TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018
9:00 A.M. WORKSHOP
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09:06:04 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
09:06:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOOD MORNING.
09:06:10 WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS TAMPA
09:06:11 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER,
09:06:13 AND I'M GOING TO YIELD TO
09:06:14 COUNCILMAN HARRY COHEN.
09:06:15 >>HARRY COHEN: GOOD MORNING,
09:06:15 EVERYONE.
09:06:17 WE WELCOME THIS MORNING THE
09:06:21 REVEREND VICKI WALKER, THE
09:06:21 MINISTER OF OUTREACH AND
09:06:23 MISSIONS AT HYDE PARK UNITED
09:06:23 METHODIST CHURCH.
09:06:24 HYDE PARK UNITED METHODIST IS
09:06:25 ONE CHURCH WITH TWO CAMPUSES,
09:06:28 HAVING RECENTLY OPENED THEIR
09:06:31 DOWNTOWN CAMPUS AT THE PORTICO,
09:06:31 AS FAITH, DEDICATION TO
09:06:33 CONVERSATION, CONNECTION, AND
09:06:34 COMMUNITY CHANGE.
09:06:36 THE ORIGINAL HYDE PARK CAMPUS
09:06:38 DATES BACK TO 1899.
09:06:39 THE CHURCH'S MISSION IS MAKING
09:06:42 GOD'S LOVE REAL, AND WE WELCOME
09:06:43 REVEREND WALKER THIS MORNING.
09:06:44 TO DO THAT, PLEASE STAND FOR
09:06:46 THAT AND THE -- EXCUSE ME --
09:06:47 THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:06:49 >> LET US PRAY.
09:06:51 DEAR GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS
09:06:52 COUNCIL, WHO HAS DEDICATED
09:06:54 THEMSELVES TO SERVING OUR GREAT
09:06:55 CITY.
09:06:56 THANK YOU FOR THEIR DEDICATION
09:06:58 TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND FOR
09:06:59 LISTENING TO US WITH OPEN
09:07:01 HEARTS AND MINDS.
09:07:02 GUIDE THEIR DISCUSSIONS AND
09:07:04 THEIR DELIBERATIONS, THAT THEY
09:07:06 MIGHT EXTEND COURTESY TO ALL
09:07:07 PEOPLE AND PERSPECTIVES THAT
09:07:08 COME BEFORE THEM THIS DAY.
09:07:10 HELP THEM BE OPEN TO NEW
09:07:12 INSIGHTS, NEW IDEAS, AND NEW
09:07:13 OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT COME
09:07:14 BEFORE THEM.
09:07:15 MAY THEY MAKE DECISIONS THAT
09:07:17 SUPPORT THE COMMON GOOD AND
09:07:18 ALLOCATE RESOURCES IN FAIR AND
09:07:21 EQUITABLE WAYS THAT HONOR OUR
09:07:22 WHOLE COMMUNITY AND RESPECT ALL
09:07:25 OF OUR CITIZENS, EMBODYING THE
09:07:27 WORDS OF THE PLEDGE WE ARE
09:07:29 ABOUT TO MAKE, WITH LIBERTY AND
09:07:30 JUSTICE FOR ALL.
09:07:31 MAY THEY NOT BE DISTRACTED BY
09:07:32 THE LOUDEST VOICES OR THE
09:07:34 BIGGEST DONORS.
09:07:35 IN A NATIONAL CLIMATE OF FEAR
09:07:37 AND SEPARATION, MAY THEY OFFER
09:07:39 AN ALTERNATIVE OF UNITY AND
09:07:40 COMPASSION.
09:07:41 GIVE THEM THE WISDOM AND THE
09:07:42 COURAGE TO BE THE LEADERS WE
09:07:45 NEED FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
09:07:46 IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY.
09:07:47 AMEN.
09:07:48 >> AMEN.
09:07:48 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:08:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: ROLL CALL.
09:08:10 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
09:08:11 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
09:08:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:08:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:08:18 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:08:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
09:08:20 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT
09:08:22 COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN WILL BE
09:08:25 ABSENT FOR THIS SESSION THIS
09:08:27 MORNING, AND SHE WANTED THIS TO
09:08:29 BE PART OF THE RECORD, SO THERE
09:08:30 YOU GO.
09:08:30 ALL RIGHT.
09:08:39 MR. MIRANDA, CEREMONIAL
09:08:41 PRESENTATION NO. 1.
09:08:43 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HONORABLE
09:08:46 CHAIRMAN, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL --
09:08:47 HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY
09:08:48 COUNCIL.
09:08:50 EVERYBODY'S GOT A NEW SUIT.
09:08:52 MUST BE ELECTION TIME.
09:08:52 [LAUGHTER]
09:08:54 BUT I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO
09:08:57 HELP CHIEF DUGAN ANNOUNCE THE
09:08:59 OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
09:09:00 THIS OFFICER, WHEN I READ HIS
09:09:02 RESUME, IT'S SOMETHING TO
09:09:04 REALLY SAY.
09:09:05 I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU FOUND
09:09:07 HIM AT, BUT HE'S A VERY GOOD
09:09:08 OFFICER AND DOES FANTASTIC
09:09:09 WORK, AND THAT OFFICER OF THE
09:09:12 MONTH THIS MONTH IS TONY
09:09:15 LIPSKI, AND CHIEF DUGAN WILL
09:09:17 READ HIS RESUME WHAT HE'S DONE
09:09:21 THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN THE
09:09:22 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
09:09:23 IT'S AMAZING WHAT HE'S DONE.
09:09:24 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:09:25 BRIAN DUGAN, CHIEF OF POLICE
09:09:27 FOR TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
09:09:29 THIS MORNING WE'RE HERE FOR
09:09:30 OFFICER OF THE MONTH, WHICH IS
09:09:33 TONY LIPSKI FOR THE MONTH OF
09:09:33 JUNE.
09:09:34 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR SOME
09:09:36 OUTSTANDING THINGS HE'S DONE,
09:09:37 AND WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD TO
09:09:38 HAVE HIM AS PART OF THE TAMPA
09:09:39 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
09:09:41 TONY HAS EXHIBITED AN EXCELLENT
09:09:42 PERFORMANCE LEVEL ON A SERIES
09:09:43 OF HIGH-PROFILE FELONY
09:09:45 INVESTIGATIONS, WHICH DIRECTLY
09:09:48 LED TO THE ARREST OF SIX FELONY
09:09:50 SUSPECTS AND THE RECOVERY OF
09:09:50 EIGHT FIREARMS.
09:09:52 I THINK EVERYBODY IS KEENLY
09:09:55 AWARE OVER OUR CONCERN OF GUN
09:09:56 VIOLENCE, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE
09:09:58 CITY OF TAMPA BUT I THINK
09:10:01 ACROSS AMERICA, SO IT'S A VERY
09:10:02 IMPORTANT JOB THAT HE HAS IN
09:10:03 TARGETING GUN VIOLENCE, AND
09:10:05 THESE CASES, THESE
09:10:06 INVESTIGATIONS GO BACK TO LAST
09:10:07 OCTOBER WHERE TONY OBSERVED A
09:10:08 PHOTO POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
09:10:11 SHOWING TWO KNOWN GANG MEMBERS
09:10:14 POSING WITH FIREARMS NEXT TO A
09:10:15 SHED AT A KNOWN ADDRESS IN WEST
09:10:16 TAMPA.
09:10:17 THE NEXT DAY HE OBSERVED
09:10:19 ANOTHER PHOTO OF SUBJECTS
09:10:21 POSING WITH FIREARMS IN A PARK
09:10:23 NEXT TO PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
09:10:25 HE CONTACTED OTHER OFFICERS AND
09:10:27 RESPONDED TO THE PARK.
09:10:28 UPON ARRIVAL, HE DID NOT
09:10:30 OBSERVE ANYONE FROM THE PHOTO,
09:10:33 SO HE RESPONDED TO THE
09:10:34 RESIDENCE FROM THE PREVIOUS
09:10:34 DAY.
09:10:36 HE AND OTHER OFFICERS MADE
09:10:37 CONTACT WITH THE HOMEOWNER AND
09:10:39 GAINED CONSENT TO SEARCH THE
09:10:40 SHED.
09:10:41 AS THEY WERE SEARCHING THE
09:10:43 SHED, THE TWO SUBJECTS IN THE
09:10:45 PHOTO ARRIVED ALONG WITH A
09:10:46 THIRD GANG MEMBER.
09:10:49 OTHER OFFICERS RECOVERED THREE
09:10:51 FIREARMS FROM THE SHED, ONE OF
09:10:52 THEM BEING A HANDGUN DISPLAYED
09:10:54 IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST.
09:10:58 OFFICER LIPSKI CONDUCTED A
09:10:59 POST-MIRANDA INTERVIEW WITH THE
09:11:01 SUBJECT THAT DISPLAYED THE
09:11:03 FIREARM IN THE PHOTO, AND HE
09:11:04 ADMITTED TO POSSESSING ONE OF
09:11:05 THE FIREARMS.
09:11:06 THE SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED FOR
09:11:07 FELON IN POSSESSION OF A
09:11:07 FIREARM.
09:11:08 A FEW WEEKS LATER, TONY
09:11:09 CONDUCTED A FOLLOW-UP
09:11:11 INVESTIGATION WHERE HE
09:11:12 DEVELOPED PROBABLE CAUSE TO
09:11:13 ARREST A GANG MEMBER FOR A
09:11:14 SHOOTING.
09:11:15 HE AND HIS PARTNER OBSERVED THE
09:11:17 WANTED SUBJECT ALONG WITH A
09:11:20 SECOND SUBJECT STANDING IN A
09:11:20 PARK.
09:11:22 THEY MADE CONTACT WITH THE
09:11:24 SUBJECTS AND OBSERVED THAT ONE
09:11:25 OF THEM HAD A HANDGUN IN HIS
09:11:26 POCKET.
09:11:28 THEY DETAINED AND RECOVERED THE
09:11:28 HANDGUN.
09:11:32 OFFICER LIPSKI LOCATED A SECOND
09:11:33 HANDGUN ON THE GROUND, BUT HE
09:11:34 DIDN'T STOP THERE.
09:11:35 AS A RESULT OF KNOWING THESE
09:11:37 TWO OFFENDERS, HE WAS ABLE TO
09:11:39 CHARGE WITH ONE OF THE ORIGINAL
09:11:41 SHOOTING AND THE SECOND CHARGED
09:11:42 WITH FELON IN POSSESSION OF A
09:11:43 FIREARM.
09:11:44 HE FOLLOWED UP ON THIS
09:11:46 INVESTIGATION BY PULLING VIDEO
09:11:47 FROM THE AREA AND CHECKING
09:11:49 SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
09:11:50 HE LOCATED VIDEO OF THE
09:11:52 SHOOTING SUBJECT STANDING WHERE
09:11:54 THE FIREARM WAS LOCATED ON THE
09:11:55 GROUND.
09:11:56 HE ALSO LOCATED A PHOTO WITH
09:11:59 THE SAME SUBJECT HOLDING THE
09:12:00 FIREARM AND WAS ABLE TO CHARGE
09:12:01 HIM WITH THE FIREARM THAT WAS
09:12:04 RECOVERED ON THE GROUND.
09:12:05 IN JANUARY, TONY WAS MONITORING
09:12:07 ONLINE ACTIVITY OF A WANTED
09:12:08 FELON.
09:12:10 HE OBSERVED THEM POSING WITH A
09:12:11 FIREARM IN WEST TAMPA.
09:12:13 HE WAS OFF DUTY, SO HE NOTIFIED
09:12:15 ON-DUTY UNITS OF THE WANTED
09:12:17 SUBJECT'S CLOTHING, LOCATION,
09:12:19 AND THAT HE WAS ARMED.
09:12:21 OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE AREA
09:12:22 AND LOCATED THE SUBJECT GETTING
09:12:24 INTO A VEHICLE.
09:12:26 THEY CONDUCTED SURVEILLANCE,
09:12:27 AND THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED,
09:12:28 MADE CONTACT WITH THE OCCUPANTS
09:12:30 AND DETAINED THEM.
09:12:31 THEY ARRESTED THE WANTED
09:12:33 SUBJECT, WHO HID HIS FIREARM
09:12:34 UNDER HIS SEAT AS THE OFFICERS
09:12:36 APPROACHED.
09:12:37 THEY ALSO REMOVED THE DRIVER
09:12:39 FROM THE VEHICLE, WHO HAD A
09:12:42 FIREARM IN HIS WAISTBAND.
09:12:44 IN APRIL, TONY WAS OFF DUTY
09:12:45 WHEN HE OBSERVED SEVERAL KNOWN
09:12:47 FELONS POSTING PICTURES OF THEM
09:12:48 ARMED WITH GUNS ONLINE.
09:12:50 HE CONTACTED ON-DUTY OFFICERS
09:12:52 AGAIN AND INFORMED -- DID YOU
09:12:54 PUT OVERTIME IN FOR THIS STUFF?
09:12:56 [LAUGHTER]
09:12:59 I'M SORRY, JUST -- THAT'S THE
09:13:01 WAY CHIEFS THINK, WE COUNT
09:13:02 BEANS.
09:13:03 SO I'LL START OVER.
09:13:04 IN APRIL, TONY WAS OFF DUTY
09:13:05 WHEN HE OBSERVED SEVERAL KNOWN
09:13:07 FELONS POSTING PICTURES OF THEM
09:13:09 ARMED WITH GUNS ONLINE.
09:13:11 HE CONTACTED ON-DUTY OFFICERS
09:13:12 AND INFORMED THEM OF PICTURES
09:13:13 AND THE LOCATION WHERE THEY
09:13:14 WERE TAKEN.
09:13:16 THE ON-DUTY OFFICERS WERE ABLE
09:13:18 TO ARREST THREE SUBJECTS AND
09:13:20 RECOVER A STOLEN HANDGUN.
09:13:23 IN RECOGNITION OF HIS
09:13:24 EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE ON
09:13:25 THESE INVESTIGATIONS, OFFICER
09:13:27 TONY LIPSKI HAS BEEN SELECTED
09:13:29 AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR
09:13:30 JUNE OF 2018.
09:13:31 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:13:31 [APPLAUSE]
09:13:39 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:13:41 ABE CARMACK, PRESIDENT OF THE
09:13:42 TAMPA PBA.
09:13:45 WITH ME IS JIMMY OWENS, OUR
09:13:45 VICE PRESIDENT; GENE HAINES,
09:13:46 OUR SECRETARY/TREASURER.
09:13:48 IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND HERE
09:13:49 TODAY, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU
09:13:50 RECOGNIZING ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.
09:13:51 CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR
09:13:52 RECOGNIZING TONY, AND THE STAFF
09:13:53 FOR BEING HERE.
09:13:56 TONY IS EVERYTHING THE CHIEF
09:13:58 SAID, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
09:13:59 HE'S HUMBLE.
09:14:01 HE'S A TEAM PLAYER, AND I'M
09:14:02 HERE TO TELL YOU THIS PROBABLY
09:14:03 WON'T BE THE LAST TIME YOU'LL
09:14:04 SEE TONY.
09:14:07 HE'S AN OUTSTANDING COP, A GOOD
09:14:08 FAMILY MAN, AND HE MAKES US ALL
09:14:10 PROUD AND MAKES US LOOK GOOD
09:14:11 OUT THERE, SO EVERYTHING YOU
09:14:12 DO, TONY, WE APPRECIATE IT.
09:14:14 WE JUST WANT TO PRESENT YOU
09:14:14 WITH A WATCH.
09:14:15 THANK YOU.
09:14:16 >> CONGRATULATIONS.
09:14:19 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:14:21 GOOD MORNING.
09:14:23 IS THIS YOUR CREW BEHIND US?
09:14:24 >> YEP.
09:14:26 GOT ALL OF THEM IN TOW.
09:14:27 >> JILL WITECKI ON BEHALF OF
09:14:28 TAMPA THEATRE.
09:14:30 THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
09:14:32 HEY, GUYS, THE CANDY IN HERE IS
09:14:34 FOR YOU, OKAY, NO THE FOR DAD.
09:14:34 [LAUGHTER]
09:14:35 >> THANKS.
09:14:36 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
09:14:37 [LAUGHTER]
09:14:39 BUT MOM AND DAD GET AN ANNUAL
09:14:40 MEMBERSHIP TO TAMPA THEATRE TO
09:14:41 COME AND SEE US DOWN ON
09:14:45 FRANKLIN STREET AND BRING US TO
09:14:46 SOME MOVIES.
09:14:47 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:14:47 APPRECIATE IT.
09:14:49 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:14:51 JIM CARSON, BILL CURRIE FORD.
09:14:53 I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU FIND
09:14:54 TIME TO DO ANYTHING.
09:14:55 I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
09:14:56 BUT ON BEHALF OF THE CURRIE
09:14:58 FAMILY AND MYSELF, I'D LIKE TO
09:15:00 PRESENT YOU A NEW MUSTANG.
09:15:01 [LAUGHTER]
09:15:01 >> THANK YOU.
09:15:02 >> THANKS A LOT.
09:15:03 [APPLAUSE]
09:15:08 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, MIKE
09:15:11 MCARTHUR, STEPPS TOWING
09:15:11 SERVICE.
09:15:11 OFFICER, GREAT JOB.
09:15:13 I'VE GOT AN IDEA.
09:15:14 WE GIVE THIS LIMO OUT EVERY
09:15:15 MONTH, AND I TELL YOU, WE
09:15:17 SHOULD DO SOME SURVEILLANCE IN
09:15:17 THE LIMO.
09:15:19 I'LL DRIVE, YOU GET IN THE
09:15:21 BACK, HAVE FUN, DO SOME
09:15:21 SURVEILLANCE.
09:15:22 I THINK WE'VE GOT SOMETHING
09:15:23 GOING ON HERE.
09:15:25 ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP OF
09:15:26 STEPPS TOWING, WE WANT TO
09:15:28 PRESENT YOU WITH A BASS PRO
09:15:30 GIFT CARD AND A NIGHT OUT IN
09:15:31 OUR COMPANY LIMOUSINE FOR YOU
09:15:35 AND YOUR FAMILY.
09:15:36 ENJOY IT.
09:15:36 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:15:37 TAKE SOME TIME OFF.
09:15:38 WELL-DESERVED.
09:15:39 THANK YOU.
09:15:41 APPRECIATE IT.
09:15:41 [APPLAUSE]
09:15:42 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:15:43 PETE, BUSCH GARDENS/ADVENTURE
09:15:46 ISLAND OF TAMPA BAY, AND, AS
09:15:46 ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR
09:15:50 RECOGNIZING BOTH FIRE AND
09:15:50 POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE CITY OF
09:15:50 TAMPA FOR THE EXCELLENT WORK
09:15:52 THEY DO AND FOR ALLOWING US TO
09:15:53 BE PART OF THAT PROCESS.
09:15:54 TONY, INCREDIBLE WORK.
09:15:56 WHEN YOU GET TO GO TO THE
09:15:57 THEATER, HOPEFULLY YOU DON'T
09:15:58 HAVE YOUR CELL PHONE OUT.
09:16:00 WHEN YOU'RE RIDING IN THE LIMO,
09:16:01 YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CELL.
09:16:04 BUT WE DO HAVE FREE WI-FI AT
09:16:06 BUSCH GARDENS, SO YOU HAVE FOUR
09:16:06 TICKETS TO BUSCH GARDENS TO
09:16:06 TAKE YOUR FAMILY AND MAYBE
09:16:07 YOU CAN KEEP THEM OFF SOCIAL
09:16:09 MEDIA FOR A COUPLE HOURS OR SO.
09:16:10 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:16:11 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:16:12 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:16:13 MY NAME IS CARLOS RAMOS, AND
09:16:16 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA
09:16:16 HILLSBOROUGH EXPRESSWAY
09:16:17 AUTHORITY, AND I'M HERE TO
09:16:19 CONGRATULATE YOU ON A JOB WELL
09:16:20 DONE AND YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE,
09:16:22 AND I AM PRESENTING TO YOU A
09:16:27 GIFT CARD TO VINO E PASTA ON
09:16:30 GANDY BOULEVARD.
09:16:30 IT'S A BUSINESS -- PART OF OUR
09:16:30 SHOP GANDY CAMPAIGN.
09:16:31 WE'RE PROMOTING SMALL
09:16:32 BUSINESSES ALONG THE GANDY
09:16:33 CORRIDOR, SO THIS IS FOR YOU
09:16:34 AND A NIGHT OUT, AND HOPE YOU
09:16:35 ENJOY.
09:16:36 >> REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
09:16:37 THANK YOU.
09:16:40 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:16:41 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:16:42 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:16:43 >> I GOT WORRIED, YOU KNOW,
09:16:45 CHARLIE MIRANDA GOT UP HERE, HE
09:16:47 HAD NO HAIR; THE CHIEF GOT UP
09:16:48 HERE, HE HAD NO HAIR; NOW
09:16:50 YOU'RE UP HERE AND YOU -- MAKE
09:16:52 SURE IT'S NOT CONTAGIOUS.
09:16:54 >> I TRIMMED BEFORE I GOT HERE.
09:16:55 >> ALL RIGHT.
09:16:56 ALL RIGHT.
09:16:56 JUST CHECKING.
09:16:57 JUST CHECKING.
09:16:58 HOW OLD ARE YOUR CHILDREN?
09:17:00 >> JACOB IS FIVE AND OLIVIA IS
09:17:01 SOON TO BE FOUR.
09:17:04 >> GREAT.
09:17:06 THEY LIKE TO GO TO THE Y?
09:17:07 >> THEY LIKE TO GO ANYWHERE.
09:17:10 [LAUGHTER]
09:17:11 >> WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A
09:17:12 GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR YOU AND
09:17:14 YOUR FAMILY TO GO TO THE Y SO
09:17:15 YOU CAN GO AND ENJOY THOSE
09:17:16 FACILITIES, AND THEY HAVE
09:17:18 PROGRAMS AND SWIMMING AND ALL
09:17:20 KINDS OF STUFF, SO I'M SURE
09:17:21 THEY'LL WEAR OUT SOME OF THE
09:17:22 EQUIPMENT.
09:17:23 WE TRIED TO WEAR IT OUT WHEN MY
09:17:25 KIDS WERE YOUNG, BUT THEY
09:17:26 WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL.
09:17:28 ON BEHALF OF PRESTIGE
09:17:29 PORTRAITS, WE'RE GOING TO
09:17:30 PROVIDE YOU WITH A FAMILY
09:17:31 PORTRAIT PACKAGE.
09:17:33 YOU CAN GO AND HAVE YOUR PHOTOS
09:17:36 TAKEN BEFORE YOU GO TO THE Y.
09:17:41 ON BEHALF OF THE CICCIO'S
09:17:42 RESTAURANT GROUP, WE'RE GOING
09:17:44 TO PROVIDE YOU WITH BREAKFAST,
09:17:45 LUNCH, OR DINNER AT ANY ONE OF
09:17:47 THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS.
09:17:51 AND ON BEHALF OF YUMMY HOUSE
09:17:52 CHINA BISTRO, YOU CAN ENJOY
09:17:54 YOURSELF WITH DINNER OR LUNCH.
09:17:54 SO CONGRATULATIONS
09:17:55 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR
09:17:55 US.
09:17:56 WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND
09:17:57 THEY APPRECIATE IT.
09:17:58 APPRECIATE IT.
09:18:00 HERE YOU GO.
09:18:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OFFICER
09:18:12 LIPSKI, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO
09:18:12 PRESENT TO YOU A COMMENDATION
09:18:14 FROM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. ALL
09:18:14 THIS IS ARTIFICIAL WOOD, PAPER
09:18:14 FROM A TREE.
09:18:18 THE ORDINANCE PEOPLE ARE HERE,
09:18:18 AND I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT FOR
09:18:20 THE JOB THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR
09:18:22 300,000 CITIZENS ON 24/7, YOU
09:18:24 DESERVE MUCH MORE THAN THIS,
09:18:25 BUT WE'RE ON A TIGHT BUDGET
09:18:28 THIS YEAR, BUT THE COMMITTEES
09:18:28 HAVE COME THROUGH.
09:18:30 AND I MENTIONED THE CITY
09:18:32 COUNCIL, AND THE FOUR PEOPLE
09:18:35 WHO ARE BOLD, BUSCH GARDENS,
09:18:36 THE CHIEF, YOURSELF, AND THE
09:18:37 GUY HANDING YOU THE
09:18:39 PRESENTATION, WE REALLY
09:18:40 CONGRATULATE YOU FOR WHAT
09:18:41 YOU'VE DONE.
09:18:42 YOUR KIDS ARE MARVELOUS.
09:18:44 I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS THAT AGE
09:18:45 IN 1812.
09:18:47 [LAUGHTER]
09:18:47 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:18:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU
09:18:51 VERY MUCH, SIR.
09:18:57 >> APPRECIATE IT.
09:18:59 I GET A TON OF SUPPORT FROM MY
09:19:01 FAMILY, AND I TRULY GET A TON
09:19:02 OF SUPPORT FROM THE PEOPLE I
09:19:04 WORK WITH ON MY SQUAD AND MY
09:19:06 CHAIN OF COMMAND GOING ALL THE
09:19:08 WAY UP FROM MY SERGEANT, MY
09:19:09 LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN, ALL THE
09:19:13 WAY UP, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL
09:19:14 AND PROUD TO HAVE BEEN INVITED
09:19:17 HERE WITH MY FAMILY AND
09:19:19 CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK ALL THE
09:19:20 VENDORS THAT -- I DIDN'T EXPECT
09:19:21 ALL THIS.
09:19:25 THIS IS REALLY NICE.
09:19:27 I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
09:19:27 THANK YOU.
09:19:28 [APPLAUSE]
09:20:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:20:08 WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
09:20:12 MR. SHELBY.
09:20:13 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU,
09:20:15 MR. CHAIRMAN, AND GOOD MORNING.
09:20:15 THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES
09:20:17 PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
09:20:18 30 MINUTES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE
09:20:20 THIS MORNING FOR CITIZENS
09:20:23 SPEAKING ABOUT MATTERS THAT ARE
09:20:25 ON THE AGENDA FOR STAFF REPORTS
09:20:27 AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
09:20:28 IF YOU'RE HERE FOR A WORKSHOP,
09:20:29 THE TIME TO SPEAK ON THE
09:20:31 WORKSHOP ITEM WILL BE FOLLOWING
09:20:34 THE STAFF'S PRESENTATION ON THE
09:20:35 WORKSHOP.
09:20:36 SPEAKERS ADDRESSING ITEMS ON
09:20:37 THE AGENDA WILL BE GIVEN
09:20:38 PREFERENCE BEFORE CITIZENS
09:20:40 SPEAKING ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS.
09:20:42 EACH SPEAKER IS GIVEN THREE
09:20:43 MINUTES.
09:20:44 PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
09:20:45 NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND IT IS
09:20:46 REQUESTED THAT YOUR COMMENTS
09:20:48 ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY TO
09:20:50 A COUNCIL MEMBER OR STAFF
09:20:51 MEMBER BUT RATHER ISSUES
09:20:53 DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AS A
09:20:55 BODY.
09:20:56 CITY COUNCIL APPRECIATES YOUR
09:20:57 COOPERATION IN MAINTAINING
09:20:59 ORDERLY CONDUCT AND PROPER
09:21:00 DECORUM.
09:21:01 THANK YOU.
09:21:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:21:06 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:21:08 MY NAME IS MARYLOU BAILEY.
09:21:10 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
09:21:10 MEMBERS.
09:21:14 GINA GRIMES WITH HILL WARD
09:21:14 HENDERSON.
09:21:16 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF TAMPA BAY
09:21:17 BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
09:21:20 >> AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A
09:21:21 NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE
09:21:24 TRYING TO PROTECT THE TREE
09:21:26 CANOPY AND ALSO HAVE NORMAL
09:21:27 GOVERNANCE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN
09:21:28 UNDERSTAND.
09:21:30 YESTERDAY WE SENT A LETTER TO
09:21:33 CITY COUNCIL, AND I'M GOING TO
09:21:34 GIVE A COPY OF IT HERE TO
09:21:36 MARTIN, AND I WANT TO READ IF
09:21:36 INTO THE RECORD.
09:21:37 HERE WE GO.
09:21:38 AS REPORTED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY,
09:21:39 A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS
09:21:41 COLLECTIVELY CALLED TREE
09:21:42 SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING HAS
09:21:44 BEEN COLLABORATING WITH THE
09:21:45 TAMPA BAY BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
09:21:47 RELATIVE TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF
09:21:48 THE CITY'S TREE ORDINANCE THAT
09:21:49 ARE IN PROCESS OF REVISION.
09:21:51 WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN
09:21:54 FINDING COMMON GROUND ON BOTH
09:21:57 TREE REMOVAL AND MITIGATION.
09:22:00 AT TODAY'S MEETING, WE
09:22:02 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE
09:22:03 ARE AFFORDED SOME ADDITIONAL
09:22:05 TIME TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE
09:22:06 COUNCIL TAKES ACTION ON TREE
09:22:07 ORDINANCE REVISIONS.
09:22:08 SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE ASKING
09:22:11 YOU, NUMBER ONE, CONTINUE THE
09:22:12 SUBJECT OF THE FIRST READING OF
09:22:13 THE AMENDMENT REGARDING REMOVAL
09:22:17 OF TREES UNTIL AUGUST 23.
09:22:19 TWO, PLAN TO CALENDAR THE
09:22:20 MITIGATION AMENDMENT ON THAT
09:22:21 SAME DATE.
09:22:22 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
09:22:23 PRESENTATION BY THE STAFF OF A
09:22:25 NEWLY RELEASED DRAFT CODE
09:22:27 REVISIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF
09:22:27 MITIGATION.
09:22:29 WE HAVE READ IT AND KNOW WE
09:22:30 WILL NEED MORE TIME TO DIGEST
09:22:31 IT.
09:22:31 OUR TWO GROUPS COLLECTIVELY
09:22:34 SUPPORT THAT ANY REVISION TO
09:22:35 THE REMOVAL ASPECTS OF THE
09:22:36 ORDINANCE SHOULD BE TAKEN AT
09:22:37 THE SAME TIME AS REVISIONS TO
09:22:39 THE MITIGATION ASPECTS.
09:22:40 THIS IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH
09:22:41 VIEWS EXPRESSED TO YOU BY
09:22:42 SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD
09:22:44 ASSOCIATIONS.
