TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
Thursday, June 26, 2014
5:01 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

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05:02:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
City Council is called to
order.
Roll call.
[Roll Call]
05:02:59 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
Here.
05:03:02 >>FRANK REDDICK:
Here.
05:03:03 >>HARRY COHEN:
Here.
05:03:04 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Here.
05:03:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Here.
05:03:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Okay.
This is a public hearing, nonquasi-judicial.
Item number one.
05:03:16 >> Good afternoon, Council.
Michelle Boone with City of Tampa housing and
community development office.

(Inaudible)
Pam Henderson here on behalf of the -- (inaudible)
We're going to talk about the annual action plan,
to allocate federal CDBG home grant dollars.
We do this on an annual basis.
And also provide the public an opportunity, if you
so choose.
Could we have the PowerPoint please?
He did not tell me about the remote.
We do a five year planning process, which was
completed in 2012.
We are in the third year of our five year process.
Creating the fiscal year 2015 annual plan.
The annual plan is based on the goals established
in the consolidated plan.
Low moderate income persons.
Oh, now it's not going to work.
There we go.
The goals provide suitable living environment,
decent housing opportunities and economic
opportunities.
The annual action plan is summary of the project
and activities that will take place over the next
year to address the objectives identified in the
five year plan.

The action plan begins October 1 of 2014.
The estimated funding awards for 2014 program year
are shown above, which also include state SHIP
funding.
We do that because we haven't received state SHIP
funding in quite sometime.
So this is a good thing for us.
So we use the state SHIP fund in a similar way we
use our home funds.
For a total $8.4 million.
The total federal dollars that we are receiving is
approximately a one percent decrease from last
year, which is much better than the decreases in
the past.
Next slide is the action plan calendar.
Today is the 26th.
This day opens the 30-day public comment period as
required by HUD.
The final action plan will be presented to Council
for approval on July 31st and must be submitted to
HUD by August 15th.
And the fiscal year begins October 1st.
These are some of the recommended program uses and
funding categories.
Housing projects which include CDBG, home and SHIP

dollars.
Public service programs from CDBG is limited to
20% of our CDBG allocation.
Public facilities are construction projects for
non-profit and, which includes the emergency
solution grant and housing for persons with AIDS.
General categories of funding.
Next slide breaks out the housing category into
our total housing development, which is 20% of our
total home allocation.
Down payment assistance, which includes home and
SHIP dollars.
Housing counseling, emergency relocation and our
tenant based rental assistance, which you talked
about this morning with Mr. Snelling.
And a big chunk of money for owner occupied rehab,
which is in great demand.
05:07:29 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
I have a question.
05:07:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Ms. Montelione?
05:07:32 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Thank you, sir.
Last slide you had the down payment assistance.
Is that for the general public?
Is that for -- we used to have a program for city
employees to live within the city, help them buy
houses within some of the urban or distressed

neighborhoods.
So the down payment assistance -- could you tell
me a little bit about that?
05:07:57 >> Down payment assistance, dollar amount is a
combination of our home and SHIP allocation.
It's available for anyone that qualifies for
either one of those programs.
Sometimes we have houses that we acquire with
dollars and available for specific properties.
Or it's available for anyone that wants to
purchase a house within the city limits.
05:08:19 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
So it's anywhere.
Not just related to a particular neighborhood?
I was thinking with the Nehemiah project and the
area of Sulphur Springs.
05:08:26 >> Right, we do have some funds currently set
aside for that.
But that doesn't include those.
05:08:30 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Okay.
05:08:36 >> And I think -- there we go.
Again, our one year action plan, the draft will be
available in paper form.
It will be here in the clerk's office for review.
It will be at our office at the development
service office.

And it is also being posted to the city's web site
for public comment for the next 30 days.
Any comments we ask to be submitted in writing and
those comments will then be added to the final
plan for submittal to HUD.
Which will be August the 15th.
So if there are no other questions, I can open the
public hearing.
05:09:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
You are.
I want to see you do it.
[ Laughter ]
05:09:25 >> Like to request to open the public hearing.
05:09:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
One thing about you, got longer
hair than Thom Snelling.
[ Laughter ]
05:09:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
All right.
This is a public hearing.
Anyone in the public who would care to speak on
this item, you're certainly entitled to.
Make a motion here to open the public hearing.
05:09:44 >> So moved.
05:09:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Motion by Ms. Montelione,
second by Mr. Suarez.
All in favor of the motion, please indicate by
saying aye.

Opposed nay.
The ayes have it unanimously.
Anyone in the public care to speak on this item?
Item number one, public hearing regarding City of
Tampa's and the community development block grant
40th entitlement emergency solution grants
program.
05:10:06 >> Move to close.
05:10:07 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
I have a question.
05:10:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Ms. Montelione?
05:10:09 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Have you received any of the
surveys that were handed out to the neighborhoods?
Have any of them come back?
05:10:14 >> Today we have received eight surveys back.
05:10:16 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Eight?
And how many were given out?
Do you know?
05:10:19 >> I don't know how many were given out.
We will still receive those for the next 30 days,
so if you want to encourage your constituents.
05:10:26 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Anybody watching out there in
the public who received a paper survey at a
community meeting, please send it in.
05:10:31 >> Or if they would like one, we still have
copies.

