CITY OF TAMPA CRA MEETING
February 11, 2016
9:00 a.m.

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09:03:08 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Call the CRA meeting to order.
And, Councilman Suarez, please.
09:03:23 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
Thank you, ma'am.
I'd like to introduce our speaker to do our invocation
today, is the Reverend Bruce Toms, a senior pastor of
Palma Ceia United Methodist Church in south Tampa and a
native of Florida, born and raised in Kissimmee.
He graduated from Florida Southern College in Lakeland,
Florida, with a BS in political science and Asbury
Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky with a master
of divinity.
He began his ministry at Palma Ceia in July 2012.
Bruce is married to Lynn Price Toms and they have three
married children and believe it not, there's not that

many political science majors I know of that become
divinity students and eventually pastors.
Me being one of them.
Please, everyone, rise for the invocation, standing for
the Pledge of Allegiance.
09:04:09 >> My first love is politics.
Let's pray together.
Almighty God, we give thanks for the blessings of your
created order.
The air we breathe and the water we drink.
And we give thanks for the nation we live and the
freedoms we enjoy.
We give thanks for the rule of law and social order.
We give thanks for the City Council members who are
responsive to the residents they serve.
When we consider our blessings, we are mindful to care
for those less fortunate who haven't the ability to
improve their condition.
All our freedoms, we are mindful of those who have given
the ultimate sacrifice to maintain our way of life.
And we pray for men and women in uniform today,
especially those deployed in very dangerous areas of the
world.
And all our blessings and favor we still depend upon your
help and guidance.

So we lift our petitions to you and we pray for our
leaders, the leaders of our nation and our state and of
our great city.
And we pray for these councilmen and women, guide them in
their wisdom, in your wisdom, give them strength and
enliven their spirits and encourage their hearts.
Bless now the proceedings of this City Council meeting.
en.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:05:31 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Thank you, Councilman Suarez.
Roll call.
[Roll Call]
09:05:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Here.
09:05:52 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
Here.
09:05:54 >>HARRY COHEN:
Here.
09:05:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
Here.
09:05:57 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Here.
09:05:58 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Present.
09:06:00 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Thank you.
[Inaudible]
09:06:05 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Good, glad to hear that our monthly
report, CAC representative, the divine Evangeline Best is
back with us.
09:06:14 >> Good morning.
The typical part of my life since I came back to you all

as chairman of East Tampa.
Always something going on in East Tampa.
I am Evangeline Best, the chair of East Tampa.
And I want to say first to City Council, thank you for
allowing us to bring you up to date on East Tampa.
I could sum it up with just one word, a couple words and
saying we got it together.
We are coming back and we are united.
More than anything I would like to share with you all is
that the residents have been very responsive to me.
All the phone calls that I've made and emails, they are
just showing up and coming back.
And behind the scene, you know, there's always some
people that kind of keep you together.
And I have to stop this moment and just say I want to
recognize Ed Johnson, who I know he's probably got a few
gray hairs since I've been aboard.
And Michelle at the ballpark at our last meeting, last
Tuesday, she was excellent.
And I can't say enough for Eva.
She tries to keep me on track as the secretary.
And that's kind of hard for me.
But I'm trying to learn to get back in line with that.
But she has exceptional in terms of just trying to help
me out and guide me.

I have with me, I see some other persons I did invite my
team.
I really felt that's what you all needed to see.
Some of them are working, as you know, and some could not
be here.
But we will be sending you the list of all the chairs of
the standing committees.
They're all full.
You need to know, they're already in operation.
And they are, some have had their meetings and have given
reports at our last meeting on Tuesday night.
If I just want to pause for a moment and highlight the
three meetings that we have had, we held a meeting in
October.
We were running close to 30 some people.
In November, we went to 45 persons in attendance.
And last Tuesday, we had over 39 persons in attendance.
So I see that momentum and interest is there.
And people want to just jump on board and see how they
can help out.
More than anything, I want to say last Tuesday, and I
keep referring to that meeting, because we felt like the
be community response to Michelle and what is the hidden
thing about this is that Ed has said repeatedly exactly
the same thing in terms of bringing the community back

