TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2025, 9:00 A.M.
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9:01:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE THE INVOCATION.
9:01:53AM I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WANTED -- WE WEREN'T HERE WITH
9:02:01AM THE PASSING OF MINNESOTA SENATOR MELISSA HORTMAN AND HER
9:02:08AM HUSBAND AND THEIR DOG IN A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION.
9:02:11AM I JUST THINK THAT AS WE STAND FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, IF WE
9:02:14AM COULD THINK ABOUT HER FAMILY AND MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA
9:02:18AM AND ALL OF US AS WE CONSIDER THE HEINOUSNESS OF THAT ACT.
9:02:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EVERYBODY RISE, PLEASE.
9:02:27AM MOMENT OF SILENCE.
9:02:29AM [MOMENT OF SILENCE]
9:02:40AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE?
9:02:43AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:02:57AM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:03:00AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:03:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:03:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:03:03AM >> VIERA?
9:03:04AM CARLSON?
9:03:05AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:03:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:03:06AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:03:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
9:03:08AM I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE
9:03:11AM MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION HELD ON JUNE 5 AND EVENING
9:03:14AM SESSION ON JUNE 12.
9:03:15AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:03:17AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:03:18AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:03:20AM OPPOSED.
9:03:20AM LET'S DO AN AGENDA REVIEW.
9:03:23AM WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CHANGES.
9:03:24AM ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA TO ADD
9:03:33AM THE ELECTION OF CHAIR PRO TEM AS FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS.
9:03:38AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:03:39AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:03:41AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:03:43AM OPPOSED?
9:03:43AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:03:45AM THANK YOU.
9:03:45AM WE HAVE BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
9:03:51AM I BELIEVE WE NEED TO REMOVE ITEM 70 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
9:03:54AM CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THAT, PLEASE?
9:03:56AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:03:58AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:03:59AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:04:01AM OPPOSED?
9:04:01AM ANYBODY WANT TO REMOVE ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA?
9:04:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WELL, I KNOW THAT COUNCILMAN VIERA, WHO IS
9:04:09AM ONLY MOMENTS AWAY -- OH, SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, AND HE SHALL
9:04:12AM APPEAR.
9:04:13AM I KNOW HE NEEDED TO REMOVE ITEM 1.
9:04:16AM BUT I'LL LET HIM SPEAK TO THAT.
9:04:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:04:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, THANK YOU.
9:04:24AM PARDON MY BEING LATE.
9:04:25AM THANK YOU.
9:04:26AM WE DO NEED TO REMOVE ITEM 1, IF WE MAY.
9:04:28AM KAREN CLAY HAD A CONFLICT.
9:04:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:04:32AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:04:33AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:04:34AM OPPOSED?
9:04:35AM ITEM 1 IS REMOVED.
9:04:39AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD OUT 25 FOR A SEPARATE
9:04:42AM VOTE, PLEASE.
9:04:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON TO PULL 25
9:04:45AM FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.
9:04:47AM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:04:48AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:04:49AM OPPOSED?
9:04:50AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:04:52AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:04:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEMS 47 AND 48 FOR
9:05:02AM DISCUSSION.
9:05:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO PULL
9:05:05AM ITEMS 47 AND 48 FOR DISCUSSION.
9:05:07AM IS THERE A SECOND?
9:05:08AM WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:05:09AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:05:11AM OPPOSED?
9:05:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT AFTER ADMINISTRATIVE
9:05:15AM UPDATE.
9:05:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: REMOVE 47 AND 48 TO AFTER ADMINISTRATIVE
9:05:18AM UPDATE.
9:05:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
9:05:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO MOVE
9:05:21AM ITEMS 47 AND 48 FOR DISCUSSION --
9:05:23AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT IS THE SAME THING.
9:05:25AM GENERALLY THAT'S WHAT WE DO WHEN WE PULL THEM.
9:05:27AM IT'S NOT A SEPARATE VOTE.
9:05:30AM IT'S A DISCUSSION.
9:05:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO WE DON'T NEED A MOTION.
9:05:34AM OKAY.
9:05:35AM GOOD.
9:05:35AM IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE AGENDA THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE
9:05:37AM CHANGED?
9:05:38AM LET'S DO STAFF REPORTS.
9:05:47AM WE DO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE.
9:05:58AM DURING THE ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE, CHIEF BENNETT HAS ADVISED
9:06:01AM HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS 101.
9:06:05AM FOR ITEM 94, WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. ROGERO AND MS. DUNCAN.
9:06:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
9:06:17AM WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
9:06:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
9:06:19AM NUMBER 95, MEMO FROM MS. DUNCAN.
9:06:24AM AMOUNT EXCEEDS, MECHANICAL SERVICE -- ANY DISCUSSION?
9:06:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
9:06:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
9:06:30AM THAT'S FOR 95, NO DISCUSSION.
9:06:32AM 96.
9:06:35AM >>LUIS VIERA: OBVIOUSLY, WE REQUESTED THE FIRE CHIEF FOR
9:06:39AM THIS ONE AS WELL AS FOR 97 BE HERE IN PERSON.
9:06:43AM OBVIOUSLY, NOTE SHE WILL BE.
9:06:46AM I SENT A MEMO AS WELL ASKING FOR FORMAL TIME FOR LOCAL 754
9:06:50AM ON THESE ITEMS AS WELL IF I MAY.
9:06:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I BELIEVE CHIEF TRIPP WILL BE HERE FOR 96
9:06:56AM AND 97.
9:06:57AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO ALLOW NICK STOCCO TO SPEAK
9:07:00AM DURING THIS TIME.
9:07:01AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:07:01AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
9:07:03AM OPPOSED?
9:07:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: THIS WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON, RIGHT?
9:07:07AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE AYES HAVE IT.
9:07:09AM WE'LL EXPECT A PRESENTATION FROM BOTH CHIEF TRIPP AND THE
9:07:13AM PRESIDENT OF THE 954, MR. STOCCO.
9:07:16AM 98, WE DEFINITELY NEED MR. ROGERO FOR THAT.
9:07:25AM 99, BRANDON, MOBILITY.
9:07:29AM YES.
9:07:29AM MS. KOPESKY, BUDGET ANALYST, PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION FROM
9:07:35AM THE BUDGET.
9:07:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
9:07:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES, OKAY.
9:07:40AM 101.
9:07:50AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU ARE MOVING THAT UP TO ADMINISTRATIVE
9:07:52AM UPDATE.
9:07:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
9:07:54AM MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, IF NO FURTHER CHANGES.
9:08:02AM >>JOHN BENNETT: JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
9:08:04AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, DID YOU NEED STAFF FOR THAT DISCUSSION
9:08:06AM OR JUST A COUNCIL DISCUSSION?
9:08:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE STAFF HERE.
9:08:13AM IT'S GOING TO BE A COMBINATION.
9:08:18AM STAFF IS WELCOME.
9:08:19AM IF THEY JUST WANT TO BE ONLINE, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE IN
9:08:22AM PERSON.
9:08:23AM IT'S A BROADER DISCUSSION THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO HAVE ALL
9:08:26AM WEEK ABOUT TREES AND THE NEW TREE ORDINANCE AND OLD TREE
9:08:30AM ORDINANCE.
9:08:30AM YES, I WANTED TO DISCUSS IT WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
9:08:33AM YEAH, IF THEY WANT TO BE ONLINE.
9:08:36AM THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN PERSON.
9:08:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 102,
9:08:45AM PLEASE.
9:08:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED.
9:08:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:08:48AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:08:51AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:08:53AM OPPOSED?
9:08:53AM WE RECEIVED AND FILED 102.
9:08:59AM A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, PLEASE.
9:09:01AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, A SECOND FROM
9:09:04AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:09:04AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:09:07AM OPPOSED?
9:09:07AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:09:08AM A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE, BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY WITH
9:09:18AM FILLING VACANCIES, COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD IT BE YOUR INTENT
9:09:22AM TO DISCUSS AND ELECT CRA BUSINESS TODAY.
9:09:26AM THE CLERK IS HERE THIS MORNING.
9:09:29AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD AFTER THE PRO TEM
9:09:33AM ELECTION, TO ADD CRA ELECTION.
9:09:35AM >>LUIS VIERA: ABSOLUTELY, YES, SIR.
9:09:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA TO HAVE THE
9:09:38AM CRA CHAIR AND PRO TEM ELECTION AFTER THE CITY COUNCIL PRO
9:09:43AM TEM ELECTION THIS MORNING.
9:09:46AM IS THERE A SECOND?
9:09:47AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:09:48AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
9:09:50AM OPPOSED?
9:09:50AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:09:51AM WITH THAT BEING SAID WE'LL MOVE INTO ELECTION.
9:09:55AM I SEE THAT OUR CLERK, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES IS HERE.
9:10:00AM MADAM CLERK, I GIVE YOU THE FLOOR.
9:10:01AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND HONORABLE
9:10:05AM COUNCIL.
9:10:06AM I'M HERE TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION -- SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES,
9:10:11AM CITY CLERK.
9:10:11AM I'M HERE TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION FOR THE CHAIR PRO TEM.
9:10:18AM IS THERE A NOMINATION?
9:10:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I NOMINATE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:10:28AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: HURTAK HAS BEEN NOMINATED.
9:10:30AM IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:10:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:10:36AM >>LUIS VIERA: I RESPECTFULLY DECLINE.
9:10:38AM THANK YOU.
9:10:39AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:10:41AM ALL IN FAVOR, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.
9:10:47AM ALL RIGHT.
9:10:49AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
9:10:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
9:10:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU HAVE ONE MORE WORD.
9:10:57AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:11:01AM >>LYNN HURTAK: TO YOU ALL.
9:11:02AM THANKS TO YOU ALL.
9:11:04AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CRA CHAIR.
9:11:07AM IS THERE A NOMINATION?
9:11:09AM >>LUIS VIERA: I NOMINATE COUNCILWOMAN LYNN HURTAK.
9:11:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DECLINE, BUT THANK YOU.
9:11:17AM I NOMINATE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:11:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
9:11:26AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: IS THERE ANOTHER NOMINATION?
9:11:28AM >>BILL CARLSON: I THOUGHT IT AUTOMATICALLY WENT TO YOU.
9:11:31AM YOU DON'T WANT IT?
9:11:32AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MEAN, HOW SHALL I SAY THIS?
9:11:34AM I HAVE A LOT ON MY PLATE RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING CHAIRMAN OF
9:11:38AM HART.
9:11:38AM HOW ABOUT THIS, GUYS?
9:11:40AM I'LL DO IT FOR -- LET'S SAY THIS.
9:11:43AM WE HAVE AN ELECTION FOR DISTRICT 5 THAT'S COMING UP.
9:11:48AM I ALWAYS THINK IT'S PROPER IN MANY CASES TO HAVE THE
9:11:52AM COUNCILPERSON OF DISTRICT 5 BE THE CHAIRPERSON OF CRA.
9:11:56AM HOW ABOUT, IF I MAY, I'LL AGREE TO ACCEPT THIS WITH THE
9:11:59AM UNDERSTANDING THAT ONCE THAT PERSON COMES IN WE RECONSIDER.
9:12:03AM IS THAT A GOOD COMPROMISE?
9:12:04AM THEN I HEREBY ACCEPT UNDER THOSE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
9:12:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ARE YOU A LAWYER BY CHANCE?
9:12:11AM >>LUIS VIERA: I AM.
9:12:12AM I'M A MEDIATOR.
9:12:13AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:12:17AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: CONGRATULATIONS.
9:12:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
9:12:22AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: WE'LL NOW HAVE THE NOMINATION FOR
9:12:25AM VICE-CHAIR OF THE CRA.
9:12:28AM IS THERE A NOMINATION?
9:12:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I NOMINATE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:12:39AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA IS FULL.
9:12:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL DO THAT TOO.
9:12:43AM THAT'S FINE.
9:12:45AM DOUBLE VICE-CHAIR.
9:12:49AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OKAY.
9:12:50AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
9:12:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
9:13:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
9:13:05AM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU ALL ARE GOING TO SEE US PUT THESE ON.
9:13:08AM THESE ARE FIGURES THAT REPRESENT BLACK HISTORY THAT THE LATE
9:13:13AM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON WOULD OFTEN HAVE ON.
9:13:17AM I HAVE PRESIDENT OBAMA.
9:13:18AM WE ALSO HAVE HERE I BELIEVE FREDERICK DOUGLASS, HARRIET
9:13:22AM TUBMAN, AMONG OTHERS, DIFFERENT FOLKS.
9:13:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: KAMALA HARRIS.
9:13:29AM >> VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, JESSE JACKSON, AMONG
9:13:33AM OTHERS.
9:13:33AM WE'RE WEARING THAT TODAY FOR THE WAIT COUNCILWOMAN
9:13:37AM HENDERSON.
9:13:38AM SHE WOULD ALWAYS WEAR THESE FIGURES.
9:13:41AM I PICKED PRESIDENT OBAMA.
9:13:44AM THERE YOU GO.
9:13:45AM THANK YOU.
9:13:46AM THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE ON.
9:13:50AM >>BILL CARLSON: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA GOT THEM FOR US, BUT I
9:13:54AM BELIEVE YOU CAN BUY THEM AT BLACK ENGLISH BOOKSTORE.
9:13:57AM IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BUY SOME AND SUPPORT COUNCILWOMAN
9:14:01AM HENDERSON'S FAMILY, YOU CAN BUY THEM AT BLACK ENGLISH.
9:14:06AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: WE HAVE HURTAK AS CHAIR PRO TEM.
9:14:09AM VIERA AS CRA CHAIR.
9:14:11AM HURTAK AGAIN AS CRA VICE-CHAIR.
9:14:15AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:14:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
9:14:20AM NOW WE'RE GOING TO COMMENDATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.
9:14:24AM ITEM 1 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
9:14:26AM WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 2.
9:14:28AM THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE NATALIE HERNANDEZ.
9:14:31AM I BELIEVE THIS WAS INITIATED BY COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:14:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A MOMENT.
9:14:58AM I WAS GOING TO DO IT FROM THERE.
9:15:00AM THANK YOU.
9:15:02AM IT'S BETTER OVER HERE SO WE'RE ALL ON CAMERA TOGETHER.
9:15:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ALL LOOK GOOD ON CAMERA.
9:15:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WORE A TIE TODAY BECAUSE SENATOR
9:15:15AM ARTHENIA JOYNER SAID I NEED TO START WEARING A TIE AGAIN.
9:15:20AM I DON'T SAY NO TO THE SENATOR.
9:15:21AM I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS
9:15:24AM PRESIDENT, MAYOR NANCY MILLER OF DAYTONA BEACH SHORES.
9:15:29AM WELCOME TO TAMPA.
9:15:30AM WE HOPE YOU ARE ENJOYING YOUR STAY HERE.
9:15:32AM FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JEFF BRANCH.
9:15:34AM MAYOR MILLER WILL BE PRESENTING AND INTRODUCING NATALIE
9:15:44AM HERNANDEZ, WHO PLACED THIRD IN THE "IF I WERE ELECTED MAYOR"
9:15:48AM ESSAY COMPETITION.
9:15:49AM NATALIE PLACED THIRD OUT OF WAS IT 1900?
9:15:53AM 1,900 ESSAYS.
9:15:56AM YOU'RE LOCAL, RIGHT?
9:15:57AM SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU.
9:16:00AM WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE.
9:16:01AM WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR YOU.
9:16:02AM MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT AWAY.
9:16:05AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:16:06AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
9:16:09AM GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
9:16:11AM WE THANK MAYOR CASTOR FOR HAVING US IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.
9:16:16AM A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO OUR VOLUSIA LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD
9:16:19AM MEMBER LUIS VIERA.
9:16:21AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:16:22AM AGAIN, MY NAME IS NANCY MILLER.
9:16:24AM I AM THE MAYOR OF DAYTONA BEACH SHORES.
9:16:26AM I'M PRESIDENT OF FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS.
9:16:28AM ON BEHALF OF THE 411 MAYORS WHO MAKE UP OUR ORGANIZATION, I
9:16:33AM AM HONORED TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG
9:16:37AM LEADER FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, NATALIE HERNANDEZ.
9:16:41AM NATALIE IS AN 8th GRADE STUDENT AT HENDERSON HAMMOCK
9:16:46AM CHARTER SCHOOL.
9:16:47AM NATALIE IS THE THIRD PLACE WINNER OF THE STATEWIDE "IF I
9:16:51AM WERE ELECTED MAYOR" ESSAY CONTEST.
9:16:54AM THIS IS AN INITIATIVE PRESENTED ANNUALLY BY THE FLORIDA
9:16:57AM LEAGUE OF MAYORS AND THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES.
9:17:00AM THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTEST IS TO ENCOURAGE FLORIDA'S YOUTH
9:17:04AM TO ENVISION THEMSELVES AS MAYORS AND SHARE THEIR IDEAS FOR
9:17:08AM IMPROVING THEIR CITY, THEIR TOWN, AND THEIR VILLAGE.
9:17:12AM THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED MORE THAN 1900 ESSAYS FROM STUDENTS
9:17:17AM ACROSS THE STATE.
9:17:18AM FROM THAT NUMBER, NATALIE'S ESSAY STOOD OUT FOR ITS
9:17:22AM CREATIVITY, ITS THOUGHTFULNESS, AND CLEAR COMMITMENT TO HER
9:17:26AM COMMUNITY.
9:17:26AM I JUST WANT TO PICK OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT NATALIE
9:17:29AM SAID.
9:17:29AM SHE WANTED TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE, EDUCATION WAS A KEY
9:17:33AM ASPECT.
9:17:34AM SHE TALKED ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL
9:17:39AM SUSTAINABILITY.
9:17:39AM HER VISION WOULD BE CENTERING ON A THRIVING, INCLUSIVE,
9:17:43AM SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY WHERE ALL RESIDENTS CAN PROSPER.
9:17:46AM NATALIE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR YOU AS THE
9:17:51AM THIRD-PLACE WINNER, YOU WILL RECEIVE $250 GIFT CARD AND A
9:17:56AM JOINT RESOLUTION AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS THAT FOR
9:17:59AM YOU.
9:18:00AM THAT IS FROM THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND THE FLORIDA
9:18:03AM LEAGUE OF MAYORS.
9:18:04AM YOU WILL ALSO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN A STATEWIDE NEWS RELEASE
9:18:08AM FEATURED IN QUALITY CITIES ONLINE MAGAZINE.
9:18:11AM AND YOU WILL BE RECOGNIZED ON THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS
9:18:14AM WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.
9:18:17AM NATALIE, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.
9:18:19AM YOUR ESSAY SHOWS US THAT THE FUTURE OF FLORIDA IS VERY
9:18:22AM BRIGHT.
9:18:23AM THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR YOUR WARM
9:18:27AM WELCOME AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF CIVIC EDUCATION
9:18:31AM AND YOUTH ENGAGEMENT.
9:18:33AM WE ARE HAVING A THREE-DAY MEETING HERE.
9:18:35AM TODAY WE'LL BE IN TAMPA FOR OUR FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS
9:18:39AM REGIONAL, AND THEN TOMORROW WE'RE GOING ON TO CLEARWATER.
9:18:43AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING US.
9:18:44AM I WAS HERE LAST WEEK WITH THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS.
9:18:48AM YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY HERE.
9:18:49AM THANK YOU AGAIN.
9:18:51AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:18:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NATALIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING?
9:19:11AM I THINK YOU SHOULD SPEAK.
9:19:16AM >> THIS IS UNEXPECTED, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
9:19:20AM WHENEVER I WROTE THAT ESSAY, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THINGS
9:19:23AM THAT AS A STUDENT THAT I FIND LIKE A STRUGGLE IN MY EVERYDAY
9:19:27AM LIFE AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE FOR, LIKE, MEMBERS OF OUR
9:19:31AM COUNCIL AS THEY ARE TRYING TO CONTROL THESE ISSUES AND SOLVE
9:19:34AM THEM.
9:19:35AM I SPOKE FROM WHAT I THOUGHT NEEDED TO BE IMPROVED.
9:19:38AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING ME.
9:19:42AM THIS MEANS SO MUCH.
9:19:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S INCREDIBLE.
9:19:45AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:19:46AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:46AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:19:51AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WONDER IF YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE
9:19:54AM SPEECH OR THE ESSAY THAT WE COULD RECEIVE AND FILE INTO THE
9:19:58AM FILE HERE.
9:19:59AM DO YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THE ESSAY?
9:20:03AM IF SOMEBODY HAS A COPY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
9:20:09AM RECEIVE AND FILE IT SO IT WILL BE IN THE SPECIAL RECORD.
9:20:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION THERE COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECOND
9:20:14AM FROM HURTAK TO RECEIVE AND FILE A COPY OF THE ESSAY.
9:20:18AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:20:19AM AYE.
9:20:20AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, YOU HAVE THE NEXT ITEM.
9:20:25AM >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
9:20:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:20:27AM ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR STAY IN TAMPA.
9:20:29AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:20:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:20:38AM COME ON UP.
9:20:39AM WE HAVE QUITE A FEW.
9:20:49AM IN RECOGNITION OF YEARS OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEER SERVICE AS
9:20:52AM CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA
9:20:54AM AND ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, WE ARE PROUD TO
9:20:57AM RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND A FEW SPECIAL INDIVIDUALS.
9:21:01AM I'LL START OFF WITH MR. PAUL ERNI, 30 YEARS OF SERVICE,
9:21:05AM APPOINTED BY MAYOR SANDY FREEDMAN.
9:21:07AM WE HAVE LAURA WARE WHO WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, 21 YEARS
9:21:12AM OF SERVICE.
9:21:13AM WE HAVE RICHARD REAVIS, 17 YEARS OF SERVICE.
9:21:17AM AND ALEX DUNMIRE FOR 14 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THEIR
9:21:21AM OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE AS CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL
9:21:23AM MAGISTRATES.
9:21:24AM ALL OF THEM EXEMPLIFY THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY,
9:21:28AM DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM IN THEIR ROLE, MAKING
9:21:30AM INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
9:21:32AM VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE WITHOUT COMPENSATION,
9:21:35AM THEY SELFLESSLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY, DEMONSTRATING AN
9:21:38AM UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE AND
9:21:41AM FAIRNESS.
9:21:41AM THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE HAVE HAD A LONG-LASTING, POSITIVE
9:21:45AM IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
9:21:46AM AND WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
9:21:49AM IT IS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL'S HONOR TO PRESENT THESE
9:21:51AM COMMENDATIONS, WHICH LISA WILL BRING UP, TO PAUL, RICHARD,
9:21:54AM ALEX AND LAURA, LAURA WHO COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY, ON
9:21:59AM THIS 26th DAY OF JUNE, 2025.
9:22:02AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:22:02AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:02AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING?
9:22:13AM >> I'LL KEEP IT SHORT BECAUSE MY PARKING IS ONLY UNTIL 9:32.
9:22:18AM I CAN SEE I GET AN AWARD AND THEN GET A TICKET.
9:22:22AM IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE AS HEARING MASTER.
9:22:29AM I WANT TO THANK MY GOOD FRIENDS FOR COMING.
9:22:32AM WANT TO THANK WENDY AND MY PARENTS.
9:22:37AM AND THAT'S IT.
9:22:42AM >> THANK YOU.
9:22:45AM HARD TO REALIZE LOOKING AT ME I'M THE BABY OF THE GROUP BY A
9:22:48AM NUMBER OF YEARS IT SEEMS.
9:22:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I LIKE YOUR HAIR CUT.
9:22:51AM >> THANK YOU, YES.
9:22:53AM MODEL IT AFTER YOURS, SIR.
9:22:55AM IT'S BEEN A GREAT 14 YEARS BEING ABLE TO SERVE THE CITY AND
9:23:01AM HELP OUT THE CITIZENS.
9:23:03AM I WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT 14 YEARS IF IT WASN'T FOR WENDY.
9:23:11AM GREAT CITY EMPLOYEE.
9:23:12AM WHEN WE SCREW UP, SHE LETS US KNOW IT QUICKLY.
9:23:18AM WENDY, THANK YOU.
9:23:19AM I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS.
9:23:21AM THANK YOU.
9:23:24AM >> I'M GOOD.
9:23:25AM THEY'VE SAID EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.
9:23:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WOULD LIKE TO
9:23:31AM SAY SOMETHING.
9:23:32AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU TO PAUL, LAURA, RICHARD, ALEX.
9:23:36AM 81 YEARS SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME.
9:23:39AM TO YOU FELLOWS AND LADIES, IT WAS A PART OF YOUR HISTORY,
9:23:43AM YOUR LIFE THAT YOU WANT TO DEDICATE TO PEOPLE THAT HAD SOME
9:23:46AM MINOR PROBLEMS WITH A SYSTEM THAT WAS IN PLACE.
9:23:51AM I CAN ONLY SAY THERE WAS A GLITCH, BUT NO ONE'S FAULT.
9:23:55AM IT WAS OUR FAULT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A BACKUP IN THE
9:23:59AM SYSTEM WITHIN THE FOUR INDIVIDUALS.
9:24:00AM THERE WASN'T A FIFTH OR SIXTH THAT WE COULD CALL IN.
9:24:03AM YOU FOUR HAVE DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB FOR TOTAL OF 81 YEARS
9:24:07AM COMBINED.
9:24:08AM WE, THE COUNCIL, THE CITY OF TAMPA, NEVER GOING TO FORGET
9:24:10AM THAT.
9:24:11AM LET ME TELL YOU WHY.
9:24:13AM NOT ONLY WAS YOUR JOB DONE RIGHT, CORRECTLY, IT WAS DONE
9:24:17AM WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS FORGOTTEN.
9:24:20AM THAT IS THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE CRISIS.
9:24:22AM MOST PEOPLE WHO COME BEFORE YOU WERE ALREADY IN A CRISIS
9:24:26AM BEFORE THEY GOT HERE.
9:24:27AM THE WAY YOU FOUR HANDLE IT WAS WAY ABOVE THE CALL OF DUTY.
9:24:35AM YOU DID IT WITH GLAMOUR BUT WITHOUT FRICTION.
9:24:37AM GLAMOUR DOESN'T MEAN HAPPINESS.
9:24:40AM GLAMOUR MEANS WHAT YOU DID WAS SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITHOUT
9:24:44AM GLAMORIZING YOUR POSITION AND SAYING YOU HAVE A $500 FINE.
9:24:49AM YOU DID YOUR JOB TO GET WHATEVER WAS NEEDED, TO GET
9:24:52AM CORRECTED, CORRECTED FIRST AND A FINE SECOND.
9:24:55AM NOT A FINE FIRST AND CORRECT IT LATER.
9:24:57AM TODAY'S PUBLIC AND NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE COUNTRY YOU
9:24:59AM LIVE IN, BECAUSE OF WARS, ANTICIPATION OF WARS, ANTICIPATION
9:25:03AM OF INFLATION, ANTICIPATION OF GUNSHOTS ON THE STREET,
9:25:07AM ANTICIPATION OF PEOPLE GOING OUT WITHOUT A GUN PERMIT, SO
9:25:09AM MANY THINGS THAT ARE IN THE PEOPLE'S MINDS.
9:25:12AM HURRICANES COMING THROUGH.
9:25:14AM LOOK AT THE WHOLE UNITED STATES, NOT ONLY THIS AREA WHERE
9:25:17AM YOU LIVE IN, WHERE WE ALL LIVE IN.
9:25:19AM LOOK WHAT HAPPENS IN KENTUCKY, IN NORTH CAROLINA, IN
9:25:24AM VIRGINIA, IN OHIO.
9:25:28AM THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS SCREWED UP AS FAR AS THE ENVIRONMENT.
9:25:32AM THESE THINGS ARE NOT COMING UP BECAUSE WE WANTED THEM TO
9:25:35AM HAPPEN.
9:25:36AM COMING UP BECAUSE WE SCREWED IT UP OURSELVES FOR A HUNDRED
9:25:39AM YEARS OF ABUSE.
9:25:40AM WE'RE PAYING THE PRICE.
9:25:41AM YOU FELLOWS, ALL FOUR OF YOU HAVE DONE A YEOMAN'S JOB.
9:25:45AM I CAN ONLY SAY, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK TO MY COUNCIL
9:25:48AM MEMBERS AND THEY CAN'T SPEAK TO ME, BUT I LIKE TO SEE THE
9:25:51AM SYSTEM REVERSE, GO BACK TO WHAT WE HAD WITH ONE OR TWO
9:25:55AM EXTRAS OR ALTERNATE INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR POSITION WHICH WE
9:25:59AM DID NOT HAVE.
9:26:00AM THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
9:26:01AM JUST LIKE COUNCIL, WHERE WE HAVE AN EMPTY CHAIR THAT'S
9:26:05AM MISSING, WONDERFUL LADY, YEOMAN'S JOB, SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,
9:26:10AM DID A LOT OF GOOD FOR THE CITY, PASSED AWAY AS YOU WELL NOW.
9:26:14AM NOW THERE IS A SPECIAL ELECTION.
9:26:16AM WE DIDN'T HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION IN YOUR CASE.
9:26:18AM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IF IT COMES BACK, I HOPE THIS COUNCIL
9:26:20AM BRINGS IT BACK, TO A CIVIL UNDERSTANDING OF EYE-TO-EYE
9:26:25AM CONTACT AND SOLVING THE PROBLEM FIRST, THE MONEY IS SECOND.
9:26:29AM WE DON'T NEED THE MONEY.
9:26:30AM WE NEED THE THINGS FIXED FIRST.
9:26:32AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGEOUS WORK, DILIGENT WORK, SHOWING
9:26:35AM UP EVERY DAY AND DOING WHAT YOU DID FOR 81 YEARS.
9:26:38AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:26:39AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:48AM >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK,
9:26:50AM AND SULING.
9:26:52AM WE ALSO HAVE RECOGNITIONS.
9:27:00AM >> WE CANNOT LET YOU WALK AWAY WITHOUT US, THE CITY CLERK'S
9:27:03AM OFFICE, SHOWING OUR APPRECIATION.
9:27:05AM I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE HOW MUCH TIME YOU ALL PUT IN TO
9:27:10AM BEING A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE.
9:27:12AM THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH COVERAGE.
9:27:17AM YOU ALL WERE ALWAYS WILLING TO TAKE YOUR TIME AND TO HELP US
9:27:24AM OUT.
9:27:25AM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
9:27:26AM RICHARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:27:35AM ALEX, THANK YOU.
9:27:43AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:27:47AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:27:48AM IT WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH YOU.
9:27:51AM THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:27:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:27:57AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:28:05AM WE'LL PAUSE FOR ONE MOMENT.
9:28:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I WISH MY WIFE A HAPPY
9:28:15AM BIRTHDAY?
9:28:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE RECOGNIZE COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO FOR
9:28:18AM ANOTHER CEREMONIAL PROCEDURE.
9:28:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO WISH MY WIFE A VERY,
9:28:22AM VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
9:28:24AM HER NAME IS VALERIE.
9:28:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK YOU SHOULD SING IT TO HER.
9:28:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, I'LL SING IT LATER.
9:28:34AM SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WIFE.
9:28:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE COUNCILMAN VIERA SING
9:28:40AM IT.
9:28:40AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OH, MY GOD.
9:28:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ARE NOW MOVING TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:28:42AM WE'LL START WITH OUR VIRTUAL SPEAKERS FIRST.
9:28:44AM THE FIRST PERSON IS STEPHANIE POYNOR.
9:28:47AM STEPHANIE POYNOR, ARE YOU ONLINE?
9:28:58AM STEPHANIE POYNOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE MUTE YOUR TELEVISION OR
9:29:14AM WHATEVER YOU ARE WATCHING THIS ON AND WOULD YOU PLEASE TAKE
9:29:16AM YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS ESTEEMED CITY COUNCIL?
9:29:20AM OKAY.
9:29:26AM WE'RE GOING TO PUT HER ON MUTE AND MOVE ON TO MICHAEL
9:29:28AM RANDOLPH.
9:29:31AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:29:32AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
9:29:34AM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THREE THINGS QUICKLY TODAY.
9:29:39AM I WANT TO OFFER MY SUPPORT AND EXPERTISE TO HELP THE
9:29:50AM COMMUNITY.
9:29:51AM COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INITIATIVE FROM THE BOTTOM UP TO FOCUS ON
9:29:54AM TRANSFORMING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS FROM WITHIN.
9:29:57AM AS I EXPLAINED TO THE CONVERSATION WITH THE LOCAL LEADERS
9:30:02AM THERE, IF YOU DON'T CONTROL THE PROCESS, THE PROCESS WILL
9:30:05AM CONTROL YOU.
9:30:06AM GUIDED BY THE WEST TAMPA CDC MODEL, I'M COMMITTED TO
9:30:11AM COOPERATING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND SHAREHOLDERS TO COCREATE
9:30:16AM A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK THAT ADDRESSES THE ECONOMIC,
9:30:20AM SOCIAL, AND FISCAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO REVITALIZE THE
9:30:25AM COMMUNITY.
9:30:25AM THIS INCLUDES ADVANCING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EXPANDING
9:30:30AM WORKFORCE AND THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY
9:30:36AM INTENTIONALLY.
9:30:37AM IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH THEM TO GET FUNDING AS WELL AS
9:30:41AM PROVIDE THEM WITH A SYSTEM IN PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR
9:30:45AM COMMUNITY PLAN.
9:30:48AM THANK YOU.
9:30:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. RANDOLPH.
9:30:50AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
9:30:52AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:30:53AM CAN YOU HEAR ME?
9:30:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
9:30:56AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:30:57AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:30:58AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
9:30:59AM I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT NUMBER 66 IS ANOTHER THINLY VEILED
9:31:05AM ATTEMPT OF TAKING AWAY POWER FROM CITY COUNCIL AND GIVING IT
9:31:08AM TO STAFF, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE IS HEALTHY FOR OUR CITY.
9:31:11AM I BELIEVE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE
9:31:14AM LAND THAT WE OWN BEING BOUGHT AND SOLD, WHETHER YOU CALL IT
9:31:20AM A RIGHT-OF-WAY OR EASEMENT, I THINK THAT DECISION BELONGS TO
9:31:23AM CITY COUNCIL.
9:31:24AM NUMBER 81, SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR STORMWATER.
9:31:29AM YOU KNOW I STILL HAVE ISSUES WITH HOW OUR STORMWATER FUNDS
9:31:34AM ARE SPENT.
9:31:35AM NUMBER 99, NICE TO SEE THE STORMWATER DEPARTMENT FINALLY
9:31:39AM FOUND SOG AND DID A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WORK.
9:31:43AM HOPE THEY CLEAR INTERBAY AND MANHATTAN BECAUSE WE HAD ABOUT
9:31:46AM THREE FEET OF WATER THERE AFTER MILTON.
9:31:48AM I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT NUMBER 94, ASHLEY DRIVE NEEDS
9:31:55AM TO COME COMPLETELY OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
9:31:57AM IT SHOULD NOT BE PAID FOR BY GENERAL FUNDS.
9:32:01AM THE WHOLE POINT OF A CRA IS TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY -- SLUM
9:32:05AM AND BLIGHT, IMPROVE PROPERTY VALUES, AND ASHLEY DRIVE
9:32:08AM PROJECT DOES ALL OF THAT.
9:32:10AM NOT ONE PENNY OF IT SHOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
9:32:13AM YOU KNOW WHAT, IS IF AN EMPLOYEE IS DOING SOMETHING THAT IS
9:32:22AM CONSIDERED TO BE INAPPROPRIATE BY ANYONE, THE JUDGMENT ON
9:32:26AM WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE OR NOT SHOULD BE
9:32:30AM DONE BY THE ETHICS COMMISSION.
9:32:33AM WE HAVE AN ETHICS COMMITTEE.
9:32:36AM WHY HASN'T SOME OF THE MOST RECENT THINGS BEEN SENT TO THE
9:32:40AM ETHICS COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND LET THEM MAKE THE DECISION?
9:32:44AM THERE ARE A BUNCH OF SMART PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE AND
9:32:48AM SHOULD BE UTILIZED MORE ACCURATELY.
9:32:51AM LIKE TO THANK, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CHAIRMAN CLENDENIN FOR
9:32:55AM MAKING SURE THAT PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE WENT FIRST.
9:32:58AM THANK YOU.
9:32:59AM HAVE A GOOD DAY.
9:33:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MS. POYNOR.
9:33:01AM THAT CONCLUDES OUR ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:33:03AM MR. SHELBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REVIEW THE COUNCIL RULES FOR
9:33:07AM PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE?
9:33:09AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
9:33:09AM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:33:10AM COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY
9:33:14AM COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
9:33:15AM VERY BRIEFLY, THE RULES REGARDING DECORUM FOR TODAY'S
9:33:20AM MEETING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE
9:33:22AM OPPORTUNITY AT THE BEGINNING OF TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING TO
9:33:24AM ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TAKES
9:33:27AM OFFICIAL ACTION ON AN ITEM.
9:33:28AM A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS PROVIDING
9:33:32AM PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:33:34AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED TO
9:33:36AM PLEASE REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING
9:33:40AM VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING
9:33:43AM DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
9:33:48AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
9:33:51AM PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST ANY CITY OFFICIAL, STAFF MEMBER, OR
9:33:54AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
9:33:55AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
9:33:58AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY
9:34:00AM COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM AND
9:34:04AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE
9:34:08AM RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
9:34:11AM REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S
9:34:14AM MEETING.
9:34:15AM NOW, IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS SET FOR A PUBLIC
9:34:17AM HEARING, IT SAYS SO ON THE AGENDA.
9:34:19AM IT'S CALLED A PUBLIC HEARING, AND YOU WILL HAVE THAT
9:34:22AM OPPORTUNITY WHEN THE ITEM IS LATER CALLED UP IN THE AGENDA.
9:34:25AM NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN DURING THINGS LABELED AS
9:34:30AM STAFF REPORT.
9:34:30AM THE TIME TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE ITEMS AND ITEMS ON THE CONSENT
9:34:34AM AGENDA IS NOW DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:34:36AM YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT SPEAKER WAIVER CARDS
9:34:41AM -- EXCUSE ME, SPEAKER CARDS AND PLACE THEM IN THE SPEAKER
9:34:45AM BOX OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS.
9:34:47AM THE CHAIR WILL CALL UPON YOU TO PLEASE SPEAK BY NAME.
9:34:54AM I HOPE YOU HAVE PRINTED LEGIBLY BECAUSE CARDS THAT CANNOT BE
9:34:57AM READ, UNFORTUNATELY, CANNOT BE CALLED.
9:35:00AM FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A
9:35:03AM SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:35:05AM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT
9:35:08AM TAKE QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE DURING GENERAL PUBLIC
9:35:11AM COMMENT.
9:35:12AM THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION TO CITY
9:35:16AM COUNCIL.
9:35:16AM THANK YOU.
9:35:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SHELBY.
9:35:19AM A REMINDER FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN YOU ARE AT THE PODIUM,
9:35:22AM PLEASE FACE COUNCIL BECAUSE THERE IS A MICROPHONE THERE AND
9:35:24AM IT IS DIRECTIONAL.
9:35:25AM DON'T TURN AROUND AND SPEAK TO THE CHAMBERS.
9:35:27AM SPEAK TO US SO WE CAN HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
9:35:30AM THE FIRST PERSON IN PUBLIC COMMENT IS FRED HEARNS.
9:35:33AM THE NEXT PERSON IS GOING TO BE NORMA ROBINSON.
9:35:48AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:35:49AM FRED HEARNS, 3422 MACHADO STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF HISTORIC
9:35:56AM BELMONT HEIGHTS IN DISTRICT 5.
9:35:59AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN IN
9:36:05AM MEMORY OF COUNCILWOMAN GWENDOLYN HENDERSON.
9:36:10AM MY LAST TIME SPEAKING WITH HER WAS TWO WEEKS BEFORE SHE
9:36:14AM PASSED.
9:36:14AM WE WERE AT PERRY HARVEY PARK.
9:36:17AM WE HAD A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY.
9:36:19AM I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT.
9:36:22AM FOR A TEMPORARY SHELTER THAT THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEER
9:36:26AM FOUNDATION PLACED THERE, ONE OF THE LARGE TENTS.
9:36:28AM IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW.
9:36:31AM SHE MADE IT CLEAR, THIS IS ONLY TEMPORARY UNTIL WE CAN GET
9:36:35AM AN AMPHITHEATER HERE AT PERRY HARVEY PARK.
9:36:39AM THAT CONVERSATION STARTED OVER 18 YEARS AGO.
9:36:43AM MY LAST YEAR AS A CITY OF TAMPA EMPLOYEE, MAYOR PAM IORIO
9:36:49AM APPOINTED ME TO CHAIR A COMMITTEE.
9:36:51AM WE HAD TEN PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE.
9:36:52AM MOST OF THEM WERE DESCENDANTS OF THE FORMER PROPERTY OWNERS
9:36:56AM AND BUSINESS OPERATORS ON CENTRAL AVENUE WHEN IT WAS THE
9:37:01AM HARLEM OF THE SOUTH, WHEN IT WAS REALLY POPPING.
9:37:05AM AND EVERYONE WHO LIVED IN TAMPA AT THAT TIME WHO WAS BLACK
9:37:09AM SPENT SOME TIME ON CENTRAL AVENUE.
9:37:12AM GWEN HENDERSON UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF BLACK BUSINESS
9:37:15AM OWNERSHIP.
9:37:16AM AND THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTED TO BRING BACK TO THE CITY.
9:37:19AM WE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT ONCE WE HAD AN AMPHITHEATER AND WE
9:37:24AM HAD SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE PARK, AND SHE COULD JUST ENVISION
9:37:28AM DOZENS OF VENDORS, AS WE'VE HAD FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT NOT
9:37:32AM ON A REGULAR BASIS THERE.
9:37:35AM SOME OF THESE PEOPLE COULD PERHAPS ADVANCE TO HAVING
9:37:38AM OWNERSHIP OF STOREFRONTS, ACTUAL BUILDINGS WHERE THEY COULD
9:37:43AM OPERATE BUSINESSES AS A RESULT OF SUCCESS THERE AT PERRY
9:37:49AM HARVEY PARK.
9:37:50AM I REACHED OUT TO MOST COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS WEEK ASKING YOU
9:37:53AM TO SUPPORT, NUMBER ONE, FUNDING AN AMPHITHEATER, FINALLY, AT
9:37:58AM PERRY HARVEY PARK.
9:38:00AM AND NUMBER TWO, NAMING IT FOR GWENDOLYN HENDERSON.
9:38:04AM I'M ASKING TO YOU SERIOUSLY CONSIDER DOING THAT.
9:38:09AM AND CARRYING OUT A COMMITMENT THAT WAS MADE.
9:38:13AM IT WAS VERBAL.
9:38:14AM IT WASN'T IN WRITING, TO HAVE THAT AMPHITHEATER OPENED BACK
9:38:18AM 18 YEARS AGO WHEN THE PARK WAS REDEVELOPED WITH ALL OF THE
9:38:21AM BLACK HISTORY THAT WE HAVE THERE.
9:38:24AM JUST YESTERDAY, I TOOK A FAMILY THROUGH PERRY HARVEY PARK,
9:38:30AM AND THEY WERE HAVING A FAMILY REUNION.
9:38:32AM THEY WERE PLANNING THE FAMILY REUNION, AND THEY WANTED TO
9:38:34AM LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CITY SO THEY COULD SHARE THAT
9:38:37AM WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
9:38:39AM IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR PEOPLE TO
9:38:42AM WALK THROUGH THAT PARK AND LEARN ABOUT BLACK HISTORY IN THE
9:38:46AM CITY.
9:38:47AM REMEMBER, BLACK HISTORY IS TAMPA HISTORY.
9:38:52AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:38:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NORMA ROBINSON.
9:38:54AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:38:56AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:38:56AM I'M SO SORRY.
9:38:59AM I KNOW IT IS RESPECTFUL IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT IN
9:39:03AM COUNCIL WE DON'T RESPOND FROM THE AUDIENCE.
9:39:04AM NO CLICKING, NO CLAPPING, NO NOISE BECAUSE IT IS A
9:39:07AM PROFESSIONAL GOVERNMENT MEETING.
9:39:09AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:39:09AM NORMA ROBINSON.
9:39:11AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN.
9:39:16AM I'M HERE REPRESENTING SULPHUR SPRINGS WITH COUNCILMAN
9:39:24AM HENDERSON, WE HAD HOPE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
9:39:28AM WE'VE BEEN OVERLOOKED, WE FEEL, IN THE PAST.
9:39:36AM HENDERSON GAVE US HOPE THAT WE WOULD BE REVITALIZED.
9:39:41AM THE RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS OF SULPHUR SPRINGS
9:39:47AM RESPECTFULLY URGE THE CITY AND COUNTY LEADERS TO PRIORITIZE
9:39:52AM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA AS RECREATION AND CULTURAL SPACE
9:40:00AM RATHER THAN FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
9:40:03AM SULPHUR SPRINGS IS GOING THROUGH A REVITALIZATION AND ALL
9:40:09AM TYPES OF PROPOSALS BEING PREPARED.
9:40:14AM SULPHUR SPRINGS IS A COMMUNITY WITH A DEEPLY ROOTED AND
9:40:22AM DIVERSE HISTORY DATING BACK TO 1817.
9:40:26AM DESPITE THE RICH LEGACY AND UNIQUE CULTURAL IDENTITY,
9:40:32AM SULPHUR SPRINGS HAS LONG BEEN PASSED OVER FOR IMPROVEMENTS
9:40:36AM AND INVESTMENTS THAT WOULD UPLIFT THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
9:40:39AM OUR RESIDENTS.
9:40:42AM OUR COMMUNITY IS READY TO POSITIVE CHANGE, CHANGE THAT
9:40:50AM HONORS THE PAST, MEETS PRESENT NEEDS AND BUILDS FUTURE AND
9:40:59AM INCLUDES ALL OF US.
9:41:00AM WE ENVISION A COHESIVE, THOUGHTFULLY DEVELOPED RECREATIONAL
9:41:08AM CORRIDOR.
9:41:17AM I'M SORRY.
9:41:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STATE YOUR NAME BEFORE SPEAKING.
9:41:27AM >> HOPE KIRIISA, RESIDENT IN SULPHUR SPRINGS.
9:41:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY, HOPE.
9:41:32AM >> A RECREATION CORRIDOR THAT REFLECTS THE STRENGTH AND
9:41:34AM POTENTIAL OF SULPHUR SPRINGS THAT WOULD INCLUDE ENHANCING
9:41:37AM AND CONNECTING THE FOLLOWING ASSETS, THE SULPHUR SPRINGS
9:41:40AM WATER TOWER, HISTORIC SYMBOL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIVERFRONT
9:41:44AM PARK AND GAZEBO, A CENTRAL GREENSPACE FOR FAMILY AND
9:41:48AM COMMUNITY GATHERINGS.
9:41:49AM SULPHUR SPRINGS POOL AREA, REVITALIZE FOR HEALTH, FUN, AND
9:41:54AM SAFE RECREATION, A WALKABLE, ACCESSIBLE PATHWAY THAT LINKS
9:41:58AM THE FUTURE GREEN ARTERY, PROMOTING MOBILITY, WELLNESS,
9:42:02AM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS.
9:42:03AM THE SPRINGS THEATER WHICH HOLDS POTENTIAL TO BE RESTORED AS
9:42:07AM A PERFORMING ARTS VENUE FOR THE COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE.
9:42:12AM MAN WAGON PARK, HOME OF SULPHUR SPRINGS MUSEUM AND COMMUNITY
9:42:16AM STEPPINGSTONE, CENTER OF LEARNING, HERITAGE AND YOUTH
9:42:18AM ENGAGEMENT.
9:42:18AM THE ART BUILDING, A CRITICAL HUB THAT INCLUDES A PUBLIC
9:42:23AM LIBRARY, HEALTH SERVICES AND A COMMUNITY AUDITORIUM, ALL
9:42:27AM VITAL RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION, WELL-BEING, AND CREATIVE
9:42:30AM EXPRESSION.
9:42:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, HOPE.
9:42:34AM YOUR PART OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER BUT YOU ARE THE NEXT
9:42:36AM SPEAKER, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT OR START WITH
9:42:38AM YOURS.
9:42:39AM YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES STARTING NOW.
9:42:41AM >> WE'LL CONTINUE IT THEN.
9:42:42AM THANK YOU.
9:42:42AM THE FEATURE LOCATED IN THE BEAUTIFUL HILLSBOROUGH RIVER
9:42:47AM TOGETHER OFFERS A RARE AND INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A
9:42:51AM DYNAMIC RECREATION AND CULTURAL DISTRICT THAT IS NOT ONLY --
9:42:55AM THAT NOT ONLY SERVES SULPHUR SPRINGS BUT ENHANCES THE BORDER
9:42:59AM OF THE TAMPA COMMUNITY.
9:43:00AM IT WOULD PROVIDE A SAFE, ENRICHING AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT
9:43:04AM WHERE RESIDENTS CAN GATHER, LEARN AND HEAL AND CELEBRATE.
9:43:07AM WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN
9:43:11AM THE AREA WOULD UNDERMINE THIS VISION AND FURTHER LIMIT
9:43:14AM ACCESS TO PUBLIC SPACES THAT PROMOTE COMMUNITY HEALTH,
9:43:18AM CREATIVITY AND COHESION.
9:43:19AM INSTEAD, WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN RECLAIMING AND
9:43:22AM REVITALIZING SULPHUR SPRINGS, NOT AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT, BUT AS
9:43:26AM A CENTER PIECE OF TAMPA'S CULTURAL AND RECREATION FUTURE.
9:43:29AM WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND INVITE TO YOU WORK
9:43:31AM WITH US IN REVITALIZING THE COMMUNITY DRIVEN BY THIS VISION.
9:43:36AM RESPECTFULLY, MS. NORMA AND ON BEHALF OF THE SULPHUR SPRINGS
9:43:40AM COMMUNITY AND HOPE, MYSELF.
9:43:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU CAN CONTINUE.
9:43:45AM >> OUTSIDE OF THIS, AGAIN, I'M A RESIDENT OF SULPHUR SPRINGS
9:43:50AM AND SIT ON THE ASSOCIATION.
9:43:51AM WE DO SEE WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING TO INVEST IN THE
9:43:55AM SULPHUR SPRINGS.
9:43:56AM ONE THING I PETITION THAT WE HAVE INITIATIVES THAT ARE
9:43:58AM HOLDING CURRENT LANDLORDS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR AREAS, EVEN
9:44:03AM THOUGH WE'RE MAKING THE INVESTMENT, IT'S NOT GOING TO REALLY
9:44:06AM PAY OFF IF THE PEOPLE, THE LANDLORDS THERE DON'T REALLY
9:44:09AM CARE.
9:44:10AM THEY DON'T CARE HOW THE PROPERTY LOOKS.
9:44:11AM YOU CAN'T LOOK THEM UP BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL UNDER LLCs.
9:44:15AM WE KNOW THAT 70% OF THAT AREA IS RENTALS.
9:44:19AM IT'S KIND OF YOU'RE HELPING ON ONE SIDE, BUT WE'RE NOT
9:44:22AM REALLY CORRECTING SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSE PROBLEMS.
9:44:25AM I PETITION THE COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO INITIATIVES WHERE WE
9:44:28AM CAN --
9:44:35AM [ENCODER DISCONNECT]
9:44:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT WILL ACTIVATE IN A MOMENT.
9:44:55AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:44:56AM I'M WITH THE SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO.
9:45:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STATE YOUR NAME FIRST PLEASE.
9:45:03AM >> TIM VADNAIS.
9:45:05AM THIS BRIDGE IS A WALK BRIDGE IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, BY THE
9:45:12AM SULPHUR SPRINGS POOL.
9:45:13AM IT'S KIND OF A CENTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:45:17AM WE HAVE OUR CHRISTMAS PARTY USUALLY THERE EVERY YEAR.
9:45:20AM IT WAS CONDEMNED I'M GUESSING SIX TO SEVEN YEARS AGO.
9:45:24AM WE THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING TEMPORARY, SO WE DIDN'T REALLY
9:45:26AM LOOK INTO IT.
9:45:28AM I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
9:45:31AM IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT.
9:45:37AM IT IS A HAZARD.
9:45:38AM IT'S NOT NICE.
9:45:39AM THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE GREEN ARTERY, THE CONNECTION
9:45:42AM BETWEEN NEBRASKA AND THE WATER TOWER.
9:45:45AM SO WE'VE BEEN CONTACTING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR,
9:45:50AM AND THEY SAY IT IS NOT EVEN ON THE RADAR.
9:45:52AM I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOU GUYS TO BE AWARE OF IT IF IT COMES
9:45:56AM UP IN THE BUDGET OR HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH IT.
9:45:59AM THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS.
9:46:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:46:05AM STEVE MICHELINI, PLEASE.
9:46:06AM THE NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO BE AILEEN HENDERSON.
9:46:14AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:46:15AM STEVE MICHELINI.
9:46:17AM YOU HAVE ON YOUR AGENDA ITEM 47 AND 48, WHICH IS TRYING TO
9:46:24AM MOVE MONEY FROM THE TREE TRUST FUND.
9:46:27AM WE HAD A LONG MEETING THIS PAST WEEK ON MONDAY, INCLUDING
9:46:31AM CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
9:46:33AM IT INVOLVED THE MONEY THAT'S TAKEN FROM BUILDERS AND
9:46:35AM HOMEOWNERS TO REPLACE TREES.
9:46:38AM THERE'S $5 MILLION IN THAT ACCOUNT THAT HAS NOT BEEN SPENT.
9:46:43AM AND YOU HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE
9:46:46AM ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWED THAT TO TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE SAFETY
9:46:49AM MEASURES THAT WERE IN THAT ORDINANCE.
9:46:52AM NOW, TODAY, YOU HAVE A REQUEST TO REMOVE TREE TRUST FUND
9:46:56AM MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
9:46:58AM EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS SHOULD BE STANDING ALONE AND PAYING
9:47:01AM THEIR OWN WAY.
9:47:02AM THE TREE TRUST FUND IS MONEY COLLECTED WITH THE PURPOSE OF
9:47:06AM REPLANTING TREES.
9:47:09AM IT'S NOT THERE TO BE USED AS A PIGGY BANK TO RAID FOR OTHER
9:47:12AM PROJECTS.
9:47:13AM IT JUST ISN'T.
9:47:14AM IF THERE IS A PROJECT, SOMEONE, PRIVATE CONTRACTOR IS
9:47:18AM BIDDING ON, INCLUDE THE TREE REPLACEMENT IN THAT PROJECT.
9:47:22AM DON'T COME OVER AND TRY TO TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM THE TREE
9:47:26AM TRUST FUND.
9:47:26AM SO I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT WITH $5 MILLION SITTING IN
9:47:31AM AN ACCOUNT THAT HASN'T BEEN USED, FIRST, DEVELOP THE
9:47:35AM CRITERIA THAT GETS THOSE TREES PLANTED AND USE THAT MONEY
9:47:38AM AND DON'T HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS THAT YOU
9:47:42AM HAVE TO SIGN AND IF THE TREE DIES AND THE HOMEOWNER HAS TO
9:47:47AM PAY FOR IT, YOU CAN NOW PLANT IT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT
9:47:53AM THE CRITERIA NEEDS TO BE REVISED.
9:47:56AM AND THAT'S WHY THE MONEY HASN'T BEEN USED.
9:47:59AM BUT WHEN YOU TRY TO TAKE THAT MONEY THAT'S SITTING THERE,
9:48:02AM THAT'S BEEN PUT IN THERE IN GOOD FAITH AND THE CITY IS
9:48:05AM SITTING AS A TRUSTEE FOR THAT MONEY, YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT
9:48:09AM MONEY AND USE IT FOR SOME OTHER -- NOT OTHER PURPOSE.
9:48:12AM IT JUST ISN'T RIGHT.
9:48:14AM YOU HAVE CREDITS ON THIS.
9:48:16AM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN THERE IS PAVING
9:48:19AM AND MOBILITY AND YOU'RE TRANSFERRING THE RESPONSIBILITY FROM
9:48:23AM PARKS AND RECREATION TO MOBILITY.
9:48:27AM SIMPLY WAS NOT EVER THE INTENT OF THE TREE TRUST FUND.
9:48:30AM AND WHEN YOU TAKE THAT MONEY FROM BUILDERS AND YOU TAKE IT
9:48:33AM FROM HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE THEY REMOVED A TREE, IT SIMPLY FLIES
9:48:38AM IN THE FACE OF THE INTENT OF THAT ORDINANCE.
9:48:42AM PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
9:48:45AM I THINK THAT CARROLL ANN BENNETT IS REGISTERED TO SPEAK AS
9:48:48AM WELL.
9:48:50AM AND WE ARE UNITED IN THIS REQUEST WITH THE HOMEOWNERS AND
9:48:54AM THE BUILDERS DON'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
9:48:56AM SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
9:49:04AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT NUMBER ON THE AGENDA?
9:49:06AM >> 47 AND 48.
9:49:07AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE'RE ALREADY PULLING IT.
9:49:09AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
9:49:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AILEEN HENDERSON.
9:49:16AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:49:17AM AILEEN HENDERSON.
9:49:18AM I AM HERE TODAY AS CEMETERY SOCIETY.
9:49:21AM FIRST, I WANT TO SAY YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE, MAYBE
9:49:25AM A FEW PEOPLE, MICHELLE PATTY.
9:49:28AM I'M SUPPORTING WHAT SHE'S GOING TO SAY TODAY.
9:49:29AM THE CONCERNS ARE WE HAVE A BUDGET COMING UP AND WE DON'T
9:49:32AM HAVE REPRESENTATION FOR DISTRICT 5.
9:49:34AM THAT IS A BIG CONCERN FOR A LOT OF US HERE IN DISTRICT 5.
9:49:37AM I KNOW WE'RE HAVING AN ELECTION.
9:49:39AM THAT'S HAPPENING AFTER THE FACT, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
9:49:42AM THAT PEOPLE ARE COGNIZANT OF THAT.
9:49:44AM AND DISTRICT 5 IS TAKEN CARE OF.
9:49:47AM THERE ARE TWO ITEMS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY ON THE
9:49:49AM AGENDA.
9:49:49AM ITEM 29.
9:49:51AM IT'S THE MOWING CONTRACT.
9:49:53AM JUST IN REVIEWING IT AND THE LITTLE BIT I KNOW ABOUT
9:49:57AM CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS CAME ACROSS WAS THE
9:49:59AM BACKGROUND CHECKS.
9:50:00AM THERE ARE THREE CRITERIA FOR THE BACKGROUND CHECKS.
9:50:02AM AND THEY DON'T INCLUDE ANY AND ALL CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
9:50:06AM I KNOW THAT THERE ARE, I THINK, 35 PARKS THAT THEY WILL HAVE
9:50:09AM TO MOW.
9:50:10AM I HAVE A PARKS AND REC BACKGROUND.
9:50:12AM SO I KNOW THERE ARE PARKS ON THERE THAT HAVE PROGRAMMING
9:50:15AM WHERE THERE ARE CHILDREN.
