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CAPTIONINGFEBRUARY 11, 2013PLANNING COMMISSION

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>> DEREK DOUGHTY: GOOD AFTERNOON AND WILL BE TO THE

FEBRUARY 11th, 2013 REGULAR MEETING OF THE HILLSBOROUGH

COUNTY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION.

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS MEETING.

YOUR COMMENTS AND PARTICIPATION ARE ENCOURAGED.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE SIGN THE REGISTER AT THE REAR OF THE

ROOM AND TURN OFF ANY DEVICES THAT MAY BE A DISTRACTION.

WHEN ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION, PLEASE BEGIN WITH YOUR

NAME AND ADDRESS AND SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THE MICROPHONE.

THE MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED AS FOLLOWS.

THE AGENDA ITEM WILL BE INTRODUCED, THE STAFF WILL GIVE

THEIR PRESENTATION AND THE APPLICANT WILL THEN GIVE THEIR

PRESENTATION WITH A 15 MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND OPPONENTS

AND PROPONENTS WILL BE HEARD FOR THREE MINUTES EACH.

PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE CLOSED AND THEN UPON A MOTION AND

A SECOND A VOTE WILL BE TAKEN.

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WITH THAT, I WILL INTRODUCE COMMISSIONER CURY TO LEAD US

IN THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE.

>> BRUCE CURY: LET US BOW OUR HEADS.

DEAR LORD, THANK YOU.

AMEN.

AND CAN WE TURN NOW TO THE FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE

NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE

FOR ALL.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CURY.

CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL?

[ ROLL CALL ]

>> CLERK: WE HAVE A QUORUM.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY 14th, 2013

AND THE JANUARY 14th, 2013 PUBLIC HEARING.

WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER GREEN?

>> THEORDORE TRENT GREEN: I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE

MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

>> SECOND.

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>> DEREK DOUGHTY: I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GREEN

AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER WILDS TO APPROVE.

APPROVE THE MEETINGS FROM BOTH THE REGULAR MEETING AND

THE PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 14th?

OKAY.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.

[ CHORUS OF AYES ]

WITH THAT, PUBLIC INPUT.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS NOT REGULARLY SCHEDULED

ON THIS AGENDA, YOU WOULD HAVE THREE MINUTES.

SEEING NONE, WE WOULD MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE,

PRESENTATION ON THE ENVISION TAMPA PLANNING PROCESS.

MR. GARCIA.

WELCOME.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, TONY GARCIA, PLANNING

COMMISSION STAFF.

ACTUALLY THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE MADE BY THE

PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE ENVISION TAMPA PROCESS, WHICH IS

I THINK ABOUT AN 18 MONTH PROCESS BUT I RANDY GORES IS

GOING -- BUT I THINK RANDIES IS GOING TO GET INTO MORE

SPECIFICS FOR YOU.

WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADIEU, MR. RANDY GORES ON THE

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INVISION TAMPA PROJECT.

>> I WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I KNOW

YOU HAVE A LONG DAY AND I WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS AS

QUICK AS POSSIBLE AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOME

QUESTIONS.

WE STARTED THIS PROCESS.

WE SEE A GRANT FROM H.U.D. OVER TWO YEARS AGO TO DO A

COUPLE OF PLANS FOR THE CENTER CITY AREA.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO DO A VISION PLAN FOR THE URBAN CORE.

THE SECOND ONE IS TO DO A CORRIDOR PLAN FOR A PORTION OF

NEBRASKA AVENUE FROM DOWNTOWN TO HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND

THEN THE THIRD ONE IS TO COME BACK FOR THE REGULATIONS

FOR THE CORRIDOR PLAN.

I WILL TALK ABOUT THE VISION PLAN THAT WAS FINISHED JUST

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

THIS IS A STUDY AREA.

IT'S A LARGE STUDY AREA.

IT GOES UP TO MARTIN LUTHER KING TO THE NORTH AND AS FAR

EAST AS 30th STREET AND WEST TO ARMENIA AVENUE.

IT INCLUDES THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND ALL OR PART

OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ADJOIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS

DISTRICT.

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WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IN THIS PLAN IS CREATE IN SHORT

A LIVABLE CITY, A PLACE THAT PEOPLE CAN WORK, PLAY, AND

GROW IN THE URBAN CORE AND WITH AN EMPHASIS ON QUALITY OF

LIFE AND THE FUTURE OF OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.

WE STARTED THIS PROCESS LAST YEAR IN EARLY APRIL.

WE HAD FOUR LARGE COMMUNITY EVENTS, WHERE WE TRUE THE

PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND HEAR SPEAKERS,

CONSULTANT IS A.E.COM.

THEY BROUGHT SPEAKERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY THEY

PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE LARGE

WORKSHOPS.

WHAT CAN WE DO IN THESE AREAS TO IMPROVE OUR QUALITY OF

LIFE?

WE HELD EIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD WORKSHOPS.

OUR CONSULTANTS DID WALKING TOURS WITH RESIDENTS.

THEY GOT OUT ON THE STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND

RESIDENTS SHOWED THEM PLACES THEY LIKED AND THINGS THEY

WANTED TO GET CHANGED AND THEN WE FOLLOWED UP WITH A

WORKSHOP AS WE FOLLOWED UPPED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE CONSULTANT TO SEE THE

NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE

THERE.

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WITH ALSO SOUGHT OUT A VERY AGGRESSIVE ONLINE PRESENCE.

EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL THAT WAS OUT THERE, WE TRIED

IT TO TRY TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.

FACEBOOK WAS A VERY ACTIVE PART OF OUR PROCESS.

WE ALSO HAD AN ONLINE TOWN FORUM WHERE WE COULD POSE

QUESTIONS AND HAVE PEOPLE PROVIDE RESPONSES AND WE PICKED

UP COMMENTS.

WE HAD ABOUT 350 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN OUR ONLINE TOWN

HALL.

WE HAD ABOUT 1,000 COMMENTS AND OVER 500 IDEAS ABOUT WHAT

WE SHOULD DO IN OUR URBAN CORE.

WE ALSO GAVE 30 PEOPLE IN THE STUDY AREA CAMERAS, ASKED

THEM TO GO OUT AND TAKE PICTURES OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT

THEY LIKED, WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE CHANGED, THINGS THEY

VALUE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

WE CONVENED THOSE 30 MEMBERS IN ONE EVENING, THEY SORTED

THROUGH 900 PHOTOS TO SORT OF BE ABLE TO CONVEY, THESE

WERE THINGS THAT WERE OF VALUE TO THEM, THEY WANTED TO

SEE CHANGE AND HERE'S WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE KEPT THE

WAY IT WAS FOR THE FUTURE.

AGAIN, THIS IS ALL PART OF BUILDING THE PLAN FROM THE

COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO HELPING THE CONSULTANT,

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AGAIN SEE THE EYES THROUGH THE -- OR SEE THE COMMUNITY

THROUGH THE EYES OF THOSE THAT LIVED THERE.

ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WAS BROUGHT TOGETHER IN A REPORT

THAT THE CONSULTANT PUT TOGETHER CALLED AN ISSUES AND

OPPORTUNITIES.

THEY CONDENSED ALL THE ITEMS THROUGH THE ONLINE FORUMS

AND THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS INTO A REPORT THAT --

[ MODEM DISCONNECT ]

THIS IS SOUTH OF RICK'S CAFE.

WHY SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR A PLACE LIKE THIS.

THE IDEA THAT OUR RIVERS SHOULD BE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY

AND SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR PLACES THAT WE CAN TURN INTO

PLACES LIKE THIS FOR THE PUBLIC.

ANOTHER THEME IS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE STRONG LIVABLE

CENTER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD

BE PLACES THAT CONNECT EACH OTHER AND CREATE STRONG

NEIGHBORHOODS.

PRESENTLY IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WE CREATED

BARRIERS FOR SPEEDING AND TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH.

THE CONSULTANT SHOWS THERE ARE WAYS TO ATTACK THOSE SAME

PROBLEMS BUT IN WAYS THAT UNITE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

INSTEAD OF WALLING OFF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN CREATE

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PLACES THAT SLOW THE SPEED AND ADD THE SECURITY THAT YOU

ARE LOOKING FOR BUT ADD MORE VALUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE WANT A DOWNTOWN CORE WITH A VITAL MIX OF USES AND A

STRONG PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT.

ALL OF US SPEND TIME IN DOWNTOWN.

YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE MANY BLOCKS IN OUR DOWNTOWN THAT ARE

VACANT, THAT ARE PARKING AND DESOLATE.

THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD BE BUILDING A DOWNTOWN THAT'S

MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED THAT TRANSMITS AND WE WANT

PEOPLE AND PLACES TO GROW IN OUR DOWNTOWN.

WE WANT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR

DOWNTOWN.

ALMOST EVERY MEETING THAT WE WENT TO, THERE WERE A COUPLE

OF THEMES THAT EMERGED AND ONE OF THEM WAS THAT PEOPLE

WANTED TO BE CONNECTED TO DOWNTOWN AND THE RIVER.

THEY WANTED TO HAVE SAFE, ALTERNATIVE CONNECTIONS, NOT

SOMETHING WE JUST HAVE TO DRIVE A CAR.

THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE WALKING OR BICYCLING

BUT THEY WANTED A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS

AND MAKE IT EASIER TO GET AROUND IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

SO, AGAIN, THE CONSULTANT SAID, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE HAVE

TO HAVE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE JUST STREET CONNECTIONS?

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WHY DON'T WE CREATE A GRAND BOULEVARD, THAT GIVE A SENSE

OF PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GO BACK AND FORTH ON.

OUR FIFTH BUILDING BLOCK WAS TALKING ABOUT TRANSIT THEY

DID NOT TALK ABOUT TRANSIT FROM THE REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE.

THAT'S ONE STUDY AREA.

THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A TRANSIT WAS GOING TO INVOLVE A

REGIONAL DISCUSSION AND ASSET TAKEN TO ALL THE OTHER

PARTNERS.

THEY LOOK AT WHAT TYPE OF TRANSIT IN THE STUDY AREA.

THEY TALK ABOUT THAT A BUS SYSTEM COULD WORK IN THE AREA

AND IT COULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE BUT THEY REALLY SAID

BEFORE THE TRANSIT CAN REALLY BECOME EFFECTIVE, WITH HE

HAVE TO CREATE PLACES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GO AND USE

TRANSIT TO GET THIS.

SO RATHER THAN HAVE STREETS THAT ARE JUST BRINGING A BUS,

THEY SAID YOU REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC

REALM, WHAT'S, THERE HOW DO PEOPLE GET THERE AND WHAT'S

THE ENVIRONMENT THAT'S AROUND IT?

SO THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO TAKE A BUS TO GET TO THOSE

PLACES.

OUT OF THOSE FIVE BUILDING BLOCKS, THE CONSULTANT

RECOMMENDED 10 MAJOR OBJECTIVES OR WHAT WE CALL FORWARD

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MOVES, THINGS THAT THEY FELT THAT IF WE WERE TO EMBARK ON

AND ABLE TO COMPLETE, WE WOULD HAVE -- WE WOULD MAKE A

MAJOR CHANGE IN THE URBAN CORE.

ONE OF THESE IS THE CONCEPT OF CREATING RIVER PLACES.

THE IDEA THAT THE RIVER, AS I MENTIONED SHOULD BE THE

HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND NO LONGER THE EDGE OF THE

DOWNTOWN, THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PLACE ALONG THE RIVER

WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE WATER AND USE IT FOR A

VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES AND CREATE ACTIVITY RIGHT

ON THE WATER ITSELF, THAT WE LOOK AT THE PLACES ALONG THE

RIVER WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY WALLED OFF AND TRY TO FIND

WAYS TO RETROFIT THOSE AREAS TO CREATE MORE ACTIVITY

WHERE THERE IS NONE, THAT WHEN NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURS

ALONG THE RIVER AND THIS IS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER

THAT IT OCCURS IN A WAY THAT WEEKEND CREATE THESE PUBLIC

PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN STILL GET ALONG THE RIVER, AND

USE IT.

IT MIGHT BE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ON ONE SIDE BUT IT SHOULD

BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND USED ON THE PART RIGHT ALONG

THE RIVER.

THEY ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THERE'S KEY ASSETS ALONG THE

RIVER AN ONE OF THEM WAS JULIE B. LANE RIVER FRONT PARK.

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IT'S A VERY LARGE PARK.

IT'S RIGHT ON THE RIVER.

IT CAN ADJOURN BOTH THE EAST SIDE AND WEST SIDE OF THE

RIVER.

THEY SHOWED US EXAMPLES AROUND THE COUNTRY OF OTHER

PARKS, VERY LARGE PARKS LIKE THIS, AND HOW THEY BECOME

REALLY TRUE COMMUNITY ASSETS AND HAVE BEEN USED FOR A

VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES.

THEY RECOMMENDED THE CITY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PARK AND

WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY DESIGN AND

PLANNING ROLE TO REALLY DESIGN A PARK THAT CAN BE

SOMETHING MORE THAN IT IS TODAY.

IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY WORK FOR THE ENTIRE

COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER.

IDENTIFY THIS AREA ON THE NORTH PART OF THE DOWNTOWN,

WHICH EXPANDS ENCORE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE RIVER TO THE

PARK, AND REALLY LOOKED AT THIS THAT IT COULD GROW INTO

AN INTEGRATED DISTRICT.

THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.

ONE OF THE IDEAS WAS THE RIVER SHOULD BE A PLACE THAT

PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GET TO.

IF YOU ARE AN ENCORE, YOU SHOULD FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A

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RIVER FRONT ADDRESS THAT YOU CAN WALK TO THE RIVER EASILY

AND IT'S -- THE ENVIRONMENT IS POSITIVE.

SO YOU FEEL YOU ARE PART OF THE RIVER EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE

EIGHT OR NINE BLOCKS AWAY FROM IT.

THEY HAVE A CONCEPT IN THERE ABOUT REDESIGN FOR THE

INTERSTATE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE IF

THE -- IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THE RAIL

INITIATIVES, THE COMMUTER RAIL INITIATIVES WHICH WOULD

CAUSE THE REDESIGN.

ASHLEY STREET BACKS UP PRIMARILY BECAUSE ASHLEY AND I

THINK JEFFERSON, THEY ARE THE TWO MAIN RAMPS LEADING OFF

THE INTERSTATE.

SO ONE OF THEIR CONCEPTS WAS TO CREATE A DIFFERENT TYPE

OF EXIT SYSTEM, WHICH ALLOWS TRAFFIC TO FUNNEL OFF TO

MORE THAN ONE STREET AND THEIR CONCEPT SHOWS, THAT ASHLEY

STREET COULD BECOME A LOCAL STREET AND WOULD TAKE OFF A

LOT OF THE TRAFFIC THAT IS THERE NOW AND COULD BECOME

SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE.

THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT'S A LONG-TERM CONCEPT.

IT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE INTERSTATE WERE TO BE REDESIGNED

BUT THEY SHOWED US A SOLUTION, MOSTLY TO GIVE US AN

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ALTERNATIVE SO WE DON'T COMPOUND THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE

STATION, AND DO THE SAME THING THAT WE -- COMPOUND THE

SITUATION AND DO THE SAME THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING

OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS.

THEY HAVE SHOWN US THERE ARE OTHER WAYS OF AN INTERSTATE

REDESIGN THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR DOWNTOWN.

THE SOUTH DOWNTOWN AREA IS THIS WHOLE AREA SOUTH OF THE

CROSSTOWN WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER OVER

THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, AND A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT

OPPORTUNITIES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY HAVE -- IN THE PLAN IT TALKS ABOUT

IS THE STREET GRID IN THAT AREA AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT

ANGLES MAKES IT HARD TO FACILITATE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOW

TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE STREET AND TO HELP SUPPORT

REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.

WE SEE THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING DIFFERENTLY IN THAT

AREA, MORE ENTERTAINMENT ORIENTED AND MORE FESTIVE

ORIENTED AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD ATTRACT PEOPLE AND

BECOME A DESTINATION.

THIS IS THE ROAD LEADING INTO THE FORUM.

IT SHOULD BE A ROAD THAT CELEBRATES THE FORUM.

THERE'S VERY LITTLE CELEBRATION THAT COULD HAPPEN ON A

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STREET THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

THE CONSULTANT ASKED US AND CHALLENGED US TO TAKE A LOOK

AT THESE ROADS THAT LEAD INTO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND

WHY CAN'T THEY BE LIKE THIS.

MAYBE IT FUNNELS TRAFFIC BACK AND FORTH BUT AT NIGHT WHEN

THE EVENTS ARE GOING ON, THE ROADS CAN BE CLOSED OFF AND

YOU CREATE THIS LARGE PUBLIC SPACE TO ALLOW PEOPLE GO

BACK AND FORTH.

