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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025, 10:15 A.M.
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10:12:38AM >>LUIS VIERA: AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
10:12:41AM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO HAS THE PLEASURE OF DOING THIS ON
10:12:43AM THIS VERY SOLEMN DAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2025.
10:12:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:12:49AM IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO WELCOME OUR FRIEND, CHAPLAIN
10:12:52AM KERRY NANCE BACK AGAIN.
10:12:55AM BEEN HERE MANY TIMES AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS
10:12:59AM AND YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM.
10:13:03AM THIS GENTLEMAN -- I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHEN YOU WERE BORN --
10:13:04AM BUT I WILL SAY HE'S BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE AMY COMING UP
10:13:08AM ON 32 YEARS WITH THREE CHILDREN, ABIGAIL, ANDREW, AND AVERY.
10:13:11AM HE WAS CALLED TO PREACH AT THE AGE OF 15 AT A CHRISTIAN
10:13:14AM SCHOOL RETREAT, AND HE'S BEEN A CHAPLAIN WITH TPD SINCE
10:13:27AM 2004.
10:13:28AM HE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD AND SERVES ON BOARDS OF A VARIETY OF
10:13:28AM ORGANIZATIONS.
10:13:29AM HIS HOBBIES AND FUN TIMES, HE LOVES TRAVELING AND BEING WITH
10:13:30AM HIS FAMILY, WATCHING FOOTBALL, AND CHEERING ON THE BUCS AND
10:13:32AM THE GATORS.
10:13:33AM ALWAYS EXCITED TO GO FISHING WITH KIDS PLAYING GOLF AND
10:13:36AM LOVES TO FLY AROUND TAMPA'S SKIES.
10:13:39AM IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND AND WELCOME CHAPLAIN NANCE AS HE
10:13:43AM GIVES THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE.
10:13:46AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:13:47AM >> LET'S PRAY.
10:13:48AM OUR FATHER, AS WE COME TO YOU ON THIS DAY, WE'RE REMINDED,
10:13:52AM LORD, ON 9/11 OF JUST THE PRICE OF FREEDOM.
10:14:03AM LORD, WE'RE REMINDED OF LIVES THAT WERE SACRIFICED AND
10:14:10AM OFFICERS AND FIREMEN WHO RUSHED IN TO SAVE OTHERS.
10:14:15AM WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT COURAGE, AND WE'RE THANKFUL, LORD,
10:14:19AM FOR THOSE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE EVEN HERE IN TAMPA.
10:14:22AM LORD, AS WE COME TO THIS DAY, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE GRACE
10:14:25AM OF GOD.
10:14:27AM WE'RE REMINDED, LORD, THAT EVERY DAY THAT THERE COULD BE
10:14:30AM CASUALTY OR DESTRUCTION, LORD EVEN WITH THE PAST HURRICANES,
10:14:34AM WE'VE SEEN YOUR BLESSING UPON US.
10:14:36AM SO, LORD, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THANKS AND RECOGNIZE, LORD,
10:14:39AM THAT THERE'S MUCH THAT WE CAN DO.
10:14:41AM BUT, GOD, TRULY, SAFETY IS IN THE HANDS OF THE LORD.
10:14:44AM SO, FATHER, I DO PRAY TODAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS CITY
10:14:48AM COUNCIL, LORD, WOULD YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM, WOULD YOU GIVE
10:14:51AM THEM PROTECTION.
10:14:53AM LORD, DO I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH OUR FIREMEN AND OUR
10:14:57AM POLICE OFFICERS AND THOSE IN LEADERSHIP AND OUR MAYOR.
10:15:01AM GOD, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD PUT A HEDGE ABOUT THIS CITY
10:15:05AM THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT IT, CONTINUE TO BLESS IT FINANCIALLY,
10:15:08AM AND GIVE US, LORD, PROTECTION FROM THREATS.
10:15:11AM FATHER, I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE GRACE
10:15:15AM THAT IS PROVIDED FOR US IN JESUS CHRIST.
10:15:19AM LORD, I JUST THANK YOU FOR THE FACT THAT YOU SACRIFICED YOUR
10:15:22AM SON SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT PRECIOUS, ETERNAL LIFE.
10:15:27AM LORD ALSO TODAY, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY THAT ARE GIVING
10:15:31AM THANKS AND REMEMBERING LIVES AT DIFFERENT MEMORIALS.
10:15:34AM LORD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE FAMILIES THAT
10:15:37AM HAVE SUFFERED LOSS TODAY AND AS THEY REFLECT UPON LOVED ONES
10:15:41AM THAT WERE SIMPLY GOING TO WORK AND NEVER CAME HOME, WOULD
10:15:46AM YOU BE WITH THOSE FAMILIES.
10:15:50AM IN THEIR SORROW AND IN THEIR LOSS THAT WOULD BE SO GREAT,
10:16:03AM AND THAT ONLY GOD COULD COMFORT.
10:16:06AM LORD, I'M ALSO THINKING OF THE KIRK FAMILY TODAY AS SO FRESH
10:16:12AM ON ALL OF OUR MINDS.
10:16:13AM WE DO LIFT UP THEIR FAMILY AND THE WIFE AND THE CHILDREN
10:16:17AM THAT YOU MIGHT ENCOURAGE THEM TODAY.
10:16:19AM WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR BEING A GOD OF GREAT MERCY AND A GOD
10:16:23AM OF LOVE.
10:16:24AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING THOUGHTS OF US AND COMPASSION ON US.
10:16:29AM WE PRAY THIS AND ASK ALL THESE BLESSINGS UPON OUR CITY AND
10:16:32AM UPON OUR PEOPLE AND UPON OUR COUNCILMEN.
10:16:36AM IT'S IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY, AMEN.
10:16:39AM >> AMEN.
10:16:40AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
10:16:56AM >>LUIS VIERA: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
10:17:02AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
10:17:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
10:17:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
10:17:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
10:17:07AM >> CARLSON?
10:17:07AM VIERA?
10:17:08AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
10:17:08AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
10:17:10AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:17:11AM COUNCIL, LET'S GO OVER AGENDA REVIEW.
10:17:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO ADOPT THE MINUTES.
10:17:15AM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:17:17AM SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:17:18AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:17:19AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:17:19AM OKAY.
10:17:21AM LET'S GO THROUGH, I KNOW WE HAVE HERE STAFF REPORTS.
10:17:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE IS A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 4, A MEMO
10:17:37AM REQUESTING THAT ITEM NUMBER 4 BE CONTINUED TO JANUARY 15.
10:17:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
10:17:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:17:44AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:17:46AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:17:47AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:17:48AM WE HAVE FOUR.
10:17:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I ALSO MOVE FOR ITEM NUMBER 5.
10:17:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
10:17:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK: TO BE MOVED TO NOVEMBER 13, 2025.
10:17:59AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:18:01AM MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:18:02AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:18:04AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:18:04AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:18:05AM OKAY.
10:18:07AM LET'S GO THROUGH THIS.
10:18:10AM YES, MA'AM.
10:18:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER 11 ONLY
10:18:22AM BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS, AND THAT WAS
10:18:25AM OUR NEW RULE.
10:18:26AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, MA'AM.
10:18:27AM WE WILL PULL THAT.
10:18:28AM JUST IN CASE WE NEED A MOTION, MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER
10:18:31AM HURTAK.
10:18:31AM SECONDED I WOULD ASSUME BY BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
10:18:34AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:18:34AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:18:35AM ANYTHING ELSE, BOARD MEMBERS?
10:18:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE DID GET A MEMO FROM BOARD MEMBER CARLSON
10:18:44AM ABOUT CONTINUING ITEM NUMBER 7.
10:18:47AM SINCE HE IS NOT HERE, I STILL THINK GENERALLY WE HONOR THOSE
10:18:50AM REQUESTS.
10:18:51AM >>LUIS VIERA: MY ONLY THING IS, LET ME CHECK WITH MR.
10:18:54AM McCRAY.
10:18:55AM IS THAT OKAY, SIR?
10:18:57AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: GOOD MORNING.
10:18:58AM CEDRIC McCRAY, TAMPA CRA DIRECTOR.
10:19:01AM IT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD.
10:19:03AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
10:19:05AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
10:19:06AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:19:07AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:19:08AM YES, MA'AM.
10:19:09AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IS IT OKAY -- I GUESS THIS IS FOR ATTORNEY
10:19:17AM SHEPARD WHO IS HERE IN PERSON.
10:19:19AM WELCOME.
10:19:20AM WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
10:19:21AM GIVEN THAT BOARD MEMBER CARLSON IS NOT HERE TODAY, AND WE DO
10:19:24AM NOT KNOW HIS CONCERNS, COULD A MEMO COME FROM YOUR OFFICE OR
10:19:30AM MR. McCRAY ABOUT THOSE CONCERNS SO WE AT LEAST KNOW WHAT
10:19:33AM WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THE TWO MONTHS BETWEEN NOW AND THE
10:19:36AM NEXT TIME WE MEET SO WE CAN HANDLE IT?
10:19:38AM >> SURE.
10:19:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE -- WE DON'T -- I DON'T
10:19:44AM KNOW WHAT THE CONCERN IS, I ASSUME THAT YOU PROBABLY DO.
10:19:47AM IN ANY WAY, IF WE COULD ALL KNOW ABOUT IT SO WE CAN MEET
10:19:52AM WITH STAFF, MEET WITH WHOMEVER WE NEED TO SO WE CAN SOLVE
10:19:55AM IT.
10:19:55AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD: I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'LL FIND OUT.
10:19:58AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT.
10:20:01AM THAT WAY WE'RE NOT CONTINUING THIS TO DECEMBER.
10:20:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: ABSOLUTELY.
10:20:04AM ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR MOVEMENTS WHATSOEVER ON THE AGENDA?
10:20:07AM WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK, SECONDED BY BOARD
10:20:10AM MEMBER MANISCALCO.
10:20:12AM ALL IN FAVOR?
10:20:12AM ANY OPPOSED?
10:20:13AM OKAY.
10:20:15AM WE GO NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:20:19AM IF YOU ARE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE COME FORWARD, IF
10:20:23AM YOU WOULD.
10:20:24AM DO ME A FAVOR, JUST SO THAT WE KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY FOLKS ARE
10:20:27AM HERE, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND UP, LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
10:20:32AM YOU, SIR, YOU MAY GO FIRST IN THE WHITE SHIRT.
10:20:35AM A RAISE OF HANDS.
10:20:44AM ATTORNEY SHEPARD, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT, SIR.
10:20:47AM YOU MAY.
10:20:47AM >>CLIFF SHEPARD: SURE.
10:20:49AM THIS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES FOR TODAY.
10:20:54AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
10:20:57AM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CRA MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON
10:20:59AM THE AGENDA BEFORE THE CRA TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON AN ITEM.
10:21:02AM HOWEVER, A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS
10:21:06AM PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS SUCH TIME FRAME IS MODIFIED
10:21:09AM BY A VOTE OF THE CRA BOARD.
10:21:11AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT
10:21:13AM THEY ARE TO REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING
10:21:18AM MAKING VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING
10:21:21AM DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
10:21:24AM SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED TO REFRAIN FROM LAUNCHING
10:21:27AM PERSONAL ATTACKS.
10:21:28AM THE CHAIR RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS WITHOUT
10:21:31AM BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CRA FROM OUTSIDE
10:21:34AM THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
10:21:36AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE CRA'S RULES MAY ALSO BE
10:21:40AM RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
10:21:43AM REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT DAY'S
10:21:46AM CRA MEETING.
10:21:47AM FINALLY, CRA BOARD MEMBERS ARE REMINDED THAT THEY SHOULD
10:21:49AM REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:21:52AM THE CITY COUNCIL RULES HAS REVISED ON JUNE 6, 2024, ARE NOW
10:21:57AM IN EFFECT FOR THE CRA BOARD UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPTED OR
10:22:00AM OVERRIDDEN BY THE CRA BOARD BYLAWS.
10:22:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MR. SHEPARD.
10:22:06AM WE APPRECIATE YOU SIR.
10:22:08AM COME FORWARD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, SIR.
10:22:10AM PASTOR WILLIAMS, WHENEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, RAISE
10:22:14AM YOUR HAND AND YOU MAY GO.
10:22:17AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:22:18AM I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY IN REGARDS TO
10:22:24AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
10:22:25AM THAT'S WHAT I TYPICALLY COME IN HERE AND SPEAK ABOUT.
10:22:28AM SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
10:22:30AM SO YOU HAVE --
10:22:31AM >>LUIS VIERA: I'M SO SORRY.
10:22:32AM YOUR NAME, IF I MAY.
10:22:34AM >> JASON REEKMANS.
10:22:36AM SO YOU HAVE 80% AMI.
10:22:38AM YOU HAVE 50%.
10:22:40AM YOU ALSO HAVE 30%.
10:22:42AM IF YOU EVER HEARD THE SAYING THAT YOU ARE OR YOU BECOME THE
10:22:45AM PEOPLE THAT YOU HANG OUT WITH, RIGHT, SO I ONCE HEARD A
10:22:49AM STORY ON NPR WHERE IT WAS BENEFICIAL FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE AT
10:22:57AM 30% AMI TO BE ABLE TO HANG OUT OR SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING
10:23:01AM A LITTLE BETTER THAN THEM BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE MAYBE A
10:23:07AM FIREFIGHTER OR MAYBE AN OFFICER WHO IS NEW IN THEIR CAREER
10:23:11AM AND CAN'T AFFORD A HOUSE BUT LIVES IN A SPACE LIKE YOU, THAT
10:23:16AM IT GIVES YOU THE INSPIRATION TO I GUESS PULL YOURSELF UP BY
10:23:21AM YOUR BOOTSTRAPS, IF YOU WILL, THAT IN A LOT OF THESE
10:23:29AM PROJECTS FOR HOUSING THAT 30% SHOULD BE STRONGLY CONSIDERED
10:23:35AM AS WELL AS THE 80%.
10:23:36AM I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
10:23:40AM I LIVE IN THE EAST TAMPA.
10:23:41AM I WALK THE COMMUNITY.
10:23:43AM I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE NEED BOTH 80 AND 30.
10:23:47AM SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE ON SSI, AND THEY DON'T MAKE $2,000 A
10:23:52AM MONTH.
10:23:52AM THEY MAY BE AT A THOUSAND OR 1600, AND THAT 30% UNIT WOULD
10:23:59AM BE ABLE TO HELP THEM TO LIVE AND THRIVE.
10:24:03AM AND THAT'S IT.
10:24:04AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
10:24:06AM >>LUIS VIERA: APPRECIATE YOU.
10:24:07AM NEXT.
10:24:07AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:24:11AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:24:12AM MY NAME IS MARK SIEBENALLER.
10:24:15AM I AM AN OWNER, RESIDENT, AND A CAC MEMBER FOR THE CHANNEL
10:24:20AM DISTRICT.
10:24:21AM I'M HERE TO SUPPORT AND REQUESTING YOUR SUPPORT FOR NUMBER
10:24:24AM 11, WHICH I JUST UNDERSTAND HAS NOW BEEN PULLED.
10:24:28AM BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL FACTS, IF YOU'RE NOT
10:24:32AM AWARE OF, THIS WAS A PLANNED OR AT LEAST ANTICIPATED
10:24:35AM PURCHASE OF PROPERTY OFF OF TWIGGS TO ACCOMMODATE WITH THE
10:24:40AM MADISON STREET PARK AND WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
10:24:45AM UNFORTUNATELY, IN CASE YOU ARE NOT AWARE, WE ARE CURRENTLY
10:24:48AM AT ABOUT 2% OF THE GOAL FOR PARKS AND GREENSPACE IN THE
10:24:53AM CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:24:54AM OUR GOAL, WHICH IS PART OF YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT EXISTS
10:24:58AM IS WE SHOULD BE CLOSER TO 11.
10:25:01AM SO, OBVIOUSLY, THIS WILL MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DENT.
10:25:04AM IT MIGHT GET US TO THREE.
10:25:06AM WE STILL HAVE A LONG, LONG WAYS TO GO.
10:25:08AM BUT YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY
10:25:11AM APPRECIATED.
10:25:11AM THANK YOU.
10:25:12AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:25:13AM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
10:25:14AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:25:14AM ONE WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO.
10:25:20AM >> HELLO.
10:25:21AM ASHLEY.
10:25:22AM I'LL BE SHARING TAMPA'S BLACK HISTORY.
10:25:25AM LAST WEEK WE ENDED ON THE STORY ABOUT WILDCAT AND COLONEL
10:25:32AM WORTH, GENERAL WORTH AS WELL.
10:25:35AM WE'LL KEEP GOING.
10:25:36AM I HAVE AN iPAD.
10:25:38AM SAVE THE TREES.
10:25:39AM ALL RIGHT.
10:25:39AM WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION INTO A STORY ABOUT, A GOOD SEGUE
10:25:45AM INTO THE SLAVERY IN TAMPA.
10:25:46AM THIS IS A STORY ABOUT JOSEPH HOWELL.
10:25:50AM ALSO BRINGS IN THE GENERAL WORTH -- HIS NAME IS RIGHT HERE.
10:25:56AM GENERAL WORTH.
10:25:57AM TALKING ABOUT HIM COMING INTO TAMPA AND REGULATING THINGS.
10:26:00AM WHAT HAPPENS ACCORDING TO THE PERSON WHO GAVE THE STORY IN
10:26:03AM THE TAMPA NEWSPAPER THAT IS A DESCENDANT OF MR. HOWELL, THAT
10:26:10AM THE SEMINOLES KILLED HIS WIFE AND HIS INFANT CHILD.
10:26:12AM TWO OF THEM RAN WITH THE TWO PEOPLE, BLACK PEOPLE HE HAD
10:26:16AM ENSLAVED AND THEY END UP RUNNING INTO THE HAMMOCK.
10:26:19AM I BROUGHT UP A MAP.
10:26:20AM THE AREA WAS ACTUALLY HERE UNDERNEATH SEFFNER.
10:26:25AM THEY RAN INTO THIS HAMMOCK MOST LIKELY.
10:26:28AM I PUT A BIG MAP TOGETHER.
10:26:31AM THIS IS WHERE HE LIVED.
10:26:34AM YOU CAN'T SEE IT, BUT WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO ZOOM INTO THE
10:26:38AM IMAGE, THAT SAYS INDIAN TOWN.
10:26:40AM THEY WERE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT TOWN.
10:26:43AM I THINK THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT STORY.
10:26:45AM SO THEY WERE ENCROACHING ON SEMINOLE LAND AT THAT TIME.
10:26:49AM THAT WAS IN THE 1840s, 1841 I WANT TO SAY WHEN THAT
10:26:53AM HAPPENED.
10:26:53AM THESE ARE SOME PROGRESSION MAPS SHOWING HOW HILLSBOROUGH
10:26:57AM CHANGED OVER TIME.
10:26:59AM HILLSBOROUGH WAS HERE, IS HERE.
10:27:01AM IT WAS A PART OF ALACHUA.
10:27:02AM THEN IT BROKE OFF INTO HILLSBOROUGH IN 1834.
10:27:06AM THEN A PIECE OF IT WAS TAKEN OFF WITH HERNANDO COUNTY BEING
10:27:09AM FOUNDED IN 1843.
10:27:11AM THEN YOU CAN READ YOURSELF, PAUSE THE CAMERA IF YOU NEED TO.
10:27:15AM WHEN YOU LOOK UP THE DIFFERENT CENSUSES IN THE AREA, YOU
10:27:19AM CAN'T REALLY RELY ON THE POPULATION OF ENSLAVED.
10:27:21AM THE POPULATION OF WHITE PEOPLE IN THE AREA BECAUSE THERE
10:27:24AM WERE ALL THESE DIFFERENT CENSUSES AND BASED OFF WHETHER THE
10:27:28AM COUNTY WAS BROKEN OFF OR AREAS WERE ADDED, THE POPULATION
10:27:32AM EBBED AND FLOWED.
10:27:33AM USUALLY JUST EBBED.
10:27:35AM SO TAMPA, THEY HAD A FEW CENSUSES AS YOU CAN SEE.
10:27:39AM THE ALAFIA SETTLEMENT IS DOWN HERE.
10:27:41AM ALAFIA.
10:27:42AM THE CHOCOCHATTA SETTLEMENT IS UP THERE BY BROOKSVILLE AND A
10:27:52AM BUNCH OF ONES NAMED AFTER SEMINOLE TRIBES THAT WERE HERE IN
10:27:56AM FLORIDA.
10:27:56AM HERE IS A QUOTE FROM DAVIS.
10:28:02AM BROOKSVILLE WAS A PLACE THAT WAS FURTHER OUT THAT HAD
10:28:05AM PLANTATION LIVING.
10:28:07AM TAMPA HAD MORE DOMESTIC SLAVERY.
10:28:07AM OUT IN BROOKSVILLE AND OUT IN MULBERRY THAT'S WHERE YOU
10:28:07AM FOUND YOUR PLANTATIONS.
10:28:11AM THE QUOTE SAID, THE OLD ENSLAVED TALKED PROPHETICALLY OF
10:28:14AM BROOKSVILLE WHICH SHE DESCRIBED HAVING HAD A HELL-HOLE IN
10:28:18AM IT.
10:28:18AM ONE OF THE NOTED FLORIDA SINKS THAT APPEARS TO BE
10:28:23AM BOTTOMLESS.
10:28:23AM INTO THIS HOLE, ACCORDING TO HER, UNDESIRABLE SLAVES WERE
10:28:28AM OFTEN DROPPED ALIVE NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
10:28:30AM QUOTED BY MS. EVELYN BEASLEY, 1106 HARRISON STREET.
10:28:35AM NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE ENSLAVERS AND SLAVE
10:28:39AM CENSUSES OF TAMPA.
10:28:39AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:28:40AM AS ALWAYS WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT A GREAT DEAL.
10:28:43AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:28:44AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:28:49AM MY NAME IS JEFF JANKIEWICZ.
10:28:56AM RESIDENT AND OWNER IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:28:58AM I HAVE A CITIZEN REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL POSITIVELY RESPOND
10:29:05AM TO FILE NUMBER CRA 25-17036.
10:29:11AM THE RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE
10:29:13AM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE PURCHASE OF THE REAL
10:29:17AM PROPERTY IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
10:29:22AM AREA LOCATED AT 1125 AND 1127 EAST TWIGGS STREET IN TAMPA.
10:29:28AM THE PROPERTY WOULD BE USED FOR THE EXPANSION OF GREENSPACE,
10:29:33AM WHICH IS NOW MADISON PARK.
10:29:35AM THE GREENSPACE NEED IS LARGE IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:29:40AM THE CHANNEL DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY AT WAY BELOW 20% OF THE
10:29:44AM RECOMMENDED CITY TARGET FOR GREENSPACE GIVEN OUR POPULATION.
10:29:49AM THIS ACQUISITION WOULD HELP CREATE THE ONLY TWO PARALLEL
10:29:58AM ACCESS PARK TO STREET ACCESS PARK IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
10:30:03AM BETWEEN TWIGGS AND MADISON STREET.
10:30:05AM GREENSPACE AND PARKS HELP ALLEVIATE PEOPLE AND TRAFFIC
10:30:12AM CONGESTION STRESS.
10:30:13AM IT WILL DO THIS IN AN AREA THAT'S ALREADY EXPERIENCING THIS,
10:30:17AM ESPECIALLY IF MORE LARGE, HIGH-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
10:30:21AM DEVELOPMENTS IS THE ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS SPACE.
10:30:26AM CHANNEL DISTRICT CITIZENS SEEK YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL FOR
10:30:31AM THE PURCHASE OF 1125 AND 1127 EAST TWIGGS.
10:30:39AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.
10:30:43AM I'LL WATCH ON TV TO SEE IF IT CAN BE PASSED TODAY.
10:30:49AM THANK YOU.
10:30:49AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
10:30:51AM BEFORE GOVERNOR NEWSOM COMES UP, WE'LL HAVE PASTOR WILLIAMS
10:30:55AM COME UP.
10:30:56AM SORRY, MAN.
10:31:01AM >> MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT
10:31:05AM STREET.
10:31:06AM YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A HAND BECAUSE WHEN I COME
10:31:13AM DOWN ZACK, I SEE THE JACKSON HOUSE HAVING SOME RENOVATION
10:31:16AM DONE TO IT.
10:31:17AM GIVE THE COUNCIL A HAND.
10:31:19AM THANK THEM.
10:31:20AM THANK THEM.
10:31:21AM WE HAPPEN TO BE HERE THIS MORNING.
10:31:26AM AS I WAS STANDING HERE WAITING ON THE OUTSIDE, TWO YOUNG
10:31:30AM LADIES TOLD ME TO SING A SONG.
10:31:32AM SO YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:31:33AM THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WITH MY FEW MINUTES.
10:31:42AM IN THE VALLEY BRIGHTER THAN THE NOON DAY SUN.
10:31:48AM IN THE VALLEY BRIGHTER THAN THE NOON DAY SUN.
10:31:54AM AMEN.
10:31:55AM AMEN.
10:31:57AM AMEN.
10:32:01AM THERE IS JESUS IN THE VALLEY, BRIGHTER THAN THE NOON DAY
10:32:07AM SUN.
10:32:07AM OH, THERE IS JESUS IN THE VALLEY BRIGHTER THAN THE NOON DAY
10:32:14AM SUN.
10:32:15AM AMEN.
10:32:16AM AMEN.
10:32:18AM AMEN.
10:32:20AM THERE IS PEACE IN THE VALLEY, BRIGHTER THAN THE NOON DAY
10:32:28AM SUN.
10:32:29AM THERE IS PEACE IN THE VALLEY, BRIGHTER THAN THE NOON DAY
10:32:36AM SUN.