09:22:45 BETWEEN NOW AND OUR REQUESTED
09:22:46 DATE, WE HAVE MADE PLANS TO
09:22:48 CONTINUE OUR COLLABORATION,
09:22:51 INCLUDING RUNNING SCENARIOS, TO
09:22:51 BE CLEAR ABOUT HOW THE PROPOSED
09:22:54 DRAFT CODE WOULD PLAY OUT IN
09:22:55 REAL LIFE.
09:22:55 THANK YOU FOR YOUR
09:22:59 CONSIDERATION.
09:23:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:23:04 NEXT.
09:23:08 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:23:14 METEZMOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:23:16 I SAY IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
09:23:21 CITY COUNCIL WASTES TIME --
09:23:23 WASTES THE PUBLIC'S TIME ON
09:23:25 STUPIDNESS.
09:23:30 IT'S A STUPID CITY COUNCIL.
09:23:32 THE REALITY IS IF YOU WANT TO
09:23:36 GIVE AN AWARD IN AEROSPACE --
09:23:38 IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING, IN
09:23:40 AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT, GIVE IT
09:23:42 TO SOMEONE WHO PROPELS SOMEONE
09:23:44 TO THE MOON, SOMEONE ON MARS,
09:23:45 SOMEONE WHO'S DONE SOMETHING
09:23:46 GREAT.
09:23:48 IF YOU WANT TO GIVE AN AWARD IN
09:23:50 MEDICINE, GIVE IT TO SOMEONE
09:23:54 WHO SOLVED THE CANCER
09:23:56 SITUATION, GIVE IT TO SOMEONE
09:23:58 WHO HAS SOLVED SICKLE CELL
09:23:59 ANEMIA.
09:24:02 GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO HAS
09:24:03 SOLVED AIDS.
09:24:05 GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO'S SOLVED
09:24:09 THE MEDICAL ISSUE OF COONISM OR
09:24:11 UNCLE TOMISM.
09:24:13 GIVE IT TO SOMEONE WHO'S DONE
09:24:14 SOMETHING.
09:24:15 IF YOU WANT TO GIVE AN AWARD
09:24:18 RIGHT NOW TODAY IN AN
09:24:20 ENVIRONMENT, GIVE IT TO SOMEONE
09:24:21 WHO'S SOLVED THE PROBLEM WITH
09:24:24 THESE PLASTICS IN THE OCEAN.
09:24:26 AND IF YOU WANT TO SOLVE AN
09:24:29 AWARD IN CRIME, GIVE IT TO
09:24:31 SOMEONE WHO'S REALLY SOLVING
09:24:33 CRIME INSTEAD OF A CLOWN THAT
09:24:35 JUST CAME BEFORE US AND
09:24:37 APPARENTLY HAVE ARRESTED OR
09:24:40 HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE
09:24:43 ARREST OF SIX AFRICAN OR
09:24:47 HISPANIC MEN, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
09:24:49 TALKING ABOUT WORKING OVERTIME
09:24:52 AND SNOOPING ON THE INTERNET.
09:24:54 EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN OUR
09:24:56 COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY
09:24:58 DISTRICT 5, IS A CAREER
09:25:01 CRIMINAL IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,
09:25:04 SO ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITH
09:25:06 US, IT'S A FELON IN POSSESSION
09:25:07 OF ANYTHING, FELON IN
09:25:09 POSSESSION OF WALKING, FELON IN
09:25:10 POSSESSION OF DRIVING A CAR,
09:25:12 FELON IN POSSESSION OF HAVING
09:25:14 BLACK SKIN.
09:25:17 CLOWNS, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING
09:25:18 LESS.
09:25:19 IF YOU WANT TO SOLVE -- IF YOU
09:25:24 WANT TO GIVE A POLICE AWARD,
09:25:26 CHIEF, GIVE A POLICE AWARD TO
09:25:27 SOMEONE WHO'S SOLVED SOME OF
09:25:30 THESE UNSOLVED MURDERS IN THIS
09:25:32 CITY.
09:25:35 THERE'S SO MANY BLACK WOMEN, SO
09:25:37 MANY WHITE WOMEN, BLACK MEN,
09:25:40 WHITE MEN, AND HISPANIC PEOPLE
09:25:41 WHO'VE HAD FAMILY MEMBERS
09:25:47 MURDERED, UNSOLVED MYSTERY.
09:25:49 SOLVE SOME OF THOSE CRIMES AND
09:25:52 GIVE AWARDS FOR THAT AND STOP
09:25:55 WASTING THE TAXPAYERS' TIME ON
09:25:59 AN UGLY BUILDING, ON A
09:26:00 REPRESENTATIVE THAT'S
09:26:02 SUPPOSEDLY SOLVING A CHICKEN
09:26:04 PROBLEM IN DISTRICT 5.
09:26:06 THE MAN LOOKS LIKE A CHICKEN, A
09:26:07 COON CHICKEN, NOTHING MORE,
09:26:12 NOTHING LESS.
09:26:12 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:26:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU NEED TO
09:26:16 LOOK IN THE MIRROR, SIR.
09:26:18 >> THE MIRROR'S GOING TO SEE
09:26:21 ME, IT'S NOT GOING TO SEE YOU.
09:26:22 [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:26:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT PERSON.
09:26:32 >> I'M LORRAINE SMITH.
09:26:36 I LIVE AT 216 COLUMBIA DRIVE IN
09:26:38 TAMPA, AND I WANT TO SPEAK
09:26:40 ABOUT THE TWO ITEMS UNDER THE
09:26:46 TREE ORDINANCES.
09:26:51 I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WAIT
09:26:53 AND NOT CHANGE THE CURRENT
09:26:55 RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE
09:26:57 ON THE BOOKS BECAUSE THERE IS A
09:27:02 GREAT INTEREST IN THE TREES,
09:27:02 AND THERE ARE WORKSHOPS
09:27:05 HAPPENING TO LOOK AT WHAT IS
09:27:10 BEST FOR EVERYONE, BUT
09:27:14 NATIONALLY, THE TREE CANOPY AND
09:27:15 ITS EFFORTS ARE A GREAT
09:27:17 CONCERN, AND THERE IS A TIE-IN
09:27:18 TO WHAT IS GOING ON NATIONALLY
09:27:21 TO WHAT IS GOING ON HERE IN
09:27:25 TAMPA WITH TAMPA EXPANDING AS A
09:27:27 BEAUTIFUL CITY, AND WE NEED TO
09:27:31 BE VERY MINDFUL OF HOW WE ARE
09:27:32 SPENDING OUR FUNDS, OF COURSE,
09:27:34 AND SO THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT
09:27:36 THAT, AND UNTIL ALL OF THIS
09:27:37 GETS WORKED OUT, I WOULD ASK
09:27:39 THAT YOU NOT CHANGE ANY OF THE
09:27:41 ORDINANCES.
09:27:45 THE SO THAT WOULD APPLY TO 3
09:27:47 AND 4 BECAUSE I SEE THAT THERE
09:27:49 ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
09:27:51 I DON'T THINK YOU'D BE FAULTED
09:27:55 IN ANY WAY FOR ENCOURAGING MORE
09:27:57 WORKSHOPS AND MORE WORK TO BE
09:28:00 DONE BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES.
09:28:02 THANK YOU.
09:28:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:28:06 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK
09:28:08 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT?
09:28:12 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:28:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:28:18 SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO STAFF
09:28:23 REPORTS, ITEM NO. 2.
09:28:25 HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
09:28:26 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN
09:28:28 REDDICK, MEMBERS OF THE CITY
09:28:28 COUNCIL.
09:28:30 I'M KIMBERLY CRUM, YOUR
09:28:32 DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES,
09:28:33 BEFORE YOU TODAY ON AN ITEM OF
09:28:34 YOUR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
09:28:36 REGARDING DIVERSITY AWARENESS
09:28:40 TRAINING WITHIN THE CITY AND
09:28:40 THE POSSIBILITY OF THE
09:28:43 INCLUSION OF IMPLICIT BIAS
09:28:44 TRAINING AS PART OF THE CITY'S
09:28:46 TRAINING PROGRAM.
09:28:49 FIRST OF ALL, DIVERSITY
09:28:51 TRAINING WITHIN THE CITY FOR
09:28:52 ITS NEW EMPLOYEES IS
09:28:53 FOUNDATIONAL.
09:28:55 WE HAVE A ONE-DAY ORIENTATION
09:28:56 PROGRAM THAT ALL EMPLOYEES
09:28:58 ATTEND ON THEIR VERY FIRST DAY
09:29:00 WITH THE CITY, AND THEY'RE
09:29:03 EXPOSED TO A NUMBER OF ITEMS
09:29:04 REGARDING POLICIES AND
09:29:06 PRACTICES WITHIN THE CITY, AND
09:29:07 THEN WE DO A NUMBER OF
09:29:10 FOLLOW-UP TRAININGS AS WELL FOR
09:29:14 ALL GENERAL EMPLOYEES, POLICE,
09:29:15 AND FIRE THAT INCLUDE DIVERSITY
09:29:18 TRAINING AS A FOLLOW-ON ITEM.
09:29:21 IT'S A CULTURE-SETTING CLASS.
09:29:23 YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THROUGHOUT
09:29:27 THE CITY -- YOU, OF ALL PEOPLE,
09:29:30 KNOW, LOOKING ACROSS THE CITY
09:29:31 OF TAMPA HOW DIVERSE WE ARE AND
09:29:32 THAT OUR DIVERSITY IS
09:29:34 CELEBRATED HERE IN TAMPA.
09:29:36 WE HEAR THE MAYOR OFTEN TALK
09:29:38 ABOUT THE PAELLA THAT IS TAMPA,
09:29:39 AND CERTAINLY OUR EMPLOYEES
09:29:42 LOOK JUST AS DIVERSE AS THE
09:29:43 CITY DOES, AND SO IT'S
09:29:45 IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW FROM
09:29:47 THEIR VERY FIRST DAY WITH THE
09:29:48 CITY THAT DIVERSITY IS
09:29:49 SOMETHING THAT WE EMBRACE AND
09:29:51 WE CELEBRATE HERE AT THE CITY.
09:29:53 SO OUR COURSE IS ROBUST AND
09:29:54 INTERACTIVE.
09:29:56 ROBUST, IN THAT IT'S A
09:29:58 FOUR-HOUR CLASS DEVOTED TO
09:29:59 DIVERSITY AND TOPICS
09:30:00 SURROUNDING THAT, AND
09:30:02 INTERACTIVE IN THAT IT'S NOT AN
09:30:04 INSTRUCTOR TEACHING DIVERSITY,
09:30:07 IT'S VERY MUCH A GUIDED
09:30:09 DISCUSSION WITH SCENARIO-BASED
09:30:10 EXERCISES WHERE EMPLOYEES
09:30:13 ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE
09:30:15 CLASS AND, THEREFORE, GET A
09:30:17 WHOLE LOT MORE OUT OF IT.
09:30:19 DIVERSITY IS CELEBRATED IN
09:30:21 CLASS AS A STRENGTH, AND WE DO
09:30:23 GO OVER THE CITY'S EQUAL
09:30:24 OPPORTUNITY POLICY, WHICH IS
09:30:26 PART OF OUR PERSONNEL MANUAL
09:30:30 AND OUR UNION CONTRACT, WHERE
09:30:32 WE TALK AS A GROUP DISCUSSION
09:30:35 ABOUT HOW THE CITY IS A PLACE
09:30:36 AS AN EMPLOYER WHERE EVERYONE
09:30:40 HAS AN OPPORTUNITY -- ONCE YOU
09:30:41 SEED THIS PLANT, YOU HAVE AN
09:30:42 OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.
09:30:44 WE ALSO COVER THE
09:30:46 DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT POLICY,
09:30:48 WHICH IF BEHAVIOR HAS CROSSED A
09:30:50 BOUNDARY, WHAT CAN HAPPEN, THE
09:30:52 FACT THAT THE CITY HAS A ZERO
09:30:54 TOLERANCE FOR DISCRIMINATORY
09:30:56 CONDUCT IN THE CITY.
09:30:57 AND THEN WE TAKE IT BEYOND
09:30:59 THAT, NOT JUST THE RULES OF THE
09:31:01 ROAD AND WHAT HAPPENS IF BAD
09:31:03 BEHAVIOR HAPPENS, BUT AS A CITY
09:31:05 EMPLOYEE, WHAT IS YOUR
09:31:06 RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING SURE
09:31:09 THAT THE WORKPLACE AROUND YOU
09:31:11 IS FREE OF DISCRIMINATORY
09:31:13 CONDUCT OR BEHAVIOR AND WHAT'S
09:31:14 YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAKING
09:31:16 SURE THAT IF YOU HEAR SOMETHING
09:31:18 THAT YOU FEEL IS QUESTIONABLE
09:31:21 OR POTENTIALLY DAMAGING, WHAT
09:31:24 IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR
09:31:25 SPEAKING UP IN AN APPROPRIATE
09:31:27 WAY AND SETTING THAT RIGHT.
09:31:28 SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT ARE
09:31:30 COVERED IN DIVERSITY TRAINING
09:31:32 CENTER AROUND PERCEPTION.
09:31:36 WE TALK ABOUT PREJUDICE, BIAS,
09:31:37 BOTH CONSCIOUS BIAS AND
09:31:41 UNCONSCIOUS BIAS, STEREOTYPING,
09:31:42 AND WE GO BEYOND THOSE THINGS
09:31:44 INTO INCLUSION VS. EXCLUSION,
09:31:47 SO IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SIMPLY
09:31:48 TOLERATE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE
09:31:50 DIFFERENT THAN YOU OR THINK
09:31:52 DIFFERENTLY THAN YOU, BUT HOW
09:31:54 DO WE EMBRACE PEOPLE BECAUSE
09:31:55 EVEN THOSE OF US THAT HAVE A
09:31:59 JOB THAT WE'RE THE ONLY PERSON
09:32:01 IN THAT ROLE, WE ALL WORK AS
09:32:02 PART OF A TEAM, SO
09:32:04 INCLUSIVENESS AND MAKING SURE
09:32:06 THAT FOLKS ARE WELCOMED AND
09:32:07 THEIR DIVERSITY IS APPRECIATED
09:32:10 IS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE AT THE
09:32:10 CITY.
09:32:13 WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT AS
09:32:15 PEOPLE, WE HAVE FAR MORE
09:32:15 SIMILARITIES THAN WE HAVE
09:32:20 DIFFERENCES AND THAT TEAMWORK
09:32:22 REALLY DOES MAKE THE DREAM WORK
09:32:23 HERE IN THE CITY.
09:32:25 WE TALKED SOMEWHAT ABOUT
09:32:28 PROTECTED CLASSES SO THAT
09:32:29 EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT --
09:32:30 WHAT THE FEDERAL LAW, WHAT THE
09:32:32 STATE LAW, AND EVEN THAT THE
09:32:34 CITY OF TAMPA CHARTER GOES EVEN
09:32:37 BEYOND TO INCLUDE SOME
09:32:39 VARIETIES, LIKE GENDER IDENTITY
09:32:41 AND EXPRESSION, THAT MAY NOT BE
09:32:45 INCLUDED IN FEDERAL LAW.
09:32:46 THE DIVERSITY TRAINING COURSE,
09:32:48 THE FOUR-HOUR COURSE THAT I WAS
09:32:49 SPEAKING OF, RECEIVES
09:32:51 CONSISTENTLY OUTSTANDING
09:32:54 REVIEWS FROM PARTICIPANTS, NOT
09:32:56 JUST BECAUSE IT'S EFFECTIVE IN
09:32:57 THE WORKPLACE, BUT MANY OF OUR
09:32:59 PARTICIPANTS GIVE FEEDBACK THAT
09:33:01 SAYS, THIS WILL HELP ME IN MY
09:33:03 PERSONAL LIFE AS WELL TO BE
09:33:05 ABLE TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT I
09:33:09 FIND UNSETTLING OR OUT OF LINE.
09:33:11 BEYOND THE INITIAL COURSE THAT
09:33:13 ALL CITY GENERAL EMPLOYEES AND
09:33:16 FIREFIGHTERS TAKE, AN
09:33:17 ADDITIONAL COURSE HAS BEEN
09:33:18 CREATED FOR THE FIRE
09:33:19 DEPARTMENT, AND CERTAINLY,
09:33:22 BECAUSE THEY HAVE -- MOST OF US
09:33:24 WORK EIGHT HOURS OR TEN-HOUR
09:33:25 DAYS OR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT
09:33:27 MORE, BUT FIREFIGHTERS ARE
09:33:29 TOGETHER 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN
09:33:30 DAYS A WEEK, AND SO WHILE
09:33:32 THEY'RE ON SHIFT, THEY'RE ON
09:33:33 MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT, AND
09:33:35 SO THAT COMMUNAL LIVING
09:33:37 ARRANGEMENT CAN CREATE SOME
09:33:39 ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
09:33:41 DISCUSSION, AND SO MUCH OF THAT
09:33:44 ADDITIONAL FOUR-HOUR COURSE
09:33:45 THAT ARE DONE BY FIREFIGHTERS
09:33:46 GOES INTO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
09:33:48 WORKPLACE WHEN YOU'RE LIVING
09:33:52 TOGETHER DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
09:33:54 BEYOND THE INITIAL TRAINING FOR
09:33:55 -- THAT WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT
09:33:57 ALREADY, WE DO CONDUCT
09:33:58 SUPERVISORY TRAINING IN THE
09:33:59 CITY.
09:34:00 WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT IS SIX
09:34:03 HALF-HOUR DAYS THAT ARE DONE IN
09:34:05 SUCCESSION EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM
09:34:08 8:00 UNTIL NOON.
09:34:12 SUPERVISORS GO THROUGH A WIDE
09:34:14 VARIETY OF TOPICS, AND WOVEN
09:34:15 THROUGHOUT THAT COURSE IS THE
09:34:17 IDEA THAT DIVERSITY IS A
09:34:19 STRENGTH IN THE CITY AND THAT
09:34:20 THE SUPERVISOR SETS THE TONE
09:34:21 FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
09:34:25 WORKPLACE, AND SO THEY'RE GIVEN
09:34:27 ADDITIONAL TOOLS FOR HOW TO
09:34:28 ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MIGHT ARISE
09:34:30 IN THE WORKPLACE AND HOW TO
09:34:33 PROPERLY REPORT THEM.
09:34:34 SO LOOKING FORWARD TOWARDS THE
09:34:36 QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT
09:34:37 IMPLICIT BIAS, YOU KNOW,
09:34:40 IMPLICIT BIAS IS DEFINED AS
09:34:42 ATTITUDES OR STEREOTYPES THAT
09:34:44 AFFECT OUR UNDERSTANDING, OUR
09:34:46 ACTIONS, OR OUR DECISIONS THAT
09:34:47 -- AND IT'S DONE IN AN
09:34:50 UNCONSCIOUS MANNER, SO IT'S
09:34:53 WHERE BIAS OR STEREOTYPES MIGHT
09:34:55 INFILTRATE OUR THINKING WITHOUT
09:34:57 US EVEN REALLY RECOGNIZING IT,
09:35:00 AND CERTAINLY, THERE'S BEEN A
09:35:02 LOT OF SCIENCE AND A LOT OF
09:35:03 STUDY THAT'S BEEN DONE ON
09:35:05 IMPLICIT BIAS.
09:35:08 THE FACT THAT OUR COURSES TODAY
09:35:09 THAT ARE DONE FOR GENERAL
09:35:11 EMPLOYEES SPEAK TO UNCONSCIOUS
09:35:14 BIAS, IT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN
09:35:18 OUR COURSES, AND CERTAINLY, IF
09:35:19 WE WANTED TO INCLUDE THE
09:35:21 SCIENCE AROUND IT OR SOME
09:35:22 ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-ON TOPICS
09:35:25 REGARDING IMPLICIT BIAS, IT
09:35:26 WOULD BE RELATIVELY
09:35:27 STRAIGHTFORWARD TO DO FOR THE
09:35:29 GENERAL EMPLOYEE CLASSES THAT
09:35:31 WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
09:35:32 SO I KNOW THAT THE POLICE CHIEF
09:35:33 AND THE FIRE CHIEF ARE
09:35:36 FOLLOWING TO TALK SPECIFICALLY
09:35:37 ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT THEY
09:35:40 PROVIDE FOR SWORN PERSONNEL,
09:35:42 BUT THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS
09:35:45 ON THE TOPIC.
09:35:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
09:35:49 >>HARRY COHEN: YEAH, I'LL JUST
09:35:50 ASK YOU A QUESTION BECAUSE I'M
09:35:51 NOT REALLY ALL THAT FAMILIAR
09:35:52 WITH THE COURSES THEMSELVES, SO
09:35:53 I HAVE NO WAY OF EVALUATING
09:35:55 WHICH COURSES WORK AND DON'T,
09:35:57 BUT HOW OFTEN DO YOU AND YOUR
09:35:58 DEPARTMENT REVIEW THE
09:36:01 CURRICULUM AND DETERMINE SORT
09:36:02 OF WHAT THE BALANCE OF ISSUES
09:36:04 IS GOING TO BE THAT ARE GOING
09:36:05 TO BE COVERED IN THESE
09:36:06 TRAININGS?
09:36:07 >> WE'RE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING
09:36:12 THE CURRICULUM COUNCILPERSON
09:36:14 COHEN.
09:36:15 WE GET FEEDBACK FROM EACH AND
09:36:17 EVERY CLASS THAT'S OFFERED, AND
09:36:19 THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR
09:36:21 PARTICIPANTS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
09:36:22 AND CERTAINLY, WE WATCH WHAT'S
09:36:23 HAPPENING WITHIN THE WORKPLACE
09:36:25 TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE
09:36:26 PARTICULAR ITEMS OF CONCERN
09:36:32 THAT WE MAY WANT TO ADDRESS OR
09:36:33 MOVE BEYOND.
09:36:34 >>HARRY COHEN: IT JUST -- IT
09:36:36 SEEMS TO ME, FROM MY EXPERIENCE
09:36:39 IN THE WORKPLACE, THAT YOU CAN
09:36:41 REVIEW A POLICY FIVE YEARS AGO,
09:36:43 SAY, AND YOU THINK, OH, MY
09:36:44 GOSH, I JUST REVIEWED THAT, WE
09:36:46 JUST WENT OVER THAT FIVE YEARS
09:36:48 AGO, BUT IN THE TIME THAT
09:36:51 PASSES, THE WORLD TURNS UPSIDE
09:36:53 DOWN AND CHANGES, AND THE
09:36:56 ISSUES THAT COME UP ARE THINGS
09:37:00 THAT SORT OF EVOLVE WITH THE
09:37:01 NATIONAL CONVERSATION, SO I
09:37:02 GUESS I'M JUST SORT OF
09:37:04 WONDERING HOW NIMBLE WE'RE ABLE
09:37:06 TO BE IN SORT OF PICKING UP ON
09:37:08 THOSE NUANCES AND MAKING SURE
09:37:10 THAT OUR TRAININGS -- I MEAN,
09:37:13 THE ME TOO MOVEMENT IS A GREAT
09:37:14 EXAMPLE OF THAT, OF THE AMOUNT
09:37:17 OF ATTENTION THAT'S BEEN PAID
09:37:17 TO THAT.
09:37:19 WHAT -- WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING
09:37:20 LIKE THAT IN THE NEWS, WHAT
09:37:22 TYPE OF A RESPONSE DOES THAT
09:37:23 TRIGGER FROM YOU OR FROM YOUR
09:37:24 DEPARTMENT OF, YOU KNOW, WE
09:37:25 OUGHT TO LOOK AND SEE IF WE
09:37:28 FEEL LIKE THIS STILL APPLIES
09:37:30 THE WAY IT DID MAYBE FIVE YEARS
09:37:33 AGO WHEN WE DEVELOPED IT.
09:37:34 >> CERTAINLY FROM OUR
09:37:37 COURSEWARE PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE
09:37:38 A TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
09:37:39 MANAGER AND A TRAINING AND
09:37:40 DEVELOPMENT STAFF WHO PUT ON
09:37:41 THE COURSES, THE ONES THAT
09:37:42 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
09:37:44 WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY,
09:37:45 THROUGH OUR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
09:37:47 STAFF, TO DO QUICK-HIT TOPICS
09:37:49 OUT IN THE FIELD, SO OUR
09:37:51 EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SPECIALISTS
09:37:53 ARE ASSIGNED DEPARTMENTS, AND
09:37:54 SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE
09:37:56 TOPICS THAT ARE HOT-BUTTON
09:37:59 TOPICS THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS
09:38:00 FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER,
09:38:02 EITHER PROACTIVELY OR
09:38:05 REACTIVELY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY
09:38:06 TO DO THAT.
09:38:06 >>HARRY COHEN: DO YOU HAVE THE
09:38:08 ABILITY TO ENGAGE OUTSIDE
09:38:09 TRAINERS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
09:38:11 EXPERTISE IN-HOUSE?
09:38:12 >> IF NECESSARY.
09:38:12 >>HARRY COHEN: AND DO THOSE
09:38:14 PEOPLE OFTEN COME TO YOU WITH
09:38:15 IDEAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
09:38:16 SOMETHING WE'RE DOING BECAUSE
09:38:20 THE MARKETPLACE HAS SORT OF
09:38:20 DEMANDED IT?
09:38:22 I MEAN, DO THEY REACH OUT TO
09:38:23 YOU WITH NEW CURRICULUM IDEAS?
09:38:25 >> WE DO HAVE FOLKS WHO REACH
09:38:28 OUT TO US TO PROVIDE THEIR
09:38:31 EXPERTISE ROUTINELY, YES.
09:38:31 >>HARRY COHEN: ALL RIGHT.
09:38:34 I JUST -- I THINK THAT THE KEY
09:38:35 TO ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEING
09:38:37 EFFECTIVE IS TO CONSTANTLY BE
09:38:39 LOOKING AT IT, CONSTANTLY BE
09:38:42 TWEAKING IT, CONSTANTLY BE SORT
09:38:44 OF EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT
09:38:45 THE TRAINING IS PERTINENT
09:38:46 ANYMORE.
09:38:47 YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME ISSUES
09:38:53 THAT MAY RECEDE FROM BEING
09:38:56 HOT-BUTTON ISSUES, AND IT GIVES
09:38:57 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER
09:38:58 ISSUES TO BE, YOU KNOW, MORE
09:39:00 THOROUGHLY ADDRESSED, SO THAT
09:39:01 WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.
09:39:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. VIERA.
09:39:03 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
09:39:04 MR. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU,
09:39:06 MS. CRUM, FOR YOUR DETAILED
09:39:07 PRESENTATION.
09:39:08 WE APPRECIATE THAT.
09:39:09 YOU KNOW, THE REASON I BROUGHT
09:39:10 THIS UP WAS BECAUSE IT'S
09:39:11 SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN
09:39:12 THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
09:39:13 AND SOMETHING THAT APPARENTLY
09:39:16 IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE IN
09:39:18 THE CHARTER SPECIFICALLY WITH
09:39:19 REGARDS TO IMPLICIT BIAS
09:39:21 TRAINING.
09:39:21 IN MY OWN DISTRICT
09:39:22 SPECIFICALLY, IN NEW TAMPA,
09:39:24 THERE'S A LOT OF DIVERSITY,
09:39:26 ESPECIALLY A LOT OF RELIGIOUS
09:39:26 DIVERSITY.
09:39:29 WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE
09:39:32 NEW TAMPA AREA WHO ARE ISLAMIC
09:39:35 OR MUSLIM, MANY WHO ARE HINDU,
09:39:35 BUDDHIST, ET CETERA, SO BIAS
09:39:38 TRAINING GOES TO A WHOLE
09:39:40 DIFFERENT NUMBER CATEGORIES,
09:39:41 AND THE CITY OF TAMPA, I THINK,
09:39:43 HAS MADE GOOD GROUNDWORK, FOR
09:39:43 EXAMPLE, WITH THE AUTISM
09:39:46 SENSORY-FRIENDLY TRAINING THAT
09:39:48 ALL CITY EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING.
09:39:53 THAT'S A REAL LEAP FORWARD.
09:39:54 WE RECENTLY SAW WITH TPD MAKE
09:39:54 OUTREACH TO VETERANS, VETERANS
09:39:57 MAY BE GETTING IN TROUBLE AND
09:39:58 OFFICERS AVAILING THEMSELVES TO
09:39:58 THEIR OWN HISTORY IN THE
09:39:58 MILITARY AND REACHING OUT TO
09:40:00 SUSPECTS, SO CERTAINLY I THINK
09:40:01 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
09:40:03 IMPORTANT, BUT LET ME ASK YOU,
09:40:05 MS. CRUM -- YOU HAD MENTIONED
09:40:07 IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, WHICH
09:40:09 IS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THE
09:40:10 PROPOSED LANGUAGE IN THE
09:40:11 CHARTER AMENDMENT.
09:40:13 DOES TRAINING NOW SPECIFICALLY
09:40:15 INCLUDE IMPLICIT BIAS?
09:40:17 >> THE TRAINING THAT WE HAVE
09:40:18 TODAY HAS ALWAYS INCLUDED THE
09:40:20 TOPIC OF CONSCIOUS AND
09:40:22 UNCONSCIOUS BIAS.
09:40:24 THE WORD "IMPLICIT" DOES NOT
09:40:26 APPEAR IN OUR TRAINING TODAY,
09:40:27 AND, ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU DO
09:40:28 RESEARCH ON WHAT IS IMPLICIT
09:40:30 BIAS AND WHAT IS THE CHARTER
09:40:31 REVIEW COMMISSION -- BECAUSE
09:40:33 I'M NOT PRIVY TO THEIR
09:40:34 DISCUSSIONS, SO WHEN YOU LOOK
09:40:37 AT WHAT IS IMPLICIT BIAS IN THE
09:40:39 VERNACULAR, THERE'S QUITE A BIT
09:40:41 OF RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE BY
09:40:43 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CORNELL
09:40:45 UNIVERSITY ARE TWO LEADERS,
09:40:48 OHIO UNIVERSITY AS WELL, AND SO
09:40:49 WHEN YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT WHAT
09:40:51 THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER, IT
09:40:53 PROBABLY GOES A LITTLE BIT MORE
09:40:56 INTO DEPTH INTO THE RESEARCH
09:40:57 BEHIND -- THE BRAIN RESEARCH
09:40:59 AROUND IMPLICIT BIAS, AND
09:41:01 THERE'S PROBABLY -- WHAT WE
09:41:03 HAVE TODAY IS GOOD AND COULD BE
09:41:05 -- COULD BE MORE ROBUST.
