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The Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission held its regular meeting on October 12, 2026, at 20:00 UTC. Commissioners adopted a nature preserve management plan, approved internal policy and bylaws updates, and endorsed capital improvement schedules and a comprehensive plan vision update for Temple Terrace and Tampa. Staff also briefed the board on several comprehensive plan map amendments. No members of the public signed up to speak on any agenda item.
Melissa Zornita provided updates on the Riverview Community Plan collaboration with the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA), the Urban Expansion Area (UAE) study outreach, and a stadium district neighborhood coalition. She noted the commission was interviewed by the state Office of Policy and Government Accountability (OPAGA) for a study on Urban Service Areas. Following the chair's resignation, Zornita stated that eight sitting members remain with a quorum of six, urging strong attendance. Commissioner Sink praised staff's efforts during the recent UAE outreach meetings.
Welcome to a meeting of your planning commission, the official local planning agency for the cities of Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plan City, and unincorporated Hillsboro County. The Planning Commission provides innovative leadership and long-range vision that contributes to the creation of a thriving prosperous community that offers opportunity, fairness, and choice in how we live, move, learn, work, and play. For more information about the Planning Commission, please call 813-272-5940. Follow us on social media or visit our website at PlanHillsborough.org. Good afternoon and welcome to the October 12th, 2026 regular meeting of the Hillsborough County City County Planning Commission. We thank you for attending this meeting. Your comments and participation are encouraged. For those attending in person and wishing to speak on any agenda item, please sign the register at the reception desk and turn off any devices that may be a distraction. To minimize feedback in the audio, all online participants in the meeting will be muted until it is their opportunity to speak. Planning commissioners should unmute themselves to indicate that they would like to speak. Please be sure to state your name at the beginning of your remarks for the benefit of the clerk. There will be an opportunity for members of the public to provide comments. When your name is called, you will be unmuted when it is your turn to speak. Please wait until the chair calls on you to begin speaking. State your name at the beginning of your comments and adhere to the time limits. If anyone has difficulties or is watching via HTV and would like to provide comments to be included in the record for the local government hearing, please email them to planner at plancom.org. For action items, the meeting will be conducted as follows. The agenda item will be introduced. Staff will give their presentation with a 15-minute time limit. The applicant will be given the opportunity to make a presentation with a 15-minute time limit. Following presentations, members of the public may address the planning commission when recognized by the chair. Public comments will be heard for three minutes per person. The applicant will be afforded a three-minute period for rebuttal or response. Planning commissioners will ask questions. Public comments will be closed, then upon a motion, a second and discussion of vote will be taken. With that introduction, Commissioner Seaban will lead us in the invocation and pledge of allegiance. Help us to make decisions that fulfill that mission. Indivisible with liberty and justice. Aye. Those opposed. That motion carries unanimously. All right. Next up we have the collection of statement of interest forms for commissioners who haven't submitted theirs. And I have copies if anyone would like one who didn't submit an interest form. Are you going to call them out? Do you know who they are? Um Kugler and Lincoln, is it? Well, I don't know that we've gotten any from them. We'll send them an email to follow up. Um submitted theirs. I don't think Cardenas. Did we get one from Steven?