Lynn Hurtak

@lynnhurtak.com

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Tampa City Council, District 3 at-large. Tampa Mayor candidate! Beagle foster mom. International development consultant. Native Floridian. Urban cyclist & gardener (Zone 10a). She/her

A city of Tampa flag superimposed with a pride flag.
White background with pink curvy lines in the corners. Navy Lynn Listens sign with info for the event listed: Start with a casual bike ride from Curtis Hixon Park at 8am or just meet us at Bamboozle for brunch and community. Sunday 9:30am 7107 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33604
A picture of a red bike parked on a cobblestone street. Above the bike is a light green bubble with these words inside: easy sunday morning ride tampa treasure hunt edition! Below the red bike is a red bubble with these words inside: may 31st meet at corner of henry & ola @ 8am OR downtown meetup corner of 7th & ola @ 8:30am
LYNN LISTENS PHASE 1 MAY 31 CORNER CLUB Our inaugural Lynn Listens - come support local, talk to Lynn, meet your neighbors SUNDAY 6:00 PM 1502 E Sligh Ave, Tampa, FL 33610 JUN 07 BAMBOOZLE HEIGHTS Start with a casual bike ride from Curtis Hixon Park at 8:00 am or just meet us at Bamboozle for brunch and community SUNDAY 9:30 AM 7107 N Florida Ave, Tampa, FL 33604 JUN 14 DEVIANT LIBATION A special DL “Sunday Service” with musical guests Shae Krispinsky and more TBD SUNDAY 6:00 PM 3800 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa, FL 33603 www.lynnhurtak.com Paid by Lynn Hurtak for Mayor
A woman in a green shirt holding a small microphone and talking about not spending your tax dollars without your consent.
Me, a white brunette woman, with my husband, a white ma whose hair is too short, smiling with a hockey rink behind us
A person on a bike with a yellow backpack riding on a green hill with flowers all around and a city skyline in the background.
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Looking south on Ola Ave at the intersection with MLK where there is a new stoplight. There is a cyclist waiting to cross the street at Ola and a white truck in the intersection driving on MLK
Top left corner: Black and white photo of three cyclists on a road with an empty field behind them. Top right corner: December 21st @ 9am Corner of Henry and Ola Join me for the last ride of 2025 as we check out holiday decorations around town with a stop for coffee along the way! Bottom half: solid pink with large Easy Sunday Morning Ride type with a small black line bicycle in the bottom right corner.
Me standing at the left of the frame with my camera facing down showing an empty space where I’ve been sitting surrounded by a fan of papers, file folders, post-its and pens.
Me in a gray and white batik dress with kelp pattern sitting in from of a gray backdrop with my right hand on my thigh and my left hand in my lap. I'm wearing blue glasses with a chin-length haircut and smiling straight at the camera.
Dark-blue and black toned cyclist with a helmet on a road. Text: Easy Sunday Morning Ride The lighted crossing at Ola & Columbus is up and working! We’ll check it out as we head downtown to Meacham Urban Farm with a stop at Retro House Coffee Bar. Nov 23 @ 8:30am Meet @ corner of Henry & Ola Downtown meet: 9am Cass & Riverwalk
Yellow file folder full of stapled, paperclipped, & labeled papers.
Woman with long black hair wearing pink shirt and brown pants riding a pink bike with a basket in center of picture. She is riding on dirt path with a giant yellow radiating sun and green mountains behind her. Text: Easy Sunday Morning Ride Nov 9 @8:30am Meet at corner of Henry & Ola Riding to Ybor east of 275 & exploring Palmetto Beach
A young black woman in a white t-shirt and a middle-aged white woman with glasses in an orange flower & navy dress, both with giant smiles.
Yellow prep folder full of paperclipped pages numbered for agenda items. Purple motion folder sits on top.
A blue bike with a wicker basket is sitting on a path in the bottom right of the image surrounded by abstract greenery. There are birds flying in the distance. Text says: Easy Sunday Morning Ride October 26 8:30am We're going to get Downtown without using the Riverwalk & stop for coffee at Ginger Beard in the Channel District Meet at corner of Henry & Ola
Blue background of the legs of people walking and biking. Superimposed in white text is information about Walk Bike Tampa’s annual Golden Pedal Awards.