and reviewing everything that we have accomplished since
2003 and 4.
And he's done it his way and given them actual hands out.
He's given the handout of our plan, where you find it.
He has given the plan in terms of our strategic plan and
so it's just, we have been like being reeducated again to
make sure we all know where we are trying to go.
But Michelle, I don't know what she did or what spirit
she was in, but it was like we had a revival.
And it was very uplifting and when she finished, she
didn't understand why everybody was just applauding her
and applauding her.
And I'm like wow, thank you.
Sometime you have to keep repeating the same thing
because we all don't hear and do what we want -- we don't
get to hear what we want to hear at the same time.
And I just want to say, Michelle, you knocked the ball
out of the ballpark for us, okay?
The other thing that I'm real excited about is that we
had for the first time an orientation of all the advisory
members sitting together with all the chairmans of the
committee.
We had over 49 persons present.
And the comments was that they really more than anything
else, ya'll might lose Ed to a speaking engagement

because the comments was all about how Ed tells the story
about East Tampa.
He walked back and went step by step, who we are, what we
have represented, all the ingredients that you need.
And hands out was given to them in terms of the size of
the CRA, all the association presidents, what the
committees were all about.
But he was narrating this story.
And even though I told him personally, I told him some of
the comments were wow, we didn't know East Tampa was that
large.
We didn't know that you all was that organized.
We didn't know that you've accomplished so much.
And because these are some new person that is have come
on board.
But it left with a very uplifting kind of attitude.
My role was to make sure that every one of the old and
new members knew what was going to be the expectation of
them in their role as chairman.
And what the expectation and how they were going to
follow certain things that we have had in place over the
years.
And everybody agreed to it.
They signed off.
And it was just a good fellowship time.

In closing, what I want to say because I want to know if
you want to me some specific questions, I just want you
to know that we are on the road to going forward.
We realize with the help of Ed that right now, we don't
have the money because you know, East Tampa been known to
have money, but we know when the downfall came, it
affected all the CRAs.
But, we are hopeful and we know where we are to go next.
And that's what is important.
And all the committees are going to say the same thing.
These are the projects that we're going to be on.
People will come back and want to be a part of something,
they know I'm going to be doing this, I'm going to be
working on something to see this happen in East Tampa.
I would like to pause, I do see my die-hard, reliable
vice chair, Denise.
Is here.
And you all have seen that favorite face, especially
during the Christmastime.
She makes sure you all know about her and what we have
done and that has been very successful and will continue
to be successful.
New to us is Gwen Meyers.
Who is going to be what we are depending on her to just
bring us, bring the new members back together.

And all the old and new and she's going to be working
with a committee to make that happen.
I think, I covered the things that I think you need to
know and what you want to know about.
If there are some questions, I'm here to answer, I can
always refer to Ed.
[ Laughter ]
09:13:02 >> I.
09:13:04 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Thank you for that report.
Any questions?
Ms. Montelione.
09:13:08 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Good morning.
Pleasure to see you.
So I wanted to know what your secret is to having 49
people show up for a community meeting, because so many
communities struggle to have people come to meetings,
especially busy, you know, lives and get in the way.
So what's your secret sauce?
09:13:27 >> It's a lot of work.
I can make it sound cute.
No, no, no.
From the moment I close the meeting, I start personally
working on those persons that I know personally, and it's
a personal thank you for you coming and would you bring
one other person?

And that is what all the committees are doing now.
It is that personal touch, phone call, Denise called out
last month, last night, that she was really expecting
three of those persons that she had spent time calling,
doing recruitment and none of them showed.
But they don't realize, they're going to get more phone
calls.
We're going to keep doing it till we get them in the
door.
It's a lot of work, but we believe in East Tampa that the
residents are the real clue to the success of where we
are trying to go.
We can go and do all these nice things and say what a few
persons have said in the past, but if you don't have a
buy-in from the community, you're wasting your time.
I've found that to be true over the years.
I'm doing the same things that I did before.
It's worked.
It's work, it's work, I love it because I was born and
raised in East Tampa.
Educated in East Tampa.
Only place I have known that help me become the person
that I am are the residents of East Tampa.
09:14:50 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Persistence, I guess is key.
Persistence.

My last question is, what do you see as the biggest
challenge or the one that you're going to tackle first?
09:15:02 >> Membership.
And organization.
Making sure everybody that I consider the leadership, my
leadership team consists of the advisory committee, the
chairmans of all the committees, and the most powerful
group of residents, leadership and I see no difference
than an association and the crime watch.
And bringing them all together and saying you're my front
line person.
I'm the last person you get to.
And just sell the program.
09:15:34 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Thank you very much.
Thank you for your work.
09:15:37 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Council Reddick, or chairman Reddick.
09:15:41 >>FRANK REDDICK:
Whatever.
Good morning, how you doing?
My question is for Ed.
Mr. Johnson.
09:15:53 >> I can't hear you.
09:15:54 >>FRANK REDDICK:
For Ed Johnson.
09:15:56 >> I'll step aside.
09:15:58 >> No, you can come back.
Just want to ask him a question.

