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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2024, 9:00 A.M.
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9:00:35AM >> [NO AUDIO] -- MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA.
9:00:37AM HIS MINISTRY ENSURES THE READINESS AND SPIRITUAL RESILIENCY
9:00:41AM OF 19,900 EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES AT MacDILL,
9:00:45AM INCLUDING HEADQUARTERS AT U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, HEADQUARTERS
9:00:49AM U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE
9:00:52AM FORCES CENTRAL, HEADQUARTERS U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
9:00:55AM CENTRAL, AND 31 OTHER JOINT MISSION PARTNERS.
9:00:58AM HE ADVISES THE SIXTH MISSION SUPPORT GROUP LEADERSHIP ON
9:01:01AM RELIGION, MORALE, ETHICS, AND PROVIDES FOR FREE EXERCISE OF
9:01:07AM RELIGION.
9:01:07AM I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND HIS
9:01:14AM COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE
9:01:17AM THESE, I KNOW YOUR SERVICES ARE WELCOMED BY OUR GREAT MEN
9:01:21AM AND WOMEN SERVING OUR COUNTRY AND THE FOLKS FROM AROUND THE
9:01:24AM WORLD THAT ARE AT MacDILL.
9:01:26AM WE'LL ALL STAND TO LET YOU PRAY AND THEN WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE
9:01:29AM OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:01:32AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, AND THANK YOU FOR THE
9:01:36AM INVITATION.
9:01:36AM I ASK THAT YOU BOW YOUR HEADS AND PRAY IN YOUR FAITH AS I
9:01:40AM PRAY IN MINE.
9:01:42AM GRACIOUS AND KIND GOD, WE WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK
9:01:45AM YOU FOR THIS GATHERING.
9:01:47AM WE EXPRESS THE HIGHEST GRATITUDE FOR THE COMMUNITY
9:01:49AM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE A PART
9:01:52AM OF THIS GREAT TEAM.
9:01:53AM IT IS MY PRAYER THAT YOU BLESS OUR SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
9:01:57AM THOSE THAT SERVE ALONGSIDE THEM, ALONGSIDE WITH THEM AND
9:02:01AM THAT YOU WOULD GRANT THEM THE WISDOM TO LEAD AND MAKE
9:02:04AM DECISIONS FOR OVER 400,000 CONSTITUENTS.
9:02:07AM BLESS THOSE WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE DECISIONS THAT ARE
9:02:10AM MADE HERE TODAY AND THAT YOU WILL ALLOW THEM TO GROW AND
9:02:15AM PROSPER AND EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC INCREASE FOR THE GREATER
9:02:20AM GOOD OF THEIR FAMILIES.
9:02:21AM WE ASK THIS BLESSING NOW.
9:02:23AM IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
9:02:25AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:02:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CLERK SOTO, CAN WE HAVE A BOARD MEMBER
9:02:43AM ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
9:02:45AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:02:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:02:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:02:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:02:49AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:02:51AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:02:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:02:54AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:02:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ADOPTION OF THE JANUARY 18 MEETING.
9:02:59AM >> SO MOVED.
9:03:01AM >> SECOND.
9:03:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHO SAID SO MOVED?
9:03:03AM OH, THANK YOU, MIRANDA.
9:03:06AM SECOND BY -- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
9:03:08AM GUIDO.
9:03:09AM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
9:03:10AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:03:11AM AYE.
9:03:13AM OPPOSED?
9:03:13AM OKAY.
9:03:14AM THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES HAS BEEN CARRIED.
9:03:16AM NEXT WE NEED TO -- GOSH, I HAD A BRAIN FREEZE.
9:03:23AM I NEED MY DIRECTOR -- WHAT'S YOUR POSITION?
9:03:29AM >>ERICA MOODY: CRA DIRECTOR, LOUD AND PROUD.
9:03:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:03:31AM >>ERICA MOODY: WE'LL GET YOU MORE COFFEE.
9:03:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I APPRECIATE IT.
9:03:35AM CRA DIRECTOR TO GO OVER TODAY'S AGENDA.
9:03:37AM WE HAVE SOME CLEANING UP TO DO.
9:03:39AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:03:40AM GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
9:03:41AM IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.
9:03:43AM WE'RE SETTING THE AGENDA.
9:03:45AM I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING ITEM 6 TO BE CONTINUED UNTIL
9:03:49AM APRIL 11 CRA BOARD MEETING.
9:03:56AM >> SO MOVED.
9:03:57AM >> SECOND.
9:03:58AM >>ERICA MOODY: ITEM 9 TO BE RECEIVED AND FILED.
9:04:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 6
9:04:06AM UNTIL APRIL 11 BY MIRANDA.
9:04:08AM SECONDED BY MANISCALCO.
9:04:09AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:10AM AYE.
9:04:11AM OPPOSED?
9:04:13AM MOTION CARRIES.
9:04:15AM >>ERICA MOODY: GREAT.
9:04:16AM THANK YOU.
9:04:17AM ADDITIONALLY, ITEM 9 TO BE RECEIVED AND FILED.
9:04:20AM >> SO MOVED.
9:04:21AM >> SECOND.
9:04:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HURTAK AND CLENDENIN.
9:04:27AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:27AM AYE.
9:04:30AM >>ERICA MOODY: GREAT.
9:04:31AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:04:32AM ADDITIONALLY, ITEM 10, REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE UNTIL APRIL
9:04:35AM 11.
9:04:36AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 10 TO
9:04:40AM APRIL 11 AND INVITE THE CFO IN ADDITION TO THE EXECUTIVE
9:04:43AM DIRECTOR.
9:04:47AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN I GET A SECOND?
9:04:48AM >> SECOND.
9:04:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:04:49AM CARLSON AND MANISCALCO.
9:04:50AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:04:51AM AYE.
9:04:53AM >>ERICA MOODY: THE LAST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 11, TO BE
9:04:56AM RECEIVED AND FILED.
9:04:57AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND
9:05:00AM FILE ITEM 11.
9:05:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CARLSON, MANISCALCO MOVED TO RECEIVE AND
9:05:03AM FILE.
9:05:03AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:05:04AM AYE.
9:05:07AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR DOING THE RESEARCH ON
9:05:09AM THAT.
9:05:09AM >>ERICA MOODY: ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU.
9:05:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CAN I HAVE ADOPTION OF TODAY'S MINUTES --
9:05:14AM AGENDA, NOT MINUTES.
9:05:20AM >> MANISCALCO FIRST --
9:05:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
9:05:22AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:05:22AM I CAN'T HEAR UP HERE THIS MORNING.
9:05:24AM BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT FOR THESE WONDERFUL
9:05:31AM CHILDREN OR STUDENTS FROM INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, TO STAND
9:05:34AM UP.
9:05:35AM THE ELKS ANTLERS YOUTH GROUP.
9:05:38AM THEY ARE HERE VISITING US TODAY.
9:05:40AM LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIFUL FACES.
9:05:42AM THE GOAL IS A TRAVEL EXPERIENCE TO EXPOSE AND TRAIN YOUTH
9:05:47AM FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AIR TRAVEL ETIQUETTE, MANNERISM,
9:05:51AM LEADERSHIP ABILITIES, AND THEY ARE REPRESENTING GRADES 8
9:05:55AM THROUGH 12 TRAVELING TO TAMPA WITH FIVE CHAPERONS.
9:05:59AM WELCOME TO TAMPA.
9:06:00AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:06:00AM WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS EXPERIENCE.
9:06:07AM I KNOW YOU'LL STAY AND LISTEN TO A FEW PUBLIC COMMENTS AND
9:06:10AM YOU WILL BE HEADED OVER TO SEE THE MAYOR.
9:06:13AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING, AND WE WILL, YOU KNOW, HOPE
9:06:16AM THAT YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TIME IN OUR GREAT CITY.
9:06:19AM IF YOU MOVE HERE, YOU NEED A REALLY GOOD JOB.
9:06:24AM NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
9:06:30AM CAN I HAVE A REMINDER?
9:06:32AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THE RULES ABOUT PUBLIC
9:06:34AM COMMENT, ATTORNEY MASSEY, BEFORE THE PUBLIC BEGINS TO SPEAK?
9:06:38AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, MA'AM.
9:06:39AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY AT
9:06:41AM THE BEGINNING OF THE CRA MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE
9:06:44AM AGENDA BEFORE THE CRA TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON AN ITEM.
9:06:47AM HOWEVER, A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS
9:06:50AM PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:06:52AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REMINDED THAT THEY
9:06:55AM ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR INCLUDING VULGAR OR
9:06:59AM THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING DISRUPTIVE NOISES
9:07:02AM OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
9:07:04AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
9:07:07AM PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST CITY OR CRA OFFICIALS, STAFF
9:07:11AM MEMBERS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
9:07:12AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
9:07:15AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED FOR ATTEMPTS RECOGNIZING THE CRA
9:07:18AM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA OF THE PODIUM.
9:07:20AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE CRA RULES MAY ALSO BE
9:07:23AM RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
9:07:27AM REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY'S
9:07:29AM MEETING.
9:07:30AM FINALLY, CRA MEMBERS ARE REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING
9:07:33AM WITH SPEAKERS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:07:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH, ATTORNEY MASSEY.
9:07:37AM GOOD MORNING.
9:07:38AM >> UHURU.
9:07:40AM MENTESNOT.
9:07:42AM UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
9:07:45AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR
9:07:48AM FREEDOM BECAUSE FOR 624 YEARS WE HAVEN'T BEEN FREE.
9:07:52AM FOR 624 YEARS WE HAVEN'T BEEN FREE.
9:07:56AM AND PART OF OUR FREEDOM IS REPARATIONS.
9:08:01AM REPARATIONS THAT WE'RE OWED.
9:08:04AM $3 MILLION PER FIRST NATION, PER AFRICAN, PER INDIGENOUS
9:08:09AM PERSON ON THIS PLANET EARTH.
9:08:10AM $3 MILLION PER PERSON.
9:08:15AM SO IF YOU BLACK AND YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REPARATIONS,
9:08:18AM YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT NOTHING.
9:08:21AM IF YOU'RE BLACK AND YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT WHITE
9:08:24AM PEOPLE OWE US FOR 624 YEARS OF SLAVERY, OPPRESSION, AND
9:08:31AM MISTREATMENT, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING.
9:08:34AM IF YOU ARE SUNNI MUSLIM AND NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING
9:08:39AM ON IN PALESTINE RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT NOTHING.
9:08:42AM PERIOD.
9:08:43AM AND IF YOU ARE WORKING CLASS AND YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
9:08:52AM SOCIALISM, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT NOTHING.
9:08:55AM YOU MIGHT AS WELL GET OUT OF THE POLITICAL ARENA AND GET IN
9:09:03AM THE GOSSIP ARENA AND TALK ABOUT TAYLOR SWIFT AND WHO SHE IS
9:09:07AM DATING AND WHO SHE ISN'T DATING.
9:09:09AM BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING REALITY, WHEN YOU START TALKING
9:09:14AM ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION,
9:09:19AM WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT HOUSING, WHEN YOU GO AROUND
9:09:22AM THIS CITY AND SEE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE SIDEWALK AND THE CITY
9:09:28AM CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO ACCOMMODATE THE POOR AND WORKING-CLASS
9:09:31AM INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY.
9:09:32AM THAT'S NOT GOOD AT ALL.
9:09:34AM BUT IT'S NOT JUST IN THIS CITY.
9:09:37AM IT'S THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
9:09:41AM A BACKWARD SYSTEM.
9:09:43AM WE HAVE A LADY THEY JUST PUT IN PRISON GETTING READY TO PUT
9:09:46AM IN PRISON, A PARENT BECAUSE THEY SAY SHE COULDN'T CONTROL
9:09:53AM HER SON.
9:09:54AM JENNIFER CRUMBLEY.
9:09:58AM NOBODY SAID ONE SINGLE WORD.
9:10:00AM HAD A WHOLE TRIAL TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS LADY WAS PAYING
9:10:04AM ATTENTION TO HER HORSES.
9:10:05AM SHE WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO HER BOYFRIEND, HER EXTRAMARITAL
9:10:09AM AFFAIR, AND THEY AIN'T SAID ONE F'IN WORD ABOUT THE GUN
9:10:16AM MANUFACTURERS.
9:10:16AM NOT ONE WORD ABOUT THE GUN MANUFACTURERS WHO PUTTING ALL
9:10:21AM KINDS OF GUNS IN SOCIETY.
9:10:23AM NOT ONE SINGLE WORD.
9:10:26AM THEY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT DRUGS AND CRIME AND SAY NO TO DRUGS
9:10:29AM AND LOCK THEM UP AND ALL THAT.
9:10:32AM THEY DON'T SAY ONE SINGLE WORD ABOUT THE PHARMACEUTICAL
9:10:35AM COMPANIES.
9:10:36AM THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES CAUSE MORE DEATHS OF
9:10:42AM INDIVIDUALS WITH OVERDOSES AND OTHER KINDS OF ILLICIT DRUGS
9:10:46AM THEY ARE PUSHING.
9:10:47AM NOBODY SAY A WORD ABOUT THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.
9:10:50AM AND I'M SAYING THIS CITY COUNCIL HAVE TO GET TO REALITY AND
9:10:53AM YOU JUST CAN'T KEEP SPOON FEEDING AFRICAN PEOPLE WITH THE
9:10:57AM NONSENSE.
9:10:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. MENTESNOT.
9:11:02AM NEXT.
9:11:04AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:11:07AM McGILL, BACK TO TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.
9:11:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT DID YOU SAY YOUR NAME WAS?
9:11:11AM >> JULIE McGILL.
9:11:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:11:13AM >> WE KEEP HEARING THE WORD POLICY, POLICY, POLICY.
9:11:17AM IT'S AN UNWRITTEN POLICY.
9:11:19AM US AS CONTRACTORS, IT'S A GUESSING GAME EVERY SINGLE DAY.
9:11:22AM I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE SITTING ON YOUR HANDS AND NOT MOVING
9:11:26AM THIS INTO A MOTION.
9:11:27AM THEY ARE CIRCUMVENTING YOU ON PURPOSE AND I HOPE THE
9:11:30AM ADMINISTRATION IS NOT INTIMIDATING YOU TO NOT MAKE THE
9:11:33AM MOTION.
9:11:33AM I'M PLEADING WITH YOU.
9:11:37AM WE CAN'T READ THEIR MINDS, AND I HAVE SEVERAL CASES OF
9:11:40AM PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE AFRAID TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE THE CITY
9:11:43AM WILL COME AFTER THEM.
9:11:44AM THEY HAVE RETALIATION TACTICS.
9:11:46AM I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE I CAN STRESS THIS.
9:11:49AM PLEASE MAKE THIS AN AGENDA ITEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
9:11:52AM JUST PICTURE SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY THAT WAS IN THIS BOAT
9:11:55AM WITH THE CITY AND MAYBE THAT WILL HELP YOU MAKE YOUR
9:11:58AM DECISION.
9:11:58AM THANK YOU.
9:12:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.
9:12:07AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:12:08AM MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT
9:12:13AM STREET.
9:12:13AM AND I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE MANY, MANY DAYS.
9:12:17AM NOBODY SEEM TO WANT TO HEAR, BUT WE NEED SOME HELP.
9:12:23AM I WAS IN COURT ABOUT A MONTH AGO, MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS
9:12:28AM AGO.
9:12:29AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
9:12:30AM THE JUDGE TOLD ME I HAD TO TAKE MY BIBLE OUT OF THERE.
9:12:35AM SHE DIDN'T TELL ME NOT ONLY TAKE MY BIBLE OUT OF THERE, SHE
9:12:38AM PUT ME OUT OF THERE.
9:12:41AM I WONDER WHAT KIND OF CODE SYSTEM WE HAVE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:12:46AM ONLY WANT TO JUDGE BLACK FOLK AND PENALIZE US FOR NO REASON
9:12:51AM AT ALL.
9:12:51AM YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN YOU GOT GOD, I DON'T CARE HOW YOU ALL
9:12:55AM THINK ABOUT ME, WE GOT IT ALL.
9:12:57AM I WANT TO THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY.
9:13:02AM ONE OF MY GRANDSONS PASSED LAST WEEK, AND I WANT TO -- THE
9:13:10AM ONES THAT KNOW HOW TO PRAY.
9:13:12AM IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, BECAUSE
9:13:16AM I'M DOING ALL THE PRAY I NEED TO DO FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY
9:13:20AM AND ALL.
9:13:21AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
9:13:21AM GOD IS SO GOOD TO US, BUT WE COME DOWN HERE WITH LONG FACES
9:13:27AM LIKE HE OWE US SOMETHING.
9:13:29AM HE OWE US SOMETHING ALL RIGHT.
9:13:30AM HE OWE US A WHOOPIN' FOR SIN.
9:13:33AM THAT'S WHAT HE OWE US.
9:13:35AM I GOT TO GIVE HIM THE GLORY AND THE PRAISE ALWAYS.
9:13:38AM I WANT TO READ SOMETHING TO YOU ALL, BUT I KNOW YOU ALL
9:13:41AM DON'T GIVE ME TIME TO READ IT.
9:13:45AM WE GOT OUR OWN DOLLAR BILL, PENNY, NICKEL, DIME, IN GOD WE
9:13:51AM TRUST.
9:13:51AM AND IF WE TRUST GOD, WHY DON'T WE TRUST HIM AND GIVE HIM THE
9:13:56AM GLORY.
9:13:56AM NO, WE THINK WE DON'T OWE GOD NOTHING, BUT WE OWE GOD
9:14:00AM EVERYTHING.
9:14:01AM WHEN I SAY THAT, I'M SPEAKING FROM THE HEART.
9:14:04AM I KNOW ONE DAY I'LL LEAVE HERE, COMING DOWN HERE NOW WITH MY
9:14:07AM WALKER AND EVERYTHING.
9:14:11AM THEY DON'T CARE.
9:14:12AM ONE TIME I CAME DOWN HERE, THE MAYOR WAS DOWN HERE.
9:14:17AM THEY WOULDN'T LET ME IN THE DOOR.
9:14:18AM I HAD TO SIT OUT THERE ON THE STEPS.
9:14:21AM I MEAN, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
9:14:22AM PEOPLE THAT COME DOWN HERE AND WANT TO HELP PEOPLE DON'T
9:14:26AM WANT TO HELP THEM.
9:14:27AM BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU ALL SOMETHING, WE JUST GOT TO KEEP
9:14:31AM PRAYING AND TRUST IN ALMIGHTY GOD.
9:14:33AM WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
9:14:34AM WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD.
9:14:37AM AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE THE PRAISE AND GLORIFY GOD.
9:14:41AM THANK YOU ALL FOR HEARING ME TODAY.
9:14:43AM MAYBE I HEAR YOU ALL ANOTHER DAY.
9:14:47AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER.
9:15:00AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:15:02AM AILEEN HENDERSON.
9:15:03AM TODAY THE HAT I WEAR IS THE INTERIM PRESIDENT FOR THE
9:15:08AM HISTORIC BELMONT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
9:15:10AM I HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COMMENT PREPARED, AND AT THE
9:15:14AM LAST MINUTE, DECIDED, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANT TO
9:15:18AM SAY.
9:15:19AM THREE MINUTES IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONVEY A GREAT DEAL OF
9:15:22AM INFORMATION, SO WHEN YOU DO, IT HAS TO BE POWERFUL AND IT
9:15:26AM HAS TO BE IMPACTFUL.
9:15:27AM SO LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE MEETING LAST NIGHT WITH THE
9:15:30AM HISTORIC BELMONT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
9:15:32AM THERE WERE RESIDENTS THERE THAT ALL THEIR LIVES, ALL THEY
9:15:36AM HAVE KNOWN IS BELMONT HEIGHTS AND ITS TRUE BOUNDARIES.
9:15:41AM BOUNDARIES THAT HAVE BEEN ENCROACHED UPON AS THEY WATCH
9:15:44AM HISTORY, THEIR HISTORY, BLACK HISTORY SLOWLY DISINTEGRATE
9:15:50AM AND DISSOLVE.
9:15:52AM THERE ARE MEMBERS THERE WHO HAVE FAMILY BURIED AT MEMORIAL
9:15:56AM PARK CEMETERY WHO REMEMBER GOING TO MPC WHEN THEY WERE
9:16:00AM CHILDREN AND RECALLING HOW IT WAS THE ONLY PLACE THEY FELT
9:16:04AM SAFE BECAUSE OF THEIR SKIN COLOR.
9:16:05AM THERE IS PAIN IN THEIR EYES AND BEWILDERMENT.
9:16:14AM SINCE THEY JUST CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WAY THEY ARE
9:16:17AM TREATED, YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN FEEL THEY WILL JUST ACCEPT
9:16:24AM WHATEVER THEY CAN GET.
9:16:26AM WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
9:16:29AM THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH AND THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
9:16:34AM WE HAD A YOUNG LADY AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT FROM USF.
9:16:37AM HER NAME IS JORDAN WITH THE BLACK CEMETERY NETWORK.
9:16:39AM IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME SHE'S BEEN GATHERING DATA AND
9:16:43AM RESEARCH IN HISTORIC BELMONT HEIGHTS AND THE CEMETERY, SHE
9:16:46AM MADE A VERY PROFOUND STATEMENT.
9:16:49AM KEEP IN MIND THAT SHE IS NOT FROM TAMPA.
9:16:51AM SHE'S AN OUTSIDER, IF YOU WILL.
9:16:52AM SO HER VIEW IS PURELY OBJECTIVE.
9:16:56AM AND WHAT SHE SAID IS -- AND I QUOTE -- BELMONT HEIGHTS'
9:17:01AM HISTORY IS TAMPA'S HISTORY.
9:17:03AM LET THAT SINK IN.
9:17:06AM SO, COUNCIL, WE NEED A FENCE, NOT A TEMPORARY FENCE.
9:17:11AM WE NEED A PERMANENT FENCE, PERIOD.
9:17:14AM I DID SOME DIGGING AND THE CEMETERY SOCIETY REQUESTED A
9:17:19AM FENCE BACK IN MAY OF 2022.
9:17:22AM TWO BUDGET CYCLES AGO.
9:17:25AM REALLY?
9:17:25AM COME ON.
9:17:26AM GET US A FENCE.
9:17:27AM NEXT, DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION?
9:17:33AM YEP, IT'S TRUE.
9:17:34AM I SENT AN E-MAIL A WHILE AGO ASKING TO REESTABLISH THE
9:17:38AM HISTORIC BELMONT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOUNDARIES
9:17:41AM AND I'M ASKING YOU, STOP ALLOWING FOR THESE NEW
9:17:44AM ASSOCIATIONS.
9:17:45AM FIGURE OUT TAMPA'S SECTIONS AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE THE
9:17:49AM SMALLER SECTIONS IN THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND
9:17:51AM HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, STOP ERASING OUR HISTORY.
9:17:54AM PLEASE, I AM BEGGING YOU.
9:17:56AM DO THE RIGHT THING AND REMEMBER, BELMONT HEIGHTS HISTORY IS
9:18:03AM TAMPA'S HISTORY.
9:18:04AM THANK YOU.
9:18:12AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:18:13AM REVEREND DR. GABRIELE MORGAN OF ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH AND
9:18:19AM HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE HILLSBOROUGH ORGANIZATION FOR
9:18:21AM PROGRESS AND EQUALITY.
9:18:23AM I WANT TO SAY FIRST OF ALL WE ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE MEMO WE
9:18:26AM RECEIVED ON STEPS BEING TAKEN TO WORK ON TWO OF THE SEVEN
9:18:29AM PONDS IN EAST TAMPA AND TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THEM.
9:18:32AM WE WERE ENCOURAGED ALSO BY THE COMMITMENT OF THE CRA TO
9:18:36AM DEDICATE FUNDING TO THAT DESPITE AN INABILITY TO ACQUIRE
9:18:40AM SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.
9:18:42AM WE RECOGNIZE THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT AND WE
9:18:45AM COMMEND ALL OF YOU FOR THAT.
9:18:46AM I ALSO WANT TO REAFFIRM HOPES COMMITMENT TO THE NEED FOR
9:18:51AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A CAMPAIGN WHICH WE HAVE WORKED ON
9:18:53AM EXTENSIVELY WITH THE COUNTY, IF NOT DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY,
9:18:56AM AND WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN ON AT LENGTH AS WELL.
9:18:59AM I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THAT YOU
9:19:01AM MUST ADDRESS AND RIGHTFULLY SO.
9:19:03AM AND I WAS ESPECIALLY APPRECIATIVE OF COUNCIL MEMBER
9:19:06AM MIRANDA'S COMMENT, IF I WILL PARAPHRASE.
9:19:09AM I DON'T WANT TO MISQUOTE YOU.
9:19:11AM THAT GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THESE CRISES, THE MAJORITY OF
9:19:14AM OUR EFFORTS AND FUNDING OUGHT TO BE DEDICATED TO HOUSING AND
9:19:16AM THE ENVIRONMENT AND WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
9:19:18AM THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER AND
9:19:22AM WHICH WE MENTIONED TO COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO IN OUR
9:19:25AM MEETING WITH HIM THIS WEEK, IS THAT THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION
9:19:28AM AND RESOURCES GOING TO THE 26th AVENUE POND VERSUS THE
9:19:33AM 22nd AVENUE POND ARE DIFFERENT SIGNIFICANTLY.
9:19:39AM AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND TO ALL OF YOU HOW VALUABLE THAT
9:19:42AM LOCATION OF THE 22nd STREET POND IS.
9:19:45AM WE RECOGNIZE THAT EXTENSIVE AMENITIES MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE IN
9:19:49AM ALL SEVEN PONDS IN EAST TAMPA, BUT IF THERE IS A POND WORTHY
9:19:52AM OF MORE ATTENTION AND SUPPORT IT IS AT 22nd STREET POND.
9:19:56AM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VIGIL FEBRUARY 29 AT 3 P.M. AND WE'LL
9:19:59AM HAVE LOTS OF LOCAL PARTICIPANTS OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN
9:20:02AM ORGANIZATION, SUCH AS WITH THE HEALTHY 22nd STREET
9:20:05AM INITIATIVE, AN AMAZING COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT SPEARHEADED
9:20:09AM BY KATIE WALLACE.
9:20:10AM MEMBERS OF THAT GROUP WILL BE THERE WITH US.
9:20:12AM WE WOULD ASK THOSE OF YOU WHOSE SCHEDULES PERMIT TO PLEASE
9:20:15AM JOIN US FOR THAT AND TO TRY TO ENVISION WITH US THE
9:20:18AM POSSIBILITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY THERE.
9:20:20AM BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, WE HOPE IT WILL GET A LITTLE BIT OF
9:20:23AM CLEANING AND SUPPORT IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE OTHER
9:20:26AM INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE.
9:20:28AM LET ME JUST AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION THAT YOU'RE
9:20:30AM BRINGING TO THIS ISSUE.
9:20:32AM PLEASE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO
9:20:34AM FUTURE UPDATES.
9:20:35AM THANK YOU.
9:20:40AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:20:41AM CONNIE BURTON.
9:20:43AM THE ISSUE NUMBER 9 -- 8, THE RETENTION PONDS SEEM TO BE FAST
9:20:53AM ROLLING BEYOND THE REQUEST OF HOME OWNERSHIP REHAB.
9:21:00AM TALK ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND YET IT HAS NOT BEEN GROUNDED THAT
9:21:06AM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE, IF
9:21:09AM IT'S COMING OUT OF THE CRA BUDGET, THERE IS A 15-YEAR LIEN
9:21:14AM THAT COULD BE PLACED ON INDIVIDUAL HOUSES, BUT IF THE MONEY
9:21:17AM IS COMING FROM THE CITY, THEN IT IS A 30-YEAR LIEN.
9:21:20AM WE CANNOT CLOSE THE GAP OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH IN OUR
9:21:25AM COMMUNITY.
9:21:26AM AND I'M GLAD THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE HERE THIS MORNING
9:21:29AM BECAUSE HOPEFULLY WHEN IT'S THEIR TURN TO MAKE REAL
9:21:33AM DECISIONS THAT WILL BALANCE EQUALITY FOR EVERYBODY, THIS
9:21:37AM WILL RESONATE, HOW PEOPLE ARE CONTINUING TO COME BEFORE THIS
9:21:42AM COUNCIL AND ASK THAT YOU RESOLVE SOME OF THE HARD QUESTIONS.
9:21:46AM DR. KING SAID THE ISSUES OF VOTING RIGHTS AND INTEGRATION
9:21:53AM WITH EASY SOLVES.
9:21:54AM BUT THE ISSUES OF EQUALITY, SLUM AND BLIGHT THAT, ACCORDING
9:21:58AM TO THE FLORIDA STATUTE THAT THE CRA IS FORMULATED AROUND,
9:22:05AM YOU CAN'T BRING YOURSELF TO DO IT.
9:22:06AM YOU CAN'T BRING YOURSELF TO SAY THAT INSIDE OF OUR
9:22:11AM COMMUNITY, WE HAVE AN INSURMOUNTABLE AMOUNT OF POVERTY AND
9:22:16AM BLIGHT AND YET STILL NOWHERE ON THE AGENDA.
9:22:20AM WE HAVE ASKED CITY STAFF TO STEP FORTH AND TELL US HOW WE
9:22:23AM CAN DO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN OUR COMMUNITY SO WE CAN
9:22:27AM START CREATING THOSE THINGS.
9:22:28AM IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
9:22:30AM WHEN DO YOU HEAR WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY?
9:22:32AM SO NOW EAST TAMPA, THE CHANGE AND THE DYNAMICS OF EAST TAMPA
9:22:37AM AND NOW THE AGENDA IS CHANGING, THAT WE DON'T EVEN WANT TO
9:22:42AM SAY BELMONT HEIGHTS ANYMORE, JACKSON HEIGHTS.
