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Rome Yard bid process was unfair, says losing bidder in lucrative Tampa West River project
Joe Robinson, a West Tampa activist at the center of the firmâs protest, praises mayor for inclusiveness
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The downtown Tampa skyline seen from an area known as the Rome Yard on Friday, April 16, 2021. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
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TAMPA â A protest filed this week by a Tampa-based development firm alleges that irregularities in the bid process for the rights to develop prime West Tampa property tipped the scales toward Related, a rival contractor and powerful player in city politics.
Invictus, LLC, filed the protest with the city March 24. The 14-page document contends that the selection committee threw out minority, women-owned and small business outreach scores among the three finalists.
Tampa City Council suspends alcohol licenses to 3 more businesses
City of Tampa suspends several bars alcohol sales
and last updated 2021-03-08 18:23:07-05
TAMPA, Fla. â Five businesses went before the Tampa City Council Monday morning for hearings to consider revoking or suspending their alcohol licenses. Ultimately, three businesses will have their liquor licenses briefly suspended.
The hearings are part of a continued citywide crackdown targeting repeat violators of the mask mandate. City attorneys said they were able to negotiate proposed settlements for all five businesses.
Tampa City Council voted to approve the city attorney s recommendation for the Ritz Ybor for a finding of no violation, and therefore, no suspension. City Attorney Gina Grimes explained when they re-evaluated the evidence, they determined the citations were almost all for failure to social distance, though the customers were wearing masks.
Grimes, the city attorney, said one of Mayor Castor’s changes would be to have a recently hired attorney for the city work as the new CRB attorney.
Councilman Luis Viera proposed that the city hire an independent attorney to work approximately 10 hours a month as the CRB attorney, calling it a “common sense approach.” However, his proposal lost on a 5-2 vote.
The board did vote to give themselves the power to select the majority of the members of the CRB (Seven – one for each member of the council) and to give the mayor the power to appoint four members. However, after the vote, Grimes said that change could only come from Mayor Castor (during the meeting activists mentioned how city councils or county commissions in other Florida communities that have citizen review boards choose the majority of their members).
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