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Item 90 authorizes up to $80 million in non-ad valorem revenue bonds for the city’s stadium contribution. The signed agreement says the city’s share of the stadium district’s property taxes will “repay” it. The bond resolution says property taxes can’t pay the bonds.
Council sent the Peregrine grant to Nov. 5 so the acting chief could brief each member, then moved the vote up to Thursday at staff’s request. The contract comes with an Aug. 4 memo in which TPD told Purchasing it needs Peregrine ‘to standardize and share law enforcement information across state law enforcement agencies.’
Water pressure dropped while crews flushed a new main for the developer-built road connecting K-Bar Ranch and Easton Park.
Council Chair Alan Clendenin’s rewrite gives Tampa’s proposed inspector general subpoena power and its own initiative. Florida’s chief IG explains why that matters.
After the 2023 Ybor shooting, the Legislature funded a “crime prevention initiative … through community engagement.” So far it has bought TPD three drones and, on Thursday’s consent agenda, a $595,000 platform from a Palantir alum’s company that Florida agencies elsewhere are buying for immigration enforcement.
The Washington manufacturer of roughly 215 Hope Cottages closed this week, leaving customers a warranty page and a parts guide. No city document has ever named the vendor — and council already has a Tampa Hope update on the calendar for September 17.
FDOT revoked general use permits for license plate readers in state rights-of-way, citing ‘concerning reports of misuse, data privacy concerns and surveillance schemes.’ TPD’s release commits to full compliance — and never mentions the vendor’s name.
Two revenue scenarios from the Rays, one the county would stand behind. Neither is the one I’d bet on.
A substitute Development and Funding Agreement landed on the agenda late Wednesday afternoon including the tax-sharing formula. My numbers from Sunday are out of date, so here are new ones.
Mayor Castor’s FY27 budget includes plans for underground injection wells for aquifer recharge of treated wastewater.
After more than 23 years Duncan retires under the shadow of a recent $350,000 settlement by the city for allegations of discrimination, retaliation and potential nepotism.
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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