09:41:06 >>LUIS VIERA: MM-HMM.
09:41:06 OKAY.
09:41:07 SO DO YOU THINK THERE'S ROOM
09:41:08 FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THAT REGARD
09:41:09 THEN?
09:41:10 >> I THINK THERE'S ROOM TO MAKE
09:41:11 IT MORE ROBUST.
09:41:12 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
09:41:12 SURE.
09:41:13 >> YEAH.
09:41:14 AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT
09:41:16 WOULD BE FAIRLY SIMPLE TO DO.
09:41:17 >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
09:41:18 AND HOW OFTEN DO EMPLOYEES
09:41:21 RECEIVE THIS TRAINING, AND IS
09:41:22 IT DONE LIVE OR BY VIDEOTAPE?
09:41:24 I ASSUME IT'S DONE LIVE BY
09:41:25 PERSON.
09:41:26 >> TODAY IT'S DONE LIVE BY A
09:41:29 STAND-UP TRAINER.
09:41:30 ONE OF OUR CITY PROFESSIONALS
09:41:31 CONDUCTS THE COURSE.
09:41:32 IN FACT, IT'S BEING CONDUCTED
09:41:35 RIGHT NOW.
09:41:36 >>LUIS VIERA: AND IS THIS
09:41:38 AMOUNT THE SAME FOR FRIENDS
09:41:41 WITH POLICE AND FIRE OR IS IT
09:41:42 DIFFERENT FOR EACH DEPARTMENT?
09:41:43 >> I'M GOING TO ALLOW POLICE
09:41:45 AND FIRE TO ANSWER THOSE
09:41:46 QUESTIONS, BUT CLEARLY, THE
09:41:47 FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE
09:41:48 ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-ON TRAINING
09:41:50 THAT WE HAVE ASSISTED IN
09:41:52 DEVELOPING, AND SO I'M VERY
09:41:53 FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AND I
09:41:55 BELIEVE YOU'LL FIND THAT POLICE
09:41:57 HAVE MUCH ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-ON
09:41:57 TRAINING REGARDING IMPLICIT
09:41:59 BIAS.
09:41:59 >>LUIS VIERA: AND IS THIS
09:42:00 TRAINING THAT OCCURS EVERY YEAR
09:42:02 OR IS IT A ONE-TIME YOU'RE
09:42:03 HIRED, YOU'RE TRAINED, AND THEN
09:42:05 YOU'RE GOOD FOR THE REST OF
09:42:05 YOUR TIME?
09:42:07 >> WELL, I WOULD NEVER SAY IT'S
09:42:08 YOU'RE TRAINED ONE TIME AND
09:42:09 YOU'RE GOOD FOR THE REST OF
09:42:11 YOUR TENURE WITH THE CITY, BUT
09:42:13 IT IS CAPTURED AT NEW HIRE --
09:42:14 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
09:42:15 >> -- BECAUSE IT SETS THE
09:42:16 FOUNDATION FOR OUR CITY
09:42:17 EMPLOYEES.
09:42:18 >>LUIS VIERA: SO THERE IS
09:42:19 NOTHING IN PLACE FOR ANNUAL
09:42:20 ONGOING TRAINING?
09:42:22 >> THERE IS NOT ANNUAL
09:42:24 LOOK-ALIKE CLASS, A FOUR-HOUR
09:42:25 CLASS LIKE THIS, NO.
09:42:26 >>LUIS VIERA: AND WE ALL KNOW
09:42:27 THAT TRAINING LIKE THIS,
09:42:29 OBVIOUSLY, COSTS THE CITY
09:42:29 MONEY.
09:42:32 IT COSTS THE CITY MONEY WITH
09:42:33 REGARDS TO PEOPLE NOT BEING ON
09:42:34 THEIR JOB AND LOST
09:42:34 PRODUCTIVITY.
09:42:35 WE DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE OR A
09:42:37 MONETARY AMOUNT OF WHAT THAT
09:42:40 PRESENTLY COSTS THE CITY; DO
09:42:40 WE?
09:42:42 >> I DON'T, BUT I THINK, IN
09:42:43 FACT, THE CITY FEELS THAT IT IS
09:42:44 AN INVESTMENT IN OUR NEW
09:42:46 EMPLOYEES THAT PAYS GREAT
09:42:49 DIVIDENDS IN THE WORKPLACE.
09:42:50 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I AGREE.
09:42:51 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
09:42:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:42:54 MR. SUAREZ.
09:42:56 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MS. CRUM, THANKS
09:42:56 FOR COMING UP HERE AND MAKING
09:42:57 THIS PRESENTATION.
09:43:01 I HAVE A QUESTION, AND IT COMES
09:43:02 TO SOMEWHAT IN TERMS OF THE
09:43:04 BIAS, AND, ACTUALLY, MR. COHEN
09:43:05 TOUCHED ON IT JUST A LITTLE
09:43:08 BIT, WHICH IS IF YOU HAVE A
09:43:09 SUPERVISOR, DO YOU -- DO YOU
09:43:11 ACTUALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW,
09:43:13 REVIEWS OF THE SUPERVISOR FROM
09:43:16 THE EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES?
09:43:18 >> LIKE A 360-DEGREE TYPE OF
09:43:20 FEEDBACK WHERE --
09:43:21 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH, FEEDBACK
09:43:23 FROM EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE WHAT
09:43:24 HAPPENS -- AND I THINK YOU KNOW
09:43:26 THIS BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN IN HR
09:43:28 FOR SOME TIME, IS THAT YOU CAN
09:43:30 GET A PRETTY GOOD SENSE OF
09:43:31 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT
09:43:33 SUPERVISORY ROLE IN THAT
09:43:33 PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT WHEN YOU
09:43:35 GET A LOT OF DIFFERENT, YOU
09:43:36 KNOW, OPINIONS FROM EVERYONE
09:43:38 ELSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T
09:43:40 HAVE THOSE ISSUES WHERE
09:43:41 SOMEBODY MAY BE DOING SOMETHING
09:43:43 AS A SUPERVISOR, BECAUSE,
09:43:44 OBVIOUSLY, THE SUPERVISOR WILL
09:43:46 REVIEW THE FOLKS THAT ARE
09:43:47 UNDERNEATH THEM, AND THEN YOU
09:43:49 WILL -- OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR
09:43:50 DEPARTMENT HEAD WILL GET THAT
09:43:53 REVIEW OF ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES.
09:43:54 MAYBE THERE'S A BAD REVIEW OF
09:43:56 ONE PARTICULAR PERSON AND YOU
09:43:57 FIND OUT LATER ON THAT MAYBE
09:44:00 THAT PERSON WAS BEING SINGLED
09:44:02 OUT FOR DIFFERENT REASONS AND
09:44:03 THE SUPERVISOR WAS DOING
09:44:03 SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T
09:44:05 HAVE BEEN DOING.
09:44:06 HAVE YOU -- DO YOU ALL HAVE
09:44:08 THAT IN PLACE SO THAT EMPLOYEES
09:44:11 CAN MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT
09:44:13 SUPERVISORS OR THINGS THAT ARE
09:44:15 GOING ON THERE WITHOUT IT
09:44:17 HAVING TO BE A WHISTLE-BLOWER
09:44:18 SITUATION WHERE YOU CAN GET
09:44:20 THAT -- KIND OF THAT -- YOU
09:44:22 JUST MENTIONED THAT 360-DEGREE
09:44:24 VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN A
09:44:24 PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT.
09:44:25 IS THAT SOMETHING YOU DO NOW?
09:44:27 >> THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A
09:44:29 360-DEGREE FEEDBACK PROCESS NOR
09:44:31 DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR AN
09:44:33 EMPLOYEE TO FORMALLY REVIEW
09:44:35 THEIR SUPERVISOR, NO.
09:44:37 THAT DOES NOT EXIST TODAY.
09:44:37 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
09:44:39 HAS THERE BEEN ANY STUDIES --
09:44:41 AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO
09:44:42 DEFER TO YOU AS THE EXPERT.
09:44:44 HAVE YOU SEEN ANY STUDIES IN
09:44:46 TERMS OF HOW THAT IS A TOOL OR
09:44:48 GOOD TOOL OR BAD TOOL OR
09:44:48 ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
09:44:50 >> WELL, I'M FAMILIAR WITH
09:44:52 360-DEGREE FEEDBACK BECAUSE OF
09:44:54 MY TIME PRIOR TO COMING TO THE
09:44:55 CITY IN A CORPORATE
09:44:56 ENVIRONMENT.
09:44:56 >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
09:44:58 >> YOU KNOW, DURING OUR
09:44:59 SUPERVISORY TRAINING CLASS THAT
09:45:01 I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE SIX
09:45:03 HALF-DAY SESSIONS THAT WE
09:45:05 CONDUCT, SUPERVISORS ARE
09:45:09 ENCOURAGED TO GO BACK TO THEIR
09:45:10 WORKGROUP AND TO SURVEY THEM.
09:45:18 NOW, IT'S NOT A FACE-TO-FACE OR
09:45:19 PAPER THAT'S GOING TO BE TURNED
09:45:21 IN TO THE SUPERVISOR, BUT IT'S
09:45:23 ANONYMOUS, AND ROUTINELY WE GET
09:45:25 REPORTS THAT THEY DO, IN FACT,
09:45:26 RECEIVE FEEDBACK, BUT IT'S NOT
09:45:29 A FORMAL ANONYMOUS SURVEY.
09:45:30 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND SOMETIMES ON
09:45:33 THE 360 LOOK-BACK, AND I KNOW,
09:45:35 HAVING BEEN IN CORPORATE
09:45:35 AMERICA TOO, WHICH IS THEY'LL
09:45:37 SEND YOU AN ENTIRE SURVEY ABOUT
09:45:39 HOW ARE THINGS GOING IN YOUR
09:45:41 GROUP AND THINGS, AND IT SAYS,
09:45:41 AND PLEASE PUT YOUR EMAIL
09:45:43 ADDRESS RIGHT HERE SO WE CAN
09:45:45 RESPOND TO YOU, AND IT'S LIKE I
09:45:46 GUESS IT'S NOT ANONYMOUS AFTER
09:45:48 ALL, SO I THINK THAT IT'S
09:45:49 IMPORTANT -- I KNOW THAT FOR ME
09:45:51 HAVING BEEN A SUPERVISOR AT ONE
09:45:52 POINT TOO, ONE OF THE PRACTICES
09:45:55 THAT I'VE ALWAYS DONE -- AND
09:45:56 I'M STILL A SUPERVISOR TO SOME
09:45:58 DEGREE -- DEPENDING ON WHAT
09:46:00 PEOPLE THINK ABOUT
09:46:02 MS. HARDWICK, SOMETIMES I'M
09:46:04 BEING SUPERVISED BY HER, BUT
09:46:06 WHAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS,
09:46:08 IS THAT IF THERE IS A PLAN, YOU
09:46:10 KNOW, A WORK PLAN, FOR THAT
09:46:10 PARTICULAR YEAR, MAYBE A
09:46:13 SIX-MONTH -- OR EVEN A PROJECT
09:46:14 THAT THERE IS FEEDBACK FROM
09:46:15 BOTH SIDES, MEANING THAT, YOU
09:46:17 KNOW, HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD
09:46:19 EXPECT FROM ME, HERE'S WHAT I
09:46:20 SHOULD EXPECT FROM YOU, AND IT
09:46:21 SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT OF A WRITTEN
09:46:25 DOCUMENT OVER THE COURSE OF A
09:46:26 YEAR.
09:46:27 NO PROMISE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
09:46:29 BE ABLE TO FULFILL ALL THOSE
09:46:30 THINGS YOU HAVE IN THAT WORK
09:46:31 DOCUMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S
09:46:33 IMPORTANT THAT HAVING THAT KIND
09:46:34 OF TRUST BETWEEN EMPLOYEE AND
09:46:36 SUPERVISOR IS VERY IMPORTANT,
09:46:36 ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING
09:46:41 ABOUT BIAS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
09:46:42 THERE ARE EMPLOYEES THAT
09:46:44 BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE
09:46:46 INDIVIDUALLY SINGLED OUT
09:46:48 BECAUSE THE SUPERVISOR DOES NOT
09:46:49 LIKE THEM OR THEY DO NOT GET
09:46:51 THE KIND OF REVIEWS THAT THEY
09:46:54 EXPECT BECAUSE THEY HAVE
09:46:54 FAVORITES.
09:46:56 I'M SURE YOU HEAR THAT ALL THE
09:46:56 TIME.
09:46:57 I KNOW I DO FROM NOT ONLY
09:46:59 EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE CITY BUT
09:47:00 AT OTHER COMPANIES.
09:47:01 SO I THINK THAT IT MAY BE A
09:47:03 PRACTICE TO THINK ABOUT -- AND,
09:47:04 AGAIN, YOU ARE THE PRACTITIONER
09:47:06 AND THE EXPERT ON THIS, BUT I
09:47:09 WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT MIGHT
09:47:11 BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT FOR
09:47:13 FUTURE -- FOR FUTURE, YOU KNOW,
09:47:14 EMPLOYEES OR FOR FUTURE
09:47:16 SUPERVISORS BECAUSE I THINK IT
09:47:17 GOES BACK TO WHAT MR. VIERA WAS
09:47:18 SAYING ABOUT SOME OF THE --
09:47:20 SOME OF THE BIAS, AND I THINK
09:47:22 YOU'RE RIGHT, WE TRY NOT TO
09:47:24 CALL IT IMPLICIT BIAS.
09:47:26 "UNCONSCIOUS BIAS" IS PROBABLY
09:47:28 A BETTER TERM, BUT IT DOES, I
09:47:29 THINK, ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO
09:47:31 RELAX ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING
09:47:33 BECAUSE THE EXPECTATION'S
09:47:34 ALREADY THERE, AND THEN THE
09:47:36 EMPLOYEE KNOWS WHAT THE
09:47:38 EXPECTATION IS ON BOTH SIDES,
09:47:39 AND I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT
09:47:40 HELP A LITTLE BIT.
09:47:41 JUST A SUGGESTION, YOU KNOW,
09:47:43 AND, AGAIN, YOU'RE THE HR
09:47:44 DIRECTOR, I'M NOT, BUT I THINK
09:47:45 THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO
09:47:47 LOOK AT.
09:47:47 APPRECIATE IT.
09:47:48 >> I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS
09:47:49 ON THAT.
09:47:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HAVE A
09:47:52 QUESTION FOR YOU.
09:47:56 WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS,
09:47:57 HOW MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN
09:47:59 TERMINATED BECAUSE OF THE
09:48:00 VIOLATION OF THE DIVERSITY
09:48:01 POLICY?
09:48:02 >> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
09:48:05 THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
09:48:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: IS IT POSSIBLE
09:48:07 FOR YOU --
09:48:09 >> I COULD CERTAINLY RESEARCH
09:48:11 IT AND RETURN AN ANSWER TO YOU.
09:48:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: I WOULD
09:48:12 APPRECIATE THAT.
09:48:13 >> SURE.
09:48:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: DO YOU
09:48:15 COMMONLY GET QUITE A FEW
09:48:16 COMPLAINTS ABOUT SOMEONE IN
09:48:19 VIOLATION OF THIS TRAINING,
09:48:19 DIVERSITY TRAINING?
09:48:21 >> NO.
09:48:23 THE CITY -- CERTAINLY, WE HAVE
09:48:24 4,000 EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE
09:48:26 CITY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF
09:48:30 MOVING PARTS AND A VARIETY OF
09:48:32 TYPES OF WORK AND LOCATIONS
09:48:34 WHERE WORK IS BEING DONE, SO
09:48:36 THERE ARE ROUTINELY, YOU KNOW,
09:48:37 ISSUES THAT ARISE IN ANY
09:48:39 WORKPLACE, BUT WHEN I COMPARE
09:48:43 US TO MY FORMER EXPERIENCE IN
09:48:45 THE CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT AND I
09:48:47 TALK TO OTHER HR DIRECTORS IN
09:48:50 CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT, I
09:48:52 FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A VERY STABLE
09:48:56 WORKPLACE AND ONE THAT IS
09:48:58 LARGELY, MOSTLY, VIEWED AS FAIR
09:49:01 AND EQUITABLE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN
09:49:03 BE SEEDS PLANTED AND THEY'RE
09:49:03 ALLOWED TO GROW.
09:49:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:49:06 AND JUST ONE LAST QUESTION.
09:49:07 I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT
09:49:13 MR. COHEN STATED ABOUT WE'RE IN
09:49:15 THIS ME TOO ENVIRONMENT, AND
09:49:17 YOU MENTIONED ABOUT YOU TRIED
09:49:18 TO DO YOUR TRAINING WITH NEW
09:49:19 EMPLOYEES, NEW HIRES.
09:49:20 >> YES, MM-HMM.
09:49:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: ON THE
09:49:24 AVERAGE, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO
09:49:25 YOU HIRE A YEAR?
09:49:27 >> BETWEEN 250 AND 400
09:49:29 EMPLOYEES A YEAR.
09:49:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: BETWEEN --
09:49:31 THAT MANY A YEAR?
09:49:32 >> PER YEAR.
09:49:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: PER YEAR.
09:49:34 ALL RIGHT.
09:49:38 NOW, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
09:49:40 WORKING, THOSE OTHER 200 --
09:49:42 2,000 OR WHATEVER THAT HAVE
09:49:45 BEEN WORKING FOR A NUMBER OF
09:49:46 YEARS, DO YOU FEEL THAT THEY'RE
09:49:48 MISSING OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY
09:49:49 TO RECEIVE THAT TYPE OF
09:49:50 TRAINING FOR THE ME TOO
09:49:51 ENVIRONMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY
09:49:53 TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THIS
09:49:53 COUNTRY?
09:49:55 IT SEEMS TO ME IF YOU'RE JUST
09:49:56 GOING TO FOCUS ON NEW EMPLOYEES
09:50:00 AND YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY THAT'S
09:50:02 BEEN WORKING FIVE, TEN, 15
09:50:05 YEARS, NOW THAT THIS IS TAKING
09:50:07 PLACE, THEY MIGHT BE SLIPPING
09:50:10 UNDER THE RUG SOMEWHERE AND NOT
09:50:12 RECEIVING THE TYPE OF TRAINING,
09:50:15 AND I THINK -- I WOULD HOPE
09:50:17 THAT YOU WOULD GIVE SOME
09:50:18 CONSIDERATION THAT EVERY
09:50:22 EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE TRAINED, AND
09:50:24 I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A
09:50:27 FOUR-HOUR TRAINING, BUT ABOUT
09:50:30 THIS ME TOO ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE
09:50:31 YOU LEAVE IT TO JUST NEW
09:50:33 EMPLOYEES, THEN SOMEONE IS NOT
09:50:36 GOING TO BE A NEW EMPLOYEE WHO
09:50:39 MIGHT BE IN VIOLATION OF -- AS
09:50:42 A SENIOR EMPLOYEE, SO I THINK
09:50:43 THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER
09:50:45 BECAUSE IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED
09:50:48 YET, IT WILL HAPPEN SOON, I
09:50:48 WILL ASSURE YOU.
09:50:50 >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
09:50:52 COMMENTS, CHAIRMAN REDDICK.
09:50:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:50:53 >> CERTAINLY, OUR EMPLOYEES DO
09:50:54 CONTINUE TO RECEIVE TRAINING
09:50:57 THROUGHOUT THEIR TENURE, AND WE
09:50:58 APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS
09:51:00 REGARDING ONGOING TRAINING.
09:51:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:51:01 THANK YOU.
09:51:03 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR
09:51:04 MS. CRUM?
09:51:06 ALL RIGHT.
09:51:06 CHIEF DUGAN.
09:51:08 >> THANK YOU.
09:51:11 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:51:12 BRIAN DUGAN, CHIEF OF POLICE,
09:51:14 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
09:51:16 BACK IN 2014, THE TAMPA POLICE
09:51:18 DEPARTMENT STARTED IMPLICIT
09:51:21 BIAS AWARENESS TRAINING.
09:51:23 IT'S CALLED "FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
09:51:23 POLICING."
09:51:25 IT'S A PROGRAM THAT DERIVED OUT
09:51:27 OF USF, AND IT'S BASED UPON
09:51:29 SCIENCE, AND SO WE'VE BEEN
09:51:31 DEALING WITH IMPARTIAL BIAS
09:51:32 AWARENESS TRAINING FOR QUITE
09:51:33 SOMETIME.
09:51:35 IT STARTED IN JULY OF 2014, AND
09:51:38 INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, BACK JUST
09:51:40 A MONTH LATER IS WHEN THE
09:51:42 INCIDENT IN FERGUSON HAPPENED,
09:51:43 SO WE HAVE BEEN ON
09:51:46 CUTTING-EDGE, PARTNERING WITH
09:51:47 USF, AND THIS IS A PROGRAM
09:51:49 THAT'S NOW TAUGHT NATIONWIDE.
09:51:50 NYPD IS CURRENTLY TRAINING
09:51:52 THEIR OFFICERS.
09:51:53 WHEN WE STARTED, WE KICKED IT
09:51:55 OFF WITH THE COMMANDERS BECAUSE
09:51:57 IT STARTS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
09:51:58 OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND WHEN WE
09:52:00 STARTED IT, WE KICKED IT OFF
09:52:01 WITH COMMANDERS, AND WE HAD
09:52:05 MEMBERS OF THE NAACP, THE ACLU,
09:52:07 THE FLORIDA SENTINEL, AND WE
09:52:08 ALSO HAD OTHER COMMUNITY
09:52:10 MEMBERS AT THIS TRAINING AS WE
09:52:11 TAUGHT OUR COMMAND STAFF.
09:52:14 I WAS, I THINK, A DEPUTY CHIEF
09:52:14 AT THE TIME.
09:52:16 CHIEF CASTOR WAS THE CHIEF OF
09:52:17 POLICE, AND SO WE HAD VARIOUS
09:52:18 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THERE
09:52:20 TO REVIEW WHAT WE WERE GOING TO
09:52:21 BE TRAINING OUR OFFICERS AND
09:52:23 MAKE THEM AWARE OF WHAT WE WERE
09:52:25 DOING, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT
09:52:28 COMES TO IMPLICIT BIASES, YOU
09:52:29 KNOW -- BIASES ARE OFTEN
09:52:31 UNCONSCIOUS OR THE WORD
09:52:33 "IMPLICIT," AND IT'S AN
09:52:34 UNDERSTANDING THAT IT CAN
09:52:36 INFLUENCE OUR ACTIONS AND HOW
09:52:38 IMPLICIT BIAS CAN AFFECT OUR
09:52:41 PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIOR, AND
09:52:43 THE FIRST STEP TO OVERRIDE THAT
09:52:44 IMPLICIT BIAS IS TO UNDERSTAND
09:52:46 IT, AND SO THERE'S FOUR KEY
09:52:47 COMPONENTS TO THAT TRAINING
09:52:49 THAT THE OFFICERS RECEIVE.
09:52:51 IT'S AN INTRODUCTION TO
09:52:52 IMPLICIT BIAS, INCLUDING
09:52:54 SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
09:52:59 DOCUMENTING ITS EXISTENCE.
09:53:01 THE SECOND PART IS HOW IMPLICIT
09:53:04 BIAS MIGHT MANIFEST IN
09:53:05 POLICING.
09:53:07 AN EXAMPLE MIGHT BE IT MIGHT
09:53:09 MAKE OFFICERS OVERVIGILANT,
09:53:10 UNDER VIGILANT, IT COULD LEAD
09:53:12 OFFICERS TO FOCUS ON CERTAIN
09:53:13 GROUPS AND AREAS, EVEN IN THE
09:53:15 ABSENCE OF LEGITIMATE CRIME
09:53:16 INTELLIGENCE, AND SO YOU HAVE
09:53:18 TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN
09:53:19 POLICING.
09:53:20 YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE
09:53:23 ASSUMPTIONS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,
09:53:24 YOU KNOW.
09:53:25 YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR
09:53:29 BIASES AREN'T MAKING YOU LAX
09:53:31 WITH CERTAIN GROUPS AND OVER
09:53:32 VIGILANT IN OTHER GROUPS.
09:53:33 AND THEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
09:53:35 THE THIRD PART; THAT IS, THE
09:53:37 CONSEQUENCES OF BIASED POLICING
09:53:39 AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR
09:53:40 COMMUNITY, HOW IT AFFECTS OUR
09:53:41 OFFICERS AND THE AGENCY
09:53:41 OVERALL.
09:53:43 AND THE FOURTH CONCEPT IS
09:53:44 GIVING THE OFFICERS SKILLS, BUT
09:53:45 IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE
09:53:47 OFFICERS, IT'S THE OFFICERS,
09:53:49 IT'S THE MID-LEVEL MANAGERS,
09:53:51 AND IT'S THE COMMAND STAFF.
09:53:52 YOU KNOW, COMMAND STAFF AND
09:53:54 SUPERVISORS, IT'S OUR JOB TO
09:53:56 MAKE SURE THAT THE OFFICERS ARE
09:53:58 AWARE THERE ARE BIASES AND THAT
09:54:00 WE ARE DOING FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
09:54:01 POLICING.
09:54:03 AND IT GOES THROUGH ALL
09:54:04 DIFFERENT LEVELS.
09:54:09 BUT AN ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT
09:54:10 THEY RECEIVE IS WE HAVE DONE
09:54:13 LGBTQ TRAINING, WE'VE DONE
09:54:13 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
09:54:15 WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING MENTAL
09:54:16 HEALTH AND CRISIS INTERVENTION
09:54:18 WHERE WE ARE PARTNERING WITH
09:54:19 GRACEPOINT.
09:54:21 WE'VE DONE FIRST AID AND
09:54:23 DIABETES AWARENESS, AND WE'VE
09:54:24 DONE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING.
09:54:26 SO ALL OF THAT GETS ENCOMPASSED
09:54:28 INTO SO MUCH OF WHAT WE DO IN
09:54:29 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE,
09:54:31 YOU KNOW, YOUR IMPLICIT BIAS
09:54:34 CAN MAKE YOU OVER VIGILANT OR
09:54:36 UNDER VIGILANT WHERE YOU CAN
09:54:37 END UP GETTING KILLED.
09:54:44 WHERE I WOULD CAUTION COUNCIL
09:54:45 IS WE BE VERY CAREFUL HOW WE
09:54:46 LABEL THIS TRAINING, WHETHER --
09:54:48 HOWEVER WE WANT TO DO IT.
09:54:50 WHEN I STARTED OFF, WE HAD
09:54:52 SENSITIVITY TRAINING AND
09:54:52 DIVERSITY TRAINING.
09:54:53 IT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU WERE
09:54:55 TALKING ABOUT, COUNCILMAN
09:54:56 COHEN.
09:54:57 YOU KNOW, WE WERE DOING
09:54:58 DIVERSITY TRAINING, SENSITIVITY
09:54:59 TRAINING, WHERE WE WERE
09:55:01 ACTUALLY TEACHING PEOPLE, HEY,
09:55:02 YOU CAN'T CALL SOMEONE THE
09:55:03 "N" WORD.
09:55:04 THANKFULLY, NOW WE'VE GRADUATED
09:55:06 PAST THAT, BUT WE'VE DONE
09:55:08 RACIAL PROFILING, THE IMPLICIT
09:55:11 BIAS AWARENESS TRAINING, SO WE
09:55:13 HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ON HOW
09:55:15 WE LABEL THAT TRAINING BECAUSE
09:55:16 TIMES CHANGE, AND I THINK
09:55:18 THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT
09:55:20 IS WE'RE LOOKING AT A BOOSTER
09:55:22 CURRICULUM THAT USF IS
09:55:24 POTENTIALLY GOING TO RELEASE IN
09:55:25 THE FALL AND WHERE WE WOULD
09:55:27 UPDATE OUR TRAINING, BECAUSE WE
09:55:29 LOOK AT THE EVENTS IN LAW
09:55:29 ENFORCEMENT WHEN YOU HAVE
09:55:31 FERGUSON, YOU HAVE BALTIMORE,
09:55:33 YOU HAD NEW YORK, YOU HAVE
09:55:35 CLEVELAND, AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE
09:55:36 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAT.
09:55:38 WE HAVE TO LOOK AT,
09:55:39 UNFORTUNATELY, THE STARBUCKS
09:55:41 INCIDENT.
09:55:42 THERE'S DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT
09:55:43 HAPPEN THROUGHOUT LAW
09:55:45 ENFORCEMENT NATIONWIDE, AND WE
09:55:46 CAN'T ASSUME THAT IT DOESN'T
09:55:48 AFFECT US HERE IN TAMPA OR IT'S
09:55:49 NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE IN
09:55:52 TAMPA, AND SO IT'S AN ONGOING
09:55:53 ANALYSIS IN UPDATING THE
09:55:53 TRAINING, YOU KNOW.
09:55:57 PART OF OUR OFFICER SAFETY AND
09:55:59 AWARENESS TRAINING WAS WHEN WE
09:56:00 LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT EVENTS
09:56:04 OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE TAMIR
09:56:06 RICE IN CLEVELAND, THE YOUNG
09:56:07 BOY IN THE PARK THAT GOT SHOT,
09:56:09 AND YOU LOOK AT FERGUSON.
09:56:10 YOU HAVE TO TAKE THESE EVENTS
09:56:11 AND FIGURE OUT WAS THERE A
09:56:12 BETTER WAY TO DO THINGS AND
09:56:14 CONSTANTLY ANALYZE OUR
09:56:16 PRACTICES.
09:56:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
09:56:20 FOR THE CHIEF?
09:56:22 CHIEF, WHILE YOU'RE HERE, LET
09:56:24 ME JUST ASK YOU SOMETHING ON
09:56:25 ANOTHER SUBJECT, AND THAT IS DO
09:56:28 YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE
09:56:29 CONDITION OF THIS 14-YEAR-OLD
09:56:31 THAT GOT SHOT THAT WAS ON A
09:56:35 BICYCLE AND SOMEHOW HE WAS SHOT
09:56:37 -- SHOT LAST EVENING?
09:56:38 IS HE OKAY?
09:56:44 >> I BELIEVE HE HAD A -- HE GOT
09:56:46 A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE LEG AND
09:56:47 WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION THE
09:56:48 LAST UPDATE I HAVE.
