October 1st, 2026 REGULAR AGENDA meeting

September 28, 2026

  1. Commendation for Albert Owens for a decade of scholarship for Youth in Tampa Bay
  2. Commendation for Les Miller for 2026 Black Men’s Wellness day (October 10, 2026)
  3. Staff to report on Bay Area Legal services for 10 minutes.  Thank you to Rebecca Johns for presenting this report.
  4. Reappointment of  Lorene Hero to the Civil Service board by the Mayor until 2029.  Seriously, her term is up in MAY 2027?  Why are we not allowing our next Mayor to appoint these folks?
  5. Reappointment of Henry Moseley to the building board of adjustment—WHY does Jane Castor get to appoint folks until June 3, 2030 when she will ONLY be Mayor until May 1, 2027?
  6. COT approve WEX charging….for enrollment in a “EV gas enrollment”  WTH, TPD has how many EV rides??
  7. NOT everyone can be transported to the hospital via TFR, this is the contract to pay for private transportation to hospitals in the COT   $5.2million which seems a bit MUCH. I'd think most of this should be covered by those being transported? 
  8. $240k from various Tree Trust Funds to Parks Forestry funds for the 5 year tree canopy survey.  Did I miss something, I thought that the studies were be paid for out of other funding?  CAB will need to confirm.
  9. COT contract with Kone Inc for Elevator and Escalator Maintenance and repairs for $300k over 38 months for the convention center.
  10. East Parks contract for grounds maintenance for $220k with DHA Quality Services.  Thanks for the list of parks covered!
  11. North Parks contract with Merion Landscape Services for $326k for grounds care
  12. Movement of $28k from the University Tree Trust fund to Supplies Budget Reserve?  Aren’t we supposed to buy TREES with the Trust fund?  Oh, wait, supposedly it is going to the Veteran’s Memorial at Copeland Park?  Where is it in the CIP?  The one for the Port Tampa Center was in the CIP.  I had a problem with that one too!!!  They spent Tree Trust fund on that monument as well.  You could AT LEAST put the designs in ON BASE along with this item.  How do we know anything about how these funds are spent?
  13. Neighborhood Enhancement contract with Republic Services for waste disposal for $202k
  14. Neighborhood enhancement demolishing the structures at the following properties:  (1) 6211 S Martindale Ave, and (2) 2904 N 17th St
  15. Neighborhood enhancement cleaning up the properties located at:  (1) 8312 N Klondyke St, (2) 3608 E Mohawk Ave, (3) 2229 E 18th Ave, and (4) 2418 18th Ave
  16. Neighborhood enhancement cleaning up the properties located at:  (1) 2917 E Emma St, (2) 3621 Machado St, (3) 9602 N 18th St, and (4) 1905 E Maple Ave
  17. Special Event Permit: Santa Fest and Holiday Parade-Pierce
  18. The Wastewater department agreement with Beck Electric for parks and supplies up to $300k.
  19. $300k contract for solid waste for additional over 16 months with Mazzella Lift for Crane parts and service for a total contract of $499k.
  20. $524k contract with Bandes Construction for Curtis Hixon Park and Washington St park from the Downtown CRA funds and Channelside CRA.
  21. $2.7 million contract with  Phinazee Construction  for Huberty Ave Park improvements from the Drew Park CRA.
  22. Standard Insurance for Life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance for HR department with escalation of $1.6million a 3.8%CPI
  23. COT contract with Carlton Fields PA for up to an additional $20k for legal services associated with the Charter Review Commission.
  24. A private dock agreement for 5914 N Kenneth Ave
  25. Scrivener’s error correction for the settlement of the lawsuit for Manhattan LLC.  I still think this agreement should have NEVER happened.  (If they are replacing all the dirt on the property, how can they possibly leave trees?)  SMH
  26. Leasing of a space in the Noriega garage in Ybor for $2050 per month for the Ybor Community Ambassadors and the clean team with Mydatt Services.
  27. Movement of Downtown Core and Non-Core CRA funds of $2million to the COT to pay the 2021 Debt service for the Convention Center.
  28. $280k grant from Economic Development Administration for Tampa Resilient Industries Action Plan.  Matching funds from the COT in $70k. For starters stop changing the use on all of our commercial and industrial land!!  I don’t need to get paid for that!!
  29. See item #28
  30. Utility easement to TECO at 2609 N Rome Ave
  31. Brownfield Clean up credits sold to US Bank National Association by the COT (Who can NOT use the credits) for $197k.
  32. See item #31
  33. Seawall agreement for 4203 North River View Ave
  34. Seawall agreement for 4205 North River View Ave
  35. Grant of Water Easement from Highland Oaks Property LLC to the COT for installation of water facilities 4502 N Falkenburg Rd
  36. Amendment to the first site agreement for Nova Engineering & Environmental LLC to 701 Channelside Dr for site access for FDEP.