9:50:16AM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU READ THE NEWS, BUT THERE WERE 60
9:50:19AM CHILDREN JUST RECOVERED, MISSING CHILDREN.
9:50:22AM FOR ME, TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN IS IMPORTANT.
9:50:24AM I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO HAVE ON THIS MOWING
9:50:27AM CONTRACT.
9:50:27AM IF THERE'S ANY INTERACTION WHATSOEVER WITH CHILDREN AT A
9:50:30AM PARK.
9:50:31AM THE OTHER THING IS MAKING SURE ON THE MOWING CONTRACT
9:50:35AM CEMETERIES ARE INCLUDED.
9:50:36AM THEY ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED.
9:50:37AM AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE HEADSTONES AND GRAVE MARKERS OR
9:50:41AM MONUMENTS.
9:50:41AM I VISIT THEM ALL THE TIME.
9:50:42AM YOU KNOW THIS.
9:50:43AM THERE ARE TONS OF NICKS.
9:50:44AM THERE ARE HEADSTONES KNOCKED OVER.
9:50:47AM THAT IS FROM MOWING, PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE MOWING THAT
9:50:50AM PROPERTY.
9:50:50AM THEY REALLY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE.
9:50:53AM IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY.
9:50:53AM THE PEOPLE THAT PUT THE HEADSTONE THERE FOR THE FAMILY
9:50:57AM SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF RESTITUTION FROM THESE FOLKS WHEN
9:51:01AM THEY DAMAGE THEM.
9:51:02AM IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME AND I'M SURE IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE
9:51:05AM FAMILY.
9:51:05AM ITEM 102, I KNOW NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION AND YOU DID RECEIVE A
9:51:09AM MEMO FROM THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAD TO ANSWER TO YOU.
9:51:11AM IN THAT MEMO, THEY DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU PUT SOMETHING IN
9:51:14AM PLACE FOR PROPERTIES LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, BACK UP FOR SALE,
9:51:19AM ASK THAT YOU PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE OR RECOMMENDED THAT YOU
9:51:22AM PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE
9:51:24AM THIS, WE CAN GO IN AND DO A PROPER GPR.
9:51:28AM THEY MENTION A GPR IN THE MEMO.
9:51:31AM WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU BACK IN 2021, WE HAD TWO PROFESSIONAL
9:51:33AM EXPERTS SAY THAT WAS NOT THE RIGHT GPR.
9:51:35AM IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER YOU GET WITH THE
9:51:38AM EXPERTS AND THE PROFESSIONALS SO YOU KNOW THE TYPE OF GPR
9:51:40AM THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
9:51:42AM I DID GET WITH FPAN RECENTLY.
9:51:45AM RACHEL, I KNOW SHE SENT YOU AN E-MAIL.
9:51:48AM SHE IS SUPPORTING ALSO THAT YOU ALL LOOK INTO THAT.
9:51:51AM THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
9:51:53AM I'LL SEND AN E-MAIL TO GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS.
9:51:55AM I DO WANT TO END ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
9:51:58AM OAKLAWN CEMETERY THE OTHER DAY AFTER JUNETEENTH.
9:52:01AM HAPPY TO REPORT, LOOKED CLEANED UP.
9:52:03AM STILL SOME THINGS WE NEED TO WORK ON.
9:52:05AM HUGE SHOUT-OUT TO MAJOR RICHARDSON WITH THE POLICE
9:52:08AM DEPARTMENT.
9:52:08AM I KNOW THIS IS HIS AREA NOW.
9:52:10AM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK TO
9:52:13AM COUNCIL WHEN GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
9:52:15AM IT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
9:52:16AM THANK YOU.
9:52:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VALERIE BULLOCK FOLLOWED BY CARROLL ANN
9:52:19AM BENNETT.
9:52:20AM GOOD MORNING, VALERIE.
9:52:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:52:32AM VALERIE BULLOCK.
9:52:34AM I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 36 ABOUT THE SUMMER YOUTH
9:52:38AM PROGRAM.
9:52:38AM I BELIEVE THAT THE WHOLE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM NEED TO BE
9:52:42AM REVAMPED SO THAT THE CHILDREN CAN GET JOBS.
9:52:45AM I KNOW WE HAVE TO SPEND SOME MONEY ON ADMINISTRATIVE CAUSES,
9:52:48AM BUT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM WAS TO GET
9:52:52AM KIDS TRAINING AND JOBS AND TO GET THEM OFF THE STREET.
9:52:56AM THIS SUMMER HERE DIDN'T HAPPEN LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
9:53:00AM HAPPENED.
9:53:00AM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SUMMER
9:53:03AM YOUTH PROGRAM.
9:53:03AM I PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
9:53:07AM WHAT IT DOES TO POOR PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN
9:53:11AM BLIGHT UNDER THE POVERTY LEVEL, IT TAKES YOU OUT OF THE
9:53:15AM NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT EXPOSES YOU TO SOMETHING POSITIVE AND IT
9:53:19AM ALSO GIVES YOU HOPE THAT MAYBE ONE DAY I CAN GET A JOB LIKE
9:53:23AM THIS.
9:53:24AM AND RIGHT NOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WHOLE SUMMER YOUTH
9:53:28AM PROGRAM IS THE PEOPLE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING, THEY
9:53:32AM ARE NOT GETTING THE HELP THEY NEED.
9:53:34AM IT DO MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE FAMILY
9:53:37AM HOUSE.
9:53:38AM WHEN WE WERE WORKING THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM, WE GAVE OUR
9:53:42AM MOTHER HALF OUR CHECK AND THE OTHER HALF WAS SPENT ON US.
9:53:46AM BUT WHEN ALL YOU DO IS WAKE UP AND YOU SEE NO WAY OUT,
9:53:51AM ECONOMICALLY, IT'S DEPRESSING, AND IT AFFECTS THE WAY YOUR
9:53:58AM GRADES ARE IN SCHOOL.
9:53:59AM IT AFFECTS YOUR SELF-ESTEEM BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE VERY CRUEL
9:54:04AM AND PEER PRESSURE IS REAL.
9:54:06AM IF MY MOTHER -- THEN I GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO GET THE $200.
9:54:14AM WHETHER IT LEAD TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY FOR THE BOYS OR SEXUAL
9:54:19AM ACTIVITY FOR THE GIRLS, IT'S REAL AND THIS IS WHAT IS
9:54:21AM HAPPENING.
9:54:21AM WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM AND MAKE
9:54:25AM SURE THAT THE KIDS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE PROFITING OFF OF THE
9:54:30AM PROGRAM AND THAT THE PROGRAM IS FULL.
9:54:32AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:54:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CARROLL ANN BENNETT FOLLOWED BY WALTER.
9:54:38AM >> HI.
9:54:39AM MY NAME IS CARROLL ANN BENNETT.
9:54:40AM FOUNDING MEMBER OF T-TAG.
9:54:42AM IN 2017, THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION WAS FED UP WITH THE USE OF
9:54:47AM THE TREE TRUST FUND.
9:54:49AM THEY DIDN'T TRUST THAT IT WAS BEING SPENT PROPERLY.
9:54:52AM THERE WAS NO ACCOUNTING FOR IT.
9:54:54AM THEY HIRED GINA GRIMES.
9:54:56AM THAT RESULTED IN A TWO-YEAR COOPERATION WITH ALL THE
9:55:01AM STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT REWRITING THE TREE CODE.
9:55:04AM ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF THAT WAS ACCOUNTING AND PROPER
9:55:09AM USE, GUARDRAILS ON THE TREE TRUST FUND.
9:55:11AM THE NEW TREE TRUST FUND, NOT ONE PENNY HAS BEEN SPENT YET,
9:55:15AM BUT IT'S ABOUT TO BE.
9:55:17AM AND YET NOW THEY HAVE COME TO US SAYING, OH, WE WANT TO
9:55:20AM REWRITE THAT.
9:55:21AM THEY HAVEN'T EVEN USED THIS NEW CODE, BUT THEY WANT TO
9:55:24AM REWRITE IT.
9:55:26AM WE HAD A MEETING, AS MR. MICHELINI MENTIONED, ON MONDAY.
9:55:29AM VERY LONG MEETING AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW NO MONEY HAS BEEN
9:55:32AM SPENT, NO MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT, NO MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT.
9:55:36AM THEN I FIND OUT TUESDAY THEY WANT $334,000 OUT OF THE TREE
9:55:41AM TRUST FUND TO COVER THE PIPES PROGRAM.
9:55:43AM SO THERE WERE FOUR RESOLUTIONS COVERING THE MONEY FOR THE
9:55:46AM PIPES PROGRAM.
9:55:47AM EVERY ONE OF THEM IS FULLY FUNDED OUT OF THE CAPITAL
9:55:51AM IMPROVEMENTS, WATER BONDS, STORMWATER BONDS.
9:55:57AM HERE'S ALL THE MONEY THAT WAS APPROVED.
9:55:59AM HERE'S THE FINANCING.
9:56:00AM IT WAS FULLY FINANCED.
9:56:02AM THE ENTIRE PROJECT WAS FULLY FINANCED USING THE MONEY.
9:56:06AM SO NOW THEY SAY, OH, WE NEED TO PAY FOR THE TREES AND FOR
9:56:11AM VIRGINIA PARK AND PARKLAND ESTATES, MacFARLANE PARK.
9:56:15AM I LIVE IN VIRGINIA PARK.
9:56:17AM THEY PLANTED THE TREES OVER A YEAR AGO AND NOW THEY ARE
9:56:20AM SAYING THEY NEED THE MONEY FOR THEM AND IT HAS TO COME FROM
9:56:23AM THE TREE TRUST FUND.
9:56:24AM LOOK AT ALL THESE BOTTLE BRUSHES THAT THEY PLANTED.
9:56:27AM THAT'S WHAT THE TREE TRUST FUND IS SUPPOSED TO COVER?
9:56:31AM THIS IS THE BOTTLE BRUSH TREE THAT THEY PLANTED THAT THEY
9:56:34AM NOW NEED MONEY FROM THE TREE TRUST FUND.
9:56:38AM ALSO, THE REQUEST IS A LITTLE CONFUSING.
9:56:40AM ONE THING SAYS 52,000 FROM SOUTH TAMPA AND 282 FROM CENTRAL
9:56:46AM TAMPA.
9:56:46AM THE OTHER ONE SAYS THE REVERSE.
9:56:48AM I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS CORRECT.
9:56:49AM EVEN AT 52,000 FROM SOUTH TAMPA AND 49 TREES, THAT'S OVER A
9:56:56AM THOUSAND DOLLARS A TREE FOR A BOTTLE BRUSH.
9:56:58AM I TOLD MY HUSBAND, HE WANTS ME TO GIVE YOU HIS BUSINESS
9:57:01AM CARD.
9:57:02AM HE SAID I'LL DO IT FOR 500 PER TREE.
9:57:04AM A THOUSAND DOLLARS A TREE?
9:57:06AM THAT'S IF IT'S 52,000.
9:57:10AM WHAT THEY ARE SAYING FROM SOUTH TAMPA THEY WANT 282 FOR 49
9:57:13AM TREES.
9:57:14AM WE HAVE TO GUARD THIS MONEY.
9:57:19AM WHEN THE LOTTERY WAS BEING VOTED ON, THEY SAID IT WOULD ALL
9:57:23AM GO TO EDUCATION.
9:57:23AM THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AGAINST IT SAID WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO
9:57:25AM DO IS RAID THE CURRENT EDUCATION BUDGET AND BACKFILL IT WITH
9:57:30AM LOTTERY MONEY SO VOTE NO.
9:57:32AM I VOTED NO.
9:57:33AM I WAS RIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.
9:57:35AM THEY RAIDED THE EDUCATION BUDGET.
9:57:36AM THEY BACKFILLED IT WITH LOTTERY MONEY.
9:57:39AM DIDN'T INCREASE THE FUNDING AT ALL.
9:57:40AM I'M AFRAID THAT'S WHAT I SEE GOING ON HERE TODAY.
9:57:43AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:57:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
9:57:45AM WALTER HILL.
9:57:46AM THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE THE MAYOR OF WEST TAMPA, JOE
9:57:49AM ROBINSON.
9:57:54AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, STAFF, AND RESIDENTS.
9:57:56AM MY NAME IS WALTER HILL.
9:57:58AM VICE PRESIDENT OF TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS.
9:57:59AM SINCE 2023, THIS COUNCIL AND IFF LOCAL 754 HAVE CALLED
9:58:05AM LOUDLY AND CONSISTENTLY FOR COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN OF
9:58:08AM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
9:58:09AM BACK IN MARCH OF UP WITH IT, THIS COUNCIL FORMALLY REQUESTED
9:58:12AM ONE BY MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS VIERA AND CITRO, YET HERE
9:58:16AM WE ARE, JUNE 26, 2025, AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE ONE.
9:58:21AM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN PRESENTED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS HASN'T
9:58:23AM BEEN A FORWARD-LOOKING STRATEGY.
9:58:25AM IT'S BEEN A RECAP, A SUMMARY OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN
9:58:27AM COMPLETED OR UNDERWAY.
9:58:28AM THAT'S NOT A MASTER PLAN.
9:58:29AM THAT IS A PROGRESS REPORT.
9:58:31AM WE AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL HAVE OFFERED TO HELP DEVELOP A
9:58:35AM REAL PLAN, ONE THAT LOOKS AHEAD, IDENTIFIES RISKS AND BUILDS
9:58:38AM CAPACITY FOR THE CITY WE'RE BECOMING.
9:58:40AM BUT TO DATE, THOSE OFFERS REMAIN UNANSWERED.
9:58:44AM WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM AND
9:58:47AM HOW IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
9:58:48AM IT MAY BE DELAYING THE MASTER PLAN, BUT OUR CAT SYSTEM HAS
9:58:53AM BEEN OUT OF SERVICE NEARLY A DECADE.
9:58:55AM EMERGENCIES DON'T WAIT FOR SOFTWARE UPDATES OR
9:58:57AM IMPLEMENTATION AND NEITHER SHOULD WE.
9:59:00AM DEVELOPMENT IS RISING FASTER THAN OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND.
9:59:03AM FROM MIDTOWN TO WATER STREET, WESTSHORE TO GASWORX, ENTIRE
9:59:07AM NEW COMMUNITIES ARE COMING ONLINE OR SET TO COME ONLINE WITH
9:59:10AM NO FIRE STATIONS PLANNED FOR THESE AREAS AND NO UNITS
9:59:14AM ADDITIONALLY ALLOCATED FOR THEM.
9:59:15AM THESE ARE VERTICAL CITIES WITHIN OUR CITY, AND WITH EACH
9:59:18AM ONE, THE BURDEN ON TAMPA FIRE GROWS HEAVIER.
9:59:21AM THE SKYLINE IS EXPANDING AND SO ARE THE CALLS FOR HELP.
9:59:24AM WHEN THOSE CALLS COME IN, FIREFIGHTERS DON'T ASK FOR
9:59:27AM ANALYTICS.
9:59:28AM THEY ASK HOW FAST WE CAN GET THERE?
9:59:30AM SOME WILL STAY THERE IS A STATION NEARBY BUT PROXIMITY
9:59:34AM DOESN'T MEAN AVAILABILITY.
9:59:35AM WHEN THAT ENGINE IS ALREADY OUT, RESPONSE TIMES MATTER AND
9:59:38AM OUTCOMES SUFFER.
9:59:39AM SECONDS MATTER AND LIVES HANG IN THE BALANCE.
9:59:41AM LOOKING AT STATION 24, PLANNING BEGAN IN 2022 AFTER REQUESTS
9:59:46AM FOR ADDITIONAL STATIONS BEGAN IN 2020.
9:59:49AM IT'S BEEN ON YOUR AGENDA OVER SIX TIMES AND HERE IT IS AGAIN
9:59:52AM TODAY FOR ITEM NUMBER 97 AND YET WE STILL HAVEN'T BROKEN
9:59:56AM GROUND AND THAT TIMELINE CONTINUES TO EXPAND.
9:59:59AM THE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING AND SO ARE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO
10:00:02AM SERVE IT.
10:00:03AM RESIDENTS AND FIREFIGHTERS OF TAMPA DESERVE MORE THAN STATUS
10:00:06AM REPORTS; THEY DESERVE READINESS; THEY DESERVE RESPONSE.
10:00:09AM WE, YOUR FIREFIGHTERS, DESERVE THE TOOLS, THE PLANNING, AND
10:00:13AM THE INVESTMENT TO SERVE THIS CITY WITH EXCELLENCE.
10:00:15AM WE DON'T RUN FROM CHALLENGES; WE RUN TOWARDS THEM, BUT WE
10:00:18AM CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
10:00:19AM WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR PERFECTION; WE'RE ASKING FOR PROGRESS.
10:00:24AM LET THIS BE THE COUNCIL AND ADMIN THAT ACTED, NOT THE ONE
10:00:26AM THAT WAITED.
10:00:27AM LET THIS BE THE YEARS TO STOP REFLECTING AND START BUILDING.
10:00:30AM LET'S DELIVER ON THE PROMISES MADE IN 2021, REAFFIRMED IN
10:00:34AM 2023, AND ARE STILL UNFULFILLED TODAY.
10:00:37AM LET'S MOVE FROM UPDATES TO ACTIONS.
10:00:39AM THANK YOU.
10:00:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:00:41AM JOE ROBINSON.
10:00:42AM NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ALISON DATE.
10:00:53AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:00:54AM JOE ROBINSON, THE OLD SCAGLIONE HOUSE IN WEST TAMPA.
10:01:01AM FIRST OF ALL, ITEM 101, COUNCIL TO PARTNER WITH JOHN
10:01:03AM BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF, TO ENGAGE AN EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEY TO
10:01:05AM CONDUCT A MASSIVE CITY PROCESS REGARDING PUBLIC GRIEVANCES.
10:01:09AM THAT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.
10:01:12AM THAT'S ABOUT 40% OF THE DYSFUNCTIONALITY GOING ON DOWN IN
10:01:16AM CITY HALL.
10:01:17AM LET'S GET THE GRIEVANCES STRAIGHT.
10:01:20AM LET'S LISTEN TO WHY PEOPLE LEFT.
10:01:21AM LET'S DIG INTO THAT BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS YOU
10:01:24AM CAN'T COMMUNICATE AND YOU HAVE ALL THIS CRAZINESS GOING ON
10:01:27AM WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS -- FIRE, LEGAL, MOBILITY --
10:01:32AM BENNETT, THANK YOU, MAN, STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND
10:01:35AM PUTTING THAT ON THERE.
10:01:37AM NOW, I'M HERE BECAUSE THERE IS A HOLE IN THE WALL.
10:01:43AM I NEED DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES FROM ONE, TWO, THREE, PLEASE
10:01:47AM MONITOR AND SUPPORT AN EQUITABLE BUDGET FOR DISTRICT 5 WITH
10:01:52AM ME.
10:01:52AM WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY FOR DISTRICT 5 BUDGET.
10:01:56AM I'M ASKING THE AT-LARGE MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY
10:02:01AM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH I'VE BEEN A
10:02:09AM RESIDENT FOR DECADES AND DECADES, TAXPAYER FOR DECADES AND
10:02:12AM DECADES, PROPERTY OWNER, BUSINESS MAN RUNNING A BUSINESS IN
10:02:15AM DISTRICT 5 OVER 35 YEARS, INCLUDING RENTING PROPERTY SINCE I
10:02:19AM WAS 12 YEARS OLD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT
10:02:23AM DON'T GET USURPED BY OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.
10:02:26AM SLUM AND BLIGHT.
10:02:29AM OVER ALL OF THE CRAs, EXCEPT FOR ONE.
10:02:32AM WE'RE TRYING TO COME BACK ON EAST AND WEST SIDE.
10:02:36AM EAST AND WEST SIDE.
10:02:38AM THE EAST SIDE NEEDS SOME HELP.
10:02:40AM THE WEST SIDE, WE STARTED ROLLING.
10:02:42AM BUT THE EAST SIDE REALLY NEEDS SOME HELP.
10:02:45AM HERE TO SAY THAT WITHOUT IT REPRESENTED, WITHOUT A VOICE,
10:02:48AM WITHOUT SOMEBODY TO SPEAK UP, WITHOUT SOMEBODY TO SAY
10:02:51AM SOMETHING, I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO THOSE THAT ARE THERE THAT
10:02:54AM REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:02:57AM ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
10:02:58AM I BEG YOU, I ASK WITH YOU, I PLEAD WITH YOU TO PLEASE MAKE
10:03:03AM SURE THAT WE GET AN EQUITABLE BUDGET FOR DISTRICT 5.
10:03:08AM I THINK YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IT IS.
10:03:11AM OTHER MEMBERS, I WANT YOUR HELP, TOO.
10:03:13AM IT TAKES FOUR VOTES TO GET ANYTHING DONE.
10:03:16AM ONE, TWO, THREE WILL NEED ONE MORE TO DO ANYTHING.
10:03:19AM I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
10:03:20AM I KNOW YOU HAVE A TOUGH TASK.
10:03:22AM THE BUDGET AIN'T BEEN PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR YET, BUT IT'S
10:03:25AM COMING.
10:03:26AM I'M ASKING YOU UP FRONT TO PLEASE SUPPORT IT.
10:03:29AM LET ME GET BACK TO WORK.
10:03:30AM I HAVE A LOT TO DO NOW THAT YOU HAVE A HOLE IN THE WALL.
10:03:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON.
10:03:38AM >> GOOD MORNING, I'M ALISON DATE.
10:03:40AM I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 47 AND 48 AND THE USE OF THE TREE
10:03:46AM TRUST FUND MONEY.
10:03:47AM WE'RE CONCERNED THAT THE TREE CANOPY IS NOT BEING REPLANTED
10:03:52AM WITH ADEQUATE DIVERSITY OF SIZE AND SPECIES.
10:03:57AM NOT ENOUGH OF THESE GUYS.
10:03:59AM ALL THE LITTLE ORNAMENTAL NON-NATIVES ARE BEING PLANTED WITH
10:04:03AM THE TREE TRUST FUND MONEY SO FAR, MAJORITY.
10:04:05AM WE FOUND INADEQUATE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.
10:04:10AM ALL WE GET IS THE BUDGET.
10:04:12AM THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A REPORT.
10:04:14AM THERE IS A LACK OF MONITORING TO VERIFY THE CRITERIA THAT
10:04:18AM ARE IN THE TREE PLAN.
10:04:20AM IT'S NOT BEING DONE.
10:04:22AM IN FACT, I THINK MAYBE IT'S NOT EVEN LOOKED AT.
10:04:25AM THE OTHER THING THAT I NEED TO SAY IS THAT GETTING THIS
10:04:31AM INFORMATION ABOUT THE 47 AND 48 STUCK INTO ANOTHER ASKING
10:04:39AM FOR MONEY IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
10:04:42AM IT'S LIKE IT'S DECEPTIVE IN A WAY.
10:04:45AM THESE RESOLUTIONS NEED TO CLARIFY AND SAY ON THE AGENDA THAT
10:04:48AM IT IS THE TREE FUND MONEY THAT'S BEING USED CLEARLY
10:04:52AM SEPARATELY.
10:04:52AM WE MET ON MONDAY WITH PEOPLE FROM THE CITY, BUT NO ONE TOLD
10:04:57AM US ABOUT THE $334,000 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKED FOR FROM
10:05:03AM THE TREE TRUST FUND.
10:05:05AM WE DISCOVERED IT AT THE LAST MINUTE BY LOOKING AT THE
10:05:08AM AGENDA.
10:05:10AM SO THAT'S OF A CONCERN TO US.
10:05:12AM BECAUSE IN THE ORIGINAL MONEY THEY HAD BEEN USING,
10:05:16AM UNACCOUNTABLE.
10:05:17AM THEY COULD JUST TAKE THE MONEY, USE IT FOR WHATEVER THEY
10:05:19AM WANTED TO.
10:05:20AM BUT NOW, AS THEY USED UP ALL THAT MONEY, WHICH THAT IS
10:05:25AM ANOTHER QUESTION, WHAT HAS THAT MONEY BEEN USED FOR?
10:05:28AM WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S NO REPORTING ON IT.
10:05:30AM AND THIS MONEY, THEY NOW WANT TO PUT ALL THE FIVE DISTRICTS
10:05:34AM INTO ONE FUND.
10:05:36AM WILL THEY USE IT THE SAME WAY, WHICH WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW
10:05:39AM THEY USED IT?
10:05:39AM IT'S A CONCERN.
10:05:42AM I DON'T KNOW, JUST BY LOOKING AND BY LOOKING AT THE LITTLE
10:05:44AM BIT OF DATA, THE TREE CANOPY IS DISAPPEARING, AND WE CAN'T
10:05:50AM REPLACING, ESPECIALLY THE TYPE ONE.
10:05:53AM THEY NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE OR SPACE NEEDS TO BE MADE FOR
10:05:55AM THEM BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO PLACE FOR THEM.
10:05:58AM AND IT TAKES 50 YEARS TO GET ONE OF THESE GUYS AND THEY ARE
10:06:02AM GONE.
10:06:03AM THEY ARE NOT BEING REPLANTED.
10:06:06AM I'M HOPING THAT THOSE CHANGES CAN BE MADE.
10:06:11AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:06:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:06:13AM GINGER CASE FOLLOWED BY MARTY GREEN.
10:06:24AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:06:25AM MY NAME IS GINGER CASE.
10:06:26AM I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CASA BEL MAR APARTMENTS.
10:06:30AM I, FIRST OFF, HATED TO SEE THE CHURCH GO.
10:06:34AM THAT'S WHERE MY PARENTS WERE MARRIED.
10:06:36AM I WATCHED THEM BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP AND TOLD THERE WOULD
10:06:39AM BE RETAIL SPACE ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
10:06:41AM THERE ISN'T ANY.
10:06:42AM I PERSONALLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE TO INQUIRE ABOUT
10:06:47AM GETTING IN, FINDING A HOME.
10:06:48AM ONE IS IN NEED OF A HOME YESTERDAY.
10:06:51AM THEY ARE GETTING PUSH-BACK.
10:06:54AM IF YOU CAN FIND SOMEBODY IN THERE, IT'S RARE AND ONLINE THEY
10:06:58AM ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION.
10:07:00AM THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
10:07:01AM THANK YOU.
10:07:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:07:03AM MARTY GREEN.
10:07:05AM NEXT WILL BE PAMELA -- PAM CANNELLA.
10:07:11AM >> MY NAME IS MARTY GREEN.
10:07:24AM WITH THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
10:07:25AM AS OF NOW, I REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:07:32AM RACISM STILL GOING ON IN THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
10:07:34AM AS A SUPERVISOR COULD GET AWAY WITH CALLING EMPLOYEES
10:07:38AM MONKEYS, FIRST THING I FIND WITH THIS PAPERWORK IS THAT THE
10:07:44AM EMPLOYEE THAT CALLED EMPLOYEES MONKEYS, THEY SAY HE WAS A
10:07:48AM REGULAR EMPLOYEE.
10:07:48AM NO, HE WAS ON THE PROBATION PERIOD.
10:07:52AM SHOULD HAVE BEEN TERMINATED THERE.
10:07:53AM NO IF, ANDS OR BUTS ABOUT IT.
10:07:57AM DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THREE PEOPLE FELT OFFENDED.
10:07:59AM AND NOTHING WAS DONE ABOUT IT.
10:08:02AM RIGHT NOW, THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT IS BEING RAN LIKE
10:08:05AM CANDYLAND.
10:08:08AM I SPEAK OF THIS, ONES COVERED UP, MICHAEL BROWN.
10:08:11AM BRIAN ROGERS, HE IS THE MANAGER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
10:08:15AM HE IS AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL.
10:08:17AM THEREFORE, IT GOES BY THE CITY OFFICIAL AND THE MAYOR.
10:08:20AM ONLY ONES THAT CAN GET HIM OUT OF THERE.
10:08:22AM THE LENSES OF MY EYES, I SEE HIM AS A RACIST BECAUSE YOU LET
10:08:27AM THIS GO ON UNDER YOUR WATCH.
10:08:29AM IF THIS KEEP GOING ON, THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO
10:08:32AM GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.
10:08:34AM THE SAME THING GOING ON, THE CLIQUES.
10:08:38AM THE CLIQUES IS REAL IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:08:41AM I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE AUDITOR.
10:08:46AM THE CITY OF TAMPA AUDITOR, THEY CALL ME.
10:08:48AM I MET WITH HER.
10:08:50AM NOW THEY TELLING ME THEY CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT, THEY
10:08:53AM SENT OUTSIDE AUDITOR.
10:08:55AM THAT WAS FROM RODRIGUEZ HR.
10:08:58AM NEVER HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE OUTSIDE AUDITOR.
10:09:00AM SAYING THAT TO SAY THIS THAT RIGHT NOW, IT IS A LOT GOING ON
10:09:08AM IN THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
10:09:10AM BYPASS, THE INTERIM FOR VIK.
10:09:15AM HE HASN'T COME DOWN TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF OR SAID NOTHING TO
10:09:18AM US.
10:09:18AM A LOT OF GUYS IN THE DEPARTMENT FEELING THE SAME WAY I'M
10:09:20AM FEELING RIGHT NOW, FRUSTRATED, DEPRESSING.
10:09:23AM BECAUSE HE'S DOING THE SAME THING VIK DID.
10:09:25AM HE NEVER CAME DOWN THERE TO ADDRESS US AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING
10:09:28AM FOR A MEETING WITH VIK BEFORE HE LEFT.
10:09:30AM WE ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH BRIAN RODGERS.
10:09:34AM ALL THOSE GUYS REFUSE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH US.
10:09:36AM THEY GO BY THIS ONE GUY, MICHAEL BROWN TO SAY, OH, I GOT
10:09:40AM THIS.
10:09:40AM LET ME HANDLE THIS.
10:09:42AM LET ME HANDLE THIS.
10:09:43AM NO, YOU'RE NOT HANDLING NOTHING.
10:09:45AM YOU'RE TRYING TO HANDLE US LIKE SLAVES.
10:09:47AM THAT'S WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
10:09:49AM WITH THE CITY FUNDING, THEY SAY ORDER US TRUCKS.
10:09:52AM WE DON'T HAVE ANY TRUCKS.
10:09:54AM WE HAVE TO GO TO THE DEPARTMENT, ANOTHER COMPANY AND GET
10:09:57AM TRUCKS AND RENT TRUCKS.
10:09:59AM THAT'S $7200 A MONTH RENTING TRUCKS THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY
10:10:02AM IN THE BUDGET.
10:10:03AM THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE MONEY.
10:10:05AM ALSO WITH THE FEMA SITUATION, YOU PAY US OUR REGULAR PAY,
10:10:10AM BUT GETTING PAID DOUBLE TIME FEMA.
10:10:13AM THAT NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED.
10:10:14AM COME FROM UP TOP AT TALLAHASSEE.
10:10:16AM THEY NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED.
10:10:18AM RIGHT NOW, AS I SPEAK RIGHT NOW, I'LL BE BACK IN TWO MORE
10:10:22AM WEEKS WITH SOMETHING FROM STORMWATER.
10:10:23AM STORMWATER HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, I'LL BE BACK WITH THEM,
10:10:26AM TOO.
10:10:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:10:27AM PAM CANNELLA, PLEASE.
10:10:28AM FOLLOWED BY LURLENE DIAZ.
10:10:32AM >> I HAVE AN ASSISTANT.
10:10:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
10:10:38AM STATE YOUR NAME.
10:10:58AM >> MY NAME IS PAM CANNELLA.
10:11:00AM I AM CONCERNED WITH THE LACK OF ETHICS DISPLAYED BY SOME OF
10:11:05AM THE EMPLOYEES, STAFF AND ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT MAKE
10:11:10AM LIFE-CHANGING DECISIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS OF
10:11:15AM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:11:17AM PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT, ABUSE OF POWER, AND
10:11:21AM MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS CANNOT BE TOLERATED.
10:11:26AM THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT HAS LED
10:11:29AM TO FLOODING, INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS, AND LOSS OF PROPERTY.
10:11:34AM NOW I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE ZONING
10:11:39AM DEPARTMENT.
10:11:40AM THE ZONING DEPARTMENT APPROVED THE APPLICATION PROPOSAL FOR
10:11:45AM A MIXED USE STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL HOUSING BASED ON THE
10:11:52AM CRITERIA THAT UNDER ITS CG ZONING ON THIS PROPERTY, THE
10:11:57AM APPLICANT WAS ENTITLED, BUT NO RETAIL WAS BUILT AT
10:12:03AM COMPLETION OF THIS BUILDING, NO STOREFRONT ON SITE PLAN.
10:12:08AM YET I WAS ASSURED BY -- BEFORE THE GROUNDBREAKING THAT THE
10:12:12AM APPLICANT WAS ENTITLED UNDER THE CG ZONING, SINCE THE USE OF
10:12:17AM A STOREFRONT WAS PROPOSED.
10:12:19AM I WAS TOLD NO PUBLIC NOTICE WAS NEEDED, NO CITY COUNCIL
10:12:25AM APPROVAL FOR WAIVERS.
10:12:28AM AND I HAVE A LETTER, AN E-MAIL FROM CATE WELLS.
10:12:33AM AS ERIC EXPLAINED, THE DEVELOPMENT IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT
10:12:37AM SINCE THE USE STOREFRONT COMMERCIAL, WHICH INCLUDES A RETAIL
10:12:42AM USE AND A HUNDRED MULTIFAMILY UNITS IS PERMITTED WITHIN THE
10:12:46AM UNDERLYING ZONE DISTRICTS.
10:12:49AM GIVEN THE FACT THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT AND
10:12:52AM A BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED, IT WAS ALLOWED.
10:12:58AM THE APPROVAL OF ACCELERATED PERMITS AND BOND MONEY WAS GIVEN
10:13:03AM TO THIS HOUSING PROJECT.
10:13:05AM BASED ON THE PRETENSE THAT THIS APPLICANT WAS ENTITLED UNDER
10:13:10AM THE CG ZONING, APPLICATION PROPOSAL FOR A MIXED USE
10:13:16AM STOREFRONT RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
10:13:18AM KEYWORD IS STOREFRONT.
10:13:20AM NEVER HAPPENED.
10:13:21AM THERE IS NO STOREFRONT.
10:13:24AM BUT THIS PROPERTY WAS NOT ENTITLED BY RIGHT OF CG ZONING AS
10:13:30AM WAS TOLD TO ME BY CATE WELLS AND ERIC COTTON, BECAUSE
10:13:34AM WITHOUT IT THERE'S NO RETAIL STORE.
10:13:38AM THAT ZONING DOESN'T -- YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
10:13:41AM THERE WE ARE.
10:13:44AM I WAS ENSURED TO ME BY CATE WELLS AND ERIC COTTON THAT IT
10:13:48AM WAS ALL PUT THROUGH AND THEY WERE ENTITLED WITH A STOREFRONT
10:13:54AM THAT THEY NEVER DID PUT THROUGH.
10:13:56AM THANK YOU.
10:13:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:13:57AM LURLENE DIAZ FOLLOWED BY JAMES.
10:14:04AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:14:04AM THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
10:14:06AM MY MIME IS LURLENE DIAZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE
10:14:11AM WOMEN.
10:14:12AM OUR GOAL AT CREATIVE IS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
10:14:14AM OUR MAIN CAMPUS IS 3102 NORTH NEBRASKA AVENUE, SO YOU KNOW
10:14:19AM THAT WE ARE IN THE HEART OF IT.
10:14:20AM AT CREATIVE, WE ARE A RESIDENTIAL RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR
10:14:25AM SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
10:14:26AM WE ALL KNOW THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A PROBLEM IN OUR
10:14:29AM COMMUNITY.
10:14:29AM WE WERE JUST REMINDED OF THAT THIS WEEK IN THE NEWS.
10:14:33AM SINCE -- FOR 18 YEARS, CREATIVE HAS BEEN A PART OF THE
10:14:39AM SOLUTION FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
10:14:40AM IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE GONE FROM ONE RESIDENTIAL
10:14:43AM FACILITY TO FOUR SPREAD ACROSS THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
10:14:46AM SO WE REALLY WANT TO SERVE THE WOMEN IMPACTED BY HUMAN
10:14:52AM TRAFFICKING.
10:14:53AM WE HAVE FOUR HOUSES AND FOUR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS WHICH
10:14:56AM ALLOWS US TO ADAPT CASE PLAN FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL WOMAN THAT
10:15:02AM SUITS THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
10:15:05AM WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS THE ASSESSMENT HOUSE WHERE WE
10:15:09AM BRING WOMEN IN AND WE CAN ASSESS WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, AND
10:15:12AM WE CAN GO FROM THERE TO HELP DEVELOP A PLAN THAT WILL BEST
10:15:15AM SUIT THEM FOR LONG-TERM CARE.
10:15:17AM AFTER THAT, WE HAVE TWO PROGRAM HOUSES WHERE WOMEN CAN STAY
10:15:20AM UP TO TWO YEARS.
10:15:22AM DURING THAT TIME, THEY ARE GETTING THEIR LIFE BACK.
10:15:25AM THEY RECEIVE THERAPY FOR THEIR TRAUMA.
10:15:27AM THEY ALSO RECEIVE DRUG TREATMENT AND THEY RECEIVE LIFE
10:15:32AM SKILLS AND ALL THE OTHER SKILLS THEY NEED TO DEVELOP TO
10:15:34AM OVERCOME THE BARRIERS THAT LED THEM TO TRAFFICKING, BUT ALSO
10:15:37AM PREVENTING THEM FROM LIVING A PROTECTIVE LIFE.
10:15:41AM OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE THEM FROM BEING SOMEBODY TRAFFICKED THAT
10:15:45AM IN THE END THEY LIVE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT LIVES, FULL-TIME
10:15:48AM JOBS, PERMANENT HOUSING.
10:15:49AM OUR PROGRAM HAS 89% SUCCESS RATE.
10:15:54AM WE JUST NOW ADDED A NEW HOUSE TO OUR PROGRAM.
10:15:57AM THAT HOUSE IS FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE COMPLETED OUR PROGRAM.
10:16:01AM THEY STILL NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OR THEY PREFER TO LIVE IN
10:16:06AM COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN CONTINUE IN THEIR CARE AND THEIR
10:16:09AM DEVELOPMENT OR AT THIS TIME PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS ARE
10:16:12AM NOT AVAILABLE TO THEM, BUT THEY DON'T NEED TO BE IN THE
10:16:15AM PROGRAM ANY LONGER, SO THIS IS ANOTHER OPTION FOR THEM.
10:16:18AM IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT CREATIVE, I HAVE
10:16:22AM REPORTS WITH ME AND MY CARD AND LOVE TO TALK TO YOU OFF-LINE
10:16:25AM ABOUT THAT.
10:16:26AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
10:16:27AM REALLY GRATEFUL.
10:16:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR COMING.
10:16:29AM JAMES, FOLLOWED BY RYAN DANCER.
10:16:34AM JAMES LEFT.
10:16:36AM RYAN.
10:16:36AM RYAN DANCER.
10:16:41AM GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.
10:16:42AM FRANK WILLIAMS.
10:16:44AM PASTOR.
10:16:46AM THE NEXT SPEAKER AFTER MR. WILLIAMS WILL BE KRIZ PARTRIDGE.
10:17:09AM >> MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT
10:17:14AM STREET.
10:17:16AM I'M HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR TAXES.
10:17:20AM YOU KNOW, I WENT TO PAY MY HOMEOWNERS AND TAXES YESTERDAY.
10:17:30AM IT WAS SO HIGH, I ASKED CAN I PAY IN AN INSTALLMENT PLAN.
10:17:35AM NO, YOU NEED $3,050 TO PAY RIGHT NOW.
10:17:40AM OTHERWISE YOUR TAXES GOING TO GO UP.
10:17:44AM I SAY WHY IS THAT?
10:17:46AM SHE SAY, WELL, THAT IS THE PLAN THE GOVERNMENT MADE FOR YOU.
10:17:52AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:17:52AM WE COULD PAY ALL THE TAXES WE WANT, BUT YOU GOT TO
10:18:00AM UNDERSTAND THAT PUT A BUDGET ON PAYING TAXES ON YOUR HOME
10:18:06AM BECAUSE THAT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO TAKE YOUR HOMES AWAY FROM
10:18:09AM YOU.
10:18:10AM YOU KNOW THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
10:18:13AM BUT WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
10:18:16AM YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE EAST SIDE OF TAMPA.
10:18:21AM EAST SIDE OF TAMPA IS LIKE A GARBAGE PIT FOR THE WEST SIDE
10:18:27AM OF TAMPA, AND THAT'S SAD.
10:18:30AM WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE EAST SIDE.
10:18:34AM I DON'T THINK THE MAYOR HAS NO BUDGET FOR THE EAST SIDE.
10:18:40AM DIG THEM TRENCH HOLES IN BELMONT HEIGHTS AND JACKSON
10:18:45AM HEIGHTS, NOBODY WANT TO DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
10:18:48AM I TOLD YOU ALL TO FILL ONE PIECE OF LAND IN AND BUILD MY
10:18:54AM CHURCH OVER THERE BECAUSE THEY DONE TOOK MY CHURCH OVER
10:18:58AM THERE ON SCOTT STREET AND GAVE IT TO THE WHITE FOLKS.
10:19:03AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:19:03AM WE WILL STILL STRIVE AND SURVIVE.
10:19:08AM WHY?
10:19:08AM BECAUSE WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.
10:19:10AM ONLY STAND UP FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
10:19:13AM WE DON'T COME THE UP HERE PREACHING EVIL TO NOBODY.
10:19:18AM WE STAND UP FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
10:19:19AM AND WE DESERVE THAT RIGHT, DON'T WE?
10:19:21AM AIN'T GOING TO SAY NOTHING, BUT I KNOW WE DESERVE THE RIGHTS
10:19:27AM OF PEOPLE, THAT'S ALL WE ARE, NOTHING BUT PEOPLE.
10:19:30AM WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU ALL HAVE TO GIVE IN AND TALK AND
10:19:35AM DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR EVERYBODY.
10:19:38AM NOT JUST DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR WHITE FOLKS ONLY.
10:19:41AM DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
10:19:42AM NOW WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED JUNETEENTH.
10:19:46AM WHAT IN THE HELL IS JUNETEENTH?
10:19:47AM LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I GO TO ST. PETERSBURG SPEAK ON
10:19:54AM JUNETEENTH, I SAID, WHAT IS THAT?
10:19:56AM BUT I WENT THERE AND I SPOKE THE BEST AS I CAN.
10:20:03AM SOMETHING ABOUT THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLE.
10:20:07AM BLACK FOLKS WERE NEVER FREE.
10:20:09AM THEY DIDN'T HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
10:20:11AM WHERE WOULD THEY GO?
10:20:12AM MY TIME IS UP.
10:20:16AM I CAN'T SAY ANYMORE.
10:20:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, PASTOR.
10:20:19AM HAVE A NICE DAY.
10:20:20AM CHRIS PARTRIDGE.
10:20:21AM NEXT SPEAKER BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
10:20:26AM GOOD MORNING.
10:20:40AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:20:43AM MY NAME IS KRIZ PARTRIDGE.
10:20:45AM I LIVE IN COLLEGE HILL.
10:20:48AM I'M SPEAKING TODAY BECAUSE I'M OUTRAGED THAT THE CITY OF
10:20:51AM TAMPA IS HOSTING TURNING POINT USA STUDENT ACTION SUMMIT AT
10:20:55AM OUR PUBLICLY OWNED CONVENTION CENTER.
10:20:58AM THIS IS ONE OF THREE SUCH EVENTS THAT TURNING POINT IS
10:21:03AM HOLDING HERE IN JULY.
10:21:05AM THESE ARE NOT JUST CONFERENCES, THESE ARE RALLIES DISGUISED
10:21:10AM AS EDUCATIONAL SUMMITS.
10:21:11AM TURNING POINT USA HAS A DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF
10:21:14AM DISINFORMATION, ATTACKS ON LGBTQ YOUTH, GLORIFICATION OF
10:21:20AM AUTHORITARIAN LEADERS AND HARASSMENT OF EDUCATORS AND PUBLIC
10:21:23AM OFFICIALS.
10:21:24AM THEIR PRESENCE DOESN'T JUST REFLECT POORLY ON TAMPA.
10:21:29AM IT CREATES A CLIMATE OF FEAR, HOSTILITY, AND DIVISION IN OUR
10:21:32AM SCHOOLS, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OUR CITY.
10:21:35AM WHEN WE ALLOW PUBLIC VENUES TO BE USED FOR EVENTS LIKE THIS,
10:21:39AM IT'S NOT NEUTRAL.
10:21:40AM IT'S AN ENDORSEMENT, ONE THAT PUTS TAMPA'S VENUES -- SORRY,
10:21:44AM TAMPA'S VALUES, SAFETY, AND REPUTATION AT RISK.
10:21:47AM I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO PUBLICLY CONDEMN THESE TURNING
10:21:52AM POINT SUMMITS, REVIEW THE CONVENTION CENTER'S BOOKING
10:21:56AM PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT IT REFLECTS OUR COMMUNITY STANDARDS
10:21:59AM AND SAFEGUARDS PUBLIC RESOURCES.
10:22:02AM I'M ASKING YOU TO STAND WITH THE PEOPLE OF TAMPA, PROTECT
10:22:05AM OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE VALUES WE SHARE.
10:22:08AM TAMPA SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, WELCOMED,
10:22:11AM AND PROUD.
10:22:12AM NOT A TESTING GROUND FOR AUTHORITARIAN POLITICS WRAPPED IN
10:22:16AM YOUTH EDUCATION CONFERENCES.
10:22:19AM THANK YOU.
10:22:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:22:20AM MICHELLE B. PATTY.
10:22:21AM FOLLOWED BY MENTESNOT.
10:22:25AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:22:26AM BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY.
10:22:28AM I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST THANK COUNCIL FOR WEARING YOUR PINS
10:22:31AM THIS MORNING IN RECOGNITION OF COUNCILWOMAN GWEN HENDERSON
10:22:40AM REPRESENTING DISTRICT 5.
10:22:41AM IT'S STILL HARD FOR ME TO PROCESS THAT SHE'S GONE, BUT I'M
10:22:44AM HERE BECAUSE I RECEIVED MANY CALLS FROM FRIGHTENED RESIDENTS
10:22:47AM THAT LIVE IN DISTRICT 5 CONCERNING THE BUDGET, THAT THERE'S
10:22:53AM PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ANYONE TO REPRESENT THEM BECAUSE
10:22:57AM HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT'S IN THE RACE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A
10:22:59AM RUNOFF.
10:23:01AM THEY WANT TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT THEY WOULD APPRECIATE
10:23:04AM YOU MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S MONEY TO CONTINUE FAIR OAKS,
10:23:08AM THAT FAIR OAKS STAY ON TRACK, THAT THERE'S MONEY FOR TREE
10:23:12AM TRIMMING BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE HURRICANE SEASON, AND WE KNOW
10:23:17AM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MANY HURRICANES AND THEY WANT TO MAKE
10:23:20AM SURE THAT THE TREES ARE TRIMMED.
10:23:22AM THE ROOFS THAT THERE'S MONEY FOR FIXING THEIR HOMES, THEIR
10:23:26AM ROOFS AND ALL.
10:23:26AM WE ALSO KNOW THAT CRA, THEY HAVE A BOUNDARY.
10:23:32AM AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE JUST ACROSS THE STREET, MANY OF
10:23:34AM THESE ARE SENIORS WHO ARE ON FIXED INCOME, AND THEY DON'T
10:23:38AM HAVE A WAY OF FIXING THEIR HOME.
10:23:40AM AND THE CRAs CANNOT FIX THE HOME BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT IN
10:23:44AM THE BOUNDARIES.
10:23:45AM SO THEY ARE ASKING THAT YOU ALL, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET,
10:23:51AM TO BE MINDFUL THAT THEY ARE IN NEED OF MONIES FOR FIXING
10:23:54AM THEIR HOMES AND THINGS.
10:23:56AM AS WE GO FORTH, CODE ENFORCEMENT, A LOT OF THE HOMES, IF
10:24:00AM THEY ARE NOT FIXED, THEN CODE ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO BE
10:24:03AM FINING THESE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT PAY THESE, THEREBY TAKING
10:24:10AM THEIR HOMES AND CREATING MORE GENTRIFICATION.
10:24:12AM WE'RE ASKING THE COUNCIL THAT IS SITTING HERE, THAT YOU BE
10:24:17AM VERY, VERY MINDFUL THAT DISTRICT FIVE WAS ON TRACK, THAT
10:24:23AM COUNCILWOMAN GWENDOLYN HENDERSON AND HONOR HER LEGACY AS YOU
10:24:27AM WEAR THOSE PINS THAT YOU KEEP THE COUNCIL, THAT DISTRICT IN
10:24:31AM MIND.
10:24:32AM ALSO, WE KNOW THAT DISTRICT IS ALSO A FOOD DESERT.
10:24:37AM ONE OF THE THINGS SHE TALKED ABOUT WAS TRYING TO SEE ABOUT
10:24:40AM BRINGING GROCERY STORES, NICE GROCERY STORES TO THAT AREA.
10:24:44AM SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU ALL CONTINUE THAT LEGACY OF
10:24:48AM HELPING PEOPLE.
10:24:49AM SHE DIDN'T SEE US AS THIS COLOR, FIGHTING AGAINST SOUTH,
10:24:54AM EAST, WEST, SHE SEEN TAMPA AS A WHOLE.
10:24:57AM SHE LOVED THE CITY.
10:24:58AM SHE LOVED THE COMMUNITY.
10:24:59AM SHE LOVED THE PEOPLE.
10:25:01AM SO WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU CONTINUE THAT SAME, EVEN THOUGH
10:25:04AM THERE'S NO ONE SITTING IN THAT SEAT, HER SPIRIT IS SITTING
10:25:07AM THERE.
10:25:08AM SO AS YOU MAKE THAT -- LOOK AT THE BUDGET, MAKE SURE THAT
10:25:12AM THERE IS MONEYS TO SEE ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 5.
10:25:16AM THEY NEED TO HAVE MONIES.
10:25:18AM THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, NOT OVERLOOKED, BECAUSE WE
10:25:22AM ARE HERE WATCHING THE COUNCIL AS YOU LOOK AT THAT BUDGET.
10:25:25AM SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
10:25:28AM BECAUSE I KNOW MANY OF YOU WILL DO THE RIGHT THING.
10:25:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:25:32AM MENTESNOT FOLLOWED BY ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:25:41AM >> UHURU, MENTESNOT.
10:25:43AM I WANT TO SAY THE FIRST TIME I HAD SEX WITH MY MOTHER I
10:25:50AM THOUGHT --
10:25:50AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:25:51AM -- IT WAS NORMAL.
10:25:53AM THE HUNDREDTH TIME I HAD SEX WITH MY MOTHER --
10:26:00AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:26:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.
10:26:02AM >> IN WHAT WAY?
10:26:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS A VULGAR COMMENT.
10:26:06AM NO, NO.
10:26:08AM THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION.
10:26:09AM I'VE RULED THAT YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.
10:26:10AM THAT IS A VULGAR DISCUSSION, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT
10:26:12AM IN A GOVERNMENT MEETING.
10:26:14AM >> WHAT AM I TO DO?
10:26:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS A WARNING.
10:26:18AM YOU CAN CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF YOUR THREE MINUTES.
10:26:20AM IF YOU DO IT AGAIN, I'LL ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
10:26:23AM >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, IF YOU CAN STOP THE TIME,
10:26:26AM PLEASE.
10:26:26AM I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
10:26:29AM WHAT DID I SAY WAS VULGAR?
10:26:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE NOT STOPPING THE CLOCK.
10:26:33AM CONTINUE THE CLOCK.
10:26:33AM >> WHAT DID I SAY WAS VULGAR.
10:26:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU CAN HAVE THE DISCUSSION AFTER THE
10:26:37AM MEETING.
10:26:39AM >> WHAT HAPPENS IN REALITY IS PEOPLE NORMALIZE TREATING
10:26:44AM BLACK PEOPLE LIKE DIRT.
10:26:45AM THEY NORMALIZE HAVING THE SENSITIVITY TO THE NEEDS, THE
10:26:51AM ASPIRATIONS, THE DESIRES OF AFRICAN PEOPLE.
10:26:56AM THEY NORMALIZE OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOR AND OFFENSIVE ACTIVITIES.
10:27:00AM THIS CITY COUNCIL AND THIS CITY GOVERNMENT HAS NORMALIZED
10:27:03AM THAT FOR ONCE SO FAR THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE
10:27:07AM BACK IN 1865 OR 1854.
10:27:10AM AND THEY NORMALIZE IT.
10:27:12AM DISTRICT 5 NEVER HAD ANY REPRESENTATION.
10:27:15AM WE DON'T HAVE ANY NOW, AND THEY NORMALIZE THAT.
10:27:19AM THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A PROCESS OF APPOINTING SOMEONE FOR
10:27:24AM DISTRICT 5.
10:27:26AM WE HAVE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS, MICHELLE PATTY, SISTER CONNIE
10:27:30AM BURTON, ROBIN LOCKETT, THAT THEY CAN SAY HOLD THE SEAT DOWN
10:27:34AM UNTIL THERE IS AN ELECTION, BUT THERE'S NO REPRESENTATION
10:27:40AM WHATSOEVER, NONE.
10:27:41AM THEY NORMALIZE.
10:27:44AM PART OF MY BOOK SAY OPPRESSION CAUSES PHYSICAL REGRESSION
10:27:48AM AND MENTAL RETARDATION.
10:27:51AM WHEN YOU LOOK OVER DISTRICT 5, IT SEEMS LIKE ALL BLACK
10:27:54AM PEOPLE ARE MENTALLY RETARDED.
10:27:56AM SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ALL MENTALLY RETARDED.
10:28:01AM DISTRICT 5, DIRTY, NASTY, HOUSES RAN DOWN.
10:28:06AM THE ONLY TIME YOU SEE DEVELOPMENT IS WHEN THE CRACKERS
10:28:09AM COMING THROUGH TO TAKE IT THROUGH GENTRIFICATION.
10:28:14AM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID ABOUT THE CONFLICT THAT'S GOING
10:28:23AM ON ACROSS THE WATER SOMEWHERE, HE SAY, THIS IS A QUOTE FROM
10:28:28AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
10:28:31AM HE SAY, THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING SO LONG, THEY DON'T KNOW
10:28:36AM WHAT THE F -- THEY ARE DOING.
10:28:42AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
10:28:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.
10:28:44AM PLEASE LEAVE THE CHAMBER.
10:28:45AM THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:28:51AM WE'LL COME BACK TO ROBIN.
10:29:00AM LAST SPEAKER AFTER IS CHARLIE ADAMS.
10:29:02AM THE SECOND.
10:29:17AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, CHAIR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:29:21AM I COME HERE AND WEAR A FEW HATS.
10:29:25AM ONE BEING PRESIDENT OF SULPHUR SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOOD
10:29:28AM ASSOCIATION.
10:29:29AM I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IN REGARDS TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF
10:29:33AM OUR COMMUNITY.
10:29:33AM AS WE ALL KNOW, IT IS A BLIGHTED AREA WITH COUNCILWOMAN
10:29:39AM HENDERSON AND A FEW OTHERS, COUNCILMAN CARLSON, AS WELL AS
10:29:44AM HENDERSON, VIERA HAVE STOPPED BY.
10:29:46AM WE HAVE CONVERSATION.
10:29:47AM SPOKE TO ALL OF YOU.
10:29:49AM MET YOU PERSONALLY.
10:29:50AM WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS.
10:29:51AM I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT FIGHT TO CONTINUE AND THAT WE CONTINUE
10:29:57AM THE EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE IN THE SULPHUR SPRINGS COMMUNITY
10:30:01AM BECAUSE IT IS GREATLY NEEDED.
10:30:03AM ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IN REGARDS TO SULPHUR SPRINGS
10:30:07AM POOL AND MAKING SURE THAT STAY A FOCAL POINT FOR THE
10:30:11AM COMMUNITY AS IT WAS ONCE A COMMUNITY HUB FOR MANY RESIDENTS
10:30:18AM ME LEARN TO SWIM.
10:30:20AM CURRENTLY CLOSED.
10:30:22AM WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE THAT FIGHT.
10:30:24AM MY SECOND HAT, I'M DIRECTOR OF KIDS ON THE RIVER, A
10:30:28AM NONPROFIT IN THE SULPHUR SPRINGS COMMUNITY.
10:30:30AM AS WE ALL KNOW, SULPHUR SPRINGS COMMUNITY IS A FOOD DESERT.
10:30:37AM AND AUTHORIZATION FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA THROUGH PARKS AND
10:30:41AM RECREATION, TONY MULKEY, TO HOST A FARMERS MARKET OR THE
10:30:47AM OFFICIAL SULPHUR SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET AT OUR -- I WOULD
10:30:53AM LIKE TO CALL IT OUR BOTANICAL GARDEN.
10:30:56AM IT'S A SMALL PENINSULA, MAYBE TWO ACRES OF LAND BETWEEN THE
10:31:00AM NATURAL SPRING AND THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER IS WHERE I WILL BE
10:31:03AM HOSTING THIS FARMERS MARKET TO CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
10:31:08AM A SENSE OF CULTURAL PRIDE, CREATE JOBS, ET CETERA.
10:31:12AM I HAVE ONE KEY CONCERN WITH THIS.
10:31:15AM I WAS GIVEN THE AUTHORIZATION TO HOST ONE EVENT.
10:31:20AM HOWEVER, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO
10:31:24AM MAINTAIN THIS FARMERS MARKET OVER TIME.
10:31:28AM AND I WOULD LIKE TO, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, TO ALLOW ME TO HAVE A
10:31:31AM LONG-TERM LEASE AGREEMENT WITH PARKS AND REC AND THE CITY OF
10:31:36AM TAMPA TO HOST THIS FARMERS MARKET BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT
10:31:41AM TO HAPPEN, I PUT IN THE EFFORT.
10:31:43AM I'VE BEEN BUILDING THIS MARKET NEARLY TWO YEARS.
10:31:45AM IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE, AND IT WASN'T THOUGHT OF PRIOR TO
10:31:48AM THIS.
10:31:50AM THERE IS A WAY THAT I CAN HAVE A LONG-TERM LEASE AGREEMENT
10:31:52AM WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT WOULD CREATE A SENSE OF SECURITY
10:31:56AM FOR ME.
10:31:57AM THANK YOU.
10:31:58AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:31:58AM ROBIN LOCKETT IS OUR LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER.
10:32:04AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:32:05AM ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:32:07AM FIRST, I WANT TO APPLAUD SULPHUR SPRINGS, THE COMMUNITY, FOR
10:32:12AM COMING OUT AND TELLING THEIR TRUTH.
10:32:16AM HOPEFULLY DURING THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS, THEY WON'T JUST BE
10:32:24AM A TALKING POINT.
10:32:25AM I FOUND OUT FROM MS. ROBINSON, THE LAST PERSON THAT SHE'S
10:32:28AM KNOWN TO COME OUT THERE FROM COUNCIL HAS BEEN FROM THE GRECO
10:32:31AM ERA.
10:32:32AM DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS TRUE.
10:32:33AM DON'T KNOW IF SHE MISSED YOU.
