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Planning Commission Seeks Citizen Input on

Changes to Tampa Comprehensive Plan

The Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission is in the final stages of updating the Tampa Comprehensive Plan entitled "Building Our Legacy, A Livable Community". In a major effort to educate citizens on the newly revamped comprehensive plan and also give them the opportunity to comment on proposed changes, Planning Commission staff will hold two "Open House Dates" in May. Citizen comments will be reviewed and incorporated prior to a series of public hearings to formally adopt changes to the comprehensive plan. The draft plan can be found at www.plan2025.org

Open House dates have been scheduled from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at two locations to gather citizen input. Residents from the City of Tampa are invited to attend the open house most convenient to them.

Thursday, May 1

West Tampa Library

2312 Union St. Tampa, FL

Tuesday, May 6

College Hill Library

2607 E. MLK Blvd. Tampa, FL

"Participation in open houses will ensure that proposed changes to the comprehensive plan are exactly what citizens articulated during the Plan 2025 workshops held in 2003," remarked Planning Commission Executive Director Robert B. Hunter, FAICP. "It’s tremendously important that citizens express to what they desire for the future of Tampa."

For more information on the comprehensive plan updates or to schedule a Planning Commission staff member to contact your group about making a presentation, contact Michele Ogilvie at 273-3774, ext. 317.

The Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission is the official land planning agency responsible for coordinated, long-range planning throughout Hillsborough County, including the cities of Tampa, Plant City and Temple Terrace and the unincorporated areas of Hillsborough County. The Planning Commission is comprised of ten laypeople appointed by the local governments for four-year terms.

Jay Collins

Community Planner II

Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission
601 East Kennedy Blvd., 18th Floor
County Center Building
Tampa, Florida
33602
813-272-5940
http://www.theplanningcommission.org

Sadly, We Say Goodbye............

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Hurtful Things

It was brought to my attention, by a reader, that a couple of the comments by "Fred" were fairly mean.  I have to admit that when I built this blog, it was meant as the desciption over the logo, states....

EVERYTHING SEMINOLE HEIGHTS!! All the boring stuff no one likes to see on Scott's Seminole Heights Blog! Good ole fashioned neighborhood gossip! Local news, some photos......Whatever!

I know a lot of you use the site and never comment.  I check the hits. The subject matter doesn't elicit the need to comment, for the most part. So, in truth, I do not pay much attention to the comments.  I should have! 

I wish to say that if you have highly editorial or caustic comments to make, take them elsewhere. HOT TOPICS is simply for an exchange of information.  It is not political or controversial.  It is just events, social news and local light hearted gossip.   

To Fred, whom I doubt is actually a Fred.....  Buzz off! Take your hate full comments and find another place that will welcome them.  To anyone who might have been offended by Fred's comments, I apologize and I will be monitoring the comments closely to make sure they stay within the guidelines of the site.

There are enough places in the world where you can be mean to your fellow man.  This isn't one of them!

CouldBeSherry

THERE ARE DECORATIONS AND THEN THERE ARE...........

Around Halloween I took a couple of tours to see the Halloween decorations of the Greater SH area, one when it was dark and the other after brunch on Sunday. Some were really awesome, as large as a Christmas display. Some were funny, some scary and at least one I found, very satirical. Tombstones...not the usual,

...........I Told You I Was Sick!..........or Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake; Stepped on the gas instead of the brake

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No these were coded and aimed directly at some well known OLD SEM neighbors. I don't know the whole story, but I do know the people, all of whom work hours and hours for the betterment of OLD SEM. The pictures are below. I thought it was interesting enough to post the stones. Any comments?

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The Setting

The Stones

Randy

Susan

Noreen

OUR NEWEST NEIGHBOR!!

INTRODUCING MADELINE (Maddie)  GIBBS...BRAND NEW, CUTE AS HECK, DAUGHTER OF

MALCOLM AND MELINDA GIBBS!

OMG, does it get any cuter?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TITLE THIS!

For those of you who know Shrek and Fiona personally, you will appreciate this picture that came my way recently!  Can you believe it has been a year and a half and they are still going strong?  :)

I love this pic!  Every wedding pic should be like this!

I Met An Interesting Man.....

A couple of weeks ago, I met a man who came into where I work to look at the art, and we ended up talking.  His name is Dr. Steven Arkin and interestingly enough I found out he lives and works in SH!  I enjoyed our conversation and was very impressed with who he is and what he does.  Not just an ordinary doctor, but a doctor whose goal is to give back! 

Dr. Arkin, runs PEACE OF MIND Medical Care on MLK.  His card says "Affordable Health Care.  "Walk In on Mondays and Wednesdays."  The Dr. says, "It is a place for people who can't afford regular health care."  He actually encourages low income people to use his services! 

I have thought about my conversation with Dr. Atkins for a couple of weeks now and over and over it has pleased me to think of someone with this particular agenda..............helping!  I am fortunate enough to have good health insurance at the moment and do not need his services, but it is really quite wonderful knowing he is there to help those that can't find help in the regular channels. And what doctor these days has his cell phone on his card?

Dr. Steven Arkin, I am glad I met you.  I will store the memory of our conversation in the place I put things I remember about special people.  Good stuff for my old age memories!

Word Has It.......

The restaurant that is coming at Shadowlawn and Nebraska might be in an entirely new building.....something about a tree and available parking spaces and an conscientious business owner who is going for permits and such to do the work, rather than doing the work and hoping it all come together with the city later!

Then there is the building which used to house the old Dis N Dat.  Only permit I could ever find was one for interior  or inside work.  Guess that covers the enormous cut outs for what would seem to be new plate glass windows.  Must have done the work from the INSIDE out!

Hats off to Merinos who struggled hard to do the right thing and rehab acording to code and zoning, etc.  Know it was difficult and I hope their reward is that everyone goes there and enjoys their delicious food and they make tons of money.  They deserve it!