TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2025, 9:00 A.M.
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9:06:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WELCOME TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
9:06:55AM DID YOU GUYS MISS US LAST WEEK?
9:06:57AM IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK IN CITY HALL.
9:06:59AM I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND RECOGNIZE
9:07:02AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO FOR THE INVOCATION AND HE'LL LEAD US
9:07:05AM IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:07:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:07:08AM IT IS MY HONOR TODAY TO WELCOME MY BRAND-NEW INTERN, MARY
9:07:11AM BRYAN.
9:07:12AM SHE'S BRAND-NEW TO THE CITY.
9:07:14AM JUST KIDDING.
9:07:15AM EVERYBODY KNOWS MARY BRYAN.
9:07:17AM I WAS THINKING WHAT KIND OF BIO AND INTRODUCTION DO I GIVE
9:07:21AM HER.
9:07:21AM SHE IS A LEGEND WHO RECENTLY RETIRED AFTER A VERY WONDERFUL
9:07:26AM CAREER SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.
9:07:27AM WE MISS YOU, CERTAINLY.
9:07:29AM WE'RE NOT SAYING ANY NUMBERS TODAY, BUT SHE'S HERE TODAY TO
9:07:36AM GIVE THE INVOCATION.
9:07:37AM IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND.
9:07:39AM MARY, TAKE IT AWAY.
9:07:43AM >> I HUMBLY COME HERE TODAY TO CALL UPON THE LORD SON OF GOD
9:07:47AM JESUS TO BESTOW HIS BLESSINGS UPON YOU ALL.
9:07:52AM I AM HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO DELIVER THE INVOCATION TO HONOR
9:07:55AM THE MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE SACRIFICES TO BRING ME HERE
9:07:58AM TODAY.
9:07:59AM LISA ESPECIALLY.
9:08:01AM DEAR LORD, WE ASK THAT YOUR MESSAGE OF KINDNESS AND LOVE BE
9:08:05AM EMBRACED.
9:08:06AM YOUR MESSAGE OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING BE ACCEPTED.
9:08:10AM YOUR COMPASSION TO BE FELT AND EMBODIED BY US.
9:08:13AM WE STRUGGLE TO ADOPT BY EXAMPLE YOUR LESSONS AND TO BE
9:08:17AM COPIED.
9:08:19AM YOUR TEACHINGS AND LESSONS ARE LAID OUT FOR US.
9:08:22AM WE WALK QUIETLY UPON THE EARTH HOPING AND AIMING TO MAKE A
9:08:28AM DIFFERENCE.
9:08:28AM WE SEE TOO OFTEN THE SHORT-COMINGS AND NOT THE SUCCESSES.
9:08:32AM THE LORD HAS GIVEN THE WORD AND IT'S UP TO US TO FOLLOW IT.
9:08:36AM WE ARE HUMBLED BEFORE THE LORD AND HIS SACRED GRACE WHICH WE
9:08:41AM ASK FOR IT TO BE GRANTED TO US.
9:08:45AM THERE IS ONLY ONE RULE TO FOLLOW.
9:08:47AM LISTENING, LEARNING, AND ADOPTING THE WAYS OF THE LORD.
9:08:51AM WE ASK THAT GOD'S HOLY BLESSING BE GRANTED AND BESTOWED UPON
9:08:57AM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, ELECTED OFFICIALS, FIRST
9:09:00AM RESPONDERS, TEACHERS, AND ALL THOSE ASSEMBLED HERE TODAY.
9:09:03AM WE ASK THAT THE GOOD LORD'S HOLY SHIELD GUIDE AND PROTECT
9:09:08AM THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR DELIBERATIONS.
9:09:10AM WE ASK THAT THEY BE CLEAR IN SPIRIT, CLEAN IN THOUGHTS AND
9:09:16AM WISE IN THEIR DETERMINATIONS.
9:09:19AM WE ASK FOR THESE GIFTS TO BE GRANTED IN THE NAME OF THE GOOD
9:09:22AM LORD JESUS, AMEN.
9:09:25AM >> [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:09:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MARY.
9:09:44AM I TRIED TO GET HER APPREHENDED AND ESCORTED OUT OF CITY HALL
9:09:50AM WHEN I SAW HER THIS MORNING, BUT THEY REFUSED.
9:09:53AM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:09:55AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:09:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:09:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:09:58AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:09:59AM >> CARLSON?
9:09:59AM CLENDENIN?
9:10:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:10:01AM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, BILL CARLSON SENT US A
9:10:04AM MEMO THAT HE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR LATE THIS
9:10:07AM MORNING.
9:10:08AM SO WE ANTICIPATE HIS ARRIVAL SOMETIME AROUND 10ISH.
9:10:13AM I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE MINUTES FROM THE
9:10:15AM SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 WORKSHOP AND EVENING SESSION HELD ON
9:10:19AM SEPTEMBER 25.
9:10:19AM MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:10:20AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:10:22AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:10:23AM OPPOSED?
9:10:24AM THE AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
9:10:26AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:10:26AM LET'S DO THE AGENDA APPROVAL.
9:10:28AM WE HAVE A MOTION -- A MEMO FROM CHIEF BENNETT REQUESTING
9:10:35AM ITEM 23 BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION TO BE HEARD WITH ITEM 62.
9:10:39AM 23 WILL BE HEARD WITH 62.
9:10:48AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:10:49AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:10:50AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
9:10:52AM OPPOSED?
9:10:52AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:10:53AM ON ITEM NUMBER 59, IT WAS MISNOTICED.
9:10:58AM WE NEED TO RESCHEDULE THAT TO NOVEMBER 20, 2025, 1:30 P.M.
9:11:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, THIRD FLOOR,
9:11:08AM TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
9:11:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN HURTAK,
9:11:14AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN -- WE HAVE A MOTION FROM
9:11:17AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:11:18AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:11:19AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:11:21AM OPPOSED?
9:11:21AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
9:11:22AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:11:23AM ITEM 60, CHIEF BENNETT, NO ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE, CORRECT?
9:11:31AM ITEM 61, MEMO FROM DENNIS ROGERO REQUESTING TO WITHDRAW THE
9:11:36AM ITEM.
9:11:36AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:11:37AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:11:38AM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:11:40AM OPPOSED?
9:11:40AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
9:11:41AM 62 TO BE HEARD WITH 23.
9:11:43AM ALREADY DID THAT.
9:11:44AM 63 AND 64 WILL BE HEARD TOGETHER.
9:11:48AM WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT TOGETHER, FYI.
9:11:51AM 65 --
9:11:53AM >>LYNN HURTAK: 63 AND 64, I DON'T NEED PEOPLE HERE FOR THAT.
9:11:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES ANYBODY NEED 63 AND 64?
9:12:04AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS SUPPOSED TO --
9:12:09AM THE REPORT WAS SUPPOSED TO STAND IN PLACE FOR COMING.
9:12:14AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF NO QUESTIONS, YOU CAN TAKE THAT UP AT
9:12:16AM THE END OF THE CONSENT DOCKET.
9:12:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
9:12:19AM JUST MAKING SURE.
9:12:20AM 65, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS REQUESTED THAT ITEM 65 BE
9:12:25AM HEARD AT A TIME CERTAIN BEFORE LUNCH.
9:12:28AM MOTION?
9:12:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED.
9:12:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT TIME DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT?
9:12:32AM 11:45?
9:12:35AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO HEAR ITEM 65
9:12:40AM AT 11:45.
9:12:41AM SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:12:42AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:12:44AM OPPOSED?
9:12:44AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:12:45AM MEMO FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA REQUESTING THAT ITEM 66 AFTER
9:12:53AM LUNCH.
9:12:53AM FIVE MINUTES.
9:12:54AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
9:12:56AM IT SHOULDN'T TAKE ME MORE THAN FIVE OR TEN MINUTES.
9:12:59AM I DO HAVE TO LEAVE HERE AT 11:45 FOR A LUNCH APPOINTMENT I
9:13:03AM HAVE ON SOMETHING.
9:13:06AM WHEN DO YOU THINK WE'LL COME BACK FROM LUNCH?
9:13:08AM 1:30?
9:13:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PROBABLY.
9:13:11AM WE'LL HEAR ITEM 66 AS FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHEN WE COME
9:13:15AM BACK FROM LUNCH.
9:13:16AM ITEM 67, STAFF WILL BE PRESENT.
9:13:19AM ITEM 68, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO
9:13:22AM NOVEMBER 6, 2025.
9:13:25AM IT WILL ARRIVE WITH ANOTHER TREE AGENDA THAT DAY.
9:13:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK: PROBLEM IS NOVEMBER 6 IS A WRITTEN REPORT.
9:13:32AM NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO MOVE THIS TO NOVEMBER 6, WE WANT TO
9:13:36AM --
9:13:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, THAT WAS YOUR MOTION
9:13:38AM TO HAVE IT AS WRITTEN.
9:13:40AM DO YOU MIND IF THEY COMBINE BOTH?
9:13:42AM >>LYNN HURTAK: STAFF TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT ON TREE
9:13:46AM CANOPY STUDY, WE'LL MOVE THAT TO A STAFF REPORT.
9:13:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'LL BASICALLY COMBINE THE TWO TOGETHER.
9:13:51AM ITEM NUMBER 68, MOTION TO MOVE THAT TO NOVEMBER 6, 2025, AND
9:13:56AM THEN COMBINE THAT WITH THE WRITTEN REPORT AS AN ORAL REPORT
9:14:00AM THAT PARTICULAR DAY.
9:14:01AM MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK -- COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO,
9:14:05AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:14:07AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
9:14:08AM OPPOSED?
9:14:08AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:14:09AM 69 AND 70, STAFF WILL BE HERE TO PRESENT.
9:14:12AM ITEM 71, NEED A MOTION TO WITHDRAW PER COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:14:15AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
9:14:17AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:14:20AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
9:14:22AM OPPOSED?
9:14:22AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:14:23AM CAN I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE WRITTEN REPORTS 72
9:14:27AM THROUGH 76.
9:14:28AM MOTION FROM MIRANDA.
9:14:29AM SECOND FROM MANISCALCO.
9:14:30AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
9:14:31AM OPPOSED?
9:14:31AM AYES HAVE IT.
9:14:32AM WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FROM COUNCILMAN
9:14:37AM MANISCALCO.
9:14:38AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:14:39AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
9:14:41AM OPPOSED?
9:14:41AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
9:14:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:14:43AM THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER DAYS OF THE MONTH.
9:14:55AM WE HAVE OUR WONDERFUL FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE HERE.
9:14:58AM COUNCILMAN VIERA, WHY DON'T YOU KICK THAT OFF, PLEASE?
9:15:02AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
9:15:03AM IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE.
9:15:05AM CHIEF BERCAW, COME FORWARD.
9:15:07AM MY GREAT PLEASURE, COUNCIL, TO DO THE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:15:14AM TODAY, WE ARE HONORING OFFICER MONA NOBLE WHO IS OFFICER OF
9:15:19AM THE MONTH.
9:15:20AM WE ALWAYS DO THIS TO REFLECT THE VALUE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT
9:15:25AM WE SERVE THAT SUPPORTS OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, INCLUDING OUR
9:15:28AM POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL AS OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
9:15:30AM WE'LL INVITE DR. CHIEF BERCAW TO COME UP AND SAY SOME WORDS.
9:15:36AM >>CHIEF BERCAW: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:15:39AM CHIEF BERCAW HERE.
9:15:40AM I APPRECIATE YOU ALL TAKING THE TIME TO HONOR THE BEST OF
9:15:42AM THE BEST THAT WE HAVE.
9:15:44AM I'M EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR OFFICERS, ALL THE MACHINE
9:15:47AM AND WOMEN OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
9:15:49AM AS YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE OUR CRIME REDUCTION AND IMPROVING
9:15:52AM THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY.
9:15:54AM EVERY YEAR TO REDUCE CRIME, IT GETS MORE AND MORE
9:15:57AM CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING OUR SUCCESS FROM THE
9:16:00AM PREVIOUS YEAR.
9:16:01AM COMMUNITY OUTREACH, POP-UP BAGEL.
9:16:04AM WE STARTED SOMETHING POP-UP TPD WHERE WE GO TO APARTMENT
9:16:08AM COMPLEXES.
9:16:09AM WE WENT TO SILVER OAKS, COLUMBUS COURT.
9:16:12AM TODAY MERIDIAN POINT TO GREET THE KIDS WHEN THEY GET OFF THE
9:16:16AM BUS AND YOU SHOULD SEE THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES.
9:16:19AM THINGS LIKE THAT ARE MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR
9:16:22AM COMMUNITY.
9:16:23AM THOSE START WITH OUR NEW OFFICERS AND THE TRAINING.
9:16:25AM WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO HEAR TODAY FROM OFFICER MONA NOBLE IS
9:16:30AM WHY SHE IS BEING RECOGNIZED.
9:16:31AM SHE TRAINS YOU IN RECRUITS BEFORE THEY COME OUT ON THE
9:16:34AM STREET.
9:16:35AM PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OFFICER MONA NOBLE AS OCTOBER 2025
9:16:38AM OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:16:39AM FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, SHE HAS BEEN A VITAL MEMBER OF OUR
9:16:43AM TRAINING UNIT, CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATING PROFESSIONALISM,
9:16:47AM INITIATIVE, AND STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND
9:16:50AM SUCCESS OF OUR PERSONNEL.
9:16:51AM OVER THE PAST YEAR, SHE HAS TAKEN ON AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN
9:16:55AM THE DEPARTMENT'S HOLDOVER PROGRAM, WHICH THIS PREPARES THE
9:16:58AM NEWLY HIRED OFFICERS FOR OUR FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM FOR WHEN
9:17:03AM THEY ARE OUT ON THE STREET PAIRED UP WITH A TRAINING
9:17:05AM OFFICER.
9:17:05AM THIS PROGRAM IS ESSENTIAL IN ENSURING OFFICERS ENTER FIELD
9:17:09AM TRAINING WITH KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY
9:17:12AM SERVE EFFECTIVELY.
9:17:14AM OFFICER NOBLE'S LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN EXEMPLARY.
9:17:17AM SHE SETS HIGH STANDARDS FOR BOTH THE INSTRUCTION AND THE
9:17:20AM ORGANIZATION.
9:17:22AM HER RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE DEVELOPING SCHEDULES, CREATING
9:17:25AM LESSON PLANS, CONDUCTING TRAINING SESSIONS AND MANAGING THE
9:17:28AM ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS OF LARGE CLASSES.
9:17:32AM AND IN THE PAST YEAR, SHE HAS SUCCESSFULLY OVERSEEN SEVEN
9:17:36AM HOLDOVER CLASSES, GUIDING 109 NEWLY HIRED OFFICERS INTO OUR
9:17:41AM FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM.
9:17:43AM AND MOST RECENTLY SHE COORDINATED ONE OF THE LARGEST
9:17:46AM HOLDOVER CLASSES IN TPD HISTORY.
9:17:49AM IN ADDITION TO THIS, WHILE CONTINUING HER REGULAR DUTIES IN
9:17:52AM THE TRAINING UNIT.
9:17:53AM SO BEYOND HER LEADERSHIP ROLE IN OUR HOLDOVER PROGRAM, SHE
9:17:57AM HAS STRENGTHENED THE TRAINING UNIT THROUGH INNOVATION AND
9:18:00AM DEDICATION.
9:18:01AM LAST MONTH, SHE LAUNCHED AN INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
9:18:04AM DESIGNED TO PREPARE FELLOW OFFICERS TO BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE
9:18:08AM TRAINERS.
9:18:09AM THIS INITIATIVE NOT ONLY ENHANCES THE UNIT'S INSTRUCTIONAL
9:18:13AM CAPABILITY BUT ALSO CREATES LASTING BENEFITS FOR THE
9:18:16AM DEPARTMENT.
9:18:17AM HER WORK UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTORSHIP AND
9:18:20AM PROFESSIONAL GROWTH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
9:18:23AM ALSO, SHE PREPARES NEWLY HIRED OFFICERS FOR THE SUCCESS AND
9:18:28AM EQUIPPING THE INSTRUCTORS WITH THE TOOLS TO LEAD THEM TO THE
9:18:31AM SUCCESS.
9:18:32AM SHE HAS DEFINITELY MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR OFFICERS,
9:18:36AM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST FROM THE SUCCESS THAT WE'RE
9:18:39AM HAVING.
9:18:39AM SO WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OFFICER MONA NOBLE AS
9:18:44AM WELL-EARNED AND WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION FOR OUR OFFICER OF
9:18:47AM THE MONTH.
9:18:48AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:18:56AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
9:18:57AM OFFICER, THERE ARE SOME GOOD FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO
9:18:59AM WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND HONOR YOU.
9:19:01AM >> BRANDON BARCLAY, TAMPA PBA.
9:19:05AM GREAT JOB.
9:19:06AM PRESENT YOU THIS PLAQUE ON BEHALF OF THE PBA.
9:19:15AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:19:16AM JILL WITECKI WITH TAMPA THEATRE.
9:19:18AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FOUNDATION THAT YOU BUILD IN OUR
9:19:21AM COMMUNITY.
9:19:21AM ON BEHALF OF THE THEATER, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH
9:19:23AM AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP.
9:19:24AM COME SEE SOME MOVIES AND SHOWS WITH US AT TAMPA'S HISTORIC
9:19:28AM THEATER.
9:19:30AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:19:32AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:19:34AM BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
9:19:36AM CHIEF, OFFICER NOBLE, TRAINING THOSE COMING UP IS
9:19:40AM TREMENDOUS.
9:19:40AM YOU'RE HELPING LEAVE A LEGACY AND CONTINUE THE LEGACY.
9:19:44AM WE HAVE A TRADITION AT ONE BUCCANEER PLACE, ANYBODY THAT
9:19:47AM GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS A GAME BALL.
9:19:49AM HEARING YOUR STORY, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY,
9:19:52AM OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, TO PRESENT YOU YOUR VERY OWN GAME
9:19:56AM BALL.
9:19:56AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXTENDED EFFORTS AND YOUR FAMILY AS WELL
9:19:59AM FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF YOU.
9:20:01AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:20:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MR. FORD, CAN YOU PLEASE DO ME A FAVOR?
9:20:04AM PLEASE SEND A MEMO TO THE BUCS ORGANIZATION TO NOT MAKE THE
9:20:07AM GAMES SO HEART-WRENCHING.
9:20:10AM LET'S WRAP THIS THING UP IN THE THIRD QUARTER BECAUSE I'LL
9:20:14AM HAVE A HEART-ATTACK IF THEY KEEP --
9:20:17AM >> WE NEED WINS AND STAY HEALTHY.
9:20:20AM I'M MUCH SMARTER AS WE WIN.
9:20:23AM THANK YOU.
9:20:25AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:20:26AM MIKE AC ARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
9:20:30AM WHAT A RESUM .
9:20:32AM CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.
9:20:34AM ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND STEPP'S TOWING, GIFT CARD, NIGHT
9:20:38AM OUT ON THE TOWN.
9:20:39AM THANK YOU.
9:20:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING, I KNOW IT'S AWKWARD,
9:20:44AM BUT IF YOU CAN SPEAK TOWARD THE MICROPHONE.
9:20:49AM >> LEO GEARY WITH BILL CURRIE FORD.
9:20:52AM CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING THIS AWARD.
9:20:54AM I TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:20:57AM LIKE I SAY, WHEN I'M UP HERE EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT I'M
9:21:00AM HERE, I RESPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT PUT ON THE
9:21:05AM UNIFORM EVERY SINGLE DAY AND MAKES IT SAFE FOR THE CITY OF
9:21:08AM TAMPA.
9:21:08AM ON BEHALF OF BILL CURRIE FORD, PRESENT YOU A HANDWRITTEN
9:21:12AM LETTER FROM JENNIFER CURRY HERSELF ALONG WITH A GIFT CARD.
9:21:15AM THIS IS A CERTIFICATE FOR FREE MAINTENANCE ON YOUR PERSONAL
9:21:18AM VEHICLE AND OTHER GOODIES IN THERE AS WELL.
9:21:21AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:21:22AM >> THANK YOU.
9:21:23AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:21:27AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:21:28AM MARY LOU BAILEY.
9:21:29AM I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA.
9:21:31AM I SERVE ON THE BOARD AT ZOO TAMPA.
9:21:34AM USUALLY MARK IS WITH ME AND HAS THIS LOVELY BASKET WITH
9:21:37AM STUFFED ANIMALS AND GOODIES FOR THE ZOO AND HE'S STUCK IN
9:21:41AM TRAFFIC LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE THIS MORNING.
9:21:43AM I DID WANT TO COME UP AND CONGRATULATE YOU.
9:21:45AM I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR STORY.
9:21:47AM ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO COMMENT ON WAS NOT ONLY
9:21:50AM TRAINING FOR SKILLS, BUT THE CULTURE THAT THE TPD HAS OF THE
9:21:54AM COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP, CARING, INTEGRITY.
9:21:56AM I KNOW IT ALL STARTS WITH THE TRAINING.
9:21:58AM I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK EVERYBODY WHO
9:22:00AM SERVES.
9:22:01AM YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWESOME.
9:22:02AM THIS IS A LETTER LETTING YOU KNOW WE'RE GIVING AN ANNUAL
9:22:05AM MEMBERSHIP TO THE ZOO.
9:22:06AM ENJOY IT IN GOOD HEALTH.
9:22:08AM CREATURES OF THE NIGHT IS GOING ON.
9:22:09AM I'M GOING FRIDAY.
9:22:11AM YOU CAN GO TO THE CREATURES EVENT, HOLIDAY EVENT, AS WELL AS
9:22:13AM ANYTIME YOU WANT.
9:22:15AM I LOVE ANIMALS.
9:22:15AM I HOPE YOU COME TO LOVE THEM AS WELL.
9:22:17AM WE WILL GET THE GIFT BASKET TO YOU.
9:22:20AM CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
9:22:21AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:22:22AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:22:23AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:22:25AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:22:27AM OFFICER NOBLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:22:29AM PROFICIENT IT.
9:22:30AM I NOTICED BEFORE I PRESENTED THIS TO YOU THAT I HAVE A TYPO
9:22:33AM ON IT.
9:22:34AM I'LL HAVE TO GET YOU ANOTHER COPY.
9:22:36AM ON BEHALF OF FRIENDS OF THE RIVERWALK, PRESENT WITH YOU A
9:22:39AM PERSONALIZED PAVER ALONG THE RIVERWALK.
9:22:43AM IT'S NOT IN THE GROUND.
9:22:45AM HASN'T BEEN ENGRAVED.
9:22:46AM WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
9:22:47AM A COUPLE OF OTHER GIFTS FROM CORPORATE MEMBERS, $200 GIFT
9:22:52AM CERTIFICATE TO FLORIDA AVENUE BREWING, A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO
9:22:56AM SPLITSVILLE FOR EITHER AN ADULT'S NIGHT OUT OR A CHILDREN'S
9:23:00AM PARTY.
9:23:00AM ON BEHALF OF HOSPITALITY, A COUPLE OF TICKETS FOR STARSHIP,
9:23:06AM PIRATE WATER TAXI AND RIVERWALK RENTALS.
9:23:09AM ENJOY THOSE.
9:23:09AM THANK YOU, AGAIN.
9:23:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:23:14AM >> I'LL TRY TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND SPEAKING TOWARD THE
9:23:17AM MICROPHONE HERE.
9:23:19AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:23:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DID YOU HEAR THAT, EVERYBODY ELSE?
9:23:21AM >> I THINK THEY NEED A TUTORIAL.
9:23:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I BET IF I WENT BACK TO THEIR GRADE SCHOOL
9:23:27AM REPORT CARDS, SAYS THE SAME THING, ALWAYS TURNED AROUND
9:23:31AM TALKING TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
9:23:32AM >> AFTER 35 YEARS OF GRANTING VARIOUS GIFTS TO POLICE
9:23:35AM OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, I'VE LEARNED HOW TO DO THIS.
9:23:38AM ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, PROVIDING WITH YOU
9:23:42AM A GIFT CERTIFICATE.
9:23:44AM ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE, BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER.
9:23:46AM JACKSON'S BISTRO, ENJOY YOURSELF THERE, OVER ON HARBOUR
9:23:51AM ISLAND.
9:23:51AM ON BEHALF OF MEAT MARKET IN OLD HYDE PARK, ENJOY YOURSELF
9:23:55AM OVER THERE FOR LUNCH OR DINNER.
9:23:57AM YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, I SAY THIS, THE CHIEF WANTS YOU TO
9:24:02AM INVITE HIM TO GO THERE.
9:24:03AM TAKE THESE LETTERS AND CERTIFICATES WITH YOU.
9:24:07AM WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
9:24:08AM OBVIOUSLY, TRAINING IS THE FRONT LINE OF MAKING AN EXCELLENT
9:24:13AM STAFF.
9:24:13AM WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR HELPING OUT WITH THE STAFF.
9:24:17AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:24:17AM THANK YOU.
9:24:18AM I LEARNED MY LESSON.
9:24:20AM I'M SPEAKING FORWARD.
9:24:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
9:24:22AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:29AM >>LUIS VIERA: TWO MORE GIFTS FROM THE STRAZ CENTER.
9:24:32AM COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
9:24:33AM AND FROM THE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA, GIFTS.
9:24:37AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:24:40AM >>LUIS VIERA: GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
9:24:41AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:42AM ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CITY OF TAMPA AND TAMPA CITY
9:24:45AM COUNCIL, IT'S OUR GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE TAMPA
9:24:49AM POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:24:51AM GOD BLESS YOU.
9:24:51AM >> I'D FIRST AND FOREMOST LIKE TO THANK MY CORPORAL, ROBERT
9:25:01AM SUDLER, FOR PUTTING ME IN FOR THIS AWARD.
9:25:05AM IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO BE RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED.
9:25:08AM A TESTAMENT TO HIS LEADERSHIP WHERE HE ACKNOWLEDGES ALL OF
9:25:12AM OUR UNIT, ACKNOWLEDGES ALL THE GOOD WORK WE DO.
9:25:14AM I WOULD LIKE TO THAT CAN'T MY CHAIN OF COMMAND AND STAFF FOR
9:25:17AM AGREEING WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT ULTIMATELY.
9:25:20AM MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY TEAM AT THE
9:25:24AM TRAINING UNIT.
9:25:24AM WITHOUT THEM, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL
9:25:28AM AS I WAS THE LAST YEAR.
9:25:29AM THEY TRULY PROVIDE A SAFETY NET WHERE EACH OF US CAN GROW
9:25:34AM AND LEARN AND IMPROVE OURSELVES, WHERE NOBODY IS GOING TO
9:25:38AM FAIL.
9:25:39AM WE'LL ALL HELP EACH OTHER AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
9:25:41AM I THINK THAT BENEFITS THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT.
9:25:42AM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE FOR THE AMAZING
9:25:45AM GENEROSITY, MORE THAN I COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
9:25:48AM THANK YOU.
9:25:50AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:25:54AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
9:25:55AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
9:25:56AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:25:59AM TEACHING IS AN ART.
9:26:01AM NOT EVERYONE DOES IT WELL.
9:26:03AM I JUST WANT TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS, BECAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY
9:26:06AM HAVE FOUND A NICHE THAT REALLY WORKS AND FITS.
9:26:11AM AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE TEACHING BUG, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE AN
9:26:14AM OFFICER, THE ABILITY TO DO THAT IS SO CRITICAL, AND WE'RE SO
9:26:17AM LUCKY THAT THIS IS THE PATH THAT YOU'VE CHOSEN IN THE POLICE
9:26:21AM DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I SEE IT EVERY TIME I RIDE WITH OFFICERS
9:26:27AM HOW RESPECTFUL, HOW WONDERFUL THEY ARE AT THEIR JOBS, AND IT
9:26:31AM ALL STARTS WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
9:26:33AM I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND NEVER LET THAT TEACHING
9:26:37AM SPIRIT LEAVE YOU.
9:26:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
9:26:39AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.
9:26:43AM WITH ALL THE OFFICERS WHO ARE RETIRING AND THEN THE NEED FOR
9:26:47AM MORE OFFICERS, TRAINING IS MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT ALL THE
9:26:50AM TIME AND THE PUBLIC ALWAYS ASKS FOR MORE TRAINING.
9:26:52AM IN THESE TIMES WHERE THINGS ARE ON EDGE FOR EVERYONE, WE
9:26:57AM ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
9:27:00AM WHO ARE PROTECTING US.
9:27:02AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING.
9:27:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ON BEHALF OF COUNCILMAN CARLSON,
9:27:06AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, COUNCILMAN
9:27:08AM MIRANDA, AND OBVIOUSLY COUNCILMAN VIERA, I KNOW YOU'RE
9:27:13AM STANDING UP HERE REPRESENTING AN AMAZING WORKFORCE.
9:27:16AM THIS COUNCIL IS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT
9:27:20AM AND WHAT THEY DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
9:27:21AM IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF THOSE MEMBERS ONCE
9:27:25AM A MONTH.
9:27:26AM AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
9:27:27AM APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND WHAT YOU DO FOR US.
9:27:29AM THANK YOU.
9:27:30AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:27:30AM WE'LL PAUSE FOR ONE SECOND TO LET FOLKS FILTER OUT.
9:27:41AM GOOD MORNING.
9:28:47AM I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK TO ALSO RECOGNIZE
9:28:51AM TAMPA HEROES.
9:28:54AM >>LYNN HURTAK: GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
9:28:55AM WE ARE HERE TO HONOR OUR ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
9:28:59AM I WILL LET THE ATU PRESIDENT, STEVE SIMON, TAKE IT AWAY.
9:29:03AM >> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.
9:29:05AM GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:29:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GOOD MORNING.
9:29:07AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, AND GOOD MORNING CITY OF TAMPA.
9:29:10AM I'M STEVE SIMON, PRESIDENT OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION
9:29:15AM LOCAL 1464 AND WE KEEP THE CITY OF TAMPA RUNNING.
9:29:19AM I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE
9:29:22AM ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, MR. DARRIO DAVIS.
9:29:26AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:29:26AM MR. DAVIS HAS SHOWN HIMSELF TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
9:29:34AM DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE WASTEWATER COLLECTIONS
9:29:38AM DIVISION.
9:29:39AM STARTING FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AS A SERVICE ATTENDANT 2,
9:29:42AM DARRIO HAS UPLIFTED HIMSELF THROUGH EDUCATION AND
9:29:45AM CERTIFICATIONS, ULTIMATELY EARNING THE POSITION HE HAS AS A
9:29:50AM LEAD SEWER SERVICE INSPECTOR.
9:29:52AM DAY AFTER DAY, HE ASSISTS HIS SUPERVISOR BY TRAINING HIS
9:29:56AM TEAM, TEACHING IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY, PLANNING
9:30:00AM AND SCHEDULING WORK, LIAISONS BETWEEN WASTEWATER ENGINEERING
9:30:05AM AND SUPPORT SERVICES, AND ALWAYS ENCOURAGING THE TEAM TO
9:30:09AM MOVE FORWARD WITH POSITIVE OUTCOME.
9:30:11AM MR. DAVIS ALSO REPRESENTS HIS CRAFT AND HIS DEPARTMENT BY
9:30:16AM FREQUENTLY GIVING PRESENTATIONS AT ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS
9:30:20AM SUCH AS FIPA, AND THE WEST COAST FLORIDA INSPECTORS
9:30:29AM ASSOCIATION.
9:30:29AM MR. DAVIS ALSO LEADS OUR DEPARTMENT IN ITS CONTINUED EFFORT
9:30:33AM TO EXPRESS AND DISPLAY EQUALITY BY SPEARHEADING THE ANNUAL
9:30:38AM ENTRY OF WASTEWATER INTO THE CITY OF TAMPA MLK DAY PARADE.
9:30:41AM THIS HAS BEEN DONE FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
9:30:47AM IT IS FOR THESE THINGS AND OTHERS THAT MAKE HIM ACCREDITED
9:30:51AM TO HIS TENURE.
9:30:54AM MR. DARRIO DAVIS HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ATU EMPLOYEE OF THE
9:30:57AM MONTH AWARD RECIPIENT.
9:30:59AM WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND YOUR PARTICIPATION
9:31:04AM IN KEEPING THE CITY OF TAMPA RUNNING.
9:31:06AM ON BEHALF OF ATU LOCAL 1464, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU
9:31:11AM WITH THIS AWARD.
9:31:13AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:31:13AM A PORTION OF THE LETTER FROM THE MAYOR SAYS:
9:31:35AM CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SELECTED AS THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT
9:31:40AM UNION EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, STRONG
9:31:44AM WORK ETHICS, ENTHUSIASM, AND FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND IN
9:31:48AM ALL ASPECTS IN YOUR POSITION AS LEAD SEWER SERVICE
9:31:51AM INSPECTOR.
9:31:52AM YOU HAVE EARNED THE RESPECT OF YOUR SUPERIORS, PEERS, AND
9:31:56AM COMMUNITY.
9:31:56AM YOU ARE AN ASSET, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WASTEWATER
9:31:59AM DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF TAMPA'S MISSION OF PROVIDING
9:32:03AM SUPERIOR SERVICES AND YOUR PROFICIENCY AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE
9:32:07AM MAKE YOU HIGHLY DESERVING OF THIS RECOGNITION.
9:32:11AM SINCERELY, MAYOR JANE.
9:32:13AM NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF
9:32:16AM INFRASTRUCTURE, BRAD BAIRD TO SAY A FEW WORDS, PLEASE.
9:32:25AM >>BRAD BAIRD: GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, CHAIRMAN.
9:32:28AM I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.
9:32:33AM HAVE A LONG HISTORY GOING BACK WITH DARRIO, AND WE PREPARED
9:32:38AM THIS ORDINANCE OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
9:32:41AM WE WERE HAVING OVERFLOWS ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS ASSOCIATED
9:32:44AM WITH RESTAURANTS AND NOT CLEANING OUT THEIR GREASE
9:32:48AM INTERCEPTORS AND NOT CLEANING OUT GREASE TRAPS.
9:32:51AM DARRIO IS THE LEAD SEWER SERVICE INSPECTOR OR GREASE
9:32:57AM MANAGEMENT INSPECTOR OVER A MIGHTY TEAM OF FOUR, INCLUDING
9:33:03AM DARRIO.
9:33:04AM HE HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA OVER 27 YEARS.
9:33:09AM I ACTUALLY WORKED ALONGSIDE WITH HIM BEFORE WE HAD A GREASE
9:33:13AM ORDINANCE TO MEET WITH THE RESTAURANTS, ALL THE GREASE
9:33:18AM HAULERS.
9:33:21AM THIS WAS A SERIOUS ISSUE.
9:33:22AM IT IS OUR NUMBER ONE REASON FOR OVERFLOWS FOR WASTEWATER
9:33:26AM OVERFLOWS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT.
9:33:27AM IT'S ONE THING TO WRITE A GREASE ORDINANCE THAT IS NOW THE
9:33:32AM PREMIER NUMBER ONE GREASE ORDINANCE IN THE UNITED STATES OF
9:33:36AM AMERICA, AND IT'S LOOKED AS A MODEL BY EVERYBODY.
9:33:42AM IT'S ONE THING TO DO THAT AND PUT IT IN PLACE, BUT THIS
9:33:45AM MIGHTY TEAM EXECUTED IT.
9:33:48AM AND THEY EXECUTED IT SO FLAWLESSLY THAT WE NOW HAVE VERY FEW
9:33:54AM OVERFLOWS ASSOCIATED WITH RESTAURANTS.
9:33:57AM ALL OF OUR GREASE OVERFLOWS NOW, OR ALMOST ALL OF THEM, ARE
9:34:02AM BECAUSE OF GREASE DISCHARGES IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:34:06AM SO THEY HAVE DONE THEIR JOB.
9:34:10AM THEY HAVE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.
9:34:13AM THEY INSPECT RESTAURANT GREASE INTERCEPTORS AND GREASE TRAPS
9:34:21AM AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.
9:34:23AM MANY TIMES TWICE A YEAR.
9:34:25AM AND THE THING THAT I ADMIRE MOST ABOUT THIS TEAM AND DARRIO
9:34:31AM IS THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE RESTAURANTS TO EDUCATE THEM
9:34:37AM BEFORE WE CITE THEM AND EDUCATE THEM ON HOW TO CLEAN IT OUT,
9:34:41AM HOW OFTEN.
9:34:43AM MAYBE THEIRS IS UNDERSIZED AND THEY NEED TO UPSIZE IT.
9:34:47AM THEY REALLY WORK PROACTIVELY UP FRONT.
9:34:52AM I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THEM, BUT I WANT TO SAY THESE
9:34:59AM JOBS ARE NASTY.
9:35:01AM I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT ANY OTHER WAY.
9:35:03AM SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH DARRIO IN THE FIELD.
9:35:06AM THEY COULD BE ON THE DIRTY JOB SHOW, AS I TOLD THE CHAIRMAN
9:35:11AM YESTERDAY.
9:35:12AM BUT THEY KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK EVERY DAY.
9:35:17AM AND THEY WORK SO HARD.
9:35:19AM I'M VERY PROUD OF THESE GUYS.
9:35:21AM WE HAVE THREE OUT OF THE FOUR HERE TODAY.
9:35:23AM WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DARRIO TO SAY A FEW WORDS, I
9:35:30AM THINK.
9:35:31AM I'M SORRY --
9:35:35AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE THAT WANT TO THANK
9:35:41AM HIM.
9:35:42AM THIS IS FROM THE STRAZ.
9:35:43AM IT IS TWO TICKETS TO A SHOW IN JANUARY.
9:35:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, THE PODIUM IS THIS
9:35:52AM WAY.
9:35:52AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, THE PODIUM IS THIS WAY.
9:35:56AM >>LYNN HURTAK: OH, GOSH.
9:35:58AM I'M NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES.
9:35:59AM WE ARE GOING TO ASK PEOPLE TO LOOK TOWARD COUNCIL.
9:36:02AM IT IS AWKWARD.
9:36:03AM NOW HAVING DONE IT, I GET IT.
9:36:05AM COME ON DOWN.
9:36:08AM >> MARK HANEY WITH ZOO TAMPA.
9:36:11AM WE HAVE A FLORIDA PANTHER HERE.
9:36:14AM THEY EAT THEIR FOOD RAW SO THEY DON'T REALLY CONTRIBUTE TO
9:36:17AM THE GREASE PROBLEM.
9:36:18AM WE'VE GOT A FUN DAY AT THE ZOO HERE FOR YOU.
9:36:21AM I WOULD RECOMMEND COMING DURING CREATURES OF THE NIGHT,
9:36:25AM WHICH IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND ACTUALLY
9:36:27AM THIS SUNDAY.
9:36:28AM IT'S A FUN EVENT.
9:36:30AM WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
9:36:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I ALWAYS HAVE TO KNOW, WHAT DID THE OFFICER
9:36:35AM OF THE MONTH GET?
9:36:36AM >> A MANATEE.
9:36:37AM I GOT HERE JUST IN TIME.
9:36:42AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:36:46AM SIMON.
9:36:46AM FIRST AND FOREMOST, CONGRATULATIONS ON 27 YEARS FOR OUR
9:36:50AM GREAT CITY.
9:36:51AM THAT'S TREMENDOUS.
9:36:52AM ANOTHER BEHIND-THE-SCENES TYPE GUY, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO
9:36:58AM BEHIND THE SCENES.
9:36:58AM THOSE IN THE LIMELIGHT CAN GET THE JOB DONE.
9:37:01AM ON BEHALF OF THE GLAZER FAMILY AND OUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION,
9:37:04AM WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION.
9:37:05AM ANYBODY THAT GOES OVER AND ABOVE GETS THEIR OWN GAME BALL.
9:37:09AM I HAVE YOUR GAME BALL RIGHT HERE.
9:37:10AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:37:11AM I THANK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE CITY AND
9:37:15AM KEEP DOING IT.
9:37:17AM >> GO BUCS.
9:37:18AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:37:21AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:37:22AM MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING.
9:37:25AM ALWAYS HARD TO FOLLOW THE GAME BALL.
9:37:27AM CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.
9:37:30AM BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND STEPP'S TOWING, GIFT CARD, HAVE
9:37:33AM DINNER ON US.
9:37:35AM THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
9:37:37AM WE APPRECIATE IT.
9:37:38AM THANKS AGAIN.
9:37:39AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:37:41AM >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN, COUNCIL.
9:37:42AM MR. DAVIS, JILL WITECKI FROM TAMPA THEATRE.
9:37:47AM I WILL ADMIT BEFORE TODAY I HAD NO IDEA WE HAD A GREASE
9:37:51AM ORDINANCE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS AND HOW GOOD WE ARE AT
9:37:54AM IT.
9:37:54AM THANK YOU AND THANK YOUR WHOLE TEAM FOR BEING ONE OF THE
9:37:58AM PEOPLE THAT DO THE JOBS MOST OF US DON'T KNOW ABOUT EVERY
9:38:00AM DAY THAT KEEPS THE CITY RUNNING.
9:38:02AM ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, THIS IS AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR
9:38:06AM YOU AND A FRIEND, SPOUSE, WHOEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING.
9:38:09AM COME SEE SHOWS WITH US NEXT YEAR.
9:38:12AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:38:19AM >> DARRIO AND I HAVE A LONG HISTORY.
9:38:22AM >> YES, WE DO.
9:38:23AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: I WANT TO TELL YOU, FIRST OF ALL, HE DOES
9:38:26AM A GREAT JOB.
9:38:27AM WHEN HE SAYS HE GOES OUT AND CHECKS THE RESTAURANTS, HE GOES
9:38:30AM OUT AND CHECKS THE RESTAURANTS.
9:38:32AM I HOPE THAT ALL OF THESE FOLKS ARE IN GOOD STANDING WITH
9:38:37AM YOU.
9:38:38AM I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE.
9:38:39AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DARRIO INSTITUTED, WHICH IS A GREAT
9:38:44AM HELP TO HIM AND HIS STAFF AND ALSO TO THE RESTAURANTS, IS TO
9:38:48AM KEEP A LOG OF WHEN THOSE GREASE TRAPS ARE SERVICED, WHAT THE
9:38:55AM VOLUME WAS AND WHEN THE NEXT SERVICE OCCURS.
9:38:58AM I'LL TELL YOU A FUNNY STORY ABOUT WHEN DARRIO FIRST WENT ON
9:39:02AM THE JOB.
9:39:03AM WHEN BUSCH BREWERY WAS ACTIVE, THEY WERE PUMPING THEIR
9:39:08AM LIQUID EFFLUENT, NOT THE SOLIDS, BUT THE LIQUID EFFLUENT
9:39:12AM INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.
9:39:15AM AND BECAUSE OF THAT -- I DON'T WANT TO GET IN TOO MUCH
9:39:18AM DETAIL -- IT PREDIGESTS THE EFFLUENT THAT'S IN THE PIPES.
9:39:23AM SO IT ACTUALLY IS BETTER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER SANITARY
9:39:30AM SEWER SYSTEMS.
9:39:31AM DARRIO CALLED ME AND SAID, I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE TESTING THIS,
9:39:35AM AND IT'S LOOKING BETTER.
9:39:36AM IT'S NOT IMPACTING OUR SYSTEM.
9:39:40AM WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
9:39:41AM I SAID, WELL, YOU SHOULD GIVE US A CREDIT AND NOT CHARGE US
9:39:47AM FOR PRETREATING THE EFFLUENT.
9:39:50AM BUT ANYWAY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
9:39:54AM HONOR YOU.
9:39:54AM LIKE I SAID, DARRIO IS ON SPEED DIAL FOR ME AND I'M ON SPEED
9:39:58AM DIAL FOR HIM.
9:39:59AM SO WHENEVER ANY OF OUR FOLKS GET A LITTLE BEHIND, WE KNOCK
9:40:04AM HIM AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND GET HIM IN ORDER.
9:40:07AM ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO RESTAURANT GROUP, WHICH I KNOW HE
9:40:11AM KNOWS VERY WELL, WE'RE PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE
9:40:14AM ON BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, A GIFT CERTIFICATE,
9:40:19AM MEAT MARKET OVER THERE IN HYDE PARK AND JACKSON'S BISTRO ON
9:40:25AM HARBOUR ISLAND AND TAKE YOUR LETTERS AND TAKE YOUR GIFT
9:40:29AM CERTIFICATE.
9:40:29AM WE DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
9:40:31AM >> THANK YOU, SIR.
9:40:32AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:40:32AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:40:39AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'M HERE TO PRESENT OUR COMMENDATION FROM
9:40:42AM CITY COUNCIL.
9:40:42AM WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
9:40:46AM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
9:40:49AM >> YES.
9:40:49AM GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:40:51AM JUST WANT TO SAY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, JUST THANK GOD FOR
9:40:57AM THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH HIM ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, WITHOUT
9:41:03AM HIM, NOTHING.
9:41:04AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS IS A VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.
9:41:08AM I APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE WHO HAD A HAND IN THE NOMINATION
9:41:15AM AND DELIVERANCE OF MY NAME BEING SELECTED AS ATU EMPLOYEE OF
9:41:20AM THE MONTH.
9:41:23AM I HAVE A GREAT TEAM.
9:41:24AM WITHOUT MY TEAM AND A FEW OF THOSE HERE WITH ME, THIS IS
9:41:29AM JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
9:41:32AM I AM JUST DEEPLY, DEEPLY GRATEFUL.
9:41:37AM I AM JUST SO HUMBLED BY THIS.
9:41:40AM I JUST WANT TO SAY TO A GENTLEMAN THAT HAS KNOWN ME ALMOST
9:41:45AM 30 YEARS AND HAS TOLD ME AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS JOURNEY,
9:41:51AM GO MAKE ME PROUD.
9:41:54AM I HOPE, BRAD, I HAVE DONE SO OVER THAT TIME FRAME.
9:41:59AM I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.
9:42:01AM I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING, AND EVERYTHING IS JUST AMAZING.
9:42:07AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:42:09AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:42:15AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WILL SAY, JUST LIKE THE PERSON WHO SPOKE
9:42:17AM EARLIER, IT WASN'T UNTIL I GOT ELECTED TO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
9:42:21AM THAT I KNEW THE JOB EVEN EXISTED AND WHAT A PROBLEM IT IS TO
9:42:24AM HAVE THIS ISSUE.
9:42:25AM THE THINGS YOU LEARN DAY TO DAY, YOU NEVER STOP LEARNING.
9:42:29AM ALSO, WHEN I SPOKE WITH BRAD YESTERDAY, THE GIDDINESS AND
9:42:33AM EXCITEMENT YOU SAW TODAY WAS NOT JUST FOR THE CAMERAS, IT
9:42:35AM WAS ON THE TELEPHONE CALL, HE WAS JUST AS GIDDY AND JUST AS
9:42:39AM EXCITED ABOUT THE JOB YOU DID AND SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF YOU
9:42:42AM WITHOUT YOU STANDING THERE.
9:42:44AM HE'S SAYING IT TO PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE NOT AROUND AS WELL.
9:42:48AM THIS CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM
9:42:51AM AND WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AND THE LOSS
9:42:54AM PREVENTION THAT YOU PROVIDE AND SAVING TAXPAYER MONEY FOR
9:42:58AM THE JOB THAT YOU DO.
9:43:00AM VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
9:43:01AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:43:02AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:43:02AM MARTY SHELBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO KICK OFF PUBLIC COMMENT?
9:43:21AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:43:22AM GLAD YOU ASKED ME ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:43:24AM I THOUGHT YOU WANTED ME TO KICK OFF.
9:43:27AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:43:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M THE FUNNY ONE.
9:43:30AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
9:43:32AM GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
9:43:34AM I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS VERY BRIEFLY WITH THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE
9:43:38AM TODAY THE RULES OF DECORUM FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:43:41AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALLOWED A REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY
9:43:45AM AT THE START OF TODAY'S MEETING TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM ON THE
9:43:47AM AGENDA BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TAKES OFFICIAL ACTION ON THAT
9:43:51AM ITEM.
9:43:51AM NOW, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT,
9:43:55AM THAT'S THIS SECTION COMING UP, IT IS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO
9:43:58AM ARE HERE TO TALK ON STAFF REPORTS.
9:44:01AM IF IT'S LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS A STAFF REPORT OR IT'S
9:44:04AM LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS A CONSENT ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENT,
9:44:08AM GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE START OF THE MEETING IS THE
9:44:10AM TIME TO TALK.
9:44:11AM IF YOU ARE HERE FOR SOMETHING LISTED AS A PUBLIC HEARING,
9:44:15AM THE TIME TO TALK AT THAT POINT WOULD BE AT THE TIME THAT
9:44:19AM ITEM IS CALLED UP ON THE AGENDA.
9:44:22AM NOW, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT,
9:44:26AM HOPEFULLY YOU FILLED OUT A SPEAKER CARD AND PLACED IT IN THE
9:44:28AM BOX OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS.
9:44:30AM ONE CARD PER SPEAKER.
9:44:32AM CARDS ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE START OF GENERAL PUBLIC
9:44:34AM COMMENT.
9:44:35AM EACH PERSON SUBMITTING A CARD WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY NAME TO
9:44:38AM APPROACH AND SPEAK.
9:44:41AM I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OF
9:44:44AM PROCEDURE, THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM
9:44:47AM LISTED ON THE AGENDA WILL BE GIVEN PREFERENCE AS OPPOSED TO
9:44:51AM THOSE PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON OFF-AGENDA ITEMS, YOU'LL
9:44:55AM HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AFTER THE PEOPLE ON THE AGENDA ITEMS
9:44:57AM GET TO SPEAK.
9:44:58AM A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT APPLIES TO ALL SPEAKERS.
9:45:02AM PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY.
9:45:05AM NAMES THAT CANNOT BE READ WILL NOT BE CALLED.
9:45:07AM IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC HEARING AS OPPOSED TO
9:45:10AM GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE USE THE SIGN-IN SHEET OUTSIDE
9:45:13AM THE CHAMBERS INSTEAD.
9:45:14AM IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE SEE CITY STAFF.
9:45:18AM SPEAKERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ALSO REMINDED TO
9:45:20AM PLEASE REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING MAKING
9:45:24AM VULGAR OR THREATENING REMARKS OR MAKING OR CAUSING
9:45:27AM DISRUPTIVE NOISES OR SOUNDS OR DISPLAYING SIGNS OR GRAPHICS.
9:45:31AM THE CHAIR WILL RULE OUT OF ORDER ANY PERSON WHO SPEAKS
9:45:34AM WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED OR ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS THE CITY
9:45:36AM COUNCIL FROM OUTSIDE THE SPEAKER AREA AT THE PODIUM.