They can pick one up.
05:10:35 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Thank you.
05:10:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Anyone else?
Motion by Mr. Reddick to close the public hearing,
second by Mr. Suarez.
Further discussion by Councilmembers?
All in favor of the motion, please indicate by
saying aye.
Opposed nay.
Hearing is now closed.
We stand in recess till 6:00 p.m.
(Whereupon, a recess was taken till 6:00 p.m.)
05:10:48 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
Here.
06:03:04 >>FRANK REDDICK:
Here.
06:03:05 >>HARRY COHEN:
Here.
06:03:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Here.
Okay.
This is 6:00 public hearing regarding item number
2.
It's the first public hearing for consideration of
the development agreement pursuant to chapter 163
Florida statute between Northwood Ravin LLC and
the City of Tampa.
06:03:25 >> Rebecca Kert, assistant city attorney.
We are here for a hearing on development agreement

between Northwood Ravin LLC and the City of Tampa
regarding property located at 4310 West Spruce
Street and 1706 North Hubert Avenue.
A developers agreement requires two public
hearings.
06:03:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Before I go any further, this
is a quasi-judicial hearing, so I have to swear
all of you in.
Or the clerk will.
06:03:54 >> We need to open the public hearing.
06:03:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Yeah, we will.
[Oath administered by Clerk]
06:03:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
All right.
Need a motion to open public hearing, item number
two.
Motion by Ms. Montelione, second by Mr. Cohen.
Further discussion by councilmembers?
All in favor of the motion, please indicate by
saying aye.
Opposed nay.
Public hearing is now open.
Yes, ma'am?
06:04:16 >> Thank you.
The developers agreement will require two public
hearings.

It is adopted by resolution at the second public
hearing, so there's no required action tonight.
The developers agreement is to effectuate some
bonus provisions provided for in your
comprehensive plan as well as your land
development procedures.
They require a developer agreement to spell out
what the amenities are that the developer will be
providing and the maximum density or intensity
that they are seeking.
And the petitioner's representative is here to
speak to you.
06:04:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Thank you.
06:04:54 >> Good evening.
Andrea Zelman, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney and
Fowler White Boggs.
As Rebecca mentioned, this is a development
agreement to effectuate the density bonus.
This is basically a planned apartment complex at
Spruce and Hubert over near the International
Plaza mall.
It was approved in 2012 for 255 units.
And the developer, and I have with me tonight
Phillip Smith from Frameworks Group, would like to
increase that to 260 units, so we are basically

talking about 7 additional apartments, which
actually gets it up to a density of 77 units per
acre, but under your code and the comp plan to go
above the 75 and get the density bonus, you have
to provide certain amenities.
So that's what this developer has agreed to do.
They include structured parking and transit stop
and additional pedestrian features and planters
and so on and so forth, all of which are spelled
out in the development agreement.
And again, your code requires that we have this
development agreement in order to effectuate this
density bonus, which again will allow them to
build seven additional units above what was
approved in 2012.
That's the gist of it.
I'm glad to go into more detail or answer any
questions that you have.
06:06:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Any questions from
Councilmembers at this time?
Ms. Montelione?
06:06:24 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
What are the amenities being
provided for the bonus density credits?
06:06:29 >> Again, one of them -- and again, this is your
code 27-140 C, spells out what kind of -- you

have, one of them is C 5, is structured parking
architectural features.
So they're doing that.
One is 27-140 C 9, is for the provision of a
transit stop.
So they're providing that.
And if HART doesn't want to actually put a bus
bench there, then they would -- they could ask
them to contribute funds toward one in another
location.
C 10 is pedestrian streetscape improvements and
specifically they're adding benches with trash
cans and certain planters and a pedestrian
sidewalk.
And these are all shown on the site plan as well.
06:07:25 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Any other Councilmember?
Anyone this the audience -- this is a public
hearing.
Any other individuals in the audience care to
speak on this item?
Item number two?
Need a motion to close.
06:07:38 >> So moved.
06:07:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Motion by Ms. Montelione,
second by Mr. Cohen.

All in favor of the motion to close, please
signify by saying aye.
Opposed nay.
The ayes have it unanimously.
As I understand it, there's no need to pass on
resolution until the second public hearing.
I do need a motion to receive and file a letter
from Ms. Zelman.
I have a motion by Mr. Suarez, second by
Mr. Cohen.
All in favor of that motion, please signify by
saying aye.
Opposed nay.
The ayes have it unanimously.
Okay, information reports?
Right to left.
Mr. Suarez?
06:08:09 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
None, sir.
06:08:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Mr. Reddick?
06:08:11 >>FRANK REDDICK:
None.
06:08:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Mr. Cohen?
06:08:14 >>HARRY COHEN:
None, sir.
06:08:15 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
None, sir.
06:08:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Excellent job, councilmembers.
Okay, anyone in the audience care to speak on any

other item?
We stand adjourned till we come back from
recess -- I mean from vacation.
(Thereupon, the meeting adjourned.)

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