THAT IN ITSELF HELPS TO PROMOTE REDEVELOPMENT ON BOTH

SIDES AS IT BECOMES A PLACE THAT CREATES VALUE IN OUR

URBAN CORE.

ANOTHER ROAD, WE HAVE SEEN THIS ROAD MANY TIMES, WHITING

STREET.

WE ALL KNOW IT CAN BE A MAJOR CONNECTOR FROM THE URBAN

CORE INTO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT BUT, AGAIN, THE CONDITION

OF OUR STREETS AND OUR STREETSCAPE REALLY MAKE IT

DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO DEVELOPMENT OCCURS ALONG THE STREET, AND TO BEGIN

THINKING IN TERMS OF HOW THE STREET SHOULD LOOK IN THE

FUTURE AND NOT ONLY THE DEVELOPMENT BUT THE QUALITY OF

LIFE INTO THE PUBLIC REALM.

LEADING INTO THE PUBLIC REALM, A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS

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ALONG OUR STREETS.

I ALREADY MENTIONED A FEW OF THE THEMES THAT EMERGED AND

THAT'S OUR STREETS HAVE BEEN REALLY DESIGNED FOR CARS.

WE HAVE KNOWN THIS.

WE ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST ABOUT HOW THE CAR

HAS BEEN GIVEN THE PRIORITY IN OUR STREETS, ESPECIALLY

FOR DOWNTOWN AND THE PEDESTRIANS AND THE BICYCLISTS AND

EVERYONE ELSE HAVE BEEN LEFT SECONDARY.

WE NEED TO START RECLAIMING THESE STREETS AND BRINGING

BACK SOME BALANCE, NOW THAT WE ARE GETTING RID OF CARS

BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STREETS NEED TO BE

READY AND USED BY A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS MOVED FORWARD ON SOME COMPLETE

STREETS INITIATIVES.

THE CONSULTANT HAS ASKED US TO STEP IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

THE STREET SHOULD BE USED BY EVERYONE.

IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR CARS AND IT SHOULD BE

AVAILABLE FOR WALKING AND BIKING --

>> THE DIFFERENT FEEL ON THE STREET.

ANOTHER ONE AT NEBRASKA, JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF

TREATMENT, AGAIN TO CREATE THAT SORT OF PEDESTRIAN

CONNECTION OR MAKE THE BICYCLISTS AND THE PEDESTRIANS

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FEEL LIKE THEY ARE A PART OF THE STREET.

SOME OF THEM ARE DRAMATIC.

THIS IS ONE ON PALM THAT COULD BE USED MUCH MORE DRAMATIC

STREETSCAPE OPTION TO HELP SUPPORT THE KIND OF CHARACTER

DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE OF THAT AREA.

THERE'S ALSO QUITE A BIT OF EXAMINATION OF FLORIDA AND

TAMPA STREET.

THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS AREA WAS FOR MANY YEARS -- AND

OUR CONSULTANT SPENT SOME TIME LOOKING AT IT.

FLORIDA STREET WAS HISTORICALLY A COMMERCIAL STREET.

AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN JUST TURNED INTO --

OR ONE-WAY STREETS JUST FUNNELING TRAFFIC THROUGH THE

NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE

AND HOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAFFIC AND SPEED, THE

TOP DIAGRAM SHOWS THAT IF YOU ARE TRAVELING SLOW, YOU

HAVE A WIDE FIELD OF VISION, AND YOU CAN SEE QUITE A BIT

IN FRONT OF YOU.

AS YOUR SPEED INCREASES, YOUR FIELD OF VISION STARTS TO

NARROW BECAUSE YOU ARE FOCUSED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ABOUT

DOWN THE ROAD.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE FASTER YOU GO, THE HARDER IT IS TO

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SEE PEDESTRIANS, CHILDREN, DOGS, WHATEVER, THAT'S OUT ON

THE STREET.

ALSO IF YOU ARE ON A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND YOU ARE

TRAVELING FAST, THE ODDS OF SOMEBODY REALLY SEEING YOUR

BID IS DIMINISHED, FASTER YOU GO.

SO ON A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, THE FASTER YOU ARE GOING,

IT'S NOT THE BEST FOR PEDESTRIANS OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

POTENTIAL.

SO THE IDEA IS TO TRY TO CREATE ON FLORIDA A SOLUTION

THAT WOULD ALLOW TWO-WAY TRAFFIC THAT WOULD CREATE MORE

OF A BOULEVARD STREET THAT WOULD SUPPORT ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT AND THEN ALONG TAMPA STREET WHERE THE STREET

IS NOW ONE WAY AND DIVIDES THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE

CREATE A RESIDENTIAL STREET THAT JOINS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

OUR CONSULTANT LOOKED AT THE STREETS AND FOUND IN 1940

STUDY WHERE BOTH STREETS WERE CARRYING OVER 40,000 CARS,

TODAY THEY CARRY 9,000 CARS AND THE SPEEDS ON THE STREETS

ARE FAST.

SO THEY FELT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME TWO-LANE

CONVERSION THAT WOULD MAKE IT A MUCH MORE POSITIVE STREET

FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND NOT

IMPEDE TRAFFIC.

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IT'S GOING TO BE STILL AT PEAK HOUR TIMES, THERE'S STILL

GOING TO BE CONGESTION.

WE KNOW THAT.

IT HAPPENS ALL OVER THE CITY BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS DURING

THE REST OF THE TIME, THE STREETS ARE MUCH MORE

FUNCTIONAL AND MUCH MORE ATTRIBUTES ARE AMENITIES FOR THE

NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ARE WORKING WITH HOPEFULLY FDOT TO LOOK AT A STUDY

THAT CAN ACTUALLY SHOW THAT THIS CAN WORK AND IF WE ARE

LUCKY MAYBE MAKE SOME PROGRESS OVER ON THIS PROJECT IN

THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

A NEW IDEA THAT CAME OUT WITH THE CONSULTANT WORK WAS

THIS IDEA CALLED THE EAST-WEST GREEN SPINE THAT CAME OUT

OF THE WORK THAT THE GREEN ARTERY HAD BEEN WORKING ON

ABOUT CONCEPT OF UNITING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH SOME

SORT OF CONTINUOUS GREENWAY.

THE CONSULTANT TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER.

THIS IS IN INDIANAPOLIS.

IT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE URBAN CORE AND IT GOES THROUGH

IT CHANGES IN CHARACTER.

SO IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAME LOOK BUT IT CHANGES AS IT

MOVED THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

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THE POINT BEING IS THAT IF YOU ARE AN AVID BICYCLIST, YOU

REALLY DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM GETTING ON OUR

STREETS AND RIDING YOUR BIKE.

YOU ARE COMFORTABLE AND YOU ARE ABLE TO DO IT.

YOU UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF THE ROAD AND SO FORTH BUT IF

YOU ARE A PART-TIME BICYCLE OR A PARENT WITH CHILDREN,

YOU HAVE A VERY HARD TIME GETTING ON THE STREET AND GOING

OUT AND BICYCLING, WHAT A FACILITY LIKE THIS DOES IS IT

SEPARATES THE BICYCLIST FROM THE ROADWAY AND INCREASES

SAFETY AND THE UTILITY AND SO FORTH.

SO THEY HAVE A CONCEPT -- THIS IS AN IDEA OF WHAT IT

WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THIS IS THAT BOULEVARD STREET THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER.

YOU CAN SEE THE CYCLE TRACK ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE

ILLUSTRATION BEING TOTALLY SEPARATED WHAT THEY HAVE DONE

HERE IN THIS ILLUSTRATION IS TAKING THE NUCCIO PARKWAY

FROM A FOUR LANE ROAD DOWN TO A TWO-LANE ROAD AND

CREATING MORE SPACE ON EACH SIDE FOR THE CYCLE TRACK.

THEY HAVE GIVEN US DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES IN THE TWO LANE

DOESN'T WORK, THERE ARE WAYS TO TEAL WITH OTHER

CONFIGURATIONS BUT THE POINT BEING THERE'S ROOM ON THE

ROAD TO CREATE THIS CYCLE TRACK.

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HERE'S ONE OF THE EXAMPLES.

YOU KNOW, GIVING US, AGAIN SOME OTHER CONFIGURATIONS.

THIS IS WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE ON WEST SIDE OF THE

RIVER, ANOTHER CONFIGURATION.

THEY SHOWED HOW IT GOES FROM JETTY PARK ALL THE WAY TO

THE ARMORY TO ARMENIA.

SO NORTH YBOR CITY.

THAT WOULD BE A CONTINUOUS BICYCLE TRACK.

THEY WANTED TO GET TO THE RIVER AND GET TO OTHER

NEIGHBORHOODS AND DO IT SAFELY AND EASILY.

THE CROSS RIVER TRAIL, THIS CAME OUT OF THE EVALUATION OF

THE TRANSIT SYSTEM.

THE REGIONAL TRANSIT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE THEM SAW

THAT WHATEVER THE OPTION WAS, SOMETHING WOULD COME INTO

THE NORTH PART OF DOWNTOWN AND WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THESE

CIRCULATORS THAT WOULD FEED FROM DOWNTOWN THE OTHER

PARTS.

THEY LOOKED AT THE EAST-WEST CONNECTOR BECAUSE IT

REPRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY THEY FELT THAT THERE WAS A

DEMAND TODAY, UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA IS GROWING.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THERE THAT WANT TO GET INTO

DOWNTOWN AND GET TO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.

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THERE ARE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE THE NURSES OR HOSPITAL STAFF

OF TAMPA GENERAL THAT WANT TO GET ACROSS THE RIVER.

THEY THOUGHT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A CROSS RIVER

TRANSIT SOLUTION IN THE SHORT RUN AND RECOMMENDED THAT WE

STUDY THAT.

AGAIN, IT WOULD BE A BUS SYSTEM IN THE SHORT RUN, AND

DEMONSTRATE THAT IT WOULD WORK AND THEN IF IT WOULD WORK,

WE WOULD MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER WE WANTED TO GO

WITH SOME SORT OF FIXED TRANSIT OR EXPAND THE LOOP TO

TAKE IN SOME OTHER AREAS.

AND THEN ANOTHER DISTRICT, IS THE MED ED COLLABORATION.

ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER, WE HAVE PRIVATE

DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE STARTING TO OCCUR IN NORTH HYDE

PARK, PRIMARILY ALONG ROME AVENUE, SOME OF THE APARTMENTS

THAT ARE GROWING THERE.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA IS EXPANDING AND WE HAVE TAMPA

GENERAL WHICH IS EXPANDING IN THE AREA.

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, THE

UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND TAMPA GENERAL, PRETTY MUCH COULD

MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WITHOUT REALLY WORRYING ABOUT

HOW THEY COULD IMPACT OTHERS.

THEY HAD ROOM FOR GROWTH.

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THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE.

THEY ARE ALL EXPANDING AND THEY ARE STARTING TO PUMP UP

AGAINST EACH OTHER IN TERMS OF WHAT THEIR PLANS -- WHAT

THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR PLANS TO BE.

ONE OTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE AREA, THIS

INCREASING DEVELOPMENT, UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA HAS ONE OF

THE BEST NURSING SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND MANY OF

THEIR GRADUATES GO DIRECTLY TO TAMPA GENERAL.

WHEN THEY START WORKING, WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IS

CLOSE IN HOUSING THAT THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT'S

CLOSE TO WORK.

AND, AGAIN, THAT FEEDS BACK INTO THE RESIDENTIAL

COMPONENT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S ALREADY A SYNERGY, WHICH IS

STARTING TO EMERGE ON THEIR OWN.

THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDED THAT WE CAN MAKE THESE

THINGS -- THEY ARE GOING TO HAPPEN ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE

THE FORCES ARE REALLY STRONG.

THEY CAN HAPPEN QUICKER AND FASTER AND BETTER IF THERE

WAS SOME COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND BETWEEN

THE HOSPITAL AND BETWEEN THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT TO

CREATE SOMETHING CALLED THE MED-ED DISTRICT.

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THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE THIS HAS

HAPPENED AND IF IT DOES HAPPEN, AND EVOLVE, IT COULD

BECOME A DISTRICT THAT CAN RIVAL SOME OF THE OTHER

DISTRICTS AROUND THE NATION.

THEY ALSO MENTIONED ALONG WILLOW STREET, THERE'S SOME

GROWING FURNITURE DESIGN STORES THAT ARE HAPPENING AND

STARTING TO CREATE ITS OWN LITTLE CHARACTER.

AND, AGAIN, SAYING WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE WERE TO MAKE

SOME STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN THE AREA TO GIVE IT SOME

CHARACTER THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT IN THAT

CORRIDOR.

AND THEN LASTLY, THEY WERE SEVERAL SITES IN THE AREA

WHICH THE CONSULTANT IDENTIFIED THAT ARE TARGETS FOR

FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT, THE HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT, ENCORE, OF

COURSE, NORTH BOULEVARD HOMES IN WHICH THE TAMPA BAY

HOUSING AUTHORITY IS GETTING READY TO UNDERTAKE A MASTER

PLAN STUDY OF THE NORTH BOULEVARD HOMES AND SOME OF THE

OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.

ROBLES PARK WHICH WAS TARGETED LATER ON AFTER THE HOUSING

AUTHORITY FINISHES ITS WORK ON NORTH BOULEVARD, THAT

WOULD BE THE NEXT HOUSING PROJECT THAT WOULD BE TARGETED

FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

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WE HAVE, OF COURSE, TAMPA PARK APARTMENTS AS A SINGLE

OWNER WHICH COULD TRANSITION TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF USE

IN THE LONG RUN.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE WORK -- OR THE THINGS THAT ARE

HAPPENING, NORTH HYDE PARK.

THESE THINGS ARE RECOGNIZED IN THE PLAN AS MAJOR

REDEVELOPMENT AREAS OR PROJECTS THAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE

NEXT SEVERAL YEARS THAT WOULD IMPACT THE AREAS AROUND

THEM.

THEY ENCOURAGED US TO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE

ORIGIN OF THE PLANS AND THEY ARE BEING DEVELOPED WITHIN

THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THEY HELP TO JOIN

THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY HELP TO ADD VALUE TO THE

NEIGHBORHOOD SO THEY CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE FOR THE

COMMUNITY THAN WHAT'S THERE NOW.

ACHIEVING THE VISION.

PART OF THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED JUST OVER TIME.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF DOWNTOWN TAMPA IN 1992.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE AROUND THERE, YOU CAN -- THE

CONVENTION CENTER WAS ONLY OPEN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE SOUTH PART OF THE CBD WAS ALL

WAREHOUSE.

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THE VACANT LAND ALONG THE WATERFRONT, IF I REMEMBER

RIGHT, IT ONLY HAD THE CLUB AND THE FESTIVE RETAILING.

YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE THAT CAN HAPPEN OVER 20

YEARS.

THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CBD.

CHANNEL ISLAND IS NEARLY ALL DEVELOPED AND A GREAT DEAL

OF CHANGE.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS VISION

PLAN WILL HAPPEN OVER TIME BECAUSE OF THE FORCES AND SOME

OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT WE CAN AS A

COMMUNITY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN QUICKER, FASTER, A LITTLE

BETTER IF WE FOCUS ON A FEW KEY DRIVERS.

ONE OF THEM IS TO ALIGN OUR SERVICES, LINING THE

THINGS -- ALL THE AGENCIES ARE DOING AND THEY HELP

ACHIEVE THE VISION THAT THEY ESTABLISH THE RIGHT

PARTNERSHIPS TO CREATE THE KIND OF REINVESTMENT AND THE

SYNERGY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, THAT WE

LEVERAGE OUR INVESTMENTS, THE WHOLE IDEA THAT WE --

ESPECIALLY WITH DECLINING PUBLIC REVENUES THAT WE NEED TO

BE STARTER WITH OUR INVESTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY

ARE CREATING VALUE AND THEY ARE BRINGING ADDITIONAL

REINVESTMENT WITH THEM AND THEN WE NEED COMMUNITY VISION

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KEEPERS, PEOPLE THAT WILL MAINTAIN THE VISION OVER TIME.

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IS OUR RIVER WALK.

IT'S TAKEN ALMOST SIX MAYORS FOR THE RIVER WALK TO GO

DEVELOPED AND ANY ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IT COULD

HAVE BEEN DETAILED, HAD NOT.

THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE WHO KEPT THAT VISION IN PLACE.

FINALLY AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS, A YEAR FROM NOW WE

SHOULD HAVE A RIVER WALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER

THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED.

WE NEED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL MAINTAIN THIS

VISION PAST ALL THE DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS THAT OCCUR.

WITH THAT, I GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN OF THE VISION PLAN.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONERS DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT

THE PLAN?

COMMISSIONER BUFORD.

>> JILL BUFORD: JUST WHEN YOU APPLY THE ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, I ASSUME IN THE DECISION PLAN

SOMEWHERE.