9:45:40AM PERSONS FAILING TO COMPLY WITH COUNCIL RULES MAY ALSO BE
9:45:43AM RULED OUT OF ORDER AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR MAY BE
9:45:46AM REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBERS FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY'S
9:45:49AM MEETING.
9:45:50AM FINALLY, CITY COUNCIL SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ENGAGING A SPEAKER
9:45:53AM UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:45:55AM THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE THAT CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE
9:45:58AM YOUR QUESTIONS OR HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH YOU DURING PUBLIC
9:46:01AM COMMENT.
9:46:02AM THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS YOUR POSITION.
9:46:04AM THANK YOU.
9:46:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MR. SHELBY.
9:46:07AM WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN.
9:46:11AM ONCE AGAIN, THE FIRST SPEAKERS WILL BE THE FOLKS THAT SIGNED
9:46:13AM UP TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS.
9:46:15AM MARK.
9:46:17AM SORRY TO SLAUGHTER YOUR NAME.
9:46:20AM FOLLOWED BY JEFF JANKIEWICZ.
9:46:27AM CHALLENGE WITH THE FIRST TWO NAMES.
9:46:29AM I DIDN'T HAVE COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK HERE TO HELP ME WITH THEM.
9:46:36AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:46:36AM MY NAME IS MARK SIEBENALLER.
9:46:40AM I AM OWNER AND CITY RESIDENT WITHIN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
9:46:44AM I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT AGENDA NUMBER 58 WHICH HAS TO DEAL
9:46:48AM WITH WOW.
9:46:52AM ALSO ON THE CAC FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
9:46:54AM I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE POSSIBLY THE PRESENTATIONS
9:46:59AM YOU'RE SEEING TODAY IT ALREADY.
9:47:02AM I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT A YEA OR NAY.
9:47:06AM I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIALLY NEEDS THAT WERE NOT
9:47:08AM COVERED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WE SAW THAT I THINK OUR
9:47:15AM CITY RESPONSIBILITIES THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE.
9:47:16AM THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT A STRUCTURE TO GO UP AND NEEDS FOR
9:47:20AM OTHER THINGS AROUND IT TO MAKE SURE THIS THING IS
9:47:22AM SUCCESSFUL.
9:47:23AM IN THE PACKET I JUST HANDED OUT TO YOU, HERE ARE SOME OF THE
9:47:29AM THINGS, BOTH FROM MY COMMENTARY AND COMMENTARY ON SOCIAL
9:47:33AM MEDIA AND OTHER RESIDENTS THAT I HAVE TALKED ABOUT.
9:47:36AM THE FIRST ITEM IS THE WOW IS GOING TO BE BUILT UP.
9:47:48AM NEXT TO THE TROLLEY STOP WHERE THE AQUARIUM IS AND DIRECTLY
9:47:52AM BEHIND THAT IN THAT PARKING AREA.
9:47:53AM BASICALLY, IT IS RIGHT ON CHANNELSIDE.
9:47:58AM THERE IS GOING TO BE A DISTRACTION BOTH FROM THE TRAFFIC
9:48:01AM COMING INTO THE CITY AND DOWN THAT STREET, AND IT IS 250
9:48:06AM FEET IN HEIGHT.
9:48:07AM SO YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING UP, GOING.
9:48:12AM WE'RE CONCERNED FROM A MOBILITY STANDPOINT OF THE SAFETY
9:48:16AM THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE.
9:48:18AM IT IS GOING TO BE DEFINITELY A MAJOR DISTRACTION IN THAT
9:48:22AM AREA.
9:48:22AM SO WITH THAT IN MIND, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO TRY TO
9:48:27AM MINIMIZE ANY POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA.
9:48:32AM SPEEDING, I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE, ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD
9:48:36AM DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE AREA AS YOU COME INTO THE CITY, IT
9:48:39AM IS 25 MILES AN HOUR.
9:48:40AM ON THE OTHER SIDE COMING OUT, GOING TO ADAMO, IT IS 35,
9:48:45AM WHICH WE'VE QUESTIONED THIS WITH MOBILITY IN THE PAST.
9:48:48AM NEVER REALLY GOT A RESPONSE BACK TO WHY THAT IS.
9:48:52AM IS THERE A POTENTIAL NOW TO CONSIDER SPEED HUMPS, SPEED
9:48:56AM BUMPS TO BE PUT ON CHANNELSIDE TO PREVENT POTENTIAL
9:49:00AM ACCIDENTS THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE?
9:49:01AM ALSO, WE'VE HAD A SITUATION REPORTED TO MOBILITY AT THE
9:49:06AM INTERSECTION OF WHITING AND CHANNELSIDE WHERE THERE IS A
9:49:10AM PEDESTRIAN GENERATED CROSSING THAT THE SIGNAGE OR THE
9:49:14AM LIGHTED SIGNAGE WHEN YOU PUSH THE BUTTON DOES GO OFF.
9:49:19AM IT DOES NOT -- IF YOU ARE 50 FEET AWAY FROM IT, YOU CAN'T
9:49:26AM SEE IT.
9:49:27AM WE'VE REQUESTED SOME ATTENTION THERE.
9:49:30AM CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH QUICKLY, WE ALSO HAVE BLOCKED SIGNAGE
9:49:35AM BECAUSE OF THE TREES AND THE OAKS THERE.
9:49:37AM NOISE POLLUTION IS A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE CITY BUT MORE SO
9:49:41AM HERE.
9:49:42AM PROBABLY THE MAJOR ONE WE'RE REQUESTING MAYBE FROM A POLICE
9:49:46AM BEHAVIOR STANDPOINT IS WE HAVE BAD BEHAVIOR.
9:49:50AM WE KNOW WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE
9:49:53AM DOING ACTIONS THAT NEED TO DRAW ATTENTION.
9:49:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:49:58AM >> I APPRECIATE IT THANKS FOR THE TIME.
9:50:00AM GET A CHANCE.
9:50:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I APPRECIATE THE INPUT.
9:50:03AM JEFF, FOLLOWED BY NANCY STEVENS.
9:50:08AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:50:10AM MY NAME IS JEFF JANKIEWICZ, OWNER AND RESIDENT IN THE
9:50:17AM CHANNEL DISTRICT.
9:50:19AM I RETURNED TO TAMPA AND FOUND OUT THAT WOW WAS IN THE NEWS
9:50:24AM AND A BIG TOPIC.
9:50:25AM I STARTED TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION.
9:50:28AM I COULDN'T FIND VERY MUCH.
9:50:30AM I LOOKED IN THE NEWS AND SO FORTH.
9:50:32AM WHAT I DID FIND IS THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE
9:50:37AM ON ONE-THIRD ACRE IN THE PARKING LOT NEAR THE AQUARIUM.
9:50:43AM I HAD SOME QUESTIONS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
9:50:47AM 250-FOOT WHEEL, THE SPACE WOULD ONLY BE ONE-THIRD ACRE, IS
9:50:53AM ONLY 250 FEET BY 60 FEET.
9:50:56AM SO THAT PROBABLY MOST LIKELY COULDN'T BE THE FULL FOOTPRINT.
9:51:01AM I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION OR HAVE INFORMATION
9:51:04AM AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS TO HOW THE PLAN LOOKS, WORKS, AND
9:51:09AM SOME DOCUMENTATION.
9:51:10AM THERE IS GREENSPACE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
9:51:17AM I DON'T KNOW IF THEY PLAN ON TAKING THE GREENSPACE AWAY OR
9:51:19AM NOT.
9:51:20AM THAT WAS A QUESTION.
9:51:21AM I ALSO FOUND IN SOME OF THE NEWS THAT THE EQUIPMENT WAS TO
9:51:24AM BE REFURBISHED.
9:51:25AM THAT INDICATED TO ME IT MIGHT BE USED, AND IF IT IS USED,
9:51:30AM WHERE WAS IT BEFORE?
9:51:32AM WHAT YEAR WAS IT DESIGNED?
9:51:34AM WHEN WAS IT MANUFACTURED?
9:51:36AM AND HOW DID IT ACTUALLY COME ABOUT TO BE AVAILABLE AND WHAT
9:51:43AM ARE THE REASONS AND SO FORTH?
9:51:44AM I'M FAMILIAR WITH THESE, LIVING IN SINGAPORE, SPENDING A LOT
9:51:52AM OF TIME IN CHINA, CHICAGO, THERE IS USUALLY A LOT OF NOISE
9:51:55AM AROUND THESE TYPE OF THINGS, THESE WHEELS.
9:52:00AM THEY ALSO DO ADVERTISING.
9:52:03AM THERE'S ALSO A HIGH LEVEL OF ILLUMINATION AT NIGHT.
9:52:06AM I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THOSE WERE CONSIDERED OR A PART OF
9:52:10AM THE PLAN.
9:52:12AM I REALLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY INFORMATION ON IT.
9:52:15AM THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE THERE.
9:52:17AM I'M HERE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION AND HOPEFULLY I CAN GET IT
9:52:23AM AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE WATCHING ON TV ALSO WHO ARE INTERESTED
9:52:27AM IN THIS.
9:52:28AM THANK YOU.
9:52:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, JEFF.
9:52:31AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY FOR NOT BRINGING THIS UP SOONER.
9:52:34AM JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC, THAT THIS
9:52:37AM IS SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:30 A.M.
9:52:40AM IT IS NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL; HOWEVER, WE COULD ASK PEOPLE TO
9:52:47AM WAIT UNTIL 10:30.
9:52:49AM UNLESS COUNCIL SOMETIMES ON NON-QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTERS, THEY
9:52:54AM LET THEM SPEAK AT THE START IF THEY DON'T WISH TO WAIT.
9:52:57AM IT IS SCHEDULED FOR 10:30 TIME CERTAIN.
9:52:59AM I WANT TO BRING THAT TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION.
9:53:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK YOU COVERED THAT IN YOUR FIRST
9:53:04AM REMARKS.
9:53:05AM TODAY, THE PRESENTATION IS JUST A PRESENTATION.
9:53:08AM A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS YOU ASKED HOPEFULLY WILL BE
9:53:11AM ANSWERED DURING THAT PRESENTATION.
9:53:13AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:53:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'VE GOT NANCY, FOLLOWED BY STEPHANIE
9:53:17AM POYNOR.
9:53:20AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:53:21AM TODAY, I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT ITEM 69, THE PICKLEBALL REPORT.
9:53:26AM I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF PICKLEBALL
9:53:29AM COURTS THROUGHOUT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:53:32AM I'M LOOKING TO HAVE COUNCIL -- URGE COUNCIL TO ADOPT
9:53:37AM MEASURES THAT MAINTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD PEACE AND QUALITY OF
9:53:41AM LIFE.
9:53:42AM STANDARD PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE 44 BY 20 FEET.
9:53:45AM THEY FIT ON MANY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
9:53:48AM WE'VE SEEN REAL ESTATE ADS WITH HOMES WITH ROOM FOR
9:53:52AM PICKLEBALL COURTS.
9:53:52AM THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE POPPING UP THROUGHOUT NEIGHBORHOODS
9:53:55AM IS INCREASING.
9:53:56AM PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE QUITE LOUD.
9:54:02AM PICKLEBALLS MEASURED UP TO 85 DB.
9:54:05AM IMPACT NOISE.
9:54:06AM VERY SHARP IMPACT NOISE.
9:54:08AM FREIGHT TRAIN IS ABOUT 80 DB.
9:54:15AM SO THAT'S LOUD.
9:54:16AM A NOISE STUDY CONDUCTED AT THE TAMPA YACHT CLUB FOUND THAT
9:54:19AM PICKLEBALL COURTS REGULARLY EXCEED THE SPIRIT OF THE NOISE
9:54:23AM ORDINANCE, EVEN AT HOMES ACROSS THE STREET.
9:54:26AM WHAT CAN BE DONE?
9:54:28AM WELL, THE NOISE ORDINANCE DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY COVER THE
9:54:32AM TYPE OF SOUND FROM PICKLEBALL COURTS.
9:54:34AM IMPACT NOISE.
9:54:36AM NOISE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND UPDATED TO COVER
9:54:38AM THAT NOISE.
9:54:39AM IT SHOULD BE ENFORCED SO THAT NEIGHBORS AREN'T NEGATIVELY
9:54:43AM IMPACTED.
9:54:44AM YOU COULD CONSIDER REQUIRING CUSHIONING FOR THE PICKLEBALL
9:54:49AM COURTS WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE NOISE, LIMITING PLAY HOURS AND
9:54:53AM ACTIVITY LEVELS, INCLUDING NOT ALLOWING LIGHTS.
9:54:55AM RESTRICT COURTS TO PERSONAL USE ONLY.
9:54:58AM NO TEAM PRACTICE, PROHIBIT RENTALS, TEAM PRACTICES. ALLOW
9:55:07AM COURTS ONLY AS PART OF RESIDENCE, NOT A STAND-ALONE COURT IN
9:55:11AM A RESIDENTIAL LOT.
9:55:12AM SO THANK YOU.
9:55:14AM PLEASE ENFORCE THE EXISTING CODES.
9:55:16AM I GUESS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS LATER ON.
9:55:18AM LOOK TO OTHER CITIES FOR CODE ORDINANCES AND HELP BALANCE
9:55:23AM OUR COMMUNITY'S PEACE AND QUIET AND ENJOYMENT OF OUTDOOR
9:55:27AM SPORTS.
9:55:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, NANCY.
9:55:28AM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
9:55:35AM >> STEPHANIE POYNOR, NUMBER 8, MAINTENANCE OF F.D.O.T. LAND.
9:55:38AM WHO IS PAYING FOR IT?
9:55:39AM IT DOESN'T SAY ANYWHERE IN THERE WHO IS PAYING FOR IT.
9:55:39AM NUMBER 15, THE VULNERABILITY STUDY.
9:55:41AM THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT BAFFLES MY BRAIN.
9:55:46AM IT IS FOR STORMWATER AND FOR SEA LEVEL RISE.
9:55:50AM YET 60, $80 MILLION PROJECT ON HOWARD AVENUE BEFORE WE GET
9:55:56AM BACK THE VULNERABILITY STUDY.
9:55:57AM DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
9:55:59AM NUMBER 18, WHY ARE WE ENVIRONMENTALLY STUDYING BACARDI PARK,
9:56:06AM 1810 NORTH TAMPA STREET.
9:56:07AM REMAINS ME OF THE SURVEY ON THE AQUARIUM THAT CAME UP ON THE
9:56:10AM AGENDA A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I WAS LIKE, WHY ARE WE DOING
9:56:13AM THIS?
9:56:13AM NOW WE KNOW WHY?
9:56:15AM WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PARK THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN WE FEEL
9:56:20AM WE NEED TO DO WORK.
9:56:21AM THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION BOARD.
9:56:22AM I WOULD ARGUE THE HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD, MAYBE SOME OF THE
9:56:25AM FOLKS BELONG ON THAT BOARD.
9:56:27AM SIMILAR PURPOSE AND PROSPECT.
9:56:29AM HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD HASN'T MET SINCE 2021, I THINK.
9:56:32AM I COULD BE WRONG.
9:56:35AM BAYSIDE DREDGING.
9:56:36AM I KNOW THIS.
9:56:37AM WHEN I SEND VENDORS OUT TO WORK FOR ME, I HAD A TREE ISSUE.
9:56:41AM SOMEBODY TRIMMED UP A TREE FOR ME.
9:56:44AM THEY SENT ME BEFORE PICTURES AND AFTER PICTURES.
9:56:47AM IF THESE GUYS ARE DREDGING ALL OF OUR OUTFALLS, I WANT TO
9:56:50AM SEE BEFORE-AND-AFTER PICTURES.
9:56:52AM I'M SURE ALL OF YOU REMEMBER THE PICTURES THAT MY FRIEND
9:56:55AM MS. CANNELLA SENT TO YOU.
9:56:57AM THEY DIDN'T LOOK AFTER-ISH.
9:56:59AM THEY LOOKED BEFORE-ISH.
9:57:00AM I WANT TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CLEANED.
9:57:02AM I'VE HAD VENDORS WHO TOLD ME, HEY, I STEAM CLEANED YOUR
9:57:06AM CARPET.
9:57:07AM NO, THAT'S CRAP.
9:57:08AM YOU SHOULDN'T.
9:57:09AM I GOT DOWN THERE AND SMELLED IT WITH MY VERY OWN NOSE AND IT
9:57:14AM WASN'T CLEAN.
9:57:15AM WE HAVE TO CHECK UP ON THESE THINGS.
9:57:17AM PICKLEBALL, RIDICULOUS.
9:57:19AM NEVER EVER SHOULD BE ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT.
9:57:21AM MOST LOTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE
9:57:23AM NOT OVER AN ACRE BECAUSE YOU WOULD NEED THAT MUCH DISTANCE
9:57:26AM FROM YOUR NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR TO NOT BE IMPEDING ON THEIR
9:57:30AM PERSONAL SPACE BY BANG, BANG, BANGING ALL THE TIME.
9:57:33AM I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE CHARTER REVIEW COMING FORWARD.
9:57:37AM I HATE IT THAT WE HAVE TO PUT THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION
9:57:44AM BOARD TO BED BECAUSE WE NEED SOMETHING THERE.
9:57:48AM YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL IT RACIAL RECONCILIATION.
9:57:50AM YOU CAN CALL IT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
9:57:52AM THEY CAN DO A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS THAT WERE NECESSARY.
9:57:55AM THANK YOU.
9:57:55AM HAVE A GOOD DAY.
9:57:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
9:57:57AM DARRYL, FOLLOWED BY ALISON HEWITT.
9:58:02AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:58:04AM DARYL HYCH.
9:58:05AM SEPTEMBER 22 I SENT AN E-MAIL TO EVERYONE ON THE DAIS
9:58:11AM RELATIVE TO ITEM NUMBER 32, THE RESCINDING OR THE
9:58:17AM DISMANTLING OF THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE.
9:58:21AM I WANT TO READ TO YOU JUST A COUPLE OF EXCERPTS THAT I WROTE
9:58:24AM IN THE E-MAIL TO YOU ALL THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A
9:58:27AM RESPONSE FROM.
9:58:28AM AS A RESULT OF THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER PROHIBITING
9:58:31AM ANY RACE-BASED FUNDING AND A LETTER RECEIVED FROM THE CITY
9:58:36AM OF TAMPA'S ATTORNEY, IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER
9:58:41AM ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF RESOLUTION
9:58:44AM 568 AND 344.
9:58:47AM UPON REVIEWING CHAPTER 163 OF THE CRA, THIS PARTICULAR
9:58:55AM CHAPTER DOES NOT VIOLATE THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER.
9:59:01AM YET IT ENCOURAGES THE VERY CHANGES WE SOUGHT IN RESOLUTION
9:59:06AM 568.
9:59:07AM ON A RECENT TEAMS CALL WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBER LUIS VIERA,
9:59:12AM ATTORNEY MARTIN SHELBY AND CITY COUNCIL AIDE BRANDON JORDAN,
9:59:18AM I BROUGHT UP SEVERAL DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW WE MAY
9:59:21AM BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
9:59:23AM ONE THING WAS STATED, I SAID WE CAN LEVERAGE THE CRA FUNDS
9:59:27AM TO ESTABLISH A DEFINED, DEDICATED CORRIDORS IN NEIGHBORHOODS
9:59:31AM WITH DOCUMENTED SLUM AND BLIGHT.
9:59:33AM ESTABLISH TRANSPARENT, ACCOUNTABLE PROCESSES, FOSTERING
9:59:38AM COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMPA, THE CRA, AND WHAT
9:59:44AM STEPHANIE JUST STATED, I STATED THAT WE COULD NAME THIS
9:59:47AM THING THE COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION.
9:59:52AM WHEREAS, YOU WOULD ONLY BE GOING AND OPERATING WITHIN THE
9:59:56AM STATE STATUTE 163.
9:59:58AM IN THE SAME E-MAIL I RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL
10:00:03AM TO AMEND THE CRA REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TO FORMALLY DESIGNATE
10:00:08AM DEDICATED CORRIDORS THAT ALIGN WITH THE RESOLUTION 568 AND
10:00:13AM CHAPTER 163, DIRECT CRA RESOURCES TO THESE CORRIDORS WITH
10:00:19AM ELIGIBILITY DRIVEN BY NEIGHBORHOOD DISINVESTMENT INDICATORS
10:00:24AM AND NOT RACE.
10:00:25AM THESE PARTICULAR SUGGESTIONS WERE VARIOUS THINGS WE TALKED
10:00:30AM ABOUT.
10:00:31AM YOU HAVE THE E-MAIL.
10:00:31AM I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD WITH READING THE
10:00:33AM VARIOUS POINTS.
10:00:34AM BUT I WILL STATE, I AM VERY FRUSTRATED, NOT SO MUCH AS WITH
10:00:39AM YOU, BUT YET I AM FRUSTRATED WITH YOU AS WELL AS I'M
10:00:42AM FRUSTRATED WITH THE CITIZENS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY BECAUSE
10:00:45AM WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU FOUR YEARS PRIOR
10:00:50AM TO THIS COMING TO PASS FROM THE EXECUTIVE ORDER.
10:00:54AM NOW WE HAVE TO NOW LOOK FOR ANOTHER WAY FORWARD FOR THIS
10:00:57AM RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION.
10:00:59AM I ASK YOU, AND I ADMONISH YOU, TO LOOK AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS
10:01:05AM COMMITTEE, LOOK AT VARIOUS WAYS TO HOW WE CAN MOVE THIS
10:01:08AM THING FORWARD VERSUS LETTING IT DIE ON THE VINE.
10:01:12AM THANK YOU.
10:01:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:01:13AM ALISON HEWITT FOLLOWED BY CONNIE BURTON.
10:01:18AM >> ALISON HEWITT, RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER OF EAST TAMPA.
10:01:22AM ITEM NUMBER 10, 2804 EAST COLUMBUS WAS THE ELKS LODGE.
10:01:29AM IT'S BEEN DEMOLISHED.
10:01:30AM ALSO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE CRA EAST TAMPA CRP AND ASK
10:01:35AM FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE BUILDING OWNERS BEFORE
10:01:38AM IT HAS TO GET TO DEMOLITION.
10:01:42AM ALSO WITH CHAPTER 163 SAYING THAT NOTHING CAN GO FOR NEW
10:01:46AM CONSTRUCTION FOR COMMERCIAL, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ALSO HAVING
10:01:49AM THESE AREAS, THESE LANDS ABLE TO HAVE RIGHT FOR
10:01:54AM GENTRIFICATION.
10:01:55AM NOW THE LAND IS SO EXPENSIVE, PEOPLE LOCALLY CANNOT AFFORD
10:01:59AM IT.
10:02:00AM PLEASE FOLLOW THE CRP AND HAVE YOUR STAFF MAKE SURE THEY ARE
10:02:03AM WORKING WITH THE LANDOWNERS TO TRY TO SAVE THE PROPERTY.
10:02:06AM THAT ALSO GOES FOR ITEM NUMBER 11.
10:02:08AM WHEN WE DID THE CRP, ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IN EAST TAMPA
10:02:13AM WAS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE CODE VIOLATIONS, AND WE
10:02:16AM NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING IN THE PURPOSE OF THE
10:02:22AM CRP AND WE'RE KNOCKING DOWN HOUSES HERE AND KNOCKING DOWN
10:02:25AM COMMERCIAL.
10:02:26AM SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THOSE
10:02:28AM LANDOWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS BEFORE IT GETS TO THIS SPOT.
10:02:31AM THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION, ITEM NUMBER 32, I
10:02:35AM WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF WE ARE GOING TO PLAN A WORKSHOP TO
10:02:38AM SAY, OKAY, SINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS WE CAN'T DO IT,
10:02:43AM WHAT CAN WE DO LOCAL.
10:02:45AM WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE
10:02:48AM RACIAL DISPARITIES AND THE TENSION BETWEEN RACES HERE IN
10:02:51AM TAMPA AND HOW DO WE PROTECT THAT?
10:02:53AM BECAUSE D.C. IS NOT HERE.
10:02:54AM THEY DON'T LIVE HERE.
10:02:55AM THEY ARE NOT HERE DAY TO DAY.
10:02:57AM WHAT ARE YOUR INTENTIONS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD?
10:02:58AM THE LAST ITEM, IT WAS A STAFF REPORT.
10:03:03AM NUMBER 73.
10:03:07AM THE STATUS OF THE CITY WORKING WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR
10:03:09AM URBAN REWORX.
10:03:10AM WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL FUNDING APPLICATIONS COMING FORWARD.
10:03:14AM IS THIS A PRECEDENT?
10:03:15AM WILL ALL THESE TYPE OF REQUESTS GO FOR ALL OF THE HOUSING
10:03:20AM PROJECTS?
10:03:20AM AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT?
10:03:21AM BECAUSE OUR PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS
10:03:25AM EQUITY IN DISTRIBUTION AND FAIRNESS AND ALSO THAT WHITE
10:03:30AM DEVELOPERS DON'T GET MORE ATTENTION THAN LOCAL DEVELOPERS
10:03:34AM WHO LOOK LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
10:03:36AM THANK YOU.
10:03:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, ALLISON.
10:03:38AM CONNIE BURTON FOLLOWED BY JOHN HELLER.
10:03:41AM GOOD MORNING, CONNIE.
10:03:43AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:03:44AM CONNIE BURTON.
10:03:45AM HISTORY IS GOING TO RECORD EVERYTHING.
10:03:50AM AND ONE THING I KNOW, THE AFTER-THOUGHTS, WHAT YOU COULD
10:03:55AM HAVE DONE, WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE AND WHAT YOU SHOULD
10:03:59AM HAVE STOOD UP FOR.
10:04:00AM I FEEL EMBARRASSED, EMBARRASSMENT FOR A COUNTRY THAT HAS TO
10:04:05AM FOLLOW ORDERS FROM SOMEONE THAT WAS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE,
10:04:09AM SO THEY SAY, THAT HAS SO MUCH DIRT AND FILTH AND BIGOTRY AND
10:04:17AM RACISM CONNECTED TO THEM AND YOU SAY WE MUST FOLLOW ORDERS.
10:04:21AM WE MUST FOLLOW HITLER.
10:04:23AM WE MUST FOLLOW ANY DICTATE THEY'RE COME AGAINST THE PEOPLE.
10:04:28AM THIS QUICK RESPONSE THAT THE CITY DID, BECAUSE WE RECEIVE
10:04:34AM FEDERAL DOLLARS, SHOW ME WAYS IN WHICH YOU, THE CITY
10:04:39AM COUNCIL, YOU, THE ONES THAT RECOGNIZE HARM AND HURT THAT
10:04:42AM HAVE BEEN DONE TO AFRICAN PEOPLE TO THIS CITY, ESTABLISHED
10:04:47AM SINCE 1855, TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO LEVERAGE THE
10:04:53AM PLAYING FIELD.
10:04:54AM TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE DONE SINCE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT BASED
10:04:57AM ON THE HISTORY OF INJUSTICE AND ENSLAVEMENT AND SEGREGATION
10:05:01AM AND JIM CROW-ISM THAT YOU DID TO SAY THAT WE WAS GOING TO BE
10:05:06AM THE CITY ON THE HILL.
10:05:08AM VERY LITTLE OR NOTHING.
10:05:09AM THE FIVE ISSUES THAT WAS IN THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION ISSUE
10:05:12AM THAT YOU'VE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP AGAINST, ONE OF THE
10:05:18AM PROGRAMS, ONE OF THE TOPICS WAS YOUTH OPPORTUNITY.
10:05:21AM YOU CAN'T EVEN BRING YOURSELF TO SAY FOR A SUMMER JOB
10:05:25AM PROGRAM, YOU CAN GET TO A HUNDRED.
10:05:27AM YOU LET THE CITY COME IN HERE AND TELL YOU WITH $1.9 BILLION
10:05:31AM ALL YOU CAN DO IS HIRE 32 YOUNG PEOPLE.
10:05:35AM YOU CAN TALK ABOUT SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES.
10:05:39AM GOT SOMEBODY IN THE SPOT FOR THE CITY BUT CAN'T COME IN HERE
10:05:42AM AND SAY HOW THEN HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH REAL
10:05:47AM PROGRAMS TO HELP PEOPLE COME BACK INTO SOCIETY.
10:05:50AM FOR ME, YOU ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I SEE IN WASHINGTON,
10:05:53AM D.C.
10:05:56AM THEY TOLD US WE COULDN'T DO IT.
10:05:58AM THAT'S FEDERAL DOLLARS.
10:06:00AM WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH YOUR DOLLARS.
10:06:03AM WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO BRING YOURSELF INTO SOME TYPE OF
10:06:08AM HUMANITY TO SHOW THOSE THAT LABOR HARD IN THIS COUNTRY,
10:06:13AM LABOR HARD IN THIS CITY, DESERVING MORE THAN JUST PIECE
10:06:17AM MEAL.
10:06:18AM GIVING A DOLLAR TO A NONPROFIT.
10:06:21AM GIVING INFILL LOTS TO ONE OR TWO BLACK FOLKS AND THEN YOU
10:06:25AM THINK IT'S ALL RIGHT.
10:06:26AM HELL NO, IT IS NOT.
10:06:28AM WE SHALL REMEMBER ALL OF YOU.
10:06:30AM ALL OF YOU SHALL BE REMEMBERED.
10:06:32AM THANK YOU.
10:06:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, CONNIE.
10:06:34AM JOHN HELLER FOLLOWED BY GLADNEY DARROH.
10:06:40AM GOOD MORNING, JOHN.
10:06:49AM >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN.
10:06:50AM GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
10:06:51AM I'M HERE REGARDING --
10:06:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
10:06:54AM EVERYBODY WHO SPEAKS, START WITH YOUR NAME FIRST.
10:07:00AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:07:00AM MY NAME IS JOHN HELLER.
10:07:01AM NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS.
10:07:02AM I'M HERE FOR AGENDA 69, THE PICKLEBALL COURTS.
10:07:06AM I THINK YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE NOISE
10:07:09AM ISSUES.
10:07:09AM I LIVE IN A HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD HOUSE IN BALLAST POINT.
10:07:13AM MY MAIN CONCERN ARE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS TAKING AWAY
10:07:18AM GREENSPACE.
10:07:19AM I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN
10:07:22AM YOU'RE LOOKING AT AGENDA NUMBER 69.
10:07:25AM I HAVE A NEIGHBOR TWO HOUSES NORTH OF ME LOOKING TO BUILD
10:07:29AM ONE.
10:07:30AM WATER FLOWS NORTH TO SOUTH.
10:07:32AM MY MAIN CONCERN IS, OBVIOUSLY, NOISE, BUT ALSO THE WATER
10:07:37AM RUNOFF.
10:07:38AM IT WILL GO INTO MY YARD AGAIN.
10:07:40AM I'M JUST ONE HOUSE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THE CITY
10:07:43AM COUNCIL HERE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER WHEN REVIEWING AGENDA ITEM
10:07:47AM 69.
10:07:48AM THANK YOU.
10:07:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, JOHN.
10:07:49AM GLADNEY DARROH FOLLOWED BY PASTOR WILLIAMS.
10:08:03AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU CAN, NORMALLY, IT'S HARD TO PUT INTO
10:08:06AM THE CLERK'S FILE.
10:08:08AM WHAT IS IT YOU ARE HANDING OUT?
10:08:11AM >> [INAUDIBLE]
10:08:19AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHICH NUMBER?
10:08:20AM 69.
10:08:22AM THANK YOU, SIR.
10:08:27AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GO TO THE PODIUM AND START WITH YOUR NAME.
10:08:29AM GOOD MORNING, SIR.
10:08:36AM >> MY NAME IS GLADNEY DARROH.
10:08:39AM I LIVE ON TRILBY STREET IN THE BALLAST POINT NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:08:43AM I'M HERE TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT PICKLEBALL COURTS AND TO URGE
10:08:52AM CITY COUNCIL, SHOULD NOT ALLOW PICKLEBALL COURTS TO BE
10:08:59AM CONSTRUCTED ON RESIDENTIALLY ZONED SINGLE-FAMILY PROPERTIES
10:09:04AM WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:09:05AM THERE ARE MANY, MANY REASONS NOT TO ALLOW THIS, BUT I'M
10:09:11AM GOING TO FOCUS TODAY ON A REASON THAT I THINK IS VERY
10:09:14AM IMPORTANT.
10:09:14AM IT'S NOT NORMALLY CONSIDERED, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT AS
10:09:17AM THOSE OTHER ISSUES ARE.
10:09:19AM THE CONSTRUCTION OF PICKLEBALL COURTS IN RESIDENTIAL
10:09:23AM NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO CREATES SERIOUS ADDITIONAL STORMWATER
10:09:26AM RUNOFF AND RAPIDLY RISING FLOODWATER HAZARDS FOR HOMEOWNERS
10:09:30AM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
10:09:31AM PLUS, IT PLACES THE CITY OF TAMPA AT RISK OF BEING IN DIRECT
10:09:35AM VIOLATION OF FEMA STORMWATER COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AND
10:09:38AM PUTS THE CITY IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF ITS OWN CODE.
10:09:42AM I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE FLOODING -- THIS IS THE
10:09:49AM FLOODING THAT OCCURRED ON OUR STREET IN HURRICANE HELENE.
10:09:54AM THE ISSUES I JUST MENTIONED TO YOU ARE CREATED BECAUSE THERE
10:10:00AM ARE DEFICIENCIES WITH CURRENT CITY PROCESSES AROUND
10:10:04AM APPROVING APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS.
10:10:06AM THESE DEFICIENCIES MAY BE CREATED BECAUSE STORMWATER
10:10:08AM REGULATIONS ARE IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE.
10:10:12AM BUILDING CODE, FLOODPLAIN IS CHAPTER 5, ZONING CODE IS
10:10:15AM CHAPTER 27.
10:10:16AM FOR WHATEVER REASONS, STORMWATER REVIEW IS NOT DONE FOR
10:10:20AM CERTAIN APPLICATIONS AND THE REMAINING REVIEWERS, THAT IS
10:10:23AM THOSE NOT CENTRALLY TASKED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF CHAPTER
10:10:27AM 21, EITHER DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WATER RETENTION REQUIREMENTS
10:10:31AM OR HAVE A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF THE TECHNICAL MANUAL.
10:10:34AM FOR US AND NEIGHBORS, THIS RESULTS IN INCREASED FLOODING.
10:10:38AM IN THE SPIRAL BINDER I JUST HANDED YOU, YOU WILL FIND IN
10:10:45AM THERE THIS PARTICULAR CALCULATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE
10:10:49AM PROPERTY THAT IS NEXT DOOR TO US AND REFERENCED IN THE
10:10:55AM BALLAST POINT LETTER 5607 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
10:10:58AM THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION SHOWS THAT THE TOTAL PROPOSED
10:11:05AM IMPERVIOUS AREA IS 4,000 -- SQUARE FEET.
10:11:13AM HE COMES UP WITH A CALCULATION OF 70 CUBIC FEED OF STORAGE
10:11:20AM RECEIVED.
10:11:21AM THAT IS AN INCORRECT CALCULATION.
10:11:23AM CORRECT CALCULATION AT LEAST 206, UP TO 270 CUBIC FEET
10:11:29AM BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON THE ENTIRE AREA OF THE PROPERTY WHEN
10:11:32AM YOU HAVE AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA THAT EXCEEDS 50%.
10:11:36AM THIS ONE CLEARLY IS 76.7%.
10:11:38AM THANK YOU.
10:11:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:11:44AM APPRECIATE IT.
10:11:45AM PASTOR WILLIAMS, YOU ARE NEXT.
10:11:49AM DARLENE.
10:11:54AM GOOD MORNING, PASTOR WILLIAMS.
10:12:03AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:12:03AM MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS.
10:12:06AM I WAS LOCATED ON 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
10:12:09AM BUT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER THEY TRICKED ME INTO SELLING MY
10:12:17AM CHURCH.
10:12:17AM I NEVER GOT NOTHING FOR IT.
10:12:19AM WORTH NOTHING.
10:12:20AM BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU ALL.
10:12:25AM WE COME UP HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN
10:12:28AM THINGS, BUT YOU ALL DON'T SEEM TO FEEL NO TENSION.
10:12:32AM NOW I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT TALKING ABOUT WHAT I NEED TO TALK
10:12:36AM ABOUT.
10:12:36AM TALK ABOUT YOU ALL PRESIDENT.
10:12:38AM WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET HIM IMPEACHED?
10:12:41AM GET HIM OUT OF OFFICE.
10:12:44AM THIS MAN DON'T MEAN US NO KIND GOOD WHATSOEVER.
10:12:48AM HE DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT US AND DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT
10:12:51AM YOU.
10:12:52AM SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL DO, JUST SIT THERE AND TELL US ABOUT
10:12:59AM SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:13:01AM I TRY TO TELL YOU ALL TIME AFTER TIME, JACKSON HEIGHTS,
10:13:06AM BELMONT HEIGHTS, WHOLE CITY SEWAGE CANAL.
10:13:15AM WE ARE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WE WANT TO BE
10:13:17AM RECOGNIZED AS CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
10:13:21AM NOT ABOUT THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN.
10:13:25AM WE DON'T CARE NOTHING ABOUT THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN.
10:13:28AM TREAT US LIKE A CITIZEN, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE WANT TO ASK
10:13:31AM YOU ALL TO DO.
10:13:33AM WE DON'T ASK YOU TOO MUCH BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU ALL NOT GOING
10:13:36AM TO DO ANYTHING, HELP US WHATSOEVER.
10:13:39AM BUT WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, I GOT TO GIVE RECOGNITION TO THE
10:13:44AM GOD ALMIGHTY BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE THAT WOKE ME UP THIS
10:13:49AM MORNING.
10:13:49AM HE IS THE ONE THAT WOKE YOU UP THIS MORNING.
10:13:52AM HE GIVES YOU THE STRENGTH TO BE HERE AND BE ON TIME.
10:13:55AM YOU KNOW WHAT, WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, WE GOT TO RECOGNIZE ONE
10:13:59AM ANOTHER.
10:14:00AM WE GOT TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER.
10:14:03AM THAT'S ALL WE ASK YOU ALL TO DO.
10:14:05AM RESPECT US.
10:14:08AM CONNIE BURTON, SHE SPOKE REAL LOUDLY AND SPOKE VERY CLEARLY,
10:14:14AM DON'T SEEM TO CARE NOTHING ABOUT PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THAT'S
10:14:18AM WHAT I GOT TO CALL IT, PEOPLE OF COLOR.
10:14:22AM JEWS, THE INDIANS, THE BLACKS, THE WHITE, EVERYBODY ELSE.
10:14:28AM WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, WE ARE HERE TO TRY TO REPRESENT
10:14:32AM PEOPLE, AND THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT.
10:14:34AM SHOW ONE ANOTHER SOME LOVE.
10:14:37AM SHOW US LOVE AND WE'LL SHOW YOU ALL SOME LOVE, WHAT LOVE IS
10:14:41AM ALL ABOUT.
10:14:41AM AND THIS IS WHAT WE GOT TO DO.
10:14:44AM WE COME DOWN HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK, ESPECIALLY CHANGES, NO
10:14:48AM CHANGES BE MADE YET WHATSOEVER.
10:14:52AM YOU ALL SUPPOSED TO BE CITY COUNCIL MEN AND YOU ALL SUPPOSED
10:14:57AM TO TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN'T DO.
10:15:00AM IT'S ALWAYS WHAT WE CAN'T DO.
10:15:07AM RESPECT US AS PEOPLE.
10:15:08AM GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU ALL.
10:15:10AM I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.
10:15:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE APPRECIATE YOU.
10:15:14AM MATTHEW GUINN FOLLOWED BY TARAH BLUMA.
10:15:17AM GOOD MORNING, MATTHEW.
10:15:29AM >> MY NAME IS MATTHEW GUINN HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE TAMPA
10:15:34AM WHEEL OVER WATER OR WOW.
10:15:36AM I'M A TAMPA BAY RESIDENT.
10:15:38AM HAVE BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE.
10:15:40AM WENT TO USF FOR UNDERGRAD, STETSON LAW FOR MY LAW DEGREE.
10:15:44AM I'M PROUD TO CALL THIS CITY AND THE AREA MY HOME.
10:15:47AM I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE PROJECT BRINGS MORE THAN
10:15:50AM JUST A VIEW FROM A WHEEL.
10:15:54AM IT BRINGS JOBS, TOURISM AND ENERGY TO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
10:15:57AM I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT, IT IS A $20 MILLION PRIVATE
10:16:01AM INVESTMENT, NOT TAXPAYER FUNDED.
10:16:03AM THAT WOULD HELP LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CREATE A NEW REASON FOR
10:16:07AM PEOPLE TO SPEND MORE TIME DOWNTOWN.
10:16:09AM I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT CITIES LIKE SEATTLE, LONDON,
10:16:13AM LAS VEGAS, HAVE SEEN HOW SIGNATURE WHEEL IN THOSE CITIES
10:16:16AM HAVE BECOME PART OF THEIR IDENTITY.
10:16:22AM I THINK TAMPA DESERVES SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO.
10:16:25AM IT WILL GIVE REASONS FOR FAMILIES AND RESIDENTS MORE TO DO
10:16:28AM RIGHT HERE IN TAMPA.
10:16:30AM AND SOMETHING THAT IS FUN, ACCESSIBLE, AND CAN BECOME
10:16:33AM UNIQUELY OURS.
10:16:35AM IT WILL CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE SKY LINE AND THE BAY IN A NEW
10:16:39AM WAY AND REFLECTS THAT THE CITY IS GROWING AND MOVING
10:16:42AM FORWARD.
10:16:43AM I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR CITY.
10:16:47AM I URGE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT IT.
10:16:50AM THANK YOU.
10:16:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, MATTHEW.
10:16:51AM TARAH BLUMA, FOLLOWED BY DR. CAROLYN COLLINS.
10:16:55AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:16:56AM I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME --
10:17:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: START WITH YOUR NAME.
10:17:01AM >> TARAH BLUMA.
10:17:02AM ABOUT THE WHEEL.
10:17:05AM IT IS NOT INNOVATIVE LIKE HE SAID.
10:17:09AM MANY OTHER CITIES, INCLUDING LAS VEGAS, LONDON, SINGAPORE,
10:17:14AM ATLANTA HAVE WHEELS.
10:17:15AM IT'S NOT A NEW, NOVEL, CLEVER IDEA.
10:17:18AM IT'S NOT MUCH OF A JOB CREATOR.
10:17:21AM I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TEENAGERS IT TAKES TO OPERATE A FERRIS
10:17:23AM WHEEL, BUT COUPLE, MAYBE AT MOST.
10:17:27AM YOU'RE REMOVING PARKING FROM THE AQUARIUM, WHICH IS SORELY
10:17:31AM NEEDED.
10:17:32AM THERE'S NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN OnBase ABOUT THIS SO
10:17:38AM FAR.
10:17:40AM IT SAYS IT'S GOING TO BE SUBLET FROM THE AQUARIUM AND
10:17:45AM DOESN'T SAY FOR HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE MAKING OFF
10:17:48AM OF THAT VERY VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.
10:17:54AM IT DOES SAY IN THERE THAT ONLY -- THAT THE LAND CAN ONLY BE
10:17:59AM USED TO BUILD THIS FERRIS WHEEL AND NOTHING ELSE, BUT WHAT
10:18:03AM HAPPENS IN TEN YEARS WHEN PEOPLE ARE BORED OF THE FERRIS
10:18:07AM WHEEL?
10:18:08AM WHAT IS THE PROVISION FOR THE LAND TO REVERT BACK EITHER TO
10:18:12AM THE CITY OR WHAT ELSE CAN BE BUILT THERE?
10:18:14AM REGARDLESS, EVEN IF YOU THINK A FERRIS WHEEL SOUNDS FUN, IT
10:18:19AM IS NOT GOING TO BE FUN FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS, AND IT'S NOT
10:18:22AM THE BEST USE OF THE VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
10:18:25AM THE NEXT THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE TREE FUND.
10:18:28AM I UNDERSTAND THIS GOT REFILED, BUT THE BEGINNING OF THE
10:18:33AM PowerPoint BASICALLY SAYS THAT WE HAD 20,000 TREES REMOVED
10:18:39AM CITYWIDE SINCE 2019.
10:18:42AM WE'VE HAD ALMOST 8,000 REMOVED IN SOUTH TAMPA.
10:18:45AM CITYWIDE, SINCE 2019, THEY HAVE REPLACED 2300 TREES OF WHICH
10:18:51AM OVER A THOUSAND OF THEM ARE CRAPE MYRTLES, WHICH ARE NOT
10:18:55AM SHADE TREES.
10:18:55AM IN FACT, I THINK THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE LIST.
10:18:59AM BUT THE CITY COULD BE PLANTING TREES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
10:19:04AM WE COULD USE SOME OF THAT MONEY EVEN FOR IRRIGATION.
10:19:06AM ONE EXAMPLE I WANT TO GIVE YOU IS THAT WESTSHORE ELEMENTARY,
10:19:09AM WHICH IS CELEBRATING IT'S 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR,
10:19:13AM THERE USED TO BE 25 GRAND OAKS THAT LINED WESTSHORE THAT
10:19:18AM PROVIDED SHADE TO THE KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL.
10:19:20AM MANY OF THOSE KIDS STILL WALK TO SCHOOL.
10:19:23AM ONLY TWO TREES REMAIN THERE.
10:19:24AM YES, I REALIZE IT'S SCHOOL OWNED BUT THAT'S IN THE
10:19:28AM RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:19:29AM WE COULD BE HELPING THEM IMPROVE THEIR IRRIGATION, HELPING
10:19:32AM THEM PLANT THE TREES.
10:19:33AM THERE ARE PLACES LIKE THIS ALL OVER SOUTH TAMPA.
10:19:36AM TO STAND UP HERE LIKE THE PARKS DIRECTOR DID, MOBILITY
10:19:40AM DIRECTOR, EXCUSE ME, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TO SAY WE CAN'T FIND
10:19:45AM ANYWHERE TO PLANT THE TREES IS DISINGENUOUS AND LAZY.
10:19:51AM I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU FIND PLACES TO PLANT THE TREES.
10:19:54AM BUT I DO NOT SUPPORT TAKING EVEN ONE DOLLAR OUT OF THE SOUTH
10:19:59AM TAMPA TREE FUND AND ALLOCATING THAT ANYWHERE ELSE.
10:20:01AM THANK YOU.
10:20:01AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, TARA.
10:20:03AM DR. CAROLYN COLLINS FOLLOWED BY BOBBY CREIGHTON.
10:20:07AM GOOD MORNING, DOCTOR.
10:20:13AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:20:14AM THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
10:20:18AM INTERESTING DAY.
10:20:20AM I'M LOOKING AT NUMBER 43 ON THE AGENDA TODAY, AND I WANT TO
10:20:31AM JUST SAY THIS.
10:20:32AM THREE WEEKS AGO, THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY ADDRESSED THE ALLEY
10:20:40AM VACATE FOR THE JACKSON HOUSE, AND WE WERE NOT HERE.
10:20:44AM WE WERE NOT AWARE OF IT, AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THAT
10:20:48AM BECAUSE IT GOES IN WITH OUR EASEMENT.
10:20:50AM SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE JACKSON HOUSE WAS
10:20:55AM BACK ON THE AGENDA AGAIN THAT WE COME BACK TO LET YOU KNOW
10:20:58AM AND TO THANK YOU, TO THANK THE ACCARDIS, THANK THE CITY,
10:21:02AM EVERYONE INVOLVED.
10:21:03AM AND I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS.
10:21:06AM I WAS ACTUALLY AT A CELEBRATION OF LIFE IN DELAWARE, AND I
10:21:13AM GOT A CALL.
10:21:14AM THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN CARLSON BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY LET ME
10:21:20AM KNOW THAT HAD OCCURRED.
10:21:22AM I WANTED TO COME TODAY TO SAY THE JACKSON HOUSE FOUNDATION
10:21:27AM IS IN SUPPORT OF THE CLOSURE OF VACATING THE ALLEY.
10:21:33AM I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE NEVER REALLY WANTED TO VACATE
10:21:36AM THE ALLEY, BUT THERE IS NOT A CHOICE.
10:21:38AM WE NOW HAVE OUR EASEMENT ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE.
10:21:43AM WE ARE VACATING THE ALLEY WITH THE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT
10:21:47AM WE GET 50% OF THAT AT THE WIDTH BEHIND THE JACKSON HOUSE.
10:21:53AM WE THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME PAPER WORK WE NEEDED TO DO.
10:21:56AM THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
10:21:57AM THEY INDICATED THAT IT IS WRITTEN IN THE VACATING LAW, SO
10:22:00AM THERE'S NOTHING WE NEED TO DO.
10:22:02AM THAT HELPED US TO FURTHER ON WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING.
10:22:05AM I WANTED TO ALSO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS TODAY, AND I'M NOT
10:22:09AM GOING TO DO IT, BECAUSE THE STATE HAS NOT PUT THEIR CHECK
10:22:13AM YET, BUT WE HAVE DONE OUR QUARTERLY REPORT.
10:22:16AM AS WE'VE INDICATED, IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.
10:22:19AM WE ALWAYS DO IT BETWEEN THE FIRST AND FIFTH OF THE MONTH.
10:22:23AM DUE AFTER THE LAST DAY OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH IN THREE
10:22:25AM MONTHS.
10:22:25AM SO OURS WAS SUBMITTED I THINK ON THE THIRD.
10:22:27AM WE SPOKE WITH THEM AT TALLAHASSEE.
10:22:31AM AS SOON AS THEY GO IN AND SAY IT'S APPROVED THEN WE'LL
10:22:34AM SUBMIT THAT.
10:22:35AM WE DON'T WANT TO SUBMIT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT APPROVED AND WE
10:22:38AM MAY BE REQUIRED TO MAKE CHANGES.
10:22:40AM IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL INCLUDE IN THAT PACKET THE
10:22:44AM REPAIRS FROM THE EMERGENCY RESTORATION THAT WE HAD TO DO.
10:22:49AM I HAVE THAT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT AS WELL.
10:22:51AM SO, YES, WE SUPPORT IT, AND WE SUPPORT IT WITH THE
10:22:55AM UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE BE COMPARABLE SHARING BASED ON THE
10:22:58AM LAW OF WHAT WE WILL RECEIVE.
