you will have limited time to make sure make your presentation so we suggest being thorough but concise when coming to the microphone you will need to identify yourself and your relationship to the project the commissioners will not ask any questions during your presentation next staff will present the report we will then ask public comment please state and spell your name clearly if you are here to speak for or against the project your time will be limited to three minutes so take some time now to summarize your comments because three minutes goes by very quickly the commissioners will then ask questions of the applicant and staff next the applicant will have five minutes for a rebuttal the public hearing will then be closed after the public hearing is closed no further testimony can be given the commissioners will then discuss the case and will make their decision based on chapter 27 of the city code of ordinances research and project research and reports provided by the administrator staff and qualified professionals then the testimony given at the public hearing if you have already if you have not already done so please silence your cell phones and i'd like to introduce the members of the commission starting to my right good morning my name is stephen sutton i am a registered architect i also hold the architectural historian chair for this commission susan swift planner stephanie mcqueen um urban planner laura harrison archaeologist and i would like to introduce the staff we have dennis fernandez we have elaine lund um jared um vernam and our attorney um kamaria pettis mackle now we're going to do the um the reading of the minutes from january 20th 2026 i don't know if everybody had a chance to review it are we good okay would anybody like to make a motion to accept the minutes i move that we accept the minutes as presented anybody second second um all in favor please say aye aye aye anyone opposed okay motion passes unanimous um go on to dennis good morning commissioners dennis fernandez architecture review and historic preservation man manager welcome to this morning's uh hearing i did want to begin with um an overview of a recent project that was completed in ybor city it's one of our longtime initiatives that we're finally seeing some momentum on it is the rebricking of seventh avenue uh seventh avenue is of course our you know historic commercial gateway through the ybor city historic district and essentially constitutes between uh generally nusio parkway and 26th avenue or street excuse me so um there's been a discussion for many years about uh undoing the pavement that was placed there in the 50s and 60s and has been sustained as asphalt uh through that time and bringing back the original historic brick uh that i think everybody's familiar with from maybe other locations there was a project about a 18 months ago that did the first sections of brick between uh 15th and 17th streets and recently we completed the 17th and 19th uh streets uh just go to the wolf there we go so on your monitor you see uh the map of the ybor city historic district with seventh avenue highlighted with the red arrows so early ybor cities uh early in ybor city's history the roads were sandy dirt which was not easy for most means of transportation to traverse uh bricks were laid uh on the ybor streets beginning in the late 1890s uh through the early part of the 20th century later the bricks were removed from seventh avenue in the 50s and the streetscape continued continued to change with urban renewal one reason for the change that was cited was many suppliers of brick pavers had gone out of business resulting in a shortage and asphalt presented a less expensive durable alternative at the time 15th to 17th streets which is essentially this section right here was completed in 2024 this property has been being funded through community redevelopment area funds and as approved through this the cra and um and council acting as a cra board phases uh between phase two included the area between 17th and 19th streets with the exception of the intersections the intersections had to be engineered so we had to do that separately and over 140 000 bricks have been laid thus far in this project one moment on our screens here now we do okay okay see some of the images uh from the com the most recent completed span uh as i said there's this takes large quantities of brick most of this brick is not in a centralized location so it has to be acquired and that's why the project is happening in phases in this particular section we were diligent about finding a limited inventory of the manufactured brick in order to get a more consistent surface and have it be um rideable so it's it's always going to be somewhat traffic calming with brick but we wanted to be as smooth as as feasible as you can see the red bricking enhances the character and feel of the historic district and also provides a natural traffic calming and promotes walkability we got many um positive uh much positive feedback with this project as it was going both from the city's implementation as well as this the contractor selection they finished ahead of ahead of time and on budget which is a good project the next phase the third phase will feature intersections at 17th 18th and then the span between 18th and 19th so we'll have essentially about half the project completed after uh that phase and there will be some additional uh engineering that's going to occur uh at each intersection to ensure stormwater runoff uh ada compliance and uh pedestrian safety so you know working with with those different departments to ensure that not only uh is the aesthetic improved but the functionality of the roadway is also improved and that concludes my briefing i'm happy to answer any questions if you have any so next i did want to just call to attention oh sorry i was just going to say i did a little self-guided walking tour recently and it makes such a big difference it looks real yeah i agree definitely like like we said it enhances the character so definitely adds to the environment on 7th avenue next we wanted to uh jump into our uh preservation and progress our um reoccurring look at preservation in the city of tampa and projects that are really worthy of being um focused upon this month we're focusing on the tampa theater as it celebrates its 100th year and as such uh elaine is going to provide an overview of the work that's underway currently with the theater elaine thank you good morning commissioners elaine lund historic preservation staff um if we can move to the powerpoint presentation we're looking at the tampa theater and office building at 707 to 711 north franklin street this is a local historic