10:32:36AM BUT SHE'S PROMINENT IN THAT COMMUNITY, SO SHE DIDN'T SEE.
10:32:42AM GOOD THAT THEY ARE COMING OUT.
10:32:43AM TELL A STORY, BE SEEN AND BE VIGILANT.
10:32:46AM JUST CONTINUE TO TELL YOUR STORY.
10:32:48AM I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL FOR GRACING US WITH YOUR PRESENCE.
10:32:53AM FLORIDA RISING COMING OUT AND MEETING US AND HAVING A
10:32:55AM CONVERSATION.
10:32:56AM WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
10:32:58AM WE'RE GOING TO SET SOMETHING UP WITH YOU, MR. MIRANDA,
10:33:03AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:33:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO NAMES.
10:33:06AM >> OH.
10:33:07AM ANYHOW, BUT THANK YOU.
10:33:08AM YELLOW JACKETS, STILL IN THE FOREFRONT.
10:33:14AM HOPEFULLY SOMETHING IS -- WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO MAKE
10:33:17AM THE YELLOW JACKETS WHOLE.
10:33:19AM THE YELLOW JACKETS BEING WHOLE MEANS A BUILDING AND THE
10:33:26AM PARK, THE FIELD BEING USABLE FOR THE SENIOR LEAGUE.
10:33:30AM SO WITH THAT BUILDING, THEY HAD A TWO-STORY BUILDING WITH
10:33:35AM THEIR OLD FIELD, CONCESSION STAND ON THE BOTTOM AND OFFICE
10:33:38AM ON THE TOP.
10:33:40AM GET THE COACH AND ADMINISTRATION OUT OF THE TRAILER.
10:33:45AM KEEPING THAT IN THE FOREFRONT.
10:33:47AM BUDGET IS COMING UP.
10:33:48AM HOPEFULLY SOMETHING IS ABLE TO BE PUT IN THE BUDGET.
10:33:50AM BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT COUNCILWOMAN
10:33:53AM HENDERSON HAS STARTED ON AND JUST CONCLUDING THAT AS ONE OF
10:33:58AM HER ITEMS.
10:33:59AM SO THANK YOU.
10:34:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MS. LOCKETT.
10:34:01AM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:34:03AM WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE
10:34:05AM APPOINTMENT.
10:34:06AM WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE LAURA HARRISON.
10:34:09AM IS LAURA IN THE ROOM?
10:34:11AM LET'S LET EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO LEAVE, LEAVE.
10:34:19AM TAKE A PAUSE.
10:34:28AM THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
10:34:37AM BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, THE BAND SHELL
10:34:41AM AT THE PARK, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A LINE ITEM IN THE STATE
10:34:45AM BUDGET FOR THIS BY REPRESENTATIVE DIANNE HART AND SENATOR
10:34:49AM ROUSON.
10:34:49AM IT WAS VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR.
10:34:51AM WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT IN THE BUDGET, THAT WAS VETOED BY THE
10:34:54AM GOVERNOR.
10:34:55AM FYI.
10:34:56AM AND WE ARE LOOKING AT IT INTERNALLY.
10:34:59AM THE BAND SHELL.
10:35:00AM PERRY HARVEY PARK.
10:35:02AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO AND A SECOND
10:35:14AM FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF LAURA
10:35:17AM HARRISON TO THE ARCHAEOLOGIST MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC
10:35:21AM PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.
10:35:24AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
10:35:25AM OPPOSED?
10:35:26AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:35:27AM WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
10:35:28AM PUBLIC SAFETY, LUIS VIERA, WE'LL REMOVE 25 FOR A SEPARATE
10:35:34AM VOTE.
10:35:35AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, I MOVE ALL --
10:35:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:35:39AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:35:40AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:35:42AM OPPOSED?
10:35:42AM ITEM NUMBER 25.
10:35:44AM IT WAS JUST A SEPARATE VOTE, RIGHT?
10:35:46AM NO DISCUSSION.
10:35:50AM MOTION FOR ITEM 25.
10:35:51AM >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVED.
10:35:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM 25.
10:35:54AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:35:56AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:35:58AM OPPOSED?
10:35:59AM >> NAY.
10:36:00AM >> NAY.
10:36:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE --
10:36:03AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK AND CARLSON VOTING
10:36:07AM NO.
10:36:07AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:36:08AM NEXT IS NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
10:36:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
10:36:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 28 THROUGH 38.
10:36:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:36:20AM AND I WANT TO THANK A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC FOR REMINDING ME
10:36:25AM ABOUT ITEM 36.
10:36:27AM SO I WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE ITEMS 28 THROUGH 35 AND 37 AND
10:36:33AM 38.
10:36:35AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
10:36:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS
10:36:38AM EXCEPT FOR 36.
10:36:40AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:36:41AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:36:43AM OPPOSED?
10:36:45AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AND THE REASON IS, THEY DID BRING UP THE IDEA
10:36:49AM THAT WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW?
10:36:52AM IF THIS GETS STARTED NOW, IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN GOING TO BE
10:36:57AM ABLE TO GET STARTED UNTIL AUGUST.
10:36:59AM SO I DON'T KNOW WHY A SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIP TRAINING IS
10:37:03AM COMING NOW INSTEAD --
10:37:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I ACTUALLY HAD THE SAME QUERY.
10:37:08AM I TOLD THIS WAS REIMBURSABLE.
10:37:10AM IT ONLY REIMBURSES ACTUAL EXPENSES.
10:37:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THESE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ON -- IT'S ALREADY
10:37:15AM ACTIVE.
10:37:16AM OKAY.
10:37:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S HOW IT WAS ADVISED TO ME.
10:37:18AM AYES HAVE IT ON ALL ITEMS FROM 28 THROUGH 35 AND --
10:37:22AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN ADD 36 IN THERE, TOO.
10:37:24AM I HAD A QUESTION AND YOU ANSWERED IT.
10:37:26AM ITEMS 28 THROUGH 38.
10:37:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:37:30AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:37:31AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:37:33AM OPPOSED?
10:37:33AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:37:35AM >>LUIS VIERA: I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 34 FOR HILLSBOROUGH
10:37:39AM COUNTY VETERANS HELPING VETERANS, 25,000.
10:37:41AM THEY ARE A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION.
10:37:43AM MIKE ODELL, AND IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE'RE, I KNOW, GOING
10:37:47AM TO INCREASE -- SHOULD BE INCREASING OUTREACH TO VETERANS AND
10:37:53AM THIS IS PART OF IT.
10:37:54AM THEY ARE A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION, ESPECIALLY WITH HOMELESS
10:37:57AM VETERANS, HELPING PAY FOR BILLS.
10:38:00AM LET YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WE'RE FUNDING.
10:38:02AM GREAT GROUP.
10:38:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS ALREADY IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
10:38:05AM THIS IS CONFIRMING THE AGREEMENT.
10:38:07AM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT WAS PASTED LAST SEPTEMBER.
10:38:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE GOING TO INFRASTRUCTURE, COUNCILMAN
10:38:12AM MANISCALCO WITHOUT -- REMOVING ITEMS 47 AND 48.
10:38:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE 39 THROUGH 50, EXCEPT 47 AND 48
10:38:20AM WHICH WERE PULLED FOR LATER DISCUSSION.
10:38:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:38:23AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:38:24AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
10:38:26AM OPPOSED?
10:38:26AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:38:28AM FINANCE COMMITTEE, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, 51 THROUGH 57.
10:38:31AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 51 THROUGH 57.
10:38:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECOND
10:38:35AM FROM MANISCALCO.
10:38:36AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:38:37AM OPPOSED?
10:38:37AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:38:39AM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE, WE
10:38:43AM HAVE ITEMS 58 THROUGH 73.
10:38:45AM ITEM 70 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA.
10:38:48AM >> SO MOVED.
10:38:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:38:51AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:38:52AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:38:53AM OPPOSED?
10:38:54AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:38:55AM MOBILITY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, 74 THROUGH 80.
10:38:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 74 THROUGH 80.
10:39:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:39:03AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:39:06AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
10:39:07AM OPPOSED?
10:39:07AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:39:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO SET 81, 82, 83 FOR PUBLIC
10:39:12AM HEARINGS.
10:39:13AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO SET 81, 82, 83 FOR
10:39:17AM PUBLIC HEARINGS FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:39:18AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:39:19AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:39:21AM OPPOSED?
10:39:21AM THE AYES HAVE IT.
10:39:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO OPEN THE 10 A.M. PUBLIC
10:39:26AM HEARINGS.
10:39:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO OPEN 10 A.M. PUBLIC HEARINGS
10:39:28AM FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:39:29AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:39:30AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE?
10:39:31AM OPPOSED?
10:39:31AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:39:32AM THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE OPEN.
10:39:33AM THIS IS A NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL.
10:39:37AM IS THERE ANYBODY TO PRESENT THIS ITEM?
10:39:46AM ITEM NUMBER 84.
10:39:51AM >>CARL BRODY: CARL BRODY FROM LEGAL.
10:39:52AM THIS IS SECOND READING FOR THE CONTRACTOR CODE OF CONDUCT.
10:39:59AM WE DISCUSSED IT LAST TIME.
10:40:00AM IT IS TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC ISSUES, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT
10:40:03AM WE'RE PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE.
10:40:06AM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE AND AVAILABLE.
10:40:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:40:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST AGAIN WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
10:40:11AM ON THIS.
10:40:12AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN ASKING FOR QUITE
10:40:14AM A BIT.
10:40:15AM WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT GOES.
10:40:17AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:40:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, DID YOU HAVE
10:40:19AM SOMETHING TO SAY?
10:40:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SIR.
10:40:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK
10:40:23AM TO ITEM 84?
10:40:24AM MOTION TO CLOSE.
10:40:25AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
10:40:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN
10:40:28AM MANISCALCO, A SECOND FROM -- I'M SORRY.
10:40:31AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:40:33AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
10:40:34AM OPPOSED?
10:40:35AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:40:36AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM 84?
10:40:46AM >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE FILE 84, FILE NUMBER E2025-8, CHAPTER
10:40:54AM 26.5, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
10:40:58AM ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
10:41:00AM AMENDING CHAPTER 26.5, ARTICLE I OF THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE,
10:41:05AM BY ADDING SECTION 26.5-4, CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF BUSINESS
10:41:10AM CONDUCT, SAID AMENDMENT PROVIDING FOR A CODE OF BUSINESS
10:41:14AM CONDUCT FOR PARTIES CONTRACTING WITH THE CITY, PROVIDING
10:41:17AM ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THE DIVISION OF EQUAL BUSINESS
10:41:20AM OPPORTUNITY, PROVIDING FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION, PROVIDING FOR
10:41:23AM AN APPEAL PROCESS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
10:41:26AM ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR
10:41:28AM SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:41:30AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
10:41:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON,
10:41:34AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:41:35AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:41:38AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:41:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:41:41AM NOW WE'RE MOVING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT REQUIRE FOLKS TO BE
10:41:45AM SWORN IN.
10:41:46AM IF YOU ARE HERE ON ANY ITEM FROM 85 TO 89, PLEASE STAND,
10:41:50AM RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO BE SWORN IN.
10:41:54AM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
10:41:59AM >> YES.
10:42:00AM >> YES.
10:42:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE ONLINE PEOPLE.
10:42:02AM ITEM 85, WHO IS HERE TO PRESENT FOR 85?
10:42:07AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN AND COUNCIL.
10:42:08AM THIS IS LEO DEBARDELEBEN.
10:42:14AM ITEM 85 --
10:42:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOLD ON, LEO.
10:42:18AM NOW WE SEE YOU.
10:42:20AM THANK YOU.
10:42:20AM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: ITEM 85 IS AB 2-25-03 FOR THE PROPERTY
10:42:25AM AT 2330 WEST HORATIO STREET.
10:42:28AM REQUEST IS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES SMALL VENUE
10:42:31AM CLASSIFICATION, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR FOR CONSUMPTION ON
10:42:34AM PREMISES ONLY.
10:42:35AM SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN
10:42:37AM FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.
10:42:39AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
10:42:40AM THE PLANS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED.
10:42:42AM A COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
10:42:45AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:42:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:42:47AM ANY QUESTIONS?
10:42:47AM IS THERE AN APPLICANT?
10:42:53AM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE HERE ON BEHALF OF
10:42:56AM THE APPLICANT.
10:42:58AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
10:43:00AM AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
10:43:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:43:03AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 85?
10:43:07AM MOTION TO CLOSE?
10:43:08AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA, SECOND FROM
10:43:11AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:43:12AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:43:14AM OPPOSED?
10:43:14AM CAN I HAVE COUNCILMAN VIERA READ ITEM 85, PLEASE.
10:43:20AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
10:43:23AM READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE
10:43:25AM PERMIT FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE,
10:43:28AM CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY, AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF
10:43:31AM BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND
10:43:34AM LIQUOR, ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED
10:43:37AM AT 2330 WEST HORATIO STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA AS MORE
10:43:42AM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, PROVIDING THAT ALL
10:43:45AM ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED,
10:43:47AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:43:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
10:43:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WAS ABSENT ON THE FIRST VOTE.
10:43:53AM I HAVE REVIEWED THE FILES AND WATCHED THE HEARINGS ON THESE.
10:43:57AM I'M PREPARED TO VOTE.
10:43:58AM THANK YOU.
10:43:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:44:00AM SECOND.
10:44:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:44:02AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:44:04AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:44:09AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:44:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:44:11AM ITEM 86, WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT?
10:44:18AM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: LEO DEBARDELEBEN, DEVELOPMENT
10:44:20AM COORDINATION.
10:44:21AM ITEM 86 IS AB 2-25-05.
10:44:25AM IT IS FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1601 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:44:29AM THE REQUEST IS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE
10:44:32AM CLASSIFICATION FOR BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, CONSUMPTION ON
10:44:35AM PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION.
10:44:39AM SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN
10:44:41AM FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.
10:44:43AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
10:44:44AM THE PLANS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AND A COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED
10:44:47AM TO THE CLERK.
10:44:48AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
10:44:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:44:50AM ANY QUESTIONS?
10:44:50AM MS. SCHALER, I ASSUME YOU'RE PRESENTING FOR THIS.
10:44:54AM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
10:44:57AM AS LEO MENTIONED, SITE PLAN REVISIONS MADE ON THIS ONE AND
10:45:00AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
10:45:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:45:02AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 86?
10:45:05AM MOTION TO CLOSE?
10:45:06AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:45:09AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:45:11AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:45:13AM OPPOSED?
10:45:13AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 86?
10:45:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE AB 2-25-05, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
10:45:22AM FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
10:45:23AM AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR
10:45:26AM ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE, CONSUMPTION ON
10:45:29AM PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES/OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION, AND
10:45:33AM MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC
10:45:36AM CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, AT OR FROM THAT CERTAIN LOT,
10:45:39AM PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 1601 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE AS
10:45:43AM MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, PROVIDING THAT ALL
10:45:46AM ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED,
10:45:49AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:45:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:45:53AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:45:54AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:45:59AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:46:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:46:01AM ITEM NUMBER 87.
10:46:04AM LEO.
10:46:04AM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: GOOD MORNING AGAIN, CHAIRMAN AND
10:46:07AM COUNCIL.
10:46:08AM LEO DEBARDELEBEN, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:46:10AM ITEM 87 IS AB 2-25-08 FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2701 NORTH
10:46:15AM 16th STREET.
10:46:16AM REQUEST IS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES SMALL VENUE
10:46:19AM CLASSIFICATION, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR FOR CONSUMPTION ON
10:46:22AM PREMISES ONLY.
10:46:23AM THE SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN
10:46:26AM FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.
10:46:27AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE AND THE PLANS HAVE BEEN
10:46:30AM CERTIFIED AND A COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
10:46:33AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
10:46:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:46:34AM MS. SCHALER.
10:46:36AM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
10:46:39AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS
10:46:42AM ONE.
10:46:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
10:46:43AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK TO ITEM 87?
10:46:46AM MOTION TO CLOSE, PLEASE.
10:46:48AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:46:49AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:46:50AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:46:52AM OPPOSED?
10:46:52AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:46:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE TO READ IT.
10:46:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SORRY, SIR.
10:46:57AM SORRY ABOUT THAT.
10:46:58AM JUMPING AHEAD.
10:46:58AM MR. MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM 87?
10:47:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
10:47:03AM FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE APPROVING A
10:47:05AM SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU 2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL
10:47:08AM VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE
10:47:11AM SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT BEER, WINE
10:47:14AM AND LIQUOR, ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND
10:47:16AM LOCATED AT 2701 NORTH 16th STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE
10:47:21AM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, PROVIDING THAT ALL
10:47:23AM ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED,
10:47:26AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:47:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM
10:47:29AM MIRANDA.
10:47:30AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
10:47:32AM SORRY.
10:47:35AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:47:36AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:47:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOVING ON TO 88, LEO.
10:47:42AM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: LEO DEBARDELEBEN, DEVELOPMENT
10:47:44AM COORDINATION.
10:47:45AM ITEM 88 IS AB 2-25-09 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1530 EAST
10:47:50AM COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:47:51AM REQUEST IS FOR SMALL -- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES SMALL VENUE
10:47:55AM CLASSIFICATION, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, FOR CONSUMPTION ON
10:47:57AM PREMISES ONLY.
10:47:59AM SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE BETWEEN
10:48:01AM FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.
10:48:03AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
10:48:04AM THE PLANS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED.
10:48:05AM A COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CLERK.
10:48:07AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
10:48:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:48:09AM ANY QUESTIONS?
10:48:10AM MS. SCHALER.
10:48:12AM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
10:48:14AM I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
10:48:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:48:17AM ANY QUESTIONS?
10:48:17AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 88?
10:48:20AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:48:23AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:48:24AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:48:26AM OPPOSED?
10:48:26AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, PLEASE, READ ON 88.
10:48:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 88, FILE AB 2-25-09, ORDINANCE BEING
10:48:33AM PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
10:48:36AM APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
10:48:39AM SALES, SMALL VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY, AND MAKING
10:48:44AM LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC
10:48:47AM CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR
10:48:49AM TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 1530 EAST COLUMBUS DRIVE, TAMPA,
10:48:52AM FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, PROVIDING
10:48:55AM THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE
10:48:57AM REPEALED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:49:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:49:09AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:49:13AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:49:17AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:49:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE MOVING ALONG TO ITEM 89.
10:49:25AM >>LEO DEBARDELEBEN: LEO DEBARDELEBEN, DEVELOPMENT
10:49:27AM COORDINATION.
10:49:28AM ITEM 89 IS AB 2-25-10 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1509 EAST
10:49:33AM COLUMBUS DRIVE.
10:49:34AM REQUEST IS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE
10:49:37AM CLASSIFICATION, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, CONSUMPTION ON
10:49:39AM PREMISES ONLY, SITE PLAN MODIFICATIONS WERE REQUIRED TO BE
10:49:42AM MADE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READINGS.
10:49:44AM THOSE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE.
10:49:45AM THE PLANS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AND A COPY HAS BEEN PROVIDED
10:49:48AM TO THE CLERK.
10:49:49AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
10:49:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:49:51AM DOES COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS?
10:49:52AM HEARING NO QUESTIONS, MS. SCHALER.
10:49:55AM >> ALEX SCHALER, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE.
10:49:58AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
10:50:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK
10:50:02AM TO ITEM 89?
10:50:03AM HEARING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN
10:50:06AM MIRANDA.
10:50:08AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:50:10AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:50:11AM OPPOSED?
10:50:11AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, PLEASE READ ITEM 89.
10:50:14AM >>BILL CARLSON: MOVE NUMBER 89, FILE NUMBER AB 2-25-10,
10:50:20AM ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
10:50:23AM CONSIDERATION, ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SU 2
10:50:26AM FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL VENUE CONSUMPTION ON
10:50:29AM PREMISES ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF BEVERAGES
10:50:32AM REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, ON
10:50:34AM THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT 1509 EAST
10:50:37AM COLUMBUS DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AS MORE PARTICULARLY
10:50:40AM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2, PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR
10:50:42AM PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING AN
10:50:45AM EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:50:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:50:47AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:50:49AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:50:53AM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: I REALIZE THE AGENDA SAYS SECOND
10:50:55AM READING AND CONSIDERATION.
10:50:56AM COULD WE MODIFY THAT TO SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
10:50:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, PLEASE READ THAT
10:51:02AM PORTION INTO THE RECORD.
10:51:05AM >>BILL CARLSON: MODIFY MOTION TO SAY SECOND READING AND
10:51:08AM ADOPTION.
10:51:09AM >>SUSAN JOHNSON-VELEZ: THANK YOU.
10:51:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST TO BE CLEAR, SCRIVENER ERROR ON THE
10:51:14AM WRITING WE HAVE HERE.
10:51:15AM WE JUST CORRECTED THAT.
10:51:16AM IT WAS AN ADOPTION HEARING.
10:51:18AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:51:19AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:51:22AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:51:27AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:51:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:51:32AM THAT CONCLUDES THE 10:00 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
10:51:36AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK PULLED 47 AND 48, ARE WE PREPARED TO
10:51:45AM TALK ABOUT THOSE?
10:51:46AM WE HAVE 92.
10:51:46AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, BECAUSE IT IS A
10:51:48AM SCRIVENER'S ERROR, YOU CAN JUST READ IT AND VOTE ON IT FOR
10:51:52AM FIRST READING.
10:51:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 92 IS A SCRIVENER ERROR.
10:51:57AM IT'S NOT SUBSTANTIVE.
10:51:58AM IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
10:52:02AM MS. WELLS.
10:52:06AM >>CATE WELLS: GOOD MORNING.
10:52:08AM CATE WELLS WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
10:52:10AM THIS IS SIMPLY CORRECTING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION.
10:52:12AM WHEN THIS WAS PROCESSED MANY YEARS AGO, THE SITE PLAN DID
10:52:15AM INCLUDE TWO LOTS.
10:52:16AM THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION UNFORTUNATELY ONLY INCLUDED ONE.
10:52:19AM BUT IT WAS PROPERLY NOTICED.
10:52:21AM I SEE NO REASON WHY WE COULDN'T PROCEED JUST WITH THE
10:52:24AM SCRIVENER ERROR ORDINANCE TODAY.
10:52:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:52:28AM COUNCILMAN VIERA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ITEM 92?
10:52:31AM >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
10:52:32AM I MOVE AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
10:52:38AM CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER
10:52:41AM 2004-14, PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
10:52:45AM OF TAMPA ON JANUARY 8, 2004, REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
10:52:49AM GENERAL CAN VICINITY OF 4905 PRICE AVENUE IN THE CITY OF
10:52:52AM TAMPA, FLORIDA, TO CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S ERROR BY
10:52:55AM SUBSTITUTING A CORRECTED LEGAL DESCRIPTION ATTACHED TO SAID
10:52:58AM ORDINANCE AS EXHIBIT A, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND AN
10:53:01AM EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:53:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
10:53:04AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:53:05AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
10:53:08AM OPPOSED?
10:53:09AM AYES HAVE IT.
10:53:10AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK IS BACK.
10:53:12AM YOU PULLED 47 AND 48.
10:53:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IS THAT BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE?
10:53:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE CAN DO IT NOW.
10:53:20AM CHIEF BENNETT IS NOT HERE.
10:53:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT 47 AND 48.
10:53:29AM WE HEARD A LOT FROM THE PUBLIC TODAY ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
10:53:38AM THE PROBLEM WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE, WHICH NO MONEY HAS BEEN
10:53:41AM SPENT FROM, IS THAT WHEN IT WAS APPROVED IN 2019, THERE WAS
10:53:50AM SUPPOSED TO BE A REPORTING COMPONENT.
10:53:53AM THE REPORTING COMPONENT WAS NEVER DONE BECAUSE THEY SAID,
10:53:56AM WELL, WE HAVEN'T EXPENDED ANY OF THE MONEY.
10:53:58AM THE PROBLEM IS, WE HAVE BEEN TAKING IN MONEY.
10:54:01AM THERE'S ALSO A REPORTING REQUIREMENT THAT WENT ALONG WITH
10:54:04AM THAT WHICH THEY HAVE NOT BEEN DOING.
10:54:08AM WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN COMING IN.
10:54:10AM THEY WERE REQUIRED TO PUT IT -- EACH.
10:54:14AM OKAY.
10:54:14AM EACH PAYMENT INTO THE FUND, ALONG WITH THE IDENTIFYING
10:54:22AM INFORMATION OF THE SOURCE OF SUCH FUNDS, SUCH AS
10:54:25AM CORRESPONDING PERMIT NUMBER AND THE EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING
10:54:31AM THE TYPE OF TREE.
10:54:33AM BY TYPE OF TREE, IT HAS TO BE LABELED TYPE ONE, TWO, OR
10:54:37AM THREE OR PALM.
10:54:38AM AND THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT GOES INTO
10:54:42AM THIS.
10:54:42AM SO MY CONCERN, I WOULD LIKE TO PULL OUT THE SECTION, THAT IF
10:54:54AM WE GO BACK TO 47 AND 48, PORTION OF THIS IS FOR -- A PORTION
10:55:03AM OF THIS IS TO ADD MONEY TO THE CONTRACT TO PAY THESE FOLKS
10:55:09AM OUT OF THE PIPES PROGRAM.
10:55:13AM THE OTHER IS TO APPROPRIATE MONEY FROM THE TREE FUND.
10:55:17AM I RECOMMEND THAT WE POSTPONE MOVING THE TREE FUND MONEY
10:55:22AM UNTIL WE KNOW EXACTLY -- AND I HAVE ASKED MR. BAIRD.
10:55:25AM HE'S PROVIDED ME A LIST OF THE TREES, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE
10:55:28AM COST OF THE TREES.
10:55:30AM WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM.
10:55:34AM AS MS. BENNETT SO CLEARLY STATED IN ONE MOTION, IN 47, IT
10:55:39AM HAS IT AS 52,000 COMING FROM CENTRAL AND 282 COMING FROM
10:55:45AM SOUTH, AND IN 48, IT HAS THE OPPOSITE.
10:55:49AM IT'S CLEARLY NOT -- WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO TRY TO FIGURE
10:55:52AM THIS OUT, BUT, QUITE FRANKLY, WHAT I PLAN TO DO RIGHT NOW, I
10:55:58AM WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACTUALLY GET THE
10:56:02AM TRACKING FOR ALL THE MONEY THAT HAS COME INTO THIS, WHICH
10:56:06AM APPARENTLY WE HAVE $5 MILLION AND WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S
10:56:09AM COME IN, WHERE IT'S COME IN.
10:56:11AM THEY HAVEN'T FOLLOWED THE ACTUAL REPORTING THAT THEY ARE
10:56:13AM REQUIRED TO DO.
10:56:14AM LET ME JUST MAKE A MOTION AND SEE WHAT YOU ALL THINK.
10:56:18AM BEFORE WE APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF $334,748.48 FROM THE SOUTH
10:56:25AM TAMPA AND CENTRAL TAMPA TREE TRUST FUNDS, I WANT TO SEE THE
10:56:29AM DATA REQUIRED TO CREATE THE ANNUAL REPORT REFERENCED IN
10:56:32AM CHAPTER 27, SECTION 16-86, SUBSECTION F REPORTING.
10:56:38AM WHICH STATES, A TRACKING AND REPORTING SYSTEM FOR EACH OF
10:56:41AM THE FIVE TRUST FUNDS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED TO TRACK EACH
10:56:45AM PAYMENT MADE INTO THE FUND AND EACH MITIGATION TREE PLANTED.
10:56:50AM ANNUALLY, A REPORT SHALL BE PREPARED FOR EACH FUND AND
10:56:52AM FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
10:56:55AM ONE, EACH PAYMENT MADE INTO THE FUND ALONG WITH THE
10:56:58AM IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF THE SOURCE OF SUCH FUNDS SUCH AS
10:57:00AM THE CORRESPONDING BUILDING PERMIT NUMBER.
10:57:03AM TWO, EACH EXPENDITURE FROM THE FUND, INCLUDING THE TYPES AND
10:57:07AM NUMBERS OF TREES.
10:57:07AM THREE, THE COORDINATES OR OTHER PHYSICAL LOCATION
10:57:12AM INFORMATION OF MITIGATION TREES PLANTED BY THE CITY WITH
10:57:15AM FUNDS EXPENDED FROM THE TRUST FUND.
10:57:17AM FOUR, THE STATUS OF THE HEALTH OF EACH MITIGATION TREE
10:57:20AM PLANTED AT THE SIX-MONTH AND ONE-YEAR MARK AFTER PLANTING.
10:57:23AM THESE ARE ALL QUOTES FROM THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE.
10:57:25AM BY TYPES OF TREES, THE ORDINANCE IS REFERRING TO TYPE ONE,
10:57:28AM TWO, THREE, OR PALM AS STATED IN TABLE 284.3.2-A WHICH IS
10:57:36AM THE CITY TREE MATRIX.
10:57:38AM BOTH BUILDERS AND T-TAG AGREE THEY WANT TO SEE THE DATA
10:57:43AM COLLECTED FOR FIVE SEPARATE PLANNING DISTRICTS, CENTRAL
10:57:45AM TAMPA, WESTSHORE, UNIVERSITY, NEW TAMPA, SOUTH TAMPA BEFORE
10:57:49AM WE MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE CURRENT TREE TRUST FUND ORDINANCE
10:57:51AM OR WE EXPEND ANY MONEY FROM THE FUND.
10:57:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
10:57:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:57:57AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:57:59AM DISCUSSION?
10:57:59AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:58:00AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT.
10:58:07AM CONCERNS BROUGHT UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:58:08AM IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR TREE
10:58:12AM CANOPY, BUT IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
10:58:13AM A GENTLEMAN MENTIONED THAT SOME MONEY WAS GOING TO PIPES,
10:58:21AM COMPARED IT TO THE LOTTERY HOW THEY SAID THAT WAS TO FUND
10:58:24AM EDUCATION OR SOCIAL SECURITY.
10:58:29AM EVERYTHING GETS RAIDED.
10:58:30AM IN THIS CASE, AT OUR LEVEL, OUR JURISDICTION, WITH TREES,
10:58:34AM THIS KIND OF TRACKING AND AUDITING SYSTEM ESSENTIALLY I
10:58:37AM THINK PUTS -- MAY PUT THE PUBLIC AT EASE KNOWING THERE IS AN
10:58:43AM EXTRA SET OF EYES ON THIS.
10:58:45AM WE SEE IT AND IT'S TRANSPARENT.
10:58:47AM I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS.
10:58:49AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:58:50AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
10:58:52AM I AGREE.
10:58:52AM I THINK THIS WILL CLEAR IT UP.
10:58:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
10:58:55AM >>BILL CARLSON: I AGREE.
10:58:57AM THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK FOR WORKING WITH THE
10:59:00AM COMMUNITY ON THAT RESEARCH AS WELL.
10:59:03AM SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE PROBABLY CAN TELL US, SINCE I'VE
10:59:07AM BEEN ON COUNCIL SIX YEARS, THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME
10:59:12AM THIS HAS COME UP THAT THERE'S NO REPORTING.
10:59:14AM WE'VE ASKED FOR IT MULTIPLE TIMES AND NOT REPORTED.
10:59:17AM WHEN WE GET READY TO GO THROUGH THE CHARTER REVIEW
10:59:19AM COMMISSION, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT MAYBE WHAT A PENALTY MIGHT
10:59:21AM BE TO AN ADMINISTRATION FOR NOT GIVING INFORMATION.
10:59:25AM LASTLY, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION TO CONTINUE
10:59:28AM THESE?
10:59:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
10:59:30AM WELL, YEAH.
10:59:31AM THIS IS BASICALLY A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
10:59:36AM NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.
10:59:36AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT IS NOT A SEPARATE MOTION.
10:59:38AM I ASK IT BE TWO MOTIONS.
10:59:40AM YOUR MOTION THE WAY IT WAS STATED IS QUITE CLEAR, AS LONG AS
10:59:44AM THE CLERK GETS A COPY.
10:59:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A VERY NICELY TYPED OUT COPY.
10:59:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I BRIEFLY SAW MR. BAIRD POP UP.
10:59:54AM DID YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM MR. BAIRD, STAFF, BEFORE YOU
10:59:58AM SPEAK?
10:59:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, WE CAN HAVE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS
11:00:02AM BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WITH THE MOTION, AND THIS IS WHAT THE
11:00:05AM COMMUNITY HAS SAID IS THAT RIGHT NOW THEY PUT TWO, OR THEY
11:00:12AM PUT MULTIPLE THINGS IN ONE MOTION.
11:00:14AM THEY WANT TO MOVE MONEY FROM ONE PLACE AND TO OTHER PLACES.
11:00:18AM I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MOVING THE MONEY FROM THE PIPES
11:00:21AM PORTION.
11:00:22AM I JUST DON'T WANT TO MOVE THE MONEY FOR THE TREE PORTION
11:00:26AM UNTIL WE HAVE THE REPORT WE NEED.
11:00:32AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT IS A SEPARATE SUBJECT.
11:00:34AM I UNDERSTAND THAT.
11:00:35AM YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT UP NOW.
11:00:36AM OR THE NEXT MOTION YOU INTEND TO MAKE.
11:00:38AM HERE IS MY POINT.
11:00:40AM MY POINT IS BASED ON WHAT YOUR MOTION IS NOW, WHICH MAY, I
11:00:44AM ASSUME MIGHT PASS, YOU'RE PRESENTED WITH TWO RESOLUTIONS IN
11:00:50AM THE PRESENT FORM.
11:00:51AM YOUR OPTIONS ARE EITHER TO VOTE IT UP, VOTE IT DOWN, OR
11:00:54AM CONTINUE IT.
11:00:55AM YOU CAN'T MAKE CHANGES.
11:00:57AM IF THE ADMINISTRATION DURING THE CONTINUANCE WANTS TO DO A
11:01:00AM SUBSTITUTION, THEY CAN.
11:01:01AM IF YOU DEFEAT IT, THEY CAN COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF
11:01:07AM RESOLUTIONS.
11:01:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHY DON'T WE VOTE ON THE MOTION I HAVE ABOUT
11:01:13AM THE REPORT.
11:01:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION -- WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE
11:01:18AM STAFF CHIME IN BEFORE WE MAKE THE VOTE?
11:01:20AM BRAD BAIRD, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE?
11:01:25AM >>BRAD BAIRD: BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF
11:01:27AM INFRASTRUCTURE.
11:01:29AM WE ADDED THIS TREE PLANTING TO THIS CONTRACT AS A SEPARATE
11:01:34AM ITEM AS PART OF THIS CHANGE ORDER.
11:01:37AM IT WAS ACTUALLY AN IDEA THAT OUR FORMER SUSTAINABILITY AND
11:01:42AM RESILIENCY OFFICER, WHIT REMER HAD.
11:01:47AM SO WE AGREED TO DO THAT AND THE CONTRACTOR AGREED TO DO
11:01:50AM THAT.
11:01:50AM WE ENDED UP PLANTING 225 TREES WITH THE CONSENT OF OUR
11:01:56AM RESIDENTS IF THEY WERE IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES TO PLANT
11:02:00AM THOSE TREES.
11:02:00AM AND WE DID THAT.
11:02:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:02:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, I JUST WANT -- WE JUST WANT THE
11:02:08AM TRACKING AND REPORTING TO BE CORRECT VIA THE ORDINANCE
11:02:13AM BEFORE WE START MOVING MONEY OUT OF THIS FUND.
11:02:16AM I THINK WE ALL AGREE ON THAT.
11:02:17AM MAYBE, MR. PERRY, YOU CAN SAY HOW WE CAN SEPARATE THESE OR
11:02:25AM DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
11:02:27AM LIKE I SAID, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH MOVING THE PIPES PORTION
11:02:29AM OF THIS, BUT THE TREE PORTION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE THE
11:02:32AM MONEY UNTIL WE KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND WHERE IT'S
11:02:35AM GOING.
11:02:36AM THE REPORTING WAS NOT DONE BASED ON THE ORDINANCE.
11:02:41AM >> MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER.
11:02:43AM THE MISTAKE IS SOLELY MY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE BUDGET
11:02:47AM OFFICE.
11:02:47AM I DO APOLOGIZE.
11:02:48AM OBVIOUSLY, WE GOT THE WRONG TREE TRUST DIVISION.
11:02:53AM WE DID PREPARE A SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION, BUT IT DOES NOT
11:02:55AM APPEAR THAT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.
11:02:57AM IF YOU TAKE THE TREE TRUST RESOLUTION OUT OF THE FUNDING
11:03:01AM PROCESS FOR THE PIPES AND HOPEFULLY BRAD IS STILL LISTENING,
11:03:05AM THE WATER DEPARTMENT HAS SUFFICIENT APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY
11:03:10AM TO COVER THE TREE PLANTING CURRENTLY.
11:03:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
11:03:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT I'M HEARING IS YOU REALLY NEED ITEM
11:03:19AM 47 MOVED AND ITEM 48 -- COULD WE REMOVE THAT FROM THE AGENDA
11:03:25AM BASED ON WHAT I JUST HEARD?
11:03:34AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: [INAUDIBLE]
11:03:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOUR MOTION IS SEPARATE.
11:03:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK: LET'S JUST MOVE MY MOTION FIRST.
11:03:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD THAT AND WE'VE HEARD
11:03:40AM STAFF, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:03:44AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:03:45AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
11:03:47AM AYE.
11:03:47AM OPPOSED?
11:03:47AM UNANIMOUS.
11:03:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MOVE ITEM 47, WHICH IS APPROVING THE
11:03:53AM CHANGE ORDER.
11:03:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'LL SECOND THAT.
11:03:58AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: FOR THE RECORD, JUST SO I KNOW, THERE IS NO
11:04:01AM REFERENCE IN NUMBER 47 WHATSOEVER TO ANYTHING RELATED TO
11:04:05AM TREES.
11:04:06AM EXPENDITURE OF TREES OR ANYTHING RELATED TO TREES.
11:04:09AM >> JUSTIN VASKE, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:04:11AM LINE ITEMS 2 AND 3 IN THE CHANGE ORDER DOCUMENT DO REFERENCE
11:04:15AM TREES.
11:04:15AM IT REFERENCES THE NUMBER OF TREES AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
11:04:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEN NEVER MIND.
11:04:20AM WE'LL WAIT ON 47 AND 48.
11:04:22AM >> I BELIEVE WHAT MR. PERRY WAS SAYING, THERE ARE SUFFICIENT
11:04:25AM FUNDS TO PAY THAT PARTICULAR CHANGE ORDER, BUT HE CAN
11:04:28AM CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
11:04:30AM >> MIKE PERRY, BUDGET OFFICER.
11:04:31AM BASICALLY THE WATER DEPARTMENT WOULD BE PAYING FOR THE
11:04:33AM TREES.
11:04:34AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, I THINK I WOULD RATHER HAVE A MORE
11:04:37AM CLEAN ORDINANCE OR A CLEAN RESOLUTION COME BACK TO US, IF
11:04:42AM THAT'S POSSIBLE.
11:04:43AM IF WE COULD MOVE IT -- I MOTION THAT WE MOVE THE AMENDED 47
11:04:48AM AND 48, IF WE CAN --
11:04:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THERE IS NO AMENDED.
11:04:53AM WHAT ELSE BESIDES TREES IS IN 47 AND 48 THAT YOU NEED MOVED?
11:05:02AM >> YOU'VE GOT THE CHANGE ORDER RIGHT HERE.
11:05:05AM FOR INSTANCE, JUSTIN VASKE, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:05:09AM THE CHANGE ORDER HAS LIKE PAVING --
11:05:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN YOU PUT IT ON THE WOLF?
11:05:21AM >>JUSTIN VASKE: THERE ARE A VARIETY OF ITEMS SUBJECT TO THE
11:05:25AM CHANGE ORDER.
11:05:26AM CO 1-3 AND CO 1-4, THOSE ARE THE TREES.
11:05:31AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU ALL COME BACK AFTER LUNCH WITH A
11:05:34AM CLEANED UP VERSION OF THIS THAT WE CAN MOVE?
11:05:36AM >>JUSTIN VASKE: IF YOU'RE ASKING THIS, IF YOU MEAN THE
11:05:40AM CHANGE ORDER, ULTIMATELY --
11:05:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT COUNCIL HAS TO MOVE DOES NOT INCLUDE
11:05:47AM TREES.
11:05:47AM JUST A CONCISE DOCUMENT THAT SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO
11:05:50AM MOVE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE TREES.
11:05:51AM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: ANDREA ZELMAN, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:05:54AM IT INCLUDES TREES BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE HOW THE TREES ARE
11:05:58AM BEING PAID FOR.
11:05:59AM IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH APPROVING IT AND YOU JUST WANT TO KEEP
11:06:03AM APART THE FACT THE USE OF THE TREE TRUST FUND, YOU'RE DOING
11:06:06AM THAT BY NOT APPROVING 48, YOU CAN STILL APPROVE 47.
11:06:10AM >> WE CAN APPROVE 47 AND IT DOES NOT TAKE MONEY FROM THE
11:06:13AM TREE TRUST FUND.
11:06:15AM >> THAT IS CORRECT.
11:06:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE 47 THEN.
11:06:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE ALREADY HAD A MOTION TO MOVE 47 AND A
11:06:21AM SECOND FROM -- COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
11:06:24AM MANISCALCO.
11:06:24AM IS THAT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY?
11:06:26AM CLEAR AS MUD TO ME.
11:06:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO, IT ISN'T.
11:06:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [INAUDIBLE]
11:06:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I GET THAT.
11:06:35AM MR. SHELBY.
11:06:39AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF COUNCIL HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ORDINANCE,
11:06:42AM WITH THE RESOLUTIONS AS PRESENTED BY THE BASIS OF YOUR FIRST
11:06:48AM MOTION, THEN IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE THEN FOR YOU TO MOVE 47
11:06:52AM AND 48 UNTIL THOSE ITEMS ARE ADDRESSED TO YOUR SATISFACTION.
11:06:55AM THAT COULD BE DONE BY A SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE.
11:06:57AM THAT COULD BE DONE BY DEFEATING THESE OR REJECTING THESE AND
11:07:01AM HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION COME BACK WITH SOMETHING ELSE OR IT
11:07:04AM COMES BACK WITH CONTINUANCES.
11:07:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PERSON ON STAFF THAT CAN SPEAK TO THIS.
11:07:10AM IS THERE SOMETHING DETRIMENTAL TO THE CONTRACTS IF WE
11:07:14AM CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING?
11:07:15AM >>JUSTIN VASKE: JUSTIN VASKE, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:07:18AM MY CONCERN IS WE HAVE CERTAIN STATUTORY TIMELINES TO APPROVE
11:07:21AM CHANGE ORDERS.
11:07:22AM IT'S ONLY GETTING MORE RESTRICTIVE AS THE LEGISLATURE PASSES
11:07:25AM LAWS RELEVANT TO THAT.
11:07:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, ARE WE WITHIN A
11:07:29AM STATUTORY OBLIGATION ON THIS CONTRACT IF WE CONTINUE THIS TO
11:07:32AM THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING?
11:07:35AM >>JUSTIN VASKE: YES, POTENTIALLY AS OF JULY 1, THERE IS A
11:07:38AM CHANGE --
11:07:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEN AFTER LUNCH.
11:07:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN I INDULGE YOU ALL TO COME BACK TO US
11:07:43AM WITH SOMETHING TRIMMED DOWN AND CLEANER THAT DOES NOT
11:07:46AM INCLUDE THE TREES, THAT IS A CONCISE RESOLUTION THAT THIS
11:07:48AM COUNCIL CAN PASS?
11:07:49AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DOES THAT REQUIRE A CHANGE TO THE CHANGE
11:07:52AM ORDER?
11:07:53AM >>JUSTIN VASKE: THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY HERE.
11:07:55AM WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS TO DELETE LINE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE
11:08:00AM PAID IN THIS CHANGE ORDER.
11:08:03AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
11:08:06AM PERHAPS I CAN CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL AND THEY CAN COME BACK
11:08:08AM AND EXPLAIN THIS AFTER LUNCH.
11:08:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN I ASK, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, WOULD YOU
11:08:14AM CONSIDER NOT MOVING YOUR MOTION, THIS MOTION UNTIL AFTER
11:08:17AM LUNCH?
11:08:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BEFORE I GO FORWARD, WHAT WAS NOT IN MY
11:08:29AM MOTION IS THE DATE I WANT THIS BACK.
11:08:30AM THAT WAS OCTOBER 9, 2025.
11:08:32AM THAT GIVES FOUR MONTHS TO DO THE TREE REPORT.
11:08:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LET'S COME BACK TO THE CONTINUATION FOR
11:08:38AM THAT IN ONE SECOND.
11:08:41AM RIGHT NOW ON THE FLOOR, WE MOVED 47 WITH A SECOND.
11:08:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL RESCIND MY MOTION AND INSTEAD MAKE 47
11:08:48AM AND 48 COME BACK AFTER LUNCH FIRST THING.
11:08:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. SHELBY, WOULD YOU ALL GET TOGETHER AND
11:08:55AM COME BACK WITH SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCISE
11:08:57AM AND EASIER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND AFTER LUNCH THAT WE COULD
11:09:00AM MOVE ON?
11:09:01AM WE CAN WORK ON THAT AFTER LUNCH.
11:09:05AM UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT WE'LL TAKE THIS UP AFTER LUNCH.
11:09:09AM VERY GOOD.
11:09:10AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:09:10AM WITHOUT OBJECTION.
11:09:17AM YOU WOULD LIKE TO AMEND YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE THE DATE.
11:09:20AM >>LYNN HURTAK: TO OCTOBER 9, 2025.
11:09:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO
11:09:24AM ADD OCTOBER 9, 2025, TO THE CONTINUATION REQUEST.
11:09:28AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:09:29AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:09:32AM OPPOSED.
11:09:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ALSO JUST TO SAY IF STAFF HAS ANY QUESTIONS,
11:09:36AM JUST REACH OUT TO ME, BUT THE ORDINANCE IS PRETTY CLEAR.
11:09:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
11:09:41AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:09:43AM IT IS 11:10.
11:09:44AM EVEN WITH THAT, WE ARE WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
11:09:54AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I CAN MOVE SOMETHING ALONG
11:09:56AM THAT'S ON THE STAFF REPORT THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE STAFF.
11:09:59AM THAT'S NUMBER 95, A BIG-TICKET ITEM.
11:10:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN WE GET A MOTION ON ITEM 95?
11:10:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED.
11:10:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:10:13AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:10:16AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
11:10:18AM OPPOSED?
11:10:18AM 95 UNANIMOUS.
11:10:26AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO SEE WHO FROM
11:10:29AM STAFF IS PRESENT IN CHAMBERS OR ONLINE THAT CAN ADDRESS
11:10:33AM WHICHEVER ITEM.
11:10:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY FROM STAFF THAT WOULD LIKE TO
11:10:37AM ADDRESS A STAFF REPORT NOW?
11:10:39AM MR. BENNETT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE
11:10:45AM UPDATE.
11:10:45AM >>LUIS VIERA: AFTER THAT'S FINISHED, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WILL
11:10:51AM BE HERE NEXT WEEK, IF I INTRODUCE MY INTERN.
11:11:00AM >>JOHN BENNETT: JOHN BENNETT.
11:11:02AM CHIEF OF STAFF.
11:11:03AM AT COUNCIL'S REQUEST I WANTED TO COME BACK IN.
11:11:07AM I KNOW A COUPLE OF MEMOS HAVE BEEN FILED, BUT IT'S BEEN
11:11:11AM REQUESTED AND BEEN SOME OFF-LINE SINGULAR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
11:11:14AM THIS TOPIC.
11:11:15AM I WAS ASKED TO COME IN AND MAYBE JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT I
11:11:19AM THINK WE ALL AGREE ON WHICH IS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN
11:11:22AM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS FOR OUR
11:11:25AM PERSONNEL.
11:11:26AM FOR THE PUBLIC AWARENESS WE HAVE NEARLY 5,000 EMPLOYEES.
11:11:29AM IN A CITY THAT SERVES 400,000 PLUS DAILY, INFLUX OF ANOTHER
11:11:34AM COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
11:11:36AM EVERY OTHER MONDAY I GET THE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE BOTH
11:11:40AM COUNCIL, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND ALL OF OUR BRANCHES TO NEW
11:11:44AM EMPLOYEES AS THEY ENTER THE WORKFORCE HERE.
11:11:46AM WE'VE HAD OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND APPLICATIONS IN THIS
11:11:49AM ADMINISTRATION.
11:11:50AM WE'VE HIRED ABOUT 3,000 AGAINST THAT 5,000 THROUGH NORMAL
11:11:53AM ATTRITION.
11:11:54AM AND WE LOOK FOR ANYTHING THAT IS PROBLEMATIC, SYSTEMIC,
11:11:58AM ET CETERA.
11:12:00AM AGAIN, ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT COMES OUT IN THIS ROOM AND, OF
11:12:03AM COURSE, THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKED AT FOR
11:12:06AM OPPORTUNITIES.
11:12:07AM SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE ADDENDUM
11:12:10AM MEMO THAT I SENT IN THROUGH OUR OFFICE BEFORE THIS SESSION.
11:12:14AM A COUPLE OF THINGS.
11:12:16AM ONE IS I KNOW ANONYMITY SOMETIMES IS IMPORTANT IN
11:12:19AM COMPLAINTS.
11:12:20AM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REINFORCE THAT THERE IS AN
11:12:23AM ANONYMOUS HOTLINE BOTH FOR FRAUD AND EMPLOYEE ISSUES.
11:12:26AM ONCE THAT GOES THROUGH THE CITY AUDIT DEPARTMENT, THEN IT
11:12:29AM GETS TRIAGED FOR ITS NEXT STEP.
11:12:31AM IT COULD BE IF IT IS FRAUD, IT COULD CONTINUE IN THE AUDIT
11:12:34AM DEPARTMENT.
11:12:35AM IT COULD BE A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
11:12:36AM IT COULD BE OUTSOURCED TO A LEGAL INVESTIGATION.
11:12:41AM MYRIAD OF THINGS COULD HAPPEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT IT
11:12:44AM STARTS THERE JUST TO ALLOW, WHETHER IT IS THE PUBLIC OR A
11:12:47AM CITIZEN OR ANYBODY TO CALL THAT HOTLINE.
11:12:49AM AGAIN, MANAGED AND OVERSEEN BY THE CITY AUDIT DEPARTMENT AS
11:12:53AM A PROCESS, NOT SOLELY THAT THEY HANDLE THE WORK OR REPORT TO
11:12:58AM THE ADMINISTRATION.
11:12:59AM JUST AN IN-TAKING MEASURE.
11:13:01AM WE HAVE MANY OTHER IN-TAKING MEASURES BUT I WANTED TO MAKE
11:13:04AM SURE I COVERED THAT ONE.
11:13:05AM NEXT, I WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL AND ESPECIALLY THE LEGAL
11:13:08AM DEPARTMENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
11:13:10AM OF COURSE, EVERYBODY ON THE SUPPORT SIDE THAT ALLOWS THESE
11:13:13AM OUTSIDE CONTRACTS.
11:13:14AM THAT GIVES US A PLETHORA OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO UNIQUE
11:13:18AM INVESTIGATIONS OR ESCALATING INVESTIGATIONS.
11:13:20AM THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE THINK WORKING WITH
11:13:24AM ANDREA'S OFFICE IS STILL AN EVOLVING BEST PRACTICE AS
11:13:28AM NEEDED, AGAIN, WITH FOUR GENERATIONS IN THE WORKFORCE, THERE
11:13:31AM ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT DYNAMICS.
11:13:33AM I'LL LEAD INTO THAT IN A SECOND, OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH
11:13:37AM EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION, MORALE, ET CETERA.
11:13:41AM I CAN TELL YOU THAT DURING COVID, TRYING TO TELEWORK UNDER
11:13:46AM THE CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT, CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS IS
11:13:50AM VERY CHALLENGING, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
11:13:52AM COUNCIL WAS MOVED; EMPLOYEES WERE MOVED.
11:13:54AM TECHNOLOGY PROCESSES WERE SHIFTED TO GET US THROUGH THE
11:13:57AM COVID PERIOD.
11:13:58AM AS THAT SETTLES, THEN YOU HAVE STORMS THAT DISRUPT THINGS.
11:14:01AM AGAIN, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF CHALLENGES IN
11:14:05AM LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
11:14:07AM AND TO ALLOW THAT TO SETTLE TO A DEGREE, GET A GOOD SURVEY
11:14:12AM INSTRUMENT FROM A STANDARDIZED METHODOLOGY TO MAKE SURE THAT
11:14:15AM WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN FOR THE EMPLOYEES IS JUST
11:14:19AM ANOTHER FACET.
11:14:20AM WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO THAT AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
11:14:23AM BEST TOOL COMING FORWARD, WHICH USUALLY IS AN ELONGATED
11:14:27AM PROCESS AND TYPICALLY A PRETTY HEALTHY BUDGET ITEM.
11:14:30AM WE WANT TO KEEP EXPLORING THAT.
11:14:33AM LASTLY, I THINK ANDREA IS HERE TO REINFORCE SOME OF THE
11:14:37AM THINGS THAT IF COUNCIL GETS A COMPLAINT, ALL THE DIFFERENT
11:14:41AM CHANNELS TO PASS THAT COMPLAINT TO THIS TRIAGE PROCESS,
11:14:44AM WHETHER IT'S THE ETHICS OFFICE, THE HR OFFICE, THE CITY
11:14:48AM CLERK -- I'M SORRY, THE CITY AUDITOR FOR THE ANONYMOUS, LIKE
11:14:52AM I DID ONE DAY WHEN I HEARD SOMETHING, I LAUNCHED SOMETHING
11:14:55AM RIGHT AWAY TO MAKE SURE THE TRIAGE PROCESS -- THE LAST THING
11:15:02AM I WILL TALK ABOUT WHICH I WAS ASKED TO DO, DISCUSS
11:15:04AM ESCALATION.
11:15:05AM WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.
11:15:07AM EVEN THOUGH ABOUT 3800 OR 5,000 EMPLOYEES ARE IN SOME SORT
11:15:10AM OF BARGAINING UNIT, WHETHER THE ATU, IFF OR PBA, THEY ALL
11:15:16AM HAVE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT TO FILE GRIEVANCES, GET FOLLOW-UPS,
11:15:19AM ESCALATE GRIEVANCES, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE PROCESSES FOR CIVIL
11:15:23AM SERVICE HEARINGS AND, OF COURSE, ARBITRATIONS THAT ARE
11:15:26AM BINDING.
11:15:27AM ALL THESE THINGS CAN CONTINUE THAT PROCESS TO THE DESIRED
11:15:31AM OUTCOME, NOT TO MENTION THERE ARE OUTSIDE PROCESSES THAT CAN
11:15:34AM BE USED AND EMPLOYEES CAN MOVE IN THOSE DIRECTIONS WITH THAT
11:15:38AM GUIDANCE.
11:15:39AM EVEN ABOVE THAT, EVEN IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE THE BARGAINING
11:15:42AM SYSTEM, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE TREATED
11:15:45AM FAIRLY IN A GRIEVANCE PROCESS AND, OF COURSE, AN ESCALATION
11:15:49AM PROCESS AS WELL.
11:15:50AM AGAIN, BIG ORGANIZATION.
11:15:51AM A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
11:15:54AM I BELIEVE IN OUR HR DEPARTMENT.
11:15:56AM I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1984 AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF GOOD
11:16:00AM OUTCOMES.
11:16:01AM THE OTHER THING, TOO, IS EVERYTHING ON MONDAY -- I SAID THIS
11:16:04AM IN THIS ROOM BEFORE, I TELL THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT IF IT GETS
11:16:07AM TO MY DESK BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT ESCALATES, I WILL
11:16:12AM PERSONALLY STOP EVERYTHING I'M DOING, TAKE A LOOK AT THE
11:16:14AM CASE AND MAKE SURE IT TRIES TO GET THE PROPER JUSTICE LANE
11:16:17AM GOING.
11:16:18AM AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T MAKE DISCIPLINE DECISIONS IN A
11:16:21AM VACUUM.
11:16:22AM THEY ALL COME TO ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATORS EACH CASE TO MAKE
11:16:24AM SURE THERE'S FAIRNESS ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS ON DIFFERENT
11:16:28AM THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN SEVERE CASES.
11:16:30AM I'LL PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS.
11:16:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS,
11:16:35AM CAUTION EVERYONE, YOU KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN
11:16:37AM LABOR AND ALSO HR.
11:16:39AM THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.
11:16:40AM IF CASES ARE BEING HEARD, WE DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS SPECIFIC
11:16:43AM CASES BECAUSE THEY COULD BE IN LITIGATION.
11:16:46AM WE DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS ACTUAL INDIVIDUALS.
11:16:49AM IF YOU HAVE BROAD QUESTIONS ABOUT POLICY, I THINK
11:16:51AM APPROPRIATE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT NOT DELVE INTO
11:16:54AM ANYTHING SPECIFIC AT COUNCIL.
11:16:56AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON FIRST.
11:17:00AM >>BILL CARLSON: FIRST, I WANT TO THANK CHIEF OF STAFF AND
11:17:03AM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
11:17:06AM CHIEF OF STAFF AND I HAVE HAD THREE OR FOUR LONG
11:17:09AM CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.
11:17:11AM CITY ATTORNEY SAT IN ON A COUPLE OF THEM.
11:17:14AM WE'VE HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ALL THIS.
11:17:18AM WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS OR YEAR IS THAT
11:17:26AM I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF CALLS AND E-MAILS.
11:17:32AM PULLED PUBLIC RECORDS.
11:17:36AM UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE ALL -- I SEND THEM TO THE PUBLIC
11:17:41AM RECORDS PEOPLE.
11:17:41AM BUT THEY ARE REALLY DISTURBING WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE
11:17:44AM COMPLAINTS AND YOU WANT TO HELP EMPLOYEES.
11:17:47AM WE'VE HEARD EMPLOYEES COME BEFORE US IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:17:49AM WE HAD A LETTER LAST NIGHT FROM THE FIRE UNION, AND WE HAD
11:17:55AM ANOTHER LETTER LAST NIGHT FROM ANOTHER FORMER EMPLOYEE.
11:17:58AM THE OVERRIDING THEMES ARE THEY FEEL LIKE THERE IS NOT AN
11:18:03AM ANONYMOUS SAFE PLACE THEY CAN GO TO MAKE COMPLAINTS.
11:18:06AM AND THEN THE WORD THAT COMES UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS
11:18:10AM RETALIATION.
11:18:12AM THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT RETALIATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
11:18:16AM BY MAKING A COMPLAINT, THEY ARE WORRIED THAT SOMEONE IN THE
11:18:19AM ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO RETALIATE AGAINST THEM.
11:18:21AM THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE SPECIFIC
11:18:25AM EXAMPLES.
11:18:25AM THE CHARTER AS CITY ATTORNEY WILL TELL US, THE CHARTER
11:18:31AM DRASTICALLY LIMITS WHAT CITY COUNCIL'S ROLE CAN BE IN ANY OF
11:18:33AM THIS BECAUSE THE MAYOR CLEARLY IS IN CHARGE OF THE
11:18:35AM ADMINISTRATION.