09:16:03 >> Good morning, Ed Johnson, CRA manager.
09:16:06 >>FRANK REDDICK:
Mr. Johnson, Ms. Best have given some
indication about the organization and structure for East
Tampa, as she would like to see things move forward in a
positive way.
CRA focus as always been economic development.
09:16:26 >> That's true.
09:16:27 >>FRANK REDDICK:
And even though we can have the
organization structured and all the things in place, what
is the current plan for economic development in East
Tampa?
Because there's been a downsize in last few years.
So what is the current plans for economic development in
East Tampa that will allow you and allow the East Tampa
residents and the partnership to generate that tax base
that they need?
09:16:57 >> Well, I hear you say that over the last several years,
we have been in the downside.
I beg to differ.
I think we have seen tremendous amount of economic
development happening in East Tampa.
You just had the last, this last summer, you just had a
Walmart store that just opened and hired 200 folks, about
40 or 50 students from Middleton high school.
You have continued growth along Hillsborough Avenue,

because that is the commercial corridor of the CRA.
There's been continuous development there.
There has been several projects that have the last
several years and we're going to continue to sell East
Tampa to the private sector developers to continue to
look for potential.
We're still in the acquisition phase along 22nd
street.
Over the years we have purchased property there and we're
continuing to talk to potential developers.
We still have a dream to bring a grocery store to that
part of the community.
We're still working with the private sector development
folks looking at, looking at the potential to bring a
smaller scale grocery store to that corridor.
Along a 50th street, there's been development along that
corridor.
There's been some small development along Nebraska
Avenue, where you've seen a lot of rehab, a lot of older
structures.
So we believe that the growth is still happening.
Our ad valorem tax base is increasing again, as you saw
in the last budget.
So, you know, our mission is to continue to market the
community and that's what we're going to continue to do.

Thought only here locally but around the country.
09:18:45 >>FRANK REDDICK:
Let me just say this.
You mentioned one example.
That's the Walmart.
The Walmart I was a part of as well.
But you have not given any specifics government, economic
development, except Walmart.
Give me so prime examples of how you're generating an
increase in tax base in East Tampa.
Besides saying Walmart.
We all know about Walmart.
09:19:12 >> New housing development.
There's new construction going on in the community as we
speak.
Those properties that get built and get sold increase the
tax base.
We have two projects that are, that have been funded by
community development financial institutions in our local
community.
You have got one on 34th street, which is going to be a
13-unit single-family development that is already on the
drawing boards.
Already has funding for.
So, these are things that are happening every day.
So, you know, I think that if you just sit back and watch

the development take place, you'll see it.
And you'll see the tax basin crease over time.
09:19:55 >>FRANK REDDICK:
My last question, Madam Chair, is, what
is the budget for East Tampa?
09:20:03 >> FY16 budget is little over half a million dollars.
09:20:06 >>FRANK REDDICK:
And what was the previous budget in '15?
09:20:12 >> '15 was little over 400,000.
So it's continuing to increase.
As you recall, when the market fell apart, we went below
the base year.
We actually owed the CRA.
And we have come out of that.
And it's steadily increasing, not decreasing.
So, if you read the newspapers here recently, there's,
there has been comments about increases in property
values again for the upcoming year.
So, we anticipate that we'll see another bump going up
again, based on new sales of properties.
That's what generates the ad valorem taxes in our
community.
New construction.
We have, as I said, two projects that are going to be
coming out of the ground and we have a couple that are in
the pipeline already.
I got an email yesterday from a lender that is working

with a client to build 20 units of single-family housing,
new construction, in the Osborne, or excuse me, west of
22nd street area, on the three acre tract.
So we're seeing little by little by little the return of
new housing construction.
So, that's where we're going to get the biggest push
right now is going to come from new sales and the sales
of other properties that obviously increase the tax base.
So, I think you'll see in the next year, you'll see a
steady increase in our CRA dollars.
Which then we can start devoting more of those dollars to
infrastructure projects.
09:21:52 >>FRANK REDDICK:
All right.
Well, when I read the minutes of the East Tampa
partnership, why doesn't the minutes reflect what you
just said?
09:22:03 >> As you recall, you served on one of those
subcommittees in East Tampa for a number of years.
Those subcommittees, there's a number of them that are
highly devoted towards social service programs.
Social service programs are not eligible for funding
under the CRA.
Remember, you have 17 registered neighborhood
associations in East Tampa.
Their main concern are social service programs.

