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Speakers ask Tampa council to explore city purchase to protect Showman's Rest and other cemeteries
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to consider purchasing a parcel near Showman's Rest at Woodlawn Cemetery to preserve perpetual care and protect gravesites; a speaker asked a councilmember to propose a motion to study a city purchase.
Several members of the public used general comment to press the council to act on the sale of a parcel adjacent to Showman’s Rest at Woodlawn Cemetery, saying the owners hope to sell the land to fund perpetual care for the burial site.
Adrian Rodriguez asked the council to put forward a motion directing the city to investigate whether it can purchase the parcel at 30412 North Ola Avenue. Rodriguez said the parcel — the same that was the subject of a…
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