landmark um is that up on your screens so the tampa theater and office building is located in downtown tampa between franklin and florida avenue and between zach and polk streets with polk street being on the north franklin street being on the west zach on the south florida avenue on the east currently the tampa theater and office building is undergoing a restoration project to fully restore the theater in time for its 100th anniversary in october this is the um 1931 sanborn map showing the 10-story office building on the uh left or the west side the franklin street side and the connected auditorium the construction notes on the sanborn map because these maps were done for fire insurance purposes shows that it was built of steel frame with concrete floors and roofs and tile curtain walls the building was listed in the national register of historic places in 1978 and it was one of the first buildings listed as a local historic landmark by the city of tampa when the city-wide historic preservation ordinance was enacted the designated local landmark site shown here indicates the theater lobby with the entrance off franklin street and the first floor of the 10-story office building and the auditorium at the corner of florida avenue and pulp street construction of the tampa theater and office building began in late 1925 john eberson of chicago was the architect he designed over 100 plus possibly closer to 200 movie palaces throughout the united states and in other countries r.e hall an engineer and architect from new york worked with eberson on the tampa theater and other theaters of this era including some in miami george miller a local tampa builder constructed the project the theater opened on october 15 1926. here you can see the auditorium under construction in march of 1926 with the steel frame in place and the hollow clay tile for the curtain walls on site the highly ornate tampa theater was designed in the mediterranean revival style which was popular in the 1920s this mediterranean revival style features an eclectic mix of details followed from countries bordering the mediterranean sea including spain italy and morocco the 10-story office building has an asymmetrical facade with balconies balustrades finials and terracotta accents most of the ornamentation on the building is seen at its base and on the upper stories the marble and cast iron box office of main entrance which remains in place is um opens to franklin street and upon entry an extended lobby leads to the theater originally designed to hold 1600 patrons the interior is richly decorated with wrought iron lamps carved wood chests and chairs statuary wall hangings medallions and coats of arms and paintings in the style of the old masters some of the furnishings chosen were genuine antiques including venetian lanterns and spanish and italian pottery one of the major draws of the tampa theater was its cooling system which which also filtered and dehumidified the air this allowed theater goers to sit in comfort in the atmospheric theater which was designed to resemble an open courtyard surrounded by facades with arched galleries and balconies featuring wrought iron grills window grills and railings and topped by tiled roofs with accents of exotic vegetation the ceiling is designed to resemble the sky with lighting that mimics the rising and setting sun and twinkling stars the theater also has an orchestra pit that holds approximately 20 musicians and a warlitzer theater organ which provided the scored music that accompanied silent films the art and the theater persenium includes reproductions of famous sculptures by michelangelo and some from antiquity such as the venus of ostia and figures from mythology so the current work that's being done at the tampa theater was reviewed by the architectural review commission for the exterior rehabilitation which includes the masonry cleaning sign repainting and minor repairs on the interior the arc typically does not review the interior work however it is notable that the the theater is working with restoration companies who are highly experienced and working with this sort of historic finishes the first floor offices in the florida avenue wing of the champa theater are being renovated to facilitate a green room a storage restrooms and a break room in the theater the pit below the stage will be structurally renovated and a new organ lift will be installed the stage floor will be replaced and a new accessible access to the stage will be achieved with an operable lift the second floor of the franklin street tower will be converted into assembly space for exclusive events the full and authentic restoration of paint and plaster will require that expert artists be able to access every square inch of the auditorium's ornate walls and its starry ceiling so the first step was to fill the space with multi-level scaffolding this way the tampa theater can fully restore the historic auditorium to its original grandeur some of the work includes um simply plaster repair and painting and the building's infrastructure is being upgraded as well so renovations to the theater will increase lighting levels in the lobby and stage areas with new mechanical and electrical equipment to accommodate the theater's expanding education program more than 3 000 square feet of underutilized office and storage space on the florida avenue side of the building is being remodeled to make way for the dedicated classrooms we have a little more about this project and this month's tampa bricks and mortar newsletter which i believe is in your packets today and that concludes this preservation and progress presentation thank you thank you elaine interestingly enough the tampa theater uh was one of the two of the first historic designations that were earned in the city of tampa the other being tampa union station and both are both properties are currently going through uh restoration so it's good to see um that investment going into these historically important assets that we have in our city and i'm sure once uh once these are done uh be dramatic uh changes i i visited the tampa theater a couple times through this because you don't get to see these types of projects very often and um it's very interesting with the the uh crafts people that go in and do like just minute scratch tests to determine the correct color and there was some deviation from the colors in the 80s to what the original colors were so they're reversing that to ensure that all the colors are the original colors and then there's a there's a balance with these with these types of uses because they have to sustain the historic attributes of the theater of course to be responsible for its history but also keep