We allow those subcommittees to meet, have those
discussions, look for opportunities other than the TIF,
but the idea is that the community is working together as
a cohesive unit.
09:22:49 >>FRANK REDDICK:
But you're not answering the question.
The question is, do you give a report to the --
09:22:54 >> Yes, we do.
09:22:56 >>FRANK REDDICK:
Then what you just said to this Council,
this CRA board, why those comments not reflected in the
minutes?
09:23:04 >> It's reflective on I'm asked to present.
09:23:07 >>FRANK REDDICK:
When you're asked to present?
09:23:09 >> When I'm asked to present.
09:23:11 >>FRANK REDDICK:
You're not presenting at each monthly
meeting?
09:23:14 >> No, I do not.
Remember, the partnership is a partnership of those
organizations.
It's not a city organization.
It's a community organization.
[talking simultaneously]
09:23:30 >>FRANK REDDICK:
That's not way it works.
You don't have to explain to it me.
I was part of the original partnership.
You don't have to explain it to me.

But, every partnership meeting, since you the focus, you
the face or city at the meeting with these developers and
petition these developers, you owe those citizens who sit
on those committees, sit as a part of the partnership, on
any negotiations deal that you might be at predicating on
behalf of the partnership.
Now, if you, for you to sit here and tell me today that
you don't give no report unless they ask you, you're
doing a disservice to the people because you should be
giving a report.
If you're meeting with developers about projects on
50th street, 34th street, 27th street and the partnership
people don't know about it because you're not sharing it,
unless they ask you, then that's a problem.
So, I'm asking, these people should be informed.
And they should know what's going on.
And when I served on the partnership, you had a report
and it wasn't when we asked you, you were part of that
agenda for a report.
So, I'm just going to say here today, you might be moving
forward and generating ad valorem taxes and more income
for the East Tampa partnership.
And for the residents of East Tampa.
But you cannot independently be out there negotiating and
not sharing it with the people who represent East Tampa.

And that's my point.
I'm through, Madam Chair.
09:25:17 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Thank you, Councilman Reddick.
All good questions.
Now, I have one myself.
On that note of the partnership is not -- is a community
organization as opposed to the CRA, which is a city
organization.
I receive and I think all of us on Council receive a
courtesy report every month from a member of the Planning
Commission that we appointed.
Maybe that would be advantageous, a courtesy report to
these different community organizations.
You know, they're a big part of what happens in East
Tampa.
It's just a suggestion.
And may go a long way.
The other thing I want to bring up is, when did Fifth
Third Bank open in East Tampa?
Was it in 2010?
'11?
09:26:20 >> 2010, I believe it was.
09:26:22 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
And their report immediately was stellar.
Are they part, when you talk about a supermarket in East
Tampa, is Fifth Third Bank part of that conversation to

encourage whatever superintendents you're talking to, to
report exactly what happened at fifth third when they
opened their bank and the deposits that went in there and
how successful it was?
09:26:49 >> Not directly, no.
09:26:51 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
It's really importance because a lot of
the supermarkets, you know, they may be looking at the
demographics and it is a working class neighborhood.
But working class people spend lots of money at grocery
stores.
So Fifth Third Bank realized this.
Their paychecks and their expenses go through there.
I remember that report.
I remember it being, they were just so pleased.
So anyway, it's something to consider, I think, you know,
a success leading with -- I don't know what grocery
stores or supermarkets are being courted, but it's just a
suggestion on my part.
Thank you very much for your report.
And Evangeline, so good to see you again.
Thank you.
09:27:39 >> Thank you.
09:27:40 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
We move on to, oh, monthly report.
Imagine that.
Mr. Bob McDonaugh.

