CITY OF TAMPA. CITY OF TAMPA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL EVENING MEETING TO ORDER. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. >> CARLSON? HURTAK? >>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. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS NO HOUSEKEEPING THIS EVENING CORRECT? OKAY. SO THE AGENDA IS GOING TO BE HOW IT IS. AT THIS TIME, MAY I GET A MOTION TO OPEN ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT, THE FIRST TWO ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL. WE DO NOT HAVE TO SWEAR ANYBODY IN. IF WE CAN START WITH ITEM NUMBER 1. YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD. >>EMILY PHELAN: PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. THE TWO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER, BUT THEY WILL BE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED AMENDMENT. AND THE SECOND ONE IS A PUBLICLY INITIATED AMENDMENT BY PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. THE FIRST ONE IS TA/CPA 24-19. IT IS LOCATED AT 706 SOUTH MOODY AVENUE. THIS IS PRIVATELY INITIATED SMALL SCALE, APPROXIMATELY 0372 ACRES. AND THE REQUEST IS TO GO FROM RECOGNIZES 10 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35. IT'S LOCATED IN THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT IN THE PARKLAND ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN PINK. AND THE BLUE IS THE RELATED ITEM THAT WILL BE THE NEXT PLAN AMENDMENT. THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY IN OFFICE. AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THERE IS A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES. THE COMMERCIAL USES ARE ALONG SWANN AND HOWARD AVENUE AS WELL AS MULTIFAMILY BUILDING HERE AND HERE, AND SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED AS YOU MOVE FURTHER SOUTH AND TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS LOOKING WEST ALONG SOUTH MOODY AVENUE TOWARDS THE SCHOOL AND THE SUBJECT SITE IS IN BEHIND. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF HOWARD AND SWANN AVENUE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS TO THE LEFT. THIS IS LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM SOUTH MOODY AVENUE. THE WHITE STRUCTURE HERE IS THE SUBJECT SITE. THE TAN BUILDING IS WITH THE NEXT PLAN AMENDMENT, ALSO HAS THE PANERA AND OTHER COMMERCIAL USES. THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING THAT WAS POINTED OUT EARLIER IN THE AERIAL. THIS IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED HERE IN BLACK AND REPRESENTED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION, WHICH IS TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. ALONG SWANN AND HOWARD AVENUE IS A MIX OF COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35. THE SUBJECT SITE IS ADJACENT TO -- WITHIN PROXIMITY OF TWO HART BUS STOPS. ONE IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF HOWARD AND SWANN. THE OTHER IS LOCATED FURTHER DOWN SWANN. AND BOTH HOWARD AND SWANN ARE COLLECTOR ROADWAYS. THIS IS THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP. AGAIN, THE SUBJECT SITE IS HERE OUTLINED IN BLACK. REPRESENTED WITH THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 DESIGNATION. UNDER THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL 10, THE SITE CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS OR JUST OVER 4,800 SQUARE FEET OF NONRESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH WOULD NEED TO MEET LOCATIONAL CRITERIA. UNDER THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, THE SUBJECT SITE CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR 11 UNITS OR JUST OVER 27,800 SQUARE FEET OF RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL USES. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL INTRODUCTION OF MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES ON THE SITE, AND IT WOULD INCREASE THE RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOUND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CONSISTENT WITH MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD PROMOTE DENSITY SUPPORTIVE OF TRANSIT AND A MIXTURE OF USES. AGAIN, IT'S WITHIN PROXIMITY TWO OF HART BUS STOPS. A PROMOTION OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON UNDERUTILIZED LAND AND PROMOTING HOUSING CHOICES WITHIN PROXIMITY TO EMPLOYMENT, CIVIC USES AND TRANSIT CORRIDORS. FINALLY, THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT WOULD PROVIDE A COHESIVE TRANSITION ON THE SITE. WITH THAT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROPOSED MAP AMENDMENT BE FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES OF THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ALL RIGHT. APPLICANT. YES, MA'AM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE. EMILY DID A GREAT JOB OF TEEING THIS UP. I THINK THIS AERIAL IS A REALLY COMPELLING PICTURE. THIS IS ALL -- THE BLUE IS ALL THE NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THAT LITTLE AREA OUTLINED IN PINK IS THE PROPERTY FOR WHICH WE HAVE THIS PLAN AMENDMENT FILED. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S COMPLETELY SURROUNDED IN A SEA OF NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TODAY. AGAIN, EXISTING USES, THIS IS AN INTERIOR DESIGN OFFICE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. CANDIDLY, THIS IS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY A PD APPLICATION. WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF IMMINENT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS IS A LONGTIME CLIENT AND WE COUNSELED THEM THAT IN THE FUTURE IF YOU DO WANT TO REDEVELOP THE SITE, R-10 IS NOT NECESSARILY COMPATIBLE USE WITH THE BUILT PATTERN TODAY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE DOING PROACTIVELY. LIKE I SAID, THERE IS NO PLAN FOR REDEVELOPMENT NOW. THAT OFFICE WILL STAY. BUT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING IN THE FUTURE. SO I THINK THAT THIS REQUEST BOILS DOWN TO A SINGLE QUESTION, AND THAT IS, DOES THE SINGLE-FAMILY HOME BELONG ON THIS PARCEL? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IS ALLOWED TODAY UNDER R-10. SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, AGAIN, LIMITED TOWNHOMES. THIS HAS BEEN A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, AT LEAST SINCE OUR CLIENT ACQUIRED IT BACK IN 2020. AND THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A HOUSE, IT IS OPERATING AS A COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN A PARKING LOT. WE ARE PROPOSING CMU 35, AGAIN NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO AN INTRODUCTION OF MULTIFAMILY OR AN INCREASE IN DENSITY. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, IS MORE COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT'S THERE TODAY. SOME JUSTIFICATION POINTS ON THE SLIDE, THERE ARE A HOST OF GOALS AND POLICIES IN THE COMP PLAN THAT WE FEEL SUPPORT A REQUEST LIKE THIS. THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE COASTAL HIGH HAZARD. IT'S WITHIN 150 FEET OF A TRANSIT EMPHASIS CORRIDOR. AGAIN THAT SURROUNDING NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE FEEL CONFIDENTLY THAT SINGLE-FAMILY WOULD NOT BE COMPATIBLE HERE. TODAY, IF THIS BUILDING WERE DESTROYED IN SOME KIND OF MAJOR CASUALTY AND WENT TO REBUILD BEYOND AN EXISTING FOOTPRINT, WE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PUT THIS ON THE SITE TODAY. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE THIS SPECIFIC PARCEL MORE COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT'S SURROUNDING IT. AS EMILY MENTIONED, STAFF DID FIND THIS APPLICATION CONSISTENT, AND WE HAD A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF CONSISTENCY FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARD. BACK IN FEBRUARY, ONE COMMISSIONER I BELIEVE ACTUALLY SAID I HAVE BEEN WAITING A REALLY LONG TIME TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD FOR THIS SPECIFIC PIECE. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, ITEM 1. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 1? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 1, FILE TA/CPA 24-19, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 706 SOUTH MOODY AVENUE, FROM RESIDENTIAL 10, R-10, TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, CMU-35, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>THE CLERK: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION -- OR MOTION CARRIED. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 15, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. MOTION WAS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 2. YES MA'AM. >>EMILY PHELAN: TA/CPA 24-20, 701 SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE. THIS IS INITIATED BY PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. STAFF SENT A LETTER BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN DECEMBER. THIS IS SMALL SCALE, APPROXIMATELY 1.5 ACRES. THE REQUEST IS TO GO FROM RESIDENTIAL 10 AND COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35. IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTH TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT IN THE PARKLAND ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN PINK, AND THE BLUE IS THE PREVIOUS PLAN AMENDMENT. JUST TO GO OVER IT AGAIN, THE COMMERCIAL USES ARE ALONG SWANN AND HOWARD, ALONG WITH A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL USES AS WELL. THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS LOOKING EAST AT THE SUBJECT SITE, WHICH IS THE TAN BUILDING. THE PREVIOUS PLAN AMENDMENT YOU HEARD AND THE MULTIFAMILY IN THE BACK. THIS IS LOOKING TO THE NORTHEAST AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE AND WEST SWANN AVENUE. AND THIS IS ON THE LEFT. THIS IS LOOKING WEST ALONG SOUTH MOODY AVENUE, WHICH IS BEHIND THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS LOOKING EAST ALONG SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE. THIS IS ACROSS FROM THE SUBJECT SITE. AND THAT IS THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDING. THIS IS THE ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THE SUBJECT SITE IS HERE. IT HAS COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 ON THE EASTERN PORTION, AND ON THE WESTERN PORTION IS THE RESIDENTIAL 10. WHILE THIS DOES HAVE TWO SPLIT FLUES, IT ALSO DOES HAVE MULTIPLE ZONING DISTRICTS. COMMERCIAL GENERAL ZONING DISTRICT IS ALONG THE CMU 35 WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE BUILDING. THIS CORNER HERE IS RESIDENTIAL OFFICE AND THIS SLIVER HERE IS RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY 24, WHICH IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL 10 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION. THIS IS THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE MAP. THE SUBJECT SITE IS HERE REPRESENTED WITH THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 DESIGNATION. UNDER THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL 10 AND COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 DESIGNATION, THE SUBJECT SITE CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR 39 DWELLING UNITS OR JUST OVER 95,500 SQUARE FEET. THE NONRESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL 10 ZONING, RESIDENTIAL 10 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION WOULD NEED TO MEET LOCATIONAL CRITERIA. UNDER THE COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35 DESIGNATION, THE SUBJECT SITE COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR 52 DWELLING UNITS OR JUST OVER 130,000 SQUARE FEET OF RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL USES. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL INTRODUCTION OF MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES ON THE RESIDENTIAL 10 PORTION OF THE PARCEL. PLANNING COMMISSION FOUND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT CONSISTENT WITH MUNICIPALITY PELL ASPECTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE CHANGE WOULD PROMOTE DENSITY SUBJECT OF TRANSIT AND A MIXTURE OF USES. WITHIN PROXIMITY OF TWO HART STEPS. PROMOTION OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON UNDERUTILIZED LAND AND PROMOTING HOUSING CHOICES WITHIN PROXIMITY TO EMPLOYMENT CIVIC USES AND TRANSIT CORRIDORS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT WOULD PROVIDE A COHESIVE TRANSITION ON THE SITE AND ALLOW THE ZONING DISTRICTS TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WITH THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROPOSED MAP AMENDMENT BE FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES OF THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 2? >> WE ARE THE APPLICANT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES -- PUBLICLY INITIATED. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 2? I SEE NO ONE AND NOBODY REGISTERED. WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 701 SOUTH HOWARD AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL 10, R-10, COMMUNITY MIXED USE-35, CMU 35 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE-35, CMU-35, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 15, 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. FOR THE REMAINING ITEMS, 3, 4, 5, 6, THESE ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL. IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS, PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL SWEAR YOU IN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [OATH ADMINISTERED] ITEM NUMBER 3. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL. LEO BEBARRED LADEN. FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3003 WEST CYPRESS STREET. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY HEAVYSET HOLDINGS, LLC. THE APPLICANT IS REPRESENTED BY STEPHEN MICHELINI. THE REQUEST IS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES UNDER A LARGE VENUE CLASSIFICATION, WHICH WOULD PERMIT THE SALE OF BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR FOR CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES FOR CONSUMPTION OFF-PREMISES. THERE IS AN EXISTING ORDINANCE ON THE SITE DATING BACK TO 1985 UNDER CLUBHOUSE CLASSIFICATION. THIS WAS THE TAMPA LETTER CARRIERS HALL, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES TOTAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AREA OF 12,812 SQUARE FEET, WHICH BREAKS OUT TO 1,038 SQUARE FEET OF OUTDOOR SALES AREA. AND 11,774 SQUARE FEET OF INDOOR AB SALES AREA. 86 PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED AND THEY ARE PROVIDING 95 SPACES. PROPOSED HOURS OF OPERATION ARE CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14 OF THE CITY CODE. I WILL SHOW YOU AN AERIAL ZONING MAP. THE SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED HERE IN RED. NORTH MacDILL AVENUE HERE AND NORTH HABANA AVENUE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A FEW BLOCKS SOUTH OF I-275 AND THIS IS WEST CYPRESS STREET HERE. YOU CAN SEE A MIXTURE OF COMMERCIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD USES WITH SOME PD. FOR REFERENCE, THIS SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE BLOCK FROM THE EXISTING ALESSI BAKERY, WHICH IS HERE. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT. THIS IS NORTH NEW JERSEY DRIVE HERE. WEST CYPRESS STREET IS HERE, AND THEY ARE PROVIDING ACCESS HERE AND HERE. YOU CAN SEE AN OUTLINE OF THE AB SALES AREA, AND THE OUTDOOR AREA IS SHADED IN A DIFFERENT COLOR HERE. SURFACE PARKING IS PROVIDED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE BUILDING. I HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION OF THE SITE. THE OUTDOOR SALES AREA IS BEING -- IS THIS AREA HERE BEING REPURPOSED. THIS IS THE ELEVATION FACING WEST. THIS IS THE ELEVATION OF THE FRONT AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SURFACE PARKING. THIS IS NORTH NEW JERSEY AVENUE HERE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES. THIS IS FACING EAST FROM THE SUBJECT SITE'S PARKING LOT. YOU CAN SEE THE TAMPA LETTER CARRIER SIGN IS STILL EXISTING THERE. THIS IS THE ABUTTING PROPERTY TO THE EAST OF THE SITE. THIS IS FACING SOUTH FROM THE SUBJECT SITE, WHICH WOULD BE BEHIND ME. YOU CAN SEE THE COMMERCIAL USES AND MIXED IN WITH SOME RESIDENTIAL USES THERE. THIS IS FACING EAST. YOU CAN SEE A MIXTURE OF THE DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES THERE. THIS IS ALSO SOME MORE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES FACING SOUTH. ALSO OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL USES WITH SOME OTHER COMMERCIAL USES. THIS IS FACING WEST ON WEST CYPRESS STREET. THIS IS ALSO FACING WEST OF NORTH NEW JERSEY AVENUE. THIS IS THE STRIP SHOPPING CENTER OFF OF NORTH NEW JERSEY AVENUE. WITH THE COMMERCIAL STRIP CENTERS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET. THIS IS FACING NORTH ON NORTH NEW JERSEY AVENUE. YOU CAN SEE THE SIDE ELEVATION OF THE SUBJECT SITE TO THE RIGHT. THIS IS FACING SOUTH ON NORTH NEW JERSEY AVENUE. AND THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE REAR ELEVATION OF THE SITE. THERE IS ONE WAIVER REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION RELATED TO DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM OTHER AB ESTABLISHMENTS. THE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FIND IT INCONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. MINOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPLICANT. YES SIR. >> STEVE MICHELINI REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. BRIAN FROM CCTV, WOULD YOU CUE UP THE PowerPoint? THERE IS NO AUDIO ON THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THIS IS A REUSE OF AN EXISTING BANQUET FACILITY. AS THE STAFF HAS POINTED OUT, IT'S APPROXIMATELY A GROSS AREA OF ABOUT 13,000 SQUARE FEET. THE PROPOSED USES ARE RESTAURANT, BAKERY, AND RETAIL SALES. 95 PARKING SPACES ARE BEING PROVIDED. 86 WERE REQUIRED. THE INGRESS AND THE EGRESS ON THE SITE ARE THE SAME AS WHAT'S EXISTED FOR THE LETTER CARRIERS HALL. THOSE ARE NOT NEW CUTS. THE SOLID WASTE REMAINS WHERE IT WAS. THEY ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO MEET THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY DISTRICT GUIDELINES. THE LIGHTING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY. THE UTILITIES ARE EXISTING. THE AREA WAS NOT -- HAS TO MEET THE STORMWATER CODES. THERE'S NO WAIVERS ALLOWED OR PROVIDED NOR REQUESTED. IT IS WITHIN THE URBAN VILLAGE. THIS IS A PROJECT FOR A LEGACY FAMILY THAT'S BEEN IN OPERATION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA SINCE THE 1900s. 300 NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE NEIGHBORS INVITING THEM TO A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING IN ADVANCE OF THIS HEARING. WE HAD TWO PEOPLE SHOW UP. REQUESTING FOR A LARGE VENUE, AND WE'VE PUSHED ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE EXISTING, WE PUSHED THEM ALL TO THE CENTER OR AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED FEET OF SEPARATION IN THE REAR BETWEEN THE BUILDING, THE PARKING, AND THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. PHIL, WOULD YOU HIKE TO COME UP? THE ALESSI FAMILY IS HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> PHIL ALESSI JUNIOR. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOU ALL. MYSELF BEING THE FOURTH GENERATION, MY THREE BOYS, MY LITTLE GIRL IS NOT HERE. FIFTH GENERATION. PHILLIP AND AIDEN CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS. PEARSON IS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL AS A SENIOR. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS LONG OVERDUE AND SOMETHING VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEARTS AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILY. WE JUST WELCOME THE COMMUNITY AND APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS PROJECT. IT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE AND SOMETHING VERY EXCITING. IT WILL BE SOMETHING VERY, VERY SPECIAL. NOTHING IN TAMPA HAS SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? SIR? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I CAN ONLY SAY THAT THE ALESSI FAMILY HAS BEEN IN WEST TAMPA SINCE MOBY DICK WAS A MINNOW. THEY HAVE ALWAYS DONE EXTRAORDINARY WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALWAYS KEPT EVERYTHING UP TO DATE, WHATEVER THEY OWN. YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS A GREAT GUY. I KNEW YOUR FATHER PERSONALLY. DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS GREAT OR BAD, BUT -- GREAT PITCHER AT JESUIT. YOUR UNCLE. IT WAS NICE GROWING UP WITH YOUR UNCLE. >> APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO REPRESENTING TAMPA -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS MATTER HERE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF WE COULD EXPAND THE BOGOS TO -- [ LAUGHTER ] >> WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THAT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. MR. MICHELINI, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK. I DON'T SEE ANY BIKE PARKING. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING, WHERE IS THE BIKE PARKING? IS IT COVERED, SECURE, WELL LIT AND IS IT CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE? >>STEVE MICHELINI: I'M SURE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING AND SEE HOW WE CAN ACCOMMODATE IT. >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THAT MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE LOOKING AT PARKING EVERY DAY. >>STEVE MICHELINI: WE TOOK EXTRA MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THE BUFFERING WAS ADEQUATE AND USING ALL OF THE EXISTING PARKING SO THAT WE DIDN'T BEGIN TO INTRUDE ANY FURTHER INTO THE AREAS. THE EAST AND WEST SIDES AND THE SOUTH SIDES WERE FINE. BUT THE NORTH SIDE, THAT HAS A VERY LARGE GREENSPACE THAT STOPS AT THE EXISTING PARKING LOT. IT ALSO HAS A LAND USE DESIGNATION OF R-10, SO YOU WON'T SEE THE BUILDING EXTENDING BACK INTO THAT WET ZONE -- INTO THAT GREENSPACE AREA. WE'LL LOOK AT COVERED PARKING FOR BICYCLES. >>LYNN HURTAK: OR JUST EVEN BIKE PARKING. I DIDN'T SEE ANY ON THE SITE PLAN. APPRECIATE IT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE IN YOUR PRESENTATION? >>STEVE MICHELINI: NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SHOULD THIS PASS, SUMMER 2025 IS VERY AMBITIOUS. DO YOU HAVE A DATE? >> YES, MA'AM. WE DON'T HAVE A SOLID DATE. WE'RE LOOKING AT MID SEPTEMBER. THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS WILL TURN OVER THE PROPERTY TO US SOMETIME IN JULY AND THEN WE'LL GO TO WORK IN MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM THE LOCATION CURRENTLY TO THE NEW LOCATION. WE'RE LOOKING AT MID SEPTEMBER. AS WE GET CLOSER, WE'LL DEFINITELY HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE. >>STEVE MICHELINI: ONE THING TO NOTE -- >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WASN'T DONE. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THE NEW EQUIPMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN DELIVERED AND IS STANDING BY WAITING FOR THE FACILITY TO BE COMPLETED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION AND MR. MICHELINI MADE ME FORGET. OH, MY GOSH. BRAIN FREEZE. DISREGARD. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO -- DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER IN YOUR PRESENTATION? >>STEVE MICHELINI: NO, COUNCIL. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 3? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND SECOND FROM VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO MOVE FILE NUMBER AB 2-24-33, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, LARGE VENUE, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES/OFF-PREMISES CRUMPTION AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, AT OR FROM THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 3003 WEST CYPRESS STREET, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. >>LYNN HURTAK: INCLUDING THE REVISION, IF I COULD ADD TO INCLUDE THE REVISION, THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER REVISION SHEET HE TALKED ABOUT. INCLUDING THE REVISION SHEET INCLUDING BIKES. >>GWEN HENDERSON: INCLUDING THE REVISION SHEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MS. JOHNSON-VELEZ. >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: THERE SHOULD ALSO BE AS PART OF THE TITLE, REPEALING ORDINANCE 8859-A, AN EXISTING ORDINANCE. >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL AMEND TO INCLUDE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>GWEN HENDERSON: JOHN ALESSI, MY CLASSMATE, REST IN PEACE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 15, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO SAY REAL FAST TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION THERE, THE WAY THAT CITIES REALLY BECOME GREAT, THE WAY THEY GRADUATE INTO THE GREAT CITY STATUS IS BY DEVELOPING THEIR OWN BRANDS AND PROMOTING THEIR OWN BRANDS. YOU GUYS ARE INHERITING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BRANDS IN TAMPA. ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN BRANDS IN TAMPA. GOOD LUCK AND AS A COMMUNITY WE'LL DO EVERYTHING TO SUPPORT YOU. >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST DON'T CHANGE THE BROWNIE RECIPE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF NOT, WE'LL RECONSIDER. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOW THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, THE ALESSIS ARE THE ONES THAT USED TO MAKE THE BROWN BREAD FOR CAFE PEPE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS SINCE WE'RE ON THE ALESSI KICK. MY MOM'S FAVORITE SPOI TELLY ARE FROM YOUR SOMEPLACE. EVERY SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH, THEY WOULD GO TO THE HOWARD AVENUE LOCATION AND GET BREAD. EVERY TIME WE DRIVE BY THERE, I'VE GOT TO HERE -- MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD TELL ME THE STORY AND MY MOTHER. >>STEVE MICHELINI: WE EXPECTED AFTER SENDING OUT NOTICES THAT INCLUDED FOOD AND BEVERAGE THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE SHOW UP. TWO PEOPLE. WE HAD A HUGE TABLE FULL OF FOOD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT TELLS YOU HOW RESPECTED THE INSTITUTION IS. FOLKS KNOW THEY'LL BRING QUALITY TO WHATEVER PROJECT AND WHATEVER PRODUCT YOU DELIVER. >> THE TWO THAT SHOWED UP JUST WANTED TO EAT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >> REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ALL'S NICE COMMENTS. WE WORK HARD, HOW WE WERE RAISED TO REPRESENT THE FAMILY NAME AND ALSO REPRESENT THE TAMPA BAY AREA. THAT'S SOMETHING WE TAKE TO HEART AND WILL ALWAYS DO, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE GUYS TOO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND THEY ARE LEARNING THE BUSINESS? DON'T LET IT DIE. LASTING HUNDRED AND 13 YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 4. >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: LEO DEBARDELEBEN DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA 4 IS AB 2-25-01, THE PROPERTY AT 608 NORTH WILLOW AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS CHRISTOPHER WALTERS. PROPERTY OWNER IS JADE APARTMENTS LLC. REQUEST IS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES CONSUMPTION OFF PREMISES. APPLICANT IS REQUESTING AB SALES AND 1 -- 831 SQUARE FEET OF OUTDOOR AREA, FOR A TOTAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES AREA OF 2,373 SQUARE FEET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AB SALES TO CEASE AT 10 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AND 12 A.M. THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE AERIAL ZONING MAP. SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED HERE. IT'S BETWEEN WEST CASS STREET AND WEST CARMEN STREET AND NORTH WILLOW AVENUE HERE. MIXTURE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONING ALONG WEST CASS. THERE'S SOME PD DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS INDUSTRIAL. FOR REFERENCE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA CAMPUS IS HERE. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICANT CURRENTLY HOLDS AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES LIMITED TO BEER AND WINE FOR ON PREMISES CONSUMPTION, OPERATING UNDER A SPECIAL RESTAURANT CLASSIFICATION. THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TODAY SEEKS TO RECLASSIFY THE USE TO SMALL VENUE, ALLOWING FOR THE SALE OF LIQUOR IN ADDITION TO BEER AND WINE. THE PROPOSAL ALSO INTRODUCES A PACKAGE SALES COMPONENT PERMITTING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION. SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE JADE AT NORTH HYDE PARK APARTMENT COMPLEX. THIS COMMERCIAL UNIT IS SITUATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. THE COMPLEX INCLUDES AN INTEGRATED PARKING STRUCTURE HERE WITH THE ENTRANCES OFF OF WEST CASS AND EXIT ON TO WEST CARMEN STREET. THE PROPOSED INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SALES AREA IS DELINEATED HERE. OUTDOOR SALES AREA GOES AROUND THE PERIMETER THERE. TO NOTE, THIS OUTDOOR AND INDOOR AREA IS NOT AN INCREASE TO THE EXISTING APPROVAL. HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE SITE. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE FRONT ELEVATION LOOKING FROM 1301 WEST CASS STREET ACROSS THE STREET. THIS IS CASS STREET HERE AND THIS WOULD BE THE CORNER OF NORTH WILLOW. THIS IS A ZOOMED IN PHOTO OF THAT SAME ELEVATION. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OUTDOOR SEATING HERE. THIS IS FACING EAST ON WEST CASS STREET AND NORTH WILLOW. THIS IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES. THIS IS FACING WEST ON WEST CASS STREET. THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE IS HERE. THIS IS FACING NORTH ON THE CORNER OF WEST CASS AND WILLOW. AGAIN, A MIXTURE OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES HERE. THIS IS FACING SOUTH ON NORTH WILLOW AVENUE. THIS IS THE SIDE ELEVATION FROM NORTH WILLOW. YOU CAN SEE SOME MORE OF THE OUTDOOR SEATING THERE. THIS IS AN ELEVATION OF THE SOUTH. YOU CAN SEE THE EXIT TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE. THIS IS ALONG WEST CARMEN STREET. WEST CARMEN AVENUE, EXCUSE ME. THIS IS FACING WEST ON WEST CARMEN AVENUE. THERE IS ONE WAIVER REQUESTED RELATING TO THE DISTANCE SEPARATION TO OTHER AB ESTABLISHMENTS. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FIND THE REQUEST INCONSISTENT TO THE APPLICABLE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. MINOR SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL REVISION SHEET THAT WAS UPDATED TODAY. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PHOTO THAT'S LOOKING ACROSS CASS STREET AT THE ESTABLISHMENT? THERE IS A BIG BOX TRUCK IN FRONT OF IT. YES. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE BOX TRUCK IS IN A PROTECTED BIKE LANE. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO HOLD ON TO THAT SO I CAN SEND IT TO MOBILITY. >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: SURE THING. >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE AN APPLICANT? DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 4? YES, PLEASE COME ON UP. >> MY NAME IS CHRIS WALTERS. WE'RE A HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM. WE'RE KIND OF NEWBIES IN TOWN IN TERMS OF THIS LIMITED SERVICE RESTAURANT IDEA. WE'RE CURRENTLY A COFFEE AND WINE BAR WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BEER. WE JUST OPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO IN THE NEWER JADE IN NORTH HYDE PARK COMPLEX. WE'RE ARGENTINEAN AND ITALIAN FUSION BASED. WE'RE BRINGING KIND OF COFFEE WITH WINE, MAINLY COFFEE IN THE MORNING AND KIND OF COME BACK IN THE EVENING TO RELAX AND HAVE SOME WINE AND SOME BEER WITH US. WE HOPE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. WE GOT A LOT OF RETURNING CUSTOMERS SO FAR, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOLKS THAT LIVE AT JADE IN NORTH HYDE PARK. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING SERVICES TO THE LOCAL NORTH HYDE PARK AREA. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: SORRY. I'LL ASK AGAIN. I DIDN'T SEE ANY BIKE PARKING. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOME ON THE INSIDE OF THE PARKING GARAGE? >> RIGHT. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT THERE IS DEDICATED PARKING INSIDE OF THE PARKING GARAGE. I'D ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK-SEE AT THAT. THERE IS LIKE WITH PROTECTED PARKING GARAGE PARKING ON THE GROUND LEVEL, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ACTUALLY DEDICATED BIKE PARKING. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT. >>LYNN HURTAK: THE REASON I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT IS YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE PROTECTED BIKE TRACK AND YOU'LL HAVE CYCLISTS. I NOTICED IN NORTH HYDE PARK THERE ARE NO BIKE RACKS ANYWHERE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS PROTECTED BIKE LANE. IT WILL HELP YOUR BUSINESS TO MAYBE HAVE YOUR LANDLORD LOOK INTO THAT. >> DEFINITELY. WE HAVE BIKERS, LIKE THREE BIKERS TODAY AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THEIR BIKES. SO THEY ACTUALLY PARKED THEM ON OUR PATIO. YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING TO DEFINITELY BRING UP. >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE IN YOUR PRESENTATION? >> NO. AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF NEWBIES, SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WE NEED A WHOLE PRESENTATION. I'M A TAMPA NATIVE SINCE '99. SHE'S ARGENTINEAN BUT BEEN HERE SINCE SHE WAS 12. WE ARE BOTH TAMPA NATIVES. ARGENTINEAN FLAIR WITH OUR RESTAURANT COMES FROM HER SIDE. I'M JUST BORING AND BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TAMPA IS NOT BORING. >> NO, NO. IT'S NOT DEFINITELY. IN TERMS OF MY ORIGIN STORY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 4? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM NUMBER 4. REMEMBER THERE IS A REVISION SHEET. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE FILE AB 2-25-01, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES/OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION, AND MAKE LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT -- BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR -- AT OR FROM THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 608 NORTH WILLOW AVENUE, UNIT A100, FIRST FLOOR ONLY, AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, REPEALING AB 1-24-17; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WITH THE REVISION SHEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 15, 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. >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION FOR STAFF. JUST SUPER FAST. YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CLOSING HOURS. THOSE ARE ON THE SITE PLAN, CORRECT? >> THEY ARE. BUT THERE IS A REVISION SHEET. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEED TO REOPEN THE HEARING? >>LYNN HURTAK: NO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOT NECESSARY. YOU JUST ASKED IF THERE WAS SOMETHING -- >>LYNN HURTAK: ON THE SITE PLAN AND HE SAID YES. THAT WAS IT. THAT'S ALL I NEEDED. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER 5. NOW WE MOVE TO THE REZONING PORTION. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. AGENDA ITEM 5 IS REZ 25-06. THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 118 BOSPHOROUS AVENUE FROM RS 60 TO RS 50. WE'LL START WITH AN AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. SUBJECT SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED. IT IS LOCATED ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF BOSPHOROUS AVENUE. IT IS WITHIN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF EAST DAVIS BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH. THE NEW AVENUE TO THE SOUTH AND WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD TO THE WEST. THE PARCEL IS DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING AS WELL AS A SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED DWELLING. LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE SURROUNDING ZONING TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH WE HAVE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING. THIS SITE IS DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED USES. TO THE EAST RM 24 ZONING WITH SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED, SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, AS WELL AS MULTIFAMILY. TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, ON THE SUBJECT BLOCK, WE HAVE RS 60 ZONING. ADDITIONALLY FURTHER SOUTH OF THE NEW AVENUE AND WEST OF WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD WE HAVE RS 75 ZONING COMPRISED OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES. A SIMILAR REQUEST TO REZONE A PARCEL LOCATED AT 206 CHIPPEWA AVENUE TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE FROM RS 60 TO RS 50 WAS PETITIONED AND APPROVED IN OCTOBER OF 2024, CREATING TWO LOTS MEETING THE RS 50 STANDARDS. THIS IS A SURVEY OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THE BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN YELLOW. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS APPROXIMATELY 111 FEET OF STREET FRONTAGE ALONG BOSPHOROUS AVENUE AND IS COMPRISED OF 12,554 SQUARE FEET IN AREA. SINCE THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING, WE DO NOT HAVE ELEVATIONS TO SHOW OR A SITE PLAN. FIRST WE HAVE A PHOTO OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED DWELLING ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. NEXT WE HAVE THE SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED UNIT THAT'S LOCATED TO THE REAR. NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED. IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. LOOKING EAST, WE HAVE SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED AS WELL AS SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED. WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD. THIS IS LOOKING NORTH ON BOSPHOROUS AVENUE. LASTLY, WE HAVE LOOKING SOUTH ON BOSPHOROUS AVENUE. WITH THIS BEING A REZONING FROM RS 60 TO RS 50, WE DO HAVE A CONFORMING MAP WHICH WAS USED IN STAFF'S ANALYSIS OF THIS APPLICATION. MY STAFF REPORT ON PAGES 3 AND 4 INCLUDES A REVIEW -- INCLUDES ANALYSIS WHICH I WILL GO OVER WITH YOU NOW. THE SUBJECT SITE IS PART OF THE DAVIS ISLANDS SUBDIVISION, BAY CIRCLE SECTION, BLOCK 10, LOTS 14 AND 15 WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PLATTED IN 1924. THE AREA OF ANALYSIS INCLUDED 72 PARCELS, 37 PARCELS OR 51% HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER AND 35 PARCELS OR 49 PERCENT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS. TODAY, THE SUBJECT BLOCK CONTAINS 8 PARCELS, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE WITH WIDTHS RANRANGING FROM 50 TO OVER 100 FEET. EXCLUDING, ONE TO 15 PARCELS ON SUBJECT BLOCK HAVE WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER. 6, 59.99 FEET OR LESS. THE BLOCK FACE ON BOSPHOROUS OF THE SUBJECT BLOCK, THE BLOCK FACE ON BOSPHOROUS AVENUE, INCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE CONTAINS THREE LOTS WITH WIDTHS RANGING FROM 50 TO OVER 100 FEET. ONE OR 33% OF THE PARCELS HAVE A WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER AND TWO OR 67% HAVE A WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS. THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SUBJECT BLOCK, AND THIS WOULD BE ALONG WEST DAVIS BOULEVARD CONTAINS FIVE PARCELS. ONE OR 20% OF THE PARCELS HAVE A WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER. 4 OR 80% OF THE PARCELS HAVE WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS. THE BLOCK LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE, THIS WOULD BE THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BOSPHOROUS AVENUE BETWEEN BARBADOS AVENUE AND DENEW BUSINESS ITEM AVENUE CONTAINING 23 PARCELS. 16 OR 70% DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREAT, 7 OR 30% DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS. NEXT, JUST SOUTH OF THE BLOCK THAT WE JUST MENTIONED, THIS BLOCK IS BOUNDED ON THE NORTH BY BARBADOS AVENUE. TO THE WEST BY BOSPHOROUS AVENUE. SO THE SOUTH BY BISCAYNE AVENUE AND TO THE EAST BY CHIPPEWA AVENUE. THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK HAS 11 PARCELS. 4 OR 36% HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER AND 7 OR 64% HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS. STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED IN THE OVERALL STUDY AREA THAT 51% OF THE PARCELS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH A WIDTH OF 60 FEET OR GREATER AND 49% HAVE A WIDTH OF 59.99 FEET OR LESS. WHILE THERE ARE A VARIETY OF LOT SIZES WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE SUBJECT SITE, STAFF DOES FIND THE REQUEST TO BE INCONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE OVERALL STUDY AREA. I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I WILL YIELD TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT SEEMS LIKE A REACH TO EVALUATE THE LOT SIZE IN THOSE PARCELS FURTHER SOUTH. WHAT WAS THE QUANTITATIVE, WHAT WAS THE DATA USED TO JUSTIFY REACHING TO THOSE OUTPARCELS FURTHER SOUTH AS OPPOSED TO NOT CONSIDERING THE GENERAL PARCELS IN THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTHEAST? >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: WELL, WE GO OUT A CERTAIN DISTANCE. LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT THESE BLOCKS TO THE SOUTH, WE LOOKED AT THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ON THOSE BLOCKS. AND WE FELT THOSE BEST -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHY CONSIDER THOSE BLOCKS AND NOT THE BLOCKS TO THE NORTH? >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: WELL, IT HAS TO GO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN WITHIN CLOSER PROXIMITY OF THE SUBJECT SITE AS WELL AS THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, THE DIRECTION OF THOSE LOTS IN RELATION TO THE SUBJECT SITE'S LOCATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONE OF THE THINGS ARE NOT LIKE THE OTHER. >>LYNN HURTAK: IS IT BECAUSE IT IS RS 75 OVER THERE? IS THAT THE REASON? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO, I GET THAT PART ON THE WEST SIDE -- ON THE WEST SIDE. I'M CURIOUS, SO WHY AREN'T WE LOOKING AT THE PDs, RS 50s, RM 24. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: THOSE AREN'T INCLUDED IN STAFF'S ANALYSIS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOW DO YOU NOT ANALYZE THAT AS FAR AS CONSISTENCY IN A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN? I DON'T GET THAT. IS THAT YOUR RULE? >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: YES. ACTUALLY, WE REFERENCE IT -- WE ACTUALLY REFERENCE IT IN THE STAFF REPORT HERE RELATING TO -- THIS IS RELATING TO COMP PLAN POLICY 9.3.8, SO WE BASE IT OFF OF THAT POLICY. SO WHEN WE CREATE A CONFORMING MAP, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE EXISTING PARCELS THAT HAVE THE RS 60 ZONING. WE'RE EXCLUDING ALL OF THE OTHER ZONED PARCELS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT SEEMS CRAZY TO ME SITTING UP HERE WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE PARCELS LITERALLY NEXT TO IT, MULTIFAMILY PARCELS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOOK AT TRANSITION. THAT SEEMS INSANE TO ME. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES MA'AM. >>EMILY PHELAN: EMILY PHELAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. THE SITE IS WITHIN THE CENTRAL TAMPA PLANNING DISTRICT. DAVIS ISLANDS URBAN VILLAGE AND DAVIS ISLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVACUATION ZONE A. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED HERE, REPRESENTED WITH THE RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION, WHICH IS TO THE SOUTH AND THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. TO THE NORTH AND EAST IS THE RESIDENTIAL 35. AND FURTHER TO THE WEST AND SOUTH, THE YELLOW IS RESIDENTIAL 6. THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION. THE PROPOSED REQUEST WOULD ALLOW FOR TWO LOTS APPROXIMATELY 56 FEET WIDE, CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED LOT PATTERN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE REQUEST IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY AND POLICIES OUTLINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SUPPORTING INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON UNDERUTILIZED LANDS BY PROMOTING A HIGHER DENSITY ON AN UNDERUTILIZED SITE. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION AND WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE DAVIS ISLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD. OVERALL, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING USES AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ANTICIPATED UNDER RESIDENTIAL 10. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPLICANT, COME ON UP, SIR. ALEX RIOS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ALEX RIOS WITH RIOS ARCHITECTURE, REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 118 BOSPHOROUS AVENUE ON DAVIS ISLANDS. WE ARE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR EUCLIDEAN REZONING FROM RS 60 TO RS 50, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF THIS OVERSIZED LOT INTO TWO SINGLE-FAMILY PARCELS. I BELIEVE IN THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE PROPERTY, COMPATIBLE DENSITY, ZONING PRECEDENCE WITHIN THE BROADER DAVIS ISLANDS AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OBJECTIVES. THE PROPERTY ITSELF HAS A FRONTAGE OF 111 FEET, WHICH IS JUST 9 FEET SHY OF BEING ABLE TO SPLIT THIS LOT BY RIGHT. THE 111 FEET IS RIGHT THERE. IT HAS A FUTURE LAND USE OF R-10 WHICH WOULD ALLOW UP TO THREE UNITS ON THE PROPERTY. RATHER THAT PURSUING A PD REZONING OR PUSHING FOR MAXIMUM DENSITY, REZONING TO RS 50 REQUIRES TO US COMPLY WITH THE SAME SETBACKS AND REGULATIONS AS THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING RS 60 PARCELS AND MAINTAIN A COMPATIBLE LOT FRONTAGE AND BUILDING FRONTAGE AND MAINTAIN SAME SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. HERE ARE THE -- HERE IS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN RS 50 AND RS 60. SETBACKS ARE ALL THE SAME WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FRONT -- WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FRONT SETBACK BEING 20 INSTEAD OF 25. THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY ABUTS A PD REZONING FOR TOWNHOMES TO THE NORTHEAST. DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM RM 24 AND RS 60 TO THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST. EXCEPT FOR ONE PARCEL, ALL THE RS 60 PARCELS WITHIN THE LOT ARE NONCONFORMING TO THE MINIMUM 60-FOOT FRONTAGE REQUIREMENT. THIS PATTERN OF NONCONFORMITY AND SMALLER LOT SIZES IS PARTICULARLY PREVALENT IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF DAVIS ISLANDS AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THIS PROPERTY. HERE YOU SEE A COMPARISON OF THE LOT WIDTHS AND WHICH PARCELS ARE WITHIN 50 TO 60 FEET IN BLUE AND THEN THE LARGER PARCELS IN ORANGE. AN IDENTICAL CASE WAS HEARD FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 206 CHIPPEWA AVENUE LAST YEAR. THAT IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE. SUBJECT PARCEL IS HERE. THERE IS CHIPPEWA. THEY, TOO, APPLIED FOR EUCLIDEAN REZONING FROM RS 60 TO 50. STAFF ALSO FOUND IT INCONSISTENT, AND IT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL. THERE ARE OTHER IDENTICAL CASES ON CHANNEL DRIVE, TWO CASES ON CHANNEL DRIVE AND ONE ON DANUBE AVENUE ON THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF DAVIS ISLAND ALSO APPROVED IN 2019 AND 2020. THIS PROPERTY IS SITUATED MUCH CLOSER TO THE HIGHER DENSITY AS ABUTS PD AND RM 24 ZONING AND THUS IN BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY PLANNING OBJECTIVES. HERE IS THE PARCEL AND HERE IS ANOTHER CLUSTER OF RS 50 ADJACENT TO RM 24. IN CONCLUSION, COUNCIL, I ONLY BRING FORWARD CASES THAT I TRULY BELIEVE IN. I BELIEVE IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THIS REZONING THOUGHTFULLY BLENDS THE DENSITY OF THE ADJACENT PD AND RM 24 TO THE NORTH AND THE RS 60 TO THE SOUTH WHILE MAINTAINING -- EXCUSE ME. WHILE MAINTAINING THE PREDOMINANT LOT SIZE AND DEVELOPMENT FOOTPRINT WITHIN THE BLOCK AND IMMEDIATE VICINITY. WE SEEK YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? YES, SIR, COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IS IT DANUBE? >> DA-NUBE. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHO KNOWS THIS ANSWER? YOU SAID THAT. I GO -- I AGREE, MR. RIOS, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECT. HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BRING A GOOD PROJECT THAT CAPTURES THE CHARACTER OF DAVIS ISLANDS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 5? YES, MA'AM, COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> MY NAME IS HAILEY DALTON. HI EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS REZONING TONIGHT. I AM A STUDENT FOR THE PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM AT SBC. AS PART OF THE PROGRAM WE HAVE TO EXERCISE OUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A PUBLIC HEARING. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TODAY. I'VE PREPARED A WRITTEN SPEECH THAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK. IT SHOULD BE A LITTLE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY. GO AHEAD. >> SO THIS IS A REZONING CASE FOR A SITE ON DAVIS ISLAND CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING AND A SINGLE-FAMILY SEMI DETACHED DWELLING. THE STAFF REPORT IT STATES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MUST CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN POLICY WHEN DECIDING THE OUTCOME OF THE SUBJECT REQUEST. POLICY 9.3.8, IT IS THE INTENT OF THE CITY THAT THE NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SHALL BE MINIMALLY DISRUPTIVE TO ADJACENT AREAS. TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE CITY SHALL ASSESS THE POTENTIAL POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND REQUIRE MITIGATION OF NEGATIVE OFF-SITE IMPACTS. I PERSONALLY DO NOT BELIEVE THIS WILL BE VERY DISRUPTIVE AT ALL TO THE ADJACENT AREAS AND THAT THERE ARE POSITIVE IMPACTS TO THE REZONING. SOME OF THESE POSITIVE IMPACTS INCLUDE THE PROPERTY OWNER GETTING TO DEVELOP HIS PROPERTY HOW HE OR SHE WISHES IF THE REZONING IS APPROVED. AND THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL NOT BE VERY DISRUPTIVE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA AS IT IS SIMILAR TO OTHER LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICTS, BUT WITH SMALLER LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A RECENT REZONING VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OF THIS SITE ON CHIPPEWA AVENUE THAT WAS ALSO APPROVED. THAT REZONING WAS ALSO RS 60 TO RS 50. THE SITE IS WITHIN THE R-10 FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION, WHICH MEANS AS I UNDERSTAND IT THAT THE LOT CAN ONLY BE CONSIDERED FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS. AGAIN, THE PROPERTY WON'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE MUCH FROM ITS CURRENT STATE. SINCE THIS IS ON DAVIS ISLAND WHICH IS DEFINITELY A COASTAL HIGH HAZARD AREA AND IN AN EVACUATION ZONE, IT IS GOOD THAT THIS REZONING REQUEST IS NOT TRYING TO INCREASE DENSITY TOO MUCH, SO IT WON'T -- IT SHOULD NOT ADD ANY EXTRA DEMAND ON SHELTER SPACE. LASTLY, I THINK THIS REZONING IS IN LINE WITH THE GOALS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, INCLUDING LU POLICY 5.1.2, RECOGNIZE THAT URBAN VILLAGES ARE A VERY LIVABLE AND SUSTAINABLE FORM OF DEVELOPMENT, CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE THE COMPACT AND MIXED USE NATURE OF THESE VILLAGES, LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE IT EASIER TO CREATE THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. LU OBJECTIVE 9.2, ENSURE ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF LAND PLANNED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES TO ACCOMMODATE -- THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF YOU NEED TEN MORE SECONDS. >> OKAY. I HAD ONE MORE. LU OBJECTIVE 9.3, COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT TO SUSTAIN STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ENSURE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE CITY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS VERY GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CHECK THAT BOX. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU NEED REBUTTAL SIR? YOU'RE GOOD. MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS. >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ-25-06, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 118 BOSPHOROUS 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. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 15, 2025, AT 10 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33602. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES SIR. LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT AT 6:04 P.M. >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION. RESTS 25-14, REQUEST TO REZONE 8414 NORTH 18th STREET FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY 50 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES. THE AERIAL SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH 18th STREET AND EAST FAIRBANKS STREET. THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS SIMILAR TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. IT'S COMPRISED OF SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS WITH RS 50 ZONING. TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE, WE DO HAVE A PROPERTY THAT IS ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. THAT SITE IS CONSTRUCTED WITH A SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED DWELLING AND, OF COURSE, FARTHER NORTH ON NORTH 18th STREET WE DO HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE CI AND INDUSTRIAL GENERAL ZONING, IG, WITH BOTH COMMERCIAL AND WAREHOUSE USES PRESENT MUCH FURTHER NORTH THAN THE SUBJECT SITE. NEXT WE HAVE A SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT. APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES. WE HAVE PARCELS A AND PARCEL B. PARCEL A IS APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET IN WIDTH. WITH FRONTAGE ON BOTH EAST FAIRBANKS STREET AND NORTH 18th STREET. THE SUBJECT -- OR THE PROPOSED BUILDING ON PARCEL A IS APPROXIMATELY 2,135 SQUARE FEET. IT ALSO PROVIDES VEHICULAR ACCESS OFF OF EAST FAIRBANKS STREET. PARCEL B TO THE SOUTH IS APPROXIMATELY 45 FEET IN WIDTH. IT ALSO PROPOSES A ONE-STORY DWELLING WITH APPROXIMATELY -- COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY 1,919 SQUARE FEET. THERE IS A ONE-CAR GARAGE PROPOSED WITH THIS SUBJECT SITE WITH VEHICULAR ACCESS PROVIDED OFF OF NORTH 18th STREET. BOTH DWELLINGS HAVE FRONT DOORS WHICH FACE NORTH 18th STREET WITH PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT RIGHT-OF-WAY PROVIDED BY A SIDEWALK ON PARCEL A AND BY A DRIVEWAY ON PARCEL B. A SIDEWALK IS PROPOSED TO RUN THE FULL LENGTH OF PARCEL A ONLY ALONG EAST FAIRBANKS STREET. BUT NO SIDEWALK IS PROPOSED FOR INSTALLATION ALONG NORTH 18th STREET DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF EXISTING TREES, BOTH ADJACENT TO AND WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. I DO HAVE SOME ELEVATIONS TO SHOW. FIRST, WE HAVE THE ELEVATIONS FOR PARCEL A. PARCEL A IS PROPOSED WITH A MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR THIS ONE-STORY DWELLING AT 18 FEET, 8 INCHES. WE HAVE THE EAST ELEVATION, THE WEST, NORTH, AND SOUTH. NEXT WE HAVE THE PROPOSED ELEVATION FOR PARCEL B. AGAIN, ONE STORY DWELLING, MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 17 FEET, 10 INCHES. THERE IS A ONE-CAR GARAGE PROPOSED ON THIS PARTICULAR DWELLING. THERE ARE NO WAIVERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS APPLICATION. WE DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS TO SHOW OF THE SUBJECT SITE AND SURROUNDING AREA. FIRST, WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM NORTH 18th STREET. NEXT, WE HAVE ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS OFF OF EAST FAIRBANKS STREET. THIS IS LOOKING NORTH FROM THE SUBJECT SITE. LOOKING SOUTH, THIS IS THE PROPERTY ZONED PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. LOOKING EAST ACROSS NORTH 18th STREET. THIS IS WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE. LOCATED OFF NORTH ELMERS STREET. NEXT WE HAVE A PHOTO SHOWING, YOU'RE LOOKING SOUTH DOWN NORTH 18th STREET. LASTLY AT THAT INTERSECTION THERE, THIS WOULD BE LOOKING WEST ON EAST FAIRBANKS STREET. DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAVE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION. WE FIND THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION, MODIFICATIONS TO THE SITE PLAN AS SHOWN ON THE SUBMITTED REVISION SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. IF NOT, I WILL GLADLY YIELD OVER TO PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. YES MA'AM. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. YES MA'AM. COME ON UP. >>EMILY PHELAN: EMILY PHELAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. THE SITE IS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING DISTRICT IN THE SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED HERE IN PURPLE AND IT'S SURROUNDED BY THE RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR LOW DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD USES. THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY ANTICIPATED UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION, LOT WIDTHS RANGE FROM 45 TO 100 FEET ON THIS PORTION OF NORTH 18th STREET. THE PROPOSED LOT WIDTHS OF 45 AND 50 FEET WOULD BE WITHIN THE EXISTING STREET BLOCK AND LOT CONFIGURATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF FOUND NO ADVERSE IMPACTS TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROMOTES COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE SITE WOULD PROVIDE INFILL HOUSING ON UNDERUTILIZED PARCEL WITHIN THE SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD. OVERALL, THE PROPOSED PD WOULD ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT IS COMPARABLE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING USES AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL 10 DESIGNATION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. IS THERE AN APPLICANT FOR ITEM 6? YES SIR. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALI MANSOUR. I AM THE APPLICANT AND OWNER FOR THIS APPLICATION. I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE MUCH OF YOUR TIME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT THEY JUST SAID. BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT THIS PROPERTY THAT HAD THE HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1960, HAD LIKE A LOT OF -- SEVERAL CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS AND LOT OF JUDGMENTS DUE TO OUTSTANDING FINES. I CLEARED THE PROPERTY. DEMOLISHED THE HOUSE. WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE SITE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DUMPING THEIR TRASH OVER THERE. WE ARE PROPOSING TO BUILD TWO BEAUTIFUL SINGLE STORY HOUSES THAT I BELIEVE IS GOING TO ADD VALUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY WAIVERS AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD MEET WITH ALL THE PLANNING DISTRICT FOR THE SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THIS LOT IS LOCATED. WE ARE GOING TO BE ABIDING BY ALL THE SETBACKS, ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I SEE NONE. ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK? WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ 6. >>BILL CARLSON: SURE. MOVE 6, REZ-25-14, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION. AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 8414 NORTH 18th STREET IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION, RS 50, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? WAIT WAIT. AND THE REVISION SHEET. SO WITH THE REVISION SHEET, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON MAY 15, 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, SIR. THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, DO YOU HAVE NEW BUSINESS? COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK? >>LYNN HURTAK: YES. LAST WEEK, I ASKED TO ADD LANGUAGE TO THE JULY 2024 TEXT AMENDMENT CYCLE. THEY SAID THAT THE TEXT AMENDMENTS ARE NORMALLY SCHEDULED FOR CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO TRANSMIT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. BUT RIGHT NOW, OUR NEXT AVAILABLE WORKSHOP WOULD BE MAY 22. WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF ON THAT CALENDAR. SO THEY RECOMMEND -- SO THE JUNE 22 -- SORRY, THE MAY 22 WORKSHOP, IF EVERYBODY COULD LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING AFTER OUR CRA MEETING AT 1:30 ON JUNE 12. I FIGURED THAT WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIT THIS INTO THE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE INSTEAD. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S TIMELY BECAUSE I AM GOING TO MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 1 AND CHANGE IT TO A QUARTERLY REPORT. I MOTION TO REMOVE ITEM 1 FROM MAY 22 WORKSHOP. >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU MIGHT WANT TO EXPLAIN WHICH ONE IT IS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 1 IS ABOUT THE STREETCAR RAIL EXTENSION. I'LL MOVE THAT TO A QUARTERLY REPORT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE'LL REPLACE IT WITH YOUR MOTION. >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING AT ALL, BUT -- SO WHAT I'LL SAY IS I WILL SET THE JULY 2024 TEXT AMENDMENT CYCLE TO COME TO COUNCIL ON THE MAY 22, 2025 WORKSHOP. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANYTHING ELSE? >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO MENTION THAT FOR THAT WORKSHOP, MY ITEMS ARE ABOUT STORMWATER. THEY ARE TECHNICALLY BOTH ON STORMWATER. SO IT'S REALLY ONE ITEM. THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE SEPARATE MOTIONS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEFORE I MAKE THIS ONE MOTION, IT'S SOMETHING I REFERRED TO. DOES SOMEBODY ELSE HAVE A BETTER IDEA? WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY, UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT -- I KNOW YOU SAID THERE WAS A GIS MAP. MAYBE JUST A WRITTEN REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF THE HURRICANES, WHAT HOUSES, BREAK IT DOWN BY NEIGHBORHOODS. >>BILL CARLSON: YOU COULD CALL THE STORMWATER DEPARTMENT, BUT I THINK THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT THE ACTUAL MAPS TO GET OUT FOR MAYBE CONFIDENTIALITY REASONS. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOW ABOUT I SHOOT FOR THIS? I MOTION THAT STAFF PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT AT THE JUNE 26th MEETING, DETAILING THE IMPACT HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON HAD ON THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE HOUSES BY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE DECLARED UNINHABITABLE OR DESTROYED BASED ON FEMA STANDARDS AND HOW MANY HOMES WERE UNINSURED BASED ON NEIGHBORHOODS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. YES MA'AM. >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT I MIGHT RECOMMEND IS HOLDING THAT UNTIL NEXT WEEK AND TALKING TO THEM AND FINDING OUT LIKE WHAT YOUR MOTION, THE NAME OF THE MOTION. LIKE WHAT YOU CAN REALLY FIND OUT AND WHAT WOULD BE, LIKE HOW YOU CAN DISTILL IT INTO -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I CAN HOLD THAT UNTIL NEXT WEEK. >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS THE ONLY THING I'M THINKING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION. IF YOU ASK THEM -- >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WITHDRAW THAT AND EXPECT TO HEAR AGAIN BASED ON STAFF CONVERSATION -- CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF. ON THE OTHER ISSUE, WHY I REMOVED THAT WORKSHOP SESSION, I'M TRYING TO BE EMPATHETIC WITH WORKLOAD OF STAFF. I THINK THEY ARE CRYING UNCLE BECAUSE OF THE WORKLOADS AND THINGS WE'VE BEEN PUTTING ON THEM. I'M TRYING TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD AND NOT NECESSARILY GUNK IT DOWN IN ADMINISTRATIVE BS. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS START ESTABLISHING A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM MOBILITY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE EXTENSION OF THE STREETCAR TO PALM AVENUE. THAT REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS, CONTRACT PROGRESS, THE PROGRESS BEING MADE IN ANY LAND ACQUISITION THAT IS REQUIRED, THE TAXATION DISTRICT AND THE FINANCING. AND I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BEGIN ON JULY 17. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE THE CHIEF OF STAFF TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH A REPORT ON AN EXPLANATION REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE BENCHES LOCATED BY THE HART BUS AREA. THEY ARE STILL REMOVED AND ARE UNHOUSED. FOLKS ARE SITTING ON THE GROUND NEXT TO THE BENCHES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE STATUS OF WHY THE BENCHES ARE THAT WAY AND THE CONDITION, IF THERE ARE ANY PLANS TO RETURN THOSE BACK TO THE PROPER PLACE. ANY EXPLANATION, BUT I WOULD LIKE IT IN WRITING SO IT IS A PUBLIC RECORD. >>LYNN HURTAK: SECOND BUT WHERE? >>GWEN HENDERSON: RIGHT ACROSS FROM MARION STREET BUS STATION. >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THOSE BELONG TO US OR BELONG TO HART? >>GWEN HENDERSON: THEY ARE ON CITY PROPERTY, ON SIDEWALKS. ACROSS THE STREET. IF HE CAN WRITE THAT IN HIS MEMO THAT THEY ARE NOT OURS. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? DID YOU NEED A DATE ON THAT? >>GWEN HENDERSON: MAY 1st. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT IS A ONE-WEEK MOTION. >>GWEN HENDERSON: I KNOW. BUT IT IS AN EXPLANATION. I DON'T THINK IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR HIM TO FIND OUT. IS THERE A RULE HE CAN'T DO IT IN A WEEK? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, THERE IS NO RULE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THEN MAY 1st. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANYTHING ELSE? >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR. YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER, DO YOU REMEMBER ERIC KAISER, THE REALLY NICE YOUNG MAN, WE SAW HIM THIS MORNING. GENTLEMAN I STEPPED OUTSIDE TO SPEAK WITH. HE IS PART -- ORIGINALLY STARTED WITH ALL ABILITIES INTERNSHIP HERE. NOW HE HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA. HE WANTED TO BRIEF CITY COUNCIL ON AN IDEA THAT HE'S REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT. HE MET WITH ME THIS MORNING. IT IS A CARD THAT PEOPLE WITH AUTISM COULD HAVE TO GIVE TO POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THEY ARE PULLED OVER. SO I WANTED TO HAVE MS. RAQUEL PANCHO AND ERIC KAISER TO COME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF A STAFF REPORT, JULY 31st, PROBABLY TAKE FIVE OR TEN MINUTES FOR THEM TO SPEAK ON THEIR PROPOSAL AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITH PLANT CITY, TEMPLE TERRACE, THE SHERIFF, THE COUNTY, TO MAKE SURE WE PROMOTE THIS AND GET THIS OUT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA. I WISH THE COUNTY WOULD ADOPT IT. WE'VE SEEN SITUATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE IT HAS NOT ENDED WELL. >>LUIS VIERA: ERIC HAS BEEN CALLING ME AND EVERYTHING TO TRY TO MEET, HEY, LET'S DO IT THIS THURSDAY ON CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE HE'S REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS. SO WE'RE HAPPY. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>LUIS VIERA: STAFF REPORT. >>LYNN HURTAK: WE ONLY HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW. >> [INAUDIBLE] >>LYNN HURTAK: IT SAYS LIMITED TO FOUR STAFF REPORTS. WE ONLY HAVE ONE STAFF REPORT. IT SAYS LIMITED TO FOUR. IT'S NOT A COMMENDATION OR A PRESENTATION. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION. >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: TWO OTHER QUICK ONES, IF I MAY. I WANT A WRITTEN REPORT, I WAS OUT AT EASTON PARK AND ASKED ABOUT, YOU ALL REMEMBER WE HAD DONE A REZONING THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW FOR A CUT-THRU FROM MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO CAN THEY INTO K-BAR RANCH, SHOULD SHORTEN RESPONSE TIMES. I WANT A WRITTEN REPORT ON MAY 15, JUST ON THE STATUS OF THAT AND WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT BECAUSE THAT IS A REALLY GOOD THING. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>LUIS VIERA: LASTLY, SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW TRAINING CHIEF DAVID DITTMAN OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE. HE IS UNFORTUNATELY LEAVING US. CHIEF DITTMAN, I HAVE KNOWN HIM A NUMBER OF YEARS. HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS MY SON'S CUB SCOUT LEADER AND A REALLY NICE GUY, DAVID SWITZER. I REMEMBER GOING TO TAMPA FIRE RESCUE WHEN MY SON WAS YOUNGER WITH CUB SCOUTS. WE'RE REALLY GOING TO MISCHIEF DITTMAN, WHO IS A REALLY NICE GENTLEMAN. I WANT TO GIVE HIM A COMMENDATION. I WAS GOING TO DO IT ON MAY 1st BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AT 8:15. WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT A MEMO TO EVERYBODY. I WANTED TO MOTION FOR TWO THINGS. NUMBER ONE, A COMMENDATION FOR TRAINING DIVISION CHIEF DITTMAN FOR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO TAMPA AND ALSO DO ONE, DAVID WAS VERY CLOSE TO HIS FATHER, RETIRED CAPTAIN RICHARD DITTMAN WHO PASSED ON IN 2018 AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. SOME OF YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER HIM FROM PANCREATIC CANCER. HE PASSED ON SEVEN YEARS AGO. TO GIVE A COMMENDATION AS WELL IN HIS NAME TO DIVISION CHIEF DITTMAN AND EVERYBODY IS OBVIOUSLY INVITED TO COME. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR. FOR CLARIFICATION, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BERMS, I MENTIONED IT LIKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT A -- BENCHES, I MENTIONED IT LIKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THINK IT WILL BE OKAY FOR MAY 1st. THE NEW BUSINESS IS SOMETHING BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. BEA PARKS IN HOUSING WANTS US TO KNOW AND THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN HOMEOWNER SCAMS GOING OUT, TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. CRA IS ASKING OUR CONSTITUENTS TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH ANYONE WANTING TO COME INTO THEIR HOMES, ESPECIALLY SAYING THEY ARE WITH THE CITY AND TARGETING PARTICULARLY SENIORS REGARDING HOME CRA MATTERS. WE'RE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO ASK FOR TWO FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION BECAUSE THAT'S BEING PHASED IN. AND WE'RE SENDING OUT INSPECTORS TO CHECK ON THIS. THERE ARE PEOPLE ALSO REPRESENTING THEMSELVES BY INDICATING THAT THEY CAN CONSULT BASED ON FEES FOR EVEN BUSINESSES WHO ARE SEEKING SOME CRA RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THEIR BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS. I JUST WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THIS AND WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE EVERY MEASURE POSSIBLE TO BE CAREFUL WITH OUR COMMUNITY. SO STOP TRYING TO SCAM PEOPLE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THAT A MOTION? >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO. IT IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA? >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, ONE LAST THING, NOT A MOTION. WE WERE GOING TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL MAY 9. APPEARS MY SON, ONE OF HIS PLAYS GOT MOVED FROM THE 16th TO 9th. APPEARS PROPOSE IT JUNE 14. I'LL SEND OUT THE DATE. LET ALL MEMBERS -- >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. I WASN'T INVITED. >>LUIS VIERA: YES, YOU WERE. >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO, I WASN'T. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. [ SOUNDING GAVEL ] ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THAT WAY PROVIDE MULTIPLE LAYERS AND DOESN'T HAVE JUST FLAT FACADES ACROSS THE STREET. THEN A SECOND-STORY AND FIRST-STORY OFF TO THE RIGHT AS WELL, AND, AGAIN, TO BREAK UP SOME OF THAT ROCK COMPOSITION AS WELL. RETAINING WALLS TO MATCH THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE INTRODUCED AS WELL. AND THIS IS THE ELEVATION FACING BRISTOL. SHOWING THE SECONDARY INTERVENTION WELL. STAIR BOTTOM, COMPLETING DOUBLE STORY. ELEMENTS OF THE SLEEPING PORCH WHICH TIE BACK TO SOME OF THE ELEMENTS USED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. AND, OF COURSE, THE RETAIN CAN WALL THAT WRAPS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY. AND DOOR ALSO BE SINGLE. SWINGING DOOR LIGHTS ON EITHER SIDE HERE ARE THE OTHER TWO ELEVATIONS THE SOUTH FACE ELEVATION WHERE WE WILL HAVE A RAISED DECK. NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS FROM THE STREET. AND STEPS COMING DOWN INTO THE BACK YARD AREA. AND THIS IS ALSO THE SIDE ELEVATION. PEOPLE ON THE STREET WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THIS AS WELL. SOME WE WILL CONTINUE THE RETAINING WALL BACK UP TO ONE-THIRD OF HOUSE ROUGHLY. AND THEN THIS ALSO SHOWS OTHER ELEMENTS, THE HIM ROOF WHICH IS -- MATCHES THE PRAIRIE HOME STYLE, CEMENT STUCCO, AND WE WILL USE STACKED BRICK PATTERN. OVER HERE TSAR PRETTY SIMPLE WALL SECTION HERE. WE WILL USE ALUMINIUM CLAD WINDOWS THAT WILL ALSO BE RECESSED. MORE THAN LIKELY IN THE BLACK FINISH THAT MATCHES MOST OF THE WINDOWS IN THE HAD HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD. COMPOSITE TRIM. 37/4 ROOF OVERHANGS. WE WOULD DEEP OFFICER WE COULD, BUT A BUILDING CODE THAT SAYS THREE FOOT IS THE MAXIMUM AND THE USE OF STUCCO AND CAP ON TOP OF BRICK AND I WILL GO BACK TO THE DETAIL IN A LATER POINT. AND I WILL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE RENDERINGS HERE. THE COLOR WILL BE DETERMINED. HERE IT SHOWS THE RETAINING WALL. GRAND ENTRY STEPS UP TO THE FRONT PORCH. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE ENTRY WALL RECESS. SLEEPING PORCH EFFECT AT THE TOP AND A SECOND-FLOOR WALLS BEING RECESSED AS WELL. AND THE HIM ROOF WHICH LOOKS A LOT LESS PROMINENT THAN IN THE ELEVATIONS. OTHER THINGS WITH THE PRAIRIE HOME THE CAP ON TOP OF THE BRICK AND THE HORIZONTAL LIONEL AND THE BREAK INCOME THAT FOUNDATION. HERE IS THE NORTHWEST CORNER. THE NORTH ELEVATION. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW I WILL TAKE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAN MADE THROUGH THE INITIAL REVIEW. FIRST ONE BEING DEFINE THE STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE AS RON MENTIONED, CONTEMPORARY PRAIRIE-STYLE HOME. INDICATE ON THE SITE PLAN THE LOCATION OF MECHANICALS. CAN WE GET IT BACK ON THE SCREEN. COULD SHE PUT THE PROJECTOR BACK ON THE SCREEN SO WE CAN SEE -- OKAY, I JUST CAN'T A SEE -- NOW I CAN SEE IT. SOME RIGHT HERE WOULD BE THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT TUCKED IN BETWEEN THE MAIN HOUSE AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, TUCKED AWAY FROM VIEW OF THE STREET. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO A FENCE. SOME THAT WILL NOT BE PART OF THIS REVIEW. ADDITIONAL DETAILS. REQUESTED FOR THE RETAINING WALL. IT WILL BE KEPT PRETTY SIMPLE TO MATCH THE HISTORIC FABRIC. WHICH WILL BE BEEN TWO-FEET HIGH WITH A ROUNDED TOP. TAMPA GOT TAKEN OFF THE SCREEN. SO THERE WE GO. SOME ABOUT 2/5 TALL YOU WILL A ROUNDED TOP, CEMENT STUCK O'ER AND THAN WILL GO AROUND THE PERIMETER. THE MATERIAL SHOULD BE PERIOD CORRECT. SO WE GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN. THERE IS ALREADY EXISTING SCORING ON THE SIDEWALKS. SO WE WILL CONTINUE THAT. ANYWHERE THAT REPAIRS WILL BE MADE. AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE BACK THE RIBBONS IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE. WE WILL CONTINUE TOP USE CONCRETE AS THE STEPS AND THE FLOORING FOR THE FRONT PORCHES. WE ALREADY TALKED OF THE STATUS OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. RON MENTIONED THAT AT THE BEGINNING. VISIT THE BREAK FROM THE SIDING TO THE FOUNDATION. SO I WILL JUST PULL UP ONE OF THE RENDERINGS HERE. WHAT WE WILL DO IS A STUCCO BASE ACROSS THE BOTTOM. AND THEN RIGHT WHERE THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATIONS START IS WHERE WE WILL PROPOSE TO START THE BRICK. WINDOW ALSO BE HISTORIC PERIOD CORRECT. THAT IS WHERE THE WINDOWS ARE BEING RECESS WILL COME POOL IN PLAY. REDESIGN THE LOVE TO REDUCE THE OVERALL MASSING. THAT IS WHERE THE ROOF OVERHANG ARE THREE FEET DEEP TO MATCH SOME OF THE STYLES OF THE PRAIRIE HOME. WE WILL ALSO DO A LOW PITCH ON THE HIM ROOF AS WELL, AGAIN, TO EMPHASIZE THE PROJECT. THE COMMENT WAS MADE TO ELIMINATE THE FOUNDATION PLANNERS AROUND THE PACE OF THE BUILDING AND THAT WAS ELIMINATE INLAND THIS RENDITION HERE. FURTHER BREAK UP THE WALL PLAINS AROUND THE WEST AND NORTH ELEVATION TO REDUCE THE BUILDING MASS. SO WE MADE SEVERAL EFFORTS ALONG THE WAY THROUGH DESIGN. AND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE INTEREST OF THE NORTH AND WEAPONS FACADES, THAT'S WHERE WE INTRODUCED, AS I MENTIONED, VOLUME THAT IS PROTRUDE CLOSEST TO THE STREET. AND THE SECOND LAYER BEING THE FIRST FLOOR LAWS. AND THE THIRD LAYER BEING THE SECOND FLOOR WALLS BEING RECESSED AS WELL. ELIMINATE THE DOUBLE ENTRY DOORS AND SUBSTITUTE A HISTORICALLY REFERENCED SOLUTION. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO LOOK. SO IN THE RENDERINGS YOU MAY HAVE PREVIOUSLY SEEN, A DOWN, DOUBLE DOOR AND THEY ARE SUBSTS SUBSTITUTED WITH A SINGLE DOOR ON EITHER SIDE. OKAY. AS FAR AS THE MATERIAL PALETTE -- SO AS FAR AS THE TRIM, A JAMES HARDIE BOARD FOR DURABILITY. PROBABLY A VENTED SOFFIT AND A COMPOSITE FASCIA TRIM. CEMENT STUCCO WILL MOST LIKELY BE SAND TEXTURE. THE BRICK WOULD BE STACK BOND. I REALIZE THAT PATTERN IS HARD TO FIND A STOCK IMAGE OF A STOCK BOND PATTERN BUT MOST LIKELY A WHITE-WASH BRICK. THIS IS THE TYPE OF DOOR HARDWARE WE ARE USING ON THE EXTERIOR AND THE TYPE OF EXTERIOR SCONCES DESIGN. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FRONT DOOR, BEING THE SINGLE DOOR WITH THE SATELLITES ON EITHER SIDE. AND THEN THE ROOFING WILL BE SHINGLES. PATIO CEILING WILL BE A WOOD SPECIES TEXTURED AND STAINED. AND THE WINDOW STYLES WILL BE METAL, ALUMINIUM CLAD. THEN TO WRAP UP MY PRESENTATION, RON HAS -- RON HAS MENTIONED SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE CONTEXT .THIS IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM US. LET ME BACK UP. WHICH IS A PRETTY NICE BUILDING. THEY HAVE THREE STORIES. WE ARE ONLY PROPOSING FOR TWO. WE MADE EFFORTS AS I MENTIONED BEFORE TO RECESS THE WALLS. THAT WAY THE -- THE HOUSE DOESN'T SEEM SO DAUNTING TO THE SCALE. AND JUST TO THE EAST OF OUR PROPERTY ON PACKWOOD AVENUE IS THIS HOUSE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY, 100 FEET LONG AND, AGAIN, HAS THREE STORIES I BELIEVE. AND THEN IT DOESN'T DO AS GOOD OF A JOB OF RECESSING ANY WALLS IN THE SECOND FLOOR AS WELL. AND THEN THE CLOSEST HOUSE I COULD FIND ON FREMONT AVENUE THAT WAS A MULTISTORY IS THIS HOUSE. IT IS TWO HOUSES DOWNS WHICH IS A WON IT TWO-STORY WHICH MAKE N EFFORTS TO RECESS THE SECOND-FLOOR WALL AND A PARTIAL THIRD FLOOR WITH THE ATTIC AS WELL. I ALSO WENT BACK OUT ON THE SITE. AND I TOOK MEASUREMENT FROM THE INSIDE THE SIDEWALK OVER TO THE NEXT OBSTRUCTION FOR EACH ONE OF THESE HOUSES HERE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, 9096 SOUTH FREMONT HAS -- THIS IS WHERE THEIR CURRENT PORCH LINE STANDS AND WHERE THE WALL LINE STANDS. I CAN SEE -- AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON PAR WITH THE FREMONT AVENUE AREA AS FAR AS WHERE THE LINES OF ALIGNMENT STAND. AND OVER TO THE EAST ONLY ONE HOUSE DIRECTLY NEXT TO US. AND THIS IS THE 901 SOUTH PACKWOOD. AND AGAIN, NO WALL LINES. THEY ARE CLOSER TO THE STREET THAN WE ARE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONLY STAIR BONDING THAT PROTRUDES OUT AND THE PORCH ENTRY. AND WE BASICALLY MATCH UP WITH THEIR SECOND WALL LINE AS WELL. OKAY. AND NOW LET MARK, WHO IS THE HOMEOWNER, GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARK ALONG WITH MY SON REX. THE OWNERS. I WANT TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT WHY WE CHOSE THE AREA AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THE AREA. SINCE MY SON WAS, LIKE, THREE YEARS OLD. WE WOULD TAKE HIM TO HYDE PARK TO RIDE HIS BIKE. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TO THE VILLAGE AND ALL THROUGH THE STREETS. WE KIND OF FELL IN LOVE WITH THE AREA. SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME TO PURCHASE APPEAR PROPERTY IN THE AREA, WE KNEW IT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR OUR FOREVER HOME. AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND NOW STARTING TO PUT THE WHEELS IN MOTION. ANDY WITH WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND, YOU KNOW, HOPE TO GET STARTED ON IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE BOTH COME FROM LARGER FAMILIES. MOST OF OUR FAMILY IS NOT IN FLORIDA, SO, LIKE, IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO HAVE A HOME BASE WHERE WHEN EVERYONE COMES FROM OUT OF TOWN, THEY CAN STAY WITH US. PLY PARENTS LIVE UP NORTH. MY WIFE'S PARENTS, THE SAME WAY. MY SON HAS A LOT OF COUSINS THAT ARE FROM UP NORTH AS WELL. SO WHEN PEOPLE COME, THEY HAVE TO STAY AT HOTELS OR -- YOU KNOW, FIND OTHER MEANS AND IT IS LIKE, IF WE GET THIS PLACE. EVERYONE -- IT IS A NICE HOME BASE FOR OUR WHOLE FAMILY. SOB WE LOVE THE AREA. AND WE ARE JUST REALLY EXCITED WITH THIS PROJECT. AND HOPE TO BE MOVING ALONG WITH IT SOON. SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR 70s. THANK YOU, GUYS. >>TED KEMPTON: THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION? >> YES. >>RON VILA: GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER, RON VILA, PLAN WE ARE HISTORIC PRESERVATION. WHEN WE GET A REQUEST FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, WE GO TO THE HYDE PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES. AND I WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDELINES WITH YOU. ON PAGE 61, DESIGN OF COMPATIBLE NEW CONSTRUCTION. IT SAYS MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN HYDE PARK EXTENDED FROM THE LATE 1880s TO THE 1920s. PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE THAT WE LOOK AT IS 1886 TO HAVE 1933. JUST AS HYDE PARK INCLUDED DIVERSE SET HE ARCHITECTURE STYLES REFLECTING EVOLVING ARCHITECTURAL THOUGHTS IN EACH OF THESE FOUR DECADES, ARCHITECTURE AS AN ART CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. CREATIVE SOLUTIONS OF CURRENT ARCHITECT DESIGN THEORIES AND PRACTICES ARE ENCOURAGEDED IN THE DESIGN AND NEW CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE HYDE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT. CONTINUING, IT SETS CRY TERRY YEA FOR COMPATIBLE NEW CONSTRUCTIONS EXCEPTION FOR THE CRY TERRY YEA IS MADE BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION WHEN NECESSARY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND EN CREATIVE DESIGN SOLUTION THAT IS ARE SENSITIVE TO THE DISTRICT. CONTINUING, IT TALKS OF THESE DESIGN GUIDELINES DO NOT DICTATE STYLE AND SET UP DESCRIBE TERESA OF WHICH THE DESIGN CAN BE ACCURATELY COMPARED TO THE SETTING WITHIN THE HYDE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT. NEW CONSTRUCTION IS ENCOURAGED TO BE UNIQUE AND IN DESIGN AND REFLECTING THE BASIC MATERIALS AND QUALITIES OF EARLY HYDE PARK. USING THAT REFERENCE HOW WE GUIDE THE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD. THIS PROJECT HAD MANY DIFFERENT VARIATIONS. HE ADDRESSED ALL OF MY CONDITIONS THAT ARE ATTACH TO THIS STAFF REPORT. HAVING SAID THAT, I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SHARE WITH YOU, BUT STAFF FOUND THAT THIS IS INCIDENT FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL. USUAL LIE -- USUALLY THEY COME FORWARD FOR FINAL APPROVAL, BUT THIS PROJECT HAS MANY VARIATIONS TO IT. STAFF FELT IT COULD GO FORWARD WITH PRELIMINARY APPROVAL. IT IS UP TO THE BOARD. YOU CAN CONTINUE IT, APPROVE OF IT PRELIMINARY WITH CONDITIONS, GET A FINAL APPROVAL OR DENY THE REQUEST. THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. I BELIEVE THE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION SHOULD TAKE PLACE TONIGHT. I THINK WITH THE WALL SECTIONS HAVE VERY IMPORTANT. AND FOR THEM TO GO THROUGH THE WALL SECTION AGAINST. I THINK THE SUCCESS OF OF THE BUILDING ARE THE WINDOWS. THERE ARE APPROPRIATE WINDOWS. WE WORKED WITH THIS STYLE IN THE PAST I THINK A TRUE METAL WINDOW CAN BE A REFERENCE TO BE APPROVED FOR THE OVERALL ARCHITECTURE OF THE HOUSE. THEY STATED ON THE RECORD A CLADDED WINDOW, FROM THE STOP AND THE BOTTOM AND THROUGH THE WALL SECTIONS. OUR REQUEST TO HAVE MULTIPLE WALL SECTIONS. HE PROVIDED ONE. NEED ADDITIONAL WALL SECTIONS TO UNDERSTAND OF THE REQUEST IS NEEDED. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. KIMBERLY KIMBERLY THAN-- >>TED KEMPTON: THANK YOU, RON. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROJECT? SEEING NONE. START WITH COMMISSIONERS. START ON MY LEFT. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: THE ONE QUESTION. ON THE FRONT PORCH, IT LOOKED LIKE RAILINGS AS YOU WALK UP TO THE FRONT DOOR. WHAT ARE THOSE RAILINGS GOING TO BE? WHAT MATERIAL? >> MORE LIKELY THEY WILL BE SOME KIND OF A METAL JUST FOR DURABILITY. PREFABRICATED RAILINGS. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: THE WINDOWS -- I AM MAKE SURE THAT I HEARD YOU CORRECT, BLACK IN COLOR? >> HIS OR HER IN LIKELY THAT IS WHAT WE WILL HAVE. COLORS ARE TO BE DETERMINED, BUT MORE LIKELY BLACK OR AT LEAST A DARKER TONE. KETCHUM OKAY. AND THE PORCHES UP TOP WITH THE SWINGING WINDOWS, DID YOU THAT TO MIMIC A SLEEPING PORCH? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: ANY OTHER DESIGNS TO BE OPEN OR ALWAYS CONTEMPLATED TO BE CLOSED. >> THERE WERE PRIOR RENDITIONS WITH A FIXED WINDOW THERE AND RON BROUGHT UP YOU A GOOD POINT OF A SLEEPING PORCH WHICH IS THE FEATURE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: NO MORE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. >>JOHN PROKOP: DO YOU HAVE PICTURES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE RHETT TAINING WALL AND THE THE DESIGN OF THE RETAINING WALL IN THE NEIGHBOR CAN STRUCTURE? >> HERE IS THE PROPERTY ACROSS. HERE IS THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST. THIS IS NOT GOOD -- THIS DOESN'T HIGHLIGHT IT. >> TIM JONES: I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >>DAN MYERS: I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE -- I AM GOING TO CALL IT A WATER TABLE. BUT OFF STUCCO -- A STUCCO -- YOU KNOW A PROTRUDING ELEMENT THAT STOPS THE STACK BOND AND ALLOW IT IS TO TRANSITION TO A STUCCO ABOVE. STAND DOESN'T SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT. >>TED KEMPTON:P CAN YOU PUT THE RENDERING BACK UP? >> THIS ONE HAS BETTER LIGHTING. >>DAN MYERS: I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF -- SOME SORT OF, LIKE, CONSISTENCY. IF YOU START A HORIZONTAL LINE GOING, YOU HAVE TO SORT OF CONTINUING T CONTINUE IT. AND YOUR NOT CONSISTENT IT SEEMS TO ME OF THE THOUGHT OF THE STACK BOND. THE STACK BOND ITSELF IS, YOU KNOW -- IS A CHOICE. I THINK IT IS PROBABLY JUST FINE BUT, FOR INSTANCE, WE ARE LOOKING HERE ON THE RIGHT, THE PROJECTING ELEMENT HAS WHAT APPLES TO BE SORT OF -- YOU KNOW, IT IS STRENGTH AT ITS EDGES WITH THE STACK BOND. AND BETWEEN THE WINDOW THAT -- YOU KNOW, THE BRICK DISAPPEARS. AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT HORIZONTAL -- YOU KNOW, THE DIVISION BETWEEN STUCCO AND -- AND BRICK. IT DOES NOT CONTINUE ACROSS AT THE -- AT THE RECESSED AREA OF THIS -- OF THE BUILDING. BUT THAT SET BACK, IT'S -- IT IS JUST HARD FOR INTERPRET QUICKLY SORT OF -- THOSE DIVISIONS BETWEEN -- BETWEEN THE -- THE BRICK AND THE -- AND THE STUCK O'ER. AND THEN THE -- YOU HAVE SHOWN US THE WINDOWS AS THOUGH THERE IS NO ACCESS TO THOSE SLEEPING PORCHES OR THOSE SLEEPING PORCH-LIKE ELEMENTS. BUT I AM ASSUMING THAT THERE IS. >> ABSOLUTELY. ACCESS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. >>DAN MYERS: OKAY. >> WHETHER THAT STAYS TRUE PORCHES IS TO IT BE DETERMINED. IT MAY BE A BEDROOM OR LOFT. EITHER WAY, IT WILL BE KOFRLD AND CASEMENT WINDOWS TO OPEN UP TO THE EXTERIOR. >>DAN MYERS: WHAT IS THE DIMENSION OF THE FRONT DOOR. >> THE DIMENSION OF THE FRONT? >>DAN MYERS: THE FRONT DOOR. >> 36 INCH WIDE AND 12-INCH SIDE LIGHTS. >>DAN MYERS: IT SEEMS A LITTLE WEAK IN THIS -- YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS A LITTLE NARROW. AND I DON'T -- YOU ALSO HAVE TO THINK OF GETTING THINGS IN AND OUT. PERHAPS A WIDER DOOR. CERTAINLY NOT A DOUBLE DOOR, BUT A WIDER DOOR. >> WE CAN DO THAT. >>DAN MYERS: LIKE A 42-INCH DOOR. IT CHANGES -- YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS. AND NOW I AM GOING TO DEFER TO MY OTHER -- TO MY OTHER COMMISSION MEMBERS. >>BRIAN HAMMOND: COULD YOU PULL UP A VIEW OF THE STAIR ELEMENT ON THE EXTERIOR? >> YES. OVER HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE. >>BRIAN HAMMOND: I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS JUST THIS VIEW AND THE PERSPECTIVE, BUT IT -- IT APPLES AS IF THE BRICK -- THE BRICK THAT IS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WINDOW THAT HE GOES DOWN TO THE GROUND IS NOT EQUAL. IS THAT TRUE OR IS IT -- >> FROM THIS VIEW, I CAN SEE WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT IS UNEVEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDOW. >>DAN MYERS: IT LOOKS WIDER ON THE LEFT SIDE THAN IT IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. >> THOSE ARE THINGS THAT IS WOULD DEFINITELY BE FIXED. WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE FIRST FLOOR, WE KIND OF DEVELOPED IT TO A CERTAIN POINT. AND THEN WE WENT AHEAD AND STARTED JUMPING ON THE 3-D MODEL. SECOND FLOOR STILL NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED. AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I WOULD DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE WINDOWS ARE CENTERED WITHIN THE ROOM AND SO FORTH. >>BRIAN HAMMOND: OKAY. I THINK THAT IS MY ONLY QUESTION. >>JOHN PROKOP: COULD YOU PUT THE SITE PLAN BACK UP? >> YES. >>JOHN PROKOP: AND OF MY PARTICULAR CONCERN AND SLIDE IT DOWN SO WE CAN SEE ALL THE PORCH LINES AND WALL LINES OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. SO YOU HAVE TO ZOOM OUT AND SLIDE IT UP A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN SEE THEM ALL. YEAH, I MEAN, THAT -- THAT INDICATES TO ME RIGHT NOW THAT THE PORCH LINES OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE ALL THE WAY BACK WHERE YOUR FRONT SETBACK LINE IS. BUT THE ACTUAL HOUSE WALLS ONLY THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. 096, 098 AND 910 ARE A GOOD TEN FEET FURTHER BACK. AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY? >> THIS ONE IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE A FRONT PORCH RIGHT IN LINE WITH THE FRONT SETBACK. >>JOHN PROKOP: RIGHT. >> AND THE EXTERIOR WALL STARTS A COUPLE OF FEET BACK. >>JOHN PROKOP: AT LEAST TEN FEET THEY THIS SCALE, NOT A COUPLE OF FEET. >> 9098 SOUTH FREMONT HAS A VERY SMALL PORCH -- REALLY A PORCH -- I WILL SHOW IT. I HAVE A PICTURE OF IT. >>JOHN PROKOP: YOU KNOW WHAT I AM GETTING AT, RIGHT. WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. IT IS A PORCH. IT IS A PORCH. >> THIS IS -- THIS IS 098 SOUTH FREMONT. A SMALL PORCH, BUT IT ALSO HAS THIS ENCLOSED SUNROOM, I WOULD SUPPOSE. SOME THAT IS WHY I INDICATED THAT FIRST WALL LINE. THE SECOND WALL LINE IS THIS ONE RIGHT HERE THAT'S FURTHER BACK. >>JOHN PROKOP: RIGHT. WHICH SUSPECT MAIN -- 908, THAT BACK WALL LINE IS THE MAIN VOLUME OF THE HOURS. IS THE ACTUAL VOLUME OF THE HOUSE. >> SOME SORT OF A SUNROOM. >>JOHN PROKOP: A LITTLE PROJECTION. A SMALL PROJECTION. >> BIGGER THAN THE FRONT PORCH, BUT, YES, A SUNROOM. 910 DOES NOT HAVE A PORCH AT ALL. IT JUST HAS TWO WALL LINES COMMISSIONER PROKOP I GUESS WHAT I AM GETTING AT, TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC SETBACKS AND TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS. WHAT WE GENERALLY LOOK AT IS AN AVERAGE OF THE PORCH AND WALL SETBACKS. AND FIND THAT AVERAGE AND THEN THAT IS YOUR LINE. BUT IT SEEMS THIS HOUSE THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING, THE DESIGN OF THE HOUSE THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING, EVERYTHING IS IN FRONT OF THE AVERAGE. EVERYTHING IS MUCH CLOSER TO THE PROPERTY LINE THAN THE AVERAGE OF THE ADJACENT HOUSES. AND SO I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT SERVICE OF A DESIGN STANDPOINT. >>RON VILA: IF I CAN INTERSECT. RS-50B ZONING CLASSIFICATION. FRONT YARD HAS TO BE 20. IF LANGUAGE IN THE CODE THAT SAYS IN HISTORIC DISTRICT LOOK AT THE AVERAGE ALONG THE BLOCK AND BE AT THAT AVERAGE, IF IT IS PART OF THE AVERAGE, HE HAS TO COME TO THE VARIANCE. HE EITHER HAS TO LINE IT UP AND ASK FOR A VARIANCE. THROUGH YOU THIS EXERCISE, NO VARIANCE WAS SOUTH. WE ARE IN THE UNDERSTANDING HE WILL BE IN THE AVERAGING OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES ALONG THE BLOCK. >>JOHN PROKOP: THE GRAPHICS DON'T MEET THAT. >>RON VILA: I UNDERSTAND BUT IF HE DOESN'T MEET THAT CRITERIA, HE WILL HAVE TO COME TOMORROW A VARIANCE. BUT THAT STAUNCH LINE OF THE AVERAGING HAS TO BE MET COMMISSIONER PROKOP I AM PROBING THE DESIGN. OBVIOUSLY THE DESIGN IS VERY PRELIMINARY. VERY PRELIMINARY. BUT WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE ITERATIONS OF IT. BUT IF YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A SECOND-FLOOR PLAN, THE DESIGN ISN'T REALLY -- NOT A FINAL DESIGN. ONE THINGS WE ARE DEFINITELY MISSING AND WE DO EXPECT AT THIS LEVEL OF HEARING IS A -- IS A FULL SERIES OF WALL SECTIONS AND ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION SECTIONS SHOWING MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGIES STRUCTURES WINDOW FRAMING, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE SEE IN ALL YOU HAVE THESE -- AT OUR HEARINGS TO BE PRESENTED TO US AT THREE-QUARTER-INCH SCALE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WHAT KIND OF WINDOWS ARE YOU PROPOSING? WHEN YOU -- WE YOU BROUGHT UP THE MATERIALS ON YOUR PHONE, YOU BROUGHT UP WHAT TOOK LIKE SINGLE HUNG OR DOUBLE-HUNG WINDOWS. BUT THE RENDERING DOESN'T SHOW DOUBLE-HUNG WINDOWS. WHAT ARE WE BASE IT ON? >> THE FINISH, THE BLACK FINISH PROKOP COP KIND OF WINDOW, CASEMENT, DOUBLE HUNG WINDOW. >> CASEMENT, FIXED WINDOWS, SINGLE-HUNG WINDOW FOR EGRESS. COMMISSIONER PROKOP ALL OF WINDOWS SHOWN ARE THE SAME AND LOOK LIKE PICTURE IN THE RENDERINGS. >> IT WAS TO REPRESENT THE TYPE OF FINISH AND THAT IT IS GOING -- WE ARE GOING TO SHOOT FOR A THIN PRO FRAMING. NOT STICK AND STURDY IN THE BUILDER GRADE WINDOW COMMISSIONER PROKOP BUT WHERE I AM GETTING AT, THE TIMES OF WINDOWS PUT IN YOUR BUILDING IS NOT SHOWN IN THE PRESENTATION, CORRECT? >> NOT PARTICULAR TYPE. CORRECT. >>JOHN PROKOP: I GUESS THE -- ON YOUR SITE PLAN AGAIN HERE, YOU HAVE AN X THROUGH A 45-INCH OAK. IF YOU ZOOM IN TOWARD THE -- TOWARD THE REAR OF THE YARD, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, A 45-INCH OAK JUST NEAR THE BREEZEWAY THERE. WHERE YOUR SEVEN-FOOT BREEZEWAY IS CONNECTING THE HOUSE TO THE EXISTING ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. A 45-INCH OAK THERE, JUST XED OUT. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? HOW DO YOU GENT RID OF A 45-INCH OAK SOMETHING IN. >> WE MET WITH RON DURING THE OFFICIALS TIME MEETING, AND IT WAS BASICALLY SAID WE COULD REMOVE THAT TREE. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG? RON? >>RON VILA: AFTER NATURAL RESOURCES LOOKED AT IT THE, IT SCALES AS TREE THAT CAN BE REMOVED. IT IS A -- IT IS A DAMAGED TREE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE -- A C-9 OR WHAT -- >>JOHN PROKOP: CAN BE REMOVED? >>RON VILA: IT CAN. AND THERE IS MITIGATION FOR THAT. >>JOHN PROKOP: OKAY. LET ME SEE. HAVE YOU AVERAGED THE PORCH HEIGHTS OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ALSO? AND WHAT IS YOUR PORCH HEIGHT FROM GRADE? >> WE ARE PROPOSING 48 INCHES ABOVE GRADE, BUT WE ARE FLEXIBLE ON THAT. BUT IT IS -- THE TWO-FEET RETAINING WALL WILL BE WELL ABOVE THE REQUIRED FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION AND THIS PROPERTY IS NOT IN A FLOOD ZONAL AND FLEXIBLE WITH THE 48 INCHES OF NUMBERS. >>JOHN PROKOP: WHAT WE ARE LOOKING A THE IS THE COMPATIBILITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE IS A CONSISTENCY IN HYDE PARK OF THE PORCHES BEING THREE RISERS OR FOUR RISERS ABOVE THE RETAINING WALL HEIGHT TO GET TO THE FRONT PORCH. THE OTHER THING ABOUT -- I MEAN, WE WILL GET INTO A STYLE IN A SECOND. WHERE -- WHERE DID YOU -- I GUESS WHAT ESTABLISHED THIS STACKED BRICK DESIGN SOMEBODY IN WHERE DID -- WHERE DID THE STACKED BRICK COME FROM? BECAUSE THAT IS NOT TYPICALLY A PRAIRIE STYLE DETAIL. I WENT BACK TO SOME HOME STYLES AND THAT'S WHAT I SAW AS INSPIRATION. ALSO THE FACT THAT IT IS A STACK MAKES IT A MORE CONTEMPORARY. >>JOHN PROKOP: OKAY, AGAIN, I AM NOT HERE IS TO CRYPT SIZE THE STYLE. BECAUSE I FULLY AGREE THAT IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS, IF YOU WERE BUILDING NEW, YOU SHOULD BUILD NEW. YOU SHOULD BUILD NEW DESIGN, MODERN DESIGN. YOU SHOULDN'T TRY TO COPY HISTORIC. BUT NEW -- HIGH PRESSURE IN A PRAIRIE STYLE -- I GUESS I AM LOOKING AT THE WINDOW -- THE PORCH WINDOWS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. WOULD YOU AGREE THOSE -- THOSE ARE KIND OF REMINISCENT OF A PRAIRIE-STYLE WINDOW WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE A SQUAT DIVIDED -- HORIZONTALLY DIVIDED WINDOW. WHERE THE TALL, THIN, SKINNY VERTICAL WINDOWS ARE LESS REPRESENTATIVE OF A PRAIRIE ST STYLE. >> WHAT I AM NOTICING FOR INSPIRATION, FIRST FLOOR HAVE THE TALLER WINDOWS. YOU MOVE TO THE SECOND FLOOR, THE WINDOWS DROP DOWN. >>JOHN PROKOP: THEY GET VERY SQUAT. >> WINDOWS WOULD BE WIDER. AND A COMMENT WAS MADE TO CLOSER MATCH WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE HISTORIC, THEY SHOULD BE REDUCED IN WIDTH. ONE OF THE NEW RENDITIONS THAT HAPPEN HERE COMMISSIONER PROKOP ON THE SECOND FLOOR? >> THESE TWO WINDOWS HERE USED TO IT BE WIDER IN NATURE. >>JOHN PROKOP: I CAN'T SEE WHAT YOU ARE POINTING AT. WHAT ARE YOU POINTING AT? >> MY MISTAKE. THESE TWO WINDOWS RIGHT HERE. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: YOU HAD THEM WIDER? >> I HAD THEM WIDER AT SOME POINT AND A COMMENT WAS MADE TO GO AHEAD AND REDUCE THE WIDTH TO MATCH SOME OF THE WINDOWS IN THE AREA. COMMISSIONER >>JOHN PROKOP: I YOU GO IF IF YOU ARE GOING WITH THE PRAIRIE STYLE WINDOWS. LESS IMPORTANT MATCHING THE PRAIRIE-STYLE WINDOW. BUT -- OKAY. WHAT ELSE -- WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE? I GUESS MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, THIS SEEMS VERY HAVE VERY HIGH UP COMPARED TO THE ADJACENT HOUSE THAT WERE SHOWN IN YOUR PRESENTATION. EVEN THE RETAINING WALL SEEMS TALLER THARNT E -- THAN THE EXISTING RETAINING WALL. IS THIS YOUR MINIMUM FLOOD BEHIND THE THAT YOU HAVE TO YOU MEET? >> FOR THE RETAINING WALL? COMMISSIONER PROKOP FOR THE FIRST FLOOR SLAB LEVEL. >> NO, WE CAN REDUCE IT DOWN AS NEEDED. >>JOHN PROKOP: IT JUST SEEMS -- SEEMS VERY VERTICAL FOR PRAIRIE STYLE. HORIZONTAL AND LOW. THE OVERCHANGES CREATE A HORI HORIZONTAL THAT OVERHANGS THE HOUSE. THIS SEEMS MUCH TALLER THAN WHAT I THINK AS PRAIRIE STYLE. I GUESS THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE. >>TED KEMPTON: OKAY, THANK YOU. QUICK QUESTION. >> YES. >>TED KEMPTON: WHAT SUSPECT GENESIS OF THE CONTEMPORARY PRAIRIE STYLE? . >>THE CLIENTS, THEY -- WHAT THEY TYPICALLY DO IS BRING ME SOME INSPIRATION PHOTOS. AND I DO MY BEST TO NARROW IT DOWN TO BE A STYLE THAT WOULD BE CLOSEST TO WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. >>TED KEMPTON: OKAY. >> SO CONTEMPORARY -- PRAIRIE STYLE SEEMS TO BE THE MOST CONTEMPORARY OF THE STYLES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE QUOTE, UNQUOTE, ESTABLISHED. AND I AM -- I AM TRYING TO MAKE A BLEND OF THEM BOTH. PRAIRIE HOUSE. DON'T BE COMPLETELY 100% PRAIRIE. >>TED KEMPTON: WASN'T LIKE I WANT AN PRAIRIE-STYLE I PREFER CONTEMPORARY INSTEAD HE TROUGH ADDITIONAL. YOU LANDED ON PRAIRIE BECAUSE YOUR INTERPRETATION IS THAT IS THE MOST CONTEMPORARY OF THE SMILES. >> ABSOLUTELY. >>TED KEMPTON: I WOULD BE CORRECT? >> I THINK SO. KIND OF LIKE WHAT HAD YOU MENTIONED, HARD WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING A NEW HOME, AND YOU ARE TRYING TO BLEND IT IN WITH THE HISTORIC NATURE. SO WE KIND OF WANTED -- WESTERN OPEN AND STILL ARE. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO TIE IT ALL IN. AND ADD TO THE LOOK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT, YOU KNOW, ADD A NEW HOME TO A, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC DISTRICT. YEAH. >>TED KEMPTON: AND, AGAIN, NOT A RIGHT OR WRONG STYLE. SO LET'S GET BACK TO SOME QUESTIONS. YOU ARE COMING HERE FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL. SO WE DON'T WANT TOGET BOGGED DN IN DETAILS. WE WANT TO TALK ENOUGH BUT THIS WHEN IT COMES BACK IT IS COMPLETE. RIGHT NOW I WILL TELL YOU IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO GIVE YOU REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS RENDERING IS A LITTLE TILTED. AND YOUR ELEVATIONS ARE STRAIGHT ON. AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT I HAVE SEEN IN THE ELEVATION THAT MAYBE SHOW UP HERE AND MAYBE DON'T. ALSO THIS ELEVATION, YOU SEE THE HAND RAIL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DOOR GOES INTO A WINDOW. RIGHT. I GET IT. YOU ARE RUSHING TO GET THINGS DONE. THE PROBLEM IS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SHIFT THAT WINDOW TO THE RIGHT, WHICH THEN IS GOING TO AFFECT THE WINDOW UP TOP AND START THROWING THINGS OFF. SO IT IS GOING TO MAKE US HESITANT TO AGREE TO SOMETHING BECAUSE RIGHT OFF THE BAT, WE KNOW THINGS WILL CHANGE. SO MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL THIS STUFF RIGHT WHEN YOU COME IN. LET'S GET BACK TO MASSING. AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THE. THIS IS WHAT THIS HEARING WILL BE ABOUT, OF PRELIMINARY APPROVAL. GO TO FINISHED FLOOR. YOU ARE SHORTING FOR 48-INCH FINISHED FLOOR. I BELIEVE YOUR -- I GUESS YOUR SOUTH ELEVATION, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT DOORWAY IS HIGHER THAN THIS ELEVATION. AND JUST LOOKING AT THESE RISERS, IT DOESN'T REALLY SEEM TO MANATEE OUT TO 48. SO I AM THROWN OUT. IT WOULD BE ON SEPTEMBER ELEVATION OF THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A RENDERING OF THAT. IF NOT, PUT THE ELEVATION UP. >> THIS SOMEONE IN. >>TED KEMPTON: SOUTH. SO THE BACK YARD. >> THERE IS NO RENDERING OF THE BACK. THERE IS AN ELEVATION, WITH YES. >>TED KEMPTON: HOW MANY RISERS IS THAT? >> THIS MATCHES. TAMPA COMES ACROSS. >>TED KEMPTON: GOOD. SO 48 INCHES. HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH YOU 48 INCHES? >> REALLY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AID GRAND STAIRCASE. I LIKE -- WHEN I DESIGN HOMES TO BE ELEVATED OFF THE GROUND. THAT WAY THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU ARE GOING UP ONE TWO STEPS. TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN A TYPICAL RANCH-STYLE HOME IN SOUTH TAMPA. I WANTED TO GIVE IT MORE SOPHISTICATION BY ELEVATING IT. >>TED KEMPTON: WILL YOU BE OPEN TO LOWER THAN THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY. >>TED KEMPTON: ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON FROM THERE. THIS RENDERING RIGHT HERE, STAFF CAME TO US AND SAID THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IS NOT PART OF THIS. THIS IS JUST PURE RENDERING. I KNOW YOU WILL COMPLEMENT COLORS. THAT IS WOOD. IS THAT LITTLE PROJECTION ABOVE THE GARAGE DOOR THERE NOW? >> YES. >>TED KEMPTON: NOTHING CHANGING ON THAT. THE WINDOWS ARE NOT CHANGING SOMETHING IN IT LOOKS VERY COMPLEMENTARY OF THIS. >> HAS WINDOWS. >> THESE ARE ALL EXISTING. >>TED KEMPTON: YOUR STEM WALL. RIGHT NOW YOU ARE SHOWING IT TWO FEET. YOUR SECTION SHOW IT IS AS A RAISED CURB. NO GRADE BEHIND IT. YOUR RENDERING SHOW IT IS WITH GRADE BEHIND IT. BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT. THE STEM WALL, I AM ASSUMING -- THIS IS A QUESTION. -- I AM ASSUME SOMETHING SET AT THAT THE NIGHT BECAUSE YOU SET FOUR FINAL FEET. ALL OF THE PICTURES OF NEIGHBORING STEM WALLS ARE NOT TWO FEET. THEY APPEAR TO BE MAYBE 15 INCHES OR LOWER. YOU WOULD OPEN TO LOWERING THE STEM WALL LIGHT? >> YES. >>TED KEMPTON: ALL RIGHT. IF YOU WILL GO BACK TO THE OTHER RENDERING ELEVATION, THE WEST SI SIDE. COMMISSIONER PROKOP TALKED OF THE AVERAGING. AND THAT IS -- THAT IS SPOT ON. A ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS THAT THE APPLICANT STATED THEY WERE TRYING TO BUILD THE HOUSE WITHIN THE PARAMETERS BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF VISITING FAMILY. I GET IT. BUT THE CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE TO MAKE THIS FIT IN AND NOT MAKE IT AT THAT BIG BLOCK. AND YOU ARE STARTING THERE, BUT THERE ARE SOME -- WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING AT IT. BECAUSE I THINK AS YOU ARE PUSHING AND PULLING IT, YOU ARE STARTING TO GET LESS CONSISTENT WITH A STYLE. I THINK YOU ARE STARTING TO FOCUS ON -- ON CREATING AN INTEREST, IF YOU WILL, BUT YOU ARE LOSING SOME OF THE -- SOME OF THE DYNAMICS. I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THERE A RATION MALL IN FOR THE SIZE OF THAT ENTRY -- RATION MALL IN FOR THE SIZE OF THAT ENTRY COMPARED TO THE OTHER ELEMENTS YOU HAVE IN THE FRONT? >> YES, RON MENTIONED THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WEST-FACING ENTRY NEEDS TO BE MORE PRONOUNCED THAN THE NORTH-FACING ENTRY. >>TED KEMPTON: BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE THAT AS THE FRONT. >> YES. >>TED KEMPTON: YOU ALREADY STAYED THAT MAY NOT BE A SLEEPING PORCH. THAT MAY BE AN AIR-CONDITIONED SPACE NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU? >> MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY, YES. >>TED KEMPTON: SO THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING DOWN HERE. GIVE ME A SECOND. YOU SHOWED THE -- THE HVAC. IS THERE GOING TO BE A GENERATOR? >> NO, NO. >>TED KEMPTON: WHAT IS THE RATION MALL IN FOR NOT PUTTING FENCING IN TO SCREEN? >> WE WERE JUST UNDECIDED ON THAT. >>TED KEMPTON: YOU MIGHT END UP COMING BACK WITH FENCING. >> YEAH, AFTER THE FACT. >>TED KEMPTON: OKAY, I GET IT. WE TALKED OF CONSTRUCTION SECTIONS. OKAY. CAN I SEE THE NORTH SIDE ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE. OKAY. I HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BUT NO MORE QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. >>JOHN PROKOP: DO YOU HAVE ANY FLOOR-TO-FLOOR HEIGHTS ON THIS? >> WE ARE GOING TEN-FOOT CEILING HEIGHTS FOR BOTH FLOORS. >>JOHN PROKOP: BOTH FLOORS? OKAY. >>TED KEMPTON: THAT BROUGHT UP ANOTHER QUESTION. YOUR ROOF HEIGHTS. PITCH YOU SAID YOU PLAYED WITH ON DIFFERENT VARIATIONS. ARE YOU SET ON THIS? >> WE ARE FLEXIBLE ON THAT AS WELL. >>TED KEMPTON: WHAT WHY YOUR OVERALL HEIGHT RIGHT NOW. >> ABOUT 28 FEET. >>TED KEMPTON: 28? >> YES. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROPOSED HOME? >> THE FIRST FLOOR RIGHT NOW IS -- WE HAVE IT AT 3978. SECOND FLOOR WILL BE RECESSED SO WILL HAVE TO BE SMALLER. >>TED KEMPTON: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THAT INCLUDES BOTH PORCHES. >>JOHN PROKOP: ONE OTHER QUESTION. YOU BROUGHT UP THAT YOU EXCEEDED THE PERVIOUS WITH THIS FOOTPRINT -- PERVIOUS -- IMPERVIOUS. AND SOME UNDERGROUND RETENTION WOULD BE NEEDED. BUT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF SITE COVERAGE, WHERE WOULD THAT UNDERGROUND RETENTION EVEN BE ABLE TO BE PLACED? >> DEFINITELY FOR THE CIVIL ENGINEER TO ADDRESS, BUT IN ONE OF MY PROJECTS, HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THE -- LOW THE CAPE IT NEAR THE FRONT. HE HAS DONE THAT UNDERGROUND. OR HE IS ABLE TO DO A TRENCH AROUND THE PERIMETER. I HAVE SEEN BOTH OF THOSE METHODS BE USED. >>JOHN PROKOP: OKAY. >>TED KEMPTON: THAT IS THE OWNED OF QUESTIONS. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL, IF YOU SO YOU CHOOSE. >> YEAH, I MEAN. I THINK SEVERAL COMMENTS WERE MADE. WE ARE STILL AT A STAGE WHERE WE ARE FLEXIBLE. WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS YOU ALLUDED TO THE SLAB ELEVATION, THE HEIGHT OF THE RETAINING WALL. THESE IN PARTICULAR, YES, I DO AGREE, NOT NECESSARILY PRAIRIE HOME. PRAIRIE HOME IS BIGGER MASSING ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND EVERYTHING KIND OF RECESS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE REASON FOR THIS PULL OUT, AGAIN, FOR PREVENT THAT KIND OF LOOK OF A BUILDER HOME WHERE IT IS VERY FLAT, VERY BOXY. I FELT WE NEEDED SOME SORT OF A PROTRUSION ON THIS RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND KIND OF MATCHES THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE WE HAVE TWO PROTRUSIONS AS WELL. SIZE OF THE PORCH IS SOMETHING WE CAN BE VERY FLEXIBLE ON AND REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE PORCH AS NEEDED AS WELL. I DEFINITELY WILL HAVE TO -- IF THESE ARE THE ONLY THREE PROPERTIES WE HAVE TO THE SOUTH AND ONLY ONE OF THEM HAS A PORCH, WE WILL HAVE TO SEE IF I CAN GET MORE DAY LINE POINTS TO SEE WHERE THE AVERAGE IS. BUT I DO BELIEVE OUR WALL, OUR FRONT EXTERIOR WALL IS KIND OF ROUGHLY ALREADY IN THE AVERAGE. AND, AGAIN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS BOTTOM RIGHT HERE WHICH IS THE REASON I PROTRUDED THERE WAS A REASON BEHIND IT NOT JUST TO MAKE THE HOUSE BIGGER. AND THE FRONT PORCH, YOU KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PULL IT BACK. SO WE ARE STILL FLEXIBLE WITH THAT IN MINDS. >> WE HAVE WITHIN WITH RON AND HE SHOWS US THE SETBACKS TO THE NEIGHBOR CAN PROPERTIES AND WHEREBY OURS CAN BE. I DON'T BELIEVE THE PORCH WILL I THINK THAT MUCH OVER. WHEN WE DISCUSSED PRETTY FAIRLY IN LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORING PARTS APPROXIMATELY YOU A ACROSS THE STREET WE WOULD BE SHORTER THAN THAT HOME. AND TWO DOORS DOWN ON FREMONT AS WELL, TWO-STORY WITH KIND OF A MOCK THIRD STORY. I BELIEVE WE WILL BE IN LINE WITH THAT AS WELL. JOINING WE WOULD BE REALLY BE TALLE TALLER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER TWO-STORY HOMES. >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: JUST TO REMIND YOU WHEN YOU DO DECIDE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE PRELIMINARY TO SET THE FUTURE PUBLIC HEARING DATE IN THE MOTION. >>TED KEMPTON: RON? WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT? FROM A PRELIMINARY STANDPOINT. >>RON VILA: WE FELT IT STILL HAD TO BE DESIGNED MORE THOROUGHLY FOR FINAL APPROVAL. THERE WERE STILL ITEMS LEFT OPEN. MOVING FORWARD THEY HAD A NUMBER OF ITEMS CONCRETE AND SOME THAT WERE FLEXIBLE. THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THE BODY OF THE BOARD SHOULD LOOK AND SEE IF IT'S READY FOR SOME KIND OF PRELIMINARY APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. YOU CAN GIVE THEM A LAUNDRY LIST OF CONDITIONS IN THE DIRECTION YOU'LL GO AND THAT'S WHAT IS OPEN IN THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU FEEL THAT IT'S JUST MORE INFORMATION THAN IS REQUIRED THAN PRELIMINARY APPROVAL AND YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROVING, THEN YOU CAN CONTINUE IT WITH DIRECTION AS WELL. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: SO ARE WE APPROVING THE ACTUAL STYLE TODAY AND WITH THESE PROTRUSIONS AND THE BRICK AND ALL THAT? >>RON VILA: USUALLY PRELIMINARY APPROVAL WE LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN, THE SCALE AND THE MASSING OF THE STRUCTURE. AND THEN THE ARTICULATION ON THE BUILDING COULD COME FORWARD AT A LATER DATE. IF THERE IS SOME KIND OF CONSENSUS AMONGST THE BOARD THAT THE GENERAL BONES OF THE BUILDING ARE IN LINE WITH IT, THAN MAYBE SOME PRELIMINARY APPROVAL. IF YOU STILL FEEL IT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT RELICM, DO -- REALM, DO A CONTINUATION. BUT AGAIN ASK THE OWNER HOW TO PROCEED. IF A CONTINUATION IS ACCEPTABLE OR PRELIMINARY IS ACCEPTABLE OR AN UP OR DOWN VOTE. >>TED KEMPTON: AND IF WE APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY WITH CONDITIONS, WHEN THEY COME BACK, WE CAN STILL ADDRESS EVERYTHING OR ONLY CONDI CONDITIONS. >>DANA CROSBY COLLIER: WHEN YOU COME BACK, YOU'LL ASK THEM TO ADDRESS THE CONDITIONS IN THE PRELIMINARY. IF YOU CONTINUE WITH CONDITIONS, YOU HAVE MORE FLEXIBLE. BE SURE TO SET THE FUTURE HEARING DATE. >>TED KEMPTON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: SO I GUESS MY GENERAL THOUGHT IS IT SEEMS TO BE NOT THE ARCHITECT ON THE BOARD BUT THERE SEEMED TO BE A LOT OF MISSING ELEMENTS ASKED ABOUT. THE WALL SECTIONS AND SEEING THE WALL SECTIONS AND THE RETAINING WALLS. THEY NOTED THEIRS ARE GOING TO BE ROUNDED. THE PICTURES AND THE OTHERS WERE FLAT. THE SCALE SEEMED LARGE FOR MAYBE IN COMPARISON TO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET SEEMS VERY LARGE. IT SEEMS TO BE BROKEN UP BY THESE OPEN PORCHES ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THERE SEEMED TO BE TWO PORCHES. ONE ON THE FRONT DOOR AND ONE KIND OF SET BACK. AND HEARING THAT THEY MAY ACTUALLY CLOSE THEIR SLEEPING PORCHES TO ACTUALLY BE ROOMS DE, DOES THAT CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THE FEEL OF IT? IT JUST SEEMED THERE WAS A LOT THAT STILL NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED. IS IT WITHIN THE SETBACK OF THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE OR IS IT MUCH CLOSER TO THE ROAD SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO LOOK OUT OF PLACE COMPARED TO THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. I THINK MAYBE CONTINUING IT WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE ARCHITECTS AS TO THESE ELEMENTS MIGHT BE HELPFUL BECAUSE IT SEEMS THERE WAS A LOT THAT STILL NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED AND FROM THE BUILDER ALSO TO GIVE SUGGESTIONS. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THE SPIRIT -- I LIKE THE SPIRIT OF THE ARCHITECTURE. TAKING A CONTEMPORARY STYLE AND THEN USING THE ESSENCE OF PRAIRIE TO HELP -- HELP ESTABLISH A LANGUAGE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DETAILED LIKE A PRAIRIE STYLE. OF COURSE. BUT I LIKE THAT KIND OF DESIGN DIRECTION THAT YOU KIND OF OVERLAY THAT ON TOP OF A CONTEMPORARY DESIGN. SO, YOU KNOW, THE MASSING OF THE -- THAT ELEMENT THAT WAS -- THAT TALLER ELEMENT DOESN'T HAVE TO REPEAT OF PRAIRIE STYLE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES. IT'S JUST GOT -- I LIKE THAT FORM. I LIKE THE PROPORTIONS OF THAT IN GENERAL OF THAT ELEMENT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE DESIGNER DID THAT. BUT I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO START WITH THAT AND JUST SAY THAT I LIKE THE SPIRIT OF IT. AND THAT THEY LATCHED ON TO A STYLE TO HELP GUIDE THEM. >>JOHN PROKOP: THERE'S A REALLY GOOD PRAIRIE EXAMPLE RIGHT IN HYDE PARK. >>BRIAN HAMMOND: RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. >>JOHN PROKOP: IT'S SUPERB AND DOES ALL THE RIGHT THING AND HAS ALL THE RIGHT MOVES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. THIS IS A REALLY TALL PRAIRIE -- >>BRIAN HAMMOND: BUT DON'T -- DON'T GET HUNG UP ON PRAIRIE THOUGH. THAT'S WHERE I'M SAYING. DON'T CALL IT -- CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT. DON'T CALL IT PRAIRIE THEN. CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE. YEAH. JUST A HINT. >>JOHN PROKOP: I AGREE THAT A COUPLE OF THE ELEMENTS ARE NICELY PROPORTIONED AND A COUPLE OF THE ELEMENTS ARE JUST, LIKE, WAY -- THE MASS AND THE OVERHANG COMPARED TO THE VERTICAL PORTION OF WALL THAT THE OVERHANG IS COVERING. THE REASON YOU HAD DEEP OVERHANGS IS BECAUSE YOU'D CREATE SHADOW ON THE WINDOWS IN A PRAIRIE STYLE. THESE OVERHANGS EVEN AT THREE FEET ARE NOT GOING TO CREATE -- NOT THROW SHADOW ON A SEVEN-FOOT TALL WINDOW AND TEN-FOOT FLOOR TO FLOOR. THE IDEA OF THE COMPRESSION OF THE PRAIRIE HOUSE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE A SIX-FOOT TALL ENTRY IN A PRAIRIE HOUSE. LITERALLY THE ENTRY WOULD BE SIX FOOT TALL. JUST HAVING DISCUSSIONS. >>TED KEMPTON: WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET TO IS I THINK FUNDAMENTALLY NOT EVEN HAVING THE SITE PLAN, IT'S GOING TO HOLD ME BACK BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE BUILD. SO THEY'VE GOT TO DO SOME MORE WORK ON THAT TO PROVE THE AVERAGING. >>JOHN PROKOP: IT'S GOT TO BE MORE PRECISE. >>TED KEMPTON: TO YOUR POINT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THEY HAVE DIRECTION. AND YOU'RE MAKING GREAT COMMENTS ABOUT MASSING. I'D LIKE THE CONVERSATION IF WE COULD TO STEER MORE TOWARDS THE MASSING AND SOME OF THE HANGUPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE FIXED. THE WALL ELEVATIONS, THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH WALL ELEVATIONS. >>JOHN PROKOP: THE WALL SECTIONS AND HOW IT INTERACTS WITH AM BRICK AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE AS -- IN OUR FIELDS KIND OF GET AND THEN WE'RE NOT TALK ABOUT ABSOLUTE HEIGHTS. OR EVEN BREAKING UP, YOU KNOW, THE VOLUME OF THE FACADE BECAUSE THE HOUSE, THAT YELLOW HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET, THE -- THAT DOESN'T SEEM BIG BECAUSE IT'S GOT SO MANY DISPARATE PARTS AND SO MANY VOLUMES AND SO MANY DIFFERENT SETBACKS AND RECESSES AND OPEN PORCHES RATHER THAN ROOF PORCHES AND ALL THAT STUFF. EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE TALLER THAN THIS HOUSE, IT'S SO MUCH MORE ARTICULATED THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT WAY. THE TWO-STORY HOUSE THAT HAD THE LITTLE PORCH, THE GRAY ONE NEXT TO IT, IT WAS JUST A VERY FLAT ALMOST SALT BOX GABLE, YOU KNOW, HO HOUSE, I DOUBT THAT'S A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE. GIVEN THE DETAILING OF IT AND THE VOLUME OF IT AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN. BUT THE WINDOWS WERE COMPLETELY FLUSH WITH THE EXTERIOR FACE OF THE HOUSE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND SO MUCH MORE OF THE ROOF PITCH, YOU KNOW, IF THE ROOF PITCHES WERE LOWER, PRAIRIE STYLE ROOF PITCHES WERE A LITTLE LOWER. THE HIPS WERE OF A LOWER SLOPE. >> I THINK WE ALL HAVE CONSENSUS OF LOWERING THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION. >>JOHN PROKOP: RIGHT, AND POSSIBLY FLOOR TO FLOOR. I UNDERSTAND A TEN-FOOT FLOOR TO FLOOR IS REALLY UNDESIRABLE BUT THE SECOND FAIR IS GETTING A LITTLE TOO MUCH VOLUME FOR -- SECOND FLOOR IS GETTING A LITTLE TOO MUCH VOLUME FOR HYDE PARK IN GENERAL AND ADJACENT HOUSES IN GENERAL. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: EVEN IF YOU DROP IT DOWN. EVEN IF YOU DROP DOWN THE HOUSE. >>JOHN PROKOP: YEAH. JUST FROM A -- I GUESS FROM A -- IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE WITHOUT DISCUSSING QUOTE UNQUOTE STYLE OR WHATEVER BUT IT'S THE SECOND FLOOR FEELS WAY TOO TALL FOR THE STYLE BEING INVOKED AS A DESCRIBED STYLE. AND I UNDERSTAND DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A STYLE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO FIT A STYLE PRECISELY OR PERFECTLY BUT THE SECOND FLOOR SEEMS REALLY, REALLY HIGH UP IN THE AIR AND REALLY TALL COMPARED TO WHAT PRAIRIE STYLE IS ABOUT. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: WELL, IF WE WERE TO ASK THEM TO COME BACK AND PUTTING ASIDE THE WORD "PRAIRIE", WHAT WOULD WE BE ASKING THEM TO DO? COME BACK WITH AN ELEVATION THAT SHOWS IT A LITTLE LOWER, RIGHT. DON'T GO UP AS MANY -- AS HIGH AS MANY STEPS. SHOW US THAT YOUR SETBACK COMPARED TO THE NEIGHBOR IS NOT SO INTRUSIVE TOWARDS THE STREET THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR IS GOING TO LOOK SO INFERIOR TO YOUR HOME. RIGHT? WE WANT IT TO LOOK AS YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE STREET THAT YOU'RE IN LINE YOUR NEIGHBOR. AND NOT GOING TO MAKE THEIR HOUSE LOOK SO MUCH MORE INFERIOR, YOU KNOW, IN SCALE TO YOUR HOUSE. WHAT ELSE WOULD WE ASK THEM TO BE COMING BACK TO SHOW? >>TED KEMPTON: WITHOUT DESIGNING IT FOR THEM, YOUR COMPATIBILITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SIZE AND SCALE AND MASS. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ESSENCE OF WHATEVER YOUR DESIGN STYLE IS. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: THE DETAILS. >>TED KEMPTON: DETAILS AND MASSING AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE PART OF THE HOUSE AS THIS AND PART OF THE HOUSE THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO -- >> IF THEY REDUCE OR INCREASE THE FRONT SETBACK, THAT MIGHT TAKE CARE OF THE UNDERGROUND RETENTION ISSUE AS WELL. THEY MAY GET UNDERNEATH THE 50%. >>TED KEMPTON: I'M LESS WORRIED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT THEY'LL -- AND THERE IS WAYS TO TO IT. IT'S MORE ABOUT THAT SIZE AND MASS IS NOT THERE RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S, AGAIN, THE FRONTAGE IS NOT RIGHT. SO WE GOT TO GET THAT RIGHT. >> AND WHEN THEY COME BACK, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THIS WORKED OUT BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE A, HEY, WE'RE WILLING TO CHANGE A BUNCH OF STUFF. THAT MEANS YOU GOT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU LIKE IT AND WE'RE REAL CLOSE, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE SOME -- >>JOHN PROKOP: FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS AS FAR AS GETTING A FULL, YOU KNOW, FINAL APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS AT THAT STAGE. >> AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF WILL HELP THEM DO. I MEAN, I WOULD -- I'M ALSO CONTRADICTING MYSELF, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE PERHAPS SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME PRAIRIE DETAILING. IF THERE -- IF THEY'RE TAKING CU CUES FROM PRAIRIE. MAYBE THERE IS INSPIRATION SHOTS THAT HELP THEM GET ALONG AND THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN THE NEXT REALM. >>JOHN PROKOP: THERE IS ALSO -- I MEAN, YOU'RE ALMOST LOOKING FOR A -- I GUESS A -- TRYING TO THINK WHAT THE TERM IS FOR A BOARD. A WISH BOARD OR A -- IMAGE BOARD. SOMETHING. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: INSPIRATION BOARD. >>JOHN PROKOP: SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT -- YEAH. I THINK THERE IS A LOT TO IT. THERE IS A LOT OF MASS INVOLVED. IT'S NOT JUST PURE HEIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT. IT'S NOT JUST PURE HEIGHT TO THE PEAK OF THE ROOF. IT'S THE MASS AND THE SCALE COMPARED TO OTHER ADJACENT HOUSES. THE PORCH OF THE GRAY HOUSE IS A PORCH EVEN THOUGH THERE IS -- IT'S JUST PART OF IT'S GLASS ENCLOSED ON THE SIDE I THINK. IT WAS OBSCURED BY THE TREES. IT'S A PORCH WITH A LITTLE GLASS ENCLOSED SUNROOM. THAT'S THE PORCH. THE MAIN PORTION OF THE HOUSE, THE VOLUME OF THE WALL, QUOTE UNQUOTE WALL IS BEYOND THAT. YOU TO USE THE REAL AVERAGES. SO YEAH. I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO -- >>TED KEMPTON: CUTTING TO THE CHASE, I'M NOT HEARING THAT THERE IS A LEANING TOWARDS A PRELIMINARY APPROVAL. OKAY. RON? IS THERE ANY APPETITE FOR A CONTI CONTINUANCE? >>RON VILA: SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK THE OWNER AND AGENT ABOUT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING -- I JUST SPOKE WITH THEM, AND IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING TO EITHER CONTINUE OR GIVE THEM A PRELIMINARY APPROVAL, IT'S MAY 5 2025. HAVING SAID THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO TURN AROUND THESE DRAWINGS AND HAVE THEM UPLOADED FOR OUR REVIEW BY APRIL 16 WHICH IS A TIGHT WINDOW. THE ARCHITECT STATED HE THINKS HE COULD DO IT. I'M WORKING TOWARDS THE COMPLETION FOR THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING. FOR SOME REASON IF THEY CAN'T MAKE THE DEADLINE HE CAN ASK FOR A CONTINUATION TO THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING CYCLE. >>TED KEMPTON: OKAY. SO THE APPLICANT. IS THERE AN APPETITE FOR A CONTI CONTINUANCE? >> YEAH. I THINK WE CAN DO THE MAY 5th AND I THINK WE'LL BE GOOD FOR THAT. >>TED KEMPTON: MY QUESTION IS AS OPPOSED TO WANTING US TO VOTE ONE WAY, UP OR DOWN, WHICH HAS SOME TIMING RAMIFICATIONS. >> OH, NO. >> YEAH. I THINK -- I STILL THINK WE NEED SOME OVERALL DIRECTION BECAUSE, YES, THERE IS PRAIRIE HOME AND THEN THERE IS CONTEMPORARY. WE WANT TEN-FOOT CEILINGS. IT GOES AGAINST PRAIRIE HOMES. SO WE CAN HAVE MORE DIRECTION AS A BOARD. >>TED KEMPTON: SO HERE IS THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS WE ARE NOT TASKED WITH DESIGNING. WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU -- THIS IS ALWAYS THE TOUGH PART. WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU SOME DIRECTION BUT I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND -- RON KNOWS COMMISSIONER SPEAK. AND I WOULD TELL YOU TO LEAN ON RON TO INTERPRET WHAT WE'RE SA SAYING. AND I DON'T REALLY -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU AN ABSOLUTE AND WE CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ABSOLUTE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU THAT DIRECTION BUT I WOULD LEAN ON STAFF TO INTERPRET IT. >> THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT HAVING A SECOND FLOOR, SO HOW DETAILED DO WE REALLY NEED TO GET AT THIS BEGINNING STAGE. >>TED KEMPTON: MY RECOMMENDATION IS YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD BUT YOU NEED TO DO YOUR OWN THOUGHT ON THE SECOND FLOOR BECAUSE IF YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT THE PARAMETERS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OR WHAT WILL WORK, IT WILL BE HARD FOR YOU TO DEFEND THE DESIGN AND WHY YOU GOT TO WHERE YOU ARE. IT'S A SUGGESTION. BUT WE'RE GOING TO READ INTO -- >> YEAH. THERE WAS A SECOND FLOOR THAT'S DEFINITELY -- WE'VE GONE THROUGH A SECOND FLOOR. IT WAS JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS PRESENTED. >>TED KEMPTON: WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHERE THE BATHROOMS ARE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OR ANY OF THAT. BUT THAT IS GOING TO LEAD IN SOME REGARD -- IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT OF WHAT'S ON THE OUTSIDE. >> IT HAS ALREADY. >>TED KEMPTON: EXACTLY. SO AGAIN, WE'RE MORE INTERESTED IN MASSING AND PROPORTION AND DETAILING ON THE OUTSIDE. WE'RE 100% WORRIED ABOUT THAT. BUT IF YOU NOTICE SOME OF THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS, THERE IS A FUNCTION THAT DRIVES SOME OF THIS AND YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND IT AND SAY THIS IS WHY WE'RE DOING IT AND THIS IS AN IMPACT. >>JOHN PROKOP: ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT DOES DISCUSS OR THAT TIES INTO COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS IS SITE COVERAGE. THAT IS PART OF BEING COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORS IS HOW MUCH OF THE SITE YOU'RE ACTUALLY COVERING WITH THE HOUSE. THAT REQUIRES SOME STUDY OF THE AJACEABOUT PROPERTIES AND -- ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND SITE PLANS AND TAX RECORDS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND THERE IS AN INTERPLAY BETWEEN HOW MUCH MASS YOUR NEIGHBOR HAS ON HIS PROPERTY VERSUS WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR PROPERTY. THAT'S ANOTHER FACTOR THAT I CONSIDER. >> CAN I ADD TO THAT? PROBABLY NOT. >>TED KEMPTON: REALLY THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE CONTINUANCE. I'M SORRY. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO WE HEAR A MOTION? >> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. >> OH, YEAH. >>TED KEMPTON: LET ME INTERRUPT. >> WE'RE MAKING A MOTION TO CONTINUE. HAVE WE BEEN EXPLICIT ENOUGH AT THIS POINT? AND THAT'S MY QUESTION. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE SHOULD TELL THEM TO ALLOW -- JUST LIKE, THIS IS WHY WE'RE -- I FEEL -- ONE THAT'S THAT'S COME UP AND I WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE IS THAT THE WINDOWS NOT HAVING TO FIND WHAT KIND OF WINDOW IT IS -- DEFINED WHAT KIND OF WINDOW IT IS KIND OF -- IT'S MUCH EASIER TO DEVELOP AN ELEVATION WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE WINDOWS AND IT PROVIDES YOU WITH THE KIND OF VARIETY. THIS LOOKS LIKE A REALLY BARE BONES KIND OF ELEVATION. AND ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT THE WINDOWS ARE, IT HELPS. YOU GET A CERTAIN LEVEL OF DETAIL OUT OF THAT. AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TOO THAT I THINK -- I WOULD ALSO MENTION IF YOU CAN THINK MAYBE THIS IS MORE A MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL, IF YOU NEED A WORD TO PUT ON IT, BECAUSE IT HAS A HIP. IT'S A HIP. IT'S STUCCO. MAYBE IT'S -- THEN IT'S GOT THE BRICK. I DON'T KNOW. AND NAMING THINGS IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS HAVING A CERTAIN BALANCE AND CONTINUITY THAT IS INDICATIVE OF THE QUALITY OF THE OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO SAY SOMETHING, I GUESS -- >> MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. MOVE TO GRANT THE CONTINUATION IN CASE ARC-25-00000155 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1806 WEST BRISTOL AVENUE TO THE MAY 5, 2025, PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:30 P.M. >>TED KEMPTON: DO I HEAR A SECOND? >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: SECOND. >>TED KEMPTON: NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION IF WE FEEL LIKE IT NEEDS -- LOOKING. LOOKING. >>JOHN PROKOP: THE WORD THAT COMES TO MIND IS JUST MORE REFINEMENT. WITHOUT BEING TOO SPECIFIC. MORE REFINEMENT. MORE DETAIL. MORE ATTENTION TO MASING. MORE -- MASSING. MORE ATTENTION TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND COMPATIBILITY WITH THEM. PORCH HEIGHT. VOLUME. EVERYTHING. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: AND MAYBE JUST LOOK AROUND. I THINK LIKE YOU MENTIONED TWO OR THREE BLOCKS UP IS A PRAIRIE STYLE REIMAGINED. SO -- >>JOHN PROKOP: IT'S LEGITIMATE. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: I THINK WE'RE READY. >>TED KEMPTON: OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MOTION PASSES. GOOD LUCK. >>RON VILA: COMMISSIONERS, GOOD EVENING. RON VILA, PLAN WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION. OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM IS ARC-25-0000111. THIS IS FOR THE ADDRESS OF 912 WEST PLATT STREET. THIS IS ALSO IN THE HYDE PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT. THE STRUCTURE THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARCEL IS NONCONTRIBUTING. DATES BACK TO 2006. THE UNDERLYING ZONING WAS A P. D. THERE WAS AMULTIPLE STRUCTURES BUILT AT ONCE. THE USE IS COMMERCIAL AND THE REQUEST IS FOR A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS MODIFICATION TO THE ROOF WHICH WAS A TILE ROOF AND THEY PUT A -- A STANDING SEAM ROOF ON IT. JUST TO BRING TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION, THE ROOF WAS REPLACED WITHOUT APPROVAL THROUGH OUR OFFICE OR THROUGH PERMITTING. THIS REVIEW THIS EVENING SHOULD BE IF THE REPLACEMENT ROOF IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ARCHITECTURE AND STYLE OF THE STRUCTURE THAT'S THERE NOW. THIS IS THE SANBORN MAP FROM THE 1929 VERSION SHOWING THE LOCATION. THE AREA IN RED IS THE HYDE PARK LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT'S INDICATED ON THE VICINITY MAP HERE. IT SHOWS IT'S NONCONTRIBUTING. IT'S ON THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE. THE AREA THAT THIS ENCOMPASSES FROM DE LEON TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST TO BOULEVARD WAS EXPANDED. THIS WAS PART OF THE EXPANSION AREA IN 2023. TO FOCUS ON THE ROOF, PART OF THE PD SITE WAS HERE, HERE, AND HERE. YOU SEE THE ROOF THERE. THIS IS FROM GOOGLE EARTH. THIS IS TODAY SHOWING THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WITH THE ROOF THAT WAS REPLACED TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE. JUST TO WALK YOU AROUND TO THE NONCONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE THAT HAS THE STANDING SEAM. TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, IT HAS THE MEDITERRANEAN STYLE WITH THE BARREL TILE. THIS IS TO THE SOUTH. THIS IS TO THE EAST. AND JUST LOOKING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, AND DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT THERE IS STANDING SEAM ROOFS WITHIN THE VICINITY. THE HYDE PARK DISTRICT RUNS DOWN THE CENTER LINE OF PLATT. THESE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT BUT THEY ARE WITHIN THE VICINITY SO I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT OUT AS PART OF THE REFERENCE. I'D LIKE FOR THE BOARD JUST TO FOCUS ON THE ROOF. WE'RE ONLY HERE FOR THE ROOF REPLACEMENT. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL HAND IT OVER AND THEN I'LL ADDRESS THE BOARD AGAIN. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARK WEAVER. I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF ED TAYLOR CONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE BAILEY FAMILY FOUNDATION PRIMARILY TO DO AN INTERIOR BUILDOUT ON THIS BUILDING. IT WAS WHEN WE WALKED UP ON THE ROOF WITH THE OWNER OF THE FOUNDATION THAT WE REALIZED THAT THE ROOF WAS NOT IN GOOD SHAPE AND THIS PROJECT ORIGINALLY STARTED BY JUST PULLING A PERMIT AND REPLACING THE FLAT ROOF WHICH WAS DRIED IN AND JUST ABOUT COMPLETE AND READY TO CALL FOR FINAL INSPECTIONS WHEN THE HURRICANES HIT. THE HURRICANE -- I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT DID SOME PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE BARREL TILE ROOF. THIS AREA RIGHT THROUGH HERE. YOU CAN'T SEE IT IN THE BACK. UPON INSPECTING THE ROOF AFTER THE HURRICANES, THE OWNER ASKED IF WE COULD GET HIM A PRICE FOR A STANDING SEAM ROOF, WHICH WE DID. RAMCON IS THE ROOFER THAT DID THE FLAT ROOF, AND THAT'S A ROOFER THAT I WORKED WITH PERSONALLY IN THIS AREA FOR 30 YEARS. THEY WERE -- THEY HIRED OR I SHOULD SAY THEY WENT OUT AND GOT A DIFFERENT ROOFER THAT THEY SUBBED THIS STANDING SEAM TO, AND THE CONFUSION IS THAT EACH ROOFER THOUGHT THAT THEY PULLED THE PERMIT. SO WE CALLED FOR A FINAL INSPECTION ON THE FLAT ROOF, AND THAT THEY POINT, THEY REALIZED THAT NO ONE HAD SUBMITTED FOR A PERMIT ON THE STANDING SEAM. WE SUBMITTED FOR A PERMIT, AND THAT'S WHEN RON'S GROUP SAID, NO, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE. SO WE GOT A STOP WORK ORDER, AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY. I GOT SOME OTHER PICTURES HERE TO SHOW YOU. THAT SHOWS A LITTLE BIT OF THE TILES ON THE ROOF AFTER THE STORM. THE SAME. MORE OF THE SAME. I DO HAVE -- SORRY. SO THIS IS THE BAILEY FAMILY FOUNDATION BUILDING, 912 PLATT. RIGHT HERE IS A VERY SIMILAR STYLE BUILDING WITH -- IT'S AN ELEVATED -- IT'S A TWO-STORY BUILDING WITH OFFICE SPACE ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND PARKING UNDERNEATH. AND THEY HAVE A STANDING SEAM ROOF. SO IT'S RIGHT LITERALLY AROUND THE CORNER ON BOULEVARD. THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO WE'RE HERE BASICALLY TO FIND OUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THIS RIGHT. WE WANT TO MAKE IT RIGHT. NOBODY HERE TRIED TO DECEIVE ANYBODY. WE JUST ABSOLUTELY -- IT WAS A HUMAN ERROR. LACK OF COMMUNICATION. WE'RE GUILTY. WE'RE HERE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. WE'VE GOT SAMPLES OF THE ROOF THAT WE PUT ON. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT? >> I DON'T THINK SO. >> NO? OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? JOSH? YOU GOOD? OKAY. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. >>TED KEMPTON: THANK YOU VERY MU MUCH. >>RON VILA: GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. RON VILA, STAFF WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION. STAFF IS FINDING THIS REQUEST EXCEEDS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY WE HAVE TO REVIEW THIS. THE PROPOSED MATERIAL IS INAPPROPRIATE TO THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WITH THE PLANS WE LOOKED AT IN JANUARY 7, 2025. THEREFORE THE COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATENESS OF THE PROPOSED MODIFICATION BASED UPON THE APPLICANTS' PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. THE HYDE PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES, PAGE 53, ROOF IS A BIG PLAYER IN COMPATIBILITY OF THE OVERALL SKIN OF THE BUILDING AND THE SUCCESS OF THE STRUCTURE. EACH OF THESE ELEMENTS, TALKING ABOUT THE ROOF, IS IMPORTANT IN DEFINING THE CHARACTER OF THE STRUCTURE AND IT'S SURROUNDING AREA. EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO MAINTAIN THE FEATURE OR REPAIR THEM. IF REPAIR IS NOT POSSIBLE THEY SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH COMPATIBILITY DETAILS. CLAY BARREL TILE IS OFTEN USED ON MEDITERRANEAN STYLE BUILDINGS AND OTHER BUILDINGS WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WE GO TO PAGE 55 OF THE GUIDELINES. IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE AND NOT PERMISSIBLE. WHERE IT'S PERMISSIBLE IS TO MAINTAIN THE ORIGINAL ROOF MATERIALS. REPAIR OR REPLACE ROOFING MATERIALS AS CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL AS POSSIBLE IN SIZE, SHAPE, COLOR AND TEXTURE. WHAT'S NOT PERMISSIBLE IS TO REPLACE THE ROOFING MATERIAL WHICH IS NOT CHARACTER TO THE STYLE OF THE BUILDING. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >>TED KEMPTON: THANK YOU, RON. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROJECT? OKAY. NOT SEEING ANYONE, WE'LL GO TO COMMISSIONERS FOR QUESTIONS. STARTING ON MY RIGHT. >>JOHN PROKOP: THAT'S ME AGAIN. OKAY. COULD YOU COME BACK UP? >> OH, SURE. I'M SORRY. >>JOHN PROKOP: WHEN THE OWNER ASKED YOU TO REPLACE THE ROOF, WAS -- AND RAMCON, WAS YOUR ROOFER -- WHY WOULDN'T -- OR DID YOUR ROOFER RECOMMEND REPAIRING THE CLAY TILE IN AS MUCH AS ONLY MAYBE -- THAT WE COULD SEE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHS, MAYBE 5% WAS DAMAGED AND, YOU KNOW, 95% OF THE CLAY TILE ROOF WAS STILL THERE. >> WELL, AGAIN, THE FLAT ROOF WAS THE INITIAL PROJECT. IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE STORM THAT THE OWNER DECIDED -- THE OWNER WANTED TO DO THE STANDING SEAM ROOF BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH REPAIRS AGAIN. HE ALREADY PREPARED IT ANOTHER TIME. I'M SORRY. ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN. >>JOHN PROKOP: THE QUESTION WAS, IF 95% OF THE CLAY TILE ROOF WAS INTACT, WHY WASN'T THE CLAY TILE ROOF REPAIRED OR NOT RECOMMENDED TO BE REPAIRED RATHER THAN COMPLETELY TORN OFF AND REPLACED WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ROOF IN A MUCH HIGHER COST. -- AT A MUCH HIGHER COST. >> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S 95%. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPLIT HAIRS ABOUT 5% -- NOT TRYING. >>JOHN PROKOP: 90%. >> BUT THE FACT THAT IT WAS BREACHED AND DAMAGED UNDER THE ROOF, IT WAS MORE OF A PROJECT THAN JUST 5% OF THE ROOF TO REPAIR IT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS CAN SPEAK TO THAT. COME UP AND TALK. >> BAILEY FAMILY FOUNDATION. I'M JOSH. ESSENTIALLY WHEN I OBSERVED WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE HURRICANE, THE REASON THE ROOFER WAS QUITE IN A STATE OF DISARRAY WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE HE HAD, I DON'T KNOW, 900 OTHER ROOFS TO DO AS WELL. THE LIABILITY ASPECT, WE HAVE A VERY LARGE STRUCTURE. PROBABLY TOWERS OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES THAT YOU SEE. OUR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE, IT PRESENTS MUCH MORE BOLDLY TO THE REGULAR RESIDENTS. THAT TILE LEAVING AND ENDING UP IN A PARKING LOT ON ADJACENT STREETS AND OTHER THINGS WAS A LIABILITY ON OUR END AND WE THOUGHT THE HIGHER WIND LOAD OF A STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF WOULD LEND BETTER TO OUR OVERALL INSURANCE AND LIABILITY PURPOSES FOR -- INSTEAD OF GOING BACK WITH THE BARREL TILE. >>JOHN PROKOP: OKAY. SO DID YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF A BARREL TILE WARRANTY OR WIND SPEED RATING ON THE BARREL TILE IN ITS INSTALLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL INSTALLER? >> THE BUILDING WAS BUILT OVER 20 YEARS AGO. SO NO. >>JOHN PROKOP: OKAY. I MEAN, BECAUSE CLAY TILE ROOFS, DO YOU AGREE THEY'VE EXISTED IN FLORIDA THROUGH MANY, MANY HURRICANES AND THEY DON'T FLY OFF BUILDINGS. EVEN IN HIGH WIND SPEEDS. SO I WOULD QUESTION THE ACTUAL -- I GUESS THE VERACITY OF THE INSTALLER AND INSTALLATION, THE ORIGINAL CLAY TILE INSTALLATION TO BEGIN WITH, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS DONE PROPERLY. BUT I GUESS I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REALLY. I JUST WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHY ONE WOULD THROW AWAY A ROOF THAT COST THREE TIMES AS MUCH FOR A CHEAPER ROOF. THAT'S ALL. >>BRIAN HAMMOND: I DO WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHEN THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT, DO YOU KNOW THE EXACT YEAR OR, RON, DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE BUILDING WAS BUILT? AND WHEN IT WAS BUILT, WAS IT IN THE DISTRICT? >>RON VILA: OUR RECORDS SHOW THAT IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2006. IN 2006, THAT WAS NOT IN THE DISTRICT. THAT JUST BECAME PART OF THE DISTRICT IN JANUARY 2023. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >>DAN MYERS: NO QUESTIONS. >> NO QUESTIONS. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: I GUESS, RON, THE NUSEO BUILDING AROUND THE CORNER, IS THAT IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT? >>RON VILA: IT IS NOW. IT WASN'T IN THE DISTRICT BACK THEN EITHER. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: WHEN IT CAME INTO THE DISTRICT, IT HAD A METAL ROOF? >>RON VILA: IT WAS BUILT PRIOR TO BEING PART OF THE DISTRICT AND NOW IT'S A HISTORIC FABRIC. IT'S NONCONTRIBUTING JUST AS THIS ONE IS. NUSEO'S BUILDING ON BOULEVARD? IT WAS BUILT PRIOR TO BEING IN THE DISTRICT AS THIS ONE WAS AND HAS THE STANDING SEAM ROOF. BUT NO REVIEW WAS NEEDED WHEN THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED OR WHEN THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T IN THE DISTRICT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON THE EDGE OF THAT -- OF THE DISTRICT THAT HAVE METAL ROOFS? >>RON VILA: I SHOWED TWO DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THEY'RE OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. >>RON VILA: ANY ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE STREET? >>RON VILA: I DON'T RECALL. >> AM I ALLOWED TO TALK? I'M SORRY. >>TED KEMPTON: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. >> THIS IS AN INDICATION OF WHAT WE FOUND DAMAGE WISE UNDER THE ROOF WHERE WE PULLED SOME OF THE BARREL TILE OFF WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DEMO. IT WAS NOT JUST ONE SPOT. IT WAS NUMEROUS SPOTS. AND WATER DID GET INTO THE BUILDING, SO WE -- I HOPE THAT ANSWERS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF YOUR QUESTION ABOUT -- >>TED KEMPTON: SURE. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING NO MORE QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO CONSIDER -- WE'LL GIVE YOU THE REBUTTAL. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF YOUR REBUTTAL, BUT YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL IF YOU SO CHOOSE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THE APPLICANT. YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD. >> THERE ARE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE COMMERCIAL USE AND HAVE METAL ROOFS AND ARE IN THAT AREA, A AND -- WHATEVER WE WANT TO CALL IT, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO JUMP OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW. WE JUST WANT A GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT THAT'S NOT GOING TO DAMAGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND PEOPLE. >>TED KEMPTON: UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS POINT WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE HEARING AND WE WILL GO TO DISCUSSION. >>JOHN PROKOP: WHAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE RETROACTIVELY SAYING THAT REPLACING A CLAY TILE ROOF IN THE DISTRICT WITH A METAL ROOF IS OKAY. >> YEAH. I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: YEAH. IT'S -- IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE -- IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS BOARD HAS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS CONSISTENCY OF CASES THAT COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND CONSISTENCY OF WHAT WE TELL VARIOUS APPLICANTS AND DIFFERENT APPLICANTS AND NOT TO HAVE DIFFERENT MESSAGING, EITHER BASED ON THAT ONE BUILDING IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE DISTRICT COMPARED TO ONE BUILDING IS MORE IN THE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS APPROPRIATE, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD ONE CASE THAT JUST CAME BEFORE US LAST MONTH THAT WAS A LARGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN WHICH I THINK THE REQUEST WAS MADE TO REPLACE A BARREL TILE ROOF WITH EXACT -- I BELIEVE THIS -- WITH A METAL ROOF. AND WE -- I THINK IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT DENIED IT AND TOLD THEM THE METAL ROOF WAS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR THEIR BUILDINGS WERE WHICH ALSO IN THE SAME MEDITERRANEAN STYLE. SO I THINK THAT IF THERE IS SOME HESITANCY THAT AT LEAST I'M HAVING, IS THE ISSUE OF CONSISTENCY OF MESSAGING TO THOSE IN THE DISTRICT AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT MEANS THAT FOR THAT LARGE RESIDENCE, THEY HAD TO BEAR A COST OF GOING FORWARD WITH A BARREL TILE ROOF, AND UNFORTUNATELY MAYBE FOR THIS APPLICANT, IT MEANS UNDOING SOMETHING THAT UNFORTUNATELY WAS DONE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT MEANS REAL DOLLARS FOR A FOUNDATION, AND THAT'S NOT LOST ON ME. BUT THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS REALLY CONSISTENCY OF MESSAGING OF -- AND IF WE DECIDE TO DO THIS, THAT SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO CREATE WHY THIS IS BEING APPROVED WHEN JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SAY WHY THIS IS AN EXCEPTION. >>JOHN PROKOP: YEAH. I THINK THE PREVIOUS CASE WE WERE DISCUSSING WAS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, THEY WERE TRYING TO GO TO A SHINGLE. A COLORED ASPHALT SHINGLE BUT NOT TO METAL. >>ELENA PARAS KETCHUM: THEY WERE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE BARREL TILE AS WELL. >>JOHN PROKOP: AND -- >>TED KEMPTON: I'D TELL YOU THAT CASE ARCHITECTURALLY WAS NOT AS PROMINENT AS THIS ONE. THIS IS SO PROMINENT AND SHOULD BE A CLAY TILE ROOF. >> NONE OF THIS IS EASY. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IF THE PROCESS HAPPENED THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. NOT POINTING FINGERS. