOR UNITS WILL LOOK LIKE. HERE IS THE PROPOSED MULTIFAMILY OR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. THIS WOULD BE LOOKING WEST FROM FLORIDA AVENUE. YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING GARAGE INCORPORATED AND THEN THE RETAIL OR THE COMMERCIAL ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL ABOVE. THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH FROM ESTELLE AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING NORTH FROM HENDERSON. AND THEN THIS WOULD BE LOOKING EAST FROM NORTH MARION STREET. I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME PICTURES OF THE SITE. QUITE A LARGE SITE. TRIED TO CUT BACK ON NOT HAVING TOO MANY PICTURES. WE'LL START OUT ON FLORIDA AVENUE. THIS IS FLORIDA AVENUE HERE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE. YOU HAVE THE INTERSECTION OF HENDERSON AND FLORIDA AVENUE JUST TO THE NORTH. AND HERE WE ARE AT THAT INTERSECTION NOW. THE SUBJECT SITE WOULD BE BACK HERE. THIS IS HENDERSON GOING TOWARDS THE RIVER. THIS IS HENDERSON GOING EAST. THIS IS LOOKING BACK SOUTH TOWARDS DOWNTOWN. SO YOU HAVE THE SUBJECT SITE RIGHT HERE. NOW WE'RE MOVING EAST ON HENDERSON. SO THE SUBJECT SITE RUNS ALL THE WAY DOWN. THIS IS THE SALVATION ARMY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HENDERSON. THIS IS LOOKING NORTH, SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SALVATION ARMY PROPERTY. THERE IS A STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION APPROVED A FEW YEARS AGO. WE'RE MOVING FARTHER EAST ON HENDERSON. THIS IS STILL THE SUBJECT SITE. EXCUSE ME. WE MOVED FARTHER EAST ON HENDERSON AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HENDERSON AND MARION STREET. WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH ON MARION DOWN TOWARDS DOWNTOWN. THIS WOULD BE THE SUBJECT SITE AND THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE AS WELL. NOW WE MOVE FARTHER EAST ON HENDERSON. WE'RE MOVING OUR WAY TOWARDS THE INTERSECTION OF MORGAN STREET. YOU HAVE THE SUBJECT SITE HERE. AND THIS IS STILL SALVATION ARMY PROPERTY. THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH MORGAN AND HENDERSON. SO THE SUBJECT SITE WOULD BE BACK BEHIND ME. YOU HAVE THE SALVATION ARMY PROPERTY, THE MULTIFAMILY THAT IS APPROVED UNDER THE PD TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THEN -- RESIDENTIAL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NOW WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH ON MORGAN STREET. SUBJECT SITE HERE. THIS IS WHAT USED TO BE A CAR REPAIR SHOP, ZONED RM 24. IT'S NOT IN BUSINESS ANYMORE. WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS DOWNTOWN. NOW WE'RE LOOKING INTERIOR TO THE SUBJECT SITE FROM NORTH MORGAN STREET. THIS IS THE GRAND TREE PROPOSED TO BE PRESERVED. MOVING FURTHER SOUTH ON MORGAN, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS OCCURRED. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE. WE MOVE TO THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH MORGAN STREET AND ESTELLE. SOME OF MY, ATTACHED AND -- SEMI ATTACHED AND DETACHED STRUCTURES ALREADY CONSTRUCTED. WEST ON ESTELLE TOWARD FLORIDA AVENUE AND MARION STREET. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE. MOVING FURTHER EAST, THIS IS MARION. SO THIS WOULD BE THE EASTERN BLOCK WHERE THE TOWNHOMES ARE PROPOSED. NOW WE'RE LOOKING NORTH ON MARION STREET. YOU HAVE THE SUBJECT SITE ENCOMPASSES EITHER SIDE OF THE BLOCK. NOW WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH ON MARION. THE SUBJECT SITE WOULD BE ALONG HERE AND HERE. MOVING FURTHER EAST ON ESTELLE CLOSER TO FLORIDA, TECO SUBSTATION. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE WHERE THE 18 STORY TOWER IS PROPOSED. LOOKING NORTH, THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE ON ESTELLE AND THEN FINALLY WE'RE LOOKING OUR WAY BACK TO FLORIDA AVENUE WHERE IT MEETS ESTELLE. THIS IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE RIVER. NOW ALMOST BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED ON FLORIDA AVENUE. THIS IS THE BOTTOM END OF THE SUBJECT SITE WHERE THE 18 STORY TOWER WILL BE. THIS IS LOOKING BACK SOUTH AT THE INTERSECTION OF ESTELLE AND FLORIDA. AND THEN FINALLY WE'VE WORKED OUR WAY BACK UP TO WHERE WE STARTED AND THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE. PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE HAVE FOUND THE REQUEST TO BE INCONSISTENT. SEE THE FINDINGS FROM NATURAL RESOURCES, TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION RELATED TO GREENSPACE, TREE RETENTION, LACK OF TYPE ONE SHADE TREES AND THE PARKING REDUCTION NOTWITHSTANDING STAFF'S FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE WAIVERS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT AND APPLICATION, MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THESE REVISIONS WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUES OF INCONSISTENCY. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. IF NOT, I'LL TURN IT OVER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. YES SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. THIS CASE IS WITHIN CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE. EVACUATION ZONE D. THE SITE IS -- SUBJECT SITE IS RECOGNIZED UNDER CC-35 DESIGNATION. JUST TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF THE CBD. URBAN AREA. R 83 TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. ALLOWS 83 DWELLINGS PER ACRE. WEST OF NORTH TAMPA RMU 100. APPLICANT IS USING THE CBD PERIPHERY BONUS PROPOSING 4.0 F.A.R. ON THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS INTENSITY IS CONSISTENT WITH CC-35 DESIGNATION THROUGH THE CBD PERIPHERY BONUS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF DETERMINED THAT THE REQUEST ALIGNS WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA'S MIX OF USES AND WILL NOT ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE. THE REQUEST ADDRESSES POLICIES FOR MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS WITH A MIXED USE BUILDING POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY, CREATING A STREET WALL ALONG NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, EAST HENDERSON STREET, EAST ESTELLE STREET AND NORTH MARION STREET. NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND EXISTING 6-FOOT SIDEWALKS ARE PROVIDED ALONG ALL ADJACENT STREETS WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE A SAFE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT ALSO PROVIDES SAFE ACCESS TO TRANSIT STOPS ALONG NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE WHICH IS A DESIGNATED TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR. THE REQUEST ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S HOUSING POLICIES BY PROVIDING HOUSING ON VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED LAND, HELP MEETING THE CITY'S CURRENT AND FUTURE POPULATION NEEDS. LASTLY, THE PROPOSED -- THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON UNDERUTILIZED SITE IN PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN WHICH IS ENCOURAGED BY THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? APPLICANT. YES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> ALEX SCHALER. 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. WE DO HAVE ONE MEMBER OF OUR TEAM THAT NEEDS TO BE SWORN IN THAT'S GOING TO SPEAK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF ANYBODY IS HERE TO SPEAK AND HAS NOT BEEN SWORN IN, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM WITH THIS REZONING TONIGHT SITE DEVELOPMENT. MICHAEL MINUTESBERG AND JENNIFER LATIMER ARE HERE FROM SITE IN THE ROOM WITH -- KIMLEY-HORN IS THE CIVIL ENGINEER ON THE PROJECT. BEN PLANT IS HERE FOR CIVIL QUESTIONS AND GROW ARCHITECTURE DID THE DESIGN HERE AND DARK MOSS, RICKY PETERIKA IS HERE TO TALK TREES IF NEEDED. GROH. APPROVED THREE YEARS, DECEMBER OF 2022. WE WERE UP HERE BEFORE YOU GUYS, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT. WESTERN BUILDING WAS APPROVED FOR 18 FLOORS OF MULTIFAMILY. THE EAST SIDE, AS SAM MENTIONED, SEVEN STORY MULTIFAMILY BUILDING THAT WRAPPED AROUND STRUCTURED PARKING. FAST-FORWARD THREE YEARS, THE MARKET IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS IN 2022. THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT PDs ARE THAT THEY ARE TAILORED BUT BAD THINGS ABOUT PD ARE THEY ARE TAILORED. IF YOU MAKE CHANGES, YOU WIND UP BACK HERE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING WITH A NEW PROPOSAL ON THE EAST BLOCK FOR THE 41 TOWNHOMES THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER. A LOT OF THE PRESENTATION I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE EAST BLOCK GIVEN THAT IS THE PORTION THAT'S DIFFERENT. I DID WANT TO PAUSE AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE OVERALL APPLICATION. I DON'T THINK THERE IS SUCH THING AS A PERFECT PROJECT. MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL BRING ONE TO YOU BUT HAVEN'T SO FAR. I THINK THIS PROJECT DOES ENCOMPASS SOME OF THESE CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF MIXED USE DESIGN THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN CHAMPIONING ON OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. I WANTED TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A MORE COMPATIBLE TRANSITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SEVEN STORY MULTIFAMILY IS OBVIOUSLY A STEP-DOWN FROM THE ARTERIAL FROM THE 18 FLOORS, BUT THESE THREE TO FOUR STORY TOWNHOMES ARE CLEARLY MORE BLENDABLE. YOU'RE PUTTING LESS DENSITY ON THE LOCAL STREETS, BOTH MARION AND MORGAN STREET. THE 15,000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL ALONG FLORIDA IS STAYING. WE HAVE TWO NEW PROPOSED HART BUS STOPS, AS MENTIONED, AND THOSE STOPS TO FURTHER ELABORATE ON THOSE, ROUTE 1, 5, AND 6 RUN THROUGH THEIR NORTHBOUND RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN DRC, I THINK THEY WANT TO ADD A SOUTHBOUND AT SOME POINT. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE LANDED ON THE TWO. AS MENTIONED, YES, WE ARE PROVIDING A 10% AFFORDABLE HOUSING SET-ASIDE BECAUSE WE ARE REQUESTING BONUS DENSITY HERE. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE WEST BLOCK FOR CLARIFICATION. SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EASTERN BLOCK SITE PLAN. AS SAM MENTIONED WE DID REDESIGN THE SITE A FEW TIMES TO TRY TO GET THE CURB CUTS LOWER ON THE LOCAL STREETS. IN WORKING WITH STAFF, WE FOUND THAT TWO WAS A DECENT NUMBER THERE, SO WE HAVE TWO ACCESS POINTS ALONG MORGAN. TWO ACCESS POINTS ALONG MARION. WE ARE PRESERVING THE GRAND TREE WITH THIS APPLICATION. BEFORE, JUST GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING FOOTPRINT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PRESERVE IT. WITH THIS PROGRAMMING WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO SHIFT STUFF AROUND. ALSO AS MENTIONED, WE ARE PROVIDING PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE UNITS ALONG THE FRONTAGES EXCEPT FOR THE ONE. HOWEVER, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WE INCLUDE THIS INTERNAL NETWORK OF SIDEWALKS. SO THE THOUGHT IS THAT IF YOU'RE LOCATED IN A TOWNHOME IN THE MIDDLE, YOU CAN STILL ACCESS IT FROM ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT STREET FRONTAGES. WE'RE PROVIDING ON-STREET PARKING THAT AGAIN IS QUOTE CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE AT THIS STAGE. WE HAVE TO GET A RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT FOR THAT, BUT WE DO PLAN TO INSTALL THAT AS WELL. WE ARE REQUESTING FIVE WAIVERS WITH THIS APPLICATION. THREE OF WHICH I BELIEVE WERE APPROVED WITH THE PRIOR REZONING. GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE CHANGING THE LAYOUT ON THE EAST BLOCK, THOSE WAIVERS DO NOT VEST. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THESE WAIVERS AGAIN ANEW TONIGHT THOUGH WE DO FEEL THEY WERE APPROVED BEFORE IN SOME FORM. LITTLE BIT OF PRECEDENT THERE. FIRST IS A LOADING WAIVER. WE'RE REQUIRED FIVE. THAT'S BECAUSE THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING ON THE WEST IS SO LARGE AND IT IS A SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENT. WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT TWO IS PLENTY. THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE MULTIFAMILY MOVE-IN, MOVE-OUT, AS WELL AS LOADING, UNLOADING ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMERCIAL ON THE GROUND FLOOR. NEXT WAIVER IS IN REGARDS TO PARKING. I KNOW THIS IS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES. THIS IS A VERY LARGE DEVELOPMENT. BUT I DID WANT TO BREAK IT DOWN INTO THE RATIOS. APPROXIMATE, VERY, VERY CLOSE TO HOW WE GOT THE TOTAL NUMBER HERE. THE MULTIFAMILY IS BEING PARKED AT ONE SPACE PER UNIT, THAT'S UTILIZING THAT STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL USE IN THE CODE, GIVEN THE GROUND FLOOR. THE COMMERCIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL, WE GET A DISCOUNT IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS OVERLAY. SO WE ARE PROVIDING TWO SPACES INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL REQUIRED FOUR FOR GROUND FLOOR RETAIL. THE TOWNHOMES ARE PARKED TWO SPACES PER UNIT WITH THE CAVEAT OF THE FIVE ONE-CAR GARAGES THAT PARKING IS PLACED ELSEWHERE. AND WE ARE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED 25% VISITOR SPACES FOR THE TOWNHOME. THOSE WILL BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE MULTIFAMILY PARKING GARAGE ACROSS THE STREET. SO WE ARE REQUESTING A 2% WAIVER. AGAIN NOMINAL. AS SAM MENTIONED, WE CHOSE NOT TO INCLUDE THE ON STREET PARKING JUST IN THE UNFORESEEN EVENT FOR SOME REASON WE COULDN'T GET IT PERMITTED. AGAIN, IT'S PART OF THE PROPOSAL. WE DO HAVE TO REQUEST A WAIVER FOR THESE FIVE ONE-CAR GARAGE UNITS. AS MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF STREET PARKING AVAILABLE. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF EXTRA SPACES AS PART OF THAT 25% VISITOR IN THE GARAGE. BUT WE DO HAVE FIVE OF THE UNITS THAT ONLY HAVE A ONE-CAR GARAGE. THESE ARE FOR SALE UNITS. YOU WOULD KNOW AT TIME OF PURCHASE IF YOU HAVE TWO CARS, OBVIOUSLY WEIGH THAT INTO YOUR DECISION, BUT DID WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT, DOES HAVE TO BE A WAIVER ON THE PLAN. IN TERMS OF TREES, AS MENTIONED, PRESERVING THE GRAND TREE, REMOVING ANOTHER GRAND THAT AGAIN THIS WAIVER WAS OBTAINED WITH THE PRIOR REZONING, THAT ONE BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE. IT'S REALLY HARD TO DESIGN AROUND THAT WITH THE PROTECTION RADIUS THAT'S NEEDED THERE. AND THEN OUR TREE RETENTION ACTUALLY INCREASED FROM BEFORE. THE ORIGINAL WAIVER WAS 50% TO ZERO PERCENT, AGAIN, GIVEN THE LARGE FOOTPRINT, WITH THE TOWNHOMES ABLE TO SAVE A LITTLE MORE. THE REQUEST FOR THIS REZONING IS 50% TO 28%, WHICH IS A BIT HIGHER THAN A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE BRING BEFORE YOU IN THIS AREA. THE LAST WAIVER THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS GREENSPACE. I'M GOING TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS AS SIMPLY AS I CAN. GREENSPACE MEASURED IN TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS. VUA GREENSPACE, WHICH IS GREENSPACE THAT'S REQUIRED BASED ON YOUR DRIVE AISLES, SURFACE PARKING, ANY VEHICULAR USE AREA AND THEN USE GREENSPACE REQUIRED BASED OFF OF THE TYPE OF PROGRAMMING PROVIDING. THOSE TWO TOGETHER COMBINED COME UP WITH A TOTAL GREENSPACE REQUIRED SLASH PROVIDED. ON THE EAST BLOCK SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE REQUESTING A PER UNIT REDUCTION IN GREENSPACE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT. THE FIRST IS THAT AS YOU CAN SEE, HATCHED THE VUA AREAS IN GRAY. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY VUA IN THE PRIOR REZONING APPLICATION. OBVIOUSLY ALL ONE LARGE FOOTPRINT. WITH THE VUA, NOW REQUIREMENTS HAVE INCREASED. AND THEN THE PER SPACE OR PER UNIT SQUARE FOOTAGE OF GREENSPACE OBVIOUSLY INCREASES WITH THIS TYPE OF PROGRAMMING VERSUS THE 30% FRINGE AREA OF TYPICAL MULTIFAMILY BUILDING. ALL OF THAT IS TO SAY THAT THE THRESHOLDS WENT UP. WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING WENT UP, BUT THERE'S STILL A BIT OF A DEFICIT THERE BECAUSE WE ARE PROVIDING 34% MORE GREENSPACE THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY APPROVED FOR THE SITE TODAY. AGAIN, IT ENDED UP RESULTING IN A WAIVER. I KNOW THAT IS A BIT CONFUSING. LIKE I SAID, THRESHOLD WENT UP. WE WENT UP WITH THE THRESHOLD BUT THERE WAS STILL A LITTLE BIT LEFT THAT WE COULDN'T QUITE MAKE UP. ARGUABLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDE OF THE PRESENTATION, WE DO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL RECEIVED THE LETTER. I DIDN'T SEE THEM IN OnBase BUT I HAVE COPIES IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN. SO I WILL GIVE THOSE TO MR. SHELBY AND HE CAN PASS THEM AROUND. I AM FINISHED WITH MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I AM GOING TO BRING UP MICHAEL MINZBERG WITH SITE DEVELOPMENT. SHE'LL SHARE SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THEY HAVE DONE IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MICHAEL MINUTESBERG, NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE. PRINCIPAL AT SITE DEVELOPMENT. ONE OF THE CODEVELOPERS ON THIS PROJECT. WE WERE BROUGHT IN TO RETHINK IN PROJECT -- TO RETHINK THIS PROJECT. TWO HIGH-RISES, HIGH-RISE AND MID-RISE. JUST DIDN'T WORK TODAY. WE WERE EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON WHAT WE THINK IS REALLY A CRITICAL SECTION OF THE URBAN CORE RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY DYNAMIC BUT ALSO A FRAGILE POINT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THERE IN THAT AREA, BUT THERE'S ALSO STILL A LOT OF BLIGHT AND ISSUES IN THAT LOCATION. I DRIVE IT A LOT BECAUSE MY OFFICE IS ON NEBRASKA. I GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 7th AVENUE REALLY IN YBOR AND WHATNOT. THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON THERE RIGHT NOW. WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD ADDITION TO THAT. WE FOCUS ON THESE TOWNHOMES THAT REALLY ADD SOME HOME OWNERSHIP ALONG WITH JUST A RENTAL COMMUNITY. I THINK THE REASON THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION SUPPORTED THIS WAS REALLY FOR A FEW REASONS. ONE, THEY SAW THE ADDITION OF THE GRAND TREE, MORE GREENSPACE, AND THEN THE PHASING DOWN FROM SEVEN STORIES TO THREE STORIES AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IN ADDITION, ON TOP OF THAT, OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOME OWNERSHIP WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT JUST FOR RENT HOUSING, WHICH IS A KEY COMPONENT. SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE, BE PART OF THE PROJECT AND WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, QUESTIONS. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. MS. SCHALER, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. I DO LIKE THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE TREE, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE MY NEW HOBBY HORSE, SO JUST -- BIKE PARKING. BIKES ARE EXPENSIVE. NO ONE WANTS TO PARK THEIR BIKE OUTSIDE IN THE SUN. SO I'M EXPECTING TO SEE, ESPECIALLY IN THE COMMERCIAL SPACE, PROTECTED BIKE PARKING THAT IS CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCES, SAFE PLACES THAT YOUR COMMERCIAL TENANT OR YOUR COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS WILL COME AND PARK. ALSO, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF BIKE PARKING YOU'RE PROVIDING WITHIN. MR. THOMAS MENTIONED SOME BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE IT ON THE SITE PLAN. IF YOU CAN ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT -- YEAH, IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ABOUT YOUR BIKE PARKING FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE TOWER. >> SURE. >> FRANKLY, TO HAVE A MARKETABLE APARTMENT BUILDING THESE DAYS, PEOPLE HAVE NICE BIKES. WE HAVE DEDICATED DESIGN ROOMS FOR BIKE STORAGE, EVEN ROOMS FOR PEOPLE TO COME WORK ON THEIR BIKES AND HAVE TOOLS AVAILABLE. THAT'S JUST PART OF THE INTERNAL PLAN IN THERE. WE DON'T GET CREDIT FOR THAT ON THE ZONING. AND, OF COURSE, PEOPLE IN THE TOWNHOMES CAN PUT THEM IN THEIR GARAGES OR WHATNOT. THOSE ARE REALLY MORE FOR TRANSIENT PEOPLE COMING TO VISIT WHO WANT TO LOCK IT UP OR CAN'T PUT IT INSIDE, JUST ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD STILL SAY THE PEOPLE VISITING THE TOWNHOMES ARE GOING TO WANT MORE PROTECTED BIKE, AS WE DO WITH A LOT OF E-BIKES BETWEEN SUN AND RAIN. LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS FROM ME EVERY SINGLE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHERE YOU ARE, EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE E-BIKING DOWNTOWN OR REGULAR BIKING. BUT FOR ME, I DO APPRECIATE -- AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE SQUARE FOOTAGE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE LOOKS LIKE FOR A BIKE ROOM, BUT ALSO, AGAIN, TO HAVE COVERED, PROTECTED BIKE PARKING FOR THE COMMERCIAL SPACES AND THE VISITORS TO THAT. ALSO, IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S RELATIVELY NEW, MORGAN STREET IS GOING TO BE A BIKEWAY. IT'S GOING TO BE PROTECTED DOWNTOWN AND IT'S GOING TO BE JUST KIND OF ON STREET OR MORE OF A SHARROW IN THAT AREA. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH THE ON-STREET PARKING. BUT, AGAIN, I WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY ON THAT. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, AND IT'S GOING TO CONNECT TO 7th. FROM 7th, THAT'S THE BIG CONNECTOR UP THROUGH THE HEIGHTS ON CENTRAL AVENUE. IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY WONDERFUL CONNECTION WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO ALL THE WAY FROM THE RIVER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GREEN ARTERY, OR RATHER THE SELMON GREENWAY. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE -- THAT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. JUST GREAT JOB OVERALL. JUST WANT TO ADD A LITTLE MORE BIKE-WISE. >> SURE. WE'RE HAPPY TO PUT ON THE REVISION SHEET THAT WE CAN DELINEATE, ADD INTERNAL BIKE STORAGE, MAKE SURE IT IS DELINEATED BETWEEN READINGS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE DID NOT WANT TO COUNT THE PARKING SPACES. IT'S TOO FAR IN ADVANCE FOR US TO COUNT THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE REDUCTION IN PARKING. IT'S VERY, VERY MINIMAL. QUITE FRANKLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE BUT I ALSO SEE YOUR NEED FOR COMMERCIAL PARKING AND PROVIDING, IF YOU HAVE EXTRA, YOU HAVE EXTRA. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING. BUT THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND CLENDENIN. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU MENTIONED AFFORDABLE HOUSING. CAN YOU TELL US AT WHAT RANGE? >> HALF AT 80% AND HALF AT 120%. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE SECOND ONE, YOU MENTIONED GREENSPACE, 240 FEET THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT. IT'S FROM MR. SHELBY THIS WAY, THAT'S 240 FEET, 10 BY 24. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU MENTIONED GOING FROM 5 TO 2 IN THE LOADING SPACES BUT YOU NEVER MENTIONED THE SIZE OF THE LOADING SPACE. >> SURE. I THINK THOSE ARE 12 BY 30. -- OR 12 BY 60s. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I REMEMBER THAT AREA -- >> TWO 12 BY 30, SO BOX TRUCK SIZE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT USED TO BE THE OLD FORD AND HE SOLD TO BILL CURRIE AND BILL CURRIE SAW THE VISION WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN. SMART ENOUGH TO MOVE TO DALE MABRY MANY YEARS AGO. BUT I KNOW THE AREA REAL WELL. IT WAS A HUB OF DOWNTOWN THAT WAS REALLY BUZZING AT ONE TIME. >> FUNNY THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE GREENSPACE, TOO, BECAUSE I WAS GOOGLING HOW CAN YOU VISUALIZE 250 SQUARE FEET. I GOT BACK THAT IT WAS THE SIZE OF A HOTEL ROOM WHICH I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING. LIKE A HOTEL OF GREENSPACE FOR EACH -- THAT WAS CHAPT GBT -- THAT WAS ChatGPT ANSWER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY HOTEL ROOMS ARE NEVER THAT BIG. KIND OF PIGGYBACKING ON COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, THE BIKE SPACES, YOU HAVE ON THE PLAN CONCEPTUAL. >> DURING PERMITTING SOMETIMES WE'LL SHIFT THEM AROUND, IF THERE ARE UTILITIES OR TREES IN THE WAY, WE WANT THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM. BUT THAT NUMBER OF RACKS AND THOSE NUMBER OF SPACES ARE STILL GOING TO BE ACCOMMODATED. WE'RE REQUIRED PER CODE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A NONSTARTER. IT'S LIKE A FOOTBALL FIELD IN LENGTH FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. THE ONLY TRASH RECEPTACLE IS ON ONE FAR END. IS THAT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE IN DESIGNING THESE THINGS? >> WE'VE DONE A LOT OF TOWNHOMES. COUPLE HUNDRED UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD. GETTING A LOCATION FOR A DUMPSTER AND, FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE NOT SIGHTLY. DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS AND TURNAROUND FOR YOUR TRASH TRUCKS. IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO EAT UP SO MUCH OF YOUR SITE. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CITY, IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT, ALLOW FOR MORE ROLLOUT TRASH FOR PEOPLE -- AND WE HAVE PROJECTS IN YBOR CITY WHERE THEY DON'T WANT THE DUMPSTERS, THEY ALLOW EACH UNIT TO KEEP IT IN THE GARAGE AND ROLL IT OUT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR BECAUSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE BIGGER GARAGES. >> IF I HAD THE SPACE BACK FROM THE DUMPSTER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAD ANOTHER PROJECT, BECAUSE WITH AN HOA THEY ENDED UP HAVING TRASH PICKUP SERVICE SO PEOPLE COULD DUMP THE BAG OUT BETWEEN A COUPLE OF HOURS ONE DAY AND COME BY AND PICK IT UP. >> I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE JUST RECENTLY PASSED THAT. THAT FREES UP A LOT OF REAL ESTATE. NO ONE WANTS THE UNIT NEXT TO THE DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE. WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER 4? WE HAVE SOMEONE COMING UP. YES. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HI. MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT. I'VE BEEN TO WASHINGTON, D.C. MANY, MANY TIMES. MY SON LIVED THERE FOR TEN YEARS. I WENT THERE MANY TIMES BEFOREHAND. HE LIVED IN LOTS OF PLACES. I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE CITY. ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED ABOUT IT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE IT SO WONDERFUL AND SO WALKABLE WAS THE GREENSPACE AND THE TREES. YOU WALK DOWN A SIDEWALK AND NEXT TO YOU THERE WOULD BE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF GREENSPACE AND A STREET TREE ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, PEOPLE WALKED IN THE SHADE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN TO D.C. IN THE SUMMER, BUT IT CAN BE, I MEAN, FOR ME, I'M OUT THERE GOING HOLY, THIS IS HOT. THE NUMBER OF 90-DEGREE DAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IN TAMPA HAS DOUBLED. I SAW THAT ON THE NEWS TWO DAYS AGO. WE'RE GETTING TWICE AS MANY DAYS THAT ARE OVER 90 DEGREES THAN WE USED TO. MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT MAKES A COMMUNITY WALKABLE, ESPECIALLY IN FLORIDA, IS SHADE. I SAW THOSE PICTURES AND I SAW PALM TREES. THEY ARE REMOVING 14 TYPE ONE TREES. THE STAFF REPORT SAYS THE ISSUES RAISED BY NATURAL RESOURCES ARE ESSENTIAL TO CREATE A HOSPITABLE AND INVITING URBAN MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT. THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS PROJECT. BUT I THINK WITH A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE AND SOME CREATIVITY AND SOME UNDERSTANDING, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT AND SAVED THOSE 14 STREET TREES ALREADY EXISTING OR CREATED ROOM TO PUT THEM. I THINK WE'VE GOT TO START EMPHASIZING THAT. BECAUSE IF WE WANT WALKABILITY, PEOPLE RIDING BIKES, IF D.C. CAN DO IT, A BIG CITY LIKE THAT, IF THEY CAN DO IT, WE CAN DO IT. BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY AND HAVE A LITTLE CREATIVITY. I'M VERY UNHAPPY TO SEE THE 14 TYPE 1 STREET TREES BEING REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH PALM TREES. IT'S LIKE WE'RE NEVER GOING TO LEARN. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE? IS THERE REBUTTAL? >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. RICKY PETERIKA. DARK MOSS. I'VE BEEN SWORN. THE RENDERING THAT WAS SHOWN DOES KIND OF COMPLICATE AND COMPARED TO THE LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT WAS PROVIDED, THERE ARE MUCH LESS PALMS PROPOSED THAN WHAT THE RENDERINGS SUGGESTED. HOWEVER, RELATIVE TO TYPE ONE TREES, THERE IS SPACE TO PROVIDE THEM, BUT THERE ARE OVERHEAD UTILITIES ON THREE SIDES, FOUR SIDES. THAT RESTRICT THAT. SO WE'RE PROVIDING THE LARGEST TREE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE WITH THE BUILDING SETBACKS AND HARD SCAPE SEPARATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING -- NEGOTIATING WITH NATURAL RESOURCES PROJECT AFTER PROJECT WHICH ARE TYPE THREE AND TYPE TWO TREES WHERE THEY FIT, AND THEN IN BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS, WE HAVE TYPE ONE TREES. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TREES ON THE SITE ON THE COMBINED SITES HAS NOW TRIPLED WITH THIS PROPOSAL AND ALL OF THEM ARE PROVIDED THE GREENSPACE OR THE ROOTING VOLUME AND CANOPY AREA FOR THEM TO MATURE INTO THEIR DESIRABLE SIZE. COULD I FIT MORE TYPE ONES, YES, IF THERE WASN'T AN OVERHEAD CONSTRAINT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I KNOW THIS IS TECHNICALLY A NEW APPLICATION, BUT I VAGUELY REMEMBER THE LAST PD ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL WERE GOING TO DO WAS UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. I'M ASSUMING NO LONGER THE CASE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. SO THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE DOING TO COMPLY WITH BONUS DENSITY. AND WE SUBSTITUTED THAT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >>LYNN HURTAK: I FIGURED, BUT I FELT LIKE I WANTED TO ASK. I APPRECIATE THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD SIR? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. I WANTED TO STATE THE THREE REVISIONS THAT MADE ON THE RECORD IN ADDITION TO THE REVISION SHEET. FIRST ONE WOULD BE SHOW THE COVERED AND PROTECTED BIKE STORAGE FOR THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. PROVIDE AND SHOW THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BIKE STORAGE AREA FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION ON THE WESTERN BLOCK, AND THEN ANOTHER CHANGE WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. THEY NEED TO REVISE WAIVER 3 TO BRING THE TREE RETENTION FROM, THAT'S STATED AT 28%, NEEDS TO STAY 27%. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE. WHO MADE THE MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE HEARING IS CLOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1503 AND 1505 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 1601, 1604, 1605, 1607, 1613 AND 1615 NORTH MARION STREET AND 1602, 1604, 1606 AND 1608 NORTH MORGAN STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION, PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES, COMMERCIAL PARKING AND RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WITH THE WAIVERS THAT WERE MENTIONED. REVISION SHEET. SORRY. REVISION SHEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WITH THE REVISION SHEET AND WHAT ELSE, SIR? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND VERBAL REVISIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>THE CLERK: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1, 2025 AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU READ THE VOTE? >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION WAS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>LYNN HURTAK: I GIVE YOU A HARD TIME BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL CAN DO BETTER. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I AM SO IMPRESSED WITH THAT BECAUSE I STATED THAT TO ONE OF YOUR PARTNERS RECENTLY. I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU CHOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OVER UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. YEAH, WE LIKE BOTH, BUT I LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BETTER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. ITEM NUMBER 5. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5 -- [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SORRY ABOUT THAT. PEOPLE WERE TALKING. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM 5, REZ 24-89, REQUEST TO REZONE 2705 EAST 19th AVENUE FROM RS 50 TO PD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED. SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED. IT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH 27th STREET AND EAST 19th AVENUE. THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE COMPRISED OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST. THEY ARE ALL ZONED RS 50. LOOKING AT THE AERIAL, LOOKING FURTHER EAST, EAST OF NORTH 28th STREET, WE DO HAVE RM 16 ZONING PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES IN THIS AREA. FURTHER SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, SOUTH OF EAST 17th AVENUE, WE ALSO HAVE RM 24 ZONING, WHICH INCLUDES SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, SEMI DETACHED AS WELL AS SOME MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS THERE. WE HAVE THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. THE SUBJECT SITE IS UNDEVELOPED. