TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018
9:00 A.M. SESSION
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09:00:07
09:02:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: I CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
09:03:01 ORDER.
09:03:01 I YIELD TO COUNCILMAN COHEN.
09:03:05 >>HARRY COHEN: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME.
09:03:07 THIS MORNING THE REV. CHARLES EVANS CONNELLY, 16th
09:03:11 RECTOR OF ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH JOINS US FOR THE
09:03:14 INVOCATION.
09:03:15 FATHER CONNOLLY WAS GRADUATED FROM THE GENERAL THEOLOGICAL
09:03:19 SEMINARY IN 2007, SERVED ST. JOHN'S AS ASSOCIATE RECTOR AND
09:03:22 CHAPLAIN OF THE SCHOOL FROM 2007 TILL 2013 WHEN HE WAS
09:03:27 APPOINTED BISHOP VICAR AND THEN PRIEST-IN-CHARGE.
09:03:30 GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME.
09:03:31 PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRAYER AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE
09:03:34 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:03:35 >> LET US PRAY.
09:03:45 FATHER, THE LORD OUR LORD IS ONE.
09:03:50 ALMIGHTY GOD, WE HOLD AND VISIT WE PRAY THE CITIES OF THE
09:03:54 EARTH ESPECIALLY THIS CITY, TAMPA FLORIDA.
09:03:57 WE RENEW AND STRENGTHEN THE TIES OF MUTUAL REGARD WHICH
09:04:02 PERFORM OUR CIVIC LIFE TOGETHER.
09:04:04 SEND US HONEST AND ABLE LEADERS AND THOSE WHO HOLD ELECTED
09:04:09 OFFICE IN THIS CITY THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM, CHARITY AND
09:04:12 JUSTICE, THAT WHICH STEADFAST PURPOSE THEY MAY FAITHFULLY
09:04:17 SERVE THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF
09:04:20 ALL PEOPLE.
09:04:23 BLESS THIS CITY COUNCIL THAT IT MAY ORDER DANE FOR OUR
09:04:27 GOVERNANCE ONLY SUCH THINGS FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME AND
09:04:32 THE WELFARE OF YOUR PEOPLE.
09:04:33 WE PRAY THAT THEY WILL KNOW YOUR PRESENCE WITH THEM AS THEY
09:04:38 STRIVE TO ELIMINATE POVERTY, PREJUDICE, AND OPPRESSION, SO
09:04:43 THAT PEACE MAY PREVAIL WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE.
09:04:49 BLESS ALL OF US ASSEMBLED HERE THIS MORNING, THE CITY OF
09:04:53 TAMPA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
09:04:57 ONE GOD, IT IS IN YOUR GREAT AND HOLY NAME THAT WE PRAY.
09:05:03 AMEN.
09:05:03 [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
09:05:27 ROLL CALL.
09:05:27 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
09:05:28 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
09:05:30 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:05:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:05:35 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:05:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
09:05:37 ALL RIGHT.
09:05:38 MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
09:05:40 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
09:05:41 ALL IN FAVOR?
09:05:43 OPPOSED?
09:05:44 ALL RIGHT.
09:05:45 WE HAVE THE HONORABLE MAYOR, BOB BUCKHORN.
09:05:48 >> MAYOR BUCKHORN: GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE CITY
09:05:52 COUNCIL.
09:05:53 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU.
09:05:55 I APOLOGIZE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT ARE
09:05:58 WAITING TO RECEIVE THEIR COMMENDATIONS.
09:06:00 I KNOW BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL RECEIVE THE
09:06:03 OFFICER AND THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER, I GUESS OR
09:06:07 MONTH, TOP NOTCH FOLKS.
09:06:10 I APOLOGIZE TO YOU GUYS FOR KEEPING YOU WAITING HERE.
09:06:13 THIS IS THE 8th TIME I HAVE APPEARED BEFORE YOU.
09:06:17 AND FOR SOME OF YOU, IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING JOURNEY THAT WE
09:06:21 HAVE BEEN ON TOGETHER.
