Election Issues
Yes, it is that time again. In March we have a election for Mayor and City Council. I plan to ask each of the candidates to speak out to Seminole Heights as to why we should vote for them.
Before I do so, I thought it would be helpful to identify what issues Seminole Heights is concerned about.
1. Improving Code Enforcement.
2. Actually moving forward with foreclosing on non-homesteaded serious code violators.
3. Reactivating the public nuisance abatement board. Apparently is it currently defunct, according to a Tampa Tribune article about Gene's Bar. This allows the city to seek sanctions that can include up to closure for properties that have a certain number of drug or prostitution arrests in a given period of time.
4. Having Florida Avenue and Highland revert back to 2 lane status from their existing one way status.
5. Working with County Commission, Library Board, and School Board to build a improved Seminole Heights library with a recreation center/community center.
6. Speed up getting the Sulphur Springs Park/Tower connection built and opening up the Tower part of the park.
7. Improving the Hillsborough Avenue corridor.
What other issues not mentioned do you see as important? Of the ones I mentioned above what do you see are important?
3 comments:
I'd like to see
1)efforts at traffic calming through the neighborhoods
2)New zoning and code for small businesses in our commercial corridors. What works for a new Target in the 'burbs is not practical here. I'd like to see new guidelines put forth that would actually make it possible for existing buildings and lots to be refurbished into non-automotive enterprises.
1) Why has it taken so many years to bring properties into compliance?
2) How can the current administration support or condone the lack of performance by the current staff.
3) Why is the city of Tampa zoning office not enforcing zoning requlations with regards to hanicapped accessible parking? For example, when a grandfathered business is sold, zoning should require the new owner install hard surfaced parking.
4) Our current administration and her code department did a very vocal PR campaign about the new "Proactive" approach to Code Enforcement. Yet, an entire home/office can be built or demolished before they decide to notice it. Cars can be abandoned on right of ways, etc before our code inspectors decide to report a violation.
5) With flooding starting to be a problem city-wide, at what point will the city stop issuing construction permits?
6) With most of Tampa's road becoming impassable, what is the current administration doing to ensure that FDOT will speed up the process of resurfacing roads?
WITH GAS PRICES AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, FUEL RESOURCES LIMITED, WHAT WILL OUR NEW LEADERS TO TO WORK WITH FDOT TO CHANGE THE WAY TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE INSTALLED AND TIMED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I AM BECOMING TIRED OF SITTING FOR MINUTES AT LIGHTS WITH NO TRAFFIC WASTING TIME, GAS AND MONEY. MOST CITIES HAVE TIMERS AND SENSORS THAT CHANGE THE LIGHTS WHEN NO TRAFFIC IS PRESENT.
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