Forward Pinellas, as the Pinellas Planning Council and Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization Board, meets on the second Wednesday of each month. Forward Pinellas has numerous advisory committee meetings. The public is invited to attend Board and advisory committee meetings. Agendas are generally available a week before Board and advisory committee meetings and are available here.
You can call into the meeting and listen at 1-312-626-6799, 1-646-558-8656, 1-253-215-8782, 1-301-715-8592, 1-346-248-7799, or 1-669-900-9128.
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Visit our Calendar to find a meeting you’d like to attend. There, you will find when and where the meeting will be held as well as any associated materials, like agendas and presentations.
Public comments during the virtual meetings are audio only. You may submit other materials in advance of the meeting to become part of the record by emailing info@forwardpinellas.org.
All comments received by 5:00 p.m. the day before the meeting will be included as part of the official record for this meeting and will be available to be considered by the Forward Pinellas Board prior to any action taken.
For those participating in the meeting or wishing to address the board on an item, please review these Zoom guidelines.
Persons with disabilities who need to request reasonable accommodation(s) to effectively participate in this meeting may contact Pinellas County’s Office of Human Rights. As Pinellas County is currently operating under a Declaration of Emergency relating to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and is practicing CDC recommended social distancing protocols, staff from the Office of Human Rights is working remotely from the office.
Persons with disabilities who need reasonable accommodations are asked to e-mail such requests to both pvalenti@pinellascounty.org and to jlorick@pinellascounty.org at least three (3) business days in advance of the need for reasonable accommodation. You may also call 727-464-4882.
Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing may provide public input through use of the State of Florida’s relay service at 7-1-1.
More information about the ADA, and requests for reasonable accommodation, may be found on the Office of Human Rights website.
The Forward Pinellas Board will conduct the metropolitan planning organization public hearings first, followed by the Pinellas Planning Council public hearings.
Role call votes are required for Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) items and the annual adoption of priorities. Items will be presented to the board and opportunity will be given for public comment. The board will then close the public hearing, ask any questions, deliberate and take action.
Forward Pinellas staff will present the items, then any of the Applicant Local Government(s) desiring to do so may address their item(s). Once these reports are given, proponents of any of the proposals will be permitted to speak, then opponents, and finally any other citizens who wish to comment or ask questions on any of the proposals. The board will then hear rebuttal by the applicant as necessary, and a staff response or summary. The board members will ask any questions and then will close the public hearing. The board will then deliberate and take action.