09:27:50 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
Good morning.
You should shortly receive I think the East Tampa
newsletter, which is sent out regularly, which has
updates on East Tampa economic development news, which is
sent to everyone in the community.
So, there is a process.
Just a couple things, this morning, you should have
received invitations to a groundbreaking at 9:15 Franklin
street.
If I speak very quickly, we might be able to go to it.
[ Laughter ]
09:28:16 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
That is by Carter and associates on
Franklin street.
The site of the former Grant block.
And it fills in an important part of Franklin street.
So if we can, I encourage everyone to attend please.
We have a ribbon cutting coming up on the 23rd for Ashley
furniture.
Their e-commerce division which is locating in central
Ybor.
Which Ashley furniture now is one of the owners of, and
it's a hundred very important jobs, tech jobs for Ybor
City.
We have the Knight parade coming this Saturday night.
And as you read in the newspaper, we have issued building

permits for the Publix in the Channel District.
They will not begin construction on that until the high
rise is well along the way.
But the permits for that building is scheduled to be
issued later this week.
So those are two very important projects for our urban
core.
I have a fairly truncated report this month, again,
because I'm seeing if we can't attend that
groundbreaking.
Questions?
09:29:16 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Question?
No questions.
09:29:19 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
Thank you.
09:29:21 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Okay.
We move on to public comments.
Three minutes per speaker.
On any matter on the agenda.
I see someone coming up.
09:29:35 >> Good morning, everyone.
My name is Denise James.
I am vice chair of the East Tampa partnership.
Also chair of the aesthetics and beautification
subcommittee.
One of the things I'd like to invite you all, for the

first time we have a salute to black history at the
Florida state fair.
And that's significant to me, especially because I, my
committee has a collaboration with the art students at
Middleton.
And one of their very first projects, we took them on bus
tours of the city because many of the students that come
into the schools are bussed in from other areas.
So, this has been going on for several years now, but a
few years ago we did take them on a bus tour of East
Tampa, among other places, and showed them the great
things that we have in East Tampa.
And they decided to duplicate the mural that we have at
the roundabout on 22nd.
That will mural is on display at the Florida state fair.
It's a huge -- it's really very huge.
And I hope -- we're very proud, the students who did that
mural are very proud and we'd like for you to see their
work.
Our next mural, which you will receive information on the
ribbon cutting, will be on a Tampa's own legend, former
Middletonian, former Middleton student, former Olympian
and our own Tampa living legend Theresa Manuel.
That's the mural students are working on now.
Mr. Reddick, I want to thank you very much for attending

the ribbon cutting that we.
As last year, and -- yes, was last year.
You all will be getting invitations to this and I hope
you can arrange your schedules to plan to attend.
And if you can, please try and go by the fair to see that
mural, among the other beautiful pictures and drawings
and renderings of black history.
Thank you so much.
09:31:43 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Thank you.
09:31:49 >> Okay.
I'm Ed Tillou, Sulphur Springs, guess you'd say Sulphur
Springs shooting gallery.
Yeah, okay, I spoke, isle I'd like to really wrap up
about pedestrian fatalities which affect a lot of the
neighborhoods because this matter of addressing things,
items on the agenda did remind me that there should be a
crisscross, I guess what would you call it?
There's a computer program that does this.
But anyway, not just like turning cars versus other kinds
of identification of what's causing the pedestrian
fatalities.
But also to what neighborhoods they're in.
Many of the neighborhoods of course the CRAs, but then
some aren't, like for instance, Sulphur Spring isn't.
So, like Sulphur Spring right now has problem of nutty

people getting firearms.
So, it's just more of the same.
Okay.
With respect to pedestrian fatalities, useful thing.
This is from California.
These are bounce spots, they're on the streets.
The way this would be tackled in California, they try to
find why they're not sticking, but here in Florida, they
would say, oh, well, we tried that and it didn't work.
These work.
They work very well in California.
They keep traffic in their lanes.
Which is a thing.
There's a ticket for improper turn.
I got one of them once over in Pinellas County when the
Pinellas County sheriff's department wanted new police
cars.
I didn't really do it.
But okay.
Over here lots of people do improper turns.
They drift across three and four lanes.
When you're a pedestrian, how do you deal with that?
So anyway, bounce stops, maybe it's a glue problem.
You know, but anyway, picked up the pavement on this one.
That's a smaller part of this.

