Morning Briefing, September 20

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 20, the 262nd day of 2011.

HEADLINES

TIDBITS

• Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner, District 6 Countywide, will host his third of four quarterly neighborhood meetings tonight at 6 p.m. at the Lee Davis Service Center, 3402 N. 22nd St.
• Today is in honor of its first birthday on Sept. 25.

EVENTS

• 3:30 p.m. at the Seminole Heights Branch Library, 4711 N. Central Ave.
• 7 p.m. Southeast Seminole Heights Civic Association General Membership Meeting at the Kathryn Malone Center (corner of 12th Street and Frierson Avenue at ).

See Patch's Events Calendar for the rest of today's happenings.

MEETINGS

City of Tampa

• 9 a.m. Barrio Latino Commission, 315 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• 3 p.m. Ybor City Development Corporation, 306 E. Jackson St.
• 5 p.m. Collective Bargaining Session with Amalgamated Transit Union, 306 E. Jackson St.
• 5:30 p.m. East Tampa Community Input Meeting, 1200 E. Lake Ave.
• 6 p.m. Drew Park CRA, 4001 W. Tampa Bay Blvd.
• 6 p.m. Tampa Heights Riverfront CRA, 1801 N. Highland Ave.

Hillsborough County

• 3 p.m. Historic Resources Review Board, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• 6 p.m. Fletcher Avenue Pedestrian Safety, 14013 N. 22nd St.

FORECAST

• Tuesday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 99. East southeast wind between 3 and 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Tuesday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.   

POLLEN LEVEL

• Tree: No Activity
• Grass: High
• Weed: High

*Headlines compiled from Patch.com and other regional media outlets; Forecast and Pollen Level obtained from the National Weather Service and Weather.com.