09:56:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OKAY.
09:56:51 I HEARD ABOUT IT AND WAS JUST
09:56:53 WANTING TO KNOW DID HE COME OUT
09:56:53 OKAY.
09:56:54 >> YEAH.
09:56:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:56:56 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I HAVE A QUICK
09:56:56 QUESTION.
09:56:57 CHIEF, YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD MY
09:56:59 DISCUSSION WITH MS. CRUM ABOUT,
09:57:00 YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE
09:57:01 SUPERVISORY AND STUFF LIKE THAT
09:57:03 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE BIAS CAN
09:57:04 GO INTERNALLY AS WELL AS
09:57:07 EXTERNALLY.
09:57:09 THANKS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN
09:57:10 TERMS OF MAKING SURE OUR
09:57:12 OFFICERS ARE SAFE OUT THERE
09:57:13 BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE
09:57:14 THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE,
09:57:16 BECAUSE YOU KNOW AND I KNOW
09:57:17 THAT THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GOING
09:57:19 TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS IS THAT
09:57:21 THEY'RE TRAINED WELL AND THEY
09:57:22 FALL BACK ON THEIR TRAINING.
09:57:23 IT'S THE SAME THING WHEN YOU'RE
09:57:25 TALKING ABOUT WEAPONS TRAINING,
09:57:26 THE SAME THING WHEN YOU'RE
09:57:27 TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC, AND I
09:57:28 THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
09:57:29 ASPECT OF WHAT YOU JUST HAD TO
09:57:30 SAY, BUT IN TERMS OF YOUR
09:57:32 INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION, IN
09:57:33 TERMS OF HOW YOU DEAL WITH IT,
09:57:34 HAS THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES
09:57:36 WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION OF
09:57:37 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS
09:57:39 OF MAYBE CHANGING SOME OF THE
09:57:44 WAYS THAT WE MIGHT SUPERVISE
09:57:46 EACH OTHER TOO BECAUSE
09:57:47 SOMETIMES THAT HAS SOME
09:57:50 UNCONSCIOUS BIAS TOO.
09:57:51 HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CHANGES,
09:57:53 HAS THERE BEEN ANY ADDITIONAL
09:57:54 TRAINING IN TERMS OF WHAT
09:57:55 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WHEN
09:57:56 YOU'RE SUPERVISING BECAUSE
09:57:57 YOU'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT
09:57:58 BECAUSE YOU'RE A PARAMILITARY
09:57:59 ORGANIZATION.
09:58:00 IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
09:58:01 THING.
09:58:02 THERE'S A REASON WHY YOU WEAR
09:58:06 STARS AND MS. CRUM DOESN'T, SHE
09:58:09 MIGHT WANT TO WEAR THEM, ABOUT
09:58:10 BUT YOU HAVE THE BADGES AND THE
09:58:12 STARS, SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE
09:58:13 DIFFERENT IN THE WAYS YOU'RE
09:58:14 DEALING WITH IT.
09:58:15 WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
09:58:16 >> IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN
09:58:17 LOOKING AT.
09:58:18 WE HAVE BEEN REVIEWING THE
09:58:19 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OF THE
09:58:20 POLICE DEPARTMENT.
09:58:21 ONE OF THE THINGS I'M LOOKING
09:58:23 AT IS YOU HAVE TO UNDER -- WHEN
09:58:24 YOU'RE A PARAMILITARY
09:58:26 ORGANIZATION, LIKE YOU SAID,
09:58:28 AND SO MANY OF OUR POLICIES ARE
09:58:30 ROOTED IN OLD-SCHOOL
09:58:31 MILITARY --
09:58:31 >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
09:58:33 >> -- LOGIC, WHICH THERE'S
09:58:35 NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, I
09:58:36 DON'T BELIEVE IN CHANGE JUST
09:58:38 FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE, AND NOW
09:58:39 JUST BECAUSE I HAVE THREE STARS
09:58:40 DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO
09:58:43 REINVENT TPD, AND WE ARE TAKING
09:58:45 A HARD LOOK AT IT, AND WE HAVE
09:58:46 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, AND
09:58:49 I'M MAKING SURE IF WE'RE NOT
09:58:51 FOLLOWING THOSE POLICIES AND
09:58:52 PROCEDURES, WE NEED TO KNOW
09:58:53 WHY, OR WE NEED TO CHANGE THE
09:58:56 POLICY OR START ENFORCING IT.
09:58:57 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CHANGE
09:58:58 WITH THE TIMES, AND WHAT THE
09:58:59 COMMUNITY EXPECTS -- NOT ONLY
09:59:01 THAT, BUT THE EMPLOYEES THAT
09:59:02 WE'RE HIRING, THEY'RE YOUNGER
09:59:04 AND YOUNGER, I'M GETTING OLDER
09:59:07 AND OLDER, AND WE HAVE TO BE
09:59:08 ABLE TO CHANGE AND RELATE TO
09:59:09 THEM.
09:59:10 YES, WE'RE TAKING A HARD LOOK
09:59:12 AT THAT AS TO WHETHER SOME OF
09:59:14 OUR DEEP-ROOTED POLICIES AND
09:59:16 PROCEDURES, ARE THEY CHANGING,
09:59:17 ARE THEY CURRENT?
09:59:18 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT'S WHETHER OR
09:59:19 NOT YOU'VE LOOKED AT IT
09:59:20 RECENTLY.
09:59:21 YOU HAVE NOT BEEN CHIEF FOR
09:59:22 VERY LONG.
09:59:23 >> CORRECT.
09:59:23 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WASN'T SURE IF
09:59:24 THIS WAS SOMETHING YOU HAD
09:59:26 STARTED AND WAS LOOKING AT IN
09:59:27 ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU
09:59:28 KNOW, THE REGULAR PROCEDURES
09:59:30 THAT YOU HAVE ARE FRESH, READY
09:59:32 FOR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TEN
09:59:33 YEARS.
09:59:36 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE, I
09:59:37 DON'T THINK, UNLESS YOU --
09:59:39 >> LET'S HOPE NOT.
09:59:40 [LAUGHTER]
09:59:41 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT'S POSSIBLE.
09:59:42 >> WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE
09:59:43 HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE
09:59:45 ACCREDITATION PROCESS.
09:59:45 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SURE.
09:59:47 >> SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING YOU.
09:59:48 >>MIKE SUAREZ: NO, GO AHEAD.
09:59:50 >> WE HAVE THE ACCREDITATION
09:59:52 PROCESS WHERE EVERY THREE YEARS
09:59:54 WE GO THROUGH A PANEL AND THEY
09:59:55 REVIEW OUR POLICIES.
09:59:57 AUDITORS GO THROUGH THE
09:59:58 ACCREDITATION PROCESS AND
10:00:00 REVIEW OUR POLICIES TO MAKE
10:00:01 SURE THEY'RE UPDATED, BUT IT'S
10:00:03 MY JOB AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE
10:00:04 TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE UPDATED
10:00:06 AND REVIEWED BUT THEY'RE WITH
10:00:07 CURRENT TIMES.
10:00:08 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH.
10:00:09 AND THAT'S MY WHOLE POINT.
10:00:10 WHENEVER YOU'RE SITTING THERE
10:00:11 AND LOOKING AT IT, THERE ARE
10:00:13 ALWAYS ISSUES THAT COME UP WITH
10:00:14 PERSONNEL.
10:00:16 THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO
10:00:16 STOP THAT.
10:00:17 THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ISSUES
10:00:19 WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
10:00:20 NATURALLY GOING TO HAVE
10:00:21 DISAGREEMENTS AND NOT GET ALONG
10:00:22 VERY WELL AND MAYBE THERE'S
10:00:23 SOME ISSUES THERE, AND IT'S
10:00:24 ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE
10:00:26 THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE
10:00:27 SUPERVISING THEM ARE CAREFUL AS
10:00:28 TO WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE
10:00:30 ACTUALLY DOING THAT THEY ALSO
10:00:32 ARE TRAINED TO MAKE SURE THAT,
10:00:33 YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY IS BEING
10:00:36 TREATED UNFAIRLY OR IF EVEN THE
10:00:37 SUPERVISOR IS TREATING SOMEONE
10:00:39 ELSE UNFAIRLY THAT YOU ARE --
10:00:41 YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND
10:00:43 FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT
10:00:44 AFTERWARDS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S
10:00:45 IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO RELOOK AT
10:00:47 THESE THINGS OVER AND OVER
10:00:48 AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE
10:00:49 MENTIONING BEFORE.
10:00:49 >> YEAH.
10:00:51 NO, I AGREE, AND THAT IS
10:00:53 SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND
10:00:54 WE KEEP A CLOSE EYE.
10:00:55 WHEN WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THE
10:00:56 OFFICERS -- YOU KNOW, I
10:00:58 CONTINUOUSLY TRY TO GO TO ROLL
10:01:00 CALLS TO GET THAT ONE-ON-ONE
10:01:02 FACE TIME WITH THEM AND LOOK
10:01:05 FOR FEEDBACKS, AND WE LOOK AT
10:01:05 COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET FROM
10:01:08 COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THERE'S
10:01:08 NOT TRENDS.
10:01:10 ONE OF THE BENEFITS BEING HERE
10:01:11 28 YEARS, LIKE I'VE BEEN, IS
10:01:15 I'VE SEEN A LOT, AND I TRY TO
10:01:16 STAY AWARE OF POTENTIAL
10:01:18 PROBLEMS AND TRY TO CUT THEM
10:01:20 OFF AT THE PASS, SO TO SPEAK,
10:01:20 AND IT'S LOT ABOUT
10:01:21 COMMUNICATIONS.
10:01:23 I THINK SOME OF OUR TIMES IN
10:01:24 POLICE IN GENERAL, WE JUST
10:01:26 DON'T COMMUNICATE PROPERLY WITH
10:01:27 PEOPLE, AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW --
10:01:30 AND ONE OF THE THINGS I PREACH
10:01:30 TO THE OFFICERS IS
10:01:31 COMMUNICATION IS A TWO-WAY
10:01:33 PROCESS.
10:01:34 THE BIGGEST PART OF IT IS
10:01:35 LISTENING TO WHAT PEOPLE ARE
10:01:36 TELLING YOU.
10:01:37 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH.
10:01:38 ACTIVE LISTENING IS HARD TO DO
10:01:40 SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY FROM THIS
10:01:42 DAIS, AND I'M GUILTY OF THAT
10:01:42 TOO.
10:01:44 BY THE WAY, YOUR THREE STARS,
10:01:49 IT TOOK PATTON TO DEFEAT ROMMEL
10:01:49 IN NORTH AFRICA FOR HIM TO GET
10:01:49 HIS THIRD, SO I'M NOT SURE IF
10:01:49 YOU EVER DID THAT, BUT THANKS
10:01:49 FOR BEING HERE.
10:01:51 >> I CERTAINLY CANNOT MEASURE
10:01:54 UP TO PATTON.
10:01:56 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANKS, CHIEF.
10:01:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
10:01:59 FOR THE CHIEF?
10:02:00 OKAY.
10:02:00 FIRE RESCUE.
10:02:01 >> GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE
10:02:02 CHAIR AND HONORABLE COUNCIL
10:02:05 MEMBERS.
10:02:08 DICK LO CICERO, FIRE CHIEF,
10:02:10 CITY OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
10:02:11 MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS
10:02:12 MORNING TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THIS
10:02:13 VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
10:02:16 TO ADD ON TO WHAT MS. CRUM
10:02:18 SAID, SHE GAVE YOU A GREAT
10:02:19 SYNOPSIS OF HOW THE INITIAL
10:02:20 PHASE OF TRAINING GOES AND ALSO
10:02:22 TO ADDITIONALLY ADD, WE HAVE A
10:02:24 UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE WITH FIRE
10:02:25 RESCUE IN THE SENSE THAT WE
10:02:28 DON'T HAVE A TYPICAL EIGHT-HOUR
10:02:32 WORKDAY OR 10- OR 12-HOUR
10:02:32 WORKDAY.
10:02:36 WE ARE VERY MUCH ENTRENCHED IN
10:02:38 COMMUNAL LIVING AND THE COMINGS
10:02:40 AND GOINGS OF SHIFT WORK AND
10:02:41 ALL THE PRESSURES THAT COME
10:02:42 WITH EMERGENCY RESPONSES, SO IT
10:02:46 DOES BRING ADDED SCRUTINY ON
10:02:48 OUR PART TO ENSURE THAT WE
10:02:50 COVER ALL THESE VERY IMPORTANT
10:02:51 TOPICS.
10:02:52 AS A LONGSTANDING MEMBER OF
10:02:54 TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, I'M PROUD TO
10:02:56 SAY THAT WE DO APPRECIATE THIS
10:02:58 -- THESE ISSUES.
10:03:00 WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE
10:03:01 WORKFORCE, AND I CAN TELL YOU
10:03:02 TODAY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO
10:03:04 HAVE THAT.
10:03:06 IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY
10:03:08 AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR
10:03:08 ORGANIZATION.
10:03:10 PERSONALLY I'M PROUD OF THAT,
10:03:11 AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT
10:03:11 MOVING FORWARD.
10:03:13 IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC
10:03:15 TRAINING THAT MS. CRUM
10:03:18 ELABORATED ON, IN 2015-2016,
10:03:21 DURING THAT TIME FRAME, WE DID
10:03:24 EMBARK ON OUR OWN INTERNAL
10:03:25 TRAINING TITLED "SENSITIVITY
10:03:27 AND MODERN WORKFORCE
10:03:29 CHALLENGES," THAT FURTHER
10:03:30 DRILLS INTO THESE ISSUES THAT
10:03:35 WE HAVE, AND THEY DID TALK
10:03:36 ABOUT DURING THE TRAINING,
10:03:37 WHICH WAS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES --
10:03:38 FOR ALL EMPLOYEES WE WENT
10:03:42 THROUGH THAT, AND IT DID TALK
10:03:43 ABOUT DIVERSITY, SEXUAL
10:03:48 HARASSMENT, BIASES, EQUAL
10:03:50 OPPORTUNITY, AND SPECIFICALLY
10:03:52 WHAT I FELT WAS A TREMENDOUS
10:03:55 VALUE WAS WE HAD SOME
10:03:59 SCENARIO-BASED ITEMS BUILT INTO
10:04:00 THE CURRICULUM AS WELL THAT
10:04:02 TALKED AND WAS REALLY -- THAT
10:04:04 REALLY DRILLED INTO THE ACTUAL
10:04:07 STATION LIFE AND WHAT CAN
10:04:08 HAPPEN AND THE ROAD THAT YOU
10:04:10 DON'T WANT TO GO TO, SO I THINK
10:04:12 IT WAS EXTREMELY VALUABLE ON
10:04:13 THAT.
10:04:16 AND WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE
10:04:19 PROCESS.
10:04:20 TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
10:04:23 WERE ASKED, I THINK IT'S -- I
10:04:24 THINK IT'S ONLY THE RIGHT THING
10:04:26 TO DO TO ENSURE THAT WE MOVE
10:04:28 FORWARD AND WE REVIEW THESE
10:04:29 KINDS OF THINGS, AND THROUGH A
10:04:31 COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH OUR
10:04:33 LABOR AND OUR MANAGEMENT IN
10:04:35 CONCERT WITH THE CITY AND HR,
10:04:40 WE HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND
10:04:46 FORTH, AND WE REVIEW THESE
10:04:47 REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES THAT
10:04:48 REFLECT ON THESE TYPES OF
10:04:49 ISSUES.
10:04:50 WE HAVE RECENTLY MADE SOME
10:04:51 UPDATES THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO
10:04:53 PUSH OUT, SO PERIODICALLY WE'VE
10:04:56 HAD UPDATES IN -- IN BETWEEN
10:04:58 THESE YEARS, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO
10:05:00 ROLL THIS OUT, ANOTHER UPDATED
10:05:02 VERSION OF THE WORKFORCE
10:05:04 CHALLENGES WITH THESE NEW
10:05:09 UPDATES OF RULES AND
10:05:10 REGULATIONS THAT ARE
10:05:12 MODERNIZED, AS WHAT YOU'RE
10:05:12 ASKING FOR.
10:05:14 WITH THAT, WE HAVE A RECORDS
10:05:15 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WILL BE
10:05:15 ON.
10:05:16 IT WON'T NECESSARILY BE A
10:05:17 FACE-TO-FACE CLASS, ALTHOUGH
10:05:19 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME
10:05:21 EXCERPTS OF THAT, BUT BY AND
10:05:22 LARGE, IT WILL BE IN OUR
10:05:23 RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SO
10:05:24 WE WILL KNOW THAT EVERYBODY
10:05:25 RECEIVES IT AND EVERYBODY GETS
10:05:30 SIGNED OFF ON THAT.
10:05:32 SO IN CLOSING ON MY PART,
10:05:35 AGAIN, WE ARE COMMITTED.
10:05:37 WE ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO LOOK
10:05:38 AT EVERY -- EVERY TURN TO MAKE
10:05:44 SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THESE
10:05:46 ISSUES AND HANDLE THEM IN THE
10:05:47 MOST APPROPRIATE WAY WITH
10:05:48 REGARDS TO THE EDUCATION OF ALL
10:05:49 EMPLOYEES INVOLVED.
10:05:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
10:05:54 OF CHIEF?
10:05:55 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY.
10:05:55 IT'S KIND OF FUNNY, AND TO
10:05:57 BUILD ON SOMETHING THAT
10:05:59 COUNCILMAN COHEN SAID.
10:05:59 TO LOOK AT HOW TIMES CHANGE,
10:06:00 JUST WATCH A MOVIE FROM THE
10:06:02 1980S OR EARLY 1990S.
10:06:02 I MEAN IT.
10:06:03 MY SON IS 11.
10:06:05 I WAS SHOWING HIM A COUPLE
10:06:07 MOVIES FROM THE '80S, AND THERE
10:06:07 WERE A COUPLE OF TIMES I
10:06:09 THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT'S NOT
10:06:15 VERY KOSHER, YOU KNOW WHAT I
10:06:15 MEAN?
10:06:15 SO JUST THINGS FROM WHEN I WAS
10:06:16 A KID HAVE CHANGED RADICALLY
10:06:18 MUCH LESS FROM FIVE YEARS AGO.
10:06:19 LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.
10:06:20 IN RECRUITING ACADEMY, THERE'S
10:06:21 A LOT OF TRAINING THAT OCCURS
10:06:22 THERE; CORRECT?
10:06:24 >> YES, THERE IS, QUITE A BIT,
10:06:24 YES.
10:06:25 >>LUIS VIERA: AND SAME THING
10:06:28 WITH POLICE WITH MENTAL HEALTH,
10:06:28 DIVERSITY?
10:06:32 >> JUST LIKE POLICE, WE TOO --
10:06:33 THE CITY INITIATIVE, BUT WE
10:06:35 TOO, WE'RE ALSO VERY ENTRENCHED
10:06:37 IN AUTISM AWARENESS, SO THERE
10:06:40 ARE MANY ISSUES LIKE THAT THAT
10:06:41 COME UP THAT WE COLLECTIVELY
10:06:42 TRAIN ON, YES.
10:06:43 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:06:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
10:06:45 >>HARRY COHEN: YEAH.
10:06:50 I JUST WANT TO ROUND BACK AGAIN
10:06:51 TO -- I THINK WHERE COUNCILMAN
10:06:53 REDDICK LEFT OFF EARLIER, AND
10:06:54 THIS IS REALLY FOR EVERYBODY,
10:06:55 NOT JUST FOR YOU.
10:06:57 IT DOES SEEM TO ME THAT ONCE
10:06:58 SOMEBODY'S BEEN IN THE
10:07:02 WORKFORCE FOR 10 OR 20 YEARS,
10:07:03 THERE MAY -- IT MAY BE
10:07:05 APPROPRIATE TO GO BACK TO SOME
10:07:06 OF THIS STUFF BECAUSE IT'S ALL
10:07:10 CHANGED SO MUCH, AND, YOU KNOW,
10:07:11 OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO DO IT
10:07:13 WHEN PEOPLE START WITH THE CITY
10:07:14 BECAUSE YOU'RE STARTING AT A
10:07:15 BASELINE AND YOU WANT TO MAKE
10:07:18 SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE
10:07:19 GENERAL RULES, BUT, YOU KNOW,
10:07:22 MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, LOOKING
10:07:26 AT, YOU KNOW, THE MIDDLE LEVEL
10:07:29 OF MANAGEMENT, THE PLACE WHERE
10:07:30 PEOPLE SUPERVISE, WHERE THEY'RE
10:07:32 IN A POSITION TO MAKE DECISIONS
10:07:36 ABOUT PEOPLE'S EVERYDAY
10:07:37 ENCOUNTERS.
10:07:38 I THINK PARTICULARLY BECAUSE
10:07:40 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THOSE
10:07:41 POSITIONS TEND TO HAVE BEEN
10:07:43 HERE FOR A WHILE IN ORDER TO
10:07:44 MOVE THEIR WAY UP THE CHAIN,
10:07:46 THAT THAT MAY BE A -- THAT MAY
10:07:48 BE A PLACE THAT WE WANT TO LOOK
10:07:51 TO BUTTRESS WHATEVER WE'RE
10:07:53 DOING BECAUSE THAT ALSO CAN
10:07:55 FLOW DOWNWARD ONCE THE PERSON
10:07:58 IS BACK IN THE OFFICE OR OUT IN
10:07:59 THE FIELD IN TERMS OF THE WAY
10:08:01 THEY INTERACT WITH PEOPLE THAT
10:08:02 THEY'RE SUPERVISING.
10:08:03 >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT
10:08:04 COMMENT, AND THAT IS -- THAT
10:08:06 REALLY IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY,
10:08:07 AND WE CERTAINLY CAN TAKE A
10:08:09 LOOK AT THAT.
10:08:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:08:11 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE
10:08:15 CHIEF?
10:08:17 >>LUIS VIERA: JUST WHEN
10:08:18 EVERYONE'S DONE.
10:08:18 NO QUESTIONS.
10:08:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU GOT
10:08:20 SOMETHING ELSE?
10:08:21 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY,
10:08:21 MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:08:22 THANK YOU.
10:08:23 I BROUGHT THIS UP AGAIN, AS I
10:08:24 INDICATED, BECAUSE IT'S
10:08:25 SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP WITH
10:08:26 OUR CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION,
10:08:29 AND I DO THINK THAT THERE IS
10:08:32 SOME ROOM FOR -- WITH -- AS
10:08:33 MS. CRUM INDICATED, WITH
10:08:35 IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, THAT
10:08:37 THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE OF A
10:08:39 ROBUST PROGRAM IN THAT REGARD.
10:08:41 I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CITY STAFF
10:08:42 COME BACK TO US TO SEE WHAT OUR
10:08:43 OPTIONS WOULD BE OF
10:08:44 INCORPORATING A MORE ROBUST
10:08:46 IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING AND WHAT
10:08:48 IT MAY LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE
10:08:50 WITH OUR CITY WITH REGARDS TO
10:08:52 PROCEDURE, SUBSTANCE, AS WELL
10:08:53 AS COSTS, BECAUSE THERE'S
10:08:55 ALWAYS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
10:08:55 IT.
10:08:56 WE'RE GOING TO BE TASKED, VERY
10:08:57 LIKELY, WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY
10:09:00 OF LOOKING AT AN ORDINANCE FOR
10:09:01 THIS, SO I CERTAINLY DO THINK
10:09:02 THAT THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE
10:09:03 WOULD NEED FOR THE PREPARATION
10:09:06 OF AN ORDINANCE BEFORE WE GO TO
10:09:07 THAT STEP, SO I WOULD LIKE TO
10:09:11 MAKE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD.
10:09:12 >> CAN YOU STATE THE MOTION
10:09:14 AGAIN?
10:09:14 >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
10:09:16 I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE -- I GUESS
10:09:18 IT WOULD BE CITY STAFF -- HUMAN
10:09:19 RESOURCES, I THINK, WOULD
10:09:20 PROBABLY BE THE BEST ONE, TO
10:09:22 COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL WITH
10:09:23 SOME OPTIONS OF INCORPORATING
10:09:25 WHAT IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING
10:09:27 MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN PRACTICE AND
10:09:29 WHAT THE SPECIFIC COSTS MAY BE.
10:09:30 >>HARRY COHEN: CAN I ASK A
10:09:30 QUESTION?
10:09:31 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
10:09:33 >>HARRY COHEN: I GUESS -- IS
10:09:35 THIS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE US
10:09:37 LOOKING TOWARDS PASSING AN
10:09:39 ORDINANCE IN THIS AREA OR
10:09:40 BECAUSE YOU SEE US PERHAPS
10:09:41 PLACING SOMETHING IN THE
10:09:43 CHARTER IN THIS AREA.
10:09:44 >>LUIS VIERA: WELL, I THINK
10:09:45 IT'S AN ORDINANCE THAT WE
10:09:46 SHOULD HAVE OPTIONS WITH,
10:09:48 REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH
10:09:48 THE CHARTER.
10:09:49 IT'S SOMETHING THAT THERE IS A
10:09:51 NEED FOR AND WE SHOULD
10:09:52 CERTAINLY LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING
10:09:53 IT.
10:09:53 >>HARRY COHEN: WELL, I WOULD
10:09:57 JUST SAY DEFINITELY HAVE A
10:09:58 STAFF REPORT, THAT'S FINE, BUT
10:09:59 I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY
10:10:01 CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT GOES IN THE
10:10:02 CHARTER, WHAT'S DONE BY
10:10:02 ORDINANCE --
10:10:03 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:10:04 >>HARRY COHEN: -- YOU KNOW,
10:10:08 WHAT OUR ROLE IS IN TERMS OF,
10:10:09 YOU KNOW --
10:10:10 >>LUIS VIERA: SURE.
10:10:11 >>HARRY COHEN: --
10:10:13 ADMINISTRATION VS. LEGISLATIVE,
10:10:14 SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT --
10:10:15 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S A POINT
10:10:17 WELL TAKEN, BUT REGARDLESS OF
10:10:18 WHATEVER MEANS IT GOES THROUGH,
10:10:19 I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE
10:10:21 SHOULD LOOK AT AT LEAST WITH
10:10:21 REGARDS TO A STAFF REPORT AND
10:10:24 CHANGES.
10:10:25 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD ASK A
10:10:26 QUESTION.
10:10:27 SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A REPORT
10:10:28 ON WHAT -- BECAUSE IT SOUNDS
10:10:29 LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
10:10:30 ALREADY DOING SOME UNCONSCIOUS
10:10:31 BIAS TRAINING.
10:10:32 >>LUIS VIERA: YEP.
10:10:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THERE'S OTHER
10:10:34 TRAINING.
10:10:35 ARE YOU JUST LOOKING FOR THEM
10:10:37 TO REPORT BACK THE SPECIFICS OF
10:10:38 THE TRAINING ITSELF BECAUSE I
10:10:39 THINK WHAT YOU FALL INTO -- AND
10:10:41 THAT'S THE REASON WHY
10:10:43 MR. TERRITO'S STANDING AT THE
10:10:44 PODIUM RIGHT NOW -- IS THAT IF
10:10:48 YOU'RE TRYING TO CODIFY A
10:10:50 SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE
10:10:51 FUNCTION, IT MAY BE A PROBLEM.
10:10:52 NOW, I HAVE A PROBLEM, NOT
10:10:54 BECAUSE OF WHAT MR. TERRITO'S
10:10:55 GOING TO SAY, I HAVE A PROBLEM
10:10:57 BECAUSE YOU DON'T GIVE THEM THE
10:10:58 NIMBLENESS THAT THEY NEED IN
10:11:00 ORDER TO PROVIDE THE KIND OF
10:11:01 TRAINING THAT'S NECESSARY, AS
10:11:03 MR. COHEN WAS SAYING, WHICH IS
10:11:04 THINGS CHANGE, AND IF YOU
10:11:05 CODIFY IT, THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE
10:11:08 TO -- YOU CALCIFY IT, AND
10:11:09 SOMETIMES I DON'T THINK THAT
10:11:10 THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
10:11:11 AGAIN, I THINK IT WOULD BE
10:11:12 GREAT TO LEARN WHAT THEY'RE
10:11:14 ACTUALLY DOING, BUT I'M NOT
10:11:16 SURE THAT THIS IS A DIRECTION
10:11:18 TO GO TOWARDS AN ORDINANCE
10:11:19 ITSELF.
10:11:21 I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY
10:11:22 ADMINISTRATION, NO MATTER WHO
10:11:23 IT IS, HAS TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT
10:11:25 OF LEEWAY AS TO WHAT THE NEXT
10:11:26 STEPS ARE GOING TO BE BECAUSE
10:11:27 THE NEXT NEW THING THAT COMES
10:11:29 OUT MIGHT NOT FIT TO WHAT THE
10:11:30 ORDINANCE ACTUALLY SAYS.
10:11:31 >>LUIS VIERA: SURE, AND THAT'S
10:11:33 CERTAINLY A POINT THAT'S WELL
10:11:33 TAKEN.
10:11:36 I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT
10:11:37 AN ORDINANCE.
10:11:38 I'M LOOKING AT INCREASED
10:11:41 IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, WHETHER
10:11:43 THAT'S DONE THROUGH THE CHARTER
10:11:44 THAT'S GOING IN A DIFFERENT
10:11:45 DIRECTION OR SOMETHING THAT'S
10:11:46 DONE INTERNALLY IS IRRELEVANT
10:11:48 AT THIS POINT, SO MY MOTION
10:11:49 DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS
10:11:51 LEADING TOWARDS THAT ULTIMATE
10:11:53 OPTION.
10:11:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: IN YOUR
10:11:55 MOTION, ARE YOU LIMITING THIS
10:11:56 TO JUST HUMAN RESOURCES
10:11:57 DEPARTMENT OR ARE YOU LIMITING
10:11:58 IT TO --
10:12:00 >>SAL TERRITO: SAL TERRITO.
10:12:01 WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS
10:12:02 BASICALLY UNDER THE CURRENT
10:12:03 CHARTER PROVISIONS, THAT
10:12:04 PARTICULAR KIND OF TRAINING IS
10:12:05 LEFT TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
10:12:07 YOU COULD ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS
10:12:08 YOU WANT TO ASK AND ASK HOW
10:12:10 IT'S BEING DONE, BUT I DON'T
10:12:11 THINK YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY AT
10:12:13 THIS PARTICULAR POINT TO
10:12:15 MANDATE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
10:12:18 OPERATE IN A CERTAIN WAY.