MY COMMENT IS I'M SURE I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT

WHEN YOU DO DO THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, THAT YOU LOOK AT

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SMALL BUSINESS FROM WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.

INCLUDE SHOPS AND VENDORS ALONG THE GRAND WALKWAYS THAT

YOU TALK ABOUT.

IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THEM SITTING IN A CONCEPT PLAN

SOMEWHERE TO SPUR THAT THOUGHT.

THOSE ARE -- THAT'S -- BECAUSE WE ARE A CULTURAL.

WE ARE VERY CULTURAL COMMUNITY.

WE ARE VERY UNIQUE IN THAT REGARD.

WE COME MANY DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES COME TO THIS -- HAVE

COME TO THIS AREA AND MADE THEIR HOME HERE.

WE ARE ALSO VERY TROPICAL.

WE ARE ALSO VERY TOURIST FRIENDLY.

WHILE I'M THRILLED WITH THIS PLAN, QUALITY OF LIFE IS A

BIG ISSUE FOR ME.

ANOTHER SUGGESTION, WHICH I'M SURE THAT YOU HAVE THOUGHT

ABOUT IS PARKING FROM THE GREATER TAMPA NEIGHBORHOODS.

BRINGING THOSE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT AREN'T INSIDE

YOUR PLAN, FINDING WAYS TO ENCOURAGE THOSE NEIGHBORS TO

COME DOWN TO THE CITY CENTER AS BILLION, MAKING SURE THAT

THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PARK ON A SATURDAY

AFTERNOON OR WHATEVER AND IT'S NOT IN A GARAGE.

IT'S NOT ALWAYS -- IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE SO COST

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PROHIBITIVE THAT THE GUY THAT'S LIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD

CAN'T COME DOWN TO THE CITY AND ENJOY A CONCERT AT CURTIS

HIXON OR AN ART SHOW ALONG THE RIVER WALK OR WHATEVER

IS -- WHAT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN DOWN

THERE.

JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WHIP STITCHING ALL OF THOSE

NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE AROUND THIS BOUNDARY LINE AND

BRINGING ALL OF THOSE GREAT NEIGHBORS INTO THE CITY

CENTER WOULD BE GREAT AND THAT'S JUST SOME COMMENTS.

I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC PROJECT.

I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL GET IT ALL DONE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS?

COMMISSIONER GREEN?

>> THEODORE TRENT GREEN: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

GREAT JOB.

GREAT PLAN.

HOW IS THE CITY GOING ABOUT OR THINKING ABOUT

IMPLEMENTING THIS IN PART OR GETTING INTO A PROCESS WHERE

IT, LET'S SAY, BECOMES ADOPTS AS A VISION FOR FUTURE

ADMINISTRATIONS AS WELL.

>> WE ARE GOING BACK AND PRESENTING IT TO ALL THE CURRENT

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STAKEHOLDERS TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS OF THE

PLAN WERE.

AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WE WILL BE COMING BACK AND

IDENTIFYING WHICH PORTIONS OF THE PLAN WOULD NEED TO BE

INTO THE COMP PLAN AND HOW TO MAKE THAT PART OF THE

VISION.

WE SEE IT REALLY HAPPENING, I THINK A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IS

HAPPENING IN THIS YEAR AS THE MPO IS WORKING THROUGH ITS

SCENARIO PLANNING THAT IDEALLY, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE

VISION THAT'S EXPRESSED BY THE COMMUNITY WOULD FIND ITS

WAY INTO ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS AND WE CAN PLAN THE

LONG-TERM IMPLEMENTATION AROUND THAT.

>> YEAH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.

YEAH, I ALSO LIKE THE PLAN A LOT.

IT'S TERRIFIC.

IT'S EXCITING.

I HAVE MY OFFICES DOWNTOWN.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF THESE THINGS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, I MEAN, THERE'S -- OBVIOUSLY IT'S A

LOT OF PUBLIC -- IT'S PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IS THE

ONLY WAY THAT THIS GETS DONE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF PUBLIC AND

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PRIVATE IS AN IDEAL MIX FOR -- I MEAN, AND THIS IS A

REALLY A HUGE SCOPE.

SO ANY IDEA OF WHAT -- HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT?

>> I DON'T HAVE A PERCENTAGE PART BUT ONE OF THE THEMES

THAT CAME OUT IN OUR EARLIER FORUMS THAT WE HAD WERE SOME

OF THE DID EXAMPLES THAT CAME OUT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES

AND WEST PALM BEACH, WE HAD THE SPEAKER FROM WEST PALM

BEACH THAT TALKED ABOUT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THEIR

DOWNTOWN.

REALLY THE MESSAGE THAT CAME OUT IS TO LOOK FOR THE --

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE MAKING STRATEGIC

INVESTMENTS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE REDEVELOPMENT THAT IS

PLANNED TO OCCUR.

SO IT'S REALLY LOOKING FOR, I GUESS, FROM THE PRIVATE

SECTOR WHERE THEY ARE READY TO GO AND THEN WHAT PART CAN

THE PUBLIC SECTOR PLAY ALONG IN THAT REALM.

IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TAKE

CARE OF AND THEN WORKING THAT PARTNERSHIP.

SO IT MIGHT BE THAT THE PROJECT IS ANNOUNCED OR IS

PLANNED THAT WHAT PART CAN THE CITY PLAY IN HELPING TO

SUPPORT SOME -- FROM THE PUBLIC REALM.

THAT HELPS US ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC REALM STAYS PART OF

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THE PUBLIC AND IT'S DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE AND NOT JUST

DESIGNED FOR CORPORATE PRESENCE.

>> THANK YOU, MR. CORES.

I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANYTHING IN THE PRESENTATION AND I'M

NOT SURE IF IT WAS DISCUSSED BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE --

AND IT GOES WITH COMMISSIONER GREEN'S DISCUSSION OF HOW

IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES IN

ALL THE REDEVELOPMENT THAT'S DONE.

I MEAN, ALL THE CONCEPTS THAT I SAW AS FAR AS TEXTURED

STREETS, WHETHER IT'S BRINGING BACK BRICK PAVEMENT, THAT

SORT OF THING, THE TREELINE, YOU CAN INTRODUCE LOW IMPACT

DEVELOPMENT.

YOU CAN HAVE THE TREES AND THE PLANS, AND ALL THINGS THAT

WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEALTH OF THE RIVER ITSELF AND

DECREASE IN STORM WATER RUNOFF AND POLLUTANTS FROM THE

ENTIRE CITY.

I THINK IT WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT THE CITY AS WELL.

>> YES, THE CONSULTANT ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THE SAME TYPE

OF APPROACH AS WELL.

IT'S WRITTEN IN THE PLAN TO DO THAT AS WELL.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: COMMISSIONER PIKE.

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>> GARY PIKE: I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE SUMMARY AND THIS

WAS A GRANT FROM THE -- FROM H.U.D. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> GARY PIKE: AND 18 MONTHS, SOME TYPE OF COSTS: SO

BASICALLY THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT A CONSULTING FIRM THAT

IS PRESENTED AND SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, REALLY NOTHING

HAS BEEN ACTED ON THIS.

THIS IS JUST A KIND OF PLAN THAT SOMEBODY IS FLOATING TO

SEE PARTS AND PIECES THAT MIGHT BE UTILIZED FOR THE

COMMUNITY IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT --

>> I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S JUST A PLAN.

I MEAN, YOU ARE SEEING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE

ALREADY TAKEN PLACE HAVE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OR AS PART

OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.

SOME OF THE ACTIONS DOWNTOWN, THE MOVEMENT ACROSS THE

RIVER, THE DECISIONS THAT TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS

MADE, THE -- SOME OF THE PROJECTS ALONG THE RIVER THAT

HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED WERE ALL PART -- WERE CONSIDERED IN

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN.

SO IT WASN'T JUST A PLAN OF, HERE.

IT'S LIKE, HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY BASED

ON THAT.

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HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE THINK CAN HELP TO SUPPORT IT.

IT WAS ALSO A PLAN THAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE COMMUNITY'S

INPUT.

IT WASN'T JUST A PLAN FROM THE CONSULTANT.

IT WAS IF WE ASK PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANTED AND IF IT WAS

FEASIBLE, WHAT WOULD THAT BE AND HERE'S THE RESULTS OF

THAT.

>> GARY PIKE: I PROBABLY DIDN'T FRAME IT PROBABLY.

THERE'S AN 18-MONTH PROJECT.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT STEPS AND ALL KINDS OF

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, BUT RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT IN

TIME, THERE'S A VISION AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE SOME

EXPERTISE, THESE FOLKS THAT YOU UTILIZED, I ASSUME THEY

HAVE DONE OTHER COMMUNITIES.

SO NOW THAT -- HOW DOES THAT GET INTEGRATED, I GUESS,

COMMISSIONER GREEN, HOW DOES THAT -- I SEE THE NEXT PHASE

TALKS ABOUT NEBRASKA HILLSBOROUGH AND IT REALLY SEEMED

LIKE, I'M WONDERING HOW DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS GET

BROUGHT INTO SOME PARTS AND PIECES THAT CAN BE UTILIZED.

>> IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY ON NOVEMBER 27th, SO

RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, WE HAVE BEEN TAKING THE PLAN

INTERNALLY THROUGH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND BEGIN THAT

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PROCESS OF WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE, THAT ONE MECHANISM

THAT I TALKED ABOUT WAS ALIGNMENT AND MANAGING OUR

RESOURCES.

WHAT PARTS OF THE VISION ARE LEFT UNFUNDED?

YOU KNOW WHAT STRATEGIES COULD BE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE

THESE THINGS HAPPEN?

AND THEN I WOULD THINK THAT SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE,

SOME SORT OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OR PROJECT PRIORITIES BE

ANNOUNCED THAT WILL SAY THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN

BEGIN MOVING FORWARD ON.

THINGS THAT FALL INTO THE COMP PLAN, THAT ARE MORE THE

POLICY LAND USE LONG-TERM VISION PART WILL -- WE EXPECT

TO COME BACK AT SOME POINT IN TIME OF THE YEAR, AS WE

MOVE FORWARD THE.

IT'S AN 18-MONTH PROCESS, BUT THE 18 MONTHS IS THREE

MAJOR PLANNING INITIATIVES.

WE ARE FINISHING UP ON THIS VISION PLAN AND WE WILL MOVE

INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VISION PLAN.

WE ARE STARTING THE PLANNING FOR THE NEBRASKA CORRIDOR

AND THEN HATER ON THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE COMING -- LATER

ON THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH THE

IMPLEMENTATION OR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR

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THE CORRIDOR AND DOWNTOWN.

IT'S 18 MONTHS BUT THINGS ARE HAPPENING AT DIFFERENT

TIMES.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: COMMISSIONER THROWER.

>> MITCH THROWER: THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I ATTENDED A COUPLE OF THE

WORKSHOP DOWN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA.

I THINK WHEN YOU MENTION IT WAS A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN

PROJECT.

THERE WAS A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY THERE.

I WAS -- IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO HEAR THE COMMENTS

FROM EVERYBODY AND LIKE I SAID IT WAS A VERY DIVERSE

GROUP OF PEOPLE.

I THINK IT WAS A GOOD CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND

I LIKED SOME OF THE IDEAS, A LOT OF THE IDEAS.

I HOPE YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH GETTING A LOT OF THESE

ENACTED.

I LIKE THE FOCUS ON THE RIVER AND THAT CONTINUED TO COME

UP DURING BOTH WORKSHOPS I ATTENDED, MAKING MORE OUT OF

THE RIVER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS INTERESTING IS SEPARATE

BIKE LANES.

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I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG PROPONENT OF THAT.

JUST -- I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE.

I DROVE DOWN BAYSHORE THE OTHER DAY.

I DROVE FROM GANDY TO DOWNTOWN.

FIVE BICYCLIST AND NOT ONE OF THEM WAS ON THE BIKE LANE.

THEY WERE ALL ON THE SIDEWALK.

MY THOUGHT IS WE NEED TO BE SMART WITH HOW WE SPEND OUR

MONEY.

IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIKE LANE NEXT TO THE ROAD AND

NO ONE RIDES ON, IT WHAT -- IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY AS FAR

AS I'M CONCERNED.

I SEE THAT IN CARROLLWOOD VILLAGE, WHERE I LIVE.

SEPARATE BIKE LANES BUT EVERYBODY RIDES ON THE SIDEWALKS.

IT'S A SMALL EXAMPLE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE SMART HOW WE

SPEND THE MONEY AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S

BENEFICIAL TO EVERYBODY.

BUT THAT'S JUST ONE POINT.

15 BICYCLISTS AND NOT ONE IN THE BIKE LANE.

>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SEPARATION, AGAIN, YOU WILL

FIND PEOPLE THAT -- ONLY THE AVID BICYCLISTS DOLL IT.

 -- WILL DO IT.

PEOPLE WILL NATURALLY SHY AWAY FROM IT UNTIL THEY ARE

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COMFORTABLE.

>> MITCH THROWER: I HAVE TO ADMIT, I WOULD BE RIDING ON

THE SIDEWALK AND I WOULD TELL MY KIDS TO RIDE ON THE

SIDEWALK.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE SPEND OUR MONEY, WE

HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

SPEND THEM TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF THEM.

I THINK THE PROJECT IS GREAT AND I HOPE IT IS SUCCESSFUL.

I THINK IT WILL BE BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS A VERY

DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE THERE AND I THINK EVERYBODY WAS

KIND OF REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING THIS MOVING LONG AND

I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

>> THANK YOU.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: ANY OTHERS?

COMMISSIONER PIKE?

>> GARY PIKE: I HAVE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT TOO.

YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ARE GREAT AND I'M A BIG ADVOCATE

OF REDEVELOPMENT.

I CERTAINLY LIKE THE RIVER.

WE HARDLY UTILIZE IT, ESPECIALLY WITH TWA, A LOT OF THAT

LAND UP THROUGH THERE.

THE BIKE LANES I'M NOT SURE EITHER WAY BECAUSE I DON'T

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SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE RIDING BIKES, BUT I LOOK AT THE

REDEVELOPMENT THAT SHOWS A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE

DIFFERENT ROADS AND I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE BUSINESSES

THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THAT, WHEN THAT ROAD IS TORE UP FOR

A YEAR AND WHAT THAT DOES TO THEIR BUSINESS.

AND SO I KNOW YOU ARE GOOD STEWARDS TO THAT, BUT I HAVE

TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I LIKE OPENING UP ROADS AND WE

CERTAINLY NEED MORE ROADS.

NOBODY AROUND -- IF YOU WENT AND DID A LITTLE SURVEY.

MOST PEOPLE ARE SAYING WE DON'T NEED LESS PAVEMENT, WE

NEED MORE PAVEMENT.

THERE'S TOO MANY CARS.

WE NEED MORE PAVEMENT.

IF YOU COULD BE REALLY COGNIZANT OF THOSE BUSINESSES WHEN

YOU START CHANGING THE ROADS AND YOU START TO MOVE BIKE

LANES AND TAKING PARKING AND DOING SOME OF THOSE

DIFFERENT THINGS.

I'M SURE YOU FOLKS ARE, BUT JUST A COMMENT.

>> NO, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS?

>> I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION TO THE BIKE

LANE.

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AND RANDY TOUCHED ON IT.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BICYCLE USERS.

THERE ARE YOUR KIDS AND AVID BICYCLISTS USUALLY USE THE

LANES.

I WILL TELL YOU, ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THOSE BICYCLE LANES,

LIVING NEAR LINEBAUGH AVENUE, WHERE THEY ADDED BIKE

LANES.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS HELP WHEN THERE'S A CAR BREAKDOWN,

BECAUSE YOU CAN KEEP THE ROAD OPEN.

THEY USUALLY USE THE BIKE LANE FOR THE CAR TO STOP OR

MOVE IT OVER TO THE SIDE WHERE YOUR TWO LANES OF

TRAFFIC -- I KNOW AT RUSH HOUR, THAT'S HELPED A LOT TO

HAVE THAT ABILITY FOR THE BROKEN DOWN CAR, ACTUALLY, TO

BE IN THE BIKE LANE TEMPORARILY.

SO IT DOES SERVE SOME OTHER PURPOSES, BUT AT LEAST ON THE

ARTERIALS.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: COMMISSIONER.

>> JILL BUFORD: I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT TRAILS AND GREENWAYS

AND BIKES AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE GREENWAYS

COMMITTEE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS NOW.

THE REASON YOU ARE SEEING THE LINES ON THE ROAD IS

BECAUSE 20 YEARS AGO THERE WERE NO LINES ANYWHERE AND

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PEOPLE WERE RIDING AND GETTING HIT EVERYWHERE.

THE LINES ON THE ROAD REMIND YOU THAT THERE MIGHT BE A

BICYCLE OUT THERE REGARDLESS OF IF IT EVER MAKES IT TO

THAT ACTUAL LANE, YOU ARE REMINDED THIS MAY BE BICYCLES,

JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE MAY BE A PEDESTRIAN IN THE

CROSSWALK AND YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN.

