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Hillsborough County Planning Commission Meeting Summary – October 12, 2026

Hillsborough County Archive View Page — Monday, October 12, 2026
BodyHillsborough County, Florida
SessionHillsborough County Archive View Page
DateMonday, October 12, 2026
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Speaker 1

0:00

Face with alligators in the pipes, snakes.

0:02

We pulled out cell phones, computers.

0:05

Anything you could think of.

0:07

It is really a two part system utilizing the jetback.

0:11

And then the robotics to inspect it.

0:24

It is a social with all the sediment, vegetation litter that goes into these stormwater systems.

Speaker 2

7:59

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.

8:11

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.

8:30

For more information about the Planning Commission, please call eight one three two seven two five nine four zero.

Speaker 3

9:55

Staff will give a presentation with a fifteen minute time limit.

Unassigned speaker

10:00

The applicant will be given the opportunity to make a presentation with a 15-minute time limit.

Speaker 3

10:02

Following presentations, members of the public may address the planning commission when recognized by the chairman.

10:07

Public comment will be heard for three minutes per person.

10:09

The applicant will be afforded a three-minute period for rebuttal response.

10:12

Planning commissioners will then ask questions.

10:14

Public comment will be closed.

10:16

Then upon a motion, a second and discussion of vote will be taken.

10:20

To all participants, please note that tonight's hearing concerns proposed changes to the comprehensive plan.

10:26

Presentation should not include matters related to zoning applications and site plans that are not before the commission.

10:31

Zoning conditions are not relevant to plan amendments and may not be considered by the planning commission.

10:36

The planning commission's purview and making a recommendation is limited to consistency or inconsistency with the comprehensive plan.

10:42

And with that, I'd like to please ask the clerk to call roll.

Speaker 4

10:47

Good evening.

10:48

Bowden?

Speaker 3

10:49

Here.

Speaker 4

10:50

Cardinas?

Unassigned speaker

10:51

Here.

Speaker 4

10:52

Jemison?

Speaker 5

10:53

Here.

Speaker 4

10:54

Kugler.

10:56

Lincoln's.

10:58

Lauk.

Speaker 5

10:59

Here.

Speaker 4

11:00

Seben?

Unassigned speaker

11:01

Here.

Speaker 4

11:02

Sink?

Speaker 5

11:03

Here.

Speaker 4

11:04

Orton?

11:05

Here.

11:05

Rodriguez?

Speaker 3

11:07

Here.

Speaker 4

11:07

Joseph?

Speaker 3

11:08

Here.

Unassigned speaker

11:09

You

Speaker 4

11:09

have a quorum, sir.

Speaker 3

11:10

Thank you.

11:11

All right.

11:12

Action items 2A has been continued to the October cycle, so we will not be hearing that one tonight, just in case anybody was here waiting for that one.

11:20

And action item 2D, HCCPA 26-24 was also continued to the October cycle.

11:25

So we will not be hearing either of those this evening.

11:28

And we will start off with item 2B, HCCPA 26-21 comprehensive plan map amendment 3071 East Trapnell Road, and the presenter is Alexis Meyer.

Speaker 6

11:39

Good evening, Commissioners.

11:40

Alexis Myers Planning Commission staff.

11:42

I'm here to present HCCPA 2621 located at 3701 East Trapnel Road.

Unassigned speaker

11:50

This

Speaker 6

11:50

is a privately initiated map amendment that is small in scale and approximately 8.89 acres.

11:56

The applicant is requesting to change the future land use designation from agricultural estate 1 to 2.5 to rural light industrial.

12:04

This is a new future land use category in response to the Board of County Commissioners direction given last year.

12:10

This new uh rural light industrial category allows for the consideration of uses that are more intensive than the neighborhood serving commercial, but not as intensive as the full range of light industrial or heavy industrial uses.

Unassigned speaker

12:24

This

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Zoning███████████████████████████27%
Urban Planning█████████████████17%
Procedural█████████████13%
Land Use Hearing███████████11%
Transportation Safety███████7%
Affordable Housing█████5%
Public Safety████4%
Environmental Protection████4%
Stormwater Management███3%
Summary of Proceedings

Hillsborough County Planning Commission Meeting Summary – October 12, 2026

The Hillsborough County Planning Commission held a public hearing on October 12, 2026, running from 10:30 AM to 7:33 PM, to review five small-scale comprehensive plan map amendments. The hearing featured significant public comment, particularly on a density increase for a proposed supportive housing community for adults with developmental disabilities and a highly contested industrial land use change on Repton Boulevard.