But roadways, but that's mostly downtown.
So, downtown is on the agenda today.
But here's some new things being tried.
Little water taxis.
Clearwater is thinking about aerial cable cars.
So you got to start thinking about these new things.
As opposed to things like the TBX.
People are starting to organize.
I've shared with them, I think the only thing that's
going to stop the TBX is to start recall petitions.
Rick Scott is going to say what is bothering these
people?
Why do they want me out?
And then they'll say oh, it's, oh, I'll take care of
that.
So anyway, we're supposed to have lead in our water
because it comes from guns.
That's another thing to be concerned about.
But anyway, I can't even get to food and our Mayor.
09:34:59 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Thank you.
Any other public comments?
Seeing none, we move on to approvals.
Let's move on to number 3.
09:35:19 >> I'm asking for the transfer of funds from two
different accounting -- one in the Channel District and

one in Ybor.
The transfer of funds for the channel districts is for
the previously approved pump station --
09:35:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
2500 for rent.
09:35:42 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Ms. Montelione?
09:35:43 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
I think I was going to ask the same
question Mr. Miranda just referenced.
What was the reason for the change in the bidder that was
chosen?
It says that the request is due to a fund increase in
total project cost due to a change in the bidder that was
chosen for the project.
09:36:05 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
We chose the bidder and were not able to
come to contractual terms.
We went to the second bidder and he was not able to
comply with our WMBD.
So we're going to re-bid the project.
09:36:17 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
So -- so we haven't re-bid it yet?
09:36:22 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
No, we're going to do it now.
09:36:23 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
And we're increasing the budget, the
project costs?
09:36:28 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
No, not yet.
This is to make --
09:36:30 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
We anticipate.
09:36:32 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
This is to make sure we have sufficient

funds when we rebid the project, yes.
09:36:38 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Well, I guess I'm asking the
rationale, why do we think we need more money?
09:36:44 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
We are uncertain if we do.
But contracts management always wants to make sure
there's adequate funding in an account before they go out
to bid for contract.
And so this is to make sure that there is.
09:36:55 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
I just sometimes, not all the time,
but sometimes think if the money is available, the amount
of the contract will equal the money available.
Like I said, not all the time.
But there is the occasion where somebody's looking at how
much we have budgeted and they know the parameter for
which their bid might be awarded.
09:37:20 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
Which is the specific reason why this is
being re-bid because the third bidder was significantly
higher than the first two.
And so, instead of going to the third bidder, we chose to
go back to the marketplace to get a more competitive bid.
09:37:33 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Thank you.
09:37:35 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Any other questions?
09:37:37 >> I just want to say thank you for doing that, for
thinking ahead.
You know the third bidder was real high.

Now you can el turno a correcto.
[ Laughter ]
I don't know what language that was, but you understood
it.
09:37:56 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Not even.
[ Laughter ]
09:37:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I move item number 3.
09:38:03 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Moved by Councilman Miranda, second by
Councilman Suarez.
All in favor?
Opposed?
09:38:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Move item number four.
09:38:12 >> Second.
09:38:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Resolution, just moving the item.
09:38:17 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Item 4.
Yes.
Moved by Councilman Miranda, second by Suarez.
All in favor.
Thank you, passes both.
09:38:27 >> Move resolution number five.
09:38:29 >> Second.
09:38:30 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Thank you moved by Councilman Cohen.
Second by Councilman Miranda.
All in favor?
Okay.

09:38:39 >> Move resolution 6.
09:38:40 >> Second.
09:38:41 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Moved by Councilman Miranda, second by
Councilman Cohen.
All in favor?
09:38:47 >> Move 7.
09:38:50 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Moved by Councilman Miranda, second by
Councilman Cohen.
All in favor.
09:38:55 >> On number 7 the owner of the property is here and with
your indulgence, I'd like him to come up and speak a
couple words about their project.
09:39:04 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Absolutely .
09:39:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
There goes the ribbon cutting.
[ Laughter ]
09:39:07 >> Hello, I'm Dale Hunter, part of Rock Brothers Brewing,
I own the old Greco harbor building.
Very exciting that we're being awarded the grant to help
us further contribute to Ybor's renaissance.
We're very excited to be part of the movement of Ybor
being called Cigar City, maybe now brew city with all the
breweries moving into the area.
We're very excited to be part of the community and
15th street, definitely got a rebirth going on.
A lot of new tenants coming into place.

