TAMPA CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018
9:57 A.M.
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09:46:52 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
09:57:59 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS CRA MEETING
09:58:02 TO ORDER.
09:58:03 IF WE CAN HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:58:04 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
09:58:06 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
09:58:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
09:58:08 >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
09:58:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:58:10 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:58:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:58:14 ALL RIGHT.
09:58:14 WE ARE GOING TO GO TO STAFF REPORTS.
09:58:15 WE HAVE A MONTHLY REPORT FROM OUR CAC REPRESENTATIVE OF DREW
09:58:19 PARK, MR. NGUYEN.
09:58:34 >> MY NAME IS BINH NGUYEN, CHAIR OF THE CAC, DREW PARK.
09:58:41 I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
09:58:48 YOU CAN SEE RENOVATIONS FOR THE NEW INTERNATIONAL
09:58:51 HEADQUARTERS OF TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD.
09:58:55 EMPLOYS 150 WORKERS IN DREW PARK.
09:58:58 DREW PARK HAS ALSO CONTINUED TO ATTRACT NEW INVESTMENT, NEW
09:59:03 BUSINESSES TO THOSE LOCATING IN DREW PARK AS A FORT KNOX
09:59:07 SECURITY, ROOFTOP ROOFING AND COMPUTER TRAINING, AND PIRATES
09:59:12 FASHIONS.
09:59:14 ADDITIONALLY, LEGACY COMPONENTS IN EXISTING DREW PARK
09:59:17 BUSINESS OUTGREW THEIR FORMER SPACE AND RELOCATED TO A
09:59:20 LARGER FACILITY WITHIN DREW PARK IN THE DISTRICT.
09:59:25 THE THERE ARE THREE NEW COMMERCIALS ON DR. MARTIN LUTHER
09:59:30 KING AT THE CORNER THERE.
09:59:33 AND BETWEEN LOIS AND THATCHER AVENUE.
09:59:39 THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION, A RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF DREW PARK.
09:59:46 SO MY UNDERSTANDING THOSE WAREHOUSES ARE ALREADY LEASED OUT
09:59:49 BEFORE THEY WERE FINISHED CONSTRUCTION.
09:59:51 SO THAT'S KIND OF THE -- ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, WAREHOUSE
09:59:57 CONSTRUCTION FOR LEASES, IS ALREADY OUTLEASED BEFORE IT'S
10:00:01 COMPLETED.
10:00:03 AS A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER IN DREW PARK, I FEEL THE BUZZ AND
10:00:05 I FEEL THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE WITHIN DREW PARK, SO THE
10:00:11 BUSINESSES ARE GROWING, THEY ARE FINDING NEW WAYS TO INVEST
10:00:14 BACK INTO THE BUSINESSES. IT'S A NEW CONCEPT AND I THINK
10:00:15 IT'S A PROMISING THING.
10:00:19 WE HAVE SEEN IT, AND IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THE BUDGET
10:00:22 PRESENTATION BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE SEEN IT FOR THE PREVIOUS
10:00:26 THREE YEARS, SO NOW THE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STARTING TO
10:00:29 LOOK BACK TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY CAN INVEST IN DREW PARK.
10:00:32 SO THE NEXT IN THE CRA, WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN
10:00:42 APPLICATIONS FOR FACADE GRANTS FOR DREW PARK, FIVE GRANTS
10:00:46 HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN FY 19. AN ADDITIONAL TWO ON THE
10:00:47 AGENDA TODAY.
10:00:49 $426,472 IN GRANT AWARDS AND $454,094 IN PRIVATE SECTOR
10:00:57 INVESTMENT IN THESE FIVE PROPERTIES.
10:01:00 TWO OF THE FIVE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED AND WE WILL SEE THEM
10:01:05 IN THE FACADE GRANT TODAY.
10:01:06 THE BUS SHELTERS ON LOIS AVENUE HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BY HART.
10:01:10 COMPLETING THE LOIS AVENUE STREETSCAPE PROJECT MASTER PLAN.