10:32:37AM AMEN, AMEN.
10:32:39AM AMEN.
10:32:40AM THANK THE LORD FOR JESUS CHRIST.
10:32:45AM I'M JUST GOING TO END, GIVE YOU ALL A PUBLIC THANK YOU FOR
10:32:50AM WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
10:32:51AM YOU ALL ARE DOING GREAT WORK.
10:32:53AM KEEP IT UP.
10:32:54AM KEEP IT UP IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
10:32:56AM WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
10:32:59AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:33:03AM >>LUIS VIERA: SO WE'RE GOING TO PASS A FORMAL EXCEPTION TO
10:33:05AM COUNCIL RULES ALLOWING -- THE PASTOR FRANK RULES.
10:33:13AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:33:15AM GARRETT GRECO.
10:33:17AM I'M HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE PUBLIC SPACES,
10:33:20AM GREENSPACES AND PARKS IN OUR URBAN CORE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE
10:33:26AM CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:33:26AM I MOVED BACK TO TAMPA AFTER BEING GONE FOR A LONG TIME TO
10:33:30AM THE CHANNEL DISTRICT WITH MY THEN GIRLFRIEND AND NOW WIFE.
10:33:33AM WE SPENT A FEW YEARS THERE, AND IT WAS AWESOME.
10:33:36AM RESTAURANTS, THE DUCKWEED AND ALL THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT
10:33:39AM THAT URBAN ENVIRONMENT WERE REALLY COOL FOR US YOUNG PEOPLE
10:33:42AM TO BE THERE.
10:33:43AM A FEW YEARS LATER, MY WIFE GOT PREGNANT AND WE KIND OF
10:33:46AM LOOKED AROUND AND THOUGHT THIS AREA IS NOT THAT CONDUCIVE TO
10:33:51AM A BABY, MAYBE A DOG.
10:33:52AM THERE ARE A LOT OF DOGS IN THE AREA, BUT NOT BABIES.
10:33:55AM THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PARKS FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY.
10:33:58AM SO WE DECIDED TO LEAVE.
10:33:59AM WHEN I LOOK AT CHANNELSIDE ON A MAP, IT HAS THESE
10:34:04AM NORTH-SOUTH LONG AVENUES.
10:34:06AM AND THEY ARE BROKEN OFF IN SECTIONS WHERE IT IS NOT THAT
10:34:09AM EASY TO SORT OF GET IN AND OUT AS A PEDESTRIAN.
10:34:12AM WITH THIS PURCHASE, THIS REAL ESTATE PURCHASE, ITEM 11, YOU
10:34:16AM COULD MORE EASILY ACCESS TWIGGS FROM WHERE WE USED TO LIVE,
10:34:20AM WHICH WAS VENTANA IN GRAND CENTRAL.
10:34:23AM THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF A CURRENT PARK.
10:34:26AM YOU'LL HAVE EXPERTS SPEAK ABOUT PURCHASE PRICE AND STUFF
10:34:28AM LIKE THAT, IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.
10:34:30AM TO ME, SEEMS LIKE A GOOD DEAL.
10:34:32AM ADDITIONALLY, CHARLIE CAN TELL YOU, DECADES AND DECADES AGO,
10:34:36AM REAL ESTATE THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THE CITY, I MEAN, THANK
10:34:39AM GOD IT WAS PURCHASED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET THOSE PRICES
10:34:41AM BACK.
10:34:42AM AND WHEN REAL ESTATE IS OWNED BY THE CITY, WE CAN BE
10:34:45AM CREATIVE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT.
10:34:46AM IT CAN BE PRESERVED.
10:34:47AM IT CAN BE FURTHER DEVELOPED ONE DAY, WHO KNOWS.
10:34:50AM BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING TO SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF
10:34:53AM THIS PROPERTY ON TWIGGS.
10:34:54AM THANK YOU.
10:34:57AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AREN'T YOU RELATED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO
10:34:59AM WAS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE MAYOR IN THE CITY OF TAMPA?
10:35:02AM >> I THINK SO, YEAH.
10:35:02AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
10:35:06AM ARE DICK GRECO'S GREAT GRANDSON.
10:35:10AM >> 92 ON SUNDAY.
10:35:12AM CHEERS.
10:35:15AM THANK YOU GUYS.
10:35:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:35:18AM NEXT.
10:35:20AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:35:20AM MY NAME IS CHRIS PARRADO.
10:35:23AM NOT TO ECHO WHAT GARRETT JUST SAID, I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON THE
10:35:27AM POTENTIAL PURCHASE OF THE TWIGGS PROPERTY.
10:35:30AM I'M GOING TO COME WITH A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
10:35:32AM I'M KIND OF AN ORIGINAL GANGSTER IN CHANNELSIDE.
10:35:35AM I LIVE IN VENTANA.
10:35:37AM I BOUGHT MY UNIT IN THERE IN MARCH OF 2010.
10:35:40AM SO I'VE BEEN THERE 15 YEARS.
10:35:42AM I HAVE RAISED MY DAUGHTER.
10:35:43AM SHE IS 11 YEARS OLD, IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:35:46AM IT'S AN AMAZING COMMUNITY, AMAZING NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:35:51AM AS I'VE WATCHED THE CITY OR THE COMMUNITY FLOURISH OVER THAT
10:35:57AM TIME.
10:35:57AM WHEN I BOUGHT IN THERE, WE ONLY HAD POWERHOUSE GYM.
10:36:00AM CITY DOG CANTINA AND POOR HOUSE.
10:36:04AM NOW IT'S BECOME THIS MINI-METROPOLIS.
10:36:08AM AS IT'S GROWN, I SEE A LOT OF CONCRETE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE A
10:36:12AM LOT OF GRASS.
10:36:13AM SO WHEN THEY ADDED THE MADISON PARK BACK IN 2019, THAT WAS
10:36:20AM AN AMAZING ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S NOT
10:36:23AM ENOUGH.
10:36:24AM SOMEBODY THAT'S LIVED THERE FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE, THE LAST
10:36:29AM COUPLE OF YEARS, ME PERSONALLY, MORE FAMILIES THAN I'VE EVER
10:36:33AM SEEN.
10:36:33AM I MEAN, JUST IN MY BUILDING ALONE, THERE'S PROBABLY -- ONLY
10:36:37AM 84 UNITS.
10:36:38AM I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY 10 TO 15 FAMILIES THAT HAVE AT
10:36:42AM LEAST ONE OR TWO KIDS, NOT COUNTING GRAND CENTRAL.
10:36:45AM JUST GO DOWN, TAKE A WALK DOWN MADISON AVENUE AROUND 6:00.
10:36:51AM YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
10:36:52AM I'M REALLY IN FAVOR OF IT.
10:36:54AM YOU GUYS HOPEFULLY PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY.
10:36:56AM I THINK IT WILL BE AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ADDITION TO THE
10:36:59AM AREA.
10:36:59AM IT'S NEEDED.
10:37:01AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:37:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:37:05AM NEXT.
10:37:05AM MA'AM, BEFORE MR. MENTESNOT, ARE YOU WAITING IN LINE?
10:37:11AM MY BAD.
10:37:15AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
10:37:17AM >> MENTESNOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:37:19AM UHURU MEANS FREEDOM IN SWAHILI.
10:37:25AM WE AS AFRICAN PEOPLE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR
10:37:28AM FREEDOM.
10:37:29AM 1500 YEARS OR 825 YEARS, 52 GENERATIONS OF NOT BEING FREE.
10:37:35AM WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE THINKING ABOUT OUR FREEDOM.
10:37:39AM AC/DC WAS AT RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM.
10:37:44AM SOLD IT OUT.
10:37:44AM PANTERA AND METALLICA, TWO OF MY FAVORITE GROUPS AT RAYMOND
10:37:50AM JAMES STADIUM.
10:37:52AM SOLD OUT TWO DAYS.
10:37:53AM LET'S TALK ABOUT GERRYMANDERING.
10:37:58AM THE WHITE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY GERRYMANDERING.
10:38:01AM 45,000 PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE IN DISTRICT 5.
10:38:09AM 16 CANDIDATES RUNNING, AND 16 CLOWNS CAN'T EVEN PULL OUT
10:38:14AM 5,000 VOTES.
10:38:15AM WHERE THEY RESIDE, AC/DC AND OTHER PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA AND
10:38:24AM CANADA AND OTHER PLACES COME TO TOWN AND BRING TOGETHER
10:38:28AM HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
10:38:29AM 16 PEOPLE CAN'T BRING OUT 5,000 PEOPLE IN AN ELECTION.
10:38:32AM YOU KNOW WHY?
10:38:33AM ANYBODY WHO VOTED IN THAT ELECTION, ANY BLACK PERSON WHO
10:38:37AM VOTED IS A DAMN FOOL.
10:38:38AM ANY BLACK PERSON VOTED IS A FOOL, PERIOD.
10:38:42AM NO IFS, ANDS OR BUTS.
10:38:46AM VOTING FOR YOUR OWN OPPRESSION.
10:38:48AM FACT OF THE MATTER IS, YOU HAVE 16 CANDIDATES AND 16 CLOWNS
10:38:51AM COULDN'T TALK ABOUT NOTHING, CAN'T TALK ABOUT REPARATIONS.
10:38:53AM CAN'T TALK ABOUT POLICE VIOLENCE, CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE
10:38:57AM DICTATORIAL PROCESSES THAT AFFECT THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY THAT
10:39:00AM KEEP US SUFFERING DAY AFTER DAY.
10:39:03AM CAN'T TALK ABOUT NOTHING.
10:39:04AM CAN'T TALK ABOUT WHERE 26% OF THE POPULATION AND DON'T GET
10:39:08AM NOTHING FROM THE CITY.
10:39:10AM THEY CAN'T TALK ABOUT NOTHING.
10:39:13AM A BUNCH OF COWARDS.
10:39:15AM IT ALSO IS INDICATIVE OF THE FACT THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE
10:39:19AM SCARED.
10:39:20AM SCARED.
10:39:21AM DRUG ME OUT OF HERE LIKE AN ANIMAL FOR WEARING A SHIRT AND
10:39:24AM THEN LYING ALL OVER ABOUT IT.
10:39:27AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
10:39:28AM GOVERNMENT IS SO INEPT, THE STUPID A-HOLES CHARGED ME WITH
10:39:33AM THE WRONG CHARGE.
10:39:34AM A-HOLES CHARGED ME WITH THE WRONG CHARGE.
10:39:37AM YES.
10:39:39AM IT'S DOCUMENTED.
10:39:40AM AND LYING ALL OVER THE CRIMINAL REPORT AFFIDAVIT.
10:39:43AM LYING.
10:39:45AM PROFESSIONAL LIARS.
10:39:46AM NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.
10:39:47AM 16 PEOPLE COULDN'T PULL OUT 5,000 VOTES.
10:39:53AM THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING.
10:39:54AM IT TELLS YOU BLACK PEOPLE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS CORRUPT,
10:39:58AM IGNORANT SYSTEM.
10:39:59AM IT'S A DO-NOTHING CITY COUNCIL.
10:40:02AM THEY ARE VINDICTIVE.
10:40:03AM THEY ARE VICIOUS.
10:40:04AM THEY ARE NASTY, AND THAT'S THE TREATMENT AFRICAN PEOPLE GET
10:40:09AM AND WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF IT.
10:40:11AM YOU'RE SEEING IT MANIFESTING ITSELF ALL OVER.
10:40:15AM THANK YOU.
10:40:16AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:40:17AM NEXT, MA'AM.
10:40:27AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:40:30AM MY NAME IS KIMBERLY SIMON.
10:40:33AM AFTER REVIEWING THE PowerPoint FOR THE PROPOSED RFP
10:40:36AM PROCESS, WE'RE SEEKING CRA FUNDING AS EAST AREA LANDOWNER
10:40:40AM SINCE 2014 AND LIKELY APPLICANT FOR NEXT YEAR'S PROPOSED CRA
10:40:44AM RFP.
10:40:45AM I THOUGHT I SHOULD WEIGH IN EARLY ON THE PROPOSED PROCESS.
10:40:48AM I'VE ALSO BEEN ADVOCATING WITH THE FHFC TO MAKE SALE MORE
10:40:52AM ACCESSIBLE TO SMALL BUILDS AND MORE DEVELOPERS, THIS PROCESS
10:40:55AM MATTERS TO ME BOTH AS POLICY ADVOCATE AND APPLICANT.
10:40:58AM FIRST I WANT TO THANK STAFF.
10:40:59AM THE RFP IS A SOLID START BUT THREE AREAS WHERE I SINCERELY
10:41:03AM HOPE CHANGES WILL BE MADE.
10:41:05AM ONE, SITE CONTROL.
10:41:06AM OWNING OR CONTROLLING LAND IS THE STRONGEST PREDICTOR OF
10:41:09AM FEASIBILITY YET IT IS NOT EVEN A SCORING CATEGORY.
10:41:11AM A DEVELOPER WITH NO SITE CAN SCORE HIGHER THAN ONE WHO
10:41:14AM ALREADY OWNS PROPERTY IN EAST TAMPA AND IS READY TO BUILD.
10:41:17AM SITE CONTROL SHOULD CARRY SIGNIFICANT POINTS BECAUSE IT
10:41:20AM SHOWS REAL COMMITMENT AND READINESS.
10:41:22AM TWO, GREEN BUILDING.
10:41:23AM THE SCORING SYSTEM HAS NO RECOGNITION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
10:41:26AM OR SUSTAINABILITY, ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE LUMPED INTO THE
10:41:29AM CATEGORY REFERRING TO ALIGNMENT WITH CRA GOALS.
10:41:32AM OTHER CITIES AWARD GREEN CERTIFIED OR ENERGY EFFICIENT
10:41:36AM BUILDINGS WITH INCENTIVES.
10:41:37AM ADDING EVEN A SMALL POINTED CATEGORY WOULD ENCOURAGE
10:41:39AM PROJECTS THAT REDUCE COST FOR RESIDENTS AND ALIGN WITH BEST
10:41:42AM PRACTICES.
10:41:42AM THREE, DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE.
10:41:44AM RIGHT NOW, EXPERIENCE IS WEIGHTED HEAVILY, BUT EXPERIENCE
10:41:47AM DOES NOT EQUAL FEASIBILITY.
10:41:49AM EXPERIENCED DEVELOPERS ALSO COME WITH LIQUIDITY, NET WORTH
10:41:53AM AND LARGE BILLS HAVE ACCESS TO TAX CREDITS, SALE, AND BONDS.
10:41:57AM THEY DON'T NEED CRA FUNDS TO THE SAME EXTENT THAT NEW AND
10:42:00AM MINORITY DEVELOPERS DO.
10:42:01AM HEAVILY WEIGHTED EXPERIENCE UNINTENTIONALLY DISADVANTAGES
10:42:04AM MINORITY DEVELOPERS BECAUSE WE'VE HISTORICALLY HAD FEWER
10:42:07AM OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD LARGE PROJECTS.
10:42:09AM WE SCORE LOWER EVEN WHEN WE OWN LAND AND HAVE VIABLE PLANS.
10:42:13AM THAT FORCES US INTO UNEQUAL PARTNERSHIPS OR SHUTS US OUT
10:42:16AM ENTIRELY.
10:42:16AM TEAM EXPERIENCE SHOULD ALSO REPLACE DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE.
10:42:19AM THESE CHANGES WILL MAKE THE SCORING SYSTEM FAIR, REWARDING
10:42:22AM SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS AND ENSURE CRA FUNDS GO WHERE THEY ARE
10:42:26AM NEEDED THE MOST, TO PRODUCE REAL UNITS AND BUILD LOCAL
10:42:29AM CAPACITY IN EAST TAMPA.
10:42:30AM SORRY.
10:42:31AM I AM NOT A GOOD PUBLIC SPEAKER.
10:42:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU DID WELL.
10:42:35AM THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:42:36AM NEXT.
10:42:37AM GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
10:42:39AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:42:40AM MY NAME IS CELESTE ROBERTS.
10:42:42AM I'M WITH THE SKILLS CENTER.
10:42:43AM THIS MORNING I COME WITH A VERY GRATEFUL HEART TO JUST
10:42:47AM SIMPLY THANK THE CRA FOR CONTRIBUTING TO OUR PROJECT.
10:42:52AM WE ARE ONE YEAR IN, STILL LEARNING, BUT AN AMAZING IMPACT
10:42:57AM WE'VE HAD SO FAR ON OUR COMMUNITY.
10:42:59AM WE THINK ABOUT JOB CREATION, DESTROYING BLIGHT OR
10:43:05AM ELIMINATING BLIGHT.
10:43:06AM THAT WAS THERE BEFORE OUR FACILITY AND THE NUMBER OF YOUNG
10:43:10AM PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
10:43:13AM SERVE.
10:43:14AM OVER 6,000 PEOPLE HAVE INTERACTED WITH OUR FACILITY THROUGH
10:43:17AM OUR PROGRAMS, THROUGH EVENTS THAT ARE HOSTED AT OUR CENTER
10:43:22AM AS WELL.
10:43:23AM THEN I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THIS SUMMER, BECAUSE THIS REALLY
10:43:26AM WAS THE SUMMER FOR US TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT OUR CONCEPT
10:43:29AM WOULD WORK.
10:43:29AM OUR FACILITY WAS OPEN FROM 7 A.M. TO 10:30 P.M., MONDAY
10:43:34AM THROUGH FRIDAY.
10:43:35AM AND LIMITED SERVICES ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.
10:43:38AM WE SERVE ABOUT 825 KIDS A DAY, ROTATING THROUGH OUR
10:43:42AM BUILDING.
10:43:44AM IT IS AMAZING TO SEE HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED THE
10:43:51AM CENTER, HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE CENTER.
10:43:53AM WE EVEN HAVE LINE DANCING FOR SENIORS IN THE MORNING TIME IN
10:43:56AM OUR FACILITY.
10:43:57AM GREAT SPACE.
10:43:58AM I WANTED TO COME AND SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CONTRIBUTING.
10:44:01AM THE PROJECT WAS $25.5 MILLION, AND I APPRECIATE -- WE
10:44:05AM APPRECIATE THE $500,000 THE CRA CONTRIBUTED TO OUR PROJECT.
10:44:09AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:44:10AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:44:11AM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
10:44:12AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:44:14AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:44:15AM KELLA McCASKILL.
10:44:17AM THIS MORNING, AS AN ADVOCATE, SEVEN DAYS AGO, THE CITY OF
10:44:21AM TAMPA SUSPENDED THE MWBE PROGRAM.
10:44:26AM UNFORTUNATE, BUT VERY TELLING.
10:44:28AM BECAUSE WE SAW THAT.
10:44:30AM WE WATCHED THE SLOW WALK OF RESOLUTION 568 WHICH MAY NOT
10:44:34AM EVEN HAVE FUNDING TODAY.
10:44:36AM ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY, REMOVE THE
10:44:39AM BOARD AND THE COMMITTEES ALSO ALMOST GENTRIFIED THE BOARD
10:44:44AM WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE PRO THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT COULD
10:44:47AM POTENTIALLY STRIP OWNERSHIP FROM PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN
10:44:49AM LONG-STANDING OWNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, ALL BECAUSE IT
10:44:51AM DOESN'T FIT THE NARRATIVE FOR THE NEW PEOPLE THAT'S MOVED IN
10:44:55AM THIS AREA.
10:44:56AM AWARDED MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE CRA WITH NO
10:45:00AM MENTION, EVEN AFTER WE TOLD YOU, SUGGESTED THAT YOU INCLUDE
10:45:03AM A 25% MWBE IN THAT SO THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE AREA
10:45:08AM CAN BENEFIT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN THEIR AREA.
10:45:11AM I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
10:45:12AM I'M NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED, BUT IT'S VERY TELLING
10:45:16AM FOR WHAT THE CITY IS.
10:45:17AM BASED ON 568, I'M LOOKING AT A VERY RACIST CITY THAT'S
10:45:21AM SUPPORTING THE RACISM THROUGH ALL THE THINGS I JUST SAID.
10:45:24AM I DON'T EXPECT YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THE PAIN, THE
10:45:27AM FRUSTRATION, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
10:45:30AM TO US IT IS VERY DISRESPECTFUL.
10:45:32AM DOWN RIGHT DISGRACEFUL FOR TAX PAYING CITIZENS NOT TO
10:45:36AM BENEFIT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN THEIR AREA,
10:45:39AM PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN THERE SOME 20, 30, 40, 50
10:45:43AM YEARS.
10:45:43AM THEY ALMOST HAVE TO BEG, BUT YET AN INDIVIDUAL CAN COME,
10:45:47AM THAT'S BEEN HERE MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF, TWO, AND RECEIVED
10:45:50AM THE MAXIMUM THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE ON A GRANT.
10:45:53AM SO I WANT YOU TO PAY ATTENTION.
10:45:55AM I'M NOT GOING TO BE, BECAUSE ALL OF YOU ARE ELECTED
10:45:58AM OFFICIALS.
10:45:59AM BUT I EXPECT YOU TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME KIND OF EMPATHY.
10:46:03AM USE LOGIC.
10:46:04AM WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO YOU?
10:46:06AM EVERYTHING I JUST SAID, THAT'S WHAT I CAN REMEMBER, CURSORY
10:46:09AM REVIEW OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE CRA IN EAST TAMPA
10:46:13AM PARTICULARLY.
10:46:13AM PAY ATTENTION.
10:46:15AM I NEED YOU TO RESPOND AS IF YOU HEARD ME.
10:46:18AM ACT AS IF IT WERE YOU.
10:46:20AM ACT AS IF IT WERE YOUR FAMILY.
10:46:22AM ACT AS IF IT WERE YOU WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR
10:46:25AM COMMUNITY AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.
10:46:26AM I HOPE GOING FORWARD WE CAN SEE SOME TYPE OF MOVEMENT.
10:46:30AM I HOPE YOU TO FIND WAYS CREATIVELY TO FIND SOMETHING ABOUT
10:46:33AM STILL SUPPORTING WOMEN-OWNED, BLACK OWNED, SMALL BUSINESSES
10:46:37AM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA BECAUSE IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT THEY
10:46:39AM JUST REMOVE IT.
10:46:40AM THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO REPLACE THAT.
10:46:43AM MAYBE IT'S IS HE MANICS, CHANGE THE LANGUAGE, DO SOMETHING
10:46:48AM ACTIONABLE AND BENEFIT THE PEOPLE PAYING TAXES IN THIS
10:46:50AM DISTRICT.
10:46:51AM THANK YOU.
10:46:55AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:47:07AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:47:09AM ALISON HEWITT, THIRD GENERATION RESIDENT OF EAST TAMPA AND
10:47:13AM BUSINESS OWNER.
10:47:14AM SO THERE WERE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
10:47:22AM YOU DID PULL 5 AND THANK YOU FOR 7.
10:47:25AM BEFORE I TALK ABOUT IT, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
10:47:28AM STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CRA BOARD.
10:47:31AM ACCORDING TO FLORIDA STATUTE 163.356, THE CRA BOARD SHOULD
10:47:36AM BE PROACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE.
10:47:39AM WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CRA BOARD SHOULD LEAD THE
10:47:43AM CONVERSATION AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING, APPROVING,
10:47:47AM IMPLEMENTING THE CRPs AND THAT ARTICULATE A PROACTIVE
10:47:51AM VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT.
10:47:53AM AND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE REACTIVE.
10:47:55AM WE ARE LETTING PEOPLE COME IN AND BE ABLE TO DEVELOP ON US.
10:47:59AM SO THE HOUSING MATRIX IS A REALLY GOOD START.
10:48:03AM THANK YOU FOR THE YOUNG LADY WHO TOOK AWAY SOME OF THE
10:48:05AM COMMENTS I HAVE TO MAKE BECAUSE SHE DID.
10:48:07AM BUT THE NUMBER ONE PART IS ALIGNMENT WITH THE CRP.
10:48:12AM WE DON'T REALLY JUST NEED ALIGNMENT.
10:48:15AM THE CRA, WITH THE STAFF, SHOULD BE PROACTIVE.
10:48:17AM THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SAY TO YOU THAT IF WE DEVELOP HERE,
10:48:21AM THEN IT WILL FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT.
10:48:24AM WE HAVE LIMITED FUNDS IN A HUGE AREA IN EAST TAMPA.
10:48:27AM WE JUST CAN'T PUT $5 MILLION THERE AND NOTHING ELSE HAPPENS
10:48:30AM AROUND IT.
10:48:30AM SO THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY PER STATUTE OF THE CRA AND
10:48:34AM THEIR STAFF IS TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT.
10:48:37AM THE STATUTE SAYS THAT.
10:48:40AM ACCORDING TO ALSO THE NUMBER 5, I HAVE PUT INTO THE PACKET I
10:48:47AM GAVE YOU, WHEN WE DO THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS, WE HAVE TALKED
10:48:50AM ABOUT IT OFTEN THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES DO NOT HAVE THE
10:48:53AM MONEY UP FRONT TO PAY.
10:48:54AM I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH STATUTORY AVAILABILITY SO THEY
10:48:59AM WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME SMALL AMOUNT UP FRONT PER THE
10:49:03AM STATUTE AND PER CRA.
10:49:04AM I ALSO PROVIDED YOU SOME EXAMPLES AROUND THE STATE OF CRAs
10:49:09AM WHO DO THAT.
10:49:10AM YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WAYS THEY ARE PUTTING MONEY IN TO BE
10:49:12AM ABLE TO GET THE SMALL BUSINESSES UP, TO BE FINANCED AND DO
10:49:15AM THE REST.
10:49:16AM THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR ME, AND THANK YOU FOR PUSHING IT BACK,
10:49:22AM IS NUMBER 7.
