Tampa Bay Express City of Tampa Community Engagement Meetings For the Downtown Tampa Interchange (I-275 at I-4) WPI: 433821-1-22-01 The Florida Center for Community Design and Research (FCCDR), in cooperation with the Florida Department of ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

The Florida Department of Transportation announces public meetings to which all persons are invited.

DATES AND TIMES: Monday, November 2, 2015, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Downtown Community; Tuesday, November 3, 2015, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., West Tampa Community; Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Seminole Heights Community

PLACE: John Germany Library, 900 Ashley Drive, Tampa, Florida

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Tampa Bay Express City of Tampa Community Engagement Meetings for the Downtown Tampa Interchange (I-275 at I-4), WPI: 433821-1-22-01.

The Florida Center for Community Design and Research (FCCDR), in cooperation with the Florida Department of Transportation District Seven, City of Tampa, Hillsborough County, HART, and Hillsborough Planning Commission, is inviting community representatives from City of Tampa Home Owner Associations and civic and business associations near the Downtown Tampa Interchange (I-275 at I-4) to participate in Community Engagement meetings to:

• Develop a common understanding of the neighborhood concerns related to the TBX project.

• Frame the concerns regarding the TBX project in the context of the community/neighborhoods to determine neighborhood needs.

• Develop shared goals and objectives to address the neighborhood needs regarding the TBX project.

• Put together plans/reports to clarify and visualize the shared goals and objectives to meet neighborhood needs.

Individuals may attend the meetings as observers to the process and participate through worksheets provided at the meeting. Audience seating will be limited.

The results of these meetings will be shared via the tampabayexpress.com website, local newspapers, email and in the community (location to be determined) for review and comment by all of the community. There will be a Florida Department of Transportation, District Seven, community meeting in Spring 2016 for final comments.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: please check Tampabayexpress.com for current information and meeting updates or call Lee Beasley, Community Liaison Administrator, at [phone].

For more information, you may contact: Lee Beasley. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability or family status. Persons who require special accommodations under the American with Disabilities Act or persons who require translation services (free of charge) should contact Lee Beasley, Community Liaison Administrator, at [phone], 1(800)226-7220 or [e-mail] six (6) days prior to the meeting.