10:01:15 FOUR OF THE COMMUNITY MARKERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ALONG DALE
10:01:21 MABRY HIGHWAY.
10:01:22 COMMUNITY MARKERS PAY HOMAGE TO THE HISTORY OF DREW FIELD.
10:01:25 THE MARKERS ARE INSTALLED ON THE CORNERS OF KRESS AVENUE,
10:01:29 SOUTH AVENUE, OSBORNE AVENUE.
10:01:31 YOU CAN SEE THEM FROM DALE MABRY.
10:01:33 THE DREW PARK CAC UNVEILED THE DREW PARK HISTORIC MARKER ON
10:01:38 THE CORNER OF DALE MABRY AND TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD.
10:01:46 THE MARKERS COMMEMORATE DREW PARK'S ORIGIN OF WORLD WAR II
10:01:54 TRAINING BASE AND THAT WAS A GREAT DAY, AND I THINK THESE
10:01:57 MARKERS ARE A WAY TO BRING AND UNITE THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER
10:02:05 AND BRING -- AS WE DID OVER SEVERAL YEARS -- AN IDENTITY TO
10:02:13 DREW PARK.
10:02:13 I THINK THIS WAS JUST A BEGINNING TO BRING US TOGETHER.
10:02:16 AND THE NEXT ONE IS JMT ENGINEERING, EXPECTED TO COMPLETE
10:02:21 THE DESIGN FOR TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD LINEAR PARK WITHIN THE
10:02:25 NEXT MONTH, CONSTRUCTED ALONG TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD BETWEEN
10:02:27 AIR CARGO ROAD AND LOIS AVENUE.
10:02:31 THE LINEAR PARK WILL BE THE FOURTH PROJECT IDENTIFIED IN
10:02:32 DREW PARK STREETSCAPE BEAUTIFICATION MASTER PLAN.
10:02:36 DREW PARK IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE MASTER PLAN SO WE
10:02:42 ARE NOW DISCUSSING TO PUT MONEY WHETHER IT'S MARTIN LUTHER
10:02:51 KING OR WHATEVER COMES INTO DREW PARK.
10:02:53 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS?
10:02:57 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:02:58 NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. BOB MCDONAUGH WITH OUR MONTHLY REPORT OF
10:03:03 CRA ACTIVITIES.
10:03:03 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
10:03:05 I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS RELATIVELY SHORT BECAUSE I COME
10:03:10 BEFORE YOU TWICE A YEAR TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON FACADE
10:03:14 GRANTS AND GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
10:03:15 I AM GOING TO BE BRIEF WITH THIS.
10:03:16 PROBABLY THE BIGGEST NEWS THAT IMPACTS THREE OF OUR CRAs
10:03:20 IS THAT HART WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING A LARGE GRANT FROM
10:03:23 THE D.O.T., $2.7 MILLION.
10:03:26 AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO IS IMPACT THE STREETCAR.
10:03:30 THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER FREE RIDES, EXTEND HOURS, AND
10:03:34 SHORTEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CARS.
10:03:37 THEY WILL HAVE SERVICE EVERY 15 MINUTES.
10:03:39 SO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT
10:03:42 BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO DO BEFORE, SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY
10:03:45 GOING TO EXAMINE THE VIABILITY OF THE STREETCAR AND BUILD
10:03:48 THE BASE OF USERS IN IT.
10:03:50 AND THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING RIGHT AWAY.
10:03:54 I BELIEVE WE WILL PROBABLY BE ASKED IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT
10:03:57 FUTURE FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE AREA.
10:04:02 THEY ARE LOOKING TO REINSTITUTE THAT SERVICE IN NOVEMBER OF
10:04:05 THIS YEAR. SO THERE'S NOT BEEN AN OFFICIAL ASK YET.
10:04:08 WHEN THAT HAPPENS I WILL BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE CRA BOARD.
