TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024, 9:00 A.M.
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9:02:33AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:02:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:02:40AM I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
9:02:42AM ORDER.
9:02:42AM AT THIS TIME, I YIELD TO COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN TO WELCOME
9:02:43AM TODAY'S INVOCATION.
9:02:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING. I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME A
9:02:49AM DEAR FRIEND OF MINE TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, BUT HE IS NO
9:02:51AM STRANGER TO THIS COUNCIL OR MANY HALLS OF GOVERNMENT.
9:02:57AM BISHOP TOM SCOTT WAS CALLED TO THE MINISTRY IN AUGUST 1971
9:03:03AM UNDER THE MINISTRY OF REVEREND G.H. WILLIAMS AT THE
9:03:05AM COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD IN MACON, GEORGIA.
9:03:07AM BISHOP SCOTT BECAME THE PASTOR OF THE 22nd STREET CHURCH
9:03:10AM OF GOD IN APRIL 1980 AND LED THE CHURCH IN BUILDING A NEW
9:03:14AM EDIFICE, WHICH IS NOW NAMED THE 34TH STREET CHURCH OF GOD
9:03:20AM WHERE HE HAS SERVED AS A SENIOR PASTOR FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
9:03:23AM BISHOP SCOTT HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS LOVELY WIFE, MARVA, FOR
9:03:26AM 48 YEARS.
9:03:27AM THEY HAVE TWO SONS -- TWO GREAT SONS, BY THE WAY, -- MARCUS
9:03:32AM AND MARLON, ONE DAUGHTER MARLA, TWO DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW, 12
9:03:41AM GRANDCHILDREN, AND 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
9:03:43AM MY GOODNESS, THAT IS A FAMILY SUNDAY DINNER.
9:03:46AM I WANT TO WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
9:03:51AM MY DEAR FRIEND AND A FRIEND OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
9:03:55AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND EVERYTHING GOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY,
9:03:58AM BISHOP THOMAS SCOTT.
9:04:00AM >> [MICROPHONE NOT ON] -- AND TO MY COUNCILWOMAN.
9:04:12AM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING
9:04:14AM HERE TODAY.
9:04:15AM AS WE INVOKE THE PRESENCE OF GOD, LET ME JUST SAY YOU HAVE
9:04:20AM AN AWESOME TASK AND ASSIGNMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED
9:04:24AM WITH, NOT ONLY BY THE PEOPLE, BUT BY GOD.
9:04:26AM SO YOU HAVE A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.
9:04:30AM I HAVE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE.
9:04:32AM I KNOW THE ROLE YOU HAVE AND ALL THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS YOU
9:04:34AM HAVE TO MAKE.
9:04:35AM I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY PRAYERS.
9:04:37AM WE ARE REMINDED OF WHAT YOUR WORD SAYS, WHAT DOES THOU
9:04:41AM REQUIRE OF THE OLD MAN BUT TO DO JUSTLY, LOVE MERCY, AND TO
9:04:48AM WALK HUMBLY BEFORE OUR GOD.
9:04:50AM TODAY WE PAUSE TO THANK YOU FOR THE BOUNTIFULNESS OF YOUR
9:04:53AM GRACE AND YOUR MERCY UPON US.
9:04:55AM A NEW DAY THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
9:04:58AM YET YOU HAVE GIVEN US NEW OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
9:05:01AM IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR WORLD.
9:05:05AM PRAY TODAY FOR OUR NATION AND THOSE THAT GOVERN, THAT YOU
9:05:10AM GIVE THEM WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY MAKE GOOD, SOUND
9:05:14AM DECISIONS FOR OUR NATION.
9:05:15AM WE PRAY NOW FOR OUR TROOPS AROUND THE WORLD, THAT THEY
9:05:21AM PROTECT DEMOCRACY IN THIS NATION.
9:05:23AM WE PRAY FOR OUR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS AND THOSE WHO PROTECT
9:05:28AM US HERE LOCALLY THAT YOU GUARD THEIR LIFE AND PROTECT THEM.
9:05:32AM NOW WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR.
9:05:34AM WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL WHO MADE DIFFICULT AND
9:05:38AM SOUND DECISIONS.
9:05:39AM I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM, GIVE THEM KNOWLEDGE.
9:05:42AM WE PRAY THAT THEY WOULD BE A COUNCIL OF CIVILITY, A COUNCIL
9:05:47AM WHO WORKS TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS CITY BETTER FOR
9:05:50AM ALL THE CITIZENS.
9:05:52AM I PRAY TODAY THAT TAMPA WILL BE NOT JUST ORDINARY CITY, BUT
9:05:56AM A GREAT CITY BECAUSE OF THOSE WHO REPRESENT US.
9:06:00AM I PRAY NOW FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CITY.
9:06:03AM I PRAY NOW THAT YOU BLESS OUR CITY AND THE PROSPERITY OF OUR
9:06:07AM CITY AND ULTIMATELY THAT YOUR NAME WILL BE GLORIFIED IN ALL
9:06:11AM THAT WE DO.
9:06:11AM IT IS IN YOUR NAME I PRAY, AMEN.
9:06:16AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:06:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:06:34AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:06:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:06:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:06:38AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:06:39AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:06:40AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:06:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:06:43AM >>THE CLERK: YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:06:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:06:46AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:06:46AM I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH -- CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE
9:06:50AM MINUTES FROM APRIL 4, 2024 AND APRIL 11, 2024?
9:06:53AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:06:54AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:06:56AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:06:56AM AYE.
9:06:57AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:06:57AM ALL RIGHT.
9:06:59AM I'LL GO THROUGH THE AGENDA FOR SOME APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
9:07:03AM AND THE ADDENDUM.
9:07:05AM AT THE BEGINNING, BEFORE CEREMONIAL, I'LL BRING UP A NEW ADA
9:07:11AM SPECIAL NEEDS INTERN FROM MacDONALD TRAINING CENTER.
9:07:15AM WE'LL GET THAT ONCE WE APPROVE THE AGENDA BUT THAT WILL BE
9:07:17AM FIRST TO INTRODUCE HER.
9:07:18AM MEMO RECEIVED FROM MR. BRAD BAIRD REQUESTING ITEM NUMBER 26
9:07:22AM BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
9:07:24AM CAN I GET A MOTION?
9:07:25AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, SECOND FROM COUNCIL
9:07:28AM MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:07:28AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:07:29AM AYE.
9:07:30AM JUST AN FYI, ITEMS 44 AND 57 ARE RELATED, BUT THEY DO NOT
9:07:35AM NEED TO BE HEARD TOGETHER.
9:07:37AM JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
9:07:38AM THEN I RECEIVED A MEMO FROM MR. TONY MULKEY REQUESTING ITEM
9:07:43AM NUMBER 87 BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST 22.
9:07:48AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:07:50AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
9:07:52AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:07:53AM AYE.
9:07:54AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:07:55AM I'LL GO THROUGH STAFF REPORTS REAL QUICK.
9:07:58AM YES, SIR.
9:07:58AM >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY FOR THE LAST MINUTE ON THIS, BUT I HAD
9:08:02AM SOME CALLS LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING ABOUT 53 AND 54.
9:08:05AM I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THEM FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION, PLEASE.
9:08:10AM THEY ARE REGARDING THE REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACCELERATOR
9:08:18AM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.
9:08:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL PULL THOSE FOR DISCUSSION AND PUT
9:08:20AM THEM UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
9:08:22AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON FOR 53 AND 54
9:08:26AM TO BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION.
9:08:27AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
9:08:29AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:08:29AM AYE.
9:08:30AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:08:31AM ALL RIGHT.
9:08:32AM I'LL GO THROUGH THE STAFF REPORTS.
9:08:34AM ADMINISTRATION UPDATE, CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TODAY?
9:08:37AM OKAY.
9:08:38AM JUST THAT.
9:08:39AM THAT YOU'LL BRING UP AT THE BEGINNING.
9:08:42AM ITEM NUMBER 68, WOULD YOU LIKE STAFF PRESENT FOR THAT?
9:08:46AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES, PLEASE.
9:08:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES ON 68.
9:08:49AM HOW ABOUT 69.
9:08:51AM >>BILL CARLSON: IT IS THE SAME THING REALLY.
9:08:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PART ONE AND TWO.
9:08:53AM WE'LL HAVE 68 AND 69 PRESENT.
9:08:56AM WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS, ITEM NUMBER 70.
9:09:00AM DO WE NEED STAFF PRESENT?
9:09:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS 70, 71, 72, 73, 74
9:09:07AM AND 75, THESE ALL GO TOGETHER.
9:09:11AM SO, YEAH.
9:09:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL HAVE STAFF PRESENT FOR 70, 71, 27,
9:09:17AM 73, 74, AND 75.
9:09:20AM ITEM NUMBER 76, IS THAT A YES FOR STAFF PRESENT?
9:09:26AM OR IS THE MEMO SUFFICIENT?
9:09:29AM ALL RIGHT.
9:09:33AM WE WILL NOT HAVE STAFF PRESENT FOR 76.
9:09:36AM WE DO HAVE A MEMO.
9:09:37AM HOW ABOUT ITEM 77?
9:09:39AM SAME.
9:09:41AM OKAY.
9:09:41AM WE WILL NOT HAVE STAFF PRESENT FOR 77.
9:09:44AM 78?
9:09:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
9:09:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL HAVE STAFF PRESENT FOR 78.
9:09:51AM HOW ABOUT 79?
9:09:55AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, THAT IS THE ONE TPD IS COMING.
9:09:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
9:09:59AM 80.
9:10:01AM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT IS A PRESENTATION.
9:10:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
9:10:03AM SO WE'LL HAVE STAFF FOR 80.
9:10:05AM 81, YES.
9:10:10AM >>BILL CARLSON: 82 YES.
9:10:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 82 YES.
9:10:12AM 83?
9:10:15AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
9:10:16AM THEY ARE PREPARED TO PRESENT.
9:10:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 84?
9:10:18AM YES.
9:10:23AM THERE'S NO STAFF REPORT TO THAT.
9:10:25AM 85, YES.
9:10:26AM YES TO 85.
9:10:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, BECAUSE THEY ARE REPORTING, BUT I DON'T
9:10:35AM THINK IT WILL BE VERY LONG.
9:10:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 86?
9:10:38AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, IF I MAY, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS
9:10:41AM HERE OR COMING FOR ITEM NUMBER 86.
9:10:45AM JUST IF WE COULD HAVE IT -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY A TIME
9:10:48AM CERTAIN, BUT SOMETIME EARLIER.
9:10:49AM RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S GOING TO BE HERE, WE COULD BE HERE UNTIL
9:10:52AM LATE.
9:10:53AM JUST SOME ACCOMMODATION.
9:10:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FIRST UNDER STAFF REPORTS?
9:10:56AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
9:10:57AM I KNOW ALSO 79 AS WELL WAS SUPPOSED TO COME UP EARLY.
9:11:02AM FIRST OR SECOND BEFORE ALL THE BIG-TICKET ITEMS, IF WE MAY.
9:11:06AM >>BILL CARLSON: SECOND.
9:11:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE WILL BRING UP 86 FIRST UNDER STAFF
9:11:12AM REPORTS.
9:11:13AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
9:11:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:11:15AM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
9:11:17AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:11:17AM AYE.
9:11:18AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:11:18AM 86 IS THE COMMISSION.
9:11:24AM ALL RIGHT.
9:11:24AM IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE?
9:11:26AM IF NOT, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND
9:11:30AM ADDENDUM.
9:11:31AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:11:33AM SECOND --
9:11:36AM >>JOHN BENNETT: I WANTED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, IF
9:11:38AM COUNCIL IS SO INCLINED.
9:11:40AM 81, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, TO MAYBE GO AFTER 75.
9:11:43AM WE'D HAVE DIRECTOR CONTINUITY ON THOSE TWO TOPICS.
9:11:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 81 AFTER 75.
9:11:48AM >>JOHN BENNETT: YEAH.
9:11:48AM THEY ARE BOTH IN STAFF REPORTS, BUT IT'S THE SAME DIRECTOR.
9:11:52AM >> SO MOVED.
9:11:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
9:11:54AM CLENDENIN.
9:11:54AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
9:11:56AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:11:56AM AYE.
9:11:57AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AND THE ADDENDUM?
9:12:00AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:12:01AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
9:12:02AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:12:03AM AYE.
9:12:03AM ALL RIGHT.
9:12:04AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:12:05AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:12:06AM CHIEF BENNETT, DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT OUR NEW INTERN?
9:12:17AM >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD MORNING.
9:12:18AM JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
9:12:20AM I WILL LET RAQUEL PANCHO, OUR ADA COORDINATOR, DO THE
9:12:25AM INTRODUCTIONS OF OUR INTERN AND McDONALD'S TRAINING
9:12:27AM CENTER.
9:12:28AM I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING OUR INTERN PROGRAM.
9:12:30AM I'M HONORED TO HAVE TWO OF THE THREE INTERNS IN MY
9:12:34AM PORTFOLIO.
9:12:34AM I REALLY JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO BRAG ABOUT RAQUEL.
9:12:38AM SHE IS A ONE-PERSON SHOW THAT DOES AMAZING THINGS, BOTH
9:12:41AM PROACTIVELY AND STRATEGICALLY WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AND
9:12:44AM OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS ADA
9:12:46AM ACCESSIBLE.
9:12:47AM SO WITH NO FURTHER ADO, RAQUEL, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT OVER?
9:12:51AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:12:51AM FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ALWAYS AND
9:12:57AM DEDICATION FOR ACCESS INCLUSION FOR PERSON WITH
9:12:59AM DISABILITIES.
9:13:00AM COUNCILMAN VIERA, YOUR INITIATIVE TO BRING THE INTERNSHIP
9:13:02AM PROGRAM TO THE CITY OF TAMPA IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
9:13:05AM SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE WORK.
9:13:08AM I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TIDI FRYE.
9:13:13AM SHE COMES FROM McDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER.
9:13:16AM I AM ECSTATIC TO HAVE HER SKILLS IN MY OFFICE.
9:13:20AM I'LL HAVE HER TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BACKGROUND.
9:13:24AM >> I CURRENTLY JUST GRADUATED THE McDONALD'S TRAINING
9:13:29AM CENTER.
9:13:30AM I HAVE CERTIFICATIONS IN MICROSOFT WORD, EXCEL, OUTLOOK,
9:13:35AM AND PowerPoint.
9:13:36AM I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH RAQUEL.
9:13:39AM >> SHE'S ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A FEW DAYS AND HAS ALREADY
9:13:43AM GOTTEN ME WELL ORGANIZED.
9:13:44AM I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER HERE.
9:13:46AM THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE INITIATIVE TO BRING A SPECIALIZED
9:13:49AM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM TO THE CITY.
9:13:51AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:13:51AM WELCOME.
9:13:53AM >>LUIS VIERA: JUST WELCOME TO YOU, MA'AM, AND YOU'RE FROM
9:13:57AM McDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER.
9:13:59AM WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL?
9:14:05AM >> HIGH SCHOOL.
9:14:06AM I WENT TO FRIENDSHIP CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
9:14:08AM IT IS A LITTLE PRIVATE SCHOOL.
9:14:09AM >>LUIS VIERA: NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
9:14:11AM I WENT TO A LITTLE PRIVATE SCHOOL AS A KID, TOO.
9:14:13AM THAT'S GREAT.
9:14:14AM MY BROTHER WORKS AT McDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER, TOO, OVER
9:14:16AM AT JAMES RANCH.
9:14:17AM SO WELCOME HERE TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL
9:14:20AM YOUR WORK AND McDONALD'S TRAINING CENTER.
9:14:23AM MY GOOD FRIEND PHYLLIS IS HERE.
9:14:25AM RAQUEL, YOU ARE ALWAYS A GODSEND TO SO MANY PEOPLE.
9:14:29AM EVERYBODY IN EVERY ORGANIZATION KNOWS YOU AND THE GREAT WORK
9:14:31AM YOU DO FROM BEST BUDDIES TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS, McDONALD'S
9:14:34AM TRAINING CENTER, JUST EVERYDAY FAMILIES AROUND HERE, THEY
9:14:40AM KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND THE WORK YOU DO.
9:14:42AM YOU ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO DO THAT WORK AND WE'RE FORTUNATE
9:14:46AM TO HAVE YOU.
9:14:47AM GOD BLESS YOU.
9:14:48AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:14:48AM I'M REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTS THE WORK.
9:14:52AM >>LUIS VIERA: WELCOME TO YOU, YOUNG LADY.
9:14:55AM GOD BLESS YOU.
9:14:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON --
9:14:57AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:15:02AM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANTED TO SAY QUICKLY, WELCOME ON
9:15:05AM BOARD THE CITY AND LET US KNOW IF WE CAN HELP YOU WITH
9:15:07AM ANYTHING.
9:15:08AM ALSO AN ADDITIONAL SHOUT-OUT TO RAQUEL.
9:15:11AM BESIDES ALL THE THINGS SHE DOES WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS, SHE
9:15:15AM SPECIFICALLY HELPS CONSTITUENTS AND SHE'S HELPED SEVERAL OF
9:15:17AM MINE.
9:15:18AM HELPING CONSTITUENTS WITH COMPLICATED ISSUES FIND ACCESS
9:15:22AM THROUGH MULTIPLE AGENCIES, LOCAL, FEDERAL, OTHER AGENCIES,
9:15:25AM TO FIND ASSISTANCE IS A VERY COMPLICATED, TIME-CONSUMING
9:15:30AM EFFORT.
9:15:30AM AND AT THE END OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS, THE CONSTITUENTS CALL
9:15:33AM ME AND THANK ME FOR THE WORK THAT RAQUEL DOES.
9:15:36AM I WANT TO THANK HER AND HER DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING THEY
9:15:38AM DO.
9:15:39AM THEY ARE REALLY TOUCHING PEOPLE'S LIVES AND HELPING THEM
9:15:42AM DIRECTLY.
9:15:43AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:15:44AM SO I WAS EXCITED TO HEAR YOU SAY YOU ARE CERTIFIED IN THREE
9:15:48AM AREAS.
9:15:48AM I TAUGHT MICROSOFT THREE OR FOUR?
9:15:51AM >> FOUR.
9:15:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE CERTIFIED, YOU
9:15:56AM CAN USE THE WORD SPECIALIST BECAUSE YOU HAVE FOUR
9:15:59AM CERTIFICATIONS.
9:16:00AM YOU CAN SAY I AM A MICROSOFT SPECIALIST BECAUSE THAT'S
9:16:03AM EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE HAVING EARNED FOUR INDUSTRY
9:16:06AM CERTIFICATIONS.
9:16:07AM CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
9:16:08AM THAT IS A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION.
9:16:10AM IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO PASS.
9:16:12AM SO I CONGRATULATE YOU ON HAVING THOSE SKILLS.
9:16:14AM >> THANK YOU.
9:16:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:16:16AM WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 1.
9:16:22AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, YOU HAVE A COMMENDATION TO PRESENT TO
9:16:25AM CHERYL SCHROEDER.
9:16:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:16:43AM REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
9:16:45AM IT IS A REAL PLEASURE TO HONOR MS. CHERYL SCHROEDER FOR HER
9:16:48AM RETIREMENT AND HER 20 YEARS OF WORK HERE IN THE WEST CENTRAL
9:16:51AM FLORIDA LABOR COUNCIL, DOING AMAZING WORK.
9:16:54AM I KNOW EVERY PERSON WHO IS HERE ON TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS A
9:16:56AM VERY STRONG SUPPORTER OF WORKING FAMILIES.
9:16:59AM WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS HERE WHO HAVE BEEN OR ARE LABOR
9:17:02AM UNION MEMBERS.
9:17:03AM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, AND
9:17:06AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK WHO HAVE BEEN OR ARE IN THE PAST.
9:17:10AM WE'RE ALWAYS VERY, VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED LABOR
9:17:12AM HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE OF THE ROLE THAT LABOR HAS
9:17:15AM PLAYED HISTORICALLY AND CONTINUES TO PLAY IN OUR UNITED
9:17:17AM STATES IN SEEKING JUSTICE.
9:17:19AM WE KNOW THAT THROUGHOUT HISTORY, AMAZING PEOPLE AND GREAT
9:17:22AM AMERICANS LIKE PEOPLE LIKE WALTER RUTH, CESAR CHAVEZ, JOHN
9:17:28AM L. LEWIS AND SO MANY OTHER GREAT AMERICANS HAVE FOUGHT SO
9:17:32AM HARD TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES.
9:17:34AM PART OF A POLITICAL TRADITION THAT WE SUPPORT WHAT I CALL
9:17:38AM THE FDR, HARRY TRUMAN, BOBBY KENNEDY, JOHN F. KENNEDY, LBJ,
9:17:44AM HUBERT HUMPHREY, TRADITION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND MAKING SURE
9:17:49AM PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD AND PLAY BY THE RULES HAVE DIGNITY AS A
9:17:52AM RESULT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT AMERICANS ARE DUE.
9:17:55AM THAT'S WHAT ORGANIZED LABOR IS ALL ABOUT.
9:17:58AM CHERYL HAS 20 YEARS IN THE WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LABOR
9:18:01AM COUNCIL.
9:18:02AM THE FIRST WOMAN TO SO LEAD THIS COUNCIL.
9:18:04AM SHE HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND WORKED WITH CITY COUNCIL TO
9:18:07AM PROMULGATE AND PUSH FOR NUMEROUS PROWORKER INITIATIVES,
9:18:11AM INCLUDING MOST RECENTLY OUR APPRENTICESHIP INITIATIVE AND
9:18:13AM MAKING SURE THAT PROJECTS ARE INCLUSIVE AND WELCOME WORKING
9:18:17AM FAMILIES.
9:18:17AM SHE BEGAN -- I DID SOME GOOD RESEARCH, YOU BEGAN AS OFFICE
9:18:22AM MANAGER WITH THE PASCO COUNTY TEACHERS UNION AND SHE ALSO
9:18:26AM ORGANIZED FOR THE UNITED AUTOWORKERS.
9:18:29AM UNFORTUNATELY HERE IN FLORIDA AND, YES, THIS IS POLITICAL,
9:18:32AM IT'S BEEN AN UPHILL BATTLE, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE FOR
9:18:35AM WORKING FAMILIES, BUT CHERYL HAS ALWAYS DONE SUCH A GREAT
9:18:38AM JOB IN SHINING A LIGHT ON THE NEEDS OF WORKING FAMILIES AND
9:18:43AM WHAT GOVERNMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS CAN DO TO BETTER SUPPORT
9:18:46AM THEM.
9:18:46AM THAT 20 YEARS OF ADVOCACY AND THE ADVOCACY THAT SHE WILL
9:18:49AM CONTINUE TO DO AND THE ADVOCACY THAT THE ORGANIZATION WILL
9:18:52AM CONTINUE TO DO THROUGH THAT GREAT IRISHMAN, JIM JUNECO,
9:18:58AM PROUD TO PRESENT YOU WITH A TAMPA CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION.
9:19:02AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:06AM >> VERY NICE.
9:19:07AM THANK YOU.
9:19:08AM I AM SO GRATEFUL AND HONORED BY THIS COMMENDATION.
9:19:11AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:19:13AM I KNOW MOST OF YOU WORKED WITH MANY OF YOU FOR MANY YEARS.
9:19:16AM I CAN REMEMBER MY DAY STARTING OUT ONE OF THE FIRST ACTIONS
9:19:19AM THAT WE DID WITH TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WAS WHEN MAYOR IORIO WAS
9:19:24AM IN OFFICE AND THEY WERE TRYING TO PRIVATIZE PARKS AND REC
9:19:28AM AND WORKING WITH ATU, OUR AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION THAT
9:19:32AM REPRESENTS THE CITY OF TAMPA, WE PUSHED BACK ON THAT.
9:19:35AM THAT WAS THE BEGINNING.
9:19:36AM EVER SINCE THEN WE HAVE COME TO COUNCIL NUMEROUS TIMES WITH
9:19:39AM NEEDS, WANTS, WISHES.
9:19:41AM FOR THE MOST PART, YOU ALL HAVE STEPPED UP.
9:19:43AM IN FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT MY JURISDICTION, WHICH WAS 12
9:19:46AM COUNTIES, MY TENURE, THIS WAS THE NEST.
9:19:51AM THIS WAS THE HUB.
9:19:53AM THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.
9:19:54AM THIS IS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH AN AGENDA THAT HELPED
9:19:57AM WORKING FAMILIES IN OUR AREA, AND YOU ALL WERE COMPLICIT AND
9:20:00AM PARTNERS IN THAT.
9:20:01AM I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HAVE ENJOYED WORKING
9:20:04AM WITH CITY COUNCIL.
9:20:06AM ALL OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A WHOLE, IT'S BEEN REALLY THE
9:20:10AM HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREER.
9:20:11AM I JUST WISH I COULD TAKE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL GOVERNMENT AND
9:20:16AM DUPLICATE IT EVERYWHERE.
9:20:17AM AS LOUIS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE IN A FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES.
9:20:22AM I JUST HOPE THAT THE FOLKS THAT COME BEHIND ME WITH JIM
9:20:25AM JUNECO AND OTHERS THEY WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT.
9:20:29AM I'M CERTAIN THE WILL AND THE MIGHT IS THERE AND WE'LL
9:20:36AM HOPEFULLY KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
9:20:37AM WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE
9:20:40AM IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
9:20:41AM YOU'VE BEEN THE LEADER.
9:20:42AM YOU'VE BEEN THE LITMUS TEST.
9:20:44AM YOU'VE BEEN THE STANDARD WE'VE ALL HELD TO AND I APPRECIATE
9:20:47AM IT.
9:20:48AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
9:20:49AM I LOVE THE COMMENDATION.
9:20:51AM THANK YOU.
9:20:53AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
9:20:57AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
9:20:59AM I'M GLAD THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING ORGANIZING, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD
9:21:05AM TO HAVE ONE SPACE WHERE YOU CAN SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WORKING.
9:21:08AM AND THEN THAT HELPED GIVE YOU THE ENERGY TO WORK IN THOSE
9:21:11AM OTHER COUNTIES.
9:21:12AM BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAS GROWN FROM THAT?
9:21:15AM I READ THE NEWS.
9:21:16AM IT SEEMS LIKE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK THERE IS A NEW REPORT OF
9:21:20AM ANOTHER ORGANIZATION UNIONIZING.
9:21:23AM THERE WAS ONE THIS MORNING.
9:21:24AM SO THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, THE ROOTS YOU'VE PUT DOWN IN
9:21:27AM THIS COMMUNITY ARE BEING FELT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS
9:21:32AM FOLKS REALIZE THAT UNIONS ARE THE WAY TO GET A STABLE JOB
9:21:39AM THAT CAN HELP FEED A FAMILY AND KEEP EVERYONE -- YOU KNOW,
9:21:43AM PROVIDE THE MONEY AND THE SUPPORT AND THE RESOURCES THAT
9:21:46AM THEY NEED.
9:21:47AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE BECAUSE YOU ARE
9:21:54AM INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT AND IT WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE OF THE
9:21:56AM ROOTS YOU HAVE HELPED LAY DOWN.
9:21:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, CARLSON,
9:22:00AM MIRANDA.
9:22:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO SECRET MY LOVE FOR ORGANIZED LABOR.
9:22:05AM BECAUSE I RECOGNIZED LONG AGO, IF IT WASN'T FOR THE WORKING
9:22:08AM MEN AND WOMEN THAT FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES, NOBODY WOULD FIGHT
9:22:12AM FOR THEM.
9:22:12AM BUSINESSES RESPONSIBILITY IN OUR CAPITALIST SOCIETY IS TO
9:22:17AM MAKE MONEY FOR THE OWNERS AND THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THOSE
9:22:20AM COMPANIES AND THAT'S IT.
9:22:21AM IT'S THE PUSH-BACK ORGANIZING WORKERS PROVIDE IS THE ONLY
9:22:29AM REASON WE HAVE WORKFORCE SAFETY.
9:22:30AM GOD DID NOT PUT IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT YOU HAVE A
9:22:34AM 40-HOUR WORKWEEK.
9:22:35AM HE DID NOT PUT IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT YOU GET A
9:22:37AM VACATION.
9:22:37AM HE DIDN'T PUT IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT YOU HAVE A SAFE
9:22:40AM WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
9:22:40AM THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY OF THE
9:22:45AM WORKING MEN AND WOMEN OF ORGANIZED LABOR.
9:22:47AM AND THERE'S NOTHING BETTER IN OUR CITY, IN OUR SOCIETY THAN
9:22:52AM FOLKS THAT WILL STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES AND NOT
9:22:56AM JUST FOR THEMSELVES.
9:22:58AM ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS OF BEING A UNION BROTHER, IT'S
9:23:01AM NOT JUST YOU.
9:23:02AM YOU ARE PART OF A BROTHER AND SISTERHOOD, THAT YOU DON'T
9:23:05AM JUST STAND UP FOR YOURSELF WHEN YOU SEE AN INJUSTICE OR A
9:23:10AM PROBLEM, YOU STAND UP FOR OTHERS.
9:23:12AM THAT'S PART OF WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE TO CITY COUNCIL.
9:23:14AM IT'S NOT ABOUT MYSELF.
9:23:15AM IT'S ABOUT FIGHTING FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND MAKING OTHER
9:23:18AM PEOPLE'S LIVES BETTER.
9:23:20AM IT WAS A LESSON THAT TAUGHT TO ME AT THE GEORGE MEANY CENTER
9:23:23AM IN MARYLAND, A GREAT CENTER.
9:23:25AM HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GOING TO MANY TIMES.
9:23:28AM CHERYL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:23:29AM IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU FOR ALL THOSE YEARS.
9:23:32AM IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF YEARS.
9:23:34AM I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED YOU WRANGLING THOSE MONKEYS IN THAT
9:23:39AM CIRCUS AND HERDING CATS AND BE ABLE TO BRING THEM TOGETHER
9:23:44AM FOR UNIFIED VOICE TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE.
9:23:47AM THANK YOU AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
9:23:48AM WELL DESERVED.
9:23:52AM >>BILL CARLSON: ADD SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TO THE
9:23:54AM WHOLE MIX OF CONGRATS AND THINGS.
9:23:57AM ACROSS THE UNIONS YOU DEAL WITH, YOU ALSO DO INTENSIVE,
9:24:00AM HIGH-QUALITY TRAINING PROGRAMS.
9:24:02AM I THINK WE'VE ALL TAKEN TOURS OF SOME OF THEM.
9:24:05AM YOU ARE TEACHING SAFETY STANDARDS, AS MY COLLEAGUE SAID, BUT
9:24:08AM ALSO TAKING PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T HAVE EARNED AS MUCH AND
9:24:11AM EARNING DOUBLE, TRIPLE ONCE THEY FINISH THE TRAINING
9:24:14AM PROGRAMS BECAUSE YOU ARE TEACHING VALUABLE SKILLS AND SAVING
9:24:17AM TAXPAYER MONEY, TOO, BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING IT WITH THE
9:24:19AM PRIVATE SECTOR INSTEAD OF RUNNING THEM THROUGH OTHER SCHOOL
9:24:23AM PROGRAMS.
9:24:23AM THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.
9:24:25AM LASTLY, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE RETIRING, WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING
9:24:27AM TO DO, I EXPECT THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO NEED TO RETURN
9:24:31AM YOUR PHONE CALLS RIGHT AWAY.
9:24:33AM >> USUALLY IF I'M REACHING OUT, IT'S BECAUSE IT IS AN SOS.
9:24:37AM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU KNOW OUR NUMBERS.
9:24:38AM IF YOU LIKE OR DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, CALL US.
9:24:41AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE
9:24:43AM PAST.
9:24:44AM WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE PRESENT AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO
9:24:46AM IN THE FUTURE.
9:24:48AM YOU'RE NOT ONE TO SIT DOWN AND SAY I'M RETIRED, NOT LEAVING
9:24:51AM THE HOUSE, NOT HELPING NO ONE.
9:24:53AM THAT'S NOT YOU.
9:24:54AM TALK ABOUT THE IORIO ADMINISTRATION.
9:24:56AM I REMEMBER SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION.
9:24:57AM WHAT CAN I SAY IN THE PEOPLE'S MIND THAT WILL RELATE TO WHAT
9:25:02AM YOU'VE DONE?
9:25:03AM THAT MEANS I COMPARE YOU TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
9:25:05AM YOU ARE TO UNIONS WHAT TAYLOR SWIFT IS TO MUSIC.
9:25:08AM >> WOW.
9:25:08AM THAT'S HIGH PRAISE.
9:25:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DURING THE ELECTION TIME, YOU HAD ALL THE
9:25:15AM REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DIFFERENT UNIONS COME TO THE
9:25:17AM SCREENING OF ALL THE CANDIDATES.
9:25:19AM IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT THEY WERE THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW
9:25:23AM HOW TO DO THINGS.
9:25:26AM LABOR, USED TO HAVE THE LABOR DAY EVENT, YOU WERE PART OF
9:25:32AM THAT.
9:25:32AM YOU WERE PART OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.
9:25:34AM I REMEMBER GOING BACK -- I'M NOT TRYING TO DATE MYSELF --
9:25:37AM >> OR ME.
9:25:38AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:25:38AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: -- YOU LOOK VERY NICE COMPARED TO ME,
9:25:41AM OKAY.
9:25:42AM YOU LOOK VERY NICE, PERIOD.
9:25:44AM >> THANK YOU.
9:25:44AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN 1954, I USED TO GO TO LOCAL 104 TO GET
9:25:49AM MY PASS TO WORK AT THE COLUMBIA RESTAURANT.
9:25:51AM AND THE IRONY OF THAT IS THAT ONCE IN A WHILE THE SECRETARY
9:25:57AM WASN'T THERE AND HIS NEPHEW WOULD GIVE OUT THE PASSES.
9:26:01AM YOU KNOW WHO THAT WAS?
9:26:02AM GOVERNOR BOB MARTINEZ.
9:26:04AM I CAN TELL YOU ALL THE STORIES ABOUT ALL THAT AND HOW IT
9:26:08AM HAPPENED AND HOW IT WAS A BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD.
9:26:10AM IT MEANS SO MUCH HELPING PEOPLE THAT MINIMUM WAGE OR GET
9:26:16AM MORE ADVANCE AND DO THE STUDIES.
9:26:18AM WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF TRAININGS,
9:26:22AM TEACHING INDIVIDUALS HOW TO BECOME ELECTRICIANS OR
9:26:24AM CARPENTERS OR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO THAT YOU ALL HAVE SET
9:26:27AM UP, IT IS AN ENORMOUS THING.
9:26:29AM I SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST,
9:26:37AM CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
9:26:38AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CONGRATULATIONS, MS. SCHROEDER, ON YOUR
9:26:43AM RETIREMENT.
9:26:44AM YOU MADE ME THINK ABOUT MY FATHER AGAIN, 40 PLUS YEARS AFTER
9:26:47AM HIS PASSING, I FOUND HIS PAYCHECK STUB, AND HE PAID A DOLLAR
9:26:51AM A WEEK IN HIS UNION DUES AND THAT MADE ME SO PROUD AS A
9:26:56AM UNION MEMBER MYSELF.
9:26:57AM I KNOW THE WORK THAT GOES INTO GETTING WHAT'S RIGHT,
9:27:03AM FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE
9:27:06AM DAY.
9:27:06AM I KNOW YOU WILL BE MISSED AND I'M SURE YOUR PHONE WILL RING
9:27:10AM WHEN THEY NEED YOU.
9:27:11AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:27:11AM ENJOY THE REST.
9:27:12AM WHEN YOU WAKE UP, YOU GET TO SAY, I GET TO DO AS I PLEASE.
9:27:16AM >> YOU'RE RIGHT.
9:27:16AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:27:17AM THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
9:27:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS.
9:27:19AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, YOU HAVE THE
9:27:30AM WATER CONSERVATION MONTH.
9:27:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HONORABLE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE
9:28:02AM COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT IS MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO BE HERE
9:28:04AM WITH ROY JONES, WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT IN
9:28:07AM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:28:08AM THIS MONTH IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU REALIZE WHAT
9:28:13AM WATER IS, YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT.
9:28:16AM YOU CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S GROWING AND CULTIVATING FOOD
9:28:21AM OR LOOKING AT SOMETHING GROWING IN YOUR OWN HOUSE, FLOWER,
9:28:24AM PLANT, TREE.
9:28:25AM IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP UP THIS CONSERVATION KNOWLEDGE
9:28:28AM ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO CONSERVE AND THE WATER ISSUES WE HAVE
9:28:33AM IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
9:28:34AM IT IS BECAUSE OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE
9:28:36AM LEADERSHIP OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT THAT WE PRESENT THIS
9:28:38AM OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE DEPARTMENT TO RORY JONES, THE HEAD OF
9:28:45AM THE WATER DEPARTMENT, BASED ON ALL THE WORK IN THE WATER
9:28:48AM DEPARTMENT BUT ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC WHO WITHOUT
9:28:53AM CONSERVATION, WOULD NOT HAVE WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
9:28:56AM WHEN WE GO THROUGH DROUGHTS, AND THIS IS A PERIOD OF MONTHS,
9:28:59AM WE HAD SOME RAIN JANUARY, FEBRUARY.
9:29:01AM NOW WE'RE INTO THE DROUGHT AREA, IT'S INCUMBENT ON ALL OF US
9:29:05AM TO SAVE WATER.
9:29:07AM THIS MEANS A LOT TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY.
9:29:10AM WATER CONSERVATION MONTH IS ENCOURAGED AND PRACTICED BUT UP
9:29:14AM TO THE CITIZENS, WE HAVE ABOUT OVER 700,000 WATER ACCOUNTS
9:29:18AM THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
9:29:20AM THAT MEANS A LOT FOR US TO SAVE WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
9:29:24AM IT'S BECAUSE OF THE GENTLEMAN TO MY RIGHT AND TO THE
9:29:27AM EMPLOYEES WHO PRODUCE THAT WATER, AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST
9:29:30AM WATER QUALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO
9:29:35AM SAY THIS.
9:29:38AM THERE'S ONLY SEVEN WATER UTILITIES IN THE WHOLE UNITED
9:29:41AM STATES OF AMERICA THAT HAVE A TRIPLE-A BOND RATING AND CITY
9:29:47AM OF TAMPA IS ONE OF THE SEVEN.
9:29:49AM CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, THE CITIZENS
9:29:52AM OF THE CITY OF TAMPA AND TO ALL THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS AND
9:29:55AM ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, MR. JONES, WE WOULD
9:29:58AM LIKE TO PRESENT YOU AND YOUR EMPLOYEES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY
9:30:01AM OF TAMPA FOR WATER CONSERVATION MONTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
9:30:03AM FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS SO WE CAN HAVE THE
9:30:06AM WATER THAT WE NEED FOR THE FUTURE FOREVER AND EVER.
9:30:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:30:19AM >> THANK YOU.
9:30:19AM THIS SEEMS WEIRD.
9:30:21AM YOU'RE GIVING ME TOO MUCH CREDIT.
9:30:23AM THESE GUYS DO THE WORK.
9:30:25AM OUR CFO DOES THE WORK.
9:30:29AM YEAH, MY NAME REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ON THIS.
9:30:32AM IT IS A TEAM EFFORT.
9:30:33AM AND THIS TEAM -- I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AS WELL.
9:30:37AM THE SUPPORT FOR THE CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND OUR ONE WATER
9:30:41AM APPROACH, OUR CUSTOMERS, RESIDENTS, THEY REALLY STEPPED UP.
9:30:47AM WHEN WE ENACTED THAT ONE DAY PER WEEK WATER RESTRICTION, THE
9:30:52AM RESIDENTS LISTENED.
9:30:53AM YOU GUYS HELPED GET THE MESSAGING OUT THERE, AND IT'S
9:30:56AM RESULTED IN 6 MILLION GALLON PER DAY SAVINGS OVER WHAT WE
9:31:00AM WERE LAST YEAR.
9:31:01AM THAT'S A HUGE SAVINGS NOT ONLY TO OUR CUSTOMER, BUT IT HAS A
9:31:07AM RIPPLING EFFECT THROUGH OUR OPERATIONS, WHETHER IT'S
9:31:10AM ELECTRICAL USE, CHEMICAL USE.
9:31:13AM JUST THE GENERAL WEAR AND TEAR ON OUR EQUIPMENT.
9:31:17AM WE'VE GOT A DEDICATED TEAM THAT I'M GETTING THE CREDIT FOR
9:31:23AM BUT THEY DESERVE IT.
9:31:25AM IT'S WHAT THEY SPECIALIZE IN.
9:31:27AM OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TEAM THAT THIS TEAM AND THEIR EFFORTS
9:31:31AM SAVED 75 MILLION GALLONS LAST YEAR THAT RESULTED IN A
9:31:36AM $600,000 SAVINGS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
9:31:40AM I NEED TO STEP ASIDE AND LET JULIA, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
9:31:44AM SPECIALIST, REALLY SPEAK TO WHAT THEY DO.
9:31:47AM MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE'LL GET THEIR NAMES ON THIS.
9:31:51AM >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME
9:31:54AM IS JULIA PALASCHAK.
9:31:57AM I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE WATER CONSERVATION TEAM
9:32:00AM SINCE 2014.
9:32:03AM CONSERVATION, MY SISTER WARNED ME, SORT OF AN OLD WORD,
9:32:07AM DOESN'T MEAN WHAT IT USED TO MEAN.
9:32:09AM DOESN'T DRIVE PEOPLE LIKE IT USED TO.
9:32:11AM BUT IN A GROWING CITY LIKE WE HAVE, DURING WATER
9:32:13AM CONSERVATION MONTH, IT IS THE PERFECT TIME TO RENEW OUR
9:32:18AM PURPOSE AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR
9:32:20AM WATER EACH DAY AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS A NECESSARY USE.
9:32:26AM AS WE DO OUR JOBS, THIS TEAM, AND AS I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW
9:32:30AM THIS TEAM, I UNDERSTAND THAT EACH DAY WHEN WE COME TO WORK
9:32:34AM WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
9:32:35AM BUT REALLY, UNDERLYING ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR
9:32:42AM CUSTOMERS EVERY DAY IS THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE LOVE.
9:32:45AM THE FLORIDA THAT WE KNOW.
9:32:47AM AND IT ALL RELIES ON HAVING WATER IN THAT ENVIRONMENT TO
9:32:53AM SUSTAIN THAT COMMUNITY, THOSE HABITATS.
9:32:56AM WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO KNOW YOUR WATER NUMBER.
9:33:00AM HOW MUCH WATER DO YOU USE EVERY DAY?
9:33:03AM IF YOU GET A BILL FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA UTILITIES, WE TELL
9:33:06AM YOU HOW MUCH WATER YOU USED.
9:33:09AM HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, AND WHEN YOU NEED
9:33:11AM HELP, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US.
9:33:14AM YOU CAN E-MAIL US AT SAVEWATER@TAMPAGOV.NET.
9:33:20AM YOU CAN VISIT US ONLINE.
9:33:21AM TAMPAGOV.NET/SAVEWATER.
9:33:25AM WE HAVE WEBINARS.
9:33:26AM WE HAVE FREE RESOURCES, AND IT IS THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS
9:33:30AM STEPPED UP TO FIND OUT WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY WATER AND HOW
9:33:34AM CAN I BE MORE EFFICIENT.
9:33:36AM SO THANK YOU ALL.
9:33:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:33:38AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:33:39AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:33:42AM >> IF I MAY, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION BRAD
9:33:45AM BAIRD WHO AT ONE TIME LED THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
9:33:48AM NOW HE HAS VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS UNDER HIM.
9:33:51AM LET ME SAY THIS BEFORE THE COUNCIL SPEAKS.
9:33:53AM WE HAVE TO CHANGE HOW WE DO THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
9:33:57AM WATER EVAPORATES AT 15 TO 20% OF THE OPEN BODY.
9:34:00AM AND THIS GOVERNMENT SHOULD LOOK AT THINGS LIKE TRYING TO
9:34:03AM SAVE THE EVAPORATION BY PUTTING FLOATING SOLAR PANELS SO
9:34:08AM THAT THE WATER IS NOT HEATED AND EVAPORATES UP AND TWO
9:34:12AM BENEFITS.
9:34:12AM A, SAVING WATER, AND B, CREATING ELECTRICITY.
9:34:15AM THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY FOR NOW.
9:34:16AM ANYONE ELSE?
9:34:21AM >>BILL CARLSON: RORY, I WANT TO ASK YOU A CLARIFYING
9:34:23AM QUESTION.
9:34:23AM YOU SAID COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WE SAVED 7 MGD, 7 MILLION
9:34:27AM GALLONS A DAY.
9:34:28AM >> 75 MILLION GALLONS.
9:34:30AM AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR, WE WERE 6 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY
9:34:33AM HIGHER THAN WE ARE TODAY.
9:34:35AM >>BILL CARLSON: SO CUTTING BACK TO ONE TIME A WEEK HAPPENED
9:34:40AM SINCE THEN.
9:34:41AM SO 7 MILLION GALLONS A DAY IS, WHAT, 8% OF THE TOTAL THAT WE
9:34:46AM USE?
9:34:48AM >> YEAH, YEAH.
9:34:49AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO REINFORCE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC.
9:34:52AM I HAVEN'T HEARD COMPLAINTS THAT PEOPLE WISH THEY COULD WATER
9:34:55AM TWICE A WEEK.
9:34:56AM BUT 8%, WE SAVE 8% OF THE ENTIRE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY PER DAY
9:35:03AM PLUS THE ENERGY AND OTHER COSTS YOU MENTIONED.
9:35:05AM >> YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.
9:35:06AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR STICKING TO
9:35:08AM IT.
9:35:09AM >> THAT HAS A CAUSE AND EFFECT LIKE I SAID ON OUR
9:35:11AM OPERATIONS.
9:35:11AM OUR C.I.P. DOLLARS, TOO.
9:35:13AM THAT'S 6 MILLION GALLONS WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO
9:35:16AM IMPLEMENT RIGHT AWAY.
9:35:17AM IT HELPS WITH OUR GROWING DEMAND, GROWING POPULATION.
9:35:21AM YES, EXACTLY.
9:35:22AM THANK YOU.
9:35:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:35:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO.
9:35:27AM CONSERVATION IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
9:35:29AM I WAS WATERING MY PLANTS OUT OF MY RAIN BARREL LAST NIGHT.
9:35:33AM JUST TRYING TO STICK WITH IT.
9:35:36AM BUT ALSO, JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT LAST SUMMER I REPLACED
9:35:41AM HALF OF MY FRONT LAWN WITH A POLLINATOR GARDEN.
9:35:44AM I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH LESS STRESSED I AM ABOUT
9:35:51AM WATERING, MAKING SURE THINGS STAYING ALIVE.
9:35:54AM SO MUCH I STARTED ON THE OTHER PART OF THE YARD.
9:35:58AM NOT ONLY AM I USING LESS WATER, I'M WORRYING ABOUT MY YARD
9:36:03AM LESS.
9:36:03AM IF YOU ARE A GARDENER, IF YOU ARE A PERSON WHO DOES THAT FOR
9:36:06AM YOUR HOUSE, IT'S A LEVEL OF STRESS I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
9:36:10AM EXISTED.
9:36:10AM TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET RID OF THAT STRESS AND USE LESS
9:36:14AM WATER.
9:36:16AM JUST A LITTLE PSA FOR FOLKS THINKING ABOUT IT.
9:36:20AM IT'S BEEN A WILD SUCCESS.
9:36:21AM EVEN AS A GARDENER I'M SHOCKED AT HOW AMAZING AND HOW EASY
9:36:25AM THE MAINTENANCE IS ON A POLLINATOR GARDEN.
9:36:30AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GOOD MORNING.
9:36:31AM I JUST LOVE YOUR-ALL PASSION IN WATER CONSERVATION.
9:36:37AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:36:39AM I HAVE A QUICK FUNNY STORY ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION.
9:36:42AM MY BROTHER IS VISITING WHEN MY MOM PASSED AWAY.
9:36:44AM HE TRIED TO TAKE A SHOWER AT MY HOUSE.
9:36:47AM IT HAS A BUTTON TO NOT RUN WATER WHEN YOU DON'T NEED IT.
9:36:50AM IT WAS A VERY SLOW DRIP.
9:36:52AM FINALLY AFTER TWO DAYS HE TOLD ME, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH
9:36:55AM YOUR WATER.
9:36:56AM IT DRIPS VERY SLOW.
9:36:57AM I SAID, OH, NO, THAT'S WATER CONSERVATION, BABY.
9:37:00AM YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT.
9:37:03AM I LOVE THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WHEN I FIRST MET YOU.
9:37:07AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:37:08AM REALLY APPRECIATE IT EVEN ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, BEING MORE
9:37:12AM CONSCIOUS OF IT, ALONG WITH EVEN THE EDUCATION WE GIVE TO
9:37:14AM OUR STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN WATER CONSERVATION WEEK.
9:37:17AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:37:18AM I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE TITLES OF EVERYONE IN YOUR
9:37:20AM DEPARTMENT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
9:37:23AM >> INTRODUCE YOURSELVES.
9:37:25AM >> RYAN SMITH, CITY OF TAMPA WATER DEPARTMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL
9:37:29AM SPECIALIST ONE.
9:37:30AM I WORK WITH THE CONSERVATION EFFICIENCY TEAM.
9:37:35AM >> HERNANDEZ.
9:37:36AM GOOD MORNING.
9:37:36AM I'M ALSO AN ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST ONE FOR THE WATER
9:37:40AM CONSERVATION OUTREACH TEAM.
9:37:42AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:37:44AM TONY.
9:37:47AM ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST ONE WITH WATER CONSERVATION TEAM.
9:37:51AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:37:52AM I'M JUSTIN WYNN.
9:37:55AM ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST ON THE CONSERVATION TEAM.
9:37:58AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:38:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS.
9:38:05AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:38:05AM NEXT UP, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MS. LORRAINE PARRINO AND TINA
9:38:33AM ANDERSON, WHO IS THE DAUGHTER OF JOE CHILLURA, IS THAT
9:38:33AM CORRECT?
9:38:34AM THEY ARE GOING TO PRESENT REGARDING ARBOR DAY.
9:38:38AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:38:39AM I'M LORRAINE PARRINO, PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA TREE ADVOCACY
9:38:44AM GROUP.
9:38:46AM HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL, THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS EACH OF US AT
9:38:49AM TTAG, CARROLL ANN BENNETT, PAMELA JACKSON HANEY, ALISON
9:38:53AM DATE, AND NANCY STEVENS, HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU AND OTHER CITY
9:38:57AM OFFICIALS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING TAMPA'S
9:39:00AM DIMINISHING TREE CANOPY.
9:39:01AM AS ONE OF TTAG'S MOST IMPORTANT GOALS IS ADVOCATE FOR THE
9:39:05AM PROTECTION OF TAMPA'S DISAPPEARING OLD GROWTH GRAND OAKS,
9:39:09AM TTAG HAS ATTENDED REZONING, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, AND VRB
9:39:10AM HEARINGS WHENEVER GRAND TREE REMOVALS ARE AT STAKE.
9:39:14AM ACCORDING TO THE 2021 TREE CANOPY AND URBAN FOREST ANALYSIS,
9:39:18AM FROM 2016 TO 2021, TAMPA LOST 4% OF ITS TREE CANOPY.
9:39:22AM SOUTH TAMPA ALONE LOST 18%.
9:39:25AM THE RED DOTS ON THIS MAP SIGNIFY THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF
9:39:29AM HOUSES IN SOUTH TAMPA THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IN THE PAST
9:39:33AM DECADE, TOGETHER WITH THE TREES WHICH SURROUNDED THEM.
9:39:35AM FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, TTAG HAS SOUGHT TO ILLUMINATE
9:39:40AM THE PUBLIC DISCOURSE BY EMPHASIZING THE PRESERVATION OF
9:39:43AM TAMPA'S TREES WHILE HIGHLIGHTING THE MANY IMPORTANT BENEFITS
9:39:46AM THAT GRAND TREES PROVIDE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING
9:39:49AM TAMPA'S NATIVE WILDLIFE WHICH DEPENDS ON GRAND TREES TO
9:39:51AM SURVIVE AND THRIVE.
9:39:52AM IN 2023, TTAG SUCCEEDED IN PRESERVING 49 TREES, INCLUDING 8
9:39:58AM OF TAMPA'S PRICELESS GRAND OAKS.
9:40:00AM SOME SAY THAT GRAND OAKS CAN NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED URBAN
9:40:04AM TREES AS THEY REQUIRE TOO MUCH SPACE.
9:40:07AM THOUGHT MUST BE GIVEN HOWEVER TO THE FACT THAT LIVE OAKS ARE
9:40:09AM THE MOST VALUABLE SPECIES OF TREES IN FLORIDA AND TO
9:40:13AM DISCOUNT THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF
9:40:16AM THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WOULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
9:40:18AM AS YOU KNOW, GRAND OAKS ARE THE WORKHORSES OF CITY AND
9:40:22AM FOREST.
9:40:22AM THEY ARE GIANT OXYGEN PUMPING STATIONS, PROVIDING MORE
9:40:25AM SHADE, MORE LEAF COVERAGE, MORE FLOOD PREVENTION AND MORE
9:40:30AM WILDLIFE HABITAT THAN ANY OTHER TREE.
9:40:32AM YET ONLY 3% OF TAMPA'S URBAN FOREST IS COMPRISED OF OAK
9:40:36AM TREES.
9:40:36AM THIS SCARCITY OF OAKS DIMINISHES THE HEALTH OF THE ENTIRE
9:40:40AM COMMUNITY.
9:40:40AM OAK TREES LIVE FOR CENTURIES, BESTOWING THEIR PRECIOUS GIFTS
9:40:43AM OF OXYGEN, SHADE, POLLUTION STORAGE, LOWER HEAT INDEX AND
9:40:48AM WATER RETENTION ON COUNTLESS FUTURE GENERATIONS.
9:40:51AM THE OLDEST OAK TREE IN THIS COUNTY IS ESTIMATED -- IN THIS
9:40:55AM COUNTRY IS ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 1,000 YEARS OLD.
9:40:58AM THE PECHANGA GREAT OAK IS SO LARGE IT RESEMBLES A
9:41:04AM MINI-FOREST.
9:41:05AM IT REACHES THE HEIGHT OF A TEN-STORY BUILDING.
9:41:08AM 17 PEOPLE WITH ARMS OUT STRETCHED WOULD BE NEEDED TO REACH
9:41:12AM AROUND THE BASE OF ITS MASSIVE 20-FOOT TRUNK.
9:41:14AM UNLIKE THE PECHANGA GREAT OAK, MOST OF TAMPA'S GRAND OAKS
9:41:17AM NEVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THEIR LONG LIFE SPAN
9:41:20AM DUE TO TAMPA'S RAPID GROWTH.
9:41:23AM FORTUNATELY, THERE STILL REMAINS SPACES WHERE THESE
9:41:25AM LONG-LIVED GIANTS ARE ABLE TO GROW AND THRIVE.
9:41:28AM EVEN IN OUR MODERN CITIES, OAK TREES CAN GROW AND AGE
9:41:32AM PEACEFULLY IN AREAS THAT HOUSE OUR PUBLIC SPACES.
9:41:34AM SCHOOLS, PARKS, CHURCHES, COLLEGE CAMPUSES, AND PUBLIC
9:41:38AM BUILDINGS, LIKE OUR LOCAL FIRE STATIONS.
9:41:40AM TAMPA'S TREE ORDINANCE, RESPONSIBLE FOR PROTECTING TAMPA'S
9:41:44AM TREE CANOPY SINCE 1972 OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO OUR LOCAL TAMPA
9:41:49AM HERO, JOE CHILLURA.
9:41:50AM TAMPA STADIUM, WHICH HAS HOSTED FIVE SUPER BOWLS MIGHT NEVER
9:41:55AM HAVE BEEN BUILT WERE IT NOT FOR JOE CHILLURA'S VISION AND
9:41:58AM EFFORTS TO FUND ITS CONSTRUCTION.
9:42:00AM TAMPA'S CHERISHED DREAMS OF LONG AGO MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN
9:42:03AM TRANSFORMED INTO REALITY WERE IT NOT FOR JOE CHILLURA
9:42:07AM VISION, GUIDANCE AND HARD WORK.
9:42:09AM SADLY, JOE LEFT US A FEW MONTHS AGO.
9:42:11AM A LIFELONG ADMIRER OF THE NATURAL WORLD, JOE CHILLURA'S LAST
9:42:15AM CHERISHED DREAM WAS TO PLANT A LIVE OAK TREE AT EACH CITY
9:42:19AM FIRE STATION.
9:42:19AM JOE BELIEVED THAT FIREFIGHTERS AND OAK TREES HAVE A LOT IN
9:42:22AM COMMON.
9:42:22AM JUST AS FIREFIGHTERS SELFLESSLY BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
9:42:26AM BY THEIR CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND STEADFAST SERVICE, THE
9:42:30AM COMMUNITY BENEFITS EQUALLY FROM THE CONSTANT STEADFAST AND
9:42:32AM SELFLESS SERVICE THAT TREES PROVIDE.
9:42:34AM LAST YEAR, JOE CHILLURA TOOK THE FIRST STEP IN ACHIEVING HIS
9:42:39AM DREAM BY PLANTING A LIVE OAK TREE IN FRONT OF FIRE STATION
9:42:42AM NUMBER 3.
9:42:45AM MANY YEARS FROM NOW WHEN JOE'S GRANDCHILDREN ARE ADULTS,
9:42:48AM THIS LITTLE TREE WILL HAVE TRANSFORMED INTO A GRAND OAK AND
9:42:52AM WILL BESTOW ITS MANY BENEFITS ON TAMPA FOR THE NEXT 100
9:42:56AM YEARS OR LONGER.
9:42:56AM JOE'S VISION OF PLANTING A TREE AT THE CITY'S FIRE STATION
9:42:59AM DOVETAILS PERFECTLY WITH THE MAYOR'S TREE INITIATIVE GOALS
9:43:03AM OF PLANTING 30,000 TREES BY 2030, WORKING WITH CITY COUNCIL
9:43:06AM TO PUT MORE RESOURCES INTO TAMPA'S TREE CANOPY, AND
9:43:10AM SUPPORTING NEIGHBORHOOD BASED PLANTING PROJECTS.
9:43:12AM JOE'S VISION ALSO SUPPORTS THE CITY'S CHARGE TO PLANT 1,000
9:43:17AM TREES ANNUALLY AND WILL HELP TO MITIGATE TAMPA'S SIGNIFICANT
9:43:20AM LOSS OF TREES.
9:43:22AM AS A START, TTAG HAS IDENTIFIED AT LEAST SEVEN CITY FIRE
9:43:25AM STATIONS THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM LIVE OAK PLANTINGS.
9:43:29AM AT A TIME WHEN INTENSE SUMMER HEAT HAS BECOME DANGEROUS TO
9:43:32AM OUR HEALTH, TREE PRESERVATION AND THE PLANTING OF NEW TREES
9:43:36AM IS CRITICAL TO THE HEALTH OF CITY RESIDENTS.
9:43:38AM WE TAMPA RESIDENTS OWE A GREAT DEAL OF ATTITUDE TO JOE
9:43:42AM CHILLURA FOR ENACTING THE CITY'S 1972 TREE ORDINANCE AND
9:43:46AM ALSO FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN PLANTING THE FIRST LIVE OAK TREE
9:43:49AM AT A CITY FIRE STATION.
9:43:51AM CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE, LET'S SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO JOE
9:43:54AM CHILLURA AND PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS LAST CHERISHED VISION FOR
9:43:58AM TAMPA BY PASSING A RESOLUTION TODAY TO PLANT A LIVE OAK TREE
9:44:01AM AT EACH CITY FIRE STATION.
9:44:03AM ON BEHALF OF ALL TAMPA RESIDENTS AND IN HONOR OF JOE
9:44:07AM CHILLURA'S EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY TO TAMPA, TTAG WISHES TO
9:44:11AM EXPRESS ITS APPRECIATION TO TINA ANDERSON, JOE'S DAUGHTER.
9:44:14AM AND TO HIS FAMILY BY PRESENTING THIS ILLUSTRATION BY OUR
9:44:22AM LOCAL ARTIST, BOB WHITMORE.
9:44:32AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:44:32AM HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS HER FATHER'S LEGACY IS JOE'S DAUGHTER,
9:44:39AM TINA.
9:44:42AM >> THANK YOU.
9:44:43AM GOOD MORNING.
9:44:53AM THANK YOU, LORRAINE AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO TTAG AND THE
9:45:00AM AMAZING WORK THEY DO EVERY DAY TO ENSURE THAT TAMPA'S TREES
9:45:04AM ARE PROTECTED.
9:45:05AM WE ARE TRULY HONORED TO GET TO KNOW THIS GROUP AND TO BE
9:45:09AM HERE WITH THEM TODAY.
9:45:10AM I'M TINA ANDERSON, JOE'S OLDEST DAUGHTER.
9:45:13AM AND I'M JOINED HERE BY MY BROTHER VINCE AND HIS TWO GIRLS,
9:45:18AM SISTER-IN-LAW PATSY, MY MOM, MARY HELEN AND BROTHER JOE.
9:45:23AM WE HAVE A BIG SPRAWLING FAMILY, BUT THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT
9:45:27AM HAPPENED TO BE IN TOWN TODAY AND WE'RE SO HONORED AND HAPPY
9:45:30AM TO BE HERE.
9:45:31AM HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, A LITTLE MORE THAN 50 YEARS
9:45:35AM AGO TODAY, OUR FATHER JOE SAT IN THE CHAIRS THAT YOU SIT IN
9:45:39AM TODAY AND WROTE THE FIRST TREE ORDINANCE FOR TAMPA.
9:45:42AM HE WAS AN ARCHITECT AND A CITY PLANNER, BUT MOST
9:45:45AM IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS A VISIONARY AND RECOGNIZED THE
9:45:48AM IMPORTANCE OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH IN ORDER FOR TAMPA TO
9:45:51AM BECOME THE GREAT CITY THAT IT IS TODAY.
9:45:53AM PART OF THAT VISION INVOLVED PROTECTING TAMPA'S BEAUTIFUL
9:45:57AM TREE CANOPY.
9:45:58AM HE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THAT EFFORT WITH CHANGES IN THE
9:46:03AM TREE ORDINANCE IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE FACE NEW
9:46:07AM CHALLENGES TO KEEP TAMPA GREEN AND PROTECT THE GRAND OLD
9:46:10AM TREES THAT TTAG HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT TODAY.
9:46:15AM THEY SHARED A LOT OF THE STATISTICS, SO I WON'T GO INTO
9:46:18AM THOSE.
9:46:19AM I'D LIKE INSTEAD TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE WONDER AND POWER OF
9:46:23AM TREES.
9:46:24AM NOT ONLY ARE TREES A GREAT PROTECTORS OF OUR ENVIRONMENT,
9:46:29AM BUT THEY HAVE TRUE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE IN OUR
9:46:33AM SOCIETIES.
9:46:34AM NUMEROUS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE PRESENCE OF TREES IN
9:46:37AM COMMUNITIES IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL WELL-BEING,
9:46:40AM INCREASES OUR CHILDREN'S APTITUDES AND ATTENTION SPANS,
9:46:44AM PROVIDES COOLING SHADE, PROTECTION, AND GATHERING SPACES OF
9:46:49AM TRANQUILITY.
9:46:49AM IT'S WATER CONSERVATION MONTH.
9:46:54AM TREES PLAY THEIR BIG ROLE IN THAT AS WELL, SO I'LL GIVE A
9:46:57AM SHOUT-OUT TO THOSE FOLKS WHO WERE HONORED TODAY.
9:47:01AM TREES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTHY LIVING AND SERVE AS UNIFYING
9:47:05AM FORCES AMONGST MANY PEOPLE AND CULTURES.
9:47:08AM MOST RECENT EXAMPLE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IN THE NEWS LATELY,
9:47:11AM THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN WHEN VISITING WASHINGTON, D.C.
9:47:15AM WHO IS RENOWNED FOR THE BEAUTIFUL CHERRY BLOSSOMS THERE,
9:47:19AM EVERYONE TRAVELS TO D.C. TO SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL CHERRY
9:47:22AM BLOSSOMS, 140 OF THEM WERE REMOVED FOR A WORK PROJECT ALONG
9:47:32AM THE TIDAL BASIN SEAWALL.
9:47:35AM AS A GESTURE OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE JAPANESE AND AMERICAN
9:47:39AM PEOPLE AND SERVING AS A LESSON TO WHEN WE NEED TO TAKE DOWN
9:47:44AM TREES, IF IT IS NECESSARY, WE REPLACE WHAT YOU TOOK DOWN.
9:47:47AM SO THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN GIFTED TO THE CITY OF
9:47:52AM WASHINGTON, D.C. 250 NEW CHERRY BLOSSOM TREES FOR THOSE THAT
9:47:56AM HAD TO BE REMOVED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK.
9:47:58AM I THINK IT IS ALL IMPORTANT.
9:48:00AM WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES TREES HAVE TO COME DOWN, BUT
9:48:03AM THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED AND REPLENISHED.
9:48:05AM AND THOSE THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO REMOVE, WE NEED TO
9:48:09AM PROTECT.
9:48:09AM SO LORRAINE, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, ASKED ME IF ALL
9:48:17AM OF US GREW UP WITH A LOVE OF TREES AND WERE AWARE GROWING UP
9:48:21AM WHAT OUR DAD WORKED SO HARD TO PROTECT.
9:48:24AM I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT IT WAS AN ASTOUNDING YES.
9:48:27AM WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, WE HAD A LARGE JACARANDA TREE IN
9:48:33AM THE BACKYARD.
9:48:34AM OUR ENTIRE PATIO WAS BUILT AROUND THAT TREE.
9:48:37AM THOSE BEAUTIFUL LOW-HANGING BRANCHES, WE GREW UP HANGING OUT
9:48:41AM IN THAT TREE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS AND SOLVING THE
9:48:45AM PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD AS KIDS DO AND DOING WHAT KIDS DO
9:48:50AM BEST.
9:48:50AM AND THEN UNDER THE SHADE OF THAT TREE, WE HAD FAMILY SUNDAY
9:48:56AM DINNERS, AND WE HAD BEAUTIFUL LAZY AFTERNOON PLAYING GAMES,
9:49:02AM TELLING JOKES AND AS MY DAD WOULD SAY, SHOOTING THE BREEZE.
9:49:06AM HOW DIFFERENT THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD WE NOT SAVED THAT
9:49:09AM TREE.
9:49:09AM TRULY WE WERE BLESSED WITH THE BEAUTY OF THOSE MOMENTS.
9:49:12AM WELL, THIS CARRIED INTO OUR ADULTHOOD.
9:49:14AM SO ON OUR DAD'S 80th BIRTHDAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE HAD A
9:49:18AM TREE PLANTED FOR HIM, A GRAND OAK PLANTED FOR HIM ON THE
9:49:21AM RIVERWALK IN TAMPA.
9:49:22AM AND THAT BEAUTIFUL TREE OVERLOOKS THE CITY -- SKYLINE OF THE
9:49:28AM CITY OF TAMPA AND GRACES THE BEAUTIFUL RIVERWALK, WHICH IS
9:49:31AM SUCH A SYMBOL OF PROGRESS HERE IN TAMPA.
9:49:35AM SO IT WAS JUST A GIFT, THE BEST GIFT HE COULD HAVE HOPED
9:49:40AM FOR.
9:49:40AM WE'RE SO GRATEFUL HE GOT TO ENJOY THAT TREE IN ALL ITS GLORY
9:49:46AM BECAUSE IT WAS IN FRONT OF THAT TREE JUST SEVERAL WEEKS AGO
9:49:49AM WHERE WE HONORED OUR DAD AT HIS CELEBRATION OF LIFE.
9:49:52AM AND THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD, THE OLD AND THE NEW, THE
9:49:56AM SYMBOLISM OF THAT TREE STANDING THERE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT
9:49:59AM IN TAMPA WITH AN OLD PROTECTOR OF THE TREES WAS REALLY SO
9:50:05AM PROFOUND.
9:50:05AM THOSE OF YOU -- AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE READ A LOT OF
9:50:10AM HIS LETTERS, PETITIONS TO CONGRESS, TO THE LOCAL CITY
9:50:16AM COUNCIL, ET CETERA, AND HE ALWAYS CLOSED HIS CORRESPONDENCE
9:50:20AM WITH I SPEAK FOR THE TREES.
9:50:21AM FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT PHRASE, IT WAS
9:50:27AM BORROWED FROM THIS GREAT DR. SEUSS BOOK, "THE LORAX."
9:50:31AM "THE LORAX" IS A CHARACTER WHO SPEAKS AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL
9:50:35AM DESTRUCTION BUT ALSO STRESSES THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ONE'S
9:50:38AM COMMUNITY.
9:50:39AM SO IN THE WORDS OF OUR LORAX, FOR THE NEXT GENERATION, WE
9:50:44AM WROTE A LITTLE POEM FOR YOU TODAY.
9:50:46AM OUR DAD, THE LORAX, OUR NANU AND YOUR FORMER CITY
9:50:53AM COUNCILMAN, WE SHARE SOME WISDOM FROM THE LORAX.
9:50:57AM WE FOLLOW DEAR JOE AS WE SPEAK FOR THE TREES.
9:51:01AM HE SPOKE FOR THE TREES, FOR THE TREES HAVE NO TONGUES.
9:51:04AM HE SHOUTED THIS MESSAGE FROM THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS.
9:51:07AM WE MUST BE NEW VOICES THAT SPEAK FOR THOSE TREES, BUT PEOPLE
9:51:10AM ARE CHOPPING AS FAST AS THEY PLEASE.
9:51:13AM NEW GROWTH HAS BEEN GROWING WITHOUT A SMART PLAN.
9:51:16AM WE KNOW YOU CAN THRIVE WITH OLD TREES, YES, YOU CAN.
9:51:19AM THEY CHANGED HIS GREAT ORDINANCE FROM LONG, LONG AGO, AND
9:51:23AM THE DAMAGE DONE HAS NOW STARTED TO SHOW.
9:51:27AM WE STOPPED HOME RULE LOGIC AND SAID WE HAVE RIGHTS, JUST
9:51:33AM BIGGERING AND BIGGERING THIS IS OUR PLIGHT.
9:51:35AM BUT IN OUR PUBLIC PLACES WE NOW HAVE THE CHANCE TO AID IN
9:51:38AM THE EFFORT, GIVE IT MORE THAN A GLANCE.
9:51:39AM SOME TREES HAVE COME DOWN AND CREATED A MESS, SO WE'RE HERE
9:51:43AM TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE UNLESS, UNLESS WE AND THIS COUNCIL
9:51:49AM CARE WHOLE AWFUL LOT, NOTHING WILL GET BETTER, NO IT JUST
9:51:54AM NOT.
9:51:54AM WE ARE THE STEWARDS OF THE GRAND LIVE OAK TREES AND
9:51:57AM BEAUTIFUL TREES IS WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS.
9:51:59AM SO YOU HAVE THE POWER TO GRANT HIS REQUEST FOR THE NEXT
9:52:08AM GENERATION --
9:52:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:52:11AM PLANT US NEW TREES AND TREAT THEM WITH CARE, GIVE THEM CLEAN
9:52:19AM WATER AND FEED THEM FRESH AIR.