10:23:01AM WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
10:23:03AM WE THANK ALL THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, AND WE'RE MOVING
10:23:07AM FORWARD WITH THE JACKSON HOUSE RECONSTRUCTION REBUILD.
10:23:13AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, DR. COLLINS.
10:23:15AM DID YOU GET WITH DARLENE AND REFERENCE THE ONE ISSUE WE'RE
10:23:18AM DEALING WITH WITH THE CLOSURE?
10:23:20AM SHE WAS LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION.
10:23:22AM DID YOU GET WITH DARLENE?
10:23:24AM SHE SAID YOU HAD MORE INFORMATION FOR THE CLOSURE WITH THE
10:23:27AM F.D.O.T. THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT?
10:23:30AM >> WE WILL GET WITH DARLENE AND MAKE SURE WE GO OVER THAT
10:23:33AM WITH HER.
10:23:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:23:35AM BOBBY, FOLLOWED BY RON WEAVER.
10:23:41AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:23:42AM BOBBY CREIGHTON, HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 10, REGARDING
10:23:46AM DEMOLITION OF TWO PROPERTIES IN THE EAST TAMPA AREA.
10:23:50AM I WANT TO START BY REMINDING THE COUNCIL THAT THE THRESHOLD
10:23:53AM FOR DEMOLITION IN TAMPA IS VERY HIGH.
10:23:55AM A BUILDING MUST BE IN A SIGNIFICANT STATE OF DETERIORATION
10:24:01AM BY THE TIME THE CITY GETS INVOLVED WITH ANY DEMOLITION.
10:24:04AM I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL OF YOU ABOUT THE
10:24:07AM CRITERIA THAT ARE SET.
10:24:10AM SOME BACKGROUND ON THESE TWO PROPERTIES, ONE IS IN MY
10:24:13AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:24:14AM I DRIVE BY IT ALMOST EVERY DAY.
10:24:15AM IT WAS PURCHASED IN 2008.
10:24:18AM IT HAD A RENTAL CERTIFICATE IN 2011.
10:24:21AM IT WAS RENTED AT THE TIME WHEN IT WAS DEMOLISHED.
10:24:25AM THE TENANTS WHO WERE LIVING THERE WERE LIVING IN DANGEROUS
10:24:29AM CONDITIONS.
10:24:29AM THE BUILDING WAS UNFIT FOR HABITATION.
10:24:32AM RISK FOR DELETERIOUS EFFECTS ON THE HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS
10:24:35AM OF THE TENANTS LIVING IN THAT BUILDING.
10:24:37AM THE SECOND BUILDING WAS ON COLUMBUS DRIVE IN 2022, THAT
10:24:41AM BUILDING WAS PURCHASED IN A TAX DEED AUCTION BECAUSE THE
10:24:44AM OWNERS WERE UNABLE TO PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES ON THE
10:24:48AM PROPERTY.
10:24:48AM THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO BUILD TOWNHOMES BY THE PURCHASER.
10:24:52AM THAT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
10:24:53AM IT WAS SOLD IN 2024 TO AN INVESTOR.
10:24:56AM NOW WE'RE AT THE STATE WHERE THE BUILDING HAS COME DOWN.
10:25:00AM MY QUESTION RELATES TO THE LIEN POLICY OF THE CITY, HARD
10:25:05AM COST TO ABATE ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE, AND THEY SHALL BE PAID IN
10:25:11AM FULL PRIOR TO RELEASE OF A LIEN.
10:25:13AM THAT'S THE LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY.
10:25:14AM FURTHER ON IN THE POLICY, IT SAYS PRIOR TO RELEASE OF THE
10:25:17AM LIEN, CITY MUST RECEIVE PAYMENT OF THE NEGOTIATED
10:25:20AM SETTLEMENT.
10:25:21AM SO I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME CLARITY IF THE AMOUNT SHALL BE
10:25:25AM PAID IN FULL.
10:25:27AM ALSO A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT, WHAT THAT MEANS.
10:25:30AM FURTHER ON, IT SAYS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT MAY DEPART FROM
10:25:36AM FOLLOWING SETTLEMENT GUIDELINES WITH GOOD CAUSE.
10:25:39AM BUT IT'S NOT CLEARLY DEFINED WHAT THAT MEANS.
10:25:41AM I THINK SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY, AT LEAST FOR THE
10:25:43AM PUBLIC, SHOULD BE CLARIFIED.
10:25:46AM THE BIG QUESTION IS, IF A SETTLEMENT IS NEGOTIATED FOR
10:25:49AM PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, WITH A TAXPAYER SUBSIDY FOR LLCs
10:25:53AM WITH A TRACK RECORD OF IMPOSING DANGEROUS LIVING CONDITIONS
10:25:57AM ON RESIDENTS IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, WHY SHOULD WE
10:26:00AM ACCEPT THAT?
10:26:01AM I THINK THAT IS A REASONABLE QUESTION.
10:26:04AM OF COURSE, CITY FUNDS AND CRA FUNDS FOR REHABILITATION
10:26:07AM SHOULD BE EXPENDED TO SUPPORT PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE
10:26:10AM RESPONSIBLE IN MAINTAINING THEIR BUILDINGS.
10:26:13AM I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD ARGUE WITH THAT.
10:26:16AM CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED DURING PRIOR CITY COUNCIL
10:26:18AM MEETINGS THAT THEY STAY ABREAST OF BEST PRACTICES IN CODE
10:26:22AM ENFORCEMENT.
10:26:23AM AND I THINK WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS THAT YOU HEAR FROM
10:26:26AM RESIDENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT
10:26:28AM LLC OWNERS AND LANDLORDS THAT AREN'T TAKING CARE OF THEIR
10:26:32AM TENANTS AND PROPERTY, WHY NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION WITH AN
10:26:34AM EXPERT IN THAT DOMAIN WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT INPUT SO WE CAN
10:26:38AM UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE WITH POLICY AND WHAT THE
10:26:41AM BEST PRACTICES REALLY ARE AND IF WE ARE APPLYING THEM.
10:26:44AM THANK YOU.
10:26:46AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, BOBBY.
10:26:48AM RON WEAVER.
10:26:48AM FYI, WE HAVE TEN SPEAKERS LEFT.
10:26:51AM FOLLOWED BY RICHARD BARRETT.
10:26:54AM >> RON WEAVER, 4403 WEST DALE AVENUE.
10:26:58AM I RISE FOR TWO OCCASIONS.
10:27:00AM ONE IS ITEM 58 REGARDING THE NAMING OF A SIGNAGE AND
10:27:05AM RECOGNITION OF THE LEVY BROTHERS.
10:27:07AM GEORGE AND LEONARD LEVY TWINS BORN IN 1933 TO SOLOMON LEVY
10:27:13AM IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
10:27:15AM HOW COULD THE PARENTS KNOW HOW THOSE TWO PRECIOUS TWINS
10:27:18AM WOULD COMPLETELY CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF THIS COMMUNITY IN A
10:27:22AM HUNDRED DIFFERENT WAYS, GETTING US THE BUCCANEERS, GETTING
10:27:25AM US THOSE FOUR SUPER BOWLS, GETTING US THE 1999 FINAL FOUR.
10:27:30AM GETTING US 2017 FIRST COLLEGE PLAYOFF GAME.
10:27:34AM CLEMSON VERSUS ALABAMA.
10:27:36AM THEN THEY TURNED TO PHILANTHROPY.
10:27:38AM IN PHILANTHROPY THEY CHAIRED THE UNITED WAY, CHAIRED HALF A
10:27:42AM DOZEN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDED APARICIO-LEVY
10:27:48AM TECHNICAL TRADE SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES FOR THE NEEDS FOR THOSE
10:27:52AM WHO MOST NEED IT WITH RESPECT TO TRAINING FOR THEIR CAREERS.
10:27:56AM INDELIBLE IMPRESSION OF NOT ONLY RECOGNITION OF PRIDE IN
10:28:01AM OURSELVES AND RECOGNITION OF OUR PEOPLE AND RECOGNITION OF
10:28:04AM THEIR NEEDS, THEY ALSO RECOGNIZED IN THEIR SERVICE TO THIS
10:28:07AM COMMUNITY THE ABILITY OF THIS COMMUNITY TO BRING ITSELF UP
10:28:11AM BY THE BOOTSTRAPS.
10:28:14AM AS BUSINESSMEN, TROPHY COMPANY OF GEORGE GREW FROM A FEW TO
10:28:19AM OVER 300 PEOPLE.
10:28:21AM LEONARD'S HILLSBOROUGH PRINTING HE STARTED IN 1955 AS THE
10:28:27AM HUMBLEST SALES CLERK ENDED UP OWNING AND BUYING 2005, SOLD
10:28:32AM IT IN 2006.
10:28:34AM I RISE FOR SECOND OCCASION, BESIDES THE NAMING OF THE AREA
10:28:37AM AROUND NORTH HIMES AND OHIO, BY THE STADIUM CROSS WALK FOR
10:28:41AM GEORGE AND LEONARD LEVY BUT ALSO RISE ON THE OCCASION OF THE
10:28:45AM WHEEL.
10:28:46AM SINCE I'VE SPOKEN OF THE TWO BIG WHEELS, OHIO AND HIMES, I
10:28:51AM SPEAK BRIEFLY TO THE WHEEL WITH ONE QUESTION.
10:28:54AM IF THE DISCUSSION TURNS TO THE NEED TO CREATE A RIVERWALK
10:28:58AM FROM THE CURRENT TERMINUS OF THE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER,
10:29:02AM DEAL WITH SECURITY ISSUES, DEAL WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL
10:29:04AM ISSUES, DEAL WITH THE FEDERAL ISSUES AND TAKE IT UP TO THE
10:29:09AM HAYA HOTEL IN YBOR CITY SO OUR PRECIOUS RIVERWALK, GETTING A
10:29:12AM WEST RIVER BLESSING, THANKFULLY, WILL CREATE A VIBRANT
10:29:17AM HORSESHOE WORTHY OF GEORGE AND LEONARD LEVY WITH RESPECT TO
10:29:20AM NOT ONLY TOURISM, BUT THE SAFE WALKING AND BIKING OF OUR
10:29:24AM PEOPLE ALONG THE CHANNEL -- I THINK I HAVE 25 SECONDS LEFT
10:29:28AM -- THE SAFE WALKING AND BIKING OF ALL OF OUR PEOPLE AND ALSO
10:29:32AM IN HONOR OF GEORGE AND LEONARD LEVY TO BE ABLE TO GET TO OUR
10:29:36AM SPORTS TEAM IF WE PUT ONE THERE OR START A TRAIL TOWARD THE
10:29:40AM STADIUM IF YOU PUT IT AT THE TAMPA STADIUM.
10:29:43AM WHEREVER WE PUT OUR NEXT HUNDRED RESOURCES, THIS COMMUNITY
10:29:47AM NEEDS A RIVERWALK EXTENSION ALONG THE CHANNEL FROM THE
10:29:51AM CURRENT TERMINUS OF THE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER, ALONG THE
10:29:55AM WATER TO THE HAYA HOTEL.
10:29:56AM TWO YEARS AGO, I ASKED DARRYL SHAW -- FINISH WITH ONE
10:30:00AM SENTENCE, I ASKED DARRYL SHAW WHEN I RIDE MY BIKE TO THE
10:30:03AM HAYA, COULD YOU PLEASE MAKE SURE I GET SALTWATER ON IT.
10:30:06AM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:30:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: RICHARD BARRETT FOLLOWED BY OUR ONLINE
10:30:09AM SPEAKER, MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
10:30:15AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:30:17AM RICHARD BARRETT.
10:30:18AM I AM THE SON-IN-LAW OF LEONARD LEVY.
10:30:20AM I'M MARRIED TO HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER JANNA.
10:30:25AM THANK YOU FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE HONORARY STREET NAME AFTER
10:30:28AM THE LEVY TWINS.
10:30:31AM THEY HAD A DEEP AND ABIDING LOVE FOR THE CITY.
10:30:33AM I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THIS HONOR MEANS TO THE ENTIRE
10:30:36AM FAMILY.
10:30:37AM I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO DC GOUTOUFAS FOR
10:30:42AM LEADING THIS EFFORT AND RON WEAVER FOR HEARTFELT ADVOCACY.
10:30:46AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:30:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:30:48AM MR. RANDOLPH, GOOD MORNING.
10:30:52AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
10:30:54AM AFTER MR. RANDOLPH, IT WILL BE RYAN HAYES AND MY FAVORITE
10:31:00AM TAMPA DOG.
10:31:02AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:31:04AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL RANDOLPH.
10:31:07AM I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS THE BEYOND THE BREAKING
10:31:13AM POINT, THE NONPROFIT CRISIS.
10:31:15AM THE NONPROFIT SECTOR IS IN A CRISIS.
10:31:19AM IN 2025, FEDERAL FUNDING DISRUPTION HIT HARD.
10:31:25AM ONE OF THREE ORGANIZATIONS FACED DELAYS OR CUTS.
10:31:32AM OVER 25 -- OVER 20 PERCENT LOST FUNDING ENTIRELY.
10:31:39AM STOP WORK ORDERS, HEALTH SERVICES.
10:31:42AM MORE THAN 22,000 JOBS AND SOME SAY 40,000.
10:31:50AM THIS WASN'T JUST A BUDGET CUT.
10:31:54AM FRACTURED A SUPPORT SYSTEM OF OUR COMMUNITY, THAT OUR
10:31:58AM COMMUNITY RELIED ON.
10:32:00AM IT GETS WORSE.
10:32:01AM IN 2026, 2027, A PROPOSED 163 BILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION IN
10:32:12AM DOMESTIC SPENDING, EDUCATION, HOUSING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND
10:32:17AM ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS.
10:32:18AM COMMUNITY SERVICE BLACK MEN LOST $770 BILLION.
10:32:26AM RENTAL ASSISTANCE SLASHED BY 30 BILLION.
10:32:32AM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FACED ELIMINATION.
10:32:35AM THE RESULTS.
10:32:40AM NONPROFIT HOUSING, HEALTH CARE AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY SCALED
10:32:45AM BACK OR SHUT DOWN.
10:32:46AM VULNERABLE POPULATION WITHOUT SUPPORT.
10:32:49AM AT THE HEART OF THE CRISIS IS EVEN DEEPER IN TERMS OF
10:32:54AM INJUSTICE.
10:32:55AM BLACK FEMALES, BLACK WOMEN RECEIVED THE LEAST NONPROFIT
10:33:01AM FUNDING OF ALL THE LEADERSHIP CAREERS.
10:33:04AM DESPITE LEADING SOME OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL COMMUNITY
10:33:12AM ORGANIZATIONS, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DRIVE CHANGES WITH
10:33:15AM MINIMAL RESOURCE.
10:33:16AM THIS ISN'T JUST A FUNDING GAP.
10:33:20AM IT IS A STRUCTURAL BARRIER TO EQUITY AND GENERATIONAL
10:33:24AM IMPACT.
10:33:24AM WE ARE BEYOND THE CRISIS.
10:33:31AM OCTOBER THE 30th, WORKSHOP SURVIVING THE NEW NORM, A
10:33:36AM NATIONAL WORKSHOP HOSTED BY THE CENTER FOR NONPROFITS AND
10:33:40AM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
10:33:41AM 30,000 FUNDERS IN THE ORIGINAL FOUNDATION AND CORPORATIONS
10:33:48AM THAT ACTUALLY FUND AND LEARN NEW LANGUAGE USED IN TERMS OF
10:33:52AM GETTING GRANTS.
10:33:53AM MORE THAN OVER 30,000 PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS FUND NONPROFITS.
10:33:59AM NONPROFITS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, GRANTS TO EARNED INCOME MODEL
10:34:06AM THAT SUPPORTS THE SUSTAINABILITY BY SELLING GOODS AS WELL AS
10:34:11AM SERVICES.
10:34:11AM WE HAVE TO MOVE.
10:34:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:34:16AM BEFORE MICHAEL AND CARA GET UP HERE, CORRECT THE RECORD.
10:34:21AM CARA WAS MY FOURTH FAVORITE DOG.
10:34:24AM IN CASE THE OTHERS ARE WATCHING.
10:34:31AM I DON'T NEED THE DRAMA WHEN I GET HOME.
10:34:41AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:34:41AM RYAN HAYES, PRESIDENT OF CAIRO AND FRIENDS, TAMPA NATIVE.
10:34:45AM I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
10:34:53AM THAT NEGATIVELY SUFFERED FROM HURRICANE MILTON.
10:34:56AM TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY.
10:34:58AM I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SPEAK ABOUT THAT IN THE AUDIENCE AND
10:35:01AM SO FORTH.
10:35:01AM I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SHED SOME LIGHT ABOUT THAT.
10:35:04AM I'M A HUMANITARIAN.
10:35:08AM WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT DID SUFFER A NEGATIVE IMPACT FROM BOTH
10:35:11AM HURRICANES, I DON'T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH SPOTLIGHT ON THE
10:35:14AM CITY MEMBERS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY OF
10:35:16AM TAMPA, TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
10:35:19AM AND CAIRO AND FRIENDS, WE WOULD LIKE TO DONATE -- I DON'T
10:35:22AM WANT TO PUT A VALUE OR A NUMBER ON IT -- BUT A PLETHORA OF
10:35:26AM ITEMS FOR THIS UP AND COMING CHRISTMAS.
10:35:29AM I'M NOT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT LIKES TO CELEBRATE TOO MUCH OF
10:35:33AM PAGAN HOLIDAYS, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF FAMILIES
10:35:37AM ARE STILL SUFFERING.
10:35:38AM A LOT OF FAMILIES LOST EVERYTHING.
10:35:39AM WE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT LOST 90% OF OUR PERSONAL
10:35:42AM POSSESSIONS.
10:35:43AM BOTH OF OUR VEHICLES AND ALSO OUR COMMUNITY HUB.
10:35:47AM IT WEIGHS SEVERELY ME ON ME THAT IT'S KIND OF NOT BEING
10:35:54AM ADDRESSED AND PEOPLE AREN'T SPEAKING ABOUT IT.
10:35:56AM I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUFFERED.
10:35:59AM I WOULD LIKE TO PUT MY BUSINESS CARD OR OUR BUSINESS CARD UP
10:36:02AM HERE.
10:36:04AM IF ANYBODY HAS PERSONALLY WENT THROUGH THIS DEVASTATION OR
10:36:07AM IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS WENT THROUGH THIS DEVASTATION,
10:36:10AM AND IF YOU KNOW THEY NEED HELP, PLEASE E-MAIL US.
10:36:15AM PLEASE DON'T CALL.
10:36:16AM I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A TRACK RECORD, BUT PLEASE E-MAIL US
10:36:19AM AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO HELP ANY INDIVIDUAL AND ANY
10:36:23AM FAMILIES OUT THERE ONCE AGAIN THAT SUFFER FROM EITHER
10:36:26AM HURRICANE HELENE OR MILTON.
10:36:28AM AND WE DO OFFER COMPLEMENTARY PET THERAPY SERVICES WHICH IS
10:36:33AM CALLED ALTERNATIVE DECOMPRESSION THERAPY, WHICH IS UTILIZING
10:36:36AM TWO OTHER DOGS, CAIRO, HE IS MY SERVICE DOG.
10:36:39AM CLEO AND LUNA.
10:36:40AM ONE IS A LABRADOODLE.
10:36:43AM ONE IS A GOLDEN DOODLE.
10:36:46AM THEY OFFER MAJESTIC AND UNIQUE ABILITIES TO GROUND
10:36:49AM INDIVIDUALS AND -- THAT'S IT.
10:36:55AM THANK YOU.
10:36:55AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ELISE BATSEL FOLLOWED BY ERIC PAGE.
10:36:59AM GOOD MORNING, ELISE.
10:37:01AM WE'RE DEFERRING?
10:37:10AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:37:11AM ERIC PAGE.
10:37:12AM WEST BOYSCOUT BOULEVARD.
10:37:14AM I AM NOT HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 69.
10:37:16AM HERE TO SPEAK ON TWO IN PARTICULAR, PICKLEBALL COURTS.
10:37:20AM LEGAL COUNSEL FOR A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT OWN PROPERTY
10:37:22AM ADJOINING THE TAMPA YACHT AND COUNTRY CLUB.
10:37:24AM THEY WOULD BE HERE PERSONALLY BUT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
10:37:27AM SPEAKING IN PUBLIC AND THE POTENTIAL REPERCUSSIONS BECAUSE
10:37:29AM THEY LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:37:30AM IN 2016, CLUB SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO REZONE SITE PLAN
10:37:35AM DEVELOPMENT.
10:37:35AM SITE PLAN ACCOMMODATED THAT APPLICATION.
10:37:37AM THAT APPLICATION WAS PROPERLY NOTICED.
10:37:40AM IT WAS VERY CONTENTIOUS.
10:37:41AM BUT AFTER A PUBLIC HEARING, COUNCIL APPROVED THAT
10:37:44AM APPLICATION.
10:37:45AM HERE IS A SNIPPET FROM THAT APPLICATION.
10:37:50AM IN THE APPLICATION, ASSURANCES MADE BY THE CLUB THAT THERE
10:37:53AM WOULD BE NO PHYSICAL CHANGES TO THE SITE OTHER THAN MINIMAL,
10:37:56AM INCONSEQUENTIAL CHANGES INDICATED ON THE PD SITE PLAN
10:38:00AM ITSELF.
10:38:01AM HERE IS A SNIPPET FROM THE PD SITE PLAN REGARDING THE
10:38:05AM SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CLUB'S PROPERTY.
10:38:06AM YOU CAN SEE IDENTIFIED THERE IS A CONCRETE PRACTICE COURT
10:38:10AM AND THERE IS A DIVIDING BACKBOARD THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A
10:38:13AM MOMENT ON THE CONCRETE PRACTICE COURT.
10:38:15AM HERE IS AN AERIAL.
10:38:17AM ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT CONCRETE PRACTICE COURT.
10:38:20AM ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT THE
10:38:23AM CLUB HAS NOW INSTALLED.
10:38:25AM I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN HOW THAT HAPPENED.
10:38:27AM IN 2022, THE CLUB SUBMITTED A PERMIT APPLICATION.
10:38:32AM THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION IN THAT SAID THAT ALL THE CLUB WAS
10:38:35AM GOING TO DO WAS DEMO AN OLD PICKLEBALL COURT AND REPLACE IT
10:38:38AM WITH TWO NEW COURTS LARGER.
10:38:42AM THERE WERE NO PICKLEBALL COURTS ON THE CLUB SITE.
10:38:44AM THERE ARE TWO OF THEM NOW.
10:38:46AM THE REASON THAT THEY ARE THERE IS BECAUSE THIS PERMIT
10:38:48AM MISREPRESENTED THAT THEY WERE REPLACING PICKLEBALL COURTS
10:38:51AM WITH OTHER PICKLEBALL COURTS AND BECAUSE OF THAT
10:38:54AM MISREPRESENTATION, THIS APPLICATION ONLY WENT TO THE
10:38:58AM BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
10:38:59AM IT NEVER WENT TO ZONING TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PD
10:39:03AM APPLICATION.
10:39:04AM NOW, THESE PICKLEBALL COURTS NOT ONLY VIOLATE THE SITE PLAN
10:39:08AM OF THE PD THIS COUNCIL GRANTED, IT MADE MY CLIENT'S LIVES
10:39:12AM MUCH, MUCH WORSE.
10:39:13AM THEY TRIED TO DEAL WITH THIS WITH THE CLUB TO NO AVAIL.
10:39:16AM LIKEWISE, MY FIRM AND I TRIED TO DEAL WITH THE CLUB ALONG
10:39:20AM WITH MS. BATSEL WITH NO AVAIL.
10:39:23AM WE BROUGHT UP ISSUES OF NOISE, LIGHT, LEGALITY OF THE
10:39:26AM PICKLEBALL COURTS.
10:39:27AM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THAT PICKLEBALL IS
10:39:29AM AN APPROPRIATE USE ON THE RECREATIONAL FACILITY PRIVATE.
10:39:33AM WE ADAMANTLY DISAGREE WITH THAT.
10:39:35AM BUT THE REAL ISSUE FOR HERE TODAY IS THAT WHAT THE CITY HAS
10:39:38AM NEVER ADDRESSED FOR US IS THAT THE CLUB MISREPRESENTED THE
10:39:42AM EXISTENCE OF PICKLEBALL COURTS TO GET THE PERMIT AND IT DOES
10:39:46AM NOT COMPLY WITH THE APPROVED PD PLAN.
10:39:48AM HERE IS THE ATTESTATION PORTION OF A BUILDING PERMIT
10:39:52AM APPLICATION, AND UNDER THAT, AN APPLICANT, DECLARES UNDER
10:39:57AM PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE
10:40:00AM APPLICATION IS TRUE, ACCURATE, COMPLETE, INCLUDING FALSE OR
10:40:03AM MISLEADING INFORMATION WILL RENDER THE PERMIT APPLICATION
10:40:07AM NULL AND VOID.
10:40:08AM PER THE CITY CHARTER, WE ASK THIS COUNCIL INVESTIGATE THIS
10:40:10AM ISSUE THROUGH CITY STAFF AND THROUGH ITS LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
10:40:13AM WE BELIEVE THE PERMIT SHOULD BE REVOKED.
10:40:15AM IF NOT, WE WANT AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY NOT.
10:40:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:40:19AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:40:19AM >>LYNN HURTAK: IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR PAPER
10:40:26AM WORK TO MR. SHELBY FOR THE CLERK?
10:40:28AM >> THAT AND MORE.
10:40:29AM I BELIEVE IN OVER-INCLUSION IN SITUATION LIKE THIS.
10:40:35AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
10:40:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:40:39AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
10:40:41AM THE QUESTION I ASKED COUNCIL, ARE THESE SEVEN COPIES FOR THE
10:40:53AM COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR SIX COPIES, I'M TOLD THIS IS THE ENTIRE
10:40:57AM FILE.
10:40:57AM >> CORRECT.
10:41:02AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT IS A LOT FOR THE CLERK.
10:41:04AM WOULD YOU LIKE IT ELECTRONICALLY?
10:41:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ALL OF US AS WELL.
10:41:16AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE TREE IS ALREADY DONE.
10:41:20AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S NOT COPIES FOR EVERYBODY.
10:41:24AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CLERK, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE, TO RECEIVE AND
10:41:28AM FILE.
10:41:36AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HIGHLY UNUSUAL.
10:41:37AM THANK YOU, MR. PAGE.
10:41:41AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU COULD ALSO PROVIDE THE CLERK THE
10:41:43AM ELECTRONIC FILE, THAT WILL BE FINE.
10:41:45AM >> WE WILL.
10:41:45AM THANK YOU.
10:41:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ELISE, REMEMBER, THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:41:51AM >> GOOD EVENING -- SORRY, GOOD MORNING.
10:41:52AM GOOD MORNING.
10:41:53AM FOR THE RECORD, ELISE BATSEL, STEARNS WEAVER MILLER.
10:41:56AM I ALSO REPRESENT THE GROUP OF OWNERS THAT MR. PAGE DOES.
10:41:59AM I WAS BROUGHT IN AS A LAND USE ATTORNEY TO ANSWER REALLY TWO
10:42:02AM QUESTIONS FOR THESE CLIENTS.
10:42:03AM NUMBER ONE, WHAT PROCESS SHOULD THE CLUB HAVE FOLLOWED IN
10:42:08AM ADDING NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS?
10:42:09AM NUMBER TWO, WHAT DID THE CLUB'S MISREPRESENTATION ALLOW THEM
10:42:13AM TO AVOID?
10:42:13AM I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT JUST BRIEFLY.
10:42:15AM YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE MANDATES THAT ANY CHANGES TO AN
10:42:24AM APPROVED PD SITE PLAN GO THROUGH THE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE
10:42:27AM DETERMINATION PROCESS, NO EXCEPTIONS.
10:42:29AM THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS IN YOUR CODE TODAY REGARDLESS OF 69.
10:42:32AM THAT INCLUDES CHANGES FROM A BACK BOARD TO TWO ACTIVE
10:42:38AM PICKLEBALL COURTS.
10:42:39AM INCLUDES CHANGES IN SETBACKS, COURT DIMENSIONS, IN BUFFERING
10:42:42AM AND CHANGES TO IM-- PERVIOUS SURFACE AREA.
10:42:46AM IF THE CLUB HAD FOLLOWED THE PROPER PROCEDURE, HERE'S WHAT
10:42:49AM WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.
10:42:50AM IT WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND DRC.
10:42:53AM THEY WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT IT AND NOTICE WOULD HAVE HAD TO
10:42:56AM HAVE BEEN SENT BY THE APPLICANT TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
10:42:59AM AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A
10:43:02AM RIGHT TO APPEAL THAT DECISION.
10:43:03AM THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
10:43:05AM IF THE CLUB HAD FOLLOWED THE RULES, IT WOULD EITHER BE
10:43:08AM APPROVED AS NON-SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE AND AS OWNERS COULD
10:43:11AM REPEAL AND COME TO THIS BODY.
10:43:14AM OR IT WOULD HAVE DETERMINED TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE WHICH
10:43:17AM WOULD HAVE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THIS BODY.
10:43:19AM IN EITHER OF THOSE CASES, OUR CLIENTS WOULD HAVE HAD THE
10:43:23AM RIGHT TO BE HEARD AND THE CLUB WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH
10:43:26AM THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS.
10:43:27AM I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE MERITS,
10:43:30AM BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE SUBCHANGE CRITERIA WOULD HAVE
10:43:33AM BEEN TRIGGERED AND THIS WOULD HAVE COME BACK TO CITY
10:43:35AM COUNCIL.
10:43:35AM BUT OUR CLIENTS WERE DEPRIVED OF THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD.
10:43:38AM IN ADDITION TO THE PD SITE PLAN, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
10:43:42AM REGULATIONS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
10:43:44AM OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE SUBCHANGE CRITERIA.
10:43:47AM THERE ARE SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT TALK ABOUT METHOD OF
10:43:49AM BUFFERING, ET CETERA.
10:43:50AM BUT IN THE PD APPLICATION, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CLUB,
10:43:55AM SPECIAL USE CRITERIA THAT WERE NOT WAIVED.
10:43:57AM THOSE CRITERIA THAT APPLY TO THESE PICKLEBALL COURTS WOULD
10:44:01AM HAVE INCLUDED LIGHTING, THE EFFECT ON THE NEIGHBORS.
10:44:04AM AGAIN, NONE OF THAT HAPPENED.
10:44:06AM SO WHAT DID THE CLUB'S MISREPRESENTATION ALLOW THEM TO DO?
10:44:09AM AVOID THE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE DETERMINATION PROCESS.
10:44:13AM AVOID THE PROPER NOTICE TO THESE NEIGHBORS, AVOID ANY
10:44:17AM POTENTIAL APPEALS, AND AVOID HAVING THIS MATTER EVER COME TO
10:44:21AM THIS COUNCIL.
10:44:22AM SO ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS, WE'RE ASKING YOU AS THE BODY TO
10:44:26AM FIRST APPROVED THIS TO USE YOUR INVESTIGATIVE AND REPORTING
10:44:31AM AUTHORITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS HAPPENED AND TO REQUIRE,
10:44:35AM HAVE SOMEONE REQUIRE THAT THE YACHT CLUB SUBMIT THIS THROUGH
10:44:38AM A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE DETERMINATION AS REQUIRED BY YOUR CODE
10:44:41AM TODAY.
10:44:41AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
10:44:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, ELISE.
10:44:45AM ASHLEY MORROW FOLLOWED BY STEPHEN MICHELINI.
10:45:09AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:45:10AM I'M ASHLEY MORROW.
10:45:11AM I WILL BE SHARING TAMPA'S BLACK HISTORY.
10:45:13AM REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH WE WISH TO DISSOCIATE OURSELVES FROM
10:45:18AM TAMPA OF THE 1850s OR TO DISCLAIM THAT SOCIETY PROVIDED
10:45:22AM THE FOUNDATION FOR MODERN TAMPA.
10:45:25AM ONLY BY UNDERSTANDING THE REALITY OF BLACK-WHITE RELATIONS
10:45:30AM UNDER SLAVERY CAN WE HOPE TO COMPREHEND THE LEGACY.
10:45:33AM THAT WAS WRITTEN BY R. WADE WETHERINGTON.
10:45:40AM HE CREATED A LOT OF THE SLAVE ARTICLES IN THE FLORIDA
10:45:47AM PENINSULA.
10:45:49AM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE FOUNDATION AND REALITY OF BLACK
10:45:52AM AND WHITE RELATIONS HAVE KIND OF CARRIED FORWARD INTO TODAY.
10:45:56AM SLAVE TRADE.
10:46:01AM THIS WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.
10:46:03AM I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT
10:46:05AM HERE.
10:46:05AM IT SAYS A LETTER FROM HAVANA SAYS THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE IS
10:46:10AM FLOURISHINGLY AMAZINGLY.
10:46:11AM A CARGO OF 800 BONZALEZ LANDED IN GONZIA, TWO OTHER BUT
10:46:24AM SMALLER CARGOES NEAR CARDENAS AND A FOURTH CARGO FROM A FULL
10:46:29AM RIGGED SHIP NEAR BAHIA HONDA.
10:46:32AM THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS HERE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SLAVERY
10:46:35AM IS GOING ON HERE AND SOME THEORIES THAT THE SLAVE TRADE
10:46:38AM HAPPENED DIRECTLY BETWEEN TAMPA AND CUBA.
10:46:41AM NOW, WHEN YOU GO TO MUSEUMS, WE'RE NOT ON THE MAP, IT
10:46:44AM DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WRITE ABOUT IT.
10:46:47AM YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SLAVE TRADES IN
10:46:50AM LARGER ARENAS COMING THROUGH AND FROM TAMPA.
10:46:53AM HERE IS ANOTHER ARTICLE ABOUT SLAVERY.
10:46:55AM WITH CARGO COMING TO SMYRNA, DIRECTLY FROM AFRICA.
10:47:02AM I'LL BRING THIS UP LATER, NOTICE, THERE IS A SCHOOL UP HERE
10:47:06AM IN THE CORNER.
10:47:07AM THAT WILL COME -- THAT WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT LATER, BUT
10:47:11AM CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.
10:47:12AM A LOT OF MONEY WAS MADE BY THIS CITY THROUGH SLAVERY,
10:47:16AM WHETHER THEY WERE SELLING BLACK PEOPLE OR THEY WERE
10:47:20AM PURCHASING THEM AND CREATING MONEY OFF OF THEIR BACKS BY
10:47:25AM GENERATING WEALTH THROUGH PLANTATIONS.
10:47:28AM AND JUST HIRING THEM OUT FOR WORK.
10:47:31AM SO HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A BLACK WOMAN BEING HIRED OUT.
10:47:34AM SHE WASN'T PAID FOR HER WORK.
10:47:35AM PERSON OWNED HER WAS BEING PAID.
10:47:38AM RUNAWAY SLAVES HERE IN TAMPA.
10:47:42AM SOME ARTICLES HERE.
10:47:44AM CAN LOOK BACK AT THOSE LATER.
10:47:45AM THERE WAS A JAIL HERE IN TAMPA.
10:47:47AM MORE ARTICLES, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES I WANT TO FOCUS ON.
10:47:51AM CAN LOOK BACK AT THOSE LATER.
10:47:52AM HERE ARE SOME CRIMES.
10:47:54AM I'LL STOP AND COME BACK TO THIS NEXT WEEK.
10:47:56AM I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT LAST MONTH HBCU WEEK.
10:48:02AM THAT IS SOMETHING COUNCILWOMAN GWEN HENDERSON REALLY LOVED.
10:48:07AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS DONE THIS YEAR, BUT I KNOW COMING UP
10:48:12AM WE SHOULD DEFINITELY KEEP PUSHING HBCU WEEK HERE IN TAMPA.
10:48:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, ASHLEY.
10:48:18AM STEPHEN MICHELINI FOLLOWED BY ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:48:22AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:48:23AM I'M SPEAKING ABOUT ITEM 45 AND THE CLEANING OF THE CULVERTS
10:48:28AM THAT ARE DUMPING INTO BAYSHORE.
10:48:30AM I JUST WANT TO STRESS HOW IMPORTANT THE MAINTENANCE IS.
10:48:34AM WHILE THAT MAINTENANCE IS OCCURRING, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO
10:48:38AM STAFF ABOUT THIS AS WELL, THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERING THE
10:48:42AM BACKFLOW PREVENTERS THAT PREVENT THE STORM SURGE FROM GOING
10:48:46AM BACK UP INTO THOSE CULVERTS, THAT FORCE THE FLOODING BACK UP
10:48:51AM INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE BUSINESSES.
10:48:54AM IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT JUST TO CLEAN, BUT TO ALSO REPAIR
10:48:58AM THEM.
10:48:59AM I UNDERSTAND A NUMBER OF CULVERTS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR
10:49:02AM COLLAPSED, SOME BECAUSE OF STORM AND SOME BECAUSE OF AGE.
10:49:07AM IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE PLACE ENOUGH BUDGET MONEY
10:49:12AM FOR NOT JUST CLEANING BUT REPAIRING OF THOSE OUTLETS.
10:49:17AM THE FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AT LEAST RECENTLY, ON
10:49:21AM ESTABLISHING AND CONSTRUCTING NEW FACILITIES INSTEAD OF
10:49:26AM FOCUSING ON THE MAINTENANCE.
10:49:28AM WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SEVEN-YEAR PROGRAM OR 14-YEAR
10:49:32AM PROGRAM FOR MAINTENANCE, AND WHEN IT SHOULD BE AN ANNUAL
10:49:35AM PROGRAM.
10:49:36AM I UNDERSTAND THAT LAST YEAR FOR THE CLEANING OF THESE
10:49:40AM CULVERTS AND THE OUTFALLS WAS DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE
10:49:43AM HURRICANES, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
10:49:44AM BUT IT'S TIME TO ACCELERATE THAT PROGRAM, PUT THE MONEY IN
10:49:48AM THERE AND CLEAN THEM OUT TO HELP AVOID ANY CONTINUING
10:49:52AM FLOODING INTO THESE VARIOUS AREAS.
10:49:53AM THANK YOU.
10:49:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:49:57AM ROBIN LOCKETT, FOLLOWED BY OUR LAST SPEAKER, SURGRET DOSS.
10:50:03AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:50:04AM AS EVERYONE KNOWS -- ROBIN LOCKETT.
10:50:09AM AS EVERYONE KNOWS, RESOLUTION 568 HAS BEEN DISSOLVED OR HAS
10:50:16AM STOPPED.
10:50:18AM DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT.
10:50:20AM I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT FROM THE INCEPTION, WE HAD ISSUES WITH
10:50:28AM THE FACILITATORS.
10:50:29AM IT TOOK US PROBABLY THREE MEETINGS BEFORE WE STARTED GETTING
10:50:32AM A GROOVE WITH THE WORK.
10:50:35AM I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER
10:50:38AM THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
10:50:39AM I WANT TO SEE A FINAL REPORT FROM THE FACILITATORS.
10:50:45AM SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE A FINAL MEETING WITH THE COMMITTEE, I
10:50:49AM WANT COUNCIL, WANT TO KNOW IF WE SUBMIT ANY AMENDMENTS TO
10:50:54AM THAT REPORT, WILL COUNCIL ACCEPT IT?
10:50:59AM I THINK THAT, AGAIN THIS DATE AND TIME, JUST LIKE HOUSING,
10:51:07AM WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN REGARDS TO HOW WE BUILD HOUSING.
10:51:10AM I THINK EVERYTHING ALSO FALLS INTO THAT REALM, THAT WE HAVE
10:51:14AM TO FIND A WAY TO STILL GET THE WORK DONE AND PRODUCE A
10:51:18AM PRODUCT.
10:51:19AM I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONVERSATIONS AFTER THIS IS OVER
10:51:21AM WHERE THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AND WHOEVER WANTS TO JOIN
10:51:24AM SO THAT WE CAN REALLY PUT TEETH IN THE ASK.
10:51:30AM THAT'S WITH POLICY WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:51:31AM THAT'S WITH EVERYTHING.
10:51:33AM THE SECOND THING I WANT TO DISCUSS IS ITEM NUMBER 73.
10:51:40AM URBAN WORKS -- URBAN REWORX.
10:51:43AM THE APARTMENTS.
10:51:48AM I KNOW COUNCIL FOUGHT VERY HARD TO PROVIDE MONEY FOR THIS
10:51:52AM PROJECT BECAUSE THEY WANTED -- THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A
10:51:57AM FLAGSHIP PROJECT.
10:51:58AM I THINK SO ALSO.
10:51:59AM IF IT IS -- IF IT KEEPS THE 30% AMI.
10:52:03AM IF IT KEEPS THE 50% AMI, IF THE DEVELOPER COMES AND SAYS
10:52:07AM THAT HE CAN ONLY DO 80%, I WANT YOU ALL TO KILL THAT DEAL.
10:52:14AM I CANNOT SUPPORT IT.
10:52:15AM NAME CHANGE, AGAIN, THERE WERE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE TO
10:52:20AM COUNCIL.
10:52:21AM COUNCIL WENT OVER AND ABOVE TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WORK BECAUSE
10:52:27AM OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IT BROUGHT.
10:52:29AM BUT IF THAT DEAL DOES NOT WORK WITH THE AMI THAT HE AGREED
10:52:33AM TO, KILL THE DEAL.
10:52:34AM THANK YOU.
10:52:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:52:36AM OUR LAST SPEAKER, SURGRET DOSS.
10:52:40AM >> GOOD MORNING.
10:52:41AM SURGRET DOSS.
10:52:42AM IT'S INTERESTING WHEN I SEE ATTORNEYS POP UP, IT MAKES ME
10:52:46AM CHUCKLE.
10:52:48AM UNTIL THEN, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD AN INVESTIGATIVE AND
10:52:52AM REPORTING AUTHORITY BECAUSE I SENT INFORMATION TO YOU ALL A
10:52:54AM FEW WEEKS AGO NOT RELATED TO MY INDIVIDUAL ACTION IN WHICH
10:52:58AM THE CITY IS A NAMED DEFENDANT OR THE CITY'S POLICE
10:53:01AM DEPARTMENT.
10:53:02AM I HAVE TO CALIBRATE AGAIN BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS VERY NEAR AND
10:53:09AM DEAR TO ME SO I HAVE TO BE ON MY BEST BEHAVIOR.
10:53:13AM SPEAK DIRECTLY TO KEVIN STEELE.
10:53:15AM ALTHOUGH HIS PROPOSAL ISN'T DIRECTED TO TAMPA, WE HAVE A
10:53:20AM GREAT INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING.
10:53:21AM HAVE A COUPLE HERE.
10:53:22AM THE GREATEST BEING THE UNIVERSITY OF THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH
10:53:26AM SCHOOL.
10:53:26AM SOUTH FLORIDA ALSO ATTENDING.
10:53:28AM THIS NOTION THAT WE'LL START RENAMING STREETS, PARTICULARLY
10:53:32AM WHEN WE HAVE HBCUs THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENT BODY
10:53:36AM IS ACTUALLY WOMEN.
10:53:39AM WE'RE GOING TO NAME IT AFTER SOMEBODY WHO HAD NOTHING BUT
10:53:42AM DISPARAGING THINGS TO SAY ABOUT BLACK WOMEN.
10:53:45AM I'M THE FATHER OF DAUGHTERS FOR ONE.
10:53:47AM ONE IS ACTUALLY A DOCTOR WHO WENT TO FLORIDA A AND M
10:53:52AM UNIVERSITY AND IS ACTUALLY NOW A PHARMACIST BECAUSE SHE
10:53:55AM PASSED HER BOARDS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY WHO THEY
10:53:59AM WANT TO RENAME THE STREETS AFTER PROBABLY WOULD BE IN
10:54:02AM DISAGREEMENT WITH.
10:54:03AM NOT SAY ABOUT HIM WHAT I WAS PLANNING ON SAYING BECAUSE OF A
10:54:09AM PRESENT PARTY.
10:54:09AM BUT BEYOND THAT, IT'S AMAZING THAT THEY SAY THE WHEAT GROWS
10:54:14AM WITH THE TEARS.
10:54:17AM WHEN I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE NON-MELANATED, YOU WHITE PEOPLE,
10:54:23AM THERE ARE SECTIONS OF YOU ALL WHO HAVE THE AUTHORITY AND
10:54:26AM ABILITY TO CALL OUT BEHAVIOR THAT WE KNOW SHOULD OTHERWISE
10:54:30AM BE UNACCEPTABLE.
10:54:34AM SAME THING TO PEOPLE MELANATED THAT CALL OUT BEHAVIOR IN OUR
10:54:38AM COMMUNITY THAT SHOULD BE RENDERED UNACCEPTABLE.
10:54:42AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BRUSH IS PAINTED EVENLY.
10:54:44AM THANK YOU TO WHOEVER THE GENTLEMAN WAS WHO HAD THE AUDACITY
10:54:51AM TO SAY TO GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS
10:54:53AM ACCEPTING $600 MILLION FOR THIS PRISON DOWN THERE WHEN HE
10:54:58AM SPEAKS NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT SOME OF THE INJUSTICES THAT ARE
10:55:00AM DONE TO VETERANS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAS OR
10:55:04AM HAS NOT TAKEN.
10:55:05AM I KNOW THERE'S $10 MILLION WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED YET THAT
10:55:08AM SEEMS TO HAVE DISAPPEARED INTO HIS WIFE'S POCKET.
10:55:11AM THAT BEING SAID, BECAUSE MY AUNT IS HERE, AND I HAVE TO
10:55:15AM BEHAVE, I'LL CLOSE BY SHOUTING OUT THE GREATEST INSTITUTION
10:55:19AM OF HIGHER LEARNING IN THE CITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF THOMAS
10:55:22AM JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
10:55:25AM THE MOST KNOWN DR. PACHECO AND MANY OTHERS.
10:55:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN WE ASK IF YOUR AUNT CAN COME EVERY
10:55:33AM WEEK?
10:55:34AM [ LAUGHTER ]
10:55:35AM >> YOU ALL TAKE CARE.
10:55:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DID YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD?
10:55:41AM >> I DON'T THINK I SIGNED UP CORRECTLY IS THE ISSUE.
10:55:43AM I SIGNED UP OUTSIDE OF THE METAL DETECTOR, BUT I THINK I
10:55:47AM SIGNED THE WRONG FORM.
10:55:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GO AHEAD.
10:55:49AM START WITH YOUR NAME AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
10:55:50AM >> GEOFF GUIDERA.
10:55:53AM A RESIDENT OF TAMPA IN THE NEW SUBURB BEAUTIFUL
10:55:56AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:55:57AM I GREW UP IN TAMPA.
10:55:58AM I'M A VERY PROUD TAMPA RESIDENT NOW.
10:56:02AM I LEFT THE DAY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND SAID I WAS NEVER COMING
10:56:04AM BACK.
10:56:05AM 21 YEARS LATER A JOB PULLED ME BACK WITH STRATEGIC PROPERTY
10:56:08AM PARTNERS OR WATER STREET TAMPA.
10:56:13AM IN THAT JOB, I HAD A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE OF HELPING CREATE
10:56:17AM INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD THEN HELP IMPROVE THE CITY OF
10:56:20AM TAMPA.
10:56:20AM I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE WHEEL OVER WATER PROJECT.
10:56:26AM WHEN I GOT HERE IN 2016, I FOUND MYSELF EMBARRASSED THAT
10:56:32AM FOLKS COMING OFF OF CRUISE SHIPS WERE WANDERING AROUND
10:56:35AM LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO.
10:56:37AM OUR RESTAURANT SERVICES WERE NOT GREAT.
10:56:40AM THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF ENTERTAINMENT.
10:56:42AM SINCE THEN, THE INVESTMENT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING.
10:56:45AM THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE STATE HAS BEEN
10:56:48AM OUTSTANDING.
10:56:48AM WE'VE ALSO HAD A LOT OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT THAT HAS HELPED
10:56:51AM OUT.
10:56:52AM THE WHEEL OVER WATER IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACCEPT
10:56:58AM PRIVATE INVESTMENT WITHOUT TAX DOLLARS TO CREATE AN ICON, TO
10:57:02AM CREATE SOMETHING TO DO, TO GIVE PEOPLE A REASON TO COME
10:57:04AM BACK, TO SHARE A PHOTO THAT SAYS TAMPA IS WORTH VISITING.
10:57:08AM THAT'S IT.
10:57:09AM THANK YOU.
10:57:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:57:09AM THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:57:16AM DOWN STAIRS ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WE HAVE A GROUP OF AVIATORS
10:57:22AM FROM KENNETH E. ADUM K-8 MAGNET SCHOOL THIRD GRADE CLASSES.
10:57:26AM HI, EVERYBODY.
10:57:27AM I KNOW YOU ARE LISTENING DOWN THERE.
10:57:29AM THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY I BELIEVE WE HAVE PRINCIPAL SCOTT
10:57:32AM WEAVER IN THE ROOM AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.
10:57:36AM >> I'M MELISSA RYAN, A THIRD GRADE TEACHER.
10:57:39AM I'M REPRESENTING ALL OF THE THIRD GRADE TEACHERS ALSO HERE
10:57:43AM WITH THEIR STUDENTS.
10:57:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU HEAR US DOWN THERE?
10:57:45AM SCREAM SO WE CAN HEAR YOU?
10:57:48AM [ LAUGHTER ]
10:57:51AM [ APPLAUSE ]
10:57:52AM >> THOSE ADUM AVIATORS KNOW HOW TO DELIVER.
10:57:57AM THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
10:57:59AM PART OF OUR CURRICULUM IS LEARNING ABOUT HOW LOCAL
10:58:01AM GOVERNMENT WORKS.
10:58:02AM GOVERNMENT IS SUCH AN INTANGIBLE, ABSTRACT CONCEPT FOR
10:58:08AM CHILDREN.
10:58:08AM THIS ALLOWS THEM TO SEE HOW THE CITY NETWORKS INTERACT TO
10:58:11AM PROVIDE GREAT SERVICES FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
10:58:13AM WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
10:58:14AM THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO VISIT THE DIFFERENT SERVICES
10:58:18AM THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA PROVIDES.
10:58:19AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
10:58:21AM EDUCATOR UP HERE ON THE DAIS.
10:58:23AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
10:58:23AM >> FIRST, BLESS YOU.
10:58:24AM I AM A FORMER THIRD GRADE TEACHER.
10:58:26AM FIRST THROUGH FOURTH.
10:58:29AM IT IS A SPECIAL GIFT.
10:58:30AM I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
10:58:33AM I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE TODAY TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT
10:58:36AM THE CITY DOES.