10:04:11 THE DOWNTOWN CRA, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY
10:04:17 ON JULY 4th IN FRONT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER.
10:04:19 AND WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS ABOUT
10:04:24 EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THEY WANT ON MASSEY PARK.
10:04:27 SO THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING OWN SOME DESIGNS.
10:04:30 WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING IN THE FUTURE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT
10:04:33 IT IS THAT LOCAL RESIDENTS WANT.
10:04:35 AND THEN GO AHEAD AND START BUILDING ON THE PARK AND AGAIN,
10:04:39 THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BUILT ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO IN
10:04:42 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CERTAINLY HAS CHANGED.
10:04:45 CHANNEL DISTRICT, WE HAD VERY WELL ATTENDED PUBLIC MEETING
10:04:48 FOR THE REDESIGN OF CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
10:04:50 AGAIN, GETTING AS MUCH PUBLIC INPUT INTO HOW THAT CRA
10:04:54 DOLLARS ARE SPENT.
10:04:56 SOMETHING ELSE THE LEGISLATION NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WE DO
10:05:00 ACTUALLY WORK HAND IN HAND WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
10:05:04 YOU HAVE BEEN SENT VIA E-MAIL A LETTER FROM THE CRA ADVISORY
10:05:09 BOARD FROM THE HEIGHTS, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING TO DEVELOP
10:05:13 ANOTHER CRA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE HEIGHTS AREA.
10:05:17 AND THERE'S SOME FOLKS HERE THAT WILL COMMENT DURING PUBLIC
10:05:21 COMMENT ABOUT WHY THEY THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
10:05:25 YBOR, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST NEWS THERE IS THEY WENT THROUGH A
10:05:28 VERY RIGOROUS RFP PROCESS FOR, AND THEY HIRED A NEW
10:05:36 CONTRACTOR AND I THINK WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE SOME
10:05:38 VERY GOOD RESULTS WITH THAT.
10:05:42 QUESTIONS?
10:05:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
10:05:46 JUST A COMMENT ABOUT THE STREETCAR.
10:05:47 THAT WAS UNEXPECTED WITH THE D.O.T. GRANT AND I AM GLAD THEY
10:05:51 ARE DOING IT.
10:05:52 AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO UTILIZE THE STREETCAR
10:05:54 DURING THE NEXT THREE-YEAR PERIOD.
10:05:56 I KNOW I WILL.
10:05:57 I HAVE MEETINGS AT THE HISTORY CENTER SOMETIMES.
10:06:00 I HAVE MEETINGS IN THE CITY AND WANT TO GET DOWN THERE FOR
10:06:03 ANY KIND OF EVENT.
10:06:04 I WILL CERTAINLY BE USING IT COMING FROM DOWNTOWN.
10:06:06 AND I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO USE IT, FOLKS THAT HAVE HELD BACK
10:06:12 BECAUSE OF WHATEVER COSTS, TO COME DOWN AND ENJOY THE
10:06:16 STREETCAR.
10:06:17 SO THAT'S IT.
10:06:18 COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
10:06:19 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
10:06:20 MR. MCDONAUGH, WHAT CAME OUT OF THE TAMPA BAY BLUE SKY
10:06:28 MEETING THAT --
10:06:29 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A REPORT ON THAT YET.
10:06:31 THAT WAS YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE.
10:06:32 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU ARE PROBABLY RIGHT.
10:06:35 IS THERE ANYONE IN THE ROOM FROM YOUR STAFF WHO MIGHT HAVE
10:06:39 BEEN THERE?
10:06:40 I FIGURED SOMEBODY WAS THERE.
10:06:43 WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT?
10:06:46 >> IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.
10:06:48 OUR YCDC BOARD EMGS MEMBERS WERE INVITED TO A TEPID AND MEET
10:06:53 WITH THE RAYS STAFF, AND MELANIE FROM THE TAMPA BAY RAYS',
10:06:59 AND IT WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE SAY
10:07:02 WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEBRING AT THE NEW BALLPARK.
