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City Council doesn’t seem bothered by downtown waterfront master plan delay

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St. Pete City Council voted to postpone its decision on what up until recently had been a fairly straightforward and widely supported long-range plan for the downtown waterfront. After hours of debate the board decided to move its vote to the June 4 meeting. The downtown waterfront master plan is a comprehensive guide to connecting about five miles of downtown waterfront from Coffee Pot Bayou south to Lassing Park. The plan would connect waterfront parks with various walking and bike…

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St. Pete City Council moves forward with plan to add needed parking in Edge District

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St. Pete City Council approved on first reading a plan to increase parking spaces in the popular Edge District. A second reading and public hearing is scheduled for June 4. Under the plan, parking would be made available in various locations in the area extending from 22 Street East to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street east to west and then from Fifth Avenue North south to Seventh Avenue. The new parking will be borrowed from that currently used in…

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St. Pete City Council will schedule a Rays workshop

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St. Pete City Council voted unanimously to hold another workshop to discuss Mayor Rick Kriseman’s updated Memorandum of Understanding with the Rays. Council Chair Charlie Gerdes declined to schedule a council vote on the updated agreement aimed at letting the Major League Baseball team start exploring possible stadium sites in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. But council member Karl Nurse moved to hold a workshop discussing the latest negotiation. The workshop is aimed at giving council members the chance to air…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

Bliss condo proposal clears another City Council hurdle

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Developers for the proposed 19-story condo in downtown St. Pete are celebrating another win. City Council voted Thursday to uphold its decision to approve a building plan for the high-end condos known as Bliss. A resident of Parkshore condominiums located behind where the new tower would be erected challenged the building plan, arguing the public was not notified of the hearing. The building plan had already been approved by City Council, but the developers were making a change by moving an…

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St. Pete City Council delays second historic preservation vote

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Changes to St. Pete’s historic designation process are four years in the making and will have to wait just a little while longer. Council members approved on first reading an ordinance that would make it easier for neighborhoods to apply for historic designation, but opted to hear the measure’s second reading at a much later meeting. Rather than scheduling the ordinance’s next stop at its April 16 meeting, council will wait until July 23 in order to give the city’s preservation…

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St. Pete City Council seems more supportive of public input than Pier Selection Committee

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St. Pete City Council members have a potentially difficult decision facing them as soon as April 2. They are charged with voting up or down whatever pier design a committee appointed by the mayor puts before them. Based on several straw votes placed by the committee during their marathon meeting last week, that design may be Alfonso Architect’s Alma. The design boasting a narrow tower at the end of the pier ranked 5 out of 7 in the city’s public…

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Universal curbside recycling in St. Pete is right around the corner

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Curbside recycling is finally kicking off in St. Pete this summer. Leading up to the July launch of the long-anticipated program, St. Pete City Council members got an update on plans for a seamless rollout during a meeting Thursday. The city will start delivering bins to homes as soon as May, but don’t get too excited. Filling those bins up with recycling before July will mean a smelly can waiting through several hot summer months before being picked up. Because…

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