SunRunner TOD overlay

Urged adoption of the TOD overlay and asked for tree-preservation incentives and first-inch stormwater standards within it.

Supported the density but pressed for a first-inch stormwater rule and canopy preservation, warning about up to 95% impervious coverage along the corridor.

A Central Avenue property owner asked that blocks 28-29 be included in the 5.0 FAR, saying low FAR killed a planned 60-unit affordable project and cost him $400,000.

Supported the rezoning so his side of Central Avenue redevelops and resort workers can live near SunRunner-served jobs.

The Downtown Partnership CEO asked that downtown stations be included in the parking-minimum exemption, saying downtown is already over-parked and lenders would enforce adequate parking anyway.

Led the People Over Pavement coalition and asked the council to clarify that downtown stations are included in the parking exemption.

Supported density but opposed removing parking requirements on the already parking-starved west end of Central Avenue.

The former council member warned that eliminating parking minimums will harm business turnover, shift long-term parkers to streets, and urged focusing on the west-end Grand Central corridors instead.

Urged a consistent 5.0 (ideally 8.6) FAR across all 15 Grand Central blocks, ending a 26-year zoning bottleneck.

A Caffeine's Pizza co-owner asked for a fair, equitable FAR across all 15 Grand Central blocks, having bought a neighboring building just to keep 25 parking spaces.

Spoke for Activate St. Pete and the PTSA, asking for adoption so residents without cars can reach gainful employment.

An urban planner and distillery operator supported the reforms, echoed tree/bioswale and downtown-inclusion asks, and said his car-averse kids want a city that doesn't require driving.

Strongly urged including all downtown stations now rather than waiting years for another study.

A Kenwood resident opposed the change, predicting new residents' cars will overflow into already-parked-out neighborhoods.

Shared her husband's parking concerns, noting spillover from high school students already reverberates through their neighborhood.

A downtown property owner objected to arbitrary overlay boundaries that treat adjacent parcels on the same corridor as winners and losers.

A Jungle Terrace commuter who bikes to work said the reform would have helped her family find an affordable car-optional home and urged including downtown.

Thanked the council for the reform and bike racks, and asked that downtown and higher FAR be included.

A commercial real estate agent walked through the math showing a 5.0 FAR lets owners actually afford to build 40-50 units on a quarter acre instead of luxury townhomes.