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Lighting, safety on Hillsborough Commission agenda listen

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Tags: Hillsborough County Commission, safety, flooding, animal shelter

The Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners met today in Tampa and covered a range of issues including park lighting, road safety in front of Plant High School, affordable housing, street flooding, the Confederate flag, and the county’s animal shelter.

Commissioner Jim Norman pressed his fellow board members and county staff to fix an ordinance that makes it difficult to get approval for construction of lights at sports fields and parks.

“Our parks have been put on hold for months an...