10:12:19 THE CHARTER PROVISION THAT IS
10:12:20 COMING TO YOU NEXT WEEK HAS A
10:12:21 PROVISION IN THERE THAT SAYS
10:12:23 THAT THIS WILL BE ADDRESSED AND
10:12:25 IT WILL BE ADDRESSED BY
10:12:25 ORDINANCE.
10:12:27 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
10:12:27 >>SAL TERRITO: SO POSSIBLY
10:12:29 AFTER THAT GOES THROUGH THE
10:12:31 VOTERS AND THEY APPROVE IT,
10:12:32 THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE
10:12:33 AUTHORITY TO MANDATE HOW THAT
10:12:34 TRAINING WOULD GO.
10:12:35 RIGHT NOW YOU CAN ASK ALL THE
10:12:36 QUESTIONS YOU WANT ABOUT IT,
10:12:37 BUT UNDER THE CHARTER
10:12:39 PROVISIONS CURRENTLY, I DON'T
10:12:40 THINK YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
10:12:41 TELL THE ADMINISTRATION HOW TO
10:12:42 DO THAT, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY
10:12:44 ASK THEM HOW THEY'RE DOING IT.
10:12:45 >>LUIS VIERA: AND I'M NOT --
10:12:46 AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.
10:12:48 I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A MANDATE
10:12:50 UPON THE ADMINISTRATION IN THIS
10:12:50 REGARD AT ALL.
10:12:52 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING
10:12:53 DONE IN ANTICIPATION OF THE
10:12:54 CHARTER CHANGES, WHICH, AS YOU
10:12:56 INDICATED, DO DEAL WITH A
10:12:58 PERSPECTIVE ORDINANCE, SO FOR
10:12:59 ME THE OVERALL ISSUE IS
10:13:01 INCREASED IMPLICIT BIAS
10:13:03 TRAINING, WHETHER IT'S DONE
10:13:04 THROUGH AN ORDINANCE, AS
10:13:06 MANDATED BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE
10:13:08 CHARTER OR SOMETHING ELSE, IS
10:13:09 IRRELEVANT AT THIS POINT;
10:13:10 HOWEVER, WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF
10:13:11 THE FACT THAT THAT IS SOMETHING
10:13:12 THAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE
10:13:14 FOR US, POTENTIALLY, SO I DO
10:13:15 THINK THAT WHENEVER IT COMES TO
10:13:17 THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR US
10:13:18 WITH THIS THAT COUNCIL SHOULD
10:13:19 BE READY AND INFORMED WITH ALL
10:13:21 OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE MAY
10:13:23 NEED.
10:13:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:13:32 YOUR ORDINANCE -- I MEAN YOUR
10:13:33 MOTION -- I JUST WANT TO BE
10:13:35 CLEAR.
10:13:37 YOU SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THE
10:13:38 HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, SO
10:13:42 ARE YOU SPEAKING OF NOT ONLY
10:13:45 MS. CRUM GIVING A REPORT BACK,
10:13:47 BUT ARE YOU LIMITING THIS TO
10:13:48 THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT OR
10:13:50 ARE YOU ASKING FOR -- TO REVIEW
10:13:52 ALL DEPARTMENTS AND COME BACK?
10:13:53 >>LUIS VIERA: YOU KNOW, AT THIS
10:13:55 TIME, I WOULD PROBABLY -- FROM
10:13:57 JUST HUMAN RESOURCES, I THINK,
10:13:58 AT THIS TIME, WOULD PROBABLY BE
10:14:00 THE BEST OPTION.
10:14:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:14:01 ALL RIGHT.
10:14:04 WE'VE GOT A MOTION.
10:14:04 >>HARRY COHEN: [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:14:07 >>LUIS VIERA: YOU KNOW,
10:14:11 WHENEVER IS CONVENIENT FOR HR.
10:14:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: HOW MUCH TIME
10:14:14 DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD NEED?
10:14:16 HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK
10:14:16 YOU --
10:14:17 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:14:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: SIX WEEKS?
10:14:21 >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S FINE.
10:14:23 AUGUST 2ND IT IS.
10:14:24 >> SECOND.
10:14:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
10:14:27 MR. VIERA, SECOND
10:14:28 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:14:29 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
10:14:30 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
10:14:31 MOTION SAY AYE.
10:14:34 OPPOSED.
10:14:34 OKAY.
10:14:35 MOTION CARRIES.
10:14:35 ALL RIGHT.
10:14:38 AT THIS TIME, WE'RE HEADING
10:14:40 INTO THE WORKSHOPS.
10:14:41 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:14:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH.
10:15:02 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:15:04 >> NO, I WAS GOING TO DO THEM
10:15:05 ALL BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY
10:15:07 LINKED TOGETHER, APPARENTLY.
10:15:07 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:15:11 3 IS ON FOR FIRST READING.
10:15:12 [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:15:14 >> YEAH, I KNOW, BUT THE CLERK
10:15:16 -- THE CLERK ADVISED ME THEY
10:15:18 WERE LINKED TOGETHER.
10:15:19 [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:15:22 THEY'RE ALL TIED TOGETHER.
10:15:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: BEFORE YOU
10:15:43 START, WE HAD -- MS. COYLE, WE
10:15:47 HAD A REQUEST TO RESCHEDULE
10:15:51 THIS TO AUGUST, I BELIEVE IT
10:15:55 WAS THE DATE.
10:15:57 WHAT'S THE POSITION OF STAFF?
10:15:58 >>CATHERINE COYLE: GOOD
10:15:59 MORNING, COUNCIL, CATHERINE
10:16:00 COYLE, PLANNING AND
10:16:00 DEVELOPMENT.
10:16:01 WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH WHEN
10:16:03 WE WERE MEETING WITH
10:16:04 MR. SUAREZ, THAT MEMO CAME
10:16:07 THROUGH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO SEE
10:16:07 IT IN REALTIME YESTERDAY
10:16:08 AFTERNOON.
10:16:10 THIS A COUNCIL-INITIATED
10:16:12 AMENDMENT.
10:16:13 IT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU WHAT
10:16:15 YOU WANT TO DO WITH THIS
10:16:15 AMENDMENT.
10:16:17 WE -- MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE
10:16:18 CLERK WAS THAT 3 AND 4 WERE
10:16:20 TIED TOGETHER, SO I WAS GOING
10:16:22 TO KIND OF ADDRESS BOTH AT THE
10:16:24 SAME TIME.
10:16:25 YOU CAN CERTAINLY CONTINUE IT,
10:16:26 YOU CAN REMOVE IT FROM THE
10:16:28 AGENDA, YOU CAN APPROVE IT, YOU
10:16:31 CAN DO -- YOU CAN DENY IT.
10:16:33 WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AT THIS
10:16:35 POINT -- AND IF I COULD, JUST
10:16:36 REALLY QUICKLY, ADVISE YOU THAT
10:16:39 WE DID HOST A PUBLIC WORKSHOP
10:16:41 IN MY BUILDING MONDAY NIGHT TO
10:16:45 GO OVER THE DRAFT OF NO. 4,
10:16:48 WHICH IS -- 4, PART "A," WHICH
10:16:50 IS THE MITIGATION LANGUAGE THAT
10:16:50 YOU ASKED US TO COME BACK WITH
10:16:53 FROM THE APRIL 26TH WORKSHOP.
10:16:54 WE WENT THROUGH THAT.
10:16:56 WE HAD TEN DIFFERENT
10:16:58 PARTICIPANTS THAT ATTENDED, AND
10:16:59 IT WAS EQUALLY SPLIT.
10:17:00 THERE WERE FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD
10:17:02 GENERAL SIDE AND THERE WERE
10:17:04 FIVE ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE,
10:17:06 AND IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE
10:17:06 CONVERSATION.
10:17:09 WE MADE A NUMBER OF TWEAKS AND
10:17:11 CHANGES BASED ON THOSE
10:17:12 CONVERSATIONS.
10:17:14 THE MEETING LASTED ABOUT ALMOST
10:17:15 2.5 HOURS.
10:17:17 IT WAS A REALLY GOOD SESSION.
10:17:19 THE DRAFT FOR NO. 4 THAT YOU
10:17:20 HAVE BEFORE YOU IS ACTUALLY THE
10:17:23 AMENDED VERSION OF WHAT WAS
10:17:25 DONE ON THE 15TH, AND IT WAS
10:17:28 BASED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS,
10:17:29 WHICH THE PUBLIC THAT CAME TO
10:17:31 THAT MEETING HAS AS WELL.
10:17:34 WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT -- AND
10:17:38 MS. MORA ACTUALLY JUST GAVE
10:17:40 THIS TO YOU.
10:17:42 OUR INTENTION FROM THE STAFF
10:17:44 SIDE AND WITH LEGAL IS TO
10:17:46 CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
10:17:48 THE COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT.
10:17:50 THAT TRULY CLEANS UP ALL THE
10:17:52 PROCESSES IN CHAPTER 13 THAT
10:17:54 ARE WAY OUTDATED, ALL THE
10:17:55 THINGS THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED
10:17:57 TO YOU OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A
10:17:58 HALF, AS WELL AS THE CRITERIA
10:18:00 FOR REMOVAL AND MITIGATION.
10:18:02 OUR INTENTION IS TO CONTINUE TO
10:18:03 MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, AND
10:18:04 THAT'S WHAT I'VE GIVEN YOU IS A
10:18:07 DRAFT SCHEDULE OF WHAT WE'RE
10:18:08 COMMITTED TO MEETING.
10:18:10 WE'VE LOOKED AT OUR PROJECT
10:18:11 THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, WE'VE
10:18:13 LOOKED AT THE CALENDARS, WE'VE
10:18:13 LOOKED AT THE POTENTIAL ISSUES
10:18:15 COMING DOWN FROM ANY STATE
10:18:18 MANDATES OR ANYTHING ELSE, AND
10:18:19 IT LOOKS FAIRLY CLEAR.
10:18:20 THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING
10:18:24 MAJOR THAT HAPPENS, BARRING A
10:18:25 HURRICANE OR ANYTHING ELSE, YOU
10:18:26 KNOW, THAT WOULD PUT US OFF.
10:18:28 THIS IS WHAT WE CAN COMMIT TO
10:18:29 TO BRING YOU THE COMPREHENSIVE
10:18:31 AMENDMENT AND BRING IT TO THE
10:18:32 PUBLIC.
10:18:35 WITH THAT SAID, EITHER NOW OR
10:18:36 AT THE END OF THIS
10:18:37 CONVERSATION, I WOULD ASK THAT
10:18:38 YOU ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND
10:18:40 SCHEDULE THE WORKSHOPS THAT ARE
10:18:44 CIRCLED, OCTOBER 25TH AND
10:18:47 NOVEMBER 29TH, TO KEEP US ON
10:18:48 TRACK, AND OCTOBER 25TH WOULD
10:18:50 BE SPECIFICALLY TO GIVE YOU THE
10:18:52 UPDATE ON THE COMPREHENSIVE
10:18:53 AMENDMENT AND GO OVER ALL
10:18:55 PUBLIC COMMENTS WE HAD RECEIVED
10:18:56 AT THAT POINT AND TO GIVE YOU
10:18:58 WHERE WE ARE, THAT STATUS
10:18:59 UPDATE, AND THEN THE -- ON THAT
10:19:01 -- THAT WOULD BE ON THE WORKING
10:19:02 FINAL DRAFT.
10:19:03 THEN ON NOVEMBER 29TH TO BRING
10:19:05 YOU THE FINAL DRAFT FORWARD.
10:19:06 WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY HAD
10:19:10 POTENTIALLY UP TO FOUR PUBLIC
10:19:11 MEETINGS PLUS, AND WE WOULD
10:19:13 HAVE HAD A FULL MONTH TO TWO
10:19:14 MONTHS -- ONE TO TWO MONTHS OF
10:19:16 OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT, SO OUR
10:19:17 INTENTION AT THAT POINT WOULD
10:19:19 BE TO BRING YOU BACK A FINAL
10:19:20 DRAFT THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY
10:19:23 TRANSMIT, AND, OF COURSE,
10:19:24 YOU'RE GOING TO STILL HEAR
10:19:26 ISSUES ON BOTH SIDES AND ALL
10:19:28 DIFFERENT SIDES, BUT ONE THAT'S
10:19:29 TO CONSENSUS.
10:19:30 THIS IS OUR TARGETED CALENDAR
10:19:31 FOR THAT.
10:19:35 LOOKING AT ITEM NO. 3, WHICH IS
10:19:37 THE -- WE'LL JUST CALL IT AN
10:19:39 INTERIM STEP FOR REMOVAL, AND
10:19:41 IT DEALT SPECIFICALLY WITH
10:19:42 SINGLE-FAMILY.
10:19:43 I WOULD NOTE IF YOU -- IF YOU
10:19:45 GO TO CONTINUE IT AND YOU STILL
10:19:46 WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
10:19:48 PARTICULAR AMENDMENT, IF YOU
10:19:49 DO, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU
10:19:51 CONTINUE IT BUT WITH THE
10:19:52 DIRECTION -- WE'VE LOOKED AT IT
10:19:53 AGAIN AND AGAIN, AND WE BELIEVE
10:19:55 THAT YOU COULD DIRECT US TO
10:20:01 TAKE OUT SPECIFICALLY ON PAGE 8
10:20:07 OF THE ORDINANCE -- THIS ONE
10:20:08 HAS CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF
10:20:09 CONFUSION WITH THE PUBLIC, AND
10:20:12 IT WAS EVEN HIGHLIGHTED AT THE
10:20:14 PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING.
10:20:16 LEAVING IT IN AND TAKING IT OUT
10:20:17 DOESN'T REALLY AFFECT THE
10:20:18 OVERALL ORDINANCE.
10:20:20 IT'S LOOKING AT THAT 90%
10:20:22 PROVISION FOR THE TOTAL AREA OF
10:20:23 THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE, HOW IT
10:20:25 OCCUPIES THE PRINCIPAL
10:20:26 ENVELOPE.
10:20:27 IF YOU WERE TO DIRECT US TO
10:20:33 TAKE OUT 13-45(G)(6)(B)(2),
10:20:37 ROMANETTE II, AND THE "OR," AND
10:20:39 ALSO THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
10:20:41 THAT WE GOT FROM THE TREE
10:20:43 SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING FOLKS,
10:20:44 AND KIND OF AS A COMPROMISE,
10:20:47 WE'RE -- WE HAD THE 25%
10:20:47 SHIFTING IN YARDS.
10:20:50 THAT COMES OUT TO 1.75 FEET ON
10:20:51 THE SIDE, AND THE COMMENT
10:20:52 GENERALLY WAS JUST MAKE IT TWO
10:20:52 FEET.
10:20:54 THAT WAY IT'S AN EVEN AMOUNT
10:20:56 AND IT'S NOT WEIRD FOR PEOPLE.
10:21:00 WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
10:21:02 IF CHOOSE TO CONTINUE THIS,
10:21:04 THAT WOULD BE FINE WITH US.
10:21:07 I WOULD JUST ASK TO AVOID
10:21:10 CONFUSION WITH ROMANETTE 2 AND
10:21:11 I WOULD PROPOSE MAKING IT TWO
10:21:12 FEET FOR SIDE YARD AS OPPOSED
10:21:14 TO 25%.
10:21:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
10:21:16 >>HARRY COHEN: I THOUGHT THE
10:21:17 REQUEST THAT WAS MADE OF US AT
10:21:18 THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING
10:21:23 WAS NOT TO PIECEMEAL THIS AND
10:21:25 START -- I MEAN, IF WE START
10:21:26 PIECEMEALING THIS AND TAKING
10:21:27 OUT A PARAGRAPH HERE AND THERE,
10:21:29 NO ONE'S GOING TO UNDERSTAND
10:21:30 WHAT IT IS THAT'S ACTUALLY
10:21:34 HAPPENING, AND THAT -- I THINK
10:21:36 THE THING I HAVE HEARD FROM
10:21:36 EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS
10:21:39 DISCUSSION IS THAT IT -- THAT
10:21:41 IF WE START PIECEMEALING IT,
10:21:42 IT'S GOING TO GET CONFUSING AND
10:21:43 WE'RE GOING TO DISRUPT THE
10:21:45 ENTIRE PROCESS.
10:21:46 >>CATHERINE COYLE: WE AS STAFF
10:21:47 AND LEGAL COMPLETELY AGREE.
10:21:49 THAT'S WHY WE GAVE YOU THE
10:21:49 COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT
10:21:52 TIMELINE, BECAUSE WE REALLY --
10:21:54 OUR GOAL IS TO GET BACK TO THIS
10:21:56 AND DO THIS.
10:21:56 >>HARRY COHEN: NO, I UNDERSTAND
10:21:58 THAT, SO WHY ARE YOU GETTING
10:21:59 INTO SPECIFIC PARAGRAPHS THAT
10:22:01 WE SHOULD TAKE OUT AND REPLACE
10:22:02 TODAY?
10:22:02 >>CATHERINE COYLE: BECAUSE THIS
10:22:03 AMENDMENT IS ON FOR FIRST
10:22:05 READING, AND IT IS YOUR
10:22:06 DISCRETION TO DO WITH IT AS YOU
10:22:07 PLEASE.
10:22:08 >>HARRY COHEN: OH, I WAS UNDER
10:22:09 THE IMPRESSION, AFTER LISTENING
10:22:11 TO THE COMMENT, THAT THAT WAS
10:22:13 GOING TO BE CONTINUED.
10:22:15 MAYBE THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET.
10:22:18 >>CATHERINE COYLE: IT HAS NOT.
10:22:19 >>HARRY COHEN: I UNDERSTAND.
10:22:20 YOU'RE SAYING IN THE ABSENCE OF
10:22:22 A CONTINUANCE, PLEASE DO THIS.
10:22:22 >>CATHERINE COYLE: IF YOU SO
10:22:24 CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE,
10:22:26 WELL, THEN, I RECOMMEND YOU --
10:22:26 >>HARRY COHEN: MAYBE THE
10:22:28 CLEANEST THING TO DO WOULD BE
10:22:30 TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A
10:22:33 CONTINUANCE OF THAT ITEM NOW
10:22:35 AND THAT IS THE ORDINANCE THAT
10:22:37 IS ACTUALLY HERE FOR FIRST
10:22:38 READING CONSIDERATION.
10:22:39 WE WERE ASKED, I THINK, TO
10:22:41 CONTINUE THAT TO AUGUST 23RD AT
10:22:44 OUR REGULAR MEETING AT 9:00
10:22:44 A.M.
10:22:47 >> SECOND.
10:22:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:22:48 WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
10:22:50 MR. COHEN, SECOND BY
10:22:51 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:22:53 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
10:22:54 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
10:22:56 MOTION SAY AYE.
10:22:57 OPPOSED.
10:23:00 ALL RIGHT.
10:23:02 >>CATHERINE COYLE: SO GOING TO
10:23:04 PART "A" OF ITEM NO. 4, I
10:23:05 BELIEVE THE REQUEST WAS THE
10:23:10 SAME FROM THE TWO
10:23:11 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GROUPS
10:23:13 THAT ARE COLLABORATING.
10:23:14 >>HARRY COHEN: SO IF I COULD --
10:23:15 SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO
10:23:17 TODAY IS TO SET TWO PUBLIC
10:23:19 WORKSHOPS ON THE 25TH OF
10:23:21 OCTOBER AND THE 29TH OF
10:23:22 NOVEMBER, AND THIS IS ASSUMING
10:23:25 THAT BY THE 23RD OF AUGUST
10:23:26 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COME TO
10:23:28 SOME CONSENSUS ON WHAT THE
10:23:30 ACTUAL PROVISIONS OF THE
10:23:32 PROPOSAL ARE GOING TO BE?
10:23:33 >>CATHERINE COYLE: IN OUR
10:23:35 WORLD, THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE
10:23:36 THINGS.
10:23:37 THE -- THE MITIGATION PROPOSAL
10:23:41 THAT IS TODAY IS LIVING IN
10:23:44 CHAPTER 13, AND IT'S AN
10:23:45 AMENDMENT TO 16 AND A PARTIAL
10:23:47 AMENDMENT TO 27, AND THE OTHER
10:23:49 ORDINANCE IS STRICTLY REMOVAL
10:23:51 -- IT'S A VERY NARROW THING.
10:23:52 >>HARRY COHEN: I KNOW THAT IN
10:23:54 YOUR WORLD THEY RESIDE IN
10:23:55 SEPARATE PLACES, BUT IN OUR
10:23:57 WORLD THEY'RE INEXTRICABLY
10:23:59 LINKED, AND WE FEEL -- AT LEAST
10:24:00 I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO DEAL
10:24:01 WITH THEM AT THE SAME TIME
10:24:02 BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH
10:24:03 THEM AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S
10:24:05 GOING TO BE CONFUSING FOR THE
10:24:06 PUBLIC AND CONFUSING FOR US.
10:24:08 THAT'S MY OPINION.
10:24:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:24:13 >>CATHERINE COYLE: DEPENDING ON
10:24:14 WHAT YOU DO WITH THESE TWO
10:24:15 ITEMS, BEING THE MITIGATION
10:24:18 CHANGES, AS THEY ARE PROPOSED,
10:24:19 WHICH WOULD NEED TO BE
10:24:20 TRANSMITTED TO THE PLANNING
10:24:22 COMMISSION TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
10:24:24 FORWARD TO AUGUST, AND THEN THE
10:24:26 AMENDMENT IN CHAPTER 13 THAT
10:24:28 YOU JUST CONTINUED TO AUGUST,
10:24:30 SO LONG AS THEY STAY PRETTY
10:24:31 MUCH THE SAME AND WE'RE NOT
10:24:32 HAVING TO REWRITE THEM
10:24:34 COMPLETELY AND WE CAN FOCUS ON
10:24:35 THE COMPREHENSIVE REWRITE, OUR
10:24:37 GOAL IS TO JUST FOLD THAT INTO
10:24:38 THE REWRITE --
10:24:39 >>HARRY COHEN: OKAY.
10:24:40 >>CATHERINE COYLE: -- AND
10:24:41 INCLUDE ANY TWEAKS OR CHANGES
10:24:43 THAT COUNCIL MAKES.
10:24:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:24:46 SO IT'S BEST THAT WE KEEP BOTH
10:24:49 OF THESE ON THE SAME TIMELINE?
10:24:52 >>CATHERINE COYLE: I THINK THE
10:24:53 BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR
10:24:54 COUNCIL IS TO DEAL WITH REMOVAL
10:24:56 AND MITIGATION AT THE SAME
10:24:56 TIME.
10:24:57 IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DEAL WITH
10:24:58 IT.
10:24:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:25:02 DO WE HAVE TO GO TO PUBLIC --
10:25:06 COMMENTS ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS?
10:25:07 BEFORE WE VOTE?
10:25:10 >> YOU COULD TAKE --
10:25:11 >> YES.
10:25:12 THAT WOULD BE BEST, TAKE PUBLIC
10:25:13 COMMENT BEFORE -- WELL, YOU
10:25:16 VOTED ALREADY ON THE
10:25:16 CONTINUANCE.
10:25:17 YOU HEARD THAT EARLIER ON.
10:25:19 BUT IF YOU WANT TO TAKE ANY
10:25:21 SUBSTANTIVE MOTIONS, YOU COULD
10:25:22 HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC FIRST AND
10:25:23 MAKE YOUR DECISIONS BASED ON
10:25:24 WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO AFTER
10:25:25 THAT.
10:25:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:25:27 >>CATHERINE COYLE: I JUST WANT
10:25:28 TO MAKE COUNCIL CLEAR THAT ON
10:25:29 THE 23RD, I BELIEVE -- IS THAT
10:25:30 A WORKSHOP DAY?
10:25:32 >>HARRY COHEN: IT'S NOT.
10:25:33 >>CATHERINE COYLE: IF YOU WERE
10:25:33 TO CONTINUE THE MITIGATION
10:25:36 PIECE TO THE 23RD TO LINE UP
10:25:37 AND SET IT FOR FIRST READING,
10:25:39 YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTION TO
10:25:40 TRANSMIT IT TO THE PLANNING
10:25:42 COMMISSION SO THEY CAN GET TO
10:25:44 THE AUGUST 13TH MEETING,
10:25:45 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT OPEN IN
10:25:47 JULY, AND THAT WAY WE CAN BRING
10:25:48 IT BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION
10:25:49 FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION,
10:25:50 AND THOSE TWO WOULD JUST BE
10:25:53 FIRST READINGS FOR THOSE
10:25:55 INTERIM PIECES, THE INTERIM
10:25:57 CHANGES TO THE EXISTING CODES.
10:25:58 WE WANT TO STILL MOVE FORWARD
10:25:59 WITH THE REWRITE WITH THE TWO
10:26:00 WORKSHOP DATES THAT WE'RE
10:26:02 ASKING YOU TO SCHEDULE, WHICH
10:26:02 WOULD BE THE COMPREHENSIVE
10:26:04 CHANGES.
10:26:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:26:06 >>HARRY COHEN: WHY, THEN,
10:26:07 WOULDN'T WE JUST HOLD THIS TO
10:26:08 GO WITH THAT?
10:26:11 I DON'T UNDER -- I'M NOT
10:26:12 FOLLOWING --
10:26:12 >>CATHERINE COYLE: YOU TOTALLY
10:26:13 CAN.
10:26:15 THAT'S YOUR DISCRETION.
10:26:16 >>HARRY COHEN: I MEAN -- OKAY.
10:26:17 >>CATHERINE COYLE: I'M TRYING
10:26:19 TO BALANCE WHAT THE PUBLIC IS
10:26:20 ASKING YOU AS WELL AS WHAT
10:26:21 WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CAN
10:26:22 ACTUALLY MEET FOR OUR SCHEDULE
10:26:24 TO DO THE FULL REWRITE.
10:26:24 >>HARRY COHEN: OKAY.
10:26:27 SO HELP ME -- HELP ME HELP YOU
10:26:27 --
10:26:28 [LAUGHTER]
10:26:31 -- MARRY THOSE THINGS TOGETHER.
10:26:33 >>CATHERINE COYLE: MY DRUTHERS,
10:26:34 I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU
10:26:35 TABLE THESE TWO AND YOU ASK US
10:26:37 TO LOOK AT THESE -- THESE TWO
10:26:39 ISSUES, WHAT WE'VE WRITTEN, GO
10:26:41 BACK AND FOLD THAT INTO THE
10:26:42 REWRITE, AND CONTINUE TO WORK
10:26:43 ON THIS SCHEDULE WITH THE
10:26:45 PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS
10:26:48 COMPREHENSIVELY CHANGED, 13,
10:26:49 15, AND 27.
10:26:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE ONLY HAVE
10:26:52 TO CHANGE ONE BECAUSE WE'VE
10:26:54 ALREADY DONE 3.
10:26:54 >>CATHERINE COYLE: I GUESS YOU
10:26:56 COULD UNDO THAT --
10:26:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, UNDO IT?
10:26:59 >>CATHERINE COYLE: IF YOU CHOSE
10:26:59 TO.
10:27:01 >> MAY I CLARIFY A REQUEST?
10:27:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO, MA'AM.
10:27:04 WE'RE TALKING WITH STAFF AT
10:27:04 THIS TIME.
10:27:06 ALL RIGHT.
10:27:08 ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY
10:27:09 AT THIS TIME?
10:27:09 >>CATHERINE COYLE: NOT AT THIS
10:27:10 TIME.
10:27:11 I'LL WAIT FOR --
10:27:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME --
10:27:13 BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING ME
10:27:14 CONFUSED NOW.
10:27:16 LET ME MAKE SURE AND
10:27:16 UNDERSTAND.
10:27:19 YOU WANT US TO GO BACK AND UNDO
10:27:19 NO. 3?
10:27:21 >>CATHERINE COYLE: AGAIN, ONLY
10:27:22 IF YOU SO CHOOSE.
10:27:24 I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT
10:27:24 TO DO.
10:27:25 THAT'S THE QUANDARY THAT I'M
10:27:26 IN.
10:27:28 I'M TELLING YOU THAT STAFF AND
10:27:30 LEGAL, IT'S OUR INTENTION TO
10:27:31 FOLLOW THE COMPREHENSIVE
10:27:32 REWRITE TIMELINE THAT WE'VE
10:27:34 GIVEN YOU, AND WE'RE ASKING YOU
10:27:35 TO SET THESE TWO DATES.
10:27:36 IF COUNCIL CHOOSES TO KEEP
10:27:38 ALIVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
10:27:40 FOR CHAPTER 13, WHICH YOU JUST
10:27:41 SET FOR THE 23RD OF AUGUST, AND
10:27:43 YOU CHOOSE TO KEEP ALIVE THIS
10:27:44 INTERIM CHANGE TO MITIGATION
10:27:46 AND YOU WANT TO RUN THOSE ON A
10:27:47 SEPARATE TRACK, THAT'S FINE,
10:27:48 YOU CAN.
10:27:49 >>HARRY COHEN: I THINK WE
10:27:50 DON'T.
10:27:50 >>CATHERINE COYLE: OKAY.
10:27:51 AND THAT'S YOUR CHOICE.
10:27:52 >>HARRY COHEN: I THINK WE'VE
10:27:53 GOTTEN AHEAD OF OURSELVES.
10:27:55 SO I THINK PERHAPS THE BETTER
10:27:56 -- THE BETTER COURSE -- AND WE
10:27:58 CAN -- WE CAN HEAR FROM THE
10:28:00 PUBLIC BEFORE WE VOTE, BUT I
10:28:03 THINK THE MOTION SHOULD BE TO
10:28:04 HOLD THESE ITEMS IN ABEYANCE
10:28:08 UNTIL WE -- UNTIL WE SET THESE
10:28:10 -- SET THESE TWO WORKSHOPS AND
10:28:13 BRING THEM UP AT THOSE WHEN WE
10:28:14 -- WHEN WE RECONVENE ON THIS
10:28:16 TOPIC.
10:28:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. COHEN, I
10:28:21 THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A
10:28:23 MARRIAGE COUNSELOR.
10:28:24 >>HARRY COHEN: MR. REDDICK
10:28:26 ALREADY SAID HE'S GOING INTO
10:28:28 BUSINESS.
