TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2018
9:00 A.M.
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09:03:02 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
09:03:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOOD MORNING.
09:03:07 WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS TAMPA
09:03:10 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
09:03:11 GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
09:03:12 COUNCILMAN COHEN.
09:03:13 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
09:03:15 MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:03:17 WE WELCOME FATHER LEN PLAZEWSKI
09:03:19 THIS MORNING, A LIFELONG
09:03:21 RESIDENT OF THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
09:03:21 HE'S A NATIVE OF THIS
09:03:21 COMMUNITY.
09:03:23 HE GREW UP IN SAN ANTONIO IN
09:03:25 EAST PASCO COUNTY, AND HE IS A
09:03:27 GRADUATE OF JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL.
09:03:29 SINCE 2010 HE HAS BEEN THE
09:03:30 PASTOR OF CHRIST THE KING
09:03:33 CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SOUTH TAMPA.
09:03:34 HE JOINS US THIS MORNING FOR
09:03:34 INVOCATION.
09:03:36 PLEASE STAND FOR THAT, AS WELL
09:03:38 AS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:03:42 >> LET US BOW OUR HEADS IN
09:03:43 PRAYER.
09:03:45 ALMIGHTY GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR
09:03:46 YOUR MANY BLESSINGS WHICH YOU
09:03:49 CONTINUE TO BESTOW UPON US AND
09:03:50 THIS COMMUNITY.
09:03:51 WE PRAY THAT DURING THE SUMMER
09:03:53 MONTHS, AS OUR CHILDREN ARE OUT
09:03:54 OF SCHOOL, THAT THEY MAY BE
09:03:56 KEPT SAFE FROM ALL HARM AND ALL
09:03:56 EVIL.
09:03:58 WE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR
09:04:00 CITY AND OUR CITY LEADERS.
09:04:02 WE PRAY IN A PARTICULAR WAY FOR
09:04:04 OUR CITY COUNCIL, AS THEY COME
09:04:06 TOGETHER TO DELIBERATE WHAT IS
09:04:08 BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE
09:04:09 VARIOUS INTERESTS THAT ARE
09:04:09 HERE.
09:04:11 WE ASK THAT YOU ALWAYS KEEP
09:04:14 THEM IN MIND, KEEP -- HELP THEM
09:04:15 TO KEEP IN MIND THE PRINCIPLES
09:04:17 OF JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS AND
09:04:18 PEACEFULNESS.
09:04:20 WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE THEM
09:04:22 WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AND
09:04:24 PATIENCE AND THAT YOU CONTINUE
09:04:26 TO BLESS US ALWAYS.
09:04:29 AND WE MAKE ALL THESE PRAYERS
09:04:30 THROUGH YOUR HOLY NAME.
09:04:31 AMEN.
09:04:32 >> AMEN.
09:04:32 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:04:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: ROLL CALL.
09:04:54 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
09:04:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:04:59 >>YVONNE CAPIN: HERE.
09:05:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:05:02 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:05:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
09:05:12 CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR
09:05:13 APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA?
09:05:14 >> SO MOVE.
09:05:15 >> SECOND.
09:05:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
09:05:17 FROM MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
09:05:18 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:05:19 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
09:05:20 AYE.
09:05:20 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:05:21 ALL RIGHT.
09:05:22 WE'LL GO TO CEREMONIAL
09:05:24 ACTIVITIES.
09:05:26 ITEM NO. 1, MR. MANISCALCO.
09:05:26 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
09:05:28 VERY MUCH.
09:05:52 SO WITH ME TODAY IS PRESIDENT
09:05:53 OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
09:05:57 LGBTA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, AND I
09:05:59 HAVE A COMMENDATION.
09:06:02 THIS IS LGBT PRIDE MONTH IN THE
09:06:02 CITY OF TAMPA.
09:06:06 WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED, AS WE'VE
09:06:08 NOTICED CITY HALL HAS BEEN LIT
09:06:10 UP AT NIGHT IN A VARIETY OF
09:06:11 COLORS, WHICH WE APPRECIATE, SO
09:06:13 ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY
09:06:15 COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT
09:06:17 YOU WITH THIS COMMENDATION.
09:06:19 THIS IS IN CELEBRATION OF JUNE
09:06:21 BEING LGBTA PRIDE MONTH, IN
09:06:21 RECOGNITION OF THE HILLSBOROUGH
09:06:25 LGBTA CAUCUS AND THE TREMENDOUS
09:06:25 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
09:06:25 COMMUNITY'S GAY, LESBIAN,
09:06:25 BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER
09:06:25 COMMUNITY.
09:06:26 IT IS IMPORTANT DURING THIS
09:06:28 MONTH TO TAKE THIS TIME TO
09:06:30 REFLECT ON THE LGBTA RIGHTS
09:06:33 MOVEMENT, FROM STONEWALL TO
09:06:34 PULSE AND EVERYTHING IN
09:06:35 BETWEEN, YOUR COMMUNITY IS HERE
09:06:37 WITH YOU, PROUD OF ALL YOU HAVE
09:06:38 DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO TO
09:06:39 BRING AWARENESS.
09:06:40 CITY OF TAMPA STANDS WITH THE
09:06:43 LGBTA COMMUNITY IN THE STRUGGLE
09:06:44 TO ENSURE EQUAL TREATMENT FOR
09:06:46 ALL AND TO DEFEND AND ADVOCATE
09:06:49 FOR LGBTA RIGHTS.
09:06:52 TAMPA WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
09:06:52 CITY WHERE ALL PEOPLE,
09:06:52 REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEXUAL
09:06:52 ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR
09:06:52 GENDER EXPRESSION ARE TREATED
09:06:54 WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
09:06:56 AS PART OF ITS COMMITMENT TO
09:06:56 CONTINUE SOCIAL PROGRESS IN THE
09:07:00 CAUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, TAMPA
09:07:01 CITY COUNCIL IS PROUD TO
09:07:03 RECOGNIZE THE PROMINENT PLACE
09:07:06 YOU HOLD IN OUR COMMUNITY AS
09:07:06 THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY LGBTA
09:07:06 CAUCUS.
09:07:07 SO ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA CITY
09:07:09 COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT
09:07:10 YOU WITH THIS COMMENDATION, AND
09:07:12 I ALSO HAVE OTHERS FOR BOTH OF
09:07:13 YOU AND ONE TO TAKE HOME.
09:07:15 IF YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW
09:07:15 WORDS.
09:07:16 >> YES.
09:07:17 GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
09:07:18 MY NAME IS DAVE CUTLER, THE
09:07:20 PRESIDENT OF THE HILLSBOROUGH
09:07:23 COUNTY LGBTA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
09:07:25 I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN
09:07:27 GUIDO MANISCALCO AND OTHERS FOR
09:07:29 THIS COMMENDATION.
09:07:29 JOINING ME IS VALERIE CHUCHMAN
09:07:31 AND LORA JANE REIDA.
09:07:34 THEY'RE ON MY CAUCUS BOARD, AND
09:07:35 WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
09:07:36 THIS COMMENDATION AND TO MAKE
09:07:38 THIS CITY A PLACE THAT THE LGBT
09:07:41 COMMUNITY CAN FEEL PROUD TO
09:07:42 LIVE.
09:07:42 [APPLAUSE]
09:07:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:07:57 THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE WILL BE
09:07:59 AN MPO PRESENTATION.
09:08:21 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:08:23 I'M SHAWN COLLEGE WITH PLANNING
09:08:24 COMMISSION STAFF.
09:08:25 THIS PROJECT IS A JOINT PROJECT
09:08:26 BETWEEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION
09:08:27 AND THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
09:08:28 ORGANIZATION.
09:08:30 WE'RE GIVING YOU A UPDATE.
09:08:32 WE WERE HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO,
09:08:33 AND THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE
09:08:35 2045 POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT,
09:08:40 AND ALLOCATION PROJECT.
09:08:42 I'LL GIVE YOU SOME QUICK
09:08:44 BACKGROUND, WRING YOU BACK UP
09:08:45 TO -- BRING YOU BACK UP TO
09:08:47 SPEED WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
09:08:48 THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
09:08:49 JOHNNY WONG WITH THE
09:08:49 METROPOLITAN PLANNING
09:08:50 ORGANIZATION.
09:08:51 HE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU A
09:08:52 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCENARIOS
09:08:54 DEVELOPED, THE VISION FOR THE
09:08:55 FUTURE IN TERMS OF
09:08:56 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE,
09:08:57 AND THEN I'LL TAKE BACK OVER
09:08:58 AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
09:08:59 POPULATION AND LAND USE
09:09:00 IMPLICATIONS OF THESE SCENARIO
09:09:02 VISIONS THAT ARE BEING
09:09:03 CONSIDERED, AND THEN WE'LL TALK
09:09:05 ABOUT NEXT STEPS.
09:09:07 WE'LL CLOSE WITH NEXT STEPS.
09:09:12 AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND YOU OF
09:09:13 THE BACKGROUND OF THIS PROJECT,
09:09:15 IT'S A 20-YEAR VISION LOOKING
09:09:16 AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO
09:09:16 ACCOMMODATE THE POPULATION
09:09:17 GROWTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE
09:09:19 IN THE COUNTY, TALKING ABOUT
09:09:22 AROUND 700,000 MORE PEOPLE
09:09:23 COMING TO THIS COUNTY OVER THE
09:09:26 NEXT 20 YEARS, AND THAT'S ABOUT
09:09:28 450,000 MORE JOBS.
09:09:29 THAT'S A PRETTY DAUNTING NUMBER
09:09:30 OF PEOPLE AND JOBS TO CONSIDER
09:09:34 FOR THE FUTURE.
09:09:38 AND WHAT -- AND OUR ANALYSIS
09:09:39 TODAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT WITHIN
09:09:41 THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY OF
09:09:42 THE UNINCORPORATED AREA WITHIN
09:09:46 THE JURISDICTION, WE HAVE ABOUT
09:09:49 52,000 VACANT AND REDEVELOPABLE
09:09:50 ACRES THAT COULD BE USED TO
09:09:51 ACCOMMODATE THIS POPULATION
09:09:52 GROWTH; HOWEVER, AT THE
09:09:54 DENSITIES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY
09:09:57 DEVELOPING AT, DEVELOPING THESE
09:09:59 LAND USES OUT AT, WE'RE LOOKING
09:10:01 AT SOMEWHERE AROUND 2035 OF
09:10:03 BUILDING OUT THAT 52,000 ACRES.
09:10:05 WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO
09:10:06 2045, WHICH IS THE PROJECTIONS.
09:10:08 SO THE QUESTION IS, THEN, WHAT
09:10:09 DO WE DO?
09:10:11 HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THIS
09:10:14 GROWTH AND THE DWINDLING SUPPLY
09:10:16 WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONS WITHIN
09:10:17 THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY OF
09:10:18 THE UNINCORPORATED AREA?
09:10:19 SO THIS PROJECT WILL EXPLORE
09:10:20 OUR OPTIONS FOR GROWTH.
09:10:21 WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE
09:10:23 IMPLICATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT
09:10:25 CHOICES WE MAKE IN TERMS OF
09:10:26 LAND USE, IN TERMS OF
09:10:26 INFRASTRUCTURE.
09:10:28 ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
09:10:29 THESE -- WE HAVE THESE THREE
09:10:30 VISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
09:10:33 PUT OUT FOR COMMENT, AND WE
09:10:35 DON'T EXPECT ANY OF THOSE
09:10:36 VISIONS TO BE THE FINAL VISION
09:10:37 BECAUSE THESE ARE KIND OF
09:10:39 SOMEWHAT EXTREME VISIONS OR
09:10:40 EXAGGERATIONS OF WHAT THE
09:10:41 FUTURE COULD BE.
09:10:43 ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GOING TO COME
09:10:45 BACK, WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A
09:10:46 HYBRID OR CONSENSUS PLAN FOR
09:10:47 THE FUTURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO
09:10:48 ACCOMMODATE THE POPULATION
09:10:49 GROWTH.
09:10:53 HOW THIS PROJECT WORKS, AGAIN,
09:10:53 IS WE TAKE THE POPULATION
09:10:55 PROJECTIONS FROM THE BUREAU OF
09:10:57 ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH,
09:10:59 WE ARE WORKING ALSO ON A TREND
09:11:01 AND MARKET ANALYSIS TO MAKE
09:11:03 SURE THAT WHATEVER FUTURE WE
09:11:05 ENVISION IS REALLY -- CAN BE
09:11:07 TRUTH FROM A MARKETING -- OR
09:11:08 MARKET STANDPOINT.
09:11:10 ULTIMATELY, WE'LL DEVELOP A
09:11:12 HYBRID OR CONSENSUS SCENARIO.
09:11:14 THE MPO REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
09:11:15 INFRASTRUCTURE SCENARIOS WILL
09:11:16 FIGURE INTO THAT.
09:11:18 AND THE ULTIMATE PRODUCT IS
09:11:19 CONSENSUS OR HYBRID SCENARIO
09:11:21 WILL BE USED BY THE
09:11:21 METROPOLITAN PLANNING
09:11:23 ORGANIZATION IN THEIR
09:11:24 LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
09:11:26 IT WILL BE USED IN
09:11:26 COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FOR THE
09:11:27 JURISDICTIONS.
09:11:30 IT WILL BE USED IN CAPITAL
09:11:30 IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT
09:11:32 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS OR
09:11:33 MASTER PLANS.
09:11:34 AND ULTIMATELY, IT WILL ALSO
09:11:36 SUPPORT THE REGIONAL LONG-RANGE
09:11:38 TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
09:11:40 AND WITH THAT BACKGROUND, I'M
09:11:42 GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
09:11:43 MR. JOHNNY WONG OF THE
09:11:43 METROPOLITAN PLANNING
09:11:45 ORGANIZATION WHO CAN GIVE YOU A
09:11:46 LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
09:11:47 THE TRANSPORTATION PARTS OF THE
09:11:49 SCENARIO AND THE OUTREACH WE'RE
09:11:49 PLANNING.
09:11:50 THANK YOU.
09:11:51 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:11:53 ONCE AGAIN, JOHNNY WONG,
09:11:54 HILLSBOROUGH MPO.
09:11:55 I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE
09:11:57 OUTREACH PORTION OF OUR LRTP
09:11:59 UPDATE.
09:11:59 THE LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION
09:12:01 PLAN IS ONE OF OUR MAJOR
09:12:01 PROGRAM AREAS.
09:12:03 IT'S A PLAN THAT WE UPDATE ONCE
09:12:05 EVERY FIVE YEARS TO ACCOUNT FOR
09:12:07 CHANGING LAND USE AND
09:12:10 DEMOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS, AND
09:12:12 THIS PARTICULAR LRTP UPDATE
09:12:13 WILL HAVE A STRONG REGIONAL
09:12:15 COMPONENT, SO THE GOAL FOR US
09:12:17 WILL BE TO SHOW HOW THE MAJOR
09:12:18 TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN
09:12:19 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CONNECT TO
09:12:21 A WIDER REGIONAL VISION AND
09:12:21 VICE VERSA.
09:12:22 AND BECAUSE OF THAT
09:12:23 COORDINATION, WE'RE WORKING
09:12:25 VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR
09:12:27 COUNTERPARTS IN PASCO AND
09:12:28 PINELLAS MPOS.
09:12:31 WE'RE UTILIZING A PROCESS
09:12:32 CALLED SCENARIO PLANNING, SO
09:12:34 FOR US, THAT PROCESS INVOLVES
09:12:36 COLLECTING A GROUP OF
09:12:37 TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE
09:12:38 PROFESSIONALS FROM AROUND THE
09:12:39 REGION, ASKING THEM TO IDENTIFY
09:12:42 WHAT THEY FORESEES AS THE MAJOR
09:12:43 DRIVERS OF CHANGE OVER THE NEXT
09:12:45 25 YEARS, AND THROUGH THAT
09:12:47 SCENARIO-PLANNING PROCESS, WE
09:12:50 HAVE DEVELOPED THREE
09:12:51 EXAGGERATED VISIONS OF THE
09:12:52 FUTURE.
09:12:54 SORRY, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OFF
09:12:55 CENTER.
09:12:56 SO, YEAH, WE'RE -- WE'VE
09:12:58 IDENTIFIED THREE EXAGGERATED
09:13:00 VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
09:13:01 NONE OF THE FUTURES THAT ARE
09:13:03 CONTAINED IN EACH OF THESE
09:13:03 THREE SCENARIOS WILL BE
09:13:04 FORWARDED ON TO THE FINAL
09:13:06 VERSION OF THE PLAN, BUT BY
09:13:07 GETTING PUBLIC FEEDBACK, WE
09:13:09 HOPE TO IDENTIFY THE MOST
09:13:11 PREFERABLE ELEMENTS OF EACH AND
09:13:12 COMBINE THOSE INTO A
09:13:14 CONSENSUS-BASED SCENARIO, WHICH
09:13:17 WILL GO INTO THE FINAL LRTP.
09:13:20 AND SO TO GET THAT PUBLIC
09:13:21 FEEDBACK, WE HAVE SCHEDULED A
09:13:24 NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS,
09:13:25 50 IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
09:13:28 ALONE, AND A HEALTHY NUMBER OF
09:13:29 THOSE 50 ARE IN TAMPA.
09:13:30 WE'RE GOING TO BE ATTENDING A
09:13:32 NUMBER OF LARGE EVENTS, LIKE
09:13:34 THE FLORIDA HOME SHOW, REGIONAL
09:13:36 TRANSIT FORUM, BUT THE MAIN
09:13:37 TOOL FOR US TO GET PUBLIC
09:13:38 FEEDBACK IS THROUGH AN ONLINE
09:13:41 SURVEY CALLED METROQUEST.
09:13:42 WE PRESENTED THIS TO THE
09:13:44 TRICOUNTY TMA BACK IN MAY, AND
09:13:45 IT GOT A VERY FAVORABLE
09:13:47 RESPONSE.
09:13:49 THE METROQUEST PLATFORM IS WHAT
09:13:49 YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM
09:13:51 RIGHT-HAND OF THIS SCREEN, AND
09:13:55 SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THE
09:13:56 WELCOME RANGE PRODUCTION.
09:13:58 THIS PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT
09:13:58 THE LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION
09:14:01 PLANNING, WHAT IT'S USED FOR.
09:14:02 THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS ARE ABLE
09:14:04 TO CLICK THROUGH TO THE SECOND
09:14:05 SCREEN WHICH ASKS THEM TO
09:14:06 PROVIDE A LITTLE INFORMATION
09:14:07 ABOUT THEIR VALUES, SO WE'VE
09:14:09 IDENTIFIED EIGHT PRIORITIES,
09:14:11 AND WE ASK THEM TO SELECT THEIR
09:14:12 TOP FIVE AND RANK THEM IN
09:14:14 ORDER.
09:14:18 THEY THEN CLICK OVER TO THE
09:14:20 THIRD SCREEN, WHICH SHOWS THE
09:14:21 EXAGGERATED SCENARIOS, THOSE
09:14:23 VISIONS OF THE FUTURE.
09:14:25 IT INCLUDES SOME BULLET POINTS
09:14:26 TO IDENTIFY THE KEY ELEMENTS
09:14:28 FOR EACH SCENARIO, AND THOSE
09:14:28 PRIORITIES THAT THEY IDENTIFIED
09:14:31 ON SCREEN 2 CARRY OVER TO
09:14:32 SCREEN 3 SO THAT THEY CAN SEE
09:14:34 HOW ALL OF THE THINGS THEY CARE
09:14:36 ABOUT FARE UNDER THE GIVEN
09:14:38 SCENARIO.
09:14:42 SO SCENARIO "A" THAT WE HAVE
09:14:43 DEVELOPED LUCKILY CORRESPONDS
09:14:45 TO THE EXISTING TREND PLUS
09:14:47 INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY THAT
09:14:48 COULD SUPPORT AUTONOMOUS
09:14:49 VEHICLES AND CONNECTED
09:14:50 VEHICLES.
09:14:51 THE KEY FEATURES OF THIS
09:14:53 SCENARIO ARE TARGETED ROADWAY
09:14:53 PROJECTS.
09:14:54 BEGINNING IN THE NORTH AND
09:14:56 WORKING OUR WAY DOWN, YOU CAN
09:14:57 SEE THAT THIS INCLUDES SOME
09:14:59 ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY LANDS ON
09:15:01 EAST-WEST CORRIDORS IN PASCO
09:15:02 COUNTY.
09:15:04 IN PINELLAS IT WOULD INCLUDE
09:15:08 LANE ADDITIONS ON U.S. 19 AND,
09:15:09 MOVING EAST, LANES ON GANDY
09:15:10 BOULEVARD.
09:15:11 THERE ARE INTERCHANGE
09:15:12 IMPROVEMENTS AT THE BIG BEND
09:15:15 INTERSECTION AT I-75, LITHIA
09:15:18 PINECREST ROAD, CITRUS PARK
09:15:20 EXTENSION, AND VETERANS
09:15:21 EXPRESSWAY.
09:15:23 THIS ALSO INCLUDES BUS RUNNING
09:15:25 IN ITS OWN LANE IN ST. PETE,
09:15:26 NORTH THROUGH THE CORRIDOR
09:15:28 THROUGH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
09:15:29 AND ENDING IN APPROXIMATELY
09:15:31 WESLEY CHAPEL.
09:15:34 SCENARIO "B" IS A BELTWAY AND
09:15:36 BOULEVARD CONCEPT, SO UNDER
09:15:39 THIS SCENARIO, A REGIONAL LOOP
09:15:40 WOULD PUSH SOME OF THE TRAFFIC
09:15:42 AWAY FROM TAMPA'S URBAN CORE
09:15:42 AND ALLOW THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
09:15:45 TO GET A GREATER DEGREE OF
09:15:46 CONNECTIVITY.
09:15:48 THE LOOP IS FORMED BY STATE
09:15:50 ROAD 54 TO THE NORTH IN PASCO.
09:15:53 IT GOES SOUTH THROUGH MCMULLEN
09:15:55 BOOTH ROAD IN PINELLAS, AND
09:15:57 LOOPS EAST ALONG 275, WHICH
09:16:00 TRANSITIONS DIRECTLY INTO I-4,
09:16:01 DIRECTLY MAKING THAT AN
09:16:02 EAST-WEST CORRIDOR, AND
09:16:04 NORTH-SOUTH TRAFFIC IS SERVED
09:16:07 BY I-75 TO THE EAST.
09:16:08 THE OTHER KEY PIECE OF THIS
09:16:11 SCENARIO IS THE CONVERSION OF
09:16:13 I-275 FROM AN INTERSTATE TO A
09:16:14 STREET-LEVEL BOULEVARD FROM
09:16:17 NORTH TAMPA UP TO APPROXIMATELY
09:16:20 BEARSS AVENUE, AND THAT WOULD
09:16:22 HAVE BRT RUNNING ON THE STREET
09:16:22 LEVEL.
09:16:24 AND THE THIRD SCENARIO IS
09:16:25 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT,
09:16:26 SO UNDER THIS SCENARIO, IT
09:16:28 SHOWS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF BUS
09:16:30 AND RAIL INVESTMENTS
09:16:32 INCENTIVIZE INFILL AND
09:16:33 REDEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITIES.
09:16:36 THIS SCENARIO MAP TO THE RIGHT
09:16:38 SHOWS THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT,
09:16:40 BRT, RUNNING IN ITS OWN LANE,
09:16:41 AND THAT IS CODED IN GREEN WITH
09:16:43 THE YELLOW HATCHINGS.
09:16:44 THE EXISTING CSX TRAIN TRACKS
09:16:46 ARE CODED WITH THE PURPLE
09:16:49 LINES, AND A PASSENGER RAIL
09:16:51 CONNECTING DOWNTOWN TAMPA TO
09:16:52 THE ORLANDO METRO AND THEN
09:16:54 POSSIBLY BRANCHING OUT TO OTHER
09:16:55 AREAS OF THE STATE IS SHOWN IN
09:16:58 ORANGE, AND IT'S A VERY
09:17:00 SOUTHERN HIT, THE WATER FERRY
09:17:02 CONNECTS TO THE DOWNTOWN TAMPA
09:17:06 TO ST. PETE AS WELL AS MACDILL
09:17:07 AIR FORCE BASE TO SOUTH
09:17:08 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:17:09 SO ONCE THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS
09:17:11 PROVIDE THEIR INITIAL REACTIONS
09:17:13 ON EACH OF THOSE THREE
09:17:14 SCENARIOS, THEY'RE ABLE TO
09:17:15 PROVIDE US WITH A LITTLE BIT
09:17:17 MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON
09:17:17 THE FOURTH SCREEN.
09:17:18 SO TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE
09:17:21 WHO SEES THE TREND AND
09:17:23 TECH-PLUS SCENARIO AND THEY
09:17:24 FEEL SO-SO ABOUT IT BUT THEY'RE
09:17:25 REALLY IN FAVOR OF INVESTMENTS
09:17:27 IN TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT
09:17:29 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, HERE'S
09:17:30 WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE
09:17:32 THAT DEEPER LEVEL OF DETAIL.
09:17:33 THIS DATA THAT WE'RE COLLECTING
09:17:35 ON SCREEN 4 WILL BE REALLY
09:17:36 USEFUL FOR US TO BUILD THAT
09:17:38 CONSENSUS-BASED HYBRID SCENARIO
09:17:40 THAT WILL GO INTO THE FINAL
09:17:40 PLAN.
09:17:41 AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE ASKING
09:17:43 THEM TO PROVIDE DEMOGRAPHIC
09:17:44 INFORMATION.
09:17:46 A NEW DEVELOPMENT IS THAT WE'RE
09:17:48 COLLECTING EMAIL ADDRESSES.
09:17:49 THOSE WHO COMPLETE THE SURVEY
09:17:50 AND PROVIDE THAT WILL BE
09:17:52 ENTERED INTO A RAFFLE TO WIN
09:17:55 TICKETS TO A BUCS GAME DECEMBER
09:17:57 9TH AGAINST THE SAINTS OR FIVE
09:17:59 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO A LIGHTNING
09:18:01 GAME, WHICH WILL BE HOSTED IN A
09:18:02 MEDIA SUITE.
09:18:06 THE OUTREACH PERIOD IS GOING TO
09:18:07 RUN FROM JULY 20TH.
09:18:09 THE SURVEY GOES LIVE ON THE
09:18:11 DATE OF THE REGIONAL TRANSIT
09:18:12 FORUM TO BE HOSTED AT TAMPA
09:18:13 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND IT'S
09:18:15 GOING TO RUN THROUGH THE END OF
09:18:15 SEPTEMBER.
09:18:17 AT THE MIDPOINT, WE'RE GOING TO
09:18:18 DO SOME -- WE'RE GOING TO DO A
09:18:20 CHECK-IN TO MAKE SURE THAT
09:18:21 WE'RE HITTING ALL PARTS OF THE
09:18:21 COMMUNITY.
09:18:22 WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE GET
09:18:24 DIVERSE RESPONSES BASED ON
09:18:26 INCOME, ETHNICITY, EMPLOYMENT
09:18:28 STATUS, AND GEOGRAPHIC
09:18:30 DISTRIBUTION AROUND THE REGION,
09:18:31 AND SO AT THAT POINT, IF WE SEE
09:18:32 THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING THE
09:18:34 RESPONSES THAT WE DESIRE, WE'RE
09:18:36 ABLE TO MORE PRECISELY TARGET
09:18:37 OUR RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT
09:18:40 WE'RE ENGAGING EVERYONE.
09:18:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
09:18:45 >>HARRY COHEN: YES.
09:18:46 BEFORE YOU GO ON, I JUST WANT
09:18:47 TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION BECAUSE
09:18:50 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE
09:18:53 THIS MORNING, I SURMISE, THAT
09:18:54 ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT
09:18:56 TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES IN OUR
09:18:57 COMMUNITY.
09:19:00 HOW ARE PEOPLE WITH CONCERNS
09:19:02 ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES AND ABOUT
09:19:06 HOW WE ARE PRIORITIZING SAFETY
09:19:08 AS AGAINST SOME OF THESE OTHER
09:19:11 VALUES -- HOW ARE THEY GOING TO
09:19:12 EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS IN THIS
09:19:13 PROCESS, AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT
09:19:14 TO DO WITH THAT INFORMATION?
09:19:15 >> THEY'RE CERTAINLY ABLE TO
09:19:16 LEAVE US COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK
09:19:18 THAT IS NOT CONTAINED IN THE
09:19:19 SURVEY ELEMENTS THAT ARE
09:19:21 PROVIDED TO THEM.
09:19:22 AT ANY POINT IN THE SURVEY
09:19:24 PROCESS, THEY'RE ABLE TO ADD
09:19:25 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND
09:19:26 FEEDBACK, AND THEY CAN ALWAYS
09:19:27 SEND US EMAILS TO EXPRESS THOSE
09:19:29 CONCERNS AS WELL.
09:19:31 I THINK THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT
09:19:32 THE RESULT IS OF THE FINAL
09:19:35 LRTP, WHICHEVER VISION COMES
09:19:37 OUT OF THAT PLAN, SAFETY WILL
09:19:39 BE ONE OF THE PRIMARY AREAS OF
09:19:41 FOCUS FOR US, SO WHAT I'M -- I
09:19:43 GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS
09:19:45 THAT SAFETY IS NOT LOST IN THIS
09:19:47 PROCESS, IT'S KIND OF INHERENT
09:19:48 EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
09:19:49 >>HARRY COHEN: DO YOU FORESEES
09:19:52 -- JUST TO BE CLEAR -- COMING
09:19:54 OUT OF THIS, WHEREVER THIS
09:19:56 THING LANDS IN TERMS OF THE
09:19:58 PUBLIC OPINION, IS THERE GOING
09:20:04 TO BE A SAFETY COMPONENT TO
09:20:05 WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE GOING
09:20:06 FORWARD?
09:20:08 ARE WE GOING TO IDENTIFY SAFETY
09:20:10 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO
09:20:11 SEE THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, AND
09:20:13 ARE WE GOING TO, YOU KNOW,
09:20:14 ACTUALLY TARGET LOOKING FOR
09:20:16 FUNDING FOR THIS?
09:20:17 >> I CAN'T ANSWER THAT
09:20:18 QUESTION.
09:20:21 SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST LRTP
09:20:23 PROCESS, I'M GOING TO DEFER TO
09:20:24 BETH ALDEN.
09:20:26 >>BETH ALDEN: GOOD MORNING,
09:20:27 COUNCIL, BETH ALDEN, MPO
09:20:29 DIRECTOR, AND THAT'S A GREAT
09:20:30 QUESTION.
09:20:33 SAFETY IS THE TOP PRIORITY OF
09:20:33 THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
09:20:36 ORGANIZATION, HAS BEEN FOR MANY
09:20:37 YEARS.
09:20:39 >>HARRY COHEN: SAFETY IS THE
09:20:39 TOP PRIORITY OF THE
09:20:39 METROPOLITAN PLANNING
09:20:41 ORGANIZATION, SO IT SHOULD BE,
09:20:43 OF COURSE, PART OF EVERYTHING
09:20:45 THAT WE DO; CORRECT?
09:20:45 >>BETH ALDEN: CORRECT.
09:20:49 AND SO THERE IS A PROGRAM OF
09:20:50 PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY TO
09:20:51 ADDRESS OUR HIGHEST CRASH
09:20:54 AREAS, OUR CONTINUING CRASH
09:20:56 PROBLEMS, BOTH IN THE CURRENT
09:20:57 LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
09:21:00 AND IN OUR FIVE-YEAR
09:21:00 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT
09:21:03 PROGRAM PRIORITY LIST FOR FUNDS
09:21:05 AVAILABLE MOVING FORWARD.
09:21:07 I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THAT
09:21:08 WOULD CONTINUE INTO OUR NEXT
09:21:12 LONG-RANGE PLAN.
09:21:17 >> OKAY.
09:21:20 SO JOHNNY WONG GAVE YOU SOME
09:21:21 IMPLICATIONS AND THE SCENARIOS
09:21:22 WITH REGARD TO THE
09:21:23 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
09:21:24 I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST A
09:21:25 LITTLE BIT OF AN UNDERSTANDING
09:21:26 OF HOW THE POPULATION AND
09:21:29 EMPLOYMENT MIGHT FIT INTO THAT
09:21:29 TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
09:21:30 PROCESS.
09:21:33 SO, AGAIN, SCENARIO "A" OR WHAT
09:21:34 WE'VE BEEN CALLING INTERNALLY
09:21:37 THE TREND-PLUS SCENARIO,
09:21:38 REALLY, THIS IS BUSINESS AS
09:21:39 USUAL.
09:21:40 WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIND A
09:21:41 WAY OF DEALING WITH THIS
09:21:42 POPULATION GROWTH, AND THE WAY
09:21:44 IT MIGHT OCCUR UNDER THIS
09:21:45 SCENARIO IS THAT THE URBAN
09:21:46 SERVICE BOUNDARY OF THE
09:21:47 UNINCORPORATED AREA IS
09:21:50 EXPANDED, AND A LOT OF THAT
09:21:52 CURRENTLY RURAL AREA ENDS UP
09:21:54 BECOMING SUBURBS, SO YOU SEE A
09:21:56 LARGE GROWTH OUTSIDE THE URBAN
09:21:59 SERVICE BOUNDARY AROUND PLANT
09:21:59 CITY AND SUCH.
09:22:00 >>HARRY COHEN: SO WHEN YOU SAY
09:22:03 EXPANSION OF USA TO ACCOMMODATE
09:22:04 POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT
09:22:06 GROWTH, WE'RE NOT ADDING ON TO
09:22:06 THE COUNTRY?
09:22:08 >> I'M SORRY.
09:22:08 THANK YOU.
09:22:14 I APOLOGIZE FOR THE FOR THE
09:22:15 ACRONYM.
09:22:16 THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY.
09:22:17 I APOLOGIZE.
09:22:20 THAT'S THE BOUNDARY WHEREBY THE
09:22:21 URBAN AREA RESTRICTS THE
09:22:24 PLACEMENT OF UTILITIES AND IT
09:22:24 TENDS TO BE A BOUNDARY BETWEEN
09:22:27 THE RURAL AND URBAN AREA, FOR
09:22:28 THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE
09:22:29 LISTENING.
09:22:30 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
09:22:33 THE SECOND SCENARIO, THE
09:22:34 BOULEVARD SCENARIO OR SCENARIO
09:22:37 "B," THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A
09:22:37 HYBRID.
09:22:38 WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN
09:22:40 HERE IS THERE WOULD BE LIMITED
09:22:41 EXPANSION OF THE URBAN SERVICE
09:22:43 BOUNDARY AROUND THE I-4
09:22:45 CORRIDOR, AND THERE WOULD BE
09:22:48 SOME INTENSIFICATION ALONG --
09:22:50 IN TAMPA ALONG 275 WHERE IT'S
09:22:52 CONVERTED TO A BOULEVARD;
09:22:54 HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE, WE ALSO
09:22:56 ARE PROJECTING THAT BEYOND THE
09:22:58 I-4 EXPANSION THAT WE HOLD THE
09:22:59 LINE ON THE URBAN SERVICE
09:23:00 BOUNDARY AND WE DON'T DO A LOT
09:23:02 MORE OF INVESTMENT AND
09:23:03 REDEVELOPMENT, AND WHAT THAT
09:23:05 MIGHT DO IS IT MIGHT PUSH
09:23:07 POPULATION TO OTHER COUNTIES,
09:23:09 SO IN THIS SCENARIO, WE'RE
09:23:11 CONSIDERING THE 700,000 -- SOME
09:23:12 OF THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE
09:23:14 PUSHED TO OTHER COUNTIES, WHICH
09:23:16 HAS IMPLICATIONS.
09:23:20 AND FINALLY, SCENARIO "C," THE
09:23:22 TRANSIT-ORIENTED SCENARIO, IN
09:23:24 THIS SCENARIO -- AGAIN, THESE
09:23:26 ARE EXAGGERATED SCENARIOS, BUT
09:23:27 IN THIS SCENARIO, WE REALLY
09:23:28 FOCUS ON REDEVELOPMENT AND
09:23:29 DOING MORE REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN
09:23:31 THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY, SO
09:23:33 -- AND THAT GOES HAND IN HAND
09:23:33 WITH THE TRANSIT INVESTMENT
09:23:35 THAT IS PROJECTED IN THIS
09:23:36 SCENARIO.
09:23:38 IN THIS SCENARIO WE HOLD THE
09:23:39 LINE IN THE URBAN SERVICE
09:23:40 BOUNDARY AND WE REALLY WORK TO
09:23:42 HAVE ALL THAT NEW GROWTH OCCUR
09:23:43 WITHIN OUR JURISDICTIONS AND
09:23:45 WITHIN THE URBAN SERVICE
09:23:46 BOUNDARY.
09:23:50 THE GRAPHIC BEFORE YOU, AGAIN,
09:23:53 SHOWS THE POPULATION IN A HEAT
09:23:56 MAP FORMAT WITH THE THREE
09:23:57 DIFFERENT SCENARIOS SIDE BY
09:23:57 SIDE.
09:23:58 THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENCES,
09:24:00 BUT THOSE DIFFERENCES DO MAKE A
09:24:01 BIG DIFFERENCE IN WHERE THE
09:24:03 POPULATION GOES, MAKES A BIG
09:24:05 DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE FUND OUR
09:24:06 INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT KIND OF
09:24:07 INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE TO
09:24:10 PROVIDE.
09:24:12 THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE
09:24:13 INDICATORS.
09:24:14 WE WANT TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT
09:24:16 DOES THIS MEAN FOR GROWTH, AND
09:24:18 THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS HAVE
09:24:20 DIFFERENT INDICATORS OR
09:24:21 DIFFERENT RESULTS, AND THESE
09:24:24 ARE PROJECTIONS -- IT'S AN
09:24:24 ANALYSIS.
09:24:26 THIS ONE BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW
09:24:27 IS THE GROWTH WITHIN THE URBAN
09:24:29 SERVICE AREA, AND, AGAIN, YOU
09:24:31 CAN SEE THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED
09:24:33 DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE ROAD IS
09:24:34 IN THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY,
09:24:36 SOMEWHAT LESS IN THE BELTWAY,
09:24:39 AND THEN EVEN LESS IN THE TREND
09:24:40 SCENARIO WHERE A LOT OF THAT
09:24:41 GROWTH WOULD OCCUR OUTSIDE THE
09:24:43 URBAN SERVICE AREA.
09:24:45 SOME OF OUR -- THESE ARE SOME
09:24:47 OF OUR EARLY INDICATORS.
09:24:51 IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IS AN
09:24:53 IMPORTANT INDICATOR BECAUSE
09:24:54 IT'S THE WATER QUALITY.
09:24:57 THE MORE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE YOU
09:25:00 HAVE, THE WORSE WATER SURFACE
09:25:01 QUALITY WILL BE.
09:25:02 ONE MORE SCROLLED TYPE OF
09:25:03 DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, WE'RE
09:25:04 GOING TO SEE MUCH MORE
09:25:08 IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.
09:25:10 DEMAND FOR WATER AND SEWER,
09:25:11 THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING
09:25:12 AT.
09:25:14 THE TREND SCENARIO WOULD ALSO
09:25:18 HAVE MORE DEMAND FOR WATER AND
09:25:19 SEWER.
09:25:20 THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT --
09:25:22 IMPLICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE
09:25:24 CONSIDERED AS PEOPLE CONSIDER
09:25:25 DIFFERENT VISIONS FOR THE
09:25:25 FUTURE.
09:25:27 WE HAVE WATER AND SEWER
09:25:29 DISTRIBUTION LINES THAT CAN BE
09:25:31 MAINTAINED BY JURISDICTIONS IN
09:25:31 THE COUNTY.
09:25:32 AGAIN, UNDER THE TREND
09:25:34 SCENARIO, YOU TEND TO SEE MORE
09:25:36 WATER AND SEWER LINES, AND IT'S
09:25:38 A MORE SPRAWLED PATTERN OF
09:25:38 DEVELOPMENT.
09:25:40 WE ALSO HAVE A GENERALIZED
09:25:41 PROJECTION OF NEW LOCAL
09:25:41 STREETS.
09:25:42 THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR LOCAL
09:25:45 GOVERNANCE BECAUSE WHILE LOCAL
09:25:46 STREETS ARE DEVELOPED BY
09:25:47 DEVELOPERS, THEY ULTIMATELY
09:25:49 GENERALLY ARE TURNED OVER, IN
09:25:51 MANY CASES, TO A JURISDICTION,
09:25:53 WHICH HAS TO MAINTAIN THOSE
09:25:54 LOCAL STREETS AND HAS TO REPAVE
09:25:56 THEM, FIX POTHOLES, ET CETERA,
09:25:57 SO THIS HAS BIG IMPLICATIONS
09:26:00 FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS' BUDGET,
09:26:02 AND UNDER A MORE SPRAWLED OR
09:26:04 TREND PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT,
09:26:06 WE COULD BE MORE LOCAL STREETS
09:26:07 PRODUCED.
09:26:09 WE CAN PROJECT NEW HOME-BASED
09:26:13 AUTO TRIPS, AGAIN, WHICH A
09:26:15 SMALLER TREND PATTERN OF
09:26:18 DEVELOPMENT, THERE'S MORE
09:26:18 SMALLER TRIPS.
09:26:20 I'LL CLOSE WITH, AS MENTIONED,
09:26:22 WE'RE GETTING READY TO KICK OFF
09:26:23 THE OUTREACH, AND WE WANT
09:26:23 EVERYBODY TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE
09:26:26 AND GIVE US INFORMATION, AND
09:26:27 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK
09:26:28 WITH YOUR LOCAL -- WITH THE
09:26:29 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
09:26:30 WE'RE WORKING WITH YOUR STAFF
09:26:32 ON A REGULAR BASIS TO HELP
09:26:33 DEVELOP THIS PROJECT, AND WE
09:26:35 ANTICIPATE TOWARDS THE END OF
09:26:36 THE YEAR WORKING ON THE HYBRID
09:26:37 AND FINALIZING THE HYBRID
09:26:38 SCENARIO.
09:26:39 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
09:26:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:26:41 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
09:26:43 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:26:44 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A
09:26:45 COUPLE OF THINGS.
09:26:45 LOOKING AT THIS PRESENTATION
09:26:47 AND UNDERSTANDING OVER THE NEXT
09:26:48 SEVERAL DECADES THE POPULATION
09:26:50 GROWTH AND INCREASE THAT WE'RE
09:26:52 GOING TO SEE WITHIN THE AREA,
09:26:54 IT TROUBLES ME BECAUSE WE SEE
09:26:56 HOW BAD TRAFFIC IS RIGHT NOW,
09:26:57 AND LOOKING AT THESE SLIDES, IT
09:26:59 IS A REGIONAL APPROACH, BUT
09:27:04 IT'S MOVING FROM PASCO OR
09:27:05 PINELLAS THROUGH TAMPA BECAUSE
09:27:06 THEY'VE GOT TO GET FROM ONE TO
09:27:07 THE OTHER, GET TO WORK,
09:27:09 COMMUTE, HOWEVER IT IS.
09:27:10 BUT AS A MEMBER OF CITY
09:27:11 COUNCIL, REPRESENTING THE FOLKS
09:27:12 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, YOU KNOW,
09:27:14 WE WANT SOLUTIONS TO GET PEOPLE
09:27:14 AROUND.
09:27:17 MY GOAL IS TO SEE LESS CARS ON
09:27:18 THE ROAD BECAUSE WE HAVE BETTER
09:27:20 OPTIONS WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT,
09:27:22 WHETHER IT'S A GREATER
09:27:23 INVESTMENT IN OUR BUS SYSTEM,
09:27:25 WHETHER IT'S THE EXPANSION OF
09:27:26 THE STREETCAR, WHETHER IT'S
09:27:28 UTILIZING COMMUTER RAIL, LIGHT
09:27:31 RAIL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF
09:27:32 TAMPA, WHETHER THERE'S A
09:27:33 REFERENDUM, YOU KNOW, FLOATING
09:27:34 AROUND THAT WOULD HELP FINANCE
09:27:37 A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT MY
09:27:39 GOAL IS IN LOOKING BACK
09:27:40 THROUGHOUT HISTORY -- YOU KNOW,
09:27:41 YOU LOOK TO THE PAST TO BUILD
09:27:42 FOR THE FUTURE.
09:27:43 WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE MUCH
09:27:45 SINCE WORLD WAR II.
09:27:48 WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE
09:27:49 ELIMINATION OF THE STREETCAR
09:27:51 GOING TO THE BUS SERVICE, WHICH
09:27:52 IS INADEQUATE BECAUSE
09:27:53 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS SO LARGE
09:27:55 AND HART IS SO UNDERFUNDED, AND
09:27:56 THEN BUILDING THE INTERSTATE
09:27:58 SYSTEM IN THE 1950S AND '60S TO
09:28:00 MOVE PEOPLE AROUND, AND THE
09:28:01 SAYING WOULD HAVE BEEN IF
09:28:02 YOU'RE NOT ON THE INSTATE,
09:28:04 YOU'RE IN THE STONE AGE, BUT AS
09:28:06 THINGS COME FULL CIRCLE, I
09:28:07 THINK, YOU KNOW, 100 YEARS
09:28:09 LATER FROM THE STREETCAR WE HAD
09:28:10 100 YEARS AGO TO WHAT WE DON'T
09:28:12 HAVE NOW, PEOPLE WANT OPTIONS.
09:28:13 YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OF LOWER
09:28:15 INCOME THAT CANNOT AFFORD A
09:28:16 CAR, PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO
09:28:18 HAVE A CAR, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
09:28:19 COMMUTE BY BICYCLE OR WANT TO
09:28:20 WALK TO WORK IN A
09:28:23 LIVE/WORK/PLAY ENVIRONMENT.
09:28:24 YOU KNOW, THE GOAL WOULD BE OR
09:28:28 SHOULD BE IS INVESTING IN THIS
09:28:30 CITY, GIVING PEOPLE OPTIONS TO
09:28:31 NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE
09:28:31 CAR.
09:28:33 TAKE THE CARS OFF THE ROAD TO
09:28:35 EASE THE CONGESTION BECAUSE IF
09:28:35 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT
09:28:38 POPULATION GROWTH, AS WE SEE,
09:28:39 WE CAN'T CONTINUE WIDENING
09:28:40 ROADS.
09:28:41 I DO LIKE THE BOULEVARD
09:28:44 CONCEPT, YOU KNOW, FOR 275
09:28:45 GOING NORTH, CONNECTING STREETS
09:28:48 AGAIN, CONNECT THE GRID,
09:28:49 CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS AGAIN,
09:28:50 AND I'M GLAD WE'RE KEEPING AN
09:28:51 OPEN MIND MOVING FORWARD.
09:28:53 I LIKE THE IDEA OF COMMUTER
09:28:55 RAIL BECAUSE THE TRACKS ARE
09:28:56 THERE, AND I KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE
09:28:57 WITH US AND CSX AND WORKING
09:28:59 THROUGH THAT AND THE COSTS, BUT
09:29:00 WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
09:29:02 I SEE, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME
09:29:04 TAMPA, AND IT REMINDS ME OF THE
09:29:07 MURAL IN WEST TAMPA WHERE IT
09:29:09 SAYS "IT'S TIME FOR WEST
09:29:09 TAMPA."
09:29:12 NOW IT'S GETTING UPDATED, BUT
09:29:13 IT'S LIKE THAT IN MY ENTIRE
09:29:14 LIFE.
09:29:16 I'M BORN IN THE '80S, AND
09:29:17 THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER.
09:29:18 IT'S BEEN TIME FOR TAMPA FOR
09:29:20 FAR TOO LONG BECAUSE SINCE THE
09:29:21 INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION, WE
09:29:23 HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING MAJOR TO
09:29:24 MOVE PEOPLE AROUND HERE WITHIN
09:29:26 THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:29:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:29:30 ALL RIGHT.
09:29:31 >>YVONNE CAPIN: JUST --
09:29:33 UNFORTUNATELY FOR UNINTENDED
09:29:37 CONSEQUENCES, FLORIDA GREW CAR
09:29:37 CENTRIC.
09:29:41 IT WAS CHEAP LAND AND WE PUT
09:29:42 SHOPPING CENTERS WITH GINORMOUS
09:29:47 PARKING LOTS, AND NOW, EVER
09:29:47 SINCE AIR CONDITIONING BECAME
09:29:50 REASONABLE, FLORIDA'S GROWING
09:29:52 AND GREW AND GREW AND GREW, AND
09:29:55 WITH THAT, WE DID NOTHING TO
09:29:57 ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH THAT
09:29:59 TOOK PLACE AS FAR AS
09:30:02 TRANSPORTATION'S CONCERNED.
09:30:06 WE ACTUALLY TOOK AWAY OPTIONS,
09:30:08 AND NOW WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL
09:30:11 WITH IT, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR
09:30:12 THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT'S
09:30:14 HAPPENING, BUT WE ARE BEHIND
09:30:16 THE EIGHT BALL, WE REALLY ARE.
09:30:19 IT'S A LOT TO CATCH UP ON, BUT
09:30:22 WE CAN -- WE'VE GOT TO START
09:30:24 SOMEWHERE, SO I UNDERSTAND
09:30:25 WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, AND
09:30:27 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
09:30:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
09:30:29 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANKS, CHAIR.
09:30:30 JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
09:30:31 YOU KNOW, I NOTICE THAT YOU
09:30:33 MAKE A DELINEATION BETWEEN -- I
09:30:35 THINK IT'S SCENARIO "B" AND
09:30:37 "C" CONCERNING TRANSIT-ORIENTED
09:30:39 DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU TALK MORE
09:30:41 ABOUT IT IN THE CITY THAN YOU
09:30:41 DO IN "B."
09:30:43 I MEAN, ISN'T THE GOAL TO
09:30:45 ALWAYS BE TALKING ABOUT
09:30:46 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT,
09:30:48 SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
09:30:49 PUBLIC TRANSIT, WHATEVER THAT
09:30:50 FORM MAY TAKE?
09:30:53 >> I THINK THE SCENARIO IS A
09:30:55 LITTLE MORE HEAVY IN THAT
09:30:57 REGARD, BUT LET ME HAVE
09:30:59 TRANSPORTATION STAFF ANSWER
09:31:00 THAT QUESTION.
09:31:01 >>BETH ALDEN: THANK YOU, AND
09:31:02 THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
09:31:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: PLEASE STATE
09:31:04 YOUR NAME.
09:31:06 STATE YOUR NAME.
09:31:07 >>BETH ALDEN: I'M SORRY.
09:31:09 BETH ALDEN, MPO DIRECTOR.
09:31:14 AND THE -- THE SCENARIOS ARE
09:31:17 EXAGGERATED, AS SHAWN WAS
09:31:22 SAYING, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE
09:31:27 -- THE PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF
09:31:29 GOING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHOLE
09:31:30 HOG IN ONE DIRECTION, AND SO
09:31:32 THAT'S WHY THERE'S THIS SORT OF
09:31:33 BRIGHT LINE BETWEEN SCENARIO
09:31:36 "B" AND SCENARIO "C," WHERE
09:31:37 SCENARIO "C" IS EXTREMELY
09:31:39 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
09:31:40 FOCUSED, AND SCENARIO
09:31:42 "B" REALLY FOCUSES ON THAT
09:31:43 OUTER BELTWAY.
09:31:44 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I GUESS MY POINT
09:31:46 IS, BETH, IN TERMS OF WHEN
09:31:47 WE'RE LOOKING AT LAND USE
09:31:49 POLICY -- BECAUSE LAND USE IS A
09:31:52 BIG PART OF TOD -- IN ADDITION
09:31:53 TO WHATEVER WE PROVIDE IN TERMS
09:31:56 OF TRANSIT -- PUBLIC TRANSIT IN
09:31:59 ANY WAY BECAUSE THE GOAL IS --
09:32:00 AND MR. MANISCALCO TALKED A
09:32:02 LITTLE ABOUT THE HISTORY THAT
09:32:03 WENT ON.
09:32:05 IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE REMOVED THE
09:32:05 TRANSIT SYSTEM HERE.
09:32:07 EVERY SYSTEM, REGARDLESS OF THE
09:32:08 TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT THEY HAD IN
09:32:10 THEIR CITY HAD THE EXACT SAME
09:32:12 KIND OF PATTERN AS WE HAD.
09:32:14 WE HAD CHEAPER LAND, WE DID
09:32:15 OTHER THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW,
09:32:19 THERE WAS RIDERSHIP THAT HAS
09:32:20 NEVER BEEN AS HIGH ON PUBLIC
09:32:22 TRANSIT AS IT WAS IN 1946 IN
09:32:23 NEW YORK CITY.
09:32:24 NOW, WHY IS THAT?
09:32:25 BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE CARS,
09:32:27 THEY HAD RATIONED BOTH TIRES
09:32:30 AND GASOLINE, SO NO ONE WAS
09:32:32 RIDING CARS, PLUS THERE WERE A
09:32:33 LOT OF GIS RETURNING BACK HOME
09:32:35 AND THEY HAD TO USE TRANSIT.
09:32:36 THERE IS A LOT OF ASPECTS OF
09:32:38 THIS THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT,
09:32:39 AND THE LAND USE POLICY'S THE
09:32:41 MOST IMPORTANT PART.
09:32:43 AS THE MPO DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW
09:32:44 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN
09:32:45 CONCERT WITH OUR PLANNING
09:32:46 COMMISSION DEALING WITH THAT,
09:32:47 BUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN
09:32:50 ONLY TAKE GUIDANCE FROM OUR
09:32:54 AGENCIES, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL,
09:32:55 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, PLANT
09:32:59 CITY, TEMPLE TERRACE, SO WE
09:33:00 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE
09:33:01 START TALKING ABOUT THIS
09:33:02 EXTREME POPULATION GROWTH THAT
09:33:04 THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD,
09:33:06 WHOEVER THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN
09:33:07 THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AFTER NEXT
09:33:09 YEAR, AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
09:33:10 BE IN THE FUTURE HAVE TO
09:33:11 UNDERSTAND THAT THE LAND USE
09:33:13 PATTERNS THAT WE DETERMINE ARE
09:33:14 GOING TO ACTUALLY HELP
09:33:15 DETERMINE WHERE THE
09:33:17 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT'S
09:33:19 GOING TO BE, WHERE THE
09:33:20 POPULATION'S GOING TO BE
09:33:22 BECAUSE THEY KIND OF GO HAND IN
09:33:22 GLOVE.
09:33:23 IF OUR LAND USE POLICIES ARE
09:33:25 GOING TO ENCOURAGE A LARGER
09:33:27 AMOUNT OF DENSITY, THEN WE'RE
09:33:29 GOING TO HAVE THE NEED FOR MORE
09:33:30 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT,
09:33:31 AND IF WE HAVE MORE
09:33:33 TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT,
09:33:34 AS PER WHAT YOU JUST PRESENTED
09:33:36 TO US, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A
09:33:37 REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF
09:33:39 VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, THE
09:33:40 NUMBER OF -- THE AMOUNT OF
09:33:41 SPRAWL, ALL THAT OTHER STUFF.