9:22:45AM IT IS BLANKETED INTO SOMETHING BRAND NEW.
9:22:49AM I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU SIGNED A RESOLUTION IN 2020,
9:22:55AM WHEN YOU WAS CONDUCTING ALL OF THE OTHER CITY BUSINESS OVER
9:22:59AM AT THE CONVENTION CENTER DURING THE COVID, YOU HANDLED THE
9:23:03AM RESOLUTION AND YOU SAID THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THE HARM THAT
9:23:07AM THIS CITY DID AS IT RELATED TO POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT
9:23:14AM WORKED AGAINST THE INTEREST OF THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY.
9:23:17AM IT DOES US NO GOOD AND IT SHOULD NOT GIVE ANY OF YOU COVER
9:23:23AM WHEN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SAY IT'S NOT THEIR ISSUE.
9:23:27AM IT IS YOUR ISSUE.
9:23:28AM IT IS YOUR ISSUE TO ENSURE THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT HELP
9:23:32AM BUILD THIS CITY WILL SEE THAT THEIR WORK HAS NOT BEEN IN
9:23:38AM VAIN AND THAT THE ISSUES OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE CONTINUE
9:23:41AM TO ADVOCATE FOR IS ADDRESSED SOON.
9:23:49AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:23:49AM NEXT SPEAKER.
9:23:58AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:23:59AM THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.
9:24:02AM I SHALL NOT WANT.
9:24:03AM MY NAME IS SALLYISE LEE WITH THE VOLUNTEER MISSIONARY
9:24:11AM SOCIETY PENNY FUND.
9:24:12AM I HAVE TO SAY I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND KEEP BEGGING AND
9:24:21AM NOT BEING HEARD AND DISRESPECTED.
9:24:23AM ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ALARM WENT OFF.
9:24:25AM I MADE ALL THE EXCUSES I COULD WHY NOT TO COME.
9:24:28AM THE ALARM JUST WENT OFF AND I ROLLED OVER.
9:24:32AM I SAID THERE'S NO SMOKE.
9:24:34AM I GOT UP.
9:24:35AM GOD SAY I'M CALLING YOU AND I WANT YOU TO GO TO CITY HALL.
9:24:40AM I NEVER BEEN WOKE UP BY A SMOKE ALARM WITH NO SMOKE IN THE
9:24:45AM HOUSE.
9:24:45AM THAT'S WHY I'M HERE AND I'M GOING TO USE MY THREE MINUTES.
9:24:49AM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ABOUT DESERT SPACES IN OUR
9:24:55AM COMMUNITY.
9:24:57AM EMPTY SPACES.
9:24:58AM I HAVE RIDDEN OUT 3,000 MILES, CLEANING AND ALL THAT,
9:25:05AM WALKING IN THE RAIN TALKING TO GOD ABOUT I SHARE --
9:25:12AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, HE BEEN OVER THERE.
9:25:15AM NOBODY ELSE HAS CAME EXCEPT MS. CT, SHE DO HER JOB AS A
9:25:22AM NAVIGATOR.
9:25:22AM I SAID I CAN'T NO MORE.
9:25:27AM HE SAY GO DOWN AND ASK AGAIN.
9:25:29AM IT'S AN EMPTY SPACE.
9:25:33AM NOBODY GIVING ASSISTANCE.
9:25:34AM MY VOTER CARD SAYS CITY COUNCIL ONE, TWO, THREE, AND SIX
9:25:45AM THAT NEED TO BE WORKING ON THIS.
9:25:47AM I AM A CITIZEN, A GOOD CITIZEN, A DONOR OF THE YEAR CITIZEN,
9:25:52AM OF THE YEAR.
9:25:54AM YOU ALL HAVEN'T PUT ANYTHING IN IT, BUT YOU WANT TO PUT OUR
9:25:57AM KIDS IN JAIL.
9:25:58AM I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THIS LITTLE BOY AND PRAYING FOR HIM.
9:26:01AM I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME.
9:26:02AM HE GOES TO WHARTON SCHOOL.
9:26:05AM 14 FACING 20 YEARS OF PRISON.
9:26:07AM I KNOW HOW TO RAISE KIDS.
9:26:10AM ASK ME HOW MANY DOORS I KICKED IN.
9:26:12AM BUT I GOT MY KIDS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
9:26:15AM I WANT TO HELP.
9:26:16AM I KNOW HOW TO DISCIPLINE AND RAISE KIDS TO HAVE FUN.
9:26:21AM I WANT YOU ALL TO RECONSIDER KEVIN, CHIEF BENNETT.
9:26:26AM ALWAYS CALLING THE SECRETARY.
9:26:28AM SHE ALWAYS ANSWER ME, PHYLLIS.
9:26:30AM BUT I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE ME SOME KIND OF ACTION TO HELP ME
9:26:34AM OPEN THIS CENTER.
9:26:35AM THINK ABOUT IT AND THEY WANT TO HAVE NO PRISON TO PIPELINE
9:26:39AM BECAUSE THEY WILL BE IN THE CENTER WITH ME.
9:26:41AM YOU ALL, PLEASE DON'T IGNORE ME.
9:26:44AM I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TAMPA HOUSING WITH EVERYBODY.
9:26:49AM AND THAT'S WHAT MY CARD SAY, ONE, TWO, THREE AND SIX.
9:26:53AM SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING ME WITH THIS.
9:26:56AM I TOLD YOU I NEVER HAD A SMOKE ALARM TO WAKE ME UP.
9:27:00AM GOD SAY COME DOWN HERE AND TALK TO YOU ALL AND THAT'S WHAT
9:27:03AM I'M DOING.
9:27:04AM I'VE DONE WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO.
9:27:10AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:27:19AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:27:20AM I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING MY REPRESENTATIVES,
9:27:27AM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND YOUR
9:27:30AM FAMILY.
9:27:30AM NOREEN COPELAND MILLER.
9:27:33AM I AM THE SECRETARY OF HISTORIC BELMONT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
9:27:36AM ASSOCIATION.
9:27:37AM ALSO A RESIDENT OF BELMONT HEIGHTS, 30 YEARS PLUS.
9:27:41AM THE FOUNDER OF THE FRIENDS OF BELMONT HEIGHTS MEMORIAL PARK
9:27:46AM CEMETERY.
9:27:46AM I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 7 THAT IS ON THE AGENDA.
9:27:53AM I'M GRATEFUL AND I WANT TO BE GRATEFUL TO COUNCILMAN VIERA
9:27:58AM FOR HIS DUE DILIGENCE IN ALWAYS SHOWING UP AT MEMORIAL PARK
9:28:02AM CEMETERY, NOT JUST SHOWING UP, BUT WORKING IN THE CEMETERY
9:28:04AM WITH THE RESTORATION PIECE OF IT, HEADSTONES, CLEANING UP.
9:28:09AM I WANT TO ALSO THANK COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO FOR HIS
9:28:12AM PARTICIPATION COMING UP, NOT JUST SHOWING UP, BUT WORKING
9:28:16AM WITH THE COMMUNITY AT MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY AS WELL AS
9:28:20AM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
9:28:21AM WITH HER SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THERE, BUT SHE'S BEEN TO THE
9:28:25AM CEMETERY, PARTICIPATED WITH US, WHEN SHE CAN'T MAKE IT, HER
9:28:28AM AIDE IS THERE.
9:28:29AM I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HEAR US.
9:28:31AM I KNOW YOU ARE COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY.
9:28:33AM WE KNOW YOU KNOW ABOUT HISTORIC BELMONT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
9:28:36AM ASSOCIATION.
9:28:37AM WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT HISTORIC BELMONT HEIGHTS
9:28:40AM COMMUNITY.
9:28:41AM YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN TAMPA.
9:28:43AM I KNOW I AM A TAMPANIAN, A SIXTH GENERATION.
9:28:47AM SO WHEN I LOOK AROUND AND SEE THAT I RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL,
9:28:52AM COPIED ON IT FROM THIS NEW PERSON IN PARKS AND REC, THAT
9:28:55AM SAID ABOUT OUR REQUEST -- WE HAD PUT IN THE CRA BUDGET
9:29:00AM ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO MONIES TO PUT UP FENCING SO WE COULD
9:29:05AM SECURE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
9:29:07AM THAT NEVER DID MATERIALIZE BECAUSE WE STILL ARE THERE, BUT
9:29:11AM WHEN I RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL SAYING THAT THE CRA BOARD
9:29:13AM REJECTED IT, I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY BECAUSE I KNOW I COME TO
9:29:18AM THE MEETINGS.
9:29:19AM I WANT TO THINK I'M ENGAGED IN MY COMMUNITY AND I NEVER,
9:29:21AM EVER KNEW THAT YOU GUYS, THE BOARD REJECTED THE REQUEST FOR
9:29:25AM THE FENCING.
9:29:26AM BUT THAT WAS IN THE E-MAIL.
9:29:29AM BUT SINCE THAT HAS HAPPENED AND I KNOW HE'S NEW.
9:29:32AM I'LL GIVE HIM A PASS FROM PARKS AND REC ON THAT.
9:29:35AM BUT BEFORE WE SEND OUT ERRONEOUS INFORMATION, I THINK WE
9:29:39AM NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH.
9:29:40AM I CERTAINLY DO, BECAUSE THE WORDS IN THAT E-MAIL WERE
9:29:43AM OFFENSIVE TO ME, TALKING ABOUT A NUDGE.
9:29:46AM IT WAS NOT A NUDGE.
9:29:47AM IT WAS A FOLLOW-UP FROM AN E-MAIL THAT HAD BEEN SENT TO ALL
9:29:50AM OF YOU GUYS.
9:29:51AM I THINK VIERA RESPONDED FROM HIS OFFICE.
9:29:53AM BUT WE'RE JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUR -- WHAT
9:29:58AM THIS COMMUNITY DESERVES, WHAT THIS CEMETERY DESERVES.
9:30:01AM WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THERE THAT GAVE UP THEIR LIFE TO MAKE SURE
9:30:05AM THAT WE CAN LIVE SAFELY IN THIS COUNTRY.
9:30:08AM I WOULD LIKE TO SAY PRIVATE 1329 SERVICE GENERAL ENGINEER IN
9:30:13AM THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
9:30:15AM MY GRANDFATHER SERVED THERE AND HE'S BURIED THERE.
9:30:17AM HE CERTAINLY DESERVES MORE.
9:30:18AM MY BROTHER WAS IN THE MILITARY, HE SERVED THERE.
9:30:21AM THIS MORNING GOD WOKE ME UP TO SAY ABOUT HISTORIC BELMONT
9:30:24AM HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I WOULD LOVE THAT WE COULD
9:30:27AM HAVE SOME CONTINUITY BECAUSE I WANT TO LOOK OVER AND SAY
9:30:31AM SOUTHEAST BELMONT HEIGHTS.
9:30:32AM I WANT TO LOOK OVER AND SEE NORTH BELMONT HEIGHTS.
9:30:36AM LOOK OVER AND SEE OLD BELMONT HEIGHTS.
9:30:38AM WE HAVE NEW PEOPLE MOVING HERE THAT DO NOT WANT TO
9:30:41AM ACKNOWLEDGE BELMONT HEIGHTS.
9:30:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP.
9:30:44AM THANK YOU.
9:30:45AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
9:30:46AM I PUT THE SIGN UP BECAUSE I WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT WE STILL
9:30:50AM HAVE THE SAME SIGNAGE THAT WE ASKED FOR OVER A YEAR AGO TO
9:30:53AM GET A SIGN FOR HISTORIC BELMONT HEIGHTS.
9:30:55AM THANK YOU.
9:30:59AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:31:00AM I'M BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
9:31:03AM I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT
9:31:06AM OF PRESERVING HISTORICAL BELMONT HEIGHTS.
9:31:10AM I GREW UP IN HYDE PARK.
9:31:12AM ATTENDED DOBYVILLE ELEMENTARY, A SCHOOL THAT WAS A WOODEN
9:31:16AM BUILDING AND THAT IT WAS ERASED AWAY.
9:31:18AM NOW THE ONLY TIME WE TALK ABOUT THAT HISTORICAL BUILDING IS
9:31:22AM DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
9:31:24AM MY VISIT HERE IS TWOFOLD.
9:31:26AM I ALSO HAVE A BROTHER, 60 YEARS AGO THAT WAS BURIED IN
9:31:31AM MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
9:31:33AM AND BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS A DIVORC E, SHE COULD NOT AFFORD A
9:31:39AM HEADSTONE AT THAT TIME.
9:31:42AM MY BROTHER IS ONE OF THOSE UNMARKED.
9:31:45AM DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BURIED ON TOP OF HIM OR
9:31:48AM WHAT'S GOING ON.
9:31:49AM BUT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF A FENCE BEING ERECTED AROUND THAT
9:31:55AM CEMETERY BECAUSE I WITNESSED FIRSTHAND A FEW YEARS AGO
9:31:58AM DURING ELECTION TIME WHEN PEOPLE WERE BARBECUING IN THAT
9:32:01AM CEMETERY, HANDING OUT MEALS, STANDING ON PEOPLE'S GRAVES,
9:32:05AM WHERE PEOPLE WERE PUTTING SIGNS IN MEMORIAL PARK.
9:32:11AM ALSO, YOU SEE TRASH AND DEBRIS, ALL KIND OF THINGS THAT IS
9:32:15AM DISRESPECTFUL TO THOSE LIVES THAT ARE THERE, THOSE SOULS.
9:32:18AM SO IT IS INCUMBENT ON THIS CITY.
9:32:21AM WE WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THANK THE CITY COUNCIL.
9:32:23AM THOSE OF YOU THAT GOT THE CEMETERY AND GOT IT BACK IN THE
9:32:27AM HANDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
9:32:28AM NOW WE NEED TO GO A LITTLE FURTHER IN PRESERVING IT.
9:32:31AM THERE'S NO HARM IN ERECTING A FENCE AROUND THE WHOLE
9:32:37AM PERIMETER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STAY BEAUTIFIED, MAKE SURE
9:32:40AM THAT THE UPKEEP IS THERE.
9:32:42AM SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK THIS COUNCIL TO DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU
9:32:47AM GOING TO DO AND THAT'S PUT THE FENCE UP, NOT YESTERYEAR, BUT
9:32:51AM LET'S DO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE DO CARE ABOUT
9:32:55AM OUR LOVED ONES AS OTHERS IN OTHER CEMETERIES DO.
9:32:58AM SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THIS EVERY WEEK COMING DOWN HERE FUSSING
9:33:01AM AND SCREAMING AND HOLLERING ABOUT PRESERVING AFRICAN
9:33:04AM AMERICAN HISTORY, THAT SHOULD BE A THING OF THE PAST.
9:33:07AM IT IS HISTORY AS YOU ALREADY HEARD THAT THIS IS OUR HISTORY.
9:33:11AM THE STORY SHALL BE TOLD AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE WHAT IS LEFT
9:33:15AM OF OUR HISTORY.
9:33:16AM THOSE OF YOU THAT REMEMBER CENTRAL, WEST TAMPA, THESE ARE
9:33:21AM OUR PLACES, HYDE PARK THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS, WE WERE
9:33:25AM ENTREPRENEURS, BUSINESS OWNERS, WE WERE HOMEOWNERS, AND ALL
9:33:29AM THAT HAS BEEN ERODED BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE URBAN RENEWAL HAS
9:33:33AM COME THROUGH, YOU HAVE INTERSTATES.
9:33:35AM YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THAT HAS TAKEN OVER OUR HISTORY.
9:33:38AM SO WE'RE STANDING IN THE GAP FOR THE LOSS.
9:33:43AM STANDING ON SHOULDERS, THOSE THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR US AND
9:33:45AM WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO WHAT'S RESPECTFUL, DO WHAT IS
9:33:51AM RIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
9:33:53AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:33:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
9:34:00AM -- INDIANAPOLIS, PLEASE SIT QUIETLY, THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM
9:34:07AM REFERRING TO COUNCIL MEMBERS OR BOARD MEMBERS DIRECTLY BY
9:34:09AM NAME, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD, YOU SHOULD NOT BE SAYING OUR
9:34:13AM NAMES.
9:34:13AM DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE.
9:34:16AM SAFE TRAVELS, YOU ALL.
9:34:25AM GOOD MORNING.
9:34:42AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:34:43AM HI.
9:34:43AM MY NAME IS SIMON ROWE.
9:34:46AM I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE BELMONT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
9:34:48AM ASSOCIATION.
9:34:49AM I'M JUST HERE OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE FENCING AROUND MEMORIAL
9:34:56AM CEMETERY.
9:34:58AM JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS PERMANENT FENCING EVENTUALLY
9:35:02AM INSTALLED.
9:35:02AM CEMETERIES ARE A PART OF HISTORY AND ESPECIALLY MEMORIAL
9:35:09AM PARK, MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
9:35:11AM AND, YEAH, THAT WAS BASICALLY THE GIST OF WHAT I WANTED TO
9:35:16AM SAY AND WHY I WAS HERE.
9:35:18AM THANK YOU.
9:35:19AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:35:20AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:35:24AM >> BEFORE THE CLOCK STARTS, I DON'T WANT TO ASK, I DON'T
9:35:27AM KNOW IF IT IS POSSIBLE, AS COVID CONTINUES TO ARRIVE AND
9:35:29AM EVERYTHING ELSE, IS IT POSSIBLE IN BETWEEN THE SPEAKERS THAT
9:35:32AM WE CAN WIPE THIS DOWN IN BETWEEN OR HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE
9:35:35AM CAN WIPE IT DOWN.
9:35:36AM IF WE FORGET, COULD WE HAVE SOMETHING UP HERE AS WE TOUCH
9:35:39AM AND NAVIGATE THIS EQUIPMENT THAT BELONGS TO THE CITY, IF
9:35:42AM SOME WIPES COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC AS WE
9:35:45AM COME.
9:35:45AM I FORGOT AND I USUALLY BRING THEM MYSELF.
9:35:48AM I'M HERE TODAY.
9:35:49AM MY NAME IS KELLA McCASKILL.
9:35:51AM I'M FILLED WITH SO MANY CONCERNS.
9:35:54AM I WANT TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.
9:35:56AM I'LL TAKE THESE NEXT THREE MINUTES TO SEE IF I CAN BE
9:36:00AM INTENTIONAL, HOPEFULLY PURPOSEFUL AND ARTICULATE THE MAIN
9:36:04AM CONCERN.
9:36:04AM I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE FOR YOU AS A BODY, CRA AND
9:36:09AM CITY COUNCIL, WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR US TO SEE SOME OF THE
9:36:14AM ACTION THAT'S NECESSARY.
9:36:15AM HERE WE ARE IN ONE OF THE GREATEST CITIES TO LIVE IN IN THE
9:36:18AM STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT YET WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOUSING
9:36:21AM CRISIS AND OUR LEADERSHIP HAS AN AGGRESSIVE, SOMEWHAT
9:36:25AM EXAGGERATED GOAL OF 10,000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
9:36:30AM DURING THEIR CAMPAIGN THEY SAID WE WERE WELL OVER HALF OF
9:36:34AM THAT GOAL.
9:36:35AM THAT WAS SAID AND THERE HAS BEEN NO TO ME ACCEPTABLE
9:36:40AM RESPONSE TO THAT FROM THE ONE BODY THAT CAN MAKE THE
9:36:44AM ADMINISTRATION BE ACCOUNTABLE.
9:36:47AM THAT LIE, WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL IT -- I'M NOT SURE WHERE
9:36:50AM THEY GOT THE INFORMATION FROM.
9:36:52AM COULD HAVE BEEN THE STAFF.
9:36:53AM COULD HAVE BEEN MISINFORMATION.
9:36:54AM COULD HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD.
9:36:56AM COULD HAVE BEEN MISREPRESENTATION.
9:36:57AM NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS, BUT WE CAN ACCEPT THAT AND NOT RESPOND
9:37:02AM ACCORDINGLY.
9:37:02AM WE ONLY HAD 548 AFFORDABLE UNITS, WHETHER IT WAS A MISTAKE,
9:37:08AM IT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
9:37:09AM WE ARE IN WHAT THEY HAVE DEEMED THE GREATEST CITY TO LIVE IN
9:37:13AM IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
9:37:14AM WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU, THE BODY, THAT CAN MAKE THEM
9:37:18AM ACCOUNTABLE TO GET SOME RESULTS?
9:37:20AM BECAUSE WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD THE PLAN.
9:37:22AM WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AS A RESULT
9:37:24AM OF THAT.
9:37:25AM PEOPLE ARE WAITING.
9:37:26AM THEY HAVE MADE PLANS IN, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, THE GREATEST CITY
9:37:29AM TO LIVE AND WAITING ON THESE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT WILL
9:37:33AM BECOME AVAILABLE.
9:37:34AM WE ONLY HAVE 548.
9:37:38AM WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU, THE ONLY BODY THAT CAN MAKE THEM
9:37:43AM BE ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN?
9:37:46AM IT REFLECTS ON YOU.
9:37:48AM ALL OF YOU RAN A CAMPAIGN ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
9:37:51AM WE TRUSTED.
9:37:52AM WE BELIEVED THAT YOU WOULD DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PEOPLE
9:37:55AM THAT CAN VOTE FOR YOU.
9:37:57AM AT THE TIME, WHAT WE HAD TO SAY ABOUT HOUSING, YOU KNEW WAS
9:38:01AM IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN YOUR CAMPAIGNS YOU MADE IT THE
9:38:02AM PRIORITY.
9:38:03AM NOW WE WANT YOU TO HEAR OUR VOICES AS WE SHARE SOME OF THE
9:38:07AM IDEAS THE COMMUNITY HAS.
9:38:09AM OUR FATE SHOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMUNITY, NOT THE
9:38:12AM ADMINISTRATION.
9:38:13AM SO IF IT FAILS, IT SHOULDN'T BE BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION
9:38:16AM HAD A BAD PLAN.
9:38:17AM I'M ASKING YOU TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY, COME TO THE
9:38:22AM ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY.
9:38:23AM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET
9:38:26AM DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN, I WANT YOU TO SPEND SOME TIME BEFORE
9:38:29AM THIS WORKSHOP, COME LISTEN TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
9:38:33AM COME LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITIES.
9:38:35AM PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED YOU IN OFFICE
9:38:39AM HAS REQUESTED, THEIR IDEAS, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN
9:38:42AM ADDITION TO WHAT THE STAFF GIVES YOU AS INFORMATION.
9:38:45AM WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO MAKE THIS ADMINISTRATION BE
9:38:50AM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OUR BIGGEST NEED IN
9:38:53AM THIS CITY.
9:38:53AM THANK YOU.
9:38:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:38:56AM GOOD MORNING.
9:38:57AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:38:57AM I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT, BUT ONE OF THE
9:39:08AM THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ON THE AGENDA.
9:39:11AM THE UNION STATION.
9:39:13AM WE HAD --
9:39:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOUR NAME, FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
9:39:16AM >> I'M SORRY.
9:39:17AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
9:39:19AM I'M TRYING TO BE INCOGNITO.
9:39:24AM WE HAD A MEETING AT UNION STATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
9:39:28AM THERE IS LIKE A THAN CERTIFICATE, COMMENDATION, ALL KINDS OF
9:39:32AM STUFF ON THE WALL.
9:39:33AM THIS IS WHAT THE ROOM LOOKS LIKE.
9:39:36AM THE CEILING IS FALLING IN.
9:39:37AM PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE WALLS.
9:39:40AM WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG TO GET ANYTHING DONE?
9:39:44AM THOSE ARE ME.
9:39:45AM THOSE ARE THE THINGS I SAW ON THE 30th WHEN I WENT TO THE
9:39:48AM PRESERVATION ROUNDTABLE MEETING.
9:39:50AM THE REAL REASON WHY I CAME HERE TODAY IS I WANT TO MAKE SURE
9:39:57AM EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF SECTION 27-150, SPECIFICALLY B AND
9:40:00AM B-2.
9:40:02AM IT SAYS THAT IF CITY COUNCIL DENIES A REZONING, IT'S
9:40:06AM SUPPOSED TO BE A YEAR BEFORE IT COMES BACK UNLESS THERE ARE
9:40:09AM SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO IT.
9:40:10AM I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES,
9:40:17AM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THE SIZE, WHATEVER, THE BOTTOM LINE IS
9:40:21AM THAT IF CITY COUNCIL TURNS IT DOWN AND THEY COME BACK WITH
9:40:26AM SOMETHING THAT LOOKS THE SAME AND SMELLS THE SAME, THEN WHY
9:40:32AM ARE WE WASTING EVERYBODY'S TIME WHEN YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS WHO
9:40:35AM DO THIS AS VOLUNTEERS.
9:40:37AM THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO COME BACK LESS THAN A YEAR LATER FOR
9:40:41AM THE SAME SANDWICH JUST IN A ZIPLOC BAG INSTEAD OF BEING IN
9:40:46AM SARAN WRAP.
9:40:47AM LET'S BE REALISTIC.
9:40:50AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN CITY COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT
9:40:53AM THEY DO DECLINE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE USING THE LAND USE
9:40:56AM CODE AND THOSE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S
9:40:59AM GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
9:41:00AM BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND.
9:41:03AM I REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THINGS COMING BACK BEFORE
9:41:06AM COUNCIL AND IT HASN'T BEEN 12 MONTHS.
9:41:10AM IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.
9:41:10AM I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR CASE.
9:41:14AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING TONIGHT.
9:41:16AM SO ANYTHING THAT DEALS WITH THAT, ANY CASES TONIGHT, CITY --
9:41:21AM >> NO, SIR, I HAVE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING TODAY.
9:41:24AM I AM TALKING ABOUT THE CODE.
9:41:25AM AND THE CODE SAYS A YEAR.
9:41:27AM IT CAN BE ACCEPTED BY THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR.
9:41:31AM I DON'T KNOW THAT I NECESSARILY ENJOY THAT PROCESS BECAUSE
9:41:35AM THAT TAKES THAT AWAY FROM YOU.
9:41:38AM THEY ARE PILING MORE JOBS ON TOP OF YOU, LESS THAN A YEAR
9:41:42AM AFTER IT'S BEEN HERE BEFORE.
9:41:45AM I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS.
9:41:46AM IT SHOULDN'T BE BACK WITH A DIFFERENT PACKAGING.
9:41:50AM JUST MAKING SURE YOU CALL OUT THE CODE.
9:41:54AM THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
9:41:55AM AND LET'S GET THIS UNION STATION ON THE AGENDA AND GET IT
9:42:00AM FIXED.
9:42:01AM THANK YOU.
9:42:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:42:02AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:42:07AM >> TECH, TECH, TECH.
9:42:09AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:42:10AM ROBIN LOCKETT.
9:42:12AM I'M ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC TODAY.
9:42:15AM IT'S ABOUT THE WORKSHOP THAT I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT ON THE
9:42:19AM 29th.
9:42:20AM JUST TELLING COUNCIL.
9:42:22AM PLEASE DO NOT GET AMNESIA ABOUT WHAT YOU VOTED FOR IN THE
9:42:28AM BUDGET AND WHAT THAT MONEY IS FOR.
9:42:30AM LET'S GO AND MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WAS OUTLINED.
9:42:37AM ALSO, AS IT WAS SAID DURING BUDGET TIME, THAT THIS SHOULD
9:42:41AM NOT BE THE FIRST THING, RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE IS A HOUSING
9:42:46AM CRISIS, AND THERE WILL BE ONE FOR A LONG TIME.
9:42:48AM SO THE MONEY HAS TO BE CONTINUOUS, FIGURING OUT A WAY, HOW
9:42:52AM DO WE CONTINUE THIS SO THAT THE GREAT WORK THAT NICOLE
9:42:56AM TRAVIS' TEAM HAS DONE CAN CONTINUE.
9:43:01AM THAT'S ALL I WANT TO SAY.
9:43:02AM GOOD SEEING YOU YESTERDAY, LUIS.
9:43:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
9:43:10AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:43:14AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:43:15AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
9:43:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:43:17AM >> MY NAME IS JORDAN MYRICK.
9:43:19AM I AM A RESEARCHER WITH THE BLACK CEMETERY NETWORK AT THE
9:43:21AM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
9:43:23AM I'M ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT OF BELMONT HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
9:43:25AM ASSOCIATION.
9:43:26AM AND ADVOCATING FOR FENCING BEING PUT AROUND MEMORIAL PARK
9:43:30AM CEMETERY.
9:43:30AM AS A RESEARCHER WITH THE BLACK CEMETERY NETWORK, WE ARE
9:43:32AM ASSIGNED DIFFERENT CEMETERIES AROUND THE U.S. AND DOING
9:43:37AM RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF THOSE PLACES.
9:43:40AM AND SHARING THAT HISTORY WITH THE PEOPLE OF THAT STATE AND
9:43:44AM ALSO WITH THE WIDER NATION TO CREATE A DATABASE.
9:43:47AM THE CEMETERY THAT I WAS ASSIGNED WAS MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY
9:43:51AM BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
9:43:51AM AND IN THAT SHORT SPAN OF TIME, I HAVE FOUND OUT SO MUCH
9:43:55AM ABOUT THE HISTORY, ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BELMONT HEIGHTS
9:43:57AM AND ALSO HOW IT SPEAKS TO THE WIDER HISTORY OF TAMPA BAY.
9:44:01AM NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE THE ONLY KNOWN AFRICAN AMERICAN
9:44:06AM MEMORIAL FOR AMERICAN VETERANS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH
9:44:09AM OVER 900 VETERANS BURIED THERE SINCE 1919.
9:44:16AM BUT IT'S ALSO THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF RICHARD DOBY WHO
9:44:22AM CREATED DOBYVILLE.
9:44:23AM DOBYVILLE, NOT SURE IF YOU HEARD OF IT, IT IS ONE OF THE
9:44:26AM FIRST HISTORICALLY BLACK CITIES IN TAMPA.
9:44:29AM COMMUNITIES IN TAMPA.