Cartoon image of woman wearing a green and orange-striped shirt and maroon pants riding a blue and pink bike in a grassy field with trees and flowers surrounding her. She has a smile on her face and her left hand up in the air. Text says: October 12 @ 8:30am Easy Sunday Morning Ride Riverside Heights and top of the West Riverwalk Loop Meet at corner of Henry & Ola Next ride Oct 26 @ 8:30am
Social media post from jonjon.jpeg: Between now and meaningful change in your community are 1,000 boring meetings that need good people to attend.
An older man is pushing a red station wagon in the desert with a boy and woman inside and a girl lying on the roof. An orange cat is running next to the man. Cover of The Road to Tender Hearts: A Novel by Annie Hartnett. Author of Unlikely Animals and Rabbit Cake.
Two people riding bikes on a path with trees and bushes surrounding them, along with a "no cars" sign in the middle. Text: Join us for the Easy Sunday Morning Ride preview of World Car Free Day! September 14 Leave from: Henry & Ola @ 8am OR Cass and Riverwalk @ 8:30am This will be a longer than usual ride to Midtown, about 12-13 miles roundtrip
Person wearing green hoodie and orange shorts and a black backpack riding a black and orange bicycle. Behind the person are the rectangular blocks of a cityscape. The writing says: Easy Sunday Morning Ride Aug 31 @ 8am Corner of Henry & Ola Ola Ave Bikeway Improvements
Picture of an olive green All-City bike with a large basket & front rack holding a backpack. The bike is leaning on a fence in Depot Park, GNV.
Black ink drawing of a bicycle on a beige background with a tan globe covering the seat of the bike. Text on globe and under bike with the following: Easy Sunday Morning Ride July 20th @ 8am Meet at the corner of Henry & Ola East West Green Spine cycle track progress in Ybor
Orange background with font in navy. There is a blue & white graphic of a globe with Car Free Day Tampa on a banner on top of the globe. Text: Kidical Mass Ride Join our Kidical Mass Ride At the third annual World Car Free Day Tampa! September 20, 2025 Downtown Tampa Walkbiketampa.org/our-events/car-free-day-tampa
A sugar cone holding a creamy white scoop and a darker grey-reddish scoop.
A cup with a candle and twist soft serve with strawberries next to a cup with vanilla soft serve covered in espresso and a sticker in front MINNESOTA NICE CREAM
Two small cups of ice cream next to a napkin dispenser that says FLETCHERS ICE. FEAM & CAFE in rainbow colors
Two bikes hanging vertically from a rack on the side of a light rail train car
Two cups full of ice cream in front of a small storefront.
Two cups, one with a red and white twist and one with white gelato covered in espresso.
Two bowls of heaping scoops of ice cream on a red table. The ice creams in front are green and tan, the ones in back purple and white.
Two cups of ice cream, one pink/rose and one white and nutty, next to two upturned bicycle helmets.
Woman in pigtails & a navy Meacham Urban Farm t-shirt holding a sugar cone with a waffle bowl on the table in front of her. Table also has water bottles and a bike helmet on it.
Brick red text on a photo of a white wall with a brick red bike parked against it with a wicker basket on its handlebars. Easy Sunday Morning Ride June 22nd at 8am corner of Henry & Ola We're riding the Riverwalk loop (yes, there's a loop!)
Woman in a olive green shirt and khaki pants standing in front of a pink and white bungalow with a flag flying behind her that is a combination of the Pride flag with a City of Tampa flag superimposed on top of it.
Photo of me in an orange bike helmet with City Hall in the background.
Pink and blue bicycle on a background of blue, teal, and yellow blobs with the following: Easy Sunday Morning Ride Exploring changes for the Selmon Greenway & new Morgan Street bikeway June 8th @ 8am from corner of Henry & Ola
A dozen plus people congregating under a shade tree with their bikes. Many folks are wearing bright colors for better visibility.
Graphic of cyclist in orange and yellow with the backdrop of city buildings. Easy Sunday Morning Ride Riding Green ARTery Segments E & D and the soon-to-be 18th/19th Street bikeway to I-4 May 25 Roll @ 9am Meet at corner of Henry & Ola
Cheese selection at the 1964 Wisconsin World’s Fair Pavilion in Nasonville, WI. A refrigerator deli case with three shelves of a variety of cheeses inside.