09:33:44 SO IT ISN'T JUST THE CITY OF
09:33:46 TAMPA'S ROLE, IT'S EVERY ONE OF
09:33:47 THE GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING
09:33:48 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THAT HAS
09:33:49 TO COME TO THE TABLE TO REALLY
09:33:51 TALK ABOUT HOW TRANSIT IS GOING
09:33:54 TO BE IMPLEMENTED, HOW WE'RE
09:33:57 GOING TO PUT LAND USE POLICIES
09:33:58 TOGETHER THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW
09:34:00 THAT KIND OF TRANSIT TO
09:34:02 CONTINUE OR TO -- I MEAN, TO BE
09:34:03 DEVELOPED, SO EVEN IF WE HAVE A
09:34:05 REFERENDUM, WE STILL NEED TO DO
09:34:06 ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS IN ORDER
09:34:08 TO MAKE IT WORK, SO I
09:34:09 APPRECIATE IT.
09:34:10 >>BETH ALDEN: THAT'S A GOOD
09:34:10 POINT.
09:34:11 WE ALL HAVE A PIECE OF THIS
09:34:14 PUZZLE, AND IT'S ONLY BY ALL OF
09:34:15 US WORKING TOGETHER THAT WE'RE
09:34:16 GOING TO GET TO A PREFERRED
09:34:18 SCENARIO.
09:34:18 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH.
09:34:19 I APPRECIATE IT.
09:34:20 THANKS, BETH.
09:34:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:34:21 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
09:34:22 COUNCIL AT THIS TIME?
09:34:23 ALL RIGHT.
09:34:24 THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS
09:34:24 MORNING.
09:34:25 >> THANK YOU.
09:34:27 I'LL LEAVE SOME HARD COPIES OF
09:34:28 THE PRESENTATION.
09:34:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:34:32 MR. SUAREZ, YOU'RE GOING TO
09:34:33 INTRODUCE THE NEXT GUESS?
09:34:34 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SURE.
09:34:35 IS MR. SEWARD HERE?
09:34:36 THERE YOU ARE.
09:34:38 JEFF SEWARD IS THE INTERIM CEO
09:34:39 OF HART.
09:34:40 HE'S GOING TO TALK TO US A
09:34:42 LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEW 275X
09:34:43 ROUTE.
09:34:44 THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ON 275,
09:34:46 THAT'S JUST A NUMBER THAT WE
09:34:47 USE, AND JEFF, IF YOU COULD
09:34:48 EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING OVER
09:34:49 AT HART WITH THIS NEW ROUTE.
09:34:50 >> I CAN.
09:34:51 GOOD MORNING.
09:34:52 JEFF SEWARD, INTERIM CHIEF
09:34:55 EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HART.
09:34:58 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
09:35:00 WITH YOU IN APRIL ON SOME PLANS
09:35:02 THAT WE HAD COMING UP IN THE
09:35:04 REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND THE
09:35:06 FUTURE, AND I HAVE THE
09:35:07 OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING TO
09:35:08 TALK TO YOU ABOUT PUTTING SOME
09:35:10 OF THOSE INTO ACTION, INCLUDING
09:35:14 THE 275LX COUNCILMAN SUAREZ
09:35:16 JUST MENTIONED, AS WELL AS A
09:35:17 PROJECT I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO
09:35:18 TALK TO YOU ABOUT AT THAT TIME
09:35:19 BUT ONE THAT WE ARE VERY
09:35:21 EXCITED ABOUT CONCERNING THE
09:35:22 STREETCAR.
09:35:25 FIRST AND FOREMOST, NEW ROUTE
09:35:29 275LX, THAT IS A NEW EXPRESS
09:35:32 SERVICE THAT WILL BE RUNNING
09:35:34 FROM THE WIREGRASS AREA ALL THE
09:35:36 WAY INTO THE DOWNTOWN URBAN
09:35:37 CORE STARTING SUNDAY.
09:35:40 THAT WILL BE ONE-HOUR EXPRESS
09:35:42 SERVICE, AND THE PATH AND THE
09:35:43 ROUTE THAT IT'S RUNNING ALONG,
09:35:47 AS YOU SAW IN A PRIOR SLIDE BY
09:35:50 THE MPO STAFF, IT DOES REFLECT
09:35:52 AND LOOK A LOT LIKE ONE OF THE
09:35:55 PROJECTS IN THE REGIONAL
09:35:55 TRANSIT FEASIBILITY PLAN.
09:35:57 WE ARE GOING TO RUN THIS LINE
09:36:00 FROM WIREGRASS IN COOPERATIVE
09:36:03 WORK WITH PASCO COUNTY INTO MTC
09:36:04 AND THE DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE,
09:36:05 AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WE WILL
09:36:07 BE ABLE TO RUN 30-MINUTE
09:36:09 FREQUENCY SERVICE TO TAMPA
09:36:11 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM THE
09:36:12 DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE, SOMETHING
09:36:13 THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE IN THE
09:36:14 PAST, SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED
09:36:16 ABOUT THAT, WE'RE VERY EXCITED
09:36:18 ABOUT THE COOPERATIVE WORK WE
09:36:20 HAVE WITH TAMPA INTERNATIONAL
09:36:22 AIRPORT, AS WELL AS THE FLORIDA
09:36:23 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
09:36:25 WHO IS FUNDING THIS SERVICE
09:36:26 ENTIRELY THROUGH SERVICE
09:36:27 GRANTS.
09:36:29 SO WE ARE LOOKING AT, AGAIN, A
09:36:34 NEW EXPRESS SER SERVICE
09:36:36 STARTING MONDAY, THE 275LX.
09:36:39 IT WILL RUN FROM WIREGRASS DOWN
09:36:40 THE CORRIDOR.
09:36:42 TOTAL TRIP TIME WILL BE ABOUT
09:36:43 ONE HOUR 45 MINUTES.
09:36:45 WE WILL HAVE LIMITED STOPS.
09:36:47 WE WILL BE RUNNING ON THE 275
09:36:48 INTERSTATE.
09:36:49 WE HAVE TWO FREE DAILY
09:36:51 PARK-N-RIDE OPTIONS, ALTHOUGH
09:36:52 OVERNIGHT OPTIONS ARE NOT
09:36:53 AVAILABLE, BUT WE ARE LOOKING
09:36:55 AT ARRANGEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO
09:36:56 HAVE CITIZENS BE ABLE TO PARK
09:36:59 AT THE PARK-N-RIDES OR
09:37:00 SOMEWHERE WHERE THEIR VEHICLES
09:37:02 CAN BE SAFE AND COMMUTE TO THE
09:37:02 AIRPORT.
09:37:03 WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OPTIONS
09:37:05 OF MODIFYING SOME OF OUR BUS
09:37:07 FLEET TO ACCOMMODATE LUGGAGE
09:37:10 RACKS AND ABILITY FOR CITIZENS
09:37:11 TO ACTUALLY USE THIS SERVICE TO
09:37:12 GET TO AREAS THROUGHOUT THE
09:37:14 COUNTY TO GET TO THE AIRPORT.
09:37:15 SO, AGAIN, THAT STARTS ON
09:37:15 SUNDAY.
09:37:17 WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
09:37:18 WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 200,000
09:37:21 TRIPS ANNUALLY THAT WE'RE
09:37:22 PROJECTING ALONG THAT ROUTE.
09:37:24 THE SECOND PROJECT I WOULD LIKE
09:37:25 TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS
09:37:26 MORNING, THE ONE THAT I
09:37:27 COULDN'T TALK TO YOU ABOUT IN
09:37:30 APRIL DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF
09:37:33 THE DISCUSSIONS IN TALLAHASSEE,
09:37:35 IS THE STREETCAR.
09:37:37 AS YOU MAY BE AWARE AND HAVE
09:37:40 READ IN THE PAPER, THE FLORIDA
09:37:40 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
09:37:42 HAS PROVIDED HART A
09:37:45 $2.7-MILLION GRANT FOR THE NEXT
09:37:48 THREE YEARS TO NOT ONLY DEFER
09:37:52 THE COST OF FARES, MEANING THE
09:37:54 STREETCAR WILL BE FREE, WE WILL
09:37:56 NOT REQUIRE ANY MONEY TO BOARD
09:37:59 AND RIDE, BUT THE ABILITY TO
09:38:01 EXTEND SERVICE, AND BY
09:38:03 EXTENDING SERVICE, WE HAVE TEN
09:38:04 STREETCARS, WE WANT TO PUT
09:38:05 THOSE TEN STREETCARS OUT ON THE
09:38:07 LINE WHEN WE CAN, AND WE
09:38:08 HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD
09:38:09 THAT IN THE PAST.
09:38:12 SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS
09:38:13 INCREASING THE SERVICE
09:38:14 SCHEDULE.
09:38:16 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH 7:00
09:38:19 SERVICE, SO WE ARE GOING TO BE
09:38:20 PUSHING THE MARKETING OF THIS
09:38:22 SERVICE FOR COMMUTING.
09:38:25 WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT BY
09:38:26 EXTENDING THE HOURS OF THE
09:38:29 STREETCAR AND THE FREQUENCY OF
09:38:30 THE STREETCAR, WE ARE GOING TO
09:38:32 MOVE ON A 7:00 A.M. START TO
09:38:33 15-MINUTE FREQUENCIES
09:38:34 THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
09:38:35 THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE
09:38:36 HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE
09:38:38 PAST.
09:38:39 SO DURING THE WEEK YOU'LL BE
09:38:41 ABLE TO RIDE IT TO WORK, YOU'LL
09:38:43 BE ABLE TO RIDE IT HOME, YOU
09:38:44 WILL BE ABLE TO RIDE IT TO
09:38:46 LUNCH FROM THE DOWNTOWN URBAN
09:38:48 CORE TO YBOR OR WHEREVER ELSE
09:38:50 YOU'D LIKE TO ALONG THE ROUTE,
09:38:51 AND EXTEND IT INTO THE EVENING
09:38:56 TYPICALLY WE ONLY EXTEND IT IN
09:38:56 THE EVENING WITH SPECIAL EVENTS
09:38:58 SUCH AS HOCKEY GAMES, HOLIDAY
09:39:01 EVENTS, FIREWORKS, AND SO ON.
09:39:02 WE ARE GOING TO ENSURE THAT
09:39:02 PARTICULARLY THE BUSINESSES
09:39:03 ALONG THE LINE HAVE THE
09:39:04 ACCESSIBILITY OF THOSE PATRONS
09:39:08 WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY OPEN.
09:39:09 SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED
09:39:12 AND PLEASED WITH THE
09:39:13 COOPERATIVE WORK WE HAVE WITH
09:39:14 THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
09:39:15 TRANSPORTATION.
09:39:17 WE WORKED FOR SIX MONTHS TO
09:39:18 SECURE THIS FUNDING.
09:39:19 AND THE FINAL AUTHORITY OF THE
09:39:21 FUNDING DID COME FROM THE
09:39:22 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, NOT FROM
09:39:25 FDOT BUT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
09:39:26 WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT
09:39:27 THIS OPPORTUNITY.
09:39:28 WE WILL BE LOOKING AT STARTING
09:39:29 THIS NEW SERVICE AT THE
09:39:31 BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR,
09:39:33 SAME AS YOURS, AROUND THE FIRST
09:39:33 WEEK OF OCTOBER.
09:39:36 WE ARE GOING TO REDEDICATE THE
09:39:37 STREETCAR LINE.
09:39:38 WE'RE GOING TO REBRAND THE
09:39:38 STREETCAR LINE.
09:39:40 WE'RE GOING TO REMARKET THE
09:39:42 STREETCAR LINE.
09:39:43 AND WHY ARE WE DOING THAT,
09:39:45 ASIDE FROM THE ADDITIONAL
09:39:46 FUNDING?
09:39:50 AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE FEDERAL
09:39:51 TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION ACCEPTED
09:39:53 THE STREETCAR EXTENSION PROJECT
09:39:55 INTO ITS ACCEPTABLE PIPELINE OF
09:39:58 PROJECTS THIS PAST WEEK, SO WE
09:40:00 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW
09:40:01 NOT ONLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
09:40:04 BUT THE STATE GOVERNMENT, BUT
09:40:06 OUR BUSINESSES AND LOCAL
09:40:08 PATRONS THE VIABILITY AND
09:40:10 USABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF
09:40:12 THE STREETCAR LINE AS A TRUE
09:40:13 COMMUTER OPTION, SO WE ARE
09:40:15 VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
09:40:15 OPPORTUNITY.
09:40:16 YOU'LL BE RECEIVING
09:40:17 NOTIFICATION OF SPECIAL EVENTS
09:40:20 COMING UP IN OCTOBER, INCLUDING
09:40:22 THE REDEDICATION OF ONE OF THE
09:40:25 VERY ORIGINAL STREETCARS, THE
09:40:27 BIRNEY.
09:40:30 WE ARE REFURBISHING THAT AND WE
09:40:31 ARE GOING TO GET THAT OUT THERE
09:40:33 FOR SOME PR.
09:40:34 THE FINAL UPDATE, I'M HAPPY TO
09:40:36 REPORT THAT OUR AUTONOMOUS
09:40:39 VEHICLE PROJECT IS REACHING ITS
09:40:41 FINAL PROCUREMENT STAGES.
09:40:42 I CAN'T TALK MUCH ABOUT THAT
09:40:44 PROCESS, BUT I CAN SAY THAT THE
09:40:47 PLAN IS TO BRING A CONTRACT TO
09:40:49 THE HART BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN
09:40:52 AUGUST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR
09:40:54 APPROVAL TO BEGIN A PILOT
09:40:56 PROJECT UP AND DOWN THE MARION
09:40:58 TRANSIT CORRIDOR FOR AUTONOMOUS
09:41:00 VEHICLES.
09:41:02 AND WE'RE ONLY USING THE TERM
09:41:04 "PILOT" VERY LOOSELY.
09:41:06 WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS AN
09:41:07 ADDITION TO SERVICE
09:41:08 OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOBILITY
09:41:10 OPTIONS IN THE DOWNTOWN URBAN
09:41:11 CORE.
09:41:13 WE JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO BE A
09:41:15 ONE-OFF, WOW, IT'S REALLY COOL,
09:41:17 LOOK AT THOSE DRIVERLESS
09:41:17 VEHICLES.
09:41:19 WE WANT TO TURN THIS INTO A
09:41:21 VERY VIABLE MOBILITY OPTION IN
09:41:22 THE DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE.
09:41:25 WE'VE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH
09:41:26 THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP IN
09:41:28 LOOKING AT THE ASSUMPTION OF
09:41:30 THE DOWNTOWNER IN THE FUTURE.
09:41:32 WE'RE ADDING TESLAS TO THE
09:41:34 DOWNTOWNER FROM OUR HYPERLINK
09:41:36 PROGRAM THAT ENDS IN JULY, SO
09:41:37 WE ARE LOOKING AT A
09:41:43 COLLABORATIVE MULTI-MODAL
09:41:45 MOBILITY SOLUTION FOR THE
09:41:46 DOWNTOWN URBAN CORE, GETTING
09:41:47 PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY WANT TO
09:41:49 GO, AT LUNCH, TO WORK, TO HOME,
09:41:50 TO SHOPPING, THAT DOESN'T
09:41:53 REQUIRE A 30- OR 40-FOOT BUS.
09:41:54 THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, AND
09:41:56 WE HAVE PROOF THAT IT DOESN'T
09:41:57 WORK, SO WE WANT MOBILITY
09:41:58 SOLUTIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN
09:42:00 URBAN CORE.
09:42:02 AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY
09:42:03 QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE,
09:42:04 AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
09:42:05 THESE PROJECTS.
09:42:05 >>FRANK REDDICK:
09:42:08 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:42:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A
09:42:09 QUICK COMMENT.
09:42:10 THE OTHER DAY I TOOK THE BUS
09:42:12 FROM WEST TAMPA COMING FROM
09:42:18 HABANA, MARTIN LUTHER KING
09:42:20 AREA.
09:42:23 WHILE I WAS ON THE BUS, I USED
09:42:25 AN APP TO THE MARION TRANSIT
09:42:26 CENTER.
09:42:28 I WAITED FIVE MINUTES WITH THE
09:42:29 APP, BROUGHT ME RIGHT HERE TO
09:42:32 CITY HALL, NO ISSUES, SEAMLESS.
09:42:33 YOU KNOW, IT WORKS.
09:42:34 WE HAVE BETTER OPTIONS THAT
09:42:35 DIDN'T EXIST IN THE PAST, AND
09:42:36 NOW WITH THE STREETCAR BEING
09:42:39 FREE OF FARES FOR THE NEXT FEW
09:42:41 YEARS, I COULD HAVE TAKEN IT
09:42:42 RIGHT TO YBOR CITY OR
09:42:43 CHANNELSIDE WITH NO ISSUES, SO,
09:42:45 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SUCCESS
09:42:47 STORY OF HOW IT DOES WORK, SO I
09:42:48 JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ON TO
09:42:49 YOU.
09:42:49 >> THANK YOU.
09:42:51 I'M GLAD THAT WORKED.
09:42:53 THANK YOU.
09:42:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN?
09:42:56 >>YVONNE CAPIN: NO, NO, I WAS
09:42:58 ACTUALLY GIVING HIM PERMISSION.
09:42:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OKAY.
09:43:00 MR. VIERA.
09:43:01 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
09:43:01 MR. CHAIR.
09:43:03 I WANTED TO EXPRESS AS THE CITY
09:43:05 COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT 7 HOW
09:43:06 EXCITED NEW TAMPA IS FOR SOME
09:43:09 OF THE HART ROUTES OFF BRUCE B.
09:43:09 DOWNS.
09:43:10 THAT'S SOMETHING THERE'S
09:43:11 CERTAINLY A LOT OF EXCITEMENT
09:43:12 FOR IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:43:13 IT'S ALWAYS NEEDED.
09:43:15 THERE'S ALWAYS A SENTIMENT OUT
09:43:16 IN NEW TAMPA THAT A LOT OF THE
09:43:19 CONSTANT CRISES THAT OCCUR OUT
09:43:20 THERE DON'T GET A LOT OF
09:43:21 RESPONSE FROM A LOT OF LOCAL
09:43:23 GOVERNING AGENCIES, SO THIS IS
09:43:24 SOMETHING I THINK PEOPLE ARE
09:43:25 EXCITED ABOUT, AND WHEN THEY
09:43:26 READ MORE ABOUT IT, THEY'RE
09:43:27 GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE EXCITED
09:43:28 ABOUT IT.
09:43:29 AS YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT
09:43:32 POPULATION JUST RECENTLY.
09:43:35 IN 1990, 33647 IN NEW TAMPA
09:43:37 AREA HAD ABOUT 7,000 PEOPLE.
09:43:38 THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED BY
09:43:40 OVER EIGHT TIMES IN THE LAST --
09:43:41 WHAT WOULD THAT BE? -- 28
09:43:45 YEARS, AND BY 2040, BRUCE B.
09:43:48 DOWNS IS GOING TO BE OVER 50%
09:43:49 OVER CAPACITY, SO STEPS LIKE
09:43:50 THAT REALLY MEAN A LOT.
09:43:51 THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING
09:43:53 ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER
09:43:55 IT'S A POTENTIAL TRANSIT
09:43:56 INITIATIVE, WHETHER IT'S TAKING
09:43:57 A LOOK AT POTENTIAL TRANSIT
09:43:59 BETWEEN ORLANDO AND TAMPA,
09:44:02 WHETHER IT'S FIGHTING FOR TRUE
09:44:03 BRT, ET CETERA.
09:44:04 THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
09:44:05 HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT
09:44:06 ARE VERY EXCITING, BUT I THINK
09:44:08 ON A LOCAL LEVEL, THIS IS A
09:44:09 SMALL INVESTMENT THAT IS GOING
09:44:10 TO YIELD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
09:44:13 OF POSITIVE RESULTS IN NEW
09:44:15 TAMPA, SO I JUST WANTED TO, ON
09:44:16 BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS,
09:44:16 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
09:44:17 >> THANK YOU.
09:44:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
09:44:21 >>HARRY COHEN: I JUST WANT TO
09:44:22 TAKE A MINUTE TO CONNECT THE
09:44:22 DOTS OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING
09:44:26 ABOUT TO TWO ITEMS THAT WE HAVE
09:44:28 BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE AT
09:44:29 COUNCIL A LOT IN THE LAST SIX
09:44:29 MONTHS.
09:44:33 ONE IS DOWNTOWN CONGESTION AND
09:44:33 PEOPLE HAVING DIFFICULTY
09:44:35 GETTING IN AND OUT OF SOME OF
09:44:38 THE PARKING GARAGES AND SOME OF
09:44:39 THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES AROUND
09:44:41 HERE, AND THEN THE OTHER IS
09:44:43 PARKING AROUND THE PERFORMING
09:44:45 ARTS CENTER WHEN THERE ARE
09:44:46 MULTIPLE SHOWS GOING ON AND A
09:44:48 LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON AT ONE
09:44:50 TIME DOWNTOWN AND THE GRIDLOCK
09:44:51 AND THE LACK OF OPTIONS FOR
09:44:54 PEOPLE.
09:44:55 THE STREETCAR, PARTICULARLY IF
09:44:59 IT ULTIMATELY IS EXPANDED --
09:45:01 AND YOU WERE ALLUDING TO THE
09:45:03 PROCESS WE'LL GO THROUGH FOR
09:45:05 THAT -- IS GOING TO PROVIDE AN
09:45:06 OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PARK
09:45:08 IN ANY PARKING FACILITY
09:45:10 DOWNTOWN AND HOP ON THAT MODE
09:45:12 OF TRANSPORTATION, BE ABLE TO
09:45:14 RELY ON THE FACT THAT IT'S
09:45:16 GOING TO BE THERE, NO THAT IT'S
09:45:17 GOING TO BE FREQUENT, AND GET
09:45:20 TO ANOTHER DESTINATION IN TOWN
09:45:21 WHERE -- IN DOWNTOWN WHERE THEY
09:45:23 MAY BE HEADED, AND RIGHT NOW
09:45:23 THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
09:45:25 IMPEDIMENTS TO PEOPLE BEING
09:45:27 ABLE TO USE MORE OF THE CITY'S
09:45:30 PARKING FACILITIES WHEN THEY'RE
09:45:32 HEADED DOWNTOWN ON A CONGESTED
09:45:35 EVENING, SO IT REALLY DOES HAVE
09:45:38 A DIRECT CORRELATION TO A
09:45:39 PROBLEM THAT WE'VE BEEN
09:45:43 STRUGGLING HERE WITH FOR THE
09:45:44 LAST SIX MONTHS.
09:45:46 NOT THE ONLY ANSWER BUT MAYBE A
09:45:46 PART OF THE ANSWER.
09:45:48 AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT,
09:45:49 IF IT GETS EXTENDED UP HOWEVER
09:45:52 FAR, IT CAN PROVIDE AN OPTION
09:45:54 FOR THE TAMPA HEIGHTS AREA, FOR
09:45:55 THE ARMATURE WORKS.
09:45:56 IT CAN GIVE SOMEBODY THE
09:45:58 ABILITY TO, SAY, PARK IN YBOR
09:45:59 CITY AND GO TO THE PERFORMING
09:46:01 ARTS CENTER FOR A SHOW AND THEN
09:46:04 GO BACK TO A RESTAURANT ALL
09:46:05 WITHOUT HAVING TO GET INTO A
09:46:05 CAR.
09:46:06 >> YES.
09:46:09 >>HARRY COHEN: SO REALLY VERY,
09:46:10 VERY EXCITING THAT WE'RE TAKING
09:46:11 THESE STEPS FORWARD BECAUSE
09:46:12 IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING
09:46:13 TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE
09:46:15 DOWNTOWN CONGESTION ISSUES IS
09:46:16 TO ACTIVATE ALL OF THE
09:46:19 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAVE,
09:46:20 AND THAT RAIL LINE AND THAT
09:46:22 STREETCAR LINE ARE A BIG ONE.
09:46:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:46:23 ALL RIGHT.
09:46:24 MR. SUAREZ.
09:46:25 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. SEWARD,
09:46:26 QUICK QUESTION.
09:46:27 ANY PROJECTIONS ON HOW MANY
09:46:29 MORE RIDERS YOU THINK WE'RE
09:46:30 GOING TO PICK UP BECAUSE WE'RE
09:46:31 GOING TO HAVE FREE SERVICE ON
09:46:32 THE STREETCAR?
09:46:34 >> NOT YET.
09:46:35 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
09:46:36 >> WE'RE WAITING TO SETTLE ON
09:46:37 EXACTLY WHAT OUR NEW SERVICE
09:46:38 WILL LOOK LIKE, WHICH WE'RE
09:46:40 WORKING ON MODELS RIGHT NOW
09:46:42 THAT WE'LL PRESENT TO THE
09:46:46 STREETCAR BOARD IN JULY, BUT IF
09:46:47 OUR FREE SATURDAYS ARE ANY
09:46:49 INDICATION, WHERE RIDERSHIP HAS
09:46:51 EXPLODED ABOUT 175% ON THOSE
09:46:53 FREE SATURDAYS, WE'RE LOOKING
09:46:57 AT A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF RIDERS,
09:46:58 BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO RELY ON
09:47:00 OUR ABILITY TO GET THE WORD OUT
09:47:02 AND TO MARKET IT APPROPRIATELY.
09:47:03 WHEN WE STARTED WITH THE PILOT
09:47:05 EARLY-MORNING SERVICE, IT WAS
09:47:07 TOTALLY UNSUCCESSFUL.
09:47:08 >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
09:47:09 >> BUT A LOT OF COMMUTERS
09:47:11 DIDN'T LIKE THE UNCERTAINTY OF
09:47:13 THE FACT THAT IT WAS GOING TO
09:47:14 GO LATE A FEW MONTHS, IT WAS
09:47:16 NOT GOING TO CONTINUE, NOBODY
09:47:17 WAS GOING TO MAKE RIGHT
09:47:18 DECISIONS ON WHERE TO MOVE OR
09:47:21 TO LIVE OR WORK BASED ON A
09:47:22 TEMPORARY SOLUTION, SO WE WILL
09:47:23 BE HAVING THOSE PROJECTIONS
09:47:26 OVER THE NEXT MONTH ONCE WE
09:47:27 SETTLE ON EXACTLY THE HOURS
09:47:29 WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT WE DO
09:47:32 PROJECT LARGE RECORDS OF
09:47:33 NUMBERS.
09:47:34 I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT
09:47:34 NUMBER.
09:47:35 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
09:47:35 TERRIFIC.
09:47:36 THANKS.
09:47:36 APPRECIATE IT.
09:47:37 THANKS, CHAIR.
09:47:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:47:39 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
09:47:39 COUNCIL?
09:47:40 WE THANK YOU.
09:47:40 >> THANK YOU.
09:47:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:47:43 JUST ONE NOTE BEFORE WE MOVE
09:47:45 FORWARD TO PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND
09:47:46 THAT IS DEPENDING ON WHERE
09:47:48 WE'RE AT WITH THE AGENDA, WE'RE
09:47:49 GOING TO DO A TIME CERTAIN AT
09:47:52 12:00 AND RESUME AFTER THAT.
09:47:53 OKAY.
09:47:57 ALL RIGHT.
09:47:58 MR. SHELBY.
09:47:59 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU,
09:48:00 MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:48:01 GOOD MORNING.
09:48:01 THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES
09:48:03 PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
09:48:04 30 MINUTES HAVE BEEN SEPTEMBER
09:48:05 ASIDE THIS MORNING FOR CITIZENS
09:48:06 SPEAKING ABOUT MATTERS NOT SET
09:48:07 FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
09:48:08 IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON A
09:48:10 MATTER THAT IS SET FOR A PUBLIC
09:48:12 HEARING, YOU WILL HAVE THAT
09:48:13 OPPORTUNITY LATER DURING
09:48:15 TODAY'S MEETING.
09:48:16 SPEAKERS ADDRESSING ITEMS ON
09:48:18 THE AGENDA WILL BE GIVEN
09:48:20 PREFERENCE BEFORE CITIZENS
09:48:22 SPEAKING ON NONAGENDA MATTERS.
09:48:23 EACH SPEAKER IS GIVEN THREE
09:48:23 MINUTES.
09:48:24 PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
09:48:26 NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND IT IS
09:48:27 REQUESTED THAT YOUR COMMENTS
09:48:29 ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY TO
09:48:31 A COUNCIL MEMBER OR STAFF
09:48:32 MEMBER BUT RATHER ISSUES
09:48:34 DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AS A
09:48:36 BODY.
09:48:37 CITY COUNCIL APPRECIATES YOUR
09:48:38 COOPERATION IN MAINTAINING
09:48:41 ORDERLY CONDUCT AND PROPER
09:48:42 DECORUM.
09:48:43 THANK YOU.
09:48:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:48:49 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:48:51 MENTEZMAT.
09:48:53 IF THE TAXPAYERS HAVE TO HEAR
09:48:55 THE STUPIDNESS THAT SOMEBODY
09:48:56 JUST LEFT OUT OF HERE RIGHT
09:48:59 BEFORE ME TALKING ABOUT, IT'S
09:49:00 ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY
09:49:01 STUPIDNESS.
09:49:04 THEY TALK ABOUT INCREASING THE
09:49:06 RIDESHARING AND ALL THIS OTHER
09:49:07 STUPIDNESS, AND YOU SAY WHAT'S
09:49:08 THE AMOUNT?
09:49:10 WHAT THEY GIVE YOU IS GREAT
09:49:11 NUMBERS, GREAT NUMBERS.
09:49:14 THEY SAY WE'VE INCREASED 175%.
09:49:15 THERE'S NO SUCH NUMBER.
09:49:19 WHAT'S THAT, 1.75 PERSONS?
09:49:22 NOBODY RIDES THOSE THINGS.
09:49:23 THEY'RE EMPTY.
09:49:24 IT'S A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS'
09:49:27 MONEY.
09:49:27 THEY'RE ALWAYS DOWN HERE
09:49:29 TALKING ABOUT A TRANSPORTATION
09:49:30 PLAN AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
09:49:32 DO AND WHATNOT.
09:49:33 IT'S NONSENSE.
09:49:39 THE WORD IS "UBER," "LYFT,"
09:49:41 "RIDESHARE," AND OTHER THINGS.
09:49:42 THAT'S THE WORDS.
09:49:45 THE OTHER THING IS THE
09:49:47 POPULATION FROM TAMPA INTO
09:49:48 ORLANDO, NONSENSE, WASTING
09:49:52 TAXPAYERS' TIME, AND THE MAN
09:49:53 HERE OPENS WITH THE WORD
09:49:55 "DECORUM," AND THAT'S WHAT THEY
09:49:57 OPENED WITH THE LAST WEEK WHEN
09:49:59 I WALKED OUT OF HERE.
09:50:01 YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THEM AS A
09:50:02 BODY, NOT AS INDIVIDUALS.
09:50:04 WELL, YOUR BODY'S TRYING TO SAY
09:50:06 SOMETHING TO ME ON THE SIDE,
09:50:07 TRYING TO BE SLICK AT THE
09:50:09 MOUTH, BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT
09:50:10 DECORUM'S ALL ABOUT.
09:50:13 IT'S BEING NASTY, DIRTY,
09:50:15 HATEFUL, GREEDY, SPITEFUL,
09:50:18 OPPRESSIVE, ALL THOSE KINDS OF
09:50:18 THINGS.
09:50:20 THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
09:50:24 ONE PERSON IN THAT BODY THAT IS
09:50:25 UP THERE IS TRYING TO HAVE
09:50:26 WORDS WITH ME.
09:50:29 A BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET, A
09:50:33 $500-MILLION PROJECT GETTING
09:50:35 READY TO TAKE PLACE ON DALE
09:50:35 MABRY.
09:50:39 $2 MILLION RIGHT HERE IN
09:50:41 CHANNELSIDE, BILLIONS OF
09:50:42 DOLLARS ALSO BEING SPENT, AND
09:50:43 THAT PERSON WHO REPRESENTS
09:50:46 THIS, THIS A-HOLE WAS TALKING
09:50:47 ABOUT CHICKENS IN YBOR CITY.
09:50:50 HE'S TALKING ABOUT CHICKENS.
09:50:51 BLACK PEOPLE SUFFERING, CAN'T
09:50:53 GET JOBS, CAN'T RIDE THIS WAVE
09:50:55 OF LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, OUR KIDS
09:50:57 CAN'T GET EDUCATED, AND THE
09:51:00 A-HOLE IS TALKING ABOUT
09:51:03 CHICKENS IN YBOR CITY.
09:51:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU'VE RUN OUT
09:51:05 OF TIME.
09:51:07 >> LOOKS LIKE A BLACK CHICKEN.
09:51:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT SPEAKER.
09:51:10 YOU TOO, SIR.
09:51:10 NEXT SPEAKER.
09:51:12 IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, LET'S
09:51:12 GO.
09:51:13 >> OKAY.
09:51:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:51:22 >> HAVE A NICE DAY.
09:51:24 >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
09:51:26 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY, WE
09:51:27 HAVE A SPEAKER WAIVER SHEET FOR
09:51:28 MS. ACOSTA.
09:51:30 ARE YOU MS. ACOSTA?
09:51:31 >> YES.
09:51:32 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SPEAKER
09:51:34 WAIVERS ONLY APPLY TO PUBLIC
09:51:35 HEARING.
09:51:36 SPEAKERS ARE ONLY LIMITED TO
09:51:37 THREE MINUTES.
09:51:37 SORRY.
09:51:38 >> I'LL GO FAST.
09:51:39 GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL
09:51:40 MEMBERS, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:51:43 I'M CHRISTINE ACOSTA FROM
09:51:43 TAMPA.
09:51:46 I LIVE AT 3301 BAYSHORE
09:51:46 BOULEVARD.
09:51:49 I WANT TO TOUCH ON ITEM NO.
09:51:51 106, PART "B," THROUGH PUBLIC
09:51:54 COMMENT THIS MORNING.
09:51:56 THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THE ROADWAY
09:52:01 SAFETY AND BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
09:52:03 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF
09:52:04 TERMINOLOGY TODAY, AND
09:52:05 SOMETIMES IT GETS TO BE
09:52:06 CONFUSING BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT
09:52:07 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND OTHER
09:52:08 STREETS THAT HAVE
09:52:10 SIMILAR-SOUNDING NAMES.
09:52:12 COMPLETE STREETS VS. OPEN
09:52:12 STREETS.
09:52:14 LATER, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT OPEN
09:52:15 STREETS AND OUR INITIATIVE.
09:52:17 WE HAVE A POSITIVE REPORT TO
09:52:19 SHARE WITH YOU AND OUR CITY
09:52:20 PARTNERS.
09:52:22 RIGHT NOW COMPLETE STREETS --
09:52:23 AS A REMINDER, COMPLETE STREET
09:52:25 IS THE TERM THAT REFERS TO
09:52:27 STREETS THAT ARE MULTIMODAL AND
09:52:28 SERVE EVERYBODY OF ALL
09:52:32 ABILITIES.
09:52:33 THE CITY OF TAMPA PASSED ITS
09:52:36 COMPLETE STREET RESOLUTION IN
09:52:39 2012, NO. 184.
09:52:41 NOT ALL SPACES ACCOMMODATE ALL
09:52:44 OF THESE ATTRIBUTES, BUT THE
09:52:47 CITY DECIDED AND RESOLVED --
09:52:49 ANNOUNCED ITS RESOLUTION TO
09:52:51 PURSUE SIDEWALKS, BICYCLE
09:52:53 LANES, APPROPRIATELY SIZING THE
09:52:57 LANES, AND SO ON.
09:53:00 WHEN DO WE GET OPPORTUNITIES
09:53:02 FOR COMPLETE STREETS?
09:53:04 AS YOU CAN SEE BOLDED HERE IN
09:53:10 THE CITY'S WALK BIKE MASTER
09:53:11 PLAN, THE MAJORITY OF THE
09:53:13 OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO COME
09:53:15 BETWEEN RESURFACING AND OTHER
09:53:17 ROADWAY WORK, ESPECIALLY SINCE
09:53:21 YOU, THANKFULLY, PASSED THE
09:53:22 STORMWATER REFERENDUM LAST
09:53:25 YEAR, SO WHEN WE TEAR APART OUR
09:53:26 STREETS FOR PLUMBING OR ANY
09:53:28 OTHER REASONS, WE HAVE THE
09:53:29 OPPORTUNITY THEN TO PUT THEM
09:53:32 BACK IN PLACE, ONLY WITH MORE
09:53:35 ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO
09:53:37 BE COMPLETE STREETS.
09:53:42 YOU WILL BE HEARING ABOUT THE
09:53:47 BAYSHORE UPDATE FOR SAFETY
09:53:48 REASONS.
09:53:50 WALK BIKE TAMPA IS FAMILIAR AND
09:53:52 SUPPORTS EVERYTHING THAT IS
09:53:54 ALREADY PLANNED, BUT WE HAVE
09:53:55 SOME REQUESTS TO ADD A COUPLE
09:53:56 OF ITEMS.
09:53:59 WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST
09:54:05 VERTICAL -- VERTICAL LANE
09:54:10 DELINEATORS BE INSTALLED AT
09:54:12 EACH OF THE MULTIUSE TRAIL
09:54:14 ENTRANCES.
09:54:15 IT IS DEFINED AS A MULTI-USE
09:54:17 TRAIL, SO THAT WOULD CREATE
09:54:19 BOTH FRICTION FOR MOTORISTS SO
09:54:21 THEY'D SEE BALLARDS, AND THEY
09:54:24 WOULD ALSO BE -- KNOW THAT
09:54:25 OTHER ACTIVITY -- MORE ACTIVITY
09:54:26 IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE IN
09:54:27 THAT AREA.
09:54:29 WE ALSO WANT THE PERMANENT
09:54:30 INSTALLATION OF THIS MOTORIST
09:54:32 FEEDBACK THAT HAPPENS IN
09:54:33 REALTIME.
09:54:34 WE REALLY ALL CAN FEEL A
09:54:35 DIFFERENCE WHEN WE APPROACH
09:54:38 THAT SIGN AND WE KNOW THAT WE
09:54:39 ARE SPEEDING.
09:54:42 THERE'S A LOT OF -- THANK YOU
09:54:43 VERY MUCH.
09:54:43 >>HARRY COHEN: CAN I MAKE A
09:54:45 SUGGESTION SINCE I THINK A LOT
09:54:46 OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PRESENT
09:54:48 DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT THEY WANT
09:54:49 EVALUATED, IF MAYBE THAT COULD
09:54:51 BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.
09:54:52 IF YOU COULD GIVE IT TO
09:54:54 MR. SHELBY, AND THAT WAY WE'LL
09:54:55 MAKE SURE THAT IT ALL STAYS IN
09:54:56 ONE PLACE --
09:54:57 >> THANK YOU.
09:54:58 >>HARRY COHEN: -- GOING
09:54:58 FORWARD.
09:55:00 >> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, AND I
09:55:00 WILL DO THAT.
09:55:03 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU.
09:55:03 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:55:06 THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE
09:55:06 AND CONSIDERATION.
09:55:08 I'M HERE --
09:55:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: STATE YOUR
09:55:09 NAME.
09:55:10 >> I'M NICK FRIEDMAN, RESIDENT
09:55:12 HERE OF TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:55:14 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
09:55:15 BAYSHORE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
09:55:17 I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, AND I'M
09:55:18 HERE ONCE AGAIN.
09:55:19 YOU KNOW, BAYSHORE IS AND
09:55:20 CONTINUES TO BE THE CROWN JEWEL
09:55:22 OF TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:55:23 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LINEAR PARK
09:55:26 THAT IS OCCUPIED AND UTILIZED
09:55:29 ON A DAILY BASIS BY HUNDREDS OF
09:55:30 THOUSANDS OF PEDESTRIANS,
09:55:32 BICYCLISTS, MOMS WITH
09:55:34 STROLLERS, ELDERLY, AND SO
09:55:36 FORTH, BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S
09:55:37 TURNED INTO A FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY
09:55:41 THAT DIVIDES THE ACCESS TO THAT
09:55:44 LINEAR PARK, AND I KNOW THERE
09:55:46 HAD BEEN SOME SAFETY MEASURES
09:55:48 IN MOTION TAKING PLACE ALREADY.
09:55:50 APPARENTLY, THERE ARE GOING TO
09:55:51 BE -- I BELIEVE FOUR NEW
09:55:53 CROSSWALKS PUT IN PLACE BEFORE
09:55:54 YEAR'S END.
09:55:55 THE SPEED LIMIT HAS BEEN
09:55:57 REDUCED TO 30 MILES.
09:55:58 WE ARE SEEING MORE POLICE
09:55:59 PRESENCE THERE, BUT I'M
09:56:01 ADVOCATING FOR MORE ADDITIONAL
09:56:02 MEASURES TO BE TAKEN UNDER
09:56:03 CONSIDERATION.
09:56:04 FURTHER REDUCTION OF THE SPEED
09:56:05 LIMIT, MORE PEDESTRIAN
09:56:06 CROSSWALKS AND/OR TRAFFIC
09:56:09 LIGHTS, PERHAPS SPEED TABLES, A
09:56:10 ROUNDABOUT, SOMETHING TO LIMIT
09:56:12 THE ABILITY FOR THE VEHICLES TO
09:56:13 GO AS FAST AS THEY DO.
09:56:15 YOU KNOW, I'VE WITNESSED OVER
09:56:16 THE YEARS, AS A RESIDENT,
09:56:19 NUMEROUS FATAL OR NEAR-FATAL
09:56:21 ACCIDENTS, YOU KNOW, YOUNG KIDS
09:56:23 STUCK IN THE MEDIAN AS CARS ARE
09:56:25 WHIZZING BY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS,
09:56:27 YOU KNOW, ALMOST PLAYING A GAME
09:56:28 OF FROGGER TO DODGE THE TRAFFIC
09:56:30 TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.
09:56:31 I STARTED A PETITION ON
09:56:33 MAKEBAYSHORESAFE.ORG, WHICH IN
09:56:35 ITS FIRST WEEK HAD OVER 5,000
09:56:37 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT OF THESE
09:56:38 MEASURES.
09:56:39 LONG-TERM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL
09:56:40 HEAR FROM ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES
09:56:41 AND SOME OTHER FOLKS I THINK
09:56:42 THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF THESE
09:56:45 INITIATIVES.
09:56:46 YOU KNOW WE'RE CAMPAIGNING OR
09:56:47 LOBBYING A COMPLETE
09:56:49 REEVALUATION OF BAYSHORE AS A
09:56:51 WHOLE, IDEALLY A REDUCTION DOWN
09:56:53 TO TWO LANES, THE CLOSURE OF
09:56:55 THE TWO WATERSIDE LANES.
09:56:56 THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION AS TO
09:56:58 HOW WE COULD CONTINUE TO ALLOW
09:56:59 ACCESS TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES
09:57:01 THROUGH BALUSTRADES AND OTHER
09:57:02 SUCH THINGS.
09:57:04 SOME OF THE COMPARABLE EXAMPLES
09:57:05 BROUGHT UP ARE LIKE THE
09:57:06 HIGHLINE IN NEW YORK CITY.
09:57:08 I THINK IT'S TIME WE START SORT
09:57:10 OF SHIFTING THE PARADIGM, SO TO
09:57:11 SPEAK, AS TO HOW WE VIEW
09:57:13 BAYSHORE, NOT AS A COMMUTER
09:57:14 ROUTE BUT REALLY AS A
09:57:15 CONTINUATION OF BEING THE CROWN
09:57:17 JEWEL, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT
09:57:18 MAKING TAMPA MORE OF A
09:57:19 PEDESTRIAN-FIRST COMMUNITY.
09:57:20 I THINK BAYSHORE WOULD BE A
09:57:24 PHENOMENAL FIRST STEP.
09:57:25 THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I'VE
09:57:26 GOT.
09:57:28 I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF
09:57:29 PEOPLE YOU'LL HEAR FROM, SO I
09:57:30 WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
09:57:31 YOUR CONTINUED ATTENTION TO
09:57:31 THIS MATTER.
09:57:32 IT SEEMS LIKE THE VOICES ARE
09:57:33 BEING HEARD, SO WE'RE VERY
09:57:35 APPRECIATIVE OF THAT, AND I
09:57:37 KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE A
09:57:38 LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS AND A
09:57:39 LOT OF DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS
09:57:41 THROWN OUT THERE, AND THINGS
09:57:42 HAVE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
09:57:43 WITH WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL THE
09:57:44 VEHICLES THAT ARE CURRENTLY
09:57:47 USING THAT ROUTE FOR COMMUTING,
09:57:49 BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT ALREADY
09:57:50 ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE
09:57:52 WITH THE CROSSTOWN AND OTHER
09:57:54 ROADS THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE
09:57:56 FOR THAT, SO THANK YOU GUYS
09:57:57 VERY MUCH, AND KEEP DOING A
09:57:58 GREAT JOB.
09:57:59 THANK YOU.
09:58:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
09:58:01 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
09:58:02 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
09:58:03 YOU SAID A WORD THAT I'VE
09:58:06 PROPOSED HERE MANY, MANY TIMES,
09:58:07 "ROUNDABOUT."
09:58:08 A ROUNDABOUT SLOWS TRAFFIC
09:58:09 DOWN.
09:58:12 I COULD SEE IT AT HOWARD AVENUE
09:58:13 AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, I COULD
09:58:16 SEE IT AT GANDY.
09:58:17 THERE'S -- YOU KNOW, THAT'S
09:58:18 SOMETHING WE SHOULD REALLY
09:58:20 CONSIDER, ESPECIALLY FOR
09:58:21 BAYSHORE, ESPECIALLY FOR
09:58:22 BAYSHORE.
09:58:25 IT WOULD BE VERY CALMING, PLUS
09:58:27 IT GIVES YOU THE IDEA OF IT
09:58:28 BEING EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS
09:58:31 SUPPOSED TO BE, WHICH WAS TO
09:58:34 STROLL, NOT TO FLY, SO ANYWAY,
09:58:35 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
09:58:39 I APPRECIATE IT.
09:58:40 >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU
09:58:41 FOR YOUR TIME.
09:58:43 MY NAME IS ALEX ENGELMAN.
09:58:45 I'M A NATIVE OF TAMPA, A FATHER
09:58:47 OF TWO YOUNG KIDS THAT WALK ON
09:58:48 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, AND I STAND
09:58:50 TOGETHER WITH NICK AND MANY OF
09:58:50 THE NUMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE
09:58:52 REPRESENTING OVER 5,000 PEOPLE
09:58:54 WHO ARE SEEKING TO MAKE
09:58:56 BAYSHORE MORE SAFE.
09:58:57 WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT BAYSHORE
09:58:59 IS FAR FROM OUR MOST DEADLY
09:59:01 ROAD, CLEARLY, THE PEDESTRIAN
09:59:02 SAFETY ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE
09:59:04 CITY, AND YOU ALL ARE TO BE
09:59:06 COMMENDED, AS IS THE MAYOR AND
09:59:08 THE COUNTY, FOR FOCUSING AND
09:59:09 ADDRESSING ON THESE ISSUES.
09:59:11 I PARTICULARLY FOCUS ON
09:59:12 BAYSHORE IN THE WAKE OF THE
09:59:14 TRAGIC DEATH OF JESSICA AND
09:59:17 LILLIA RAUBENOLT.
09:59:19 BECAUSE THESE 5,000 PEOPLE HAVE
09:59:20 CHARGED ME WITH THIS
09:59:22 RESPONSIBILITY, AND TODAY I'M
09:59:23 BRINGING THAT FOCUS BECAUSE
09:59:24 YOU, AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS,
09:59:26 HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO
09:59:27 SEND A MESSAGE TO THE LARGER
09:59:29 COMMUNITY ABOUT YOUR ONGOING
09:59:31 COMMITMENT TO ROAD SAFETY AND
09:59:32 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUES, NOT
09:59:33 JUST PARTICULARLY THE BAYSHORE,
09:59:34 BUT THIS IS A PARTICULAR FORUM
09:59:36 FOR YOU THAT IS VERY
09:59:37 PUBLICIZED.
09:59:39 BAYSHORE, AS NICK SAID, IS AN
09:59:40 ICON OF TAMPA AND A HIGHLY
09:59:42 PUBLICIZED ISSUE, ABOUT WHICH I
09:59:44 AM CONTACTED DAILY, AND COUNCIL
09:59:46 CAN MAKE A BOLD STATEMENT ABOUT
09:59:48 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BY, ONE,
09:59:50 EXPEDITING SAFETY CONCERNS, THE
09:59:51 SAFETY ACTION PLAN THAT'S
09:59:53 ALREADY OUT THERE, EXPEDITING
09:59:55 SAFETY CONCERNS ON THIS ROAD;
09:59:56 AND TWO, DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO
09:59:58 CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF THIS
10:00:00 STREET AS SOLELY A HIGHWAY,
10:00:03 WHICH IT HAS BECOME, TO BOTH A
10:00:07 VITAL TRAFFIC ARTERY AND A
10:00:08 COMMUNITY AND NATURAL RESOURCE.
10:00:09 IT CAN BE BOTH.
10:00:13 YOU CAN DO THAT BY FOCUSING
10:00:16 SAFETY CONCERNS AND THROUGH AN
10:00:17 OPEN STREETS INITIATIVE WHICH
10:00:18 YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT LATER TODAY.
10:00:20 I'D ASK COUNCIL TO CONSIDER
10:00:22 THERE ARE NO CROSSWALKS BETWEEN
10:00:25 BAY TO BAY AND GANDY, AND I ASK
10:00:26 THAT YOU EVALUATE THE BAYSHORE
10:00:28 SAFETY ACTION PLAN FOR ITS
10:00:29 CURRENT LACK OF CROSSWALKS
10:00:30 THERE.
10:00:32 YOU'LL SEE WE'VE ADDED WEST
10:00:33 KNIGHTS AVENUE.
10:00:36 I ASK COUNCIL TO ADD A RAPID
10:00:38 FLASHING BEACON CROSSWALK AT
10:00:39 THE LOCATION WHERE THIS TRAGEDY
10:00:40 OCCURRED.
10:00:41 THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIMS WANTS
10:00:42 THIS, THE THOUSANDS OF VOICES
10:00:45 THAT WE STAND HERE REPRESENTING
10:00:46 WANT THIS, AND THE LARGER
10:00:48 COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE THIS
10:00:49 CITY, THIS COUNTY, AND THE
10:00:51 MAYOR'S OFFICE MAKE EXPEDIENT
10:00:54 ACTION ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC
10:00:56 SAFETY CONCERNS.
10:00:57 I ASK BAYSHORE -- I ASK COUNCIL
10:00:59 TO ALSO CONSIDER HOW OFTEN
10:01:01 BAYSHORE IS CLOSED FOR
10:01:03 BRAND-NAME EVENTS AND THE
10:01:04 SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION THAT THAT
10:01:08 DRAWS TO THESE CAUSES.
10:01:10 DRAW THE SAME TYPE OF ATTENTION
10:01:11 TO YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC
10:01:12 SAFETY AS THOSE EVENTS DO.
10:01:14 CONTINUE TO HAVE BAYSHORE
10:01:15 CLOSED FOR THE WEEKEND AFTER AN
10:01:17 EVENT SUCH AS THE DISTANCE
10:01:20 CLASSIC, GASPARILLA, ON BIKES,
10:01:21 ET CETERA.
10:01:23 INSTALL THIS CROSSWALK AS YOUR
10:01:26 FIRST IMPLEMENT OF THE BAYSHORE
10:01:29 SAFETY ACTION PLAN, EXTEND
10:01:29 CLOSURE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
10:01:31 WHEN IT'S ALREADY CLOSED FOR
10:01:32 PRIVATE EVENTS.
10:01:33 SEND THE MESSAGE TO THE WHOLE
10:01:34 COMMUNITY BY ACTION ON
10:01:35 BAYSHORE.
10:01:36 THANK YOU.
10:01:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:01:47 NEXT.
10:01:51 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:01:52 JAIME RUBESCHA.
10:01:53 I AM A MEMBER OF THE MPO'S
10:01:54 BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY
10:01:59 COMMITTEE AND A BAYSHORE
10:02:00 PERSON.
10:02:02 THESE COMMENTS ARE ON MY
10:02:04 INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND ON
10:02:06 BEHALF OF MANY IN THE PALMA
10:02:07 CEIA COMMUNITY.
10:02:09 ON A SATURDAY MORNING IN
10:02:10 DECEMBER 2014, I WENT ON A
10:02:11 ROUTINE RUN FROM MY HOME AND
10:02:13 WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE GOING 40
10:02:16 MILES AN HOUR FROM BAY TO BAY
10:02:19 AND BAYSHORE AT THE CROSSWALK.
10:02:21 SPECIFICS WILL SHOW YOU NINE IN
10:02:23 TEN PEOPLE BEING STRUCK AT THIS
10:02:25 SPEED WILL DIE.
10:02:28 I FLEW 35 FEET, AND I AM ONE
10:02:29 WHO SURVIVED TO TELL MY STORY.
10:02:34 BEFORE YOU WONDER -- THIS IS ME
10:02:35 IN THE HOSPITAL.
10:02:37 NO, I WAS NOT DISTRACTED.
10:02:39 I FIGURED I COULD RUN WITH LESS
10:02:40 TRAFFIC ON A SATURDAY MORNING
10:02:40 AT 10:00 A.M.
10:02:43 I DIDN'T HAVE MY CELL PHONE, I
10:02:44 WAS NOT WEARING HEADPHONES.
10:02:46 I LIKE THE SERENITY OF A QUIET
10:02:47 RUN ON A SATURDAY MORNING.
10:02:50 WHY DIDN'T I SEE THE CAR?
10:02:51 THE DESIGN.
10:02:53 I NEVER SAW HIM COMING UP THE
10:02:54 MIDDLE LANE OF BAYSHORE, MY
10:02:56 VIEW BEING BLOCKED BY THE CARS
10:02:58 WAITING TO TURN LEFT ONTO BAY
10:02:59 TO BAY.
10:03:02 THE WALK SYMBOL INDICATED I HAD
10:03:02 THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:03:03 I NEVER SAW HIM COMING UNTIL IT
10:03:04 WAS TOO LATE.
10:03:06 THAT DAY MY LIFE CHANGED
10:03:07 FOREVER.
10:03:08 I WAS OUT OF WORK FOR THREE
10:03:08 MONTHS.
10:03:10 I SPENT TWO YEARS IN PHYSICAL
10:03:12 THERAPY AND STILL GO ONCE A
10:03:13 MONTH TO DEAL WITH MY ONGOING
10:03:14 ISSUES.
10:03:15 I CONTINUE TO RUN BAYSHORE.
10:03:17 I RAN THIS MORNING, EVEN THOUGH
10:03:19 I LIVE HALF A MILE FROM
10:03:20 BAYSHORE.
10:03:21 I DRIVE TO IT BECAUSE BAY TO
10:03:22 BAY IS SO UNSAFE.
10:03:24 I STOPPED AT THE [OFF
10:03:27 MICROPHONE] FOR THE FIRST TIME
10:03:28 AND THINKING THIS COULD HAVE
10:03:28 BEEN ME.