10:58:37AM IF I HAVE A MINUTE, IF YOU ARE DOWN THERE FOR A LITTLE
10:58:41AM WHILE, I MAY TRY TO POP BY AND SAY HI.
10:58:45AM >> WE'D LOVE THAT, THANK YOU.
10:58:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK: CONGRATULATIONS.
10:58:46AM THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
10:58:48AM WE REALLY LOVE SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE HERE.
10:58:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HEY, AVIATORS, I DON'T THINK I HEARD YOU
10:58:53AM LAST TIME.
10:58:54AM I THINK YOU NEED TO BE LOUDER THIS TIME.
10:58:56AM AVIATORS, GIVE ME A SCREAM.
10:58:59AM I DIDN'T HEAR YOU LAST TIME.
10:59:01AM [DISTANT SCREAMING]
10:59:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT WAS MUCH BETTER.
10:59:08AM >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:59:11AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU RILED THEM UP.
10:59:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S WHAT I DO TO MY GRANDCHILD.
10:59:16AM GIVE CANDY AND GIVE BACK TO THE PARENTS.
10:59:22AM >>LUIS VIERA: MAY I HAVE A POINT OF WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
10:59:26AM CALL IT.
10:59:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: GO AHEAD.
10:59:26AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE RACIAL
10:59:29AM RECONCILIATION.
10:59:30AM NOT IN TERMS OF MOTIONS OR ANYTHING.
10:59:35AM JUST MY THOUGHTS.
10:59:36AM WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND SPEAK FROM THE HEART ON
10:59:39AM THIS.
10:59:40AM I'VE SPOKEN TO MOST OF THEM PRIVATELY AND EVERYTHING LIKE
10:59:43AM THAT.
10:59:44AM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IN TODAY'S VOTE IT IS NOT THE
10:59:47AM END OF SOMETHING.
10:59:48AM NOT THE PERIOD AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE.
10:59:50AM SOMETHING PROCEDURALLY AND LEGALLY.
10:59:54AM IT ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO ONE
10:59:56AM ANOTHER ON WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS WITHOUT VIOLATING SUNSHINE.
11:00:00AM THAT IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THING.
11:00:02AM WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON SOMETHING.
11:00:07AM I HAD SOMEBODY TELL ME, VOTE NO ON IT.
11:00:09AM I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
11:00:11AM YOU KNOW WHY?
11:00:11AM I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY THE HOLIER-THAN-THOU CARD WITH MY
11:00:18AM COLLEAGUES AND MAKE EVERYBODY LOOK BAD BECAUSE I WANT TO DO
11:00:21AM SOMETHING ON PRINCIPLE.
11:00:22AM PEOPLE KNOW MY HEART.
11:00:24AM PEOPLE KNOW EVERYBODY'S HEART ON THE ISSUE.
11:00:27AM IT'S SOMETHING UNFORTUNATELY OUR HANDS ARE TIED ON.
11:00:30AM WE HAVE OPINIONS FROM OUR CITY LEGAL, FROM MR. SHELBY AS
11:00:34AM WELL, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY ON THAT, THAT WE STAND BEHIND
11:00:37AM WITH SORROW AND WITH A LOT OF REGRET AND EVERYTHING LIKE
11:00:40AM THAT.
11:00:42AM IT'S NOT SOMETHING I MAINTAIN.
11:00:44AM IT SHOULD BE A CONTESTED POINT.
11:00:46AM I STATE WITH REASONABLENESS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS NOT
11:00:49AM RADICAL.
11:00:50AM IT IS NOTHING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD GIVE A DAMN
11:00:53AM ABOUT.
11:00:54AM IF ANYTHING, SOMETHING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE
11:00:56AM ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING.
11:00:58AM ALL IT DID WAS SAY, HEY, LOOK, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
11:01:02AM HISTORY OF RACISM, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR HISTORY OF
11:01:04AM OPPRESSION.
11:01:06AM 90 YEARS FROM THE START OF THE COUNTRY OF SLAVERY.
11:01:09AM 60 YEARS AFTER THAT, 70 YEARS AFTER THAT OF JIM CROW, BEFORE
11:01:12AM 10 YEARS OF RECONSTRUCTION, TALKING ABOUT THAT.
11:01:15AM TALKING ABOUT THE EFFECT ON US TODAY.
11:01:18AM ONGOING INJUSTICE, DISCRIMINATION, AND RACISM IS NOT
11:01:21AM RADICAL.
11:01:22AM IT IS THE AMERICAN THING TO DO.
11:01:25AM IT IS THE DECENT THING TO DO.
11:01:27AM YOU TALK ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE NO
11:01:29AM IDEA ABOUT.
11:01:30AM THINGS THAT LITERALLY HAPPENED DOWNTOWN.
11:01:33AM RACIAL LYNCHINGS THAT HAPPENED DOWNTOWN.
11:01:35AM JUST 80, 90 YEARS AGO, THAT NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT.
11:01:39AM ASK YOUR AVERAGE PERSON WHAT GENERAL SHERMAN FIELD ORDER 15
11:01:44AM WAS.
11:01:44AM MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
11:01:46AM PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THEIR HISTORY.
11:01:49AM WE LIVE IN VERY, VERY SHAMEFUL TIMES WHEN UP IS DOWN AND
11:01:53AM DOWN IS UP AND A LOT OF DISAPPOINTMENT OUT THERE WITH ME,
11:01:57AM WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE.
11:01:58AM I HAVE NEVER SEEN FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL, DOING THIS BECAUSE
11:02:02AM OF A FEDERAL MANDATE, SUCH EFFORTS TO POUR GASOLINE ON FIRE,
11:02:07AM TO STROKE DIVISION WITH PUNITIVE EFFECTS ON LOCAL HE WAS TO
11:02:12AM TALK ABOUT BUILDING BRIDGES, TO TALK ABOUT REPAIRING A
11:02:15AM BREACH LIKE THE BOOK OF ISAIAH SAYS, THAT TO ME IS THE
11:02:19AM AMERICAN THING TO DO.
11:02:22AM WE CAN CONTINUE WITH EFFORTS THAT BUILD ON SOCIAL JUSTICE.
11:02:25AM SOME PEOPLE IN PUBLIC COMMENT HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
11:02:27AM I FULLY, STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT, INCLUDING OTHER BOARDS AND
11:02:30AM COMMITTEES THAT TALK ABOUT INCLUSION, THAT TALK ABOUT
11:02:34AM POVERTY IN OUR CITY, THAT TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT.
11:02:37AM WE CAN DO THAT AND WE SHOULD AND I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL DO
11:02:40AM THAT.
11:02:40AM AGAIN, I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY VALUES.
11:02:44AM FRANKLY, MY SORROW AND MY ANGER AND MY FRUSTRATION.
11:02:48AM I READ THE TAMPA BAY TIMES EVERY MORNING.
11:02:50AM IT'S NOT EASY BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NATIONALLY IN OUR
11:02:54AM COUNTRY.
11:02:54AM THIS IS A MICROCOSM OF THAT.
11:02:57AM MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
11:02:58AM I WANTED TO SHARE MY HEART.
11:02:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:03:01AM WELL SAID.
11:03:02AM I THINK YOU SPOKE ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US.
11:03:04AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:03:04AM >>BILL CARLSON: I WANT TO SAY THE SAME THING.
11:03:07AM I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS.
11:03:10AM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF STATEMENTS.
11:03:13AM COUNCILMAN VIERA TALKED ABOUT THE DISTANT PAST WITH RACISM.
11:03:19AM THERE IS A LOT OF RACIST AND OPPRESSIVE POLICIES CREATED IN
11:03:23AM THE LAST ADMINISTRATION.
11:03:24AM THIS COUNCIL HAS A GREAT RECORD OF TRYING TO END CIVIL
11:03:28AM RIGHTS ABUSES.
11:03:33AM ENDED TWO OR THREE POLICIES INVESTIGATED BY THE NATIONAL
11:03:37AM U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THAT WERE CONSIDERED RACIST AND
11:03:40AM OPPRESSIVE.
11:03:40AM IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE
11:03:44AM THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE AND THAT WE AS A CITY NOT
11:03:47AM DISCRIMINATE OR SUPPORT DISCRIMINATION LIKE HAS HAPPENED IN
11:03:50AM THE LAST TEN YEARS.
11:03:51AM I WOULD STAND ON THE RECORD OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IDEAS TO
11:03:57AM PUSH FORWARD.
11:03:58AM UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE A SUB OF THE STATE AND SUBJECT TO
11:04:03AM WHATEVER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS.
11:04:04AM YOU HAVE SEEN THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SENT I THINK
11:04:07AM 400 PAGES OR SO OF KIND OF THREATS OF WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T
11:04:11AM DO.
11:04:12AM OTHER CITIES TRIED TO PUSH BACK AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
11:04:14AM HAS STEPPED IN AND SHUT THEM DOWN.
11:04:16AM TODAY, IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, IF WE DON'T VOTE ON THIS OR
11:04:20AM VOTE PRESENT, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
11:04:22AM NUMBER ONE, THE COMMITTEE WILL BE IN LIMBO BECAUSE THE CITY
11:04:28AM CANNOT MOVE FORWARD PROVIDING ANY RESOURCE TO HELP THE
11:04:30AM COMMITTEE.
11:04:31AM IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT, THE COMMITTEE CAN'T MEET BECAUSE IT
11:04:33AM IS SUBJECT TO SUNSHINE.
11:04:36AM COMMITTEE MEMBERS CAN'T EVEN TALK TO EACH OTHER.
11:04:38AM I'VE SPOKEN TO ABOUT HALF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABOUT THIS
11:04:41AM ALREADY ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
11:04:43AM OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS THE CITY SUPPORTS IT AND CITY PROVIDES
11:04:46AM STAFFING, THEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL COME IN AND SHUT
11:04:49AM IT DOWN AND WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING GOING FORWARD.
11:04:52AM THE BETTER OPTION WHAT WE'RE IN EFFECT DOING TODAY, WE'RE
11:04:55AM RELEASING THE COMMITTEE FROM SUNSHINE, BY NOT MAKING IT A
11:04:58AM CITY COMMITTEE, WE'RE RELEASING IT FROM SUNSHINE.
11:05:01AM THE COMMITTEE, AS IT IS, WITH THE CHAIR WHO I NOMINATED AND
11:05:06AM THE OTHERS THAT WE NOMINATED, THE COMMITTEE CAN CONTINUE TO
11:05:08AM MEET ON THEIR OWN.
11:05:10AM CAN'T EVEN TALK TO EACH OTHER RIGHT NOW UNLESS WE DO THIS.
11:05:13AM THIS AFTERNOON, THEY CAN CALL EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY WILL
11:05:15AM BE LIFTED FROM SUNSHINE AND CONTINUE TO MEET ON THEIR OWN.
11:05:18AM WE INDIVIDUALLY, I DON'T THINK WE CAN GO TOGETHER, WE CAN
11:05:22AM INDIVIDUALLY CONSULT WITH THEM OR MEET WITH THEM.
11:05:25AM IF WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL COMMITTEE COME BACK WITH
11:05:27AM RECOMMENDATIONS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL TRY TO SHUT US
11:05:31AM DOWN ON THAT.
11:05:32AM IF THE COMMITTEE NOT AS CITY COMMITTEE WANTS TO COME BACK
11:05:34AM AND GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY ARE ENTITLED TO DO THAT
11:05:39AM JUST LIKE ANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
11:05:42AM ENABLE THE COMMITTEE TO GO FORWARD RATHER THAN LEAVING IT IN
11:05:45AM LIMBO OR TRYING TO CHALLENGE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND
11:05:47AM ENDING UP WITH A BIG FIGHT.
11:05:52AM ENABLE THE COMMITTEE TO GO FORWARD STARTING RIGHT AWAY.
11:05:55AM THEY CAN SELF-ORGANIZE.
11:05:56AM WE CAN INDIVIDUALLY SUPPORT IT AND HOPEFULLY GET
11:05:59AM RECOMMENDATIONS.
11:06:00AM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY STOP US ON SOME OF THE
11:06:02AM RECOMMENDATIONS BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
11:06:05AM GOVERNMENT GOES IN CYCLES, AND WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE, THE
11:06:08AM ONES WE CAN IMPLEMENT, WE WILL.
11:06:10AM THE ONES WE CAN'T, WE CAN HOLD AND IMPLEMENT LATER.
11:06:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:06:16AM WE'LL MOVE ON TO BOARD APPOINTMENTS.
11:06:18AM LIKE TO HEAR A MOTION FOR NUMBER THREE, RESOLUTION APPROVING
11:06:22AM THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MAYOR -- OF VALERIE S. CHURCHMAN TO THE
11:06:28AM HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
11:06:30AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:06:30AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:06:31AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST WANT TO LET COUNCIL KNOW I HAVE A
11:06:36AM MEETING NEXT WEEK TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT SINCE
11:06:39AM THESE ARE REAPPOINTMENTS, THAT THE ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS ARE
11:06:43AM AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN --
11:06:45AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I BELIEVE THEY DID.
11:06:46AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THEY DID BECAUSE I ASKED.
11:06:48AM BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO MAKE SURE IT'S CONTINUOUS AND
11:06:51AM A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
11:06:54AM I WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU ALL WITH THAT.
11:06:57AM I'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THESE IN THE FUTURE.
11:06:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OUT OF COURTESY IS VALERIE OR JAMIE
11:07:04AM JENKINS IN THE ROOM?
11:07:05AM GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
11:07:08AM THEY AREN'T.
11:07:09AM ALL IN FAVOR?
11:07:09AM AYE.
11:07:10AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
11:07:11AM MOTION FOR FILE BA 25-17439, A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE
11:07:17AM REAPPOINTMENT BY THE MAYOR OF JAMIE JENKINS TO THE HUMAN
11:07:23AM RIGHTS BOARD.
11:07:25AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:07:26AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:07:26AM WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA, PUBLIC SAFETY, COUNCILMAN
11:07:29AM VIERA, MOVE ITEMS 5-7, PLEASE.
11:07:31AM >>LUIS VIERA: SO MOVE.
11:07:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I'D LIKE A SEPARATE VOTE FOR NUMBER 5.
11:07:38AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE ITEMS 6 THROUGH 7.
11:07:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VIERA MOVING ITEMS 6
11:07:43AM AND 7.
11:07:44AM SECOND FROM MANISCALCO.
11:07:46AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE?
11:07:46AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:07:48AM >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE ITEM 5.
11:07:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:07:53AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:07:55AM CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE?
11:08:00AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
11:08:00AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:08:01AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:08:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: NO.
11:08:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:08:06AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
11:08:08AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH HURTAK VOTING NO.
11:08:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:08:11AM JUST FOR THAT VOTE, I HAD A VERY GOOD BRIEFING WITH THE
11:08:16AM POLICE CHIEF YESTERDAY AND EXPRESSED MY CONCERNS.
11:08:19AM HE WAS ABLE TO EXPLAIN ENOUGH ABOUT ITEM 5 TO ME TO GET THE
11:08:24AM THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT.
11:08:26AM NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 8 THROUGH 14.
11:08:31AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, PLEASE.
11:08:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 8 THROUGH 14.
11:08:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:08:36AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:08:37AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:08:39AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
11:08:40AM THANK YOU.
11:08:41AM INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, ITEMS 15 THROUGH 22.
11:08:48AM >>BILL CARLSON: I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FOR ITEM 22.
11:08:51AM I'LL BE PUTTING IN A FORM LATER.
11:08:53AM BUT MY COMPANY DOES BUSINESS WITH THE RELATED ORGANIZATION.
11:08:57AM I THINK IT IS THE BEST INTEREST FOR ME TO RECUSE MYSELF.
11:09:03AM >>LYNN HURTAK: ALSO A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, MS. POYNOR
11:09:06AM BROUGHT UP SOMETHING ABOUT 18, THE WATER WORKS PARK SITE AND
11:09:10AM CONTAMINATED SOIL.
11:09:11AM APPARENTLY, WE HIRED SOMEONE TO DO INSTALLING THE MONITORING
11:09:17AM WELLS PRIOR AND THEY DIDN'T DO THE WORK.
11:09:20AM NOW WE'RE HIRING A DIFFERENT PERSON.
11:09:22AM IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO NECESSARILY BUILD ANYTHING,
11:09:25AM BUT THEY ARE -- IT IS A CONTAMINATED SOIL LOCATION.
11:09:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:09:28AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, 15 THROUGH 21.
11:09:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE 15 THROUGH 21.
11:09:34AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:09:35AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:09:36AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:09:37AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
11:09:40AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MAY WE HAVE THAT ANNOUNCED, PLEASE?
11:09:43AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SAID UNANIMOUSLY.
11:09:48AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I BELIEVE THERE WAS AN ABSTENTION.
11:09:50AM OH, YOU DIDN'T DO HIS.
11:09:51AM I APOLOGIZE.
11:09:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 22 ON A SEPARATE VOTE.
11:09:56AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:09:58AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:10:00AM CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE?
11:10:03AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
11:10:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
11:10:05AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
11:10:06AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
11:10:07AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YES.
11:10:10AM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON ABSTAINING.
11:10:17AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
11:10:19AM I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT I AM GOING TO WORK VERY HARD
11:10:22AM TO TRY TO NOT DO THAT AGAIN.
11:10:25AM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:10:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NO, HE'S NOT.
11:10:28AM YOU JUST ABOLISHED 30 DAYS OF EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
11:10:34AM IMPROVEMENT.
11:10:34AM FINANCE COMMITTEE, ITEMS 24 THROUGH 33.
11:10:39AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE 24 THROUGH 33.
11:10:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:10:43AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:10:44AM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:10:46AM OPPOSED?
11:10:46AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
11:10:47AM THANK YOU.
11:10:48AM DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC -- 23 IS --
11:10:56AM DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, 34-44,
11:11:00AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:11:07AM >>BILL CARLSON: [INAUDIBLE]
11:11:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:11:10AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:11:11AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:11:13AM OPPOSED?
11:11:13AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:11:14AM MOBILITY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, ITEMS 45 THROUGH
11:11:17AM 47.
11:11:18AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:11:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I MOVE ITEMS 45 THROUGH 47.
11:11:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:11:22AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:11:23AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:11:25AM OPPOSED?
11:11:25AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:11:26AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO TO SET THE
11:11:32AM PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:11:32AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:11:34AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:11:35AM OPPOSED?
11:11:35AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:11:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [INAUDIBLE]
11:11:39AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE 10 AND 10:30
11:11:44AM PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:11:45AM FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:11:48AM OPPOSED?
11:11:48AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
11:11:49AM I BELIEVE I SKIPPED THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC.
11:11:55AM LIKE TO HEAR ANY RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
11:11:58AM HEARING NONE, THAT IS CLOSED.
11:12:02AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEMS 63 AND 64 SINCE WE
11:12:07AM DID NOT ASK FOR ANY STAFF TO BE HERE.
11:12:10AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO MOVE 63 AND 64 FROM COUNCILWOMAN
11:12:12AM HURTAK.
11:12:12AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:12:14AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:12:15AM OPPOSED?
11:12:15AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
11:12:17AM I SAW THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS HERE.
11:12:23AM WE SET IT AT 11:45.
11:12:26AM WITHOUT OBJECTION, CAN WE HEAR FROM THEM NOW?
11:12:28AM DO THE SECOND READINGS FIRST.
11:12:37AM I WAS TRYING TO BE KIND TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
11:12:39AM THEY GET BEAT UP QUITE HARD.
11:12:41AM NUMBER 50, FILE VAC-25-18.
11:13:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: FOR MANY OF THESE, I WAS ABSENT AT VOTE.
11:13:08AM OBVIOUSLY, I REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS AND SO FORTH AND READY
11:13:11AM TO VOTE.
11:13:12AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M ASSUMING THE SAME FOR COUNCILMAN
11:13:16AM MANISCALCO AND COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:13:17AM IS THERE STAFF FOR ITEM 50?
11:13:21AM >>ROSS SAMONS: ROSS SAMONS, 25-18 FOR SECOND READING AND
11:13:26AM ADOPTION.
11:13:27AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
11:13:28AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
11:13:29AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM?
11:13:35AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE ACCARDI FAMILY.
11:13:39AM WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE CITY'S COOPERATION REGARDING THE
11:13:43AM VACATING OF THIS WHICH ENABLES THE SWAP THAT BENEFITS THE
11:13:48AM JACKSON HOUSE.
11:13:49AM I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:13:50AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU ARE THE
11:13:52AM PETITIONER, NOT PUBLIC COMMENT.
11:13:54AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: NO, THE CITY IS THE PETITIONER.
11:14:04AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANYBODY ELSE?
11:14:06AM MOTION TO CLOSE?
11:14:07AM START WITH YOUR NAME.
11:14:19AM >> JOSEPH W.J. ROBINSON JUNIOR.
11:14:22AM THIS GETS THE JACKSON HOUSE MOVING, GETS THE ACCARDI FAMILY
11:14:33AM FEELING IT.
11:14:34AM F.D.O.T. START MOVING TO GET THE THING MOVING HERE SO WE CAN
11:14:38AM GET THE JACKSON HOUSE AND GET THAT AREA MOVING FORWARD
11:14:41AM BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT HAPPENING BY THE TRAIN STATION.
11:14:44AM LET'S GET THE THING OVER WITH.
11:14:48AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DR. COLINS, YOU WISH TO SPEAK AS WELL?
11:14:57AM >> DR. CAROLYN COLLINS, CHAIR JACKSON HOUSE BOARD OF
11:15:01AM DIRECTORS TO THE COUNCIL.
11:15:03AM THANK YOU.
11:15:03AM AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF 50 IN ORDER TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU
11:15:07AM JUST SAID, MOVE THE JACKSON HOUSE FORWARD WITH THE VACATION
11:15:12AM OF THE ALLEY BEING EQUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN ALL CONCERNS AS PER
11:15:16AM THE LAW.
11:15:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE, PLEASE?
11:15:20AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:15:21AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:15:22AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:15:24AM OPPOSED?
11:15:24AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:15:34AM >>BILL CARLSON: END OF A LONG CHAPTER AND HOPEFULLY THE
11:15:36AM BEGINNING OF THE JACKSON HOUSE.
11:15:38AM MOVE FILE 50.
11:15:40AM VAC-25-18, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
11:15:44AM VACATING, CLOSING, DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING THAT
11:15:47AM ALLEYWAY LOCATED NORTH OF TWIGGS STREET, SOUTH OF ZACK
11:15:49AM STREET, EAST OF JEFFERSON STREET, AND WEST OF NEBRASKA
11:15:52AM AVENUE, WITHIN THE PLAT OF BINKLEY'S ADDITION TO FORT
11:15:56AM BROOKE, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH
11:15:59AM COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 HEREOF
11:16:04AM SUBJECT TO CERTAIN COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS AS
11:16:07AM MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR
11:16:09AM ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS, PROVIDING FOR
11:16:11AM DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND REPEALING CONFLICTS,
11:16:13AM PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:16:16AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:16:18AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:16:19AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:16:29AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:16:35AM >>BILL CARLSON: DR. COLINS MENTIONED IN PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT
11:16:38AM THE JACKSON HOUSE ASKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR
11:16:42AM PROPERTY BOOK BEHIND.
11:16:43AM AS I RECALLED IN THE LAST HEARING, CITY STAFF SAID THEY
11:16:46AM NEEDED TO DO THAT.
11:16:48AM IF ANY CITY STAFF ARE WATCHING, PLEASE REACH OUT TO DR.
11:16:51AM COLINS IF SHE DOES NEED TO DO ANYTHING.
11:16:55AM >> RON WIGGINTON, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:16:57AM I WAS JUST SPEAKING TO DR. COLLINS.
11:17:00AM I'LL SPEAK TO HER OUTSIDE AND EXPLAIN TO HER WHAT THE
11:17:02AM PROCESS IS.
11:17:03AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 51.
11:17:10AM >> MALLORY LAGASSE, REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT.
11:17:15AM AGENDA ITEM 51 IS THE SECOND READING FOR AN HONORARY STREET
11:17:18AM NAMING IN HONOR OF J. LEONARD LEVY AND GEORGE LEVY.
11:17:22AM IT IS THE PLACEMENT OF AN HONORARY STREET NAMING SIGN AT THE
11:17:23AM INTERSECTION OF NORTH HIMES AVENUE AND WEST OHIO AVENUE IN
11:17:26AM TAMPA.
11:17:29AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:17:30AM DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
11:17:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT WE ARE
11:17:35AM DOING THERE.
11:17:35AM THE LEVY BROTHERS ARE LEGENDARY.
11:17:37AM I MET LEONARD LEVY WHERE MR. MICHELINI IS SITTING.
11:17:40AM I NEVER GOT THE CHANCE TO MEET GEORGE LEVY, BUT I DID MEET
11:17:44AM HIS WIFE.
11:17:44AM HIS REPUTATION SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF.
11:17:46AM GROWING UP, THERE WERE CERTAIN PEOPLE, ABOUT A DOZEN AND THE
11:17:50AM LEVY BROTHERS WERE ALWAYS MENTIONED.
11:17:53AM THEY ARE A BIG DEAL BECAUSE PEOPLE STILL TALK ABOUT THEM AND
11:17:57AM THEY'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THEM.
11:17:58AM WHAT I LIKE WHAT -- THAT IS SUCH A BUSY AREA.
11:18:02AM PEOPLE WILL DRIVE BY, JUST LIKE TOM MCEWEN TAMPA BAY,
11:18:06AM LEGENDARY WITH THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, THEY ARE GOING TO READ THE
11:18:09AM LEVY BROTHERS' NAMES.
11:18:11AM IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE, I HOPE THEY GOOGLE THEM TO
11:18:14AM REALIZE AND UNDERSTAND THEIR IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE
11:18:17AM IT WILL BE FELT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
11:18:20AM I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS.
11:18:21AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC, IF YOU ALREADY
11:18:24AM SPOKE, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
11:18:26AM ANYBODY THAT HAS NOT SPOKE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS
11:18:30AM ITEM?
11:18:30AM HEARING NONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE?
11:18:32AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:18:34AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:18:35AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:18:36AM OPPOSED?
11:18:36AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:18:38AM DO WE HAVE THIS ELECTRONICALLY?
11:18:42AM 51 FOR COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:18:45AM >>LUIS VIERA: MY PLEASURE.
11:18:47AM AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
11:18:49AM ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
11:18:51AM APPROVING THE PLACEMENT OF AN HONORARY STREET NAMING SIGN AT
11:18:54AM THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH HIMES AVENUE AND WEST OHIO AVENUE
11:18:58AM IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, TO HONOR J. LEONARD LEVY AND GEORGE LEVY;
11:19:03AM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:19:05AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:19:06AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:19:08AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:19:16AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:19:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE REST OF THE
11:19:22AM PUBLIC HEARINGS, THEY REQUIRE WITNESSES TO BE SWORN IN.
11:19:24AM IF YOU PLAN ON PROVIDING TESTIMONY IN THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS,
11:19:28AM PLEASE STAND, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND BE SWORN IN BY OUR
11:19:31AM CLERK.
11:19:34AM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
11:19:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:19:39AM ITEM NUMBER 52.
11:19:42AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:19:43AM FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE WITH DEVELOPMENT
11:19:47AM COORDINATION.
11:19:48AM REZ-25-10.
11:19:50AM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4202
11:19:54AM NORTH SEMINOLE AVENUE.
11:19:55AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM SH-RS SEMINOLE HEIGHTS,
11:19:59AM RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO SH-PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR
11:20:03AM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED.
11:20:04AM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
11:20:08AM SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
11:20:10AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:20:11AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
11:20:13AM IS THERE AN APPLICANT?
11:20:15AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 52?
11:20:22AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:20:24AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:20:25AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:20:26AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CLOSING, SAY AYE.
11:20:32AM OPPOSED?
11:20:32AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
11:20:33AM >>LYNN HURTAK: REZ-25-10, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
11:20:38AM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
11:20:41AM IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 4202 NORTH SEMINOLE AVENUE, IN
11:20:44AM THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED
11:20:46AM IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS SH-RS
11:20:52AM SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO SH-PD,
11:20:55AM SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
11:20:58AM SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:21:00AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:21:01AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:21:03AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:21:14AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH CARLSON BEING ABSENT AT
11:21:16AM VOTE.
11:21:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 53.
11:21:19AM STAFF.
11:21:20AM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
11:21:22AM COORDINATION.
11:21:22AM ITEM 53 IS REZ-25-57, THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR
11:21:28AM PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5101 NORTH 34th STREET AND 3404 EAST
11:21:33AM WILDER AVENUE.
11:21:33AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
11:21:36AM RS-50 TO COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CN.
11:21:39AM THIS IS A EUCLIDEAN REZONING, NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH
11:21:43AM THE REQUEST.
11:21:43AM THIS IS AGAIN BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING.
11:21:45AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
11:21:47AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A QUESTION.
11:21:48AM ALL THE STUFF BEHIND YOU, IS THAT TO MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A
11:21:52AM REALLY BUSY MAN?
11:21:53AM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:21:54AM DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
11:21:56AM HEARING NONE, IS THERE AN APPLICANT?
11:22:00AM SEEING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO
11:22:03AM THIS ITEM?
11:22:04AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:22:06AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:22:07AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:22:08AM OPPOSED?
11:22:08AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
11:22:09AM THANK YOU.
11:22:10AM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:22:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
11:22:12AM ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION,
11:22:15AM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
11:22:17AM 5101 NORTH 34th STREET AND 3404 EAST WILDER AVENUE, IN THE
11:22:22AM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:22:24AM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS-50,
11:22:28AM RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO CN, COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:22:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SECOND FROM MIRANDA.
11:22:34AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:22:36AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:22:38AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:22:38AM ITEM 54.
11:22:41AM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:22:43AM ITEM 54 IS REZ 25-59.
11:22:47AM REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6600, 6602, 6604,
11:22:52AM 660 OF, 6610, 6612, 6614, 6616 AND 6618 SOUTH STERLING
11:23:00AM AVENUE AND 6713, 6715, AND 6717 SOUTH HIMES AVENUE.
11:23:08AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PLANNED
11:23:12AM DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED USES.
11:23:15AM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
11:23:19AM SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
11:23:20AM THIS IS BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING TODAY.
11:23:22AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:23:24AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
11:23:25AM APPLICANT?
11:23:31AM >> HILL WARD HENDERSON.
11:23:33AM HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
11:23:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:23:36AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO ITEM 54?
11:23:40AM MS. POYNOR.
11:23:45AM >> STEPHANIE POYNOR.
11:23:46AM YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS.
11:23:48AM WHY THESE GUYS HAD TO DO AN ENTIRELY NEW REZONING WAS WASTE
11:23:51AM OF FUNDS AND WASTE OF CITY STAFF'S TIME AND ENERGY WHEN THEY
11:23:54AM APPROVED, COULD HAVE APPROVED IT WITH A SNOW JOB, SNO,
11:23:59AM ADMINISTRATIVE SIGN-OFF, BUT THEY MADE THEM DO A WHOLE NEW
11:24:03AM REZONING TO GO BACK TO WHAT THE CITY STANDARDS ARE EVERY
11:24:08AM SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK.
11:24:09AM SHAME, SHAME, SHAME.
11:24:11AM SHAME.
11:24:11AM I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
11:24:12AM I SUPPORTED IT WHEN IT CAME FORWARD EARLIER.
11:24:15AM FOR THE INITIAL REZONING, AND THESE GUYS DO A REALLY GOOD
11:24:19AM JOB OF SUPPORTING SOG.
11:24:21AM I DON'T LOVE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEY HAVE COME IN
11:24:24AM UNDER WHAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN BUILDING.
11:24:29AM I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE HAD YOUR TIME WASTED
11:24:32AM TODAY.
11:24:33AM SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE SIGN-OFF, DO IT FOR
11:24:36AM 60-FOOT LIVE LOCAL SETBACK.
11:24:40AM THANK YOU.
11:24:40AM HAVE A GOOD DAY.
11:24:41AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MARK THIS ON THE CALENDAR, THE DAY THAT
11:24:43AM STEPHANIE POYNOR WANTED TO GET ADMINISTRATIVE SIGN-OFFS AND
11:24:47AM NOT THINGS BEFORE COUNCIL.
11:24:48AM [ LAUGHTER ]
11:24:49AM ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM?
11:24:52AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:24:54AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:24:55AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:24:56AM OPPOSED?
11:24:56AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:24:58AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:24:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FILE REZ 25-59, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
11:25:04AM FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
11:25:06AM AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF
11:25:08AM 6600, 6602, 6604, 6606, 6610, 6612, 6614, 6616 AND 6618
11:25:18AM SOUTH STERLING AVENUE AND 6713, 6715, 6717 SOUTH HIMES
11:25:23AM AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY
11:25:26AM DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION,
11:25:29AM PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
11:25:31AM RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, DETACHED.
11:25:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:25:33AM MOTION FROM --
11:25:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:25:37AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:25:39AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:25:41AM SOUNDED LIKE I WAS AT AN AUCTION FOR A MINUTE.
11:25:46AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:25:51AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:25:53AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ITEM 55.
11:25:56AM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER
11:25:58AM DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:25:59AM ITEM 55 IS REZ 25-70.
11:26:02AM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
11:26:06AM 703 EAST FLORIBRASKA AVENUE.
11:26:08AM REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY RM 24 TO
11:26:13AM COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD CN.
11:26:14AM EUCLIDEAN REZONING.
11:26:16AM NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REQUEST.
11:26:18AM THIS IS ALSO BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR SECOND READING.
11:26:20AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:26:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:26:23AM I SEE THE APPLICANT.
11:26:27AM >> I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVING
11:26:31AM THIS EUCLIDEAN.
11:26:32AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
11:26:34AM APPLICANT?
11:26:34AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM?
11:26:37AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:26:39AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:26:40AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:26:42AM OPPOSED?
11:26:42AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:26:43AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON, LIKE TO READ ITEM 55.
11:26:48AM >>BILL CARLSON: YES, I HAVE TO SAY I STILL GET FLASH BACKS
11:26:51AM WHEN I HEAR HER VOICE FROM THE COVID DAYS, THOSE OF YOU WHO
11:26:54AM WERE HERE BECAUSE SHE WAS WITH THE CITY.
11:26:56AM I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ITEM 55, FILE REZ-25-70, ORDINANCE
11:27:05AM BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, ORDINANCE
11:27:08AM REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 703 EAST
11:27:11AM FLORIBRASKA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
11:27:14AM PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:27:16AM CLASSIFICATION, RM 24, RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO CN,
11:27:20AM COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:27:22AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:27:24AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:27:26AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:27:30AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:27:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE'RE ZIPPING ALONG HERE.
11:27:34AM ITEM 56.
11:27:37AM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: FOR THE RECORD, CHRISTOPHER,
11:27:39AM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:27:42AM ITEM 56 IS REZ-25-74.
11:27:45AM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT
11:27:47AM 1318 WEST ARCH STREET.
11:27:48AM THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY,
11:27:51AM RS-50 TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY,
11:27:54AM SEMI-DETACHED USES.
11:27:55AM REVISIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CERTIFIED PLANS HAVE BEEN
11:27:58AM SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
11:28:05AM THIS IS BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING.
11:28:07AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:28:08AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:28:09AM HEARING NONE, IS THERE AN APPLICANT?
11:28:09AM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK TO 56?
11:28:13AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:28:14AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:28:16AM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:28:17AM OPPOSED?
11:28:17AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:28:19AM COUNCILMAN VIERA AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A RESOLUTION BONUS
11:28:21AM PROVISION AS WELL.
11:28:23AM >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
11:28:27AM GENERAL VICINITY OF 1318 WEST ARCH STREET, CITY OF TAMPA,
11:28:32AM FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 FROM
11:28:35AM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 50 RESIDENTIAL,
11:28:37AM SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
11:28:39AM SINGLE-FAMILY, SEMI DETACHED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:28:42AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:28:44AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:28:48AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR -- PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:28:52AM CAN YOU RECORD IT AGAIN?
11:29:13AM >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:29:14AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY GOOD.
11:29:15AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:29:17AM >>LUIS VIERA: MOVE THE RESOLUTION, IF I MAY.
11:29:18AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
11:29:20AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:29:21AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:29:22AM OPPOSED?
11:29:23AM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
11:29:24AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:29:25AM ITEM 57.
11:29:27AM >>CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE: CHRISTOPHER DEMANCHE, DEVELOPMENT
11:29:31AM COORDINATION.
11:29:31AM ITEM 57, REZ-25-78.
11:29:34AM THIS ITEM IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 801
11:29:38AM EAST 26th AVENUE.
11:29:39AM REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO COMMERCIAL
11:29:43AM GENERAL.
11:29:43AM THIS IS EUCLIDEAN REZONING, SO NO SITE PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH
11:29:48AM THE REQUEST.
11:29:48AM THIS IS BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND READING.
11:29:50AM I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
11:29:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:29:52AM COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
11:29:53AM APPLICANT.
11:29:55AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:29:56AM MARK BENTLEY, 400 NORTH ASHLEY DRIVE, REPRESENTING THE
11:29:59AM APPLICANT.
11:29:59AM I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:30:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:30:02AM HEARING NONE, ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO
11:30:06AM ITEM 57?
11:30:07AM MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:30:09AM SECOND FROM VIERA.
11:30:09AM ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.
11:30:12AM AYES HAVE IT.
11:30:13AM >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE REZ 25-78, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
11:30:18AM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY
11:30:20AM IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 801 EAST 26st AVENUE IN THE
11:30:23AM CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:30:26AM SECTION 1 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION PD, PLANNED
11:30:30AM DEVELOPMENT, TO CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL, PROVIDING AN
11:30:33AM EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:30:35AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, SECOND
11:30:37AM FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
11:30:38AM PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:30:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M WEARING MY JOHN LENNON PIN FOR HIS
11:30:56AM BIRTHDAY.
11:30:58AM TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY.
11:31:02AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE PLANNING
11:31:04AM COMMISSION NOW OR THE WHEEL?
11:31:15AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE FAST.
11:31:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ARE YOU GOING TO BE FAST?
11:31:18AM LET'S GO.
11:31:21AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I JUST MET WITH THEM EARLIER THIS WEEK, MIGHT
11:31:24AM HAVE BEEN YESTERDAY, MIGHT HAVE BEEN TUESDAY, WHO KNOWS.
11:31:27AM THE DAYS ALL RUN TOGETHER.
11:31:29AM THEY ARE HERE WITH AN UPDATE.
11:31:31AM I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOME MAPS FOR US.
11:31:40AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THIS IS ITEM 65 FOR THOSE OF YOU FOLLOWING
11:31:42AM ALONG AT HOME.
11:31:44AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:31:47AM MELISSA ZORNITTA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH
11:31:49AM COUNTY CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION.
11:31:52AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON
11:31:54AM THE WORK WE'RE DOING IN RESPONSE TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE
11:31:57AM FUTURE LAND USE SECTION UPDATE FROM YOUR HEARING, AUGUST 28.
11:32:04AM WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME WORK RESPONSIVE TO THE NUMEROUS
11:32:07AM MOTIONS THAT WERE MADE BY CITY COUNCIL.
11:32:10AM MANY OF THOSE MOTIONS WERE VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
11:32:13AM YOU ASKED US TO REMOVE A POLICY OR BRING CERTAIN POLICIES
11:32:17AM BACK INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
11:32:20AM ONE EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THOSE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING
11:32:23AM FORWARD IS THE UPDATE OF THE RATHER CONTROVERSIAL --
11:32:30AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE IS A WHEEL UP AT THE TOP.
11:32:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: VERY, VERY TOP.
11:32:43AM >> THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME.
11:32:45AM THE TRANSIT READY CORRIDORS MAP, WE'VE ZOOMED IN HERE ON THE
11:32:51AM AREA FROM KENNEDY BOULEVARD NORTH BECAUSE NOW BASED ON
11:32:56AM COUNCIL'S ACTION, THERE ARE NOT ANY TRANSIT READY CORRIDORS
11:33:01AM SOUTH OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
11:33:02AM YOU CAN SEE IN THE LIGHT PURPLE THE AREAS THAT WERE
11:33:07AM ORIGINALLY IN OUR PROPOSAL THAT CAME TO YOU ALL ON AUGUST 28
11:33:12AM CONSIDERED FOR TRANSIT READY CORRIDORS AND THE MAGENTA AREAS
11:33:17AM ARE THE AREAS THAT BASED ON COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN'S MOTION
11:33:21AM THAT PASSED THAT ARE BEING RETAINED AS TRANSIT READY
11:33:24AM CORRIDORS.
11:33:25AM SO THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS
11:33:30AM BASED ON THE MOTIONS THAT WE ARE TAKING AND MOVING FORWARD.
11:33:36AM SOME OF THE OTHER MOTIONS, ASKED TO REVISIT DIFFERENT
11:33:39AM POLICIES.
11:33:40AM WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF THOSE POLICIES AND HOW
11:33:44AM BEST TO ADDRESS THEM.
11:33:47AM THE OTHER TOPIC THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ADDRESSING IS
11:33:52AM SENATE BILL 180.
11:33:54AM YOU HAD A WORKSHOP ON THAT WITH THE CITY LEGAL A COUPLE OF
11:33:56AM WEEKS AGO.
11:33:58AM WE'VE BEEN LEARNING FROM VARIOUS JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE
11:34:02AM STATE THAT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE, SENDING
11:34:06AM THEIR WORK FORWARD TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND HAVING
11:34:09AM IT MET WITH REACTIONS FROM THEIR REVIEW.
11:34:16AM THE INTERESTING TAKE ON THIS FROM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
11:34:19AM AMENDMENTS IS THAT WHEN AN AMENDMENT IS SENT UP TO THE
11:34:26AM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, THEY WILL REJECT AN AMENDMENT AT THE
11:34:31AM TRANSMITTAL STAGE IF THEY FIND ONE PART OF THE AMENDMENT TO
11:34:35AM BE MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME.
11:34:37AM THAT IS A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE FROM SOME OF THE LAND
11:34:39AM DEVELOPMENT CODE ASPECTS IS THAT THEY ARE NOT LOOKING AT
11:34:47AM THIS SURGICALLY.
11:34:48AM THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE AMENDMENT AS A WHOLE.
11:34:50AM SO IF ONE PART OF OUR 45-PAGE UPDATE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE
11:34:56AM SECTION, THE DEPARTMENT FINDS AS MORE RESTRICTIVE OR
11:34:59AM BURDENSOME, THEY WILL REJECT THE ENTIRE THING AS NULL AND
11:35:04AM VOID AND WE WILL HAVE TO START THE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS
11:35:08AM OVER IN ITS ENTIRETY.
11:35:09AM SO THAT'S CAUSING US TO GO ESSENTIALLY LINE BY LINE THROUGH
11:35:14AM WHAT WE HAD PROPOSED AND WE REVIEW EVERYTHING.
11:35:17AM SO THAT'S TAKING US SOME TIME.
11:35:20AM IN TERMS OF A TIMELINE, WHICH WAS PART OF YOUR MOTION FOR US
11:35:23AM TO BRING BACK, WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING THE BETTER PART OF
11:35:27AM THE REST OF THIS YEAR WORKING ON THIS REVIEW AND LOOKING AT
11:35:33AM THE DRAFT AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE LANGUAGE THAT IS LEGALLY
11:35:38AM DEFENSIBLE TO BRING BACK TO YOU ALL.
11:35:42AM WE ANTICIPATE HAVING A NEW DRAFT TO PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC IN
11:35:47AM MID JANUARY TO GIVE EVERYBODY A MONTH TO REVIEW THAT IN
11:35:52AM ADVANCE OF THAT SCHEDULED TRANSMITTAL HEARING ON FEBRUARY
11:35:57AM 17.
11:35:58AM WE DO PLAN TO HAVE SOME OUTREACH MEETINGS IN LATE JANUARY TO
11:36:04AM EXPLAIN THAT DRAFT TO THE PUBLIC.
11:36:06AM THOSE WOULD BE AN IN-PERSON AND A VIRTUAL MEETING TO BE ABLE
11:36:12AM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.
11:36:15AM THAT'S ALL I HAD.
11:36:16AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
11:36:17AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:36:18AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
11:36:20AM SO THIS ALSO -- WE MAY END UP HAVING TO DO A SIMILAR TO WHAT
11:36:28AM WE DID AT OUR WORKSHOP WHERE WE MAY HAVE SOME ITEMS WE WANT
11:36:32AM TO PASS BUT HAVE TO PUT INTO A HOLD FOLDER.
11:36:37AM MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU WILL BE BRINGING BACK THE DRAFT THAT
11:36:41AM WILL PASS AND THEN WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO PUT IN HOLD FOLDER,
11:36:46AM CORRECT?
11:36:47AM >> YES, THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT AS PART OF THIS DRAFT
11:36:50AM WE HAVE TO -- I MEAN, CERTAINLY ONE ASPECT THAT IS EVOLVING
11:36:54AM IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
11:36:58AM THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LEGAL CHALLENGES TO SENATE BILL 180
11:37:02AM ALSO ONGOING.
11:37:02AM SO THE SITUATION AS IT RELATES TO THAT IS KIND OF EVOLVING
11:37:06AM DAILY.
11:37:06AM AND WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR -- THE CITY
11:37:10AM ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THAT ISSUE.
11:37:12AM SO WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU IN FEBRUARY WHAT WE THINK CAN
11:37:19AM MOVE FORWARD AT THAT TIME.
11:37:22AM YES, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT MAY
11:37:25AM NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AT THAT TIME THAT WE WOULD HAVE
11:37:29AM SET ASIDE TO MOVE FORWARD AS SOON AS THEY ARE ABLE TO BE.
11:37:32AM >>LYNN HURTAK: WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND WHEN YOU COME TO US,
11:37:34AM HAVE TWO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS.
11:37:35AM THINGS WE WANT TO PASS BUT WE AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO
11:37:38AM RIGHT NOW JUST SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THOSE THINGS ARE
11:37:41AM STILL ON THE TABLE.
11:37:42AM THE REASON I ASKED THEM TO BRING THE TRANSIT READY CORRIDOR
11:37:46AM BONUS MAP BACK, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I HEARD FROM
11:37:49AM NEIGHBORHOODS, SPECIFICALLY ON THE EAST SIDE THAT SAID, HEY,
11:37:52AM WE ACTUALLY WANT THAT ADDED BACK.
11:37:54AM SO WHAT I'M DOING, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE THE
11:37:58AM MOTION NOW, IS I AM OFFERING TO WORK WITH PLANNING
11:38:02AM COMMISSION STAFF AND CITY STAFF TO REACH OUT TO THOSE
11:38:06AM NEIGHBORHOODS AND TRY TO DO SOME MEETINGS TO TRY TO FIGURE
11:38:11AM OUT WHERE ELSE PEOPLE -- BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN -- MY
11:38:16AM OFFICE HAS GOTTEN SOME FEEDBACK ALREADY.
11:38:19AM SO I'M HAPPY TO SPEARHEAD THAT BECAUSE WE THINK REALLY DO
11:38:22AM THAT AS A TEAM.
11:38:23AM I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.
11:38:25AM ALSO, IF WE DO PUBLIC MEETINGS, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT
11:38:28AM INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL SO THAT YOU ALL COULD ATTEND AS
11:38:30AM JUST FOLKS TO HEAR.
11:38:34AM IT WOULDN'T BE ME NECESSARILY SPEAKING.
11:38:37AM I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD FROM
11:38:40AM SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY IN EAST TAMPA.
11:38:42AM TAMPA HEIGHTS HAS TALKED ABOUT AREAS THAT THEY WANT TO BE
11:38:44AM ADDED BACK ON.
11:38:46AM I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP BRIEFLY TO SEE HOW COUNCIL
11:38:49AM FELT ABOUT THAT.
11:38:52AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I WANTED TO REITERATE, ALREADY HAD A
11:38:54AM CONVERSATION WITH PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT THIS, TRYING TO
11:38:56AM MOVE THAT ALONG THAT EVENING, WE THREW OUT THESE STREETS,
11:39:00AM BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY MULTIPLE OMISSIONS.
11:39:03AM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, OBVIOUSLY SEGMENTS OF MLK, 22nd
11:39:07AM STREET, BOYSCOUT, COLUMBUS, CYPRESS, 15th STREET.
11:39:10AM I THINK EVERYONE HAS TO KIND OF EVALUATE IT BECAUSE COLUMBUS
11:39:15AM IS NOT HOMOGENEOUS.
11:39:16AM SEGMENTS OF COLUMBUS MAYBE NOT.
11:39:21AM I WOULD APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU VOLUNTEER TO LOOK INTO
11:39:23AM THAT.
11:39:24AM BOYSCOUT AND CYPRESS OBVIOUSLY.
11:39:28AM >>LYNN HURTAK: AGAIN, IF FOLKS HAVE HAD NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
11:39:33AM HAVE COME TO THEM AND SAID YES, I'M SAYING, SEND IT TO MY
11:39:37AM OFFICE.
11:39:37AM SEND IT TO KELLY IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM
11:39:41AM NEIGHBORHOODS OR PEOPLE SO WE CAN TRY TO REACH OUT.
11:39:44AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO I SAW FIRST AND THEN
11:39:46AM COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND THEN COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:39:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:39:50AM YOU SAID THE EAST SIDE BUT YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL.
11:39:52AM I KNOW FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T WANT IT.
11:39:54AM WE KNOW THE SECTIONS.
11:39:59AM IF ANYTHING, WE'LL SEND INFORMATION TO YOUR OFFICE.
11:40:03AM IF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TAKE PLACE SO WE CAN ATTEND, EVEN
11:40:06AM IF WE ARE THERE TO LISTEN AND STAND BACK, AT LEAST WE KNOW.
11:40:11AM THIS IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS.
11:40:19AM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK THAT ALL IS A GOOD IDEA.
11:40:21AM I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD RUN THE PUBLIC
11:40:24AM OUTREACH IN DISTRICT FIVE.
11:40:27AM SOON WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE AND
11:40:29AM MAYBE THEY CAN PROVIDE INPUT AS WELL OR I'M SURE THEY WILL
11:40:32AM PROVIDE IT.
11:40:33AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON HAD GIVEN YOU SOME INITIAL
11:40:36AM RECOMMENDATIONS BUT THEN SHE PASSED AWAY.
11:40:39AM THAT IS -- BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A LEADER IN DISTRICT FIVE,
11:40:44AM THAT IS A GOOD REASON FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GO BACK
11:40:46AM IN.