the technologies up to date to be competitive with the type of business that they're in and john bell the executive director does a fabulous job there i enjoy working with them and i've been consulting with them on this project throughout as well as the tampa union station project that's being uh executed by the city so uh with that go ahead and move on through the uh agenda if there's no questions uh we have no continuations to act upon so we'll just go to the swearing uh oh i'm sorry yes skip skip kamari's part conflicts of interest and expert communication our legal counsel will lead that discussion good morning commissioners kamari pettis mackle from the legal department city of tampa will the commissioner state whether or not they have any conflicts of interest regarding any of the items that are on the agenda i have none also will the commissioners please state whether or not they've had any um ex parte communications regarding anything that's on the agenda none okay thank you so much okay thank you kamari as i said no continuation so we are now ready for the swearing anyone who's going to be providing testimony or presenting to the commission if you could please stand and raise your right hand including staff i do with that we have our first item on the agenda if you recall when we met last we were going through a somewhat of a conflict that we had on the map for tampa heights our maps are illustrative indicators of our historic resources inventory so it's very important that they'd be accurate and as some of the areas along the edge have been redeveloping lately we've been noticing some problems with the way that the boundaries are drawn in the northwest corner of the tampa heights historic district so we made some suggestions last time and there was discussion and since that time the staff has been working on that to be able to bring this back to you for motion and elaine's going to be updating you on the progress today thank you again elaine lund his preservation staff um so our update today on is on the tampa heights historic district map including the boundaries and the inventory to give you an overview of the area tampa heights is just north of downtown and was established as an early suburb of tampa in the late 1800s this area is primarily residential with a few commercial corridors it goes a little bit north of floribraska avenue up to robles park on the north side the western boundary is generally florida avenue although there it's shown here in red you can see that there there are some areas where it extends over to tampa street and on the east side the boundary is interstate 275 and on the south side the boundary is 7th avenue there are a few outliers little satellite properties on the west side there of the historic district these are individually significant buildings that were um found to be the years um contributing to the historic district significant enough to contribute to the historic district and had owners who opted in to the designation process when the district was established the period of significance for the tampa heights historic district is pretty broad it goes all the way from 1890 to 1945 the district was listed in the national register in 1995 and the local historic district was uh designated by the city in 2000 at our last count we had approximately 200 acres with over 500 buildings and approximately 60 percent of those were contributing there are some images here just showing you the um historic picture and a contemporary picture um the district reflects a wide variety of architectural styles from free classic queen anne to craftsman bungalows so staff periodically updates our historic different district maps to make sure the historic district maps select reflect the current inventory our last map update was in 2017 additionally substantial redevelopment in the greater tampa heights community has added a number of new buildings so you can see here in the image this is a block of east addley street on the north end of the tampa heights historic district and today there's a uh three new buildings on the south side of that block and one on the north so um with the amount of new development in this area there's definitely a need to update the the inventory so this year we're working on the field work necessary to make sure that we have all the inventory updates correct including new construction demolitions and changes in status and relocations to make sure those are accurately reflected on our map by my current count we have about and these are estimates uh approximately 50 new buildings a couple of relocations and a few demolitions on hand mostly non-contributing structures but there have been some unfortunate incidents with the hurricanes that we had in 2024 and a a couple of fires that have resulted in the loss of approximately five or so contributing buildings these numbers are estimates based on the city's gis data and we will be field verifying that as well so when we come back to you with the final inventory we will have solid less less approximate numbers for you the image here is showing you one of the relocations that happened a few years back from 604 francis to 602 francis this was necessary to relocate this building as part of the interchange expansion between interstate 4 and interstate 275 so the parcel that this house was on was owned by the florida department of transportation transportation um they offered the building for sale and all the new owners had to do was pick it up and move it one parcel over uh sounds simple um this is a process that was monitored by the architectural review commission and approved by them and uh monitored by staff we were very involved in the uh the field work um the site work and uh the eventual rehabilitation of the building which hadn't been occupied in several years so it uh had a substantial amount of work and is now home to a lovely family so looking closely at the north end of the district um we can see how the local historic district boundary was on the north end was drawn to encompass largely the same area as the 1995 national register listed district but it was expanded in certain areas like you see on the north to capture the neighborhood more cohesively allowing for the district standards to be applied consistently along the blocks the local district also grew to include certain structures and some significant satellite sites as i mentioned before like the gardner house on west palm avenue i'm here taking a closer look at the north end of the district district this was expanded to the north of the national register district to partially um for the purpose of including the ground bottling works building as well as being able to