11:18:36AM WE CAN ENCOURAGE.
11:18:39AM WE CAN LOBBY.
11:18:40AM WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT WHICH WE'VE DONE SEVERAL
11:18:42AM TIMES.
11:18:43AM THE RESULT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS IS THAT THE CHIEF OF
11:18:45AM STAFF, HE JUST OUTLINED THINGS BUT PUSHED TO MAKE THE HOT
11:18:51AM LINE TO MAKE SURE THE HOT LINE IS FAIR, OBJECTIVE, AND NOT A
11:18:57AM PLACE WHERE SOMEBODY RATS SOMEBODY OUT AND SOMEBODY GETS
11:19:00AM RETALIATED AGAINST.
11:19:01AM I HOPE THAT'S TRUE IN THAT PROCESS.
11:19:03AM HE'S USING THE LEGAL CONTRACT THAT WAS APPROVED TO GO AHEAD
11:19:08AM AND INVESTIGATE SOME OF THESE.
11:19:10AM I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION NAMES, BUT THERE ARE INVESTIGATIONS
11:19:14AM GOING ON AND SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY CURRENT AND
11:19:16AM FORMER EMPLOYEES.
11:19:18AM HE'S COMMITTED TO CREATE A SURVEY AT SOME POINT.
11:19:21AM AGAIN, I HOPE THE SURVEY IS ANONYMOUS AND OBJECTIVE, NOT
11:19:27AM USED AS A PR THING.
11:19:28AM I'M A PR PERSON.
11:19:30AM ANY COMPANY I WORK WITH, NUMBER ONE THING YOU SHOULD DO IS
11:19:33AM IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, PUT IT ON THE SURFACE FOR EVERYBODY
11:19:35AM AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'LL DO TO FIX IT.
11:19:38AM IF WE TRY TO BURY IT AND SAY EVERYTHING IS FINE, SUCH A BIG
11:19:42AM ORGANIZATION, IF WE HAVE 95% OF THE PEOPLE HAPPY, 5% IS A
11:19:46AM LOT OF PEOPLE UNHAPPY.
11:19:47AM PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WORDS LIKE RETALIATION, THAT'S REALLY
11:19:50AM CONCERNING.
11:19:50AM I THINK THE CHIEF OF STAFF IN EARNEST IS TRYING TO ADDRESS
11:19:53AM IT.
11:19:54AM IF EMPLOYEES, FORMER OR CURRENT, HAVE IDEAS ON WHAT WE CAN
11:19:57AM DO WITH OUR LIMITED POWERS, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THEM.
11:20:06AM I'LL CONTINUE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THIS.
11:20:08AM CONTINUE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF.
11:20:11AM AND THEN WHEN THE CHARTER REVISION TIME COMES, WE PROBABLY
11:20:16AM NEED TO PUT SOMETHING IN IT THAT GIVES CITY COUNCIL A WAY TO
11:20:20AM LET OFF THE STEAM.
11:20:23AM IF YOU LISTEN TO VOICE MAILS AND E-MAILS, IT'S REALLY
11:20:26AM DISTURBING THE INFORMATION WE'VE GOTTEN.
11:20:28AM ALSO, I WENT ROUND AND ROUND WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON WHAT
11:20:31AM OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE IF WE GET A CALL.
11:20:33AM THE ORIGINAL ADVICE I GOT WAS THAT ALL WE CAN DO IS REFER
11:20:37AM THEM TO HR OR TELL THEM TO GET LEGAL ADVICE.
11:20:40AM WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GET INVOLVED IN EITHER OF THOSE BUT WE
11:20:42AM CAN GIVE THEM THAT ADVICE.
11:20:44AM THAT'S WHAT I'M CONTINUING TO DO.
11:20:46AM THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE IN THE LAST MEMO THAT IMPLIED THAT
11:20:48AM WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO AUTOMATICALLY TURN OVER ALL THESE.
11:20:53AM IF SOMEBODY CALLS ME AND CLAIMS RETALIATION BY THE MAYOR'S
11:20:57AM OFFICE, I'M NOT GOING TO TURN IT IN.
11:20:59AM I DON'T KNOW IF ANDREA CAN MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT, BUT YOU
11:21:03AM CAN SUE ME IF YOU WANT, BUT IF SOMEONE SAYS THAT THEY ARE
11:21:06AM AFRAID OF RETALIATION, I'M NOT GOING TO TURN IT OVER,
11:21:09AM BECAUSE I THINK EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE PROTECTED.
11:21:11AM I WILL TAKE THE LEGAL ADVICE, WHICH IS TO TELL THEM TO TALK
11:21:14AM TO HR OR A LAWYER BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED IN THEIR
11:21:18AM CASE.
11:21:18AM I'M NOT GOING TO INTENTIONALLY CAUSE SOMEBODY TO PUT
11:21:23AM THEMSELVES IN A POSITION THAT MAY CAUSE THEM TO GET HARMED.
11:21:26AM BUT THANK YOU TO CHIEF OF STAFF FOR WORKING ON SOLUTIONS.
11:21:30AM HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THINGS GOING FORWARD.
11:21:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:21:35AM DID YOU WANT TO CLARIFY YOUR COMMENTS?
11:21:43AM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: JUST TO CLARIFY, WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS,
11:21:45AM JUST TO LEVEL SET.
11:21:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STATE YOUR NAME.
11:21:48AM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: ANDREA ZELMAN, CITY ATTORNEY.
11:21:50AM AS CHIEF OF STAFF MENTIONED, ALMOST 3800 OF THE 4700,
11:21:57AM WHATEVER, CITY EMPLOYEES ARE MEMBERS OF A UNION.
11:22:03AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS, I'VE HEARD
11:22:07AM COMMENTS THAT THE ONLY PLACE PEOPLE CAN GO TO IS HR AND
11:22:11AM THAT'S NOT TRUE.
11:22:12AM EVERYONE INVOLVED IN A UNION HAS THE RIGHT TO SEEK A CIVIL
11:22:17AM SERVICE HEARING.
11:22:19AM THEY CAN IN CERTAIN CASES GO TO ARBITRATION, ALL CLASSIFIED
11:22:25AM EMPLOYEES CAN SEEK A CIVIL SERVICE BOARD HEARING.
11:22:28AM JUST TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
11:22:29AM WHERE REPORTING TO HR IS, IN FACT, REQUIRED, AND THAT'S WHAT
11:22:36AM I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN CARLSON REFERRED TO JUST A MOMENT AGO,
11:22:39AM IS IN OUR PERSONNEL MANUAL.
11:22:44AM THAT'S IN CASES OF DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, AND
11:22:47AM RETALIATION.
11:22:49AM OUR PERSONNEL MANUAL REQUIRES THAT ANYONE, ANY CITY EMPLOYEE
11:22:54AM WHO HEARS, RECEIVES A COMPLAINT OF THAT, OF DISCRIMINATION,
11:22:59AM HARASSMENT OR RETALIATION IS OBLIGATED TO REPORT IT TO HR
11:23:03AM FOR INVESTIGATION.
11:23:04AM HR IS OBLIGATED TO INVESTIGATE.
11:23:08AM THAT WAS IN OUR PERSONNEL MANUAL.
11:23:11AM IT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
11:23:14AM RECENTLY IN OUR SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN
11:23:17AM A CASE THAT INVOLVED THE PARENTAL LEAVE POLICY THAT WAS
11:23:21AM MISAPPLIED, ALLEGEDLY MISAPPLIED IN 2017, 2018, PART OF OUR
11:23:27AM SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THEM BEEFED UP THAT PORTION OF THE
11:23:33AM PERSONNEL MANUAL AND ALSO IMPOSED OBLIGATIONS ON THE CITY TO
11:23:39AM REPORT ALL CLAIMS OF HARASSMENT, RETALIATION, DISCRIMINATION
11:23:43AM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
11:23:46AM SO, YES, IT'S MY OPINION THAT EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO
11:23:51AM RECEIVES A COMPLAINT OF HARASSMENT, RETALIATION OR
11:23:55AM DISCRIMINATION IS OBLIGATED TO REPORT THAT TO HR.
11:23:59AM SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU IS IF PEOPLE ARE CALLING YOU
11:24:02AM OR E-MAILING YOU AND SAYING YOU NEED TO TELL THEM UP FRONT,
11:24:08AM IF YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT YOU ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED
11:24:11AM AGAINST, HARASSED OR RETALIATED AGAINST, I WILL HAVE TO
11:24:15AM REPORT THAT TO HR.
11:24:17AM SO MY SUGGESTION IS YOU DO SO, BUT I DO BELIEVE YOU'RE
11:24:24AM OBLIGATED.
11:24:25AM I CAN'T SAY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DON'T DO IT.
11:24:27AM WE'RE NOT GOING TO SUE A COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST TO BE CLEAR.
11:24:32AM BUT IT IS AN OBLIGATION WE HAVE.
11:24:34AM IT IS AN OBLIGATION WE HAVE NOW WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
11:24:36AM JUSTICE UNDER THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.
11:24:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MS. ZELMAN THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION.
11:24:43AM INTERNAL CITY OF TAMPA POLICY BASED ON STATE OR FEDERAL
11:24:47AM STATUTE?
11:24:48AM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF IT IS BASED UPON
11:24:53AM REQUIREMENTS IN ANTIDISCRIMINATION.
11:24:56AM I DON'T KNOW IF REBECCA CAN CLARIFY THAT.
11:24:58AM BUT ALSO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OF THE
11:25:01AM SPECIFIC PERSONNEL MANUAL POLICY THAT I'M TALKING TO WAS
11:25:06AM WRITTEN BY US IN COORDINATION WITH DOJ.
11:25:11AM THEY HAD TO APPROVE IT BEFORE WE COULD ADOPT IT.
11:25:14AM DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY ANYTHING, REBECCA?
11:25:17AM >> IT'S NOT THAT THE LANGUAGE WHERE WE ENCOURAGE OUR
11:25:21AM EMPLOYEES TO REPORT A COMPLAINT.
11:25:25AM THAT'S NOT BASED ON STATE LAW.
11:25:26AM HOWEVER, IF AN ENTITY IS GETTING COMPLAINTS AND THEY ARE NOT
11:25:31AM INVESTIGATING THAT, THAT PRESENTS A PROBLEM AND THAT
11:25:34AM PRESENTS LIABILITY.
11:25:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
11:25:37AM >> REBECCA JOHNS, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:25:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
11:25:41AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:25:42AM >>BILL CARLSON: THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT -- I'M NOT GOING TO
11:25:45AM BRING UP CASES, CITY ATTORNEY AND I AND CHIEF OF STAFF AND I
11:25:51AM HAVE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CASES WHERE I HAVE
11:25:54AM OBSERVED THAT THE INVESTIGATION OF HR SEEMS TO BE ARBITRARY
11:25:58AM AND IN SOME CASES PUNITIVE.
11:26:00AM THE ISSUE IS THE THREAT OF RETALIATION.
11:26:06AM THE EMPLOYEES SAY THAT THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THE HR AND THEN
11:26:09AM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS GOING TO RETALIATE AGAINST THEM.
11:26:12AM IF THEY COME TO US AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SAY WE NEED
11:26:15AM HELP, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO QUIT THE CITY, BUT WE NEED
11:26:19AM HELP, AND WE'RE AFRAID OF THE ADMINISTRATION RETALIATING
11:26:22AM AGAINST US, AND THEN WE TURN IT OVER TO HR, THEY FEEL LIKE
11:26:26AM WE'VE BREACHED THEIR CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO
11:26:29AM CAUSE THEM TO BE RETALIATED AGAINST.
11:26:31AM WHO IS GOING TO INVESTIGATE THAT?
11:26:33AM YOU MENTIONED THE UNIONS, I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL
11:26:36AM THREE UNIONS.
11:26:36AM ONLY ONE PUT THEIR OPINION IN WRITING AND THEY SAID ALSO
11:26:39AM THEY ARE AFRAID OF RETALIATION ARBITRARY PROCESS.
11:26:44AM I THINK THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAID IS
11:26:51AM WE NEED TO PROTECT AND PROVIDE DEFENSE OF CIVIL RIGHTS FOR
11:26:55AM EMPLOYEES.
11:26:56AM BY THE WAY, THE PATERNITY CASE YOU MENTIONED, WHICH WE HAD
11:26:59AM TO PAY A 400,000 --
11:27:01AM >> 300.
11:27:02AM >>BILL CARLSON: $300,000 SETTLEMENT, THAT WAS AGAINST THE
11:27:05AM LAST MAYOR WHO THE CITY NAMED -- THE MAYOR NAMED A BUILDING
11:27:09AM AFTER YESTERDAY DESPITE OUR RULE THAT A PERSON SHOULD NOT
11:27:12AM GET A BUILDING NAMED AFTER THEM, THAT THEY HAVE A CIVIL
11:27:14AM RIGHTS VIOLATION.
11:27:15AM I KNOW YOU INTERPRET THAT DIFFERENTLY.
11:27:17AM BUT I THINK THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T LIKE IT THAT WE'RE SOMEHOW
11:27:21AM REWARDING CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
11:27:23AM THREE CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATIONS IN THE LAST ADMINISTRATION
11:27:26AM BY THE UNITED STATES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THE MOST RECENT ONE
11:27:30AM STOPPED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
11:27:31AM THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT VALID.
11:27:33AM IT SENDS A SIGNAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYEES AND FORMER
11:27:38AM EMPLOYEES IS THAT WE DON'T TREAT CIVIL RIGHTS SERIOUSLY, AND
11:27:40AM WE PUT BIG SIGNS UP TO REWARD PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED CIVIL
11:27:44AM RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
11:27:47AM I DON'T KNOW.
11:27:48AM MAYBE WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND TRY
11:27:50AM TO CLARIFY THIS OR MAYBE WE AS CITY COUNCIL AND THE CHARTER
11:27:53AM NEED TO MODIFY SOMETHING OR MAYBE PASS AN ORDINANCE, BUT IF
11:27:57AM AN EMPLOYEE COMES IN GOOD FAITH AND SAYS THEY ARE AFRAID OF
11:28:00AM BEING RETALIATED AGAINST BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, I THINK IT
11:28:04AM WOULD BE NOT A GOOD IDEA TO PUT THEM IN HARM'S WAY BY
11:28:07AM TURNING THEM IN.
11:28:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:28:10AM >>LUIS VIERA: COUPLE OF THINGS, I THINK THIS CAN BE VERY
11:28:13AM EASILY SOLVED.
11:28:14AM WE HAVE THREE UNIONS THAT ARE NOT AFRAID TO MAKE THEIR
11:28:17AM VOICES HEARD.
11:28:18AM TO HAVE AN INQUIRY ON BEHALF OF ANY TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
11:28:23AM MEMBER OR MADE BY ANY TAMPA COUNCIL MEMBER ON WHAT PROCESSES
11:28:27AM CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE THIS, TO HEAR FROM THE UNIONS, TO
11:28:30AM HEAR FROM ATU, HEAR FROM 754 AND FROM PBA ON THAT, I THINK
11:28:35AM THAT IS A QUICK AND EFFICIENT WAY, BECAUSE IT IS THEIR DUTY
11:28:38AM TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THEIR WORKERS, AND THEY ARE PURSUE
11:28:41AM THAT DUTY WITH VIGOR.
11:28:42AM I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DENIES THAT.
11:28:43AM I SAID THIS LAST TIME, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL
11:28:50AM AGAIN AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHEN YOU GET INTO AN HR CASE.
11:28:55AM BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, SOMETHING THAT YOU SAY COULD BE
11:28:57AM MENTIONED IN A LAWSUIT COMPLAINT, IN A PLEADING THAT'S FILED
11:29:01AM IN THE 13th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT.
11:29:03AM I'VE BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE SOMETIMES YOU
11:29:09AM THINK WITH YOUR HEART AND NOT WITH YOUR HEAD AS AN ELECTED
11:29:12AM OFFICIAL, AND YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT THERE ARE
11:29:15AM PROCESSES BY WHICH THINGS GO AND ALL THAT.
11:29:18AM WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL.
11:29:20AM BUT IT'S INCUMBENT ON THE UNIONS TO LET US KNOW IF ANYTHING
11:29:25AM NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED OR PURSUED.
11:29:28AM AGAIN, I WOULD BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN THAT BECAUSE THAT IS
11:29:32AM IMPORTANT.
11:29:32AM WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE
11:29:35AM HEARD AND EVERYTHING.
11:29:37AM THERE IS A LINE BETWEEN TAKING A LOOK AT POLICY FOR ALL
11:29:41AM EMPLOYEES, GETTING INVOLVED IN ONE PARTICULAR SITUATION,
11:29:44AM IT'S A CAREFUL LINE THAT WE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS I THINK
11:29:47AM SHOULD OBSERVE.
11:29:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CHIEF BENNETT.
11:29:49AM >>JOHN BENNETT: JOHN BENNETT, CHIEF OF STAFF.
11:29:52AM I WANT TO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID AND
11:29:54AM ALL THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES.
11:29:57AM I HAVE YET TO HAVE THE UNION NOT CALL ME 24 HOURS A DAY ON
11:30:00AM ANYTHING THAT THEY FELT WAS ESCALATING AND THEN I'LL WORK IT
11:30:04AM BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT AND FIGURE OUT WHERE EVERYTHING LIES
11:30:07AM IN THE MIDDLE.
11:30:08AM I HAVE YET TO -- I GET BRIEFED ON ALL MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS
11:30:12AM AS THEY START OR STOP OR AT LEAST GET TRIAGED AND ALL OF
11:30:16AM THEM HAVE BEEN AGAIN, DONE WHAT I'VE SEEN.
11:30:20AM I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT HAS BROKEN OUT OF THAT MODEL.
11:30:24AM AGAIN, I THINK ALL THE CHECKS AND BALANCES, AS GOOD AS THEY
11:30:27AM CAN BE, ARE IN PLACE.
11:30:29AM I'M GOING TO END WITH THE WAY I STARTED.
11:30:31AM WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
11:30:33AM ALWAYS OPEN TO ARTICLES IN THE CONTRACTS THAT MAKE SENSE AND
11:30:38AM SUSTAINABLE AND ACTIONABLE FOR THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE CAN'T
11:30:41AM RUN A GREAT CITY LIKE WE ALL DO TOGETHER WITHOUT GREAT
11:30:44AM EMPLOYEES.
11:30:45AM THEY NEED TO FEEL SAFE AND HEALTHY AND THEIR WELFARE IS VERY
11:30:49AM IMPORTANT TO US.
11:30:49AM I THINK WE'VE TAKEN THAT SERIOUSLY AS A COUNCIL, AS AN
11:30:53AM ADMINISTRATION, AS A COMMUNITY, THROUGH SOME VERY TRYING
11:30:56AM TIMES OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS.
11:30:58AM I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE.
11:30:59AM THANK YOU.
11:30:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:31:00AM NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL CLOSE THAT ITEM.
11:31:02AM VERY GOOD.
11:31:03AM COUNCILMAN VIERA HAS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE.
11:31:09AM >>LUIS VIERA: WES, IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD.
11:31:14AM I WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO COUNCIL, NOBODY'S FAULT BY MINE, IF
11:31:18AM YOU HAVEN'T MET WES, GREAT YOUNG MAN.
11:31:21AM GOES TO FSU.
11:31:22AM HERE FROM TAMPA.
11:31:23AM CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY
11:31:28AM BECOMING AN ATTORNEY.
11:31:29AM >> YES.
11:31:30AM >>LUIS VIERA: HE WILL BE HERE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
11:31:32AM SUMMER.
11:31:32AM WES AND I WENT OUT TO STARBUCKS WHERE WE HAD A REALLY
11:31:38AM AWESOME, ALMOST TWO HOURS, HOUR AND A HALF CHAT ON A LOT OF
11:31:41AM THINGS INCLUDING MUSIC.
11:31:42AM HE PLAYS IN A BAND.
11:31:46AM THEY PLAY A LOT OF LED ZEPPELIN SONGS.
11:31:50AM HE'S A REALLY COOL YOUNG MAN.
11:31:52AM HE WILL BE WITH US -- HE WILL BE WITH US IN GOOD TIMES AND
11:31:57AM BAD TIMES BEFORE HE HAS TO RAMBLE ON OUT OF HERE.
11:32:00AM I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
11:32:07AM WES IS JUST A FINE YOUNG MAN.
11:32:11AM I'LL PUT YOU ON THE SPOT IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, BUDDY.
11:32:16AM >> IT'S GOOD TO MEET ALL OF YOU THAT I HAVEN'T ALREADY.
11:32:20AM GOOD TO SEE THOSE THAT I HAVE.
11:32:22AM ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE LISTENING IN ON MEETINGS.
11:32:26AM I FEEL LIKE I'M LEARNING A LOT.
11:32:28AM I'M REALLY GLAD TO BE WORKING HERE.
11:32:31AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
11:32:36AM >> WHAT INSTRUMENT?
11:32:37AM >> I PLAY GUITAR AND I SING.
11:32:40AM ELECTRIC GUITAR AND I SING.
11:32:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE HIM SINGING LESSONS.
11:32:46AM >> WHEN IS THE NEXT -- THE KARAOKE.
11:32:50AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE'RE LOOKING AT AUGUST 1st.
11:32:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MARK YOUR CALENDARS, FOLKS.
11:32:57AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HOPE YOU ARE THERE.
11:32:59AM >> I THINK I WILL BE THERE.
11:33:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:33:02AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BEFORE WE DEPART FOR LUNCH -- GUESS WHERE
11:33:10AM SHE IS GOING TO COLLEGE.
11:33:11AM ONE OF THE GREATEST UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD.
11:33:14AM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY.
11:33:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANOTHER FSU PERSON.
11:33:19AM VERY GOOD.
11:33:23AM WELCOME, WELCOME.
11:33:24AM DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
11:33:26AM >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
11:33:30AM I PLAN ON MAJORING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.
11:33:32AM SO THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.
11:33:34AM I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT'S BEEN GOING ON.
11:33:38AM SO THANK YOU.
11:33:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY NICE.
11:33:41AM WELL, WELCOME.
11:33:42AM WELCOME, WELCOME.
11:33:44AM IT IS 11:34.
11:33:46AM WE ARE WAY TOO AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
11:33:49AM HOW ABOUT WE BREAK FOR LUNCH UNTIL 1:00 AND COME BACK WITH
11:33:53AM ITEM 94, THE UNITE ASHLEY PROJECT.
11:33:56AM WE'LL HAVE A BREAK FOR LUNCH.
11:33:59AM LET'S PLEASE HAVE OUR BUTTS AT 1:00.
11:34:09AM WE HAVE ANOTHER INTERN.
11:34:11AM COME ON.
11:34:17AM SHE WILL MAKE YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
11:34:20AM >> YES.
11:34:21AM GOOD MORNING, DARIO PEACOCK.
11:34:25AM WORK IN DISTRICT 5 WITH MS. DARLENE.
11:34:29AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND SEE WHAT IT IS
11:34:31AM LIKE TO WORK AT CITY COUNCIL.
11:34:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:34:34AM WELCOME.
11:34:35AM I SEE HOW YOU ARE, DARLENE.
11:34:37AM WE'LL BREAK AND COME BACK AT REAL 1:00.
11:34:43AM BUTTS IN THE CHAIR, READY TO GO WITH UNITE ASHLEY.
11:34:56AM [LUNCH RECESS]
01:01:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
01:01:17PM >>CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
01:01:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AS PROMISED, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE --
01:01:24PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:01:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ANSWER FOR 47 AND 48.
01:01:28PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IT IS BEING WORKED ON.
01:01:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SORRY, IT IS BEING WORKED ON.
01:01:33PM I APOLOGIZE.
01:01:40PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE ARE AWAITING THE RESOLUTION.
01:01:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: HOLLER TO ME.
01:01:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE WILL MOVE DIRECTLY TO MOBILITY ON UNITE
01:01:47PM ASHLEY.
01:01:48PM HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
01:01:52PM POINT OF PRIVILEGE.
01:01:54PM CAN YOU INTRODUCE HIM FOR ME?
01:01:56PM WE INTRODUCED ALL THE INTERNS EXCEPT FOR THE ONE THAT WORKS
01:02:01PM IN MY OFFICE.
01:02:02PM >> TIM HEBELEIN.
01:02:08PM [ INAUDIBLE ]
01:02:18PM >> -- THE INNER WORKINGS OF CITY POLITICS AND, YOU KNOW, IT
01:02:26PM IS THE FIRST STEP.
01:02:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU MISSED HOW INCREDIBLE IT IS TO WORK
01:02:31PM WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
01:02:32PM >> OH --
01:02:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
01:02:35PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:02:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WILL THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCIL
01:02:40PM MEMBER VIERA IS PRESENT IN THE HOUSE.
01:02:41PM MR. SHELBY.
01:02:43PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD ASK COUNCIL'S
01:02:46PM INDULGENCE PLEASE TO RECALL ITEM NUMBER 92.
01:02:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES, I HAVE GOT THAT --
01:02:52PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DO YOU?
01:02:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE THAT AS SOON AS WE FINISH WITH
01:02:56PM UNITE ASHLEY.
01:02:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I PROMISED THEY WILL BE THE FIRST THING
01:03:01PM AFTER LUNCH.
01:03:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO WE WILL INDULGE ONE MORE THING.
01:03:04PM COUNCIL -- DO WE HAVE TO REOPEN OR DO I JUST ANNOUNCE IT?
01:03:07PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MADAM CHAIR, HOW DO YOU WISH TO HANDLE IT?
01:03:12PM >>CLERK: I WILL JUST ANNOUNCE IT.
01:03:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEGLECTED TO RECEIVE FOR 92 WHEN THE
01:03:19PM HEARING.
01:03:20PM >>CLERK: FILE NUMBER Z-03-77.
01:03:23PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION JULY 17, 2025 AT 10:00 A.M. IN
01:03:29PM OLD CITY HALL CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA,
01:03:33PM FLORIDA, 33602.
01:03:36PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
01:03:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:03:39PM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR 96 AND 97.
01:03:42PM MAY WE HEAR 97 BEFORE 96 BECAUSE 97 IS A SMALL PART OF THE
01:03:47PM BIG THING, AND I HATE TO GET THE TWO CONFLATED.
01:03:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT.
01:03:52PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:03:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO 97 FIRST.
01:03:56PM BRANDON, I KNOW I TEASED YOU WITH IT TWO TIMES, THREE TIMES IS
01:03:59PM THE CHARM.
01:04:00PM LET'S MOVE ON YOUR ITEM, PLEASE.
01:04:02PM ITEM NUMBER 94.
01:04:05PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
01:04:07PM GOOD AFTERNOON, DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
01:04:12PM YOU SEE DIRECTOR CAMPBELL WITH US.
01:04:15PM THIS WANTS REVENUE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:04:19PM TRANSPORTATION GRANT.
01:04:19PM AND THAT EXISTING BUDGETS BE REALIGNED ON TWO PROJECTS FOR
01:04:24PM UNITE ASHLEY DRIVE.
01:04:25PM I AM PRETTY SURE, BUT I WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE TODAY'S ACTION
01:04:32PM AND TODAY'S REQUEST IS ONLY PORTION FUNDING REQUIRED FOR
01:04:35PM THIS PROJECT.
01:04:37PM FOR THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT AT THIS TIME WE
01:04:40PM ANTICIPATE ABOUT $22 MILLION TOTAL.
01:04:42PM WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ACTION ON ALL $22 MILLION.
01:04:45PM AND WE ARE PREPARED TO DISCUSS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FUNDING
01:04:49PM SCENARIOS BASED ON QUESTIONS WE RECEIVED.
01:04:52PM AND WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.
01:04:55PM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING, DIRECTOR?
01:04:58PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: NO, I WILL JUST BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY
01:05:02PM QUESTIONS.
01:05:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU HEARD THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD OF USING CRA
01:05:07PM FUNDING.
01:05:07PM WHERE DO WE STAND IN THAT?
01:05:09PM I TRIED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING OVER LUNCH, BUT
01:05:12PM I AM STILL A LITTLE LOST.
01:05:14PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, MA'AM.
01:05:17PM AND IF I CAN HAVE THE ELMO UP PLEASE.
01:05:19PM I AM A VISUAL GUY.
01:05:20PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE WOLF IS SLOWLY --
01:05:30PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THAT'S RIGHT.
01:05:31PM IT IS A DIFFERENT NAME NOW.
01:05:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE SEE IT.
01:05:34PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I SAID ELMO AND THEY ARE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW
01:05:36PM WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
01:05:37PM THIS IS THE CURRENT SCENARIO IN THE ACTION WE HAVE BEFORE
01:05:41PM YOU TODAY.
01:05:41PM YOU SEE THE FEDERAL GRANT A LITTLE OVER $5 MILLION,
01:05:46PM REQUESTED REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING PROJECTS.
01:05:48PM AND I WILL POINT OUT, AS YOU SAID BEFORE, THIS IS CIT BOND
01:05:52PM MONEY FROM ABOUT A DECADE AGO THAT IS GETTING STALE AND WILL
01:05:59PM SUNSET IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND CASS STREET PROJECTS, OTHER
01:06:06PM FUNDING -- PLANS TO USE OTHER FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
01:06:09PM THE CRA, COUNCIL AS THE CRA BOARD RECENTLY APPROVED $8
01:06:15PM MILLION SUPPLEMENT.
01:06:17PM WE DO NOT HAVE A FINANCIAL RESOLUTION HERE FOR YOU TODAY
01:06:21PM BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE CRA
01:06:30PM IS IN ALIGNMENT.
01:06:31PM HERE RIGHT NOW IN PLAY FROM A FUTURE PERSPECTIVE IS JUST
01:06:36PM UNDER $4 MILLION OF FUNDING BUT WE WILL HAVE TO FIND SOME
01:06:39PM PLACE.
01:06:39PM NOW TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR THIS, YOU SEE, AGAIN, THE $22
01:06:44PM MILLION TOTAL.
01:06:45PM BUT THE TIMING OF THIS PROJECT IS SUCH THAT IT IS GOING TO
01:06:48PM TAKE YEARS -- WILL TAKE YEARS BEFORE WE NEED ALL OF THIS
01:06:53PM FUNDING.
01:06:53PM SO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY.
01:06:56PM DOES THIS ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MA'AM, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE
01:06:59PM HAVE GOT NOW?
01:07:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S WHERE WE -- EXCUSE ME -- THAT IS WHAT
01:07:04PM WE KNEW ABOUT BEFORE.
01:07:05PM I WAS TALKING OF ABILITY TO FIND THAT EXTRA $3.95, AND
01:07:10PM POSSIBLY EVEN MORE WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CRA BUDGET, BECAUSE
01:07:14PM WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC AND OURSELVES HAVE LOOKED AT IT THE
01:07:18PM TO SEE IS IT THE POSSIBILITY TO USE FUTURE FUNDS FROM THE
01:07:22PM DOWNTOWN CRA TO PAY FOR THE EXTRA $17 MILLION.
01:07:26PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I HAVE A SCENARIO FOR THAT ALSO.
01:07:29PM LET US SEE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
01:07:33PM THIS IS ONE, YOU KNOW, OF MANY POTENTIAL DISCUSSIONS.
01:07:37PM AND YOU SEE THE CHANGES IN YELLOW IN THE HIGHLIGHTED
01:07:40PM INFORMATION THERE AT THE TOP.
01:07:41PM INCREASING CRA PORTION BY $5 MILLION TO A TOTAL OF $13
01:07:45PM MILLION, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE NECESSITY FOR THAT FUTURE
01:07:48PM FUNDING FROM SOME PLACE.
01:07:51PM AND ALSO WOULD REDUCE THE NECESSITY FOR ALL OF THAT C.I.T.
01:07:56PM FUNDING.
01:07:57PM IF I CAN FRAME IT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
01:08:02PM AGAIN, FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE, AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK
01:08:05PM FOR CRA ADMINISTRATION, BUT THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BALANCE
01:08:09PM RIGHT NOW.
01:08:10PM OF COURSE, YOU AS THE CRA BOARD KNOW THAT AS YOU PLAN FOR
01:08:14PM THE FUTURE, THAT BALANCE IS OBLIGATED IS THE WORD THEY USE.
01:08:21PM NOT BUDGETED SO TO SPEAK, BUT OBLIGATED FOR
01:08:28PM PROJECT A, B, AND C.
01:08:29PM WHAT WE THINK BEGINNING IN 2027, AND, AGAIN, WE ARE HAPPY TO
01:08:33PM DISCUSS WITH CRA ADMINISTRATION, BUT WHICH THINK IT IS
01:08:36PM BEGINNING IN 2027, THEY WILL HAVE AMPLE CAPACITY FOR
01:08:39PM ADDITIONAL FUNDING WHICH TIES RIGHT IN WITH THE ANTICIPATED
01:08:43PM TIME FRAME OF WHEN THAT FUNDING WILL BE NEEDED.
01:08:45PM >>LYNN HURTAK: EXCELLENT.
01:08:47PM THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN.
01:08:49PM I KNOW THAT MR. CAMPBELL AND I SPOKE YESTERDAY OF THE FACT
01:08:53PM WE NEED TO PUT SOME MONEY FORWARD TO GET STARTED, BUT -- SO
01:08:57PM I THINK MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IF -- IF WE NEED TO MOVE JUST
01:09:03PM THE BROREIN STREET PORTION OF THE 2016 CIT BONDS.
01:09:12PM IF WE APPROVED THAT TODAY THAT THERE IS MONEY IN THE BUCKET
01:09:16PM TO DO -- TO START THE PROCESS.
01:09:18PM COULD WE THEN -- IF WE CAN IRON OUT THROUGH THE CRA --
01:09:24PM THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN CRA -- IRON OUT THE REST OF IT, AS WE
01:09:30PM LOOK FORWARD, ESPECIALLY -- ESPECIALLY IN THAT BUDGET CYCLE
01:09:33PM THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOON.
01:09:36PM OKAY, YES.
01:09:37PM SO THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS -- AGAIN, I DON'T
01:09:42PM KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES AGREE OR DISAGREE, BUT ULTIMATELY, I
01:09:46PM WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CRA FINANCE -- OR PAY FOR THIS INSTEAD
01:09:49PM OF LOOKING AT ANY DEBT FERNING, MOBILITY FEES, CIT VERSION
01:09:58PM TWO.
01:09:58PM OTHER THINGS THAT THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR.
01:10:01PM I WOULD LIKE TO GET AS MUCH FROM THE CRA AS POSSIBLE AND TO
01:10:05PM TAKE THE REST OF THOSE 2016 CIT BONDS TO PAY DOWN THE DEBT
01:10:09PM ON THE WEST RIVERWALK SO WE TAKE LESS MONEY FOR THAT.
01:10:14PM THAT -- THAT IS THE SCENARIO I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY WITH.
01:10:20PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: UNDERSTOOD.
01:10:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOTH THINGS THE PUBLIC HAS SAID WE DON'T WANT
01:10:26PM TO SPEND CITY DOLLARS ON.
01:10:27PM TECHNICALLY WE COULD SPEND THE CIT BONDS IN MANY DIFFERENT
01:10:32PM WAYS BUT SINCE IT IS ALLOCATED WE MIGHT AS WELL PAY OFF DEBT
01:10:36PM BEFORE WE TAKE IT ON.
01:10:37PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: UNDERSTOOD.
01:10:38PM COUNCIL -- DEPENDING ON THE DECISION OF COUNCIL AND YOU SIT
01:10:43PM AS THE CRA BOARD, YOU ARE WELL PLACED TO DO EXACTLY THAT IN
01:10:48PM TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU AND THE TIMING OF WHEN THE
01:10:51PM FUNDING WILL BE NEEDED.
01:10:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY, TODAY SAY WE MOVED -- MR. CAMPBELL YOU
01:10:56PM SAID YOU NEEDED $2 MILLION?
01:11:00PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: YES.
01:11:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOVED THE $2 MILLION FROM THE BROREIN STREET
01:11:07PM INTO THE BOND WILL THAT BE OKAY.
01:11:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE TRANSPORTATION GRANT.
01:11:14PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: APPROPRIATING IN THE GRANT.
01:11:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MOVING THE CA SHALL TO GET US STARTED.
01:11:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY MOVE THE $5,354,695
01:11:26PM IN THE TRANSPORTATION GRANTS PROGRAM AND $2 MILLION FROM
01:11:30PM THE CIT.
01:11:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: TRANSFER AND ALLOCATION OF $5,354,695 WITHIN
01:11:39PM THE TRANSPORTATION GRANTS CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND AND $2
01:11:43PM MILLION WITHIN THE CIT SERIES 2016 BONDS CAPITAL PROJECTS
01:11:50PM FUNDS FOR BROREIN STREET CATEGORY FOR USE BY THE UNITE
01:11:56PM ASHLEY DRIVE PROJECT PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
01:11:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
01:11:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:12:02PM A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
01:12:03PM EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE MOTION.
01:12:06PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
01:12:06PM OPPOSED?
01:12:08PM THE AYES HAVE IT.
01:12:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
01:12:12PM BOTH OF YOU TO -- AND CRA STAFF AND STILL WORKING AROUND IT
01:12:17PM WITH MISS COPESKY, AND WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.
01:12:20PM AND I ASSUME THAT THE 2026 BUDGET WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO
01:12:24PM LOOK AND SEE HOW WE CAN PUT THIS FORWARD.
01:12:26PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, WE CAN REFINE IT AND SET UP THE
01:12:31PM FUNDING TIMING AND AMOUNTS PROSPECTIVELY.
01:12:33PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO I WILL COMMIT TO CONTINUING TO WORK YOU
01:12:37PM WITH ON THIS.
01:12:37PM SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:12:38PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
01:12:40PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION?
01:12:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
01:12:46PM >>BILL CARLSON: STILL CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE
01:12:48PM CONFIGURATION OF THIS PROJECT.
01:12:49PM JUST NOW TALKING OF HOW THE MONEY WILL BE ALLOCATED.
01:12:53PM IS THERE ANY -- IS THE PROJECT ALREADY SET AS IS?
01:12:56PM OR ANY ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON IT.
01:13:00PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: BRANDON CAMPBELL.
01:13:02PM THE GRANT AGREEMENT THAT OBLIGATES US TO DIFFERENT THINGS.
01:13:06PM BUT THE WORK ORDER WITH A NOTICE TO PROCEED ON INCLUDES
01:13:10PM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO THE N EPA EVALUATION SO
01:13:14PM CERTAINLY ROOM FOR MODIFICATIONS.
01:13:17PM I BROUGHT RENDERING BEFORE YOU BEFORE.
01:13:20PM THOSE WILL BE DEFINITELY MODIFIED FROM THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE
01:13:25PM FIRST LEVEL.
01:13:25PM >>BILL CARLSON: ANY PUBLIC MEETINGS DURING THAT TIME?
01:13:28PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: YES, THERE WILL BE.
01:13:32PM >>BILL CARLSON: DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YET?
01:13:37PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: NO.
01:13:39PM >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY.
01:13:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SIX CITIES IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE
01:13:44PM RECONNECTION COMMUNITY GRANT?
01:13:49PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: I AM NOT SURE HOW MANY.
01:13:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I RECEIVED A TEXT OR E-MAIL OR WHATEVER
01:13:57PM YOU CALL IT ON OTHER THINGS THAT SAYS THAT.
01:13:58PM AND THE -- CALLED RECONNECTING THE COMMUNITY GRANT FROM THE
01:14:05PM DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
01:14:06PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: YES, A COMPETITIVE GRANT.
01:14:10PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:14:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS TOLD THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION.
01:14:16PM MISS CLERK, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
01:14:21PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO PROCEED AS THE
01:14:23PM MOTION AS RENDERED, AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP THE FINANCIAL
01:14:27PM RESOLUTION TO RECORD WITH THE VOTE TODAY.
01:14:31PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DOES THAT COME BACK TO COUNCIL?
01:14:34PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT CAN.
01:14:35PM I DON'T THINK THAT IS NECESSARY BUT DEFER LEGAL.
01:14:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: DOES THE RESOLUTION NEED TO BE SIGNED BY
01:14:41PM THE CHAIR?
01:14:42PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I THINK THIS RESOLUTION -- I CONFIRM --
01:14:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY COUNCILWOMAN
01:14:50PM HURTAK'S MOTION IS NOT PROPER?
01:14:55PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: MIKE PERRY, AGAIN, MR. MIKE PERRY, THE
01:15:00PM KNOWER OF ALL THINGS, POINTS OUT THAT THE RESOLUTION DOES
01:15:03PM HAVE TO BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR.
01:15:05PM IN MY CHECKERED PAST IN OTHER LOCALITIES, WE WOULD TAKE THE
01:15:11PM MOTION, APPROVAL OF THE MOTION AS APPROVAL BY CITY COUNCIL
01:15:13PM AND HAVE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SIGN IT.
01:15:15PM I DON'T SEE ANY DIFFICULTY WITH BRINGING IT BACK, AS LONG AS
01:15:20PM WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO WHAT YOU WANT TO
01:15:23PM ACCOMPLISH.
01:15:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM FINE WITH BRINGING IT BACK THEN.
01:15:25PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANKS, MA'AM.
01:15:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, THIS
01:15:33PM WOULD BE A CONTINUANCE.
01:15:35PM WE PASSED A MOTION, WHY WOULD NOT BE IN ORDER?
01:15:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL TRADITIONALLY DOES
01:15:40PM NOT DO RESOLUTIONS ON THE FLY WHEN SOMETHING HAS BEEN FILED
01:15:45PM IN ON-BASE.
01:15:46PM IT IS EITHER UP, DOWN --
01:15:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU LOST ME AT TRADITIONALLY.
01:15:52PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: BECAUSE IT IS IMPROPER.
01:15:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHY IS IT IMPROPER?
01:15:57PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE WAY THE CITY COUNCIL PROCESSES
01:16:02PM RESOLUTIONS.
01:16:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHY IS IT IMPROPER?
01:16:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU GO IN AND SIGN RESOLUTIONS ALREADY
01:16:09PM FILED WITH THE CLERK TO SIGN WITH A SIGNATURE.
01:16:11PM SOMEBODY FROM THE STAFF COMES TO YOU AND SAYS, SIGN THIS.
01:16:13PM OR --
01:16:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN'T THEY MODIFY THAT BEFORE MY
01:16:17PM SIGNATURE?
01:16:18PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: PARDON?
01:16:19PM MR. CHAIRMAN, WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AFTER THE FACT, BUT THE
01:16:22PM FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IT IS NOT THE WAY IT HAS BEEN DONE.
01:16:26PM I HATE SAYING THAT, BUT NORMALLY A VERY GOOD REASON WHEN YOU
01:16:31PM ARE PLAYING WITH A LOT OF MONEY.
01:16:33PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, IN THE INTERIM, MIKE
01:16:38PM SAYS THAT HIS SHOP CAN TURN THAT REVISED FINANCIAL
01:16:41PM RESOLUTION AROUND BY THE END OF YOUR MEETING.
01:16:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY, SO --
01:16:46PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT IS THE IDEA.
01:16:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: LET US KNOW WHEN IT IS READY.
01:16:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOW WE NEWS DO SOME BUSINESS.
01:16:52PM SO A MOTION TO --
01:16:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: RETURN WITH THAT.
01:16:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK: A MOTION TO RETURN WITH THE --
01:16:57PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
01:16:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK: -- WITH THE MOTION THAT I STATED EARLIER.
01:17:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:17:03PM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:17:06PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
01:17:07PM OPPOSED?
01:17:08PM MR. CARLSON.
01:17:10PM >>BILL CARLSON: DOES SHE NEED TO CALL -- NO?
01:17:13PM YOU DON'T NEED TO CALL IT?
01:17:17PM ONE THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IF YOU WERE BRINGING IT BACK
01:17:20PM ANOTHER DAY, I WISH WE WOULD SAY AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND
01:17:24PM WHATEVER.
01:17:24PM BUT IF IT IS COMING BACK TODAY, FINE.
01:17:27PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IF WE DID SO, WE WOULD EXACTLY THAT.
01:17:30PM >>BILL CARLSON: SO THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW.
01:17:31PM WE SHOULD PUT IN ON A WORKSHOP ONE TIME WHAT MARTY JUST SAID
01:17:35PM BY ACCIDENT AND BY YOUR QUESTION IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
01:17:38PM BECAUSE AS I RECALL IN THE CHARTER, WE CAN'T NEGOTIATE
01:17:42PM CONTRACTS, SO IF THERE IS A CONTRACT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
01:17:44PM IS NEGOTIATED AND THEY COME BACK TO US, AND WE -- ALL WE CAN
01:17:48PM DO IS VOTE THAT UP AND DOWN BUT WE ARE ALLOWED TO MOVE
01:17:52PM BUDGET NUMBERS AROUND SO THIS IS NOT -- THIS IS NOT A
01:17:54PM CONTRACT.
01:17:56PM WE SHOULD BY CHARTER BE ABLE TO EDIT CONTRACTS AND I WOULD
01:17:59PM ARGUE RESOLUTION BUS A CONVERSATION --
01:18:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK MR. SHELBY WANTS TO HAVE THE
01:18:05PM CONVERSATION OF THIS OFF-LINE TO GET A LITTLE MORE CLARITY
01:18:09PM HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
01:18:10PM BUT I AGREE YOU WITH OF THE CONTRACT DISCUSSION AS WELL.
01:18:13PM POINT IS WELL TAKEN.
01:18:15PM OKAY, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS BEFORE THE CLOSE OF
01:18:19PM BUSINESS TODAY.
01:18:19PM THANK YOU.
01:18:20PM WE ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF HERE EARLY, SO GET TO WORK.
01:18:23PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: MIKE, GET THIS THING DONE.
01:18:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
01:18:27PM NEXT ITEM -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THIS, CHIEF TRIPP,
01:18:30PM BUT WE WILL DO ITEM 97 FIRST.
01:18:32PM ITEM 97 FIRST.
01:18:42PM THOSE OF HOW HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
01:18:43PM DID WE VOTE ON NICK SPEAKING.
01:18:51PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, BARBARA TRIPP OF
01:18:57PM FIRE RESCUE.
01:18:57PM ITEM NUMBER 97 IS THE UPDATE ON STATION 24.
01:19:01PM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS,
01:19:05PM AND WE CAN GIVE YOU A REPORT OF OPERATION WHAT IS GOING ON
01:19:07PM NOTICE AREA.
01:19:08PM WE ARE STILL RESPONDING TO CALLS.
01:19:09PM RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH STATION 13.
01:19:12PM AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE, I HAVE MY PROJECT MANAGER WHO IS
01:19:16PM ONLINE AS WELL TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES, AS WELL AS IF THERE
01:19:21PM ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE CONTRACTORS.
01:19:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOLKS ONLINE, DO YOU WANT TIME TO PRESENT
01:19:29PM OR ARE YOU HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS?
01:19:31PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:19:33PM I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A QUICK PRESENTATION.
01:19:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
01:19:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK: GET THE VOLUME UP.
01:19:41PM SEEMS LIKE THE MICROPHONE IS NOT WORKING AT THE LECTERN.
01:19:45PM I AM HAVING TROUBLE HEARING PEOPLE TODAY.
01:19:48PM I AM HAVING A REAL HARD TIME HEARING.
01:19:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PULL UP THE ONLINE SPEAKER.
01:19:56PM OKAY.
01:19:58PM CAN WE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON?
01:20:01PM >> SHARING MY CAMERA RIGHT NOW.
01:20:03PM HERE I AM.
01:20:04PM GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:20:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE SEE YOU.
01:20:06PM STATE YOUR NAME FIRST, PLEASE.
01:20:09PM >> KEITH GUYETTE, UNIT DIRECTOR WITH PROJECT -- THE PROJECT MANAGER.
01:20:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
01:20:18PM >> GREAT, THANK YOU.
01:20:19PM IF I CAN JUST SHARE MY SCREEN.
01:20:21PM COULD YOU SEE THE SCREEN.
01:21:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE SEE THE SCREEN AND DOING THE DROP MODE.
01:21:18PM DO YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN PRESENTATION MODE?
01:21:22PM WE CAN SEE IT THAT WAY.
01:21:23PM THAT'S FINE.
01:21:24PM I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC SEES YOUR SCREEN THOUGH.
01:21:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU CAN PUT IT IN --
01:21:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PRESENTATION MODE.
01:21:46PM >> SHOWING PRESENTATION MODE ON MY SCREEN.
01:21:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE SEE YOUR WORK MODE LIKE YOU STUFF.
01:21:59PM ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
01:22:02PM NOW IT IS GONE.
01:22:03PM YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.
01:22:11PM >> SURE.
01:22:14PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S FINE.
01:22:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THAT
01:22:20PM THOUGH.
01:22:20PM TELEVISION CREW.
01:22:30PM >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT.
01:22:33PM A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION AND A QUICK UPDATE WHERE WE ARE
01:22:36PM WITH FIRE STATION 24 AT THIS POINT.
01:22:38PM JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THE CORE TEAM, WE HAVE SHOWED HERE ON
01:22:43PM THE SCREEN BEYOND THE CITY AND THE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
01:22:46PM WE ARE PART PROJECT LEADERS, THE PROJECT MANAGERS AND THE
01:22:50PM DESIGN-BUILD COMPRISED OF OUR DESIGN GROUP AND CONTRACTING.
01:22:58PM AND REALLY QUICK REGARDING THE DESIGN TEAM AND OURSELVES.
01:23:02PM WE CAME ON BOARD IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
01:23:05PM SO THE DESIGN TEAM HAD A NOTICE TO PROCEED IN MARCH.
01:23:10PM AND WE CAME IN SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
01:23:15PM QUICK ON THE PROJECT LOCATION.
01:23:17PM A QUICK OVERVIEW WHERE THE TWO STATIONS ARE THAT WE ARE
01:23:22PM CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT.
01:23:23PM FIRE STATION 24 EAST BAY DRIVE AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MEMBERS
01:23:30PM THAT ARE TAKING OVER THE BRUNT OF THE WORK, FIRE STATION 14
01:23:34PM WHICH IS TWO AND A HALF MILES, WHERE WE ARE AT CURRENTLY
01:23:42PM RIGHT NOW WITH THE DESIGN.
01:23:43PM SO RIGHT NOW, THE DESIGN TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING IN THE
01:23:47PM PREDESIGN PHASE, DUE DILIGENCE OUT ON THE SITE.
01:23:50PM THE DESIGN TEAM IS WORKING WITH AN OLDER SITE SURVEY.
01:23:55PM WE DID THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION BACK WHEN WE WERE HIRED AS
01:23:59PM THE DESIGN TEAM AND PART OF THE DESIGN BUILD ENTITY.
01:24:03PM AS PART OF THE DUE DILIGENCE, THEY WENT OUT THERE AND TOOK A
01:24:07PM LOOK AT THE WETLAND AND DELINEATION OF THE WETLANDS AND
01:24:12PM FOUND IT SHRUNK THE WETLANDS PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
01:24:16PM WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH NOW IS DEALING WITH THE SITE THAT
01:24:18PM WILL HOPEFULLY HANDLE MOST OF THE STORMWATER DRAINAGE RATHER
01:24:27PM THAN UNDERGROUND OR DRAINAGE STRUCTURES WHICH ARE
01:24:32PM SIGNIFICANTLY LESS EXPENSIVE.
01:24:33PM DUE DILIGENCE WAS WELL WORTH THE EFFORT TO, AGAIN, DETERMINE
01:24:37PM EXACTLY WHAT WAS ON-SITE.
01:24:38PM SO THIS IS OUR FIRST OPTION FOR WHAT THIS SITE MIGHT LOOK
01:24:42PM LIKE.
01:24:42PM SO ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE LARGER PARCEL IS WHERE THE --
01:24:48PM THE BUILDING IS ANTICIPATED TO GO ALONG WITH THE CIRCULATION
01:24:53PM AND THE PARKING.
01:24:55PM THE WHITE BAR THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE TWO GREEN
01:24:58PM SPACES HAPPEN TO BE WHAT CUTS THROUGH THE PARCEL.
01:25:03PM AND ON THE RIGHT-HAND SPIED OF THE GREEN SPACE WILL BE USED
01:25:07PM FOR ADDITIONAL STORMWATER RETENTION.
01:25:09PM AND THAT -- WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT FOR BOTH OPTIONS.
01:25:15PM THIS IS THE FIRST OPTION WHEN YOU COME IN ON THE SECOND
01:25:18PM ENTRANCE OFF OF EAST WHITE WAY CIRCLE AND AROUND THE
01:25:22PM BUILDING AND ACCESS NOT ONLY SECURED PARKING BUT THE
01:25:27PM UPPER ATTIC SPACE.
01:25:28PM NEXT SLIDE YOU SEE HERE HAPPENS TO BE THE FLOOR PLAN THAT
01:25:32PM GOES WITH OPTION NUMBER ONE.
01:25:33PM SO THIS FLOOR PLAN IS BASED ON THE SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT
01:25:37PM THAT WAS DONE EARLY, EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS AS PART OF THE
01:25:40PM PROGRAMMING EFFORT.
01:25:41PM SO THE DESIGN TEAM GAVE US A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS, AND WE WENT
01:25:45PM THROUGH THOSE WITH THE FIRE -- FIRE STATION.
01:25:48PM AND THE CHIEF AND HER TEAM TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR NEEDS
01:25:52PM WERE.
01:25:52PM AND HOW MANY BUNKS, HOW MANY BAYS, YOU A MANY ANCILLARY AND
01:26:00PM WHAT COMES OUT FOR FIRST -- FOR THE FIRST ITERATION OF THAT
01:26:05PM SITE PLAN AND THAT FLOOR PLAN.
01:26:07PM THIS, AGAIN, IS VERY, VERY EARLY IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
01:26:12PM WE ARE IN PREDESIGN.
01:26:13PM THIS LIKELY WILL CHANGE AND LOOK AT THE NEXT ITERATIONS OF
01:26:18PM THE DESIGN.
01:26:19PM PARKING SPACES WILL BE SMALLER.
01:26:22PM SOME SPACES REMOVED.
01:26:23PM SOME ADDED, ETC., ETC., AS WE GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS.
01:26:28PM SECOND OPTION WE SHOW OPTION NUMBER TWO IS A LITTLE
01:26:31PM DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION OF THE BUILDING.
01:26:33PM APPARATUS BAYS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING RATHER
01:26:37PM THAT THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND EARNER INTO THE
01:26:39PM SITE THROUGH THE FIRST SITE OF THE FIRST ENTRANCE OFF
01:26:45PM EAST-WEST LAKE DRIVE.
01:26:47PM AND THE SECURED PARKING IS.
01:26:49PM AND YOU ACCESS THE APPARATUS SPACE.
01:26:52PM SIMILARLY, HERE IS THE FLOOR PLAN FOR THAT ACTION.
01:26:58PM AGAIN, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION.
01:27:01PM AND ALL CONFORMING TO THE SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN THE
01:27:06PM PROGRAM THAT WAS GIVEN TO A DESIGN TEAM OF THE DESIGN
01:27:13PM PROCESS.
01:27:13PM SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.
01:27:18PM WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE OVERALL SCHEDULE THAT WAS PROVIDED
01:27:23PM BY THE DESIGN-BUILD TEAM TO OUTLINE ALL THE DIFFERENT FROM
01:27:27PM THEIR NOTICE TO PROCEED ALL THE WAY TO CONSTRUCTION.
01:27:30PM AND -- AND THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE 461 DAYS THAT WE SPOKE
01:27:35PM ABOUT LAST TIME THAT ARE CURRENT UNDER CONTRACT.
01:27:39PM AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON TOP OF THE PAGE, THERE ARE IS --
01:27:44PM YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN TRUNCATED AND TO FIT IT ON ONE
01:27:49PM SHEET, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL TASK ALREADY COMPLETED WHICH IS
01:27:53PM NUMBER 17.
01:27:54PM THE 72 IT IS A TAX HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
01:27:57PM AND WE ARE SHOWING CURRENT STATUS OF THIS RED BAR ON THE
01:28:03PM RIGHT HAND SIDE.
01:28:04PM THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH DOWN THAT -- THAT GRAPHIC ON THE
01:28:09PM RIGHT TO SHOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE
01:28:13PM PROCESS.
01:28:13PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO JUST FOR CLARITY SAKE
01:28:18PM AND TO HELP WITH EXPECTATIONS FROM ORDINANCES TO SHOW THAT
01:28:22PM THEY HAVE SCHEDULED THAT MULTITASK SCHEDULE OF A BIG OVERALL
01:28:28PM MACRO SCHEDULE.
01:28:29PM WHAT WE SHOWED HERE OUT OF THE BIG CHUNKS OF TIME THAT ARE
01:28:33PM PART OF THE DESIGN PHASE TO GET US TO THE GMP, TO GET US
01:28:38PM FINALLY INTO CONSTRUCTION.
01:28:39PM SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE AS PER THE CONTRACTOR OF THE DESIGN
01:28:42PM PHASE WHICH IS 15 MONTHS.
01:28:44PM CURRENTLY IN PREDESIGN WORKING TO THE NEXT PHASE WHICH IS
01:28:50PM CONSIDERED SCHEMATIC DESIGN, 30% COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT.
01:28:54PM AND GOES INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS THE NEXT PHASE
01:28:58PM WILL HAPPEN ON AND TO THE FIRST NOVEMBER AND THEN GO WITH
01:29:02PM THE FINAL CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS WITH 90.
01:29:04PM AND THEN FINAL CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, WHICH WILL BE THE
01:29:07PM GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, GMP, FOR THE CONTRACTOR THE LAST
01:29:14PM PART OF MAY OF NEXT YEAR.
01:29:16PM ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WANT TO DISCUSS IS, THIS IS
01:29:19PM IMPORTANT FOR MOVING FORWARD AS WE WANT TO LOOK AT ALL
01:29:25PM ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT TO REDUCE AND COMPRESS THE SCHEDULE.
01:29:28PM WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT.
01:29:31PM AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE MOST AND THE
01:29:34PM COST AND QUALITY IS THE SCHEDULE OF THE PROPERTY.
01:29:37PM WITH WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE SCHEDULE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
01:29:41PM BETWEEN LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND THIS COUNCIL MEETING, WE
01:29:46PM HAVE THE SCHEDULE IN THE MATTER OF 30-PLUS DAYS WITH THE
01:29:49PM REMOVAL OF ONE TASK WHICH IS DUPLICATION OF CITY COUNCIL
01:29:52PM APPROVAL WHICH WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT DINS GM;
01:29:57PM REQUIRED TO BE UNDER $20 MILLION.
01:29:58PM AND WE OUTLINED SOME OTHER ITEMS WE CAN GAIN SIGNIFICANT
01:30:03PM REDUCTION ON TASK WHICH IS THE OWNER REVIEW PROCESS THAT
01:30:06PM HAPPENS AT EACH PHASE OF THE DESIGN WHERE WE HAVE A
01:30:09PM SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.
01:30:10PM THAT IS WITH A REVIEW AND DO A PEER REVIEW AND DESIGN
01:30:15PM REVIEW.
01:30:15PM AND REDUCE THAT.
01:30:16PM SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE ASPECTS OF REVIEW PROCESS.
01:30:21PM WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE PERMITTING AGENCIES IN THE
01:30:25PM CITY.