WE ARE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF SEPARATING THE BICYCLE

LANE FROM THE ROADWAY, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT IN MY

OPINION.

THERE'S A TRAIL DOWN -- A NEW TRAIL, IT'S MANHATTAN AND

IT'S SOUTH OF GANDY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO INNER BAY AND IT

WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE ON ROAD AND WE CONVINCED

THEM TO MOVE IT OFF ROAD AND IT IS UTILIZED -- IT WAS

BUSY BEFORE THEY EVEN DEDICATED IT.

I MEAN, IT'S GOT EVERYTHING FROM BICYCLISTS.

YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WITH THEIR STROLLERS.

YOU HAVE THE ELDERLY WALKING WITH THEIR WALKERS.

YOU'VE GOT WHEELCHAIRS AND YOU'VE GOT DOGS AND EVERYTHING

ON THAT TRAIL.

IT WORKS.

AND I HOPE THAT WE INCORPORATE IT EVERYWHERE WHERE WE CAN

IN THIS PLAN.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: I TOO THINK WITH THE BIKE LANES, IT'S

AN OVER TIME PROCESS.

THE MORE OF IT THAT WE DO AND THE MORE EDUCATION OF THE

COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT THESE THINGS ARE OUT THERE AND

THEY ARE GROWING, THE MORE ACTIVITIES WILL ACTUALLY

HAPPEN AND THE MORE PEOPLE WILL USE THEM.

I AGREE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

>> THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

>> I ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMENT TOO.

TONY GARCIA, ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO GO ALONG

WITH WHAT RANDY HAD TALKED ABOUT, AS FAR AS WHAT WAS IN

THE PIPELINE WAS COMING INTO THE FUTURE.

THIS WORKS IN VERY NICELY THE SECOND PHASE OF THE

NEBRASKA CORRIDOR, HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE CORRIDORS WHICH

ARE TWO MAJOR COMMERCIAL THOROUGHFARES THAT LEAD INTO THE

CITY.

THE CITY ON THEIR LONG RANGE, THE CITY HAS ALREADY DONE,

AS THIS BODY HAS ALREADY VIEWED IT, WE HAVE ALREADY HAD A

SEMINOLE HEIGHTS COMMUNITY PLAN, A 40th STREET COMMUNITY

PLAN.

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THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO COMMUNITY PLANS THAT THE CITY HAS

EMBARKED ON BASED ON THE FOREIGN-BASED CODE.

I KNOW DOWN THE PIPELINE, AND RANDY CAN CONFIRM THIS, HIS

DIVISION IS ALSO LOOKING AT DOING THE -- BEYOND THE

40th STREET THEY ARE LOOKING AT NEBRASKA HEIGHTS AREA.

THIS WILL BE ABLE TO WORK VERY NICELY WITH THEIR

COMMUNITY-BASED PLAN THAT THEY WILL BE DOING FOR THE

TAMPA HEIGHTS AREA.

SO IT'S JUST SOUTH OF WHERE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS IS GOING TO

BE BECAUSE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ENDS UP WHERE HILLSBOROUGH

AVENUE WILL START.

THERE'S A PIECE OF SEMINOLE HEIGHTS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED

BY THAT, BUT, AGAIN, THAT PART OF THE HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE

GOING EAST FROM NEBRASKA GOES INTO THE CITY OF TAMPA'S

LARGEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA, WHICH IS EAST TAMPA

C.R.A. WHICH PROVIDES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT.

SO IT DOVE TAILS VERY NICELY INTO WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR

THIS CORRIDOR STUDY.

THAT'S THE LEAST PART OF THE ENVISION TAMPA PROCESS.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU, MR. GARCIA.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 4, TAMPA:

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CONSISTENCY FINDING FOR TAMPA PORT AUTHORITY PERMIT

12-010, BERTH 227, MR. COLLEGE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, SHAWN COLLEGE, PLANNING COMMISSION

STAFF.

THIS ITEM IS TAMPA PORT AUTHORITY 12-010, BERTH 227

NORTH.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO DETERMINE THE PROPOSED

PROJECT'S CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE PORT AUTHORITY IS ENABLING ACT REQUIRES THAT ALL PORT

AUTHORITY PERMITS BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LOCAL

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE PORT HAS TRANSMITTED THIS TO

US AND FORMALLY REQUESTED THAT WE DO A CONSISTENCY

DETERMINATION.

EXISTING CONDITIONS, THIS IS A LOCATION ON HOOKERS POINT

WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.

IT IS AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL SHIPPING FACILITY.

THERE'S THE NEED FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS BERTH AREA

FOR CONTINUED SHIPPING OPERATIONS IN THE PORT AREA.

THIS SLIDE WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE

TALKING ABOUT.

IT'S THE WESTERN SIDE OF HOOKERS POINT.

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AND THE SLIDE ZOOMS IN A LITTLE CLOSER ON THE LOCATION.

WHAT'S PROPOSED AT THIS PROJECT SITE, IT'S A NEW SEA WALL

ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT AREA AND THEN THEY WOULD BE

BACKFILLING TO COMPLETE THAT STRAIGHT SEA WALL AND THERE

WOULD BE RIP RAP PLACED AT THAT LOCATION, AND NEW DOCK

AND MOORING DOLPHINS FOR SHIPS TO MOOR.

THERE WOULD BE THE EXISTING PIER THAT WOULD BE IN THE

CENTER AREA AND THIS WOULD BE DREDGING TO MAKE THAT ONE

CONTINUED OPERATIONAL DEPTH AT THAT LOCATION FOR THESE

SHIPPING -- FOR THE SHIPS TO COME IN AND BERTH.

CONSIDERATION FOR CONSISTENCY OF THESE, THIS IS

OPERATIONAL AND IT'S MEETING THE CURRENT NEEDS.

THERE'S A NEED FOR THE ASSIST REDEVELOPMENT, AND THERE'S

NO SIGMA RECENT RESOURCES IN THIS AREA THAT WOULD BE

IMPACTED AND WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE

MAINTAINED FOR THIS AREA.

WITH THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU

ISSUE A FINDING OF CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ISSUE THE RESOLUTION THAT IS

DRAFTED IN YOUR PACKET TO THAT EFFECT AND THAT CONCLUDES

MY PRESENTATION.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU, MR. COLLEGE.

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THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS?

ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO

COMMENT EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS?

SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE CLOSED.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> JILL BUFORD: I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE TAMPA PORT

AUTHORITY PERMIT, 12-010, BERTH 227 NORTH.

>> SECOND.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BUFORD

AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HOLLANDS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?

THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

[ CHORUS OF AYES ]

OPPOSED?

THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE GO TO NUMBER FIVE, TEMPLE TERRACE, CONSISTENCY FINDING

LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES CHAPTER 25 MOBILITY FEE.

MR. LACOLLA.

>> I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF

TEMPLE TERRACE LAND DEVELOPMENT, CHAPTER 25 AS IT RELATES

TO THE MOBILITY FEES.

WE ARE GETTING THE POWERPOINT PULLED UP.

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ALL RIGHT.

WELL, IN 2009, A MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT WAS

ESTABLISHED FOR TEMPLE TERRACE.

THE DISTRICT EMPHASIZES ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF

TRANSPORTATION, SUCH AS WALKING, BIKING, EVEN USING GOLF

CARTS TO GET AROUND THE CITY.

THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT

IS EXCEPT FROM TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENTS

AND THE PROPORTIONATE FAIR SHARE FORMULA.

INSTEAD, FUNDS FOR IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION ARE NOW MADE

THROUGH MOBILITY FEES WHICH ALLOW FOR A WIDE RANGE OF

TRANSPORTATION FUNDING OPTIONS.

IN 2012, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS AMENDED TO REFLECT

THE CHANGES AND HOW THE FEES ARE COLLECTED FOR

TRANSPORTATION.

THE CITY IS NOW UPDATING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO

REFLECT THOSE CHANGES, WHICH WERE APPROVED BY THE

PLANNING COMMISSION AND TEMPLE TERRACE CITY COUNCIL.

PROPOSED CHANGES REPLACE ALL OBSOLETE REFERENCES TO A

PROPORTIONATE FAIR SHARE WITH THE TERM MOBILITY FEE.

ONLY TWO SENSES OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ARE AFFECTED

BY THE CHANGE AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFERENCE YOUR

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PACKETS.

CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMES FROM -- IS

SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING POLICIES WHICH ARE LOCATED IN

THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT, AS WELL AS THE MOBILITY

ELEMENT.

THESE POLICIES WERE UPDATED IN 2012 AND ESTABLISHED AND

DEFINE WHAT THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT AND

THE MOBILITY FEES ARE.

WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIND

THE CHANGES CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TEMPLE TERRACE

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU, MR. LACOLLA IS THERE ANYONE

IN THE AUDIENCE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL WHO

WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD BY THE COMMISSION?

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS?

PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE CLOSED.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> JILL BUFORD: MR. CHAIRMAN, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE

APPROVE TEMPLE TERRACE CONSISTENCY FINDING LAND

DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES, CHAPTER 25 MOBILITY FEE.

>> SECOND.

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>> DEREK DOUGHTY: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BUFORD

AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PIKE.

ANY DISCUSSION?

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.

[ CHORUS OF AYES ]

THOSE OPPOSED.

THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 6, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BRIEFING ON

THE FIRST CYCLE OF 2013 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS.

MR. PARRA.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON PLANNING COMMISSIONER, PEDRO PARRA

PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.

DISCUSSING IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, 12-25,

LIVABLE COMMUNITIES.

THIS WAS ADOPTED IN 2001.

WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A MAP OF THE EXISTING

BOUNDARY FOR THE UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY PLAN AND JUST

TO ORIENT YOU, I HAVE TRIED TO LOCATE SOME OF THE LARGER

AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE AREA.

WE HAVE 22nd STREET, THE UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

WE HAVE FLORIDA HOSPITALS AT THE INSECTION OF FLETCHER

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AND BRUCE B. DOWNS AND WE HAVE THE JAMES A. HALEY

VETERAN'S HOSPITAL AT THE INTERSECTION, AGAIN OF FLETCHER

AND BRUCE B. DOWNS, THE USF YOU SEE THIS IN THE CENTER

THAT SEPARATES THE PLANNING BOUNDARY, AND THEN ON FOWLER

AT 30th THROUGH ABOUT 19th WE HAVE THE UNIVERSITY MALL.

THIS PARTICULAR PLAN WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR SUBAREAS.

THE FIRST ONE AND THE SECOND AREA ARE PRIMARILY

RESIDENTIAL.

A LOT OF APARTMENTS AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SOUTH

OF BARRIS AND NORTH OF FOWLER AND EAST OF 275.

A THIRD SUBAREA IS THE AREA THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF

FLETCHER OPPOSITE THE UNIVERSITY AND THIS AREA IS AN AREA

THAT IS PRIMARILY REFLECTS ITS SUPPORT OF BOTH MEDICAL

USES AND RESIDENTIAL STUDENT HOUSING AND MEDICAL OFFICES

ALONG FLETCHER FOR THE UNIVERSITY.

AND THEN THE FOURTH AREA IS THE AREA THAT IS ADJACENT TO

TEMPLE TERRACE.

IN 2001, WHEN THIS COMMUNITY PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS FOR THIS AREA THAT HAVE

TAKEN PLACE.

SO I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.

THERE WAS ENVISIONED A UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL

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COMPLEX, WHICH IS NOW PRETTY MUCH BEEN BUILT.

THIS' A JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT CENTER.

THERE'S A SENIOR CENTER, MULLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEVELOPMENTS ALONG 22nd STREET.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU SEE

ON THE MAP.

THE LAST OF WHICH ARE BEING COMPLETED NOW THROUGH THE

STORM WATER, THE DUCT STORM WATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

BUT THEY ALSO INCLUDED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO

STREETS AND ROADWAYS.

IT ALSO CALLED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LAND DEVELOPMENT

CODE FOR THE 22nd STREET WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND

ADOPTED INTO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE DISTRICT AND THE MAIN STREET

DISTRICT, WHICH WAS SEEN AS A VEHICLE BY WHICH TO CREATE

REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE BOUNDARY.

AND THERE WERE THE 22nd STREET MASTER PLAN IMPROVEMENTS

THAT WERE PROPOSED IN THREE STAGES.

THE THIRD STAGE IS NOW BEING COMPLETE IN THE CENTER.

AND IT INCLUDED DESIGN CHANGES AND LAYOUTS TO THE

22nd STREET THAT IF YOU GO THROUGH IT, YOU WILL SEE THE

PAPERS AND THE LIGHTING AND THE FENCING THAT REFLECT IT.

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THE COMMUNITY PLAN ITSELF IS BASED ON THE PLANNING

COMMISSION'S COMMUNITY PLAN GUIDE, WHICH WAS ADOPTED LAST

YEAR.

WE WERE OUT HERE FROM SEPTEMBER OF 2011 UNTIL SEPTEMBER

OF 2012, AND I MIGHT ADD THAT WE ARE STILL OUT HERE.

THIS PLAN AMENDMENT WAS -- CONTINUED FROM THE LAST ROUND

BECAUSE STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GO OUT AND

RECONNECT WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION TO

ENSURE THAT THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSALS WE ARE

BRINGING YOU.

THE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS ITSELF INCLUDED ALMOST 27

SEPARATE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES AND

INSTITUTIONS IN THE AREA.

MOSEY, THE VETERANS HOSPITAL, FLORIDA HOSPITAL.

WE MET WITH THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

WE MET WITH SOME OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND OTHER

SPECIALIZED GROUPS IN THE AREA OVER THE LAST YEAR.

WE HAD THREE OPEN HOUSES.

WE HAD FOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT INCLUDED AS

TOPICS HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THIS COMMUNITY PLAN IN THAT

USUALLY WE HELD A SERIES OF ADVISORY MEETINGS BUT BECAUSE

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THIS AREA IS PRIMARILY RENTAL APARTMENT AND BECAUSE IN

THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN THERE WERE LARGE

AMOUNTS OF WEED AND SEED MONIES THAT WENT INTO -- AND A

LARGE NUMBER OF STAFF WHO WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP THIS PLAN

THROUGH VERY INTENSE ONE-ON-ONE KIND OF INTERACTIONS WITH

THE COMMUNITY, WE FOUND THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT

AVAILABLE TO US THIS TIME.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

UNDERSTOOD THAT THE AGENCIES AND THE REPRESENTATIVES IN

THAT AREA UNDERSTOOD WHETHER THE PLAN HAD WORKED FOR THEM

AND WHETHER IT HADN'T AND WHAT THE ISSUES WERE.

SO THEY INCLUDED THE STAKE HOLDER INTERVIEWS.

WE DID AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT HAD ALMOST APPROXIMATELY 280

RESPONDENTS AND WE ALSO DID A BUSINESS SURVEY THAT

INCLUDED ALMOST 80 SEPARATE BUSINESSES THAT WERE DONE BY

GOING ON FOOT TO THE MAJOR CORRIDORS.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE EXISTING STUDIES IN THE AREA.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF STUDIES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN

THIS AREA SINCE 2001, WHICH INCLUDED A MULTIMODAL

TRANSPORTATION STUDY, THE TAMPA BIKE AND WALK, THE

PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND HIGH AREA CRASH STRATEGIC PLAN.

AS PART OF THIS PLAN, WE ALSO WORKED WITH SOME OF THE

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UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE SURVEYS AND WITH AFFORDABLE

HOUSING AND WE DID A UNIVERSITY AREA RENTAL AND

REDEVELOPMENT STUDY.

AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE

AREAS THROUGH SOME OF ITS OTHER STUDIES, SOME OF ITS

OTHER ECONOMIC CONSULTANT STUDIES THAT YOU HAVE HEARD

OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS, THE

ECONOMIC POTENTIAL EVALUATION STUDY.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, PART OF THE PROCESS TO GO

OUT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF ONGOING PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS

WERE TAKING PLACE OR HAD BEEN COMPLETED IN THIS AREA.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE MASTER PLAN, THE NORTH 22nd STREET MASTER

PLAN AND ITS LAST SEGMENT BEING COMPLETE DURING THIS

PERIOD, WE LOOKED AT THE CALMING PROJECT ON FLETCHER

BETWEEN 275 AND BRUCE B. DOWNS BOULEVARD AND THE PD & E

STUDY WHICH WAS TAKING PLACE FROM ABOUT 30th STREET TO

I-75 AND WE LOOKED AT HOW THOSE PROJECTS WERE RECEIVED BY

THE PUBLIC, WHETHER THEY WERE WELL RECEIVED.

YOU WILL SEE THAT IN SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, SINCE

THEY WERE VETTED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THEIR

RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD BE PAID ATTENTION TO, AS THE PLAN

WENT FORWARD.