10:49:23AM I HAVE BEEN HERE NOW FOR THREE YEARS.
10:49:26AM EVERY TIME YOU DO THE OPERATION AGREEMENT TO BE ABLE TO SAY
10:49:29AM THIS IS A VERY PERMISSIVE OPERATING AGREEMENT, THERE IS
10:49:32AM NOTHING IN THAT AGREEMENT THAT SAYS BECAUSE THE STAFF TAKES
10:49:36AM FOUR YEARS TO IMPLEMENT A PREDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THERE IS
10:49:39AM NOTHING YOU CAN SAY.
10:49:40AM NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THEM GO FASTER BECAUSE THE
10:49:42AM AGREEMENT THAT YOU'RE AGREEING TO SAYS THAT THEY MAY ASSIST.
10:49:46AM THERE'S NOTHING THAT DIRECTS THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR
10:49:50AM JOB.
10:49:50AM ALSO, IT ADVOCATES YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A CRA TO THE CITY
10:49:51AM AND THE CITY STAFF.
10:49:56AM YOU ARE RESPONDING TO THEM AND NOT DOING WHAT THE STATUTORY
10:49:59AM REQUIREMENTS ARE TO YOU.
10:50:00AM ALSO, IT STATES IN THERE THAT THE CAC AND THE CRA WORK
10:50:05AM TOGETHER.
10:50:06AM IT IS NOT JUST AN ADVISORY.
10:50:08AM THE CAC IS SUPPOSED TO BE BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR YOU TO
10:50:11AM MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
10:50:12AM PLEASE READ THE STAT UTILITY IN THERE FOR THE CAC
10:50:14AM RESPONSIBILITIES.
10:50:15AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:50:16AM WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.
10:50:17AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:50:21AM >> HELLO.
10:50:21AM MY NAME IS PARKER.
10:50:23AM I DID NOT SIGN THE SHEET TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
10:50:27AM BUT AFTER MS. KIM STOOD UP AND SPOKE AND TOUCHED ON WHAT SHE
10:50:31AM WANTED TO TOUCH ON, I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE REASON I
10:50:36AM DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS BECAUSE ME AND MY
10:50:41AM MOTHER, ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP RIGHT THERE OFF TEMPLE
10:50:49AM STREET, 3812, 3816 TEMPLE STREET.
10:50:52AM OUR PRESENTATION GOT PUSHED BACK TO NOVEMBER, WHICH I
10:50:55AM UNDERSTAND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO
10:51:00AM RECOGNIZE WHEN WE COME AND PRESENT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS THE
10:51:03AM AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE BEHIND US ON TOP OF
10:51:08AM THE CAC SUPPORT, THE CRA SUPPORT.
10:51:12AM AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW LEGACY
10:51:16AM LANDOWNERS IN EAST TAMPA THAT WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT.
10:51:22AM RIGHT NOW, 40 PLUS HOURS A WEEK ON THE PROPERTY THAT BORDERS
10:51:26AM 3812, 3816 TEMPLE STREET, BECAUSE WE DO OWN THE COMMERCIAL
10:51:30AM PLAZA THERE AS WELL, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN RENOVATING,
10:51:34AM REVAMPING, BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BY EAST TAMPA
10:51:38AM BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG.
10:51:41AM BUT RIGHT NOW, VACANT LOTS, THEY ARE SITTING VACANT, AND I
10:51:46AM UNFORTUNATELY WANT TO ADMIT I PROBABLY AVERAGE ONE TO TWO
10:51:50AM CALLS A DAY TO THE TAMPA PD, BECAUSE THOSE LOTS SITTING
10:51:53AM VACANT, AS YOU GUYS CAN SURE IMAGINE, THERE'S NOTHING GOOD
10:51:57AM HAPPENING ON TWO VACANT LOTS SITTING RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF
10:52:01AM GRANT PARK.
10:52:02AM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THERE.
10:52:04AM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS ARE THERE.
10:52:05AM WE WOULD HAVE SOLD IT A LONG TIME AGO IF WE WEREN'T
10:52:09AM COMMITTED TO THE PEOPLE OF GRANT PARK.
10:52:11AM AS MENTIONED BEFORE, I JUST HOPE YOU GUYS RECOGNIZE WHEN WE
10:52:14AM COME BACK IN TWO MONTHS AND PRESENT THAT PROJECT, HOW MUCH
10:52:19AM SUPPORT AND MOMENTUM WE'VE GENERATED, NOT ONLY FROM THE CAC
10:52:23AM BOARD, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, THE RESIDENTS THERE.
10:52:26AM THANK YOU.
10:52:27AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:52:27AM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
10:52:28AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:52:30AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:52:32AM SURGRET DOSS.
10:52:33AM I WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE
10:52:36AM COMMEMORATING 9/11, WE'RE NOT CELEBRATING.
10:52:40AM BECAUSE OF MY AFFINITY FOR THOSE WHO PUT ON A UNIFORM.
10:52:44AM I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL.
10:52:46AM WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, BROUGHT TO MY
10:52:50AM ATTENTION THAT YOU ALL AREN'T SHOWING THE FULL TORSO WHEN
10:52:57AM SHIRTS DON'T MEET YOUR APPROVAL.
10:52:59AM I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A VIOLATION NECESSARILY, BUT
10:53:02AM SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED.
10:53:04AM WHETHER WE AGREE WITH PEOPLE OR NOT, JUST LIKE THAT
10:53:06AM HORRENDOUS EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY, PEOPLE HAVE A
10:53:10AM RIGHT TO SAY IT.
10:53:11AM SOME OF US TOOK AN OATH TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO SAY
10:53:14AM CERTAIN THINGS.
10:53:15AM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I GAVE YOU ALL SOME DOCUMENTS, AND IT
10:53:21AM TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CONDUCT OF SOME ATTORNEYS AS WELL
10:53:25AM AS SOME JUDGES ACROSS THE STREET.
10:53:29AM I USED SOME PRETTY COLORFUL LANGUAGE.
10:53:31AM I STILL MEAN IT.
10:53:33AM I WON'T USE IT TODAY.
10:53:34AM MR. WEIMULLER WHO IS A PARTNER, SAID THEY HAVE NO OBLIGATION
10:53:44AM TO TELL ME WHEN I WAS BEING SEEN -- FOR A MEDICAL
10:53:49AM EXAMINATION, THAT THE DOCTOR THAT SAW ME FOR STATE FARM
10:53:52AM ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE VA.
10:53:53AM I DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL I WENT TO THE VA A LITTLE LATER ON
10:53:57AM AND THE SAME DOCTOR TREATED ME AT THE VA.
10:54:00AM WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS A VIOLATION OF TITLE 18, 208.
10:54:06AM WHY WE LET JUDGES HERE GET AWAY WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THEY
10:54:09AM DO, INCLUDE PARTICIPATING IN ENSURING VETERANS, I'M NOT
10:54:12AM SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO FIND OUT ABOUT
10:54:14AM IT, THAT IT IS A PATTERN IN PRACTICE HERE THAT CERTAIN LAW
10:54:19AM FIRMS HAVE USED VA DOCTORS WITHOUT DISCLOSING IT TO
10:54:25AM VETERANS.
10:54:25AM THERE'S NO WAY I SHOULD BE ABLE TO TOLERATE THAT.
10:54:33AM BUT THERE IS A JUDGE DOWN IN BROWARD COUNTY, MR. CLERMONT.
10:54:37AM HE GOT REPRIMANDED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.
10:54:41AM FOR SOME REASON, DESPITE THE FACT -- I KNOW THERE WERE A
10:54:44AM COUPLE OF MEDIATORS AND ATTORNEYS UP THERE, THERE WAS NO
10:54:47AM CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE AND AUTHORITY, CERTIFICATION OF
10:54:50AM AUTHORITY, YET THE BENEFITS OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT
10:54:55AM SUED WERE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE JUDGES.
10:54:59AM I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL A HAND FOR DOING YOUR JOB.
10:55:02AM I KIND OF WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A FINGER.
10:55:06AM THAT'S FOR ANOTHER REASON.
10:55:07AM I FOUND OUT THERE ARE A LOT OF HOMELESS CHILDREN IN
10:55:10AM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:55:11AM I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
10:55:13AM AND MANY OF THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, I KNOW THAT IS AN
10:55:17AM ISSUE FOR THE COUNTY AND POSSIBLY THE SCHOOL BOARD NEED
10:55:19AM FUNDS.
10:55:20AM WE HAVE A $2 BILLION BUDGET, YOU ALL CAN DONATE FUNDS TO
10:55:23AM ENSURE THAT THE CHILDREN GET TAKEN CARE OF.
10:55:26AM SHOUT-OUT TO THE GREATEST INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING IN
10:55:29AM THE CITY.
10:55:29AM BOTH OF THEM, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND UNIVERSITY OF
10:55:32AM THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
10:55:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:55:35AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:55:38AM >> I'M ELVIS PIGGOT.
10:55:40AM I WAS COMING WITH JUST A CONCERN.
10:55:43AM AND THAT CONCERN IS BASICALLY WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE APPOINTED
10:55:48AM TO THE CAC, I SPOKE CONCERNING THIS, THAT IN LIGHT OF WHAT'S
10:55:52AM HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY EVERYWHERE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
10:55:56AM WE TAKE THE STEPS TO KILL RHETORIC, TO NOT TO ALLOW CERTAIN
10:56:00AM RHETORIC TO TAKE PLACE, BUT THEN REWARD THEM TO BE OVER OR
10:56:05AM ON CERTAIN BOARDS.
10:56:06AM THIS WEEK, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT WHILE CAMPAIGNING WAS
10:56:10AM GOING ON AND A LOT OF THINGS WERE TAKING PLACE, WE HAD
10:56:14AM SOMEONE ON THE BOARD NAMED DIANE SINGULAR.
10:56:19AM I'LL READ BASICALLY WHAT SHE WROTE ON Facebook CONCERNING
10:56:23AM EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY, TO KEEP IN MIND ON RECORD, THIS IS A
10:56:29AM CAUCASIAN WOMAN AND HUSBAND WHO WANTED OR PLEDGED TO SERVE
10:56:33AM EAST TAMPA RESIDENTS.
10:56:34AM HER WORDS WAS, YOU'RE THE ONE, SPEAKING TO VALERIE, YOU'RE
10:56:38AM THE ONE WHO HURT EAST TAMPA.
10:56:40AM IT ISN'T ON MY WATCH THAT ALL THOSE HUNDREDS OF NEGLECTED
10:56:43AM HOMES IN THE NAME OF SO-CALLED HOMEOWNERS ENDED IN SUCH
10:56:47AM DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS AND NEED LIFE SUPPORT, SURVIVING ONLY
10:56:50AM WITH THE TAXPAYER FUNDING.
10:56:53AM NOT MY WATCH THAT IN EAST TAMPA, YOU ALL PAWNS.
10:56:56AM LOOK LIKE YOU ALL PAWNS ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE -- AND MY DEAL
10:57:05AM THAT THE PEOPLE DUMP THEIR FREE LUNCH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF
10:57:08AM THE INTERSECTION.
10:57:10AM SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE JUST MAD THAT PEOPLE
10:57:17AM WITH MORE SKILL, TALENT, IS MOVING IN EAST TAMPA AND
10:57:22AM RESTORING SANITY TO THE AREA.
10:57:25AM AND THAT'S WHAT YOU RESENT.
10:57:27AM THIS IS HER WORDS.
10:57:29AM Facebook, AND THIS IS A WOMAN THAT IS ON THE CAC BOARD
10:57:34AM THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTING AND GETTING
10:57:39AM EAST TAMPA TO BE A BETTER, VIBRANT PLACE.
10:57:42AM I ASKED, OF COURSE, I'LL CONTINUE TO ASK WHY I KNOW IT MAY
10:57:46AM NOT BE AS SO OF A CONCERN BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE DISTRICT 5
10:57:51AM SEAT VACANT, ASSUME THAT WOULD BE OVER.
10:57:53AM I WILL ASK THAT COUNCILMAN OR WOMAN THE SAME THING, THAT
10:57:58AM THIS BE ADDRESSED.
10:57:59AM I WOULD SAY MANY COUNCILMEN AND COUNCILWOMAN I HEARD WITH
10:58:04AM YOUR CONCERNS THE ISSUES.
10:58:06AM I KNOW IF ANY KIND OF RHETORIC WAS SPEWED CONCERNING
10:58:10AM DISABLED PEOPLE, I KNOW CERTAIN COUNCILMEN THAT WOULD NOT
10:58:13AM TOLERATE SUCH RHETORIC.
10:58:15AM I WOULD ASK THAT THE SAME ENERGY BE PUT IN AND NOT ALLOW
10:58:18AM ANYBODY ON THE BOARD THAT'S SERVING TO DISRESPECT OR
10:58:21AM BELITTLE AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE BUT YET COME AND SAY IN THE
10:58:25AM NAME OF SERVICE.
10:58:26AM SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU ALL HAVE WHATEVER POWER AND AUTHORITY
10:58:30AM TO LOOK INTO IT.
10:58:32AM THAT'S WHAT I ASK.
10:58:33AM LOOK INTO IT.
10:58:34AM SEE WHY YOU COULD SAY CERTAIN THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND SEE
10:58:37AM HOW SHE COULD BE REMOVED OFF THE BOARD OF EAST TAMPA BECAUSE
10:58:40AM CLEARLY SHE DOESN'T HAVE OUR INTEREST.
10:58:43AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:58:44AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:58:45AM >> MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE
10:58:47AM TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS YOU.
10:58:48AM I WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 7, WHICH IS THE AGREEMENT, APPROVING
10:58:54AM THE SERVICE AGREEMENT.
10:58:56AM AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LEGAL --
10:58:58AM >>LUIS VIERA: YOUR NAME, SIR.
10:59:00AM >> THOMAS SCOTT.
10:59:01AM I'M SORRY.
10:59:01AM THOMAS SCOTT.
10:59:02AM POSSIBLY CONTINUE THAT ITEM UNTIL YOU HAVE A FULL BOARD,
10:59:08AM NUMBER ONE.
10:59:08AM THE OTHER ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 11, IN SUPPORT OF THE
10:59:13AM CHANNELSIDE, PURCHASE OF THAT PROPERTY.
10:59:15AM I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING AND SPEAKING AND
10:59:18AM ADDRESSING THE CHANNELSIDE CAC AND TOURING THAT AREA, AND
10:59:25AM THE GREENSPACE IS VERY MUCH NEEDED.
10:59:28AM GREENSPACE IS VERY MUCH NEEDED, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'VE
10:59:30AM BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
10:59:31AM SO WE SUPPORT ITEM NUMBER 11 FOR YOU TO MOVE FORWARD ON.
10:59:34AM SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:59:36AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:59:37AM NEXT, PLEASE.
10:59:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
10:59:40AM MY NAME IS KEN STOLTENBERG.
10:59:46AM I RESIDE AT 1208 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, WHICH IS IN GRAND
10:59:46AM CENTRAL, AT KENNEDY IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:59:49AM I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ITEM 11.
10:59:52AM WE DO NEED A LOT MORE GREENSPACE DOWN THERE.
10:59:55AM WHILE IT IS EXPENSIVE, IT'S CERTAINLY NEEDED, AND THERE ARE
10:59:59AM TONS OF FAMILIES WITH KIDS THAT LIVE IN THE DISTRICT NOW.
11:00:02AM THAT'S WONDERFUL, AND IF WE CAN KEEP THAT GOING AND KEEP
11:00:05AM THAT INCREASING, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO FOSTER THAT, STAFF
11:00:09AM HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
11:00:12AM I HOPE YOU SUPPORT IT.
11:00:14AM THANK YOU.
11:00:14AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:00:16AM NEXT, PLEASE.
11:00:21AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:00:23AM ANDY JOE SCAGLIONE.
11:00:25AM I WON'T REPEAT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE SAID TODAY ABOUT
11:00:28AM THE NEED OF GREEN AREA.
11:00:30AM BEEN INVOLVED IN CHANNELSIDE, AS YOU KNOW, FOR 42 YEARS.
11:00:33AM BUT MY FOCUS ON I CALL IT THE FOURTH QUARTER IS MORE GREEN
11:00:40AM AREA.
11:00:40AM THERE'S NO BETTER INVESTMENT THAN INVESTING IN THE
11:00:44AM ENVIRONMENT.
11:00:45AM HAVING GREEN AREA FALLS INTO THAT.
11:00:50AM ON VALUES, LISTEN, WE JUST HAD A PIECE JUST SELL IN DOWNTOWN
11:00:56AM FOR $40 MILLION.
11:00:57AM $946 A SQUARE FOOT.
11:00:59AM WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT?
11:01:01AM THE POINT IS THIS.
11:01:02AM VALUES ARE NOT GOING TO GO DOWN WHEN YOU HAVE 4% OF LAND
11:01:05AM LEFT, WHICH BY TODAY YOU'LL LOOK LIKE A HERO FIVE, TEN YEARS
11:01:12AM FROM NOW.
11:01:13AM BUY DIRT.
11:01:14AM IF YOU CAN PAY CASH FOR IT, THERE'S ALMOST NO WAY YOU'RE
11:01:18AM GOING TO LOSE IN AN AREA LIKE THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:01:21AM THIS BEING AN ABUTTING PROPERTY, ONE AND ONE DOESN'T EQUAL
11:01:27AM TWO.
11:01:27AM IT EQUALS THREE WHENEVER YOU BUY ABUTTING PROPERTY.
11:01:31AM AGAIN, YOU WILL ONLY REGRET WHAT YOU DIDN'T BUY.
11:01:39AM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF, BECAUSE I TELL YOU WHAT, IN THE
11:01:42AM PAST, CHANNELSIDE RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN FAILED BECAUSE WE
11:01:45AM HAVE NOT BEEN AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH TO BUY PROPERTY, AND THIS IS
11:01:50AM A WHOLE DIFFERENT ATTITUDE THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN EXECUTED.
11:01:56AM IT'S ABOUT EXECUTION BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T EXECUTE, IN THE
11:02:01AM PAST, WE HAVEN'T EXECUTED AND THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE IN THE
11:02:05AM SITUATION WE'RE IN.
11:02:07AM WE'VE DONE FANTASTIC DEVELOPMENT-WISE.
11:02:09AM WE JUST REALLY FAILED ON GREEN AREA.
11:02:11AM I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ON ONE OTHER ITEM WHILE I AM HERE.
11:02:14AM THAT IS THE HOUSING SUBSIDY MATRIX.
11:02:18AM IT'S A MONEY GRAB IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS.
11:02:24AM WE NEED TO REALLY BE AWARE OF IT FROM OUT-OF-STATE
11:02:27AM DEVELOPERS.
11:02:28AM AND LOCAL PEOPLE, I LOOK AT IT TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
11:02:30AM WHEN YOU HAVE OUT-OF-STATE PEOPLE, THEY SEE A BULK OF MONEY,
11:02:34AM 30%, IN THESE CRAs, THEY ARE GOING FOR A MONEY GRAB.
11:02:38AM AND MY DEVELOPER FRIENDS I'M SURE WILL BE BURNING UP MY
11:02:41AM PHONE LATER ON.
11:02:42AM I DON'T CARE.
11:02:43AM YOU KNOW I'LL DO THE RIGHT THING.
11:02:45AM THERE'S MINIMUM CHECKS AND BALANCES.
11:02:48AM IT IS A 50-YEAR SUBSIDY.
11:02:50AM HOW DO WE KNOW.
11:02:51AM DEVELOPERS, AS SOON AS THEY BUILD IT, THESE OUT-OF-STATE
11:02:54AM GUYS, THEY BUILD IT, THEY STABILIZE IT AND THEY SELL IT.
11:02:58AM THERE ARE NO CHECKS AND BALANCES.
11:02:59AM NOBODY WILL BE HERE FOR 50 YEARS.
11:03:01AM NONE OF US.
11:03:02AM SO THE POINT IS, IN THE CONSTRUCTION, IT WON'T EVEN PROBABLY
11:03:07AM LESS 50 YEARS.
11:03:08AM ANYTHING UNDER SEVEN STORIES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF
11:03:09AM CONSTRUCTION COSTS IS BUILT WITH FRAME.
11:03:11AM WE'RE HANDING OUT MONEY ALL UP FRONT AND THE TAXPAYERS ARE
11:03:17AM GOING TO GET RIPPED OFF.
11:03:18AM I'D LIKE IT WHERE WE GIVE SUBSIDIES, BUT EVERY YEAR, THEY
11:03:23AM COME IN WITH THE RENT ROLL AND SHOW WHAT THEY SUBSIDIZE.
11:03:29AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:03:29AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, THANK YOU.
11:03:30AM ANYONE ELSE HERE IN THE ROOM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
11:03:32AM I FORGOT -- NO ONE ELSE.
11:03:35AM WE HAVE VIRTUAL, CORRECT.
11:03:38AM MR. RANDOLPH.
11:03:39AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:03:43AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:03:44AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
11:03:45AM I COME TO THE TABLE WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN
11:03:54AM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM TAMPA TO FLORIDA.
11:03:56AM I'M SAYING THAT BECAUSE MY VIEW ON THE CRA IS THIS.
11:04:02AM THE CRA HAS BEEN THE REASON FOR GENTRIFICATION IN OUR
11:04:07AM COMMUNITY.
11:04:08AM LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY.
11:04:12AM CALLING IT REIMAGINE THE CRA FOR INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:04:16AM SUSTAINABILITY.
11:04:17AM I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
11:04:20AM WEST TAMPA HAS AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION OF 34 -- REDUCED
11:04:30AM BY 50% SINCE 2010.
11:04:32AM GENTRIFICATION CONTINUES UNCHECKED, WE COULD SEE A 6 TO 10
11:04:39AM ANNUAL DISPLACEMENT OF LOW-INCOME BLACK RESIDENTS.
11:04:42AM SHRINKING THE SHARE BY 20 -- 26% BY 2030.
11:04:51AM THE CRA HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED CAPITAL TO UNDERSERVED
11:04:59AM NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:04:59AM BUT RAISING HOUSING COSTS -- THREATENS TO -- THREATENS
11:05:07AM REVITALIZATION TURNING INTO -- COMPLIANCE ISN'T ENOUGH.
11:05:15AM WE NEED STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS THAT CREATE SHARED VALUE.
11:05:21AM THE CRA MUST EVOLVE FROM A CHECKLIST INTO A PROACTIVE,
11:05:28AM QUALITY TOOL.
11:05:29AM LET'S TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.
11:05:32AM WE CAN DO BETTER.
11:05:33AM ALIGN THE CRA WITH ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES, WE CAN PLAN
11:05:40AM AHEAD BY IDENTIFYING HIGH-RISK NEIGHBORHOODS.
11:05:45AM PROTECT RESIDENTS WITH LEGAL AID AND RESIDENT ASSISTANCE,
11:05:50AM PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY FINANCING REHAB.
11:05:56AM PRODUCE NEW UNITS THROUGH NONPROFITS AND LAND TRUST
11:06:00AM PARTNERSHIPS.
11:06:01AM CITIES LIKE SEATTLE AND PORTLAND USE DATA DRIVEN RISK
11:06:07AM ASSESSMENT TO GUIDE INVESTMENT.
11:06:09AM WE SHOULD INTEGRATE THESE INSIGHTS INTO THE CRA TO ENSURE
11:06:17AM OUR EFFORTS ARE INCLUSIVE AND IMPACTFUL.
11:06:19AM THANK YOU.
11:06:20AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:06:21AM OKAY.
11:06:21AM NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, IT WOULD APPEAR.
11:06:24AM I WANTED TO, BY THE WAY, GIVE A SHOUT-OUT.
11:06:26AM I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO RAN HERE FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
11:06:33AM WE'VE ALL BEEN IN TOUGH ELECTIONS.
11:06:35AM HEWITT IS HERE, PIGGOT IS HERE WHO RAN.
11:06:39AM MS. YOUNG AND BISHOP SCOTT, HOPE I'M NOT MISSING ANY OTHER
11:06:46AM CANDIDATES, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO EVERYBODY
11:06:48AM THAT RAN AND IS STILL RUNNING.
11:06:51AM THAT IS A TOUGH RACE.
11:06:53AM MY FIRST RACE, THERE WERE SEVEN PEOPLE, I BELIEVE IT WAS,
11:06:55AM AND THAT'S STRESSFUL.
11:06:56AM GOD BLESS YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE HEART YOU ALL SHOWED.
11:07:16AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO ONE EVER LOSES AN ELECTION.
11:07:20AM I NEVER LOST AN ELECTION.
11:07:21AM I JUST NEVER GOT ENOUGH VOTES.
11:07:23AM THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE.
11:07:25AM WHO IS A LOSER AND WHO IS A WINNER.
11:07:27AM LOSERS GO DOWN AND DOES NOT STAND UP.
11:07:29AM THE WINNER IS THE GUY WHO GETS UP, OR SHE GETS UP, AND RUNS
11:07:32AM LIKE HELL TO DO IT AGAIN.
11:07:34AM MY ADVICE IS NEVER QUIT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SERVE BECAUSE
11:07:38AM YOU ARE NOT A LOSER.
11:07:39AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:07:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU HAVE ALL EARNED MY RESPECT.
11:07:49AM MANY OF YOU I KNOW VERY WELL.
11:07:51AM PASTOR PIGGOT AND BISHOP SCOTT, IF YOU CALL, I ANSWER.
11:07:58AM WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS.
11:07:59AM YOUNG IS HERE.
11:08:00AM YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL FAMILY.
11:08:02AM I WILL TELL YOU THAT.
11:08:04AM GOOD PEOPLE.
11:08:05AM ALISON HEWITT, VERY SMART.