10:07:05 THERE WAS A LOT OF JOTTING DOWN NOTES AND WILL FOLLOW UP
10:07:07 WITH ME ON THE NOTES THAT WERE TAKEN BUT IT WAS JUST A
10:07:10 BRAINSTORMING SESSION PRIMARILY OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD
10:07:13 ENVISION WITH THE REIMAGINE BALLPARK.
10:07:16 >>MIKE SUAREZ: ANY IDEAS?
10:07:18 >> THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS.
10:07:21 PRIMARILY TRYING TO GET PEOPLE DOWN 7th AVENUE, MAYBE --
10:07:26 NOT A DESTINATION OBVIOUSLY OF THE BALLPARK BUT ORIENTATED
10:07:30 IN SOME FASHION THAT IT AFTER THE BALLGAME PEOPLE ONTO
10:07:34 7th AVENUE SO 7th AVENUE STILL STAYS VERY ACTIVATED.
10:07:40 AND THEN BEYOND THE 81 DAYS OF THE GAMES, THAT HAPPEN 81
10:07:47 DAYS OF THE YEAR, THE OTHER 284 IS PRIMARILY WHAT THEY WERE
10:07:50 TALKING ABOUT IS HOW TO KEEP THAT BALLPARK ACTIVATED DURING
10:07:53 THOSE 284 DAYS.
10:07:55 >> ANY OTHER PLANNED MEETINGS WITH THEM?
10:07:59 >> THERE WILL BE AN ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH THEM AND THEY
10:08:01 ARE GOING TO RELAY BACK TO US WHAT IT IS THEY CAPTURED
10:08:04 YESTERDAY, AND THEN TO COME BACK ONCE THE ARCHITECT -- IT
10:08:10 WILL BE IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS, AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE A
10:08:14 GENERAL SENSE OF GO OR NO GO IN ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
10:08:17 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
10:08:19 I APPRECIATE IT.
10:08:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR
10:08:23 THAT STADIUM?
10:08:24 >> THE FINANCIAL ASPECT WASN'T REALLY --
10:08:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHEN YOU FIND OUT, LET US KNOW.
10:08:31 >> OKAY.
10:08:32 >> YOU SAW THE MONEY IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION.
10:08:49 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: I GUESS WE WILL BE SEEING THE BLACK SUITS.
10:08:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU WILL SEE MORE OF THE BLACK SUITS.
10:08:53 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: I LIKE TO DO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR
10:08:57 BECAUSE WE SEE BEFORE PICTURES BUT NOT AFTER PICTURES.
10:09:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU LOOK BETTER NOW THAN WHEN YOU WERE
10:09:05 12.
10:09:05 I REMEMBER THAT.
10:09:06 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: DREW PARK, EAST TAMPA, YBOR CITY.
10:09:12 94 GRANTS.
10:09:13 ALMOST $3 MILLION.
10:09:15 LEVERAGED WITH $11 MILLION.
10:09:16 SO IT HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR AND SUCCESSFUL
10:09:20 PROGRAMS.
10:09:22 YBOR TOTAL 39.
10:09:24 ALMOST 13, $1.29 MILLION.
10:09:34 THE HJYC, THE SECOND FACADE GRANT RECEIVED BY THE OWNER WHO
10:09:39 BEGAN RESTORING THE EXTERIOR OF THIS BUILDING IN 2014.
10:09:43 SO WE HAVE REFURBISHING THE SIGN WITH LIGHTING ALONG
10:09:48 ADDITIONAL WATERPROOFING, BRICK WORK.
10:09:50 AS YOU KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE SEE WITH ALL OF THE BRICK
10:09:53 BUILDINGS.
10:09:54 IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE AS WE SAW WITH OUR CITY HALL RIGHT
10:09:57 HERE.
