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Staff outlines four Tampa redistricting alternatives, robust outreach ahead of hearings
Summary
Planning commission staff presented four alternatives that would reduce council-district population deviation below 5% and described outreach including six open houses, a public survey open through late February, targeted emails and media coverage; the item was informational and requires future public hearings and final action.
Planning commission staff on Jan. 12 briefed commissioners on the City of Tampa’s 2026 redistricting effort, presenting four alternatives that staff say would reduce population deviation across council districts to below the 5% threshold.
“Since 2020, nearly 20,000 individuals have moved to the city of Tampa,” Yassir Gonzalez, planning commission staff, told the commission, noting population…
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