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BUT THERE WERE ALSO SOME OTHER ONGOING ACTIVITIES.

THERE WAS THE POSTER DISASTER REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT

IDENTIFIED THIS AREA AS ONE OF THE AREAS AND IT HAD SOME

RECOMMENDATIONS, SOME GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION BUT WE RECOGNIZED

THAT THAT PROCESS IS GOING ON AND WHAT WE SAY THIS IS AS

THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS COME FORWARD AND THEY HAVE BEEN

VETTED IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT THEY SHOULD BE LISTENED TO

AS A REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRES.

WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT THE EXISTING PROGRAMS, FOR

EXAMPLE, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AREAS HERE

AND WHAT IT'S -- HOW IT HAS SERVED THE AREA.

WE LOOKED AT THE ENTERPRISE ZONE.

WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT

HAPPENED UNDER THE ENTERPRISE ZONE APPLICATION.

AND THEN WE WERE ALSO AWARE AND LISTENED TO SOME OF THE

CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE TAMPA INNOVATIONAL ALLIANCE AND

THE INNOVATION DESTINATION AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

PROSPERITY COMMUNITY.

THOSE HAVE NOT COME TO CONCLUSION BUT WE TRIED TO GET A

LARGER PICTURE OF THEM AS WE LOOKED AT THIS AREA.

OUT OF THAT, WE ARE PROPOSING THE ADOPTION OF VISION INTO

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THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND A SET OF FIVE STRATEGIES AND

THE FIVE STRATEGIES ARE NOT VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S

ALREADY PROPOSED BUT WHAT WE FOUND IS THIS COMMUNITY PLAN

HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND WELL USED IN TERMS OF THE

IMPLEMENTATION IN THE AREA.

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WHAT WAS PAID ATTENTION TO SINCE

2001 HAS BEEN THE MAJOR STREETS AND THE SAME STRATEGIES

NOW NEED TO BE APPLIED TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO CONNECT

THEM TO THE MAJOR CORRIDORS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONNECTION

OF SIDEWALKS LIGHTING AND SHELTERS ALONG THOSE PEDESTRIAN

STREETS THAT CONNECT OUT TO -- FOR EXAMPLE, THE BUS RAPID

TRANSIT FACILITIES BEING DEVELOPED ALONG FLETCHER AND

NEBRASKA.

SO WE CAME UP WITH JUST A VERY SMALL CHANGE TO IT.

YOU WILL SEE IT IN YOUR PACKET BUT THE STRATEGIES INCLUDE

BUILD COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE, ELIMINATE OBSOLETE LAND

USES, YOU SAW A PLAN AMENDMENT LAST TIME, DURING THE LAST

TIME THAT IS ACTUALLY UTILIZING THIS POLICY AND YOU WILL

SEE ONE LATER TODAY.

WE -- ONE OF THE STRATEGIES TALKS ABOUT CREATING

COMMUNITY IDENTITY, ENSURING COMMUNICATE INPUT AND

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE LAST STRATEGY.

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SO THE PROPOSED CHANGES, JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE

PROPOSED CHANGES.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE LIMITED BASICALLY TO TEXT

CHANGES.

ONE REFLECTS THOSE COMPLETED STRATEGIES.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE DISTRICT AND THE

MAIN STREET DISTRICT.

THOSE WERE CODIFIED AND PUT INTO A LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.

WE TALKED ABOUT -- OKAY.

WE TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING RECENT STUDIES THAT HAVE TAKEN

PLACE OVER THERE, WHETHER IT'S BEEN OVER THE LAST THREE

YEARS OR OVER THE LAST YEAR OR ONGOING STUDIES AND ONCE

THEY HAVE BEEN VETTED AND THEY REFLECT THE DESIRES OF THE

COMMUNITY THAT THEY SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.

AND WE ALSO ARE CHANGING THE BOUNDARY MAP TO REFLECT

ANNEXATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED BY THE CITY OF TEMP

TERRACE TO THE BOUNDARY OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN AREA.

WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TWO NEW RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE FIRST ONE IS A FURTHER REFINEMENT OF THE RAPID

DEVELOPMENT CODE AS A REVISION TO LOOK AT STORM WATER

DESIGN AND ALSO TO INCLUDE COMMON ARCHITECTURAL THEMES

AND FENCING AND TO REFLECT THE CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH

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ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN FEATURES AS NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURS

WHICH WILL BE DONE AFTER THE PLAN AND BE IMPLEMENTED BY

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

WE ALSO ARE RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF EAST 31st AVENUE

AS AN EAST-WEST COMMUNITY CORRIDOR, DIFFERENT FROM --

SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF THE MAJOR ROADWAYS,

FLETCHER ON THE NORTH AND FOWLER ON THE SOUTH.

THIS 131st STREET BETWEEN NEBRASKA AND BRUCE B. DOWNS IS A

CONNECTOR FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND PEOPLE WORKING ON

UNIVERSITY AND PROVIDES A WAY TO COME IN AND OUT OF THE

COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S AT A LOWER SCALE.

WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS TELLING US, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE

PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, TURN LANES, AS FEASIBLE AND AS

NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURS.

WE DID SEND OUT THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET

TO AGENCIES FOR COMMENT.

WE RECEIVED NO OBJECTIONS OR COMMENTS, AND THE COMMENTS

ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED TODAY.

WE WILL COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 11th.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE GLAD TO TRY TO

ANSWER THEM.

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>> DEREK DOUGHTY: BEFORE MR. PARRA GOES TO THE SECOND

PIECE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM?

SEEING NONE.

6B.

>> OKAY, PEDRO PARRA, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF, THE

NEXT ITEM IS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, 13-01, THIS IS

A SMALL SCALE PLAN AMENDMENT LOCATED AT BRUCE B. DOWNS

AND SOUTH OF 131 AVENUE.

AGAIN, THE MAP JUST ORIENTS YOU.

THE STAR IS LOCATED AT THE SITE OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT,

AND, AGAIN, 22nd STREET, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

CORPORATION CENTER, WE HAVE FLORIDA, HOSPITALS AT THE

INTERSECTION OF FLETCHER AND BRUCE B. DOWNS AND WE HAVE

THE VETERANS HOSPITAL AT 131st AND BRUCE B. DOWNS AND THEN

THIS PLAN AMENDMENT SITE IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE

VETERANS LOCATION.

THERE'S UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE UNIVERSITY

MALL.

THIS IS A 5.23-ACRE SITE CONSISTING OF ONE PARCEL.

IT IS WITHIN THE TAMPA AND WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AREA

AND INSIDE THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY URBAN SERVICE AREA AND

WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY AREA COMMUNITY PLAN BOUNDARY.

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THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE CHANGE WILL CHANGE THIS AREA

FROM THE RESIDENTIAL 20 PLAN CATEGORY TO A REGIONAL MIXED

USE 35 PLAN CATEGORY.

OTHER SURROUNDING LAND USE CATEGORIES ARE PUBLIC, QUASI

PUBLIC TO THE NORTH AND THE WEST WHICH REFLECT THE

VETERANS HOSPITAL AND THE UNIVERSITY AND THEN ON THE

SOUTH AND THE EAST, WE HAVE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL 20 PLAN

CATEGORIES AND KIND OF LIKE AN ENCLAVE OF RESIDENTIAL

TWO.

WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN

WHAT WOULD EXIST -- WHAT EXISTS TODAY UNDER RESIDENTIAL

20 ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THEN IT WILL BE

REPLACED BY THE REGIONAL MIXED USE 35.

NOW, THE DIFFERENCES, THE SURROUNDING FEATURE LAND USE

CATEGORIES ARE APPEARING ON THIS MAP.

THE VIEW IS THE PUBLIC, THE QUASI PUBLIC, THE BROWN IS

THE RESIDENTIAL 20 OF THE RESIDENTIAL TWO IS IN THE

YELLOW AND FURTHER SOUTH ALONG BRUCE B. DOWNS GOING

TOWARDS FOWLER OR THE OFFICE COMMERCIAL 20 IN RED.

THIS AMENDMENT WAS INITIATED BY -- TO REFLECT THE

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN THE AREA IDENTIFIED ON A FUTURE

LAND USE ELEMENT AS A REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER.

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IT SUPPORTS THE SURROUNDING USES INCLUDING VETERAN'S

HOSPITAL, THE FLORIDA HOSPITAL AND THE UNIVERSITY'S

MEDICAL SERVICES INCLUDING MOFFITT CANCER CENTER.

THE EXISTING USES FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S RECORDS,

YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, WHICH INCLUDE IN THE LIGHT PINK,

LIGHT COMMERCIAL, THE PUBLIC, AGAIN, IS BLUE.

SINGLE FAMILY IS THE YELLOW.

TWO FAMILY IS IN THE ORANGE AND THE MULTIFAMILY IS IN

MAROON.

AGAIN, TO THE NORTH IS THE VETERANS HOSPITAL, TO THE EAST

ARE THE PUBLIC USES, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, TO THE

SOUTH ARE PUBLIC USE, WHICH IS A DRAINAGE AREA AND ALSO

LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY.

AND THEN TO THE WEST WE SEE SINGLE FAMILY AND PUBLIC,

QUASI PUBLIC.

THIS AREA CURRENTLY THE SITE IS AN APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.

THE IMPACT OF CHANGE FOR THIS AREA WOULD BE THE

RESIDENTIAL 20 IS CURRENTLY A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE

DEVELOPMENT.

IT ALLOWS UP TO 104 DWELLING UNITS AND IT'S CAPPED AT UP

TO 170,000 SQUARE FEET OR .75 FLOOR AREA RATIO.

A FLOOR AREA RATIO IS A MEASURE OF DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY

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AND IT EQUALS THE AMOUNT PERMITTED, THE DEVELOPABLE FLOOR

AREA OF A LOT.

IT'S USED AS A CONCEPT IN REGULATING THE COMMERCIAL

DEVELOPMENT IN THE SAME WAY THAT DENSITY IS USED TO

MEASURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND OTHER THE REGIONAL MIXED USE, THIS IS THE PLACEMENT

OF A REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.

IT WOULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL BY 79 UNITS TO 183

DWELLING UNITS, THE FAR WOULD BE TWO FOR SINGLE OR MIXED

USES.

IT MOVES FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE OR DEVELOPMENT TO MORE

REGIONAL AND ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S BEING PROPOSED IS TO

ENCOURAGE REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA THAT MIRRORS WHAT'S

HAPPENING IN TERMS OF THE MEDICAL FACILITIES ALONG

30th STREET, BRUCE B. DOWNS AND FLETCHER AVENUE AND

UNIVERSITY.

AGAIN, WE SENT THIS TO AGENCY FOR COMMENTS.

NO OBJECTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED TO DATE OR IN YOUR PACKETS

AND THERE'S NO COMMENTS.

THE PUBLIC HEARING IS MARCH 11th.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU.

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THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS ON IT ITEM?

THANK YOU.

WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 7, A STATUS UPDATE ON

SCENARIO PLANNING.

MISS ZORNITTA.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

MELISSA ZORNITTA WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.

AS PART OF OUR UPDATE PROCESS, WE ARE -- WE HAVE A LARGE

MEETING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND SO AS YOU WILL SEE, THE

SLIDES THAT I HAVE TODAY ARE A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW OF

WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT OUR

FIRST IMAGINE 2040 WORKING GROUP MEETING.

THE MEETING IS TOMORROW UPSTAIRS ON THE 26th FLOOR FROM

FOUR TO 6:00.

I WILL GIVE YOU A SMALL SAMPLE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ENTIRE THING TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED AND MIGHT BE WATCHING AT HOME,

IN PARTICIPATING, THEY CAN EMAIL US AT

PLANHILLSBOROUGH@PLANCOM.ORG AND GET ON THE MAILINGS FOR

THE FUTURE MEETINGS IN THIS PROCESS.

WE WILL GO OVER INTRODUCING THIS PROCESS TO THE WORKING

GROUP.

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WE WILL ALSO BE GOING OVER SOME OF THE MANY EFFORTS THAT

STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT ARE WORKING TO INCORPORATE AND

UTILIZE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND THEN PRIMARILY

HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE WILL GROW.

AND WE HAVE BEEN OVER A LITTLE BIT OF THIS WITH YOU ALL

BEFORE, BUT THE DATA THAT COMES OUT OF THIS SCENARIO

PLANNING EFFORT WILL BE UTILIZED TO UPDATE ALL FIVE OF

OUR PLANS, AND REALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS MAJOR CHANGE

IN FOCUS TO HAVE MORE LOCAL CONTROL, LESS OF A GROWTH

MANAGEMENT FOCUS AND MORE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT A CURRENT POLICY SCENARIO, THREE

ALTERNATIVE GROWTH SCENARIOS AN THEN FINDING OUT WHAT

EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT ARE THE BEST PIECES OF ALL OF

THOSE, PULLING THAT TOGETHER INTO ONE PREFERRED GROWTH

SCENARIO.

AND SOME OF THE INPUTS INTO THIS PROCESS ARE, AS I SAID,

WHAT ARE EXISTING ADOPTED POLICIES?

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE 3569 AND CONCURRENT EFFORT -- OF THE

PAST AND CONCURRENT EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND HOW

CAN WE COMPLIMENT THEM, LIKE THE INVISION TAMPA.

THERE'S NO SENSE DUPLICATING THE EFFORTS AND THEN INPUT

THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE WORKING GROUP.

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THIS IS A LISTING OF THE VARIETY OF ONGOING AND PAST

EFFORTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.

OF COURSE, ALL OF OUR ADOPTED PLANS FROM THE LONG RANGE

TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE COMP PLANS AND THE COMMUNITY

PLANS AND THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS LIKE INVISION TAMPA.

TAMPA HAD AN ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS COMMITTEE.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THE EFFORTS LIKE THAT THAT ARE

GOING ON.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE AVIATION AUTHORITY AND THE PORT

AUTHORITY AND THEY ARE UNDERGOING SOME CHANGES AS WELL.

AND THEN STRATEGIC PLANS LIKE THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY

WORKING ON A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT

UTILIZING.

WE ARE ALSO GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT PAST EFFORTS THAT

WE HAVE LOOKED AT, LIKE OUR STUDY OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR.

THAT WAS A LONG AND INTENSIVE STUDY THAT WE UNDERTOOK

HERE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE INCORPORATE THOSE TYPES OF

EFFORTS, EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL, THAT WE DON'T

JUST NEGLECT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK AND DATA THAT

IS THERE THAT CAN BE UTILIZED.

WE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME INTERVIEWING A VARIETY OF

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DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS.

EACH OF THE FOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, DIFFERENT AGENCIES,

THE DIFFERENT AUTHORITIES, FOLKS WHO ARE MAJOR TECHNICAL

STAKEHOLDERS.

IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAD A SURVEY UP ON OUR WEBSITE, IT'S

BEEN PROMOTED IN THE BEYOND TODAY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.

THIS IS SOME OF THE TYPE OF FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN,

THINGS LIKE PROMOTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS AND

THE URBAN SERVICE AND LOOKING BACK AT THAT I-4 CORRIDOR

HAS BEEN MENTIONED.

DEFINING AND THEN MARKETING OUR IDENTITY, THAT THERE'S A

LOT OF POTENTIAL IN PLACES LIKE PLANT CITY AND THE I-4

CORRIDOR.

THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED A NUMBER OF TIMES.

LOOKING AT THE SOUTH COUNTY AREA AND THE PORT MANATEE AND

HOW WE TIE-IN IN THOSE AREAS, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE

SAID, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TEN BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA

WILL BE ALL RESIDENTIAL OR ENTERTAINMENT.

THEY DON'T SEE IT AS MUCH OF AN OFFICE MARKET AS MUCH AS

IT PERHAPS USED TO BE.

AND THAT -- I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN INTERESTING ONE.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A COMMON VISION THAT'S LASTED MORE THAN

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FIVE YEARS.

WELL, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 2040, THAT'S DEFINITELY

GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US TO OVERCOME.

AND I ALSO LIKE THAT PLANT CITY NEEDS TO BE KNOWN FOR

MORE THAN JUST MOBILE HOME PARKS AND DINOSAUR WORLD.

CERTAINLY I THINK THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN THE PLANNING

ARENA -- STRAWBERRIES IS THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MY

MIND BUT APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE DON'T -- THAT'S NOT WHAT

POPS TO MIND WHEN IT COMES TO PLANT CITY.

THESE ARE THE TYPES OF FLAVOR OF WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM

FOLKS.

AS WE LOOK TO THE PAST, THIS IS SORT OF THE TRENDS IN OUR

POPULATION OVER TIME, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE SITTING AT

ABOUT 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE, BUT AS WE LOOK OUT TO 2040, WE

ARE LOOKING AT -- IF YOU FOLLOW THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC

AND BUSINESS RESEARCH STATISTICS AND THEIR MEDIUM TREND

LINE, WE ARE LOOKING AT GROWING BY ANOTHER 600,000 PEOPLE

TO 2040.

THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND REALLY, THOUGH, IT SEEMS LEEK A LONG WAYS AWAY,

REALLY NOT THAT MUCH TIME.

AND SO THE BIG QUESTIONS ARE: HOW MUCH DO WE GROW?

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WHERE WOULD WE WANT THAT GROWTH TO OCCUR?

AND THEN HOW -- WHAT SHOULD IT LOOK LIKE?

AND THESE ARE SORT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO

TRY TO GET THE FOLKS IN THE WORKING GROUP TO HELP US

EXPLORE.

WE HAVE GOT A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT SORT OF

TRENDS DO THEY SEE COMING FOR US IN THE FUTURE?

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE WILL

NEED TO WORK TO OVERCOME?

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT COULD BE IDENTIFIED

TO WORK IN THOSE ARENAS AND THEN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE

GUIDING PRINCIPLES WE NEED TO MAKE SURE ARE INCORPORATED

IN OUR PLANS?

AND THE WORKSHOP IS GOING TO BE REALLY NEAT AND

INTERACTIVE IF YOU COME.

WE'VE GOT SOME OF THE -- THE CONSULTANT HAS THE HANDHELD

VOTING -- IT LOOKS LIKE A REMOTE CONTROL ALMOST.

THEY ARE LITTLE -- IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE -- SORT OF.

HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T TRY TO TURN US OFF, BUT ACTUALLY,

THEY WILL GET THE CHOICE OF MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWERS AND

GET TO VOTE AND LIVE TIME WILL SEE THEIR RESULTS.

IF ANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THE REGIONAL

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PLANNING COUNCIL MEETINGS, THEY USED THESE.

IT'S A FUN WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED.

THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO SPEAK UP AT THE

MEETING, FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE A LITTLE SHY OR LESS INTO

THE PUBLIC SPEAKING THING.

THESE ARE A FLAVOR OF THE QUESTIONS WE WILL HONE IN ON.

AND THEN LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE, WE WILL BE WORKING ON

DEVELOPING THESE ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES OVER THE SPRING

AND WITH MORE VISIONING WORKSHOPS WITH THIS WORKING GROUP

AND LOOKING TO PROBABLY OVER THE SUMMER THEN TAKING THESE

SCENARIOS OUT TO THE PUBLIC, SEEING WHAT PIECES OF THEM

EVERYBODY LIKES AND PUTTING THAT TOGETHER INTO A

PREFERRED SCENARIO IN THE FALL.

I WILL REITERATE FOR ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN JOINING

US TOMORROW AFTERNOON OR ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS

OR EVEN IF THEY JUST WANT TO BE ON THE EMAIL LIST TO

FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING, THEY CAN SIGN UP ON

THE WEBSITE OR EMAIL US AT PLANHILLSBOROUGH@PLANCOM.ORG.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU.

I NOTED IN YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE

WORKSHOPS?

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>> THERE ARE THREE AND THEN WE GO OUT AND DO THE SHOP THE

SCENARIOS AROUND THE COMMUNITY, A MUCH BIGGER PUBLIC

INPUT EFFORT AND THEN THERE'S A FOURTH ONE AT THE END.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: AND THE TIME LINE FOR THE FOURTH?

>> THAT WOULD BE THE FALL.

WE ARE KEEPING IT SOMEWHAT BROAD.

AS YOU CAN TELL FROM PEDRO'S PRESENTATION, SOMETIMES YOU

NEED MORE TIME TO GET INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE

COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THERE BUT WE ARE AIMING FOR

THE FALL.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS

FOR MELISSA.

>> GARY PIKE: CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT?

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: YES.

>> GARY PIKE: WE DO HAVE FREDS ALSO.

>> RIGHT!

[ LAUGHTER ]

WE CAN'T FORGET THAT FOOD.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU.

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GREAT.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 8 ON OUR

AGENDA.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT WITH MR. CHIARAMONTE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT

LONGER THAN NORMAL.

WE HAVE A FEW EXTRA ADD-ON THINGS THAT I WANTED TO TELL

YOU ABOUT.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING A LOT JUST GENERALLY, OUR MPO IS UP

FOR CERTIFICATION.

THIS HAPPENS EVERY FOUR YEARS.

SO WE HAD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOWN HERE WITH US

SPENDING TWO DAYS WITH US ATTENDING THE LAST MPO MEETING,

ASKING US A LOT OF QUESTIONS ALL DAY LONG, AND THEY COME

BACK WITH THE REPORT IN MAY.

I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL GET A GOOD

CERTIFICATION BASED ON WHAT THEY TOLD US, BUT UNTIL IT

ACTUALLY COMES OUT WE NEVER KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE

GOING TO SAY.

BUT I THINK WE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS WELL.

SO IT SHOULD BE OKAY.

I MENTIONED THE ISSUE WITH LANDSCAPING AND U.S. 41 LAST

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TIME I WAS HERE.

AND I'M GLAD TO REPORT THAT WE HAD A MEETING OUT IN THE

COMMUNITY.

I PARTICIPATED IN THAT WITH THE COUNTY AND THEY ARE

LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION AS TO HOW THEY CAN ADDRESS THAT

PROBLEM OF SAVING THE LANDSCAPING THAT WAS DONE BACK IN

THE 1990s.

SO THE COUNTY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY ON

THAT.

I HAVE MET WITH A NUMBER OF THE COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU

REMEMBER WE DISCUSSED IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

PRESENTATION THE ISSUE OF WHAT THE PLAN SAYS ABOUT THE

WHOLE AREA AROUND THE BASS PRO SHOP DISCUSSION AND I MADE

SURE THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS GOT A COPY OF OUR LAND

USE PLAN, GOT A COPY OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND ANY

OTHER INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED IN THEIR DECISION

MAKING.

I'M PARTICIPATING ALONG WITH RANDY CRANCHECK WITH OUR

STAFF ON A FAIRLY MAJOR CONVENTION ON HEALTH.

IT'S CALLED AN OBESITY SUMMIT AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT HOW

PLANNING AFFECTS PEOPLE'S HEALTH, THE DESIGN OF OUR

COMMUNITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

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I WILL BE PARTICIPATING.

IT'S KIND OF A COUNTY-WIDE EFFORT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING

ON FOR SOMETIME.

WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PARTICIPATE WITH A LOT OF GROUPS

LIKE LEADERSHIP TAMPA AND ALL OF THAT TO GET YOUNGER

PROFESSIONALS INTERESTED IN WHAT WE DO AT THE PLANNING

COMMISSION SINCE OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IS FOR THE

YOUNGER GENERATION OF LEADERS AND SO I HAVE ENCOURAGED

ALL THE STAFF TO MAKE ANY EFFORTS WE CAN.

I SPOKE TO LEADERSHIP TAMPA GOVERNMENT DAY ON THE 23rd,

KIND OF PRESENTING SOME OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON

AS MELISSA JUST TALKED ABOUT.

ALSO I HAVE BEEN GOING TO TWO BAR MEETING AND ATTENDING

THE MPOAC MEETINGS.

THERE IS A NEW ORGANIZATION THAT'S FORMED, YOU MAY OR MAY

NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH IT, CALLED CONNECTING TAMPA BAY.

THIS IS ONE OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLES PROFESSIONAL GROUPS.

THEY HAVE ALREADY GOT OVER 1,000 MEMBERS TALKING A LOT

ABOUT THESE TRANSIT ISSUES AND THEY HAVE ASKED FOR OUR

HELP IN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.

I DID ATTEND THEIR MEETING ON JANUARY 25th AND IT SEEMS

LIKE A LOT OF THE YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE REALLY ENGAGED IN

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THIS WHOLE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE.

MELISSA AND BETH ALDEN AND I, WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF

MEETINGS DISCUSSING BUDGET AND ALSO OTHER THINGS THE

COUNTY HAS ASKED US.

THEY ASKED THEIR DEPARTMENT TO DO WHAT THEY CALL A

BUSINESS PLAN.

ACTUALLY, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO IN A WORK

PROGRAM.

I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ALREADY A JUMP ON DOING THAT BECAUSE

WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT ALREADY ANYWAY, BUT THEY ARE ASKING

ALL OF THEIR COUNTY DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE KIND OF A PLAN

FOR FUTURE BUSINESS OVER THE NEXT TWO-YEAR BUDGET CYCLE.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONTROVERSIAL REZONING.

STAFF HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN DEPOSITIONS, I GUESS, AND

LEGAL MATTERS INVOLVING THE KEYSTONE PLAN FOR A COUPLE OF

DAYS.

WE HAD THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HERE AND OTHER ATTORNEYS

INTERVIEWING DITCH STAFF.

I THINK -- DIFFERENT STAFF.

I THINK WE ARE DONE WITH THAT AND NOW IT'S GOING TO A

HEARING OFFICER.

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SLOWLY MEET OUR LEGISLATORS.

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I MET WITH SENATOR LEG ON TRANSIT AND PLANNING ISSUES,

KIND OF MAKING THEM AWARE OF WHAT WE DO HERE AND ALSO

WITH ERICK JOHNSON OF COUNTY WHO IS WORKING KIND OF ON

THESE BUSINESS PLANS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING AS WE TRY TO WORK

THROUGH OUR PLAN UPDATE IS WORK WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE

THE COUNTY COMMISSION RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH ITS

STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLEMENTARY IN WHAT

WE ARE DOING WITH THEIR EFFORTS.

SO WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF WHERE THEY ARE.

SO WE GET TOO FAR OUT AHEAD OF THEM.

THEY SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS

WHEN THEY WORK THROUGH THEIR SCENARIO PLANNING.

THE OTHER THING IS GENE BOLES IS HERE TO GIVE YOU SOME

INFORMATION ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS HAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION

AVOID HAVING A COMMERCIAL MEETING FOR ONE ITEM.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HIM TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

THIS ITEM.

AND THEN OUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WE WILL

HAVE A WORKSHOP AT THAT SAME DAY ON THIS LAND DEVELOPMENT

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CODE ITEM, AND THAT WAY HOPEFULLY YOU CAN TAKE ACTION AT

THE MARCH MEETING.

IF YOU DON'T, THEN THE ACTION THAT YOU WOULD TAKE IN

APRIL WOULD ONLY BE ONE DAY AHEAD OF THE BOARD'S ACTION

AND THAT MAKES ME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE TIME TO DEAL WITH THE

ISSUES.

INVOLVES RESIDENTIAL SHOW BUSINESS ZONING.

AND FROM OUR PLAN PERSPECTIVE, I THINK I WILL LET MELISSA

OUTLINE WHAT IT IS AND GENE CAN GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE

WHAT THE DETAILS MIGHT BE.

>> SOME OF YOU MIGHT ALL REMEMBER THAT LAST -- THIS TIME

LAST YEAR, WE WERE WORKING ON SHOW BUSINESS OVERLAY PLAN

AMENDMENT.

I THINK IT CAME TO A WORKSHOP WITH YOU ALL AND THEN WE

PULLED IT BACK AFTER WE HAD A VERY INTERESTING PUBLIC

MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS OUT THERE SURROUNDING THE

TROPICAL ACRES COMMUNITY IN RIVERVIEW.

ESSENTIALLY THE BACKGROUND TO THIS IS THAT THE SHOW

BUSINESS OVERLAY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TRADITIONALLY IN THE

GIBSONTON AREA.

WE HAVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT

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SUPPORT THAT BUT DON'T SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT IT'S LIMITED

TO THE GIBSONTON AREA AND OVER TIME, FOLKS HAVE MOVED OUT

INTO THE TROPICAL ACRES COMMUNITY IN RIVERVIEW AND

BASICALLY ESTABLISHED SHOW BUSINESS USES OUT THERE.

ALBEIT ILLEGALLY BUT THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE

SOMETIME NOW.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH, WHAT IS THE RIGHT

PLANNING PROCESS TO HELP THEM DEAL WITH THEIR

NON-CONFORMING USE ISSUE.

AROUND TROPICAL ACRES A LOT OF SOMEONE RESIDENTIAL

DEVELOPMENT HAS CREATED AND THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE IT

SPREAD.

THAT'S WHERE THE CONFLICT COMES IN.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND WE

THINK WE CRAFTED A SOLUTION TO ESSENTIALLY GIVE THEM A

ONE-TIME AMNESTY FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A CHANCE TO

COME IN AND BECOME A LEGAL CONFORMING USE UNDER CERTAIN

PARAMETERS THAT GENE CAN DESCRIBE BETTER THAN I CAN AND

THEN THAT DOESN'T -- IF THEY GO AWAY, THAT WOULD GO AWAY

WITH THEM.

IT DOESN'T LEGITIMIZE THEM IN PERPETUITY AND IT

DOESN'T -- IT DOESN'T CHANGE THEIR ZONING OR IN SOME WAY

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ENCOURAGE IT TO SPREAD FURTHER.

AND THEN AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, IT'S KIND OF ON AN

ACCELERATED FAST TIME FRAME BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE THE

HEARINGS WHILE THE SHOW BUSINESS FOLKS ARE STILL IN THE

AREA THIS SPRING.

WE WILL COME ALONG BEHIND IT WITH A PLAN AMENDMENT,

PROBABLY IN THE APRIL CYCLE OF COUNTY PLAN AMENDMENTS

THAT WOULD MODIFY THE POLICIES AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

RELATED TO SHOW BUSINESS TO SAY, LOOK, IT'S REALLY GEARED

TOWARDS GIBSONTON.

SO THAT'S A FURTHER PROTECTION FROM KEEPING THIS TO

CONTINUE TO SPREAD.

WE WANT TO HELP LEGITIMIZE THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY

EXISTING OUT THERE.

WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO GENE TO

DESCRIBE THE DETAILS.

>> WELCOME, MR. BOLES.

>> THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M GENE BOLES, THE DIRECTOR OF

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

I LOVE THIS JOB.

WE LOOK AT THE BIG VIEW OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

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ENVISIONING DOWN TO NON-CONFORMING SHOW BUSINESS USES IN

TROPICAL ACRES.

BUT NONETHELESS IMPORTANT AND IN TERMS OF HOW WE WORK

WITH PARTICULARLY OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CODES, I

THINK YOU HAVE SOME BACKGROUND BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEEN IT

BEFORE, A BIT OF HISTORY HERE.

SHOW BUSINESS USES, AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RECOGNIZED

THEM AS BEING A SORT OF COMMERCIAL KIND OF ACTIVITY THAT

TOOK PLACE IN -- IT WAS THE VESTIGE OF THE SHOW BUSINESS

CIRCUS, AND YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF THAT.

PRIMARILY, LOCATED ITSELF IN THE GIBSONTON AREA AND YOU

HAVE A RECOGNITION OF THAT, AND IN THE CODE, THE LAND

DEVELOPMENT CODE WHICH WE CALL THE SHOW BUSINESS OVERLAY

DISTRICT, IT'S A ZONING CLASSIFICATION THAT ALLOWS SHOW

BUSINESS ACTIVITIES TO OCCUR WITHIN OTHERWISE RESIDENTIAL

AREAS.

AGAIN, THAT HAS BEEN PREDOMINANTLY LOCATED IN THE

GIBSONTON AREA, BUT THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MAP OVERLAY IN

THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT SAID THIS IS THE AREA WE

MEAN.

AND WHAT HAS -- AND IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, THERE'S

A PROVISION THAT ALLOWS A REZONING OR THE APPLICATION OF

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THESE OVERLAY DISTRICTS WITH A SET OF CONDITIONS BUT ONE

OF THEM IS IF YOU HAVE A CLUSTER OF THESE USES.

WE FOUND THAT ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC A FEW MONTHS AGO

WHEN WE SAW 37 ZONING APPLICATIONS OR SOME NUMBER IN THE

TROPICAL ACRES THAT THEY HAD COME TOGETHER, THESE SHOW

BUSINESS OPERATORS WHO HAD USES IN THAT AREA.

THEY HAD COME TOGETHER TO ASK FOR A COLLECTING REZONING

OF 37 PROPERTIES ALL TO THE SHOW BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION

AND THAT BECAME THE QUESTION, IS THAT A CLUSTER?

WELL, IT WAS A CLUSTER EXCEPT THAT IT NOW CREATED A

PRECEDENT FOR THE APPLICATION OF THAT IN AN AREA IN THIS

PARTICULAR CASE OF TROPICAL ACRES AND POTENTIALLY BEYOND

THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT.

YOUR STAFF PUT FORWARD A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT,

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, WE SAID, WELL, WE NEED SOME KIND

OF GUIDANCE FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OTHERWISE WHERE

DOES THIS END?

AND SO THAT WAS THE EFFORT THAT WENT FORWARD, AND AS

MIGHT BE EXPECTED RECEIVED AN INTERESTING RESPONSE FROM A

VARIETY OF DIRECTIONS.

