PUBLIC HEARING
to Discuss Community Investment Tax Projects

Your Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing on September 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., in the Hillsborough County Board Room located on the second floor of the Frederick B. Karl County Center, 601 East Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, Florida, to receive public comment and to consider modifying the approved list of projects for Phase IV of the Community Investment Tax (CIT).

Provisions have been made for members of the public desiring to participate in the public hearing to have access either by appearing in person in the Hillsborough County Board Room located on the second floor of the Frederick B. Karl County Center, or by appearing virtually via Communications Media Technology. Anyone who wishes to speak must complete the online Public Comment Signup form found in the Sign Up to Speak at BOCC Meeting category at: HCFL.gov/SpeakUp or register in person the day of the public hearing in the lobby of County Center. The Signup Form will be open September 14, 2026, 9 a.m., to September 16, 2026, 9 a.m. You will be required to provide your name and telephone number on the online form. The Chair will call on speakers by name in the order in which they have completed the online Public Comment Signup form or registered in person. Prioritization is on a first-come, first-served basis. An audio call-in number will be provided to participants appearing via Communications Media Technology that have completed the form after it is received by the County. All callers will be muted upon calling and will be unmuted in the submission order after being recognized by the Chair by name. Up to three (3) minutes are allowed for each speaker at the Board’s discretion. Online signups for the September 16 public hearing will not be accepted after 9 a.m. on the day of the hearing. Public comments offered using Communications Media Technology will be afforded equal consideration as if the public comments were offered in person.

The public can listen and view the public hearing live in the following ways:
• YouTube.com/HillsboroughCountyMeetings
• Hillsborough County Television (HTV) on cable television:
Spectrum 637 and Frontier 22
• HCFL.gov, the Hillsborough County website. Search for “Live
Meetings”

Public comment is welcomed and encouraged. For more information, please call the Hillsborough County Management and Budget Department at 813-272-5890.

ANY PERSON WHO MIGHT WISH TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REGARDING ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THE FORTHCOMING PUBLIC HEARING IS HEREBY ADVISED THAT THEY WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSE THEY MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH SUCH APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE ABOVE REFERENCED HEARING (BY APPEARING IN PERSON IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BOARD ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF COUNTY CENTER OR BY APPEARING VIRTUALLY VIA COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY) AND BE HEARD.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PERSONS NEEDING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THOSE SEEKING AN INTERPRETER, SHOULD CONTACT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER AT TELEPHONE NUMBER (813) 272-5900 OR HEARING/VOICE IMPAIRED CALL 711 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED CAPTIONED FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED.


HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
September 9, 2026 101249