9:44:31AM I APOLOGIZE.
9:44:32AM IT HAS LED TO THE CREATION OF BLACK SCHOOLS, BLACK
9:44:38AM DISTRICTS, BLACK PLACES OF CELEBRATION, BLACK PLACES OF
9:44:43AM PEACE.
9:44:43AM NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT ALSO IS A PLACE OF REST AND COMMUNITY
9:44:50AM FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
9:44:51AM I HEARD STORIES FROM DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
9:44:53AM THEY GO THERE STILL TO HAVE PICNICS WITH THEIR FAMILY
9:44:56AM MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN BURIED THERE FOR A WHILE.
9:45:03AM THEY STILL HAVE EVENTS THERE.
9:45:04AM THEY HAVE CLEANUPS.
9:45:05AM THEY HAVE COMMUNITY BARBEQUES WHERE THEY SHARE THE HISTORY
9:45:08AM AND ADVOCATE FOR THE LIVES THAT WERE BURIED THERE.
9:45:10AM IT CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE FENCING AROUND IT.
9:45:15AM BECAUSE OF THAT IT HAS MADE IT VULNERABLE TO PEOPLE COMING
9:45:18AM ONTO THAT SITE AND NOT TREATING IT WITH THE RESPECT THAT IT
9:45:22AM DESERVES.
9:45:23AM THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COME ON AND LITTER, LEAVE CIGARETTE
9:45:27AM BUTTS.
9:45:28AM THEY COME AND DESECRATE THE GRAVES, AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE
9:45:34AM BECAUSE CEMETERIES ARE A SACRED PLACE.
9:45:37AM MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY IS NOT ONLY A PLACE OF REST, BUT IT
9:45:40AM IS ALSO A HISTORIC SITE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:45:43AM I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR FENCING TO BE PUT UP AROUND THE
9:45:47AM AREA AND RESPECT FOR IT.
9:45:48AM THANK YOU.
9:45:49AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MS. MYRICK.
9:45:51AM OKAY.
9:45:52AM IT LOOKS LIKE THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:45:54AM YES, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
9:46:00AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: THERE IS ONE SPEAKER ONLINE.
9:46:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I APOLOGIZE.
9:46:02AM WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER ONLINE.
9:46:04AM MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
9:46:05AM GOOD MORNING, MR. RANDOLPH.
9:46:09AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:46:10AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
9:46:13AM I'M WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
9:46:15AM TODAY I COME WITH A HEAVY HEART.
9:46:17AM I POST A QUESTION.
9:46:21AM WHAT WILL WEST TAMPA LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS?
9:46:24AM 18% OF THE POPULATION OF WEST TAMPA CONSISTS OF AFRICAN
9:46:30AM AMERICANS.
9:46:32AM 22% OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN WEST TAMPA LIVE IN POVERTY.
9:46:37AM WHEN I CAME HERE IN 2001, THE POPULATION OF AFRICAN
9:46:44AM AMERICANS WAS WAY BACK.
9:46:46AM PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOUSE IN WEST TAMPA.
9:46:50AM HYPOTHETICAL CASE, THE CASE OF TARA THOMPSON.
9:46:55AM SHE IS A POOR, LOW-INCOME LIVES IN WEST TAMPA.
9:47:00AM SHE'S TRYING TO GET HELP.
9:47:02AM EVERY NIGHT SHE WONDERS IF HER HOUSE WILL BE TAKEN FROM HER.
9:47:08AM SHE HAS KIDS.
9:47:09AM ACTUALLY, THIS IS NOT A HYPOTHETICAL CASE.
9:47:13AM THIS IS A CASE OF A MOTHER, A GRANDMOTHER THAT'S ABOUT TO
9:47:16AM LOSE HER HOUSE IN WEST TAMPA.
9:47:18AM HER CURRENT SITUATION IS SHE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR HER
9:47:25AM ROOF TO BE FIXED AND HER GRANDKIDS AND HER HAS TO LIVE IN
9:47:29AM THIS SITUATION.
9:47:30AM THE KIND PROGRAM SAYS SHE HAS TO HAVE SOME MONEY TO PUT UP
9:47:37AM IN ORDER TO GET HELP FROM THE CITY.
9:47:40AM LOW-INCOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THIS MONEY.
9:47:42AM I POSE THE QUESTION AGAIN, WHAT WILL WEST TAMPA LOOK LIKE IN
9:47:46AM THE NEXT THREE YEARS?
9:47:49AM THIS VIDEO I PRODUCED TO TALK ABOUT HER CASE HAS GONE VIRAL.
9:47:55AM WE'VE GOT PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY ASKING WHAT'S GOING
9:47:59AM ON IN TAMPA.
9:48:00AM 18% OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION, 22% LIVE IN POVERTY.
9:48:06AM THEY HAVE HOUSES THAT THEY OWN.
9:48:08AM THEY ARE GOING TO LOSE THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE OF THIS.
9:48:12AM WHAT WILL WEST TAMPA LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS?
9:48:16AM I DID A VIDEO WITH THIS LADY.
9:48:19AM AND AS I WAS TALKING TO HER, SHE STARTED CRYING.
9:48:22AM HER 11-YEAR-OLD TRIED TO COMFORT HER.
9:48:27AM THIS IS GOING ON THROUGHOUT TAMPA, NOT ONLY IN WEST TAMPA.
9:48:33AM IT'S ALMOST -- I'M TRYING TO NOT BRING THE TEARS.
9:48:39AM YOU LOOK AT THIS LADY AND LOOK AT HER KIDS TRYING TO COMFORT
9:48:42AM HER AND SHE'S GOING TO LOSE HER HOUSE ONLY BECAUSE OF HER
9:48:46AM INCOME.
9:48:46AM PLEASE, I ASK YOU TO TAKE THIS CASE UP WITH MS. THOMPSON.
9:48:55AM PLEASE, THIS COMMUNITY IS BEING GENTRIFIED EVEN MORE NOW
9:49:00AM BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T PAY TO FIX THEIR HOUSE.
9:49:02AM THANK YOU.
9:49:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH.
9:49:06AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
9:49:09AM >>BILL CARLSON: IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEVERAL PEOPLE
9:49:11AM MENTIONED THE FENCE AROUND MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
9:49:14AM I DON'T SEE IT SPECIFICALLY ON THE AGENDA.
9:49:16AM BUT I WANTED TO ASK, THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE THAT THE
9:49:19AM HEAD OF PARKS SENT AN E-MAIL TO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO
9:49:22AM IS STILL HERE TO SAY THAT THE CRA OR THE CITY COUNCIL HAD
9:49:25AM VOTED AGAINST THE FENCE.
9:49:28AM MORRIS, DO YOU HAPPEN TO REMEMBER?
9:49:29AM I'M NOT AWARE THAT WE EVER VOTED AGAINST A FENCE.
9:49:32AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: TO MY RECOLLECTION THAT'S NEVER BEEN
9:49:36AM BROUGHT BEFORE YOU ALL.
9:49:38AM I THINK MR. DRUMGO MAY BE ABLE TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE
9:49:41AM STATUS OF THINGS.
9:49:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I REMEMBER NICOLE COMING BEFORE US TO
9:49:46AM DISCUSS IT.
9:49:47AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: GOOD MORNING, CRA BOARD.
9:49:49AM ALIS DRUMGO, FOR THE RECORD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR
9:49:52AM DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
9:49:53AM THERE WAS AN E-MAIL THAT WENT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SOME OF
9:49:57AM THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC ON THIS, AND THAT STAFF MEMBER WAS
9:50:02AM CORRECTED, THAT THE CRA BOARD DID NOT VOTE AGAINST OR
9:50:06AM DECLINE THAT.
9:50:08AM YES, YOU ALL DID NOT DECLINE TO INSTALL THAT FENCE.
9:50:11AM AS YOU RECALL, THERE WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH RELATIVE TO
9:50:15AM THE POSSESSION OF THE CEMETERY ITSELF.
9:50:19AM AT THE TIME WE COULD NOT GO FORWARD AND INSTALL FENCE ON
9:50:22AM PROPERTY THAT WAS NOT HELD BY THE CITY.
9:50:24AM IN THIS CASE WHERE WE RECEIVED POSSESSION OF THE CEMETERY,
9:50:29AM THE ADMINISTRATOR AND I, WE SAT DOWN AND WE LOOKED AT THIS
9:50:32AM AND WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO INSTALL A FENCE ON TWO SIDES
9:50:37AM BECAUSE THOSE TWO FENCES, THOSE MATERIALS WOULD BE ON
9:50:39AM DIFFERENT LIFE CYCLES.
9:50:41AM THEY WERE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
9:50:42AM THEY WOULD BE OF DIFFERENT COMPOSITION.
9:50:45AM AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CEMETERY ALSO HAD, I
9:50:49AM WOULD SAY MORE OF AN ELEGANT ENTRY FEATURE.
9:50:51AM SO WE WORKED WITH THE PARKS TEAM TO DESIGN SOME ENTRY
9:50:54AM COLUMNS WITH BRICK CLADDING, AND WE PROPOSED THE FENCE
9:50:58AM THROUGH TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH THE CRA CONTINUING TO
9:51:01AM BE THAT FUNDING MECHANISM.
9:51:03AM AND TO DATE, UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T GO OUT TO BID AS WE
9:51:08AM REQUESTED AT THE TIME.
9:51:08AM SO THAT'S BEEN THE HOLDUP IS THAT BID PROCESS.
9:51:12AM THE FENCE ITSELF, AND PART OF THAT IS DUE TO THE CITY'S
9:51:16AM PROCUREMENT AS WELL BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ON THE TWO SIDES, WE
9:51:19AM HAVE THOSE FENCING CONTRACTS THAT WE COULD HAVE JUST COME IN
9:51:21AM AND PUT IN FENCE ON THE TWO SIDES AND IT WOULD HAVE FIT
9:51:24AM UNDER THAT CAP OF WHAT IT COSTS TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT AND
9:51:29AM STAY UNDER THAT CAP OF THAT CONTRACT, BUT THE PROPOSED SCOPE
9:51:33AM THAT WE HAD WAS BEYOND THAT, SO IT REQUIRED A SEPARATE RFP
9:51:37AM AND WE COULD NOT GO DIRECTLY WITH THAT CONTRACTOR.
9:51:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: ALREADY VOTED AS CRA BOARD TO FUND THAT OR
9:51:43AM COME BACK TO US AT SOME POINT?
9:51:44AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: IT'S ALREADY IN THE BUDGET.
9:51:46AM YOU DO HAVE A HISTORIC PRESERVATION LINE ITEM AS WELL.
9:51:48AM WE'RE WORKING ON SOME OTHER ASPECTS OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
9:51:51AM HISTORICAL MARKER WITHIN THE CEMETERY AS WELL, SO THOSE
9:51:56AM ITEMS WILL NOT NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU AND WE ARE ABLE TO
9:51:59AM FUND THOSE.
9:51:59AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WONDER IF YOU OR MS. MOODY COULD PROVIDE
9:52:03AM THE RFP INFORMATION, UPDATE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
9:52:05AM HERE WHO ASKED ABOUT THAT JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE
9:52:08AM CORRECT THE RECORD FROM APOLOGIZE YOU WERE GIVEN THE WRONG
9:52:11AM INFORMATION, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
9:52:15AM THANK YOU.
9:52:15AM >>ALIS DRUMGO: YES.
9:52:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT.
9:52:17AM OKAY.
9:52:18AM WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR DIRECTOR.
9:52:20AM NO, NEXT IS OUR PUBLIC -- OUR CAC REPORT.
9:52:29AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:52:30AM COURTNEY ORR, INTERIM URBAN CORE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
9:52:34AM IT IS THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S TURN TO
9:52:38AM PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT
9:52:41AM THEY ARE WORKING ON.
9:52:42AM TODAY I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WELCOMING DANIEL TRAUGOTT TO
9:52:49AM SPEAK ON THOSE ACTIVITIES.
9:52:51AM THANK YOU, DANIEL.
9:52:52AM >>DANIEL TRAUGOTT: THANK YOU.
9:52:55AM GOOD MORNING.
9:52:55AM AS COURTNEY MENTIONED, MY NAME IS DAN TRAUGOTT.
9:52:58AM I'M THE VICE-CHAIR OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA CITIZENS ADVISORY
9:53:03AM COMMITTEE.
9:53:03AM AS YOU KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN CRA CAC HAS HAD RECENT
9:53:08AM HIGH-PROFILE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE STRAZ CENTER EXPANSION AND
9:53:11AM TAMPA THEATRE GRANT WHICH IS STILL IN THE FORMATIVE STAGES.
9:53:14AM SOME OTHER PROJECTS WE RECENTLY PRESENTED THAT WERE RECENTLY
9:53:17AM PRESENTED TO THE CAC FOR INPUT INCLUDE ENCORE'S LOT 10, THE
9:53:22AM GASWORX PROJECT AS WELL AS THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART
9:53:25AM EXPANSION.
9:53:26AM SINCE THE CRA BOARD HAS RECEIVED COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATIONS
9:53:30AM ON THIS PROJECT IN DECEMBER, I WILL NOT BE INCLUDING THOSE
9:53:35AM SPECIFIC ITEMS IN THIS REPORT.
9:53:37AM OUR CAC'S MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES A TALENTED VARIETY OF
9:53:40AM CITIZENS, INCLUDING PEOPLE WITH BACKGROUNDS IN ARCHITECTURE,
9:53:43AM COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, CIVIL
9:53:48AM ENGINEERING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, URBAN SUSTAINABILITY, ARTS
9:53:51AM ADMINISTRATION, SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS AS WELL AS
9:53:55AM RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA, INCLUDING MYSELF.
9:53:58AM IN JANUARY, WE ALSO WELCOMED CASEY BOWER AS THE TAMPA
9:54:04AM DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP'S NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO OUR CAC.
9:54:08AM AND THIS MONTH WE WELCOMED RAY WONG, A COMMERCIAL ARCHITECT,
9:54:13AM TO FILL OUR AT-LARGE SEAT.
9:54:14AM SO WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF VERY TALENTED PEOPLE WITH A LOT
9:54:18AM OF EXPERIENCE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS, AND WE FEEL
9:54:22AM CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU GOOD ADVICE FROM OUR
9:54:26AM COMMITTEE.
9:54:26AM THE CAC ALSO ALIGNS AND PARTNERS WITH THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA
9:54:33AM PARTNERSHIP -- SORRY, THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP.
9:54:36AM ALWAYS REVERSE THAT FOR SOME REASON -- WHICH PROVIDES
9:54:39AM UPDATES AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS.
9:54:40AM ALSO, WE PARTNERED WITH FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK WHO HAS A
9:54:44AM REPRESENTATIVE THAT ATTENDS ALL OF OUR MEETINGS AND PROVIDES
9:54:48AM UPDATES AND INFORMATION.
9:54:49AM WE ALSO PARTNER WITH THE DOWNTOWN RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD
9:54:52AM ASSOCIATION ALSO KNOWN AS DRANA AND REPRESENTED WITH AN EX
9:54:57AM OFFICIO SEAT ON OUR CAC.
9:55:00AM ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONGOING PROJECTS OF THE CAC HAS BEEN
9:55:04AM WORKING ON THE UPDATE TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY
9:55:06AM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
9:55:07AM CONSULTANT KITTLESON AND ASSOCIATES, KAI, IS UPDATING THE
9:55:16AM DOWNTOWN CRA'S COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FROM THE 1983
9:55:20AM ORIGINAL CORE PLAN AND THE 1988 AMENDMENT.
9:55:24AM TODAY'S PRESENTATION DETAILS THE OUTLINE OF THE CRP
9:55:28AM INCLUSIVE OF HIGH-LEVEL EXISTING CONDITIONS, OVERVIEW OF
9:55:32AM OUTREACH EFFORTS, NEEDS CATEGORIES FOR WHICH THE CRP IS
9:55:35AM BASED ON, AND PROJECT PRIORITIES.
9:55:37AM THE NEEDS CATEGORIES TO BE DISCUSSED INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL
9:55:42AM INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
9:55:46AM TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE,
9:55:51AM AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING, URBAN DESIGN AND HISTORIC
9:55:56AM PRESERVATION.
9:55:56AM NOW, KITTLESON HAS COMPLETED ABOUT 80% OF THE SCOPE OF THE
9:56:01AM WORK TO DATE, INCLUDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, STAKEHOLDER
9:56:04AM ENGAGEMENT, CRA BOARD MEMBER ENGAGEMENT.
9:56:07AM SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED, EXISTING CONDITIONS
9:56:10AM ANALYSIS AND CRP REPORT WRITING.
9:56:13AM THE REMAINING ITEMS TO BE COMPLETED IN THIS PROJECT INCLUDE
9:56:17AM CRA BOARD ATTORNEY REVIEW, PRESENTATION TO THE CRA BOARD AND
9:56:23AM CRA BOARD MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
9:56:25AM SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE -- WE'VE HAD A BUSY YEAR.
9:56:31AM SOME OTHER PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, BENEFICIAL BRIDGE
9:56:34AM STUDY IS EVALUATING THE BEST WAY TO EXPAND THE RIVERWALK
9:56:38AM PAST BENEFICIAL DRIVE.
9:56:40AM THIS IS IMPORTANT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE PUBLIC
9:56:42AM ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT WITHIN DOWNTOWN AND THE CHANNEL
9:56:45AM DISTRICT AND EXTEND THE RIVERWALK PAST BENEFICIAL OVER TO
9:56:49AM THE CRUISE TERMINAL AND THE AQUARIUM.
9:56:51AM SO A STUDY IS BEING DONE TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THE RIVERWALK
9:56:55AM GOES UNDER THE BRIDGE, OVER THE ROAD, WHATEVER, AND THAT'S
9:57:00AM BEING CONDUCTED WITH CITY STAFF WORKING WITH MOBILITY.
9:57:07AM SINCE BENEFICIAL DRIVE SITS ON THE BORDER BETWEEN THE
9:57:10AM DOWNTOWN CRA AND THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT CRA, BOTH CRAs
9:57:15AM ARE EXPECTED TO SPLIT THOSE COSTS 50-50.
9:57:19AM KID MASON CENTER REDEVELOPMENT STATUS, THE PROJECT OF
9:57:24AM REDEVELOPMENT OF KID MASON IS IN PROGRESS.
9:57:27AM THIS IS A RENOVATION OF AN OLDER BUILDING WHICH HAS SERVED
9:57:31AM MANY GENERATIONS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:57:32AM SO AS EXPECTED WITH ANY OLDER BUILDING, YOU'RE GOING TO HIT
9:57:36AM LITTLE HICCUPS.
9:57:37AM RIGHT NOW, THERE'S -- I'M SORRY -- ROOF DELAYS IN PERMITTING
9:57:48AM FOR ROOF RECONSTRUCTION NEEDS FOR THAT PROJECT.
9:57:52AM BUT IT IS UNDERWAY AND PROGRESSING.
9:57:55AM HERMAN MASSEY PARK REDEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION PLANS HAVE
9:57:58AM BEEN APPROVED.
9:58:00AM A FUNDING REALLOCATION REQUEST WILL BE COMING TO THE CRA
9:58:07AM BOARD TO FILL A FUNDING GAP FROM THE CONTRACTOR'S ESTIMATE,
9:58:10AM AFTER WHICH THE CONSTRUCTION BID WILL BE RELEASED.
9:58:12AM THIS PROJECT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND
9:58:16AM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR
9:58:19AM SEVERAL YEARS.
9:58:21AM CAC MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED THAT THEY WILL BE EXCITED TO GET
9:58:23AM THIS PROJECT -- SEE THIS PROJECT GET UNDERWAY.
9:58:26AM DOWNTOWN WAY FINDING SIGNAGE STUDY.
9:58:34AM LET ME REORGANIZE MY NOTES HERE A LITTLE BIT.
9:58:36AM API PLUS IS THE CONSULTANT FOR DOWNTOWN WAY-FINDING SIGNAGE
9:58:47AM STUDY.
9:58:48AM IT'S ALSO ITEM NUMBER 3 ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY, SO YOU WILL BE
9:58:51AM HEARING MORE ABOUT IT LATER.
9:58:53AM THEY PRESENTED CONCEPTS AND DESIGN CONCEPTS TO THE CAC A
9:58:58AM COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, AND WE WEIGHED IN ON PREFERENCE OF
9:59:02AM STYLE OF SIGNAGE TO THEM AT THAT TIME.
9:59:04AM IN A SIMILAR PROJECT TO THE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE STUDY, THE
9:59:08AM DOWNTOWN -- THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP HAS PRESENTED
9:59:12AM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BRANDING PROJECT TO THE CAC TO BRAND
9:59:15AM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
9:59:18AM THE CAC WAS PRESENTED WITH DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTIFYING
9:59:22AM NAMES, DESIGNS, LOGOS, ET CETERA, THAT WOULD DENOTE
9:59:27AM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN DOWNTOWN.
9:59:30AM CAC MEMBERS PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP
9:59:33AM FOR THIS.
9:59:34AM TAMPA UNION STATION, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN TODAY'S AGENDA
9:59:38AM UNDER THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT UPDATE, THE DESIGN
9:59:43AM CONSULTANT HAS COMPLETED 60% OF THE DESIGN FOR UNION STATION
9:59:48AM AND IS WORKING TOWARDS 90% DESIGN COMPLETION.
9:59:54AM AS I MENTIONED, FACILITIES WILL PROVIDE A TIMELINE AND
9:59:57AM CURRENT BUDGET IN THEIR PRESENTATION LATER IN THIS MEETING.
9:59:59AM AT OUR CAC MEETING THIS WEEK, THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP
10:00:05AM CAME TO THE DOWNTOWN CAC TO REVIEW AND PRESENT A CULMINATION
10:00:09AM OF SEVERAL YEARS OF THEIR WORK ON DETAILED STUDY FOR
10:00:14AM PROPOSAL FOR FRANKLIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
10:00:17AM THE PARTNERSHIP PRESENTED SEVERAL STUDY REPORTS CONCERNING
10:00:21AM FRANKLIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
10:00:24AM LEADING UP TO THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY PRESENTED TO US THIS
10:00:27AM WEEK.
10:00:27AM THE CAC VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND FULLY FUNDING THE
10:00:33AM PROPOSED FRANKLIN STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO THE CRA
10:00:37AM BOARD.
10:00:37AM HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE INFORMATION ON THAT SOON.
10:00:40AM THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.
10:00:44AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: APPRECIATE IT.
10:00:45AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:00:46AM ANY QUESTIONS?
10:00:49AM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:00:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY
10:00:54AM THOROUGH REPORT.
10:00:56AM AND IT'S GREAT THAT SO MANY OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED
10:00:59AM ABOUT ARE ACTUALLY ON OUR AGENDA TODAY OR COMING FORWARD.
10:01:01AM JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR THE WORK
10:01:06AM YOU'VE DONE AND THE SERVICE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING.
10:01:09AM THANKS FOR MOVING YOUR CAC FORWARD.
10:01:13AM >>DANIEL TRAUGOTT: THANK YOU.
10:01:16AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:01:17AM >>BILL CARLSON: I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT
10:01:20AM PRESENTATION.
10:01:20AM JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET YOU YET.
10:01:23AM LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING COFFEE OR SOMETHING.
10:01:25AM JUST WANTED, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ME TALK ABOUT IT IN THE
10:01:28AM MEETINGS, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE CONTEXT AT LEAST I'M
10:01:31AM WORKING IN IS THAT THE AREAS LIKE SOUTH TAMPA THAT SUBSIDIZE
10:01:35AM THE CRAs ARE OKAY LIKE SUBSIDIZING EAST TAMPA, WEST TAMPA.
10:01:41AM WHEN IT COMES TO CHANNELSIDE AND DOWNTOWN THEY ARE VERY
10:01:44AM CONCERNED THAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS THAT ARE NICE
10:01:47AM TO HAVE INSTEAD OF THINGS WE NEED.
10:01:49AM AS YOU ALL GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, CAN YOU PLEASE THINK
10:01:52AM LIKE WE DO, ALMOST EVERY DAY OR SEVERAL TIMES A DAY I'M
10:01:57AM TALKING TO HOMEOWNERS WHOSE ROADS LOOK LIKE THE WORST I'VE
10:02:00AM EVER SEEN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
10:02:02AM AND THEY SAY WHY AM I PAYING X AMOUNT FOR TAXES AND YOU
10:02:05AM CAN'T FIX THESE ROADS?
10:02:07AM THEY KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE MONEY IS TRAPPED IN DOWNTOWN AND
10:02:10AM CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:02:11AM AND WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA AT SOME POINT TO TALK ABOUT
10:02:13AM CUTTING BACK ON DOWNTOWN SOME.
10:02:17AM BUT MY POINT IS JUST TO ASK EVERYBODY ON THE CAC, PLEASE
10:02:21AM THINK ABOUT THE CONTEXT.
10:02:23AM EVERYTHING YOU TALKED ABOUT IS FANTASTIC AND I'VE ALWAYS
10:02:26AM BEEN A BIG PROMOTER OF DOWNTOWN.
10:02:27AM I WANT TO SUPPORT DOWNTOWN.
10:02:28AM BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A CRITICAL TIME WHERE THE PUBLIC
10:02:31AM DOESN'T WANT US TO RAISE TAXES AND THEY WANT US TO FIX THEIR
10:02:34AM ROADS AND FIX BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:02:36AM SO PLEASE, AS YOU ARE LOOKING AT THESE THINGS, IF YOU CAN
10:02:38AM HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY
10:02:41AM IMPORTANT TO HAVE AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE NICE TO
10:02:45AM HAVE.
10:02:45AM IF WE HAVE TO PAVE PEOPLE'S ROADS FIRST, MAYBE WE DO THAT.
10:02:49AM THANK YOU.
10:02:49AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:02:51AM THANK YOU.
10:02:52AM >>DANIEL TRAUGOTT: THANK YOU.
10:02:53AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DIRECTOR'S REPORT IS UP NEXT.
10:02:55AM GOOD MORNING.
10:03:02AM >>ERICA MOODY: GOOD MORNING, BOARD.
10:03:04AM ERICA MOODY, CRA DIRECTOR.
10:03:05AM MOVING INTO THE DIRECTOR'S UPDATE ITEM.
10:03:08AM I HAVE A FEW KEY DELIVERABLES THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
10:03:14AM OUR TEAM IS WORKING REALLY HARD THROUGH THE RESTRUCTURE TO
10:03:18AM STABILIZE THE DEPARTMENTS AROUND GRANTS, HOUSING, PROJECT
10:03:21AM MANAGEMENT, AND OUR ADMINISTRATION.
10:03:23AM WE ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS AND SOME OF THE DELIVERABLES
10:03:26AM WILL START TO COME FORWARD TO THE BOARD AND ALSO TO THE
10:03:29AM PUBLIC.
10:03:29AM ONE OF THE KEY ONES THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IS THE
10:03:33AM HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
10:03:36AM MEETING ALL WEEK ON IT JUST TO FINALIZE THE LAST FEW DETAILS
10:03:40AM TO BRING FORWARD ON FEBRUARY 29 AT THE CITY COUNCIL
10:03:43AM SPECIAL-CALLED MEETING.
10:03:44AM PART OF THAT, TOO, IS BRINGING THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC
10:03:48AM AND MAKING OUR ROUNDS TO THE CACs.
10:03:50AM WE WILL BE DOING THAT AS WELL.
10:03:52AM IT'S IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH THAT WE HAVE GRANTS, BUT WE
10:03:54AM HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS.
10:03:56AM WE HAVE HOUSING GRANTS AND WE HAVE COMMERCIAL GRANTS.
10:03:59AM SO THE HOUSING GRANTS WILL BE HEARD DURING THE FEBRUARY
10:04:02AM 29th AND THEN THE COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT
10:04:06AM SIDE WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD ON MARCH 21st.
10:04:10AM REALLY EXCITED TO STREAMLINE THESE EFFICIENCIES AND MAKE IT
10:04:14AM WAY EASIER.
10:04:15AM WE'RE NOT TAKING IT AWAY BUT RATHER BLENDING TOGETHER SO WE
10:04:18AM CAN GET THE PROJECTS DONE FASTER, QUICKER AND GET THAT MONEY
10:04:22AM SPENT AND THE KEY DELIVERABLES THAT COME WITH THAT.
10:04:25AM WE ALSO HAVE A STATE-MANDATED ANNUAL REPORT.
10:04:28AM CRAs ALL AROUND THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE REQUIRED TO POST
10:04:31AM THEIR ANNUAL REPORT BY MARCH 31st OF EACH YEAR.
10:04:35AM SO WE'RE WORKING AGGRESSIVELY TOWARD THAT TIMELINE.
10:04:37AM WE EXPECT TO HAVE A COMPLETED DRAFT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH
10:04:41AM AND SHARING IT WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS SO WE CAN MAKE IT
10:04:44AM PERFECT AND REALLY SHOWCASING EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE IN
10:04:48AM FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND AWARD-WINNING REPORT.
10:04:52AM REALLY WORKING ON THE GRAPHICS AND INTEGRATING OUR NEW BRAND
10:04:54AM AND USING THAT TO START TO ESTABLISH OUR IDENTITY AND HAVE
10:04:58AM THOSE KEY FEATURES.
10:05:00AM AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE AS I CONTINUE TO
10:05:03AM UPDATE IN THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, BUT WE'RE REALLY BRINGING
10:05:05AM THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CRA BOARD FORWARD.
10:05:07AM SO MAKING SURE EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS IN LINE WITH,
10:05:11AM OF COURSE, THE STATE STATUTE, OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY
10:05:13AM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT ALSO THE PRIORITIES OF OUR BOARD,
10:05:16AM WHICH WE KNOW CHANGES AS NEW PEOPLE COME IN, BUT THAT'S WHY
10:05:19AM THE RETREAT WAS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPED US REALLY
10:05:23AM LAND AT THE KEY PRIORITIES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY
10:05:26AM FOCUSED ON MOVING FORWARD.