10:28:28 >>CATHERINE COYLE: IF YOU'D
10:28:30 LIKE ME TO GO INTO THE
10:28:31 SUBSTANCE OF THE MITIGATION, I
10:28:31 CAN AT THIS POINT.
10:28:33 YOU'VE HEARD IT OVER MANY
10:28:33 WORKSHOPS.
10:28:34 THIS IS JUST THE DRAFT WRITTEN
10:28:36 VERSION OF IT, AND, AGAIN, I
10:28:37 WENT THROUGH ON MONDAY WITH
10:28:38 THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND IT
10:28:39 WAS A GOOD MIXTURE OF BOTH
10:28:40 SIDES.
10:28:41 WE WENT THROUGH ALL THE
10:28:41 DEBATES.
10:28:43 THERE WAS ONE -- ONE BIG
10:28:45 REMAINING ISSUE THAT I NOTED TO
10:28:47 THEM AS WELL THAT I WOULD
10:28:49 HIGHLIGHT TO COUNCIL, AND I
10:28:50 MENTIONED IT TO THE ONES THAT
10:28:52 WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH.
10:28:54 ON PAGES 6 AND 8 IN THE DRAFT
10:28:58 MITIGATION DOCUMENT, UNDER
10:29:01 PARAGRAPH C-5, AND THEN AGAIN
10:29:05 ON PAGE 8, ALSO C-5, THIS IS
10:29:06 DEALING WITH WHERE YOU CAN
10:29:09 PLANT TREES, SO, REMEMBER,
10:29:10 WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CURRENTLY
10:29:12 IT'S ONLY ON YOUR SITE IN
10:29:13 ADJACENT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:29:14 WE'VE OPENED THAT UP.
10:29:15 THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOUND A
10:29:16 WAY TO DOCUMENT THAT.
10:29:21 THERE IS A TREE PLANT-- THERE
10:29:23 IS A TREE PLANTING -- A
10:29:25 MITIGATION PLANTING PERMIT TO
10:29:26 PLANT THE TREES ON SOMEBODY
10:29:28 ELSE'S PROPERTY SO THAT WE CAN
10:29:29 TRACK THE TREES.
10:29:32 THE ISSUE CAME ABOUT WITH THIS
10:29:38 PARTICULAR LANGUAGE WHERE IT
10:29:42 SAYS "IN PERPETUITY" ON PAGE 6,
10:29:42 AND COUNCIL HAS ESSENTIALLY
10:29:44 THREE OPTIONS.
10:29:46 WE'VE DISCUSSED IT INTERNALLY,
10:29:46 I'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE
10:29:48 PUBLIC, AND I'VE TOLD THEM I
10:29:51 WOULD HIGHLIGHT THIS TO YOU AS
10:29:51 WELL.
10:29:52 IT'S A POLICY DECISION AT THIS
10:29:53 POINT.
10:29:54 THE WAY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT
10:29:57 WROTE IS IT IN PERPETUITY, THE
10:29:59 PLANTER, THE MITIGATOR, THE
10:30:00 PERSON WHO'S ACTUALLY PLANTING
10:30:01 THE TREE, AND THE PERSON
10:30:02 RECEIVING THE TREE IN
10:30:03 PERPETUITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE
10:30:04 FOR MAINTENANCE AND
10:30:07 REPLACEMENT.
10:30:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF
10:30:07 MICROPHONE]
10:30:09 [LAUGHTER]
10:30:10 >>CATHERINE COYLE: SO THAT'S
10:30:11 YOUR FIRST OPTION.
10:30:13 OBVIOUSLY, WE HEARD BACK FROM
10:30:17 THE BUILDER'S SIDE MONDAY NIGHT
10:30:18 THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO
10:30:19 THAT.
10:30:20 NO ONE'S GOING TO DO THAT, SO
10:30:21 I'D BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A TREE
10:30:22 FOREVER?
10:30:24 THAT'S THAT.
10:30:24 >>HARRY COHEN: [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:30:28 >>CATHERINE COYLE: THEN THERE'S
10:30:32 A SEPARATE SECOND OPTION, A
10:30:33 MAINTENANCE PERIOD OF ONE YEAR.
10:30:35 THINK OF IT KIND OF LIKE A
10:30:36 WARRANTY PERIOD.
10:30:37 THE TREE GETS PLANTED, AND FOR
10:30:38 THAT FIRST YEAR WE MAKE SURE
10:30:39 THAT IT ACTUALLY ESTABLISHES
10:30:42 AND TAKES HOLD AND THEN WILL
10:30:44 GROW.
10:30:45 THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT SECOND
10:30:46 OPTION FOR YOU -- AND THIS,
10:30:48 AGAIN, IS A POLICY DECISION --
10:30:49 IS THAT DURING THAT FIRST YEAR,
10:30:51 IT'S THE PLANTER'S
10:30:52 RESPONSIBILITY, AND THEN THE
10:30:53 ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY IT'S
10:30:55 LISTED AS THE PERSON WHO
10:30:56 RECEIVES THE TREE.
10:30:57 AND THEN THE THIRD OPTION IS --
10:30:59 AND THIS WAS AMONG THE DEBATE
10:31:00 IN THE ROOM AS WELL.
10:31:01 THE THIRD OPTION IS, IS I'M
10:31:02 GOING TO PLANT THE TREE AS PART
10:31:04 OF MY MITIGATION, AND YOU, THE
10:31:06 PERSON WHO'S RECEIVING IT,
10:31:07 TAKES RESPONSIBILITY AS SOON AS
10:31:09 THAT FINAL PLANTING INSPECTION
10:31:12 HAPPENS, WHICH WE WOULD PERFORM
10:31:14 ANYWAY, THAT IT WAS PLANTED
10:31:17 ANYWAY AND IT'S THE RIGHT TREE.
10:31:19 THOSE ARE YOUR THREE BASIC
10:31:20 OPTIONS, AND IT'S A POLICY
10:31:22 DECISION FOR COUNCIL.
10:31:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: IT'S A GOOD
10:31:25 THING THAT A TREE DOESN'T TALK
10:31:27 BECAUSE I TELL YOU --
10:31:28 >>CATHERINE COYLE: THAT'S THE
10:31:29 LAST -- THAT WAS THE BIGGEST
10:31:33 ISSUE THAT WAS REMAINING.
10:31:33 THE REST OF THE ONES THAT WE
10:31:35 HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH THE EVENING
10:31:37 I CORRECTED ON VARIOUS PAGES,
10:31:39 AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY
10:31:41 OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE RAISED.
10:31:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:31:47 WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GO TO
10:31:48 THE PUBLIC, AND THEN COUNCIL
10:31:51 WILL TAKE A VOTE ON THE NEXT
10:31:51 STEPS.
10:31:52 ALL RIGHT.
10:31:54 SO ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS
10:32:01 ITEM -- SO ANYONE WISHING TO
10:32:02 SPEAK COME FORWARD AND YOU HAVE
10:32:03 THREE MINUTES.
10:32:04 >> HI.
10:32:04 [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:32:06 I SUPPORT THE EFFORT OF DOING
10:32:07 AN OVERALL REWRITE, BUT I DON'T
10:32:09 WANT TO WAIT THAT LONG TO MAKE
10:32:11 PROGRESS, SO WHAT WE WERE
10:32:12 ASKING IN OUR CONTINUANCE IS
10:32:14 ACTUALLY EXACTLY AS WE WROTE IT
10:32:15 IN THE LETTER, THAT YOU KEEP
10:32:17 THE COUNCIL'S DATE OF AUGUST 23
10:32:19 AND HOPEFULLY BY THEN, WE WILL
10:32:21 HAVE COME TO A LOT OF COMMON
10:32:23 GROUND OR WE WILL TEE UP THE
10:32:25 AREAS THAT WE CAN'T COME TO
10:32:26 COMMON GROUND, AND YOU CAN SET
10:32:28 NEW DIRECTION OR YOU CAN PASS
10:32:29 SOMETHING THERE OR WHATEVER.
10:32:31 I -- AND I'M SORRY IF WE'VE
10:32:32 CONFUSED YOU, BUT WE ACTUALLY
10:32:34 THINK FOR RIGHT NOW THE TWO
10:32:35 TRACKS ARE PRODUCTIVE, AND
10:32:36 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET
10:32:40 AS CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS, AND
10:32:41 WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH
10:32:42 REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS AND LAY OUT
10:32:43 THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE'RE IN
10:32:45 AGREEMENT ON, THE CRITERIA THAT
10:32:46 WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON.
10:32:47 WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU
10:32:48 PICTURES, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO
10:32:50 I'M FINE WITH HER CONTINUING TO
10:32:51 WORK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE
10:32:51 REWRITE.
10:32:53 EVENTUALLY IT HAS TO BE DONE
10:32:54 ANYWAY, BUT LET'S KEEP SOME
10:32:56 PRESSURE ON TO MOVE ON THIS
10:32:56 THING.
10:32:57 WE'VE BEEN AT IT A VERY LONG
10:32:58 TIME.
10:32:58 THANK YOU.
10:33:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:33:03 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:33:05 GINA GRIMES ON BEHALF OF THE
10:33:06 BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
10:33:07 I AGREE, IN LARGE PART, WITH
10:33:09 WHAT MARYLOU SAID.
10:33:11 WE'VE INVESTED -- THE BUILDERS
10:33:13 ASSOCIATION HAS INVESTED A
10:33:14 SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME AND
10:33:15 EFFORT BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
10:33:18 WORKING ON THIS ORDINANCE TO
10:33:19 GET TO THIS POINT, AND WHAT
10:33:20 HAPPENED HISTORICALLY OVER THE
10:33:22 PAST TWO YEARS IS THERE'S
10:33:24 ALWAYS BEEN SOME HICCUP WITH
10:33:26 THE SCHEDULE THAT HAS DELAYED
10:33:28 IT, AND THAT'S -- IT'S HAPPENED
10:33:29 REPEATEDLY, AND THE ONLY REASON
10:33:31 THAT THE REMOVAL COMPONENT AND
10:33:32 THE MITIGATION COMPONENT WERE
10:33:34 SEPARATED IS OUT OF A RESULT OF
10:33:36 FRUSTRATION ON OUR PART THAT IT
10:33:38 WAS TAKING SO LONG AND IT WAS
10:33:39 BEING DELAYED, AND THAT'S THE
10:33:40 ONLY REASON THAT WE ADVANCED
10:33:41 THE REMOVAL COMPONENT.
10:33:43 WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH DOING
10:33:44 THE TWO TOGETHER, AND WE
10:33:45 THOUGHT THAT'S WHERE WE WERE
10:33:46 THIS MORNING BECAUSE WHAT WAS
10:33:48 TRANSMITTED TO YOU IS A
10:33:50 DOCUMENT THAT AMENDS CHAPTER
10:33:51 13.
10:33:53 WHAT WE PROPOSED AMENDS CHAPTER
10:33:56 13 WAS VERY SIMPLE, VERY
10:33:56 STRAIGHTFORWARD.
10:33:58 WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING IS AN
10:33:59 ENTIRE REWRITE OF MOVING
10:34:01 EVERYTHING FROM 13 INTO 27,
10:34:03 HAVING ALL THESE NEW WORKSHOPS,
10:34:04 EVERYTHING BEING ALL MOVED
10:34:05 AROUND.
10:34:06 WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO WAIT
10:34:07 THAT LONG FOR THAT.
10:34:09 I DON'T BLAME THEM FOR WANTING
10:34:11 TO DO IT THAT WAY, BUT WE WANT
10:34:12 TO DEAL WITH THE SUBSTANTIVE
10:34:14 ISSUES, NOT THE FORMATTING OF
10:34:16 ALL THIS BUT THE SUBSTANTIVE
10:34:18 ISSUES IN CHAPTER 13.
10:34:18 WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
10:34:19 WE ARE SO CLOSE.
10:34:21 WE HAVE FIVE MEETINGS SCHEDULED
10:34:23 FOR THE REST OF -- WEEKLY
10:34:25 MEETINGS ALL THROUGH JULY SO
10:34:26 THAT WE CAN COME BACK ON AUGUST
10:34:28 23RD WITH WHAT WE HOPE IS AN
10:34:30 AGREED UPON SOLUTION.
10:34:31 WE HAVEN'T EVEN -- WE HAVEN'T
10:34:33 EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO REACT TO
10:34:35 WHAT CATHY TRANSMITTED TO
10:34:36 EVERYBODY ON TUESDAY -- MONDAY
10:34:38 OR TUESDAY, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO
10:34:39 WORK ON THE MITIGATION
10:34:39 COMPONENT.
10:34:41 WE'VE ALMOST GIVEN HER CARTE
10:34:43 BLANCHE ON THAT ASPECT OF THE
10:34:45 ORDINANCE, WHICH IS A VERY
10:34:46 IMPORTANT ASPECT, BUT WE WOULD
10:34:48 LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT
10:34:51 WE HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING ON THE
10:34:54 SCHEDULE THAT WE PROPOSED, COME
10:34:56 BACK APRIL 23RD AND SEE IF WE
10:34:56 CAN GET --
10:34:57 >> AUGUST.
10:34:59 >> -- AUGUST 23RD, AND SEE IF
10:35:00 WE CAN GET AGREEMENT BETWEEN
10:35:03 THE TREE SOMETHING, SAY
10:35:05 SOMETHING FOLKS AND THE OTHER
10:35:06 INTERESTED PEOPLE AND THE
10:35:07 BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
10:35:08 HONESTLY, WE'RE VERY, VERY
10:35:11 CLOSE TO BEING THERE.
10:35:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:35:16 NEXT.
10:35:24 >> IS THAT IN THE RIGHT
10:35:25 DIRECTION?
10:35:27 OH.
10:35:31 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:35:35 THE OTHER WAY.
10:35:37 >> CYNTHIA DUNCAN.
10:35:42 I'M ONE OF THE COALITION OF THE
10:35:42 WILLING OF TREE SOMETHING, SAY
10:35:43 SOMETHING.
10:35:45 I'M ALSO A LAWYER, MEMBER OF
10:35:45 THE FLORIDA BAR.
10:35:48 ALSO AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER,
10:35:49 TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
10:35:52 I'VE DONE TONS OF SITE SURVEYS,
10:35:54 IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, BOSNIA, ALSO
10:35:55 SOME CIVILIZED PLACES.
10:35:57 I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
10:35:59 ARBORISTS, THE BUILDERS, WITH
10:36:01 CATHERINE COYLE, KATHY BECK,
10:36:06 WITH RICKY PETERIKA, WITH
10:36:07 GARY BROWN FROM THE VRB.
10:36:09 WE HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS.
10:36:10 THE THING ABOUT THESE TWO
10:36:11 AMENDMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE
10:36:12 REMOVAL AMENDMENT, IT'S HOLDING
10:36:13 EVERYONE'S FEET TO THE FIRE.
10:36:14 THE TREE COMMUNITY IS
10:36:15 ENERGIZED.
10:36:16 THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THE
10:36:18 CANOPY IS PROTECTED.
10:36:19 THE BUILDERS ARE ENERGIZED.
10:36:21 THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
10:36:22 PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS ARE
10:36:23 PROTECTED.
10:36:25 SO I PUT THIS UP HERE BECAUSE
10:36:27 AT PLANNING COMMISSION, ONE OF
10:36:28 THE REASONS THEY FOUND IT
10:36:30 INCONSISTENT WAS WE ARE
10:36:31 COLLABORATING, WE ARE MAKING
10:36:34 PROGRESS, AND ONE OF THE
10:36:35 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS IS TO
10:36:37 ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO DO THAT.
10:36:40 THE TWO THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO
10:36:43 BALANCE IS STREAMLINING AND
10:36:44 REMOVING UNNECESSARY PROCESSES.
10:36:46 IF YOU'VE GOT A TREE IN THE
10:36:47 MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL LOT
10:36:48 DEAD CENTER AND IT'S MASSIVE,
10:36:50 YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE VRB
10:36:52 AND THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE 7-0
10:36:54 EVERY TIME TO REMOVE THAT TREE,
10:36:55 BUT THEN YOU -- THE TREES
10:36:57 AROUND THE EDGE, YOU KNOW, YOU
10:36:58 WANT TO PROTECT AS MANY OF
10:36:59 THOSE AS YOU CAN.
10:37:00 WE JUST GOT THE CANOPY STUDY.
10:37:04 WE LOST 2.5 -- 2.1% OVER THE
10:37:04 LAST FIVE YEARS.
10:37:05 WE KNOW THE BENEFITS OF THE
10:37:07 CANOPY.
10:37:09 SO IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE HAD
10:37:10 THE DIVERSITY THING THIS
10:37:11 MORNING BECAUSE ALL BUILDERS
10:37:13 AREN'T EVIL TRYING TO CUT DOWN
10:37:15 ALL THE TREES, AND ALL THE TREE
10:37:18 ACTIVISTS AREN'T CRAZY PEOPLE
10:37:20 CHAINING THEMSELVES TO TREES,
10:37:23 AND MS. JOHNSON FROM TREE
10:37:26 SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING IS
10:37:27 BUILDING SOMETHING BETWEEN THE
10:37:28 COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE BUILDING
10:37:28 TRUST AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD
10:37:31 AND WE HAVE MOMENTUM.
10:37:33 THE MOMENTUM IS SOMETHING WE
10:37:34 DON'T WANT TO LOSE RIGHT NOW,
10:37:35 AND THE TWO PIECES OF THE WHOLE
10:37:37 PLAN, THE TREE REMOVAL AND THE
10:37:38 MITIGATION, ARE THE MOST
10:37:40 COMPLICATED, MOST CONTENTIOUS
10:37:41 PIECES.
10:37:42 IF WE CAN GET THOSE TWO PIECES
10:37:45 WORKED OUT, I THINK THE REST OF
10:37:47 THE PLAN, YOU KNOW, WILL FALL
10:37:49 TOGETHER, SO WE JUST APPRECIATE
10:37:51 IF YOU CONTINUE BOTH OF THE
10:37:53 AMENDMENTS AND GIVE US A CHANCE
10:37:55 TO COME CLOSER TO HELPING
10:37:57 MS. COYLE AND HER STAFF GET
10:37:58 SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS DON'T
10:38:00 HAVE TO SPLIT THE BABY WHEN WE
10:38:01 COME UP HERE.
10:38:04 THANK YOU.
10:38:10 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:38:12 MY NAME IS LORRAINE PARRINO,
10:38:15 604 ONTARIO AVENUE.
10:38:18 I'M WITH THE DAVIS ISLAND CIVIC
10:38:21 ASSOCIATION TREE PROTECTION AND
10:38:22 RESTORATION COMMITTEE.
10:38:23 I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE CITY
10:38:26 COUNCIL TO TAKE AS MUCH TIME --
10:38:27 TO LET NATURAL RESOURCES TAKE
10:38:29 AS MUCH TIME AS THEY NEED TO
10:38:30 TAKE TO REVISE THIS TREE
10:38:31 ORDINANCE.
10:38:32 THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT IS THAT
10:38:35 WE HAD A TREE ORDINANCE AT THE
10:38:37 CITY OF TAMPA FOR 45 YEARS THAT
10:38:38 WAS CHUGGING ALONG, DOING ITS
10:38:41 JOB, PROTECTING THE TREES.
10:38:44 WE HAVE A TREE CANOPY NOW OF
10:38:46 30%, I BELIEVE THE URBAN FOREST
10:38:47 STUDY SAID.
10:38:49 IT WENT DOWN 2% IN THE LAST
10:38:50 FIVE YEARS.
10:38:52 IT PROBABLY WENT DOWN MORE THAN
10:38:53 THAT BECAUSE THE STUDY STOPPED
10:38:56 IN 2017.
10:38:58 THE BUILDING BOOM IS NOW EVEN
10:39:00 GREATER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
10:39:02 SO WE HAD THIS TREE ORDINANCE
10:39:03 THAT WAS PROTECTING THE TREES
10:39:04 AND DOING A GOOD JOB OF IT.
10:39:07 ALL OF A SUDDEN, AT THE END OF
10:39:09 MARCH OR THE END OF FEBRUARY,
10:39:11 WE HAVE A NEW PROPOSED TREE
10:39:13 ORDINANCE BY A SPECIAL INTEREST
10:39:16 GROUP WHO WANTS TO TAILOR IT TO
10:39:18 FIT THEIR NEEDS, AND TO ME IT
10:39:24 GOES AGAINST THE COMMON GOOD OF
10:39:26 THE COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T KNOW
10:39:27 WHY THEY'RE GETTING SPECIAL
10:39:29 PREFERENCE LIKE THIS, BUT IF
10:39:33 THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO ALLOW
10:39:36 THEM TO DO THIS, THEN I THINK
10:39:38 NATURAL RESOURCES SHOULD HAVE
10:39:41 EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT IT
10:39:45 NEEDS TO DO, TAILOR IT TO FIT
10:39:47 THE EXISTING TREE ORDINANCE TO
10:39:48 PROTECT THE TREE CANOPY SO THAT
10:39:50 WE DON'T LOSE EVEN MORE THAN WE
10:39:54 HAVE ALREADY, AND SO IF CATHY
10:39:56 COYLE NEEDS UNTIL THE END OF
10:39:57 THE YEAR TO DO THAT, THEN I SAY
10:39:59 GIVE HER UNTIL THE END OF THE
10:39:59 YEAR.
10:40:01 I DON'T -- I HOPE THAT THIS
10:40:02 CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T WANT TO GO
10:40:05 DOWN IN HISTORY OF THE CITY OF
10:40:06 TAMPA AS BEING THE CITY COUNCIL
10:40:09 THAT DESTROYED THE EXISTING
10:40:10 TREE ORDINANCE THAT WAS DOING A
10:40:12 GOOD JOB PROTECTING OUR TREE
10:40:12 CANOPY.
10:40:15 WE ARE LOSING -- ON DAVIS
10:40:17 ISLAND ALONE, WE'RE LOSING OVER
10:40:19 FIVE -- WE'RE LOSING SIX TREES
10:40:19 A MONTH.
10:40:21 ONE OF THOSE IS A GRAND TREE,
10:40:23 AND EVERY TIME I DRIVE AROUND
10:40:24 SOUTH TAMPA, I SEE MORE AND
10:40:25 MORE TREES THAT ARE GONE.
10:40:27 I KNOW IT'S HAPPENING IN WEST
10:40:28 TAMPA AND IT'S HAPPENING
10:40:30 WHEREVER THERE'S BUILDING GOING
10:40:31 ON, SO WHATEVER NATURAL
10:40:33 RESOURCES NEEDS TO DO TO
10:40:36 PROTECT THE TREES, I THINK YOU
10:40:37 SHOULD GIVE THEM AS MUCH TIME
10:40:38 AS THEY NEED.
10:40:39 THANK YOU.
10:40:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:40:41 NEXT.
10:40:46 >> HI.
10:40:48 THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO
10:40:49 SPEAK.
10:40:50 I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOUR
10:40:51 MICROPHONE IS.
10:40:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HEAR YOU.
10:40:54 >> OH, OKAY.
10:40:55 I HAVE AN ENGINEERING
10:40:56 BACKGROUND.
10:40:59 I'M ALSO A SCIENTIST, AND --
10:41:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: WOULD YOU
10:41:01 STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE.
10:41:04 >> OH, SUSAN VIRGINIA DAVIS.
10:41:06 AND I'M ALSO VERY FAMILIAR WITH
10:41:10 THE NECESSITY OF TREES, TREE
10:41:10 CANOPY.
10:41:13 I UNDERSTAND BUILDING THAT --
10:41:15 LIKE, IF IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF
10:41:17 A STREET OR IN THE MIDDLE OF A
10:41:19 PLOT OF DEVELOPMENT, THEN YOU
10:41:21 DO NEED TO PROBABLY REMOVE
10:41:23 THAT, BUT I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO
10:41:25 PROTECT AS MANY TREES AS
10:41:27 POSSIBLE.
10:41:28 WE HAD THIS PROBLEM IN SARASOTA
10:41:29 WHEN I LIVED DOWN THERE 25
10:41:32 YEARS AGO OR 20 YEARS AGO IN
10:41:32 THE '80S.
10:41:35 THEY REMOVED SO MANY TREES THAT
10:41:38 THEY DEVELOPED A FIRE SEASON.
10:41:40 WHEN I MOVED TO TAMPA, I WAS
10:41:42 VERY PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT
10:41:43 YOU HAD ENOUGH TREES HERE TO
10:41:47 STILL HAVE RAINY SEASONS.
10:41:47 IN SARASOTA YOU HAVE DROUGHT
10:41:50 PROBLEMS BECAUSE THEY BLATANTLY
10:41:53 REMOVED SO MANY TREES FOR
10:41:54 DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE THAT
10:41:56 THEY CREATED A NEW SEASON
10:41:57 CALLED FIRE SEASON.
10:42:00 I EVEN CARRIED A FIRE
10:42:01 EXTINGUISHER IN MY CAR.
10:42:03 ANOTHER THING I HAVE A PROBLEM
10:42:06 WITH IS BREATHING, SO I'M AWARE
10:42:10 OF THE NECESSITY OF CARBON
10:42:13 MONOXIDE BEING REMOVED BY THE
10:42:15 TREES, SO THAT HELPS THE PEOPLE
10:42:17 WITH BREATHING PROBLEMS AND
10:42:20 PROTECTING THE AIR QUALITY.
10:42:21 SO TRIMMING TREES WOULD BE
10:42:24 PROBABLY MORE ADVISABLE THAN
10:42:26 TOTAL REMOVAL OF TREES.
10:42:28 IT PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT.
10:42:31 IT ALSO SAVES THE RAINWATER BY
10:42:33 SOAKING UP THE RAIN AND KEEPING
10:42:36 IT IN YOUR AREA, SO TREES ARE
10:42:37 MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE AVERAGE
10:42:40 PERSON PROBABLY KNOWS ABOUT, SO
10:42:41 I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING IT VERY
10:42:46 SERIOUSLY ABOUT SAVING AS MANY
10:42:48 TREES AS POSSIBLE.
10:42:49 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND
10:42:52 I'LL LEAVE SHORTLY.
10:42:53 THANK YOU.
10:42:53 [APPLAUSE]
10:43:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:43:01 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:43:04 JERRY FRANKHOUSER, T.H.A.N.
10:43:04 PRESIDENT.
10:43:06 WE ARE IN FAVOR OF THE FACT OF
10:43:08 KEEPING THESE TWO BILLS
10:43:11 TOGETHER IF IT'S AT ALL
10:43:12 POSSIBLE ON YOUR PART.
10:43:14 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
10:43:15 DON'T CUT DOWN TREES AND NOT
10:43:17 HAVE ANY WAY TO MITIGATE THEM
10:43:19 AND ALSO CHANGE THE MITIGATION
10:43:20 STYLE.
10:43:23 IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY --
10:43:25 WE'VE WORKED OUT A LOT OF THE
10:43:25 KINKS.
10:43:28 CATHY'S DONE A GREAT JOB ON
10:43:31 THIS AND HER STAFF, AND
10:43:32 T.H.A.N. APPROVES OF WHAT'S
10:43:34 GOING ON WITH THIS.
10:43:35 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:43:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:43:37 ALL RIGHT.
10:43:38 IF YOU PLAN ON SPEAKING AND IF
10:43:40 YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND, PLEASE
10:43:41 LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL SO WE
10:43:42 KNOW HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE
10:43:44 GOING TO SPEAK.
10:43:46 >> COUNCIL, STEVE MICHELINI.
10:43:47 THIS HAS BEEN A LONG AND
10:43:50 ARDUOUS PROCESS FOR YOU ALL AS
10:43:52 COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE STAFF
10:43:53 AND THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE
10:43:54 WORKED ON TRYING TO CRAFT
10:43:55 SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PRESENTED
10:43:58 TO YOU WITH SOME SEMBLANCE OF
10:44:01 CONTINUITY AND AGREEMENT.
10:44:03 IT'S NOT AN EASY ISSUE TO
10:44:06 UNDERSTAND, IT'S NOT AN EASY,
10:44:07 YOU KNOW, EFFORT TO TRY TO
10:44:09 CRAFT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO
10:44:10 BE AS GOOD AS IT CAN BE.
10:44:12 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT,
10:44:13 IT'S NOT GOING TO ADDRESS EVERY
10:44:16 POSSIBLE ISSUE, AND, YOU KNOW,
10:44:18 AS GINA POINTED OUT, WE
10:44:21 SEPARATED THE ISSUES EARLY ON
10:44:23 BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET
10:44:26 ANYWHERE, AND THAT WAS, YOU
10:44:27 KNOW, THE FAULT OF A LOT OF
10:44:29 DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING AND
10:44:31 NOT ANY ONE PARTICULAR PERSON.
10:44:32 NOW, THE GROUPS THAT ARE
10:44:34 SITTING DOWN AND TALKING ARE
10:44:35 TRYING TO COME TO SOME
10:44:37 CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT TO COME
10:44:40 BACK AND RECOMMEND TO YOU ALL.
10:44:44 KEEPING THE PIECES TOGETHER, IF
10:44:46 IT'S AN ENTIRE COMPREHENSIVE
10:44:48 REVIEW, IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT
10:44:49 OF TIME AND IT'S GOING TO
10:44:51 INSERT A LOT OF OTHER ELEMENTS
10:44:53 INTO THIS PROCESS THAT, YOU
10:44:54 KNOW, MAYBE YOU SHOULD THINK
10:44:56 ABOUT NOT INSERTING AND
10:44:57 FIGURING OUT WHAT ARE THE
10:44:59 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS THAT WE CAN
10:45:01 DEAL WITH AND GET THE JOB DONE.
10:45:02 THE PROCESS IS GOING TO TAKE
10:45:04 THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
10:45:06 YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING
10:45:08 AT JANUARY, FEBRUARY, WHICH IS,
10:45:10 YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP ON THE -- AT
10:45:14 THE END OF YOUR TERMS, SO IT --
10:45:17 I'M JUST SUGGESTING IS IT, YOU
10:45:18 KNOW, MAYBE THAT INSTEAD OF
10:45:20 HAVING THE WORKSHOPS, MAYBE THE
10:45:21 STAFF NEEDS TO SIT DOWN WITH US
10:45:23 IN OUR WORKING GROUP AND TRY TO
10:45:24 HAMMER OUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES
10:45:26 ABOUT WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T
10:45:28 BRING FORWARD TO YOU THAT MAKES
10:45:30 SENSE BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING
10:45:32 NOW, THE STAFF IS WORKING ON A
10:45:34 SET OF DOCUMENTS, AND THEN OUR
10:45:37 LITTLE TEAMS OF VOLUNTEERS, OF
10:45:38 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND
10:45:41 BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS AND
10:45:42 CONSULTANTS, ARE COMING BACK
10:45:44 AND SITTING IN ANOTHER GROUP.