11:08:07AM SHE'S ACTUALLY QUITE BRILLIANT.
11:08:13AM ALBERT COOK SERVES ON THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD, A
11:08:17AM FRIEND OF MINE, WONDERFUL PERSON, BUT VERY IMPRESSIVE GROUP
11:08:20AM OF CANDIDATES.
11:08:21AM MY HAT IS OFF TO ALL OF YOU.
11:08:24AM THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE.
11:08:26AM YOU DON'T JUST TALK THE TALK.
11:08:28AM YOU STEPPED UP.
11:08:30AM AND IT'S NOT EASY TO PUT YOURSELF OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
11:08:33AM TRUST ME.
11:08:34AM YOU SEE IT.
11:08:35AM WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE ON STAGE, IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE.
11:08:37AM SO MY COMPLIMENTS TO EVERYONE.
11:08:49AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL ECHO THAT CONGRATULATIONS.
11:08:49AM AS WE CONTINUE ON IN THIS BUT THANK YOU ALL OF THOSE WHO NOT
11:08:51AM ONLY RAN BUT THEN CAME TODAY TO CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THE
11:08:54AM COMMUNITY.
11:08:55AM I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
11:08:56AM BUT I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
11:09:01AM ONE, WE HAVE REACHED -- WE HAVE LOOKED INTO BOARD
11:09:08AM APPOINTMENTS AND REMOVALS, AND THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT PER
11:09:12AM STATE STATUTES.
11:09:13AM SO I BELIEVE WE HAD A WRITTEN REPORT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
11:09:20AM CARLSON ASKED FOR A COUPLE OF AGENDAS AGO THAT MIGHT ASSIST
11:09:25AM WITH THAT.
11:09:25AM BUT I CAN SEE IF I CAN GET YOU A COPY OF THAT.
11:09:28AM SO REACH OUT TO ME.
11:09:29AM WHAT I DID WANT TO DO, THOUGH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF
11:09:33AM PEOPLE HERE FOR IT AND I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION
11:09:35AM ABOUT HOUSING, I THOUGHT WE COULD HOPEFULLY MAYBE GET
11:09:40AM THROUGH JUST DO THE REQUIRED APPROVALS.
11:09:42AM AND I WOULD LIKE TO, FIRST OF ALL, TAKE THE ONE THAT I TOOK
11:09:45AM OFF.
11:09:46AM THE REASON WE TOOK IT OFF IS BECAUSE OF THE MONEY AMOUNT.
11:09:49AM I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION FOR FILE NUMBER CRA
11:09:52AM 25-17036 FOR THE PURCHASE OF 1125 AND 1127 EAST TWIGGS
11:10:02AM STREET.
11:10:03AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:10:05AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:10:06AM ANY DISCUSSION?
11:10:07AM YES, SIR.
11:10:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE.
11:10:12AM BE HONEST WITH YOU, IN RESEARCH AND PRIOR TO DISCUSSION, I
11:10:16AM HAVE GRAVE CONCERN ABOUT THE COST OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
11:10:20AM I'VE BEEN A LONGTIME AND CURRENT ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED
11:10:23AM GREENSPACE IN CHANNELSIDE, RECOGNIZING THE DEFICIT OF
11:10:26AM GREENSPACE, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST.
11:10:30AM THIS IS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING DISCUSSIONS, BASED ON WHAT
11:10:33AM I HEARD TODAY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND SIDEBAR CONVERSATION
11:10:36AM I HAD, I COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WHILE THE COST EXCEEDS
11:10:41AM WHAT WE SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS PARCEL, THE COST OF NOT
11:10:44AM ACQUIRING IT IS GREATER.
11:10:48AM IT IS MORE PROBLEMATIC.
11:10:50AM I THINK AT THIS POINT WE HAVE TO KIND OF SUCK UP THIS COST
11:10:56AM BECAUSE THIS WILL BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS SAID TO ME, IN
11:11:00AM FOUR, FIVE YEARS WE'LL REGRET NOT MAKING THIS COMMITMENT.
11:11:03AM I FULLY RECOGNIZE AS SOMEONE WHO IS RELATIVELY FISCALLY
11:11:10AM CONSERVATIVE ON A LOT OF THESE TYPE OF DECISIONS, IT'S A LOT
11:11:13AM OF MONEY, BUT THE COST OF NOT DOING IT, BECAUSE THE OTHER
11:11:16AM OPTIONS ARE NOT ON THE TABLE, THE GREATER GOOD OF THE
11:11:21AM COMMUNITY, GREATER GOOD OF THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND
11:11:23AM SPECIFICALLY THE CHANNELSIDE COMMUNITY, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT
11:11:26AM THIS.
11:11:26AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:11:28AM BOARD MEMBER, MIRANDA.
11:11:32AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I USE MY OWN LIFE TO SOMETIMES FEEL HOW
11:11:35AM I'M GOING TO VOTE OR SOMETHING.
11:11:36AM LET ME TELL YOU WHY.
11:11:38AM IT IS THE FACTUAL TRUTH.
11:11:40AM 1968, MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN WEST TAMPA FOR
11:11:45AM $12,600.
11:11:46AM I HAD TO GET MY UNCLE TO SHOW ME $1,250 SO I COULD QUALIFY
11:11:52AM FOR THE LOAN.
11:11:53AM THAT HOUSE IS NOW WORTH $450,000.
11:11:56AM MY PROBLEM IS THIS, IF I SELL IT, I CAN'T MOVE ANYWHERE
11:11:58AM ELSE.
11:11:59AM DOES THAT SINK IN?
11:12:02AM THIS PROPERTY -- AND I BELIEVE IT IS A LITTLE OVERPRICED --
11:12:07AM BUT PRICE IS ONE THING.
11:12:08AM REALITY IS ANOTHER.
11:12:09AM IF THIS -- AT THIS PRICE, IF YOU DON'T BUY IT TODAY, WHAT
11:12:14AM WILL IT BE WORTH TEN YEARS FROM NOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW?
11:12:17AM THINK IT IS WORTH LESS.
11:12:20AM IF YOU DO, RAISE YOUR HAND.
11:12:21AM I SEE NO HANDS.
11:12:22AM SO THAT'S WHY I'M VOTING FOR IT.
11:12:24AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:12:25AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:12:28AM UNLESS BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING, BOARD
11:12:30AM MEMBER HURTAK.
11:12:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
11:12:32AM I WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT THIS.
11:12:35AM WHEN I FIRST BECAME A COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAD I BELIEVE A $3
11:12:39AM MILLION PURCHASE FOR THE WASHINGTON STREET PROPERTY.
11:12:42AM IS IT WASHINGTON STREET?
11:12:45AM THE PARK RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARKING LOT.
11:12:48AM CHANNELSIDE.
11:12:50AM I'M SORRY.
11:12:50AM IT'S ON CHANNELSIDE.
11:12:51AM IT IS A TINY PARCEL.
11:12:53AM I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT THE COMMUNITY
11:12:55AM SAID, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WANT PARKLAND.
11:12:58AM QUITE FRANKLY, EVERY COMMUNITY HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THEY
11:13:00AM WANT.
11:13:01AM EVERY CAC, EVERY CRA.
11:13:03AM AND CHANNELSIDE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT FOCUSED ON PARKLAND.
11:13:06AM SO I BELIEVE THAT SUPPORTING WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WANTS TO
11:13:11AM SPEND THEIR MONEY ON IS IMPORTANT.
11:13:13AM IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, YES.
11:13:14AM CHANNELSIDE HAS NO LAND.
11:13:16AM THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND THIS AND PURCHASE IT,
11:13:19AM IS PRETTY AMAZING.
11:13:20AM I KNOW THEY WORKED A LONG TIME ON THIS.
11:13:22AM SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
11:13:24AM BUT I ALSO THINK IT IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT
11:13:29AM SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN EAST TAMPA HAVE CONTINUED TO COME
11:13:32AM UP TO SAY, AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOUSING,
11:13:36AM I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.
11:13:37AM MY MOTION STANDS.
11:13:42AM >>LUIS VIERA: WHO SECONDED?
11:13:43AM SORRY.
11:13:44AM MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:13:45AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA FOR ITEM NUMBER 11.
11:13:48AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:13:49AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:13:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 8, 9, 10, 12, AND 13.
11:13:58AM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:14:00AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
11:14:03AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:14:05AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:14:06AM THANK YOU.
11:14:09AM NOW WE MOVE FORWARD FOR ITEM NUMBER --
11:14:14AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN I ALSO ACCEPT ITEM NUMBER 6?
11:14:16AM THEY TRANSMITTED A WRITTEN REPORT ABOUT SUPPORTING
11:14:20AM PERMITTING IN THE CRA AREAS.
11:14:22AM I KNOW THAT CRA STAFF IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT
11:14:26AM AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT ON THAT.
11:14:28AM JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS.
11:14:30AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:14:31AM WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ACCEPTANCE BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:14:34AM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:14:35AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:14:35AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:14:36AM WE GO FORWARD, BOARD MEMBERS, TO ITEM NUMBER 1, AND WE GO
11:14:43AM FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 1.
11:14:45AM >>COURTNEY ORR: CRA DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
11:14:53AM I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE MARYBETH WILLIAMS, THE CURRENT
11:14:57AM DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR.
11:14:59AM SHE WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON ACTIVITIES OCCURRING IN THE
11:15:03AM DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:15:10AM >> GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
11:15:11AM GOOD MORNING, STAFF.
11:15:12AM MY NAME IS MARYBETH WILLIAMS.
11:15:13AM I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK.
11:15:16AM I AM ALSO SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA CAC.
11:15:20AM I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE OF THE CRA GOALS IN
11:15:25AM OUR DOWNTOWN.
11:15:27AM I'LL FIRST START WITH ATTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
11:15:31AM WE HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR UNIT CREATION AND CONVERSION.
11:15:35AM CURRENTLY, TWO PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED ENCORE LOT 10 WAS THE
11:15:40AM FIRST DOWNTOWN PROJECT AWARDED TO LD AND D.
11:15:43AM $5.4 MILLION GRANT FROM THE CRA.
11:15:46AM A $200 MILLION MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN.
11:15:51AM THIS WILL BE A 27 STORY TOWER AND WILL INCLUDE 360
11:15:57AM APARTMENTS, 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE.
11:16:01AM 574 SPACE PARKING GARAGE, 30 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS, WHICH
11:16:06AM IS 10% OF THE TOWER.
11:16:09AM IT'S GOING TO BE RESERVED FOR RESIDENTS.
11:16:11AM THOSE UNITS WILL BE RESERVED FOR RESIDENTS EARNING 80 TO 140
11:16:14AM PERCENT OF THE AMI.
11:16:16AM IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE 178 KEY ELEMENT BY THE WESTIN HOTEL AND
11:16:22AM A ROOFTOP RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE, INCLUDING 25,000 SQUARE
11:16:26AM FEET OF AMENITIES.
11:16:27AM A SECOND PROJECT, SUPPORTED BY THE CAC, WILL COME BEFORE THE
11:16:33AM CRA BOARD IN NOVEMBER.
11:16:36AM APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SUBSIDY OF $4 MILLION.
11:16:39AM THIS WILL BE 22 UNITS RESERVED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OUT
11:16:44AM OF 53 UNITS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
11:16:46AM THIS DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED AT WHITING STREET NEXT TO EMBARK
11:16:51AM COLLECTIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
11:16:53AM THEY ARE 95% COMPLETE, AND WILL BEGIN LEASING SOON.
11:16:59AM UNDER CONSECUTIVE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, PHASE TWO OF THE
11:17:04AM WAY-FINDING SIGNAGE HAS KICKED OFF FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND
11:17:08AM ENHANCEMENT OF ALL DOWNTOWN WAY-FINDING SIGNAGE, AND THAT
11:17:11AM INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY INCORPORATION AS WELL.
11:17:16AM THE CRA BOARD WILL RECEIVE A PRESENTATION BY THE CONTRACTOR
11:17:20AM IN MARCH.
11:17:22AM AFTER RECEIVING CAC INPUT.
11:17:23AM THE RIVERWALK EXPANSION STUDY AT BENEFICIAL STREET, WHICH
11:17:28AM THE DOWNTOWN CRA CONTRIBUTED 150,000 AND THE CHANNEL
11:17:33AM DISTRICT CONTRIBUTED 150,000, THAT CONSULTANT IS SCHEDULED
11:17:36AM TO PRESENT THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE REPORT TO THE DOWNTOWN AND
11:17:42AM CHANNEL DISTRICT CRAs IN OCTOBER AFTER FINALIZING WITH CRA
11:17:46AM STAFF AND PARKS AND REC.
11:17:48AM THE STREETCAR EXTENSION AND MODERNIZATION PRODUCT WAS
11:17:55AM FINALIZED VIA RECENTLY APPROVED RESOLUTION AND $5 MILLION IN
11:17:59AM CRA FUNDING ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO MOBILITY.
11:18:03AM THE PRIVATE -- THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC
11:18:09AM REALM INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDES THE WATER STREET
11:18:12AM DEVELOPMENT.
11:18:13AM PAYMENTS WILL BE COMPLETE IN FISCAL YEAR '28, AND THE
11:18:17AM GASWORX DEVELOPMENT WHERE PAYMENTS WILL BEGIN IN FISCAL YEAR
11:18:21AM '28.
11:18:22AM UNDER THE GOAL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE CRA COMMERCIAL
11:18:28AM GRANT WILL BE HOLDING A COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
11:18:31AM MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, FROM 5:30 P.M. UNTIL 7 P.M.
11:18:35AM AND I BELIEVE THAT DIRECTOR McCRAY IS GOING TO PROVIDE
11:18:39AM ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DURING HIS REPORT.
11:18:41AM THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT UPDATE WAS APPROVED.
11:18:46AM THE CONSULTANT ON THAT WAS KITTELSON.
11:18:49AM THEY UPDATED THE DOWNTOWN CRA'S CRP, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY --
11:18:56AM THE CORE PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY DONE IN 1983 WITH A 1988
11:19:00AM AMENDMENT.
11:19:01AM SO WELL OVERDUE.
11:19:02AM THE CRB INCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL EXISTING CONDITIONS, OVERVIEW OF
11:19:07AM OUTREACH EFFORTS, PROJECT PRIORITIES, AND NEEDS CATEGORIES
11:19:11AM FORMING THE CRP BASIS.
11:19:13AM THOSE NEEDS CATEGORIES INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
11:19:18AM LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC
11:19:23AM SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE, AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE
11:19:27AM HOUSING, URBAN DESIGN, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
11:19:30AM KITTELSON'S WORK INCLUDED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
11:19:35AM STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, CRA BOARD MEMBER ENGAGEMENT, AND AN
11:19:40AM EXISTING CONDITION ANALYSIS AS WELL AS CRP WRITING.
11:19:49AM >>LUIS VIERA: IF YOU NEED ANOTHER MINUTE, I'M FINE WITH
11:19:51AM THAT.
11:19:52AM >> THANK YOU.
11:19:52AM I'M ALMOST DONE.
11:19:53AM IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO ENHANCE CULTURAL AND
11:19:57AM HISTORIC INSTITUTIONS IN DOWNTOWN.
11:19:59AM THAT INCLUDES THE STRAZ, THE TAMPA THEATRE, TAMPA UNION
11:20:03AM STATION, AND THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART.
11:20:05AM UNDER QUALITY OF LIFE, OUR FUNDS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO
11:20:09AM SUPPORT ENHANCING DOWNTOWN PARKS, INCLUDING HERMAN MASSEY
11:20:12AM AND THE TAMPA MUSEUM OF ART DOG PARK, AS WELL AS ENHANCING
11:20:16AM COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES SUCH AS KID MASON COMMUNITY
11:20:20AM CENTER AND THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
11:20:22AM FINALLY, UNDER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUR CRA CAC MEETINGS
11:20:27AM ARE REGULARLY SCHEDULED, AND WE CONTINUE TO UPLOAD ALL OF
11:20:31AM OUR AGENDAS AND MEETING RECORDINGS TO THE CRA YouTube
11:20:35AM PAGE.
11:20:36AM OUR COMMITTEE IS ALIGNED WITH PARTNERSHIPS THAT INCLUDE THE
11:20:40AM TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, THE TAMPA RIVER ARTS NETWORK
11:20:43AM ASSOCIATION, AND THE FRIENDS OF THE TAMPA RIVERWALK.
11:20:45AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:20:47AM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
11:20:50AM >>LUIS VIERA: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:20:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANT TO BRING IT UP IN THE PUBLIC AS
11:20:54AM WELL, BECAUSE IT IS A DRUM I'VE BEEN BEATING SINCE I GOT
11:20:58AM INTO OFFICE.
11:20:59AM MARION STREET.
11:20:59AM THE CONVERSATIONS WITH HART AND HELP WITH THE CITY REGAINING
11:21:02AM CONTROL.
11:21:03AM I KNOW I TALKED WITH THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP AS WELL, THAT
11:21:06AM YOU GUYS KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE START BANDYING ABOUT IDEAS
11:21:10AM OF WHAT THAT CORRIDOR WILL LOOK LIKE AND HOW
11:21:14AM TRANSFORMATIONAL THAT COULD BE FOR DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
11:21:17AM BRINGING IT UP NOW TO KEEP IT IN THE FOREFRONT OF PEOPLE'S
11:21:21AM MINDS, THAT EVENTUALLY WE'LL GET THAT AND BE PLANNING FOR
11:21:25AM THAT AND THINKING ABOUT THAT.
11:21:27AM THANK YOU.
11:21:27AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
11:21:28AM ANYONE ELSE?
11:21:29AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
11:21:32AM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
11:21:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CAN WE DIRECT THE MONTHLY REPORT FIRST SO WE
11:21:41AM HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING?
11:21:44AM >>LUIS VIERA: MR. McCRAY, GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:21:51AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: TAMPA CRA DIRECTOR.
11:21:53AM AS CUSTOMARY, WE PROVIDED OUR TRACKERS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS
11:21:59AM AS WELL AS THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
11:22:01AM I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
11:22:03AM WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL BE ADVERTISING OUR CAC
11:22:14AM VACANCIES OR POSITIONS THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING FOR THE YEAR
11:22:19AM OF 2026 AND WE'LL BE SHARING THIS INFORMATION ACROSS ALL OUR
11:22:25AM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND WEBSITE FOR ANY INTERESTED
11:22:29AM PARTIES WITHIN THE CRA DISTRICTS.
11:22:31AM TRYING TO ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN SEE IT.
11:22:42AM ANY QUESTIONS?
11:23:02AM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS?
11:23:11AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: THAT CONCLUDES THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
11:23:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:23:18AM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
11:23:20AM OKAY.
11:23:21AM NEXT, IT WOULD APPEAR WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2.
11:23:24AM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: YES.
11:23:24AM THE BREVITY FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT WAS TO ESSENTIALLY
11:23:28AM ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR THE HOUSING CONVERSATION.
11:23:31AM AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME INFORMATION, REQUESTED FROM THE
11:23:37AM BOARD.
11:23:38AM I WANT TO SET THE STAGE AS WE START, ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL
11:23:42AM TODAY WITH THE CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD IS TO REVIEW AT
11:23:46AM YOUR REQUEST SOME OF THE ROLLOVER AMOUNTS FOR THE CRAs
11:23:50AM RELATED TO THE HOUSING SUBSIDIES FOR UNIT CREATION AND
11:23:53AM CONVERSION PROGRAM.
11:23:54AM WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT ITERATION OF THE UNIT
11:23:59AM CREATION AND CONVERSION PROGRAM AS WELL AS SOLICIT FEEDBACK
11:24:02AM FROM YOU ALL AS BOARD MEMBERS ON NEXT STEPS AND THE
11:24:08AM BUILD-OUT OF THE PROGRAM AND WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO
11:24:10AM BE GOING FROM HERE.
11:24:12AM MS. PARKS, OUR TEAM MEMBER THAT HANDLES OUR HOUSING UNIT,
11:24:16AM WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU NOW.
11:24:19AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:24:20AM BEFORE, BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:24:24AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD.
11:24:27AM SINCE IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A WORKSHOP BECAUSE WE DON'T DO
11:24:29AM WORKSHOPS, AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP DURING
11:24:33AM AGENDA REVIEW.
11:24:34AM I THINK TODAY WE ARE A LITTLE OVERWHELMED WITH THE LOVELY
11:24:38AM MEMORIAL WE JUST WENT TO BEFORE WE STARTED THIS MORNING.
11:24:42AM HOW DOES THE BOARD FEEL ABOUT POSSIBLY TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT
11:24:49AM AFTER US HAVING A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS?
11:24:51AM AFTER WE HEAR ABOUT THIS AND TALK ABOUT IT, MAYBE GET SOME
11:25:03AM FEEDBACK SO WE CAN MOVE -- AS WE TAKE THIS BACK AND THEN GO
11:25:06AM FORWARD, JUST HEARING WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY.
11:25:08AM IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
11:25:10AM I KNOW THAT CRA DOESN'T DO WORKSHOPS GENERALLY.
11:25:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE IS EQUITABLE, NOT
11:25:19AM HAVING IT ADVERTISED, THE ABILITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO SHOW
11:25:22AM UP.
11:25:23AM EVEN IF WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS TYPE OF DISCUSSION TO
11:25:25AM INCORPORATE OR SCHEDULE A DIFFERENT MEETING SO THAT
11:25:27AM EVERYBODY WHO MAYBE HAS A VOICE IN THIS HAS AN EQUAL
11:25:31AM OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND VOICE THAT.
11:25:33AM THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY CONCERN.
11:25:35AM THERE MAY BE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT FEEL LIKE IF THEY HAD
11:25:38AM KNOWN THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, THEY WOULD WANT TO BE HERE.
11:25:41AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DON'T DISAGREE.
11:25:43AM BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS A CHANCE TO GET SOME INFORMATION
11:25:46AM AND NO REASON WE CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP GOING FORWARD.
11:25:50AM I THINK GOING TO THIS, I THINK THE COMMERCIAL GRANT WORKSHOP
11:25:55AM OR COMMUNITY MEETING WILL BE VERY GOOD TOO.
11:25:59AM BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A BIGGER CONVERSATION, BUT I JUST
11:26:02AM -- IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME.
11:26:04AM IT'S UP TO YOU ALL, BUT TO ME --
11:26:07AM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE NO OBJECTION.
11:26:08AM HOW ABOUT AS A COMPROMISE, INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT IN
11:26:10AM THREE MINUTES, WE DO TWO MINUTES.
11:26:12AM JUST TIMEWISE AND WHATNOT.
11:26:17AM BECAUSE IT IS 11:30.
11:26:19AM I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO SOME LEVEL OF PUBLIC COMMENT UNLESS
11:26:22AM THERE IS A STRONG OBJECTION FROM THE BOARD.
11:26:27AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YEAH, I THINK WE DO -- THERE'S NO WAY THIS IS
11:26:30AM THE END OF THE CONVERSATION.
11:26:32AM I BELIEVE THAT GETTING SOME FEEDBACK AND THEN ENCOURAGING
11:26:35AM FOLKS TO E-MAIL US OR TALK TO US AND US BE ABLE TO COME BACK
11:26:40AM MAYBE IN DECEMBER MAYBE WITH SOME MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT
11:26:44AM IT.
11:26:44AM THAT'S MY MOTION TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THIS.
11:26:47AM >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
11:26:49AM SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:26:51AM AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE TIME, WE MAY REDUCE IT.
11:26:55AM YEAH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
11:26:56AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:26:57AM ANY OPPOSED?
11:26:58AM OKAY.
11:26:58AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:27:04AM >> BE PARKS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.
11:27:08AM CAN I PLEASE GET THE PRESENTATION LOADED?
11:27:11AM WE'RE HERE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, LIKE DIRECTOR McCRAY
11:27:18AM MENTIONED, ABOUT THE HOUSING POLICY DISCUSSION.
11:27:21AM YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
11:27:23AM AS THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO -- HOLD ON ONE
11:27:35AM MOMENT.
11:27:36AM SO I CAN GET THE CLICKER.
11:27:38AM JUST AS HE MENTIONED, WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF
11:27:42AM THE BUDGET SNAPSHOTS AND ROLLOVER AMOUNTS PER AREA.
11:27:50AM ONLY SOLELY FOR THE UNIT CREATION AND CONVERSION PROGRAM,
11:27:54AM DISCUSS OVERVIEW OF THE UNIT CREATION PROGRAM, PRESENT
11:27:57AM OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT PROCESS AND DISCUSS THE PROPOSED
11:28:01AM PROCESS AND GET FEEDBACK.
11:28:03AM AND THEN, OF COURSE, GATHER FEEDBACK INPUT FROM THE CRA
11:28:08AM BOARD ON THE DIRECTION OF THIS PROGRAM.
11:28:10AM SO MOVING FORWARD, LET'S START WITH EAST TAMPA, WHICH IS
11:28:16AM ACTUALLY OUR MOST REQUESTED CRA FOR THESE FUNDS.
11:28:19AM WE HAVE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS AND INQUIRIES THAT CAME IN FOR
11:28:25AM THE EAST TAMPA FUNDING, AND IT'S, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, IN NEED
11:28:30AM OF ALL THE RESIDENTIAL THEY CAN GET.
11:28:32AM SO I'M EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY
11:28:34AM ON THIS.
11:28:35AM FOR FY '25, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 30% ALLOCATION TOTAL WAS 9.7
11:28:44AM MILLION.
11:28:45AM FOR FY '26, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY CRA THAT INCREASED
11:28:49AM THEIR AMOUNT FROM 30% TO 46 PERCENT OF THEIR BUDGET TO GO
11:28:54AM TOWARDS ATTAINABLE HOUSING, WHICH SITS AT $6.7 MILLION
11:28:59AM BUDGET.