10:10:03 SO THE FORMER MASSEY METALS BUILDING, FACADE IMPROVEMENTS
10:10:14 THAT FACES THE NEW AND IMPROVED 21st AND 22ND,
10:10:19 INSTALLING NEW AWNINGS, FENCE, PAINTING, AND PARKING LOT
10:10:24 UPGRADES.
10:10:36 THE YARADERO, AGAIN, THIS WAS A CONVERSION TO AN OFFICE
10:10:44 BUILDING, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S MOST VISIBLE THERE IS
10:10:48 THE INSTALLATION OF NEW DECORATIVE TILE THAT WAS IMPORTED
10:10:51 FROM CUBA.
10:11:01 THIS IS RENOVATION, FORMER VACANT HISTORIC BUILDING,
10:11:10 REPUBLICA DE CUBA, CLASS A OFFICE SPACE NOW.
10:11:14 WE HAD FACADE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDED.
10:11:16 NEW STOREFRONT.
10:11:17 REPLACING REPAIR SECOND FLOOR WINDOWS.
10:11:19 NEW EXTERIOR DOORS.
10:11:21 WATERPROOFING BRICK AND CREATING A COURTYARD WITH NEW
10:11:24 LANDSCAPING AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING.
10:11:29 AGAIN, QUITE A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN THAT BUILDING.
10:11:37 YBOR PATIO ON 7th.
10:11:40 AGAIN, IT'S A MIXED USE CONCEPT WITH 8 APARTMENTS ON THE
10:11:43 SECOND FLOOR AND RESTAURANT AND RETAIL ON THE FIRST.
10:11:46 FACADE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF THESE
10:11:48 STOREFRONT WINDOWS.
10:11:49 NEW EXTERIOR DOORS.
10:11:50 REMOVAL OF EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS THAT WERE UNDESIRABLE AND
10:11:56 REPLACING THE FRONT ENTRY TILE.
10:12:01 I DO REMEMBER WHEN THAT WAS A FIVE AND DIME.
10:12:11 DREW PARK.
10:12:16 33 GRANTS AWARDED THERE.
10:12:21 AGAIN, A VERY DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE TO WHAT GOES ON IN THAT
10:12:26 BUILDING.
10:12:28 THIS IS A VERY VISIBLE PROJECT RIGHT THERE ON DALE MABRY.
10:12:57 WE GOT PRETTY GOOD BANG FOR THE BUCK ON THAT ONE.
10:13:06 IT REALLY SEEMS WHEN WE DID THE REWORK OF LOIS AVENUE AND
10:13:16 SOME OF THE OTHER STREET WORK, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN DREW
10:13:20 PARK, THAT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THERE REALLY AND BUSINESS
10:13:24 OWNERS REALLY KIND OF GOT ON BOARD WITH THE FACADE GRANT
10:13:27 PROGRAM.
10:13:28 WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE ADDED FENCING TO THAT.
10:13:33 EAST TAMPA.
10:13:35 AGAIN A VERY VISIBLE SITE.
10:13:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:13:51 PRETTY IMPRESSIVE BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS.
10:13:55 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
10:13:56 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: THAT'S IT FOR THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM.
10:14:01 >> WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
10:14:04 THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER FOR ANY MATTER ON THE AGENDA.
10:14:07 ONCE YOU APPROACH THE LECTERN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR
10:14:09 THE RECORD.
10:14:10 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:14:20 RICK FERNANDEZ, 2906 NORTH ELMORE AVENUE, TAMPA 33602.
10:14:27 I THINK YOU ALL KNOW BY NOW I'M PRESIDENT OF THE TAMPA
10:14:30 HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
10:14:31 GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN THIS MORNING.
10:14:33 I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON THE CRA REQUEST OUT OF TAMPA
10:14:37 HEIGHTS.
10:14:38 YOU DO HAVE BEFORE YOU -- I HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO
10:14:42 READ -- IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOU WILL -- THE MEMORANDUM THAT WAS
10:14:47 ISSUED OUT OF THE CAC.