apply the standards consistently throughout the residential area so this end of the district however also includes several vacant or underused parcels that are ripe for redevelopment currently and we're seeing a lot of activity along florida avenue at this time the current district boundary line cuts through multiple parcels in this area and those that are along florida avenue are reflected on this map in green as the area continues to redevelop we're seeing more and more interest in these parcels so what you're seeing here just to go through everything that's on this map we have the local historic district boundary in red property parcels are in blue so those are the individual properties visual ownership throughout the area the parcels that are kind of affected that we're looking at closely are those in green this is where the boundary line for the tampa heights local historic district does not quite align with property parcels and then i'm also showing you the platted lot lines from the original plats and some of these go back to the late 19th century and then you can also see the starred lots that show where some of the new construction has been so see there's been some activity definitely in this area as an example of some of the new redevelopment that we're seeing in addition to the residential construction within the district this is one of the lots that's split by the historic district boundary at 3101 north florida avenue there is a rezoning going through the process right now and it will actually be at a city council hearing this thursday evening but this particular project initially and this is just the initial presentation it's not what's actually represented for approval this week by council but it initially presented a site plan on a parcel that had about 10 feet on the east side falling within the historic district the plan's been altered since to remove the vertical construction from within the district boundary but as initially presented you can see that the building would have been partially subject to review by the architectural review commission presenting a challenge for the designers wherein the design guidelines would only apply to part of their project so therefore one idea that the staff is considering is to adjust the district boundary to align with the parcel lines or the platted lot lines removing the parcels that front florida avenue from the district in their entirety you can see our potentially well an alternative proposed alternative for the district boundary would be the green dashed line on the screen there and it gets a little busy so i apologize for that but we would be looking at um basically um adjusting the boundary line to be more consistent with the current ownerships along the uh that corridor so um for our next steps um we have done a good deal of um research um looking at what's out there in the field kind of looking at the maps a little for analysis um and currently we have to do a little field working community outreach but while the uh the inventory update to the map as a staff function that we present to the historic preservation commission we will be having to take the change in the district boundaries through a public hearing process that ultimately must be approved by city council so for the changes in the inventory the usual map updates that we do and the ones that are a little more routine usually just come before you for approval and adoption and the district boundary alignment however does have to have a full process wherein we do the community outreach we bring it to you for your recommendation at a notice public hearing the recommendation is reviewed by the planning commission staff and then the changes to the boundary alignment would be presented to city council at two noticed public hearings before the change to the map can be finally adopted so um tampa heights is a very uh unique area in the city and we enjoy working with it and it's great many historic resources so i'm available if you have questions regarding this process thank you thank you i'm sorry i do have a question um that map that you showed the last map yeah with the parcels um are those properties commercially zoned currently the ones right along the um along florida um we have not looked at all of them for their zoning yet i believe a lot of them are a lot of them do have commercial uses on them currently um for example the project that i provided for illustration purposes um that's going through a reasoning right now is being re-zoned to a planned development so that's why it's going to city council for approval um i only ask because if they're commercially zoned and they don't have the historic district protection which i see they don't really now or only parcels of them then um then they're open to some of the live local act height or maybe i don't know how how far this is they may be eligible to go to way higher heights than the zoning current zoning allows but anyway just something to consider later as you're as you're looking at it i think a good example of what what composes those block faces where that was the picture that elaine showed earlier on attaly is you know that was essentially a automobile storage yard that's been there for decades and was essentially sold off and then um redeveloped into residential for that particular purpose most mostly along florida where most of these parcels are either vacant or underutilized so i anticipate that all of them will eventually convert over to some type of commercial or multi-family use and just to ensure that uh if a pd comes in even without you know that 10 or 15 being within the historic district the historic preservation division can still comment on the pd because of the proximity of the site to the historic district so we don't lose our ability to participate what it does is clean up the fact that you know a developer does not need to go to the arc for that type of uh very you know i think an ineffective degree of review and uh the arc doesn't have to try to juggle juggle that very truncated type of review and we've had larger developments like gas works that were partially in the historic district and partially out and there's kind of a clear demarcation line between you know the third and the fourth building that you can utilize but uh in this particular case we didn't see that that was really an option so um in bringing this to you today we're uh we're we've been brainstorming on just how to to do this without um you know causing uh unintended consequences to the boundaries um so we're we're open to any feedback that you have uh to just uh place that line in an area that that makes sense for these types of reviews yeah thank you for that i did