9:52:21AM LET THEM GROW FREELY AND PROTECT THEM FROM HACKS, THEN
9:52:24AM TAMPA'S TREE CANOPY WILL SURELY COME BACK.
9:52:28AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
9:52:29AM LET'S ALL SPEAK FOR THE TREES AND PASS THAT RESOLUTION TO
9:52:34AM GET TREES FOR OUR WONDERFUL FIRST RESPONDERS AND FIRE
9:52:38AM STATIONS AROUND THE CITY.
9:52:39AM LET'S START THERE AND THEN MOVE ON TO ALL OUR PUBLIC SPACES
9:52:42AM TO SHARE THIS VISION OF OUR DAD.
9:52:44AM THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US TODAY.
9:52:46AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:52:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:52:54AM THANK YOU.
9:52:54AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:53:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP, WE HAVE MS. SHIRLEY FOX --
9:53:20AM MS. SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, YOU'LL PRESENT AN APPLICANT FOR
9:53:23AM THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION.
9:53:25AM YES, MA'AM.
9:53:27AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:53:29AM I WOULD LIKE TO -- SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
9:53:32AM I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MR. BRIAN DAVID HAMMOND, APPLICANT
9:53:38AM WISHES TO SERVE ON THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION AS AN
9:53:43AM ARCHITECT.
9:53:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR, GOOD MORNING.
9:53:55AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:53:56AM MY NAME IS BRIAN HAMMOND.
9:53:58AM 3807 SOUTH KENWOOD AVENUE IN TAMPA.
9:54:01AM I'M PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE BOARD OF
9:54:04AM THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION.
9:54:06AM I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TAMPA SINCE 1981 AND A REGISTERED
9:54:11AM ARCHITECT SINCE 1983.
9:54:13AM DURING MY CAREER, I HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE ARC TO PRESENT THE
9:54:18AM EPICUREAN, HYDE PARK HOUSE, AS WELL AS SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
9:54:21AM I AM CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE DESIGN
9:54:27AM STUDIO AT BDG ARCHITECTS.
9:54:29AM PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS A PARTNER AT THE LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL
9:54:32AM FIRM FOR 23 YEARS.
9:54:33AM I BELIEVE MY KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND UNIQUELY POSITION ME
9:54:39AM TO CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY TO THE ARC.
9:54:43AM HAVING PRESENTED PROJECTS TO THE COMMISSION IN THE PAST, I
9:54:45AM UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCED AND INFORMED
9:54:46AM DECISION-MAKING AND PRESERVING AND ENHANCING TAMPA'S
9:54:50AM ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER.
9:54:51AM MY COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS IN ARCHITECTURAL
9:54:54AM DESIGN ALIGNS WITH THE MISSION OF THE ARC AND I AM EAGER TO
9:54:59AM BRING MY EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE IN SHAPING THE CITY'S FUTURE
9:55:03AM WHILE RESPECTING THE RICH ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.
9:55:05AM THANK YOU.
9:55:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:55:08AM ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
9:55:08AM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE?
9:55:10AM MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:55:12AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:55:14AM YES, SIR.
9:55:15AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU COULD MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
9:55:17AM HAVE A RESOLUTION PREPARED.
9:55:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION
9:55:20AM BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:55:22AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
9:55:23AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:55:23AM AYE.
9:55:26AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:55:26AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:55:27AM >> THANK YOU.
9:55:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL SIGN IT LATER TODAY.
9:55:29AM NEXT UP WE HAVE F.D.O.T. TO DO A TEN-MINUTE UPDATE.
9:55:37AM YOU HAVE A PowerPoint PRESENTATION.
9:55:38AM IS THAT CORRECT, SIR?
9:55:40AM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
9:55:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THEY ARE GOING TO BRING THAT UP IN JUST
9:55:41AM A MOMENT.
9:55:42AM IF THEY COULD BRING IT UP ON OUR MONITORS UP FRONT AS WELL.
9:55:53AM GO AHEAD.
9:55:54AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:55:56AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
9:55:59AM MY NAME IS EMMETH DURAN.
9:56:06AM I'M WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
9:56:07AM I'M THE DISTRICT 7 TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM ENGINEER.
9:56:08AM I'M HERE WITH THE PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR SAFE SYSTEM
9:56:13AM APPROACH, SAFE ROADS STRATEGY.
9:56:14AM DISTRICT 7 HAS BEEN WORKING ON A -- ON IDENTIFYING WAYS TO
9:56:26AM BE PROACTIVE AND REDUCING FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES.
9:56:31AM ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT RECENTLY AS OF LAST
9:56:33AM YEAR IS PAVEMENT FRICTION AND PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT.
9:56:37AM FRICTION IS A HUGE FACTOR IN REDUCING STOP, REDUCING FATAL
9:56:44AM AND SERIOUS INJURIES.
9:56:46AM ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IS HOW DO WE
9:56:48AM INNOVATE IN COMPARISON TO THE TRADITIONAL METHOD.
9:56:52AM THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF COLLECTING PAVEMENT FRICTION
9:56:58AM CURRENTLY IS EVERY QUARTER OF A MILE.
9:57:01AM SO THERE ARE GAPS BETWEEN THE FRICTION DATA THAT IS
9:57:05AM COLLECTED ON OUR ROADS.
9:57:06AM THIS NEW METHOD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN OUR DISTRICT SAFETY
9:57:10AM OFFICE IS COLLECTING FRICTION.
9:57:14AM EVERY LANE, EVERY 13, 10 FEET, 13 FEET OR SO.
9:57:19AM 26 FEET.
9:57:19AM SO THIS WILL HELP US TO IDENTIFY THOSE GAPS WHERE WE MAY
9:57:24AM NEED TO INCREASE OUR FRICTION AND DEPLOY COUNTERMEASURES TO
9:57:28AM REDUCE LANE DEPART CRASHES, A HIGH EMPHASIS AREA IN
9:57:32AM STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.
9:57:33AM AGAIN, THIS IS CONTINUOUS PAVEMENT FRICTION MANAGEMENT OR
9:57:41AM MEASUREMENTS.
9:57:42AM IT IS A STRATEGY OF SAFE ROADS FOR ALL -- SORRY, SAFE SYSTEM
9:57:45AM APPROACH.
9:57:46AM THIS WILL HELP US IDENTIFY PERFORMANCE STRESS HOLES.
9:57:52AM FRICTION ON URBAN ARTERIAL, IS THAT SIMILAR OR DOES IT
9:57:56AM REQUIRE HIGHER FRICTION THAN ANOTHER AREA.
9:58:01AM CURRENTLY, SPECIFIC PAVEMENT OR FRICTION, SO IS THERE A NEED
9:58:05AM TO INCREASE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT
9:58:09AM CONTACTS.
9:58:10AM IT IS A WAY WE CAN ALSO IDENTIFY FRICTION SYSTEMICALLY AS
9:58:14AM WELL.
9:58:14AM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE SEEING LIKE A CUT-THRU.
9:58:22AM WHAT THIS SLIDE IS SUPPOSED TO SHOW, URBAN ARTERIALS AND
9:58:26AM RURAL ARTERIALS CRASH DATA -- SORRY, CONTINUOUS PAVEMENT
9:58:31AM FRICTION CAN HELP REDUCE SERIOUS AND FATAL INJURIES BY 30%.
9:58:36AM 26% ON RURAL ARTERIALS.
9:58:42AM LAST YEAR, WE USED THIS MACHINE CALLED A SCRIM, OR
9:58:50AM SIDEWAY-FORCE COEFFICIENT ROUTINE INVESTIGATION MACHINE.
9:58:52AM THIS MACHINE TRAVELS THE ROAD AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND COLLECTS
9:58:56AM THE DATA AS IT GOES -- IT IS A TRAVELS THROUGH THE ROAD.
9:58:59AM LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED OVER 2100 MILES OF FRICTION DATA.
9:59:04AM ONLY ABLE TO DO THIS IN 14 DAYS.
9:59:08AM WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THE DATA IS INTEGRATE INTO OUR
9:59:12AM POLICY FOR RESURFACING.
9:59:13AM THIS CAN HELP REDUCE CRASHES, 30% OF CRASHES ON WET ROADS,
9:59:17AM 40% OF CRASHES ON -- 20% OF CRASHES ON DRY ROADS AND 40%
9:59:23AM CRASHES OF FATALITIES.
9:59:25AM THIS IS A MANAGEMENT, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY THAT IS
9:59:32AM BEING USED NATIONWIDE.
9:59:33AM THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE USED IT -- USED IT IN OUR
9:59:38AM AREA AND IN THIS DISTRICT.
9:59:39AM THIS IS A PILOT PROJECT THAT WE DID A FEW YEARS AGO TO
9:59:46AM IDENTIFY AREAS.
9:59:47AM WE PILOTED THIS ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, SEVERAL
9:59:50AM INTERSECTIONS.
9:59:50AM WE COLLECTED DATA, FRICTION DATA FOR INTERSECTION APPROACHES
9:59:54AM TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE FRICTION LOOK LIKE.
9:59:57AM AND WE REALIZE SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS THAT HAD A HIGH NUMBER
10:00:00AM OF CRASHES, REAR END CRASHES THAT ACTUALLY LACKED THE
10:00:03AM NECESSARY FRICTION TO REDUCE THE STOPPING DISTANCE.
10:00:05AM ONCE WE IDENTIFIED THIS INFORMATION, WE WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY
10:00:12AM PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE FRICTION CALLED
10:00:16AM HIGH FRICTION SURFACE TREATMENT.
10:00:17AM IT IS A HIGH-QUALITY AGGREGATE THAT IS OVERLAID ON TOP OF
10:00:20AM THE PAVEMENT, AND THAT CAN HELP REDUCE THE STOPPING
10:00:23AM DISTANCE, INCREASE STOPPING BEHAVIORS AS WELL AS
10:00:31AM ENCROACHMENT TO CROSSWALKS AS THEY APPROACH THE
10:00:34AM INTERSECTION.
10:00:35AM THIS PILOT PROJECT WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL ROADWAY
10:00:39AM SAFETY FOUNDATION IN 2023 AS A NATIONAL RECOGNIZED PRACTICE
10:00:49AM IN OUR NATION.
10:00:50AM WE DEPLOYED SEVERAL LOCATIONS WHERE WE SAW THE NEED FOR
10:00:55AM INCREASED FRICTION.
10:00:56AM THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN ARE THE ONES WITHIN THE
10:01:00AM CITY OF TAMPA JURISDICTION.
10:01:01AM WE LOOK AT THE CRASHES BEFORE AND AFTER WE DEPLOY.
10:01:05AM WE SAW CRASHES HAVE REDUCED, RANGING FROM 26 TO 70 PERCENT
10:01:10AM IN SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
10:01:12AM BETWEEN THE LOCATIONS.
10:01:15AM WITH THE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED SYSTEMICALLY, WE HAVE
10:01:18AM DEVELOPED A DASHBOARD TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE INFORMATION.
10:01:23AM THIS IS NOT JUST A ONE-TIME THING.
10:01:24AM THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A LONG-TERM MANAGING STRATEGY FOR
10:01:32AM PAVEMENT AND FRICTION.
10:01:33AM WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN IS A DASHBOARD, SEE THOSE
10:01:38AM AREAS THAT HAVE A HIGHER NEED FOR FRICTION.
10:01:42AM OVERALL, WHAT THE PROJECT, THE PILOT PROJECT, THE END GOAL
10:01:48AM OF THIS IS TO -- WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON -- WHAT YOU
10:01:52AM WILL SEE NUMBER SIX AND SEVEN, IS IMPLEMENT AND INTEGRATE
10:01:57AM INTO OUR RESURFACING POLICY.
10:02:00AM RIGHT NOW, OUR POLICY PRIORITIZES PROGRAMS BASED ON --
10:02:11AM SAFETY IS A PRIMARY FACTOR IN REDUCING LANE DEPARTURE
10:02:15AM CRASHES.
10:02:16AM BY INTEGRATING FRICTION INTO THE RESURFACING POLICY AS A
10:02:20AM FACTOR FOR PRIORITIZING OUR RESURFACING PROJECTS, WE CAN
10:02:24AM CONTINUE MOVING THE NEEDLE TO REDUCE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS
10:02:29AM INJURIES.
10:02:29AM WITH THAT, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE WORK ZONE SAFETY MONTH THIS
10:02:36AM WEEK ESPECIALLY.
10:02:37AM RECOGNIZE WORK ZONE SAFETY.
10:02:40AM I WANT TO BRING THAT UP TO YOU.
10:02:42AM WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS.
10:02:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
10:02:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:02:46AM THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
10:02:49AM IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
10:02:50AM YOU HIGHLIGHTED AN INTERSECTION, HILLSBOROUGH AND CENTRAL.
10:02:53AM I DRIVE THAT AT LEAST TWICE, MAYBE THREE TIMES A DAY.
10:02:58AM WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU DO?
10:03:00AM RIGHT NOW THAT AREA IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
10:03:02AM SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY PAVEMENT THAT'S BEEN TOUCHED THERE
10:03:05AM EXCEPT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
10:03:07AM >> ON THE EASTBOUND END, THIS WAS DONE IN 2021, 2022, WE
10:03:14AM IMPLEMENTED -- THE EASTBOUND APPROACH HAD AS AN OVERLAY OF
10:03:19AM THIS HIGH FRICTION SURFACE TREATMENT.
10:03:22AM I THINK I HAD A PICTURE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
10:03:27AM YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE ON THE TOP RIGHT, THAT IS THE
10:03:31AM DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXISTING PAVEMENT AND THE HIGH
10:03:37AM FRICTION, IT'S A HIGHER, COARSER AGGREGATE THAT YOU SEE ON
10:03:40AM THE PAVEMENT.
10:03:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT WAS DONE A WHILE AGO.
10:03:44AM THAT CLARIFIES THAT.
10:03:45AM THANK YOU.
10:03:45AM AND I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE
10:03:50AM TO ANSWER.
10:03:51AM I KNOW F.D.O.T. IS A REALLY LARGE ORGANIZATION.
10:03:54AM I WAS JUST AT A MEETING FOR THE SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS
10:03:59AM STORMWATER PROJECT THAT DEALS WITH WHERE WE HAD QUESTIONS
10:04:03AM ABOUT FLORIDA AVENUE REPAVING.
10:04:05AM THERE IS A SECTION JUST SOUTH OF HILLSBOROUGH.
10:04:08AM THE NORTHBOUND SECTION THAT HAS BEEN UNPAVED -- ACTUALLY,
10:04:11AM BOTH, NORTH AND SOUTH, THAT HAS BEEN UNPAVED FOR I THINK
10:04:15AM GOING ON TWO YEARS NOW.
10:04:17AM AND WE HAD A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
10:04:19AM NELSON COULDN'T ASK, AND THEN F.D.O.T. WAS ACTUALLY AT A
10:04:23AM MEETING AT SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD
10:04:24AM ASSOCIATION, THE EXACT SAME NIGHT.
10:04:28AM F.D.O.T. COULDN'T ANSWER IT.
10:04:29AM THEY SAID IT WAS THE CITY'S PROBLEM.
10:04:31AM I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU ALL GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT
10:04:34AM WHOSE PROBLEM IT IS SO WE CAN GET THAT PAVED.
10:04:37AM I ALSO SPOKE TO MR. BAIRD ABOUT IT THIS MORNING.
10:04:41AM THAT'S WHY I RACED OUT.
10:04:42AM WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET AN ANSWER HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF
10:04:45AM THE DAY.
10:04:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:04:46AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING BY --
10:04:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOUR MICROPHONE.
10:04:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: -- STOP AT A MUCH QUICKER RATE THAN IN
10:04:54AM THE PAST.
10:04:55AM HOWEVER, US BEING HUMANS, THERE IS A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH ALL
10:04:59AM THAT, NOT THAT YOU'RE WRONG.
10:05:00AM YOU'RE RIGHT.
10:05:01AM HOWEVER, HERE'S WHAT I NOTICED IN MY DRIVING EXPERIENCE.
10:05:04AM FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE CHANGING THE WAY WE HAVE AUTOMOBILES
10:05:08AM MANUFACTURED.
10:05:08AM THEY ARE GOING FROM GAS ENGINES TO ELECTRICAL ENGINES AND
10:05:13AM HYBRID.
10:05:13AM IN FACT, RIGHT NOW, HYBRIDS ARE OUTSELLING THE ELECTRICAL.
10:05:17AM BUT THAT WILL CHANGE IN THE FUTURE AND YOU'LL HAVE CARS
10:05:20AM HYDROGEN, EVEN WATER ENGINE, SO THE NOISE IS ZERO.
10:05:24AM WHAT I'M SAYING IS THEY ARE GOING TO DRIVE FASTER.
10:05:27AM THEY ARE GOING TO GO FURTHER.
10:05:29AM THEY DON'T HAVE TO STOP FOR REFUELING AS OFTEN.
10:05:33AM HOWEVER, THE NO NOISE THING IS A VERY TROUBLING THING FOR
10:05:38AM INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WALKING, CHANGING, RIDING BIKES,
10:05:41AM WHATEVER MODE OF TRANSPORTATION OTHER THAN THE AUTOMOBILE.
10:05:44AM AND IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED.
10:05:50AM AND IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE METHODOLOGY OF WHICH WE MOVE AND
10:05:53AM TRANSPORT OURSELVES, WHICH IS NOW, I WOULD SAY 99%
10:05:57AM AUTOMOBILE TO SOME DEGREE, WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE
10:06:00AM SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY
10:06:03AM NOT WANTED IN THIS WHOLE COUNTRY.
10:06:05AM SOME CITIES ALREADY HAVE IT FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.
10:06:09AM MODE OF TRANSPORTATION DIFFERENT THAN AUTOMOBILES AND THEY
10:06:11AM WORK.
10:06:11AM HOWEVER, CITIES LIKE TAMPA AND OTHERS LIKE US FIND IT VERY
10:06:16AM DIFFICULT TO PUT IT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE STREETS RIGHT
10:06:18AM NOW FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
10:06:20AM I LOOK AT SOMETHING LIKE THE AIRPORT HAS, AND THAT WORKS
10:06:23AM THERE.
10:06:24AM WHY IS IT THAT WE DON'T LOOK AT SOMETHING TO MAKE IT WORK
10:06:27AM HERE?
10:06:28AM NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BUT THROUGHOUT THE
10:06:31AM TRANSPORTATION NETWORK OF THE WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA.
10:06:33AM IT'S GOT TO CHANGE WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.
10:06:36AM WHEN YOU SEE THINGS COMING UP, THEY SAY, WELL, WE WANT A
10:06:39AM LESSER PARKING RATIO.
10:06:41AM I SAY MAYBE IT WORKS AND MAYBE IT DOESN'T.
10:06:43AM THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT, IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WHERE ARE
10:06:48AM YOU GOING TO PARK THE CARS IF YOU DON'T BUILD THE GARAGES?
10:06:51AM I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
10:06:53AM SO IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, WHAT DO WE DO?
10:06:56AM DO WE STAY THE WAY WE ARE OR DO WE THINK IN THE FUTURE IT
10:07:00AM WILL CHANGE SO THEY DON'T NEED THE GARAGE.
10:07:02AM THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE TROUBLING TO US AND TO OTHERS
10:07:04AM WHO WANT TO BUILD THE BUILDINGS BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
10:07:07AM TO FORECAST THE FUTURE WHEN WE KEEP DOING THE SAME THING,
10:07:12AM ONLY ADDRESSING INTERSECTION.
10:07:14AM THAT'S NEEDED.
10:07:15AM DON'T GET ME WRONG, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.
10:07:19AM GOT TO BE SOMETHING COMING FROM SOMEWHERE, UPPER LEVEL OF
10:07:22AM GOVERNMENT TO SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE
10:07:24AM THIS CITY AND OTHER CITIES VIABLE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO RELY
10:07:27AM ON THE CAR.
10:07:28AM EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING NOW IS TO FACILITATE WHAT THE CAR.
10:07:32AM BUILT AN EXPRESSWAY WITH FIVE LANES, WHEN YOU NEED MORE, YOU
10:07:36AM ADD ANOTHER LANE.
10:07:38AM ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THING?
10:07:39AM I DON'T KNOW.
10:07:40AM THAT'S YOUR DEPARTMENT, SIR.
10:07:41AM NOT YOU PARTICULARLY, BUT WHO YOU WORK FOR.
10:07:44AM SO WE NEED SOME CLEARANCE ON THESE THINGS, AND I WISH WE
10:07:47AM CHANGE OUR OPERATIONAL MODE SOMEWHAT TO BRING SOMETHING TO
10:07:51AM THE TABLE OTHER THAN AUTOMOBILES.
10:07:52AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
10:07:53AM I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
10:07:55AM HOPE IT DOES WORK.
10:07:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:07:57AM THANK YOU.
10:07:57AM MR. SHELBY, WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:08:05AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:08:07AM GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
10:08:08AM MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
10:08:11AM GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
10:08:12AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
10:08:16AM AT THE BEGINNING OF TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ADDRESS
10:08:18AM ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL
10:08:21AM ACTION ON AN ITEM.
10:08:23AM A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING
10:08:26AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:08:27AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED TO
10:08:30AM PLEASE REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING
10:08:33AM VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING
10:08:36AM DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
10:08:40AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING PERSONAL
10:08:43AM ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR MEMBERS
10:08:46AM OF THE PUBLIC.
10:08:47AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
10:08:50AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL
10:08:53AM FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
10:08:55AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE
10:08:58AM RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
10:09:01AM REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S
10:09:04AM MEETING.
10:09:04AM IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING,
10:09:08AM YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN THAT ITEM IS HEARD LATER
10:09:10AM IN THE AGENDA.
10:09:11AM NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN LATER DURING STAFF REPORTS.
10:09:15AM THE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE ITEMS ON STAFF REPORTS AND
10:09:19AM ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS NOW DURING GENERAL PUBLIC
10:09:21AM COMMENT.
10:09:21AM FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A
10:09:25AM SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:09:27AM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE
10:09:30AM QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:09:33AM THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION.
10:09:36AM THANK YOU.
10:09:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:09:39AM WE'LL GO TO IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:09:40AM IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME.
10:09:43AM YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE
10:09:46AM REGISTERED PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
10:09:52AM >> JANNA BERNSTEIN.
10:09:54AM 28 SOUTH TREASURE DRIVE.
10:09:56AM I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT TONIGHT IS THE 249th
10:10:00AM ANNIVERSARY OF PAUL REVERE'S RIDE FOR THE AMERICAN
10:10:03AM REVOLUTION FOR BOSTON, LEXINGTON AND CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS
10:10:07AM FOR THE REVOLUTION THAT CREATED OUR COUNTRY.
10:10:09AM AMERICAN HISTORY.
10:10:11AM BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, BORN AND RAISED HERE.
10:10:13AM BORN IN 1969, ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL.
10:10:16AM H.B. PLANT.
10:10:22AM ONE OF MY SCHOOLMATES WAS HONORED BY HER FATHER HERE IN
10:10:25AM TAMPA.
10:10:26AM FIRST OF ALL, LIKE TO DISCUSS THE TREES.
10:10:27AM BAYSHORE BOULEVARD HAS BEAUTIFUL DATE PALMS, BUT THEY ARE
10:10:29AM BEING ROTTED AWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT CARED FOR.
10:10:31AM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 40 YEARS OF GROWTH ON THOSE PALM TREES
10:10:33AM AND THROWING IN CHEAP OLD ROYALS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
10:10:36AM CSX NEEDS TO FIX THE CROSSWALK ON RIVERWALK.
10:10:44AM AN OLDER PERSON CAN TRIP HOW BAD THE ASPHALT IS.
10:10:45AM THIS IS MY ARM FROM ALL THE POTHOLES FROM RIDING MY E-BIKE
10:10:48AM AT NIGHT.
10:10:49AM F.D.O.T., CONGRATULATIONS, RESURFACED KENNEDY BOULEVARD AND
10:10:52AM NOW YOU'RE DIGGING IT UP FOR NEW WATER MAINS AND NOT FILLING
10:10:56AM IT IN PROPERLY.
10:10:57AM SO AT NIGHT, WHEN I HAVE LEGAL RIGHT TO THREE FOOT TO THE
10:10:59AM EDGE OF THE ROAD, I'M GOING LIKE THIS AND THAT'S WHAT
10:11:02AM HAPPENED TO ME BECAUSE OF YOUR POTHOLES.
10:11:07AM TALK ABOUT THE FLAGS ON THE BUILDING ON THE TOP HERE.
10:11:10AM I'VE SEEN THAT CITY FLAG ABOVE A P.O.W. FLAG THAT WAS
10:11:14AM CHANGED.
10:11:15AM THE U.S. FLAG GOES ON THE TOP OF THE POLE.
10:11:18AM THE P.O.W. FLAG IS A FEDERAL FLAG, GOES BELOW IT.
10:11:22AM THAT FLAG GOES WAY, WAY BELOW THE FLAG.
10:11:26AM I HAVE SEEN THAT FLAG HIGHER RAISED THAN THE P.O.W. FLAG ON
10:11:29AM THE FLAGPOLE.
10:11:30AM IT'S SINCE BEEN FIXED.
10:11:32AM KEEP IN MIND OF THAT.
10:11:33AM THE LOGO.
10:11:33AM EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY BUT
10:11:36AM FORGET THE FACT THAT FLORIDA WAS A CONFEDERATE STATE.
10:11:39AM BOB BUCKHORN DID NOT WANT THE CONFEDERATE WAR MEMORIAL IN A
10:11:43AM CITY CEMETERY.
10:11:44AM THE OLD CITY CEMETERY IS STILL DILAPIDATED.
10:11:47AM I'M THE ONE THAT HELPED RESTORE THE GRAVES IN FREE.
10:11:50AM I'M THE ONE THAT KNOWS THAT THE FIRST GOVERNOR AND ALL THE
10:11:53AM PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT CREATED THE CITY, THAT ARE BURIED THERE
10:11:55AM THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO CALL TREASONOUS, OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
10:12:01AM WE FOUGHT THE BRITISH.
10:12:03AM I GUESS ALL OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THEM WERE TREASONOUS TO
10:12:03AM THE BRITISH CROWN.
10:12:04AM SHOULD WE JUST GIVE UP OUR RIGHTS AS AMERICANS AND GIVE THE
10:12:06AM LAND BACK TO BRITAIN BECAUSE THEY SECEDED FROM ENGLAND?
10:12:11AM LONG STORY SHORT, I'M HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT CAN
10:12:14AM BE FIXED.
10:12:16AM PAINTING ON ALL THE ROADS.
10:12:18AM YOU NEED A BIKE LANE THAT SHOWS A BIKE WITH ARROWS ON ALL
10:12:21AM MAJOR ROADS, MacDILL, WHEREVER THERE IS NO BIKE LANE,
10:12:24AM PLEASE PUT A PAINTED SIGN.
10:12:27AM ON KENNEDY, FROM HOWARD DRIVING UP, PEOPLE ARE PULLING UP TO
10:12:30AM ME AND TRYING TO CUT ME OFF ON THE ROAD.
10:12:32AM I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO RIDE MY BIKE ON A SIDEWALK.
10:12:35AM I'VE BEEN HIT, ARRAWANA, POLICE REPORT BECAUSE I DID RIDE ON
10:12:41AM THE SIDEWALK AND THE GUY WAS ONLY LOOKING IN THIS DIRECTION
10:12:44AM TO THE RIGHT, HIT MY TIRE.
10:12:47AM SO THERE IS A POLICE REPORT ON THAT.
10:12:48AM ANOTHER THING, OVERDEVELOPMENT AND ALLOWING ALL THESE CHOP
10:12:51AM SHOP MEGAMANSIONS GOING UP IN THESE AREAS, I PRAY TO GOD WE
10:12:56AM DON'T GET A CAT 5 HURRICANE BECAUSE YOU'RE ALLOWING
10:12:59AM OVERDEVELOPMENT ON VERY, VERY OLD INFRASTRUCTURE.
10:13:01AM MY OWN FAMILY, MY FATHER IS 91, HE'S BEEN PAYING TAXES HERE
10:13:05AM SINCE 1965, I'M BORN HERE IN 69, PLEASE REEVALUATE WHAT
10:13:09AM YOU'RE DOING IN THE CITY AND HELP MAKE POSITIVE, POSITIVE
10:13:12AM IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE FUTURE.
10:13:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:13:16AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:13:19AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:13:20AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:13:20AM BOBBY KRADEN.
10:13:21AM I LIVE IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:13:24AM I'M HERE AGAIN TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE OF VACANT AND
10:13:29AM DETERIORATING STRUCTURES IN THE CODE.
10:13:31AM I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THEIR INTEREST IN THAT TOPIC AND
10:13:34AM FOR THE TIME TO TAKE TO CONSIDER IT.
10:13:36AM I WORK IN HEALTH CARE.
10:13:38AM I TRY TO DRAW ANALOGIES BETWEEN PROBLEMS I SEE IN THE CITY
10:13:42AM AND WAYS WE TEND TO EVALUATE PROBLEMS IN HEALTH CARE.
10:13:45AM IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE ISSUES WE FACE WITH THIS
10:13:47AM PARTICULAR ISSUE ON HOW SYMPTOMS ARE MANAGED.
10:13:52AM WE IN HEALTH CARE OFTEN THINK ABOUT THE FREQUENCY, DURATION,
10:13:55AM SEVERITY OF SYMPTOMS WHEN THEY OCCUR.
10:13:57AM SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT I'VE OFFERED FOR THIS PROBLEM I
10:14:00AM THINK TEND TO MAP CLOSELY TO THAT FREQUENCY.
10:14:04AM HOW DO WE KEEP THESE TYPES OF STRUCTURES FROM APPEARING IN
10:14:08AM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS?
10:14:08AM HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT OR SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT HELP PEOPLE
10:14:13AM STAY IN HOMES, HELP FAMILIES THAT MIGHT BE AT RISK OF LOSING
10:14:16AM HOMES, HELP ELDERLY PEOPLE PASS THAT HOME ON TO THE NEXT
10:14:19AM GENERATION SO IT DOESN'T BECOME A DATA POINT THAT'S HARMING
10:14:22AM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:14:23AM THE DURATION FOR HOW LONG THE STRUCTURES REMAIN BOARDED AND
10:14:27AM THE DETRIMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY ARE FOUND.
10:14:30AM I'M SURE WAYS WE CAN EXAMINE THE CODE TO CUT DOWN ON WHAT IS
10:14:36AM RIGHT NOW UNLIMITED LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE STRUCTURES ARE
10:14:38AM ALLOWED TO REMAIN A BLIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:14:40AM I CAN GET INTO SPECIFICS, BUT WE CAN TALK OFF-LINE ABOUT
10:14:45AM THAT.
10:14:45AM THE LAST POINT IS THE SEVERITY.
10:14:47AM HOW DO WE DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF HARM THAT THESE TYPES OF
10:14:52AM STRUCTURES TEND TO PRODUCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS?
10:14:55AM ONE OF THE METHODS THAT I'VE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN
10:14:59AM CLEAR BOARDING, SO THAT WHEN PASSERS-BY INTERACT WITH THE
10:15:03AM SPACE OR PERCEIVE IT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT HAS LESS OF A
10:15:08AM BLIGHTED EFFECT, LESS OF A HARMFUL EFFECT AND MUCH MORE TO
10:15:11AM SAY ON THAT.
10:15:12AM KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.
10:15:14AM JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THEIR INTEREST.
10:15:17AM OPEN MYSELF UP FOR ANY FURTHER MEETINGS IF ANYONE IS
10:15:20AM INTERESTED SO WE CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE IN THE FUTURE.
10:15:23AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:15:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:15:24AM YES, MA'AM.
10:15:26AM GOOD MORNING.
10:15:26AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:15:29AM VALERIE BULLOCK FROM PONCE De LEON AND COLLEGE HILL.
10:15:32AM I WANT TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RESOLUTION 568.
10:15:37AM THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR-ALL SUPPORT.
10:15:39AM THANK YOU ALL FOR PASSING IT.
10:15:41AM WE SEEM TO BE OFF TO A GOOD START.
10:15:43AM BUT BASED ON TAMPA HISTORY, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE 568.
10:15:49AM AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOME LITTLE GROUND RULES.
10:15:52AM WE ARE THE RESOLUTION 568 COMMITTEE, AND ON THE COMMITTEE,
10:15:58AM THE NAACP WE HAVE A PERMANENT SEAT ON THE BOARD.
10:16:02AM WE FOUGHT A LONG UPHILL BATTLE, AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE
10:16:07AM PEOPLE COMING, WANT TO RIDE ON OUR COATTAILS AFTER ALL THE
10:16:12AM HARD WORK DONE AND WE GO INTO PHASE TWO.
10:16:14AM ANYWAY, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY
10:16:19AM CHOSEN MEMBERS.
10:16:19AM 568 RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION 568, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING AND WE
10:16:23AM ARE NOT GIVING UP OUR SEATS.
10:16:25AM AND NO ONE PERSON SHALL STACK THE COMMITTEE SEATS.
10:16:28AM THE RESOLUTION COMMITTEE IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF
10:16:31AM TAMPA AND THE RESOLUTION 568 COMMITTEE.
10:16:35AM WE ARE TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH AND BE TRANSPARENT, HAVE OPEN,
10:16:39AM HONEST, AND SOMETIMES PAINFUL CONVERSATION.
10:16:42AM THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS THAT
10:16:45AM WAS PUT IN PLACE TO HARM BLACK PEOPLE.
10:16:47AM WE NEED THOUGHTFUL AND TARGETED INVESTMENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY
10:16:51AM TO SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH.
10:16:54AM FAIR AND OBTAINABLE HOUSING.
10:16:57AM WE WANT KEYS.
10:16:58AM THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AFFORDABLE AND OBTAINABLE
10:17:01AM HOUSING.
10:17:01AM I HAVE TWO HOUSES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SOLD FOR OVER
10:17:04AM 600,000.
10:17:06AM MOST OF THE HOUSES THAT'S BEEN SAID THAT THEY ARE
10:17:10AM AFFORDABLE, THEY ARE 450,000.
10:17:12AM THEY ARE AFFORDABLE FOR SOMEBODY, JUST NOT THE ONES OF US
10:17:15AM WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:17:17AM WE ALSO NEED JOB TRAINING WITH A MEASURABLE OUTCOME, AND
10:17:22AM THAT OUTCOME WOULD BE DO WE GET A PAYCHECK?
10:17:25AM IF WE DO, THAT'S SOME GOOD JOB TRAINING.
10:17:28AM AND WE NEED APPRENTICESHIP WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:17:31AM WE NEED PEOPLE WHO LOVE EAST TAMPA AND THE PEOPLE OF EAST
10:17:34AM TAMPA.
10:17:36AM THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE, THE ONES WHO WERE RAISED IN BELMONT
10:17:40AM HEIGHTS, JACKSON HEIGHTS, COLLEGE HILL, AND PONCE De LEON.
10:17:44AM THE ONES WHO ARE STILL STANDING AFTER BEING ATTACKED DAY IN
10:17:47AM AND DAY OUT.
10:17:48AM THE ONES WHO THE ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED FOR.
10:17:54AM THE ONES HOUSING POLICY ENACTED FOR AND THE ONES
10:17:59AM OVER-POLICED.
10:18:01AM THERE ARE NUMEROUS UNSUNG HEROES AND ACTIVISTS IN EAST TAMPA
10:18:04AM WHO HAVE BEEN PUSHING OTHERS TO BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN
10:18:08AM BE, HELPING OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHO HOLD THE
10:18:12AM COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
10:18:12AM THE ONES WHO DON'T HAVE A PLATFORM, THE ONES WHO DON'T GET
10:18:17AM PAID.
10:18:17AM THE ONES WHO ARE OVERLOOKED.
10:18:19AM WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL, JUST CHANGE THE SPOKES.
10:18:24AM WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER BLACK FACE WITH A HIDDEN AGENDA,
10:18:28AM ANOTHER PUPPET, SOMEONE WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT EAST TAMPA OR
10:18:34AM SOMEONE WHO MAKES MONEY OFF OF OUR PAIN.
10:18:36AM WE CAN REMOVE THE BARRIERS IF THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE PUT IN
10:18:40AM PLACE.
10:18:41AM IT'S A SAD DAY WHEN THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF EAST TAMPA DEALING
10:18:45AM WITH THE SAME ISSUES I DEALT WITH 50 YEARS AGO.
10:18:48AM THAT IS SAD.
10:18:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:18:50AM YES, SIR, GOOD MORNING.
10:18:55AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
10:18:56AM MY NAME IS DARYL HYCH.
10:18:58AM I WANT TO TALK ALSO ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 568, WHICH IS
10:19:05AM SURPRISINGLY TODAY'S STAFF REPORT NUMBER 86.
10:19:10AM THE LAST TIME WE WERE DOWN HERE, I RECALLED ONE OF THE
10:19:14AM COUNCILMEN MENTIONING IF THERE IS A WAY TO MOVE THIS AGENDA
10:19:18AM A LITTLE FURTHER AT THE BEGINNING SO WE WOULDN'T BE DOWN
10:19:20AM HERE THE REST OF THE DAY AS WE WERE LAST TIME.
10:19:24AM I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, BECAUSE
10:19:30AM THAT WAS A STATED REQUEST.
10:19:32AM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU
10:19:34AM FOR MOVING THIS AGENDA ITEM FORWARD AND THIS RESOLUTION
10:19:37AM FORWARD.
10:19:38AM BUT I WANT TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
10:19:42AM LISTENING TO LAST WEEK, AND WE WERE DISCUSSING THE AMOUNT OF
10:19:45AM PEOPLE AND INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE WHO SHOULD BE ON THIS
10:19:48AM COMMISSION.
10:19:49AM I THINK WE MAY BE LOOKING AT THIS THING FROM A
10:19:52AM MICROPERSPECTIVE.
10:19:53AM I BELIEVE AFTER DOING SOME LIMITED RESEARCH THAT WE NEED TO
10:19:56AM HAVE A MINIMUM OF NO MORE -- A MINIMUM OF 30 PEOPLE ON THIS
10:20:01AM COMMISSION.
10:20:02AM HERE'S WHY I WOULD STATE THAT ACCORDINGLY.
10:20:04AM WHEN YOU LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THE SIX POINTS, I'LL TRY TO
10:20:09AM RUSH THROUGH THEM.
10:20:09AM SIX AREAS TO BE ADDRESSED.
10:20:11AM EQUITY ACCESS OPPORTUNITY AND EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT HEALTH
10:20:13AM CARE AND HOUSING, YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS EQUITY
10:20:18AM AND INCLUSION CONSULTANT, A POLICY ANALYST, A COMMUNITY
10:20:21AM ORGANIZER, A DATA SCIENTIST, SOMEONE THAT'S PART OF LEGAL
10:20:25AM COUNSEL TO ADDRESS NUMBER TWO, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO
10:20:28AM EDUCATE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE INJUSTICE OF SLAVERY AND RACIAL
10:20:33AM DISCRIMINATION.
10:20:33AM YOU NEED AN HISTORIAN, EDUCATION SPECIALIST, A COMMUNITY
10:20:36AM ORGANIZER, ACTIVIST OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE TRAINER, SOMEONE
10:20:41AM THAT IS PART OF LEGAL COUNSEL.
10:20:42AM FOR STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE RACIAL NEUTRAL POLICIES AND
10:20:46AM EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT AND HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING, YOU NEED
10:20:49AM EQUITY AND INCLUSION CONSULTANT.
10:20:51AM A POLICY ANALYST, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, AGAIN, A LEGAL
10:20:55AM COUNSEL, TO ADDRESS REFORMS TO -- TO ADDRESS REFORMS TO
10:21:02AM POLICING AND REDUCE THE RACIAL DISPARITIES TO ENSURE
10:21:05AM COMMUNITY SAFETY, YOU NEED A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY.
10:21:08AM A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, A LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERT, A POLICY
10:21:12AM ANALYST, SOMEONE WHO IS WITH THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE.
10:21:16AM POLICIES TO ELIMINATE DISPROPORTIONATE MASS INCARCERATION
10:21:21AM AND TO PROMOTE REHABILITATION, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU HAVE A
10:21:25AM CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCATE, A REENTRY SPECIALIST, A
10:21:29AM POLICY ANALYST.
10:21:30AM TO PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR DISCRIMINATION BASED UPON
10:21:36AM RACE, YOU NEED A DATA ANALYST, AN ELECTION ADMINISTRATION
10:21:41AM EXPERT, A POLITICAL STRATEGIST.
10:21:43AM YOU NEED A MINIMUM OF 30 PEOPLE THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO
10:21:47AM SIT ON THIS COMMISSION AND LOOK AT THIS THING AS IF YOU'RE
10:21:50AM WORKING ON IT FROM A SCRUM PROJECT, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH
10:21:54AM SCRUM, YOU CANNOT BRING A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIMITED
10:21:58AM EXPERTISE TO WORK ON ALL THESE VARIABLES.
10:22:01AM SO I'D ASK YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THAT AND EVEN MORE SO, PLEASE
10:22:04AM BRING THIS ITEM BEFORE NUMBER 86.
10:22:08AM THAT'S LIKE 8:00 TONIGHT.
10:22:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:22:11AM YES, MA'AM, GOOD MORNING.
10:22:16AM >> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, DR. MICHELLE
10:22:18AM WILLIAMS.
10:22:19AM I GUESS I'M GOING TO STILL REMAIN THE MORAL COMPASS FOR THE
10:22:23AM GROUP.
10:22:24AM THIS MORNING, WHILE I WAS DRIVING HERE, SOMETHING THAT I
10:22:27AM OFTEN SAY WHEN I'M AT CHURCH ON SUNDAY.
10:22:30AM I ALWAYS ASK GOD TO MOLD THESE LIPS OF CLAY SO THAT THE
10:22:35AM PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE MESSENGER, BUT LISTEN TO
10:22:39AM THE MESSENGERS WITH CHRIST-FILLED EARS.
10:22:43AM IN THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH, THE NINTH CHAPTER IN THE THIRD
10:22:49AM VERSE, TYRE BUILT HERSELF UP AS IF SHE HAD TAKEN ALL THE
10:22:55AM SILVER AND THE GOLD.
10:22:57AM AND ALL THE FINE DUST AS IT WAS THE MIRE OF THE STREETS, BUT
10:23:03AM BEHOLD, THE LORD WILL CAST HER OUT, AND HE WILL SMITE HER
10:23:09AM POWER IN THE SEA, AND SHE WILL BE DEVOURED BY FIRE.
10:23:13AM NOW, LET ME GO ON THE RECORD TO SAY FOR SOME OF THOSE WHO
10:23:16AM MAY BE WATCHING AT HOME, THE WORD MIRE DERIVES FROM THE
10:23:21AM MEANING, A SITUATION OR A STATE OF DIFFICULTY, DISTRESS OR
10:23:26AM EMBARRASSMENT, FROM WHICH IT IS HARD TO ERADICATE ONE'S SELF
10:23:31AM AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE FINDING OURSELVES.
10:23:33AM WE CAN'T ERADICATE OURSELVES FROM A DECISION THAT WAS MADE
10:23:36AM FOUR YEARS AGO TO IMPLEMENT A RESOLUTION BOARD.
10:23:40AM 568 FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
10:23:42AM WE ALL HAVE CHOICES IN LIFE.
10:23:45AM AND THE CHOICES WE MAKE CAN VERY WELL BRING WRATH UPON US BY
10:23:49AM GOD.
10:23:50AM YOUR WILLINGNESS DOES NOT MERIT SINCERITY IF IT DOESN'T
10:23:54AM REACH THOSE WHO ARE DESOLATE AND TO FULFILL THE PROMISES
10:23:58AM THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THIS BOARD, SEPTEMBER THE 3rd,
10:24:01AM 2020.
10:24:02AM AND BEFORE I CLOSE WITH YOU TODAY, ALLOW ME TO ADD THAT NONE
10:24:08AM OF YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GAIN SALVATION THROUGH GOOD WORKS,
10:24:12AM BECAUSE YOUR BEST WORKS ARE NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH IF YOUR
10:24:15AM SINS OUTWEIGH THAT.
10:24:16AM IT'S A SIN BEFORE GOD THAT FOUR YEARS HAVE PASSED AND
10:24:24AM NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
10:24:25AM IT TOOK AN ACTIVIST AND A DISCOVERY, ONE WHO HAS GREAT
10:24:30AM PASSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO BRING THIS MERIT FORTH FOR US
10:24:34AM TO EVEN HAVE THE AMOUNT OF TEETH THAT WE DO HAVE IN IT,
10:24:40AM RIGHT NOW.
10:24:41AM IT IS THIS COMMUNITY.
10:24:42AM IT IS THESE MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE EVERY THURSDAY, WHO
10:24:46AM SHOULD BE ON THAT BOARD.
10:24:47AM NOT THE SAME COTTON PICKING BLACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO GOOD
10:24:53AM INTEREST FOR US.
10:24:54AM I DON'T SEE ANY OF THESE REVERENDS NOR THESE BISHOPS IN EAST
10:24:58AM TAMPA WALKING THE STREETS LIKE WE DO, KNOCKING ON DOORS LIKE
10:25:02AM WE DO.
10:25:03AM I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I HAD MY ASS HANDED TO ME
10:25:06AM SEVERAL TIMES BY GOD AND IT WAS NOT A GOOD PLEASURE.
10:25:09AM AND I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK ON THAT END.
10:25:10AM BUT LIKE I SAY, I PROMISE YOU, THIS IS MY LAST TIME AT THIS
10:25:14AM PODIUM TALKING ABOUT RESOLUTION 568 BECAUSE I STAND ON
10:25:18AM BUSINESS, AND I STAND ON GOD.
10:25:20AM IF YOU NEED TO BE SUED, THAT'S WHERE I'M HEADED.
10:25:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:25:24AM YES, MA'AM.
10:25:25AM GOOD MORNING.
10:25:26AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:25:27AM MY NAME IS REESHEMAH McCOY.
10:25:31AM I ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENTS.
10:25:34AM 568.
10:25:34AM WE HAVE TO HAVE BALANCE.
10:25:37AM WE NEED SUBJECT EXPERTS.
10:25:40AM THEY BROKE IT DOWN, GENTLEMAN BROKE IT DOWN PERFECTLY.
10:25:45AM PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERTISE, PEOPLE THAT BEEN THERE, PEOPLE
10:25:50AM LIKE ME, STAGE 2 CANCER PATIENT, I GET IT.
10:25:53AM I HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT, 19 YEARS LIVING IN SULPHUR
10:25:56AM SPRINGS AS A HOMEOWNER AND STILL NOT GETTING THE RESPECT OF
10:25:59AM MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I NEED AND DESERVE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY
10:26:02AM OR MY COMMUNITY.
10:26:03AM WE DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE WHATEVER SYSTEM THAT YOU ALREADY
10:26:09AM HAVE.
10:26:10AM WE NEED SOMETHING BETTER, SOMETHING INVENTIVE.
10:26:14AM YOU GUYS ARE ON THE FRONT LINE OF CHANGE.
10:26:17AM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN WHERE WE CAN
10:26:20AM UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MEAN WELL FOR US.
10:26:22AM YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SET THE PRECEDENCE OF SOMETHING GREAT.
10:26:28AM SO WE'RE NOT HERE FOR NO GOOD REASON.
10:26:30AM WE NEED FRESH EYES.
10:26:31AM WE NEED FRESH APPROACHES.
10:26:32AM WE NEED MONEY.
10:26:34AM I'M ASKING FOR $150,000 TO START WITH.
10:26:37AM JUST TO START WITH.
10:26:40AM YOU GOT IT.
10:26:41AM I'VE SEEN YOU ALL THROW THAT MONEY AWAY ON TRACTORS.
10:26:46AM BOARDWALK, MILLION DOLLARS FOR, YOU KNOW, SWING SETS.
10:26:52AM THAT'S NOTHING.
10:26:53AM BUT TO START WITH, HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY ASK FOR MONEY YET.
10:26:57AM WE NEED MONEY.
10:26:58AM IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT, YOU GOT TO DO IT RIGHT.
10:27:01AM YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
10:27:03AM NOBODY COMES TO -- I'M ALWAYS GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW NOBODY
10:27:07AM COMES TO SULPHUR SPRINGS, NOT SAY, LET'S MEET IN SULPHUR
10:27:10AM SPRINGS TO GET DINNER TONIGHT.
10:27:12AM NOBODY DOES THAT.
10:27:12AM LET'S GO TO EAST TAMPA AND HANG OUT.
10:27:14AM NOBODY DOES THAT.
10:27:15AM SO WE WANT TO MAKE IT A PLACE THAT'S GOING TO BE CORDIAL,
10:27:21AM SOME PLACES EVEN YOU WANT TO SHOW UP.
10:27:23AM WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME OVER TO SULPHUR SPRINGS TO HAVE
10:27:26AM LUNCH TODAY AFTER LUNCH.
10:27:27AM NO, DIDN'T THINK SO.
10:27:29AM FOOD BOXES, NEITHER DO I.
10:27:31AM WE GOT TO DO IT AND DO IT RIGHT.
10:27:33AM THANK YOU.
10:27:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:27:35AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:27:35AM GOOD MORNING.
10:27:37AM YES, MA'AM.
10:27:39AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:27:49AM >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON.
10:27:52AM FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS.
10:27:56AM DON'T EVER GET MY PASSION CONFUSED WITH MY ANGER.
10:28:00AM MY PASSION AND MY COMMITMENT IS COMING HERE ON A THURSDAY.
10:28:03AM MY ANGER IS IT SPREADS WHEN I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE
10:28:06AM COMMUNITY AND SAY THERE HAVE BEEN NO DELIVERABLES.
10:28:10AM NOTHING THAT WAS GIVEN TO THIS COMMUNITY WEEK AFTER WEEK.
10:28:15AM YOU KNOW, I KEEP HEARING THE WORD WAIT.
10:28:19AM BUT WAIT GIVE RISE TO THOSE WHO HAVE PRIVILEGE.
10:28:23AM TO THE WAITERS THAT HAVE TO WAIT FOR JUSTICE THAT'S ONGOING
10:28:28AM PAIN.
10:28:29AM AND WE ARE AT A POINT, WHETHER JAMES BROWN, JAMES BALDWIN,
10:28:34AM OR DR. KING SAYING, WAITING, WAITING TO THE OPPRESSED IS
10:28:43AM ONGOING SUFFERING.
10:28:44AM WE'RE SAYING IT IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD.
10:28:46AM I GAVE YOU THIS MEMO BECAUSE I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY,
10:28:51AM UNPLEASURABLE TO BE REPRESENTED BY THREE GOOD ATTORNEYS.
10:28:55AM WILL KNIGHT, GUY BURNS, AND THE LATE GREAT BARRY COHEN.
10:29:00AM BARRY COHEN SHUT IT ALL DOWN.
10:29:03AM WALK THROUGH A COURTHOUSE AND DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO TO THE
10:29:06AM PODIUM.
10:29:07AM THEY KNOW WHY HE WAS THERE.
10:29:08AM BARRY COHEN WROTE THIS MEMO TO THE CHIEF JUDGE AND 2015 SAID
10:29:16AM IT IS SOMETHING UGLY THAT IS HAPPENING AS IT RELATES TO
10:29:20AM AFRICAN AMERICANS.
10:29:20AM IT IS SOMETHING HAPPENING WITH THE JUDICIARY AND WITH JUDGES
10:29:26AM THAT IS SO AFRAID OF POLITICAL FALLOUT AND THAT IS THE
10:29:31AM ONGOING LYING THAT PUT AFRICAN AMERICANS IN HARM.
10:29:36AM WE ALL KNOW IT.
10:29:37AM OUR COMMUNITY IS SUFFERING FROM MASS INCARCERATION.
10:29:41AM THIS CITY, THIS COUNTY ADJUDICATE MORE JUVENILES TO THE
10:29:47AM ADULT SYSTEM.
10:29:49AM WE HAVE MORE BLACK MEN IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT COMMITTED
10:29:52AM CRIMES WHEN THEY WERE 18, 40 YEARS OLD NOW AND CAN'T PASS A
10:29:59AM LEVEL TWO BACKGROUND TO GET A DECENT JOB.
10:30:01AM UNFORGIVABLE.
10:30:02AM WE BELIEVE RESOLUTION 568 CAN START ADDRESSING THAT BECAUSE
10:30:08AM WE GOT TO HAVE GREATER ADVOCACY.
10:30:10AM WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE THAT HAVE THE LENS OF WANTING MORE
10:30:17AM POLITICAL FUTURE SO THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND WHO
10:30:19AM REPRESENT OUR INTERESTS.
10:30:21AM WE ARE IN A VERY DEPRESSED SITUATION, BECAUSE WHAT WE HEAR
10:30:32AM COMING FROM THIS COUNCIL, WAITING NINE MORE YEARS OR WAITING
10:30:36AM TEN MORE YEARS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ALL RIGHT.
10:30:38AM WAITING NINE MORE YEARS, TEN MORE YEARS FOR JUSTICE IS
10:30:42AM UNACCEPTABLE.
10:30:45AM RESOLUTION 568 HAS TO HAVE THE VOICES OF THOSE WITH LIVED
10:30:51AM EXPERIENCE.
10:30:51AM AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE ALREADY MEETING.
10:30:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:30:55AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:30:55AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE, SIR.
10:30:58AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:31:04AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:31:05AM >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:31:08AM I WANT TO SAY THIS CITY NEED TWO THINGS: SENSITIVITY
10:31:13AM TRAINING AND MAYBE WE NEED ALL CITY EMPLOYEES TO GO TO AAA
10:31:18AM OR SOMETHING, ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE
10:31:21AM CITY HAVE A BUNCH OF INTOXICATED PEOPLE.
10:31:23AM LOOK LIKE THEY ARE DRUNK BEFORE THEY EVEN GET HERE.
10:31:25AM AND THEN TRY TO GET SOME KIND OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGES WHERE
10:31:29AM WE, WHEN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE GET CAUGHT WITH A, WHATEVER,
10:31:34AM STOLEN BICYCLE, STOLEN OR NOT, SUNGLASSES.
10:31:38AM SUSAN LOPEZ TRYING TO GET FREE CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING BY
10:31:42AM GIVING AFRICAN WOMAN 30 YEARS, ENDORSING AFRICAN WOMAN
10:31:47AM GETTING 30 YEARS, HOW HATEFUL CAN YOU BE?
10:31:51AM THIS MORNING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ADOLF HITLER.
10:31:54AM HOW MUCH OF A GREAT MAN ADOLF HITLER WAS.
10:31:57AM I'M SURE WHEN EVERYBODY HEAR THAT, ESPECIALLY JEWISH PEOPLE,
10:32:02AM IT RUBS THEM THE WRONG WAY.
10:32:05AM THEY ARE VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT THAT.
10:32:08AM AND I AS AN AFRICAN PERSON, I'M VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT CERTAIN
10:32:13AM THINGS.
10:32:13AM VERY SENSITIVE.
10:32:14AM YOU UNDERSTAND?
10:32:15AM I'M SENSITIVE WHEN I HEAR THE WORD FDR, FRANKLIN DELANO
10:32:22AM ROOSEVELT, WINSTON CHURCHILL, WHEN I HEAR THOSE WORDS, WHEN
10:32:27AM I HEAR THOSE NAMES.
10:32:28AM IT'S JUST LIKE HEARING THE WORD ADOLF HITLER TO A JEWISH
10:32:33AM PERSON.
10:32:33AM A BUNCH OF RACIST CLOWNS, NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS.
10:32:39AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO STAND UP.
10:32:42AM WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT, REPARATIONS, CAPITALISM,
10:32:47AM SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM.
10:32:50AM COMMUNISM IS SO IMPORTANT NOW.
10:32:51AM PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT, BUT YOU HEAR RICK SCOTT AND
10:32:56AM DESANTIS SAY THEY EVEN GOING TO PUT IT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
10:33:00AM THEY SAY THEY DON'T PUT IT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO LET YOU
10:33:02AM KNOW WHAT IT IS.
10:33:04AM CAPITALISM IS THAT STRONG.
10:33:07AM THEY WANT TO TAKE OUT ALL KIND OF SENSITIVITY AND DIVERSITY
10:33:10AM PROGRAMS BUT THEY WANT TO PUT IN HOW TO BE A GOOD SLAVE.
10:33:17AM THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
10:33:19AM WHITE PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN TO BE MORE SENSITIVE AND MORE
10:33:23AM SENSITIVE TO OUR NEEDS.
10:33:24AM AND OUR NEEDS CALL FOR REPARATIONS.
10:33:27AM 568 CALLED FOR REPARATIONS.
10:33:30AM THAT IS A PART OF REPARATIONS.
10:33:31AM A LOT OF PEOPLE SCARED OF THE WORD REPARATIONS.
10:33:35AM SAY SOMETHING ELSE, OH, NO, THAT, THIS, THAT WAS THEN.
10:33:39AM I WANT TO SAY IT NOW AND I'LL SAY IT UNTIL THE DAY -- WELL,
10:33:44AM I'M NOT GOING TO DIE.
10:33:45AM I WON'T EVEN PUT THAT ON MYSELF.
10:33:46AM I WANT TO SAY IT WOULD BE SAID FOREVER, WE DID NOT, OUR
10:33:52AM ANCESTORS DID NOT WORK FOR FREE.
10:33:55AM YOU ALL CAN KEEP CALLING IT SLAVERY.
10:33:58AM THAT'S WORK WE HAVE TO GET PAID FOR.
10:34:00AM OUR KIDS GOT TO GET PAID FOR.
10:34:02AM GENERATIONS IN THE FUTURE GOT TO GET PAID FOR.
10:34:06AM DO YOUR PART AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
10:34:08AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:34:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:34:08AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:34:09AM NEXT SPEAKER.
10:34:10AM YES, MA'AM.
10:34:22AM GOOD MORNING.
10:34:23AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:34:24AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
10:34:26AM RESOLUTION 568, THE CANDIDATES FOR THAT BOARD ARE SITTING IN
10:34:29AM THIS ROOM.
10:34:30AM MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP
10:34:32AM EVERY WEEK ARE A PART OF THAT.
10:34:35AM I HOPE THAT CHIEF BENNETT AND THE OTHER FOLKS FROM THE
10:34:38AM ADMINISTRATION WHO ARE HERE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S
10:34:42AM SOMEBODY TO WATCH THAT BOARD.
10:34:45AM I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THIS MORNING.
10:34:49AM I SAT DOWN YESTERDAY MORNING AT 5 A.M. AND I DID A LITTLE
10:34:55AM BIT OF RESEARCH ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:34:58AM IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO TELL YOU THAT 120% OF AMI IS AFFORDABLE
10:35:03AM HOUSING, THAT'S POOP.
10:35:05AM IT'S MARKET RATE.
10:35:06AM WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE IS I'VE ANALYZED ALL THE APARTMENT
10:35:10AM BUILDINGS, THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE SURROUNDING MY
10:35:16AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:35:17AM AS YOU CAN SEE, 120% OF AMI IS $2,007 A MONTH FOR HOUSING
10:35:24AM COSTS.
10:35:25AM ALL OF THESE ARE BELOW THAT.
10:35:26AM WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OF THESE FALL UNDER THE AFFORDABLE
10:35:29AM UMBRELLA, WHICH MEANS THAT 7400 INTERBAY, WHICH IS A CRAP
10:35:33AM PROJECT.
10:35:34AM IT WAS A CRAP PROJECT WHEN YOU TURNED IT DOWN A YEAR AGO.
10:35:37AM IT'S A CRAP PROJECT UNDER LIVE LOCAL HAS HOODWINKED THE
10:35:42AM CITY.
10:35:42AM THAT MEANS THAT FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
10:35:46AM LIVE IN THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS THAT THEY HAVE SET ASIDE WILL
10:35:52AM HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT THE CITY AND
10:35:56AM CITY STAFF WILL BE PAID FOR BY THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF
10:36:03AM TAMPA.
10:36:04AM BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST MOVE INTO AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT
10:36:08AM WITHOUT APPLYING FOR IT.
10:36:11AM THESE GUYS HAVE HUSTLED THE WHOLE CITY.
10:36:14AM I WOULD OFFER THAT WE NEED TO STOP TALKING ABOUT 120% OF AMI
10:36:21AM AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:36:24AM IT'S PROBABLY MARKET RATE BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF
10:36:27AM SOME OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE DIRT IN THIS CITY.
10:36:29AM AND THIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE.
10:36:30AM IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE, AND WE NEED TO MAKE
10:36:34AM IT A DEFINITION THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME HERE AND TALK
10:36:37AM ABOUT AFFORDABLE, IT NEED NOT BE IN THE $80,000 A YEAR FOR
10:36:41AM ONE PERSON RANGE.
10:36:42AM THIS IS OBNOXIOUS.
10:36:44AM IT'S RIDICULOUS.
10:36:47AM I'M JUST ABSOLUTELY OFFENDED.
10:36:51AM AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THE WEBSITE.
10:36:54AM THESE DO NOT INCLUDE THAT MOST OF THESE COMMUNITIES ARE
10:36:57AM OFFERING A FREE MONTH'S RENT ON TOP OF THIS, WHICH FURTHER
10:37:01AM REDUCES THIS NUMBER.
10:37:02AM BUT THAT APPLICATION IS GOING TO COST US FOR THE NEXT 30
10:37:08AM YEARS WE HAVE TO PROCESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:37:12AM THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU UNANIMOUSLY TURN DOWN THE CRAP
10:37:17AM PROJECT LAST SUMMER, AND THERE IS A REASON WHY I'VE
10:37:22AM CONTACTED OUR STATE SENATORS ABOUT THIS.
10:37:24AM THERE IS A REASON WHY I OFFER TWO PETITIONS FOR REVIEW,
10:37:30AM BECAUSE IT'S CRAP.
10:37:30AM IT WAS CRAP THEN, AND IT'S CRAP NOW.
10:37:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
10:37:35AM >> LET'S CALL AFFORDABLE WHAT IT REALLY IS.
10:37:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:37:38AM YES, MA'AM.
10:37:39AM GOOD MORNING.
10:37:42AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:37:43AM MY NAME IS BARBARA VAN AIRSDALE.
10:37:46AM SHE STRUCK A NERVE IN ME AGAIN.
10:37:48AM THAT'S WHY I'M HERE THIS MORNING.
10:37:49AM THREE YEARS IN, MY LEASE WAS TO EXPIRE APRIL 1st.
10:37:54AM I DIDN'T WANT TO RENEW BECAUSE I'M LIVING IN AN UNACCESSIBLE
10:37:57AM UNIT THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME OFF FLORIDA AVENUE.
10:38:02AM I WAS GIVEN INFORMATION ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY UNITS FROM
10:38:07AM THE CITY OF TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY LAST MONTH AFTER I CAME
10:38:11AM DOWN HERE AND SPOKE ABOUT THE CRISIS I'M IN, DESPERATELY
10:38:15AM NEEDING TO FIND A PLACE BEFORE I SIGN ANOTHER YEAR THAT I
10:38:20AM CAN'T AFFORD.
10:38:21AM IT'S 70% OF MY SOCIAL SECURITY MONTHLY.
10:38:22AM NOT ONLY WAS I GIVEN A LIST OF ADDRESSES AND TOLD THEY HAVE
10:38:26AM THIS RMA PROGRAM AVAILABLE FOR ME TO APPLY FOR FOR HELP, I
10:38:30AM SPENT TWO DAYS DRIVING TO THE PROPERTIES.
10:38:32AM NOT ONE OF THEM WAS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:38:34AM I'M SORRY.
10:38:35AM I'M NOT FROM TAMPA.
10:38:37AM WHY WOULD THEY GIVE ME A LIST AND HAVE ME GO TO THESE PLACES
10:38:42AM KNOWING NONE OF THEM QUALIFIED?
10:38:44AM WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN ADDRESSES THAT
10:38:50AM QUALIFIED, I BASICALLY HAD A MELTDOWN AND REALIZED THIS
10:38:54AM SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
10:38:55AM I HAVE STUDIED REAL ESTATE.
10:38:56AM IT'S BEEN MY PASSION, MY HOBBY, YEARS, SINCE I WAS 18.
10:39:01AM I HAVE NEVER BEEN LEFT IN SUCH A LOOPHOLE WITH A PUZZLE WITH
10:39:05AM PIECES THAT DON'T FIT AND WHAT YOU'RE GIVEN TO WORK WITH.
10:39:09AM A SOCIAL SECURITY PERSON MY AGE AVERAGES ABOUT $1600 A MONTH
10:39:14AM FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE COUNTRY.
10:39:17AM I RETIRED EARLY BECAUSE I WAS INJURED AND DISABLED AND HAD A
10:39:20AM SPECIAL NEEDS SON TO TAKE CARE OF.
10:39:22AM I COULD NO LONGER WORK FULL-TIME AND MANAGE THE COMPANIES
10:39:25AM AND WORK THAT I DID.
10:39:26AM BUT ON MY INCOME MONTHLY AND TO PAY A THOUSAND PER MONTH
10:39:30AM PLUS UTILITIES OR ANYTHING ELSE, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
10:39:34AM I CAN'T DO IT.
10:39:35AM THREE YEARS AGO WHEN PANDEMIC HIT, WE NEEDED TO PUT RENT
10:39:39AM CONTROL AND STOP THESE LANDLORDS FROM RAISING THE RENTS 25,
10:39:43AM 50 PERCENT, WHATEVER THEY WANTED.
10:39:44AM WE'RE AT THEIR MERCY.
10:39:46AM WE'RE NOW LOCKED OUT AT RATES THAT ARE UNAFFORDABLE IN THE
10:39:50AM AVERAGE ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT I'VE BEEN TOLD 16 TO $2,000.
10:39:55AM ON THAT NOTE I WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
10:39:57AM I FOUND AN INDIVIDUAL OWNER AND TWO CONDOMINIUMS ON BAYSHORE
10:40:00AM BOULEVARD.
10:40:02AM $1400 A MONTH APPROXIMATELY WHICH I COULD HAVE SQUEEZED INTO
10:40:06AM WITH MY MONEY, BUT AT THE LAST MINUTE, THE REALTOR TOLD ME
10:40:09AM YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT THE ONLINE APPLICATION, PAY A FEE.
10:40:13AM I TOLD HER MY CREDIT RUINED BY CLOSING IN FT. LAUDERDALE.
10:40:18AM SAID IT DOESN'T MATTER.
10:40:19AM WE'LL WORK WITH YOU.
10:40:20AM DIDN'T WORK WITH ME.
10:40:22AM LEFT ME WITHOUT AN ANSWER FOR 48 HOURS.
10:40:24AM MY PHONE LOCKED.
10:40:29AM NO WAY TO CONTACT ANYBODY DURING TORNADO WARNINGS.
10:40:32AM I WENT TO A METRO STORE NOT GETTING HELP.
10:40:36AM PEOPLE SCAM YOU.
10:40:38AM THEY DO NOT HELP YOU.
10:40:39AM I SPENT MY WHOLE AFTERNOON TRYING TO GET A PHONE THAT I
10:40:42AM COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO BUY AND HAD TO PICK UP A PERSON TO
10:40:47AM GO WITH ME TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT ILLEGALLY THAT METRO
10:40:51AM AGAIN SOLD ME.
10:40:52AM CHASE BANK STOPPED MY ACCOUNT ON SUNDAY SAYING LISTEN THESE
10:40:55AM CHARGES DON'T ADD UP.
10:40:57AM NO BETTER OFF AND STILL LOOKING AND I HAVE AN EXTENSION TO
10:41:00AM MAY 1st TO SIGN MY LEASE.
10:41:02AM I NEED HELP.
10:41:03AM SOMEONE TO GIVE ME HONEST ANSWERS ON THE RMAP APPLICATION
10:41:06AM AND IF I EVEN QUALIFY SO I CAN GO ANOTHER STEP FURTHER AND
10:41:09AM NOT SPEND ANOTHER FEW DAYS DRIVING AROUND AND CANCELING MY
10:41:12AM MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS SO I CAN TRY TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE.
10:41:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:41:16AM >> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
10:41:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
10:41:17AM I'LL GO TO THE REGISTERED SPEAKERS ONLINE.
10:41:25AM WE HAVE FIVE.
10:41:26AM MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH IS FIRST.
10:41:28AM GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF, SIR.
10:41:30AM MR. RANDOLPH, IS HE ON?
10:41:54AM IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
10:42:04AM STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY.
10:42:06AM IS STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY ON?
10:42:16AM IF YOU ARE ON, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR NAME.
10:42:22AM STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY?
10:42:26AM ALL RIGHT.
10:42:30AM NEXT WE HAVE CHRIS CURRY.
10:42:32AM IS CHRIS CURRY ON?
10:42:35AM ALL RIGHT.
10:42:37AM ED AUSTIN.
10:42:38AM IS ED AUSTIN ON?
10:42:40AM NO.
10:42:44AM DAVID BAILEY.
10:42:46AM IS DAVID BAILEY ON?
10:42:49AM >> THIS IS STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY.
10:42:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY, STATE YOUR
10:42:53AM NAME.
10:42:55AM GO AHEAD.
10:42:57AM YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:43:00AM >> STEPHANIE HARRISON BAILEY.
10:43:04AM SORRY FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
10:43:08AM I APOLOGIZE ALSO THAT I AM DRIVING.
10:43:12AM I AM JUST SPEAKING BRIEFLY TODAY ON I BELIEVE AGENDA ITEM 85
10:43:16AM REGARDING PARKING LOT CODE CHANGES FOR YBOR CITY.
10:43:19AM FIRST, I KNOW THAT ABBYE AND THE REST OF CITY STAFF HAVE
10:43:22AM BEEN WORKING THEIR BUTTS OFF TO GET ALL OF THESE CHANGES
10:43:25AM DRAFTED AND IMPLEMENTED.
10:43:26AM AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A HUGE THANK YOU.
10:43:28AM I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.
10:43:30AM AND 80% OF THE DRAFTED LANGUAGE I WOULD SAY THAT OUR
10:43:33AM NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY AGREES WITH.
10:43:36AM UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT HAVE WIGGLED THEIR
10:43:39AM WAY INTO THESE CHANGES THAT DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO US AS A
10:43:43AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:43:44AM NUMBER ONE, IT APPEARS THAT STAFF WANTS TO RESET THE CLOCK
10:43:49AM FOR THESE NONCONFORMING PARKING LOTS IN YBOR.
10:43:54AM MEANING THAT ALTHOUGH THE CODE WAS ORIGINALLY IMPLEMENTED IN
10:43:56AM 2010, THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE THE SURFACE LOTS AN ADDITIONAL
10:44:02AM AMOUNT OF TIME TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WHICH TO US AS
10:44:06AM RESIDENTS DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
10:44:08AM WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING, YES, WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN NOT IN CODE
10:44:11AM FOR A LONG TIME.
10:44:12AM AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR TWO YEARS WHERE
10:44:15AM YOU KNEW THAT YOU WEREN'T IN CODE.
10:44:16AM GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL TIME WHEREAS AS AN INTERESTING COUNTER
10:44:21AM POINT, WE'VE HAD MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES RED TAGGED LATELY FOR
10:44:25AM BEING OUT OF CODE COMPLIANCE.
10:44:27AM WITH NO WARNING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
10:44:33AM IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY IS NOT QUITE PLAYING FAIR WITH
10:44:35AM PARKING LOT OPERATORS VERSUS ACTUAL BUSINESSES FOR BRINGING
10:44:39AM THINGS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE NEIGHBORS ACTUALLY
10:44:42AM WANT.