WHAT WE THEN LOOKED AT WAS THE ZONING APPLICATION IN OUR

MIND WAS NOT -- IF YOU WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE A COMP PLAN

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DECISION, THAT THIS WAS AN AREA THAT WAS POSSIBLE, THEN

ESSENTIALLY REZONING THESE PROPERTIES WAS NOT THE RIGHT

THING TO DO AT ALL, BECAUSE THAT NOW SET THE PRECEDENT

FOR THAT APPLICATION AND ANY LIKE PROPERTY.

IN OTHER WORDS THAT ENTIRE AREA WAS OPENED UP.

WHAT WE INSTEAD PROPOSE IS A STRATEGIC MODIFICATION OF

OUR CODE THAT CREATES A NON-CONFORMING STATUS THAT IS

LIMITED TO THOSE NON-CONFORMING USES.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH A CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS TO

DEAL WITH THESE TYPES OF THINGS EFFECTIVELY.

WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO DO IS TO ACTUALLY CREATE A SHOW

BUSINESS NON-CONFORMING STATUS THAT WAS VERY SPECIFIC TO

THESE CONDITIONS -- OR THESE USES HAVING BEEN ESTABLISHED

AND BEING ABLE TO DOCUMENT PRIOR TO A DEFINED DATE.

AND WE SAW THAT AS THE DATE WHICH WE GOT THE APPLICATION

FOR THESE SOME 37 USES.

NOW YOU REALIZE THERE MAY BE OTHERS OUT THERE THAT WERE

NOT IN THAT.

BUT FIRST TO REQUIRE THAT THERE WAS A RECOGNITION AND A

DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY EXISTED AND THEN TO ALLOW THEM

THROUGH A NON-CONFORMING STATUS TO EXIST, SUBJECT TO

CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND WE HAVEN'T DRESSED THE ORDINANCE

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TO GIVE -- DRAFTED THE ORDINANCE TO GIVE YOU THE

CONDITIONS.

IT WOULD LIMIT THEM TO THOSE TYPES OF USES AND IT WOULD

RESTRICT SOME OF THE USES THAT WERE IN THE OVERLAY

PRESENTLY, SUCH AS GROUP HOUSING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

THE SHOW BUSINESS FOLKS DO IS PROVIDE HOUSING FOR THEIR

WORKERS DURING THE OFF SEASONS.

AND WE WOULD SEE THIS AS NOT BEING ALLOWED IN THIS

PARTICULAR AREA.

IN OTHER WORDS SOME USES THAT WERE MORE PALATABLE WITHIN

A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THEN THOSE NON-CONFORMING STATUSES

WOULD BE ABLE TO EXIST AS LONG AS THEY MAINTAIN THAT

STATUS.

NOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME SPECIAL PROVISIONS.

TYPICALLY WHEN A NON-CONFORMING USE IS ABANDONED, YOU USE

THE NON-CONFORMITY.

THEY BY DESIGN LEAVE EVERY YEAR AND COME BACK.

NOW, THIS IS NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT IT IS ONE -- AND

THEN AS MELISSA POINTED OUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE COMP

PLAN SHOULD BE AMENDED TO DEFINE THE GIBSONTON AREA AS

THE OVERLAY AREA SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS ISSUE ARISE

IN SOME OTHER -- IN SOME OTHER LOCATION.

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SAY, IT'S NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT IT'S FAR

PREFERRABLE SO THE SPOT ZONING ISSUE THAT THEN CREATES A

PRECEDENT FOR THE SAME ACTION IN OTHER CASES.

SO TO SIMPLY SAY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO QUALIFY FOR THIS,

THEY WOULD HAVE TO DOCUMENT THAT THEY EXISTED PRIOR TO A

CERTAIN DATE, AND THEN WOULD PERFORM AS THE

NON-CONFORMING PROVISION OUR PERMIT WOULD ALLOW.

SO WITH THAT COMPLICATED EXPLANATION, I WILL OPEN IT FOR

QUESTIONS.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM

COMMISSIONERS?

>> THEODORE TRENT GREEN: MR. CHAIRMAN.

PARDON MY IGNORANCE.

>> YOU ARE NOT IGNORANT.

I KNOW THAT ABOUT SUCH A MATTER.

>> THEODORE TRENT GREEN: BUT IS THIS AN ISSUE OF

COMPATIBILITY WITH ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND -- OR

THE APPEARANCE OF PROPERTIES, SAY, WITHIN AN ESTABLISHED

RESIDENTIAL AREA?

>> SURE IT IS.

CERTAINLY IT IS.

THAT'S THE DILEMMA.

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YET WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHED CONCEPT OF SHOW BUSINESS USES

BEING PERMISSIBLE IN RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES BUT

THAT IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF QUESTION THAT YOU GET.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE HAVE BEEN THIS FOR A NUMBER OF

YEARS AND WE HAVE SOME COMPLAINTS IN THAT -- THAT

TRIGGERED THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT -- I'M NOT SURE

I -- I DON'T WANT TO MISTAKE BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT

WE HAVE -- THIS WAS NOT DRIVEN LARGELY BY A LOT OF CODE

ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINTS.

IT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY THE SHOW BUSINESS --

SOME OF THEM WERE GETTING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND THEY, I

THINK, AS A PREEMPTIVE MOVE SAID WE NEED TO COME IN AND

SEEK UNDER THE PRESENT CODE OF A NOTION OF A CLUSTER SOME

LEGITIMACY AND THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED THE QUESTION.

BUT, YEAH, THE COMPATIBILITY IS EXACTLY THE ISSUE AND

WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO RECOMMEND A SOLUTION THAT AT

LEAST CONTAINS IT, CONTROLS IT TO SOME DEGREE AND THEN IF

IT -- IF IT DOES GO AWAY AND ABANDON THEN IT DOESN'T

RESURFACE.

THE OTHER SOLUTION OF REZONING DOESN'T DO THAT AT ALL, IF

WE REZONE, THEN YOU'VE GOT THE PRECEDENT, THE SAIL

THING -- THE SAME THING APPLIES NEXT DOOR.

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AND ONCE THE ZONING IS IN PLACE, IT'S ESSENTIALLY

PERMANENTLY ENTITLED TO USE IN THAT WAY.

>> THEODORE TRENT GREEN: NOW, DO THEY ACTUALLY USE THE

PROPERTY FOR SHOW BUSINESS ACTIVITIES?

I GUESS DURING THE WINTER SEASON WHEN THEY ARE HERE --

>> NOT ACTUALLY CONDUCTING SHOWS.

WHAT -- WHAT THEY DO IS THEY MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT.

>> THEODORE TRENT GREEN: OKAY.

>> THEY STORE EQUIPMENT, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS

ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND AS I SAY, SOME OF THEM EVEN,

CERTAINLY IN THE GIBSONTON AREA, IN THE ZONING HAVE GROUP

HOUSING, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T BELIEVE

WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HERE AND SOME ADDITIONAL

RESTRICTIONS ON THE ACTIVITIES THAT -- WE HAVE CALLED TO

SHOW BUSINESS LIGHT IN THE SENSE OF SOME ADDITIONAL

RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE NOT IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT

APPLIES IN THE GIBSONTON AREA.

>> THEODORE TRENT GREEN: HAVE YOU LOOKED TO SARASOTA

COUNTY, WHAT THEY --

>> WELL, SARASOTA COUNTY ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE THIS

DESIGNATION.

THEY HAVE SOME INTERESTING WAYS TO HANDLE

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NON-CONFORMITIES BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC

DESIGNATION FOR THIS, EVEN THOUGH THAT WOULD BE A LOGICAL

PLACE WHERE THEY MIGHT BUT THEY DON'T.

>> THEODORE TRENT GREEN: OKAY.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS?

COMMISSIONER PIKE?

>> GARY PIKE: I'M CURIOUS, WHAT DEFINES SHOW BUSINESS?

>> UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I WOULD HAVE TO -- I'M NOT SURE I KNOW EXACTLY THE

TERMINOLOGY AND COULD REPEAT IT FOR YOU.

BUT CERTAINLY IT IS -- IT -- IT'S ESSENTIALLY BEEN THE

CIRCUS-TYPE OF ACTIVITIES, THE CARNIVAL TYPE OF

ACTIVITIES THAT TYPICALLY HAVE RIDES AND OTHER TYPES OF

EQUIPMENT THAT REQUIRE SOME STORAGE.

NOW, WE HAVE A DEFINITION, I JUST CAN'T CITE IT FOR YOU

OFFHAND.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SO MUCH AN ISSUE IN

DEFINING THE USE ITSELF.

BUT RATHER THIS PROLIFERATION WITHOUT PERMITS AND SO

FORTH.

MAYBE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE

IT, BUT WE DO DEFINE IT A LITTLE MORE PRECISELY THAN

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THAT.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: I HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION FOR YOU.

YOU WERE DISCUSSING LIMITING IT INTO GIBSONTON.

ARE YOU GOING TO BE LIMITING WITHIN SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL

REGIONS OR JUST TO GIBSONTON PROPER?

I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT BE DONE FOR AN AREA LIKE TROPICAL

ACRES THAT MIGHT MISS ANOTHER CLUSTER, SO TO SPEAK FOR

LACK OF A BETTER WORD.

>> LET ME SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO BE DOING THAT.

YOU ARE.

NO, WE ARE TALKING -- WE BELIEVE THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE

PLAN SHOULD, IN FACT, DEFINE WHERE THE OVERLAY DISTRICT

IS APPROPRIATE IN SOME KIND OF A GEOGRAPHIC MAP, IN OTHER

WORDS.

HOW THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE DONE, REMAINS TO BE SEEN.

REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, THE CONCENTRATION IS

ACTUALLY PRETTY CLEAR.

IT'S CLEARLY WELL DEFINED OR WELL ESTABLISHED IN THE

GIBSONTON AREA.

IT DOES GO ACROSS THE ALAFIA RIVER TO SOME AREA THAT'S

NOT ACTUALLY WHAT WE THINK OF AS GIBSON, BUT RIVERVIEW

BUT IT'S STILL FAIRLY WELL DEFINED AND LOOKING AT THE

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MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT PRETTY CLEARLY.

THIS EXPANSION INTO THE TROPICAL ACRES WAS, AGAIN, ALMOST

FAIRLY CLEAR.

HERE YOU HAD GIBSONTON AND OVER HERE YOU HAD THESE NEW

USES AND THE MAP WOULD HELP YOU TO SEE THAT.

SO YOU'VE GOT SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE IN TERMS -- AND WE

DO IN TERMS OF HOW THAT LINE IS DRAWN BUT I DON'T THINK

IT'S -- I THINK IT IS -- THERE'S A PRETTY CLEAR

CONCENTRATION OF WHERE THESE USES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED AND

WHERE YOU MIGHT EXPECT THEM TO BE USED IN THE FUTURE.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THAT WAS THE INTENT OF MY COMMENT

ANYWAY.

I'M SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT, BUT TO BE SURE THAT YOU

ARE DRAWING LINES IN AREAS WHERE THEY CONSIDER THE

HISTORIC PROLIFERATION.

>> I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF

AS WELL.

IT'S NOT OUR INTENT TO SOMEHOW DRAW BACK THE COMMITMENT

TO THE GIBSONTON AREA.

WE DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH

WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH HERE.

>> ARE ANIMALS OR BOARDING OF ANIMALS OR CARING FOR

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ANIMALS PART OF THIS ISSUE?

>> I THINK ACTUALLY SO, YES.

IN THE GIBSONTON AREA, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD

RESTRICT OR CONTROL TO A GREATER DEGREE.

THAT'S PART OF THE ACTIVITY.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS?

>> THINK OF ANYTHING THEY DO, AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE

CIRCUS AND YOU PROBABLY WILL FIND THEY HAVE TO STAY SOME

PLACE WHEN THEY ARE NOT TRAVELING.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: I SEE NO OTHER COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. BOLES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> RAY SAID I SHOULD FINISH UP A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS

THAT I HAVE FOR YOU, BEFORE HE GETS BACK UP HERE.

OUR PLAN ON THIS IS NEXT MONTH, TO HOLD WORKSHOP AT

1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, THAT WAY YOU CAN DISCUSS THIS SORT

OF IN THE MORE CASUAL WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY GET YOU THE LANGUAGE THAT

THEY ARE DRAFTING IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, SO YOU HAVE A

LITTLE BIT MORE ADVANCED TIME TO LOOK AT IT.

AND THEN YOU WOULD BE ASKED TO TAKE ACTION AT THAT MARCH

MEETING LATER IN THE AGENDA.

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SO THIS IS ONE WHERE I WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET THE

LANGUAGE, AND YOU HAVE REQUESTS, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL

BECAUSE WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE THINGS THEN.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: COMMISSIONER BUFORD.

>> JILL BUFORD: I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY

DO THAT.

WE CAN HAVE A WORKSHOP AT 1:00 AND TURN AROUND -- WE

DON'T NEED NOTICE OR THIS IS OUR NOTICE?

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: WELL, THE WORKSHOP AND THE PUBLIC

HEARING WILL BOTH BE NOTICED.

>> JILL BUFORD: OKAY.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF TIME IN THERE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE --

>> IT WILL BE FAST AND FOR SOME REASON YOU ARE NOT ABLE

TO TAKE ACTION AT THE MARCH MEETING, WE CAN LOOK AT A

SPECIAL MEETING ON THE FOURTH MONDAY OF MARCH OR WE CAN

LOOK AT THE APRIL MEETING BUT AS RAY SAID, THAT TIMING IS

REALLY CLOSE.

SO WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO DO THAT, IF WE CAN.

A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET, WE

DID AT THE END OF LAST WEEK GET THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE

COUNTY ON THE BUDGET PROCESS.

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SO I WILL BE WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER HOLLANDS ON A TIME

FOR A BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING, PROBABLY THE END OF THIS

MONTH, BEGINNING OF MARCH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING

FOR YOU ALL AT YOUR MARCH MEETING.

I THINK THE TIMING IS THAT'S THE RIGHT MEETING FOR THE

PLANNING COMMISSION AS A WHOLE TO TAKE ACTION ON IT.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE A COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST PIECE AND IF TRACY, YOU DON'T MIND

PASSING THESE DOWN.

WE GOT SOME INFORMATION FROM DIANE SAULS OUR LEGISLATIVE

LIAISON IN TALLAHASSEE ON SOME BILLS THAT SHE'S BEEN

TRACKING FOR US.

ONE IN MARTHA SHE NOTES IN HER EMAIL THAT'S ON THE COVER

TO RAY AND BETH AND I, IS SENATE BILL 319, THAT LOOKS AT

MAKING SOME CHANGES TO TRANSPORTATION CONCURRENCY AND

SPECIFICALLY TO MOBILITY FEES AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT

IS DOING IS TRYING TO PLACE SOME MORE RESTRICTIONS AND I

WILL GET YOU A COPY WHEN IT COMES AROUND.

I HANDED THEM ALL OUT.

TO SORT OF LIMIT LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S DISCUSSION IN HOW

THEY APPROACH MOBILITY FEES.

WE THINK THERE'S SOME CONCERN AND WE HEARD FROM SEVERAL

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OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS

ABOUT THOSE -- ABOUT THAT BILL.

RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT A -- I TAKE THAT BILL, IT'S HEALTH

BILL 319.

THERE'S NOT A SENATE COMPANION YET, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING

THAT WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN BECAUSE IT'S OUR

UNDERSTANDING, THEY ARE SORT OF TARGETING PASCO COUNTY'S

MODEL WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT A NUMBER OF FOLKS HERE IN

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT TO POTENTIALLY

FOLLOW AND THINK HAS A LOT OF MERIT IN HOW THEY HAVE

APPROACHED IT.

IT'S VERY INNOVATIVE.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE COMMUNITIES LIKE TEMPLE TERRACE AND

PLANT CITY THAT HAVE MOBILITY FEES ADOPTED.

AND SO WE ARE MONITORING THIS ONE PRETTY CLOSELY TO SEE

IF IT HAS IMPACTS.

AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

>> THANK YOU, MS. ZORNITTA, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS

CONCERNING HER COMMENTS AND THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE?

>> NO?

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: RAY?

>> THE NEXT ITEM IS MORE OF A FUN THING.

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I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE GETTING READY TO INTRODUCE

A COMPLETELY NEW AND COOL WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE BEEN

WORKING ON OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND I WILL HAVE JAMIE

ROBE COME UP AND GIVE YOU A DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT IT

LOOKS LIKE.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE DONE WITH THIS BY NEXT MONTH AND WE

WILL BE IMPLEMENTING IT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M JAMIE ROBE.

I'M YOUR AUTOMATION TEAM LEADER.

ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE STAFF, BECAUSE EVERYBODY IN THE

AGENCY HAS WORKED ON THIS, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE

HAVE COME UP WITH.

IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SCREENS, I'M JUST GOING TO SPEND A

COUPLE OF MINUTES AND GO THROUGH SOME HIGH HEIGHTS AND

HOPEFULLY -- HIGHLIGHTS AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL

WORK AS STATED.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT AWAY AT THE TOP OF THE WEBSITE, WE

COMBINED THE LOGOS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE MPO

AND THE RIVER BOARD, THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BOARD

TOGETHER.

NOW WE ARE THREE SEPARATE ORGANIZATIONS AND EVERYTHING,

BUT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THOSE

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LOOKING FOR LONG-RANGE PLANNING ISSUES.

IF YOU COME IN HERE, THE FIRST THING YOU SEE AT THE TOP

ARE THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS.

SO YOU CAN CLICK ON THOSE AND GET SPECIFIC INFORMATION

ABOUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE OTHER

ORGANIZATIONS.

WE ALSO HAVE A SEARCH BAR RIGHT THERE SO YOU CAN PUT IN

WHATEVER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.

AND THEN WE HAVE A MENU AND BEFORE WE GO TO THE MENU, I

WILL JUST SCROLL DOWN AND WE HAVE A -- THE MAIN PAGES OF

THE WEBSITE ALL HAVE THREE COLUMNS AT THE BOTTOM AND WE

HAVE TRIED TO PUT OUR TWEETS FROM OUR TWITTER BEING.

WE HAVE A NEW CALENDAR THAT'S PART OF THIS.

IT'S COMPLETELY SORTABLE BY ORGANIZATION OR TOPIC AND

DATE AND EVERYTHING, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR NEWS ITEMS ON

THE RIGHT.

SO IF YOU ARE COMING INTO THE SITE AND YOU WANT TO GO TO

THE PLANNING COMMISSION HOME PAGE, YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT

AND IT WILL COME UP WITH A SPECIFIC PAGE FOR THE PLANNING

COMMISSION AND ON THE LEFT ARE LINKS TO THE COUNTY AND

THE THREE CITIES AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE

PLANS AND THE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND SO ON.

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THEN WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING MEETINGS AND YOU CAN SEE THE

ACTUAL MEETINGS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, IF YOU CLICK

ON THAT, IT WOULD TAKE YOU INTO THE SPECIFICS, SO YOU CAN

SEE WHERE THE MEETING IS, WHO IS THE CONTACT HERE AT THE

AGENCY.

YOU CAN CLICK AND VIEW THE AGENDA PAGE FOR THE --

WHATEVER MEETING IS THERE.

WE TRY TO PUT EVERYTHING UP AS FAST AS WE CAN UP OPEN THE

SCREEN.

WHILE THAT'S LOADING, WE WILL FLIP BACK HERE AND WE HAVE

THE NEWS.

SO THIS WAS A BIG STEP FORWARD FOR US, IN TERMS OF NOT

HAVING TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT WEBSITES.

IT'S NOT JUST THE THREE WEBSITES THAT WE ARE COLLAPSING

INTO ONE.

WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF OTHER ONES THAT WE CREATE FROM TIME

TO TIME THAT WE END UP KIND OF GROWING BUT WE WANT TO GET

ALL THE TRAFFIC OF THE VISITORS COMING INTO THE ONE SITE.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR A

TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR WHATEVER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COME

OVER TO THE LEFT AND WE HAVE THEM SORTED.

SO ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION PLANS, WHICH

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IS AMAZING NUMBER OF THEM, THE MPO, THE COMPREHENSIVE

PLANS, IT WOULD JUST BE COMING DOWN AND SELECTING YOUR

JURISDICTION AND THEN THERE'S A NICE DESCRIPTION ABOUT

WHAT THE PLANS ARE AND THEN THERE ARE ALL THE ELEMENTS.

IF YOU CAME IN AND WANTED TO SEE THE FUTURE LAND USE

ELEMENT, YOU SELECT IT AND THEN YOU COULD CLICK AND GET

THE WHOLE PDF DOCUMENT.

SO EVERYTHING IS THERE.

JUST LIKE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO AS COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAVE, OF COURSE, THE PLAN AMENDMENTS.

AND WE HAVE COMMUNITY PLANS WHICH WE'RE FINISHING UP THIS

WEEK.

THAT'S ONE OF THE LAST PARTS OF IT TO GET ALL THE DATA

MOVES OVER FROM THE OLD SITES AND THEN WE HAVE THE RIVER

MASTER PLAN AND VARIOUS STUDIES.

THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY BIG, OF COURSE, IS WE

TALKED ABOUT FOR A SECOND IS THE CALENDAR.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE PLANNING COMMISSION CALENDAR

ITSELF, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AS A LIST OF EVENTS OR YOU CAN

ALSO LOOK AT IT LIKE A MONTHLY CALENDAR.

SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND STUFF.

IF YOU HOVER OR CLICK ON THEM, YOU GET MORE INFORMATION.

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WHEN YOU ARE IN HERE, YOU CAN ALSO GO IN AND CHANGE IT TO

ANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND SEE THEIR SPECIFIC THINGS.

OR YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS COMBINED TOGETHER.

AND THEN AGENDAS, OF COURSE, THAT'S A BIG AREA.

SO WE CAN GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE MPO AND

ALL OF THEIR SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE AGENDAS AND THE

HILLSBOROUGH RIVER BOARD.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF AGENDA AND MATERIALS ON THE SITE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE LINKS TO HTV, WHICH IS FILMING THIS

RIGHT NOW AND PEOPLE CAN STREAM DIRECTLY FROM THEIR

COMPUTERS AND WATCH YOUR MEETING LIVE AND ALSO THE CITY

OF TAMPA HAS A SIMILAR THING.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.

WE HAVE DIVIDED ALSO SOME OTHER THINGS INTO INTEREST

AREAS.

WE ARE JUST TRYING TO SHOW THE SAME MATERIAL IN DIFFERENT

WAYS.

THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS WEBSITE, IT'S MADE IN WORD

PRESS WHICH IS AN OPEN SOURCE SYSTEM.

SO IT'S FREE.

NO CHARGE FOR USING THE SOFTWARE BUT WE'RE TRYING TO

MODIFY IT TO SHOW THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE

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CITIZENS MIGHT COME IN AND LOOK FOR THINGS.

ONE THE BIG AREAS WE HAVE MADE SOME BIG CHANGES IS OUR

ONLINE MAPPING AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IF SOMEBODY

COMES IN, THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR THINGS.

PEOPLE COME IN TO OUR WEBSITE AND USE OUR MAPS AND DATA.

SO WE HAVE DEVELOPED A WHOLE NEW THING CALLED THE MAP AND

APP GALLERY.

IT'S NOT JUST AN ONLINE THING.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE APPS THAT CAN WORK ON MOBILE DEVICES AND

THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE ARE NOW INTO THE 21st CENTURY WITH THAT.

AND WE HAVE -- WE ARE STARTING TO BUILD UP WHAT WE ARE

GOING TO HAVE HERE AVAILABLE.

AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE NEW MAPPING.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THE AGREEMENT HERE, BUT THIS IS AN

ONLINE THING.

SO YOU CAN JUST COME UP HERE AND THIS IS LIVE, AND YOU

CAN ZOOM IN AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT LAYERS, JUST LIKE WE

HAVE BACK IN OUR G.I.S. ROOM.

THIS IS FEEDING OFF THE SAME DATABASES.

SO IT'S REALLY NICE.

THIS IS BEING RELEASED THE SAME TIME AS THE WEBSITE.

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ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT NEW.

SO WE WILL HAVE SOME GOOD FEATURES FOR THE CITIZENS.

NOW, IF WE GO BACK TO THE WEBSITE, THE LAST AREA HERE

THAT WILL BE INVOLVED, AGAIN, WE ARE TRYING TO REACH OUT

TO PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

THEY MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF ONE OF THESE COMMITTEES OR THE

RIVER BOARD AND IF THEY CLICKED, SAY, ON THE TECHNICAL

ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, IT WOULD

TAKE THEM TO THE SPECIFIC PAGE ABOUT THAT.

ANOTHER THING WE HAVE IS NEWS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT NEWS RELEASES AND NEWS STORIES

COMING OUT ALL THE TIME.

THIS' THE RIV -- THERE'S THE RIVER PAGES.

SO PEOPLE CAN GET INFORMATION THAT WAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE ABOUT US.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU GUYS ARE ALL FAMOUS HERE ON

OUR WEBSITE.

THEY GO UNDER THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY READ MORE,

WE HAVE GOT EVERYBODY'S PICTURE AND A LITTLE BIO ON

THERE.

SO I WILL CLICK ON THE CHAIR'S THING.

BUT IT HAS YOUR TERM.

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SO IF YOU FORGET HOW LONG YOU ARE ON THE PLANNING

COMMISSION, YOU WOULD GO ON THERE AND LOOK.

WE PAINSTAKINGLY READ THIS ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES.

I HAVE CHALLENGE YOU TO FIND ERRORS WITH YOUR OWN NAME

SPELLINGS.

I BELIEVE THERE IS 100% CORRECT, BUT -- YEAH, NO, I

REALLY -- WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE THIS RIGHT AND

WE DO HAVE A CONTACT US FORM ON THERE AND DIFFERENT MACES

ON SITE WE ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT FINDS A MISTAKE OR

PROBLEM TO SEND IT TO US.

ALSO WE HAVE THE PLANNINGCOMMISSION.ORG AND THE

HILLSBOROUGH MPO.ORG, ARE THE THREE MAIN SITES WE WILL BE

DIRECTING THEM ONE BY ONE AS WE CUT THEM OVER TO THIS ONE

SITE.

SO THOSE WILL STILL WORK.

WE HAVE A NEW NAME PLANHILLSBOROUGH.ORG WHICH IS

EVENTUALLY IT'S EASIER TO HAVE ONE NAME, BUT ALL OF THOSE

NAMES WILL BE POINTING TO THIS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,

FEW WEEKS, AS THE PLANNERS GIVE THE ITEMS UP THAT WE ARE

DONE.

THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER PART IS COMPLETE AND WE ARE

TECHNICALLY MAKING THE CHANGE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

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AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL COME AFTER THAT AND

THEN THE MPO SITE WILL COME LAST.

SO THAT'S OUR TRANSITION AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF, BUT IF YOU COULD --

THIS IS A LITTLE PREVIEW.

SO YOU COULD TRY IT OUT, AND SEND US THE FEEDBACK AND WE

WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: I THANK YOU, JAMIE, INDICATING THAT YOU

WOULD BE REDIRECTING BECAUSE IT WAS JUST FRIDAY THAT I

WAS GIVING OUT THE PLANNINGCOMMISSION.ORG AS THE WEBSITE.

COMMISSIONER.

>> JILL BUFORD: JUST AS A SUGGESTION.

FOR INSTANCE, MELISSA, WHEN YOU START YOUR 2040

PRESENTATIONS, MAYBE AT THE END OF THESE PLANNING

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS, THAT YOU COULD GO TO -- YOU

COULD SHOW THIS -- SOMEHOW SHOW THIS WEBSITE, HOW THEY

CAN GET TO THE INFORMATION THAT -- WHATEVER PLAN, THERE'S

A LOT OF -- AS YOU SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF PLANS IN HERE

AND IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IF YOU COULD SAY, OKAY, NOW

THAT WE HAVE ALL DONE THIS, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE

ABOUT WHERE WE ARE HEADED, HERE IS OUR WEBSITE.

THIS IS HOW YOU GET TO IT, AND HERE'S THE TAB AND HERE'S

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THE -- AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THIS IS YOU.

AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION.

>> THAT'S GREAT.

SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

YOU CAN SEND THEM TO YOUR PICTURE.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: YES, COMMISSIONER PIKE.

>> JILL BUFORD: NO, NO.

>> GARY PIKE: IF YOU LOOK AT THE ONE PICTURE.

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS THING, THE ONE WHERE THE

PEOPLE ARE SWIMMING.

WHAT IS THAT?

THEY TOOK A BIG WHITE BAG TO THE --

>> OH, THAT'S --

>> GARY PIKE: IS THAT A GIANT BIRD?

>> THAT ONE RIGHT THERE?

>> THAT'S THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER, LIKE TEENAGERS, LIKE A

SCHOOL -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CLEANUP OR -- YES, THAT'S

ONE OF THE CLEANUPS.

ALLEN WRIGHT WHO WAS OUR RIVER PLANNER FOR DECADES, HE

STARTED THE RIVER CLEANUP.

BUT, YEAH, WE HAD TO PICK SOME THINGS.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A STALE WEBSITE.

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ALL THE PLANNERS CAN EDIT THIS.

THEY HAVE PUT THIS INFORMATION IN.

OUR TEAM HAS HELPED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY BUT THE CONTENT

IS ALL OWNED BY THE PLANNERS.

SO THEY HAVE A NAME TO EVERY SINGLE THING ON THIS

WEBSITE.

SO IF RAY WANTS TO KNOW WHO PUT THAT UP THERE AND IT SAYS

JAMIE, THEN HE CAN GET ME RIGHT AWAY AND I CAN CHANGE IT.

BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME ALL THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE

TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE.

THEY CAN JUST DO IT THEMSELVES AND THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE

EDITORS THAT REVIEW THEIR WORK BEFORE IT GETS PUBLISHED.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: COMMISSIONER YOUNG?

>> RAY YOUNG: I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY, THAT THOSE ARE

THE DAYS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT COMMISSIONER PIKE

ALWAYS SKIPPED THOSE DAYS.

THAT'S WHY YOU DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT.

>> GARY PIKE: I THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

I HAVE TO ASK THE COMMISSION, DID ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THAT

WAS.

WE HAD ONE PERSON, TWO, THREE -- GEEZ.

GOOD WORK, JAMIE.

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>> THANK YOU.

IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL MOMENT RIGHT THERE.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: COMMISSIONER GREEN?

>> THEODORE TRENT GREEN: ONE OTHER COMMENT.

JAMIE, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE SITE HAS BECOME MUCH MORE EASILY

NAVIGABLE, LET'S SAY.

ONE SUGGESTION, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION IS

INVOLVED IN AN MPO AND THE RIVER, WE ARE CONSTANTLY

GENERATING A LOT OF INFORMATION.

I THINK THE NEW SITE CREATES A GREAT PLATFORM FOR THAT TO

BE ACCESSED BY CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER ACTUALLY PROFILING A

PARTICULAR PROJECT OR INITIATIVE OR SOMETHING ON THE

WEBSITE THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF

THESE THREE ENTITIES OR SOMETHING THAT LET'S SAY, THAT'S

HAPPENING, THAT'S GOOD AND WORTH PROFILING IN SOUTH

COUNTY OR PLANT CITY OR WHEREVER, IT COULD BE A CITIZEN

INITIATIVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MAY HAVE COME

BEFORE THE COMMISSION AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, BUT NOW

IT'S THERE, IT EXISTS AND WE SHOULD -- YOU KNOW,

EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT.

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SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND WHEN WE RUN OUT OF STUFF TO

DO, MAYBE WE START LOOKING AT PROFILING INITIATIVES OR

PROJECTS OR PLACES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE ASPIRE

TO.

SO --

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

THANK YOU, JAMIE.

>> OKAY.

JUST TWO MORE VERY SHORT ITEMS.

I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO

PARTICIPATE IN THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL AGAIN.

I WILL DRIVE MY '65 CHEVY AND IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO RIDE

IN THAT PARADE, YOU ARE WELCOME TO.

I KNOW I MENTIONED IT TO COMMISSIONER PIKE RAY, I DON'T

KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

YOU MAY BE RIDING IN THE PARADE.

I THINK THAT'S MARCH 3rd OR 4th.

THE 4th, OKAY.

AND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME, WE ARE DOWN

TO THE WIRE, THE A.P.A. NATIONAL CONFERENCE IS

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APRIL 13th TO 17th IN CHICAGO, IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED

IN WANTING TO ATTEND, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET ME KNOW RIGHT

AWAY.

AND I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU MR. CHIARAMONTE.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS, AND ITEM

NUMBER 9, CHAIR'S BUSINESS.

I HAVE NONE.

IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS?

ANY NEW BUSINESS?

ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS?

>> YES.

I HAVE AN MPO REPORT.

JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE HAD A STRENGTH THINK

DISCUSSION ON REGIONAL PRIORITIES FOR WEST CENTRAL

FLORIDA WHICH WAS A REALLY GOOD THING AND

MR. CHIARAMONTE, WAS IT SEVEN SEPARATE MPOs INVOLVED IN

THAT?

>> YES, SEVEN.

>> COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

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A LOT OF THE FOCUS IS ON THINGS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY

AND TAMPA AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION, AND I'M

GLAD THAT PASSED.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> DEREK DOUGHTY: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ARNOLD.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS?

NO?

WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP AT 5:30 FOR PLANT CITY

AND 6:15 FOR CITY OF TAMPA.

AND WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN UNTIL 5:30.