10:03:29 I DON'T NEED TO REMIND YOU
10:03:31 TAMPA IS THE SECOND DEADLIEST
10:03:33 CITY IN THE COUNTRY FOR
10:03:34 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
10:03:35 WE'RE ALREADY UP TO 29 PEOPLE
10:03:36 THIS YEAR LOSING THEIR LIVES.
10:03:38 BUT I WONDER HOW MANY SERIOUS
10:03:40 INJURIES, SUCH AS MY OWN, GO
10:03:41 UNKNOWN TO THE MASSES.
10:03:42 I'M HERE TO TELL YOU I NEVER
10:03:44 THOUGHT I WOULD GET HIT BY A
10:03:45 CAR.
10:03:46 YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL BE
10:03:46 NEXT.
10:03:48 YOU ALL, AMONG OTHERS, PASS
10:03:50 RESOLUTIONS THAT SUPPORT VISION
10:03:51 ZERO AND COMPLETE STREETS
10:03:52 PROJECTS, PRIORITIZING THE
10:03:55 SAFETY OF PEOPLE OVER MOVING
10:03:56 MORE CARS FASTER, YET THE BAY
10:03:57 TO BAY COMPLETE STREETS
10:03:59 IMPLEMENTATION WAS CANCELED,
10:04:01 A ROAD TRAVELED DAILY, WAS
10:04:02 STRUCK BY A VEHICLE, AND
10:04:04 MULTIPLE CHILDREN HAVE TO CROSS
10:04:05 EACH DAY TO GET TO SCHOOL.
10:04:07 COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS ARE
10:04:09 DESIGNED TO INCREASE SAFETY FOR
10:04:10 ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
10:04:12 BAY TO BAY IS A COUNTY ROAD AND
10:04:14 IS REFUNDED UNDER A RESURFACING
10:04:14 PROJECT.
10:04:15 YOUR OWN ENGINEERING STUDY
10:04:17 SHOWED NO INCREASE IN COMMUTE
10:04:18 TIME AND REDUCTION IN CRASHES
10:04:20 UP TO 47%.
10:04:21 AT NO COST TO THE CITY, THE
10:04:22 RESULT IS IMPROVED SAFETY AND
10:04:25 EFFICIENCY FOR ALL, VEHICLES,
10:04:26 BICYCLISTS, AND PEDESTRIANS.
10:04:28 I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO
10:04:30 PLEASE RELOOK AT THE BAY TO BAY
10:04:33 COMPLETE STREET EFFORT TO MAKE
10:04:34 ROADWAY DESIGN CHANGES
10:04:35 CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION ZERO
10:04:37 AND COMPLETE STREETS
10:04:38 RESOLUTIONS YOU'VE ALREADY
10:04:38 PASSED.
10:04:40 PLEASE IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR
10:04:41 ALL OF OUR MOBILE CITIZENS.
10:04:43 I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE THAN
10:04:45 THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH
10:04:47 EACH OF YOU ON THIS EFFORT.
10:04:48 LET'S MAKE TAMPA A MORE
10:04:51 WALKABLE, LIVABLE AREA IN YOUR
10:04:52 OWN IMAGINE 2040 PLAN.
10:04:54 IT STARTS NOW.
10:04:54 THANK YOU.
10:04:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:04:55 NEXT.
10:04:55 [APPLAUSE]
10:05:06 LET ME JUST WARN THOSE WHO WANT
10:05:07 TO APPLAUD THAT WE DON'T DO
10:05:10 THAT HERE, SO IF YOU WANT TO
10:05:11 SPEAK, I ADVISE YOU NOT TO
10:05:13 APPLAUD.
10:05:15 NEXT SPEAKER.
10:05:15 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:05:19 MY NAME IS KIM DIONISIO, AND
10:05:22 THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE BAY
10:05:24 TO BAY PROJECT.
10:05:25 I'VE WORKED IN PALMA CEIA FROM
10:05:28 HYDE PARK AND BACK TO PALMA
10:05:29 CEIA AGAIN.
10:05:32 I'M THE OWNER OF SWAMI JUICE.
10:05:33 IT'S TUCKED IN THE CORNER OF
10:05:36 BAY TO BAY AND MACDILL.
10:05:37 THE STOREFRONT HAS BEEN OPENED
10:05:38 FOR FOUR YEARS.
10:05:39 WE RECENTLY OPENED A SECOND
10:05:39 LOCATION.
10:05:40 WE'RE A GROWING BUSINESS.
10:05:42 WE'RE DOWN AT ARMATURE WORKS
10:05:42 NOW.
10:05:44 AGAIN, BEING ON THIS CORNER FOR
10:05:45 FOUR YEARS AND A RESIDENT, WE
10:05:48 ARE HERE TO LOOK FOR CITY
10:05:49 COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT THE
10:05:50 COMPLETE STREET PROJECT ON BAY
10:05:51 TO BAY BOULEVARD.
10:05:53 AS A SMALL BUSINESS, WE RELY ON
10:05:54 SAFE STREETS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS
10:05:57 TO GET TO OUR BUSINESS, AND
10:05:58 BEING NEAR THESE GREAT
10:05:59 NEIGHBORHOODS, WE WISH WE COULD
10:06:01 SAY THE ROADS ARE SAFE FOR
10:06:02 PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE THERE,
10:06:04 BUT MY OWN EXPERIENCE, IN THE
10:06:06 YEAR I'VE BEEN BACK IN PALMA
10:06:09 CEIA, I'VE TAKEN ONE BIKE RIDE
10:06:11 WITH MY TWO TODDLERS STRAPPED
10:06:13 TO THE BACK IN THEIR LITTLE
10:06:13 CADDY.
10:06:14 THERE ARE NO SHORTAGE OF
10:06:17 IMPEDIMENTS IN THE SIDEWALK,
10:06:19 FORCING US TO DIP INTO THE
10:06:21 STREET, AND IT IS A HOSTILE CAR
10:06:24 ENVIRONMENT TO PEDESTRIANS.
10:06:25 THE CITY ORIGINALLY DESIGNED A
10:06:28 ROAD THAT WAS 50% SAFER WHILE
10:06:29 IMPROVING FUNCTIONALITY FOR
10:06:31 CARS AND PEDESTRIANS, BUT
10:06:33 THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF CARS
10:06:34 MAKING LEFT-HAND TURNS,
10:06:36 SPEEDING, AND THE LEFT-HAND
10:06:38 TURNS BLOCK THE TRAFFIC, PEOPLE
10:06:40 SWERVE INTO OTHER LANES, AND IT
10:06:41 CREATES A HOSTILE CAR
10:06:43 ENVIRONMENT, WHICH, IN TURN,
10:06:43 CREATES A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
10:06:45 FOR PEDESTRIANS.
10:06:46 BACK TO STREET DESIGN,
10:06:48 BASICALLY VISION ZERO IS A
10:06:50 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY THAT SAYS NO
10:06:51 DEATHS SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AND
10:06:53 WE SHOULD DESIGN OUR STREETS TO
10:06:53 THAT GOAL.
10:06:54 WITH COMPLETE STREETS, THESE
10:06:55 ARE STREETS THAT RESPECT ALL
10:06:57 ROAD USERS AND PROVIDE SAFE
10:06:59 WAYS TO TRAVEL BY FOOT, BY
10:07:02 BIKE, BY CAR, AND TRANSIT.
10:07:03 THE CITY AND COUNTY BOTH SIGNED
10:07:04 RESOLUTIONS TO IMPLEMENT AND
10:07:06 FOLLOW THE COMPLETE STREETS AND
10:07:08 VISION ZERO, AND WE WOULD LIKE
10:07:08 TO SEE THOSE PRINCIPLES
10:07:12 FOLLOWED WITH THE STREET DESIGN
10:07:13 ON BAY TO BAY.
10:07:15 AS A RESIDENT, THERE HAVE NO
10:07:16 SAFE CORRIDOR FOR PEDESTRIANS
10:07:17 ALONG BAY TO BAY.
10:07:19 AS THE OWNER OF SWAMI JUICE,
10:07:20 SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD THRIVE
10:07:21 WITH A MORE WALKABLE AND
10:07:23 PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY ROAD.
10:07:25 BAY TO BAY IS THE HEART OF
10:07:27 PALMA CEIA, AND IT SHOULD BE
10:07:28 DESIGNED THAT WAY.
10:07:33 IF THE ROAD DESIGN MAKES THE
10:07:34 FUNCTIONALITY BETTER, IT'S A
10:07:35 WIN-WIN FOR ALL.
10:07:40 THANK YOU.
10:07:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT SPEAKER.
10:07:42 >> HELLO.
10:07:45 I AM WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN
10:07:56 DESPOT JOHNNY BERNARD BOOTH.
10:08:03 SOVEREIGN WORLDWIDE GLOBAL
10:08:05 AMERICAN COMMUNITY, LIVING
10:08:08 KINGDOM, WE THE PEOPLE, GLOBAL
10:08:10 CITIZENS, FOREIGN, UNITED
10:08:14 STATES, REFORM/REORGANIZATION,
10:08:17 NEW, TRUE NAME, LITTLE ZION,
10:08:22 TRUE YISREAL, NEW YORUSALE,
10:08:24 HEADQUARTERS GLOBAL, AMERICA,
10:08:26 TAMPA, FRANCHISE, TAMPA BAY.
10:08:31 I AM KING PRINCE ELOHIM, JOHNNY
10:08:33 B. BOOTH.
10:08:34 SOVEREIGN LIVING, ENTITY
10:08:42 DESPOT, SOVEREIGN POLITICAL
10:08:54 POWER, ENTHRONOD KING.
10:08:57 OKAY.
10:08:59 [OFF MICROPHONE] TAMPA BAY,
10:09:01 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FIRST EVER
10:09:03 LIVING SOVEREIGN CITY-COUNTY
10:09:06 SOVEREIGN NATION, FIRST LIVING
10:09:09 LAWFUL HOLY KINGDOM, FAMILY
10:09:13 LIGHT, WORLDWIDE GLOBAL FREEDOM
10:09:18 COMMISSION, P-I-M-P, PIMP.
10:09:22 THAT MEANS -- PEACEFULLY I AM
10:09:23 PROTESTING.
10:09:28 BUILDINGS LIKE HBS KRESS FOR
10:09:29 SOVEREIGN WORLDWIDE USE.
10:09:33 IT WAS PUT IN FOR SEIZURE BACK
10:09:37 IN 2013.
10:09:40 NOW, TALK ABOUT HRS/DCF JEWISH
10:09:42 FAMILIES TO STOP HUMAN
10:09:46 TRAFFICKING AMERICAN CHILDREN,
10:09:53 FAMILIES, TO FIX OUR LAWS.
10:09:57 FREEDOM PLATFORM, FIX THE GUN
10:10:02 LAWS, UCC 1-308.
10:10:03 ABSOLUTE ALL SOVEREIGN
10:10:06 IMMUNITY, RIGHTS, RITES, WRITS
10:10:09 FOREVER.
10:10:14 CHOOSE MORALITY OVER LOYALTY.
10:10:16 FIRST REAL FOURTH OF JULY.
10:10:19 I'M COMING UP WITH A TAMPA LIVE
10:10:21 TV/MOVIE PRODUCTION.
10:10:24 MORALITY, MORALITY VS. LOYALTY.
10:10:28 LOYALTY CAN GO EITHER WAY.
10:10:30 SOMEONE CAN TELL YOU THERE.
10:10:31 KEEP LOYALTY THERE.
10:10:33 LOYALTY GOES EITHER WAY.
10:10:34 MORALITY, THAT MEANS YOU
10:10:36 ACTUALLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
10:10:38 IT, GET SOME SERIOUS THINKING
10:10:40 OF WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON,
10:10:43 THINKING IS THIS RIGHT, IS THIS
10:10:46 COOL, IS SOMEBODY GOING TO GET
10:10:47 HURT, IS SOMEBODY GOING TO --
10:10:49 SO WHEN IT COMES TO LOYALTY AND
10:10:50 MORALITY, PLEASE CHOOSE
10:10:52 MORALITY.
10:10:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:10:53 >> THANK YOU.
10:10:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT.
10:10:58 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
10:11:00 MY NAME IS JOHN GODWIN.
10:11:01 I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH
10:11:03 THANKING YOU ALL FOR THE
10:11:04 COMMENDATION TODAY FOR THE
10:11:07 LGBTA CAUCUS AND ALSO FOR THE
10:11:08 RESOLUTION LATER SUPPORTING
10:11:10 AMENDMENT 4.
10:11:11 THESE ARE AMAZING STATEMENTS OF
10:11:13 VALUES, AND IT MAKES ME PROUD
10:11:15 OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
10:11:17 I'M HERE, THOUGH, TO TALK ABOUT
10:11:19 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
10:11:21 THIS WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED BACK
10:11:24 IN 2004 AS A SAFETY ISSUE.
10:11:25 WHEN THE CITY STARTED STUDYING
10:11:32 IT AT THAT TIME, JESSICA WAS IN
10:11:33 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
10:11:34 IN BETWEEN, LITTLE WAS DONE TO
10:11:35 PROTECT HER.
10:11:37 WE NEED TO PUT THIS AS A
10:11:37 PRIORITY.
10:11:39 AS WAS STATED EARLIER, WE KNOW
10:11:41 THAT BAYSHORE IS NOT OUR MOST
10:11:42 DEADLY ROAD, IT'S NOT THE MOST
10:11:43 DANGEROUS, BUT IT IS A FIRST
10:11:44 STEP.
10:11:46 WE HAVE CITIZENS UNITED IN
10:11:47 DEMANDING CHANGE, BUT HOPEFULLY
10:11:50 WE CAN IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE
10:11:51 CHANGES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
10:11:52 I'M ASKING FOR FOUR DIFFERENT
10:11:54 THINGS, RAISED CROSSWALKS,
10:11:56 INCREASED LANDSCAPING,
10:11:58 SPEED-SENSITIVE TRAFFIC LIGHTS,
10:12:01 AND BUFFERED BIKE LANES.
10:12:03 THE -- RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
10:12:04 RECENTLY LOWERED THE SPEED
10:12:06 LIMIT TO 35 MILES PER HOUR.
10:12:08 I DRIVE ON BAYSHORE EVERY DAY,
10:12:10 AND IT'S NOT AS NORMAL TO SEE
10:12:12 PEOPLE DRIVING 45, OOH MILES AN
10:12:13 HOUR ON THAT.
10:12:15 WE -- 50 MILES AN HOUR ON THAT.
10:12:18 WE CAN LOWER IT TO 45.
10:12:19 RAISED CROSSWALKS ARE
10:12:21 FREQUENTLY CALLED THE SILENT
10:12:22 POLICEMEN.
10:12:26 THEY ARE THE MOST PREDICTABLE
10:12:28 SPEED REDUCTION IMPACT DEVICE.
10:12:31 IT FORCES PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN.
10:12:33 WE HAVE 38 UNMARKED CROSSWALKS
10:12:35 ON BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
10:12:37 RAISED CROSSWALKS CAN BE
10:12:41 DESIGNED TO MEET THE CURRENT
10:12:43 SPEED LIMIT OF THAT ROAD SO
10:12:46 DRIVERS CAN GO BETWEEN 25 AND
10:12:47 45 MILES PER HOUR OVER THAT
10:12:50 RAISED CROSSWALK, DEPENDING ON
10:12:51 YOUR DESIGN.
10:12:53 THIS FORCES PEOPLE TO SLOW
10:12:53 DOWN.
10:12:55 I'D ALSO ASK FOR RUMBLE STRIPS
10:12:57 AHEAD OF ANY CROSSWALKS THAT
10:12:58 ARE NOT RAISED TO DRAW
10:12:59 ATTENTION TO INCREASE THAT
10:13:02 SAFETY.
10:13:03 THIS ALSO INCREASES THE
10:13:04 AESTHETIC OF THE AREA.
10:13:07 WE CAN BRICK THOSE CROSSWALKS
10:13:11 OR DO STAMPED CONCRETE, FURTHER
10:13:18 BEAUTIFYING OUR BAYSHORE
10:13:18 BEAUTIFUL AREA.
10:13:23 THEY ALSO PAIR REALLY WELL WITH
10:13:26 THE RB, THE RAPID BLINKING
10:13:28 LIGHTS AT THE CROSSWALKS.
10:13:29 THIS IS TO RAISE AWARENESS.
10:13:31 THEY GENERALLY COST $3- TO
10:13:32 $5,000 TO INSTALL.
10:13:34 TO SKIP AHEAD, LANDSCAPING,
10:13:36 THERE'S NOTHING ON THE EAST
10:13:39 SIDE OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD.
10:13:41 THIS PROVIDES A WIDE VIEW, IT
10:13:42 ENCOURAGES HIGHER SPEEDS.
10:13:44 I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT.
10:13:46 AND THEN SPEED-SENSITIVE
10:13:47 CAMERAS.
10:13:49 A LOT OF AREAS AROUND OUR
10:13:50 COUNTRY HAVE INSTALLED
10:13:52 SPEED-SENSITIVE CAMERAS WHERE
10:13:54 IF SOMEBODY IS SPEEDING, THE
10:13:55 TRAFFIC LIGHT UP AHEAD WILL
10:13:57 TURN RED AND FORCE TRAFFIC TO
10:13:57 SLOW DOWN.
10:13:59 IT IS A MECHANISM TO ACTUALLY
10:14:00 ENFORCE SPEED LIMITS.
10:14:01 THANK YOU ALL.
10:14:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:14:06 >>HARRY COHEN: AGAIN, IF PEOPLE
10:14:07 JUST MAKE SURE YOU GIVE YOUR
10:14:08 SUGGESTIONS TO MR. SHELBY WHEN
10:14:10 HE COMES BACK SO THAT WE HAVE
10:14:12 THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE.
10:14:12 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
10:14:13 MEMBERS.
10:14:14 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
10:14:16 MY NAME IS WIT RAYMER.
10:14:20 I'M A RESIDENT OF PALMA CEIA, A
10:14:22 FATHER OF TWO, AND A NEWLY
10:14:23 FORMED STREET SAFETY ADVOCATE
10:14:24 AFTER THE LAST COUPLE OF
10:14:25 MONTHS.
10:14:26 THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
10:14:28 I HAD THIS WHOLE SPEECH
10:14:29 PREPARED, BUT MOMENTS AGO I
10:14:31 RECEIVED A LEGAL MEMORANDUM
10:14:34 FROM MIKE MERRILL, COUNTY
10:14:35 ATTORNEY, AND THE QUESTION WE
10:14:37 POSED WAS, WHO HAS
10:14:39 RESPONSIBILITY TO DESIGN
10:14:41 BAYSHORE -- EXCUSE ME -- BAY TO
10:14:43 BAY, AND THE ANSWER HERE IS THE
10:14:43 CITY.
10:14:45 THE CITY COMPLIED WITH THE
10:14:47 COMPLETE STREET RESOLUTION.
10:14:49 MAYOR BUCKHORN AND HIS
10:14:50 WONDERFUL TRANSPORTATION STAFF
10:14:53 DID THE RIGHT THING, THEY PAID
10:14:55 FOR A WELL-INFORMED TRAFFIC
10:14:56 ENGINEERING STUDY BY AN
10:14:58 OUT-OF-STATE FIRM THAT HAD NO
10:15:00 INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT OTHER
10:15:01 THAN DETERMINING WHETHER THE
10:15:03 CORRIDOR WAS RIGHT FOR SAFETY
10:15:05 IMPROVEMENTS, POTENTIAL OTHER
10:15:06 TRANSIT OPTIONS, AND THE ANSWER
10:15:09 WAS YES.
10:15:11 THE CITY THEN PUT FORWARD THAT
10:15:13 IDEA FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,
10:15:15 RECEIVED SOME NEGATIVE
10:15:17 FEEDBACK, ALBEIT PROBABLY A LOT
10:15:19 OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK BECAUSE
10:15:21 EITHER RESIDENTS WERE
10:15:22 MISINFORMED OR UNDERINFORMED
10:15:24 ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF A
10:15:25 COMPLETE STREET PROJECT, OR THE
10:15:27 CITY DIDN'T DO A GOOD ENOUGH
10:15:28 JOB GETTING OUT FRONT AND
10:15:29 EXPLAINING THE OPPORTUNITIES
10:15:32 AND BENEFITS OF WHAT THESE
10:15:33 TYPES OF PROJECTS DO.
10:15:34 I'M STRUCK SITTING HERE THIS
10:15:35 MORNING LOOKING AT THE MPO
10:15:37 PRESENTATION AND HEARING ALL OF
10:15:38 YOUR WONDERFUL FEEDBACK OF
10:15:40 STREETCARS AND THE URBAN CAR.
10:15:42 WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
10:15:44 THE RIGHT THING WITH THIS
10:15:46 PROJECT, BUT WE CAVED TO PUBLIC
10:15:47 SENTIMENT THAT WAS
10:15:49 UNDERINFORMED OR NOT WELL
10:15:50 INFORMED OF THE BENEFITS OF
10:15:51 THESE PROJECTS.
10:15:52 SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK
10:15:54 TODAY IS FOR YOU GUYS TO OPEN
10:15:56 UP THAT PROCESS NOW IN LIGHT OF
10:15:59 JESSICA'S AND LILLIA'S DEATH,
10:16:01 IN LIGHT OF THE OTHER
10:16:02 PEDESTRIAN DEATHS THAT HAPPEN
10:16:03 ACROSS ALL OF YOUR DISTRICTS,
10:16:06 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, BUSCH
10:16:07 BOULEVARD, BAY TO BAY,
10:16:07 BAYSHORE.
10:16:09 NOT ONE OF YOU, NOT ONE OF YOUR
10:16:11 DISTRICTS IS IMMUNE TO THIS
10:16:11 PROBLEM.
10:16:13 IT IS NOT TOO LATE.
10:16:16 I HAD CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE
10:16:16 COUNTY YESTERDAY AND UNDERSTAND
10:16:17 THIS PROJECT IS STILL IN THE
10:16:19 DESIGN PHASE WITH THE COUNTY
10:16:20 ENGINEERS.
10:16:21 IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
10:16:24 WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP?
10:16:26 I KNOW THIS IS A MAYOR-STRONG
10:16:28 CITY, BUT I WOULD ASK ONE OF
10:16:30 YOU TO PROPOSE A RESOLUTION TO
10:16:32 HAVE THE MAYOR'S TRANSPORTATION
10:16:34 STAFF, YOUR TRANSPORTATION
10:16:37 STAFF, OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF
10:16:42 SAY STOP, I THINK THERE'S --
10:16:43 WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF PUBLIC
10:16:45 COMMENT, THERE'S A LOT OF
10:16:46 EMOTION BEING BROUGHT UP, AND A
10:16:48 LOT OF STATISTICS AND SAFETY
10:16:50 THAT SHOWS THIS PROJECT MIGHT
10:16:51 DESERVE A SECOND LOOK.
10:16:52 THIS RESURFACING IS GOING TO
10:16:54 AFFECT BAY TO BAY FOR THE NEXT
10:16:55 15 YEARS.
10:16:56 OVERLAY THAT OVER THE MPO'S
10:16:57 PROJECTIONS.
10:16:59 WE'VE GOT TO START PROVIDING
10:17:00 ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTATION
10:17:02 OPTIONS, SAFETY OPTIONS, AND
10:17:04 IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE -- IT'S
10:17:04 DESIGNED.
10:17:06 THE DESIGN WAS ALREADY DONE.
10:17:07 ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS GO BACK,
10:17:09 OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT, AND
10:17:10 REALLY UNPACK THIS PROJECT A
10:17:11 LITTLE BIT MORE.
10:17:12 I'D ASK YOU TO MAKE A
10:17:13 RESOLUTION TO STOP THIS PROJECT
10:17:14 AND RECONSIDER IT IN LIGHT OF
10:17:16 ALL THESE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
10:17:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:17:18 NEXT.
10:17:19 >>HARRY COHEN: WOULD YOU PLEASE
10:17:21 GIVE THAT MEMO TO MR. SHELBY?
10:17:23 >> I CAN SEND IS IT TO YOU,
10:17:24 MR. SHELBY, SURE.
10:17:26 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:17:27 MY NAME IS JOSH FRANK.
10:17:28 I LIVE IN YBOR CITY.
10:17:31 MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK
10:17:31 BEFORE.
10:17:33 I'M AN URBAN DESIGNER.
10:17:34 I'M A NATIVE.
10:17:35 I'M PRESIDENT OF A NONPROFIT
10:17:36 HERE THAT'S BEEN IN THE CITY
10:17:38 FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS DEDICATED
10:17:40 TO RAISING AWARENESS FOR URBAN
10:17:42 DESIGN, SO I THINK WE'RE DOING
10:17:43 A GOOD JOB.
10:17:44 THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY
10:17:45 ELOQUENT SPEAKERS HERE TODAY
10:17:47 THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN
10:17:48 THE PAST DECADE.
10:17:49 I'M ALSO NOW A FOUNDING PARTNER
10:17:51 OF AN URBAN DESIGN FIRM IN THIS
10:17:52 CITY, SO I'VE COME HERE TO
10:17:54 SPEAK TO THIS BOARD, ONCE
10:17:55 AGAIN, AS AN ADVOCATE FOR
10:17:57 DESIGN, SPECIFICALLY OVER
10:17:57 ENGINEERING.
10:17:59 WE HAVE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM IN
10:18:00 THIS COMMUNITY.
10:18:02 I THINK THAT'S EVIDENCED HERE
10:18:02 TODAY.
10:18:04 AND WHAT HAPPENED ON BAYSHORE
10:18:05 IS A TRAGEDY THAT'S HAPPENING
10:18:07 IN EVERY DISTRICT,
10:18:09 JURISDICTION, AND NEIGHBORHOOD
10:18:11 YOU REPRESENT, FROM NEW TAMPA
10:18:15 TO DAVIS ISLANDS JUST THIS PAST
10:18:15 WEEK.
10:18:16 IT'S HAPPENING EVERY WEEK ON
10:18:19 BUSY ARTERIALS LIKE
10:18:20 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, BUSCH
10:18:22 BOULEVARD, AND IN OUR FRONT
10:18:24 YARDS IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF PALMA
10:18:27 CEIA AND DAVIS ISLANDS AND
10:18:28 SULPHUR SPRINGS.
10:18:29 YOU COULD GO ON.
10:18:31 YOU ARE THE STEWARDS OF OUR
10:18:33 PUBLIC REALM, AND AS SUCH, YOU
10:18:35 HAVE ALMOST A LIMITLESS
10:18:36 POTENTIAL TO ACT UPON AND FIX
10:18:38 THESE ISSUES.
10:18:39 PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP A MYRIAD
10:18:41 OF SOLUTIONS.
10:18:44 I THINK EVEN ROUNDABOUTS AND
10:18:45 TABLES AND ALL THESE OTHER
10:18:47 THINGS, THEY'RE PARTS OF IT,
10:18:48 BUT THEY'RE STILL WITHIN THAT
10:18:50 FRAME OF THIS IS A ROAD, NOT A
10:18:53 PUBLIC SPACE, SO WHEN YOU FLIP
10:18:55 THAT MENTALITY -- AND IT'S
10:18:56 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO AS
10:18:58 A CULTURE, IS THINK OF THIS AS
10:19:00 A PUBLIC SPACE FIRST.
10:19:01 STREETS EXISTED WELL BEFORE
10:19:02 CARS.
10:19:03 SO WHEN YOU FLIP THAT MENTALITY
10:19:07 I THINK IS REALLY WHEN WE START
10:19:08 TO SEE POTENTIAL FOR THINGS
10:19:10 LIKE BAY TO BAY AND THINGS LIKE
10:19:10 BAYSHORE.
10:19:11 THERE'S A REASON PEOPLE DON'T
10:19:13 GO 102 MILES AN HOUR ON
10:19:14 FRANKLIN STREET.
10:19:16 IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
10:19:17 SO I'M ASKING YOU TODAY TO,
10:19:19 AGAIN, ACT AS THE STEWARDS OF
10:19:21 OUR PUBLIC REALM.
10:19:22 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
10:19:24 RESTRIPING WITH PAINT AND I'M
10:19:25 NOT TALKING ABOUT FLASHING
10:19:26 BEACONS, I'M TALKING ABOUT
10:19:28 POLICY, CITY CODE, OUR PARKING
10:19:30 REQUIREMENTS, OUR MINIMUMS, OUR
10:19:32 DESIGN GUIDELINES AND MASTER
10:19:32 PLANS.
10:19:33 THESE ARE ALL THINGS YOU HAVE
10:19:35 CONTROL OVER AND CAN FUND AND
10:19:36 FIND A WAY TO GET THEM DONE AT
10:19:38 ANY POINT IN TIME.
10:19:39 YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL THINGS
10:19:42 THAT OTHER CITIES TAKE ON
10:19:43 REGULARLY, AND I THINK YOU'LL
10:19:45 HEAR ABOUT THAT.
10:19:47 MY ANALOGY IS WHEN YOU ENGINEER
10:19:50 YOUR STREETS FOR CARS THE WAY
10:19:51 THAT THE LOS ANGELES RIVER IS
10:19:53 ENGINEERED FOR WATER, YOUR
10:19:55 IMPROVEMENTS REALLY HAVE TO BE
10:19:56 DRASTIC, YOU CAN'T JUST
10:19:57 RESTRIPE IT.
10:19:58 THINK OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER
10:19:59 WHEN YOU THINK OF OUR STREETS.
10:20:01 THAT'S WHAT ENGINEERING HAS
10:20:01 DONE.
10:20:03 SO, AGAIN, WHERE IS THE VISION?
10:20:04 WHERE IS THE DESIGN?
10:20:06 THE TIME HAS COME FOR THIS
10:20:07 REGION TO CHANGE ITS CULTURAL
10:20:08 VALUES.
10:20:10 WE ARE OF NO SHORTAGE WHEN IT
10:20:11 COMES TO TALKING THE TALK.
10:20:13 WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF PLANS, WE
10:20:15 HAD A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT COMING
10:20:16 TO THIS AREA FOR THINGS LIKE
10:20:18 VISION ZERO, COMPLETE STREETS,
10:20:20 BIKE/PED.
10:20:21 WE TALK ABOUT THEM ALL THE
10:20:22 TIME, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
10:20:24 WALKING THE WALK, IT SEEMS LIKE
10:20:25 IN THIS TOWN THAT'S VERY
10:20:26 DANGEROUS, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY
10:20:29 TO GET HIT BY A CAR, SO THANK
10:20:30 YOU.
10:20:38 >> MY NAME'S BRIAN COOK, 2819
10:20:39 PALAMORE.
10:20:52 SO THANKS FOR HAVING THIS
10:20:52 FORUM.
10:20:55 IT WAS -- IT WAS NICE TO HEAR
10:20:58 THE DIFFERENT COMMENTS TODAY,
10:21:00 THE INTEREST IN PUBLIC SAFETY,
10:21:02 AND THE WALKABILITY AND THOSE
10:21:03 TYPES OF THINGS.
10:21:05 I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO
10:21:07 SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT IS BAYSHORE.
10:21:13 I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
10:21:14 BAYSHORE -- THINKING ABOUT THE
10:21:15 WAY THAT BAYSHORE IS REFLECTED
10:21:20 IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S
10:21:21 FUNCTION.
10:21:22 SO I'M A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT,
10:21:23 URBAN DESIGNER.
10:21:25 I'M ALSO WORKING AT THE FLORIDA
10:21:26 CENTER, WHICH IS A RESEARCH
10:21:28 CENTER TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES
10:21:30 GROW AND DEVELOP IN SAFE,
10:21:33 HEALTHY, AND PROSPEROUS WAYS.
10:21:34 SO THROUGH ALL OF THIS --
10:21:35 THROUGH MY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH
10:21:38 THESE DIFFERENT AVENUES, BEING
10:21:40 INVOLVED WITH BAYSHORE AND THE
10:21:41 PEOPLE -- THE PEOPLE
10:21:42 PARTICIPATING WITH THAT
10:21:44 PROCESS, PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH
10:21:48 FRANKLIN STREET, THE MANY
10:21:52 DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT I'VE
10:21:54 BEEN GETTING INTO AS A NEW
10:21:56 OFFICE ESTABLISHING WITHIN THE
10:21:58 CITY, IT'S REALLY COME TO ME TO
10:21:59 START TO QUESTION WHO IS
10:22:03 DESIGNING THE CITY?
10:22:05 AS I GO THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT
10:22:06 PROJECTS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT
10:22:07 HOW THINGS ARE BEING
10:22:09 AMELIORATED, WHAT THE
10:22:11 APPRECIATE APPROACHES ARE, WHAT
10:22:12 THE -- HOW THINGS ARE BEING
10:22:16 RESOLVED, THE QUESTION COMES UP
10:22:17 IS WHO'S IN CHARGE AND WHO'S
10:22:19 RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THESE
10:22:21 DESIGNS?
10:22:23 AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE SHOULD
10:22:26 USE THESE RECENT EVENTS,
10:22:29 CRASHES, DEATHS, TO MAYBE EVEN
10:22:31 TAKE A STEP BACK AND THINK
10:22:33 ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF CITY ARE WE
10:22:34 BUILDING, WHAT CRITERIA OR
10:22:38 VISION ARE WE -- WITH EACH
10:22:41 PROJECT, WHAT -- HOW ARE WE --
10:22:43 WHAT CRITERIA ARE WE GAUGING
10:22:44 THE SUCCESS OF PROJECTS
10:22:48 AGAINST?
10:22:57 SO IT APPEARS TO ME THAT AS
10:22:58 THINKING THROUGH THESE
10:22:59 PROJECTS, THE MAIN THING IS
10:23:01 APPROACH THROUGH ENGINEERS AND
10:23:06 THROUGH ENGINEERING.
10:23:08 A LOT OF THE COMMENTS TODAY ARE
10:23:09 LIKE THESE PIECEMEAL APPROACHES
10:23:11 TO FIXING ROADS OR STREETS,
10:23:12 RIGHT, BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED
10:23:15 TO DO IS TAKE A STEP BACK AND
10:23:16 THINK ABOUT WHAT DO WE WANT AS
10:23:18 A CITY AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO
10:23:21 DESIGN SOMETHING COHESIVE,
10:23:22 WHAT'S THE OVERALL PLAN?
10:23:24 I WOULD LIKE TO POINT TO THE
10:23:27 IMAGE HERE I'M SHOWING.
10:23:28 IT'S ABOUT WHAT IS THE BIG
10:23:29 VISION, RIGHT?
10:23:31 I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FRANKLIN
10:23:32 STREET, THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE
10:23:33 WORKING REALLY HARD AT CREATING
10:23:36 THIS COMMUNITY AND ARE RECENTLY
10:23:37 INCORPORATED INTO THE DOWNTOWN
10:23:39 PARTNERSHIP.
10:23:56 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:23:57 NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
10:23:59 MY NAME IS NICOL WINKLER.
10:24:02 MY HUSBAND AND I COFOUNDED THE
10:24:03 TAMPA MUSIC FOUNDATION.
10:24:05 AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M HERE ON
10:24:06 BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR
10:24:07 SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH OF SOUTHERN
10:24:08 SPECIAL EVENT, OUR LARGEST
10:24:11 FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR.
10:24:13 THE CITY HAS A SPECIAL EVENT
10:24:14 APPLICATION PROCESS, AND I
10:24:16 FOLLOWED IT.
10:24:17 I RECEIVED WRITTEN CONFIRMATION
10:24:20 FROM DONNA MCCALLISTER, WHO
10:24:22 CONFIRMED OUR APRIL 6TH, 2019
10:24:23 DATE, WHICH WE NOW HAVE PLANNED
10:24:24 FOR.
10:24:26 AS AN EVENT PRODUCER, I AM NOT
10:24:27 NEW.
10:24:28 WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THIS
10:24:30 CITY FOR NINE CONSECUTIVE YEARS
10:24:34 TO HOST OKTOBERFEST TAMPA, ALSO
10:24:36 HELD AT CURTIS HIXON WATERFRONT
10:24:37 PARK.
10:24:39 YET, WHY HAS OUR SECOND ANNUAL
10:24:40 SOUTH OF SOUTHERN SPECIAL EVENT
10:24:41 NOT BEEN PUT ON THE CONSENT
10:24:43 AGENDA FOR APPROVAL?
10:24:45 DO YOU ALL SUPPORT AN
10:24:46 ADMINISTRATION THAT IGNORES ITS
10:24:48 LOCAL NONPROFITS AT THEIR WILL
10:24:50 AND AT THEIR LEISURE TO BENEFIT
10:24:53 A DIFFERENT NONPROFIT OF THEIR
10:24:55 SERVING?
10:24:58 THAT'S ALL I'VE HEARD FROM THIS
10:24:59 ADMINISTRATION SINCE THE OOPS
10:25:02 EMAIL AFTER 30 DAYS, AFTER WE
10:25:03 WERE CONFIRMED, IS EXCUSES,
10:25:05 ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ZERO
10:25:06 CULPABILITY.
10:25:08 DON'T ALL NONPROFITS HAVE TO
10:25:10 FOLLOW THIS SAME SPECIAL EVENT
10:25:13 APPLICATION PROCESS?
10:25:16 MY TEAM HAS SPENT THOUSANDS OF
10:25:19 HOURS AND PLENTY OF ZEROS
10:25:21 BRINGING AN ENTIRELY NEW EVENT
10:25:22 TO FRUITION, SPECIFICALLY TO
10:25:23 GIVE THE CITY OF TAMPA
10:25:25 SOMETHING TO POINT TO THAT
10:25:26 SHOWCASES ITS DIVERSE CULTURE.
10:25:28 WE'VE MADE COMMITMENTS TO
10:25:30 SPONSORS, TO PARTNERS, TO
10:25:32 ARTISTS, AND THEY'VE MADE
10:25:33 COMMITMENTS IN THEIR COMPANIES
10:25:34 ON OUR BEHALF.
10:25:36 I DO NOT TAKE THE
10:25:37 RESPONSIBILITY OF MY JOB
10:25:39 LIGHTLY.
10:25:42 I CANNOT, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE,
10:25:44 TELL OUR SPONSORS AND OUR
10:25:45 PARTNERS THAT THE CITY OF TAMPA
10:25:47 IS A WISE INVESTMENT IF, IN
10:25:50 FACT, IT CAN APPARENTLY, ON ANY
10:25:51 GIVEN DAY OF THE YEAR, REJECT
10:25:53 THEIR OWN CODE AND THEIR OWN
10:25:55 COMMITMENTS AND PROVIDE
10:25:57 FAVORITISM TO ANOTHER NONPROFIT
10:25:59 OF THEIR SERVING.
10:26:00 AFTER A DECADE OF INVESTING
10:26:02 INTO THIS CITY WITH MY OWN
10:26:04 PERSONAL MONEY, BLOOD, SWEAT,
10:26:06 AND TEARS, I WILL NOT ACCEPT AN
10:26:08 EXPLANATION OF AN INTERNAL HOLD
10:26:09 FROM THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT
10:26:13 TO FAVOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
10:26:15 FAVORING ONE ORGANIZATION OVER
10:26:17 ANOTHER IN THE USE OF THE CITY
10:26:19 PARK IS UNFAIR, IT VIOLATES
10:26:23 CHAPTER 28 OF THE CITY CODE,
10:26:26 AND IT IS ILLEGAL.
10:26:27 OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES BETTER
10:26:28 THAN THIS.
10:26:29 I WILL PROUDLY CONTINUE TO
10:26:30 STAND FOR OUR FIRST AMENDMENT
10:26:31 RIGHTS.
10:26:32 WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
10:26:34 WE LIVE HERE.
10:26:36 I'LL HAVE SOME PHOTOS, BUT I
10:26:37 REALLY WANTED YOU TO MEET A
10:26:38 COUPLE OF ARTISTS THAT I
10:26:39 BROUGHT THAT ARE PART OF OUR
10:26:40 EVENT.
10:26:41 THEY ARE PART OF IT.
10:26:42 I'D LIKE FOR THEM TO HAVE A
10:26:44 CHANCE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
10:26:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME EXPLAIN
10:26:44 SOMETHING TO YOU.
10:26:48 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET IN
10:26:49 LINE JUST LIKE THE REST OF
10:26:50 THEM.
10:26:51 >> OH, OKAY.
10:26:53 >> NO PROBLEM.
10:26:55 WD-HAN, THEY'RE A PART OF THIS,
10:26:56 AS WELL AS MANY OTHER LOCAL
10:26:56 COMPANIES.
10:26:59 I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT THAT DUE
10:27:01 JUSTICE IS SERVED.
10:27:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:27:06 >> HI.
10:27:11 MY NAME IS EMILY HINSDALE.
10:27:12 I'M THE FOUNDER OF THE SIDEWALK
10:27:12 STOMPERS.
10:27:13 WE ARE A SCHOOL ZONE PEDESTRIAN
10:27:14 SAFETY ADVOCACY GROUP.
10:27:16 OUR GOAL IS TO GET MORE
10:27:17 CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL.
10:27:18 THIS IS PART OF A NATIONAL
10:27:21 EFFORT TO REDUCE CHILD OBESITY
10:27:22 AND MENTAL HEALTH RISK,
10:27:24 NORMALIZING REGULAR EXERCISE;
10:27:26 HOWEVER, IT GETS VERY HARD TO
10:27:27 ASK CHILDREN TO WALK TO SCHOOL
10:27:29 WHEN IT IS NOT SAFE FOR THEM TO
10:27:31 DO SO IN A CITY WHERE CRASH
10:27:32 RATES ARE BADLY OUT OF
10:27:34 PROPORTION TO ROAD UTILIZATION.
10:27:36 I'M HERE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY
10:27:38 ABOUT BAY TO BAY BOULEVARD, AS
10:27:39 IT IS A MAJOR HAZARD AFFECTING
10:27:42 FOUR SCHOOLS IN TAMPA.
10:27:43 I KNOW THIS COUNCIL HAS
10:27:45 EXPRESSED THE IDEA THAT THE
10:27:46 MAYOR ALONE CONTROLS THIS ROAD
10:27:47 FEATURE, BUT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE
10:27:48 AN OBLIGATION TO YOUR
10:27:50 CONSTITUENTS, YOUR PAST AND
10:27:51 FUTURE VOTERS, TO COLLECTIVELY
10:27:53 AND PUBLICLY CONDEMN THE
10:27:55 MAYOR'S DECISION NOT TO PROTECT
10:27:56 CHILDREN GOING TO SCHOOL ACROSS
10:27:58 BAY TO BAY.
10:28:00 HIS DECISION, BASED NOT ON
10:28:02 FACTS OR EVIDENCE BUT ON
10:28:05 INEFFECTUALLY GATHERED PUBLIC
10:28:06 INPUT, DOESN'T PARTICULARLY
10:28:09 HURT CHILDREN IN THIS AREA, IT
10:28:10 HAS LARGER IMPLICATIONS.
10:28:12 IS THIS HOW WE ARE GOING TO
10:28:13 PLAN TAMPA'S FUTURE ON THIS AND
10:28:14 MANY OTHER ROAD PROJECTS?
10:28:16 THERE ARE MANY ROAD PROJECTS
10:28:18 CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS THAT
10:28:21 WILL AFFECT CHILDREN TRYING TO
10:28:22 WALK TO SCHOOL, BIKE TO SCHOOL,
10:28:24 OR EVEN DRIVE TO SCHOOL, AND IF
10:28:25 WE MAKE DECISIONS THIS WAY,
10:28:27 JUST HAVE ONE PUBLIC MEETING,
10:28:28 GATHER A LITTLE INPUT, AND
10:28:30 DECIDE WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM
10:28:33 ANY OF YOU AND WITHOUT REALLY
10:28:34 FULLY GATHERING INPUT FROM THE
10:28:35 COMMUNITY, I THINK WE'RE GOING
10:28:36 TO HAVE A VERY DANGEROUS
10:28:37 SITUATION FOR OUR CHILDREN
10:28:40 GOING FORWARD.
10:28:41 THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO DECIDE ITS
10:28:43 PLACE IN PLANNING TAMPA'S
10:28:43 FUTURE.
10:28:44 PLEASE START WITH BAY TO BAY
10:28:46 AND ASSERT YOUR ROLE IN
10:28:47 PROTECTING TAMPA'S CHILDREN
10:28:48 FROM SPECIAL INTERESTS.
10:28:50 THANK YOU.
10:28:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:28:52 NEXT SPEAKER.
10:28:54 BEFORE YOU SPEAK [OFF
10:28:54 MICROPHONE]
10:28:59 >> I'M SORRY?
10:29:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: NOT YOU.
10:29:02 >> THANK YOU.
10:29:02 HI.
10:29:04 I'M KATHY YATES, AND I WANT TO
10:29:06 TALK ON AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE
10:29:07 ALL OVER TAMPA, BUT BECAUSE I
10:29:09 LIVE IN SOUTH TAMPA, I'M GOING
10:29:10 TO BE FOCUSED THERE.
10:29:12 WE HAVE A LACK OF SAFETY FOR
10:29:13 PEDESTRIANS IN OUR CITY.
10:29:15 WE HAVE A LACK OF CONCERN FOR
10:29:16 THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN
10:29:17 TRYING TO GET TO AND FROM
10:29:18 SCHOOL.
10:29:18 THERE ARE PEOPLE SPEEDING
10:29:21 THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:29:21 WE FEEL LIKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
10:29:23 IS SHIFTING TOWARDS YOUNGER
10:29:24 FAMILIES WITH SMALL CHILDREN
10:29:26 THAT WANT TO WALK AND BIKE TO
10:29:28 SCHOOL, TO PARKS, TO LOCAL
10:29:30 RESTAURANTS, TO SHOPS.
10:29:31 WHEN I LOOK AT A STREET LIKE
10:29:34 BAY TO BAY, WHERE WE HAVE THE
10:29:36 OPTION TO IMPLEMENT A
10:29:39 THREE-LANE PLAN -- THE STUDY
10:29:41 SHOWED US THE BENEFITS OF THIS
10:29:42 PLAN.
10:29:43 THERE WAS AN EXTENSIVE STUDY
10:29:45 PRESENTED BY OUR CITY
10:29:47 ENGINEERS, AND THIS STUDY HAS
10:29:48 THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO
10:29:50 SHOW ITS DRIVERS THAT
10:29:53 PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS ARE A
10:29:55 PRIORITY, BUT THIS PROJECT IS
10:29:56 NOW GOING NOWHERE.
10:29:59 I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER SIMILAR
10:30:00 STUDIES PROVIDING THE
10:30:02 SUFFICIENCY AND SAFETY OF
10:30:04 KEEPING IT AS A FOUR-LANE ROAD
10:30:04 ARE.
10:30:06 WE ARE TOLD THERE ARE MANY MORE
10:30:06 STREETS THAT WE CAN USE INSTEAD
10:30:09 OF BAY TO BAY AS FAMILIES THAT
10:30:10 ARE WALKING AND BIKING.
10:30:13 I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THOSE
10:30:14 STREETS ARE.
10:30:15 I WALK THEM EVERY DAY.
10:30:17 THE PARALLEL STREETS, THE
10:30:18 PERPENDICULAR STREETS, THEY
10:30:19 HAVE NO SIDEWALKS.
10:30:20 WE ARE WALKING IN THE STREETS
10:30:22 TO BRING OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL.
10:30:25 SOUTH OF BAY TO BAY, THERE'S
10:30:26 PEOPLE SPEEDING ON HIMES, ON
10:30:28 STERLING.
10:30:30 THERE ARE ZERO TRAFFIC-CALMING
10:30:32 MEASURES ON ANY OF THESE
10:30:33 STREETS THAT WOULD MAKE IT SAFE
10:30:34 FOR US TO USE INSTEAD OF BAY TO
10:30:36 BAY, AS HAS BEEN THE
10:30:36 JUSTIFICATION FOR NOT MAKING
10:30:38 THAT A PRIORITY OR CHANGING
10:30:41 THAT PROJECT.
10:30:43 I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW THOSE
10:30:45 STREETS ARE VIEWED AS SAFER
10:30:49 THAN BAY TO BAY, AND WHAT CAN
10:30:50 WE DO ABOUT GETTING MORE
10:30:51 SIDEWALKS ON THESE STREETS?
10:30:56 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SIDEWALKS
10:30:58 THAT STOP AND START DEPENDING
10:30:59 ON THE HOMEOWNER OR THE BUILDER
10:31:00 WHO WANT TO PUT THE SIDEWALKS
10:31:02 IN, BUT IF THE BUILDER IS NOT
10:31:03 PUTTING THE SIDEWALK IN, WHERE
10:31:05 ARE THOSE FUNDS GOING?
10:31:06 WHY ARE BUILDERS NOT BEING HELD
10:31:08 ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY
10:31:10 AND MAKING THE CONTINUOUS
10:31:11 SIDEWALKS ON THE STREETS WHERE
10:31:12 THEY'RE BUILDING ON?
10:31:14 WE HAVE CHILDREN AND PARENTS
10:31:16 WALKING TO ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY
10:31:17 SCHOOL IN THE STREETS WHERE
10:31:18 VEHICLES ARE MOVING IN BOTH
10:31:20 DIRECTIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO
10:31:20 SIDEWALKS.
10:31:21 WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR A
10:31:23 TRAGEDY TO OCCUR BEFORE
10:31:25 SIDEWALKS GET INSTALLED THERE.
10:31:26 IN ADDITION TO NEEDING
10:31:28 SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES, WE
10:31:31 NEED THINGS LIKE FOUR-WAY STOPS
10:31:33 OR CROSSWALKS.
10:31:35 WE HAD A STUDY PUT IN THERE
10:31:37 WHERE WE GOT A CROSSWALK ON
10:31:38 HIMES.
10:31:39 THE CARS STILL HAVE A
10:31:40 RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT WE'RE MAKING
10:31:42 THE CHILDREN HAVE THE FULL
10:31:43 RESPONSIBILITY INSTEAD OF THE
10:31:44 ADULTS DRIVING THE CARS, SO WE
10:31:46 NEED LIGHTED CROSSWALKS THERE.
10:31:48 OUR STREETS ARE DESIGNED FOR
10:31:53 SPEEDING BECAUSE THERE ARE ZERO
10:31:55 TRAFFIC-CALMING MEASURES.
10:31:57 THERE ARE FOUR-WAY STOPS.
10:31:59 WE NEED A LIGHT AT BAY TO BAY
10:32:01 WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T HAVING TO
10:32:03 CONTEND WITH FOUR LANES OF
10:32:04 TRAFFIC WHERE THERE ARE NO
10:32:05 BUFFERS ON THESE SIDEWALKS.
10:32:06 THANK YOU.
10:32:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:32:07 ALL RIGHT.
10:32:08 THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S STANDING
10:32:10 IN THE BACK [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:32:12 YEAH.
10:32:14 YOU'LL BE THE FINAL SPEAKER,
10:32:15 OKAY.
10:32:16 LET'S GO.
10:32:17 >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
10:32:19 MY NAME IS LAUREN O'DONNELL,
10:32:22 AND I'M A RESIDENT OF PALMA
10:32:22 CEIA.
10:32:23 I ACTUALLY MOVED TO THIS
10:32:24 COMMUNITY ABOUT THREE YEARS
10:32:27 AGO, AND AT THAT TIME -- I'M AN
10:32:29 ATTORNEY, AND MY LAW OFFICE WAS
10:32:30 MOVING ACROSS THE BAY TO ST.
10:32:30 PETE.
10:32:31 I HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION
10:32:32 WHETHER I WAS GOING TO ALSO
10:32:35 MOVE TO ST. PETE, BE REALLY
10:32:36 CLOSE TO MY OFFICE, HAVE A
10:32:37 FIVE-MINUTE COMMUTE TIME, OR
10:32:38 STAY IN THE TAMPA BAY
10:32:39 COMMUNITY.
10:32:41 I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN, AND
10:32:44 AT THAT TIME, I DECIDED BECAUSE
10:32:45 OF THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE OF THE
10:32:47 COMMUNITY, BECAUSE OF BAYSHORE,
10:32:50 BECAUSE OF THE URBANNESS OF BAY
10:32:53 TO BAY, I WOULD STAY IN TAMPA
10:32:56 BAY, AND NOW I COMMUTE 45
10:32:57 MINUTES TO AN HOUR AND A HALF
10:32:59 EACH DAY TO WORK SO MY CHILDREN
10:33:01 CAN GROW UP AND LIVE IN TAMPA
10:33:02 BAY.
10:33:03 I RIDE MY BIKE TO SCHOOL WITH
10:33:06 MY CHILDREN.
10:33:07 I TRY TO FREQUENT THE SHOPS
10:33:09 AROUND MY HOME.
10:33:10 I TRY TO WALK AND BIKE
10:33:13 EVERYWHERE THAT I CAN BECAUSE
10:33:16 TO ME THAT'S WHAT A COMMUNITY
10:33:17 IS ABOUT.
10:33:18 I MEET MOMS AND OTHER KIDS ON
10:33:20 MY WAY TO SCHOOL IN THE
10:33:20 MORNING.
10:33:22 IF I GO TO A RESTAURANT AND
10:33:23 WE'RE BIKING THERE, MY KIDS
10:33:24 LOOK AT ME AND SAY, MOM, THIS
10:33:26 WAS THE BEST DAY, JUST BECAUSE
10:33:28 WE BIKED OR WALKED THERE.
10:33:30 IT CHANGES THEIR ENTIRE
10:33:32 PERCEPTION OF THEIR
10:33:34 SURROUNDINGS, THEIR COMMUNITY,
10:33:36 AND IT'S SEVERELY IMPORTANT.
10:33:39 I SUPPORTED THE COMPLETE
10:33:41 STREETS FOR BAY TO BAY.
10:33:43 IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS STREET,
10:33:45 AND WHILE I WALK AND BIKE
10:33:46 EVERYWHERE, I TELL YOU, I AM
10:33:47 SCARED FOR MY CHILDREN WHEN WE
10:33:49 GO ON BAY TO BAY, WHETHER WE'RE
10:33:51 WALKING OR BIKING, AND WE THINK
10:33:53 TWICE ABOUT IT EVERY SINGLE
10:33:54 TIME WE DO IT.
10:33:55 I ACTUALLY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER
10:33:57 WHO WAS HIT AT BAYSHORE AND BAY
10:34:01 TO BAY AND FOR TWO DAYS WAS
10:34:02 JANE DOE AT TAMPA GENERAL.
10:34:04 WE FINALLY FOUND HER, AND SHE
10:34:05 STILL SUFFERS FROM A BRAIN
10:34:07 INJURY THAT HAS CHANGED HER
10:34:07 LIFE.
10:34:09 AND WE SEE THESE EVENTS THAT
10:34:10 HAVE HAPPENED RECENTLY WITH THE
10:34:11 YOUNG MOM AND A YOUNG BABY
10:34:12 GETTING KILLED ON BAYSHORE, AND
10:34:15 I SUPPORT ALL OF THE REWORKING
10:34:17 OF BAYSHORE AND ALL THIS FINE
10:34:19 WORK THAT -- AND ALL THESE
10:34:20 GREAT IDEAS THAT EVERYONE IS
10:34:22 COMING TO THE TABLE WITH TO
10:34:23 REDO BAYSHORE, BUT WE HAVE AN
10:34:24 OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW, A
10:34:25 PROGRAM AND A PLAN THAT HAS
10:34:27 ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND
10:34:29 HAS STOPPED, AND I HOPE THAT
10:34:30 THIS COMMISSION WILL GO BACK
10:34:32 AND LOOK AT THIS PLAN AGAIN.