have a question um elaine the one the picture with the dash lines the green dash lines jenis kind of answered it it was more of um we're moving the boundary back i would think that you would move it forward to encompass florida so it has like a so then aesthetically but you said that even if it's well dennis said that um even if they're the buildings are not within the boundaries they still would consider designing things within the guidelines right so it doesn't look completely off i was just thinking about the dash lines like why is it drawn back instead of forward is that because of like owner consent or uh my well i think because the consistency of the map is primarily one block face off of florida for that western elevation except for just kind of the portion down um to the very south around seventh avenue um so we didn't see like you know if you can only if you can only review just a portion of florida avenue it doesn't seem to make a lot of of sense you know to get into a very involved and probably um contested process with property owners that are looking to maximize development many of them own properties already they bought them without the designation being in place and to come in after the fact and do that i think would not be received very well so i wasn't looking to uh cause uh any and if someone does want that you know for tax credits whatever we can certainly accommodate it but it wasn't something that we were going to try to force without owner consent that makes sense so then like because a lot of the um property you said the lots on florida ave are like empty they're open for redevelopment so because of the proximity to the district they would consider you know their design when they develop it right right there's still be design regulations put in place or not the tampa heights historic guidelines but we we would take a position of ensuring that the development that's occurring in proximity to the historic district doesn't cause an adverse effect to the historic district i i imagine that most of these are going to be going through the pd process just because they're sort of you know obsolete uses that are on there you know commercial general but you know with an industrial uh industrial lean um so i think we're going to be seeing rezonings and and we we have a system in place to participate in that process thank you for the clarification sure um quick question on the commercial properties on florida whether there's anything that's formalized about the transitions or whether it's more kind of um you know just kind of your prerogative to as part of the design review as part of the pd or is there anything written into the design guidelines or in any of the zoning standards themselves about making transitions to the historic district uh there's not a specific um language about transitioning into it within the zoning code it does give the historic preservation manager um engagement with these processes so that you have a you know basically a administrative uh context that you can add to the request the comp plan the city county comp plan does make references to proximities and areas of transitions so sometimes we will utilize those as a means um normally in this particular situation you're going to kind of be dealing with sort of the rear end of development as it approaches the historic district so you know we would be looking to make sure just like with the um the one that elaine featured um that was on the screen last you know that we don't end up with you know a dumpster and maybe active parking right up against the line where just transitions to um residential so there would be buffering requirements and whatnot that are part of chapter 27 but in a pd you can reduce those or waive those and so we would just be making sure that those types of transitions were incorporated into the design plan any other questions so we are going to be um conducting the field work one caveat of this particular project that we recognized early was because we're going to be eventually bringing this to you for a recommendation and then bringing it to city council to adjust the boundary line that we needed to have a total update of the inventory within the tampa heights historic district so it kind of mushrooms the project a little bit we're not just dealing with those you know seven or eight parcels on the northwest we're dealing with inventorying and validating the entire district which hasn't been done in almost 10 years so um we're going to be working on that uh and uh hopefully be able to bring you that before the end of the year and with that i'll move on to our last item if there's no questions do we have any public comments no public comment we have this on the uh powerpoint for this next uh i'm going to be featuring a project uh it's kind of like our preservation in progress uh mirrored but it's a update on a rehabilitation and adaptive reuse for the george guida senior house which is a local landmark in the city of tampa and also listed on the national register of historic places the george guida senior house is a unique property located on the edge of mcfarland park in west tampa it is owned by the city of tampa but is actually situated within the boundaries of mcfarland park so it's on parkland and that has presented some challenges over the year for over the years for the reuse of this property but we finally have made some headway on that and i wanted to bring you up to date on on the project so the george guida senior house was constructed in 1952 some people say 51 the the the son of mr guida says 51 so i go with 51 it is the the residential house of george guida senior who was a prominent businessman and civic leader in west tampa and had earned the moniker mr west tampa it's designed in the art modern architectural style by mr guida and his architect joseph p rodriguez it was locally designated in 2005 and i'll say that this was truly one of the more community generated designations this site when purchased by the city wasn't really considered to be a historic site it was a site that was sort of on the edge of mcfarland parks had made sense for the city to acquire it but it was really planned to be demolished and a use was going to be put there more civic use so when that started to be developed the community engaged with the city and you know signified that this building was worth saving and began really a grassroots effort that involved many individuals and many organizations to not only preserve the structure but to mothball it until use could be determined that next year was listed on the national register historic places signifying not only the architectural elements of the building but also the benefit of