10:05:27AM REALLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO BRING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT
10:05:31AM AND JUST EXPLAIN HOW IT ALL GOES THROUGH THIS MATRIX TO
10:05:35AM WEIGH THE MOST APPROPRIATE PROJECTS FOR CRA FUNDING.
10:05:38AM SO WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED TO PUBLISH THAT ANNUAL REPORT.
10:05:42AM BE ON THE LOOKOUT AT THE END OF MARCH.
10:05:45AM CRA RELOCATION.
10:05:46AM OUR STAFF, AS YOU KNOW, IS IN A FEW DIFFERENT LOCATIONS,
10:05:50AM YBOR, EAST TAMPA, AND DOWNTOWN.
10:05:51AM AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PROJECT WHERE WE CAN GET INTO ONE
10:05:56AM OF THE CRA AREAS AND PARTNER WITH THE RIGHT PARTNERS TO
10:06:01AM BUILD AN OFFICE SPACE.
10:06:02AM OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT WILL TAKE TIME.
10:06:04AM ONE OF THE BIGGEST PAIN POINTS RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE NOT WITH
10:06:07AM EACH OTHER.
10:06:07AM IT'S SPREAD OUT IN COMMUNICATIONS.
10:06:10AM IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO WORK AS A TEAM WHEN YOU'RE IN
10:06:13AM MULTIPLE AREAS.
10:06:14AM EVERYONE IS EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
10:06:16AM WE'LL BE MOVING TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE MUNICIPAL
10:06:21AM BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET FROM CITY COUNCIL.
10:06:23AM YOU CAN COME KNOCK ON OUR DOORS.
10:06:25AM WE'RE REALLY WANTING TO WELCOME THE COMMUNITY.
10:06:28AM WE'LL BE PUTTING OUR BRANDING, HAVE OUR MISSION DISPLAYED,
10:06:31AM HAVE OUR OBJECTIVES AROUND THE OFFICE AND REALLY TUNE INTO
10:06:34AM OUR WHY AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF IT.
10:06:38AM WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO COME UPSTAIRS ON THE SECOND FLOOR,
10:06:41AM ASK US QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR GRANTS, TELL US YOUR IDEAS, YOUR
10:06:44AM DREAMS, AND WE CAN SEE HOW IT FITS WITHIN THE WORK THAT
10:06:47AM WE'RE DOING.
10:06:48AM REALLY JUST OPENING THE INVITATION AND REALLY EXCITED TO GET
10:06:53AM STAFF THERE.
10:06:53AM OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO ORDER FURNITURE, GET ALL OF THAT
10:06:56AM INSTALLED.
10:06:57AM IT IS A PRETTY BIG UNDERTAKING AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THE
10:07:00AM STAFF RELOCATED BY MAY DEPENDING ON THE LEAD TIME OF THE
10:07:03AM MATERIALS.
10:07:04AM I WOULD LOVE TO HOST YOU ALL FOR A TOUR OF OUR NEW OFFICE
10:07:07AM ONCE IT'S READY.
10:07:09AM ALSO BUDGETS.
10:07:09AM SO BUDGET SEASON IS STARTING TO CREEP UP AND COME OUR WAY.
10:07:13AM OF COURSE, WE DO THIS IN TANDEM WITH OUR COMMUNITY
10:07:16AM REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
10:07:18AM SO WE'LL START TO BRING THAT TO THE CAC GROUPS IN APRIL SO
10:07:23AM WE CAN START TO SEE WHAT THE BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT
10:07:26AM FISCAL YEAR LOOK LIKE.
10:07:28AM THAT WILL, OF COURSE, COME TO THE BOARD FOR TWO HEARINGS,
10:07:31AM STARTING JUNE, JULY AND THEN WE WILL BE SET FOR THE FISCAL
10:07:33AM YEAR AHEAD.
10:07:35AM CRP UPDATES, AS WE HEARD, WE HAVE A FEW UNDERWAY.
10:07:39AM WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN CRP.
10:07:41AM WE JUST RECEIVED THE FIRST DRAFT AND WE'RE REALLY, REALLY
10:07:45AM EXCITED ABOUT IT.
10:07:45AM THEY ARE ALSO WORKING ON A PROJECT PRIORITIZATION MATRIX AND
10:07:49AM SCORING CALCULATOR AND THAT IS RELATED TO WHAT I WAS SAYING
10:07:53AM WITH FILTERING THE PROJECTS THROUGH AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE
10:07:55AM ON POINT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
10:07:57AM WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN.
10:07:59AM WE ALSO HAVE CENTRAL PARK AND TAMPA HEIGHTS.
10:08:02AM THOSE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PLANS ARE BEING UPDATED.
10:08:04AM THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PHASE RIGHT NOW.
10:08:06AM SO IF YOU HAVE IDEAS IT'S THE TIME TO REACH OUT TO US AND
10:08:10AM SHARE THAT.
10:08:10AM THAT'S LOOKING TO BE COMPLETED BY FALL OF 2024.
10:08:13AM AND THEN WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY
10:08:17AM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATED AS WELL.
10:08:19AM AS YOU KNOW, THEY COMPLETED A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, AND
10:08:22AM THIS IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN UPDATE SO WE CAN MARRY
10:08:26AM THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND REALLY MAKE
10:08:30AM SOME PROGRESS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN EAST TAMPA.
10:08:32AM THE CRA SUNSETS IN TEN YEARS.
10:08:35AM OF COURSE, WE WANT TO BE REALLY AGGRESSIVE WITH OUR
10:08:37AM REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
10:08:38AM SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE JUST SELECTED THE
10:08:42AM CONTRACTOR THIS WEEK THROUGH THE CCNA PROCESS.
10:08:45AM CAPACITY BUILDING, SO, OF COURSE, WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
10:08:50AM TALENT AND PEOPLE TO JOIN OUR TEAM, BUT WE'RE ALSO
10:08:53AM IDENTIFYING TALENT FROM WITHIN.
10:08:56AM AS WE START TO REALLY ESTABLISH THESE DEPARTMENTS THAT I WAS
10:08:59AM TALKING ABOUT, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC IT USED TO BE GEOGRAPHIC
10:09:03AM SPECIFIC AND YOU HAD A DISTRICT MANAGER THAT OVERSAW ALL THE
10:09:06AM PROGRAMS AND GRANTS AND JUST HAD THIS GREAT RESPONSIBILITY
10:09:09AM OF PROCESSING ALL OF THAT.
10:09:11AM NOW WE'RE MORE DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTION, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR
10:09:14AM CRA MANAGERS CAN FOCUS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SERVING THE
10:09:18AM PUBLIC, BETTER COMMUNICATION.
10:09:20AM AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE TIME AND
10:09:22AM CAPACITY TO DO EFFECTIVE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
10:09:25AM SO PART OF THAT IS THAT SOME OF THE ROLE HAS BEEN DELEGATED
10:09:29AM TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
10:09:31AM AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A VACANCY IN THE WEST TAMPA AND DREW
10:09:34AM PARK CRA MANAGER ROLE.
10:09:36AM WE KIND OF STOPPED AND PAUSED AND LOOKED AT EVERYTHING AND
10:09:40AM EVERYONE AND WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS TO ANNOUNCE.
10:09:43AM OUR CURRENT CRA MANAGERS WILL TAKE ON THOSE DISTRICTS AS
10:09:48AM INTERIMS AND MS. BRENDA THROWER WHO IS HERE, SHE IS SERVING
10:09:52AM AS INTERIM YBOR CRA MANAGER AND DOING A GREAT JOB.
10:09:57AM SHE IS WILLING TO TAKE ON WEST TAMPA CRA AS WELL THROUGH THE
10:10:01AM INTERIM.
10:10:01AM SO WE HAVE TWO HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND I KNOW BRENDA HAS MADE
10:10:05AM A LOT HAPPEN IN YBOR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING SOME
10:10:08AM PROGRESS IN WEST TAMPA AS WELL.
10:10:10AM SO WE'RE EXCITED.
10:10:12AM WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
10:10:13AM AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE EAST TAMPA CRA MANAGER, CEDRIC
10:10:17AM McCRAY.
10:10:17AM AND HE'S WILLING TO TAKE ON DREW PARK.
10:10:20AM AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VERY INDUSTRIAL HEAVY DISTRICT AND SO
10:10:24AM IS EAST TAMPA AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL.
10:10:25AM SO THERE ARE SOME COMMON THEMES AND WE CAN SEE HOW DIFFERENT
10:10:29AM COMMUNITIES ARE OPERATING AND FUNCTIONING AND JUST CONTINUE
10:10:32AM TO BE THEIR ADVOCATE.
10:10:33AM SO I WANTED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT THOSE INTERIMS WILL
10:10:36AM BE TAKING ON THE ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS AND WE FEEL REALLY
10:10:39AM CONFIDENT ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO DO SO BECAUSE SOME OF THEIR
10:10:43AM JOB HAS BEEN PLACED IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
10:10:46AM RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE MANAGERS FUNCTIONING, AND EVERYTHING
10:10:51AM IS GOING SMOOTHLY.
10:10:52AM THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION, AND I'LL PASS IT
10:10:57AM OUT WHEN WE GET THEM.
10:10:58AM WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MEMORIAL PARK FENCING.
10:11:01AM I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF, THERE IS A
10:11:06AM CLEANUP HAPPENING AT MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
10:11:09AM IF ANYTHING THAT WAS SAID TODAY STRUCK A CHORD WITHIN YOU,
10:11:13AM COME OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, HELP US CLEAN UP THE SITE, TAKE
10:11:17AM GOOD CARE OF IT AND I'LL BE ANNOUNCING THAT ONCE MR.
10:11:20AM McCRAY BRINGS THE FLYER.
10:11:21AM THAT WILL COME AROUND LATER.
10:11:23AM THERE IS A CLEANUP A FEW SATURDAYS FROM NOW.
10:11:25AM THAT'S WHAT IT IS ABOUT, WORKING ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY.
10:11:27AM IF THERE'S ANY EVENT OR ANYTHING WE CAN BE A PART OF, PLEASE
10:11:31AM INVITE THE CRA AND OUR STAFF BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE
10:11:34AM WORK.
10:11:34AM IT'S ABOUT HAVING OUR HANDS AND FEET IN THE COMMUNITY WITH
10:11:36AM YOU AS WELL.
10:11:37AM WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
10:11:39AM I'LL PASS OUT A FLYER ONCE WE HAVE THE DATE AND TIME WITH
10:11:42AM US.
10:11:43AM I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SHARING THEIR COMMENTS TODAY
10:11:45AM AND ALSO THANK THE CRA BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
10:11:48AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:11:50AM THIS IS A SHORT DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
10:11:51AM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AND THEN BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:11:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE.
10:11:59AM WE HAD AN UPDATE EARLIER THIS WEEK AND I WANT TO SAY HOW
10:12:02AM EXCITED I AM FOR THE MANAGERS TO TAKE OVER THE SPACES.
10:12:07AM IT WAS HEARTENING TO HEAR THAT THEY HAVE THE DESIRE AND THE
10:12:10AM INTEREST, AND I THINK THE ALIGNING GOES SO WELL, THE
10:12:15AM HISTORIC AND HISTORIC AND WORKING ON INDUSTRIAL SPACES AND
10:12:18AM NOW THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO EVERY SINGLE THING, I THINK
10:12:22AM IT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY AREN'T SILOED.
10:12:25AM AND I THINK THAT IS A GREAT IDEA.
10:12:27AM I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM.
10:12:30AM AS FAR AS THE CRPs GO, I WANT TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR EVERY
10:12:34AM SINGLE ONE.
10:12:35AM I CAN'T SPEAK TO EVERYONE.
10:12:36AM I ENJOY THE PROCESS, SO I WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED.
10:12:39AM AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I'M MOST IMPRESSED BY AND I'M
10:12:45AM STILL BLOWN AWAY BY HOW FAR WE'VE GOTTEN IN THIS
10:12:51AM REORGANIZATION.
10:12:51AM BUT I REALLY LOVE THE IDEA OF THE METRICS.
10:12:54AM YOU SHOWED ME A BRIEF POSSIBILITY OF WHAT THAT METRIC DESIGN
10:13:00AM WILL LOOK LIKE.
10:13:01AM I JUST WANT TO SAY I REALLY LOVE THE WAY THAT THE METRIC
10:13:04AM FOCUSES ON WHAT WE ALL AGREED ON DURING OUR RETREAT AND HOW
10:13:10AM WE'RE LASER FOCUSED.
10:13:12AM WE'RE ONLY GOING TO LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
10:13:14AM INTERESTED, THAT WE HAVE SAID ARE PRIORITIES AND I THINK
10:13:17AM THAT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.
10:13:20AM AND IT ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE'VE ALREADY AGREED ON
10:13:25AM AND NOT HAVING TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE OTHER NOISE, BECAUSE WE
10:13:29AM GET A LOT OF NOISE.
10:13:30AM BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT THIS COMMUNITY AND
10:13:33AM THIS BOARD HAS ALREADY SAID THAT THEY WANT, I REALLY
10:13:36AM APPRECIATE THAT.
10:13:36AM THANK YOU.
10:13:37AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:13:39AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO ECHO THE THANKS TO YOU AND ALIS
10:13:42AM AND NICOLE FOR ALL THE CHANGES AND STRATEGIES THAT YOU'RE
10:13:47AM ADDING TO THIS PROCESS.
10:13:49AM ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO BE
10:13:53AM INCLUDED IN ALL OF THEM.
10:13:54AM IN MOST OF THESE PROCESSES, YOU TYPICALLY WOULD INCLUDE ALL
10:13:58AM THE BOARD MEMBERS.
10:13:58AM SO, PLEASE, I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT.
10:14:01AM BUT THE OTHER THING IS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S BROAD TO
10:14:06AM THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY KNOWS ABOUT IT AND THEY KNOW
10:14:08AM HOW TO GIVE INPUT TO IT.
10:14:10AM COULD YOU PLEASE SEND US THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TIMELINE
10:14:15AM OR PROCESSES JUST SO WE CAN BE AWARE OF IT?
10:14:19AM FOR ONE, IF SOMEBODY SAYS YOU ALL DIDN'T DO IT, AT LEAST WE
10:14:23AM WOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION.
10:14:25AM BUT ALSO SO WE KNOW WHERE AND HOW MUCH.
10:14:30AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S THOROUGH.
10:14:32AM TYPICAL WAY GOVERNMENT, NOT NECESSARILY THIS GOVERNMENT,
10:14:35AM TYPICAL WAY GOVERNMENT DOES PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS THEY CHECK
10:14:37AM THE BOX, HOLD A CHARRETTE, HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE.
10:14:41AM THEY HARDLY INVITE PEOPLE AND DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY.
10:14:44AM I BELIEVE IN REAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHERE ASK QUESTIONS
10:14:48AM AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE AND TRY TO GET AS MANY IDEAS AS
10:14:51AM POSSIBLE AND STILL PUT THEM THROUGH OUR FILTERS BUT WE HAVE
10:14:54AM BROAD IDEAS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
10:14:56AM SECOND, ESPECIALLY SINCE MS. LOCKETT IS HERE, HOUSING.
10:15:01AM I CONTINUE TO GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE CRA IS
10:15:03AM DOING ABOUT HOUSING.
10:15:04AM THERE IS THE PERCEPTION THAT THE CITY AND CRA ARE DOING
10:15:06AM NOTHING FOR HOUSING.
10:15:08AM BIGGEST INVESTMENT IN HOUSING IN THE CITY IS THE CRA.
10:15:10AM I THINK WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE IT MORE.
10:15:12AM I KNOW YOU'RE STEPPING UP ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE.
10:15:16AM I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU OR ASK THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER JUST
10:15:20AM A KITCHEN CABINET AD HOC MEETING WITH MS. LOCKETT AND FEW
10:15:27AM OTHER HOUSING ADVOCATES AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD OUT THE
10:15:30AM HOUSING SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE SO PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE'RE
10:15:32AM DOING AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRAND IT.
10:15:34AM PLACES LIKE YBOR, THERE ARE QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME, WHAT ARE
10:15:39AM THE PROJECTS?
10:15:40AM ARE THEY MOVING FORWARD?
10:15:41AM IS ANYTHING HAPPENING?
10:15:42AM AND NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE.
10:15:47AM BLAME IT ON ME, THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, I MADE THE MOTION AND
10:15:50AM MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORTED IT TO PUT 30% OF THE CRA MONEY IN
10:15:54AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT IN PLACES LIKE YBOR, THAT WAS VERY,
10:15:56AM VERY UNPOPULAR.
10:15:58AM I KNOW STAFF TOOK BIG HITS FOR THAT, ESPECIALLY ALIS, AND
10:16:04AM ULTIMATELY IT'S MY FAULT.
10:16:06AM I'M WILLING TO TAKE THE BLAME.
10:16:07AM BUT WE NEED TO SHOW SOMETHING FOR THAT TO THOSE FOLKS
10:16:10AM BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PRESSING NEEDS THEY HAVE IN THOSE
10:16:14AM COMMUNITIES THAT THEY WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON.
10:16:16AM SEVERAL OF THE SPEAKERS HAVE SAID HOUSING SHOULD BE OUR
10:16:18AM FIRST PRIORITY, BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, ARE WE MOVING
10:16:22AM FAST ENOUGH, WHAT'S HAPPENING.
10:16:23AM AS YOU AND I AND MR. MASSEY HAVE DISCUSSED, WE ALSO NEED TO
10:16:28AM CAREFULLY DEFINE WHAT THE ROLE IS OF THE CRA.
10:16:32AM IF THE CRA DOES NOT HAVE A HOUSING DEPARTMENT, ALSO, IF WE
10:16:38AM BUY ASSETS, THEY END UP BEING OWNED BY THE CITY, AND YOU
10:16:41AM CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.
10:16:42AM YOU CAN'T HAVE SCOPE CREEP WHERE YOU ARE EXPECTED TO MANAGE
10:16:45AM THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
10:16:46AM I KNOW IN YOUR LAST JOB YOU DID MANAGE THE ENTIRE PROCESS ON
10:16:50AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THAT CANNOT BE A TASK OF THE CRA.
10:16:54AM WE'VE GOT TO CAREFULLY DEFINE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE KIND OF
10:16:57AM PART OF THE SAME ORGANIZATION, WE'RE SEPARATE AND LIMITED
10:16:59AM RESOURCES FROM STAFF, WE HAVE TO DEFINE WHAT THE UNIQUE ROLE
10:17:03AM IS OF THE CRA IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS, IN PARTICULAR HOUSING.
10:17:06AM I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO TAMPA UNION STATION.
10:17:09AM ONE THING IS TO CLARIFY MORE FORMALLY WITH CONTRACTS.
10:17:12AM WHEN WE FORM A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH A THIRD PARTY LIKE CDC
10:17:17AM OR TAMPA THEATRE, WHATEVER, WE HAVE VERY DETAILED CONTRACTS
10:17:21AM WITH THEM, BUT WE'RE LOOSER WITH THE WAY WE HAND MONEY OVER
10:17:25AM TO THE CITY.
10:17:26AM I THINK NOT NECESSARILY FOR LEGAL REASONS, BUT JUST TO MAKE
10:17:29AM SURE THAT WE ARE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT EXPLAINING ROLES, WE
10:17:32AM WANT TO COLLABORATE, EVERYBODY WANTS TO WORK TOGETHER.
10:17:34AM THE CRA MUST COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY BUT WE NEED TO DEFINE
10:17:38AM WHAT ARE THE ROLES OF THE CRA STAFF?
10:17:40AM BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE 24 HOURS IN THE DAY.
10:17:43AM WE CAN'T FIND MORE HOURS FOR YOU.
10:17:46AM THE OTHER STAFF TAKING ON MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT.
10:17:50AM WHAT IS THE UNIQUE ROLE?
10:17:51AM ARE WE PROJECT MANAGERS OR HOLDING THE CITY OR WHATEVER
10:17:55AM ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CRA LAWS?
10:17:56AM WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS THE ROLE THERE?
10:17:59AM I'LL COME BACK IN NEW BUSINESS AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
10:18:04AM THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THE -- BETWEEN THE CRA AND THE
10:18:10AM CITY.
10:18:11AM I HELPED REWRITE SOME OF IT FOUR, FIVE YEARS AGO AND THERE
10:18:14AM ARE SOME LITTLE THINGS WE NEED TO TWEAK THAT WE NEVER
10:18:17AM FINISHED.
10:18:17AM I'VE HAD LONG CONVERSATIONS WITH MORRIS AND OTHERS ABOUT
10:18:19AM THAT, TOO.
10:18:20AM LAST THING IS THE JACKSON HOUSE.
10:18:23AM WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FUND THE JACKSON HOUSE FOR TWO OR THREE
10:18:26AM YEARS, AND THERE WERE OBSTACLES AFTER OBSTACLES PUT FORWARD.
10:18:30AM BACK IN AUGUST, WE TOOK AWAY THE LAST OBSTACLE AND THE
10:18:33AM JACKSON HOUSE FOUNDATION WAS HERE AND I ASKED FROM THE DAIS
10:18:37AM WOULD THEY BE OKAY UPDATING US?
10:18:40AM I THINK IT WAS IN NOVEMBER.
10:18:41AM THEY CANCELED NOVEMBER.
10:18:42AM THEY CANCELED IN DECEMBER.
10:18:43AM THEY CANCELED IN JANUARY.
10:18:44AM I THINK THE FEELING IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THE JACKSON
10:18:47AM HOUSE FOUNDATION EITHER DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY OR
10:18:50AM WHATEVER, IS NOT MOVING FORWARD.
10:18:52AM WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT.
10:18:53AM WE ALLOCATED A MILLION DOLLARS AND IF WE NEED TO PUT IN
10:18:56AM MORE, WE CAN.
10:18:56AM BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.
10:18:59AM WE HAVE ANOTHER STORM SEASON COMING.
10:19:01AM NOBODY EXPECTS IT TO LAST, EVEN THOUGH IT LASTED FOREVER.
10:19:04AM WE KNOW USF AND THE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER HAVE BEEN
10:19:07AM PARTNERING WITH THE FOUNDATION.
10:19:08AM MAYBE IN NEW BUSINESS I'LL MAKE A MOTION REGARDING THE
10:19:11AM JACKSON HOUSE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO COME TO A SOLUTION BECAUSE
10:19:15AM OTHERWISE IT'S JUST GOING TO FALL APART.
10:19:17AM AND IT IS A COMMUNITY ASSET THAT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED.
10:19:21AM I THINK WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY ASSET EVEN
10:19:24AM THOUGH A FOUNDATION MAY OWN IT.
10:19:25AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: RELATIVE TO THE JACKSON HOUSE ISSUE, I
10:19:27AM BELIEVE THERE IS A PRESENTATION COMING TO YOU AS CITY
10:19:30AM COUNCIL AT YOUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING REGARDING THE JACKSON
10:19:35AM HOUSE.
10:19:35AM MAYBE AFTER THAT MEETING, WHETHER FURTHER CRA INVOLVEMENT IS
10:19:39AM NECESSARY, THAT COULD BE A DISCUSSION POINT AFTER THAT.
10:19:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:19:45AM YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY?
10:19:48AM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:19:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO RESPOND TO BOARD MEMBER CARLSON
10:19:51AM AND JUST SAY I DO THINK THAT WE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH
10:19:55AM WILL GET MORE OF A COHESIVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE
10:19:59AM TRYING TO DO WITH HOUSING.
10:20:00AM >>ERICA MOODY: YES.
10:20:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
10:20:03AM I THINK THAT WILL BE OUR ROAD MAP FORWARD.
10:20:06AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I HAVE ONE COMMENT, DIRECTOR MOODY.
10:20:09AM I LOOKED AT MY OWN NOTES AFTER OUR STAFF MEETING.
10:20:12AM CAN YOU GIVE ME THE STATUS OF THE RFP FOR CRA COMMUNICATION?
10:20:16AM I HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT LATELY, WHERE ARE WE IN THAT
10:20:20AM PROCESS?
10:20:20AM BECAUSE IT'S FOR ALL CRAs AND IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE
10:20:23AM BUDGET, RIGHT?
10:20:24AM >>ERICA MOODY: YES, MA'AM.
10:20:25AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT?
10:20:26AM >>ERICA MOODY: WE HAVE THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DRAFTED.
10:20:29AM IT'S JUST CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW WITH PURCHASING AND NEEDS
10:20:33AM TO JUST BE PUT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
10:20:35AM I'VE AGREED WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR THAT THE KEY
10:20:38AM DELIVERABLE RIGHT NOW IS THE ANNUAL REPORT, SO WE'RE TO GO
10:20:41AM TO GET THAT UNDERWAY AND THEN THE VERY NEXT ONE IS PUTTING
10:20:44AM OUT THE RFP FOR MARKETING SERVICES.
10:20:46AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE MARCH STATE REPORT IS THE PRIORITY AND
10:20:51AM THEN THE RFP FOR COMMUNICATION.
10:20:55AM >>ERICA MOODY: YES, MA'AM.
10:20:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT POSITION IS IT IN NOW?
10:20:57AM WHAT OFFICE?
10:20:59AM >>ERICA MOODY: THE COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR FOR THE CRA IS
10:21:01AM OVERSEEING THE CONTRACT AND IT GOES THROUGH SEVERAL REVIEWS.
10:21:05AM ONCE WE DRAFT IT, WE SEND IT TO PURCHASING.
10:21:08AM THEY DO THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THAT, GIVE US THE GREEN LIGHT
10:21:10AM AND THEN THAT'S WHEN WE POST IT.
10:21:12AM WE'RE EXPECTING TO POST IT BEGINNING OF APRIL ONCE WE HAVE
10:21:14AM THE REPORT COMPLETE.
10:21:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
10:21:18AM THANK YOU.
10:21:18AM ANYONE ELSE?
10:21:20AM LET'S MOVE ON.
10:21:22AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:21:24AM I DO HAVE THE FLYERS THAT I'LL PASS OUT.
10:21:27AM AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THERE IS THE FRIENDS OF BELMONT
10:21:30AM HEIGHTS MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY.
10:21:33AM IT'S THE CLEANUP EVENT.
10:21:34AM IT'S ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, FROM 9 A.M. TO 12 P.M.
10:21:37AM THIS IS IT FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A SCREEN SHOT.
10:21:43AM AND I HAVE EXTRA COPIES.
10:21:46AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:21:55AM THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
10:21:57AM HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS ON THE 17th OF FEBRUARY AND WE'LL
10:21:59AM START TO MOVE INTO THE WAY-FINDING PRESENTATION AND
10:22:03AM TRANSITION THAT.
10:22:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
10:22:10AM IT IS 10:22.
10:22:38AM >>COURTNEY ORR: GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COURTNEY ORR, URBAN CORE
10:22:42AM DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
10:22:44AM I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND BEFORE THE
10:22:47AM PRESENTATION OF THE WAY FINDING SIGNAGE STUDY THAT'S BEEN
10:22:49AM UNDERWAY FOR A FEW MONTHS.
10:22:51AM WE HIRED ARCHITECTURE PLUS INTERNATIONAL.
10:22:55AM THEY WERE CONTRACTED TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE WAY FINDING
10:22:58AM AND SIGNAGE STUDY FOR CENTRAL PARK, CHANNEL DISTRICT, TAMPA
10:23:02AM HEIGHTS, AND THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
10:23:06AM THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY VISITOR
10:23:11AM DESTINATIONS WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO THE CRA DISTRICTS AND
10:23:14AM PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOTH FACILITATE AND IMPROVE
10:23:18AM PEDESTRIAN, MULTIMODAL AND VEHICULAR WAY FINDING.
10:23:21AM THE PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED IN THREE PHASES.
10:23:24AM PHASE ONE, DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS.
10:23:27AM PHASE TWO, PROGRAMMING, AND PHASE THREE, CONCEPT DESIGN.
10:23:31AM JOHN SHUFFLE IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS HERE WITH API TODAY TO
10:23:38AM PRESENT TO YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THE PHASES THAT WERE
10:23:43AM ACCOMPLISHED.
10:23:44AM AND I WILL INTRODUCE HIM NOW TO RUN THROUGH A PRESENTATION
10:23:48AM WE HAVE LOADED UP ON THE SCREEN.
10:23:59AM >> THANK YOU, COURTNEY.
10:24:00AM MY NAME IS JOHN SHUFFLE WITH API.
10:24:03AM IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY WITH BOARD MEMBERS.
10:24:06AM I'VE BEEN ASKED BY STAFF TO ESSENTIALLY FOCUS ON THE PHASE
10:24:10AM THREE WHICH IS CONCEPT DESIGN, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU
10:24:14AM A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE FIRST FEW PHASES AND JUST
10:24:18AM THINGS THAT RELATE TO WHY WE ENDED UP COMING UP WITH THE
10:24:22AM DESIGNS WE CAME UP WITH.
10:24:24AM AS COURTNEY MENTIONED, IT WAS A THREE PHASE PROJECT, THE
10:24:28AM FIRST BEING THE ANALYSIS AND DISCOVERY.
10:24:31AM THE SECOND WAS PROGRAMMING, THE THIRD BEING CONCEPT DESIGN.
10:24:34AM WE HAD CERTAIN OBJECTIVES AND GOALS IN MIND, BUT A COUPLE WE
10:24:42AM WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT WE WANTED THIS WAY FINDING
10:24:45AM PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON VEHICULAR, PEDESTRIAN, AND OTHER MODES
10:24:50AM OF TRANSPORTATION WITH EMPHASIS BEING ON THE PEDESTRIAN
10:24:54AM TRAFFIC.
10:24:55AM WE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE VISITORS TO PARK THEIR CARS AND
10:24:59AM EXPLORE THE CITY BY FOOT, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM
10:25:05AM REALLY DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD OR DISTRICT TO
10:25:08AM ANOTHER.