11:40:46AM I THINK WE ONLY HAD ONE OR TWO MEETINGS.
11:40:49AM WHEREAS IN SOUTH TAMPA, WE HAD A LOT BECAUSE WE PUSHED FOR
11:40:52AM IT.
11:40:52AM I WOULD ASK THAT YOU SEND THIS TO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:40:55AM LEADERS AT THE VERY LEAST SO THEY CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING
11:40:58AM AND THEN WE CAN HEAR FEEDBACK FROM THEM AND GO I HAVE IT
11:41:01AM BACK.
11:41:01AM ALSO ON THE MAP, YOU SHOWED -- I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU
11:41:05AM HAVE A VERSION OF IT THAT SHOWS SOUTH TAMPA WITH NOTHING ON
11:41:08AM IT BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP.
11:41:10AM THAT WILL HELP AT LEAST WHEN YOU SEND IT TO SOUTH TAMPA.
11:41:14AM SENATE BILL 180, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WE KNEW FROM
11:41:18AM THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS AND WE TOLD THE PUBLIC WE
11:41:22AM CAN'T TAKE AWAY EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS.
11:41:25AM THE PURPOSE OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS TO GIVE ADDITIONAL
11:41:28AM ENTITLEMENTS.
11:41:31AM THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET
11:41:33AM ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS.
11:41:34AM THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS NOT TO TAKE AWAY ENTITLEMENTS, WE
11:41:37AM CAN'T DO THAT.
11:41:38AM ONCE ENTITLEMENTS ARE GIVEN, THE CITY OR GOVERNMENT CAN'T
11:41:43AM TAKE THEM AWAY WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
11:41:46AM THE IDEA IS TO PROVIDE IN SOME AREAS ADDITIONAL
11:41:48AM ENTITLEMENTS, BUT IF THOSE ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS
11:41:52AM INADVERTENTLY CAUSE A DISADVANTAGE TO SOMEBODY WHO THINKS
11:41:56AM THEY HAVE AN EXISTING ENTITLEMENT, THEN THAT COULD CAUSE A
11:41:59AM PROBLEM WITH SENATE BILL 180.
11:42:01AM I WANT TO SAY THE INTENTION OF THIS IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
11:42:04AM ENTITLEMENTS, NOT LESS.
11:42:05AM THANK YOU.
11:42:07AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:42:08AM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN?
11:42:12AM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES, THE ONLY REASON I'M OFFERING TO DO IT IS
11:42:15AM BECAUSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY DOING
11:42:17AM COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FOR OTHER CITIES.
11:42:19AM SO THEY ARE HAVING TO DO -- THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF THEM.
11:42:23AM AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO COME TO MEETINGS IF
11:42:26AM WE HAVE MEETINGS.
11:42:27AM BUT BEING ABLE TO SEND THIS TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND THINGS, I'M
11:42:30AM HAPPY TO CC THEM ON BUT TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO DO.
11:42:38AM >>BILL CARLSON: THE THING ABOUT THAT, AND THE ONLY REASON I
11:42:41AM WOULD ASK THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GET INVOLVED IS TO THE
11:42:44AM EXTENT YOU HAVE LISTS OF PEOPLE OR CAPABILITY TO ASK THE
11:42:47AM PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE LEADERSHIP OF A
11:42:50AM NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION THAN THE MEMBERS OF THE
11:42:52AM PUBLIC.
11:42:53AM JUST SO WE TRY TO USE EVERY TOOL WE CAN TO COMMUNICATE WITH
11:42:56AM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO GET THEM OUT.
11:42:59AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
11:43:00AM ANYTHING ELSE?
11:43:01AM PLANNING COMMISSION, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR US?
11:43:09AM >> I DO NOT.
11:43:09AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HEARING NOTHING ELSE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:43:11AM APPRECIATE IT.
11:43:13AM JUST FOR PLANNING PURPOSES, WE HAD A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
11:43:16AM VIERA TO HEAR ABOUT THE NEW TAMPA RECREATION CENTER AFTER
11:43:19AM LUNCH AT 1:30.
11:43:20AM SO THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO BE BACK AT 1:30.
11:43:23AM I THINK WE'LL END UP BREAKING FOR LUNCH AFTER THE NEXT ITEM.
11:43:27AM FOR STAFF, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN ITEM 58,
11:43:30AM WE WILL NOT BE HEARING THAT UNTIL AFTER LUNCH.
11:43:33AM FYI.
11:43:34AM ITEM NUMBER 58.
11:43:40AM >> MORRIS MASSEY, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:43:42AM THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS ON A
11:43:45AM PROPOSED CHAPTER 163 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
11:43:48AM OF TAMPA AND TAMPA BAY WHEEL, LLC.
11:43:51AM A COPY OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS ON FILE WITH
11:43:54AM THE CITY CLERK.
11:43:55AM NO VOTE WILL BE REQUIRED ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
11:43:58AM AGREEMENT UNTIL HAD THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS
11:44:00AM SCHEDULED TO OCCUR ON OCTOBER 23rd AT 10:30 A.M.
11:44:05AM SOLE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS
11:44:07AM APPROVE THE HEIGHT OF A PROPOSED OBSERVATION WHEEL UP TO 250
11:44:12AM FEET SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE HEIGHT BY THE AVIATION
11:44:15AM AUTHORITY AND FAA.
11:44:16AM SMALL PORTION OF A PARKING LOT THAT CURRENTLY SERVES THE
11:44:19AM FLORIDA AQUARIUM WITHIN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
11:44:21AM THE CHANNEL DISTRICT REGULATIONS REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL'S
11:44:23AM APPROVAL AS WELL AS THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AVIATION
11:44:25AM AUTHORITY AND THE FAA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY
11:44:28AM IMPROVEMENTS THAT EXCEED 175 FEET IN HEIGHT IN THE CHANNEL
11:44:31AM DISTRICT.
11:44:32AM THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES THAT THE PROJECT
11:44:34AM OTHERWISE COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER APPLICABLE ORDINANCES AND
11:44:37AM GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS INCLUDING THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
11:44:39AM REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 27 OF THE CITY CODE,
11:44:43AM APPROVAL OF THE HEIGHT INCREASE TO 250 FEET IS SPECIFIC TO
11:44:46AM THIS PROJECT ONLY.
11:44:47AM IT WOULD NOT APPLY TO ANY OTHER PROJECT OR IMPROVEMENTS ON
11:44:50AM THIS PROPERTY.
11:44:51AM IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROXIMATE CAUSE, REPRESENTATIVES OF
11:44:54AM THE TAMPA BAY WHEEL WILL FIRST MAKE A PRESENTATION REGARDING
11:44:58AM THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO THE
11:45:00AM COUNCIL.
11:45:00AM SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD
11:45:03AM BE HEARD REGARDING THE PROJECT AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
11:45:06AM AGREEMENT.
11:45:06AM WHILE NO VOTE ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED THIS
11:45:09AM MORNING, CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE CHANGES TO THE CURRENT
11:45:11AM DRAFT THAT'S ON FILE, THEN AT THE CONCLUSION OF TODAY'S
11:45:15AM PUBLIC HEARING, IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR COUNCIL TO ASK
11:45:17AM FOR THOSE CHANGES OR REQUIRED REVISIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT
11:45:21AM AGREEMENT.
11:45:21AM I WOULD ALSO NOTE THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND
11:45:25AM LEASED TO THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM, SO THERE WILL BE AN
11:45:28AM AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AND CONSENT TO THE SUBLEASE THAT WILL
11:45:30AM ALSO BE REQUIRED THAT WILL OCCUR ON OCTOBER 23rd
11:45:34AM CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH YOUR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AND YOUR
11:45:38AM REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
11:45:40AM THE DETAILS OF THAT DOCUMENT WILL BE UPLOADED AND DISCUSSED
11:45:47AM ON OCTOBER 23rd.
11:45:48AM MS. FEELEY AND I ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR CITY
11:45:53AM STAFF.
11:45:53AM OTHERWISE, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HEAR FROM THE
11:45:55AM DEVELOPER.
11:45:57AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
11:45:57AM >>LYNN HURTAK: I DID WANT EITHER MR. MASSEY OR MS. FEELEY TO
11:46:06AM TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY MIGHT GET FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT
11:46:10AM AGREEMENT OR IS THAT GOING TO BE TALKED ABOUT BY THE
11:46:13AM PETITIONER?
11:46:14AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: ANY CONSIDERATION WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE
11:46:17AM AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE AND CONSENT TO THE SUBLEASE.
11:46:20AM WE HAVE SOME BASIC BUSINESS TERMS THAT WE THINK ARE
11:46:22AM AGREEABLE BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE.
11:46:24AM THOSE ARE STILL BEING FINALIZED AT THIS TIME.
11:46:26AM THAT WOULD OCCUR OCTOBER 23rd WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE
11:46:29AM CONSIDERATION.
11:46:29AM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE REASON I THINK SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT,
11:46:34AM BECAUSE THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW.
11:46:36AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: SURE.
11:46:37AM >>LYNN HURTAK: MAYBE AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION OR IF THEY
11:46:39AM WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT DURING THEIR PRESENTATION, I
11:46:41AM THINK WHAT THE CITY WILL GAIN FROM IT IS A PART OF THE
11:46:46AM CONVERSATION THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND.
11:46:48AM THANK YOU.
11:46:51AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
11:46:53AM >>BILL CARLSON: I APOLOGIZE.
11:46:54AM I HAVE TO LEAVE FOR A LUNCH MEETING.
11:46:56AM BUT ALSO, JUST FOR MORRIS, NOT TO THE PETITIONER, AND I'LL
11:47:02AM WATCH MR. SHIMBERG'S PRESENTATION LATER, A FEW THINGS, ONE,
11:47:07AM I THINK THAT -- AND I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, I
11:47:10AM THINK THE FIRST HEARING SHOULD HAVE HAD THE OTHER AGREEMENT
11:47:12AM WITH IT SO THE PUBLIC AND WE COULD LOOK AT BOTH OF THESE.
11:47:16AM THE SECOND THING IS THAT WE HAVE ESPECIALLY POST-HURRICANE,
11:47:20AM WE HAVE HOMEOWNERS DESPERATELY TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR
11:47:24AM HOUSES, DEVELOPERS TRYING TO SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
11:47:27AM OUR COMMUNITY AND NONE OF THEM ARE GETTING FAST TRACKED IN
11:47:29AM THE PROCESS.
11:47:30AM IN THIS CASE, WALK-ON, NOW A FAST-TRACK.
11:47:34AM IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S UNFAIR TO EVERYONE ELSE.
11:47:36AM THE LAST THING, AND THIS IS A CONTRACTUAL THING THAT I
11:47:40AM MENTIONED TO YOU YESTERDAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NOT
11:47:44AM ONLY -- THAT THIS HEIGHT IS ONLY FOR THIS WHEEL, BUT THE
11:47:47AM CONVERSE OF THAT, THAT IT'S NOT FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
11:47:52AM BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY TRIES TO USE THIS AS
11:47:55AM A BACK DOOR IN THE FUTURE.
11:47:57AM THE INTENT OF COUNCIL WAS TO ALLOW THE HEIGHT SO NOW WE CAN
11:48:00AM BUILD A CONDO THERE.
11:48:01AM THE LAST THING FOR THE PUBLIC'S POINT OF VIEW, A LOT OF
11:48:05AM PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC SAID WHY SHOULD THE CITY CARE, IT IS A
11:48:09AM PRIVATE DEVELOPER, THE PROBLEM IS IT IS CITY-OWNED LAND.
11:48:12AM THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY IT REALLY HAS TO BE A DISCUSSION
11:48:15AM TODAY.
11:48:15AM I APOLOGIZE, MR. SHIMBERG, I'LL HAVE TO TAKE OFF.
11:48:19AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: VERY QUICKLY, THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
11:48:22AM ADDRESSES ONE ISSUE AND ONE ISSUE ONLY -- THE HEIGHT OF THE
11:48:25AM STRUCTURE.
11:48:26AM IT IS A VERY SIMPLE ISSUE.
11:48:28AM MOVING THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO ADDRESS THAT ONE ISSUE
11:48:31AM WAS A FAIRLY SIMPLE THING TO BRING FORWARD TO COUNCIL.
11:48:35AM SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
11:48:38AM FOR LARGE PROJECTS ARE MUCH MORE INVOLVED.
11:48:40AM THIS IS TOTALLY DONE BY THE DEVELOPER, NO CITY MONEY, NO
11:48:43AM CITY FUNDING OTHER THAN THE LEASE AGREEMENT WHICH WILL
11:48:45AM FOLLOW ON THE 23rd, WE FELT MORE APPROPRIATE TO BRING THE
11:48:49AM LEASE AGREEMENT TO YOU.
11:48:50AM WHEN YOU ACTUALLY VOTED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT SO THE
11:48:53AM VOTE WOULD BE TOGETHER ON BOTH DOCUMENTS AT THE SAME TIME.
11:48:58AM HAPPY -- BUT YOUR CONCERN ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THIS
11:49:03AM DOESN'T SOMEHOW ACT AS A BACKDOOR ITEM FOR ANY OTHER
11:49:06AM IMPROVEMENT, I'M HAPPY TO CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN
11:49:09AM THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO ADDRESS THAT POINT BECAUSE
11:49:12AM THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OF THE CITY HERE.
11:49:13AM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU.
11:49:15AM YOU SAID THAT YESTERDAY.
11:49:15AM I TALKED TO MR. SHIMBERG ABOUT IT.
11:49:18AM MORRIS, JUST ON THE CONTRACT, THE REASON WHY I THINK THE
11:49:21AM LEASE IS RELEVANT BECAUSE IT EXPIRES IN SIX YEARS OR
11:49:25AM SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO WE'RE EXTENDING IT.
11:49:28AM I KNOW THERE IS A PROVISION FOR THEM TO EXTEND IT ANYWAY.
11:49:31AM ALL OF THAT IS RELEVANT.
11:49:33AM MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION.
11:49:37AM >>MORRIS MASSEY: UNDERSTOOD.
11:49:38AM I EXPECT ON THE 23rd WE'LL HAVE A MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION
11:49:43AM AS WE GET INTO THE LEASE TERMS.
11:49:48AM >> GOOD MORNING.
11:49:49AM JIM SHIMBERG, SHUBIN LAW GROUP, REPRESENTING TAMPA BAY
11:49:54AM WHEEL, LLC.
11:49:55AM IN A MINUTE, I'LL INTRODUCE TONY MILLER, THE DEVELOPER OF
11:49:58AM THE PROJECT TO COME FORWARD AND GO THROUGH A DETAILED
11:50:00AM PRESENTATION THAT WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS YOU
11:50:03AM HEARD FROM RESIDENTS THIS MORNING DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT
11:50:05AM SECTION.
11:50:06AM HE'LL ALSO INTRODUCE MEMBERS OF THE -- KEY MEMBERS OF THE
11:50:11AM OWNERSHIP GROUP THAT ARE HERE WITH US TODAY.
11:50:12AM WE'LL GO THROUGH VARIOUS DETAILS OF THE PROJECT.
11:50:17AM A COUPLE OF REALLY QUICK POINTS TO START.
11:50:20AM AS MORRIS SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO REQUIRED HEARINGS
11:50:23AM ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
11:50:25AM ONLY TO INCREASE HEIGHT FROM 175 TO 250 TO ALLOW THIS WHEEL.
11:50:29AM WE ALREADY RECEIVED FAA APPROVAL.
11:50:31AM WE WORKED THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
11:50:34AM AVIATION AUTHORITY WHICH USUALLY TAKES A LITTLE LONGER, BUT
11:50:36AM THEY USUALLY FOLLOW THE FAA.
11:50:38AM A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE OTHER TWO DOCUMENTS.
11:50:45AM AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
11:50:47AM IT IS LEASED TO THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM.
11:50:49AM THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE OF THAT
11:50:53AM PROPERTY.
11:50:53AM SO THE CLIENT WENT TO THE AQUARIUM.
11:50:55AM YOU HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AQUARIUM HERE TODAY THAT
11:50:58AM WILL BE WILLING TO SPEAK AFTERWARDS.
11:50:59AM WE'RE GOING TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THE PARKING REVENUE THEY
11:51:04AM WOULD HAVE GENERATED FROM THE SPACES DURING THE TERM OF THE
11:51:07AM LEASE.
11:51:07AM THEY ALSO WORKED WITH THE CITY TO SHARE, HOWEVER THE REVENUE
11:51:12AM IS SHARED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE AQUARIUM.
11:51:14AM THE SUBLEASE WOULD THEN BE BETWEEN THE AQUARIUM AND OUR
11:51:16AM CLIENT.
11:51:17AM THOSE WILL COME BEFORE YOU NEXT MEETING.
11:51:19AM I THINK WHAT MORRIS SAID MAKES SENSE.
11:51:24AM STILL A COUPLE OF ISSUES WORKED OUT AT CITY STAFF.
11:51:27AM YOU'LL HEAR FROM MR. MILLER THAT THEY STARTED THE PROCESS
11:51:31AM PROBABLY 8 MONTHS AGO.
11:51:33AM THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS A LONG TIME.
11:51:35AM DON'T BELIEVE IT'S BEEN FAST TRACKED BUT APPRECIATE THE
11:51:37AM EFFORTS OF MS. FEELEY, MR. MASSEY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF CITY
11:51:41AM STAFF TO HELP US WORK THROUGH THE ISSUES.
11:51:44AM THE CITY WILL ALSO RECEIVE REVENUE SHARE ABOVE OUR
11:51:47AM BREAK-EVEN POINT THROUGH THAT AGREEMENT, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR
11:51:51AM MORE DETAILS ON AS SOON AS THE CITY FINISHES ALL THE
11:51:54AM NEGOTIATIONS.
11:51:55AM THEY ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR INTEREST.
11:51:57AM I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT.
11:52:00AM LET ME LET MR. MILLER COME UP AND GO THROUGH THE
11:52:03AM PRESENTATION.
11:52:04AM REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FLORIDA AQUARIUM ARE HERE.
11:52:06AM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE OWNERSHIP GROUP.
11:52:08AM IF THERE ARE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS WE CAN'T ANSWER, BUT WE
11:52:11AM APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
11:52:12AM I'LL COME BACK IN A SECOND.
11:52:23AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CTTV -- THANK YOU.
11:52:27AM >> DO I HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD OR BACKWARDS?
11:52:47AM >> MY NAME IS TONY MILLER.
11:52:49AM I HAVE THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROJECT.
11:52:53AM I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME AND CONSIDERATION HERE.
11:52:56AM I'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH A PRESENTATION HERE.
11:52:58AM I WANT TO GO IN THREE PARTS.
11:53:00AM FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE WHEEL
11:53:02AM DETAIL SO EVERYBODY HAS A BASELINE ON THE INFORMATION ABOUT
11:53:05AM THE WHEEL ITSELF.
11:53:06AM THEN I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE PROJECT
11:53:10AM SPECIFICS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST YEAR.
11:53:12AM FINALLY, TAKE YOU THROUGH WHAT WE THINK THE VALUE IS OF THIS
11:53:15AM PROJECT FOR THE CITY, ITS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
11:53:19AM IT'S TAMPA WOW.
11:53:20AM TAMPA'S WHEEL OVER WATER.
11:53:22AM THIS IS OUR RENDERING OF THE WHEEL.
11:53:26AM THE DETAILS OF THIS, 250-FOOT TALL WHEEL.
11:53:30AM GOING TO HAVE PANORAMIC VIEWS, 360-DEGREE VIEWS.
11:53:34AM YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING FROM THERE.
11:53:36AM SEE THE WATERWAYS, DOWNTOWN TAMPA, YBOR, THE PORT, AND THE
11:53:41AM VIEWS FROM THAT ARE GOING TO BE SPECTACULAR.
11:53:43AM YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THOSE VIEWS THROUGH A STATE-OF-THE-ART
11:53:47AM GONDOLA.
11:53:48AM 27 GONDOLAS.
11:53:50AM SEAT 10 TO 15 PEOPLE.
11:53:52AM THEY ARE CLIMATE CONTROLLED.
11:53:53AM THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY NICE PODS THAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED IN
11:53:57AM MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
11:53:58AM AVERAGE RIDE 20 TO 30 MINUTES.
11:54:00AM THE COST IS $20 ON AVERAGE FOR ADULTS AND LESS FOR KIDS.
11:54:04AM IT IS A VERY AFFORDABLE ATTRACTION.
11:54:06AM WE'RE INTENDING TO HAVE BEVERAGES AND SMALL BITES.
11:54:12AM PLACE MAKING AROUND THE BASE SO IT IS A VERY NICE AND
11:54:14AM ATTRACTIVE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME, HAVE A DRINK, BE ABLE
11:54:18AM TO TAKE THE DRINK ON THE RIDE.
11:54:21AM HOURS OF OPERATION ARE 10 TO 10, MAYBE LATER ON WEEKENDS AND
11:54:24AM SPECIAL EVENTS.
11:54:25AM COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY THE PUBLIC AND WE
11:54:28AM ARE VERY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION
11:54:32AM TO EVERYBODY SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A HURRICANE
11:54:35AM RATED ENGINEERING STRUCTURE.
11:54:38AM IT'S RATED TO FEMA STANDARDS.
11:54:40AM OUR OWNERSHIP GROUP HAS DONE SEVEN OF THESE AROUND THE
11:54:44AM COUNTRY.
11:54:45AM SOME ARE IN HURRICANE PRONE AREAS.
11:54:47AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO MAKE SURE THIS WHEEL IS HURRICANE
11:54:51AM RATED.
11:54:51AM THERE IS AN ACTION PLAN TO REMOVE ALL 27 OF THE GONDOLAS IF
11:54:55AM THE STORM IS TOO SEVERE.
11:54:58AM AND THEY WILL BE STORED OFF-SITE AND THEN PUT BACK ON THE
11:55:02AM WHEEL POST-STORM.
11:55:04AM WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THE HURRICANE RATING OF THIS.
11:55:07AM TWO OTHER ISSUES THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL
11:55:10AM AREA WOULD ASK ABOUT IS NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION.
11:55:14AM THE WHEEL IS WHISPER QUIET.
11:55:16AM THE MECHANICS OF THIS ARE VERY QUIET.
11:55:18AM ALL THE PEOPLE ARE INSIDE AN ENCLOSED POD.
11:55:22AM SO THE NOISE OF THIS TYPE OF ATTRACTION IS NOT SOMETHING
11:55:25AM THAT IS GOING TO IMPEDE UPON THE LOCAL RESIDENTS.
11:55:28AM GOING BACK AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW -- WE'RE
11:55:34AM HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
11:55:37AM WHAT I SHOWED YOU INITIALLY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LIGHTING
11:55:40AM IS UPLIGHTING.
11:55:41AM ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING.
11:55:42AM SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON OTHER BUILDINGS.
11:55:45AM ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE WHEEL, THEY ARE WHITE.
11:55:48AM THEY ARE NOT LOUD, BRIGHT COLORS.
11:55:50AM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO CREATE LIGHT INTRUSION
11:55:53AM FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
11:55:54AM SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE NOISE AND LIGHT SOLUTION
11:55:59AM WON'T BE AN ISSUE FOR THE FOLKS IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT
11:56:01AM AREA.
11:56:01AM MOVING ON, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS.
11:56:07AM WE STARTED THIS PROCESS A YEAR AGO.
11:56:09AM WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
11:56:11AM OUR TEAM IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
11:56:17AM WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SITES, IN THE CHANNEL
11:56:17AM DISTRICT, IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
11:56:19AM WE LOOKED OUT AT ARMATURE WORKS.
11:56:20AM PEOPLE ASKED US, DID YOU EVEN LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER
11:56:23AM SITES?
11:56:23AM WE LOOKED AT MANY.
11:56:24AM WE REALLY HAD TO FIND A SITE THAT WAS CONDUCIVE TO THE
11:56:29AM ECONOMICS OF THE WHEEL AND WAS WELL LOCATED.
11:56:32AM WE LOVE THE AQUARIUM SITE BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY IN AN
11:56:37AM EXISTING ENTERTAINMENT ZONE.
11:56:40AM YOU'VE GOT THE AQUARIUM.
11:56:41AM YOU'VE GOT THE CRUISE SHIPS.
11:56:42AM IT SITS RIGHT IN AN ENTERTAINMENT ZONE.
11:56:45AM WE THOUGHT THAT WAS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US AS WELL AS FOR THE
11:56:48AM CITY.
11:56:48AM WE THEN WENT TO THE AQUARIUM.
11:56:51AM THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT.
11:56:54AM SO WE WERE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
11:56:56AM WE THEN WENT TO SURROUNDING STAKEHOLDERS IN CLOSE TO THE
11:57:00AM AREA.
11:57:01AM I'VE GOT LETTERS HERE OF SUPPORT FROM THE FOLKS WE WERE
11:57:04AM TALKING TO.
11:57:05AM WE HAVE A LETTER FROM THE AQUARIUM.
11:57:07AM WE TALKED TO THE FOLKS OVER AT VISIT TAMPA BAY.
11:57:12AM SANDY AUGUSTINE WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE WERE DOING.
11:57:15AM WE TALKED TO LOCAL DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA.
11:57:18AM SPP, DARRYL SHAW, THEY BOTH WROTE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR US.
11:57:22AM WE TALKED TO THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP AND KENYETTA'S TEAM
11:57:26AM WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE AS WELL.
11:57:28AM FINALLY, WE WENT TO THE CAC AND WE GOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE OR
11:57:33AM RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
11:57:37AM THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY THERE.
11:57:40AM WE SENT OUT 400 LETTERS TO THAT COMMUNITY IN ADVANCE OF THAT
11:57:43AM MEETING AND IN ADVANCE OF THAT VOTE.
11:57:45AM BEYOND THOSE FOLKS, WE TALKED TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PORT.
11:57:48AM WE TALKED TO THE LIGHTNING.
11:57:50AM WE TALKED TO A LOT OF BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.
11:57:54AM WE TRIED TO CANVASS AND FIND OUT WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.
11:57:58AM FROM THERE, UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY WE TALKED TO,
11:58:01AM WENT TO THE CITY ON MARCH 5 AND STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS
11:58:05AM WITH CITY STAFF.
11:58:06AM OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THEY HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH
11:58:09AM US TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST PROJECT PUT
11:58:12AM TOGETHER.
11:58:12AM WE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL AS WELL IN
11:58:16AM ADVANCE.
11:58:16AM WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERS
11:58:18AM IN THIS AND THAT WE'RE GETTING AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS WE CAN.
11:58:22AM THAT HAS KIND OF BEEN THE PROCESS TO DATE.
11:58:25AM A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT,
11:58:28AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE HEARD IS PEOPLE ARE
11:58:30AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS THIS GOING TO INCREASE TRAFFIC?
11:58:32AM AT KENYETTA'S LUNCHEON FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, SHE
11:58:37AM MENTIONED THE CITY OF TAMPA GETS 30.1 MILLION PEOPLE COMING
11:58:41AM INTO CHANNEL DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE DOWNTOWN AREA EVERY
11:58:46AM YEAR.
11:58:46AM NOBODY IS GOING TO COME TO THE WHEEL AND DO A 20-MINUTE RIDE
11:58:50AM AND THEN IMMEDIATELY LEAVE.
11:58:51AM OUR AUDIENCE ARE PEOPLE ALREADY HERE.
11:58:55AM WE'RE LOOKING TO EXTEND AND ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE OF THOSE
11:58:59AM PEOPLE.
11:58:59AM WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE TRAFFIC
11:59:02AM ISSUES AT ALL.
11:59:03AM WE'RE JUST LEVERAGING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TO EXPAND AND
11:59:06AM GIVE THEM A BETTER EXPERIENCE WHILE THEY ARE DOWN HERE.
11:59:10AM TERMS OF HIGHEST AND BEST USE, THE LAND WE'RE ASKING TO
11:59:13AM LEASE IS LESS THAN A HALF OF AN ACRE.
11:59:16AM THAT IS A VERY SMALL PARCEL.
11:59:18AM WHEN WE'RE STABILIZED, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER LIKELY
11:59:21AM 500,000 TO 600,000 RIDERS EVERY YEAR.
11:59:24AM THAT'S WHAT WE ANTICIPATE.
11:59:26AM SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE VALUE THAT WE'RE CREATING, AS AN
11:59:28AM ATTRACTION, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER THAT TO MORE THAN
11:59:31AM HALF A MILLION PEOPLE, WE'RE DOING IT IN A FOOTPRINT THAT IS
11:59:35AM LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE.
11:59:36AM THERE'S NO ATTRACTION IN TAMPA AND PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE
11:59:39AM THAT'S GOING TO DELIVER THAT LEVEL OF DENSITY IN THAT SMALL
11:59:43AM OF A PARCEL.
11:59:44AM THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS OUR TEAM HAS SOURCED A WHEEL
11:59:49AM IN MUNICH.
11:59:50AM I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASKED ABOUT IT.
11:59:53AM LET ME BE VERY CLEAR.
11:59:54AM WE DID THAT.
11:59:55AM IT IS A WHEEL OUR TEAM JUST VISITED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
11:59:59AM IT IS IN GREAT CONDITION.
12:00:00PM WE WILL DISASSEMBLE THAT WHEEL.
12:00:03PM WE'LL REFURBISH IT, SHIP IT HERE AND THEN ASSEMBLE IT.
12:00:07PM THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS TWOFOLD.
12:00:11PM ONE, WE CAN DO IT IN A YEAR.
12:00:14PM BUILD ONE FROM SCRATCH IT WOULD TAKE TWO YEARS.
12:00:17PM SECOND REASON, COST US $20 MILLION INSTEAD OF $30 MILLION.
12:00:21PM THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT COST ADVANTAGES AND TIMELINE
12:00:24PM ADVANTAGES FROM DOING THAT.
12:00:25PM IT WILL BE AS GOOD AS A NEW WHEEL.
12:00:27PM THE NEXT THING TALK ABOUT IS VALUE PROPOSITION.
12:00:34PM FOUR THINGS I WANT TO HIT ON AS WE CLOSE HERE.
12:00:36PM FIRST, THIS IS A $20 MILLION INVESTMENT.
12:00:39PM WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY SUPPORT.
12:00:41PM IN FACT, AS JIM JUST MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE ACTUALLY
12:00:44PM GOING TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE
12:00:47PM REVENUE SHARE BACK INTO THE CITY.
12:00:49PM WE BELIEVE WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THAT REVENUE SHARE
12:00:52PM COMPONENT, WE'RE NOT DRAWING DOWN FROM CITY FUNDS.
12:00:55PM WE'RE ADDING TO CITY FUNDS THAT YOU THEN REAPPROPRIATE INTO
12:00:59PM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS OR WHATEVER YOUR PRIORITIES ARE FOR
12:01:01PM THE CITY.
12:01:02PM WE'RE ADDITIVE FROM A STANDPOINT OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
12:01:06PM SECOND, WE'RE ADDING A WORLD-CLASS DESTINATION FOR FAMILIES.
12:01:11PM WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FAMILY ORIENTED ATTRACTIONS IN
12:01:14PM DOWNTOWN.
12:01:15PM THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW A VERY AFFORDABLE ATTRACTION, REALLY
12:01:19PM FOCUS ON THE FAMILY MEMBERS.
12:01:21PM I'LL COME BACK TO THAT IN ONE SECOND.
12:01:23PM THE THIRD COMPONENT IS, WE'RE REALLY HELPING DRIVE THE
12:01:26PM CONVENTION BUSINESS.
12:01:30PM SANTIAGO HAS BEEN ON RECORD STATING, IT'S ANOTHER ARROW IN
12:01:32PM HIS QUIVER WHEN HE IS TRYING TO PULL IN CONVENTIONS,
12:01:34PM PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE.
12:01:35PM WE HAVE 8 MILLION VISITORS THAT ALREADY COME, THAT ARE
12:01:38PM TOURISTS THAT COME INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, WE'RE ADDING
12:01:41PM VALUE AND ANOTHER ATTRACTION FOR THOSE VERY IMPORTANT
12:01:43PM AUDIENCES THAT ARE ALREADY COMING HERE.
12:01:45PM FINAL THING I WOULD SAY, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I MENTIONED
12:01:48PM BEFORE, THOSE DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT
12:01:54PM START WITH THE AQUARIUM, 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE GO TO THE
12:01:57PM AQUARIUM.
12:01:57PM THEIR AUDIENCE IS OUR AUDIENCE.
12:02:00PM WE CAN EXPAND THAT EXPERIENCE.
12:02:01PM THE CRUISE PASSENGERS THEY ARE GETTING NOW I THINK 1.3
12:02:05PM MILLION PEOPLE THERE.
12:02:06PM THEY COME DOWN A COUPLE OF HOURS EARLY BEFORE THEY CAN GET
12:02:09PM ON THEIR CRUISE.
12:02:10PM THEY NEED SOMETHING TO DO.
12:02:12PM WE'RE GIVING THEM SOMETHING TO DO.
12:02:14PM WE ALSO CAN STORE THEIR LUGGAGE, THAT FREES THOSE CRUISE
12:02:18PM PASSENGERS UP TO GO VISIT ALL THE OTHER COOL THINGS TO DO IN
12:02:21PM THE DOWNTOWN AREA, IN THE CHANNEL DISTRICT AREA.
12:02:25PM WE'RE ADDITIVE TO THOSE 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE.
12:02:28PM IF YOU LOOK AT THE ARENA, IF YOU LOOK AT WATER STREET, THE
12:02:31PM RIVERWALK, SPARKMAN'S WHARF, ALL THE CRITICAL DOWNTOWN
12:02:37PM ASSETS THAT THE CITY INVESTED INTO, WE'RE BUILDING INTO THAT
12:02:40PM DWELL TIME AND ECONOMIC BENEFIT.
12:02:43PM WE THINK ALL TOLD WE'RE DELIVERING A TON OF RETURN ON
12:02:47PM INVESTMENT OF A LEASE IN ONE HALF AN ACRE OF PARCEL.
12:02:50PM IF YOU THINK OF THE STAKEHOLDERS, YOU THINK ABOUT THE
12:02:53PM CONVENTION CENTER AND THE FAMILIES.
12:02:55PM THE LAST THING I'LL CLOSE WITH HERE IS THIS.
12:02:59PM I'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTS, WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
12:03:03PM COMMENTS.
12:03:04PM WE TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY.
12:03:05PM WE WANT TO ADDRESS THEM, THIS IS NOT UNIQUE AND NOT ORIGINAL
12:03:09PM OR A PART OF OUR CHARACTER AS A CITY.
12:03:12PM THERE HAVE BEEN COMMENTS THAT THIS IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE A
12:03:15PM CHEESY FAIR RIDE AND THERE HAVE BEEN COMMENTS THAT SAY, HEY,
12:03:19PM WE DON'T WANT TO BE ORLANDO TOURIST CITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
12:03:21PM WHEEL.
12:03:22PM I'LL TAKE IT IN REVERSE ORDER, WE WILL NOT BE ORLANDO.
12:03:26PM WE ARE OUR OWN IDENTITY.
12:03:28PM HOWEVER, WE HAVE 8 MILLION VISITORS AND TOURISTS.
12:03:31PM I WOULD NOT DISCOUNT THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT TO OUR ECONOMIC
12:03:34PM DEVELOPMENT HERE.
12:03:34PM SECOND, THIS IS A $20 MILLION ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARK.
12:03:39PM THIS ISN'T SOME CHEESY FAIR RIDE.
12:03:42PM IT ADDS TO THE CITYSCAPE.
12:03:43PM THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY FOR THOSE THAT SAY THIS IS NOT
12:03:47PM ORIGINAL OR THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE, WE
12:03:51PM ALL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP IN THE TOWERS AND LOOK DOWN
12:03:56PM AND SEE THAT REALLY AWE-INSPIRING VIEW.
12:03:59PM WE GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT.
12:04:00PM WE'VE ALL DONE IT.
12:04:01PM THE FAMILIES THAT COME IN TO DO THE AQUARIUM, WHO WALK ON
12:04:04PM RIVERWALK, THEY DON'T GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.
12:04:07PM THOSE KIDS, THOSE PARENTS, WHEN THEY GO UP TO THE TOP OF THE
12:04:10PM WHEEL AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO SEE, THAT WILL BE A
12:04:13PM UNIQUE AND ORIGINAL EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.
12:04:15PM IT WILL BE A HIGH-VALUE EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE FOLKS.
12:04:19PM I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD DISCOUNT THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS
12:04:22PM WHO WILL THINK IT IS ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE.
12:04:25PM I WOULD SAY THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITIES AROUND THE WORLD,
12:04:30PM WORLD-CLASS CITIES WOULD AGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT.
12:04:34PM NONE OF THESE CITIES, AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THESE ARE ALL
12:04:37PM WORLD-CLASS CITIES HAVE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS
12:04:40PM BECAUSE SOMEBODY ELSE HAS ALREADY DONE IT.
12:04:42PM THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THE VALUE, AND THEY SAID, YES, WE WANT
12:04:45PM TO BRING THAT VALUE FOR OUR CITY, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR
12:04:49PM THE VISITORS WHO COME HERE.
12:04:51PM WE THINK WE'RE DELIVERING A TON.
12:04:53PM I REALLY WANT TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS, IF PEOPLE HAVE
12:04:55PM CONCERNS ABOUT, WE WANT TO BE GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN
12:04:58PM THIS, BUT I HOPE YOU SEE THE VALUE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
12:05:01PM TIME AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
12:05:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:05:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
12:05:08PM YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDERS YOU MET WITH, BUT THERE
12:05:13PM WAS A GIANT GLARING ERROR.
12:05:15PM I THINK I MENTIONED THIS TO YOU WHEN I MET WITH YOU EARLIER.
12:05:18PM THERE WERE NO RESIDENTS.
12:05:20PM YOU TALKED TO BUSINESS OWNERS.
12:05:23PM YOU TALKED TO FOLKS THAT -- THE CAC IS GREAT BUT IT IS NOT
12:05:31PM THE RESIDENTS.
12:05:31PM WHAT I WOULD DO BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND HEARING IS CONTACT
12:05:39PM THE TOWERS AND FIND A WAY TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE WHO
12:05:45PM LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO IT SO YOU CAN ANSWER ALL OF THE
12:05:48PM QUESTIONS.
12:05:48PM YOU ANSWERED SOME TODAY.
12:05:50PM WE'LL GET PUBLIC COMMENT WITH QUESTIONS.
12:05:52PM MAINLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING IS WE'RE HEARING THE SAME THING
12:05:54PM THAT YOU'RE HEARING.
12:05:55PM WE'RE GETTING E-MAILS ABOUT IT.
12:05:57PM IT WOULD BE BEST BECAUSE I'LL REALLY LISTEN TO MY
12:06:02PM CONSTITUENTS.
12:06:02PM I REALLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THE
12:06:05PM DIFFERENT APARTMENT, CONDO COMPLEXES, REALLY TALK TO THOSE
12:06:10PM FOLKS, BECAUSE THEY ARE WHO YOU NEED TO SELL.
12:06:13PM >> YEP.
12:06:14PM AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
12:06:15PM WE ARE NOT SHYING AWAY FROM TALKING TO ANY RESIDENTS AT ALL.
12:06:18PM I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD WE'RE HOPEFULLY
12:06:21PM ADDRESSING BECAUSE IN GIVING THEM THE INFORMATION THAT WILL
12:06:23PM GIVE THEM COMFORT, SO WE'LL ABSOLUTELY TRY TO DO THAT.
12:06:27PM WE'VE HAD A LOT ON OUR PLATE TO TRY TO GET DONE.
12:06:29PM BUT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY MAKE THAT REACH OUT.
12:06:32PM >> ONE OTHER THING, WE ALSO SENT 390 LETTERS OUT TO ALL THE
12:06:37PM PEOPLE THAT ARE WITHIN THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
12:06:40PM AGAIN, THIS ACTUAL PARCEL ITSELF IS ABOUT A SEVEN ACRE
12:06:44PM PARCEL THAT THE CITY OWNS.
12:06:45PM WE DID THE NOTICE FROM THE ENTIRE SEVEN ACRE PARCEL, EVEN
12:06:48PM THOUGH WE'RE AT THE PORTION OF THE SITE THAT'S CLOSEST TO
12:06:50PM THE AQUARIUM, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARKING
12:06:53PM GARAGE AND RIGHT AT THE STREETCAR STOP.
12:06:55PM I THINK SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISINFORMED AS
12:07:00PM TO WHERE IT WAS ON THAT PARCEL.
12:07:01PM YEAH, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY DO OUR BEST OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS
12:07:04PM TO TRY TO TOUCH AS MANY POINTS OF CONTACT AS WE CAN.
12:07:09PM ONE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE THIS MORNING THAT WE'LL REACH OUT TO
12:07:12PM AS WELL WHO RAISED QUESTIONS.
12:07:13PM WE APPRECIATE -- AGAIN, I REALIZE THAT TODAY IS NOT A VOTE
12:07:18PM BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
12:07:22PM AS TONY MENTIONED, WE'RE TRYING TO ACQUIRE THIS WHEEL FROM
12:07:25PM MUNICH WHICH HAS OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT IT.
12:07:28PM ANY INDICATION OF YOUR THOUGHTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
12:07:32PM WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS STILL A LOT MORE INFORMATION TO GAIN.
12:07:35PM OBVIOUSLY, COUNCILMAN VIERA AND CARLSON ARE NOT HERE RIGHT
12:07:38PM NOW.
12:07:39PM BUT ANY INDICATION YOU CAN GIVE OUR CLIENTS THAT ARE HERE
12:07:42PM THAT YOU THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR WE'RE ON THE RIGHT
12:07:47PM TRACK WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
12:07:48PM AS MORRIS MENTIONED, ANY CHANGES YOU WANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT
12:07:51PM AGREEMENT, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT AS WELL.
12:07:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION.
12:07:54PM WHY IS MUNICH GETTING RID OF IT?
12:07:57PM >> SO THE WAY THEY OFTEN SELL A WHEEL IS YOU PUT IT UP.
12:08:04PM THEY MARKET IT SO PEOPLE CAN COME AND SEE IT.
12:08:06PM THIS WHEEL HAS BEEN ON THE MARKET.
12:08:08PM WE HAVE A RIGHT TO IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO IT
12:08:12PM FOREVER.
12:08:13PM SO WE'RE UNDER A CLOCK.
12:08:15PM WE WANT TO DO RIGHT BY THE COMMUNITY.
12:08:19PM WE WANT TO BE GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
12:08:21PM WE'RE BALANCING THAT WITH WE'RE UNDER THE GUN FROM A TIMING
12:08:24PM PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO BUY
12:08:27PM THE WHEEL.
12:08:28PM TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, GET IT FASTER AND MORE
12:08:30PM ECONOMICAL PRICE.
12:08:31PM >>LYNN HURTAK: IT DIDN'T BELONG TO MUNICH.
12:08:35PM BEING SET UP IN MUNICH TO SHOW.
12:08:37PM >> CORRECT.
12:08:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M SHOCKED HOW MANY OF THE CITIES HAVE
12:08:41PM RIDDEN THE WHEEL.
12:08:42PM GIVE AN INDICATION, I HAVE A LIST OF A FEW THINGS IN THE
12:08:47PM DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
12:08:50PM I WORKED WITH MS. FEELEY AND MORRIS ABOUT, MAKING SURE THAT
12:08:53PM WAS INCLUDED IN THERE.
12:08:55PM THOSE ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES TO ME.
12:08:57PM PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AND SEE THAT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
12:09:02PM ONLY OTHER THING, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A STAFF QUESTION
12:09:05PM OR SOMETHING YOU CAN ANSWER.
12:09:07PM I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE STREET-LEVEL AESTHETIC.
12:09:09PM AGAIN, I'VE RIDDEN A LOT OF THE WHEELS.
12:09:12PM SOME OF THE TIMES THE WHEELS HAVE THE BASIC NECESSITIES AT
12:09:16PM THE BOTTOM, TAKE A BOOTH AND THAT'S IT.
12:09:19PM I'VE SEEN SOME A LOT MORE ELABORATE AND ESTABLISHED OUT.
12:09:23PM THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A PD.
12:09:25PM WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE AN ACTUAL BOUND AGREEMENT SO I CAN
12:09:30PM SEE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
12:09:32PM HOW DO WE ASSURE THAT THE STREET LEVEL AESTHETIC IS
12:09:35PM COMPATIBLE WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS WE TALKED ABOUT
12:09:38PM THE EXTENSION OF THE STREET, THE RIVERWALK, WE TALK ABOUT
12:09:41PM THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL AND THE INTEGRATION
12:09:46PM WITH ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT AQUARIUM, SPECTACULARLY
12:09:50PM BEAUTIFUL.
12:09:50PM I BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE FIRST MEETING, IMPORTANT TO ME IS
12:09:55PM THE STREET LEVEL AESTHETIC AND ENSURING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
12:09:58PM AND HOW THAT INTEGRATES WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.
12:10:01PM >> I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO REASSURE YOU OF,
12:10:05PM WE ONLY HAVE A SMALL PARCEL.
12:10:07PM WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PARCEL THAT WE HAVE CONTROL
12:10:09PM OVER, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CREATE A PLACE-MAKING
12:10:14PM ENVIRONMENT THAT I THINK ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE.
12:10:18PM WE SHARE THE CONCERNS.
12:10:19PM WE WANT TO BE AN APPEALING PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO AND
12:10:22PM BE ABLE TO HANG OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
12:10:24PM SO WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING, BUT WE HAVE A SMALL
12:10:27PM BOUNDARY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
12:10:28PM WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE OUR FOOTPRINT SO WE DON'T DISRUPT
12:10:31PM THE AQUARIUM PARKING TO ANY GREAT DEGREE.
12:10:34PM BUT WE WILL, WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY, AND WE WORKED WITH
12:10:39PM STANTEC AND OUR PLANNERS TO SAY HOW DO WE CREATE THE
12:10:43PM LANDSCAPING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THE APPEAL THAT YOU AND WE
12:10:44PM ARE LOOKING FOR.
12:10:45PM >> WE'RE ALSO OBLIGATED -- AS YOU HEARD FROM MORRIS, WE'RE
12:10:48PM NOT ASKING RIGHT NOW FOR ANY CHANGES TO WHAT THE CODE
12:10:52PM REQUIRES IN THAT AREA.
12:10:53PM WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THAT CHANNEL
12:10:55PM DISTRICT ZONING REQUIREMENT.
12:10:59PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
12:11:00PM YOU ASKED FOR LIKE WHAT WOULD BE -- WE WANTED OUR OPINION,
12:11:05PM WHAT WOULD GET ME ON BOARD.
12:11:06PM I THINK THIS IS PART OF MY THING, THE AESTHETIC.
12:11:09PM THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN -- LUGGAGE STORAGE.
12:11:14PM THAT COULD BE A BARN.
12:11:15PM IT COULD BE A STORAGE SHED OR SOMETHING AESTHETICALLY
12:11:19PM PLEASING.
12:11:20PM LANDSCAPING, PLANT A COUPLE OF SHRUBS OR DO SOMETHING REALLY
12:11:23PM INTERESTING THAT INTEGRATES WITH THE THEME OF THE AQUARIUM.
12:11:28PM SPOKE ABOUT IN THE VERY FIRST MEETING.
12:11:30PM THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
12:11:32PM I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU BIND THAT, THAT, AGAIN, WE HAVE THAT
12:11:34PM LEVEL OF INTEGRATION.
12:11:37PM IT CAN'T -- FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO -- AGAIN, I LIKE THIS
12:11:41PM CONCEPT.
12:11:42PM I'M FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THE CONCEPT.
12:11:44PM I THINK IT BRINGS SOMETHING REALLY INTRIGUING TO THE CITY OF
12:11:47PM TAMPA.
12:11:47PM I LOVE THE FACT THAT SPARKMAN WHARF, AMALIE ARENA, THE CLUBS
12:11:54PM AND THINGS WE'VE GOT AROUND THERE.
12:11:56PM I THINK IT INTEGRATES REALLY WELL.
12:11:59PM YBOR CITY, FAMILY OPTIONS AS OPPOSED TO NIGHTTIME CLUB.
12:12:04PM NOT AT ANY COST.
12:12:06PM THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE WANT TO REALLY NURTURE AND
12:12:10PM DEVELOP AND BRING IT UP.
12:12:12PM WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL EXPLODING CHICKEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
12:12:16PM CIRCLE.
12:12:18PM WE WANT TO PLAY ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.
12:12:20PM ART IS IMPORTANT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
12:12:24PM STAFF, HOW DO WE BIND THIS?
12:12:26PM HOW DOES THIS WORK BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PD?
12:12:33PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: ABBYE FEELEY, ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEVELOPMENT
12:12:35PM AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.
12:12:36PM I THINK THERE COULD BE AN ATTACHMENT OF SOME EXHIBITS TO THE
12:12:41PM DA THAT SHOW THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, THAT SHOW THE STREET VIEW.
12:12:47PM I THINK THEY HAD SOME STREET VIEWS IN SOME PRIOR
12:12:51PM DOCUMENTATION THAT WE SAW SO THEY COULD SHARE THAT WITH YOU
12:12:55PM AS WELL.
12:12:56PM AS MENTIONED, THE DA IS FOR THE HEIGHT ONLY, BUT THAT IS
12:13:01PM YOUR OPTION UNDER THIS.
12:13:05PM WE DID NOT CHOOSE TO REZONE THIS SO THAT THE LAND CHANGED
12:13:09PM FOR THE WHEEL.
12:13:10PM WE CHOSE TO USE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT --
12:13:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
12:13:14PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: -- ON TOP.
12:13:16PM THAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL, I THINK, EXHIBITS THAT
12:13:21PM COULD BE INCLUDED AT THE DEVELOPER'S BEHEST.
12:13:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, I REALLY DO
12:13:30PM WANT TO SEE SOMETHING, AND NOT JUST BASIC.
12:13:34PM SOMETHING BINDING OF WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE IT IS
12:13:38PM DEVELOPED SO IT HAS THAT AESTHETIC.
12:13:40PM OUR AQUARIUM IS AN ARCHITECTURAL WONDER.
12:13:43PM BEAUTIFUL, SPECTACULAR.
12:13:44PM SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ON WATER STREET ARE ARCHITECTURALLY
12:13:47PM SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS.
12:13:48PM HE WANT TO MAKE SURE SOMETHING COMPLEMENTARY TO WHAT IS
12:13:53PM HAPPENING IN THE REST OF THAT AREA.