11:29:00AM SO SPECIFICALLY FOR THE UNIT CREATION AND CONVERSION
11:29:03AM PROGRAM, THE FY '25 ROLLOVER AMOUNT WILL BE 1.5 MILLION AND
11:29:09AM THEN THE FY '26 BUDGETED AMOUNT IS AT 2.1 MILLION.
11:29:15AM BRINGS A COMBINED TOTAL OF AROUND 3.6 MILLION FOR THIS
11:29:21AM PROGRAM.
11:29:22AM AND WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD AND ACTUALLY SHOW YOU ALL ON
11:29:26AM THE APPROVED PROJECTS THAT, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW CAME BEFORE
11:29:30AM -- WILL COME BEFORE YOU, BUT CAME BEFORE THE CAC.
11:29:34AM SO RIGHT THERE DOWN BELOW, YOU'LL SEE THE FOUR URBAN REWORX,
11:29:40AM THE CLONTS PROPERTY.
11:29:45AM ASHLEY INTEGRAL, A COLUMNS AVENUE PROJECT, AND THEN HERITAGE
11:29:49AM HEIGHTS.
11:29:49AM I WANT TO REFERENCE ON THIS, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WE DID
11:29:54AM HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE 30% BUDGET ALLOCATION, AND GO INTO
11:29:58AM TWO OTHER LINE ITEMS IN THE EAST TAMPA BUDGET TO MAKE SURE
11:30:02AM THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THOSE.
11:30:05AM SO THAT'S EAST TAMPA.
11:30:10AM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST A MOMENT.
11:30:12AM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:30:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, CAN YOU GO BACK TO
11:30:16AM THE PREVIOUS SCREEN?
11:30:17AM WHEN YOU'RE SAYING APPROVED PROJECTS, I KNOW URBAN REWORX
11:30:21AM WAS APPROVED BY THE CRA BOARD FOR THAT.
11:30:23AM THE OTHER PROJECTS WERE PROPOSED BUT NOT APPROVED FOR
11:30:26AM FUNDING?
11:30:27AM >>BELIX PARKS: CORRECT.
11:30:29AM SO THE HERITAGE HEIGHTS AND THE CLONTS, YES, IT'S JUST IN
11:30:32AM THE PIPELINE.
11:30:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S TENTATIVELY BUDGETED, BUT IT HAS NOT
11:30:37AM BEEN APPROVED.
11:30:38AM >>BELIX PARKS: CORRECT.
11:30:39AM NOT IN FRONT OF THE DAIS FOR OFFICIAL PRESENTATION.
11:30:43AM URBAN AND ASHLEY INTEGRAL WENT IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS AND YOU
11:30:45AM GUYS APPROVED THEM.
11:30:47AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M SORRY.
11:30:48AM SO THE TWO, URBAN REWORX AND ASHLEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
11:30:53AM >>BELIX PARKS: THEY WENT IN FRONT OF YOU.
11:30:55AM THOSE WERE THE PRESENTATIONS FROM LAST MONTH.
11:30:58AM THE MONTHS ARE RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER.
11:31:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANTED TO DIFFERENTIATE.
11:31:02AM >>BELIX PARKS: CORRECT.
11:31:03AM THAT'S WHY I PUT APPROVED, SLASH, PIPE LINE.
11:31:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 6,750,000 STILL UNIMPROVED FUNDS ON THAT
11:31:12AM TABLE.
11:31:12AM >>BELIX PARKS: NO.
11:31:13AM EVERYTHING AS MENTIONED IN THE BRIEFINGS WITH SOME OF YOU
11:31:19AM GUYS, ALL OF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED FOR FY '25 AND
11:31:24AM FY '26.
11:31:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BUT NOT APPROVED.
11:31:27AM BUDGETED BUT NOT APPROVED.
11:31:29AM >>BELIX PARKS: BUT NOT APPROVED.
11:31:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ADDITIONALLY, MY QUESTION IS, YOU HAVE THE
11:31:34AM STAR THAT SAYS ALL FY '26 FUNDS ARE PLANNED, SLASHED,
11:31:39AM COMMITTED, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THIS BOARD.
11:31:43AM >>BELIX PARKS: CORRECT.
11:31:44AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY ARE NOT COMMITTED.
11:31:46AM THEY ARE AN IDEA.
11:31:48AM >>BELIX PARKS: WE TALK COMMITTED ON OUR SIDE BECAUSE WHEN WE
11:31:51AM LOOK AT PROJECTS, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE BUDGET FOR THAT
11:31:53AM PROJECT FOR THE THREE YEARS.
11:31:55AM SO EARMARKED.
11:31:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS WHAT
11:32:00AM WILL GET CONFUSING.
11:32:04AM WE'RE PUBLIC FACING ON THESE ISSUES, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT
11:32:07AM TO CREATE EXPECTATIONS, UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE WE
11:32:11AM DON'T KNOW WHAT TOMORROW IS GOING TO BRING.
11:32:13AM I THINK WHEN WE BRING THAT OUT -- I UNDERSTAND ON THE BACK
11:32:16AM SIDE WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH BECAUSE OF YOUR BUDGETING
11:32:19AM PROCESS.
11:32:19AM BUT ON THE FRONT SIDE, ON THE ACTUAL COMMITMENT OF
11:32:22AM GOVERNMENT FUNDS FROM THE CRA BOARD, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO
11:32:26AM DIFFERENTIATE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY APPROVED BY
11:32:30AM CRA, COMMITTED VERSUS BUDGETED AND HAVE THOSE SEPARATED OUT.
11:32:35AM ESPECIALLY ON THE PUBLIC FACING SIDE OF THIS.
11:32:37AM WHAT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
11:32:43AM NOT PARTICULARLY TRUE.
11:32:44AM THAT LEADS US DOWN A RABBIT HOLE.
11:32:49AM >>BELIX PARKS: YES, SIR.
11:32:49AM MOVING ALONG TO WEST TAMPA.
11:32:51AM AGAIN, FY '25, 30% OF THEIR BUDGET WAS AROUND $6 MILLION.
11:32:59AM FY '26, 30% OF THEIR BUDGET WILL BE THE $2.9 MILLION.
11:33:05AM WHAT WE PUT ASIDE FOR THE UNIT CREATION AND CONVERSION
11:33:08AM PROGRAM IS FOR FY '25 ROLLOVER AMOUNT WOULD BE THE 1.6.
11:33:14AM AND THEN THE FY '26 BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR THIS LINE ITEM IS
11:33:18AM ABOUT $2.9 MILLION, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF $4.5 MILLION FOR THE
11:33:24AM UNIT CREATION AND CONVERSION PROGRAM FOR WEST TAMPA.
11:33:27AM WE'RE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP IN THAT AREA.
11:33:31AM SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT PUBLICLY.
11:33:36AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE
11:33:37AM HOUSING PROJECTS.
11:33:38AM AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, IF YOU CAN TELL US IF THE PROJECT HAS
11:33:44AM ALREADY BEEN APPROVED OR IF IT'S JUST A PIPELINE PROJECT.
11:33:50AM >>BELIX PARKS: THIS ONE IS A PIPELINE PROJECT, BUT
11:33:52AM RECOMMENDED -- IN FRONT OF THE CAC ALREADY.
11:33:56AM THE CAC DID RECOMMEND TO MOVE FORWARD TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL.
11:33:59AM AND THEN YOU'LL SEE JUST REFERENCING THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
11:34:06AM PROJECT FOR 750 COMMITTED AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LIST
11:34:11AM OUT THE YEARS THERE.
11:34:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THAT I THINK IS
11:34:15AM IMPORTANT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS.
11:34:17AM I'VE NOTICED THAT THE FY '25, 30% ALLOCATION TOTAL IS HIGHER
11:34:23AM THAN THE FY '26 IN ALMOST EVERY CASE.
11:34:28AM MY ASSUMPTION -- I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THIS TO CLARIFY FOR
11:34:31AM THE PUBLIC -- IS THAT THAT IS A LOT OF ROLLOVER FROM 24, 23.
11:34:38AM >>BELIX PARKS: YES.
11:34:38AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT BECAUSE 25 WAS OUR FIRST REAL YEAR OF
11:34:41AM USING THIS MONEY, THAT THAT IS WHY THE NUMBER IS HIGHER.
11:34:45AM IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE A LOWER AMOUNT OF MONEY COMING INTO
11:34:47AM THE CRAs.
11:34:48AM >>BELIX PARKS: CORRECT.
11:34:49AM YES.
11:34:50AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S IMPORTANT TO --
11:34:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE INCOME THAT'S
11:34:55AM COME IN, BUT THAT'S MONEY AVAILABLE THAT YOU'RE REFLECTING.
11:34:58AM >>BELIX PARKS: CORRECT.
11:34:58AM YES, SIR.
11:34:59AM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE.
11:35:01AM >>BELIX PARKS: IT IS ROLLOVER FROM SEVERAL YEARS.
11:35:03AM MOVING FORWARD TO DREW PARK, AS YOU CAN SEE, FY '25, THE 30
11:35:11AM PERCENT ALLOCATION WAS AROUND $3.2 MILLION.
11:35:15AM FOR FY '26, THE 30% ALLOCATION TOTAL WILL BE AROUND $1
11:35:19AM MILLION.
11:35:21AM AS YOU CAN SEE FOR FY '25, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ALLOCATED
11:35:27AM FOR UNIT CREATION, BUT AS WE STARTED SEEING THAT THERE IS A
11:35:31AM NEED, OF COURSE, IN DREW PARK AND WE STARTED HAVING
11:35:33AM CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, WE THEN BUDGETED FOR FY '26 TO
11:35:39AM HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BUCKET FOR THAT.
11:35:41AM THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
11:35:43AM WE'RE LOOKING TO DO BUSINESS THERE AS WELL.
11:35:45AM SO FOR CENTRAL PARK, THEIR FY '25, 30 PERCENT ALLOCATION
11:35:52AM TOTAL WAS AROUND 897.
11:35:54AM THE FY '26, 30% ALLOCATION IS AROUND 604.
11:36:00AM WHICH YOU SEE EARMARKED FOR FY '25 ROLLOVER AT 597 WITH A
11:36:07AM 597 BEING BUDGETED IS ABOUT 1.194 FOR UNIT CREATION AND
11:36:13AM CONVERSION FOR CENTRAL PARK.
11:36:14AM AND THEN WE DO HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS IN THE PIPELINE.
11:36:20AM DID GO IN FRONT OF THE CAC WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE
11:36:24AM AND PRESENT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD FOR FIVE UNITS IN THAT
11:36:27AM AREA.
11:36:28AM SO THEN WE'RE MOVING ON TO YBOR CITY.
11:36:32AM YBOR CITY FY '25, 30% ALLOCATION TOTAL WAS AROUND 3.382.
11:36:40AM AND THEN FY '26, 30 PERCENT ALLOCATION IS ABOUT 1.2 MILLION.
11:36:46AM EARMARKED FOR FY '25 FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS 2.2 AND THEN
11:36:52AM BUDGETING FOR FY '26 IS 1.6, WHICH BRINGS A COMBINED TOTAL
11:36:57AM OF $3.8 MILLION.
11:36:59AM AND THIS IS ONLY FOR YBOR ONE NUMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
11:37:05AM THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS PROGRAM CAN WORK IN.
11:37:07AM MOVING FORWARD TO TAMPA HEIGHTS, MY DEAR TAMPA HEIGHTS, FY
11:37:13AM '25, 30% ALLOCATION IS AROUND 200,000, AND THEN FY '26, WE
11:37:20AM COULD ONLY ALLOT ABOUT 15% OF THAT BUDGET TO GO TOWARDS
11:37:26AM AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 335.
11:37:29AM THERE'S NOTHING EARMARKED FOR TAMPA HEIGHTS FOR THE UNIT
11:37:33AM CREATION.
11:37:34AM THOSE ARE JUST ENOUGH MONEY TO MAYBE DO SOME REHAB OR SOME
11:37:38AM DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
11:37:39AM BUT WE'RE MORE FOCUSED ON DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE.
11:37:42AM AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE 74% CONTRIBUTION TO THE CDD, IT MAKES
11:37:47AM IT HARD TO CARVE OUT SOME AFFORDABLE DOLLARS IN THIS AREA.
11:37:51AM >>LYNN HURTAK: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:37:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE -- TAMPA HEIGHTS
11:37:57AM SPECIFICALLY, MAYBE YBOR, TOO.
11:37:58AM I DON'T KNOW.
11:37:59AM BUT BECAUSE OF THE DE MINIMIS AMOUNT OF INCOME INTO THOSE
11:38:03AM AREAS, IS THIS WHERE WE CARVE OUT AN EXCEPTION?
11:38:06AM COULD THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY BE BETTER USED FOR STREET
11:38:10AM ENHANCEMENTS, FOR PUBLIC GOOD THAN TRYING TO THINK THAT
11:38:13AM WE'LL EVER GET ENOUGH MONEY OUT OF TAMPA HEIGHTS TO DO
11:38:16AM ANYTHING FOR HOUSING?
11:38:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
11:38:18AM WHAT SHE SAID IS TAMPA HOUSING MONEY IS GOING TOWARD DOWN
11:38:21AM PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND REHAB.
11:38:25AM THEY HAVEN'T CHOSEN TO USE IT IN CREATION AND CONVERSION
11:38:28AM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY REAL MONEY TO DO THAT.
11:38:30AM SO THEIR HOUSING MONEY IS GOING TOWARD KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED
11:38:34AM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:38:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
11:38:37AM WITHIN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS CRA.
11:38:39AM >>BELIX PARKS: YES.
11:38:40AM AS YOU KNOW, IT'S SMALL.
11:38:42AM THE CONTRIBUTION IS ALREADY TAKING THE BULK OF THIS BUDGET.
11:38:47AM JUST TO HAVE SOMETHING, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW ACROSS ALL OF
11:38:52AM THE BUDGETS, WE'RE ALLOCATED 30%.
11:38:55AM JUST TO HAVE SOMETHING WE LOOKED AT THE NEEDS OF THE
11:38:58AM COMMUNITY AND WE'VE SEEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DOLLARS
11:39:01AM TO CREATE ANY UNIT, MULTIFAMILY.
11:39:04AM MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT JUST PRESERVING WHO IS THERE OR
11:39:08AM ANYONE WHO WISHES TO PURCHASE, BECAUSE THERE IS PURCHASING
11:39:11AM HAPPENING IN TAMPA HEIGHTS.
11:39:13AM SMALL, SINGLE-FAMILY.
11:39:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S KIND OF DECEIVING BECAUSE THE TAMPA
11:39:17AM HEIGHTS CRA IS NOT NECESSARILY TAMPA HEIGHTS.
11:39:20AM THE CRA IS SO SMALL AND MOSTLY TAKEN UP OF THE COMMERCIAL
11:39:24AM DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU SEE IS THE BULK OF THAT.
11:39:27AM AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE THINGS I'LL KEEP DRUMMING ABOUT,
11:39:30AM GREATEST AMOUNT OF GOOD FOR THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE,
11:39:32AM CAN WE DO BETTER WITH THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, INVESTING
11:39:38AM IN OTHER ASPECTS, THIS PARTICULAR CRA, FOR OTHER
11:39:41AM ENHANCEMENTS, THEN TRYING TO DOUBLE DOWN TRYING TO FIND ANY
11:39:44AM HOUSING PROJECT -- PROGRESS IN THIS AREA.
11:39:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CONSIDERING THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND YEAR WE
11:39:50AM FOCUSED ON THIS LIKE REALLY HARD, I THINK IT WOULD BE
11:39:53AM INTERESTING TO SEE.
11:39:54AM I KNOW THERE ARE DEFINITELY HOMES WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT
11:39:58AM COULD USE THE ASSISTANCE FOR REHAB.
11:40:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOW MANY SINGLE-FAMILY ESTABLISHED HOUSES
11:40:04AM ARE IN THE TAMPA CRA.
11:40:08AM >>BELIX PARKS: I CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
11:40:10AM NOT IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS, NO.
11:40:13AM LIKE YOU SAID, IT IS A SMALL AREA.
11:40:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT'S MOSTLY ALL THE NEW STUFF.
11:40:17AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I AGREE.
11:40:18AM >>BELIX PARKS: BUT I CAN PULL THAT FOR YOU BECAUSE I HAVE
11:40:21AM ACCESS.
11:40:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S NOT BEING USED.
11:40:25AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I BRING IT UP FOR AN AWARENESS TO KEEP
11:40:27AM THINKING ABOUT THE THINGS.
11:40:28AM THANK YOU.
11:40:32AM >>BELIX PARKS: OKAY.
11:40:33AM WE CAN CONTINUE.
11:40:35AM LET'S HEAD OVER TO CHANNEL.
11:40:37AM OF COURSE, THE FY '25, 30% ALLOCATION IS AT 10 -- ABOUT
11:40:43AM $10.4 MILLION.
11:40:45AM THE FY '26, 30% ALLOCATION IS AROUND $4 MILLION.
11:40:50AM ON A SIDE NOTE, I WISH I HAD THE MONEY IN EAST TAMPA.
11:40:56AM THE UNIT CREATION AND CONVERSION PROGRAM, SO THE FY ROLLOVER
11:41:01AM AMOUNT IS ABOUT 8.9 MILLION.
11:41:04AM FY '26 BUDGETED AMOUNT IS ABOUT 4 MILLION, TOTAL 13 MILLION
11:41:10AM FOR THE UNIT CREATION AND CONVERSION PROGRAM.
11:41:12AM SO THAT'S CHANNEL.
11:41:15AM WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN CHANNEL.
11:41:17AM SO WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO DOWNTOWN, SO FY '25, 30 PERCENT
11:41:24AM ALLOCATION FOR DOWNTOWN IS 22 MILLION.
11:41:26AM FY '26, 30% ALLOCATION IS ABOUT 8.9 MILLION.
11:41:32AM SO WHAT'S BUDGETED FOR THIS ONE, WHICH IT WILL BE SET TO
11:41:37AM ROLL OVER IS ABOUT $17.5 MILLION, AND THEN FY '26 THE
11:41:42AM BUDGETED AMOUNT OF $8.9 MILLION.
11:41:45AM SO IT'S A GRAND TOTAL OF 26 MILLION FOR ATTAINABLE HOUSING
11:41:49AM IN DOWNTOWN.
11:41:50AM NOW, ONE OF THE APPROVED PROJECTS, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR
11:41:56AM FUNDING AGREEMENTS, IS THE LD AND D SIDE, WHICH WAS
11:42:00AM MENTIONED EARLIER AT THE $5.4 MILLION REQUEST.
11:42:04AM WE JUST HAD ANOTHER ONE FROM THE CAC AND THEY RECOMMENDED TO
11:42:09AM GO IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS, YOU ALL AS A BOARD, IS THE VILLA
11:42:15AM FOR WHITING STREET, LLC, WHICH IS ABOUT 4 MILLION FOR THOSE
11:42:19AM UNITS.
11:42:19AM AGAIN, THERE ARE PEOPLE COMING IN TO BOTH CHANNEL AND
11:42:25AM DOWNTOWN NOW THAT WE HAVE THESE DOLLARS TRYING TO START
11:42:28AM PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN BUILD ATTAINABLE HOUSING
11:42:31AM IN THESE TWO AREAS.
11:42:34AM >>LUIS VIERA: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
11:42:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AGAIN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE AT THE
11:42:40AM CITY, THE RFP IS BEING REISSUED.
11:42:43AM ARMY NAVY AND PARKING SPOTS, THAT IS A CITY, CRA JOINT
11:42:49AM VENTURE.
11:42:50AM WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AS THESE OTHER PROJECTS COME IN, THAT
11:42:53AM WE KNOW WE HAVE THIS ON THE BACKBURNER, WAITING FOR THIS.
11:42:56AM CAN'T BE FIRST IN, FIRST OUT ON THESE THINGS.
11:43:01AM WE'RE HEAVILY INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT.
11:43:02AM I'LL BEAT THE SAME DRUM ON THE CRA THAT I DID ON THE TAMPA
11:43:05AM HEIGHTS.
11:43:06AM THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF GOOD FOR THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF
11:43:09AM PEOPLE, IF THERE IS AN ABILITY TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR THE
11:43:14AM CHANNELSIDE CRA FOR LAND ACQUISITION, FOR GREENSPACE, I
11:43:17AM THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE EQUITABLE AND MORE SUCCESSFUL
11:43:21AM USE OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE
11:43:26AM THE CHANNELSIDE IS A RELATIVELY SMALL SLIVER, ADJACENT TO
11:43:31AM CENTRAL PARK, ADJACENT TO YBOR CITY, ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN.
11:43:35AM EITHER THE HOUSING PROJECTS WE HAVE IN THOSE THREE AREAS CAN
11:43:39AM WORK TOGETHER.
11:43:39AM AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE CAN USE GREENSPACE.
11:43:42AM THE GREENSPACE IS A REAL PROBLEM IN CHANNELSIDE.
11:43:45AM KEEP BEATING THAT DRUM.
11:43:46AM >>BELIX PARKS: THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
11:43:48AM >>LYNN HURTAK: LET'S KEEP ON KEEPING ON.
11:43:51AM >>BELIX PARKS: NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO THE ACTUAL CRA
11:43:54AM HOUSING POLICY DISCUSSION FOR THIS PROGRAM.
11:44:00AM AS YOU KNOW, THE BOARD ESTABLISHED SOME GOALS BACK IN JUNE
11:44:05AM OF 2023 TO EXPAND HOME OWNERSHIP FOR 80% AND BELOW.
11:44:11AM HOUSEHOLDS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, INCENTIVES AND DOWN PAYMENT
11:44:14AM ASSISTANCE, THE DPA PROGRAM FOR EAST TAMPA IS ONE OF THE
11:44:18AM HIGHEST SPENDING PROGRAMS, IT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY GREAT
11:44:23AM PLEASURES TO HELP PEOPLE BUY HOMES.
11:44:26AM THE SECOND GOAL IS TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS WITH HOME REPAIRS,
11:44:31AM MAINTENANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY TO IMPROVE HOUSING CONDITIONS,
11:44:34AM AND THAT'S BEING DONE THROUGH THE HRRP PROGRAM, AND THAT IS
11:44:38AM ANOTHER GREAT PROGRAM.
11:44:40AM AND THEN EXPANDING HOUSING THAT STABILIZES COMMUNITIES AND
11:44:44AM REDUCES COST BURDENS.
11:44:45AM AND THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE WITH THE UNIT CREATION
11:44:48AM AND CONVERSION PROGRAM.
11:44:50AM SO THE CURRENT PROCESS, CURRENTLY, APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED
11:44:55AM ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS.
11:44:58AM THE MINIMAL AWARD CRITERIA UTILIZED WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN OUR
11:45:05AM BUDGET.
11:45:06AM DOES IT ALIGN WITH OUR GOALS?
11:45:07AM WHAT'S IN OUR CRP OR ANY OTHER RELATED PLANS.
11:45:12AM AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE APPROVED CRA FUNDING SUBSIDY MATRIX
11:45:16AM WAS JUST PROVIDING A GUIDELINE FOR MAXIMUM FUNDING.
11:45:20AM AND, BY THE WAY, AS PEOPLE HAVE DONE THEIR RESEARCH, THEY
11:45:25AM COULD SEE THAT NO OTHER MUNICIPALITY HAS A MATRIX.
11:45:28AM SO TAMPA IS THE ONLY ONE THAT TRIED TO KIND OF CREATE
11:45:32AM SOMETHING TO GET STARTED.
11:45:33AM SO WITH THE PROPOSED PROCESS, WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A MORE
11:45:39AM FORMALIZED APPLICATION CYCLE.
11:45:42AM IT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FEATURING A STRUCTURED PROCESS AND A
11:45:46AM SELECTION COMMITTEE.
11:45:47AM SO THAT'S IMPORTANT, SCORING CRITERIA.
11:45:53AM KEY COMPONENTS INCLUDE.
11:45:55AM INCLUDE REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS, RFA.
11:45:58AM SO IT CREATES TRANSPARENT EVALUATION CRITERIA, IDENTIFYING
11:46:03AM SCORING PRIORITIES PER CRA.
11:46:06AM SO ESTABLISH A SELECTION COMMITTEE OF FIVE MEMBERS.
11:46:11AM SO THIS SHOULD BE A REPRESENTATION OF STAFF, BUT ALSO HAVING
11:46:15AM A CAC MEMBER REPRESENTATION FROM THAT AREA ON THE SELECTION
11:46:19AM COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THOSE MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT
11:46:22AM THE BEST INTERESTS OF THAT SPECIFIC COMMUNITY.
11:46:26AM THAT IS THE PROPOSED PROCESS AT THAT POINT.
11:46:28AM SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE TIMELINE, SO THIS IS JUST A
11:46:38AM PROPOSED TIMELINE.
11:46:40AM SO THE RFA, THE REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS, WILL BE ISSUED IN
11:46:44AM THE PRIMARY FUNDING CYCLE.
11:46:45AM SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SPLITTING THESE TWO UP INTO CYCLES.
11:46:48AM THE FIRST IS WE ARE CALLING THE PRIMARY FUNDING CYCLE.
11:46:54AM WHERE ALL OF THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE ISSUED OUT THROUGH AN
11:46:57AM RFA.
11:46:58AM SO JUST FOR DATES, WE PUT JANUARY 15 ON THERE.
11:47:02AM THE APPLICATION DEADLINE WILL BE THEN MARCH 15.
11:47:06AM APPLICATION REVIEW AND SCORING WILL THEN TAKE PLACE IN
11:47:09AM APRIL.