01:30:25PM WE HAVE A MEETING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
01:30:28PM WEEKS TO GET US AND THE DESIGN-BUILD TEAM IN THE SAME -- AND
01:30:32PM START PARK BEING THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND REALLY GET INTO
01:30:35PM THE AREA THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND IMPRESS THE TIME FRAME.
01:30:41PM HOW CAN YOU WE ASSURE THAT THE FIRST SUBMISSIONS ARE GOING
01:30:45PM TO BE THE SUBMISSIONS AND NOT HAVE TO DO RESUBMITS AND HAVE
01:30:49PM THE PERMITTING AGENCY AND THE AUTHORITIES HAVE JURISDICTION.
01:30:53PM EVERYTHING THEY NEED AT THE FIRST ITERATION AND GO BACK AND
01:30:57PM FORTH.
01:30:58PM AND CLOSE UP THOSE BOTTLENECKS AS MAKE SURE WE GET THAT
01:31:02PM INTERVIEW PROCESS MOVING AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.
01:31:05PM WE ARE LOOKING FOR REDUCTION IN TIME AS WELL.
01:31:09PM ALSO SOME OPPORTUNITY WITH THE DESIGN DURATIONS.
01:31:11PM WE HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE DISTRICT
01:31:14PM AND THE DESIGN TEAM AND IF IT FITS THEIR SCHEDULE AS WELL,
01:31:18PM THEY OUTLINES SOME AREAS WITH ADDITIONAL FLOAT AND PULL THAT
01:31:25PM TIME IN.
01:31:26PM AS TIME PROGRESSES HERE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BE PULL DATES
01:31:30PM BACK AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS AND EVERYBODY IS
01:31:32PM GOING TO LOOK TO WORK THAT IN GOING FORWARD.
01:31:35PM LIKEWISE, ALWAYS THE ABILITY TO ENABLING WORK AND EARLY SITE
01:31:42PM WORK AND LOOKING AT THE PROJECT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
01:31:44PM WORKING WITH A CONTRACTING FIRM AS WELL AS A DESIGN TEAM TO
01:31:48PM SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES THERE AS WELL.
01:31:50PM THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THE COMING WEEKS AS WE CONTINUE TO
01:31:53PM MOVE THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT
01:31:57PM AS WE CONTINUE WITH THESE -- THESE UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL,
01:32:01PM WE START SEEING THAT THE SCHEDULE WILL BE REQUESTED MORE AND
01:32:05PM MORE.
01:32:05PM THIS IS -- THE GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT IS JUST MORE OF A BLOW-UP
01:32:10PM OF WHERE THE STATION WAS IN REFERENCE TO THE SOFTBALL
01:32:16PM COMPLEX AT GRECO.
01:32:17PM AND WHERE IT IS LOCATED IN THE CITY.
01:32:20PM SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT
01:32:24PM THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
01:32:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:32:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
01:32:30PM WE MET YESTERDAY.
01:32:31PM CAN I GO THROUGH SOME REMARKS IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR?
01:32:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
01:32:37PM PRESENTER?
01:32:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DO.
01:32:38PM I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
01:32:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:32:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS SOUNDS FABULOUS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO
01:32:47PM FIND SOME AREA WHERE IS YOU CAN CLOSE SOME GAPS.
01:32:51PM THANK YOU FOR THAT.
01:32:52PM I AM GLAD THAT BRINGING YOU ON HAS ALREADY BROUGHT ABOUT
01:33:00PM CONVERSATIONS.
01:33:00PM DO WE EXPECT TO HAVE A MODIFIED SCHEDULE OR TIMELINE?
01:33:04PM >> I WOULD ANTICIPATE SO, YES.
01:33:06PM I THINK THAT -- YOU WILL SEE THAT, AGAIN, AS WE GO
01:33:09PM PERIODICALLY.
01:33:10PM ALREADY HAS AS MODIFIED SCHEDULED BASED ON CONVERSATION
01:33:13PM BETWEEN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND THIS COUNCIL MEETING
01:33:16PM REDUCING THE OVERALL DIVERSION BY A MONTH WITH -- BETWEEN
01:33:20PM THIS MEETING AND THE NEXT MEETING, SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS
01:33:23PM THAT WILL HAPPEN.
01:33:24PM PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE THAT WILL BE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME
01:33:27PM IS THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND WORK WITH THE CITY AGENCIES TO
01:33:30PM REDUCE THAT AS WELL.
01:33:31PM SO BETWEEN THAT DISCUSSION, AS WELL AS ME HAVING OUR
01:33:35PM DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY WITH MY TEAM, THE CHIEF AND HER TEAM
01:33:41PM ON HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY REDUCE AND COMPRESS THE SCHEDULE
01:33:45PM ON OUR ORDER REVIEWS.
01:33:46PM WE OPEN THAT THOSE TWO ITEMS ALONE WILL SHOW SOME
01:33:51PM COMPRESSION IN SCHEDULE AT THE NEXT GO-AROUND.
01:33:53PM THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE CONTRACT THEY ARE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT
01:33:58PM DIFFERENT TAMPA DESIGN TEAM HAS A CONTROL OF THE REST OF
01:34:02PM PHASES OF THE DESIGN.
01:34:03PM SO IT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE OUR
01:34:05PM CONVERSATION AND ONE WILL IMPACT THE OTHER.
01:34:07PM PERMITTING DISCUSSIONS WILL ULTIMATELY IMPACT HOW THE DESIGN
01:34:13PM TEAM WILL DO THEIR WORK.
01:34:14PM OUR HOPE WITH THE PERMITTING GROUPS AND THE AGENCIES AND
01:34:17PM DESIGN TEAM CAN LOOK AT THEIR SCHEDULE AND DEAL FROM THE
01:34:21PM COMPRESSED SCHEDULE AS WELL.
01:34:23PM HOPING TO HAVE MULTIPLE COMPRESSIONS AS WE ARE GO FORWARD
01:34:26PM HERE AND BE ABLE TO SHOW THOSE REVISED TIMELINES AT THE NEXT
01:34:30PM -- AT THE COMING MEETINGS COMING UP.
01:34:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S GREAT.
01:34:33PM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT KIRK KALOKIS DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH THE
01:34:40PM CITY.
01:34:41PM I AM HOPING SINCE THEY HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH PERMITTING.
01:34:44PM WE WILL DEFINITELY MOVE THIS FORWARD.
01:34:46PM I WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT CERTAINLY FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.
01:34:50PM >> YES.
01:34:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:34:53PM GENERAL REMARKS AS WE KICK OFF THIS DISCUSSION.
01:34:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU MUCH.
01:34:57PM I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT SAY THIS IS 30 DAYS FROM SEPTEMBER
01:35:00PM OF 2026, CORRECT?
01:35:03PM IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ARE SAYING SHAVE OFF 30 DAYS FROM
01:35:05PM SEPTEMBER OF 2026, MARK, CORRECT?
01:35:10PM >> THAT'S CORRECT.
01:35:10PM DOWN TO AUGUST OF '26.
01:35:13PM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT IS MY PROBLEM, AND I AM GOING TO TALK AND
01:35:16PM GO TO HISTORY.
01:35:17PM I APPRECIATE JAY, KEN, CHIEF TRIPP AND MR. MUTTERBACK AND
01:35:24PM WANT TO GET THIS MOVING.
01:35:25PM AND WILL SHOW A STATION THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTED FOR A WHILE,
01:35:31PM BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT I THINK ARE VERY,
01:35:34PM VERY IMPORTANT TO GO THROUGH BY VIRTUE OF HISTORY.
01:35:36PM I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AGAIN IN FEBRUARY OF
01:35:40PM 2025, WE GOT A REPORT ON THIS STATION.
01:35:42PM AND I WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL, THAT WE WERE TOLD THAT
01:35:51PM GROUNDBREAKING WOULD BE AROUND MARCH OF '26 AND WE WERE
01:35:55PM UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT.
01:35:56PM WE WERE TOLD DIFFERENT THINGS TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS
01:36:01PM INCLUDING HIRING A PROJECT MANAGER WHICH WE IS IT.
01:36:04PM LAST TIME, WE HEARD SEPTEMBER 2026 THAT FRUSTRATES CHIEF
01:36:08PM TRIPP AND LOCAL 754 AND FRUSTRATES TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
01:36:12PM I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO GO THROUGH BASIC HISTORY ISSUES
01:36:16PM HERE, BECAUSE THIS STATION HAS REALLY BEEN A LONG TIME
01:36:18PM COMING.
01:36:19PM UP PASS OUT TO TAMPA COUNCIL AND I CAN FILE THIS IN THE
01:36:23PM PUBLIC RECORD A COUPLE OF DOCUMENTS THAT I THINK ARE VERY,
01:36:27PM VERY IMPORTANT FOR TRANSPARENCY ON WHERE WE HAVE BEEN ON
01:36:30PM STATION 24.
01:36:31PM IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT I MARK AS -- WHAT YOU CAN CALL AS
01:36:34PM EXHIBIT ONE, IT IS APRIL 20, 2022 DOCUMENT AND E-MAIL FROM
01:36:40PM THE CITY OF TAMPA SHOWING FIRE STATION 24 WITH REAL ESTATE
01:36:44PM CONSIDERING POTENTIAL SITES.
01:36:46PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WAS GOING TO SAY WOULD YOU LIKE TO --
01:36:49PM >>LUIS VIERA: ABSOLUTELY.
01:36:50PM IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
01:36:50PM WITH TAMPA -- AND YOU KNOW WHAT -- YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT IT
01:36:55PM ON THE ELMO THERE.
01:36:56PM THE PUBLIC CAN'T READ IT.
01:36:58PM BUT WHATEVER.
01:36:58PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. VIERA, DO YOU HAVE A COPY FOR THE
01:37:02PM CLERK?
01:37:03PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
01:37:03PM I WAS GOING TO DO A MOTION FOR THAT AFTERWARDS.
01:37:08PM SO WE HAVE A DOCUMENT HERE WHICH IS FROM APRIL OF 2022
01:37:14PM SHOWING PARTICULAR SITES.
01:37:16PM THERE WAS AN EARLY DISCUSSION THAT MY OFFICE HAD WITH CHIEF
01:37:19PM TRIPP ON WHERE STATION 24 WAS GOING TO BE ON K-BAR RANCH
01:37:24PM VERSUS THE NORTH TAMPA AREA.
01:37:26PM EXHIBIT 2, JULY 25, 2022.
01:37:29PM E-MAIL FROM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE INQUIRING WHERE 24 WOULD BE.
01:37:33PM ANSWER WAS NOT K-BAR RANCH OR NORTH TAMPA.
01:37:38PM I DEFER TO CHIEF TRIPP.
01:37:39PM YOU DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THOSE.
01:37:42PM I APPRECIATE IT.
01:37:43PM YOU CAN GO THROUGH THOSE BUT NOT THROUGH THE ELMO THERE.
01:37:46PM AN IMPORTANT NOTE BECAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF 2022.
01:37:54PM NEW TAMPA, FOWLER, BUSCH.
01:37:58PM WHEN THE CLOCK SHOULD START TICKING FOR STATION NUMBER 24.
01:38:02PM IT IS VERY CRITICAL.
01:38:04PM EXHIBIT 3, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF, 4092 WHITE WAY WAS
01:38:11PM CHOSEN AND LAND HAD BEEN SURVEYED.
01:38:15PM END OF 2022, TWO AND THREE QUARTERS YEARS AGO, THE
01:38:19PM ADMINISTRATION SAID LISTEN, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DO
01:38:22PM IT.
01:38:22PM JANUARY OF 2023 WAS AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH DESIGN-BUILD
01:38:26PM AFTER THEY AGREED WITH THE LAND LOCATION.
01:38:30PM DOCUMENT HERE WHICH IS IT EXHIBIT FOUR THAT I HAVE, THERE IS
01:38:33PM SOMETHING THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THE FEBRUARY 2025 MEETING BY
01:38:38PM THE ADMINISTRATION WHERE IT SHOW AS WORK ORDER ISSUED
01:38:42PM TO OTERO ENGINEERING FOR $40,000 FOR STATION 24, AS WELL AS
01:38:46PM AN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER MANAGEMENT PLAN DELIVERY DONE WITH SITE
01:38:50PM INVESTIGATION AND REPORT DELIVERY AGAIN.
01:38:52PM THE BALL IS YOU ROLLING.
01:38:54PM THIS IS TWO AND A HALF -- LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO, THE
01:38:58PM PAUL IS ROLLING WITH VIGOR.
01:39:01PM THEN WE HAVE A DISCUSSION.
01:39:02PM BECAUSE A LOT SAID OF LOCAL 754 AND SAYING, THEY BEAT
01:39:07PM THEREFORE SITE.
01:39:08PM COUPLE OF THINGS.
01:39:09PM ADMINISTRATION ASKING ALWAYS DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
01:39:11PM STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, RIGHT.
01:39:14PM TO THE EXTENT A DIALOGUE WITH THE UNION ON THIS SITE.
01:39:17PM THERE WAS ONE AND HE WILL GO INTO IT AND DATES AND FACTS ON
01:39:20PM THAT.
01:39:20PM THAT WAS VERY, VERY SHORT-LIVED.
01:39:22PM LOCAL 754 CAME TO ME AND THERE WAS CONCERN OF A AIR I CAN'T
01:39:29PM HAVE FIRE STATION.
01:39:30PM MY POSITION WAS AT IN WHICH IS LET'S HAVE IT AT WHITE WAY.
01:39:35PM NUMBER ONE, THE PROFESSIONALS WILL DO WHAT THEY DO IN
01:39:38PM MANAGEMENT -- MAY I HAVE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES, IF I MAY.
01:39:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TWO MORE MINUTES.
01:39:48PM OPPOSITION?
01:39:50PM UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
01:39:51PM >>LUIS VIERA: PROBABLY NEED THREE BUT FINE.
01:39:54PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:39:55PM THAT IS WHEN THINGS STARTED.
01:39:57PM NOVEMBER 9 OF ALLERGY, THERE WAS A POST THIS DAY.
01:40:01PM ALWAYS A TWEET.
01:40:02PM ALWAYS A FACEBOOK POST, RIGHT.
01:40:05PM WHERE DONNIE, MR. STOCCO AND I MET WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
01:40:09PM TO COMMUNICATE THAT WE -- EVERYBODY WAS -- IT HAD BEEN
01:40:15PM AGREED TO FOR STATION 24 BEING ON WHITE WAY.
01:40:18PM THAT IS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO IN THAT REGARD.
01:40:21PM YOU GO TO EXHIBIT 6.
01:40:24PM I WAS A LITTLE SICK.
01:40:27PM NOVEMBER 8, 2023 A MEMO SHOWING THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD BE
01:40:31PM USED FOR STATION 24.
01:40:32PM CIVIL ENGINEERING VISIBILITY ANALYSIS WAS DONE.
01:40:36PM IN THE PROCESS OF A REQUIREMENT DESIGN PACKAGE.
01:40:40PM BALL WAS ROLLING.
01:40:41PM NOVEMBER OF 2023.
01:40:43PM AND MY FRUSTRATION COMES FROM NOVEMBER OF 2023 TO THE
01:40:48PM GROUNDBREAKING, WE ARE TOLD IS GOING TO BE TWO AND A HALF
01:40:52PM YEARS FROM THAT TIME WHEN THE BALL WAS ROLLING, AS I WILL
01:40:55PM TALK ABOUT.
01:40:55PM WE FUNDED DESIGN BEFORE THAT AS THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
01:40:59PM AND TOLD TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THAT WAS A PROPER TIME
01:41:02PM FOR GROUNDBREAKING, SOMETHING I REALLY CONTEST.
01:41:05PM EXHIBIT NUMBER 7, SHOW FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND 2028 BUDGET.
01:41:13PM $1.6 MILLION FOR DESIGN.
01:41:16PM I SAY WE PASSED DESIGN IN 2023, WE DID NOT VOTE FOR THE
01:41:21PM PLANT FOR DESIGN BUT GAVE THE ADMINISTRATION MONEY FOR IT.
01:41:24PM JANUARY 2024, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION 2024HORN 139
01:41:29PM WHICH SET IN MOTION THROUGH BONDING $16 MILLION TO $17
01:41:33PM MILLION TO FUND STATION 4.
01:41:35PM THEY HAVE THE TO DESIGN MONEY AND DO MONEY THROUGH BONDS.
01:41:39PM EVERYTHING WAS SET FEBRUARY 2025.
01:41:41PM THEN WE HAVE MEETING.
01:41:42PM EXHIBIT NUMBER 8.
01:41:44PM MARCH 21 OF 2025 WAS A REMINDER THAT FEBRUARY 6 OF BEEF WE
01:41:50PM WILL HAVE A MEETING THAT WE ARE TOLD ON MARCH 2026 OF
01:41:54PM GROUNDBREAKING DATE.
01:41:55PM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS NOT HAPPY WITH THAT.
01:41:57PM WE ARE TOLD CERTAIN THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE TO EXPEDITE
01:42:01PM THAT.
01:42:01PM THIS MEMO IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
01:42:03PM A MEMO FROM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE THAT SHOWED AN EXPEDITED
01:42:12PM PROCESS OF ACCELERATING THE SCHEDULED.
01:42:14PM NOT ACCELERATING WITHIN 461 DAYS.
01:42:19PM SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN STAYED BEFORE.
01:42:21PM WE VOTE AND ON THAT.
01:42:23PM ALL YOU HAVE US WERE FRUSTRATED IN MARCH OF 20626.
01:42:27PM TIMELINE OF 461 DAYS.
01:42:29PM IF WE DID NOT APPROVE, WE WOULD DELAY THIS PROJECT EAST EVEN
01:42:34PM MORE AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WE HAVE VOTED FOR THAT.
01:42:37PM NOT TO DO A 461 DAYS, BUT TO PUSH IT WITHIN AND BEFORE MARCH
01:42:42PM OF 2026.
01:42:43PM YOU SEE SOME MEMO AFTER COUNCIL WHERE -- CONTINUED TO BE
01:42:48PM UPDATED.
01:42:49PM SO BOTTOM LINE IS WITH THIS THAT THIS IS A STATION.
01:42:54PM IT IS GOING TO BE FORTHCOMING.
01:42:56PM WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT ON ALL OF THIS.
01:42:58PM BUT THE TIMELINE OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS FROM THE END OF
01:43:02PM NOVEMBER OF 2023 TO SEPTEMBER -- ACTUALLY THREE YEARS TO
01:43:07PM SETTLEMENT OF 2026 FOR A GROUNDBREAKING TO ME IS
01:43:10PM UNACCEPTABLE AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
01:43:12PM TIMELINE.
01:43:13PM COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME.
01:43:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
01:43:16PM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I RECOGNIZE CHIEF TRIPP.
01:43:19PM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE I RECOGNIZE NICK
01:43:25PM STOCCO.
01:43:25PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: NO, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
01:43:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, CHIEF TRIPP.
01:43:30PM WE HAD LONG DISCUSSION WITH THIS.
01:43:33PM AND I KNOW AS WELL AS WITH THE UNION.
01:43:36PM AND WE WILL GET THERE.
01:43:37PM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
01:43:37PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:43:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA FIRE UNION, NICK
01:43:45PM STOCCO, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
01:43:48PM YES, SIR.
01:43:51PM STATE YOUR NAME.
01:43:52PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, NICK STOCCO, PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA FIRE
01:43:56PM FIGHTERS.
01:43:56PM CHAIRMAN, CITY STAFF, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC,
01:44:00PM THANK YOU.
01:44:01PM I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF
01:44:04PM HIGHLIGHTING HOW YOU IT GOT HERE.
01:44:05PM AND I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
01:44:07PM NOT TO DISCREDIT THE PRESENTATION FROM THE PROJECT MANAGER
01:44:11PM OR DISCREDIT ANY OF THE INFORMATION THEY SAID, I THINK WE
01:44:14PM REALLY NEED TO FOCUS WHAT GOT US HERE TODAY.
01:44:16PM LOOKING AT NOVEMBER OF 2022 OR APRIL OF 2022, HOW IS IT NOW
01:44:23PM JUNE OF 2025, AND WE ARE RECEIVING WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE
01:44:27PM RECEIVED IN 2023 FOLLOWING THE 2022 LAND SELECTION.
01:44:33PM DO HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA DID A VERY
01:44:37PM GOOD JOB OF HIGHLIGHTING THE TIMELINE HOW YOU IT GOT HERE,
01:44:41PM SO I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM US.
01:44:43PM HOWEVER, I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA REALLY DID
01:44:46PM HIGHLIGHT ALL OF OUR TALKING POINTS WE WERE GOING TO SAY
01:44:48PM TODAY.
01:44:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS?
01:44:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JUST A STATEMENT.
01:44:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
01:44:55PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU COULD HAVE BUILT A FOOTBALL STADIUM
01:44:59PM IN THAT TIME.
01:45:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: LOOKING FOR A FOOTBALL STADIUM.
01:45:04PM I HAVE A QUESTION.
01:45:10PM IS THE UNION INVOLVED AT ALL IN THE DESIGN PHASE OF THIS --
01:45:14PM THESE STATIONS ARE YOU PART OF THE -- ARE YOU A PARTICIPANT
01:45:18PM IN THIS PROCESS?
01:45:19PM >> NO.
01:45:21PM OUR NEGOTIATIONS IN OCTOBER OF 2022, WE RATIFIED A CONTRACT
01:45:27PM THAT ANY TIME A FIRE STATION WILL GO THROUGH MAJOR
01:45:30PM RENOVATIONS OR THAT NEW FIRE STATIONS WERE TO DEB SIGNED OR
01:45:35PM CONSTRUCTED THERE WOULD BE A STATION DESIGN COMMITTEE.
01:45:38PM DOES NOT EXPLICITLY SAY THAT THE UNION WILL HAVE A SEAT AT
01:45:43PM THE TABLE; HOWEVER, THERE WERE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE AT
01:45:46PM THAT TABLE FROM WHEN THE SELECTION PROCESS WAS MADE LATE IN
01:45:53PM AUGUST OF 2024.
01:45:54PM SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT CONCRETE OUR LANGUAGE IN 2022
01:45:59PM THROUGH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
01:46:01PM WE HAD ONLY MADE IT A POINT THAT A STATION DESIGN COMMITTEE
01:46:05PM WOULD BE ESTABLISHED AT ANY TIME THAT MAJOR RENOVATIONS OF
01:46:08PM FIRE STATIONS OR ADDITIONAL FIRE STATIONS WOULD BE BUILT.
01:46:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
01:46:18PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
01:46:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A CLARIFICATION FOR CHIEF TRIPP.
01:46:22PM THANK YOU, MR. STOCCO.
01:46:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GET YOUR EXERCISE THIS MORNING.
01:46:25PM I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION SO DON'T GO FAR.
01:46:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DON'T GO FAR.
01:46:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STAY LOCAL.
01:46:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AS FAR AS THE BUDGET GOES, I KNOW I HAVE SEEN
01:46:39PM SOME THINGS.
01:46:39PM I AM CURIOUS WHAT IS WILL GO IN THIS FIRE STATION.
01:46:42PM DO WE ALREADY HAVE THE APPARATUS WE NEED FOR THIS STATION?
01:46:53PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: YES, WE DO.
01:46:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT SHOULD NOT BE PART OF THE BUDGET.
01:46:58PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: THAT'S CORRECT.
01:46:59PM WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO REPLACE.
01:47:01PM I STRATEGICALLY PICKED YOU WHAT IS COMING,
01:47:05PM THERE IS COMING LIKE ADDITIONAL RESCUE CARS.
01:47:08PM I KIND OF ORDER IT AHEAD OF TIME KNOWING THAT IT WAS COMING.
01:47:12PM IT WAS AN OLDER VEHICLE SO I ORDERED A NEW VEHICLE FOR 24.
01:47:16PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT THAT OFF OF -- I WANTED
01:47:23PM TO DOUBLE CHECK BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ON THE
01:47:25PM RECORD.
01:47:28PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: YES, MA'AM.
01:47:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NICK, CAN YOU STAND UP.
01:47:31PM WILL STOCCO, PRESIDENT STOCCO.
01:47:34PM >>BILL CARLSON: TO ARE MINDS THE PUBLIC.
01:47:37PM WE IDENTIFIED THIS AS THE URGENT NEED YEARS AGO.
01:47:40PM I SUPPORTED COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND OTHERS WHO PUSHED FOR
01:47:43PM THIS EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT IN MY DISTRICT BECAUSE THE
01:47:47PM BIGGEST NEED IN THE CITY AND HOPING THAT THIS WOULD GO
01:47:50PM QUICKLY AND BY NOW WE WILL HAVE STATIONS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT
01:47:52PM WORKING IN OTHER AREAS.
01:47:54PM CAN YOU FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE TELL US IN YOUR ANALYSIS, IN
01:47:58PM THE UNION'S ANALYSIS, HOW MANY MORE STATIONS WE NEED AND
01:48:01PM WHAT THE -- WHAT THE OVERALL NEED IS FOR FACILITIES AND
01:48:04PM EQUIPMENT, LIKE -- NOT THE LONG, LONG LIST BUT JUST IN
01:48:08PM GENERAL?
01:48:09PM >> SURE, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON A NEW GIS STUDY THAT
01:48:13PM WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO ALIGN WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL
01:48:17PM GROWTH THAT HAPPENED WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.
01:48:20PM THE LAST STUDY WE DID IN 2022 THROUGH THE GIS STUDY CALLED
01:48:24PM FOR THREE IMMEDIATE STATIONS.
01:48:26PM IT WAS ONE IN CHANNELSIDE.
01:48:28PM AND IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, TWO IN THE NORTH TAMPA AREA.
01:48:32PM ONE BECAUSE THE LONG RESPONSE TIMES IN THE K-BAR RANCH AREA
01:48:36PM AND ONE IN THE MORE CENTRAL SULPHUR SPRINGS, FOREST HILL
01:48:40PM AREA BECAUSE OF THE CALL VOLUME.
01:48:41PM IMMEDIATE CALL IN 2022 FOR THREE ADDITIONAL STATIONS.
01:48:45PM AND THERE WAS ADDITIONAL 17 THAT WERE CALLED FOR IN 2022.
01:48:51PM UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE MORE OF A DENSITY ISSUE HERE IN
01:48:55PM THE URBAN CORE THAN A GEOGRAPHICAL ISSUE FOR DISTANCES
01:49:04PM BECAUSE OF TIME FRAMES FOR THE DENSITY WHY THE 17 WAS CALLED
01:49:08PM FOR.
01:49:08PM INCLUDING SOUTH TAMPA FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR FIRE
01:49:12PM STATIONS DUE TO THE GROWTH AND SOUTH TAMPA.
01:49:16PM >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY, THANK YOU.
01:49:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TRANSITIONED OFF OF 97.
01:49:20PM ANYTHING FURTHER ON FIRE STATION 24?
01:49:22PM BECAUSE THIS KIND OF TRANSITIONED INTO 96.
01:49:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY.
01:49:26PM THANK YOU VERY, SIR.
01:49:27PM WHAT I WOULD SAY IN CLOSING WITH THIS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
01:49:30PM HAVE THE REPORTS ON THEREIN.
01:49:32PM AND I WILL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH -- WITH OUR PROJECT
01:49:36PM MANAGER, KEITH GUYETTE, CHIEF TRIPP AND WITH MR. MUTTERBACK WITH
01:49:41PM DIFFERENT FOLKS ON THAT.
01:49:42PM AGAIN, SEPTEMBER OF 2026 APPEARS TO BE THE NEW MARK.
01:49:46PM I AM EXTREMELY NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT AT ALL, BUT IF WE CAN
01:49:50PM CONDITION TO SHAVE TIME.
01:49:52PM WE HAVE.
01:49:52PM AND WE WILL HAVE TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
01:49:54PM I KNOW THAT A LOT OF FOLKS FROM THE UNIONS TO THE CHIEF AND
01:49:58PM THE OTHERS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THAT.
01:50:01PM AND WE WILL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO AND CONTINUE TO
01:50:04PM WORK TO SHAVE TIME OFF OF THAT.
01:50:06PM WE WERE FRUSTRATED MARCH '26.
01:50:09PM IMAGINE THE FRUSTRATION WITH SEPTEMBER OF '26.
01:50:12PM AS WE DO MONTHLY REPORTS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
01:50:16PM THANK YOU.
01:50:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WITHOUT OBJECTION, GO BACK TO 96, THE
01:50:20PM MASTER PLAN.
01:50:21PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, CHIEF TRIPP.
01:50:42PM AND I HAVE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF JENKINS FOR ASSISTANCE.
01:50:45PM MORE OF AN INTERNAL MASTER PLAN, BASICALLY BASED ON THE NEED
01:50:49PM ANALYSIS DON'T IN 2021 AND 2022.
01:50:54PM PROGRESS REPORT, UPDATE OR WHATEVER.
01:50:56PM BASED ON THAT NEED ANALYSIS, I COME UP YOU WITH DATA AND
01:51:00PM RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE, WHAT WE
01:51:03PM HAVE DONE, AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE HEADED TO IN THE FUTURE.
01:51:06PM OF COURSE SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN HERE IS GOING TO DEAL
01:51:09PM WITH THE STUDY FROM FITCH AND ASSOCIATES.
01:51:12PM THE GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN FIRE RESCUE.
01:51:19PM IT IS A PROGRESSIVE, PROFESSIONAL, AND COMPREHENSIVE INTENT.
01:51:24PM THE GOAL IS TO IMPLEMENT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY WHILE SERVING
01:51:28PM THE COMMUNITY AND BASICALLY WE WANT TO DO IT IN EFFECTIVE
01:51:32PM AND EFFICIENT WAY.
01:51:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL SUGGEST GO TO THE SLIDE FOR
01:51:38PM EXPEDIENCY.
01:51:40PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: WHAT PAGE DO YOU WANT TO GO TO?
01:51:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE MEAT.
01:51:57PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: SOME HISTORY BACK IN 2020, I GOT SWORN IN.
01:52:00PM TAMPA FEE RESCUE WERE FACED A LOT OF CHALLENGES, COVID,
01:52:05PM SUPER BOWL, ACCREDITATION AND THE CALL VOLUME THAT WAS UP IN
01:52:08PM NORTH TAMPA AREA STATION 13.
01:52:10PM SO A CONSULTANT WAS HIRED FOR A ANALYSIS, WHICH IS FITCH AND
01:52:16PM ASSOCIATES.
01:52:16PM BASED ON THE RESULTS, THEY GAVE US SOME FEEDBACK SAYING THAT
01:52:21PM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE WAS AN APARTMENT ONE OF 300 AGENCIES
01:52:25PM THROUGH THE CENTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND EXCELLENCE OUT OF
01:52:31PM 30,000 AGENCIES.
01:52:32PM WELL THE DEPARTMENT IN THE TOP 10% WITH AN ISO.
01:52:40PM AND WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS LISTED HERE.
01:52:45PM THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, I AM GOING TO IDENTIFY SOME OF
01:52:48PM THE POSITIVE RESULTS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED WITH THE NEW
01:52:52PM DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
01:52:54PM NOW YOU SEE SOME OF THE DATA POINTS.
01:52:56PM IT IS ARE REFERENCE AS FAR AS RECOMMENDATIONS, HIGHLIGHTED
01:52:59PM RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REFERENCES AND STEPS THAT ARE COMPLETED
01:53:02PM OR ACTUALLY IN PROGRESS.
01:53:05PM ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WAS TALKING OF RESPONSE TIME WHICH IS
01:53:09PM PERFORMANCE TIME WHICH WAS A MAJOR CONCERN AND THE EXCESSIVE
01:53:13PM WORKLOAD.
01:53:14PM ADMINISTRATION MADE CHANGES TO ITS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
01:53:17PM AND HELP WITH THIS RESPONSE TIME.
01:53:18PM WE ALSO HAD INCREASED PERSONNEL AND DECREASED OUR VACANCY
01:53:26PM RATE,
01:53:26PM AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING THE NEW C.A.D. SYSTEM.
01:53:31PM HIGHLIGHT TO SHOW THAT ONCE THIS ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO
01:53:34PM PLAY, OUR VACANCY RATE WAS HIGH.
01:53:38PM CURRENTLY DOWN 34.86 AND ONE OF THE LOWEST ONES WITHIN THE
01:53:43PM CITY OF TAMPA SHOWS IN ' 1 HIRED 15 FIRE FIGHTERS.
01:53:49PM '24, 38.
01:53:52PM SO FAR THIS YEAR WE HIRED 15 THAT WILL BE GRADUATING
01:53:55PM TOMORROW TO BE PART OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
01:53:57PM HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM FITCH AND
01:54:01PM ASSOCIATES.
01:54:01PM AND, OF COURSE, TALKS OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE
01:54:05PM DEPARTMENTAL COVERAGE.
01:54:06PM TFR HAS ORDERED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE AREA LADDER AND
01:54:12PM PLAN TO STRATEGICALLY IMPLEMENT THEM IN THE AREAS WHERE IT
01:54:15PM IS NEEDED.
01:54:16PM WE ARE GOING TO TALK OF THE REDUCTION OF UNITS BEING
01:54:19PM DEPLOYED.
01:54:20PM THAT IS GOING TO TAKE FOR POLICY CHANGES AS WELL AS THE
01:54:24PM IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW C.A.D. SYSTEM, OF THE FUTURE
01:54:28PM GOALS INCLUDING EQUIPMENT, AND, OF COURSE, FIRE STATION
01:54:32PM WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
01:54:34PM NUMBER 25 THAT WE HAVE TWO TRANSPORT UNITS COMING OUT OF
01:54:38PM THERE.
01:54:38PM WE WAIT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 24, THIS ADMINISTRATION
01:54:42PM ADDED A NEW ENGINE RUNNING OUT OF STATION 13 TO ASSIST WITH
01:54:46PM THE CAL VOLUME.
01:54:46PM ON TOP OF THAT, THE EQUIPMENT FROM THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
01:54:50PM WE HAVE ADDED FOUR ADDITIONAL TRANSPORT UNITS BASED ON
01:54:54PM RECOMMENDATIONS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ADDING ANOTHER ONE
01:54:57PM BEFORE THE END OF THIS QUARTER AS WELL AS HOPEFULLY GET
01:55:02PM APPROVED FOR ADDITION OF PERSONNEL TO ADD ANOTHER TRANSPORT
01:55:05PM BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
01:55:07PM NEW RESCUE THAT WAS ADDED IN NEW TAMPA.
01:55:10PM JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME NUMBERS BASED ON THE LAST
01:55:15PM COUPLE OF YEARS, AS WELL AS THE CALL VOLUME IN EACH ONE OF
01:55:22PM Y'ALL'S DISTRICT.
01:55:23PM IF YOU EVER WANTED TO SEE THE GRID, THAT BASICALLY TAMPA
01:55:28PM FIRE RESCUE IS BROKEN UP IN FIVE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND
01:55:32PM BASICALLY THIS IS HOW WE RESPOND TO OUR CALLS.
01:55:35PM IF I TALK OF THE HISTORICAL HISTORY THAT WAS ONE OF THE
01:55:39PM CHALLENGES GOES BACK IN '21-'22.
01:55:43PM RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION
01:55:47PM AGENCY WHICH IS FNPA, AS WELL AS THE CFAI, THE COMMISSION ON
01:55:51PM FIRE ACCREDITATION AND THE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
01:55:55PM THIS IS THEIR FOURTH ACCREDITATION AND COMING UP WITH REAL
01:56:01PM ACCREDITATION WITHIN THEIR FUTURE.
01:56:02PM PART OF THAT IS OUR DISPATCH, TURNOUT TIME, TRAVEL TIME,
01:56:06PM WHICH WILL GIVE YOU THE RESPONSE TIME.
01:56:08PM IF THIS BATCH TALKS OF THE TIME THAT THE CALL COMES IN,
01:56:11PM TURNOUT TIME.
01:56:12PM THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE PERSONNEL TO GO -- TO GET OUT TO
01:56:17PM THE VEHICLES AND RESPOND TO THE CALLS THAT GIVE YOU YOUR
01:56:20PM TOTAL TIME, BUT, OF COURSE, YOUR TRAVEL TIME.
01:56:22PM A LOT GOES INTO PLAY WITH THAT WHEN YOU TALK OF TRAFFIC.
01:56:25PM WITH THIS NEW C.A.D. SYSTEM AND POLICY CHANGES GREAT
01:56:30PM IMPROVEMENT WITH THE TOTAL RESPONSE TIME WITH DISPATCHING
01:56:34PM AND TURNOUT TIMES.
01:56:35PM TRAVEL TIMES ARE A WORK IN PROGRESS WITH THE TRAFFIC AND
01:56:39PM GROWTH OF CITY AND HOPING TO IMPLEMENT A PRE-EXEMPTION TO
01:56:43PM HELP EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GO THROUGH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
01:56:46PM UP WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT OF THE THE RESPONSE TIME.
01:56:49PM AN AVERAGE OVERVIEW OF THE RESPONSE TIME FROM THE TIME THE
01:56:53PM CALL RECEIVED AND PERSONNEL ARRIVING ON SCENE BROKEN DOWN BY
01:56:56PM THE YEARS.
01:56:56PM OF COURSE, WE CAN BREAK IT DOWN WITH THE DIFFERENT SHIFTS.
01:56:59PM AND REPRESENTS NINE MINUTES OR LESS.
01:57:03PM YELLOW REPRESENTS NINE TO 11 MINUTES AND RED GREATER THAN 11
01:57:10PM MINUTES.
01:57:10PM WITH THAT BEING SAID, A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT PLAY
01:57:14PM INTO THAT.
01:57:14PM BASED ON MY CHART, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET TWO YEARS IN HERE
01:57:19PM SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ IT, BUT IF YOU SEE, IT IS THE
01:57:24PM FIRST QUARTER OF 2025 IS BROKEN DOWN BY THE SHIFTS AND
01:57:28PM UNITS.
01:57:28PM CALL RECEIVED TO FIRST DISPATCH.
01:57:30PM YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM SHOWING RED, WHICH IS WHERE THIS
01:57:34PM NEW C.A.D. SYSTEM WILL DEFINITELY HELP TO GET THESE CALLS
01:57:39PM OUT.
01:57:40PM IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, ANYWHERE BETWEEN TWO TO THREE
01:57:43PM MINUTES.
01:57:43PM THAT HAS AN EFFECT ON OUR TOTAL RESPONSE TIME.
01:57:47PM THIS IS DEFINITELY AN AREA IMPROVING WITH THE CHANGES THAT
01:57:50PM WE HAVE AND WILL INCLUDE POLICY CHANGES.
01:57:53PM IT WILL HELP DECREASE EXCESS SELF UNITS BEING DISPATCHED.
01:57:59PM ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE DISPATCH TOO MANY UNITS
01:58:02PM TO A CALL -- TOO MANY UNNECESSARY UNITS TO A CALL.
01:58:05PM BASICALLY ALL OF THAT WILL ASSIST WITH THE RESPONSE TIME
01:58:08PM ONCE THIS C.A.D. IS IMPLEMENTED.
01:58:11PM SO THIS IS FOR '22.
01:58:14PM A COUPLE AS THE YEARS GO ON.
01:58:17PM I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW WE ARE ABLE TO BREAK DOWN
01:58:20PM SOME OF THE NUMBERS.
01:58:21PM THE RESCUE TRANSPORT UNIT BROKEN DOWN OVER FOUR QUARTER AND
01:58:26PM THE TOTAL OF HOURS ALONG WITH THE INCIDENTS.
01:58:28PM BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS SHOWING THE UNIT HOUR UTILIZATION AND
01:58:32PM THE AVERAGE HOURS A DAY WITHIN A 24 HOURS IN A DAY.
01:58:36PM GREEN SHOWS 30% ON THEIR SHIFT.
01:58:40PM YELLOW, 40%, AND RED SHOWS 50%.
01:58:43PM RIGHT NOW THIS IS 22 BEFORE WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL UNITS.
01:58:47PM WE ADDED TWO TRANSPORT UNITS THAT WERE STATION 25.
01:58:53PM WE ALSO ADDED RESCUE 19 DOWN IN SOUTH TAMPA IN '23.
01:58:58PM OF COURSE, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THE GREEN IS GOING TO
01:59:02PM INCREASE WITH THAT.
01:59:03PM WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD STATION -- RESCUE 12 AND ADDED RESCUE
01:59:10PM 6 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO HELP WITH DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
01:59:14PM SAME CHART AND BASICALLY ANOTHER YEAR.
01:59:16PM BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS IMPLEMENTED FROM THE
01:59:23PM RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBERS ARE GETTING
01:59:27PM BETTER AND BETTER.
01:59:28PM THIS IS, OF COURSE -- THIS IS YEAR '24.
01:59:32PM AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GREEN IS SHOWING DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE
01:59:36PM ARE LOOKING INTO.
01:59:37PM AND, OF COURSE, ONCE WE ADD THESE TRANSPORT UNITS, WE ARE
01:59:41PM HOPING THAT WHOLE SHEET WILL BE GREEN.
01:59:42PM THE NEXT SHEET JUST TALKS OF THE ENGINES.
01:59:46PM THE TRANSFER -- NONTRANSPORT UNITS AND GIVE YOU AN IDEA IF
01:59:52PM THEY ARE HAVING UTILIZATION THIS MONTH.
01:59:55PM THE REASON I PUT THIS IN HERE IS BASICALLY TO SHOW YOU WHEN
02:00:00PM THE CALL VOLUME TAKES PLACE.
02:00:01PM OF COURSE WE TALK OF PEAK HOURS.
02:00:04PM JUST USE STATION 13 AS AN EXAMPLE.
02:00:07PM OF COURSE, IT HAS THE NUMBER OF CALLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
02:00:11PM THIS IS FOR '21, '22, '23, AND '24.
02:00:18PM BASICALLY SHOW -- I AM SORRY, YES, ENGINE 24 AND, I THINK,
02:00:24PM AGAIN 13.
02:00:25PM PEAK HOURS GO INTO EFFECT AROUND 9:30 AND 10:00 UP UNTIL
02:00:30PM 8:00 AT NIGHT, GIVE OR TAKE.
02:00:32PM THIS IS ALL THE RESCUE CARS.
02:00:35PM AND BASICALLY FOR THOSE YEARS.
02:00:37PM JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU -- ALL THESE CHARTS BASICALLY HAVE
02:00:41PM THAT SAME PEAK HOURS WHEN THE CALL VOLUME STARTS INCREASING.
02:00:44PM AND THIS LAST ONE IS ALL THE ENGINES OVER 24-HOUR PERIOD.
02:00:50PM IF YOU NOTICE, YOU STILL HAVE THAT DURING THE SAME TIME
02:00:55PM PRETTY MUCH FROM 10 TO 8.
02:00:57PM SO JUST TO CONCLUDE, FOCUS ON THE CITY OF TAMPA OF THE
02:01:07PM COMMUNITY.
02:01:07PM ONE OF THE OLDEST CAREER DEPARTMENT WITH A RICH HISTORY AS
02:01:10PM WELL AS TRADITION.
02:01:11PM FUTURE OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE TO YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
02:01:14PM PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE.
02:01:15PM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TAMPA
02:01:18PM FIRE RESCUE A SAFE, RESPECTFUL, WELCOMING PLACE FOR ALL
02:01:26PM EMPLOYEES.
02:01:26PM WE KNOW THE CITY OF TAMPA IS GROWING AND ONCE AGAIN, TFR
02:01:33PM ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO CONTINUE AND MONITOR AND SHIFT
02:01:37PM PRIORITIES WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND GOALS IN MINE.
02:01:40PM THE SAFETY AND PRIORITY FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL AND ON
02:01:45PM GOING PROJECTS THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING NOW.
02:01:48PM AS WE TALK OF THE MASTER PLAN, THESE ARE SOME OF THE KEYS
02:01:52PM OBJECTS AND STRATEGIC STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO
02:01:56PM IMPLEMENT THAT IS TO IMPLEMENT -- FIVE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT
02:02:01PM WE WILL TALK OF MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING, DATA DRIVEN
02:02:05PM STRATEGIES AND BASICALLY TO ASSIST WITH THE GROWTH AND THE
02:02:08PM COMMUNITY NEEDS.
02:02:09PM I WILL JUST RUN THROUGH THESE REAL QUICK.
02:02:11PM SO WE TALK ABOUT OF THE OBJECTIVES WAS THE HEALTH AND
02:02:17PM WELLNESS.
02:02:17PM OF COURSE, WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP, YOU
02:02:20PM KNOW, I BELIEVE TERM STATEWIDE AND INDIVIDUALS ARE GETTING
02:02:25PM THEIR EXTRA SET OF BUCKET GEAR.
02:02:27PM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING GEAR CLEANING SITES
02:02:30PM WITHIN EACH DISTRICT.
02:02:31PM BUT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THERE -- THE GEAR WASH
02:02:35PM NEEDED THROUGH OUR SUPPLY.
02:02:37PM WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND SEE EVALUATE THE MECHANICS AND
02:02:40PM PROVIDE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES AS NEEDED FOR ANY TYPE OF
02:02:43PM MENTAL HEALTH THROUGHOUT OUR EIP PROGRAM AND CSID STEAM.
02:02:48PM OF COURSE, WHEN WE TALK OF MODERNIZATION.
02:02:50PM A LOT OF VEHICLES NOW ARE COMING IN -- ARE -- THEY HAVE BEEN
02:02:55PM ABLE TO PRECONDEMN WITH -- WITH DECONTAMINATION OPTIONS.
02:03:01PM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE TRAINING AND
02:03:08PM EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT IN GROWTH.
02:03:11PM OF COURSE, WE ARE TRYING TO GROW OUR LEADERS AND DOING IT
02:03:15PM INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY THROUGH DIFFERENT CONFERENCES,
02:03:19PM WITH THE U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS THE STATE OF
02:03:21PM FLORIDA SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A SUCCESSION
02:03:24PM PLAN.
02:03:24PM AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONE OF THE OTHER OBJECTIVES IS
02:03:30PM INCREASING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.
02:03:37PM WE ARE IN HIGH TARGET AREAS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING
02:03:41PM THE FIRES.
02:03:42PM OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, MULTIPLE PUBLIC OUTREACH WITHIN
02:03:46PM THE COMMUNITY AND THE LOCAL PARTNERS.
02:03:48PM INSTALLED SMOKE DETECT TERES, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
02:03:53PM CAMPAIGNS.
02:03:53PM THE CITY OF TAMPA IS NOW GETTING READY TO CAMPAIGN WITH THE
02:03:57PM WATER DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS DISPERSING QUARTERLY MAILERS
02:04:04PM EDUCATING WITH FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, SWIMMING CHALLENGES.
02:04:07PM WE HAVE HEALTH AND SAFETY EVENTS.
02:04:10PM OF COURSE MARCH 10 -- I'M SORRY, MAY 10, CELEBRATE 120 YEARS
02:04:16PM AND THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS BEEN AROUND WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT
02:04:20PM OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY COME OUT.
02:04:22PM AND WE EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON HANDS-ONLY CPR, A CENTER
02:04:28PM PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE PROGRAM WHICH HAS OPINION
02:04:30PM SUCCESSFUL.
02:04:31PM AND TO DATE, WE HAVE OVER 220 COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE
02:04:36PM READY TO HELP US ON THE NATURAL DISASTERS THAT WE HAD.
02:04:42PM ONE OF THE OTHER OBJECTIVES MOVING FORWARD AS FAR AS A
02:04:48PM MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE IS, OF COURSE,
02:04:52PM THIS C.A.D. SYSTEM.
02:04:54PM THIS C.A.D. SYSTEM WILL AN KEY COMPONENT TO MAKING SURE THAT
02:04:59PM WE ARE GOING TO GET THE DOLLARS WE NEED TO STRATEGICALLY
02:05:03PM LOCATE ADDITIONAL STATIONS OR PERSONNEL WITHIN COMMUNITY.
02:05:07PM CURRENTLY OUR SYSTEM IS OUTDATED.
02:05:10PM HAS BEEN OUTDATED FOR MANY YEARS.
02:05:13PM WHEN I WAS STILL OUT ON THE STREET.
02:05:15PM BUT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING HARD WITH INTERIM
02:05:19PM STAKEHOLDERS TO GET THEM IMPLEMENTED AND HOPING TO HAVE IT
02:05:23PM BY THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR.
02:05:24PM WITH THAT, HELP US IDENTIFY AND I DID PATCH A UNIT FOR
02:05:29PM QUICKER RESPONSE AND CLASSIFY THE CALLS WITH THE TYPE AND
02:05:33PM LOCATIONS TO PROCEED BETTER SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH
02:05:40PM STRATEGIC FOR THE GROWTH OF THE CITY.
02:05:41PM STATION REMODELING.
02:05:45PM AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING STATION 24.
02:05:49PM WITH THAT, WE ARE LOOKING FOR FACILITY TO -- FOR THE REPAIRS
02:05:57PM OF FLEET FACILITY TO REPAIRS OF VEHICLES AS WELL AS STORAGE.
02:06:01PM WE STARTED A VEHICLE REPLACEMENT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO
02:06:05PM KEEP UP WITH OUR VEHICLES.
02:06:07PM I WANT TO SAY KEEP UP WITH OUR VEHICLES TO MAKE SURE WE
02:06:11PM DON'T HAVE THE OLD OUTDATED VEHICLES.
02:06:13PM AND WITH THAT, WE ARE WORKING TO WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT
02:06:18PM VENDORS TO GET THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLES TO GET MORE BANG FOR
02:06:21PM OUR BUCK.
02:06:22PM ALL RIGHT.
02:06:23PM ONCE AGAIN, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE OUTSTANDING ALL HAZARD AGENCY
02:06:28PM WITH OUTSTANDING MOTIVATED AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.
02:06:31PM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION AND HAS
02:06:36PM IMPLEMENTED THEM WHILE OTHERS ARE STILL IN PROGRESS.
02:06:41PM OUR UTILIZATION HAS AND HAS STILL BEEN ADDRESSED AND THE
02:06:45PM DATA SHOW AGING FRONT-LINE APPARATUS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND
02:06:50PM BEING MONITORED.
02:06:51PM TECHNOLOGY IS A WORK IN PROCESS AND WE ARE -- WE ARE NOT
02:06:57PM BEING RESOLVED IN 24 HOURS.
02:06:59PM I CAN ATTEST TO THE LAST FOUR YEAR.
02:07:01PM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE HAVE YOU MADE GREAT STRIDES TO OVERCOME
02:07:04PM CHALLENGES WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CITY OF OFFICIALS, LEADERS
02:07:07PM AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE.
02:07:10PM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE IS BACK ON THE MAP.
02:07:16PM BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, AS ITS
02:07:19PM TECHNOLOGY.
02:07:20PM IMPLEMENTED AND A MASTER PLAN.
02:07:27PM AND I WANT TO THANK THE 800-PLUS MEMBERS OF TAMPA FIRE
02:07:32PM RESCUE, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT
02:07:36PM OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
02:07:37PM YESTERDAY, I CELEBRATED MY FOUR YEARS AS BEING SWORN IN AS
02:07:43PM THE FIRST FEMALE FIRE CHIEF.
02:07:45PM I STATED THAT I WOULD BE WORKING HARD AS THEY WERE AND SERVE
02:07:49PM AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
02:07:50PM I PRAY I HAVE PROVEN THAT COMMITMENT BY MY ACTIONS AND
02:07:53PM WALKING THE WALK AND NOT JUST THE TALK.
02:07:55PM THANK YOU.
02:07:56PM AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
02:07:59PM ANSWER THEM.
02:07:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
02:08:01PM FIRST CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FOURTH ANNIVERSARY.
02:08:05PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: THANK YOU.
02:08:07PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT HAS BEEN AN EASY RIDE, HASN'T IT?
02:08:10PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: JUST A DELIGHT.
02:08:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST A DELIGHT.
02:08:16PM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU WERE KIND ENOUGH TO MENTION THAT I WOULD
02:08:21PM MAKE A MOTION ON THIS.
02:08:22PM LONG STORY SHORT, COUNCIL, WE DEALT -- THE ADMINISTRATION
02:08:27PM CREATED THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN OR DID IT, I GUESS YOU
02:08:30PM WILL, UNDER THE FITCH REPORT, I BELIEVE, CHIEF THERE ARE
02:08:33PM 2022, IF I RECALL.
02:08:35PM AND I -- I THINK IT IS GOOD TO HAVE AN AMENDED ONE.
02:08:39PM YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS.
02:08:41PM AND YOU EARNED THAT THE C.A.D. WILL CHANGE THE NUMBERS AND
02:08:48PM THAT WILL BE A YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS.
02:08:50PM AND I THINK IT IS SMART TO RECEIVE WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT
02:08:52PM NOW, INCLUDING THE AGE OF STATIONS AND THINGS LIKE AT THIS
02:08:57PM POINT.
02:08:57PM THE C.A.D. WILL CHANGE THINGS WILL TAKE SOME TIME.
02:09:03PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNCIL THINKS, I WOULD HATE TO WAIT
02:09:07PM ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF YEARS FOR ANOTHER ANALYSIS.
02:09:09PM MY OPINION, CHIEF.
02:09:11PM WHAT I WILL DO, COUNCIL, WITH Y'ALL'S SUPPORT IS TO DO A
02:09:15PM MOTION TO HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT COME BACK IN MARCH OR
02:09:18PM OCTOBER OF '25 ON -- '25.
02:09:23PM THIS YEAR ON THE -- ON THE VISIBLE OF DOING AN UPDATED
02:09:30PM PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN THROUGH YOU GUYS' PERSPECTIVE.
02:09:35PM AND I WILL PUT THE VERBIAGE IN THE MOTION AND ALL THAT KIND
02:09:38PM OF GOOD STUFF.
02:09:39PM I APPRECIATE YOU GOING THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN
02:09:42PM TERMS OF THE NEEDS AND EVERYTHING.
02:09:44PM THE WAY YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME OF -- AND UNION TALKED KEY
02:09:49PM AREAS DOWNTOWN TAMPA I THINK IT IS A CRITICAL AREA.
02:09:53PM WE TALK OF NEW TAMPA IF I MAY ASK YOU, HOW -- HOW ARE THINGS
02:09:57PM GOING WITH THE MORRIS BRIDGE CUT-THRU?
02:10:00PM IF YOU -- IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?
02:10:02PM DO YOU NEED --
02:10:03PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I HAVE NOT -- LAST I SPOKE TO -- BEFORE VIK
02:10:09PM RETIRED.
02:10:10PM BRANDON -- I WILL REACH OUT TO BRANDON.
02:10:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT UP.
02:10:16PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: I CAN SPEAK TO IT QUICKLY.
02:10:20PM YOU MADE A MOTION, AND WE HAD A STAFF REPORT.
02:10:22PM CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH AGENDA ITEM IT IS ON.
02:10:25PM BECAUSE OF THE BASSET CREEK CROSSING.
02:10:28PM NOT REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INSTALL A TEMPORARY
02:10:31PM EXTENSION OUT TO -- TO MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD, BUT THERE IS
02:10:35PM PROGRESS ON THE PERMANENT SOLUTION.
02:10:38PM SO --
02:10:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
02:10:40PM I AM GLAD -- SERENDIPITOUS.
02:10:43PM IF I MAY, SIR, IF I MAY, ROUGHLY HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT
02:10:48PM WILL TAKE FOR THE PERMANENT SOLUTIONS.
02:10:51PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THE DETAILS ARE IN THAT STAFF REPORT, I
02:10:55PM WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER NUMBER THAN I HAVE FLOATING IN MY
02:10:58PM HEAD.
02:10:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE BRIDGE OVER WETLANDS.
02:11:01PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: YES.
02:11:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: CHIEF, QUESTION FOR YOU.
02:11:07PM I GUESS, IF YOU WILL, YOU HAVE AMBITIOUS VISION ON FIRE
02:11:13PM STATIONS.
02:11:13PM WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE -- BY THE WAY, CONGRATULATIONS
02:11:18PM FOR FOUR YEARS.
02:11:19PM TIME GOES BY FAST.
02:11:20PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: FOR YOU.
02:11:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: MAYBE NOT THERE.
02:11:25PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: IT HAS.
02:11:26PM IT HAS.
02:11:27PM >>LUIS VIERA: TIME HAS GONE BY FAST.
02:11:29PM IN YOUR OPINION, AS THE TAMPA FIRE RESCUE CHIEF, HOW MANY
02:11:33PM STATIONS DO YOU THINK WE NEED ADDITIONALLY THROUGHOUT THE
02:11:35PM CITY OF TAMPA?
02:11:36PM YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE A BIG ISSUE OF DISCUSSION FOR -- I AM
02:11:40PM NOT GOING TO BE HERE -- BEFORE THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION AND
02:11:43PM TALKING AND EVERYTHING.
02:11:44PM JUST IN YOUR OPINION, AS A PROFESSIONAL, IF YOU CAN OPINE,
02:11:48PM HOW MANY STATIONS AND WHERE YOU THINK WE NEED SOME.
02:11:52PM OBVIOUSLY TALKING OF NORTH TAMPA.
02:11:55PM MAKING COMPROMISE ON NEW TAMPA.
02:11:57PM WHAT OTHER AREAS?
02:12:00PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: DISCUSS HOW MANY STATIONS WE NEED.
02:12:02PM FIRST THING WE NEED TO TAKE THE 60, 70-YEAR-OLD STATIONS
02:12:08PM THAT WE HAVE AND REBUILD THEM FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.
02:12:10PM YOU THINK ABOUT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
02:12:12PM EMS WAS NOT INVOLVED.
02:12:15PM NOW WE ARE GOING TO MEDICAL CALLS.
02:12:17PM WE PUT MORE RESOURCES IN THESE SMALL STATION SO AS IT
02:12:22PM IS COMPACT.
02:12:23PM WHEN I GO TO TRY TO REMODEL THESE STATIONS, IT IS VERY HARD.
02:12:28PM ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS I TRY TO GET IS THE PORTABLE FIRE
02:12:31PM STATION TO TAKE IT, BRING IT IN, TEAR THE STATION DOWN,
02:12:35PM REBUILD IT, AND TAKE THAT PORTABLE FIRE STATION AND MOVE IT
02:12:39PM TO THE NEXT ONE.
02:12:40PM IF WE DO ONE A YEAR -- I THINK CURRENTLY OUR STATIONS ARE
02:12:44PM STRAW STRATEGICALLY LOCATED.
02:12:51PM PLAYING LIBRARY SHUFFLEBOARD.
02:12:53PM MOVING HERE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
02:12:56PM WITH THAT JUST LIKE I SHOWED YOU DATA OF -- AND WHEN I SAY
02:13:00PM "DATA" I AM TALKING OF DATA THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING
02:13:05PM TO THESE CALLS.
02:13:06PM WHERE OUR MEMBERS ARE AND WHAT IS NEEDED.
02:13:09PM IF I PUT A FIRE STATION HERE, WHAT RESOURCES ARE AM I GOING
02:13:13PM TO PUT IN THERE.
02:13:14PM NEED TRANSPORT UNITS OR A FIRE ENGINE.
02:13:17PM DO NEED AN AERIAL TRUCK WITH MY HIGH-RISES?
02:13:22PM THAT NEEDS TO BE ASSESSED, YOU KNOW.