  37. 2nd amendment to the non-grant agreement with Catholic Charities for the Operation of Tampa Hope.
  38. Housing opportunities for persons with AIDS grant agreement for 3 year HOPWA agreement with Aids service association DBA EPIC.  $2.85 million
  39. Amendment of Utility Easement to TECO 701 Channelside
  40. Release of easement for 201 and 215 North Dale Mabry
  41. Acceptance of $59k for wayfinding signs for TGH from Fl Health Sciences center to the COT.
  42. 2nd addendum to agreement with TMA Systems, LLC for $313k  to convert subscription licensing for three years by Logistics and Asset Management managed by T&I.
  43. SET PUBLIC HEARING for Annexation of 1860 E Fowler Ave into the City from Unincorporated Hillsborough County.  (I’ve not seen this before)  November 5, 2026, at 10:30 a.m., and December 3, 2026 at 10:00 a.m
  44. SET PUBLIC HEARING Annexation of 6008 and 6010 North Armenia Ave into the City from Unincorporated Hillsborough County.   November 5, 2026, at 10:30 a.m., and December 3, 2026 at 10:00 a.m
  45. SET PUBLIC HEARING Annexation of 11516 North Armenia Ave into the city from unincorporated Hillsborough County.   November 5, 2026, at 10:30 a.m., and December 3, 2026 at 10:00 a.m
  46. Petition for Review Hearing set for  November 19, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. for 3743 N 15th St for an FDN.
  47. Petition for Review Hearing set for 3610 North 31st St set for December 3, 2026 at 1:30 p.m
  48. Naming of Frank A Reddick Park Activity Center in Williams Park.
  49. An Ordinance deleting the EBO programs for the City of Tampa.
  50. 2nd Reading-- Rezoning of 4706, 4708 and 4710 West McElroy Ave
  51. 2nd Reading—Rezoning of 104 South Tampania Avenue and 2522 West Kennedy
  52. 2nd Reading--Rezoning of 4410, 4400 and 4488 West Boy Scout Boulevard
  53. 2nd Reading--Rezoning of 205 South Fremont Ave—with BONUS agreement
  54. 2nd Reading—Rezoning 6200 and 6202 Interbay Boulevard, 6206 South 6th Street, and 6205 and 6207 South Martindale Ave
  55. 2nd Reading—Rezoning  2910 East Clark St
  56. Public Hearing for the displacement of the brick and granite curbs from the public right of way E. Twiggs Street (lying North of E. Madison Street, South of E. Zack Street, East of N. Tampa Street West of N. Florida Ave)
  57. Agreement with the COT and Robles Park Village Development group for stormwater pipes in the right of way.
  58. Administrative Update
  59. Design Build agreement for water main Improvements for $19.9 million.  With Westra Construction.
  60. Change order 1 for Wastewater Gravity Sewer rehabilitation with Insituform Technologies LLC $3.3 million.
  61. CFO to provide a report on deferred maintenance in the City of Tampa- $3.9billion in capital assets (has this been confirmed in the report that was requested a year or so ago to confirm what the city of Tampa owns)  In my world depreciation is automatic and only basically used for paperwork it doesn’t defer maintenance or even define the maintenance necessary for a building.  I’d like to see the back of the napkin estimates from the department heads.  They didn’t just pull those numbers from the thin air, so where are the documents to support the numbers?
  62. Martin Shelby to explain the process for replacing the District 7 Council Member once the seat is vacated.
  63. Melissa Zornitta to appear with Jaime Jones to speak on the Planning for the West Tampa Heights area.
  64. TIME CERTAIN—1:30pm The Charter Review Commission attorney to bring back an ordinance for 1st reading for Charter Questions.
  65. Staff to report on Special Needs Internship program.
  66. Staff to provide a written report with an inventory of each existing City Master Plan and its age.  The Master Plan Tracker is of interest.  Why has the Parks Master Plan never been adopted.  (I couldn’t find it on the COT website the last time I looked for it.)  What is COOP/CEOP?  I think there should have been a link provided to each of the documents listed.  FTR- I hate that the study for SOG and Palmetto Beach is called the Coastal Area Action Plan--- folks don’t realize it is four our communities.  Especially since it only got about 5 minutes in front of council.
  67. Staff report about the developers and their information for the Infill lots offered by the City for affordable housing.  It looks like a good number of them are single family attached (AKA duplexes) which can help bring housing prices down for the buyer.