10:44:43AM AND THEN SECOND, THERE DOESN'T REALLY SEEM TO BE ANY
10:44:46AM ENFORCEMENT LANGUAGE IN THIS CODE.
10:44:49AM AS YOU GUYS I'M SURE ALL KNOW BY THIS TIME, ONE OF THE
10:44:53AM PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THESE PARKING LOT CODE IS THAT
10:44:56AM THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO ENFORCE THE CODE.
10:44:59AM SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE SOME PRETTY CLEAR ENFORCEMENT
10:45:03AM LANGUAGE FROM THE CITY SO THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH
10:45:05AM THE EFFORT OF MAKING THESE UPDATES, WHICH ARE GREAT, BUT IF
10:45:09AM THERE'S NO WAY TO ENFORCE THEM, WHAT IS THE POINT?
10:45:13AM JUST WANTED TO POINT ALL OF THAT OUT.
10:45:17AM AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE CITY STAFF GO BACK TO THE
10:45:20AM DRAWING BOARD COMPLETELY, BUT I THINK WE'RE 80% OF THE WAY
10:45:24AM THERE, BUT THERE'S JUST A FEW THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC IS
10:45:29AM REALLY QUESTIONING.
10:45:30AM THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
10:45:31AM THANK YOU.
10:45:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:45:32AM IS DAVID BAILEY ON?
10:45:34AM MR. DAVID BAILEY.
10:45:37AM IF YOU COULD UNMUTE YOURSELF.
10:45:40AM >> I DID UNMUTE MYSELF, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.
10:45:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:45:44AM GO AHEAD.
10:45:45AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIR.
10:45:46AM >> DAVID BAILEY.
10:45:47AM I LIVE IN HISTORIC YBOR CITY, ALSO SPEAKING TODAY TO ADDRESS
10:45:52AM ITEM 85 ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
10:45:54AM AS STEPHANIE JUST MENTIONED, I APPLAUD THE PROGRESS THAT
10:45:58AM STAFF HAS MADE ON THE TOPICS OF PARKING LOT SECURITY, ANNUAL
10:46:03AM OPERATION PLANS, AND RESTRICTIONS FOR FUTURE PARKING LOTS IN
10:46:06AM OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:46:08AM THAT SAID, I DO WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO SOME SERIOUS
10:46:12AM CONCERNS THAT STEPHANIE ALLUDED TO.
10:46:15AM SO THE FIRST ONE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CLOCK.
10:46:20AM IT APPEARS STAFF IS RE-SETTING THE CLOCK FOR NONCONFORMING
10:46:24AM PARKING LOTS IN YBOR.
10:46:25AM IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THE CODE WAS CHANGED IN 2010
10:46:29AM REQUIRING LOTS TO COMPLY WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE CODE
10:46:33AM CHANGE, AND THEY HAVE NOT DONE SO FOR 14 YEARS.
10:46:38AM STAFF, IN MY OPINION, IS IGNORING THE CODE'S DIRECTION FOR
10:46:42AM NONCONFORMING LOTS AND ALLOWING THEIR CONTINUED USE.
10:46:46AM MAJOR ISSUE.
10:46:47AM SECOND, AS STEPHANIE SAID, A LACK OF ENFORCEMENT LANGUAGE.
10:46:50AM NOWHERE IN THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE IS THERE ANY ENFORCEMENT
10:46:54AM LANGUAGE.
10:46:54AM SO OPERATORS HAVEN'T COMPLIED FOR 14 YEARS, WHY WOULD THE --
10:46:59AM WHY WOULD THEY ASSUME THEY ARE GOING TO COMPLY IN THE
10:47:01AM FUTURE?
10:47:01AM THE CODE NEEDS TO BE MUCH MORE SPECIFIC ON DAILY FINES OR
10:47:05AM CLOSING LOTS THAT REFUSE TO COMPLY.
10:47:08AM LASTLY, I MUST BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, AND IT IS NEAR
10:47:11AM AND DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HISTORIC
10:47:13AM PRESERVATION STAFF VERY WELL, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
10:47:16AM RUBBER-STAMPING PARKING LOT PLANS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE
10:47:20AM AUTHORITY TO DO WITHOUT PUBLIC NOTICE AND WITHOUT A PUBLIC
10:47:24AM HEARING.
10:47:24AM THIS RUBBER-STAMPING DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS STANDARDS EXPLICIT
10:47:29AM IN THE CODE.
10:47:30AM IT CIRCUMVENTS DUE PROCESS REQUIRED BY THE CODE, AND THIS IS
10:47:34AM A VERY SERIOUS BREACH OF PUBLIC TRUST FOR HISTORIC YBOR AND
10:47:39AM IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO.
10:47:41AM TAMPA ONLY HAS ONE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT AND
10:47:45AM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN WAITING DECADES, DECADES FOR THE
10:47:49AM CITY TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE DONE BY THESE NONCONFORMING
10:47:52AM PARKING LOTS.
10:47:53AM THESE LOTS ARE A MASSIVE DRAIN ON OUR TAX BASE.
10:47:56AM THEY BRING VIOLENT CRIME, NOISE, TRASH TO OUR DOORSTEPS.
10:48:01AM ASK YOURSELF THIS, WOULD YOU WANT THIS NEXT TO YOUR HOUSE?
10:48:05AM THIS IS A PLAGUE ON YBOR CITY.
10:48:07AM IN CLOSING, I WOULD REALLY ASK CITY STAFF TO DO A BETTER JOB
10:48:11AM OF COMMUNICATING AND WORKING WITH HISTORIC YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD
10:48:16AM CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND CLOSE THE GAPS THAT ENABLE PARKING
10:48:19AM OPERATORS TO DAMAGE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:48:23AM PLEASE STAND UP FOR OUR NATIONAL LANDMARK HISTORIC DISTRICT.
10:48:27AM THANK YOU.
10:48:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:48:28AM IS MR. MICHAEL RANDOLPH ON?
10:48:30AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
10:48:34AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:48:35AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH, WITH THE WEST TAMPA CDC.
10:48:38AM TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WEST TAMPA CDC, REDUCING
10:48:46AM GENTRIFICATION, INCREASING PUBLIC SAFETY, AND BUILDING
10:48:49AM WEALTH.
10:48:49AM THE VEHICLE THAT WE USE IS KNOWN AS A SOCIAL CAPITALISM
10:48:54AM MODEL THAT COMBINES MARKET BASED PRINCIPLES WITH SOCIAL
10:49:00AM WELFARE POLICIES THAT CONNECT MARGINALIZED RESIDENTS TO
10:49:06AM WEALTH AND INCOME.
10:49:07AM WE USE A THREE PRONGED APPROACH.
10:49:09AM THE FIRST IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
10:49:10AM UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE OUR HOME-BASED
10:49:14AM E-COMMERCE INITIATIVE THAT CREATES WEALTH FOR LIMITED INCOME
10:49:19AM AND THOSE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS USING ARTIFICIAL
10:49:21AM INTELLIGENCE.
10:49:21AM THE SECOND COMPONENT MOVES LIMITED INCOME RESIDENTS FROM
10:49:28AM CONSUMERS AND RESIDENTS BY EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE TOOLS TO
10:49:32AM INVEST WITH LITTLE MONEY.
10:49:33AM THE NEXT COMPONENT IS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, REDUCING THE
10:49:39AM SCHOOL TO PRISON HEADCOUNT BY CREATING ECONOMIC
10:49:44AM OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE HARD CORE YOUTH AS WELL AS THE --
10:49:46AM YOUTH AND, FINALLY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:49:48AM HOW DO WE DO THIS?
10:49:49AM WE USE WHAT IS KNOWN AS SUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL MODEL.
10:49:53AM THIS IS A COMBINATION OF EARNED INCOME, CHARITABLE
10:49:57AM CONTRIBUTIONS, AND PUBLIC SECTOR SUBSIDIES.
10:50:01AM EARNED INCOME IS USED TO PURSUE SOCIAL OBJECTIVES BY
10:50:05AM SUBSTANTIALLY SEEKING BOTH FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL RETURN ON
10:50:09AM INVESTMENT.
10:50:10AM IN OTHER WORDS, WE KEEP MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:50:12AM BENEFITS.
10:50:15AM TO GOVERNMENT, IT IS AN INCREASE IN TAX BASE IN TERMS OF THE
10:50:18AM BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO CREATE.
10:50:20AM IT REDUCES RISK TO INVESTORS AS WELL AS LENDERS.
10:50:24AM IT ALSO REDUCES RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
10:50:29AM RESIDENTS.
10:50:29AM WE'RE SAYING THIS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE PART OF BOTH THE
10:50:34AM BENEFIT COMMUNITY COMMITTEE AS WELL AS PROPOSED RESOLUTION
10:50:37AM 568 BECAUSE WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE IS THE ABILITY TO
10:50:42AM LEVERAGE MONEY THAT THE CITY CANNOT LEVERAGE.
10:50:47AM WE WATCH AROUND THE COUNTRY BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS WITH NO
10:50:50AM PAID STAFF, NO MONEY, AND NO PRINCIPAL OFFICE.
10:50:57AM WE'RE DOING THIS WITH DIFFERENT PARTNERS FROM THE
10:51:00AM PUBLIC-PRIVATE RELATIONSHIP.
10:51:02AM WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE IS THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE FUNDS.
10:51:06AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:51:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:51:09AM IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE REGISTERED THAT'S ON?
10:51:11AM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:51:16AM >>BILL CARLSON: BASED ON THE FEEDBACK JUST NOW, I THINK WE
10:51:19AM SHOULD CONTINUE ITEM 85 FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
10:51:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 85.
10:51:25AM >>BILL CARLSON: THAT IS THE ONE ABOUT THE PARKING.
10:51:28AM YOU MAY WANT TO GET STAFF TO WEIGH IN ON IT.
10:51:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GIVE THEM A CHANCE -- WE'LL BRING
10:51:37AM IT UP.
10:51:40AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
10:51:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU ARE THE LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER.
10:51:48AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.
10:51:49AM HAPPY TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
10:51:51AM LINDA SAUL-SENA, 157 BISCAYNE.
10:51:53AM I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON THREE THINGS.
10:51:55AM THE PARKING IN YBOR.
10:51:57AM I AM HERE AS A HISTORICAL MARKER.
10:52:00AM LET ME SAY WE WERE WORKING ON THIS 15 YEARS AGO AND THERE
10:52:03AM WERE LOTS OF EXCUSES WHY THESE LOTS WERE TEMPORARY AND
10:52:06AM DIDN'T REQUIRE REGULATION AND LANDSCAPING.
10:52:08AM SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT ISSUE.
10:52:11AM SECONDLY, IN TODAY'S CREATIVE LOAFING THERE IS A LARGE
10:52:16AM ARTICLE ON TREES AND THE CITY'S TREE CANOPY.
10:52:21AM AND WE'RE LOSING IT.
10:52:22AM 3% CITYWIDE, 6% IN SOUTH TAMPA.
10:52:25AM I ENCOURAGE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL AS YOU MOVE AHEAD IN
10:52:28AM DEVELOPING THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR
10:52:32AM PARKS AND RECREATION BECAUSE THEY HAVE INADEQUATE STAFF TO
10:52:36AM DO ALL THE MAINTENANCE THAT IS REQUIRED TO PROTECT OUR
10:52:40AM BEAUTIFUL TREE CANOPY.
10:52:42AM LASTLY, I APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING TO GO TO A DESIGN WEEK EVENT
10:52:47AM IN VM YBOR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE
10:52:52AM PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LIBRARY AND I REPRESENT THE TAMPA
10:52:57AM CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN.
10:53:01AM WE SUPPORT THIS VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERING.
10:53:03AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:53:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, PUBLIC SAFETY
10:53:07AM COMMITTEE.
10:53:08AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
10:53:09AM I MOVE ITEMS 6 THROUGH 14.
10:53:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:53:14AM VIERA.
10:53:14AM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
10:53:15AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:53:16AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:53:17AM AYE.
10:53:18AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
10:53:20AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FOR PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURE
10:53:26AM COMMITTEE, MOVE ITEMS 15 THROUGH 21.
10:53:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:53:30AM HENDERSON, SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:53:32AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:53:32AM AYE.
10:53:33AM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
10:53:38AM >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE SEVERAL THAT I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF
10:53:40AM FROM TODAY.
10:53:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS IT IN THIS COMMITTEE?
10:53:42AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:53:44AM >>BILL CARLSON: I'LL SUBMIT THE FORM LATER, BUT MY FIRM
10:53:49AM WORKS WITH A COMPANY RELATED TO THIS.
10:53:51AM ALTHOUGH MY FIRM DOES NOT WORK ON ANY PROJECTS RELATED TO
10:53:54AM THE CITY OF TAMPA, IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'LL RECUSE
10:53:58AM MYSELF.
10:53:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'LL DO A SEPARATE VOTE ON ITEM NUMBER
10:54:00AM 22.
10:54:01AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:54:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 23, 24, 25, AND 27.
10:54:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:54:08AM HURTAK WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:54:09AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:54:10AM AYE.
10:54:12AM A SEPARATE VOTE -- DID HE HAVE TO STEP OUT?
10:54:16AM NO.
10:54:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEM 22.
10:54:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:54:23AM HURTAK ON ITEM NUMBER 22 WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:54:26AM CLENDENIN.
10:54:26AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:54:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:54:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:54:37AM >> MIRANDA?
10:54:37AM CARLSON?
10:54:38AM HURTAK?
10:54:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:54:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:54:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:54:42AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
10:54:45AM ABSTAINING AND MIRANDA ABSENT AT VOTE.
10:54:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD.
10:54:50AM ITEM 28 THROUGH 35, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:54:54AM >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED.
10:54:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:54:57AM VIERA.
10:54:57AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
10:54:59AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:54:59AM AYE.
10:55:00AM ALL RIGHT.
10:55:01AM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, EVERYTHING EXCEPT 44, IS THAT
10:55:07AM CORRECT?
10:55:09AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH.
10:55:09AM I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM 44 FOR THE SAME REASONS, ALTHOUGH MY
10:55:13AM FIRM DOES NOT WORK WITH ANY PROJECTS RELATED TO THE CITY OF
10:55:17AM TAMPA.
10:55:17AM IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I'LL RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE WE
10:55:20AM HAVE A CLIENT THAT'S DISTANTLY AFFILIATED WITH THIS.
10:55:23AM I MOVE 36, 37 -- SORRY, 36 THROUGH 43.
10:55:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:55:31AM CARLSON.
10:55:32AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:55:33AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:55:34AM AYE.
10:55:35AM NOW FOR A SEPARATE VOTE, COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU
10:55:39AM MIND READING 44?
10:55:40AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THOUGHT THIS WAS BEING PULLED.
10:55:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
10:55:43AM IT'S A SEPARATE VOTE.
10:55:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEM 44.
10:55:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:55:54AM CLENDENIN TO MOVE JUST 44.
10:55:55AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:55:58AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:55:59AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HE MOVED IT AND SECONDED IT.
10:56:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CLENDENIN AND THEN MIRANDA.
10:56:02AM DID I SAY CLENDENIN TWICE?
10:56:05AM >> YES.
10:56:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SORRY.
10:56:08AM CLENDENIN MADE THE MOTION.
10:56:10AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA DID THE SECOND.
10:56:11AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
10:56:14AM >> CARLSON?
10:56:14AM HURTAK?
10:56:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:56:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
10:56:17AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
10:56:18AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:56:19AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
10:56:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
10:56:22AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
10:56:24AM ABSTAINING.
10:56:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY GOOD.
10:56:26AM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, 44 -- 45 THROUGH 54.
10:56:30AM WAIT, WAIT.
10:56:32AM 45 THROUGH 52 BECAUSE WE PULLED 53 AND 54.
10:56:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOVE ITEMS 45 THROUGH 52.
10:56:39AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
10:56:40AM CLENDENIN.
10:56:41AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
10:56:42AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:56:42AM AYE.
10:56:44AM 53 AND 54 WILL BE HEARD LATER ON UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
10:56:49AM WE'LL GO BACK TO THOSE.
10:56:52AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND SETTING ITEM 55 FOR
10:56:54AM THE PUBLIC HEARING?
10:56:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 55 FOR PUBLIC HEARING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:57:03AM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
10:57:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT --
10:57:09AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU ARE SETTING IT.
10:57:10AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:57:15AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:57:16AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:57:17AM AYE.
10:57:17AM WE'RE GOING TO BREAK FOR LUNCH AT 12:00.
10:57:24AM I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT.
10:57:25AM AT THIS TIME, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN ALL THE PUBLIC
10:57:28AM HEARINGS?
10:57:28AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:57:31AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:57:32AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:57:33AM AYE.
10:57:33AM THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE OPEN.
10:57:35AM THE FIRST FEW ARE NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL.
10:57:38AM SO ITEM NUMBER 56 AND 57, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS GOING TO
10:57:44AM BE ABSTAINING FROM.
10:57:46AM ALSO 58.
10:57:47AM >>BILL CARLSON: FOR THE SAME REASONS 56, 57, 58, MY BUSINESS
10:57:52AM DOES NOT DO ANY BUSINESS RELATED TO THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:57:54AM HOWEVER WE HAVE A CLIENT THAT IS DISTANTLY RELATED TO THIS,
10:57:59AM SO OUT OF ABUNDANCE CAUTION RECUSE MYSELF ON 56, 57, 58.
10:58:04AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST A REMINDER THAT NUMBER 58 IS, IN FACT,
10:58:07AM TWO VOTES.
10:58:08AM ONE ON THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE OTHER IS
10:58:11AM ON THE RESOLUTION.
10:58:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
10:58:14AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:58:14AM ITEM NUMBER 56 IS A SECOND READING.
10:58:16AM WHO IS HERE TO PRESENT ON THAT?
10:58:18AM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE FOR THAT?
10:58:23AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:58:25AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:58:26AM DANNY COLLINS WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
10:58:29AM PRESENTING SECOND READING FOR TA/CPA 23-05, MAP AMENDMENT
10:58:35AM PERTAINING TO MULTIPLE PARCELS LOCATED BETWEEN EAST ROSS
10:58:38AM AVENUE AND EAST 7TH AVENUE IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS URBAN
10:58:42AM VILLAGE.
10:58:42AM THIS REQUEST IS TO CHANGE APPROXIMATELY 5.22 ACRES FROM
10:58:46AM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 TO URBAN MIXED USE 60.
10:58:50AM COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST AT YOUR HEARING ON
10:58:52AM MARCH 21st AND IS BACK BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR SECOND READING
10:58:57AM AND CONSIDERATION.
10:58:57AM THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
10:59:00AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:59:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:59:01AM NO.
10:59:02AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:59:02AM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR THIS?
10:59:04AM IF NOT, YES, SIR, MR. HUDSON.
10:59:08AM >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE, FOR THE RECORD.
10:59:11AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
10:59:12AM WE HAVE NO PRESENTATION.
10:59:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:59:14AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 56?
10:59:16AM THERE ARE NO REGISTERED SPEAKERS.
10:59:19AM ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK?
10:59:20AM NO.
10:59:20AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
10:59:22AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:59:24AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
10:59:27AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:59:27AM AYE.
10:59:28AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:59:28AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, 56.
10:59:31AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 56, FILE TA/CPA 23-05, ORDINANCE BEING
10:59:38AM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING CONSIDERATION.
10:59:40AM AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
10:59:42AM FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE
10:59:45AM PROPERTY LOCATED AT 110 EAST OAK AVENUE, 2005 NORTH TAMPA
10:59:49AM STREET, 1813 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET, 1708 FLORIDA AVENUE, 106
10:59:57AM PALM AVENUE AND FOLIO NUMBER 192,338.0000, FROM COMMUNITY
11:00:06AM COMMERCIAL-35, COMMA, SLASH, CC-35, TO URBAN AND FOLIO
11:00:14AM NUMBER 192,338.0000, FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35, CC-35 TO
11:00:22AM URBAN MIXED USE 60, UMU-60, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
11:00:31AM ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
11:00:35AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:00:37AM CONTINUED FROM JUNE 22, 2023, OCTOBER 12 -- IT WENT ON AND
11:00:44AM ON.
11:00:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM
11:00:47AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:00:49AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:01:07AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
11:01:10AM ABSTAINING FROM VOTE.
11:01:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:01:15AM LET'S GO WITH ITEM NUMBER 57.
11:01:19AM >>ROSS SAMONS: ROSS SAMONS, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:01:23AM VAC-23-20 FOR SECOND READING.
11:01:25AM PROPOSED VACATING REQUEST TO VACATE A PORTION OF FRANKLIN
11:01:28AM STREET AND ALLEY NORTH OF OAK AVENUE, SOUTH OF PALM AVENUE,
11:01:34AM EAST OF TAMPA STREET AND WEST OF FLORIDA AVENUE.
11:01:36AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:01:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:01:38AM REAL QUICK, WE COVERED ALREADY ITEM 44, CORRECT, ON THAT
11:01:42AM SEPARATE VOTE?
11:01:43AM >> YES.
11:01:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:01:45AM GO AHEAD, MR. HUDSON.
11:01:48AM >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE, FOR THE RECORD.
11:01:51AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
11:01:52AM WE HAVE NO PRESENTATION.
11:01:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:01:54AM ANY QUESTIONS?
11:01:54AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
11:01:57AM 57?
11:01:57AM WE HAVE NOBODY REGISTERED.
11:01:59AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:02:01AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:02:03AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:02:03AM AYE.
11:02:04AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:02:04AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:02:05AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:02:09AM FLORIDA, VACATING CLOSING, DISCONTINUING AND ABANDONING ALL
11:02:13AM RIGHTS-OF-WAY, INCLUDING ALLEYWAYS WITHIN THE BLOCK LOCATED
11:02:17AM NORTH OF OAK AVENUE, SOUTH OF TALK AVENUE, EAST OF TAMPA
11:02:20AM STREET AND WEST OF FLORIDA AVENUE, WITHIN THE PLAT OF
11:02:23AM HIGHLAND PARK 1st ADDITION SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF
11:02:25AM TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED
11:02:28AM IN SECTION 2 HEREOF SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS
11:02:31AM AND RESTRICTIONS AS MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN,
11:02:33AM PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS,
11:02:35AM PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONS PRECEDENT, DEFINITIONS,
11:02:38AM INTERPRETATIONS, AND REPEALING CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR
11:02:40AM SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:02:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:02:44AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:02:46AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:02:52AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
11:02:54AM ABSTAINING.
11:02:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:03:00AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:03:00AM NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR QUASI-JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:03:03AM IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FROM
11:03:06AM 58 TO 66, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND WE'LL
11:03:11AM SWEAR YOU IN.
11:03:17AM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
11:03:25AM ITEM 58.
11:03:26AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
11:03:28AM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:03:30AM COUNCIL, ITEM 58 IS BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING FOR SECOND
11:03:32AM READING.
11:03:33AM THIS IS REZ-23-82.
11:03:35AM THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 110 EAST OAK AVENUE,
11:03:39AM 2005 NORTH TAMPA STREET, 1813 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET, 1708,
11:03:45AM 1905 AND 1909 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, 106 EAST PALM AVENUE AND
11:03:50AM FOAL KNOW NUMBER 192338-0000.
11:03:55AM REQUEST TO REZONE FROM CICG AND RM 24 TO PD PLANNED
11:04:00AM DEVELOPMENT.
11:04:00AM THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR THE USES OF STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL, ALL
11:04:05AM COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES ON-SITE AND THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED
11:04:09AM MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
11:04:12AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
11:04:13AM THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
11:04:16AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:04:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:04:20AM DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR 58?
11:04:23AM YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:04:27AM >> TYLER HUDSON, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE, FOR THE RECORD.
11:04:32AM APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
11:04:33AM WE MADE ALL REQUESTED CHANGES.
11:04:35AM THANKS.
11:04:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
11:04:38AM SEEING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON
11:04:41AM 58?
11:04:42AM WE HAVE NOBODY REGISTERED.
11:04:43AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:04:45AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:04:46AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:04:47AM AYE.
11:04:48AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING 58?
11:04:52AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU.
11:04:53AM GOOD MORNING.
11:04:53AM FILE REZ-23-82, AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:04:58AM READING CONSIDERATION.
11:04:59AM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
11:05:01AM 110 EAST OAK AVENUE, 2005 NORTH TAMPA STREET, 1813 NORTH
11:05:07AM FRANKLIN STREET, 1708, 1905, AND 1909 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE,
11:05:15AM 106 EAST PALM AVENUE AND FOLIO NUMBER 192338-0000 IN THE
11:05:23AM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:05:25AM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CI, COMMERCIAL
11:05:30AM INTENSIVE, CG, COMMERCIAL GENERALLY, AND RM-24, RESIDENTIAL,
11:05:34AM MULTIFAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, STOREFRONT
11:05:37AM RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL ALL COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES, RETAIL
11:05:41AM SALES, SHOPPER'S GOODS, CLUB, RECREATIONAL FACILITY
11:05:44AM COMMERCIAL, HOTEL, BUSINESS/PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND
11:05:48AM COMMERCIAL PARKING, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:05:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:05:52AM HENDERSON.
11:05:52AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:05:54AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:06:03AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA VOTING NO AND CARLSON
11:06:07AM ABSTAINING FROM VOTE.
11:06:07AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU LIKE
11:06:09AM TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION?
11:06:12AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MOVE THE RESOLUTION, SIR.
11:06:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:06:15AM HENDERSON.
11:06:15AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:06:17AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:06:17AM AYE.
11:06:19AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:06:19AM RESOLUTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING.
11:06:28AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH CARLSON
11:06:33AM ABSTAINING FROM VOTE.
11:06:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM 59.
11:06:35AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:06:39AM ITEM 59 IS REZ-23-90.
11:06:42AM THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4075 HENDERSON
11:06:46AM BOULEVARD.
11:06:46AM THIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM CG TO PD PLANNED
11:06:50AM DEVELOPMENT.
11:06:51AM THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR A RESTAURANT USE.
11:06:53AM THIS REQUEST IS A SITE PLAN CONTROLLED PD PLAN.
11:06:59AM THERE WERE NO SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO BE MADE,
11:07:02AM BUT WE DO HAVE SITE PLAN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE
11:07:05AM CLERK. I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:07:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:07:11AM NO.
11:07:12AM APPLICANT FOR 59.
11:07:13AM PLEASE COME UP.
11:07:14AM >> SCOTT STIGALL ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
11:07:19AM IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
11:07:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:07:22AM NO.
11:07:22AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:07:23AM IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM
11:07:26AM NUMBER 59?
11:07:26AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:07:30AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:07:31AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:07:32AM AYE.
11:07:32AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:07:33AM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, WOULD YOU MIND READING 59.
11:07:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE REZ 23-90, ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR
11:07:40AM SECOND READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
11:07:42AM IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4075 HENDERSON BOULEVARD IN THE
11:07:46AM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:07:48AM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CG, COMMERCIAL
11:07:51AM GENERAL, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESTAURANT, PROVIDING
11:07:54AM AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:07:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:07:56AM CLENDENIN WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:07:58AM PLEASE RECORD.
11:07:59AM GO AHEAD NOW.
11:08:02AM WE HAD TO RESET.
11:08:09AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:08:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:08:12AM ITEM NUMBER 60.
11:08:14AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:08:15AM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:08:17AM ITEM 60 IS REZ 23-105.
11:08:21AM THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING.
11:08:24AM THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 100 AND 204 NORTH
11:08:28AM WESTSHORE, 253 WESTSHORE BOULEVARD, 298 AND 347 WESTSHORE
11:08:33AM PLAZA.
11:08:34AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM PD TO PD.
11:08:38AM THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR RETAIL SALES RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY
11:08:41AM HOTEL, MOTEL AND ALL CG USES ON-SITE.
11:08:45AM THE SITE PLAN REQUIRES MODIFICATIONS TO BE MADE BETWEEN
11:08:47AM FIRST AND SECOND READING.
11:08:49AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
11:08:50AM THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
11:08:53AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:08:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:08:55AM YES, SIR, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:08:58AM >> TRUETT GARDNER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
11:09:02AM WE HAD THREE ITEMS COMING OUT OF THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING
11:09:04AM THAT I WANTED TO REPORT ON.
11:09:06AM ONE, REVISION SHEET.
11:09:07AM THANK LaCHONE AND HER TEAM.
11:09:09AM REVISIONS WERE EXTENSIVE BUT THEY HAVE ALL BEEN MADE.
11:09:11AM SECONDLY, COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON DIRECTED US TO REACH OUT TO
11:09:15AM CARVER CITY WHICH WE DID.
11:09:17AM LISA CALLAHAN IS SPEAK.
11:09:20AM BOOK WITH CAMPBELL, HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH HER AND
11:09:23AM ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO THEIR MEETING THIS SUMMER, WHICH
11:09:25AM WILL BE IN PERSON.
11:09:26AM SO THAT CALL WAS MADE AND MEETING HAPPENED VIA ZOOM.
11:09:31AM I WANTED TO REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
11:09:33AM THIRD, I HAD A DELIGHTFUL TIME WORKING WITH MILLER WITH
11:09:38AM BEACH PARK ON NOTE 34 DEALING WITH THE DECEL LANES.
11:09:43AM WE CAME UP WITH LANGUAGE AND MODIFIED THAT NOTE.
11:09:46AM THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH THAT.
11:09:48AM I DID WANT TO REPORT TWO THINGS.
11:09:50AM I THINK MARK IS ON HIS WAY.
11:09:52AM MIGHT NOT MAKE IT ON TIME.
11:09:54AM TWO THINGS I TOLD HIM I WOULD REPORT.
11:09:56AM ONE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH BEACH PARK ON THIS
11:09:59AM EFFORT.
11:10:00AM SECONDLY, MARK PICKED UP THE SITE PLAN WHERE THE DECEL LANES
11:10:04AM ARE SHOWN USES THE WORD POTENTIAL.
11:10:06AM I EXPLAINED TO HIM THE REASON WHY THAT WORD IS POTENTIAL IS
11:10:09AM NOT THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AND WE'RE TRYING TO
11:10:12AM SHIRK OUR RESPONSIBILITY, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH
11:10:16AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND D.O.T. TO GET APPROVED AND WE DON'T
11:10:18AM KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE DIMENSIONS ARE GOING TO BE.
11:10:21AM AS A RESULT, KIMLEY-HORN PUT POTENTIAL ON THE SITE PLAN, BUT
11:10:25AM I BELIEVE THE NOTE COVERS THAT AND THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH
11:10:27AM THAT.
11:10:27AM I DID TELL HIM I WOULD STATE THAT ON THE RECORD.
11:10:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:10:31AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:10:33AM IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM
11:10:37AM 60?
11:10:37AM NOBODY REGISTERED.
11:10:38AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:10:40AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:10:42AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:10:42AM AYE.
11:10:43AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:10:43AM YES, MA'AM.
11:10:45AM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
11:10:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE NUMBER REZ 23-105, ORDINANCE BEING
11:10:51AM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE
11:10:54AM REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 100 AND 204
11:10:58AM NORTH WESTSHORE, 253 WESTSHORE BOULEVARD, AND 298 AND 347
11:11:04AM WESTSHORE PLAZA, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
11:11:09AM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:11:12AM CLASSIFICATION PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED
11:11:15AM DEVELOPMENT RETAIL SALES, COMMERCIAL GENERAL USES, OFFICE,
11:11:19AM BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL, OFFICE, MEDICAL, RESIDENTIAL,
11:11:23AM MULTIFAMILY, HOTEL OR MOTEL, RESTAURANT, RECREATIONAL
11:11:26AM FACILITY, COMMERCIAL, INDOOR, VEHICLE REPAIR, MAJOR AND
11:11:30AM MINOR, COLLEGE AND SCHOOL, PARKING OFF-STREET PRINCIPAL USE,
11:11:34AM NURSING, CONVALESCENT AND EXTENDED CARE FACILITY, CLINIC,
11:11:39AM HOSPITAL, PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, RESTAURANT, DRIVE-IN.
11:11:43AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:11:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:11:50AM HURTAK AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:11:53AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:12:01AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:12:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:12:07AM NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 61.
11:12:14AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
11:12:15AM LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:12:17AM ITEM 61 IS FILE REZ 23-116.
11:12:21AM THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 205 NORTH ALBANY AVENUE.
11:12:25AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RM 16 TO RM 18.
11:12:30AM THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REQUEST, SO NO SITE PLAN IS ASSOCIATED
11:12:34AM WITH THIS REQUEST.
11:12:37AM AND THE ITEM IS BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING.
11:12:39AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:12:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:12:41AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:12:42AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: STEVE MICHELINI HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
11:12:44AM PETITIONER.
11:12:45AM RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
11:12:47AM IT IS EUCLIDEAN REZONING, SO THERE ARE NO WAIVERS OR PD SITE
11:12:51AM PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
11:12:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:12:54AM IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM
11:12:57AM 61?
11:12:58AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:13:00AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:13:02AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:13:03AM AYE ANY OPPOSED?
11:13:05AM PLEASE READ IT.
11:13:11AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 61, FILE
11:13:14AM REZ-23-116, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
11:13:18AM CONSIDERATION.
11:13:19AM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
11:13:21AM 205 NORTH ALBANY AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND
11:13:25AM MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING
11:13:28AM DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RM-16, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO
11:13:31AM RM-18, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11:13:35AM DATE.
11:13:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
11:13:37AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:13:41AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:13:43AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:13:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:13:46AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:13:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 62.
11:13:50AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:13:53AM ITEM 62 IS REZ-24-01.
11:13:56AM THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 2302 AND 2304 NORTH BOULEVARD.
11:14:02AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RS-60 TO PD,
11:14:06AM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TO ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
11:14:09AM SEMI DETACHED USES ON-SITE.
11:14:11AM THE SITE PLAN HAS BEEN MODIFIED WITH CHANGES REQUIRED
11:14:15AM BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
11:14:17AM THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
11:14:20AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:14:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:14:22AM NO.
11:14:23AM ALL RIGHT, DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT FOR 62?
11:14:26AM >> ANGELA HALBER WITH HILL WARD HENDERSON.
11:14:30AM 101 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
11:14:32AM HERE FOR THE PETITIONER IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY
11:14:34AM TO RESPOND.
11:14:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:14:37AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
11:14:40AM 62?
11:14:41AM I SEE NO ONE.
11:14:44AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:14:46AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:14:47AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:14:48AM AYE.
11:14:49AM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, WOULD YOU MIND READING ITEM 62?
11:14:52AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: -- SECOND READING CONSIDERATION,
11:14:59AM ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2302,
11:15:03AM 2304 NORTH BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
11:15:07AM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:15:09AM CLASSIFICATION RS 60, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD,
11:15:13AM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI
11:15:17AM DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:15:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:15:21AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:15:22AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:15:27AM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:15:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:15:30AM ITEM 63.
11:15:33AM >>LaCHONE DOCK: LaCHONE DOCK, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:15:35AM ITEM 63 IS FILE REZ-24-07.
11:15:39AM THIS IS FOR THE PROPERTY AT 1101 WEST SLIGH AVENUE.
11:15:42AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RS 50 TO PD,
11:15:47AM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
11:15:48AM THIS IS FOR COMMERCIAL OFF-STREET PARKING FOR ZOO TAMPA.
11:15:50AM SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN
11:15:53AM FIRST AND SECOND READING.
11:15:54AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
11:15:55AM THE PLAN HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AND PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
11:15:58AM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:16:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:16:00AM IS THERE AN APPLICANT HERE FOR 63?
11:16:05AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:16:06AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:16:07AM ANDREW PUPKY WITH ENVISION ADVISOR, REPRESENTING THE
11:16:11AM PETITIONER ZOO TAMPA.
11:16:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:16:14AM ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
11:16:16AM 63?
11:16:16AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:16:19AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:16:20AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:16:21AM AYE.
11:16:22AM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, 63.
11:16:24AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:16:25AM BY THE WAY, NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS HEARING, I WILL SAY IT
11:16:28AM WAS ZOO TAMPA SPECIAL NEEDS INTERNSHIP THAT INSPIRED -- WE
11:16:32AM SAW THIS MORNING.
11:16:33AM WAY TO GO ZOO TAMPA.
11:16:34AM YOU DO GREAT WORK.
11:16:36AM MOVE ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
11:16:38AM CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
11:16:40AM VICINITY OF 1101 WEST SLIGH AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:16:44AM FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
11:16:47AM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 50, RESIDENTIAL,
11:16:50AM SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCIAL
11:16:52AM OFF-STREET PARKING, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:16:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, SECOND
11:16:56AM FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:16:56AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:17:02AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:17:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:17:04AM HAVE A NICE DAY.
11:17:07AM ITEM NUMBER 64.
11:17:08AM MR. FERNANDEZ.
11:17:13AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:17:14AM DENNIS FERNANDEZ, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND HISTORIC
11:17:16AM PRESERVATION MANAGER.
11:17:17AM VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING ON THE PROPOSED
11:17:20AM LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE JOHN F. GERMANY LIBRARY, ICONIC
11:17:26AM BUILDING IN OUR DOWNTOWN LANDSCAPE.
11:17:27AM BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT
11:17:30AM AND JUST THANK THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE
11:17:33AM REALLY SUPPORTED THIS.
11:17:35AM THIS WAS A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN EFFORT, BEGINNING WITH AMY
11:17:40AM ESPINOSA AND ELENA KETCHUM WHO REALLY BROUGHT THIS PROPERTY
11:17:45AM TO THE FOREGROUND FOR CONSIDERATION AND DESIGNATION.
11:17:49AM THE JENNEWEIN FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY ALL SUPPORTED
11:17:53AM US AND PROVIDED STANCE IN GETTING THE DESIGNATION BEFORE YOU
11:17:57AM TODAY.
11:17:57AM ALSO, OUR THANKS TO MAYOR CASTOR.
11:18:01AM THIS IS A CITY-OWNED PROPERTY AND HER COMMITMENT TO
11:18:04AM PRESERVING THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT
11:18:08AM IN OUR CITY.
11:18:10AM WITH THAT, I WANT TO INTRODUCE A FRESH FACE TO PRESERVATION.
11:18:13AM HEATHER BONDS, NEWER MEMBER TO OUR STAFF WHO WILL RUN YOU
11:18:17AM THROUGH THE ELIGIBILITY AND THE RECOMMENDATION THIS MORNING.
11:18:19AM THANK YOU.
11:18:24AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:18:25AM I AM HEATHER BONDS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIALIST.
11:18:32AM I AM PRESENTING TODAY ON THE JOHN F. GERMANY LIBRARY AND ITS
11:18:38AM CRITERIA FOR NOMINATION OF A LOCAL LANDMARK.
11:18:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:18:43AM GO AHEAD.
11:18:56AM >> THE APPLICATION WAS INITIATED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA AND
11:19:01AM AUTHORIZED BY THE MAYOR ON SEPTEMBER 15th, 2023.
11:19:05AM IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
11:19:08AM AND THEY FOUND THAT IT MEETS THE CRITERIA OF CHAPTER 27-257.
11:19:12AM LOCAL DESIGNATION IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO PROMOTE AND
11:19:17AM PRESERVE TAMPA'S UNIQUE PHYSICAL HISTORY.
11:19:19AM AND IT PROVIDES A REVIEW PROCESS FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE
11:19:22AM LANDMARK.
11:19:24AM THE LIBRARY IS LOCATED BETWEEN WEST TAYLOR STREET AND WEST
11:19:28AM CASS STREET FACING NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
11:19:30AM THE AUDITORIUM IS DIRECTLY TO THE REAR AND THE HILLSBOROUGH
11:19:33AM RIVER IS TO THE WEST.
11:19:35AM THIS PICTURE FROM 1921, WHICH LOOKS EAST IN THIS SECTION OF
11:19:42AM THE 1915 SANBORN MAP SHOW THE HISTORIC BLOCK OF THE EXISTING
11:19:45AM LIBRARY OUTLINED -- WAS OUTLINED IN RED.
11:19:49AM THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS THAT MADE UP THE BLOCK ARE SHOWN
11:19:52AM ON THE SANBORN MAP WHICH INDICATES THE BLOCK WAS MADE OF
11:19:54AM WOOD-FRAME, ONE-STORY STRUCTURES WITH OPEN FRONT PORCHES.
11:19:58AM THE PICTURE IN THE SANBORN MAP FROM THE PICTURE IT IS
11:20:02AM DETERMINED THAT THIS BLOCK IS COMPLETELY RESIDENTIAL,
11:20:04AM SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE LUMBERYARD AND THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER
11:20:07AM TO THE WEST AND THE EMERGING CITY TO THE EAST.
11:20:10AM ACCORDING TO THE 1915 POLK CITY DIRECTORY, THE HOMES ALONG
11:20:14AM ASHLEY DRIVE, THE THREE TWO-STORY BUILDINGS RIGHT IN FRONT
11:20:17AM OF THE WHITE BUILDING, THEY WERE OWNED BY BLACK RESIDENTS.
11:20:20AM 902 ASHLEY BY MARY JAMES A WIDOWED COOK, 904 ASHLEY BY SAM
11:20:25AM EWELL EDWARDS, A PORTER AND 908 ASHLEY BY MARIA C. MURRAY, A
11:20:30AM COOK.
11:20:31AM TAMPA'S FIRST LIBRARY CAME BY WAY OF THE CARNEGIE FOUNDATION
11:20:36AM WHO BESTOWED A GRANT TO BUILD A LIBRARY IN 1912.
11:20:40AM AS THE CITY GREW, INDIVIDUAL LIBRARY BRANCHES OPENED TO
11:20:43AM SERVE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.
11:20:46AM A NEED FOR A NEW CENTRAL LIBRARY BECAME APPARENT.
11:20:49AM FIRST A NEW LOCATION NEEDED TO BE SELECTED.
11:20:52AM AS AREA EVOLVED AWAY FROM INDUSTRIAL USES, THE CITY LOOKED
11:20:58AM TO HIGHLIGHT THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER AS A UNIQUE ASSET WITHIN
11:21:01AM THE CITY.
11:21:01AM A RIVERFRONT URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT WAS INITIATED TO
11:21:06AM MODERNIZE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE LIBRARY.
11:21:08AM LIBRARY LOCATE WAS SELECTED TO CONNECT THE NORTHERN END OF
11:21:10AM THE PLANNED RIVERFRONT COMPLEX TO SURROUNDING SHOPPING,
11:21:13AM TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING.
11:21:17AM AS THE FIRST STRUCTURED PLANNED AS PART OF THE RIVERFRONT
11:21:20AM URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, THE LIBRARY IS A PHYSICAL REMINDER
11:21:23AM HOW TAMPA HAS PLACED IMPORTANCE ON INCORPORATING LOCAL
11:21:27AM CULTURE INTO FUTURE LAND PLANNING.
11:21:29AM RAISING MONEY TO BUILD THE LIBRARY WAS ANOTHER CONCERN.
11:21:31AM IN 1960, LOCAL JUDGE JOHN GERMANY WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT
11:21:35AM OF FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, A GROUP CHARGED TO PLAN THE
11:21:38AM DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUNDING OF THE LIBRARY.
11:21:40AM THE COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED OF OTHER CIVIC LEADERS IN TAMPA
11:21:44AM AND SUPPORTED BY THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
11:21:47AM MR. GERMANY SPEARHEADED A FUNDING SOURCE BY PROPOSING A
11:21:51AM CIGARETTE TAX BOND ISSUE, THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST WAS
11:21:55AM $3.2 MILLION, INCLUDING GRANT AND TAXED MONEY.
11:21:59AM IT OPENED ON APRIL 21st, 1968.
11:22:02AM TAMPA HAD ALSO RECEIVED A GRANT TO UPGRADE LIBRARY TRAINING,
11:22:11AM ADD SPECIALIZED SECTIONS AND INCREASE PAY SCALES.
11:22:14AM THE NEW TAMPA PUBLIC LIBRARY OPENED AS THE FIRST FULLY
11:22:17AM INTEGRATED LIBRARY SERVING ALL OF TAMPA'S CITIZENS
11:22:21AM REGARDLESS OF RACE.
11:22:22AM IT OFFERED RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS TARGETED TO ALL RACES,
11:22:26AM GENDERS, AND AGES.
11:22:27AM FOR EXAMPLE, TO ENCOURAGE TEENS TO VISIT THE LIBRARY, THE
11:22:30AM YOUTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPONSORED FRIDAY NIGHT ROCK
11:22:33AM CONCERTS, THE SUMMER OF 1969 SERIES FEATURED LOCAL BANDS AND
11:22:37AM DEEJAYS ATTRACTING UP TO 1500 LOCAL TEENS PER CONCERT.
11:22:43AM TWO FIRMS WERE SELECTED TO DESIGN THE LIBRARY.
11:22:45AM McLANE, RANON, McINTOSH AND McELVY AND JENNEWEIN.
11:22:52AM BASED IN TAMPA, DESIGNED MANY STRUCTURES IN TAMPA AND
11:22:55AM THROUGHOUT FLORIDA IN A MODERN STYLE SIMILAR TO THE STYLING
11:22:58AM THEY EMPLOYED ON THE TAMPA PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH LARGE
11:23:01AM OVERHANGS AND CANTILEVERED PROJECTIONS AND HEAVY CONCRETE
11:23:04AM PANELS.
11:23:05AM SIMILAR TO THE LIBRARY THE STYLING TYPIFIES MID CENTURY
11:23:09AM ARCHITECTURE MOVEMENT AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AND RAW
11:23:11AM UTILITARIAN FEEL OF EACH STRUCTURE.
11:23:16AM THE LIBRARY IS A PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF MID CENTURY STYLE IN
11:23:19AM TAMPA WITH NOTABLE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS INCLUDING LARGE
11:23:22AM CONCRETE PILLARS, WIDE ARCADE, VERTICAL TRAVERTINE PANELS,
11:23:26AM GLASS MULTISTORY PANELS AND HONEYCOMB EXTERIOR FEATURE.
11:23:32AM IT IS A TYPICAL MID CENTURY DESIGN COMPONENT.
11:23:36AM SEVERAL STYLING SUBSTYLES WITHIN MID CENTURY DESIGNS
11:23:39AM DESCRIBED AS BRUTALISTIC, THE SUBSTYLE LACKS DECORATION IN
11:23:44AM FAVOR OF VISUAL OBVIOUS MATERIALS.
11:23:47AM CONCRETE IS THE MOST COMMON MATERIAL USED IN THIS
11:23:50AM ARCHITECTURE.
11:23:51AM AS ONE OF THE STRONGEST BUILDING MATERIALS IT CAN UPHOLD
11:23:54AM AGAINST STREAM WEATHER WHICH IS IDEAL FOR STRUCTURES
11:23:56AM PRESERVING ARCHIVAL MATERIALS.
11:23:58AM THE EXTERIOR PANELS ARE ROMAN TRAVERTINE USED FOR OVER 2500
11:24:03AM YEARS IN ITALY FOR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
11:24:06AM HONEYCOMB WHICH TOPS THE LIBRARY PROVIDES ARCHITECTURAL
11:24:11AM INTEREST WHILE PROVIDING A PROTECTIVE SUN AND HEAT BARRIER
11:24:15AM TO THE ARCHIVE COLLECTION ON THE FOURTH FLOOR.
11:24:18AM IT BREAKS UP THE STRONG VISUAL IMPACT OF CONCRETE PANELS
11:24:22AM BLOW.
11:24:23AM HEXAGON ADDS GEOMETRIC ELEMENT.
11:24:27AM ALSO VISUALLY MARRIES THE AUDITORIUM AND LIBRARY BUILDINGS
11:24:29AM WITH THE COMMON GEOMETRIC ELEMENT.
11:24:32AM GUS PARAS AND ANGEL OLIVA, JUNIOR, ASSOCIATE ARCHITECTS WITH
11:24:39AM MCELVY AND JENNEWEIN, CODESIGNED THE AUDITORIUM WITH SMALL
11:24:41AM BUT VISUALLY SIGNIFICANT AREA TO WORK WITH, THEY WANTED THE
11:24:44AM AUDITORIUM TO HAVE AN INDEPENDENT BUT COMPLEMENTARY DESIGN
11:24:46AM TO THE LIBRARY.
11:24:47AM THE HONEYCOMB FEATURE WAS UTILIZED TO CONNECT THE TWO
11:24:50AM STRUCTURES WHILE ALLOWING NATURAL LIGHT INTO THE OTHERWISE
11:24:54AM WINDOWLESS AUDITORIUM.
11:24:55AM TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB IN HAVANA SERVED AS INSPIRATION FOR THE
11:24:59AM AUDITORIUM'S MULTI-OVAL DESIGN.
11:25:01AM IT WAS DESIGNED BY MAX BORGES, JUNIOR, THE MOST WELL-KNOWN
11:25:04AM ARCHITECT OF CUBAN MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE.
11:25:08AM BORGES WORKED WITH FELIX CANDELA, A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER FROM
11:25:10AM MEXICO, WHO SPECIALIZED IN LIGHT-WEIGHT, CONCRETE PARABOLIC
11:25:14AM DESIGNS USED IN THE TROPICANA CLUB AND CLUB NAUTICO IN CUBA.
11:25:20AM ON NOVEMBER 1st, 1999, THE TAMPA PUBLIC LIBRARY WAS
11:25:31AM RENAMED TO HONOR JOHN F. GERMANY, LONGTIME CIVIC LEADER IN
11:25:35AM TAMPA, HE HELPED SECURE THE ORIGINAL FUNDING FOR THE MODERN
11:25:38AM LIBRARY IN THE 1960s.
11:25:39AM HE SERVED AS COMBAT ARMY TANK COMMANDER IN WORLD WAR II,
11:25:43AM ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND RECEIVED LAW DEGREE
11:25:45AM FROM HARVARD LAW SCHOOL.
11:25:48AM PRACTICED LAW IN TAMPA UNTIL APPOINTED CIRCUIT JUDGE.
11:25:51AM 1966 RETURNED TO PRACTICE LAW AS A PARTNER IN KNIGHT, JONES,
11:25:54AM WHITAKER AND GERMANY.
11:25:55AM FIRM MERGED WITH ANOTHER FIRM AND HE BECAME FOUNDING PARTNER
11:25:58AM TO ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS LAW FIRMS, HOLLAND
11:26:01AM AND KNIGHT.
11:26:03AM AS A LOCAL LAWYER, HE AIDED IN LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH THE
11:26:06AM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
11:26:07AM THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED BY THE CITY'S HISTORIC
11:26:12AM PRESERVATION OFFICE AFTER WE RECEIVED A COMMUNITY PETITION
11:26:14AM TO LANDMARK IT.
11:26:15AM IT WENT THROUGH THE CODE REQUIRED PROCESS AND HAS BEEN
11:26:18AM PUBLICLY NOTICED.
11:26:19AM HPC RECOMMENDED THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO
11:26:22AM LANDMARK THE LIBRARY AND AUDITORIUM AND PLANNING COMMISSION
11:26:26AM FOUND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN.
11:26:28AM STAFF AND THE HPC FOUND PROPOSED LANDMARK NOMINATION IS
11:26:33AM CONSISTENT WITH 27-257, PARTICULARLY THAT IT MEETS CRITERIA
11:26:37AM AB AND C OF NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CRITERIA AS
11:26:40AM IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS THAT HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT
11:26:43AM CONTRIBUTION TO THE BROAD PATTERNS OF OUR HISTORY IN THE
11:26:46AM AREAS OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, RIVERFRONT
11:26:48AM URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT.
11:26:50AM IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH LIVES OF PERSONS SIGNIFICANT TO OUR
11:26:52AM PAST, JOHN GERMANY.
11:26:54AM AND EMBODIES THE DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF TYPE,
11:26:57AM PERIOD, OR METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION.
11:26:58AM THE AREA OF ARCHITECTURE SPECIFICALLY MID CENTURY
11:27:03AM BRUTALISTIC ARCHITECTURE.
11:27:05AM STAFF RESPECTFULLY RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE
11:27:08AM DESIGNATION OF THE JOHN F. GERMANY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
11:27:11AM AUDITORIUM AS LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK BASED ON MEETING THIS
11:27:13AM CRITERIA.
11:27:14AM IN CLOSING, I WANT TO THANK THOSE THAT SUPPORTED BRINGING
11:27:17AM THIS APPLICATION FORWARD, INCLUDING MAYOR CASTOR, AMY
11:27:19AM ESPINOSA, ELENA KETCHUM, AND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY WHO
11:27:24AM ASSISTED IN PROVIDING SOURCE MATERIAL AND PHOTOS.
11:27:27AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
11:27:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:27:29AM THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
11:27:30AM I LEARNED A LOT OF NEW THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW.
11:27:33AM IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES IN TAMPA.
11:27:36AM INTERESTING WHEN YOU SHOWED THE SIGN OF CONSTRUCTION, INSIDE
11:27:41AM THE LOBBY, I GUESS IT'S MARBLE, BUT IT'S A MARKER SHOWING
11:27:46AM 1967, NICK NUCCIO MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:27:49AM ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BEING DICK GRECO IN HIS
11:27:53AM FIRST TERM WHO BECAME MAYOR WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.
11:27:56AM BY THE TIME THE LIBRARY WAS DEDICATED, HE BEAT NUCCIO AND HE
11:28:00AM WAS MAYOR.
11:28:01AM YOU SAID IT ALL.
11:28:03AM IT IS A SIGNIFICANT MID CENTURY MODERN DESIGN.
11:28:06AM IT'S ONE OF MANY VARIATIONS.
11:28:09AM I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE IMAGES ARE.
11:28:10AM I SAW THEM YEARS AGO.
11:28:11AM IT WENT THROUGH VERY DIFFERENT PROPOSALS UNTIL THIS WAS
11:28:17AM SELECTED AND CHOSEN.
11:28:19AM AGAIN, I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS HISTORIC DESIGNATION.
11:28:23AM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA, COUNCIL
11:28:26AM MEMBER VIERA.
11:28:27AM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
11:28:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
11:28:31AM I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
11:28:33AM I THINK THE WHOLE COUNCIL RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO DO AN
11:28:40AM ARCHITECTURE TOUR SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
11:28:43AM IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
11:28:46AM IT WAS A PERFECT DAY FOR IT.
11:28:47AM WE GOT TO SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL
11:28:50AM SIGNIFICANCE ABOUT THIS BUILDING AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE,
11:28:53AM ESPECIALLY THE BRUTALISTIC ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES TYPE
11:28:57AM OF ARCHITECTURE.
11:28:58AM THIS WAS SUCH AN AMAZING TOUR.
11:29:00AM THE WAY THAT THE LIBRARY HAS RETAINED THAT ARCHITECTURAL
11:29:05AM STYLE AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON IN THAT LIBRARY IS JUST
11:29:08AM ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
11:29:10AM I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED THAT THIS IS GOING FORWARD AND WE'LL
11:29:14AM BE ABLE TO PROTECT AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF TAMPA HISTORY,
11:29:17AM ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY BUILDINGS IN THIS
11:29:20AM PARTICULAR STYLE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:29:22AM IT'S MORE KNOWN DOWN IN MIAMI, FOR SURE.
11:29:25AM I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.
11:29:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, HENDERSON,
11:29:29AM CLENDENIN.
11:29:31AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:29:32AM GREAT PRESENTATION.
11:29:34AM WITH JOHN F. GERMANY, I REMEMBER ONE TIME GOING TO VALENCIA
11:29:38AM GARDENS AND SEEING HIM HAVE LUNCH WITH SAM GIBBONS, HIS DEAR
11:29:42AM FRIEND.
11:29:43AM YOU WENT OVER A LOT OF HIS LIFE FROM PLANT CITY,
11:29:47AM WORLD WAR II COMBAT VETERAN, HOLLAND AND KNIGHT.
11:29:51AM THERE ARE CERTAIN ATTORNEYS IN THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR
11:29:53AM ASSOCIATION WHO ARE LIKE CITIZEN LAWYERS, YOU KNOW WHAT I
11:29:58AM MEAN?
11:29:58AM AND HE WAS SUCH A CITIZEN LAWYER.
11:30:00AM PEOPLE LIKE HIM, DEAR FRIEND SAM GIBBONS, FORMER CONGRESSMAN
11:30:05AM JIM DAVIS, SENATOR JOYNER, PEOPLE THAT MAKE A MONUMENTAL
11:30:16AM CHANGE AND GERMANY WAS LIKE THAT.
11:30:18AM I'M A BIG BOOK GUY.
11:30:21AM I THINK THESE THINGS HAVE -- YEAH, BOOKS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
11:30:29AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND GREAT PRESENTATION.
11:30:32AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:30:33AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
11:30:34AM CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAD THE HOMES?
11:30:38AM I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE
11:30:41AM HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EVEN POINTING OUT THE HOMES THAT
11:30:45AM WERE NEAR THAT AREA.
11:30:47AM RIGHT THERE.
11:30:49AM THOSE THREE HOMES.
11:30:50AM TWO-STORY HOUSES OWNED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS.
11:30:54AM THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, DID IT HAVE A SPECIFIC NAME?
11:30:58AM WAS THAT CALLED -- DO YOU KNOW?
11:31:03AM I REMEMBER HEARING THAT IT WAS CALLED THE BOTTOM THAT I WAS
11:31:10AM LOOKING FOR.
11:31:11AM I WAS WONDERING IF THAT AREA WAS CONSIDERED BECAUSE I KNOW
11:31:14AM IT CAME ALL THE WAY UP TO WHERE ARMATURE WORKS IS TODAY.
11:31:18AM >> THESE STRUCTURES HERE AT THE BOTTOM, THAT WAS ALL PART OF
11:31:21AM THE LUMBERYARD WHICH STRETCHED ACROSS.
11:31:23AM I'M SURE A LOT OF THE WORKERS WORKED FOR THE LOCAL
11:31:26AM LUMBERYARD AT THE TIME.
11:31:29AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, ESPECIALLY
11:31:32AM KNOWING BUILDING A LIBRARY LIKE THIS OF SIGNIFICANCE, WE
11:31:36AM INTEGRATED THE POPULATION.
11:31:39AM THERE IS A LIBRARY OVER IN TAMPA HEIGHTS AND IT SAYS FREE
11:31:43AM LIBRARY.
11:31:43AM EVERY TIME I PASS BY IT, I ALWAYS SAY TO MYSELF, AFRICAN
11:31:47AM AMERICANS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO THAT LIBRARY.
11:31:49AM THIS IS REALLY NICE TO KNOW THAT THE ONE THAT IS MOST
11:31:53AM SIGNIFICANT IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS INTEGRATED RIGHT AWAY.
11:31:57AM THE ARCHITECTURE OF THIS LIBRARY HAS STOOD OUT TO ME.
11:32:03AM I LOVE VISITING IT.
11:32:05AM FOR YOU TO GIVE US THAT INFORMATION, THAT BACKGROUND IS
11:32:08AM GREATLY APPRECIATED.
11:32:10AM I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
11:32:11AM THANK YOU, CHAIR.
11:32:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON BRINGS UP A
11:32:14AM GOOD QUESTION.
11:32:15AM MADAM FORTUNE TAYLOR OF MADAM FORTUNE TAYLOR BRIDGE OWNED
11:32:19AM ABOUT 30 ACRES OF PROPERTY, WHERE THE STRAZ IS AT, IN THAT
11:32:23AM VICINITY.
11:32:23AM I WONDER IF THESE WERE HER PROPERTIES.
11:32:26AM SHE DIED IN 1906 AND THE PROPERTIES WERE SOLD OFF OVER TIME.
11:32:29AM I WONDER IF THIS WAS PART OF THAT.
11:32:32AM SOMETHING FOR ME TO RESEARCH.
11:32:33AM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:32:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU LEARN SOMETHING EVERY DAY THAT YOU
11:32:38AM LIKE BRUTALISTIC ARCHITECTURE.
11:32:40AM BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER.
11:32:57AM QUESTION, THOUGH, NOT TO THROW DAMP RAGS ON THINGS,
11:33:02AM LIBRARIES ARE CHANGING AND EVOLVING WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
11:33:07AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT THE LIBRARY OF 20 YEARS FROM NOW IS
11:33:10AM GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
11:33:11AM WHEN WE DESIGNATE THIS AS HISTORIC, DOES IT TIE OUR HANDS
11:33:19AM FOR REDEVELOPMENT, IF WE HAD TO EVOLVE TO DIFFERENT
11:33:24AM TECHNOLOGIES OR DIFFERENT WAYS OF PROVIDING THE LIBRARY
11:33:26AM SERVICES AT THE LOCATION OR IF WE FELT LIKE THE BEST USE OF
11:33:30AM THE PROPERTY IS MAYBE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, REPURPOSING,
11:33:33AM DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH IT.
11:33:35AM WHAT DOES THIS DESIGNATION DO TO THAT?
11:33:38AM >> THE DESIGNATION PROCESS ADDS A REVIEW PROCESS INTO IT.
11:33:41AM SO ANY NOMINATIONS THAT WOULD COME FORWARD OR APPLICATIONS
11:33:45AM FOR CHANGES, INCLUDING DEMOLITION, WOULD HAVE TO GO IN FRONT
11:33:49AM OF THE HPC OR THE ARC TO REVIEW THOSE CHANGES.
11:33:54AM SO THERE IS THAT REVIEW PROCESS THAT WOULD BE MANDATED FOR
11:33:58AM ANY CHANGES THAT WOULD COME BEFORE THE -- ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
11:34:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT PROCESS ONLY TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION
11:34:04AM THE HISTORIC ASPECT.
11:34:05AM THEY DON'T EVER TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANYTHING ELSE OTHER
11:34:08AM THAN THAT, RIGHT?
11:34:10AM >> THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE CHANGE.
11:34:12AM SO THEY WOULD CONSIDER WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED AND IS IT
11:34:15AM APPROPRIATE TO THE SITE.
11:34:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR HISTORIC PURPOSES.
11:34:19AM >> THE LIBRARIES ARE EVOLVING AS WELL.
11:34:21AM WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING THIS LIBRARY, THEY OFFER ALL SORTS OF
11:34:24AM NEW PROGRAMS.
11:34:25AM THEY HAVE THINGS LIKE 3D MODEL MAKERS.
11:34:29AM THEY HAVE SEWING CLASSES.
11:34:30AM I THINK LIBRARIES ARE BECOMING MORE COMMUNITY BASED WITH
11:34:33AM WHAT THEY OFFER.
11:34:34AM IT'S NOT JUST BOOKS ANYMORE.
11:34:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.
11:34:40AM I HAVE NO IDEA AND DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE
11:34:43AM PHYSICAL BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE FOR A LIBRARY 20, 30, 40
11:34:48AM YEARS.
11:34:48AM WHAT IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF THE
11:34:52AM BUILDING?
11:34:52AM DO YOU CONSIDER THAT, TOO?
11:34:55AM >> DON'T USUALLY GIVE LIFE EXPECTANCY TO BUILDINGS, BUT IT
11:34:59AM IS MADE OUT OF CONCRETE AND ROMAN TRAVERTINE, TWO OF THE
11:35:04AM STURDIEST MATERIALS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
11:35:06AM IT COULD PROBABLY WITHSTAND A CAT 4 HURRICANE.
11:35:10AM IT WAS MADE TO LAST.
11:35:13AM THE ARCHITECTS CALLED IT THE TAJ MAHAL OF LIBRARIES.
11:35:16AM I THINK THE LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS INTENDED TO BE IN TAMPA FOR
11:35:20AM A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
11:35:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:35:27AM >>BILL CARLSON: I'M GLAD THROUGH THIS WE'RE CONTINUING TO
11:35:29AM HONOR JUDGE GERMANY.
11:35:31AM I DIDN'T KNOW HIM WELL.
11:35:32AM I MET HIM A LOT OF TIMES, I KNEW HIM MAINLY THROUGH BILL
11:35:35AM McBRIDE WHO WAS A FRIEND AND MEN TORE.
11:35:40AM I THINK THAT DENNIS MIGHT KNOW THIS, I THINK McBRIDE WAS
11:35:44AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED PUSH TO HONOR JUDGE GERMANY.
11:35:49AM IT'S INTERESTING HOW TIME GOES BY AND YOU REALIZE THAT
11:35:52AM PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GONE A LONG TIME AND YOU NEED TO CONTINUE
11:35:57AM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
11:35:58AM I LOVE MID CENTURY MODERN BUILDINGS AND ARCHITECTURE.
11:36:03AM I ABSOLUTELY THINK WE SHOULD PROTECT IT.
11:36:07AM THERE IS ANOTHER ONE, THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, NOW
11:36:11AM THE PORTICO.
11:36:13AM THAT BUILDING IS SPECTACULAR.
11:36:14AM THE BRUTALIST ARCHITECTURE I GUESS CITY HALL, THE SCHOOL
11:36:20AM DISTRICT BUILDING, THE CITY HALL IN BOSTON, HOPEFULLY IN 20
11:36:26AM OR 30 YEARS PEOPLE WILL LOVE THOSE BUILDINGS, BUT WE'LL SEE.
11:36:33AM EAST GERMANY AND OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY BUILT A LOT OF IT,
11:36:36AM THEY ARE REPURPOSING THOSE.
11:36:38AM ANYWAY, LAST THING I WANT TO ASK, DENNIS, COULD I ASK YOU A
11:36:42AM QUESTION?
11:36:42AM BECAUSE YOU WERE AROUND BACK THEN, AS I RECALL, THE BACK
11:36:50AM HALF OF THIS BUILDING, THE LAST MAYOR SOLD IT TO A DEVELOPER
11:36:55AM AND IT'S NOW A HUGE CONDO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STRAZ
11:36:58AM CENTER.
11:36:59AM WAS THAT PART OF IT NOT CONSIDERED HISTORIC?
11:37:01AM AND THE SECOND HALF OF THE QUESTION, YOU CAN ANSWER AT THE
11:37:04AM SAME TIME, WE'VE HAD HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN PLACES THAT
11:37:11AM BUILDINGS AND PLACES THAT WERE ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC
11:37:13AM REGISTRY, BUT WERE TORN DOWN ANYWAY BY PRIOR
11:37:18AM ADMINISTRATIONS.
11:37:20AM WILL WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY PROTECT THIS BUILDING GOING
11:37:25AM FORWARD?
11:37:26AM AND WHAT STEPS WOULD SOMEBODY HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF THEY
11:37:29AM WANT TO CONVERT IT TO A CONDO LIKE THEY DID THE BACK HALF?
11:37:33AM >>DENNIS FERNANDEZ: ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND HISTORIC
11:37:35AM PRESERVATION MANAGER.
11:37:37AM AT THE TIME WHEN THE ANNEX WAS DEMOLISHED, THERE WAS
11:37:41AM OBVIOUSLY NO DESIGNATION ON THE PROPERTY, SO THAT WASN'T
11:37:44AM REVIEWED FROM AN HISTORIC PRESERVATION STANDPOINT.
11:37:48AM THAT AND I THINK YOU'LL HEAR THE SPEAKERS TALK ABOUT HOW
11:37:51AM THAT BECAME THE CATALYST FOR THIS INITIATIVE AND THE CONCERN
11:37:54AM OVER THIS PARTICULAR RESOURCE GROUP BASED ON THAT
11:37:57AM DEMOLITION.
11:37:59AM NOW THAT A BUILDING WOULD BE DESIGNATED POTENTIALLY, THAT
11:38:04AM WOULD BECOME THE HIGHEST FORM OF PROTECTION THAT THE CITY
11:38:07AM HAS FOR BUILT STRUCTURES.
11:38:11AM NATIONAL REGISTER DESIGNATIONS ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
11:38:15AM THEY ARE INTENDED TO BRING RECOGNITION AND HISTORICAL FOCUS
11:38:21AM ON HISTORIC RESOURCES, BOTH AT A STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
11:38:24AM HOWEVER, THEY BRING LITTLE IN THE FORM OF PROTECTION.
11:38:27AM AND THAT'S I THINK WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO.
11:38:30AM THAT'S WHY WE EXIST, AND THAT'S WHY WE SPEND MOST OF OUR
11:38:34AM TIMES ADVOCATING FOR PROTECTION THROUGH LOCAL ORDINANCES
11:38:37AM BECAUSE THAT BRINGS THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF PROTECTION.
11:38:42AM ANY TYPE OF WORK THAT IS DONE ON THE BUILDING, PARTICULARLY
11:38:45AM THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO BE REVIEWED IN
11:38:48AM ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR STANDARDS.
11:38:50AM AND IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME TYPE OF MODIFICATION OF A
11:38:54AM SIGNIFICANT NATURE OR DEMOLITION TO A DESIGNATED PROPERTY AT
11:38:59AM THE LOCAL LEVEL, THERE IS A VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS BEFORE
11:39:02AM EITHER THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION, BARRIO LATINO
11:39:04AM COMMISSION THAT THEN COMES INTO PLAY.
11:39:09AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO THROW OUT TWO OTHER NAMES.
11:39:11AM SOUNDS LIKE THE SPEAKERS WILL TALK AS WELL.
11:39:13AM LINDA SAUL-SENA, WHO WAS HERE EARLIER, BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE
11:39:17AM FOR SAVINGS BUILDINGS LIKE THIS.
11:39:19AM AND JAN PLATT, I REMEMBER HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH HER WHEN
11:39:22AM SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BUILDING GOING BEHIND IT.
11:39:25AM JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF THOSE PAST LEADERS FOR THEIR WORK
11:39:29AM IN HELPING PRESERVE THESE BUILDINGS.
11:39:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:39:32AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST REMINISCE A LITTLE BIT.
11:39:35AM IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING --
11:39:41AM [ENCODER DISCONNECT]
11:39:44AM -- USED TO COME IN TO PLAY FROM HAVANA.
11:40:06AM WONDERFUL THING TO WALK AROUND AT THAT TIME IN HISTORY.
11:40:09AM THE ONLY THING THERE NOW THAT I REMEMBER WAS A RAILROAD
11:40:12AM TRACK.
11:40:12AM THAT'S STILL THERE.
11:40:14AM OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED OTHER THAN THIS
11:40:18AM BUILDING THAT SURVIVED THROUGH THE '50s, 60s, TO WHAT IT
11:40:22AM IS TODAY.
11:40:22AM BEAUTIFUL THING.
11:40:23AM NO ONE DESERVES MORE THAN THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NAMED AFTER
11:40:27AM JOHN GERMANY.
11:40:27AM I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND EVERYONE INVOLVED IN
11:40:30AM THE CITY TO DO THIS.
11:40:32AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:40:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:40:35AM YES, MA'AM.
11:40:35AM WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:40:38AM YES, MA'AM.
11:40:39AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:40:43AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:40:44AM MY NAME IS AMY ESPINOSA.
11:40:47AM SEVEN YEARS AGO I WAS OUTRAGED AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE
11:40:52AM I FOUND OUT THROUGH AN ARTICLE WITH A QUOTE FROM LINDA
11:40:57AM SAUL-SENA THAT THE ANNEX WAS GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED.
11:41:00AM THAT'S KIND OF WHEN THIS STARTED FOR ME.
11:41:03AM THIS JOURNEY TO, QUOTE, SAVE THE LIBRARY.
11:41:07AM THAT'S WHAT BRINGS ME IN FRONT OF YOU HERE TODAY BECAUSE I
11:41:12AM BELIEVE THESE BUILDINGS ARE WONDERFUL TOO.
11:41:15AM ANNEX NOT SO MUCH.
11:41:17AM I DON'T THINK THAT WAS A GREAT LOSS, ALTHOUGH I WOULD HAVE
11:41:19AM PREFERRED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO GO IN.