10:34:34 IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
10:34:35 YOU KNOW, I HEAR THERE'S
10:34:37 REPAVING BEING DONE ON -- OR
10:34:38 PLANNING TO BE DONE ON BAY TO
10:34:40 BAY, SO OUR TIME IS OF THE
10:34:41 ESSENCE, BUT I IMPLORE YOU TO
10:34:42 PLEASE LOOK AT THAT PROJECT
10:34:44 AGAIN, PLEASE DO IT FOR OUR
10:34:45 KIDS, PLEASE DO IT FOR OUR
10:34:46 COMMUNITY.
10:34:47 IT IS THERE, IT'S SAFE, AND
10:34:49 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
10:34:49 APPRECIATE IT.
10:34:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:34:53 NEXT SPEAKER.
10:34:58 >> CONNIE GEEABATE.
10:35:00 YOU'VE HEARD MANY SPEAKERS
10:35:01 TODAY.
10:35:03 A LOT OF US ARE IN THE NEW
10:35:05 COALITION FOR ROAD SAFETY, SO I
10:35:07 WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS HOW THE
10:35:09 ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS ARE
10:35:11 HANDLED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD,
10:35:13 WHICH IS DAVIS ISLANDS.
10:35:15 WE INITIATED ASKING FOR SOME
10:35:18 ROAD SAFETY PROJECTS 22 YEARS
10:35:19 AGO.
10:35:20 THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT SHOULD
10:35:21 HAVE BEEN FINISHED LAST YEAR
10:35:23 AND THE YEAR BEFORE, ET CETERA.
10:35:25 IT STILL IS NOT FINISHED.
10:35:28 SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST
10:35:30 IS THREE THINGS, AND IT'S BASED
10:35:36 ON THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO
10:35:37 VISION ZERO.
10:35:39 WE KNOW WE HAVE SPEEDERS, WE
10:35:40 KNOW WE HAVE DISTRACTED
10:35:42 DRIVERS, SO I'M ASKING THE
10:35:44 CITY, ALONG WITH COMMITMENT TO
10:35:46 VISION ZERO TO ADOPT A ZERO
10:35:49 TOLERANCE FOR SPEEDING, AND I
10:35:52 MEAN AN OFFICIAL COMMITMENT TO
10:35:55 ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SPEEDING.
10:35:57 THE ACTIONS THAT CAN BE TAKEN
10:35:59 WHEN THERE IS A PROJECT THAT
10:36:02 REQUIRES SPEED SIGNS, STOP
10:36:03 SIGNS, AND IT'S PART OF A
10:36:05 BIGGER PROJECT, CAN WE
10:36:09 IMPLEMENT THE INSTALLATION OF
10:36:12 THOSE STOP SIGNS AND SPEED
10:36:13 SIGNS INITIALLY?
10:36:15 ALSO, I THINK WE NEED TO USE
10:36:18 LARGER STOP SIGNS BECAUSE THERE
10:36:19 ARE SO MANY SPEEDING AND
10:36:23 DISTRACTED DRIVERS, AND THIS IS
10:36:25 ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL
10:36:25 NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:36:27 THE OTHER THING IS TO LOOK AT
10:36:28 -- AND THAT WAS A SIGN RIGHT BY
10:36:30 TAMPA GENERAL, SO WE KNOW
10:36:33 LARGER STOP SIGNS ARE ALREADY
10:36:35 IN INVENTORY.
10:36:37 THE OTHER THING IS TO MAKE SURE
10:36:39 WE'RE NOT CREATING BLIND SPOTS
10:36:42 BY CREATING STREET PARKING.
10:36:46 THIS IS ADRIATIC AND DAVIS.
10:36:49 AGAIN, THAT'S MY NEIGHBORHOODS,
10:36:51 THAT'S THE EXAMPLE, BUT I'M
10:36:52 SURE IT'S THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
10:36:54 THIS IS FROM A CAR VIEW.
10:36:55 THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT
10:36:57 TURN ONTO DAVIS BOULEVARD.
10:36:59 THEY CAN'T SEE THE CARS TO BE
10:37:00 SURE THAT THEY'RE CLEAR.
10:37:01 ADD THE SPEEDING CARS FROM BOTH
10:37:03 DIRECTIONS, AND YOU CANNOT GET
10:37:04 ONTO THAT ROAD WITHOUT TAKING
10:37:08 YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS.
10:37:13 LASTLY, AS PART OF THE ZERO
10:37:15 TOLERANCE -- AND I HAVE MORE
10:37:16 DETAILS.
10:37:17 I'VE WRITTEN OUT A PLAN FOR
10:37:18 THAT TYPE OF A PROGRAM.
10:37:21 I'LL SAVE IT FOR LATER.
10:37:22 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS INCLUDES
10:37:29 THE SIGNAGE.
10:37:30 DO YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT THE
10:37:31 OTHER WAY?
10:37:33 THIS IS A SIGN -- WELCOME SIGNS
10:37:37 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WELCOME TO
10:37:39 NEIGHBORHOOD ZERO TOLERANCE FOR
10:37:44 SPEEDING, AND I THINK IF WE
10:37:45 BACK IT UP WITH A PROGRAM --
10:37:46 ALL OF YOU USE YOUR PLATFORMS.
10:37:48 YOU ALWAYS ARE OUT TALKING TO
10:37:49 GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS.
10:37:51 THAT'S GOING TO BE RAMPED UP,
10:37:53 OF COURSE, THIS FALL AND THE
10:37:55 SPRING OF 2019.
10:37:56 WHEREVER, YOU'RE ALWAYS OUT
10:37:57 TALKING TO SOMEBODY.
10:37:58 WE COULD LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN,
10:38:01 CITYWIDE CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE
10:38:02 THIS PROBLEM.
10:38:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:38:04 >> THANK YOU.
10:38:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:38:05 NEXT SPEAKER.
10:38:07 >> MR. SHELBY, YOU WANT THESE?
10:38:10 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, PLEASE.
10:38:14 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:38:17 MY NAME IS JOHN REISINGER, 2938
10:38:19 WEST KNIGHTS AVENUE.
10:38:22 THIS STATEMENT IS FROM THE
10:38:28 REISINGER/RAUBENOLT FAMILY.
10:38:30 WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY
10:38:31 EXPRESSING OUR GRATITUDE TO ALL
10:38:34 OF THE GOOD PEOPLE OF TAMPA AND
10:38:36 YOUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
10:38:39 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ON BAYSHORE
10:38:39 BOULEVARD.
10:38:43 YOUR WORK AND SELFISH --
10:38:44 SELFLESSNESS ARE CARRYING US
10:38:45 THROUGH THIS DEVASTATING TIME.
10:38:47 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE POLICE
10:38:48 OFFICERS WHO ARE WORKING
10:38:50 DILIGENTLY TO COMBAT
10:38:52 IRRESPONSIBLE DRIVING.
10:38:54 UNFORTUNATELY, LAW ENFORCEMENT
10:38:58 IS FIGHTING A CULTURAL ISSUE.
10:38:59 EIGHT OF THE TEN MOST DANGEROUS
10:39:01 CITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS RESIDE
10:39:02 IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WITH
10:39:04 TAMPA RANKING AT NO. 7,
10:39:06 ACCORDING TO A 2016 STUDY BY
10:39:09 SMART GROWTH AMERICA.
10:39:11 THERE IS A DESENSITIZATION THAT
10:39:13 HAS OCCURRED WHERE CLEARLY
10:39:14 PEDESTRIANS ARE NOT VIEWED AS
10:39:17 HAVING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:39:18 THE FACT THAT STREET RACING IS
10:39:21 A COMMON ISSUE IN TAMPA FURTHER
10:39:23 HIGHLIGHTS THE TOTAL DISREGARD
10:39:25 AND DISRESPECT FOR PEDESTRIANS.
10:39:29 OUR HOPE IS THAT ANY CHANGES IN
10:39:31 INFRASTRUCTURE PREVENT, IN ITS
10:39:33 ENTIRETY, ALL PEDESTRIAN
10:39:36 FATALITIES ON BAYSHORE AND
10:39:36 BEYOND.
10:39:39 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO SUPPORT
10:39:41 THE VERY IMPORTANT WORK POLICE
10:39:42 OFFICERS ARE DOING EVERY DAY TO
10:39:45 TRY TO BUILD A SAFER STREET.
10:39:46 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD CANNOT BE
10:39:50 USED AS A MAIN THOROUGHFARE FOR
10:39:52 DRIVERS AND AT THE SAME TIME BE
10:39:55 TOUTED AS A HAVEN FOR CYCLISTS,
10:39:57 PEDESTRIANS, MOTHERS, AND
10:39:59 CHILDREN IN STROLLERS.
10:40:02 IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BE BOTH.
10:40:05 THE CITY MUST THEN COMMIT TO A
10:40:07 VISION IN WHICH PEDESTRIANS ARE
10:40:10 SAFE AT ALL TIMES WHEN USING A
10:40:11 CROSSWALK.
10:40:12 SOME OF THE NECESSARY CHANGES
10:40:14 IN INFRASTRUCTURE MIGHT BE
10:40:16 RECEIVED WITH OPPOSITION;
10:40:20 HOWEVER, A CULTURAL SHIFT IS
10:40:20 NECESSARY.
10:40:23 NO MORE SPEEDING IN PEDESTRIAN
10:40:27 ZONES, NO MORE STREET RACING.
10:40:29 WE CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THE
10:40:31 URGENCY IN STOPPING
10:40:32 IRRESPONSIBLE DRIVERS FROM
10:40:35 MAKING FATAL MISTAKES.
10:40:37 DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE NUMBER
10:40:40 OF LIVES YOU CAN SAVE.
10:40:41 IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND COMMIT
10:40:44 TO GO A ZERO FATALITY PLAN ON
10:40:45 BAYSHORE WILL SERVE AS AN
10:40:48 EXAMPLE TO THE REST OF FLORIDA
10:40:49 WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH
10:40:50 POSITIVE CHANGE.
10:40:51 PLEASE CONSIDER THAT MANY
10:40:53 FAMILIES, LIKE OURS, TRAVEL
10:40:54 FROM ALL OVER THE U.S. TO
10:40:58 VACATION IN FLORIDA ENTRUSTING
10:40:59 YOU WITH THEIR SAFETY.
10:41:00 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE GOOD
10:41:02 PEOPLE OF TAMPA WHO ARE WORKING
10:41:04 HARD TO DO RIGHT BY OUR GIRLS,
10:41:05 AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO KEEPING
10:41:07 MOTHERS AND CHILDREN SAFE AS
10:41:08 THEY ENJOY NATURE AND ALL OF
10:41:09 ITS BEAUTY.
10:41:10 WE ARE COMMITTED, ALONG WITH
10:41:12 YOU, TO ENSURE THAT CHANGES
10:41:14 MADE TO BAYSHORE WILL LEAD TO
10:41:16 ZERO PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES.
10:41:18 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, THANK
10:41:19 YOU FOR MAKING THIS MEETING
10:41:19 HAPPEN.
10:41:20 WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.
10:41:23 GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
10:41:23 [APPLAUSE]
10:41:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU MUST HAVE
10:41:30 FORGOTTEN THAT WARNING YOU
10:41:31 RECEIVED.
10:41:33 ALL RIGHT.
10:41:35 >> GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE
10:41:35 CITY COUNCIL.
10:41:37 MY NAME IS WANDA JANISZEWSKI.
10:41:43 I LIVE IN THE BAYSHORE
10:41:43 BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:41:45 I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
10:41:47 RESIDENTS OF BAYSHORE
10:41:47 BEAUTIFUL.
10:41:49 THE REASON I'M SPEAKING TODAY
10:41:51 IS WE WANT ROAD SAFETY ACROSS
10:41:53 THE GREAT CITY OF TAMPA TO BE
10:41:57 YOUR NUMBER ONE AUTHORITY.
10:41:58 THE DEATHS OF JESSICA AND HER
10:41:59 DAUGHTER ON MAY 23RD HAS DEEPLY
10:42:01 AFFECTED THE BAYSHORE BEAUTIFUL
10:42:02 COMMUNITY.
10:42:04 WE CAME TOGETHER TO MOURN THEIR
10:42:06 LOSS AT A VIGIL ON BAYSHORE AND
10:42:07 9TH.
10:42:08 WE CONTINUE TO REMEMBER THEM BY
10:42:09 MAINTAINING A FLOWER MEMORIAL
10:42:11 THERE, BUT A VIGIL AND FLOWERS
10:42:12 ARE NOT ENOUGH.
10:42:14 WE ARE ADAMANT ABOUT THE NEED
10:42:15 FOR SAFER STREETS, AND WE ARE
10:42:16 HERE TO ASK OUR CITY OFFICIALS
10:42:19 TO IMPLEMENT MEANINGFUL CHANGES
10:42:23 IN THE WAKE OF OUR LOSS.
10:42:24 OUR COMMUNITY AND THE RAUBENOLT
10:42:30 AND REISINGER FAMILIES ASKS TO
10:42:32 MAKE BAYSHORE SAFER FOR
10:42:33 PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.
10:42:35 OUR SPECIFIC ASKS TODAY ARE,
10:42:37 ONE, AN IMMEDIATE ORDINANCE
10:42:38 PROPOSAL TO THE CITY ATTORNEY
10:42:40 TO INSTALL A PEDESTRIAN
10:42:42 CROSSWALK AT THE CORNER OF
10:42:44 KNIGHTS AVENUE AS WELL AS OTHER
10:42:45 PARTS OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD
10:42:47 SOUTH OF BAY TO BAY.
10:42:49 WE ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO
10:42:51 PROVIDE A DECISION ON THIS
10:42:53 DURING TODAY'S MEETING, IF AT
10:42:53 ALL POSSIBLE.
10:42:55 IF NOT TODAY, WILL THE CITY
10:42:59 PLEASE CONTACT JOHN REISINGER
10:43:02 IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO
10:43:03 INDICATE A PROCESS FOR TIMELINE
10:43:04 AND DECISION.
10:43:06 TWO, WE REQUEST
10:43:08 PEDESTRIAN-CONTROLLED TRAFFIC
10:43:09 SIGNALS BETWEEN GANDY AND BAY
10:43:11 TO BAY IN 2018.
10:43:13 WE RECOGNIZE THIS IS A MORE
10:43:13 DIFFICULT REQUEST TO IMPLEMENT
10:43:16 THAN OUR CROSSWALK, BUT IT WILL
10:43:17 ALSO HAVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
10:43:20 IMPACT.
10:43:22 AND FINALLY, THE POLICE
10:43:25 PRESENCE THAT HAS BEEN THERE
10:43:26 AFTER THE INCIDENT ALONG
10:43:29 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD HAS MADE A
10:43:31 SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN REDUCED
10:43:33 SPEEDING AND SAFETY TO
10:43:34 PEDESTRIANS, AND I'M HOPING
10:43:37 THAT THE CITY WILL IMPLEMENT A
10:43:40 PLAN WHERE WE CAN HAVE TWO
10:43:41 POLICE OFFICERS AT LEAST DURING
10:43:44 THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC HOURS THERE
10:43:50 SO THAT SAFETY IS IMPROVED
10:43:52 UNTIL PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS ARE
10:43:53 PUT IN PLACE.
10:43:54 WE LOOK FORWARD TO
10:43:55 PARTICIPATING IN FUTURE
10:43:57 MEETINGS AND IMPLEMENTING THESE
10:43:57 IMPROVEMENTS.
10:43:58 THANK YOU.
10:44:07 >> I'M KIRK KUMAGAI.
10:44:09 I AM A RESIDENT OF BAYSHORE
10:44:10 BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:44:12 I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF KEEP
10:44:13 BAYSHORE BEAUTIFUL.
10:44:14 IT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT THIS
10:44:16 COUNCIL WILL EVENTUALLY HEAR,
10:44:18 BUT I'M HERE THIS MORNING
10:44:20 BECAUSE ON MAY 22ND, I WAS
10:44:22 ASKED TO PRESENT OUR
10:44:26 INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT
10:44:27 TO THE BALLAST POINT
10:44:29 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
10:44:32 YOU SEE ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA
10:44:35 BEFORE I --
10:44:36 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY,
10:44:37 JUST IF I CAN INTERRUPT, I
10:44:38 APOLOGIZE.
10:44:41 WITH REFERENCE TO THE STOVALL
10:44:42 PROJECT, THAT IS A
10:44:43 QUASI-JUDICIAL MATTER, SO IF
10:44:44 YOU COULD JUST NOT DISCUSS THAT
10:44:44 TODAY.
10:44:45 >> YEAH.
10:44:47 I'M GETTING TO THAT, SIR.
10:44:47 >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY.
10:44:49 >> I'M JUST TRYING TO PROVE A
10:44:50 POINT HERE.
10:44:51 IF YOU'LL LET ME FIVE SECONDS,
10:44:52 I'LL PROVE THAT POINT.
10:44:53 >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY.
10:44:54 BUT I WOULD PREFER IF YOU WOULD
10:44:56 NOT MAKE REFERENCE TO THE
10:44:58 STOVALL PROJECT.
10:44:59 THANK YOU.
10:45:00 >> YES, SIR.
10:45:01 ON THE AGENDA, AS YOU CAN SEE
10:45:03 THAT EVENING I LEARNED ABOUT
10:45:04 VISION ZERO, AND THE VERY NEXT
10:45:06 DAY, LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER
10:45:08 LEARNING ABOUT VISION ZERO, WE
10:45:11 HAD THE TRAGEDY ON BAYSHORE
10:45:12 BOULEVARD THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE
10:45:15 OF JESSICA AND LILLIA.
10:45:17 I'M ALSO HERE TODAY BECAUSE AT
10:45:19 KNIGHTS AND BAYSHORE BOULEVARD
10:45:22 IS THE PINNACLE CONDOS, AND
10:45:23 BEFORE I GOT MARRIED, MY WIFE
10:45:26 LIVED AT THE PINNACLE CONDOS,
10:45:27 AND WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, WE
10:45:28 LIVED THERE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
10:45:29 WE DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE,
10:45:31 BUT I'VE LITERALLY CROSSED THAT
10:45:33 SAME INTERSECTION HUNDREDS OF
10:45:34 TIMES.
10:45:35 MY WIFE HAS PROBABLY CROSSED
10:45:36 THAT INTERSECTION THOUSANDS OF
10:45:37 TIMES.
10:45:38 SINCE THEN, WE'VE MOVED ABOUT A
10:45:40 HALF MILE SOUTH.
10:45:42 MY WIFE AND I STILL PUSH OUR
10:45:43 DAUGHTER ACROSS BAYSHORE
10:45:44 BOULEVARD, AND SO IT REALLY HIT
10:45:45 HOME THAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
10:45:47 ME, IT COULD HAVE BEEN, MORE
10:45:49 IMPORTANTLY, MY WIFE PUSHING
10:45:51 OUR DAUGHTER, WHO IS HERE ON MY
10:45:51 TIE.
10:45:53 BUT I'M HERE THIS MORNING
10:45:54 BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD
10:45:56 IDEAS, A LOT OF CONCERNED
10:45:58 CITIZENS, BUT I WANT TO ASK THE
10:46:00 COUNCIL HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT
10:46:03 THAT?
10:46:06 HOW ALEX, EVERYONE THAT'S HERE
10:46:07 THAT'S CONCERNED, HOW DO YOU
10:46:09 RECOMMEND THAT WE IMPLEMENT THE
10:46:10 VISION ZERO, HOW DO WE
10:46:11 IMPLEMENT THE SAFE STREETS
10:46:13 BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING,
10:46:15 RESOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN PASSED
10:46:18 SUPPORTING THOSE, AND NOT A LOT
10:46:19 OF ACTION HAS TAKEN PLACE, SO
10:46:21 I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL WHAT DO
10:46:22 YOU RECOMMEND FOR ALL THESE
10:46:24 PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
10:46:25 TRAFFIC SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN
10:46:27 SAFETY, BICYCLE SAFETY?
10:46:29 WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEP?
10:46:31 HOW DO WE HELP YOU IMPLEMENT
10:46:33 THESE CHANGES?
10:46:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES.
10:46:37 >>HARRY COHEN: ITEM 106 ON OUR
10:46:39 AGENDA IS ACTUALLY A DISCUSSION
10:46:40 OF THAT ITEM.
10:46:42 THAT'S -- THAT'S THE THING THAT
10:46:43 EVERYONE IS SPEAKING TO NOW IS
10:46:45 GOING TO BE COMING UP LATER IN
10:46:45 OUR AGENDA.
10:46:46 WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
10:46:48 TPD AND OUR TRANSPORTATION
10:46:49 DEPARTMENT COMING TO MAKE
10:46:50 PRESENTATIONS ABOUT WHAT
10:46:51 THEY'RE DOING.
10:46:52 >> OKAY.
10:46:54 AND THEN WILL WE HAVE COMMENTS
10:46:56 AFTER THAT?
10:46:57 >>HARRY COHEN: NO, WE'LL HAVE
10:46:58 COMMENTS AFTER THAT.
10:46:59 >> OKAY.
10:47:01 SO HOW -- HOW --
10:47:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: SIR, YOUR
10:47:03 COMMENTS ARE NOW, OKAY.
10:47:04 >> YES, SIR.
10:47:05 WELL --
10:47:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: MAKE YOUR
10:47:07 COMMENTS BECAUSE WE --
10:47:08 >> WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM
10:47:11 LEGAL COUNSEL -- AND I DON'T
10:47:12 KNOW IF HE OR SHE WANTS ME TO
10:47:14 SAY IT, BUT RESOLUTIONS ARE
10:47:15 MEANINGLESS, SO HOW DO WE GET
10:47:17 FROM RESOLUTIONS TO ORDINANCES?
10:47:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU NEED TO
10:47:19 WAIT AND HEAR OUR DISCUSSION
10:47:20 LATER ON TODAY.
10:47:22 >> AND THEN WE CAN RESPOND TO
10:47:22 THAT?
10:47:24 HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THAT?
10:47:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: [OFF
10:47:25 MICROPHONE]
10:47:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CONTACT EACH AND
10:47:29 EVERY ONE OF US IF YOU WANT.
10:47:30 THIS IS NOT [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:47:32 BETWEEN US AND YOU.
10:47:34 YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION, COME TO
10:47:35 US ANY TIME.
10:47:36 WE'RE THERE ALL THE TIME.
10:47:37 >> OKAY.
10:47:38 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CONTACT US.
10:47:39 THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
10:47:39 >> ALL RIGHT.
10:47:40 I THINK A LOT OF US WILL BE
10:47:41 KNOCKING ON YOUR DOORS.
10:47:42 THANK YOU.
10:47:43 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WE ALREADY HAVE
10:47:44 GOT A LOT OF KNOCKS.
10:47:45 >> MAYBE WE NEED TO DO SOME
10:47:47 MORE KNOCKING THEN.
10:47:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: DO SOME MORE
10:47:50 KNOCKING.
10:47:51 >>YVONNE CAPIN: AND DON'T
10:47:53 FORGET THE MAYOR'S DOOR.
10:47:54 >> MY NAME IS [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:47:55 WHITE.
10:47:57 I'M THE BENEFICIARY TO THE
10:47:59 PUBLIC TRUST, AND I WANT TO
10:48:01 CLAIM IT'S MISMANAGED, AND I
10:48:07 WOULD LIKE TO GET AHOLD OF
10:48:08 PEOPLE TO TRY TO STRAIGHTEN
10:48:10 THINGS OUT, IF POSSIBLE.
10:48:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT PUBLIC
10:48:12 TRUST ARE YOU SPEAKING OF?
10:48:14 >> PARDON?
10:48:15 PUBLIC TRUST?
10:48:17 I'M THE BENEFICIARY OF THE
10:48:18 PUBLIC TRUST, AND I HOLD THE
10:48:22 PAPERS HERE.
10:48:25 AND SO IF WE COULD GO -- IF I
10:48:28 CAN TALK TO ONE OF YOU ANOTHER
10:48:30 TIME AND PLACE, MAYBE SOME
10:48:32 THINGS CAN BE SAID OUT HERE,
10:48:33 SO --
10:48:34 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MA'AM, WE'RE NOT
10:48:35 SURE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
10:48:36 >> OKAY.
10:48:37 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
10:48:40 >> IT HAS TO DO WITH THE BIKES,
10:48:43 THE PUBLIC TRUST, THE POLICE,
10:48:48 CONSTITUTION, SELLING TRADE OF
10:48:50 A NATIVE AMERICAN, WHICH I'M
10:48:52 NOT NATIVE AMERICAN.
10:48:53 I --
10:48:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME SAY
10:48:54 THIS, MA'AM.
10:48:55 >> AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF --
10:48:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: MA'AM, LISTEN
10:48:58 FOR A SECOND, OKAY.
10:49:04 MR. SHELBY, WOULD YOU ADDRESS
10:49:05 THAT?
10:49:07 WE DON'T HAVE [OFF MICROPHONE].
10:49:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, SIR.
10:49:09 THANK YOU.
10:49:09 >> THANK YOU.
10:49:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT SPEAKER.
10:49:19 >> HI.
10:49:19 GOOD MORNING.
10:49:21 MY NAME IS MEGAN CALLAHAN, AND
10:49:24 I AM A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
10:49:26 I HAVE A TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
10:49:27 AND A FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
10:49:29 I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT
10:49:30 THE BAY TO BAY PROJECT.
10:49:31 SO I TRY TO ENSURE THAT MY
10:49:32 DAUGHTERS AND I ARE ACTIVE
10:49:34 OUTSIDE DAILY.
10:49:36 WE LOVE TO GO TO THE RIVERFRONT
10:49:37 PARK, ALTHOUGH WE CERTAINLY
10:49:39 CAN'T GET THERE WITHOUT GETTING
10:49:41 IN OUR CAR, AND WE LOVE TO BIKE
10:49:42 TO THE PARK.
10:49:45 I LET MY DAUGHTERS BIKE THERE,
10:49:46 BUT IT'S PRETTY SCARY BECAUSE
10:49:47 THERE AREN'T SIDEWALKS WITHIN
10:49:48 OUR SMALL AREA OF THE
10:49:50 NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEN CROSSING
10:49:52 BAY TO BAY, IT'S ACTUALLY ON --
10:49:54 WE'RE UNABLE TO USE BAY TO BAY.
10:49:56 I'M UNABLE TO GO DOWN IT WITH
10:49:58 MY DAUGHTERS.
10:50:00 THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS, OR WHERE
10:50:01 THERE ARE SIDEWALKS ON BAY TO
10:50:04 BAY, THEY'RE BLOCKED BY POLES,
10:50:07 BY LIGHT POLES, BY POWER LINES,
10:50:08 AND THEN CARS ARE SPEEDING ON
10:50:10 BAY TO BAY, SO IT'S REALLY
10:50:12 SCARY.
10:50:13 YESTERDAY I WANTED TO GO FROM
10:50:16 MY HOUSE TO A BUSINESS ON
10:50:18 MACDILL AND BAY TO BAY, AND TO
10:50:19 GET THERE, WE HAD TO USE BACK
10:50:21 ROADS, AND WITHIN THOSE BACK
10:50:22 ROADS THERE AREN'T SIDEWALKS,
10:50:24 SO, AGAIN, VERY SCARY FOR A MOM
10:50:26 TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN THE
10:50:29 STREET WITH HER KIDS.
10:50:30 REALLY PEDESTRIANS ARE, AT
10:50:33 BEST, AN AFTERTHOUGHT IN TAMPA,
10:50:35 IT SEEMS, AND IT'S SAD,
10:50:36 FRUSTRATING, AND I'M HOPING YOU
10:50:37 GUYS CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT
10:50:38 THAT.
10:50:39 ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE MADE
10:50:42 GREAT POINTS, SO -- AND I LOVE
10:50:43 THE THOUGHT OF LESS CARS ON THE
10:50:45 ROAD, I LOVE THE THOUGHT OF MY
10:50:47 KIDS BEING ABLE TO SAFELY WALK
10:50:48 OR BIKE SOMEWHERE.
10:50:49 I LOVE TO RUN ON BAYSHORE, BUT
10:50:51 THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD TAKE MY
10:50:54 CHILDREN WITH ME TO RUN ON
10:50:56 BAYSHORE, SO I DO THAT EARLY,
10:50:57 EARLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE
10:50:59 THEY'RE AWAKE, AND EVEN THAT, I
10:51:01 FEEL IT'S PRETTY SCARY.
10:51:02 I ENSURE I NEVER USE HEADPHONES
10:51:04 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE A
10:51:05 DISTRACTED RUNNER.
10:51:06 I COMPLY WITH STREET SIGNS, BUT
10:51:08 EVEN SO, I'M WATCHING CARS
10:51:08 SPEED.
10:51:10 I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE SPEEDING
10:51:11 CARS COMING UP ON THE SIDEWALK
10:51:13 AND HITTING ME, EVEN THOUGH I
10:51:16 AM IN A CROSSWALK AT THE RIGHT
10:51:16 POINT.
10:51:17 SO I APPRECIATE ANY OF YOUR
10:51:18 ASSISTANCE.
10:51:19 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
10:51:20 TODAY.
10:51:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:51:30 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEN?
10:51:32 MY NAME IS SAM GIBBONS.
10:51:34 I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
10:51:35 LEADERSHIP YOU'VE SHOWN HERE
10:51:35 TODAY.
10:51:37 REGARDING A CITY TO LIVE, WORK,
10:51:39 AND PLAY, CAN I ASK WHY WOULD
10:51:42 PEOPLE INVEST IN A CITY THAT
10:51:44 DOESN'T HAVE A LEVEL PLAYING
10:51:45 FIELD?
10:51:46 WHAT DOES THE CITY OF TAMPA
10:51:47 GAIN OUT OF VIOLATING LOCAL
10:51:49 NONPROFIT'S RIGHTS SUCH AS THE
10:51:50 SOUTH OF SOUTHERN, WHICH I
10:51:52 ATTENDED AND URGE YOU ALL TO AS
10:51:53 WELL.
10:51:56 AND WHY WOULD PEOPLE -- WHY
10:51:57 WON'T THE CITY ENSURE THAT WE
10:51:59 HAVE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD?
10:52:01 I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT
10:52:02 GOVERNMENT'S HERE TO DO FOR US
10:52:06 IN THIS COUNTRY.
10:52:08 I'D LIKE TO SAY I'M A GRADUATE
10:52:09 OF PLANT HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE I
10:52:11 WAS CAPTAIN OF MY CROSS-COUNTRY
10:52:12 AND TRACK TEAM, AND PART OF
10:52:14 THOSE DUTIES WAS ENSURING OUR
10:52:16 TEAM GOT ACROSS BAYSHORE
10:52:17 BOULEVARD SO WE COULD PRACTICE
10:52:17 EVERY DAY.
10:52:19 THAT WAS ONE OF THE MORE
10:52:21 NERVE-RACKING DUTIES I HAD, AND
10:52:22 I'D URGE YOU ALL, WITH THAT
10:52:23 UNDERSTANDING, TO REDUCE THE
10:52:24 SPEED LIMIT ON BAYSHORE
10:52:25 BOULEVARD TO 20 MILES AN HOUR
10:52:26 FROM 35.
10:52:28 IT WOULD ADD ABOUT THREE
10:52:30 MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS ON TO
10:52:32 COMMUTES, AND AT 20 MILES AN
10:52:33 HOUR, IF A PEDESTRIAN GETS HIT,
10:52:35 THEY HAVE A 90% CHANCE OF
10:52:36 SURVIVING THAT ACCIDENT.
10:52:37 AT 35 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH IS
10:52:40 WHAT WE HAVE REDUCED IT TO, IT
10:52:41 IS LESS THAN A 50% CHANCE OF
10:52:46 SURVIVING THAT ACCIDENT.
10:52:52 I'D FINALLY ALSO LIKE TO ASK
10:52:53 THAT -- I BROUGHT ACTUALLY
10:52:54 TODAY A CITIZEN-DRIVEN
10:52:57 PETITION, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK
10:52:58 COUNCILMAN GUIDO MANISCALCO FOR
10:52:59 APPARENTLY ALREADY SIGNING
10:53:00 THIS.
10:53:02 I'VE GOT SIX MORE IF YOU ALL
10:53:03 WOULD LIKE TO SIGN IT.
10:53:04 IT'S GOING TO, AMONG OTHER
10:53:05 THINGS, HELP FUND
10:53:06 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
10:53:07 IMPROVEMENTS.
10:53:08 27% OF THAT MONEY IS SUPPOSED
10:53:10 TO GO TO SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS,
10:53:11 AND THE REST WOULD GO TO
10:53:13 HELPING TO HOPEFULLY GET CARS
10:53:14 OFF THE ROADS BECAUSE THAT IS
10:53:15 ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS THAT WE
10:53:17 CAN ENSURE STRONGER PEDESTRIAN
10:53:19 SAFETY IN OUR CITY.
10:53:20 THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY
10:53:22 ADMINISTRATION STATES THAT 94%
10:53:23 OF ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN ON THE
10:53:25 ROADS ARE CAUSED BY DRIVER
10:53:27 ERROR.
10:53:28 FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK
10:53:29 JAMIE AND THE REST OF THE
10:53:30 ADVOCATES FOR SAFETY THROUGHOUT
10:53:32 THIS CITY AND APPLAUD THEM FOR
10:53:33 ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO
10:53:36 HELP CONTINUE TO MAKE TAMPA A
10:53:37 SAFER CITY.
10:53:39 THANK YOU.
10:53:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:53:46 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:53:49 RALPH TAYLOR, 3703 WEST SAN
10:53:49 JUAN STREET.
10:53:52 I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE, AS A
10:53:53 COMMUNITY IN THE PALMA CEIA
10:53:56 NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALONG AND
10:53:58 AROUND BAY TO BAY AND BAYSHORE
10:53:59 HAVE SEEN THREE DEATHS IN THE
10:54:02 LAST MONTH AND A HALF WITHIN
10:54:03 MILES OF OUR HOUSES, AND WE
10:54:05 KNOW WHY.
10:54:07 WE KNOW WHY BECAUSE OUR CITY
10:54:09 HAS NOT ACTED.
10:54:12 THERE'S A COST TO ACT, BUT
10:54:13 THERE'S ALSO A COST TO NOT ACT,
10:54:15 AND HERE'S A COST TO NOT ACT.
10:54:17 HERE'S BAY TO BAY BOULEVARD.
10:54:18 PEOPLE WALK DOWN THE STREET.
10:54:23 UTILITY POLES IN THE MIDDLE OF
10:54:24 THEIR SIDEWALKS, CARS PASSING
10:54:27 BY INCHES AWAY, AND THE MAYOR
10:54:29 REJECTS HIS OWN ENGINEERS.
10:54:30 HIS OWN ENGINEERING STUDY IS
10:54:32 THAT THREE OR FOUR OF THE CITY
10:54:33 ENGINEERS SAID THIS IS OUR
10:54:35 PLAN, WE WANT TO DO THE
10:54:36 THREE-LANE ROAD SECTION, IT IS
10:54:38 SAFER, AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN
10:54:39 A MINUTE, BUT THE MAYOR SAYS
10:54:41 ONE FOOT IS ENOUGH OF A
10:54:42 DISTANCE BETWEEN THAT SIDEWALK
10:54:44 AND THAT CAR THAT'S SPEEDING AT
10:54:46 35- TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.
10:54:48 WHEN BAY TO BAY GETS REPAVED
10:54:51 AND LEFT AS IS AS A FOUR-WAY
10:54:52 UNDIVIDED HIGHWAY, SOMETHING
10:54:54 THE ENGINEERS SAID IS A
10:54:55 DINOSAUR OF A DESIGN THAT WE
10:54:57 WOULD NEVER DESIGN AGAIN TODAY,
10:54:58 IT DOES NOT FOLLOW CURRENT
10:55:02 STANDARDS -- WHEN THEY PUT
10:55:03 BRAND-NEW BLOCKS UP ON THAT
10:55:04 ROAD, DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE
10:55:05 GOING TO DRIVE SLOWER OR
10:55:06 FASTER?
10:55:07 THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE FASTER.
10:55:09 THERE'S A COST TO NOT ACTING AS
10:55:11 WELL, AND THAT COST IS 120 OR
10:55:13 MORE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY
10:55:14 STANDING IN PROTEST TO THE
10:55:16 MAYOR'S DECISION TO --
10:55:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: PUSH IT UP
10:55:18 SOME.
10:55:20 >> -- REJECT -- SORRY, 120
10:55:21 PEOPLE STANDING UP TO REJECT
10:55:23 THE MAYOR'S DECISION TO
10:55:25 OVERRULE HIS OWN CITY STAFF AND
10:55:27 ENGINEERS AND OVERRULE THE
10:55:28 CITY'S RESOLUTIONS FOR SAFE
10:55:29 STREETS, COMPLETE STREETS
10:55:32 VISION ZERO.
10:55:34 A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, AFTER WE
10:55:36 MARCHED IN PROTEST OF THE MAYOR
10:55:37 SAYING THAT BAY TO BAY SHOULD
10:55:39 NOT BE MADE SAFER, TWO PEOPLE
10:55:40 DIED ON BAYSHORE JUST MILES
10:55:41 AWAY.
10:55:44 HUNDREDS MORE CAME OUT.
10:55:45 5,000 PEOPLE SIGNED PETITIONS
10:55:47 SAYING MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER,
10:55:48 AND, YES, THEY CONNECTED BAY TO
10:55:50 BAY TO BAYSHORE BECAUSE IT
10:55:51 CONNECTS TO BAYSHORE.
10:55:53 THAT ROAD FEEDS RIGHT INTO
10:55:54 BAYSHORE.
10:55:55 IT IS A MAGNET FOR PEDESTRIANS.
10:55:57 THERE ARE ICE CREAM SHOPS,
10:55:58 PIZZA PARLORS, FOUR SCHOOLS
10:56:01 THAT CHILDREN HAVE TO WALK TO,
10:56:02 NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL, LOCAL
10:56:04 BUSINESSES, AND YET WE DON'T
10:56:06 DESERVE MAXIMUM SAFETY
10:56:08 IMPROVEMENTS ON BAY TO BAY?
10:56:08 WHY?
10:56:10 THERE IS NO COST TO MAKE THIS
10:56:11 ROAD SAFER.
10:56:12 THE CITY EVEN SHOWED US THAT
10:56:15 THERE IS NO COST TO MAKE THE
10:56:15 ROAD SAFER.
10:56:18 THEY STUDIED THE ROAD.
10:56:18 THE ROAD IS A NEIGHBORHOOD
10:56:20 RETAIL CORRIDOR.
10:56:22 THE THREE-LANE SECTION DOES NOT
10:56:23 AFFECT THE DURATION OF YOUR
10:56:25 TRAVEL FROM DALE MABRY TO
10:56:26 BAYSHORE.
10:56:27 THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS ONLY
10:56:28 IMPROVING AT THE INTERSECTION.
10:56:30 THERE'S NO IMPACT TO THE LEVEL
10:56:31 OF SERVICE ON THE ROAD.
10:56:31 AND IN SUMMARY, THIS IS FROM
10:56:33 THE PUBLIC MEETING FROM THE
10:56:33 CITY.
10:56:35 THE THREE-LANE SECTION IS
10:56:37 BETTER IN ALL MEASURES, YET
10:56:38 WE'RE ALLOWING OUR MAYOR TO
10:56:41 REJECT THIS PLAN, AND THE CITY
10:56:42 COUNCIL SITS HERE SILENT.
10:56:43 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE DIES
10:56:45 ON BAY TO BAY?
10:56:46 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MORE PEOPLE
10:56:47 ARE KILLED ON BAY TO BAY?
10:56:48 WHO'S RESPONSIBLE?
10:56:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:56:56 >> HI, THERE.
10:56:57 GOOD MORNING, AGAIN.
10:56:59 MY NAME IS MARJOYRE HENRY, AND
10:57:02 I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE
10:57:02 MD-HAN BAND.
10:57:05 WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN TAMPA
10:57:06 OVER TEN YEARS, AND 2017 WE
10:57:08 WERE VOTED THE BEST OF THE BAY
10:57:10 BY CREATIVE LOAFING, WHICH HAS
10:57:13 20,000 ANNUAL VOTERS LOCALLY.
10:57:15 WE'VE SUPPORTED MANY CHARITIES
10:57:17 THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND PLAYED
10:57:18 MANY FESTIVALS.
10:57:19 SOUTH OF SOUTHERN HAS BEEN THE
10:57:21 BEST WE'VE PLAYED AT AND HAS A
10:57:22 BIG PURPOSE TO IMPROVE THE
10:57:24 CULTURE IN TAMPA BAY.
10:57:25 IN FACT, THE FIRST CALL I GOT
10:57:26 FROM THEM, I WAS TOLD OF THEIR
10:57:27 PURPOSE TO HIGHLIGHT THE
10:57:30 ARTISTS OF TAMPA BAY AND, THUS,
10:57:31 TAMPA BAY ITSELF.
10:57:32 THE SOUTH OF SOUTHERN TEAM IS
10:57:34 VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE LOCAL
10:57:35 ARTS AND COMMUNITY, AND SO WE
10:57:37 ARE HERE TO SUPPORT SOUTH OF
10:57:37 SOUTHERN.
10:57:38 THANK YOU.
10:57:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:57:48 EXCUSE ME FOR A SECOND.
10:57:50 MA'AM, THIS GENTLEMAN HERE IS
10:57:50 THE LAST SPEAKER.
10:57:52 I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU CAME
10:57:53 FROM, BUT THIS IS THE LAST
10:57:54 SPEAKER.
10:57:56 HE'S THE LAST SPEAKER.
10:57:56 ALL RIGHT.
10:57:57 WE'VE GOT A FULL AGENDA.
10:58:00 WE'VE GOT TO GET MOVING.
10:58:00 GO.
10:58:02 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:58:04 MY NAME IS JAMES WILKINSON.
10:58:07 I ALSO MANAGE A BAND HERE IN
10:58:09 TOWN, BUT BEFORE I ADDRESS
10:58:12 THAT, YOU HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT
10:58:15 JOB WHEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE
10:58:16 RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE THAT
10:58:17 GET IN THEIR AUTOMOBILES AND
10:58:19 ACT LIKE COMPLETE -- THEY HAVE
10:58:21 COMPLETE DISREGARD TO THE REST
10:58:23 OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WE KNOW
10:58:26 THAT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN ALL
10:58:27 OF THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY, SO
10:58:29 I FEEL FOR YOU.
10:58:30 I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S
10:58:33 IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT
10:58:35 HUMANS, UNFORTUNATELY, GIVEN AN
10:58:36 OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT THEY
10:58:38 WANT, WILL DO WHATEVER THEY CAN
10:58:39 GET AWAY WITH.
10:58:40 NOT ALL HUMANS BUT MANY.
10:58:41 SO I THINK IT IS TIME FOR OUR
10:58:44 COMMUNITY TO STAND UP AND SAY,
10:58:46 ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF YOU CAN'T
10:58:47 CONTROL YOUR AUTOMOBILE, WE'RE
10:58:48 GOING TO HELP YOU, AND I'LL
10:58:50 LEAVE IT AT THAT.
10:58:55 I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT YOU
10:58:57 GUYS HAVE A TOUGH, TOUGH
10:58:59 POSITION WHEN REGARDING
10:59:01 COMMUNITY BUSINESS AND
10:59:01 COMMERCE.
10:59:03 NOW I'LL USE MY LAST FEW
10:59:05 SECONDS HERE TO DISCUSS SOUTH
10:59:07 OF SOUTHERN FEST.
10:59:09 I MANAGE A BAND HERE IN TOWN.
10:59:11 THEY CAME UP THROUGH THE STRAWS
10:59:13 AND THROUGH PATEL CONSERVATORY.
10:59:15 THEY'VE GONE ON TO BECOME --
10:59:16 THEY HAVE 50,000 FANS AND HAVE
10:59:18 GONE ON TO BECOME A BAND THAT'S
10:59:20 VERY, VERY LIKELY TO SIGN A
10:59:22 MAJOR DEAL, AND WE SUPPORT
10:59:24 SOUTH OF SOUTHERN FEST FOR A
10:59:26 VARIETY OF REASONS.
10:59:29 ONE, THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION
10:59:31 THAT HAS GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY
10:59:34 FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF ALL
10:59:36 CULTURES, ALL ARTS MATTER, AND
10:59:39 LOCAL HAS BEEN THEIR FOCUS.
10:59:42 I BELIEVE THE INDIVIDUALS
10:59:43 SITTING BACK THERE HAVE TAKEN
10:59:45 THEIR OWN INCOME AND PUT
10:59:46 THEMSELVES AT RISK AND THEIR
10:59:48 REPUTATIONS AT RISK IN BOOKING
10:59:51 IN ADVANCE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH
10:59:54 AS THE GROUP I -- I'M INVESTED
10:59:57 IN, AND ASKING ARTISTS AHEAD OF
10:59:58 TIME FOR COMMITMENTS, AND THE
11:00:00 MOST IMPORTANT THING, HAVING
11:00:01 LOCAL TAMPA BAY BUSINESSES
11:00:03 INVEST THEIR OWN FUNDS AND PUT
11:00:06 THEMSELVES AT STAKE IN ORDER TO
11:00:07 CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE
11:00:08 FESTIVAL.
11:00:09 I KNOW THEY WENT THROUGH A
11:00:11 PROPER PROCESS, I KNOW THEY
11:00:14 ASKED US SHORTLY THEREAFTER,
11:00:16 AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
11:00:16 YOU CONSIDER ALL OF THE
11:00:17 BUSINESSES THAT ARE AFFECTED
11:00:20 SHOULD SOMEBODY BE ABLE TO JUMP
11:00:22 THROUGH DIFFERENT HOOPS AND GET
11:00:25 A DIFFERENT OPINION, AND THAT'S
11:00:26 ALL I'LL SAY.
11:00:27 THANK YOU, GUYS.
11:00:29 THANKS FOR LISTENING.
11:00:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:00:30 THANK YOU.
11:00:33 >> HELLO.
11:00:34 WELCOME -- OR THANK YOU, CITY
11:00:36 COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS,
11:00:38 APPRECIATE THE TIME.
11:00:40 ERIC KATEL, HERE TO -- TAMPA
11:00:42 RESIDENT, AND HERE TO SHOW MY
11:00:43 SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTH OF
11:00:44 SOUTHERN EVENT.
11:00:45 I'M ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE
11:00:46 EVENT.
11:00:48 ACTUALLY, I'M -- I HAD THE
11:00:49 FORTUNE TO CONTACT A LOT OF
11:00:51 THESE ARTISTS AND BANDS.
11:00:52 IF YOU DON'T KNOW, SOUTH OF
11:00:55 SOUTHERN IS A -- IS AN EVENT
11:00:56 THAT ITS MAIN FOCUS IS A
11:00:58 CELEBRATION OF TAMPA AND OF
11:01:00 TAMPA BAY CULTURE AND ARTS, AND
11:01:01 ACROSS THE BOARD WE REPRESENT
11:01:04 MUSICIANS, WE REPRESENT BANDS,
11:01:06 WE REPRESENT VISUAL ARTISTS, AS
11:01:08 WELL AS PERFORMING ARTISTS AS
11:01:09 WELL.
11:01:11 SOUTH OF SOUTHERN EVENT, AGAIN,
11:01:14 IT IS HYPER FOCUSED ON LOCAL,
11:01:16 AND WHAT WE REALLY DO -- AND
11:01:17 THE TAMPA MUSIC FOUNDATION
11:01:19 THAT'S BEHIND IT AND THE SOUTH
11:01:20 OF SOUTHERN EVENT BEING THAT
11:01:22 MAIN EVENT THAT IS THE DRIVING
11:01:25 FORCE TO FIND -- SUPPORTING THE
11:01:27 TAMPA MUSIC FOUNDATION, OUR
11:01:28 GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THAT VENUE
11:01:29 AND PROVIDE THAT EXPERIENCE FOR
11:01:32 LOCAL ARTISTS TO HEADLINE IN
11:01:33 THE CROWN JEWEL PARKS LIKE
11:01:35 CURTIS HIXON PARK, AND TO BE
11:01:38 ABLE TO DO THAT IS A THRILL NOT
11:01:39 ONLY FOR US BUT ALSO FOR
11:01:41 EVERYBODY WHO IS PARTICIPATING,
11:01:42 THE BANDS, THE ARTISTS, BUT
11:01:44 ALSO ANYBODY WHO IS COMING TO
11:01:46 ATTEND THE EVENT, WHICH
11:01:47 INCLUDES NOT ONLY MEMBERS OF
11:01:48 TAMPA AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OF
11:01:50 OUR CITY BUT PEOPLE OUTSIDE OUR
11:01:52 CITY, AND WHEN THERE'S AN
11:01:54 OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW,
11:01:58 PERHAPS SHOWCASE WHAT -- THE
11:01:59 BEST THAT TAMPA HAS TO OFFER,
11:02:01 IT'S IN YOUR HANDS NOW TO, YOU
11:02:03 KNOW, NOT DENY THAT TO US, TO
11:02:05 BE ABLE TO SAY YES, GIVE US THE
11:02:06 PLACE, GIVE US THE SPACE THAT
11:02:08 WE'VE REQUESTED THROUGH ALL THE
11:02:09 DUE PROCESS, THROUGH ALL OF THE
11:02:10 RULES, AND THROUGH ALL OF THE
11:02:13 STEPS THAT HAD BEEN LAID OUT
11:02:14 BEFORE US.
11:02:15 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR
11:02:16 SOUTH OF SOUTHERN -- OR THAT'S
11:02:18 WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO IS
11:02:19 TO SUPPORT SOUTH OF SOUTHERN,
11:02:22 SUPPORT THIS LOCAL EVENT, DO
11:02:24 NOT SILENCE THE VOICES, DO NOT
11:02:25 SILENCE THE ART, AND DO NOT
11:02:27 SILENCE OUR BANDS, AND PLEASE,
11:02:29 AGAIN, SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND
11:02:30 MAKE SOUTH OF SOUTHERN TRULY BE
11:02:32 THAT LEGACY EVENT, AN EVENT
11:02:34 THAT PEOPLE CAN COME YEAR TO
11:02:37 YEAR TO ENJOY WHAT THE BEST OF
11:02:37 THE TAMPA BAY ARTS HAVE TO
11:02:38 OFFER, SO THANK YOU.
11:02:40 APPRECIATE YOU SUPPORTING SOUTH
11:02:40 OF SOUTHERN.
11:02:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:02:43 >>YVONNE CAPIN: EXCUSE ME ONE
11:02:43 SECOND.
11:02:45 EXCUSE ME, SIR.
11:02:48 WOULD YOU MIND CONTACTING MY
11:02:48 OFFICE.
11:02:50 I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU FURTHER
11:02:51 ABOUT THIS.
11:02:52 >> ABSOLUTELY.
11:02:53 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
11:02:54 >> MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:02:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES, SIR.
11:02:56 >> I HAVE JUST AN AGENDA
11:02:56 QUESTION.
11:02:57 I'M NOT OFFERING PUBLIC
11:02:58 COMMENT.
11:02:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:03:01 >> THIS SOUTH OF SOUTHERN -- I
11:03:02 REPRESENT TAMPA MUSIC
11:03:04 FOUNDATION AND NICOL WINKLER,
11:03:06 THE PRODUCERS OF SOUTH OF
11:03:07 SOUTHERN.
11:03:08 THE ITEM IS ONE OF SEVEN THIS
11:03:09 MORNING.
11:03:10 I'VE HEARD THAT THE CITY
11:03:11 ATTORNEY'S REQUESTED A
11:03:13 CONTINUANCE, SO IF WE COULD
11:03:14 JUST CLARIFY THAT SO MAYBE
11:03:16 THESE FOLKS CAN LEAVE FOR THE
11:03:16 MORNING BECAUSE THEY'RE
11:03:18 EXPECTING TO WAIT TO HEAR YOUR
11:03:20 DISCUSSION ON ITEM 107.
11:03:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT IS YOUR
11:03:23 PLEASURE THERE?
11:03:24 DO YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THIS
11:03:25 NOW?
11:03:26 >> NO, NO, I DON'T WANT TO
11:03:28 ADDRESS THIS NOW.
11:03:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: NOT YOU.
11:03:29 I'M TALKING TO THE LEGAL
11:03:31 DEPARTMENT.
11:03:33 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:03:36 >>SAL TERRITO: SAL TERRITO,
11:03:37 LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:03:39 WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE.
11:03:40 OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE REPRESENTED
11:03:42 BY COUNSEL.
11:03:43 WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROCESS
11:03:44 THAT'S GOING ON, AND THE
11:03:45 DEPARTMENT IS NOT READY AT THIS
11:03:46 PARTICULAR POINT, SO WE'VE
11:03:48 ASKED FOR A CONTINUANCE TO COME
11:03:50 BACK ON THE 19TH TO GIVE YOU A
11:03:52 DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON WHAT THE
11:03:54 ADMINISTRATION'S ANSWER IS ON
11:03:54 THIS.
11:03:55 THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE
11:03:56 FUNCTION RATHER THAN YOUR
11:03:57 FUNCTION AT THIS PARTICULAR
11:03:58 TIME, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR THE
11:03:59 CONTINUANCE SO WE CAN LOOK AT
11:04:00 IT FURTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT
11:04:01 EVERYTHING IS DONE CORRECTLY.
11:04:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: I THINK IT'S
11:04:06 PART OF THE AN ADDENDUM ON THE
11:04:07 AGENDA; RIGHT?
11:04:10 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THE THING IS,
11:04:12 MR. CHAIRMAN, WHEN YOU APPROVED
11:04:13 THE ADDENDUM, YOU APPROVED
11:04:15 TAKING UP THE ITEMS BUT NOT
11:04:17 ACTION, SO THERE HAS BEEN NO
11:04:19 ACTION TAKEN ON THAT NUMBER, SO
11:04:21 IF COUNSEL WISHES TO CONTINUE
11:04:22 ITEM 107, IT WOULD BE
11:04:24 APPROPRIATE TO CONTINUE TO JULY
11:04:27 19TH, 2018, IF COUNCIL WISHES.
11:04:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT'S THE
11:04:32 THOUGHTS OF COUNCIL?
11:04:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF
11:04:33 MICROPHONE] TO MOVE IT TO WHAT
11:04:35 DAY WAS THAT, THE 19TH?
11:04:37 >> THE 19TH.
11:04:40 >>YVONNE CAPIN: AND I SECOND
11:04:41 IT.
11:04:42 THANK YOU.
11:04:42 I SECOND THAT.
11:04:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'VE GOT A
11:04:46 MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA, SECOND
11:04:47 BY MS. CAPIN.
11:04:48 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
11:04:49 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
11:04:50 MOTION SAY AYE.
11:04:51 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:04:52 ALL RIGHT.
11:04:53 WE GO -- ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS
11:04:55 FROM THE PUBLIC FOR
11:04:58 RECONSIDERATION?
11:04:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT WOULD
11:05:03 BE -- I DON'T WANT TO MOVE IT,
11:05:04 JUST MOVE IT TO THE 19TH DURING
11:05:06 STAFF PRESENTATION.
11:05:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:05:07 DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS FROM
11:05:08 THE PUBLIC ON RECONSIDERATION
11:05:10 OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS?
11:05:11 SEEING NONE, MR. SUAREZ, WILL
11:05:15 YOU READ NO. 4?
