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Plan Hillsborough presents 2024 annual report highlighting strategic plan work and new tools
Summary
Plan Hillsborough staff presented the agency’s 2024 annual report to the Planning Commission, summarizing four strategic pillars, recent projects including a $2.5 million Safe Streets for All grant with UCF, and performance metrics such as client contacts and mapping products.
Plan Hillsborough staff on Feb. 10 presented the agency’s 2024 annual report to the Hillsborough County City‑County Planning Commission, reviewing progress implementing the agency’s 2024–2029 strategic plan and listing several projects and tools launched last year.
Melissa Dickens, planning commission staff, told commissioners the strategic plan has four pillars: integrated and connected communities; partnerships and community engagement; resilient natural and built environments; and technology and operational enhancements. She highlighted recent work under each pillar and shared quantitative metrics tracked in the annual report.
Examples and metrics noted in the presentation included the 2050 long‑range transportation plan adoption and priorities for the TPO; a new growth management guide; work on the Hillsborough County comprehensive plan future land use section and Tampa’s future land use updates (including bonus structures and housing); and a $2,500,000 Safe Streets for All grant awarded to the TPO in partnership with the University of Central Florida.
Dickens also summarized public‑facing tools and operational items under the technology pillar: a land‑use finder tool, an interactive gentrification indicators map, updated procedures manuals separated by city, and an internal review of potential uses and guardrails for artificial intelligence. Staff noted a "Meet the Team" video series to introduce agency staff to the public.
Staff reported annual performance highlights in the annual report: more than 1,800 client contacts (phone, walk‑ins, email), over 90 external presentations, more than 115 meetings (planning commission, TPO, River board and committees), about 60 comprehensive‑plan amendment reviews, roughly 360 other consistency reviews, and more than 1,400 maps produced.
The presentation required no action; staff said the annual performance measures will be used in the executive director’s upcoming annual review and that staff will continue to track implementation of the strategic plan. Dickens answered questions and closed the presentation; commissioners thanked staff and moved on to the action items on the agenda.
The annual report was submitted as a packet item and staff noted hard copies were placed at commissioners’ seats.
