revised plan to redevelop the Tierra Verde Marina<\/a> is drawing new scrutiny from residents.<\/p>\nThe developer says the project was scaled back after community pushback last year, but some neighbors say they still have serious concerns.<\/p>\n
Residents on Tierra Verde say the proposed marina redevelopment could significantly affect the community. Members of the group Tierra Verde NEXT say they want their voices heard before the project moves forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s definitely still concerns. We still fully oppose Greenleaf\u2019s proposal,\u201d said Melanie Coleman Simon, director of Tierra Verde NEXT.<\/p>\n
The revised redevelopment plan from Greenleaf Capital would bring the marina\u2019s boat capacity to about 500, down from the original proposal of 700.<\/p>\n
Neighbors say they are still concerned about the proposed structure\u2019s scale and the open design used to store boats above ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is hurricane disaster waiting to happen with these open warehouse, with debris that will fly around,\u201d Coleman Simon said.<\/p>\n
Members of Tierra Verde NEXT say their main concern is the height. The new plan would drop the maximum height from 90 feet to 72 feet, but some neighbors say it should be no more than 50 feet.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s common sense they need to come down in height. It\u2019s an open warehouse. When you cross the bridge this building, even at 72 feet is going to be higher than the bridge,\u201d Coleman Simon said.<\/p>\n
Greenleaf says the updated concept reflects feedback gathered from earlier conversations on the island by moving new amenities toward the bridge, farther from neighborhoods, and reducing the height and scale.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not even maxing out what\u2019s allowable under the code, but it\u2019s enough that it still make sense,\u201d said Rick Kriseman, spokesman for Greenleaf Capital.<\/p>\n
So far, the developer and community groups have not met to discuss the latest proposal, and the dispute could escalate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re doing what is fully within their rights as property owners,\u201d Kriseman said.<\/p>\n
Tierra Verde NEXT says they’re prepared to take legal action if necessary.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will take it to the next step. We\u2019re already prepared for that,\u201d Simon said.<\/p>\n
The proposal is scheduled to go before St. Petersburg\u2019s Development Review Commission on May 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents say they still oppose a revised proposal to redevelop the Tierra Verde Marina as the project moves…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-190669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}