Preliminaries

  • A quorum was established. Items 2A and 2D (HCCPA 26-24) were continued to a future meeting cycle.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Item 2C – Davis Road (Project Focus): Multiple speakers expressed strong support for the land use change to Res 16, arguing the designation was essential for developing an integrated, supportive community for adults with developmental disabilities. Project Focus representatives (Executive Director Clayton Clemens, Chairman Eric Eisenberg, Loretta Gallo Lopez) emphasized the need for accessible, affordable housing near transit and services, contrasting the proposal with isolated rural alternatives. No opposition speakers were registered.
  • Item 2F – Repton Boulevard (Light Industrial Plan): A large number of residents and adjacent business owners voiced strong opposition. Residents from West Hampton and Southampton (Dave Namick, Steve Kona, Kevin Robb, Kevin McDonald, Marcelia Kunan, Sharon Ringo, Vinu Sangui) argued the amendment violated Comprehensive Plan policies on neighborhood compatibility and gradual transitions. Specific concerns included the safety of children walking and biking to school on a narrow road without complete sidewalks, inadequate turn lane length at the sole neighborhood access point, increased gridlock, flooding risks, and the potential destruction of the community's residential character. Adjacent commercial property owners (Christina Burr, Wescott Tool) from Park Six opposed the change due to existing flooding issues from the site and argued the requested intensity was excessive and environmentally irresponsible.
  • Items 2B, 2E, 2G: No members of the public registered comments or opposition.

Discussion Items

  • HCCPA 26-21 (3071 East Trapnell Road): Staff recommended, and the Commission unanimously found consistent, a request to change 8.89 acres from Agricultural Estate to the new Rural Light Industrial (RLI) category. The applicant noted the change would eliminate residential density and accommodate a less intensive use than the current loud K9 facility.
  • HCCPA 26-22 (10610 Davis Road & Cricket Lane): Staff presented a request to change 13.8 acres from Res 6/Res 12 to Res 16 to facilitate a 220-unit project. Chair Joseph expressed concern that approving an urban density in a suburban location created inappropriate future entitlements, questioning the site's proximity to transit and services. The applicant argued Res 16 was a step-down from adjacent Temple Terrace's Res 18 and that the project would be tied to a Planned Development. The Commission voted 6-1 to find it consistent.
  • HCCPA 26-25 (11017-11101 East U.S. Highway 92): A request to change 6.77 acres from Res 9 to Suburban Mixed Use 6 to align the land use along a designated commercial corridor and resolve a split-designation issue. The Commission unanimously found it consistent.
  • HCCPA 26-26 (13750 Repton Boulevard): The most contentious item. Staff recommended consistency for a change from a split NMU4/RCP designation to Light Industrial Plan (LIP), which would increase potential non-residential square footage from approximately 770,000 to 1,200,000. The applicant argued the existing land use map was a flawed “hodgepodge” left from a dissolved DRI and that LIP was chosen to preserve existing uses while requiring a Planned Development. Chair Joseph questioned the necessity of the amendment given existing rights, arguing the process unnecessarily stirred up community conflict. Commissioner Lauk reluctantly supported the change, citing the poor condition of the existing map and urging neighborhood engagement in the PD process. The Commission voted 4-3 to recommend consistency.
  • HCCPA 26-27 (3030 Cockroach Bay Road): A request to change 6.9 acres from Agricultural Rural to LIP for an existing solid waste and composting facility. It passed unanimously.

Key Outcomes

  • HCCPA 26-21 (Trapnell Road): Motion by Commissioner Sink, second by Commissioner Lauk. Voted 7-0 to find consistent.
  • HCCPA 26-22 (Davis Road): Motion by Commissioner Sink, second by Commissioner Jemison. Voted 6-1 to find consistent. Chair Joseph dissented.
  • HCCPA 26-25 (US Highway 92): Motion by Commissioner Jemison, second by Commissioner Lauk. Voted 7-0 to find consistent.
  • HCCPA 26-26 (Repton Boulevard): Motion by Commissioner Lauk, second by Commissioner Sink. Voted 4-3 to find consistent. Commissioners Bowden, Lauk, Seben, and Sink voted in favor. Commissioners Cardinas, Jemison, and Joseph voted against.
  • HCCPA 26-27 (Cockroach Bay Road): Motion by Commissioner Lauk, second by Commissioner Jemison. Voted 7-0 to find consistent.

Meeting Transcript

Face with alligators in the pipes, snakes. We pulled out cell phones, computers. Anything you could think of. It is really a two part system utilizing the jetback. And then the robotics to inspect it. It is a social with all the sediment, vegetation litter that goes into these stormwater systems. 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 eight one three two seven two five nine four zero. Staff will give a presentation with a fifteen 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 chairman. Public comment will be heard for three minutes per person. The applicant will be afforded a three-minute period for rebuttal response. Planning commissioners will then ask questions. Public comment will be closed. Then upon a motion, a second and discussion of vote will be taken. To all participants, please note that tonight's hearing concerns proposed changes to the comprehensive plan. Presentation should not include matters related to zoning applications and site plans that are not before the commission. Zoning conditions are not relevant to plan amendments and may not be considered by the planning commission. The planning commission's purview and making a recommendation is limited to consistency or inconsistency with the comprehensive plan. And with that, I'd like to please ask the clerk to call roll. Good evening. Bowden? Here. Cardinas? Here. Jemison? Here. Kugler. Lincoln's. Lauk. Here. Seben? Here. Sink? Here. Orton? Here. Rodriguez? Here. Joseph? Here. You have a quorum, sir. Thank you. All right. Action items 2A has been continued to the October cycle, so we will not be hearing that one tonight, just in case anybody was here waiting for that one. And action item 2D, HCCPA 26-24 was also continued to the October cycle. So we will not be hearing either of those this evening.

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