mr guida's engagement in the community this this house was really more than just a residence it became a gathering spot over the years and a lot of the community remembers those gatherings and the hospitality of the guida family see the original photo we we don't have a date on this but we do think it's from just the very early years of of when the structure was constructed it featured elements such as the long horizontal feature of the art modern style along with a rooftop patio you can see the chimney featured tall ship that was a mural that was painted on there much of the windows were either glass block fixed windows and then also there were some active patio windows in the rear of the house also the shapes of the windows the round windows different different geometric shapes around the structure in addition to the engaged carport and then there was a small guest room off to the north side of the building see the property as it was in 2006. this was a very challenging property to really identify a use for it it preceded the barksdale center david barksdale center that's immediately next door that's a city recreation facility and wasn't really looked as being part of that uh facility and in the programming of that particular area of the city over the years there was a request for proposals that was issued a couple times there were proposals that were presented to the city but most really all those proposals really were not very sensitive to the historic nature of the historic nature of the house they required very dramatic uh four plane changes or at large additions that were overwhelming the house so you know none of the administrations prior to mayor castor really were able to identify a use that was compatible with the house these pictures were taken just a few weeks ago when the driveway including the original heart-shaped driveway was reinstalled after a construction project in the area the site has been cleaned up with large piles of trash removed and construction staging was removed and actually additional fencing now secures the property we have had a problem with some vandalism over the years in uh in formatting a potential use uh within this particular building we uh stepped back and looked at its uh location next to barksdale and felt that it could almost be uh you know a a part of the barksdale programming which but separate in how it necessarily functions so uh we're looking at almost like an annex type to the barksdale facility the barksdale is just north across the street uh i believe it's uh i believe it's main street that runs north and that runs east and west and there they do have adequate parking and actually overflow parking which was one of the challenging uh components of redeveloping this site is we did not want to end up with a use that added 100 150 parking spaces onto the site because it is still as you can see a very green and uh park-like setting um also we didn't want to disrupt the uh quaint rhythm of the house uh the heart-shaped driveway obviously is something very unique to this property was uh installed by mr guida uh in you know as a symbol for his wife his feelings for his wife and has really become almost the icon of of the property um everybody knows the heart-shaped driveway in addition to uh the uh logistics of uh parking which we feel can be handled by collaborating with barksdale we're also looking at uh introducing the the parks and recreation staff as the entity that will oversee this property and programming and operations they have the experience to do that and they they already have their um their processes in place for barksdale what made sense in this particular property as we went out to the community and began to uh talk with the the citizens of west tampa talk to those in the public that were promoting the preservation of this was that they felt it was very necessary to have this be accessible to the public because the guidas were very uh hospitable with their property they had many gatherings weddings anniversaries birthdays um civic leaders spoke uh at the house when they were um vying for different uh elected offices and uh mr guido was very active in the community aside from being a a general contractor he also owned a home goods store in west tampa that sold a lot of home finishes before there was a lowe's or a home depot or amazon you had to let george do it and this is uh george guida senior uh interesting this picture was provided to us by his family which we are very grateful to have been working with them and ensuring that the details of the house's restoration reflects really not only uh what was there may be missing but also sort of the spirit of the family um what's interesting about this this was located in a living area um and was obviously mr guida's workspace it was removed at some point um i believe before the property was sold and um mr guida's son did request that we kind of pay homage to that because it was sort of a central area of how life was lived in the house and so what we have decided to do working with the architect is recreate this desk and its backdrop as essentially a component of that particular room and we're going to modify it somewhat to have audio visual capabilities and speakers and so that people can not only not people but the community can display artifacts and show movies or um uh verbal interviews that were done by different components of the preservation uh community in eboard or in west tampa so uh we are working on kind of taking those images and bringing them back to maybe not in their original purpose but in a way that pays homage to it and uh fortunately we were uh entrusted with a lot of these photos that kind of show the house over the years you can see on the upper right the tall ship that was painted in a recessed area on the back of the chimney that's going to be recreated unfortunately it's basically faded away with time these areas along the there was a small little stage in one of the rooms that you see here in the main living room which is being modified but retained and we've used some of the pictures like the the image of from the holiday scene in the lower left to identify the species of trees and plants that were on site so that we can recreate that and reinstall some of that same landscaping that was very different than it is today working with the parks department and with logistics and asset management who runs our facilities we've been collaborating on being able to um make this transition to an adaptive reuse which would essentially on the main level be a gathering space for events it'll be a smaller gathering space than what you could uh achieve like in barksdale or a larger facility but it'll be a you