St. Petersburg City Council member Richie Floyd hopes to give developers more time to submit proposals for the redevelopment of the city’s historic Gas Plant district, setting up a potential conflict with Mayor Ken Welch’s administration over how quickly the process should move forward.

Welch’s administration has called for a 30-day request for proposals (RFP) period to begin in mid-November, but it was done so with an unsolicited redevelopment pitch from developer Casey Ellison and investor Cathie Wood, and a separate offer from the Pinellas County Housing Authority already in hand.

Floyd’s resolution, set to be considered at Thursday’s City Council meeting, asks the administration to extend the submission period to at least 90 days. The measure also requests tha

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