11:05:15 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
11:05:16 CHAIR.
11:05:17 PRESENT AN ORDINANCE BEING
11:05:17 PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
11:05:19 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE
11:05:21 AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
11:05:25 2000-161, AMENDED BY ORDINANCE
11:05:28 NO. 2005-220, ADOPTED BY THE
11:05:30 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
11:05:31 TAMPA, JUNE 9TH, 2005, TO
11:05:33 CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S ERROR IN
11:05:34 THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION BY
11:05:36 REPLACING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION
11:05:38 IN SAID ORDINANCE, PROVIDING
11:05:38 FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
11:05:39 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:05:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
11:05:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:05:41 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
11:05:42 MR. MIRANDA.
11:05:43 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:05:44 AYE.
11:05:44 OPPOSED.
11:05:46 >> CHAIR, THE SECOND READING
11:05:47 AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD JULY
11:05:48 19TH AT 9:30 A.M.
11:05:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 5,
11:05:52 MR. COHEN, WOULD YOU BE KIND
11:05:54 ENOUGH TO READ THAT ORDINANCE?
11:05:54 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
11:05:55 MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
11:05:57 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
11:05:57 PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
11:05:59 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF
11:06:00 THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
11:06:01 MAKING REVISIONS TO CITY OF
11:06:03 TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES,
11:06:05 CHAPTER 14, OFFENSES; AMENDING
11:06:08 SECTION 14-153; UNREASONABLY
11:06:09 EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM A PROPERTY
11:06:11 PROHIBITED - CENTRAL BUSINESS
11:06:13 DISTRICT, YBOR CITY HISTORIC
11:06:17 DISTRICT, AND CHANNEL DISTRICT;
11:06:19 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
11:06:20 PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
11:06:22 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
11:06:22 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:06:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR.
11:06:25 COHEN, SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
11:06:26 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:06:27 OPPOSED.
11:06:27 ALL RIGHT.
11:06:28 >> THE SECOND READING AND
11:06:31 ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON JULY
11:06:33 19TH AT 9:30 A.M.
11:06:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 6, A
11:06:37 SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE,
11:06:38 MR. MANISCALCO, WILL YOU READ
11:06:39 THAT.
11:06:40 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU,
11:06:40 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:06:41 I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
11:06:42 PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
11:06:44 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF
11:06:45 THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
11:06:46 REGULATING NUISANCE ANIMALS;
11:06:48 PROHIBITING OWNERS OR PERSONS
11:06:51 HAVING CUSTODY OF AN ANIMAL
11:06:52 FROM ALLOWING PERSISTENT OR
11:06:53 CONTINUOUS NOISE FROM ANIMALS;
11:06:57 DECLARING CERTAIN ANIMAL
11:06:59 OFFENSES
11:06:59 IRREPARABLE/IRREVERSIBLE;
11:07:00 PROVIDING A VERIFIED COMPLAINT
11:07:02 PROCESS; PROVIDING FOR
11:07:02 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
11:07:03 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:07:04 >> SECOND.
11:07:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:07:06 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:07:09 MR. VIERA.
11:07:10 IS THERE DISCUSSION?
11:07:12 >> WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE
11:07:14 ORDINANCE; CORRECT?
11:07:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES.
11:07:16 >> THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE,
11:07:16 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
11:07:18 WILL BE HELD ON --
11:07:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: WAIT.
11:07:20 HOLD ON.
11:07:21 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
11:07:23 MOTION SAY AYE.
11:07:23 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:07:25 ALL RIGHT.
11:07:26 >> THE SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
11:07:27 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
11:07:29 WILL BE HELD ON JULY 19TH AT
11:07:30 9:30 A.M.
11:07:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:07:34 WE'LL GO TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
11:07:35 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE,
11:07:37 MR. MIRANDA.
11:07:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
11:07:38 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:07:39 MOVE ITEMS 7-18.
11:07:40 >> SECOND.
11:07:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:07:42 MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
11:07:43 MR. COHEN.
11:07:44 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:07:45 AYE.
11:07:45 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:07:46 DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION,
11:07:47 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:07:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
11:07:50 VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:07:51 MOVE ITEM 19-23.
11:07:52 >> SECOND.
11:07:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:07:54 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:07:54 MR. SUAREZ.
11:07:55 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:07:56 AYE.
11:07:58 OPPOSED.
11:08:00 PUBLIC WORKS -- WHAT?
11:08:02 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHAT?
11:08:02 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:08:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH.
11:08:05 THEY GOT ME LISTED.
11:08:06 >>YVONNE CAPIN: NO, THIS IS ME
11:08:07 HERE.
11:08:08 RIGHT THERE.
11:08:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: LOOK HERE.
11:08:10 THE [LAUGHTER]
11:08:13 >> CONGRATULATIONS.
11:08:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: THEY'VE GOT
11:08:17 ME.
11:08:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: PUT THAT ONE
11:08:19 IN THE ARCHIVES.
11:08:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: THAT'S WHERE I
11:08:21 GOT LOST AT.
11:08:22 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU,
11:08:23 MR. CHAIR.
11:08:24 I MOVE ITEMS 24-30.
11:08:26 >> SECOND.
11:08:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
11:08:28 BY MS. CAPIN, SECOND BY
11:08:29 MR. MIRANDA.
11:08:31 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:08:32 AYE.
11:08:32 OPPOSED.
11:08:33 MOTION CARRIES.
11:08:34 WE GO TO FINANCE COMMITTEE,
11:08:35 MR. COHEN.
11:08:35 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU,
11:08:36 MR. CHAIR.
11:08:38 I MOVE ITEMS 31-34.
11:08:39 >> SECOND.
11:08:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:08:41 MR. COHEN, SECOND BY
11:08:42 MR. MIRANDA.
11:08:43 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
11:08:43 MOTION SAY AYE.
11:08:44 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:08:46 MOTION CARRIES.
11:08:47 BUILDING, ZONING, AND
11:08:48 PRESERVATION COMMITTEE,
11:08:50 MR. VIERA.
11:08:50 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
11:08:51 MR. CHAIR.
11:08:55 MOVE ITEMS 35-41 AND 44-71,
11:08:58 WITH ITEM 42 BEING CONTINUED TO
11:09:01 JULY 19TH, AND ITEM 43 BEING
11:09:03 PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.
11:09:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:09:04 >> SECOND.
11:09:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
11:09:07 MOTION FROM MR. VIERA, SECOND
11:09:08 BY MR. COHEN.
11:09:10 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:09:10 AYE.
11:09:11 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:09:14 MOTION CARRIES.
11:09:15 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE,
11:09:16 MR. SUAREZ.
11:09:16 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
11:09:17 CHAIR.
11:09:19 I'D MOVE ITEMS 72-77.
11:09:20 >> SECOND.
11:09:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:09:22 MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ, SECOND
11:09:23 BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:09:25 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:09:26 AYE.
11:09:26 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:09:30 ALL RIGHT.
11:09:31 >>HARRY COHEN: MR. CHAIR, I'LL
11:09:33 MAKE A MOTION -- TO SET THE
11:09:34 PUBLIC HEARINGS --
11:09:35 >> SECOND.
11:09:36 >>HARRY COHEN: -- FOR ITEMS
11:09:37 78-85.
11:09:38 >> SECOND.
11:09:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:09:40 78-85.
11:09:41 OKAY.
11:09:43 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN,
11:09:45 SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:09:46 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:09:47 AYE.
11:09:48 OPPOSED.
11:09:50 MOTION CARRIES.
11:09:55 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:09:57 >> SECOND.
11:09:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:09:59 MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA --
11:09:59 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:10:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ACCEPT IT,
11:10:04 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:10:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:10:08 MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA, SECOND
11:10:09 BY MR. MANISCALCO TO OPEN THE
11:10:10 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
11:10:11 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:10:12 AYE.
11:10:12 OPPOSED.
11:10:13 ALL RIGHT.
11:10:22 ITEM NO. 86.
11:10:25 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:10:25 LACHONE DOCK.
11:10:26 COUNCIL, I HAVE THREE PRIVATELY
11:10:28 INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO PRESENT
11:10:29 TO YOU THIS MORNING.
11:10:30 THE FIRST AMENDMENT WE HAVE IS
11:10:32 ITEM NO. 86.
11:10:33 THE APPLICANT IS STANTEC,
11:10:35 REPRESENTED BY ADAM CARNEGIE.
11:10:37 THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND CHAPTER
11:10:41 27, SECTIONS 27-43 AND
11:10:44 27-289.3.
11:10:51 THIS IS RELATING TO SIGNS.
11:10:53 FOR THE 27-43 FOR THE
11:10:55 DEFINITIONS, IT PROVIDES SOME
11:10:56 CLARIFICATION ON THE SIGN
11:10:58 LANGUAGE FOR FOUR DIFFERENT
11:11:03 SIGNS, AND 27-289.3, IT ALSO
11:11:04 ADDS ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR
11:11:06 SINGLE OCCUPANCY AND MULTIPLE
11:11:08 OCCUPANCY PARCELS.
11:11:09 I DON'T BELIEVE THE APPLICANT
11:11:14 IS HERE TODAY.
11:11:15 HE DID MENTION TO ME YESTERDAY
11:11:19 HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO APPEAR,
11:11:20 HE HAD AN APPOINTMENT THIS
11:11:21 MORNING.
11:11:22 STAFF DID NOT OBJECT TO THE
11:11:23 REQUEST.
11:11:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:11:24 ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:11:26 SPEAK TO ITEM 86?
11:11:26 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:11:28 >> SECOND.
11:11:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR.
11:11:28 MIRANDA, SECOND BY MR.
11:11:28 MANISCALCO.
11:11:30 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:11:30 OPPOSED.
11:11:31 ALL RIGHT.
11:11:33 MS. CAPIN, WILL YOU READ ITEM
11:11:35 NO. 86?
11:11:36 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES, SIR, I
11:11:37 WILL, AS SOON AS I GET THERE.
11:11:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU AREN'T
11:11:41 KEEPING UP?
11:11:42 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I WAS ON 85.
11:11:42 SORRY.
11:11:45 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:11:47 LET'S SEE.
11:11:51 FILE NO. E2018-8, CHAPTER 27,
11:11:52 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
11:11:53 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
11:11:54 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:11:57 FLORIDA, RELATING TO SIGNS,
11:11:59 MAKING REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF
11:12:01 TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES,
11:12:04 CHAPTER 27, ZONING, LAND
11:12:05 DEVELOPMENT; AMENDING SECTION
11:12:09 27-43, DEFINITIONS; AMENDING
11:12:13 SECTION 27-289.3, ALLOWABLE
11:12:15 SIGNS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
11:12:17 OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
11:12:20 CONFLICT THEREWITH; PROVIDING
11:12:24 FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
11:12:24 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:12:27 >> SECOND.
11:12:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:12:29 MS. CAPIN, SECONDED BY
11:12:30 MR. MIRANDA.
11:12:34 ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RECORD
11:12:34 YOUR VOTE.
11:12:35 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH SUAREZ
11:12:37 BEING ABSENT.
11:12:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:12:38 ALL RIGHT.
11:12:40 ITEM NO. 87.
11:12:42 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:12:45 LACHONE DOCK AGAIN, PLANNING
11:12:46 AND URBAN DESIGN.
11:12:48 THIS IS NO. 87, ANOTHER
11:12:50 PRIVATELY INITIATED TEXT
11:12:51 AMENDMENT.
11:12:52 THE APPLICANT IS STRAZ CENTER.
11:12:53 THEY'RE REPRESENTED BY MORRIS
11:12:54 MASSEY.
11:12:56 THIS REQUEST IS TO AMEND
11:13:00 CHAPTER 27, AND IT'S 27-181.5,
11:13:01 WHICH IS THE WATERFRONT
11:13:05 OVERLAY, AND 27-184, TABLE 184,
11:13:07 WHICH IS THE TABLE OF USES.
11:13:09 COUNCIL, ON MAY 14TH, THIS ITEM
11:13:11 WAS HEARD BEFORE THE PLANNING
11:13:12 COMMISSION, AND I JUST WANTED
11:13:13 TO ENTER INTO THE RECORD YOU
11:13:14 HAVE A LETTER THAT'S PROVIDED
11:13:17 TO YOU IN YOUR PACKET FROM THE
11:13:18 PLANNING COMMISSION.
11:13:19 THEY HAD A FINDING OF
11:13:21 INCONSISTENT.
11:13:23 AT THAT TIME OF THE HEARING,
11:13:26 CATHERINE COYLE, THE PLANNING
11:13:28 MANAGER, HAD MENTIONED TO THE
11:13:29 PLANNING COMMISSION THAT SHE
11:13:30 WAS STILL WORKING WITH THE
11:13:31 APPLICANT ON SOME OF THE
11:13:32 LANGUAGE AND WAS NOT
11:13:34 COMFORTABLE MAKING A FINAL
11:13:35 RECOMMENDATION OF CONSISTENT
11:13:36 NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FINAL
11:13:37 LANGUAGE WOULD BE, SO THEY
11:13:39 ACTUALLY STATED IN THAT LETTER,
11:13:41 THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD
11:13:42 CONCERNS THAT THE LANGUAGE WAS
11:13:43 TOO BROAD, WOULD HAVE THE
11:13:45 POTENTIAL TO ALLOW NEW OR
11:13:48 ADDITIONAL SURFACE PARKING WITH
11:13:50 OTHER USES WITHOUT PROPER
11:13:52 THINGS IN THE WATERFRONT
11:13:52 DISTRICT.
11:13:53 PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD BE
11:13:54 SUPPORTIVE OF MORE RESTRICTIVE
11:13:55 LANGUAGE AND ENCOURAGES THE
11:13:56 CITY OF TAMPA TO CONTINUE TO
11:13:57 WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TOWARDS
11:14:00 THIS SHARED GOAL, AND SHE
11:14:02 WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT AND
11:14:03 THE LANGUAGE THAT IS BEFORE YOU
11:14:04 THIS MORNING IS WHAT WAS AGREED
11:14:06 UPON.
11:14:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: IS THE
11:14:11 APPLICANT HERE?
11:14:13 >> YES.
11:14:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:14:14 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:14:16 MY NAME IS DOUG DIECK.
11:14:18 I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE STRAZ
11:14:19 CENTER, AND I WANT TO THANK
11:14:21 STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US ON
11:14:22 OUR PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT.
11:14:24 WE THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO A GOOD
11:14:27 PLACE TO ALLOW THE CONVENTION
11:14:28 CENTER AND THE STRAZ CENTER TO
11:14:29 BOTH FUNCTION AS THEY CURRENTLY
11:14:31 DO BUT NOT OPEN THAT BROAD
11:14:32 LANGUAGE WITHIN THE WATERFRONT
11:14:34 OVERLAY DISTRICT TO ALLOW OTHER
11:14:36 USES TO MAYBE PIGGYBACK ON
11:14:38 THIS, SO THE PANNED DOOR YO'S
11:14:41 BOX IS -- PANDORA'S BOX IS
11:14:43 CLOSED, WHICH IS GOOD.
11:14:45 IT ALLOWS US TO EXPAND THE
11:14:46 PLAZA, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'RE
11:14:48 INTERESTED IN DOING, AND SO
11:14:49 COMMEND STAFF AND WE SUPPORT
11:14:52 THE LANGUAGE AS PRESENTED.
11:14:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:14:54 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:14:56 ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:14:57 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 87?
11:15:02 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:15:03 >> SECOND.
11:15:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:15:05 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:15:07 MR. MIRANDA.
11:15:10 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:15:10 [CHORUS OF AYES]
11:15:13 MR. MIRANDA, PLEASE READ NO.
11:15:14 87.
11:15:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
11:15:18 MOVE ITEM NO. 87, FILE NO.
11:15:23 E2018-8, CHAPTER 27, AN
11:15:23 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
11:15:25 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
11:15:25 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:15:27 FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE
11:15:28 RIVERWALK PARKING, MAKING
11:15:29 REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE
11:15:32 OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 27,
11:15:33 ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT;
11:15:37 AMENDING SECTION 27-181.5
11:15:40 WATERFRONT OVERLAY; RIVERWALK
11:15:43 DESIGN REGULATIONS; AMENDING
11:15:46 SECTION 27-184, OFFICIAL
11:15:47 SCHEDULE OF PERMITTED
11:15:47 PRINCIPAL, ACCESSORY, AND
11:15:47 SPECIAL USES; REQUIRED
11:15:47 OFF-STREET PARKING RATIOS BY
11:15:47 USE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
11:15:50 OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
11:15:52 CONFLICT THEREWITH; PROVIDING
11:15:52 FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
11:15:53 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:15:55 >> SECOND.
11:15:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:15:57 MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
11:15:59 MS. CAPIN.
11:16:00 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:16:06 NO. 88.
11:16:09 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:16:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:16:10 SORRY ABOUT THAT.
11:16:12 NO. 88.
11:16:14 >> LACHONE DOCK, PLANNING AND
11:16:15 URBAN DESIGN.
11:16:17 NO. 88 IS A PRIVATELY INITIATED
11:16:19 AMENDMENT.
11:16:20 THE APPLICANT IS [OFF
11:16:23 MICROPHONE] REPRESENTED BY
11:16:23 BRIAN WILKES.
11:16:25 THIS IS AN AMENDMENT PROPOSED
11:16:28 TO SECTION 27-43.
11:16:29 THIS IS THE DEFINITIONS FOR THE
11:16:31 DRY CLEANING FACILITIES, FOR
11:16:33 THE LARGE AND SMALL, AND I
11:16:34 BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS
11:16:35 AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY
11:16:35 QUESTIONS.
11:16:36 STAFF HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS
11:16:37 REQUEST.
11:16:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:16:38 ANY COMMENTS FROM THE
11:16:41 APPLICANT?
11:16:42 ALL RIGHT.
11:16:45 ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL?
11:16:46 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:16:48 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 88?
11:16:49 >> MOVE APPROVAL.
11:16:50 >> SECOND.
11:16:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:16:52 A MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO,
11:16:53 SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
11:16:54 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:16:54 AYE.
11:16:55 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:16:57 MR. VIERA, WOULD YOU READ NO.
11:16:58 88.
11:16:59 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR,
11:16:59 MR. CHAIR.
11:17:01 I HEREBY MOVE AN ORDINANCE
11:17:01 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:17:07 READING AND ADOPTION, AN
11:17:09 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:17:10 FLORIDA, RELATING TO DRY
11:17:11 CLEANER DEFINITIONS, MAKING
11:17:12 REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE
11:17:15 OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 27,
11:17:16 ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT;
11:17:19 AMENDING SECTION 27-43,
11:17:21 DEFINITIONS; REPEALING ALL
11:17:23 ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
11:17:24 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
11:17:25 THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
11:17:25 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
11:17:25 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:17:27 >> SECOND.
11:17:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:17:30 MR. VIERA, SECONDED BY
11:17:32 MR. MIRANDA.
11:17:33 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:17:34 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:17:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:17:41 NO. 89.
11:17:42 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:17:44 I'M RON VILA.
11:17:46 I'M STAFF WITH HISTORIC
11:17:47 PRESERVATION, AND THIS MORNING
11:17:53 ITEM 89 IS AN ADD-ON TAX
11:17:54 EXEMPTION IN FRONT OF YOU.
11:17:57 THIS IS FOR 1404 DESOTO AVENUE,
11:17:59 IN THE LOCAL DISTRICT OF HYDE
11:17:59 PARK.
11:18:01 IT IS A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE
11:18:09 THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1917.
11:18:10 JUST BRIEFLY TO GO THROUGH THE
11:18:14 SITE PLAN.
11:18:16 AS PART OF THE REQUEST FOR THE
11:18:17 AD VALOREM, THIS WAS THE
11:18:19 PRIMARY STRUCTURE THAT FACES
11:18:21 DESOTO.
11:18:22 THE -- THEY PROVIDED AN
11:18:23 ADDITION THAT WAS APPROVED BY
11:18:25 THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
11:18:25 COMMISSION.
11:18:27 THEY HAD A GENEROUS SIDE LOT,
11:18:28 SO THE ADDITION WENT TO THE
11:18:29 SIDE INSTEAD OF THE REAR
11:18:31 BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE
11:18:34 POOL.
11:18:35 THIS IS THE STRUCTURE AFTER
11:18:37 REHABILITATION.
11:18:38 THIS IS THE HISTORIC PART OF
11:18:39 THE HOME.
11:18:40 THIS IS THE ADDITION THAT TOOK
11:18:44 PLACE THAT WAS APPROVED AS PART
11:18:45 OF THE REHABILITATION TO THE
11:18:46 EXTERIOR.
11:18:48 THEY BROUGHT THE SIDING BACK TO
11:18:49 THE ORIGINAL LUSTER THAT WAS
11:18:50 THERE, THE CASING AROUND THE
11:18:51 WINDOWS, THE WINDOWS
11:18:53 THEMSELVES, THESE WERE ALUMINUM
11:18:55 WINDOWS, AND THEN THE OVERHANGS
11:18:57 HAD INAPPROPRIATE SIDING ON IT,
11:18:58 AND THAT WAS REMOVED.
11:19:04 THIS IS AFTER REHABILITATION.
11:19:06 SHOWING THE INSTALLATION OF
11:19:07 PERIOD WOOD WINDOWS WITH THE
11:19:09 SAME GRILL PATTERN, WOOD
11:19:11 SIDING, THE CASING AROUND THE
11:19:12 WINDOW TO MATCH THE PERIOD OF
11:19:14 APPROPRIATE STYLE, AND THE
11:19:16 INTRODUCTION OF A KNEE BRACKET.
11:19:18 MOVING TO THE INSIDE, THROUGH
11:19:21 THE '70S, THERE WAS SOME
11:19:22 RESTORATION OR MODIFICATION
11:19:24 DONE TO THE STRUCTURE WITH AN
11:19:26 INAPPROPRIATE TILE THAT WAS
11:19:28 OUTSIDE OF THE PERIOD OF
11:19:29 SIGNIFICANCE.
11:19:31 AFTER REHABILITATION, YOU SEE
11:19:32 THE WOOD FLOORING THROUGHOUT
11:19:34 THE STRUCTURE.
11:19:36 THIS IS THE KITCHEN, OBVIOUSLY,
11:19:40 AND THE UPGRADE OF THE KITCHEN,
11:19:41 THE LIVING AREA, AND THEN THE
11:19:43 BUTLER'S PANTRY SHOWING THE
11:19:45 RECESSED PANELS.
11:19:47 CONTINUING WITH THE INSIDE,
11:19:48 THIS IS THE FLOORING IN THE
11:19:52 BATHROOM AND THE BATHROOMS
11:19:55 THEMSELVES.
11:20:01 AND AFTER REHABILITATION, THE
11:20:02 WOVEN TILE ON THE FLOOR, THE
11:20:06 SUBWAY TILE ON THE WALLS, WHICH
11:20:07 ARE HERE AND HERE, AND THEN THE
11:20:09 SHOWER, SO STAFF'S POSITION IS
11:20:11 THAT THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH
11:20:12 THE AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION,
11:20:14 AS PRESENTED.
11:20:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
11:20:16 FROM COUNCIL?
11:20:17 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:20:19 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 89?
11:20:20 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:20:21 >> SECOND.
11:20:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:20:22 GOT A MOTION FROM
11:20:23 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:20:24 MS. CAPIN.
11:20:26 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:20:26 AYE.
11:20:27 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:20:30 ALL RIGHT.
11:20:32 MR. SUAREZ, WOULD YOU READ 89.
11:20:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
11:20:33 CHAIR.
11:20:34 I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE BEING
11:20:34 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
11:20:35 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
11:20:37 APPROVING A HISTORIC
11:20:39 PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX
11:20:40 EXEMPTION APPLICATION RELATIVE
11:20:41 TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION,
11:20:42 OR REHABILITATION OF CERTAIN
11:20:44 PROPERTY OWNED BY BRIAN SPACE
11:20:46 AND GINA BRILEY SPACE, LOCATED
11:20:49 AT 1404 SOUTH DESOTO AVENUE,
11:20:51 TAMPA, FLORIDA, IN THE HYDE
11:20:52 PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT, BASED
11:20:56 UPON CERTAIN FINDINGS;
11:20:59 PROVIDING FOR NOTICE TO THE
11:21:01 PROPERTY APPRAISER OF
11:21:04 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY; PROVIDING
11:21:07 FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
11:21:09 REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
11:21:10 CONFLICT; PROVIDING AN
11:21:11 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:21:13 >> SECOND.
11:21:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
11:21:17 MOTION BY MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
11:21:20 MR. MANISCALCO FOR ITEM NO. 89.
11:21:20 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:21:22 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:21:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 90.
11:21:32 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY
11:21:34 SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
11:21:35 COORDINATION.
11:21:36 I BELIEVE THESE ARE
11:21:37 QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
11:21:40 I HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN.
11:21:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'M SORRY.
11:21:43 ANYONE WANTING TO SPEAK ON ITEM
11:21:45 90-97, PLEASE STAND TO BE SWORN
11:21:47 IN.
11:21:47 [PARTICIPANTS SWORN IN]
11:21:56 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THANK YOU,
11:21:57 MR. REDDICK.
11:21:58 MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND
11:21:59 DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:22:03 ITEMS 90-98 ARE REZONINGS THAT
11:22:04 YOU HEARD AT FIRST READING.
11:22:06 THESE ARE NOW PRESENTED FOR
11:22:07 SECOND READING.
11:22:09 ALL REQUIRED TO CHANGES TO
11:22:11 APPLICABLE SITE PLANS HAVE BEEN
11:22:12 MADE AT CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
11:22:15 ONE ITEM, ITEM NO. 96, WHICH IS
11:22:20 SU2-18-04, THAT'S BEEN WEIGHED,
11:22:22 WHERE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN
11:22:23 SOLD AND THERE ARE NEW OWNERS.
11:22:25 STAFF WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE
11:22:28 APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE TO
11:22:31 GET A NEW AFFIDAVIT OF
11:22:34 AUTHORIZATION SIGNED, SO WE'RE
11:22:35 REQUESTING THIS BE CONTINUED TO
11:22:37 YOUR NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING,
11:22:39 WHICH I BELIEVE IS JULY 19TH,
11:22:41 ITEM NO. 96.
11:22:42 >>HARRY COHEN: I'LL MOVE THE
11:22:43 CONTINUANCE.
11:22:45 >> SECOND.
11:22:47 >> JULY 19TH AT 9:30 A.M.
11:22:48 >> THANK YOU.
11:22:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:22:51 MR. COHEN, SECOND BY
11:22:52 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:22:53 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
11:22:54 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:22:54 AYE.
11:22:56 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:23:00 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THANK YOU.
11:23:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: SO LET ME GO
11:23:04 BACK TO NUMBER 90.
11:23:06 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:23:13 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 90?
11:23:14 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN,
11:23:15 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
11:23:17 MY NAME IS JOHN GRANDOFF, SUITE
11:23:20 3700, BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA, ON
11:23:21 BEHALF OF BROOME CAPITAL THIS
11:23:24 MORNING, A REQUEST FOR SECOND
11:23:24 READING.
11:23:25 THANK YOU.
11:23:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:23:34 OKAY.
11:23:35 >> KRISTIN MORA: GOOD MORNING,
11:23:36 COUNCIL.
11:23:36 KRISTIN MORA.
11:23:39 THIS DOES HAVE A PROVISION
11:23:41 AGREEMENT TRAVELING WITH IT, SO
11:23:42 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU
11:23:43 REMEMBER TO PASS THE RESOLUTION
11:23:45 AS WELL AS THE ORDINANCE IF
11:23:46 YOU'RE INCLINED TO APPROVE.
11:23:47 THANK YOU.
11:23:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:23:48 ALL RIGHT.
11:23:49 ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC
11:23:51 WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 90?
11:23:52 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:23:53 >> SECOND.
11:23:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:23:55 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:23:55 MR. COHEN.
11:23:57 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:23:58 AYE.
11:23:58 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:23:59 ALL RIGHT.
11:24:01 MR. COHEN.
11:24:01 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
11:24:02 MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
11:24:03 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
11:24:04 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
11:24:06 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
11:24:07 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
11:24:10 GENERAL VICINITY OF 4625 WEST
11:24:11 GANDY BOULEVARD, IN THE CITY OF
11:24:12 TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
11:24:14 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:24:15 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:24:17 CLASSIFICATION, CI, COMMERCIAL
11:24:19 INTENSIVE, TO PD, PLANNED
11:24:20 DEVELOPMENT, AIR CONDITIONED
11:24:22 STORAGE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11:24:23 DATE.
11:24:25 >> SECOND.
11:24:25 >>HARRY COHEN: AND INCLUDING
11:24:26 THE REVISIONS THAT WERE AGREED
11:24:28 TO AT THE FIRST HEARING.
11:24:29 >> SECOND.
11:24:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION FROM
11:24:32 MR. COHEN, SECOND FROM
11:24:34 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:24:39 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:24:44 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:24:45 >>HARRY COHEN: MR. CHAIR, I
11:24:47 MOVE THE RESOLUTION PROVIDED BY
11:24:48 THOSE PROVISIONS.
11:24:49 >> SECOND.
11:24:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:24:52 MR. COHEN, SECOND FROM
11:24:53 MR. MIRANDA.
11:24:54 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:24:55 AYE.
11:24:55 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:24:56 OKAY.
11:24:57 >> THANK YOU.
11:24:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:25:03 ITEM NO. 91.
11:25:05 ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM
11:25:08 NO. 91?
11:25:10 >> GOOD MORNING, KAMI CORBETT,
11:25:12 100 NORTH TAMPA STREET,
11:25:13 REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT,
11:25:15 MADISON HOMES, AND WE
11:25:15 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
11:25:17 APPROVAL.
11:25:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:25:20 ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON
11:25:23 ITEM NO. 91?
11:25:24 ALL RIGHT.
11:25:25 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:25:26 >> SECOND.
11:25:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
11:25:29 FROM MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND
11:25:30 FROM MS. CAPIN.
11:25:31 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:25:32 AYE.
11:25:33 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:25:34 MR. MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU BE
11:25:36 KIND ENOUGH TO READ NO. 91?
11:25:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU,
11:25:39 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:25:40 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
11:25:41 FOR SECOND READING AND
11:25:43 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING
11:25:44 PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
11:25:46 VICINITY OF 116, 118, AND 120
11:25:48 ADALIA AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF
11:25:48 TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
11:25:50 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:25:51 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:25:53 CLASSIFICATION, RS-75,
11:25:55 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO
11:25:57 PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
11:25:58 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY
11:25:59 DETACHED; PROVIDING AN
11:25:59 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:26:00 >> SECOND.
11:26:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:26:03 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM
11:26:04 MR. SUAREZ.
11:26:07 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:26:10 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:26:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:26:17 WE'LL GO TO ITEM NO. 92.
11:26:19 NO. 92, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON
11:26:20 ITEM NO. 92?
11:26:21 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:26:24 DAVID WRIGHT, P.O. BOX 1016,
11:26:25 TAMPA, FLORIDA 33601.
11:26:27 I'M THE APPLICANT AND
11:26:27 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
11:26:28 APPROVAL.
11:26:28 THANK YOU.
11:26:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:26:31 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON
11:26:32 ITEM NO. 92?
11:26:32 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:26:33 >> SECOND.
11:26:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
11:26:36 MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN,
11:26:38 SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
11:26:38 MANISCALCO.
11:26:39 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:26:40 AYE.
11:26:44 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:26:45 COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN, WOULD YOU
11:26:46 READ NO. 92?
11:26:47 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES, SIR, I
11:26:48 WILL.
11:26:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:26:52 >>YVONNE CAPIN: REZ18-43, AN
11:26:53 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
11:26:54 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
11:26:55 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
11:26:58 THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 6631
11:26:59 INTERBAY BOULEVARD, IN THE CITY
11:27:02 OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
11:27:05 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:27:07 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:27:08 CLASSIFICATION RS-60,
11:27:10 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO
11:27:11 RS-50, RESIDENTIAL,
11:27:12 SINGLE-FAMILY; PROVIDING AN
11:27:12 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:27:14 >> SECOND.
11:27:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:27:17 COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN, SECOND BY
11:27:18 COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
11:27:22 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:27:23 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:27:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:27:29 WE'LL GO TO ITEM NO. 93.
11:27:30 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:27:35 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 93?
11:27:38 >> [OFF MICROPHONE], AND I'M
11:27:38 HERE REPRESENTING THE
11:27:41 PETITIONER, JUST REQUESTING THE
11:27:42 APPROVAL OF THE PD.
11:27:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
11:27:45 FROM COUNCIL?
11:27:46 ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:27:49 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 93?
11:27:50 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:27:51 >> SECOND.
11:27:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION AND
11:27:53 SECOND.
11:27:54 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
11:27:55 MOTION SAY AYE.
11:27:55 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:27:58 MR. MIRANDA.
11:27:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEM
11:28:02 NO. 93, REZ18-44, AN ORDINANCE
11:28:02 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
11:28:03 READING AND ADOPTION, AN
11:28:04 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
11:28:06 THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3904
11:28:07 NORTH DARTMOUTH AVENUE, IN THE
11:28:09 CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
11:28:10 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:28:11 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:28:13 CLASSIFICATION RS-50,
11:28:14 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO
11:28:17 PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
11:28:18 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY
11:28:19 DETACHED; PROVIDING AN
11:28:19 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:28:20 >> SECOND.
11:28:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:28:22 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
11:28:24 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:28:30 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:28:33 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:28:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:28:36 ITEM NO. 94.
11:28:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHAIRMAN ON
11:28:40 ITEM 94, I ABSTAIN AS I DID
11:28:40 BEFORE.
11:28:41 I TURNED IN THE PAPERWORK, AND
11:28:43 I WAS NOTICED AS ONE OF THE
11:28:44 INDIVIDUALS WITHIN 250 FEET, SO
11:28:46 I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF.
11:28:48 ALTHOUGH I DON'T LIKE IT, I'M
11:28:48 DOING THE SAME THING THAT
11:28:51 HAPPENED ON ST. JOSEPH'S.
11:28:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:28:52 ALL RIGHT.
11:28:54 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
11:28:59 NO. 94?
11:29:01 NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
11:29:04 NO. 94?
11:29:05 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY
11:29:06 SAMANIEGO.
11:29:08 IT DOESN'T APPEAR THE APPLICANT
11:29:09 IS PRESENT.
11:29:10 STAFF REQUESTS YOU PROCEED WITH
11:29:11 THE PUBLIC HEARING.
11:29:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:29:13 CAN WE GET A MOTION TO MOVE TO
11:29:14 CLOSE?
11:29:16 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THE PUBLIC.
11:29:18 NOBODY WANTS TO SPEAK.
11:29:19 [LAUGHTER]
11:29:20 NOBODY AT ALL.
11:29:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:29:23 MR. VIERA.
11:29:24 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR,
11:29:24 MR. CHAIR.
11:29:27 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE --
11:29:29 >> A MOTION TO CLOSE.
11:29:30 >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE AN
11:29:32 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
11:29:34 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
11:29:37 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
11:29:38 THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 2730
11:29:41 WEST VIOLET STREET, IN THE CITY
11:29:42 OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
11:29:43 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:29:47 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:29:48 CLASSIFICATION RS-50,
11:29:49 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO
11:29:51 CN COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD;
11:29:51 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:29:52 >> SECOND.
11:29:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:29:55 MR. VIERA, SECOND BY
11:29:58 MR. SUAREZ.
11:29:59 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:30:00 >> MOTION CARRIED, WITH MIRANDA
11:30:01 ABSTAINING.
11:30:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:30:05 WE'LL GO TO ITEM NO. 95.
11:30:10 >> MY NAME'S ANTHONY SIERRA,
11:30:11 PRESIDENT JP SIERRA, INC.
11:30:13 I AM THE APPLICANT.
11:30:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:30:14 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
11:30:15 APPLICANT?
11:30:16 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:30:18 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 95?
11:30:19 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:30:20 >> SECOND.
11:30:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:30:21 GOT A MOTION FROM
11:30:23 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:30:23 MR. COHEN.
11:30:24 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:30:25 AYE.
11:30:26 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:30:26 ALL RIGHT.
11:30:29 MR. SUAREZ, WILL YOU BE KIND
11:30:31 ENOUGH TO READ NO. 95?
11:30:31 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
11:30:32 CHAIR.
11:30:33 I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE BEING
11:30:33 PRESENTED FOR, SECOND READING
11:30:35 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
11:30:36 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
11:30:38 GENERAL VICINITY OF 709 WEST
11:30:40 WEST STREET IN THE CITY OF
11:30:40 TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
11:30:42 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:30:43 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:30:45 CLASSIFICATION RS-50,
11:30:46 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO
11:30:47 PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
11:30:48 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY
11:30:49 DETACHED; PROVIDING AN
11:30:50 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:30:52 >> SECOND.
11:30:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION FROM
11:30:54 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
11:30:56 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:30:59 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:31:02 >> MOTION CARRIED, WITH MIRANDA
11:31:05 AND VIERA ABSENT AT VOTE.
11:31:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:31:08 WE'LL GO TO ITEM NO. 97.
11:31:11 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
11:31:17 NO. 97?
11:31:19 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: IT DOES NOT
11:31:20 APPEAR THE APPLICANT IS
11:31:22 PRESENT.
11:31:23 MARY SAMANIEGO.
11:31:24 STAFF REQUESTS THAT YOU
11:31:25 CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC
11:31:25 HEARING.
11:31:29 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:31:31 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I THOUGHT SO.
11:31:31 GO AHEAD.
11:31:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU WISH TO
11:31:34 SAY ANYTHING?
11:31:34 >> NO, SIR.
11:31:35 NO QUESTIONS.
11:31:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OKAY.
11:31:40 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON
11:31:40 ITEM NO. 97?
11:31:42 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:31:43 >> SECOND.
11:31:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:31:44 WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
11:31:46 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:31:46 MR. COHEN.
11:31:47 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:31:49 AYE.
11:31:50 ANY OPPOSED?
11:31:50 ALL RIGHT.
11:31:52 MR. COHEN, WOULD YOU READ ITEM
11:31:54 97?
11:31:54 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
11:31:55 MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
11:31:56 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
11:31:56 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
11:31:58 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
11:32:01 APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT,
11:32:03 S-2; APPROVING A RESTAURANT
11:32:06 WITH DRIVE-IN WINDOW IN A CG,
11:32:08 COMMERCIAL GENERAL, ZONING
11:32:10 DISTRICT IN THE GENERAL
11:32:12 VICINITY OF 2770 EAST FOWLER
11:32:13 AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:32:14 FLORIDA, AND AS MORE
11:32:15 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:32:17 SECTION 1 HEREOF; PROVIDING AN
11:32:17 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:32:18 >> SECOND.
11:32:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
11:32:21 MOTION FROM MR. COHEN, SECOND
11:32:23 BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:32:25 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:32:29 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
11:32:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:32:34 WE GO TO ITEM NO. 98.
11:32:36 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
11:32:39 NO. 98?
11:32:41 >> DONNA FELDMAN, REPRESENTING
11:32:43 THE APPLICANT, 2240 BELLEAIR
11:32:46 ROAD, CLEARWATER 33764, AND
11:32:52 I'VE BEEN SWORN.
11:32:54 >>MARTIN SHELBY: CHAIRMAN, JUST
11:32:55 TO VERIFY, I DON'T BELIEVE
11:32:57 EVERYBODY WAS NECESSARILY SWORN
11:32:59 ON 98, 99, OR 100.
11:33:01 I BELIEVE IF YOU JUST WANT TO
11:33:03 VERIFY THAT, PLEASE.
11:33:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: ON NO. 99 --
11:33:08 YOU'RE SAYING 98, 99 --
11:33:10 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND 100.
11:33:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY -- WE'RE
11:33:16 GOING TO NO. 99-101.
11:33:17 ANYONE WHO PLANS TO SPEAK AND
11:33:19 HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN, PLEASE
11:33:20 STAND SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF
11:33:21 THAT.
11:33:21 [PARTICIPANTS SWORN IN]
11:33:29 ALL RIGHT.
11:33:30 THANK YOU.
11:33:31 >> I'VE BEEN SWORN TWICE.
11:33:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:33:37 >> WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE FOR
11:33:39 FIRST READING AND SECOND
11:33:40 READING.
11:33:41 A SECOND READING WAS CONTINUED
11:33:41 ON THIS MATTER.
11:33:43 I WANTED TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL
11:33:45 MEMBERS ON A FEW ITEMS WHICH
11:33:47 WERE QUESTIONED LAST TIME, AS
11:33:49 TIME HAS PROGRESSED, AND ALSO
11:33:51 JUST REINFORCE A FEW POINTS
11:33:52 THAT WERE MADE PREVIOUSLY
11:33:55 BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR VOTE.
11:33:56 PASCO COUNTY HAS CONTINUED TO
11:33:57 EVALUATE THE ROADWAY
11:34:00 CONNECTIONS, WHICH ARE A LARGE
11:34:01 TOPIC PERTAINING TO THIS
11:34:02 REZONING.
11:34:05 THEY HAD THEIR MPO MEETING.
11:34:07 THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS.
11:34:07 THE BOARD OF COUNTY
11:34:08 COMMISSIONERS HAS NOT YET MET
11:34:10 TO CONSIDER THIS ITEM.
11:34:11 THERE IS NO SCHEDULED DATE YET
11:34:12 FOR THE BOARD OF COUNTY
11:34:14 COMMISSIONERS TO MEET, TO MY
11:34:17 KNOWLEDGE, JUST IN THE PLANNING
11:34:17 STAGE.
11:34:19 I'VE DONE MY OWN RECONNAISSANCE
11:34:21 AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL
11:34:22 MEMBERS AND ALSO BECAUSE IT'S
11:34:24 OF INTEREST, OBVIOUSLY, TO OUR
11:34:25 PROJECT.
11:34:30 I THINK THAT THE WAVE IS
11:34:30 TURNING.
11:34:32 MY SENSE, AND THIS IS SIMPLY
11:34:34 ANECDOTAL, IS BASED ON SOME
11:34:35 DISCUSSIONS, I THINK THAT IN
11:34:36 TIME WE WILL SEE THAT CHANGE
11:34:38 WITH PASCO COUNTY.
11:34:39 I THINK THERE IS MORE INTEREST
11:34:41 IN MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS NOW
11:34:44 THAN THERE HAS BEEN, INCLUDING,
11:34:46 INTERESTINGLY, AT THE PUBLIC
11:34:48 WORKSHOPS, SOME POLLINGS THAT
11:34:50 WERE DONE, AND ACTUALLY, THE
11:34:51 MAJORITY OF PASCO RESIDENTS
11:34:53 WANT THESE CONNECTIONS AS WELL.
11:34:56 ALBEIT, THERE ARE SOME AREAS
11:34:59 THAT DON'T, THERE ARE, BUT THE
11:35:01 MAJORITY DOES.
11:35:03 EFFORTS ARE STILL ONGOING.
11:35:04 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS STILL
11:35:05 CONTINUING TO MAKE EFFORTS TO
11:35:06 CAUSE THOSE CONNECTIONS TO
11:35:08 OCCUR, AND I DO THINK WITH TIME
11:35:09 THEY WILL OCCUR.
11:35:11 THE MASTER DEVELOPER, AS WELL,
11:35:13 I SHOULD SAY, MI HOMES, WHO, AS
11:35:15 I MENTIONED, BROUGHT THE 2015
11:35:22 REZONING THE MAJORITY OF THE
11:35:23 K-BAR RANCH TO YOU IS TRYING TO
11:35:24 ENABLE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
11:35:26 THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN THE -- MI
11:35:28 HOMES IS IN THE PLANNING STAGES
11:35:30 OF ONE OF THE CONNECTIONS,
11:35:32 PHYSICALLY THE PLANS FOR THE
11:35:34 WYNFIELDS BOULEVARD -- I'M
11:35:36 SORRY, THE MEADOW POINTE
11:35:38 CONNECTION BOULEVARD ARE BEING
11:35:40 REVIEWED BY YOUR STAFF IN
11:35:43 PREPARATION FOR CONSTRUCTING IT
11:35:44 AND IN THE HOPES THAT THE
11:35:46 ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONNECTION CAN
11:35:47 BE MADE IN THE FUTURE.
11:35:48 WITH THAT BACKGROUND IN TERMS
11:35:51 OF WHAT'S GONE ON IN THE RECENT
11:35:53 WEEKS, I WANTED TO REINFORCE
11:35:55 THE FACT THAT THIS PROPERTY,
11:35:57 THE WHOLE K-BAR RANCH PROPERTY,
11:35:58 WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY BACK
11:36:00 IN THE EARLY 2000S.
11:36:01 THE EFFORT AT THE TIME WAS TO
11:36:03 GROW THE WEALTH AND SIZE AND
11:36:05 IMPORT OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:36:06 AND THE CITY OF TAMPA HAS DONE
11:36:11 THAT RESPECTIVELY.
11:36:12 THE LAND USE ENTITLEMENTS FOR
11:36:14 THIS PROJECT ALLOW FOR FAR MORE
11:36:17 THAN CITY -- THAT ARE CURRENTLY
11:36:19 PERMITTED BY THE 2015 REZONING
11:36:21 AND CONTINUE TO BE FAR GREATER
11:36:25 THAN WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING FOR
11:36:27 THE TENDRIL LITTLE PIECES THAT
11:36:29 ARE, AGAIN, IN THE FAR
11:36:30 NORTHWEST OF OUR PROPERTY AND
11:36:31 THE FAR NORTHEAST.
11:36:32 THAT'S ALL THAT'S THE SUBJECT
11:36:33 OF THIS REZONING.
11:36:34 THE REST OF K-BAR RANCH HAS
11:36:36 ALREADY BEEN REZONED.
11:36:38 AS WELL, K-BAR RANCH, PURSUANT
11:36:41 TO 2015 REZONING, AND AS A
11:36:42 CONTINUATION WITH THIS
11:36:44 REZONING, IS OBLIGATED TO BUILD
11:36:46 A MAJOR ROAD NETWORK.
11:36:48 I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU IN
11:36:50 PARTICULAR THE K-BAR RANCH
11:36:51 PARKWAY, AND I AM NOT GOOD AT
11:36:54 THIS, SO HOPEFULLY -- OOPS,
11:36:55 UPSIDE DOWN.
11:36:56 HOW'S THAT?
11:36:58 K-BAR RANCH PARKWAY IS UNDER
11:36:59 CONSTRUCTION.
11:37:00 SEGMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
11:37:03 OTHER SEGMENTS ARE UNDER
11:37:03 PLANNING, AND WHAT THIS IS
11:37:06 SHOWING YOU IS THAT UNDER THE
11:37:08 2015 REZONING DEVELOPMENT
11:37:11 AGREEMENT, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT
11:37:12 OF BUILDING K-BAR RANCH PARKWAY
11:37:14 AND THE CONNECTIONS WILL
11:37:17 APPROXIMATE $18 MILLION.
11:37:18 WITH THE REZONING THAT WE ARE
11:37:20 SEEKING TODAY, THERE WILL BE
11:37:22 ADDITIONAL COSTS BECAUSE WE
11:37:23 WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE THIRD
11:37:26 CONNECTION, WYNFIELDS
11:37:28 BOULEVARD, AND THE REZONING WE
11:37:30 ARE REQUESTING TODAY WILL ALSO
11:37:32 HELP TO COMPLETE THIS
11:37:35 $18-MILLION PROGRAM IN THAT OUR
11:37:37 PROJECT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR
11:37:39 REZONING APPROVAL IS AT THE
11:37:42 EASTERN END OF THIS K-BAR RANCH
11:37:43 PARKWAY EXPANSION.
11:37:44 THE $18 MILLION IS A BIG
11:37:45 NUMBER.
11:37:46 DOES IT MEAN ANYTHING?
11:37:48 IT DOES WHEN ONE LOOKS AT IT
11:37:49 THIS WAY.
11:37:50 IF ONE LOOKED AT THIS FROM KIND
11:37:52 OF A TRADITIONAL OLD-FASHIONED
11:37:55 PROP SHARE ANALYSIS COMPARED TO
11:37:57 YOUR MULTIMODAL IMPACT FEES,
11:37:59 THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE -- THE
11:38:01 MI PROJECT BEFORE OUR PROJECT
11:38:05 EVEN COMES ONLINE -- AN
11:38:08 $11-MILLION CREDIT EXCESS THAT
11:38:09 WOULD NEVER BE USED, WILL NEVER
11:38:11 BE REALIZED, WILL NEVER BE
11:38:13 MONETIZED, ON ACCOUNT OF THE
11:38:14 NUMBER OF HOMES IN THE
11:38:14 COMMUNITY.
11:38:17 IT COULD EQUATE TO A 4,000-UNIT
11:38:19 PROJECT IF ONE DID AN
11:38:20 ADDITIONAL PROP SHARE ANALYSIS,
11:38:21 BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU HAVE.
11:38:24 YOU HAVE THE MI REZONING FOR
11:38:27 1200 UNITS, PREEXISTING 400
11:38:30 UNITS, AND NOW ANOTHER 600-PLUS
11:38:31 UNITS SPREAD OVER THE WEST AND
11:38:32 THE EAST.
11:38:34 ALL OF THAT IS JUST BY WAY OF
11:38:35 SHOWING YOU THAT THAT, TOGETHER
11:38:38 WITH THE PREEXISTING
11:38:40 50-PLUS-ACRE PARK THAT WAS
11:38:42 DEDICATED TO THE CITY, WHICH IS
11:38:43 FAR IN EXCESS OF THE COUNTY --
11:38:45 THE CITY COMP PLAN REQUIREMENTS
11:38:48 FOR PARKS FOR ALL OF THIS
11:38:49 PROJECT, THAT THIS PROJECT AS A
11:38:51 WHOLE HAS MITIGATED OVER AND
11:38:54 ABOVE WHAT IS NECESSARY TO
11:38:56 ACCOMMODATE THIS REZONING,
11:38:57 WHICH REALLY STARTED WITH THE
11:39:00 ANNEXATION OF THIS PROJECT INTO
11:39:03 THE CITY IN THE EARLY 2000S,
11:39:05 AND WITH THAT, WE WOULD
11:39:08 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU
11:39:09 APPROVE THIS REZONING AND ALLOW
11:39:10 US TO PROCEED AND HOPEFULLY
11:39:12 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PASCO
11:39:12 COUNTY TO BRING THOSE
11:39:14 CONNECTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF
11:39:15 ALL THE COUNTIES AND ALL THE
11:39:15 JURISDICTIONS.
11:39:16 THANK YOU.
11:39:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
11:39:21 FROM COUNCIL?
11:39:23 >> JUST BRIEFLY, IF I MAY.
11:39:24 MA'AM, YOU HAD MENTIONED SOME
11:39:24 OF THE CONNECTORS.
11:39:26 WHAT IS YOUR -- I DON'T KNOW IF
11:39:28 YOU MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY
11:39:29 KINNAN/MANSFIELD.
11:39:31 IS YOUR OPTIMISM FOR
11:39:33 KINNAN/MANSFIELD YOUR OPTIMISM
11:39:35 FOR THE OTHER TWO CONNECTORS?
11:39:36 >> YES, IT IS.
11:39:37 I BELIEVE FROM WHAT I
11:39:38 UNDERSTAND, I THINK THAT THE
11:39:41 PASCO POWERS THAT BE WANT TO
11:39:42 SEE ALL THE CONNECTIONS.
11:39:45 I THINK -- AND I -- AS A
11:39:48 REMINDER, YOUR STAFF,
11:39:49 MS. CALLOWAY IN PARTICULAR,
11:39:50 THROUGH THE DA, HAS ENSURED
11:39:53 THAT IF CONNECTIONS ARE ABLE TO
11:39:55 BE MADE, THEY WILL ALL BE MADE
11:39:59 OR NOT BE MADE.
11:40:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
11:40:01 AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO
11:40:02 MUCH INTO THE WEEDS HERE.
11:40:04 THIS IS A HEARING SPECIFICALLY
11:40:05 ON THIS, BUT I DID WANT TO
11:40:05 MENTION THAT YOU'D MENTIONED
11:40:08 THE 50-ACRE PARK, AND I
11:40:09 CERTAINLY HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING
11:40:10 THAT A FUTURE COUNCIL TAKES A
11:40:11 LOOK AT IN TERMS OF DEVELOPING
11:40:13 AND EXPANDING IN THE K-BAR
11:40:15 AREA, SO JUST THANK YOU FOR
11:40:16 MENTIONING THAT.
11:40:16 NOTHING AT THIS TIME.
11:40:18 I'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR
11:40:19 CITY STAFF, BUT NOTHING FURTHER
11:40:20 FOR YOU, MA'AM, FROM ME.
11:40:22 >> THANK YOU.
11:40:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:40:24 ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL --
11:40:27 ANYONE IN FROM THE PUBLIC WISH
11:40:29 TO SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 98?
11:40:29 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BEFORE WE
11:40:31 CLOSE, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM
11:40:33 CITY STAFF.
11:40:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:40:37 >> THANK YOU.
11:40:40 I SEE THAT THE 2015 DEVELOPMENT
11:40:41 AGREEMENTS STATES THAT THE
11:40:43 KINNAN/MANSFIELD CONNECTION IS
11:40:48 TO BE CONNECTED CONCURRENTLY
11:40:51 WITH THE WYNFIELDS AND MI
11:40:52 CONNECTIONS.
11:40:53 IS THAT PART OF THE
11:40:54 CONNECTIONS?
11:40:56 >> MELANIE CALLOWAY, PLANNING
11:40:56 AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
11:40:57 THAT IS CORRECT.
11:41:00 >> THEY'RE TO DO THIS WHEN THE
11:41:03 ENTIRE K-BAR RANCH DEVELOPMENT
11:41:03 IS COMPLETED?
11:41:04 >> NO, SIR.
11:41:06 I PUT THE [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:41:08 BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO SEE THE
11:41:09 ENTIRE ROADWAY NETWORK.
11:41:11 SO RIGHT NOW MI HOMES IS
11:41:12 WORKING ON SEGMENT "D" AND
11:41:14 "E," WHICH IS MEADOW POINTE
11:41:15 RIGHT HERE.
11:41:17 THEY'RE REQUIRED BY THE DA TO
11:41:18 MAKE THE CONNECTION TO THE
11:41:21 COUNTY LINE, AND IF THEY ARE
11:41:23 ABLE TO GET CONNECTION AT
11:41:27 MEADOW POINTE AND MANSFIELD AT
11:41:29 THE SAME TIME, IT WILL GET
11:41:30 ADDITIONAL ENTITLEMENTS, IF YOU
11:41:31 WANT TO SAY THAT.
11:41:32 THEY GET AN EXTRA BONUS.
11:41:34 IF NOT, THEY WILL BE CONTINUING
11:41:37 THIS ROADWAY OF SEGMENT "F" --
11:41:39 THIS IS SEGMENT "F" -- TO "G."
11:41:42 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND THIS
11:41:44 WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON THE
11:41:45 CONSENT OF PASCO COUNTY?
11:41:47 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
11:41:49 IF PASCO COUNTY DOES NOT ALLOW
11:41:50 THE CONNECTION, THEN THE
11:41:52 DEVELOPER WILL CONTINUE GOING
11:41:55 EASTWARD.
