JW
Joshua Wostal
Commissioner
District 7 (Countywide)
Hillsborough County, FL
Statements in public meetings
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at 49:24The subject vacate area is generally located north of 19th Avenue Northwest and west of North US Highway 41
at 49:34The petitioner submitted this request to replat the property with different lot sizes and right-of-way widths.
at 2:21:15please record your vote motion carried seven zero okay Bonnie next time thank you we can now move to
at 45:04But is there any type of analysis to determine that the amount of new impact – excuse me, the amount of new stormwater maintenance fees that are going to be collected are the appropriate amount to maintain whatever new infrastructure the county is accepting for that development?
at 45:27So let's say it's a really low density, like residential one, but they had to put some really substantial stormwater in place that we collect, that we accept onto our own record, but they're a very low density.
at 48:23Commissioner Bowles, Cameron Cepeda, Cohen, and Wolfstoke voted no.
at 1:35:41So, that's already horrific in the area, and it was good to see that the public funding options available from the state.
at 1:35:59So, I don't see how that would really alleviate any traffic there, because there's only so much space there, and there's really no other room to have extra lanes that would alleviate traffic in that area.
at 49:53But is there any type of analysis to determine that the amount of new impact, excuse me, the amount of new stormwater maintenance fees that are going to be collected are the appropriate amount to maintain whatever new infrastructure the county is accepting for that development.
at 1:29:54And the uses of lands eventually changes whether we like it or not. And the only way that we can have a control on it, in my opinion, things should have been in place like timing mechanisms probably would have been a great idea 33 years ago to put in that once population or the percentages needed to be tracked.