11:41:22AM BUT BEYOND THAT, I WANT TO FIRST THANK MAYOR CASTOR, BECAUSE
11:41:28AM WITHOUT HER SUPPORT, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
11:41:31AM I ALSO WANT TO THANK HEATHER BONDS AND DENNIS.
11:41:36AM THEY HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB AND BEEN GREAT ADVOCATES
11:41:40AM HELPING US PUSH THIS THROUGH.
11:41:42AM ALSO, THE JENNEWEIN FAMILY, OLIVA FAMILY AND PARAS FAMILIES,
11:41:47AM SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT YOU SAW CAME FROM THE JENNEWEIN
11:41:52AM ARCHIVES.
11:41:53AM SO ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES HAVE BEEN REALLY GREAT IN
11:41:56AM SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT.
11:41:57AM IN MY HEART I BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL AGREE TO, NOW I FEEL EVEN
11:42:02AM STRONGER, THAT THIS -- THE JOHN F. GERMANY LIBRARY AND
11:42:07AM AUDITORIUM WOULD BE A TRAGIC LOSS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
11:42:09AM SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE TODAY OF
11:42:13AM PRESERVING THESE BUILDINGS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN PROACTIVE
11:42:17AM PRESERVATION.
11:42:18AM WE NEED TO ADOPT A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH AND LOOK AT
11:42:22AM HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS LONG BEFORE THEY ARE IN
11:42:25AM DANGER.
11:42:26AM THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE IT PROTECTS OUR CULTURE, THE
11:42:30AM REVOLUTION OF OUR CITY, THE STORIES AND THE CULTURE THAT
11:42:33AM CONNECT PEOPLE TO THESE PLACES.
11:42:35AM AS WE PAGE, THEY STILL STAND SO WE CAN REMEMBER THEM INSTEAD
11:42:39AM OF AGING IN A CITY THAT WE NO LONGER RECOGNIZE.
11:42:43AM I BELIEVE TODAY IS A PERFECT DAY TO START.
11:42:46AM SO I WILL KEEP IT SHORT.
11:42:49AM BRINGING AWARENESS DOESN'T SAVE THIS BUILDING.
11:42:53AM LANDMARKING IT GIVES US A MUCH BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
11:42:57AM SURE IT'S HERE FOR THE FUTURE.
11:42:59AM I ASK YOU TODAY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF DESIGNATING THE JOHN F.
11:43:05AM GERMANY AS A LIBRARY AND AUDITORIUM AS A LOCAL LANDMARK SO
11:43:09AM THAT WE MIGHT PRESERVE IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
11:43:12AM THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:43:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:43:14AM YES, NEXT SPEAKER.
11:43:16AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:43:19AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:43:19AM MY NAME IS GG JENNEWEIN.
11:43:21AM I LIVE AT 1215 EAST CLIFTON STREET.
11:43:24AM I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE JENNEWEIN FAMILY.
11:43:30AM I AM JIM JENNEWEIN'S DAUGHTER AS WELL.
11:43:32AM I AM A RECENTLY RETURNED RESIDENT TO TAMPA.
11:43:36AM I'VE BEEN GONE FOR OVER 45 YEARS FROM THE CITY THAT I WAS
11:43:40AM MOVED TO WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD IN 1960.
11:43:46AM I FIND MYSELF REGULARLY BEING MOVED BY EVIDENCE OF MY
11:43:53AM PARENTS, BOTH MY FATHER'S AND MY MOTHER'S EFFORTS TO
11:43:57AM PRESERVE, TO PROMOTE, AND TO ADVANCE THE ARTS AND CULTURE IN
11:44:02AM TAMPA, NOT JUST THE LIBRARY BUILDING, BUT THE STRAZ CENTER,
11:44:06AM THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART, YBOR CITY, AND THE STREETCAR, TO
11:44:12AM NAME JUST A FEW OF THOSE EFFORTS THAT MY PARENTS WERE
11:44:14AM INVOLVED IN.
11:44:15AM THIS BUILDING, THIS LIBRARY IS NOT ONLY ARCHITECTURALLY
11:44:22AM SIGNIFICANT AS OTHERS HAVE POINTED OUT, BUT IT HISTORICALLY
11:44:27AM SERVES AS A REPRESENTATION OF THOSE, THE MANY WHO DEVOTED
11:44:33AM THEMSELVES TO ESTABLISHING TAMPA AS THE WORLD-CLASS CITY
11:44:38AM THAT UPON RETURNING 45 YEARS LATER, I AM NOW SEEING IT
11:44:43AM BECOMING.
11:44:44AM I AM PROUD TO BE BACK HERE AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THE CITY
11:44:48AM ONCE AGAIN.
11:44:49AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
11:44:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:44:52AM YES, SIR.
11:44:53AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:44:54AM >> BRUCE GIBSON, 1227 EAST HENRY AVENUE IN TAMPA.
11:44:58AM I'M HERE TO OFFER MY SUPPORT FOR DESIGNATING THIS BUILDING
11:45:03AM FOR HISTORIC LANDMARK STATUS.
11:45:06AM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BOTH FOR ITS CULTURAL AND SOCIAL
11:45:10AM SIGNIFICANCE AS WELL AS FOR THE ARCHITECTURE.
11:45:14AM SOCIALLY, WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 1989 FROM ORLANDO, THAT OTHER
11:45:19AM CITY, I EVENTUALLY WENT TO USF AND GOT A MASTER'S DEGREE IN
11:45:23AM ARCHITECTURE.
11:45:24AM BUT LONG BEFORE THAT, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WHEN I
11:45:27AM MOVED TO TAMPA WAS FIND OUT WHERE THE MAIN LIBRARY WAS SO I
11:45:30AM COULD GET A CARD.
11:45:32AM THAT'S NOT ANYTHING SPECIAL.
11:45:34AM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS CITY DID
11:45:37AM BEFORE ME AND HAVE DONE AFTER ME.
11:45:39AM I THINK THAT'S GOT TO BE A BIG PART OF THE IMPORTANCE OF
11:45:42AM THIS, BOTH AS AN INSTITUTION AND AS A BUILDING.
11:45:45AM ARCHITECTURALLY, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH THE PRESENTATION.
11:45:49AM THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH SAID ABOUT IT, I WOULD SAY THAT MID
11:45:53AM CENTURY MODERN IS A REALLY BIG CATEGORY, BUT SOME OF THE
11:45:57AM FEATURES, ONE THAT I DIDN'T HEAR SPOKEN OF WAS THE
11:46:00AM REFLECTING PONDS AND HOW YOU WALK THROUGH.
11:46:04AM EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A BUILDING AT THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN OF
11:46:09AM STAIRS, THERE IS STILL A SENSE OF GOING SOMEPLACE SPECIAL, I
11:46:11AM THINK THAT APPROACH.
11:46:12AM THE MATERIALS, THE TRAVERTINE, THE WOOD, IT'S NOT I DON'T
11:46:16AM THINK AN EXCESSIVE BUILDING BUT IT'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD
11:46:20AM THINGS THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE DIFFICULT TO REPLACE.
11:46:22AM I DON'T WANT TO START A FIGHT, BUT -- AND I HOPE NOT TO BE
11:46:29AM OVERLY PEDANTIC, PEOPLE SAID BRUTALISM.
11:46:33AM I'M NOT SO SURE THIS IS BRUTALISM.
11:46:35AM I WOULD SAY THAT THE ARCHITECTS HAD TO HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED
11:46:39AM BY THE WORK OF EDWARD DURELL STONE WHO WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF
11:46:42AM HIS CAREER 50, 60, 70s.
11:46:46AM KENNEDY CENTER IN WASHINGTON AND THE FLORIDA CAPITOL, THE
11:46:49AM NEW FLORIDA CAPITOL, NOT NEW ANY MORE FROM THE 1970s.
11:46:54AM HIS WORK WAS ABOUT MODERN PUBLIC BUILDINGS THAT TRIED TO
11:47:01AM GIVE A NEW LANGUAGE TO THE CLASSICISM THAT HAD CHARACTERIZED
11:47:08AM PUBLIC BUILDINGS BEFORE AND THE NOBILITY OF THAT.
11:47:14AM I THINK YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT THIS WITH THE COLUMNS AND THE
11:47:16AM PORTICO.
11:47:17AM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT KIND OF NOD TO THAT SENSE OF CLASSICAL
11:47:23AM ARCHITECTURE IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
11:47:25AM ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
11:47:26AM I ALSO HOPE THAT ONCE IT'S DESIGNATED MAYBE THE BUILDING IS
11:47:30AM A LITTLE MORE CHERISHED ALSO BY THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA.
11:47:33AM THANK YOU.
11:47:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:47:34AM YES, MA'AM.
11:47:35AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:47:37AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:47:38AM MY NAME IS ELENA PARAS KETCHUM.
11:47:45AM I AM THE DAUGHTER OF GUS PARAS, WHO WAS MENTIONED IN THE
11:47:45AM PRESENTATION.
11:47:46AM A LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF TAMPA, BORN AND RAISED HERE WITH MY
11:47:49AM FAMILY EMIGRATING FROM GREECE IN EARLY 1900s TO TAMPA.
11:47:53AM I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE FIRM STICHTER, RIEDEL, RIGHT ACROSS
11:47:57AM GASLIGHT PARK.
11:47:58AM MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE TWO YOUNG ARCHITECTS WHO WORKED FOR
11:48:01AM THE JENNEWEIN FIRM WITH ANGEL OLIVA, WHO WAS PRIMARILY
11:48:06AM TASKED WITH DESIGNING THE AUDITORIUM THAT IS BEHIND THE MAIN
11:48:10AM BUILDING OF THE LIBRARY.
11:48:12AM ONE OF HIS MAIN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE AUDITORIUM IS ACTUALLY
11:48:17AM IF YOU GO AND LOOK, THERE IS A BASE THAT'S QUITE UNIQUE AND
11:48:20AM INTRICATE THAT WAS STYLED OFF OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
11:48:24AM THAT WAS MY DAD'S CONTRIBUTION.
11:48:26AM I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT TO DRIVE
11:48:29AM AROUND AND BE ABLE TO SEE JUST LIKE MRS. JENNEWEIN
11:48:32AM MENTIONED, TO SEE YOUR FAMILY'S CONTRIBUTION PHYSICALLY IN
11:48:37AM THE CITY ITSELF AND SAY MY FAMILY AND MY FATHER HAD A STAKE
11:48:40AM IN SOMETHING THAT I'M LOOKING AT AND THAT THOUSANDS WITHIN
11:48:43AM THE CITY CHERISH AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY.
11:48:47AM MY FATHER DID SHARE WITH ME THAT THE AUDITORIUM WAS AN
11:48:50AM EXPRESSION OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE AT THAT TIME NOW KNOWN AS
11:48:54AM MID CENTURY MODERN.
11:48:56AM MY PARENTS STILL ARE IN THEIR 80s, MID 80s AND STILL
11:49:00AM LIVE HERE IN TAMPA.
11:49:01AM THE LIBRARY AND AUDITORIUM DIRECTLY SPEAK TO AND PROVIDE THE
11:49:04AM COMMUNITY WITH A DIRECT AND ACTIVE LINK TO THE STYLE OF
11:49:07AM ARCHITECTURE.
11:49:08AM AS IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED NO OTHER BUILDING OR BUILDINGS LIKE
11:49:12AM THIS IN DOWNTOWN.
11:49:13AM IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING ON AND THE
11:49:17AM STYLES THAT ARE GOING UP, THEY ARE NOT AT ALL SIMILAR TO
11:49:21AM THIS BUILDING.
11:49:22AM THIS BUILDING IS UNIQUE AND GIVES A UNIQUE FACE TO DOWNTOWN.
11:49:26AM IT IS ONLY THROUGH THESE BUILDINGS THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE
11:49:30AM CITY IS A VISIBLE REPRESENTATION TO ALL OF ITS CITIZENS.
11:49:34AM AND THIS BUILDING IN AND OF ITSELF TO MR. MIRANDA'S POINT,
11:49:39AM HARKENS BACK TO THE PAST, BUT ALSO SERVES INTO THE FUTURE
11:49:43AM FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS, WHETHER IT'S A LIBRARY, WHETHER
11:49:46AM IT'S THE ARCHIVES THAT ARE ACTUALLY HOUSED FOR THE CITY OF
11:49:51AM TAMPA THAT CITIZENS CAN GO AND LOOK AT ARCHIVAL PHOTOS, SUCH
11:49:55AM AS THE ONE THAT WAS IN THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
11:49:57AM SO I WOULD SUBMIT THAT IT'S MORE THAN A LIBRARY.
11:50:00AM IT SERVES TODAY AS A FUNCTION AS A LIBRARY AND HISTORICALLY
11:50:03AM HAS BEEN A LIBRARY, BUT IT REALLY IS THE FACE OF TAMPA IN
11:50:08AM DOWNTOWN AND IS TO BE PRESERVED AS THAT FACE OF DOWNTOWN
11:50:12AM TAMPA.
11:50:13AM WITH THE RAPID GROWTH AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING TO BE PRESERVED
11:50:18AM AND TO BE REALLY ADMIRED WHETHER YOU ARE A STUDENT OF
11:50:24AM ARCHITECTURE OR NOT.
11:50:25AM SO WITH THAT AND ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, WE DO THANK THE
11:50:30AM MAYOR'S CONSIDERATION OF BRINGING THIS PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU
11:50:33AM AND AS COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSAL.
11:50:36AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:50:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:50:39AM YES, SIR.
11:50:40AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:50:41AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:50:42AM JOHN MULLEN, I'M A LOCAL ATTORNEY, BUT TODAY I'M HERE IN MY
11:50:46AM CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE JOHN F. GERMANY
11:50:49AM LIBRARY, WHICH IS A CHAPTER OF THE COUNTYWIDE NONPROFIT
11:50:53AM FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.
11:50:54AM THE FRIENDS WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS LANDMARKING EFFORT
11:50:58AM TO DESIGNATE THE JFG LIBRARY AND ITS AUDITORIUM AS A LOCAL
11:51:03AM LANDMARK.
11:51:03AM THE BUILDING HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY WELL FOR MORE THAN 60
11:51:07AM YEARS OR NEARLY 60 YEARS AND WE ARE EAGER TO SEE THAT
11:51:10AM CONTINUE FOR DECADES TO COME.
11:51:11AM PERSONALLY, I HAVE REGULARLY USED THE LIBRARY SINCE 1974, 50
11:51:17AM YEARS, WHICH IS THE YEAR MY FATHER STARTED WORKING AS A
11:51:20AM LIBRARIAN THERE.
11:51:21AM HE WORKED THERE FOR 20 YEARS.
11:51:23AM SINCE HIS PASSING FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS, I'VE BEEN A FRIEND
11:51:26AM OF THE LIBRARY AND HAVE BEEN REGULARLY INVOLVED AT THE JOHN
11:51:29AM F. GERMANY LIBRARY.
11:51:30AM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN THAT TIME, I WITNESSED THE CHANGES, THE
11:51:34AM INTERIOR RENOVATIONS, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LIBRARY AND TO
11:51:37AM ALL THE SERVICES THAT THE LIBRARY PROVIDES.
11:51:39AM I CAN ATTEST THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RECENT INFLUX OF
11:51:43AM RESIDENTS IN SEVERAL LARGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND
11:51:47AM CONDOMINIUMS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, THE LIBRARY IS TODAY
11:51:50AM MORE VIBRANT AND WELL USED SPACE THAN IT HAS BEEN SINCE ITS
11:51:55AM EARLY YEARS IN THE 1960s AND 1970s.
11:52:00AM ONE EXAMPLE, TODAY FEW HUNDRED UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA STUDENTS
11:52:03AM WHO LIVE IN THE 20-STORY HENRY APARTMENT BUILDING THAT'S
11:52:06AM JUST ONE BLOCK AWAY.
11:52:07AM WE SEE MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS REGULARLY USE THE LIBRARY AS A
11:52:11AM CONVENIENT STUDY HALL AND RESOURCE CENTER.
11:52:14AM WE ALSO SEE INCREASED FOOT TRAFFIC FROM AROUND THE AREA WITH
11:52:17AM THE LARGE NUMBER OF EVENTS HELD IN THE CURTIS HIXON PARK.
11:52:21AM WE SEE FOOT TRAFFIC COME IN ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF THAT AND
11:52:24AM EVENTS AT THE STRAZ CENTER AS WELL.
11:52:25AM IT IS A GREAT SYNERGY THAT WE SEE THERE.
11:52:27AM THE FRIENDS OPERATE A BOOKSTORE AND WE HAVE REGULAR MONTHLY
11:52:32AM BOOK SALES.
11:52:33AM EVERY DOLLAR WE RAISE THROUGH BOOK SALES GOES TO PAY FOR
11:52:36AM LIBRARY PROGRAMS.
11:52:37AM EVERY DOLLAR.
11:52:38AM WE SELL MORE THAN $10,000 WORTH OF BOOKS EVERY YEAR.
11:52:42AM MOST OF THOSE BOOKS ARE PRICED AT $2 OR LESS.
11:52:45AM IT'S A LOT OF BOOKS THAT WE SELL.
11:52:47AM IT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE SEE.
11:52:49AM IN ADDITION TO THE LIBRARY'S ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL
11:52:52AM SIGNIFICANCE THAT YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT, THE LIBRARY ALSO
11:52:55AM RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ONE OF OUR HISTORICALLY
11:52:58AM SIGNIFICANT CITIZENS, JOHN GERMANY HIMSELF.
11:53:01AM MR. GERMANY SERVED AS A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE AND WAS THE VERY
11:53:05AM FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.
11:53:07AM HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING PARTNERS OF THE PROMINENT LAW
11:53:11AM FIRM OF HOLLAND AND KNIGHT.
11:53:17AM COINCIDENTALLY, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH HIM MORE
11:53:19AM THAN A DECADE.
11:53:20AM HE WAS A VERY GOOD MAN.
11:53:21AM HE WAS HUMBLE.
11:53:22AM I COULD VERIFY HE HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
11:53:25AM NAMING OF THE BUILDING IN 1999 IN HIS HONOR, WHICH WAS A
11:53:28AM COMMUNITY EFFORT, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED.
11:53:30AM THAT IDEA WAS DEVELOPED AND SUPPORTED BY MANY LOCAL LEADERS,
11:53:36AM SAW IT AS A FITTING WAY TO HONOR MR. GERMANY AND HIS MANY
11:53:39AM CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
11:53:40AM THIS LANDMARKING EFFORT HELPED SOLIDIFY THAT AS WELL.
11:53:43AM IN CLOSING, THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY FULLY SUPPORT THIS
11:53:46AM EFFORT TO ADDRESS MR. CLENDENIN'S CONCERN, I WANTED TO
11:53:49AM MENTION THAT I HAVE CONFERRED WITH LIBRARY MANAGEMENT ABOUT
11:53:53AM WHETHER THEY HAVE A POSITION ON THIS LANDMARKING ISSUE.
11:53:56AM AS A PUBLIC BODY AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, THEY CANNOT TAKE A
11:54:00AM POSITION ON IT.
11:54:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:54:02AM >> HOWEVER, IF THEY OBJECTED THEY COULD INSTRUCT ME TO DO
11:54:05AM THAT.
11:54:05AM I HAVE NOT BEEN SO INSTRUCTED.
11:54:07AM WE SUPPORT IT.
11:54:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:54:08AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. MULLINS, PLEASE, I NEED HELP.
11:54:13AM I NEED A LOT OF HELP, BUT BESIDES THAT, ON THIS ISSUE.
11:54:23AM MANY YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A YOUNG LAWYER CAME TO SEE -- USED
11:54:30AM TO WORK AT HOLLAND AND KNIGHT.
11:54:32AM HE WAS THE WRONG THAT BROUGHT UP -- I'M STRUGGLING WITH THE
11:54:34AM TIME AND PERIOD IN HISTORY, WHAT IT WAS.
11:54:37AM IT WAS EITHER UNDER ONE OF THE PAST THREE ADMINISTRATIONS
11:54:40AM THAT HE CAME UP AND RENAMED THE LIBRARY, CALLED TAMPA OR
11:54:44AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LIBRARY, FORGET WHAT IT WAS.
11:54:48AM HE IS THE ONE THAT CAME TO THE CITY OF TAMPA AND BROUGHT UP
11:54:53AM NAMING THIS LIBRARY AFTER FORMER JOHN GERMANY.
11:54:59AM DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THAT?
11:55:00AM >> I DO.
11:55:01AM I WAS INVOLVED, SOMEWHAT MORE TANGENTIAL LEVEL, BUT I WAS
11:55:05AM INVOLVED.
11:55:06AM I THINK SOME OF THE LEADERS OF THAT EFFORT WHO MAY HAVE
11:55:08AM APPEARED HERE WERE RICHARD BALOUGH, WHO IS STILL A
11:55:16AM PRACTICING LAWYER AT ANOTHER FIRM, AND ALSO STEVE YERRID WAS
11:55:16AM INVOLVED.
11:55:18AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALL THAT CAME AND I FORGET WHICH
11:55:22AM ADMINISTRATION.
11:55:23AM NOT SURE IF IT WAS BUCKHORN.
11:55:24AM >> IT WAS 1999.
11:55:28AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT WAS THE END OF GRECO'S TERM, I
11:55:31AM THINK.
11:55:32AM >> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
11:55:33AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I REMEMBER ONE OF THOSE TWO.
11:55:36AM STRUGGLING IN MY MIND.
11:55:37AM DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE AN ERROR.
11:55:39AM NOTICE I DIDN'T CALL MISTAKE.
11:55:40AM DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ERROR AND MISTAKE.
11:55:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND WORKING WITH
11:55:46AM THE GREAT PEOPLE.
11:55:47AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
11:55:48AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MIRANDA.
11:55:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND COUNCIL
11:55:51AM MEMBER CARLSON.
11:55:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, THE QUESTIONS I
11:55:57AM HAD, I DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE TO THINK THAT IN ANY WAY MY
11:56:01AM QUESTIONS WERE NEGATIVE ABOUT THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION OF
11:56:07AM THIS.
11:56:08AM THOSE TYPE OF QUESTIONS, THIS IS THE TIME TO ASK THE
11:56:11AM QUESTIONS BECAUSE AFTER THIS HEARING IT'S TOO LATE.
11:56:14AM I'M ALL FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
11:56:19AM IT WAS PART OF MY CAMPAIGN WHEN I RAN THAT WE CAN'T TEAR
11:56:22AM DOWN EVERYTHING THAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT TAMPA TO CREATE
11:56:24AM SOMETHING NEW.
11:56:25AM WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE AND BLEND TO MAKE THIS CITY A
11:56:31AM TRULY GREAT CITY.
11:56:32AM NO GREAT CITY IN THIS WORLD BULLDOZED THEIR OLD CITY AND
11:56:35AM THEN BUILT A BRAND-NEW ONE FROM SCRATCH.
11:56:38AM I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
11:56:39AM ALSO, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR, I WANT
11:56:42AM TO LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE THE WRECKING BALL IN MY HANDS TO
11:56:47AM CONTROL -- THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR.
11:56:50AM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS BUILDING, BRUTALIST, I DON'T
11:56:54AM NECESSARILY IDENTIFY IT AS BRUTALIST.
11:56:57AM I AGREE WITH THE ARCHITECT THAT SPOKE ABOUT THE BLENDING OF
11:57:00AM KIND OF HISTORIC GRAND BUILDING TO A MID CENTURY MODERN
11:57:04AM BUILDING, USE OF TRAVERTINE, SOFTENING WITH HONEYCOMB
11:57:08AM STRUCTURE, THE FOUNTAINS IN THE BEGINNING.
11:57:11AM IT'S SO TRANSPARENT WITH THE GLASS AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE
11:57:14AM INTERIOR WITH STAIRCASES.
11:57:16AM THERE ARE A LOT OF ELEMENTS ABOUT IT THAT ARE OPEN AND AIRY,
11:57:21AM AND THE BLENDING OF OUTSIDE TO INSIDE.
11:57:23AM IT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SEE OVER HERE.
11:57:26AM I'M GOING TO FULLY SUPPORT THIS, OF COURSE.
11:57:29AM I LOOK FORWARD TO ACTUALLY EXTENDING THIS DESIGNATION TO
11:57:34AM OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT
11:57:37AM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRESERVE OUR HISTORY.
11:57:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
11:57:44AM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST IN CASE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE, BUT
11:57:47AM HOPEFULLY DONE, SOMEBODY FROM COMMUNICATION OR USF WILL GRAB
11:57:51AM VIDEO COVERAGE OF SOME OF THE TESTIMONY TODAY BUT ALSO
11:57:53AM INTERVIEW THE FAMILIES AND IF SOME OF THE ARCHITECTS ARE
11:57:56AM STILL AVAILABLE, I HOPE WE CAN GET THEM ON VIDEO AND RECORD
11:57:59AM IT.
11:57:59AM I KNOW THERE ARE SOME BUILDINGS THAT FOLKS STILL AROUND HAVE
11:58:04AM DIFFERENCE OF OPINION OF WHO DID WHAT AND IMPORTANT TO GET
11:58:08AM FAMILY HISTORIES TO ALSO HAVE IT ALL RECORDED.
11:58:11AM HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL DO THAT AND CAPTURE THE IMPORTANT
11:58:13AM FAMILY HISTORY.
11:58:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO CLOSE?
11:58:15AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:58:17AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
11:58:19AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:58:19AM AYE.
11:58:20AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:58:21AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON, WOULD YOU MIND READING IT?
11:58:23AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: FILE HL 24-3846, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
11:58:29AM FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
11:58:31AM AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, DESIGNATING JOHN
11:58:34AM F. GERMANY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND AUDITORIUM LOCATED AT 900
11:58:37AM NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY
11:58:40AM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3 HEREOF, AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK;
11:58:46AM PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
11:58:49AM PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:58:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
11:58:53AM HENDERSON.
11:58:54AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:58:55AM ROLL CALL VOTE.
11:58:58AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:58:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:59:01AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:59:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:59:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
11:59:03AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
11:59:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:59:06AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:59:08AM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE ON MAY 16th AT
11:59:11AM 9:30 A.M. AT OLD CITY HALL LOCATED AT 315 EAST KENNEDY
11:59:15AM BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
11:59:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
11:59:20AM ITEM NUMBER 65 WILL NOT BE HEARD.
11:59:22AM IT IS A MISNOTICE.
11:59:23AM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO RESCHEDULE THAT HEARING TO JUNE 6,
11:59:26AM 2024 AT 1:30 P.M., 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, TAMPA,
11:59:30AM FLORIDA, 33602, THIRD FLOOR.
11:59:33AM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:59:34AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
11:59:36AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:59:36AM AYE.
11:59:40AM ITEM 66, I THINK THIS IS VERY QUICK.
11:59:42AM THEN WE'LL BREAK FOR LUNCH.
11:59:43AM AFTER LUNCH, WE'LL COME BACK WITH ITEM 86.
11:59:48AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
11:59:49AM MORRIS MASSEY, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY.
11:59:51AM THIS IS THE REQUIRED CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT
11:59:54AM THE AMENDMENT TO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT COMMUNITY
11:59:57AM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT CRA.
12:00:00PM THE RESOLUTION WAS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A TO THE RESOLUTION
12:00:04PM SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
12:00:06PM NOTICES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WERE SENT TO ALL TAXING
12:00:09PM AUTHORITIES AND IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER.
12:00:11PM I'M GOING TO SUBMIT THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION THAT YOU'RE BEING
12:00:14PM REQUESTED TO ADOPT, WHICH AGAIN IS PART OF THE BACKUP IN
12:00:18PM YOUR BACKUP TO THE CLERK TO MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT'S BEING
12:00:21PM ADOPTED.
12:00:21PM THE ONLY THING I'VE DONE IS MARKED THE NUMBER OF THE
12:00:25PM RESOLUTION, THE CRA RESOLUTION WHERE YOU ALL RECOMMENDED ITS
12:00:30PM APPROVAL.
12:00:31PM I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
12:00:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY ACTION THAT WE NEED TO TAKE TODAY?
12:00:35PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: YOU NEED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
12:00:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANT TO SAY IN THE LAST 24 HOURS OR
12:00:40PM SO, I'VE HAD OUTREACH FROM THE MARITIME COMMUNITY.
12:00:44PM FOLKS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT SOME DIRECT AND INDIRECT
12:00:49PM REFERENCES IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE SEEN AS ADVERSE TO
12:00:53PM THE MARITIME COMMUNITY.
12:00:54PM AN EXAMPLE IS THAT THE ENTIRE AREA EAST OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE
12:00:59PM IS DESIGNATED AS UNDERDEVELOPED, UNDERUTILIZED AREA.
12:01:04PM THAT GOES WITH -- IT SEEMS TO INDICATE THE PHILOSOPHY OF
12:01:06PM CONVERTING MARITIME LAND TO CONDOS AND THAT UTILIZING
12:01:11PM HIGH-PAYING BLUE COLLAR JOBS IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY IS NOT
12:01:16PM IMPORTANT AND VAGUE REFERENCES TO THE RIVERWALK.
12:01:21PM THERE IS A DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW WHERE SOME FOLKS WANT TO GET
12:01:24PM RID OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AND PUT THE RIVERWALK AROUND
12:01:27PM THE WATER.
12:01:28PM WITH THOSE CONCERNS IN THE MARITIME COMMUNITY AND MY
12:01:32PM INTEREST PROTECTING THE MARITIME COMMUNITY, I'LL VOTE NO.
12:01:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
12:01:36PM YES, SIR.
12:01:38PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M GOING TO VOTE YES.
12:01:40PM CERTAINLY THE RIVERWALK CONCERNING TO ALL PARTIES.
12:01:46PM I'M NOT HERE TO TAKE THE CRUISE SHIP OUT OF BUSINESS, NOT AT
12:01:49PM ALL.
12:01:49PM THAT'S WHAT THE RUMOR IS.
12:01:51PM WHETHER IT'S FACTUAL OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
12:01:54PM BUT IF THERE IS A RIVERWALK EXTENSION, IT WILL CERTAINLY NOT
12:01:57PM INTERFERE WHERE THE SHIPS COMING IN FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
12:02:01PM GO ON VACATION OR WHATEVER.
12:02:03PM ON A DAILY BASIS, THOSE SHIPS ARE NOT HERE.
12:02:08PM THERE COULD BE A RIVERWALK WHICH IS WALKABLE WHEN THEY ARE
12:02:11PM NOT HERE AND NOT WALKABLE WHEN THEY ARE HERE.
12:02:14PM EVERYTHING HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE DESIGNED THAT WAY.
12:02:16PM MET WITH NO ONE OR SPOKE WITH NO ONE.
12:02:21PM JUST MY FEELING.
12:02:21PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS MODIFIED
12:02:24PM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE MARITIME COMMUNITY
12:02:27PM OR ANY PARTIES INVESTED OR INTERESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR
12:02:31PM AREA TO REACH OUT TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.
12:02:34PM IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD SHARE THEM SO
12:02:37PM WE COULD HAVE A DIVERSE AND BROAD PERSPECTIVE ON HELPING YOU
12:02:40PM ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS.
12:02:41PM THANK YOU.
12:02:45PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: BRIEFLY, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
12:02:46PM THE PORT AUTHORITY IS PART OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE
12:02:51PM CHANNEL DISTRICT CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
12:02:53PM THEY ARE INVOLVED.
12:02:54PM NOTHING IN THE PLAN MANDATES ANY DEVELOPMENT OF ANY PROPERTY
12:02:58PM OR THE EXTENSION OF THE RIVERWALK.
12:03:00PM FINALLY, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
12:03:01PM SO YOU DO NEED TO INVITE THE PUBLIC IF THEY HAVE ANY
12:03:04PM QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
12:03:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT
12:03:07PM WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 66?
12:03:08PM THERE'S NOBODY REGISTERED.
12:03:10PM ANYBODY?
12:03:11PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:03:14PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:03:16PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:03:16PM AYE.
12:03:18PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:03:18PM IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION?
12:03:20PM MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
12:03:22PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
12:03:24PM ROLL CALL VOTE.
12:03:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
12:03:28PM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
12:03:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
12:03:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
12:03:32PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
12:03:33PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
12:03:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
12:03:37PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON VOTING NO.
12:03:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
12:03:40PM WE ARE GOING TO BREAK FOR LUNCH.
12:03:41PM WE'LL COME BACK AT 1:15 AND GO RIGHT TO NUMBER 86.
12:03:46PM WE'LL MAKE IT 1:20, BUT WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER 86.
12:03:56PM WE ARE IN RECESS.
12:03:57PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
12:03:58PM [LUNCH RECESS]
1:16:20PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
1:20:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WELCOME BACK TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
1:20:49PM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
1:20:52PM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
1:20:53PM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
1:20:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
1:20:58PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
1:20:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
1:20:59PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
1:21:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
1:21:02PM >>THE CLERK: YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
1:21:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. BHIDE, FOR ITEM NUMBER 78, WE'RE NOT
1:21:10PM GOING TO NEED YOU PRESENT.
1:21:11PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:21:18PM JUST TO REFRESH EVERYTHING.
1:21:19PM WE'LL HEAR ITEM 86 FIRST, THEN 68, 69, 70, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
1:21:25PM 81, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 53 AND 54.
1:21:31PM ITEM 86.
1:21:43PM >> THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT CONTINUING 85.
1:21:47PM THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL --
1:21:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOR 85, WE NEED TO WAIT FOR STAFF UNTIL
1:21:56PM WE MAKE ANY MOTIONS TO CONTINUE.
1:21:57PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:22:00PM ITEM NUMBER 86.
1:22:02PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, THIS WAS YOUR MOTION.
1:22:06PM DO YOU WANT TO KICK IT OFF?
1:22:07PM >>LUIS VIERA: SURE, IF I MAY.
1:22:09PM I HAVE HERE THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION.
1:22:11PM I THINK I WORKED ON IT SUNDAY.
1:22:21PM MR. SHELBY FINALIZED IT.
1:22:23PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.
1:22:24PM THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT DEALS WITH THIS PROPOSED
1:22:28PM COMMITTEE.
1:22:28PM I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE
1:22:32PM LOOKING AT DOING ON THIS COMMITTEE.
1:22:33PM IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO 100%.
1:22:37PM AND I THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EVERYBODY HERE AND
1:22:41PM EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR US TO DO THIS COMMITTEE.
1:22:44PM WE'VE AGREED AS A CITY COUNCIL ON FIVE PILLARS THAT THE
1:22:49PM COMMITTEE CAN DEAL WITH.
1:22:51PM AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING.
1:22:54PM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IGNORED HISTORY AND OUR YOUTH.
1:22:58PM I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS.
1:23:01PM THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT I CAME UP WITH IN TALKING TO THE
1:23:04PM COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL IS 100% ON BOARD.
1:23:08PM YOU'LL SEE HERE THE ISSUE OF MAKEUP.
1:23:10PM WE HEARD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO
1:23:12PM BE MAKING ANY APPOINTMENTS TO THIS BOARD.
1:23:15PM I PERSONALLY THINK THAT IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
1:23:17PM BUT NOW THE ISSUE COMES WHERE WE COME UP WITH THE
1:23:20PM APPOINTMENTS.
1:23:21PM I SUGGESTED SIX ORGANIZATIONS WHO COME FROM THE FAITH AND
1:23:25PM CIVIL RIGHTS, THE HISTORY, ADVOCACY AND ECONOMIC AND
1:23:28PM DEVELOPMENT AND RETURNING CITIZENS COMMUNITIES WHO CAN MAKE
1:23:32PM UP THOSE APPOINTMENTS, HAVE THEM HERE IN THE RESOLUTION.
1:23:35PM GLAD TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
1:23:36PM AND THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT, IN MY OPINION, IS VERY, VERY
1:23:40PM NEEDED.
1:23:40PM WE SUPPORTED THIS IN 2020.
1:23:42PM COMES BACK TO US IN 2024.
1:23:45PM IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
1:23:47PM I ALWAYS SAY THAT GOOD AMERICANS HAVE TO WORK HARD AT
1:23:50PM BUILDING BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING AND ISSUES OF RACE.
1:23:53PM RACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR AMERICANS
1:23:56PM SINCE 1619, 1776, ALL THE WAY TO TODAY.
1:24:00PM WE GOT TO MAKE HISTORICAL WRONGS RIGHT IN OUR OWN TIME.
1:24:03PM I'M NOT NAIVE.
1:24:05PM THIS COMMITTEE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING OF A CURE-ALL IN
1:24:07PM ANY WAY.
1:24:08PM BUT WHAT IT DOES IS ALLOWS US TO DO BETTER.
1:24:11PM WE ALWAYS HAVE TO COME TO ELECTED OFFICE WITH THE IDEA TO
1:24:15PM QUOTE SENATOR BOBBY KENNEDY, WE CAN DO BETTER.
1:24:18PM I THINK THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT ALLOWS US TO HEAR FROM
1:24:21PM AFFECTED COMMUNITIES ON HOW WE CAN DO BETTER.
1:24:23PM THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
1:24:25PM I WANT THIS COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE A REPORT, TO
1:24:28PM BRIEF CITY COUNCIL ON THAT REPORT, AND THEN THE BALL WILL BE
1:24:31PM IN OUR COURT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO MEET THE
1:24:35PM CHALLENGES OF THIS COMMITTEE.
1:24:36PM A FEW THINGS JUST REALLY QUICKLY, IF I MAY, ON THE
1:24:39PM COMMITTEE, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP IN COUNCIL IN
1:24:42PM TERMS OF HAVING THIS COMMITTEE TELEVISED, WE HAVE WORKED
1:24:46PM WITH STAFF ON THAT FOR SOME THINGS, SOME SORT OF GETTING IT
1:24:51PM FULLY TELEVISED LIKE A CITY COUNCIL MEETING MAY BE A LITTLE
1:24:54PM DIFFICULT.
1:24:54PM SOMETHING LIKE ZOOM OR SOME SORT OF METHOD WE'RE WORKING ON
1:24:58PM DOING THAT.
1:24:58PM THE DATE OF THE END, I PUT FEBRUARY.
1:25:02PM WE COULD DO MARCH, APRIL TO GIVE IT A SAFETY NET.
1:25:04PM I'M FINE WITH THAT.
1:25:06PM IN TERMS OF COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS COMING BACK FOR APPROVAL BY
1:25:11PM CITY COUNCIL, WE CAN HAVE THAT COME BACK POTENTIALLY MAY
1:25:14PM 2nd IS COUNCIL IS READY BY THEN.
1:25:16PM THEN THE FACILITATOR, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH
1:25:20PM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
1:25:21PM I REACHED OUT TO A FRIEND OF MINE WHO I KNOW MANY OF YOU
1:25:24PM KNOW AND RESPECT, REVEREND NORMAN HARRIS, WHO IS A CHRISTIAN
1:25:27PM MINISTER AND A GOOD ATTORNEY.
1:25:29PM HE'S EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN THAT.
1:25:31PM SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
1:25:34PM AGAIN, PASSED OUT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION AND LET'S SEE
1:25:37PM WHAT'S UP.
1:25:38PM THANK YOU.
1:25:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
1:25:41PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA, AND MARTY AND
1:25:47PM EVERYONE FOR GOING THROUGH THAT.
1:25:50PM I'LL PASS THIS ARTICLE DOWN AND GIVE TWO TO MARTY.
1:25:55PM I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RACIAL
1:26:00PM INJUSTICE, WE THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE '50s OR
1:26:04PM THE '60s.
1:26:05PM THIS ARTICLE IS FROM THE TAMPA BAY TIMES DATED AUGUST 3rd,
1:26:08PM 2015.
1:26:09PM YOU ALL MAY REMEMBER THAT LENNY YOUNG GREEN THREE TIMES IN
1:26:17PM THE PAST TEN YEARS HAD FORUMS TO TALK ABOUT INEQUALITY IN
1:26:21PM TAMPA.
1:26:22PM IF YOU GO TO THE TOP OF THE NEXT PAGE, THE FORUM THAT SHE
1:26:25PM PUT TOGETHER WAS CALLED INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY IN TAMPA'S
1:26:28PM AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE BUCKHORN ERA.
1:26:30PM THERE WERE THREE THAT WE KNOW OF, THREE UNITED STATES
1:26:34PM JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS OVER THE LAST
1:26:36PM ADMINISTRATION.
1:26:37PM ONE OF THEM IS CONTINUING NOW.
1:26:38PM IT'S STILL NOT FINISHED YET.
1:26:40PM THERE MAY BE MORE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
1:26:42PM THE POINT IS THAT THIS IS A CURRENT ISSUE, RENTING WHILE
1:26:50PM BLACK WAS JUST STOPPED BY COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND
1:26:54PM THAT IS THE ONE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
1:26:56PM I INTERVIEWED OR TALKED TO THE TWO REPORTERS WHO WROTE THE
1:27:00PM BIKING WHILE BLACK STORY FROM THE TIMES BACK IN '14 OR '15.
1:27:05PM ONE OF THEM SAID THAT THE THING IN EAST TAMPA IS THAT PEOPLE
1:27:10PM FEEL OPPRESSED.
1:27:11PM ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I RAN FOR OFFICE IS BECAUSE I WANTED
1:27:14PM TO END THE OPPRESSION IN TAMPA.
1:27:17PM IT'S RECENT.
1:27:18PM IT'S RAW.
1:27:18PM YOU HEAR FROM PEOPLE EVERY DAY THAT IT EXISTED.
1:27:21PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF THE PAST
1:27:24PM BUT ALSO THE IMMEDIATE PAST AND PRESENT AS WELL.
1:27:27PM THANK YOU.
1:27:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:27:29PM ANYBODY ELSE?
1:27:29PM WHAT IS THE PLEASURE THEN?
1:27:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK JUST
1:27:36PM TO BE ON THE RECORD.
1:27:37PM JUST IN THE PAST 48, 72 HOURS WAS THE DAY THAT MS. LINA LOST
1:27:45PM HER HUSBAND TO THIS TERRIBLE INCIDENT.
1:27:49PM JUST OUT OF RESPECT FOR HER, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE KNOWS THAT
1:27:53PM IT'S BEING PRESENTED TO US BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY.
1:27:55PM SO I JUST WANT TO OFFER MY RESPECTS TO HER.
1:27:59PM I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS CLEARED BY HER TO USE HER HUSBAND'S
1:28:03PM DEATH AS AN EXAMPLE.
1:28:04PM SO, MS. LINA, IF YOU ARE LISTENING, I APOLOGIZE, BECAUSE
1:28:08PM ALTHOUGH WE UNDERSTAND, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE RIGHT
1:28:13PM TIME TO DO THAT CONSIDERING THAT SHE'S IN A MOMENT THIS WEEK
1:28:15PM OF SUFFERING AND NOT ABLE TO EVEN COMMUNICATE OUR MEETING
1:28:21PM WAS CANCELED THIS WEEK BECAUSE SHE'S MOURNING THE LOSS OF
1:28:23PM HER HUSBAND.
1:28:24PM I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
1:28:26PM NOT THAT YOU ARE DOING ANYTHING, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON,
1:28:31PM THIS IS NOT JUST TO DISREGARD WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
1:28:37PM COMMUNICATE, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.
1:28:39PM BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS THIS WEEK.
1:28:42PM >>BILL CARLSON: I DID SPEAK TO HER THE OTHER DAY.
1:28:45PM I DIDN'T TELL HER SPECIFICALLY I WAS BRINGING IT UP TODAY
1:28:47PM BUT TOLD HER I WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IT UP IN THE COMMUNITY
1:28:51PM BECAUSE IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF TAMPA HISTORY.
1:28:54PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AGREED.
1:28:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
1:28:58PM I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS.
1:29:00PM SECTION 10, WHERE THE MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE, I THINK ONE
1:29:05PM OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT THEY HAPPEN
1:29:07PM IN EVENINGS SO PEOPLE CAN ATTEND.
1:29:09PM SO ADDING THAT TYPE OF LANGUAGE SO THAT THEY DON'T HAPPEN AT
1:29:12PM 9 A.M.
1:29:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK?
1:29:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE ONLY OTHER THING I MIGHT DO, HAVE YOU
1:29:37PM TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE FACILITATOR?
1:29:43PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVEN'T HAD ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS OR
1:29:47PM ANYTHING WITH ANYONE ON THAT.
1:29:48PM JUST MY IDEA WE SHOULD HAVE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THE
1:29:53PM FACILITATOR.
1:29:53PM I'VE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
1:29:55PM THE ONE PERSON WHO SO FAR COMMITTED BECAUSE IT IS A BIG
1:29:58PM COMMITMENT, IS REVEREND NORMAN HARRIS.
1:30:00PM SO I WOULD ASK COUNCIL WHAT IS THE DIRECTION OF THAT?
1:30:04PM DO YOU ALL WANT TO HAVE ME WORK WITH OUR ATTORNEY, MR.
1:30:07PM SHELBY, ON FINDING FACILITATORS AND MAYBE COME PRESENT IN
1:30:10PM TWO WEEKS AS AN UPDATE.
1:30:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE GENERALLY WHEN
1:30:16PM A FACILITATOR COMES IN, THE FACILITATOR IS UNKNOWN.
1:30:21PM AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE FACILITATOR SUCCESSFUL IS THAT
1:30:25PM THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP NECESSARILY WITH THE
1:30:32PM COMMUNITY.
1:30:32PM SO WHEN WE HAD -- WHEN WE DID THE CHARTER REVIEW, WE HAD
1:30:37PM SOMEONE THAT CAME FROM ORLANDO FOR EVERY MEETING.
1:30:41PM I MIGHT RECOMMEND HAVING A FACILITATOR -- I MEAN, AGAIN,
1:30:48PM SOME FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY I THINK MIGHT BE A GOOD
1:30:51PM CHOICE BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE
1:30:54PM TALKING -- WHERE THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
1:30:56PM A LOT OF THINGS.
1:30:57PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PERSON CAN BE VERY FOCUSED ON JUST
1:31:02PM FACILITATING.
1:31:03PM SO THAT'S MY CONCERN.
1:31:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WAS LOOKING AT HAVING A COUPLE OF ATTORNEYS
1:31:09PM HANDLE THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE.
1:31:11PM SO, AGAIN, FOR THAT, THAT MAY REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE
1:31:14PM TIME.
1:31:15PM THAT'S THE ONLY UNRESOLVED ISSUE.
1:31:19PM I HAD POTENTIAL COMMITMENTS.
1:31:20PM AGAIN, THE PROBLEM IS WITH THIS, IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT OF
1:31:23PM TIME.
1:31:24PM AND REVEREND HARRIS WOULD BE VOLUNTEERING HIS TIME.
1:31:27PM HE IS AN ATTORNEY, ET CETERA.
1:31:30PM SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO GIVE ME A
1:31:33PM LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON JUST BY VIRTUE OF THE TIME
1:31:36PM COMMITMENT.
1:31:36PM BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO BE A
1:31:41PM FACILITATOR ON A GROUP THAT'S GOING TO DO A LOT OF GOOD IN
1:31:43PM THE COMMUNITY.
1:31:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I ALSO DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PAYING A
1:31:48PM FACILITATOR.
1:31:48PM WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR THAT.
1:31:49PM WE CAN FIND THE MONEY FOR THAT.
1:31:51PM SO IF THAT'S AN ISSUE, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING FOR A
1:31:55PM FACILITATOR.
1:31:56PM THIS IS NOT -- LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED
1:31:58PM MATTER.
1:31:59PM SO MAYBE SOMEONE WHO FACILITATES FOR A LIVING REALLY FOCUSED
1:32:05PM ON AN ACTUAL PERSON WHO HAS REALLY GREAT BONA FIDES IN DOING
1:32:09PM THIS TYPE OF WORK.
1:32:10PM I FEEL LIKE THIS IS -- I MEAN, WE SHOULDN'T SKIMP IN ANY
1:32:14PM AREA, BUT THIS IS THE ONE THAT KEPT THE CHARTER REVIEW
1:32:17PM COMMISSION ON COURSE.
1:32:18PM FROM THAT MOMENT, I HAVE A GREAT LOVE OF FACILITATORS.
1:32:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: AMEN.
1:32:24PM I OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO CHALLENGE WITH THAT.
1:32:27PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MECHANISM WOULD BE TO GET A PAID
1:32:30PM FACILITATOR FOR A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS THAT WE'RE CREATING
1:32:35PM RIGHT NOW.
1:32:35PM OBVIOUSLY I'D SUPPORT THAT.
1:32:37PM I JUST WANT THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB.
1:32:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN, NO.
1:32:43PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON AND THEN HENDERSON.
1:32:48PM >>BILL CARLSON: COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK AND I WERE ON THE
1:32:56PM CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
1:32:58PM THREE OF YOU WERE ON COUNCIL THEN.
1:33:00PM YOU ALL WENT THROUGH USF, ANGELA CHRIS GROUP AND HIRED THE
1:33:04PM FACILITATOR.
1:33:05PM YOU CAN DO THAT GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT.
1:33:06PM I THINK WE HAVE DONE THAT SINCE, MAYBE WITH THE CRA.
1:33:09PM BUT THEY CAN FIND A FACILITATOR.
1:33:11PM I AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE SOMEBODY WHO IS COMPLETELY
1:33:18PM NEUTRAL.
1:33:20PM I WOULD MANDATE AND REQUEST THAT WHETHER THE PERSON IDEALLY
1:33:26PM BE SOMEBODY OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY WHO CAN BE NEUTRAL AND
1:33:29PM OBJECTIVE, BUT WE NEED TO MANDATE THAT THAT PERSON IS
1:33:32PM NEUTRAL AND OBJECTIVE.
1:33:33PM THEY SHOULD NOT BRING ANYTHING AND OVERLAY IT.
1:33:36PM THEY SHOULD JUST COMPLETELY LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
1:33:39PM MAKE SURE ALL THE VOICES IN THE COMMUNITY ARE HEARD AND THAT
1:33:41PM SOMEONE IS ACCURATELY TAKING INFORMATION DOWN.
1:33:45PM SOMETIMES FACILITATORS THROW A BIT OF THEIR OWN BIAS IN
1:33:48PM THERE.
1:33:49PM WE JUST WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY.
1:33:51PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY ASK
1:33:55PM IS MAYBE TO HAVE MR. SHELBY WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO
1:33:57PM SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN OR IF WE HAVE OUR
1:34:00PM OWN INTERNAL BUDGET, I DON'T KNOW.
1:34:03PM MR. SHELBY, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?
1:34:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, I DO.
1:34:08PM BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED IN FACILITATORS FOR THE CHARTER
1:34:12PM REVIEW AND ALSO FOR THE STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETINGS OF THE
1:34:17PM COUNCIL.
1:34:17PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID I BELIEVE IT WAS
1:34:21PM IN 2015, THE CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY PUT $50,000 IN THE BUDGET
1:34:28PM BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT IF IT'S A MIDYEAR CHANGE,
1:34:32PM IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE MAYOR.
1:34:34PM IT HAS TO BE RECOMMENDED OR APPROVED BY THE MAYOR.
1:34:37PM AGAIN, AS COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON RIGHTLY SAID, WE GOT THE
1:34:43PM FACILITATOR THROUGH THE INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT AT USF AND
1:34:48PM WHAT -- THAT CUT WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS OUT OF THE PROCESS
1:34:54PM BECAUSE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND TO DO ALL
1:34:57PM THE HOOPS THAT NEED TO BE JUMPED THROUGH TO BE ABLE TO
1:35:01PM OBTAIN IT, IT SAVED A LOT OF TIME.
1:35:04PM I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
1:35:09PM >>LUIS VIERA: GREAT.
1:35:11PM WE CAN PASS THIS RESOLUTION TODAY IF COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE,
1:35:15PM AND THEN MAYBE MR. SHELBY AND I WORK TOGETHER WITH THE
1:35:18PM ADMINISTRATION TO SEE IF THAT'S FEASIBLE.
1:35:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S FINE.
1:35:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: I'M FINE WITH THAT.
1:35:22PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE TIMELINE.
1:35:26PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY --
1:35:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON IS NEXT.
1:35:32PM YES, MA'AM.
1:35:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
1:35:36PM I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD LOOK AT SECTION 2 ABOUT THE
1:35:39PM MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE AND WHAT IT SAYS.
1:35:42PM BASED ON PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, SOMEONE STOOD UP AND TALKED
1:35:45PM ABOUT IT BEING 30 MEMBERS AND NOT 13, SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS
1:35:49PM THAT BECAUSE IT WAS IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
1:35:51PM I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT ON OUR
1:35:53PM THOUGHTS ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
1:35:55PM ALSO, THE COMMITTEE MEMBER SHALL SERVE WITHOUT COMPENSATION
1:35:58PM AND NO FUNDS.
1:36:00PM I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE AWARE THAT THAT'S BEEN PUT INSIDE
1:36:04PM THE SECTIONS.
1:36:05PM I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE HAS READ IT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT
1:36:09PM PUBLICLY.
1:36:09PM THEN WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE ACTUAL STAFF THAT HAS TO BE TIED
1:36:14PM TO THIS, SUCH AS CLERICAL, SECRETARIAL AND OTHER SERVICES
1:36:18PM SHALL BE NEEDED BY THE COMMITTEE.
1:36:19PM WHERE IS THAT GOING TO COME FROM?
1:36:21PM WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THAT?
1:36:23PM WE NEED TO MAKE THIS SITUATION WHERE PROBABLY IF A
1:36:29PM FACILITATOR IS GOING TO BE COMPENSATED THEN CLERICAL STAFF
1:36:32PM PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE COMPENSATED AS WELL BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
1:36:34PM IN ADDITION TO THEIR CURRENT DUTIES THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE,
1:36:39PM MAYBE AS A STIPEND OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
1:36:42PM MR. SHELBY, CAN YOU TELL ME, WHEN WE HIRED THE BUDGET
1:36:46PM ANALYST, WAS THAT IN THE BUDGET WHEN WE APPROVED IT OR DID
1:36:49PM THAT ADD THAT AND THE MAYOR APPROVED THAT WE DO IT AFTER THE
1:36:53PM FACT?
1:36:54PM IT WAS IN THE BUDGET.
1:36:55PM SO THIS ONE WOULD BE WHERE SHE WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT IF
1:36:59PM WE HIRED A FACILITATOR.
1:37:00PM CORRECT, IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID?
1:37:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T BELIEVE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT,
1:37:07PM TALKING TO MS. WILCOX, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MONIES ARE IN THE
1:37:10PM BUDGET THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR IT.
1:37:12PM AGAIN, THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE CONTINUING FOR MONTHS IS
1:37:15PM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
1:37:20PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: A FACILITATOR IS A VERY IMPORTANT
1:37:24PM COMPONENT OF THIS PROCESS.
1:37:26PM THE AMOUNT OF TIME, COMMITMENT, AND THE PROFESSIONALISM AND
1:37:31PM EXPERTISE THAT COMES WITH THAT MAY BE CHALLENGING TO FIND
1:37:35PM SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO DO IT
1:37:39PM BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF WHAT'S REQUIRED.
1:37:42PM WE CAN'T MOVE A RESOLUTION WITHOUT CLEARLY UNDERSTANDING
1:37:50PM SECTION 2.
1:37:52PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I MAY, MR. VIERA, IF I CAN, WITH REGARD
1:37:57PM TO THE RESOLUTION, THIS WAS WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE
1:38:02PM CONSENSUS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
1:38:06PM AND BASICALLY, YOU CAN PASS THIS.
1:38:10PM IF YOU WISH IT TO SAY ALL MEETINGS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE
1:38:13PM EVENING AT THE CITY CENTER, I COULD EASILY ADD THAT IN AND
1:38:18PM REPRINT IT.
1:38:19PM BUT WITH ALL THE OTHER ITEMS, IT'S SUBJECT TO COUNCIL'S
1:38:27PM CONSIDERATION.
1:38:28PM CERTAINLY, THERE ARE THINGS IN THERE.
1:38:30PM IT DOES SAY IF YOU SEE SECTION 2, IT DOES SAY THE ROLE OF
1:38:38PM THE ADMINISTRATION AND HOW CLERICAL, SECRETARIAL AND OTHER
1:38:42PM SERVICES SHALL BE NEEDED BY THE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDED, I DO
1:38:45PM REMIND YOU THAT THIS DOES HAVE A LINE ON THE RESOLUTION FOR
1:38:48PM THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE.
1:38:50PM BECAUSE UNDER THE CHARTER THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS IN
1:38:55PM 2019, THIS COMMITTEE'S FORMATION REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF
1:38:59PM THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR.
1:39:00PM SO, OBVIOUSLY, SHOULD THE MAYOR SIGN THIS, THE MAYOR IS ALSO
1:39:05PM ASSENTING TO THE CONDITIONS ALSO PLACED FORTH IN THE
1:39:09PM RESOLUTION.
1:39:09PM I PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL AND I THANK COUNCILMAN VIERA FOR HIS
1:39:16PM LEADERSHIP IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER IN SUCH A RAPID
1:39:20PM TURNAROUND.
1:39:20PM THANK YOU.
1:39:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. SHELBY, I WANT TO SUPPORT THIS
1:39:26PM TODAY.
1:39:26PM THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT HOW MANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, 13
1:39:29PM MEMBERS, SOMEBODY HAD MENTIONED 30 IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
1:39:32PM BUT HOW MANY MEMBERS WERE ON THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION?
1:39:36PM GIVE OR TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT?
1:39:38PM THIS IS MORE THAN WHAT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION HAD.
1:39:49PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
1:39:51PM THE MAYOR HAD APPOINTEES AND COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD APPOINTEES.
1:39:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN AND COUNCIL
1:39:57PM MEMBER VIERA.
1:39:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A COUPLE OF SMALL THINGS.
1:40:00PM ONE, ON THE EVENING MEETING, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
1:40:03PM TO ME, I THINK ONCE THE COMMITTEE MEETS IT SHOULD BE THEIR
1:40:07PM DECISION OF WHEN THEY WANT TO MEET AND GET TOGETHER.
1:40:10PM I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NECESSARILY SHOULD TIE THEIR HANDS.
1:40:13PM MAYBE DEPENDING ON THE MAKEUP OF THE MEETING, MAYBE CERTAIN
1:40:16PM TIMES OF THE DAY WOULD BE BETTER THAN OTHERS.
1:40:19PM IT COULD BE LIKE A 4:00 MEETING OR WEEKEND MEETING.
1:40:21PM YOU NEVER KNOW.
1:40:22PM DEPENDS ON THE MAKEUP OF THE MEETING.
1:40:24PM LET THEM GUIDE THEMSELVES OF WHAT WORKS FOR THEM.
1:40:27PM ON THAT, MY POINT WAS GOING TO BE EXACTLY WHAT MARTIN SHELBY
1:40:30PM JUST MADE.
1:40:31PM THIS REQUIRES THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE.
1:40:33PM I'M DISAPPOINTED AS WELL.
1:40:34PM I WISH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WAS PARTICIPATING IN THIS
1:40:37PM WHOLEHEARTEDLY, BUT WITHOUT THAT, AT LEAST WITH THE CONSENT,
1:40:42PM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, I AGREE WITH THE FACILITATOR
1:40:44PM DISCUSSION.
1:40:44PM I THINK A GOOD FACILITATOR IS INVALUABLE.
1:40:48PM SO WE PUT IN THERE IT IS A FUNDED FACILITATOR.
1:40:51PM IF THE MAYOR CONSENTS TO THAT, SO BE IT.
1:40:54PM HAS TO CONSENT, ALSO STAFF SUPPORT, YOU CAN'T HAVE A
1:40:58PM FUNCTIONING MEETING WITHOUT STAFF SUPPORT.
1:41:00PM THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
1:41:01PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YEAH, BUT COMPENSATED STAFF.
1:41:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT COMPENSATED STAFF.
1:41:06PM THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY ARE ON THE CLOCK.
1:41:08PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THOUGHT WE SAID AFTER HOURS.
1:41:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE NOT HIRING STAFF.
1:41:14PM THEY GET FLEX TIME.
1:41:16PM STAFF ALL THE TIME GOES TO NIGHT MEETINGS AND MAY TAKE OFF A
1:41:19PM FRIDAY INSTEAD.
1:41:20PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: GIVE ME EXAMPLE OF WHAT STAFF.
1:41:23PM VOLUNTEER STAFF?
1:41:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECRETARIAL STAFF.
1:41:25PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHO IS GOING TO DECIDE THAT?
1:41:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: FOR, SAY, THE BUDGET ANALYST -- NOT THE
1:41:30PM BUDGET -- THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT'S
1:41:33PM KARENCIA.
1:41:39PM AND THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, IT WAS KARENCIA.
1:41:41PM IT'S CHOSEN BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE I BELIEVE.
1:41:43PM AND THEY MAKE THAT DECISION.
1:41:51PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I CAN TELL YOU -- I'M SORRY.
1:41:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD MEETING, THEY HAVE
1:41:57PM AN ATTORNEY IN THE EVENING.
1:42:00PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THE CLERICAL STAFF IS WHAT I'M TALKING
1:42:02PM ABOUT.
1:42:02PM WHO IS THEY?
1:42:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF THIS IS SIGNED BY ALL PARTIES, IT WILL
1:42:08PM WORK OUT.
1:42:09PM MAYOR SIGNS IT, CITY COUNCIL SIGNS IT, IT WORKS OUT.
1:42:12PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THEN THE CLERK WILL BE GIVEN FLEX TIME.
1:42:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S UP TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND HOW
1:42:18PM THEY DEAL WITH IT.
1:42:20PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WOULD NOT ASSUME, COUNCIL, THAT THE CLERK
1:42:25PM WOULD STEP IN TO DO THIS BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THE CLERK
1:42:28PM HAS THE STAFF TO DO THIS.
1:42:30PM I SHOULD POINT OUT THE VERY FACT THAT THE CLERK IS NOT BASED
1:42:33PM AT HANNA.
1:42:35PM IF IT IS IN THE EVENING AND IT IS AT HANNA, HAVE TO DISCUSS
1:42:38PM THAT WITH THE CLERK.
1:42:40PM IN MY PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS --
1:42:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
1:42:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I?
1:42:45PM THE CLERK DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THIS AS I
1:42:48PM THINK YOU WISELY NOTED.
1:42:50PM ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO IN TERMS OF MINUTES IS HAVE A
1:42:54PM STAFF MEMBER FROM CITY COUNCIL AT EACH OF THE MEETINGS.
1:42:56PM THIS IS SEVEN MEETINGS OR SO.
1:42:57PM IT IS A CITY COUNCIL BOARD, RIGHT?
1:42:59PM I'M 100% FINE WITH THAT.
1:43:01PM A COUPLE OF THINGS, WITH REGARDS TO THE MEMBERSHIP, I
1:43:05PM STRONGLY SUPPORT THE NUMBER 13, HAVING ONE MEMBER FROM EACH
1:43:10PM COUNCIL MEMBER AND SIX IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
1:43:12PM THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT EACH SERVE A UNIQUE PURPOSE AND I
1:43:18PM THINK ARE VERY, VERY VALUABLE.
1:43:20PM WITH REGARDS TO MEMBERS BEING PAID, I'M UNAWARE OF ANY BOARD
1:43:24PM MEMBER HAVING PAID MEMBERS.
1:43:25PM AND WITH REGARDS TO STAFF HELP, I KNOW THERE IS -- AS
1:43:33PM SOMEBODY SAID ALREADY, STAFF IS COMPENSATED.
1:43:36PM THAT'S PART OF THE JOB, ET CETERA.
1:43:38PM WITH REGARDS TO THE CLERK, THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.
1:43:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE IT OUT.
1:43:48PM I ALSO DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE SOMEONE
1:43:53PM DIFFERENT FOR EVERY MEETING.
1:43:55PM CONTINUITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOMETHING
1:43:57PM LIKE THIS.
1:43:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WE'LL BE VOTING ON THINGS THAT MAY COME
1:44:02PM BACK IN THE FINAL REPORT.
1:44:03PM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU MEAN TAKING MINUTES?
1:44:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
1:44:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: THEN WHO?
1:44:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T KNOW.
1:44:09PM I JUST THINK THAT CONTINUITY IS IMPORTANT WITH THAT BECAUSE
1:44:12PM THAT PERSON WILL KNOW THEIR MINUTES.
1:44:15PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, I DON'T THINK PASSING
1:44:18PM THIS RESOLUTION TODAY, WE'RE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS AND
1:44:22PM THINGS THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE RESOLUTION.
1:44:23PM IF A RESOLUTION DEALS WITH A PROCEDURE AND THESE MINUTIA
1:44:27PM SUBSTANCE ISSUES, WE DON'T HAVE TO SOLVE THEM TODAY.
1:44:31PM WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, THIS CAME TO US A FEW YEARS AGO.
1:44:34PM THE COMMUNITY CAME TO US MAYBE SIX MONTHS AGO ON IT.
1:44:37PM THIS WAS PROPOSED IN FEBRUARY.
1:44:38PM WE CAN PASS THIS TODAY TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE
1:44:42PM INVESTED IN THIS AND GOING TO BE STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS AND
1:44:45PM THAT WE CAN COME BACK ON MAY 2nd WITH THE APPOINTMENTS AND
1:44:48PM WITH ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS.
1:44:51PM THESE ARE MINOR SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES.
1:44:53PM THIS DEALS WITH THE PROCEDURE.
1:44:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AGREE, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
1:44:59PM LET'S GET IT DONE.
1:45:00PM I APPRECIATE THE FACT YOU TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO DO THIS.
1:45:03PM I THINK A LOT OF DETAILS WILL WORK OUT FOR THEMSELVES LIKE
1:45:06PM EVERYTHING ELSE.
1:45:06PM I THINK THIS IS A CAUTIONARY TALE AS WE LOOK AT BUDGET FOR
1:45:10PM FISCAL '25, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE FUNDS IN
1:45:13PM THERE FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS, SOME FLEXIBILITY, SO AS WE
1:45:16PM MOVE IN THROUGH FISCAL YEAR '25 WE ALLOCATE MONEY TO DO
1:45:20PM THINGS LIKE THIS FOR THE FUTURE.
1:45:23PM WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT WITH A STRONGER EYE NEXT YEAR THAN
1:45:26PM WE DID THIS PAST YEAR.
1:45:27PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALSO LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN THANK
1:45:33PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA FOR ALL THE WORK HE'S DONE ON THIS.
1:45:37PM I THINK THIS IS A FRAMEWORK OF SOMETHING.
1:45:40PM THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OR SO IT WILL COME TOGETHER.
1:45:43PM RIGHT NOW WE'RE DISCUSSING IDEAS AND THINGS TO DO.
1:45:45PM BY THAT TIME WOULD HAVE THESE IDEAS IN PLACE AND DOWN IN
1:45:49PM WRITING.
1:45:50PM JUST MY FEELING.
1:45:51PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: JUST THE LAST COMMENT.
1:45:53PM I DEFINITELY WANT TO SUPPORT IT.
1:45:54PM I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M READING IN DETAIL WHAT
1:45:59PM SECTIONS.
1:46:00PM THIS IS THE FIRST RESOLUTION OF THIS NATURE FOR ME AND I
1:46:04PM JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS AND THAT
1:46:06PM EVEN I UNDERSTAND, WHEN I LOOK AT IT, JUST LIKE I DID WITH
1:46:11PM SECTION 3, WHEN IT SAID THAT CITY COUNCIL SHALL APPROVE A
1:46:15PM COMMITTEE AND PEOPLE WERE COMING FOR 43 MONTHS BEGGING US TO
1:46:18PM DO THAT AND IT HAD NOT BEEN DONE IN 43 MONTHS.
1:46:22PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THE CARDS ARE ON THE TABLE WHEN WE
1:46:24PM ADDRESS THINGS SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE 13 MEMBERS.
1:46:31PM HOPEFULLY THE STAFF THAT IS SELECTED FOR THIS WILL BE HAPPY
1:46:36PM WITH SUPPORTING THIS COMMITTEE, PROVIDING THE MINUTES AND
1:46:40PM SHARING THAT WITH US, COMPENSATED, FLEX TIME, WHATEVER IS
1:46:43PM GIVEN IN THAT REGARD.
1:46:45PM THANK YOU, CHAIR.
1:46:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE
1:46:47PM YOUR MOTION?
1:46:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
1:46:50PM I ALSO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE ISSUE OF HISTORY.
1:46:53PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON DIDN'T MEAN TO SAY THIS, BUT TO BE CLEAR,
1:46:56PM IT IS NOT A HISTORICAL COMMITTEE.
1:46:58PM DOESN'T DEAL WITH HISTORY.
1:46:59PM WHEN I SAY WE HAVE TO MAKE HISTORICAL WRONGS RIGHT IN OUR
1:47:02PM TIME.
1:47:02PM THAT MEANS EFFECTS IN JUSTICE.
1:47:06PM JUST LIKE THELMA 60 YEARS AGO, CHARLOTTESVILLE TODAY.
1:47:09PM INJUSTICE CONTINUES TO PERMEATE ITSELF, NOT JUST DEEPLY
1:47:14PM ROOTED IN HISTORICAL WRONGS BUT CURRENT DAY INJUSTICES THAT
1:47:17PM CONTINUE TO BE A PAIN AND SOURCE OF PAIN FOR MARGINALIZED
1:47:20PM COMMUNITIES TODAY.
1:47:20PM THAT'S WHY I MOTIONED FOR THIS COMMITTEE, BECAUSE I FIRMLY
1:47:24PM BELIEVE IN THAT.
1:47:24PM I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
1:47:26PM TWO THINGS, IF I MAY, I'M GOING TO MOTION TO PASS THIS
1:47:31PM RESOLUTION.
1:47:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
1:47:33PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
1:47:35PM ALL IN FAVOR?
1:47:36PM AYE.
1:47:37PM ANY OPPOSED?
1:47:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
1:47:40PM THEN I WOULD MOTION FOR MAY 2, IS COUNCIL FINE WITH MAY 2?
1:47:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU WANT US TO BRING BACK OUR OWN
1:47:48PM APPOINTMENTS MAY 2?
1:47:49PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
1:47:51PM TO BE AUTHORIZED ON THAT DAY.
1:47:54PM WHEN WE DISCUSS THAT, WE CAN UPDATE EVERYBODY ON WHAT WE
1:47:57PM DISCUSSED WITH THE WEEDS.
1:48:00PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT'S TWO WEEKS AWAY.
1:48:04PM IS THAT SUFFICIENT TIME FOR YOU TO CALL AND VET THE PEOPLE
1:48:07PM WHO YOU'D WANT TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE?
1:48:11PM >>LUIS VIERA: MAY 16 THEN.
1:48:18PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M JUST RAISING THE ISSUE.
1:48:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: WHAT IS THE CONSENSUS?
1:48:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MAY 16 SEEMS TO HAVE LESSER ITEMS THAN
1:48:26PM MAY 2nd.
1:48:27PM MAY 16 IS YOUR MOTION.
1:48:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: NUMBER ONE, FOR MAY 16 FOR US TO HAVE OUR
1:48:33PM PROPOSED MEMBERS FOR EXECUTION BY CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION
1:48:38PM BY CITY COUNCIL AND THEN AT THAT TIME COUNSEL SHELBY AND I
1:48:43PM CAN UPDATE COUNCIL ON THE WEEDS.
1:48:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE FOR THAT MEETING
1:48:50PM BECAUSE I WILL BE IN CINCINNATI FOR THE CONGRESS FOR NEW
1:48:53PM URBANISM.
1:48:54PM CAN I GIVE MY NAME AHEAD OF TIME?