know respective to the size and the layout of the structure we're not going to add additional space but we're going to convert existing spaces to the needs of the project including uh accessible bathrooms and and ramps that would provide access and really try to recapture the flavor of it as a residence within the west tampa area these are some of the existing conditions as they are that stage on the left is it was the images that we were just looking at you can see in the rear it's a combination of glass block and jealousy windows in the center which uh unfortunately we can't replace now but we can mimic in the configuration of the windows on the right uh part of the kitchen the kitchen area and part of the dining room are on a radius so we are preserving all of the tile and the cabinetry and there will have to be some reproduction in certain areas where there's been some vandalized um vandalism in the past but our goal is to retain as much of these historic features would not be a functional kitchen but it will be there as a reference some of the work that's been done to date did include the replacement of the roof and the roofing structure to meet current code so as you see this picture you can see the new roof structure was really the most paramount thing that we had to accomplish was to keep the building watertight and um in doing so we discovered a number of things that had to be addressed structurally as we went through that process in the living room you see the main tile surround of the fireplace that desk that i was pointing out that mr guido was sitting at it in the historic picture would have been just to the right of that of that fireplace this is a mural that's on the inside sunroom of the house it is still in place does not have that date on the bottom of it that's just our camera but it does represent the original house the heart-shaped driveway as you can see some of the color uh patterns uh that were originally on the house and you can even make out that ship that's up there on the on the uh rooftop the rooftop uh does have uh railings that surround it and historically it was used as a gathering space for some parties uh we're not going to be able to accomplish that in our current environment for a number of reasons uh egress being a main one but we will be uh restoring it back to its original look and um also repairing anything on the chimney itself that needs attention luckily we were able to obtain the original drawings from the family which had a lot of the original handwritten notes i'm told that mr guida did these drawings himself interestingly enough this site was the original location for um you mcfarland's house uh he did not end up building the house but he had built a basement in it when mr guida acquired it from the family so mr guida kept the basement and added a two-story house above it the basement still exists and will be part of the use process as we get into being able to offer catering services and whatnot at the house for events uh there were changes made to these original drawings but the detail and the specifications the measurements are very accurate and so we have been relying on these for the restoration of some of the elements so just a few things uh to touch on first of all i think it's important to begin with just the collaboration with the city's administration and city council i think everyone that i've talked to is really excited about this uh project it's uh something in west tampa that's been a you know a long time coming and we're very happy that the uh administration was supportive of our proposal to to adapt it into a more public use um we have uh obviously you see the enhanced fence there in the front there's actually two fences around it right now installed security lights an alarm system in the house to monitor it during construction we've consulted with mural experts conservators to preserve both the house mural and restore the chimney mural we have great photos of that so we don't see that that's going to be an issue um there is tile damage uh in the house which will need be repaired but also we're preserving one of the main restrooms with some very elaborate tile work and inlaid uh artwork so we are going to be relying upon them as well for that restoration process we've done conducted a great deal of research to replace damaged and missing historic materials uh we are working with wilder architecture uh who is a very well established historic preservation architectural firm and they have been excellent in being able to identify some of the materials uh that would be compatible with this structure uh the drawings are uh currently really they're almost at a hundred percent when i did this i did this presentation they were at 90 but we're we're basically in permitting now and expect to receive our permit uh any any day now um we've assembled a very um well versed restoration team with johnson and lux of the uh general contractor and then some um supporting uh restoration contractors as well such as specialized we salvage for reuse any architecturally significant interior features that can either be reused or used to replicate the original so that would include trim doors um some of the walls as you can see are rounded on the house so we have rounded trim the radius trim that goes on on those areas that will have to be either reapplied or reproduced as i said we did replace the roof they have completed the selective demolition i was in there yesterday so basically the areas that need to have access for structural improvements are now exposed and part of the building has been sort of reinforced to ensure that while those repairs are going on there's no shifting of elements ongoing work is occurring daily on site and we are looking forward to really seeing this house make some progress uh for the remainder of this year into next year and then uh hopefully having the ability to do a ribbon cutting uh prior to mayor castor leaving um office next year uh i mentioned some of the ucc in the um the upper right or the upper photograph these are uh kind of preliminary uh floor plans they've developed a little bit differently now but the upstairs which was composed of three bedrooms uh the the parents bedrooms and then the sons and the daughters bedrooms on each kind of separating them on each side um have has been identified for reuse as office space um whether that's community based office space or city office space that hasn't been worked out yet but the three bedrooms will be essentially converted into three offices and um the plan is to have uh that engaged with the community so that they're able to enter the property you know throughout the day even if there's not an event