11:41:58 WITH K-BAR RANCH PARKWAY,
11:41:59 THEY'LL CONTINUE THAT ROAD
11:42:00 EASTWARD.
11:42:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO FURTHER
11:42:02 QUESTIONS.
11:42:02 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:42:05 >> THAT'S CORRECT, MORRIS
11:42:05 BRIDGE.
11:42:06 >>HARRY COHEN: SO IT WOULD
11:42:07 CONNECT THROUGH?
11:42:12 >> SO THAT -- MI DEVELOPER HAS
11:42:13 ENTITLEMENTS AND THEN THEY HAVE
11:42:15 TO BUILD A PORTION OF THE ROAD.
11:42:16 THE PORTION OF THE ROAD,
11:42:19 SEGMENT "G" -- I'LL POINT TO IT
11:42:21 RIGHT HERE -- THAT SEGMENT
11:42:24 "G" IS ACTUALLY AT THE END OF
11:42:25 THEIR ENTITLEMENT, IF YOU WANT
11:42:27 TO CALL IT -- THEIR LAST 200.
11:42:29 THEY MAY CHOOSE NOT TO CONTINUE
11:42:31 WITH THE 200 UNITS TO MAKE THE
11:42:33 END OF THE CONNECTION, BUT WHAT
11:42:36 YOU'RE SEEING TODAY, DUE TO
11:42:38 THEIR PROXIMITY TO K-BAR RANCH
11:42:43 PARKWAY HERE -- AND THESE ARE
11:42:45 THE TWO PODS HERE AND HERE --
11:42:47 I'LL SHOW YOU -- WHICH IS THIS
11:42:50 PIECE AND THIS PIECE, THAT IS
11:42:52 NOW ON THEIR FRONTLOADED OF
11:42:53 THEIR ENTITLEMENT.
11:42:54 THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE
11:42:56 THE K-BAR RANCH PARKWAY
11:43:00 CONNECTION TO MORRIS BRIDGE TO
11:43:02 AS FAR AS SEGMENT "F" TO MEET
11:43:04 MI HOMES, SO THEY ARE -- THIS
11:43:06 IS IN THE FRONT OF THEIRS, SO
11:43:07 WE'RE GUARANTEED THAT
11:43:08 CONNECTION.
11:43:09 >>HARRY COHEN: SO THEY HAVE TO
11:43:10 MAKE THAT CONNECTION IN ORDER
11:43:10 TO BUILD?
11:43:10 >> YES.
11:43:12 AND THAT PUTS THE ROADWAY ALL
11:43:13 THE WAY THROUGH.
11:43:14 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IF YOU WOULD
11:43:16 HAVE SAID FRONTLOADED IN THE
11:43:17 BEGINNING, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
11:43:18 DONE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE
11:43:21 EXPLANATION AND MAKING IT
11:43:21 CLEAR.
11:43:22 THANK YOU.
11:43:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:43:26 ANYTHING ELSE, MR. VIERA?
11:43:28 MR. MIRANDA, YOU HAVE A
11:43:30 QUESTION?
11:43:30 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO
11:43:32 SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING YOUR
11:43:33 STAFF COMING OVER AND
11:43:34 EXPLAINING THIS.
11:43:35 I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
11:43:36 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
11:43:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:43:42 ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
11:43:43 QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
11:43:45 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON
11:43:45 ITEM NO. 98?
11:43:46 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:43:47 >> SECOND.
11:43:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
11:43:50 MOTION AND SECOND.
11:43:51 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:43:52 AYE.
11:43:54 MR. MANISCALCO, YOU CARE TO
11:43:55 READ 98?
11:43:55 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
11:43:56 VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:43:57 I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
11:43:58 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
11:44:00 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
11:44:01 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
11:44:03 GENERAL VICINITY OF 16530 AND
11:44:06 17302 MORRIS BRIDGE ROAD, AND
11:44:09 10310 K-BAR RANCH PARKWAY, IN
11:44:10 THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
11:44:11 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
11:44:13 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
11:44:15 CLASSIFICATION PD-A, PLANNED
11:44:16 DEVELOPMENT, ALTERNATIVE
11:44:18 RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL, AND AR,
11:44:21 AGRICULTURAL RURAL, TO PD-A,
11:44:22 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
11:44:23 ALTERNATIVE, RESIDENTIAL,
11:44:24 SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED,
11:44:27 SEMI-DETACHED, AND ATTACHED,
11:44:28 ALL CN USES, EXCLUDING
11:44:30 RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY,
11:44:33 SCHOOL AND CONGREGATE LIVING
11:44:34 FACILITY; PROVIDING AN
11:44:34 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:44:35 >> SECOND.
11:44:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:44:37 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:44:38 MR. COHEN.
11:44:39 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
11:44:47 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA
11:44:48 VOTING NO.
11:44:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:44:51 THANK YOU.
11:44:53 99, WE JUST NEED TO MOVE THE
11:44:54 RESOLUTION, THAT'S A PART OF
11:44:55 THE DEVELOPMENT?
11:44:56 >> SO MOVED.
11:44:57 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU NEED TO
11:44:59 HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND THEN
11:44:59 CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
11:45:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:45:02 ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM
11:45:03 NO. 99?
11:45:05 >> DONNA FELDMAN FOR THE
11:45:05 APPLICANT.
11:45:08 THIS IS REALLY A COMPANION TO
11:45:10 ITEM 98, SO I WON'T WASTE YOUR
11:45:10 TIME.
11:45:11 I WOULD APPRECIATE APPROVAL.
11:45:12 THANK YOU.
11:45:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE
11:45:15 WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 99?
11:45:16 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:45:16 >> SECOND.
11:45:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:45:18 GOT A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN
11:45:21 CAPIN, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN
11:45:21 MANISCALCO.
11:45:23 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:45:25 AYE.
11:45:26 >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:45:27 >> SECOND.
11:45:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:45:30 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:45:30 MR. COHEN.
11:45:31 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:45:32 AYE.
11:45:33 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:45:34 >> NAY.
11:45:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:45:36 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA
11:45:38 VOTING NO.
11:45:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: GO TO ITEM NO.
11:45:45 100.
11:45:49 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:45:50 ROBIN HORTON SILVERMAN, LEGAL
11:45:51 DEPARTMENT.
11:45:52 THIS IS A CONTINUATION FROM MAY
11:45:56 3RD, 2018, WITH THE 1761 REVIEW
11:45:58 OF ARC 17-330.
11:46:01 TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHAT
11:46:03 HAPPENED ON MAY 3RD, THIS IS A
11:46:06 CERTIFICATE OF A HEIGHT OF A
11:46:08 FENCE IN TAMPA'S HISTORIC
11:46:08 DISTRICT.
11:46:11 THE ARC DENIED IT ON THE
11:46:12 GUIDELINES OF PAGES 69 AND 70
11:46:14 OF THE GUIDELINES.
11:46:15 IN PART, THE MOTION WAS
11:46:16 CONTINUED, AND THERE WAS
11:46:21 ANOTHER MOTION AT THE HISTORIC
11:46:22 PRESERVATION BE REQUESTED TO
11:46:24 REVIEW THE DESIGN GUIDELINES.
11:46:25 THERE'S BEEN A CONTINUANCE ON
11:46:27 THAT PART, AND THAT'S ON AGENDA
11:46:32 NO. 105, AND I BELIEVE MS. KERT
11:46:33 MADE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.
11:46:36 DO WE WANT TO PROCEED?
11:46:37 >> WOULD YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU
11:46:37 JUST SAID?
11:46:38 I'M SORRY.
11:46:40 WHAT HAPPENED?
11:46:42 [LAUGHTER]
11:46:44 >> SO AT THE MEETING THERE WAS
11:46:45 A CONTINUED DISCUSSION, NOT
11:46:47 ONLY TO THIS SPECIFIC FENCE
11:46:50 WITH MR. CHATMAN'S PROPERTY BUT
11:46:52 TO FENCES IN TAMPA HEIGHTS,
11:46:53 WHETHER THE GUIDELINES NEEDED
11:46:54 TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE
11:46:56 MR. CHATMAN MADE A SIX-FOOT
11:46:57 FENCE ALONG THE SIDE OF HIS
11:46:58 PROPERTY WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE
11:46:59 BEEN A FOUR-FOOT FENCE UNDER
11:47:00 THE GUIDELINES.
11:47:01 >>HARRY COHEN: RIGHT.
11:47:02 WE -- YEAH, OKAY.
11:47:04 >> SO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
11:47:06 COMMISSION MET ON JUNE 12TH,
11:47:07 BUT THEY WANT ADDITIONAL TIME,
11:47:09 ESPECIALLY BEING IN THE SUMMER
11:47:11 SEASON, TO CONSULT WITH THE
11:47:14 TAMPA HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION, AND
11:47:15 THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST TO
11:47:17 CONTINUE THAT TO SEPTEMBER AND
11:47:19 THAT THE WHOLE ITEM WITH THE
11:47:21 HPC HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO BE
11:47:22 CONTINUED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20TH.
11:47:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: GO AHEAD.
11:47:29 >>HARRY COHEN: YOU'RE ASKING US
11:47:29 TO CONTINUE?
11:47:31 >> I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO
11:47:31 CONTINUE.
11:47:33 WHERE IT WENT ON MAY 3RD, THE
11:47:35 PETITIONER HAS ASKED --
11:47:36 >>HARRY COHEN: THE PETITIONER
11:47:40 WANTS TO PROCEED --
11:47:41 >> CORRECT.
11:47:44 I CONTACTED MR. JOHN GRANDOFF A
11:47:45 COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND HE
11:47:48 WISHES TO PROCEED TODAY.
11:47:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. GRANDOFF,
11:47:50 YOU'RE REPRESENTING THE
11:47:51 PETITIONER?
11:47:53 >> YES.
11:47:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT IS THE
11:47:57 REASON FOR WANTING TO PROCEED
11:47:59 WHEN YOU'VE GOT TWO AGENCIES
11:48:04 SAYING GIVE US MORE TIME?
11:48:06 >> WELL, LET ME BE ON THE
11:48:07 RECORD.
11:48:09 JOHN GRANDOFF, SUITE 3700, BANK
11:48:10 OF AMERICA PLAZA.
11:48:11 I REPRESENT REVEREND LEROY
11:48:13 CHATMAN AND HIS WIFE, GLORIA
11:48:18 CHATMAN THIS MORNING.
11:48:20 THE CHATMAN'S APPEALED AN ARC
11:48:22 DECISION TO YOU THAT WE HEARD
11:48:23 LAST TIME.
11:48:25 PART OF THAT DISCUSSION WAS A
11:48:27 POLICY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER
11:48:28 THE TAMPA HEIGHTS FENCES SHOULD
11:48:32 BE REVIEWED, AND THEY -- THEY
11:48:35 WANT TO JUST MOVE ON AND HAVE
11:48:39 THEIR DECISION RENDERED.
11:48:41 IF THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL
11:48:42 IS TO POSTPONE, WE'LL CERTAINLY
11:48:45 HONOR THAT, BUT THEY WANT TO
11:48:48 HAVE PEACE AND MOVE FORWARD.
11:48:51 I MEAN, I THINK THE TAMPA
11:48:53 HEIGHTS AND THE HISTORIC
11:48:55 PRESERVATION DISCUSSION IS MORE
11:48:57 OF A POLICY DECISION, AND THEY
11:48:58 DON'T WANT TO BE LINGERING OUT
11:48:59 THERE WAITING FOR A POLICY
11:49:02 DECISION TO BE MADE.
11:49:03 >>YVONNE CAPIN: CAN I --
11:49:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
11:49:06 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WELL, THE WAY
11:49:08 IT STANDS NOW, THE POLICY IS
11:49:09 NO, THAT IT'S NOT ALLOWED.
11:49:11 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
11:49:14 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
11:49:14 THEY UNDERSTAND.
11:49:16 >> BUT THE FENCE IS GOING TO
11:49:18 REMAIN UP --
11:49:20 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IF WE CONTINUE?
11:49:20 >> RIGHT.
11:49:21 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES, THAT'S
11:49:22 UNDERSTOOD.
11:49:25 >> OKAY.
11:49:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: DO YOU HAVE
11:49:28 ANY TYPE OF VISUAL ON THIS?
11:49:29 DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OR
11:49:30 SOMETHING?
11:49:31 >> YES.
11:49:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: A VISUAL?
11:49:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I REMEMBER
11:49:35 THIS CASE.
11:49:36 THERE WAS A FENCE ACROSS THE
11:49:37 STREET ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT OR
11:49:38 SOMETHING?
11:49:39 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEAH.
11:49:40 WE SAW FENCES THAT WERE --
11:49:42 THAT'S WHY THE POLICY CAME UP.
11:49:43 >> THERE ARE MANY IN TAMPA
11:49:45 HEIGHTS THAT ARE EXCEEDING --
11:49:46 >> OH, OKAY.
11:49:50 >> JUST TO BRIEFLY REFRESH YOUR
11:49:51 RECOLLECTION, THIS IS A CRIME
11:49:54 ISSUE, AND THE CHATMANS HAVE
11:49:57 DECIDED TO SECURE THEIR HOME
11:49:59 THE WAY THEY SEE FIT, AND THEY
11:50:01 BUILT THIS FENCE.
11:50:02 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WELL, MAY I?
11:50:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: MM-HMM.
11:50:04 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I REMEMBER
11:50:07 DISTINCTLY SAYING THAT THERE
11:50:09 ARE FENCES IN THE HEIGHTS THAT
11:50:12 ARE LIKE THIS AND THAT IF WE
11:50:14 REQUIRE THIS TO COME DOWN, WE
11:50:17 HAVE TO, WE MUST REQUIRE THE
11:50:18 REST TO COME DOWN.
11:50:19 >> I THINK THAT'S FAIR.
11:50:20 >>YVONNE CAPIN: AND I THINK
11:50:23 THAT WOULD BE -- THAT'S WHAT
11:50:27 THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SHOULD DO
11:50:30 AND NEEDS TO DO IF THAT'S THE
11:50:32 CASE.
11:50:33 THAT IS -- IF THAT'S THE
11:50:38 POLICY, THEN WE HAVE TO ENFORCE
11:50:41 IT ON EVERYONE.
11:50:46 >> THAT'S EQUAL PROTECTION.
11:50:49 >> BUT, MR. CHAIR, IF, FOR SOME
11:50:51 REASON, THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:50:53 RELAXED THE STANDARD, THEN
11:50:54 EVERYONE'S FENCES WOULD BE
11:50:57 ALLOWED TO STAY UP.
11:50:58 >>YVONNE CAPIN: CORRECT.
11:51:00 >>HARRY COHEN: SO SINCE THEY'RE
11:51:01 TAKING UP THE ISSUE, IT DOES
11:51:03 SEEM TO ME IT WOULD BE IN
11:51:05 EVERYONE'S BEST INTEREST TO
11:51:07 HOLD THIS IN ABEYANCE, BUT I --
11:51:08 YOU KNOW --
11:51:10 >> LET ME SPEAK TO MY CLIENT
11:51:11 BRIEFLY.
11:51:11 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
11:51:12 THAT'S WHERE I WAS HEADING.
11:51:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT IS THE
11:51:15 OBJECTION TO THIS FENCE?
11:51:16 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IT'S A
11:51:20 SIX-FOOT --
11:51:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OKAY.
11:51:22 >> WHEN IT REACHES, IT NEEDS TO
11:51:23 BE FOUR FEET.
11:51:25 UNTIL IT REACHES THE REAR OF
11:51:26 THE YARD, AND THEN IT CAN BE
11:51:27 SIX FEET.
11:51:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OKAY.
11:51:30 OKAY.
11:51:31 >>HARRY COHEN: IT'S LIKE OKAY
11:51:33 TO THERE.
11:51:37 >> AND THIS IS GLADYS STREET,
11:51:38 AND HERE'S THE FRONT OF THE
11:51:40 HOUSE, HERE'S THE FRONT OF THE
11:51:42 HOME.
11:51:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LOOK TO THE
11:51:43 LEFT.
11:51:44 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
11:51:45 WE --
11:51:47 >> LET ME SPEAK TO REVEREND
11:51:48 CHATMAN.
11:51:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: [OFF
11:51:54 MICROPHONE]
11:51:55 [LAUGHTER]
11:52:35 >> SIDE BAR.
11:52:36 [LAUGHTER]
11:52:38 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SILVER PLATTER.
11:52:49 >> OKAY.
11:52:52 THIS IS WHAT I SUGGEST AND WHAT
11:52:53 I'VE RECOMMENDED TO MY CLIENT.
11:52:55 WE WILL AGREE TO THE
11:52:55 CONTINUANCE AS LONG AS THE
11:52:59 FENCE REMAINS AS CONSTRUCTED,
11:53:01 THAT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WILL
11:53:03 NOT BE ISSUED ON THE FENCE.
11:53:05 IF THE TAMPA PRESERVATION
11:53:07 COMMISSION WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER
11:53:08 DOES NOT BRING A RESOLUTION TO
11:53:10 THE ISSUE, WE WANT THIS APPEAL
11:53:12 TO REMAIN OPEN SO WE CAN THEN
11:53:15 COME FORWARD AND BE HEARD ON
11:53:17 THE MATTER, SO MY SUGGESTION,
11:53:19 YOU WOULD CONTINUE THIS
11:53:20 APPLICATION BECAUSE YOU DID
11:53:24 HAVE A VOTE, IT WAS A 3-2 VOTE,
11:53:27 SO THAT'S A MOUTHFUL, BUT
11:53:28 THAT'S -- I THINK WE CAN WORK
11:53:31 WITH THAT.
11:53:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHAIRMAN, I
11:53:33 THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE
11:53:34 REQUEST.
11:53:35 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I AGREE.
11:53:37 >>HARRY COHEN: MR. SHELBY,
11:53:39 WOULD A CONTINUANCE, BY
11:53:40 OPERATION OF LAW OR WHATEVER,
11:53:43 KEEP THIS MATTER OPEN SO THAT
11:53:45 THE CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATION
11:53:47 WOULD BE STAYED?
11:53:48 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES, THAT'S MY
11:53:49 UNDERSTANDING.
11:53:51 IS THAT CORRECT?
11:53:53 I BELIEVE THAT'S -- I WOULD
11:53:55 BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE.
11:53:57 >> ROBIN HORTON SILVERMAN.
11:53:59 I'VE BEEN TOLD, YES, THAT'S
11:54:00 CORRECT.
11:54:02 >> THAT MAKES IT CLEAR THEN.
11:54:03 >>MARTIN SHELBY: BUT IT WOULD
11:54:05 BE A CONTINUANCE AGREED TO BY
11:54:07 THE PETITIONER OR THE APPLICANT
11:54:09 TO A DATE AND TIME CERTAIN,
11:54:11 JUST LIKE ANY OTHER.
11:54:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHAIRMAN,
11:54:13 THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
11:54:15 SEPTEMBER.
11:54:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: THEY SAID
11:54:17 SEPTEMBER.
11:54:18 >>MARTIN SHELBY: SEPTEMBER 20TH
11:54:20 IS THE NEXT DATE FOR THE HPC.
11:54:27 >> ROBIN HORTON SILVERMAN.
11:54:29 THEY CAN MEET -- THE MOTION
11:54:31 THEY MADE WAS FOR SEPTEMBER
11:54:34 11TH, AND, IN TURN, THE CITY
11:54:34 COUNCIL PRESENTATION TO YOU
11:54:36 WOULD BE ON SEPTEMBER 20TH.
11:54:38 >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENTATION TO
11:54:39 US --
11:54:41 >> ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
11:54:43 HPC.
11:54:45 >> SO THE 20TH.
11:54:46 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WE'VE GOT TO GO
11:54:46 PAST THAT.
11:54:48 >> IT WOULD BE -- TO BE
11:54:50 TOGETHER, THEY WOULD BOTH BE ON
11:54:50 THE 20TH.
11:54:51 >> OF SEPTEMBER?
11:54:53 >> OF SEPTEMBER, YES.
11:54:53 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHAT YOU
11:54:54 PRESENT AND -- I GOT IT.
11:54:56 >> YES.
11:54:58 HPC WOULD MEET EITHER IN
11:54:59 SEPTEMBER OR AUGUST.
11:55:02 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: PROVIDING
11:55:03 NO --
11:55:03 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU'RE SAYING
11:55:04 BOTH WILL BE PRESENTED
11:55:07 SEPTEMBER 20TH?
11:55:10 >> HPC WOULD MEET IN AUGUST OR
11:55:12 SEPTEMBER BEFORE CITY COUNCIL
11:55:14 ON THE 20TH, AND HPC COULD
11:55:15 BRING FORWARD TO YOU THEIR
11:55:16 RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE
11:55:18 GUIDELINES ON SEPTEMBER 20TH OF
11:55:19 THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
11:55:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHY DON'T WE
11:55:22 JUST POSTPONE IT TO A REGULAR
11:55:23 MEETING IN OCTOBER SO WE GET
11:55:24 ALL THIS OVER WITH.
11:55:25 >> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
11:55:27 >>REBECCA KERT: REBECCA KERT,
11:55:27 LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:55:29 ON SEPTEMBER 20TH THERE WILL
11:55:34 NOT BE AN ORDINANCE TO ADOPT
11:55:35 AND SIGNED.
11:55:36 IT WON'T BE FINAL ON SEPTEMBER
11:55:37 20TH.
11:55:38 I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE AN
11:55:38 UNDERSTANDING.
11:55:40 YOU CAN SCHEDULE THIS, YOU CAN
11:55:41 GET AN UPDATE ON THAT, BUT YOU
11:55:42 WILL NOT HAVE THE CODE CHANGE.
11:55:46 THERE ARE OTHER PROCESSES THAT
11:55:47 HAVE TO TAKE PLACE.
11:55:48 THEY HAVE TO SEND A NOTICE,
11:55:49 HAVE ANOTHER HEARING.
11:55:57 IT'S NOT A SHORT MEETING.
11:55:58 THE CHANGES TO THE GUIDELINES
11:56:00 NEED TO BE DONE.
11:56:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT'S YOUR
11:56:01 TIME FRAME?
11:56:03 >>REBECCA KERT: WE CAN COME
11:56:04 BACK ON SEPTEMBER 20TH AND LET
11:56:06 YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
11:56:07 I CAN'T TELL YOU THE PROCESS
11:56:08 WILL BE DONE.
11:56:09 I DON'T HAVE A BETTER DATE.
11:56:11 >>YVONNE CAPIN: HERE'S THE
11:56:12 THING.
11:56:14 LETTING US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE
11:56:16 TELLS US A LOT, SO I WOULD
11:56:18 SUGGEST AFTER SEPTEMBER 20TH WE
11:56:20 GO AHEAD AND HEAR THE -- THE
11:56:24 REVIEW OCTOBER.
11:56:26 >>REBECCA KERT: I JUST DON'T
11:56:28 WANT EVERYONE TO THINK
11:56:29 EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE
11:56:29 WRAPPED UP.
11:56:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE WERE
11:56:31 TALKING ABOUT --
11:56:32 >>HARRY COHEN: SO WE'LL MOVE TO
11:56:34 CONTINUE IT TO OCTOBER 4TH,
11:56:35 RECOGNIZING THAT WHILE THERE
11:56:36 MAY NOT BE A CODE CHANGE YET,
11:56:40 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME
11:56:40 DIRECTION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
11:56:42 IN TERMS OF WHAT DIRECTION
11:56:46 THEY'RE HEADING ON THIS?
11:56:47 >> IF IT'S NOT RESOLVED BY
11:56:49 OCTOBER 4TH, WE HAVE THE
11:56:51 DISCRETION TO CONTINUE IT
11:56:51 FURTHER.
11:56:53 >>HARRY COHEN: OR TO DECIDE IT.
11:56:54 >> RIGHT.
11:56:55 IT REMAINS PENDING.
11:56:57 >> IF HPC COMES BACK AND
11:56:58 DECIDES NOT TO CHANGE THE
11:57:00 GUIDELINES, THAT WOULD BE THE
11:57:01 DIRECTION THEY WOULD GIVE THE
11:57:01 COUNCIL.
11:57:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME BE
11:57:03 CLEAR.
11:57:04 SEPTEMBER 20TH, WE WILL HAVE
11:57:06 SOME FORM OF DIRECTION?
11:57:06 >> YES.
11:57:08 HPC WILL LET YOU KNOW WHETHER
11:57:11 THEY DECIDE TO CHANGE THE TAMPA
11:57:12 HEIGHTS GUIDELINES AND LEAVE
11:57:13 THE FENCE AS IS.
11:57:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:57:14 IF WE PASS THIS MOTION UNTIL
11:57:17 OCTOBER THE 4TH, THAT GIVES US
11:57:18 SOME TIMELINE TO EITHER ACCEPT
11:57:19 OR CONTINUE THIS?
11:57:19 >> CORRECT.
11:57:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:57:21 THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BE
11:57:22 CLEAR ON.
11:57:23 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OR IF WE DON'T
11:57:26 FOLLOW THE DIRECTION, THEN WHAT
11:57:30 HAPPENS, THE DIRECTION, IF IT'S
11:57:34 -- WHATEVER IT IS -- YOU KNOW,
11:57:36 I'M GETTING INTO THE WEEDS.
11:57:37 LET'S JUST GO WITH THIS.
11:57:38 I'M DONE.
11:57:39 [LAUGHTER]
11:57:40 >> THANK YOU.
11:57:41 >>HARRY COHEN: MOVE TO CONTINUE
11:57:43 TO OCTOBER 4TH AT 10:30 A.M.
11:57:44 >> SECOND.
11:57:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:57:46 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN,
11:57:47 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:57:48 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM
11:57:52 COUNCIL ON THIS MOTION?
11:57:54 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR OF
11:57:55 THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
11:57:56 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:57:56 ALL RIGHT.
11:57:58 >> THANK YOU.
11:57:59 >> THANK YOU, ROBIN.
11:58:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM 101,
11:58:12 ANYONE HERE ABOUT ITEM 101?
11:58:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
11:58:13 MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS THE THIRD
11:58:14 TIME, I BELIEVE.
11:58:19 IT STARTED APRIL, MAY, AND NOW
11:58:20 WE'RE IN JUNE.
11:58:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND THE SAME
11:58:22 PROBLEM, FROM WHAT I'M
11:58:24 UNDERSTANDING, IN THAT THE
11:58:30 PERSON DID NOT -- GOT THE
11:58:32 PAPERWORK WRONG THE THIRD TIME,
11:58:34 AND -- BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOING
11:58:38 ON -- GOING ON, YOU KNOW, AND
11:58:40 THE PERSON IS -- I'M JUST
11:58:41 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF
11:58:43 SOMEBODY'S HERE FROM STAFF THAT
11:58:45 CAN SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE.
11:58:53 >>REBECCA KERT: REBECCA KERT,
11:58:54 LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:58:57 I CANNOT SPEAK TO YOU EXACTLY
11:58:58 WHAT WENT WRONG OR WHAT'S GOING
11:59:00 ON WITH THE APPLICANT, BUT YOU
11:59:01 HAVE AMENDED YOUR CODE TO
11:59:03 PROVIDE THAT IF THEY'RE -- ON
11:59:05 THE THIRD MISNOTICE YOU CAN
11:59:07 DEEM THE APPLICATION DEEMED
11:59:09 WITHDRAWN, AND MR. SHELLEY, YOU
11:59:14 CAN CORRECT ME IF I HAVE MY --
11:59:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: THAT WOULD BE
11:59:16 MY RECOMMENDATION TO THIS
11:59:16 COUNCIL.
11:59:18 >>HARRY COHEN: I MAKE THE
11:59:19 MOTION TO DEEM IT WITHDRAWN.
11:59:20 >> SECOND.
11:59:21 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, JUST
11:59:23 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD,
11:59:24 SO IT'S CLEAR, YOU ARE DOING
11:59:26 THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION
11:59:30 27-61(J)(2)(B).
11:59:31 >>HARRY COHEN: YES.
11:59:31 THANK YOU.
11:59:33 [LAUGHTER]
11:59:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:59:35 GOT A QUESTION FROM -- I MEAN A
11:59:37 MOTION FROM MR. COHEN, SECOND
11:59:41 BY MR. MANISCALCO TO DEEM THIS
11:59:42 ITEM WITHDRAWN.
11:59:43 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:59:44 AYE.
11:59:47 OPPOSED.
11:59:48 ALL RIGHT.
11:59:50 WE'VE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE TO
11:59:53 GO, AND IT'S CURRENTLY 12:00.
11:59:54 WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF
11:59:55 COUNCIL?
11:59:56 DO WE WANT --
11:59:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU SAID YOU
11:59:59 WERE GOING TO STOP AT 12:00.
12:00:00 WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE,
12:00:02 MR. CHAIRMAN.
12:00:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: DO YOU THINK
12:00:04 WE COULD RESOLVE THIS IN THE
12:00:07 NEXT 30 MINUTES, THESE THREE?
12:00:08 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THEY'VE GOT
12:00:09 FOUR.
12:00:10 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD,
12:00:11 MR. CHAIR, IF WE ARE GOING TO
12:00:13 EXTEND TIME, I WOULD SUGGEST WE
12:00:14 GET TO 106 FIRST BECAUSE THAT
12:00:16 WAS THE LION'S SHARE OF THE
12:00:17 PUBLIC COMMENT, AND MANY OF THE
12:00:18 PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC ARE
12:00:21 STILL HERE, AND TO RESOLVE THAT
12:00:22 FIRST.
12:00:23 THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
12:00:25 >> I DON'T SEE MS. DUNCAN IN
12:00:27 THE AUDIENCE.
12:00:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I DO NOT SEE
12:00:29 MS. DUNCAN EITHER.
12:00:29 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
12:00:35 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MA'AM, WE'RE NOT
12:00:36 TALKING ABOUT YOUR MEMBERS,
12:00:37 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR STAFF.
12:00:38 THAT'S ALL.
12:00:39 >> OH.
12:00:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: WELL, THAT
12:00:41 ONE'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE, SO
12:00:42 I'M GOING TO SUGGEST --
12:00:43 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S UP TO
12:00:44 YOU, CHAIR.
12:00:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET'S STOP AT
12:00:48 12:00 HERE, AND WHAT TIME DO
12:00:50 YOU WANT TO RESUME?
12:00:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 1:30.
12:00:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
12:00:59 WE STAND IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30.
12:01:01 [RECESS TAKEN]
13:33:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'RE GOING TO
13:33:27 CALL THIS COUNCIL MEETING BACK
13:33:31 TO ORDER, AND THE ROLL CALL.
13:33:32 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
13:33:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
13:33:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
13:33:39 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
13:33:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
13:33:40 ALL RIGHT.
13:33:45 WE'LL GO TO ITEM 102, AND --
13:33:46 >> GOOD AFTERNOON,
13:33:47 MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE
13:33:48 COUNCIL.
13:33:51 YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A LICENSE
13:33:53 FEE SCHEDULE REQUEST TO CHANGE
13:33:55 THE SCHEDULE FROM WHAT WAS
13:33:58 PRESENTED TO YOU IN 2015.
13:34:00 THE CHANGES ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY
13:34:02 MINOR, AND WE CONSOLIDATED WHAT
13:34:03 -- EXCUSE ME.
13:34:05 WE ALSO CONSOLIDATED FOUR
13:34:06 SCHEDULES INTO TWO TO MAKE IT
13:34:09 SIMPLER FOR STAFF TO UTILIZE.
13:34:10 WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FROM YOU
13:34:13 TODAY IS THAT WE WILL KEEP THE
13:34:14 EXISTING FEE SCHEDULE INTACT
13:34:19 THROUGH 2024 AND GIVE YOU A
13:34:21 REMINDER FROM 2015, THAT FEE
13:34:25 SCHEDULE INCREASES 5% EACH YEAR
13:34:27 UP UNTIL 2024, AND THEN STAFF
13:34:30 IS RECOMMENDING AFTER 2024,
13:34:32 WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN
13:34:33 THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY, THE NEW
13:34:35 HOTELS THAT ARE COMING IN, THAT
13:34:37 WE AT THAT POINT IN TIME DO A
13:34:39 RATE SCHEDULE SURVEY WITH
13:34:40 COMPETING FACILITIES TO MAKE
13:34:41 SURE THAT WE'RE STILL
13:34:43 COMPETITIVE WITHIN THE
13:34:44 MARKETPLACE.
13:34:45 AND THAT'S A PRETTY MINOR
13:34:46 CHANGE, BUT WE NEEDED TO COME
13:34:48 TO YOU TODAY WITH THOSE
13:34:48 CHANGES.
13:34:51 I'M HERE TO ASK ANY -- NOT ASK,
13:34:52 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
13:34:55 MIGHT HAVE, AND ASK YOU
13:34:56 APPROVE.
13:34:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
13:35:01 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
13:35:02 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, SIR.
13:35:03 SO MOVE.
13:35:03 >> SECOND.
13:35:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
13:35:05 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA,
13:35:07 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:35:08 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT
13:35:09 MOTION SAY AYE.
13:35:10 OPPOSED.
13:35:14 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
13:35:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'LL GO TO
13:35:19 ITEM 103, MR. VIERA.
13:35:19 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:35:21 OH, YES, SIR.
13:35:23 I BELIEVE MR. SHELBY WAS TO
13:35:25 PRESENT THE RESOLUTION -- OR
13:35:26 MAY I?
13:35:28 >>MARTIN SHELBY: CERTAINLY.
13:35:29 >>LUIS VIERA: IF YOU'LL ALL
13:35:31 LOOK UNDER ITEM 103 IN YOUR
13:35:33 PACKAGE, YOU HAVE A PROPOSED
13:35:35 RESOLUTION FOR THIS BODY
13:35:36 SUPPORTING AMENDMENT 4, AND
13:35:38 IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING I HOPE
13:35:39 WE PASS AND IT'S CERTAINLY
13:35:40 SOMETHING THAT I HOPE OUR
13:35:42 FRIENDS IN THE HILLSBOROUGH
13:35:43 COUNTY COMMISSION AND ALL OTHER
13:35:46 ELECTED BODIES AND FOLKS IN THE
13:35:47 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY/TAMPA BAY
13:35:48 AREA WILL SUPPORT.
13:35:49 TO ME THIS IS NOT A PARTISAN
13:35:50 ISSUE, THIS IS AN ISSUE OF
13:35:51 RIGHT AND WRONG, AND I HOPE
13:35:53 THAT WE COME OUT ON THE RIGHT
13:35:54 SIDE OF IT, AND I THINK IT'S
13:35:56 GOOD FOR OUR BODY TO TAKE A
13:35:58 STAND ON THIS IMPORTANT MORAL
13:36:00 ISSUE, SO ...
13:36:01 >>FRANK REDDICK:
13:36:01 MR. MANISCALCO.
13:36:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A FEW
13:36:03 COMMENTS.
13:36:04 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
13:36:04 FORWARD.
13:36:06 I SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT
13:36:07 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I HEAR
13:36:08 ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES.
13:36:10 WHAT IS THE POINT OF SOMEBODY
13:36:12 SERVING A SENTENCE, OKAY,
13:36:14 PAYING FOR THEIR CRIME OR THEIR
13:36:16 PUNISHMENT, AND THEN COMING OUT
13:36:18 AND NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A
13:36:21 BASIC RIGHT AND THAT IS OF
13:36:22 VOTING.
13:36:23 YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN FOLKS THAT
13:36:25 HAVE OBJECTED TO THIS PUBLICLY,
13:36:25 AND IT'S SINCERELY
13:36:28 EMBARRASSING, I THINK, YOU
13:36:29 KNOW, BECAUSE WHY HAVE A PENAL
13:36:32 SYSTEM, WHY HAVE ANY KIND OF
13:36:33 PUNISHMENT IF THEY'RE GOING TO
13:36:36 COME OUT AND DO -- THEY WANT TO
13:36:37 BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF
13:36:37 SOCIETY.
13:36:38 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO,
13:36:39 AND I SUPPORT THIS
13:36:42 WHOLEHEARTEDLY, AND I ENCOURAGE
13:36:43 AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT
13:36:45 THAT IT CONTINUES THAT SUPPORT,
13:36:48 SO THANK YOU.
13:36:48 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
13:36:50 AND IF I MAY, AGAIN, IT'S A
13:36:51 VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
13:36:52 A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT
13:36:53 NATIONALLY WE HAVE ABOUT SIX
13:36:54 MILLION INDIVIDUALS, AMERICANS
13:36:56 IN THIS COUNTRY, WHO ARE
13:36:59 DISENFRANCHISED BECAUSE OF A
13:37:00 FELONY STATUS.
13:37:02 ONE IN FOUR OF THOSE FOLKS ARE
13:37:02 FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
13:37:05 WE HAVE ABOUT 1.6 MILLION
13:37:06 FLORIDIANS WHO ARE
13:37:08 DISENFRANCHISED.
13:37:10 OUR PUNITIVE SYSTEM STANDS OUT
13:37:11 THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY, AND OUR
13:37:14 PUNITIVE SYSTEM BEGAN IN 1868,
13:37:15 ABOUT EIGHT YEARS BEFORE THE
13:37:17 END OF RECONSTRUCTION, WHEN THE
13:37:18 UNITED STATES CONGRESS MANDATED
13:37:22 THAT STATES ALLOW ALL MEN AT
13:37:23 THAT TIME TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO
13:37:24 VOTE, AND CERTAIN STATES, LIKE
13:37:26 THE STATE OF FLORIDA, TOOK ON
13:37:27 ENDEAVORS THAT WOULD, IN
13:37:29 EFFECT, UNDERMINE THAT RIGHT.
13:37:31 THIS HAS EXISTED FOR 150 YEARS,
13:37:33 SO, AGAIN, TO GO AFTER THIS AND
13:37:35 TO OPPOSE THIS, IT'S NOT A
13:37:37 REPUBLICAN ISSUE OR A
13:37:39 DEMOCRATIC ISSUE, IT IS, TO ME,
13:37:41 AN AMERICAN ISSUE IN TERMS OF
13:37:43 RECKONING WITH THIS AGE-OLD
13:37:45 INJUSTICE AND WRONG, SO --
13:37:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU KNOW, THE
13:37:49 ONLY OBSERVATION I HAVE IS WHAT
13:37:51 CONCERNS ME IS THAT WE HAVE SO
13:37:52 MANY AMENDMENTS THAT ARE GOING
13:37:54 TO BE ON THE BALLOT THAT THIS
13:37:55 MIGHT GET LOST.
13:37:56 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:37:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HOPE THERE'S
13:37:59 A STRONG MARKETING PLAN TO LET
13:38:01 THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THIS WILL
13:38:02 BE IMPORTANT.
13:38:04 >>LUIS VIERA: I AGREE WITH
13:38:04 THAT.
13:38:05 >>HARRY COHEN: I TOTALLY AGREE
13:38:06 WITH THAT.
13:38:07 I WONDER, COULD YOU EXPLAIN
13:38:09 WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS SO THAT
13:38:11 PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING THIS ON
13:38:12 TELEVISION WILL UNDERSTAND HOW
13:38:14 THEY CAN HELP BY VOTING FOR IT.
13:38:15 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
13:38:17 AMENDMENT 4 SEEKS TO ALLOW ALL
13:38:18 INDIVIDUALS OR CERTAIN
13:38:20 CLASSIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE
13:38:22 BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY TO
13:38:23 BE ABLE TO HAVE THEIR RIGHTS
13:38:24 RESTORED.
13:38:26 PRESENTLY, THERE IS A SYSTEM OF
13:38:27 RIGHTS RESTORATIONS FOR FELONS
13:38:29 THAT ALLOWS VERY FEW PEOPLE TO,
13:38:30 IN FACT, HAVE THEIR RIGHTS
13:38:31 RESTORED.
13:38:32 YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
13:38:33 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND IT
13:38:35 DEPENDS ON -- AGAIN, WITHOUT
13:38:36 COMMENTING ON CERTAIN
13:38:37 INDIVIDUALS, ELECTED OFFICIALS,
13:38:39 BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHO THAT
13:38:40 PERSON IS IN THAT OFFICE.
13:38:41 THIS WOULD ALLOW AS A
13:38:43 PRESUMPTIVE RIGHT INDIVIDUALS
13:38:44 WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF
13:38:45 CERTAIN FELONIES, EXCLUDING
13:38:48 CRIMES INVOLVING SEX OFFENDERS,
13:38:50 OR, OF COURSE, MURDERS, CAPITAL
13:38:51 CRIMES, TO EVENTUALLY HAVE
13:38:54 THEIR RIGHTS RESTORED UNDER A
13:38:55 PRESCRIBED SYSTEM, SO, AGAIN,
13:38:57 WE HAVE 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE WHO
13:38:59 ARE AMERICANS IN THE STATE OF
13:39:01 FLORIDA WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
13:39:02 HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
13:39:04 THAT IS ONE IN FOUR OF PEOPLE
13:39:06 NATIONALLY WHO CAN'T DO IT.
13:39:08 I WAS RECENTLY READING THAT --
13:39:09 AND I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A
13:39:11 LIMB HERE AND MAKE A STATISTIC
13:39:12 WHICH I BELIEVE IS TRUE, IS
13:39:14 THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS
13:39:15 ABOUT 20 MILLION PEOPLE, ABOUT
13:39:17 20 MILLION FOLKS.
13:39:18 THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS ABOUT 28
13:39:19 MILLION FOLKS, AND THIS IS
13:39:21 TEXAS, THIS ISN'T MASSACHUSETTS
13:39:24 OR A MORE LIBERAL STATE, THIS
13:39:25 IS TEXAS, AND YET THEY HAVE
13:39:28 ABOUT A THIRD TO 40% AS MANY
13:39:30 FELONS WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
13:39:31 VOTE AS THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
13:39:33 SO WHAT WE'RE BEGGING TO DO IS
13:39:35 TO BE MORE LIKE TEXAS, WHICH IS
13:39:36 INTERESTING IN THAT REGARD.
13:39:39 SO THAT IS A SUMMARY OF THAT, I
13:39:45 WOULD SAY, COUNCILMAN COHEN.
13:39:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU WANT TO
13:39:46 MOVE FROM FLORIDA TO THE
13:39:47 MIDWEST?
13:39:48 >>LUIS VIERA: I LOVE FLORIDA.
13:39:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
13:39:51 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO
13:39:53 SAY THANK YOU TO MR. VIERA.
13:39:54 YOU WERE THERE IN 1868 BECAUSE
13:39:56 YOU SPOKE ABOUT IT LIKE YOU
13:39:57 WERE THERE FROM THE BEGINNING.
13:39:58 >>LUIS VIERA: NOPE, BUT I READ
13:39:59 ABOUT IT.
13:40:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU SAID THE
13:40:01 FACTS.
13:40:01 THE FACTS ARE THE TRUTH.
13:40:03 IT DEPENDS WHO YOU ARE WHETHER
13:40:04 YOU GET THE RIGHT OR NOT.
13:40:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HOPE THE
13:40:06 PUBLIC WILL GO OUT AND SUPPORT
13:40:07 THIS, AND LET'S DO WHAT'S
13:40:08 RIGHT.
13:40:09 MR. VIERA, MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
13:40:10 >>LUIS VIERA: I MOVE THE
13:40:11 RESOLUTION.
13:40:12 >> SECOND.
13:40:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
13:40:15 I GOT A MOTION FROM MR. VIERA,
13:40:16 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:40:17 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
13:40:18 MOTION SAY AYE.
13:40:19 OPPOSED.
13:40:21 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
13:40:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
13:40:24 WE'LL GO TO ITEM NO. 104.
13:40:26 >>SAL TERRITO: SAL TERRITO,
13:40:27 CITY ATTORNEY.
13:40:28 A QUESTION CAME UP A COUPLE
13:40:30 WEEKS AGO ON WHETHER WE COULD
13:40:31 PUT SOMETHING IN THE CHARTER
13:40:32 WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A
13:40:33 REFERENDUM, AND SINCE I HAD
13:40:35 FINISHED PUTTING TOGETHER THE
13:40:36 ENTIRE DOCUMENT, I SUBMITTED
13:40:38 THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT TO YOU,
13:40:39 WHICH WOULD BE AN ORDINANCE
13:40:42 THAT DEALS WITH THE CHARTER
13:40:43 AMENDMENTS AND THE NUMBER OF
13:40:45 ITEMS, WHICH IS 18, WHICH IS
13:40:47 QUITE NUMEROUS, TO GO ON THE
13:40:48 BALLOT.
13:40:48 THE ANSWER TO THE ORIGINAL
13:40:50 QUESTION WAS CAN WE SIMPLY PUT
13:40:52 THE ELECTION PROVISIONS IN THE
13:40:54 CHARTER BY ORDINANCE RATHER
13:40:56 THAN REFERENDUM, AND NO, WE
13:40:56 CAN'T.
13:40:58 IT'S GOT TO GO IN THE WAY WE'RE
13:40:59 DOING IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S
13:41:00 A SPECIAL ACT, AND THE PART
13:41:02 "B" OF OUR CHARTER IS AN
13:41:03 ORDINANCE, SO IT'S NOT REALLY
13:41:04 -- IT'S NOT A MATTER OF MOVING
13:41:05 SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY
13:41:07 WITH THAT SAME STATUS, IT HAS A
13:41:08 DIFFERENT STATUS, SO WE CAN'T
13:41:09 DO THAT.
13:41:10 SO WHILE I WAS DOING THIS --
13:41:12 AND I HAD FINISHED WITH THE
13:41:13 OVERALL ORDINANCE -- I THOUGHT
13:41:16 I WOULD SUBMIT THE ORDINANCE TO
13:41:18 YOU AT YOUR PLEASURE, IF YOU
13:41:20 WANT TO LOOK AT IT, DO IT
13:41:21 TODAY, DO IT NEXT WEEK, BUT
13:41:22 RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU HAVE IN
13:41:24 FRONT OF YOU WOULD PLACE THE 18
13:41:27 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE
13:41:29 NOVEMBER 6TH BALLOT.
13:41:30 AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF YOU HAVE
13:41:32 RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM THE
13:41:33 SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE
13:41:34 WITH A CONCERN THAT HE HAS
13:41:35 BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT 13
13:41:37 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, THEN
13:41:40 YOU'D HAVE 18 OF OUR REFERENDA,
13:41:42 AND THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE OR
13:41:43 TWO FROM THE COUNTY, AND THAT
13:41:45 MAKES FOR A VERY LONG BALLOT,
13:41:47 AND HE WAS INDICATING MAYBE HE
13:41:48 WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS MOVED
13:41:51 TO OUR ELECTION ON MARCH OF 5TH
13:41:53 OF 2019, AND THAT IS ALSO
13:41:54 BEFORE YOU TODAY.
13:41:55 WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO, IF
13:41:56 YOU WANT TO MOVE WITH THIS ONE,
13:41:57 WE CAN DO IT.
13:41:58 I HAVE A SUBSTITUTION WITH THE
13:42:01 NEW DATE IN THERE IF YOU PREFER
13:42:02 TO MOVE IT TO THE NOVEMBER --
13:42:04 I'M SORRY, TO THE MARCH OF 2019
13:42:05 ELECTION.
13:42:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
13:42:07 >>SAL TERRITO: ANY OTHER
13:42:09 QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER
13:42:11 THEM, OBVIOUSLY.
13:42:12 >>HARRY COHEN: MR. TERRITO, I
13:42:13 APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE YOU
13:42:14 OBVIOUSLY GOT OUT IN FRONT OF
13:42:16 THIS ISSUE THAT WAS RELATED TO
13:42:16 THE BALLOT.
13:42:17 I SPOKE TO THE SUPERVISOR OF
13:42:19 ELECTIONS, AND HE MADE A PRETTY
13:42:20 COMPELLING CASE TO ME ABOUT WHY
13:42:22 IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR US TO
13:42:24 DO IT IN -- ON THE MARCH
13:42:28 BALLOT, AND IF MEMORY SERVES ME
13:42:30 CORRECTLY, THERE'S NOTHING THAT
13:42:32 WE'RE ASKING THE PUBLIC TO
13:42:34 CONSIDER THAT WOULD BE
13:42:35 MATERIALLY AFFECTED BY WHETHER
13:42:36 WE MOVED IT FROM NOVEMBER TO
13:42:37 MARCH OR NOT.
13:42:39 >>SAL TERRITO: THAT'S CORRECT.
13:42:40 >>HARRY COHEN: SO I JUST WANTED
13:42:41 TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I
13:42:42 THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
13:42:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
13:42:45 MR. MANISCALCO.
13:42:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, I THINK
13:42:48 IT IS A GOOD IDEA, BECAUSE IF
13:42:49 YOU HAVE THIS ON THE NOVEMBER
13:42:50 BALLOT, IT'S GOING TO GET LOST,
13:42:52 AND FOLKS ARE JUST GOING TO
13:42:53 EITHER SKIP IT OR GET
13:42:55 FRUSTRATED, OR SOMEBODY COULD
13:42:56 EVEN SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU WANTED
13:42:58 TO DISENFRANCHISE AND CONFUSE
13:43:00 PEOPLE SO THEY CAN'T SEE IT
13:43:01 CLEARLY.
13:43:03 WE'RE MOVING IT TO MARCH ON A
13:43:04 SHORT BALLOT THAT WE WOULD
13:43:04 HAVE.
13:43:06 IT MAKES MORE SENSE, AND I
13:43:07 THINK FOLKS WOULD PAY MORE
13:43:09 ATTENTION TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S
13:43:11 HAPPENING, AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY
13:43:13 WOULD SUPPORT IT TO MOVE TO
13:43:13 MARCH.
13:43:14 >>SAL TERRITO: WHAT I DID DO
13:43:16 WAS I DID MOVE THE -- I TRIED
13:43:18 TO MOVE AS MUCH OF THE ELECTION
13:43:19 PROCESS INTO THE CHARTER
13:43:22 RECOMMENDATION FOR A CHARTER
13:43:24 AMENDMENT FROM THE PART "B."
13:43:25 IT WAS A LARGE SECTION.
13:43:27 IF I HAD MOVED THE WHOLE THING,
13:43:28 IT WOULD BE LONGER THAN THE
13:43:29 CHARTER IS RIGHT NOW, SO I PUT
13:43:31 WHAT I THOUGHT WERE THE MOST
13:43:32 VITAL THINGS DEALING WITH THE
13:43:33 PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO
13:43:35 CHOOSE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
13:43:36 THE MAYOR, THE ELECTION
13:43:38 PROCESS, AND IF THERE'S A
13:43:40 VACANCY, I PUT THOSE ITEMS IN
13:43:42 THERE, AND JUST, AGAIN, FOR
13:43:43 YOUR BENEFIT AND THE PUBLIC'S
13:43:44 BENEFIT, THE REASON THERE ARE
13:43:45 SO MANY OF THESE IS WE ARE
13:43:47 LIMITED TO ONE SUBJECT MATTER
13:43:50 PER ITEM, AND IT'S 75 WORDS, SO
13:43:52 THAT'S WHY ENDED UP WITH 18 OF
13:43:53 THESE BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT A
13:43:55 SIMPLE MATTER OF WANTING TO
13:43:57 MAKE ONE CHARTER CHANGE, THIS
13:43:59 IS A RESULT OF YOUR CHART
13:44:00 REVIEW COMMISSION MAKING THESE
13:44:01 RECOMMENDATIONS AND YOU
13:44:02 APPROVING IT.
13:44:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: WELL, YOU
13:44:04 KNOW, MOVING IT TO MARCH, FOR
13:44:06 THOSE WHO WOULD BE ON THE
13:44:09 BALLOT, THOSE CANDIDATES, IT
13:44:11 MIGHT BE GOOD BECAUSE YOU'D GET
13:44:12 A LARGER TURNOUT THAN WHAT WE
13:44:14 NORMALLY HAVE IN MUNICIPAL
13:44:16 ELECTIONS, SO THIS MIGHT BE A
13:44:18 GOOD THING.
13:44:18 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, I WOULD
13:44:19 HAVE TO SAY THAT THE CANDIDATES
13:44:21 ARE SO EXCITING, IT DOESN'T
13:44:23 MATTER WHAT ELSE GETS PUT ON
13:44:24 THE BALLOT, THERE'S GOING TO BE
13:44:27 A HUGE, HUGE TURNOUT.
13:44:28 THAT'S WITH PRAISE FROM OUR
13:44:30 PRESIDENT.
13:44:31 >>SAL TERRITO: FROM IT'S YOUR
13:44:33 INTENTION TO MOVE IT TO THE
13:44:34 MARCH BALLOT, I WOULD ASK FOR A
13:44:35 MOTION FOR THAT AND THEN I
13:44:36 WOULD SUBMIT THE AMENDMENT.
13:44:38 YOU COULD DO THAT TODAY, YOU
13:44:40 COULD WAIT UNTIL A LATER TIME
13:44:43 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WILL NOT
13:44:44 BE IN A TIME CRUNCH AS WE WOULD
13:44:46 HAVE BEEN.
13:44:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE WANT TO
13:44:47 MAKE A MOTION?
13:44:48 >>HARRY COHEN: I'LL MAKE A
13:44:51 MOTION TO MOVE IT TO MARCH.
13:44:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
13:44:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
13:44:54 MR. COHEN, SECOND BY
13:44:55 MR. MIRANDA.
13:44:57 ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION?
13:44:59 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
13:45:00 OPPOSED.
13:45:02 >>SAL TERRITO: DID YOU WANT TO
13:45:04 TALK ABOUT IT TODAY OR A LATER
13:45:04 DATE?
13:45:05 THAT'S YOUR DECISION.
13:45:09 I WOULD PUT THE CHANGE OF THE
13:45:13 DATE AND SOME TYPOS WE CAUGHT.
13:45:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: I WOULD PUT
13:45:15 THAT AT THE LATER DATE BECAUSE
13:45:17 SOME OF THE PUBLIC MAY WANT TO
13:45:19 COME DOWN AND SPEAK ON IT, AND
13:45:20 WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM THAT
13:45:21 OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
13:45:23 HOW SOON COULD WE PUT IT ON --
13:45:24 >>SAL TERRITO: YOU COULD PUT IT
13:45:25 ON FIRST READING AS EARLY AS
13:45:27 TODAY, IF YOU WANT TO BRING IT
13:45:28 BACK ON THE 19TH OR BRING IT
13:45:30 BACK AT A LATER DATE.
13:45:31 YOU'VE GOT TIME BECAUSE THE
13:45:32 CRUNCH IS NOT THERE ANYMORE.
13:45:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES, SIR.
13:45:34 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS I CAN,
13:45:37 MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD REMIND
13:45:39 YOU, YOU ONLY HAVE ONE REGULAR
13:45:40 MEETING IN THE MONTH OF JULY,
13:45:41 AND THAT'S ALREADY A FULL
13:45:43 MEETING, AND YOU ALSO HAVE A
13:45:45 SESSION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT,
13:45:47 SO IF THERE IS NO TIME CRUNCH,
13:45:48 MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO
13:45:51 PUT IT ON FOR FIRST READING
13:45:52 SOMETIME AFTER JULY, PERHAPS
13:45:54 AUGUST OR LATER IF YOU'D LIKE,
13:45:55 AS LONG AS WE MEET THE
13:45:56 DEADLINE --
13:45:56 >>SAL TERRITO: AND THERE'S
13:45:57 PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT.