1:48:56PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU CAN WORK THROUGH KELLY.
1:48:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL DO IT IN A MEMO THEN.
1:49:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:49:02PM THAT'S A MOTION.
1:49:07PM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
1:49:09PM ALL IN FAVOR?
1:49:09PM AYE.
1:49:10PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:49:11PM MAY 16 IS THURSDAY.
1:49:14PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:49:18PM THE RESOLUTION HAS PASSED SO THE COMMITTEE WILL BE CREATED
1:49:21PM AND THEN MAY 16 IS WHEN WE START MAKING THE APPOINTMENTS.
1:49:25PM IT IS CREATED.
1:49:27PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHEN THE MAYOR SIGNS IT.
1:49:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BUT I SIGN IT.
1:49:33PM SHE SIGNS IT.
1:49:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: GUYS, IF I MAY, I DIDN'T INCLUDE IN THE
1:49:40PM RESOLUTION ON THE FACILITATOR BEING POTENTIALLY PAID.
1:49:44PM DID WE NEED TO AMEND THAT?
1:49:47PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO.
1:49:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN DO A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
1:49:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THOUGHT WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION THAT IT
1:49:59PM WOULD BE INCLUDED BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE THE MAYOR'S
1:50:02PM SIGNATURE SO IT WOULD AUTHORIZE IT.
1:50:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE MAY NEED BUDGET --
1:50:09PM WE'LL NEED A BUDGET FOR OTHER TYPES OF THINGS.
1:50:12PM I WOULD RATHER ALLOCATE $50,000.
1:50:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANOTHER MEMO THAT THE MAYOR SIGNS.
1:50:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF THE MAYOR SIGNS THE RESOLUTION --
1:50:22PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
1:50:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU WANT.
1:50:24PM WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY I MOVE -- COUNCILMAN VIERA --
1:50:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU NEED TO AMEND THAT.
1:50:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NOT AMEND.
1:50:32PM I WOULD HAVE A WHOLE SEPARATE ONE SAYING, HEY, WE ALSO WANT
1:50:35PM TO PUT $50,000 INTO IT.
1:50:37PM I JUST PULLED THAT NUMBER FROM AIR.
1:50:39PM YOU ALL FIGURE IT OUT WHAT NUMBER.
1:50:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGGESTION IS, THINGS THAT THE ORDINANCE
1:50:47PM NEEDS TO BE AMENDED, AS IT STANDS NOW, I BELIEVE IT IS
1:50:51PM LEGALLY SUFFICIENT.
1:50:53PM AND I WILL SUPPORT WORKING WITH THE COUNCILMAN TO BE ABLE TO
1:50:56PM BRING BACK SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK.
1:50:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL SET.
1:50:59PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:51:00PM ITEM NUMBER 68.
1:51:02PM WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MORRIS MASSEY.
1:51:09PM MILLION AND A HALF DOLLAR ITEM.
1:51:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
1:51:12PM MOVE 68 AND 69.
1:51:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FOR 68 AND 69 FROM
1:51:18PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
1:51:19PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
1:51:20PM YES, SIR, MR. MASSEY.
1:51:21PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: JUST HERE IF YOU ALL HAD ANY QUESTIONS.
1:51:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR?
1:51:25PM AYE.
1:51:26PM ANY OPPOSED?
1:51:26PM ANYTHING OVER X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
1:51:42PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHEN MY MOM WAS HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,
1:51:45PM SHE TOOK THE TRAINS.
1:51:46PM FLOORS WERE DIRTY, WINDOWS DIRTY, DAMAGE EVERYWHERE.
1:51:49PM I HOPE THE STAFF WILL MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
1:51:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, THIS IS REGARDING UNION STATION.
1:51:58PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: IT IS BEAUTIFUL EVEN WITH IT BEING UGLY
1:52:01PM BUT IT CAN BE MORE BEAUTIFUL.
1:52:09PM >> [INAUDIBLE]
1:52:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEMS NUMBER 70, 71, 72, THESE WERE
1:52:16PM PULLED AND CONTINUED.
1:52:18PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON, DID YOU MAKE THE MOTION OR COUNCIL
1:52:21PM MEMBER HURTAK?
1:52:25PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I JUST SAY, I'VE HAD OTHER DISCUSSION
1:52:27PM WITH STAFF SINCE THEN.
1:52:29PM I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THIS NOW.
1:52:35PM I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THIS IN THE
1:52:39PM FUTURE.
1:52:39PM I THINK THERE ARE ONLY LIKE A FEW IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
1:52:44PM YEARS THAT WERE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND EACH.
1:52:46PM BUT IN THE FUTURE I HOPE WE CAN AT LEAST EXCLUDE THE HUNDRED
1:52:49PM THOUSAND PLUS ONES TO BE SEPARATELY VOTED ON.
1:52:52PM FOR NOW I'M SATISFIED.
1:52:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU WANT TO MOVE 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, AND
1:52:58PM 75, IS THAT CORRECT?
1:53:05PM >>BILL CARLSON: SURE.
1:53:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
1:53:07PM CARLSON.
1:53:08PM SECOND FROM CLENDENIN.
1:53:11PM YEAH, FOR DISCUSSION.
1:53:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST BEFORE I HAD A MEETING WITH CHIEF OF
1:53:16PM STAFF AND MR. ROGERO YESTERDAY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
1:53:21PM KIND OF AT LENGTH.
1:53:22PM WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS WHILE IT HAS A GREAT EBO
1:53:29PM PARTICIPATION FOR THE OVERALL CONTRACTORS, I WANT TO KNOW
1:53:32PM ABOUT THE SUBCONTRACTORS.
1:53:33PM I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHO THE SUBCONTRACTORS ARE
1:53:37PM AND ALSO BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM, IF SOME
1:53:40PM OF THOSE SUBCONTRACTORS COULD BE CONTRACTORS IN THEIR OWN
1:53:44PM RIGHT, WE'RE HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES DEVELOP.
1:53:46PM SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IT BE LARGER.
1:53:48PM SO BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE.
1:53:53PM AND CHIEF OF STAFF SAID THAT THEY WORK ON THAT, JUST KIND OF
1:53:57PM PROVIDING US MORE INFORMATION AND MAKING SURE THAT THE SMALL
1:54:01PM BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY GET A CHANCE FOR THESE SMALL
1:54:05PM JOBS.
1:54:08PM >>JOHN BENNETT: THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.
1:54:09PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON WAS GOOD WITH HIS FEEDBACK AS WELL,
1:54:11PM LOOKING AT OUR DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS IN DISTRIBUTION OF THIS
1:54:15PM AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE.
1:54:19PM THANK YOU.
1:54:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
1:54:20PM WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
1:54:21PM ALL IN FAVOR?
1:54:22PM AYE.
1:54:23PM ANY OPPOSED?
1:54:24PM THAT COVERS 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75.
1:54:30PM BY BRINGS TO US ITEM NUMBER 81.
1:54:32PM ITEM 81, YES, MA'AM.
1:54:43PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
1:54:44PM DEANNA FAGGART, PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, PURCHASING DIRECTOR.
1:54:49PM THERE IS A PRESENTATION, IF WE CAN BRING IT UP.
1:54:55PM ONE THING I JUST NEED TO KNOW IS HOW TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE.
1:55:10PM BACK IN DECEMBER, A MOTION WAS MADE TO DISCUSS WHETHER OR
1:55:21PM NOT WE SHOULD REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF THREE BIDS FOR ANY
1:55:25PM SOLICITATION DONE IN PURCHASING.
1:55:28PM SO I AM HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT TODAY AND JUST KIND OF GIVE
1:55:31PM YOU SOME INFORMATION AROUND OUR PROCESSES AND THE DUE
1:55:35PM DILIGENCE THAT WE DO WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE CURRENTLY.
1:55:39PM DEANNA FAGGART, DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING.
1:55:42PM NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
1:55:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
1:55:54PM >>DEANNA FAGGART: SO IT IS PURCHASING'S OBJECTIVE TO FOSTER
1:56:05PM FAIR AND OPEN COMPETITION.
1:56:07PM WE DO A LOT OF OUTREACH TO OUR BIDDER COMMUNITY.
1:56:09PM WE CAST THE WIDEST NET THAT WE CAN POSSIBLE.
1:56:12PM WE DO VENDOR TRADE SHOWS AND PARTICIPATE IN THE EBO
1:56:21PM ORIENTATION PROGRAM.
1:56:23PM IT ABSOLUTELY IS OUR INTENTION TO GET THREE OR AS MANY BIDS
1:56:27PM AS WE CAN.
1:56:28PM OCCASIONALLY THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE WE CANNOT.
1:56:35PM IT MIGHT BE A SPECIALIZED ITEM, CHEMICALS, ASPHALT OR
1:56:39PM SOMETHING THAT HAS A GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTION WHERE IT HAS TO
1:56:43PM BE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THE PRODUCT STAYS WARM.
1:56:46PM THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS VERY SPECIALIZED ITEMS WHERE
1:56:51PM THERE MAY BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF SUPPLIERS OF THOSE ITEMS.
1:56:54PM ANYTIME THAT WE CAN, WE REACH OUT TO AS MANY AS WE CAN.
1:57:01PM IT IS OUR INTENTION TO JUST BE AS STRATEGIC AS POSSIBLE.
1:57:06PM WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
1:57:11PM WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR PROCESSES TO SEE HOW WE CAN BE
1:57:14PM MORE EFFICIENT.
1:57:17PM JUST TRYING TO NURTURE THE ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH AND KEEP
1:57:20PM EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD.
1:57:22PM OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR VENDORS SHOULD ALWAYS BE MUTUALLY
1:57:26PM BENEFICIAL.
1:57:27PM WE DO A LOT OF MARKET RESEARCH AS WELL.
1:57:29PM WE LOOKED TO SEE WHAT SORT OF BARRIERS MIGHT BE IN THE
1:57:32PM MARKET.
1:57:33PM SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WITH THE AUTOMOBILES.
1:57:36PM THERE WERE STRIKES RECENTLY THAT AFFECTED DELIVERY.
1:57:38PM THINGS LIKE THAT.
1:57:39PM SO WE TRY TO RESEARCH THOSE AND BE AWARE.
1:57:42PM JUST LOOK AND SEE WHAT NEW TECHNOLOGY IS OUT THERE.
1:57:46PM THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS AND I'LL TRY TO KIND OF KEEP IT
1:57:49PM BRIEF, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE DO IN ADVANCE TO
1:57:52PM KIND OF PREPARE.
1:57:54PM SO IF WE CAN GO --
1:58:02PM THERE ARE ALSO ORDINANCES IN OUR MANUAL, OUR POLICY THAT WE
1:58:06PM HAVE TO FOLLOW, DOCUMENTED THINGS THAT KEEP US ON TRACK.
1:58:14PM THERE IS ALSO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT
1:58:16PM PURCHASING, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1944.
1:58:19PM AND THAT'S A RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE THAT PROMOTES INDUSTRY
1:58:24PM PRACTICES, PROVIDES TRAINING, CERTIFICATION.
1:58:26PM YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUR STAFF, A LOT OF US HAVE LETTERS AFTER
1:58:30PM OUR NAMES.
1:58:31PM WE'RE HIGHLY CERTIFIED STAFF, AND WE DO A LOT OF CONTINUING
1:58:36PM EDUCATION.
1:58:37PM AND WE ACTUALLY EARNED SCHOLARSHIPS TO DO SO.
1:58:40PM WE DON'T BUDGET FOR TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
1:58:43PM BUT WE DO THROUGH NIGP AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS GO AND OBTAIN
1:58:48PM CERTIFICATION TRAINING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS JUST TO STAY UP
1:58:53PM ON THE TIMES.
1:58:54PM SO OUR CYCLE OF SOURCING REALLY STARTS WITH COLLABORATING
1:59:02PM WITH THE END USER DEPARTMENTS AND SEEING WHAT THEIR NEEDS
1:59:05PM ARE.
1:59:06PM WE RELY ON THEM TO BE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO LET US
1:59:10PM KNOW WHAT THEY NEED.
1:59:12PM AND THEN WHEN THEY SEND US A SPECIFICATION OR A STATEMENT OF
1:59:17PM WORK, WE DO GO THROUGH AND DO A PREREVIEW.
1:59:20PM WE LOOK FOR RESTRICTIVE LANGUAGE.
1:59:22PM WE LOOK TO SEE THAT THEY HAVEN'T INCLUDED A SPECIFICATION
1:59:26PM THAT IS SPECIFIC TO ONE VENDOR OR CREATED A RESTRICTION
1:59:31PM THAT'S UNNECESSARY THAT MIGHT BE GEOGRAPHIC OR OTHERWISE IN
1:59:35PM NATURE.
1:59:35PM THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO LOOK FOR AND
1:59:45PM THEN WE WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON CREATING THE BEST
1:59:49PM DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN.
01:59:57PM WE WORK WITH THEM ALSO ON DEVELOPING OUR BIDDERS LIST.
02:00:01PM A LOT OF TIMES BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS,
02:00:04PM THEY KNOW WHO IS IN THAT INDUSTRY.
02:00:06PM WHO IS IN THE AREA.
02:00:07PM WHO CAN PROVIDE THOSE.
02:00:08PM WE HAVE OUTREACH.
02:00:09PM WE STILL DO NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS.
02:00:13PM SO WE ROTATE THREE LOCAL PAPERS.
02:00:16PM I AM NOT SURE WHO IS STILL READING THOSE, BUT WE DO.
02:00:20PM AND THEN WE ALSO DO BROADCAST THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT NATIONAL
02:00:25PM DATABASES TO, YOU KNOW, REACH AS MANY VENDORS AS WE CAN.
02:00:30PM AND WE ALSO WORK WITH EBO TO LOOK AT THE LIST OF POTENTIAL
02:00:35PM VENDOR AND MAKE SURE WE ARE ALWAYS INCLUDING THEM, WHETHER
02:00:38PM IT BE A SHELTER MARKET OR NOT.
02:00:40PM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE INCLUDING THEM IN OUR OUTREACH.
02:00:43PM SO WE DO -- ONCE WE RECEIVE OUR BIDS IN, WE DO OUR DUE
02:00:50PM DILIGENCE.
02:00:51PM MAKE SURE THEY ARE RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE.
02:00:53PM RESPONSIVE THAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED ALL THE PROPER
02:00:57PM DOCUMENTATION.
02:00:58PM THE PERSON WHO SIGNED IS AUTHORIZED TO DO SO.
02:01:01PM THEY HAVE SUBMITTED INSURANCE AND ALL OF THAT.
02:01:03PM AWL THE EBO FORMS AND "RESPONSIBLE" MEANS THEY CAN -- YOU
02:01:10PM THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY DO THE JOB.
02:01:12PM WE DO THAT DUE DILIGENCE.
02:01:14PM WE LOOK AT EVERY BIDDER TO MAKE SURE THEY MEET THAT
02:01:18PM CRITERIA.
02:01:19PM IF WE HAPPEN TO GET A SINGLE BID RESPONSE, WHERE ONLY ONE
02:01:23PM BIDDER HAS RESPONDED, WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH.
02:01:27PM WE LOOK AT HOW MANY VENDORS DOWNLOADED THE BID.
02:01:31PM THEN WE WILL DO OUTREACH TO MULTIPLE VENDORS TO ASK THEM WHY
02:01:37PM DIDN'T YOU BID, ESPECIALLY IF IT IS SOMEBODY WHO ENGAGED IN
02:01:40PM -- MAYBE THEY ASKED A QUESTION BECAUSE THE ONLINE SYSTEM
02:01:44PM THAT WE UTILIZE HAS A PORTAL THAT THEY CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS.
02:01:47PM WE ANSWER THEM.
02:01:48PM OFTENTIMES, THE QUESTION WILL BE SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T
02:01:53PM REALIZED OR THOUGHT OF, AND WE MAY ISSUE AN ADDENDUM, MAKE A
02:01:57PM CORRECTION, OR EVEN JUST A CLARIFICATION.
02:02:00PM THERE IS AN ENTIRE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH SO IF WE HAVE
02:02:04PM SUBMITTED A QUESTION, WE DEFINITELY MAKE SURE WE HAVE
02:02:07PM OUTREACH AND SAY, HEY, IS THERE A REASON YOU DIDN'T BID.
02:02:10PM A LOT OF TIMES WE WILL GET ANSWERS LIKE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
02:02:13PM GRAVITY TO TAKE ON A CITY CONTRACT.
02:02:15PM OR, YOU KNOW -- A LOT OF TIMES IS WE ALREADY HAVE CITY
02:02:19PM CONTRACTS.
02:02:19PM WE CAN'T TAKE ANOTHER.
02:02:21PM IF THEY COME BACK AND THEY SAY, WELL, YOUR SPEC WAS
02:02:25PM RESTRICTIVE AND IF YOU HAD -- IF IT WAS MORE BROAD, WE WOULD
02:02:28PM HAVE RESPONDED, THAT IS THE TRIGGER FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND
02:02:31PM REBID THAT.
02:02:32PM AND THEN WITH THE WORDS ON TOP OF THAT, I CAN'T SEE WHAT
02:02:37PM THAT IS, BUT I THINK IT IS TALKING OF US, OUR AWARD.
02:02:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AWARD FOR THE LOWEST POSSIBLE BIDDER AND
02:02:45PM CONTRACT MANAGEMENT.
02:02:47PM >>DEANNA FAGGART: THANK YOU.
02:02:48PM YEAH, BASICALLY IF WE AWARD TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND
02:02:51PM RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR A BID, OR THE BEST VALUE PROPOSAL,
02:02:56PM PROPOSALS DO ALLOW US TO EVALUATE BIDDERS BASED CONDITION OR
02:03:00PM PROPOSERS BASED ON OTHER THINGS THAN PRICE.
02:03:03PM PRICE IS TYPICALLY WEIGHTED, ALONG WITH EBO PARTICIPATION OR
02:03:09PM OTHER THINGS.
02:03:10PM IT CAN BE REFERENCES, EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF
02:03:13PM THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY SUBMITTED.
02:03:15PM WE EVALUATE THOSE THROUGH A COMMITTEE PROCESS.
02:03:18PM AND THEN WE GO ON WITH CONTRACT MONITORING AND SUPPLIER
02:03:23PM MANAGEMENT.
02:03:23PM RIGHT.
02:03:24PM SO WE CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP.
02:03:26PM THE DEPARTMENTS PICK IT UP BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT
02:03:29PM INTERACT MOST FREQUENTLY, BUT IF THEY HAVE ISSUES, THEY NEED
02:03:33PM TO ONE, DOCUMENT THEM.
02:03:36PM TWO, GET US INVOLVED WHEN THEY CAN'T REACH A RESOLUTION.
02:03:40PM WE CAN, YOU KNOW, COME IN AS A NEUTRAL PARTY AND KIND OF
02:03:43PM ASSESS.
02:03:44PM IT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT WHEN IT DOES, WE, AS WELL
02:03:49PM AS POTENTIALLY EBO, IF IT IS A CITY-CERTIFIED VENDOR, WILL
02:03:53PM COME IN AND MEDIATE THINGS LIKE THAT.
02:03:56PM AND THEN WE DO EVALUATE AT THE END AS -- PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE
02:04:02PM MONTHS BEFORE IS WHEN WE START OUR PROCESS FOR RENEWING OR
02:04:05PM REBIDDING.
02:04:06PM WE REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT.
02:04:07PM AND WE SAY, HOW IS THE VENDOR DOING?
02:04:10PM ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THEM?
02:04:12PM DO YOU WANT TO RENEW?
02:04:13PM WE ALSO SAY THEY POTENTIALLY COULD REQUEST THIS AMOUNT OF
02:04:17PM A CIP INCREASE.
02:04:18PM WE LET THEM KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT THE MARKET LOOKS LIKE.
02:04:22PM WHAT THE CPI IS.
02:04:24PM IF THEY COME BACK AND SAY THEY WANT TO RENEW, WE REACH OUT
02:04:28PM TO THE VENDOR AND SAY DO YOU WANT TO RENEW?
02:04:31PM WE DON'T ALWAYS TELL THEM -- NOT INCLUDED IN THE
02:04:34PM NOTIFICATION THAT WE SEND ABOUT WHETHER THEY ARE ENTITLED TO
02:04:39PM A CPI.
02:04:40PM WE WAIT FOR THEM TO TELL US THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT SO IF THE
02:04:50PM POTENTIAL -- THE ITEM REACHES A NEW LIFE, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE
02:04:53PM FOR SURPLUS DISPOSAL.
02:04:54PM WE WILL SEE THINGS TRULY THROUGH FROM INCEPTION TO DISPOSAL.
02:04:58PM OKAY.
02:05:00PM SO WE CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, ALREADY DO EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON
02:05:09PM HOW OTHER ENTITIES DO THINGS.
02:05:13PM WE ARE ATTENDING LUNCHES AND CONFERENCES WITH OTHER PEOPLE
02:05:16PM WHO DO THE SAME NOBODY.
02:05:19PM THIS IS ACTUALLY MY THIRD CITY THAT I HAVE WORKED FOR.
02:05:25PM SO WE HAVE NETWORKS OF PEOPLE.
02:05:27PM OFTENTIMES WE WILL REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, HAVE YOU EVER BID
02:05:31PM THIS?
02:05:32PM CAN WE SEE YOUR SECOND?
02:05:34PM WHAT KIND OF RESULTS DID YOU GET?
02:05:36PM WE ALSO ASK, DO YOU KNOW OF ANY SUPPLIERS, YOU KNOW, WE
02:05:41PM AREN'T AWARE OF.
02:05:42PM THAT IS OFTEN A GOOD RESOURCE FOR US.
02:05:45PM SO WE DID GO AND LOOK AT NATIONALLY, YOU KNOW, AND
02:05:49PM SPECIFICALLY LOCALLY IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS REQUIREMENT FOR
02:05:55PM THREE BIDS.
02:05:56PM I SPOKE TO MANY PEOPLE MYSELF, AND I ALSO HAD A STAFF MEMBER
02:06:00PM WORKING ON IT.
02:06:00PM THE ONLY ONE WE FOUND THAT ACTUALLY HAD A WRITTEN
02:06:03PM REQUIREMENT WAS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
02:06:06PM BUT WITHIN IT, IT HAD AN EXCEPTION WRITTEN THAT AS LONG AS
02:06:09PM THEY SAID THEY HAD REACHED OUT TO EVERY VENDOR THEY WERE
02:06:13PM AWARE OF, THAT THEY COULD THEN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD.
02:06:16PM SO THEY HAD BASICALLY DOCUMENTED THEIR PROCESS.
02:06:19PM AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS THEY ARE REQUIRING THREE BIDS,
02:06:24PM YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES,
02:06:28PM THERE ISN'T A THIRD BIDDER OUT THERE.
02:06:31PM SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE OF FLORIDA, HILLSBOROUGH
02:06:36PM COUNTY, PINELLAS, CITY OF ST. PETE, CITY OF ORLANDO, MIAMI,
02:06:40PM AND JACKSON, NONE OF THEM HAVE THIS REQUIREMENT.
02:06:44PM THOSE ARE ALL ENTITIES WE SPECIFICALLY REACHED OUT TO SAY,
02:06:48PM HOW DO YOU HANDLE THIS?
02:06:50PM AND, YOU KNOW, THEIR EXPERIENCE IS VERY SIMILAR TO OURS.
02:06:53PM AND THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS IS SIMILAR TO OURS.
02:06:58PM FOR ME, IT WAS REASSURING TO KNOW THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
02:07:02PM IN LINE WITH WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING WITH WHAT THE BEST
02:07:07PM PRACTICES ARE.
02:07:07PM SO IN FY '23, WE BROADCAST 187 SOLICITATIONS.
02:07:14PM WE GET BACK AN AVERAGE OF 2.9 RESPONSES PER SOLICITATION.
02:07:19PM 54% OF THE TIME WE DID RECEIVE LESS THAN THREE, MEANING ONE
02:07:23PM OR TWO OR ZERO THAT OCCASIONALLY HAPPENS.
02:07:30PM WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THREE BIDDERS AVAILABLE.
02:07:34PM WE DO THE DUE DILIGENCE PROCESS AND DETERMINE IF SOMETHING
02:07:38PM THAT WE CAN GET MORE THAN ONE OR TWO BIDDER IT IS WE DO IT
02:07:43PM AGAIN.
02:07:43PM IF WE CHANGE SOMETHING, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
02:07:46PM IF WE THINK WE HAVE EXPLORED ALL OF OUR OPTIONS AND THIS IS
02:07:51PM THE BEST DECISION FOR THE CITY, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH
02:07:53PM THAT CURRENTLY.
02:07:56PM WE ALSO HAVE THE EBO PROGRAM WHICH IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
02:08:01PM OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERUTILIZED SMALL, LOCAL MINORITY-OWNED
02:08:09PM WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, WE HAVE OUR REMELTING PROGRAM IF WE
02:08:14PM HAVE AT LEAST THREE BIDDER WHO ARE CITY CERTIFIED AND CAN
02:08:17PM PROVIDE THIS PRODUCT, WE WILL SHELTER AND ONLY REQUIRE BIDS
02:08:22PM FROM THOSE PARTICULAR VENDORS.
02:08:24PM AND WE HAVE GOAL SET -- YOU KNOW CONTRACT ADMIN USES MORE
02:08:29PM FREQUENTLY THAN PURCHASING DOES AND BID DISCOUNT IS AN
02:08:33PM OPTION.
02:08:33PM IF WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE EBO PROGRAM, THE
02:08:39PM CONTRACT IS LARGER THAN WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT SHELTERING
02:08:43PM ORDINANCE.
02:08:45PM THAN OFTENTIMES, EBO RECOMMENDS THAT WE DO DISCOUNT.
02:08:50PM IF A CITY CERTIFIED VENDOR DOES BUSINESS, WE WILL EVALUATE
02:08:56PM THEIR PROPOSAL PRICE AS 5% LESS THAN ANYBODY ELSE'S.
02:09:01PM WE ARE BASICALLY SAYING WE ARE WILLING TO PAY UP TO 5% MORE
02:09:05PM IN THIS CASE IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, BID THAT TO UP WITH OF
02:09:10PM THE UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES.
02:09:12PM ON ALL OF OUR PROPOSALS THAT THEY MENTIONED, WE DO SET ASIDE
02:09:16PM 20 POINTS FOR EBO VENDORS.
02:09:21PM THIS CAN BE THE PRIME PERSON WHO IS RESPONDING OR POINTS
02:09:28PM ALLOCATED ON SUBCONTRACTING THAT THEY HAVE INDICATED IN
02:09:31PM THOSE FORMS.
02:09:31PM EBO HAS A FORMULA THEY UTILIZE TO ASSESS THOSE PROPOSALS
02:09:38PM AND GIVE THOSE POINTS.
02:09:39PM ALL RIGHT, I DID REACH OUT TO THE ELECTRONIC BIDDING SYSTEMS
02:09:47PM THAT WE UTILIZE.
02:09:49PM UNI SOLUTIONS ACTUALLY OWNS MULTIPLE E PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS
02:09:57PM AND THEY GATHER DATA FOR US SPECIFICALLY AND THEY SAID IN A
02:10:00PM STURDY OF OVER 76,000 SOLICITATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BY
02:10:05PM VARIOUS PUBLIC ENTITIES, 18,000 OF THEM RECEIVED -- IS THAT
02:10:10PM ONE OR TWO?
02:10:11PM I THINK THAT IS ONE OR TWO BID RESPONSES.
02:10:14PM >> ONE.
02:10:15PM >> I AM SORRY, ONE.
02:10:17PM I SEE THE FIRST PART.
02:10:18PM 18,000 OF THEM SPEED OF ONE AND YOU CAN SEE 12400 RECEIVED
02:10:24PM TWO BIDS AND SO ON.
02:10:26PM SO THE DATA DOES SHOW THAT THEY ARE GETTING ONE OR TWO BIDS.
02:10:34PM TO REQUIRE THREE BIDS IS NOT ALWAYS FEASIBLE.
02:10:37PM POTENTIAL LEGAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS IF WE CREATE THIS
02:10:47PM RESTRICTION.
02:10:48PM WE HAVE TO REBUILD EVERY TIME WE RECEIVE LESS THAN THREE
02:10:51PM BIDS, WE WOULD BE CREATING A CUMBERSOME PROCESS THAT WILL
02:10:55PM COST US TIME AND MONEY.
02:10:56PM YOU KNOW, WOULD DELAY CITY PROJECTS, POTENTIALLY IMPORTANT
02:11:03PM PROJECTS THAT ARE CRITICAL OF CITY SERVICE LEVELS THAT
02:11:07PM NECESSARILY WOULDN'T BE MET ON TIME.
02:11:09PM MORE EMERGENCIES WILL ARISE.
02:11:11PM WOULD ALSO RESULT IN PREMIUM COST INCREASES ANY TIME THAT WE
02:11:17PM ARE DOING SOMETHING SHORT NOTICE, EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW,
02:11:21PM WEEKENDS AND ALL OF THAT.
02:11:22PM THERE IS A PREMIUM THAT IS PAID FOR THOSE COSTS.
02:11:25PM AND THERE REALLY IS NO GUARANTEE WE WILL GET ADDITIONAL
02:11:30PM BIDS.
02:11:30PM ONE NEGATIVE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO THE BIDDERS THAT THEY WILL
02:11:34PM BECOME FRUSTRATED WITH OUR PROCESS AND POTENTIALLY STOP
02:11:40PM BIDDING.
02:11:40PM WE WOULD NEED THE RESIDUAL RESULT WE WERE LOOKING
02:11:44PM FOR. ALL RIGHT, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS AN ESTABLISHED STANDARD
02:11:52PM OF EXCELLENCE.
02:11:53PM WE ARE DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, CERTIFIED STAFF,
02:11:59PM MANY NUMBERS OF EXPERIENCE.
02:12:01PM MULTIPLE EMPLOYEES IN OUR DEPARTMENT ARE 20-YEAR, 30-YEAR
02:12:06PM CITY EMPLOYEES WITH GREAT EXPERIENCE AND CREDENTIALS.
02:12:10PM AND 17 CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN A ROW AND WE ARE WORKING NOW TO
02:12:17PM SUBMIT OUR DOCUMENTATION, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
02:12:20PM THAT IS SOMETHING TO CARRY ON AND CONTINUE.
02:12:25PM IT IS A NATIONAL PROGRAM AND EARMARK BEST PRACTICES.
02:12:37PM WE HAVE TO DOCUMENT OUR PROCESSES, SEND THEM IN AND IT IS
02:12:40PM EVALUATED AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE UPDATED EVERY YEAR.
02:12:44PM NOT THE SAME APPLICATION EVERY YEAR.
02:12:46PM NOT THAT WE ARE RESUBMITTING THE DOCUMENTATION.
02:12:49PM THEY UPDATE THAT CRITERIA AND WE HAVE TO GET 100 POINTS.
02:12:53PM SO AS TIMES CHANGE, TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, DIFFERENT THINGS,
02:12:57PM YOU KNOW, THEY LOOK AT THOSE BEST PRACTICES AND RATE US
02:13:01PM AGAINST THEM.
02:13:06PM STAY WITH THE CITIES INTERNALLY AND EXTERNAL AUDITING.
02:13:10PM WE HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT AUDIT FINDINGS.
02:13:12PM WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH FIVE AUDITS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS AND
02:13:16PM ANNUALLY WE GO THROUGH THE EXTERNAL AUDIT AS WELL WITH NO
02:13:21PM SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS.
02:13:22PM WE HAVE FUTURE INITIATIVES WE ARE WORKING ON.
02:13:24PM THE BIGGEST ONE I THINK THAT WILL HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT IS
02:13:29PM THE NEW PROCUREMENT SYSTEM WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD.
02:13:32PM MY INTENTION WITH THAT IS STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, STREAMLINE
02:13:40PM THE DOCUMENT, DEVELOP A CREATION.
02:13:42PM WHEN WE GO THROUGH RIGHT NOW, WE ARE MODIFYING A WORD
02:13:46PM DOCUMENT.
02:13:46PM WE ARE HAVING TO LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE FROM EVERY SINGLE
02:13:51PM CLAUSE IN THAT WE PUT OUT.
02:13:55PM THIS PROCUREMENT SOFTWARE WILL GIVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS
02:13:58PM AND SO THE BUYERS WILL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND WILL ANSWER
02:14:04PM THOSE QUESTIONS.
02:14:04PM WILL SEE IT THROUGH THE INITIAL REQUEST TO THE END OF THE
02:14:07PM PROCESS.
02:14:09PM IF THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT, IT WILL FOLLOW THROUGH ALL THE
02:14:13PM WAY THROUGH THE AGREEMENT AND IT WILL ALSO MAKE DOCUMENTS
02:14:16PM AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
02:14:17PM AND WE DON'T NEED TO DO AS MANY PUBLIC RECORD REQUESTS.
02:14:23PM POINT PEOPLE BACK TO THE WEB SITE TO PULL DOWN THE
02:14:26PM DOCUMENTS.
02:14:26PM THAT WILL SAVE US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.
02:14:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THIS IS YOUR MOTION.
02:14:39PM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN HAS A QUESTION.
02:14:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MINE WILL BE FAST.
02:14:44PM EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND EARLIER DISCUSSIONS AND OBVIOUSLY
02:14:48PM THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN AWARDED FOR THEIR PROCESSES AND
02:14:51PM ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE PAST.
02:14:52PM KUDOS FOR THAT.
02:14:55PM DO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MY OWN SENSE OF WELL BEING.
02:14:58PM WITHIN THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENTS, DO YOU ALL HAVE A FORMAL
02:15:02PM PROCESS OR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WHERE EMPLOYEES IF WE
02:15:07PM HAD -- YOU KNOW, THE BEST SOURCE.
02:15:11PM AND IDENTIFIED MAYBE WILL BE ABLE TO SOLICIT BID TO GET MORE
02:15:17PM RESPONSES.
02:15:18PM DO YOU HAVE A PROCESS FOR EMPLOYEE TO GET THAT UP TO A
02:15:22PM DECISION MAKER OR DO YOU HAVE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS
02:15:26PM FOR EMPLOYEES GET TOGETHER IF THEY SAID, A-HA, I CAN DO THIS
02:15:31PM AND GET MORE BIDDERS.
02:15:32PM IS THAT PROCESS IN PLACE IN THIS DEPARTMENT?
02:15:34PM >> SO WE HAVE REGULAR INTERNAL MEETINGS, AS WELL AS INTERNAL
02:15:40PM TRAINING SESSIONS.
02:15:46PM AND THREE OR FOUR WEEKS DEPENDING ON CALENDARS WE GET THE
02:15:51PM DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER AND LOOK AT IF THERE IS A TOPIC THAT WE
02:15:56PM PREPARED SOME SORT OF TRAINING FOR AS FAR AS OPEN DISCUSSION
02:16:01PM WITH THE STAFF AND ALL OF THAT.
02:16:02PM I ALSO HAVE A PURCHASE SYSTEMS MANAGER ON MY TEAM.
02:16:08PM SO THAT POSITION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY
02:16:13PM AND ADMINISTERING, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE TESTING NEW
02:16:17PM PRODUCTS OR FIXES TO OLD PRODUCTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
02:16:21PM AND DEDICATED TO LATE TECHNOLOGY STUFF.
02:16:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MID MUM OF THREE BIDDERS ARE NOT REQUIRED.
02:16:45PM ANY COMPARISON OF BEST PRACTICES.
02:16:48PM COMPARE WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING OR ONE-BID BIDDER CONTRACTS
02:16:52PM AND TWO-BIDDER CONTRACTS AT THOSE LOCALITY.
02:16:55PM MAYBE THEY ARE DOING WORSE THAN US.
02:16:57PM MAYBE WE ARE THE EXAMPLE.
02:16:58PM HAVE WE DONE ANY COMPARATIVE STUFF OF BEST PRACTICES FROM
02:17:02PM THESE GROUPS.
02:17:04PM >>DEANNA FAGGART: MOST WERE NOT ACTUALLY TRACKING THEIR
02:17:06PM PERCENTAGES, RIGHT.
02:17:07PM SO, YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY CAME AND SAID, HOW DO YOU HANDLE
02:17:12PM THIS.
02:17:12PM DO YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTED, YOU KNOW, LANGUAGE IN YOUR
02:17:15PM POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THIS.
02:17:18PM AND DO YOU HAVE ANY METRIC.
02:17:21PM NOBODY ELSE DID.
02:17:22PM THIS IS HOW I GO TO UNA AND PULL DATA FOR US ON WHAT THE
02:17:28PM NATIONAL AVERAGES ARE AND ALL THAT.
02:17:29PM YOU KNOW, BECAUSE INTERNALLY, MOST OF THEM ARE NOT ACTUALLY
02:17:34PM TRACKING THAT.
02:17:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I ONLY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR BUT MY
02:17:43PM COMMENT IS WE HAVE STELLAR STAFF AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
02:17:46PM I DON'T DOUBT THAT HAPPENS.
02:17:48PM JUST FOR MY OWN REASONS, BECAUSE WE DISCUSS THIS AND WE --
02:17:52PM OF COURSE, EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MULTIPLE BIDDERS ON
02:17:55PM EVERYTHING.
02:17:55PM I WOULD TOO.
02:17:56PM AND THAT IS THE GOAL.
02:17:57PM I WANTED TO GET THIS FOR MY OWN SELF.
02:17:59PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:18:01PM APPRECIATE IT.
02:18:02PM THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU
02:18:04PM DO.
02:18:05PM >>DEANNA FAGGART: THANK YOU.
02:18:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
02:18:07PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF THAT PUT THIS
02:18:11PM TOGETHER IN TWO ROUNDS.
02:18:13PM IT WAS A LOT OF WOULD, TO DO, RESEARCH AND EVERYTHING.
02:18:16PM I AM SURPRISED THAT THERE WERE NO ARGUMENTS MADE IN FAVOR OF
02:18:21PM THREE BIDS, BUT THE INFORMATION WAS OUT THERE.
02:18:24PM PARALLEL TO WHAT THEY DID, I HIRED MY OWN RESEARCHER THAT I
02:18:28PM PAID FOR MYSELF TO CALL THE TOP TEN COUNTIES AND TOP TEN
02:18:32PM CITIES IN FLORIDA.
02:18:33PM AND I ONLY FOUND ONE THAT HAS THIS -- AND IT HAS MIAMI-DADE.
02:18:38PM AND HERE IS -- HERE IS A HIGHLIGHTED FORM.
02:18:41PM AND I WILL GIVE THIS TO -- TO THE CLERK.
02:18:46PM AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SECOND PAGE, IT IS A MEMO FROM THE
02:18:49PM HEAD OF PROCUREMENT.
02:18:50PM THE -- 9 THING IS THAT -- AND I ALSO WENT TO THE TRADE
02:18:59PM ASSOCIATION WEB SITES AND OTHER THINGS.
02:19:01PM THE THING IS, IN THE PRIVATE SECT THEY ARE IS A VERY COMMON
02:19:05PM THING.
02:19:06PM YOU TALK TO PRIVATE PEOPLE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THEY ARE
02:19:12PM APPALLED THAT AN CONTRACT DOES NOT HAVE THREE BIDS.
02:19:18PM THIS IS CONTRACT.
02:19:19PM HAVE WE PUT UP HANNA AVENUE FOR A BID WOULD SAVE 5% WHICH IS
02:19:27PM MORE THAN MILLION DOLLARS AND IF WE PUT FAIR OAKS OUT FOR
02:19:32PM BID.
02:19:32PM AND WE SAVE 10%, THAT WOULD HAVE EQUALLED THE AMOUNT THAT IS
02:19:37PM SPENT ON ROAD REPAIR.
02:19:38PM AND SO I THINK IT IS WORTH DOING THAT.
02:19:41PM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, MR. CHAIR, IF I CAN JUST
02:19:45PM THROW IT OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
02:19:46PM I DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION THIS.
02:19:49PM BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT LEGAL STAFF
02:19:53PM WITH A DRAFT ORDINANCE ON JUNE 27 THAT WILL REQUIRE
02:19:56PM PURCHASING, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND REAL ESTATE TO GET
02:20:00PM BIDS FOR ITEMS THAT EXCEED $5 MILLION.
02:20:02PM I PUT IN "5 MILLION" UNDERSTANDING THE POINTS SHE MAKES OF
02:20:07PM THE COST OF STAFF AND TIME GOING THROUGH, ANALYZING SMALLER
02:20:14PM BIDS MAY NOT BE WORTH IT.
02:20:15PM THIS STUDY SHOWS THAT MIAMI-DADE MAY DO THAT.
02:20:18PM THE ONES ABOVE $5 MILLION, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.
02:20:21PM AN OBLIGATION OF THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING
02:20:25PM BIDS.
02:20:25PM FOR SURE AN ORDINANCE WILL HAVE CAVEATS IN THERE ABOUT
02:20:29PM CHEMICALS ONLY MADE BY ONE COMPANY AND THAT KIND OF THING,
02:20:32PM BUT I THINK WE NEED TO SET AN EXPECTATION AT LEAST FOR
02:20:35PM PROBLEMS ABOVE $5 MILLION, I WOULD LIKE THE PROJECT TO BE
02:20:39PM SMALLER.
02:20:39PM PROJECTS BELOW $5 MILLION, WE WOULD HAVE A MINUTE MUM BID.
02:20:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
02:20:45PM I WOULD SECOND IT.
02:20:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL SECOND IT FOR DISCUSSION.
02:20:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMEMBER -- WE HAD A SECOND.
02:20:52PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA HAD HIS HAND UP.
02:20:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEAR WHAT A I AM
02:20:59PM SAYING.
02:21:00PM $5 MILLION.
02:21:02PM THREE BIDS.
02:21:04PM SOUND GREAT.
02:21:04PM LET ME PUT THIS INTO PRACTICE.
02:21:06PM I DISCUSSED?
02:21:08PM WITH NOBODY INCLUDING MYSELF AND USUALLY I QUESTION MYSELF.
02:21:11PM NOW YOU HAVE A CITY IN NEED OF ROADWORK.
02:21:14PM A WHOLE HELL OF A LOT OF ROADWORK.
02:21:17PM NOT ONLY MYSELF AND THE OTHER SIX COUNCILMEMBERS BEFORE WE
02:21:20PM GO ANYWHERE THAT IS WHAT WE HEAR ABOUT THE ROADS.
02:21:23PM NUMBER ONE WHAT WE HEAR.
02:21:24PM HOW MANY CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES THAT DO THIS TPD OF WORK BID
02:21:31PM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA IN THE PAST?
02:21:36PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: GOOD AFTERNOON, JEAN DUNCAN, ADMINISTRATOR
02:21:39PM FOR MOBILITY.
02:21:41PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IS IT FIVE OR SIX?
02:21:44PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC ANSWER.
02:21:46PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE CITY HAS TO BE DECIDED IN TWO
02:21:49PM SECTIONS.
02:21:49PM YOU CAN'T JUST PAY JUST ONE OR TWO CONTRACTORS.
02:21:53PM THE FIRST TIME DONE THIS AND STRETCHING OUT THE FACTS.
02:21:56PM OVER 2,000 MILES OF PAVED ROADS IN THE CITY.
02:22:00PM AM I CORRECT -- SOMEWHERE IN THAT VICINITY.
02:22:03PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
02:22:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE A CONTRACT OFFICER
02:22:07PM IT IS THE LOW BIDDER FOR THE CITY?
02:22:11PM >> DEPENDS ON THE STAFF WE HAVE AND THEIR STAFF.
02:22:13PM IT VERY LONG TIME CERTAINLY.
02:22:16PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ROADS.
02:22:18PM I AM NOT A CONTRACTOR AND NOT AS SMART OF ANY MEMBER HERE.
02:22:23PM NOT AS PART AS WE ARE.
02:22:25PM WE HAVE THE ROADS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ASPHALT AND
02:22:30PM SHELVES UNDER THAT AND THE BASE, AM I CORRECT?
02:22:34PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
02:22:35PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT HAPPENS PAST THE SHALES, YOU HAVE TO
02:22:39PM LIFT IT UP?
02:22:40PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: THAT'S CORRECT.
02:22:41PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE NOT TALKED TO NO ONE IN
02:22:44PM CONSTRUCTION.
02:22:45PM THE COST IS WHAT THEN.
02:22:46PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: REBUILDING AND REPAVING.
02:22:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF YOU REPAVE, YOU WILL HAVE TO REBUILD
02:22:51PM IF THEY GOT PAST THE SHELVES.
02:22:52PM NO ONE HAS EVER THOUGHT OF THAT HAVE THEY?
02:22:56PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: EXPONENTIAL DIFFERENCE IN COST OF REPAVING
02:23:00PM AND LIKE YOU SAID REBUILDING THE SUBSTRUCTURE.
02:23:03PM QUITE A DIFFERENT COST.
02:23:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE ARE TALKING
02:23:08PM ABOUT DOES NOT GO TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL WHERE WE PAY TWICE AS
02:23:11PM MUCH FOR SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE PAID LONG AGO.
02:23:16PM THESE ARE THE THINGS I AM THINKING ABOUT.
02:23:18PM I AM WONDER GOING THE LOWEST BIDDER -- IS IT BID OUT BY THE
02:23:22PM WHOLE CITY OR SECTIONS OF THE CITY?
02:23:24PM I DON'T KNOW.
02:23:25PM THAT'S WHY I AM ASKING.
02:23:27PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE DON'T BID OUT BY EXCEPTIONS UNLESS THE
02:23:30PM PROBABLY IS COVERING THAT AREA.
02:23:31PM AND I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF -- DIFFERENT ISSUE BETWEEN A
02:23:36PM BID AND A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR RFQ.
02:23:39PM TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT ARE KIND OF GETTING MINGLED.
02:23:43PM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE SPEAKING OF ONE OTHER THE
02:23:47PM OTHER.
02:23:47PM BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER.
02:23:49PM PURCHASING.
02:23:50PM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
02:23:51PM PROCURE IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
02:23:53PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FOR MY OWN MIND, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
02:23:57PM A CHECK TO ABOUT SOMETHING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
02:24:01PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: NO?
02:24:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT IS CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DOING?
02:24:05PM WHO CHECKS ON THE ROAD TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS THE INTENT OF
02:24:09PM THE CONTRACT?
02:24:10PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: THAT WILL BE AN INSPECTOR ON A CONTRACT.
02:24:12PM >>MORRIS MASSEY: MORRIS MASSEY, LOWELL DEPARTMENT.
02:24:15PM YOU DID WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
02:24:17PM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION ALSO ACQUIRES SERVICES --
02:24:22PM ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES.
02:24:24PM THEY ARE MANDATED BY DATE LAW TO GO TO THE CCNA WHICH IS NOT
02:24:31PM A PURE BID PROCESS.
02:24:32PM ANOTHER THING RELATIVE TO REAL ESTATE.
02:24:34PM IF ANY PROPERTY ARE LOCATED WITH THE CRA, THEY ARE REARED TO
02:24:38PM DO A RFP, NOT A STRAIGHT BID.
02:24:41PM IF THE CITY IS SELLING PROPERTY OR TRYING TO SEEK THE
02:24:45PM DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY, WE ARE NOT ALWAYS INTERESTED IN
02:24:47PM GETTING THE BEST PRICE.
02:24:48PM WE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT WILL BE BUILT.
02:24:50PM HOW THAT WILL IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:24:51PM FOR INSTANCE, WE RECENTLY TO PUT ON AN RFP FOR EXTENDING THE
02:24:57PM MUSEUM.
02:24:58PM YOU KNOW, WE DON'T -- WE GET TO AN RFP PROCESS.
02:25:02PM WE HAVE TO GO TO THE RFP PROCESS AND THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED
02:25:06PM DOWNTOWN AND WE DON'T -- BECAUSE SOMEBODY MIGHT COME IN,
02:25:09PM OFFER MORE THAN A MUSEUM WOULD FOR THAT PROPERTY, WE DON'T
02:25:12PM NECESSARILY WANT TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO THAT PARTY OF I
02:25:19PM JUST WANT -- IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO SAY DO IT BY BID AND
02:25:23PM AWARD IT TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
02:25:26PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT A GENIUS AT THIS.
02:25:28PM I DON'T KNOW MAYBE OTHERS MIGHT BE, BUT I AM NOT.
02:25:31PM I ADMIT IT.
02:25:32PM WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY DOES NOT
02:25:37PM HAPPEN IN ANOTHER AREA BECAUSE OF THE THREE BIDS.
02:25:40PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.
02:25:41PM THREE BIDS IF YOU ARE BIDDING A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES LIKE
02:25:44PM DEANNA WOULD DO OR CONSTRUCTION.
02:25:46PM OR DOING A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS WHICH IS A PROPOSAL
02:25:50PM PROCESS THROUGH THE CCNA, EITHER ONE, IF WE REFLECT THE
02:25:55PM NUMBER OF PROPOSALS AND THE NUMBER BID WE HAVE TO HAVE, WE
02:25:59PM ARE TYING OUR HANDS BECAUSE A LOT OF BIDS DEPEND ON THE
02:26:05PM MARKET CONDITIONS, LABOR AVAILABILITY AND OTHER FACTORS WITH
02:26:09PM THE CONTRACTORS OUT THERE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY OF
02:26:15PM THE CONTRACTORS SUBMITTING A BID AND PROPOSAL FOR IT.
02:26:20PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE IT HIT MY
02:26:23PM MIND.
02:26:23PM I REMEMBER BACK IN JUNE OF 2016, BID WENT OUT ON MOWING, I
02:26:30PM REMEMBER.
02:26:30PM I GOT INVOLVED LOOKING AT IT.
02:26:32PM I MAY STILL HAVE THE RECORD.
02:26:34PM I MIGHT HAVE THRONE IT AWAY.
02:26:37PM THE LOWEST BID GOT THE JOB AND THE SECOND AND THIRD WITHIN
02:26:41PM $5,000.
02:26:42PM THE FOURTH BID WAS WAY OUT OF LINE.
02:26:45PM THEY AWARD IT TO THE LOWEST BIDDER.
02:26:47PM GUESS WHAT HAPPENED FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE LOWEST BIDDER
02:26:51PM COULDN'T MEET THE DEMAND THAT HE OR SHE SIGNED FOR.
02:26:54PM AND THE SECOND AND THIRD BIDDER WE FOUND OUT LATER ON WERE
02:27:02PM THE SAME KIND OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME EMPLOYEES.
02:27:04PM YOU HAVE TO LIST THE EMPLOYEES.
02:27:06PM THAT IS HOW YOU LEARN THAT.
02:27:08PM I THINK THAT IS WHAT IT WAS.
02:27:09PM THE FOURTH BIDDER WHO HAD IT ORIGINALLY AND WE HAD TO HIRE
02:27:14PM THE FIRST BIDDER FOR WHAT THE FIRST BIDDER DID.
02:27:21PM IT WAS LOST TIME.
02:27:23PM I AM NOT SAYING IT HAPPENS AT OVER BID, BUT THE POSSIBILITY
02:27:26PM EXISTS THAT THE LOWEST BIDDER IS NOT THE BEST BID.
02:27:29PM ONE EXAMPLE.
02:27:32PM BUT I WILL THAT, WHEN YOU DRAW UP THAT SUBJECT MATTER AND MY
02:27:37PM MIND OPENED UP A BIT AND I THOUGHT I REMEMBER JUNE -- YOU
02:27:40PM DON'T BELIEVE ME.
02:27:41PM CHECK IT OUT.
02:27:42PM JUNE OF '14.
02:27:44PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:27:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:27:46PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:27:47PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
02:27:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
02:27:49PM I HAVE A QUESTION.
02:27:50PM $5 MILLION IS A GOOD NUMBER.
02:27:52PM I JUST WANT TO ASK HOW MANY EVER GOODS AND SERVICES WOULD
02:28:03PM THAT IMPACT, ON AVERAGE.
02:28:05PM >> PURCHASING WOULD BE A HANDFUL A YEAR BECAUSE MOST OF OUR
02:28:08PM BIDS ARE NOT OVER THAT THRESHOLD.
02:28:11PM YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE THE SOUTHWEST HAD THE TRASH SERVICE
02:28:19PM RECENTLY THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, MORE.
02:28:21PM AND THEN THIS AGENDA, WE HAVE ONE THOSE ARE THE TWO MOST
02:28:32PM RECENT AND THERE ARE NOT MANY IN THERE FOR US.
02:28:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
02:28:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
02:28:39PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
02:28:41PM YOU KNOW WHAT IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, IS
02:28:45PM THE LETTER WE RECEIVE FROM THE PERSON WHO WON THE BID TO
02:28:49PM CLEAN HANNA STREET.
02:28:50PM THEY HAD TO WITHDRAW EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE LOWEST BID.
02:28:53PM THEY HAD TO WITHDRAW BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T MEET THE DEMANDS
02:28:57PM -- THEY UNDERBID IT THEMSELVES AND THEY REALIZED THAT.
02:29:01PM I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE WAY WE CURRENTLY DO BUSINESS.
02:29:04PM I THINK THIS BID PROCESS WILL TAKE MORE TIME.
02:29:06PM AND THAT MAY NOT BE APPEALING TO CONTRACTORS WHO TAKE THE
02:29:14PM TIME TO PARTICIPATE AND DO BUSINESS WITH US.
02:29:15PM SO I THINK I WILL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
02:29:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU MADE A MOTION.
02:29:24PM COUNCILWOMAN SECONDED THE MOTION.
02:29:26PM ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
02:29:28PM >>BILL CARLSON: MY MOTION ASKS FOR A DRAFT ORDER CONTINUES
02:29:31PM INTO COME BACK AND DOES NOT -- IT ASKS FOR A MINUTE MUM OF
02:29:34PM THREE BIDS FOR PROJECTS OVER $5 MILLION.
02:29:37PM IT DOES NOT SAY THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THE LOWEST BIDDER.
02:29:40PM AND IT ONLY APPLIES TO PROJECTS $5 MILLION OR ABOVE FOR
02:29:46PM PURCHASING.
02:29:47PM WE HEARD IT WAS ONLY A HANDFUL.
02:29:51PM WISH THE NUMBER WAS LOWER AND IN THE CASE OF CONTRACT
02:29:54PM ADMINISTRATION, THIS IS A SEPARATE DISCUSSION FOR A SEPARATE
02:29:57PM DAY, I AM PUSHING FOR MORE INSTEAD OF .
02:30:02PM WE NEED TO GET BID TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY SPENDING.
02:30:07PM YOU WANT TO READ THIS AGAIN OR JUST LEAVE IT.
02:30:10PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN AND THEN WE WILL ASK
02:30:13PM YOU TO READ IT AGAIN.
02:30:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A QUESTION.
02:30:15PM A LOT OF CONCERNS AS I LISTEN TO YOU ON THESE ISSUES.
02:30:19PM I HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF QUESTIONS.
02:30:21PM CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
02:30:24PM DESIGN-BUILD AND HAVING OUR OWN DESIGN AND BIDDING IT OUT
02:30:27PM FOR CONSTRUCTION.
02:30:28PM THAT PART -- A SEPARATE ISSUE IN TO?
02:30:31PM BECAUSE I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
02:30:35PM THOSE TWO THINGS?
02:30:36PM >>BILL CARLSON: IT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE FOR ANOTHER DAY.
02:30:39PM I THINK WE SHOULD SEPARATE DESIGN-BUILD FROM CONSTRUCTION.
02:30:42PM ON HOWARD AVENUE, IF WE SEPARATED THE TWO, PEOPLE WEREN'T BE
02:30:47PM CONCERNED SOMETHING WILL BE BUILT.
02:30:48PM THEY KNOW WE WILL BE DESIGNING IT.
02:30:50PM IF YOU TALK TO STAFF, IT MAKES SOME SENSE TO COMBINE THEM,
02:30:54PM BUT A SEPARATE ISSUE FOR MAYBE -- FOR ANOTHER DAY.
02:30:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM -- YES?
02:31:04PM >>LUIS : MY QUESTION TO STAFF.
02:31:07PM IF WE PASS THIS, WOULD THIS IN ANY WAY INADVERTENTLY BURDEN
02:31:15PM YOU.
02:31:15PM MAKE THE PROCESS MORE DIFFICULT?
02:31:18PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: YOU ARE REFERENCING PURCHASING AGREEMENTS AND
02:31:21PM NOT CONSTRUCTION BIDS.
02:31:23PM LET DEANNA SPEAK TO THAT IF YOU ARE TALKING OF PURCHASING
02:31:29PM BIDS.
02:31:29PM IT IS A BURDEN BUT IS IT AN UNREASONABLE BURDEN?
02:31:33PM >> CURRENTLY WE LOOK AT OUR CONTRACTS FIVE MONTHS AHEAD TO
02:31:36PM DETERMINE DO WE NEED TO REBID IT?
02:31:39PM DO WE NEED TO HAVE RENEWALS AVAILABLE.
02:31:41PM THINGS LIKE THAT.
02:31:43PM IF WE GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AND WE DIDN'T GET THREE
02:31:47PM BIDS AND WE NEED TO GO BACK AND START OVER, ONE WILL BE OUT
02:31:50PM OF CONTRACT.
02:31:51PM SO, YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T REALLY.
02:31:59PM FIVE TO START EIGHT MONTHS AHEAD, DO YOU I DO KNOW AT THAT
02:32:03PM POINT IF I WANT TO RENEW THE BID OR IF I AM JUST STARTING.
02:32:06PM IT REALLY PUTS NEWS A PLACE WHERE WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME
02:32:10PM TO REACT AND HANDLE OTHER BUSINESS AND ALL OF THAT.
02:32:13PM SO IT IS A BURDEN ON THE STAFF, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN
02:32:18PM CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE GOING TO GO OVER THAT AMOUNT.
02:32:21PM I DO BELIEVE WITH THE SOLID WASTE CONTRACT, WEIGH DO HAVE
02:32:26PM TWO BIDDERS.
02:32:27PM NOT ENOUGH COMPANIES LOCALLY TO COME DOWN THE STREET AND
02:32:30PM PICK UP EVERYBODY'S TRASH.
02:32:32PM JUST SO MANY THAT DO THAT.
02:32:35PM CHEMICALS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS A HIGH DOLLAR.
02:32:38PM IT IS A CRITICAL CITY NEED.
02:32:41PM WE NEED TO HAVE CLEAN WATER.
02:32:43PM WE NEED -- YOU KNOW, THEY ARE GOING TO BE INSTANCES WHERE IT
02:32:49PM IS ABSOLUTELY DETRIMENTAL TO CITY SERVICES.
02:32:53PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S ALL I NODE TO HEAR.
02:32:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AFTER HEARING THAT, A SOLUTION LOOKING FOR
02:33:01PM A PROBLEMS.
02:33:01PM SO FEW AND THE ISSUES -- I SAW BRAD BAIRD NODDING WITH
02:33:06PM ISSUES THERE.
02:33:07PM I GUESS -- I WAS -- I WAS CURIOUS.
02:33:10PM I THOUGHT IN WALLS CONSTRUCTION AND SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES
02:33:13PM THAT WE HAD, WITH THIS ISSUE KIND OF A SOLUTION LOOKING FOR
02:33:16PM A PROBLEM THAT MAYBE DOESN'T EXIST IN THESE PARTICULAR
02:33:19PM CONTRACTS.
02:33:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU LOOK AT MIAMI-DADE AND THAT EXAMPLE, IT
02:33:25PM SHOULD GO FARTHER.
02:33:26PM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND REAL ESTATE.
02:33:28PM TO MR. MASSEY'S, THERE WAS A PIECE OF REAL ESTATE THAT SOLD
02:33:34PM DOWNTOWN BELOW MARKET.
02:33:35PM AND PEOPLE WEREN'T HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.
02:33:38PM AND THE CITY AND CRA SPENT $6.5 MILLION TO RECONFIGURE ROADS
02:33:43PM AND THINGS.
02:33:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A DIFFERENT ISSUE FROM WHAT WE ARE
02:33:47PM TALKING.
02:33:47PM TALKING ABOUT PROCUREMENT.
02:33:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: MOTION IS PURCHASING, CONTRACTS AND REAL
02:33:52PM ESTATE.
02:33:52PM ONLY PROJECTS ABOVE $5 MILLION.
02:33:55PM THE WAY I SEE THIS, THIS IS AWAY AT THAT TEST.
02:33:58PM AND THEN IN A COUPLE OF YEARS WE WILL HAVE DATA AND COME
02:34:01PM BACK AND MAYBE LOWER IT BUT STARTING AT $5 MILLION.
02:34:07PM COMMUNITY WAS APPALLED FOR HANNA AVENUE NOT PUT OUT FOR BID.
02:34:11PM APPALLED AT FAIR OAKS NOT PUT OUT FOR BID.
02:34:14PM RFQ WAS NOT SUFFICIENT IF WE CAN SAVE MONEY.
02:34:18PM DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO TAKE THE LOWEST BIDDER BUT MORE THAN
02:34:22PM ONE BID.
02:34:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ON THE REAL ESTATE, WE NEED MORE
02:34:27PM DISCUSSION PAUSE I AM NOT A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT.
02:34:30PM PROCUREMENT, STAFF EXPLAINED THEMSELVES THAT MAY BE A
02:34:33PM SOLUTION LOOKING FOR A PROBLEMS.
02:34:34PM I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THIS BROUGHT BACK ANOTHER DAY TO
02:34:38PM CAULK ABOUT REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION AND BECAUSE I THINK IT
02:34:44PM AS MUCH BIGGER ISSUE.
02:34:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AGREE WITH THAT CONCERN.
02:34:48PM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. CHAIR, MOTION TO ASK LEGAL STAFF TO --
02:34:51PM INSTEAD OF DRAFT AN ORDINANCE TO RETURN ON UP TO THE
02:34:56PM WORKSHOP ON JUNE 23.
02:34:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A GOOD DAY.
02:35:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: TO DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ORDINANCE
02:35:06PM THAT WILL REQUIRE PURCHASING ADMINISTRATION FOR BIDS THAT
02:35:12PM EXCEED $5 MILLION.
02:35:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
02:35:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN WE TAKE THE PROCUREMENT -- I THINK THE
02:35:19PM REAL ESTATE IS THE REAL CONCERN HERE, NO?
02:35:21PM >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE CONCERN WITH ALL OF IT.
02:35:23PM I MEAN, AN EXAMPLE, THERE -- WE SEEN -- YOU WEREN'T HERE BUT
02:35:29PM WHEN I FIRST STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO, WE WERE STILL GETTING
02:35:33PM CONTRACTS FROM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION AND ONE WAS HD
02:35:37PM CAMERAS FOR BLESS HELICOPTERS.
02:35:38PM AND ONLY ONE BID AND I ASKED THE QUESTION PUBLICLY, HOW COME
02:35:42PM THERE WAS ONLY ONE BID.
02:35:43PM THEY STAYED ONE OTHER BID AND IT WAS EXCLUDED BECAUSE 80
02:35:47PM MILES OF AWAY.
02:35:48PM I SAID HOW MUCH WAS THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT AND 30.
02:35:51PM THAT BIDDER WAS 30.
02:35:53PM THEY DIDN'T TRY TO MAKE IT 50 OR SOMETHING.
02:35:56PM THEY MADE IT 50.
02:35:57PM THE PURPOSE IS FIND ANOTHER WAY OF PROVIDING TARGETED RFP.
02:36:05PM NOT THIS PURCHASING DEPARTMENT IS DOING IT BUT PROTECT
02:36:09PM TAXPAYERS GOING FORWARD THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF
02:36:13PM PROCESS IN PLACE.
02:36:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAY NOT BE ABOUT THREE BIDDERS BUT LESS
02:36:19PM THAN THREE -- TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT WE JUST DESCRIBED.
02:36:25PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE POINT IS, IF YOU GET BIDDERS AND
02:36:29PM NOT RFQ.
02:36:30PM BUT IF YOU GET ACTUAL BIDS, YOU KNOW WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
02:36:33PM >>BILL CARLSON: THEY CAN STILL DO WHAT YOU DESCRIBE.
02:36:36PM >>BILL CARLSON: THEY COULD.
02:36:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOESN'T SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
02:36:41PM >>BILL CARLSON: THERE ARE OTHER CASES BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO
02:36:42PM THROUGH IT.
02:36:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR
02:36:46PM JUNE 26, YOU SAID?
02:36:49PM >>BILL CARLSON: MOTION TO ASK CITY STAFF TO DISCUSS A DRAFT
02:36:52PM ORDINANCE ON A POSSIBLE -- LET'S SAY POSSIBLE DRAFT
02:36:56PM ORDINANCE ON JUNE 23 AT A WORKSHOP FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
02:37:05PM AND GET THREE ITEMS THAT EXCEED $5 MILLION.
02:37:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUNE 27 IS THE WORKSHOP.
02:37:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ARE YOU IN THE WRONG MONTH.
02:37:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO I HAVE A SECOND?
02:37:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL SECOND WITH CAVEAT.
02:37:23PM I MEAN IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT, WE MIGHT AS WELL DIG IN
02:37:26PM AND HAVE A CONVERSATION OF RFPs AND RFQs.
02:37:31PM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK WE HAVE THAT AT ANOTHER TIME.
02:37:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
02:37:35PM YOUR MIC WAS ON.
02:37:38PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: MR. MIRANDA WAS FIRST.
02:37:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET ME SAY THIS.
02:37:41PM HERE, AGAIN, I WILL MAKE ASSUMPTIONS OF FACT THAT MAY OR MAY
02:37:45PM NOT BE FACTUAL FOUR BIDDERS ON THAT JOB OF SOMETHING THAT
02:37:53PM WAS DONE FOUR, FIVE YEARS AGO TWO YEARS AGO OR LAST WEEK OR
02:37:56PM WHATEVER.
02:37:56PM YOUR DEPARTMENT SHOULD KNOW THE INFLATION RATE RECORDING
02:38:03PM THAT PROJECT AND WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
02:38:05PM YOU GET THESE FOUR BIDDERS -- I AM NOT SAYING THIS IS
02:38:08PM HAPPENING HERE.
02:38:08PM PLEASE DON'T MISQUOTE WHAT I AM SAYING OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
02:38:13PM BUT A POSSIBILITY THAT FOUR BIDDER, TWO BIDDERS, BIDDERS AND
02:38:19PM 50 BIDDERS CAN GET TOGETHER AND HAVE WHAT IS CALLED
02:38:25PM COLLUSION.
02:38:25PM YOUR ITEM $1, AND THEY CALL COME UP WITH $1.15.
02:38:31PM YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE OF THOSE.
02:38:34PM THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE IN AMERICA.
02:38:36PM IT IS CALLED "GREED."
02:38:38PM G-R-E-E-D, GREED.
02:38:42PM IT IS VERY HARD TO FIND, BUT THEY HAVE GONE TO JAIL FOR
02:38:45PM THAT.
02:38:46PM >>DEANNA FAGGART: RIGHT.
02:38:47PM WE LOOK FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
02:38:49PM SOMETIMES THERE ARE TELL-TALE SIGNS BUT NOT ALWAYS, YOU
02:38:52PM KNOW.
02:38:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THEN YOU HAVE LOOKED AT -- ON THE PAST.
02:38:58PM IF IT IS A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT TO DO SOMETHING, THE CONTRACT
02:39:01PM THAT IS GOOD, YOU FIRST DEGREE OUT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS IF IT
02:39:04PM IS THE SAME ITEM THAT IS NEEDED, WHAT WAS THE INFLATION RATE
02:39:07PM AND THE COST OF MATERIALS SO I WOULD IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT
02:39:10PM THE COST OF MATERIALS ARE WHEN YOU ARE BIDDING OUT
02:39:13PM SOMETHING.
02:39:14PM >>DEANNA FAGGART: RIGHT.
02:39:15PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM SATISFIED WITH THAT.
02:39:18PM THANK YOU.
02:39:19PM >>DEANNA FAGGART: RIGHT.
02:39:20PM FOR EVERY BID WE LOOK AT IT TO MAKE SURE IT IS IN LINE WITH
02:39:25PM WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING.
02:39:26PM WE ARE -- MOST OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE REPETITIVE.
02:39:29PM SO WE KNOW HOW MANY BID WE HAVE GOTTEN IN THE PAST.
02:39:32PM WE KNOW WHAT WE PAID IN THE PAST.
02:39:35PM WE KNOW IF IT IS SOMETHING NEW, WE ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT IS
02:39:39PM BUDGETED.
02:39:39PM WE DON'T BID THINGS OUT THAT HAVEN'T BEEN BUDGETED.
02:39:43PM THERE ARE A LOT OF CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE ALREADY TO
02:39:47PM MAKE SURE THAT THE PRICE WE ARE PAY SOMETHING FAIR.
02:39:49PM AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PURCHASING WORKS DIRECTLY WITH
02:39:52PM THE USER DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE MAKE
02:39:56PM AN AWARD THAT IT IS WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE ANTICIPATED
02:40:02PM EXPENDITURE AMOUNT AND ALL OF THAT.
02:40:04PM THAT THE PRICE IS FAIR.
02:40:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
02:40:10PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
02:40:11PM I PROMISED MYSELF EVERY TIME IT IS IN DISTRICT 5,
02:40:15PM PARTICULARLY THE HANNA STREET PROJECT AND NOW FAIR OAKS, IS
02:40:19PM ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE MODEL OF OUR COUNCILMEMBER HERE TO
02:40:23PM PROVIDE NEW PROCESSES, YOU KNOW, TO -- TO US AS THOUGH
02:40:30PM SOMETHING IS BROKEN.
02:40:31PM AND SO I DON'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE THAT PROCESS IS
02:40:35PM NECESSARY.
02:40:36PM THE -- BOTH PROJECTS IN -- IN THE DISTRICT FIVE COMMUNITY IS
02:40:45PM -- ONE IS COMPLETED.
02:40:46PM IT HAD 30-PLUS PERCENT MINORITY PARTICIPATION.
02:40:51PM PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THAT.
02:40:54PM IT HAPPENED.
02:40:56PM THE DESIGN-BUILD FOR HANNA STREET, 70% OF IT WENT TO
02:41:01PM MINORITY CONTRACTORS, INCLUDING THE ARCHITECT.
02:41:03PM 70% OF MINORITY AND BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES.
02:41:07PM SO I JUST FEEL AS THOUGH BECAUSE WHEN I STARTED THIS
02:41:17PM POSITION.
02:41:17PM IT WAS YOUR DEPARTMENT THAT A AWARDED THIS POSITION WHEN IT
02:41:20PM CAME US TO ABOUT THREE TIMES BECAUSE YOU ALL WERE AWARDED
02:41:24PM FOR YOUR GOOD WORK, AM I CORRECT?
02:41:26PM THREE OR FOUR TIMES.
02:41:27PM AND IT MEANS -- WE COMMENDED YOU AND SAID YOU ARE DOING
02:41:31PM OUTSTANDING THINGS.
02:41:31PM AND I DO NOT SEE A NEED TO CHANGE A PROCESS WHERE YOU HAVE
02:41:35PM EXPRESS IT WOULD TAKE LONGER.
02:41:36PM IT IS NOT NECESSARY.
02:41:37PM AND SO THAT IS WHY I WANT TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASING
02:41:41PM DEPARTMENT IN THIS -- IN THIS MISSION THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY
02:41:44PM ON.
02:41:44PM THERE IS NO -- NO NEED TO CHANGE IT AND I WILL BE VOTING NO,
02:41:48PM EVEN NOR A WORKSHOP.
02:41:50PM >>DEANNA FAGGART: THANK YOU.
02:41:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
02:41:52PM THERE WAS A MOTION.