09:06:23 MANY OF YOU WERE ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME I WAS.
09:06:26 IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING EIGHT YEARS.
09:06:30 I THINK WE COULD SAY VERY EASILY.
09:06:33 BUT I THINK IT HAS BEEN A PRODUCTIVE EIGHT YEARS AND I AM
09:06:36 THANKFUL FOR YOUR INPUT INTO THIS AMAZING TRANSFORMATION
09:06:41 THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THIS CITY.
09:06:44 IT IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
09:06:47 IT IS NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES.
09:06:49 WE CONTINUE TO EMERGE OUT OF THE DARKNESS OF THE WORST
09:06:53 RECESSION SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, BUT I TELL YOU THAT IF
09:06:59 FOLKS THINK ABOUT THE PAST EIGHT YEARS AND THINK ABOUT HOW
09:07:03 IMPACTING THAT WAS, AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE
09:07:07 HAVE MADE, THEY WOULD BE ASTOUNDED AS WHERE WE SEE OURSELVES
09:07:13 IN SPITE OF WHAT OCCURRED.
09:07:14 THIS BUDGET IS NOT SEXY.
09:07:16 WE HAVE BRIEFED ALL OF YOU ON WHAT THIS BUDGET CONTAINS
09:07:19 LARGELY.
09:07:20 I PLAN ON GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS TODAY.
09:07:22 I WILL DO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
09:07:24 THERE ARE NO KNOWN MAJOR PROJECTS IN THIS BUDGET.
09:07:28 THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND THE
09:07:31 TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE.
09:07:33 BUT I THINK IT ALSO PREPARES THIS CITY FOR THE NEXT
09:07:37 ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEXT ITERATION OF TAMPA'S
09:07:40 DEVELOPMENT.
09:07:42 BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.
09:07:45 AND AS ALL OF YOU KNOW THERE'S NOT A BUDGET THAT ALL OF US
09:07:48 HAVE WORKED ON SINCE WE HAVE BEEN HERE, ESPECIALLY THOSE
09:07:50 THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS THAT DID NOT START OUT
09:07:54 IN THE RED.
09:07:55 WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH A BUDGET THAT
09:07:59 STARTS OUT IN THE BLACK, AND THAT IS JUST A REFLECTION OF
09:08:02 HOW DEEP THAT RECESSION HAS BEEN, AND SOME OF THE AMAZING
09:08:05 WORK OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE BEHIND ME TO BE MANAGE
09:08:08 THOSE DETAILS.
09:08:09 SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.
09:08:11 WE'LL LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET OVERVIEW AND TALK A
09:08:15 LITTLE ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
09:08:17 AS USUAL, THIS HAS BEEN OUR DNA FROM DAY ONE.
09:08:21 THESE ARE THE THINGS WE HAVE FOCUSED ON SINCE 2011.
09:08:24 THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT I WAS ELECTED TO GOVERN ON,
09:08:29 AND THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE PURSUED MOVING
09:08:31 THROUGHOUT THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IN SPITE OF THE ECONOMY.
09:08:36 YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THESE.
09:08:38 I THINK THE LAST ONE IS ONE MOST WORTHY OF ATTENTION, AND
09:08:42 THAT IS PREPARING FOR OUR FINANCIAL FUTURE.
09:08:44 I WILL NOT BE HERE.
09:08:47 NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A NEW MAYOR HERE.
09:08:53 IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU, TONY.
09:08:56 BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE GOT TO PREPARE THIS BUDGET
09:08:59 FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND NEXT ITERATION.
09:09:03 SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHT OVER THE LAST YEAR, TAMPA HAS EMERGED
09:09:11 AS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PLACES IN AMERICA.
09:09:14 THIS IS THE PLACE THAT IS, I WILL TELL YOU IN NO UNCERTAIN
09:09:18 TERMS -- AND I WAS DEALING WITH THIS AS FREQUENTLY AS
09:09:22 POSSIBLE, BUT EVEN AS FAR AS YESTERDAY.
