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Temple Terrace planners outline comprehensive plan update, call for wide public engagement
Summary
Planning Commission staff told the City Council the city’s comprehensive plan will receive a text-focused overhaul beginning with visioning and public outreach in 2026; officials discussed map-change procedures, regional coordination and outreach partnerships including USF.
The City of Temple Terrace received a presentation from Planning Commission staff on a comprehensive plan update that staff said will be text‑focused, begin public engagement planning in 2025 and move into substantive drafting in 2026.
Planning Commission staff member Yanika Mills told the council the comprehensive plan is a 20‑year roadmap that last underwent a meaningful update in 2016 and now contains 12 sections, 28 goals, 155 objectives and 576 policies spread over roughly 270 pages. Melissa Dickens, division director for strategic planning, said the visioning phase will guide all subsequent policy drafting and called for broad community input, including virtual and in‑person meetings and a public engagement plan developed with the University of South Florida’s Master of Urban and Regional Planning program.
The presentation said the update is governed by state statute Chapter 163 and that staff expects to focus first on strengthening and streamlining plan text rather than immediately…
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