02:41:53PM A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:41:55PM CORRECT?
02:41:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
02:41:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR TO SET THE WORKSHOP FOR
02:41:59PM JUNE -- DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
02:42:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: NO.
02:42:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
02:42:06PM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
02:42:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
02:42:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THIS --
02:42:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: STATE YOUR NAME.
02:42:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SET MY NAME, CLEAN REMEMBER, 314 --
02:42:22PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, NO --
02:42:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PURPOSE OF THE DISCUSSION I AM NOT ON
02:42:26PM BOARD WITH THIS.
02:42:27PM BRINGING IT BACK FOR A WORKSHOP NOT ACTION.
02:42:31PM I WILL SAY YES.
02:42:32PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO.
02:42:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
02:42:34PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA, MIRANDA AND HENDERSON
02:42:38PM VOTING NO.
02:42:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
02:42:41PM 78 NEXT.
02:42:43PM BUT WE HAVE 76 AND 77 THAT WE DID NOT ASK FOR STAFF.
02:42:52PM >>LUIS VIERA: TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT GIVING US AN UPDATE ON
02:42:56PM A BUDGET ITEM.
02:42:57PM I KNOW TIME IS PRESSED.
02:42:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO STAFF FOR THE NEXT THREE AND
02:43:02PM THEN TPD.
02:43:02PM ITEM NUMBER 76.
02:43:04PM NO STAFF WAS REQUESTED.
02:43:05PM WE DO HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. BRAD BAIRD.
02:43:07PM IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS -- IF THERE ARE -- IF THERE AREN'T
02:43:11PM ANY ADDITIONAL REQUEST HE IS, A MOTION TO APPROVE 76?
02:43:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO MOVED.
02:43:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
02:43:17PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
02:43:19PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:43:20PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:43:22PM OPINION SAME FOR 77.
02:43:26PM MR. BRAD BAIRD PROVIDED A MEMO.
02:43:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO MOVED.
02:43:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO WE HAVE A SECOND.
02:43:31PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:43:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR.
02:43:34PM AYE.
02:43:35PM ITEM 78.
02:43:37PM ORIGINALLY ASKED THAT STAFF LAB PRESENT AND CHANGED TO A NO
02:43:41PM AND ASKED MR. BHIDE.
02:43:43PM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN WITH A MOTION TO MOVE OF 78.
02:43:47PM SECOND FOR COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
02:43:49PM A TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
02:43:51PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:43:52PM OPPOSED.
02:43:53PM ITEM 79.
02:43:54PM TPD IS HERE.
02:43:56PM SAFE AND SOUND IS HERE.
02:43:57PM THEY ARE GOING TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
02:43:59PM YES, SIR.
02:43:59PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CALVIN JOHNSON, DEPUTY CAPTAIN, AND TO
02:44:26PM MY RIGHT IS THE GRANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THIS GRANT, AND
02:44:29PM FREDDY, HE IS THE CEO OF SAFE AND SOUND.
02:44:33PM I WILL GO OVER THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS INITIAL GRANT THAT
02:44:36PM WE GOT FROM THE DOJ.
02:44:37PM AND 2022 AROUND THE NATION, THE DOJ GAVE OUT A LOT OF GRANTS
02:44:46PM AND A GRIP AROUND TEEN VIOLENCE.
02:44:48PM AND WE GOT $1.5 MILLION FOR THAT GRANT.
02:44:53PM THE FOCUS OF THE GRANT IS REALLY TO ADDRESS THE YOUTH GUN
02:45:00PM VIOLENCE AND FAMILIES INVOLVED IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE
02:45:02PM ISSUES WITH THE YOUTH THROUGH SERVICES.
02:45:08PM AND THE KEY PARTNERS IN THIS GRANT.
02:45:11PM THE CITY OF TAMPA ACTUALLY GOT THE GRANT WITHIN THE CITY OF
02:45:15PM TAMPA, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATORS OF
02:45:18PM IT.
02:45:18PM WE ALSO HAVE THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
02:45:20PM BRIANNA FOX COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TODAY, BUT THEY ARE PART
02:45:24PM OF THE GRANT.
02:45:25PM ALSO WITH SAFE AND SOUND AND FREDDY BARNES HERE THE COO.
02:45:30PM THE INITIATIVE IS A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM.
02:45:33PM CURRENTLY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PROGRAM.
02:45:35PM THE FOCUS IN THE SECOND YEAR IS IDENTIFYING YOUTH AND
02:45:39PM FAMILIES AND IMPLEMENTING THE SERVICE PROVISION.
02:45:44PM THE FIRST YEAR OF THE GRANT WAS ALL ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER A
02:45:50PM PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE DOJ THAT THEY WOULD
02:45:53PM APPROVE US GOING FORWARD WITHIN THE GRANT.
02:45:57PM WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF THEM GOING BACK AND FORTH AND SOME
02:46:03PM WANTED TO SEE.
02:46:04PM WE HAD TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND THEY MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO
02:46:07PM GO FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM AND THE GRANT.
02:46:12PM IF MISS OTERO WILL GO OVER THE NEXT TWO SLIDES REGARDING THE
02:46:19PM GRANT ADMINISTRATOR ROLE.
02:46:23PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:46:24PM SO LET ME MAKE A CORRECTION TO MY JOB TITLE.
02:46:29PM >> OH --
02:46:30PM >> SO I AM MISS OTERO, THE SENIOR GRANT ANALYST FOR THE
02:46:38PM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
02:46:39PM BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT, I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER.
02:46:43PM THE EXPECT POLICE DEPARTMENT AS DEPUTY CHIEF MENTIONED
02:46:46PM WESTERLY AWARDED IN 2022 TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A
02:46:49PM COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION INITIATIVE
02:46:53PM WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
02:46:54PM SO THE ROLE OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TO OVERSEE THE
02:46:58PM PROJECT MANAGEMENT WHICH INVOLVES SETTING A CLEAR VISION,
02:47:01PM DETERMINING REQUIREMENT, ALLOCATING RESOURCES, MONITORING
02:47:05PM BUDGET AND APPROVING ANY NECESSARY SCOPE AND MODIFICATION.
02:47:11PM PERFORM COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS, GIVE PRIORITY TO RISK
02:47:15PM MANAGEMENT AND STRICTLY FOLLOW THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES
02:47:17PM SPECIFIED IN THE OMB ADMINISTRATIVE UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS.
02:47:21PM FOLLOWING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
02:47:24PM WE WILL ENSURE THAT ALL GRANT REQUIREMENTS GUARANTEEING
02:47:29PM ACCURATE PROJECT PURPOSES AND STRICT ADHERENCE TO QUALITY
02:47:34PM PLAN PROCESSES.
02:47:35PM AS DEPUTY CHIEF JOHNSON MENTIONED, PARTNERING WITH SAFE AND
02:47:39PM SOUND HILLSBOROUGH AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
02:47:42PM DR. BRIANNA FOX THE RESEARCH PARTNER ON THIS PROJECT.
02:47:45PM THE PURPOSE OF USF TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA FOR TRACKING
02:47:50PM PURPOSES OF THE VIOLENCE REDUCTION CECIL STRATEGY.
02:47:53PM USF WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM
02:47:56PM EVALUATION TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO
02:48:00PM ENSURE THE PROJECT'S LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
02:48:08PM REDUCING FIREARM-RELATED OFFENSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF
02:48:15PM VIOLENCE WITH THE SUPPORT OF POSITIVE ROOTS AWAY FROM IT.
02:48:19PM THE DEPARTMENT HAD WEEKLY REVIEWS OF SHOOTING INCIDENTS AND
02:48:24PM GROUPS FOR GENERATING SCORECARDS TO MONITOR CITY ACTIVITIES.
02:48:30PM THE GOAL IS REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME BY 5% WITHIN THE NEXT THEY
02:48:34PM YEARS WHILE WE HAVE THE GRANT.
02:48:36PM WE ARE A FOSTER COOPERATION, TO IMPROVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
02:48:40PM COMMUNITY RELATIONS TO ESTABLISH EQUALITY FOR LONG-TERM
02:48:44PM SUSTAINABILITY.
02:48:46PM SO I AM GOING TO GO OVER THE BREAKDOWN ON THE FUNDING.
02:48:51PM SO $1.5 MILLION.
02:49:02PM EVERYBODY QUESTIONS HOW THE 1.5 IS GOING TO BE USED.
02:49:07PM WHERE IS IT GOING TO?
02:49:08PM IF YOU LOOK IN FRONT OF YOU, HERE IS A BREAKDOWN.
02:49:11PM 60% OF THIS GRANT WILL GO TO TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
02:49:15PM GRANT ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION
02:49:20PM AND WILL BE ALLOCATING FUNDS TO THE GRANT STAFF WHICH IS
02:49:24PM MYSELF AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL.
02:49:25PM OFFICERS AND CRIME ANALYST WHICH WILL TAKE -- WHO WILL BE
02:49:30PM TASKED WITH IDENTIFYING THE YOUTH AND WHO -- WHO CAN BENEFIT
02:49:35PM FROM INTERVENTION SERVICES USF IS TAKING 29% OF THE FUNDING
02:49:43PM THAT ENCOMPASSES RESEARCH, PROGRAM EVALUATION, BEST PRACTICE
02:49:46PM DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLISHING AND ENSURING A COMPREHENSIVE AND
02:49:51PM EFFECTIVE GROWTH FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
02:49:53PM SAFE AND SOUND HILLSBOROUGH AIMS TIMES FOCUS THEIR PARTNER
02:49:58PM -- FOR PARTNERSHIP OF VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR FUNDING FOR
02:50:03PM ACADEMIC SUPPORT, MENTORSHIP, VOCATIONAL TRAINING,
02:50:07PM COUNSELING, WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT AND VICTIM SUPPORT
02:50:10PM SERVICES.
02:50:10PM ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, SAFE AND SOUND WILL BE PARTNERING WITH
02:50:14PM LOCAL GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
02:50:17PM PROVIDE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
02:50:20PM AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IF YOU LOOK IN FRONT OF YOU, IT BREAKS
02:50:23PM DOWN HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED.
02:50:26PM CITY OF TAMPA WAS ALLOCATED $1.5 MILLION.
02:50:29PM WHICH THEN, IN TURN, TURNS AROUND THE TAMPA POLICE
02:50:35PM DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE VIOLENCE INITIATIVE
02:50:38PM WHICH WE THEN IN TURN ARE PARTNERING WITH SAFE AND SOUND
02:50:44PM WHILE SAFE AND SOUND WILL BE PARTNERING WITH SMALLER GRASS
02:50:50PM ROOT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE DIRECT
02:50:53PM SERVICES FOR THE YOUTH WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR DRUG CHARGES.
02:50:57PM I WILL HAVE MR. FREDDY BARTON SPEAK FURTHER HOW HE IS DOING
02:51:01PM IT WITH SAFE AND SOUND.
02:51:03PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
02:51:10PM FREDDY BARTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SAFE AND SOUND OF
02:51:15PM HILLSBOROUGH.
02:51:15PM IF YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING AMOUNT, THE SAFE AND SOUND
02:51:18PM HILLSBOROUGH, DIRECT, $293,000.
02:51:21PM THAT IS TO HIRE TWO CASE MANAGERS.
02:51:23PM TWO INTENSIVE CASE MANAGERS WORK WITH YOUTH AND FAMILY AS
02:51:27PM PART OF THE SCREENING PROCESS OVER THE ENTIRE GRANT PERIOD.
02:51:31PM THE CASE MANAGERS WILL SHALL ATTENDING JUVENILE COURT AND
02:51:36PM POSITION HEARINGS AND WORK WITH THE CRIME ANALYST BASED
02:51:41PM ON A SCORE AND CRITERIA THEREOF.
02:51:44PM THE PURPOSES OF THE GRANT FOR THE PILOT PHASE, IDENTIFY 50
02:51:48PM YOUTH.
02:51:48PM IF THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTRACT
02:51:51PM OR IDENTIFY AND FIND 50 YOUTH JUST IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, SIX
02:51:56PM INDIVIDUAL YOUTH THAT WERE ARRESTED ON?
02:52:00PM YOUTH FIREARM CHARGES.
02:52:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SIX?
02:52:03PM >> SIX.
02:52:03PM SIX INDIVIDUAL YOUTH LIVE IN THE ZIP CODE.
02:52:07PM NOT INCLUDING MORE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
02:52:10PM THIS SAFE AND SOUND OPERATES A SAFE GUN USER PROGRAM
02:52:16PM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
02:52:17PM SINCE JANUARY 2021, WE ALREADY STARTED WORKING WITH 41
02:52:22PM YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE A TIM OF 17 ARRESTED ON
02:52:25PM FIREARM CHARGES.
02:52:25PM WE KNOW THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS GRANT AND THIS IS VERY
02:52:29PM TIMELY FOR THAT.
02:52:29PM YOU LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF THINGS, WE ARE NOT JUST LOOKING
02:52:33PM WITH THOSE YOUTH ARRESTED FOR FIREARM CHARGES BUT THOSE AT
02:52:38PM RISK AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, BAT RIGHT OR DV, WITHOUT THOSE
02:52:48PM SERVICES TO YOUTH AND THE FAMILY, THEY CAN ESCALATE TO
02:52:52PM LARGER OFFENSES.
02:52:53PM PART OF THAT FUNDING GOING TO THE CASE MANAGERS THAT WE ARE
02:52:56PM GOING TO BRING ON BOARD AS PART OF THIS GRANT WE LOOK AT THE
02:53:05PM OTHER FUNDING, $350,000 NORTH OF THAT TO GO TO COMMUNITY
02:53:10PM PARTNERS.
02:53:10PM JAY JOHNSON WITH RISE UP FOR PEACE.
02:53:14PM WE LOOK AT THE PRINCIPAL STREETS OF THE PROJECT ARE WITH THE
02:53:18PM DEEP-END YOUTH AND WITH THEIR FAMILIES PROVIDING A SAFE AND
02:53:21PM ADVOCACY WITH VICTIMS AND SUPPORT THEREOF AND ENGAGING THE
02:53:26PM COMMUNITY.
02:53:26PM WE KNOW A LOT OF ORGANIZATION ARE DOING GREAT WORK AND CASE
02:53:30PM MANAGEMENT AND USING LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE
02:53:33PM ANYTHING.
02:53:33PM YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT, YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL
02:53:36PM GROUP THEORY.
02:53:38PM ACADEMIC SUPPORT.
02:53:40PM LIFE SKILLS, LOCATIONAL EXPO CHAIR AND MOST OF ALL, GIVES
02:53:44PM SUPPORT FOR THE PARENTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL YOUTH THAT WE
02:53:47PM IDENTIFY AND THE PARENTS OF THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS
02:53:50PM TRAGEDY THAT WE SEE THAT IS GOING AROUND.
02:53:52PM WHEN THE GRANT WAS INITIALLY WRITTEN, THERE WERE SEVERAL
02:53:55PM PROVIDERS INCLUDED IN THAT GRANT APPLICATION SUCH AS PARKS
02:53:58PM AND REC.
02:53:59PM SUCH AS RISE UP FOR PEACE.
02:54:01PM SUCH AS MEN OF VISION.
02:54:03PM WHEN TPD -- OR THE CITY OF TAMPA RECEIVED A GRANT, WE LOOK
02:54:08PM AT WHERE WERE THE GAP.
02:54:09PM WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY
02:54:14PM AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
02:54:15PM WE REACHED OUT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
02:54:17PM TWO MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY PROVIDERS AND WE ASKED FOR
02:54:21PM VETTING INFORMATION, PROOF FOR 501C STATUS, CONTROLS AND
02:54:26PM GRANTS THAT THEY HAD AND THE REPORTS THEREOF.
02:54:29PM THOSE THAT HAD THAT INCHES, THEY STARTED BRINGING THE MOU
02:54:34PM PROCESS.
02:54:34PM WORKING WITH SOME OF THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DON'T
02:54:38PM NECESSARILY HAVE THOSE THINGS AND GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE
02:54:41PM THEY CAN PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT SERVICES -- SUPPORT
02:54:44PM FUNDING.
02:54:46PM WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT OUTREACH TO OTHER
02:54:48PM ORGANIZATIONS.
02:54:49PM WE KNOW THERE ARE GROUPS.
02:54:52PM THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHURCHES THAT WANT TO BE
02:54:56PM INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT.
02:54:58PM BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY OR CELLS TO DO THAT.
02:55:01PM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVENTS AND SERVICES ON A SMALL SCALE
02:55:07PM BLOCK BY BLOCK TO WORK IN TANDEM WITH US.
02:55:11PM TO ADDRESS THAT, THIS GRANT IS ALLOCATING $100,000 IN THIS
02:55:18PM INITIAL ROUND, SPONSORS FOR THOSE GROUPS.
02:55:21PM THOSE AGENCIES THAT DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND
02:55:23PM NOT DESIGNATED 501 C 3s.
02:55:26PM TO PUT TOGETHER A WORKSHOP AND HAVE THE FACILITATORS TO COME
02:55:31PM IN AND HAVE FLYERS AND PRINT OUT MATERIALS.
02:55:33PM WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM ON THE FRONT-FACING PORTAL ON
02:55:37PM THE WEB PAGE TO APPLY FOR THOSE SUPPORT FUNDS AND WILL BE
02:55:40PM PAID DIRECTLY TO THE VENDORS NOT NECESSARILY THE
02:55:44PM ORGANIZATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CONTROLS.
02:55:45PM A WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, CHURCHES TO GET
02:55:49PM THINGS DONE.
02:55:50PM IF YOU WANT QUICK EXAMPLE OF THAT.
02:55:52PM IF YOU HAVE A CHURCH THAT SAYS STOP AT GUN VIOLENCE RALLY,
02:55:57PM WE HAVE A FACILITATE THEIR COMES IN.
02:55:59PM WE NEED PRINTING, PAPER, PENS, SUPPLY.
02:56:02PM THEY ARE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT GRANT AND AWARDED AND A
02:56:09PM SPONSORSHIP THAT.
02:56:09PM >> PAID AND PAYS FOR SUPPLIES.
02:56:12PM WE GO BACK TO THE DIE GRAM OF THE FUNDING, WE SEE THAT 0%.
02:56:15PM A THIRD OF THAT FUNDING IS GOING DIRECTLY OUT TO THE
02:56:19PM COMMUNITY FOR PROVIDERS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS THAT
02:56:21PM WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS LOOK TO CLOSE THIS AND TAKE ANY
02:56:27PM QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE.
02:56:29PM IN FUNDING, WHO ARE WE WORKING WITH?
02:56:31PM WE ARE WORKING WITH YOUTH, AGES 10 OR 17 THAT ARE YOU ARE
02:56:36PM CURRENTLY RELATED WITH A GUN OR WEAPON DEFENSE AND AT RISK
02:56:41PM THEREOF.
02:56:41PM WORKING WITH THE FAMILIES SOMETHING THAT IS NOT REALLY DONE
02:56:45PM INCH THESE PROGRAMS AND IDENTIFY THOSE INDIVIDUAL YOUTH WHO
02:56:48PM HAVE SIBLINGS THAT HAVE YET TO GO DOWN THAT PATH OF
02:56:52PM DELINQUENCY WORK REQUESTING VICTIMS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.
02:56:59PM WE FIND THE WHAT AND SERVICES PROVIDED, THINK OF $1.5
02:57:02PM MILLION.
02:57:03PM IT IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTALITY OF
02:57:07PM SERVICES THAT NEED TO BE PROVIDED AND LOOKING THAT THE
02:57:09PM INITIAL GROUP OF 50 YOUNG PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
02:57:13PM WE KNOW THAT THE GRANT IS AN INITIAL THREE-YEAR GRANT.
02:57:17PM W WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THIS WILL BE RENEWED.
02:57:20PM DOJ ANNOUNCED ANOTHER ROUND OF FUNDING AND WE ARE ALREADY
02:57:25PM TALKING ABOUT HOW TO LEVERAGE THIS GRANT INTO MORE FUNDING.
02:57:28PM WHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA, AS WE HAVE SEEN WITH
02:57:32PM RECENT EVENTS, GUN VIOLENCE CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE.
02:57:35PM YOU TAKE A CROSS SECTION OF THE CITY AND RUSE 275 AND I 4.
02:57:42PM AND USE IT FOR QUADRANT.
02:57:44PM INDIVIDUAL YOUTH IN EACH TO ARE QUADRANT.
02:57:53PM KIDS LOOKING IN RESPONSE TO SOMETHING AND FOCUS ON COMMUNITY
02:58:01PM ENGAGEMENT AND BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
02:58:03PM COMMUNITY AND HOW BY WORKING WITH FOLKS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT
02:58:07PM SERVICES TO THE YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES AND HELPING TO
02:58:11PM PERCEIVE SAFETY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE ENGAGEMENT.
02:58:18PM WITH THAT WE TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF TO ANSWER I DIDN'T GUESS.
02:58:21PM >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRANT.
02:58:23PM NATIONWIDE THE DOJ, MANY CITIES DOING IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
02:58:28PM THE TYPE THEY ARE DOING THIS, WE FIND THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
02:58:31PM IS NOT THE ONLY ANSWER.
02:58:32PM WE FIND THAT PARENTS NEED HELP.
02:58:34PM A LOT OF NONPROFITS OUT THERE THAT THEY GOT HEART FOR THEIR
02:58:40PM COMMUNITY BUT DON'T HAVE THE FOUNDATION TO GET THE FUNDING
02:58:43PM TO HIP THEM IN THEIR PROGRAMS.
02:58:45PM THAT IS WHY SAFE AND SOUND IS HERE TO GIVE ORGANIZATIONS
02:58:48PM THAT THEY NEED AS FAR AS FINDING A WAY OF GIVING THEM.
02:58:56PM AND LEARN ABOUT THE GRANT PROCESS AND APPLY FOR THEIR OWN
02:59:02PM AND THE OWN AREA WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
02:59:04PM THE CITY OF TAMPA IS PARTNERING WITH EVERYBODY THAT WE KNOW
02:59:08PM ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
02:59:09PM HAS SKIN IN THE GAME AND REDUCING KEEN VIOLENCE.
02:59:12PM ANY QUESTIONS?
02:59:16PM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION, MR. BARTON.
02:59:18PM I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT WHAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
02:59:22PM I SEE THERE JOHNSON AND THE COMMUNITY HERE AS WELL.
02:59:25PM WHEN YOU SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SIX YOUTH WERE ARRESTED THAT IS
02:59:32PM THE NUMBER YOU BROUGHT UP JUST RECENTLY.
02:59:34PM ARE THEY UNDER 18?
02:59:36PM ARE THEY UNDER 14?
02:59:39PM 17 YEARS OLDS OR KID YOUNGER THAN THAT.
02:59:43PM >> 15 -- OVER THE LAST -- THIS IS FROM APRIL 1 TO CURRENT,
02:59:46PM WE HAD ONE 15-YEAR-OLD, TWO 16-YEAR-OLDS AND THREE
02:59:51PM 17-YEAR-OLDS.
02:59:52PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
02:59:53PM ALL RIGHT.
02:59:53PM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
02:59:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
02:59:57PM THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT WONDERFUL SUPPORT.
02:59:59PM AND MR. BARTON, EVERYBODY BEING HERE.
03:00:02PM WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
03:00:03PM AND, AGAIN, AS YOU RECOGNIZE OUR FRIEND MR. JOHNSON WITH
03:00:09PM RICE UP FOR PEACE.
03:00:10PM ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE RISE UP FOR PEACE SO MUCH, IT IS
03:00:14PM INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY SENSELESS VIOLENCE IN THE
03:00:17PM MOST PERSONAL WAY POSSIBLE.
03:00:19PM OFTEN THEIR KIDS -- I AM A FATHER AND I COULDN'T IMAGINE.
03:00:24PM IT IS PAIN IN AREAS THAT YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED AND YOU
03:00:28PM DON'T WANT TO KNOW EXISTED AND YOU HAVE FOLKS LIKE THERE
03:00:33PM JOHNSON, PATRICIA AND MANY OTHERS SUSTAINED THIS PAIN AND
03:00:38PM USE IT TO GIVE PEOPLE HOPE AND RESTORATION WHO NEED IT WHO
03:00:41PM ARE GOING THROUGH THAT TERRIBLE PROCESS.
03:00:43PM I ALWAYS SAY THAT CRIME IS AN ISSUE.
03:00:45PM AND VICTIMS OF CRIME IS AN ISSUE OF EQUITY AND JUSTICE.
03:00:48PM IT IS.
03:00:49PM AND THAT IS WHY I DIDN'T AGREE WAY LOT OF PEOPLE ON WHAT I
03:00:55PM CONSIDER ONE POLITICAL EXTREME.
03:00:57PM BY THE WAY, I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE CITY OF
03:01:00PM TAMPA, NO ONE ON CITY COUNCIL, NOTHING OF THAT NATURE.
03:01:03PM I KNOW, RIGHT HERE.
03:01:04PM BUT THE ISSUE, LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORTING POLICE PEOPLE IN
03:01:12PM ALL COMMUNITIES WANT POLICE.
03:01:15PM THEY WANT POLICING.
03:01:17PM WHENEVER VIOLENCE ARE IN COMMUNITY.
03:01:22PM YOU WILL HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE.
03:01:23PM COMMON SENSE.
03:01:24PM WE CAN'T GET SO OUT OF TOUCH THAT WE DISREGARD NORMAL
03:01:29PM SENTIMENT THAT EVERY COMMUNITY HAS AND CRIME AND VICTIMS OF
03:01:33PM CRIME SHOULD MATTER TO ANY COMMUNITY.
03:01:36PM YOUR ZIP CODE, NO GATED COMMUNITY WILL PROTECT YOU FROM YOUR
03:01:40PM OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CRIMES,
03:01:43PM HUNTERS GREEN, PALMA CEIA, TAMPA PALMS, HYDE PARK, DOESN'T
03:01:49PM MATTER.
03:01:50PM THAT HAS GOT TO BE YOUR ISSUE.
03:01:51PM DO WHAT YOU DO.
03:01:53PM YOU ALWAYS SAY STUFF ON CRIME AND VIOLENT CRIME BUT TOUGH ON
03:01:57PM THE CRIME.
03:01:59PM HOPELESSNESS, ABOVE POVERTY.
03:02:07PM WE INVEST IN THINGS LIKE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND
03:02:12PM APPRENTICESHIP AND JOB TRAIN.
03:02:13PM A PATHWAY TO HOPE THAT PRESENTS CRIME THANK YOU FOR YOUR
03:02:24PM PRESENTATION AND ALL THAT YOU DO.
03:02:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MA'AM, YOU WANT TO SPEAK?
03:02:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
03:02:29PM I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THIS.
03:02:32PM ESPECIALLY GOING FORWARD.
03:02:33PM ESPECIALLY FOCUS AND FAMILY OF YOUTH.
03:02:34PM THIS IS IT RATHER NOVEL AND EXCITING.
03:02:37PM SO I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION IS, SINCE THIS IS MORE OF A
03:02:42PM NEW AREA, BUT JUST OVER-- HOW ARE YOU GOING TO EVALUATE WHAT
03:02:48PM STRATEGIES ARE WORKING.
03:02:49PM WHAT ARE YOUR -- YOUR STOP SPOTS FOR SAYING, THIS IS
03:02:52PM WORKING.
03:02:53PM MAYBE THIS ISN'T WORKING.
03:02:55PM SO NEXT TIME, LET'S TRY THIS.
03:02:57PM WHERE -- WHAT ARE YOUR TOP SPOTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.
03:03:03PM IT IS ALWAYS GOING TO TARGET ONE THING LIKE THE FAMILY OF
03:03:06PM YOUTH.
03:03:06PM HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WHAT YOU NEED
03:03:09PM TO CHANGE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE SOMETHING.
03:03:10PM BECAUSE NOTHING IS PERFECT.
03:03:12PM WHERE IS THAT SPACE?
03:03:14PM >> THAT IS GOES GOING TO BE -- THAT IS A SPACE THAT USF DIVE
03:03:20PM INTO.
03:03:20PM ONCE WE FIND OUT WE ARE HELPING OUT THE YOUTH AND TALKING
03:03:24PM WITH THE FAMILIES AND THEY ARE STAYING OUT OF THE SYSTEM,
03:03:27PM TWO, THREE, FOUR MONTH, THAT NOT THE ONLY GAUGE WE ARE USING
03:03:32PM FOR SUCCESS OR NONSUCCESS IN THE PROGRAM.
03:03:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY QUESTION IS, AT WHAT PERIOD IN THIS GRANT
03:03:40PM CALENDAR WILL YOU BE STOPPING AND ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.
03:03:44PM ONCE HE GET STARTED, IT IS VERY EASY TO KEEP ON GOING.
03:03:48PM THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK I DID BEFORE I WAS A COUNCILMEMBER
03:03:52PM AND THIS IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE NO SUCH
03:03:55PM THING AS PERFECT.
03:03:56PM WHAT ARE YOUR STOP SPOTS TO SAY HOW DO I NEED TO CHANGE
03:03:59PM THAT.
03:04:00PM >> MULTIPLE HOT SPOTS, THE PRE-90-DAY PERIOD WATCH FOR
03:04:04PM INITIAL INTERVENTION.
03:04:05PM LOOK FOR THE YOUTH ACTIVELY RECEIVING SERVICES.
03:04:08PM APPEAR 30, 60, 90, 180-DAY PERIOD.
03:04:12PM KEEPING THEM IN THE -- FOR SIX MONTHS.
03:04:20PM YOU LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES AND WHAT ARE THE LONG-TERM EFFECT
03:04:23PM ON RECIDIVISM.
03:04:25PM USF WILL BE IDENTIFIED THAT QUARTERLY AND REMOVING AND
03:04:32PM PIVOTING AS WE GO.
03:04:33PM BENEFIT OF THIS MODEL WE HAVE TO BE NIMBLE AND RESPOND TO
03:04:39PM CHANGES MADE IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
03:04:40PM IF WE LOOK AT YOUTH AND ADDING THE LAYER OF WORKING WITH THE
03:04:44PM FAMILIES, ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE WILL TRACK IS THE SIBLING
03:04:47PM ARREST RATE.
03:04:48PM UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE YOUTH WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN OUR
03:04:50PM PROGRAM, YOUTH OFFENDER PROGRAM, 81% OF OUR YOUTH HAD A
03:04:54PM MOTHER, FATHER OR SIBLING PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED OR
03:04:57PM INCARCERATED, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE HOW DOES ACTIVE
03:05:00PM PROGRAMMING REDUCE THAT RATE AND MONITORING THAT AND MAKING
03:05:06PM SHIFTS ALONG THE WAY.
03:05:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS GREAT.
03:05:08PM SOUND WONDERFUL.
03:05:08PM I HOPE AT ONE POINT, MAYBE A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF IN YOU
03:05:12PM WILL COME BACK AND GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON HOW SUCCESSFUL
03:05:15PM THAT HALLS BEEN OR WHAT YOU ARE SEEING OUT THERE AN ABSOLUTE
03:05:23PM WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANSION OF CITY
03:05:26PM ACTIVITIES.
03:05:26PM CITY YOUTH ACTIVITIES THAT CAN HOPEFULLY PROVIDE A PLACE TO
03:05:29PM HELP GET KIDS OFF THE STREET.
03:05:36PM YOU ARE TARGETING AN AREA WE REALLY NEED WHICH IS FOLKS THAT
03:05:39PM ARE ALREADY IN THERE.
03:05:40PM I LOVE PARTNERING WITH NONPROFITS THAT DO THAT WORK BECAUSE
03:05:44PM THAT IS NOT WHAT WE DO BEST.
03:05:46PM BUT A BLIP.
03:05:50PM I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
03:05:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
03:05:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
03:05:55PM AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
03:05:57PM YOU LOOK AT POT SPOTS, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS DOESN'T
03:06:02PM NECESSARILY MEAN THEY LIVE SOMEWHERE.
03:06:04PM TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
03:06:05PM HOT SPOTS AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
03:06:09PM IN MY MIND YOU WILL HAVE A PATTERN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR WHAT
03:06:14PM IS GOING ON AND WHEN.
03:06:16PM WHY WERE THIS GO UPS IN THE STREET.
03:06:18PM WHY WERE THERE GUNS IN THE STREET BEFORE?
03:06:21PM NOBODY COULD AFFORD A GUN BEFORE.
03:06:25PM THE KIDS COULDN'T AFFORD A GUN.
03:06:27PM THEY CAN'T AFFORD A GUN NOW.
03:06:29PM THE KIDS SEE SOMETHING AND REGISTER IN THEIR MIND THAT THAT
03:06:32PM IS NORMAL.
03:06:32PM THAT IS NOT NORMAL.
03:06:34PM ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU GREW UP AROUND.
03:06:37PM I AM NOT TALKING OF PARENTING.
03:06:39PM THE PARENTS MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT.
03:06:41PM THESE ARE THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE IN AMERICA 350 MILLION
03:06:52PM PEOPLE.
03:06:52PM THREE IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD.
03:06:54PM THREE IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD.
03:06:57PM YOU CAN'T SOLVE A PROBLEM UNTIL YOUNGER GENERATION KNOWS
03:07:01PM THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
03:07:03PM UNDER 12 YEARS OLD
03:07:04PM NO MATTER WHAT COLOR AND RACE YOU ARE, THE SAME THING
03:07:07PM EVERYWHERE.
03:07:07PM EVERYBODY HAS GOT A GUN.
03:07:09PM AND NOT AFRAID TO PULL IT AND THE PROBLEM IN SATURDAY.
03:07:14PM WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, NO ONE HAD GUNS, YOU HAD TO.
03:07:21PM YOU CAN'T NOT RUN A BULLET.
03:07:23PM THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE HAVE.
03:07:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
03:07:28PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
03:07:30PM MR. BARTON.
03:07:31PM HELLO, HELLO.
03:07:32PM I JUST WAS WONDERING -- RISE UP FOR PEACE.
03:07:36PM I SEE YOU.
03:07:37PM I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
03:07:39PM THE FIRST EVENT I WENT TO AS COUNCILWOMAN-ELECT WAS RISE UP
03:07:43PM FOR PEACE, THE BENCH DEDICATION OVER AT REGAN PARK.
03:07:47PM TWO SPOTS.
03:07:48PM AND QUESTIONS.
03:07:49PM THIS IS THE SCARIEST TOPIC FOR ME JUST KNOWING THAT A CHILD
03:07:59PM CAN HAVE A GUN IN THEIR HANDS.
03:08:00PM IS THERE ANY PREVENTION ACTIVITIES IN PLACE FOR A YOUNG ER
03:08:10PM POPULATION OF KIDS THAT WE CAN PREVENT FROM PUTTING THE GUNS
03:08:13PM IN THEIR HANDS AND THE OTHER PART TWO IS, ARE THERE ANY
03:08:17PM FUNDS WITHIN THIS GRANT THAT DOES ANY COMMUNITY MARKETING.
03:08:23PM THINGS THAT -- JUST THAT THE EVERYDAY CITIZEN IN TAMPA.
03:08:28PM WHAT WE SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR.
03:08:31PM I KNOW WE SHOULD LOCK OUR CARS.
03:08:34PM GET GUNS FROM CAR THAT ARE LEFT UNLOCKED WHICH IS
03:08:39PM MIND-BLOWING TO ME.
03:08:40PM MARKETING AND SAYING THE YOUTH.
03:08:44PM >> WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE YOUTH, WHAT I HAVE TO SAY WITH
03:08:46PM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH PARKS AND REC AND CITY COUNCIL,
03:08:50PM THERE IS A LOT OF PREVENTION GOING ON WITH OUR YOUTH WITH
03:08:53PM OUR SROs, PROGRAMS WITH PARKS AND REC, STAY AND PLAY.
03:08:58PM I HAVE MY OFFICERS GOING INTO THE HIGH SCHOOLS TALKING OF
03:09:03PM BASEBALL AN FOOTBALL PROGRAMS WITH THE KIDS AND WHAT THEY
03:09:06PM CAN DO IN LIFE TO STAY OUT OF TO YOU BELIEVE.
03:09:08PM A LOT OF PREVENTION CONVERSATIONS GOING ON WITH THE YOUTH.
03:09:12PM I WILL LET FREDDY TALK ON THE SECOND HALF, BUT ONE PORTION
03:09:15PM THAT WE ARE MISSING FROM OUR YOUTH STANDPOINT, WHEN IT COMES
03:09:19PM DOWN TO PREVENTION.
03:09:20PM AND THAT IS HOW WE WORK WITH THAT FAMILY INTERNALLY.
03:09:24PM WE CAN TALK ABOUT WITH THE KIDS ALL DAY LONG AND WHAT THEY
03:09:28PM COULD AND SHOULD NOT DO, BUT WHEN THEY GO HOME, AND THEY ARE
03:09:33PM DEALING WITH THEIR CLOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THEY ARE
03:09:35PM GETTING THE DIFFERENT MESSAGE FROM THEM WHEN IT COMES DOWN
03:09:38PM TO THEIR BEHAVIOR.
03:09:39PM THE PART OF THE GRANT THAT ALLOWS US TO KIND OF TAP INTO THE
03:09:42PM FAMILY TO ME IS A VERY IMPORTANT PORT OF TRYING TO BE
03:09:47PM PROACTIVE WITH THE YOUTH AND KEEPING THEM OUT OF TROUBLE.
03:09:50PM >> TO ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THAT
03:09:52PM FUNDING THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR
03:09:57PM OUR CHURCHES.
03:09:58PM THE BIGGEST PUSH IS THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, THE CITY OF
03:10:02PM TAMPA, TPD, SAFE AND SOUND.
03:10:03PM NO ONE ORGANIZATION WITH SATURATE THEMSELVES AND GO THOUGHT
03:10:10PM THE CITY.
03:10:10PM WE STRATEGICALLY PLACE FOR LOCAL GROUPS, NEIGHBORHOOD
03:10:14PM RESIDENTS TO DO BLOCK-BY-BLOCK MARKETING EVENTS TO SEND
03:10:19PM PEOPLE OUT.
03:10:19PM WE HAVE FUND WILLING TO HELP WITH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS.
03:10:22PM SAFE AND SOUND.
03:10:24PM WE FOCUS ON EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS.
03:10:26PM DO ANOTHER FILM PUTTING OUT SCHOOLS IN THE COMMUNITY TO LET
03:10:30PM OUR KIDS KNOW NOT JUST ABOUT OUR CHOICE BUT THE CONSEQUENCES
03:10:34PM OF THOSE CHOICES.
03:10:35PM WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY TACKLING THE STOP LEAVING GUNS IN CARS.
03:10:39PM STOP LEAVING CARS IN FORAGES.
03:10:42PM STOP LEAVING YOUR REMOTES IN THE CAR.
03:10:45PM KIDS ARE UNDERSTANDING THEY CAN TAKE CAR REMOTES BECAUSE OF
03:10:50PM THE CARS IN THE DRIVEWAY, YOU WILL GO OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND
03:10:54PM NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE GARAGE.
03:10:55PM WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LEAVE, THEY OPEN UP THE GARAGE WITH
03:10:58PM THE REMOTE AND GET IN THE HOUSE.
03:11:00PM TACKLING SOCIAL MEDIA.
03:11:02PM KIDS TALK TO ONE ANOTHER AND DECIDE WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD THEY
03:11:05PM WILL HIT AT ONE TECH DAY IN TIME.
03:11:08PM THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY SATURATE THE COMMUNITY TO GET OUR
03:11:12PM COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO TALK TO OUR PARENTS ARE THAT ARE OUT
03:11:16PM THERE.
03:11:16PM NOT JUST THE PARENT OF THE KIDS GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS.
03:11:20PM BUT PARENTS WHO HAVE NO CLUE WHO THEIR KID IS HANGING OUT
03:11:24PM WITH THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH AND TALK AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS
03:11:28PM AND PUSH THOSE CONVERSATIONS OUT.
03:11:30PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA IS RIGHT.
03:11:33PM IT IS A DIFFERENT DAY.
03:11:34PM TECHNOLOGY IS NOT OUR FRIEND IN THE BATTLE AGAINST GUN VIS
03:11:38PM LENS OF THE SENSATIONALISM OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
03:11:43PM AND WE ARE PUTTING MARKETING OUT THERE FOR OUR PARENT AS
03:11:47PM WELL AS THE KIDS OURSELVES.
03:11:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CAN WE GET A MOTION TO MOVE THE
03:11:50PM RESOLUTION.
03:11:50PM >>LUIS VIERA: SECOND.
03:11:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
03:11:56PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
03:11:58PM NEXT IS ITEM 80 FOLLOWED BY 82.
03:12:01PM >>VIK BHIDE: AFTERNOON, CHAIR.
03:12:14PM AFTERNOON COUNSEL.
03:12:16PM HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 0.
03:12:20PM MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR AN UPDATE ON PAVING
03:12:25PM OPERATIONS MAKING $7 MILLION AVAILABLE FROM THE PARKING
03:12:28PM BUDGET TO MOBILITY FOR PAVING.
03:12:29PM AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PROVIDE THIS UPDATE, BECAUSE WE
03:12:33PM HAVE A VERY GOOD STORY TO TELL.
03:12:39PM I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF WITH PLACES AND WHAT REMEMBER
03:12:41PM DOING WITH IN-HOUSE PAVING, HOW WE HAVE EXPANDED THIS
03:12:46PM PROGRAM, AND TALK OF THE CAPITAL PIECE OF IT AND HOW
03:12:48PM REMEMBER USING THE FUNDS.
03:12:50PM SO OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER BRIAN ROGER.
03:12:55PM SEES 157 PEOPLE AND TRANSPORTATION CHIEF MIKE BROWN HAS DONE
03:13:02PM OUTSTANDING WORK IN THIS AREA SINCE FEBRUARY, WE HAVE
03:13:08PM EFFECTIVELY DOUBLED OUR PAVING CAPACITY.
03:13:11PM WE HAVE DOUBLED IT.
03:13:12PM AND EVEN IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING EQUIPMENT TO CAPACITY.
03:13:20PM WE HAVE DONE THAT WITH RENTED EQUIPMENT.
03:13:21PM WE HAVE NOT HIRED PEOPLE ABOUT EIGHT STAFF THAT WOULD HAVE
03:13:26PM SERVED AS THE SECOND PAVING TEAM.
03:13:28PM WE REPURPOSED FOLKS FROM OUR OPERATIONS TEAM.
03:13:31PM AND WE WILL BACKFILL POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THEM FROM
03:13:38PM SO IS REALLY OUR OPERATIONS TEAM BEING EXTREMELY CREATIVE
03:13:42PM AND THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AND WE HAVE TWO PAVING
03:13:45PM TEAMS RIGHT NOW.
03:13:46PM ONE IS WORKING IN HYDE PARK.
03:13:48PM THE OTHER IS WORKING IN SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
03:13:52PM A QUICK LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
03:13:53PM IF WE LOOK AT WHY WE ARE EXPANDING IN-HOUSE CAPABILITIES
03:14:01PM INSTEAD OF CONTRACTOR, THE PRICE DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT 100%.
03:14:06PM THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE.
03:14:08PM WE CAN DO TWICE AS MUCH WORK BY EXPANDING THE CAPACITY TO
03:14:11PM PAVE IN-HOUSE.
03:14:14PM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT BECOMES A MORE RESILIENT TEAM
03:14:17PM BECAUSE WE ARE NOW LESS VULNERABLE TO MARKET FORCES,
03:14:21PM INFLATIONS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
03:14:25PM QUICK UPDATE OF BRIAN ROGERS AND MIKE BROWN AND HIS TEAMS.
03:14:29PM WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN UP TO.
03:14:31PM LOOKING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE GENERALLY AVERAGED
03:14:35PM ABOUT THREE TO FOUR MEALS PER MONTH, WHICH WAS ALSO
03:14:39PM CONSISTENT EARLIER IN -- STARTING BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND
03:14:45PM JANUARY.
03:14:46PM THROUGH THEN WE DONE PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE OAKFORD PARK,
03:14:52PM YBOR CITY, th AVENUE, PALMA CEIA, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, PHASES
03:14:59PM AND YBOR CITY, WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE OF LOTS OUT THIS AT
03:15:05PM THAT POINT, AVERAGING TWO AND A HALF MILES.
03:15:07PM WE ARE WORK FOR AN OLD PAVER AND THE RENTED EQUIPMENT.
03:15:12PM THIS IN FEBRUARY, SINCE WE BROUGHT ON RENTAL EQUIPMENT,
03:15:16PM REPURCHASED OUR TEAMS AND ALL OF THAT, WE ARE AT FIVE MILES
03:15:18PM A MONTH.
03:15:19PM OUR TARGET BY THE END OF THIS YEAR WAS TO GET TO EIGHT MILES
03:15:23PM A MONTH AND WELL ON OUR WAY OF REACHING THAT TARGET.
03:15:28PM THANKS TO THE CREATIVITY OF THIS TEAM, BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND
03:15:33PM MARCH, SO THIS IS OAKFORD PARK.
03:15:42PM ANOTHER LOT IN YBOR CITY.
03:15:44PM INITIATED HIDE HYDE PARK WHICH IS 30% DONE AND SEMINOLE
03:15:52PM HEIGHTS PHASE I THAT IS CURRENT UNDERGOING.
03:15:57PM PORT TAMPA PHASE TWO, 15th AND 109th WEST.
03:16:02PM MORGAN, QUICK BUILD.
03:16:04PM HYDE PARK IS A QUICK WHETHER.
03:16:07PM WE ARE MAKING CHANGES ON SWANN.
03:16:10PM RELOCATING PARKING FROM SWANN AVENUE INTO SOME OF THE
03:16:13PM NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
03:16:14PM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND
03:16:17PM ALL.
03:16:17PM THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT AS THE TEAMS ARE PAVING AND
03:16:24PM THE PURPOSE IS, WOODROW WILSON.
03:16:26PM DOZENS OF STUDENTS THAT BIKE BOTH EAST AND WEST.
03:16:33PM AND AN INCOMPLETE BIKE NETWORK.
03:16:37PM MAINLY FOR STUDENTS AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON SWANN AS
03:16:42PM WELL.
03:16:42PM WE WILL BE DOING HENRY AT 0th, HABANA AT MLK.
03:16:49PM SOUTH ARMENIA AROUND PLATT AND SWANN.
03:16:53PM THAT AREA AND MORRISON AND THE CHURCH AROUND THE SWANN AREA.
03:17:00PM ALL OF THIS WILL BE DONE WITH OUR INHOUSE TEAMS THIS YEAR.
03:17:03PM ON SIDEWALKS, OUR ENGINEERING TEAM IS IN THE PROCESS OF
03:17:09PM PUTTING OUT A $ MILLION DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT AND SIDEWALK
03:17:15PM GAPS AND IDENTIFIED IN THE MOVE'S PLANS.
03:17:17PM MOST OF THESE AROUND SCHOOLS, PARKS.
03:17:19PM AND THEY CORRELATE WITH SAFE ROUTES TO PLACES PROGRAM.
03:17:25PM IT WILL BE A COMPETITIVE $2 MILLION PROGRAM WHICHEVER
03:17:28PM CONTRACTOR IS BEST QUALIFIED AND DO MORE WORK WILL BE LESS
03:17:34PM SELECTED AND IN THE MEANTIME, OPERATIONS TO DATE HAVE DONE
03:17:37PM ABOUT 3800 LINEAR FEET OF SIDEWALK REPAIRS COUNCILWOMAN
03:17:43PM HURTAK, YOU ASKED ABOUT RIDGEWOOD PARK.
03:17:46PM AND THEY WERE OUT THERE AND GRINDING AND COMPLETED AND THEY
03:17:51PM MOVED ON.
03:17:51PM SO THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE HOWEVER, BRIAN OR HIS
03:17:56PM TEAM MEMBERS ARE IN RIDGEWOOD PARK AS WE SPEAK TO MAKE SURE
03:18:00PM WE DID COMPLETE THE JOB AND WE DIDN'T LEAVE.
03:18:04PM NOT A LOT OF DETAILS AND WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT AND GET BACK
03:18:07PM TO IT.
03:18:07PM THOSE WERE OPERATIONS.
03:18:09PM ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF
03:18:14PM APPLICATION IN YEAR ON PAVING.
03:18:17PM WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED TO DATE N. BOULEVARD.
03:18:24PM WHAT YOU WERE SAYING COUNCILMAN MIRANDA ABOUT FULL
03:18:28PM RECLAMATION GOING DOWN TO THE SHELLS.
03:18:31PM BASICALLY IF YOU PAVE ON TOP OF EVERY LAYER WHICH IS WHAT WE
03:18:37PM HAVE DONE FOR DECADES THAT BASE DEGRADES.
03:18:39PM WE GO DOWN PAST THREE INCHES, EIGHT INCHES AND RE-ESTABLISH
03:18:45PM THAT BASE.
03:18:47PM THAT COST IS ABOUT THREE TIMES THE REFERRING RESURFACING
03:18:51PM JOB.
03:18:51PM MANY OF THE COLLECTORS WITHIN THE CITY ARE IN PAD SHAPE.
03:18:54PM THESE ARE GOING TO BE COSTLY PROJECTS, BUT NO OPTION NOT TO
03:18:58PM DO THEM BECAUSE STORMWATER ISSUES.
03:19:01PM OTHER KIND OF ISSUES WITH THAT.
03:19:03PM WE DID THAT FOR THAT JOB.
03:19:05PM WE DID ROCKY POINT FROM COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY TO BAY
03:19:09PM CLUB.
03:19:10PM IN PROGRESS, SPRUCE FROM LOIS TO DALE MABRY.
03:19:15PM FDR, FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION.
03:19:20PM EAST TAMPA 4th STREET FROM CHELSEA TO EMMA.
03:19:25PM GUPCOMING THIS YEAR IN VAR NEWS STAGES OFF OF RFQ DIRECTLY OR
03:19:32PM COMPLETING DESIGN OR WORKING WITH OUR OPTIONS AS WELL.
03:19:35PM THE FIRST IS THE CLEVELAND STREET QUICK BUILD FROM WILLOW TO
03:19:39PM PARKER.
03:19:40PM AND THAT IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEA.
03:19:43PM WE ARE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF WILLOW,
03:19:47PM THE OFF-RAMP JUST BEFORE WILLOW, WHICH IS NOT VERY SAFE AND
03:19:53PM WE ARE IMPROVING THAT OUT THERE.
03:19:56PM THAT WILL BE PARTIALLY THERE.
03:20:01PM THE LEFT LANE IS UNDERUTILIZED.
03:20:04PM AND WILL ADD TO THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
03:20:07PM WE ARE ADDING ON-STREET PARKING WITH ALL OF THE ACTION AND
03:20:14PM MOVING WESTWARD FROM THERE AND THE BIKE LINE WILL BE BEYOND
03:20:20PM PARKING.
03:20:20PM BIKE LANE ITSELF WILL BE SAFER 30th STREET MUCH NEEDED IN
03:20:32PM DISTRICT.
03:20:33PM THE FIRST PHASE, BOUGANVILLA TO YUKON, FROM JACKSON
03:20:47PM TO BROREIN, A PROJECT THAT TRANSPORTATION IS DOING IN
03:20:52PM PARKING.
03:20:53PM WALKABILITY AROUND AND GARAGE.
03:20:55PM AND THEN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING WILL DO THE PAVING OF
03:21:04PM THE ADDITIONAL BIKE FACILITIES OUT THERE.
03:21:06PM AND MORGAN STREET QUICK BUILD.
03:21:11PM THE ORIGIN OF THIS PROJECT IS DONE A CLASS WITH USF, CIVIL
03:21:21PM ENGINEERING.
03:21:21PM THEY PICKED THIS CORRIDOR.
03:21:23PM AND FINALLY BROREIN STREET WILL BE A FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION
03:21:29PM FROM ASHLEY.
03:21:30PM THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR.
03:21:32PM WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT OUT AND OTHER FACTORS AS WELL.
03:21:36PM LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS A ONE WAY.
03:21:41PM A HUGE BENEFIT.
03:21:42PM I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS, BUT IF YOU ARE COMING OFF OF 275
03:21:48PM ONCE YOU GET TO BROREIN.
03:21:50PM THE ONLY OPTION TO GO SOUTH IS THE S CURVE WHICH IS HUGE
03:21:55PM PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.
03:21:56PM NO NETWORK AT THAT POINT.
03:21:58PM YOU CAN GO TO FRANKLIN AND ASHLEY AND THAT CREATES
03:22:05PM ADDITIONAL NETWORK BENEFITS.
03:22:06PM I WILL STOP THERE, AND WILL PUT MONEY OF ALL OF THE DATA.
03:22:18PM BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN PALE IF YOU FUND OUR TEAMS, WE
03:22:27PM CAN EVEN DO MORE.
03:22:27PM I AM SURE WE WILL LEARN THROUGH THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE ARE
03:22:30PM GROWING VERY RAPIDLY.
03:22:31PM BUT -- BUT WE WILL GET TO A MUCH BETTER PLACE CONTINUOUSLY.
03:22:35PM I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
03:22:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA?
03:22:41PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:22:41PM ACCIDENTALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT OAKFORD PARK AND I WENT
03:22:45PM TO SEE SOMEONE ON A PRIVATE MATTER.
03:22:48PM IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
03:22:49PM FROM CYPRESS TO CAN ENEMY, FROM MacDILL TO HIMES, IT LOOKS
03:22:53PM VERY, VERY NIECE.
03:22:54PM AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
03:22:56PM IT IS -- I NOTICED SOMETHING ELSE ON PALMETTO GOING EAST.
03:23:04PM AND I SAW ALL THE SIDEWALKS.
03:23:11PM THE WATER TABLE.
03:23:13PM EITHER LIFTED OR LOWER IT.
03:23:15PM HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE, IF I MAY, I AM NOT HERE TO ASK YOU TO
03:23:20PM DO ANY SPECIAL FAVORS, BUT 4414 NORTHDALE.
03:23:24PM DALE IS ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF -- OF CLEVELAND.
03:23:29PM THAT POOR GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN AFTER ME FOR EIGHT MONTH.
03:23:32PM EVERY TIME I SEE HIM IN THE RESTAURANT.
03:23:34PM HE ASKS ME THE SAME QUESTION.
03:23:36PM I SAID I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT.
03:23:39PM I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT.
03:23:41PM BUT IF YOU HAVE A GRINDER, I WILL GO DO IT MYSELF.
03:23:44PM >>VIK BHIDE: I MADE A NOTE OF IT AND WILL FOLLOW UP.
03:23:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT TRYING TO EMBARRASS YOU --
03:23:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DON'T NEED TO PUT THE BID OUT.
03:23:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU DON'T HAVE TO PULL HIM IN ONE
03:23:59PM DEPARTMENT.
03:24:00PM PULL HIM FROM HERE WITH AT FAULT.
03:24:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD DRIVE THE TRUCK.
03:24:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I KNEW WOULD YOU TAKE THE EASY JOB.
03:24:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WANT TO GO TO HABANA WITH A WEED
03:24:11PM WHACKER AND A MEDIAN AND WAY OVERGROWN.
03:24:14PM I CAN DO IT.
03:24:14PM >>VIK BHIDE: WELL --
03:24:18PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
03:24:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
03:24:21PM ONE REFERENCES THE FUNDING.
03:24:23PM I SEE SOMEBODY SITTING BEHIND YOU AND TO YOUR LEFT.
03:24:25PM FISCAL YEAR '25.
03:24:27PM PAVING BUDGET.
03:24:29PM LET'S GET -- LET'S GET THIS MONEY -- AND I AM HOPING TO
03:24:33PM TRIPLE THE PAVING BUDGET.
03:24:34PM I AM REALLY TRYING.
03:24:37PM YOU HAVE 100% SAVING BRINGING THIS IN HOUSE.
03:24:41PM GOOD RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TAXPAYERS AND WHAT PEOPLE IN THE
03:24:46PM CITY OF TAMPA DOES.
03:24:47PM KUDOS FOR YOU GUYS DOING THAT.
03:24:51PM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES.
03:24:58PM IN HOUSE, DO WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF DOING THE DECK
03:25:01PM REPAIRS AS WELL OR JUST PAVING.
03:25:02PM >> RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST PAVING, BUT WE HAVE A PRETTY
03:25:08PM AMBITIOUS.
03:25:09PM WE WILL ADD TO OUR CAPABILITIES.
03:25:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SOMETHING WE CAN REASONABLY BRING IN-HOUSE
03:25:15PM IF WE HAD THE FUND SOMETHING IN.
03:25:16PM >>VIK BHIDE: IT WILL TAKE A FEW YEARS.
03:25:17PM OUR NEXT FOCUS WILL BE ON EXPANDING PAVING WILL BE ABLE TO
03:25:21PM DO OUR OWN SIDEWALKS.
03:25:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL RIGHT.
03:25:23PM >>VIK BHIDE: ONCE WE ARE ABLE TO DO OUR OWN CON CREATE WORK,
03:25:27PM WE WILL DO MORE BIKE LANES AS WELL, BECAUSE THE SEPARATORS
03:25:30PM AND CRETE --
03:25:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MISS DUNCAN.
03:25:33PM LET'S GET THAT DONE.
03:25:35PM GET THAT FUNDED.
03:25:36PM WE WITH THE -- THIS IS A BRILLIANT IDEA.
03:25:39PM THEY WANT THEIR SIDEWALKS AND THEIR STREETS PAVED.
03:25:42PM THIS IS SOMETHING -- IF WE CAN -- AND -- IF THIS IS
03:25:46PM SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN HOUSE AND DO DOUBLE WHAT WE COULD DO
03:25:50PM BEFORE, MAN, LET'S DO IT AND PUT OUR FOOT ON THE
03:25:54PM ACCELERATOR.
03:25:55PM WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE AND I HAVE SEEN IT ALL OVER TOWN, SOME
03:25:59PM OF THE -- MORE SO THAN I HAD IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
03:26:04PM AND I DO SEE IT WITH MY OWN EYES.
03:26:06PM I APPRECIATE IT.
03:26:07PM MY NEIGHBORS SEE IT.
03:26:08PM AND AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING MORE LIKE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
03:26:12PM A SIDEWALK ON BAYSHORE THAT GOES BETWEEN SWANN AND BREVARD.
03:26:17PM SUBSTANDARD.
03:26:18PM AND TILTS THE WRONG WAY.
03:26:23PM ONE OF THOSE ELECTRONIC CROSSWALKS.
03:26:26PM WHEN IT RAINS, IT IS FILLED WITH WATER AND DOESN'T DRAIN.
03:26:30PM I WAS TOLD IN THE BOB BUCKHORN ADMINISTRATION IT WAS GOING
03:26:34PM TO GET REPAIRED.
03:26:35PM I GET HAMMERED ON IT ALL THE TIME FROM NEIGHBORS BECAUSE IT
03:26:38PM POOLS WATER AND DAY THERE IS FOR DAYS ON END.
03:26:40PM BECAUSE OF THE GRADIENT THERE.
03:26:42PM YOU HAVE TO BUILDING IT UP AND MOVE IT OUT.
03:26:46PM IT SEEMS WEIRD FOR PEOPLE TO CROSS THE ELECTRONIC CROSSWALK
03:26:51PM AND WALK IN THE MIDDLE OF LAKE IN THE SUMMERTIME.
03:26:53PM ONE SPECIFIC ISSUE AND I HELP TO BRING OUT SOMETHING SO
03:26:59PM SPECIFIC WHEN YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.
03:27:03PM AGAIN, KUDOS.
03:27:04PM I REALLY APPRECIATE -- ONE MORE THING.
03:27:06PM A LITTLE BELL WENT OFF IN MY HEAD WITH FLORIDA, TAMPA, FT.
03:27:12PM BROOKE, STREET CAR WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS NOT GOING TO
03:27:17PM FACILITATE THAT TO RIP SOMETHING BACK UP.
03:27:20PM >> WILL FACILITATE THE STREET CAR AND THAT IS SOMETHING WHEN
03:27:24PM WE TALK OF THE ACCELERATOR.
03:27:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXCELLENT.
03:27:29PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:27:30PM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ACCELERATOR.
03:27:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:27:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
03:27:35PM A VERY EXCITING UPDATE AS OTHERS HAVE SAID.
03:27:37PM THE PAVE SOMETHING VERY OBVIOUS AROUND TOWN.
03:27:40PM DOESN'T MATTER WHERE I GO, IT SEEMS TO BE TOUCHING EVERY
03:27:45PM PART OF THE CITY AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE BEING
03:27:47PM EQUITABLE ABOUT IT.
03:27:48PM I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
03:27:50PM BUT WHAT I WOULD LOVE FROM YOUR TEAM AND I AM ONLY GOING TO
03:27:54PM ASK THIS BECAUSE YOU SET THE EXPECTATION BAR SO HIGH BECAUSE
03:27:57PM I LOVE YOUR STORMWATER REPORTS, MAPS.
03:28:00PM IT JUST WOULD BE REALLY HANDY INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THIS
03:28:04PM TO SHOW.
03:28:05PM EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE THEM SEPARATE.
03:28:07PM WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
03:28:08PM WHAT IS COMING.
03:28:09PM YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT A BIG TIME TABLE BUT IN THE NEXT SIX
03:28:12PM MONTHS, WE ARE EXPECTING TO DO THIS I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD
03:28:19PM LOVE THAT.
03:28:19PM THEY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT AND
03:28:22PM MAYBE AFTER YOU REPORT TO US, PUT IT UP ON OUR WEB SITE.
03:28:25PM I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE YOU TOO MUCH
03:28:28PM MORE FOR PEOPLE CALLING IN.
03:28:31PM BUT PREPARES PEOPLE AND SAYS IT IS COMING TO MY
03:28:34PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
03:28:35PM AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
03:28:37PM THIS IS A VERY TANGIBLE THING THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA DOES
03:28:41PM AND I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SHOUT YOUR -- YOU KNOW, YOUR
03:28:45PM SUCCESS FROM THE ROOF TOPS.
03:28:46PM CONGRATULATIONS.
03:28:48PM AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU WERE TALKING OF REPLACING
03:28:51PM ALL OF THE SUBSTRATE, WE WERE AT -- I WAS AT THE SOUTHEAST
03:28:59PM SEMINOLE HEIGHTS MEETING ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
03:29:02PM AND THEY SAID THAT THE SUBSTRATE AT -- ON NEBRASKA NORTH OF
03:29:10PM HILLSBOROUGH, 24 INCHES.
03:29:11PM 24 INCHES.
03:29:12PM I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU TAKE -- I MEAN THAT IS A WHOLE
03:29:18PM DIFFERENT CAN OF WORMS.
03:29:20PM AND THEN YOU HAVE UNDER THERE, YOU GOT ALL THE PIPES.
03:29:29PM >>VIK BHIDE: WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW.
03:29:31PM YOU ARE TALKING 24 INCHES.
03:29:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH.
03:29:33PM >> CLEARANCE BETWEEN THE PAVEMENT AND THE INLET TOP AS WELL.
03:29:38PM SO THAT ABSOLUTELY.
03:29:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK: EVERYTHING UNDER THAT.
03:29:43PM SO THEY SAY THREE MONTH.
03:29:45PM THAT IS WISHFUL THINKING.
03:29:48PM BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
03:29:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU NEED A TAG LINE.
03:29:51PM GOOD MORNING, TAMPA.
03:29:52PM I LOVE THE SMELL OF ASPHALT IN THE MORNING.
03:29:55PM >> ABSOLUTELY.
03:29:56PM AND ON THE MAPS, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, REAL QUICK,
03:30:01PM COINCIDENTALLY, THE TEAM WAS DISCUSSING THIS TODAY, SO JOSH
03:30:05PM WHO IS OUR COM PERSON, A ROCK STAR.
03:30:09PM HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.
03:30:11PM HE AND SARAH.
03:30:12PM THEY TAKE ALL OF THE CALLS BY THE WAY, THE CUSTOMER SERVICE
03:30:15PM CALLS AND PAVING BEING OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS A BIG DEAL.
03:30:18PM AND THE REST OF THE TEAM.
03:30:20PM WE ARE ALL GOING TO PUT THE PCI MAP ON OUR WEB SITE.
03:30:24PM AS WE RESURFACE EVEN NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WILL PUT THE MAPS OUT
03:30:28PM THERE AS WELL.
03:30:29PM BUT THESE MAPS DO GO OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS AND THE DOOR
03:30:32PM HANGERS THAT WE HAVE.
03:30:34PM AND THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY SEES IT, BUT HE UNDERSTAND
03:30:40PM GIVEN THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT THAT THE COMMUNITY
03:30:43PM SEES WHAT THE CONDITION IS CITYWIDE AND WHERE WE ARE WORKING
03:30:46PM AND GOING NEXT.
03:30:50PM >> THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME.
03:30:51PM REPORTS FOR STORMWATER ARE VERY CLEAR AND SUCCINCT.
03:30:56PM IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT YOU STARTED WORKING ON THAT.
03:30:58PM THANK YOU.
03:30:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
03:31:01PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, VIK FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE
03:31:05PM FIRST OF THE PRESENTATIONS.
03:31:06PM NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT OR CONCERN I GET IS ABOUT ROAD
03:31:10PM CONDITIONS AND SO APPRECIATE YOU DOING THIS YOU PRESENTING
03:31:15PM YOURSELF ALLOW US TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC WHICH IS GREAT.
03:31:19PM A LOT OF YOU WILL APPRECIATE YOU ARE TAKING THINGS ON HOUSE.
03:31:22PM KUDOS TO THAT AS WELL.
03:31:24PM AND BRINGING THE COST DOWN.
03:31:26PM IF YOU DO IT ON SIDEWALKS, IT WILL BRING THE COSTS DOWN WHAT
03:31:30PM WE ARE PROVIDING DEVELOPERS.
03:31:31PM AND THE.
03:31:33PM >>VIK BHIDE: ABSOLUTELY.
03:31:34PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE OTHER THING IS THAT AS I UNDERSTOOD, I
03:31:38PM THINK SOME PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC BELIEVE THAT THE PRIORITY OF
03:31:40PM THE -- OF THE ROAD REPAIR WAS OUTLINED IN TAMPA MOVES.
03:31:47PM SO WE HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT -- THAT PRIORITY LIKE THAT IS
03:31:51PM GOING TO BE FOLLOWED.
03:31:52PM AND SOMETIMES I HAVEN'T CHECKED MYSELF, BUT FOLKS SAY IT
03:31:56PM APPEARS THAT SOME ROADS -- THEY CAN SEE WHAT ROADS ARE BEING
03:31:59PM REPAIRED.
03:32:00PM THEY THINK SOME ROADS ARE BEING REPAIRED OUT OF ORDER.
03:32:03PM IS THERE A PLACE -- CAN YOU GO TO THE WEB SITE AND THAT IS
03:32:10PM DEVELOPED AND GENERAL TIMELINE.
03:32:12PM A WAY TO LOOK AT THAT THE.
03:32:15PM >>VIK BHIDE: A VERY GOOD POINT AND WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON
03:32:18PM PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION AND NOT THERE RIGHT NOW AND
03:32:21PM TAMPA MOVES ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR REPAVING.
03:32:26PM THAT CRITERIA IS MULTITHREADED AND NOT JUST PAVEMENT
03:32:31PM CONDITION.
03:32:31PM IT IS ALSO EQUITY, FOR EXAMPLE.
03:32:33PM IT IS ALSO SAFETY.
03:32:35PM SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS OUT THERE.
03:32:38PM SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO BALANCE TWO THINGS.
03:32:41PM ONE IS WHAT DOES THE OBJECTIVE DATA TELL US BASED ON THE
03:32:46PM CRITERIA THAT WAS SET UP.
03:32:48PM IT IS MUCH EASIER TO DO THAT WITH SIDEWALKS, FOR EXAMPLE.
03:32:52PM BECAUSE YOU EITHER HAVE A FUNCTIONS SIDEWALK AND DON'T.
03:32:55PM WITH THE ROADWAY, THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMES INTO
03:32:59PM PLAY AND THE OTHER IS RAPID DEGRADATION.
03:33:04PM A LOT OUR FACILITIES DEGRADE FAST.
03:33:06PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU WENT THROUGH THAT FOUR OR FIVE-YEAR
03:33:09PM PROCESS TO DEVELOP TAMPA MOVES, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR
03:33:12PM US AND THE PUBLIC IF THAT PRIORITY AND THE OBJECTIVE
03:33:14PM ANALYSIS IS LISTED.
03:33:16PM >>VIK BHIDE: YES.
03:33:17PM >>BILL CARLSON: BECAUSE OTHERWISE, FOLKS THINK THAT THE
03:33:21PM SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS COVERED.
03:33:22PM SOMEBODY CALLS THE MAY COLOR AND US AND THINK THEY JUMP TO
03:33:25PM THE TOP OF THE LINE.
03:33:26PM IF THEY SEE IT IS OBJECTIVE AND FAIR, THEY ARE FOLLOWING
03:33:29PM WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
03:33:30PM NOT FOREVER, BUT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
03:33:33PM DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH BUDGET YOU ARE GOING TO ASK FOR ROAD
03:33:37PM REPAIR THIS YEAR?
03:33:41PM >>VIK BHIDE: CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A BUDGET TARGET THAT WE BACK
03:33:45PM INTO.
03:33:45PM WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
03:33:46PM HAVING SAID THAT, THAT AN ONGOING PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
03:33:52PM WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST THAT MUCH MORE AS WE DID
03:33:56PM IN FY '25 WHICH WAS $2 MILLION IF NOT MORE WHAT I CAN ASSURE
03:34:05PM YOU THAT WE ARE POSITIONING OURSELVES IN A PLACE THAT
03:34:08PM WHATEVER BUDGET IS MADE AVAILABLE TOO US WE MAKE SURE IT IS
03:34:12PM ENCUMBERED IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
03:34:14PM >> THE FEELING OF THE PUBLIC IS THAT -- WE WENT THROUGH
03:34:17PM GREAT RECESSION, BUT THEN THERE WERE EFFORTS TO -- TO BRING
03:34:22PM IN -- ONE OF THE LEADER IS IN THE BACK THE ROOM AND THOSE
03:34:27PM TAXES DIDN'T GO THROUGH AND THE PUBLIC FEELS THAT IN
03:34:31PM ANTICIPATION OF THE TAX REVENUES THAT THE BUDGETS WERE KEPT
03:34:35PM ARTIFICIALLY LOW.
03:34:36PM I THINK THE PUBLIC DOESN'T THINK OF IT IF IT IS $4 MILLION
03:34:39PM AND RAISE IT TO $5 MILLION, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN $50 MILLION
03:34:44PM AND $100 MILLION AND WE ARTIFICIALLY KEPT IT LOW.
03:34:50PM THE PERCEPTION WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH.
03:34:52PM IN YEARS PAST, YOU ASKED US TO APPROVE LIST OF THE $60
03:34:57PM MILLION, $80 MILLION THAT WE WOULD HAVE PAID IF THE STAFF
03:35:00PM GAVE US THAT FUNDING.
03:35:01PM NOW GOING THROUGH FDOT AND SETTING ONLY ROAD REPAIR AS A
03:35:05PM PRIORITY.
03:35:08PM ARE YOU GOING TO RECONFIGURE THAT LIST AND ABOUT I THINK IT
03:35:11PM BACK TO US?
03:35:11PM WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT?
03:35:15PM >>VIK BHIDE: OUR LAST MEETING WITH FDOT, NOT CLEAR EXACTLY
03:35:18PM HOW THE FUNDS WILL MAKE IT TO F DOT.