13:45:59 YES, AND RIGHT NOW, SINCE IT
13:46:01 DOESN'T HAVE TO GO ON THE
13:46:03 BALLOT UNTIL MARCH, YOU COULD
13:46:04 BACK THAT UP FROM WHERE WE DID
13:46:05 IT HERE.
13:46:06 AUGUST 2ND IS YOUR NEXT MEETING
13:46:07 IN AUGUST.
13:46:10 YOU COULD DO IT AFTER THAT, BUT
13:46:11 THAT WOULD BE YOUR NEXT MEETING
13:46:12 IN AUGUST.
13:46:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET'S GO FOR
13:46:14 AUGUST.
13:46:15 >>SAL TERRITO: ALL RIGHT. I'LL
13:46:16 PUT IT ON THE AGENDA SO
13:46:17 EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A LOOK AT
13:46:18 IT.
13:46:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A
13:46:20 MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA TO MOVE
13:46:22 IT TO AUGUST FOR FIRST READING,
13:46:24 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:46:25 ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION?
13:46:26 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT
13:46:28 MOTION SAY AYE.
13:46:28 OPPOSED.
13:46:29 YES, SIR.
13:46:30 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ONE QUESTION
13:46:31 FOR MR. TREAT.
13:46:33 DID YOU WANT TO ACCEPT IT AS IT
13:46:35 COMES THROUGH OR YOU WANT THE
13:46:37 COUNCIL TO ACCEPT IT TODAY.
13:46:38 >>SAL TERRITO: I'LL PUT IT IN
13:46:39 THE REGULAR PROCESS, THAT WAY
13:46:42 I'LL PUT IT IN SIRE, IT WILL BE
13:46:43 IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SO
13:46:44 EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO LOOK
13:46:46 AT IT.
13:46:47 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
13:46:48 >>SAL TERRITO: THE DATE CHANGED
13:46:49 AND THERE WERE TWO TYPOS THAT
13:46:50 WERE CAUGHT AND WE MADE THOSE
13:46:52 CHANGES, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO
13:46:55 THROUGH IT ONE MORE TIME SO
13:46:56 THERE'S NO TYPOS.
13:46:58 IT'S 19 PAGES, SO THERE MAY BE
13:46:59 CHANGES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE,
13:47:00 BUT THERE'S NO SUBSTANTIVE
13:47:02 CHANGES.
13:47:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
13:47:03 >>SAL TERRITO: THANK YOU.
13:47:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
13:47:07 WE'LL GO TO ITEM 106, PART "A."
13:47:14 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
13:47:17 TONY MULKEY, SPECIAL EVENTS.
13:47:20 I'LL BE COVERING PART "A" FOR
13:47:21 THE OPEN STREETS PROPOSAL THAT
13:47:22 WE'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF COUNCIL
13:47:24 TO DISCUSS PREVIOUSLY.
13:47:25 A LITTLE STATUS UPDATE.
13:47:26 I'VE GOT COMMENTS FROM THE
13:47:28 ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT TO
13:47:28 SHARE WITH YOU.
13:47:31 JUST TO START OUT -- REITERATE
13:47:32 THAT OPEN STREETS IS DIFFERENT
13:47:33 AND SEPARATE FROM COMPLETE
13:47:34 STREETS OR ANY OF THE PROPOSALS
13:47:37 THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED ABOUT
13:47:39 BAY TO BAY OR BAYSHORE.
13:47:42 THIS IS AN ACTIVATION OF A
13:47:43 STREET FOR PEDESTRIAN AND
13:47:44 BICYCLE USES.
13:47:47 IT'S MORE OF AN EVENT -- OR
13:47:49 THEIR INTENTION IS FOR IT TO BE
13:47:50 AN ONGOING PROGRAM.
13:47:53 PREVIOUSLY THE UPDATE WAS THAT
13:47:56 WE HAD LOOKED AT FOUR DIFFERENT
13:47:57 ROUTES OR OPPORTUNITIES TO HOST
13:47:59 THIS EVENT, AS WELL AS SOME
13:48:00 STRATEGIES WITH THAT.
13:48:02 WELL, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL
13:48:04 MEETINGS WITH TRANSPORTATION,
13:48:05 TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS
13:48:08 WELL AS SPECIAL EVENTS PARKS
13:48:09 AND RECREATION TO DISCUSS THOSE
13:48:10 OPTIONS.
13:48:11 THE PREFERRED OPTION FROM THE
13:48:12 GROUP IS A FRANKLIN STREET
13:48:13 ROUTE.
13:48:14 THAT WAS PART OF THEIR PROPOSAL
13:48:15 PREVIOUSLY.
13:48:17 IT WOULD STRETCH FROM MADISON
13:48:19 TO APPROXIMATELY 7TH STREET
13:48:22 NORTH, SO WE'D CLOSE IT DOWN ON
13:48:23 A SUNDAY MORNING FROM
13:48:24 APPROXIMATELY 8:00 A.M. UNTIL
13:48:27 ABOUT 1:00 P.M., AND THAT'S THE
13:48:28 ROUTE THAT THEY'VE APPLIED FOR.
13:48:30 THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEGAN THE
13:48:31 SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING
13:48:33 PROCESS, AND WE HAD A
13:48:33 COORDINATION MEETING YESTERDAY
13:48:34 TO KIND OF DISCUSS THE
13:48:36 MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC ISSUES,
13:48:38 PUBLIC SAFETY, AS WELL AS JUST
13:48:39 GENERAL LOGISTICS.
13:48:40 STILL ONGOING WITH THAT
13:48:42 PROCESS.
13:48:44 IT'S BEEN VERY POSITIVE AND
13:48:45 WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT
13:48:46 DIRECTION.
13:48:46 AGAIN, WE'RE STILL REVIEWING
13:48:49 EVERYTHING BEFORE WE CAN MAKE
13:48:51 ANYTHING FINAL WITH AN EVENT
13:48:52 PERMIT.
13:48:53 THE DATE WAS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER
13:48:55 18TH, IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING
13:48:57 AT, SO IT'S RELATIVELY A QUIET
13:48:59 DATE IN THE CITY.
13:49:00 THE WEEKEND, WE DO HAVE THE
13:49:01 INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW THAT'S
13:49:02 TAKING PLACE AT THE CONVENTION
13:49:04 CENTER THAT DATE, BUT THIS IS A
13:49:05 MORNING ACTIVITY AND IT'S KIND
13:49:07 OF REMOVED FROM THE MAIN TRAVEL
13:49:09 PATHS IN AND OUT OF THE CITY.
13:49:11 THEY'VE BEEN PERFORMING A LOT
13:49:12 OF STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH.
13:49:13 WE'VE ACTUALLY ADJUSTED THE
13:49:15 PLAN A LITTLE BIT BASED ON SOME
13:49:16 OF THE FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF
13:49:17 THE NEIGHBORHOOD STAKEHOLDERS.
13:49:20 I KNOW THEY HAD SOME AMBITIONS
13:49:23 TO MAYBE DIRECT THE ROUTE OVER
13:49:24 TOWARDS ARMATURE WORKS, BUT
13:49:25 WITH THE STATE OF THEIR
13:49:26 DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT, IT'S
13:49:28 NOT REAL CONDUCIVE TO SHUTTING
13:49:30 DOWN THE ROADS OVER THERE AND
13:49:31 PROVIDING ACCESS TO THEIR
13:49:35 PARKING, SO WE'VE ADJUSTED JUST
13:49:37 TO STAY ON FRANKLIN STREET AND
13:49:38 NOT CROSS TAMPA.
13:49:39 ALSO, THEY ARE TRYING TO ENGAGE
13:49:40 WITH VOLUNTEERS TO TRY AND
13:49:42 STAFF THIS TYPE OF EVENT.
13:49:44 THEY'RE PURSUING GRANTS AND
13:49:46 SPONSORSHIPS TO HELP PAY FOR
13:49:47 THE COSTS THAT WILL BE INCURRED
13:49:49 FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY
13:49:50 STANDPOINT AND THE MAINTENANCE
13:49:50 OF TRAFFIC.
13:49:51 THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON
13:49:52 THIS.
13:49:53 AS SOON AS WE KIND OF FINISH
13:49:55 THE COORDINATION PROCESS, WE'LL
13:49:57 KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
13:49:58 WHAT THOSE COSTS WILL BE.
13:50:00 WE'VE GOT SOME BALLPARK FIGURES
13:50:02 SO FAR, BUT WE'RE DIALING THOSE
13:50:04 IN FOR THE NEW ROUTE, TRYING TO
13:50:05 FIND SAVINGS WHERE WE CAN.
13:50:08 AND THEN ALSO, THEY JUST WANTED
13:50:10 TO REEMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS A
13:50:12 MULTIMODAL SAFETY AWARENESS
13:50:15 CAMPAIGN TO KIND OF SHOW THAT
13:50:15 THERE ARE PEDESTRIANS OUT
13:50:18 THERE, THERE ARE BIKES, TRY AND
13:50:20 PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES IN
13:50:21 THE STREETS, EDUCATION, A
13:50:23 CELEBRATION OF CULTURE,
13:50:26 ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY
13:50:28 PARTNERS FOR PROVIDING HEALTH
13:50:29 INFORMATION AND OTHER MATERIALS
13:50:30 OUT ON THE SITE, AND CREATE A
13:50:32 SENSE OF PLACE, A SENSE OF
13:50:34 COMMUNITY, BONDING, SOCIAL
13:50:35 ASPECTS, EVERYTHING THAT KIND
13:50:36 OF PARKS AND RECREATION STANDS
13:50:37 FOR.
13:50:38 THEY WANT TO TRY AND
13:50:39 INCORPORATE THAT INTO THIS OPEN
13:50:41 STREETS CONCEPT.
13:50:42 SO WE'RE PROCEEDING NICELY.
13:50:44 WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS.
13:50:46 NOTHING'S FINALIZED YET, BUT
13:50:47 WANTED TO PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH
13:50:49 AN UPDATE, AND I'M HERE FOR ANY
13:50:51 QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
13:50:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
13:50:53 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHAT -- ON
13:50:55 FRANKLIN, FROM WHAT STREET TO
13:50:56 WHAT STREET DID YOU SAY,
13:50:57 MADISON TO WHAT?
13:50:59 >> 7TH, 7TH AVENUE.
13:51:00 >>MIKE SUAREZ: 7TH?
13:51:02 >> RIGHT.
13:51:03 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO IT WOULD GO
13:51:05 UNDERNEATH THE OVERPASS; AM I
13:51:05 CORRECT.
13:51:06 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
13:51:07 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND IT WOULD END
13:51:10 AT 7TH, SO YOU'RE A COUPLE
13:51:11 BLOCKS BEFORE PALM, I THINK.
13:51:13 >> IT'S ABOUT ONE BLOCK FROM
13:51:14 PALM.
13:51:15 THE CLOSURE WOULD EXTEND TO
13:51:17 PALM, BUT THE ACTIVATED AREA
13:51:18 WOULD BE SOUTH OF 7TH.
13:51:20 IT'S A LITTLE GRAY AREA, BUT
13:51:20 BECAUSE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF
13:51:22 TRAFFIC AND HAVING TO DIRECT
13:51:23 PEOPLE TOWARDS THE INTERSTATE,
13:51:25 WE WOULD USE PALM AS THE --
13:51:26 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU SAID
13:51:29 SOMETHING THAT PERKED UP MY
13:51:29 EARS.
13:51:32 DO YOU HAVE A VISUAL UP THERE?
13:51:33 >> WE DO.
13:51:34 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S EVEN
13:51:34 BETTER.
13:51:36 VISUAL LEARNING HELPS A LOT.
13:51:38 [LAUGHTER]
13:51:40 MR. MULKEY, WHAT DID YOU DO TO
13:51:41 OUR MACHINE?
13:51:43 >> I JUST GOT BACK.
13:51:45 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SIR, IT'S COMING
13:51:46 OUT OF YOUR SALARY.
13:51:48 >> ALL RIGHT.
13:51:53 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
13:51:55 >>MIKE SUAREZ.
13:51:56 WOLF VISION.
13:51:58 I'M NOT SURE WHO INVENTED WOLF
13:51:59 VISION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
13:52:01 TO DEAL WITH IT, I GUESS.
13:52:02 >> THERE WE GO.
13:52:03 SO THE NORTHERN AREA, YOU CAN
13:52:05 SEE IT KIND OF GOES ALL THE WAY
13:52:07 UP TO WHERE IT SPLITS BEFORE
13:52:08 PALM.
13:52:09 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO HOW LONG A
13:52:09 ROUTE IS THAT?
13:52:12 >> IT'S APPROXIMATELY A MILE.
13:52:12 >>MIKE SUAREZ: ONE MILE?
13:52:13 OKAY.
13:52:14 HAVE YOU LOOKED AT -- YOU SAID
13:52:16 SOMETHING THAT PERKED UP MY
13:52:19 EARS A LITTLE BIT, MR. MULKEY.
13:52:20 YOU SAID IT'S A RELATIVELY
13:52:21 QUIET TIME TO DO IT.
13:52:23 I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE IDEA
13:52:24 BEHIND SOME OF THESE OPEN
13:52:26 STREET CONCEPTS OR LIKE
13:52:26 CYCLOVIA.
13:52:28 IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING A QUIET
13:52:29 TIME, IT'S ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE
13:52:31 OUT, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME
13:52:32 FRAME IN WHICH YOU DO IT, SO
13:52:34 I'M NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT
13:52:35 ACKNOWLEDGMENT BECAUSE THEN,
13:52:37 YOU KNOW, IF IT'S QUIET, THAT
13:52:38 MEANS MAYBE PEOPLE ARE DOING
13:52:40 OTHER THINGS AND THEY'RE NOT
13:52:41 GOING TO GET INVOLVED IN IT.
13:52:42 HAVE YOU LOOKED AT -- AND I
13:52:43 THINK THAT WHAT WE OUGHT TO
13:52:46 THINK ABOUT IS MAYBE NOT SUCH
13:52:49 LENGTHY AREAS BUT, YOU KNOW,
13:52:51 SHORTER AREAS BUT IN DIFFERENT
13:52:52 TIME FRAMES DURING THE YEAR.
13:52:55 I MEAN, WE CAN DO THIS IN A LOT
13:52:56 OF PLACES.
13:52:57 I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME THAT
13:52:59 MS. DUNCAN WAS HERE, THAT WE
13:53:00 SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN A
13:53:01 LOT OF OTHER PLACES, AND PART
13:53:04 OF WHAT I HAD SUGGESTED WAS
13:53:08 ESSENTIALLY KIBOSHED BY THE
13:53:10 MAYOR IN HIS PRESS COMMENTS
13:53:13 THAT HE WOULD NEVER CLOSE DOWN
13:53:14 ANY SECTION OF BAYSHORE AFTER
13:53:16 GASPARILLA RUN, SO ARE YOU
13:53:17 STILL GOING UNDER THAT
13:53:19 UNDERSTANDING THAT BAYSHORE
13:53:20 WILL NEVER BE CLOSED DOWN AFTER
13:53:22 AN EVENT?
13:53:23 >> THAT WASN'T THE OPTION THAT
13:53:24 WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW.
13:53:27 I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY KIND OF
13:53:28 IDEAS.
13:53:29 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT'S JUST THE
13:53:31 ITEM BECAUSE I WANTED TO REPEAT
13:53:32 IT BECAUSE IT'S IN THE ITEM
13:53:32 TOO.
13:53:33 >> ABSOLUTELY.
13:53:34 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I MEAN, FOR ME,
13:53:36 THE IDEA BEHIND A LOT OF THIS
13:53:38 IS TO MAKE SURE YOU ACTIVATE
13:53:39 NOT ONLY THE STREET FOR PEOPLE
13:53:42 TO WALK AND BICYCLISTS TO RIDE
13:53:44 ON, BUT ALSO, IT HELPS THE
13:53:46 BUSINESSES THAT SURROUND THAT
13:53:47 PARTICULAR STREET, AND WHEN
13:53:49 YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ROUTE YOU
13:53:51 HAVE, THERE REALLY IS VERY
13:53:53 LITTLE THAT IS GOING TO BE
13:53:55 ACTIVATED AT STREET LEVEL
13:53:58 EXCEPT WHEN YOU GET TO THE
13:53:59 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET AREA, SO,
13:54:01 YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO
13:54:02 MAKE IT JUST THAT NORTH
13:54:03 FRANKLIN STREET AREA, THAT
13:54:05 MIGHT MAKE SOME SENSE BECAUSE,
13:54:07 YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
13:54:09 SOME DEAD SPOTS THAT ARE GOING
13:54:10 TO BE GOING SOUTH, SO I'M NOT
13:54:12 SURE WHAT THE CONCEPT IS OTHER
13:54:13 THAN GET PEOPLE OUT ON THE
13:54:14 STREET.
13:54:15 THAT'S NOT THE CONCEPT.
13:54:17 THE CONCEPT IS A LITTLE BIT
13:54:18 MORE FULLER THAN THAT, AND I
13:54:19 DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE LOOKING
13:54:21 AT A FULL CONCEPT.
13:54:23 I MEAN, I WOULD PREFER -- AND I
13:54:25 MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS TO
13:54:27 ACTUALLY A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT
13:54:27 MIGHT BE OUT IN THIS AUDIENCE
13:54:29 ABOUT MAYBE OPENING UP BAY TO
13:54:33 BAY AND ALLOWING THAT TO BE AN
13:54:34 OPEN STREET CONCEPT, ESPECIALLY
13:54:36 SINCE THERE'S SO MANY
13:54:38 BUSINESSES THAT LINE UP ON BAY
13:54:39 TO BAY.
13:54:40 I THINK THAT A LOT OF FOLKS
13:54:42 THAT ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT NOT
13:54:44 ONLY BAYSHORE BUT OTHER THINGS
13:54:47 MIGHT ENJOY HAVING THAT STREET
13:54:48 OPENED UP FOR THEM TO ENJOY IT
13:54:51 ON, I DON'T KNOW, A SUNDAY
13:54:53 MORNING, AFTERNOON, WHATEVER,
13:54:57 SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO OPEN
13:54:59 -- REMIND US A LITTLE BIT WHAT
13:55:00 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE
13:55:01 TALKING ABOUT OPEN CONCEPT AND
13:55:02 OPEN STREETS.
13:55:04 THIS IS FINE, BUT IT'S VERY
13:55:06 SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH
13:55:09 KENNEDY BOULEVARD WITH THE
13:55:10 FIRST CYCLOVIA.
13:55:12 IT'S GREAT, BUT THERE WERE NO
13:55:13 BUSINESSES THAT WERE ABLE TO
13:55:14 TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT
13:55:15 YOU HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT
13:55:16 ON THE STREET RIDING THEIR
13:55:18 BIKES AND WALKING, AND THERE
13:55:19 WAS REALLY VERY FEW BUSINESSES
13:55:20 THAT THEY COULD GO AND VISIT.
13:55:22 I MEAN, WE WANT THEM TO
13:55:23 ACTIVATE THE STREET, THAT'S THE
13:55:25 KEY, SO I THINK YOU MIGHT WANT
13:55:27 TO SHARPEN YOUR PENCIL, ERASE
13:55:28 YOUR WHITEBOARD, COME BACK WITH
13:55:30 SOME OTHER CONCEPTS SO THAT WE
13:55:32 CAN MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND
13:55:33 SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH,
13:55:35 BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR TWO POLICE
13:55:36 OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING TO TELL
13:55:37 US WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO BE
13:55:38 AT SOME POINT.
13:55:39 I MEAN, SOMEBODY'S GOING TO
13:55:40 FIGURE THIS OUT, SO WE NEED TO
13:55:41 KNOW SO WE CAN GO FORWARD.
13:55:44 AND MS. DUNCAN WANTS TO TALK TO
13:55:45 ME.
13:55:45 YES, MA'AM.
13:55:46 >>JEAN DUNCAN: APPRECIATE THE
13:55:47 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A COMMENT.
13:55:49 I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT
13:55:52 THIS PARTICULAR EVENT IS COMING
13:55:55 FROM A GROUP OF RESIDENTS WHO
13:55:56 ARE SEEKING SPONSORS.
13:55:57 THIS IS NO THE A CITY-DRIVEN
13:55:59 EVENT, SO IT'S REALLY NOT OUR
13:56:01 CALL TO POINT AND SAY WE WANT
13:56:03 YOU TO GO HERE OR THERE, WE'RE
13:56:04 JUST ADVISING THEM.
13:56:06 THEY COME WITH SOME CHOICES,
13:56:07 AND WE ADVISE WHETHER THOSE ARE
13:56:09 GOING TO WORK OUT OR NOT --
13:56:10 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SURE.
13:56:11 >>JEAN DUNCAN: -- IN TERMS OF
13:56:12 OTHER EVENTS WE HAVE GOING ON.
13:56:13 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHAT'S THE
13:56:13 GROUP?
13:56:14 WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE GROUP?
13:56:15 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I DON'T KNOW IF
13:56:17 THEY HAVE AN OFFICIAL NAME FOR
13:56:17 THIS EVENT.
13:56:19 IT'S GENERALLY THE WALK-BIKE
13:56:20 GROUP.
13:56:21 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SHE IS NOT IN
13:56:22 THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW.
13:56:23 >>JEAN DUNCAN: SHE'S NOT HERE.
13:56:25 THEY DID SEND AN EMAIL AND
13:56:26 EXPRESSED THEIR GREAT
13:56:27 APPRECIATION AND POSITIVITY
13:56:28 TOWARDS THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE
13:56:30 SO FAR, AND THIS IS THEIR
13:56:31 CHOICE OF WHERE THEY WANT TO
13:56:32 HAVE THIS EVENT.
13:56:34 IT'S NOT A CITY-DRIVEN EVENT.
13:56:35 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT
13:56:36 DIFFERENTIATION.
13:56:37 >>MIKE SUAREZ: NO, I KNEW IT
13:56:38 WAS SOMEONE ELSE PROPOSING
13:56:41 THIS, BUT MR. MULKEY DIDN'T SAY
13:56:43 SPECIFICALLY THAT'S THE GROUP
13:56:44 WHO WAS BRINGING IT FORWARD.
13:56:46 >>JEAN DUNCAN: SORRY IF I
13:56:47 JUMPED IN FOR HIS CHANCE TO
13:56:48 EXPLAIN.
13:56:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU'RE THE BIG
13:56:50 BOSS.
13:56:51 >>JEAN DUNCAN: NO, YOU ALL ARE
13:56:53 THE BOSSES, I JUST WANTED TO
13:56:54 MAKE SURE YOU HAD ALL THE
13:56:55 DETAILS ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
13:56:56 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MY POINT IN
13:56:57 MAKING THAT COMMENT IS THAT WE
13:57:00 SHOULD MAKE IT AS PART OF A
13:57:02 CITYWIDE AND A CITY-INITIATED
13:57:06 TYPE OF EVENT, NOT TO JUST HAVE
13:57:07 SOMEONE ASK US THE CLOSEST
13:57:08 STREETS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING
13:57:10 THAT WE SHOULD MAKE IT PART OF
13:57:11 WHAT WE DO ON A -- IF NOT A
13:57:13 MONTHLY BASIS, EVEN A QUARTERLY
13:57:14 BASIS.
13:57:15 I THINK THAT THAT'S AN
13:57:16 IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT
13:57:17 ACTIVATES THE STREETS.
13:57:21 EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID TO US
13:57:22 TODAY IN -- CONCERNING BOTH
13:57:23 BAYSHORE AND BAY TO BAY GOES
13:57:26 BACK TO BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT
13:57:27 THERE ARE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITIES
13:57:30 THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
13:57:32 WE HAVE THAT -- WE HAVE THAT
13:57:34 BURDEN TO TRY AND PROVE TO OUR
13:57:35 CITIZENS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT
13:57:35 THESE THINGS.
13:57:38 I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT
13:57:39 WAY TO TRY AND TEST OUT AND
13:57:40 MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NEIGHBORS
13:57:41 THAT LIVE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
13:57:42 THE CITY CAN ENJOY THEIR
13:57:44 STREETS IN THAT MANNER AND NOT
13:57:45 JUST IN DOWNTOWN BECAUSE, YOU
13:57:47 KNOW, WE'RE PICKING A STREET
13:57:50 THAT, FRANKLY, FRANKLIN IS NOT
13:57:52 VERY ACTIVATED ANYWAY, SO IT'S
13:57:55 KIND OF EASY PICKINGS.
13:57:56 YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING.
13:57:57 >>JEAN DUNCAN: AND AGAIN, I
13:57:58 JUST WANT TO MENTION THE GROUP
13:58:00 THAT'S CHOSEN FRANKLIN, THEY
13:58:01 FEEL IT IS ACTIVE WITH THE
13:58:02 BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALONG
13:58:03 THERE.
13:58:04 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WELL, THE NORTH
13:58:05 PART IS FOR SURE, AND I'M NOT
13:58:07 PART OF THE PLANNING, AND I
13:58:08 DON'T -- YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING
13:58:09 ABOUT A CITY, AND LET'S SEE
13:58:10 ABOUT LOOKING AT THAT.
13:58:12 I THINK THAT THAT'S ON YOUR
13:58:13 PLATE, AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO
13:58:14 CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT.
13:58:15 IT'S JUST THAT WHEN WE GOT AN
13:58:17 ANSWER THROUGH THE PRESS THAT
13:58:20 THE MAYOR REFUSED TO CLOSE, YOU
13:58:21 KNOW, THE BAYSHORE AFTER AN
13:58:24 EVENT, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT
13:58:25 MORE DIFFICULT, I KNOW, FOR
13:58:27 STAFF TO SAY, HEY, MAYBE WE
13:58:28 OUGHT TO DO THIS IN ANOTHER
13:58:30 PART OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW,
13:58:31 AND, AGAIN, I THINK THAT
13:58:32 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE
13:58:33 ADMINISTRATION AND US,
13:58:34 COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE
13:58:35 ADMINISTRATION AND YOU OR THE
13:58:38 MAYOR AND YOU, EXCUSE ME, WE
13:58:39 SHOULD HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHERE
13:58:40 WE CAN DO SOME OF THESE THINGS
13:58:42 AS A CITY AND NOT JUST FROM
13:58:44 SOMEBODY ASKING US TO CLOSE A
13:58:47 STREET, SO --
13:58:48 >>JEAN DUNCAN: IF I COULD
13:58:49 INDULGE ONE MORE COMMENT.
13:58:51 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SURE, GO AHEAD.
13:58:52 >>JEAN DUNCAN: CURRENTLY WE
13:58:53 HAVE A COSPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE.
13:58:55 FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WE, THE
13:58:57 CITY, HAVE NOT TAKEN ON ANY
13:58:58 ADDITIONAL EVENTS TO EITHER
13:59:00 FULLY SPONSOR OR COSPONSOR.
13:59:02 WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO HOW
13:59:03 MANY EVENTS WE'RE SPONSORING
13:59:05 BECAUSE EVERY EVENT, OF COURSE,
13:59:07 TRANSLATES TO DOLLARS WE HAVE
13:59:08 TO PAY, SO IF THERE'S A DESIRE
13:59:11 BY SOMEONE TO PRODUCE A LIST OF
13:59:12 LOCATIONS THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO
13:59:14 HAVE THIS TYPE OF EVENT, WE'RE
13:59:16 HAPPY TO DO THAT IF YOU WANTED
13:59:17 TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT, BUT
13:59:19 RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT IN A
13:59:21 POSITION AS STAFF TO PROMOTE
13:59:23 THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY --
13:59:24 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO EVERY TIME WE
13:59:26 CLOSE A STREET, IT'S AN EVENT,
13:59:28 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
13:59:29 >>JEAN DUNCAN: TYPICALLY AND
13:59:30 EVENT OR MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC
13:59:31 FOR SOME KIND OF CONSTRUCTION
13:59:32 PROJECT.
13:59:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH, BUT
13:59:34 SOMETIMES WE DO THINGS BECAUSE
13:59:35 SOMETIMES IT'S SOMETHING THAT
13:59:35 IS HAPPENING.
13:59:37 WE DID THIS WITH THE MOMS
13:59:38 DEMAND ACTION.
13:59:39 WE CLOSED DOWN SOME MAJOR
13:59:42 STREETS ON A SATURDAY, OKAY, SO
13:59:43 WE -- WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT
13:59:45 WITHOUT IT BEING AN EVENT, AND
13:59:46 WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS THAT
13:59:48 IF WE MAKE IT A POLICY -- AND
13:59:48 MAYBE WE WILL.
13:59:50 I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO DO
13:59:52 IT THROUGH AN ORDINANCE OR DO A
13:59:54 RESOLUTION, BUT MAYBE IF WE DO
13:59:55 IT THROUGH COUNCIL, THEN MAYBE
13:59:57 WE'LL GET THAT DONE, SO WE'LL
13:59:58 WORK ON THAT --
13:59:59 >>JEAN DUNCAN: OKAY.
14:00:00 >>MIKE SUAREZ: -- ON THAT
14:00:01 MOTION TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE
14:00:02 GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK THAT.
14:00:03 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THAT WOULD BE
14:00:03 GREAT.
14:00:05 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK IT'S AN
14:00:06 IMPORTANT ENOUGH CONCEPT THAT
14:00:07 WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK
14:00:08 FORWARD TO IT, BECAUSE WE
14:00:09 SPONSOR THINGS THAT ARE NAME
14:00:10 ONLY, AND WE SPONSOR THINGS IN
14:00:12 WHICH WE PROVIDE SERVICES, LIKE
14:00:14 POLICE AND CLOSING DOWN THE
14:00:15 STREETS, CLEANUP, THINGS LIKE
14:00:15 THAT.
14:00:17 SOMETIMES WE GET PAID BACK BY
14:00:18 SOME OF THOSE ENTITIES,
14:00:19 GASPARILLA IN PARTICULAR AND
14:00:21 SOME OTHER PLACES, SO I
14:00:22 UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I DO THINK
14:00:23 IT SHOULD BE AN INITIATIVE THAT
14:00:25 THE CITY TAKES ON, PERSONALLY.
14:00:26 THANK YOU, CHAIR.
14:00:30 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THANK YOU, SIR.
14:00:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYTHING ELSE
14:00:33 YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY AS FAR
14:00:33 AS --
14:00:34 >> NO.
14:00:35 ANY QUESTIONS?
14:00:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
14:00:39 TPD, YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE PART
14:00:41 IN PART "A"?
14:00:44 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
14:00:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
14:00:48 LET'S GO TO PART "B."
14:00:49 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THANK YOU,
14:00:51 COUNCIL.
14:00:54 JEAN DUNCAN WITH TRANSPORTATION
14:00:54 AND STORMWATER SERVICES.
14:00:57 SORRY I DIDN'T GIVE YOU MY NAME
14:00:59 A FEW MOMENTS AGO WHEN I TAGGED
14:01:01 ON TO MR. MULKEY.
14:01:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE SAID IT FOR
14:01:02 YOU.
14:01:03 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THANK YOU.
14:01:05 I WOULD HAVE A POWERPOINT I'D
14:01:07 LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU IF THE
14:01:11 CTTV PEOPLE COULD HELP ME OUT.
14:01:12 I NEED A CLICKER.
14:01:13 JUST FOUND IT.
14:01:15 I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME
14:01:15 INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT PLANS
14:01:18 THE CITY HAS SHORT-TERM FOR
14:01:18 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, WHICH I'LL
14:01:23 GO QUICKLY THROUGH WITH YOU AND
14:01:25 GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE, AND THEN
14:01:27 WE CAN SEE WHATEVER QUESTIONS
14:01:28 -- COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE FROM
14:01:29 THERE.
14:01:37 MAKE SURE I DO THIS PROPERLY.
14:01:38 WE PUBLISHED THIS ACTION PLAN
14:01:39 RECENTLY.
14:01:40 IT'S ON OUR CITY OF TAMPA
14:01:44 WEBSITE, AND BASICALLY, WE JUST
14:01:45 OUTLINED THE SHORT-TERM PLANS
14:01:47 THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME
14:01:48 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CORRIDOR TO
14:01:50 MAKE IT SAFE -- SAFER.
14:01:53 I'M SURE YOU'VE ALL NOTICED THE
14:01:56 RECENT 35-MILE-AN-HOUR SPEED
14:01:57 LIMIT CHANGE, WHICH WE WERE
14:01:58 ABLE TO DO BECAUSE OF THE FACT
14:02:00 THAT WE HAVE WHEELS IN MOTION
14:02:02 ALREADY THAT WAS PLANNED TO
14:02:04 HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
14:02:06 WE ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE A
14:02:07 PROJECT THAT IS A STATE-FUNDED
14:02:10 WHAT WE CALL LOCAL AGENCY
14:02:11 PROGRAM PROJECT THAT'S
14:02:13 CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
14:02:14 THAT'S OCCURRING ON THE
14:02:16 SOUTHERN END OF BAYSHORE
14:02:16 BOULEVARD.
14:02:17 THE FIRST PHASE OF THAT
14:02:19 OCCURRED MANY YEARS AGO.
14:02:21 WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED THE
14:02:22 PLANNING REQUEST FOR THAT BACK
14:02:24 IN 2006, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN
14:02:26 IDEA OF HOW LONG SOME OF THESE
14:02:28 PROJECTS TAKE SOMETIMES, IT'S
14:02:29 QUITE FRUSTRATING, BUT WE
14:02:31 PURSUE JUST BECAUSE IT'S THE
14:02:33 ONLY WAY WE CAN GET MORE MONIES
14:02:34 FOR OUR PROJECTS.
14:02:35 SO WE'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION
14:02:37 ON OUR WEBSITE IF ANYONE IS
14:02:40 INTERESTED TO SEE MORE DETAILS.
14:02:44 SORRY, I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE
14:02:46 TO PROGRESS THIS.
14:02:52 SORE OUR SAFETY ACTION PLAN
14:02:54 BASICALLY IS SPLIT UP INTO FOUR
14:02:55 STEPS.
14:02:57 THE FIRST STEP WE'VE RECENTLY
14:02:57 COMPLETED.
14:02:59 WE WENT OUT AND ADDED
14:03:01 ADDITIONAL SPEED LIMIT SIGNS TO
14:03:03 THE CORRIDOR FOR 35 MILES AN
14:03:05 HOUR; WE SWITCHED OUT THE
14:03:08 45-MILE-AN-HOUR -- EXCUSE ME --
14:03:10 40-MILE-AN-HOUR SPEED LIMIT
14:03:12 SIGNS, WE CHANGED OUR RADAR
14:03:14 DISPLAY INDICATOR THAT IS OUT
14:03:16 ON THE CORRIDOR, OF COURSE, TO
14:03:17 BE 35 MILES AN HOUR AS WELL,
14:03:18 AND WE'RE INTO THE SECOND STEP
14:03:21 OF OUR PLAN, WHICH IS TO ADD
14:03:25 WHAT WE CALL ENHANCED
14:03:26 CONSPICUITY PLATES.
14:03:28 THOSE ARE BASICALLY YELLOW
14:03:30 PLATES THAT ARE ON TOP OF SPEED
14:03:30 LIMIT SIGNS.
14:03:31 SOMETIMES YOU NOTICE THEM AND
14:03:32 SOMETIMES YOU DON'T BECAUSE
14:03:34 THEY DON'T ALL HAVE THOSE
14:03:35 PLATES, BUT RECENT DATA FROM
14:03:37 THE D.O.T. HAS INDICATED THOSE
14:03:39 ARE A MUCH BETTER WAY TO DRAW
14:03:41 ATTENTION TO THAT SPEED LIMIT
14:03:42 FOR FOLKS THAT ARE OUT ON THE
14:03:44 ROADWAYS, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING
14:03:46 TO REINFORCE THAT SPEED LIMIT
14:03:48 BY ACTUALLY PUTTING THE SPEED
14:03:50 LIMIT MARKINGS ON THE ACTUAL
14:03:51 PAVEMENT, AGAIN, TO SEND THAT
14:03:52 MESSAGE TO THE DRIVERS THAT THE
14:03:54 SPEED LIMIT IS NOW 35 MILES AN
14:03:56 HOUR.
14:03:59 THE NEXT PART OF OUR ACTION
14:04:03 PLAN IN STEP 3, WE ARE COMMIT
14:04:04 TO GO HAVE THAT DONE BY OCTOBER
14:04:05 OF THIS YEAR.
14:04:06 WE HAVE SEVERAL
14:04:08 PEDESTRIAN-ACTIVATED FLASHERS.
14:04:09 IN THE BUSINESS WE CALL THEM
14:04:12 RRFBS, WHICH IS RECTANGULAR
14:04:17 RAPID FLASHING BEACONS.
14:04:19 OTHER -- ON CHANNELSIDE, OVER
14:04:21 ON STATE ROUTE 60, IF YOU'RE
14:04:22 FAMILIAR WITH THAT LOCATION.
14:04:23 THE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATES THE
14:04:25 BUTTON, A KIND OF A STROBE
14:04:26 LIGHT FLASHER COMES ON THAT
14:04:27 INDICATES TO THE DRIVER THAT
14:04:29 SOMEONE'S GOING TO CROSS, AND
14:04:30 IT PROVIDES A CROSSING
14:04:31 OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS.
14:04:32 WE'VE GOT THREE PLANNED
14:04:38 CURRENTLY THAT ARE AT DAKOTA,
14:04:41 DELAWARE, AND MID BETWEEN
14:04:43 BREVARD AND SWANN.
14:04:44 THOSE ARE ALL NORTH OF HOWARD
14:04:44 AVENUE.
14:04:46 AND FOR OUR FOURTH STEP, WE'RE
14:04:47 CURRENTLY STUDYING ADDITIONAL
14:04:49 LOCATIONS BETWEEN HOWARD AVENUE
14:04:52 AND GANDY BOULEVARD FOR
14:04:55 ADDITIONAL RRFBS OR
14:04:57 PEDESTRIAN-ACTIVATED FLASHERS.
14:04:59 IN ADDITION, WE'RE GOING TO BE
14:05:01 RESTRIPING THE ENTIRE ROADWAY,
14:05:02 MINUS THE PORTION THAT'S UNDER
14:05:03 CONSTRUCTION NOW, AND WE'RE
14:05:07 GOING TO BE USING MORE CURRENT
14:05:08 CRITERIA THAN WE HAD WHEN WE
14:05:10 FIRST BUILT THE PROJECT, WHICH
14:05:12 IS TO PUT IN TEN-FOOT TRAVEL
14:05:13 LANES.
14:05:14 THE TEN-FOOT TRAVEL LANES
14:05:16 INDUCE TRAFFIC CALMING BECAUSE
14:05:18 THE DRIVER HAS LESS SPACE IN
14:05:19 WHICH TO NEGOTIATE HIS DRIVING
14:05:21 OR HER DRIVING, AND THERE'S
14:05:23 LOTS OF EVIDENCE THAT THAT'S A
14:05:25 VERY GOOD TRAFFIC-CALMING
14:05:27 MECHANISM THAT WE CAN USE.
14:05:28 WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PUTTING
14:05:29 A BUFFER IN BETWEEN THE BIKE
14:05:31 LANE AND THAT TRAVEL LANE TO
14:05:33 ADD MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
14:05:36 BICYCLISTS AND THE VEHICLE TO
14:05:38 ADD MORE SAFETY, AND WE WILL
14:05:40 ALSO BE PUTTING AN ADDITIONAL,
14:05:42 AS I SAID, ACTIVATED PEDESTRIAN
14:05:44 FLASHING BEACONS ONCE WE
14:05:46 FINALIZE THIS STUDY WE'RE
14:05:48 CURRENTLY DOING TO DECIDE WHERE
14:05:49 THOSE LOCATIONS WOULD BE.
14:05:52 WE'RE COMMITTING TO START THAT
14:05:55 PIECE IN OCTOBER, AND WE'RE
14:05:56 LOOKING TO FINISH THAT
14:05:57 CERTAINLY BEFORE GASPARILLA
14:06:00 STARTS IN JANUARY.
14:06:03 JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL,
14:06:05 I'LL GO REAL QUICK.
14:06:06 THE SIGNS THAT WE HAVE NOW ARE
14:06:07 40.
14:06:10 WE'RE CHANGING THOSE OUT TO 35.
14:06:11 THAT YELLOW PLATE IS ON THE TOP
14:06:12 TO ADD MORE ATTENTION.
14:06:14 AND YOU SEE THE MARKINGS ON THE
14:06:15 RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN
14:06:18 TO REINFORCE THE SPEED LIMIT.
14:06:20 THIS IS JUST A SLIDE OUT OF OUR
14:06:22 STUDY THAT LOOKED AT A NUMBER
14:06:24 OF LOCATIONS NORTH OF HOWARD
14:06:27 AVENUE FOR A ACTIVATED FLASHING
14:06:27 BEACON.
14:06:28 WE HAVE TO FOLLOW SPECIFIC
14:06:31 CRITERIA IN DECIDING WHERE TO
14:06:33 PLACE THOSE TYPE OF TREATMENTS.
14:06:35 WE LOOK AT CURVATURE OF THE
14:06:37 ROAD, LIGHTING, PEDESTRIAN
14:06:38 VOLUMES, A LOT OF FACTORS TO
14:06:40 MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, AND RIGHT
14:06:42 NOW WE HAVE THREE IDENTIFIED.
14:06:43 WE'RE LOOKING TO DO MORE ALONG
14:06:48 THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR.
14:06:49 AGAIN, ON THE STRIPING, YOU CAN
14:06:52 SEE FROM THE GRAPHICS THERE, AS
14:06:53 YOU SAID, COUNCILMAN SUAREZ,
14:06:54 PICTURES ARE OFTEN VERY
14:06:55 HELPFUL.
14:06:56 WE WILL NARROW THE TRAVEL
14:06:57 LANES.
14:06:57 WE'LL PUT THE BUFFER BETWEEN
14:06:59 THE BICYCLE LANE AND THE TRAVEL
14:07:02 LANE TO INDUCE TRAFFIC CALMING.
14:07:04 THE FLASHING BEACON ON THE
14:07:05 BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IS SORT OF
14:07:06 A STANDARD LOOK OF WHAT YOU
14:07:08 WOULD SEE WITH THESE BEACONS.
14:07:10 AND WE EXPECT THIS TO MAKE A
14:07:12 LOT MORE IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS
14:07:14 OF THE SPEED LIMIT BEING
14:07:17 FOLLOWED MORE REGULARLY,
14:07:19 HOPEFULLY CUT DOWN ON SOME OF
14:07:22 THE SPEEDING, MORE ENFORCEMENT
14:07:25 OR, YOU KNOW, SPEED LIMIT
14:07:27 ISSUES BEING REDUCED.
14:07:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ,
14:07:29 YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
14:07:30 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
14:07:30 CHAIR.
14:07:31 IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT
14:07:32 OTHER SLIDE.
14:07:33 >>JEAN DUNCAN: SURE.
14:07:34 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HAVE YOU TALKED
14:07:35 ABOUT TRYING TO NARROW LANES
14:07:36 WITH SOME PHYSICAL BARRIERS
14:07:40 INSTEAD OF JUST STRIPING?
14:07:42 YOU KNOW, SOME -- AS YOU KNOW
14:07:44 -- I MEAN, I'M -- NOT LIKE I'M
14:07:45 GOING TO TELL A TRAFFIC
14:07:45 ENGINEER.
14:07:47 I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THOSE TYPE
14:07:49 OF THINGS HELP TO DO MORE
14:07:50 CALMING.
14:07:51 >>JEAN DUNCAN: MM-HMM.
14:07:52 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND IN ADDITION,
14:07:55 IT HAS A -- YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY
14:07:57 PEOPLE WILL SLOW DOWN MORE.
14:07:58 NOW, THE OTHER PART OF IT, HAVE
14:07:59 YOU LOOKED AT THAT, OR IS THAT
14:08:01 SOMETHING THAT'S POSSIBLE OR IS
14:08:02 THAT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN
14:08:03 THE BOOKS?
14:08:06 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE ACTUALLY HAVE
14:08:07 HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF
14:08:08 THE WALK-BIKE REPRESENTATIVES
14:08:12 ABOUT SOME PILOT LOCATIONS FOR
14:08:15 DELINEATORS, WHICH ARE -- THEY
14:08:16 COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.
14:08:19 YOU SEE SOME ON THE VETERANS
14:08:20 EXPRESSWAY, YOU SEE OTHERS
14:08:22 AROUND THE CITY THAT HAVE
14:08:23 DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES.
14:08:24 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK THERE
14:08:25 WAS A PICTURE OF IT TODAY
14:08:26 DURING ONE OF THE OTHER
14:08:28 PRESENTATIONS, SO --
14:08:29 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
14:08:30 THE PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH THOSE
14:08:31 IS OUR STREET SWEEPING.
14:08:33 WE ARE ONE OF THE CITIES THAT
14:08:36 DOES STREET SWEEPING, NOT ALL
14:08:38 CITIES DO THAT BUT WE DO IT AS
14:08:39 PART OF OUR POLLUTANT REDUCTION
14:08:41 PROGRAM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO
14:08:42 SEE HOW CAN WE FIND SOMETHING
14:08:44 THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE
14:08:45 STREET SWEEPING AND DOESN'T
14:08:46 CREATE AN UNINTENDED
14:08:48 CONSEQUENCE OF FREQUENT
14:08:49 MAINTENANCE AND ALSO TRIPPING
14:08:52 HAZARDS OR BICYCLE HAZARDS OR
14:08:54 EVEN VEHICLE HAZARDS WITH THESE
14:08:55 DEFLECTORS OR DELINEATORS
14:08:57 GETTING KNOCKED OUT INTO THE
14:08:59 STREET OR ON A SIDEWALK.
14:09:00 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK YOU KNOW
14:09:00 THIS BECAUSE I'VE MENTIONED
14:09:02 THIS TO YOU MANY TIMES, YOU AND
14:09:04 MR. BAIRD TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW,
14:09:07 THE CONCEPT OF RAISING THE BIKE
14:09:08 LANE AND -- A LITTLE BIT LOWER
14:09:10 THAN WHAT WE HAVE ON THE
14:09:11 SIDEWALK BY LOWERING -- I MEAN
14:09:13 RAISING THE BIKE LANE SO THAT
14:09:17 IT IS USING THAT POROUS ASPHALT
14:09:19 SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOME
14:09:20 STORMWATER RELIEF ALSO IN
14:09:21 ADDITION TO THAT, THAT POSSIBLY
14:09:23 THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT CAN
14:09:24 BE THOUGHT OF OR USED IN SOME
14:09:26 OF THESE AREAS BECAUSE NOW IT
14:09:27 WORKS AS BOTH A BARRIER AND AS
14:09:30 A SAFETY ASPECT FOR THOSE BIKE
14:09:32 RIDERS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF
14:09:33 YOU'VE LOOKED AT THAT, BUT I
14:09:34 THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE
14:09:36 SOMETHING TO CONSIDER BECAUSE
14:09:37 STREET SWEEPING WILL BE TAKEN
14:09:39 CARE OF, IT'S GOT A BARRIER
14:09:41 THERE, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO GO
14:09:42 ANYWHERE ELSE AND IT'S NOT
14:09:43 GOING TO MESS UP BECAUSE YOU'VE
14:09:44 GOT THE OTHER BARRIERS, BUT IN
14:09:46 ADDITION, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO
14:09:47 CLEAN THOSE UP TOO.
14:09:49 WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO SWEEP
14:09:50 THOSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO
14:09:52 SUCK OUT ALL THE SEDIMENT THAT
14:09:53 GOES THROUGH THERE.
14:09:54 I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT MIGHT BE
14:09:56 SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
14:09:57 BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE'RE
14:09:59 TRYING TO SOLVE TWO PROBLEMS
14:09:59 HERE.
14:10:01 ONE IS TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE
14:10:03 SAFETY AND THEN HAVE THE
14:10:05 ABILITY FOR A CAR TO GO BY.
14:10:06 I THINK THAT ONE OF THE WAYS TO
14:10:07 DO IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
14:10:09 NARROW THE ROAD AND WE HAVE,
14:10:10 YOU KNOW, SOME WAY OF
14:10:12 PROTECTING THE BIKE RIDERS.
14:10:14 THE ONE REASON -- AND THIS IS
14:10:17 -- THIS GOES BOTH WAYS.
14:10:18 BIKE RIDERS DON'T LIKE DRIVING
14:10:21 IN OPEN TRAFFIC, DRIVERS DON'T
14:10:23 LIKE BIKERS BIKE RIDING IN OPEN
14:10:25 TRAFFIC, SO IF THERE'S A WAY
14:10:26 THAT WE CAN CREATE A BARRIER
14:10:27 THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR BOTH
14:10:29 TO SURVIVE AND TO USE THE ROAD,
14:10:31 I THINK IT'S A BETTER CONCEPT,
14:10:32 YOU KNOW, AND I'VE TOLD YOU
14:10:33 THIS MANY TIMES.
14:10:36 YOU KNOW, PENALOSA ALWAYS
14:10:41 MENTIONS THAT, YO PENALOSA.
14:10:43 IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT, BUT WE
14:10:45 SHOULD LOOK INTO IT AND SEE IF
14:10:46 WE COULD DO THAT.
14:10:47 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE COULD LOOK
14:10:50 INTO IT, PUT A COST-BENEFIT
14:10:51 APPLICATION TO THAT, SEE WHAT
14:10:52 THE ISSUES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
14:10:53 IT.
14:10:55 OF COURSE, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT
14:10:56 DRAINAGE AND OTHER THINGS.
14:10:57 NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE.
14:10:58 IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY AND
14:10:59 PRIORITIES, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY
14:11:00 AN IMPORTANT ROADWAY, AND WE'RE
14:11:02 HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT,
14:11:03 AS WELL AS ANY OTHER
14:11:03 SUGGESTIONS THAT ANYONE WOULD
14:11:06 LIKE US TO LOOK AT.
14:11:06 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK THE
14:11:07 SAFETY PRIORITIES LEND ITSELF
14:11:09 TO THE MONEY WE'RE GOING TO BE
14:11:10 ABLE TO FIND FOR THIS.
14:11:11 I THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT
14:11:12 WORKS, SO IF WE CAN THINK OF IT
14:11:14 -- AND I KNOW YOU THINK OF IT
14:11:15 IN TERMS OF SAFETY FIRST.
14:11:17 I THINK WE ALL DO.
14:11:19 BUT SOME OF US DON'T HAVE THE
14:11:20 ABILITY TO HAVE THOSE CONCEPTS
14:11:22 READY -- READILY MADE FOR US
14:11:25 AND OUT THERE AND
14:11:27 INEXPENSIVELY, SO WE PROBABLY
14:11:27 HAVE TO LOOK AT SOMETHING
14:11:30 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE
14:11:31 BOX BECAUSE WE DON'T -- WE'RE
14:11:32 GOING TO STILL HAVE THESE
14:11:34 SITUATIONS POP UP OVER THE
14:11:35 COURSE OF, YOU KNOW, YEARS FROM
14:11:38 NOW WHEN I'M NOT ON COUNCIL
14:11:39 ANYMORE AND SOME OF THE OTHER
14:11:41 FOLKS AREN'T ON COUNCIL, SO WE
14:11:43 MIGHT AS WELL TRY TO SOLVE IT
14:11:44 AS MUCH AS WE CAN NOW.
14:11:45 THANK YOU.
14:11:45 >>FRANK REDDICK:
14:11:47 MR. MANISCALCO.
14:11:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH, THIS
14:11:50 IS A LIFE-AND-DEATH ISSUE, AND
14:11:51 WHEN IT COMES TO THE MONEY, THE
14:11:53 PRIORITY SHOULD BE FOR THE
14:11:54 PUBLIC GOOD AND THE PUBLIC
14:11:54 SAFETY.
14:11:55 IF WE CAN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW,
14:11:57 CERTAIN BARRIERS BECAUSE OF THE
14:11:58 STREET SWEEPING AND WHATNOT,
14:11:59 WHAT ABOUT RUMBLE STRIPS?
14:12:00 YOU HAVE THEM ON THE
14:12:00 INTERSTATE.
14:12:02 THERE ARE CERTAIN STRETCHES OF
14:12:05 I-4 THAT I LIKE TO DRIVE, I
14:12:06 BELIEVE AROUND LAKELAND, AND
14:12:08 THOSE ARE REMINDERS OF SLOW
14:12:09 DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE SPEED LIMIT
14:12:10 IS THIS.
14:12:11 FOLKS THAT ARE ON BAYSHORE, THE
14:12:12 ISSUE IS -- I KNOW WE'RE
14:12:14 LOOKING AT NARROWING THE LANES,
14:12:15 BUT SINCE THE LANES ARE WIDER
14:12:16 AND IT'S A LOT OF STRAIGHT
14:12:18 SHOTS, SPECIFICALLY SOUTH OF
14:12:19 BAY TO BAY, THE DRIVERS GET
14:12:21 COMFORTABLE, AND SUDDENLY
14:12:24 YOU'RE GOING 40, 45, YOU KNOW,
14:12:24 YOU'RE NOT REALLY PAYING
14:12:26 ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A
14:12:27 SMOOTH DRIVE, YOU'RE NOT
14:12:27 STOPPING.
14:12:29 THE RUMBLE STRIPS, WHICH ARE
14:12:30 EASY, THEY'RE COST-EFFICIENT,
14:12:33 THEY'RE NOT EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY
14:12:36 REMIND THE DRIVERS, OH -- WAKE
14:12:37 THEM UP AND GET THEM OUT OF
14:12:39 THAT RELAXATION THAT THEY HAVE
14:12:39 FROM DRIVING WITHOUT THE
14:12:41 STOPLIGHTS AND ANY OTHER
14:12:43 BARRIERS, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING
14:12:45 THAT'S INEXPENSIVE THAT CAN BE
14:12:48 IMPLEMENTED, AND THAT'S EASY,
14:12:50 IT WOULDN'T BOTHER THE STREET
14:12:51 SWEEPING.
14:12:53 IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT OF
14:12:55 PROTECTION TO THOSE IN THE BIKE
14:12:57 LANES, AND IT WOULD KEEP THE
14:12:58 DRIVER FOCUSED AS TO, YOU KNOW,
14:13:00 NOT -- YOU KNOW, WATCHING THEIR
14:13:02 SPEED AND BEING MINDFUL.
14:13:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
14:13:04 >>HARRY COHEN: I'M GOING TO
14:13:06 WAIT UNTIL -- I WANT TO SEE THE
14:13:08 BAY TO BAY INTERSECTION SLIDE,
14:13:09 THEN I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
14:13:10 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, THANK YOU.
14:13:11 JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES, AND
14:13:19 THEN I'LL BE FINISHED.
14:13:21 JUST REAL QUICKLY, AT THE
14:13:26 INTERSECTION OF BAY TO BAY AND
14:13:27 BAYSHORE, THIS IS ACTUALLY PART
14:13:32 OF THE BAY TO BAY PROJECT THAT
14:13:32 THIS PARTICULAR PIECE WOULD
14:13:34 OCCUR, RATHER THAN THE BAYSHORE
14:13:36 ACTION STEPS WE'RE TAKING.
14:13:37 WE JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
14:13:38 THIS INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT
14:13:41 AS PART OF THAT PROJECT WILL
14:13:42 CREATE A LOT OF SAFETY BENEFITS
14:13:44 FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.
