Exhibit-C-Excerpts-from-Mayors-Institute-2022.pdf

This document is an excerpt from the 75th National Session of the Mayors' Institute on City Design, held in Charleston, SC from May 18-20, 2022, focusing specifically on the City of Tampa, Florida. The document provides a detailed exploration of urban design strategies for transforming an interstate on-ramp and adjacent city-owned sites into a vibrant, connected urban area. The project centers on the northern end of downtown Tampa, specifically the I-275 ramps at Ashley Drive, which opened in 1961 and are currently perceived as the edge of the neighborhood.

The document outlines several key recommendations and considerations for the redevelopment, including expanding the project's conceptual boundaries, thinking beyond housing to consider multiple uses, concentrating ground floor retail in strategic locations, and mapping the neighborhood's rich history. The city aims to improve connections between downtown and the waterfront, potentially converting long, above-grade ramps into surface streets. FDOT plans to add express lanes to I-275, and the city is exploring ways to make the area more desirable for residential development. The recommendations emphasize creating safe, pedestrian-friendly connections, activating street-level spaces, and ensuring that new developments contribute to the overall urban fabric and vision for downtown Tampa.