10:25:09AM IN THE ANALYSIS PHASE, WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY.
10:25:18AM WHAT I'M FLIPPING THROUGH VERY QUICKLY HERE IS JUST THE
10:25:21AM SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DID, BUT WE ANALYZED ALL THE COMPONENTS
10:25:25AM OF THE EXISTING PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE CIRCULATION
10:25:29AM THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN.
10:25:30AM WE LOOKED AT FUNCTIONALITY IN DESIGN.
10:25:33AM WE LOOKED AT THE CONDITION OF THE SIGNS.
10:25:36AM WE LOOKED AT SIGN CLUTTER.
10:25:39AM WE LOOKED AT THE NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM WITH REGARDS TO HOW YOU
10:25:44AM GET TO THE PARKING GARAGES AND HOW THEY ARE IDENTIFIED.
10:25:47AM WE LOOKED AT PEDESTRIAN SIGNS.
10:25:50AM ONE OF OUR TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS IS THAT THE PEDESTRIAN
10:25:53AM DIRECTIONALS ARE VERY HIGH UP IN THE AIR.
10:25:56AM IT'S SMALL COPY.
10:25:57AM RECOMMENDATION THAT WE MADE IS TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S LOWER
10:26:00AM TO THE GROUND, MORE OF A MONOLITH THAT'S GOING TO BE
10:26:04AM PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
10:26:06AM AND THEN WE LOOKED AT OTHER MICROMOBILITY SUCH AS BIKES,
10:26:11AM SCOOTERS, OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
10:26:13AM WE CAME UP AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PHASE, WE CAME UP WITH
10:26:17AM A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
10:26:20AM I'LL HEAD THROUGH THOSE.
10:26:21AM ONE OF THE KEY DISCOVERIES IS THAT IN A TRADITIONAL CITY OR
10:26:25AM WAY FINDING NAVIGATION SYSTEM, YOU DIRECT FIRST TO DOWNTOWN.
10:26:30AM THEN YOU DIRECT TO A DISTRICT.
10:26:32AM THEN YOU DIRECT TO THE DESTINATION, AND IT'S ALWAYS
10:26:35AM IMPORTANT TO TRY TO GET THE VISITOR PAST THE FRONT DOOR OF
10:26:37AM THE DESTINATION AND THEN YOU DIRECT THEM TO PARKING.
10:26:40AM ST. PETERSBURG, THAT'S MORE TRADITIONAL.
10:26:43AM THERE ARE TWO MAIN PUBLIC PARKING GARAGES.
10:26:46AM SO FOR THAT PROGRAM WE DIRECTED PEOPLE TO DESTINATIONS AND
10:26:50AM INTO THE PARKING GARAGES.
10:26:51AM TAMPA HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF CITY-OWNED PUBLIC PARKING GARAGES
10:26:59AM AND LOTS.
10:27:00AM SO THE STRATEGY HERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
10:27:02AM AND SO INSTEAD WE'RE DIRECTING TO DOWNTOWN AND THEN THE
10:27:07AM NEIGHBORHOODS OR DISTRICTS AND THEN FROM THERE DIRECTING TO
10:27:09AM THE PARKING GARAGES AND THEN FROM THE PARKING GARAGES OR
10:27:12AM LOTS, WE WOULD THEN DIRECT BY FOOT OR OTHER MICROMOBILITIES
10:27:16AM TO THE VARIOUS DESTINATIONS.
10:27:18AM AND THIS SHIFT IN STRATEGY MAKES THE PARKING GARAGES, THE
10:27:24AM CITY-OWNED PUBLIC PARKING GARAGES MUCH MORE IMPORTANT AND
10:27:29AM CRITICAL IN THIS WAY FINDING COMPONENT.
10:27:32AM SO AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WANTED TO CONSIDER
10:27:39AM PLACE MAKING ALONG WITH WAY FINDING AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH
10:27:42AM THAT, PLACE MAKING ABILITY CREATING A SENSE OF PLACE AND
10:27:47AM CELEBRATING WHERE YOU ARE.
10:27:48AM SO WE REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE DISTRICTS, THE
10:27:53AM NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE VARIOUS PARTS OF DOWNTOWN AND REALLY
10:27:57AM CALL THEM OUT ON THE SIGNAGE.
10:27:59AM WE THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE IN
10:28:06AM STRATEGY THAT THE PARKING, WHICH IS NOT CURRENTLY A PART OF
10:28:09AM THE SCOPE OF WORK, THAT PARKING SHOULD DEFINITELY BE AN
10:28:12AM INTEGRAL PART OF IT AS WELL AS GATEWAY SIGNAGE.
10:28:17AM WE ALSO FELT THAT, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE NEEDS TO BE
10:28:22AM A GREATER EMPHASIS ON PEDESTRIAN SIGNS AND ESPECIALLY WITH
10:28:25AM THIS CHANGE IN STRATEGY.
10:28:26AM ANOTHER THING THAT CAME FORWARD IS THAT THE CURRENT PROGRAM
10:28:33AM THAT'S IN PLACE, A LOT OF THE LOCATIONS OF THE SIGNS,
10:28:36AM ESPECIALLY THE VEHICULAR DIRECTIONALS ARE IN THE SPOTS THAT
10:28:40AM THEY NEED TO BE.
10:28:41AM IT'S JUST THE SIGNS REALLY NEED TO BE UPDATED.
10:28:44AM WE ALSO LOOKED AT BUDGET PRICING.
10:28:48AM WHEN YOU LOOK AT, SAY, A POST AND PANEL SIGN, HALF THE COST
10:28:51AM OF THE SIGN IS ACTUALLY IN THE POST AND THE FOUNDATION.
10:28:57AM IF WE CAN REUSE SOME OF THE EXISTING FOUNDATIONS AND POSTERS
10:29:00AM THAT ARE OUT THERE, THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SPREAD OUR MONEY
10:29:03AM FURTHER AND DO MORE SIGNS.
10:29:04AM SO THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT F.D.O.T. HAS CHANGED THE
10:29:09AM CODE TWICE SINCE SIGNS WERE INSTALLED IN 2006, SO WE'LL NEED
10:29:12AM TO WORK WITH A FABRICATOR.
10:29:15AM WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN CERTAIN SIZES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN
10:29:18AM THE FOUNDATIONS.
10:29:20AM SOMETHING WE KEEP IN MIND AS WE MOVE THIS FORWARD.
10:29:23AM IN THE PROGRAMMING PHASE, WE LOOKED AT DEVELOPING
10:29:28AM DESTINATION CRITERIA.
10:29:29AM WE CAME UP WITH A LIST OF DESTINATIONS THAT WOULD BE LISTED
10:29:33AM ON VEHICULAR SIGNS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN SIGNS.
10:29:37AM WE STUDIED LAYOUTS AND SOME OF OUR DESTINATION NAMES ARE
10:29:43AM LONG SO WE DID A THOROUGH STUDY OF THAT AND GOT THE
10:29:46AM COMMITTEE'S APPROVAL.
10:29:47AM AND THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE MET A LOT WITH THE COMMITTEE
10:29:51AM THAT WAS FORMED AS WELL AS MET WITH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT
10:29:54AM NUMEROUS TIMES.
10:29:56AM TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS JUST
10:30:00AM TO UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING
10:30:02AM DOWNTOWN LIKE WITH ASHLEY DRIVE.
10:30:05AM AGAIN, I'LL FLIP THROUGH THIS QUICKLY, BUT IF AT THE END
10:30:10AM THERE ARE ANY ITEMS YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH IN DETAIL, WE CAN
10:30:13AM COME BACK TO THIS.
10:30:14AM WE LOOKED AT KEY CIRCULATIONS INTO DOWNTOWN IN SECONDARY
10:30:20AM CIRCULATIONS AS WELL AS CIRCULATION THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN.
10:30:23AM WE DEVELOPED A VEHICULAR NAVIGATION STRATEGY, AND THEN TOOK
10:30:30AM -- DEVELOPED SOME PROTOTYPICAL MESSAGES FOR SOME OF THE KEY
10:30:34AM DESTINATIONS OR DECISION POINTS.
10:30:36AM WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS FROM EACH OF THE
10:30:41AM FIVE MAIN CITY-OWNED PUBLIC PARKING GARAGES, AND WITH EACH
10:30:47AM ONE WE DEVELOPED PROTOTYPICAL PEDESTRIAN MESSAGES.
10:30:51AM WE ALSO LOOKED THEN AT THE RIVERWALK SIGNAGE.
10:31:03AM THAT'S ANOTHER GROUP THAT WE TALKED WITH THE FRIENDS OF THE
10:31:05AM RIVERWALK.
10:31:07AM AND WITH MOBILITY AND THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, WE
10:31:11AM DEVELOPED MOBILITY HUBS FOR MICROMOBILITIES, FOR BIKES AND
10:31:16AM SCOOTERS.
10:31:17AM WE DID A COMPLETE INVENTORY OF THE EXISTING SIGNAGE THAT'S
10:31:22AM OUT THERE, INCLUDING THE RIVERWALK SIGNAGE.
10:31:24AM FOR THE CONCEPT DESIGN, WE CAME UP WITH SEVERAL CONCEPTS AND
10:31:33AM WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THROUGH VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS WE
10:31:36AM NARROWED IT DOWN TO THREE CONCEPTS.
10:31:38AM WITH EACH ONE, THERE IS A PRIMARY PART OF THE SIGN THAT
10:31:44AM WOULD BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT ALL OF DOWNTOWN, ALL OF THE
10:31:48AM CRAs.
10:31:51AM AND THERE IS A COMPONENT THAT WOULD CHANGE BASED ON THE
10:31:53AM NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE IN.
10:31:54AM KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE CONCEPTS.
10:31:57AM WE ALSO WANTED TO HAVE SOME VARIETY IN THE THREE OPTIONS
10:32:00AM THAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU WHERE MAYBE THE DISTRICT IS
10:32:04AM DOWNPLAYED OR UP-PLAYED, AND THE USE OF COLOR AND PATTERN.
10:32:09AM THESE ARE ALL THE -- THE COLORS ARE ALSO CONCEPTUAL THAT
10:32:15AM YOU'LL SEE.
10:32:15AM WE ANTICIPATE THERE COULD BE SOME MIXING AND MATCHING OF
10:32:18AM CONCEPTS.
10:32:18AM THE FIRST CONCEPT IS MORE HISTORICAL IN NATURE IN ITS FORM.
10:32:25AM IT'S A BIT CELEBRATORY WITH THE ARCHED CAP ON TOP.
10:32:30AM WHAT WE'RE SHOWING FOR EACH OF THESE IS ONE PROTOTYPICAL
10:32:36AM DISTRICT WHICH IS THE RIVER ARTS DISTRICT.
10:32:39AM WE CALL IT OUT.
10:32:41AM THIS FIRST SIGN THAT YOU SEE IS WHAT WE CALL A DESTINATION
10:32:46AM OR I'M SORRY DISTRICT IDENTITY SIGN.
10:32:48AM SO ONCE YOU ARRIVE TO THE DISTRICT, IDENTIFIES YOUR
10:32:52AM DISTRICT, IT ALSO CAN BE REINFORCED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
10:32:55AM AND THEN THE SECOND ONE YOU SEE IS THE VEHICULAR DIRECTIONAL
10:32:58AM SIGNS.
10:32:59AM THE BLUE PORTION IS WHAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT FROM
10:33:03AM NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN THE YELLOW PORTION IS
10:33:05AM WHAT WOULD CHANGE.
10:33:06AM ON THIS CONCEPT, THE BACK SIDE OF THE SIGN INCORPORATES A T
10:33:12AM PATTERN.
10:33:12AM I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN ZOOM IN.
10:33:15AM BUT IT IS A T PATTERN FOR TAMPA.
10:33:17AM AND THEN THE THIRD GROUP OF SIGNS WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE
10:33:20AM UTILIZED FOR MAYBE A BIKE PATH.
10:33:22AM AND THEN FOR THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNS, THAT'S MORE THE
10:33:25AM MONOLITHIC TYPE THAT BRINGS IT DOWN CLOSER TO THE GROUND.
10:33:29AM THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING FOOTERS FOR
10:33:32AM THOSE SIGNS.
10:33:33AM CONCEPT TWO IS A BIT MORE MODERN IN NATURE AND IT TAKES THE
10:33:39AM DESIGN CUES FROM THE ELECTRONIC BIKE SIGNS OUT THERE NOW, SO
10:33:43AM THEY START TO FEEL MORE INTEGRATED WITH THE PROGRAM.
10:33:47AM THIS ALSO STARTS TO INTRODUCE A UNIQUE PATTERN THAT WOULD BE
10:33:53AM UNIQUE FOR EACH OF THE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:33:55AM THIS ONE ALSO HAS -- IN THIS CONCEPT, IT DOWN PLAYS THE NAME
10:34:05AM OF THE DISTRICT, BUT THAT COULD CERTAINLY BE INCREASED IN
10:34:08AM SIZE.
10:34:08AM IN CONCEPT THREE, IT'S A BIT LIGHTER AND BREEZIER.
10:34:13AM IT TAKES ITS CUES FROM THE RIVERWALK.
10:34:17AM THIS ONE IS ALSO TAMPA PROUD WHERE IT HAS TAMPA LISTED ON
10:34:22AM ALL THE SIGNS BUT MORE IN A TONE ON TONE WAY BUT STILL
10:34:27AM INCLUDES THE DISTRICT IDENTITY.
10:34:28AM IN PART OF THE PROCESS, WE ALSO LOOKED AT BUDGETING AND
10:34:35AM DEVELOPING BUDGET NUMBERS FOR THE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN
10:34:40AM SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN.
10:34:43AM I THINK WITH THAT, COURTNEY, DO YOU WANT TO -- I BELIEVE THE
10:34:52AM GOAL NOW IS TO GET SOME INPUT FROM YOU ON THE CONCEPT
10:34:55AM DESIGN.
10:34:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I LIKED THE FIRST ONE.
10:35:04AM >>COURTNEY ORR: YEAH, THAT'S REALLY WHAT OUR AIM IS, TO GET
10:35:07AM AN UNDERSTANDING FROM ALL OF YOU AS A BODY OF WHAT YOUR
10:35:10AM PREFERENCES ARE IN REGARD TO THE THREE DESIGNS JOHN HAS
10:35:13AM PRESENTED TO YOU.
10:35:14AM NOT COLOR, JUST THE DESIGN OF THE ACTUAL SIGNAGE.
10:35:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:35:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING.
10:35:25AM THE ENGINEERING AND THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT SEEMS TO BE
10:35:29AM WELL THOUGHT OUT.
10:35:30AM I'M CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE APPLICABILITY OF THIS NOW WITH
10:35:35AM EVERYBODY HAVING GPS IN THEIR POCKET?
10:35:37AM IS IT STILL SOMETHING -- DID YOU GUYS DISCUSS THAT OR WEIGH
10:35:41AM THIS OUT?
10:35:43AM >> YES.
10:35:43AM THIS WAS PART OF OUR ANALYSIS.
10:35:45AM WE TALKED ABOUT THE PRINCIPLES OF WAY FINDING.
10:35:47AM SO, YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO UTILIZE GPS TO GET TO WHERE THEY
10:35:51AM ARE GOING, BUT ONE OF THE KEY ASSETS OF A WAY FINDING
10:35:55AM PROGRAM IS THE MARKETABILITY OF IT.
10:35:59AM IF SOMEBODY IS WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN AND THEY LOOK UP AND
10:36:02AM SEE THAT THERE IS A FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM ON THE SIGN, THEY
10:36:06AM MAY NOT KNOW THAT THERE IS A FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM IN TAMPA,
10:36:09AM SO IT HELPS PROMOTE THE ASSETS OF DOWNTOWN.
10:36:13AM SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT LOOKING AT GPS.
10:36:15AM THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE SIGNS.
10:36:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SELL SPACE?
10:36:19AM SAY THEY WANT TO PUT THE SIGN, ABLE TO COMMERCIALIZE THIS AT
10:36:24AM ALL?
10:36:25AM >> ONE OF THE REQUESTS AT THE BEGINNING WAS TO HAVE SOME
10:36:28AM SORT OF REVENUE-GENERATING COMPONENT AS PART OF THE SYSTEM.
10:36:31AM I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A PLACE FOR THAT IN THE PARKING
10:36:34AM GARAGES AS WELL AS POSSIBLY, IF WE INCORPORATE WRAPPING THE
10:36:39AM ELECTRICAL BOXES, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT ELECTRICAL BOXES.
10:36:43AM BUT NOT -- I DEFINITELY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT FOR THE
10:36:47AM VEHICULAR WAY FINDING SIGNS.
10:36:50AM THERE COULD BE A COMPONENT OF THE PEDESTRIAN SIGNS THAT WE
10:36:52AM DO, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE IKE SIGNS DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO
10:36:58AM SELL ADVERTISING.
10:36:58AM SO THAT'S WHY WE DEVELOPED THAT CONCEPT, TOO, TO KIND OF TIE
10:37:02AM INTO THE IKE SIGNS.
10:37:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'LL PULL OUT MY GAY CARD AND VETO THE
10:37:08AM COLOR SCHEMES ON ALL OF THESE.
10:37:10AM THAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
10:37:14AM OBVIOUSLY, I LOVE THE FACT -- DID I KILL YOU ON THAT ONE?
10:37:21AM YOU CAN PULL OUT YOUR BLACK CARD ANYTIME YOU WANT BUT I
10:37:24AM CAN'T PULL OUT MY GAY CARD?
10:37:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: STAY FOCUSED.
10:37:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M BACK TO BEING FOCUSED.
10:37:31AM I LIKE THE IDEA BECAUSE YOU HAD IT IN THE CONCEPT OF TAMPA,
10:37:36AM MAKING IT RECOGNIZABLE TAMPA AND MARKETING TAMPA.
10:37:39AM I DON'T REALLY -- I SEE A TIP TO IT A LITTLE BIT IN THIS
10:37:44AM FIRST CONCEPT, BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO REVISIT
10:37:48AM THAT IDEA A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT IT IS SOMETHING
10:37:52AM DISTINCTIVELY TAMPA.
10:37:53AM SO WHEN SOMEBODY, IF THERE IS A B ROLL OR SOMETHING ROLLING
10:37:57AM AND SOMEBODY DOESN'T READ THAT SIGN BUT CAN SEE THE SIGN,
10:38:01AM THEY KNOW THAT'S TAMPA.
10:38:02AM MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD DO THAT REALLY MAKES
10:38:06AM THIS VERY, VERY DISTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZABLE AS A TAMPA ASSET.
10:38:11AM YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MARKETING OF THIS AS WELL.
10:38:14AM IT'S A LOT OF REAL ESTATE WE'LL DISTRIBUTE AROUND THE CITY.
10:38:20AM I LIKE THE WAY YOU DID IT WITH THE PARKING GARAGES AND THE
10:38:24AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:38:24AM I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.
10:38:25AM BUT SOMEHOW IF WE COULD MAKE THIS VERY DISTINCTIVELY TAMPA,
10:38:28AM I THINK IT WOULD BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT.
10:38:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK AND MANISCALCO.
10:38:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:38:33AM FIRST, I'M GOING TO SEE IF THE COMMS FOLKS CAN TAKE OFF THE
10:38:41AM MICROSOFT EDGE THING BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE SOME OF THE
10:38:45AM PRESENTATION.
10:38:45AM ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WENT INTO THIS.
10:38:50AM I ALSO PREFER THE FIRST ONE, ALTHOUGH I DON'T PARTICULARLY
10:38:53AM CARE.
10:38:53AM ALL I WANT IS THAT THE STEELER STARS NOT BE ON THEM.
10:38:58AM I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT.
10:39:00AM I DON'T THINK THAT'S WISE FOR THE CITY TO USE THE STARS FROM
10:39:05AM THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS ON ITS -- I'M JUST SAYING.
10:39:10AM I THINK WE SHOULD AVOID THAT, CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVE SUCH
10:39:12AM A TEAM THAT WE ALL LOVE SO MUCH.
10:39:15AM WHILE I THINK THE PARKING GARAGE IS A GREAT IDEA, I DO NOT
10:39:20AM COME DOWNTOWN IN MY CAR IF I'M NOT WORKING.
10:39:22AM I COME DOWN ON THE BUS.
10:39:24AM I COME DOWN ON MY BIKE.
10:39:27AM PEOPLE COME FROM THE STREETCAR.
10:39:28AM I'M LOOKING FOR LIKE THE STREETCAR ENDS AT FRANKLIN.
10:39:32AM THAT'S WHERE I WOULD PUT THE SIGNAGE.
10:39:35AM AND WE HAVE BIKE WAYS NOW THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING.
10:39:39AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE FOCUSED ON THAT.
10:39:42AM I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT BIKE PARKING
10:39:47AM BECAUSE I CAN.
10:39:49AM BIKE PARKING IN THIS CITY IS REALLY BAD AND CUTESY.
10:39:53AM WE NEED SIMPLE U-SHAPED BIKE PARKING.
10:39:57AM ANYTHING ELSE IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE TO LOCK A BIKE
10:40:02AM TO.
10:40:02AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WHILE THIS IS GREAT FOR PEOPLE WHO
10:40:06AM ARE PARKING, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE ADDITIONS FOR
10:40:10AM CYCLISTS ON THE PROPOSED BIKE PATHS OR BIKE PATHS THAT
10:40:14AM ALREADY EXIST.
10:40:16AM BUS STOPS, CLOSE THINGS TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONVENIENT AND
10:40:21AM AGAIN FOR THE STREETCAR.
10:40:23AM THANK YOU.
10:40:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN WE GO TO TWO REAL QUICK AND THEN TO
10:40:28AM THREE?
10:40:28AM I REMEMBER I GOT A PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
10:40:36AM I'M DEBATING BETWEEN TWO AND THREE.
10:40:38AM I THINK THREE IS THE MOST INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE OF THE
10:40:42AM SHAPE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST A SIMPLE SHAPE.
10:40:44AM TO MAKE SOMETHING DISTINCTLY TAMPA, I WOULD SAY IT IS IN THE
10:40:49AM SHAPE OF A CIGAR OR A CUBAN SANDWICH.
10:40:51AM I'M TRYING TO THINK, LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO?
10:40:55AM IT'S GOING TO COST MORE MONEY TO CUSTOMIZE IT TO THE
10:41:05AM SPECIFIC SHAPE?
10:41:06AM THREE STANDS OUT.
10:41:07AM NOT JUST A RECTANGULAR SHAPE.
10:41:10AM SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
10:41:11AM THE COLORS I KNOW WE WORRY ABOUT THAT LATER AND THE STARS
10:41:14AM AND ALL THAT STUFF.
10:41:15AM I WOULD SAY THREE IS MY CHOICE.
10:41:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:41:21AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NUMERO UNO.
10:41:24AM THANK YOU.
10:41:25AM PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
10:41:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:41:28AM CHIME IN, VIERA.
10:41:34AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM IN ST. PETE A
10:41:38AM LONG, LONG TIME AGO AND THEN I WAS AWARE OF THE PROGRAMS AND
10:41:43AM THE LAST TWO PROGRAMS OF TAMPA.
10:41:45AM I'LL STAY OUT OF THE DESIGN PART OF IT, BUT THE ONE -- I
10:41:53AM THINK THIS VERSION WE HAVE NOW IS LIKE 20 YEARS OLD OR
10:41:57AM SOMETHING LIKE THAT, 25 YEARS OLD.
10:41:59AM >> 2009.
10:42:00AM >>BILL CARLSON: IT IS -- ONE OF THE THINGS I FIND ABOUT IT,
10:42:06AM THE TYPE IS WAY TOO SMALL.
10:42:09AM THE ONE BEFORE THAT, MAYBE IT WAS TOO BIG.
10:42:11AM BUT I THINK THE TYPE IS TOO SMALL.
10:42:15AM WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, PEOPLE WHO WERE OLDER SAID THEY HAD A
10:42:18AM HARD TIME READING.
10:42:19AM BUT STILL, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING FAST, IT'S HARD TO SEE.
10:42:22AM IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THESE ARE BIGGER THAN THE EXISTING ONES,
10:42:27AM BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO READ IT.
10:42:30AM PEOPLE DO GET CONFUSED IN DOWNTOWN AND EVEN THOUGH WE'RE
10:42:33AM TRYING TO GET THEM TO GO TO PARKING GARAGES AS QUICKLY AS
10:42:37AM POSSIBLE, THEY NEED TO READ IT FROM A CAR ALSO.
10:42:40AM THE OTHER THING IS I KNOW SHAUN DRINKARD HAS BEEN WORKING
10:42:45AM WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP TO BRAND EACH OF THE SEVEN
10:42:48AM NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND DOWNTOWN, AND I THINK THAT IS A GREAT
10:42:51AM IDEA.
10:42:51AM IT'S SOMETHING ST. PETE DID, OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE, JUST
10:42:55AM LIKE WE BRAND OUR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
10:42:58AM AND IT WILL HELP BRING THE DISTINCTIVE STYLE AND FORM TO
10:43:01AM EACH OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:43:01AM I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF EVEN BRANDING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
10:43:04AM MORE.
10:43:05AM MAYBE YOU HAVE A COMMON ELEMENT THAT SHOWS THAT IT'S STILL
10:43:08AM TAMPA, BUT BRANDING THEM MORE.
10:43:10AM SAME THING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS, LIKE THE ONES SHOWN
10:43:12AM THIS MORNING.
10:43:13AM THOSE ARE LIKE 20 YEARS OLD AND REALLY BORING LOOKING AND
10:43:16AM THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S DISTINCTIVE ABOUT
10:43:19AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:43:20AM SOMEHOW I THINK WE NEED TO DO THE SUBBRANDING THERE.
10:43:23AM HOW MUCH -- YOU WERE ABOUT TO GET THE BUDGET OR DID THAT
10:43:26AM ALREADY.
10:43:27AM HOW MUCH IS THE TOTAL COST OF THIS?
10:43:33AM >> WITHOUT THE RIVERWALK SIGNAGE WAS ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.
10:43:38AM FOR VEHICULAR, PEDESTRIAN, AND THE BIKE SIGNAGE, BECAUSE THE
10:43:43AM BIKEWAY SIGNAGE WAS PART OF THIS.
10:43:46AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE SOMEBODY IN THE
10:43:48AM COMMUNITY WILL ASK, CAN ERIC OR SOMEBODY EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS
10:43:51AM FUNDED BY CRA INSTEAD OF THE CITY?
10:43:53AM ONE OF THE PIECES OF FEEDBACK WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC IS THAT
10:43:57AM WE SHOULD NOT BE SUPPLEMENTING SOMETHING THE CITY WOULD
10:44:00AM OTHERWISE PAY.
10:44:01AM COULD YOU EXPLAIN QUICKLY WHY THE CITY ISN'T FUNDING THIS
10:44:04AM AND WHY IT'S NECESSARY FOR CRA FUNDS TO BE USED?
10:44:07AM >>ERICA MOODY: ABSOLUTELY.
10:44:07AM ERICA MOODY, CRA DIRECTOR.
10:44:09AM THE CRA IS REALLY TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND THAT'S WHERE
10:44:13AM WE WANTED TO BRING IN THE COLOR SIGNAGE AND THE CREATIVE
10:44:15AM PLACE MAKING.
10:44:16AM THAT'S WHY IT HAS SOME DESIGN WITH IT AS WELL AS SPECIFIC
10:44:19AM DISTRICT BRANDING.
10:44:20AM AS YOU MOVE THROUGH, THE COLORS WILL CHANGE.
10:44:23AM IT'S REALLY A WAY FINDING EFFORT BUT ALSO A CREATIVE PLACE
10:44:26AM MAKING AND BRANDING EFFORT AS WELL.
10:44:28AM AS YOU HEARD, THE SIGNS WERE INSTALLED IN 2009, BUT THEY
10:44:31AM WERE MISPLACED, THE LOCATION, SO THAT WAS PART OF THE
10:44:34AM COMPREHENSIVE STUDY IS TO SEE WHERE THE VEHICLES WILL
10:44:37AM IDENTIFY, PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS AND MORE OF A HOLISTIC
10:44:40AM APPROACH TO A WAY FINDING DOWNTOWN.
10:44:43AM AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT INNOVATIVE WITH THE COLORS AND
10:44:46AM DIFFERENT GRAPHICS AND DESIGNS.
10:44:51AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
10:44:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL BE HONEST, I MEAN, I HAVE NO PREFERENCE
10:44:56AM BETWEEN.
10:44:56AM MAY I SEE TWO AGAIN, IF I MAY?
10:44:58AM IF WE'RE TAKING A VOTE.
10:45:02AM YEAH -- MAY I SEE ONE, IF I MAY?
10:45:06AM THANKS.
10:45:10AM YOU KNOW WHAT, PART OF ME SAYS I'M DOWN FOR WHATEVER ON
10:45:14AM THIS.
10:45:15AM IF I HAD TO GO, I WOULD GO WITH ONE.
10:45:17AM I THINK THAT THREE IS A LITTLE OUT THERE, AND ONE SEEMS THE
10:45:21AM MOST TRADITIONALIST.
10:45:23AM BUT, AGAIN, I HAVE NO STRONG PREFERENCE ON THIS.
10:45:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IN CLOSING REMARKS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I
10:45:31AM LIKE THE ARCH OF ONE WHICH I THINK KIND OF REPRESENTS
10:45:35AM DOWNTOWN AND YBOR CITY AND OUR CITY, AND ALSO THE STARS
10:45:38AM SHOULD BE ELIMINATED.
10:45:40AM WE DO HAVE A SIGN -- I DON'T KNOW IF IT BELONGS TO VISIT
10:45:44AM TAMPA BAY.
10:45:44AM IT HAS LIKE THE ANCHOR.
10:45:48AM IS THAT A VISIT TAMPA BAY SIGN?