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The backs of a group of cyclists on bikes listening to me explain the start of Green ARTery Segment E as we stand next to a giant sign proclaiming just that.
Easy Sunday Morning Ride May 11 @ 9am Meet at the corner of Henry & Ola
Why compost? 1. To reduce waste. >50% of municipal garbage is compostable. You can compost: food scraps, yard trimmings, paper, wood waste, & more!
Black plastic compost bin with a Backyard Composting Program sticker on the front. Lid is off, showing various food and paper items in the bin.
Item 4 has been part of an ongoing discussion initiated by Council member Hurtak as to what was budgeted in FY24 but not spent. I don’t recall this conversation between the Admin and Council in recent years. From my observations, those funds would get slipped into projects throughout the year. I recall one $9 million consent agenda item last year. But with the help of Council’s budget analyst, Council member Hurtak worked with the Finance Department to identify what wasn’t spent. At the end of the day, to maintain a 23% reserve fund, that number came to $25.8 million. However, we dipped into our separate emergency hurricane funds to the tune of $14 million for the most recent hurricanes, so replenishing that really leaves $11.8 million from FY24 that hasn’t been spent. That was the core of the discussion for this item. Nothing formal can be approved at a workshop, but the general consensus/straw vote on how to spend the funds broke down to $1.8 for grants to help those still affected by flooding (adding to existing Homeowner Disaster Assistance Program), $5 million for additional paving, $2 million for the sidewalk fund, and $3 million to storm water, primarily for equipment and preventative maintenance prior to hurricane season.
From l-r, council members Luis Viera, Alan Clendenin, Guido Maniscalco, Charlie Miranda, me, and Gwen Henderson.
Dill Pickles with Garlic ★★★★★ Jams & Spreads Makes 5 jars ∙ Difficulty Medium INGREDIENTS 2 large garlic cloves per jar 10-12 pickling cucumbers (2-3 cukes per jar) 1 bunch fresh dill 2 1/3 cup water 2 2/3 cups white wine vinegar 1/3 cup sea salt 2 teasp pickling spices 1 teasp dill seeds 1 teasp whole black peppercorns DIRECTIONS Peel garlic cloves & pack them into sterilized jars with cucumbers and dill sprigs. Combine other ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil on high for 3 minutes. Leave to cool. Pour cooled mixture over cucumbers to cover by 1/2 inch. Seal the jars and label. Store in refrigerator for 3 weeks. Use in 2-3 months.
Five pint jars sitting on a granite counter. The lids say “garlic dill pickles 4/27/25.” The jars are filled with slices of pickling cucumbers, pieces of garlic, sprigs of dill, pickling spices, and brine.
Blue circle with white text: Easy Sunday Morning Ride April 27th Corner of Henry & Ola Roll @ 9:00 am Join us!
Strava map showing the bike route we used.
Easy Sunday Morning Ride: April 13th Start at Henry & Ola Park in Seminole Heights New Time: Meet @9:15am, Roll @ 9:30am Wear a helmet & bring a bike lock (we sometimes stop for coffee)
Womp womp Easy Sunday Morning Ride March 30th Canceled due to high rain possibility Next ride April 13th!
I’m in the foreground on the left in a navy T-shirt with Tim on the right in an old Tampa Bay Rays visor & jersey. Behind us are multiple bikes chained to parking signs.
View from upper deck of 3rd base side of Steinbrenner Field. From this view you can see R-L: Tampa skyline, Bucs stadium, and inside of ballpark.
Wicker L-shaped couch on a front porch with turquoise cushion covers with patches on some in a blue-toned tropical leaf motif. There are flamingo and leaf cushions on the couch, and an oval table with a miniature rose plant in a clay pot on the table. Two metal side table are on either side of the couch with one holding a white outdoor lamp and the other a turtle planter with succulents.
Easy Sunday Morning Ride: March 30th Start at Henry & Ola Park in Seminole Heights New Time: Meet @9:15am, Roll @ 9:30am Wear a helmet & bring a bike lock (we sometimes stop for coffee)