10:45:46 MAYBE THE THING IS TO KIND OF
10:45:48 CONDENSE THOSE GROUPS AND SEE
10:45:51 IF WE CAN'T WORK SOMETHING OUT.
10:45:52 THE WORKSHOPS ARE INFORMATIVE,
10:45:53 BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING TO THE
10:45:55 BOTTOM LINE OF WHAT DO WE BRING
10:45:58 BACK IN TERMS OF LANGUAGE.
10:46:00 ANYWAY, I DON'T MEAN TO THROW
10:46:02 THAT ON THE COUNCIL'S LAP, BUT
10:46:03 WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE
10:46:06 FINISH LINE HERE, AND IT SEEMS
10:46:08 LIKE WE'RE RUNNING IN MUD AND
10:46:15 PASSING OUT EXCEDRIN AT EVERY
10:46:16 ONE OF THE MEETINGS.
10:46:17 WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND
10:46:18 CONSIDERATION.
10:46:20 >>FRANK REDDICK.
10:46:21 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK AT
10:46:21 THIS TIME?
10:46:21 ALL RIGHT.
10:46:23 MS. COYLE, DO YOU HAVE
10:46:23 SOMETHING FINAL TO SAY?
10:46:24 >>CATHERINE COYLE: THANK YOU,
10:46:25 COUNCIL.
10:46:26 CATHERINE COYLE, PLANNING AND
10:46:27 DEVELOPMENT.
10:46:29 TO REACH OUT, THIS IS WHY THERE
10:46:30 MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONFUSION AT
10:46:32 THE BEGINNING ABOUT WHY I WAS
10:46:33 TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT
10:46:34 TRACKS.
10:46:35 WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND -- I
10:46:37 KNOW YOU SAID AUGUST 23RD.
10:46:38 IF YOU FOLLOW WHAT THE PUBLIC
10:46:39 IS WANTING TO KEEP THIS INTERIM
10:46:41 CHANGE ON TRACK TO GET
10:46:42 SOMETHING DONE, I WOULD
10:46:43 RECOMMEND THAT YOU MOVE IT TO
10:46:44 THE WORKSHOP, WHICH IS THE NEXT
10:46:45 WEEK, BECAUSE IF THEY COME
10:46:46 FORWARD WITH PICTURES AND
10:46:48 COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION, THAT
10:46:49 WOULD BE IN A REGULAR COUNCIL
10:46:52 MEETING AT A FIRST READING, AND
10:46:53 THERE'S USUALLY NOT A LOT OF
10:46:54 TIME FOR THAT, AND IT'S NOT
10:46:55 THIS KIND OF FORUM.
10:46:56 YOU CERTAINLY CAN TAKE A FIRST
10:46:59 READING AT A WORKSHOP IF --
10:46:59 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:47:01 >>CATHERINE COYLE: YEAH.
10:47:02 THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY
10:47:04 RECOMMENDATION, AND THAT WAY,
10:47:05 IF THERE ARE CHANGES, WE WOULD
10:47:06 NEED TIME TO SUBSTITUTE AN
10:47:08 ORDINANCE ANYWAY, AND I'M
10:47:10 HOPING THAT THEY WOULD GET
10:47:11 THOSE COMMENTS IN TO US,
10:47:14 WHATEVER THEIR COMPROMISES ARE
10:47:16 OR SCENARIOS ARE, BEFORE THE
10:47:17 WORKSHOP SO THAT WE WOULD
10:47:19 UNDERSTAND WHAT TO BRING
10:47:20 FORWARD, IF THERE ARE ANY
10:47:21 TWEAKS.
10:47:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:47:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
10:47:23 MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, I'VE
10:47:27 BEEN QUIETLY LISTENING.
10:47:28 IF I RECALL THE CONVERSATION
10:47:29 FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU HAVE
10:47:31 ONE SIDE, ANOTHER SIDE, AND THE
10:47:31 STAFF SIDE.
10:47:33 THE TWO SIDES WANT TO MEET AND
10:47:35 DISCUSS IT, AM I CORRECT?
10:47:36 AND NOW FROM WHAT I HEARD JUST
10:47:37 NOW, STAFF WANTS TO COME IN
10:47:38 NEXT WEEK.
10:47:39 WELL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
10:47:43 ABLE TO DO ALL THAT.
10:47:44 >>CATHERINE COYLE: AUGUST 30TH.
10:47:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHY DON'T
10:47:46 THE THREE OF YOU MEET TOGETHER
10:47:49 INSTEAD OF THEM TWO, AND BEFORE
10:47:51 IT COMES TO SOME KIND OF
10:47:53 CONSENSUS OR NOT CONSENSUS OR
10:47:55 IT CAN BE BROUGHT IN AT
10:47:56 WHATEVER TIME YOU NEED IT TO
10:47:57 COME IN BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU'LL
10:47:59 HAVE ONE SIDE MEETING WITH THE
10:48:01 OTHER SIDE AND THE THIRD SIDE
10:48:02 MAY NOT AGREE WITH EITHER SIDE
10:48:04 AND IT GETS MORE CONFUSING.
10:48:06 >>CATHERINE COYLE: THEY'RE MORE
10:48:08 THAN WELCOME TO TALK TOGETHER.
10:48:09 AS I MENTIONED TO CITY COUNCIL,
10:48:11 THESE ARE TWO GROUPS, CORRECT.
10:48:12 THEY'RE DEALING WITH A SPECIFIC
10:48:14 AMENDMENT, WHICH IS AN
10:48:15 AMENDMENT FOR SINGLE-FAMILY.
10:48:17 THE COMMERCIAL BUILDERS AND
10:48:18 INDUSTRIAL BUILDERS HAVEN'T
10:48:19 BEEN AT THE TABLE OTHER THAN
10:48:21 OUR BIG COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
10:48:21 THING.
10:48:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
10:48:23 MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY, I'VE
10:48:26 SEEN TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS
10:48:28 GETTING CLOSER TOGETHER WITH NO
10:48:29 ANIMOSITY.
10:48:30 THEY SPOKE VERY CIVIL, THEY
10:48:31 UNDERSTAND, BUT MAYBE IF YOU
10:48:33 COULD BE THERE WITH THEM --
10:48:34 >>CATHERINE COYLE: IN MY
10:48:35 CONVERSATIONS WITH MS. BAILEY,
10:48:37 WHO'S NOW A PART OF THAT GROUP,
10:48:38 WHAT SHE ADVISED ME IS THEIR
10:48:40 GOAL IS TO GET US COMMENTS AND
10:48:41 SUGGESTIONS AND EVERYTHING THAT
10:48:43 WE CAN REACT TO.
10:48:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S FINE.
10:48:47 I JUST WANT TO SEE -- FROM WHAT
10:48:50 I SEE HERE, THEY'RE GETTING
10:48:50 CLOSE.
10:48:51 >>CATHERINE COYLE: THAT'S
10:48:52 RIGHT.
10:48:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MUCH CLOSER
10:48:54 THAN THE BEGINNING.
10:48:55 IN THE BEGINNING, THEY WERE
10:48:56 FARTHER APART.
10:48:58 INSTEAD OF BEING A TREE APART,
10:48:59 THEY'RE JUST A COUPLE OF LEAVES
10:49:00 APART.
10:49:01 [LAUGHTER]
10:49:02 WE GET TOGETHER AND WORK IT OUT
10:49:05 -- ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, YOU
10:49:07 CAN STILL DISAGREE, ONE OF THE
10:49:09 TWO PARTIES OR TWO OF THE THREE
10:49:10 PARTIES, BUT YOU'RE STILL
10:49:11 CLOSER THAN YOU WERE AT THE
10:49:12 BEGINNING, AND BRING IT BACK AT
10:49:14 WHATEVER DATE AND IT'S DONE.
10:49:17 NOT DONE, IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE,
10:49:19 BUT IT AT LEAST COMES TO SOME
10:49:20 AVENUE OF SOME CONCLUSION
10:49:20 POSSIBLY.
10:49:22 >>CATHERINE COYLE: MM-HMM.
10:49:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:49:24 STAFF IS NOW REQUESTING THAT IT
10:49:25 GO TO THE WORKSHOP ON AUGUST
10:49:26 30TH.
10:49:27 ALL RIGHT.
10:49:31 WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS -- WHAT
10:49:32 IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL IN
10:49:33 THAT RESPECT?
10:49:34 >>HARRY COHEN: I THINK THE
10:49:35 FIRST THING IS WE SHOULD MOVE
10:49:36 THE THINGS THAT WE HAD
10:49:38 PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR THE
10:49:39 23RD TO THE 30TH.
10:49:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:49:42 >>HARRY COHEN: THE TWO ITEMS
10:49:44 THAT WE WERE CONTINUING, WE'LL
10:49:45 PUT THEM ON THE WORKSHOP
10:49:46 SESSION FOR THE 30TH AT 9:00
10:49:46 A.M.
10:49:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:49:50 WHO MADE THE MOTION FOR ITEM
10:49:50 NO. 3?
10:49:51 >>HARRY COHEN: I DID.
10:49:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:49:53 SO YOU WANT TO RESCIND THAT
10:49:54 MOTION AND --
10:49:54 >>HARRY COHEN: I JUST WANT TO
10:49:57 MAKE A NEW MOTION SUPERSEDING
10:49:58 IT, TO MOVE THE TWO ITEMS THAT
10:50:01 WERE MOVED TO THE 23RD TO THE
10:50:01 30TH.
10:50:02 >> SECOND.
10:50:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:50:04 MOTION FROM MR. COHEN, SECOND
10:50:05 FROM MR. MIRANDA.
10:50:06 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE
10:50:06 MOTION?
10:50:08 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT
10:50:09 MOTION SAY AYE.
10:50:10 THOSE OPPOSED.
10:50:11 >>CATHERINE COYLE: COUNCIL, IF
10:50:12 I COULD REALLY QUICK.
10:50:14 ITEM 3 YOU DEFINITELY PUT ON
10:50:15 THE 23RD.
10:50:16 THAT YOU JUST MOVED.
10:50:19 ITEM 4, PART "A," I DON'T
10:50:20 ACTUALLY RECALL YOU SCHEDULING
10:50:21 THAT FOR THE 23RD.
10:50:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO, WE DIDN'T.
10:50:25 WE JUST MADE A MOTION TO MAKE
10:50:26 BOTH OF THEM ON THE 30TH.
10:50:27 >>CATHERINE COYLE: WOULD YOU
10:50:29 LIKE TO TRANSMIT IT TO THE
10:50:29 PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE
10:50:30 EVEN IF I CAME BACK ON A
10:50:31 WORKSHOP, IT WOULD NOT HAVE
10:50:32 BEEN SET FOR A FIRST READING
10:50:34 BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
10:50:35 REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING
10:50:35 COMMISSION.
10:50:36 >>HARRY COHEN: I DON'T THINK WE
10:50:37 SHOULD SEND THEM TO THE
10:50:38 PLANNING COMMISSION RIGHT NOW.
10:50:39 >>CATHERINE COYLE: OKAY.
10:50:40 >>HARRY COHEN: BUT IF ANYBODY
10:50:41 ELSE WANTS TO DO IT, THAT'S
10:50:42 FINE.
10:50:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO, THEY CAN
10:50:45 WAIT.
10:50:46 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:50:47 >> EXCUSE ME.
10:50:49 CAN I GET A CLARIFICATION?
10:50:51 SO WE'RE MOVING --
10:50:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: 3 AND 4.
10:50:55 >> -- 3 AND 4 TO AUGUST 30TH?
10:50:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: CORRECT.
10:50:59 >>HARRY COHEN: 3 AND 4-A.
10:51:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH.
10:51:01 3 AND 4-A.
10:51:02 ALL RIGHT.
10:51:03 NOW WE'LL GO TO PART "B."
10:51:12 >>SONYA LITTLE: GOOD MORNING.
10:51:12 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:51:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO.
10:51:19 MR. MIRANDA.
10:51:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF
10:51:19 MICROPHONE]
10:51:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:51:26 PART "B," MS. LITTLE.
10:51:28 >>SONYA LITTLE: GOOD MORNING,
10:51:30 MR. CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:51:32 SONYA LITTLE, REVENUE AND
10:51:32 FINANCE.
10:51:35 IN RESPONSE TO YOUR REQUEST TO
10:51:37 PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HOW TREE
10:51:38 TRUST FUND MONIES ARE BEING
10:51:41 SPENT, WE HAVE UPDATED WHAT WAS
10:51:44 PROVIDED TO COUNCIL IN THE JUNE
10:51:48 13TH, 2017, MEETING RELATED TO
10:51:51 THIS TOPIC, AND WE HAVE -- IF I
10:51:53 MAY PROVIDE TO YOU -- UPDATED
10:51:55 INFORMATION ON THE FINANCES
10:51:59 RELATED TO THIS FUND AS OF MAY
10:52:03 30TH, 2017, DIRECTLY FROM OUR
10:52:07 FINANCIAL SYSTEM, FROM THE CITY
10:52:09 OF TAMPA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
10:52:16 SO, AGAIN, THIS IS AN UPDATE
10:52:20 FROM THE JULY 2017 REPORT WHERE
10:52:24 WE PROVIDED FY2015, ACTUAL
10:52:27 2016, AND AT THAT POINT, IT WAS
10:52:28 YEAR-TO-DATE 2017.
10:52:31 NOW WE HAVE ACTUAL, AND WE'VE
10:52:33 ALSO PROVIDED OR ADDED AN
10:52:35 ADDITIONAL COLUMN THAT GIVES
10:52:38 2018 FISCAL YEAR --
10:52:39 YEAR-TO-DATE.
10:52:41 IF YOU'LL SEE, WE HAVE A
10:52:42 RUNNING BALANCE IN THE VERY
10:52:43 FIRST ROW.
10:52:45 JUST BELOW THAT IDENTIFIES IN
10:52:47 EACH FISCAL YEARS THE REVENUES
10:52:49 THAT COME INTO THE TREE TRUST
10:52:52 FUND FROM FEES AND INTEREST
10:52:53 EARNINGS.
10:52:54 BELOW THAT IS A BREAKDOWN OF
10:52:57 ALL OF THE EXPENSES RELATED TO
10:52:59 THE TREE TRUST FUND BY LINE
10:53:04 ITEM OR CATEGORY, AND AS OF TO
10:53:06 DATE, AT THE VERY BOTTOM WE
10:53:08 HAVE AN ENDING FUND BALANCE IN
10:53:11 THAT ACCOUNT OF $724,000 PLUS,
10:53:13 SO IT PROVIDES THAT INFORMATION
10:53:16 FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND
10:53:17 YEAR-TO-DATE IN THE CURRENT
10:53:18 FISCAL YEAR.
10:53:21 MY COLLEAGUES FROM PARKS AND
10:53:23 REC AND ALSO THE DIVISION OF
10:53:24 FORESTRY CAN GIVE YOU
10:53:26 INFORMATION RELATED TO EXACTLY
10:53:29 WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE.
10:53:30 >>HARRY COHEN: ONE QUICK
10:53:32 QUESTION.
10:53:35 BOTTOM LINE IS IF WE, AS PART
10:53:41 OF OUR REDO OF THE TREE CODE,
10:53:41 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
10:53:43 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLANTINGS,
10:53:46 FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE CHANGE IT SO
10:53:48 THAT REPLACEMENT PLANTINGS CAN
10:53:50 BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, NOT
10:53:52 JUST ON CITY-OWNED
10:53:53 RIGHT-OF-WAY, IT'LL INCREASE
10:53:55 THE AMOUNT OF PLACES IN THE
10:53:56 CITY WHERE TREES -- REPLACEMENT
10:54:00 TREES CAN BE PLANTED.
10:54:02 WILL THAT CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY
10:54:04 TO SPEND SOME OF THIS MONEY ON
10:54:05 ACTUAL TREES?
10:54:08 >>SONYA LITTLE: REVENUE AND
10:54:09 FINANCE WILL FOLLOW THE
10:54:13 GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY
10:54:14 COUNCIL AS FAR AS THE PROGRAMS
10:54:15 THAT ARE ALLOWED.
10:54:18 IT WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
10:54:20 DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY --
10:54:22 DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND
10:54:25 DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND REC.
10:54:27 >>HARRY COHEN: SO MAYBE IT'S A
10:54:28 MORE APPROPRIATE QUESTION TO
10:54:30 ASK THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
10:54:32 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, BRAD
10:54:34 SUDER, PARKS AND RECREATION.
10:54:36 THE TREE TRUST ASSISTS US TO
10:54:38 MANAGE THE URBAN FOREST BY
10:54:39 UTILIZING A FEW PROGRAMS.
10:54:41 ONE IS THE TREE-MENDOUS TAMPA
10:54:43 PROGRAM, WHICH IS A CITYWIDE
10:54:45 PROGRAM THAT WE TAKE REQUESTS
10:54:48 FROM CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITY
10:54:49 THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE
10:54:52 ENTIRE CITY, AND THEY ARE
10:54:53 ALLOWED UP TO TWO FREE TREES
10:54:54 PER YEAR.
10:54:56 THEY MAKE THE REQUEST, STAFF
10:54:59 LOGS IN THE REQUEST, GOES TO
10:55:01 THE SITE, ASSESSES THE SITE TO
10:55:02 HELP DETERMINE AND MAKE
10:55:03 RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THE
10:55:04 HOMEOWNER OF THE RIGHT TREE,
10:55:06 RIGHT PLACE.
10:55:07 THERE ARE SEVERAL NATIVE TREES
10:55:10 AND A COUPLE NONNATIVE TREES,
10:55:11 AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
10:55:13 DISCUSSED WITH THE HOMEOWNER,
10:55:14 DEPENDING ON THE CONFLICTS AND
10:55:16 THE OPPORTUNITIES OF EACH
10:55:17 PARTICULAR SITE.
10:55:18 IF THERE'S OVERHEAD POWER
10:55:19 LINES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO
10:55:21 RECOMMEND OR COME TO TERMS WITH
10:55:22 A LIVE OAK TREE THAT'S GOING TO
10:55:24 EVENTUALLY IMPACT THAT.
10:55:26 THERE ARE MANY OTHER OBSTACLES
10:55:28 THAT MAY LIMIT IT TO JUST ONE
10:55:30 TREE OR MAYBE TWO TREES OR IN
10:55:34 FUTURE YEARS, IF THE BALANCE
10:55:36 WILL ALLOW, WE'LL COME BACK.
10:55:38 THERE IS ALSO A -- DURING THAT
10:55:40 PROGRAM, THERE'S ALSO PROCESSES
10:55:42 IN PLACE THAT WE GO BACK AND
10:55:43 ASSESS THE TREES THAT WERE
10:55:46 PLANTED.
10:55:47 THE HOMEOWNER ESSENTIALLY SIGNS
10:55:48 AN AGREEMENT THEY WILL
10:55:49 ESTABLISH THE TREE UTILIZING
10:55:52 THEIR WATER, AND WE GO BACK AND
10:55:55 ASSESS TO SEE IF THE TREE'S IN
10:55:57 OVERALL GOOD HEALTH, IS
10:55:59 FLOURISHING, AND WORK WITH THE
10:56:00 HOMEOWNER TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY
10:56:01 PROBLEMS OR IF THOSE
10:56:02 MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES ARE
10:56:03 ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE.
10:56:06 >>HARRY COHEN: ARE YOU ABLE TO,
10:56:08 WHEN SOMEONE REQUESTS THEIR TWO
10:56:13 TREES -- PROVIDED THERE AREN'T
10:56:15 SITE LIMITATIONS WITH POWER
10:56:16 LINES AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
10:56:17 YOU'RE GENERALLY ABLE TO
10:56:18 ACCOMMODATE THE REQUEST?
10:56:19 >> ABSOLUTELY.
10:56:20 OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS
10:56:22 THIS TREE PROGRAM HAS GROWN
10:56:23 BASED ON INTERNAL FORTITUDE AND
10:56:26 DESIRE TO MAKE A CITYWIDE GOAL
10:56:28 OF MAKING A THOUSAND TREES PER
10:56:29 YEAR.
10:56:31 SEVERAL YEARS AGO IT WAS ABOUT
10:56:32 200 TREES PER YEAR WERE PLANTED
10:56:34 IN THE CITY IN THIS PROGRAM.
10:56:35 WE'VE GONE UP TO 900 TREES PER
10:56:37 YEAR, AND WE'RE LEVELING OUT AT
10:56:39 ABOUT 6- TO 800 TREES PER YEAR
10:56:41 ON ANNUAL BASIS.
10:56:43 WE -- OUR GOAL OF A THOUSAND
10:56:45 TREES PER YEAR IS EXCEEDED.
10:56:48 WE AVERAGED ABOUT 1500 TREES
10:56:50 PER YEAR OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
10:56:51 YEARS INSTALLED IN THE CITY OF
10:56:52 TAMPA.
10:56:52 >>HARRY COHEN: AND IF MORE
10:56:54 PEOPLE ASKED FOR THEM, WOULD
10:56:55 YOU BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE
10:56:56 REQUEST?
10:56:57 >> TO A POINT.
10:56:58 THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN
10:57:00 AVAILABLE STAFF, AVAILABLE
10:57:01 DOLLARS, WHICH IS FLUID.
10:57:06 YOU KNOW, THIS TREE TRUST IS --
10:57:07 PARTIALLY ASSISTS US
10:57:08 FINANCIALLY.
10:57:10 THE GENERAL FUND ALSO PAYS FOR
10:57:12 STAFF TIME, AND, LIKE I SAID,
10:57:13 THESE REQUESTS COME IN
10:57:16 THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO MOVING
10:57:17 THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE TRY TO
10:57:20 ORGANIZE OUR TREE PLANTING DAYS
10:57:23 OF 20 TREES PER DAY WHEN IT
10:57:24 HAPPENS TO THE SAME GENERAL
10:57:25 REGION SO WE HAVE AN EFFICIENCY
10:57:27 OF TIME AND MANAGEMENT ON HOW
10:57:29 THAT GOES.
10:57:31 ANOTHER WAY WE DO THIS IS
10:57:33 THROUGH TREE PLANTING AND
10:57:34 MAINTENANCE.
10:57:37 THE MAINTENANCE REALLY HELPS
10:57:41 OUR FORESTRY DIVISION WITH
10:57:43 LIMITED STAFF TO ASSESS TREES
10:57:44 THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH
10:57:46 HAZARDS, THE DEAD, DYING, AND
10:57:47 DANGEROUS TREES.
10:57:48 THOSE TREES THAT HAVE TO BE
10:57:50 REMOVED ARE CLASSIFIED AS A
10:57:53 RISK, AND THEY ARE PRIORITIZED,
10:57:54 THEREFORE, AS THAT RISK,
10:57:55 WHETHER THEY'RE FALLING TREES
10:57:58 OR DEAD TREES OR JUST TREE
10:58:00 BRANCHES FALLING.
10:58:01 IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
10:58:03 THE URBAN FOREST TO REMOVE
10:58:04 THOSE TREES TO ALLOW OTHER
10:58:06 TREES TO FLOURISH, AND THEN WE
10:58:07 CAN ASSESS IS IT THE RIGHT
10:58:09 PLACE, RIGHT TIME TO REPLANT A
10:58:10 TREE IN THAT LOCATION WHEN
10:58:14 THOSE ARE REMOVED.
10:58:17 CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE TREE
10:58:18 COMPANIES ARE ESSENTIALLY
10:58:20 FUNDED BY THE TREE TRUST TO
10:58:23 HELP OUR TEAM PRUNE TREES AND
10:58:26 REMOVE TREES, WHEREBY, WHERE
10:58:27 NECESSARY.
10:58:29 THE OTHER PART IS THROUGH THE
10:58:32 TREE STUDY IN THE URBAN FOREST
10:58:34 PLAN UPDATE ARE FUNDED THROUGH
10:58:37 THE TREE TRUST, WHICH, AGAIN,
10:58:39 LOOKS HOLISTICALLY THROUGHOUT
10:58:40 THE CITY OF WHERE THE NEEDS ARE
10:58:42 AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WHERE.
10:58:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
10:58:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
10:58:45 MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:58:46 MR. SUDER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
10:58:47 FOR THE REPORT.
10:58:48 FROM WHAT YOU JUST SAID, WE CAN
10:58:50 JUSTIFY WHATEVER MONIES WERE IN
10:58:51 THE TREE FUND THAT ALL THAT
10:58:54 MONEY WENT TREE FOR TREE TO
10:58:55 BUILD AND THIS FUND SHOULD BE
10:58:57 WHATEVER IT IS EQUAL TO THE
10:58:58 TREES THAT WERE PLANTED?
10:59:00 IN OTHER WORDS, IT WENT DOWN BY
10:59:01 A CERTAIN AMOUNT, AND THAT
10:59:05 AMOUNT'S EQUAL TO THE TREES
10:59:06 THAT WERE PLANTED; AM I
10:59:07 CORRECT?
10:59:09 >> PLANTED, MAINTAINED, PRUNED.
10:59:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT WAS MY
10:59:11 SECOND PART.
10:59:12 AND THE SECOND PART THAT WE,
10:59:15 THE CITY -- WHEN I SAY, WE, THE
10:59:17 CITY -- CAN GO OUT AND YOU CAN
10:59:18 GIVE US A REPORT THAT SAYS YOU
10:59:20 PLANTED X AMOUNT OF TREES, AND
10:59:22 THEN ARE THOSE XS -- ALL OF
10:59:24 THEM ARE LIVE OR 10% ARE NOT
10:59:25 LIVING AND THE REASON THEY'RE
10:59:26 NOT THERE, BECAUSE YOU JUST
10:59:28 SAID YOU HAD A REPORT, YOU WENT
10:59:30 OUT AND -- NOT YOURSELF BUT
10:59:32 YOUR STAFF DID A REPORT ON ALL
10:59:34 THE TREES AND CALCULATED WHICH
10:59:35 ONES WERE GOING TO MAKE IT AND
10:59:37 WHICH ONES WERE NOT.
10:59:38 SO, IN OTHER WORDS, IF I'M A
10:59:40 DEVELOPER AND I HAVE TO PLANT
10:59:44 TEN TREES THAT I CAN'T FIT IN
10:59:46 MY PROPERTY AND I DONATE TO THE
10:59:47 TREE FUND, THOSE TEN TREES ARE
10:59:49 PLANTED AND IT'S EQUALLY
10:59:50 DEDUCTED FROM THE TREE FUND
10:59:52 INTO THE PLANTING OF THE TREES,
10:59:54 AND THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP ABOUT
10:59:56 THE TREES SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR
10:59:58 FROM THERE ARE STILL LIVING; AM
10:59:59 I CORRECT?
11:00:00 >> I COULD NOT SPEAK TO THE
11:00:01 NUMBER OF TREES A DEVELOPER
11:00:04 WOULD REMOVE EQUALS THE EXACT
11:00:05 NUMBER OF TREES OR INCHES THAT
11:00:07 WE PUT IN UTILIZING --
11:00:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DIDN'T SAY
11:00:10 THAT.
11:00:12 >> I'M ASSURING YOU THAT WE ARE
11:00:14 PLANTING ALMOST 1500 TREES PER
11:00:16 YEAR, AND IT IS PARTIALLY
11:00:19 ASSISTED BY THE TREE TRUST
11:00:19 DOLLARS.
11:00:22 WE ALSO -- THAT COUNT ALSO
11:00:25 ACCOUNTS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
11:00:26 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO TREE
11:00:28 COUNTS OF HOW MANY TREES WE'RE
11:00:30 PLANTING PER YEAR, IT'S THE
11:00:33 900, 800 TREES, THE
11:00:34 TREE-MENDOUS TAMPA PROGRAM,
11:00:36 WHICH GETS ITS SOLE FUNDING
11:00:37 FROM THE TREE TRUST, AS WELL AS
11:00:39 THE GENERAL FUND PAYING FOR CIT
11:00:41 PROJECTS AND CAPITAL
11:00:41 IMPROVEMENTS.
11:00:42 THAT'S WHERE WE MAKE UP THAT
11:00:45 DIFFERENCE, AS WELL AS OUR
11:00:46 VOLUNTEER EFFORTS WHERE STAFF
11:00:48 WORKS WITH NONPROFITS, AND IF I
11:00:49 MAY, IN OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH
11:00:51 WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WHERE
11:00:54 WE DO RESTORATION PROJECTS, OUR
11:00:55 TREES ARE PART OF IT.
11:00:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BACK TO THE
11:00:57 BASIC QUESTION.
11:00:58 THE MONEY THAT'S IN THE TREE
11:01:00 FUND IS ACCOUNTED FOR BY THE
11:01:02 TREES THAT ARE PLANTED AND IT
11:01:03 BALANCES OUT; AM I CORRECT?
11:01:05 >> YES.
11:01:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND THE
11:01:07 TREES THAT ARE PLANTED ARE
11:01:08 FOLLOWED UP FROM WHAT PERIOD OF
11:01:10 TIME BY THE CITY TO MAKE SURE
11:01:11 THAT THOSE TREES ARE EITHER
11:01:12 GOING TO MAKE IT AND YOU HAVE
11:01:14 WHATEVER SIGNIFICANT NUMBER,
11:01:15 SMALL OR LARGE, OF THE TREES
11:01:16 THAT DID NOT MAKE IT; IS THAT
11:01:18 CORRECT?
11:01:20 >> WE -- IT WILL TAKE SOME
11:01:21 FORENSICS BECAUSE WE DO NOT
11:01:24 HAVE THE SOFTWARE IN PROGRAM
11:01:25 JUST TO HIT THE BUTTON AND GET
11:01:27 YOU AN INSTANT RESULT, BUT WE
11:01:28 CAN GO BACK THROUGH OUR PAPER
11:01:30 COPIES AND FIND THE RESULT THAT
11:01:31 YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, WHAT
11:01:33 PERCENTAGES ARE MAKING IT.
11:01:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT
11:01:34 LOOKING FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN
11:01:35 WHAT YOU SAID.
