Swann Estates Neighborhood Association

General Meeting Minutes

General Meeting of May 13, 2008

Swann Estates held their 2nd Quarter General Meeting on Tuesday at the American Legion Post No. 5. Tom Kester opened the meeting at 7:15pm.

Agenda Topics

Greeting by Tom Kester (President)
Open Buffet (Courtesy of Brian Taub)

Guest Speaker: Patricia Dempsey, Tampa Fire Department
Guest Speaker: Brian Taub, New Development Engineer
(S. Dale Mabry/Azeele)

Question and Anwser Period

Patricia Dempsey –
Ms. Dempsey provided a fun-filled presentation regarding the Tampa Fire Department’s safety efforts and interactions with the community. She shared many informative hand-outs and safety give aways. She advised that the city provides smoke alarms to residents who request them at no charge.

Please contact the Fire Department directly to obtain your smoke alarm.

Brian Taub -
Brian Taub presented the site design plans for the structure that will be built at the corner of S. Dale Mabry and Azeele. Several views were shown for the building. Brian discussed that the project should take approximately one year to be completed. There is a pending meeting with the City Council on May 22nd asking for rezoning from PD to PD.

Details of the project included:

Multi-Story
Procured LifeStyle Fitness - - currently one tenant obligation

Displayed architectural reviews
Corner of Azeele
Front off Dale Mabry
Arial view
View from the North
South view from Platt
Egress Platt and Azeele
Platt to channel to Dale Mabry

Possible Juice/Protein shake bar

Will have park benches as well as a Hartline stop

Approx 375 parking spaces - - over city std. requirement
Aprox 150 for Corporate office employees
Aprox 100 HealthCare employees
120 spaces for patrons
Will have bike racks
Outside tables for eating

No exact construction schedule completion date – to take a year

Q – Azeele traffic is already problematic
A – Stacked traffic on Azeele; people can exit via Platt to S. Dale M.

Approx 3500 people live within a mile - - close by/walking distance

Zoning meeting May 22nd - - CG zoning
Was initially rezoned for PD when the office building was proposed subsequent to Malios demolishment
A- - never built

Q – Would like to see entrance off S. Dale Mabry
A – City won’t allow a curb cut
State won’t allow a left turn light at Azeele

Comments - - Aesthetics don’t seem to be pleasing - - Bldg. looks ‘big’ (i.e.; like a big city bldg).

** Additional comments from John Simmons – LifeStyle

Hours of Operation:
M 530-730
T 530-730
Busiest hours:
830-900am
530-600pm

JJ Smoothies or Planet Smoothies could become alternate tenants

LifeStyles owns 56 clubs in 4 states - - private owned company

New Business:

Hand-outs were distributed to recruit volunteers to assist with the newsletter, website and neighborhood watch efforts (i.e.; block captains; telephone tree).

Since the meeting ran a little long with our speakers, there unfortunately was no time to cover other issues. Please note the following:


Many thanks to:

Janice Caldwell for another very informative newsletter !! She was also responsible for obtaining our domain name ‘swannestates.com’ which she has linked to our i-link neighborhood web site.

Again thanks to Janice for obtaining ‘hurricane preparedness’ pamphlets that were available for distribution at the meeting!!

Also many thanks to the volunteers who delivered the newsletters door to door!!

Kristen Keller and Karen Miller did a great job in obtaining our new meeting signs in short order!!

Don’t Forget to Mark Your Calendars
Remaining meeting schedules for the year:

General Meetings (second Tuesday of each quarter)
August 12th (being replaced w/open house 8/9/08)
November 11th
February 10, 2009

August Neighborhood Get-Together – This event will be an open house/provide our ‘general meeting’. The Tampa Fire and Police department representatives will be on available. We will be hosting this meeting geared toward our entire neighborhood with a special attraction for our younger members. Tom, Karen and other board members are putting a special effort into making this a great success! If you can assist in any way, please contact Tom ASAP!!

Lastly - -
Message from Mary - Secretary of Swann Estates Neighborhood Association

Pursuant to this message, Mary will officially resign as Secretary of the SE Neighborhood Association.

Thank you to everyone for the opportunity afforded me (Mary) since the inception of the re-organized Swann Estates Neighborhood Association. If you would like to take over this position, please contact Tom Kester ASAP or send an email to swann_estates@yahoo.com

Kind Regards,
Mary Ramm-Davison

The meeting was adjourned at 9:15pm.

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