12:13:56PM >> ABSOLUTELY.
12:13:57PM LIKE I SAID, WE'VE WORKED WITH STANTEC.
12:13:59PM WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING, I WENT BACK TO THE PLANNERS AT
12:14:02PM STANTEC AND SAID WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING ON PAPER THAT
12:14:06PM REALLY RECOGNIZES THIS.
12:14:07PM IT'S GOOD FOR US, TOO.
12:14:09PM WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME THINGS IN PLACE.
12:14:11PM LIKE A POTENTIAL ART INSTALLATION, WHERE YOU HAVE SEATING
12:14:15PM AROUND IT.
12:14:16PM WE CREATE SHADE, WE'VE GOT TREES.
12:14:18PM WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO DO THE SHRUBS.
12:14:21PM WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING REALLY IMPACTFUL.
12:14:23PM WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THOSE.
12:14:25PM WE'RE HAPPY TO INCLUDE THOSE.
12:14:26PM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP US AS WELL WITH OUR CUSTOMER
12:14:29PM BASE.
12:14:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
12:14:31PM I REALLY DO WANT TO YOU BRING A PROPOSAL THAT I CAN GET
12:14:35PM FULLY 100% BEHIND.
12:14:37PM WANT TO MAKE SURE I SHARE THAT PUBLICLY.
12:14:41PM AND A COUPLE MORE DOT THE I, CROSS THE Ts THAT STAFF HAS.
12:14:46PM I THINK IT IS A GREAT PROPOSAL.
12:14:47PM I LOVE THE FACT THAT IT IS A PRIVATE INVESTMENT ON VERY
12:14:51PM SMALL FOOTPRINT.
12:14:51PM WITH A PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
12:14:55PM GO FORTH, BRING US A PROJECT WE CAN GET BEHIND AND LOVE.
12:14:59PM I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ONE OF THE FIRST RIDERS.
12:15:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A COUPLE OF THINGS.
12:15:06PM THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
12:15:07PM OF ALL THE CITIES ON THIS LIST, I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE LONDON
12:15:14PM EYE AND THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
12:15:16PM THE TERM FERRIS WHEEL COMES UP.
12:15:19PM TO ME, FERRIS WHEEL IS A METAL BASKET WHERE I SIT WITH MY
12:15:23PM WIFE LIKE YOU SEE AT A CARNIVAL.
12:15:25PM THIS IS A GLASS POD THE SIZE OF A SMALL BEDROOM.
12:15:29PM I REMEMBER IN LONDON, WE WALKED AROUND IT.
12:15:31PM IT'S MORE UPSCALE AND ALL LIT UP, WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY
12:15:37PM QUESTION.
12:15:38PM IT IS -- YOU SAID IT IS WHITE LIGHTS, SURE LED OR SOMETHING
12:15:43PM OF THAT NATURE.
12:15:43PM WHAT HAPPENS AT NIGHT?
12:15:44PM IT SAID UNTIL 10:00 AND MAYBE ON WEEKENDS LATER.
12:15:48PM WHEN YOU HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED ACROSS
12:15:50PM THE STREET, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE BLACK OUT
12:15:55PM CURTAINS TO KEEP THE LIGHT OUT.
12:15:57PM DIMMED, TURNED OFF, PEOPLE WITH FAMILIES AND YOUNG KIDS?
12:16:00PM MY WIFE AND I, WE DON'T LIVE IN A BRIGHT AREA BUT WE HAVE A
12:16:05PM STREETLIGHT AND HAD TO GET BLACKOUT CURTAINS.
12:16:09PM NOISE, I HAD TO GET NEW WINDOWS BECAUSE I HAVE NEIGHBORS
12:16:12PM THAT PLAY DOMINOES FOR 12 HOURS A DAY AND PLAY LOUD MUSIC
12:16:16PM AND MY WIFE IS IN THE HOUSE WITH EARPLUGS.
12:16:19PM WILL PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME SITUATION WHERE IT WILL BE LOUD?
12:16:22PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MECHANISM SOUNDS LIKE.
12:16:27PM LOUD TURBINE ENGINES OR LIKE THE STREETCAR.
12:16:31PM THE STREETCAR PASSES THROUGH THAT AND HEAR THE
12:16:35PM CLICKETY-CLACK OF THE STREETCAR.
12:16:37PM GREAT RHYME.
12:16:38PM WHAT KIND OF NOISE DO YOU HAVE COMING FROM THIS?
12:16:41PM WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THE LIGHTING?
12:16:43PM I'M IN A LITTLE CONDO AND I FEEL THE IMPACTS OF A
12:16:47PM STREETLIGHT AND NOISY NEIGHBORS.
12:16:54PM WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED IN MIND FOR THAT?
12:16:58PM >> GREAT QUESTIONS.
12:16:59PM OUR TEAM WENT AND RODE THE RIDE.
12:17:04PM I PUT UP THERE WHISPER QUIET BECAUSE WHEN THEY CAME BACK,
12:17:08PM THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
12:17:09PM WHISPER QUIET IN TERMS OF THE MECHANICS OF IT.
12:17:14PM THE WHEEL DOES NOT REALLY MAKE ANY NOISE.
12:17:16PM NOT THE CLICKETY-CLACK, ANY OF THAT STUFF.
12:17:19PM PATRONS OF THE WHEEL ARE INSIDE AN ENCLOSED POD.
12:17:22PM YOU MIGHT HAVE NOISE DOWN BELOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE JUST
12:17:25PM CONGREGATING IN TERMS OF LIKE YOU WOULD AT ANY OTHER TYPE OF
12:17:30PM EVENT BUT AGAIN OUR AUDIENCE IS LARGELY GOING TO BE FAMILY
12:17:33PM AUDIENCES.
12:17:34PM THIS IS GOING TO BE PEOPLE GOING AND DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
12:17:38PM WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE THIS NOISE
12:17:40PM ISSUE AT ALL.
12:17:42PM IN TERMS OF THE LIGHT, THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGER CONCERN FOR
12:17:45PM ME IF I WAS ONE OF THE RESIDENTS DOWN THERE BECAUSE WE ARE
12:17:48PM FAR REMOVED FROM MOST OF THE RESIDENTS.
12:17:52PM JIM MENTIONED WHEN WE DID OUR 300-FOOT, THERE'S REALLY
12:17:56PM ALMOST NO RESIDENTS 300 FEET FROM WHERE WE ARE.
12:17:59PM WHEN THEY DID 300 FEET FROM THE ENTIRE SEVEN ACRE PARKING
12:18:03PM LOT, THAT INCLUDED NOW UP TO 400 RESIDENTS.
12:18:05PM SO IN WHERE WE ARE REALLY AT, THE REALITY IS, THERE ARE VERY
12:18:09PM FEW RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE WITHIN ANY KIND OF NOISE ISSUES.
12:18:12PM LIGHT PERSPECTIVE, I WENT AND STOOD AT THE SITE.
12:18:15PM THE ONE TOWER THAT IS CLOSEST TO US BEHIND THAT PARKING
12:18:19PM GARAGE, I THINK THERE'S ABOUT 15 RESIDENTS THAT WOULD BE
12:18:22PM ABOVE THE PARKING STRUCTURE THAT WOULD HAVE A VIEW OF THE
12:18:27PM WHEEL.
12:18:28PM THOSE WOULD BE THE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD THINK WOULD HAVE
12:18:30PM CONCERNS ABOUT LIGHTING.
12:18:32PM THE LIGHTING THAT WE HAVE IN WHAT I SHOWED YOU, IT'S
12:18:35PM UPLIGHTING.
12:18:36PM ALONG THE SPOKES, WE HAVE WHITE LIGHTING.
12:18:39PM WE CAN DIM THAT.
12:18:40PM WE CAN SHUT IT OFF AT A CERTAIN TIME.
12:18:42PM IT WILL BE, THOUGH, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK OUT
12:18:46PM AND SEE ON ANY OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT HAVE LIGHTS ON
12:18:49PM THEM.
12:18:49PM THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE INTRUSIVE LIGHTS THAT ARE SHINING
12:18:54PM INTO THEIR WINDOW.
12:18:54PM THEY ARE GOING TO BE UPLIGHTING, AMBIENT LIGHTING.
12:18:58PM AGAIN, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIM THOSE LIGHTS.
12:19:00PM WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO BE PEOPLE CREATING ISSUES WITH OUR --
12:19:04PM WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE CLOSE BY.
12:19:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TWO MORE THINGS.
12:19:09PM IN THE AGREEMENT, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN ALL THE DOCUMENTS
12:19:12PM YET.
12:19:13PM I HAVEN'T SEEN ALL THE DOCUMENTS YET.
12:19:16PM DOES ANYTHING GO TO THE CITY?
12:19:17PM DO YOU MEET A CERTAIN DOLLAR THRESHOLD OF INCOME AND THEN A
12:19:22PM CERTAIN PERCENTAGE IS PAID TO THE CITY BECAUSE IT IS CITY
12:19:25PM PROPERTY OR DO YOU SIGN A LEASE AND THAT'S IT?
12:19:27PM FOR CONCESSIONS AND REVENUES, DOES A COMMISSION GO TO THE
12:19:30PM CITY, A PERCENTAGE?
12:19:32PM >> GREAT POINT.
12:19:33PM AS MORRIS SAID, THAT'S BEING NEGOTIATED RIGHT NOW, AND YOUR
12:19:37PM CFO AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT IT WITH A FINE TOOTH
12:19:41PM COMB.
12:19:42PM THE GIST OF THE DEAL IS WE'RE REIMBURSING FOR ALL OF THE
12:19:46PM LOST PARKING SPACES FOR THE ENTIRE TIME THEY ARE LOST.
12:19:48PM THE 50 SPACES, WHETHER OCCUPIED FULL-TIME OR NOT, WE'RE
12:19:51PM PAYING FOR THOSE.
12:19:52PM IN ADDITION, YOUR STAFF CAME BACK AND SAID, WAIT A MINUTE,
12:19:55PM WHAT IS THE CITY GETTING OUT OF THIS?
12:19:57PM WE CAME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT WHERE ESSENTIALLY THE
12:20:01PM BREAK-EVEN, JUST BALLPARK, 350,000 RIDERS.
12:20:05PM WE EXPECT 500,000 RIDERS.
12:20:07PM 350,000 RIDERS, AVERAGE $20 A PERSON, NOT INCLUDING THE FOOD
12:20:12PM AND BEVERAGE, AROUND $7 MILLION.
12:20:14PM ANYTHING ABOVE THAT NUMBER, THE CITY IS GOING TO GET A
12:20:19PM REVENUE SHARE AND MINIMUM NUMBER.
12:20:20PM LESS THAN THAT, YOU'LL GET A MINIMUM NUMBER.
12:20:24PM WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH DENNIS AND HIS TEAM RIGHT
12:20:26PM NOW AND HOPE TO FINISH THAT BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
12:20:29PM THE CITY IS PUTTING IN NOTHING.
12:20:31PM SETTING ASIDE THIS PROPERTY CURRENTLY USED FOR PARKING TO
12:20:33PM THE AQUARIUM, AND THIS -- THE OTHER THING WE DIDN'T MENTION,
12:20:38PM THIS RIDE CAN BE MOVED.
12:20:40PM TEN YEARS, IF YOU GUYS DECIDE, WHICH I KNOW COUNCILMAN
12:20:45PM CARLSON WASN'T IN FAVOR OF, BUT DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THE
12:20:49PM PROPERTY AND AQUARIUM DOESN'T NEED IT ANYMORE, THIS RIDE
12:20:52PM COULD BE MOVED.
12:20:52PM WE DON'T WANT TO.
12:20:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ONE OTHER QUESTION, IF YOU FAIL, IF THIS
12:20:59PM FAILS AND YOU SAY WE'RE NOT GENERATING MONEY, WHAT HAPPENS?
12:21:01PM WHAT ARE THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO
12:21:04PM EXIT YOUR LEASE?
12:21:05PM WHAT PROVISIONS, SAY, LOOK, TRIED IT FOR A YEAR, NOT MAKING
12:21:10PM MONEY, WE'RE JUST TAKING IT DOWN.
12:21:12PM >> THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN
12:21:14PM HAS SHARED.
12:21:15PM WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT IS COVERED WITHIN THE TERMS OF THAT.
12:21:18PM SO THIS IS, AGAIN, WE PURCHASED THIS WHEEL FOR $20 MILLION.
12:21:23PM WE WILL THEN SELL THE WHEEL TO SOMEBODY ELSE OR MOVE IT IN
12:21:27PM SOME OTHER PLACE.
12:21:28PM BUT IN NO WAY WILL THE CITY BE STRAPPED WITH ANY -- THEY'LL
12:21:33PM GET THE LAND BACK.
12:21:35PM THEY WON'T HAVE ANY FINANCIAL ENCUMBRANCES COMING BACK ON
12:21:39PM THE CITY.
12:21:39PM THAT WILL BE WRITTEN INTO OUR AGREEMENT.
12:21:41PM >> WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GO DARK MORE THAN A CERTAIN NUMBER
12:21:44PM OF DAYS.
12:21:45PM IF WE DO, THAT'S IN DEFAULT OF THE LEASE.
12:21:47PM THAT'S REALLY NOT ANTICIPATED IN THIS CASE.
12:21:49PM THIS IS A VALUABLE ASSET.
12:21:51PM AGAIN, WE'RE COMING UP WITH SOME VERY CONSERVATIVE
12:21:54PM PROJECTIONS, AND THEY ARE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ALREADY IS
12:21:58PM A TON OF PEOPLE -- WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL BE ON THE STREETCAR,
12:22:03PM WAIT, LET ME STOP AND RIDE THE RIDE AND GO BACK AND CONTINUE
12:22:07PM ON TO YBOR.
12:22:08PM WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT
12:22:11PM BUILT INTO THE AGREEMENT.
12:22:13PM >> I WOULD SAY THAT OUR OWNERSHIP GROUP, AGAIN, HAS DONE
12:22:15PM SEVEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WHEELS.
12:22:17PM THEY KNOW WHAT THE MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS ARE AND ALL THE
12:22:22PM FINANCIAL DEMOGRAPHICS THAT FALL FROM THAT.
12:22:24PM WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS ANY CHANCE IT
12:22:26PM WOULD FAIL.
12:22:27PM BUT THE CITY IS PROTECTED IF ON THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT DOES
12:22:31PM HAPPEN.
12:22:33PM >> YOU'RE SAYING NONE OF THESE OTHER WHEELS THERE'S EVER
12:22:36PM BEEN A FAILURE OF ONE.
12:22:39PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LAST THING, MENTIONED ALREADY, THERE ARE
12:22:42PM PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE FOR IT OR
12:22:44PM AGAINST.
12:22:46PM WE HEARD FROM SOME.
12:22:47PM AT LEAST START WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AND THEN MEET
12:22:49PM WITH MORE INDIVIDUALS.
12:22:51PM I KNOW YOU DID YOUR NOTICING, BUT THAT AREA HAS CHANGED.
12:22:55PM IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
12:22:58PM A LOT OF FAMILIES.
12:22:59PM I MENTIONED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING, I WALKED THROUGH THERE,
12:23:03PM GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GO THROUGH THIS AREA, THERE ARE
12:23:05PM A LOT OF FAMILIES, A LOT OF STROLLERS, IT WASN'T LIKE THAT
12:23:08PM BEFORE.
12:23:09PM AS YOU KNOW, TAMPA HAS CHANGED.
12:23:12PM AS TAXPAYERS AND CITIZENS, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO
12:23:14PM COMMUNICATE.
12:23:15PM WE'VE GOTTEN QUITE A FEW E-MAILS.
12:23:18PM I DON'T KNOW IF THE GENTLEMAN IS HERE, ONE VERY SPECIFIC,
12:23:21PM ONE VERY DETAILED.
12:23:23PM TALKING ABOUT HIS CHILDREN.
12:23:24PM AGAIN, TO BE RESPECTFUL AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS
12:23:27PM HEARD, THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU MAY
12:23:30PM CONNECT WITH TODAY.
12:23:31PM IN THE MEANTIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE SECOND READING, FURTHER
12:23:34PM CONNECT AND REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND LISTEN TO THEIR
12:23:36PM CONCERNS AND THEN WE SEE -- THANK YOU, SIR.
12:23:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:23:40PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
12:23:42PM I REALLY APPRECIATE -- I HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY.
12:23:48PM THIS IS NOT YOUR NORMAL FERRIS WHEEL YOU SEE AT A STATE FAIR
12:23:52PM OR COUNTY FAIR.
12:23:53PM THERE'S NO FLAP.
12:23:54PM NO RUBBER RUNNING A DIESEL ENGINE MAKING ALL THE NOISE FROM
12:23:58PM WHAT I CAN SEE HERE.
12:23:59PM THEREFORE, THERE'S VERY LITTLE NOISE.
12:24:02PM I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S GOT DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENERGY, ALL
12:24:05PM ELECTRIC OR WHATEVER IT IS, THAT DOESN'T CREATE ANYTHING BUT
12:24:09PM NO NOISE AND A GOOD RIDE.
12:24:12PM NOT THAT I'M GOING TO RIDE IT.
12:24:16PM OVER SIX FEET, SOMEBODY ELSE CAN JUMP.
12:24:18PM WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, THAT AREA NOT TOO MANY YEARS AGO,
12:24:22PM THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
12:24:23PM ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, NOT EVEN 600 PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE
12:24:26PM DOWNTOWN AREA.
12:24:27PM AND 6 PEOPLE WAITING TO GET IN JAIL WAITING TO GET THEIR
12:24:34PM SEAT.
12:24:35PM I'M NOT -- TELLING THE TRUTH.
12:24:38PM NO HARBOUR ISLAND.
12:24:40PM NO SIDE FROM FLORIDA AVENUE EAST.
12:24:45PM ZERO.
12:24:46PM IN FACT, THERE WAS ZERO IN FRANKLIN STREET, TAMPA STREET,
12:24:50PM THERE WAS NOTHING THERE.
12:24:51PM ALL YOU HAD WAS A VACANT SIGN AND NO ONE COMING.
12:24:54PM HOW DID IT GET TO WHERE IT WAS AT?
12:24:57PM LITTLE BY LITTLE, ONE NAIL AT A TIME BEING FIXED.
12:25:02PM AND THAT'S WHAT GOT US HERE.
12:25:03PM A LOT OF COOPERATION FROM EVERYONE, INCLUDING EVERYONE THAT
12:25:08PM LIVES SOMEWHERE ELSE OTHER THAN DOWNTOWN.
12:25:09PM YOU SEE ANY CITY OVER 250,000 PEOPLE, DOES NOT HAVE A
12:25:14PM DOWNTOWN IS DYING.
12:25:16PM BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING, HEART INSTEAD OF A HUMAN
12:25:24PM BODY.
12:25:24PM I SEE THIS AS A CONTINUATION OF SOMETHING STARTED.
12:25:27PM YBOR CITY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
12:25:29PM IT HAD TUMBLEWEED, DRUG ADDICTS AND PROSTITUTION AT ONE
12:25:33PM TIME.
12:25:33PM LOOK AT IT NOW.
12:25:34PM IS IT PERFECT?
12:25:35PM NO, NEITHER AM I.
12:25:37PM I'M NOT PERFECT.
12:25:39PM THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW OR FORGOT
12:25:42PM TO KNOW OR DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
12:25:44PM WE JUST GAVE AWAY ABOUT $850 MILLION HERE RECENTLY AND NO
12:25:49PM ONE GAVE A DAMN BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE.
12:25:57PM THE PUBLIC IS PROTECTED.
12:26:00PM I HOPE THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE ARE PROTECTED.
12:26:03PM I THINK THEY WILL BE FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM MR. MANISCALCO'S
12:26:06PM QUESTIONS TO YOU.
12:26:07PM AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A LIFESTYLE
12:26:13PM THAT IS NEEDED IN CERTAIN AREAS.
12:26:15PM YES, WE WENT FROM BEING NOTHING TO HAVING THE HIGHEST, IF I
12:26:19PM REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE HIGHEST HOTEL OCCUPANCY IN THE
12:26:22PM COUNTRY AT ABOUT -- ROOMS ARE RENTED.
12:26:26PM BARBRA STREISAND DIDN'T DO THAT.
12:26:30PM YOU CAN SEE WHERE BARBRA STREISAND IS.
12:26:32PM THAT'S WHAT GOT US WHERE WE'RE AT.
12:26:38PM EVERYBODY WORKING TOGETHER, MAKING SURE EVERYBODY WAS
12:26:40PM SATISFIED AND DOING WHAT IS BEST NOT ONLY FOR THE
12:26:43PM INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKING THE INVESTMENT BUT FOR THE CITIZENS
12:26:46PM OF THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT WE, THE SEVEN OF US AND THE MAYOR
12:26:49PM HAVE TO PROTECT.
12:26:50PM THAT'S WHAT WE TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR.
12:26:53PM I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
12:26:55PM THERE'S NO BACKFALL THAT I KNOW.
12:26:58PM LIKE TO SEE YOU WORK IN AGREEMENT, LIKE MR. MANISCALCO
12:27:01PM TALKED ABOUT.
12:27:01PM AND SEE WHERE THE FINANCES ARE.
12:27:05PM IT'S A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE -- WENT FROM NOTHING, TOURIST
12:27:10PM DESTINATION BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE SANTIAGO, DONE A TERRIFIC
12:27:18PM JOB WITH VISIT TAMPA BAY.
12:27:19PM BOLLYWOOD, TWICE THE SIZE OF THE HOLLYWOOD SHOW.
12:27:23PM AMAZING FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE.
12:27:28PM NO ONE WANTING TO COME HERE, YOU DID NOT EITHER.
12:27:34PM YOU WOULDN'T HAVE COME HERE IF THE CITY OF TAMPA WAS WHAT IT
12:27:36PM WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
12:27:38PM YOU WOULD BE CRAZY.
12:27:39PM NOW IT'S DIFFERENT.
12:27:41PM CRIME RATE IN TAMPA IS ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY,
12:27:48PM EVEN THOUGH SOMEONE KILLED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
12:27:51PM ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY.
12:27:52PM ONE OF THE LOWEST IT'S EVER BEEN HERE.
12:27:56PM WE TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
12:27:59PM JUST LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT AN HOUR NOW, I SEE
12:28:04PM VERY LITTLE REASON -- I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT.
12:28:09PM READ WHAT THE DYNAMICS OF THE NUMBERS ARE.
12:28:11PM THANK YOU.
12:28:13PM >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
12:28:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
12:28:25PM >> ONE LAST THING, PER YOUR REQUEST, WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW
12:28:28PM WHO DIFFER WITH US ON THIS, I'LL STICK AROUND.
12:28:31PM ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO COME TALK TO ME AFTER THIS, HAPPY TO
12:28:34PM HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND HOPEFULLY ANSWER ANY OF THEIR
12:28:37PM CONCERNS.
12:28:38PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THE PUBLIC NOTICE
12:28:40PM TO THE EXTENDED AREA.
12:28:41PM THAT WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND.
12:28:43PM APPRECIATE THAT.
12:28:44PM RECOGNIZE THAT.
12:28:44PM ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM THAT
12:28:47PM HAS NOT ALREADY SPOKEN TODAY?
12:28:49PM >> I NEED TO BE SWORN.
12:28:49PM >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SWORN IN FOR THIS ITEM.
12:28:49PM IT'S NOT QUASI-JUDICIAL.
12:28:49PM >> I TELL THE TRUTH ALL THE WAY.
12:29:15PM JOE ROBINSON.
12:29:15PM I'M ASKING THE QUESTION: THIS IS IN DISTRICT 5, CORRECT?
12:29:15PM >> YES.
12:29:15PM >> WE DON'T HAVE A DISTRICT 5 REPRESENTATIVE.
12:29:15PM WHEN IS THIS GOING TO COME BACK UP HERE?
12:29:16PM IT WILL BE BACK BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH, SO IT WOULD BE
12:29:20PM AFTER THE ELECTION.
12:29:22PM I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS MAKING SURE BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO
12:29:25PM HAVE HAD A DISTRICT 5 REPRESENTATIVE HERE.
12:29:27PM HOWEVER, BASED ON WHAT I KNOW.
12:29:30PM CHARLIE, I AGREE WITH YOU 1,000 PERCENT, MAN.
12:29:33PM ATLANTA HAS GOT ONE.
12:29:35PM DIDN'T HAVE ATLANTA UP THERE.
12:29:36PM WE STARTED THE FOOTBALL GAME WHEN THEY DID IT.
12:29:40PM GIVEN AWAY THE FORM TO OTHER PEOPLE AROUND HERE.
12:29:43PM I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
12:29:45PM USED TO WEAR BLACK.
12:29:46PM WEARING BLACK TODAY, BUT AIN'T FOR THAT REASON.
12:29:48PM THIS IS A POSITIVE THING FOR THE CHANNELSIDE.
12:29:51PM I HAVE FRIENDS, INVITE OVER FOR DINNER, LUNCH.
12:29:57PM USED TO STAY IN THE TWIN TOWERS.
12:29:59PM THAT WAS A BANKRUPT DEAL THAT REALLY CAME BACK AROUND.
12:30:04PM THE THING ABOUT THIS, IT CREATES A DESTINATION.
12:30:08PM YOU GOT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
12:30:11PM YOU GOT FAMILIES COMING DOWN, THIS IS NOT THE OLD CARNIVAL
12:30:18PM FERRIS WHEEL AT THE NORTH STATE FAIR.
12:30:20PM THIS IS A MAJOR, ENGINEERED WHEEL, BEING AN ENGINEER,
12:30:26PM MECHANICAL AT THAT.
12:30:28PM THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURE INSPECTOR
12:30:32PM HAS TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT BECAUSE IT FAILS.
12:30:34PM THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT -- WHERE SOMEBODY GOT KILLED AT
12:30:40PM DISNEY WORLD, WHATEVER THAT ROLLER COASTER RIDE IS, GUY HAD
12:30:45PM TRAUMATIC BLUNT TRAUMA.
12:30:47PM THIS DOESN'T MOVE THAT FAST.
12:30:48PM PEOPLE SAY THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN IN THE HURRICANE.
12:30:52PM I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THEM.
12:30:59PM SPEAKING AS A PERSON IN TAMPA AND STAYS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
12:31:02PM I DON'T STAY NECESSARILY UP THERE BUT I'M IN DISTRICT FIVE.
12:31:06PM I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT GIVE PEOPLE AN
12:31:10PM OPPORTUNITY TO SEE TAMPA BECAUSE THEY ARE CORRECT.
12:31:13PM 1,000 PERCENT RIGHT.
12:31:15PM I DON'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO GO UP TO THE TAMPA CLUB AND
12:31:19PM ALL THE TALL BUILDINGS AND LOOK OUT AND SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT.
12:31:22PM EVERY NOW AND THEN SOMEBODY MIGHT INVITE ME UP THERE AND
12:31:26PM LOOK AT THE TURKEY VULTURES OUT THE WINDOW.
12:31:28PM BOTTOM LINE, I THINK THIS IS POSITIVE.
12:31:33PM GOT TO BE SOME MONEY COMING BACK AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED
12:31:36PM IN TAMPA.
12:31:37PM THIS WILL BE AN ICON OF AN EVENT.
12:31:40PM IF IT DOESN'T WORK, MR. MANISCALCO, THEY SAY THEY CAN
12:31:43PM DISMANTLE IT AND I GUARANTEE YOU IT WILL SELL BECAUSE IT'S
12:31:48PM ALREADY NOW A PRESSURE TO BE SOLD AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET
12:31:53PM A GOOD DEAL TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK.
12:31:56PM I'LL BE BACK AFTER LUNCH WITH THE NEXT ISSUE.
12:31:58PM I SUPPORT THIS.
12:31:59PM WE NEED THIS.
12:32:00PM AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN DISTRICT FIVE, I JUST WISH WE HAD THE
12:32:06PM REPRESENT HERE TO MAKE THE CALL.
12:32:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
12:32:08PM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
12:32:10PM ANYBODY ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK, IF YOU WOULD STAND AND
12:32:13PM GET ALONG THE WALL.
12:32:20PM >> GOOD EVENING, GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:32:22PM STEPHANIE POYNOR.
12:32:24PM THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT.
12:32:25PM THE LIST THAT THE GENTLEMAN SHARED ONLY HAD ONE HURRICANE
12:32:29PM PRONE CITY.
12:32:30PM I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT EUROPE AND SOUTH AFRICA AND WHATNOT.
12:32:35PM THIS IS WHAT I THOUGHT OF AS SOON AS I SAW THIS.
12:32:40PM ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES, 1941.
12:32:45PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THIS KIND OF THING
12:32:47PM HAPPENING.
12:32:50PM [ LAUGHTER ]
12:32:50PM THAT'S ALL I -- ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, I DON'T REALLY GIVE --
12:32:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: STEPHANIE, STEPHANIE.
12:32:56PM 1941.
12:32:59PM IT IS A FUNNY MOVIE.
12:33:01PM >> KERRY LOBAN RESIDENT OF WESTCHASE IN OLDSMAR.
12:33:08PM SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE WOW.
12:33:10PM MR. MILLER TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE TOURISM THAT WE
12:33:13PM WOULD BE CAPITALIZING ON AND THE FACT THAT THE TRAFFIC MAY
12:33:18PM ALREADY BE HERE WOULD BE ENHANCING THEIR EXPERIENCE.
12:33:21PM THEY ARE DISCOUNTING THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF
12:33:23PM RESIDENTS IN TAMPA BAY, EVEN AS FAR AS ST. PETE AND SARASOTA
12:33:26PM THAT WOULD BE COMING TO EXPERIENCE THE WHEEL.
12:33:31PM AS A TRANSPLANT FROM MIAMI, I GREW UP IN MIAMI IN THE '70s
12:33:35PM AND '80s WHEN THE DOWNTOWN WAS STRUGGLING TO BE WHAT IT IS
12:33:38PM TODAY.
12:33:38PM TO MR. MIRANDA'S POINT, IT WAS EMBARRASSING TO COME DOWN
12:33:43PM HERE AT THE TIME WHERE NOW IT IS A GREAT PLACE OF PRIDE AND
12:33:48PM JOY.
12:33:48PM IN FACT, WHEN PEOPLE VISIT FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, FIRST
12:33:53PM THING WE DO, WE TAKE THEM DOWN THE RIVER CRUISE.
12:33:55PM WE LIKE SHOWING OFF THE JEWELS OF THE CITY.
12:33:58PM STRAZ, TAMPA GENERAL, UT, RIVERWALK, ARMATURE WALKS, OUR
12:34:03PM FAVORITE PLACES TO GO AND WE GO AS A FAMILY REGULARLY.
12:34:06PM OUR GYM IS DOWN HERE.
12:34:08PM MY WIFE AND I COMMUTE DOWNTOWN CONSTANTLY, PROBABLY THREE,
12:34:12PM FOUR TIMES A WEEK.
12:34:13PM TO KNOW THERE IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPERIENCE
12:34:15PM THE CITY IN A NOVEL WAY IS BRILLIANT.
12:34:18PM IT IS SOMETHING WE AS A CITY HAVE TO CONSIDER ENHANCING OUR
12:34:22PM OVERALL EXPERIENCE AS RESIDENTS.
12:34:24PM ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO UNDERESTIMATED HERE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO
12:34:30PM SEE ST. PETE AND ALL OF TAMPA BAY, A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
12:34:34PM ONE OF THE BEST COMPONENTS OF WHAT THIS THING CAN OFFER.
12:34:37PM I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS CONSIDERING IT.
12:34:39PM I DO SUPPORT IT.
12:34:40PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ST. PETE, THE FORMER HOME OF THE RAYS?
12:34:44PM TOO SOON?
12:34:45PM TOO SOON?
12:34:48PM [ LAUGHTER ]
12:34:50PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:34:51PM CHRIS LANCASTER.
12:34:52PM I THINK I AM THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE SUPER LONG DETAILED
12:34:55PM E-MAIL.
12:34:56PM I'LL SKIP SOME OF THAT.
12:34:57PM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, I AM THE PERSON 30 YEARS AGO WHO DREAMED
12:35:00PM OF MAKING DOWNTOWN TAMPA MY HOME.
12:35:02PM APOLOGIZE IF I GET A LITTLE UPSET.
12:35:04PM I'M HERE FOR MY 10-MONTH-OLD SON.
12:35:07PM I LIVE IN CHANNELSIDE.
12:35:08PM FACE EASTERLY TOWARD THE ACTUAL PROPOSED WHEEL ITSELF.
12:35:14PM I GO TO THE AQUARIUM EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH MY SON ISAAC.
12:35:18PM WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT LIGHT.
12:35:20PM SINCE I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES, I WANT TO START WITH THE
12:35:23PM DEVELOPMENT BEING SIMILAR TO THE ORLANDO EYE.
12:35:25PM I'LL READ FROM THE WEBSITE.
12:35:27PM ORLANDO EYE AT NIGHT IT IS DESCRIBED AS A SPECTACULAR
12:35:30PM ATTRACTION WITH OVER 63,000 LED LIGHTS CREATING A DAZZLING
12:35:34PM BEACON VISIBLE FOR MILES.
12:35:36PM ILLUMINATED DISPLAY CREATES A FOCAL POINT FOR THE ORLANDO
12:35:40PM SKYLINE, PERFECT FOR ENJOYING THE VIEWS FROM THIS UNIQUE
12:35:43PM VANTAGE POINT.
12:35:44PM TAMPA WOW IS 35% SMALLER THAN THE ORLANDO EYE.
12:35:47PM NOT EXACTLY THE SAME BUT WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF WHERE I
12:35:51PM LIVE.
12:35:51PM I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT THE BEACON VISIBLE FOR
12:35:55PM MILES CAN BE EFFECTIVELY ORGANIZED WITHIN A CD 1
12:36:03PM DEVELOPMENT.
12:36:03PM THAT'S MY SECOND OBJECTION, WHICH IS EVERY SINGLE
12:36:06PM DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT IS
12:36:09PM SIMILAR TO AN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDE IS IN A PLANNED
12:36:14PM DEVELOPMENT ZONE OR A CBD ZONE.
12:36:17PM THERE ARE ZERO THAT ARE IN CD-1S OR CM-1S OR CI-1S OR CN-1S,
12:36:18PM SO ON AND SO FORTH.
12:36:21PM THEY ARE ALL PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS.
12:36:23PM COUNCILMAN CLENDENIN, I THINK YOU HAD AN EXTREMELY GOOD
12:36:26PM POINT, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE ALL THE THINGS ARE
12:36:29PM RIGHT IF THEY WERE REQUIRED TO REZONE AND CREATE THIS AS PD
12:36:32PM ONE AND SUBMIT ALL THE THINGS TO THE CITY, PERHAPS I WOULD
12:36:35PM NOT BE HERE TODAY.
12:36:36PM FEELS A LITTLE BIT LIKE MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON.
12:36:39PM THAT BEING SAID, WE THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS
12:36:42PM WOULD REALLY CARE ABOUT.
12:36:43PM ADDITIONALLY, I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW WHAT RESIDENTS
12:36:45PM RECEIVED.
12:36:46PM I RECEIVED A NONDESCRIPT RANDOM ENVELOPE THAT BASICALLY
12:36:50PM LOOKED LIKE JUNK MAIL.
12:36:51PM BECAUSE WE OPEN STUFF, WE WERE LIKE HOLY SMOKE, THEY ARE
12:36:55PM CREATING THIS.
12:36:55PM THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN MY BUILDING CAN'T
12:36:58PM BE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE JOBS, FAMILIES, LIVES.
12:37:02PM IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO BE HERE.
12:37:04PM I'M LUCKY I'M A STAY AT-HOME DAD.
12:37:06PM I GET TO SHOW UP AND SAY MY THING.
12:37:10PM I BELIEVE AND I THINK RESIDENTS BELIEVE THEY ARE NOT
12:37:12PM INHERENTLY AGAINST THIS BUT THEY HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT
12:37:15PM A CD 1 PROVISION IN THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT'S ON FILE DO
12:37:19PM NOT ANSWER AND UNTIL WE DECIDE AS A COUNCIL AND AS A CITY
12:37:24PM AND AS RESIDENTS, UNLESS WE ASK THE DEVELOPERS TO GO THROUGH
12:37:28PM A TRADITIONAL REZONE, THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS THAT STAFF
12:37:32PM WILL HAVE TO ANSWER, THAT COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO ANSWER THAT
12:37:38PM THE ORDINANCE ALREADY PROVIDE FOR.
12:37:41PM IT IS EXTREMELY EXCITING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO INVEST $20
12:37:44PM MILLION INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
12:37:46PM BUT I'LL REMIND YOU THIS IS 40 FEET TALLER THAN GAUZY,
12:37:50PM ILLUMINATED AND LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET FROM MY HOME.
12:37:54PM DON'T LET TEMPLE TERRACE DO IT, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO
12:37:58PM IT HERE.
12:38:00PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
12:38:00PM BOB HARRINGTON.
12:38:01PM I AM A RESIDENT OF CHANNELSIDE.
12:38:03PM OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE NOT REPRESENTED BY A COUNCILWOMAN,
12:38:09PM UNFORTUNATELY.
12:38:10PM PLEASE, I ASK YOU TO TAKE OUR CONCERNS SINCE WE ARE NOT
12:38:14PM REPRESENTED.
12:38:15PM I'M AGAINST THIS FOR A FEW REASONS.
12:38:18PM NUMBER ONE, I DISAGREE WITH THE TRAFFIC.
12:38:21PM SAID THERE WOULD BE NO TRAFFIC.
12:38:22PM I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
12:38:24PM I THINK TRAFFIC WILL BE INCREASED.
12:38:25PM I BELIEVE 50 SPACES MITIGATED.
12:38:30PM 50 SPACES WILL BE MITIGATED FROM THE PARKING.
12:38:34PM EVER BEEN DOWN THERE WHEN THE SHIPS ARE IN?
12:38:37PM IT IS A CLUSTER DOWN THERE.
12:38:39PM PEOPLE LOOKING FOR PARKING.
12:38:41PM LIVING IN A CONDO ACROSS THE STREET, WE FREQUENTLY HAVE
12:38:44PM PEOPLE COMING IN FOR THE SHIPS LOOKING FOR PARKING SPACES.
12:38:48PM THIS WILL ADD MORE PROBLEMS FOR US.
12:38:50PM NEXT, THE GENTLEMAN PUT UP ON THE BOARD SEVERAL CITIES THAT
12:38:55PM HAD -- I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT FERRIS WHEEL, THEIR WHEEL,
12:39:01PM WHATEVER.
12:39:01PM THOSE WEREN'T IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
12:39:03PM THOSE WERE IN CITY AREAS.
12:39:05PM THIS IS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF TAMPA.
12:39:08PM LASTLY, THE GENTLEMAN SAID IT'S GOOD FOR FAMILIES, WHICH IS
12:39:13PM GREAT.
12:39:13PM I LIKE THAT IDEA.
12:39:14PM WHY DON'T WE PUT IT IN CURTIS HIXON.
12:39:18PM THE STRAZ, THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IS RIGHT THERE.
12:39:21PM ART MUSEUM, RIGHT DOWN THE RIVERWALK FROM THE CONVENTION
12:39:25PM CENTER.
12:39:26PM YOU HAVE FESTIVALS THERE ALL THE TIME.
12:39:27PM IT WILL BE GREAT.
12:39:28PM GREAT TO HAVE IT THERE.
12:39:30PM I HAVE A MINUTE LEFT, BUT THANK YOU.
12:39:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
12:39:33PM NEXT.
12:39:34PM >> JOHN LAANINEN, RESIDENT OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT AS WELL
12:39:38PM AS MEMBER OF THE CAC FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
12:39:41PM MY NEIGHBOR AND COMEMBER FOR CAC WASN'T ABLE TO GET TO, MARK
12:39:50PM FOR CONSIDERATIONS THAT SHOULD BE MADE.
12:39:52PM FIRST THING, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE
12:39:57PM AROUND THE WHEEL, WHERE IT IS SEPARATED OUT AND DEAL WITH
12:40:02PM THE PEOPLE WAITING AND LIMITED SPACE IN THAT AREA.
12:40:07PM ALSO, CHANNEL DISTRICT, WE ARE ALREADY WELL UNDER OUR NEED
12:40:11PM FOR GREENSPACE.
12:40:13PM CURRENTLY, 3% OF THE 12% FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE
12:40:17PM DISTRICT.
12:40:17PM WE NEED TO CONSIDER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONVERTING PARKING
12:40:22PM INTO GREENSPACE AS WELL.
12:40:24PM THE LAST ONE IS FOR THE CONSIDERATION, I THINK MENTIONED BY
12:40:27PM SOMEONE ELSE ABOUT THE RIVERWALK EXPANSION THAT WOULD COME
12:40:30PM UP THAT WAY TO HEAD TO GAS WORKS YBOR CITY, THAT SHOULD ALSO
12:40:35PM BE CONSIDERED AS FAR AS THE IMPACT BETWEEN THE PORT AND THE
12:40:39PM FOURTH TERMINAL COMING AS WELL.
12:40:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU.
12:40:42PM ANYBODY ELSE?
12:40:42PM I WANT TO ADDRESS ONE THING ABOUT THE DISTRICT FIVE
12:40:46PM REPRESENTATION.
12:40:47PM JUST SO YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THREE OF US THAT SIT ON COUNCIL
12:40:51PM THAT REPRESENT CITYWIDE.
12:40:53PM WE ACTUALLY KEPT THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE DARLENE JOHNSON, THE
12:40:57PM DISTRICT FIVE PERSON, AND SHE'S BEEN WORKING ALL THE
12:41:00PM CONSTITUENCY SERVICES.
12:41:02PM AFTER THE PASSING OF COUNCILWOMAN HENDERSON, I TRANSFERRED
12:41:05PM HER TO MY EMPLOYMENT SO WE COULD RETAIN HER TO BE ABLE TO
12:41:08PM CONTINUE TO WORK CONSTITUENCY SERVICES IN DISTRICT FIVE.
12:41:11PM NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE THAT DOES ALL THE
12:41:14PM HEAVY LIFTING WHICH WE ALL HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AIDE THAT DOES
12:41:17PM THE WORK AND DOES THE CONSTITUENCY SERVICES FOR US, WE KEPT
12:41:20PM THAT FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
12:41:22PM THREE OF US CITYWIDE, ALL THREE OF US SITTING HERE RIGHT
12:41:25PM NOW.
12:41:25PM MYSELF, COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, AND COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:41:28PM IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK OUT FOR THE INTEREST OF
12:41:31PM EVERYBODY IN THE ENTIRE CITY, INCLUDING THOSE IN CHANNELSIDE
12:41:34PM IN DISTRICT FIVE ON THE ISSUES.
12:41:35PM I KNOW I KEEP HEARING THAT.
12:41:37PM HEAR THAT FREQUENTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL, BUT I WANT TO
12:41:39PM REMIND FOLKS THAT YOU DO HAVE A VOICE.
12:41:43PM YOU ARE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO DISTRICT FIVE.
12:41:46PM DARLENE JOHNSON WILL BE ABLE TO FIELD THOSE FOR YOU AS WELL
12:41:48PM OR REACH OUT TO HONESTLY EVEN THE FOLKS THAT ARE SINGLE
12:41:51PM MEMBER DISTRICTS, I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH
12:41:54PM YOU ABOUT THE ISSUES AS WELL.
12:41:56PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
12:41:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANTED TO SAY THE REASON IS BECAUSE SO YOU
12:41:59PM ALWAYS HAVE A MAJORITY REPRESENTATION ON COUNCIL.
12:42:02PM SO YOU CAN VOTE FOR FOUR OF US BECAUSE YOUR DISTRICT AND
12:42:05PM THEN CITYWIDE PEOPLE SO THAT IDEALLY -- THERE ARE SEVEN OF
12:42:09PM US, REPRESENTED BY FOUR PEOPLE, ALWAYS REPRESENTED BY THE
12:42:13PM MAJORITY OF THE BODY.
12:42:16PM THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT GOES.
12:42:18PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FOUR VOTES WIN.
12:42:20PM HEARING NOTHING ELSE, I THINK IT'S LUNCHTIME.
12:42:24PM 12:42.
12:42:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
12:42:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN
12:42:28PM MANISCALCO.
12:42:29PM SECOND FROM --
12:42:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I KNOW THAT MR. SHIMBERG AND THE FOLKS
12:42:37PM WORKING ON THE PROJECT SAID THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO THOSE
12:42:40PM INDIVIDUALS.
12:42:40PM PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STAY HERE.
12:42:42PM IF YOU ARE PART OF A -- IF YOU LIVE IN ONE OF THE TOWERS AND
12:42:48PM WANT TO PUT A MEETING, MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET CONTACT
12:42:51PM INFORMATION AND CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU
12:42:53PM NOW I'M GOING TO BE ASKING IN TWO WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT'S
12:42:57PM HAPPENED AND TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THESE FOLKS HAVE TO SAY
12:42:59PM AFTER THEY HAVE GOTTEN MORE INFORMATION AND THAT'S REALLY
12:43:02PM THE BEAUTY OF EVERYTHING IS MORE INFORMATION SHARING, MAKE
12:43:06PM SURE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
12:43:08PM THANK YOU.
12:43:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC
12:43:09PM HEARING FROM COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
12:43:11PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:43:13PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE.
12:43:14PM OPPOSED.
12:43:15PM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
12:43:15PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF WE COULD HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN THE
12:43:18PM SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE, WHERE AND WHEN, WHAT TIME?
12:43:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: FILE DA 25-18100, THE SECOND HEARING RELATED
12:43:34PM TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
12:43:36PM TAMPA AND TAMPA BAY WHEEL LLC RELATING TO A PORTION OF THE
12:43:40PM PROPERTY LOCATED AT 701 CHANNELSIDE DRIVE, TAMPA, FLORIDA,
12:43:44PM WILL BE ON OCTOBER 23, 2025 AT 10:30 A.M. AT 315 EAST
12:43:50PM KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
12:43:51PM THIRD FLOOR, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33602.
12:43:55PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 10:30ISH.
12:43:58PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: 10:30 OR ANYTIME THEREAFTER.
12:44:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE FROM COUNCILMAN
12:44:05PM MANISCALCO.
12:44:05PM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
12:44:06PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, AYE.
12:44:08PM OPPOSED?
12:44:08PM AYES HAVE IT.
12:44:14PM 1:45.
12:44:15PM WE'LL BE BACK AT 1:45.
12:44:20PM [LUNCH RECESS]
01:49:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
01:50:00PM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
01:50:02PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
01:50:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
01:50:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
01:50:06PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
01:50:07PM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
01:50:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
01:50:08PM >>CLERK: YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
01:50:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:50:12PM PER OUR AGENDA, COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA, I RECOGNIZE YOU.
01:50:15PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:50:17PM I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP, IF I MAY, MISS HEATHER ERICKSON TO
01:50:23PM PRESENT THIS ITEM, AND I WILL PRESENT OUR SPEAKERS THAT ARE
01:50:26PM HERE FOR THIS.
01:50:26PM THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING THIS TO COME
01:50:29PM AT THIS TIME.
01:50:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
01:50:33PM >>HEATHER ERICKSON: [INAUDIBLE] -- WE HAVE A BENCH DEDICATION.
01:50:44PM IT IS REALLY MY PLEASURE FOR YOU TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF HIS
01:50:49PM STORY, AND I THINK THAT IS GOING TO GET TOLD BETWEEN THE
01:50:54PM COUNCILMAN AND HIS PARENTS.
01:50:55PM BUT I BROUGHT A LITTLE MOCK-UP OF WHAT THE BENCH WOULD LOOK
01:50:58PM LIKE.
01:50:59PM WE DID WORK WITH THE PARENTS ON THE PROCESS OF WHAT THE
01:51:02PM LANGUAGE WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND IT WILL GO ON A BENCH, AND IT
01:51:06PM KIND OF TIES RIGHT INTO HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT, WHICH WAS
01:51:10PM BUILDING BENCHES.
01:51:10PM THE BENCH WILL BE OUTSIDE OF THE NEW TAMPA PLAYGROUND AT
01:51:17PM THE REC CENTER.
01:51:19PM IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, IT IS LIKE ANTS ON PEANUT BUTTER
01:51:24PM AND THAT PLAYGROUND IS PACKED ALL THE TIME, AND HIS NAME
01:51:28PM WILL BE SEEN DAILY.
01:51:30PM AS SOON AS THAT GETS IN, WE WILL GET BACK WITH THE FAMILY
01:51:33PM AND SCHEDULE SOMETHING AT THE PARK.
01:51:35PM MY PLEASURE MEETING THEM TODAY.
01:51:37PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, YES, MA'AM.
01:51:40PM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
01:51:41PM IF I MAY SET THIS UP.
01:51:43PM CAROLYN AND MAHMOUD HASSAN, WHO WILL BE COMING UP IN A
01:51:48PM LITTLE BIT TO TALK AND SHARE FROM THE HEART, AND I HAD THE
01:51:53PM PLEASURE OF MEETING ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
01:51:56PM AND -- I'M GOING TO TRY NOT TO CRY, AND THAT'S ALL I AM
01:52:00PM GOING TO SAY.
01:52:01PM GABE HASSAN PASSED ON IN FEBRUARY OF 2024 AT THE AGE OF 17
01:52:07PM DUE TO LEUKEMIA.
01:52:10PM HIS PARENTS ARE HERE.
01:52:12PM THEY ARE GOOD AND DECENT PEOPLE.
01:52:13PM THEY LIVE IN THE NEW TAMPA AREA.
01:52:15PM THEY ATTEND THE NEW TAMPA MOSQUE OUT THERE.
01:52:17PM AND THEY ARE JUST VERY GOOD FOLKS.
01:52:19PM GABE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SHWACHMAN-DIAMOND SYNDROME, A RARE
01:52:29PM DISORDER THAT CAUSED HIM TO ENCOUNTER MANY CHALLENGES
01:52:32PM THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE AND WHAT -- THERE I GO AGAIN -- I AM
01:52:35PM JUST GOING TO PULL THROUGH THIS.
01:52:36PM WHAT MADE HIM SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL PERSON IS HOW HE WOULD
01:52:40PM LIVE SUCH AN EXCEPTIONAL LIFE AND BE A LIGHT TO SO MANY
01:52:44PM PEOPLE THROUGHOUT HIS TIME HERE ON EARTH.