We're very excited to see Ashley furniture going down the
street from us.
Hope to see them quite a bit at our establishment as
well.
But our facility will be a brewery.
We'll be doing ten thousand barrels per year.
We'll have a tasting room on the bottom floor.
Will be the corner of 15th street and 8th avenue, right
along the trolley line.
And then above that we'll have intimate concert venue for
small acoustic acts, about 150 people.
Will be a very unique experience to Ybor and all of
Florida.
We expect that to be a regional attraction.
So, thank you for your time.
Excited.
09:40:13 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Thank you for coming in to our national
historic district.
Landmark.
09:40:20 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Mr. Hunter?
You didn't say what the name of your business is.
09:40:24 >> I said Dale hunter with rock brothers brewing.
09:40:28 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
Rock brothers brewing.
You said it quickly.
So want to make sure.

09:40:33 >> Rock brothers brewing.
09:40:35 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
There we go.
09:40:37 >> All our beers are tied in with bands, like rock and
roll.
Some of our clients include high schoolie and the
blowfish, 311, McGee.
They all plan to play at our venue as whelp.
09:40:50 >>LISA MONTELIONE:
We look forward to that invitation.
Thank you.
09:40:56 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Anyone else?
09:41:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Rockers go pretty good together.
09:41:03 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
We have been rocking around here a long
time.
Thank you for that.
Okay, we are on number 8.
Is that what you're putting up here?
09:41:16 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
A request for property in Drew Park for
sidewalk improvements.
09:41:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Move resolution number 8.
09:41:22 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Moved by Councilman Miranda, second by
Council Maniscalco.
All in favor?
Cap cam passes unanimously.
Thank you.
Information, we move on to information and new business.

[Inaudible]
09:41:39 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
I'm sorry, what?
09:41:42 >>MR. McDONAUGH:
That concludes my presentation.
09:41:44 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
I knew that.
I could tell by your eyes.
[ Laughter ]
09:41:50 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Thank you.
Yes, we move on to information reports and new business.
Councilman Miranda?
09:42:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Thank you.
I just want to report two things.
One, Mayor Greco is doing much better at the hospital
since I first saw him, I heard reports that he's done his
radio, walking and talking good and doing the right
thing.
I saw him twice before when he looked kind of not too
well.
But he's doing great and he's a great guy.
And he's done a lot for the city, a lot more than I have
time to explain.
And also the passing of Fernando Noriega, like I said in
the paper, he was a .300 hitter.
Never became the most valuable person -- that's what P
stands for -- in the city, but did so many things and his
way of doing business, quiet, humble man, individual.

But if you go back, and I'm not going to mention them
because there's too many.
The media has done that already.
Just a great guy and his wife was the same way.
We'll miss both of them.
Thank you, Ms. Chairman.
09:42:54 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Absolutely.
A lovely couple.
Huge loss to our community.
Councilman Suarez?
09:42:59 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
Thank you, chair.
Just one thing.
You might see these green and gold balloons around us.
That's to symbolize the fact that we had USF students
here for the first annual USF at city hall.
Bless you.
And we had about 50 students here to talk about city
government.
And government in general.
They lobbied us on certain issues that are important to
them on the USF campus.
Was wonderful to have them there.
Thank you for the participation of all the members here.
I think that they learned a lot.
I think that we learned a lot about what's going on at

USF because of their participation.
So thank you.
09:43:37 >> Go bolts.
09:43:40 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Councilman Reddick?
09:43:41 >>FRANK REDDICK:
Nothing.
09:43:43 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Cohen?
09:43:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I'd like to second what Council
Miranda said.
A wonderful person, you learn a lot 7 from him.
If I didn't see him and his wife at church, I'd see them
around or stop by his house and I'll always have good
memories.
He's an irreplaceable person from an irreplaceable
generation.
09:44:04 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Thank you.
Well said.
09:44:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Move to receive and file all the
documents.
09:44:11 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Excuse me.
I have something.
I'm just going -- it's just information.
I got a call yesterday about someone driving downtown and
was turning into a parking garage.
And there were people, pedestrians walking along and she
stopped to let them pass.

It happened that where she stopped was on the only place
she could stop to let them by was the bicycle lane.
Bicyclists decided to hit her car because they were upset
that she was stopped on the bicycle lane.
You know?
We need a lot of education around here and courtesy goes
a long, long way.
The people, the pedestrians told her, follow them.
They hit your car.
You know, and she just didn't do it.
She said no.
She wasn't, but the pedestrians saw it.
It was purpose.
And really, this is not the city -- this is not the
representation we want in our city.
So I just want to pass that along.
Thank you.
09:45:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
Move to receive and file the
documents.
09:45:18 >>YVONNE CAPIN:
Moved by Councilman Miranda, second by
Council Maniscalco.
All in favor?
We are adjourned.

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