10:14:50 AND YOU HOPEFULLY ALSO HAVE AN E-MAIL FROM LENA YOUNG-GREEN
10:14:56 ADDING HER COMMENTS, IN THE AGGREGATE, I THINK, OF THOSE TWO
10:15:01 PIECES OF WORK PRODUCT DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF ENCAPSULATING
10:15:07 THE ARGUMENTS AND ISSUES UNDERSCORING OUR REQUEST, TO BE
10:15:11 PERFECTLY HONEST I'M JUST LEARNING ABOUT CRAs.
10:15:14 I PROBABLY KNOW JUST ENOUGH ABOUT THEM TO BE DANGEROUS SO I
10:15:17 DON'T WANT TO STRAY TOO FAR OUT ON A LIMB.
10:15:20 SUFFICE TO SAY AS A CIVIC ASSOCIATION BOARD, WE WERE WELL
10:15:25 BRIEFED ON THE ISSUE.
10:15:26 WE TOOK A VOTE ON IT.
10:15:27 AND WE FULLY SUPPORT THE REQUEST.
10:15:29 AND WE FULLY INTEND TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CAC AND
10:15:32 HOPEFULLY WITH YOUR HELP TO MOVE THAT INITIATIVE FORWARD.
10:15:43 I GO OFF SCRIPT FOR A SECOND.
10:15:45 BY THE WAY, MY TIMER IS NOT MOVING.
10:15:48 IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME THREE, THAT'S GREAT.
10:15:54 WE HAD A WORKSHOP ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO HAVING TO DO WITH
10:15:58 LEE ELEMENTARY.
10:16:00 IT INCORPORATED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, PTA, TEACHERS,
10:16:06 STUDENTS, EVEN THE STUDENTS WERE THERE, AND JUST NEIGHBORS.
10:16:10 AND PART OF THE WORKSHOP PROCESS WAS TO IDENTIFY AND DISCUSS
10:16:14 THE VALUES THAT WE CONSIDERED IMPORTANT AT LEE ELEMENTARY
10:16:19 AND TO A GREATER EXTENT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE.
10:16:22 WE IDENTIFIED THINGS LIKE HISTORY AND CULTURE AND DIVERSITY,
10:16:27 EMPOWERMENT AND COMMUNITY.
10:16:29 AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS CRA REQUEST THIS MORNING, AND
10:16:34 LAST NIGHT, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EMBRACE THESE
10:16:41 VALUES AND ADVANCE THEM.
10:16:45 AND WHETHER WE ARE DOING IT IN THE CONTEXT OF PARKS OR
10:16:48 TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE OR SIDEWALKS OR YOUTH
10:16:53 PROGRAMS, THESE ARE ALL AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO SPEND TIME
10:16:56 AND MONEY, AND WE ARE PREPARED TO DO IT.
10:16:58 WE ARE A SELF-HELP COMMUNITY.
10:17:00 BUT I'M HOPEFUL, WE ARE HOPEFUL, THAT YOU WILL WORK WITH US
10:17:04 TO ADVANCE THAT INITIATIVE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
10:17:10 [RUSTLING PAPERS] WE HAVE CHALLENGES.
10:17:14 YOU WANT BRIGHT, WE HAVE BRIGHT.
10:17:17 YOU WANT CRIME, WE HAVE CRIME.
10:17:18 WE HAVE GENTRIFICATION AND THE CHALLENGES THAT GO ALONG WITH
10:17:21 THAT.
10:17:22 AND BECAUSE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE ORIGINAL CRA, IT'S BEEN
10:17:28 SUCCESSFUL.
10:17:29 WE HAVE AN UNBALANCED DEVELOPMENT PROFILE WHERE WE REALLY
10:17:33 HAVE TWO COMMUNITIES DEVELOPING BETWEEN THE RIVERSIDE AND
10:17:36 THE REST OF TAMPA HEIGHTS.
10:17:38 HOPEFULLY THE CRA WILL HELP US TO BALANCE THAT.