11:47:10AM CAC PRESENTATION WILL THEN TAKE PLACE IN MAY, AND THEN CRA
11:47:16AM BOARD APPROVAL WHEN THEY COME BEFORE YOU ALL WILL BE HERE
11:47:19AM HAPPENING IN JUNE.
11:47:21AM AND THEN AGREEMENTS EXECUTED AROUND JULY AND AUGUST,
11:47:24AM DEPENDING ON CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGAL AND HOW WE REVIEW
11:47:28AM THAT.
11:47:29AM IF THERE'S ANY MONEY LEFT OVER AFTER THAT APPLICATION
11:47:34AM PERIOD, THEN WE'LL THEN MOVE THAT AND ROLL OVER THAT MONEY
11:47:39AM TO OTHER FUNDING CYCLE WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN JULY.
11:47:43AM SO IN JULY, AGAIN, THE RFA ISSUED JULY 1st.
11:47:48AM APPLICATION DEADLINE SEPTEMBER.
11:47:50AM APPLICATION REVIEW AND SCORING WE WILL TAKE PLACE IN
11:47:53AM OCTOBER.
11:47:54AM CAC PRESENTATION THEN MOVES TO NOVEMBER.
11:47:57AM CRA BOARD APPROVAL THEN JANUARY, AND THEN AGREEMENTS
11:48:01AM EXECUTED WITHIN THAT FEBRUARY AND MARCH TIME.
11:48:04AM AGAIN, TWO CYCLES.
11:48:05AM THIS WAY WITH THE PRIMARY, WE SEE WHAT IS LEFT OVER, WHO
11:48:09AM DIDN'T APPLY, WHAT DIDN'T COME THROUGH THE DOOR AND WHATEVER
11:48:12AM IS ROLLED OVER THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN JULY TO PUSH
11:48:15AM IT OUT TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
11:48:17AM SO THAT'S THAT.
11:48:20AM THEN MOVING FORWARD TO THE PROPOSED EVALUATION AND SCORING,
11:48:26AM GREAT FEEDBACK ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:48:29AM DEFINITELY WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
11:48:32AM SO SOME CRITERIA ALIGNMENT WITH THE CRPs, THAT'S VERY
11:48:36AM IMPORTANT, AS YOU KNOW, AS ALWAYS MENTIONED, THAT IS OUR
11:48:39AM BIBLE.
11:48:40AM THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE PUTTING 15 POINTS FOR THAT.
11:48:43AM AND THEN JUST SOME NOTES ABOUT WHAT THAT IS, PROJECT
11:48:48AM DEMONSTRATES CONSISTENCY WITH CRA GOALS.
11:48:50AM SO IT'S KIND OF WHEN THEY ARE LOOKING AT THESE APPLICATIONS,
11:48:54AM THEY CAN USE THESE NOTES TO SEE, HEY, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO
11:48:59AM SCORE THIS OR WHAT IS EVEN THIS CRITERIA.
11:49:02AM SO THE SECOND CRITERIA IS, OF COURSE, THE AFFORDABILITY
11:49:05AM LEVELS.
11:49:06AM 30, 50, 80 PERCENT AREA MEDIAN INCOME.
11:49:10AM AS YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE MOST IMPORTANT.
11:49:15AM WE'RE GRANTING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF AVAILABLE POINTS, WHICH
11:49:18AM WILL BE 20.
11:49:19AM OF COURSE, HIGHER POINTS FOR SERVING LOWER AMI HOUSEHOLDS
11:49:25AM WILL BE GIVEN, IF THAT IS THE CASE, AND, OF COURSE, WE'RE
11:49:29AM ALWAYS STICKING TO THE 50-YEAR AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.
11:49:32AM SO DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE AND CAPACITY, WE PUT THAT AT 15
11:49:37AM POINTS.
11:49:37AM JUST SIMPLY PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF DELIVERING SIMILAR
11:49:41AM PROJECTS.
11:49:42AM AND THEN FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY BUDGET, PRO FORMA, ALL OF THE
11:49:46AM FINANCIAL COMPONENTS AT 15 POINTS, WHICH JUST SOME NOTES ON
11:49:50AM THAT, DEMONSTRATES FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS AND EFFECTIVE USE OF
11:49:54AM THE CRA FUNDING.
11:49:56AM PROPOSED SCHEDULE, SLASH, TIMELINE, WE GAVE THAT 10 POINTS.
11:50:01AM DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION.
11:50:02AM JUST BASICALLY WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE.
11:50:06AM PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS, THE MIX AND NUMBER OF BEDROOMS.
11:50:11AM ONE BEDROOM, TWO, THREE, FOUR, WE GAVE THAT ABOUT 10 POINTS.
11:50:16AM DOES IT MEET IDENTIFIED NEEDS IN THAT AREA.
11:50:20AM IF THE COMMUNITY IS SAYING WE NEED MORE THREE BEDROOMS OR
11:50:22AM TWO BEDROOMS, DOES THIS PROPOSAL MEET THAT.
11:50:25AM PROXIMITY TO TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AND EMPLOYMENT
11:50:30AM CENTERS, THAT'S REALLY BIG IN OUR AREAS.
11:50:32AM GAVE THAT SEVEN POINTS.
11:50:35AM CLOSER PROXIMITY EARNS HIGHER POINTS.
11:50:37AM AND THEN INCLUSION OF COMMUNITY SERVING RETAIL, GREENSPACES,
11:50:42AM AND OR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS OF EVALUATION, MIXED USE
11:50:47AM PROJECTS, 8 POINTS.
11:50:48AM SO THAT IS JUST A PROPOSED EVALUATION AND SCORING.
11:50:52AM AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
11:50:55AM SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MATRIX, THIS IS THE INFAMOUS
11:50:59AM MATRIX.
11:51:00AM AND IT GOES OVER THE AREA MEDIAN TYPES AND HOW MUCH YOU
11:51:07AM COULD GET PER -- THE MAX UP-TO AMOUNTS THAT -- UP-TO
11:51:12AM AMOUNTS, SIR, THAT COULD GO TOWARDS BUILDING OUT THAT UNIT.
11:51:17AM I'M SORRY ABOUT HOW IT LOOKS ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT IS THE
11:51:20AM SAME THING.
11:51:21AM NUMBERS ARE BASED OFF OF THE SHIP MAXIMUM AMOUNTS THAT WE
11:51:24AM HAVE.
11:51:27AM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK IS FAMILIAR WITH SHIP AND AHAC
11:51:31AM CONVERSATIONS, BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS
11:51:34AM TO SUBMIT A LOCAL HOUSING ACTION PLAN TO THE STATE ON HOW
11:51:40AM THEY ARE GOING TO SUBMIT THOSE DOLLARS, AND WE JUST MIMIC
11:51:44AM THE MAX OF THE 350.
11:51:45AM SO 50-YEAR AFFORDABILITY AREA.
11:51:49AM THE AREA OF GREATEST NEED IS 80% AND BELOW.
11:51:52AM SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE PROPOSED AWARD AND AGREEMENT
11:51:59AM PROCESS, OF COURSE, THERE'S CERTAIN ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE
11:52:03AM NEXT.
11:52:06AM ONE OF THEM IS THE BOARD APPROVAL PROJECT AND FINAL FUNDING
11:52:09AM AWARDS THAT ARE APPROVED BY CRA BOARD.
11:52:11AM THEN WE'LL BUILD IN AN APPEAL PROCESS, WHICH GIVES THE
11:52:17AM DEVELOPER AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL DENIALS OR FUNDING
11:52:18AM REDUCTIONS.
11:52:23AM CRA STAFF WILL REVIEW AND FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
11:52:26AM DIRECTOR FOR FINAL DECISION.
11:52:27AM AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE CREATE THE UNIT CREATION AND
11:52:31AM CONVERSION AGREEMENT EXECUTION.
11:52:34AM DEVELOPER SIGNS A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE CRA DETAILING
11:52:37AM THE SUBSIDY TERMS, AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, REPORTING,
11:52:42AM COMPLIANCE, PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT.
11:52:43AM EVERYTHING WILL BE PUT IN THAT FUNDING AGREEMENT.
11:52:45AM ALONG WITH THAT 50-YEAR RESTRICTION THAT WILL BE PUT ON THE
11:52:50AM LAND.
11:52:51AM THE DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.
11:52:53AM FUNDS ARE REIMBURSED UPON MEETING CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES
11:52:58AM AND SUBMITTING REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.
11:53:00AM I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH.
11:53:02AM WE'RE NOT GIVING MONEY THROUGH THE DOOR.
11:53:04AM IT HAS TO BE REIMBURSED.
11:53:06AM THEY HAVE TO DO THE WORK AND WE HAVE TO VERIFY THAT THE WORK
11:53:09AM IS COMPLETED AND WE GO AHEAD AND REIMBURSE AT THAT POINT.
11:53:12AM OF COURSE, COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE, MONITORING, MONITORING.
11:53:16AM CRA STAFF MONITOR COMPLIANCE TO ENSURE UNITS STAY AFFORDABLE
11:53:20AM AND MEET AGREEMENT TERMS.
11:53:22AM THAT IS THE PROPOSAL AWARD AND AGREEMENT PROCESS.
11:53:26AM LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FOR THAT AS WELL.
11:53:29AM LET'S LOOK AT THE TIMELINE AND THE NEXT STEPS.
11:53:31AM THE NEXT STEPS.
11:53:35AM WE'RE HERE TO COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM THE CRA BOARD TODAY.
11:53:39AM OF COURSE, SOME DETAILED FEEDBACK SESSION DURING CRA BOARD
11:53:43AM MEETING, HERE WHERE YOU WANT US TO LOOK AND DO MORE RESEARCH
11:53:48AM ON THAT, AND THEN WE PRESENT A DRAFT TO THE CRA BOARD AT THE
11:53:52AM NOVEMBER MEETING.
11:53:54AM SO THE CRA PRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROCESSES AND THE
11:53:57AM CRITERIA AT THAT POINT.
11:53:59AM AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'LL OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:54:02AM EVEN AFTER HEARING TODAY, HEARING NEXT MONTH, WE'LL GATHER
11:54:07AM ALL THIS INFORMATION, BUT THERE WILL BE OFFICIAL PUBLIC
11:54:11AM COMMENT FOR THIS PROCESS.
11:54:12AM SO WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THAT BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
11:54:15AM WE'LL GATHER CAC AND PUBLIC INPUT, INCLUDING SURVEYS.
11:54:20AM IT'S GOING TO BE -- ONE BIG SURVEY THAT GOES OUT TO THE
11:54:24AM COMMUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK.
11:54:25AM AND THEN THE FINAL PRESENTATION AND APPROVAL AROUND JANUARY
11:54:30AM 8 TIME, SO THE CRA BOARD PRESENTATION OF FINALIZED PROCESS
11:54:34AM AND CRITERIA AT THAT POINT.
11:54:35AM AND THEN PRIMARY FUNDING CYCLE OPENS AROUND JANUARY 9.
11:54:40AM THESE ARE JUST ESTIMATE TIMES, BUT THE FIRST FUNDING CYCLE
11:54:44AM IS OPEN WITH ALL FUNDING AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.
11:54:49AM SO LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THIS AS WELL.
11:54:52AM SO AS WE MOVE OVER TO THE SUMMARY AND JUST REQUESTED MOTION
11:54:57AM AT THIS TIME, THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROPOSED PROCESS IS TO
11:55:01AM REPLACE THAT FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED THAT WE HEARD.
11:55:04AM IT ESTABLISHES A CLEAR AND STRUCTURED PROCESS WITH
11:55:08AM PREDICTABLE TIMELINE.
11:55:10AM SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING.
11:55:13AM ENABLES THROUGH EVALUATIONS, ALIGN WITH THE GOALS, CRA GOALS
11:55:16AM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THAT WITH THE CRP.
11:55:19AM AND THEN IT PROMOTES EQUALITY AND BALANCE AND DECISION
11:55:23AM MAKING.
11:55:23AM SO THIS IS THE BENEFITS FOR THE PROPOSED PROCESS.
11:55:28AM JUST WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TODAY IS SOME DIRECTION, APPROVE
11:55:34AM THE CONCEPT FOR THE PROPOSED APPLICATION STRUCTURE AND
11:55:39AM PROCESS AND DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN WITH A DRAFT PROGRAM FOR
11:55:43AM BOARD DISCUSSION ON NOVEMBER 13.
11:55:46AM AFTER WE GET FEEDBACK, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, HEY, A MOTION TO
11:55:49AM SAY, HEY, WE AGREE WITH THE CYCLE.
11:55:53AM LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND BRING SOME FINAL DOCUMENTS, NOVEMBER
11:55:57AM 13.
11:55:57AM SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR TODAY.
11:56:01AM QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION?
11:56:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE FIRST BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN AND THEN
11:56:06AM MANISCALCO.
11:56:07AM ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO.
11:56:09AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
11:56:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MS. PARKS, OUTSTANDING.
11:56:12AM YOU HAVE OUTDONE YOURSELF.
11:56:14AM THE PROFESSIONAL OUTWARD MOVEMENT ON THIS IS LEAPS AND
11:56:22AM BOUNDS ANYTHING WE'VE DONE, I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN ON
11:56:26AM COUNCIL, CRA IN THE PROGRAM.
11:56:27AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS.
11:56:31AM IT REALLY DOES SHOW THIS IS NOT SOMETHING -- THIS IS TIGHT.
11:56:41AM IT LOOKS PROFESSIONAL.
11:56:44AM IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT A FORTUNE 500, A PROCESS THEY
11:56:47AM WOULD BE USING.
11:56:48AM I APPLAUD -- I BROUGHT UP WHAT WAS HAPPENING DOWNTOWN.
11:56:55AM FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.
11:56:58AM WE NEED TO EVALUATE THE MERITS OF EACH PROJECT BASED ON THE
11:57:01AM MERITS OF THAT PROJECT, NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE THE FIRST ONE
11:57:04AM IN THE DOOR.
11:57:05AM YOU COULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER PROJECT COME IN TWO MINUTES
11:57:07AM AFTER.
11:57:08AM AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING OUT AFTER THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE
11:57:12AM AREAS AND ALSO THE TAXPAYER MONEY FOR EVERYBODY LIVING IN
11:57:15AM THE AREA.
11:57:16AM THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE TREASURE THEY ARE GIVING THE
11:57:19AM CITY TO BE ABLE TO INVEST INTO THESE THINGS.
11:57:22AM I CAN'T LET IT GO WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE MATRIX.
11:57:26AM I UNDERSTAND IT.
11:57:30AM YOU UNDERSTAND IT.
11:57:31AM BUT I STILL THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS.
11:57:35AM WHENEVER WE'RE PRINTING THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
11:57:38AM VERBIAGE, DO NOT EXPECT -- THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE LEGAL
11:57:41AM MAXIMUM THAT -- DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING CLOSE TO THIS.
11:57:46AM THIS TABLE SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A GUIDELINE FOR
11:57:49AM REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE CRA.
11:57:50AM THIS TABLE IS JUST SETTING THE ABSOLUTE ASTRONOMICAL LIMITS
11:57:56AM OF IT.
11:57:57AM WHATEVER WORDS YOU CAN COME UP WITH, BETTER THAN MINE, TO
11:58:00AM MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT TABLE REALLY TRULY
11:58:03AM MEANS AND TO EXPECT SUBSTANTIALLY LESS SUBSIDIES FROM OUR
11:58:07AM INDIVIDUAL CRAs FOR HOUSING.
11:58:10AM THE EVALUATION FORMULAS THAT YOU'RE USING, AGAIN,
11:58:13AM OUTSTANDING.
11:58:14AM I'M NOT GOING TO QUIBBLE BECAUSE EVERYBODY UP HERE WOULD
11:58:17AM HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION.
11:58:20AM AGAIN, GREAT MOVEMENT FORWARD.
11:58:24AM I THINK IT IS A PERFECT APPLICATION, EVALUATION OF USING
11:58:29AM TAXPAYER MONEY AND BEING ABLE TO EQUITABLY EVALUATE EACH ONE
11:58:34AM OF THE PROGRAMS BASED ON THE STRATEGIC GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN
11:58:37AM SET BY THE CRA BOARD.
11:58:39AM AGAIN, GREAT JOB ON THIS.
11:58:40AM I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS BEING IMPLEMENTED.
11:58:45AM I'M SURE SOMEBODY WILL MAKE THE MOTION YOU NEED TODAY, IF
11:58:49AM YOU DON'T, I WILL.
11:58:50AM VERY GOOD.
11:58:50AM THANK YOU.
11:58:51AM >>LUIS VIERA: BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
11:58:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND
11:58:56AM YOUR TEAM.
11:58:56AM THIS WAS IN MY OPINION VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
11:58:58AM WE STILL HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
11:59:00AM I KNOW THERE IS A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BEFORE WE TAKE
11:59:04AM FORMAL ACTION.
11:59:05AM MY UNDERSTANDING IS PER THE TIMELINE, IF EVERYTHING GOES
11:59:08AM ACCORDING TO PLAN BY THE TIMELINE THAT YOU'VE SHOWN, AND WE
11:59:13AM APPROVE THIS JANUARY 8, I THINK I SAW, WILL THAT KEEP US ON
11:59:18AM TRACK FOR THAT MARCH 15 DEADLINE, THEREFORE, SOMEONE -- WE
11:59:24AM WOULD BE ABLE TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS BY NEXT SUMMER, JULY,
11:59:27AM AUGUST.
11:59:27AM >>BELIX PARKS: YES.
11:59:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WASTING ANY MORE
11:59:32AM TIME.
11:59:32AM WITHIN THAT TIME LINE.
11:59:33AM I LIKE THE SCORING SYSTEM OF THE HUNDRED POINTS.
11:59:35AM THE LOWER THE AMI, THE HIGHER THE POINTS.
11:59:38AM I LOOK AT WHAT ARE OUR MOST PRESSING NEEDS IN THE CITY AND
11:59:43AM THERE ARE MANY.
11:59:44AM BUT OUR ROADS ARE A MESS AND THAT'S ONE THING, BUT HOUSING.
11:59:47AM IN MY 41 YEARS HERE IN TAMPA, BORN AND RAISED, I NEVER LEFT,
11:59:52AM IT HAS NEVER BEEN SO EXPENSIVE.
11:59:54AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA MENTIONED WHAT HE BOUGHT HIS HOUSE FOR.
11:59:57AM IF YOU WERE TO SELL IT TODAY, WHERE IS HE GOING TO GO?
12:00:00PM WEST TAMPA WAS ALWAYS MIDDLE CLASS, WORKING CLASS.
12:00:05PM I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH MY MOTHER.
12:00:07PM IF YOU WANTED A HOUSE IN WEST TAMPA, IN MY LIFETIME, IT WAS
12:00:11PM ALWAYS ABOUT A HUNDRED GRAND.
12:00:12PM WHEN MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT THE HOUSE BEHIND COUNCILMAN
12:00:14PM MIRANDA IN 1972, HE PAID $18,000.
12:00:17PM THAT HOUSE IS ALSO PROBABLY OVER 400,000.
12:00:21PM IF I WANTED TO BUY THE HOUSE TODAY, I CAN'T, IF I WANT TO
12:00:24PM BUY WHERE MY GRANDFATHER WAS.
12:00:25PM HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE ON THE STREETS.
12:00:32PM AND PEOPLE HAVE ALL TYPES OF INCOME LEVELS AND ALL TYPES OF
12:00:35PM JOBS.
12:00:35PM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, LIKE DOWN
12:00:38PM PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, PEOPLE MIGHT QUALIFY BY MONTHLY INCOME
12:00:43PM TO PAY THE MORTGAGE, BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS 20, 30 GRAND, 15
12:00:47PM GRAND FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT AND CLOSING COSTS AND EVERYTHING.
12:00:50PM IT'S INTERESTING.
12:00:52PM THEY'LL APPROVE YOU FOR $2,000 A MONTH IN AN APARTMENT, BUT
12:00:55PM CAN'T GET A MORTGAGE FOR $1500 A MONTH.
12:00:59PM THIS HELPS.
12:01:01PM AGAIN, IT'S KNOWN, I THINK IT IS A FACT BY STATISTICS THAT
12:01:05PM MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A THOUSAND OR $500 IN EMERGENCY
12:01:08PM FUNDS.
12:01:09PM PEOPLE LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
12:01:11PM I HAVE FRIENDS.
12:01:12PM I'VE BEEN THERE.
12:01:13PM IT'S NOT EASY.
12:01:14PM YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A RENTER FOREVER.
12:01:20PM YOU WANT TO ALLOW ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM.
12:01:22PM SOMEONE IN PUBLIC COMMENT MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT
12:01:25PM 50 YEARS.
12:01:26PM I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING.
12:01:32PM IT IS OUR DUTY AS A PEOPLE, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT AS
12:01:36PM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT AS HUMAN BEINGS
12:01:39PM TO TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER.
12:01:41PM WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY ON THE STREET.
12:01:42PM IF WE CAN PUT THEM IN HOUSING, AS LONG AS I'M ABLE TO PAY
12:01:47PM AND BE ABLE TO AFFORD, I'LL BE ABLE TO STAY HERE AND DON'T
12:01:51PM HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEBODY'S MOTHER, SISTER, THEMSELVES
12:01:55PM BEING PUT OUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
12:01:57PM ALL RIGHT.
12:01:58PM YOU MENTIONED A BOARD THAT MAKES THESE DECISIONS.
12:02:01PM I THINK IT WAS FIVE MEMBERS, INCLUDING A MEMBER OF THE CAC,
12:02:05PM CORRECT.
12:02:06PM >>BELIX PARKS: YES, SIR.
12:02:07PM A SELECTION COMMITTEE.
12:02:09PM YES, SIR.
12:02:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I LIKE THAT CAC MEMBER BEING A PART OF
12:02:12PM IT BECAUSE IT IS A VOICE FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE
12:02:14PM ABLE TO HAVE DIRECT INPUT AND WE NEED THAT.
12:02:17PM AND OUR CAC MEMBERS BROAD THROUGHOUT THE CAC, THEY ARE VERY
12:02:23PM GOOD INDIVIDUALS.
12:02:25PM I LIKE THAT.
12:02:25PM I THINK I MENTIONED EVERYTHING.
12:02:27PM I WROTE DOWN HERE RENTAL REHAB PROGRAM.
12:02:29PM WE TALK ABOUT OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB, BUT MAYBE I'M GOING OFF
12:02:33PM TOPIC, RENTAL REHAB?
12:02:36PM >>BELIX PARKS: YES, WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM.
12:02:38PM IT'S ACTIVE THROUGH THE HRRP PROGRAM.
12:02:41PM RENTAL REHAB PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PROVIDING THE SAME LEVEL OF
12:02:45PM REPAIRS TO THE PROPERTIES, BUT THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY
12:02:51PM WILL ALREADY HAVE TO BE RENTING TO A LOW TO MODERATE HOME BY
12:02:57PM A PERSON.
12:02:57PM THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
12:03:01PM THEY CAN'T JUST BE FIXING THE HOUSE JUST TO FIX IT TO SELL
12:03:04PM IT OR SOMETHING.
12:03:06PM THEY WILL HAVE TO ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON THE
12:03:09PM PROPERTY THAT IS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME.
12:03:11PM AND THEN THEY ARE DOING THE REPAIRS BASED OFF OF THAT.
12:03:14PM I COULD TALK FURTHER INTO DETAIL AT ANOTHER TIME ABOUT THE
12:03:17PM HRRP PROGRAM.
12:03:19PM THAT IS A VERY BIG PROGRAM.
12:03:21PM BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT
12:03:25PM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR EAST TAMPA ALONE, WE SPENT
12:03:27PM $1.8 MILLION YEAR TO DATE.
12:03:29PM SO PEOPLE ARE PURCHASING AND USING DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE
12:03:33PM HEAVILY.
12:03:36PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:03:38PM THIS WAS A LOT OF WORK, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD
12:03:42PM WITH THIS.
12:03:43PM AGAIN, I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC.
12:03:44PM I KNOW THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIME THE NEXT FEW MONTHS FOR
12:03:47PM THE PUBLIC TO GIVE THEIR INPUT.
12:03:49PM WE CERTAINLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM TODAY.
12:03:52PM I KNOW WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
12:03:55PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:03:56PM >>LUIS VIERA: BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA AND BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:03:59PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHEN YOU SPEAK ALMOST LAST, EVERYTHING
12:04:02PM HAS BEEN SAID.
12:04:03PM I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH WHAT MR. CLENDENIN SAID AND MR.
12:04:08PM MANISCALCO SAID.
12:04:08PM LIFE HAS TO CIRCLE.
12:04:11PM I'VE BEEN REAL LUCKY.
12:04:12PM ALSO WORKED VERY HARD.
12:04:14PM MY GRANDKIDS, I HAVE EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN.
12:04:17PM SIX LIVE IN TAMPA.
12:04:20PM TWO LIVE IN LAKELAND.
12:04:21PM WHY, BECAUSE THEY WORK THERE.
12:04:23PM ONE OF THEM COMES FROM TAMPA BECAUSE SHE WORKS HERE.
12:04:27PM IT'S A THING THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE AT ON THIS WEST
12:04:32PM COAST OF FLORIDA, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS.
12:04:35PM NOT AS GREAT AS WE HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE GROWN SO QUICKLY, SO
12:04:38PM FAST.
12:04:38PM BUT THE CITY OF LAKELAND AND ALL THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
12:04:41PM ARE GOING TO FACE THE SAME PROBLEM IN A VERY, VERY SHORT
12:04:44PM TIME.