14:13:46 CURRENTLY, IF YOU'RE GOING
14:13:48 NORTHBOUND ON BAYSHORE IN THAT
14:13:50 OUTSIDE TRAVEL LANE, YOU DON'T
14:13:51 HAVE TO STOP AT BAY TO BAY, YOU
14:13:52 CONTINUE ON.
14:13:53 WE'RE CHANGING THAT CONDITION.
14:13:54 IT WILL BE A FULL STOP
14:13:55 CONDITION, SO NOW PEDESTRIANS
14:13:57 OR BICYCLISTS HAVE A FULL RED
14:14:01 LIGHT TO CROSS AGAINST, SO TO
14:14:03 SPEAK, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO
14:14:04 WAIT FOR A GAP IN TRAFFIC TO
14:14:05 MAKE THAT CROSSING.
14:14:07 WE ARE ALSO GETTING RID OF THE
14:14:08 ACCELERATION LANE AND THE
14:14:11 MERGE, WHICH INDUCES MORE
14:14:12 SPEED-UP AND LOOKING OVER YOUR
14:14:15 SHOULDER, WHICH, AGAIN, IS A
14:14:18 MORE FRAGILE CONDITION TO BE IN
14:14:19 AS A DRIVER FOR HAVING TO LOOK
14:14:20 OUT FOR PEDESTRIANS.
14:14:21 AND THE LANE CHANGES WE'RE
14:14:23 MAKING ON YOUR LEFT -- YOUR
14:14:26 RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN WILL
14:14:27 ALSO PROVIDE A SAFER PASSING
14:14:31 FOR BICYCLISTS AS WELL.
14:14:34 REAL QUICKLY, WE ARE ALSO
14:14:35 LOOKING AT TWO OTHER
14:14:37 INTERSECTIONS ON THE BAYSHORE
14:14:37 CORRIDOR.
14:14:39 WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
14:14:42 UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTION OF
14:14:43 ROME AVENUE.
14:14:44 THAT'S BEEN A REAL CHALLENGING
14:14:46 INTERSECTION FOR MANY, MANY
14:14:47 YEARS, BUT YET IT REMAINS
14:14:50 POPULAR FOR PEDESTRIAN
14:14:51 CROSSINGS FOR A VARIETY OF
14:14:51 REASONS.
14:14:53 WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HOWARD
14:14:54 AVENUE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION,
14:14:56 PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE THAT
14:14:57 SAME STOP CONDITION ON HOWARD
14:14:59 WHERE THAT NORTHBOUND LANE WILL
14:15:00 NOW HAVE TO STOP COMPLETELY AND
14:15:03 ALLOW FOR SAFER PASSAGE OF OUR
14:15:04 PEDESTRIANS.
14:15:05 I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION
14:15:07 REAL QUICK -- I WON'T GO INTO
14:15:09 ALL THIS DETAIL, BUT I JUST
14:15:11 WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE APPROACH
14:15:13 SAFETY FROM A VERY STRATEGIC
14:15:14 APPROACH.
14:15:16 THIS SLIDE HERE IS REPRESENTING
14:15:19 THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE HAVE FOR
14:15:22 PEDESTRIAN-ACTIVATED CROSSINGS,
14:15:24 SO WE'RE NOT JUST REACTING TO
14:15:25 COMPLAINTS WE GET AND RUNNING
14:15:27 OUT AND SEEING IF WE CAN PUT A
14:15:27 BEACON OUT.
14:15:28 WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE
14:15:30 APPROACH.
14:15:32 WE'RE REPLACING THESE BEACONS.
14:15:33 THE ANALYSIS WE HAVE TO GO
14:15:34 THROUGH AND ANY TRAFFIC CONTROL
14:15:36 DEVICE THAT WE OVERUSE WILL
14:15:38 START TO BE IGNORED, SO WE
14:15:39 CAN'T PUT TOO MUCH OF THESE
14:15:42 THINGS AND HAVE THAT NOW WORK
14:15:44 AGAINST US IN TERMS OF PEOPLE
14:15:46 IGNORING THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE
14:15:47 NOT PLACED PROPERLY OR THEY
14:15:48 DON'T MAKE SENSE WHERE WE'VE
14:15:50 PUT THEM.
14:15:53 AND JUST ONE LAST COMMENT, THIS
14:15:54 IS ALL THE LOCATIONS WHERE
14:15:56 WE'RE PLACING THOSE OR WE HAVE
14:15:58 PLANNED LOCATIONS.
14:15:59 LASTLY, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN
14:16:02 WORKING FOR A WHILE NOW ON OUR
14:16:04 CITYWIDE STRATEGIC SPEED LIMIT
14:16:06 REDUCTION PLAN.
14:16:07 WE'VE BEEN MARCHING THROUGH THE
14:16:09 CITY AND LOOKING AT OUR
14:16:11 ARTERIALS THAT ARE 40 MILES AN
14:16:13 HOUR OR HIGHER AND DOING
14:16:15 COMPLETE STREET PROJECTS TO
14:16:16 BRING THOSE SPEED LIMITS DOWN
14:16:18 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR, AND THAT'S
14:16:19 SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO
14:16:20 CONTINUE TO WORK ON BECAUSE WE
14:16:22 FEEL THAT IN THIS MORE URBAN
14:16:24 ENVIRONMENT NOW, WITH MORE
14:16:26 MULTIMODAL NEEDS THAT WE HAVE,
14:16:27 IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR SOME
14:16:30 OF OUR EXISTING 40-MILE-AN-HOUR
14:16:31 STREETS TO CONTINUE TO BE AT
14:16:33 THAT SPEED, AND SO THAT'S
14:16:34 ANOTHER STRATEGIC PLAN THAT'S
14:16:36 BEEN IN PLACE FOR A WHILE.
14:16:38 JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT
14:16:40 SINCE IT SEEMED TO BE FITTING
14:16:41 IN THIS CONVERSATION.
14:16:43 AND IF I COULD INDULGE YOU JUST
14:16:44 ONE MORE MINUTE TO MAKE A
14:16:45 COMMENT ABOUT BAY TO BAY.
14:16:47 WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS
14:16:48 ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING.
14:16:51 I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP A
14:16:54 COUPLE THINGS THAT I HEARD.
14:17:00 WE PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE BACK
14:17:03 IN MARCH, I BELIEVE,
14:17:05 IDENTIFYING THE ALTERNATIVES --
14:17:06 THE RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE
14:17:08 THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO ON
14:17:09 BAY TO BAY BOULEVARD.
14:17:13 THIS ALTERNATIVE WAS TECHNICAL
14:17:14 CONSIDERATIONS, ENGINEERING
14:17:17 JUDGMENT, AND PUBLIC INPUT
14:17:18 COMBINED TO LAND US ON THE
14:17:19 RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE THAT
14:17:21 WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, WHICH
14:17:22 IS A COMPLETE STREET
14:17:23 ALTERNATIVE.
14:17:25 IT'S NOT THE EXACT COMPLETE
14:17:26 STREET ALTERNATIVE THAT WAS
14:17:28 PRESENTED AT THE MEETING BUT IS
14:17:29 NONETHELESS EMBRACING VISION
14:17:31 ZERO AND COMPLETE STREET
14:17:32 PHILOSOPHIES.
14:17:35 WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF SAFETY
14:17:37 FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
14:17:41 I APOLOGIZE, I GOT MY PAGES
14:17:44 TURNED AROUND HERE.
14:17:46 BUT WE ARE PUTTING IN NARROWER
14:17:47 TRAVEL LANES.
14:17:48 WE WILL HAVE A BUFFER
14:17:49 SEPARATING THE SIDEWALKS FROM
14:17:51 THE TRAVEL LANES.
14:17:53 WE HAVE SIGNALIZATION CHANGES,
14:17:55 SOMETHING CALLED LEADING
14:17:56 PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS, WHICH
14:17:59 WILL GIVE MORE PEDESTRIAN TIME
14:18:01 FREE OF VEHICLES TO CROSS THE
14:18:02 ROAD, AND I ALSO HAVE AN EMAIL
14:18:04 FROM TECO.
14:18:06 THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
14:18:08 MOVING MORE POLES.
14:18:09 THEY SHOULD HAVE ABOUT 17 POLES
14:18:13 DONE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE OF
14:18:13 MOVING THOSE OUT OF THE
14:18:14 SIDEWALK, AND WE'RE GOING TO
14:18:15 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AND
14:18:18 THE COUNTY, SINCE IT IS A
14:18:20 COUNTY ROAD, TO FIND EASEMENTS
14:18:23 FOR THE REMAINING POLES TO MOVE
14:18:24 INTO SO WE CAN TRY TO HAVE A
14:18:26 FULLY FREE SIDEWALK CORRIDOR
14:18:29 ALONG BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, AND
14:18:31 WE ARE ALSO -- THE CITY IS ALSO
14:18:33 PAYING THE COUNTY TO PUT A
14:18:35 SIDEWALK IN ON THE NORTH SIDE
14:18:36 OF BAY TO BAY AS WELL TO
14:18:38 ENHANCE THE SAFETY ON BAY TO
14:18:39 BAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
14:18:41 THAT POINT, AND WITH THAT, I'LL
14:18:43 SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
14:18:44 THANK YOU.
14:18:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
14:18:45 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
14:18:45 MUCH.
14:18:47 I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I
14:18:48 WANT TO ASK YOU.
14:18:49 WHY DON'T -- IF YOU DON'T MIND,
14:18:51 MAYBE WE COULD START WITH
14:18:53 BAYSHORE.
14:18:57 I THINK THAT AT LEAST FROM WHAT
14:19:02 I CAN TELL, WHAT YOU'RE DOING
14:19:03 NORTH OF HOWARD AVENUE IS MUCH
14:19:05 MORE EXTENSIVE THAN WHAT'S
14:19:07 CURRENTLY PROGRAMMED FOR SOUTH
14:19:09 OF HOWARD AVENUE, SO MY FIRST
14:19:11 QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT
14:19:12 THERE'S GOING TO BE AN
14:19:14 EVALUATION DONE.
14:19:15 YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS A
14:19:17 POSSIBILITY OF THREE ADDITIONAL
14:19:18 CROSSINGS.
14:19:19 WOULD -- ARE YOU LOOKING AT
14:19:21 DOING THOSE BETWEEN WHERE AND
14:19:21 WHERE?
14:19:23 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, WE HAVE
14:19:24 THREE PLANNED CURRENTLY NORTH
14:19:26 OF HOWARD --
14:19:26 >>HARRY COHEN: RIGHT.
14:19:28 >>JEAN DUNCAN: -- AND FROM
14:19:29 HOWARD SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO
14:19:31 GANDY, WE'VE ENLISTED THE SAME
14:19:33 CONSULTANT, TINDALE-OLIVER, TO
14:19:36 STUDY THAT WHOLE PORTION OF
14:19:38 BAYSHORE BOULEVARD AND IDENTIFY
14:19:40 ADDITIONAL CROSSINGS BETWEEN
14:19:42 HOWARD AVENUE AND GANDY, AND
14:19:43 WE'RE COMMITTING IN OUR ACTION
14:19:45 PLAN TO START CONSTRUCTION ON
14:19:47 THOSE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS BY
14:19:49 OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
14:19:49 >>HARRY COHEN: AND I KNOW
14:19:51 THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF
14:19:52 DISCUSSION ABOUT IT'S A COUNTY
14:19:53 ROAD, CITY, ET CETERA.
14:19:55 I DID SEE SOMETHING WHERE THE
14:19:57 COUNTY COMMISSION -- I THINK IT
14:19:59 WAS COMMISSIONER CRIST, HAD HAD
14:20:00 -- THEY HAD MADE A MOTION OR
14:20:02 SOME SORT OF AN OFFER OF PAYING
14:20:04 FOR SIX CROSSWALKS.
14:20:07 IF THAT IS CORRECT, WOULD IT
14:20:09 STAND TO REASON, THEN, THAT
14:20:10 THERE WOULD BE THREE CROSSWALKS
14:20:12 BETWEEN HOWARD AND GANDY IF THE
14:20:14 OTHER THREE WERE -- DOES THAT
14:20:15 SEEM REASONABLE?
14:20:17 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THERE -- IT
14:20:17 SEEMS REASONABLE.
14:20:19 THERE WOULD BE PROBABLY THREE
14:20:20 MORE SOUTH OF HOWARD.
14:20:22 I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AN EXACT
14:20:22 NUMBER.
14:20:24 I THINK COMMISSIONER CRIST WAS
14:20:26 JUST SORT OF ESTIMATING ON
14:20:29 THAT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING RIGHT
14:20:30 NOW TO DECIDE HOW MANY AND
14:20:32 WHERE WOULD THEY BE LOCATED.
14:20:33 >>HARRY COHEN: AND HAVE YOU
14:20:34 GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO WHETHER OR
14:20:35 NOT THERE OUGHT TO BE A TRAFFIC
14:20:37 LIGHT BETWEEN BAY TO BAY AND
14:20:38 GANDY?
14:20:39 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE HAVE A
14:20:40 CURRENT TRAFFIC WARRANT STUDY
14:20:43 GOING ON FOR EUCLID AVENUE AND
14:20:43 BAYSHORE.
14:20:45 >>HARRY COHEN: OKAY.
14:20:46 >>JEAN DUNCAN: IT'S LOOKING A
14:20:47 LITTLE BORDERLINE RIGHT NOW,
14:20:49 BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE
14:20:50 CONCLUSION OF IT.
14:20:52 STAFF IS STILL DOING THEIR DATA
14:20:53 COLLECTION, BUT WE ARE LOOKING
14:20:54 AT THAT RIGHT NOW.
14:20:55 >>HARRY COHEN: A LOT OF PEOPLE
14:20:56 THAT SPOKE THIS MORNING CAME
14:20:58 WITH THEIR OWN IDEAS OF WHAT
14:20:59 THEY THOUGHT COULD BE DONE ON
14:21:02 SOME OF THESE BLOCKS, AND
14:21:03 COUNCILMAN SUAREZ AND
14:21:04 COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, YOU
14:21:09 KNOW, PUT FORTH SOME IDEAS AS
14:21:09 WELL.
14:21:10 WE'VE COLLECTED A LOT OF THAT.
14:21:11 WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT
14:21:13 SORT OF MATERIAL, AND WHERE
14:21:14 SHOULD PEOPLE GET IT TO YOU IN
14:21:15 ORDER TO HAVE INPUT ON THE
14:21:16 PROCESS OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING
14:21:18 AT?
14:21:19 >>JEAN DUNCAN: CERTAINLY ANYONE
14:21:21 IS WELCOME TO SEND THAT TO OUR
14:21:22 DEPARTMENT.
14:21:23 WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED A LOT OF
14:21:25 INPUT THROUGH EMAILS, MEETINGS,
14:21:27 PHONE CALLS.
14:21:29 I GUESS THE QUESTION IS FOR --
14:21:32 WE HAVE TO KIND OF SEPARATE THE
14:21:33 REQUESTS.
14:21:34 THERE'S THE RUMBLE STRIPS AND
14:21:37 THE RAISED CROSSWALK BASKET,
14:21:38 AND THEN THERE'S THE LET'S DO
14:21:41 SOMETHING MORE DRAMATIC TO
14:21:43 BAYSHORE BASKET OF REQUESTS,
14:21:45 AND SO THE LOWER-LEVEL ONES, WE
14:21:47 CAN CERTAINLY GO THROUGH THOSE.
14:21:49 WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LIST OF
14:21:50 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON
14:21:52 OUR WEBSITE THAT ACTUALLY
14:21:55 SPEAKS TO THE RUMBLE STRIPS AND
14:21:56 MANY OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE
14:21:57 ARE SUGGESTING, AND I ENCOURAGE
14:21:59 FOLKS TO POINT CONSTITUENTS TO
14:22:00 THAT JUST TO GET SOME
14:22:01 INFORMATION.
14:22:02 SO WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT
14:22:04 THOSE THINGS, BUT ANYTHING
14:22:05 THAT'S CHANGING THE
14:22:06 FUNCTIONALITY OF THE ROAD, TO
14:22:08 DO SOME OF THE TRAFFIC-CALMING
14:22:11 SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
14:22:12 WILL REQUIRE A CHANGE OF
14:22:14 FUNCTION OF THE ROAD.
14:22:16 THE ROAD CARRIES UP TO 43,000
14:22:17 VEHICLES PER DAY, AND IF WE
14:22:19 WANTED TO DO SOMETHING VERY
14:22:21 SIGNIFICANT TO THE ROAD, WE'VE
14:22:22 GOT TO CHANGE IT FROM AN
14:22:25 ARTERIAL TO A LOWER-FUNCTIONING
14:22:27 ROAD, SUCH AS A COLLECTOR, IN
14:22:27 WHICH CASE THAT TRAFFIC WOULD
14:22:29 HAVE TO BE DISPLACED SOMEWHERE
14:22:30 ELSE.
14:22:32 THAT'S A VERY LONG PROCESS.
14:22:34 IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF
14:22:36 STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT AND A
14:22:39 VISION OF ALL OF US POINTING TO
14:22:40 AND WANTING TO ACCOMPLISH.
14:22:42 THAT'S A MORE DIFFICULT ITEM
14:22:44 FOR ME PERSONALLY AND MY STAFF
14:22:47 TO RESPOND TO, BUT THE OTHER
14:22:48 SUGGESTIONS OF THE TYPICAL
14:22:51 TRAFFIC SAFETY TYPE THINGS,
14:22:52 WE'RE HAPPY TO CONSIDER
14:22:54 EVERYTHING, BE AS OPEN-MINDED
14:22:56 AS POSSIBLE, AND GET BACK TO
14:22:59 WHOMEVER IS INQUIRING WITH OUR
14:23:00 RESPONSE ON THAT.
14:23:01 >>HARRY COHEN: I WANT TO JUST
14:23:03 GO BACK TO BAY TO BAY FOR A
14:23:04 MINUTE.
14:23:05 YOU HAD -- YOU SHOWED THE PLANS
14:23:08 FOR THE INTERSECTION, WHICH I
14:23:09 THINK LOOK TERRIFIC, BUT I
14:23:10 THINK MOST OF THE CONCERN THAT
14:23:11 WAS EXPRESSED ABOUT BAY TO BAY
14:23:12 THIS MORNING IS REALLY BETWEEN
14:23:14 MACDILL AND DALE MABRY.
14:23:19 THAT'S WHERE THE -- I THINK THE
14:23:19 REAL CONCERN IS, PARTICULARLY
14:23:21 BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF
14:23:24 SCHOOLCHILDREN THAT CROSS THE
14:23:26 ROADS AT VARIOUS POINTS.
14:23:28 I KNOW THERE WAS A LETTER SENT
14:23:29 TO THE MAYOR RECENTLY RELATED
14:23:33 TO REEVALUATING SOME OF THE
14:23:34 DECISIONS THAT HAD BEEN MADE
14:23:36 THERE, SO I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS
14:23:36 FOR YOU.
14:23:38 THE FIRST IS I WANT TO JUST
14:23:39 CLARIFY FOR PEOPLE, WHEN IT'S
14:23:41 -- WHEN IT SAID THAT THE CITY
14:23:42 MAKES THESE DECISIONS --
14:23:43 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
14:23:44 >>HARRY COHEN: -- THOSE THINGS
14:23:46 DON'T COME HERE TO CITY
14:23:47 COUNCIL, AND WE DO NOT HAVE A
14:23:50 ROLE IN TELLING THE
14:23:50 ADMINISTRATION HOW THESE THINGS
14:23:52 SHOULD BE DONE; CORRECT?
14:23:53 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
14:23:57 YOU OFTEN GIVE US INPUT, GIVE
14:24:00 US SUGGESTIONS, REQUESTS TO BE
14:24:01 LOOKED AT SOMETHING, BUT THIS
14:24:04 BODY IS NOT AN UP-AND-DOWN VOTE
14:24:07 SCENARIO WITH ROADWAY DESIGN OR
14:24:10 ANY OTHER DESIGN THAT THE STAFF
14:24:11 MAY BE DOING FOR ANY OTHER
14:24:12 DEPARTMENT, SO, YES, YOU ARE
14:24:13 CORRECT.
14:24:13 >>HARRY COHEN: OKAY.
14:24:15 SO THE REASON I SAY THAT IS
14:24:16 BECAUSE WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY
14:24:19 IS JUST A SUGGESTION FROM ME,
14:24:20 AND IT'S SORT OF MY SENSE OF
14:24:22 THIS WHOLE ENTIRE PROCESS.
14:24:25 I THINK THAT WHEN THIS WAS
14:24:27 VETTED BY THE PUBLIC, THIS
14:24:29 WHOLE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN FOR
14:24:32 BAY TO BAY, I THINK THAT IT WAS
14:24:34 CHARACTERIZED AS YOU LOSE
14:24:37 TRAFFIC LANES FOR BIKE LANES.
14:24:38 >>JEAN DUNCAN: MM-HMM.
14:24:39 >>HARRY COHEN: AND, IN FACT,
14:24:40 THERE ARE OTHER COMPONENTS OF
14:24:42 WHAT WAS PROPOSED THAT REALLY
14:24:43 GO RIGHT TO THE HEART OF SOME
14:24:44 OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
14:24:45 TODAY.
14:24:48 ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS LIKE
14:24:50 WHAT WAS DONE ON NEBRASKA OR
14:24:51 HAS BEEN DONE ON PARTS OF HIMES
14:24:54 WHERE A FOUR-LANE ROAD BECOMES
14:24:55 A THREE-LANE ROAD WITH LESS --
14:24:57 WITH A DESIGNATED LEFT TURN
14:24:59 LANE IN THE MIDDLE.
14:25:02 THAT IS A -- MY UNDERSTANDING,
14:25:04 IS A TRAFFIC-CALMING DEVICE.
14:25:05 IT ALLOWS THE TURNING TRAFFIC
14:25:09 TO GET OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT
14:25:10 THE THROUGH TRAFFIC CAN PASS
14:25:11 THROUGH.
14:25:12 IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING
14:25:14 TO BE EVALUATED AGAIN FOR THE
14:25:15 BAY TO BAY CORRIDOR?
14:25:16 >>JEAN DUNCAN: AT THIS POINT IN
14:25:18 TIME, NO.
14:25:19 THE CITY'S MADE OUR
14:25:21 RECOMMENDATION, AND THERE'S
14:25:27 CERTAINLY SOME DEBATE AS TO HOW
14:25:29 THAT INTERACTS WITH THE COUNTY,
14:25:31 BEING IT'S THEIR PROJECT --
14:25:31 >>HARRY COHEN: YES.
14:25:33 >>JEAN DUNCAN: -- WHICH IS KIND
14:25:35 OF A SEPARATE ISSUE, BUT AS FAR
14:25:36 AS THE CITY'S CONCERNED, WE'VE
14:25:38 TAKEN, AS I MENTIONED, OUR
14:25:40 TECHNICAL DATA, OUR CRITERIA,
14:25:42 OUR ENGINEERING OPINION, OUR
14:25:44 PUBLIC COMMENT, WEIGHED ALL OF
14:25:46 THOSE FACTORS AND ADJUSTED THE
14:25:48 THREE-LANE ALTERNATIVE OF WHAT
14:25:50 WAS PRESENTED TO A MODIFIED
14:25:53 ALTERNATIVE THAT, AGAIN, IS
14:25:54 STILL A COMPLETE STREET
14:25:55 PROJECT.
14:25:56 >>HARRY COHEN: DOES THE
14:25:58 FOUR-LANE ALTERNATIVE HAVE ANY
14:26:00 LEFT-HAND TURN LANES AT ALL, DO
14:26:01 YOU KNOW?
14:26:02 >>JEAN DUNCAN: AT THE
14:26:02 INTERSECTIONS.
14:26:03 >>HARRY COHEN: I JUST WANT TO
14:26:05 SAY ON THE RECORD THAT I THINK
14:26:06 THAT THESE REALLY WORK WELL
14:26:08 WHEN WE GO FROM FOUR TO THREE,
14:26:09 AND EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE
14:26:11 SOMEWHAT COUNTERINTUITIVE,
14:26:12 THEY'RE VERY, VERY GOOD FOR
14:26:13 MOVING THE TRAFFIC ALONG.
14:26:15 IT WORKS ON NEBRASKA, IT WORKS
14:26:16 ON HIMES, AND I WISH WE WOULD
14:26:17 TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
14:26:19 THE OTHER THING IS THERE HAVE
14:26:20 BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT
14:26:23 SAFETY IN TERMS OF THE
14:26:24 CROSSWALKS AND THE
14:26:25 SIGNALIZATION.
14:26:26 YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S
14:26:28 GOING TO BE SOME UPGRADES TO
14:26:28 THAT.
14:26:30 WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING DONE?
14:26:32 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE -- AS I
14:26:34 MENTIONED, ONE OF THE ITEMS
14:26:35 THAT THE -- THE NEIGHBORHOOD
14:26:38 ACTUALLY REQUESTED OF US WAS TO
14:26:39 MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE
14:26:41 SIGNALIZATION TO GIVE MORE TIME
14:26:43 TO THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
14:26:46 PHASE OF THE INTERSECTIONS.
14:26:47 WE'VE GOT THREE PLANNED ALONG
14:26:48 BAY TO BAY.
14:26:50 AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS ALSO A
14:26:51 SIDEWALK THAT'S GOING TO BE
14:26:52 CONSTRUCTED.
14:26:53 IT WILL PROBABLY BE SEPARATE
14:26:55 FROM THE ACTUAL RESURFACING
14:26:56 PROJECT, BUT IT'S FUNDED AND IT
14:26:57 WILL BE PLANNED.
14:26:59 >>HARRY COHEN: SO MY ADDITIONAL
14:27:01 SUGGESTION IS THAT ONCE THE
14:27:03 NORTHBOUND SIDEWALK IS BUILT
14:27:05 AND THE NEW CROSSWALKS ARE IN,
14:27:06 WE REALLY OUGHT TO PUT SOME
14:27:08 MONEY INTO CONNECTING SOME OF
14:27:10 THOSE SIDEWALKS SOUTH OF BAY TO
14:27:12 BAY TO AT LEAST GET TO
14:27:13 ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
14:27:14 A STRAIGHT SHOT.
14:27:15 >>JEAN DUNCAN: RIGHT.
14:27:16 >>HARRY COHEN: I HAVE DONE THAT
14:27:18 WALK IN THE MORNING, AND IT --
14:27:20 AND THIS -- LISTEN, THIS IS A
14:27:21 PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
14:27:23 AND IT REALLY, TRULY OUGHT TO
14:27:25 BE OUR TOP PRIORITY TO CONNECT
14:27:27 THE SIDEWALKS ADJACENT TO THE
14:27:28 SCHOOLS.
14:27:30 THAT SHOULD BE OUR NUMBER ONE
14:27:31 FOCUS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
14:27:32 COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS A
14:27:34 PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHERE IT
14:27:35 NEEDS TO BE DONE, SO I REALLY
14:27:37 HOPE THAT WE WILL LOOK AT THAT.
14:27:38 THE FINAL THING I JUST WANT TO
14:27:40 SAY, AND THIS DOESN'T REALLY
14:27:41 CONCERN YOU, IS THAT THIS
14:27:43 MORNING THERE WAS A LOT OF
14:27:45 DISCUSSION ABOUT ENFORCEMENT OF
14:27:46 THE SPEED LIMIT ON BAYSHORE
14:27:48 BOULEVARD, AND I JUST WANT TO
14:27:50 SAY THAT WHILE WE HAVE AN AWFUL
14:27:52 LOT OF CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF
14:27:53 CONTROLLING THE SPEEDING AND
14:27:56 THE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC PROBLEMS,
14:27:58 AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO
14:27:59 DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN
14:28:00 TO PREVENT THESE HORRIBLE
14:28:02 SITUATIONS FROM OCCURRING, IT'S
14:28:04 BEEN MY PERSONAL OBSERVATION
14:28:07 THAT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THAT
14:28:08 SPURRED THIS DISCUSSION AND
14:28:09 AFTER, THERE'S BEEN A
14:28:10 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
14:28:12 ENFORCEMENT ON THE STREET.
14:28:14 ACCORDING TO MY OFFICE'S
14:28:16 ANALYSIS THAT WE DID IN
14:28:19 CONJUNCTION WITH TPD, 5% OF THE
14:28:20 MOVING VIOLATION TICKETS
14:28:22 WRITTEN IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
14:28:23 ARE WRITTEN ON BAYSHORE
14:28:24 BOULEVARD.
14:28:26 THAT MEANS ONE OUT OF EVERY 20.
14:28:28 SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE NOT
14:28:29 ONLY IS THERE ENFORCEMENT, BUT
14:28:32 THE CITY IS ALSO -- HAS QUITE A
14:28:34 THING GOING THERE IN TERMS OF
14:28:38 COLLECTING ITS SPEEDING FINES.
14:28:40 YOU KNOW, I JUST -- I WANT TO
14:28:42 SAY THAT I THINK THESE
14:28:43 TRAFFIC-CALMING MEASURES ARE
14:28:44 REALLY IMPORTANT.
14:28:46 I THINK -- I SAID BEFORE,
14:28:47 PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IS
14:28:48 REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT MY
14:28:51 OBSERVATION IS THAT TPD IS OUT
14:28:53 THERE ENFORCING THIS
14:28:53 CONSTANTLY.
14:28:55 I SEE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY
14:28:57 PARKED AT DIFFERENT PLACES ON
14:28:59 THE STREET, YOU KNOW, USUALLY
14:29:01 WITH PEOPLE PULLED OVER, AND
14:29:03 OTHER PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE
14:29:04 SPEED LIMIT, SO I HOPE THAT
14:29:06 THAT WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE I
14:29:08 THINK IT IS EFFECTIVE, AND I DO
14:29:09 NOTICE WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE,
14:29:11 PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY PAYING
14:29:14 ATTENTION, SO THANK YOU.
14:29:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
14:29:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
14:29:16 MR. CHAIRMAN.
14:29:19 MS. DUNCAN, THE 43,000 THAT YOU
14:29:21 MENTIONED TRAVEL ON BAYSHORE
14:29:23 BOULEVARD, I'D LIKE TO COMPARE
14:29:24 THAT WITH ANOTHER ROAD SO I CAN
14:29:28 GET A JUDGMENT FEELING OF IT.
14:29:29 WHAT DOES DALE MABRY CARE WHY
14:29:30 I?
14:29:31 >>JEAN DUNCAN: DALE MABRY IS
14:29:33 ABOUT 60,000.
14:29:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 60,000.
14:29:35 YOU ALSO SAID IN THE SAME
14:29:37 BREATH RIGHT AFTER THAT, IF YOU
14:29:38 WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE
14:29:39 CHARACTER OF THE ROADWAY ON
14:29:40 BAYSHORE TO SOME LESSER, YOU
14:29:42 WOULD HAVE SOME LESSER AMOUNT
14:29:43 OF 43,000.
14:29:45 WHERE DO THOSE CARS GO TO?
14:29:46 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THAT'S AN
14:29:47 EXCELLENT QUESTION, SIR.
14:29:49 THAT'S THE BIG, AS THEY SAY,
14:29:51 $64,000 QUESTION.
14:29:52 WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT TO
14:29:53 DISPLACE THEM INTO THE
14:29:55 NEIGHBORHOOD OR ONTO MACDILL
14:29:56 AVENUE, AND THAT BAYSHORE
14:29:59 CORRIDOR IS A KEY CONNECTOR FOR
14:30:01 TRAVEL FOR EMERGENCIES, FOR
14:30:03 COMMUTING, SO THERE WOULD HAVE
14:30:04 TO BE SOMETHING ELSE IN PLACE
14:30:07 THAT WOULD TAKE UP THAT
14:30:08 DISPLACEMENT OF TRAFFIC IN
14:30:10 ORDER TO REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY
14:30:11 CHANGE THE FUNCTION OF BAYSHORE
14:30:12 BOULEVARD.
14:30:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND THAT
14:30:14 BEING SAID, I AGREE WITH YOU
14:30:15 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW -- YOU'RE
14:30:17 NOT GOING TO RUN THEM DOWN
14:30:17 MACDILL.
14:30:19 THAT'S A REAL RESIDENTIAL AREA
14:30:21 FROM GANDY ALL THE WAY, REALLY,
14:30:22 TO KENNEDY BOULEVARD IN A LOT
14:30:23 OF RESPECTS.
14:30:26 AND THEN MR. COHEN MENTIONED
14:30:27 HIMES AVENUE.
14:30:28 HIMES AVENUE CHANGED FROM
14:30:31 COLUMBUS SOUTH TO KENNEDY, BUT
14:30:33 FROM COLUMBUS NORTH TO
14:30:34 HILLSBOROUGH HASN'T CHANGED, IS
14:30:35 THAT GOING TO CHANGE ALSO, OR
14:30:39 IS THE STADIUM STILL SAYING NO?
14:30:41 >>JEAN DUNCAN: FROM COLUMBUS TO
14:30:42 THE NORTH, WE DON'T HAVE A
14:30:44 PROJECT ON THAT SECTION, I
14:30:44 DON'T BELIEVE.
14:30:46 IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO
14:30:48 FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
14:30:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IT'S THE
14:30:50 SAME ROADWAY AND SAME AMOUNT OF
14:30:51 CARS.
14:30:52 >>JEAN DUNCAN: IT IS.
14:30:53 IT CHANGES CONFIGURATION NORTH
14:30:54 OF COLUMBUS.
14:30:56 I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROJECT
14:31:00 PLANNED NORTH OF COLUMBUS.
14:31:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THEY BOTH
14:31:03 HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF LINES
14:31:05 AND WIDTH.
14:31:05 I GOT YOU.
14:31:07 I READ BETWEEN THE LINES.
14:31:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: [OFF
14:31:09 MICROPHONE]
14:31:10 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, IF I
14:31:10 COULD.
14:31:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES, SIR.
14:31:13 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MS. DUNCAN, WHAT
14:31:14 KIND OF COOPERATION ARE WE
14:31:16 GETTING FROM FDOT CONCERNING
14:31:17 ANY WORK THAT WILL BE AT THE
14:31:19 INTERSECTIONS OF EITHER BAY TO
14:31:23 BAY GOING WEST -- I GUESS IT
14:31:25 WOULD BE GOING WEST -- EAST,
14:31:27 EXCUSE ME -- I'M GOING THE
14:31:29 OPPOSITE WAY -- GOING EAST SO
14:31:30 THAT WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW,
14:31:31 SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE
14:31:32 TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO
14:31:33 PEDESTRIAN ISSUES?
14:31:36 I MEAN, RIGHT NOW FDOT DOES NOT
14:31:38 ALLOW US TO HAVE -- TO VOTE ON
14:31:42 ACCESS DIRECTLY INTO COMMERCIAL
14:31:45 ACTIVITIES OFF OF DALE MABRY.
14:31:46 USUALLY IN ORDER TO ALLOW
14:31:48 ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY, IT HAS
14:31:49 TO GO THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD
14:31:53 STREET, WHICH IS, TO ME, I
14:31:54 THINK, RIDICULOUS AND OPPOSITE
14:31:56 OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHEN
14:31:57 WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD THE
14:32:00 NEIGHBORHOODS, EVEN BUILD UP
14:32:01 THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS,
14:32:03 BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT DALE
14:32:04 MABRY SOUTH -- EXCUSE ME --
14:32:06 NORTH OF BAY TO BAY, IT'S
14:32:07 HEAVILY COMMERCIAL.
14:32:08 THEN YOU HAVE LIGHTER
14:32:10 COMMERCIAL THAT GOES UP FROM
14:32:15 BAY TO BAY UP TO PROBABLY ABOUT
14:32:19 -- BEFORE YOU GET TO BRITTON
14:32:19 PLAZA.
14:32:22 IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER, BUT
14:32:23 IT'S STILL SMALLER OFFICES,
14:32:25 STRIP MALLS, AND IT'S VERY
14:32:26 DIFFICULT TO SEE SOME OF THE
14:32:28 OLDER BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE,
14:32:29 SOME OF THEM THAT ARE GOING TO
14:32:31 GET SOLD, AND THEN WE'RE GOING
14:32:33 TO COME UP HERE AT COUNCIL,
14:32:35 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REZONE,
14:32:36 AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
14:32:37 TO ALLOW THE SAME KIND OF
14:32:38 ACCESS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE
14:32:39 OFF OF DALE MABRY.
14:32:41 HAVE THEY LOOKED AT HOW, YOU
14:32:43 KNOW, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, FIX
14:32:45 THAT PROBLEM, AND IN ADDITION,
14:32:49 YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING FOR SOME
14:32:50 OF THE PEDESTRIAN WAYS, BECAUSE
14:32:52 I KNOW WE HAVE SIDEWALKS FOR
14:32:53 THE MOST PART ALONG DALE MABRY
14:32:55 HIGHWAY, BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE
14:32:57 WANT TO WALK ALONG DALE MABRY
14:32:58 HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT'S SO FAST,
14:33:02 AND TO ME, DALE MABRY ENDS --
14:33:05 THE TERMINUS IS MACDILL AIR
14:33:06 FORCE BASE.
14:33:07 YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW IT'S
14:33:08 CALLED DALE MABRY HIGHWAY FOR A
14:33:09 REASON, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
14:33:13 GET FAST FROM ONE PLACE TO
14:33:14 ANOTHER, BUT I THINK THE NATURE
14:33:15 OF THE HIGHWAY CHANGES
14:33:16 SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN IT'S GOING
14:33:17 THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL
14:33:18 NEIGHBORHOOD, AS YOU HAVE SEEN,
14:33:20 YOU KNOW, IN SOUTH TAMPA.
14:33:21 HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION
14:33:22 BUSINESS THAT BECAUSE ALL THESE
14:33:24 THINGS CONNECT TO EACH OTHER IN
14:33:25 MANY WAYS, NOT, YOU KNOW,
14:33:27 LITERALLY, BUT ALSO
14:33:28 FIGURATIVELY IN TERMS OF WHAT
14:33:30 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
14:33:31 DO IN ORDER TO ACTIVATE THE
14:33:33 STREETS AND DO SOME OTHER
14:33:33 STUFF.
14:33:34 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THERE HASN'T
14:33:35 BEEN ANY SPECIFIC DISCUSSION
14:33:36 ABOUT THAT.
14:33:38 I DO KNOW THAT THE D.O.T. WAS
14:33:40 UNDERTAKING AN ACCESS
14:33:42 MANAGEMENT STUDY ON DALE MABRY,
14:33:44 GENERALLY IN THE AREA YOU'RE
14:33:45 DESCRIBING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
14:33:47 LIMITING ACCESS IN TERMS OF
14:33:50 LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS TO IMPROVE
14:33:52 THE, YOU KNOW, THROUGHPUT, SO
14:33:53 TO SPEAK, ON THE MAIN LINE.
14:33:54 >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
14:33:55 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THAT'S BEEN MORE
14:33:57 OF THEIR MANTRA FOR MANY YEARS
14:33:59 IS PROTECT THE MAIN LINE AND WE
14:34:01 DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, INDUCE
14:34:02 TOO MANY CONFLICTS ON THE MAIN
14:34:04 LINE FOR THE PURPOSES OF, OF
14:34:05 COURSE, VEHICLES BEING THE
14:34:07 PRIORITY, AND VEHICLES HAVE TO
14:34:09 BE A PRIORITY ON SOME STREETS.
14:34:09 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SURE.
14:34:10 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE HAVE A
14:34:11 HIERARCHY THAT WE'RE
14:34:12 ENDEAVORING TO TRANSFORM TO
14:34:13 WHERE WE HAVE
14:34:15 HIGHER-FUNCTIONING STREETS,
14:34:17 SUCH AS THE INTERSTATE, AND
14:34:18 SOME MAJOR ROADS.
14:34:21 THE MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD ROADS,
14:34:23 SUCH AS OUR COLLECTOR AND MAYBE
14:34:24 OUR BAYSHORE WOULD FALL INTO
14:34:25 THAT, AND THEN OUR RESIDENTIAL
14:34:27 STREETS, SO WE WANT COMPLETE
14:34:28 STREETS, BUT EVERY STREET CAN'T
14:34:29 BE EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE.
14:34:31 THERE'S SOME SHIFTING AS YOU
14:34:32 CHANGE THAT FUNCTION.
14:34:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT WAS A
14:34:34 DIFFERENT CONCEPT I WAS TALKING
14:34:34 ABOUT.
14:34:36 I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT COMPLETE
14:34:37 STREETS PER SE.
14:34:38 I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NATURE
14:34:39 OF WHAT THE HIGHWAY IS WHEN
14:34:40 IT'S GOING THROUGH OUR
14:34:41 NEIGHBORHOOD AS OPPOSED TO IT
14:34:42 BEING JUST A COMMERCIAL
14:34:43 CORRIDOR.
14:34:44 IF THE ENTIRE THING WAS JUST A
14:34:45 COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, THEN THEY
14:34:46 SHOULD ALLOW SOME ACCESS FROM
14:34:48 THAT HIGHWAY ONTO THE
14:34:49 COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, BUT THEY
14:34:50 DON'T.
14:34:51 THAT'S THE PROBLEM.
14:34:53 IT ISN'T ABOUT --
14:34:53 >>JEAN DUNCAN: RIGHT.
14:34:54 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT ISN'T ABOUT
14:34:55 ALL THE OTHER STUFF.
14:34:59 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I GUESS I MADE
14:35:00 THAT STATEMENT JUST TO SAY
14:35:01 THEIR PHILOSOPHY HASN'T
14:35:01 CHANGED.
14:35:02 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT WAS THE
14:35:03 QUESTION.
14:35:05 >>JEAN DUNCAN: SORRY TO MAKE IT
14:35:06 SUCH A LONG POINT.
14:35:07 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU'RE A TRAFFIC
14:35:09 ENGINEER, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
14:35:12 MAKE THINGS LONG.
14:35:14 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THAT WOULD BE A
14:35:15 VERY GOOD CONVERSATION BECAUSE
14:35:17 EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
14:35:18 TRANSLATES TO HOW OUR LAND
14:35:19 DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS ARE
14:35:21 GENERATED, AND IF WE HAVE A
14:35:22 VISION OF HOW WE WANT THOSE
14:35:23 LAND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS TO
14:35:24 EVOLVE, THOSE TYPE OF DECISIONS
14:35:27 OF THE D.O.T. ARE VERY
14:35:28 SIGNIFICANT, AND THAT WOULD BE
14:35:30 A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION.
14:35:32 I THINK OUR PLANNING FOLKS
14:35:33 WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO BE AT
14:35:34 THE TABLE ON DISCUSSING THAT,
14:35:36 AND WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE
14:35:38 ATTENDING AS WELL TO SEE IF
14:35:39 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD
14:35:41 MODIFY FROM WHAT IT IS NOW.
14:35:42 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH.
14:35:42 OKAY.
14:35:43 TERRIFIC.
14:35:43 THANKS.
14:35:44 APPRECIATE IT, CHAIR.
14:35:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
14:35:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT
14:35:50 TO THANK MS. DUNCAN FOR REALLY
14:35:51 -- YOU'RE IN A SITUATION THAT'S
14:35:53 VERY DIFFICULT.
14:35:54 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH SOMETHING
14:35:56 THAT NEEDS CHANGING THAT YOU
14:35:57 CAN'T CHANGE BECAUSE WHERE DO
14:35:58 YOU PUT IT AT?
14:35:59 IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION
14:36:01 YOU'RE IN, AND I APPRECIATE IT
14:36:03 VERY MUCH, AND YOUR
14:36:03 STRAIGHTFORWARDNESS I
14:36:04 APPRECIATE ALSO.
14:36:06 THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY.
14:36:06 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
14:36:07 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THANK YOU.
14:36:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
14:36:09 ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR
14:36:09 COMMENTS?
14:36:14 WELL, WE THANK YOU, AND THANK
14:36:14 YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
14:36:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
14:36:16 WE NEED TO GO BACK TO -- THE
14:36:17 CLERK NEEDS TO GET SOME
14:36:20 VERIFICATION ON ITEM I BELIEVE
14:36:24 IT WAS 1 -- WHICH ONE IT WAS?
14:36:25 >> 105.
14:36:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: 105.
14:36:29 DID WE MAKE A MOTION -- DID WE
14:36:31 MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE?
14:36:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OCTOBER --
14:36:33 THAT WAS OCTOBER THE 2ND, I
14:36:35 BELIEVE IT WAS.
14:36:37 >> NO, NO.
14:36:45 [OFF MICROPHONE] MIKE >> MOVE
14:36:46 TO [INAUDIBLE]
14:36:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I THOUGHT WE
14:36:51 DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO HEAR
14:36:52 IT ON THE 20TH.
14:36:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: THAT'S 100.
14:36:55 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO PROBLEM.
14:36:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
14:36:57 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN,
14:36:59 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
14:37:00 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
14:37:00 AYE.
14:37:01 THOSE OPPOSED.
14:37:01 ALL RIGHT.
14:37:03 NEW BUSINESS, MR. SUAREZ.
14:37:04 >>MIKE SUAREZ: NOTHING RIGHT
14:37:04 NOW.
14:37:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
14:37:07 >>HARRY COHEN: [OFF
14:37:08 MICROPHONE].
14:37:09 >>FRANK REDDICK:
14:37:10 MR. MANISCALCO.
14:37:10 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
14:37:12 I HAVE ONE ITEM I'D LIKE TO
14:37:13 PRESENT OR MAKE A MOTION WE
14:37:14 PRESENT A COMMENDATION TO
14:37:16 FORMER SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRWOMAN
14:37:19 AND CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
14:37:20 APRIL GRIFFIN FOR HER
14:37:22 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AT THE
14:37:22 SCHOOL BOARD OF HILLSBOROUGH
14:37:23 COUNTY AND THE STUDENTS,
14:37:24 FAMILIES, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE
14:37:25 DISTRICT.
14:37:27 SHE IS NOT SEEKING REELECTION,
14:37:28 SO THIS WILL BE THE END OF HER
14:37:29 TERM COMING UP.
14:37:30 IF WE COULD PRESENT IT
14:37:33 THURSDAY, AUGUST 23RD, FIRST
14:37:35 ITEM ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE.
14:37:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
14:37:37 GOT A MOTION FROM
14:37:38 MR. MANISCALCO.
14:37:38 >> SECOND.
14:37:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECOND FROM
14:37:40 MR. SUAREZ.
14:37:42 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
14:37:42 AYE.
14:37:43 THOSE OPPOSED.
14:37:44 ALL RIGHT.
14:37:44 ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
14:37:46 >>LUIS VIERA: NO.
14:37:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
14:37:48 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SEE YOU ALL
14:37:50 AT 5:01.
14:37:50 DON'T BE LATE.
14:37:51 I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE BY
14:37:52 MYSELF.
14:37:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. VIERA.
14:37:57 >>LUIS VIERA: VERY BRIEFLY.
14:38:00 I WANT TO STATE THE LOSS OF A
14:38:02 NEW TAMPA RESIDENT, PEDRO
14:38:05 AGUERREBERRY, WHO PASSED ON
14:38:07 AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL DROVE INTO
14:38:12 HIM WITH HIS CAR ON NEW TAMPA
14:38:13 BOULEVARD.
14:38:15 OUR THOUGHTS GO OUT TO HIM AND
14:38:16 HIS WIDOW AND HIS TWO CHILDREN,
14:38:19 SO MAY HE REST IN PEACE.
14:38:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: MAY I GET A
14:38:21 MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
14:38:22 >> SO MOVE.
14:38:23 >> SECOND.
14:38:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
14:38:25 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
14:38:25 MR. MANISCALCO.
14:38:26 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT
14:38:28 MOTION SAY AYE.
14:38:28 THOSE OPPOSED.
14:38:28 ALL RIGHT.
14:38:31 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD
14:38:33 LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT
14:38:34 THIS TIME?
14:38:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHEN YOU
14:38:36 FINISH -- WHEN THIS IS OVER.
14:38:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE LIKE TO
14:38:40 SPEAK TO THE FULL COUNCIL AT
14:38:41 THIS TIME FROM THE PUBLIC?
14:38:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU COULD
14:38:43 SPEAK, I JUST WANT TO SAY I
14:38:47 WANT TO MEET WITH YOU AFTER.
14:38:47 >> OKAY.
14:38:48 THIS HAS BEEN GREAT.
14:38:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: STATE YOUR
14:38:49 NAME, PLEASE.
14:38:51 >> AS YOU CAN TELL --
14:38:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: STATE YOUR
14:38:53 NAME, PLEASE.
14:38:57 >> CONNIE GEEABATE OR GEEABATE.
14:38:59 BY THE WAY, MY HUSBAND KNOWS
14:39:01 THAT FAMILY, AND I KNEW THE --
14:39:03 REMOTELY KNEW THE LADY ON DAVIS
14:39:05 ISLAND THAT WAS KILLED THIS
14:39:06 WEEK TOO, SO IT'S BEEN A TOUGH
14:39:09 WEEK FOR US.
14:39:10 AND THE REASON I'M CURRENTLY
14:39:12 INVOLVED WITH THE COALITION FOR
14:39:14 ROAD SAFETY, WHICH IS
14:39:15 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS
14:39:17 ADVOCACY, WE'RE PULLING
14:39:18 EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
14:39:19 WE ARE A MINIMUM OF 5,000
14:39:22 VOICES RIGHT NOW, AND ALEX AND
14:39:25 I ARE KIND OF PUSHING OUT ALL
14:39:26 OF THE COMMUNICATION AND THEN
14:39:27 CONSOLIDATING IT AND HOPEFULLY
14:39:30 BRINGING YOU CLEAR AND CONCISE
14:39:32 INFORMATION SO YOU CAN MAKE
14:39:34 BETTER DECISIONS AND UNDERSTAND
14:39:38 EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR,
14:39:41 AND WE'VE MADE A TREMENDOUS
14:39:42 COMMITMENT.
14:39:43 THERE ARE MORE OF US THAT ARE
14:39:45 KIND OF THE LEADERS THAT ARE
14:39:48 MAKING A TREMENDOUS COMMITMENT
14:39:50 TO FINALLY GET SOMETHING DONE.
14:39:51 WE KNOW AND HAVE KNOWN FOR A
14:39:54 LONG TIME THAT THE ROOT OF A
14:39:55 LOT OF THIS IS THAT SPEEDING
14:39:57 TRAFFIC.
14:39:59 WE HAVE PEOPLE DISTRACTED, WE
14:40:00 HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE
14:40:01 COMFORTABLE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A
14:40:03 LOT OF PEOPLE, VISITORS, WE
14:40:08 HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS FROM OUT
14:40:10 OF STATE, OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
14:40:11 THEY HAVEN'T GROWN UP WITH OUR
14:40:12 ROADS.
14:40:14 A LOT OF THE RESPONSES I GOT
14:40:15 FROM DAVIS ISLAND WERE FROM
14:40:18 MOMS WHO ARE AFRAID TO NOW WALK
14:40:20 OUR STREETS ON OUR ISLAND
14:40:22 BECAUSE OF THE SPEEDING CARS.
14:40:24 THEY'RE AFRAID TO BE OUT THERE
14:40:26 WITH THEIR STROLLERS, AND OF
14:40:30 COURSE, JESSICA'S AND LILLIA'S
14:40:31 DEATH SPURRED A LOT OF THAT.
14:40:33 I HAD A GENTLEMAN EMAIL ME
14:40:34 AFTER TUESDAY'S EVENT WHO SAID
14:40:36 HE WAS SO USED TO RUNNING IN
14:40:38 THE BIKE LANE, AND HE HAD DONE
14:40:39 THAT THAT VERY MORNING, AND
14:40:41 AFTER HE HEARD ALL ABOUT THIS,
14:40:45 HE SAID, I WON'T DO THAT
14:40:45 ANYMORE.
14:40:47 HE'S GOING TO RUN ON THE
14:40:47 SIDEWALKS.
14:40:49 WELL, WE NEED TO GIVE HIM THE
14:40:50 SIDEWALKS.
14:40:51 THAT'S WHY WHEN I PRESENTED
14:40:54 EARLIER, I KNOW THAT THERE'S
14:40:55 BIG PROJECTS IN ALL OF OUR
14:40:56 NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IF WE'RE
14:40:58 REALLY GOING TO BE SERIOUS
14:41:03 ABOUT NO FATALITIES TO
14:41:04 PEDESTRIANS, TO BIKERS, TO
14:41:09 PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS, TO MOMS
14:41:12 WITH STROLLERS, THEN WE REALLY
14:41:14 NEED TO FOCUS IN ON THAT
14:41:15 SPEEDING AND WITH THOSE BIG
14:41:16 PROJECTS.
14:41:17 AS I'VE SAID, WE'VE BEEN
14:41:18 WAITING A LOT TIME FOR A
14:41:19 PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED, SO
14:41:21 WITH THAT PROJECT, I'M SAYING
14:41:23 LET'S PUT UP THE SPEEDING --
14:41:25 THE SPEED SIGNS, THE NEW SPEED
14:41:27 SIGNS, LET'S PUT UP THE LARGE
14:41:31 STOP SIGNS ON EACH END DI
14:41:32 VILLAGE.
14:41:34 I GO TO BREAKFAST EVERY
14:41:36 MORNING, EVERY SATURDAY
14:41:37 MORNING, AND -- WITH A GROUP OF
14:41:38 PEOPLE, AND YOU SIT THERE AND
14:41:40 YOU JUST SEE THE TREMENDOUS
14:41:43 NUMBER OF CARS AND TRUCKS AND
14:41:46 TRUCKS WITH BOATS, AND THEY'RE
14:41:49 NOT EVEN FOLLOWING THE SPEED
14:41:52 LIMIT THAT'S POSTED OUTSIDE OF
14:41:55 THE VILLAGE, THEY'RE 45 AND 50
14:41:58 MILES PER HOUR, AND I ALMOST --
14:42:00 YOU KNOW, I STOPPED ONE DAY
14:42:01 BECAUSE PEDESTRIANS WERE
14:42:02 CROSSING IN THE VILLAGE.
14:42:04 I HAD A CAR COME UP ON MY BACK
14:42:06 END AND WAS GOING TO PASS ME,
14:42:08 AND SHE HAD TO HIT HER BRAKES
14:42:09 VERY, VERY QUICKLY OR SHE WOULD
14:42:11 HAVE HIT THOSE PEOPLE, AND THEN
14:42:12 ONCOMING CARS WERE SPEEDING
14:42:16 COMING BEHIND ME, AND ONCOMING
14:42:18 TRAFFIC WHERE SHE WAS NOW, SO
14:42:19 WHAT DOES SHE DO?
14:42:22 SHE PULLS INTO MY CAR.
14:42:24 I'VE HAD A LOT OF CLOSE CALLS
14:42:26 AT THE CROSSWALKS.
14:42:28 SO COLLECTIVELY, I KNOW IT'S
14:42:30 RAMPANT IN ALL OF US, SO WE,
14:42:32 WHO ARE FORMING, ARE WILLING TO
14:42:33 WORK WITH YOU.
14:42:35 GIVE US THE GUIDANCE OF WHAT WE
14:42:37 NEED TO DO TO STOP THE SPEEDING
14:42:38 THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
14:42:39 ALL RIGHT.
14:42:39 THANK YOU.
14:42:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
14:42:40 ALL RIGHT.
14:42:50 WE STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 5:01.
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