02:13:24PM I AM NOT SAYING WE DON'T NEED FIRE STATIONS.
02:13:26PM I AM SAYING WE NEED TO TAKE WHAT WE HAVE NOW AND ADD THOSE
02:13:29PM RESOURCES AND THEN JUST MODERN THE CALLS NOW.
02:13:32PM SINCE WE PUT THESE ADDITIONAL TRANSPORT UNITS -- WHEN I SAY
02:13:38PM THE CALL VOLUME HAS DECREASED PER UNIT.
02:13:40PM WE STILL HAVE CALLS WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE WE RAN 92,000
02:13:43PM LAST YEAR.
02:13:44PM STILL HAVE THE CALLS.
02:13:45PM THEY ARE INCREASING BUT ALSO WITH THAT TALK OF THE RESPONSE
02:13:49PM TIME, HOW QUICK WE GET THERE, THE RESOURCES.
02:13:52PM A LOT OF THINGS WE NEED TO LOOK AT IF THE WE NEED A STATION
02:13:59PM OR DON'T NEED A FIRE STATION.
02:14:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO AND THEN HURTAK.
02:14:05PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I AM GOOD.
02:14:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SAW YOU FIRST.
02:14:07PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:14:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
02:14:09PM THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION.
02:14:10PM IF YOU COULD JUST A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE ON C.A.D.
02:14:16PM HOW ARE WE DOING?
02:14:18PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: DOING GREAT WITH C.A.D.
02:14:20PM THEY GIVE YOU 15 TO 18 MONTHS.
02:14:22PM WE ARE ON TRACK AND LITTLE BIT AHEAD.
02:14:25PM I AM HOPING AND PRAYING THAT WE WILL USE IT THE FALL OF NEXT
02:14:32PM YEAR IF NOT SOONER.
02:14:34PM THAT WILL BE OUR 18 MONTH.
02:14:36PM WE ARE ON SCHEDULE AND GETTING READY TO START DOING SOME
02:14:39PM TESTING.
02:14:39PM AND THEY ARE MOVING AHEAD WITH IT.
02:14:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO --
02:14:45PM THAT CERTAIN THINGS WOULD BE ABLE TO COME ONLINE AS THE
02:14:52PM SYSTEM WENT THROUGH.
02:14:53PM ANYTHING COME ONLINE YET?
02:14:55PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: NOT YET.
02:14:56PM IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THE DESIGN PHASE.
02:14:58PM GETTING DATA WITH THE GIS.
02:15:02PM THEY ARE GETTING STUFF ROLLING.
02:15:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK: GREAT.
02:15:04PM ONE MORE QUESTION.
02:15:05PM AND IT JUST JOGGED MY MEMORY.
02:15:07PM THIS IS COMPLETELY LEFT FIELD AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
02:15:12PM BECAUSE IT RELATES TO SOMETHING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
02:15:15PM EARLIER TODAY.
02:15:15PM PURCHASING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW LATTER APPARATUS.
02:15:20PM ONE OF THE THINGS I HEAR ABOUT OFTEN WHEN ARRIVED ALONG WITH
02:15:25PM FIRE CREW IS TREE DAMAGE TO THESE BUCKET AND LADDER TRUCKS.
02:15:33PM CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THE TREES
02:15:38PM CAUSE TO THEE THESE -- TO THESE TRUCKS IN TERMS OF MONEY AND
02:15:44PM -- HOW OFTEN THEY NEED TO BE FIXED?
02:15:47PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: SO RECENTLY HAD ONE -- WHAT WAS IT 50 -- WHAT
02:15:52PM WAS IT 50,000?
02:15:54PM SO STATION 13 DID DAMAGE TO THEIR BUCKET.
02:15:57PM LET'S TALK ABOUT PRECONING THESE VEHICLES.
02:16:01PM AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT CHALLENGE, WHEN WE GO TO PURCHASE
02:16:06PM AND BUY A VEHICLE, IT IS UP FOR ADMINISTRATION TO CHANGE THE
02:16:09PM DESIGN OF IT.
02:16:10PM WE STILL CAN HAVE THE SAME FUNCTIONAL OPERATION OF THAT
02:16:13PM VEHICLE, BUT WE NEED TO CHANGE THE DESIGN OF IT.
02:16:15PM SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE, THIS ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE OF THE
02:16:19PM RECENT CHALLENGES WE HAD, WE CHANGED FROM THE FRONT MOUNT
02:16:25PM MID MOUNT.
02:16:26PM SO BASICALLY WILL BE SITTING LOWER AND COME OUT A DIFFERENT
02:16:28PM WAY.
02:16:29PM INSTEAD OF IN FRONT OF THE CAB WHETHER I IS HIGH, A MID
02:16:37PM MOUNT.
02:16:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IS THAT MORE EXPENSIVE?
02:16:40PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: ABOUT THE SAME.
02:16:41PM I WILL SAY THIS THAT MANUFACTURERS ARE GOING UP EVERYWHERE.
02:16:44PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ABSOLUTELY.
02:16:47PM AND REALLY MY POINT FOR THAT IS TO SAY AS WE LOOK AT THE
02:16:51PM 2026 BUDGET, I AM LOOKING FOR MORE MONEY FOR MAINTENANCE OF
02:16:55PM TREE OF SO AS THAT IT DOESN'T HURT THE FIRE ENGINES.
02:16:59PM I THINK IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, ALONG CAN CARS, BUT
02:17:03PM CERTAINLY FOR OUR FIRE APPARATUS THAT I HAVE SEEN BOTH AT
02:17:07PM SUPPLY AND AT CERTAIN STATIONS THAT I HAVE RODE WITH.
02:17:10PM I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
02:17:13PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: WE ARE ALSO EDUCATING OUR PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT
02:17:17PM TO LOOK IF SOMETHING LOOK UNSAFE.
02:17:18PM >>LYNN HURTAK: QUITE FRANKLY, THEY DON'T NEED TO WORRY OF A
02:17:23PM TREE WHEN THEY ARE TRYING TO REACH SOMEONE IN DANGER.
02:17:25PM THAT WAS KIND OF MY POINT.
02:17:27PM I WANT TO FOCUS ON PROVIDING THE RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN THOSE
02:17:31PM TREES, SO THANK YOU.
02:17:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:17:35PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
02:17:36PM I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.
02:17:38PM PEOPLE THINK OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND
02:17:41PM WATER DEPARTMENT.
02:17:43PM THEY DON'T KNOW THE COST OF EVERYTHING.
02:17:44PM AND MAYBE SOMEHOW WE CAN PROJECT OR SHOW THEM WHAT A FIRE
02:17:52PM ENGINE COSTS, AMBULANCE COSTS, WHAT AT THAT TAKES TO PRODUCE
02:17:56PM WATER.
02:17:56PM I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EVERY DAY WHEN WE HEAR TALKING,
02:17:59PM IT IS NOT EASY.
02:18:00PM IT IS NOT EASY FOR YOU.
02:18:01PM NOT EASY FOR ANY DEPARTMENT HEAD.
02:18:03PM AND HAVEN'T EDUCATED THE PUBLIC AT ALL.
02:18:06PM THE PUBLIC IS IN A FOG RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF MANY OTHER
02:18:09PM THINGS, CERTAINLY THE STRESS OF MAYBE THE ECONOMY NOT GOING
02:18:13PM THE WAY THEY LIKE IT TO GO.
02:18:15PM ONE COUNTRY FIGHTING WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY.
02:18:17PM OTHER ONE WANTS TO THROW A ROCK AT ANOTHER ONE.
02:18:19PM THEY THINK IT WILL COME HERE.
02:18:22PM I AM TELLING YOU WHAT I HEAR ON THE STREET.
02:18:24PM THEY ARE WITH WHAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW.
02:18:26PM AND WE HAVEN'T GIVEN ANY INDICATION OF CERTAIN THINGS HOW TO
02:18:33PM PRODUCE WATER AND TAKE A BUS OUT THERE TO LOOK AT IT.
02:18:36PM TAKE A BUS TO A TREATMENT PLANT TO SEE HOW THEY RECYCLE ALL
02:18:39PM THE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP BEFORE PUT UP
02:18:43PM SOMEWHERE.
02:18:44PM THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT IS NOT EXPLAINED TO THEM.
02:18:48PM THE ENERGY OPERATION.
02:18:49PM WHAT DOES THAT DO AND WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN.
02:18:52PM MILLIONS SPENT ON JUST THREE AREAS -- JUST THOSE THREE
02:18:56PM AREAS.
02:18:57PM I GUARANTEE THE LAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS WE COMMITTED $400
02:19:02PM MILLION, $500 MILLION TO GET IT WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
02:19:06PM THESE THINGS ARE DONE AND THE PUBLIC ONLY HEARS WHAT IS PUT
02:19:13PM OUT.
02:19:14PM AND WE ARE NOT PUTTING ANYTHING OUT.
02:19:15PM NOT YOU BUT THE SYSTEM THAT WE WORK IN THAT WE DON'T EXPLAIN
02:19:19PM TO THE PUBLIC, HOW, WHAT IT COSTS TO PAVE A STREET.
02:19:26PM THEY DON'T HAVE AN IDEA, AND IT IS DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO
02:19:29PM UNDERSTAND WHY WHERE HE DO THING.
02:19:32PM I UNDERSTAND IT AND COLLEAGUES OF MINE AND CITY EMPLOYEES
02:19:36PM UNDERSTAND IT.
02:19:37PM AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN'T PUT IT OUT.
02:19:43PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT IS A GOOD SUGGESTION FOR OUR MEDIA
02:19:46PM AND COMMUNICATION GROUP.
02:19:47PM SINCE WE ARE GOING IN BUDGET SEASON.
02:19:50PM TALKING OF THESE BUDGETARY ISSUES.
02:19:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL CLOSE OUT THE CONVERSATION BY
02:19:56PM SAYING THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION AND WHAT YOU
02:19:58PM PRESENTED.
02:19:58PM ONE THING -- I WOULD LOVE TO START HAVING THIS IN THE
02:20:03PM DIALOGUE A FIRE STATION 1.
02:20:04PM SUPPORT YOUR AGENDA DOING THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE AND MOVING
02:20:09PM STAFF OUT.
02:20:09PM EXPANDING THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF EXPANDED DOWNTOWN AREA AND
02:20:15PM NEEDS THAT INCLUDED OUR DIALOGUE AND FUTURE DISCUSSIONS AS
02:20:19PM WE GO THROUGH BUDGETING AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET THIS
02:20:24PM DONE.
02:20:24PM THANK YOU FOR COMING AND DOING THE PRESENTATION TODAY,
02:20:27PM CHIEF.
02:20:27PM APPRECIATE IT.
02:20:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HOW DO YOU HAVE IT BUILT?
02:20:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: '60s AND '70s.
02:20:38PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: 1978.
02:20:39PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT IS ALMOST 50 YEARS.
02:20:44PM >>CHIEF TRIPP: I HAVE SOME 58.
02:20:46PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I UNDERSTAND.
02:20:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION TO OPEN THE 1:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
02:20:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: FROM 75.
02:20:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ASKED FOR ONE ITEM.
02:21:02PM ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE MASTER PLAN?
02:21:05PM >> I DO.
02:21:05PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VIERA AND MR. CHAIR.
02:21:12PM NICK STOCCO, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIRE FIGHTERS UNION.
02:21:18PM I WILL USE THE ELMO, IF I MAY.
02:21:24PM SO THIS IS WHERE WE CAME TO COUNCIL WITH IN MARCH 16, 2023.
02:21:30PM I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF WHAT THE MOTION WAS THAT WAS
02:21:35PM MADE IN 2021 TO REMEDY WAIT TIMES FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
02:21:43PM WE HAD A SIDE DISCUSSION OF THE MONETARY PATH.
02:21:48PM HE HEARD THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES TO BUILD A MONETARY BRIDGE
02:21:51PM TO MEET THE MASTER SAFETY PLAN.
02:21:54PM WANT TO GO AWAY FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS.
02:21:56PM WE ARE MAKING MOTIONS AN HAVING THESE SAME CONTINUOUS
02:22:00PM CONVERSATIONS ON THE SAME ITEMS.
02:22:01PM I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THAT IS WHAT ORIGINALLY THE MOTION
02:22:05PM WAS FROM '20-'21.
02:22:08PM NEXT ON RESPONSE TIMES.
02:22:10PM THIS IS FACT.
02:22:14PM AND I DO WANT TO THANK THE CHIEF AND BOTH CHIEFS FOR COMING
02:22:21PM UP HERE AND PRESENTING AND EXTREMELY BUSY AND TAKING TIME
02:22:25PM OUT OF THEIR DAY.
02:22:25PM THEY MENTIONED A FOUR-MINUTE RESPONSE TIME.
02:22:29PM SO IF WE ARE LOOKING AT 13 MINUTES OR 9 MINUTES IN BETWEEN
02:22:33PM 11 MINUTES, WE ARE CURRENTLY NOMINATING BY THREE TIMES AS
02:22:38PM MUCH AS THAT.
02:22:38PM OUR NEIGHBORING DEPARTMENTS, OUR GOVERNING AGENCY WHETHER
02:22:42PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THEY ARE AVERAGING EIGHT MINUTES.
02:22:50PM MORE DENSE AREA, GEOGRAPHICAL.
02:22:53PM I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FOUR MINUTES IS THE RESPONSE TIME
02:22:56PM IN 1710.
02:22:57PM AND OUTLINES FROM THE PROCESSES.
02:23:01PM AND I CAN PROVIDE COPIES OF THESE -- ALL OF THESE TO YOU BY
02:23:07PM E-MAIL.
02:23:07PM MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DONE BY THE UNION, WHEN WE WERE
02:23:13PM BRINGING THESE CONCERNS OF RESPONSE TIMES WAS 356 PAGES IN A
02:23:18PM BOOK SENT TO ALL OF COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
02:23:21PM THAT WAS THE BOOK THAT WE PRESENTED.
02:23:23PM WE ARE WORKING ON A NEW ONE.
02:23:25PM HEARD A MOTION FOR TWO TO OR THREE MONTHS AND CITY ATTORNEY
02:23:30PM STAFF AND CARL BRODY.
02:23:33PM WE HAVE THE INFORMATION.
02:23:34PM PROVIDE THE SAME REPORT FOR FREE TO TAXPAYERS, THE COUNCIL
02:23:37PM AND MAYOR'S OFFICE BASED ON SCIENCE PARTICULAR FACT DATA
02:23:41PM DRIVEN AGAIN TO US BY THE CITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL FOR
02:23:45PM FREE.
02:23:45PM THAT SOURCE GIFT TO THE CITY JUST LIKE WE GIFT IT IN 2020.
02:23:50PM THAT IS HOW THE MOTION STARTED IN 2021.
02:23:53PM WE SEE THE MASTER PLAN FROM PARKS, AND WE CAN OUTLINE WHERE
02:23:58PM EVERY BRANCH IN THE CITY ON EVERY TREE WILL REACH OVER
02:24:01PM SIDEWALK WITH FIRE TRUCKS.
02:24:03PM WE NEED TO CUT THEM DOWN.
02:24:05PM THEY ARE BEATING DOWN FIRE TRUCKS APPEAR EVERY OTHER
02:24:08PM ANYTHING RELATED TO PARKS IN 330 PAGES.
02:24:10PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PROVIDED US WITH THEIR CAPITAL
02:24:13PM FACILITIES.
02:24:14PM JUST THEIR CAPITAL FACILITIES MASTER PLAN FROM 2019-2030.
02:24:19PM THEY CAN TELL YOU WHERE THE MOP ROOM IS GOING TO BE IN 2029
02:24:22PM IN THE STATION FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
02:24:29PM AN ADDENDUM AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROACH TO HILLSBOROUGH
02:24:33PM COUNTY'S MASTER PLAN, 70 PAGES.
02:24:35PM ADDENDUM BECAUSE IT GETS UPDATED YEARLY.
02:24:38PM THIS COUNCIL APPROVED $100,000, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, TO
02:24:45PM HAVE ONE OF THESE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO YOU SO YOU CAN
02:24:48PM BUDGET FOR IT APPROPRIATELY AND WE THANK THIS COUNCIL EACH
02:24:51PM AND EVERY TIME DURING BUDGET SEASON TO APPROVE THE
02:24:54PM ALLOTMENTS WE ARE ABLE TO USE.
02:24:56PM WHAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR IN
02:25:00PM 2021 AND WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ARE CONCRETE FACTS,
02:25:03PM BUT WHAT WE NEED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, NEED IT IN THE NEXT
02:25:07PM FIVE YEARS AND NEED IT IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
02:25:09PM WE HEARD THAT QUESTION TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
02:25:11PM FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WEREN'T HERE IN 2020, 2019
02:25:16PM AND SO FORTH, THAT IS HOW THIS CONVERSATION STARTED.
02:25:19PM WE ARE NOW 17 MEETINGS INTO OUR MASTER PLAN.
02:25:23PM AS MUCH AS WE APPRECIATE THE UPDATE HOW WE GOT HERE AND THE
02:25:26PM PROGRESS THAT WE MADE -- BECAUSE I THINK WE MADE PROGRESS.
02:25:30PM NOT ONE PERSON THAT CAN DENY THAT.
02:25:34PM THANK FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND CHIEF TRIPP AND HER STAFF
02:25:39PM BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS.
02:25:41PM LOOKING FOR ITS NEXT ONE YEAR, FIVE YEARS AND TEN YEARS.
02:25:44PM MORE BRIDGE CUTOFFS.
02:25:45PM WE COME HERE AND GET THAT ADVOCATED TO BE ABLE TO COME
02:25:49PM THROUGH.
02:25:49PM WE APPRECIATE OF THE K-BAR RANCH.
02:25:54PM WE HAVE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS TO BE
02:25:57PM ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO FIVE TO TEN
02:26:00PM YEARS.
02:26:00PM WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT TWO
02:26:04PM MONTHS.
02:26:04PM AND WE WILL PRESENT IT TO YOU ALL AT FREE AT NO COST.
02:26:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
02:26:10PM I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
02:26:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A QUESTION.
02:26:15PM I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND DIRECT THIS TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA
02:26:19PM BECAUSE THIS HAS GENERALLY BEEN YOUR -- YOUR ISSUE.
02:26:23PM ARE WE GOING -- I AM GOING TO ASK THAT MR. STOCCO AND HIS
02:26:35PM TEAM PRESENT PUBLICALLY.
02:26:38PM YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WANT TO GET ON THE AGENDA.
02:26:41PM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION.
02:26:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL LET YOU TALK TO HIM AND FIGURE IT OUT.
02:26:46PM HE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT SOME TIME MAYBE IN NOVEMBER TO
02:26:49PM MAKE IT IF WE ARE READY BECAUSE OUR SPACE GOES FAST.
02:26:57PM >> I WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE IFF TWO TO THREE YEARS
02:27:02PM AGO AND PROVIDED ME A PRELIMINARY BREAKDOWN PER DISTRICT PER
02:27:07PM BOX.
02:27:07PM I WILL PUT THE GAS PEDAL ON THEM AND HOPEFULLY HAVE IT
02:27:10PM WITHIN TWO MONTHS.
02:27:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE REALLY STILL NEED TO GET THROUGH BUDGET SO
02:27:14PM IT IS OKAY, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER IS PROBABLY A FINE TIME.
02:27:16PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT ON AGENDA SO WE DON'T STOP
02:27:25PM THEY ABOUT IT.
02:27:26PM I KNOW YOU WON'T BUT IF WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA, I KNOW WE
02:27:29PM WON'T.
02:27:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION TO OPEN THE 1:30 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
02:27:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED.
02:27:35PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:27:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM NUMBER 90, A MOTION TO REMOVE IT FROM
02:27:47PM AGENDA.
02:27:47PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED.
02:27:49PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:27:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I NEED TWO DIFFERENT LAST NAMES.
02:27:54PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:27:59PM ITEM 79 IS REMOVED.
02:28:01PM MOVE ON TO 91.
02:28:04PM YES.
02:28:05PM >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE FROM THE
02:28:11PM LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
02:28:12PM GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:28:12PM ITEM NUMBER 91 IS A REVIEW HEARING FOR AN APPLICATION FOR
02:28:17PM DESIGN EXCEPTION.
02:28:18PM AND THAT IS FOR DE1-75-22 FOR THE PROPERTY 3701 NORTH 52nd
02:28:27PM STREET.
02:28:27PM THE REQUEST FROM THE PETITIONER WHO IS ALSO THE PROPERTY
02:28:30PM OWNER WAS TO REDUCE THE REAR YARD SETBACKS -- THE REAR YARD
02:28:35PM SETBACKS FROM 15 FEET TO 6 INCHES ON THE REAR -- ON THE --
02:28:40PM FOR THE PROPERTY.
02:28:41PM FOR A SWIMMING POOL.
02:28:43PM CITY STAFF REVIEWED THAT REQUEST TO REDUCE THE SETBACKS
02:28:48PM ACCORDING TO THE CRITERIA IN CODE SECTION 27-60.
02:28:52PM I HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU CITY COUNCIL A PACKAGE OF
02:29:01PM INFORMATION.
02:29:01PM FIRST BEING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE -- THE RULES OF PROCEDURE
02:29:05PM FOR THIS HEARINGS AND PROVIDED A COPY OF CODE SECTION 27-61,
02:29:10PM WHICH ARE GOVERNED, THE REVIEW HEARING PROCESS.
02:29:13PM I ALSO PROVIDED A SAMPLE MOTION FOR THIS MATTER, AS
02:29:19PM INDICATED IN CITY OF TAMPA CODE SECTION 27-16
02:29:25PM SUBJECTION J-3.
02:29:25PM CITY COUNCIL IS TASKED WITH CONDUCTING A DE NOVO REVIEW
02:29:29PM HEARING WHICH MEANS THAT CITY COUNCIL IS NOT TIED TO THE
02:29:32PM EVIDENCE THAT WAS SUBMITTED STRICTLY AT THE TIME THE STAFF
02:29:36PM MADE THE DECISION.
02:29:37PM YOU WERE SITTING IN THE POSITION OF STAFF RIGHT NOW AT THIS
02:29:42PM DE NOVO REVIEW HEARING.
02:29:43PM YOU ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT NEW INFORMATION AND HEAR THE
02:29:49PM TESTIMONY THAT IS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
02:29:51PM CITY STAFF IS PRESENT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY THEY DENIED THE
02:29:56PM DECISION TO REDUCE THE SETBACKS FOR THIS PROPERTY TO HAVE A
02:30:03PM SWIMMING POOL.
02:30:04PM AFTER CITY COUNCIL HEARS ALL THE INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE
02:30:08PM FOR THIS MATTER, CITY COUNCIL CAN AFFIRM THE DECISION OF THE
02:30:12PM ZONING ADMINISTRATOR WHO DENIED THE REQUEST TO REDUCE THE
02:30:16PM SETBACKS FOR THIS PROPERTY OR CITY COUNCIL CAN OVERTURN THE
02:30:20PM DECISION THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND THEREFORE APPROVE THE
02:30:26PM REQUEST TO REDUCE THE SETBACKS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
02:30:32PM AS I INDICATED I PROVIDED YOU A SAMPLE MOTION.
02:30:36PM I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT I HAVE AN ERROR ON THE SAMPLE
02:30:40PM MOTION.
02:30:40PM SAMPLE MOTION LANGUAGE SAYS TO WAIVE THE SETBACK
02:30:46PM REQUIREMENTS.
02:30:46PM THAT IS NOT BEING ASKED FOR THE PETITIONER OR THE PROPERTY
02:30:49PM OWNER.
02:30:50PM THEY ARE ASKING TO REDUCE THE SETBACKS, NOT WAIVE THE
02:30:54PM SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
02:30:55PM APOLOGIZE FOR THAT ERROR.
02:30:57PM WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THE MATTER OVER TO CITY STAFF WILL
02:31:09PM TELL YOU WHY THEY DENIED THIS REQUEST.
02:31:11PM IT IS OUTLINED IN 27-06.
02:31:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BEFORE WE GET TO STAFF, ANY EX-PARTE
02:31:18PM COMMUNICATION NEEDED IN THE FILE?
02:31:19PM HEARING NONE.
02:31:20PM STAFF.
02:31:20PM IF ANYBODY WANTS TESTIFY IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING, STAND AND
02:31:26PM RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY CLERK.
02:31:29PM [SWEARING IN]
02:31:52PM >> I HAVE A PRESENTATION ON FLASH DRIVE.
02:31:53PM NOT SURE WHERE TO PUT THAT.
02:31:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NORMALLY SUBMITTED AHEAD OF TIME.
02:31:59PM >> THAT WAS SUBMITTED AHEAD OF TIME.
02:32:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF IT WAS SUBMITTED AHEAD OF TIME, OUR
02:32:04PM TECH PEOPLE SHOULD BRING IT UP.
02:32:07PM I ALSO HAVE PAPER SLIDES, IF NECESSARY.
02:32:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STAND BY.
02:32:31PM IF YOU PUT IT ON THE PROJECTOR, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY TURN
02:32:51PM ON.
02:32:52PM >>WALDO CARBO: OKAY.
02:33:00PM MY NAME IS WALDO CARBO, PLANNING AND DESIGN, AN OPEN PLANNER
02:33:04PM TWO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
02:33:05PM I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
02:33:07PM TODAY, I WILL BE PRESENTING THE CASE IN DETERMINATION FROM
02:33:11PM URBAN DESIGN REGARDING DE-1 25007 FOR SUBJECT PROPERTY 3701
02:33:22PM NORTH 52nd STREET. THIS REQUEST INVOLVES DESIGN EXCEPTION
02:33:29PM APPLICATION THAT WAS DENIED BY STAFF.
02:33:31PM PROPOSAL FOR A 15-FOOT REAR SETBACK TO JUST SIX INCHES.
02:33:38PM STRUCTURE INCLUDES AN UNPERMITTED ABOVEGROUND POOL AND DECK.
02:33:43PM THESE ARE THE SECTIONS THAT WE USE TO MAKE OUR
02:33:51PM DETERMINATION.
02:33:51PM THE APPLICANT CONSTRUCTED AN UNPERMITTED POOL AND DECK
02:34:02PM WITHIN ONLY SIX INCHES OF THE REAR PROPERTY LINE.
02:34:05PM SIGNIFICANT DEPARTURE FROM THE 15-FOOT MINIMUM REQUIRED FOR
02:34:09PM THE ABOVEGROUND POOL AND REDUCTION IN THE SETBACK OF 14 AND
02:34:13PM A HALF FEET DOWN TO SIX INCHES.
02:34:21PM THIS IS AN AERIAL MAP OF THE AREA -- THE PROPERTY BEING
02:34:26PM DISCUSSED TODAY.
02:34:26PM YOU CAN SEE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ALL SINGLE-FAMILY
02:34:30PM DWELLINGS.
02:34:30PM THIS IS AN EXAMPLE THAT PROVIDES A VISUAL CONTEXT FOR THE
02:34:43PM ENCROACHMENT AND CONDITIONS THAT LED TO THE CODE COMPLAINT.
02:34:54PM THIS SAYS -- LOOKING NORTH OF THE PROPERTY FROM EAST 30th
02:34:58PM AVENUE.
02:34:58PM THIS IS LOOKING EAST -- FROM FIFTH -- NORTH 52nd STREET.
02:35:14PM THIS IS LOOKING SOUTH.
02:35:15PM LOOKING WEST.
02:35:23PM AND THIS SHOWS THE BOUNDARY SURVEY AND THE SITE PLAN THAT
02:35:33PM WAS SUBMITTED FOR DESIGN EXCEPTION.
02:35:36PM THIS SHOWS THE ELEVATION TAKEN IN NOVEMBER '23, WHICH WAS
02:35:52PM PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POOL.
02:35:54PM AND THESE NEXT PHOTOS ARE TAKEN FROM THE CODE COMPLAINT
02:36:00PM SHOWING THE -- THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. THIS IS A CLOSE-UP OF
02:36:30PM THIS LAST ONE HERE.
02:36:32PM AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS PHOTO SHOWS HOW CLOSE THE DECK IS TO
02:36:39PM THE FENCE AND THE ABUTTING ALLEY.
02:36:41PM THIS POSES RISK TO THE PROPERTIES INCLUDING STRUCTURAL
02:36:58PM INTEGRITY CONCERNS, INADEQUATE DRAINAGE AND COMPROMISED
02:37:03PM PRIVACY.
02:37:03PM THE APPLICANT HAS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE SUCH AS INSTALLING AN
02:37:10PM IN-GROUND POOL THAT REQUIRES A SMALLER SETBACK AND PROVIDE
02:37:14PM REASONABLE USE OF THE PROPERTY WITHOUT NECESSITATING SUCH A
02:37:17PM SIGNIFICANCE CAN ENCROACHMENT.
02:37:19PM ZONING CODE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MAINTAIN CHARACTER AND
02:37:30PM ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT.
02:37:32PM PROVING IT WILL CONTRADICT THESE GOALS AND SEPTEMBER A
02:37:36PM PRECEDENT FOR SIMILAR NONCOMPLIANT STRUCTURES.
02:37:38PM REDUCING THE SETBACKS TO SIX INCHES FROM THE 15-FOOT SETBACK
02:37:48PM IS AN EXTREME DEVELOP NATION AND NOT THE MINIMUM NECESSARY.
02:37:53PM THE RM-16 ZONING STANDARDS AND THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY URGE
02:38:03PM COMPATIBILITY AND DESIGN.
02:38:05PM THIS PROPOSAL UNDERMINES BY COMPROMISING PRIVACY AND
02:38:09PM NEIGHBORHOOD AESTHETICS.
02:38:11PM AND THE APPLICANT -- THE APPLICANT HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED
02:38:25PM UNIQUE HARDSHIP AND WILL JUSTIFY THE SETBACK REDUCTION AND
02:38:29PM THE REQUEST SEEMS TO BE BASED ON PERSONAL PREFERENCE RATHER
02:38:33PM THAN NECESSITY.
02:38:33PM IN CONCLUSION, THE REQUEST FAILS TO MEET THE NECESSARY
02:38:43PM CRITERIA IN SECTION 27-06, NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND
02:38:48PM CONTRADICTS CITY CODES AND OBJECTIVES.
02:38:51PM STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS
02:38:54PM DENIAL OF THIS DESIGN EXCEPTION.
02:38:57PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
02:38:58PM AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
02:39:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:39:02PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
02:39:03PM SO THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY REQUIRES THE 15-FOOT BACK YARD
02:39:08PM QUARTERBACK?
02:39:09PM >>WALDO CARBO: THAT'S CORRECT.
02:39:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SETBACK, ALSO
02:39:14PM 15 FEET IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY?
02:39:18PM >WALDO CARBO: NO, GOVERNED BY THE GENERAL ZONING WHICH IS
02:39:21PM TYPICAL THREE FOOT FROM THE REAR AND THREE FOOT FROM THE
02:39:24PM SIDE.
02:39:24PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:39:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS.
02:39:27PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT AT ALL, SORRY.
02:39:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HEARING THAT.
02:39:30PM APPLICANT OR PETITIONER.
02:39:33PM >> HI, MY NAME IS CALIXTA RODRIGUEZ.
02:39:51PM SORRY.
02:39:51PM I AM KIND OF NERVOUS.
02:39:52PM THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
02:39:54PM SO I SUBMIT THE PAPERWORK BECAUSE MY PROPERTY, AS YOU SEE --
02:40:02PM THE LAYOUT OF MY PROPERTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS -- MY NET
02:40:06PM INTEREST IS ON THE 30th.
02:40:08PM BUT ON 52nd.
02:40:11PM SO -- SORRY.
02:40:13PM IF -- IF YOU COME IN TO MY HOUSE, MY MAIN ENTRANCE ON 30th.
02:40:22PM BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THEREFORE TO HAVE A POOL, YOU NEED TO HAVE
02:40:28PM SEVEN FEET -- THE SIDES OR 15 ON THE BACK.
02:40:33PM SO MY HOUSE IS KIND OF BACKWARDS.
02:40:38PM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU UNDERSTAND ME.
02:40:39PM SO THAT IS -- I DON'T HAVE THE SPACE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE
02:40:44PM WITH THE REGULATIONS FOR THE -- FOR THE POOL.
02:40:48PM SO I UNDERSTAND THAT I AM NOT IN COMPLIANCE, BUT HOWEVER,
02:40:58PM THEY DON'T AGREE TO PROVIDE ME WITH THE DE-1 EXCEPTION
02:41:02PM BECAUSE MY ONLY ONE THAT THE ENTRANCE IS ON THE ON SEPTEMBER
02:41:08PM SIDE.
02:41:08PM NOT ON 52nd.
02:41:10PM IT IS -- IT IS NOT -- IT IS NOT MY FRONT.
02:41:12PM MY LAYOUT IS -- I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN.
02:41:16PM TIME SORRY, I AM SO NERVOUS.
02:41:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE DOING FINE.
02:41:20PM >> IF I AM GOING TO PUT THE POOL, I DON'T HAVE THE SPACE AND
02:41:24PM I AM NOT GOING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE MY BACK WHICH IS
02:41:28PM LEGALLY MY BACK IS MY SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
02:41:30PM SO HE PUT THE -- THE SURVEY.
02:41:33PM AND LEGALLY IN THE BACK, BUT ON THE SIDE OF HOUSE.
02:41:40PM AND SO I -- I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD TO BE -- -- IT WAS MY
02:41:46PM BACK THE HOW LONG AND GET IN THIS MESS AND I APOLOGIZE
02:41:51PM THOUGHT IT WAS MY SIDE BECAUSE IT WAS MY SIDE.
02:41:54PM THAT IS THE REASON I PUT THE -- PUT APPROVAL TO SEE IF I CAN
02:41:58PM GET THE EXEMPTION APPROVED.
02:42:00PM BECAUSE HIGH HOUSE IS THE ONLY ONE IN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD
02:42:06PM THAT HAS THAT ISSUE THAT IS NOT FACING THE 52nd STREET.
02:42:10PM AND I ALSO HAVE -- THEY HAVE 15 FEET FROM MY NEIGHBORS.
02:42:18PM SO I -- I DON'T SEE ANY KIND ISSUE WITH THE PRIVACY BECAUSE
02:42:23PM WE ARE NOT THAT CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
02:42:26PM WE ACTUALLY HAVE 11 FEET BETWEEN MY NEIGHBOR AND MY -- AND
02:42:32PM MY POOL OR MY HOUSE.
02:42:34PM THAT IS THE REASON WHY OF THE APPEAL.
02:42:40PM SORRY, I DON'T USE THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU ALL USE, BUT I AM
02:42:43PM NOT USED TO THIS.
02:42:44PM THIS IS MY FIRST TIME.
02:42:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE UNDERSTAND, YOU ARE DOING FINE.
02:42:48PM OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:42:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
02:42:53PM I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE APPLICANT IS SAYING, BUT EVEN IF WE
02:43:08PM LOOKED AT 30th AS HER FRONT AND THAT WOULD BE A SIDE YARD,
02:43:11PM FOR THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY, SEVEN FEET STIPULATE STILL THE
02:43:15PM SIDE YARD SETBACK IN.
02:43:16PM >>WALDO CARBO: YES, FOR THE CORNER SPECIFICALLY, YES.
02:43:19PM SEVEN FOR THE SIDE AND THE CORNER.
02:43:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: EITHER WAY, SHE IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE OF
02:43:25PM EITHER THE THREE FEET FOR THE SEVEN FEET REGARDLESS OF HOW
02:43:28PM FAR WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR
02:43:32PM SIDE YARD.
02:43:32PM WE STILL WOULD NEED TO BE -- EVEN IF WE WERE TO TREAT IT AS
02:43:36PM A SIDE YARD INSTEAD OF A BACK YARD, SHE WOULDN'T COMPLY.
02:43:42PM >> I DO HAVE THE SEVEN FEET BETWEEN THE -- FROM WHERE THIS
02:43:47PM IS --
02:43:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
02:43:49PM >> OKAY.
02:43:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME AND PROVIDE FURTHER
02:43:53PM TESTIMONY.
02:43:54PM COME TO THE PODIUM.
02:43:55PM MICROPHONE IS HERE AND STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN.
02:43:58PM >> I DON'T --
02:43:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STATE YOUR NAME FIRST.
02:44:01PM >> IS SORRY, CALIXTA RODRIGUEZ.
02:44:05PM I DON'T HAVE THE 15 FEET FROM MY -- FROM MY PROPERTY TO THE
02:44:13PM POOL.
02:44:13PM BUT -- SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE 15 FOOT BECAUSE MY SIDE IS MY
02:44:21PM BACK.
02:44:22PM BUT I DO HAVE THE SEVEN FOOT FROM THE SIDE TO THE POOL.
02:44:27PM I DO HAVE THOSE.
02:44:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK THAT -- THAT IS NOT AN AREA WE
02:44:32PM HAVE CONSENSUS ON.
02:44:33PM STAFF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING UP THE SURVEY.
02:44:37PM >> I CAN, BUT TECHNICALLY FROM THE --
02:44:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COME BACK UP.
02:44:42PM >>WALDO CARBO: FROM THE CORNER -- WALDO CARBO, CITY OF
02:44:47PM TAMPA, URBAN PLANNER TWO.
02:44:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THROW THE SURVEY ON THAT.
02:44:51PM >>WALDO CARBO: BEAR WITH ME HERE.
02:45:16PM THAT IS OUT OF ORDER.
02:45:18PM OKAY.
02:45:34PM SO -- AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, NORTH 52nd IS CONSIDERED THE
02:45:39PM FRONT.
02:45:39PM EAST 30th WOULD BE THE CORNER.
02:45:41PM AND TECHNICALLY, SHE DOES HAVE THE SEVEN FEET FROM THE
02:45:45PM CORNER YARD, BUT THAT WAS NEVER THE ISSUE.
02:45:47PM THE ISSUE WAS THE REAR.
02:45:49PM AND EVEN IF YOU TURNED IT SIDEWAYS, YOU STILL WON'T HAVE IT
02:45:54PM FROM --
02:45:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO FOR THE APPLICANT'S POINT OF VIEW, CAN
02:46:00PM YOU SHOW WHERE THE SURVEY LINES ARE FOR THE BACK YARD AND
02:46:02PM THE DISTANCE, BECAUSE WHAT SHE WAS SAYING SHE HAD MORE
02:46:06PM LENGTHY -- WOULD YOU LIKE TO POINT OUT WHAT YOU ARE SAYING
02:46:09PM TO US?
02:46:11PM >> I MEAN -- WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS THIS IS MY ENTRANCE,
02:46:17PM RIGHT.
02:46:17PM THIS IS MY SIDE OF THE HOUSE EVEN THOUGH FOR PURPOSES, IT IS
02:46:22PM -- IT IS MY BACK.
02:46:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE UNDERSTAND THAT PARTICIPANT.
02:46:26PM >> I DO HAVE SEVEN FEET HERE.
02:46:29PM MY ISSUE IS THAT I CANNOT BE ABLE TO HAVE THE POOL IF I HAVE
02:46:34PM -- IF I HAVE TO TAKE -- OR IF I HAVE -- HAVE TO MOVE IT 15
02:46:38PM FEET, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT SPACE IN THERE.
02:46:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO THE DIFFERENCE IS MAYBE -- IS WHEN WE
02:46:45PM ARE DEFINING AS SIDE AND BACK YARD.
02:46:47PM SO WHAT -- WHAT STAFF IS TELLING YOU WHAT THE DISTANCES ARE.
02:46:52PM TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE.
02:46:55PM YOU ARE SAYING THAT STAFF IS SAYING THAT YOUR BACK YARD IS
02:46:58PM AGAINST THAT ALLEY.
02:46:58PM AND EVEN THOUGH YOUR FRONT DOOR IS ONE PLACE AND YOUR BACK
02:47:02PM DOOR IS AGAINST THE ALLEY AND BY CITY RULES, HAS TO BE SO
02:47:05PM MANY FEET BY THAT BACK ALLEY LINE.
02:47:07PM THAT IS THE CONTENTIOUS PART HERE IS THAT THAT YOUR PROPERTY
02:47:14PM LINE ON THE ALLEY, RIGHT.
02:47:16PM AND WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
02:47:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DON'T MOVE THAT.
02:47:24PM I HAVE A QUESTION.
02:47:24PM MY QUESTION FOR STAFF IS, THE APPLICANT SAID THAT -- THAT
02:47:28PM THE POOL IS SEVEN FEET FROM 30th -- FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
02:47:32PM BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS SEVEN -- I AM ASKING, IS IT SEVEN
02:47:36PM FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE DECK?
02:47:39PM BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE POOL, BUT THE DECK THAT WOULD NEED TO
02:47:42PM BE IN COMPLIANCE AS WELL.
02:47:43PM >>WALDO CARBO: THAT'S CORRECT.
02:47:44PM WHEN IT IS AN ABOVEGROUND POOL WELL A DECK WE COUNT FROM THE
02:47:49PM EDGE OF THE DECK.
02:47:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: HOW FAR FROM THE EDGE OF THE TECH FROM THE
02:47:53PM PROPERTY LINE AT 30th.
02:47:54PM >>WALDO CARBO: POOL FROM -- REAR FENCE.
02:48:01PM LET'S SEE.
02:48:02PM LOOKS -- HARD TO TELL FROM HERE LOOKING AT THE I BELIEVE
02:48:14PM THAT IT IS -- IT IS -- SIX FEET.
02:48:21PM IS THAT AN EIGHT?
02:48:23PM HARD TO TELL FROM HERE.
02:48:24PM IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE --
02:48:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE LAST WRITTEN LINE SAYS POOL IS FROM
02:48:32PM RIGHT SIDE --
02:48:37PM >>WALDO CARBO: 38 FEET.
02:48:38PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:48:40PM EITHER WAY IT IS NOT SEVEN FEET FROM THE BACK.
02:48:42PM >> IF YOU TURNED IT SIDEWAYS, IT WOULD CREATE MORE
02:48:47PM COMPLICATIONS CHANGING THE ORIENTATION.
02:48:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
02:48:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE
02:48:53PM TO ADD?
02:48:54PM >> NO.
02:48:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY, THANK YOU.
02:48:56PM ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
02:49:01PM WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:49:03PM A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:49:05PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:49:07PM OPPOSED.
02:49:07PM SO ANY DISCUSSION?
02:49:17PM ANYBODY -- WHAT IS THE ROLE OF COUNCIL.
02:49:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL TRY.
02:49:22PM I MOVE TO UPHOLD THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S DENIAL OF DE
02:49:29PM 1-25-27-C, PROPERTY AT 3701 NORTH 52nd STREET BECAUSE THE
02:49:35PM PETITIONER FAILED TO INTRODUCE COMPETENCE EVIDENCE OF CODE
02:49:40PM 27-290 SUBSECTIONS 1-B BASED ON THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN
02:49:46PM CITY OF TAMPA CODE 27-06 FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: THAT THE
02:49:52PM EXCEPTION DOES NOT ACHIEVE THE GENERAL INTENSION OF THIS
02:49:55PM CHAPTER.
02:49:55PM AND THAT TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN -- THE EXEMPTION IS NOT
02:50:02PM CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE SPECIFIC PLANS IN PLACE OF THE
02:50:05PM SUBJECT PROPERTY.
02:50:05PM THE SPECIFIC -- TO THE -- AND SUCH A REQUEST IS NOT CLEARLY
02:50:13PM DEMONSTRATED THAT THE EXCEPTION IS WARRANTED DO YOU TO THE
02:50:17PM UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE PROPERTY SUCH AS LOCATION OF
02:50:20PM TREES, BUILDINGS, ETC. THAT IT -- IT JUST SIMPLY -- CAN'T
02:50:26PM ROOM FOR A POOL.
02:50:29PM AND THE PETITIONER CHOSE TO PUT ONE ANYWAY.
02:50:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:50:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. SHELBY?
02:50:34PM OKAY.
02:50:34PM A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:50:36PM A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:50:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I AM SORRY.
02:50:40PM I WANTED TO FOR PURPOSE OF THE CLARITY OF THE RECORD,
02:50:45PM SECTION 27-290.3-1-B?
02:50:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CORRECT.
02:50:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:50:53PM OPPOSED.
02:50:54PM >> NAY.
02:50:59PM >>CLERK: MOTION CARRIES WITH VIERA AND CARLSON VOTING NO.
02:51:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 47, 48 IS A COME BACK AFTER LUNCH.
02:51:09PM >>JUSTIN VASKE: JUSTIN VASKE, CITY ATTORNEY.
02:51:24PM SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION FOR ITEM 47.
02:51:27PM AND THIS IS -- NOT ONLY SUBSTITUTING THE RESOLUTION, NOT THE
02:51:33PM UNDERLYING CHANGE ORDER WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE CLERK'S
02:51:36PM OFFICE.
02:51:36PM NOW WE DID MAKE A CHANGE OF RESOLUTION.
02:51:41PM THAT CHANGE -- CHANGES THE FUNDS FOR WHICH WE ARE PAYING THE
02:51:46PM CONTRACTOR.
02:51:47PM BUT WE DID PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION THAN
02:51:52PM USUAL AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF ATTORNEY SHELBY.
02:51:54PM WE PROVIDED A LINE THAT SAYS NO FUNDS SHALL BE USED FROM
02:51:57PM THE CENTRAL TAMPA TREE TRUST FUND OR THE SOUTH TAMPA TREE
02:52:02PM TRUST FUND FOR THAT CHANGE ORDER.
02:52:04PM SO A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
02:52:05PM WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTION WITH THE
02:52:09PM CHANGE ORDER ON FILE FOR THE CLERK.
02:52:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY DISCUSSION?
02:52:15PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:52:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
02:52:17PM >> SECOND.
02:52:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:52:22PM SECONDED BY FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:52:25PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:52:25PM OPPOSED?
02:52:26PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:52:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AND I -- I MOVE TO REMOVE -- DO WE HAVE
02:52:32PM ANOTHER?
02:52:32PM I WAS GOING -- I MOVE TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER 48 FROM THE
02:52:37PM AGENDA.
02:52:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO REMOVE
02:52:40PM ITEM 48.
02:52:41PM SECOND?
02:52:42PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
02:52:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:52:44PM OPPOSED.
02:52:45PM THE AYES HAVE IT.
02:52:47PM OKAY.
02:52:48PM >> THANK YOU.
02:52:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ARE WE READY WITH THE FINANCE FOLKS?
02:53:01PM MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
02:53:02PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: CLOSE ENOUGH.
02:53:18PM I WILL GET THROUGH IT.
02:53:20PM GOOD AFTERNOON, AGAIN, COUNCIL, DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF
02:53:25PM FINANCIAL OFFICER.
02:53:25PM IF I CAN HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP, PLEASE, FROM THE BACK
02:53:29PM THERE.
02:53:29PM OH, I APOLOGIZE.
02:53:37PM MY GLASSES DIDN'T EVEN SEE THESE.
02:53:42PM I APOLOGIZE.
02:54:12PM WAITING FOR ANOTHER ONE?
02:54:14PM OKAY.
02:54:15PM THANK YOU, SIR.
02:54:27PM THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
02:54:28PM THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AGAIN HERE TO DISCUSS THE MID-YEAR
02:54:31PM OF THE CURRENT YEAR.
02:54:33PM AS YOU KNOW, WE TYPICALLY DO THIS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE
02:54:37PM FISCAL YEAR EVERY YEAR GIVING COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC SOME
02:54:41PM INSIGHT, MORE DETAILED INSIGHT OF JUST HOW WE ARE DOING.
02:54:44PM AS YOU ALSO KNOW, IT IS A LITTLE LATER THAN USUAL IN YEAR.
02:54:48PM SO INSTEAD OF PRESENTING YOU AND THE PUBLIC SOME
02:54:54PM RATHER STALE INFORMATION FROM THE QUOTE, UNQUOTE MID-YEAR,
02:54:57PM THIS PRESENTATION WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU WILL PROVIDE
02:55:00PM ALMOST-TO-THE-MINUTE INFORMATION ON WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
02:55:04PM THE CITY'S FINANCES.
02:55:06PM INTERESTINGLY, THIS IS ABOUT THE CLOSEST IT HAS EVER BEEN TO
02:55:10PM THE ANTICIPATED RECOMMENDATION OF THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT
02:55:14PM FISCAL YEAR.
02:55:14PM SO KIND OF AN CONFLUENCE OF EVENTS.
02:55:23PM AND THEORETICALLY, THE PROJECTIONS SHOULD BE MORE ACCURATE.
02:55:28PM OF COURSE AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY
02:55:33PM QUESTIONS AS ALWAYS, IF MISS COPESKY HAS ANY QUESTIONS,
02:55:37PM PLEASE REACH OUT US TO AND LET US KNOW.
02:55:39PM AND AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET
02:55:56PM IN ITS ENTIRETY.
02:55:58PM YOU KNOW CITY COUNCIL IS ALREADY VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH
02:56:00PM THIS, BUT THERE MAY BE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE NOT,
02:56:04PM AND IT DOESN'T HURT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF REFRESHER I
02:56:07PM THINK FOR EVERYBODY.
02:56:07PM SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, $1.8 BILLION.
02:56:12PM AND AS ALWAYS, AND HE DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING, TWO LARGEST
02:56:17PM COMPONENTS ARE THE ENTERPRISE AND THE GENERAL FUND.
02:56:20PM THREE QUARTERS OF THE BUDGET IN ITS ENTIRETY.
02:56:24PM DWELLING DOWN JUST A LITTLE DEEP INTO THOSE PARTICULAR
02:56:29PM FUNDS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF THE CITY ACTIVITY
02:56:32PM TAKES PLACE, OF COURSE.
02:56:34PM ON THE LEFT THE GENERAL FUND OVER $650 MILLION.
02:56:37PM ON THE RIGHT AT OVER $735 MILLION THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
02:56:43PM AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THE GRAPHS.
02:56:47PM PUBLIC SAFETY IS A VERY LARGE PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND,
02:56:50PM OF COURSE.
02:56:50PM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, THE BACK OFFICE FUNCTIONS, HUMAN
02:56:54PM RESOURCES, REVENUE AND FINANCIALS, T&I.
02:56:58PM THINGS THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE SEE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT KEEP
02:57:01PM THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT TURNING AND, OF COURSE, PARKS AND
02:57:05PM RECREATION, PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
02:57:07PM THEN OVER ON THE RIGHT AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, THESE ARE
02:57:14PM ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
02:57:15PM THOSE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WE ASK TO RUN QUOTE, UNQUOTE,
02:57:20PM LIKE A BUSINESS.
02:57:21PM MAKE IT QUOTE, UNQUOTE, PROFIT.
02:57:24PM USING PROFITS FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR FUTURE PLANS IN CONTRAST
02:57:28PM TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
02:57:29PM AND AS WE ALWAYS DO AND PROBABLY ALWAYS WILL DO DIVE DEEPER
02:57:39PM INTO THE GENERAL FUND. THIS IS ALWAYS A LARGE PORTION OF OUR
02:57:45PM FOCUS AS COUNCIL KNOW.
02:57:47PM THIS IS THE MONEY THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF FLEXIBILITY
02:57:52PM IN SPENDING.
02:57:52PM WE CALL IT THE GENERAL FUND.
02:57:54PM OTHER REVENUES AND SPECIAL REVENUES AND ENTERPRISE REVENUE
02:58:02PM FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED TO IT THE PURPOSE THAT YOU CAN SPEND
02:58:05PM THAT FUNDING DOWN.
02:58:06PM BECAUSE OF THE FLEXIBILITY, THE MOST VALUABLE DOLLARS IN THE
02:58:10PM CITY BUDGET.
02:58:11PM EVERY DOLLAR IS NOT REALLY EQUAL.
02:58:13PM POLICE AND FIRE, OF COURSE, AS I STATED JUST A LITTLE WHILE
02:58:17PM AGO AND AS YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES ARE VERY,
02:58:20PM VERY LARGE PORTION OF THIS BUDGET, AND THEY ALSO TYPICALLY
02:58:24PM GET A VERY, VERY LARGE PORTION OF THE RESIDENTS AND
02:58:28PM GOVERNMENT'S FOCUS.
02:58:28PM AND FUNDED -- THE GENERAL FUND IS ALSO FUNDED BY PROPERTY
02:58:34PM TAXES.
02:58:35PM OF COURSE, PROPERTY TAXES WITH A LOT OF FOCUS.
02:58:37PM A LOT OF -- LARGEST SINGLE REVENUE SOURCE IN THE CITY.
02:58:43PM LARGEST SINGLE REVENUE SOURCE.
02:58:47PM AND WE GIVE IT A LOT OF TIME AND ATTENTION BECAUSE IT
02:58:50PM TYPICALLY GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION.
02:58:54PM YOU SEE IT HERE ALMOST $653 MILLION.
02:58:57PM SO HOW IS THE GENERAL FUND DOING THIS YEAR?
02:59:03PM DOING NOT BAD.
02:59:04PM DOING NOT BAD.
02:59:05PM BUT THE FINANCE PEOPLE IN MY SHOP WILL CALL IT A VERY GOOD
02:59:08PM GLIDE PATH AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
02:59:12PM THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY.
02:59:14PM THE GOOD NEWS IS PROPERTY TAX REVENUES ARE JUST ABOUT RIGHT
02:59:19PM ON TARGET.
02:59:19PM LITTLE BIT MORE.
02:59:20PM COUPLE OF MILLION.
02:59:22PM WE WILL TAKE IT.
02:59:23PM WHAT WE REALLY LOOK FOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR EVEN EARLIER WERE
02:59:29PM HOW TO MONITOR CLOSELY AND NOT COMING IN LESS THAN AMENDED.
02:59:32PM AND THAT'S REALLY CASE WITH ALL THE MAJOR REVENUES.
02:59:38PM MAJOR REVENUE IN A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN AMENDED AND OF
02:59:43PM COURSE THAT HURTS.
02:59:44PM THIS IS A VERY, VERY GOOD SIGN.
02:59:47PM AS COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC KNOW, GOING FORWARD ON THESE
02:59:53PM SLIDE, IF YOU SEE A GREEN SLOT, IT IS BETTER THAN WE AMENDED
02:59:56PM AND IT WILL BE VERY OBVIOUS VERY SOON.
02:59:58PM WHEN YOU SEE A RED DOT, IT IS WORSE OR PROJECTED IT WILL BE
03:00:03PM WORSE THAN ANTICIPATED.
03:00:03PM SO YOU HAVE LESS THAN A 1% VARIANCE THAT IS VERY, VERY
03:00:09PM TIGHT.
03:00:09PM AT LEAST NOT GOING DOWN IN LIGHT OF THE HURRICANE AND DAMAGE
03:00:13PM ACTIVITIES THAT WE RECENTLY FACED.
03:00:15PM AND HERE IS AN UNFORTUNATE EXAMPLE OF MAJOR REVENUE GOING
03:00:25PM DOWN.
03:00:26PM GOING DOWN QUITE A BIT COMPARED TO WHAT WE AMENDED AND THAT
03:00:30PM IS UNFORTUNATE.
03:00:31PM $4 MILLION.
03:00:32PM $4 MILLION IS ENOUGH TO HURT.
03:00:35PM THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU ARE THESE
03:00:38PM SALES TAX HOLIDAYS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SURFACE IN THE
03:00:43PM STATE.
03:00:43PM NEW ONE BACK IN JANUARY.
03:00:45PM IT WAS BACK TO SCHOOL.
03:00:46PM AND WE HAVE FOUR -- COUNT THEM FOUR COMING BEFORE THE END OF
03:00:52PM THIS FISCAL YEAR.
03:00:53PM YOU SEE A DOWN TICK IN CONSUMER SPENDING AND CONSUMER
03:00:59PM SENTIMENT AND TRANS RATES INTO SALES TAX REVENUE.
03:01:02PM ONE OF THE MORE -- ONE OF THE MORALISTIC REVENUES OPPOSED TO
03:01:07PM A NICE STEADY PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.
03:01:10PM THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE WHIM OF THE CONSUMING PUBLIC.
03:01:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DENNIS, A PROJECTION FOR THE END OF THE
03:01:17PM YEAR.
03:01:19PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, FOR THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, YES.
03:01:22PM AND ALSO, UNFORTUNATELY, OUR ELECTRIC FRANCHISE FEES AND OUR
03:01:28PM ELECTRIC UTILITY SERVICES TAXES ARE COLLECT COLLECTIVELY
03:01:33PM COMING IN BELOW EXPECTATION.
03:01:35PM AND THAT IS ABOUT $6 MILLION.
03:01:37PM AGAIN THAT HURTS.
03:01:38PM NOW WE ARE STILL IN A GOOD GLIDE PATH AS I SAID.
03:01:42PM PICKED UP A LITTLE IN PROPERTY TAXES.
03:01:45PM YOU WILL SEE SOME EXPENSE.
03:01:47PM YOU WILL SEE EXPENSE PROJECTIONS THAT ARE LOWER IN BUDGET
03:01:51PM AND YOU ADD UP THE $4 MILLION AND THE $6 MILLION AND THAT
03:01:55PM STARTS TO HURT.
03:01:56PM IRONICALLY TWO DIFFERENT REVENUES AND I THOUGHT SPLITTING
03:02:00PM THEM UP.
03:02:01PM TWO DIFFERENT REVENUES GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
03:02:05PM THE ELECTRIC UTILITY TAXES.
03:02:09PM TAXES THAT WE CHARGE CASH IN ARE CHARGED FOR ELECTRICITY IN
03:02:12PM THE CITY BUT 10% IS GOING UP SLIGHTLY.
03:02:15PM BUT THE FRANCHISE FEES ARE TAKING A NOSE DIVE AND THE
03:02:21PM FRANCHISE FEES WHAT WE CHARGE BUSINESSES FOR USE OF
03:02:24PM RIGHT-OF-WAYS.
03:02:25PM RIGHT-OF-WAYS, WE GET A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THEM USING.
03:02:29PM UNFORTUNATELY IT IS GOING DOWN MORE THAN IS AMENDED.
03:02:32PM BECAUSE IT IS LINKED IF FEWER PRICES AND FUEL CHARGES.
03:02:38PM WHAT IS LEADING TO THAT.
03:02:40PM AS WE CONTINUE TO ANALYZE THE BUDGET THROUGH THE END OF THE
03:02:45PM YEAR.
03:02:45PM SEE IF WE ARE PICKING UP SAVINGS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
03:02:50PM COMMUNICATION SERVICES TAX.
03:02:55PM THERE IS A LONG HISTORY WITH THIS TAX.
03:02:57PM YOU HEARD MERE SAY IT BEFORE.
03:02:59PM IT IS JUST ABOUT FLAT LINE ACROSS THE BOARD.
03:03:02PM BUT WE WILL TAKE THAT AND THIS -- THIS TAX LOOKS LIKE IT WAS
03:03:09PM GOING AWAY FOR YEARS AND, INDEED, A TAX QUITE VIGOROUSLY
03:03:13PM THAT USED TO BRING IN DOUBLE THIS.
03:03:15PM YOU GOT EXCEPTIONS AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL AND AGAIN
03:03:21PM REALLY, REALLY INVESTED IN LAND LINES THAT ARE GOING AWAY.
03:03:25PM DON'T HAVE ONE ANY MORE, FOR INSTANCE.