10:45:50AM MAYBE THEY SHOULD LET US USE IT OR HELP US PAY FOR IT.
10:45:54AM I DON'T KNOW.
10:45:55AM THAT DEFINITELY I HAVE IT ON MY HAT AS A PIN THEY USE.
10:46:00AM WHEN I LOOK AT THAT PIN, I KNOW THAT THAT IS TAMPA WITHOUT
10:46:04AM ANY VERBIAGE.
10:46:05AM AN ANCHOR, WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL THAT ALREADY
10:46:10AM EXISTS.
10:46:11AM MAYBE WE CAN PARTNER WITH THEM BECAUSE IT IS FOR TOURISM AS
10:46:14AM WELL, VISIT TAMPA BAY, THAT LOGO MIGHT WORK.
10:46:18AM SANTIAGO, IF YOU ARE LISTENING --
10:46:23AM [ LAUGHTER ]
10:46:23AM WELL, ANYWAY, MAYBE YOU ALL CAN STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION
10:46:26AM WITH HIM.
10:46:27AM JUST A SUGGESTION.
10:46:29AM BUT IT ALREADY EXISTS SO DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL.
10:46:33AM AND STARS ARE DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, NOT THE SYMBOL THAT
10:46:36AM REPRESENTS TAMPA.
10:46:36AM YOU MIGHT AS WELL USE SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
10:46:39AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS REPORT.
10:46:42AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:46:45AM MOVING ON, WHERE ARE WE?
10:46:51AM 10:46.
10:46:53AM NUMBER 4.
10:46:55AM JUST KEEPING THE TIME ON HOW LONG IT TAKES US TO DO EACH
10:47:03AM ONE.
10:47:03AM YEAH, I THINK WE'LL MAKE IT.
10:47:08AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU, DANIEL.
10:47:09AM TIME FOR ITEM 4.
10:47:19AM I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT ITEM 4 AND 5 BE HEARD TOGETHER
10:47:22AM SINCE THEY ARE BOTH RELATED TO THE TAMPA UNION STATION.
10:47:26AM JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE ROOM THAT ARE
10:47:29AM PART OF THE TAMPA UNION STATION PROJECT.
10:47:31AM I BELIEVE WE HAVE DIRECTOR OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
10:47:35AM RICHARD MUTTERBACK IN THE ROOM.
10:47:37AM WE HAVE THE PROJECT MANAGER OVER CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION IN
10:47:39AM THE ROOM, JEFFREY WILSON, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME
10:47:42AM REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE FACILITIES
10:47:45AM DEPARTMENT.
10:47:46AM I WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE CAN
10:47:49AM FIELD THEM WITH THE TEAM THAT'S HERE AS WELL.
10:47:52AM THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS.
10:47:55AM I'LL SPEAK TO THE FIRST ONE, THE TAMPA UNION STATION UPDATE
10:47:58AM AND JUST HIGHLIGHT WHERE THE PROJECT STARTED AND WHERE IT'S
10:48:01AM AT NOW.
10:48:02AM JANUARY 19 OF 2023, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PASSED RESOLUTION
10:48:07AM NUMBER 2023-77, WHICH WAS AN AGREEMENT FOR THE DESIGN, BUILD
10:48:13AM INITIAL SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND COLLAGE
10:48:16AM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GROUP.
10:48:17AM THE CONTRACTOR, COLLAGE, WAS SELECTED THROUGH THE CCNA
10:48:21AM COMPETITIVE PROCESS, WHICH THE RESPONSE NUMBER WAS RFQ
10:48:24AM 22-C-00038.
10:48:29AM THE RFQ OUTLINED THE WORK AND A TIME FRAME THAT IT WOULD
10:48:35AM OCCUR.
10:48:36AM ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A CRA RESOLUTION 2022-11 THAT
10:48:40AM APPROVED THE BUILDING IMPROVEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF
10:48:43AM $2.58 MILLION, WHICH IS THE CURRENT CRA COMMITMENT TO THE
10:48:47AM PROJECT.
10:48:49AM THE CONSTRUCTION WORK TO TAKE PLACE ARE TREATING THE
10:48:53AM TERMITES AND HAVING TEMPORARY OFFICE TRAILER AND RESTROOM
10:48:56AM TRAILER.
10:48:57AM THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, WINDOWS AND
10:49:00AM DOORS REPLACEMENT, INCLUDING THE STAINED GLASS DOORS,
10:49:03AM RESTROOM RENOVATION AND REPAIR, LEAD/ASBESTOS ABATEMENT.
10:49:10AM ROOF AND DECKING REPAIRS TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRAIN
10:49:12AM PLATFORM.
10:49:13AM INTERIOR PLASTER REPAIR AND PAINTING.
10:49:16AM ELECTRICAL UPDATES AND AMTRAK PORTABLE OFFICE SPACE.
10:49:20AM MORE PORTABLE RESTROOMS DURING THE RENOVATION AND PRESSURE
10:49:25AM WASHING OF THE BUILDING.
10:49:26AM THESE NEEDS WERE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ON MARCH 2nd, 2022,
10:49:31AM AND THE MEMO IN THAT APPROVAL SAID THAT THE WORK WILL BE
10:49:34AM COMPLETED LATE 2024 OR EARLY 2025.
10:49:37AM SO THE PROJECT DOES REMAIN ON THAT TARGET, BUT HAS SOME
10:49:41AM FACTORS THAT ARE INFLUENCING IT.
10:49:44AM ONE OF THEM HAS BEEN THE DESIGN-BUILD PLANS.
10:49:46AM THEY START AT ZERO AND THEY MOVE TOWARDS 100.
10:49:49AM ONCE YOU ARE AT 50, 60% OF DESIGN PLANS IS WHEN YOU CAN
10:49:52AM REALLY START GETTING SOME ACCURATE ESTIMATES.
10:49:54AM SO WHEN WE GOT TO 60% DESIGN PLANS, WE GOT A MORE ACCURATE
10:49:58AM UPDATED ESTIMATE.
10:49:59AM THAT'S WHERE WE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A FUNDING GAP.
10:50:02AM THAT FUNDING GAP IS ABOUT 1.5, A LITTLE LESS THAN, AND
10:50:06AM THAT'S WHY THE PROJECT HAS BEEN ON STOP BECAUSE THERE HAS
10:50:09AM BEEN A FUNDING GAP AND I KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR
10:50:12AM GRANTS AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO SECURE THE FUNDING.
10:50:15AM THAT'S WHY THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO REQUEST THE 1.5 THAT'S
10:50:18AM NEEDED TO CONTINUE THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION OF THIS PROJECT
10:50:22AM AND GET IT BACK ON TRACK.
10:50:23AM THEY EXPECT TO HAVE THE 90% PLAN COMPLETE BY MARCH 24, 2024,
10:50:27AM SO WE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT THAT TIME ONCE WE HAVE THE
10:50:31AM 90% DONE NEXT MONTH.
10:50:34AM MOVING TOWARD HUNDRED PERCENT DESIGN IN THE GMP FOR MAY
10:50:38AM 2024.
10:50:38AM SO WE HAVE SOME DEADLINES THERE THAT WE CAN HOLD TO.
10:50:42AM THERE ARE ATTACHMENTS IN THE MEMORANDUM THAT OUTLINE ALL OF
10:50:47AM THIS.
10:50:47AM WE MENTIONED THE FUNDING GAP AND ALSO THE OTHER FACTOR, JUST
10:50:50AM THE MATERIAL LEAD TIME.
10:50:51AM OF COURSE, THESE PROJECTS ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE WITH
10:50:55AM INFLATION.
10:50:56AM ALSO, THE LEAD TIME ON MATERIALS.
10:50:58AM SO DOORS AND WINDOWS AND JUST THE SUPPLY CHAIN.
10:51:01AM THOSE ARE FACTORS OUTSIDE OF THE CONTROL THAT WE'RE JUST
10:51:04AM WATCHING CLOSELY SO WE CAN UPDATE THE TIMELINES AS WE HAVE
10:51:08AM MORE CONCRETE DATES AROUND THAT.
10:51:10AM ADDITIONALLY, THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION AROUND THE COWORK
10:51:15AM SPACE AND THE COFFEE SHOP.
10:51:17AM FOR THE COWORK SPACE, THIS WOULD NEED SOME ADDITIONAL
10:51:20AM INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND LIKE CABLING.
10:51:24AM USED TO WORK IN I.T., BUT CAT-5 DROP-IN.
10:51:28AM THE OFFICE PLACE IS SET UP TO BE ABLE TO DROP IN AND REMOTE
10:51:33AM WORK.
10:51:33AM THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL SCOPE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO
10:51:36AM CREATE AS FAR AS THE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THE BUILDING READY
10:51:39AM FOR COWORKING SPACE.
10:51:41AM AND THEN SEPARATELY, THE COFFEE SHOP WOULD REQUIRE AN RFQ.
10:51:45AM THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER FOOD
10:51:50AM PROVIDER WHERE IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A REAL COOKING FACILITY
10:51:53AM SUCH AS HOODS AND GREASE TRAPS AND SOME OF THE MORE
10:51:56AM COMPREHENSIVE RESTAURANT ITEMS THAT YOU NEED, BUT IT WOULD
10:51:59AM BE AN RFP FOR A PORTABLE FOOD VENDOR.
10:52:02AM SO THAT IS CURRENTLY WOULD NEED TO BE SCOPED OUT AND FUNDED
10:52:06AM IN ADDITION TO THE CONSTRUCTION REPAIRS COMING FORWARD
10:52:09AM TODAY.
10:52:09AM SO THAT IS THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT.
10:52:12AM I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
10:52:14AM WE ALSO HAVE A PART 2 AROUND THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT.
10:52:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO AND THEN CARLSON.
10:52:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:52:21AM FIRST, THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED.
10:52:26AM FIRST, MAYOR GRECO AND COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA BECAUSE THIS
10:52:30AM CAME ABOUT -- THE RESTORATION BACK IN THE '90s.
10:52:34AM I BELIEVE IT WAS DURING THAT TIME THAT, YOU KNOW,
10:52:38AM RESTORATION AND RENOVATIONS WERE DOWN WHERE IT WAS REOPENED.
10:52:42AM BUT ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON FOR BEING A CHAMPION ON
10:52:46AM THIS.
10:52:46AM SOMEBODY MENTIONED EARLIER, THEY SHOWED A PHOTO OF ONE OF
10:52:49AM THE ROOMS IN THERE AND THE CURRENT STATE OF THE CEILING.
10:52:55AM WHEN I WAS INVOLVED WITH THAN AND GONE TO MEETINGS BACK IN
10:52:59AM THE DAY, THEY WOULD MEET THERE SOMETIMES.
10:53:01AM THE ROOM NEVER LOOKED LIKE THAT AND IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO.
10:53:04AM TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE BECAUSE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, THE
10:53:07AM TROPICAL CLIMATE THAT WE HAVE, THE CONSTANT MAINTENANCE ON
10:53:11AM HISTORIC BUILDINGS, THIS BUILDING NEEDS IT.
10:53:13AM I SAW THE BUILDING IN ALL ITS SPLENDOR LAST MARCH WHEN THE
10:53:19AM URBAN LEAGUE HELD THEIR GALA THERE, AND THEY DECORATED IT
10:53:25AM AND HAD A PARTY THAT WAS AMAZING.
10:53:27AM IT SHOWED THE POTENTIAL OF THE BUILDING.
10:53:29AM THE POTENTIAL IS THERE, WE KNOW, BUT LIKE ACTIVATING THAT
10:53:32AM SPACE, IT WAS AWESOME.
10:53:34AM IT WAS BLACK TIE.
10:53:35AM IT WAS TOP-NOTCH.
10:53:37AM AGAIN, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT BUILDING.
10:53:40AM IF YOU LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AREA, THERE WERE BUILDINGS
10:53:43AM ACROSS THE STREET.
10:53:44AM THERE WAS ANOTHER HOTEL THAT WAS DEMOLISHED ABOUT 10, 15
10:53:48AM YEARS AGO.
10:53:48AM IT WAS USED IN THE PUNISHER MOVIE.
10:53:50AM BUT I REMEMBER IT WAS -- IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS
10:53:53AM LIKE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT WAS THERE.
10:53:54AM I REMEMBER DRIVING UP AND DOWN NEBRASKA SEEING IT.
10:53:57AM THAT BUILDING IS GONE.
10:53:58AM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE JACKSON HOUSE.
10:53:59AM WE MENTIONED IT EARLIER AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION NEXT
10:54:01AM THURSDAY.
10:54:02AM THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET.
10:54:03AM BUT THIS TRAIN STATION IS SO SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT
10:54:08AM CAME TO TAMPA, WHETHER IT WAS WHITE OR BLACK, THERE WERE
10:54:12AM CERTAIN AREAS AND IT WAS SEGREGATED.
10:54:14AM PEOPLE AT THE JACKSON HOUSE AND PEOPLE, I BELIEVE IT WAS
10:54:16AM LIKE THE UNION HOTEL, THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS
10:54:19AM DEMOLISHED.
10:54:20AM BUT THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II,
10:54:24AM TALKING ABOUT A WORLD WAR MEMORIAL HERE THAT LEFT IN THAT
10:54:27AM STATION THAT NEVER CAME BACK OR DID COME BACK AFTER SERVING
10:54:30AM THEIR COUNTRY.
10:54:31AM THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES.
10:54:33AM BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT BUILDING, CONSIDERING IT'S ONE OF
10:54:36AM THE FEW REMAINING HISTORIC STRUCTURES, BUT ALSO WE'VE LOST
10:54:41AM SO MUCH OF THE HISTORY.
10:54:44AM WE SEE WHAT ENCORE IS LIKE AND CENTRAL PARK AND EVERYTHING.
10:54:47AM THAT'S GONE.
10:54:48AM CENTRAL AVENUE IS GONE, BUT THAT TRAIN STATION, EVERYBODY
10:54:51AM WENT THROUGH THAT TRAIN STATION.
10:54:53AM SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
10:54:54AM I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO SUPPORT FUNDING THAT WILL GO TO
10:54:57AM CONTINUED RESTORATION AND RENOVATIONS.
10:55:02AM I APPRECIATE THIS AND I WILL ALWAYS BE A CHAMPION FOR IT.
10:55:04AM THANK YOU.
10:55:04AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU.
10:55:05AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
10:55:06AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, FIRST LET ME SAY TAMPA UNION STATION
10:55:11AM IS AN IMPORTANT HISTORIC BUILDING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
10:55:14AM THERE WAS A LOT OF HISTORY CREATED THERE.
10:55:16AM BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
10:55:17AM A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKED HARD IN THE '90s TO SAVE IT,
10:55:20AM INCLUDING VOLUNTEERS.
10:55:20AM THIS IS NOT MY PROJECT AND IT'S NOT A LEGACY PROJECT FOR ME.
10:55:25AM IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M TRYING TO PUSH SO I CAN PUT TV AD AT
10:55:29AM SOME POINT.
10:55:29AM I THINK IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO THAT WE NEED TO DO THIS.
10:55:32AM THE DECISION ABOUT MOVING FORWARD SHOULD BE BASED ON DOING
10:55:37AM WHAT'S RIGHT AND NOT ON POLITICS.
10:55:40AM MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THIS IS THAT WE STARTED DISCUSSING
10:55:43AM THIS BACK IN 2020, SO FOUR YEARS AGO, AND THEN WE APPROVED
10:55:47AM THE 1.5 MILLION IN 2022.
10:55:51AM AND THEN I FOUND OUT MONTHS OR A YEAR LATER THAT NOT FROM
10:55:57AM THE CITY, BUT FROM OTHER SOURCES THAT IT WAS NOT MOVING
10:56:01AM FORWARD.
10:56:01AM I ASKED WHY, AND I FOUND OUT, AGAIN, THIRD-PARTY SOURCES
10:56:05AM THAT IT WAS NOT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE
10:56:07AM ENOUGH MONEY AND THE CITY WAS LOOKING FOR GRANTS.
10:56:10AM AND I SAID WHY DON'T WE CRA FRONT THE MONEY AND THE CITY
10:56:14AM GETS GRANTS AND THEY CAN REIMBURSE US.
10:56:17AM BUT IT WAS PUT ON HOLD FOR MONTHS WITHOUT MOVING FORWARD,
10:56:21AM EVEN THOUGH GETTING WATER DAMAGE AND TERMITE DAMAGE, BECAUSE
10:56:24AM THERE WAS NO MONEY, NOBODY EVER ASKED US TO UP THE MONEY.
10:56:27AM SO WE VOLUNTARILY INCREASED THE MONEY A YEAR AND A HALF OR
10:56:30AM SO AGO AND STILL NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
10:56:33AM SO THE REQUEST FOR 1.5 MILLION DIDN'T COME FROM THE CITY.
10:56:37AM IT CAME, AGAIN, BECAUSE THROUGH THIRD PARTIES I FOUND OUT
10:56:40AM THE CITY AGAIN, BECAUSE THE PRICE HAD GONE UP, THE CITY WAS
10:56:43AM WAITING ON GRANTS AGAIN.
10:56:45AM I UNDERSTAND THAT FROM A FISCAL POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE WE
10:56:47AM DON'T HAVE MUCH MONEY, BUT WE DO HAVE MONEY IN THE CRA AND
10:56:51AM WE ALLOCATED IT AND THE PUBLIC WANTS THIS BUILDING DONE.
10:56:54AM AGAIN, I HAVE A MOTION I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH MORRIS.
10:56:56AM I CAN MAKE IT WHEN EVERYBODY IS DONE TALKING, BUT I THINK WE
10:57:00AM NEED TO ADD THIS MONEY ON.
10:57:01AM I JUST WISH THE CITY WAS MORE FORTHCOMING IN TELLING US WHAT
10:57:05AM THEY NEEDED.
10:57:07AM WE CAN'T DELAY REPAIRING THIS BUILDING.
10:57:09AM THE COUNTY JUST PUT IN A LOT OF MONEY TO RENOVATE THE
10:57:12AM BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA AND IT'S ALREADY BEING EATEN BY TERMITES.
10:57:16AM THIS ASSET IS BEING DAMAGED.
10:57:18AM IT WILL COST US MORE AND MORE NOT BECAUSE OF INFLATION, NOT
10:57:21AM JUST BECAUSE OF INFLATION, BUT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL
10:57:25AM DAMAGE THAT'S BEING DONE.
10:57:26AM I THINK WE NEED TO GET IN AND TRIAGE THIS RIGHT AWAY.
10:57:30AM IF THE CITY DOESN'T WANT TO DO THIS, THEN TELL US, TELL THE
10:57:34AM PUBLIC IT IS NOT A PRIORITY AND WE'LL SPEND THE MONEY
10:57:36AM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
10:57:36AM BUT WHILE THIS MONEY IS TIED UP, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD
10:57:39AM BECAUSE THE COST KEEPS GOING UP.
10:57:40AM ORIGINALLY IT WAS 1.5 MILLION AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE
10:57:42AM 4 MILLION.
10:57:43AM I'M GLAD WE HAVE NEW STAFF, LIKE MR. MUTTERBACK.
10:57:46AM I'M CERTAIN HE AND OTHERS WILL MANAGE THAT PROCESS
10:57:49AM CORRECTLY.
10:57:49AM I WOULD JUST ASK THE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
10:57:52AM MOVE FORWARD.
10:57:53AM WHAT I HAD SAID BEFORE, THE REASON FOR NUMBER 5, IS IF THIS
10:57:56AM WAS -- ALL THE OTHER CITY BUILDINGS THAT WE FUNDED ARE RUN
10:58:00AM BY NONPROFITS.
10:58:01AM AND IF ANY OF THEM LIKE TAMPA THEATRE, STRAZ, WHATEVER, IF
10:58:05AM THEY HAD SO MANY DELAYS AND SO MANY COST OVERRUNS LIKE THIS,
10:58:08AM WE WOULD HAVE HAD FRONT PAGE STORIES ABOUT WHY THEY WEREN'T
10:58:13AM KEEPING THEIR PROMISES TO THE CITY.
10:58:15AM IN THIS CASE, IT IS THE CRA FUNDING THE CITY.
10:58:18AM THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO FORMALIZE OUR AGREEMENTS WITH
10:58:20AM THE CITY FROM NOW ON.
10:58:22AM MR. MASSEY IN HIS E-MAIL TO US SAID THAT ONCE A CONTRACT IS
10:58:26AM MADE, WE CANNOT HAVE CONTINGENCIES THAT CANCEL THAT
10:58:30AM CONTRACT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER KINDS OF REQUIREMENTS, LIKE WE
10:58:33AM DON'T HAVE TO FUND THE CITY UNTIL THE RFP IS SIGNED OR UNTIL
10:58:39AM THE WORK STARTS.
10:58:40AM WE ALSO COULD REQUIRE IN THE CONTRACT THAT A SEPARATE
10:58:46AM PROJECT WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD TREAT IT FOR TERMITES AND
10:58:49AM WATER DAMAGE IMMEDIATELY TO PROTECT IT.
10:58:53AM THE OTHER THING IS THAT I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT NOW WE'RE
10:58:57AM SUDDENLY HAVING DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE INCUBATOR IS GOING
10:59:00AM TO COST THE MONEY AND BE A SEPARATE RFP.
10:59:03AM WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THAT IN 2020.
10:59:05AM I KNOW YOU'RE NEW, BUT WHY IS THAT SUDDENLY A SURPRISE TO
10:59:09AM EVERYBODY WHEN THERE ARE MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT IT AND WE
10:59:11AM DISCUSS IT OPENLY HERE.
10:59:13AM AND WE PUT THE MONEY IN IN PART TO DO THAT.
10:59:16AM SO IF THE CITY HAS REQUIREMENTS ON HOW TO DO THAT, COME LET
10:59:19AM US KNOW.
10:59:19AM BUT EVERYBODY BOUGHT INTO THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD NOT ONLY BE
10:59:22AM A TRAIN STATION, BUT THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE ACTIVATED AS A
10:59:25AM COWORK SPACE TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
10:59:28AM IT IS THE MIDDLE POINT BETWEEN CHANNEL DISTRICT AND WHAT'S
10:59:31AM HAPPENING IN YBOR.
10:59:32AM IT'S AN IMPORTANT BUILDING.
10:59:34AM WE ALSO NEED TO PROTECT THE AMTRAK SERVICE THAT'S COMING UP
10:59:37AM FOR RENEWAL.
10:59:39AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO BIFURCATE THE RFP
10:59:43AM AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A COWORK SPACE WITH SOME STRUCTURAL
10:59:47AM THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
10:59:47AM THE AMTRAK WALL IS A BIG FACADE.
10:59:50AM THEY DON'T NEED THAT ENTIRE WALL.
10:59:52AM THEY DON'T EVEN NEED ALL THE OFFICE SPACE UPSTAIRS.
10:59:54AM THEIR LEASE IS RUNNING OUT I THINK IN AUGUST.
10:59:57AM >>ERICA MOODY: APRIL.
10:59:59AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE COULD GO AHEAD AND START MOVING THEIR
11:00:01AM WINDOW ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT.
11:00:03AM TAKE DOWN THE FALSE FACADE AS PART OF THE BASIC
11:00:06AM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OPENS UP THE BACK OFFICES AND UPSTAIRS
11:00:09AM AND JUST HAVE THEM LEASE WHATEVER IT IS THEY NEED.
11:00:12AM ALL OF THAT IS A STRUCTURAL THING.
11:00:14AM IF WE NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL TABLES OR WIRING AND THINGS FOR
11:00:21AM COWORK SPACE, THAT'S DIFFERENT.
11:00:22AM FIRST, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALLOW THE SPACE TO OPEN
11:00:25AM UP.
11:00:26AM IT IS NOT JUST THE MAIN AREA.
11:00:27AM IT IS THE UPSTAIRS PART, THE RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE THAT
11:00:30AM NEED TO BE OPEN.
11:00:31AM THE OTHER PART OF THE MOTION TWO, THREE YEARS AGO WAS THE
11:00:34AM STATUE.
11:00:35AM A WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL.
11:00:39AM I UNDERSTAND THAT'S BEEN ON HOLD THE WHOLE TWO YEARS.
11:00:44AM HASN'T MOVED FORWARD.
11:00:46AM IT WAS A SEPARATE MOTION.
11:00:47AM THE REASON APPARENTLY IT'S BEEN PUT ON HOLD IS BECAUSE THE
11:00:49AM CONSTRUCTION BEEN PUT ON HOLD.
11:00:53AM IF YOU BUILD A STATUE, YOU COULD PUT IT IN A WAREHOUSE AND
11:00:56AM TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN MOVE IT IN WHEN IT MAKES SENSE.
11:01:00AM IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON HOLD.
11:01:02AM IT CAN BE DONE CONCURRENTLY.
11:01:04AM WHEN EVERYBODY IS DONE COMMENTING, I HAVE A MOTION TO TRY TO
11:01:07AM MOVE THIS FORWARD AGAIN.
11:01:08AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:01:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
11:01:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
11:01:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, WHEN I READ
11:01:20AM THAT WE'RE NOT TREATING FOR TERMITES UNTIL JULY 1st AND
11:01:23AM WINDOW LEAKS AND WATER INTRUSION AND SAW THE PICTURES OF THE
11:01:26AM CONDITION OF THE CEILING THAT THIS ISN'T COMPLETED UNTIL
11:01:30AM JANUARY 1st.
11:01:31AM WHAT IN THE HECK TAKES SO LONG?
11:01:33AM IF YOUR HOUSE WAS FALLING APART, YOU WOULD EXPEDITE GETTING
11:01:37AM YOUR HOUSE TREATED FOR TERMITES.
11:01:39AM WATER IN THE ROOF, YOU WOULD GET EMERGENCY REPAIRS.
11:01:41AM HOW IN THE WORLD HAS THE CITY ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN AND
11:01:45AM WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE CITY THAT WE'VE ALLOWED TO
11:01:48AM PROPERTY TO DETERIORATE LIKE THIS?
11:01:51AM >>ERICA MOODY: THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
11:01:53AM LET ME LEAN ON THE EXPERTS.
11:01:54AM WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO TAKE THAT QUESTION?
11:01:57AM IS ADRI AVAILABLE TO SPEAK?
11:02:03AM >>ADRIANA COLINA: I AM.
11:02:04AM ADRIANA COLINA, DIRECTOR OF LOGISTICS AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.
11:02:09AM I COMPLEMENT AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
11:02:12AM BUILDING.
11:02:13AM I DO REMEMBER WALKING ON-SITE WITH COUNCILMAN CARLSON
11:02:15AM LOOKING THROUGH IT ALL.
11:02:17AM WE, THE LAND FACILITIES TEAM, IDENTIFIED THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS
11:02:20AM OF THE BUILDING AND THAT INCLUDED TERMITE TREATMENT, WINDOW
11:02:25AM RESTORATION OR REPLACEMENT, ASBESTOS, A NUMBER OF OTHER
11:02:30AM THINGS.
11:02:30AM WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
11:02:33AM WE ENTERED INTO, WE WENT THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE BID
11:02:36AM PROCESS.
11:02:37AM WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE WITH COLLAGE GROUP, AND IT HAS
11:02:41AM NEVER BEEN PUT ON HOLD.
11:02:43AM I'M SORRY THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION OUT
11:02:46AM THERE.
11:02:47AM COUNCIL APPROVED THE AGREEMENT WITH THE COLLAGE GROUP IN
11:02:50AM JANUARY OF '23.
11:02:51AM IN FEBRUARY THEY WERE ISSUED A NOTICE TO PROCEED.
11:02:54AM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM THE WHOLE TIME.
11:02:58AM THE ISSUE WITH THE TENT FOR THE TERMITES RIGHT NOW, KEEP IN
11:03:03AM MIND, WE HAVE TO WORK LOGISTICALLY WITH AMTRAK BECAUSE IT IS
11:03:08AM STILL A FUNCTIONING STATION.
11:03:09AM CSX DID SOME WORK TO THE RAILS, AND THAT KIND OF SET US BACK
11:03:15AM SOME.
11:03:16AM THEY DID SOME RAIL REPLACEMENT, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
11:03:19AM WITH AMTRAK, WORKING WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
11:03:22AM KEEP IN MIND IT IS A HISTORIC BUILDING.
11:03:24AM WE HAVE FLOWN IN WINDOW EXPERTS TO LOOK TO SEE HOW WE CAN
11:03:28AM RENOVATE IT.
11:03:30AM THERE'S SPECIALIZED WOOD AROUND THE FRAMING OF THE WINDOWS.
11:03:34AM THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPONENTS.
11:03:35AM I TELL YOU ALL OF THIS WHICH IS PROBABLY MORE DETAIL THAN
11:03:38AM YOU CARE TO HAVE BUT JUST TO ASSURE YOU A LOT OF WORK HAS
11:03:42AM BEEN TAKING PLACE.
11:03:43AM WE HAVE NOT STOPPED.
11:03:44AM WE ARE ON TRACK.
11:03:45AM WE DID SEND YOU A MEMO IN MARCH OF 2022 THAT SAID WE
11:03:50AM EXPECTED IT TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR,
11:03:53AM BEGINNING OF NEXT.
11:03:54AM AGAIN, WITH THE WORK THAT CSX DID, WE ARE A LITTLE BEHIND ON
11:03:58AM THAT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THE PROJECT COMPLETED MAY
11:04:01AM OF 2025, ASSUMING WE HAVE ALL THE FUNDS IN PLACE.
11:04:05AM THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, BUT I CAN'T ASSURE YOU ENOUGH, WE'VE
11:04:10AM BEEN COMMITTED TO THAT PROJECT, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
11:04:12AM IT.
11:04:13AM AND TO A LAY PERSON, IT MAY SEEM LIKE WE'RE TAKING LONG, BUT
11:04:16AM IT IS A HISTORIC BUILDING THAT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK, AND WE
11:04:19AM ARE WORKING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN A LITTLE AMOUNT OF
11:04:23AM TIME TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION TO AMTRAK.