12:04:45PM THEY BETTER BE PREPARED NOT ONLY FOR THE COST OF THING AND
12:04:48PM HOW PEOPLE FIND A PLACE TO LIVE, BUT BETTER BE PREPARED FOR
12:04:51PM THE ELECTRIC BILL AND WATER BILL AND THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE
12:04:54PM KEPT UP EVERY SO OFTEN.
12:04:56PM YOU SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THE
12:05:00PM CITY OF TAMPA.
12:05:01PM 2.9 BILLION ON WATER AND SEWER LINES ALONE WITHIN THE NEXT
12:05:05PM 30 YEARS, I THINK WE PASSED THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
12:05:09PM THE WATER DEPARTMENT HAD OVER A HUNDRED MILLION.
12:05:13PM TERTIARY TREATMENT PLANT, EVERY PLANT, REFUSE TO ENERGY
12:05:17PM PLANT, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IS IN THE HUNDREDS OF
12:05:19PM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, NOT ONE MILLION.
12:05:21PM SO WHEN YOU START DOING THOSE THINGS, THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING
12:05:24PM HAS TO TAKE A STEP BACK UNTIL WE GET READY, OR TAKING A DEEP
12:05:28PM BREATH.
12:05:29PM NOW THE ROAD IS BEING ADDRESSED AS FAST AS WE CAN.
12:05:32PM SO WE HAVE DONE, THE CITY OF TAMPA AS NOBODY CAN.
12:05:36PM I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU SAID THIS REPORT WITH ONLY TWO BREATHS
12:05:41PM BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT.
12:05:42PM I LOOKED AT YOU, WHEN IS SHE GOING TO BREATHE AGAIN?
12:05:46PM I APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT.
12:05:47PM VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND ALSO IN THE SAME BREATH, WHAT MR.
12:05:52PM CLENDENIN SAID, THIS IS THE TOP.
12:05:55PM DOESN'T MEAN YOU'LL GET ALL OF IT.
12:05:56PM IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT THE NEED IS.
12:05:59PM BUT THIS IS JUST LIKE SAYING, I WANT A NEW CADILLAC, BUT
12:06:04PM I'LL TAKE A FORD AT MEDIAN PRICE, WHATEVER IT IS.
12:06:10PM THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WORK.
12:06:13PM IT'S AMAZING.
12:06:13PM I THINK THIS CRA, YOU AND THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK UNDER YOU
12:06:22PM AND YOUR BOSS HAVE DONE A VERY EXCELLENT JOB, AND I WANT TO
12:06:25PM COMMEND YOU ON IT.
12:06:25PM THANK YOU.
12:06:26PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU. THIS IS A GREAT BEGINNING TO THE
12:06:29PM PROCESS.
12:06:30PM I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU PUT WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING
12:06:32PM AHEAD OF IT, JUST TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF -- JUST
12:06:36PM GROUNDING US IN WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT.
12:06:39PM I THINK IT HELPS US BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC.
12:06:41PM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC THINGS.
12:06:43PM FOR ME, I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE COMMITTEE OF FIVE MEMBERS,
12:06:49PM LIKE WHAT -- I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW LIKE WHO YOU ARE PLANNING
12:06:53PM ON HAVING IN THAT, WITH ONLY ONE CAC MEMBER, WHAT ARE THE
12:07:01PM OTHER MEMBERS COMPRISED OF?
12:07:03PM >>BELIX PARKS: WE'RE THINKING THROUGH SOME STAFF AND ALSO
12:07:06PM LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
12:07:08PM SO I WAS GOING TO REACH OUT TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE AHAC OR
12:07:14PM AFFILIATED WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORLD AND THEN THE
12:07:17PM CAC MEMBERS.
12:07:18PM A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS, MAYBE A DEVELOPER, AND THEN ONE
12:07:22PM OR TWO CAC DEPENDING ON THAT LEVEL.
12:07:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S KIND OF WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.
12:07:30PM I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SPECIFIC STAFF MEMBERS.
12:07:32PM WHAT ROLES ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ON THIS?
12:07:38PM THAT'S PART OF THE TRANSPARENCY PROJECT, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY
12:07:41PM WHO FOCUSES ON -- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC TITLES
12:07:46PM OF THE JOBS, BUT I THINK USING TITLES OF JOBS INSTEAD OF
12:07:49PM PEOPLE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
12:07:51PM IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE, ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE
12:07:54PM COMMENTS I MADE WAS NEXT WEDNESDAY, I HAVE AHAC.
12:07:57PM WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COME AND SPEAK?
12:07:59PM >>BELIX PARKS: YES.
12:08:00PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AND PRESENT THIS AT AHAC, EITHER THIS MONTH
12:08:03PM OR ANOTHER MONTH.
12:08:04PM I KNOW HOUSING IS PROBABLY LISTENING.
12:08:07PM I ABSOLUTELY WANT YOU TO COME AND SPEAK AT AHAC SO WE CAN
12:08:10PM GET AHAC'S PERSPECTIVE.
12:08:12PM I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THIS MONTH'S AGENDA, BUT I'LL CONNECT WITH
12:08:15PM YOU OR HAVE KELLY CONNECT WITH YOU ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK
12:08:18PM THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
12:08:19PM SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR SELECTION
12:08:23PM COMMITTEE LOOKS LIKE.
12:08:23PM WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT, BUT ALSO TALKING
12:08:26PM WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
12:08:27PM SO I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.
12:08:29PM WHEN IT COMES TO EVALUATION AND SCORING, WHERE YOU HAD THE
12:08:36PM AFFORDABILITY LEVELS, HIGHER POINTS FOR SERVING LOWER AMI
12:08:40PM HOUSEHOLDS AND 50-YEAR AFFORDABILITY.
12:08:43PM WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING ABOUT SERVING THE
12:08:47PM MIXED INCOME DEVELOPMENTS.
12:08:50PM WE HAVE APPROVED A PROJECT THAT WILL HAVE SOME UNITS FOR
12:08:53PM MIXED UNIT USE, SO I WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
12:08:59PM HOW THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
12:09:02PM IF IT IS AN ALL 30% AMI, WOULD THAT GET 20 POINTS, WHERE
12:09:08PM WE'RE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THEY WOULD LIKE SOME
12:09:11PM MIXED INCOME THERE.
12:09:13PM SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE FLESHED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE
12:09:16PM BASED ON THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
12:09:18PM AND I ALSO WANT TO KNOW.
12:09:19PM I WOULD PERSONALLY PREFER TO GIVE HIGHER POINTS FOR HAVING
12:09:27PM THOSE MULTIPLE AMIs IN THERE AND NOT JUST ALL ONE LOW
12:09:31PM LEVEL.
12:09:33PM BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE SPELLED OUT FOR PEOPLE SO THEY
12:09:36PM UNDERSTAND.
12:09:37PM SO I WOULD LOVE THAT.
12:09:38PM DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE AND CAPACITY, WE HEARD ALREADY FROM
12:09:42PM SOMEBODY THIS MORNING SAYING, WHAT ABOUT THE LONGTIME
12:09:45PM LANDOWNER.
12:09:46PM WHY ISN'T THAT BEING CONSIDERED?
12:09:48PM SITE CONTROL WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
12:09:52PM ENERGY EFFICIENCY WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP.
12:09:56PM AND THEY BELIEVE THAT EXPERIENCE IS TOO HIGH.
12:09:59PM I KIND OF SAY I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THAT.
12:10:01PM BUT WHAT IS THE BALANCE?
12:10:03PM I THINK WE NEED TO FIND.
12:10:05PM AND SOME OF THESE -- THE INCLUSION OF COMMUNITY SERVING
12:10:12PM RETAIL, GREENSPACE OR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, I DON'T KNOW.
12:10:15PM I THINK IT'S VERY FEW THINGS.
12:10:18PM WE'RE REALLY LOOKING INFILL PRODUCT AT THIS POINT AND A LOT
12:10:22PM OF THESE WON'T HAVE ANY OF THE COMPONENTS BECAUSE THEY WILL
12:10:26PM BE INSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS.
12:10:27PM I DON'T WANT THEM TO LOSE POINTS FOR THAT.
12:10:29PM SO THERE MIGHT BE -- I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BE SHIFTED IN SOME
12:10:37PM WAY, BECAUSE MIXED USE IS NOT GOING TO BE EVERY DEVELOPMENT.
12:10:41PM I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE SMALLER INFILL PROJECTS THAT
12:10:45PM MIGHT ONLY HAVE THREE OR FOUR UNITS.
12:10:47PM I DON'T WANT FOLKS TO LOSE POINTS BASED ON THAT.
12:10:50PM THEN THE SUBSIDY MATRIX.
12:10:57PM WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MAXIMUM AWARDS.
12:11:02PM I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR
12:11:06PM MAXIMUM AWARDS.
12:11:09PM >>BELIX PARKS: YES.
12:11:10PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU HAVE TO TAKE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE
12:11:12PM BOXES.
12:11:13PM AGAIN, THIS CAN BE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT WHAT GETS YOU TO
12:11:16PM THAT.
12:11:18PM YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I WANT THE MAX SUBSIDY.
12:11:21PM YOU HAVE TO MAYBE -- MAYBE YOU HAVE TO GET A HUNDRED PERCENT
12:11:26PM ON THE PROPOSED EVALUATION.
12:11:27PM SOMETHING, WE NEED A WAY TO SAY THIS IS -- YEAH, YOU CAN
12:11:32PM MAXIMALLY GET THIS.
12:11:33PM IF YOU AREN'T PERFECT, DON'T EVEN CONSIDER IT.
12:11:36PM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
12:11:37PM THEN THE PROPOSED AWARD AND AGREEMENT PROCESS.
12:11:40PM WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT UNIT CREATION AND CONVERSION, THE
12:11:43PM FUNDING AGREEMENT, DETAILING THE SUBSIDY CONCERNS,
12:11:46PM AFFORDABILITY PERIOD, ALL OF THAT AND THE DISBURSEMENT OF
12:11:50PM FUNDS, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHERE WE PUT THIS IN, BUT
12:11:54PM DEADLINES.
12:11:55PM I THINK A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT IF YOU ARE NOT SOMEBODY WHO
12:11:59PM HAS THESE -- IF WE'RE SAYING MAYBE, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO
12:12:03PM DEAL WITH DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE AND CAPACITY INSTEAD OF THAT,
12:12:09PM WE CAN'T BE HOLDING ONTO THAT MONEY FOREVER.
12:12:12PM IF YOU AREN'T FOLLOWING DEADLINES AND WITHIN LIKE SIX MONTHS
12:12:15PM YOU AREN'T MOVING, THEN BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT MONEY
12:12:18PM IS GOING TO BE TAKEN AND MOVED ELSEWHERE.
12:12:20PM >>BELIX PARKS: YES.
12:12:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE MORE STRINGENT GUIDELINES AROUND
12:12:24PM THAT INSTEAD.
12:12:25PM THAT'S WHERE I WILL STOP FOR NOW.
12:12:27PM >>BELIX PARKS: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
12:12:28PM THANK YOU, YES.
12:12:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY
12:12:31PM HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, I BELIEVE.
12:12:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DEADLINES, I'M THINKING ROME YARD.
12:12:36PM WHERE ARE WE AT ON ROME YARD?
12:12:40PM I UNDERSTAND.
12:12:42PM BUT I'M SAYING THAT I AGREE WITH YOU.
12:12:45PM IN FACT, I WANTED TO ECHO MINOR POINTS ABOUT WHAT
12:12:49PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID.
12:12:52PM I AGREE HUNDRED PERCENT.
12:12:53PM APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE INFILL.
12:12:55PM DIFFERENTIATING SOME OF THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF THE PROJECTS.
12:12:58PM IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO THAT WHEN TRYING TO DEVELOP THE
12:13:00PM PROCEDURES, ONE PROCEDURE THAT AFFECTS DIFFERENT UNEQUAL
12:13:03PM PARTS.
12:13:03PM BUT I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO
12:13:07PM ACCOUNT.
12:13:08PM THE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS -- THAT WE HIT
12:13:12PM HOME ON, WHEN WE'RE COMMUNICATING THIS OUTWARD FACING
12:13:17PM DOCUMENTS, IS THAT -- THE CRA BOARD ULTIMATELY HAS THESE
12:13:23PM DECISIONS, RIGHT?
12:13:24PM THESE ARE GUIDELINES, BUT THERE MAY BE A MOVE QUICK,
12:13:28PM SOMETHING THAT THE CRA BOARD, WHEN WE OUTWARDLY COMMUNICATE
12:13:32PM THIS, THAT PEOPLE READILY UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS THE CRA
12:13:36PM BOARD'S ULTIMATE DECISION ON ALL OF THESE DECISIONS.
12:13:41PM BECAUSE WHAT I KEPT THINKING OF, IF WE HAD THIS AMAZING
12:13:45PM OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP ON SOMETHING REAL QUICK THAT THE BOARD
12:13:48PM WANTED TO, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THE DOCUMENT, PEOPLE MAY
12:13:51PM BE THINKING WE'RE JUMPING OVER THINGS, BUT MAYBE SOMETHING
12:13:54PM THAT THIS BOARD MAKES A DECISION THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
12:13:57PM TO ACQUIRE A PIECE OF PROPERTY, MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING.
12:14:00PM I UNDERSTAND, BUT I THINK PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
12:14:04PM BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST SURPRISES I'VE
12:14:06PM HAD SINCE SERVING IN THIS POSITION, IS MISUNDERSTANDING OF
12:14:09PM THE RELATIONSHIPS.
12:14:10PM I KNOW YOU ALL FACE IT AS STAFF EVERY DAY, BETWEEN STAFF
12:14:14PM CAC, CRA, AND LINES OF AUTHORITY.
12:14:16PM I THINK WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY BE EDUCATING FOLKS ABOUT WHAT
12:14:21PM THESE PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES ARE.
12:14:24PM SO EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, WHEN WE ARE
12:14:26PM COMMUNICATING, THAT WE COMMUNICATE THIS INFORMATION.
12:14:30PM >>BELIX PARKS: YES, SIR.
12:14:30PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
12:14:32PM YES, SIR.
12:14:32PM GO AHEAD.
12:14:34PM >>CLIFF SHEPARD: I WANTED TO COMMENT BRIEFLY ON THE
12:14:36PM DEADLINES ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT.
12:14:39PM ALSO GETS UNDER MY LAST NERVE BECAUSE I HATE THE FACT THAT
12:14:42PM TALLAHASSEE TELLS US WHAT DEADLINES ARE AND AREN'T.
12:14:44PM 252363 WAS ADDED INTO A PACKAGE OF EMERGENCY RELIEF BASED ON
12:14:49PM HURRICANE EVENTS.
12:14:50PM IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, YOU PROBABLY ARE, AUTOMATIC EXTENSIONS
12:14:54PM ARE GIVEN TO PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THE AFFECTED
12:14:57PM AREAS.
12:14:58PM GUESS WHAT, EVERYBODY IN FLORIDA HAS BEEN AFFECTED UP TO TWO
12:15:01PM YEARS.
12:15:01PM EVEN IF YOU PUT A SIX-MONTH DEADLINE AND THEY ALREADY PULLED
12:15:05PM THE PERMIT, THEY ARE GOING TO GET AN EXTENSION WHETHER WE
12:15:08PM LIKE IT OR NOT.
12:15:08PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
12:15:10PM I APPRECIATE THAT.
12:15:11PM I'M TALKING ABOUT BEFORE PERMIT PULLING EVEN.
12:15:15PM BUT THIS IS WHY WE WANTED YOU HERE TODAY.
12:15:18PM THANK YOU.
12:15:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BY THE WAY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE.
12:15:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
12:15:23PM NOW WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC.
12:15:25PM RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
12:15:28PM WE HAVE A FEW.
12:15:30PM I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THREE MINUTES.
12:15:32PM YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT ALL.
12:15:34PM GO AHEAD, COME FORWARD.
12:15:49PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CRA.
12:15:50PM EARNEST CONEY, JUNIOR, CEO OF THE CDC OF TAMPA.
12:15:54PM I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROCESS.
12:15:56PM A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU TOUCHED ON.
12:15:59PM ONE IS WHEN YOU SAY UP TO, SOMETIMES YOU MAY HAVE TO HAVE
12:16:02PM LIKE WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
12:16:04PM IN OUR WORLD, THE GRANT MAYBE CAN APPLY FOR UP TO 5 MILLION,
12:16:08PM BUT THE AVERAGE IS A MILLION DOLLARS.
12:16:11PM YOU CAN PUT 65,000 PER UNIT IS THE AVERAGE TO SET THAT
12:16:14PM EXPECTATION OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
12:16:15PM THE OTHER THING IS, THINKING ABOUT LIKE WE NEVER HAD
12:16:19PM INCLUSIONARY ZONING.
12:16:21PM I THINK THIS IS A CARROT APPROACH TO TRY TO CREATE WHAT
12:16:23PM WE'RE GETTING TO.
12:16:25PM SOME PLACES MAY BE TOUGHER THAN OTHERS.
12:16:27PM IN DOWNTOWN, YOU CAN GET MORE SENIOR I THINK PROJECTS FOR
12:16:30PM 80% AND BELOW.
12:16:32PM BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCENTIVIZING
12:16:37PM FOLKS WHO WILL DO MORE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY
12:16:39PM IN CHANNELSIDE IN DOWNTOWN FOR FAMILIES.
12:16:42PM I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE SENIORS, BUT WE HAVE TO
12:16:45PM FIGURE OUT HOW WE'LL GET MORE FAMILIES IN.
12:16:47PM I THINK PLACES LIKE YBOR CITY, YOU CAN PROBABLY GET 80% AND
12:16:51PM LOWER BECAUSE THEY HAVE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRIES THERE.
12:16:54PM WE CAN FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S LAND AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE TO
12:16:57PM DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL.
12:16:59PM I THINK MOST DEVELOPERS WILL BE WILLING TO PUT A WORKFORCE
12:17:03PM PERSON INTO IT VERSUS A 30% INTO SOME OF THEIR DIVISIONS.
12:17:08PM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY.
12:17:10PM CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORK.
12:17:12PM THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR ALL THAT YOU ARE DOING.
12:17:15PM WE LOOK FORWARD TO AS A COMMUNITY HELPING US BECOME THE
12:17:19PM GREATEST IN TAMPA.
12:17:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:17:20PM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
12:17:21PM NEXT, PLEASE.
12:17:26PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:17:27PM DR. JEFFREY JOHNSON, EAST TAMPA CAC CHAIR.
12:17:30PM THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND THE WORK THAT MS. PARKS HAS PUT
12:17:34PM FORTH.
12:17:34PM THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
12:17:36PM I WANTED TO ECHO SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, BOARD
12:17:39PM MEMBER CLENDENIN SHARED ABOUT THE HOUSING MATRIX WHEN IT
12:17:44PM COMES TO THE AMOUNT PER UNIT.
12:17:48PM IT LOOKS DIFFERENT BASED ON WHICH PARTICULAR CRA YOU ARE
12:17:54PM ADDRESSING, PARTICULARLY IN EAST TAMPA.
12:17:57PM $250,000 IS A HIGHER END OF THAT SPECTRUM, WHICH, IN FACT,
12:18:02PM IN CHANNELSIDE OR DOWNTOWN, THAT WOULD BE MORE ACCEPTABLE,
12:18:05PM AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
12:18:06PM ALSO, THROUGH THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN THE HOUSING POLICY
12:18:10PM PROCEDURE IT GOES UP TO 75,000 RECOMMENDED PER UNIT.
12:18:13PM SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE RECONCILED TO BE ABLE TO SAY IN
12:18:16PM VERBIAGE, IN NOMENCLATURE, THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE
12:18:20PM CITY OF TAMPA COMPARED TO WHAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS
12:18:23PM ALLOWING.
12:18:24PM SO I THINK THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE VERY MUCH SPECIFIED
12:18:29PM THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE $250,000, BUT THE LIKELIHOOD THAT
12:18:34PM WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT BASED ON WHERE THE RESIDENTS OF THAT
12:18:38PM AREA MAY BE, WE CANNOT DO THAT.
12:18:39PM I THINK THAT NOMENCLATURE SHOULD BE UPDATED.
12:18:43PM FINALLY, I THINK THE SELECTION PROCESS IS GREAT.
12:18:46PM BUT MAKING SURE THAT AS YOU STATED, BOARD MEMBER HURTAK,
12:18:50PM THAT IT IS KNOWN WHO WILL BE A PART OF THAT.
12:18:52PM I THINK TWO MEMBERS FROM THE CAC SHOULD BE BETTER THAN JUST
12:18:56PM ONE, AS WELL AS KNOWING IF THERE'S SOMEONE FROM THE CRA
12:19:00PM STAFF AND OTHER COMMITTEES THAT MAY BE A PART OF THAT.
12:19:03PM I THINK THIS ALSO GIVES A LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY TO THE
12:19:05PM RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE, THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOME TYPE OF
12:19:10PM PROCESS AND BE A PART OF THE PROCESS OF HOW THESE PROJECTS
12:19:15PM MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE I BELIEVE A LOT OF THEM ARE SAYING,
12:19:18PM WELL, HOW DID YOU GET TO THIS PLACE?
12:19:20PM WHAT WAS THE SELECTION CRITERIA?
12:19:22PM WAS IT SOMETHING DONE ON A BUDDY SYSTEM?
12:19:24PM YOU KNOW SOMEONE?
12:19:25PM WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT WAS MOVED FORWARD BY THE CITY THAT
12:19:28PM WANTED TO BE DONE AND NOW EVERYONE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT'S
12:19:32PM GOING ON, THAT IT IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT ACROSS ALL
12:19:36PM CRAs THAT THE SAME PROCESS IS FOLLOWED FOR EVERYONE.
12:19:41PM GOOD JOB, B.
12:19:42PM YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
12:19:44PM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
12:19:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE APPRECIATE YOU, SIR.
12:19:46PM NEXT, PLEASE, MA'AM.
12:19:48PM >> HELLO.
12:19:50PM MY NAME IS CYNTHIA CLONTS GARCIA.
12:19:55PM NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER, BUT MY SON SPOKE EARLIER.
12:20:00PM I GUESS WE'RE LIKE THE POSTER CHILD, WHAT THEY ARE CALLING
12:20:03PM OUR HOMEGROWN DEVELOPER, NOT A MAJOR DEVELOPER.
12:20:07PM I GREW UP IN EAST TAMPA.
12:20:09PM MY FATHER IS SAM SINARDI WHO DID A LOT FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA
12:20:14PM AND THE FIREMEN.
12:20:15PM I AM A LEGACY OWNER IN EAST TAMPA.
12:20:18PM I OWN THE STRIP CENTER THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF MARTIN LUTHER
12:20:21PM KING AT 50th JUST ADJACENT TO PEPIN ACADEMY.
12:20:24PM WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE GRANT PARK, HIGHLAND PINES AREA
12:20:30PM FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS.
12:20:32PM WE ARE PROPOSING, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO COME TODAY,
12:20:36PM WHICH WE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS AREA FILLED WITH RESIDENTS
12:20:43PM WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN AND WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF GRANT PARK.
12:20:46PM I AM NOT A MAJOR DEVELOPER THAT'S COMING IN AND WE'LL BE
12:20:50PM GONE.
12:20:51PM WE'RE THERE.
12:20:52PM SON MANAGES THE PROPERTY.
12:20:54PM MY SON HAS A BUSINESS IN THE STRIP CENTER.
12:20:56PM WE WORKED WITH THE CRA FOR THE COMMERCIAL AND THE INTERIOR
12:21:03PM RENOVATION PROJECT WHICH WE'RE DOING NOW.
12:21:04PM WE HAVE SEVEN NEW TENANTS THAT ARE IN THAT BUILDING.
12:21:09PM SO WE ARE WORKING HARD.
12:21:12PM WE ARE THERE.
12:21:13PM WE ARE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
12:21:15PM WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT IN GRANT PARK,
12:21:20PM WHICH SOMETIMES I CONSIDER THAT LIKE A LOST AREA OF OUR
12:21:23PM CITY.
12:21:23PM WE ARE COMMITTED.
12:21:27PM WE ARE COMMITTED TO OFFERING AT THE AMI LEVELS AND YOU'LL
12:21:30PM SEE IN OUR PRESENTATION IN NOVEMBER WITH EXACTLY WHAT THE
12:21:35PM COMMUNITY NEEDS.
12:21:35PM I SEE A LOT OF THESE ONE BEDROOMS COMING IN WHEN
12:21:39PM DEMOGRAPHICALLY I LOOK AND WE'RE IN THE COMMUNITY, IT IS A
12:21:42PM LOT OF SINGLE MOMS, ONE BEDROOM IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
12:21:45PM JUST TO GET THE MULTITUDE OF UNITS, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
12:21:48PM SO WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH.
12:21:52PM WE PRESENTED TO THE CAC TWICE.
12:21:56PM WE GOT A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FOR 2.5 MILLION.
12:22:01PM I KNOW WITH BUDGET RESTRAINTS NOW, WE'RE DOWN TO 1.75.
12:22:07PM THE REST OF THE 50% WILL BE COMING OUT OF MY OWN OWNER
12:22:13PM EQUITY FUNDS.
12:22:14PM LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT A MAJOR DEVELOPER, BUT I'M A PERSON
12:22:19PM THAT WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY, IS A STAKEHOLDER IN THE
12:22:23PM COMMUNITY, THAT HAS ENGAGED THEMSELVES IN THE COMMUNITY TO
12:22:27PM MEET THOSE NEEDS.