03:03:28PM WE WILL TAKE FLAT LINE AS LONG AS WE ARE NOT LOSING IT
03:03:33PM COMPLETELY AND FOR A WHILE, IT LOOK LIKE WE WERE.
03:03:36PM PERSONNEL COSTS.
03:03:38PM AND LESS THAN ANTICIPATED BUT THE GOOD NEWS NOT MORE THAN
03:03:47PM AMENDED.
03:03:47PM AND WE WILL REALLY DON'T ANTICIPATE -- USE THE WORD
03:03:52PM ANTICIPATED A LOT.
03:03:53PM WE DON'T THINK THAT IT IS GOING TO BE -- WE DON'T THINK IT
03:03:59PM WILL BE VARIABLE A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE AS WE TALKED ABOUT
03:04:04PM BEFORE, THIS NEW OPEN GOV SOFTWARE HAVE MADE OUR PROJECTIONS
03:04:09PM WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONNEL COSTS VERY, VERY ACCURATE.
03:04:12PM YOU SEE THE DEVIATION BETWEEN WHAT WE THINK WE ARE GOING TO
03:04:16PM LAND IN THE BUDGET OVER TIME GET SMALLER AND SMALLER AND
03:04:21PM SMALLER AND GOULD BECAUSE IT MEMBERS IT IS MORE ACCURATE TO
03:04:25PM BE COMING IN RIGHT ONLY TARGET.
03:04:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DENNIS, CAN YOU PAUSE FOR A MOMENT.
03:04:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: 2019-2025, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE WE ADD?
03:04:37PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: 2019-2025.
03:04:39PM LET ME SEE IF I GOT THAT IN MY NOTES.
03:04:42PM CAN I CIRCLE BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
03:04:45PM GOT IT YEAR BY YEAR.
03:04:47PM DON'T HAVE IT CUMULATIVELY AND HATE TO DO MATH ON FLIGHT.
03:04:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OH, NO.
03:04:53PM AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
03:04:54PM ROUGHLY 175 MILLION MORE ANNUALLY SINCE FY '19.
03:05:03PM YEAH.
03:05:04PM $180 MILLION MORE.
03:05:08PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, MA'AM, WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO YOU.
03:05:12PM ALAN CLENDENIN: I WAS WATCHING THE SAME THING.
03:05:14PM GOING CRAZY.
03:05:15PM THANK YOU FOR THE PAUSE.
03:05:16PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES.
03:05:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU WILL GET BACK TO US.
03:05:22PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: ABSOLUTELY.
03:05:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE PERSONNEL NUMBERS.
03:05:26PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: BIT OF GREAT NEWS, OPERATING COSTS ARE
03:05:29PM COMING IN LESS THAN ANTICIPATED.
03:05:31PM WE WILL TAKE THAT FOURISH MILLION DOLLARS.
03:05:35PM THESE ARE PRIMARILY -- AGAIN THESE GENERAL FUNDS AND HEAVY
03:05:39PM HITTERS AND PARK AND RECREATION AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE
03:05:48PM DEPARTMENT.
03:05:48PM FIRE AND PARKS, IF SAVINGS THERE, DOMINO EFFECT ON THE FUND
03:05:59PM WIDE PERSPECTIVE.
03:06:02PM POLICE PENSION HAD A VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD INVESTMENT THAT
03:06:08PM YEAR.
03:06:08PM YOU SEE THAT PLAY OUT WITH REDUCTION OF EXPENSE ASSOCIATED
03:06:12PM WITH THAT FROM UNDER 40 TO ABOUT 37.5 MILLION DOLLARS.
03:06:17PM 30 PLUS PERCENT ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURN WILL DO THAT FOR
03:06:22PM YOU.
03:06:23PM SO WE ARE DOING VERY, VERY GOOD.
03:06:25PM VERY, VERY WELL.
03:06:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL NEED TO HAVE THAT FUND AND INVESTMENT
03:06:32PM FOR PRIVATE MONEY.
03:06:33PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IN RETROSPECT.
03:06:36PM THEY HAVE BEEN WIDELY SUCCESSFUL IN 40-ODD OR 50-YEAR
03:06:42PM PERIOD.
03:06:42PM WHEN THEY GO DOWN, THEY GO DOWN.
03:06:44PM WHEN THEY GO UP, THEY REALLY GO UP AND AN AGGRESSIVE
03:06:50PM INVESTMENT --
03:06:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MICROPHONE.
03:06:56PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: PEOPLE ARE ONLY THE [OFF MIKE]
03:07:00PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME JAY BOWEN WHO IS
03:07:04PM VERY, VERY SMART.
03:07:05PM THEY CALL HIM ORACLE OF TAMPA.
03:07:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: UNBELIEVABLE THAT GUY.
03:07:11PM >> FANTASTIC.
03:07:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
03:07:17PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: NOT AT ALL.
03:07:19PM JUST A LITTLE BIT PROJECTIONS ON THE GE MENTION.
03:07:28PM LESS INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY BUT A VERY, VERY GOOD YEAR LAST
03:07:33PM YEAR.
03:07:33PM SO FROM A STATISTICAL SCALE PERSPECTIVE, THEY ARE RIGHT ON
03:07:39PM TARGET AND WE WILL TAKE THAT.
03:07:40PM I TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THIS EVERY TIME I GET UP TO CITY COUNCIL
03:07:44PM AND EVERY TIME I GET UP IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC.
03:07:46PM WE HAVE TWO WONDERFUL PENSION PROGRAMS HERE IN THE CITY.
03:07:50PM WELL FUNDED, WELL MANAGED.
03:07:54PM VERY, VERY SURE THEIR PEOPLE ARE MANAGING THE MONEY AND ON
03:07:58PM BOARD.
03:07:58PM I AM ON BOTH BOARD AND I DON'T INCLUDE MYSELF IN THAT
03:08:03PM DESCRIPTION.
03:08:03PM YOU HAVE SOME VERY PROACTIVE, SMART, SMART INDIVIDUALS
03:08:07PM MANAGING -- MANAGING OUR PENSION MONEY.
03:08:09PM AND, OF COURSE, THEY ARE REPRESENTED, THE PENSION WILL GO
03:08:18PM ON, AND THIS IS GOING TO GO ON FOREVER AND TIME TO INVEST
03:08:32PM AND WHAT I AM DOING IS PARROTING WHAT MR. BOWEN FROM THE
03:08:36PM FIRE AND POLICE PENSION FUND SAY THAT LONG-TERM VIEW AND
03:08:40PM SEEING IT PLAY OUT.
03:08:41PM I WILL REMIND THE PUBLIC AND I KNOW COUNCIL KNOW THIS THAT
03:08:44PM THE CITY HAS NEVER A PENSION HOLIDAY BASED ON ACTUARIAL
03:08:49PM ANALYSIS.
03:08:50PM THE CITY CONTRIBUTES EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO
03:08:53PM EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND ONE OF THE REASONS OUR PENSION FUNDS
03:08:56PM ARE SO WELL FUNDED.
03:08:58PM AND AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE.
03:09:05PM AGAIN LOOKING VERY GOOD AT THIS PECULIAR TIME OF YEAR.
03:09:08PM YOU SEE THAT HE NICE CONSISTENT 23, 24%.
03:09:22PM LAST YEAR I CAME BEFORE COUNCIL AND I SAID I DON'T THINK WE
03:09:25PM WILL FINISH FISCAL '24 AT THAT 23% FIGURE.
03:09:29PM WE ENDED UP DOING THAT, BUT, AGAIN, THAT WAS EARLIER IN THE
03:09:33PM YEAR WITH LESS INFORMATION.
03:09:34PM WE THINK WE ARE GOING TO COME IN AT 23% THIS YEAR, WHICH IS
03:09:38PM VERY, VERY GOOD NEWS.
03:09:40PM AND REGARDING THAT PATH.
03:09:45PM I KNOW YOU HEARD IT BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT IS ALWAYS WORTH
03:09:48PM REITERATING THAT CONSISTENCY IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR UNASSIGNED
03:09:54PM FUND BALANCE IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE OUTSIDE LOOKING
03:09:57PM AT OUR FINANCIAL PICTURE.
03:09:59PM FIRST OF ALL, IT IS ABOVE POLICY AND SPEAKS TO OUR VERY,
03:10:04PM VERY CONSERVATIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT HISTORICALLY AND WE
03:10:08PM WILL LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT AS I ALWAYS TRY TO DO, THANK THIS
03:10:14PM COUNCIL AND PAST COUNCIL FOR EMPHASIZING AND REALIZING IN MY
03:10:17PM OPINION THE IMPORTANCE OF A VERY, VERY STRONG FUND BALANCE.
03:10:20PM IT IS SERVING US WELL AS WE SPEAK IN TERMS OF FLOATING MONEY
03:10:25PM WHILE WE WAIT FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, FOLKS.
03:10:29PM WE HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL TO MEET OUR SHORT-TERM NEEDS AND
03:10:35PM DEPENDING ON WHEN WE GET THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
03:10:39PM WE CAN MEET OUR LONG-TERM NEEDS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THIS VERY
03:10:44PM STRONG FUND BALANCE POSITION.
03:10:46PM AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, WE ARE BREATHING VERY, INVESTIGATOR
03:10:48PM HEAVY AIR WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PRORATION.
03:10:51PM VERY, VERY STRONG.
03:10:55PM YOU CAN HEAR THE OTHER SIDE OF CONE IN A FEW MINUTES BUT WE
03:11:00PM ARE IN A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION AT THIS TIME.
03:11:03PM MOVING TO THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AGAIN THE LARGEST SINGLE
03:11:11PM CHUNK.
03:11:11PM JUST A LITTLE OVER -- JUST A LITTLE UNDER $70 MILLION.
03:11:24PM EXPECTED AS A BUSINESS AND EXPECTED TO MAKE A PROFIT.
03:11:28PM I THINK -- I WILL SPEAK A LITTLE MORE TO THIS IN JUST A
03:11:31PM MOMENT.
03:11:31PM I THINK WITH THE RATE PLANS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, INCLUDING
03:11:35PM NOW THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE VERY, VERY FIRM AND
03:11:40PM STRUCTURALLY VERY SOUND FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE AND THE
03:11:45PM CHALLENGES WE MAY FACE.
03:11:46PM STARTING WITH THE PARKING DEPARTMENT.
03:11:53PM THEY CONTINUE TO DO WELL AND REVENUES ARE UP, AND THEY ARE
03:11:57PM HOLDING THE LINE ON EXPENSES.
03:11:59PM AGAIN, NEW PARKING RATES WENT INTO EFFECT INTO LATE '21.
03:12:04PM AND WE ARE SEEING THE BENEFITS OF THAT.
03:12:06PM AND THE FEE GOES UP 3% EACH YEAR AND, AGAIN, WE TRY TO
03:12:14PM EXPAND OUR PHILOSOPHY OF FEES AND CHARGES, SO WE DON'T GET
03:12:20PM BEHIND THE 8-BALL AND WE HAVE DONE IT IN PAST AND WATER,
03:12:24PM WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE ARE GREAT EXAMPLES THAT INDEX FEE
03:12:27PM SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE.
03:12:29PM WE PROJECT THEY WILL LOSS LESS THAN THE FUND BALANCE THAN
03:12:32PM PLANNED AND IT IS PLANNED THEY WILL USE SOME FUND BALANCE,
03:12:35PM WHILE, AGAIN, YOU SEE THE DEBT SERVICE IN THE CAPITAL
03:12:38PM PROJECT EXPENSES.
03:12:40PM STILL IN LINE.
03:12:41PM $11 MILLION IN CIP PROJECTS.
03:12:45PM INCH STARK CONTRAST TO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, THE SOLID
03:12:57PM WASTE DEPARTMENT IS DOING VERY, VERY WELL.
03:12:59PM AND, OF COURSE, AS WE AND COUNCIL PLANNED WITH THAT FIRST
03:13:02PM YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR RATE SCHEDULE THAT WE IMPLEMENTED.
03:13:06PM YOU SEE IT IS PAYING OFF.
03:13:08PM THEY ARE USING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS FUND BALANCE THAN AMENDED.
03:13:12PM THEY ARE GOING TO END THE YEAR VERY HAVE VERY STRONG TO THE
03:13:16PM BOTTOM LOWER RIGHT THERE.
03:13:17PM EXPENSES ARE COMING IN LESS.
03:13:20PM SO WE WILL TAKE THAT IN THE CAPITAL SPENDING AGAIN REMAINS
03:13:24PM RIGHT ON TARGET.
03:13:25PM SO CONGRATULATIONS, COUNCIL, A RECENT APPLICATION AND
03:13:30PM CERTAINLY APPEARS TO BE -- ACTION, AND CERTAINLY APPEARS TO
03:13:35PM BE PAYING OFF.
03:13:36PM WASTEWATER JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A FUND BALANCE.
03:13:40PM WE ANTICIPATE THEY ARE GOING TO USE THAN PLANNED, BUT,
03:13:43PM AGAIN, FROM A SCALED PERSPECTIVE, MUCH ON TARGET, SHORT,
03:13:49PM MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM PLANS SO FAR ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR
03:13:55PM PROJECTIONS WERE AND WHAT OUR PROJECTION ALSO PROBABLY
03:13:59PM CONTINUE TO BE AS WE LOOK AT FUTURE DEBT ISSUANCE FOR THE
03:14:02PM PIPES PROGRAM.
03:14:03PM VERY, VERY SIMILAR PICTURE AND MORE POSITIVE WITH WATER
03:14:13PM COMING WITH 8 AHEAD.
03:14:14PM WE ANTICIPATE THE YEAR IN THE LOWER RIGHT.
03:14:17PM WATER BASE CHARGES COMING BETTER THAN EXPECTED, AND YOU SEE
03:14:22PM A NICE REDUCTION IN WHAT YOU ANTICIPATE TO IT BE THEIR
03:14:25PM EXPENSES.
03:14:26PM AGAIN SO FAR FOR BOTH WATER AND WASTEWATER AND THEY ARE
03:14:32PM JOINED AT THE HELP.
03:14:33PM BOTH INTERNALLY AND FROM THE OUTSIDE FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE
03:14:38PM ON TARGET IN DOING MORE.
03:14:43PM AND HERE IS THE REMAINING BUDGET CALENDAR.
03:14:49PM YOU SEE AGAIN IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS WE WILL BE COMING IN
03:14:52PM WITH THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION.
03:14:54PM YOU HAVE TWO WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED -- TWO WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED
03:14:58PM SO FAR.
03:14:58PM AND, OF COURSE, THE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
03:15:01PM LOOKING FORWARD TO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THE
03:15:05PM BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR '26.
03:15:08PM AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THIS YEAR, DISCUSS THE CURRENT YEAR.
03:15:12PM YOU KNOW -- LET ME CLOSE REAL QUICK AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE
03:15:17PM OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN.
03:15:18PM THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT
03:15:22PM THIS INFORMATION.
03:15:26PM AND NOW THE STORM CLOUDS.
03:15:27PM NO PUN INTENDED.
03:15:29PM IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR SINCE THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, I COME
03:15:35PM IN AND TELL COUNCIL, HERE WE ARE IN A STRONG POSITION.
03:15:37PM BUT THERE ARE CHALLENGES.
03:15:39PM WELL, WE ARE IN A STRONG POSITION, BUT THERE ARE CHALLENGES
03:15:44PM AND THERE REALLY ARE.
03:15:45PM YOU GOT A LAUGH A LITTLE ABOUT IT, BECAUSE SOME OF THE
03:15:48PM GREATEST BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND INVESTMENT MINDS IN THE
03:15:54PM UNITED STATES IF NOT THE WORLD SAY THIS IS THE MOST
03:15:56PM UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY HAVE EVER
03:16:00PM EXPERIENCED.
03:16:00PM SO IT IS UNCERTAIN IS THE FUTURE.
03:16:04PM BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM SOME THE GREAT
03:16:09PM ECONOMIC AND INVESTMENT MINDS IN THE PLANET.
03:16:13PM SO WE HAVE HEADWIND.
03:16:14PM LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, TWO BACK-TO-BACK STORMS.
03:16:18PM NOT TRYING TO FEARMONGER, BUT THE FACTS ARE THE FACTS AND WE
03:16:22PM HAVE A VERY GOOD FUND BALANCE FOR THAT.
03:16:23PM YOU HAVE INFLATION APPEARING TO COOL, BUT WHAT IS ALSO
03:16:28PM COOLING IS THE JOB -- THE EMPLOYMENT -- THE JOB MARKET AND
03:16:32PM EMPLOYMENT SCENARIO AND A VERY PRECARIOUS BALANCE THAT THE
03:16:35PM FEDERAL RESERVE TRIES TO RIDE THAT RAZOR'S EDGE RAIL.
03:16:40PM NOT TOO HIGH, INFLATION, BUT NOT TOO GREAT OF A JOB MARKET.
03:16:44PM SO EVERYBODY SHE IS THAT WILL REMAIN PRECARIOUS FOR SOME
03:16:50PM TIME.
03:16:50PM I ALREADY TALK CONSUMER SENTIMENT AND CONSUMER SPENDING.
03:16:54PM YOU PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE, CONSUMER SPENDING IN
03:16:58PM THE UNITED STATES IS ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF THE ENTIRE
03:17:01PM ECONOMY.
03:17:01PM WHEN CONSUMERS STOP SPENDING MONEY OR START SPENDING LESS
03:17:06PM MONEY, THAT IS NOT A GOOD SIGN.
03:17:08PM LAST QUARTER'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FOR THE U.S. WAS DOWN
03:17:13PM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS.
03:17:14PM FROM WHAT I READ, I DON'T THINK IT IS FORESEEN TO GO DOWN IN
03:17:20PM THE SECOND QUARTER WHICH IS THE UNOFFICIAL DEFINITION OF A
03:17:23PM RECESSION, BUT THE ESTIMATES FOR GDP GROWTH CONTINUE TO
03:17:30PM DECLINE.
03:17:30PM THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE A SLOWING.
03:17:34PM I THINK THAT IS THE DOOM AND GLOOM THAT HI WANT TO SHARE YOU
03:17:42PM WITH TODAY.
03:17:43PM THIS IS THE SHORT TERM, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER,
03:17:45PM RIGHT.
03:17:46PM HIGH ACTIVITY, VOLATILITY ASSOCIATED WITH RAINSTORMS.
03:17:51PM OBVIOUSLY VOLATILITY ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANES.
03:17:54PM YOU HAVE PARK AND RECREATION, POLICE AND FIRE AND WHAT THE
03:17:58PM SUMMER -- WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE SUMMER WITH THOSE EXPENSES.
03:18:01PM THANK YOU, AGAIN.
03:18:02PM I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND LITTLE WONKY.
03:18:14PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
03:18:15PM START WITH COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND WORK DOWN TO THE RIGHT
03:18:20PM AND FINISH OFF YOU WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
03:18:22PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:18:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL.
03:18:32PM THIS IS COMPREHENSIVE HEN SIEVE.
03:18:34PM WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM.
03:18:35PM WE WENT THROUGH TWO HURRICANES.
03:18:37PM AND IN THIS BUDGET YEAR WHERE WE ARE IS VERY IMPRESSIVE AND
03:18:41PM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
03:18:43PM IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU E-MAIL THAT TO
03:18:48PM OUR BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
03:18:49PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I DID NOT, BUT I WILL.
03:18:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
03:18:53PM ON MY LIST ALREADY BEFORE MR. SCAGLIONE WALKED IN THE ROOM.
03:18:59PM I REITERATED THAT REPORT.
03:19:02PM THEE NEED TO SEE A COPY OF THAT BEFORE THEIR NEXT MEETING.
03:19:06PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: AND WE WILL MAKE IT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB
03:19:11PM SITE.
03:19:12PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY SECOND QUESTION SO FOLKS CAN LOOK AT IT.
03:19:14PM MY MAIN QUESTION ABOUT THE PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES BUT THAT'S
03:19:20PM WHAT I WILL LEAVE FOR NOW.
03:19:21PM THANK YOU.
03:19:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:19:24PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
03:19:26PM ALWAYS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
03:19:27PM CONSUMER TAXES FLAT-LINED.
03:19:30PM KNOW THAT WAS IN TREMENDOUS DECLINE BECAUSE OF CELL PHONES
03:19:33PM AND THE LACK OF LAND LINES AND WHATNOT.
03:19:36PM BUT AT LEAST FOR NOW, WE ARE NOT JUST HEMORRHAGING.
03:19:39PM WE ARE NOT HEMORRHAGING BUT NOT RECEIVING THAT KIND OF
03:19:42PM INCOME.
03:19:42PM THE PERSONNEL CASTS ARE STAGGERING.
03:19:46PM YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THE -- WE WENT THROUGH THE
03:19:50PM RECESSION AND HAD THE MASS LAYOFFS.
03:19:52PM BUT WE SLOWLY RECOVERED BUT WHAT A JUMP FROM PRECOVID 2019
03:20:00PM NUMBERS UNTIL NOW.
03:20:02PM NOT QUITE 200 MILLION, BUT $170 MILLION OR $180 MILLION.
03:20:09PM AND TO COME BACK FROM -- DO WE NEED ALL THAT MANPOWER?
03:20:17PM CAN WE FUNCTION AND HAVE THE SAME QUALITY SERVICES WITHOUT
03:20:21PM HAVING TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY.
03:20:23PM ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS.
03:20:25PM WE WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE AND OFFER GOOD SALARIES BUT NOT
03:20:29PM CHEAP TO LIVE IN TAMPA, BUT THAT HUGE INCREASE.
03:20:34PM THIS CAME UP WHEN THE MILLAGE PROPOSAL CAME UP TWO YEARS AGO
03:20:38PM HOW THESE NUMBERS HAVE SHOT UP.
03:20:40PM WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WE ARE IN WILD
03:20:46PM ECONOMIC TIMES.
03:20:47PM EVERY DAY IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT YOU KNOW.
03:20:51PM SEE HOW THE TARIFFS HAVE IMPACTED PEOPLE.
03:20:53PM I HAVE SEEN IT PERSONALLY.
03:20:55PM I HAVE SEEN IT ON A GLOBAL SCALE.
03:20:57PM MIRACULOUSLY FROM THE MARKET TANKING THE STOCK MARKET.
03:21:02PM BECAUSE THE TARIFF SITUATIONS, THE STOCK MARKET IS STRONG.
03:21:06PM MARKED CHANGED NEXT WEEK.
03:21:09PM WHATEVER THE NEW CELLS AND ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND WE ARE
03:21:13PM IN A GOOD POSITION BECAUSE AND COUNCIL AND YOU AND YOUR
03:21:19PM ENTIRE TEAM.
03:21:20PM BUT, AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS AROUND THE CORNER.
03:21:24PM HIGH INTEREST RATES.
03:21:25PM HOUSING PRICES ARE COOLING.
03:21:27PM WAGES ARE NOT GOING UP.
03:21:28PM THE COST OF GOODS ARE GOING UP AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GO
03:21:31PM UP.
03:21:32PM IF YOU SEE COUNTRY BY COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, PERCENTAGE -- 10%
03:21:38PM TARIFF COULD BE A 25% TARIFF AND I HAVE SEEN THOSE DIRECTLY.
03:21:43PM A LOT OF THINGS ARE BECOMING EVEN MORE UNAFFORDABLE.
03:21:46PM I DON'T KNOW THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
03:21:48PM WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH OIL PRICES.
03:21:50PM THAT IS ANOTHER -- IS IT GOING TO BE A $5 A GALLON SUMMER?
03:21:54PM I DON'T KNOW.
03:21:54PM BUT STILL, I LIKE TO PREPARE FOR THE WORSE, AND I KNOW DO
03:22:00PM YOU.
03:22:00PM AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE HURRICANES, THAT WAS QUITE
03:22:04PM ABOVE.
03:22:04PM AND WE HAVE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
03:22:08PM WE ARE COVERED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
03:22:10PM AT THE SAME TIME, I HOPE FOR A -- FOR A VERY LONG -- MANY
03:22:15PM YEARS OF -- AROUND THE CORNER, COULD BE FACING DISASTER.
03:22:24PM UNPRECEDENTED DISASTER.
03:22:26PM WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL WITH OUR MONEY.
03:22:28PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
03:22:29PM BUT I ALWAYS LIKE PREPARE FOR THE WORSE, BECAUSE WE DON'T
03:22:34PM KNOW WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS.
03:22:35PM THANK YOU.
03:22:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
03:22:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE TO ECHO THE SAME THING MY TWO
03:22:40PM COLLEAGUES SPOKE ABOUT.
03:22:41PM STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS, THE ABILITY TO PUT IT LIKE IT IS AND
03:22:44PM TELL THE FACTS.
03:22:46PM WHEN YOU LOOK AT TODAY, LIKE I SAID, NOT A HUMAN BEING IN
03:22:49PM THE UNITED STATES HO IS NOT CURIOUS OR NERVOUS ABOUT
03:22:52PM SOMETHING GOING ON.
03:22:53PM EVERY DAY SOMETHING NEW.
03:22:54PM EVERY DAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BUT
03:22:58PM NEVER DONE BEFORE MAYBE AND TARIFFS, 110%.
03:23:02PM 150% AND THEN 120% TO THE SAME INDIVIDUAL.
03:23:06PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
03:23:07PM IF IT IS THE FACTS AND TRYING TO SCARE SOMEBODY AND TELL
03:23:12PM PEOPLE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
03:23:14PM WE ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THIS COUNTRY, INDIVIDUALS
03:23:17PM THAT LIVE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE ACCEPT
03:23:19PM RATED FROM REALITY.
03:23:20PM AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS REALITY, WE DON'T ROW WHERE IT IS
03:23:26PM ANYMORE.
03:23:27PM YOU LOOK AT THOSE FACTORS, NO MATTER WHO THE PRESIDENT IS,
03:23:32PM YOU GET NERVOUS.
03:23:33PM NO MATTER THE PARTY, YOU GET NERVOUS.
03:23:35PM THESE ARE THINGS GOING ON.
03:23:38PM AND REMEMBER, WE ARE IN A REFLECTION THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT
03:23:43PM US.
03:23:43PM WE ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT THEM AS MUCH AS THEY SUPPORT US.
03:23:45PM THOSE ARE OUR CITIZENS.
03:23:46PM SO I THINK WE HAVE DONE A PRETTY GOOD YEOMAN'S JOB.
03:23:49PM ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
03:23:51PM AND LOOK FOR YOUR FINAL REPORT COMING UP AND THE BUDGET
03:23:56PM BEING PRESENTED IN AUGUST.
03:23:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
03:24:00PM >>BILL CARLSON: COULD SOMEBODY PUT THE PRESENTATION BACK ON
03:24:06PM PAGE --
03:24:08PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: APOLOGIZE, SIR.
03:24:10PM >>BILL CARLSON: PAGE 7.
03:24:11PM CAN WE LOOK AT PAGE 7 PLEASE.
03:24:13PM CAN WE PUT IT ON SCREEN.
03:24:29PM WE SEE IT.
03:24:31PM JUST FOR THE PUBLIC NOW.
03:24:33PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: OH, YOU CAN SEE IT?
03:24:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: BACK UP TO PAGE 7.
03:24:40PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I AM HAVING TO SQUINT SO IF I PASS IT.
03:24:47PM THANK YOU, SORRY.
03:24:48PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GET A LOT IS WHAT --
03:24:52PM WHAT IS THE CITY DOING WITH ALL THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY
03:24:54PM TAXES.
03:24:55PM THE ANSWER ON PAGE 7 IS, IF I READ IT CORRECTLY, IS THE
03:25:00PM ADDITION IN THE LAST YEAR WAS $20 MILLION.
03:25:02PM CORRECT?
03:25:03PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: BETWEEN WHICH YEARS?
03:25:06PM >>BILL CARLSON: LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
03:25:07PM ABOUT A $20 MILLION INCREASE.
03:25:09PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
03:25:10PM >>BILL CARLSON: PROPERTY TAXES WENT TO $50,000.
03:25:16PM BECAUSE WHEN THEY MOVED IN THE PERSON WAS HOMESTEADED FOR 50
03:25:20PM YEARS AGO.
03:25:21PM AND THE TAX DIDN'T GO UP.
03:25:23PM WE HAVEN'T RAISED THE AD VALOREM RATE AND HAVEN'T BEEN
03:25:28PM RAISED IN TEN YEARS, BUT THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING UP.
03:25:32PM BUT $20 MILLION.
03:25:33PM IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL BUDGET OF THE CITY AND WE GO BACK
03:25:38PM TO PAGE 4.
03:25:39PM IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 4, IT IS 20 MILLION IS A VERY SMALL --
03:25:50PM 20 MILLION IS RELATIVELY SMALL PART OF THE BUDGET AND THIS
03:25:55PM IS A GOOD POINT TO TELL PEOPLE IS THE -- THE PUBLIC SAFETY
03:26:00PM IS $401 MILLION.
03:26:03PM AND THEN IF YOU -- ON PAGE 7, PROPERTY TAXES WILL BE $358
03:26:09PM MILLION.
03:26:09PM AND THAT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 89%.
03:26:12PM POINT IS THAT PEOPLE SAY WHERE IS MY PROPERTY TAXES GOING.
03:26:17PM PROPERTY TAXES ALL TOGETHER PAY 90% OF POLICE AND FIRE.
03:26:20PM AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR PEOPLE, DAYS THEY THINK THAT
03:26:24PM PROPERTY TAXES -- I GIVE THE MESSAGE AND YOU DID YOU TOO.
03:26:28PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: GOOD THAT YOU ARE PUTTING OUT.
03:26:31PM >>BILL CARLSON: EVERYTHING ELSE IS PAID THROUGH THESE OTHER
03:26:33PM PARTS.
03:26:33PM ALSO COULD WE GO TO PAGE -- THE FUND BALANCE PAGE?
03:26:39PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
03:26:39PM PAGE 15.
03:26:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: 15.
03:26:52PM YEAH, I AM A BROKEN RECORD ON THIS.
03:26:59PM BUT WHEN PAM IORIO LEFT IN THE -- AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION
03:27:04PM WAS OVER WHEN SHE LEFT.
03:27:05PM WHEN SHE LEFT IN 2011, DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, SHE HAD
03:27:09PM $150 MILLION HERE.
03:27:10PM AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
03:27:12PM WHEN GOT ON COUNCIL, YOU SEE WELL THE YEAR BEFORE I GOT ON
03:27:19PM COUNCIL, $87 MILLION, $83 MILLION LEFT IN THE BALANCE.
03:27:25PM USUALLY WHAT YOU DO SAVE MONEY IN THE GOOD TIMES AND SPEND
03:27:29PM THE MONEY IN THE BAD TIME.
03:27:30PM WHAT HAPPENED IN THE REVERSE, THEIR MONEY WAS RAIDED DURING
03:27:35PM THE GOOD TIMES AND WE ON CITY COUNCIL, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT
03:27:39PM THE CODE WAS COMING OR WHAT WAS COME BUG WE COULD SEE THE
03:27:42PM BALANCE WAS TOO LOW.
03:27:44PM THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH US TO INCREASE THAT.
03:27:47PM BUT THE POINT IS WE JUST NOW GOT TO THE 2011 LEVEL WHICH IS
03:27:51PM GOOD NEWS BUT BAD NEWS BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE HIGHER.
03:27:54PM LAST THING IS, HOW COME -- SO MANY PEOPLE ASKING OF
03:27:58PM STORMWATER WHERE THE STORMWATER IS GOING.
03:28:00PM HOW COME THAT IS NOT BROKEN OUT LIKE IN PAGE 4 OR THE
03:28:05PM ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
03:28:06PM TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS FOR STORMWATER.
03:28:08PM HOW COME THEY ARE NOT SEPARATELY BROKEN OUT.
03:28:11PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THE SIMPLEST ANSWER TO THAT, STARTING
03:28:15PM BETWEEN TOO DETAILED AND A MACRO PICTURE OF WHAT IS
03:28:20PM HAPPENING WITH THE CITY.
03:28:21PM >>BILL CARLSON: DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTION?
03:28:30PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YOU ARE WELCOME TO BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
03:28:33PM WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
03:28:34PM >>BILL CARLSON: HELPFUL FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE ON EACH OF
03:28:37PM THOSE FUNDS WHAT THE REVENUES ARE AND TO SEE IT OVER TIME
03:28:40PM AND IDEALLY HOW THEY ARE APPLIED.
03:28:42PM BUT JUST BROKE OUT OF THIS SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT.
03:28:45PM THANK YOU.
03:28:46PM APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY ON THIS.
03:28:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MIRANDA ARE YOU GOOD?
03:28:55PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
03:28:55PM [ INAUDIBLE ] -- TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY COLLECTED IN AD
03:29:00PM VALOREM DOES NOT PAY FOR FIRE AND POLICE.
03:29:03PM >>LYNN HURTAK: CORRECT.
03:29:06PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I APPRECIATE YOU POINTING THAT OUT AND YOU
03:29:09PM WILL SEE A MORE DETAILED COMPASSION OF THE REVENUES IN OUR
03:29:15PM BUDGET PRESENTATION.
03:29:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:29:17PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY NOT ONLY
03:29:21PM WOULD I LIKE IT FOR THIS YEAR BUT GOING FORWARD IN '26 TO
03:29:25PM SEE --
03:29:27PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: SORRY, MA'AM.
03:29:28PM STORMWATER?
03:29:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: STORMWATER FOR 2026.
03:29:32PM >>BILL CARLSON: TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS.
03:29:35PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU ARE ASKING RECENT NOW.
03:29:37PM BUT WHEN THEY BRING AT THAT BACK FOR '26, WE WOULD LIKE TO
03:29:42PM SEE IT.
03:29:42PM >>BILL CARLSON: I RECOMMEND GOING BACK TO 2015 WHEN THE
03:29:46PM SECOND ONE WAS PASSED TO SHOW HOW MUCH IT HAS BEEN AND WHERE
03:29:50PM IT IS GOING.
03:29:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY QUESTION WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
03:29:53PM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORKED AS A COUNCIL TO -- WITH
03:30:02PM YOURSELF TO FIND THE EXTRA REVENUE FROM FY-24.
03:30:07PM WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS INCLUDED IN THESE NUMBERS IN
03:30:11PM THE MOVEMENT.
03:30:13PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: IT IS, MA'AM.
03:30:14PM AND I HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT IF
03:30:19PM YOU HAVE -- IF YOU HAVE TIME.
03:30:21PM I CAN -- I CAN SUMMARIZE IT.
03:30:25PM WE REVIEWED THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BY COUNCIL WITH THE MAYOR
03:30:31PM WHAT WE ARE WAITING ON AND RECEIVED JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO
03:30:35PM WAS PROPERTY TAX VALUE RUES FOR FISCAL YEAR '26.
03:30:39PM WE ARE ANALYZING THAT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW AS
03:30:42PM WERE AS WE CAN KNOW BEFORE WE COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR
03:30:47PM A RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT FUNDING.
03:30:48PM AND, AGAIN, JUST TO -- STORMWATER FUNDING WAS RESURFACING,
03:30:56PM PAVING, SIDEWALKS.
03:30:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHEN WOULD WE EXPECT TO GET THAT?
03:31:02PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: ALL DEPENDS ON WHEN QUICK ANALYZE THE
03:31:06PM CERTIFIED PROPERTY VALUE AND GET TO THE MAYOR.
03:31:09PM I DON'T ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE VERY LONG.
03:31:11PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY, BECAUSE WE ALREADY ALLOCATED THAT.
03:31:15PM THAT SHOULD BE IN THOSE BUCKETS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
03:31:19PM >> IT IS AND I THOUGHT I HAD BROUGHT AN ELMO.
03:31:21PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I WILL SHOW NEW YOUR COMPREHENSIVE --
03:31:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SKILL ONE -- I WILL ASK ONE MORE QUESTION.
03:31:44PM WITH HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS WAS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GO
03:31:48PM FORWARD AND DOING FOR FY '25.
03:31:51PM JUST BE PREPARED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AGAIN BECAUSE
03:31:55PM I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD EXERCISE AND IT REALLY HELPED TO
03:31:58PM TALK THROUGH THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE HAVE LEFT AND WHERE IT
03:32:02PM SHOULD GO.
03:32:02PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: I AGREE.
03:32:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, THAT'S WHAT I AM SAYING.
03:32:06PM FOR THE EXTRA FY '25.
03:32:10PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: BECAUSE THAT WAS '24.
03:32:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AM TALKING OF '25.
03:32:16PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THE NORM GOING FORWARD.
03:32:19PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GOOD.
03:32:20PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:32:21PM GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
03:32:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE.
03:32:25PM STORMWATER IS A GOOD SEGUE TO NEXT AND THE FINANCE TEAM.
03:32:30PM AND SPEAKING OF STORMWATER.
03:32:32PM BRANDON.
03:32:34PM 99.
03:32:35PM I -- WE HAVE 27 MINUTES.
03:32:40PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: I WILL GO AHEAD --INTERIM DIRECTOR OF
03:32:48PM MOBILITY, AND I WILL DO A UPDATE ON K-BAR RANCH.
03:32:51PM THERE ARE APPROVED ROADWAY PLANS IN THE PLN.
03:32:54PM ONE WEST DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THAT.
03:32:57PM ONCE THAT IS DONE, THERE WILL GO TO A RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT.
03:33:02PM AND IT IS A DEVELOPER LED.
03:33:04PM SO THE TIMELINE IS A BIT UNCERTAIN SO WE WOULD ANTICIPATE
03:33:08PM WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF ANTICIPATING THAT GETTING
03:33:11PM CONSTRUCTED.
03:33:12PM HAPPY TO KEEP THAT DIALOGUE OPEN.
03:33:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT IS PLN?
03:33:18PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: AN INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION PLAN.
03:33:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: MAY QUESTION A QUICK QUESTION?
03:33:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:33:28PM >>LUIS VIERA: PARDON MY VOICE, WHAT DEVELOPER?
03:33:32PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: I THINK I KNOW BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH
03:33:36PM YOU.
03:33:36PM REAL QUICKLY ON OUR OPERATIONS DIVISIONS, STORMWATER
03:33:40PM PROGRESS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY HAVE.
03:33:41PM IT WAS -- WE DO HAVE A REPORT THAT WILL BE REVIEWING QUICKLY
03:33:45PM AN HIGHLIGHTING THAT IS ON OUR WEB SITE TAMPA.GOV/MOBILITY.
03:33:52PM BEFORE I GET INTO THE MEAT OF THAT, A COUPLE OF OTHER
03:33:57PM STORMWATER ISSUES THAT I THOUGHT WILL BE OF ISSUE.
03:34:00PM SUN BELT RENTALS FOR OUR TEMPORARY GENERATORS TO BRIDGE THE
03:34:05PM GAP FOR -- BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE HAVE PERMANENT AGAIN
03:34:09PM RATERS DESIGNED AND I BELIEVE SPIDER-MAN STALLED AT OUR PUMP
03:34:12PM STATIONS.
03:34:13PM WE ESPECIALLY THAT BEING A TWO-YEAR PROCESS BEFORE IT IS ALL
03:34:18PM OF COMPLETE.
03:34:19PM ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE ISSUED NOTICES TO PROCEED FOR THE IT HE
03:34:24PM SIGN PORTION OF THE PERMANENT GENERATOR INSTALLATIONS.
03:34:27PM ALSO WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE OUR STORMWATER OPERATIONS
03:34:31PM CREW WORK SIX DAY AS WEEK.
03:34:34PM LAST THING BEFORE GET INTO THE REPORT, I WANTED TO LET YOU
03:34:39PM KNOW WE WAS AN ADDITIONAL DITCH GRADING CONTRACT THAT WE
03:34:42PM ANTICIPATE BEING ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA ON JULY 1.
03:34:46PM WE ARE STILL DOING DITCH GRADING BUT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ON
03:34:51PM TOP OF THOSE CONTRACTORS THAT WE HAVE MOBILIZED RECENTLY.
03:34:55PM SO -- I WILL BE USING THE WOLF.
03:35:01PM AND JUST HINT REAL QUICK HIGHLIGHTS ON THE MAY 2025
03:35:10PM STORMWATER MAINTENANCE REPORT.
03:35:11PM YOU CAN SEE THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR, OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE
03:35:17PM INCREASED.
03:35:18PM THAT IS NOT TERRIBLY SURPRISING GIVING THE WET CONDITIONS
03:35:23PM THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR AND THE INCREASED FOCUS ON STORMWATER
03:35:27PM MAINTENANCE.
03:35:27PM CUMULATIVELY IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 2025, WE HAD 2 50
03:35:34PM ADDITIONAL CALLS OVER THAT SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
03:35:38PM I DO ANTICIPATE THE PERCENTAGE DELTA MONTH TO MONTH TO LEVEL
03:35:43PM OUT SINCE IT WAS SO LAST YEAR AND SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
03:35:48PM BUT I DON'T SEE OR ANTICIPATE AS DRAMATIC AN INCREASE IN THE
03:35:53PM REQUEST FOR SERVICE ON A MONTH FOR MONTH BASIS FOR THE
03:35:58PM REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
03:36:00PM WE DID WORK AT 12 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE LISTED ON
03:36:08PM THE TOP OF THIS NEXT PAGE.
03:36:09PM OUR DETAILED ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE ALSO ON THAT PAGE.
03:36:13PM TWO THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU.
03:36:15PM HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE, WE DID REMOVE 650-PLUS TONS OF DEBRIS
03:36:23PM FROM OUR SYSTEM BETWEEN THE DITCHES, PIPES AND STREET
03:36:31PM SWEEPING AND HALF OF THAT IT SIEVE.
03:36:33PM ON TOP OF THAT, WE REMOVED OVER EIGHT TONS OF GARBAGE FROM
03:36:38PM THE SYSTEM.
03:36:38PM AND JUST A QUICK NOTE ON TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF WHAT IS IN YOUR
03:36:43PM SURROUNDINGS.
03:36:44PM AND CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE -- WANT TO DISCOURAGE
03:36:50PM LITTERING AND ANY SORT OF DEBRIS GETTING IN THE SYSTEM TO
03:36:54PM THE EXTENT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT THAT.
03:36:56PM WE HAVE A FEW PICTURES WITHIN THE REPORT AS WELL.
03:37:03PM BEFORE AND AFTER WORK OPERATIONS.
03:37:06PM I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT -- YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT AS I WAS
03:37:10PM LOOKING A THIS THAT CAME TO MIND IS THAT WE DO PUT THESE
03:37:15PM AFTER PICTURES IN THESE DITCH DITCHING OPERATIONS AS AFTER
03:37:19PM THE FLOW LINE WAS ESTABLISHED SO BASICALLY AFTER WE CLEAN
03:37:24PM OUT THE MUCK, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WE DO
03:37:28PM RECEDE AFTER THAT AND THE EXPECTATION THAT LOW LINE
03:37:33PM REGISTRATION GROWTH HEMS WITH EROSION CONTROL, WALL WATER
03:37:37PM QUALITY.
03:37:38PM WE GO OUT AND MOW ON A 28-DAY CYCLE.
03:37:41PM THERE WILL BE SOME VEGETATION THERE AND HELP WITH THE
03:37:44PM PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM OVERALL.
03:37:46PM LIKEWISE DITCHING OPERATION ON ROME AVENUE AS WELL.
03:37:52PM WE HAVE CONTINUED TO REPAIR STORMWATER CAVE-INS WITH IN
03:38:02PM HOUSE AND CONTRACTOR HELP.
03:38:04PM IN THE MONTH OF MAY, THERE ARE 45 CAVE-IN REPAIRS OF
03:38:10PM STORMWATER CAVE-INS.
03:38:11PM WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS DISTINCT FROM THE WASTEWATER
03:38:15PM CAVE-INS THAT THAT DEPARTMENT IS WORKING DILLIGENTLY ON AS
03:38:22PM WELL.
03:38:22PM TYPICALLY THAT INVOLVES A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC, AND
03:38:31PM WE ARE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ROUTINE POTHOLE PATCHING REQUESTS
03:38:36PM IN 27 HOURS OR LESS.
03:38:39PM CAVE-INS FIGURING OUT WHAT IS GOING ON A WITH THE PIPE,
03:38:43PM FIXING THAT AND FILLING IN THE ROAD SURFACE ON TOP OF IT.
03:38:47PM WE DID ALSO HAVE CREWS THAT DO SMALLER TO MID-SIZED
03:38:54PM CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
03:38:56PM TEAMS WE DO SOME REPAIRS LIKE WHAT WE DID AT WYNWOOD.
03:39:00PM PICTURE REPAIR OF AN INLAND TOP.
03:39:04PM IF IT IS IN-KIND REPLACEMENT REPAIR SOMETHING THEY ARE
03:39:08PM GENERALLY HANDLING ON THEIR OWN.
03:39:11PM ENHANCEMENT TO THE SYSTEM AND ADDED TO THE DRAINAGE CAPACITY
03:39:15PM AND MODIFYING IT.
03:39:17PM THEY HAVE WORKED OFF OF PLANS THAT ARE SIGNED AND SEALED BY
03:39:21PM ONE OF OUR SEVEN ENGINEERS WITHIN OUR STORMWATER ENGINEERING
03:39:25PM DIVISION.
03:39:26PM JUST A REAL QUICK HIGHLIGHT.
03:39:29PM THEY DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT IS RELATED TO THE
03:39:33PM STORMWATER SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT THINK
03:39:38PM OF LIKE FENCE REPAIR.
03:39:39PM COUPLE OF THOSE IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
03:39:42PM WE DO HAVE IT OVER COURSE OF THE CURRENT MONTH.
03:39:52PM AYE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE WILL BE IN.
03:39:54PM AND SOMETHING I ALSO DIDN'T MENTION WHERE WE HAVE BEEN
03:40:00PM APPENDED TO THIS REPORT, WE HAD I THINK 30 PAGES OF REALLY
03:40:04PM DETAILED DATA THAT SHOW WHERE WE WERE.
03:40:08PM THE REFERENCE SYSTEM USED BY OUR WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM GOES
03:40:13PM BACK TO ATLAS PAGE.
03:40:15PM QUICKER TO NAVIGATE.
03:40:17PM A COUPLE OF STEPS IF YOU WERE COMING AT IT, AND YOU WANT TO
03:40:21PM SEE EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE.
03:40:22PM MY INTENT IS TO REFINE THAT PROCESS AND THERE WILL BE SOME
03:40:28PM ADMINISTRATIVELY -- SOME LABOR INVESTMENT ON THE FRONT END
03:40:34PM OF OUR TEAM, OUR GIS TEAM TO GET THAT INTO A FORMAT THAT IS
03:40:39PM A LITTLE USER-FRIENDLY.
03:40:41PM WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT YOU IN FOR REFERENCE OF THOSE
03:40:46PM THAT HAVE THE INTEREST IN TAKING A LOOK AT IT.
03:40:48PM OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, WE
03:40:52PM CAN HELP NAVIGATE YOU THROUGH THEM.
03:40:54PM AS ALWAYS, WE DO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN
03:40:59PM THAT WANT TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR CUSTOMER
03:41:02PM SERVICE LINE 813-274-3101, BUT USE THE TAMPACONNECT.COM
03:41:10PM SYSTEM FOR INTAKE AS WELL.
03:41:12PM WITH THAT SAID, WANTED TO JUST BLITZ THROUGH THAT.
03:41:14PM KNOW THAT YOU ARE PRESSED FOR TIME.
03:41:16PM BUT IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
03:41:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, BRANDON FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE
03:41:25PM REPORT.
03:41:25PM AND I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA'S LIGHT BUT NOW IT IS OFF
03:41:29PM AND COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:41:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE THE
03:41:34PM LITERAL FIRST QUESTION IS WHERE IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
03:41:37PM I LOVE THAT YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE REPORT IS ON THE WEB
03:41:40PM SITE.
03:41:41PM AGAIN THAT WEB SITE IS.
03:41:42PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: TAMPA.GOV/MOBILITY.
03:41:45PM AND A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN -- SCROLL DOWN.
03:41:48PM WITHIN -- OUR PAVING REPORT IS NEXT TO IT AND SOME METRICS
03:41:53PM ON THE PAGE.
03:41:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WONDERFUL.
03:41:55PM I ASK THAT THERE IS SOME -- SOME LABOR HOURS NEEDED TO WORK
03:42:03PM ON REVISING THAT AND REFINING THAT.
03:42:06PM IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDING NEEDED FOR THAT, JUST LET US
03:42:11PM KNOW.
03:42:12PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THANK YOU.
03:42:15PM -- OUR GIS TEAM WILL HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT LEVEL OF EFFORT
03:42:21PM IS REARED, BUT I DO THINK THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REFINE
03:42:25PM THAT AS WELL.
03:42:25PM WE ARE NOT GOING TO PULL STORMWATER OPERATIONS PERSONNEL OFF
03:42:29PM THE STREET TO DO THAT SORT OF THING.
03:42:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OF COURSE.
03:42:32PM BUT IF YOU NEED IT, WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED POUR DESIRE SO THE
03:42:37PM PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND MORE CLEARLY IF THAT IS A BARRIER AT
03:42:40PM ALL, LET US KNOW.
03:42:41PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THANK YOU.
03:42:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:42:48PM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:42:49PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
03:42:51PM I SEE THE E-MAIL THREADS OF YOU RESPONDING TO CONSTITUENTS
03:42:56PM AND DO YOU A FANTASTIC JOB.
03:42:59PM >>BRIAN CAMPBELL: THANK YOU.
03:43:03PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SPOKE TO SOMEBODY AND SAID THAT BRANDON
03:43:08PM CAMPBELL IS DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB BECAUSE YOU PERSONALLY
03:43:10PM RESPOND TO A CONSTITUENT.
03:43:12PM I SPOKE TO A CONSTITUENT THIS MORNING.
03:43:15PM PAM CANELLA.
03:43:17PM I KNOW SHE HAS REQUESTED SERVICE IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
03:43:20PM BUT SHE HAD MENTIONED THAT SHE IS WATCHING THE CREW GOES
03:43:24PM OUT, CLEANING OUT AND DOING THE MAINTENANCE AND THEY ARE
03:43:27PM MOVING A HUGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS.
03:43:29PM SO WE HAVE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE ON OUR PLATE NOW.
03:43:34PM AND PROBABLY FROM THE PAST.
03:43:36PM BUT I MADE THE ANALOGY OF, YOU KNOW, IT IS REALLY ABOUT
03:43:42PM MAINTENANCE.
03:43:43PM YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIG UP EVERYTHING AND PUT A BRAND-NEW
03:43:48PM SYSTEM EVERY TIME.
03:43:48PM IT COMES TO MAINTENANCE.
03:43:51PM FOR EXAMPLE FROM YOUR CAR REQUIRES MAINTENANCE AND IT BREAKS
03:43:55PM DOWN YOU REPAIR THE CAR.
03:43:58PM YOU DON'T BUY A BRAND-NEW CAR.
03:44:04PM SHE SAID YOU WATCH IN CERTAIN AREAS WHO YOU THEY ARE AFTER
03:44:08PM SOME OF THESE PRETTY TOUGH AFTERNOON STORMS THAT WE HAVE
03:44:10PM BEEN RECEIVING IN THIS LAST MONTH OR SO.
03:44:12PM AND SHE SAID SHE HAS SEEN A TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT.
03:44:15PM THIS IS HER.
03:44:16PM I DRIVE AROUND.
03:44:17PM I TRY TO SEE WHAT GOES ON IN THE CITY.
03:44:19PM NOT EVERYTHING IS PERFECT AND WE NEED TO DO A LOT OF WORK,
03:44:22PM BUT THE AREAS THAT THE CITY HAS GONE IN AND DONE THAT
03:44:25PM CLEANUP AND TAKEN OUT THAT DEBRIS, WHETHER IT IS DITCHES,
03:44:30PM CULVERTS, YOU NAME IT.
03:44:32PM I HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS.
03:44:33PM NOT EVERYONE HAS SEEN IT, BUT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, YOU
03:44:36PM MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE.
03:44:37PM YOU, YOUR TEAM.
03:44:38PM AS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ALREADY MENTIONED, IF YOU NEED MORE
03:44:41PM MONEY, LET US KNOW.
03:44:44PM WE WILL HAVE A DEDICATED FUND WITH THE ASSESSMENT AND WITH
03:44:47PM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
03:44:49PM A MATTER IF I CAN IMPROVE AND INCREASE OUR MAINTENANCE, YOU
03:44:53PM KNOW OUR PRODUCTIVITY THERE AND JUST REALLY MAKE A DENT AND
03:44:57PM A DIFFERENCE BY KEEPING THE SYSTEM CLEAN, I AM ALL FOR IT.
03:45:01PM BUT I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT I HEARD IT NOT JUST FOR
03:45:05PM HER ABOUT YOU MANY CON STITCHES AND YOU HAVE SEEN THE
03:45:09PM E-MAILS AND PROVIDE GOOD CUSTOMERS SERVICE AND YOU
03:45:12PM PERSONALLY ARE RESPONDING.
03:45:13PM I SAYS A LOT.
03:45:14PM A PERSON IN YOUR POSITION.
03:45:15PM YOU ARE HIGHER UP, BUT YOU ARE TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE
03:45:18PM CITIZENS.
03:45:18PM AND OUR OFFICE APPRECIATES IT, BECAUSE AS MANY OF US DO, ALL
03:45:23PM YOU HAVE DOUSE, WE GET INUNDATED CALLS FOR SERVICE AND
03:45:27PM COMPLAINTS AND WHAT NOT.
03:45:28PM SEE US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
03:45:31PM PEOPLE POST PICTURES AND WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
03:45:34PM THANK YOU AND YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
03:45:36PM >>BRANDON CAMPBELL: THANK YOU.
03:45:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD,
03:45:47PM BUT
03:45:47PM YOU ONLY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THIS POSITION FOR A COUPLE
03:45:50PM WEEKS AND I HAVE SEEN A BIG DIFFERENCE IN COMMUNION CHASE.
03:45:53PM JEFF DEBOSIER AND BRIAN, AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE.
03:46:00PM AND PLACES IN SOUTH TAMPA THAT FLOODED FOR ALL FOR DIFFERENT
03:46:05PM REASONS.
03:46:05PM NO CONSISTENT REASONS.
03:46:12PM THE ANSWER IS NOT -- WE HAVE AN ITEM IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
03:46:16PM THAT TALK ABOUT AREAS THAT USED TO BE DRAINAGE PITS OR ACT
03:46:21PM AS DRAINAGE PITS.
03:46:23PM WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE, AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE A GREAT
03:46:27PM JOB COMMUNICATING BAD NEWS THAT THERE IS NO SHORT-TERM
03:46:31PM SOLUTION.
03:46:31PM AND TO THE MONEY ISSUE, A FEW FOLKS HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT WE
03:46:36PM DON'T HAVE THE MONEY.
03:46:38PM WE DO HAVE THE MONEY.
03:46:39PM AND I SAID THIS PUBLICLY AND TALKED TO THE CHIEF OF STAFF
03:46:42PM ABOUT THIS.
03:46:43PM WE HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE SOUTH TOWER PROJECT.
03:46:46PM BY DON'T WANT TO GET IN A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, BUT
03:46:49PM THAT PROJECT WILL NOT BE VERY EFFECTIVE AND THE PUBLIC
03:46:52PM MEETING WAS A DISASTER.
03:46:53PM EVEN THE FEW PEOPLE FOR IT THOUGHT THE PUBLIC MEETING WHAT
03:46:57PM WAS DISASTER.
03:46:57PM NEED TO POSTPONE THAT PROJECT FOR A YEAR OR TWO AND
03:47:02PM REDIRECT.
03:47:03PM $85 MILLION TO $100 MILLION PLUS.
03:47:06PM IF WE TOOK 20 MILLION OR $40 MILLION OF IT TODAY AND
03:47:11PM REALLOCATE IT TO THE MAINTENANCE AND ALL THESE PLACES, WE
03:47:14PM COULD GET KIMMINS STILL TO DO THE CONTRACT.
03:47:17PM THEY ARE EXCELLENT AT IT.
03:47:19PM GET THEM TO REDIRECT AND GO DO THE -- WE COULD SAVE
03:47:23PM THOUSANDS INSTEAD OF 11.
03:47:24PM AND WE NEED TO -- WE NEED TOE SERIOUSLY DO THE MAINTENANCE
03:47:30PM AND THE WORK.
03:47:31PM OTHER THING IS, FEW YEARS AGO AT THE REQUEST FROM THE
03:47:35PM REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY.
03:47:36PM DOUBLED THE FINES FOR PEOPLE BLOWING YARD WASTE IN THE
03:47:40PM STREET AND INCLUDES BLOWING IT INTO THE DRAINAGE AREA.
03:47:43PM NEIGHBOR THE OTHER DAY SAW SOMEBODY'S HOUSE FLOODED.
03:47:46PM THEIR LANDSCAPING PEOPLE WERE PUSHING THE YARD WASTE INTO
03:47:51PM THE DRAINAGE.
03:47:52PM IT IS JUST CRAZY THIS IS STILL HAPPENING.
03:47:54PM I THINK -- I THINK WE ASKED THIS BEFORE BUT IF YOU CAN WORK
03:47:59PM IN COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION OF HOMEOWNERS AND EDUCATION
03:48:05PM OF LANDSCAPING COMPANIES, BUT IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE THAT THAT
03:48:10PM IS STILL HAPPENING.
03:48:10PM AND PEOPLE ARE ALSO REPORTING THAT PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE
03:48:13PM CITY ARE DOING IT.
03:48:14PM BUT PEOPLE ARE GOING IN.
03:48:16PM WHEN STORMS ARE HITTING, THEY SEE THESE DRAINAGE THINGS.
03:48:19PM THEM PERSONALLY GO INTO RECORDING THEMSELVES PULLING TREES
03:48:25PM AND BRANCHES, AND IT IS DANGEROUS, BUT WE -- YOU KNOW 2015
03:48:30PM WHEN THE NEW TAX WAS PASSED.
03:48:32PM A PROMISE THAT MAINTENANCE WOULD BE DONE EVERY THREE YEARS
03:48:36PM AND MOST PLACES IN SOUTH TAMPA IT NEVER HAS BEEN DONE OR
03:48:39PM DONE IN DECADES.
03:48:40PM YOU ALL ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS BUT TEN YEARS OF NEGLECT
03:48:44PM THAT WE ARE MAKING UP FOR.
03:48:46PM AND IF WE REDIRECTED SOME MONEY, WE CAN DO IT QUICKLY.
03:48:49PM AND ALSO IF WE TOLD PEOPLE DON'T POUR THE YARD WASTE INTO
03:48:52PM THE DRAINAGE MAY HELP A LOT TOO.
03:48:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. CARLSON.
03:48:56PM THANK YOU, VERY MUCH, THERE WERE CAMPBELL FOR YOUR
03:49:00PM PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE WITH STORMWATER.
03:49:02PM I AM SURE YOU WILL TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF AMOUNT AND GET A
03:49:06PM STREETCAR BUILT.
03:49:08PM >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
03:49:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE AN IOU ON ITEM 4 THAT MR. ROGERO
03:49:15PM -- ITEMTH 4, THAT MR. ROGERO, YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION.
03:49:21PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES.
03:49:22PM GOOD AFTERNOON.