11:01:38 YOU SAID THAT YOU PLANT THE
11:01:39 TREES, EITHER THE CITY OR
11:01:40 SOMEBODY ELSE, AND YOU FOLLOW
11:01:41 UP WITH THE HOMEOWNER TO MAKE
11:01:42 SURE THE TREE IS GOING TO MAKE
11:01:43 IT; AM I CORRECT?
11:01:44 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
11:01:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MY
11:01:46 QUESTION IS AFTER YOU REALIZE
11:01:47 THAT THE TREE IS GOING TO MAKE
11:01:48 IT, WHAT PERIOD OF TIME DOES
11:01:51 THE CITY -- NOT YOU, THE CITY
11:01:52 -- HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT PLANTED
11:01:54 TREE IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT
11:01:54 OR NOT?
11:01:56 DO YOU LOOK A YEAR, TWO YEARS,
11:01:57 FIVE YEARS?
11:01:58 >> GOOD QUESTION.
11:02:00 WE LOOK INITIALLY AT SIX
11:02:02 MONTHS, WE LOOK AT A YEAR, WE
11:02:03 FOLLOW UP AT TWO YEARS.
11:02:04 GENERALLY, IF IT'S ESTABLISHED
11:02:06 AFTER ONE YEAR, WE FEEL VERY
11:02:06 CONFIDENT.
11:02:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I
11:02:07 UNDERSTAND.
11:02:11 >> BUT BY NO MEANS DOES OUR
11:02:13 CASUAL PROFESSIONALISM -- AS WE
11:02:14 GO BY A PLACE WHERE WE PLANTED
11:02:17 DO WE GO AND REASSESS.
11:02:18 SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE USED THIS
11:02:20 FUND TO PLANT BOULEVARD TREES
11:02:23 ON ROME AND WISHART.
11:02:25 WE CONTINUALLY DRIVE THAT ROAD
11:02:26 IN OUR DAILY BUSINESS TO SEE
11:02:27 WHAT THE CONDITION OF THOSE
11:02:30 TREES ARE, AND IF SOME -- IF
11:02:32 THEY'RE THINGS GROWING FROM THE
11:02:33 BOTTOM, IF THEY NEED
11:02:35 MAINTENANCE HELP OR IT'S TIME
11:02:37 FOR THE STAKES TO BE REMOVED,
11:02:38 WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
11:02:39 STAFF ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO
11:02:40 NEXT --
11:02:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
11:02:42 SIR.
11:02:45 >> -- TO KEEP THE URBAN FOREST
11:02:46 VIBRANT.
11:02:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY OTHER
11:02:48 QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:02:49 >> THANK YOU.
11:02:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:02:53 THANK YOU.
11:02:56 ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS?
11:02:56 ALL RIGHT.
11:02:57 ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:03:02 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 4-B?
11:03:04 4-B, ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON
11:03:07 4-B IN THE PUBLIC?
11:03:10 >> COUNCIL, STEVE MICHELINI
11:03:11 AGAIN.
11:03:13 WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WE
11:03:15 PROVIDED COUNCIL COPIES OF
11:03:17 THOSE DETAIL SHEETS OF WHERE
11:03:18 THE MONEY WAS SPENT.
11:03:21 IT WASN'T ALL SPENT ON TREES.
11:03:22 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU
11:03:24 KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE
11:03:26 IS THAT IT'S PRIVATE MONEY
11:03:28 THAT'S GOING INTO A PUBLIC
11:03:30 TRUST FUND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO
11:03:33 BE HONORED FOR TREES AND TREE
11:03:33 MAINTENANCE.
11:03:35 THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
11:03:36 WE HAD -- AND I THINK THE
11:03:39 NUMBER WAS $1,300,000 THAT WAS
11:03:42 UNACCOUNTED FOR THE LAST TIME
11:03:43 WE SHOWED YOU A DETAIL SHEET
11:03:46 THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY THE
11:03:46 CITY.
11:03:47 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
11:03:48 GOING TO BE COMING FORWARD WITH
11:03:50 IS A REQUEST TO CHANGE HOW THAT
11:03:52 FUND EXISTS AND HOW IT'S
11:03:53 ADMINISTERED.
11:03:54 IT'S BEEN USED FOR ALL KINDS OF
11:03:55 OTHER THINGS.
11:03:56 IT'S BEEN USED FOR MAINTAINING
11:03:58 TREES DOWNTOWN IN THE CRAS,
11:04:01 IT'S BEEN USED FOR WATERING OF
11:04:03 TREES IN YBOR CITY AND IN OTHER
11:04:05 PLACES.
11:04:09 THE OTHER REST OF THE CITY HAS
11:04:11 NOT BENEFITED FROM THOSE TREES,
11:04:12 AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
11:04:14 REFORESTING THE ENTIRE CITY,
11:04:15 NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, NOT JUST
11:04:16 YBOR CITY, AND YOU HAVE CRAS
11:04:18 THAT HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDING
11:04:19 MECHANISM.
11:04:20 THOSE FUNDS FOR THE CRA SHOULD
11:04:22 BE USED FOR THEIR OWN TREES AND
11:04:23 THEIR OWN PLANTINGS, NOT
11:04:25 OUTSIDE.
11:04:26 THEY'RE NOT COMING FROM THE
11:04:27 DOWNTOWN, THEY'RE NOT COMING
11:04:31 FROM YBOR CITY, AND I KNOW IT'S
11:04:33 A DIFFICULT ISSUE TO DEAL WITH,
11:04:35 BUT SHRUBS AND PLANTS AND
11:04:37 FLOWERS AND ALL THAT ARE GREAT,
11:04:38 BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE TREE
11:04:40 TRUST FUND IS SUPPOSED TO BE
11:04:41 USED FOR.
11:04:43 AND WATERING TREES IN YBOR CITY
11:04:44 AND WATERING TREES IN DOWNTOWN
11:04:46 IS ALSO NOT WHAT THAT TREE
11:04:47 TRUST FUND IS SUPPOSED TO BE
11:04:48 USED FOR.
11:04:50 THOSE ARE MAINTENANCE ITEMS,
11:04:52 AND THEY OUGHT TO COME OUT OF
11:04:53 THOSE CRAS AND NOT OUT OF THE
11:04:55 GENERAL TREE TRUST FUND, SO
11:04:57 THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE'LL
11:04:58 BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH.
11:04:59 YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO LOAD
11:05:01 UP THIS PLATE AGAIN WITH MORE
11:05:02 ISSUES ABOUT THE TREE TRUST
11:05:03 FUND, BUT WHEN A DEVELOPMENT
11:05:06 COMES IN, THEY PAY FOR A TREE
11:05:07 REMOVAL, WHETHER IT'S A
11:05:08 SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE OR IT'S A
11:05:09 COMMERCIAL PROJECT, IT OUGHT TO
11:05:11 BE USED FOR THE TREES TO
11:05:12 REFOREST THE CITY, WHICH IS
11:05:15 WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO, AND
11:05:16 BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
11:05:18 THAT THEY'RE TELLING YOU ABOUT,
11:05:21 1500 TREES, THAT'S OVER $500 A
11:05:23 TREE, WHICH IS ABOUT $200 A
11:05:25 TREE MORE THAN WHAT THEY'RE --
11:05:29 WE'RE PAYING $300 A TREE THAT
11:05:31 GOES INTO THE TREE TRUST FUND,
11:05:33 SO THE MATH ISN'T WORKING, BUT
11:05:35 WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
11:05:37 AND, AGAIN, WE'LL BE COMING
11:05:38 BACK WITH SOME VERY SPECIFIC
11:05:39 PROPOSALS ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH
11:05:40 THAT.
11:05:41 THANK YOU.
11:05:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:05:49 >> JOHN LUM WITH DEVELOPERS AND
11:05:51 INCOMING PRESIDENT OF TAMPA BAY
11:05:52 BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
11:05:53 WITH ALL THE MEETINGS WE'VE HAD
11:05:54 WITH THE TREE SOMETHING, SAY
11:05:56 SOMETHING FOLKS, WE'RE ALL ON
11:05:57 THE SAME PAGE ON THIS, AND
11:05:59 WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DISPARAGE
11:06:01 STAFF AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE
11:06:01 GOVERNMENT THAT ARE DOING
11:06:03 THINGS THE WAY THEY'RE DOING
11:06:04 IT, WE'RE JUST SAYING THINGS
11:06:06 NEED TO CHANGE, AND I THINK ON
11:06:08 THAT ONE LITTLE SPREADSHEET WE
11:06:09 SAW, THAT'S THE ONLY DETAIL
11:06:10 WE'RE GETTING IS ONE
11:06:12 SPREADSHEET, AND WE ASKED FOR
11:06:16 AN AUDIT OR SOMETHING SO WE SEE
11:06:17 WHERE'S THE MONEY GOING, AND
11:06:18 LET'S GET BETTER IN SPENDING
11:06:19 THAT MONEY.
11:06:22 IF WE'RE ON TRACK TO PUT $800
11:06:27 INTO THE FUND THIS YEAR, THAT'S
11:06:28 $800 A TREE.
11:06:31 IF WE'RE GETTING 1500 TREES,
11:06:33 IT'S STILL HUNDREDS AND
11:06:35 HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS PER TREE IS
11:06:36 ALL WE'RE GETTING.
11:06:38 WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT AS A
11:06:39 CITY, AND I THINK WE NEED TO DO
11:06:39 THAT.
11:06:41 I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY
11:06:42 THE BUILDERS PAY INTO THE FUND,
11:06:46 AND I THINK A LOT OF THE FOLKS
11:06:47 HERE THAT ARE NOT HAPPY WITH
11:06:48 THE TREE SITUATION HAVE NO
11:06:49 FAITH IN THE MITIGATION PART OF
11:06:52 THIS, AND WE, AS BUILDERS, FEEL
11:06:53 LIKE WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF
11:06:55 MONEY INTO THE MITIGATIONS OUT
11:06:56 OF IT, AND THEN WE'RE FAILED BY
11:06:58 THE SYSTEM BECAUSE NOBODY SEES
11:06:59 THE RESULTS FROM THE MITIGATION
11:07:02 MONEY WE PUT IN THERE, SO
11:07:03 THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING
11:07:04 TO BE COMING BACK TO YOU ALL
11:07:05 WITH, AND I THINK ANY
11:07:06 REASONABLE PERSON WOULD AGREE
11:07:08 WITH WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE.
11:07:10 THANK YOU.
11:07:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
11:07:13 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU,
11:07:13 MR. CHAIR.
11:07:16 I WANT TO ASK MS. COYLE, ISN'T
11:07:16 ONE OF THE PROPOSED REVISIONS
11:07:18 WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MORE
11:07:19 DIRECTLY TARGETING WHERE
11:07:21 REPLACEMENT TREES THAT ARE
11:07:22 GOING TO GO IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:07:24 IN WHICH THEY REMOVED -- AREN'T
11:07:26 WE TIGHTENING THAT UP AS PART
11:07:27 OF THE PROPOSED REVISIONS?
11:07:28 >>CATHERINE COYLE: THAT IS AN
11:07:29 ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN BRINGING
11:07:31 FORWARD TO YOU, YES,
11:07:31 CATEGORICALLY IN PLANNING AND
11:07:32 DEVELOPMENT.
11:07:33 WHAT WAS BEFORE YOU THAT YOU
11:07:34 MOVED IN THE MITIGATION
11:07:37 STRATEGY ON PAGE 12 IS THE
11:07:40 AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 16, AND AS
11:07:42 WE'VE TALKED THROUGH THE WHOLE
11:07:44 TIME FRAME -- AND THE PUBLIC IS
11:07:45 AWARE OF THIS AS WELL -- IS
11:07:47 BREAKING THE CITYWIDE FUND INTO
11:07:48 THE FIVE PLANNING DISTRICTS.
11:07:49 IF YOU RECALL IN THE CANOPY
11:07:52 STUDY, WE ACTUALLY STUDIED BY
11:07:53 PLANNING DISTRICT, SO WE
11:07:55 ACTUALLY CAPTURE DIVERSITY,
11:07:57 SPECIES, LEAP AREA, EVERYTHING
11:07:59 BY THE PLANNING DISTRICT, SO
11:08:01 WHAT THIS DRAFT DOES IS IT
11:08:03 CREATES THE FIVE BUCKETS FOR
11:08:04 THE PAYMENTS TO GO INTO, AND
11:08:05 THEN IT DIRECTLY HAS THE
11:08:07 LANGUAGE ABOUT HOW THE MONEY'S
11:08:08 SPENT WITHIN THOSE BUCKETS,
11:08:12 WITHIN THOSE AREAS FROM THOSE
11:08:14 BUCKETS IT'S COLLECTED INTO,
11:08:15 AND ONE THING THAT WE ALSO
11:08:17 CAPTURE IN THE MITIGATION
11:08:20 ITSELF AS WE'RE MITIGATING BY
11:08:22 TYPE, TREE TYPE ON THE PRIVATE
11:08:23 SIDE, IS TO CAPTURE THAT
11:08:25 ATTRIBUTE AND CARRY IT FORWARD
11:08:26 SO THAT WE'RE MITIGATING IN OUR
11:08:28 PROGRAM BY TYPE AS WELL.
11:08:29 AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST
11:08:31 PIECE THAT WE PUT IN WAS
11:08:33 LOOKING AT HOW TO TRANSFER THE
11:08:35 MONEY BETWEEN FUNDS, AND WE PUT
11:08:37 IN PARAGRAPH "E," WHICH LOOKS
11:08:39 AT TRANSFERRING THE MONEY BY
11:08:41 COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
11:08:42 SUBSEQUENT TO EACH FIVE-YEAR
11:08:44 STUDY, IF YOU SEE -- IF IT'S
11:08:45 SHOWN TO YOU IN THE REPORT THAT
11:08:47 THERE'S BEEN BLIGHT FROM SOME
11:08:49 BEETLE INFESTATION OR
11:08:50 DEVELOPMENT HAS INCREASED IN
11:08:52 ONE SPECIFIC AREA, CANOPY'S
11:08:54 GONE DOWN OR DIVERSITY'S GONE
11:08:55 DOWN, YOU CAN LOOK TO TRANSFER
11:08:59 MONIES BETWEEN DISTRICTS,
11:09:00 BETWEEN BUCKETS, BECAUSE YOU'LL
11:09:01 HAVE THAT EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF
11:09:03 YOU THAT JUSTIFIES THAT MOVE.
11:09:04 >>HARRY COHEN: CITY COUNCIL
11:09:05 WOULD DO THAT?
11:09:06 >>CATHERINE COYLE: YEAH, IT'S
11:09:08 BY RESOLUTION, RIGHT, AS IT IS
11:09:08 TODAY.
11:09:10 I MEAN, YOU MOVE MONEY AS IT IS
11:09:11 TODAY BY RESOLUTION.
11:09:12 >>HARRY COHEN: YEAH.
11:09:13 I JUST WANT TO --
11:09:14 >>CATHERINE COYLE: I'M NOT SURE
11:09:14 ABOUT THE OTHER CHANGES.
11:09:16 >>HARRY COHEN: THE OTHER -- I
11:09:16 DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE
11:09:19 ENTIRE ISSUE OF THE FUND, BUT
11:09:21 THE OTHER COMMENT THAT WAS MADE
11:09:22 ABOUT IT BEING USED IN CRA
11:09:26 AREAS, CRA MONEY CAN'T BE USED
11:09:28 OUTSIDE THE CRA MONEY, BUT
11:09:29 GENERAL FUND MONEY OR OTHER
11:09:31 MONIES CAN BE USED THROUGHOUT
11:09:33 THE CITY.
11:09:34 NOW, IT MAY BE THAT IT'S A
11:09:36 BETTER USE OF CRA RESOURCES FOR
11:09:37 THEM TO HANDLE THEIR OWN
11:09:39 WATERING AND TREE PLANTINGS,
11:09:41 AND WE CAN MAYBE TALK ABOUT
11:09:43 THAT DOWN THE ROAD, BUT IT
11:09:44 WOULDN'T -- I DON'T THINK IT'S
11:09:46 AN IMPERMISSIBLE PURPOSE IF THE
11:09:47 TREES THAT ARE BEING SUPPORTED
11:09:49 ARE IN THE CRA AREAS.
11:09:51 I DON'T -- IT MAY NOT BE A GOOD
11:09:53 IDEA, IT MAY BE NOT A GOOD USE
11:09:55 OF THE RESOURCE, BUT I DON'T
11:09:57 THINK IT'S IMPERMISSIBLE.
11:09:58 >>CATHERINE COYLE: BUT IN
11:10:00 GENERAL, REMEMBER, IT IS THE
11:10:01 CITY URBAN FOREST, SO
11:10:02 MANAGEMENT OF THE ENTIRE
11:10:05 FOREST, SO I JUST WANTED --
11:10:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
11:10:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THINK
11:10:08 MS. COYLE COVERED THE LAST PART
11:10:09 WHEN SHE SAID THAT MONIES COULD
11:10:11 BE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE
11:10:12 DISTRICT TO ANOTHER.
11:10:13 WHAT I DON'T WANT TO SEE IS AN
11:10:15 AREA OF THE CITY, WHEREVER IT'S
11:10:17 AT, THAT MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH
11:10:19 DEVELOPMENT OR MUCH LESS
11:10:21 DEVELOPMENT AND THEY GET NO
11:10:22 TREES AND EVERYBODY ELSE GETS
11:10:25 THE TREES, AND THEY'RE PAYING
11:10:26 THE SAME FAIR AMOUNT OF TAXES
11:10:28 BASED ON INCOME OR WHATEVER
11:10:29 THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
11:10:32 AND REGARDING THE CRAS, I'M NOT
11:10:33 FOR OR AGAINST IT, BUT IF YOU
11:10:35 LOOK AT AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF
11:10:37 THE WHOLE CITY IN AREAS THAT DO
11:10:39 NOT HAVE A CRA, THEY'RE STILL
11:10:40 PAYING A LOT OF SERVICES INTO
11:10:42 THE CRA, AND THEY GET ZERO
11:10:47 RETURN, NADA, ZERO, AND THAT'S
11:10:49 THE PROBLEM WITH THE CRAS.
11:10:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
11:10:50 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:10:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:10:52 ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
11:10:52 AT THIS TIME?
11:10:56 ANYTHING ELSE YOU ALL WANT TO
11:10:58 PRESENT OR SAY AT THIS TIME?
11:11:00 >>CATHERINE COYLE: OH, SO ONE
11:11:03 MORE -- MR. SHELBY REMINDED ME.
11:11:04 WOULD COUNCIL LIKE TO SET THOSE
11:11:05 TWO WORKSHOPS THAT I MENTIONED
11:11:07 EARLIER?
11:11:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU'RE MOVING
11:11:09 INTO AN AREA THAT WE HAVEN'T
11:11:10 CONCLUDED YET.
11:11:11 WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF
11:11:12 THESE PEOPLE STILL HAVE
11:11:13 ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SAY.
11:11:14 >>CATHERINE COYLE: OH, I'M
11:11:15 SORRY.
11:11:16 HE SIGNALED ME.
11:11:17 I APOLOGIZE.
11:11:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:11:19 ALL RIGHT.
11:11:22 ANYTHING ELSE?
11:11:24 MS. LITTLE, ANYTHING ELSE THAT
11:11:25 YOU -- OKAY.
11:11:26 ALL RIGHT.
11:11:29 SO, LOOK, STAFF IS REQUESTING
11:11:31 THAT THEY PUT OUT THIS TIMELINE
11:11:38 HERE FOR 3 AND 4 AND SETTING
11:11:43 THE TIME FOR 3 AND 4 TO COME
11:11:44 BACK ON AUGUST 30TH.
11:11:46 I SEE THESE TARGET DATES ARE
11:11:49 GOING TO BE OFF BASE BECAUSE
11:11:52 YOU'RE STARTING AUGUST 31ST,
11:11:53 AND THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN HAVE
11:11:54 THIS COMPLETED, AND WE'RE
11:11:55 MEETING THE DAY BEFORE.
11:11:56 >>CATHERINE COYLE: THIS IS
11:11:57 SPECIFIC TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
11:11:58 AMENDMENT.
11:11:59 REMEMBER, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT
11:12:00 TRACKS.
11:12:00 YOU'VE GOT THIS WRITTEN
11:12:02 LANGUAGE THAT'S GOING FORWARD
11:12:03 ON THE OTHER TRACK.
11:12:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: RIGHT.
11:12:04 >>CATHERINE COYLE: THIS WOULD
11:12:05 BE THE COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT,
11:12:06 WHICH WE'LL FOLD THAT LANGUAGE
11:12:08 INTO, AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR
11:12:09 THE COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT TO
11:12:10 THE TREE AND LANDSCAPE CODES
11:12:13 THAT YOU SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP
11:12:14 AUGUST -- I'M SORRY, OCTOBER
11:12:16 25TH, SPECIFICALLY AS AN UPDATE
11:12:18 ON THE AMENDMENT AND AN UPDATE
11:12:20 ON ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE
11:12:22 HAVE TO THAT POINT ON THE
11:12:23 WORKING FINAL DRAFT OF THAT
11:12:24 COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT, AND
11:12:27 THEN A FOLLOW-UP WORKSHOP ON
11:12:29 NOVEMBER 29TH FOR STAFF TO
11:12:32 PRESENT THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE
11:12:33 COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT, SO
11:12:36 THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND TRACK.
11:12:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT'S THE
11:12:38 PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
11:12:39 >>HARRY COHEN: I WILL MOVE TO
11:12:41 SET THOSE TWO WORKSHOPS AS SHE
11:12:42 DESCRIBED, BUT I JUST WANT TO
11:12:43 SAY SOMETHING.
11:12:44 IF WE FALL BEHIND ON THESE
11:12:45 DATES AND WE CANNOT MOVE
11:12:46 FORWARD ON THESE DATES WITH
11:12:47 THIS STUFF, IT'S GOING TO BE
11:12:49 VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO
11:12:50 ACCOMPLISH THIS BEFORE THE END
11:12:52 OF THIS COUNCIL'S TERM.
11:12:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: CORRECT.
11:12:53 >>HARRY COHEN: SO IT'S EITHER
11:12:55 THIS OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
11:12:57 GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY.
11:12:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:12:59 ANY -- WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY
11:13:00 MR. COHEN.
11:13:01 >> SECOND.
11:13:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECOND BY
11:13:02 MR. MIRANDA.
11:13:03 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT
11:13:03 MOTION?
11:13:04 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
11:13:05 MOTION SAY AYE.
11:13:06 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:13:08 ALL RIGHT.
11:13:13 THIS CONCLUDES OUR WORKSHOPS.
11:13:15 GO TO INFORMATION AND NEW
11:13:16 BUSINESS.
11:13:18 MR. VIERA.
11:13:18 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR,
11:13:19 MR. CHAIR.
11:13:22 I WOULD LIKE FOR TRANSPORTATION
11:13:23 TO COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION
11:13:26 REGARDING THE IMPACT OF THE ALL
11:13:26 FOR TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVE
11:13:28 WOULD HAVE ON THE CITY'S
11:13:29 TRANSPORTATION BUDGET.
11:13:29 I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS
11:13:30 PRESENTATION TO INCLUDE THE TOP
11:13:32 PRIORITIES OF THE CITY IF THIS
11:13:34 INITIATIVE PASSES, AND I WOULD
11:13:35 LIKE FOR THIS TO OCCUR ON
11:13:36 AUGUST 23RD.
11:13:37 >> SECOND.
11:13:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:13:40 A MOTION BY MR. VIERA, SECOND
11:13:40 BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:13:42 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:13:42 AYE.
11:13:44 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:13:45 ANYTHING ELSE SIR?
11:13:45 MR. MIRANDA.
11:13:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
11:13:47 CHAIRMAN.
11:13:49 I MAKE A MOTION TO [OFF
11:13:52 MICROPHONE] AUGUST 23RD, 2018,
11:13:54 AT TAMPA THEATRE, AND I HEARD A
11:13:56 RUMOR THAT THE FABULOUS ROCKERS
11:13:59 ARE GOING TO DO A REVIEW.
11:14:00 >> SECOND.
11:14:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: I KNOW YOU'RE
11:14:01 GOING TO BE THERE.
11:14:02 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M GOING TO
11:14:04 DANCE AND SING FOR YOU, SIR.
11:14:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:14:06 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
11:14:07 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:14:08 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:14:09 AYE.
11:14:10 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:14:11 MOTION CARRIES.
11:14:13 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
11:14:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S IT.
11:14:14 >>FRANK REDDICK:
11:14:15 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:14:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU,
11:14:17 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:14:18 A COUPLE ITEMS.
11:14:19 I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
11:14:21 PRESENT A COMMENDATION TO
11:14:23 EMPLOYEE KEYON LAKE.
11:14:24 MR. LAKE WAS WORKING HIS NORMAL
11:14:26 ROUTE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS WHEN
11:14:29 A RESIDENT LOST CONTROL OF HER
11:14:31 WALKER AND FELL ON HER FRONT
11:14:31 PORCH.
11:14:34 SHE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT
11:14:35 DOWNSTAIRS.
11:14:37 HE RAN UP TO ASSIST HER AND
11:14:38 POTENTIALLY AVOIDED A BAD
11:14:40 SITUATION, AND I WANT TO SEE IF
11:14:41 WE CAN PRESENT THIS
11:14:43 COMMENDATION ON AUGUST 2ND
11:14:45 DURING OUR REGULAR MEETING.
11:14:45 >> SECOND.
11:14:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:14:48 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:14:49 MR. SUAREZ.
11:14:51 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:14:53 AYE.
11:14:55 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:14:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IF I COULD
11:14:58 MAKE A MOTION TO OPEN UP
11:15:00 PARKING ON THE 100 BLOCK OF NEW
11:15:02 JERSEY BY REMOVING SOME OF THE
11:15:04 NO PARKING SIGNS.
11:15:06 WE'VE RECEIVED SOME EMAILS FROM
11:15:07 SOME FOLKS THERE.
11:15:10 I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY,
11:15:12 PERHAPS, MELANIE CALLOWAY TO
11:15:13 COME BEFORE US WITH A
11:15:15 RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION OR
11:15:17 WHATNOT ON AUGUST 2ND DURING
11:15:19 THE STAFF REPORT.
11:15:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
11:15:23 MR. CHAIRMAN, NEW JERSEY IS THE
11:15:24 STATE NEXT TO NEW YORK.
11:15:24 [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:15:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OKAY.
11:15:27 ALL RIGHT.
11:15:28 GOT A MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:15:31 DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
11:15:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:15:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECOND BY
11:15:33 MR. MIRANDA.
11:15:34 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:15:35 AYE.
11:15:36 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:15:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LAST ITEM,
11:15:39 IF WE COULD MAKE A MOTION TO
11:15:42 PRESENT A COMMENDATION TO THE
11:15:45 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LGBTA IN
11:15:46 HONOR OF PRIDE MONTH FOR OUR
11:15:48 NEXT COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 28TH.
11:15:49 >> SECOND.
11:15:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:15:51 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:15:52 MR. MIRANDA.
11:15:53 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:15:54 AYE.
11:15:55 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:15:55 ALL RIGHT.
11:15:56 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
11:15:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
11:15:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
11:16:00 >>HARRY COHEN: YEAH, I'D LIKE
11:16:01 TO ADD SOMETHING TO WHAT
11:16:03 COUNCILMAN VIERA SCHEDULED ON
11:16:04 AUGUST 23RD, NOT IN PLACE OF
11:16:05 IT, JUST ADD TO IT.
11:16:07 I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE
11:16:09 HELPFUL IF WE COULD ASK BETH
11:16:10 ALDEN IT COME FROM THE MPO AT
11:16:14 THE SAME TIME AND TALK TO US
11:16:16 ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE FUNDED ON
11:16:19 THE MPO'S TRANSPORTATION
11:16:24 PRIORITY LIST UNDER THE TERMS
11:16:25 OF THE TRANSPORTATION
11:16:26 INITIATIVE THAT COUNCILMAN
11:16:28 VIERA WAS REFERENCING.
11:16:31 I ALSO WOULD LIKE MS. ALDEN AT
11:16:34 THAT TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE
11:16:36 COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM AND
11:16:39 TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT NOW
11:16:42 THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN BASICALLY
11:16:45 -- THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MANDATED,
11:16:46 BUT THEY'VE BEEN VOTED ON BY
11:16:48 BOTH THE MPO AND THE COUNTY AND
11:16:49 THE CITY OF TAMPA, HOW AND
11:16:52 WHETHER THOSE PLANS WOULD BE
11:16:55 INTEGRATED INTO WHATEVER IS
11:16:57 FUNDED THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE.
11:16:57 >> SECOND.
11:16:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HOPE YOU
11:17:00 WRITE THAT OUT AND GIVE IT TO
11:17:01 THE CLERK.
11:17:01 [LAUGHTER]
11:17:02 >>HARRY COHEN: YEAH.
11:17:04 I WILL HELP YOU CLARIFY THE
11:17:06 MOTION LATER, BUT I WANT HER TO
11:17:07 TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE
11:17:08 FUNDED AND WHETHER OR NOT
11:17:09 COMPLETE STREET INITIATIVES ARE
11:17:12 GOING TO BE FUNDED UNDER THE
11:17:12 PROPOSAL.
11:17:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'VE GOT A
11:17:17 MOTION FROM MR. COHEN, SECOND
11:17:18 BY MR. VIERA.
11:17:19 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:17:20 AYE.
11:17:20 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:17:21 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
11:17:23 >>HARRY COHEN: NO.
11:17:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
11:17:26 >> ON WHAT DATE?
11:17:27 >>HARRY COHEN: AUGUST 23RD.
11:17:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: ONE ITEM.
11:17:30 I'D MOVE WE PRESENT AN
11:17:32 ACCOMMODATION TO TAMPA
11:17:34 FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 754 IN
11:17:36 CELEBRATION OF THEIR 75TH
11:17:37 ANNIVERSARY, WHICH WAS
11:17:38 PRESENTED ON JUNE 15TH.
11:17:39 >> SECOND.
11:17:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:17:41 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
11:17:41 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:17:43 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:17:43 AYE.
11:17:44 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:17:45 >> MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
11:17:46 >> SECOND.
11:17:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:17:48 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
11:17:49 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:17:51 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:17:51 AYE.
11:17:52 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:17:52 ALL RIGHT.
11:17:55 WE STAND ADJOURNED.
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