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The Tampa Port Authority has plans to build a new parking garage next to the current structure in the Channelside District.

But several members of the Tampa City Council tried to persuade the Authority today to allow retail shops to be located on the first floor of the structure to create a more vibrant area directly across the street from a current row of shops.

Charlie Clue is with the Tampa Port Authority; he says Tampa is now the seventh largest cruise port in the country.

Counc...