Kenneth T. Welch
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 11
- Total speaking time
- 49:34
- Avg per meeting
- 4:30
- Segments
- 524
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Top issues during term (18)(Development)
Rental assistance for tenants facing eviction
$500,000 from city funds.
$40.85M in storm-recovery affordable housing awards
$2,328,301 in new federal funds with no local match.
Historic Gas Plant cemetery archaeology
Up to $379,896.88 added; task order total now $463,514.27.
Voluntary Rental Registry proposal
Cost to the city isn't known yet — that's part of what the committee will dig into.
Coulter 619-unit development and Skyway Marina District vision
No direct city spending, but future retail and tax base along 34th Street South are at stake.
Hurricane FEMA Reimbursements Update
The review covers potentially millions in hurricane-related reimbursements and grants flowing to the city.
South St. Pete CRA spending priorities
$481,852.14 in previously appropriated CRA tax increment financing funds.
Faster permitting for small projects
No cost yet — this is a referral for study.
Fair Housing Month proclamation
Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment
No dollar figure attached — the resolution directs process, not spending, but the eventual redevelopment will shape one of the city's largest real estate sites.
Methodist Town vacant lots charter referendum
Sale proceeds and new affordable housing could result; residents worry about losing open space without compensation to the neighborhood.
Affordable starter homes with 3D-printed construction
Sale of city-owned land at no stated cost; homes sold to qualified buyers at or below 120% AMI.
Morgan apartment complex conditions
Acquisition cost unknown; Floyd noted South St. Pete CRA funds exist for commercial property acquisition but may not be enough.
Grove Townhomes affordable housing funding
Up to $481,852.14 in tax increment financing funds from the South St. Pete CRA district.
New Palmetto Park Neighborhood Plan
No dollar amount was attached at adoption; plan projects will be funded separately.
13th Street Heights Neighborhood Plan
Costs depend on which plan projects get funded later.
HOME funds for Boley Centers rental assistance
$156,000 in federal HOME funds redirected from prior-year balances.
'Yes in God's Backyard' (YIGBY) faith-based housing
Decisions during term (20)
Recorded while Welch was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.