11:04:26AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:04:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR YOUR MEMO, BY THE WAY.
11:04:30AM SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO EXPEDITE THE TERMITE TREATMENT?
11:04:35AM AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS LIKE THE
11:04:38AM LONG-TERM REPLACEMENT OF WINDOWS FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE
11:04:41AM BUILDING, BUT SHORT TERM MITIGATION FEATURES TO STOP WATER
11:04:47AM DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING.
11:04:48AM ARE WE DOING ANYTHING PROACTIVE ON THAT?
11:04:51AM >>ADRIANA COLINA: THE WATER IS NOT CURRENTLY INTRUDING.
11:04:54AM WE ARE OKAY RIGHT NOW.
11:04:55AM WE ARE MONITORING IT.
11:04:56AM WE HAVE THE COLLAGE TEAM ON-SITE.
11:04:58AM WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT ALL OF IT.
11:05:01AM I CAN ASSURE YOU WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT WOULD
11:05:04AM FURTHER DAMAGE, LIKE ANY KIND OF DELAYS THAT WE'RE TALKING
11:05:08AM ABOUT IS NOT CAUSING ANY FURTHER DAMAGE.
11:05:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:05:12AM >>ADRIANA COLINA: YOU'RE WELCOME.
11:05:13AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
11:05:14AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
11:05:15AM WELL, I ACTUALLY LOVE THAT BUILDING.
11:05:18AM I ACTUALLY DID ATTEND THAT URBAN LEAGUE GALA THERE.
11:05:21AM IT'S A GREAT EVENT SPACE FOR US AND HISTORICAL IN NATURE.
11:05:28AM THE TOUR THAT I WENT ON, I REMEMBER THERE WAS A
11:05:32AM CONVERSATION.
11:05:34AM THEY JUST DISCOVERED THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE A GRANT THAT
11:05:37AM THEY WERE HOPING TO GET.
11:05:39AM I KNOW THERE IS DISAPPOINTMENT IN THAT.
11:05:42AM THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS AND ATTEMPTS TO GET FUNDING.
11:05:46AM IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COURSE CORRECT AND GET THE
11:05:48AM PROJECT MOVING, THEN I CAN SUPPORT THAT.
11:05:50AM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION.
11:05:52AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
11:05:55AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, ATTORNEY
11:05:58AM MASSEY?
11:05:59AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: I WAS GOING TO GIVE A COPY OF THE MOTION TO
11:06:02AM THE CLERK.
11:06:02AM QUICKLY, I DID WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE BOARD'S AND THE
11:06:07AM PUBLIC'S EDUCATION, THERE IS AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE BETWEEN
11:06:09AM THE CITY AND THE CRA FOR THIS.
11:06:12AM A REMINDER TO CITY STAFF AND I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO
11:06:16AM HAVE THE CRA SECRETARY AND CRA STAFF TO MONITOR THIS, BUT
11:06:21AM THE AGREEMENT DOES REQUIRE THAT THE CITY PROVIDE QUARTERLY
11:06:24AM UPDATES.
11:06:24AM SO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ABOUT THAT.
11:06:27AM I THINK FUNDING DEFICIT AND ISSUES WOULD HAVE COME TO THE
11:06:31AM FORE EARLIER, SO WE NEED TO START MAKING SURE IT IS A
11:06:35AM REGULAR PART OF WHAT WE DO HERE AND IT'S ON THE CALENDAR.
11:06:38AM THE AGREEMENT ALSO DOES PROVIDE THAT IF GRANTS ARE RECEIVED
11:06:42AM FOR THE RESTORATION OF TAMPA UNION STATION, THEN THE CRA
11:06:44AM GRANT WOULD BE REDUCED BY THAT AMOUNT THAT IS RECEIVED.
11:06:48AM THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY ADDRESSED IN THE CONTRACT.
11:06:50AM I THINK WHAT THE MOTION IS GOING TO PROPOSE IS AN AMENDMENT
11:06:53AM TO THAT THAT WOULD PROVIDE TO ADDITIONAL 1.5 MILLION BUT
11:06:56AM ONLY EFFECTIVE UPON THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT COMING
11:06:59AM TO CITY COUNCIL, BEING APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
11:07:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON, MAKE YOUR MOTION.
11:07:04AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU TO MR. MASSEY AND MS. COLINA.
11:07:07AM THE FRIENDS OF TAMPA UNION STATION WHICH SAVED IT BACK IN
11:07:11AM THE MID '90s, THEY HAVE HAD MANY MEETINGS WITH STAFF
11:07:16AM RECENTLY, AND THEY TELL ME THEY ARE VERY COMFORTABLE THAT
11:07:20AM STAFF IS COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT.
11:07:21AM WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S
11:07:25AM COMMITMENT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD NOW.
11:07:26AM I MOVE THAT THE CURRENT GRANT FUNDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND
11:07:30AM CRA BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1.5 MILLION
11:07:33AM FROM THE DOWNTOWN CRA OVER THE 2.58 MILLION ALREADY
11:07:39AM COMMITTED FOR THE RESTORATION, REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF
11:07:42AM TAMPA UNION STATION WITH SUCH AN AMENDMENT BECOMING
11:07:45AM EFFECTIVE UPON CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT FOR
11:07:48AM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THAT WORK BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
11:07:51AM SELECTED DESIGN-BUILD FIRM.
11:07:53AM I REQUEST THAT THIS AMENDMENT BE PRESENTED TO THE CRA BOARD
11:07:56AM FOR APPROVAL AT THE NEXT CRA REGULAR MEETING ON MARCH
11:07:59AM 21st, 2024.
11:08:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:08:03AM SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:08:04AM ANY DISCUSSION?
11:08:05AM BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:08:07AM >>LUIS VIERA: YEAH, AND I'LL, AGAIN, SUPPORT.
11:08:10AM I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL.
11:08:11AM SOMETHING I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WHEN COUNCILMAN CARLSON
11:08:15AM FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP SOME TIME AGO ALSO, AS HE MENTIONED
11:08:18AM TODAY, MAKING THIS A POTENTIAL WORK SPACE FOR A LOT OF THE
11:08:21AM ATTORNEYS AND STAFF AND OTHERS WHO DO WORK AT THE GEORGE
11:08:25AM EDGECOMB COURTHOUSE NEARBY.
11:08:28AM IT'S A GREAT LINK AND WHEN GOD WILLING, THE JACKSON HOUSE
11:08:32AM GETS UP AND RESTORED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE JUST -- COULD
11:08:36AM MAKE A REAL IMPACT.
11:08:37AM ALSO, I DO WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS BECAUSE I'VE ALSO
11:08:40AM COMMENTED ON PAST DOWNTOWN CRA INVESTMENTS, BECAUSE WE'RE
11:08:46AM TALKING ABOUT CAPPING THE DOWNTOWN CRA, AND WHENEVER YOU
11:08:49AM SPEND FUNDS, WHETHER IT'S ON SOMETHING, AND EVERYTHING WE
11:08:52AM SPENT FUNDS ON IS MARVELOUS, ET CETERA.
11:08:54AM YOU ALSO WANT TO APPLY THAT LEVEL OF SCRUTINY, WHICH IS, IS
11:08:57AM THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD, IF WE GOT THE VOTES TO CAP
11:09:01AM THE DOWNTOWN CRA, IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD SPEND
11:09:04AM FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET AS OPPOSED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE
11:09:08AM CITY, THIS TO ME CLEARLY IS.
11:09:10AM I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG-VISION PROJECT.
11:09:13AM I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.
11:09:14AM SO I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS.
11:09:16AM AND I CAN'T WAIT TO COME FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING WHEN WE SEE
11:09:20AM -- OR WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO CALL IT -- WHENEVER WE SEE
11:09:23AM THE FINISHED PROJECT BECAUSE THIS IS HISTORICAL RESTORATION
11:09:26AM AND PRESERVATION AT ITS FINEST.
11:09:28AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:09:30AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:09:31AM LIKE COLLEAGUE VIERA SAID, THIS IS MY SECOND GO-AROUND WITH
11:09:34AM THE STATION.
11:09:35AM HONOR AND PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THE GRECO ADMINISTRATION
11:09:37AM REDOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, SAME ITEMS LISTED HERE,
11:09:41AM WINDOWS, TERMITES, FALLING APART, DIFFERENT THINGS NOT
11:09:44AM WORKING.
11:09:44AM IF I ASK ANYBODY, TWO TRAINS THAT USED TO LEAVE THERE, CAN
11:09:48AM ANYONE ANSWER THAT?
11:09:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE ONE THAT HAD THE BIG SIGN.
11:09:55AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SILVER METER AND THE CHAMPION.
11:09:57AM THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WENT FROM HERE TO NEW YORK AND BACK.
11:10:00AM AND THERE WERE OTHERS.
11:10:01AM BUT THOSE WERE THE TWO MAIN ONES.
11:10:03AM I REMEMBER AS A KID JUST WATCHING THAT AND REMEMBER WHEN THE
11:10:06AM FIRST TRAIN CAME DOWN, THERE WAS A TRAIN THAT HAD OPEN, YOU
11:10:10AM COULD GO UP TO THE SECOND DECK AND HAD GLASS INSTEAD OF
11:10:13AM METAL AND YOU COULD SEE.
11:10:17AM SEE SOMETHING THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
11:10:18AM THAT WAS BACK IN 1950 SOMETHING.
11:10:20AM IT IS WHAT IT IS.
11:10:23AM I'M HONORED TO HELP AS WITH THE OTHER SIX BOARD MEMBERS HERE
11:10:27AM TO MAKE SURE THAT HISTORY IS PRESERVED IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:10:30AM ALONG WITH THE MANY MEMORIES OF ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WENT
11:10:34AM TO WAR AND SOME DIDN'T COME BACK.
11:10:36AM I'M HONORED TO DO THIS.
11:10:38AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:10:39AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION.
11:10:42AM SINCE IT'S MONEY, WE SHOULD DO -- WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT
11:10:46AM VOTE?
11:10:46AM A ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:10:48AM THANK YOU.
11:10:52AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:10:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:10:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
11:10:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:10:58AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:10:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:11:01AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
11:11:02AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:11:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:11:04AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST QUICKLY, WE ALSO MENTIONED THE AMTRAK
11:11:09AM CONTRACT AND SERVICE.
11:11:10AM IN THE AMTRAK CONTRACT, I THINK WE COULD NEGOTIATE PUTTING
11:11:14AM LESS SPACE BECAUSE THEN WE COULD USE IT FOR SOME OTHER
11:11:17AM PURPOSE AND ACTIVATE THE BUILDING.
11:11:18AM BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE AMTRAK SERVICE THAT WE HAVE
11:11:21AM WAS A HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE TO GET AND IT'S NOT GUARANTEED THAT
11:11:25AM WE'LL HAVE IT IN THE FUTURE.
11:11:27AM I THINK THE FRIENDS OF TAMPA UNION STATION AND OTHER FOLKS
11:11:31AM IN FAVOR OF RAIL TRAVEL WILL COME TO US AND ASK US TO BE
11:11:34AM SUPPORTIVE OF KEEPING THE AMTRAK SERVICE.
11:11:37AM I'M TOLD THAT WE SHOULD ALSO TALK INDIVIDUALLY TO KATHY
11:11:41AM CASTOR AND OTHER CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE SURE
11:11:44AM WE PROTECT THAT.
11:11:46AM KEEP IN MIND WITH ALL THE BUZZ OF BRIGHT LINE POTENTIALLY
11:11:50AM COMING IN, THINK ABOUT THE ADVERSE IMPACTS IT MAY HAVE ON
11:11:53AM THE AMTRAK SERVICE AND ON OUR AIRPORT.
11:11:55AM WE NEED TO KEEP ALL THIS IN CONTEXT AS WE'RE BUILDING NEW
11:12:01AM THINGS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UPKEEP AND PROTECT THE
11:12:04AM THINGS WE INVEST IN THE PAST.
11:12:07AM THANK YOU.
11:12:10AM >>ERICA MOODY: GREAT.
11:12:11AM WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITEM.
11:12:12AM I'LL INVITE THE EAST TAMPA CRA MANAGER, MR. CEDRIC McCRAY
11:12:16AM TO PRESENT ON THE NEXT TWO ITEMS.
11:12:21AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: GOOD MORNING.
11:12:21AM CEDRIC McCRAY, TAMPA CRA MANAGER HERE TO REPORT OUT ON
11:12:27AM ITEM 6 RELATED TO THE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY VETERANS
11:12:31AM MONUMENT.
11:12:31AM AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN VIERA, WE HAVE BEEN IN
11:12:35AM COMMUNICATION WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
11:12:38AM PARKS AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE AS IT RELATES TO THE CURRENT
11:12:44AM MONUMENT AND HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RESTORATION AND THESE
11:12:48AM CONVERSATIONS STARTED BACK IN DECEMBER.
11:12:50AM WE'VE HAD SOME SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS IN JANUARY.
11:12:58AM I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW THINGS AND SHOW THE CONCEPT ON THE
11:13:03AM ELMO HERE.
11:13:03AM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL CAN SEE THAT.
11:13:07AM THAT IS THE FIRST ONE.
11:13:14AM AND THIS IS THE SECOND.
11:13:22AM ULTIMATELY A RESTORATION OF THE MONUMENT.
11:13:30AM THERE IS BRICK.
11:13:31AM THERE IS MARBLE AND CEMENT ON THE TOP.
11:13:33AM THE SUGGESTION FROM THE FOLKS FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WOULD
11:13:36AM BE THAT THERE WOULD BE HAND WASH ACID CLEANING, CRACK
11:13:42AM MITIGATION, AND TO TREAT THE BRICK AND RECOAT AND GROUT
11:13:46AM REPAIR AND POSSIBLY REPLACING THE CURRENT PLAQUE THAT IS ON
11:13:51AM THE MONUMENT.
11:13:52AM THEN THERE IS ANOTHER SCHEME, AND THAT IS THE ONE THAT YOU
11:13:57AM ARE SEEING HERE THAT THE SAME THINGS WOULD APPLY, AND THERE
11:14:01AM WOULD BE A BROADER HARD SCAPE.
11:14:04AM HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARKS
11:14:05AM AND RECREATION.
11:14:07AM THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE FOOTPRINT BEING THAT THERE
11:14:10AM ARE CURRENT GRAVE SITES THERE, SO THAT MAY HAVE TO BE
11:14:13AM REDUCED TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'VE COME UP
11:14:19AM WITH THUS FAR.
11:14:20AM JUST WANTED TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS.
11:14:24AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:14:25AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRWOMAN, I APPRECIATE
11:14:28AM THAT.
11:14:28AM AND THANK YOU, SIR, FOR ALL YOUR HARD DILIGENT WORK ON THIS.
11:14:32AM THE RESTORATION OF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP.
11:14:34AM WE HAD A CLEANUP I GUESS MEMORIAL DAY LAST YEAR AND COUNTY
11:14:39AM COMMISSIONER JOSH WOSTAL AND I WERE OUT THERE CLEANING
11:14:43AM TOGETHER AND WE TALKED ABOUT GETTING THE COUNTY AND THE CITY
11:14:46AM TOGETHER TO RESTORE THIS MEMORIAL.
11:14:49AM OBVIOUSLY VERY MEANING TO COMMISSIONER WOSTAL, A U.S. NAVY
11:14:54AM VETERAN.
11:14:54AM WE MARKED LAST YEAR THE HUNDRED YEARS AFTER THE DEDICATION
11:14:58AM OF THIS.
11:14:58AM THERE WAS A WONDERFUL CEREMONY.
11:15:01AM FOLKS WERE THERE.
11:15:02AM I BELIEVE COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON WAS THERE AND HURTAK I
11:15:05AM BELIEVE WERE THERE.
11:15:07AM TONY ELLSWORTH DID THE CEREMONY AND MANY OTHER FOLKS.
11:15:11AM IT'S FUNNY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF IT, A HUNDRED
11:15:13AM YEARS AGO, IT WAS A BIG THING FOR TAMPA WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
11:15:17AM YOU HAD THE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BRANCH OF THE TAMPA CHAPTER
11:15:21AM OF THE RED CROSS, DID THE CEREMONY.
11:15:24AM YOU HAD A GENTLEMAN, REVEREND PETER JOHNSON WHO WAS THE
11:15:27AM PASTOR OF ST. PAUL AME.
11:15:31AM HOWARD McFARLAND WITH POST 5 AMERICAN LEGION WAS THERE.
11:15:35AM ARMWOOD BEATTY WAS THERE AS WELL AS EPHRAIM DAVID TAYLOR,
11:15:43AM FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICAN POET, POET LAUREATE APPOINTED BY
11:15:47AM HUEY LONG FROM LOUISIANA CAME AND SPOKE.
11:15:50AM BIG, BIG DEAL A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
11:15:53AM THAT DAY THEY WERE HONORING THE SOLDIERS WHO WERE BURIED
11:15:56AM THAT DAY, AND THAT PARTICULAR MEMORIAL WAS FOR AFRICAN
11:15:59AM AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO NEVER RETURNED FROM -- BACK THEN WORLD
11:16:04AM WAR -- NOW WE KNOW IT AS WORLD WAR I.
11:16:08AM FOR ME THE LARGER PURPOSE BEHIND THE MEMORIAL, IT REALLY
11:16:10AM PAYS TRIBUTE TO NOT JUST AFRICAN AMERICAN VALOR AND SERVICE
11:16:14AM IN UNIFORM, BUT PARTICULARLY THE TIME THAT I THINK IS
11:16:17AM SOMETHING THAT IS SO POIGNANT.
11:16:20AM AFTER WORLD WAR I, A LOT OF OUR AMERICAN HEROES WHO WERE
11:16:24AM AFRICAN AMERICAN CAME AND RETURNED HOME AND THEY EXPECTED TO
11:16:26AM BE TREATED LIKE AMERICANS BECAUSE THEY WENT AND FOUGHT FOR
11:16:29AM LIBERTY OVERSEAS.
11:16:30AM MANY FOUGHT WITH GROUPS LIKE THE 369th, HARLEM
11:16:34AM HELLFIGHTERS.
11:16:37AM AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK, YOU HAD MANY, MANY INCIDENTS OF
11:16:39AM RACIAL TERROR, WHITE SUPREMACIST RACIAL TERROR AGAINST OUR
11:16:45AM AMERICAN HEROES BECAUSE THEY DEMANDED TO BE TREATED EQUALLY.
11:16:46AM YOU HAD INDIVIDUALS WHOSE HEROISM WOULD NOT BE COUNTED
11:16:51AM PROPERLY FOR MANY YEARS.
11:16:52AM THERE WAS HENRY JOHNSON WHO WOULD BY PRESIDENT OBAMA ABOUT
11:16:57AM 90 YEARS LATER GIVEN THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
11:17:01AM HE WOULD FIGHT OFF I THINK ABOUT 30 GERMANS WITH A KNIFE AND
11:17:06AM THE BUTT OF HIS RIFLE AND HE SURVIVED.
11:17:09AM HE WOULD DIE ABOUT 12 YEARS LATER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. FROM
11:17:13AM HIS INJURIES.
11:17:14AM HE WAS NEVER PROPERLY COMPENSATED OR CARED FOR BY THE VA.
11:17:18AM VERY TRAGIC.
11:17:19AM HE'S NOW IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
11:17:21AM WORLD WAR II, MANY OF OUR HEROES WHO WOULD COME HOME AND
11:17:25AM FIGHT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE WERE A WORLD WAR II VETERAN.
11:17:29AM MANY CIVIL RIGHTS HEROES.
11:17:30AM EVANS, NORMANDY.
11:17:32AM ABERNATHY WORLD WAR II.
11:17:37AM JOSE WILLIAMS WHO WAS IN SELMA AND SURVIVED TWO LYNCHING
11:17:41AM ATTEMPTS AT HOME, GOT THE PURPLE HEART AND SURVIVED TWO
11:17:44AM EXPLOSIONS IN WORLD WAR II.
11:17:47AM GREAT AMERICAN HERO.
11:17:48AM SO MANY OTHERS.
11:17:49AM KOREA, VIETNAM, AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT UNDER
11:17:54AM JIM CROW FOR A COUNTRY THAT WOULDN'T STAND FOR THEM.
11:17:59AM CHAIRWOMAN HENDERSON, I BELIEVE YOUR FATHER WAS A KOREAN WAR
11:18:02AM VETERAN.
11:18:03AM I REMEMBER THAT.
11:18:04AM SOMETHING THAT GOES TO THE IDEA OF ASPIRATIONAL PATRIOTISM
11:18:08AM WHERE FOLKS BELIEVE IN THEIR COUNTRY AND WANT THAT COUNTRY
11:18:11AM TO LIVE UP TO ITS PROMISE AND BE AS GOOD AS THEIR SERVICE TO
11:18:15AM THAT COUNTRY.
11:18:16AM SOLDIERS FROM THE 54th REGIMEN IN THE CIVIL WAR, JUST SO
11:18:22AM MANY.
11:18:23AM THIS MEMORIAL REALLY CAPTURES THAT POINT IN TIME VERY WELL.
11:18:27AM I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS COME FORWARD.
11:18:29AM IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST GOES TO THE HEART OF OUR AMERICAN
11:18:34AM JOURNEY, AMERICAN SUCCESS FROM THE HEROES OF SOLDIERS AND
11:18:39AM TERRIBLE AMERICAN FAILURES WITH HOW WE TREATED THOSE
11:18:41AM AMERICAN SOLDIERS, TO ME AMERICAN SHAME.
11:18:44AM THIS IS GREAT NOW.
11:18:45AM HOW LONG WILL THIS PROCESS TAKE FOR THIS RESTORATION?
11:18:50AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: WE'RE HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS.
11:18:52AM WE'LL HAVE TO PULL PARKS AND REC IN TO HAVE MORE
11:18:55AM CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
11:18:59AM THE SITE.
11:19:00AM WE DO HAVE SOME FINANCIAL NUMBERS FOR WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON
11:19:05AM THE SCREEN.
11:19:07AM THE COST ESTIMATE ABOUT $15,000.
11:19:09AM SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS
11:19:13AM WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO SEE IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE
11:19:18AM FINANCIAL COST OF IT.
11:19:20AM ULTIMATELY IT WOULD BE ON THEIR TIME SCHEDULE.
11:19:22AM IT DOESN'T APPEAR IT WOULD BE AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD OF TIME TO
11:19:25AM GET IT DONE.
11:19:26AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WON'T MOTION FOR THIS TO COME BACK TO CITY
11:19:29AM COUNCIL.
11:19:29AM WE'LL ALL HAVE AN INTERNAL MOTION IN THERE MAYBE AROUND
11:19:35AM MEMORIAL DAY OR SO.
11:19:37AM BRANDON, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, IF YOU COULD PUT THAT ON THE
11:19:39AM CALENDAR IN MAY SO THAT I CAN CHECK WITH STAFF.
11:19:42AM AGAIN, I KNOW FROM THE OFFICE OF JOSH WOSTAL, WE TALKED
11:19:48AM ABOUT THAT AND THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE.
11:19:49AM I'M SURE WE CAN GET SOMETHING THERE.
11:19:51AM GOSH, I THINK THAT'S IT.
11:19:53AM LET ME ASK YOU, IN TERMS OF THE FENCE, COUNCILMAN CARLSON
11:19:57AM MENTIONED IT BEFORE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, SHOULD WE HAVE A
11:19:59AM MOTION FOR THAT TO COME BACK AS A REMINDER?
11:20:01AM OR ARE WE SET TO GO WITH THAT?
11:20:04AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: NO.
11:20:05AM I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO AS IT RELATES TO THE FENCE.
11:20:08AM >>LUIS VIERA: JUST MAKING SURE.
11:20:09AM I LIKE REMINDERS.
11:20:11AM THAT'S THE LAWYER IN ME.
11:20:12AM THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
11:20:15AM THIS IS REALLY A WONDERFUL THING THAT'S VERY MEANINGFUL.
11:20:17AM THANK YOU, GUYS.
11:20:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA?
11:20:20AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:20:21AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McCRAY.
11:20:23AM IT IS VERY EVIDENT THAT WE CARE ABOUT MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY
11:20:26AM AND THAT THE WORK IS PROGRESSING AND WE APPRECIATE STAFF FOR
11:20:33AM DOING ALL THEY CAN TO EXPEDITE.
11:20:34AM WE KNOW THINGS TAKE TIME IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
11:20:37AM THAT'S JUST A FACT.
11:20:38AM WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
11:20:40AM WE DO APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEM REMINDING US,
11:20:43AM HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE, BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS BOARD DOES
11:20:46AM CARE ABOUT MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY AND UNION STATION.
11:20:50AM THESE ARE GREAT ASSETS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
11:20:53AM LET'S MOVE ON WITH THE AGENDA.
11:20:55AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: ITEM NUMBER 6 AS IT RELATES TO THE EAST
11:20:58AM TAMPA PONDS -- I'M SORRY.
11:21:02AM 8.
11:21:02AM ITEM NUMBER 8.
11:21:04AM IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE COME BACK WITH COST ESTIMATES FOR
11:21:09AM THE POND -- THE TWO PONDS LISTED AS A PRIORITY ON NORTH
11:21:14AM 22nd STREET AND 26th.
11:21:16AM BASED ON THE RENDERINGS I SHARED BACK IN NOVEMBER WITH THE
11:21:19AM CRA BOARD AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE THEM IN YOUR PACKET, BUT I
11:21:25AM WILL PLACE THE ONES FOR NORTH 22nd ON THE ELMO.
11:21:29AM THE NUMBERS WE RECEIVED FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION
11:21:38AM DEPARTMENT I WANT TO THANK BRAD SUDER AND NIKKI COATS FOR
11:21:43AM ALL THEIR ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US COME TO THESE NUMBERS.
11:21:46AM FOR NORTH 22nd IT WAS $235,000 AS IT RELATES TO
11:21:55AM LANDSCAPING.
11:21:55AM SOME OF THE NATIVE PLANTS AND TREES THAT WOULD BE PLANTED
11:21:59AM ALONG THE EMBANKMENT, SLOPE OF THE POND.
11:22:03AM I WILL PAUSE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS RELATES TO THAT.
11:22:07AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:22:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. McCRAY.
11:22:10AM SO WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM THE ORGANIZATION HOPE IN THE BACK
11:22:13AM AND ONE GENTLEMAN DID SPEAK.
11:22:16AM AND I SPOKE TO THEM A FEW DAYS AGO.
11:22:18AM AND IN APRIL, THEY ARE HAVING THEIR BIG EVENT WHICH I LOOK
11:22:23AM FORWARD TO ATTENDING.
11:22:24AM LAST YEAR I ATTENDED THEIR EVENT AT ONE CHURCH, I BELIEVE ON
11:22:27AM EHRLICH ROAD.
11:22:30AM IT WAS A WHOLE GROUP OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES
11:22:34AM FROM ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY.
11:22:37AM A QUESTION WAS ASKED IF I WOULD COMMIT TO CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS
11:22:44AM REGARDING STORMWATER PONDS AND NATIVE TREES AND PLANTS.
11:22:52AM I SEE WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS HERE WITH 26th AND 22nd.
11:22:57AM 26th IS REALLY SPECTACULAR, BUT YOU SEE HERE IT ALSO
11:23:02AM INCLUDES NOT JUST THE PLANTING OF TREES, BUT A BOARDWALK.
11:23:07AM THE BOARDWALK IS EXPENSIVE AT $940,000.
11:23:11AM I SAW THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR 26.
11:23:15AM IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
11:23:16AM MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT NEXT TO THE ITALIAN CLUB
11:23:20AM CEMETERY.
11:23:20AM IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR COMMUNITY ASSET THAT
11:23:23AM PEOPLE CAN WALK TO.
11:23:24AM IT'S AN AREA THAT'S NEGLECTED AND FORGOTTEN, BUT IT'S GOT
11:23:28AM THAT RESIDENTIAL DENSITY.
11:23:29AM I THINK THIS WOULD HELP SERVE A LOT IN THE COMMUNITY.
11:23:34AM AND 22nd STREET WHICH MANY OF US THAT TOOK PART IN THE MLK
11:23:38AM PARADE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE WALKED RIGHT PAST THAT.
11:23:41AM THAT WAS ON THE PARADE ROUTE.
11:23:43AM I'VE BEEN TO THAT POND MANY TIMES.
11:23:45AM IT'S FENCED OFF.
11:23:46AM THERE IS A COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE
11:23:48AM RELOCATED.
11:23:49AM I BELIEVE I SAW SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
11:23:51AM CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
11:23:53AM BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE INVESTMENTS.
11:23:56AM I SEE THE CANOPY TREES, 37, UNDERSTORY TREES, DOESN'T SAY
11:24:02AM THE SPECIES BUT YOU HAVE 29.
11:24:04AM NATIVE WETLAND LANDSCAPE PLANT, 5600.
11:24:08AM I GUESS BY SQUARE FOOTAGE.
11:24:10AM ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP IN MY DISCUSSION WITH HOPE
11:24:12AM WAS, WHAT ABOUT HELP CLEANING UP THAT POND, THE WATER
11:24:16AM QUALITY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS ALGAE BLOOM OR JUST ALGAE IN
11:24:20AM GENERAL, IF IT'S CONTAMINATED, BUT I DON'T SEE HERE, AND I
11:24:25AM WANT TO KNOW IF WE CAN ADD THE NUMBERS TO CLEAN UP THE WATER
11:24:31AM QUALITY THERE AND MAKE IT LOOK PRETTIER, MAKE IT HEALTHIER.
11:24:35AM AGAIN, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT.
11:24:42AM I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
11:24:44AM I DID MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THE GROUP AND I'LL GO BACK IN
11:24:47AM APRIL AND I WANT TO TELL THE CROWD IN ATTENDANCE THAT WE
11:24:52AM HAVE THESE NUMBERS AND WE'RE GETTING THE BALL ROLLING AND
11:24:55AM IT'S NOT JUST VERBAL RESPONSE, BUT THE PROOF IS HERE.