03:35:22PM THEY WILL MAKE IT TO FDOT, A COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT WE
03:35:27PM DISCUSSED AND ALL THAT MONEY WILL GO TO PAVING.
03:35:30PM WE INITIALLY PROVIDED LIST TO POLICYMAKERS AT THE SESSION AT
03:35:34PM THE TIME.
03:35:35PM AND IT IS JUST GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
03:35:39PM EVERYTHING IS APPROVED AND GOES BACK.
03:35:41PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF YOU COULD, BECAUSE THE LIST INCLUDED
03:35:43PM THINGS BESIDES ROAD REPAIRS AND MAYBE YOU CAN COME BACK.
03:35:47PM LAST THING, I HAVE TO MENTION NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL WHICH HAS
03:35:50PM THE WORST ROADS IN THE STATE AND THE CITY.
03:35:54PM THEY REALLY NEED TO BE REBRICKED FOR THE SAME THAT YOU
03:35:57PM MENTIONED BEFORE OF DRAINAGE.
03:35:58PM WE NEED TO COST MORE OF REBRICK, BUT PROTECT THE BRICKS AS
03:36:01PM WE VOTED ON COUNCIL BEFORE.
03:36:02PM THANK YOU.
03:36:03PM >> WE ARE COMMITTED ON THAT.
03:36:06PM AND WE REACHED OUT TO THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES PETER
03:36:10PM SPECIFICALLY.
03:36:11PM AND -- AND WHAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO THEM IS WE WILL HAVE A
03:36:16PM WORKSHOP WITH THEM.
03:36:17PM LET'S UNDERSTAND AND MAP OUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
03:36:20PM IN THE MEANTIME, OUR OPS TEAM WILL DO THE NORTH-SOUTH STREET
03:36:25PM THAT CAN BE PAVED WITHOUT ANY CHALLENGES.
03:36:28PM AND THE BUDGET ITEM I DO WANT TO CLARIFY.
03:36:30PM HISTORICALLY, WE DID NOT HAVE THE FUNDS.
03:36:33PM IT WAS PARKING DOING MUCH BETTER THAN IT HAS HISTORICALLY
03:36:37PM THAT HAS MADE THAT OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE LAST YEAR.
03:36:40PM SO WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO REINVESTING PARKING INTO MOBILITY
03:36:45PM PRIORITIES, BUT, IT IS A MATTER OF WHAT WE INVEST IN
03:36:50PM ULTIMATELY.
03:36:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:36:53PM >>VIK BHIDE: THANK YOU.
03:36:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 82.
03:36:56PM AND I SEE MISS DUNCAN HERE.
03:36:58PM MISS DUNCAN?
03:37:07PM IT IS YOUR ITEM, 82.
03:37:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COME ON DOWN.
03:37:10PM YOU ARE THE NEXT CONTESTANT.
03:37:13PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: JEAN DUNCAN, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY.
03:37:15PM WE ARE HERE TO TALK OF THE ITEM REFERENCING THE PROJECTS
03:37:21PM APPROVED BY COUNCIL TO BE ADDED TO THE CIP AND CONTRACT
03:37:26PM APPROVAL.
03:37:27PM IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WANT TO SHOW WHAT CURRENTLY IS THE
03:37:31PM PROCESS SO YOU HAVE THE BASELINE.
03:37:33PM A COUPLE OF THINGS I THREW TOGETHER TO PUT ON THE ELMO.
03:37:37PM I MADE COPIES OF THOSE.
03:37:39PM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT THEM HANDED TO YOU OR NOT.
03:37:41PM LAST-MINUTE THOUGHT THAT A VISUAL MAY BE HELPFUL.
03:37:44PM IF WOULD YOU LIKE THOSE, MY ASSISTANT -- [ LAUGHTER ] -- THE
03:37:48PM BRAINS OF THE ORGANIZATION HERE WILL PASS THOSE ALONG.
03:37:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYTHING HE IS NOT A SUBJECT MATTER
03:37:59PM EXPERT?
03:37:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE LONGEST SERVING CITY MEMBER?
03:38:02PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: HE IS IN THE COMPETITION.
03:38:03PM HE IS RIGHT UP THERE.
03:38:04PM HE KNOWS HE CAN'T LEAVE.
03:38:08PM HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE.
03:38:09PM SO JUST VERY QUICKLY -- I WILL WAIT UNTIL YOU GET YOUR
03:38:14PM HANDOUT.
03:38:14PM THIS IS JUST A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW.
03:38:17PM AGAIN WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW -- YOU CAN HAVE THAT START
03:38:20PM FROM.
03:38:21PM SO CURRENTLY WE -- WE START OUT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE
03:38:25PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH WE DO EVERY FIVE YEARS.
03:38:28PM AND WE SUBMIT IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, A LOT OF
03:38:31PM COORDINATION ON THAT AND FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH
03:38:37PM INCLUDES THE LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE DEVELOP OUR
03:38:41PM MASTER PLANS.
03:38:42PM MASTER PLANS FOR PIPES, WASTEWATER.
03:38:45PM DEVELOP THE MOVES PLAN FOR MOBILITY.
03:38:47PM WE HAVE THE STORMWATER PLAN WHICH WE REVIEWED WHEN WE DID
03:38:50PM THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT.
03:38:53PM OUR SOLID WASTE TRANSITION PLAN CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN
03:38:57PM UPDATED MASTER PLAN FOR SOUTHWEST.
03:38:59PM WE TAKE THE BIG PICTURE OF THE COMP PLAN AND THE LONG-RANGE
03:39:11PM PLAN.
03:39:11PM AND FROM THE IT IS A LITTLE NOR GRANULAR.
03:39:14PM FROM THE MASTER PLAN, WE DEVELOPED THE PROJECT LIST AND
03:39:19PM PRIORITIES.
03:39:19PM THE FIRST STEP IT IS PRESENTED WHEN THE MAYOR PRESENTS A
03:39:22PM BUDGET EVERY YEAR WITH THOSE PARTICULARS IN IT.
03:39:25PM OBVIOUSLY NEXT STEP IS TO HAVE THE BUDGET WORKSHOP TO TALK
03:39:30PM OF OPERATING AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.
03:39:32PM WE HAVE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING BETWEEN THE FIRST PUBLIC
03:39:36PM HEARING AND THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.
03:39:38PM THAT CIP OFTEN TWEAKED BY COUNCIL WITH PARTICULAR INTEREST
03:39:43PM THAT YOU HAVE.
03:39:44PM LAST YEAR WAS PAVING DISCUSSIONS.
03:39:46PM ONE YEAR WAS CASCADING POOL.
03:39:49PM WHATEVER THE INTERESTS ARE, WHETHER BIG OR SMALL, THOSE
03:39:54PM ADJUSTMENTS ARE TWEAKED ACCORDINGLY TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.
03:39:59PM AND THAT BUDGET IS PART OF THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WHICH,
03:40:02PM OF COURSE, GOES TO APPROVAL AND EVERY YEAR WE TAKE THE
03:40:07PM APPROVED CIP LIST FROM THE BUDGET APPROVAL AND SUBMIT THAT
03:40:10PM TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH APPROVES IT AS WELL.
03:40:13PM AND FROM THAT POINT, THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS ARE THEN
03:40:20PM STUDIED FURTHER OR PROCURED THROUGH EITHER AN RFP PROCESS OR
03:40:25PM A RFQ BID PROCESS.
03:40:29PM ANY CONTRACT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE PROCUREMENTS
03:40:32PM OBVIOUSLY COMES TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, AND THE PROJECT
03:40:36PM FINANCING IS ALSO APPROVED BY COUNCIL WHETHER IT IS BONDING,
03:40:40PM WHETHER IT IS SOME OTHER DEAD ISSUANCE.
03:40:42PM WHATEVER THE MECHANISM.
03:40:43PM RECENTLY, ADDITIONAL FRAMEWORK PUT ON THIS PROCESS IS THE
03:40:51PM RESOLUTION FOR ANYTHING OVER $20 MILLION NEEDS TWO VOTES.
03:40:57PM AND WE ALSO ADDED THE MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER IF WE START
03:41:02PM OUT WITH AN ESTIMATE FOR AN RFQ FOR A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT
03:41:06PM AND THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT MORE THAN DOUBLES THROUGH OUR
03:41:10PM PROCESS, THEN WE HAVE GOT TO REVISIT THAT RFQ.
03:41:14PM OFTEN WE MAY HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID AGAIN.
03:41:16PM WE HAVE TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE STEPS FOR THE FACT THAT WE
03:41:19PM HAVE EXCEEDED THE DOUBLING AMOUNT.
03:41:21PM AND ONE OF THE REAL QUICK SLIDE OF STAFF.
03:41:33PM WE HAVE WEEKLY BRIEFS WITH CITY COUNCIL.
03:41:36PM WE HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE BRIEFS THAT WE OFFER PROACTIVELY TO YOU
03:41:41PM OR REACTIVELY IF YOU ARE ASKING THAT GRADE PLAN AND REPORT
03:41:53PM COMING UP MAY 23 NEXT MONTH.
03:41:55PM THAT INCLUDES, OF COURSE, THE PIPES UPDATE AS WELL DOING THE
03:42:00PM STORMWATER QUARTERLY REPORT AND WE APPRECIATE THE POSITIVE
03:42:04PM FEEDBACK ON THAT.
03:42:05PM REVENUE AND FINANCE EVERY MONTH SUBMITS A MONTHLY CIP
03:42:11PM REPORT.
03:42:11PM AN ANNUAL DEBT PROGRAM UPDATE RELATED TO THE FINANCING OF
03:42:14PM THE CIPs.
03:42:16PM WE DELIVER THE STATEMENT FOR EACH BOND THAT IS ISSUED.
03:42:26PM AND, OF COURSE, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT OUR BOND
03:42:31PM RATINGS WITH THE'S OF BOND BALANCE VERSUS PAY GO.
03:42:35PM THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
03:42:36PM AND OBVIOUSLY AS YOU KNOW.
03:42:38PM ANY TIME ANYONE WOULD LIKE A FIELD TRIP TO EITHER A MAJOR
03:42:43PM ASSET SUCH AS A PLANT OF SOME SORT OR AN ACTUAL SITE IRS IT.
03:42:49PM A SIDEWALK PROBLEM.
03:42:51PM WE ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THOSE AND WE HAVE PUBLIC
03:42:54PM MEETINGS, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS PRIOR TO
03:42:57PM CONSTRUCTION DURING CONSTRUCTIONS ON THE LARGE AND SMALL
03:43:09PM PROJECTS.
03:43:09PM I WILL STOP HERE.
03:43:11PM WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW.
03:43:12PM AND DENNIS, OUR CFO, BRAD, THE KNOW IT ALL OF EVERYTHING,
03:43:17PM RICHARD MUDDERBACK OF CAD AND LEGAL TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
03:43:22PM THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF THE CURRENT PROJECT.
03:43:23PM THANK YOU.
03:43:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:43:25PM AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
03:43:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
03:43:27PM I ACTUALLY JUST HAD MY MONTHLY BUDGET MEETING WITH
03:43:32PM MR. ROGERO AND CHIEF OF STAFF YESTERDAY TO -- JUST LEARNING
03:43:35PM OF THE WHOLE BUDGETING.
03:43:36PM WE CAME UP WITH A -- WE FOCUSED ON THE CIP ONE OF THE THINGS
03:43:49PM THAT I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO INCLUDE AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
03:43:55PM WAYS TO DO IT.
03:43:56PM HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT IS DIFFERENT.
03:44:01PM AND THE QUICK WAY TO DO THAT IS TO GIVE A LITTLE EXECUTIVE
03:44:06PM SUMMARY.
03:44:06PM WHAT IS NEW ON THIS.
03:44:08PM WHAT HAS FALLEN.
03:44:13PM AND TO ALSO INCLUDE ANY BUDGETARY CHANGES.
03:44:16PM SO IF SOMETHING CHANGES FROM $10 MILLION AND NOW THEY WANT
03:44:21PM TO ALLOCATE $20 MILLION, THAT IS A RED FLAG TOO THAT WE NEED
03:44:24PM TO KNOW ABOUT.
03:44:25PM AND I DIDN'T MENTION THAT YESTERDAY, BUT IT KIND OF CAME TO
03:44:29PM ME.
03:44:29PM SO -- OR CALENDAR CHANGES.
03:44:31PM SO, FOR EXAMPLE, FIRE STATION 24 WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE WE HAD
03:44:39PM THE MONEY AND IT WAS THERE, BUT IT WAS -- WAS NOT ALLOCATED
03:44:44PM OR WAS NOT USED FOR A CERTAIN YEAR AND INSTEAD MOVED AND WE
03:44:48PM DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS HAD WE LOOKED FOR IT.
03:44:50PM SO IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES.
03:44:51PM LITTLE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT KIND OF GIVES US A BIRDS-EYE
03:44:56PM MAJOR CHANGE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.
03:44:58PM I THINK IT WILL HELP A LOT WITH THIS.
03:45:01PM THAT IS WHAT I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE NEXT FISCAL
03:45:05PM '25 BUDGET.
03:45:06PM AND I THINK FOR ME, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD MARKER, BECAUSE
03:45:11PM WHEN I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE -- THE PROJECT ITSELF, I WANT
03:45:16PM TO KNOW FOR THE BIGGEST THING FOR US THAT WE ARE SIMPLY THE
03:45:20PM FINANCIAL ARM.
03:45:21PM I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT BUDGET IS.
03:45:23PM AND IF I DISAGREE WITH THAT OR IF WE AS A BODY DISAGREES
03:45:28PM WITH IT, THAT IS THE TIME TALK ABOUT IT.
03:45:31PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: IF I MAY, COUNCILWOMAN.
03:45:35PM A GREAT SUGGESTION.
03:45:35PM ONE OF THE THINGS INTERNALLY WITH STAFF, WE WORKED WITH THE
03:45:38PM BUDGET OFFICE TO CREATE THE NEW VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION FORM.
03:45:42PM WHAT THAT IS, WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE KEENLY AWARE OF CERTAIN
03:45:48PM DUE DILIGENCE WE SHOULD BE DOING IF WE ARE STARTING TO
03:45:51PM JOURNEY ON ANY VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION.
03:45:54PM OF COURSE THE HORIZONTAL PROJECTS ARE CHALLENGING BUT IT
03:45:57PM SEEMS TO BE MORE VERTICAL ONES THAT WE MENTION TODAY THAT
03:46:02PM GET A LOT OF ATTENTION, OF COURSE, A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST
03:46:06PM AND NEED MORE COMMUNICATION.
03:46:07PM THAT IS JUST THE INTERNAL CHECKPOINT.
03:46:11PM AND THAT WILL BE A VERY EASY THINGS TO EXTRACT FROM THE VERY
03:46:16PM BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
03:46:18PM WHAT IS THE NEW VERTICAL PROJECTS YOU ARE CONSIDERING.
03:46:22PM DIFFERENT THINGS TO BE MORE INFORMATIVE BEYOND WHAT THE
03:46:27PM PROCESS OUTLINES FOR US.
03:46:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND COUNCILMAN VIERA.
03:46:34PM >>BILL CARLSON: I 100% SECOND WHAT SHE JUST SAID.
03:46:38PM TRANSPARENCY ON THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
03:46:42PM THERE ARE CASES WHERE NUMBERS CHANGES AND NOT EXPLICIT AND
03:46:45PM WE THE AND THE PUBLIC DIDN'T SEE IT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE
03:46:48PM THIS SIDE BY SIDE.
03:46:50PM CAN YOU PUT THE CHART BACK UP, PLEASE.
03:46:52PM THE CIP PROCESS.
03:46:54PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
03:46:55PM >> JUST TO POINT OUT TO STAFF AND THE PUBLIC, THIS SAYS CIP
03:47:00PM PROCESS, NOT PROJECT PROGRESS.
03:47:03PM I MADE THE MOTION WITH SUPPORT FROM COLLEAGUES, BUT IF YOU
03:47:06PM LOOK AT -- IF YOU GO THROUGH THIS.
03:47:07PM SO COMP PLAN, MASTER PLAN, MAYOR'S BUDGET, BUDGET WORKSHOP,
03:47:13PM FIRST HEARING, SECOND HEARING.
03:47:15PM ALL THAT IS THE CIP.
03:47:17PM WHAT THAT MEANS, A WHOLE BUNCH OF PROJECTS LISTED TOGETHER
03:47:21PM AND MAY BE SOME DETAIL.
03:47:23PM AND A BUNCH OF PROJECTS TOGETHER TIME THING CIP AND PROJECTS
03:47:31PM SUBMITTED FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
03:47:33PM ONLY UNTIL THE LAST FOUR BOXES REALLY THAT WE START TO TALK
03:47:37PM OF A PROJECT SPECIFICALLY AND REALLY IN THE LAST TWO WHICH
03:47:42PM IS -- OR THE LAST ONE THAT COMES TO US FOR CONTRACT
03:47:46PM APPROVAL.
03:47:46PM WHAT I AM SUGGESTING IS THAT WE -- AND THE GREAT EIGHT
03:47:51PM PRESENTATION IS GREAT.
03:47:52PM AND IT IS A LOT MORE TRANSPARENCY THAN WE HAD BEFORE, BUT I
03:47:56PM THINK WHAT WE NEED IS INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS PRESENTED.
03:48:01PM WHEN I WAS TALKING OF JUSTICE AND LEGAL, I UNDERSTAND THAT
03:48:07PM CITY COUNCIL'S CHARTER ROLE TO APPROVE CONTRACTS AND APPROVE
03:48:11PM COST.
03:48:12PM SO I BELIEVE IN STICKING STRICTLY TO THE CHARTER AND NOT
03:48:16PM TRYING TO USURP THE MAYOR'S POWERS.
03:48:20PM A GOOD IDEA TO PREVENT CONFLICT IF WE WOULD HAVE A WHAT I
03:48:24PM CALL CONCEPT APPROVAL.
03:48:28PM MAYBE TO SOMETHING BETTER.
03:48:29PM CONTRACT APPROVAL EARLY ON BEFORE THE MAYOR FRIENDS TO -- IN
03:48:34PM THE BUDGET
03:48:34PM AND AS YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR PRESENTS SOME THINGS AND CHIEF OF
03:48:38PM STAFF PRESENTS AND CFO PRESENTS.
03:48:43PM INSTEAD OF PRESENTING PROJECTS IN LIST OF 10, 20 OR
03:48:48PM WHATEVER, INDIVIDUAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS AND MAYBE GIVE A
03:48:51PM STRAW VOTE TO SAY WHAT WE SHOULD BELIEVE ON.
03:48:54PM SHOULD TRUE THE PROCESS AND WHAT IT COSTS AND THE FINANCING
03:48:59PM MECHANISM IS IN CONCEPT.
03:49:01PM WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CIP,
03:49:07PM STAFF SAY DON'T WORRY, YOU CAN HAVE ANOTHER BITE OF THE
03:49:12PM APPLE AND REJECT IT LATER ON.
03:49:15PM WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINAL VOTE, CASES WHERE THE
03:49:17PM ADMINISTRATION AND SUBCONTRACTORS HAD PR AND POLITICAL
03:49:21PM PEOPLE OUT THERE SELLING THE PUBLIC TO CRITICIZE US IF WE
03:49:24PM LOOK AT NOT SUPPORTING SOMETHING IN THE END.
03:49:27PM ALL AND COULD BE RESOLVED WAY BEFORE ANYBODY SUBMITTED ANY
03:49:32PM SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT OR SPECIFIC PROJECT.
03:49:35PM I THINK IT IS BETTER WAITING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.
03:49:38PM OTHERWISE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN A BIG STANDOFF AT THE CIP
03:49:43PM DISCUSSION AND IF YOU HAVE 20 PROJECTS IN THERE, THAT WILL
03:49:45PM BE A VERY LONG MEETING.
03:49:47PM I WOULD RATHER THE BIG DISCUSSION OF AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
03:49:49PM NOT HAPPEN WITH CIP OR HAPPEN ON THE CONTRACT STAGE.
03:49:53PM AND THAT IS WHEN THE STAFF SAID WE PUT A YEAR'S WORTH OF
03:50:00PM WORK AND CONTRACTORS.
03:50:01PM AND ALL THAT DISCUSSION CAN BE HANDLED EARLIER.
03:50:04PM SOMETIMES IT WORKS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND SOMETIMES IT
03:50:08PM DOESN'T.
03:50:08PM FORCING SOMETHING THROUGH AND SELLING THE PUBLIC AND PUSHING
03:50:12PM POLITICS, INSTEAD SHOULD BUILD CONSENSUS AT THE PETITION
03:50:15PM BEGINNING SO WE CAN ALL BUY INTO IT AND THE COMMUNITY BUY
03:50:19PM INTO IT AND HAVE A SMOOTH PROCESS BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE
03:50:22PM CONTRACT.
03:50:22PM I WOULD SUGGEST SOMEWHERE MAYBE JUST BEFORE AFTER THE
03:50:25PM MAYOR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION THAT THERE BE A CONCEPT
03:50:27PM DISCUSSION FOR EACH MAJOR PROJECT.
03:50:29PM AT LEAST PROJECTS ABOVE $5 MILLION OR $10 MILLION.
03:50:34PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA, HENDERSON AND MIRANDA.
03:50:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
03:50:38PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO VIERA, HENDERSON AND CLENDENIN.
03:50:42PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
03:50:43PM I GET WHAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON IS TRYING TO DO AND I GET THE
03:50:47PM COMMENTS OF POTENTIALLY USURPING THE MAYOR'S ROLE OR
03:50:51PM WHATEVER.
03:50:51PM THIS IS -- I THINK THE STEPS THAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT ARE
03:50:54PM PART OF GOVERNMENT AND GREAT FOR TRANSPARENCY.
03:50:58PM HOW THAT CAN BE DONE PROCEDURALLY, WE WILL SEE HOW THAT IS.
03:51:02PM I DO WANT TO BRING UP.
03:51:04PM I WAS OUT FOR SOMETHING FOR MY SON, AND I HEARD THE COMMENT
03:51:07PM OF FIRE STATION 24.
03:51:08PM I DID WANT TO SET FOR THE RECORD THE LEGEND OF TAMPA FIRE
03:51:13PM STATION 4 IN TERMS OF WHAT HAPPENED I THINK I SAID THIS
03:51:17PM BEFORE AND I THINK I WILL SAY IT AGAIN.
03:51:21PM ORIGINALLY THERE WERE PLANS FOR A NEW TAMPA FIRE STATION,
03:51:25PM HYPOTHETICALLY.
03:51:26PM CHIEF TRIPP WAS NOT A BIG FAN OF HAVING ANOTHER FIRE STATION
03:51:31PM IN K-BAR RANCH.
03:51:33PM FEW YEARS AGO, FIRE STATION 13.
03:51:36PM A FIRE FIGHTER CALLED ME OVER THERE AND SAID APPRECIATE THE
03:51:39PM NEW VEHICLE THAT YOU ALL GOT US, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, NOT
03:51:41PM GETTING THE JOB DONE.
03:51:43PM WE ARE STILL GETTING OUR BUTTS KICKED OUT HERE.
03:51:45PM I STARTED PUSHING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE ANOTHER
03:51:48PM NORTH TAMPA FIRE STATION WHICH WILL BECOME STATION NUMBER
03:51:51PM 25.
03:51:51PM MYSELF AND JOE GRECO WENT TO SPEAK WITH THE MAYOR AND CHIEF
03:51:56PM TRIPP AND SAID LET'S MAKE THIS THE NEW PRIORITY.
03:51:58PM I WANT TO BE CLEAR.
03:51:59PM AND THIS BECAUSE WHENEVER I HAVE A PROJECT IN THE
03:52:02PM WORKS AND MR. ROGERO KNOWS THIS, AYE I AM A PAIN IN THE BUTT
03:52:07PM ON THIS -- I STICK ON IT AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
03:52:11PM TO THE EXTENT IT MAY HAVE BEEN TO THE CIP OR SOMETHING, I
03:52:16PM DON'T KNOW.
03:52:16PM HOWEVER THAT WORKS, BUT TFR -- THE UNION WAS NEVER TOLD A
03:52:21PM NEW TAMPA FIRE STATION IS COMING AND IT DIDN'T COME.
03:52:24PM NO.
03:52:25PM THE AGREEMENT WITH -- BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE ADMINISTRATION
03:52:28PM WAS TO HAVE ANOTHER NORTH TAMPA STATION WHICH IS NOW AT
03:52:32PM SULPHUR SPRINGS SPRINGS TO GIVE IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO STATION
03:52:36PM 13 WHICH WAS THE BUSIEST STATION.
03:52:37PM ONE OF 23 STATIONS.
03:52:39PM TAKING ONE OUT OF THE CALLS IN THE CITY.
03:52:43PM AND THE PLAN WAS MADE TO ADDRESS THAT FIRST.
03:52:45PM WHY THAT WAS STILL IN THE CIP?
03:52:48PM A WHOLE DIFFERENT ISSUE.
03:52:49PM I DON'T KNOW.
03:52:50PM AGAIN, I WANT TO BE CLEAR I NEVER THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS
03:52:54PM COMING.
03:52:54PM WHOA, WHAT IS IT.
03:52:56PM DOESN'T HAPPEN.
03:52:57PM I WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT IN THAT REGARD.
03:53:00PM THE SPIRIT BEHIND THIS I THINK IS GREAT.
03:53:02PM BECAUSE IF THINGS ARE GOING FORWARD AND NOT -- NOT A --
03:53:06PM GIVEN THE PROPER ON IT AND WE WANT -- IF THE TRAIN ALREADY
03:53:13PM LEFT THE STATION, IT IS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO REJECT IT.
03:53:16PM AGAIN, GOOD SPIRIT.
03:53:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON AND COUNCILMAN
03:53:20PM CLENDENIN.
03:53:20PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
03:53:22PM POINT OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMENT YOU MADE OF THE FIRE
03:53:25PM STATION.
03:53:25PM I THOUGHT THAT THE STUDY WE PAID FOR SAID THAT WE DIDN'T
03:53:28PM NEED THE FIRE STATION.
03:53:29PM NOT BARBARA TRIPP.
03:53:30PM SHE REPORTED IT.
03:53:31PM I THOUGHT IT WAS -- I THOUGHT IT WAS BASED ON THE STUDY.
03:53:35PM ANYWAY.
03:53:36PM WE CAN'T -- WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT OUTSIDE OF THESE
03:53:40PM CHAMBERS.
03:53:41PM I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
03:53:43PM THE COMMENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE IS REGARDING GETTING CITY
03:53:51PM COUNCIL'S PERMISSION AT CONCEPT I THINK CAN BE A PROBLEM --
03:53:55PM THAT'S FOR ME I CAN SEE BEING A POLITICAL PROCESS RIGHT
03:53:58PM THERE BECAUSE A MATTER OF OPINION ON WHAT WE BUILD, WHERE WE
03:54:02PM BUILD, HOW MUCH WE SPEND.
03:54:04PM THE -- THE NATIONAL ARE GOING ON RIGHT -- THAT IS JUST
03:54:10PM COMMENT AND A THOUGHT.
03:54:11PM THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, HOW MANY PROJECTS DO WE HAVE
03:54:13PM IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW?
03:54:16PM A LOT, RIGHT?
03:54:17PM >>JEAN DUNCAN: A LOT.
03:54:18PM I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, I APOLOGIZE, BUT --
03:54:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: EVEN A MATTER OF EFFICIENCY, TIME AND
03:54:26PM PROCESSING.
03:54:27PM IF EVERYTHING OVER A FEW MILLION DOLLARS HAS TO COME TO OUR
03:54:31PM DESK COULD ALSO BE A SITUATION WE ARE PUTTING OURSELVES IN
03:54:34PM WHERE WE ARE SLOWING UP THINGS THAT WE HAVE AUTHORIZED OUR
03:54:40PM CAPABLE STAFF OF DOING.
03:54:42PM I JUST DON'T SEE THAT IS A VERY VALUABLE PROCESS STARTING
03:54:48PM THAT CONCEPT OF GETTING OUR PERMISSION BASED ON A SMALL
03:54:52PM DOLLAR VALUE.
03:54:53PM I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY.
03:54:55PM I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CIP PROCESS.
03:54:57PM I AM LEARNING, STILL LEARNING, BUT I DO SEE THAT IS A
03:55:01PM SITUATION OR I FEEL ALTHOUGH WE ARE LIMITING THE CREATIVITY.
03:55:07PM WE ARE LIMITING THE DESIRES OF A MAYOR WHO MAY BE LISTENING
03:55:15PM TO THE COMMUNITY AND STARTS OFF AS ONE PROJECT, AND, YOU
03:55:19PM KNOW, IT BECOMES SOMETHING A LITTLE LARGER AND THE MAYOR IS
03:55:22PM ENTITLED TO THAT DECISION SO I FEEL THAT WE ARE LIMITING THE
03:55:30PM STAFF'S POSITION ON PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THE MAYORS THAT WE
03:55:34PM START AT THE CONCESSION OF GETTING CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
03:55:38PM THAT WILL BE POLITICAL.
03:55:41PM >>BRAD BAIRD: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, BRAD
03:55:46PM BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
03:55:48PM WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION OF HOW MANY PROJECTS.
03:55:51PM 215 IN SOME FORM OF DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION OR CLOSEOUT.
03:56:00PM 150 OF THOSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WORTH OVER $1 BILLION.
03:56:04PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
03:56:06PM >>BRAD BAIRD: YOU ARE WELCOME.
03:56:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
03:56:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUPLE OF THINGS.
03:56:10PM I WANT TO SET THE RECORD -- COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, WHILE I
03:56:14PM DO AGREE THAT THE MAYOR ON THESE THINGS HAVE SOME LATITUDE,
03:56:19PM THE CITY COUNCIL, WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
03:56:23PM SO, YES, THERE IS CONCEPT AND ALL, BUT STILL UP TO THE
03:56:27PM COUNCIL TO PAY FOR IT.
03:56:28PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: RIGHT, BUT --
03:56:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GO AHEAD.
03:56:31PM I DON'T MIND.
03:56:33PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NO, IT IS NOT -- IT IS NOT -- GO AHEAD.
03:56:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO THERE SEEMS TO BE -- MISS DUNCAN YOU
03:56:45PM HIT ON THIS.
03:56:45PM SOME IS THE VERTICAL VERSUS THE OTHER STUFF.
03:56:47PM THE HIGH-PROFILE BIG THINGS.
03:56:50PM NOBODY CARES ABOUT HOW THE POOP IS CLEANED.
03:56:54PM YOU KNOW -- WELL, MAYBE.
03:56:56PM OR SOME OF THE LESS GLAMOROUS THINGS.
03:57:00PM AND SOME OF THE BIGGER PROJECTS SEEMS TO THAT BE
03:57:11PM BASIC ESPIRIT DE CORPS.
03:57:14PM HOW DID WE GET HERE.
03:57:16PM HOW DID WE GET HERE WHERE I AM SURPRISED OF THE SCOPE AND
03:57:20PM SCALE OF THE PROJECT FROM WHAT IT WAS PRESENTED.
03:57:22PM X AMOUNT OF MONTHS, YEARS AGO FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND I
03:57:27PM THINK THAT IS KIND OF WHERE I THINK WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
03:57:30PM THAT PROCESS OF HOW WE AVOID THOSE SURPRISES.
03:57:34PM AND I THINK THAT IS THE ISSUE THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAS
03:57:41PM HIGHLIGHTED AND BROUGHT UP TODAY.
03:57:42PM I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- I AM NEVER THE GUY THAT WANTS TO TIE
03:57:46PM PEOPLE'S HANDS UNNECESSARILY THROUGH BUREAUCRACY AND SLOW
03:57:50PM THE PROCESS DOWN.
03:57:51PM I ALSO -- I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE.
03:57:55PM I DON'T RECOGNIZE WHAT THE SOLUTION OF THAT ISSUE IS.
03:58:03PM >> COUNCILMAN RICHARD MUDDERBACK, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
03:58:09PM TO AVOID THESE SURPRISES.
03:58:11PM MAYOR'S EXECUTIVE PACKAGE SIGNED NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR IS
03:58:16PM WHAT IT IS THERE FOR IT WAS SIGNED IN NOVEMBER AND
03:58:22PM SPECIFICALLY TO ALERT EVERYBODY.
03:58:24PM STOP THE PROJECT WHEN IT MORE THAN DOUBLES IN PRICE DOUBLES
03:58:29PM IN TIME, QUOTE, LAND USE CHANGE, PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS AND
03:58:33PM ALL TRIGGER THAT.
03:58:35PM ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS HIGHLY AWARE OF THAT NOW AND WE HAVEN'T
03:58:40PM HAD TIME FOR THOSE PROJECTS TO TRICKLE THROUGH.
03:58:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BRILLIANT.
03:58:47PM >> IF I CAN ADD, MR. CHAIR.
03:58:48PM WHAT STARTED THIS DISCUSSION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK'S
03:58:52PM PERSPECTIVE, AT LEAST YESTERDAY, WAS THAT, FOR LACK OF A
03:58:56PM BETTER WORD, THAT "EXCEPTION REPORT" WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
03:59:02PM NOT OUR INTENT TO SURPRISE, TO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND
03:59:06PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON'S POINT.
03:59:08PM IT IS A BIG PROJECT -- YOU HEARD THE NUMBER.
03:59:11PM CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION PROJECTS.
03:59:12PM NOT OTHER PARTS OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE CONTRACT
03:59:19PM ADMINISTRATION IS NOT INVOLVED WITH.
03:59:20PM I GET IT.
03:59:20PM GRAND A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PERSPECTIVE AND A FINANCING
03:59:23PM PERSPECTIVE, WE, TOO, THAT I IS A PLENTY VALUABLE REPORT TO
03:59:27PM SEE WHAT IS COME OFF AND THIS EXCEPTION REPORT, IF YOU WILL,
03:59:31PM BECAUSE PRESUMABLY MOST OF WHAT COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE
03:59:35PM PREVIOUS YEAR THEY STILL WANT TO DO, BUT PRIORITIES CHANGE
03:59:39PM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
03:59:39PM AND THAT REPORT OFFERING A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON WILL GO A
03:59:43PM LONG WAY TO MITIGATING ANY KIND OF SURPRISE.
03:59:46PM THANK YOU.
03:59:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:59:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST -- NO, MR. MUDDERBACK.
03:59:57PM YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UP.
03:59:58PM I WOULD LOVE A COPY OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.
04:00:00PM IF -- IF YOU GOT IT.
04:00:02PM FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL IT SO I CAN REFRESH MY MEMORY.
04:00:06PM E-MAIL TO ALL OF US WOULD BE A NICE REFRESHER.
04:00:08PM ALSO MR. ROGERO, YOU'RE HERE AND TALKING OF THE BUDGET AND
04:00:14PM THINGS.
04:00:14PM DO YOU HAVE ANY DATES FOR THE BUDGET PRESENTATION?
04:00:17PM THE WORKSHOPS, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS?
04:00:22PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU.
04:00:24PM DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
04:00:28PM THIS IS A SEGUE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER, A BUDGET
04:00:34PM WORKSHOP.
04:00:34PM THE BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR CITY COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
04:00:38PM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
04:00:40PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I LOVE THAT IDEA.
04:00:41PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: PROBABLY THE TIME HAS PASSED.
04:00:43PM A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION.
04:00:45PM WE HAVE TRIED TO BE PRETTY FLEXIBLE IN WHAT COUNCIL
04:00:49PM DISCUSSES AT THESE WORKSHOPS.
04:00:51PM BE IT THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE TO DO -- PROBABLY PAST THE TIME
04:00:59PM FOR A SOLE WORKSHOP.
04:01:02PM BUT THAT WILL BE OUR RECOMMENDATION ALONG WITH OTHER
04:01:05PM WORKSHOP DATES.
04:01:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WONDERFUL, THANK YOU.
04:01:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
04:01:09PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON IS NOT HERE, BUT I
04:01:12PM WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR.
04:01:13PM SHE SAID SOMETHING OF A STUDY.
04:01:15PM I WAS UNAWARE OF A STUDY WITH K-BAR RANCH.
04:01:19PM IF THAT IS THERE, THAT IS FINE.
04:01:21PM THE AGREEMENT WAS TO LOOK AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES BECAUSE
04:01:24PM WITHIN THAT AREA 100 TO 150 CALLS.
04:01:28PM LOOK AT MORE COST EFFECTIVE MEASURES HAVING ANOTHER VEHICLE
04:01:31PM TO CUT THROUGH MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
04:01:35PM RIGHT NOW.
04:01:35PM JUST TO MAKE THE RECORD CLEAR AND, AGAIN, THAT WAS IN
04:01:39PM AGREEMENT.
04:01:39PM BUT NOT HERE OR WHATEVER.
04:01:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:01:47PM >>BILL CARLSON: MR. MUDDERBACK.
04:01:49PM FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER HE WAS TALKING
04:01:53PM ABOUT, AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BY THE MAYOR, BASED ON MONTHS OF
04:01:56PM FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC.
04:01:58PM I THINK THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WHERE THE PUBLIC
04:02:02PM GAVE A LOT OF INPUT AND YOU PUT YOUR EXPERTISE WITH BRAD AND
04:02:06PM OTHERS.
04:02:06PM BROUGHT A FRESH PERSPECTIVE WHICH I APPRECIATE.
04:02:08PM THAT WAS BASED ON A LOT OF INPUT.
04:02:10PM SECOND, THIS IDEA THAT I CALL A CONCEPT APPROVAL AND A
04:02:20PM CONCEPT PRESENTATION.
04:02:21PM IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN OTHER
04:02:23PM CITIES THAT YOU MIGHT ADD TO THIS FRAMEWORK THAT MISS DUNCAN
04:02:28PM PRESENTED?
04:02:31PM >> ACTUALLY IN MY MIND, AROUND THE CIP WORKSHOP WILL BE THE
04:02:35PM BEST TIME TO HOLD THAT.
04:02:36PM PRIOR TO THAT -- BEFORE A PROJECT BECOMES A PROJECT, IT IS A
04:02:39PM THOUGHT.
04:02:39PM IT IS A CONCEPT.
04:02:40PM BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE SOUND NUMBERS, SCOPE, DETAILS UNTIL
04:02:45PM WE GO THROUGH -- LIKE, THE PREPARATION OF HE DID SIGN
04:02:49PM CRITERIA PRACTICE GETTING READY TO ADVERTISE THAT PROJECT.
04:02:53PM WHERE THE PROFESSIONALS ARE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK, DUE
04:02:57PM DILIGENCE AND HOPE WORK.
04:02:59PM THAT IS DONE PRIOR TO ADVERTISING AND WE CAN'T ADVERTISE
04:03:02PM UNTIL WE HAVE THE FUNDING IN PLACE WHICH COMES FROM THE CIP
04:03:06PM BUDGET.
04:03:06PM REALLY AN IDEAL TIME TO HAVE THAT.
04:03:08PM AND TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN HAVE REASONABLE, VALID
04:03:12PM INFORMATION TO SHARE.
04:03:14PM THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD.
04:03:16PM AND TO GIVE YOU THE MOST INFORMATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO
04:03:21PM ASK QUESTIONS AND THAT WILL BE THE BEST TIME TO MAKE AWARE.
04:03:24PM I THINK THE TERM I USED ALL WEEK WITH EVERYONE IS HIGHLIGHT.
04:03:28PM THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THE HIGHER DOLLAR PROJECTS
04:03:32PM AND TALKING THROUGH AT THAT STAGE.
04:03:35PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF I MAY, JUST BASED ON THIS CONVERSATION, I
04:03:38PM WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK CITY STAFF TO REPORT TO
04:03:43PM COUNCIL AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR TO HOLD WITH COUNCIL ONCE A
04:03:50PM YEAR WITH CIP WORKSHOP TO ASK STAFF WHEN REPORTING THE CIP
04:03:56PM UPDATES TO INCLUDE AN EXCEPTION SUMMARY AT THE BEGINNING SO
04:04:00PM THAT WE IN THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE.
04:04:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL SECOND.
04:04:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST FOR DISCUSSION.
04:04:08PM THAT IS BASICALLY SAYING WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO.
04:04:11PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT IT --
04:04:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU WANT IT TO BE CODIFIED.
04:04:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT HAPPENS -- WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE LEAVE.
04:04:18PM IF THEY HAPPEN TO LEAVE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CODIFIED
04:04:22PM SOMEWHERE.
04:04:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO BE HELD AFTER THE
04:04:28PM MAYOR PRESENTS THE BUDGET, BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN WE WOULD
04:04:33PM WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
04:04:34PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU ARE TALKING -- IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU MEANT
04:04:37PM BEFORE THE MAYOR PRESENTS.
04:04:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING.
04:04:41PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: RIGHT NOW WE THEORIZED -- FROM A
04:04:46PM PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE, WE THINK IT IS VALUABLE.
04:04:48PM TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD THINK POST THE MAYOR'S PRESENTATION
04:04:53PM BECAUSE YOU GOT -- I WOULD THINK A LOT OF THE DETAILED
04:04:56PM INFORMATION THAT MR. MUDDERBACK WAS TALKING ABOUT, OPPOSED
04:05:02PM TO MAYBE SOME NEBULOUS IDEAS AND COMPS.
04:05:05PM COUNCIL'S PLEASURE, BUT YOU WILL HAVE DETAILED INFORMATION
04:05:09PM AFTER THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.
04:05:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD HAVE IT TOGETHER.
04:05:14PM I KNOW WE GET THE BUDGET HOT OFF THE PRESS.
04:05:16PM YOU ARE WORK AGO CONTINUE UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE, BUT I
04:05:20PM BELIEVE YOU HAVE GIVEN IT TO US WITH 24-HOUR ADVANCE AND WE
04:05:23PM APPRECIATE THAT.
04:05:24PM THAT IS VERY HELPFUL LAST YEAR AND I WILL ASK FOR THAT AGAIN
04:05:28PM GIVING US A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
04:05:31PM SO WE HAVE A CHANCE AND SUGGEST IT BEFORE WE SEE IT AND TALK
04:05:35PM ABOUT IT TOGETHER.
04:05:36PM AND I ACTUALLY THINK THAT PERSONALLY HAVING DONE ALL THIS
04:05:40PM WORK AROUND THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A GOOD
04:05:46PM TIME.
04:05:46PM MAYBE THE FIRST BUDGET WORKSHOP.
04:05:52PM MAYBE BEFORE YOU PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL, BEFORE THE ACTUAL
04:05:55PM BUDGET WORKSHOP TO HOLD THE CIP WHEN THE NORMAL BUDGET
04:05:59PM WORKSHOP WILL BE AND HOLD THE BUDGET WORKSHOP LATER.
04:06:03PM CIP IS THE LATEST TO GET THEIR ARMS AROUND BECAUSE A LOT OF
04:06:08PM STATIC.
04:06:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL WHEN THE TIMES --
04:06:13PM IF THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING.
04:06:14PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING.
04:06:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU THROW DOWN THAT HAMMER.
04:06:21PM DATE IS EARLIER ENOUGH TO GET ALL OF THIS IN OTHERWISE WE
04:06:26PM WILL BE RUNNING AROUND LIKE A CHICKEN WITH OUR HEAD CUT OFF.
04:06:30PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU.
04:06:35PM IF I MAY, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS LAST YEAR OF BUDGET, YOU
04:06:41PM REQUESTED TO GET THE BUDGET EARLIER AND RESTRICTED BY THE
04:06:44PM PROPERTY VALUES AND REVENUE ASSOCIATED -- OR THE AD VALOREM
04:06:48PM REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE BUT WE ANTICIPATE THE MAYOR
04:06:51PM PRESENTING THE BUDGET IN LATE JULY, A COUPLE OF WEEKS
04:06:55PM EARLIER THIS YEAR.
04:06:56PM AND, AGAIN --
04:06:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT GIVES US MORE LATITUDE.
04:07:00PM I KEPT HAVING NIGHTMARE THINKING OF LAST YEAR AND.
04:07:07PM IT GIVES A LITTLE MORE LATITUDE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
04:07:14PM >> I LOVE THAT, THANK YOU.
04:07:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
04:07:18PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:07:21PM OPPOSED.
04:07:22PM >> THANK YOU.
04:07:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A FEW MORE ITEMS.
04:07:24PM DO YOU THINK WE CAN BE DONE BY 5:00 TODAY?
04:07:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T LOOK AT THE CLOCK ANYMORE.
04:07:32PM CLENDENIN 5:00 SOMEWHERE.
04:07:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MEETINGS WILL NOT BE THAT PAD IF WE HAD A
04:07:41PM MARTINI BAR SET UP OUT THERE.
04:07:43PM JUST SAYING.
04:07:44PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE CAN'T.
04:07:46PM CFO.
04:07:48PM >> I WILL BE JOINING HIM.
04:07:53PM >> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CALL UP MY --
04:08:07PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT.
04:08:09PM >>CRYSTAL CLARK: I AM CRYSTAL CLARK, THE COMMUNICATION
04:08:12PM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, ASSISTING ROGER TOO STANDING
04:08:18PM IN FOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT AND THE BUDGET
04:08:23PM RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT.
04:08:24PM GIVING YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE THAT THIS DEPARTMENT
04:08:27PM PLAYS WITHIN THE CITY.
04:08:28PM I WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
04:08:31PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: TIME SORRY --
04:08:38PM >> HERE WE GO.
04:08:39PM THANK YOU.
04:08:39PM BRIEF OVERVIEW ONCE AGAIN.
04:08:41PM THE NEED FOR A GROWING OR ROBUST COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT IN
04:08:45PM THE CITY HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS GROWTH
04:08:47PM IN THE DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA REALM NATURALLY.
04:08:50PM EVERYONE EXPECTS TO SEE EVERYTHING 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAY
04:08:53PM AS WEEK DIGITALLY FIRST RIGHT AT THE PALM OF THEIR HAND.
04:08:57PM IN ADDITION TO THAT, DECLINE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA, LESS STAFF
04:09:01PM IN NEWS ROOMS MEANS DECREASED RESOURCE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
04:09:05PM REPORTING.
04:09:05PM THERE IS A GROWING PUBLIC EXPECTATION AS ALL YOU HAVE YOU
04:09:08PM HAVE SEEN PERSONALLY FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ANTICIPATION OF
04:09:13PM LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
04:09:13PM IN THE EVENT OF A CRISIS, YOU NATURALLY WANT TO HAVE A
04:09:17PM COMMUNICATIONS TEAM THAT IS ABLE TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE AND
04:09:20PM EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC.
04:09:21PM THAT IS THE ROLE THAT THE COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS IN OUR
04:09:24PM CITY WILL PLAY AND DO PLAY WHEN THESE EVENTS OCCUR.
04:09:29PM CONTENT AND ACCESSIBILITY, CREATING, ENGAGING ACCESSIBLE
04:09:34PM CONTENT HELPS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WITHIN OUR CITY FEEL
04:09:37PM INCLUDED IN WHAT WE ARE DOING AND FEEL A PART OF THE CITY
04:09:39PM AND, AGAIN, THE TAKEAWAY IS ROBUST COMMUNICATION IS
04:09:45PM ESSENTIAL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
04:09:47PM GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY OF
04:09:51PM TAMPA COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.
04:09:53PM AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE SAW SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN
04:09:58PM OUR POPULATION AND LED TO A CALL FOR MORE COMMUNICATION THAN
04:10:03PM AND MORE ROBUST COMMUNICATION PLAN CITYWIDE.
04:10:06PM PRIOR TO 2021, DIRECTOR OF COMs THAT WORE A LOT OF HATS.
04:10:12PM THE PUBLIC MEDIA WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WIDE EXPECT
04:10:21PM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND PIOs OR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS
04:10:26PM DEDICATED TO DEPARTMENT.
04:10:27PM OTHERS DID NOT.
04:10:28PM LESS STAFF, LIMITED PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION AND SLOW
04:10:32PM RESPONSIVENESS TO MEDIA.
04:10:34PM AS SOMEONE WHO IS ON THE RECEIVING END AS A LOCAL REPORTER,
04:10:37PM I CAN TELL YOU IT IS VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO
04:10:40PM TURN THE STORY THAT DAY AND YOU CAN'T GET A HOLD OF ANYONE
04:10:43PM IN THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNICATIONS.
04:10:44PM THAT LED US FOR THE NEED OF PROFESSIONALIZING THE
04:10:49PM COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
04:10:50PM 2021, NINE POSITIONS WERE ADDED TO THE COMMUNICATION
04:10:53PM DEPARTMENT OR COMMUNICATIONS CITYWIDE, I SHOULD SAY.
04:10:56PM MEDIA RELATIONS MANAGER AND FOUR P.I.O.s, WATER, SOLID
04:11:01PM WASTE, DEO AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
04:11:04PM SINCE 2021, NO NEW POSITIONS HAVE BEEN CREATED FOR
04:11:08PM COMMUNICATIONS.
04:11:09PM AND THE ONLY TWO VACANCIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE POSTED
04:11:14PM ONLINE, ONE OF THEM FILLING A POSITION FOR SOMEONE WHO LEFT
04:11:18PM FOR AN EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITY AND THE OTHER AN INTERNAL
04:11:22PM PROMOTION TO CCTV.
04:11:24PM EVERY NEW COM EMPLOYEE IN FISCAL '24 WAS LOWER THAN THEIR
04:11:33PM SUPERVISOR.
04:11:35PM AND FOR MOBILITY AND CEO, OVERTIME CEASED FOR COM STAFF
04:11:42PM CITYWIDE AND ALL NEW COM STAFF IS EXPECTED AND REQUIRED TO
04:11:46PM HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEGREES WITHIN THEIR FIELD AND COMING IN
04:11:49PM WITH AT LEAST A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE FOR MANY OF THEM FAR
04:11:52PM EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM HIRING REQUIREMENTS.
04:11:55PM HERE IS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS
04:11:58PM DEPARTMENT.
04:11:59PM WE ARE A FAIRLY SMALL TEAM.
04:12:00PM THERE ARE TEN OF US THAT ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN THE
04:12:02PM COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE.
04:12:03PM THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION WHO HAS AN EXECUTIVE AIDE.
04:12:09PM SHE SERVES AS THE AIDE FOR THREE OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE
04:12:12PM CITY.
04:12:12PM SO SHE -- SHE SERVES PART-TIME IN OUR OFFICE ESSENTIALLY.
04:12:17PM WE ARE BROKEN DOWN IN TWO CATEGORIES, COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
04:12:23PM OVERSEES THE CREATIVE SUITES.
04:12:25PM ALL OF THE PEOPLE CREATING THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT THAT YOU
04:12:29PM SEE.
04:12:29PM PEOPLE THAT ARE CREATING -- GRAPHIC DESIGNER, FOR EXAMPLE,
04:12:35PM FLYERS, PARTICIPATE LETS, ROADWAY SIGNS.
04:12:40PM ANYTHING WITH THE CITY BRAND ON IT.
04:12:41PM TWO PEOPLE I MENTION READY SERVING IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA ROLE.
04:12:45PM ONE OF THE POSITIONS CURRENTLY.
04:12:46PM ONE VIDEOGRAPHER CITYWIDE.
04:12:49PM THE PERSON PRODUCING ALL VIDEOS FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT
04:12:55PM INCLUDING TRAINING VIDEO FOR DEPARTMENTS.
04:12:57PM AND THE MEDIA MANAGER THAT OVERSEES THE PRESS SUITE.
04:13:02PM PERSON REPORTING TO HER THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIST THAT
04:13:05PM DOUBLES AS A VIDEOGRAPHER BUT PLANS PRESS CONFERENCES FOR
04:13:10PM THE CITY AND ALL THE LOGISTICS THAT COME WITH THAT.
04:13:12PM A DOTTED LINE YOU WILL SEE FOR DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNICATION
04:13:17PM COORDINATORS OUR P.I.O.s.
04:13:20PM EACH ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS CITYWIDE HAVE ONE COMMUNICATIONS
04:13:24PM COORDINATOR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF POLICE AND THREE WITH THE
04:13:27PM VOLUME OF MEDIA INQUIRIES AND PUBLIC INQUIRIES THAT THEY
04:13:29PM RECEIVE.
04:13:30PM COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT ACCOLADES.
04:13:33PM THE STAFFING CHANGES THAT WE INITIATED IN 2021 HAS
04:13:37PM SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY FOR THIS DEPARTMENT.
04:13:40PM WE HAVE AN E-MAIL MARKETING PLATFORM WHERE JUST TRACKING IT
04:13:44PM MYSELF IN THE LAST YEAR, 300 PLUS PRESS RELEASES SENT
04:13:50PM THROUGH THIS DEPARTMENT.
04:13:50PM AS COMPARISON IF YOU GO ON TAMPA.GOV/NEWS.
04:13:54PM 2018, 29 PRESS RELIANCES.
04:13:57PM 2019, TEN PRESS RELEASES.
04:14:00PM FOR CLARITY, NOT SAYING THAT THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT
04:14:04PM ONLY SENT TEN PRESS RELEASES AT THE TIME.
04:14:08PM ONLY THEY ARE NOT TRACKABLE.
04:14:10PM THE STANDARD WAS SENDING PRESS RELEASES BY E-MAIL TO THE TOP
04:14:13PM FIVE LOCAL TV STATIONS.
04:14:14PM THE PROBLEM IS THAT SMALLER NEWS OUTLETS, NEWS OUTLETS THAT
04:14:19PM ARE NOT ENGLISH-SPEAKING WERE THE KIND OF GETTING LEFT OFF
04:14:22PM THAT LIST AND INFORMATION WASN'T GETTING DISPERSED AS WELL.
04:14:25PM YOU SEE A FEW REWARDS THAT THE DEPTH HAS WON IN RECENT YEARS
04:14:29PM AS WELL FOR 2024.
04:14:30PM WE FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT WE WERE THE WINNERS OF THE GOLD POST
04:14:34PM AWARD FOR THE BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN AN EMERGENCY FOR
04:14:39PM THE LAST HURRICANE SEASON.
04:14:41PM TO WRAP IT UP, OUR COMMUNICATION STAFF IN TERMS OF SIZE
04:14:44PM REMAINS PRETTY WELL BELOW COMPARATIVE CITIES.
04:14:47PM WE DID SOME PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST JUST TO PROVIDE THAT
04:14:51PM INFORMATION FOR YOU.
04:14:55PM A BIT HARD TO SEE, BUT I TRY TO SUMMARIZE AT THE TOP.
04:14:58PM THE CITY OF ATLANTA, THEIR COMMUNICATION STAFF CONSISTS OF
04:15:02PM 64 PEOPLE COMPARED TO TAMPA'S 21.
04:15:04PM POPULATION 498 COMPARED TO 408 AND SALARIES FOR INDIVIDUALS
04:15:10PM WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT ARE LISTED THERE AS WELL.
04:15:12PM I HAVE RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED HERE.
04:15:15PM COMMUNICATION STAFF OF 45 PEOPLE.
04:15:17PM COMPARED TO TAMPA'S 21.
04:15:19PM AND I SHOULD ALSO CLARIFY THAT 21 PEOPLE INCLUDES THE 10
04:15:24PM PEOPLE WITHIN THE ACTUAL COM'S OFFICE AND THE P.I.O.s THAT
04:15:28PM ARE DEPARTMENT-WIDE.
04:15:30PM IN TOTAL EVERY PERSON WITH A COMMUNICATION RELATED ROLE FOR
04:15:33PM THE CITY IS 21 PEOPLE.
04:15:35PM RALEIGH WITH THEIR SALARIES AND INDIVIDUALS AND TITLES
04:15:39PM LISTED THERE.
04:15:39PM NEXT, WE MOVE ON TO ORLANDO.
04:15:41PM ORLANDO'S POPULATION SIZE IS SMALLER THAN OURS.
04:15:44PM 324,000 PEOPLE COMPARED TO TAMPA'S 408,000; HOWEVER,
04:15:50PM THEIR COM STAFF, 42 PEOPLE COMPARED TO OUR 21.
04:15:53PM AND SALARIES LISTED AS WELL.
04:15:55PM CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, AGAIN, SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER
04:15:59PM POPULATION, 263,000 RESIDENTS.
04:16:02PM A STAFF OF 42 FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND POSITIONS LISTED BELOW.
04:16:08PM LET ME KNOW IF I AM CLICK TOO FAST ON THESE, BY THE WAY.
04:16:12PM WE MOVE ON TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
04:16:13PM POPULATION SIZE OF 1.5 MILLION, BUT THAT INCLUDES TAMPA'S
04:16:18PM $408,000.
04:16:19PM COMMUNICATION STAFF OF 52 PEOPLE COMPARED TO TAMPA'S 21 AND
04:16:25PM SALARIES LISTED FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALS STRUCTURED
04:16:29PM SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT OUR OFFICE.
04:16:31PM THEY DON'T HAVE AN ADMINISTRATOR BUT REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE
04:16:36PM MAYOR.
04:16:36PM AND THE TITLES ARE DIFFERENT BUT THE ROLES ARE VERY SIMILAR.
04:16:40PM LASTLY, THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE NOT
04:16:44PM INCLUDED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS A WHOLE FOR
04:16:47PM COMMUNICATION.
04:16:47PM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ALONE, YOU WILL SEE 15 COMMUNICATION
04:16:52PM EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SALARIES LISTED HERE.
04:16:54PM SORRY, 14 RATHER COMPARED TO TPD WITH THE THREE P.I.O.s I
04:17:01PM MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
04:17:02PM THIS IS PURELY TO SAY THAT WE ARE A SMALL AND MIGHTY TEAM
04:17:06PM HANDLING COMMUNICATIONS FOR A PRETTY LARGE CITY AND
04:17:10PM EVER-GROWING CITY.
04:17:12PM THESE ARE JUST SOME CHARTS TO REITERATE WHAT WE HAVE.
04:17:16PM MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION STAFFING COMPARED TO THE CITIES
04:17:20PM I JUST MENTIONED.
04:17:21PM TAMPA BEING THE SMALLEST OF THEM.
04:17:24PM MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION STAFFING WHEN IT COMES TO
04:17:29PM RESIDENT SIZE, WE ARE WITH ONE PERSON PER 10,000 RESIDENT.
04:17:36PM OUR GOAL EVEN WITH MINIMUM STAFF, WE ARE KEEPING THE PUBLIC
04:17:40PM AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
04:17:41PM PUTTING OUT MESSAGES WHETHER WITHIN A CRISIS OR NOT.
04:17:46PM WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE
04:17:49PM BUDGET AND WHATEVER THE COMMUNICATION OFFICE DOES.
04:17:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
04:17:53PM I WILL GO TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:17:55PM AFTER THESE COMMENTS.
04:17:56PM WHAT I SAW ON THE ORIGINAL CHART, THE TOP FOUR, THE BOSS,
04:18:00PM THE EXECUTIVE AIDE, THAT OVER $552,000 FOR FOUR SALARIES.
04:18:06PM I SAW COMPARISONS TO OTHER CITIES.
04:18:08PM I THINK ATLANTA HAD A CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR
04:18:12PM THERE.
04:18:13PM I THINK IT WAS ATLANTA.
04:18:14PM I MEAN, THIS -- THIS IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY JUST TO GET
04:18:20PM INFORMATION THROUGH, AND THIS IS NOT EVEN -- THOSE TOP
04:18:24PM SALARIES ON THE FIRST CHART THAT YOU SHOWED, IT WASN'T EVEN
04:18:28PM INCLUDING THE SALARIES FOR THE P.I.O.s FOR POLICE, FIRE AND
04:18:32PM EVERYTHING ELSE.
04:18:32PM DO WE REALLY NEED TO BE SPENDING THIS MUCH MONEY WHEN WE
04:18:37PM HAVE WITH TECHNOLOGY ACCESS TO GETTING MESSAGES OUT.
04:18:40PM LIKE WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES -- LIKE WHEN SOMETHING GOING
04:18:45PM VIRAL.
04:18:45PM IT GOES VERY QUICKLY.
04:18:46PM I WILL BRING UP COUNCILMAN VIERA, BECAUSE I THINK HE DOES
04:18:50PM ONE OF THE BEST JOBS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
04:18:52PM HE POSTS ONLINE ON TWITTER, SOCIAL MEDIA.
04:18:55PM IT IS CONSTANT.
04:18:56PM HE IS HIS OWN COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT AND HE DOES I THINK
04:18:59PM THE BEST JOB.
04:19:00PM HE GETS HIS MESSAGE OUT THERE.
04:19:01PM PEOPLE SEE WHAT HE IS DOING.
04:19:03PM IT IS JUST -- IT IS A LOT OF MONEY.
04:19:07PM I KNOW THAT IN THE GRECO ADMINISTRATION, IT WAS A MUCH
04:19:11PM SMALLER STAFF BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA.
04:19:13PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE HAD -- I KNOW OF ONE PERSON.
04:19:15PM WITH BUCKHORN'S ASSOCIATION, ASHLEY AND OTHER PEOPLE --
04:19:20PM ASHLEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
04:19:23PM I WAS HERE THE FIRST FOUR YEARS.
04:19:25PM I WAS THINKING -- IT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST, THE CITY
04:19:29PM COUNCIL DIDN'T HAVE THEIR OWN COMMUNICATION PERSON.
04:19:30PM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, DO WE NEED TO HIRE A COMMUNICATION
04:19:33PM PERSON IF WE ARE GOING THAT ROUTE.
04:19:35PM I WAS THINKING THE OFFICE OF THE CHAIRPERSON, WHOEVER THAT
04:19:39PM IS, SHOULD BE HANDLING A CITY COUNCIL TWITTER ACCOUNT.
04:19:43PM CITY COUNCIL DID THIS TODAY.
04:19:46PM NOT RESPOND TO MESSAGES, BUT TO PUT -- WITHOUT HAVING TO
04:19:49PM SPEND THAT EXTRA MONEY.
04:19:50PM I LIKE TO WORK ON -- NOT A BARE-BONES BUDGET, BUT GET -- YOU
04:19:55PM KNOW, SQUEEZE THE MOST THAT YOU CAN OUT OF A DOLLAR.
04:19:57PM I JUST SAW A LOT OF POSITIONS WITH A LOT OF WHAT I CONSIDER
04:20:01PM BIG SALARIES.
04:20:02PM WE ARE IN THE MID-50s HERE IN OUR SALARIES.
04:20:05PM ALL THE SALARIES IN THE MOST PART ARE IN THE SIX FIGURES.
04:20:08PM DO WE NEED TO BE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY TO GET THE MESSAGE
04:20:15PM OUT THERE?
04:20:16PM I GET IT.
04:20:16PM ATLANTA IS BIGGER BY POPULATION THAN TAMPA.
04:20:19PM YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS NEEDS, WHATEVER.
04:20:22PM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHY DO WE NEED TO BE KEEPING UP WITH
04:20:26PM THE JONESES.
04:20:27PM I THINK WE CAN DO JUST AS GOOD WITH A SMALLER BUDGET.
04:20:31PM WE WENT THROUGH THIS BUDGET LAST YEAR REGARDING RAISING THE
04:20:36PM MILLAGE, PROPOSING TO RAISE THE MILLAGE AND HOW THE BUDGET
04:20:39PM HAS GROWN.
04:20:39PM I MEAN, IT IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR -- NO OFFENSE TO ANYBODY.
04:20:44PM PAUSE EVERYBODY DOES A GREAT JOB, BUT IT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
04:20:47PM MY DAD HAD A SAYING YEARS AGO.
04:20:50PM THERE IS TOO MANY PEOPLE EATING FROM HERE.
04:20:52PM AND HE TOLD THIS TO A BUSINESS OWNER.
04:20:56PM YOU HAVE TOO MANY EMPLOYEES.
04:20:57PM THAT BUSINESS WENT UNDER.
04:20:59PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT PERSON BECAUSE
04:21:02PM EVERYBODY WAS JUST HIRED.
04:21:03PM HIRED SOMEBODY TO DO IT AND THAT PLACE WENT BANKRUPT I DON'T
04:21:09PM KNOW.
04:21:09PM I AM RAMBLING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, A LOT OF MONEY.
04:21:13PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:21:15PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS.
04:21:17PM AND THANK YOU TO ADAM WHEREVER HE IS.
04:21:19PM I SPOKE TO HIM A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ABOUT IT.
04:21:21PM I MADE THIS MOTION BECAUSE THE PERCEPTION OF THE COMMUNITY
04:21:27PM WITH THE NEW PEOPLE HIRED AND THE SALARIES, THE PERCEPTION
04:21:30PM IS.
04:21:32PM AND I WANTED THE INFORMATION TO BE SENT.
04:21:39PM AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
04:21:40PM THE OTHER THING IS IF YOU GO BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO
04:21:46PM MENTION A NAME, ASHLEY BOWMAN.
04:21:49PM I THOUGHT SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB FOR ONE PERSON, THE THINGS
04:21:53PM SHE DID -- SHE DID THE JOB OF, LIKE, FIVE PEOPLE.
04:21:56PM AND, AS AN ACTIVIST, I WAS OPPOSITE HER ON A BUNCH OF
04:22:01PM ISSUES, AND SHE REALLY DID WELL AT ADVOCATING.
04:22:05PM THE CRITICISM OF THAT ADMINISTRATION AND THIS ADMINISTRATION
04:22:10PM AT THE BEGINNING THAT A LOT OF IT WAS CENTERED AROUND THE
04:22:13PM MAYOR AND SHE DID A LOT MORE BESIDE DOING WITH THE MAY I
04:22:17PM DON'T REMEMBER AND HAD IN THE BUDGET AND ASK.
04:22:19PM AND THE DIFFERENT ENTERPRISE AND IN PARTICULAR.
04:22:25PM AND MY RECOMMENDATION SEVERAL YEARS AGO IS WE GET MORE PIOs
04:22:31PM IN THIS AREA IF WATER, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH PIPES AND
04:22:35PM STORMWATER, WE NEED TO MORE COMMUNICATION.
04:22:37PM SOME OF IT IS OUTSOURCED BUT NEED TO DO MORE NOTIFICATION.
04:22:42PM PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE BLINDSIDED.
04:22:45PM THINGS OCCUR LIKE THE SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS ISSUE THAT
04:22:49PM IS OUTSOURCED AS A SUB TO A CONTRACTOR AND THE COMMUNICATION
04:22:53PM DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO STEP IN ON THOSE THINGS.
04:22:54PM I WAS TALKING TO ADAM LAST WEEK OF THE ARMATURE WORKS
04:22:58PM ASSOCIATION AND PIOs AND -- AND TPD.
04:23:09PM AND WE DO THE NOTIFICATION AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT.
04:23:14PM THE RAIN CALLED HIM AND TOLD THE MAYOR THAT I DID TALK TO
04:23:17PM HIM.
04:23:17PM I WAS GETTING A BUNCH OF CALLS AND PEOPLE WERE SCARED AND
04:23:21PM WORRY AND I THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO GET COMMUNICATE OUT.
04:23:23PM AND THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE.
04:23:26PM OF THE DEPARTMENT.
04:23:37PM AND INCLUDING CONSULTANT LIKE LAURA McELROY WAS INCLUDED FOR
04:23:42PM THE LONG TIME.
04:23:43PM I KNOW YOU HAVE SUBS UNDER ENGINEERING FIRMS AND OTHERS.
04:23:59PM >> THE MARKING COMMUNICATION BUDGET ACTUAL AMOUNT LISTED.
04:24:04PM THE BUDGET WAS HIGHER IN 2020 COMPARED TO WHAT IT IS IN
04:24:08PM 2024.
04:24:09PM THIS INCLUDES THE MONEY THAT WAS VOTED ON OVERALL.
04:24:17PM SORRY, THIS IS PERSONNEL.
04:24:19PM I APOLOGIZE.
04:24:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: DENNIS, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET IS
04:24:25PM INVOLVING THE CONSULTANTS?
04:24:27PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I DO NOT HAVE THAT.
04:24:28PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE NEXT QUESTION, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE
04:24:31PM SUBS ON THE BIG PROJECT OR NOT?
04:24:34PM UPSIDE DOWN?
04:24:37PM >> THIS IS OPERATIONAL AS WELL.
04:24:39PM ANY FUNDING THAT GOES WITH OUTSOURCING SAY IF A -- IF A
04:24:47PM PHOTOGRAPHY COMPANY NEEDED TO BE HIRED FOR A BIG EVENT.
04:24:50PM IT WILL COME OUT OF THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET.
04:24:53PM I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANY FUNDING FOR --
04:24:58PM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK THE SUBS ON THE ENGINEER.
04:25:01PM IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT SOME POINT.
04:25:04PM I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR MORE OF THAT BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY
04:25:08PM SHOULD NOT WASTE MONEY, BUT WE NEED MORE COMMUNICATION.
04:25:10PM PEOPLE SHOULD NOT ARRIVE AT THEIR HOME AND SEE THE STREET
04:25:14PM DUG UP.
04:25:15PM THEY SHOULD KNOW WAY IN ADVANCE.
04:25:17PM I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS CHANGING BECAUSE OF THE SUBS.
04:25:19PM THE LAST THING I WILL MENTION, AND I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
04:25:23PM THE MAYOR AND ADAM AND ANDREA ABOUT THIS.
04:25:26PM THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT IS TO COMMUNICATE
04:25:31PM ABOUT THE CITY.
04:25:32PM AND THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT SHOULD JUST LIKE THE LEGAL
04:25:37PM DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE TO BE OBJECTIVE AND YOU MIGHT HAVE THE
04:25:39PM MAYOR AS A CLIENT AND TPD AS CLIENT, WATER AS CLIENT.
04:25:44PM MAYBE CITY COUNCIL A CLIENT.
04:25:46PM SO THEY -- THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE COMMUNICATION
04:25:49PM DEPARTMENT IS TO PRESENT A POSITIVE OR ACCURATE, TRUTHFUL
04:25:54PM MESSAGE ABOUT THE CITY.
04:25:55PM AND THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT SHOULD NEVER GET INVOLVED
04:25:59PM IN POLITICS.
04:26:00PM AND DEFINITELY NEVER GETTING INVOLVED IN ONE IN DISPUTES
04:26:05PM BETWEEN DIFFERENT CLIENTS.
04:26:06PM SO I THINK THAT THAT HAS MOSTLY BEEN CLEANED UP AND UP HOPE
04:26:11PM THAT CONTINUES TO GO FORWARD BECAUSE THE COMMUNICATION
04:26:14PM DEPARTMENT I THINK IS DOING GOOD JOB -- ACTUALLY DOING A
04:26:17PM GREAT JOB.
04:26:17PM DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE COMMUNICATING IN THE FIELD ON THE
04:26:20PM ENTERPRISE PROJECTS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS EVOLVE,
04:26:24PM THANKS.
04:26:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
04:26:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES, ABSOLUTELY.
04:26:28PM I THINK THE PRODUCT THAT WE ARE SEEING OUT OF OUR
04:26:33PM COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN STELLAR.
04:26:35PM I THINK THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECT.
04:26:37PM GUESS WHAT, FOR A BIG CITY.
04:26:39PM AND WE ARE A HIGH PROFILE CITY, PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE
04:26:42PM COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE LOOKING AT TAMPA.
04:26:45PM AND THE IMAGE THAT WE PROJECT SHOULD BE REFLECTED OF THAT
04:26:52PM BIG CITY ATTITUDE, BRAVADO.
04:26:58PM WE SHOULDN'T BE PUTTING A HIGH SCHOOL QUALITY PRODUCT.
04:27:01PM WE SHOULD BE PUT OUT MADISON AVENUE TYPE OF PRODUCT.
04:27:05PM I THINK WITH A RELATIVELY MODEST BUDGET.