03:49:23PM DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
03:49:25PM I HAVE HARD COPIES FOR YOU.
03:49:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU KILLED A COUPLE OF EXTRA TREES.
03:49:39PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, IF WE CAN TUT ON --
03:49:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE WOLF.
03:49:43PM >>DENNIS ROGERO: THING ACCOMPLISHES EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL'S
03:49:51PM INTENTION WAS.
03:49:52PM AND THANK YOU, BUDGET OFFICE, FOR TURNING IT AROUND SO
03:49:57PM QUICKLY.
03:49:58PM YOU SEE AGAIN -- I AM SORRY.
03:50:01PM >> COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
03:50:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THIS IS PERFECT.
03:50:06PM EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING TO SEE FOR NOW, BUT I WILL
03:50:11PM REITERATE MY PROMISE TO WORK WITH YOU, MISS COPESKY AND OUR
03:50:15PM CRA TEAM TO CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AS THE 2026
03:50:19PM BUDGET MOVES FORWARD.
03:50:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I NEED A MOTION TO TURN THE RESOLUTION.
03:50:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO MOVED.
03:50:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FOR THE UNITE ASHLEY PROJECT WITH
03:50:28PM THE AMENDMENTS AS SOON AS COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK ASKED FOR.
03:50:32PM SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:50:35PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE OPPOSED.
03:50:37PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO REITERATE FOR ANYONE WATCHING,
03:50:42PM MOVING MONEY AROUND.
03:50:43PM IF YOU HAVE INPUT ON A PROJECT, LET TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE
03:50:47PM KNOW.
03:50:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
03:50:49PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:50:49PM LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, WE HAVE ITEM 100.
03:50:55PM YES, MA'AM.
03:50:59PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY: HELLO, HAGAR KOPESKY, BUDGET ANALYST.
03:51:06PM I WILL TAKE A MOMENT AND SEE IF I CAN GET THIS.
03:51:08PM THE REASON I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF CHARTER REVIEW
03:51:12PM UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.
03:51:13PM I WILL GIVE IT ANOTHER SECOND.
03:51:14PM SO SINCE THE LAST TIME THIS WAS PERFORMED, THERE HAVE BEEN
03:51:25PM SOME THINGS THAT CHANGED.
03:51:26PM THIS YEAR IN '25.
03:51:28PM AND FROM THIS POINT FORWARD EVERY EIGHT YEARS, THERE WILL BE
03:51:32PM A COMMISSION OF APPOINTED FOLKS FOR CHARTER REVIEW.
03:51:37PM THAT COMMISSION IS COMPOSED OF NINE PEOPLE IN TOTAL.
03:51:40PM SEVEN OF WHICH YOU WILL APPOINT.
03:51:42PM AND TWO FROM THE MAYOR AND AS FAR AS THE ALTERNATES, ONE OF
03:51:46PM THOSE COME FROM EACH THE MAYOR AND FROM THE COUNCIL.
03:51:48PM NEW MEMBERS OF THE CRC CAN BE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY
03:51:56PM EMPLOYEES.
03:51:56PM AND EACH OF THE MEMBERS DO NEED TO BE A CITY -- CITY
03:52:01PM RESIDENT AND ELECTOR.
03:52:03PM COUPLE OTHER THINGS BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
03:52:07PM VACANCIES, IF THEY DO OCCUR, HAVE TO BE FILLED WITHIN 30
03:52:13PM DAYS IN THE SAME MANNER OF WHICH THE ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT
03:52:16PM WAS DONE.
03:52:17PM A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
03:52:18PM THIS TIME AROUND, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THIRD-PARTY LEGAL
03:52:22PM COUNCIL.
03:52:23PM AND WE WILL ALSO BE USING AN EXTERNAL FACILITATOR THROUGHOUT
03:52:27PM THE PROCESS.
03:52:28PM AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE PARTICIPANTS DO NOT RECEIVE
03:52:34PM COMPENSATION.
03:52:34PM ALL RIGHT, SO, THERE IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL, AND I WANT TO LET
03:52:40PM YOU KNOW THIS IS MOVING ALONG.
03:52:42PM I THINK THIS MAY BE UNDERTAKEN TODAY AND INITIALLY WE NEED
03:52:46PM TO DO THE CREATION OF THE CHARTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY
03:52:51PM OFFERED NANCE.
03:52:52PM PROBABLY NEXT -- LET'S CALL IT ONE TO TWO MONTHS, WE DO NEED
03:52:57PM TO MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELECTING THAT FACILITATOR
03:53:02PM AND THE ATTORNEY. THIS GROUP WILL BEGIN THINKING OF
03:53:05PM APPOINTMENTS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE TO THE COMMISSION.
03:53:08PM AND THEN REALLY THERE WILL BE MORE CALENDARIZATION OF
03:53:14PM MEETINGS AND DURATION THAT WILL OCCUR, BUT BIG MILESTONES
03:53:20PM STATE FOR WHEN WE WANT THE PRESENTATION OF THE ACTUAL REPORT
03:53:23PM TO BE PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
03:53:26PM AND THEN SOMEWHERE ROUGHLY IN THE TIME FRAME OF Q4 2026,
03:53:35PM THAT IS WHEN WE WILL NEED TO DO THE CREATION OF THE PROPOSED
03:53:40PM BALLOT QUESTIONS.
03:53:41PM AND THE BALLOT VOTED SEVERAL TO COINCIDE MARCH OF 2027.
03:53:49PM NOW IN TERMS OF THE WORD "BUDGET."
03:53:54PM WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CLEAR IS WE HAVE DONE AN ESTIMATE
03:53:57PM OF WHAT THEY WHICH THIS THE SERVICES COST WILL BE BETWEEN
03:54:00PM BOTH THE ATTORNEY AND THE FACILITATOR.
03:54:03PM THAT IS STILL ONGOING AS WE CONTINUE TO REFINE HOW MANY MEET
03:54:06PM WILLING -- MEETINGS.
03:54:11PM HOW LONG THE MEETINGS WILL BE.
03:54:13PM WE WILL LET THE 2026 BUDGET PROGRESS AND MAKE EVERYBODY IN
03:54:16PM THE COUNCIL AWARE, WE DID INCLUDE A $150,000 PLACE HOLDER TO
03:54:21PM THEIR BUDGET.
03:54:21PM SO IT WILL BE REFINED AND IN NO WAY IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT
03:54:25PM THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE, OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL OCCUR.
03:54:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVE BEEN MEETING, MYSELF
03:54:34PM AND MR. SHELBY AND OUR BUDGET ANALYST MISS COPESKY ABOUT
03:54:41PM THIS ITEM.
03:54:41PM SHE HAS DONE A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE IN CHECKING WITH OTHER
03:54:45PM MUNICIPALITIES, OTHER COUNTIES ON WHAT THEY SPENT.
03:54:48PM TALKING ABOUT THESE TYPE OF PROCESSES.
03:54:50PM GETTING DOLLAR FIGURES WHAT THE FACILITATOR COST.
03:54:56PM ONE, I APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU HAVE DONE BEHIND
03:55:00PM THE SCENES INVISIBLE TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AT THIS
03:55:02PM POINT BRINGING IT FORWARD TO US FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.
03:55:05PM I DO -- I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT
03:55:10PM DIRECTION.
03:55:10PM AS SOON AS WE ARE DONE WITHIN THIS DISCUSSION, I DO HAVE THE
03:55:14PM -- THE MOTION TO ESTABLISH THIS PROCESSES THAT I WILL HAND
03:55:18PM THE GAVEL OFF, AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD FOR THAT.
03:55:22PM ANY QUESTIONS AS SOON AS I SEE THAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND
03:55:24PM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO AND COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:55:28PM YOU WANT TO GO FIRST.
03:55:29PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REAL QUICK.
03:55:31PM THANK YOU VERY.
03:55:32PM I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THESE CHARTER REVIEW
03:55:35PM COMMISSIONS.
03:55:35PM I BELIEVE IT WAS COUNCILWOMAN GAVIN YEARS AGO AND SINCE I
03:55:43PM HAVE BEEN HERE.
03:55:43PM AND THAT GROUP IMPRESSIVE, AMAZING INDIVIDUALS.
03:55:49PM AND THEY WORKED SO HARD.
03:55:53PM I HEARD THE STORIES -- I REMEMBER THE DEBATES.
03:55:58PM AND JUST A FANTASTIC GROUP.
03:55:59PM AND GOT ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
03:56:03PM WILLIAM GROSSMAN JR., THE ORIGINAL.
03:56:11PM I LIKE THAT WE HAVE THIS COMMISSION.
03:56:14PM BECAUSE THERE ARE LIVELY DISCUSSION.
03:56:17PM AND, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, DIFFERENCES IN OPINIONS AND IDEAS
03:56:22PM AND WHAT NOT, AND THEN IT COMES -- IT GETS BROUGHT TO US.
03:56:25PM AND, OF COURSE, IT GETS TO THE 2027 BALLOT, BUT, AGAIN, A
03:56:32PM VERY IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF INDIVIDUAL AND A LOT OF THEM WENT
03:56:36PM ON CONTINUE TO DO VERY GOOD THINGS.
03:56:37PM THIS GROUP - COMING UP.
03:56:44PM CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE BECOME BUSIER.
03:56:47PM DEBATE IS MORE SPIRITED.
03:56:49PM A LOT MORE FOLKS SHOW INTEREST IN GETTING APPOINTED THIS
03:56:54PM COMMISSION.
03:56:54PM THIS A BIG DEAL AND SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED EVERY FEW YEARS.
03:56:58PM AND IT IS TRANSFORMATIVE TO -- TO THEIR ASSISTANCE AND WORK
03:57:05PM AND IN THE CITIZENS OF THE FUTURE AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT.
03:57:08PM THIS A BIG DEAL.
03:57:09PM SAW $150,000 IN THE BUDGET ALLOCATED I THINK.
03:57:14PM THAT IS WHAT YOU MENTIONED MOVING FORWARD AND THEN
03:57:17PM FACILITATED THE ATTORNEY OUTSIDE AS I WAS LOOKING IN MAKING
03:57:22PM OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.
03:57:23PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:57:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: EVERY EIGHT YEARS BECAUSE THE LAST CHARTER
03:57:29PM COMMISSION CHANGED FROM TEN TO EIGHT.
03:57:31PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:57:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
03:57:32PM I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST SAY WHAT HAPPENED -- THAT
03:57:37PM COMMISSION -- THAT COMMISSION WE HAD, COUNCIL MEMBER
03:57:42PM CARLSON, WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER GUDES.
03:57:45PM COUNCIL.
03:57:45PM MEMBER CITRO ON THERE.
03:57:48PM I WAS IN THERE.
03:57:49PM NEW AIRPORT CEO MICHAEL STEVENS WAS ON THERE.
03:57:53PM OUR CITY ATTORNEY ANDREA ZELMAN WAS ON THERE.
03:57:57PM MORRIS WAS ON THERE.
03:58:01PM THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE DOING WORK FOR THE CITY WAS PRETTY
03:58:04PM AMAZE.
03:58:05PM I WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO A PLY FOR THIS TELLS THE
03:58:11PM STORY.
03:58:11PM I WORKED AS A NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER.
03:58:13PM THAT IS WRITE GOT STARTED.
03:58:15PM I APPLIED EITHER TO BE ON THE COMMISSION AND ALTERNATE AND
03:58:20PM ONLY FOUR I'M WHO WANTED TO BE AN ALTERNATE AND THE OTHER
03:58:23PM ALTERNATE THAT WAS CHOSEN WAS ORLANDO AND TWO PEOPLE DIDN'T
03:58:27PM SHOW UP FOR TWO MEETINGS AND BOOM, WE ARE ON.
03:58:30PM I SAY APPLY FOR THINGS.
03:58:32PM YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN ALSO WANTED TO TALK TO YOU
03:58:36PM VERY IMPORTANTLY ABOUT AREA AND ISSUE WE GOT STUCK WITH FOR
03:58:41PM THE END.
03:58:42PM I WANT YOU TO ENCOURAGE TO YOU WORK BACKWARD, BECAUSE
03:58:47PM SHOWING THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD WORK WITH THE
03:58:50PM CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE THAT WAS THE OTHER ISSUE IF I REMEMBER
03:58:55PM DIRECTLY WAS GETTING THE WORDING OF THE QUESTIONS FOR THE
03:58:59PM BATH BALLOT WAS TRICKY.
03:59:01PM SO I MIGHT COORDINATE WITH BOTH OUR CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY
03:59:07PM AND MISS ZELMAN TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH TIME WILL BE
03:59:11PM NECESSARY, AROUND THEN WORK BACKWARDS FROM THERE.
03:59:14PM I THINK WORKING BACKWARDS IS 100% THE WAY TO GO.
03:59:21PM WE REALLY STRUGGLED.
03:59:23PM WE ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT.
03:59:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH THE FINANCIAL
03:59:28PM SIDE OF IT.
03:59:28PM I THINK SHE GIVES A LOT OF BACKGROUND BECAUSE IF WE WERE NOT
03:59:32PM FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS.
03:59:33PM BUT MR. SHELBY HAS BEEN WORKING ON THESE -- THESE TYPES OF
03:59:38PM DETAILS AND I THINK THIS WILL BE -- I THINK THAT WILL BE
03:59:41PM REALLY IMPORTANT AND MINDFUL TO THE STRUCTURE -- LEADERSHIP
03:59:46PM STRUCTURE OF THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION TO -- YOU KNOW
03:59:51PM WORKING BACKWARDS OF THAT PROCESS.
03:59:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN HIMSELF REACHED OUT
03:59:56PM TO THE THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTION THE DATES --
04:00:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF WE HAVE TO EXPERIMENT.
04:00:06PM >>LYNN HURTAK: APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT
04:00:09PM BECAUSE THAT IS THE THING THAT WE REALLY FELT WE WERE UNDER
04:00:13PM THE GUN WITH THAT.
04:00:14PM WE HAD 18 AMENDMENTS.
04:00:18PM NERVERACKING.
04:00:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VOLUNTEER COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA FOR THE
04:00:24PM INTERPRETATION OF THIS IN SPANISH, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE
04:00:29PM SUPERVISOR WILL CHARGE US AND WE WILL SOLICIT YOUR FREE
04:00:32PM LABOR.
04:00:32PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
04:00:34PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
04:00:36PM I HAVE A QUESTION.
04:00:38PM WHEN DO WE SUBMIT OUR NOMINEES.
04:00:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TO BE DETERMINED.
04:00:42PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY AND
04:00:47PM NOT UNTIL IT IS CREATED AND NOT CREATED UNTIL COUNCIL COMES
04:00:52PM BACK TO BRING BACK A DRAFT ORDINANCE.
04:00:53PM AT THAT POINT THE PROCESS WILL BE SPELLED OUT AND YOU WILL
04:00:56PM BE ABLE TO BE HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND RAISE ISSUES
04:01:00PM THAT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT ORDINANCE.
04:01:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AOL RATHER THAN LATER.
04:01:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: I WILL BE SEEKING A WAIVER TO APPOINT JOE
04:01:08PM GRECO ON HERE.
04:01:09PM JUST JOKING.
04:01:11PM GOD BLESS JOE.
04:01:12PM ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE.
04:01:13PM IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT ON HERE GOOD PEOPLE.
04:01:15PM I APPOINTED MICHAEL STEVENS ON BE THERE A WONDERFUL PERSON.
04:01:19PM DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THOUGHTS OF CHARTER.
04:01:22PM CHANGE SOMETHING LIKE IT IS THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.
04:01:25PM PLEASE, IT IS NOT.
04:01:26PM THAT IS MY VIEW.
04:01:28PM YOU WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
04:01:30PM LOOKING FORWARD.
04:01:31PM THANK YOU.
04:01:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:01:33PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU, ALL, FOR GOING THROUGH THIS AND
04:01:36PM THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO FOR PUT ME ON THERE.
04:01:41PM IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING, REWARDING CONVERSATION.
04:01:45PM I GOT TO KNOW LYNN AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT WAY.
04:01:52PM IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
04:01:53PM WE NEED TO JUST REMEMBERING FROM PAST AND -- LYNN WAS OUR
04:01:58PM SPOKESPERSON, SHE WENT AROUND AND SPOKE AT ALL THE LEAGUE OF
04:02:03PM WOMEN VOTERS TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHAT WE VOTED ON.
04:02:08PM WE NEED TO GIVE THEM CLEAR DIRECTION WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
04:02:11PM AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO SIT DOWN AND
04:02:16PM BUILD SOME CONSENSUS ON SOME IDEAS AND THEMES.
04:02:19PM I REMEMBER ONE TIME -- ONE TIME I WAS DISCUSSING -- I DON'T
04:02:23PM KNOW REMEMBER THE EXACT DETAIL AND DISCUSSING THE BALANCE OF
04:02:27PM POWER BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
04:02:28PM AND SUDDENLY, THE CITY ATTORNEY ROAR WHO WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO
04:02:33PM BE INVOLVED CAME RUNNING DOWN AND SAID, YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY
04:02:35PM THE STRONG MAYOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
04:02:37PM I SAID CITY COUNCIL ASKED US TO DO THAT.
04:02:39PM HE SAID NO, THEY DIDN'T.
04:02:40PM SAID HERE IS WHAT IT SAYS RIGHT THERE.
04:02:44PM IT WAS IN OUR CONSTRUCTION BOOK.
04:02:47PM WHATEVER DIRECTION WE WANT TO GIVE, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
04:02:50PM IF SOMEBODY POLITICALLY TRIES TO INTERVENE THAT WE HAVE --
04:02:53PM THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN AS TO WHAT WE WANT THEM
04:02:56PM TO LOOK AT AND WHAT DON'T -- NOT DETAILED ISSUES, BUT JUST
04:03:00PM BIG THEMES THINGS WE WANT SO WE NEED TO SCHEDULE THAT AT
04:03:06PM SOME POINT.
04:03:06PM OTHER THING ABOUT RULES.
04:03:08PM WE SPENT, LIKE, THE FIRST MEETING OR TWO DISCUSSING WHETHER
04:03:12PM OR NOT WE WILL HAVE A CHAIR.
04:03:13PM AND WHETHER WE WILL HAVE MAJORITY VOTE OR SUPERMAJORITY
04:03:17PM VOTE.
04:03:17PM AND THAT PROCESS SEEMED IN THE END VERY POLITICAL.
04:03:21PM BUT THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T REASON IS A CHAIR, I THINK,
04:03:24PM CAUSED US TO SLOW DOWN.
04:03:26PM AND IT ALSO CAUSE IT TO BE -- THE VOTES TO BE BIASED WITHOUT
04:03:30PM GOING INTO DETAILS.
04:03:31PM BY HAVING A SUPERMAJORITY, CAUSED THE VOTES TO BE BIASED.
04:03:37PM WE HAD THE MAJORITY VOTE, BUT WE COULDN'T ALWAYS GET
04:03:42PM SUPERMAJORITY.
04:03:42PM BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WAS POLITICAL.
04:03:45PM I THINK ALL OF THAT -- ALL THOSE RULES SHOULD BE WORKED OUT
04:03:49PM IN ADVANCE.
04:03:49PM ONE THING WE CHANGED TO BRING AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY BECAUSE OF
04:03:53PM THE INTERFERENCE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO IS NOT AT THE CITY
04:03:56PM ANYMORE, BUT IT IS SEPARATE PROCESS THAT WE NEED TO GET
04:04:01PM ADVICE ON.
04:04:02PM AND THEN -- YEAH.
04:04:04PM SO ANYWAY, THE -- JUST SO WE SET UP THE RULES IN ADVANCE.
04:04:09PM I DON'T KNOW -- IN ADDITION TO THE ORDINANCE REQUEST --
04:04:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A SUGGESTION ABOUT THAT.
04:04:14PM IT WAS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION.
04:04:16PM SO I AM GOING TO HAND THE GAVEL OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:04:19PM I WILL START OFF WITH THE -- WITH THE LEGAL MOTION TO START
04:04:22PM THIS PROCESS.
04:04:23PM I MOVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY WORK WITH THE LEGAL
04:04:26PM DEPARTMENT AND TO BRING COUNCIL A DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT
04:04:29PM CREATES A CHARTER REVIEW ADVISORY COMMISSION PURSUANT TO
04:04:33PM SECTION 10.10 OF THE CITY CHARTER FOR COUNCIL'S REVIEW AND
04:04:37PM DISCUSSION ON AUGUST 29, 2025 UNDER STAFF REPORTS AN
04:04:41PM UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
04:04:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE A MOTION FROM CHAIR CLENDENIN.
04:04:47PM SORRY.
04:04:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ISN'T THAT FUNNY HOW IT GOES.
04:04:51PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ESCAPES DOWN THE HEAD.
04:04:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I LOOK DOWN THE LINE, WHAT IS YOUR NAME.
04:04:58PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:05:01PM ANY COMMENT?
04:05:04PM ANY OPPOSED?
04:05:05PM AUGUST 29.
04:05:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AUGUST 29.
04:05:08PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE WILL LOOK AT THAT.
04:05:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DON'T HAVE AUGUST 29.
04:05:15PM BUT AUGUST 28.
04:05:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS A TYPO SHELBY ANOTHER THING --
04:05:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: AUGUST 28 DAY, IF MAYBE COUNCIL WILL GRAND
04:05:28PM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT ON THE 4th.
04:05:30PM I WILL TELL YOU WHY.
04:05:31PM IF YOU LOOK ON THE 28th, YOU HAVE THAT FUTURE LAND USE
04:05:36PM WORKSHOP THAT DAY.
04:05:37PM IF YOU WANT TO GO PERHAPS LONG ON THE 28th YOU CAN, BUT YOU
04:05:41PM WILL GO INTO A 5 O'CLOCK MEETING AND A LENGTHY ONE.
04:05:44PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DO IT WITH A SPECIALLY CALLED WORKSHOP.
04:05:49PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DO IT ON THE 7th.
04:05:51PM THE 7th WOULD BE WITH THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST.
04:05:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT ONE IS LONG TOO.
04:05:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ONLY FOUR STAFF REPORTS.
04:06:00PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: 7th WOULD BE FINE.
04:06:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MOTION TO AMENDS IT TO AUGUST 7.
04:06:06PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN RESPECTFULLY, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
04:06:11PM THAT IS ENOUGH TIME TO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TALK
04:06:13PM OF ALL THE ISSUES TO BRING BACK SOMETHING FULLY FORMED TO
04:06:17PM COUNCIL.
04:06:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU ARE THE ONE THAT JUST SAID THAT TO US.
04:06:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: DOES NEED TO BE FULLY FORMED.
04:06:24PM I THINK THE ISSUE THAT COUNCILMAN CARLSON SAID CLEARLY THAT
04:06:28PM WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT.
04:06:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS JUST CREATING IT.
04:06:32PM THIS MOTION -- THE MOTION IS I MOVE THE CITY COUNCIL
04:06:37PM ATTORNEY TO WORK TO CREATE A DRAFT ORDINANCE OF THE CHARTER
04:06:43PM REVIEW COMMISSION.
04:06:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
04:06:45PM BUT I THINK ALL THE THINGS YOU WISH TO HAVE IN TERMS OF
04:06:50PM GOVERNANCE.
04:06:50PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS THE CREATION OF IT.
04:06:53PM I WILL HAVE A SECOND MOTION HERE IN A SECOND.
04:06:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY.
04:06:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MY MOTION TO AMENDS TO AUGUST 7.
04:07:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION BY CHAIR CLENDENIN
04:07:05PM AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO OPINION
04:07:08PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:07:09PM ANY OPPOSED?
04:07:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NEXT IS, WHAT IS THE SENTIMENT OF COUNCIL
04:07:18PM -- AND WHAT YOU JUST FLARED COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:07:21PM A LOT OF ISSUES THE LAST CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
04:07:26PM DISCOVERED IN THE PROCESS INCLUDING ITS STRUCTURE OF THE --
04:07:28PM OF THE REVIEW COMMISSION.
04:07:30PM WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A ADD-ON TO A WORKSHOP, HAVE A
04:07:36PM SPECIAL WORKSHOP THAT IS JUST ABOUT CHARTER REVIEW?
04:07:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I -- OKAY.
04:07:43PM I THINK THAT WE COULD JUST TALK ABOUT IT ON THE 7th.
04:07:47PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I CAN TAKE THAT BACK.
04:07:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IF YOU WERE MAKING A MOTION.
04:07:52PM BUT -- YES, I THINK WE TALK ABOUT IT ON THE 7th.
04:07:55PM WE GET INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ON THAT DAY.
04:07:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WOULD EVERYBODY -- WHAT WE ARE SAYING THAT
04:08:04PM PEOPLE WILL BE PREPARED TO HAVE THOSE IDEAS ON THE 7th TO
04:08:07PM BRING THEM FORWARD.
04:08:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK WE COULD.
04:08:10PM >>BILL CARLSON: A SEPARATE MOTION TO SAY WE WILL DISCUSS THE
04:08:15PM RULES FOR THE COMMITTEE AND ALSO THE ISSUES.
04:08:18PM I MAKE A MOTION TO ADD ADJACENT TO THE OTHER ITEM ON AUGUST
04:08:23PM 7, CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF THE RULES FOR THE COMMITTEE
04:08:27PM AND ALSO A DISCUSSION OF GENERAL THEMES THAT WE WOULD LIKE
04:08:32PM THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS.
04:08:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
04:08:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL SECOND WITH AN AMENDMENT.
04:08:42PM BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION, I WOULD
04:08:45PM LIKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS SPECIFICS ITEM ONLY DURING --
04:08:51PM EITHER BEFORE SO PEOPLE DON'T TO TAKE THEIR THREE MINUTES OF
04:08:55PM GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.
04:08:57PM I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD SPEAK SPECIFICALLY OF THIS WITH THEIR
04:09:00PM SUGGESTIONS.
04:09:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PRIOR TO THIS MEETING YOU WOULD YOU HAVE
04:09:03PM TO WAIVE THE RULES.
04:09:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S WHAT I AM SAYING.
04:09:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ON THAT DAY, AT THAT MEETING WAIVE THE
04:09:10PM RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
04:09:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE WILL
04:09:21PM BE WAVING THE RULES OF THIS.
04:09:22PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MISS HURTAK, IF THEY SPEND IF THEY GET TO
04:09:27PM IT AT 4:15 IN THE AFTERNOON.
04:09:29PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SOME PEOPLE WILL, SOME PEOPLE WON'T, BUT GIVE
04:09:34PM THEM THE OPTION.
04:09:35PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WOULD YOU BE FORMING YOUR WHOLE DAY'S
04:09:39PM AGENDA AROUND THAT.
04:09:40PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF FOLKS WANT TO ADD THAT, I DON'T MIND
04:09:44PM ADDING THAT.
04:09:45PM CHAPTER REVIEW MEETINGS WAS OPEN AND TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT.
04:09:50PM UNFORTUNATELY THE PUBLIC DIDN'T COME VERY MUCH, ONLY TO A
04:09:53PM COUPLE OF MEETINGS.
04:09:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK: BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T ADVERTISE
04:09:56PM IT.
04:09:56PM REMEMBER THAT?
04:09:57PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD -- THE LAST
04:10:01PM ADMINISTRATION.
04:10:01PM THEY WOULDN'T EVEN PUT IT ON FACEBOOK.
04:10:04PM WE MADE A MOTION TO PUNT IT ON THE FACEBOOK FOR FREE AND
04:10:08PM THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
04:10:10PM ANYWAY, ADD THAT AS PART OF OUR RULES.
04:10:13PM BUT THE OTHER THING IS, WHATEVER LIST WE COME WITH IN THE
04:10:19PM 7th NOT EXCLUSIVE -- JUST A RECOMMENDATION.
04:10:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, SECONDED
04:10:26PM FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:10:26PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:10:27PM OPPOSED.
04:10:28PM AYE HAVE IT.
04:10:34PM I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER.
04:10:36PM VERY GOOD.
04:10:37PM THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA ITEMS AND WE ARE ON TO NEW
04:10:40PM BUSINESS, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:10:42PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE -- I WOULD LIKE --
04:10:45PM CANDY LOWE ASKED US TO GIVE A COMMENDATION THAT WILL BE
04:10:50PM PRESENTED OFF-SITE.
04:10:52PM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT CANDY LOWE WITH THE
04:10:59PM 20th ANNIVERSARY COMMENDATION.
04:11:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:11:03PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
04:11:05PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:11:06PM OPPOSED.
04:11:07PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
04:11:08PM THE OTHER ONE IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED.
04:11:10PM I WILL PASS THIS DOWN TO YOU.
04:11:12PM THERE IS A MOTION AND THEN A DESCRIPTION.
04:11:15PM THE ISSUE THAT WE DISCUSSED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IN GENERAL
04:11:18PM IS THAT AP WATER STREET IS ABOUT TO GO NORTH.
04:11:22PM AN EVERYTHING TO THE WEST OF MERIDIAN WILL BE BUILT TO THE
04:11:27PM HEIGHT OF THE LIMIT.
04:11:29PM AND IT WILL BE UNDER THE CBD, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
04:11:34PM CDB RULE IS THAT THE STAFF HANDLE IT IS, AND THE PROCESS
04:11:40PM GOES FASTER.
04:11:41PM CHANNEL DISTRICT TO THE EAST IS KIND OF A HODGEPODGE RIGHT
04:11:44PM NOW.
04:11:44PM BUT ORIGINALLY IT WAS SET TO BE A STEP-UP AND LINDA SAUL
04:11:50PM CENA WORKED ON IT AND ANDY SCAGLIONE.
04:11:55PM WITH SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONS SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ARE HIGH
04:11:59PM AND SOME ARE LOW.
04:11:59PM PEER HOUSE BUILT BY THE RELATED GROUP ARE FIVE STORIES.
04:12:04PM I SAID YOU GUYS CAN BUY THIS BACK AND BUILD IT UP HIGHER.
04:12:07PM THEY SAID YEAH, WE COULD.
04:12:09PM THE PUBLIC DOESN'T WANT HIGH-RISES AND DENSITY IN HISTORIC
04:12:15PM NEIGHBORHOODS.
04:12:15PM BUT THEY DON'T BE A HAVING IT IN PLACES WHERE IS THERE IS
04:12:19PM ALREADY DENSITY.
04:12:21PM GOT ON THE PHONE A COUPLE DAYS AGO WITH KEN SCAGLIONE AND
04:12:30PM ABBYE FEELEY AND OUT IN A TEXT AMENDMENT FOR THE JULY 17 --
04:12:33PM SORRY THE JULY UPDATE.
04:12:34PM AND SO -- SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ASK CITY STAFF
04:12:38PM TO INCLUDE A TEXT MESSAGE OF THE JILL CYCLE THAT WILL ADD
04:12:42PM THE CHANNEL DISTRICT FROM MERIDIAN TO CHANNELSIDE DRIVE INTO
04:12:48PM IS THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND RETURN ON JULY 17 FOR
04:12:52PM AN UPDATE.
04:12:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:12:55PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
04:12:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
04:13:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THOUGHT WE STARTED THIS PROCESS.
04:13:04PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:13:05PM OPPOSED.
04:13:06PM AYES HAVE IT.
04:13:07PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
04:13:08PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES THANK YOU.
04:13:12PM VERY QUICK IF I MAY, NOVEMBER 6 OF 2025 -- I WANT TO INVITE
04:13:17PM -- VETERANS DAY SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
04:13:19PM TWO SPECIAL GENTLEMEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAPPY TO
04:13:24PM HEAR FROM.
04:13:24PM THE FIRST BLACK SPECIAL FORCES BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THE
04:13:31PM UNITED STATES MILITARY THAT LIVES IN NEW TAMPA IN CORY LAKE.
04:13:34PM I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIM COME AND SPEAK ON VETERANS DAY AS
04:13:38PM WELL AS A GENTLEMAN THAT Y'ALL MAY HAVE READ ABOUT, RAY, WHO
04:13:43PM IS A 102-YEAR-OLD BUFFALO SOLDIER COMBAT VETERAN WHO LIVES
04:13:49PM IN NEW COMPANY AND HAD THE BRONZE STAR AND TO HAVE THEM
04:13:53PM SPEAK ON VETERANS DAY.
04:13:54PM NOVEMBER 6.
04:13:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA AND
04:13:58PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:13:59PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:14:00PM AYES HAVE IT.
04:14:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN ON AUGUST 28,
04:14:06PM ADMINISTRATION, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE RETURN FOR PLANS FOR AN
04:14:08PM UPDATED PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN FROM TAMPA FIRE RESCUE AND
04:14:12PM TO REPORT ON PLANS INCLUDING COSTS AND TIMELINE TO BE DONE.
04:14:17PM AND I AM NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM A TIMELINE ON IT.
04:14:21PM BUT A WRITTEN REPORT TO SEE IF WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE
04:14:24PM BUDGET BY AUGUST 28 JUST FOR A WRITTEN REPORT.
04:14:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
04:14:30PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:14:32PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:14:33PM OPPOSED.
04:14:34PM AYES HAVE IT.
04:14:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
04:14:37PM LAST, COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE PASSED A SPECIAL NEEDS
04:14:40PM INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA TO GIVE FOLKS WITH
04:14:43PM SPECIAL NEEDS $15 AN HOUR.
04:14:45PM I MADE A COUPLE OF MOTIONS ON THAT.
04:14:47PM WE BUDGET ANYWHERE FROM $75,000 TO $100,000 ON THAT.
04:14:50PM THE IDEA WAS TO HAVE THE CITY OF TAMPA HIRE PEOPLE WITH
04:14:54PM SPELLINGS NEEDS TO WORK WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA, $15 AN
04:14:57PM HOUR.
04:14:57PM WE HAVE, I BELIEVE IT IS, TWO INTERNS UNDER THAT PROGRAM.
04:15:01PM AND NOW THE -- NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THIS IN
04:15:04PM COUNCIL, BUT THE MOVE SEEMS TO BE TO LOOK TO GIVE OTHER
04:15:08PM ORGANIZATIONS MONEY FOR THAT.
04:15:09PM I -- I THINK THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE
04:15:12PM PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AS INTERNS.
04:15:14PM SO WE ARE HAVING A REPORT ON THIS ON JULY 31 OF THIS YEAR.
04:15:18PM AND SO I HAVE A FORM HERE.
04:15:20PM IT IS VERY SIMPLE.
04:15:21PM KIND OF LIKE -- I WANT A STRAIGHT ANSWER.
04:15:24PM LIKE WHEN YOU ARE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND YOU SEND SOMEBODY A
04:15:27PM NOTE.
04:15:28PM WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME, YES OR NO.
04:15:29PM WILL YOU ACCEPT A SPECIAL NEEDS INTERN?
04:15:31PM DEPARTMENT, YES, NO.
04:15:33PM IF NO, WHY.
04:15:34PM THAT'S ALL.
04:15:35PM I WANT EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA TO BE
04:15:38PM ABLE TO ANSWER THIS, POLICE, FIRE, EVERYTHING.
04:15:40PM BECAUSE, AGAIN, FOR SOME REASON IT CAN'T, LET'S KNOW.
04:15:44PM BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO FULLY UTILIZE THE MONEY WE SPENT ON
04:15:47PM THIS.
04:15:48PM SO MY AMENDMENT TO THE JULY 31 PRESENTATION ON THAT IS TO
04:15:53PM HAVE THIS, WHICH MY OFFICE WILL SEND IN WORD SO THAT EVERY
04:15:57PM DEPARTMENT WILL EXECUTE AND FILL IT OUT TO BE ACCOMPANIED
04:15:59PM WITH THAT PRESENTATION ON JULY 31.
04:16:02PM AND MY OFFICE WILL ESSENTIAL THIS OUT.
04:16:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
04:16:05PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
04:16:09PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CLENDENIN.
04:16:11PM ISN'T THE ISSUE MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE SPECIAL NEEDS IS
04:16:17PM SUCH A LARGE SPECTRUM AND THE COMMENDATIONS MAY BE --
04:16:25PM >>LUIS VIERA: GOOD QUESTION.
04:16:26PM THAT'S WHY I AM ASKING IT.
04:16:28PM WITHOUT CITING NAMES, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE PEOPLE WITH
04:16:31PM AUTISM AND SO FORTH WORKING IN THEIR.
04:16:33PM SOMETHING -- WE CAN HIRE MORE THAN TWO.
04:16:36PM THAT IS MY POINT.
04:16:37PM WE CAN DO BETTER THAN TWO.
04:16:39PM IF YOU GIVE ME EIGHT, I WILL BE HAPPY AS A PIG AND YOU KNOW
04:16:42PM WHY AND THAT'S ALL I AM SAYING.
04:16:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
04:16:47PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:16:48PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:16:49PM AYES HAVE IT.
04:16:51PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:16:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO THESE ARE FROM YOU.
04:16:56PM SO EVERYBODY HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
04:16:58PM I -- I NOW -- I AM DOING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MOTIONS.
04:17:02PM SO MOTION ONE, REQUEST FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO
04:17:04PM REMOVE -CPA 24-04, 24-05, AND 24-06 FROM THE JULY 1, 2025,
04:17:15PM 5:01 P.M. PUBLIC ADOPTION HEARINGS.
04:17:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:17:21PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:17:23PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:17:23PM OPPOSED.
04:17:24PM AYES HAVE IT.
04:17:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: REQUEST FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION SETTING
04:17:28PM AN OPTION TO FOR TA/CPA 24-04, 24-05, 24-06 A FORM OF NEVER
04:17:43PM FOR ADVERTISING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
04:17:45PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK AND
04:17:51PM SECONDED FROM MANISCALCO.
04:17:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: REQUEST FOR 24-18 AND 25-03 ON SEPTEMBER 25,
04:18:01PM 2025 AT 5 D 01 P.M. AND DIRECT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT PRO
04:18:05PM PROVIDE THE CITY CLERK FOR THE FORM OF NOTICE FOR
04:18:08PM ADVERTISING.
04:18:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
04:18:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:18:13PM OPPOSED.
04:18:14PM AYES HAVE IT.
04:18:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK: REQUEST FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, 25-11 FROM
04:18:21PM THE JULY 25, 2025 PUBLIC HEARING.
04:18:27PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE, OPPOSED.
04:18:29PM AYES ARE HAVE IT.
04:18:30PM >>LYNN HURTAK: REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION TA-CPA 25-11
04:18:35PM FOR JANUARY 29, 2026 AT 5:01 P.M.
04:18:40PM AN DIRECT THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE FORM OF
04:18:43PM NOTICE FOR ADVERTISING WILL YOU BE I CAN HEARING.
04:18:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:18:47PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
04:18:48PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:18:49PM OPPOSED.
04:18:51PM THE AYES HAVE IT.
04:18:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: NEXT, I -- WE POSTPONED THE STAFF
04:18:56PM PRESENTATION ON THE LOWER PENINSULA WATER SHED PLAN PROJECT
04:19:03PM FOR A DATE TO BE DETERMINED.
04:19:04PM I HAVE WORKED WITH STAFF.
04:19:06PM AND IT IS FILE NUMBER CM-24-99-64.
04:19:13PM YOU DO NOT WANT ME TO READ THE WHOLE THING BECAUSE IT IS
04:19:16PM VERY LONG.
04:19:17PM STAFF REQUESTED A CONTINUE UNTIL THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED.
04:19:23PM I MOTION AUGUST 7, 2025 FOR A IN-PERSON REPORT.
04:19:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
04:19:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:19:32PM OPPOSED.
04:19:33PM AYES HAVE IT.
04:19:34PM >>LYNN HURTAK: LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MOTION TO HAVE STAFF
04:19:38PM PROVIDE AN IN-PERSON PROGRESS REPORT ON THE TPD INBOUND
04:19:43PM EVIDENCE CAPITAL FORENSIC.
04:19:47PM SHOULD INCLUDE THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND SPENDING TO DATE BY
04:19:51PM ASSET TYPE, LAND, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CONSTRUCTION, ETC.
04:19:55PM TWO, A VISUAL OF CURRENT SITE PLAN INCLUDING PARKING AND
04:19:59PM STORAGE OF ANY VEHICLE TYPE.
04:20:01PM THREE, BUILDING DESIGN WITH ROOM BY ROOM ASSESSMENT AND
04:20:04PM SQUARE FOOTAGE ASSUMPTION.
04:20:06PM FOUR, UPDATED CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE.
04:20:09PM FIVE, A LIST OF POSITIONS THAT WILL REMOVE FROM TPD
04:20:13PM HEADQUARTERS AND OTHER CURRENTLY OCCASIONS TO THE CUT SITE.
04:20:16PM SIX, EXPECTED DATE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO
04:20:20PM INITIATE THE BID PROCESS.
04:20:22PM AND SEVEN, COMPLETION DATE OF CONSTRUCTION.
04:20:25PM PROGRESS REPORT ON AUGUST 7, 2025.
04:20:28PM THIS DATE WAS SELECTED BETWEEN THE TWO BUDGET WORKSHOP
04:20:33PM SESSIONS WHERE COUNCIL WILL BE DISCUSSING FISCAL YEAR '26
04:20:37PM CAPITAL REQUESTS.
04:20:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:20:39PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
04:20:41PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:20:42PM OPPOSED.
04:20:43PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE REASON -- THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT IS
04:20:47PM THIS IS PEACE WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHANGE ANYTHING
04:20:50PM IF WE NEED TO PASS THIS.>>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR
04:20:55PM BRINGING THAT WORD.
04:20:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK WE NEED TO BE DOING THIS WITH EVERY
04:20:59PM MAJOR PROJECT AND THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
04:21:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAS NEVER SET
04:21:04PM WELL WITH ME.
04:21:04PM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:21:06PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE
04:21:09PM LEGAL DEPARTMENT BRING A RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS
04:21:12PM FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SUSPENSION HEARINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 4,
04:21:17PM 2025 AT 1:30 HERE AT 15 E. KENNEDY, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602,
04:21:26PM THIRD FLOOR.
04:21:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU NEED TO REREAD THAT WITH A LITTLE MORE
04:21:30PM EXCITEMENT.
04:21:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
04:21:32PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:21:34PM A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
04:21:37PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:21:38PM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
04:21:40PM [INAUDIBLE]
04:21:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU ARE NOT EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
04:21:46PM THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEIR DEPARTMENT THAT I WANT TO MAKE
04:21:50PM A CHANGE.
04:21:51PM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO HONOR THE LATE COUNCILWOMAN
04:21:55PM GWEN HENDERSON AT PERRY HARVEY PARK TO NAME SOMETHING AFTER
04:22:01PM HER.
04:22:01PM THAT HAS NOT BEEN FUNDED YET, I UNDERSTAND, BUT SHE WAS VERY
04:22:05PM MUCH INVOLVED IN THAT.
04:22:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
04:22:10PM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:22:12PM DISCUSSION?
04:22:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, FRED AMERICANS WAS HERE TALKING
04:22:16PM ABOUT THAT.
04:22:17PM I SPOKE TO HIM A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND I LET HIM KNOW AS
04:22:21PM CRA TWO WEEK AGO, I MADE THAT -- SUPPORTED IT.
04:22:24PM MADE THE MOTION TO DIRECTOR McCRAY ABOUT EXPLORING WITHIN
04:22:29PM THAT CRA FAR ARE YOU KNOW, DOING AN AMPHITHEATRE AND THIS IS
04:22:37PM PERFECT.
04:22:38PM I TOTALLY SUPPORT NAMING IT -- THAT WE NAME IT AFTER
04:22:45PM COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:22:46PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:22:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE WE SHOULD DO IT AND WE SHOULD FOLLOW
04:22:53PM OUR PROCEDURES WHICH IS FILLING OUT A FORM.
04:22:56PM I MEAN, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO --
04:22:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHAT I WANT TO DO.
04:22:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK IT IS A FINE SENTIMENT AND I AGREE
04:23:03PM WITH IT.
04:23:03PM BUT WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE MAKE --
04:23:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK SO JUST KNOW IF THIS WAS
04:23:11PM CONSTRUCTED, THIS IS THE INTENT OF IT.
04:23:14PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I HAVE TWO MORE OF THE SAME POINT.
04:23:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE INTENT AND WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH
04:23:20PM THE PROCESS.
04:23:20PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
04:23:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
04:23:22PM I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO SEE AND THIS MAY REQUIRE A WAIVER OF
04:23:26PM THE RULES OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT ALSO STREET RENAMING.
04:23:30PM MAYBE WHERE BLACK ENGLISH IS.
04:23:33PM MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN CARVER CITY WHERE HER FAMILY GREW UP.
04:23:37PM AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:23:40PM WE NEED TO HONOR THE HELL OUT OF HER.
04:23:43PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I MAY, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THIS
04:23:47PM INDIVIDUAL --
04:23:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE TO VOTE.
04:23:49PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:23:50PM OPPOSED.
04:23:51PM AYES HAVE IT.
04:23:52PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NEXT -- TWO BUILDINGS OF THE LIFE OF WEST
04:23:57PM TAMPA AND I IMAGINE THAT THE OWNERS SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND
04:24:00PM THEY -- ABOUT A BLOCK NORTH OF COLUMBUS DRIVE.
04:24:03PM AND ONE IS THE OLD GARCIA.
04:24:06PM THE CIGAR FACTORY.
04:24:09PM AND THE OTHER USED TO BE A DRUG STORE AND HARDWARE STORE.
04:24:13PM RIGHT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER AND OWNED BY THE PRIDA FAMILY
04:24:17PM AND I WANT TO TALK TO THEM.
04:24:19PM AND THAT MY INTENT.
04:24:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SO NO VOTE.
04:24:24PM YOU GOT.
04:24:25PM WHERE IS THE OTHER.
04:24:28PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
04:24:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GARCIA BUILDING WHERE THE FAMILY IS AT.
04:24:34PM THAT IS WHERE -- WHERE I RAN MY ELECTION TEN YEARS AGO.
04:24:38PM I THINK YOU WERE THERE.
04:24:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE SHOULD HAVE A SHRINE PUT ON THIS?
04:24:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, A SPECIAL PLACE TO ME.
04:24:45PM BUT ALSO --
04:24:51PM >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE A PICTURE OF MY KIDS THERE THEY WERE
04:24:53PM SHORTER THAN HIM AND NOW THEY ARE TALLER THAN HIM.
04:24:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU SEE THE DYNAMICS OF -- WE ARE ALL
04:24:59PM CONNECTED AND WE ALL GIVE BACK.
04:25:01PM YEAH, THAT BUILDING THE GARCIA BUILDING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
04:25:04PM THEY HAVE ORIGINAL ELEVATORS AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF IN
04:25:08PM THERE.
04:25:08PM WHAT THE PRIDA FAMILY DID, THE HARDWARE STORE.
04:25:12PM AND IT IS AMAZING HOW THEY PROTECTED THE FACADE.
04:25:16PM AND THEY MODERNIZED IT INSTEAD OF DEMOLISHING AND PRESERVING
04:25:23PM OUR HISTORY IN WEST TAMPA IS VERY IMPORTANT.
04:25:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:25:28PM >>BILL CARLSON: I HAVE ONE QUICK.
04:25:29PM I FORGO THE TO SAY, COLBY, THE REPORT FROM THE "TIMES" SAID
04:25:34PM THE LAST TIME COVERING US AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
04:25:36PM IMPORTANT THAT THE PRESS COVER US.
04:25:38PM SHE HAS BEEN COVERING GOVERNMENT AND THE WHOLE REGION
04:25:41PM INCLUDING WITH US.
04:25:42PM THANK YOU.
04:25:42PM WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WHAT THE "TIMES" SAYS BECAUSE THANK
04:25:49PM YOU FOR COVERING US.
04:25:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: "TIMES" REPORTERS COME AND GO SO QUICKLY
04:25:55PM AROUND HERE.
04:25:55PM THEY COME AND GO.
04:25:56PM MISS COPESKY HAS A REQUEST.
04:26:00PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY: HAGAR KOPESKY, BUDGET COUNTY ANALYSIS, AND
04:26:06PM I KNOW THE HOLIDAY NEXT WEEKS AND THE WEEK AFTER, PEOPLE
04:26:08PM WILL NOT BE PRESENT AS MUCH.
04:26:10PM SO IT IS PERFECT TIMING BECAUSE MR. ROGERO PRESENTED THE
04:26:16PM MID-YEAR AND REFLECTED ON SLIDE 4, WHICH I WILL PUT DOWN BUT
04:26:21PM JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU A BREAKOUT BETWEEN
04:26:24PM THE ENTERPRISE EXPENDITURES AND THE GENERAL FUND.
04:26:27PM WHY AND I BRINGING THAT UP?
04:26:34PM LAST YEAR WHEN WE DID THE TWO WORKSHOPS.
04:26:37PM ALL CAPITAL AND ALL EXPENSE.
04:26:39PM WE LEARNED THROUGH EVERY WORKSHOP GOOD THINGS THAT CAME OUT
04:26:42PM OF MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND THE WAY THE REPORTS WERE SHOWN.
04:26:45PM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT I WANT TO USE
04:26:48PM YOUR INPUT THAT YOU CONSIDER ON THE SLIDE THE MATERIALITY
04:26:58PM LEVEL AND TO LOOK AT THE BALANCE SHEET PERSPECTIVE, MEANING
04:27:01PM WHEN WE TALK OF GENERAL FUND, TALK OF THE EXPENSES OF THE
04:27:05PM GENERAL FUND AND GET THE PRESENTATION OF THE CAPITAL THAT IS
04:27:08PM ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE PARTICULAR APARTMENTS.
04:27:10PM SAME WITH THE ENTERPRISE YOU WILL HEAR OF THE INVESTMENTS.
04:27:19PM AND, AGAIN, YOU ARE TOGETHER.
04:27:22PM IN CASE YOU WANT ANYTHING AROUND SLIGHT SHIFT IN FORMATTING.
04:27:30PM ONLY REASON I AM BRINGING THAT UP, I WOULD LIKE TO -- I TEED
04:27:34PM IT UP WITH REVENUE AND FINANCE AND WHETHER IT WAS INTEREST
04:27:38PM ON PART OF COUNCIL.
04:27:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:27:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA THAT ALLOWS US TO
04:27:45PM FOCUS ON ONE SECTION AT A TIME.
04:27:46PM SO I -- IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A MOTION, I WILL MAKE IT.
04:27:49PM OTHERWISE I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA AND TIMELY TO MAKE A
04:27:53PM MOTION NOW OR GET BACK FROM BREAK.
04:27:55PM TOO RATES.
04:27:59PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY: LITTLE TOO LATE IF YOU CAME BACK FROM
04:28:01PM BREAK.
04:28:01PM IT WILL BE OKAY IF YOU E-MAIL ME.
04:28:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT ONE DAY BE ALL
04:28:11PM GENERAL FUND, BOTH -- REVENUE AND THE CAPITAL.
04:28:14PM AND SECOND SAY WILL BE ENTERPRISE.
04:28:21PM >>HAGAR KOPESKY: THE NUMBERS WON'T CHANGE.
04:28:22PM >> INSTEAD OF DOING AN ONE DAY ON CAPITAL, WE WOULD JUST BE
04:28:26PM ABLE TO FOCUS ON GENERAL FUND AND ONE ON -- I THINK IT IS A
04:28:31PM GOOD IDEA.
04:28:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
04:28:33PM A SECOND FROM -- SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:28:36PM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE.
04:28:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO SAY REAL FAST BECAUSE I SAID IT
04:28:41PM PRIVATELY AND I WILL SAY PUBLICLY.
04:28:43PM WISH WE COULD HAVE THE PUBLIC VERSION OF INCOME STATEMENT
04:28:50PM AND FOR PEOPLE TO SEE IT ON THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
04:28:52PM REVENUES ON ONE PAGE AND EXPENSE ON THE NEXT PAGE AND NOBODY
04:28:57PM NOBODY IS ADDING THEM TOGETHER TO SEE IF IT IS POSITIVE OR
04:29:00PM NEGATIVE.
04:29:01PM A BIT CONFUSING TO THE PUBLIC.
04:29:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE ONE THING OF NEW BUSINESS.
04:29:05PM I WILL ASK THAT THE CLERK AMEND THE CALENDAR TO AMEND WHAT
04:29:16PM IS THE PARENTHESES OF THE SPECIAL CALLED WORKSHOP ON THE 4th
04:29:21PM AND 11th.
04:29:23PM CAPITAL BUDGET AND OPERATING BUDGET.
04:29:25PM WE TAKE IT DOWN.
04:29:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: GENERAL VERSES ENTERPRISE.
04:29:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF THAT PASSES TAKE IT OUT THERE.
04:29:38PM A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
04:29:40PM IS THERE A SECOND?
04:29:41PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:29:41PM OPPOSED?
04:29:43PM THE AYES HAVE IT.
04:29:44PM UNANIMOUS.
04:29:45PM OKAY, SO WE HAVE -- WE HAVE THREE -- THANK YOU, WE HAVE
04:29:48PM THREE BIRTHDAYS TO CELEBRATE.
04:29:49PM MY CHAIR PRO TEM LYNN HURTAK RECENTLY CELEBRATED -- GOING TO
04:29:56PM CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK.
04:29:58PM WE HAD OUR CHARLIE MIRANDA'S LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND INFAMOUS
04:30:04PM CITY COUNCIL EMPLOYEE MARY BRYANT CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY ON
04:30:09PM JUNE 21.
04:30:10PM AND I SEE THAT COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO DITCHED US BEFORE WE
04:30:19PM COULD SAY THAT HE WILL HAVE A BIRTHDAY ON THE 13th.
04:30:23PM HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
04:30:25PM HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
04:30:28PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: BEFORE WE LEAVE, I NEED TO SAY --
04:30:31PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM LEAVING BECAUSE HE IS SINGING.
04:30:33PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I HAVE AT THAT SAY THIS AND MAY INTERRUPT.
04:30:41PM MAY I BE RECOGNIZED.
04:30:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. SHELBY.
04:30:44PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL
04:30:46PM ATTORNEY.
04:30:46PM THIS IS YOUR LAST MEET ING BEFORE SUMMER RECESS.
04:30:48PM YOU COME BACK.
04:30:50PM PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT MEET --
04:30:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SHOW UP NEXT THURSDAY AND THE THURSDAY
04:30:56PM AFTER THAT BUT YOU WILL BE VERY LONELY.
04:30:57PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: JULY 17.
04:31:02PM REASON I AM TALKING TO YOU AND ASK YOU TO BE MINDFUL BECAUSE
04:31:06PM YOU ARE GEARING UP FOR THE PUBLIC INFORMATION MEET WITH THE
04:31:16PM PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE FUTURE LANDS USE MAP.
04:31:18PM YOU SAID YOU WANT TO BE THE SAFEGUARD OF ATTENDING THAT WITH
04:31:23PM SO HERE IS MY ADVICE TO YOU.
04:31:25PM THIS IS REALLY NOT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
04:31:31PM A MEETING CONDUCTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
04:31:33PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FORMAT IT.
04:31:36PM THEY ARE WORKING WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS.
04:31:39PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON HAS ANOTHER.
04:31:43PM AND YOU WILL ALL DO IT.
04:31:45PM IN TERMS OF NOTICE AND TAKING MINUTES, IT IS A LOGISTIC
04:31:49PM IMPOSSIBILITY.
04:31:49PM I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WENT TO
04:31:52PM ANY OTHER PUBLIC MEETING IS TO BE MINDFUL OF YOUR
04:31:55PM OBLIGATIONS OUTSIDE OF CITY COUNCIL RELATIVE TO THE SUNSHINE
04:31:58PM LAW.
04:31:58PM SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF IT IS A SINGLE MEMBER IT IS STRICT,
04:32:04PM LIKELY PERHAPS THAT YOU WILL HAVE MEMBERS.
04:32:08PM SO AS A -- MY SUGGESTION IS TO TAKE THIS AS A LISTENING
04:32:13PM SESSION ON YOUR PART.
04:32:14PM YOU CAN TAKE NOTES.
04:32:15PM IF YOU DON'T SHARE THEM, ANOTHER NOT PUBLIC RECORDS.
04:32:21PM I DON'T THINK YOU DON'T ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS AND SAY
04:32:25PM SOMETHING AT THE MEETING THAT WILL CAUSE ANOTHER
04:32:28PM COUNCILMEMBER TO WANT TO HAVE TO RESPONDS, IT WILL CREATE
04:32:31PM PROBLEMS.
04:32:31PM ONE OTHER THING ABOUT THAT.
04:32:33PM IF YOU ARE ON A VIRTUAL MEETING -- BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT
04:32:38PM NEIGHBORHOODS WANT TO SET UP THIS KIND OF MEETING WITH THE
04:32:42PM PLANNING COMMISSION.
04:32:42PM YOU MAY GO TO A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
04:32:44PM SAME RULES WILL APPLY.
04:32:45PM VIRTUAL MEETING THAT IS RELATING TO CITY BUSINESS WITH THE
04:32:48PM FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS.
04:32:50PM IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU REMAIN MINDFUL THAT YOU DON'T
04:32:53PM DISCUSS THE MATTER ON THE VIRTUAL MEETING ON THE -- ON THE
04:32:57PM OFF CHANCE FOR PRODUCT -- THAT THERE ARE OTHER COUNCIL
04:33:01PM MEMBERS PRESENT.
04:33:01PM SO I KNOW IT IS A BURDEN ON YOUR PART, BUT THE SUNSHINE LAW
04:33:06PM PLACES UPON YOU, BUT IT IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO
04:33:09PM USE IT TO YOUR BENEFIT AS A LISTENING SESSION AND TO LEARN
04:33:13PM FROM IT.
04:33:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. SHELBY, MAKE SURE YOU BRIEF COUNCIL
04:33:21PM MEMBER MANISCALCO ON THAT.
04:33:22PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
04:33:23PM >>BILL CARLSON: SEND A ONE PARAGRAPH MEMO TO PRESENT AND
04:33:27PM GIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
04:33:27PM I WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY, THE SOUTH TAMPA NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
04:33:31PM ARE PARTICULARLY ALARMED FROM THAT PROPOSAL FROM THE
04:33:34PM PLANNING COMMISSION.
04:33:34PM THEY WANTED TO EACH HAVE MEETINGS.
04:33:36PM PLANNING COMMISSION STAYED THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
04:33:39PM DO THAT AND NEIGHBORHOOD WILL TRY TO GROUP IN GROUPS OF TWO
04:33:42PM OR THREE THEY ARE INVITING ALL YOU HAVE US.
04:33:45PM WE WON'T BREAK SUNSHINE, BUT I WILL BE VERY HAPPY IF ALL OF
04:33:50PM YOU CAME.
04:33:50PM I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
04:33:53PM NEIGHBORHOODS.
04:33:53PM THANK YOU.
04:33:54PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: A PUBLIC MEETING.
04:33:55PM YOU CERTAINLY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE.
04:33:57PM WE ONLY ASK THAT YOU REMAIN MINDFUL OF THE SUNSHINE LAW
04:34:02PM OBLIGATION, THANK YOU.
04:34:03PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY CLERK'S
04:34:09PM OFFICE OF THE FLOWERS IN HONOR OF COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON.
04:34:11PM THANK YOU FOR THAT.
04:34:12PM MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
04:34:13PM MOTION AND RECEIVE AND FILE AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
04:34:16PM MIRANDA.
04:34:16PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
04:34:17PM THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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