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Tampa CRA board approves purchase of East Tampa parcel after CAC concerns
Summary
The Tampa CRA board approved moving forward on an East Tampa property assemblage despite earlier Community Advisory Committee (CAC) questions about environmental and stormwater information; the parcel size was clarified during the meeting.
The Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency board voted May 8 to move forward on an East Tampa property acquisition tied to a broader assemblage strategy aimed at future housing development.
The item, listed as agenda item 6, drew questions from East Tampa CAC members and residents who asked for more environmental, stormwater and valuation data before a purchase. Fran Tate, Jackson Heights Neighborhood Association president and East Tampa CAC member, urged the board to pull the item earlier and said CAC members had not received requested documentation about potential brownfield or toxic substances on the property. "We still have not received all the necessary items that we wanted to receive back,"…
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