01:52:45PM HE WOULD HAVE -- JUST WITHIN A SPAN OF FIVE YEARS -- SEVEN
01:52:49PM MAJOR SURGERIES AND OFTEN LIVE IN PROTECTIVE ISOLATION,
01:52:56PM GOING THROUGH A KIND OF MEDICAL CHALLENGE THAT WOULD BE
01:52:59PM TRAUMATIC FOR HIM, TRAUMATIC FOR HIS PARENTS, TRAUMATIC FOR
01:53:03PM HIS SOCIAL UPBRINGING, AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
01:53:06PM BUT IN SPITE OF THAT, HE WAS ABLE TO GET A 4.7 GPA AWARD IN
01:53:11PM HIGH SCHOOL.
01:53:11PM AND WEEKS BEFORE HE PASSED ON, HE WAS GIVEN HIS -- NOT LONG
01:53:16PM BEFORE HE PASSED ON, HE WAS GIVEN HIS DIPLOMA FROM WHARTON
01:53:22PM HIGH SCHOOL WHILE HE WAS AT THE HOSPITAL.
01:53:23PM HE WAS ALWAYS A VERY LOVING SON TO HIS PARENTS AS WELL AS TO
01:53:26PM HIS FAMILY.
01:53:27PM HIS DREAM WAS ALWAYS TO BECOME AN EAGLE SCOUT.
01:53:30PM HE WAS VERY PASSIONATE OF THE VALUES BEING AN EAGLE SCOUT,
01:53:34PM AND ULTIMATELY WITH TROOP 148, A CEREMONY WAS GIVEN FOR HIM
01:53:40PM IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM JUST DAYS BEFORE HE PASSED ON.
01:53:42PM THERE WERE THREE BIG PILLARS IN HIS LIFE, WHICH WERE
01:53:46PM SCOUTING -- BECAUSE SCOUTING -- Y'ALL HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT
01:53:50PM THIS -- REPRESENTED INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER AND JUST DOING
01:53:53PM THE RIGHT THING AND BEING A GOOD PERSON, WHICH IS WHAT BEING
01:53:56PM AN EAGLE SCOUT IS ABOUT.
01:53:57PM HIS FAMILY -- VERY, VERY LOVING TO HIS FAMILY, AS WELL AS
01:54:01PM HIS FAITH AS A MUSLIM.
01:54:02PM AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO HONOR HIM BECAUSE IT IS
01:54:06PM SOMETHING THAT TOUCHED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN NEW TAMPA.
01:54:08PM WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE HE IS REMEMBERED, BECAUSE HE WAS
01:54:13PM SUCH A SPECIAL YOUNG SOUL.
01:54:14PM SO MAHMOUD AND CAROLYN, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ESTEEMED
01:54:22PM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
01:54:23PM >> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE RECOGNIZING GABE.
01:54:26PM IT IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR.
01:54:27PM THAT IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN PUT IT.
01:54:28PM HE WAS A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING.
01:54:30PM I AM NOT JUST SAYING THAT AS HIS FATHER.
01:54:32PM HE KNEW HOW TO LIGHT UP THE ROOM.
01:54:34PM HE WAS AN AMAZING YOUNG MAN.
01:54:36PM PATRIOTIC.
01:54:38PM LOVED HIS COUNTRY VERY MUCH.
01:54:39PM HE LOVED HIS TROOP.
01:54:41PM HE WAS A YOUNG MAN OF FAITH.
01:54:43PM HE WAS LOVED AT HIS HIGH SCHOOL.
01:54:47PM PEOPLE WOULD HIGH-FIVE HIM AND SMILE AT HIM.
01:54:50PM HE HAD A LOT OF CHARISMA AND BELIEVED IN THE SCOUT LAW,
01:54:55PM BEING HONORABLE AND HELPING PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES.
01:54:57PM DESPITE HIS DISABILITY, HE WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO HELP
01:55:01PM OTHERS AND SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THAT.
01:55:03PM HE WAS A TEENAGER AND FEISTY AND GAVE US A HARD TIME AT
01:55:06PM TIMES, BUT THROUGH ALL THAT, HE WAS JUST AN AMAZING, YOU
01:55:10PM KNOW, LIGHT IN OUR LIVES AND OUR FIRST-BORN SON AND OUR
01:55:13PM FIRST LOVE.
01:55:14PM BUT ALSO, HE ALSO REMINDED US HOW PRECIOUS LIFE IS, BECAUSE
01:55:18PM THINGS WERE GOING GREAT.
01:55:18PM MY WIFE AND I WERE CELEBRATED OUR 20-YEAR MARRIAGE
01:55:23PM ANNIVERSARY.
01:55:23PM GOING ON VACATIONS.
01:55:24PM AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND FOUND OUT HIS
01:55:29PM BLOOD WORK WAS NOT GOOD, AND HE STARTED TO DEVELOP CANCER
01:55:33PM AND STARTED DESCENDING WITH HIS HEALTH.
01:55:35PM WE WATCHED HIM SLOWLY DETERIORATE OVER TIME, WHICH WAS
01:55:38PM EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND TRAUMATIC.
01:55:40PM TO SEE HIS NAME HONORED ON A BENCH AND A PLAQUE MEANS THE
01:55:44PM WORLD TO US AND BEYOND.
01:55:45PM WE DON'T WANT HIS NAME TO BE FORGOTTEN OR LOST.
01:55:48PM WE WANT HIS NAME TO BE REMEMBERED AND SEEN SO YOUNG KIDS AND
01:55:51PM GENERATIONS SITTING ON THAT BENCH CAN SEE HIS NAME AND
01:55:54PM HOPEFULLY HE CAN INSPIRE OTHERS.
01:55:56PM TRULY AN HONOR.
01:55:58PM THANK YOU, MR. VIERA, AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING
01:56:01PM AND ALLOWING US THIS PRIVILEGE.
01:56:04PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY UNLESS --
01:56:06PM >> YOU WANT ME TO SAY SOMETHING?
01:56:08PM >>LUIS VIERA: ONLY IF YOU WANT TO.
01:56:09PM I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT YOU.
01:56:11PM >> I THINK MY HUSBAND SAID THE MOST HERE WITH REGARDS TO
01:56:14PM GABE.
01:56:14PM GABE WAS DEFINITELY THE DEFINITION OF PERSEVERANCE.
01:56:17PM HE HAD SEVEN LEG SURGERIES IN A MATTER OF FIVE YEARS.
01:56:21PM NOT ONCE DID HE SAY, OH, WOE IS ME.
01:56:24PM HE SAID, GOD MUST REALLY LOVE ME SO MUCH TO REALLY TEST ME
01:56:30PM LIKE THIS.
01:56:30PM AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I STILL REMEMBER HIM HELPING ANOTHER
01:56:33PM EAGLE WITH HIS ... PROJECT.
01:56:42PM HE HAD A FIXTURE ON HIM.
01:56:45PM HIS FIRST ONE.
01:56:46PM I WAS SCARED TO DEATH HE WOULD FALL ON ME.
01:56:49PM HE SAID LEAVE ME ALONE.
01:56:52PM I AM PAINTING.
01:56:53PM THAT WAS JUST HIM.
01:56:54PM HE WAS A GO-GETTER.
01:56:55PM HE WAS ONE OF THE GOOD ONES.
01:56:57PM HE REALLY WAS.
01:56:58PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
01:57:00PM THANK YOU, GUYS.
01:57:01PM WERE YOU -- OH.
01:57:03PM JUST -- I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR SHARING FROM THE
01:57:06PM HEART.
01:57:06PM IT IS HARD TO GO IN PUBLIC ON SUCH A TREMENDOUS HURT.
01:57:11PM THAT TAKES TREMENDOUS COURAGE AND TAKES A LOT HEART.
01:57:15PM SO THANK YOU.
01:57:16PM >> IT IS AN HONOR.
01:57:17PM >>LUIS VIERA: YOU GUYS ARE WONDERFUL.
01:57:19PM APPRECIATE IT.
01:57:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OUR HEART BREAKS FOR YOU.
01:57:23PM >> I APPRECIATE THAT.
01:57:24PM >>LUIS VIERA: IT DOES.
01:57:25PM I MEAN THIS IS JUST TO HAVE IT PRESENTED.
01:57:28PM AND IT WILL BE UP IN A MATTER OF, I GUESS, MISS ERICKSON,
01:57:33PM MONTHS, WEEKS?
01:57:34PM >> ABOUT FIVE WEEKS.
01:57:35PM >>LUIS VIERA: THERE YOU GO.
01:57:37PM THANK YOU.
01:57:39PM BE WELL.
01:57:40PM >> APPRECIATE THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY.
01:57:42PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
01:57:43PM NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM 26, WHICH IS RIDING WITH ITEM
01:57:47PM 23.
01:57:47PM TIK TOK STAR LARRY WASHINGTON.
01:58:03PM HEY, DARLENE.
01:58:08PM >>BILL CARLSON: 40 UNDER 40.
01:58:15PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 40 UNDER 40.
01:58:19PM I APPRECIATE THAT.
01:58:20PM I REMEMBER BEING UNDER 40, 1,000 YEARS AGO.
01:58:27PM >>LARRY WASHINGTON: GOOD AFTERNOON, LARRY WASHINGTON OF THE
01:58:31PM SOLID WASTE, HERE FOR TWO ITEMS.
01:58:35PM CAN I COVER ITEM 23 FIRST AND THEN LEAD INTO THE OTHER?
01:58:39PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PERFECT.
01:58:40PM WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE ON 23.
01:58:43PM >>LARRY WASHINGTON: ITEM 23 IS THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS,
01:58:47PM $10 MILLION, IN THE SOLID WASTE BUDGET ITSELF TO ENSURE THAT
01:58:52PM WE CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES OR SOME UPDATES WITH OUR GENERATORS
01:58:56PM SINCE THERE WAS AN ISSUE PREVIOUSLY, WHICH I BRIEFED MOST OF
01:59:00PM YOU ON SEPTEMBER 19.
01:59:02PM WE HAD AN ISSUE GEARING UP OUR GENERATOR, WHICH RESULTED IN
01:59:06PM THE DAMAGE OF THE GENERATOR.
01:59:07PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE AS WELL, THAT WE
01:59:10PM CAN STILL PROCESS WASTE; HOWEVER, WE CAN NOT GENERATE ENERGY
01:59:15PM RIGHT NOW, ELECTRICITY.
01:59:16PM SO WE CAN STILL BURN AT LEAST 85% OF THE TRASH THAT IS
01:59:20PM GENERATED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 6,000 TO
01:59:25PM ALMOST 7,000 PER WEEK; HOWEVER, A PORTION OF THAT WILL BE
01:59:28PM LAND FILLED, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS WE PREVIOUSLY HAD DURING THE
01:59:32PM ARE ET THROW FIT.
01:59:32PM SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS AWARE OF WHAT WAS
01:59:36PM GOING ON.
01:59:37PM HOWEVER, TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO DELAYS TO THE PUBLIC AS FAR
01:59:41PM AS TRASH COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND IN ADDITION, NO DELAYS
01:59:44PM TO THE TRANSFER STATION AND PATRONS AS WELL.
01:59:47PM SO NO LONG LINES.
01:59:48PM NO ISSUES WITH COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL SERVICE.
01:59:51PM A MEMO WAS PROVIDED BY MYSELF AND THE CFO -- WHO
01:59:56PM UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T ABLE TO JOIN US TODAY --
01:59:58PM BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
02:00:02PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: REMIND ME OF NORMAL OPERATIONS IF WE
02:00:05PM APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION?
02:00:06PM >>LARRY WASHINGTON: SOMETHING LIKE THIS USUALLY TAKES A
02:00:09PM YEAR.
02:00:09PM LUCKILY, WE HAVE MATERIAL WITH OUR CONTRACTORS.
02:00:12PM THEY HAVE THE MATERIAL, WHICH IS COPPER.
02:00:13PM SO IT WILL BE ROUGHLY FIVE MONTHS.
02:00:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NICE.
02:00:17PM GOOD.
02:00:17PM VERY GOOD.
02:00:18PM >>LARRY WASHINGTON: YEAH.
02:00:19PM WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY TRYING TO RESTORE THE PLANT AS FAST AS
02:00:22PM POSSIBLE.
02:00:23PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
02:00:25PM COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON.
02:00:26PM >>BILL CARLSON: MY AIDE IS OUT AND SORRY IF WE DIDN'T
02:00:30PM SCHEDULE SOMETHING.
02:00:32PM ANY RECOVERY OR COST OF THIS?
02:00:36PM ANY INSURANCE OR WARRANTY TO GET THE RECOVERY OF IT?
02:00:40PM >>LARRY WASHINGTON: RIGHT NOW, NO.
02:00:41PM LOOKING INTERNALLY, WE WILL REDUCE EXPANSIONS GOING OUT AND
02:00:44PM INCREASE REVENUE COMING BACK IN.
02:00:46PM WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS COMING TO YOU WITH ORDINANCE
02:00:49PM UPDATES AND WHATNOT, BUT RIGHT NOW, NO.
02:00:52PM >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY, THANK YOU.
02:00:53PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:00:55PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU FOR THE BRIEFING I GOT EARLIER.
02:00:58PM YOU ALSO SAID, THOUGH, THAT THIS WILL NOT HARM US.
02:01:01PM THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAD SOME MONEY LEFT OVER IN LAST YEAR'S
02:01:05PM BUDGET THAT WILL COVER THIS?
02:01:07PM >>LARRY WASHINGTON: SO WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL
02:01:09PM MONIES.
02:01:09PM WE ARE ASKING TO MOVE MONEY AROUND IN THE SOLID WASTE BUDGET
02:01:12PM ITSELF.
02:01:13PM WE HAVE THE MONEY TO COVER IT.
02:01:15PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.
02:01:16PM WE ARE NOT HAVING TO GO, YOU KNOW, FIND MONEY FOR THIS.
02:01:20PM WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE SOME MONEY TO HANDLE IT, AND I
02:01:24PM THINK THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.
02:01:25PM BUT I ALSO SAID THIS.
02:01:27PM I NEVER, EVER REGRET THE CHANCE TO SAY THAT WHILE WE ARE
02:01:32PM GOING THROUGH THIS, THE LESS TRASH PEOPLE CREATE, THE BETTER
02:01:36PM OFF IT IS.
02:01:36PM SO THIS IS A GOOD TIME THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED EITHER
02:01:40PM RECYCLING OR COMPOSTING, CITY OFFERS SOME GREAT CLASSES ON
02:01:45PM COMPOSTING.
02:01:46PM I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GIVE IT A WHIRL.
02:01:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: CAN YOU TELL THE GIDDINESS WHEN SHE
02:01:51PM STARTED TALKING OF TRASH AND COMPOSTING.
02:01:53PM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE ITEM 23?
02:01:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
02:01:56PM AND BEFORE I DO, THANK YOU, MR. WASHINGTON.
02:01:58PM HE BRIEFED ME YESTERDAY.
02:02:01PM AND YOU WENT OVER EVERYTHING VERY SPECIFIC DETAILS AND
02:02:04PM ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS.
02:02:05PM I APPRECIATE YOU.
02:02:06PM I MOVE ITEM 23.
02:02:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:02:09PM SECONDED FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:02:11PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:02:11PM OPPOSED.
02:02:12PM AYES HAVE IT.
02:02:13PM THANK YOU.
02:02:14PM NOW GO TO 62.
02:02:15PM >>LARRY WASHINGTON: ITEM 62 IS A BID APPROVING THE ZAMPELL
02:02:22PM REFRACTORIES IN THE SPAN OF FIVE YEARS OF $5.8 MILLION AND
02:02:28PM DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
02:02:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
02:02:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, MOVE THE ITEM.
02:02:32PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO TO
02:02:34PM MOVE ITEM 62.
02:02:35PM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
02:02:36PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:02:37PM OPPOSED.
02:02:38PM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
02:02:40PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. WASHINGTON.
02:02:42PM A LOT OF SITTING AND WAITING FOR NOT THAT MUCH TIME.
02:02:45PM >>LARRY WASHINGTON: I DON'T MIND.
02:02:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OKAY.
02:02:53PM WE HAVE -- DID WE ALREADY MOVE 63 AND 64.
02:02:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: 67.
02:03:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: 67?
02:03:06PM >>BRAD BAIRD: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, BRAD BAIRD, DEPUTY OF
02:03:12PM INFRASTRUCTURE.
02:03:12PM SEPTEMBER 6, WE PASSED OUR SIX-YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR PIPES.
02:03:16PM FOUR OF YOU WERE ACTUALLY THERE THAT NIGHT AND APPROVED THE
02:03:20PM PROGRAM.
02:03:20PM IT HAS BEEN HUGELY SUCCESSFUL.
02:03:23PM ERIC AND RORY ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE NUMBERS
02:03:26PM FOR YOU.
02:03:28PM SO THEY ARE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
02:03:29PM AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE PROJECTS.
02:03:32PM WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ERIC WEISS.
02:03:36PM >>ERIC WEISS: ERIC WEISS, WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
02:03:43PM WE HAVE A WASTEWATER PRESENTATION, IF YOU CAN BRING IT UP.
02:03:46PM SO THE BACKBONE OF THE PIPES PROJECT IS OUR MASTER PLAN.
02:03:50PM YOU KNOW, IT IS A 20-YEAR PERIOD TO LOOK AHEAD.
02:03:55PM WASTEWATER ASSETS ARE IN THREE GROUPS.
02:03:58PM YOU GOT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, PUMPING STATIONS,
02:04:01PM AND OUR ACTUAL PIPES IN THE GROUND.
02:04:03PM AND WHAT THIS IS, WE DID A MASTER PLAN FOR EACH AT THE
02:04:07PM HOWARD CURREN ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
02:04:11PM THE 20-YEAR PLAN LOOKED AT THE CONDITION OF OUR CURRENT
02:04:16PM ASSETS THERE, NEW TECHNOLOGY, CURRENT AND FUTURE
02:04:20PM ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND POPULATION.
02:04:22PM SO WE PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER, AND IN 2018, THAT $561 MILLION,
02:04:29PM THAT FIRST LINE, THAT WAS OUR MASTER PLAN FOR OUR TREATMENT
02:04:32PM PLANT.
02:04:32PM THE NEXT LINE DOWN IS OUR WASTEWATER PUMPING STATIONS.
02:04:35PM THAT WAS A LOT EASIER TO PUT TOGETHER.
02:04:38PM WE HAVE 229 PUMPING STATIONS OUT IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
02:04:42PM INDUSTRY STANDARD IS EVERY 20 YEARS, YOU HAVE TO DO A MAJOR
02:04:47PM RETROFIT.
02:04:48PM SO THAT IS HOW WE KIND OF PUT THAT TOGETHER.
02:04:51PM AND LAST -- THAT IS THE ACTUAL PIPES.
02:04:53PM WE HAVE 1500 MILES OF WASTEWATER PIPES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
02:05:03PM 60% BEFORE 1970 AND 50% PAST 1950.
02:05:09PM PAST IN ITS USEFUL LIFE.
02:05:12PM WE RANKED IT.
02:05:14PM WE CAME UP WITH $648 MILLION OVER THE 20 YEARS.
02:05:17PM SO THESE ARE THE THREE MASTER PLANS THAT WE DID.
02:05:20PM WHERE ARE WE AT NOW?
02:05:21PM SO, SINCE THE START OF PIPES, WE HAVE DONE 119 DIFFERENT
02:05:25PM PROJECTS AND OVER $730 MILLION.
02:05:28PM I JUST LOOKED THIS MORNING.
02:05:31PM ABOUT 60% OF THAT RIGHT ON THE NOSE WE PAID OUT TO OUR
02:05:36PM CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS.
02:05:38PM ONE OF THE ISSUES WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING IS -- WE DID
02:05:43PM THIS BEFORE COVID, BEFORE LOTS OF INFLATION HIT.
02:05:48PM WE PUT INFLATION IN THE MASTER PLANS, BUT OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE
02:05:52PM EXPERIENCED WAS MORE THAN THAT.
02:05:53PM I PUT A NUMBER OF $181 MILLION.
02:05:55PM WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET.
02:05:57PM SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS CURRENTLY THROUGH CONTRACT
02:06:00PM ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE ENGINEERING SERVICES
02:06:04PM ADVERTISED.
02:06:04PM AND WE WANT TO SELECT SOMEBODY AND SAY, LOOK AT ALL THESE
02:06:07PM REMAINING PROJECTS.
02:06:08PM WHAT IS THE ACTUAL COST OR THE NEW COST TO FINISH THAT
02:06:12PM 20-YEAR PLAN.
02:06:13PM AND THEN LOOK AT SOME NEW ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS THAT MAY
02:06:18PM HAVE COME UP LIKE PFAS AND FOREVER CHEMICALS.
02:06:23PM ON THE WASTEWATER SIDE, IT IS NOT CAST IN STONE LIKE ON THE
02:06:27PM WATER SIDE, BUT EPA IS WORKING ON IT.
02:06:30PM NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR OUR CONSULTANT TO START LOOKING
02:06:34PM AT IT AND PLAN IT A LITTLE BIT.
02:06:35PM OKAY.
02:06:38PM I AM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL 19 PROJECTS.
02:06:47PM I HAVE THREE.
02:06:48PM BAYSHORE PUMPING STATION, LOCATED IN THE MEDIAN OF BAYSHORE,
02:06:53PM SOUTH BAY TO BAY BOULEVARD.
02:06:55PM IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1950s, AND THE ENGINEERING STANDARD AT
02:07:01PM THAT TIME PUT ALL THE PUMPS AND ITS ELECTRICAL GEAR TWO TO
02:07:05PM THREE STORIES BELOW GROUND.
02:07:07PM MODERN PRACTICE DUE TO STORM SURGE, CLIMATE CHANGE, YEAH,
02:07:11PM YOU CAN'T -- IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.
02:07:13PM WE WERE ALREADY STARTING THIS PROJECT WHEN HURRICANE HELENE
02:07:15PM HIT.
02:07:18PM TAMPA ACTUALLY FLOODED OUT AND DESTROYED -- WE HAD A
02:07:21PM STATIONARY BYPASS GENERATOR.
02:07:23PM WE ALREADY HAD THIS PROJECT IN THE WORKS.
02:07:26PM GOOD NEWS IS THIS PROJECT STARTED LAST YEAR.
02:07:29PM WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ONLINE BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH.
02:07:32PM SO HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT, AND WE CAN START
02:07:35PM BREAKING DOWN AND BE DONE BY CHRISTMAS.
02:07:37PM YOU KNOW, IT IS A BIG SUSTAINABILITY PART OF THIS.
02:07:41PM IF YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A BUILDING AND A BUNCH ED -- A
02:07:44PM BIGGER WALL AROUND IT IN THE PICTURE.
02:07:46PM THAT BUILDING HOLDS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
02:07:50PM AROUND IT STOPS THE STORM SURGE FROM DAMAGING OUR FACILITY
02:07:54PM AND HAS A SUBMARINE DOOR ON THE OUTSIDE THAT WE CAN CLOSE UP
02:07:58PM DURING THE STORM.
02:08:01PM SECOND PROJECT IS THE HOWARD CURREN ADVANCED WASTEWATER
02:08:05PM TREATMENT PLANT.
02:08:05PM WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS, WE PRODUCE 60 TONS OF LIQUID
02:08:10PM OXYGEN EVERY DAY.
02:08:11PM WE TAKE OXYGEN FROM THE AIR AND
02:08:13PM COOL IT ABOUT 240 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AND MAKE IT LIQUID.
02:08:17PM AND THEN WE PUT IT INTO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS.
02:08:21PM WELL, OUR ORIGINAL PLANT WAS BUILT IN THE 1970s WITH
02:08:26PM CRYOGENIC -- WHAT IT IS CALLED -- TECHNOLOGY.
02:08:29PM VERY OLD TECHNOLOGY.
02:08:30PM NOBODY IS DOING THAT ANYMORE AND EVEN LESS PEOPLE YOU CAN
02:08:35PM FIND OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO SERVICE IT.
02:08:36PM THIS IS A BRAND -NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND BUT NOT
02:08:40PM CRYOGENIC ANYMORE.
02:08:42PM WE SELECTED THE DESIGN BUILDER FOR IT, AND IT WAS ABOUT A
02:08:45PM $40 MILLION PROJECT.
02:08:46PM AND WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU GUYS SOON FOR THE INITIAL
02:08:49PM ENGINEERING SERVICES.
02:08:50PM AND LAST ONE IS ALSO AT THE HOWARD CURREN TREATMENT PLANT,
02:08:57PM OUR AEROBIC DIGESTERS.
02:09:00PM YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME SAY DURING THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT
02:09:03PM PROCESS WE COLLECT A SOLID MATERIAL CALLED "SLUDGE."
02:09:08PM WE TREAT THE SLUDGE TO GET RID OF THE PROTOZOANS AND BAD
02:09:12PM STUFF.
02:09:12PM WE DO IT IN THE LARGE TANKS CALLED AEROBIC DIGESTERS AND
02:09:17PM BACTERIA EAT ALL THE BAD STUFF.
02:09:18PM A LOT LESS MASS.
02:09:20PM WE THEN TAKE THE FINISHED MATERIAL AND HAUL IT OFFSITE.
02:09:23PM THE ORIGINAL AEROBIC DIGESTERS WERE BUILT IN THE 1950s, THE
02:09:31PM ORIGINAL PART WHEN THE PLANT WAS FIRST CONSTRUCTED.
02:09:33PM WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MORE YEARS LEFT IN THIS, AND THE
02:09:36PM PICTURE, TWO OF OUR $2.5 MILLION EACH TANKS AND SITTING ON
02:09:45PM PILES AND COMING OUT OF THE GROUND WITH THE WALLS.
02:09:46PM WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO RORY JONES.
02:09:53PM >>RORY JONES: THANK YOU, RORY JONES WITH THE WATER
02:09:55PM DEPARTMENT.
02:09:55PM LIKE ERIC DID, I WILL GO OVER OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET AND WHAT
02:10:00PM WE AWARDED AND A COUPLE OF TRENDS.
02:10:04PM ONE THAT IS NEGATIVE.
02:10:05PM HE MENTIONED OUR CONSTRUCTION COST.
02:10:07PM AND THEN SOME POSITIVE ONES OUT OF IT.
02:10:09PM I WILL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS AND THEN GIVE YOU AN
02:10:12PM OUTLOOK OF WHAT IS GOING TO BE HITTING THE DOCKET HERE SOON.
02:10:16PM WE WILL START WITH -- YOU KNOW OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS $1.5
02:10:20PM BILLION OF THAT $2.88 OR $2.9 BILLION PROGRAM.
02:10:25PM AND TO DATE, WE HAVE AWARDED MORE THAN $630 MILLION IN
02:10:37PM PROJECTS, REMAINING FROM THE ORIGINAL WAS $878 MILLION.
02:10:42PM SOUNDS GOOD, BUT REALLY THE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS DEFERRED
02:10:47PM PROJECTS PAGE IS THOSE TWO IN THE MIDDLE -- AND YOU CAN SEE
02:10:51PM REALLY THE UPWARDS TREND THAT WE ARE SEEING, THE DLT MASTER
02:10:56PM PLAN PROBLEMS AND OUR DISTRIBUTION PLAN PROJECTS.
02:10:59PM WE HAVE GOT AN INCREASE SINCE THE PANDEMIC, AND THAT IS
02:11:04PM REALLY THE MAIN TAKEAWAY FROM THIS.
02:11:06PM AT THIS MOMENT, WE HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATED AT
02:11:11PM $607 MILLION.
02:11:17PM OUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER THIS COMPARISON OF -- THIS IS OUR LOW
02:11:23PM BID CONTRACT.
02:11:24PM WE HAD A COUPLE OF CONTRACTORS ON BOARD PRE- AND POST-PANDEMIC.
02:11:27PM AND YOU CAN SEE THE COST INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD.
02:11:30PM THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, LIKE ERIC MENTIONED, WE DID BUILD
02:11:36PM INFLATION INTO THE OVERALL COST ESTIMATES, BUT NOT TO THE
02:11:40PM TUNE OF WHAT INCURRED AS PART OF THE PANDEMIC.
02:11:42PM THIS IS REALLY BOTH LABOR AND MATERIAL COST.
02:11:46PM BUT IT IS NOT -- WE ARE NOT RINGING -- SOUNDING THE ALARM
02:11:51PM YET.
02:11:51PM THERE IS A LOT OF POSITIVE THAT IS COMING OUT -- OBVIOUSLY A
02:11:55PM LOT OF THE PIPES FUNDING PROGRAM.
02:11:57PM MOST NOTABLY HERE IS WE ARE SEEING MAIN BREAKS DECREASE,
02:12:02PM THAT IS BECAUSE WE ARE REPLACING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
02:12:05PM WE DO ALSO HAVE A DOWNWARD TREND IN WATER LOSS, WHICH IS --
02:12:09PM WHICH IS A GOOD THING AS WELL.
02:12:11PM HERE IS ANOTHER KIND OF GRAPHICAL RECOMMENDATION.
02:12:14PM A HEAT MAP OF THOSE MAIN BREAKS, PRE- AND POST-PANDEMIC.
02:12:17PM YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, IT IS TRENDING THE RIGHT
02:12:20PM DIRECTION.
02:12:21PM SO WE ARE PLEASED WITH WHAT WE ARE GETTING WITH OUR MONEY
02:12:24PM HERE.
02:12:24PM AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF PROJECTS, AND THE
02:12:29PM FIRST ONE HERE IS THE FILTER BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS.
02:12:32PM $115 MILLION PROJECT.
02:12:34PM WE ARE ADDING NECESSARY CAPACITY 20 MGD TO OUR FILTERING
02:12:40PM PROCESS.
02:12:40PM HERE IN THE HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW, THAT IS WHERE THE FOOTPRINT
02:12:44PM OF THIS STRUCTURE IS GOING, WE ARE ADDING DEEP BED
02:12:48PM BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE FILTERS.
02:12:50PM AND IT IS AUGMENTING OR ADDING TO THOSE BANKS OF FILTERS TO
02:12:54PM THE RIGHT OF THAT SCREEN AS WELL.
02:12:55PM AND THIS GIVES US THE NECESSARY CAPACITY SO WE CAN PROPERLY
02:12:59PM SERVICE THOSE -- THOSE OLD ONES.
02:13:01PM HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES OF THAT FOOTPRINT.
02:13:07PM AND EVENTUALLY -- TO THE LEFT THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE.
02:13:11PM THE NEW BUILDING.
02:13:13PM ORANGE ON THE RIGHT IS OUR EXISTING FILTERS.
02:13:16PM NEW STUFF ON THE LEFT.
02:13:18PM THIS SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP BY THE END OF 2027.
02:13:21PM ANOTHER 3-D RENDERING OF THAT AS WELL.
02:13:27PM NEXT PROJECT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT CHEMICAL SYSTEMS AND
02:13:30PM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
02:13:31PM THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING EFFORT TO -- TO DECOMMISSION -- OOPS,
02:13:37PM I SKIPPED AHEAD.
02:13:38PM HERE IN THE YELLOW TO DECOMMISSION OUR GASEOUS CHLORINE
02:13:44PM DIS-INFECTING PROCESS AND WE HAVE DONE THAT.
02:13:50PM CLEAR OUT THE ROOM TO PUT THE RAILCAR TO PUT IN HYPOCHOLORIC
02:14:01PM THERE AND WE DECOMMISSIONED THAT.
02:14:02PM AND TODAY IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THIS.
02:14:04PM A LOT OF PIPING AND A LOT OF EQUIPMENT IN THAT ROOM, AND I
02:14:09PM AM EXCITED TO SAY THAT NEXT WEEK, WE ARE -- WE SHOULD BE
02:14:13PM COMMISSION THE FIRST ON-SITE CHLORIDE GENERATION UNIT.
02:14:17PM THIS IS GOING TO GIVE US CONTROL OF OUR OWN DESTINY,
02:14:22PM ESPECIALLY IN ADVERSE SITUATIONS LIKE HURRICANES.
02:14:25PM WON'T RELY ON THE OUTSIDE VENDORS TO DELIVER CHEMICALS.
02:14:29PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I DON'T KNOW WHO IS MORE EXCITED ABOUT
02:14:32PM THAT, YOU OR HER.
02:14:34PM YOU GOT A BIG SMILE.
02:14:35PM SHE IS OVER THERE --
02:14:37PM >> ADDITIONALLY MUCH SAFER THAN THE OTHER AS WELL.
02:14:40PM THIS IS LOW-STRENGTH BLEACH, LESS STRENGTH THAN WHAT YOU
02:14:44PM WOULD GET AT PUBLIX.
02:14:45PM MUCH SAFER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
02:14:48PM SO WHAT IS UPCOMING?
02:14:52PM SO WITHIN A MONTH OR TWO, YOU SHOULD SEE AN AMENDMENT FOR
02:14:57PM OUR SIXTH DESIGN.
02:15:00PM WE ARE EXCITED TO KICK THIS OFF OFFICIALLY.
02:15:03PM WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, SIDEWALK ELECTRICAL
02:15:07PM IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE KICKING OFF MODERNIZES OUR ELECTRICAL
02:15:12PM TREATMENT AT THE PLANT.
02:15:13PM MAKES US MORE REDUNDANT AND MUCH SAFER ADDS GENERATIONAL
02:15:21PM CAPACITY.
02:15:21PM WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENT FROM WITH THE PIPES PROGRAM, IT
02:15:25PM INCREASES OUR ELECTRICAL CAPACITY.
02:15:26PM AND WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THESE 25-YEAR-OLD GENERATORS THAT
02:15:31PM NO LONGER WOULD SERVICE OUR ELECTRICAL NEEDS HERE.
02:15:35PM SO WE ARE REPLACING THOSE AS WELL.
02:15:37PM FINALLY HERE IS WITHIN THE COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE WILL BE
02:15:46PM SUBMITTING A GMP APPROVAL AS WELL, REALLY THE INTAKES COMING
02:15:51PM OFF THE RIVER.
02:15:52PM OUR ORIGINAL PUMPS ARE STILL IN OPERATION TODAY.
02:15:55PM AND THIS CONFIGURATION HELPS US CLEAN WHAT IS FLOATABLE AND
02:15:58PM COMING OFF THE RIVER AND IS PROVIDING A BETTER INTAKE SHOULD
02:16:03PM MUCH A PROLONGED DROUGHT OCCUR.
02:16:07PM WE WOULD HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY KIND OF PULLING FROM
02:16:11PM THE RIVER.
02:16:11PM AND, YOU KNOW, I -- ALTHOUGH I DID SHOWCASE SOME DOWNWARD
02:16:19PM TRENDS, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION COSTS, I CAN'T
02:16:22PM IMAGINE WHERE WE WOULD BE WITHOUT THE PIPES PROGRAM.
02:16:24PM I WOULD HATE TO THINK ABOUT IT.
02:16:26PM YOU KNOW, I AM PROUD OF THE TEAM'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
02:16:31PM AND LOOK FORWARD TO OUR FUTURE.
02:16:33PM WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.
02:16:35PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
02:16:37PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
02:16:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: ONE THING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL -- THANK
02:16:42PM YOU, ALL, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
02:16:43PM ONE THING THAT WILL BE HELPFUL IS TO SHOW A TRACK OF THE
02:16:47PM ORIGINAL TOTAL ESTIMATES -- IT WAS LIKE $2.9 BILLION, AND
02:16:53PM HOW WE ARE TRACKING AGAINST THE TOTAL SO WE CAN -- WE CAN
02:16:56PM SEE -- IN KNOWING THAT --
02:16:59PM >> THAT'S WHAT I HAVE DONE ON THE SECOND PAGE.
02:17:02PM THE -- OR THE THIRD PAGE OF THE DEFERRED PROJECTS.
02:17:05PM AND WE ARE DOING --
02:17:07PM >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK YOU DID IT PROJECT BY PROJECT.
02:17:09PM MY POINT IS THE WHOLE -- HOW IS THE WHOLE BUDGET TRACKING
02:17:13PM COMPARED TO WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AT THIS TIME.
02:17:15PM >> GOTCHA.
02:17:17PM >>BILL CARLSON: TO SEE OVERALL IF WE --
02:17:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: UNDER-OVER.
02:17:21PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, UNDER-OVER.
02:17:29PM WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
02:17:30PM $115 MILLION.
02:17:32PM HAVE YOU GUYS HAD AN APPRAISAL OF IT?
02:17:36PM WHAT IS THE VALUE?
02:17:37PM >> OF THE DLT?
02:17:39PM >>BILL CARLSON: THE VALUE FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES MORE THAN
02:17:43PM $400 MILLION?
02:17:44PM >> I BELIEVE OVER A BILLION DOLLARS.
02:17:45PM I DON'T SEE BRAD -- BUT OVER $1 BILLION FROM AN INSURANCE
02:17:50PM PERSPECTIVE.
02:17:50PM >>BILL CARLSON: AND THEN TWO OTHER QUICK THINGS FOR ERIC.
02:17:55PM ONE, THANK YOU FOR THE PUMP FACILITY IN FRONT OF MONTE
02:18:02PM CARLO.
02:18:03PM I WAS ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT.
02:18:05PM THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE ON THAT AND MOVING THAT AHEAD.
02:18:08PM SAME THING ON THE WATER PIPES, BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO PLAN
02:18:15PM THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WE WERE AHEAD OF PIPES BREAKING.
02:18:19PM YOU KNOW ANOTHER THING, RORY, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO TRACK THE
02:18:23PM COST WE WERE PAYING FOR THE RESPONSE.
02:18:26PM REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD, THE IDEA WAS, IF WE
02:18:30PM KEEP RESPAWNING THESE PIPES BREAKING, HERE IS THE TOTAL
02:18:33PM COST.
02:18:34PM YOU SHOWED THE HEAT MAP.
02:18:36PM BUT IMPORTANT TO SEE HOW MUCH WE ARE SAVING EVEN THOUGH THE
02:18:40PM TOTAL PROJECT MAY GONE UP.
02:18:42PM >> I DID THAT.
02:18:43PM AND BECAUSE OUR CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GOING UP, IT DOESN'T
02:18:47PM SHOWCASE AS WELL.
02:18:48PM BECAUSE WE ORIGINALLY HAD THESE PROJECT ESTIMATED AS A
02:18:51PM CERTAIN VALUE.
02:18:52PM THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE GONE UP, EVEN THOUGH OUR WATER
02:18:56PM LOSS HAS DECREASED, OUR MAIN BREAKS HAVE DECREASED, OUR
02:19:00PM CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE UP --
02:19:02PM >>BILL CARLSON: BUT THE AD HOC -- IF A ROAD COLLAPSED
02:19:05PM BECAUSE A PIPE BREAKS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY TODAY'S COST TO
02:19:09PM FIX IT, THAT MEANS THOSE COSTS WILL GO UP TOO.
02:19:12PM THAT WILL BE UP IN THE MODEL.
02:19:14PM >> WE HAD INFLATION BUILT IN, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE KIND OF
02:19:17PM POST-PANDEMIC MATERIAL AND LABOR COSTS TO THAT EXTENT.
02:19:21PM >>BILL CARLSON: WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT OFF-LINE.
02:19:24PM IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO GO BACK AND SHOW THE PUBLIC IF WE
02:19:28PM ARE AT TODAY'S RATES, IF WE HAD TO GO AND REPAIR THE
02:19:32PM COLLAPSES AND THERE WILL BE MORE AND MORE OVER TIME NOW
02:19:35PM BECAUSE THE PIPES ARE GETTING OLDER.
02:19:42PM GOOD NEWS FOR ERIC ON THE FACILITY AROUND MONTE CARLO AND
02:19:48PM THE AREAS BEHIND STOVAL ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL AVOID THE
02:19:52PM PROBLEMS.
02:19:52PM WE HOPE.
02:19:52PM AND THEN -- THEN THE LAST THING THAT TANKS -- WHAT DO YOU
02:19:57PM CALL THEM, BIO TANKS.
02:19:59PM >> AEROBIC DIGESTERS.
02:20:01PM >>BILL CARLSON: FOLKS ON DAVIS ISLAND WERE REALLY UPSET A
02:20:05PM FEW MONTHS AGO.
02:20:06PM WHAT CAN WE SAY TO THEM.
02:20:07PM WILL THIS FIX THE PROBLEM?
02:20:10PM >> YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.
02:20:12PM WHAT HAPPENED THEN IS, YOU KNOW, WE GOT HIT WITH SOME KIND
02:20:15PM OF CHEMICAL THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW -- WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE
02:20:19PM IT CAME FROM.
02:20:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: SOMEBODY CAME WITH A TRUCK AND DUMPED
02:20:23PM SOMETHING --
02:20:24PM >> SOMEWHERE.
02:20:24PM WE HAVE 211 SQUARE MILES OF OUR SERVICE AREA.
02:20:27PM WE THINK IT WAS COMING INTO THE PLANT.
02:20:30PM WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE DATA AND IT KILLED OUR BACTERIA
02:20:40PM IN OUR EXISTING DIGESTERS.
02:20:43PM BACTERIA COULDN'T BREAK DOWN THE SLUDGE.
02:20:45PM ALL THAT HAVE BEEN HEALED FOR MONTH.
02:20:50PM THIS WILL GIVE US REDUNDANCY IN THE BIG DIGESTERS.
02:20:54PM AT THE HEAD PART OF THE PLANT, A OLDER EQUIPMENT THAT IS 40
02:20:59PM YEARS OLD.
02:21:00PM WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THAT.
02:21:02PM WE HIRED A CONSULTANT.
02:21:04PM THAT IS ALL THEY DO IS MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER ODOR CONTROL
02:21:08PM FACILITIES, EVERY 700 OF THEM.
02:21:11PM WE ARE 701.
02:21:16PM WE ENGAGED THEM IN FEBRUARY AND A 30% DESIGN HERE IS WHAT WE
02:21:23PM RECOMMEND.
02:21:23PM >>BILL CARLSON: A WAY TO DIVERT BAD CHEMICALS THAT MAY BE
02:21:27PM COMING INTO IT?
02:21:28PM >> WELL, WE ARE TRYING.
02:21:29PM AND WE HAVE DONE A LOT.
02:21:30PM >>BILL CARLSON: I DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANYBODY ELSE'S TIME ON
02:21:34PM THIS, BUT DAVIS ISLAND THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE HIT GREAT TO
02:21:38PM FOLLOW UP ON COMMUNICATION.
02:21:39PM THERE ARE THE THREE OR FOUR THINGS WE ARE DOING AND COPY ME
02:21:42PM PLEASE JUST SO WE KNOW BESIDES THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE THAT
02:21:46PM YOU ARE ON TOP OF, LONGER TERM INVESTMENTS TO HELP WITH
02:21:51PM THAT.
02:21:51PM >> I CAN DO THAT, AND WE CRACKED DOWN WHAT IS COMING INTO
02:21:53PM THE PLANT TO HELP PRECLUDE THAT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
02:21:56PM >>BILL CARLSON: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:21:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
02:21:58PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:21:59PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
02:22:00PM THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT.
02:22:01PM ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE WHERE WE ARE.
02:22:03PM AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH WHAT THE ECONOMY HAS DONE HAS, YOU
02:22:07PM KNOW, KIND OF HAMPERED OUR EFFORTS BUT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE
02:22:10PM ARE NOT CONTINUING TO MOVE ON AND YOU ALL ARE DOING GOOD
02:22:13PM WORK.
02:22:13PM MY ONLY QUESTION WAS PLEASE JONES, THE DATA YOU HAD WAS ONLY
02:22:21PM THROUGH FY '22.
02:22:23PM >> YES, IT SKEWS -- THE DATA SKEWS -- THANK YOU FOR GIVING
02:22:28PM ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THAT.
02:22:29PM SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT EARLIER.
02:22:30PM HURRICANES HAVE REALLY MESSED AND SKEWED THE DATA.
02:22:33PM WE HAD A LOT OF MAIN BREAKS DUE TO TREES TOPPLING OVER,
02:22:39PM EQUIPMENT RUNNING OVER WATER METERS, HITTING HYDRANTS.
02:22:42PM AND IT REALLY THREW THE DAY AT THAT SIGNIFICANTLY OFF.
02:22:45PM I DON'T MEAN TO BE MISLEADING HERE AND LEAVE THAT DATA OUT,
02:22:49PM BUT IT WAS REALLY SKEWED BECAUSE OF THE HURRICANES.
02:22:52PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT'S FAIR.
02:22:54PM AND I THINK, THOUGH, THAT I WOULD RATHER SEE IT AND EXPLAIN
02:22:58PM IT AWAY, BECAUSE, I MEAN, EVERYBODY KNOWS -- EVERYBODY KNOWS
02:23:01PM EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE HURRICANES.
02:23:03PM THEY KNOW -- ALL OF THAT STUFF MAKES LOGICAL SENSE.
02:23:06PM YOU SAY IT RIGHT NOW IT MAKES LOGICAL SENSE.
02:23:09PM BUT EVEN THEN, THIS DOES TELL PART OF THE STORY BECAUSE
02:23:13PM QUITE FRANKLY, WE STILL HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO RECOVER FROM
02:23:18PM THAT.
02:23:18PM AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
02:23:19PM WE DIDN'T CREATE.
02:23:21PM WE DIDN'T CREATE THE PROBLEM -- I MEAN THE HURRICANE COMING.
02:23:24PM THAT WAS AN ACT -- A NATURAL DISASTER.
02:23:27PM JUST KNOWING THAT IT IS ANOTHER THING WE ARE HAVING TO SPEND
02:23:31PM MONEY ON, THAT DOES SORT OF HAMPER THE CONTINUATION OF THE
02:23:35PM PROJECT.
02:23:35PM AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OKAY.
02:23:37PM SO I DO APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU ALL.
02:23:40PM I KNOW WE ARE REALLY EXCITED OF THE NEW PROJECT GOING IN TO
02:23:48PM HELP OUR WATER EVEN MORE.
02:23:49PM BUT ALSO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
02:23:52PM AND MR. WEISS, YOU AND I TALKED OF WAYS TO IMPROVE THE
02:23:57PM WASTEWATER AS WELL.
02:23:58PM AS WE DISCHARGE, WE ARE CHARGING LESS STUFF.
02:24:01PM I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW WE CONTINUE TO -- TO CLEAN.
02:24:05PM I KNOW THE SIX WASN'T AS SUCCESSFUL THERE, BUT WE ARE
02:24:10PM LOOKING AT THAT NEXT, I KNOW WE ARE ALWAYS ON THE CUTTING
02:24:13PM EDGE OF THIS SORT OF TECHNOLOGY.
02:24:15PM SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE COME UP WITH THAT WE CAN
02:24:19PM CONTINUE TO DECREASE WHAT IS LEFT OVER.
02:24:22PM >> THAT IS WHAT THE UPDATED MASTER PLAN WE ARE ENGAGING IN.
02:24:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: WONDERFUL.
02:24:28PM I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
02:24:29PM THANK YOU, BOTH, SO MUCH.
02:24:31PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
02:24:31PM >>BILL CARLSON: JUST ONE QUICK FOLLOW-UP.
02:24:33PM I WAS AT A CONFERENCE THE LAST FEW DAYS WHERE THE CFO WAS
02:24:40PM PRESENTING, AND THEY ARE TAKING A VERY SUPERFICIAL LOOK AT
02:24:44PM CITIES AND COUNTIES AND THEY ARE GOING TO COME THROUGH.
02:24:46PM MORE WE CAN COMMUNICATE ALONG WHAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS SAYING.
02:24:50PM COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC EVEN IF THE COSTS ARE INCREASING
02:24:53PM AND EVEN IF THE NUMBERS DON'T LOOK THAT GREAT COMPARED TO
02:24:57PM THE ORIGINAL, WE NEED TO SET EXPECTATIONS IN THE COMMUNITIES
02:24:59PM BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS I GET BESIDE PROPERTY
02:25:02PM TAXES, WHY ARE MY WATER RATES SO HIGH.
02:25:06PM IT IS HELPFUL TO BE ABLE TO SHOW WHAT THE COSTS ARE AND WHAT
02:25:10PM THESE FEES ARE GOING FORWARD.
02:25:11PM AND IF IT IS NOT ABLE TO COVER EVERYTHING WE ORIGINALLY WERE
02:25:15PM PROPOSING IN THE $2.9 BILLION.
02:25:19PM WE NEED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE TO KNOW THIS IS COMING.
02:25:21PM OTHERWISE THE STATE MAY COME IN AND SAY YOU GUYS ARE WASTING
02:25:25PM MONEY AND GOING OVER BUDGET.
02:25:26PM AND WE ARE GOING TO CUT IT.
02:25:27PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:25:30PM HEARING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
02:25:32PM PRESENTATION.
02:25:33PM ALWAYS INTERESTING.
02:25:34PM 69.
02:25:35PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: HELLO, ANDREA ZELMAN, CITY ATTORNEY, AND I
02:25:51PM HAVE WITH ME ABBYE FEELEY, WHO NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION.
02:25:53PM JUST QUICKLY, DISCUSSION ABOUT PICKLEBALL, AND I KNOW YOU
02:26:03PM ALL ARE TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT THIS, BUT RIGHT NOW, WE STILL
02:26:07PM HAVE THE ISSUE IN THIS STATE OF SENATE BILL 180, WHICH WAS
02:26:13PM THE BILL PASSED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT
02:26:16PM PREVENTS US FROM ADOPTING LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT
02:26:20PM ARE MORE BURDENSOME AND RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY
02:26:24PM ON THE BOOKS.
02:26:25PM OF COURSE, CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
02:26:29PM REGARDING PICKLEBALL, ANYTHING THAT WE WERE TO ADD WOULD
02:26:34PM MOST LIKELY RUN RIGHT INTO SENATE BILL 180.
02:26:38PM AND YOU ASKED ME TO LOOK AT OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND I DID,
02:26:43PM AND WHAT I FOUND IS THAT IN MOST JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE ANY
02:26:49PM SORT OF REGULATIONS FOR PICKLEBALL, IT IS THINGS LIKE
02:26:58PM DISTANCE BETWEEN THE COURT AND THE NEXT STRUCTURE AND
02:27:01PM SETBACKS, LIGHTING, HOURS THAT PEOPLE CAN PLAY, THINGS LIKE
02:27:07PM THAT.
02:27:07PM WHAT I DIDN'T FIND WAS ANYTHING ADOPTED SINCE SENATE BILL
02:27:17PM 180 ABOUT THE EXCEPTION OF, YOU HEARD IT THIS MORNING,
02:27:20PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS TALKING ABOUT -- OR IS IN THE
02:27:24PM PROCESS, I SHOULD SAY, OF ADOPTING A REGULATION.