going on there the main level as i said does constitute a gathering space so that main living room area where the stage was will be one gathering space we call calling that community community area one there will be ada accessible entry into that portion as well as so that would be the green portion on the lower part of the floor plan as well as the uh the blue areas there are a couple areas they're not going to be accessible to ada because of just accessibility limitations one of those is of course the basement and then there's a small sunroom in the back that has stairs leading into it and out of it one element that was looked at was the portico share which is uh just to the right of that lower lower level floor plan that is an exterior area where we're going to be uh enclosing that with a nano wall system so that it can be conditioned spaced and used as a second community room and then that small little apartment that was off to the right on the north side is going to be converted into ada bathrooms a major obviously with the basement that gives us some ability that is a more um staff accessible area that will be used essentially for food prep and distribution for events in addition to the interior spaces the um the house features a i think a very ahead of its time outdoor kitchen and gathering space that had a barbecue and coolers and sinks and everything for entertaining outdoors uh not in july or august but uh it has a unique crack patio um crack tile patio and uh some interesting architectural features that were added on these different structures that mr guida had uh incorporated or that his his wife uh suggested so some of the images that we're looking at this is one of the um early renderings uh of of the property uh you can see what we were trying to exhibit here was the way that a very um gradually sloped ramp could be added uh that actually 90 degrees then up to the main entry so that we can ensure as much access to the property it has split level floors throughout so there's a lot of ups and downs that need to be sort of managed through these different ramps this is uh image of the rear where you can see the outdoor patio area and a second ramp that will lead into community space one that will provide access into and from that room and then the restoration of the outdoor area we do think that this is going to be a very desirable location for outdoor events and we have left room on site in case tents have to be uh placed so if they want to do a larger um a larger event that can accommodate that as well this is moving towards uh sort of the rear that would be a view to the east from the back that outdoor patio area would be on your right side and then the center behind the gentleman on the bike is a sunroom beyond that wall in the back is where that out that mural is that will be restored and then you see the carport area with um it's glazing so it still keeps its relationship of being a void um on the on the spacing of the house but does provide the ability for us to add more more usable space more conditioned space and ensure that the property is a little bit better secure secured and another angle opposite of uh that uh perspective from the front side you see the restoration of the windows the restoration of the exterior and just really a holistic approach of bringing this property back to use in a new in a new perp for a new purpose but really with the same spirit that has been known to the community throughout the years this is a early example of the interior community space one um what will what will uh occur in here will be smaller smaller gatherings with sort of flexible spaces for furniture for open spaces and uh interestingly enough you see the the lighted soffit across the ceiling that existed historically that's in place and um so we are restoring that we're taking out the fluorescent tubes and converting that over to led but it will be the same effect that um the guidas enjoyed uh you know while they occupy the house as well so uh tomorrow there will be a kickoff celebration at the george guida senior house for the restoration project that i just uh summarized for you it begins at 10 30. uh i did include some invitations for you in your packets if you're able to join us uh the mayor will be uh revealing the uh final artist illustrations of the house as well as councilman maniscalco providing some of his uh experiences and remembrances of the guida family and um mr guida's son george guida will be there as well to talk about his family and celebrate the progress that's being made as well as many in the community who are just very excited about this so uh if you are available we'd love to see you and uh if not we will definitely keep you informed of this project along the way thank you thank you for that um thank you guys for your work that's a beautiful building i i just automatically thought wedding that'll be a great wedding venue and then i saw the back with the pit and i said even better and you can put tents but um yeah that's a beautiful building i really um like or appreciate the carport section because it's like even though it's an enclosed space you can tell what it was originally so people there even if they're not like architecturally informed they'd be like oh this would be a good carport space so i like how you um how the designers really thought about ways to honor the building as it was originally built but use it for today's use so thank you for that your work thank you so that does conclude our items on the agenda do we have any more i have no comment thank you okay any public comment uh that does conclude our items on the agenda um i would like to get a motion just to receive and file these uh presentations uh the date of our next meeting is september 15th 2026. we will have a new commissioner joining us uh on that date he is going through the appointment process now jerry hosey is his name and he is an attorney so he's very excited to get going and he was disappointed last thursday so we haven't been able to disorientation and everything quite yet but he'll definitely be here in september and in september i do anticipate having some action items for you some of these processes take a little bit of time to put together but we are working with a couple property owners right now who are looking to locally designate their properties so you can expect to see that uh soon in continuation i wish to make a motion to receive and file submitted documents and exhibits presented today anybody who second that second all in favor aye aye none opposed motion passed thank you okay so the um the public hearing for the historic preservation commission commission has been adjourned at 10 12 a.m thank you