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 9,490 SQUARE FEET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE CREATION OF TWO LOTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO SEMI DETACHED DWELLINGS ON EACH LOT. UNITS A AND B HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG NORTH 27th STREET. THE FRONT DOORS ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. UNITS C AND D ARE FRONT EAST 19th AVENUE. THEY ALSO HAVE DOORS ORIENTED TOWARDS EAST 19th AVENUE. EACH OF THE FOUR UNITS PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THROUGH PROPOSED SIDEWALKS, WHICH WILL CONNECT TO PROPOSED SIDEWALKS WHICH WILL ABUT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND RUN THE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY. ALSO LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, UNITS A, C AND D PROVIDE VEHICULAR ACCESS ALONG EAST 19th AVENUE. UNIT A PROVIDES A TWO-CAR GARAGE, WHEREAS UNIT C AND D PROVIDE A ONE-CAR GARAGE. UNIT B PROVIDES VEHICULAR ACCESS OFF OF NORTH 27th STREET WITH A ONE-CAR GARAGE. GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE SITE, MAXIMUM OF THREE UNITS ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT. THE APPLICANT HAS ENTERED INTO A BONUS AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE UNITS IN EXCHANGE FOR ONE ADDITIONAL UNIT TO BE PROVIDED ON-SITE. WE HAVE ELEVATIONS WHICH DEPICT FOR BOTH UNITS A AND B AS WELL AS C AND D, TWO-STORY DWELLINGS WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 26 FEET, 6 INCHES. WE HAVE THE NORTH ELEVATION SHOWN HERE ALONG WITH THE SOUTH. THE EAST ELEVATION. THE EAST ELEVATION SHOWS THAT TWO-CAR GARAGE, UNIT A WHICH WILL HAVE ACCESS ON EAST 19th. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE WEST ELEVATION. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR UNITS A AND B. NEXT WE HAVE ELEVATIONS FOR UNITS C AND D. WE HAVE THE EAST ELEVATION, THE WEST ELEVATION, THE SOUTH ELEVATION, AND THE NORTH ELEVATION. THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING ANY WAIVERS WITH THIS APPLICATION. WE DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS SHOWING THE SUBJECT LOT AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. WE HAVE A PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE VIEWED FROM EAST 19th AVENUE. WE HAVE A PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE, THIS WAS TAKEN IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OFF OF EAST 19th AVENUE. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE SUBJECT SITE FROM NORTH 27th STREET. THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ACROSS EAST 19th AVENUE FROM THE SUBJECT SITE. WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL VIEW FROM THE SUBJECT SITE LOOKING NORTH. THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS LOOKS NORTHWEST ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH 27th STREET AND EAST 19th AVENUE. THIS IS SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. WE ALSO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL PHOTO SOUTH. THIS IS ALONG EAST 18th AVENUE. THIS IS LOOKING WEST FROM THE SUBJECT SITE ACROSS NORTH 27th. THIS IS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS THE VIEW LOOKING EAST DOWN EAST 19th AVENUE. THIS IS LOOKING WEST DOWN EAST 19th AVENUE. LOOKING NORTH ON NORTH 27th STREET. AND LOOKING SOUTH ON NORTH 27th STREET. THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION. WE FOUND THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FURTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE APPLICANT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE AS STATED ON THE REVISION SHEET. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. YES, SIR, COME ON UP. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS, WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. THE CASE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT AND WITHIN THE EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE. AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE NORTH YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS IN EVACUATION ZONE E. THE SUBJECT SITE, INCLUDING PARCELS TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND SOUTH OF THE SITE ARE RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 20 DESIGNATION. DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS -- OUR PARCELS RECOGNIZED UNDER RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION AND FEW BLOCKS SOUTH WE HAVE PARCELS RECOGNIZED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 35 CATEGORY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R-20 DESIGNATIONS AS WELL AS POLICIES UN-- THE DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE NORTH YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND EAST TAMPA VILLAGE, AREAS WHERE THE PLAN ENCOURAGES GROWTH. THE SITE IS ALSO LOCATED NEAR TRANSIT EMPLOYMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS, MAKING IT SUITABLE FOR MORE HOUSING CHOICES. FINALLY, THE DESIGN FOLLOWS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES WITH ENTRANCES ORIENTED TOWARDS NORTH 27th STREET AND EAST 19th AVENUE. THIS DESIGN WILL HELP PROMOTE A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPLICANT, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. ALEX RIOS WITH RIOS ARCHITECTURE PRESENTING REZ 24-89 TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2705 EAST 19th STREET FROM RS 50 TO PD 2, SEMI DETACHED TOTALING FOUR UNITS. PROPERTY IS UNIQUE IN L SHAPED CONFIGURATION. FRONTING TWO STREETS AND WITHOUT ACCESS TO A REAR ALLEY. THE DESIGN PROPOSES FOR MODESTLY SIZED TOWNHOMES THAT ARE IN LINE WITH THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN GUIDELINES. WE ARE PLEASED WITH STAFF'S UNANIMOUS FINDING OF THE PROJECT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND SEEK YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 5? ITEM NUMBER 5. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MIRANDA. SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THERE WERE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY REGISTERED SPEAKERS AT ALL TONIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 5? >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE -- MOVE FILE REZ-24-89, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2705 EAST 19th AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS RS-50 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI DETACHED; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE BONUS AGREEMENT AS WELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S NOT UNTIL SECOND READING. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN I ADD THE REVISION SHEET? >>GWEN HENDERSON: WITH THE REVISION SHEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE JUST MOVING THE ORDINANCE, NOT THE RESOLUTION. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH THE REVISION SHEET FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MEDITERRANEAN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 6. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHE'S GOT TO READ THE VOTE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS IN A WRITTEN FORM. I'D LIKE COUNCIL TO PLEASE MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THIS TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON TO RECEIVE AND FILE THOSE ITEMS AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THOSE HAVE BEEN PLACED IN THE QUASI-BOX. ONE HAS NOT, AND THEY ARE IDENTICAL TO ONES PREVIOUSLY PLACED. SO I BELIEVE THAT WOULD SUFFICE WITHOUT HAVING TO DISCLOSE ANYTHING BECAUSE IT IS NOT A VERBAL EX PARTE COMMUNICATION AND THEY HAVE BEEN UPLOADED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SHELBY. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: ITEM 6 IS 24-100, REQUEST TO REZONE 3204 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE FROM RS 50 TO PD. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED AND LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE. IT IS LOCATED ON A BLOCK LOCATED BETWEEN NORTH 32nd STREET AND NORTH 33rd STREET. IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE COMPRISED OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS ZONED RS 50 TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND WEST. WE ALSO HAVE CITY-OWNED VACANT PARCELS TO THE SOUTH ACROSS EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE THAT ARE ZONED RM 16. FURTHER EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ALONG NORTH 34th STREET WE HAVE PROPERTIES ZONED COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL. ALSO LOOKING FURTHER WEST, WEST OF 30th STREET, WE HAVE PROPERTIES ZONED RM 24 AND RM 16. WE HAVE A SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. THE SUBJECT SITE IS UNDEVELOPED. TOTALS 5,400 SQUARE FEET IN AREA WITH THE APPLICANT PROPOSING THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO DWELLINGS, DWELLING UNITS TOTALING 1,954 SQUARE FEET EACH. THE EXISTING SITE WOULD BE SPLIT CREATING AN INDIVIDUAL LOT FOR EACH DWELLING. THE PROPOSED UNITS HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE WITH THE FRONT DOOR FACING EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE. ALSO PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY THROUGH PROPOSED THREE-FOOT WIDE SIDEWALKS WHICH CONNECT TO AN EXISTING SIDEWALK LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE. VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE WOULD BE PROVIDED BY A PLATTED 10-FOOT WIDE ALLEY. NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, EACH UNIT PROPOSED IS A ONE-CAR GARAGE. NEXT WE HAVE ELEVATIONS SHOWN. THIS IS AN ELEVATION LOOKING SOUTH. WE HAVE THE NORTH ELEVATION. WE ALSO HAVE THE EAST ELEVATION AND THE WEST ELEVATION. THE ELEVATIONS DEPICT THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS CLOSELY RESEMBLE A LARGER SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS. THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS TOTAL 31 FEET, 8 INCHES. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A WAIVER TO SECTION 27-283.12 WHICH IS TO REDUCE THE BACKUP DISTANCE FROM THE REQUIRED 24 FEET TO 15 FEET. I DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS. OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE AS IT EXISTS TODAY. THIS IS NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, LOOKING SOUTH ACROSS EAST COLUMBUS. ANOTHER PHOTO SHOWING SOUTH ACROSS EAST COLUMBUS. THIS IS LOOKING EAST, ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST. THIS IS THE BACKYARD OF THAT HOME. IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED STRUCTURE. FURTHER WEST ACROSS NORTH 32nd STREET, AND THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM THE SUBJECT SITE ACROSS THAT INTERSECTION BETWEEN EAST COLUMBUS AND NORTH 32nd STREET. THIS IS LOOKING EAST DOWN EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE. AND LOOKING WEST DOWN EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PETITION AND FINDS THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS DUE TO THE REQUESTED TRANSPORTATION WAIVER. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION DID FIND THE PROPOSED REZONING CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AS THE SITE DOES PROVIDE COMPATIBLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON AN UNDERUTILIZED LOT. SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED ALONG AN ARTERIAL ROADWAY. THE SITE PROVIDES A TRANSITION FROM A BUSY ROADWAY TO AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE AREAS PLANNED FOR ADDITIONAL DENSITY. NOTWITHSTANDING STAFF'S FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY, IF CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE APPLICATION, THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE SUBMITTED REVISION SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THESE REVISIONS WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUES OF TRANSPORTATION'S INCONSISTENT FINDING. I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? I SEE NONE. MR. COLLINS. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. OUR NEXT CASE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND SPECIFICALLY THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S WITHIN THE EVACUATION ZONE E. THE SUBJECT SITE IS DESIGNATED AS R-20. R-20 IS TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. WE HAVE SOME CMU 35 DESIGNATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R-20 DESIGNATION AS WELL AS POLICIES PROMOTING INFILL DEVELOPMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE JACKSON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD AND EAST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DIRECTS THE GREATEST SHARE OF GROWTH TO THE CITY'S URBAN VILLAGES. THE SITE IS ALSO LOCATED NEAR TRANSIT EMPLOYMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS MAKING IT SUITABLE FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING CHOICES. THE REQUEST WAS ALSO FOUND COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE, PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC USES. FINALLY, THE DESIGN FOLLOWS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNS GUIDANCE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES WITH TRANES ORIENTED TOWARDS EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE AND VEHICULAR ACCESS PROVIDED FROM THE ADJACENT ALLEY. DESIGN WILL HELP PROMOTE A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY ALONG A TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR. BASED ON THESE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? NO. DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 6? YES, WE DO. COME ON UP, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> KEVIN JOHNSON, 7320 EAST FLETCHER AVENUE. I'M A PARTNER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS, BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA. THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO CONSTRUCT IS WHAT WE FELT WAS -- YOU KNOW, IT ALIGNS WITH THE CURRENT DENSITY THERE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE FUTURE GROWTH THAT IS EXPECTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. WE COULD HAVE WENT UP THREE STORIES TO KIND OF, BASICALLY THE REASON THAT WE DID THE WAIVER FOR THE BACK OUT WAS TO AVOID GOING THREE STORIES AND TO REMAIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S ON COLUMBUS. WE FEEL LIKE THE GROWTH IS GOING FROM THE WEST TOWARDS THE EAST. IT'S INEVITABLE. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER, SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THINGS AFFORDABLE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS GENTLEMAN? NO. I SEE NONE. WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IF THERE HAS BEEN ANYBODY THAT'S WALKED IN THAT HAS NOT BEEN SWORN IN THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND. I THINK EVERYBODY. YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GLORIA SIMS. AND I AM SPEAKING ON ARTICLE 6. 39 YEARS AGO, I CAME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. IT WAS DIFFERENT, BUT AT THAT TIME, IN 1986, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD REQUESTED CITY COUNCIL TO CHANGE OUR ZONING FROM RM 16 TO RS 50, WHICH THEY DID. AND IT WAS GRANTED BY THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT ANY DUPLEXES. IT IS A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL AREA. WE WANTED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. I REPRESENTED ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS. WE WENT HOUSE TO HOUSE. EVERYBODY IN THAT AREA, AND WE HAVE THE BOUNDARIES AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT INCLUDES. NOW, WE DO NOT WANT IT CHANGED TO PD BECAUSE PD IS WHATEVER THE REQUESTER WANTS IT TO BE. IT'S A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE, AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY, SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD, LOW CRIME AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THAT. IN CASE THE COUNCIL FORGOT OR WHATEVER, BACK IN 1987 WE RECEIVED APPROVAL. WE GOT IT DONE. ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS CAME. WE SPOKE, AND I REPRESENTED THEM BY GOING HOUSE TO HOUSE. EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WANTED THAT. THEY WANTED A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. THEY WANTED A SENSE OF LOW CRIME AND EVERYTHING THAT A NEIGHBORHOOD DOES. BUT WE DO NOT WANT IT CHANGED TO THAT PD, BECAUSE PD IS WHATEVER THEY WANT IT TO BE. WE WANT TO KEEP OUR SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DO NOT WANT ANY DUPLEXES BECAUSE DUPLEXES ARE USUALLY OWNED BY SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T EVEN LIVE THERE AND THEY DON'T CARE. AND, YOU KNOW, AS IT IS NOW, IT'S JUST LIKE WE WANT IT. LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN 39 YEARS AGO. AND I HAVE COPIES. IT'S ALL PUBLIC RECORD, AND I HAVE COPIES IN CASE YOU WANT TO PASS THEM OUT -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT THEM RIGHT HERE ON THE TABLE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THE CLERK GETS THEM AND WE'LL PASS THEM AROUND. THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOOD HELPER. >> LIKE I SAY, IT'S BEEN 39 YEARS, BUT WE DID CHECK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T WANT IT. BUT WE WENT THROUGH, LIKE I SAID, ALL THE PROPER CHANNELS AND THERE'S NO REASON WHY THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD BE GOING UP INTO DUPLEXES AND MULTI-THIS, MULTI-THAT. THERE NEEDS TO BE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE AND WE HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, YIELD THE FLOOR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. GOOD TO SEE THE NAME JOE CHILLURA -- >> MY NAME IS CLARENCE TOWNS. I LIVE ON NORTH 33rd STREET. LIKE GLORIA WAS SAYING, 39 YEARS AGO WE GOT ALL THAT REZONED FROM RM 16 TO RS 50. WHAT WE GOT REZONED IS NORTH SIDE OF COLUMBUS ALL THE WAY TO 21st AVENUE FROM THE RAILROAD TRACK ALL THE WAY TO 33rd. RS 50. SINCE WE HAD THAT REZONED OVER 20 BRAND-NEW HOMES BUILT IN THE AREA. NOT A SINGLE DUPLEX. DURING 1986, THREE DUPLEXES THERE. STILL THERE. NEW HOME WAS BUILT BY ONE OF THE DUPLEXES TWO YEARS AGO. HASN'T BEEN SOLD. WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP IT RS 50. LET ME READ SOMETHING TO YOU FROM MARCH -- FROM MAY 15th, '03, FROM THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, THEY SAY DUPLEXES CAN BE A FORM OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THEY ALSO CAN DESTROY A NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU HAVE THAT ON ONE OF THOSE. AND ALSO, THEY SAY THE CITY HAS NO OBLIGATION TO ALLOW LANDOWNERS TO CONTINUE A PRACTICE THAT PROVE HARM TO OTHER RESIDENTS. THAT DUPLEX WOULD BE HARMFUL TO US. YOU UNDERSTAND. I WISH YOU VOTE NO TODAY. NOT NO, BUT HELL NO. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT IT THERE. OUR NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT IT THERE. YOU WANT A DUPLEX SOMEWHERE, TAKE IT TO PALMA CEIA. I'M PRETTY SURE THEY WOULD BE GLAD TO HAVE IT THERE. >> NO CLAPPING. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? I SEE NO ONE. IS THERE REBUTTAL, SIR? ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AFTER CARROLL ANN BENNETT? GO AHEAD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT. THE STAFF FOUND THIS INCONSISTENT AND THE PEOPLE HERE HAVE SPOKEN VERY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THEIR LOVE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEIR DESIRE TO PROTECT IT. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DECADES, THE EFFORTS THAT THEY OUTLINED THAT THEY HAVE MADE IN THE PAST IS JUST VERY IMPRESSIVE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE HONORED. I NOTICED TRANSPORTATION FOUND IT INCONSISTENT. THEY WANT TO REDUCE THE DRIVE AISLE FROM 24 FEET TO 15 FEET. THAT'S GOING TO CREATE ALL KINDS OF HARDSHIPS. I URGE YOU TO DENY THIS. WE NEED HIGH-QUALITY DESIGNS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT FOLLOW THE CODE AND RESPECT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND RESPECT THE LIVES AND THE LIFESTYLES THAT THE PEOPLE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO ACHIEVE. I ENCOURAGE TO YOU DENY THIS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? YES MA'AM. YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> STEPHANIE POYNOR. I CAN'T RECALL THE LAST TIME I SAW A NEIGHBORHOOD COME IN HERE AND TELL YOU THAT THEY HAD THEIR AREA DOWN-ZONED 20 PLUS YEARS AGO. I CAN'T REMEMBER ANYBODY EVER SAYING THAT BEFORE. THESE FOLKS DID THE WORK. YOU-ALL CAN'T UNDO THE WORK THEY DID. THAT'S NOT FAIR. IF IT'S INCONSISTENT, THAT'S EVEN MORE EGREGIOUS. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I BELIEVE ALMOST 40 YEARS AGO IS WHEN ALL THE ZONING CAME INTO PLAY. LIKE 1986, 1987. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ALL DONE NEW. ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK? REBUTTAL? COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN FIRST HAS A QUESTION FOR STAFF AND THEN WE'LL GO TO REBUTTAL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. THOMAS, THE PD REQUEST, I'M CONCERNED, IRONICALLY IT'S IN PLAY WITH WHAT THEY DISCUSSED ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A KEY ISSUE FOR ME IS MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE NOT -- YOU DID THIS ONE. NOT MR. THOMAS. THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DUPLEXES WITHIN? CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY? WHAT IS THE MASS OF THE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND HERE. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREA IS SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT ABOUT THE MASS AND SCALE OF THE OTHER HOUSES? THIS IS GOING TO BE SQUEEZING AN AWFUL LOT ON A SMALL PARCEL. WOULD THIS PROPOSED BUILD-OUT BE IN KIND OF -- INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE CURRENT BUILD-OUT? >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: WE DO FIND IT TO BE COMPATIBLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION FOUND AFTER OUR REVIEW -- OUR FINDING WAS CONSISTENT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU SHOW THE PICTURES OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES AGAIN? >> SURE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING THE WHOLE TIME. DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT TO ME. DOESN'T SMELL RIGHT. >> I CAN GO THROUGH A FEW DIFFERENT PHOTOS WE HAVE OF SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. WE DO HAVE A TWO-STORY SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNIT. IT'S SOUTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHWEST AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST COLUMBUS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT ABOUT NORTH OF COLUMBUS? THAT SEEMS TO BE MORE LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF IT, WE DO HAVE SINGLE STORY DETACHED DWELLINGS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT SEEMS TO BE THE AREA NORTH BETWEEN 32nd AND 33rd AND THEN BOUNDED BY -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE, A LOT OF SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IT LOOKS LIKE. YEAH, I MEAN, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE PLATS, LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, LOOKING AT THE PLATS. IT DEFINITELY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE -- THIS WOULD BE A VERY UNIQUE, IF WE APPROVE THIS, IT WOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING AROUND IT NORTH OF COLUMBUS NO? >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: WE DO HAVE MULTIFAMILY ONE BLOCK OVER ON NORTH 33rd STREET. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU SHOW ME WHERE THAT IS? THAT'S THE SECOND PARCEL NORTH OF COLUMBUS? >> YES. RIGHT HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE REST ALL SINGLE-FAMILY THOUGH. PRETTY LARGE LOTS AND ALL SINGLE-FAMILY RIGHT? >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: CORRECT, YES. SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT ONE PARTICULAR PARCEL THAT I JUST POINTED OUT THERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SIR, THE APPLICANT WITH REBUTTAL. NO NO NO. YOU'RE DONE. YES, SIR, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN. >> KEVIN JOHNSON. AS I STATED EARLIER, THIS PROPERTY IS ALONG COLUMBUS, COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR THAT SPANS THROUGHOUT THE EXTENT OF THE CITY. SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY FOLLOWING THE TREND OF THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN NEBRASKA AND 34th STREET, THERE ARE 33 MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES ON COLUMBUS. AND LIKE I SAID, SOUTH OF US AND SOUTH OF US IS -- I THINK CC FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE. AND THEN EVERYTHING NORTH, INCLUDING OUR PROPERTY, IS FUTURE LAND USE R-20. AGAIN, FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE, THE ANTICIPATION IS THAT THERE'S EXPECTED GROWTH. AGAIN, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES NATIONWIDE AND OBVIOUSLY IN TAMPA IS HOUSING COST. THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN EFFECTIVELY KIND OF CURE THIS ISSUE IS TO CREATE MORE HOUSING. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE EXISTING RESIDENTS FEEL THE WAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT A PARTICULAR TYPE OF STYLE IN THEIR HOME. BUT TO ME, IT'S KIND OF A SELFISH PERSPECTIVE NOT IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT, BUT NOT THINKING BEYOND YOURSELF. THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF, I'M 33, THE GENERATION COMING BEYOND ME, THEY ARE WONDERING IF THEY CAN EVEN AFFORD TO LIVE IN TAMPA. TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A DUPLEX. THESE ARE TOWNHOMES. THEY WILL BE SOLD FEE SIMPLE AND THEY'LL HAVE TWO OWNERS, NOT ONE PERSON, SOME SLUMLORD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE POLICIES AND GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE MEET, BUT, AGAIN, AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW, WE MEET UP TO I THINK 33 OF THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES THAT ARE IN THE 2045 PLAN. AGAIN, WE KIND OF OPERATE FROM WHERE IS THE CITY HEADING. I UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, SOME OF THE RESIDENTS SAID THAT THINGS HAPPEN 20, 40 YEARS AGO. TAMPA IS CHANGING. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CITIES IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW. LASTLY, AGAIN, OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, CITIES WHO HAVE BEEN NATIONALLY CRITICIZED FOR EXORBITANT HOUSING PRICES HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS RANGING FROM 4.2% TO 22%. THE MAIN INFLUENCE FOR THE CHANGE CAN BE ACCREDITED TO THE CITIES COMMITTING AN APPROACH OF INTENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OVERALL SUPPLEMENTATION TO THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSING AND INVENTORIES. THIS CONCEPT IS NOT NEW. IT IS SIMPLY SUPPLY AND DEMAND AT ITS ESSENCE. AUSTIN, TEXAS, RECENTLY REPORTED 22 PERCENT REDUCTIONS IN RENT RATES. SAN ANTONIO, 12.5. MIAMI 8%. DENVER COLORADO 6.7 MEMPHIS TNS 5.4. NASHVILLE. COMMONALITY IN THE ARTICLES, AGGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF BUILDING MORE HOUSING. LIKE, JUST BUILDING MORE. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT -- YOU KNOW, OUR APPROACH AND WE UNDERSTAND AGAIN WE'RE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS. WE HAVE A TEN-UNIT IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. SURE PEOPLE DRIVE PAST IT ALL THE TIME ON COLUMBUS AND 22nd. AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YEAH, WE'RE FROM HERE. WE LOVE THE CITY JUST AS MUCH AS YOU ALL. THAT'S ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. YES MA'AM. >>GWEN HENDERSON: MR. JOHNSON, DID YOU TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS? >> NOBODY REACHED OUT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO ONE REACH OUT? DID YOU REACH OUT? >> NO, MA'AM. WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS TOTALLY NECESSARY. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU UNDERESTIMATED YOUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. DID YOU UNDERESTIMATE YOUR OWN COMMUNITY? BECAUSE THEY ARE HERE WITH A DOCUMENT THAT THEY PRESENTED FROM 1987. DID THAT SURPRISE YOU AT ALL? BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY NICE FOR A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD TO STAND UP AND FIGHT AND SAY, NO, WE WANT SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES. WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE SCOPE OF COLUMBUS DRIVE IS CHANGING, THE CONVERSATION WITH THE RESIDENTS TO GET THEM TO BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST THROWING A TRASHY DUPLEX INTO THEIR COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD DO WITH THESE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THEY DESERVE THAT. I LIKE YOUR PROJECT, AND I CAN BELIEVE IN IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM AND YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY. >> FOR SURE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>GWEN HENDERSON: BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE THINKING OLD-FASHIONED DUPLEX WITH TRASHY RENTERS AND MATTRESSES IN THE FRONT YARD, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO. YOU SAID THESE ARE TOWNHOMES FOR SALE. I LIKE YOUR PROJECT. I JUST THINK YOU MISSED ONE POINT AND THAT WAS COMMUNITY BUY-IN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY. COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE IN THE PAST, I'M JUST SUGGESTING FOR YOU, WE HAVE IN THE PAST REQUESTED A MEETING BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND THE RESIDENTS BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE DID THAT WITH THE SAME DEVELOPER BEFORE. OVER IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. >>LYNN HURTAK: OH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT'S THE PART THAT'S MISSING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, JUST FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, JUST SO THERE'S NO QUESTION IN ANYBODY'S MIND, YOUR CODE, AS IT PRESENTLY STATES DOES NOT REQUIRE MEETING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. SO WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING COUNCIL WANTS, YOU CAN DO THAT AND DISCUSS THAT WHEN THE TIME FOR THE CODE TO BE AMENDED. BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YOU CANNOT BASE YOUR DECISION ON THE ABSENCE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. THAT WOULD BE ERROR. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. I APPRECIATE THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VIERA, CLENDENIN. >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE. THIS, AS HAS BEEN SAID, A TOUGH CASE, I GUESS IF YOU WILL. I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT MY INCLINATION IS RIGHT NOW AND WHY I'M HERE. YOU HAVE A STAFF REPORT, PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT, ET CETERA, THAT'S VERY, VERY ADVERSE. THEN YOU HAVE AN APPLICANT AND APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE HERE WHO IS -- YOU CAN'T SAY I KNOW YOU ARE A GOOD PERSON, BUT YOUR CHARACTER I THINK IS REPRESENTED IN THE KIND OF PROJECT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE. THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU ARE RELEVANT HERE. THE BIG ISSUE TO ME IS HOW WE SEE THEM AND DON'T FIT RIGHT NOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS DESCRIBED BY THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? WHAT I WOULD SUPPORT, ME, JUST MYSELF IS A CONTINUANCE, NOT PASSING IT ON FIRST READING. I WOULD VOTE NO ON THAT. A CONTINUANCE TO SEE IF SOMETHING COULD BE WORKED OUT. I'M NOT OPTIMISTIC, BY THE WAY, BUT I WOULD DO THAT TO SEE IF SOMETHING COULD BE WORKED OUT. PERSONALLY ME, I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR IT ON FIRST READING. I DON'T WANT TO SEND A WRONG MESSAGE BECAUSE I HATE FLIPPING ON PART TWO. THAT'S JUST ME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS AN INTERESTING SITUATION. FIRST TAKE, COMING INTO THIS, DOING RESEARCH, IT DIDN'T SEND UP ANY RED FLAGS. AS I SAW THE PRESENTATION AND I SAW THE INITIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND I SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE PD, TO ME, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE STAFF REPORT AND WHAT THEY FOUND TO BE INCONSISTENT. TO ME, IT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE COMING IN AND ASKING FOR A PD. QUITE HONESTLY, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A NONSTARTER IN JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS OF HOW WE EVALUATE THESE PROPERTIES AND HOW WE EVALUATE THESE DECISIONS. AND POSSIBLY IF THIS WAS A BLOCK FURTHER TO THE EAST OR FURTHER TO THE SOUTH, I MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT ANSWER ON THIS. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT GOING TO A PD, YOU'VE HEARD THIS, IF YOU WATCH THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU'VE HEARD IT MANY TIMES. SEE SOMEBODY TRYING TO PUT TEN POUNDS OF FLOUR IN A ONE-POUND BAG OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT OR DIFFERENT SYNONYMS, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS. TOO MUCH ON TOO LITTLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT WAS VERY INTRIGUING, THE NEIGHBORS CAME UP WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE REZONING. EVIDENCE IN THE -- EVIDENT IN THE BUILD-OUT PATTERN, COLUMBUS, 33rd, I CAN'T TELL ON MY SITE PLAN, FURTHER TO THE WEST, THAT THESE PARCELS ARE ALL VERY CONSISTENTLY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY THAT STAFF POINTED OUT ON 33rd, ARE VERY CONSISTENTLY BUILT OUT. WE APPROVE PDs, WE APPROVE THEM BASED ON THE MASS AND SCALE AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, LOOK AT THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVING A PD, THIS DOESN'T MEET ONE, TWO, THREE, AT LEAST FOUR OF THE CRITERIAS WHEN COMPARING TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SAID WHEN I RAN FOR COUNCIL TO BEING ON COUNCIL IS WE'RE NOT JUST BUILDING ANYTHING ANYWHERE ANYMORE. WE'RE BEING MUCH MORE DILIGENT IN PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS, PROTECTING THE CURRENT, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE INVESTED IN THEIR HOMES IN THESE AREAS AND ENSURING IT WAS THE RIGHT CONSTRUCTION IN THE RIGHT PLACE. IT'S GOT TO BE RIGHT. WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD QUALITY AND REALLY ENHANCING NEIGHBORHOODS, ENHANCING -- HONESTLY, IF YOU HAD COME TO US AND AMASSED LARGER AMOUNT OF PARCEL ON COLUMBUS AND BUILT SOMETHING MORE INTENSE PROMOTING TRANSPORTATION, YOU MAYBE WOULD HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITH ME. ADDING ONE MORE UNIT ON THE PROPERTY, SQUEEZING A LITTLE BIT, CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST NOT FOR ME. I'M SO SORRY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THERE ARE PROJECTS SIMILAR TO THIS ALL OVER SOUTH TAMPA, INCLUDING HYDE PARK IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. THERE IS A PRECEDENT FOR THIS IN OTHER AREAS. AND THE WAY YOU ARE DOING TOWNHOMES INSTEAD OF DUPLEXES IS THE WAY THE OTHER FOLKS HAVE DONE IT. ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS, BUT WE KNOW KEVIN AND DANTE, THEY ARE PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY. AS YOU GUYS SAID, YOU GREW UP HERE. YOUR HEART IS HERE. TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. IT WOULD BREAK OUR HEARTS PROBABLY TO VOTE AGAINST YOU GUYS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS FIERCELY DEFENDED THE CONSISTENCY OF THE STYLE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. YOU'RE EARLY INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. FROM THE MAPS WE'VE SHOWN -- THE MAPS WE WERE SHOWN, ONLY ONE OTHER SIMILAR KIND OF MULTIFAMILY NEARBY. AND IF THERE WERE SEVERAL, IF IT WAS HALFWAY OR SOMETHING, THEN IT WOULD SHOW THERE IS A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF MULTIFAMILY. I'LL JUST END WITH A QUESTION. YOU SHOWED THE MAP OF THE PLAN OR MAP OF THE AREA WITH THE RED DOT ON IT AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT MULTIFAMILY. COULD YOU JUST SHOW US HOW CLOSE -- JUST SHOW WITH YOUR FINGER HOW CLOSE IS THE OTHER MULTIFAMILY TO THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE NEARBY WITHIN SEVERAL BLOCKS? >> THE CLOSEST IS ON THE 27th BLOCK. FOUR, FIVE STREETS DOWN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN YOU POINT TO IT? >>BILL CARLSON: THIS PROPERTY IS THE RED DOT? >> WE'RE HERE. PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE. FROM HERE, NEBRASKA, ALL THE WAY DOWN. TO ABOUT RIGHT HERE THERE'S MULTIFAMILY. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU ZOOM IN? IT HAS STREET NUMBERS. NO IN. THAT'S 29th. 26th IS WAY PAST THE PINK IS TWO BLOCKS PAST THE PINK. TO THE LEFT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE? CAN I GET -- YES, SIR. >> I GUESS I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, BUT I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF IT IS A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY. I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME? IT'S INEVITABLE. JUST SOUTH OF US IS A LOT ZONED FOR MULTIFAMILY. IF ONLY A STREET IS SEPARATING THAT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LIKE, I GUESS -- YEAH, WE'RE THE FIRST. >>BILL CARLSON: CAN YOU POINT TO THAT, PLEASE, THE ONE YOU MENTIONED? >> RIGHT HERE. CITY OWNED? OKAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL FOR ITEM NUMBER 6? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO READ IT? >>BILL CARLSON: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA MENTIONED A CONTINUANCE. NOBODY ELSE HAS AN APPETITE FOR THAT? >> I DO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR IN WHAT I WOULD SAY ON THIS. MY INCLINATION TODAY WOULD BE TO VOTE NO. THAT IS MY INCLINATION. BUT I'M A BELIEVER IN MAKING SURE WE EXHAUST ALL POTENTIAL REMEDIES AND ALL POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS RIGHT? AND TO SEE IF WE COULD CONTINUE THIS A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE CHANCE TO TALK, TO SEE IF SOME AMENDMENTS COULD BE MADE. I'M NOT PUSHING ANYTHING. I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING. MY TENDENCY IS TO VOTE NO. I WOULD SUPPORT A SMALL CONTINUANCE FOR THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULDN'T ONLY BECAUSE PER OUR RULES, HE FINISHED HIS PRESENTATION. THE OTHER ONE, THE PRESENTATION HADN'T ENDED. WE WERE STILL ASKING QUESTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. IN THIS CASE, I WOULDN'T, JUST TO FOLLOW OUR RULES, I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THAT. >>LUIS VIERA: TO BREAK THE RULES OR WHATEVER, DO WE NEED UNANIMOUS? OKAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY QUESTION ON THAT WOULD BE TO WHAT END? BECAUSE, AGAIN, MY OBJECTION IS ABOUT THE MASS, THE SCALE. HE CAN'T CHANGE THAT. CAN'T CHANGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S REALLY THE WRONG PROJECT IN THE WRONG PLACE. A DIFFERENT AREA OF TOWN OR A DIFFERENT LOT, IT MAY BE THE PERFECT PROJECT. HONESTLY, I WOULD VOTE WITH YOU TO WAIVE THE RULES TO DO THIS IF I THOUGHT THERE WAS A SOLUTION, LIKE IF THEY NEEDED TO MOVE A DRIVEWAY OR MAKE SOME SLIGHT MODIFICATION. THIS IS REALLY JUST, IT'S TOO MUCH ON TOO LITTLE. AND HOW MANY TIMES -- COULD YOU IMAGINE THIS COMING IN PALMA CEIA? THEY WOULD BE BURNING THE PLACE DOWN. YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS ENTIRE AREA IS ALL SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES. AGAIN, I WOULD BE WILLING TO GO WITH THIS BECAUSE OF BEING ON COLUMBUS, IF THIS WAS REALLY A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT. THIS IS JUST SQUEEZING TOO MUCH ON TOO LITTLE. >>LUIS VIERA: THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS IN SOUTH TAMPA LIKE THIS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY VOTED FOR AND EVERYTHING AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT. IT IS WHAT IT IS. MY RATIONALE IN THIS IS I AGREE, JUST TO BE HONEST, LIKELY WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING STRUCTURALLY OR ANYTHING, I AM A NAIVE OPTIMIST AND LIKE TO EXHAUST ALL BEFORE GOING THERE. AGAIN, THIS PROJECT MEANS WELL. BURDEN STRUCTURALLY SOMEWHERE IN TRANSLATION I GUESS IF YOU WILL. I DO AGREE WITH YOUR SENTIMENTS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU. AS YOU SEE, THERE ARE SEVEN OF US HERE, AND SEVEN DIFFERENT OPINIONS, BUT ALL OF THEM MEAN THE SAME. THE DUE DILIGENCE OF THE DEVELOPER IS TO MAKE SURE AT THE TIME HE OR SHE PURCHASE A LOT TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT, BEFORE YOU START SPENDING YOUR MONEY TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU CAN BUILD ON IT AND SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE AROUND THAT LOT THAT YOU BOUGHT. YOU KNEW THAT THAT -- I'M NOT HERE IN ANY WAY TO CHASTISE YOU IN ANY WAY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN YOU BEFORE HERE AND YOU'VE HAD GREAT PROJECTS, BUT WHEN YOU SEE THAT'S ALL GREEN, WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN OTHER AREAS, YOUR DEVELOPMENT IS FINE. REALLY NICE HOMES. BUILT THEM WELL. BUT IN THIS CASE, YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE OF YOUR DUE DILIGENCE, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE YOU ADMITTED YOURSELF THAT YOU HAD TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT ALL, BECAUSE YOUR BEST RECORD IS IMPECCABLE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. RIP THE BAND-AID OFF SO YOU CAN GO ON AND DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR YOUR PROJECT. I'M GOING TO MOTION TO DENY FILE REZ 24-10. REZ 24-100. I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT DENIAL BASED ON THE FAILURE OF THE APPLICANT TO MEET BURDEN OF PROOF TO PROVIDE COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AS CONDITIONED AND SHOWN IN THE SITE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CODE CRITERIA OF 27-136. IT DOES NOT PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS ON ON-SITE NATURAL ELEMENTS SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. IT DOES NOT PROVIDE A PROCEDURE WHICH CAN RELATE TO THE TYPE, DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON A PARTICULAR SITE. DOES NOT PROMOTE OR ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION, CHARACTER, AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND EXISTING GEOGRAPHY. AND IT DOES NOT PROMOTE THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND ELEMENTS WHICH COMPLEMENT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY NOR ENHANCE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT. >>LYNN HURTAK: SECOND. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE? >>LYNN HURTAK: ADDRESS, 3204 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: DID YOU WISH TO -- I BELIEVE YOU WERE CITING 27-136. DID YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY FINDING WITH REGARD OF COMPLIANCE WITH 27-139, THE WAIVER? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ACTUALLY, HONESTLY, IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO ADD THAT TO IT. AGAIN, AS I SAID IN MY DISCUSSION, I WAS ACTUALLY WILLING TO GRANT THAT IN A PD THAT PARTICULAR WAIVER FOR A PROJECT THAT WOULD FIT ON THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL. MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS, AGAIN, MASS, SCALE, AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WASN'T THE WAIVER. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS FOR DENIAL, IT WAS ABOUT THE MASS, SCALE AND INCOMPATIBILITY WITH THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE PD. IT WASN'T ABOUT THE WAIVER. I'M NOT GOING TO ADD THAT TO MY MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: [INAUDIBLE] >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM NUMBER 7. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES, SIR, STATE YOUR NAME. >> CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM NUMBER 7 IS REZ 24-111 THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 2403 WEST FIG STREET FROM RM 16 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO RM 18, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. WE'LL START WITH AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED. IT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST FIG STREET. THE SITE BLOCK IS LOCATED BETWEEN NORTH TAMPANIA AVENUE AND NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE. THE SURROUNDING AREA CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AS WELL AS SEMI DETACHED HOMES. OVER THE PAST DECADE, THERE HAVE BEEN I WOULD SAY MULTIPLE REZONING APPROVALS THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN THE GENERAL VICINITY. TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, ALONG THE SAME BLOCK FACE, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO REZONINGS APPROVED AT LEAST WITHIN THE PAST TEN YEARS, BEGINNING AT THE CORNER OF WEST FIG AND NORTH TAMPANIA AVENUE, A PARCEL WAS REZONED FROM RM 16 TO RM 18 IN 2017 AND THEN A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE SUBJECT SITE, WE HAVE AN INTERIOR LOT ALONG THE SAME BLOCK FACE THAT WAS REZONED FROM RM 16 TO RM 18 IN 2024. ALSO IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FURTHER EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF SMALL SITES THAT HAD BEEN REZONED TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, BEGINNING WITH THE SITE LOCATED FURTHER SOUTH. THIS PARTICULAR SITE WAS APPROVED IN 2005 FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USES. IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE SITE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST FIG STREET, THIS PARTICULAR SITE WAS APPROVED FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USES IN 2004. NORTH OF THAT SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST GRAY STREET, WE HAVE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED IN 2024. AND THEN A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH WE DO HAVE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2016. THE SITE IS ALSO LOCATED IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY AND DEVELOPMENT MUST COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 27-241, WEST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN STANDARDS AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING. GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE LOT AND PROPOSED RM 18 ZONING, MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS CONSIDERED IS TWO. NEXT, I HAVE A SURVEY OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THE SITE IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 54 FEET OF STREET FRONTAGE ALONG WEST FIG STREET. AND GIVEN THE SURROUNDING USES, REQUESTED USE OF RM 18 IS BOTH APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION AND PROVIDES AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION WITH SURROUNDING PARCELS. WE DO HAVE SOME PARCELS OR SOME PHOTOS NEXT OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING AREA. THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE. NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE ALONG WEST GRAY STREET, SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST FIG STREET. EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, THIS SITE HAS NOT ONLY FRONTAGE ALONG FIG STREET BUT ALSO ALONG ARMENIA AVENUE. A LITTLE FURTHER EAST, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SITES. THIS WAS A SITE THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2004 FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR PHOTOS AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING. THERE IS NO SITE PLAN. NO ELEVATIONS TO SHOW YOU AS PART OF OUR PRESENTATION. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION COMPLIANCE STAFF HAVE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION. WE FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS? >> HEARING NONE, I'LL YIELD TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AND HERE IS MR. THOMAS. SORRY. MR. COLLINS. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. CASE IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE ARMORY GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD. EVACUATION ZONE C. SUBJECT SITE INCLUDING PARCELS ON ALL SIDES RECOGNIZED UNDER RESIDENTIAL 20 DESIGNATION. THERE ARE CMU 35 COUPLE OF BLOCKS NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG ARMENIA AVENUE. THE PROPOSED RM 18 ZONING DISTRICT CAN BE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE R-20 DESIGNATION PER THE CONSISTENCY MATRIX IN THE LDC. AND WILL PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE R-20 DESIGNATION. THE REQUEST SUPPORTS POLICIES IN THE PLAN AS IT RELATES TO HOUSING THE CITY'S POPULATION. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROMOTES DEVELOPMENT PATTERN CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPACT CITY FORM STRATEGY WHICH ENCOURAGES INFILL DEVELOPMENT PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT POLICY DIRECTION. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DIRECTS THE GREATEST SHARE OF GROWTH TO URBAN VILLAGES. THE PROPOSED REZONING SUPPORTS THESE POLICY WHILE ENCOURAGING NEW HOUSING UNDERUTILIZED LAND IN PROXIMITY TO COMMERCIAL AND TRANSIT SERVICES ALONG NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE AND ALSO WITHIN AN URBAN VILLAGE. FINALLY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ENCOURAGES ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY USES TO BE DESIGNED TO INCLUDE THE ORIENTATION FRONT DOORS TOWARD THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SIDEWALK, OR STREET. WHEN DESIGNING THE SITE, THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE PROPOSED UNIT SHOULD BE ORIENTED TOWARD WEST ARCH STREET TO ADDRESS THIS POLICY. BASED ON THE CONSIDERATIONS, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. APPLICANT. >>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. AS STAFF POINTED OUT, THIS IS EUCLIDEAN ZONING, SO THERE ARE NO WAIVERS THAT WILL BE REQUESTED OR ALLOWED UNDER THAT DESIGNATION. THEY HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THE BUILDING CODES AS WELL AS THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY. AS STAFF HAS POINTED OUT TO YOU, THIS SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF R-20 LAND USE DESIGNATION AREA, -- IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S ON THE PERIMETER OR ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE AREA. IT SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, SURROUNDED BY OTHER RM 18s WHICH ARE IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST AND THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICES WHICH ARE TO THE EAST AS WELL AS OTHER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE AREA. WE MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION BY BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, LAND USE CRITERIA AS WELL AS ZONING CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A REZONING TO GO TO RM 18. THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, AGAIN, ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED OR WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THOSE HIGHER DENSITY DESIGNATIONS. THE RESIDENTIAL AND SINGLE-FAMILY -- I'M READING FROM THE REPORT NOW. THE BLOCK BETWEEN NORTH ARMENIA AND NORTH TAMPANIA PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. OVER THE PAST DECADE, MULTIPLE REZONINGS HAVE OCCURRED AND THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN INCLUDES SINGLE-FAMILY, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. SO WE'RE NOT INTRODUCING A USE THAT IS UNIQUE TO THIS AREA. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. DIRECTLY NORTH AND SOUTH AND TO THE WEST REMAINS CHARACTERISTIC OF RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND SEMI DETACHED. FURTHER SOUTH, DEVELOPMENT PATTERN CONTINUES TO SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED. THE RM ZONING 18 REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA AND IS -- SHOULD IT BE APPROVED MUST ADHERE TO THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION OF THE R-20 DENSITY, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO UNITS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LAND USE CRITERIA -- DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA THAT IT MEETS AND THEY ARE ALL LISTED IN THE REPORT. THE TRANSITION INCLUDES SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AREA. THIS PORTION OF WEST FIG BETWEEN NORTH TAMPANIA, EXCLUDING THE SUBJECT AREA, DEVELOPED EXISTING DENSITY OF 11.13 UNITS TO THE ACRE. BASED ON NINE SAMPLE SITES, APPROXIMATELY 55% OF THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER R-20 DESIGNATION. THE R-20 DESIGNATION AND THE SITE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR MAXIMUM OF TWO DWELLING UNITS AND DENSITY OF 16.6 AND IT IS CONSISTENT AS PROPOSED. DISTRICT WILL PROVIDE FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPATIBLE AND THE RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION WITHIN THE AREA. BOTH THE CITY STAFF REPORT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT SUPPORT THIS, AND AGAIN, IT IS A EUCLIDEAN, SO THERE ARE NO WAIVERS. WE HAVE TO MEET ALL OF THE CODES. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? WE'VE MET THE CRITERIA AS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE, AND THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 7? YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. I THOUGHT I'D COME UP AND JUST TELL YOU THAT WE APPROVE -- WE APPROVE OF IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PD MAINLY. THE OTHER THING IS, THERE IS A GRAND TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ALLEY, SO THEY CANNOT UTILIZE THE ALLEY ANYWAY. THAT'S TWO DOWN FROM THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY. I JUST REALLY WANTED TO COME UP AND SURPRISE MR. MICHELINI BY SAYING THAT WE APPROVE, AND THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROAFNS THIS PROJECT -- APPROVES THIS PROJECT. I THOUGHT HE COULD USE A GOOD CHUCKLE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT, REMEMBER, MEMORIALIZE THIS MOMENT. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, MA'AM. >> SANDRA DEDIEGO SANCHEZ. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I RECOMMEND BUYING A LOTTERY TICKET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. DO YOU NEED REBUTTAL, SIR? >>STEVE MICHELINI: JUST A THANK YOU TO SANDY. WE WORK TOGETHER FOR THINGS AND SOMETIMES WE WORK AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM. IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT THE NOTICES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WORK AND THAT IF THERE HAD BEEN CONCERNS, I'M SURE SHE WOULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. WE APPRECIATE HER SUPPORT. WE'D APPRECIATE THE STAFF SUPPORT AND CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR ARRIVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM VIERA. SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ 24-111, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2403 WEST FIG STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO RM 18 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. ONLY REMAINING QUESTION, WHAT ARE THE LOTTO NUMBERS I SHOULD PLAY? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SANDY WILL TELL YOU. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 8. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM 8 IS REZ 25-07, A REQUEST TO REZONE 405 WEST AMELIA AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 16 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED. AS ALWAYS, WE'LL START WITH YOUR AERIAL MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. YOU CAN SEE IT OUTLINED IN RED ON WEST AMELIA. SURROUNDING AREA IS LARGELY ZONED RM 16. THERE ARE SOME POCKETS OF RM 24 AND RM 18. AS YOU MOVE TO THE WEST, YOU HAVE NORTH BOULEVARD HERE. THERE IS THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED RECENTLY FOR STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL AT THE CORNER OF NORTH BOULEVARD AND WEST COLUMBUS, GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THIS AREA IS SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, SEMI DETACHED AND ATTACHED UNITS. BEEN QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CHANGE IN THIS AREA SINCE THE TAMPA HEIGHTS PDA WAS APPROVED DOWN TO THE SOUTH AND ALONG COLUMBUS DRIVE, YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES AND THEN AN ALLEY BACK BEHIND THE SUBJECT SEPARATING THE COMMERCIAL USES FROM THE RESIDENTIAL. WE'LL GO INTO THE SITE PLAN NOW PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO STRUCTURES, ONE HERE, ONE HERE, WITH FOUR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS PROPOSED IN TOTAL. YOU HAVE TWO UNITS THAT ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS WEST AMELIA AVENUE AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE UNITS ON EACH SIDE THAT ARE ORIENTED TOWARDS AN INTERNAL COURTYARD THAT IS CREATED BY PROVIDING A WALL ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE. EACH UNIT DOES HAVE A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THE SIDEWALK ALONG WEST AMELIA. HERE AND HERE. AND THEN HERE AS WELL. VEHICULAR ACCESS IS PROVIDED FROM THE SITE FROM THE ALLEY. TWO GUEST PARKING SPOTS HERE. EACH UNIT DOES HAVE A TWO-CAR GARAGE AS WELL. MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT PROPOSED TO BE 35 FEET AND 18 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND 18 PARKING SPACES ARE PROVIDED. NEXT I'LL SHOW YOU SOME ELEVATIONS. THIS IS THE WEST AND EAST ELEVATION. THIS WILL BE FACING THE SIDE PROPERTY LINE. EAST AND WEST ELEVATION FACING INTERNAL TO THE DRIVE AISLE. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE NORTH ELEVATION. THIS WOULD BE FACING WEST AMELIA AND THIS WOULD BE THE ELEVATION FACING THE ALLEY. I'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES NOW. THIS IS LOOKING NORTH FROM AMELIA AVENUE. LOOKING DIRECTLY AT THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS LOOKING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET AT THE RM 24 ZONING. THIS IS A NEW -- RELATIVELY NEW MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. NOW WE'RE LOOKING EAST ON AMELIA AVENUE. TOWARDS MASSACHUSETTS. WE'RE LOOKING WEST ON AMELIA NOW. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. GO A LITTLE BIT FARTHER. SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, SEMI DETACHED. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE ATTACHED CLOSER TO NORTH BOULEVARD OVER THERE IN THE DISTANCE. WE'RE MOVING FURTHER EAST NOW TOWARDS MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE. THE PARCEL DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE SUBJECT SITE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS. AND THEN YOU'D HAVE MULTIFAMILY HERE AS WELL ACROSS THE STREET. BETTER VIEW OF THAT MULTIFAMILY. ROUNDED THE CORNER AND WENT UP MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NOW. THIS IS WHERE THE ALLEY THAT THE SUBJECT SITE -- THIS IS WHERE THEY WILL BE ACCESSING THE ALLEY TO REAR LOAD. SEE SOME ADDITIONAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED. NOW WE'RE MOVING DOWN THE ALLEY. THE SUBJECT SITE IS AT THE END OF THAT FENCE THERE. WE HAVE MULTIFAMILY HERE. THEN YOU CAN SEE THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT ABUTS THE ALLEY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE. HERE IS THE BACK SIDE OF THE SUBJECT SITE FROM THE ALLEY. AND THERE IS YOUR COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT FRONTS COLUMBUS. LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS AMELIA. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE FROM THE ALLEY. AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING BACK EAST TOWARDS MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE. SUBJECT SITE IS HERE AND YOU HAVE THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING. SITE PLAN AGAIN. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAVE FOUND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT. SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION FURTHER MODIFICATIONS BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING MUST BE COMPLETED AS SHOWN ON THE REVISION SHEET. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES SIR. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. OUR NEXT CASE IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT. TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE AND THE TAMPA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS A SUBJECT SITE HERE. DESIGNATED R-35. THAT DESIGNATION TO EAST, WEST AND SOUTH OF THE SITE. CMU 35 IS DIRECTLY NORTH ALONG COLUMBUS DRIVE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R 35 DESIGNATION, AS WELL AS POLICIES PROMOTE INFILL DEVELOPMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN VILLAGE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DIRECTS THE GREATEST SHARE OF GROWTH TO THE CITY'S URBAN VILLAGES. THE SITE IS ALSO LOCATED NEAR TRANSIT EMPLOYMENT ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS, MAKING IT SUITABLE FOR MORE HOUSING CHOICES. THE REQUEST IS ALSO FOUND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA WHICH CONTAINS BOTH SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AND ATTACHED HOMES. FINALLY, THE DESIGN ADDRESSES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED UNITS WITH ENTRANCES TO UNITS 1 D AND 2 D ORIENTED TOWARDS WEST AMELIA AVENUE AND INTERNAL PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION PROVIDED TO THE INTERNAL UNIT ENTRANCES. DESIGN WILL HELP PROMOTE MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE URBAN VILLAGE WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE PLAN. BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPLICANT, ITEM 8. HELLO. STATE YOUR NAME. >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER. I'M GOING TO DEPART A LITTLE BIT FROM HOW WE NORMALLY PRESENT THESE. I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW WE SOLVED THE COURTYARD ISSUE REGARDING HOW TOWN HOUSES SHOULD BE BUILT. COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER SEVERAL MONTHS AGO YOU WERE GIVEN A DIAGRAM THAT SAID BASICALLY LOOK AT THIS AS A TEMPLATE. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS HERE. THIS IS THE FRONT BUILDING. THIS IS THE COURTYARD ACCESS. I'M REALLY IMPRESS WITH THE WAY THEY HAVE DONE THIS. REALLY OUT OF THE ORDINARY. HERE ARE THE TWO BUILDINGS SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE SIDE ACCESSES. THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE HERE IS OFF OF THE ALLEY. NOT OFF OF THE FRONT STREET. YOU HAVE PERSONAL RECREATIONAL SPACE THAT'S DEFINED. AND IT'S ATTRACTIVE. IT JUST HAPPENS THAT WE CAN WORK THAT OUT WITH THE DIMENSIONS OF THIS PROPERTY. THIS IS THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR FOR THE DRIVEWAY AND THE GARAGES. I'M GOING TO ZOOM IN ON THE DIMENSIONS OF THAT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW CONCERNED YOU ALL HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT -- THERE WE GO. ANYWAY, THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN 20 FEET WIDE AND THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE THAN 24 FEET DEEP. AND THERE IS A SPECIAL AREA DESIGNATED THERE FOR TRASH STORAGE AND COLLECTION. THE OTHER ISSUES THAT YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THESE PLANS. THIS IS A LARGER VIEW OF JUST HOW ATTRACTIVE THOSE COURTYARDS ARE GOING TO BE. ANYWAY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF FOUND IT TO BE CONSISTENT. WE DID RECEIVE A DESIGN EXCEPTION FOR THE SETBACK ON THE FRONT TO MAKE IT IN LINE WITH THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING ON THE STREET FRONTAGE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY STAFF HAVE BOTH FOUND IT TO BE CONSISTENT AND WE MEET A NUMBER OF THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS DESIGNATIONS FOR COMPATIBILITY. WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THIS TO MAKE IT AN ATTRACTIVE DEVELOPMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN ADD. THE REPORT IS PRETTY SPECIFIC. TELLS YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. R 35 DESIGNATION AREA AND WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THIS TOWN HOUSE PROJECT BE CONSIDERED AND APPROVED. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANTED TO SAY I HAVE TOURED SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS IN ST. PETE AND SAW THAT EXACT RECREATIONAL SPACE I BELIEVE YOU CALLED IT -- PERSONAL RECREATIONAL SPACE. BUT IT REALLY LOOKS LOVELY. I DO APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT THE CARS ARE ACCESSED THROUGH THE ALLEY. IT'S A MUCH NICER, CLEANER STREET. >>STEVE MICHELINI: WE TRY TO -- WE LISTENED, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW I'M HERE FREQUENTLY AND LISTEN TO YOUR COMMENTS, AND WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THEM IN ADVANCE. SO THAT WHEN WE'RE COMING BEFORE YOU, IT'S NOT AN ADVERSARIAL DISCUSSION. IT'S HERE, WE'VE DONE IT, AND WE'VE DONE IT NICELY. >>LYNN HURTAK: IT IS. BECAUSE NORMALLY IT IS LIKE A SIDEWALK. AND THIS IS MORE OF A PLACE PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND TIME. I THINK THAT REALLY DOES ENHANCE THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >>STEVE MICHELINI: WE'VE ENHANCED IT WITH LANDSCAPING. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY WAIVERS ON LANDSCAPING, ANDRECREATION SO MAKE IT A VERY ATTRACTIVE DEVELOPMENT. LIKE I SAID, THE REPORT GOES THROUGH A LOT OF DETAIL OF HOW WE'RE COMPATIBLE ON BOTH THE ZONING SIDE AND ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION SIDE. I KNOW IT'S KIND OF LATE FOR YOU ALL AND YOU'VE GOT MORE TO DO. I DON'T REALLY WANT TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THERE, BUT WE HAVE MET THE PD CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF INFILL, BEING COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER PROPERTIES. IT DOESN'T ADVERSELY AFFECT ANY OTHER PROPERTY. RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU PROBABLY SHOULD GO BUY THAT LOTTO TICKET. FOR ME TO ACTUALLY LIKE AN AISLE-STYLE DEVELOPMENT IS INCREDIBLY RARE. TWO IN ONE NIGHT, I DON'T KNOW. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD RECOMMEND ONE OF THE $5, $20 SCRATCH-OFF TICKETS AT PUBLIX. EVERY DAY SOMEBODY IS WINNING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 8? I SEE NO ONE. DO YOU NEED REBUTTAL, SIR? >>STEVE MICHELINI: NO. I CAN SHOW YOU A DETAIL OF THE TRASH AND THE GARAGE IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, YOU ARE UP FOR 8 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IT. >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE 8, FILE NUMBER REZ 25-07, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 405 WEST AMELIA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM 16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND DISCUSSION ON THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY I'M GOING TO VOTE, HOW I'LL VOTE. ONE, I'LL SUPPORT IT, ONLY BECAUSE IT'S IN THAT FIRST CITY BLOCK FROM COLUMBUS AVENUE. IF IT WAS A BLOCK FURTHER SOUTH, I WOULDN'T. BUT WHERE IT IS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, I CONCUR WITH, YOU DEFINITELY ADDRESSED MANY OF THE ISSUES WE BROUGHT FORTH. COUPLE GARAGES ARE LIKE, CLOSE -- >>STEVE MICHELINI: I HAVE A DIAGRAM. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU DID SHOW WHERE THE REFUSE, THAT GIVES YOU GRACE AS FAR AS WHERE YOU PUT THINGS. THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS GOING TO BE A CRITICAL AREA FOR TRANSPORTATION OF EXPANDING THE STREETCAR, EXPANDING THE EAST-WEST CORRIDOR ON COLUMBUS AVENUE OF FUTURE TRANSPORTATION. INCREASING DENSITY ALONG TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR. THIS IS WHY IT FITS FOR MY CRITERIA AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND THAT'S WHY I'LL VOTE YES ON THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAY -- ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HAVE A NICE EVENING. ITEM NUMBER 9. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. ITEM 9 IS REZ 25-16, REQUEST TO REZONE 103 SOUTH HALE AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 60 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED. GET STARTED WITH THE AERIAL MAP IF I CAN GET IT TO FOCUS. HERE IS THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED ON SOUTH HALE AVENUE JUST SOUTH OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE IS RM 24 ZONING THAT IS DEVELOPED HERE WITH RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS A CN ZONING USED FOR COMMERCIAL PARKING THAT IS RELATED TO THIS STRIP RETAIL CENTER JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. AS YOU MOVE SOUTH, YOU MOVE INTO THE RS 60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING WITH RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONCE YOU MOVE SOUTH INTO HERE, ASIDE FROM THE RM 24, HERE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE BLOCK TO THE SOUTH ON SOUTH HALE HERE AT THIS CORNER YOU DO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THERE. AS YOU MOVE OUT A LITTLE BIT, MOVE OFF KENNEDY ■BOULEVARD, YOU DO HAVE SOME OTHER LARGER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS AND THEN OVER HERE THERE'S SOME SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AND SEMI DETACHED USES. OBVIOUSLY ALONG KENNEDY YOU HAVE ALL YOUR COMMERCIAL USES. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE INTO THE SITE PLAN. HERE IS A SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO SEMI DETACHED UNITS BOTH ORIENTED TOWARDS SOUTH HALE AVENUE. DOOR HERE, DOOR HERE. VEHICULAR ACCESS IS ALSO PROPOSED FROM SOUTH HALE AVENUE. EACH UNIT HAS A TWO CAR GARAGE. A SIDEWALK IS PROVIDED ALONG SOUTH HALE, OR EXISTING SIDEWALK ALONG SOUTH HALE ALREADY. THE SUBJECT -- THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT OF 35 FEET AND THEN ADDITIONALLY THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO BUILD TO RS 60 STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO SETBACKS TO REFLECT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'LL LOOK AT SOME ELEVATIONS. THIS WOULD BE LOOKING EAST FROM SOUTH HALE. THIS IS LOOKING WEST FROM THE REAR, AND THEN WE'LL SEE THE SIDE PROPERTY VIEWS FROM THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. TAKE A LOOK AT SOME PICTURES NOW. WE'LL START, COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING AND THE PARKING LOT BEHIND THE SUBJECT SITE. SUBJECT SITE IS RIGHT HERE. CN ZONED LOT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER. BACK SIDE OF THE SUBJECT SITE THAT BACKS UP TO THE PARKING LOT AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL USES. NOW WE'RE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE RIGHT HERE. THIS IS NOT AN ALLEY. THIS IS A DRIVE AISLE THAT IS A PART OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HERE. NOW WE'RE MOVING OUR WAY TOWARD SOUTH HALE AVENUE. NOW THAT'S LOOKING BACK DOWN FROM WHERE WE JUST CAME FROM. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE RIGHT HERE AND YOU HAVE THE COMMERCIAL THAT IS LOCATED ALONG KENNEDY BOULEVARD. THIS IS LOOKING NORTH FROM SOUTH HALE. KENNEDY BOULEVARD, COMMERCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. NOW WE'RE LOOKING BACK SOUTH. SUBJECT SITE RIGHT HERE AND THEN IT TRANSITIONS DOWN INTO THE SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT SITE YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS LOOKING WEST DIRECTLY AT THE SUBJECT SITE. YOU HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY HERE AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL. AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHEAST. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SINGLE OR THE MULTIFAMILY TRANSITIONS INTO THAT SINGLE-FAMILY. LOOKING FROM THE CENTER MEDIAN OF SOUTH HALE DOWN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN LASTLY, THAT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT I POINTED OUT EARLIER, JUST A BLOCK SOUTH, WANTED TO SHOW A PICTURE OF THAT TO SHOW THAT MULTIFAMILY CAN EXIST IN A SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE COMPATIBLE. PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP. SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF FOUND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT CONSIDERING THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVERSIZED LOT. OVERSIZE AND UNDERUTILIZED LOT ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY USES, THE REQUEST WILL OFFER NEEDED INFILL HOUSING AND PROVIDE A TRANSITION FROM THE COMMERCIAL USES ALONG KENNEDY BOULEVARD TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME. SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION, MODIFICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AS SHOWN ON THE REVISION SHEET BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. TURN IT OVER TO DANNY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY KOL LENS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. OUR NEXT CASE IS IN THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT, WESTSHORE EMPLOYMENT CENTER, SPECIFICALLY THE SWANN ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD. SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA IN EVACUATION ZONE A. WITHIN R-10 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION WHICH IS ALSO TO THE EAST, SOUTH, AND WEST OF THE SITE. THERE IS IMMEDIATE TRANSITION TO UMU 60 TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MORE INTENSIVE MIXED USE PLAN CATEGORIES. THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REVIEWED THE REQUEST AND FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R-10 DESIGNATION AS WELL AS POLICIES THAT PROMOTE INFILL DEVELOPMENT. LIMITED SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES CAN BE CONSIDERED IN THE R-10 DESIGNATION AND ARE GENERALLY LIMITED TO THE PERIPHERY OF ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS. DUE TO THE SITE BEING ADJACENT TO UMU 60 TO THE NORTH AND THE SITE INTERFACING THE EXISTING -- AN EXISTING MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG THE PERIPHERY OF ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PD WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE SWANN ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD AND WESTSHORE AREA, GREATEST SHARE OF GROWTH. THE SITE IS ALSO LOCATED NEAR TRANSIT EMPLOYMENT AND AMENITIES ALONG WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD MAKING IT SUITABLE FOR DIVERSE HOUSING CHOICES. THE REQUEST WAS ALSO FOUND COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, CONTAINS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL USES ALONG KENNEDY BOULEVARD AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES TO THE SOUTH AS TRANSITION SOUTHWARD. FINALLY DESIGN ADDRESSES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S DESIGNS GUIDANCE FOR SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES WITH ENTRANCES ORIENTED TOWARDS SOUTH HALE AVENUE AND THIS DESIGN WILL PROMOTE A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. APPLICANT? YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS CHRIS VALIENTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WERE YOU SWORN IN? >> YES. NO, I'LL DO IT AGAIN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SAW A COUPLE NEW PEOPLE COME IN. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND YOU WERE NOT SWORN, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. >> OKAY. TRY TO MAKE THIS AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW IT'S LATE. COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS CHRIS. I AM THE SON OF THE OWNER OF 103 SOUTH HALE. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT. I'M HERE NOT JUST AS A BUILDER, BUT AS A NEIGHBOR AND A RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY. MY FAMILY PREVIOUSLY LIVED AT 103 SOUTH HALE. OUR GOAL OF THE REZONING IS SIMPLE, CREATE A DUPLEX THAT ALLOWS TWO SEPARATE FAMILIES TO LIVE TOGETHER ON ONE PROPERTY. THIS IS NOT A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OR HIGH DENSITY COMPLEX. WE'RE PROPOSING A THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED TWO FAMILY HOME THAT RESPECTS THE SCALE AND CHARACTER OF SWANN ESTATES. IT IS BEING BUILT TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS AND WE'VE TAKEN EXTRA CARE TO ENSURE THAT IT BLENDS IN BEAUTIFULLY WITH THE SURROUNDING HOMES. THIS IS A FEW RENDERINGS OF THE DESIGN. THIS WOULD BE THE NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH. WE PLAN TO PUT LANDSCAPING IN THERE CREATE A BUFFER FROM THAT TRANSITION. HERE IS ANOTHER VIEW. ANOTHER ONE. IT'S NOT A THROW-UP BUILDING. WE'RE PUTTING STONE HERE. NATURAL WOOD. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I LOVE BUILDING AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO. ANOTHER VIEW. THIS IS ONE AT NIGHT WITH LIGHTS. AND THEN THE LAST ONE HERE, JUST A TOP VIEW SHOWING THE ENTRANCE HERE GARAGE. THIS WOULD BE LIKE A GATE TO ENTER. LITTLE COURTYARD WITH PLANTS AND DOOR ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE. FEW THINGS INSIDE. SIMPLE INTERIOR RENDERINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO SHOW THAT IT IS NOTHING -- FITS IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT PEOPLE ARE BUILDING. JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT'S REAL-LIFE HOME THAT RESEMBLES THAT KIND OF LOOK. DELRAY BEACH, KIND OF SAME STYLE WE'RE DOING. NICE COMMUNITY THERE. THEY DO A LOT OF NICE DUPLEXES OR TOWNHOMES. EACH UNIT IS 2,485 SQUARE FEET LIVING. THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO BUILDING A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME, WHICH IS VERY COMMON IN SIZE IN NEW BUILDS. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MUCH IN HOMES, MINI-MANSIONS AS THEY CALL THEM ARE UPWARDS OF 6,000 SQUARE FEET. TAKING A HOME 5,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEN SPLITTING IT IN THE MIDDLE. THIS IS EASILY ONE HOME, BUT IMAGINE SWANN NOT BEING HERE, THAT COULD BE BUILT WITHOUT A PD. BECAUSE WE WANT TO PUT A WALL HERE TO SEPARATE TWO FAMILIES IT REQUIRES US TO DO THIS. THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT ALLOWED IS 35 FEET. 35 FEET IS ALL THE WAY UP HERE. AND WE ARE ONLY BUILDING TO 24 FEET, 10 INCHES. WE ARE ACTUALLY LOWER IN HEIGHT IN COMPARISON TO PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER TWO-FAMILY -- I MEAN, EVERY OTHER LIKE TWO-STORY HOME IN THE AREA. WE'RE BLENDING IN. NOT STICKING OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB. THE MINIMUM SIDE YARD SETBACKS ALLOWED ARE SEVEN FEET. DESIGNED TO GENEROUS EIGHT FEET FIVE INCHES ON EITHER SIDE. CAN BE SHIFTED TO A THE NORTH ME TO CREATE A GREATER BUFFER TO THE NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH. OVER HERE, WE HAVE 8 FEET, 4 INCHES. OVER HERE 8 FEET, 5 INCHES. REQUIREMENT IS 7. WE'RE NOT PUSHING -- NOT DOING THIS GIANT BUILDING ON A SMALL LOT. THIS CAN PUSH THIS WAY IF NEED BE TO CREATE GREATER DISTANCE FROM THIS HOUSE HERE. THE SITE DATA, TOTAL IMPERVIOUS OF PROPOSED BUILDING IS 47.3%. WE ARE UNDER THE MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS REQUIREMENTS OF 50%. WITH 52.7% OF THE LOT BEING PERVIOUS OR GREENSPACE. THIS IS OUR BUILDING SETBACK IN THE BACK. WE'RE ALL OVER HERE. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MUCH BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF SPACE THAT MOST PEOPLE WANT TO PUSH AND SQUEEZE. THE PROPERTY AS YOU CAN SEE IS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL ON THREE SIDES, AS THEY DESCRIBED. EAST IS THE PARKING LOT. DIRECTLY NORTH, THERE IS COMMERCIAL SHOPPING. TO THE WEST IS JANSEN'S APARTMENTS WHICH YOU SAW. 16 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX BUILT IN 1971. THAT IS 12,324 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. THEY TAKE ABOUT 55% OF THE LOT. THEY DON'T MEET THE IMPERVIOUS STANDARDS AND THEY ARE LIKE 19 PARKING SPOTS THERE. TWO BLOCKS SOUTH ON THE SAME STREET WHICH HE SHOWED YOU IS 22 SOUTH HALE. THAT IS A TRIPLEX. LET ME SHOW YOU ACTUALLY SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES. THESE ARE ADDITIONAL PICTURES OF THE APARTMENT ACROSS THE STREET. HERE IS THE SIDE BUILDING. I'M SHOWING YOU THIS BECAUSE SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT THIS IS SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW THAT PRESENT -- I MEAN, THIS IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S NO YARD. IT'S ALL A PARKING LOT. ALL CONCRETE. SO WE'RE PROPOSING IS COMPLETELY GENEROUS IN COMPARISON TO WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. THIS IS THE TRIPLEX THAT WAS SHOWN. THIS IS THREE UNITS. THREE UNITS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. NO GARAGE. IT'S ONE GARAGE FOR THREE UNITS. WE HAVE TWO UNITS WITH TWO-CAR GARAGE WITH ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR -- ON THE DRIVEWAY. THAT'S JUST HALE. LET'S LOOK AT SWANN ESTATES AS A WHOLE. LET ME PULL UP SWANN ESTATES AS A WHOLE. THIS IS US RIGHT HERE. THIS IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. THESE ARE THE TWO UNITS THAT WE JUST SHOWED. SO THIS ONE HERE IS NEXT TO THE ONE I JUST SHOWED YOU, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE. THERE ARE TWO UNITS THERE. TWO MAILBOXES. ALSO, THEY DON'T HAVE A GARAGE. THIS IS US. AND ALL THESE RED DOTS ARE UNITS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS MIXED. IT'S NOT JUST SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. THERE IS A COMMON THEME HERE AND ALL THE MAIN STREETS, MORRISON, DALE MABRY, KENNEDY, THEY ARE ALIGNED WITH MULTIFAMILY UNITS. THESE ARE NOT JUST DUPLEXES, THESE ARE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. HERE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. THIS IS RECENTLY BUILT I THINK ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, FOUR YEARS AGO, BUT THIS IS NICE. DUPLEX. THIS IS RIGHT HERE. AND THERE ARE ABOUT NINE OF THESE. THIS IS RIGHT HERE ON De LEON STREET AND SWANN. THERE'S LIKE A COUPLE HERE. I BELIEVE SIX HERE AND THREE HERE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN BESIDES THAT, EVERYTHING THIS WAY WHICH IS NOT SWANN ESTATES BUT STILL CONSIDERED SOUTH TAMPA. THIS IS A TREND ALL THE WAY TO WESTSHORE. I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE NEIGHBORS. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE CHARACTER AND DRAINAGE BUT I WANT TO BE CLEAR THIS PROJECT WILL ENHANCE NOT HARM THE COMMUNITY. HOME WILL INCLUDE MODERN, UP TO STATE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA STORMWATER AND WE WILL MEET OR EXCEED ANY AND ALL REQUIREMENTS OF STORMWATER DEPARTMENT. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FAR MORE EFFECTIVE THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY. THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL NOT ALLOW US TO BUILD ANYTHING NEW WITHOUT MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT. AGAIN, WE ARE UNDER THE TOTAL IMPERVIOUS. NO DIFFERENT THAN BUILDING A LARGE 5,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME. NEIGHBORS HAD NO CONCERN OVER THE APARTMENTS WHICH I SHOWED YOU, WHICH HAVE NO GREENSPACE AT ALL. WE UNDERSTAND THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS RAISED BY THE NEIGHBORS REGARDING THIS REZONING IS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON PARKING IN THE AREA. RESPECT THOSE CONCERNS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS PROPOSED DUPLEX FULLY COMPLIES WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA PARKING REQUIREMENTS. IN FACT, TRANSPORTATION DIVISION HAS REVIEWED THIS PROPOSAL AND FOUND NO INCONSISTENCIES OR VIOLATIONS RELATED TO PARKING. EACH UNIT EQUIPPED WITH A PRIVATE GARAGE AND/OR DRIVING SPACE, MEETING CODE REQUIREMENT IN NUMBER AND CONFIGURATION. NO REQUEST FOR PARKING VARIANCES OR EXCEPTIONS. IMPORTANT TO VIEW THIS IN A PROPER CONTEXT AGAIN WITH THE WHOLE THING OF BUILDING ONE LARGE HOME, SAY, 5,000, 6,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME, SAME PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS TWO UNITS THAT ARE LIKE THREE BEDROOMS. I HAVE TO DO THE PD BECAUSE I HAVE TO SEPARATE THE TWO FAMILIES. ANOTHER CONCERN IS APPROVING THIS REZONING REQUEST FOR A DUPLEX WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT SURROUNDING PROPERTY VALUES. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTEXT OF THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS, THE ARGUMENT DOESN'T HOLD UP. DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET IS THE 16 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND JUST STEPS AWAY TO THE NORTH WHICH I COUNTED, 92 FEET, IS THE COMMERCIAL CENTER, WHICH INCLUDES CHICKEN SPOT, ICE CREAM, RESTAURANT, SALON AND MUCH MORE. BUSY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. THESE USES ALREADY EXIST. THEY HAD BEEN EXISTING WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY HAVE PROVEN TO NOT HAVE PREVENTED PROPERTY VALUES FROM BEING LOWERED. THEY HAVE NOT PREVENTED THE PROPERTY VALUES FROM RISING OR THE AREA REMAINING HIGHLY DESIRABLE, WHICH IT'S VERY DESIRABLE. THE SAME WAY -- THIS LOCATION ACTUALLY MAKES HALE ONE OF THE MOST TRAFFIC FRIENDLY STREETS IN THE AREA. A PROJECT LIKE THIS STREET ACCOMMODATES MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND NEARBY RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THE SITE. NO CONCERN WITH CONSISTENCIES. KENNEDY, YOU CAN GO IN AND OUT OF HALE ON KENNEDY, BOTH EAST AND WEST. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ACCESS THESE TOWNHOMES. WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO GO UP. I KNOW IT IS A COMMON TALKING POINT. BUT HOUSING COSTS ON THE RISE. THE DUPLEX OFFERS MORE ATTAINABLE OWNERSHIP OPTION FOR FAMILIES WHO WANT TO LIVE AND ENJOY THAT AREA WITHOUT COMPROMISING QUALITY OR SAFETY. TOO MANY OLDER HOMES OUT OF DATE AND DO NOT MEET HURRICANE STANDARDS. THE HOMES THAT MEET THE HURRICANE STANDARDS ARE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE ON PER SQUARE FEET BASIS. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR SOMETHING RADICAL, BUT JUST THE MINIMAL ALLOWED. ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CITY, THROUGH A THOUGHTFUL DESIGN, RESPONSIBLE CONSTRUCTION AND FORWARD THINKING DEVELOPING. I HOPE THAT YOU APPROVE THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 9? ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 9, PLEASE LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL AND WE'LL GO ONE BY ONE. YES, SIR, COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> HI, COUNCIL. ASSAD SHEIKH. I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE 16 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX ACROSS THE STREET IS ON A 20,000-SQUARE-FOOT LOT. WHAT HE'S PROPOSING IS TWO UNITS ON 11,000 SQUARE FEET. SO ACROSS THE STREET, THE DENSITY IS LITERALLY FOUR TIMES AS GREAT. BEHIND HIM IS A COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT. RIGHT NEXT TO HIM IS A STRIP PLAZA THAT HAS A CHICKEN SALAD CHICK WHICH HAS CHICKEN SANDWICHES, ICE CREAM SHOP, NAIL SHOP AND NEW YORK JEWELERS. SO THIS IS A PRETTY INTENSE AREA AS IT IS. I READ THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S LETTERS OF OPPOSITION. THEY WERE VERY WELL DETAILED AND WELL THOUGHT OUT LETTERS. I JUST WOULD CONTEST THAT THIS SETS A PRECEDENT BECAUSE I THINK COUNCIL WOULD LOOK AT EVERY PROJECT ON ITS OWN MERIT. IF A PROJECT WAS PROPOSED MORE INTERIOR TO SWANN ESTATES ON BLOCKS THAT DIDN'T HAVE PRECEDENT FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THEN COUNCIL WOULD LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS DIFFERENTLY. BUT THIS IS ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL USE. I THINK IT IS SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT. WHAT I THINK IS INTERESTING, THAT ALTHOUGH IT IS DENSIFYING FROM ONE UNIT TO TWO UNITS, IT'S GOING UNDER THE HEIGHT LIMIT AND STICKING AT 24 FEET VERSUS 35 -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: EXCUSE ME, SIR. CAN WE PLEASE KEEP CONVERSATIONS OUTSIDE THE ROOM AND BE QUIET IN THE CHAMBERS? THANK YOU. SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. PLEASE CONTINUE. >> ONLY OTHER POINT I WANTED TO MAKE, I KNOW THERE IS THE CONCERN OF GREENSPACE WHICH IS MERITED BECAUSE OF ALL THE FLOODING WE'VE HAD DUE TO RECENT HURRICANES, BUT THEY ARE STICKING WITH RS 60 SETBACKS. THEY HAVEN'T ASKED FOR ANY EXCEPTION TO THE RS 60 SETBACKS. THEY ARE NOT GOING FURTHER TO THE BOUNDARY LINES. THE AMOUNT OF GREENSPACE THAT THEY WOULD BE HAVING LEFT OVER WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT COULD BE DONE BY RIGHT AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY BUILDING THE BUILDING SHORTER THAN WHAT WOULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT. I THINK IT HAS LESS ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN CONCLUSION, THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND HOPE YOU DO TOO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I ASSUME YOU LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? >> NO, SIR. I LIVE AT 1322 WEST GRAY STREET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> DANIEL. I AM A RESIDENT AT 108, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. I BELIEVE THAT BLOCK MASSING IS A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THIS DEVELOPMENT. EXISTING CHARACTER AND USE DOES NOT RETAIN THE EXISTING BUILDING BLOCK STOCK. SALVAGEABLE AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE HISTORIC CHARACTER. PRIOR TO OWNER BUYING THE PROPERTY -- I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 2009, THIS IS WHAT WAS THERE. SPANISH ARCHITECTURAL STYLE HOME. THIS IS MY HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. ARCHITECTURAL STYLE HOME, SINGLE STORY. THIS IS WHAT IT TURNED OUT TO BE. SINCE THEY MOVED IN, THE PROPERTY APPEARS TO SUFFER CONSISTENT NEGLECT AND POOR EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE. HIGH OCCUPANCY PATTERNS WITH MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN THE HOME. FREQUENT DISTURBANCES CAUSED BY LOUD MUSIC AND GATHERINGS. ABANDONED OR INOPERABLE VEHICLES REMAIN PARKED ON THE NEAR PREMISES. REPEATED INSTANCES OF DISRUPTIVE SHOUTING THAT WAKE UP MY KIDS. DRAINAGE, SO THIS IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES IN THERE. SINCE 2009, WE HAVE FLOODED -- THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. EVERY TIME THAT IT RAINS, IT FLOODS. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE WE ARE CLOSE TO THE WATER. UNDER THE STORMWATER SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY -- IT'S TOO SMALL. IN 2015, WE HAD ONE CASE WHERE WE HAD SIX FEET OF WATER AND THE MANHOLE SHOT UP. MORE THAN A MILE OF STORMWATER MISMANAGEMENT THAT PUSHES ALL THAT AND PRESSURIZES AND PUTS ALL THAT WATER FROM OUR NEIGHBORS INTO THIS AREA. IT'S A LOW SPOT. MY HOUSE IS SINKING RIGHT NOW, AND I HAVE TO CONTINUALLY JACK IT UP. WE HAVE A CONSISTENT ISSUE WITH THIS. PICTURES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SUBJECT PROPERTY. SO THE SITE, THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE SITE NEXT TO HIM AND THAT OTHER ONE, THEY USE THAT GREENSPACE THAT CURRENTLY SITS THERE AS A SWALE, NOT BECAUSE ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO PREVENT THE HOUSE FROM FLOODING, LIKE MY HOUSE DOES. SO THIS WAS THE SWALE AND THE NEIGHBOR -- THIS WAS ALREADY COVERED BY GRASS AND THE NEIGHBOR COVERED THEIR SWALE. ALREADY PUTTING MORE BURDEN ON THE STORMWATER SYSTEM. SO THIS WILL BE A PRECEDENT BECAUSE THAT SITE AND THE NEXT ONE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS. >> IT WILL BE IMPACTED. IT'S RM 10, BOTH OF THEM. THEY ARE BOTH FRIENDS. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME. JUST FOR TAKE OF LOOKING AT WHAT THE NEIGHBOR DOES, WE HAVE OUR PROPERTY -- WE HAVE THE APARTMENT RIGHT HERE. I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO IT. SAYING, OKAY, WE CANNOT DEVELOP THIS AS SINGLE-FAMILY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. NEXT SPEAKER. >> MY NAME IS ROB JOHNSON. 111 SOUTH HALE WHICH IS TWO DOWN FROM THE PROPERTY. I'VE BEEN THERE NINE YEARS. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS GUY BEFORE. MY CONCERN IS, YES, WITH THE FLOODING. FLOODING HAS BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE THE LAST COUPLE, SEVERAL YEARS, ESPECIALLY, YES, WITH THE STORMS THAT JUST HAPPENED, BUT NORMAL RAINSTORM. I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE GOING ON OUR STREET AND ALSO OTHER THINGS AFFECTING IT, HENCE WHY I THINK THE FLOODING HAS GOTTEN WORSE. YES, ALSO PARKING I BELIEVE IS AN ISSUE. INSTEAD OF ONE FAMILY, YES, TWO THERE NOW AND ALSO TO STATE, YES, THERE ARE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS IN THE AREA, BUT THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN THERE LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN ALIVE. JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD HAVE MORE OF THEM. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR. YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP. >> I'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE TIRED SITTING THERE FOR THREE HOURS, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST. MY NAME IS SUSAN SOLOMON. I LIVE AT 118 SOUTH HALE AVENUE. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE COMPELLING REASON THAT WE NEED A DUPLEX? IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A RESIDENTIAL HOME THERE. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL HOME. I'VE LIVED THERE -- I'VE LIVED IN TAMPA SINCE '88. LIVED AT MY HOUSE FOR OVER 25 YEARS. BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL HOME UNTIL HE PURCHASED IT. HE PURCHASED IT. HIS SISTER LIVED IN IT. BECAME DILAPIDATED SAYS HIS FATHER. THE ROOF WAS LEAKING. THEY MOVED OUT AND HIS FATHER SAID, WELL, WE JUST RAINED IT TO ANYBODY WE COULD FIND TO PAY THE RENT. THE HOUSE IS AWFUL. YARD IS NOT MOWED. WASHERS DRYERS MATTRESSES TOILETS SITTING OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY. THIS IS NOT -- THIS TALK IS CHEAP. SO I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING HE SAYS. HE COULD SHOW YOU ALL THE PICTURES IN THE WORLD. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S WHAT HE'S GOING TO BUILD. I PASSED BY HIS HOUSE. IT WAS VERY NICE. DIDN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING HE OWNED AT MY HOUSE AND DISRESPECTED MY NEIGHBORHOOD THIS WAY. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS COME A LONG WAY, YES, WE ARE RIGHT OFF OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD. YES, IT IS COMMERCIAL. BUT COMMERCIAL STOPS AT ONE POINT AND RESIDENTIAL STOPS AT ANOTHER. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO HAVE MORE COMING IN. SO I'M VERY UPSET WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. I JUST DON'T SEE A REASON TO HAVE A TWO-FAMILY HOME THERE. THE HOME NEXT TO HIM IS 5,000 SQUARE FEET. DUPLEXES THAT EVERYBODY HAS TALKED ABOUT, THE APARTMENTS NEXT DOOR, THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR DECADES. NOTHING NEW, AS FAR AS THE DUPLEX -- BUILT IN THE 25 YEARS I'VE BEEN AROUND. THE ONE ON HALE HAS BEEN THERE AND CONTINUES TO BE THERE. ALL THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE CONTINUE TO BE THERE. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE RESIDENTIAL HOME TURNED INTO A DUPLEX. ALSO, I DO HAVE SIGNED PETITIONS FROM 12 OF MY NEIGHBORS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM TO THE ATTORNEY AND HE'LL PASS THEM OUT. >> MY CLOSING ARGUMENT WOULD BE, I'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. WE KNOW WHAT KENNEDY BOULEVARD USED TO LOOK LIKE. IT'S COME A LONG WAY. THERE ARE SOME NICE HOMES THERE. THERE'S NICE CHILDREN THAT PLAY THERE, AND WE'RE JUST NOT LOOKING FOR A DUPLEX BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, A DUPLEX IS BASICALLY A STARTER HOME FOR YOUNG COUPLE, MEANING THAT IT WILL HAVE A BIG TURNOVER. IT'S REALLY NOT WHAT WE WANT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS EMRETT. WE ASK FOR SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, PREVIOUS CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO DILAPIDATED PROPERTY. WE DO BELIEVE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP IN CHANGING THAT, REVERSING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY AS I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS IN A STATE THAT COULD BE REPAIRED OR BROUGHT TO A CONDITION WHILE MAINTAINING ORIGINALITY. AND WITH NEARBY PROPERTIES ALSO BEING DUPLEXES AS WELL, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCES, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL MITIGATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY THE OPPOSING PARTIES, AND WE HOPE TO RECEIVE YOUR SUPPORT AND VOTE FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SUPPORT. YES, SIR, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS JOSEPH SEESAW. HERE TO SUPPORT THE REZONING AT 103 SOUTH HALE AVENUE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS PROJECT OFFERS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE OPTION FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS LIKE MYSELF TO LIVE IN A MODERN HOME IN SOUTH TAMPA. PERSONALLY, THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT -- SUPPORTING, I LOOK FORWARD TO TAMPA GROWING WITH MORE DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS. THAT'S ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? IF NOT, I'LL ASK FOR REBUTTAL FROM THE APPLICANT. SIR, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES REBUTTAL TIME. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN. >> CHRISTOPHER VALIENTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. GO AHEAD. >> I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS. I'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO DANIEL WHO LIVES RIGHT NEXT TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. I EVEN HAD DIALOGUE WITH HIM, IF HE HAD INPUT INTO THE DESIGN BEFORE I EVEN SUBMITTED THINGS. BUT HE HAS HIS OPINION. I ASKED HIM, FOUND OUT HE'S AN ARCHITECT. GREAT. I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR. DO YOU HAVE INPUT ON THIS DESIGN THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? I DO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEIGHBORS. COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OF US, AND HE IS NEITHER AGAINST IT OR FOR IT. HE'S KIND OF NEUTRAL. BROUGHT UP A POINT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A STARTER HOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT WE BUILD. I KNOW SHE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE RENTERS THAT THERE'S CURRENTLY. HE HAS MY INFORMATION AS WELL AS EVERYBODY ELSE. NOBODY HAS EVER REACHED OUT TO US ABOUT ANY CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE OR ANY KIND OF COMPLAINTS. THEY KNOW IT WAS BEING RENTED. THE HOME IS OUTDATED AND POORLY MAINTAINED. THE HOME IS OLD. WE'VE BEEN RENTING IT, EVEN WHEN MY FAMILY BOUGHT IT, IT HAD ISSUES, HAD LEAKS. MY SISTER LIVED THERE FOR A WHILE. THEN SHE -- BUILT A HOUSE FOR MY FAMILY. MOVED IN TOGETHER AND PLANNING A LONG-TERM VISION FOR THIS PROPERTY. IT'S HARD TO GET DECENT RENTERS THERE BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE IN A HOME THAT DOESN'T HAVE HURRICANE IMPACT WINDOWS -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, I DON'T LISTEN TO RENTERS. THIS IS ABOUT A ZONING. NOT THE RENTERS. I APPRECIATE THE LADY WHO SPOKE, IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT SITUATION. IT'S ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE. >> IT IS MY FIRST TIME HERE. I'M A NEIGHBOR. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND YOUR ANXIETY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONTINUE, SIR. >> THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPS IT UP. I'M SORRY. DON'T TAKE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE? MOTION TO CLOSE FROM HENDERSON AND SECOND FROM CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, YOU HAD -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO GO OVER A FEW LITTLE THINGS I WROTE DOWN. IN FACT, WHEN YOU LISTEN TO WHAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, HE SAID THIS IS IN THE PERIPHERY OF AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S PART OF THE RECORD THAT WAS SAID ON YOUR BEHALF. KENNEDY IS CERTAINLY A COMMERCIAL AREA. THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT AT ALL. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS ON THE BLOCK ON HALE AND WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THE ORIGINAL PICTURE THAT WE SAW WHEN THE PRESENTATION STARTED, ALL I SAW WAS ASPHALT ALL THROUGH HALE. THE NEXT THING I SEE IS FLOODING. I'M NOT TRYING TO IN ANY WAY DOWNGRADE YOUR PROJECT. YOUR PROJECT LOOKS VERY NICE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL. BUT THE ASPHALT THAT'S THERE NOW, AND WHAT'S COMING, YOU SEE, WHEN THE PLANNERS PLAN SOMETHING AND IT'S ON THE RECORD, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, WE -- I SHOULD SAY I STARTING TO CHANGE A LOT WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE DONE TO OURSELVES IN NATURE. THE BAY HAS BEEN FOR MONTHS NOW THREE DEGREES WARMER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF SOMETHING COMES THIS WAY AGAIN? ALREADY FLOODED HERE ONCE. I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU. I'M TALKING TO MYSELF. WHAT DOES SELF THINK WILL HAPPEN? CAN I SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH FLOODING? ABSOLUTELY NOT. WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN. WE HAVE CHANGED. ADMINISTRATION DONE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE BEFORE, NO, LIFTED PLANTS FROM BOTTOM, UNDERGROUND PUMPS, PUT THEM HIGH SO DON'T, CHECK ALL THE GENERATORS, MAKE SURE THEY ARE WORKING. I'M THINKING, WHERE DO I SAY I HAVE DONE ENOUGH FOR THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN? I HAVE NOT. SOLAR IS COMING, WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT AND I HAVE SOLAR IN MY HOUSE. CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE BUILDING THE SAME HOUSES, THE SAME HOUSES ARE GOING UP, SAME ONES TORN DOWN. YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO BUILD. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR PROJECT. I'M TALKING TO MYSELF HERE BECAUSE I DO THAT A LOT. I CANNOT CONTINUE TO KEEP BUILDING HOUSES THAT FLOOD. I CANNOT CONTINUE TO BUILD HOUSES THAT DON'T HAVE DRYWALL. HOUSES THAT EAVES. CANNOT CONTINUE TO BUILD HOUSES THAT ARE NOT BUILT DOWN, SIX, EIGHT FEET DOWN LIKE LITTLE ISLANDS ALL OVER, BAHAMAS. IN THE CITIES, NOTHING GOES DOWN BECAUSE THE ROOF IS MADE OUT OF CONCRETE AND STEEL, EIGHT, NINE TEN FEET DOWN. ALL THE RAFTERS ARE DONE WITH STEEL AND NOTHING GOES DOWN. IF IT FLOODS A LITTLE BIT, THEY DON'T HAVE DRYWALL. IT'S CONCRETE, YOU PAINT IT. THAT'S IT. BUT WE'RE DOING TO OURSELVES, YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO. I HEARD FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THIS IS IN THE PERIPHERY OF AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT DOES THAT SAY? WHAT ABOUT THE ASPHALT THAT I SAW ALL OVER THE HOUSES. I'LL SHOW IT IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEM. I'M JUST SAYING KENNEDY IS A MAIN FACTOR. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME. THAT'S NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT FACES A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. THAT'S ALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE HEARING IS OVER SO WE ARE BASICALLY TALKING TO EACH OTHER. I WAS TELLING HIM. UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT THE NEIGHBORS BROUGHT IS STUFF WE CANNOT CONSIDER. WE CAN'T CONSIDER A CODE VIOLATION. WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED TO CONSIDER FLOODING. BECAUSE THAT'S HANDLED AT PERMITTING. WE AREN'T LOOKING AT THAT TONIGHT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DESIGN IN THE PLAN AND THE REZONING DOESN'T FIT. WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO LOOK AT SEVERAL THINGS YOU BROUGHT FORWARD AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNEW THAT, THAT WE CAN'T CONSIDER THAT WHEN MAKING OUR DECISION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, YOU WERE UP. WAS HE THE LAST? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: PASS. >>LUIS VIERA: MASS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEFORE I READ THIS, FOR THE NEIGHBORS, I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID. WHEN WE ARE SITTING HERE AS A BODY, WE'RE LISTENING, OTHER TYPES OF HEARINGS, COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. BUT WE'RE COMPARING THE INFORMATION SENT TO US BASED ON CODE AND THE LAW AND OUR LAND USE POLICIES. THOSE THINGS LIKE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE FLOODING, ALL THOSE THINGS, IT REALLY IS -- SORRY, THE HEARING IS CLOSED. I UNDERSTAND YOUR ALL'S CONCERN. FROM WHAT WE HEARD THIS EVENING, AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS, KENNEDY IS A TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR. I GUARANTEE YOU IN THE NEXT 10, 15 YEARS, THAT ENTIRE AREA, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF IMPACT. ANYBODY LIVING WITHIN A BLOCK OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE INTENSITY, A LOT MORE DENSITY, A LOT MORE REDEVELOPMENT. YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE AGING MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS, THEY ARE GOING TO GET REDEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING MUCH MORE INTENSE AND MUCH MORE DENSE BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE WHOLE AREAS. AGAIN, THE CITY OF TAMPA IS CHANGING. WE'RE EVOLVING, WE'RE GROWING. I'M SHOCKED IT DIDN'T GO UP TO 35 FEET. NEVER SAW A PROJECT WHERE A DEVELOPER GOES DOWN WHAT YOU DID. I CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE ECONOMICS. HEY, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS, NOT MEAN. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FILE REZ 25-16, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 103 SOUTH HALE AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 60, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL EXPLAIN MY VOTE AS WELL. I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD GO AS FAR AS TO SAY THE WHOLE BLOCK IS, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE NEW LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND NEW OVERLAYS. WE ARE LOOKING AT GOING FROM HIGH INTENSITY COMMERCIAL TO GRADUATING DOWN TO SINGLE-FAMILY. SO THIS IS WHAT WE SEE IN A LOT OF THE REST OF THE CITY. SO THIS SHOULDN'T BE A SUPER SURPRISE. AGAIN, I'M KIND OF WITH HIM. I'M SURPRISED THAT THEY DIDN'T MAXIMIZE THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT. THAT'S VERY UNUSUAL. NORMALLY THESE PROJECTS COME TO US AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY AS HIGH AND AS WIDE AS THEY CAN BE. SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AS WELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: AT LEAST ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS TESTIFIED THIS IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE BUILD-OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I USED TO LIVE NEARBY HERE, BUT I CAN'T PRESENT THAT AS TESTIMONY. BUT JUST BASED ON WHAT THEY SAID, YOU CAN'T THINK OF THIS AS A NORMAL TRANSITION BECAUSE THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE, AS SHE SAID, ALL SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT EVIDENCE INTO THE RECORD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL VOTE. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES -- >> SORRY, KLEENEX. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA AND CARLSON VOTING NO. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1st, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN-MINUTE RECESS. THANK YOU. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] [RECESS] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF WE COULD HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DID ANYBODY NEW COME IN THAT HAS NOT BEEN SWORN IN YET? PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN IN YET. [OATH ADMINISTERED] >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEM NUMBER 10. GO AHEAD, SIR. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM 10 IS REZ 25-18. THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 2315 WEST SPRUCE STREET FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES. WE'LL START WITH AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. SUBJECT PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN RED. IT IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST SPRUCE STREET. SUBJECT BLOCK IS LOCATED BETWEEN NATURAL ARMENIA AVENUE AND NORTH HOWARD AVENUE. THE CURRENT PD ZONING FOR THE SUBJECT SITE IS APPROVED FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES AND WAS PART OF THE WEST TAMPA REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, WHICH WAS AN INFILL PROJECT INVOLVING OVER 70 PARCELS. YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LOT OF SITES ZONED PD. I WOULD SAY MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THOSE PD SMALL SITES WERE PART OF THAT REDEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, THAT LARGE SCALE REZONING. IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES COMPRISED OF VACANT PARCELS. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE LOCATED EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ALONG NORTH HOWARD AVENUE AND COMPRISED OF RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND RETAIL USES. NEXT WE HAVE THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING WITH THE APPLICANT PROPOSING THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS TOTALING 2,478 SQUARE FEET EACH. THE EXISTING SITE WOULD BE SPLIT CREATING AN INDIVIDUAL LOT FOR EACH DWELLING. THE PROPOSED SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS HAVE FRONT DOOR ORIENTED TOWARD WEST SPRUCE STREET. ALSO PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY PROVIDED THROUGH PROPOSED SIDEWALKS, WHICH WOULD CONNECT TO AN EXISTING SIDEWALK LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST SPRUCE STREET. VEHICULAR ACCESS TO EACH UNIT WOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE 1A ONE-CAR GARAGE PROPOSED FOR EACH UNIT. ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING WOULD BE PROVIDED ON THE DRIVEWAYS BEHIND EACH OF THE STRUCTURES. THE PROPOSAL FOR THE SUBJECT SITE CURRENTLY DOES NOT MEET THE LOT STANDARDS UNDER THE CURRENT PD ZONING FOR 25 BY 95-FOOT LOTS AS THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 15-FOOT WIDE DWELLING AS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN. NEXT WE HAVE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS DEPICTING HOW EACH OF THE TWO STORY DWELLINGS WOULD LOOK WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 32 FEET SHOWN. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A WAIVER TO SECTION 27-283.12 WHICH IS TO REDUCE THE BACKUP DISTANCE FROM THE REQUIRED 24 FEET TO 19 FEET. I HAVE SOME PHOTOS TO SHOW OF THE SUBJECT SITE. WE HAVE A PHOTO FIRST OF THE SUBJECT SITE SHOWING THE EXISTING SEMI DETACHED DWELLING. NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE ALONG WEST WALNUT STREET WE HAVE THIS PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH ALONG WEST WALNUT STREET. SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, THESE HOMES ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST SPRUCE STREET. THIS IS THE PROPERTY TO THE IMMEDIATE EAST. TO THE IMMEDIATE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS LOOKING EAST ON WEST SPRUCE STREET, LOOKING WEST ON WEST SPRUCE STREET. AND THIS SHOWS ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT IS LOCATED ON NORTH HOWARD. THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PETITION. WE FIND THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, NOTWITHSTANDING STAFF'S FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY IF CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE APPLICATION, THE MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE SUBMITTED REVISION SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. THESE REVISIONS WILL NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF TRANSPORTATION'S INCONSISTENT FINDING. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES SIR. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. THIS CASE IS IN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT AND WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE. SUBJECT SITE IS EVACUATION ZONE E. RECOGNIZED UNDER R 35 DESIGNATION WHICH IS SO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST OF THE SITE. ONE BLOCK EAST AND WEST ARE NORTH HOWARD AVENUE AND NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE, TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR. THE REQUEST SUPPORTS POLICIES THAT ENCOURAGE INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON VACANT AND UNDERUTILIZED PARCELS. THE SITE WOULD BE DEVELOPED AT 20 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE R 35 DESIGNATION. THE PD WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF THE HOUSING WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DIRECTS THE GREATEST SHARE OF GROWTH TO THE CITY'S URBAN VILLAGES. THE REQUEST FURTHER SUPPORTS POLICIES AIMED AT INCREASING HOUSING AVAILABILITY AT DENSITIES THAT PROMOTE WALKING AND TRANSIT USE, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS NEAR EMPLOYMENT HUBS, RESIDENTIAL SERVICES AND AMENITIES, ALONG NORTH HOWARD AVENUE AND NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE. AGAIN, A TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR. MOREOVER, THE REQUEST IS FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA WHICH CONTAINS A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES. STAFF CONCLUDES THAT THE PROPOSAL WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS IN KEEPING WITH THE ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN UNDER THE R-35 DESIGNATION. BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. APPLICANT. >> FRED HENRY. I'VE BEEN SWORN. I'M WITH DOMAIN HOMES. THANK YOU. STAFF DID A GREAT JOB HELPING WITH THIS PROJECT. IF I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT TO IT. I'VE GOT A SITE PLAN NOT QUITE AS LARGE AS WHAT CHRIS HAD THERE. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. TWO HOUSES. WE ARE, AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE BACK -- OH, THANK YOU. THAT'S EVEN BETTER. WE'RE GOING TO BE PAVING THE ALLEY UP TO THE EDGE AS REQUIRED. KIND OF OVERGROWN BACK THERE. SO WE'RE IMPROVING THAT UP TO THE EDGE. THAT WILL MAKE A LITTLE NICER INGRESS AND EGRESS. SOMETHING ELSE TO POINT OUT, I THINK A NEAT NUANCE, THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY CURB YOU SAW IN THE PICTURE, WE REMOVED THOSE AND RESTORED THE GRANITE CURB, BRING IT BACK UP AND RESTORE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SO IT BRINGS THE CHARACTER BACK AND VERNACULAR OF THE AREA. OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW A REQUEST FOR A WAIVER, I'M BACKING UP, THAT'S DUE TO THE TWO PARKING SPOTS THAT'S NEEDED IN THE BACKUP DISTANCE THAT THE SECOND CAR WOULD NEED TO NAVIGATE THAT. BUT BASICALLY, PUTTING A COUPLE OF HOUSES BACK IN THERE, YEAH, INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 10? >> MOTION TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM 10? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FILE NUMBER 10. REZ-25-18, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2315 WEST SPRUCE STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, ALONG WITH THE WAIVERS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND REVISION SHEET. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND REVISION SHEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE? ANY OPPOSED? >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1st, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 11. GO AHEAD. CHRIS CHRIS FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM 11 IS REZ 25-28, REQUEST TO REZONE 8413 NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE FROM RS 60 TO RS 50. SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE. THE SUBJECT BLOCK FACE WHICH INCLUDES THE SUBJECT SITE RUNS BETWEEN EAST YUKON STREET AND EAST -- AVENUE. THE BLOCK FACE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE RETENTION POND WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE AND EAST SEWARD STREET. ADJACENT PARCELS ARE ZONED RS 60. THERE WAS A SIMILAR REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RS 60 TO RS 50 IN RECENT YEARS. THAT PARCEL IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF EAST -- APPROVED IN FEBRUARY 2023, CREATING TWO LOTS MEETING THE RS 50 STANDARDS. NEXT, A SURVEY OF THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN YELLOW. OVER A HUNDRED FEET OF STREET FRONTAGE ALONG NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE. THE TOTAL SITE AREA IS 10,900 SQUARE FEET. SINCE THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING, THERE IS NO SITE PLAN OR ELEVATION, SO I DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS TO SHOW. HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT SITE LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ELECTRIC POLE. THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW SHOWING MORE OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE SITE. JUST NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING. SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ACROSS NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE. AN ADDITIONAL HOUSE LOCATED WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS ON EAST COVINA CIRCLE. AND ONE ADDITIONAL HOUSE ADJACENT TO IT TO THE EAST. NEXT I HAVE A CONFORMING MAP THAT WAS USED AS PART OF STAFF'S ANALYSIS FOR OUR FINDINGS. I PROVIDED AN ANALYSIS IN THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGE 3, WHICH PAGE 3, WHICH I WILL REVIEW WITH YOU NOW. THE SUBJECT SITE IS PART OF THE TEMPLE CREST SUBDIVISION BLOCK 18, LOT 7 AND 8 WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PLATTED IN 1924. THE YEAR OF ANALYSIS INCLUDED 390 PARCELS, 275 PARCELS OR 71% HAD BEEN DEVELOPED AB. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: 275 PARCELS OR 71% HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER AND 115 PARCELS OR 29% HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS. THE SUBJECT BLOCK FACE ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE CONTAINS 18 PARCELS, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE WITH WIDTHS RANGING FROM 50 FEET TO OVER A HUNDRED FEET. EXCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE, SIX OR 35% OF THE PARCELS ON THE SUBJECT BLOCK HAVE A WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER AND 11 OR 65% HAVE A WIDTH OF 59 FEET -- 59.99 FEET OR LESS. THE BLOCK FACE ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE LOCATED BETWEEN EAST SEWARD STREET AND EAST REGNAS AVENUE CONTAINS EIGHT LOTS WITH WIDTHS RANGING FROM 50 TO OVER 100 FEET. A TOTAL OF FIVE OR 62% OF THE PARCELS HAVE WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER AND 3, OR 38% OF THE PARCELS HAVE A WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS. THE BLOCK LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH GREENWOOD AVENUE, RIGHT HERE, BETWEEN EAST SEWARD STREET AND EAST REGNAS AVENUE CONTAINS 11 PARCELS WITH WIDTHS RANGING FROM 50 TO OVER 100 FEET. TOTAL OF 4 OR 36% OF THE PARCELS HAVE WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER AND 7 OR 64% OF THE PARCELS HAVE A WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS. STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED IN THE OVERALL STUDY AREA CONTAINING 390 PARCELS, THAT'S 71% OF THE PARCELS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER AND 29% HAVE A WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS IN THE AREA. WHILE THERE ARE A VARIETY OF LOT SIZES WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE SUBJECT SITE, STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED REQUEST TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE OVERALL STUDY AREA. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAVE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION. WE FIND THE REQUEST TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? MR. COLLINS. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. THIS CASE IS IN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT. IT'S WITHIN THE TEMPLE CREST NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SUBJECT SITE IS NOT IN AN EVACUATION ZONE. THE SITE IS DESIGNATED AS R-10 WHICH SURROUNDS SUBJECT SITE ON ALL SIDES. INTERIOR OF R-10 NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROPOSED RS 50 ZONING DISTRICT CAN BE CONSIDERED IN THE R-10 DESIGNATION. THE REZONING WILL ALLOW CONSIDERATION OF TWO SINGLE-FAMILY -- ZONING LOTS DENSITY OF 4.59 UNITS PER ACRE. ON THE SUBJECT SITE, AREA PLANNED FOR 10 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF SINGLE-FAMILY USES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE PROPOSED DENSITY THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED THROUGH THIS REZONING, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THAT THE REQUEST WILL NOT ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE REQUEST IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENCOURAGES COMPATIBLE REDEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC HEALTH AND ACCOMMODATE ITS GROWING POPULATION. APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING WOULD ENABLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFILL HOUSING ON UNDERUTILIZED PARCEL IN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT. IN CONCLUSION, THE STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSAL WILL NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONSISTENT WITH DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ANTICIPATED UNDER R-10 DESIGNATION. BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPLICANT. YES MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> AILEEN ROSARIO, CONSULTANT. MY CLIENT, ALL HE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS REZONE THE PROPERTY TO RS 50 SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO BUILD AND BEAUTIFY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD INTO TWO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES SO EACH LOT WOULD HAVE 50 BY 104. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S IT? >> YES, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NOTHING FURTHER? >> THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 11? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, WOULD YOU MIND READING 11? >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 8413 NORTH ORANGEVIEW AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 60 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO RS 50, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 1st, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT IS ITEM NUMBER 12. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: SAM THOMAS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 IS REZ 24-78, REQUEST TO REZONE 4202 WEST SPRUCE STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY. I HAVE A REVISED REVISION SHEET TO PROVIDE. ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE REVISED REVISION SHEET IF ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE ONE. WE WILL GET STARTED HERE WITH OUR AERIAL MAP. HERE IS THE SUBJECT SITE OUTLINED IN RED ON NORTH LOIS AVENUE AND WEST SPRUCE STREET. NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, YOU HAVE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR OFFICE. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. THEN AS YOU MOVE TO THE WEST, YOU HAVE A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOME HERE AND THEN YOU HAVE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR MULTIFAMILY. WHEN YOU MOVE TO THE SOUTH, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. THEN ON THE EAST, YOU HAVE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY. THE CORNER DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER BACK I BELIEVE IN JANUARY WAS APPROVED FOR RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AS WELL. WITHIN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE AREA, MULTIPLE LARGE SCALE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR SITE PLAN. HERE IS THE SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. BEFORE I GET INTO THIS, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SITE IS ZONED PD. CURRENT PD IS APPROVED FOR BUSINESS TRADE, VOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND COLLEGES OR BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. JUST WANTED TO FILL YOU IN ON THAT REAL QUICK. SO HERE IS A SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 365,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING CONTAINING MULTIFAMILY UNITS. AND THAT WOULD BE 313 MULTIFAMILY UNITS. THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING WALK-UP UNITS ALONG WEST SPRUCE STREET AND NORTH LOIS AVENUE. AND THERE'S PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS FOR WALK UP UNITS TO THE SIDEWALK THAT I BELIEVE IT IS EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK PROPOSED ALONG SPRUCE STREET AND LOIS AVENUE. THERE ARE PROPOSED TYPE ONE, TWO, AND THREE TREES ALONG LOIS AVENUE AND TYPE THREE TREES PROPOSED ALONG WEST SPRUCE STREET. THAT IS DUE TO OVERHEAD WIRES. WEREN'T ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE TYPE ONE TREES. ALSO A SMALL OPEN PUBLIC SPACE AT THE CORNER OF LOIS AND WEST SPRUCE STREET. VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROVIDED FROM WEST SPRUCE HERE AND NORTH LOIS AVENUE HERE WHICH LEADS TO THE PARKING GARAGE ENTRANCE ON THE BACK SIDE. 522 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND 522 PARKING SPACES ARE PROVIDED. APPLICANT DID COORDINATE WITH HART TO PROVIDE AN IMPROVED AND UPDATED TRANSIT STOP AND SHELTER. ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, SOMEWHAT ON THEIR PROPERTY. MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT FOR THE SUBJECT SITE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE FROM ABOUT RIGHT HERE ACROSS IS FIVE STORIES OR 65 FEET. AND THEN THE REMAINING OF THE BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO BE SEVEN STORIES OR 94 FEET IN HEIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO INTO THE ELEVATIONS. HERE IS THE NORTH ELEVATION. HERE IS THE EAST ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE THAT -- YOU CAN SEE THE STEP-DOWN THAT IS PROVIDED. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SOUTH ELEVATION. THIS WOULD BE LOOKING BACK FROM WHERE THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ARE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FIVE-STORY PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS, AND THEN THIS IS LOOKING FROM THE WEST ELEVATION. PROVIDE YOU SOME PICTURES FROM AROUND THE SITE NOW. THIS IS ANOTHER LARGE SITE. I KNOW IT'S LATE, BUT A FEW PICTURES. THIS IS LOOKING WEST. THIS IS THE END OF THE PROPERTY LINE HERE. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE PD DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE ON SPRUCE STREET. SO YOU CAN SEE THE MULTIFAMILY ON EITHER SIDE. NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING EAST ON SPRUCE. SEE THE MULTIFAMILY HERE. THEN THE OFFICE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE. THIS IS LOOKING INTERNAL TO THE SITE, LOOKING SOUTH. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES TO THE BACK AND SEE THE MULTIFAMILY OVER HERE IN THE CORNER THAT'S LOCATED TO THE WEST. NOW WE'RE LOOKING NORTH ON SPRUCE AT THE PD ACROSS THE STREET. MOVING FARTHER DOWN SPRUCE THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHEAST INTERNAL TO THE SUBJECT SITE. MOVING FURTHER DOWN SPRUCE, LOOKING NORTHEAST AT THE OFFICE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL, APPROVED VIA THE PD. MOVING FARTHER DOWN, CLOSER TO LOIS AVENUE, THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHEAST INTO THE SITE AS WELL. GETTING CLOSER TO THE INTERSECTION, WE'RE LOOKING EAST ON SPRUCE. LOIS AVENUE. YOU CAN SEE THE MULTIFAMILY THAT IS APPROVED ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN THIS CORNER HERE IS WHERE THAT OTHER PD WAS APPROVED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. NOW WE'RE LOOKING WEST BACK DOWN TOWARDS WHERE WE CAME FROM ON SPRUCE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE HERE. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE INTERSECTION OF SPRUCE AND LOIS. THIS IS LOOKING NORTH AT THE INTERSECTION. SO THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ALONG LOIS AVENUE TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL PLAZA. NOW WE'RE LOOKING SOUTH ON LOIS AVENUE. YOU HAVE THE MULTIFAMILY APPROVED HERE AND THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE. ANOTHER VIEW LOOKING EAST FROM LOIS, ACROSS FROM THE SUBJECT SITE. LOOKING BACK NORTH, YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING HART TRANSIT STOP IS NOW. THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE UPGRADED. MOVING FURTHER SOUTH, END OF THE SUBJECT SITE RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE TRANSITION TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME STARTS SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. NOW WE'RE LOOKING BACK NORTH, SUBJECT SITE IS ROUGHLY ABOUT WHERE THAT TREE IS. MOVED WELL SOUTH OF IT BUT WANTED TO LOOP BACK DOWN TO WHERE THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES SOUTH OF THAT ON UNION STREET TO KIND OF SHOW THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN SOUTH OF IT. YOU CAN SEE WAY IN THE DISTANCE THE PARKING GARAGE THAT IS PART OF THE PD WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. NOW WE'RE LOOKING BACK TO THE EAST TO LOIS AVENUE AT THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ALREADY APPROVED ACROSS THE STREET AND DEVELOPED. AND THEN NOW WE MOVED BACK WEST, SO THE SUBJECT SITE WOULD BE ROUGHLY RIGHT HERE. THIS IS THE PARKING GARAGE FOR THE MULTIFAMILY THAT ALREADY EXISTS. NOW WE WORKED OUR WAY BACK INTERNAL. I WANT TO SHOW A FEW PICTURES INTERNAL TO THE SITE. BACK WHERE THE SUBJECT SITE MEETS UP TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. KIND OF SEE THE WALL THAT EXISTS THERE NOW. AND THEN THIS IS THE STORMWATER POND THAT SEPARATES THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN NOW. I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 10-FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE. I WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT. SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND THE WAIVERS ASSOCIATED, MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE REVISED REVISION SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING THAT IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED. I SEE PD AND RS 50 BUT CURRENTLY ZONED FOR VOCATIONAL. OKAY. WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN? A SCHOOL? WOULD IT BE MANUFACTURING? WOULD IT BE ANYTHING -- LIKE WHAT IS THE BIGGEST SCALE THAT COULD GO ON THERE? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: WHEN IT COMES TO THE SCHOOL, IT EXISTS AS A SCHOOL TODAY. I THINK IT'S A MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOME SORT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE THAT'S APPROVED ON THERE, I BELIEVE APPROVED FOR A MAXIMUM OF 133,000 SQUARE FEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT WAS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THIS PROPOSAL? >> THIS PROPOSAL, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE PROPOSED TO BE 365,000 SQUARE FEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH YES, SIR. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >>DANNY COLLINS: DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I WAS SWORN IN. OUR LAST CASE IS IN THE WESTSHORE PLANNING DISTRICT AND SPECIFICALLY IT'S IN THE CARVER CITY LINCOLN GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SITE IS IN EVACUATION ZONE C. THE SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN THE RMU 100 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION. YOU CAN SEE THE RMU 100 IS PREDOMINANTLY FOUND ALONG WEST SPRUCE STREET AS WELL AS ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH LOIS AVENUE. THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE TRANSITION FROM THE RMU 100 TO THE RESIDENTIAL 10 TO THE SOUTH AS YOU MOVE OFF SPRUCE STREET. THE RMU 100 IS THE SECOND HIGHEST INTENSITY LAND USE CATEGORY IN THE CITY, SECOND TO ONLY THE CBD, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICT. THE REQUEST PROPOSES 313 MULTIFAMILY UNITS WITH A DENSITY OF 94 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE AND A 2.62 F.A.R. THE PROPOSED DENSITY IS WELL BELOW THE ANTICIPATED DENSITY UNDER THE RMU 100 DESIGNATION, WHICH IS A 3.5. THE PROPOSAL HAS DEMONSTRATED COMPATIBILITY WITH THE R-10 NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH TO ENSURE SENSITIVITY TO THESE HOMES, THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING STEPS DOWN FROM SEVEN STORIES ALONG WEST SPRUCE STREET TO FIVE STORIES ALONG THE SOUTHERN FACADE. THE HEIGHT TRANSITIONS IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT FIVE STORY -- SORRY. THE HEIGHT IS COMPARABLE TO THE ADJACENT FIVE-STORY BUILDING TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, 4210 WEST SPRUCE STREET, WHICH WAS APPROVED UNDER REZONING 12-23. THAT BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY -- WAS APPROVED UP TO 64 FEET. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES A 10-FOOT CONCRETE WALL AND 15-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER TO SEPARATE THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING FROM THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. TO THE SOUTH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTS SUCH HEIGHT TRANSITIONS WITHIN MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS, SPECIFICALLY IN AREAS OF HIGH AND LOW INTENSITY AREAS. THE PLAN ALSO EMPHASIZES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT THAT ENHANCES THE CHARACTER AND AMBIENCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS. IT ENCOURAGES CONNECTING BUILDING ENTRANCES TO PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND INCORPORATING SIDEWALKS IN FEASIBLE AREAS TO PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. THE PD INCLUDES SIDEWALKS ALONG WEST SPRUCE STREET AND NORTH LOIS AVENUE. PROVIDING DIRECT ACCESS TO WALK-UP UNITS. PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS ALSO PROVIDED ALONG THE REAR OF THE BUILDING ALONG THE DRIVE AISLE. ADDITIONALLY, HART BUS PAD AND SHELTER IS PROPOSED ALONG NORTH LOIS AVENUE TO ENCOURAGE TRANSIT USE, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY THE PLAN. THE BUILDING IS PLACED CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY WITH PARKING ACCESS AT THE REAR OF THE SITE ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE PLAN 6.1.5. PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSAL HAS ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED THE MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDOR DESIGN POLICIES IN THE PLAN AND HAS ALSO ADDRESSED POLICIES RELATED TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. FINALLY, THE REQUEST ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S GROWTH AND HOUSING STRATEGIES. BECAUSE IT WILL ADD ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE WESTSHORE EMPLOYMENT CENTER, WESTSHORE EMPLOYMENT CENTER IS AN AREA WHERE THE PLAN DIRECTS THE GREATEST SHARE OF GROWTH. BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. MR. HUDSON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. GOOD NIGHT. MY NAME IS TYLER HUDSON. 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. I WOULD ASK, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MORE THAN 20 MINUTES, IF WE DON'T USE ALL OUR CASE IN CHIEF TIME, I WOULD ASK TO USE SOME OF THAT IN THE REBUTTAL IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WOULD ONLY ALLOW 15 MINUTES AND FIVE MINUTE REBUTTAL. >> IF I DON'T USE ALL 15, WOULD LIKE TO USE IT IN THE REBUTTAL. I'M ON THE CLOCK. I'LL GO. TYLER HUDSON. 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. PROUD TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF PARADISE VENTURES. CHRIS MY COLLEAGUE, ALEX SCHALER AND I WILL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION. ARCHITECT COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING DUE TO MEDICAL EMERGENCY. DARK MOSS IS PROJECT ARBORIST. AND STEVE HENRY WITH LINCKS & ASSOCIATES IS THE TRAFFIC CONSULTANT. I WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF POINTS OF EMPHASIS BEFORE TURNING THINGS OVER TO ALEX. YOU SEE THE FAMILIAR MAP SEEN PREVIOUSLY. LARGE SCALE, MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS APPROVED IN THIS AREA. CARVER CITY, LINCOLN GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY CARVER CITY BEYOND THE WEST SIDE OF SPRUCE THERE. MOST RECENTLY THIS COUNCIL APPROVED A PROJECT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SPRUCE AND LOIS. BUT THIS IS IN THE BROADER WESTSHORE AREA. CARVER CITY, LINCOLN GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD, AS YOU'LL NOTE AT THE INTERSECTION AND THE PERIPHERY AROUND THIS INTERSECTION, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE FOR 12, 15, GOING ON 20 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE SCALE APARTMENT PROJECTS. THAT'S BECAUSE THE WESTSHORE BUSINESS DISTRICT IS THE LARGEST EMPLOYMENT CENTER, LARGEST BUSINESS DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. NEAR THE AIRPORT, NEAR THE BRIDGES. THIS IS AN AREA OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. GOOD SEGUE TO REMEMBER THIS IS REGIONAL MIXED USE 100. THIS IS THE MOST DENSE AREA IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF TAMPA OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN. CHANNEL DISTRICT, THE CORE OF WESTSHORE MALL, PLACES LIKE THAT. THERE ARE SOME PARCELS LIKE THIS. I KIND OF REFER TO THEM AS BOOK ENDS WHERE YOU HAVE THE MOST DENSE CATEGORY IN THE CITY RIGHT NEXT TO THE LEAST DENSE CATEGORY IN THE CITY. THAT CREATES SOME COMPATIBILITY CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE BEEN MINDFUL ABOUT IN THIS PROJECT SINCE DAY ONE. THE PROJECT THAT IF I GO BACK TO THESE, THE PROJECT YOU CAN SEE IN THE YELLOW OUTLINE. GREEN STAR TO THE LEFT. THE PROJECT HAD THE EXACT SAME SITUATION. CALLED KNOW ADVICE WESTSHORE. RMU 100 ABUTTING R-10. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, IF YOU ARE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITE LOOKING TO THE WEST, TO THE SUNSET, THE WATER, THIS IS WHAT THE BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH SOME OF THE CARTOON IMAGERY. THE FACE OF THE BUILDING IS SET BACK 40 FEET. CODE REQUIRES 15. SO BY CODE, YOU CAN PUT A BUILDING 35 FEET TALL, JUST 15 FEET FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE. WE PROPOSE TO ALMOST TRIPLE THAT AT 40 FEET. WITHIN THAT 40-FOOT BUFFER AS SAM ALLUDED TO IS A 10-FOOT MASONRY WALL INCREASED FROM 6 FEET AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG WITH 15-FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER OF TYPE ONE TREES. THE LARGEST AVAILABLE TREES IN COMMERCIAL NURSERIES. 18 FEET TALL AT PLANTING. THAT'S THE PROPERTY LINE. NOW, IT'S WORTH NOTING FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE HOMES THAT ARE ON UNION, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS ON UNION WHO HAVE GENUINE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, THEIR HOMES ARE ANOTHER 30 FEET OR SO SET BACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. I DIDN'T GO IN THE BACKYARDS AND MEASURE. THIS IS GOOGLE EARTH. AVERAGING OF 25 TO 30 FEET OF SETBACK. FUNCTIONALLY, 70 FEET OF SETBACK BETWEEN SOMEONE WALKING OUT THEIR BACK PORCH AND EVEN SEEING A BUILDING. I'LL TALK QUICKLY. ONLY TWO OF THESE MATTER. ACCESS. WALK-UP UNITS ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS. SOUTHERN FACE OF THE BUILDING TO ADDRESS CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY, NO BLOAKS. THERE WILL NOT BE A SINGLE BALCONY ON THE SOUTHERN FACE. THE DRIVE AISLE SHOWN HERE, 15 FEET IN FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, THAT'S WHAT THE CURRENT PD ALLOWS. CURRENT DRIVE AISLE ACTUALLY THERE FOR FOR CONCORD COLLEGE IA LITTLE NORTH. THE EXISTING PD THAT ONE COULD PULL PERMITS SHOWS 15-FOOT BUFFER FOR THAT DRIVE AISLE. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE CARS THAT PARK FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE. WITH THAT, I'LL ASK ALEX TO TALK THROUGH THE WAIVERS BEFORE WE HAVE CHRIS TALK ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH. THANKS. >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. I HAVE BEEN SWORN. AS WITH MOST PROJECTS WE BRING BEFORE YOU IN THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY DISTRICT, THAT IS A VERY DESIGN INTENSIVE DISTRICT. WE HAVE A SMALL COLLECTION OF WAIVERS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING. THE FIRST IS A LOADING WAIVER. THIS IS NO NET REDUCTION. PROVIDING TWO 12 BY 30s IN LIEU OF SINGLE 12 BY 60. WITH THE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEXES, THIS LOADING IS BEING USED TO MOVE IN, MOVE OUT. PEOPLE ARE USING A BOX TRUCK. THE NEXT SET OF WAIVERS ARE TREES. I MENTIONED THIS WHEN WE WERE HERE FOR THE SITE ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES A CERTAIN TREE SPECIES. THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT THE MOST SUITABLE SPECIES WE WANT THERE. BOSQUE ELMS. SAYING WE CAN REPLACE BOSQUE ELMS WITH ANOTHER SPECIES MORE SUITABLE. WE REQUESTED THAT ON EVERY PROJECT, DID ACROSS THE STREET, ON WESTSHORE MALL. THE SECOND ONE, WE'RE REQUESTING TO REMOVE ONE GRAND LAUREL DOWN HERE IN THE BOTTOM CORNER. I WILL NOTE THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE WAIVER. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DRIVE AISLE ALMOST CURVES AROUND IT. WE JUST FOUND THERE HAVE BEEN INCREASING CHALLENGES IN PRESERVING SOME OF THESE IN MID-RISE CONSTRUCTION. AGAIN, THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE REQUEST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CONFIDENT THIS IS GOING TO SURVIVE CONSTRUCTION HERE FOR THE BUILDING. TYLER ALLUDED TO THIS A SECOND AGO, WE DO HAVE TO REQUEST A WAIVER FOR THE VUA PROXIMITY TO SINGLE-FAMILY. WHAT IS REQUIRED PER CODE IS 25 FEET. AS TYLER MENTIONED, WE ARE PROVIDING 15 FEET. WHAT EXISTS ON THE SITE TODAY IS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT. I THINK FIVE FEET OFF. AND THEN AGAIN, WITH THAT OTHER PD THAT WAS APPROVED PACK IN 1990, HELD THE 15-FOOT BUFFER AS WELL. WE ARE ESSENTIALLY SAYING, YES, WE ARE REQUESTING A WAIVER FROM WHAT IS REQUIRED PER THE OVERLAY CODE, BUT THIS SCENARIO WITH THE ACCESS, THE RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT OFF OF LOIS, ACCESS ON SPRUCE, IN HOLDING THOSE EXISTING TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND MIRRORING WHAT'S ON-SITE TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE THE CIRCULATION IN THE REAR. IN TERMS OF SETBACK, THIS WAS ALLUDED TO. I TRIED TO COLOR CODE THIS. WE HAVE DIFFERENT EXHIBITS THAT CAN HELP. A 15-FOOT HORIZONTAL BUFFER WIDTH IS WHAT IS REQUIRED OR SETBACK WIDTH. 15 FEET. HOWEVER, AS WE SEE IN OTHER DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CODE AND OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS, THIS HAS THAT WEDDING CAKE SETBACK. SO AS THE BUILDING GETS INCREASED IN HEIGHT, THE SETBACK HAS TO INCREASE ALONG WITH IT. IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CODE, IT IS TYPICALLY A TWO TO ONE. LIKE IF YOUR BUILDING GOES UP TWO FEET, ADD A FOOT OF SETBACK. FOUR TO ONE WITH LIVE LOCAL, GO UP FOUR FEET, BACK ONE WOULD THE. WESTSHORE IT IS ONE TO ONE. WE HAVE TRIED TO DO THAT. WE'VE COME VERY, VERY CLOSE. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE 40 FEET TO THE SOUTH. 40 FEET TO THE WEST. 50 FEET IS REQUIRED THERE. WE'RE TEN FEET OFF. BUT WE BELIEVE A 40-FOOT SETBACK FOR THE FIVE STORY PORTION OF THE BUILDING IS SUFFICIENT. THE SAME WITH THE BLUE ARROW, 70 AND 78. THIS IS A REQUEST OF THE WAIVER WHERE THE BUILDING GOES UP TO 7 STORIES. REQUESTING INSTEAD OF 79-FOOT SETBACK WHICH IS WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED, WE ARE PROVIDING 78 AND WE ARE PROVIDING 70. WE'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO WHAT IS REQUIRED. AS TYLER MENTIONED IN ADDING SOME OF THIS BACKYARD SPACE, SOME OF THE DISTANCES ARE FUNCTIONALLY A HUNDRED FEET OF A SETBACK FROM THE SEVEN STORY PORTION OF THE BUILDING. THE TREES WE ARE PLANTING THERE ARE THE LARGEST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE TREES IN THE NURSERY. THE CONCRETE WALL. NOT ONLY ARE WE PROVIDING A VERY EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WHAT I WOULD CALL A HORIZONTAL SETBACK OR HORIZONTAL BUFFER, WE ARE TRYING TO OFFER AS MUCH PRIVACY AND PROTECTION VIA THE VERTICAL COMPONENTS OF THE BUFFER THAT WE CAN. THESE ARE COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, THIS IS BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED. FAR AND BEYOND WHAT IS REQUIRED PER CODE. WE FELT IN GATHERING CONCERNS AND LISTENING TO THEM THAT MORE PRIVACY WAS DEMANDED AND WE RESPONDED. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A FULLY CONSISTENT STAFF REPORT. EVERY SINGLE REVIEWING DEPARTMENT FOUND THE APPLICATION CONSISTENT REGARDLESS OF THE WAIVERS THAT WERE REQUESTED IN EACH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT. I THINK THAT IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO HOW HARD THE DESIGN TEAM HAS WORKED TO DELICATELY THREAD THAT NEEDLE OF A SITE THAT DEMANDS HIGH DENSITY, REGIONAL SCALE DENSITY AT A LARGE INTERSECTION WHILE ALSO ABUTTING SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES. WE'VE INCORPORATED SOME OF THE DESIGN SUGGESTIONS WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THIS COUNCIL IN TERMS OF SETBACKS AND SENSITIVITY. THAT'S SEEN IN THIS PROPOSAL DON'T. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO BRING UP CHRIS ZIMMERMAN WITH PARADISE VENTURES AND HE WILL SPEAK TO SOME OF THE OUTREACH HE'S DONE WITH NEIGHBORS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOUR PRESENTATION. I DID NOT CONSIDER THE FACT THAT MY MOTHER'S HOME IS NOW IN MY NAME AND IS ONLY TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. I THINK OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, COUNCILMAN CARLSON WOULD SAY, I'LL HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WILL PREPARE THE FORM FOR YOU. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES. I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN THAT CAPACITY. I APOLOGIZE. IT IS EXTREMELY CLOSE. JUST OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALSO, THIS IS DIFFERENT, BUT MY MOTHER LIVES IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER THERE AT ONE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. SHE'S A RENTER. SHE DOESN'T OWN ANY REAL ESTATE. IT'S VISCANTE. IT'S JUST OUT OF VIEW FROM THE MAP. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NEITHER SHE NOR ANYONE ELSE HAS A FINANCIAL STAKE -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. I DON'T THINK SHE GOT NOTICE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS A RENTER SHE NORMALLY WOULD NOT. LET ME ASK YOU THIS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROCEEDING. CAN YOU HEAR THE EVIDENCE AND BE FREE OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE AND BASE YOUR DECISION ON COMPETENT SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. I'M STAYING. >>GWEN HENDERSON: DO I HAVE TO LEAVE? >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES. IF YOU STICK AROUND A FEW MORE MINUTES, I'LL FILL OUT THE PAPER WORK. I'LL MEET YOU IN YOUR OFFICE. COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CHRIS ZIMMERMAN. WITH PARADISE VENTURES. WE ARE THE CONTRACT PURCHASER AND THE DEVELOPER HERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. CERTAINLY ALSO WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL THEIR ASSISTANCE ALONG THE WAY. VERY, VERY PROUD OF ACHIEVING FULL CONSISTENCY HERE. IT WAS NOT EASY, PARTICULARLY AS WE WERE ADDRESSING A NUMBER OF CONCERNS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT A FEW DIFFERENT JUNCTURES. VERY PROUD OF THE DESIGN. I DID WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT OUTREACH. WE'VE HAD FIVE FORMAL PRESENTATIONS WITH BOTH THE CARVER CITY LINCOLN GARDENS CIVIC ASSOCIATION. AND THEN A COUPLE WITH JUST RHONDA CAMPBELL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS. MRS. ANA LEE ALINA. ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION. IT REALLY WAS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THEM THROUGHOUT. IT WASN'T A PROCESS WHERE WE SAW EYE TO EYE AT ALL TIMES, BUT THEY WERE VERY FORTHCOMING WITH CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD, SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY HAD, AND I HOPE THAT WE WERE EQUALLY PROACTIVE IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER IN THIS PRESENTATION, MR. HUDSON? HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT. >>THE CLERK: FOUR MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL JUST MAKE A NOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS. ANYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL AND WE'LL START ONE BY ONE. >> NICK LACRONE. 4218 WEST UNION STREET. FIRST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION FOR MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS. WHILE I LOVE CARTOONS AND PRETTY TREES JUST LIKE THE NEXT GUY, I FEEL AS THOUGH WHAT WAS JUST PRESENTED TO US KIND OF PLEAD ITS OWN CASE FOR WHY IT DOESN'T WORK. I FOUND IT EXTREMELY INTERESTING ALL OF THE STARS THAT SHOWED YOU ALL OF THE OTHER APARTMENT OR MIXED USE SPACES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IF YOU GAVE A DOLLAR TO A HOMELESS MAN ON THE STREET, THAT DOES -- DOES THAT MEAN YOU HAVE TO GIVE A DOLLAR TO EVERY OTHER PERSON YOU WALK BY? NO. THEN YOU WOULD BE BROKE. THAT'S WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. IT IS BREAKING THE CULTURE AND COMMUNITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP THAT THEY SHOWED, SPRUCE IS A TWO LANE STREET ONE GOING EACH WAY. IT WAS MENTIONED THAT IN JANUARY THERE WAS ALREADY AN APARTMENT BUILDING APPROVED ON THE OTHER SIDE, CATTY-CORNER TO WHERE THIS ONE IS BEING PRESENTED AND THERE IS ANOTHER ONE CURRENTLY BEING BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO DEL FRESCO ON LOIS AND COLUMBUS. WHEN YOU TAKE THOSE THREE TOGETHER, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 CARS COMING INTO THIS VERY SMALL, COMPACT AREA. SPRUCE CAN'T TAKE THAT. THE INTERSECTION OF CYPRESS AND LOIS ALREADY BACKS UP TO SPRUCE A LOT OF TIMES. AND THAT'S WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL 2,000 CARS. ADDITIONAL POINT IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIVE TO WHERE THEY ARE SHOWING TO BUILD THIS ESTABLISHMENT, THERE IS A HIGH SCHOOL, A MIDDLE SCHOOL, AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JUST TWO, THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THIS AREA. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE INGRAM COMMUNITY CENTER IS RIGHT THERE. SO CHILDREN, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHILDREN ARE WALKING FROM SCHOOL TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR AFTER-SCHOOL CARE, FOR TUTORING, FOR SWIM LESSONS. WHEN YOU HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF CARS AND INFLUX AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN'T HANDLE IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. IT'S JUST GOING TO CAUSE SO MANY MORE ISSUES. IMAGINE YOU'RE DRIVING YOUR CAR AND COME UP TO A STOPLIGHT. IT'S BACKED UP, YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. ACTUALLY, LET'S USE SPRUCE AND DALE MABRY. IF YOU CATCH THAT LIGHT, NEVER MAKE IT THROUGH. YOU'LL BE SITTING THERE TWO, THREE ROUNDS. YOU TRY TO TAKE A LEFT, RIGHT, TRY TO GO AROUND TO CUT YOUR TIME DOWN. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE COMING INTO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE PUTTING THE SAFETY AND LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY IN DANGER SO WE CAN HAVE THIS ESTABLISHMENT. I LOVE CARTOONS. I LOVE TREES. ALL CUTE AND FRIENDLY. OUR AREA IS NOT SET UP FOR THIS KIND OF IMPACT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES MA'AM. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> VERONICA SUTTON. MY FAMILY AND I ARE 22-YEAR RESIDENTS OF CARVER CITY. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX CONSTRUCTION. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY TREMENDOUS GROWTH, HOWEVER THE IMPACT OF THIS PROPOSED STRUCTURE HAS SEVERAL NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS AS IT WOULD BE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CARVER CITY NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES. THE FIRST NEGATIVE IMPACT WHICH HOLDS MY DEEPEST FEAR IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE. MY HOME IS CURRENTLY A REMEDIATED SINKHOLE PROPERTY. IN 2009, 36 HELICAL PIERS PLACED UNDER OUR HOME TO STABILIZE. $43,295. 2010, AN HAD ADDITIONAL 12 HELICAL PIERS, ANOTHER $14,000. THREE HOMES DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPOSED COMPLEX AND TWO HOMES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF UNION THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED FOUNDATION CONCERNS AND SINKHOLE REMEDIATIONS. THE BUILDER HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE ENGINEERING STUDY REGARDING THE SINKHOLES OR WHAT THE STRUCTURAL DAMAGES THIS MASSIVE BUILDING WILL HAVE ON OUR HOMES, ESPECIALLY THE HOUSES DIRECTLY BEHIND THEM. THE SECOND NEGATIVE IMPACT IS THE MAJOR CONCERN WITH THE VOLUME OF 313 APARTMENTS PROVIDING 522 PARKING SPACES WHICH WOULD SEVERELY STRAIN OUR ALREADY OVERLY CONGESTED LOCAL ROADS. A SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO ALREADY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE LIGHT ON LOIS AVENUE AND SPRUCE TO CHANGE JUST TO GET OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH THIS ADDITIONAL COMPLEX EXITING ON TO LOIS AVENUE, WOULD EXTREMELY LIMIT THE ABILITY FOR THE RESIDENTS TO SAFELY EXIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ONTO LOIS AVENUE. PARADISE VENTURES HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR EIGHT STORY, 400 UNIT COMPLEX ON THE ADJACENT CORNER OF LOIS AND SPRUCE. THE OLD -- BUILDING. TOO MUCH DEVELOPMENT FOR SUCH A DENSE AREA. THE THIRD NEGATIVE IMPACT IS THE SHEER HEIGHT OF THE SEVEN STORY BUILDING AND THE PRIVACY INFRINGEMENTS ON HOUSES DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPOSED COMPLEX. A SERVICE ROAD THAT SHOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 25 FEET AWAY FROM OUR HOMES IS REQUESTING TO BE REDUCED. THE BUILDER IS ASKING FOR SETBACK REDUCTIONS IN THE BACK AND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, THUS INCREASING THE NOISE AND DECREASING THE AIR QUALITY FOR OUR HOMES. NOTHING TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE DRIVERS USING THE SERVICE ROAD ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL NOISE FROM A GROUND-LEVEL POOL AND CLUBHOUSE DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR HOMES. WE HAVE ENOUGH APARTMENTS ALREADY. PLEASE ALLOW US TO KEEP OUR HERITAGE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CARVER CITY AND LINCOLN GARDENS SAFE. PLEASE VOTE NO FOR THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. I HAVE A PETITION SIGNED BY THE NEIGHBORS ON SPRUCE STREET AND OTHER CONCERNED CITIZENS NO YES, MA'AM. PLEASE BRING IT UP TO THE ATTORNEY AND HE'LL TAKE IT AND PASS IT AROUND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP. >> KENYA SUTTON. 4202 WEST UNION STREET. DEAR COUNCIL, I'M A THIRD GENERATION RESIDENT OF LINCOLN GARDENS CARVER CITY AREA. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CARVER CITY AND LIVED THERE OVER 50 YEARS. I'M CURRENTLY LIVING IN A HOME PURCHASED BY MY GRANDPARENTS. AS A GENXER I WELCOME THE GROWTH AND CHANGE THE BAY AREA HAS HAD. I ALSO APPRECIATE AND RESPECT THE LAND WE ONCE HAD. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING? WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO RIGHT NOW. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF THE APARTMENT, COMMERCIAL SPACE BUILDINGS IN THE 4200 BLOCK OF WEST SPRUCE STREET. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, I WATCHED THE CARVER CITY AREA GROW, SO MUCH SO THAT THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC IN THE AREAS HAS INCREASED SO MUCH THAT I'M BARELY ABLE TO GET OUT OF MY HOME SAFELY IN THE MORNING TRYING TO RETURN TO WORK ON LOIS AVENUE. RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE APARTMENT YOU SAW ACROSS THE STREET HAVE INVADED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY PARKING THEIR CARS IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES AND HAVING THEIR DELIVERY DRIVERS DELIVER THEIR GOODS TO THEM IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES. MY 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IS NO LONGER ABLE TO RIDE HER BICYCLE OR HOVER BOARD SAFELY DOWN THE SIDEWALK IN THIS AREA. OR OUR PORCH WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS. IN ADDITION, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE AREA OF LOIS FLOODED BEFORE IN FRONT OF MY HOME UNTIL RECENTLY THIS YEAR. DUE TO THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS BEING BUILT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOME. THE DRAINAGE DITCH WAS COVERED. TO APPARENTLY A PROPER DRAINAGE SYSTEM WAS NOT PUT INTO PLACE, RESULTING IN FLOODING IN FRONT OF MY HOME. THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW HISTORICALLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS REMAINING IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA. I WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE THIS AREA FOR MY CHILD AND LEAVE THE LEGACY OF WHERE HER ANCESTORS WERE ROOTED. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE A PLAN -- WE HAVE PLANNED PARKING SPOTS, BUT THE RESIDENTS DO NOT STICK TO THAT PLAN. IT'S TIME THAT WE BECOME MORE PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEM BEFORE THEY OCCUR. AND WE CONTINUE TO NOT BUILD TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THIS PROPOSAL AND I THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. YES SIR. >> HELLO. JEROME SUTTON. 4203 WEST UNION STREET. MY HOUSE IS DIRECTLILE -- ABUTS DIRECTLY UP TO THIS PROPERTY. THE ENTRANCE THAT THEY WILL USE TO TURN INTO THE PARKING GARAGE IS RIGHT BEHIND MY BACKYARD. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I ENJOY MY BACKYARD. THAT'S WHY WE LIVE IN FLORIDA SO I CAN GO OUTSIDE AND HAVE A GREENSPACE IN MY YARD THAT'S NICE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY A TEN FOOT WALL THAT I'LL HAVE TO SIT ON MY LANAI AND LOOK OUT AT FOLLOWED BY A FIVE STORY BUILDING AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THAT BY ANOTHER SEVEN STORY BUILDING. I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE NO MORE -- I CAN'T SEE ANYWHERE. GET MY POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE? I'M ASKING THAT YOU SAY NO TO THE PROJECT BECAUSE WITH THE THOROUGHFARE COMING THROUGH BEHIND THAT WAY, ALSO BE AN INCREASE OF NOISE AND TRAFFIC ON THAT FLOW AS PEOPLE FLOW AND TURN INTO THE PARKING GARAGE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE SCHOOL THERE. AT LEAST THEY HAVE HOURS. AND THEY ARE THERE FROM IN THE MORNING UNTIL ABOUT 9:30, 10:00 AT NIGHT. THEN IT'S QUIET, DONE, IT'S NOTHING. ON THE WEEKENDS, THERE IS NO SCHOOL. HOWEVER, WE BUILD THIS HOUSE HERE, THIS APARTMENT HERE, IT'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR ETERNITY. IT'S GOING TO BE CONSTANT FLOW IN AND OUT, GOING BACK AND FORTH, DISTURBING MY PEACE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES MA'AM. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> McNEER. I HAVE A VISUAL PROBLEM RIGHT NOW, SO I ASKED MY FRIEND TO READ MY -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. >> VERONICA SUTTON. AS SOMEONE THAT GREW UP WATCHING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOP, I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE DO NOT GRANT THIS REQUEST. I UNDERSTAND PROGRESS AND I FEEL THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS DONE ITS SHARE TO MOVE PROGRESS FORWARD. THE PROBLEM MY FAMILY HAD WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT THERE. IMPACT OF THE BUILDING CAUSED FLOODING ON THE BACK OF MY NEESE AND NEPHEW HOME. I CAN IMAGINE THE DAMAGE ALLOWING THIS BUILDING CAN BE AND WHAT IT WOULD CAUSE. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE BEEN SURROUNDED BY HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS THAT HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT SHARE OUR VALUES. THEIR DOGS POOP IN OUR YARDS CAUSING US TO OPEN OUR DOORS AND SMELL POOP OR WHEN OUR GUESTS COME TO THE FRONT YARDS THEY STEP IN POOP. NOTHING AGAINST ANIMALS, BUT WE WERE RAISED TO CARE FOR OUR PETS DIFFERENTLY. UNDESIRABLE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE'S WALLET TO BE FATTENED. OUR LOCAL STREETS ARE SO IMPACTED AND CROWDED THAT WE HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING IN WHEN WE NEED TO GO AND BECAUSE OF PREVIOUSLY GRANTED ZONE CHANGES THERE APPEARS THAT NO EASY, ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION IS AVAILABLE. ALLOWING MORE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING AND BUSINESSES TO DEVELOP ON THAT PROPERTY WOULD ONLY COMPLICATE THE SITUATION MORE. IN ADDITION TO THIS, HERE WE ARE AGAIN BEING ASKED TO MAKE ANOTHER CONCESSION TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY DWELLING AND BUSINESS TO BE IN PLACE OF OUR SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING AREA. AGAIN, I ASK THAT YOU DO NOT ALLOW THIS. MULTIFAMILY DWELLERS DO NOT SHARE THE SAME VALUES THAT WE DO AND WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR LIVES. THINK ABOUT THIS, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR SOMEONE, ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS TO SELL ADJACENT PROPERTY TO YOUR HOME AND JUST BECAUSE THERE IS ACREAGE ENOUGH FOR CONDOS AND BUSINESSES TO BE BUILT THERE, WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO BE ALLOWED? OUR ANCESTORS WERE GRANTED PERMISSION TO BUILD ON THIS SITE BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT WAS UNDESIRABLE PLOT, LAND FOR HABITATION. THEY ACCEPTED IT BECAUSE THEY HAD NO RECOURSE. THEY MOVED ON THE LAND WITH SOME OF THEM DWELLING IN SHELTERS AND MANY CONSTRUCTED OF CARDBOARD BOXES. THEY FOUGHT OFF THE WILD ANIMALS AND CLEARED THE PALMETTO BUSHES AND TREES ALL BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE AMERICAN DREAM FOR THEIR FAMILIES JUST AS OTHERS DID. MANY OF THEM ARE GONE NOW, BUT THEY HAVE LEFT SOME OF US WHO REMEMBER WHAT THEY DID TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS AND WHO HAVE BROUGHT INTO THAT DREAM AND LOCATING OUR FAMILIES IN THE AREA. MANY OF US ARE OLD AND WE DO NOT HAVE RESOURCES NOR THE DESIRE OR ENERGY TO TAKE UP RESIDENCE ANYWHERE ELSE. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO US. GLORIA D. McNAIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS ANGELA PUGO. I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS FROM WHERE THIS STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE. THEY SAY THE PRIVACY IS NOT HAVING A BALCONY. A BALCONY IS NOT WINDOWS. THE PEOPLE FROM THE APARTMENTS CAN STILL SEE INTO OUR HOMES, INTO OUR YARDS. THEY ARE TAKING AWAY OUR PRIVACY. AND JUST AS WAS SAID EARLIER, CONCORD IS ONLY THERE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME DURING THE DAY. THEY ARE NOT THERE AT NIGHT. THEY ARE NOT THERE ON WEEKENDS. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN, WE HAVE ALREADY SIX LARGE APARTMENTS SURROUNDING US, AND THE TRAFFIC THAT HAS -- I MEAN, YOU CAN'T EVEN WALK ON THE SIDEWALK. THEY ARE LITERALLY RACING. IT'S FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE APARTMENTS BECAUSE I WALK MY PET EVERY NIGHT ON LOIS AND SPRUCE, AND IT IS THE PEOPLE IN THESE APARTMENTS THAT THEY ARE RACING IN AND RACING OUT AND THEIR COMPANY DOING THE SAME. THEY ARE USING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE A DRAG RACE STRIP. 2:00, 3:00 IN THE MORNING, YOU HEAR THEM RACING DOWN THE STREET. THEN THESE APARTMENTS, LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY HAVE TRUCKS, AND I DON'T MEAN LITTLE DELIVERY TRUCKS. I MEAN SEMIS, DELIVERING CARS TO THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PARK IT OVER THERE WHERE THEY ARE AT AT VARELA. MY PARENTS BUILT THAT HOME THAT I'M LIVING IN NOW OVER 50 YEARS AGO, OVER 50 YEARS AGO. THEY WERE FRIENDS WITH THE SUTTONS AND McNAIR FAMILY. THAT BLOCK IS A FAMILY. IT'S NOT JUST A BLOCK. IT IS A FAMILY. WE ALL LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. WE ALL LOOK OUT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS OUT FOR EACH OTHER. AND FOR YOU TO BRING, ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN, SHAME ON YOU IF YOU DO. BECAUSE THIS IS ONE MORE STRUCTURE THAT IS DESTROYING A FAMILY, THAT IS DESTROYING A COMMUNITY. AND I MEAN A REAL COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT I PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> HI. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. JENNIFER McELROY. RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER AT 4221 -- DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET OF WEST SPRUCE STREET FROM THE -- WHAT WOULD BE THE NEW COMPLEX. ACTUALLY ONE OF THEIR ENTRANCES WOULD BE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM MY CONDOMINIUM'S ONLY ENTRANCE AND EXIT OFF OF THAT PROPERTY. I AM HERE TODAY IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REZONE PROPOSAL. WITHIN THE 33606 ZIP CODE, WHICH IS WHERE THIS SUBJECT IS LOCATED IS NEARLY 25,000 RESIDENTS BASED ON A 2023 CENSUS DATA REPORT. MANY OF THE RESIDENTS LIVE IN A SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND MULTI-APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND CONDOMINIUM BUILDING. JUST WITHIN A QUARTER MILE RADIUS OF THE REZONING ADDRESS ARE THREE MAJOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, MY CONDOMINIUM AND SEVERAL OF THOSE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. WE ALL USE SPRUCE STREET TO COMMUTE TO OUR JOBS, TO GO ABOUT OUR DAILY LIVES AND TO GET HOME. AROUND THE CORNER FROM SPRUCE STREET ON MANHATTAN AVENUE IS FIRE STATION 8. ANNUALLY THE TAMPA FIRE AND RESCUE STATIONS RESPOND TO NEARLY 89,000 EMERGENCIES. THIS SPECIFIC STATION RESPONDS TO HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF CALLS EACH YEAR AND THEY USE SPRUCE STREET TO RESPOND TO THESE CALLS. UNDER A MILE AWAY FROM SPRUCE STREET, TWO MAJOR PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL AND ROLAND PARK K-8 MAGNET SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR DATA, NEARLY 1400 STUDENTS ATTENDED THE HIGH SCHOOL AND OVER 800 ATTENDED K-8 MAGNET SCHOOL. AT LEAST A TOTAL OF 2200 STUDENTS ATTENDING THESE TWO EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. ALONG WITH TEACHERS AND STAFF THAT SUPPORT THESE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND THEY ARE ALL USING LOIS AVENUE AND SPRUCE STREET TO GET TO THESE PLACES. CONSIDERING THIS DATA, SPRUCE STREET AND SURROUNDING ROADS SUCH AS LOIS AVENUE SUPPORT THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS, STUDENTS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND TRAVELERS EACH DAY. BASED ON THE INITIAL DESIGN OF THE NEW PROPERTY AT 4202 WEST SPRUCE STREET, ENTRANCE AND EXITS OF THE COMPLEX WOULD BE BOTH ON SPRUCE STREET AND LOIS AVENUE WHICH CANNOT SUPPORT ANY ADDITIONAL COMMUTERS AT THIS TIME. AS YOU ALREADY KNOW FROM OTHER SPEAKERS, SPRUCE STREET IS ONLY A TWO LANE ROAD WITH NO TURN LANE IN THE MIDDLE. YOU HAVE TO GO OVER THE YELLOW LINE IN ORDER TO TURN. AT THE LIGHT AT LOIS AND SPRUCE, THERE IS NO LEFT TURN. YOU HAVE TO YIELD TO THE GREEN LIGHT TO BE ABLE TO TURN. MANY TIMES YOU WON'T MAKE THE LIGHT THE FIRST TIME ANYWAYS. ALSO, WITH MY TIME LIVING ON THIS STREET FOR UNDER TWO YEARS, I HAVE SEEN SPRUCE STREET FLOOD TO THE POINT WHERE CARS WERE STALLED AND HAD TO BE PROFESSIONALLY TOWED DUE TO RAINWATER. AND HAVING A SITUATION LIKE THAT MAKES IT A DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTH COMMUTERS AND RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA. I PROPOSE THAT THE LAND AT 4202 NOT BE ZONED TO RESIDENTIAL AND STAYS AS IT CURRENTLY IS AS ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE AREA CAN BARELY SUPPORT THE CURRENT BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS AND RESIDENCES IN THE AREA AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX IS NOT FAVORABLE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES SIR. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> JAMES. 4209 WEST UNION STREET. THAT IS A PROPERTY DIRECTLY ABUTTING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. I'M HERE TO VOICE MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THIS PROJECT AND AGAINST ANY WAIVERS REQUESTED BY THE DEVELOPER. NOT JUST AS A NEIGHBOR, BUT AS SOMEONE WHO DEEPLY CARES ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY. AS MANY OTHERS HAVE SAID, THE TRAFFIC IS A PROBLEM. TRAFFIC IS ALREADY BAD. IF YOU'VE DRIVEN DOWN LOIS LATELY, YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TREACHEROUS THE POTHOLES CAN BE, NOT TO MENTION THE AFOREMENTIONED LEFT TURNS AND LIGHTS. WE DON'T NEED TO ADD THIS MUCH MORE VOLUME TO WHAT IS ALREADY AN OVERBURDENED ROAD. PRIVACY AND QUALITY OF LIFE WITH ANY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL BE COMFORTABLE LOOKING OUT THEIR DINING ROOM WINDOW AND SEEING A STRANGER STARING BACK AT THEM FROM THE SIX FLOOR APARTMENT. THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD IMPOSE ON FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS. PERSONS BACKYARD SHOULD BE A PLACE OF RELAXATION, NOT A VIEWING GALLERY FOR UPPER LEVEL RESIDENTS. IT'S A VIOLATION OF PRIVACY. SAFETY CONCERNS, THE DEVELOPER HAS PROPOSED A ROAD JUST 15 FEET FROM OUR BACKYARDS. THE NOISE, THE CONSTANT FLOW OF TRAFFIC, THE EXHAUST FUMES AND, YES, THE TERRIFYING POSSIBILITY OF A VEHICLE CAREENING INTO A YARD WHERE MY CHILDREN PLAY IS DEEPLY UNSETTLING. NOT JUST INCONVENIENCE BUT A SAFETY RISK. AESTHETIC IMPACT, PROPOSED SEVEN STORY STRUCTURE IS OUT OF PLACE. IT DOES NOT BLEND WITH THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AROUND IT. WHILE IT MAY LOOK ATTRACTIVE FROM THE DEVELOPER'S RENDERINGS, IT WILL CAST A LITERAL SHADOW OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ANOTHER NEARBY DEVELOPMENTS ARE BETTER PLACED ALONG MAJOR ROADS LIKE BOYSCOUT AND SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL OR MIXED USE PARCELS, NOT TIGHTLY PACKED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. JUST ON PRINCIPLE, WE HAVE BUILDING CODES FOR A REASON. THEY EXIST TO ENSURE THE LIVEABILITY AND FAIRNESS, GRANTING WAIVER AFTER WAIVER TO SHOEHORN OUTSIZED PROJECT ONTO A RELATIVELY SMALL PARCEL GOES AGAINST THAT PRINCIPLE. AT SOME POINT THE CITY MUST ASK, ARE WE PRIORITIZING REVENUE OR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITIES. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ALL DEVELOPMENT. I AM OPPOSED TO THOUGHTLESS DEVELOPMENT THAT COMPROMISES THE SAFETY, PRIVACY AND INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE. I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO REJECT THE REQUESTED WAIVERS AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >>MARTIN SHELBY: MS. SANCHEZ HAS ONE, TWO, THREE NAMES. MICHAEL FANNING. THANK YOU. BETTY DAVIS. IS THERE A MS. DAVIS? THERE YOU ARE. THANK YOU. AND SHERYL E. DAVIS. THANK YOU. THAT'S SIX MINUTES TOTAL, PLEASE. >> PLEASE DON'T START MY TIME UNTIL YOU DISTRIBUTE THOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. >> GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SANDRA DEDIEGO SANCHEZ. I AM HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS DIVERSE MISSING MIDDLE NEIGHBORHOOD, CARVER CITY, LINCOLN GARDENS, IS BEING SMOTHERED BY OVERZEALOUS DEVELOPERS. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS BUILT ON A LANDFILL. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AFTER ME WILL SHOW YOU A MAP SHOWING THE SINKHOLES WITHIN THIS AREA. EARTH MOVEMENT IN THIS DEVELOPMENT IS VERY NORMAL. THERE IS FEAR THAT IT WILL HAVE FURTHER DAMAGE DONE TO THE FOUNDATIONS OF THEIR HOMES. TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NOT ONLY THREATENS THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE BUT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DESTROY THEIR HOMES. THE TRAFFIC REPORT PROVIDED DOES NOT MENTION ALL THE OTHER HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENTS YOU HAVE RECENTLY APPROVED FOR THIS COMMUNITY. I REALIZE THAT YOU ADDRESS EACH AS A SEPARATE ENTITY, BUT PLEASE LOOK AT THE OVERVIEW THAT I HAVE PROVIDED THAT WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. THE NEW PROJECT AT 4202 WEST SPRUCE WILL ADD ANOTHER 313 UNITS. THAT WILL MAKE ALMOST 3900 UNITS WHICH REPRESENTS A MINIMUM OF 3900 CARS TO THIS COMMUNITY. ALL THESE UNITS ARE BETWEEN BOY SCOUT ROAD AND CYPRESS AND HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO LOIS AVENUE. LOIS AVENUE HAS BECOME A SHORTCUT FOR PEOPLE FROM SOUTH TAMPA AND ALSO FROM PEOPLE GETTING OFF THE INTERSTATE TO GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL MALL, THE AIRPORT, AND CLEARWATER. IT JUST ADDS TO THE CONGESTION. ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN THIS PLAN AS COMPARED TO THE OTHERS THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED, THIS SINGLE-FAMILY COMMUNITY DIRECTLY ABUTS THE PROPOSED PROJECT. BUILDING THIS MONSTROSITY IS IRRESPONSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ASKING FOR THE ADDITIONAL WAIVERS WHICH EXACERBATE THE COMMUNITY'S FRAGILITY. WE'RE BACK TO THE PROVERBIAL PUTTING A TEN POUND BAG OF POTATOES INTO A FIVE POUND SACK. THE ONLY OTHER PROJECT ABUTTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IS DIRECTLY TO THE WEST OF THIS SITE WHICH IS NOVIS WHICH HAS 262 UNITS. IT WAS COMPLETED ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. TWO OF THE HOMES IN THE 4300 BLOCK OF MAIN, DIRECTLY BEHIND NOVIS HAVE SHOWN DAMAGE SINCE THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. DAMAGE CAUSED BY EARTH MOVEMENT. EVEN THOUGH DAMAGE NOT INVESTIGATED, IT LEAVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD ANXIOUS. THE GEOTECHNICAL REPORT THAT IS INCLUDED WAS DATED IN JANUARY 2024. THIS DEVELOPER HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE ISSUES ALL THIS TIME AND HAS MADE NO ATTEMPT TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THIS REPORT. IN FACT, THE GEOTECHNICAL REPORT WAS NOT SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY UNTIL LAST WEEK AND ONLY AFTER THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR IT. IT HAS CAUSED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO DISTRUST THE DEVELOPER. NOT ONLY DID THEY NOT SHARE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THEY DIDN'T SHARE IT WITH STAFF. WHAT IS REALLY QUESTIONABLE IS WITH THIS GEOLOGICAL REPORT, WHY WOULD THIS DEVELOPER MOVE FORWARD? THEIR PROPOSED STRUCTURE IS ON THE SAME LANDFILL. WHAT JEOPARDIZES THE COMMUNITY JEOPARDIZES THIS DEVELOPER. THE DESCRIPTION IN THE GEOTECHNICAL REPORT IS FOR FOUR, FIVE STORY WOODEN BUILDING. THAT IS NOT WHAT IS ON THE SITE PLANS. ONE LINE IN THE REPORT STATES, CARE SHOULD BE USED WHEN OPERATING THE COMPACTOR NEAR THE EXISTING STRUCTURES TO AVOID TRANSMISSION OF VIBRATION THAT COULD CAUSE SETTLEMENT DAMAGE OR DISTURB OCCUPANTS. THIS REPORT EVEN GOES FURTHER DETAIL ABOUT HOW SENSITIVE THE PROJECT SHOULD BE SO AS NOT TO HARM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. THE DEVELOPER HAS TOLD THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY WOULD NOT BEGIN BUILDING UNTIL 2028. SO THERE DOES SEEM TO BE NOT A RUSH, MAYBE THEY SHOULD RETHINK THIS PROJECT. THE STAFF REPORT FINDS IT CONSISTENT. A LOT OF TALK ABOUT PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS, MULTIMODAL OPTIONS, BUT NOWHERE DOES IT ADDRESS THE POSSIBILITY OF PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL. THE CONSISTENCY THAT THEY HAVE FOUND ONLY BENEFITS THE DEVELOPER AND DOES NOT ADDRESS THE HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A REVISION SHEET THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NOT SEEN. NO MATTER WHAT IS ON THE REVISION SHEET, THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE ARE TOO MAJOR TO BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I HAVE ATTACHED SOME LAND USE GUIDELINES TO SHOW THAT THE PROJECT IS IN DIRECT CONFLICT WITH THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PLEASE DON'T LET THIS COMMUNITY BE SACRIFICED IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS WHEN CHANGES CAN BE MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS COMMUNITY. I ASK YOU TO DENY THIS PETITION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES MA'AM. PLEASE COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S GOING TO COME UP TO SPEAK? STEPHANIE POYNOR WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING. I LIVE 175 37 BELLA VISTA LOOP. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO DENY THIS DEVELOPER'S REQUEST AS IT WILL JEOPARDIZE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CARVER CITY NEIGHBORHOOD AND DAMAGE THEIR HOMES. CARVER CITY IS A DIVERSE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE WATCHED THE CHANGES. THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS AREA IS ALREADY STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT WITH WATER PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS AND A MAXED OUT POWER GRID WHICH CAUSES TEMPORARY POWER OUTAGES. HOW FAR CAN YOU STRETCH THE EXISTING UTILITIES AND TRAFFIC? I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO PROTECT THIS AREA. PLEASE NOTE THE PAGE ON THE SCREEN, WHICH IS DIRECTLY FROM THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGARDING PROPERTY RIGHT. I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO POINT OUT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. PR GOAL ONE, ACKNOWLEDGE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO ENSURE THEIR CONSIDERATION IN THE LOCAL DECISION MAKING PROCESSES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA. PR OBJECTIVE 1.1, RESPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. PR POLICY 1.1.1, THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS SHALL BE CONSIDERED IN LOCAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS. THE FIRST ONE IS THE RIGHT OF A PROPERTY OWNER TO PHYSICALLY POSSESS AND CONTROL HIS OR HER INTERESTS IN THE PROPERTY, INCLUDING EASEMENTS, LEASES, OR MINERAL RIGHTS. THE SECOND RIGHT IS THE RIGHT OF A PROPERTY OWNER TO USE, MAINTAIN, DEVELOP, AND IMPROVE HIS OR HER PROPERTY FOR PERSONAL USE OR FOR USE OF ANY OTHER PERSON. SUBJECT TO STATE LAW AND LOCAL ORDINANCES. 3, THE RIGHT OF PROPERTY OWNER TO PRIVACY OR TO EXCLUDE OTHERS FROM THE PROPERTY TO PROTECT THE OWNER'S POSSESSIONS AND PROPERTY. NUMBER 4, THE RIGHT OF A PROPERTY OWNER TO DISPOSE OF HIS OR HER PROPERTY THROUGH SALE OR GIFT. I ASK TO PLEASE DENY THIS REQUEST AND PROTECT THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THIS AREA. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, COME ON UP. >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR NAME, JOSEPH CAMBRIDGE. DEGRA CAMBRIDGE NATHAN. MARYANNE AL VEDA. JAMES. FOUR NAMES FOR A TOTAL OF SEVEN MINUTES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE HAVE SPEAKER WAIVER FORMS? NO. OKAY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. GO AHEAD. >> MY NAME IS ANA HAYA LINA. 4209 WEST UNION STREET WHICH IS A PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED SITE. I HAVE SUBMITTED SEVERAL E-MAILS TO THE COUNCIL. AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THOSE E-MAILS I AM OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT HAVING SEVERAL MAJOR CONCERNS FOR MY WELL-BEING, FOR MY PROPERTY AND THOSE OF MY COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE POINTS THE PETITIONER DELIVERS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR PROJECT IS EXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY SITES IN THAT AREA. AND TO THIS I SAY EXACTLY. AND WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? AND WHERE IS THE BOUNDARY? THIS SITE ADJACENT TO SINGLE-FAMILY, AT WHICH POINT IT IS ENOUGH AND WE THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY, THE PEOPLE OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR WELL-BEING MATTER MORE. WHAT I FIND VERY INTERESTING TODAY IS THAT IN THE ORDINANCE, SPOKEN BEFORE ME WAS A PERSON FROM ONE OF THOSE MULTIFAMILY, MULTI-DENSITY PROPERTIES, WHO WE ALWAYS REFER, WELL, THEY ARE ALREADY THERE. GOOD TO PUT IT THERE BUT SHE IS ACTUALLY AGAINST THE PROJECT. I FIND IT VERY INTERESTING. ALSO, I FIND THAT THE DEVELOPER REFERRING TO OTHER FIVE-STORY PROPERTIES BEING IN THE AREA, WELL, THAT'S KIND OF A DIFFERENT STORY BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS ADJACENT TO SINGLE-FAMILIES. THERE'S ONLY LITERALLY ONE. NOVIS APARTMENTS. NO OTHER ONES ARE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL. THEY ARE ONLY ALONG BOYSCOUT AND COMMERCIAL. ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS IS FOR THE PRIVACY AND SAFETY OF MY FAMILY, MY NEIGHBORS, AND THE CHILDREN. LOOKING AT THE HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED MASSIVE BUILDING ON SUCH A SMALL PARCEL, WHERE IS THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN USE POLICIES, SPECIFICALLY 616 TALKING -- YOU HAVE A COPY. HIGHLIGHTS PARAPHRASING INTRODUCTION OF HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ALONG PARTICULAR RESIDENTIAL USE MUST ENSURE REQUIRED BUILDING SETBACKS FROM ABUT SINGLE-FAMILY BUILDING HEIGHT FROM SO I HAVE USES TO PROTECT PRIVACY AND SOLAR ACCESS. THE REQUESTED HEIGHT AND WAIVER TO BRING THIS BUILDING SO MUCH CLOSER TO US, THE RESIDENTS, DISREGARD ANY RESPECT FOR THESE POLICY. THE PROJECT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THIS POLICY AND WHICH MAKES IT INCONSISTENT. AS A RESIDENT AND A MOTHER, I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR INVASION OF MY PRIVACY AS A RESULT OF THE HEIGHTS, OF THE HEIGHT OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING. WE HAVE ADDRESSED WITH THE DEVELOPER MULTIPLE TIMES ASKING TO ADHERE TO THE CODE POLICIES AND SCALE IT DOWN. PLEASE DENY THE SETBACK WAIVERS. ANOTHER VITAL CONCERN OF MYSELF AND NEIGHBORS IS FOR THE STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF OUR HOMES AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR HOMES. THE AREA OF CARVER CITY IS PRONE TO BEING A LANDFILL SITE OFFICIAL RECORDED SINKHOLES. THESE ARE THE AREAS OF PEOPLE AND HOUSES IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THESE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS FOR STABILITY AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGES FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. YOU'VE SEEN THE HOMEOWNERS HERE. SEVERAL FROM UNION STREET. I BROUGHT THIS UP, THE CONCERNS FOR THE GEOTECH STUDY. AND I HAVE BROUGHT UP TO THE DEVELOPER THAT WE, THE RESIDENTS OF UNION STREET FEEL THAT REQUIRED WOULD BE EXPANDED WARRANTIES FOR OUR HOMES SHOULD ANY PROJECT BE APPROVED. AND I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. I HAVE BEEN IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH PROBABLY A THIRD OF CARVER CITY RESIDENTS, AND I AM WITNESS ITIT MUST OF PROBLEMS WITH MAJOR TROUBLE WITH TRAFFIC. LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE PICTURE OF CONSTRUCTION AND ZONING APPROVALS IN THE AREA, THIS IS ENTIRELY TOO MANY APARTMENT COMPLEXES FOR WHAT LOIS AND SPRUCE CAN HANDLE. STRIKING OUR ATTENTION IS ALSO PLACEMENT OF A ROADWAY ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE. YES, I DO SEE SOME SPEED BUMPS THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH THE DEVELOPER BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WE NEVER SAID WE WERE OKAY WITH THE PROJECT. WE ALWAYS SAID WE DID NOT WANT IT. WE CONTINUOUSLY STATED TO THE DEVELOPER OUR CONCERNS FOR NOISE, POLLUTION, TRAFFIC ISSUE, ACCIDENTS, AND GENERAL FEELING OF PEACE OF MIND. THE CODE PROVISIONS ARE THERE TO SAFEGUARD OUR WELL-BEING, ALLOCATION OF 25 FEET OF SETBACK FOR THE ROAD. PLEASE DENY THE WAIVER TO PLACE IT AT 15. IT IS BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ONCE WAS QUIET WITH ENJOYABLE AIRSPACE AND PRIVACY. MOVING IS NOT AN OPTION. FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS, MYSELF AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. WE SHOULD ENJOY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. MANY RESIDENTS OF CONSERVER CITY HISTORICALLY ARE VETERANS. NEW RESIDENTS -- THEM AND US HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING OUR CITY BY PAYING TAXES FOR YEARS AND WE FEEL WE SHOULD BE PROTECTED FROM DAMAGES OF OVER DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT WHEN ADJACENT TO SINGLE-FAMILIES. EITHER THE DEVELOPER IS GRANTED THE WAIVERS, WHAT ARE WE, THE EXISTING RESIDENTS GRANTED? WHAT ARE WE GETTING FROM THIS? AND WHAT WILL MAINTAIN OUR WELL-BEING? THE DEVELOPER SHOWED SOME PICTURES EARLIER HERE, AND THEM COUNTING AS PART OF MY PROPERTY, BACKYARD, AS PART OF THE SETBACK, OH, IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT THE 70 FEET SETBACK, I FIND IT APPALLING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. I PLEAD FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE DENY THIS PROJECT AS PROPOSED. PLEASE. DO I HAVE MORE TIME. ONE MINUTE. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE HOW I REALLY DID SPEAK TO SO MANY RESIDENTS FACE TO FACE AND SO MANY SHOW FEAR AND CONCERNS FOR IT BEING OVERCROWDED, OVERPOPULATED. WE UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT. WE DO. THIS IS THE TENDENCY, BUT OUR STREETS SPECIFICALLY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ARE JUST NOT THERE TO SUSTAIN THAT. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CHRIS A LOT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT WE HAVE CONCERNS FOR WHAT IT IS. THIS IS WAY TOO BIG OF A PROJECT ON SUCH A SMALL PARCEL ADJACENT TO RESIDENTS. ONLY LITERALLY ONE THAT SOMEHOW GOT APPROVED, NOVIS. BUT IT IS ACTUALLY MUCH SMALLER. IT'S ONLY 250 SOMETHING UNITS. THIS ONE IS 313. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM. CARROLL ANN BENNETT AND THE LAST SPEAKER WILL BE STEPHANIE POYNOR. WE'LL GO TO REBUTTAL AFTER THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT. SHOULD NOT APPROVE FIVE WAIVERS BECAUSE THIS PROJECT DOES NOT NEED FIVE WAIVERS. THIS IS RMU 100. THEY CAN PUT ALL OF THIS MASSING ON LOIS AND ON SPRUCE. THAT'S WHERE IT BELONGS INSTEAD OF LOOMING OVER FAMILIES' BACKYARDS. IF THEY DO THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO REDUCE MULTIPLE SETBACKS. IF THEY DO THAT, THE CONSTRUCTION IS FARTHER FROM HOMES AND LESS LIKELY TO DAMAGE FOUNDATIONS. LAST YEAR, STAFF TOLD THEM TO REDUCE THE HEIGHT NEXT TO FAMILIES AND MOVE IT TO SPRUCE. BUT NOT ONLY DID THEY NOT DO THAT, THEY WANT YOU TO GIVE THEM A WAIVER TO MOVE THOSE MASSIVE BUILDINGS CLOSER TO FAMILIES AND THEY WANT ANOTHER WAIVER TO MOVE THE ROAD CLOSER TO THOSE FAMILY HOMES. RESIDENTS ARE TERRIFIED THAT THIS MAJOR CONSTRUCTION WILL DAMAGE THEIR FOUNDATION. YET THIS BUILDER WANTS A WAIVER TO MOVE THAT MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION CLOSER TO THEIR FOUNDATIONS. IF YOU DENY THAT WAIVER, YOU WILL ALSO SAVE A 29-INCH LIVE OAK THAT IS RATED B-5. A B-5 ALMOST GRAND LIVE OAK IS PRACTICALLY A UNICORN, A UNICORN THAT GIVES VALUABLE SHADE TO THE SIDEWALK ON LOIS MAKING IT MORE WALKABLE. THERE ARE THREE BIG BEAUTIFUL LIVE OAKS ON SPRUCE STREET THAT STAFF PRACTICALLY BEGGED THE BUILDER TO SAVE BECAUSE THAT SHADE MAKES SPRUCE MORE WALKABLE. THE BUILDER MUST REPLACE THEM WITH SHORTER TYPE THREE TREES BECAUSE THEY WILL PLANT THEM CLOSER THAN THE EXISTING OAKS ARE TO THE POWER LINES. EXISTING OAKS ARE PRUNED A LITTLE BUT THEY ARE THRIVING. ASK THE CITY'S FORESTER. THEY NEED ANOTHER WAIVER TO PLANT SHORT TREES. DENY THAT WAIVER. OTHERWISE, WE'LL ALL BE DEAD BEFORE THAT SIDEWALK IS SHADED AGAIN. MAKE A CUTOFF AND CREATE AN AMAZING GREENSPACE WITH BEAUTIFUL SHADE AND BENCHES. THIS IS RMU 100. THEY CAN CHANGE THE BUILDINGS AND CREATE A PEACEFUL OASIS THAT BENEFITS ALL OF US. THEY CAN MOVE DANGEROUS CONSTRUCTION AWAY FROM THE FAMILY'S FOUNDATIONS. THEY CAN SAVE THE PRICELESS OAK ON LOIS. THEY HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO ALL OF THAT. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES A QUALITY, THOUGHTFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT RESPECTS THEM AND THEIR PROPERTY AND THEIR PEACE OF MIND. WHY DOESN'T THE BUILDER OBEY THE CODE? IF THE REASON FOR NOT RESPECTING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS PROFIT, REMEMBER, PROFIT IS NOT COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. AND COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM CONSIDERING IT. IF THEY CAN'T BUILD ON RMU 100 WITHOUT WAIVERS, THEN THEY AREN'T TRYING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE LAST SPEAKER IS STEPHANIE POYNOR. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> STEPHANIE POYNOR. YOU KNOW I LOVE TO HANG OUT IN THIS PARKING LOT. THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN FROM 40 FEET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING, WHICH IS WHERE THE MAYOR'S PARKING LOT STARTS. THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN FROM 79 FEET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING, WHICH IS WHERE THE SETBACKS SHOULD BE. SO YOU HAVE TO GO NINE FEET CLOSER WHICH WILL PUT YOU AT THE FIRST ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING STATION. JUST THINK, AND THIS BUILDING IS 146 FEET HIGH, BUT WHEN YOU GET UP TO, THIS ONE, TWO, THREE, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, YOU SEE WHO IS LOOKING OVER THESE PEOPLE HOUSES. YOU KNOW WHAT, THEIR SETBACK IS NONE OF THEIR BUSINESS BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO GO IN THEIR BACKYARD AND HAVE A BARBEQUE OR LAY OUT IN THEIR BACKYARD AND GET A SUNTAN. THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF PRIVACY. I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT THIS IS THE MAXIMUM. THIS IS A MAXIMUM. SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE MAXIMUM THEY CAN GET, YET THERE'S NOT ONE AFFORDABLE UNIT. 313 UNITS, NOT ONE AFFORDABLE. I THINK THAT SHOWS GREED. LIKE TO POINT OUT THERE'S NOT ONE SINGLE, SOLITARY INCH OF MIXED USE. SORRY, NOT SORRY. IT'S EMBARRASSING. IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S REPORT, IT POINTS OUT -- AND THIS IS ON A CORRIDOR WHERE IT SHOULD BE MIXED USE. BUT NOT ONE SQUARE FOOT OF MIXED USE. THEY ARE MAXING THEM OUT THIS. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO ALSO ASK MR. THOMAS TO BRING BACK THE PICTURE OF THE HOUSE ON THIS CORNER RIGHT HERE. BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU, IT'S A ACROSS THE STREET, SO IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST 40 FEET WIDE. IT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY FURTHER THAN THAT. BUT IT SHOWS YOU HOW GARGANTUAN THESE UNITS ARE THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET, ACROSS LOIS, AND I THINK THEY ARE ONLY FIVE STORIES. THEY ARE NOT EVEN SEVEN STORIES. BUT IT DWARFS -- HE HAD EXCELLENT PICTURES OF HOW THE UNITS THAT ARE THERE NOW ARE DWARFING THOSE AND THEY ARE MUCH FURTHER AWAY. THE SETBACKS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T START AT YOUR BATHROOM WINDOW. YOU GET TO HAVE A BACKYARD. MR. THOMAS SHOWED THOSE, PLEASE ASK HIM FOR THOSE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT ONE IN 2012, I GUARANTEE IF IT CAME AROUND AGAIN TODAY IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BETTER SETBACKS. THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WENT ON IN THE CITY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME THAT THEY IGNORED THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I CAME TO THIS SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR FOUR YEARS AND PICKED UP MY KIDS. THIS IS A LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY AFTER SCHOOL. THERE'S AT LEAST 150 CARS. PROBABLY MORE NOW BECAUSE ROLAND PARK HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BIGGER. I COUNTED THEM PERSONALLY. THANK YOU. PLEASE DENY THIS PROJECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> IT'S PURE GREED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKEYDOKEY. [ LAUGHTER ] NOW WE HAVE REBUTTAL. >> TYLER HUDSON, FOR THE RECORD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO REBUTTAL? >> I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FIRST. PROBABLY MORE EFFICIENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. I'M LOOKING AT THIS MAP WHICH IS AN OVERHEAD MAP AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES BUILT IN THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, DECADE. SOME SAY NO ABUTTING SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. I'M LOOKING WHERE ADVICE CANTY IS AT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES THERE. VARELLA. I SEE A HANDFULEN SPRUCE AND MAYBE A COUPLE ON LOIS. NOVIS, I THINK THERE ARE A FEW ON MAIN STREET -- SORRY, MILLENNIUM WESTSHORE, NOVIS I SEE THAT THERE ARE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ABUTTING. SOCIETY AND MET WEST. SO THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT I SEE THAT HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ABUTTING ARE NOVIS, WESTSHORE, WHICH HAS THE HOUSES ON MAIN STREET AND THEN THIS PROJECT SITE WHICH HAS THE HOUSES ON UNION. >> THAT'S RIGHT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY QUARREL WITH THIS MAP. I DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO DOUBT IT IS ACCURATE. THIS IS WHAT DEVELOPING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT YOU ALL INHERITED LOOKS LIKE. RMU 100, THE MOST DENSE CARRY THE. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT NEXT TO SOMETHING LOWER DENSITY, YOU ARE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE REWRITE OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING, WE'RE NOT ARGUING THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE APPROVED SEVEN APARTMENTS IN THE AREA YOU MUST DEVELOP THIS 8th, AS IF THERE'S SOME MAGIC MOMENTUM THAT OCCURS. THAT'S NOT AT ALL WHAT WE'RE SAYING. WE'RE SAYING THE LAND IS RMU 100. IT'S BEEN KNOWN FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST DENSITY LAND USE CATEGORY IN THIS AREA. THAT'S WHY THE BUILDINGS ARE THERE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. I FEEL LIKE OUR MESSAGE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MISCOMMUNICATED. WE AREN'T ARGUING MOMENTUM. WE ARE ARGUING THE LAW. THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AGAIN, THAT YOUR PREDECESSORS PROVIDED YOU. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN ZONED -- THE RMU 100. >> I WOULD ASK MR. COLLINS THAT, PROBABLY. >> DANNY COLLINS WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. THIS WAS LIKELY THE ORIGINAL -- IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED RMU 100 BACK IN THE '80s. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE ORIGINAL ZONING CLASSIFICATION PUT IN PLACE. >> CORRECT, YEAH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MR. HUDSON. COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T KNOW WHO IS BEST TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS. ACTUALLY, THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE AND RMU 100. SO CURRENTLY, THIS IS ZONED PD. WHAT IS RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONLY PD -- WAS IT PD FOR WHAT'S ON THERE TODAY? >> NO, IT IS PD FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT DIDN'T EXACTLY OCCUR. I CAN PUT THAT ON SCREEN. THIS IS WHEN PDs WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE SIMPLE. SO THIS BUILDING PROPOSED ABOUT 130,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, SEVEN STORY TALL. SEVEN STORY PARKING GARAGE. THE DRIVEWAY, 15 FEET IN FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. THAT IS THE SAME THING WE'RE REQUESTING HERE. IN TERMS OF THE USES, NOTHING I WOULD POINT TO AS HORRIFIC. DRY CLEANING STATION, I DON'T THINK THAT'S VERY LIKELY. IT WAS RETAIL OFFICE, PROBABLY WHAT YOU WOULD KIND OF CONSIDER COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES BACK BEFORE WE HAD 163 DIFFERENT USES IN OUR ZONING CODE, BUT RESIDENTIAL IS NOT CURRENTLY ALLOWED. I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANY SENSE OF THAT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT CONSTRUCTED BUT APPROVED, SO A PD APPROVED FOR A SEVEN STORY BUILDING. >> THAT'S RIGHT. YEP. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SETBACK DISTANCES ARE? >> THESE ARE 70. 70 FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE FACE OF THE BUILDING. THIS IS BEFORE THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF WEDDING CAKE, THE VERTICAL SETBACK, AFTER X FEET, YOU GO BACK AT A Y SLOPE. SO, YEAH, THESE ARE TWO PRETTY GOOD SIZE BUILDINGS. THE PARKING GARAGE IS EIGHT LEVELS. BUT PROBABLY WOULD ONLY LOOK LIKE SEVEN STORIES. THAT'S WHAT IS ALLOWED. THE DUMPSTERS ARE THERE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS ABOUT THE SITE THAT EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T BUILT LIKE THIS DO RESEMBLE EXISTING CONDITIONS. DRIVE AISLE TO THE SOUTH. THAT'S ALREADY THERE. THAT'S ALREADY ALLOWED. EXPOSED DUMPSTER. RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TWO DUMPSTERS, PRETTY CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE. THERE IS AN OPEN STORMWATER SWALE THAT'S LITERALLY ON THE PROPERTY LINE FOR THE FOLKS CURRENTLY IT'S RIGHT HERE. THAT MIGHT CORRESPOND TO WHAT WAS THIS. TTHERE IS A SECONDBUILDING THER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU FOUND A MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, THEY COULD BUILD THIS BY RIGHT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. YOU COULD BUILD 130,000-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING BY RIGHT. IN REBUTTAL, I'LL ASK STEVE TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CONSEQUENCES OF THAT. 130,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, IF YOU DID FILL IT WITH RESTAURANTS, OFFICE, WHICH THERE IS A MARKET FOR OFFICE IN WESTSHORE, IT WOULD GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC IMPACTS. I WOULD LIKE STEVE TO SAY THAT WITH HIS MOUTH AND WORDS. HE IS AN EXPERT. THIS IS BY RIGHT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONE MORE QUESTION, PROBABLY FOR STAFF. THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT THE GEOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THESE PROPERTIES. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER IN THIS? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATE. THAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF A REZONING AND ANYTHING THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR CONSIDERATION. THAT WOULDN'T EVEN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION DURING THE BUILDING PERMIT PHASE. THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN A DEVELOPER AND THE RESIDENCE SHOULD ANYTHING OCCUR. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. >>LYNN HURTAK: DON'T GO ANYWHERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M USING THIS MAP, IF YOU HAVE IT. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE THAT HAS BEEN POINTED OUT IS IN RMU 100 CORRECT? >>SAMUEL THOMAS: I WOULD DEFER TO DANNY. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL ASK HIM FIRST AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. >> IT APPEARS ALL THESE ARE DESIGNATED AS RMU 100. >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY. THEN MY NEXT QUESTION, FROM YOUR PICTURES, MR. THOMAS, THAT YOU SHOWED US, THE HIGHEST I SAW AN APARTMENT COMPLEX SURROUNDING WAS FIVE STORIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LOIS. >> FIVE STORIES ON. >>LYNN HURTAK: AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SPRUCE AND LOIS. VARELLA YES. SO THAT'S FIVE STORIES. >> I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS -- >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT ABOUT NOVIS? >> THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO LOOK UP REAL QUICK. 64 FEET FOR NOVIS APPEARS TO BE. PARKING GARAGE SIX STORIES. I HAVE A PICTURE OF THE PARKING GARAGE SOMEWHERE THAT I CAN SHOW YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PARKING GARAGE IS SEVEN STORIES. >>LYNN HURTAK: GOING BACK TO MR. COLLINS OR, I GUESS, WE'LL SEE WHICH ONE OF CAN YOU ANSWER THIS. RMU 100, HOW MANY OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN BUILT OUT TO THE FULL RMU 100 ALLOWABILITY? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT ANALYSIS IN FRONT OF US. IT WASN'T SOMETHING WE PROVIDED IN OUR REPORT. >>LYNN HURTAK: NOT A PROBLEM. JUST CURIOUS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL NOW KICK IT OFF -- >> CAN I CLARIFY THAT AS WELL? I DID NOTE IN OUR REPORT THAT THE RMU 100 ALLOWS UP TO 3.5 F.A.R. THIS REQUEST IS ONLY FOR 2.6. IT IS WELL BELOW THE MAXIMUM ACHIEVED ON THE SITE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REBUTTAL WILL BEGIN BECAUSE YOU JUST ANSWERED OUR QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD, SIR. WE'LL START THE CLOCK. >> TYLER HUDSON. 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. I'LL ASK STEVE HENRY, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT SPRUCE AND LOIS AND THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THE STREETS TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL DENSITY. >> STEVE HENRY. WE DID CONDUCT A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS FOR THE PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR REGULATIONS, REVIEWED BY YOUR STAFF. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. AS INDICATED, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR OFFICE, ACTUALLY OFFICE RETAIL. BUT THIS TRIP GENERATION COMPARISON IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WHICH IS IN GREEN, TO WHAT IS OFFICE. OFFICE AND RETAIL WOULD BE HIGHER. WE PICKED A VERY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER. IN THE MORNING YOU ARE GENERATED ABOUT 126 THE EXISTING APPROVED PD ABOUT 210. AND IN THE P.M. PEAK HOUR, ABOUT 122 WHEREAS THE EXISTING WOULD BE ABOUT 206. SO FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, ACTUALLY A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED OVER WHAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR THE PROPERTY. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE, AS THEY WERE ALL QUIET FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, PLEASE LET THEM SPEAK WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. YES, SIR, COME ON UP. >> I REALLY WANTED TO TOUCH ON ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT RELATED TO THE OUTSIZED -- AN EFFORT TO JAM AN OUTSIZED BUILDING ON TO THIS PARCEL AND KIND OF CIRCLING BACK TO THE F.A.R. ALLOWABLE BY RIGHT AND WHAT WE'RE PURSUING HERE. WE ARE THE SECOND SMALLEST APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE WESTSHORE AREA. AS WE TALKED ABOUT, NOVIS WAS DEVELOPED OVER TEN YEARS AGO. 313 UNITS, 2.6 2.6 FAR IS AS SML AS WE COULD DESIGN IT. IT WAS A PRODUCT OF A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE REDUCED THE UNIT COUNT THREE TIMES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PRIVACY MEASURES AND SUCH. IT WAS A CHALLENGE, BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF WHERE WE LANDED AND THAT IS A BY-PRODUCT OF THE WORK OF A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT AND THERE WERE A LOT OF THEM. AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. HUDSON, ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? >> YES, THANK YOU. IS THIS THE TIME WITH THE COUPLE MINUTES EXTRA OR IS THIS ALL I HAVE? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT -- THERE'S FOUR MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS THAT WEREN'T USED IN THE INITIAL PRESENTATION. >> I WON'T TRY TO USE ALL THAT. TYLER HUDSON. I WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER. THIS IS A TOUGH ONE. THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF PARCELS THIS ADJACENCY. ONE WHAT A IS THE MOST INTERESTING FRONT ROW SEAT IN THE CITY BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING THE CITY CHANGE SO RAPIDLY AND YOU'RE SEEING A PATTERN. CERTAINLY SEE IT HERE TONIGHT. NEIGHBORS ARE LEERY OF MORE NEIGHBORS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT WILL ROLL THE RED CARPET OUT TO WELCOME PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S CHANGE AND CHANGE IS SCARY. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT. THIS IS A CITY GOING THROUGH HYPERGROWTH. YOU HAVE A THERAPY GROUP WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES IN AUSTIN, RALEIGH, AND PLACES LIKE THAT EXPERIENCING THIS. WE KNOW THAT SCARCE THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE, RIGHT, WHETHER BOOKS OR WATCHES OR WINE, SCARCE THINGS ARE EXPENSIVE. AND HOUSING IS EXPENSIVE IN TAMPA BECAUSE IT IS SCARCE. IT IS SCARCE BECAUSE WE SUBJECT ITS PRODUCTION TO A FAIRLY PROLONGED AND POLITICAL, VERY PUBLIC PROCESS LIKE THIS. THERE IS A LOT OF TIME FOR INPUT BUT IT IS A CHALLENGING THING TO DO TO PRODUCE HOUSING. SEEN IT HERE WITH SOME OF THE ITEMS YOU HAD. YOU'LL INHERIT A PLAN THAT'S OLDER THAN I AM THAT CALLED FOR THE MOST DENSE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA TO BE HERE. THAT HAS BEEN THE PLAN ALL ALONG. THAT'S HOW IT'S DEVELOPED. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE LARGE PROJECTS LIKE THE INTERNATIONAL MALL. YOU HAVE LARGE SCALE PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE USE OFFICE BUILDINGS, SINGLE USE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT A PARCEL LIKE THIS SHOULD BE. THE INTERIOR OF CARVER CITY AND LINCOLN GARDENS, THOSE HAVE REMAINED LARGELY INTACT BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF COMMUNITY YOU'VE GOT HERE BEHIND ME. THE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY LOVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE HERE, TOO. HOUSING IS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT'S SCARCE. IF YOU DENY THE PRODUCTION OF HOUSING, YOU ONLY MAKE THE REMAINING HOUSING MORE EXPENSIVE. PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THIS. AGAIN, THE INTERIOR HASN'T BEEN HARMED. WE'RE NOT RAISING HOMES. THAT WAS A VERY, VERY LONG TIME AGO. WE ARE NOT GOING INTO THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WOULDN'T DARE PROPOSE THAT. BUT WE ARE PROPOSING AN INTERSECTION AROUND THE RADIUS OF WHICH HAS SEEN MULTIPLE SIX, SEVEN APARTMENT COMPLEXES, YES TO DO ONE MORE, TO DO ONE SIGNIFICANTLY SCALED DOWN TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AND THEN MODIFIED AND THEN MODIFIED AGAIN. TALKED A LOT ABOUT SETBACKS. WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT SETBACKS, YOU FORGET WHO IS GOING TO BE INSIDE THESE THINGS. THIS IS HOUSING. THIS IS NOT THE MOST EXCITING PROJECT. IT IS A NECESSARY COMMODITY. THERE IS NO MIXED USE HERE. THIS IS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THIS IS WHERE SOMEONE STARTING THEIR CAREER MIGHT LIVE. SOMEBODY GETS MARRIED, NEEDS AN EXTRA BEDROOM. MAYBE DIVORCED. THIS IS HOUSING. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. WE HAVE TRIPLED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE START OF A BUILDING AND THE PROPERTY LINE. NOT TRIPLED, 15 FEET TO 40 FEET. ALMOST TRIPLED. WE HAVE PUSHED THAT BUILDING BACK. IT COULD BE CLOSER. THERE COULD BE A THREE STORY PARKING GARAGE 15 FEET AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE'S REAR FENCES. WE CHOSE TO NOT DO THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A HORRIBLE DESIGN, NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, IT WOULD BREAK EVERY PROMISE I THINK CHRIS MADE IN TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO OFTEN THAT WE WOULD DO THE BEST WE COULD TO MAKE A PRODUCT THAT HONORED THE DENSITY BAKED INTO THIS LAND. THIS IS NOT A NEW THING, WITH THE CONCERNS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE. A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT, THEY ARE NOT ILLEGITIMATE AND COME FROM THE HEART. I THINK THEY WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SITE. NO NEIGHBORHOOD IS EXEMPT FROM THE PRESSURES OF CHANGE. NOT MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS YOU LIVE IN OR MINE OR ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. TRAFFIC ON THE ROADS WILL HAPPEN. HICCUPS WITH CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CITY RIGHT NOW. THE QUESTION YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST DENSITY CATEGORY FOR HOUSING. YOU HAVE A FULLY CONSISTENT STAFF REPORT WHICH CANDIDLY IS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE AND YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE PROPOSING SOMETHING LARGER IN AN APARTMENT NEXT TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING AND THE SECOND AND FIRST FLOORS AREN'T FULL. I'M NOT CLAIMING THAT'S ENOUGH OF A VICTORY, BUT I'M SAYING THAT IT SHOULDN'T SURPRISE US THAT THERE'S TREPIDATION ABOUT THE GROWTH. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S INAPPROPRIATE HERE. IT'S BEEN APPROPRIATE HERE FOR 39, 35 YEARS SINCE RMU WAS PUT ON THIS LAND. I THINK IT'S PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING DON'T JUDGE ME TO THE ALMIGHTY. JUDGE ME TO THE ALTERNATIVES. THE ALTERNATIVES HERE AREN'T GREAT. THE ALTERNATIVE IS SOME BY RIGHT DEVELOPMENT. ALTERNATIVE IS SOME OTHER DEVELOPER, NOT GOING TO BE CHRIS -- IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK GOOD. MAYBE WAIT UNTIL THE LAW CHANGES, LIVE LOCAL. THIS IS THE MINIMUM VIABLE DEVELOPMENT ON THIS SITE. WE BELIEVE IT IS AS SENSITIVE AS POSSIBLE TO THE NEIGHBORS AND THREADS A TINY, TINY, TINY EYE OF A NEEDLE. THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO GET HERE. ANY ASSERTION THAT WE WERE OUT IN THE LOBBY COOKING THIS UP AND CAME IN, THAT'S WRONG. THERE WERE A MILLION TRADEOFFS THAT WENT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. YOU HAVE A FULLY CONSISTENT STAFF REPORT. PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF HAS FOUND IT CONSISTENT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TESTIMONY THAT YOU HEARD IS A LEGAL, DEFENSIBLE BASIS TO DENY THE APPLICATION. I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND STEADFASTNESS THROUGH THE EVENING. I ASK YOU ALL TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE HEARING? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ZONING IS FINE AND I'M SPEAKING TO EVERYBODY. ZONING IS FINE UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS. YOU HAVE A PLAN, DRAW A PLAN. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CHANGED THE PLANNING IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODE? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ALL THE REVISIONS WERE REVISED? 40 YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, 30? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE LAST UPDATE WAS 2016. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO YOU HAVE THESE PLANS AND THEY WORK FOR A WHILE. ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE BUILT OUT. THIS AIN'T THE END OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. WHAT'S DOWN THE STREET THAT THE CITY JUST MOVED OUT OF. BETWEEN THIS DEVELOPMENT AND HOME DEPOT. LOT OF ACREAGE OWNED BY THE CITY. WE'RE MOVING OUT OF THERE. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR DEVELOPMENT. SO NOW THAT STAYS VACANT FOR A HUNDRED YEARS? THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY, THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR TO CLOSE, AYE. WE HAD A MOTION AND SECOND. I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK'S MIKE ON. >>LYNN HURTAK: WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT FOR A LITTLE BIT. I JUST FOUND THIS -- I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH THE SETBACK, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IN TWO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS BROUGHT FORWARD, IN FACT, ONE OF THEM TONIGHT TALKED ABOUT THE SLOW DECREASE IN HEIGHT CONNECTING TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. TO HAVE -- THIS WAS MY INSTINCT IMMEDIATELY, WHY ISN'T THE HEIGHT NEXT TO HOMES THREE OR MAX FOUR STORIES. FIVE IS JUST SO MUCH. THERE IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE APPROVED AT FLORIDA AND COLUMBUS THAT ACTUALLY WENT, HAD TO GO BACK DOWN TO THREE BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE NEIGHBORS. FIVE JUST -- FIVE DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. AND WHILE WE HAVE ALLOWED -- WHILE RMU 100 IS THE RULE, WE AREN'T SEEING THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT NEXT TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. THE THINGS WE'VE APPROVED OTHER THAN THE ONE IN 2012 WHICH WAS A LONG TIME AGO, ARE ALL AROUND NONSINGLE-FAMILY USES. AND THAT'S THE THING THAT GETS ME. BETWEEN THAT AND THE WAIVERS, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THIS ONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: POLICY 1.1.2, CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE SINGLE-FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS BY PROVIDING SENSITIVE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ADJOINING AREAS. THAT'S WHY I ASKED, THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, HOW MANY HAVE THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES NEXT TO THEM. MIGHT BE A COUPLE HOUSES HERE AND THERE. HERE, YOU HAVE A WHOLE ROW, WHOLE STREET. PROPERTY NEXT TO IT, ANOTHER WHOLE STREET. AS I'M SEEING FROM THE AERIAL, WHERE IT'S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES RIGHT THERE. >>LYNN HURTAK: MASS AND SCALE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: EXACTLY. COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M KIND OF GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WHICH I KNOW IS UNUSUAL. A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO WOULD COME OUT TONIGHT AND TAKE THE OPPOSITE POSITION ON THIS. IF NOT THIS, THEN WHAT? I THINK THAT WAS REALLY AN APPROPRIATE QUESTION TO SAY. WE NOW KNOW THIS WAS RMU 100 SINCE THE 1980s. THIS HAD ALREADY BEEN GRANTED BY A PREVIOUS BODY AS A PD ALLOWING FOR SEVEN STORY TOWER ON THIS PROPERTY ALREADY BY RIGHT. AND IT WOULD BE A COMMERCIAL MIXED USE PROPERTY. I THINK WHAT WE'RE GETTING HUNG UP ON IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS SOUTH OF THIS. WE ALREADY HAVE THE COMPLEX JUST ADJOINING THIS THAT ABUTS SINGLE-FAMILY. BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A STRANGE SITUATION THAT WE'VE INHERITED THAT A PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED AND PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPTED, THAT WE HAVE THIS VERY INTENSE LINE. THEY DID NOT, LIKE, WE ARE ENCOURAGING AS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE LAND USE, STEP DOWN DENSITY, TRANSPORTATION, ALL THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'VE INHERITED. I KEEP THINKING ABOUT PREVIOUS CASES THIS EVENING. I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILMAN MIRANDA ASKED AN APPLICANT, DID YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WERE GETTING WHEN YOU BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY? I'D ASK THE SAME THING, WHOEVER BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, DID THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING? THEY HAD A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT WAS PD DEVELOPED SEVEN STORY TOWER. RMU 100. THEY KIND OF KNOW THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. I THINK AS FAR AS DOING DUE DILIGENCE, I WOULD ASSUME THAT IF I WAS A DEVELOPER AND I WAS GOING TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY, I'D PROBABLY BE ABLE TO DEVELOP IT AT THIS SCALE AND DENSITY. >>LYNN HURTAK: EXCEPT IF YOU LOOK ALL AROUND IT, THEY ARE FOUR AND FIVE STORIES. EVEN IF YOU HAVE THAT INTENSITY, BUT WHAT IS SHOWING IS THAT IT'S JUST -- THAT'S ONE SMALL EXAMPLE. THE REST OF THEM ARE JUST NOT THAT HIGH YET. I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT THAT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, MASS AND SCALE. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AREA IN A LARGER SCOPE OF LIKE WHAT IS THIS AREA, WHAT HAS IT BECOME, WHEN THERE WAS AN OLD MOTEL, INTERNATIONAL MALL WAS AND BOY SCOUT ROAD WAS A TWO LANE ROAD, THIS AREA COMPLETELY EVOLVED AND DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. IF YOU EXPAND AND LOOK AT THIS AS A WHOLE, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE AREA THAT ARE MUCH TALLER THAN THAT . >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY ARE NOT NEXT TO SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. SORRY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU HAVE TO DRAW A LINE SOMEWHERE. WHEN THEY DID THE FUTURE LAND USE, A COUNCIL BEFORE US DREW A LINE THERE. THEY ACTUALLY DID A FUTURE LAND USE OF THIS RMU 100 NEXT TO THE LEAST DENSE SINGLE-FAMILY LAND USE THAT YOU COULD HAVE. THEY DIDN'T BUILD IN A TRANSITION FOR US. >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY ALLOWED IT BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN HE HAVE TO DO IT. SOMEBODY ELSE MADE A MISTAKE. I WOULD OFFER THAT THE NOVIS WAS A MISTAKE BY THE LAST -- IT WAS POOR JUDGMENT. I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER POOR JUDGMENT JUST BECAUSE A COUNCIL 13 YEARS AGO DID. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS POOR JUDGMENT. YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STREET AND VARELLA PENETRATES -- >>LYNN HURTAK: NO SINGLE-FAMILY SURROUNDING IT. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WAS THERE ONE BEFORE THAT? MAYBE THEY WERE TORN DOWN FOR THE PROJECTS. MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL OFFER THE PEOPLE ON UNION A FOREIGN TUNE FORTUNE FORTHEIR HOUSES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. IT WAS PLAIN VACANT LAND. I NICKNAMED, THE RON ROTELLA BECAUSE THE WESTSHORE ALLIANCE WAS WORKING AND WANTED SOMETHING THERE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I CAN ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT WAS BROUGHT DOWN FROM THE ORIGINAL SIZE, MY MIND IS CORRECT WITH ME, IT WAS MUCH BIGGER THE FIRST TIME AND CAME BACK SMALLER. THE VARELLA. NOT 100% SURE, GOING BACK 25 YEARS AGO, WHATEVER IT WAS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STAFF REPORT AND YOU SEE CONSISTENT. SITE PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION CONSISTENT. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSISTENT. TRANSPORTATION CONSISTENT, WHICH IS REALLY A KEY INDICATOR IN THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR. >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT THAT IS THE BLACK AND WHITE. WE ARE THE GRAY. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE RELY ON STAFF AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE DO. IF WE ONLY RELIED ON THEM WE WOULDN'T NEED TO BE HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S FUNNY. ONE OF THE PERSONS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY RIGHTS. I THOUGHT WHAT WAS INTERESTING, THOUGH, IS THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY HAS PROPERTY RIGHTS AS WELL. THE SAME THINGS THEY ARE READING TO ME I KEPT THINKING, THIS APPLIES TO THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY. THEY HAVE A RIGHT FOR OWNERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THERE'S NO DOUBT. THAT IS A THEORY. IF HE BUILT THE BUILDING FIRST, THEN THE HOUSES, YOU KNEW WHAT WAS THERE. IT'S ONE CHASING ANOTHER. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WASN'T THIS QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED WHEN THEY ZONED THIS RMU 100. ASKED AND ANSWERED IN 1980. >>LYNN HURTAK: IT WAS BUT WASN'T. THERE'S NO REASON THEY COULDN'T HAVE TRANSFERRED AND DONE 8 OR 9 STORIES NEXT TO LOIS AND SPRUCE AND WENT DOWN TO THREE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. BECAUSE WE JUST SAW THAT AT -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT IS THE HEIGHT LIMITATION? I DON'T KNOW. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T EITHER. THE ABILITY TO MOVE -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WOULD YOU INDULGE ME SO -- >>LYNN HURTAK: WE DON'T NEED TO. WE KNOW THE ONE WE APPROVED DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE STREET WAS SEVEN STORIES. OR MIGHT HAVE BEEN NINE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE HIGHER THAN THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY COULD HAVE ADJUSTED IT AND DONE A LITTLE BETTER DESIGN AROUND. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DON'T PUT THE POOL ON TOP OF THE PARKING DECK AND BUILD MORE THERE. TO ME IT'S SO WEIRD TO SEE A POOL ON THE GROUND FLOOR NOW. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A POOL ON THE GROUND FLOOR IN AGES. THAT'S EXTRA LAND THAT YOU COULD BE BUILDING. I THINK IF YOU JUST MOVED THE DENSITY A LITTLE BIT, I WOULDN'T SAY NO TO THIS PROJECT. I WOULD SAY IT JUST NEEDS SOME MORE CONFIGURING TO HAVE IT OFF OF THE NEIGHBORS AND MORE ONTO THE STREET. YOU ARE RIGHT. IT HAS THE DENSITY, BUT HOW THE DENSITY IS PLACED ON THE SITE IS OUR PURVIEW, AND THAT'S WHAT I AM STRUGGLING WITH OR NOT STRUGGLING, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD STILL LIKE TO KNOW THE HEIGHT. MOTION TO REOPEN. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? THE HEARING IS REOPENED. WHAT IS THE HEIGHT LIMIT. >>SAMUEL THOMAS: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. HATE TO DISAPPOINT, BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE AVIATION AUTHORITY HEIGHT LIMIT IS HERE. I WILL SAY THERE ARE NO RUNWAY PATHS THAT DIRECTLY GO ACROSS THIS IN ANY DIRECTION. THE ONE GOES EAST, NORTH TO SOUTH MUCH FARTHER THIS WAY. EAST TO WEST ONE DOES NOT CROSS IT AT ALL. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES THE APPLICANT KNOW? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COME UP AND SAY YOUR NAME. >> CHRIS ZIMMERMAN WITH PARADISE VENTURES. THE APPLICANT. FAA LIMITATION IS 153 FEET. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHY DIDN'T YOU GO THAT HIGH? >> TYPE ONE VERSUS TYPE TWO CONSTRUCTION STANDARD THAT EIGHT STORIES KICKS A PROJECT INTO BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. THE HEARING IS CLOSED AGAIN. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL TRY. WE CAN'T CONSIDER COST AND WE CAN'T CONSIDER EXPENSE IN THIS. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. I MOVE TO DENY REZ 24-78 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4202 WEST SPRUCE STREET DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE APPLICANT TO MEET ITS BURDEN OF PROOF TO PROVIDE COMPETENT AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AS CONDITIONED AND SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CITY CODE AND THE APPLICANT'S FAILURE TO MEET ITS BURDEN OF PROOF WITH RESPECT TO THE REQUESTED WAIVERS. THE WAIVERS BASED ON SECTION 27-139 SUBSECTION 4, THAT THE WAIVERS ARE NOT IN HARMONY AND SERVE THE GENERAL INTENT AND PURPOSE OF CHAPTER 27, OTHER APPLICABLE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN THE ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THE WAIVERS DO NOT OR RATHER THE WAIVERS DO INTERFERE WITH OR INJURE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS WHOSE PROPERTY WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE WAIVER. ADDITIONALLY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT CODE CRITERIA SECTION 27-136 SUBSECTION 1 PROMOTE THE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS TO ON-SITE NATURAL ELEMENTS SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES AND SUBSECTION 6 PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE IN LOCATION, CHARACTER, AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SURROUNDING IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND EXISTING GEOGRAPHY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE A SECOND? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL SECOND SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. LET'S DO A ROLL CALL. >>LUIS VIERA: NO. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CLENDENIN VOTING NO AND HENDERSON ABSTAINING. >> VIERA VOTED NO. >>THE CLERK: LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA VOTING NO AND CLENDENIN VOTING NO AND HENDERSON ABSTAINING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GO TO NEW BUSINESS. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] WE'RE STILL IN THE MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOR NEW BUSINESS, I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DISCUSS FIRST UNDER NEW BUSINESS ON THURSDAY, APRIL 17, THE MEMO RECEIVED FROM ABBYE FEELEY TODAY TO SCHEDULE AN EVENING OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON COMP PLAN LAND USE AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 31st. WE HAVE A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THAT DAY. THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SUMMER VACATION, SO WE'RE NOT MEETING FOR A FEW WEEKS. WE'LL DISCUSS IT NEXT THURSDAY. THIS IS BECAUSE THE SCHEDULING OF COUNCIL SUMMER RECESS, BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS ADDING THIS DATE TO THE CALENDAR AT NEXT WEEK'S MEETING. >>LYNN HURTAK: ISN'T THAT WHEN THE MAYOR -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, THE MAYOR PRESENTS THE BUDGET ON THE 17th. THIS IS THE 31st. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM CHAIRMAN MANISCALCO. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ANY DISCUSSION? >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD ONLY APPROVE THAT IF WE CAP STAFF REPORTS AT FOUR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S FINE. WE CAN DISCUSS IT ON THURSDAY. I'LL MAKE A NOTE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION, UNLESS YOU WANT TO PUT IT ON FOR NEW BUSINESS. I BELIEVE THE CHAIR IS BRINGING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION, IF YOU TAKE A VOTE, IT'S NOT TO SET THE MEETING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S TO DISCUSS IT ON THURSDAY, APRIL 17 FIRST UNDER NEW BUSINESS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WOULD BE A MOTION. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, DOESN'T NEED TO BE A MOTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THIS FIRST UNDER NEW BUSINESS. >>MARTIN SHELBY: UNLESS YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION AS BEING FIRST ON THE AGENDA, THE CLERK CAN DO THAT SO IT'S ON THE AGENDA. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET'S DO THAT. MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE REASON I SUGGEST, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT BY YOUR VOTE NOW, IT DOESN'T SET IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. IT'S JUST TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION. I WOULD LIKE TO WISH A HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HEAR HE IS THE MOST HANDSOME -- >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HEARD. AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD WHICH IS ON SUNDAY. COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS MORNING I MADE A SUGGESTION ABOUT THE CITY PARKS THAT WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS, MALES, FEMALES WHO MADE IT TO THE MAJORS. THE TOP OF WHATEVER SPORT. SKATING TENNIS VOLLEYBALL BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, THAT THERE BE A PLAQUE OR RECOGNITION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO OBTAIN -- THE WITH YOU CAN SEE THAT MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP AND BE A RECOGNITION THAT THEY HAVE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES OR THE NFL. I'M TALKING ALL THE WAY UP. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TO HAVE A PLAQUE IN RECOGNITION THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAD THAT -- >>LYNN HURTAK: ARE YOU ASKING FOR A STAFF REPORT? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: STAFF REPORT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE TO DO. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHEN? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS HASN'T BEEN DONE IN A LIFETIME. WHY RUSH IT NOW? >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S LOOK AT THE END OF AUGUST. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU MEAN FRED McGRIFF COMING OUT OF CARVER CITY. THAT MAY TAKE TIME TO GATHER FOR ALL THE PARKS. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I COULD TELL YOU THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL I KNOW HAS ALL THE MAJOR LEAGUERS FROM TAMPA IN BASEBALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW ABOUT OCTOBER 9 AFTER THE BUDGET? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S FINE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA FOR A WRITTEN STAFF REPORT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IT'S AN IDEA. WE CAN FIND THE INFORMATION LATER. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL TWEAK IT. A STAFF REPORT AND FURTHER DETAILS FOR OCTOBER 9. >>LYNN HURTAK: IN THE MEANTIME, MAYBE STAFF COULD EITHER HAVE THE RESEARCH DONE OR TALK TO US TO FIND OUT LIKE PEOPLE WE WOULD WANT TO BE ON IT. THAT WAY THEY COULD COME UP WITH SOME NAMES AND WHERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I GOT A TROPHY FOR BEER PONG ONE TIME. >>GWEN HENDERSON: EMPLOYEES STOP. -- PLEASE STOP. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS WILL BE OCTOBER 9 UNDER STAFF REPORTS. THEN WE'LL GET FURTHER DETAILS. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? I FORGOT TO MENTION, FRIENDLY REMAINDER FOR APRIL 17 MEETING, WE HAVE THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL INTERVIEWS UNDER CEREMONIAL. PLEASE REVIEW THE E-MAIL THAT SULING SENT BACK ON MARCH 19 AND CAREFULLY REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR NEXT WEEK. COUNCILMAN VIERA? >>LUIS VIERA: TWO QUICK ONES, IF I MAY. I MADE AN ERROR. WHEN I MADE THE MOTION ON THE HARRIS BOONSTOPPEL RENAMING -- I'M SORRY, THAT THE SIGN FOR THE PARK, I HAD INDICATED THAT IT SHOULD BE PLACED ON A NEW TAMPA BOULEVARD. IT APPEARS THAT THE SIGN SHOULD BE ON COMMERCE PARK BOULEVARD. SO THEREFORE I AMEND MY MOTION FOR COMMERCE PARK AS OPPOSED TO NEW TAMPA BOULEVARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEN I REQUESTED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT TO SPEAK WITH HUNTER'S GREEN ASSOCIATION TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REGARDING IDEAS TO CUT DOWN ON SPEEDING WITHIN HUNTER'S GREEN. CAME TO ME REQUESTING THIS. I WANT A STAFF REPORT NOTING THAT THEY DID IT. I CAN HAVE IT THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WRITTEN? >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH. THAT'S IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND. WAIT, IS THERE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. >>LYNN HURTAK: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, I'LL HAVE KELLY FORWARD IT. TPO, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ON TUESDAY ABOUT I GUESS THE TAMPA BAY TIMES DID A BIG STORY ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IN ADDITION TO THAT, AND I CAN WORK ON THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO, TO COME UP WITH A MOTION TO TALK TO MOBILITY, AND MAYBE COME UP WITH A MOTION TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BECAUSE THE ARTICLE IS RIGHT. THERE IS A LOT WE COULD BE DOING THAT WE SIMPLY AREN'T. SO I DO BELIEVE -- SO IN ADDITION, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ON, IF NOT, I WILL. >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY -- >>LYNN HURTAK: SEPARATE MOTION >>LUIS VIERA: SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, I'LL SUPPORT IT. GREAT IDEA. I READ THE ARTICLE. I THINK IT WAS JOHN HILL AND SOMEBODY ELSE. I FORGOT WHO WROTE IT. GREAT IDEA AND APPRECIATE IT 100%. I WILL DISCLOSE, BY THE WAY, I LIVE IN HUNTER'S GREEN. THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE, CORRECT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT IS A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. >>BILL CARLSON: COULD I ADD, SPEEDING IS A -- I GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT SPEEDING EVERY DAY IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I THINK WE'VE HAD FORUMS ON IT BEFORE, BUT SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR SPEEDING. I THINK SINCE COVID ESPECIALLY PEOPLE ARE IN A HURRY TO GET PLACES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAKE A SUGGESTION REGARDING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND SPEEDING, SOMETHING THAT HELPED ME AND I DON'T KNOW IF ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES OFFER THIS I HAVE STATE FARM, LIKE A DRIVE SAFE PROGRAM. LIKE A TRANSPONDER THAT GOES ON YOUR WINDSHIELD AND CONNECTS TO YOUR CELL PHONE. YOU GET DISCOUNTS FOR DRIVING SAFELY. BUT IT MONITORS YOUR SPEED. IT MONITORS IF YOU TOUCHED YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING. IT'S MADE ME A BETTER DRIVER. >>LYNN HURTAK: IT ALSO FOLLOWS AND KNOWS WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN AND WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO, ALL OF THAT STUFF. >>GWEN HENDERSON: 30% OFF. BUT 30% OFF IS GOOD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT IT MAKES ME A BETTER DRIVER AND MORE AWARE AND LESS LIKELY TO TOUCH MY PHONE AND SPEED AND BRAKE HARD AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF. MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANYTHING ELSE? >>LUIS VIERA: I THINK COUNCIL SUPPORTS IT. REALLY FAST, I REQUEST TO PUT A STAFF REPORT ON JULY 31st OF 2025. I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT AND I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE IN RHETORIC, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL, HAVING AN OFFICE OF RETURNING CITIZENS. I WANT TO HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON THAT ISSUE, RETURNING CITIZENS, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE LEAVING THE PRISON SYSTEM AND HAVING AN OFFICE HERE THAT CAN DO AMONG OTHER THINGS, COORDINATE SERVICES WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS FOR RETURNING CITIZENS AND JUST WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON CORE ISSUES. I DO THAT FOR A NUMBER OF ISSUES, NUMBER ONE, OBVIOUSLY A CRISIS FOR A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES. NUMBER TWO, JUST TO PUT THE ISSUE ON THE FOREFRONT. A LOT OF CITIES DOING THAT. BOSTON ROBUST ONE. OURS WOULD BE DIFFERENT. GET THIS STARTED UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION AND WHOEVER THE NEXT MAYOR IS TO HOPEFULLY TAKE IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL AND HAVE IT COME BACK AND SEE WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION IS ON THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WRITTEN OR IN PERSON? >>LUIS VIERA: IN PERSON. >>MARTIN SHELBY: CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. YOU HAVE ROOM RIGHT NOW, ONE STAFF REPORT WRITTEN AND UNLIMITED, BUT ONE STAFF REPORT ALREADY. THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND ONE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL NIGHT MEETING. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THERE'S BEEN A DISCUSSION THAT CAME UP VERY QUICKLY TODAY TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF STAFF REPORTS. ANOTHER WAY TO LIMIT THE TIME IN THE MORNING IS TO NOT HAVE ANY CEREMONIAL ON THE 31st. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WELL. WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA. THIS IS FOR AUGUST 7. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR? CLENDENIN SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, THANK YOU CHAIR. ONE DOCU ANNOUNCEMENT, A COMMEND ONE MOTION. I DON'T KNOW WHO DOES STUFF LIKE THIS, BUT SOMEONE HAD THE SLACKS REMOVED FROM THE BENCHES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HART BUS LINE SO THE HOMELESS FOLKS CAN'T SIT DOWN, TAKING AWAY THEIR DIGNITY. I'M GOING TO SUGGEST IF IT WAS SOMEONE WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA, YOU SHOULD PUT THOSE BACK IMMEDIATELY. IT IS A STREET I DRIVE ALL THE TIME AND I THINK YOU SHOULD PUT THOSE BACK AND DON'T MAKE DECISIONS LIKE THAT SO QUICKLY AND TAKE AWAY SOMEONE'S HUMANITY BECAUSE THEY ARE HOMELESS. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SIT ON A BENCH AND NOT BE A PROBLEM. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT RATHER THAN MAKE A MOTION. THE MOTION IS THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NOISE ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO CHANNELSIDE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOLVED THAT PROBLEM AND IT'S ON THE WORKSHOP FOR APRIL 24. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE IT WITH STAFF COMING BEFORE US FOR A FULL PRESENTATION WITH FULL TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE JBL RIVER CENTER CATERING CONTRACT. BECAUSE I HAVE RECEIVED FIVE PHONE CALLS ALREADY ABOUT PROBLEMS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT'S IT. TTHANK YOU, CHAIR. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT COUNCIL ACCEPT THE FORM THAT YOU FILED FOR YOUR -- >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU. I NEVER HAD TO DO THAT ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE -- >>GWEN HENDERSON: PLEASE ACCEPT THE FORM THAT I HAD TO FILE TO RECUSE MYSELF OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE ONE MOTION PLEASE. REQUEST BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION SETTING TRANSMITTAL HEARING FOR TA/CPA 25-03 ON MAY 22, 2025 AT 501 P.M. AND DIRECT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE CITY CLERK WITH A FORM OF NOTICE FOR ADVERTISING THE PUBLIC HEARING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE ONE QUICK THING. WE SET THE CRA DISCUSSION FOR THE ASHLEY DRIVE UNITE FOR JUNE. AND SO I NEED TO MOVE THE CITY COUNCIL CONVERSATION FOR THE ASHLEY DRIVE UNITE THAT'S CURRENTLY ON JUNE 5, I NEED TO MOVE THAT TO JUNE 26 AFTER WE HAVE THE CRA DISCUSSION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHAT WAS THE DATE AGAIN? >>LYNN HURTAK: IT WAS JUNE 5. NOW IT WILL BE JUNE 26. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUNE 26, SET FOR REGULAR SESSION? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. AFTER THE CRA WHICH IS JUNE 12. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I UNDERSTAND. IT'S LATE. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: THREE HOPEFULLY QUICK THINGS. COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, THE LAST ADMINISTRATION TOOK THE CHAIRS OUT OF LYKES GASLIGHT PARK AND WE TRIED TWO OR THREE TIMES TO GET THEM PUT IN. I DON'T THINK -- THE LAST ADMINISTRATION TOOK THEM OUT. THIS ADMINISTRATION WAS AGAINST PUTTING THEM BACK. THAT WAS VERY, VERY CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT EIGHT, TEN YEARS AGO. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE FRAMES ARE STILL THERE. THEY ARE STORING THEIR THINGS THERE. THEY ARE CREATING SEATING. IT'S EMBARRASSING. >>BILL CARLSON: THE THING ABOUT DOWNTOWN ALSO, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP HOMELESS PEOPLE, YOU'RE ALSO KEEPING BUSINESS PEOPLE FROM SITTING. IT'S A NICE PLACE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THERE'S NO SEATING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CATCH THE GREYHOUND TRAILWAYS, WHATEVER, THERE'S NO SEATING FOR THEM IN THAT AREA AS WELL WHERE THE BUS PICKS THEM UP WITH THEIR LANGUAGE IN THE STREET AND WE'RE A MAJOR METROPOLITAN CITY. >>BILL CARLSON: LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FORM AB FROM ITEM 24 LAST WEEK. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR? >>BILL CARLSON: LAST THING, A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, I BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF MAKING CHANNEL DISTRICT CONSISTENT WITH DOWNTOWN, EITHER EXPANDING CBD OR ALLOWING MAXIMUM HEIGHT. STAFF WAS RARNT TO IT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WE DISCUSSED IT IN CRA. THE BIG PLAYERS IN CHANNEL DISTRICT NOW HAVE BEEN TALKING TO STAFF AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE COME TO SOME AGREEMENT ON IT. THEY GAVE ME A MOTION TO MAKE, MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO -- I PICKED SEPTEMBER 4 TO GO FAR OUT. MOTION TO ASK STAFF TO RETURN ON SEPTEMBER 4 TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENT APPROVAL PROCESS AS PRESENTLY PRACTICED IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND HAVE THAT PROCESS APPLIED AT CHANNEL DISTRICT AND TO CONSIDER ADOPTING THE HIGH DENSITY LIMITS PRESENTLY APPLICABLE TO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT TO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT. >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHO IS THE THEY THAT GAVE YOU THE MOTION? >>BILL CARLSON: A COUPLE OF BIG DEVELOPERS THAT HELP SET THIS. >>GWEN HENDERSON: BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING TO STAFF IS WHAT YOU SAID. >>BILL CARLSON: I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, ANDY SCAGLIONE AND LINDA SAUL-SENA, PRIVATE SECTOR AND GOVERNMENT WORKED TOGETHER TO STEP UP CHANNEL DISTRICT. WITH ALL THE EXCEPTIONS MADE, THERE ARE TALL BUILDINGS AND THEN FOUR-STORY BUILDINGS AND DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT SHOULD BE BALANCED. THE CBD, STAFF APPROVES PROJECTS. IN CHANNEL DISTRICT THEY HAVE TO COME BEFORE US. IT'S A COMPLICATED, EXPENSIVE PROCESS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THEY WORK IN ADVANCE WITH EACH OTHER DEALING WITH STAFF, AND THEN IT WILL COME TO US FOR APPROVAL. >>BILL CARLSON: WE CAN TALK TO STAFF AS WELL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR. WE ARE ADJOURNED. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]