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Council Preview 11/20/25

The council will vote on 68 items, plus finalized details on the proposed increase to the multi-modal impact fee and a $7.5 million settlement for a wrongful conviction. Council will also vote on a $7 million contract for armed security, the establishment of the Charter Review Commission and a Facilities Master Plan agreement.

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Agenda 11/20/25 – Regular Meeting

This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background details from the Summary Sheet when available and provides links to supporting documents. Also included is a zoning map with current applications.

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A Year of Agendas

A little bit of how Tampa Monitor came to be, what’s been accomplished in the last year and what comes next.

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11/13/25 – Morning CRA and Evening Land Use Preview

CRA Board to weigh $20 million in funding requests while attempting to make improvements to the application process. Evening agenda focused on land use changes with a major Hyde Park development requesting continuance.

Agendas

Agendas 11/13/25 – CRA & Evening Land Use

This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background details from the Summary Sheet when available and provides links to supporting documents. Also included is a zoning map with current applications.

Wrap Up

Let’s Talk Turnout

Turnout for the 2025 District 5 special call election was typical for City of Tampa municipal elections with only 43 less votes than 2023 election.

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11/6/25 – Regular Meeting

This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background details from the Summary Sheet when available and provides links to supporting documents. Also included is a zoning map with current applications.

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10/30 – Impact Fees and Sulphur Springs Lead Workshop Agenda

Thursday council will hold morning workshops headlined by the final workshop to determine extraordinary circumstances to increase multi-modal impact fees and an anticipated update and discussion on the Sulphur Springs Action Plan. The evening agenda covers land use issues including two significant changes to east Ybor future land use map.

Agendas

10/30/25 – Workshop & Evening Land Use

This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background details from the Summary Sheet when available and provides links to supporting documents. Also included is a zoning map with current applications.

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