02:27:27PM LET ME SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR CLARIFICATION ABOUT THAT.
02:27:31PM FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE TALKING APPLES AND ORANGES, BECAUSE
02:27:35PM WHAT TRIGGERED IT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WAS WITHIN A LARGE
02:27:41PM MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, THE -- THE DEVELOPER OR THE
02:27:47PM HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION OR WHATEVER IT IS PROPOSING TO
02:27:51PM CONVERT SOME TENNIS COURTS INTO PICKLEBALL COURTS AND
02:27:54PM NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE NEARBY HAVE ASKED FOR RELIEF.
02:27:57PM SO -- BUT WE HAVE TALKED TO -- BOTH ABBYE AND I TALKED TO
02:28:04PM THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THEY
02:28:07PM HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT PEOPLE.
02:28:10PM HEARING MORE OF, PEOPLE PUTTING PICKLEBALL COURTS IN THEIR
02:28:13PM OWN BACKYARDS.
02:28:14PM THEY SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF THING HANG IN
02:28:17PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
02:28:18PM IF YOU THINK OF THEIR PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT VERSUS OURS,
02:28:21PM YOU CAN SEE WHY IT REALLY ISN'T AN ISSUE THERE.
02:28:24PM I WANT TO NOTE THAT THEY WERE TOLD -- HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
02:28:27PM COMMISSIONERS, THAT IS, WERE TOLD BY THEIR LEGAL DEPARTMENT
02:28:31PM THAT THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T THINK ABOUT ADOPTING A NEW LAND
02:28:35PM DEVELOPMENT REGULATION NOW BECAUSE OF SENATE BILL 180 AND
02:28:41PM THEY DECIDED TO GO AHEAD.
02:28:42PM THEY ASKED THEIR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO ASK THE STATE ATTORNEY
02:28:46PM GENERAL FOR AN OPINION, AN ADVISORY OPINION, OR A LEGAL
02:28:50PM OPINION ON THIS.
02:28:51PM AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO THAT.
02:28:53PM BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO SAY THEY ACTED AGAINST
02:29:04PM THEIR ADVICE OF COUNSEL, BUT ADVISED THAT DOING A LAND
02:29:08PM DEVELOPMENT REGULATION WOULD RUN AFOUL OF SENATE BILL 180.
02:29:12PM MORE TO THAT POINT.
02:29:15PM SENATE BILL 180 GENERATED NUMBER OF ACTIONS.
02:29:21PM SEVERAL ONGOING LAWSUITS BY CITIES AND COUNTIES AND THE
02:29:25PM THOUSAND FRIENDS OF FLORIDA ABOUT LEGISLATION.
02:29:30PM ALSO LAWSUITS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY HOME BUILDERS AND
02:29:38PM PROPERTY OWNERS SUING CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT VIOLATED
02:29:42PM SENATE BILL 180.
02:29:43PM AND THEN FINALLY, AND THIS WAS THE COURSE THAT WE HAVE
02:29:47PM CHOSEN TO GO.
02:29:47PM WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITIES, STATE LOBBYISTS AND I
02:29:53PM KNOW FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES IS ACTIVELY DOING THIS AS ARE
02:29:58PM MANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
02:29:59PM WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE LEGISLATURE TO DO A GLITCH BILL AND
02:30:07PM TAKE A STATUTE.
02:30:08PM CLEAR IN MY MIND, THEIR INTENT WAS TO RESPOND TO THINGS THAT
02:30:12PM MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED PEOPLE FROM REBUILDING AFTER A
02:30:16PM HURRICANE, BUT THEY CAUGHT A LOT OF EXTRA TUNA IN THAT NET
02:30:24PM OR WHALES IN TUNA NET WHATEVER THAT METAPHOR I WAS LOOKING
02:30:29PM FOR LIKE OUR YBOR PARKING REGULATIONS.
02:30:31PM WE ARE HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE A LEGISLATIVE FIX, BUT MY
02:30:36PM CONCERN -- AND I KNOW I GET ACCUSED OF BEING RISK-ADVERSE,
02:30:39PM BUT THAT KIND OF MY JOB, TO KEEP THE CITY FROM GETTING INTO
02:30:43PM LEGAL TROUBLE.
02:30:45PM MY SUGGESTION IS WE NOT MOVE FORWARD AT THIS POINT IN TIME
02:30:49PM WITH ANYTHING NEW UNTIL WE SEE A FEW THINGS.
02:30:53PM WHAT KIND OF ANSWER HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GETS FROM THE
02:30:56PM ATTORNEY GENERAL.
02:30:56PM WHETHER ANY OF THIS LITIGATION RESULTS IN POSITIVE RESULTS
02:31:02PM AND OR WHETHER THE LEGISLATURE WILL SIMPLY AGREE TO FIX THE
02:31:06PM BILL.
02:31:07PM SO WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
02:31:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HAVE A QUESTION.
02:31:13PM SO OUR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
02:31:16PM WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WITHIN OUR CURRENT LAND USE LAWS TO
02:31:21PM PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM BUILDING A PICKLEBALL COURT?
02:31:25PM THE NETS, THE SIZE OF THE POSTS, THE -- ALL THESE THINGS?
02:31:28PM SURELY THERE IS --
02:31:31PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: THIS IS WHY I NEEDED ABBYE.
02:31:36PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: GOOD AFTERNOON, ABBYE FEELEY.
02:31:38PM SETBACKS ARE FOR STRUCTURES.
02:31:40PM STRUCTURES ANYTHING OVER 36 INCHES IN HEIGHT.
02:31:43PM SO FROM RESI TO RESI, NOT A QUOTE, UNQUOTE, BUFFER.
02:31:49PM IF THERE IS LIGHTING.
02:31:51PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A POLE IS OVER 36 INCHES.
02:31:54PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: SET BACK THREE FOOT OFF THE PROPERTY LINE.
02:31:58PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT'S IT?
02:32:01PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: I MEAN, HISTORICALLY THIS HAS BEEN AND WE
02:32:04PM HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, TENNIS COURTS IN PEOPLE'S
02:32:07PM BACKYARDS.
02:32:07PM AND THAT -- AS YOU KNOW WE WILL TALK OF OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT
02:32:10PM CODE.
02:32:10PM OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE DOESN'T EVEN SAY THE WORD
02:32:20PM "PICKLEBALL" FROM 1988 TO NOW.
02:32:23PM NOTHING TO STOP SOMEBODY FROM PUTTING A BASKETBALL COURT IN
02:32:26PM THEIR FRONT YARD.
02:32:27PM A BASKETBALL NET ON A TYPICAL DRIVEWAY AND SOMEBODY PLAYING
02:32:30PM BASKETBALL UNTIL 11:00 OR 12:00 AT NIGHT.
02:32:34PM WHAT WE DO HAVE IS WE HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE, AND THAT NOISE
02:32:37PM ORDINANCE SPEAKS TO PLAINLY AUDIBLE SOUND YOU CAN HEAR AFTER
02:32:41PM CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME.
02:32:42PM AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED.
02:32:46PM ONE THING I CONTINUALLY SAY IN A LOT OF YOUR LAND
02:32:50PM DEVELOPMENT HEARINGS AND THINGS IS THAT THE ZONING
02:32:54PM DEPARTMENT IS NOT GOING OUT AT 11:00 WHEN SOMEBODY IS
02:32:57PM PLAYING PICKLEBALL.
02:32:57PM THAT IS A LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION AND WE HAVE TO BE
02:33:00PM MINDFUL OF WHAT WE ARE REGULATING AND HOW WE ARE REGULATING
02:33:04PM IT.
02:33:04PM AND THAT IS A LOT OF TIME WHEN DIFFERENT ALCOHOL
02:33:09PM APPLICATIONS COME OR A ZONING AND SOMEBODY SAYS TO YOU AND
02:33:11PM SAYS, YOU KNOW, I AM A PSYCHIATRIST AND OUR CODE SAID
02:33:15PM "MEDICAL OFFICE" DOESN'T SAY FOR A PSYCHIATRIST OFFICE.
02:33:22PM NOW IT IS NOT A PSYCHIATRIST.
02:33:25PM WE THINK OF THESE THINGS AND THINK OF THE ADVERSE IMPACTS
02:33:28PM ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, WE NEED TO THINK OF WHAT THOSE
02:33:31PM REGULATION ALSO LOOK LIKE AND FEEL LIKE AND ULTIMATELY HOW
02:33:35PM THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED OR ENFORCED.
02:33:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THING WAS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, RIGHT.
02:33:45PM >> WANTED TO PUT A SHOOTING RANGE.
02:33:49PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: OUTDOOR COMMUNITY --
02:33:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT IF IT WAS PRIVATE?
02:33:53PM WANTED TO BUILD A PRIVATE TARGET RANGE IN MY BACK YARD,
02:33:57PM COULD SOMEBODY DO THAT?
02:33:58PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: WE -- IN THE CITY?
02:34:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YEAH.
02:34:02PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: RIGHT NOW, THE CODE IS QUIET, BUT I WOULD
02:34:05PM REFER TO ATF ON THAT.
02:34:07PM THAT IS A HARD QUESTION.
02:34:08PM I DON'T THINK THAT IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN ASKED IN MY 25
02:34:11PM YEARS.
02:34:11PM [LAUGHTER]
02:34:17PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I MEAN, IT JUST SHOWS YOU THE UNINTENDED
02:34:20PM CONSEQUENCES OF THINGS, OMISSIONS.
02:34:22PM EVERYBODY WILL LOOK FOR THE WEAK SPOT, RIGHT.
02:34:25PM IT IS INTERESTING.
02:34:27PM YOUR POINT ABOUT BASKETBALL COURTS IS WELL TAKEN.
02:34:30PM I KNOW THAT IS SAN OBNOXIOUS NOISE TOO.
02:34:33PM BUMP, BUMP, BUMP.
02:34:35PM YOU KNOW.
02:34:36PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO
02:34:39PM ADD?
02:34:39PM I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE RUN INTO IS EVEN IN OUR LARGEST
02:34:43PM LOTS, WITH SIDE YARD OF SEVEN FOOT OR THE ACCESSORY USES AND
02:34:50PM ACCESSORY STRUCTURES THAT THREE FOOT -- I KNOW WE SPOKE AS
02:34:54PM ANDREA MENTIONED, WE SPOKE WITH ADAM GORMLEY THIS MORNING,
02:34:58PM BUT REALLY WHAT THE COUNTY IS FACING IS THAT YOU HAVE A LOT
02:35:02PM OF MORE TRADITIONAL SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE COMMUNITY TRACKS
02:35:08PM THAT ARE IN THEM.
02:35:09PM AND THERE ARE PLATS THAT ARE THEIR CLUBHOUSE AND OTHER
02:35:13PM RECREATION.
02:35:14PM AND YOU HAVE THOSE THINGS CONFIGURED IN A WAY THAT THERE ARE
02:35:18PM HOUSES NEAR THEM.
02:35:19PM AND THEN THERE ARE HOUSES FURTHER IN THE SUBDIVISION.
02:35:22PM FOR US, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TYPICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
02:35:27PM I AM NOT SAYING WE DON'T HAVE ANY.
02:35:29PM NEW TAMPA HAS A LOT.
02:35:30PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA WOULD DISAGREE WITH
02:35:33PM THAT POINT.
02:35:34PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: BUT IN OUR URBAN AREA, OUTSIDE OF AREAS LIKE
02:35:38PM GULFVIEW AND PALMA CEIA WHERE POUR LARGER RS-100 AND RS-150
02:35:45PM LOTS.
02:35:46PM 100 X 100 OR 100 X 150 MINIMUM.
02:35:52PM THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE SEEING MORE OF THESE BECAUSE YOU HAVE
02:35:55PM THE ADDITIONAL SPACE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE
02:35:58PM THEM.
02:35:58PM IN OUR MORE TRADITIONAL 50 X 160 LOT, THAT IS NOT WHAT IS
02:36:10PM HAPPENING.
02:36:10PM WHAT IS IN THE BOOKS AS FAR AS NOISE ORDINANCE AND THAT
02:36:13PM ENFORCEMENT IS THE PLACE TO START.
02:36:15PM IF PEOPLE ARE HEARING THEM, THEY WANT -- BUT I THINK I
02:36:19PM ALREADY SAID TOO MUCH.
02:36:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILMAN CARLSON, YOU WANT TO SAY
02:36:22PM SOMETHING?
02:36:23PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH.
02:36:25PM I -- I DON'T KNOW -- STOP ME IF WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK
02:36:29PM OF SPECIFIC CASES, BUT IN GENERAL, IF SOMEBODY HAS A PD --
02:36:33PM THIS WAS MENTIONED THIS MORNING.
02:36:34PM SOMEBODY HAS A PD AND DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SHOW PICKLEBALL,
02:36:38PM CAN THEY GO BACK AND PUT PICKLEBALL ON IT?
02:36:44PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: I WILL SPEAK IN GENERALITIES IF I MAY, AT
02:36:47PM THE MOMENT.
02:36:48PM THE USE WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THE CODE, WHICH IS IN MULTIPLE
02:36:54PM LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
02:36:57PM ONE IN YBOR CITY, THE PICKLEBALL, RIGHT.
02:37:00PM IT IS CALLED RECREATION FACILITY COMMERCIAL, AND THAT IS
02:37:02PM INDOOR OR OUTDOOR.
02:37:06PM AND THE DEFINITION DOES NOT SAY -- IT DOES NOT LIMIT THE
02:37:09PM ACTIVITIES THAT MAY OCCUR THERE.
02:37:11PM SO IF YOU GOT THAT USE, AND YOU HAVE LEGALLY ESTABLISHED IT,
02:37:17PM I DON'T KNOW IT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM CHANGING OUT ONE USE
02:37:22PM FOR ANOTHER USE.
02:37:22PM >>BILL CARLSON: WHAT THE ARGUMENT OF PERMEABLE SPACE?
02:37:28PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: OH, I AM GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.
02:37:31PM THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
02:37:32PM SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING IN -- IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, IF YOU
02:37:35PM ARE PAVING MORE THAN 150 SQUARE FEET.
02:37:38PM EVEN IF IT IS AS SHED, YOU MUST PULL A PERMIT.
02:37:41PM AND THAT PERMIT WE DO CHECK FOR THE STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS.
02:37:47PM SO THOSE ARE BEING CHECKED AND WE DO HAVE MANY OF THESE
02:37:52PM COURTS THAT ARE ON SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT I DID DO A
02:37:55PM QUICK SAMPLING OF, AND THEY DO HAVE PERMITS.
02:37:58PM I CAN'T SAY ALL OF THEM, BECAUSE I DID NOT CHECK UP ON ALL
02:38:02PM OF THEM, BUT SEVERAL IN NOW.
02:38:04PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: AT LEAST WE HAVE ONE THING.
02:38:08PM >>BILL CARLSON: MY GENERAL PHILOSOPHY THAT I DON'T THINK --
02:38:11PM THERE IS PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS ARGUMENT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD
02:38:13PM BE A ABLE TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
02:38:15PM BUT WHEN THE SOUND INTRUDES ON OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY CAN'T
02:38:18PM SLEEP, THAT IS WHEN I THINK -- YOU HAVE TO BE CONSIDERATE.
02:38:22PM THE -- AND SO THAT GETS INTO NOISE.
02:38:24PM YOU KIND OF MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT IF -- WHATEVER
02:38:27PM FACILITY, BASKETBALL, TENNIS, PICKLEBALL.
02:38:31PM IF SOMEBODY IS PLAYING AT 1:00 IN MORNING, WILL YOU JUST
02:38:37PM TELL PEOPLE WHAT THE RULES ARE ABOUT SOUND AND WHAT THEY CAN
02:38:40PM DO ABOUT IT IF THERE IS AS LOUD NOISE.
02:38:43PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: LET ME PULL THAT UP SO I CAN QUOTE IT
02:38:46PM PROPERLY.
02:38:46PM AND IT WOULD BE TO CALL THE NONEMERGENCY LINE FOR TAMPA
02:38:50PM POLICE DEPARTMENT.
02:38:50PM FABULOUS.
02:38:53PM >>BILL CARLSON: LET ME SAY WHILE THEY ARE LOOKING THAT UP.
02:38:56PM IF WE FIND A WAY TO REGULATE THIS, I WOULD SUPPORT
02:38:59PM REGULATING IT.
02:39:01PM THE MEANTIME, ANYTHING WE CAN TO TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM
02:39:06PM BEING UP ALL NIGHT.
02:39:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT KIND OF PERSON IS PLAYING PICKLEBALL
02:39:10PM AFTER 11:00 --
02:39:12PM >>BILL CARLSON: CAN I SAY FOR DISCLOSURE, MY SON IS THE
02:39:17PM CO-FOUNDER OF PLANT HIGH PICKLEBALL TEAM, AND I HAVE THIS
02:39:19PM ARGUMENT WITH HIM EVERY DAY.
02:39:21PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OH, WOW.
02:39:23PM I WILL SAY ALSO FOR DISCLOSURE, I NEVER, EVER, EVER THOUGHT
02:39:27PM I WOULD -- WHEN I GOT ELECTED SPENT SO MUCH TIME TALKING OR
02:39:32PM THINKING ABOUT PICKLEBALL.
02:39:33PM HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE HAVE COME -- WHETHER TENNIS PLAYERS
02:39:36PM ARE MAD ABOUT PICKLEBALL -- COURTS BEING CONVERTED.
02:39:41PM IT'S CRAZY.
02:39:41PM JUST CRAZY.
02:39:43PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: ANECDOTALLY, HE HEARD RECENTLY THAT THEY
02:39:46PM HAVE COME UP WITH A PADDLE THAT IS LESS LOUD.
02:39:49PM I GUESS THAT IS PART OF PROBLEM WITH THE PICKLEBALL PADDLES,
02:39:53PM IS WHEN THE BALL HITS IT, IT IS A LOUDER SOUND THAN WHEN A
02:39:57PM TENNIS RACKET HITS A TENNIS BALL.
02:39:59PM >>BILL CARLSON: OFFER THOSE FOR FREE LIKE WE DO BICYCLE
02:40:06PM LIGHTS.
02:40:06PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: RIGHT.
02:40:07PM >>LYNN HURTAK: PADDLES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.
02:40:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I NEVER PLAYED PICKLEBALL, I DON'T KNOW.
02:40:13PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST ANECDOTALLY.
02:40:15PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: SECTION 14-154, UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO
02:40:24PM PERMIT, CAUSE, ALLOW, CREATE, EMIT OR SUSTAIN UH-UH
02:40:28PM REASONABLY EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM A PROPERTY INCLUDING
02:40:32PM AIRSPACE THEREOF LOCATED IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND NOT IN THE
02:40:36PM AREA DESCRIBED IN 14-153, WHICH ARE THE EXCEPTIONS.
02:40:40PM AND IT SAYS UNREASONABLY EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM A PROPERTY
02:40:44PM MEANS SOUND FROM ANY PROPERTY NOT WITHIN THE AREAS DESCRIBED
02:40:47PM IN 153, WHICH IS UNREASONABLY LOUD AND RAUCOUS AS DEFINED IN
02:40:54PM THIS SECTION.
02:40:55PM AND THEN IT GIVES THE DEFINITION OF THAT TO MEAN ANY SOUND
02:40:58PM WHICH BECAUSE OF ITS VOLUME LEVEL OR DURATION JARS, INJURIES
02:41:04PM OR ENDANGER THE HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE OR WELL BEING OF A
02:41:08PM REASONABLE INDIVIDUAL OR ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES.
02:41:12PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU SAY THEY SHOULD CALL THE NONEMERGENCY
02:41:15PM POLICE NUMBER.
02:41:16PM IS THAT WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE?
02:41:18PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: I CAN PULL IT UP ON MY PHONE.
02:41:20PM >>BILL CARLSON: SORRY TO ASK ALL THESE QUESTIONS BUT THIS IS
02:41:30PM WHAT WE WILL BE ASKED WHEN WE LEAVE.
02:41:32PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: 813-231-6130 YOU ASKED ANOTHER -- THE OTHER
02:41:42PM THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION.
02:41:43PM YOU MAY RECALL THIS AND WE HAD THIS WITH A CROSSFIT GYM
02:41:47PM LOCATED IN CHANNELSIDE AND GO OUT AT 6 A.M. TO DO THE
02:41:51PM CROSSFIT AND FLIP THE TIRES AND PEOPLE COULD HEAR THE TIRE
02:41:54PM SOUNDS.
02:41:54PM AND SO THERE ARE NUMBERS OF ACTIVITIES THAT SPUR THIS TIME
02:41:59PM OF, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF COMPLAINT.
02:42:02PM AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE MANAGE TO HANDLE.
02:42:08PM >>BILL CARLSON: REMEMBER THE SKATEBOARD PARKS.
02:42:10PM THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE.
02:42:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AM GOING TO GO ON RECORD.
02:42:13PM I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR HOUSE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO
02:42:17PM SEE PEOPLE EXERCISING AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING.
02:42:19PM I FIND THAT COMPLETELY OBJECTIONABLE.
02:42:22PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: ME TOO.
02:42:23PM >>BILL CARLSON: ARE YOU AWAKE AT 6:00?
02:42:25PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: YOU BETTER NOT WAKE ME UP --
02:42:28PM >>LYNN HURTAK: MY DOG LIKES TO BE OUT AT 6:00 IN THE
02:42:30PM MORNING.
02:42:31PM I AM EXERCISING.
02:42:33PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU WANT TO SAY
02:42:35PM SOMETHING.
02:42:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
02:42:38PM DISCUSSION.
02:42:38PM WE ARE KIND OF STUCK RIGHT NOW, BUT I APPRECIATE THE ABILITY
02:42:42PM TO REGULATE WHAT WE CAN REGULATE AND HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE
02:42:46PM SOME SORT OF ANSWER WHETHER IT BE THROUGH LEGISLATURE OR
02:42:51PM THROUGH LAWSUIT.
02:42:52PM SO I DO ANTICIPATE -- BECAUSE -- JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T STOP
02:42:59PM PEOPLE FROM DOING THINGS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY DOESN'T MEAN IT
02:43:02PM IS OKAY.
02:43:02PM SO I DO EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE TO SOME DEGREE.
02:43:05PM BUT THE MEANTIME, NOT ONLY SHOULD YOU CALL POLICE
02:43:11PM NONEMERGENCY IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.
02:43:12PM CALL YOUR -- CALL YOUR STATE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATOR.
02:43:17PM THAT IS ONLY WAY I CAN -- I CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO MAKE
02:43:23PM SURE THAT IF THEY WANT THESE LAWS CHANGED, YOU REALLY ARE
02:43:26PM GOING TO HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE STATE LEGISLATIVE BODY WHO
02:43:30PM MAKES THESE LAWS.
02:43:31PM I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR HOUSE AND SENATE
02:43:35PM MEMBER AND HAVE THEIR OPINIONS KNOWN.
02:43:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I SECOND THAT.
02:43:39PM >>ANDREA ZELMAN: I WANT TO REITERATE WE ARE NOT JUST
02:43:41PM THROWING UP OUR HANDS SENATE BILL 180, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
02:43:44PM WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET THIS RESOLVED.
02:43:48PM AGAIN, WORKING WITH OUR LOBBYISTS, WORKING WITH OTHER
02:43:52PM ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET THE BILL FIXED AND ALSO
02:43:56PM MONITORING ALL THE LITIGATION.
02:43:59PM AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE FACT THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
02:44:02PM IS GOING TO BE ASKING FOR AN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION.
02:44:05PM THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WATCH FOR AS WELL.
02:44:07PM HAD.
02:44:09PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THANK YOU.
02:44:09PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE HAVE REACHED OUR
02:44:13PM LAST ITEM.
02:44:13PM ABBYE FEELEY, ITEM 70.
02:44:17PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
02:44:19PM ABBYE FEEEY, ADMINISTRATOR OF ECONOMIC AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
02:44:23PM OPPORTUNITY.
02:44:24PM I'M HERE FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE REPORT I GIVE YOU
02:44:27PM EACH MONTH.
02:44:27PM COMING INTO THIS MORNING, I HAD THE REPORT WRITTEN A LITTLE
02:44:31PM BIT DIFFERENT AND TALK YOU WITH AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON A
02:44:35PM COUPLE OF THINGS.
02:44:37PM MELISSA ZORNITTA REPORTED ON THE COMP PLAN.
02:44:41PM WHAT IS GOING ON.
02:44:42PM WHAT IS GOING ON WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
02:44:45PM WHEN IT IS COMING BACK.
02:44:47PM WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE YEAR AND WHAT IS GOING ON.
02:44:49PM WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE PUBLIC'S ENGAGEMENT ON BOTH OF
02:44:53PM THESE EFFORTS WHICH IS SO HUGE.
02:44:54PM AND OUR GOAL WAS TO ORIGINALLY WITH THE -- WITH THE TIME
02:45:00PM FRAME FOR THE CODE WAS TO HAVE THE PUBLIC INSTALLMENT GOING
02:45:10PM UP IN NOVEMBER.
02:45:11PM AND WITH THE CONSULTANT OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE SPOKE
02:45:14PM AND WERE TARGETING PUTTING IT OUT JANUARY 20, WHICH IS RIGHT
02:45:18PM AFTER THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY.
02:45:21PM AND HEARING MELISSA THIS MORNING, IT SEEMS LIKE SHE IS RIGHT
02:45:24PM ON THAT TIME FRAME ALSO.
02:45:26PM SOB I DON'T WANT -- AND LET ME SIDE BAR FOR ONE MOMENT ON
02:45:34PM THAT.
02:45:34PM CLEARLY I AM MILLION TO FOLLOWING MY NOTES.
02:45:36PM LET ME SIDE BAR ON THAT, BECAUSE THE TRANSIT-READY CORRIDORS
02:45:40PM PLAY INTO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
02:45:41PM SOME OF THE OTHER MATTERS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS
02:45:45PM OF SB 180 AND NOT JUST TO BE LABOR THIS AGAIN, WE ARE
02:45:53PM TALKING ABOUT THIS ALSO WITH THE CODE.
02:45:55PM DO WE SET OUT TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS.
02:45:58PM ONE THAT IS OKAY.
02:45:59PM AND ONE THAT IS NOT.
02:46:00PM DO WE SET UP ONE VERSION THAT WE TAKE THAT THROUGH AND GET
02:46:05PM READY TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OCTOBER DATE WHEN SB
02:46:10PM 180 EXPIRES.
02:46:11PM SO THAT WE GET READY -- TYPICALLY WHEN YOU DO MAJOR CODE
02:46:17PM UPDATES OR MODERNIZATIONS, YOU DO GET THE ADOPTION AND YOU
02:46:22PM LEAVE A PERIOD OF FOUR TO SIX MONTHS TO GEAR THINGS UP.
02:46:26PM TRAIN THE STAFF AND GET EVERYTHING EFFECTIVE WHEN THAT DATE
02:46:30PM HAPPENS.
02:46:30PM TYPICALLY DOESN'T BECOME EFFECTIVE THE DAY YOU ADOPT IT.
02:46:34PM WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM -- I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME
02:46:39PM THOUGHTS FROM YOU STEERED AWAY FROM DECEMBER 8 BECAUSE IT
02:46:50PM WAS GOING INTO THE HOLIDAYS.
02:46:52PM THIS IS GOING TO BE A LARGE DOCUMENT THAT WILL NEED TIME AND
02:46:55PM PUBLIC OUTREACH, BUT I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE TORN
02:46:59PM BETWEEN TAKING CARE OF AND FINISHING THEIR EFFORTS WITH THE
02:47:02PM CAMP PLAN AND GETTING ENGAGED WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
02:47:06PM CODE.
02:47:06PM SO I CAN -- MY GOAL TODAY WAS TO TELL YOU, WE HAVE DONE THE
02:47:10PM FIRST -- FIRST INSTALLMENT CAME IN.
02:47:13PM IT CAME IN TWO PIECES.
02:47:15PM FIRST PIECE WE HAVE GIVEN COMMENTS ON.
02:47:18PM AND WE ARE HAVING FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE,
02:47:25PM ANIMALS.
02:47:26PM THAT CAME UP.
02:47:26PM AND ALSO ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES.
02:47:30PM SO THOSE THREE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING SCHEDULED
02:47:34PM RIGHT NOW WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SECOND PART OF THE
02:47:38PM FIRST INSTALLMENT THAT FIRST CAME IN LAST WEEK.
02:47:41PM SO -- AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TOLD YOU LAST MONTH WAS, IT IS
02:47:45PM VERY HARD TO PUT THOSE OUT, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN VERY
02:47:49PM PRELIMINARY FORM AND WE DON'T WANT THEN RUNNING OFF THINKING
02:47:52PM THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
02:47:53PM SOME IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS CLOSE OUT
02:48:03PM THOSE OPEN MATTERS AND HAVE A ROBUST ENGAGEMENT.
02:48:08PM A HUGE UNDERTAKING AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET IT RIGHT.
02:48:11PM SO THAT IS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
02:48:14PM I DON'T WANT TO DELAY, BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING
02:48:19PM IS WORKING TOGETHER.
02:48:21PM SO AFTER MELISSA'S PRESENTATION THIS MORNING, I ASKED HER --
02:48:25PM I SAID ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THIS ON THE WEB SITE MID-JANUARY
02:48:28PM GETTING PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
02:48:34PM HEARD COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID SHE WOULD LEAD SOME OF THOSE
02:48:38PM OTHER DISCUSSIONS.
02:48:39PM I JUST HAD A CALL WE HAVEN AS I RAN BACK OVER HERE TO SAY,
02:48:42PM LET'S MAKE SURE THERE ARE IS ALL ALIGNING.
02:48:45PM AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THE CAMP
02:48:50PM PLAN TO ENSURE WE ARE ON TRACK FOR THE LAND DEVELOPMENT
02:48:53PM CODE.
02:48:53PM I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT, BUT --
02:48:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
02:48:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SO I APPRECIATE IT.
02:48:59PM WE ARE ALL IN JUST A TOUGH SPOT.
02:49:02PM THERE IS JUST NO WAY AROUND THAT.
02:49:04PM SO PERSONALLY, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE AFTER WE PASS COMP
02:49:10PM PLAN -- OR AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
02:49:12PM WHICH WILL BE -- I MEAN, TALKING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION,
02:49:15PM IT IS GOING TO BE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WILL BE OKAY.
02:49:17PM SOME OF THESE TRANSIT-READY DOOR.
02:49:23PM SOME OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT
02:49:28PM THAT WILL BE MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE GIVING NOW.
02:49:29PM SO WE KNOW THEY WILL BE OKAY TO GO THROUGH.
02:49:33PM I DON'T SEE A REASON WHY WE COULDN'T PUT OUT A DRAFT OF THAT
02:49:38PM AFTER MID-FEBRUARY.
02:49:39PM AND GIVE PEOPLE A -- A WEEK OR SO TO -- TO BE DONE WITH THE
02:49:44PM COMP PLAN.
02:49:45PM AND THEN MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO THINGS.
02:49:49PM YES, WE ARE DELAYING, BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, THEY ARE THERE
02:49:55PM ARE GOING TO BE IN LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT MODE.
02:49:59PM SO YOU ARE GOING FROM THE COMP PLAN, WE IS A BROADER VIEW TO
02:50:02PM LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH IS MORE SPECIFIC.
02:50:05PM AND I THINK THAT, AGAIN, HAVING REACHED OUT, HAVING THOSE
02:50:10PM COMMUNICATIONS WITH FOLKS AGAINST ABOUT THE CAMP PLAN-SET
02:50:14PM PEOPLE UP IN A GOOD PLACE.
02:50:16PM ONE MONTH IN GOVERNMENT TIME IS NOT THAT MUCH, AND IT ALSO
02:50:20PM ALLOWS YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE IT IS AS GOOD AS IT
02:50:26PM CAN BE.
02:50:26PM THE OTHER THING I WOULD RECOMMEND SIMILAR TO THE PLANNING
02:50:31PM COMMISSION WHEN LOOKING AT THINGS, WHAT WE CURRENTLY
02:50:34PM UNDER SB 180, JUST THE TWO PILES, WHAT WE KNOW WE CAN
02:50:38PM GET THROUGH NOW, WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH
02:50:41PM NOW, BECAUSE HERE IS THE THICK -- THE THING.
02:50:47PM WE MAY JUST AS SOON AS HAVE THE CONSERVATION NOW.
02:50:52PM PUBLIC HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT.
02:50:55PM IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THE PUBLIC CONVERSATION, LET'S GET IT
02:50:59PM DONE.
02:50:59PM THAT IS MY RECOMMENDATION.
02:51:00PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I AGREE.
02:51:02PM ANYONE ELSE?
02:51:03PM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:51:04PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT IS NOT DELAY.
02:51:06PM IT IS SO MUCH INFORMATION BETWEEN -- BETWEEN THE LAND
02:51:10PM DEVELOPMENT CODE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
02:51:12PM IT'S -- IT'S HISTORICALLY HUGE.
02:51:15PM THIS IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR THE NEXT
02:51:18PM GENERATION.
02:51:19PM IT IS NOT JUST -- WE DELAY -- IN GOVERNMENT TIME, WHAT --
02:51:23PM WHAT IS A MONTH, YOU KNOW.
02:51:25PM AND IT IS AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.
02:51:26PM PEOPLE CAN TAKE A BREATHER.
02:51:28PM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, PEOPLE'S MIND WILL BE SET ON WHAT WE
02:51:35PM HAVE WITH -- YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE
02:51:37PM CHART THAT WAS GIVEN TO US THIS MORNING.
02:51:39PM WE ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT IT.
02:51:40PM THEY GO RIGHT INTO THIS.
02:51:47PM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS SUCH A MINOR PUSH BACK, MINOR
02:51:53PM DELAY THAT I AM GOOD WITH THAT.
02:51:54PM IT IS A GOOD TIMELINE AND ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO DIGEST IT,
02:51:59PM TO READ IT.
02:52:00PM NO ACCUSATIONS OF THIS WAS JUST SPRUNG ON US.
02:52:04PM PLENTY OF TIME FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY LOOK INTO THIS.
02:52:07PM I AGREE WITH THAT.
02:52:08PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION.
02:52:10PM >>ABBYE FEELEY: THANK YOU.
02:52:12PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA ITEMS.
02:52:14PM TIME FOR -- WELL, WE DO.
02:52:16PM BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.
02:52:19PM TIME FOR NEW BUSINESS.
02:52:20PM COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
02:52:21PM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, JUST NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE
02:52:24PM AND FILE MY FORM B FOR ITEM 22 EARLIER.
02:52:31PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CARLSON AND
02:52:34PM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
02:52:36PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:52:37PM OPPOSED.
02:52:37PM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
02:52:39PM THAT WAS IT?
02:52:41PM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
02:52:41PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR, I MOVE TO WAIVE -- LONG STORY SHORT
02:52:45PM BEFORE I READ THIS.
02:52:46PM I WILL BE SUGGESTING TO CITY COUNCIL THAT WE GIVE
02:52:48PM COMMENDATIONS NEXT EVENING -- NEXT WEEK AT 5 P.M. IT WILL
02:52:54PM REQUIRE A WAIVER OF THE RULES BECAUSE SOMETHING WE PROBABLY
02:52:56PM HAVE TO DO IN THE EVENING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE HERE AS
02:52:59PM POSSIBLE.
02:53:00PM THIS WILL -- IF I GET CREDIT FOR MAKING THESE COMMENDATIONS
02:53:05PM WILL BRING MY TOTAL COMMENDATIONS UP TO 2634 BEING ON CITY
02:53:09PM COUNCIL.
02:53:09PM NO, I AM JOKING.
02:53:11PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: PROBABLY MORE THAN 2600, BECAUSE I THINK
02:53:16PM -- DON'T CUT YOURSELF SHORT.
02:53:18PM >>BILL CARLSON: YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT JUST THIS YEAR, RIGHT?
02:53:21PM >>LUIS VIERA: I KNOW.
02:53:22PM I MAKE NO APOLOGIES, DAMN IT.
02:53:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOW MANY COMMENDATIONS HAVE I MADE.
02:53:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: ONE.
02:53:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: GIVE YOURSELF TIME.
02:53:34PM COMMENDATION GODS WILL RULE YOU.
02:53:38PM I WAIVE THE RIGHTS TO HAVE THE MEMBERS OF THE RACIAL
02:53:42PM RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE AT THE START OF THE MEETING GIVEN
02:53:46PM THE MEETING SCHEDULE, LIMIT THE PRESENTATION TO TEN MINUTES
02:53:49PM AND FURTHER WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE
02:53:53PM SUMMARY REPORTS FROM THE FACILITATOR.
02:53:56PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
02:53:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
02:54:00PM SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:54:02PM DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
02:54:05PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS EARLIER
02:54:08PM AND I WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL NEW BUSINESS TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
02:54:10PM I DO -- I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE PUBLIC AND MEMBERS OF THE
02:54:17PM COMMITTEE WHO SAID THIS ISN'T FAIR.
02:54:18PM THIS ISN'T RIGHT.
02:54:19PM I THINK THAT SOME OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS ABOUT ROLLING THIS
02:54:22PM INTO OTHER THINGS.
02:54:23PM LOOKING AT IT FROM A ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ARE ALL VERY GOOD.
02:54:27PM AND SO I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T TAKE THIS AND DO WHAT THEY
02:54:32PM HAVE SAID.
02:54:33PM SO I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING THROUGH YOU THIS
02:54:35PM REPORT.
02:54:35PM AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY HAVING A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM
02:54:39PM THEM.
02:54:39PM IS THAT WOULD BE -- THAT BE WILL BE REALLY -- AGAIN, I
02:54:43PM REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
02:54:49PM HOW MORPH INTO PART OF WHAT WE DO AS A CITY.
02:54:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION AND A SECOND -- COUNCILMAN
02:54:57PM CARLSON.
02:54:57PM >>BILL CARLSON: IF -- IF ONE OF MORE OF THEM SAY I WOULD
02:55:01PM LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, IT COULD END UP BEING LIKE A 30- OR
02:55:06PM 45-MINUTE THING.
02:55:06PM I ALSO CAN'T SAY THEY CAN'T SAY SOMETHING.
02:55:10PM WE CAN DECIDE IN ADVANCE WE WOULD GIVE THEM A MINUTE EACH OR
02:55:14PM SOMETHING.
02:55:14PM I AM JUST THROWING -- BECAUSE WE CAN'T TALK OUTSIDE OF THIS
02:55:19PM ROOM.
02:55:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT IS A VERY LONG NIGHT.
02:55:23PM >>LYNN HURTAK: A LONG, LONG NIGHT.
02:55:26PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT IS IT, THE LAST WEEK?
02:55:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT IS NOT HORRIBLE.
02:55:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, IT IS UP TO YOU.
02:55:38PM >>BILL CARLSON: THROW IT OUT SO WE CAN THINK.
02:55:44PM >>LUIS VIERA: WHAT WE COULD DO -- WE WERE GO TO HAVE --
02:55:47PM PRIOR, WE WERE GOING TO TO HAVE A VERY EXCEPTION AT 4:30
02:55:51PM P.M. IN THE SISTER CITIES ROOM.
02:55:52PM PERHAPS COUNCIL, WE CAN BEGIN AT 4:45, HAVE THE RECEPTION AT
02:55:56PM 4:15 -- BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER CARLSON IS RIGHT.
02:55:59PM WE ARE NOT GOING TO CUT PEOPLE OFF ESPECIALLY ON THIS
02:56:02PM BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED WAS TERRIBLE AND WRONG.
02:56:04PM SO HOW COULD WE DO THAT?
02:56:14PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE OFFICIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL THE
02:56:17PM EVENING NOTICE HAS BEEN POSTED AT 5:01.
02:56:27PM IT IS NOT IN TWO WEEKS, BUT NEXT WEEK.
02:56:29PM >>LUIS VIERA: WHAT A SHAME.
02:56:31PM I'M FINE WITH IT MOVING 20 MINUTES.
02:56:33PM WE DO THE BEST WE CAN.
02:56:35PM I WOULD SUGGEST IN AN EVENING MEETING.
02:56:37PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: TALKING OF THE 16th?
02:56:40PM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
02:56:41PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WHAT AM I MISSING.
02:56:43PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: EIGHT ITEMS IT LOOKS LIKE.
02:56:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: OCTOBER 16.
02:56:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YOU SAID 18 ITEMS?
02:56:55PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: EIGHT ITEMS.
02:56:57PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THAT WORKS.
02:57:00PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, IT MAY RUN A LITTLE BIT.
02:57:02PM WANT TO SAY WHAT COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK SAID, I TOTALLY AGREE,
02:57:07PM LIKE I SAID, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH SOME SORT OF AN
02:57:10PM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NAY YOU
02:57:17PM ARE IN -- NATURE, SOME OF THIS I THINK SO WE ARE DOING LIKE
02:57:19PM THE RETURNING CITIZENS THINGS.
02:57:20PM SO WHATEVER.
02:57:22PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I'M LOOKING LIKE -- I HAVE TWO ITEMS ON
02:57:36PM IT.
02:57:36PM >>LYNN HURTAK: SAYS TWO AND -- IT SAYS -- IT DOESN'T LIST
02:57:41PM THEM.
02:57:42PM OKAY SAYS CONTINUE TO THE HEARING --
02:57:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THEY DIDN'T PRINT OUT WHAT IT WAS.
02:57:50PM GOT IT.
02:57:51PM A MOTION AND A SECOND.
02:57:52PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:57:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WAIT --
02:57:54PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: BUT WAIT, THERE IS MORE.
02:57:56PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
02:57:58PM I WANTED IT TO BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD AND FOR THE PUBLIC
02:58:02PM AND FOR COUNCIL TO BE AWARE THAT WHAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED IS A
02:58:06PM SUMMARY REPORT BY THE -- BY THE USF INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT.
02:58:13PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: FACILITATOR.
02:58:15PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE FACILITATOR.
02:58:18PM THIS IS NOT A FINAL REPORT.
02:58:19PM THIS IS NOT A REPORT OR ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE.
02:58:22PM NOW THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY DISSOLVED.
02:58:26PM THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TALK AMONGST THEMSELVES ABOUT THIS
02:58:30PM WOULDN'T THE SUNSHINE LAW.
02:58:33PM BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECEIVING AND
02:58:36PM FILING, THE -- I WANT TO READ FROM COUNCIL'S RULES AND
02:58:42PM PROCEDURES SO YOU KNOW.
02:58:43PM ACTION OF RECEIVING AND FILING DOCUMENTS FROM THE CITY
02:58:46PM COUNCIL SHOULD NOT IN ANY WAY BE CONSTRUED TO CONSTITUTE
02:58:50PM CONCURRENCE OR ENDORSEMENT OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE MATTER
02:58:53PM BEING RECEIVED AND FILED.
02:58:54PM I WANT THAT TO BE CLEAR THAT COUNCIL IS NOT ADOPTING IT AND
02:58:58PM RECEIVING AND FILING IT BECAUSE NOT THE FINAL REPORT OF THE
02:59:01PM COMMITTEE.
02:59:01PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I HOPE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WITH EVERYTHING
02:59:04PM WE RECEIVE AND FILE.
02:59:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
02:59:06PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: SOMETHING THAT CROSSES YOUR DESK.
02:59:09PM WE RECEIVE AND FILE STUFF ALL THE TIME.
02:59:11PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT AND COUNCIL'S RULES
02:59:14PM OF THE ACT OF RECEIVING AND FILING IT.
02:59:16PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OR SENTENCE OR
02:59:20PM ENDORSEMENT OF FACT.
02:59:22PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: CLEAR IN YOUR RULES.
02:59:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: WE HAVE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND.
02:59:28PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:59:29PM OPPOSED SAY NO -- NAY.
02:59:32PM JUST KIDDING.
02:59:33PM THE AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
02:59:36PM >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY, ONE LAST ONE.
02:59:37PM I DON'T KNOW Y'ALL SAW THE VIDEO AND THE HART BUS OPERATOR
02:59:42PM BARBARA BAKER.
02:59:43PM YEAH, SHE -- SHE WAS WONDERFUL.
02:59:44PM SHE HELPED UNITE A LOST CHILD WITH THE FAMILY.
02:59:48PM I WANT TO GIVE HER A COUNCIL COMMENDATION.
02:59:50PM ANYBODY IS WELCOME TO COME IF YOU WANT TO COME FOR THAT.
02:59:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
02:59:55PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
02:59:57PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
02:59:57PM OPPOSED.
02:59:58PM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
03:00:01PM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:00:01PM >>LYNN HURTAK: OKAY.
03:00:03PM DURING THE SEPTEMBER 25, 2025 WORKSHOP, WE WERE INFORMED
03:00:08PM THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS NO LONGER ENFORCING ORDINANCE
03:00:13PM NUMBER 2024-9 RELATED TO NEW RULES OF YBOR PARKING LOTS DUE
03:00:17PM TO SECTION 28 OF SB-180 RENDERING THE POSITION OF ORDINANCE
03:00:23PM AND VOID.
03:00:23PM I MOVE TO DISCONTINUE THE FUTURE MONTHLY BIMONTHLY REPORTS
03:00:30PM ON PARKING COMPLIANCE.
03:00:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
03:00:32PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THE UPDATE WAS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 4,
03:00:36PM 2025.
03:00:36PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:00:38PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:00:39PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:00:40PM OPPOSED.
03:00:41PM AYES HAVE IT.
03:00:42PM >>LYNN HURTAK: AND WE HAD A BRIEF UPDATE FROM PARKS ABOUT
03:00:49PM THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
03:00:51PM BUT I MOVE TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT AN IN-PERSON STAFF REPORT
03:00:56PM ON JANUARY 8, 2026 ON THE 2025 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM.
03:01:01PM I WOULD LIKE THE REPORT TO INCLUDE THINGS THAT WERE
03:01:03PM SUCCESSFUL, AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH,
03:01:07PM THINGS THAT DID NOT WORK, PLANS FOR THE 2026 PROGRAM AND HOW
03:01:11PM WE CAN ADD MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE PROGRAM.
03:01:17PM I CLEARED THIS WITH PARKS.
03:01:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:01:21PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:01:23PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:01:24PM OPPOSED.
03:01:25PM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
03:01:27PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO THROW BY
03:01:29PM COUNCIL THAT I JUST THOUGHT OF.
03:01:30PM WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT LEFTOVER FUNDS FROM 2025, POSSIBLY
03:01:35PM PUTTING SOME MONEY IN SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM TO ALLOW FOR
03:01:39PM THOSE MORE STUDENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR.
03:01:43PM BECAUSE -- IT WON'T BE THAT MUCH MONEY.
03:01:46PM SO I AM JUST GOING TO THROW THAT IDEA OUT THERE.
03:01:49PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IT IS IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
03:01:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: THERE IS THAT.
03:01:52PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: IS THAT IT.
03:01:56PM >>LYNN HURTAK: YES.
03:01:57PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:01:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:02:00PM ADD TO THE OCTOBER 23, 2025, A CLOSED SESSION TO BE HELD ON
03:02:04PM OCTOBER 23, 2025 AT 11 A.M. IN THE 2th FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
03:02:09PM OF OLD CITY HALL AT 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD TO DISCUSS
03:02:13PM THE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS OF THE CASE OF HODGES VERSUS
03:02:17PM CITY OF TAMPA ET AL WITH THE FOLLOWING PERSON IN ATTENDING
03:02:21PM WITH CLOSED SESSION, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY COUNCIL
03:02:27PM ATTORNEY MARTIN SHELBY, ANDREA ZELMAN, DAVID MARVEY AND A
03:02:31PM CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER, VALERIE WESTFALL.
03:02:34PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:02:37PM A SECOND FROM COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK.
03:02:38PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:02:39PM OPPOSED?
03:02:41PM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
03:02:42PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:02:43PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CHARLIE?
03:02:48PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: COUNCILWOMAN HURTAK, YOU HAVE SOMETHING
03:02:49PM ELSE.
03:02:50PM >>LYNN HURTAK: I HAVE ONE MORE THING.
03:02:51PM I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY UNDER WRITTEN REPORTS THAT WE
03:02:54PM GOT, WE GOT THE RESPONSES FROM THE STATUS OF THE CITY'S
03:02:58PM WORKING -- -- OR RATHER 74-76, THE SCOPE OF REVIEW FOR THE
03:03:04PM CHARTER, THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES, COIN OF THE STRIKE-THROUGH
03:03:08PM LANGUAGE AND LIST OF RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR THE CITY.
03:03:11PM THEY WERE IN WRITTEN REPORTS TODAY.
03:03:13PM MAKE SURE READ THEM, PRINT THEM OUT BETWEEN NOW, AND TWO
03:03:16PM WEEKS FROM NOW WHEN WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSION.
03:03:19PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: I ALREADY SUBMITTED MY SUGGESTIONS MONTHS
03:03:22PM AGO.
03:03:22PM >>LYNN HURTAK: JUST SAYING.
03:03:24PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HOLD OWN, THE LAWYER WANTS TO SPEAK AGAIN.
03:03:28PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MARTIN SHELBY.
03:03:30PM CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
03:03:30PM I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK THAT IS THE
03:03:35PM REQUEST IS TO MAKE COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA'S MOTION INTO TWO
03:03:39PM SEPARATE MOTIONS.
03:03:40PM YOU HAD MOTION FOR COMMENDATIONS AND ONE MOTION OF FILING OF
03:03:44PM THE REPORT.
03:03:44PM RECOMMENDATION OF THE CLERK TO HAVE THEM AS TWO SEPARATE
03:03:48PM MOTIONS.
03:03:48PM >>LUIS VIERA: MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO FILE
03:03:53PM THE SUMMARY REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED EARLIER TODAY BY E-MAIL.
03:03:56PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:03:58PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO TO FILE THE SUMMARY
03:04:02PM REPORT FROM THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE
03:04:06PM FACILITATORS.
03:04:07PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:04:08PM OPPOSED.
03:04:10PM AYES HAVE IT UNANIMOUSLY.
03:04:12PM >>LUIS VIERA: MEMBERS OF THE RACIAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE
03:04:15PM TO COME FOR THE BRIEF AFOREMENTIONED PRESENTATION AT 5 P.M.
03:04:20PM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:04:23PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:04:24PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:04:25PM OPPOSED.
03:04:27PM AYES HAVE IT.
03:04:28PM A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FEEL FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MANISCALCO.
03:04:30PM SECONDED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VIERA.
03:04:32PM ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
03:04:32PM OPPOSED, THE AYES HAVE IT.
03:04:35PM WE ARE ADJOURNED, AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL IN ONE WEEK.
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