Tampa City Council to vote on list of school zone speed camera locations
18 schools to start as new speed study highlighting 12 new school zones for the cameras while retaining 6 of the 12 originally identified.
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6/4/26 – Regular Meeting
65 item agenda for the June 4, 2026 regular city council meeting.
5/28/26 – Budget focused workshop closes out the month
4 of the 7 items on Thursday morning’s workshop agenda are budget focused from mid-year update to a presentation on the CDBG-DR funds
5/28/26 – Morning Workshop & Evening Land Use
Tampa CRA Board delay vote on Rays Stadium MOU
The $100 million CRA contribution is the largest part of the city’s proposed financial commitment. It’s unclear what the delay will have on the deal
5/21/26 – Council Regular & CRA Special Call – Rays MOU
5/21/26 – A vote on the Rays MOU with $56 million on the regular agenda
A 69 item agenda that includes mid-year budget review and votes on funding that range from $5,000 to $30 million.
On the MOU with Rays for stadium funding
The non-binding agreement with the MLB team has the City of Tampa committing $80 million in Community Investment Tax (CIT) funds and $100 million from the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA).
Tampa City Council to vote on MOU with Rays next Thursday May 21
The non-binding agreement would allow more detailed negotiations to continue and has been a point of contention for the legislature to approve the funding promised by the governor.
Alison Hewitt: Public Investment Must Be Structured as Equity, Accountability, and Community Wealth Creation
Guest author Alison Hewitt is the first in a new Tampa Monitor feature, “Community Voices”. It’s intended to elevate the voices of folks who are doing the work and have the subject matter knowledge to truly speak to the issues affecting the city.
5/14/26 – CRA agenda leads with $35 million for Ybor Harbor development, Drew Park & East Tampa reprogram FY26 budget
This week Tampa City Council sit as the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board for a 13 item agenda with a 12 item evening land use agenda. Discussion will range from a $50 million request in the CRA Channelside district to mid-year budget realignments in the Drew Park and East Tampa districts in the morning to the first reading of land development code changes first proposed over a year ago in the evening.