\u00a0Tampa strip club security guard fatally shoots ejected patron during fight: TPD\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\nThe mayor accused some members of being “intent on killing the Rays plan even before negotiations are done.”<\/p>\n
The vote did not approve or reject a stadium deal. It would have allowed state agencies to review the proposed land-use changes before the plan returned to City Council for a final decision.<\/p>\n
A separate Rays discussion was also removed from the Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency’s August agenda. The CRA board approved the removal in a 5-2 vote after Councilman Bill Carlson requested it.<\/p>\n
Board members Alan Clendenin and Luis Viera voted to keep the item on the agenda.<\/p>\n
Carlson said there was not yet a proposal ready for the board to consider and that removing the item would prevent hundreds of people from attending a meeting only to learn the discussion had been canceled.<\/p>\n
“The CRA board only meets once a month, and there’s nothing ready to look at for the Rays yet,” Carlson said. “When the Rays are ready, we can reschedule it.”<\/p>\n
Carlson also pushed back against Castor’s criticism, accusing the mayor’s administration of excluding City Council and the CRA board from negotiations.<\/p>\n
“The problems we’re having with the Rays are 100% because of Jane Castor and her people,” Carlson said. “They have intentionally excluded City Council and the CRA board from the negotiations.”<\/p>\n
Carlson said the CRA board could vote to place the item back on a future agenda, potentially as soon as next month.<\/p>\n
He also said Rays co-president Ken Babby agreed to meet individually with each City Council member, something Carlson said members had requested for months.<\/p>\n
The current draft calls for a proposed $180 million city contribution toward a stadium estimated to cost $2.3 billion.<\/p>\n
Negotiations between the Rays and local governments remain ongoing. Any final agreement would still require approval from Tampa City Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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