2026-04-16 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official minutes. No video is posted for this meeting, so there is no transcript or timing.

Regular session, 1:30 to 7:05 PM with a recess from 3:24 to 5:01; Chair Hanewicz presiding; Floyd absent, so most votes were 7-0.
Agenda amended 7-0: the Beach Drive watermain item moved to reports, Shore Acres and canal dredging items added, a committee action item added, and the transit overlay title corrected.
Consent agenda passed 7-0, including a $1,400,459 pier demolition contract (Biltmore Construction), a $122,905 software renewal, a Little League license, board appointments and committee minutes.
Resolutions adopted 7-0: lawsuit settlement 2026-163, 13th Street Heights plan 2026-164, Beach Drive watermain $12,784,022 (2026-165), Shore Acres $9,664,855.76 (2026-166), canal dredging resolution 2026-167, lot-clearing and building-securing liens 2026-168 and 2026-169.
Transit overlay public hearing drew 25 speakers; two amendments and the final motion passed 6-0, Harting recused.
Gas Plant study request passed 6-1.
Hearing dates of May 14, 2026 set for Ordinances 634-H and 635-H.
Open forum before the agenda covered fair housing and housing issues; the second open forum had no speakers.

Ordinance 633-H: 19 speakers in support and 6 in opposition (one registered without speaking). Amendments: zero minimum parking at stations and within a quarter mile (6-0); exemption of buildings 50 years or older from the FAR limits (6-0); final motion as amended with a May 14, 2026 date (6-0). Harting filed Form 8B, citing a business on industrial property in the affected area.

Request that the Administration advance phase two of the ULI Tampa Bay study within two weeks passed 6-1; Figgs-Sanders voted no.

Referral on House Bill 1217 and the Integrated Sustainability Action Plan approved 7-0.

Ordinances 634-H and 635-H set for May 14, 2026 hearing (7-0 each); task order 2026-157 on consent.

Consent resolution 2026-153: funding up to $5,000 for an arts and cultural agency through September 30, 2026, on Arts Advisory Committee recommendation.

A report from the Juvenile Welfare Board on a parent technology program; no action. Proclamations for Fair Housing Month and Arbor Day.