11:25:00AM DO WE HAVE -- WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS?
11:25:03AM DO WE HAVE A START DATE WHERE WE START WITH 22nd AND
11:25:06AM 26th?
11:25:06AM WHAT ABOUT CLEANING THE WATER?
11:25:09AM INVESTING IN WATER QUALITY CLEANUP FOR THE 22nd STREET,
11:25:15AM GUIDE ME, WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
11:25:17AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS THAT
11:25:19AM WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE WITH SUSTAINABILITY, PARKS AND RECREATION
11:25:22AM AND STORMWATER.
11:25:23AM AND THOSE HAVE BEEN ONGOING.
11:25:26AM AS YOU KNOW WITH THE RESTRUCTURING OF OUR EAST TAMPA CAC, WE
11:25:29AM JUST HAD OUR FIRST MEETING LAST TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE NEW
11:25:33AM MEMBERS.
11:25:34AM I THINK THERE WERE 8 AND THEN ONE RETURNING.
11:25:37AM THEY HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO OPINE OR DISCUSS THIS.
11:25:41AM THE NUMBERS THAT I'M SHOWING NOW FOR 2.4 AND THEN ANOTHER
11:25:46AM $230,000 OR SO, THEY HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO FLESH OUT AND
11:25:52AM DISCUSS, SO I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK TO
11:25:54AM OUR EAST TAMPA CAC IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEN WE
11:25:58AM WOULD HAVE TO BUDGET IT OUT FROM THE EXISTING BUDGET WE HAVE
11:26:02AM FOR FY '24.
11:26:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WOULD YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET
11:26:06AM WITH THE CAC BEFORE APRIL?
11:26:07AM I BELIEVE IT'S APRIL 15 OR 16 THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS
11:26:10AM MEETING.
11:26:12AM YES, THE 16th.
11:26:13AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: YES, WE WILL.
11:26:14AM WE NORMALLY MEET ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.
11:26:18AM MARCH AGENDA IS GOING TO BE TIGHT.
11:26:20AM SO I THINK APRIL PROBABLY WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE CAC
11:26:24AM MEETING.
11:26:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU SAID THE FIRST --
11:26:26AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: FIRST TUESDAY.
11:26:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR APRIL.
11:26:29AM I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO GET A RESPONSE TO SEE HOW THE
11:26:33AM BOARD FELT WHERE WE GO.
11:26:34AM ON THE 16th I'M GOING TO ATTEND AND I WANT TO GIVE AN
11:26:38AM UPDATE TO THE HOPE ORGANIZATION AND THE ATTENDEES.
11:26:42AM WOULD THAT GIVE YOU TIME TO SEE ABOUT THE COST IN CLEANING
11:26:46AM UP THE WATER AT 22nd STREET?
11:26:48AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: YES.
11:26:49AM AND I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SUSTAINABILITY, WITH
11:26:52AM REMER, AS WELL AS BRAD SUDER AND PARKS AND RECREATION.
11:26:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT TO MAKE GOOD ON MY COMMITMENT AND
11:27:01AM TAKE IT FROM HERE.
11:27:02AM I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND PARKS AND REC AND
11:27:04AM EVERYBODY ELSE, I KNOW WHIT IS HERE, IF HE HAS ANYTHING HE
11:27:08AM WOULD LIKE TO ADD.
11:27:12AM >>WHIT REMER: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:27:15AM WHIT REMER.
11:27:16AM A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT ON THE WATER QUALITY OF THE PONDS.
11:27:19AM THOSE PONDS ARE ACTUALLY INTENDED TO BE WATER QUALITY
11:27:24AM FEATURES THEMSELVES.
11:27:25AM THE FACT THAT THE POOR WATER QUALITY ENTERS THOSE PONDS IS
11:27:29AM EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE INTENDED TO DO.
11:27:32AM AND THEN THE WATER IS FILTERED BEFORE IT MOVES DOWN INTO THE
11:27:35AM HILLSBOROUGH RIVER OR THE DISCHARGE BASIN.
11:27:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WITH THESE INVESTMENTS, SO LET'S SAY WE
11:27:41AM SPRUCE UP 22nd STREET.
11:27:42AM 26th STREET IS A LARGER -- I'M SORRY -- 26th AVENUE AT
11:27:47AM 26th STREET IS A LARGER INVESTMENT.
11:27:50AM AND WE PUT A BOARDWALK THERE AND WE MAKE IT INTO A COMPLETE
11:27:53AM PARK ESSENTIALLY FOR THE COMMUNITY, AS IT STANDS, AS THE
11:27:57AM WATER QUALITY STANDS, IS IT SAFE, IF I GO WITH MY TWO STEP
11:28:01AM DAUGHTERS AND HAVE A PICNIC AND WALK AROUND THERE, WE'RE
11:28:05AM NEAR THE WATER.
11:28:06AM WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IN THE WATER, BUT DOES IT PROVIDE --
11:28:10AM DOES IT AFFECT HEALTH OR IS IT SAFE TO GO OR WHAT?
11:28:13AM >>WHIT REMER: I THINK THE SHORT ANSWER IS THE STORMWATER IS
11:28:17AM PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE -- HAVE ANY ADVERSE IMPACTS TO YOUR
11:28:21AM HEALTH JUST WALKING AROUND THE BOARDWALK AND STUFF.
11:28:23AM BUT THE IDEA OF THE STORMWATER POND SERVE TWO REALLY
11:28:27AM IMPORTANT PURPOSES.
11:28:28AM NUMBER ONE BUILT IN EAST TAMPA TO REDUCE FLOODING THAT
11:28:30AM OCCURRED THAT CAUSED SOME DEATHS IN THE '60s AND '70s.
11:28:35AM NUMBER ONE THING THEY DO IS PREVENT FLOODING IN THE
11:28:37AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:28:38AM THE SECOND THING THEY DO IS PROVIDE WATER QUALITY.
11:28:41AM THEY FILTER THAT WATER BEFORE, LIKE I SAID, IT EITHER GOES
11:28:44AM INTO THE AQUIFER OR DISCHARGES INTO THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER.
11:28:47AM NO ADVERSE HEALTH IMPACTS BY TRAVELING THE BOARDWALKS OR
11:28:51AM ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
11:28:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
11:28:52AM I WILL WAIT UNTIL THE APRIL CAC MEETING AND THE TIMING I
11:28:56AM THINK IS PERFECT.
11:28:57AM HOPEFULLY WE HAVE AN ANSWER SO I CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE
11:28:59AM FOLKS ON THE 16th.
11:29:01AM AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:29:02AM >>WHIT REMER: SURE THING.
11:29:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:29:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
11:29:07AM I THINK THE 26th AVENUE IS GREAT.
11:29:09AM IT HAS ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
11:29:11AM I WAS HONESTLY DISAPPOINTED IN 22nd STREET ONLY BECAUSE IT
11:29:15AM IS A HUGE GATEWAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
11:29:19AM ADDING THE TREES IS GREAT.
11:29:20AM IF YOU COULD PUT THE COST ANALYSIS BACK UP.
11:29:25AM BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY WANT TO SEE ALONG THAT, TO
11:29:30AM JUST BRING -- AGAIN, JUST PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP AND
11:29:35AM UNDERSTANDING IS A FENCE, LIKE A NICE FENCE.
11:29:38AM THE CHAIN-LINK IS UGLY.
11:29:40AM AND IT DOESN'T -- THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD CORRIDOR THAT WE'RE
11:29:44AM TRYING WITH THE CRA TO MAKE INTO BUSINESS CORRIDORS,
11:29:48AM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
11:29:50AM IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO AROUND THE WHOLE POND, BUT CERTAINLY
11:29:55AM IN THE AREAS THAT IT IS TRAVERSED BY THE COMMUNITY, EITHER
11:30:01AM WALKING OR WITH CARS OR BIKES, AND MAYBE ADDING SOME
11:30:05AM LANDSCAPING OUTSIDE OF THAT FENCE JUST TO BEAUTIFY THE AREA.
11:30:09AM SO ABSOLUTELY TREES INSIDE, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO OUTSIDE THE
11:30:12AM AREA TO REALLY SHOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY -- THAT IT MEANS
11:30:16AM SOMETHING?
11:30:19AM >>WHIT REMER: YOUR VISION IS SHARED BY BOTH THE COMMUNITY
11:30:22AM AND STAFF.
11:30:23AM SO ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE A DESIGN TEAM THAT'S UNDER
11:30:29AM CONTRACT THROUGH A PRIVATE DONATION THAT'S GOING TO BE
11:30:32AM COMING IN TO REDO A WHOLE STREETSCAPE PLAN FOR THAT TO HELP
11:30:36AM ASSIST WITH THE CRA.
11:30:37AM SO THERE ARE ALREADY SOME RENDERINGS THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY
11:30:41AM SOME USF STUDENTS YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
11:30:43AM THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL DESIGN TEAM BASED OUT OF ORLANDO THAT
11:30:47AM HAS -- THAT IS TAKING ALL THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, ALL THE
11:30:50AM FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD AND IS ACTUALLY PRODUCING
11:30:53AM RENDERINGS WITH THE MOVED GARDEN, WITH THE NEW FENCE, WITH
11:30:57AM COMPLETE STREET FEATURES, NEW PLANTINGS, SHADE STRUCTURES.
11:31:01AM IT'S ALL PART OF OUR HEAT PILOT PROGRAM BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS
11:31:04AM IS ONE OF THE HOTTEST AREAS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:31:07AM AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE RENDERINGS AND ALL THE
11:31:09AM COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AS A BASIS FOR NEW GRANT REQUEST FOR EPA
11:31:14AM AS WELL.
11:31:15AM WE SHARE THAT VISION OF THIS BEING A REALLY IMPORTANT
11:31:19AM CORRIDOR.
11:31:20AM WE'VE ACTUALLY APPROACHED THE TAMPA FAMILY HEALTH CENTER,
11:31:23AM WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY, TO BE
11:31:26AM OUR OFFICIAL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION AND PARTNERSHIP
11:31:31AM WITH HOPE AND ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING.
11:31:34AM WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
11:31:35AM IT'S NOT JUST THE TREE PLANTINGS.
11:31:38AM THAT IS WHAT THE CRA PUT IN JUST THEIR KIND OF SPECIFIC
11:31:41AM PLANS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE MAPPED OUT YET,
11:31:44AM BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
11:31:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU ARE, THAT'S GREAT.
11:31:50AM I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE A PHONE CALL LATER TO TALK ABOUT
11:31:52AM IT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE THE ISSUE WITH IS THEY
11:31:55AM JUST CREATED A COMMUNITY GARDEN AS PART OF TAMPA HEALTH
11:31:59AM CENTERS.
11:31:59AM SO HOW DO WE CREATE SOMETHING THAT CONNECTS NICELY WITH THAT
11:32:05AM BUT ALSO MAYBE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND, MAYBE SOME MARKET
11:32:09AM SPACE.
11:32:10AM LIKE WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS WE CAN DO TO COMPLEMENT
11:32:13AM WHAT'S THERE WHILE ALSO DEVELOPING WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS
11:32:19AM ASKING FOR.
11:32:19AM I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE
11:32:22AM CONVERSATIONS THAT DIRECTOR MOODY AND I JUST HAD ON MONDAY
11:32:25AM ABOUT THIS STRETCH.
11:32:27AM I SHOULD NOT KNOW THAT WAS HAPPENING.
11:32:29AM THAT'S VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION.
11:32:31AM I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
11:32:32AM THANK YOU.
11:32:33AM >>WHIT REMER: HAPPY TO HELP.
11:32:34AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:32:35AM >>LUIS VIERA: AND I WANTED TO COMMEND COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO
11:32:41AM ON THAT BECAUSE HE WAS AT THE MEETING AND HE REALLY TOOK
11:32:44AM THIS AND RAN WITH IT.
11:32:45AM IT'S GREAT TO SEE WHEN YOU PUSH SOMETHING AND YOU'RE SEEING
11:32:48AM IT THROUGH AND THAT'S WONDERFUL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GOOD
11:32:51AM FOLKS AT HOPE WHO I SEE ARE HERE.
11:32:55AM IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE REPRESENTING
11:33:02AM THEMSELVES IN THE CAPACITY OF FAITH AND THEY ARE USING THAT
11:33:07AM REPRESENTATION IN THAT POSITION TO HELP PEOPLE.
11:33:08AM THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT RELIGION AND
11:33:11AM POLITICS.
11:33:11AM I ALWAYS SAY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH
11:33:14AM RELIGION AND POLITICS.
11:33:15AM THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH PEOPLE OF FAITH ORGANIZED TO BE
11:33:19AM INVOLVED IN POLITICS.
11:33:20AM I THINK THE TEST IS, ARE YOU USING THAT VOICE TO SPEAK OUT
11:33:22AM FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A VOICE, RIGHT?
11:33:24AM AND THIS CLEARLY DOES THAT, FOR THE MARGINALIZED, FOR THE
11:33:30AM LEAST OF THESE AND TREATING PEOPLE HOW YOU WANT TO BE
11:33:32AM TREATED, ET CETERA.
11:33:33AM CLEARLY THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
11:33:35AM I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
11:33:37AM AGAIN, IT'S BREATHING LIFE INTO THE FAITH ASPIRATIONS OF
11:33:43AM FOLKS.
11:33:43AM METHODISTS, LUTHERANS, PRESBYTERIANS, EPISCOPALIANS,
11:33:49AM DIFFERENT FAITHS THERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND I THINK
11:33:53AM THAT'S WONDERFUL.
11:33:54AM THANK YOU.
11:33:54AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
11:33:55AM ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
11:33:57AM THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. McCRAY.
11:34:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOVE THE REQUIRED APPROVALS.
11:34:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
11:34:04AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE APPROVALS,
11:34:07AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:34:08AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:34:09AM AYE.
11:34:09AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:34:10AM THE MOTION CARRIES.
11:34:11AM WELL, LOOK, WE ARE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
11:34:19AM >> THAT'S HENDERSON LEADERSHIP.
11:34:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT'S NOT ME.
11:34:21AM THAT'S JUST THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
11:34:22AM ANY NEW BUSINESS FOR TRANSPARENCY FOR CRA, ANYTHING?
11:34:28AM CARLSON, YES.
11:34:31AM >>BILL CARLSON: WE'RE IN NEW BUSINESS ALREADY.
11:34:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE ARE UNDER NEW BUSINESS.
11:34:36AM >>BILL CARLSON: FOUR, FIVE YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL AT THE
11:34:43AM TIME, BOARD AT THE TIME, APPROVED A NEW OUTSOURCING
11:34:46AM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CRA AND THE CITY.
11:34:52AM WE'RE SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITIES BUT WE CHOOSE TO HIRE OR PAY
11:34:56AM FOR THE STAFF OF THE CITY.
11:34:58AM BEFORE THAT POINT, IT WAS ALL INTERCONNECTED, AND IT WAS
11:35:02AM CONFUSING ABOUT WHO WAS PAYING FOR WHAT.
11:35:04AM WE MADE IT VERY DESCRIPTIVE AND IT WAS A CONVERSATION
11:35:10AM BETWEEN CITY STAFF, MAYOR'S OFFICE AND US TO GET THAT
11:35:14AM DOCUMENT DONE.
11:35:14AM ONE OF THE RESULTS OF IT WAS A STAND-ALONE EXECUTIVE
11:35:19AM DIRECTOR.
11:35:20AM WHAT WE FORGOT OR I FORGOT AT THE TIME WAS TO MAKE IT CLEAR
11:35:25AM THAT THE CRA PAID STAFF REPORT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
11:35:31AM WE NEED TO HAVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CRA AND THE CITY.
11:35:35AM THE CRA STAFF, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE HR
11:35:40AM GUIDELINES OF THE CITY, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE CLEAR IN A SIMPLE
11:35:44AM PARAGRAPH THAT CRA FUNDED STAFF REPORT TO THE EXECUTIVE
11:35:49AM DIRECTOR JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE
11:35:52AM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THEN WE AS A BOARD ARE RESPONSIBLE TO
11:35:54AM MAKE SURE THE CRA MONEY IS BEING SPENT CORRECTLY.
11:35:57AM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK LEGAL STAFF TO RETURN
11:36:00AM ON APRIL 11 WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE OUTSOURCING AGREEMENT
11:36:03AM BETWEEN THE CRA AND THE CITY TO ADD A PARAGRAPH THAT
11:36:06AM CLARIFIES THAT THE CRA-FUNDED STAFF REPORT TO AND ARE
11:36:09AM REVIEWED BY THE CRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHILE MEETING CRA AND
11:36:14AM CITY GUIDELINES AND PROMOTING COLLABORATION WITH CITY STAFF.
11:36:18AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:36:19AM DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION?
11:36:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL SECOND.
11:36:22AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:36:23AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:36:24AM MOTION CARRIES.
11:36:25AM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK, NOTHING.
11:36:28AM MANISCALCO?
11:36:28AM VIERA.
11:36:30AM >>LUIS VIERA: I DO HAVE A QUICK MOTION.
11:36:32AM ON APRIL 11, WE WILL BE HAVING A CRA MEETING WHERE WE ARE
11:36:37AM TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERLOCAL
11:36:39AM AGREEMENT.
11:36:40AM I KNOW A LOT OF CRA MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT, AND THIS IS
11:36:44AM NOT A MOTION THAT WOULD SUPPORT OR OBJECT TO CRA IN THE
11:36:50AM SULPHUR SPRINGS AREA.
11:36:51AM THIS IS ONE WHERE WE WOULD SIMPLY HAVE THAT AS A TOPIC TO
11:36:55AM DISCUSS THERE.
11:36:57AM IF WE'RE EVER GOING TO DO IT, IT'S DURING THAT TIME WHEN WE
11:36:59AM TALK TO THE COUNTY ABOUT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
11:37:01AM I MOTION FOR A DISCUSSION ON A POTENTIAL SULPHUR SPRINGS CRA
11:37:04AM AT THE APRIL 11 MEETING WHERE WE WILL BE DISCUSSING SEVERAL
11:37:07AM MOTIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL
11:37:10AM AGREEMENT.
11:37:10AM AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SUPPORTING IT, RIGHT?
11:37:12AM IT'S JUST PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR CONSIDERATION FOR
11:37:17AM INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
11:37:19AM ATTORNEY MASSEY, AM I OFF WITH ANYTHING HERE?
11:37:21AM GREAT.
11:37:22AM I KNOW, BY THE WAY, WE ALREADY HAVE TWO VOTES AGAINST THIS.
11:37:26AM IF YOU VOTE FOR THIS IN MY EYE, IT'S NOT A COMMITMENT TO
11:37:29AM VOTE FOR IT IN THE END JUST FOR DISCUSSION.
11:37:31AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HOW DO YOU KNOW THERE ARE TWO VOTES
11:37:34AM AGAINST THIS?
11:37:36AM >>LUIS VIERA: FROM PUBLIC STATEMENTS.
11:37:38AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY BOARD
11:37:40AM MEMBER VIERA, SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:37:43AM COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS?
11:37:45AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, I NORMALLY TRY TO SUPPORT EVERYTHING
11:37:47AM THAT MY COLLEAGUES PUT FORWARD.
11:37:51AM AS HE JUST ALLUDED TO, BOARD MEMBER VIERA KNOWS HOW I FEEL
11:37:55AM ABOUT THIS.
11:37:55AM I THINK THAT CRAs ARE FOR LAZY POLICY MAKERS.
11:37:59AM WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY MORE MONEY IN SULPHUR SPRINGS BY
11:38:02AM CREATING A CRA.
11:38:03AM WHAT A CRA DOES, WE CAN MOVE THE MONEY NOW, ESPECIALLY IF WE
11:38:07AM PUT A CAP ON THE DOWNTOWN CRA, WE CAN MOVE MONEY NOW TO THAT
11:38:11AM AREA.
11:38:12AM THE ONLY WAY A CRA GETS MONEY IS IF THERE'S DEVELOPMENT.
11:38:15AM IN PARTICULAR, MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT.
11:38:17AM THE WAY THAT THAT USUALLY HAPPENS IS THAT, LOOK AT TAMPA
11:38:21AM HEIGHTS.
11:38:22AM LOOK AT WATER STREET, IS THAT CRAs PROMISE CRA MONEY TO
11:38:28AM DEVELOPERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT SO MONEY
11:38:30AM CAN EVENTUALLY COME TO THE CRA.
11:38:32AM MY CONVERSATION IN SULPHUR SPRINGS IS THEY DON'T WANT
11:38:35AM MASSIVE HIGH-RISES, DON'T WANT MASSIVE GENTRIFICATION.
11:38:39AM I'M TOTALLY IN FAVOR OF CREATING A STRATEGY AND PLAN TO
11:38:42AM ADDRESS BLIGHT IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.
11:38:47AM I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH A CRA.
11:38:49AM MY PROBLEM WITH THIS ALSO, THOUGH, IS THAT THERE IS
11:38:53AM TREMENDOUS OPPOSITION TO CREATING A NEW CRA, AND WE COULD
11:38:57AM SIT FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IN PUBLIC COMMENT LISTENING TO
11:39:01AM THAT.
11:39:02AM THERE MAY BE A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT CUTTING BACK THE
11:39:09AM DOWNTOWN CRA ALSO, BUT ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT
11:39:14AM FOR THOSE REASONS.
11:39:14AM THANK YOU.
11:39:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S ACTUALLY -- THAT'S THE REASON HE'S
11:39:20AM ASKING TO BRING IT BACK BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE'RE TALKING
11:39:24AM ABOUT LIMITING BOTH THE DOWNTOWN AND CHANNEL.
11:39:29AM SO WE COULD JUST HAVE THE CONVERSATION ALTOGETHER.
11:39:32AM THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT AT THIS TIME.
11:39:38AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:39:38AM YEAH, I WAS GOING TO MENTION, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER
11:39:41AM HURTAK, ON THAT.
11:39:43AM THERE'S A LOT OF GIVE AND TAKE IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS.
11:39:46AM THAT'S WHY I SAY THIS.
11:39:47AM OBVIOUSLY, THE BOARD MEMBER WHO HAS SPOKEN OUT AGAINST THE
11:39:51AM CRA, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY OPPOSE IMPROVING THINGS IN
11:39:54AM SULPHUR SPRINGS, IT'S A MEANS TO THE END THING AND I RESPECT
11:39:58AM THAT.
11:39:58AM ALSO, I MAKE THIS MOTION NOW IN FEBRUARY AS OPPOSED TO MARCH
11:40:01AM SO THAT BOARD MEMBERS, MYSELF INCLUDED, CAN TALK TO PEOPLE
11:40:04AM ABOUT IT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
11:40:06AM I THINK THAT DIALOGUE AND EDUCATION, ET CETERA, I THINK IS
11:40:09AM VERY IMPORTANT IN EVERYTHING.
11:40:10AM SO THAT'S IT.
11:40:11AM THANK YOU.
11:40:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES, BOARD MEMBER CARLSON.
11:40:14AM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE OTHER SMALL THING, MR. MASSEY ALSO ASKED
11:40:17AM US TO MOVE THE EXPANSION OF THE YBOR CRA TO THAT DATE.
11:40:23AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ON APRIL 11.
11:40:25AM >>BILL CARLSON: HE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO EXPAND.
11:40:28AM ONE OF THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS WOULD BE TO CREATE A THIRD CRA
11:40:30AM IN YBOR.
11:40:31AM I'M COMPLETELY AGAINST THAT ALSO.
11:40:33AM PEOPLE IN SOUTH TAMPA WANT A CRA AND WE COULD DO A STUDY OF
11:40:39AM CERTAIN PARTS OF SOUTH TAMPA, ESPECIALLY AROUND MacDILL
11:40:42AM TO TALK ABOUT PUTTING IN A CRA.
11:40:44AM SO I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS BE BETTER STEWARDS OF HOW
11:40:47AM WE SPEND THE MONEY AND ALLOCATE AROUND THE CITY INSTEAD OF
11:40:51AM TRAPPING MONEY.
11:40:52AM AND WE COULD EVEN CREATE VIRTUAL CRAs.
11:40:54AM EVEN IN YBOR CITY, I'M AGAINST CREATING ONE.
11:40:58AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU WANT TO MAKE MORE COMMENT ON THAT AS
11:41:00AM WELL?
11:41:00AM MEMBER HURTAK.
11:41:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
11:41:03AM IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT DAY TO REALLY FOCUS
11:41:07AM ON A WORKSHOP OF CRAs AND WHAT WE WANT THE EXPECTATION TO
11:41:14AM BE.
11:41:17AM I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THAT NO ONE ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO APRIL
11:41:22AM 11.
11:41:23AM IN FACT, A COUPLE OF THESE, THINGS THAT ARE ON THE APRIL 11,
11:41:28AM IF EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT IT, IF WE COULD MOVE SOME
11:41:32AM OF THOSE.
11:41:37AM MAYBE EVEN TO MARCH.
11:41:39AM I DON'T KNOW.
11:41:41AM I WOULD ASK DIRECTOR MOODY TO SPEAK ON THAT.
11:41:44AM BECAUSE I WANT THIS TO HAVE AS MUCH CONVERSATION AND SPACE
11:41:51AM THAT WE CAN TO TALK ABOUT IT.
11:41:54AM >>ERICA MOODY: ABSOLUTELY.
11:41:56AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:41:57AM >>LUIS VIERA: AFTER THIS MOTION IS FINISHED, I CAN MOVE MY
11:42:00AM DISABILITY PARK IMPROVEMENTS ONE TO THE NEXT MONTH OR JUNE,
11:42:05AM WHATEVER.
11:42:05AM I'LL DO THAT AFTER, IF I MAY.
11:42:09AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: OKAY.
11:42:10AM WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY BOARD MEMBER VIERA.
11:42:12AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:42:14AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:42:15AM AYE.
11:42:16AM OPPOSED?
11:42:18AM >>BILL CARLSON: NAY.
11:42:20AM >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I, CHAIRWOMAN?
11:42:22AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
11:42:23AM >>LUIS VIERA: I BELIEVE I ALSO DID THE KING'S LEARNING IN
11:42:27AM EAST TAMPA.
11:42:27AM I MOTION THAT THE ITEMS ON DISABILITY PARK AND KIDS KING
11:42:31AM LEARNING BE MOVED TO THE MAY CRA.
11:42:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SECOND.
11:42:35AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:42:36AM AYE.
11:42:37AM MOTION CARRIES.
11:42:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:42:40AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO, NOT YET.
11:42:41AM IT'S COMMENTS.
11:42:46AM RECOGNIZE ME.
11:42:47AM I WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE INTERIM ROLES FOR
11:42:55AM THROWER AND McCRAY FOR WEST TAMPA AND DREW PARK.
11:42:58AM ARE THEY COMPENSATED FOR THIS ADDITIONAL ROLE?
11:43:01AM >>ERICA MOODY: ABSOLUTELY.
11:43:02AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT IS SO GOOD.
11:43:03AM I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
11:43:05AM THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS ADDITIONAL WORK AND THEY
11:43:08AM DESERVE TO BE COMPENSATED.
11:43:10AM >>ERICA MOODY: YES, MA'AM.
11:43:11AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY AND LET ME
11:43:14AM GET THROUGH THIS WITHOUT ANY MOTION.
11:43:17AM I REALLY WOULD LIKE ON BEHALF OF THE HENDERSON FAMILY TO
11:43:20AM THANK EVERYONE UP HERE ON CITY COUNCIL, OUR LEGISLATIVE
11:43:24AM AIDES, THE MAYOR, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, THE TAMPA POLICE
11:43:28AM DEPARTMENT, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, PARKS AND
11:43:30AM RECREATION, SO MANY DIFFERENT STAFF AS A GROUP,
11:43:35AM INDIVIDUALLY, THE COMMUNITY, CARVER CITY FOR THE PASSING OF
11:43:44AM MY MOTHER, THE LOVE, THE SUPPORT, EVERY KIND WORD INDEED HAS
11:43:48AM BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE FROM THE MOMENT THAT I LEFT HERE
11:43:51AM OVER A MONTH AGO WHEN SHE BECAME ILL.
11:43:56AM SHE WAS AN AMAZING WOMAN.
11:43:58AM AN AMAZING MOTHER.
11:43:59AM BUT I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE JUST HOW YOU ALL
11:44:05AM JUST HAVE SHOWN UP WITH YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT.
11:44:09AM AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT I SAY THAT.
11:44:12AM OF COURSE, INDIVIDUAL THANKS IS GOING TO BE VERY
11:44:14AM CHALLENGING, BUT IT DOES EXIST IF YOU PROVIDED YOUR ADDRESS
11:44:18AM OR YOU WROTE YOUR NAME AND I CAN READ IT ON YOUR CARDS.
11:44:21AM BUT NEVERTHELESS, I THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF MY ENTIRE
11:44:27AM FAMILY.
11:44:27AM EVERY DAY IT IS JUST REALLY WHAT WE NEED ON THIS NEW
11:44:30AM JOURNEY, THIS NEW WALK WITHOUT HER.
11:44:32AM AS HER UPCOMING BIRTHDAY COMES THIS FRIDAY.
11:44:35AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
11:44:36AM I ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT INTERIM ROLES.
11:44:38AM NOW WE CAN DO THAT MOVE TO WHAT?
11:44:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:44:41AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:44:43AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:44:44AM AYE.
11:44:44AM YES, ATTORNEY MASSEY.
11:44:47AM WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE?
11:44:50AM >> [INAUDIBLE]
11:44:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DIDN'T WANT TO DO A MOTION.
11:44:56AM I WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
11:44:57AM HEY, LET'S NOT.
11:45:00AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: ATTORNEY MASSEY, ANYTHING ELSE?
11:45:02AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: NO, I HAVE NOTHING.
11:45:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
11:45:05AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
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