04:27:07PM WITH FOLKS THAT ARE IN-HOUSE.
04:27:09PM I THINK THEY ARE.
04:27:10PM I HAVE SEEN REALLY NICE THINGS PUT OUT.
04:27:12PM I AM VERY IMPRESSED BY IT.
04:27:14PM I THINK WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN.
04:27:16PM WE HAVE BIG CITY SPORTS.
04:27:19PM BIG CITY ARTS.
04:27:20PM AND THIRD-WORLD TRANSPORTATION AND ROADS.
04:27:24PM WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.
04:27:25PM AND -- BUT, WE WILL GET TO THAT.
04:27:28PM BUT -- MR. CARLSON JUST SAID THAT.
04:27:33PM IT IS COMMUNICATION THAT IS GOING TO TELL FOLKS WHERE WE ARE
04:27:36PM PAVING THOSE ROADS.
04:27:37PM AND TO BE ABLE TO SING OUR SUCCESS AS YOU HEARD VIK BHIDE
04:27:42PM TALK ABOUT IN HOUSING, PAVING, AND HOW MUCH WE ARE ABLE TO
04:27:46PM SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY AND HOW MUCH MORE PAVING WE ARE ABLE TO
04:27:52PM ACCOMPLISH.
04:27:52PM HOPEFULLY THROUGH TIMES SET NEXT YEAR AND THE COMMUNICATION
04:27:56PM PEOPLE.
04:27:56PM BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU COULD HAVE -- COULD YOU BE THE MOST
04:27:59PM SUCCESSFUL CITY IN THE WORLD AND NOBODY KNOW ABOUT IT, THEY
04:28:03PM ARE GOING TO BE DISSATISFIED.
04:28:05PM YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT -- OR TELL PEOPLE.
04:28:07PM RUNNING UP THE FLAGPOLE.
04:28:08PM TELL PEOPLE WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT
04:28:11PM THAT COMMUNICATION STAFF IS DOING THAT.
04:28:13PM ALREADY SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR THIS WEEK OF MY CONCERNS
04:28:16PM ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND KIND OF -- IT IS A LITTLE BIT WHAT
04:28:20PM BILL CARLSON JUST HARKENED TOO.
04:28:22PM THE CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.
04:28:24PM NOT JUST ONCE PIECE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
04:28:28PM IT IS ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATION.
04:28:29PM IT IS CITY COUNCIL.
04:28:31PM IT IS THE DEPARTMENTS.
04:28:32PM IT IS THE SUCCESSES OF EVERY ELEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
04:28:35PM THE CITY THAT YOU ALL SHOULD BE CHAMPIONING.
04:28:38PM AND NOT JUST ONE PIECE OF IT.
04:28:42PM NOT A ONE PERSON COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT, IT IS THE CITY OF
04:28:46PM TAMPA COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT.
04:28:46PM I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR.
04:28:49PM REALLY CHAMPION ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT THIS CITY
04:28:53PM COUNCIL IS DOING, THAT OUR POLICE ARE DOING, THAT OUR
04:28:56PM MOBILITY IS DOING, THAT PARKS AND RECREATION ARE DOING.
04:28:59PM LET'S GET -- LET'S GET THE MESSAGE OUT THAT THE CITY OF
04:29:03PM TAMPA IS BEING DONE WELL.
04:29:04PM WE HAVE GOT GREAT EMPLOYEES HERE AND -- AND THE TAXPAYERS
04:29:08PM AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE ARE GETTING THEIR MONIES WORTH.
04:29:11PM SELL THE MESSAGE.
04:29:12PM >> IF I MAY JUST INTERJECT TO THE CHAIRMAN'S COMMENTS PRIOR.
04:29:18PM THE MISCONCEPTION I THINK WITH COMMUNICATION IS IT IS ONE OF
04:29:22PM THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT EVERYBODY BELIEVES THEY KNOW HOW TO DO
04:29:24PM IT.
04:29:24PM PEOPLE SEE TWEETS.
04:29:25PM THEY SEE POSTS, BUT THEY DON'T REALIZE THE WORK THAT GOES
04:29:29PM INTO IT.
04:29:31PM THE PEOPLE WE HAVE -- THEIR STAFF IS LITERALLY TRACKING TO
04:29:33PM SEE WHAT IS TRENDING.
04:29:34PM HOW DO WE GET MORE IONS OUR PRODUCT.
04:29:37PM THE THING THAT IS ALSO INTERESTING FOR GOVERNMENT
04:29:39PM COMMUNICATIONS IS, WE ARE NOT SELLING A PRODUCT.
04:29:42PM IT IS NOT A TYPICAL MARKETING FIRM, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
04:29:45PM WORKING TO ENTERTAIN AND EDUCATE AND IN ORDER TO GET
04:29:51PM PEOPLE'S EYES ON THE ACCOUNT, TO BUILD A FOLLOWING WHEN THE
04:29:56PM BIG EMERGENCY HAPPENS, HURRICANE OR CRY, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY
04:30:00PM FOLLOWING US AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE INTERNS
04:30:02PM SENDING OUT TWEETS RATHER THAN PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WITH A
04:30:05PM BACKGROUND IN MARKETING AND BACKGROUND IN PR AND KNOW WHAT
04:30:09PM WE ARE DOING.
04:30:10PM WE WORK TO BE AN EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE AREA.
04:30:13PM TWO PEOPLE SERVING IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
04:30:16PM THEY WORK 24 HOURS DAY.
04:30:18PM THEY ARE NOT GETTING PAID FOR IT.
04:30:20PM EVERYBODY IS IN BOXING AN EMERGENCY OR A SALE OUTSIDE OF TPD
04:30:26PM AND LEFT THEIR CAR KEYS.
04:30:28PM THEY CAN MESSAGE OUR ACCOUNT AND WILL GET SOME SORT OF
04:30:31PM ASSISTANCE DAY AND NIGHT.
04:30:32PM IT COMES IN HANDY HAVING A STAFF OUR SIZE AS YOU SAW IN THE
04:30:37PM COMPARISONS WHICH IS NOT TOO LARGE COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES.
04:30:40PM LIKE COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN SAID, WE HAVE TO START THINKING
04:30:44PM LIKE A BIGGER CITY.
04:30:45PM WE ARE UP TO OVER 400,000 PEOPLE AND 500,000 BY 2030, 2045,
04:30:51PM SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
04:30:52PM WE ARE GROWING SO FAST THAT IF WE ARE NOT KEEPING TRACK WHEN
04:30:55PM IT COMES TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS, NO ONE KNOW WHAT IS WE ARE
04:30:58PM DOING.
04:30:58PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND
04:31:00PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:31:01PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
04:31:03PM I GUESS I AM DIFFERENT.
04:31:04PM NOT THAT I WANT TO BE.
04:31:05PM I DON'T TWITTER.
04:31:08PM I DON'T CHECK E-MAIL.
04:31:09PM I DON'T CHECK NONE OF THAT STUFF.
04:31:11PM I DO WHAT I THINK IS BEST AND KEEP MARCHING.
04:31:14PM EVIDENTLY I FAILED, BECAUSE I SHOULDN'T BE HERE.
04:31:17PM I HAVEN'T KEPT UP WITH SOCIETY.
04:31:19PM SOCIETY HAVEN'T KEPT UP WITH ME.
04:31:21PM I LIVE MY OWN LITTLE LIFE AND I REALLY ENJOY IT.
04:31:24PM DON'T HAVE TO WORRY WHO TO ANSWER TO.
04:31:26PM I DON'T WORRY WHAT THE PUBLIC IS THINKING OF ME.
04:31:29PM I LOST ALL MY HAIR.
04:31:31PM THAT WAS NATURAL.
04:31:31PM JUST LIKE YUL BRENNER, NOBODY REMEMBERS WHO HE WAS.
04:31:39PM YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NICE LIFE.
04:31:41PM WHATEVER YOU REPORT DOESN'T BOTHER ME, GOOD, BAD.
04:31:46PM MY GRANDKIDS SAID YOU GOT TO DO THAT IN THE CAMPAIGN.
04:31:50PM YOU DO IT.
04:31:50PM THREE WEEKS LATER SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
04:31:53PM BUT WE HAVE 3,000 OR SO PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHAT YOU DID AND I
04:31:56PM JUST PUT IT ON THE THING.
04:31:57PM AND I SAID GOD BLESS THEM ALL.
04:32:00PM SAY THANK YOU.
04:32:01PM THAT WAS THE END OF MY CONVERSATION.
04:32:04PM AND HER SIDE, SHE DID WHATEVER SHE WANTED TO DO.
04:32:08PM THAT IS WHAT SHE STUDIED.
04:32:10PM I LOOK AT LIFE THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
04:32:12PM I DON'T WANT TO MESS AROUND WITH ANYTHING ELSE THAT
04:32:16PM INTERFERES WITH MY LIFE THE WAY I LIVE IT.
04:32:19PM I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
04:32:20PM I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND I DON'T FOLLOW
04:32:25PM IT.
04:32:25PM I GET THINGS FROM THE CITY SOMETIMES.
04:32:27PM AND IT SAYS E-MAIL SO AND SO FOR 25, 30, OR EVEN HIGHER IN
04:32:37PM THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC COMMUNITY DON'T HAVE
04:32:40PM E-MAIL.
04:32:41PM WHO ARE THEY GOING TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND HOW ARE THEY
04:32:44PM GOING TO DO IT?
04:32:45PM THE THINGS THAT KIND OF BOTHER ME THAT THEY THINK EVERYBODY
04:32:47PM IS ON THAT SYSTEM BUT THEY ARE NOT.
04:32:49PM WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU REPORT ON THAT MAKES YOU ACCEPTABLE
04:32:52PM OR NOT ACCEPTABLE.
04:32:53PM AND I CAN'T SAY IT FOR YOU OR AGAINST YOU.
04:33:03PM THE OTHER CITIES.
04:33:05PM YOU ARE LOWER THAN THAT.
04:33:07PM LESS PEOPLE LIVING IN THOSE CITIES SO I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING
04:33:11PM -- LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE DOING WHAT YOU CAN WITH MOST LIKELY
04:33:15PM WITH LESS MONEY.
04:33:15PM WHAT I HAVE SEEN -- I AM NOT QUESTIONING THE NATIONAL AND
04:33:18PM FIGURES.
04:33:18PM THEY ARE VERY, VERY COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES AND UNDER
04:33:22PM MOST OF THEM.
04:33:23PM >> THANK YOU.
04:33:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:33:26PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:33:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
04:33:28PM THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.
04:33:30PM SO YOU MENTIONED OR SOMEONE MENTIONED THE PIOs THAT WORKED
04:33:37PM ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
04:33:39PM WHETHER IT BE THE SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS OR STORMWATER
04:33:44PM -- BIGGER PROJECTS.
04:33:46PM WHAT IS YOUR INTERACTION WITH THOSE COMMUNICATION TEAMS?
04:33:50PM >> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING TO EXPAND NOW.
04:33:52PM SO CURRENTLY THROUGH CAD, THEY ARE HIRING THESE FIRMS THAT
04:33:56PM ARE HANDLING MOST OF THE INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC AND
04:33:59PM MAKING SURE THAT THE IS GETTING OUT THERE BUT A FIFTH OF AN
04:34:06PM INTERCONNECT WE ARE WORKING ON FIXING.
04:34:10PM AS THESE FIRMS ARE HIRED, COMMUNICATION WITH OUR DEPARTMENT
04:34:19PM HE PRICED.
04:34:19PM AND LOOKING AT PROJECTS.
04:34:24PM AND HOW CAN WE GET THAT INFORMATION ON THE WEB SITE AND
04:34:28PM SHOWCASE IS SO PEOPLE CAN SEE VISUALLY WHAT IS COMING
04:34:31PM OPPOSED TO SEEING THEIR ROAD TORN UP.
04:34:33PM IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
04:34:35PM THEY HAVE SEVERAL FIRMS TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE PR ALMOST AND
04:34:43PM MAKING SURE IT IS MORE COHESIVE.
04:34:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT IS
04:34:49PM AN ISSUE.
04:34:49PM I AM HAPPY TO HEAR WORKING TOWARD WORKING TOGETHER.
04:34:54PM BUT EVEN MORE SO MAYBE BEING -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY A
04:34:59PM SUPERVISOR, BUT CERTAINLY HAVING A LITTLE MORE HAND BE IN
04:35:03PM THAT WORK.
04:35:15PM LOOKING FORWARD FOR THAT COMING TO FRUITION.
04:35:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMEMBER.
04:35:22PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WANT TO PUSH BACK.
04:35:24PM VIERA DID A GOOD JOB, BUT 2300 FOLLOWERS.
04:35:31PM GREAT JOB NONETHELESS.
04:35:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MORE THAN ME.
04:35:34PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: BECAUSE HE IS CONSISTENT.
04:35:35PM THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
04:35:36PM YOU SHOWED THE DIFFERENT CITIES AND HOW WE ARE REALLY
04:35:40PM OPERATING.
04:35:40PM WE ARE DOING A LOT WITH LESS FOLKS.
04:35:56PM THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND I STARTED OFF AS A PUBLIC
04:36:00PM RELATIONS POSITION IN MARKETING.
04:36:04PM ANYWAY, THE THING THAT IS SURPRISING AND I DIDN'T HEAR
04:36:08PM ANYBODY SAY IT, MY PARTICULAR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE
04:36:10PM COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE.
04:36:12PM JUST THIS WEEK, I DID THREE VIDEOS.
04:36:14PM YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT YOU ALL STRETCH IT.
04:36:17PM AND I KNOW I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE ACCESS TO
04:36:20PM YOU ALL WRITING SCRIPTS AND DOING THOSE KIND OF THINGS FOR
04:36:24PM ME.
04:36:24PM AND, YOU KNOW, PUTTING COMMUNICATION OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC
04:36:27PM WHICH I GREATLY APPRECIATE.
04:36:29PM JUST -- OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING ALONE IS ONE OF THE
04:36:33PM THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT.
04:36:34PM IT IS 248,000 FOLLOWERS JUST ON TWITTER, YOU KNOW.
04:36:39PM 25,000 FOR PARKS AND REC ON FACEBOOK.
04:36:42PM THAT IS PROBABLY PARENTS WHO NEED TO SIGN UP FOR SUMMER CAMP
04:36:46PM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
04:36:47PM I SEE THAT WE DO A REALLY GREAT JOB IN TERMS OF GETTING
04:36:52PM COMMUNICATION OUT THERE AND IT HAPPENS IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
04:36:55PM NOTIFICATIONS ON TEXT MESSAGES OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING
04:36:58PM IN THE STREET.
04:36:59PM THE WEB SITE -- YOU COULD GO TO THE EVENTS CALENDAR JUST TO
04:37:03PM KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITY, AND REALLY IMPORTANT
04:37:07PM PROCESS.
04:37:07PM NOT JUST EVENTS BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
04:37:10PM SO YOU ALL DO SOME GREAT THINGS WITH THE STAFF THAT YOU DO
04:37:14PM HAVE.
04:37:14PM AND I JUST WANT TO PLACE EMPHASIS OF THAT AND APPRECIATE
04:37:20PM YOUR REPORT.
04:37:20PM YOU REACH PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND SOME OF THE PRODUCTS ARE
04:37:44PM TARGETED.
04:37:45PM 30s, 40s.
04:37:46PM AND WE ARE GETTING THE INFORMATION OFF OF TIK TOK OR
04:37:50PM FACEBOOK, SMALL VIDEO ITS AND ALL AND YOU REACH PEOPLE WHERE
04:37:55PM THEY ARE, AND THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE AT.
04:37:57PM THAT IS I DIDN'T SAY "GOOD JOB."
04:38:00PM PART OF THE RECOGNITION.
04:38:01PM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND AMATEURS THAT
04:38:04PM YOU ARE ABLE TO TARGET AND YOU KNOW WHO IS -- WHO IS THE
04:38:07PM CONSUMER OF YOUR PRODUCT.
04:38:09PM YES, GOOD JOB.
04:38:10PM >> THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE THINGS, WE HAVE A
04:38:13PM GRAPHIC DESIGNER AS I MENTIONED IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
04:38:15PM HE IS THE ONE PRODUCING THE SIGNS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
04:38:17PM WHEN THERE IS A COMMUNITY MEETING COMING UP.
04:38:20PM HE MAKES THE INSERTS THAT GO IN YOUR WATER BILL IN ENGLISH
04:38:24PM AND SPANISH, WE ARE MAKING CELESTE GIBBONS-PEOPLES ARE
04:38:27PM INFORMED WHETHER THEY ARE CHAINED TO THEIR CELL PHONE OR
04:38:29PM NOT.
04:38:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
04:38:31PM >>LUIS VIERA: SORRY MY SOCIAL MEDIA HABITS HAVE BEEN
04:38:34PM MENTIONED TWICE.
04:38:35PM I WILL ADDRESS THEM.
04:38:36PM I BELIEVE JUST LIKE WITH Y'ALL, THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS SO
04:38:39PM IMPORTANT BECAUSE SHOWS NOT OWN THE THINGS YOU ARE DOING AND
04:38:41PM WORKING ON.
04:38:42PM BUT ON THE LARGER VISION, THIS SHOWS YOUR VALUES.
04:38:45PM THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS VALUES AND I SEE IT ON THE SOCIAL
04:38:49PM MEDIA SITE OF THE MAYOR, ETC., OF BEING A GROWING CITY, A
04:38:54PM INCLUSIVE CITY THAT VALUES DIVERSITY AND PLURALISM.
04:39:00PM WE SHOW VALUES THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
04:39:05PM THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
04:39:06PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON MENTIONED THE VIDEO DEPARTMENT.
04:39:09PM I MADE GREAT USE FOR OUR VIDEO DEPARTMENT.
04:39:11PM FEW WEEKS AGO I DID SOMETHING FOR VIETNAM VETERANS.
04:39:17PM AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BEATS ME PICKING UP MY CELL
04:39:21PM PHONE AND LET'S SHOOT A VIDEO.
04:39:23PM SOMETHING UNIQUE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT DESERVE AS GOOD
04:39:26PM PROFESSIONAL PRESENCE, I USE THAT.
04:39:28PM AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TO DO THAT.
04:39:31PM I THINK THAT IS GREAT.
04:39:32PM YOU DO A VERY GOOD JOB FROM A PR MARKETING PERSPECTIVE.
04:39:37PM NOT ONLY SHOWING WHAT THE CITY IS DOING BUT SHOWING THE
04:39:39PM VALUES.
04:39:40PM AND I THINK -- AND THIS -- I THINK IT IS -- IT IS -- HOW
04:39:44PM SHOULD I SAY A TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT WITH MAYOR CASTOR.
04:39:48PM SOMETIMES I AGREE AND ESTIMATES I DISAGREE WITH HER.
04:39:51PM ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND WITH JANE CASTOR.
04:39:54PM SHE IS VERY HUM BELL AND SOME POLITICIANS WANT CREDIT AND
04:39:59PM THEY DON'T LIKE ANYBODY -- SHE IS NOT LIKE THAT.
04:40:03PM I FIND SHE IS MORE ADDITION OPPOSED TO SUBTRACTION AND
04:40:08PM SOMETHING WE SEE MORE AND MORE.
04:40:10PM IF A COUNCILMEMBER IS WORKING ON SOMETHING.
04:40:13PM I COULDN'T HAVE IT AND NEHEMIAH PROJECT AND COUNCILMAN
04:40:18PM MANISCALCO, THE PROJECT THAT MADE GOOD ON IT IN MANY WAYS
04:40:22PM WITH THE STORMWATER PROJECT AND RETENTION POND IN EAST
04:40:27PM TAMPA, SOMETHING HE CHAMPIONED AND SOMETHING THEY ARE
04:40:32PM PASSIONATE ABOUT AND DOESN'T WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION,
04:40:36PM YOU DO A GOOD JOB IF YOU REMEMBER TO PUSH THAT
04:40:39PM COUNCILMEMBER.
04:40:39PM I REMEMBER WHEN -- WHEN I DID THE -- THE APPRENTICESHIP
04:40:45PM ORDINANCE, SOMETHING TOGETHER WITH MAYOR CASTOR AND ETC.
04:40:48PM SO, YEAH, I -- I FIND THAT TO BE A GOOD DEVELOPMENT.
04:40:51PM BUT, AGAIN, IT IS ABOUT VALUES.
04:40:53PM AND THAT IS WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS ABOUT.
04:40:56PM SHOWING YOUR KIND OF VALUES YOU HAVE AS A PERSON.
04:40:59PM FOR ME VALUES ARE EVERYTHING IN PUBLIC OFFICE.
04:41:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:41:03PM >> THANK YOU.
04:41:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NEXT UP, STAFF TO APPEAR TO DISCUSS THE
04:41:08PM APPOINTMENT MUCH THE COMMITTEE BENEFIT AGREEMENT MEMBERS.
04:41:11PM THIS IS A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
04:41:14PM >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, JAVIER MARIN, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC
04:41:23PM OPPORTUNITY.
04:41:23PM GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
04:41:24PM ITEM 84 IS AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS ADVISORY
04:41:29PM COUNCIL, WHICH DERIVES FROM RESOLUTION ORDINANCE
04:41:34PM ESTABLISHING THE -- THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAM BACK IN
04:41:38PM JANUARY OF 2023.
04:41:40PM IT REQUIRES THAT SEVEN MEMBERS BE APPOINT THE TO THIS
04:41:47PM COUNCIL.
04:41:47PM AND THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO PERMANENT MEMBERS TO THE
04:41:52PM COMMITTEE.
04:41:52PM ONE IS APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
04:41:55PM THE OTHER IS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND EACH -- EACH
04:41:58PM SPECIFIC PROJECT WOULD HAVE FOUR ADDITIONAL COUNCILMEMBERS.
04:42:04PM THESE ARE APPOINTED TWO BY CITY COUNCIL.
04:42:09PM TWO BY THE MAYOR.
04:42:10PM SO WE ARE WORKING -- WELL, I AM SORRY, AND THEN THE SEVENTH
04:42:15PM MEMBER IS APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND
04:42:18PM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CLERK'S
04:42:26PM OFFICE TO DEVELOP THE PROCESS OF WHICH THE COMMUNITY CAN BE
04:42:29PM ADVISED OF THE OPENING FROM THE COUNCIL -- FOR THESE --
04:42:32PM THESE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
04:42:33PM AND SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS, FIRST, WE ARE GOING TO
04:42:39PM ESTABLISH -- OR THE CRITERIA HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE
04:42:45PM PERMANENT MEMBERS FOR SOME EXPERIENCE THAT RELATE TO LAND
04:42:48PM PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND SIMILAR DISCIPLINES.
04:42:50PM AND BUT FOR THE AD HOC MEMBERS AND THE PROJECT'S SPECIFIC
04:42:58PM MEMBERS.
04:42:59PM THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO LIVE WITHIN HA
04:43:01PM OF A MILE OF EACH PROJECT.
04:43:03PM TO THAT END, WE HAVE DEVELOPED GIS MAPPING SO PEOPLE CAN
04:43:09PM ACTUALLY GO TO THE WEB SITE.
04:43:11PM TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS.
04:43:12PM AND THEN IDENTIFY WHETHER THEY QUALIFY TO SERVE IN ANY OR
04:43:16PM MORE OF THESE COMMUNITIES OR COUNCILS.
04:43:18PM AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE CAC MEMBERS
04:43:23PM QUALIFY TO BE MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY
04:43:32PM COUNCIL.
04:43:32PM SO TO THAT END, OUR REQUEST TODAY IS FOR A MOTION TO
04:43:36PM SCHEDULE A DATE.
04:43:40PM WE ARE HOPING JUNE 6, SO COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER THE APPLICANTS
04:43:44PM AND SELECT COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS
04:43:47PM ADVISORY COUNCIL.
04:43:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:43:51PM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:43:52PM I JUST WANT TO SAY GREAT JOB WITH THE GIS MAPPING TO MAKE IT
04:43:56PM EASY.
04:43:57PM BECAUSE THE FIRST QUESTION WE ARE GOING TO GET IS, YOU WELL,
04:44:00PM YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I QUALIFY FOR, YOU KNOW.
04:44:02PM AND THIS MAKES IT VERY EASY.
04:44:04PM SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
04:44:05PM ANY DISCUSSION?
04:44:07PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, THIS WAS YOUR MOTION.
04:44:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM FINE.
04:44:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:44:13PM OPPOSE?
04:44:14PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:44:15PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
04:44:16PM GOOD NIGHT.
04:44:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE ALMOST LAST ITEM.
04:44:19PM TWO APPROVALS TO DO.
04:44:20PM ITEM NUMBER 85.
04:44:26PM A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF POSTPONING THE YBOR CITY PARKING LOT.
04:44:33PM THAT'S CORRECT?
04:44:35PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT I WOULD PROPOSE BASE AND PUBLIC
04:44:38PM FEEDBACK.
04:44:39PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD AFTERNOON, ABBYE FEELEY, DEPUTY
04:44:41PM ADMINISTRATOR OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
04:44:44PM APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS BROUGHT FORTH BY THE BAILEYS AS WE
04:44:48PM ARE 80% ON THE WAY THERE FOR THEIR TERMS.
04:44:51PM ONE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION
04:44:54PM WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT IS IN THE
04:44:56PM TRANSMITTAL PACKAGE TODAY.
04:44:59PM FIRST OF ALL, IT IS A TRANSMITTAL PACKAGE.
04:45:02PM IT IS GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
04:45:03PM THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL MAKE A FINDING WHETHER OR NOT
04:45:05PM IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
04:45:07PM YOU ARE NOT VOTING ON THIS TODAY.
04:45:08PM IT WILL NOT BE BACK BEFORE YOU UNTIL JUNE.
04:45:11PM SO IF TWEAKS NEED TO BE MADE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER
04:45:18PM THINGS AND PEOPLE HAVE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, I WILL ASK AT THIS
04:45:21PM POINT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH WE HAVE
04:45:24PM DONE, THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, THAT THEY HAVE
04:45:27PM DIRECTLY PROVIDED THAT LANGUAGE SO WE CAN LOOK AT HOW THEY
04:45:31PM ARE TO INCORPORATE THAT OR DISCUSS THAT FURTHER.
04:45:33PM WITH THAT BEING SAID, A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
04:45:38PM THE TIMING -- WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN MORNING WAS ABOUT 2010.
04:45:42PM UNFORTUNATELY, NEITHER SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ, MYSELF OR MR.
04:45:49PM COTTON WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT IN 2010.
04:45:53PM WE CAN ONLY BE WITH YOU HERE IN 2024.
04:45:56PM WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU HAVE A LOT THAT IS OUT THERE
04:45:59PM TODAY THAT IS NOT PERMITTED, WE STARTED ENFORCEMENT IN
04:46:03PM OCTOBER.
04:46:03PM AND THOSE LOTS WERE CITED TO GO AND GET A PERMIT.
04:46:07PM THIS IS NOT MAKING THOSE LOTS ILLEGAL TODAY.
04:46:10PM IF YOU DON'T GET ONE BY THE TIME IN GOES INTO EFFECT, YOU
04:46:19PM WOULD HAVE TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL AS SPECIAL USE 2 AND HAVE
04:46:22PM A PUBLIC HEARING AND REQUEST YOUR LOT.
04:46:25PM AS I MENTIONED PRIOR ALSO, THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN VACANT LOTS
04:46:29PM IN THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT PERMITS PARKING LOTS BY RIGHT AT
04:46:33PM THE PRESENT TIME THAT I DON'T BELIEVE ARE OWNED BY ANY OF
04:46:36PM THE OPERATORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING LOTS.
04:46:41PM I WILL ASK THAT THE STAY IN THE PACKAGE AND THIS MOVE
04:46:44PM FORWARD IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
04:46:48PM ACHIEVE.
04:46:49PM THIS IS A TRANSMITTAL HEARING AGAIN.
04:46:51PM NOTHING IS BEING ADOPTED TODAY.
04:46:54PM IF PEOPLE HAVE OTHER LANGUAGE THEY WOULD LIKE CONSIDERED.
04:46:58PM THAT CAN BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY OVER THE NEXT SIX WEEKS AND
04:47:02PM WE CAN LOOK AT THAT WHEN YOU SEE THIS ON FIRST READING IN
04:47:05PM JUNE.
04:47:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
04:47:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AGREE.
04:47:09PM I THINK CITY STAFF HAS WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD ON THIS.
04:47:13PM AND EVERY DEPARTMENT.
04:47:17PM THEY HAVE PUT -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS.
04:47:18PM COUNTLESS HOURS WORKING ON THIS.
04:47:20PM I THINK IT WILL BEHOOVE US TO SUPPORT CITY STAFF IN MOVING
04:47:24PM THIS FORWARD.
04:47:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:47:28PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AGREED.
04:47:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:47:32PM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK THE BAILEYS ARE REASONABLE PEOPLE
04:47:35PM AND I THINK THAT -- I WOULD REQUEST THAT STAFF MEET WITH
04:47:37PM THEM TO, AGAIN, 80%, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS -- IS NOT
04:47:46PM DIFFICULT TO DO THAT IS -- THAT HELPS OR PROTECTS THE
04:47:50PM COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT IT, IT IS WORTH THE STAFF HAVING
04:47:55PM ANOTHER CONVERSATION AND COMING BACK, BUT IN LIGHT OF THAT,
04:47:57PM I WILL VOTE NO TO THE TRANSMITTAL, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A
04:48:00PM MAJOR ISSUE IN YBOR AND IT NEEDS -- IF MAJOR COMMUNITY
04:48:07PM LEADERS IN YBOR HAVE CONCERNS, THEN I HAVE CONCERNS ALSO.
04:48:10PM THANK YOU.
04:48:10PM >> WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL THEN?
04:48:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION.
04:48:18PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
04:48:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU HAVE A WHOLE PRESENTATION?
04:48:22PM >> THE YBOR PARKING REGULATIONS ARE ONE OF TEN TRANSMITTED
04:48:25PM TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY.
04:48:26PM MOST OF THEM YOU HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES THROUGH
04:48:29PM WORKSHOPS.
04:48:29PM ERIC AND I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
04:48:32PM AND THEN THERE IS ONE AMENDMENT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN.
04:48:34PM AND THAT IS THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS MOTIONED JUST A FEW WEEKS
04:48:37PM AGO BY COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ALCOHOLIC
04:48:43PM BEVERAGE AT THE SOCCER STADIUM.
04:48:45PM I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT BRIEFLY ON THAT.
04:48:47PM THREE SLIDES.
04:48:48PM SOMETHING YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE
04:48:50PM INFORMED ABOUT BEFORE WE TRANSMIT.
04:48:52PM AND THE OTHER YOU HAVE SEEN.
04:48:55PM SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THOSE BRIEFLY.
04:48:57PM I DON'T THINK IT WILL TAKE US ABOUT A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
04:49:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WOULD LET MY MOTION STAND WITH THE
04:49:02PM PRESENTATION WITH THE ONE TRANSMITTAL THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN
04:49:05PM YET.
04:49:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SHOW US THE UNSEEN TRANSMITTAL.
04:49:09PM SPORTS TEAM ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
04:49:13PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: BACK A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE MOTION WAS MADE
04:49:16PM FOR STAFF TO WORK TO COME UP WITH LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ALLOW
04:49:18PM FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES AT THE NEW SOCCER STADIUM THAT
04:49:23PM IS GOING TO BE LOCATED AT BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
04:49:25PM ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS, WE LOOKED AT THIS MORE
04:49:30PM GLOBALLY, NOT JUST AT A CASE SPECIFIC MENTIONED.
04:49:34PM SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE WAS PROPOSE IT AS SPECIAL USE 1, WHICH
04:49:40PM IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.
04:49:41PM AND PART OF THIS WAS DONE IN TIMING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS
04:49:45PM TO BE START WITH THE SEASON IN AUGUST.
04:49:48PM IT DOES HAVE TO BE -- IT IS AN ANNUAL PERMIT.
04:49:52PM SO EACH YEAR, THEY WOULD COME IN.
04:49:54PM THEY WOULD SAY HERE IS OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE COMING YEAR.
04:49:58PM HERE IS OUR LOCATION.
04:49:59PM HERE IS THE TEAM WE ARE AFFILIATED WITH.
04:50:02PM HERE IS -- HERE IS THE -- HERE IS THE OWNER OF THE LAND, THE
04:50:06PM LAND HAS TO BE CONTROLLED BY A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY FOR THEM
04:50:11PM TO QUALIFY FOR THAT TYPE OF ANNUAL PERMIT.
04:50:13PM AND THEN THE SALES MAY ONLY OCCUR ON THE DAYS OF SCHEDULED
04:50:18PM EVENTS.
04:50:18PM SO THEY COME IN, THEY GIVE US THE SCHEDULE FOR THE SEASON.
04:50:22PM WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
04:50:23PM THEY MAY ONLY HAVE SALES ON THOSE DAYS.
04:50:26PM SALES WOULD CEASE AT MIDNIGHT.
04:50:29PM AND THEN IF THAT TEAM CEASES TO OPERATE AT THAT PARTICULAR
04:50:37PM LOCATION, THAT APPROVAL WILL CEASE AS WELL.
04:50:41PM IF IT IS IN CITY PROPERTIES, WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE MAYOR'S
04:50:44PM AUTHORIZATION AND MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED SECURITY THAT WE
04:50:47PM REQUIRE FOR TEMPORARY SPECIAL EVENTS.
04:50:49PM THE LAST THING IS -- I AM SORRY ARE -- THE S-1s REQUIRES
04:50:57PM PUBLIC NOTICE JUST LIKE REGULAR SPECIAL USE.
04:51:02PM ALL WITHIN 300 FEET.
04:51:04PM SORRY, THAT TAKES --
04:51:06PM >> COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN AND COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
04:51:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES THE RESTRICTION ON SALES OF GAME AND
04:51:13PM MATCH DAYS.
04:51:13PM IF THE TEAM HAD A SPECIAL EVENT OR KICKOFF OR SOMETHING
04:51:17PM ELSE.
04:51:17PM HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE TEAM ABOUT THAT?
04:51:19PM I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH THEM ABOUT THAT.
04:51:21PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: TYLER HUDSON IS HERE REPRESENTING THE TEAMED
04:51:26PM TO.
04:51:26PM I WILL LET HIM TALK THAT BUT THE LANGUAGE WAYS GREED ON.
04:51:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF IT IS AGREED UPON.
04:51:34PM I DIDN'T WANT TO BE EXCLUSIONARY IF THEY HAD A KICKOFF FOR
04:51:38PM SOMETHING THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY A MATCH.
04:51:40PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
04:51:42PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FIRST TIME THAT I HEARD YOU CAN GET RID
04:51:44PM OF THE LIQUOR BECAUSE THE PROFIT IS OWNED BY A GOVERNMENTAL
04:51:49PM AGENCY?
04:51:50PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: SO, THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR A TEMPORARY
04:51:54PM -- WE HAD TO BALANCE THIS LANGUAGE WITH THE LICENSING THAT
04:51:58PM IS DONE BY THE STATE.
04:51:59PM AND THAT FACILITY WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR A TEMPORARY SPECIAL
04:52:03PM EVENT SITUATION.
04:52:04PM SO THAT IS WHY WE WENT IN THIS DIRECTION, BUT THE WAY WE DID
04:52:10PM IT WAS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SITE THAT IS 15 ACRES OR MORE.
04:52:13PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SITE SPECIFIC.
04:52:18PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: HAD TO BE OWNED BY A GOVERNMENT ENTITY.
04:52:21PM AT FIRST, THEY SAID EVERY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SHOULD GET
04:52:24PM THIS.
04:52:24PM WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A SPORTS TEAM.
04:52:26PM 15 ACRES.
04:52:27PM THEY WOULD GO BACK INTO THAT.
04:52:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 15 ACRES IN TAMPA --
04:52:32PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: YES.
04:52:32PM THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE DID THAT.
04:52:35PM WITH THAT BEING SAID ALSO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TEXT
04:52:39PM AMENDMENT THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THIS AND GET THIS TEED UP FOR
04:52:42PM THIS UPCOMING SEASON AND THIS TEAM COMING INTO OUR
04:52:46PM COMMUNITY.
04:52:46PM IF THIS IS NOT THE DIRECTION WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE
04:52:50PM PERMANENTLY IN THE LONGER RANGE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON
04:52:53PM THAT.
04:52:54PM IN ORDER TO GET THE TIMING DONE, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.
04:52:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND.
04:52:58PM I WANTED EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND WHY.
04:53:00PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ARE THERE MORE SLIDES?
04:53:06PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: NO.
04:53:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AM GOOD.
04:53:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE WILL MOVE IT TO TAKE IT TO THE
04:53:11PM PLANNING COMMISSION.
04:53:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION STANDS TO TRANSMIT.
04:53:14PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
04:53:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN AND
04:53:17PM SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:53:18PM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
04:53:20PM OPPOSED, NAY
04:53:23PM >>CLERK: MOTION WITH CARLSON AND MANISCALCO VOTING NO.
04:53:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LAST UP ON THE AGENDA, COUNCILMAN
04:53:33PM CARLSON.
04:53:33PM YOU PULLED 53 AND 54, IS THAT CORRECT?
04:53:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY TO MAKE YOU WAIT SO LONG.
04:53:39PM THE -- THE QUESTION FROM THE PUBLIC IS -- IS THIS GOING TO
04:53:45PM BE HANDLED BY STAFF?
04:53:47PM OR IS IT GOING TO BE OUTSOURCED.
04:53:48PM IF IT IS GOING TO BE OUTSOURCED, THEN TO WHOM.
04:53:51PM I COULDN'T FIND IN THE DOCUMENTS WHO IT WILL BE OUTSOURCED
04:53:55PM TOO IF IT IS.
04:53:57PM >>VIK BHIDE: VIK BHIDE, DIRECTOR OF MOBILITY.
04:53:59PM AND THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
04:54:00PM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PREFACE WHAT IT IS ON THE AGENDA.
04:54:05PM THIS IS YET ANOTHER GRANT THAT THE CITY IS -- IT IS 1.75
04:54:10PM MILLION FROM U.S. D.O.T. FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL
04:54:17PM INFRASTRUCTURE ACCELERATOR.
04:54:18PM WE INTEND FOR THIS ACCELERATOR TO BE REGIONAL.
04:54:23PM THIS ITEM THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU IS -- IS A GRANT THAT THE
04:54:28PM CITY HAS RECEIVED.
04:54:29PM AND IT IS ONLY BETWEEN THE CITY AND USDOT.
04:54:34PM BUT THAT IS A VERY VALID QUESTION THAT YOU ASK, BECAUSE IT
04:54:37PM IS A REGIONAL ACCELERATOR, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
04:54:41PM LEAVES ROOM OPEN FOR OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES WITHIN OUR REGION
04:54:44PM TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.
04:54:47PM AND TO THAT END, WE ARE WORKING WITH A THIRD PARTY ACTIVELY
04:54:53PM TO HOST THIS ACCELERATOR.
04:54:55PM THIS HAS OPINION CLEARED WITH USDOT.
04:54:58PM WE DISCUSSED WITH THE THIRD PARTY AS WELL.
04:55:00PM AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS PARTY WILL BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY
04:55:05PM RALLY THE REGION AND HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE IN THIS
04:55:10PM ACCELERATOR WHICH IS ENTIRELY VOLUME -- VOLUNTARY.
04:55:19PM THAT IS TAMPA BAY PARTNERSHIP AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING
04:55:23PM THROUGH THAT WITH THEM.
04:55:24PM THE IDEA BEHIND THAT, THE PROGRAM -- THE GENESIS OF THE
04:55:28PM PROGRAM APPROVED AS PART OF FASFA, THE WHOLE GOAL WAS TO
04:55:33PM HAVE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU THAT OPERATES THREE DIFFERENT
04:55:35PM FINANCE MECHANISMS HELP CITIES AND REGIONS LIKE OURS WITH
04:55:40PM GETTING TECHNICAL SKILLS TO PUT TOGETHER A VISION TO
04:55:47PM BASICALLY GO OVER THAT.
04:55:49PM DEVELOP A FUNDING STRATEGY.
04:55:52PM A FUNDING PLAN FOR ALTERNATIVE DELIVERIES AND GO RAPIDLY TO
04:55:57PM DEPLOYMENT.
04:55:58PM THE KEY PART OF THIS IS BUILD AMERICA UNDER THE SAME OFFICE
04:56:04PM OR THE SAME UNDERSECRETARY AS THE FEDERAL TRANSIT
04:56:08PM ADMINISTRATION.
04:56:08PM AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS SIGNIFICANTLY RELAXED A LOT OF
04:56:14PM THEIR PROGRAMS, NOT JUST IN TRADITIONAL TRANSIT LIKE STREET
04:56:19PM CARS OR BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND SO ON, BUT ALSO TRANSIT
04:56:24PM ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
04:56:25PM AND THIS IS REALLY KEY, BECAUSE GOING BACK TO COUNCILMAN
04:56:30PM MIRANDA'S POINT EARLIER TODAY ABOUT HOUSING TRANSPORTATION
04:56:33PM AND ALL OF THESE PRESSURES THAT WE HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY, WE
04:56:38PM ARE POTENTIALLY SET SETTING UP AN ACCELERATOR THAT WILL
04:56:42PM BRING IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PUT PROJECTS TOGETHER THAT
04:56:45PM BUNDLE HOUSING WHICH ALSO BECOMES TRANSIT DEMAND TOGETHER
04:56:50PM WITHIN THE CITY AND NOT JUST FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL POCKETS OF
04:56:57PM THE CITY BUT BRING THE HOMES INTO WHERE WE ARE BUILDING THE
04:57:00PM TRANSIT ALONG OUR JOBS CORRIDOR AND INVITE THE REGION TO
04:57:04PM MAKE CONNECTIONS TO IT AS WELL.
04:57:05PM SO ALL OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ENVISIONED IN THE
04:57:11PM MOVES PLAN THAT WE HAVE ENVISIONED IN THE GRANTS DOCUMENT AS
04:57:15PM WELL, BUT ALSO REGIONALLY.
04:57:17PM ALL OF THESE THAT ARE ALREADY IN LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION
04:57:21PM PLANS ARE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLANS OF THE THREE
04:57:25PM DIFFERENT MPOs.
04:57:26PM AGAIN, VOLUNTARY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO BE PART OF A LARGE --
04:57:33PM >> VIC, THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR
04:57:36PM DISCLOSING WHO IT WAS, THAT PARTICULAR ENTITY.
04:57:39PM DO ITEMS 53 AND 54 INCLUDE THE SUBCONTRACTOR OUTSOURCE OR A
04:57:45PM SEPARATE THING TO COME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
04:57:48PM >> A SEPARATE ITEM AND AND THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE GRANT
04:57:59PM AGREEMENT.
04:57:59PM I WILL VOTE YES ON THESE TWO.
04:58:02PM >>VIK BHIDE: ABSOLUTELY.
04:58:05PM WE ARE HAPPY TO HOST A WORKSHOP ON THIS BECAUSE I TRULY
04:58:09PM BELIEVE THAT GIVEN ALL OF THE FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH D.C.
04:58:13PM THROUGH OUR PARTNERS IN TALLAHASSEE AS WELL, THE BEGINNING
04:58:19PM OF SOMETHING RULE TO THREE BENEFICIAL AND I WILL GIVE ONE
04:58:22PM EXAMPLE.
04:58:22PM NOT JUST BUNDLING HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALSO WHEN
04:58:26PM WE THINK OF SAFE TRANSIT, WE THINK OF CAPITAL AND OPERATION
04:58:31PM SEPARATELY AND OPERATION IS THE RUB.
04:58:33PM BEING ABLE TO DEPLOY AND OPERATE A BUS ROUTE OVER 30 YEARS.
04:58:37PM SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES.
04:58:39PM AND THEY ARE BEING DISCUSSED NATIONALLY.
04:58:42PM ONE OF 24 ACCELERATORS WILL BAKE IN THIS 30-YEAR OPERATIONS
04:58:50PM AND HOW WE GET THERE IS ASSISTANCE.
04:58:55PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OFF LINE.
04:58:57PM WE PARTNER WITH USF IN LOTS OF OTHER WAYS.
04:59:01PM >>VIK BHIDE: THEY ARE PARTNERS.
04:59:02PM >> WE SHOULD LEAD AND SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE IS THAT THERE IS
04:59:06PM A LOT OF BAGGAGE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES GOING
04:59:09PM BACK TO 2010.
04:59:11PM AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO START WITH KIND OF THE CLEAN
04:59:15PM SLATE.
04:59:15PM THAT -- I AM TELLING YOU WHAT I HEARD FROM OTHER FOLKS.
04:59:22PM >>VIK BHIDE: ABSOLUTELY.
04:59:22PM WE WILL TALK OFF-LINE.
04:59:24PM IF ANYTHING WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH, WE WILL BE HAPPY T
04:59:27PM DO THAT.
04:59:27PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA AND COUNCILMAN
04:59:32PM COUNCILMAN --
04:59:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS THE TICKET TO
04:59:35PM THE SHOW.
04:59:35PM JUST THE ADMISSION TICKET TO THE SHOW AND GOING TO REAP A
04:59:39PM LOT BIGGER REWARDS AND BUILD US A STREETCAR.
04:59:43PM >>VIK BHIDE: IT WILL.
04:59:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THERE WE GO.
04:59:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
04:59:47PM YOUR ITEMS 53 AND 54.
04:59:49PM WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THEM.
04:59:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVE ITEMS 5 AND 54.
04:59:54PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN WITH A MOTION FOR
04:59:56PM THOSE TWO ITEMS.
04:59:57PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH THE SECOND.
04:59:58PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:59:59PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:00:01PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
05:00:04PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, NEW BUSINESS.
05:00:06PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: A COUPLE.
05:00:07PM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO
05:00:10PM PRESENT THE FISCAL 2024 MIDYEAR REVIEW DURING THE MAY 16,
05:00:15PM 2024 REGULAR COUNCIL SESSION.
05:00:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION ARE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A
05:00:19PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
05:00:20PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:00:21PM OPPOSED?
05:00:23PM YES, SIR?
05:00:24PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE SECOND ONE, I WOULD LIKE A MOTION FOR
05:00:27PM A COMMENDATION FOR WRIGHT'S GOURMET HOUSE FOR CELEBRATING 61
05:00:32PM YEARS IN TAMPA.
05:00:32PM SERVING THE CITY SINCE 1963.
05:00:34PM TRIPADVISOR SAYS ONE OF BEST RESTAURANT IN TAMPA AND THE
05:00:41PM STATE OF FLORIDA.
05:00:41PM A DATE WILL BE DETERMINED AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS
05:00:45PM SO YOU CAN ATTEND IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
05:00:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WILL THERE BE PRINCESS CAKE?
05:00:50PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONLY IF YOU PAY FOR IT.
05:00:51PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION AND A SECOND.
05:00:53PM AND THEN DISCUSSION.
05:00:54PM I LOVE PUBLIX BIRTHDAY CAKE; HOWEVER, WRIGHT'S MAKE
05:01:00PM THE ALPINE'S CAKE WHICH IS RIGHT THERE.
05:01:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AS DIABETIC, THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME
05:01:05PM THAT AS A DIABETIC.
05:01:07PM A THIRD ONE, IF I MAY --
05:01:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR.
05:01:10PM OPPOSED?
05:01:13PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE NEXT ONE IS, I THINK ALL OF US --
05:01:16PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD, SIR.
05:01:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TODAY WE WERE HANDED SOMETHING FROM THE
05:01:22PM TREE GROUP AND MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION TO
05:01:26PM LOOK TO PLANT TREES IN THESE SEVEN STATIONS.
05:01:28PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AGREE.
05:01:30PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: SECOND.
05:01:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR?
05:01:33PM >>LUIS VIERA: IT IS FUNNY, BECAUSE I SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY
05:01:38PM AFTERWARDS AND I SAID WOULD YOU MIND IF THEY ALSO DID POLICE
05:01:41PM STATIONS BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET FIRED, YOU GOT TO GET POLICE
05:01:44PM AND WHATEVER.
05:01:44PM AGAIN FOR FUTURE --
05:01:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: POLICE AND FIRE.
05:01:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CONSTRUCTION
05:01:56PM OF STATIONS?
05:01:57PM DO WE KNOW?
05:01:59PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD IMAGINE ANY NEW ONES WE WOULD DO
05:02:02PM IT AUTOMATICALLY.
05:02:03PM SOMETHING ELSE IN A DIFFERENT FORM.
05:02:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IN CASE WE HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE ADDING.
05:02:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WE CAN ADD TO IT ANY TIME WE WANT.
05:02:13PM THEY HAVE THE HEART TO DO THIS --
05:02:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EVEN THOSE.
05:02:17PM STATIONS WE WANT TO ADD A BAY TOO THAT MAY RESTRICT THE
05:02:22PM ABILITY TO DO THAT?
05:02:23PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM LOOKING AT HERE AND I AM FAMILIAR
05:02:28PM WITH MOST OF THEM AND ONE OF THEM A TREE FELL.
05:02:30PM AND I THINK IT IS ROOM FOR -- ALL THESE --
05:02:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WITH THE CAUTION THERE MAY BE AN EXCEPTION
05:02:36PM BECAUSE MIRANDA VIERA WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T.
05:02:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALL IN FAVOR, OPPOSED?
05:02:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S IT, MR. CHAIRMAN.
05:02:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
05:02:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: COUPLE OF ONES.
05:02:50PM MAY 2, PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTED TO ARE MOVE THEIR
05:02:54PM REPORT ON THE UNIVERSITY SQUARE PARK PLANNING STUDY TO MAY
05:02:58PM 22.
05:02:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
05:03:01PM MIRANDA.
05:03:01PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:03:02PM OPPOSED?
05:03:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: ASKED WITH OUR FRIEND FROM THE PENGUIN
05:03:08PM PROJECT, ALL SPECIAL NEEDS PLAY TO GIVE A COUNCIL
05:03:12PM COMMENDATION OFFSITE.
05:03:13PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
05:03:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
05:03:16PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:03:17PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:03:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: ALSO I HAVE -- I KNOW THE CRB WILL BE BRIEFED
05:03:24PM ON THE --
05:03:25PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES?
05:03:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: WHAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED.
05:03:29PM I WANT CITY LEGAL TO COME ON JUNE 6 TO BRIEF US ON THIS.
05:03:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
05:03:36PM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
05:03:39PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MR. CHAIRMAN?
05:03:47PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MA'AM.
05:03:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DURING PUBLIC COMMENT SUGGESTED THAT.
05:03:50PM IT IS A VERY CLEAR EXPLANATION.
05:03:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:03:54PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:03:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: THEN -- SORRY, LOOKING OVER HERE.
05:04:01PM SO IROCO DANCE ACADEMY.
05:04:04PM THIS IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.
05:04:07PM THEY HELPED OUT WITH THE DELTA, SIGMA, THETA, DANCING WITH
05:04:15PM THE STARS THAT I TOOK PART, AND THAT OTHERS DID.
05:04:21PM WE WANT TO HONOR THEM FOR THEIR WORK ALONG WITH THE DELTAS
05:04:24PM AND OTHERS.
05:04:25PM THE STATE I HAVE HERE IS AUGUST 22.
05:04:28PM MAY DO IT OFFSITE.
05:04:30PM I WANT TO HAVE THAT PLACE HOLD OFFICER I MAY FOR AUGUST 22.
05:04:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
05:04:40PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:04:42PM OPPOSED?
05:04:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WANT -- MAY 16, WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES
05:04:47PM COMING UP WITH FIRE AND POLICE.
05:04:49PM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT BRANDON BARCLAY AND NICK STOCCO
05:04:54PM BE GIVEN TIME TO THE EXTENT THEY WANT TO PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN
05:04:59PM AND ISSUE WITH POLICE AND FIRE AND ISSUES WITH THE TAMPA
05:05:03PM FIRE RESCUE UP THERE.
05:05:04PM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE -- WE DON'T NEED TO AMEND THE AGENDA,
05:05:07PM BUT JUST THE IDEA OF COUNCIL THAT WE GIVE TIME FOR THE UNITS
05:05:11PM TO SPEAK AS WELL.
05:05:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
05:05:16PM AND A SECOND.
05:05:17PM YES, MA'AM?
05:05:21PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I HAVE NOTHING.
05:05:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE NOTHING.
05:05:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE LOG.
05:05:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A FEW TODAY.
05:05:27PM I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN MAY 16 FOR THE -- I WON A SCHOLARSHIP.
05:05:35PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: HOW DID YOU GET THAT.
05:05:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK: APPLIED AND GOT A SCHOLARSHIP.
05:05:40PM I AM GOING TO CINCINNATI FOR A WEEK.
05:05:42PM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
05:05:44PM SINCE I WILL BE OUT OF TOWN I WOULD LIKE TO RESCHEDULE THE
05:05:48PM REPORT ON LILO LOCATIONS UNTIL JULY 18.
05:05:51PM I HAVE APPROVED THIS DATE WITH STAFF WHO WILL BE PRESENTING
05:05:54PM AND MR. VIERA WHO WAS THE MAKER OF THE MOTION.
05:05:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND
05:06:01PM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
05:06:02PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:06:03PM OPPOSED?
05:06:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SIMILARLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RED SCHEDULE THE
05:06:08PM SIX PILOT PRESENTATION FROM MAY 16 TO AUGUST 1, WHICH IS THE
05:06:12PM EARLIEST DATE THAT THE EXPERT WILL BE AVAILABLE.
05:06:15PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: DID YOU SAY PILOT?
05:06:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE SIX PILOT.
05:06:20PM THE WATER PROJECT.
05:06:21PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: VERY INTERESTING.
05:06:23PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK HAS A MOTION.
05:06:26PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A SECOND.
05:06:28PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:06:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN.
05:06:32PM ASK TO TAKE A TOUR.
05:06:34PM VERY INTERESTING.
05:06:34PM THEY MAY STILL HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THERE.
05:06:37PM IT IS AUGUST 1.
05:06:40PM I HAVE THESE MOTIONS ALL HANDY FOR THE MINUTES.
05:06:42PM THE LAST THING IS SOMETHING THAT MISS FEELEY BROUGHT TO ME.
05:06:46PM WE APPROVED OUR CALENDAR; HOWEVER, THEY HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN
05:06:52PM SOME REQUESTS FOR ALCOHOL PERMITS THAT THEY WILL NEED TO
05:06:56PM HAVE A -- AN ALCOHOL NIGHT.
05:07:00PM CURRENTLY THE LAST ALCOHOL NIGHT IS SEPTEMBER.
05:07:03PM AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS IN JANUARY.
05:07:05PM AND THEY CANNOT WAIT 120 DAYS.
05:07:08PM THAT IS JUST TOO LONG.
05:07:09PM SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO FIND A WAY THAT WE COULD FIT AN
05:07:14PM ALCOHOL NIGHT IN.
05:07:17PM THEY ARE CHOICES ARE TO PUT IT ON -- ON THE EVENING OF A
05:07:20PM REGULAR SESSION.
05:07:21PM WE COULD -- IT IS FAR ENOUGH OUT EITHER OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER
05:07:25PM THAT WE CAN LIMIT WHAT IS IN THE STAFF REPORT OR -- AND TO
05:07:30PM HAVE IT START AT 5:01.
05:07:33PM 1:30 TIME CERTAIN AND I AM CONCERNED OF THAT BECAUSE
05:07:37PM GENERALLY THE PUBLIC LIKES TO COME OUT FOR THOSE.
05:07:40PM SO -- SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE A PREFERENCE OF OCTOBER 17 OR
05:07:46PM NOVEMBER 21?
05:07:48PM NOVEMBER 21 IS IN THE MIDDLE AND OF THE THANKSGIVING.
05:07:57PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AM OKAY WITH NOVEMBER 21.
05:07:59PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: NOT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY.
05:08:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS A WEEK BEFORE THE HOLIDAY.
05:08:03PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT IS AN IMPORTANT TIME.
05:08:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE REASON -- AND WE CAN DO A DIFFERENT DATE
05:08:09PM IN NOVEMBER; HOWEVER, THE REASON THAT MIGHT WORK, RIGHT NOW
05:08:14PM WE HAVE NOTHING SCHEDULED FOR THE REGULAR SESSION.
05:08:16PM IN THIS MOTION, WE COULD LIMIT STAFF REPORTS TO FIVE OR
05:08:20PM FOUR.
05:08:20PM SO WE ARE NOT --
05:08:26PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YOU ARE ASKING FOR IT TO BE AT NIGHT.
05:08:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS THE PROBLEM IF NOT AT NIGHT, ANOTHER
05:08:32PM DAY OF THE WEEK.
05:08:33PM EASIER TO FIT IT IN ON A THURSDAY IF WE -- OR IF WE DECIDE
05:08:38PM --
05:08:40PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PUT IT ON LAND ZONING.
05:08:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN'T.
05:08:43PM OUR LAND ZONING ALREADY GOES TO 2 A.M.
05:08:45PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW MANY CASES ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
05:08:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T KNOW.
05:08:49PM I AM ASSUMING THAT IT WILL BE A BUNCH.
05:08:51PM THEY WILL KEEP IT TO TEN ITEMS IS WHAT THEY SAID.
05:08:53PM THEY ARE GENERALLY NOT LONG.
05:08:55PM HENDERSON CHINESE ABOUT OCTOBER 3?
05:09:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OCTOBER 3 IS RIGHT AFTER SEPTEMBER.
05:09:03PM THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET IT IN.
05:09:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT IS THE OTHER DATE?
05:09:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OCTOBER 17.
05:09:11PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: WHAT ABOUT DECEMBER 5.
05:09:14PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: TWO NIGHT MEET INFORMATION THE ROW.
05:09:19PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: LET ME STOP THINKING ABOUT THAT.
05:09:22PM NOVEMBER 21 IS FINE.
05:09:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WITH THE CONDITION THAT WE ONLY HAVE FOUR
05:09:25PM STAFF REPORTS ON.
05:09:29PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I FORGOT WHAT YOUR RULE IS.
05:09:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE RULE IS LIKE SEVEN.
05:09:34PM BUT FOR MERE, IF WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE --
05:09:37PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: BY THE WAY, I SHOULD ALSO JUST POINT OUT
05:09:40PM THAT THE LAST MEETING BEFORE A BREAK, A LOT OF THINGS COME
05:09:45PM ON THE AGENDA FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
05:09:47PM BECAUSE THEY KNOW YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE MEETING FOR A BIT.
05:09:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: LIMIT IT TO THREE STAFF REPORTS?
05:09:54PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: YES.
05:09:55PM YOU MEAN TO GET OUT OF HERE DURING THE DAY SESSION.
05:10:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: TO HAVE A BREAK IN BETWEEN.
05:10:02PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ALREADY TEN MINUTES INTO THE NIGHT MEETING.
05:10:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS IS OUR MOTION.
05:10:09PM WE ARE GOING TO ADD A ALCOHOL BEVERAGE MEETING ON NOVEMBER
05:10:15PM 21 AT 5:01 P.M. AND WE WILL LIMIT STAFF REPORTS DURING
05:10:22PM REGULAR SESSION TO FOUR.
05:10:24PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: AMEN.
05:10:25PM SECOND.
05:10:26PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I SUPPORT THAT.
05:10:27PM ALL IN FAVOR, A MOTION AND A SECOND.
05:10:29PM ANY OPPOSED.
05:10:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DIDN'T WRITE THE LAST ONE OUT BUT I HAVE
05:10:34PM THESE TWO FOR YOU.
05:10:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
05:10:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE TWO HOPEFULLY ONES.
05:10:40PM ONE IS I NEED TO FILE MY FORMS A AND B.
05:10:45PM FILE THE AB RECUSAL FORMS.
05:10:48PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION AND A SECOND.
05:10:49PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:10:51PM >>BILL CARLSON: TO REMIND ANYBODY WATCHING ETHICS COMMISSION
05:10:54PM OF STATE LAW PREFERS THAT YOU RECUSE YOURSELF IN ABUNDANCE
05:10:58PM OF CAUTION.
05:10:59PM SO THAT'S WHY I DO THAT.
05:11:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS.
05:11:05PM >>BILL CARLSON: NUMBER TWO, LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE,
05:11:11PM THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF REAL ESTATE PROJECTS AND
05:11:14PM SUBSIDIZING REAL ESTATE PROJECTS.
05:11:16PM I THINK SO AS TO AVOID ANY KIND OF ARGUMENTS OR BIG
05:11:20PM DISCUSSIONS LATER ON THAT WE OUGHT TO WORKSHOP, POSSIBLE
05:11:26PM GUIDELINES OR PREFERENCES AROUND DEVELOPER SUBSIDIES.
05:11:29PM AND REALLY I AM TALKING OF EXCLUDING.
05:11:32PM MAYBE EXCLUDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
05:11:35PM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD TO THE JUNE 27 WORKSHOP
05:11:38PM A DISCUSSION WHETHER WE SHOULD PUT ANY GUIDELINES OR LIMITS
05:11:41PM ON DEVELOPER SUBSIDIES.
05:11:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT DATE DID YOU SAY?
05:11:45PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUNE 27.
05:11:46PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION.
05:11:48PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR DISCUSSION?
05:11:50PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.
05:11:53PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A SECOND?
05:11:54PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: CHARLIE SAID SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.
05:11:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [INAUDIBLE]
05:12:06PM -- MADE VERY, VERY GOOD SENSE -- INSTEAD OF PAYING MONEY INTO
05:12:09PM IT.
05:12:09PM YOU WORK SOMETHING OUT WHETHER YOU GET MORE PER UNIT AND YOU
05:12:13PM DON'T PAY THE MONEY.
05:12:14PM YOU LET THEM HANDLE IT AND PUT IN WHAT THEY WANT AS FAR AS
05:12:17PM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
05:12:18PM YOU ASK FOR 20 AND YOU GET SO MUCH MONEY TO BUILD THE 20.
05:12:22PM YOU BUILT THE 20 AND 15 MORE AND WHATEVER YOU HANDLE IT ALL.
05:12:27PM THAT IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
05:12:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
05:12:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I CAN'T SUPPORT THIS, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT
05:12:36PM COMES IN FRONT OF US IS DIFFERENT.
05:12:37PM EVERYTHING.
05:12:37PM WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY NO TO IT, BUT I DON'T WANT
05:12:43PM TO STOP OUR STAFF FROM BEING ABLE TO NEGOTIATE, TO CREATE
05:12:48PM THINGS.
05:12:49PM AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A -- THERE IS PROBABLY AN INHERENT
05:12:54PM DISAGREEMENT HOW THEY SHOULD USE MONEY.
05:12:56PM SOME OF IT DOESN'T NEED MONEY.
05:12:59PM SOME OF IT CAN BE INCENTIVES.
05:13:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT MY IDEA.
05:13:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE APPROVED THAT TO GO TO THE PLANNING
05:13:07PM COMMISSION, SOME OF THAT INCENTIVES.
05:13:08PM I DON'T WANT TO TIE OUR HANDS WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT
05:13:12PM INCENTIVIZE OR HOW WE INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT.
05:13:15PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN.
05:13:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EXACTLY WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID.
05:13:21PM WE HAVE THE ABILITY, IT IS ONE AT A TIME.
05:13:23PM THEY CAN PITCH A PROJECT.
05:13:24PM WE CAN SHOOT IT DOWN, REJECT IT.
05:13:27PM I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- NECESSARILY TYING OUR HANDS WHEN WE
05:13:31PM ALREADY HAVE THAT ABILITY.
05:13:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
05:13:35PM WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
05:13:37PM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
05:13:38PM >>LUIS VIERA: THIS IS FOR JUST AUTO WORK.
05:13:43PM >> SO SHOP?
05:13:45PM >>BILL CARLSON: IN IS JUST A WORKSHOP.
05:13:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
05:13:51PM >>BILL CARLSON: SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FAIL.
05:13:52PM BUT IT IS JUST A WORKSHOP.
05:13:54PM THE IDEA IS THAT -- I NEED TO SAY THIS.
05:13:57PM IF YOU LISTEN TO THE STAFF, THEY ARE SPENDING ENORMOUS
05:14:01PM AMOUNTS OF TIME SUBSIDIZING REAL ESTATE PROJECTS THAT ARE
05:14:05PM NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE WAY THEY LOOK AT IT, PUTTING
05:14:08PM IN $10 MILLION IN SUBSIDIES.
05:14:11PM OVER A PERIOD OF TIME YOU CAN GET TAX MONEY OUT.
05:14:14PM THE EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULDN'T SUBSIDIZE THAT AND FIX
05:14:18PM ROADS AND THINGS.
05:14:19PM IF WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE THEM DIRECTION, I THINK IT WILL SAVE
05:14:22PM A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THEIR REAL ESTATE AND ECONOMIC
05:14:25PM DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
05:14:25PM IF WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM GUIDELINES, WE CAN REJECT THEM
05:14:29PM ONE BY ONE.
05:14:30PM MY PERSONAL PRESENCE, I WOULD RATHER THEM FOCUS ON JOB
05:14:34PM CREATION AND REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RATHER THAN
05:14:37PM SUBSIDIZING REAL ESTATE PROJECTS.
05:14:39PM >> THEY HAVE GOVERNMENT TO PITCH IT.
05:14:41PM PITCH WHAT WE GOT.
05:14:42PM IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, WE SHOOT IT DOWN.
05:14:44PM TO HONESTLY -- WE ALREADY HAVE TOO MUCH ON THESE AGENDAS.
05:14:48PM ANOTHER WORKSHOP AGENDA.
05:14:50PM I AM LIKE, MY GOD, FIVE DAYS -- HERE FIVE DAY AS WEEK.
05:14:54PM I MEAN, LET'S DO IT.
05:14:56PM FIVE DAY AS WEEK.
05:14:57PM AND -- DAYS A WEEK.
05:15:00PM OR WE WORKSHOP EVERYTHING.
05:15:02PM OUR CLERK IS GOING NO, NO!
05:15:05PM [LAUGHTER]
05:15:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WILL BE COMING BACK WITH THE RULES.
05:15:07PM I BELIEVE YOU WANT TO BE OUT BY 1:00 ON WORKSHOP DAYS.
05:15:12PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THAT IS TRUE.
05:15:14PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU HAVE TO PLAN YOUR AGENDA TO BE MINDFUL
05:15:16PM OF THE FACT YOU WILL GET OUT BY 1:00.
05:15:19PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S JUST VOTE.
05:15:20PM YES, SIR?
05:15:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: AGAIN, I AM OPEN TO WORKSHOPS.
05:15:23PM IF WE CREATE RULES, RIGHT, THAT WILL LIMIT IN WORKSHOP, WE
05:15:27PM CAN MOVE IT TO ANOTHER DAY.
05:15:28PM THINGS I TRIED TO GET ON THE CALENDAR BEFORE AND GOT SHOT
05:15:32PM DOWN, AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD BE HEARD UNLESS IT
05:15:36PM IS A COMPLETELY OUTLANDISH IDEA.
05:15:39PM I WILL SUPPORT IT AND FINE WITH IT BEING HEARD.
05:15:42PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN CARLSON MADE A MOTION.
05:15:47PM DOES THE SECOND STILL STAND?
05:15:50PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A SECOND.
05:15:51PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:15:52PM ANY OPPOSED?
05:15:55PM OVERWHELMING NO.
05:15:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CARSON AND VIERA WERE THE YESES.
05:16:16PM >>CLERK: MOTION FAILED WITH HURTAK, CLENDENIN, MANISCALCO,
05:16:21PM HENDERSON, AND MIRANDA VOTING NO.
05:16:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FILLING ELSE, SIR?
05:16:27PM >>BILL CARLSON: NO.
05:16:28PM JUST ONE LAST THING ON THAT.
05:16:29PM WE -- THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF TIME WASTED LOOKING AT
05:16:33PM THESE PROJECTS.
05:16:34PM I THINK A LOT MORE TIMES THAN OTHERWISE.
05:16:36PM ANYWAY, WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
05:16:38PM THANK YOU, ALL.
05:16:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
05:16:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: RETIRED REESE HAS PASSED ON.
05:16:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MY CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY.
05:16:54PM >>LUIS VIERA: GOD REST HIS SOUL.
05:16:56PM HE WAS HERE A LOT.
05:16:57PM VERY NICE GENTLEMAN.
05:16:59PM >>LUIS VIERA: HE PASSED ON.
05:17:01PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PASSED ON.
05:17:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HE WAS ON DUTY.
05:17:05PM STILL WORKING.
05:17:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: HE RETIRED IN THE RESERVES.
05:17:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: RESERVES.
05:17:10PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: THANK YOU FOUR SHARING.
05:17:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
05:17:13PM MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
05:17:15PM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
05:17:16PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I REMEMBER HIM DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB AT
05:17:19PM THE CONVENTION CENTER DURING A VERY TOUGH TIME FOR THE
05:17:23PM PUBLIC.
05:17:23PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ABSOLUTELY.
05:17:24PM ALWAYS GREAT WITH THE PUBLIC.
05:17:27PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SORRY, COUNCIL, DID YOU CALL IT ADJOURNED.
05:17:30PM I HAVE TWO ITEMS.
05:17:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
05:17:34PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
05:17:35PM TO RECEIVE AND FILED.
05:17:37PM GO AHEAD.
05:17:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: TWO ITEMS.
05:17:39PM NUMBER ONE, I MAILED -- I E-MAILED YOU THREE APPLICATIONS TO
05:17:44PM THE HILLS RIVER PLANNING BOARD'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY
05:17:47PM COMMITTEE.
05:17:47PM IT IS NOT ON YOUR AGENDA.
05:17:49PM DO YOU WANT TO SET IT TO HAVE -- TO HAVE EITHER A DECISION
05:17:53PM OR DO YOU WANT THE APPLICANTS TO COME IN?
05:17:55PM HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT.
05:17:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOW MANY VACANCIES.
05:18:00PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ONE VACANCY.
05:18:02PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THREE APPLICANTS.
05:18:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW
05:18:06PM THAT.
05:18:07PM BUT COUNCIL, THERE IS UNUSUAL.
05:18:09PM NOT AN APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD.
05:18:11PM IT CAN BE DONE BY A COUNCIL VOTE OR A LETTER FROM THE CHAIR,
05:18:14PM BUT THE PLANNING -- THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS WAITING TO
05:18:17PM HAVE THIS POSITION FILLED.
05:18:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN WE DO IT NEXT WEEK, TWO WEEKS?
05:18:22PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WELL, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOUR AGENDA --
05:18:25PM SOONER THE BETTER.
05:18:26PM MAY 16.
05:18:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DONE.
05:18:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT GOOD.
05:18:31PM DO YOU NEED A MOTION FOR THAT?
05:18:33PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU --
05:18:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FOR MAY 16.
05:18:37PM MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
05:18:39PM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
05:18:41PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ONE LAST THING.
05:18:43PM I WILL NOT BE HERE NEXT WEEK.
05:18:46PM I WILL BE AT THE HILLSBOROUGH BAR LAND USE LAW CONFERENCE,
05:18:52PM SEVEN-HOUR CONFERENCE AND JUSTIN VASKE HAS KINDLY OFFERED TO
05:19:00PM SIT IN WHILE I AM AWAY.
05:19:02PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I WILL MISS YOU.
05:19:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
05:19:05PM THANK THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
05:19:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE WILL ENJOY.
05:19:10PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: I AGREED?
05:19:11PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE ADJOURNED.
05:19:13PM >>GWEN HENDERSON: 5:19.
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