12:22:28PM I'M JUST HOPING THAT LOOKING AT THE MISSION OF THE CRA AND
12:22:33PM HOW TO BOTH IMPACT BUSINESS OWNERS, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS,
12:22:40PM WORK WITH THE CHURCHES AND THE RESIDENTS, THAT WHEN WE DO
12:22:43PM PRESENT, LIKE MY SON SAID IN NOVEMBER, THAT YOU DO CONSIDER
12:22:49PM THAT.
12:22:50PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:22:51PM WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.
12:22:53PM NEXT, PLEASE.
12:23:00PM >> HELLO.
12:23:02PM MARK SIEBENALLER WITH THE CAC AND THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
12:23:06PM I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN OUR AUGUST MEETING, MS. PARKS CAME
12:23:10PM IN AND PRESENTED THE FIRST VERSION, I ASSUME, OF WHAT YOU
12:23:15PM GUYS SAW TODAY.
12:23:17PM IT IS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED FROM THAT POINT IN TIME.
12:23:20PM MY COMPLIMENTS TO HER AND THE STAFF IN IMPROVING IT.
12:23:24PM WE ACTUALLY LEFT THE MEETING WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS, WHICH
12:23:27PM WE GENERATED AND ASKED TO BE ADDRESSED.
12:23:30PM I THINK THE NEW PRESENTATION ACTUALLY DOES IT.
12:23:34PM WE DID ALSO AT THAT MEETING HAD A PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPER COME
12:23:39PM IN AND PRESENT WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AND THE BENCHMARK AND
12:23:44PM THE COST, THE THING THAT WE LEFT WITH, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
12:23:48PM THE DOLLAR AMOUNT RELATIVE TO THE RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT.
12:23:52PM I THINK IN THE SITUATION THEY HAD 399 UNITS THAT THEY WERE
12:23:56PM GOING TO DEVELOP OF WHICH A HUNDRED WERE GOING TO BE FOR
12:24:01PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:24:02PM BUT THE AMOUNT THAT JUST DIDN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FROM
12:24:05PM WHAT WE LOOKED AT.
12:24:07PM EVEN LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION, I KNOW THE SCORECARD DOES
12:24:11PM LIST A WAY TO SOMEWHAT ANALYZE IT, BUT I'M STILL CONFUSED ON
12:24:15PM REALLY WHAT THAT MAGICAL NUMBER IS.
12:24:18PM THERE WAS ONE PART THAT SHE'S RECOMMENDING AN APPROVAL FOR
12:24:21PM ONE OF THE DISTRICTS WAS $5.4 MILLION AGAINST 30 UNITS,
12:24:28PM WHICH EQUATES OUT TO $180,000 A UNIT.
12:24:31PM AGAIN, THIS IS TOPLINE MATH.
12:24:34PM THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT.
12:24:36PM I JUST WOULD RECOMMEND IN THE GROUP OF 5 THAT YOU DO HAVE
12:24:40PM SOMEBODY WITH STRONG FINANCIAL BACKGROUND TO LOOK AT THIS,
12:24:45PM TO MAKE SURE THE NUMBERS DO MAKE SENSE.
12:24:47PM I FELT LIKE IN THE PRESENTATION WE GOT, THERE IS A PUSH TO
12:24:51PM TRY AND GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT,
12:24:54PM WHICH I STRONGLY AND THE GROUP -- BUT I DON'T THINK YOU JUST
12:24:58PM DUMP IT JUST BECAUSE WE GOT SOMEBODY THERE THAT'S WANTS TO
12:25:02PM COME AND PRESENT SOMETHING.
12:25:04PM MY THOUGHTS.
12:25:05PM THANK YOU.
12:25:05PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:25:06PM NEXT, PLEASE.
12:25:09PM >> ALISON HEWITT.
12:25:12PM THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.
12:25:15PM A COUPLE OF THINGS.
12:25:17PM ONE IS, AS I STATED EARLIER, THE CRA IS SUPPOSED TO CREATE
12:25:22PM CONDITIONS THAT STIMULATE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
12:25:25PM PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS FURTHERING NEIGHBORHOOD
12:25:27PM REVITALIZATION BEYOND INITIAL EFFORTS.
12:25:31PM I SAY THAT TO SAY, THE 15 POINTS FOR WHETHER THE PROJECT
12:25:36PM DEMONSTRATES CRA GOALS IS IMPORTANT.
12:25:40PM BUT JUST AS IMPORTANT TO SAY IF WE PUT 5 MILLION THERE, HAVE
12:25:44PM WE LOOKED AT THE OVERALL CRP PLAN TO SEE WHAT THAT WILL
12:25:48PM INVEST.
12:25:48PM EAST TAMPA IS HUGE.
12:25:50PM WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE IF WE'RE GOING TO PLANT SOME MONEY
12:25:52PM THERE, THAT IT IS GOING TO SEED SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENT SO
12:25:55PM PEOPLE CAN FEEL IT AND NOT JUST A POTENTIAL $5 MILLION
12:25:58PM PROJECT OVER HERE AND THEY ARE NOT FEELING IT.
12:26:00PM THE NEXT THING IS THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:26:04PM THE LEGACY IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
12:26:07PM THE PROPERTY OWNERS, WE WANT TO MITIGATE GENTRIFICATION.
12:26:10PM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO SELL THEIR
12:26:12PM LAND AND THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE LAND.
12:26:15PM I APPRECIATE THAT.
12:26:15PM ALSO, EAST TAMPA CRA IS GOING TO GET A NEW CRP.
12:26:20PM SO THERE'S GOING TO BE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS TO BRING
12:26:25PM EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED.
12:26:26PM WHAT I HAVE SEEN SO FAR, THAT CRP MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
12:26:30PM THE ORIGINAL WAS.
12:26:31PM SO AS WE ARE NOW GOING TO HAVE TO ALIGN TO THE CRP, WE HAVE
12:26:35PM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS
12:26:38PM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE ALIGNING AGAINST.
12:26:41PM WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR
12:26:44PM SIGNIFICANT OUTREACH AND WORKSHOPS SO THEY WILL UNDERSTAND
12:26:46PM WHAT THE NEW CRP IS.
12:26:48PM ALSO, I WOULD RECOMMEND, TOO, THAT THE RFA FOR EAST TAMPA BE
12:26:53PM MAYBE A MORE DESIGNATED BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT TO TRIED
12:26:57PM TO SEED AREAS AND MAYBE DO RFA FOR NEBRASKA CORRIDOR.
12:27:02PM RIGHT NOW, THE CRP FOR EAST TAMPA CRA HAS CORRIDORS THAT ARE
12:27:06PM THEIR PRIORITIES.
12:27:07PM SO MAYBE DO SOME TARGETED DEVELOPMENTS AGAIN SO PEOPLE CAN
12:27:11PM SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN EAST TAMPA CRA.
12:27:13PM ALSO, THE STAFF COORDINATION, WHEN THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING
12:27:18PM TO DO THE COMMITTEE, THERE'S OFTEN DEVELOPERS WHO GO DOWN
12:27:23PM AND TRY TO DO THINGS IN EAST TAMPA CRA.
12:27:27PM THE EAST TAMPA OVERLAY IS DISCOURAGED TO BE USED.
12:27:31PM I'VE HAD DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE SAID THAT THEY EITHER DON'T DO
12:27:35PM IT OR IF THEY DO IT, UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO ELONGATE THEIR
12:27:40PM PROJECT.
12:27:41PM WHEN YOU DO A DEVELOPMENT FOR A PROJECT, TIME IS MONEY.
12:27:44PM IF IT'S GOING TO ADD MORE TIME, THEN THEY WILL GO AWAY FROM
12:27:48PM EAST TAMPA OVER LAY.
12:27:51PM ALSO WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION, EAST TAMPA OWNS A SIGNIFICANT
12:27:54PM AMOUNT OF PROPERTIES IN THE EAST TAMPA CRA, AND HOW DOES
12:27:58PM THIS IMPACT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO POTENTIALLY PUT RFPs ON
12:28:02PM THE STREET?
12:28:03PM ARE THEY GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE AND TAKING AWAY FROM THIS
12:28:05PM MONEY OR IS IT GOING TO BE A SEPARATE POT OF MONEY TO
12:28:08PM DEVELOP THE HOUSING THAT THE EAST TAMPA CRA ALREADY OWNS?
12:28:13PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
12:28:14PM NEXT, PLEASE.
12:28:21PM >> ACTUALLY GOOD AFTERNOON NOW.
12:28:23PM ANDY JOE SCAGLIONE.
12:28:25PM GREAT PRESENTATION.
12:28:28PM AS ANYTHING, WE CAN IMPROVE ON IT.
12:28:30PM AGAIN, MY BIG ISSUE IS THIS IS LOOKED AT BECAUSE I HEAR IN
12:28:34PM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, MONEY GRAB FROM OUT-OF-STATE
12:28:38PM DEVELOPERS.
12:28:39PM THEY'LL BUILD IT, STABILIZE IT, SELL IT, AND THEY ARE GONE
12:28:43PM WITH OUR MONEY.
12:28:44PM SO THE ISSUE HERE IS, THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN GUARANTEE THE
12:28:52PM TAXPAYERS OF THE CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT THESE UNITS ARE
12:28:56PM GOING TO STAY FOR 50 YEARS.
12:28:58PM NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T KNOW IF THE BUILDING WILL BE THERE 50
12:29:01PM YEARS WITH THE CURRENT CONSTRUCTION OF FRAME.
12:29:03PM NUMBER TWO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE.
12:29:06PM IT'S INSULTING THE TAXPAYERS TO SAY WE'LL GIVE ALL THIS POT
12:29:13PM OF MONEY AND THE CHECKS AND BALANCES AREN'T GOING TO BE
12:29:16PM THERE FOR 50 YEARS.
12:29:17PM AND WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS?
12:29:21PM IS THERE JAIL TIME?
12:29:22PM THIS ISN'T A STATE LOAN.
12:29:27PM THE REPERCUSSIONS, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO THE PERSON
12:29:30PM THAT'S RESPONSIBLE.
12:29:31PM IT MAY BE IN THE DEED, BUT THAT MEANS NOTHING.
12:29:34PM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AGAIN, THAT WE SEE A RENT ROW.
12:29:41PM WHATEVER THE RENT ROW SHOWS, WE VERIFY IT AND WE PAY THE
12:29:45PM SUBSIDY.
12:29:46PM IF THEY DO MORE UNITS, WE PAY MORE.
12:29:48PM VERSUS FRONT LOADING ALL THIS MONEY UP FRONT -- THERE'S
12:29:55PM NOBODY WE CAN GUARANTEE 50 YEARS OF THESE UNITS BEING
12:30:01PM AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
12:30:01PM THESE PROPERTIES WILL SELL FIVE TIMES DURING THAT PERIOD.
12:30:08PM AGAIN, STAFF, NOBODY FROM STAFF IS GOING TO BE THERE.
12:30:13PM NOBODY IS GOING TO REMEMBER.
12:30:16PM SO AS, MR. MIRANDA I HEARD ONE OF YOUR FAMOUS SAYINGS, YOU
12:30:21PM CAN ROB MORE WITH A GUN -- ROB MORE WITH A PEN THAN YOU CAN
12:30:25PM A GUN.
12:30:28PM THIS IS WHERE I SEE US AT.
12:30:30PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MY FATHER TOLD ME THAT.
12:30:36PM >> MEANING?
12:30:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHICH MEANS, YOU SEE MORE IN AMERICA WITH
12:30:41PM A PEN THAN A GUN.
12:30:44PM >> AND YOU DON'T SERVE AS MUCH TIME.
12:30:45PM >> THAT'S MY POINT HERE.
12:30:49PM WE WANT MAKE SURE PEOPLE AREN'T ROBBING THE TAXPAYERS.
12:30:51PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:30:52PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:30:53PM GO AHEAD, MA'AM.
12:30:54PM AFTER MS. McCASKILL, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO
12:31:00PM SPEAK?
12:31:01PM SUPERVISES KELLA McCASKILL.
12:31:03PM THANK YOU, B PARKS, SAY THAT FIRST.
12:31:06PM I HAVE THE MOST RESPECT FOR YOU AND WHAT YOU DO IN THIS
12:31:10PM SPACE.
12:31:11PM YOU CAN SEE THE CHALLENGES, WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
12:31:17PM IN THE VERY BEGINNING BEFORE YOU START DISHING OUT MONEY TO
12:31:20PM OTHER PROJECTS, WE REQUESTED A PROCESS.
12:31:22PM THE CAC BOARD WAS NEW.
12:31:24PM THEY DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND THEY WERE
12:31:26PM FORCE FED TO APPROVE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOW ON YOUR LIST OF
12:31:29PM APPROVALS AND NOW YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A PROCESS.
12:31:33PM THE CHALLENGE FOR ME, I CREATED THE PROCESS FOR
12:31:36PM REDEVELOPMENT.
12:31:37PM I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN HERE.
12:31:39PM PART OF MY CONCERN WAS WANTING TO TALK THROUGH
12:31:41PM PREDEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE LEGACY OWNERS IN THE CORE
12:31:44PM OF WHERE THE -- INSTRUCTED YOU TO DO PUBLIC/PRIVATE THAT
12:31:51PM DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS AS MID TO LARGE SIZE CORPORATIONS HAS
12:31:54PM HAD SO THEY CAN GET THE FUNDS.
12:31:56PM I DON'T SEE ANY MENTION OF THAT.
12:31:58PM I DON'T KNOW THAT WAS PART OF THE EXPECTATION.
12:31:59PM I COULD HAVE BEEN CONFUSED.
12:32:01PM I WANT TO SEE PREDEVELOPMENT AND SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS
12:32:05PM MENTIONED AS WE CREATE HOUSING WITH MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
12:32:08PM NEW CODEVELOPER, HIRED MID TO LARGE SIZE DEVELOPER TO ASSIST
12:32:12PM FOR SIX LEGACY OWNERS IN EAST TAMPA.
12:32:15PM ALL BLACK MALE, FEMALE OWNED ORGANIZATIONS THAT'S BEEN
12:32:19PM SERVING THE COMMUNITY 30, 40, 50 YEARS, AND THEY HAVE GET TO
12:32:23PM RECEIVE A DIME BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING ON YOU.
12:32:25PM WE'RE WAITING ON A PROCESS FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:32:27PM AND THAT WASN'T REFERENCED HERE IN THIS GRANT.
12:32:31PM I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE UP TO $250,000.
12:32:34PM NOW, I SAT HERE AND WATCHED YOU DO BACKFLIPS, BIG ENERGY TO
12:32:38PM GIVE ONE PROJECT ALL OF THE MONEY, UP TO THE $250,000,
12:32:41PM ALMOST 100% OF THE DEVELOPMENT, I WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU'RE
12:32:44PM GOING TO FRAME THE WORDS TO TELL ME ON A PROJECT WHEN I GET
12:32:48PM READY TO SUBMIT IT THAT YOU DON'T EVEN EXPECT $250,000 PER
12:32:51PM UNIT, BECAUSE I'M COMING FOR IT.
12:32:53PM I'M USING THE SAME ARCHITECT.
12:32:55PM IT IS THE SAME EXACT PLANS.
12:32:57PM CAN I DO THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS HE CAN, UNITS HE
12:33:00PM CAN.
12:33:00PM I'M EXPECTING THAT SAME $250,000.
12:33:03PM SO WHATEVER CRITERIA YOU USE TO EXTEND 250 TO THAT PERSON, I
12:33:07PM WANT TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH NEW.
12:33:09PM WE USE THE SAME PEOPLE, HOW CAN I NOT RECEIVE THE SAME
12:33:12PM DOLLARS WHEN I CAN DO THREE TIMES THE DEVELOPMENT AND THIS
12:33:17PM OWNER HAS BEEN THERE 20 YEARS VERSUS THE ALMOST TWO YEARS
12:33:20PM THEY'VE BEEN HERE.
12:33:21PM I'M SAYING, CONSIDER THAT BEFORE YOU SAY YOU CAN'T GET TO
12:33:24PM THE FINAL.
12:33:25PM ALSO TO CLARIFY WITH LEGAL AND THAT PROCESS IN THE END,
12:33:28PM WHERE THERE IS AN APPEAL WHERE THE APPLICANT CAN DO AN
12:33:31PM APPEAL, CAN THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATE IN AN APPEAL?
12:33:34PM NOW I WANT TO SUGGEST THAT YOU DO THIS PROCESS FOR ALL OF
12:33:37PM THEM.
12:33:37PM GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH ALL OF THEM.
12:33:39PM JUST OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, DO THAT PROCESS WITH
12:33:43PM ALL OF THEM.
12:33:44PM LAST, THE $300,000 THAT YOU HAD IN THE TAMPA HEIGHTS BUDGET,
12:33:47PM CONSIDER THE OWNER OCCUPIED REHAB USING THOSE THAT HAVE CODE
12:33:51PM ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES.
12:33:52PM START THERE.
12:33:52PM THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THERE.
12:33:54PM THEY MAY HAVE ISSUES.
12:33:55PM CODE ENFORCEMENT MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND
12:33:57PM THEY MAY NOT HAVE TOLD THEM, BUT START WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT
12:33:59PM AND SENIORS AND DISABLED PERSONS.
12:34:01PM THANK YOU.
12:34:02PM >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
12:34:04PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:34:04PM BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:34:07PM IF I MAY, SIR, THANK YOU.
12:34:09PM WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION AND SEE WHAT MOTIONS WE WILL BE
12:34:12PM MAKING AND HOW TO BRING THIS IN FOR A LANDING.
12:34:15PM I KNOW IT'S 12:35.
12:34:17PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE STAFF GETS OUT OF HERE FOR LUNCH.
12:34:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MY FATHER ALSO TOLD ME ANOTHER THING --
12:34:25PM [NOT SPEAKING ENGLISH] WHICH MEANS IF YOU MADE A MISTAKE
12:34:31PM ONCE, DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE.
12:34:39PM >>BELIX PARKS: I'M LOOKING FOR THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE
12:34:40PM CONCEPT FOR THE PROPOSED APPLICATION CYCLE AND DIRECT STAFF
12:34:43PM TO RETURN BACK IN NOVEMBER TO PRESENT THAT.
12:34:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
12:34:46PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, WERE YOU FINISHED?
12:34:47PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES, SIR.
12:34:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING SO MUCH SPANISH
12:34:51PM TODAY.
12:34:52PM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:34:54PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WILL APPROVE THAT MOTION, HOWEVER -- I WILL
12:34:59PM APPROVE THE MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, BUT BEFORE I
12:35:04PM DO THAT, I HAVE TWO CAVEATS.
12:35:06PM ONE, I WANT TO MOTION THAT ALONG WITH THAT ON NOVEMBER 15,
12:35:13PM THAT THAT ITEM HAS PUBLIC COMMENT ATTACHED TO IT BECAUSE WE
12:35:20PM DON'T NORMALLY DO THAT.
12:35:21PM SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ITEM HAS PUBLIC COMMENT
12:35:25PM ATTACHED TO IT, AND -- DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN.
12:35:34PM BUT THE FACT -- OH.
12:35:41PM THAT WAS THE OTHER THING.
12:35:42PM AND THEN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT E-MAIL IS BEST FOR THE PUBLIC
12:35:48PM TO SEND COMMENTS ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.
12:35:51PM SO BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER, WHAT SPECIFIC E-MAIL CAN THE
12:35:56PM PUBLIC USE TO SEND COMMENTS ABOUT THIS?
12:36:00PM AND WHERE CAN THE PUBLIC FIND THIS PRESENTATION?
12:36:02PM I KNOW THAT WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE
12:36:06PM SURE THAT WE PUT IT OUT THERE.
12:36:10PM >>BELIX PARKS: THE E-MAIL HAS NOT BEEN CREATED BECAUSE I'M
12:36:13PM GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENGAGE PAGE TYPE OF SERVICE THAT WE
12:36:16PM CURRENTLY USE IN THE CITY.
12:36:18PM THEY CAN E-MAIL ME DIRECTLY AT BE.PARKS@TAMPAGOV.NET.
12:36:24PM THAT PRESENTATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEBSITE THROUGH
12:36:30PM OnBase IN THE WEBSITE, IT'S ALREADY UPLOADED THERE OR
12:36:34PM CONTACT ME AND I CAN SEND A COPY.
12:36:37PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST FOR THE PUBLIC.
12:36:41PM BE.PARKS@TAMPAGOV.NET.
12:36:46PM IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS.
12:36:47PM AND YOU CAN FIND THIS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
12:36:51PM TODAY'S AGENDA FOR THE CRA WILL HAVE THIS ATTACHED TO ITEM
12:36:55PM NUMBER 2.
12:36:56PM AND THEN IF A POSSIBILITY TO ADD THAT TO THE CRA WEBSITE
12:37:02PM UNDER HOUSING, MAYBE SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT, MIGHT BE
12:37:05PM BENEFICIAL AS WELL TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.
12:37:07PM SO MY MOTION IS TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO
12:37:12PM US WITH ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ON NOVEMBER 13, INCLUDING A
12:37:19PM PUBLIC COMMENT PIECE FOR AFTER IT IS PRESENTED.
12:37:23PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:37:25PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO, UNLESS -- MR. McCRAY,
12:37:29PM GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:37:30PM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: YES.
12:37:31PM I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE BOARD ON NOVEMBER 13 WE'RE ALSO
12:37:34PM SCHEDULED TO COME BACK RELATED AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND
12:37:37PM ENGAGEMENT ON OCTOBER 13.
12:37:40PM THAT WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THE NOVEMBER 13 MEETING.
12:37:42PM JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE SO THAT WOULD
12:37:45PM BE TWO DIFFERENT -- THE COMMERCIAL GRANT PIECE --
12:37:48PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION FOR THAT PUBLIC
12:37:51PM COMMENT.
12:37:52PM BUT THAT'S THE COMMERCIAL.
12:37:52PM I WANT TO FINISH THE RESIDENTIAL, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR
12:37:58PM REMINDING US ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL.
12:38:00PM >>LUIS VIERA: UNLESS THERE'S DISCUSSION, ALL IN FAVOR?
12:38:02PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:38:04PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT SAME MOTION.
12:38:06PM I MOTION THAT -- OH, IT IS NOT ON THE NOVEMBER AGENDA.
12:38:14PM JUST GOING TO PUT IT THERE.
12:38:18PM RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE THE AMPHITHEATER AND BALDOMERO LOPEZ
12:38:24PM MONUMENT.
12:38:25PM I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE THE UPDATE FOR THE
12:38:29PM COMMERCIAL GRANT POLICY ON NOVEMBER 13, INCLUDING PUBLIC
12:38:34PM COMMENT AFTER THE SPECIFIC ITEM.
12:38:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:38:38PM DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
12:38:39PM WE HAVE A SECOND --
12:38:41PM >>LYNN HURTAK: FOR NOVEMBER 13 CRA AGENDA.
12:38:43PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER HURTAK.
12:38:46PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN.
12:38:47PM ANY DISCUSSION?
12:38:48PM THERE BEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR?
12:38:51PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:38:52PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:38:53PM MR. McCRAY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
12:38:56PM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: ONE OTHER ITEM.
12:38:58PM IT WAS MENTIONED DURING THE COURSE OF DISCUSSION, WE DID
12:39:00PM WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMMERCIAL GRANTS FUNDING THE POLICY
12:39:04PM UPDATE COMMUNITY MEETING, TAKING PLACE OCTOBER 13 AT HANNA
12:39:08PM CITY CENTER, 5:30 TO 7 P.M. IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM.
12:39:13PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
12:39:14PM WE APPRECIATE YOU.
12:39:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ATTORNEY SHEPARD FOR
12:39:21PM COMING.
12:39:21PM ATTORNEY SHEPARD WILL ALSO BE, I BELIEVE, AT THAT COMMERCIAL
12:39:25PM GRANTS FUNDING COMMUNITY MEETING.
12:39:27PM SO HE WILL BE THERE TO HELP.
12:39:30PM IF ANY OF US BOARD MEMBERS COME, HE WILL KEEP US ON THE
12:39:36PM STRAIGHT AND NARROW.
12:39:37PM AGAIN, I APPRECIATE.
12:39:38PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:39:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: ANY OTHER RESPONSIVE MOTIONS FOR TODAY?
12:39:47PM I WAS MEANING TO THIS ISSUE, TO THE ITEM.
12:39:53PM BUT IN TERMS OF MOTIONS, BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA?
12:39:56PM BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO?
12:39:58PM BOARD MEMBER HURTAK?
12:39:59PM BOARD MEMBER CLENDENIN?
12:40:00PM I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1 P.M., WE'RE
12:40:05PM HAVING THE EVENT FOR BALDOMERO LOPEZ.
12:40:08PM 75 YEARS.
12:40:12PM >>CEDRIC McCRAY: JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONFIRMED THAT
12:40:14PM ITEM 10 WAS AFFIRMED AND APPROVED.
12:40:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: IT WAS.
12:40:20PM YES, SIR.
12:40:21PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, THAT WAS APPROVED.
12:40:22PM >>LUIS VIERA: GO AHEAD.
12:40:25PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ONE MORE THING.
12:40:27PM I WANT TO ADD FOR MS. PARKS, WE HEARD ABOUT WHERE IS THE
12:40:31PM PREDEVELOPMENT IN THIS.
12:40:33PM SO I'D LOVE TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST FOR THAT.
12:40:38PM YEAH, THAT IS IT.
12:40:40PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
12:40:40PM I WILL TALK TO ATTORNEY SHEPARD SEPARATELY ABOUT PENALTIES
12:40:45PM FOR NOT ABIDING TO THE CONTRACT.
12:40:47PM >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
12:40:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: WE HAVE A MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER MANISCALCO.
12:40:49PM SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER MIRANDA.
12:40:51PM ALL IN FAVOR?
12:40:51PM ANY OPPOSED?
12:40:55PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
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