10:17:42 I HAVE ONE MORE THING WITH MY LAST FIVE SECONDS.
10:17:45 COMES UNDER THE GENERAL GUIDELINE OF RICK GETS CRANKY IN HIS
10:17:49 OLD AGE, I GUESS, IF YOU WILL PERMIT ME.
10:17:51 [BELL SOUNDS]
10:17:52 AS I WAS SITTING HERE TODAY IT STRUCK ME RELATING BACK TO
10:17:56 THE BUDGET PRESENTATION.
10:17:58 I SAT HERE THROUGH MANY A PRESENTATION OVER THE LAST THREE
10:18:01 YEARS, IT ALWAYS STRIKES ME WHEN PEOPLE MAKE A PRESENTATION
10:18:04 TO THIS PANEL, AND THEN WALK OUT BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT IS
10:18:09 TAKEN, IT IS THE HEIGHT OF DISRESPECT.
10:18:13 THAT HAPPENED TODAY.
10:18:14 IT'S HAPPENED IN NUMEROUS PRESENTATIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN
10:18:17 HERE FOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN PARTICULAR.
10:18:22 CALL IT A CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.
10:18:24 I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR PROBLEM BUT MAYBE SOMEBODY IS WATCHING
10:18:26 ON TV.
10:18:27 IF YOU ARE GOING TO COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION, AND
10:18:30 THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT AFTERWARDS, AT LEAST DO US THE
10:18:33 RESPECT TO STICK AROUND AND LISTEN.
10:18:34 TODAY IT WASN'T AN ISSUE BUT TOMORROW IT WILL BE.
10:18:37 THANK YOU.
10:18:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:18:39 ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK?
10:18:41 OKAY.
10:18:42 WE ARE GOING TO GO TO SOME REQUIRED APPROVALS.
10:18:45 FIRST IS THE CRA TIF FINANCIAL REPORT.
10:18:48 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: AGAIN ASKING YOU TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE
10:18:52 QUARTERLY TIF REPORT.
10:18:55 >> MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:18:57 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
10:18:58 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:18:59 OPPOSED?
10:19:00 MOTION PASSES.
10:19:00 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: ASKING TO PLEASE ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENTS
10:19:03 OF TWO FOLKS TO THE YCDC.
10:19:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
10:19:06 >> SECOND.
10:19:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:19:14 MOTION PASSES.
10:19:16 ITEM 6.
10:19:16 >> REQUEST TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM THE DOWNTOWN CONSIDER CRA
10:19:21 FUND.
10:19:21 >> SO MOVED.
10:19:24 >> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:19:26 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
10:19:27 ALL IN FAVOR?
10:19:28 OPPOSED?
10:19:28 MOTION PASSES.
10:19:29 ITEM 7.
10:19:30 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: REQUEST FOR FACADE GRANT IN DREW PARK AT
10:19:36 4613 NORTH HESPERIDES.
10:19:38 >> SO MOVED.
10:19:39 >> SECOND.
10:19:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
10:19:43 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
10:19:46 MOTION PASSES.
10:19:47 ITEM 8.
10:19:47 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: ANOTHER DREW PARK FACADE APPLICATION FOR
10:19:54 4613 NORTH CLARK AVENUE.
10:19:56 >> SO MOVED.
10:19:57 >> SECOND.
10:19:57 >> MOTION BY AND SECOND BY.
10:20:07 MOTION PASSES. WE ARE GOING TO GO TO INFORMATION REPORTS.
10:20:09 >> NOTHING.
10:20:12 >> NOTHING MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:20:14 >>YVONNE CAPIN: NOTHING SIR.
10:20:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO.
10:20:18 >>HARRY COHEN: NO, SIR.
10:20:19 >>MIKE SUAREZ: NOTHING.
10:20:21 >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA TO RECEIVE AND
10:20:25 FILE.
10:20:27 ALL RIGHT.
10:20:28 WE ARE ADJOURNED.
10:20:28 (MEETING ADJOURNED.)
10:20:35
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