Parks Infrastructure and Funding
Summary
Significant debate over reallocating funds from small neighborhood parks budget to larger projects. Speakers criticized taking $774,000 from $2 million small parks fund for Gadsden Park improvements and Julian B. Lane dock repairs. Council continued items to January for more details about spending priorities and whether ADA compliance funds could be used instead.
Timeline
2025-11-20 — [[Tampa/Meetings/2025-11-20-2646.md|Meeting 2646]]
Speakers: Tarah Bluma, Stephanie Poynor, Lynn Hurtak, Bill Carlson
Significant debate over reallocating funds from small neighborhood parks budget to larger projects. Speakers criticized taking $774,000 from $2 million small parks fund for Gadsden Park improvements and Julian B. Lane dock repairs. Council continued items to January for more details about spending priorities and whether ADA compliance funds could be used instead.
“You all want walkable neighborhoods, and you want people to be able to walk to parks, yet you only have $2 million in these small neighborhood park budgets” “What are you going to accomplish with a million dollars in the whole city with 96 neighborhood parks?”
Sentiment: critical of funding priorities