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AFTER A HURRICANE WHY A ROOFER GETS MIXED UP. SO THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. BUT THE ISSUE IS ARCHITECTURALLY THIS BUILDING IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CLAY TILE ROOF. >>JOHN PROKOP: AND THEN THERE IS, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE SOME POINTS THAT THE METAL ROOF IS SAFER. THE PIECES OF THE METAL ROOF AREN'T GOING TO FLY OFF. PIECES FLY OFF METAL ROOFS ALL THE TIME. THEY MAY NOT BE AS HEAVY AS A PIECE OF CLAY TILE. BUT, YOU KNOW, ROOFS OF ALL KINDS FAIL UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS AND MOST OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE QUALITY -- IT'S NOT THE ROOFING MATERIAL ITSELF. IT'S THE QUALITY OF THE INSTALLATION. CLAY TILE ROOFS HAVE BEEN SITTING ON HOUSES THAT SUFFERED -- BEEN THROUGH HURRICANES FOR A HUNDRED YEARS, AND THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH 20 HURRICANES AND NOT THAT NOTHING GOT BROKEN. THAT NOTHING GOT DAMAGED. BUT YOU HAVE THE APPROPRIATE UNDERLAYS. YOU HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SUBSTRATES AND APPROPRIATE NAIL DOWN AND FOAM DOWN OR WHATEVER INSTALLATION THAT'S NEEDED IN HIGH VELOCITY -- WE'RE NOT IN A HIGH VELOCITY ZONE BUT IT WAS A GOOD POINT TO MAKE THAT THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 2006 SO IT DID HAVE TO MEET FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, FLORIDA HURRICANE, YOU KNOW, WIND SPEEDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. THEY'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE FASTER OR HIGHER IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. BUT -- I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY I DON'T THINK THE ARGUMENT THAT ONE ROOF IS SAFER OR MORE WIND RESISTANT THAN ANOTHER IS THE RIGHT ARGUMENT TO ACCEPT THE CHANGE. >>TED KEMPTON: AND THE DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE VERY CLEAR ON THIS. VERY CLEAR. SO I THINK IT'S A STRETCH TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT AND TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S A TERTIARY ARGUMENT BECAUSE IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO, AND UNFORTUNATELY THE STANDING SEAM ROOF SATISFIES BOTH OF THOSE. SO -- >>JOHN PROKOP: RIGHT. IF WE WERE TO APPROVE A SPANISH -- EVEN A MODERN SPANISH NUVO SPANISH COLONIAL STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT IN THE DISTRICT TODAY, WE WOULD NOT APPROVE IT WITH A STANDING SEAM METAL ROOF. >>TED KEMPTON: THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO DO I -- >>DAN MYERS: OKAY. MOVE TO DENY A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE DRAWINGS AND DOCUMENTS PRESENTED AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING IN ARC25-0000111 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 912 WEST PLATT STREET BECAUSE BASED UPON THE FINDING OF FACT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE HYDE PARK DESIGN GUIDELINES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. THE PROPOSED ROOFING MATERIAL IS INCONSISTENT AND IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BASED ON THE GUIDELINES PRESENTED FOR -- THE DESIGN GUIDELINES OF HYDE PARK AND THE GUIDELINES PRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR. >>TED KEMPTON: DO I HEAR A SECOND? >> SECOND. >>TED KEMPTON: WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? NOT SEEING ANY. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. IT'S DENIED. SORRY FOR THAT. OKAY. I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS AND EXHIBITS. >> I MOVE TO RECEIVE ALL SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, DRAWINGS AND TESTIMONY. >> SECOND. >>TED KEMPTON: I HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. (SOUNDING GAVEL) ♪ ♪ >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR STORMWATER 101 VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING. MY NAME IS JOSH CASCIO, THE COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE YOU AN INSIDE LOOK AT OUR STORMWATER TEAM, THAT IS WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY DO, HOW THEY DO IT, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE NEW PROACTIVE MEASURES WE'RE TAKING THIS STORM SEASON TO ENSURE TAMPA IS MORE RESILIENT THAN EVER BEFORE. TO GO INTO DEPTH IN ALL OF THIS IS MY EXPERT PANEL LED BY MOBILITY DIRECTOR VIK BHIDE, HEAD OF STORMWATER ENGINEERING, YUAN LI, HEAD OF MOBILITY OPERATIONS, BRYAN RODGER, AND JEFF DeBOSIER AND ALEX AWAD, STORMWATER ENGINEERS, WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AMONG THEM. MANY OF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED QUESTIONS, EACH OF WHICH WILL BE ANSWERED BY OUR EXPERT PANEL HERE. WE'LL GET TO AS MANY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. IF FOR SOME REASON ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS DOESN'T GET ANSWERED TONIGHT, WE'LL WORK TO RESPOND TO YOU AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE HERE FOR YOU TONIGHT. WE WANT THIS TO BE EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIVE AND, OF COURSE, TRANSPARENT AS WE HEAD INTO STORM SEASON BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S TOP OF MIND FOR EVERYONE, US AS WELL, AND WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION. SO WITH THAT SAID, LET'S BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION AND GET A LOOK INTO THE STORMWATER TEAM. WE'RE GOING TO START AT THE VERY BOTTOM HERE, THE BASIC LEVEL. OUR STORMWATER TEAM IS PART OF THE CITY'S MOBILITY DEPARTMENT LED BY VIK BHIDE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ADMINISTRATOR JEAN DUNCAN AND OUR GREAT MAYOR JANE CASTOR. THE STORMWATER TEAM ITSELF IS DIVIDED INTO THE OPERATIONS SIDE. THESE ARE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND SO TO SPEAK AND THE ENGINEERING SIDE. THESE ARE THE FOLKS WHO DESIGN NEW STRUCTURES AND DRAW UP PLANS TO RESOLVE EXISTING FLOODING ISSUES. AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, ALL TOGETHER OUR ROLE IS TO PLAN, DESIGN, BUILD, AND MAINTAIN THE CITY'S STORMWATER SYSTEM. CRITICAL POINT HERE THAT I REALLY WANT TO MAKE, WE DO NOT PREVENT ALL FLOODING. I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN. WE DO NOT PREVENT ALL FLOODING. WE CAN NEVER FULLY STOP FLOODING NOR CAN WE OUTBUILD A HURRICANE, ESPECIALLY SOMETHING LIKE MILTON LAST YEAR, BUT WE CAN RELIEVE FLOODING, ESPECIALLY FROM YOUR TYPICAL SUMMER STORMS. IN OTHER WORDS, WE CAN IMPROVE THE SITUATION. TAMPA WILL NEVER NOT FLOOD, BUT IT'S OUR JOB TO DO ALL WE CAN TO MAXIMIZE OUR SYSTEM'S FUNCTIONS AND MAKE THE MOST IMPACTFUL IMPROVEMENTS POSSIBLE USING THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. MOVING ALONG HERE, WE HAVE 62 FULL-TIME OPERATIONS EMPLOYEES IN THE FIELD AND 22 FULL-TIME ENGINEERS. SPEAKING OF THE TEAM, I'M GOING TO BRING UP MOBILITY DIRECTOR VIK BHIDE TO WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU, JOSH. GOOD EVENING. I'M VIK BHIDE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, AND I AM JOINED BY OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT OVERSEES OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE PLANNING AND ENGINEERING OF LARGE PROJECTS. SO REAL QUICK, I'D LIKE TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS RIGHTLY CONCERNED ABOUT LAST YEAR'S UNPRECEDENTED STORM SEASON, THE TWO MAJOR HURRICANES, THE IMPACT IT HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'D LIKE TO ASSURE YOU THAT THE CITY IS DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE PREPARED FOR THE UPCOMING STORM SEASON. YOU WILL SEE THAT IN OUR PRESENTATION TODAY. OUR IN-HOUSE FORCES OF 62 OPERATIONS MEMBERS ARE OUT THERE WORKING RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE CONTRACTORS THAT DO A MONTHLY CADENCE AND THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AS WELL. AND WE'VE ALSO DEPLOYED EMERGENCY AFFIDAVITS FOR CONTRACTORS TO PICK UP ON CAVE-INS AND OTHER MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. HOW IS THIS FUNDED? LET'S QUICKLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. WE HAVE TWO ASSESSMENTS THAT FUND OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM. ONE IS THE SERVICE ASSESSMENT AND THAT FOUND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AND THAT IS THE 62 EMPLOYEES UNDER BRYAN RODGER'S LEADERSHIP AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES CONTRACTS, IN THAT THE FUNCTIONS ARE STREET SWEEPING, POND MAINTENANCE, DITCH MAINTENANCE AND SUCH. THIS WAS IN PLACE SINCE 2003, AND IT DOES NEED TO BE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF INCREASING THE ASSESSMENT. THE OTHER ASSESSMENT FUNDS OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS. IT'S THE IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT. ALSO ON OUR PROPERTY TAX BILL. SO YOU'LL SEE BOTH OF THESE ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILLS. THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2016 AND IT'S FUNDED PROJECTS LIKE THE UPPER PENINSULA, CYPRESS STREET OUTFALL, ONGOING PROJECTS LIKE MacDILL 48 AND SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS. ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE YIELDED GREAT BENEFITS THROUGH LAST YEAR'S STORM SEASON. WE KNOW THIS WORKS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT WE HAVE AGING SYSTEMS IN PLACE. SO LET'S LOOK AT OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM REAL QUICK. THERE ARE THREE BASIC WAYS TO ADDRESS THE STORMWATER MOVEMENT, AND THAT'S PIPES, PONDS, AND PUMPS. PIPES, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE HAVE CULVERTS. WE HAVE REGULAR PIPES. WATER IS CHANNELED TO THEM OFF OF THE STREETS FOR THE MOST PART. PONDS STORE AND DO WATER QUALITY, MEANING THROUGH PERCOLATION AND OTHER METHODS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED. AND THEN PUMPS, OF COURSE, IN AREAS WHERE IT IS HARD TO MOVE THE WATER OUT TO AN OUTFALL. WE USE PUMPS AND FORCE MAINS. IN GENERAL, OUR SYSTEM IS OLDER AND NEEDS CRITICAL UPGRADES CITYWIDE. MUCH OF OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM, OUR BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE '30s AND THE '60s. SINCE 2016, THE CITY HAS HIT IT HARD THROUGH THIS IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT THAT COUNCIL APPROVED AND WE'VE BEEN DEPLOYING PROJECTS ALL OVER THE CITY. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP UP TO MEET OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES. REALLY, GOING BACK TO THE 101 ON STORMWATER, I'M GOING TO INVITE OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER WHO OVERSEES A TEAM OF 162 PEOPLE THAT INCLUDES THE 62 STORMWATER FOLKS, BRYAN RODGER. >>BRYAN RODGER: THANKS, VIK. GOOD EVENING. I'M BRYAN RODGER, MOBILITY OPERATIONS MANAGER. I'M HERE TO SHINE A LIGHT AND GIVE YOU SOME FACTS ON WHAT THE STORMWATER OPERATIONS TEAM DOES FOR THE CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A BASIC LOOK OF OUR EQUIPMENT FOR THE DITCH CLEARING AND GRADING, YOU'LL SEE THE SPIDER EXCAVATOR, A WHEEL EXCAVATOR THAT GOES INTO THE CANALS AND IT WILL GRADE THOSE CANALS WHERE OTHER MACHINES CAN'T. WE ALSO HAVE THE BACKHOE ON THE RIGHT AND THEN THE GRADE-ALL ON THE LOWER PICTURE. FOR PIPES, STRUCTURES, AND OUTFALLS, WE USE THE VACUUM TRUCK. WE HAVE FIVE OF THOSE THAT WE DEPLOY REGULARLY AND A TV TRUCK WHERE WE CAN INVESTIGATE AND VIDEOTAPE THE INSIDE OF PIPES TO FIND THE ISSUES. AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE STREET SWEEPING. SO OUR MINI-SWEEPER HITS THE BIKE LANES AND THE NARROW SPOTS WHERE LARGER SWEEPERS ON THE BOTTOM CAN'T REACH. WE ALSO HAVE EXCAVATORS THAT DEAL WITH THE PONDS, DEMUCKING THE PONDS, WE ESTABLISHING THE BOTTOMS AND THEN -- REESTABLISHING THE BOTTOMS AND THEN SOMETIMES CREATING NEW PONDS. WE ALSO HAVE AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION, WHICH IS DURING AN ACTIVATION, WE'LL DEPLOY ALL OF OUR VEHICLES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PUSH ROUTES AND CLEAR ROADS. SOME INFORMATION ON OUR BASIC STORMWATER SYSTEM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF. ALL THAT EQUIPMENT IS USED TO MAINTAIN ALMOST 600 MILES OF PIPES, BOX CULVERTS AND PRESSURE PIPES. OVER 180 MILES OF DITCHES AND CANALS, 886 OUTFALLS, 148 RETENTION PONDS, INLETS AND MANHOLES OVER 28,000, AND WE SWEEP 1900 CURB MILES EVERY 55 TO 60 DAYS. SO ALL THAT ACTIVITY IS CAUSED BY CALLS FOR SERVICE. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT FROM 2024, WE HAD ALMOST 3700 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN STORMWATER OPERATIONS. SO THE CULPRITS, THE USUAL CULPRITS ARE CAVE-INS, FLOODING, AND POOR DRAINAGE. SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF OUR PRODUCTIVITY FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. SO FOR PIPES WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OVER 160,000 FEET OF PIPE AND REMOVE 506 TONS OF DEBRIS. OUR DITCHES, MAINTAIN 12,832 FEET, REMOVING 1255 TONS OF DEBRIS. 83 MILES OF OUR DITCHES ARE MOWED BY THE CITY EVERY MONTH. PONDS, WE MOWED 126 PONDS. THOSE ARE ALSO MONTHLY. REMOVING 10.5 TONS OF DEBRIS. AND WE DO HERBICIDE TREATMENTS, SO WE TREATED 116 DIFFERENT PONDS. WE MAINTAIN 242 OUTFALLS. WE SWEPT 922 CURB MILES, AND PICKED UP 230 TONS OF DEBRIS WHILE SWEEPING AND, OF COURSE, WE MAINTAIN OUR PUMP STATIONS EVERY MONTH. SO COMING UP FOR WORK, WHERE WE WILL BE LOCATED AND WORKING IS TERRACE PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION, DREW PARK, PALMA CEIA WEST, LOWRY PARK CENTRAL, MIDTOWN, ARMENIA GARDENS, WELLS WOOD CIVIC ASSOCIATION, MacFARLANE PARK AND UNIVERSITY SQUARE. WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING OUR PUMP STATIONS TO THE OUTFALLS CLEANING THOSE AND ALSO DOING OUR MONTHLY PUMP STATION INSPECTIONS. GETTING TO WHAT WE CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE IMPROVING OUR READINESS. WITH OUR GENERATORS, WE'RE INSTALLING TEMPORARY GENERATORS AT THE PUMP STATIONS AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE RETROFITTING THESE PUMP STATIONS TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THOSE GENERATORS. THAT I'M TOLD IS GOING TO BE DONE BY MAY 1st AND THEN DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, WE WILL BE TESTING THOSE GENERATORS WITH THE HOOKUPS TO BE READY BY JUNE 1. WE'RE ACQUIRING PERMANENT BACKUP GENERATORS AND ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT WHICH WILL BE INSTALLED WITHIN TWO YEARS. $11 MILLION IN FUNDING IS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THAT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TRANSFERRING POWER TO THE GENERATORS PROACTIVELY AND MANUALLY BEFORE THE STORM GETS TO US. SO AS WE ACTIVATE, WE WILL SEND A PUMP STATION TEAM, WHICH I'M ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT, TO ACTIVATE THESE GENERATORS SO THEY ARE RUNNING ON GENERATOR POWER. THEN WE WILL ALL CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR THAT FOR FUELING. WITH THE RAPID RESPONSE TEAM, WE'RE ESTABLISHING A PUMP STATION RESPONSE TEAM TASKED WITH ARRIVING IMMEDIATELY AFTER A STORM TO ENSURE ALL PUMPS FUNCTIONING, REFUELED AND CONTINUOUS OPERATION. WHEN WE DO ACTIVATE, THE MAYOR WILL TELL US TO ACTIVATE AND THEN WE WILL IMMEDIATELY CALL THE VENDOR THAT IS STORING THESE GENERATORS AND THE VENDOR WILL TURN AROUND THE DELIVERY OF THESE GENERATORS WITHIN 24 HOURS. SO THE STATIONS ARE READY TO RECEIVE THE GENERATORS, AND ONCE WE CALL THE VENDOR, THEY WILL COME OUT AND HOOK THEM UP. WE'RE ALSO DOING MICROPROJECTS. SO WE'RE WORKING ON SEVERAL SMALLER BUT EFFECTIVE STORMWATER UPGRADES IN PLACES LIKE PALMA CEIA PINES, PARKLAND ESTATES. THESE ARE AIMED AT IMPROVING STORMWATER FLOW. THESE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE RESURFACING, WIDENING INLETS, ADDING STORMWATER GRADES AND ADDING PIPING AND MORE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO YUAN LI. >>YUAN LI: THANKS, BRYAN. BIG SHOUT-OUT TO OUR OPERATIONS TEAM. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK SINCE MARCH TO GET CITY PREPARED FOR THE RAIN SEASON. SOME PARTS OF TAMPA STILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING PRIMARILY DUE TO INADEQUATE DRAINAGE CAPACITY OR DIFFICULTY TO DRAIN. SINCE 2016, THE CITY HAS COMPLETED SEVERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHICH PROVIDED A MATCH -- WHICH PROVIDED MUCH NEEDED FLOOD RELIEF FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS SLIDE LISTED A COUPLE OF THOSE, PLUS A NUMBER OF ONGOING PROJECTS. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS AND THE LOWER PENINSULA PROJECTS ARE BEING WRAPPED UP VERY SOON, SO WE ANTICIPATE MUCH IMPROVED CONDITIONS IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. IN THE PAST, FLOOD RELIEF PROJECTS WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE LOCATIONS THAT DOCUMENTED FLOODING CONCERNS. TO BETTER UNDERSTAND FLOOD RISKS, CITYWIDE A PLANNING EFFORT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY TO GET A BETTER FEELING ABOUT THE FLOOD RISKS AND IDENTIFY FUTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENT TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IN THE FLOOD PROTECTION. IN ADDITION, THIS EFFORT WILL BE SAVING RESIDENTS MONEY BECAUSE THE CITY HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN FEMA'S COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM. THE CURRENT DISCOUNT IS 25% WITH THIS COMPLETION, THE CITY CAN GET AN ADDITIONAL 10% OF DISCOUNT IN THE FLOOD INSURANCE. ALSO IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE STORMWATER DOES NOT STOP AT JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY. A GOOD EXAMPLE THE NORTH TAMPA AREA. THE STORMWATER TEAM WAS EARLIER THIS WEEK FOREST HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO UNIVERSITY SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD. BOTH OF THE SPACES GO ACROSS BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WITH THE CITY BEING DOWNSTREAM RECEIVING STORMWATER FROM THE COUNTY. IT'S VERY CRITICAL FOR BOTH AGENCIES TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER ON BOTH OPERATIONS, PUMP STATION OPERATIONS AND IDENTIFY FUTURE REGIONAL PROJECTS. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HAS ENGAGED AN INDEPENDENT FIRM FOR STORMWATER ASSESSMENT. A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS ARE CURRENTLY ONGOING BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY, STARTED YESTERDAY, AND THESE MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY RESIDENTS. IN ADDITION, MOBILITY LEADERSHIP, PUBLIC WORKS LEADERSHIP MEET QUARTERLY BASIS TO COORDINATE THE REGIONAL EFFORT. ALL THE EFFORTS OF THE STORMWATER TEAM ARE FULLY TRANSPARENT. THE BEST WAY TO TRACK OUR PROGRESS IS STORMWATER QUARTERLY REPORT WHERE WE INCLUDE THE STATUS OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, STATUS AND THE SPENDING AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOOD DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, PLUS MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. AND YOU CAN TRACK THESE REPORTS ONLINE OR SCAN THE QR CODE HERE. SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ADDED MONTHLY MAINTENANCE REPORTS ONLINE SO THAT YOU CAN TRACK THE WORK LOCATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF OUR OPERATIONS TEAM, AND YOU CAN ALSO TRACK THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH EXAMPLES OF PRE- AND POST PHOTOS. WITH THAT, I'M TURNING IT BACK TO YOU, JOSH. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRYAN AND YUAN. BRIEFLY, I WANT TO MENTION THE UPCOMING POST-DISASTER REDEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING. ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU SEE IT THERE. HELD APRIL 29 FROM 6 TO 8 AT THE HANNA CITY CENTER. THE PUBLIC, OF COURSE, ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AND MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. CLOSING OUT THE PRESENTATION, REALLY THAT IS A HIGH-LEVEL LOOK AT WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE'RE PREPARING FOR STORM SEASON AND HOW WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, QUITE FRANKLY. TO LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT US, HEAD TO TAMPA.GOV/MOBILITY AND CLICK ON THE STORMWATER TAB. THAT WILL TAKE TO YOU THE ADDRESS ON YOUR SCREEN OR AS YUAN SAID, SCAN THE QR CODE AND THAT WILL ALSO TAKE YOU TO STORMWATER'S PAGE. IF YOU NEED US TO CLEAR A STORM DRAIN OR HAVE AN ISSUE YOU NEED HELP WITH. CALL US AT 813-274-3101. THAT'S 24/7. YOU CAN CALL US 24/7. WITH THAT LAID OUT, THOSE ARE THE STORMWATER BASICS. LET'S TAKE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU SUBMITTED. THAT, OF COURSE, IS WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE. LET'S MOVE FORWARD NOW. THESE ARE A FEW MORE PICTURES OF OUR TEAM IN THE FIELD HERE. OUR FIRST QUESTION COMES FROM BEV AND THE FOLKS IN FOREST HILLS. WHAT IS YOUR DEPARTMENT DOING DIFFERENTLY FOR THE UPCOMING STORMS/HURRICANE SEASON FOR EACH OF THE STORMWATER PUMP STATION, LAKE ECKLES, EAST RIDGE AND CURIOSITY CREEK? WILL WE HAVE BACKUP GENERATORS INSTALLED ON JUNE 1, 2025 AT THE FOUR PUMP STATIONS IN FOREST HILLS, EAST RIDGE, CURIOSITY CREEK, LAKE ECKLES AND PENALTY LAKE AND STORM PREP TO BE PUMPED DOWN WITH AN APPROACHING HURRICANE. >> YES, GENERATORS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE ON JUNE 1. THE PUMP STATION RETROFIT SHOULD BE COMPLETE MAY ONE AND READY FOR TESTING AND READY FOR OPERATIONS IN JUNE. THE SECOND QUESTION, WE WILL INDEED PUMP DOWN THOSE LOCATIONS AS LOW AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORM COMES, AS IT'S APPROACHING IN ORDER TO CREATE MORE CAPACITY. HOWEVER, THEY WON'T BE COMPLETELY DRY. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION. FROM RICHARD IN 33611. KAYLA AND 31616 AND ALYSSA IN 31616. THEY ALL ASK WHAT IS BEING DONE TO CLEAR THE STORM DRAINS ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND SOUTH TAMPA? >> JUST AFTER THE STORM, WE CONCENTRATED OUR MAINTENANCE EFFORTS IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. SOME OF WHICH WERE IN SOUTH TAMPA. WE ARE NOW PROVIDING SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR HOT SPOTS TO REDUCE THE CHANCES OF HAVING ISSUES. >> ADAM FROM 33611 ASKS, HOMES AROUND GANDY AND EUCLID HAVE MORE DRAINAGE CANALS THAN STORM DRAINS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THESE ARE READY FOR STORM SEASON AND WHAT DOES A READY CANAL LOOK LIKE? >> WE'VE BEEN CLEARING DOWN TREES IN THE CANALS SINCE THE STORMS AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THAT. AS WE EXPECT AND SEE ISSUES, WE WILL ENDEAVOR TO ADDRESS THEM AS SOON AS WE CAN. READY CANAL IS ONE FREE FROM DEBRIS THAT MIGHT RESTRICT THE FLOW OF WATER. IT WILL ALSO HAVE A CLEAR FLOW LINE OR PATH FOR THE WATER TO TRAVEL. >> CONRAD FROM 33629 ASKS, WHY ARE WE NOT INSTALLING CHECK VALVES IN THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM TO SAVE OUR HOMES FROM FLOODING AND MAYBE FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME, EXPLAIN WHAT A CHECK VALVE IS. >> GOOD EVENING. THIS IS ALEX AWAD, CHIEF PLANNING ENGINEER FOR THE STORMWATER DIVISION. A CHECK VALVE IS A SYSTEM THAT WOULD HOLD OFF FLOODWATER FROM THE BAY COMING UP INTO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND PREVENTS IT FROM BACKING UP INTO THE STREET. WE HAVE INSTALLED APPROXIMATELY NINE CHECK VALVES OR FLAP GATES, WE CALL THEM FLAP GATES, DUCKBILLS, SYSTEMS THAT WOULD PREVENT THE BACKUP OF FLOODING UP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW, WHAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON, ONCE WE PUT THOSE IN, WE DO ADVISE RESIDENTS THAT THESE SYSTEMS WOULD NEED SIX INCHES OF PRESSURE TO PUT THE SYSTEM TO OPEN UP SO RAINWATER CAN GO OUT IF IT'S RAINING. AND THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE, I GUESS, FRESHWATER FLOODING BETTER THAN SALTWATER FLOODING. THAT IS A SYSTEM THAT WE WOULD TAKE AND PUT IN. WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. >>VIK BHIDE: ALEX, AREN'T WE LOOKING AT A LOCATION RIGHT NOW SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH TAMPA? >>ALEX AWAD: YES, WE GOT A REQUEST FOR LOCATION AROUND LAWN AND BAYSHORE. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S AN AREA THAT QUALIFIES FOR A CHECK VALVE. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: JOHN FROM 33611 ASKS MY HOME IS ON THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE NEW SCHOOL, THAT'S ADUM. WHERE IS THE LIFT STATION THAT WAS A PART OF THE APPROVED DESIGN THE SCHOOL WAS ALLOWED TO OPEN AND WE FLOODED FOUR TIMES LAST SEASON. SO WHERE IS THE LIFT STATION? >>ALEX AWAD: THIS LIFT STATION OR PUMP STATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THIS WAS A STUDY THAT WE DID IN 2017 FOR THE LOWER PENINSULA AREA, ABOUT A 6,000-ACRE AREA. AND THERE IS ABOUT MAYBE SEVEN OR EIGHT MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FOR THAT LOCATION. THIS IS ONE OF THEM. WE CURRENTLY OWN TWO PROPERTIES READY FOR A PUMP STATION AND WE'RE SEEKING FUNDING FOR THE FORCE MAIN AND PIPE NETWORK THAT WOULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. >> MOVING ALONG TO DEREK FROM 33611, HOW ARE WE PROTECTING WATER LIFE FROM TOXICS RUNOFF AND WHY IS SO MUCH OF SOUTH TAMPA PRONE TO STANDING WATER IN THE STREET? >> I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. JOSH, THANK YOU. THIS IS JEFF DeBOSIER. I'M THE CHIEF DESIGN ENGINEER FOR STORMWATER DIVISION. WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF OUR C.I.P. PROJECTS DURING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. PROTECTING OUR WATER QUALITY IN OUR BAYS AND RIVERS IS IMPORTANT TO US, CLEARLY. WE HAVE SEVERAL ORDINANCES AND PROGRAMS IN PLACE, INCLUDING OUR PET VOICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT BASICALLY WE CLEAN UP AFTER OUR PETS. OUR RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF FERTILIZERS AND OUR RESTRICTIONS ON THE DEBRIS THAT'S BLOWN INTO THE STREETS FROM LAWN MAINTENANCE THAT SHOULD BE KEPT WITHIN THE LAWN AREA AND NOT ALLOWED TO GET INTO OUR INLETS. ALSO IN OUR NEW PROJECTS, OUR C.I.P.s, WE STRIVE TO INCLUDE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. IN THE PAST, WE ADDED PERVIOUS PAVEMENT, INLET BASKETS, RAIN GARDENS. WE ALSO BUILD UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS CALLED BAFFLE BOXES AND THEY COLLECT THE STORMWATER DEBRIS SILT. THE SILT CAN SETTLE OUT IN THEM AND THEY COLLECT LEAFS AND CUPS AND FLOATING DEBRIS AS WELL. >>VIK BHIDE: JEFF, COULD YOU ALSO TOUCH UPON STREET SWEEPING AND ITS ROLE IN REMOVING TOXINS? >>JEFF DeBOSIER: OUR REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF OUR STREETS AND SYSTEM INCLUDE THE STREET SWEEPING THAT REMOVES LEAF DEBRIS AND SILT ET CETERA FROM THE GUTTER LINES AND FROM THE STREETS. ADDITIONALLY, WE CLEAN DITCHES, ALL THAT MATERIAL IS REMOVED FROM DITCHES AND THE PIPES IS ALL HAULED OFF-SITE TO A LOCATION THAT CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO A LANDFILL. SO WE'RE REMOVING ALL OF THOSE NUTRIENTS THAT ARE CARRIED BY THAT DEBRIS OUT OF OUR SYSTEM AND MINIMIZING WHAT THAT MIGHT DO TO OUR DOWNSTREAM WATERS. >> A LOT OF DETAIL THERE. I LOVE IT. >>VIK BHIDE: TAMPA IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS AS PART OF A UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA STUDY TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS OF STREET SWEEPING ON OUR WATERWAYS. >>JEFF DeBOSIER: YES. WELL, WE HAVE WORKED WITH USF ON TESTING OUR BAFFLE BOXES FOR EFFICIENCY AS WELL AS THE STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: LIZ, PHIL AND MAGGIE ARE ALL ASKING ABOUT FLOODING ALONG THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. WHAT ADVICE, RESOURCES, OR INFORMATION DO YOU HAVE FOR RIVERFRONT RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO MAKE THEIR HOMES EVEN MORE RESILIENT TO SURGE AND FLOODING, WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? >> WELL, THIS IS CLEARLY A CHALLENGING DECISION FOR MANY RESIDENTS WHO ARE FACED WITH POST-HELENE FLOODING FROM THE SURGE LEVELS THAT EXCEEDED EIGHT FEET WITHIN OUR BAYS AND WITHIN THE RIVER AREA. SOME RESIDENTS HAVE HAD SOME LEVEL OF SUCCESS WITH WATERPROOFING THEIR HOMES OR MAYBE WITH SANDBAGS. WE'VE SEEN OTHERS SPEND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DOING THIS ONLY TO BE DISPLACED AGAIN BY HELENE THIS PAST FALL. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION SINCE THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE ISSUES IN THE FUTURE, SURGE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ISSUE ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS, TO FOCUS WHATEVER RESOURCES YOU MAY HAVE AVAILABLE TO TRY TO GET YOUR HOMES RAISED OR REBUILD AND GET THEM ABOVE THE FEMA COASTAL FLOOD LEVEL. I KNOW IT'S A DAUNTING TASK BUT TOUGH DECISIONS TO BE MADE BUT REALLY NO EASY SOLUTION TO THE STORM SURGE SITUATION. IN TAMPA. >> JAMES FROM 33611, DANIEL FROM 33611 AND MICHELLE FROM 33606 ARE ASKING ABOUT LIFT PUMPS AND PEARL AVENUE. I'VE BEEN TOLD SINCE 2012 THAT A LIFT PUMP WAS GOING TO BE INSTALLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF PEARL AVENUE AND PEARL COURT. PLEASE ADVISE WHEN THIS IS BEING ADDRESSED AND DID YOU FIX THE PUMP FOR SAN JUAN POND? >> THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE ON PEARL AVENUE IS PART OF THE LOWER PENINSULA STUDY WE'VE DONE IN 2017. PEARL AVENUE IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WAS SLATED FOR ALSO LOOK AT INSTALLING A PUMP STATION ON THE FORCE MAIN. WE ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING TO DO THAT CURRENTLY. AS FAR AS SWANN POND, SWANN POND DOES NOT HAVE A PUMP STATION. SWANN POND IS A GRAVITY FED SYSTEM ON SWANN AND ROME, AND THAT SYSTEM GRAVITY FEEDS DOWN TO BAYSHORE ONTO THE BAY. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: ALL RIGHT. FROM 33611, KELVIN ASKS, GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT SOUTH TAMPA, HOW IS THE EXISTING STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDED IMPERVIOUS SURFACES AND RUNOFF? PLEASE PROVIDE A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AND ANY PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD FLOODING REMAIN A CONCERN DESPITE THESE DRAINAGE MEASURES? QUITE A QUESTION FROM KELVEN THERE. >>YUAN LI: I WILL TAKE THIS ONE. WE APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ADD STRESS TO OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM. SHOULD BE REGULATED VERY CAREFULLY IN A COORDINATED MANNER ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS HERE. FOR STORMWATER, BEEN REVISITING TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND MOST LIKELY RECOMMEND MORE STRINGENT CRITERIA TO LIMIT THESE ACTIVITIES. THE SECOND PART, FLOODING SHOULD ALWAYS REMAIN A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE FACING MORE STRESS -- MORE EXTREME EVENTS AS WELL AS SEA LEVEL RISE. WE'LL EVALUATE VARIOUS SCENARIOS AND IDENTIFY MEASURES THAT CITIES SHOULD BE TAKING, BOTH ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AS WELL AS ENGINEER SOLUTIONS SUCH AS POLICIES. >>VIK BHIDE: THIS IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. VIK BHIDE AGAIN. I'LL START WITH THE LAST PART. HOW CONCERN SHOULD WE BE ABOUT FLOODING? TO JOSH'S POINT, FLOODING IS -- WE CANNOT COMPLETELY PREVENT FLOODING, GIVEN OUR GEOGRAPHY IN FLORIDA. SO THAT SHOULD BE ON THE COMMUNITY'S MIND AND WE SHOULD PREPARE FOR IT. WE ARE AT THE CITY DOING THE SAME. AND TO YUAN'S POINT ABOUT THE WATERSHED MASTER PLAN, WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS MODEL EVERY SINGLE BASIN, EVERY SINGLE SQUARE FOOT WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA TO TELL US AND INFORM WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IN TERMS OF UPGRADING THE SYSTEM IN LIGHT OF THE LATEST DATA AND THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN. THIS WILL YIELD SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS. IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE RESOURCES COMMUNITYWIDE TO ADDRESS OUR CHALLENGES. BUT I DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. AGAIN, GREAT QUESTION. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: THE NEXT ONE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WONDERED. WHAT IS BEING DONE TO ALLEVIATE FLOODING ON BAYSHORE? AND ARE THE PUMPING STATIONS ON BAYSHORE PERMANENT? >> I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. THE AREA ON BAYSHORE THAT IS AFFECTED WITH MAJOR FLOODING ISSUES IS AROUND ROME AVENUE TO PLATT STREET. THE ELEVATION OF THE ROADWAY AT THAT LOCATION IS ELEVATION 3. IT'S VERY UNFEASIBLE TO RAISE THE SEAWALL, SIDEWALK, ROADWAY, DRIVEWAYS, SO THAT IS A MONUMENTAL TASK. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. THE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE PUMP STATION, THE PUMP STATION I BELIEVE IN QUESTION IS A SEWER PUMP STATION, NOT STORMWATER. THERE ARE NO PUMP STATIONS FOR STORMWATER ON BAYSHORE. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: THANK YOU, ALEX. AMY FROM 33604 ASKS, OUR STREET IN THE LOWRY PARK AREA NEEDS A CURB AND GUTTER SYSTEM CONNECTED TO DRAINAGE DITCHES TO CONTROL AND PREVENT THE RUNOFF HAPPENING DIRECTLY INTO THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER. HOW DOES A NEIGHBORHOOD GO ABOUT REQUESTING INFORMATION AND HAVING A SURVEY DONE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? PS, IT'S BOUND TO WORSEN AS TAMPA ZOO CONTINUES ITS GROWTH AND EXPANSION. >> I'LL TAKE THAT ONE, TOO. THE AREA AROUND LOWRY PARK ZOO, WEST OF LOWRY PARK ZOO IS KIND OF ON THE HILLY SIDE. THERE ARE EVERY KIND OF DRAINAGE SYSTEM YOU CAN THINK OF THERE. THERE ARE DITCHES, CURB AND GUTTER AND ALSO EDGE OF PAVEMENT FLOW TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND ON TO THE RIVER. IF THERE IS AN AREA SPECIFIC LOCATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH CURB AND GUTTER OR YOU OBSERVE FLOODING, PLEASE CALL 813-274-3101 AND WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE AT THAT LOCATION. THANK YOU. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: RONALD WITH A VERY DETAILED QUESTION HERE. WHY DOES THE CITY OF TAMPA ALLOW FILL IN THE LOWER HILLSBOROUGH RIVER FLOODPLAIN WITHOUT EQUAL EXCAVATED COMPENSATION? THIS IS NOT A POLICY THAT PROTECTS FROM FUTURE FLOODING AND IS CERTAINLY NOT A RESILIENT POLICY. >>ALEX AWAD: I'LL TAKE THAT ONE, TOO. THERE IS NO MORATORIUM ON DEVELOPMENT IN TAMPA. SO YOU CAN DEVELOP, BUT THERE ARE STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS TO DEVELOP IN A FLOODPLAIN OR IN A VELOCITY ZONE. YOU CAN DEVELOP, BUT WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR REQUIREMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT, FOR DIFFICULT LOCATIONS LIKE THIS ONE. THANK YOU. >>YUAN LI: MAY I ADD TO THAT, THESE SORT OF ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: MEL HAS SEVERAL QUESTIONS HERE. HOW IS TAMPA WORKING TO RESOLVE WATER DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANES MILTON AND HELENE? APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE WORKING ON THE ISSUE? DOES THIS INCLUDE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES? WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE THUS FAR TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE? WHAT IS THE END GOAL FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE ISSUE? HAVE ANY POLICIES OR PUBLICATIONS BEEN CREATED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OR PREVENT AN OCCURRENCE LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? >>VIK BHIDE: MEL, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TO SHARE HOW WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE STORMS. BUT YOU HAVE SEVERAL GOOD QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE END GOAL? LET'S START WITH THAT AND WORK BACKWARDS. THE END GOAL IS FOR OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EXISTING STORMWATER SYSTEM AS DESIGNED IS CLEAR OF DEBRIS AND MAINTAINED TO THE BEST LEVEL POSSIBLE. WHILE WE DO THAT, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO MICROPROJECTS LIKE BRYAN MENTIONED IN PALMA CEIA PINES WHERE WE MAY BE ADDING ADDITIONAL INLETS OR EXTENDING PIPES, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE DOING THAT, AND WE'RE DOING THAT WITH IN-HOUSE FORCES. WE'RE DOING THAT WITH REGULAR CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE, ANNUAL CONTRACTS TO GO OUT TO PONDS AND DITCHES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THROUGH EMERGENCY AFFIDAVITS. TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, JUST LAST WEEK, BRYAN AND I EXECUTED TWO EMERGENCY AFFIDAVITS WORTH $2.25 MILLION TOTAL, $1.25 MILLION TO CATCH UP ON THE LARGE NUMBER OF BACK LOG OF CAVE-INS THAT WE'VE HAD. STORMWATER CAVE-INS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OUR CREWS ARE WORKING ON IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET EXTERNAL SUPPORT FOR IT ALSO. AND THEN THE OTHER IS USING SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT AND CAMERAS TO CLEAR OUT AND JET-LINE A LOT OF OUR PIPING SYSTEMS. AGAIN, TO AUGMENT OUR TEAM, BUT TO GET EVEN MORE DONE. AND ALSO USE THOSE CAMERAS TO DO TV INSPECTIONS. THESE ARE LITTLE CAMERAS THAT GO THROUGH THE PIPE SYSTEM AND TELL US ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PIPES THEMSELVES SO THAT WE CAN BE SURE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY CLEARED AFTER JET-LINING IS DONE. IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR US. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PUMP STATION THAT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN COPELAND PARK, AND THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BY JULY. SO A LITTLE BIT INTO THE HURRICANE SEASON, BUT DEFINITELY WELL BEFORE WE TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE THE VERY LARGER STORMS, IF YOU WILL. HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS, 62 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TEAM AND WE HAVE A STORMWATER ENGINEERING AND PLANNING TEAM OF ABOUT 23. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE, IF NOT LARGER, OF MOST MAJOR CONSULTING FIRMS THAT HAVE AN OFFICE IN TAMPA BAY. SO 23 ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS ARE WORKING ON OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM ON OUR ATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLANNING. SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: MEL, WE GOT A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS THERE. ANDREA FROM 33605 ASKS, ONCE WORK HAS BEEN SCHEDULED, WHEN IS THE HOMEOWNER NOTIFIED THAT WORK IS TAKING PLACE NEAR AND IN THEIR PROPERTY? >>BRYAN RODGER: THIS IS BRYAN RODGER AGAIN. COMMON MAINTENANCE WORK, NOTIFICATIONS AREN'T USUALLY SENT OUT. TECHNICIAN MIGHT KNOCK ON THE RESIDENT'S DOOR IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. IF WE'RE WORKING IN THE AREA MORE THAN A WEEK AFFECTING TRAFFIC OR ACCESS, THEN WE'LL HANG DOOR HANGERS WITH CONTACT INFORMATION ON THEM. THERE IS A VERY DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. THEY ARE MUCH MORE ELABORATE AND DETAILED IN THEIR COMMUNICATION PROCESS, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WHEN YOU SEE THE CREW, FEEL FREE TO PULL THEM ASIDE AND TALK TO THEM AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. IF NOT CALL 813-274-3101. >>VIK BHIDE: MAY I ADD TO THAT, BRYAN? REAL QUICK, BRYAN TOUCHED UPON LARGE PROJECTS. VERY BIG PROJECTS LIKE LOWER PENINSULA, WE ACTUALLY HIRE AND REQUIRE THROUGH THE CONTRACTOR'S PROCUREMENT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE CONTRACTOR PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE RESOURCES THAT WILL DISSEMINATE INFORMATION, TAKE IN CONCERNS. AND ON MANY OCCASIONS EVEN PUT UP SPECIFIC WEBSITES FOR PROJECTS. SO FOR THE MacDILL 48 PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE LOWER PENINSULA REGION, AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, THE WEBSITE IS LPSTORMWATER.COM. THAT REALLY STANDS FOR LOWER PENINSULA STORMWATER.COM. AND IT HAS RESOURCES LIKE TRAFFIC UPDATES, UPCOMING CONSTRUCTION, BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT AND OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES AS WELL. THAT'S DONE FOR ALL LARGE PROJECTS, AND THEN FOR MORE IN-HOUSE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE MID SIZE PROJECTS, MORE THAN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE IN-HOUSE DESIGN TEAM, PART OF THE 23 THAT WE MENTIONED, AND THEY WILL VISIT NEIGHBORHOODS TO GIVE THEM UPDATES ON PROJECTS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS THE GULF VIEW STORMWATER PROJECT AND JUST ATTENDED GOLF VIEW'S ANNUAL MEETING TO PROVIDE THEM AN UPDATE. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: DANIELLE FROM 33611 ASKS, WILL THE STORMWATER CULVERTS THAT RUN NORTH TO SOUTH NEAR WEST BAY VIEW AVENUE BE CLEANED OUT? THEY ARE FULL OF DEBRIS FROM THE HURRICANE AND WE FLOODED FROM THAT OVERFLOWING ONTO THE STREET. >> DANIELLE, I HOPE YOU ARE PLEASED TO HEAR THIS, LAST APRIL WE DID SOME DITCH GRADING ON CLARK, BAIA VISTA AND BAYVIEW, TOTALING ALMOST 1100 FEET OF DITCH, REMOVING 176 TONS. RIGHT NOW, FOUR WORK ORDERS FOR DITCH GRADING IN THE AREA AND WORK TO INCLUDE THIS LOCATION IN ONE OF THOSE WORK ORDERS. >> LANE ASKS, ARE THERE ANY PLANS TO HELP PORT TAMPA CITY WITH THEIR STORMWATER? HALF OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODED WITH THE LAST TWO HURRICANES. >> I'LL TAKE THAT QUESTION. LANE, THE AREA OF PORT TAMPA CITY IS BETWEEN, I WOULD SAY, AROUND INTERBAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MacDILL AVENUE, MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE. THAT AREA IS LOW AND IT HAS SOME DRAINAGE CHALLENGES. WE WILL LOOK AT PART OF OUR LOWER PENINSULA STUDY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE AT THAT LOCATION. >>JOSHUA CASCIO: JEAN ASKS, WHY DOES MARTINIQUE AVENUE NEAR THE PARK ALWAYS FLOOD AFTER EVERY RAINSTORM? IS THE SEWER DRAIN BROKEN OR COLLAPSED? >> MARTINIQUE AND WEST DAVIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS ELEVATION OF ROADWAY. AROUND 4.5. YOU WILL SEE WHEN THE TIDE IS HIGH DURING SUMMER RAINS, YOU WILL SEE TIDES OF 3, 3.1, 3.3. WITH THE RAINFALL EVENT, YOU COULD SEE SOME FLOODING ON THE INTERSECTION WHERE THE DRAINS ARE. WE WILL LOOK AT IT ALSO INTERNALLY WITH OUR TEAM TO LOOK AT IF THERE ARE BARNACLES IN THE OUTFALL LOCATION AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM. NORMALLY, WHEN YOU HAVE A ROAD THAT IS ELEVATION 4.5, YOU WILL NOTICE SOME FLOODING ON THE STREET. >> ANOTHER QUESTION WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT, WILL THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE PROJECT ON HOWARD AVENUE HELP PALMA CEIA PINES? >> I'LL TAKE THAT ONE, JOSH. YES, OUR INTENTION IS TO SOLVE EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN WITHIN PALMA CEIA PINES. WE DO HAVE LIMITATIONS ON RESOURCES, MAINLY FUNDING, BUT OUR TEAM IS HARD AT WORK TRYING TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR BOTH PARKLAND ESTATES AND PALMA CEIA PINES. >> WE HAVE WORK THAT IS JUST WRAPPING UP THERE AS WELL. >> TANEA ASKS, HOW ARE WE HANDLING THE BLOWING OF YARD WASTE DOWN OUR STORMWATER DRAINS? THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. >> WE ALL KNOW THAT IS ILLEGAL. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BLOW YOUR YARD WASTE OUT IN THE ROAD. WITH THE STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, WE CAN PICK UP A LOT OF DEBRIS HOPEFULLY BEFORE IT DOES DRAIN INTO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. IF CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES WITNESS THE EVENT, THEY CAN CITE THE OWNER OF THE HOME. BUT OTHERWISE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ENCOURAGE THEIR NEIGHBORS TO NOT DO THAT. >> I WOULD ADD THE CITY WILL CONTINUE MESSAGING AS WELL REMINDING PEOPLE NOT TO BLOW STUFF DOWN THE DRAINS. >>VIK BHIDE: YEAH, AND TO EMPHASIZE BRYAN'S POINT, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PLEASE DO TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT THIS. OFTENTIMES WE SEE YARD WASTE EITHER FROM COMMUNITY OR CONTRACTORS. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF YARD CONTRACTORS OUT THERE DOING WORK DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. AND WE DO PUT OUT A LOT OF MESSAGING THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALSO PLEASE DO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. >> SURE. >> AND IF YOU WERE WATCHING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WERE DIGGING OUT ALL ORGANIC MATERIAL OFF OF A GRATE. THAT'S WHAT FLOWS INTO OUR SYSTEM AND YOU CAN HELP PREVENT. >> ALL RIGHT. OUR LAST SUBMITTED QUESTION HERE COMES FROM STEPHANIE AT 33616. WHAT CAN RESIDENTS DO TO SUPPORT STORMWATER SERVICES? >> THANKS, JOSH. IF I COULD TAKE THAT, STEPHANIE, THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION. THE SHORT ANSWER IS DO WHAT STEPHANIE DOES. ADVOCATE, EDUCATE YOURSELF ON WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. WORK WITH THE CITY, WITH POLICY MAKERS, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO REQUEST MORE RESOURCES. YOU HAVE HEARD FROM OUR TEAM TODAY THAT WE HAVE STUDIED SEVERAL OF OUR CHALLENGING AREAS WITH STORMWATER NEEDS, AND THEY ARE LACKING RESOURCES TO GET THE PROJECTS DONE, BE IT THE PUMP STATIONS OR BE IT PONDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY, THAT INCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATION, THAT INCLUDES COUNCIL. AND WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO ALLEVIATE STORMWATER CHALLENGES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. ON OUR END, WE'RE COMMITTED TO KEEPING DOING WHAT WE DO AND UP THAT AS NEEDED TO ADDRESS OUR CHALLENGES. OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS YEAR, THIS SEASON ISN'T AS SEVERE AS LAST YEAR, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST. I THINK THAT WAS OUR LAST QUESTION. IF I MAY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS AND REPEAT A FEW ITEMS. AGAIN, IN LINE WITH THE THEME OF STORMWATER 101. AS JOSH HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE A POST-DISASTER REDEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING COMING UP. PLEASE DO PARTICIPATE. PLEASE DO TUNE IN AND PLEASE DO CONTRIBUTE. IT'S AT THE HANNA CENTER FROM 6 P.M. TO 8 P.M. ON APRIL 29. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION AGAIN IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ONLINE AS WELL. GIVE US ABOUT A WEEK OR TEN DAYS. WE WILL ANSWER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS. WE WILL POST THE ANSWERS ON OUR WEBSITE. THAT WEBSITE IS GOING TO BE TAMPA.GOV/MOBILITY. THAT IS THE SAME LANDING PAGE WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUR MONTHLY MAINTENANCE REPORTS THAT BRYAN AND HIS TEAM PUT OUT, WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS DID WE WORK ON, WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT MONTH AND BEFORE-AND-AFTER PICTURES OF THE WORK DONE. AND, OF COURSE, WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE STORMWATER DIVISION'S WEBSITE, AND THAT IS TAMPA.GOV/MOBILITY/STORMWATER. WE'VE GOT QUARTERLY REPORTS. WE'VE GOT PROJECT INFORMATION, ALL KINDS OF RESOURCES. AND THAT NUMBER AGAIN TO CALL FOR STORMWATER CONCERNS, FOR QUESTIONS, FOR REQUESTS FOR SERVICE, IT IS 813-274-3101. WE WORK 24/7 DURING BUSINESS HOURS, 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. IT'S OUR CITY TEAM THAT WORKS ON IT. WE ALSO HAVE AN AFTER-HOURS CALL CENTER. AGAIN, YOUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE RELATIVE TO CALLING THAT NUMBER IS NOT GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOLKS AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO STREAMLINE HOW FLOODING OR ANY KIND OF STORMWATER CHALLENGES CAN BE REPORTED DURING EMERGENCIES. SO WHEN WE ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE PAST THAT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS NOT CLEAR ABOUT WHAT TO CALL. WE'RE GOING TO STREAMLINE THAT. WE WILL HAVE ONE NUMBER. MORE ON THAT SOON, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOLKS ARE WORKING ON IT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS FOLKS AS WELL. AND TO WRAP IT UP, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AGAIN, THAT OUR TEAM IS WORKING DILIGENTLY. WE'RE GOING TO BE READY FOR THESE HURRICANES. WE'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES AND HAVE GENERATORS AT ALL OF OUR PUMP STATIONS AVAILABLE TO DO THEIR JOB. AND WITH THAT, ON BEHALF OF MY TEAM AND THE ENTIRE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT, A BIG THANK-YOU TO YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS, FOR BEING ENGAGED, FOR SUBMITTING QUESTIONS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. LET THERE BE A CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND US. A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO JOSH. INCREDIBLE WORK IN PUTTING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, HAVE A GOOD EVENING. JOSH. [ 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, AND THOSE RECREATION SPACES ARE GOING TO 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 Y 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,