09:09:25 TAMPA IS TOP OF MIND FOR VIRTUALLY EVERY CORPORATE
09:09:29 RELOCATION THAT IS BEING CONTEMPLATED IN AMERICA.
09:09:31 THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST ARE COMING.
09:09:34 THIS IS A CITY THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS AND THE
09:09:39 CORPORATE COMMUNITY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO.
09:09:41 THAT WAS NOT THE CASE EIGHT YEARS AGO.
09:09:44 IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS
09:09:46 CHART, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF BECAUSE
09:09:49 CERTAINLY I AM AND I THINK MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE.
09:09:52 LOWEST COST OF LIVING AMONG COMPETING METROS.
09:09:56 ONE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST BOOM TOWNS.
09:09:58 THE NUMBER FIVE TO DESTINATION IN THE COUNTRY FOR FOLKS
09:10:01 MOVING HERE.
09:10:02 AND NUMBER 8 IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF HIGH-PAYING JOBS AND
09:10:05 LOW COST OF LIVING.
09:10:08 THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ALL ALLOW US TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE
09:10:11 MARKETPLACE.
09:10:15 WE ARE ATTRACTING A LOT OF ATTENTION, AS I INDICATED BEFORE.
09:10:18 WE ARE THE 23rd FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE NATION.
09:10:21 THE NUMBER ONE CITY IN THE NATION IN CREATING SUSTAINABLE
09:10:26 ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND THE FOURTH MOST
09:10:28 ATTRACTIVE METROPOLITAN AREA FOR CORPORATE RELOCATIONS.
09:10:36 OUR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO PROSPER.
09:10:39 WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE 11th TRENDIEST CITY IN THE
09:10:43 WORLD.
09:10:45 THE 17th HIGHEST RANKED CITY IN THE UNITED STATES IN
09:10:48 TERMS OF YOUTH APPEAL.
09:10:50 I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
09:10:54 (LAUGHTER)
09:10:56 A PROUD DESTINATION FOR MILLENNIAL ENTREPRENEURS.
09:11:02 IT IS AN EXCITING TIME AND WE SEE THAT EVERY DAY AS WE LOOK
09:11:05 AT THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE FLOCKING TO OUR URBAN CORE.
09:11:09 SOME OF THE ACCOLADES THAT WE HAVE GASSED OVER THE LAST
09:11:14 YEAR, LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AGAIN ONE OF AMERICA'S FASTEST
09:11:19 GROWING CITIES, NUMBER ONE CITY FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, TOP
09:11:22 FIVE METRO AREA FOR CORPORATE LOCATIONS.
09:11:32 THE TOP 15 CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
09:11:34 MOST FUN CITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SIXTH BEST PLACE
09:11:40 FOR VETERANS TO LIVE WHICH IS IMPORTANT GIVEN THE FACT THAT
09:11:43 WE ARE HOME TO MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
09:11:45 MOVING FORWARD, WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE PERMITTING ACTIVITY
09:11:48 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND YOU SEE WE HAVE EMERGED
09:11:51 OUT OF THAT RECESSION.
09:11:52 WE KNEW THAT WE COULDN'T CUT OUR WAY OUT OF THAT RECESSION,
09:11:55 THAT WE HAD TO GROW OUR WAY OUT OF THE RECESSION.
09:11:58 PERMIT ACTIVITY SINCE 2011 HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY.
09:12:02 PERMIT REVENUES HAVE INCREASED ACCORDINGLY.
09:12:04 WE CONTINUE TO GROW ON A RATHER RAPID TRAJECTORY.
09:12:08 AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, IN 2011 WE COMPLETELY REVAMPED AND
09:12:13 REFORMED OUR PERMITTING PROCESS.
09:12:15 WE NOW HAVE BECOME THE MODEL FOR HOW TO PERMIT AS OPPOSED TO
09:12:18 THE POSTER CHILD FOR HOW NOT TO DO IT.
09:12:20 WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS A PLACE THAT IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND
09:12:24 COMPANIES WHETHER YOU ARE PUTTING AN ADDITION ON YOUR
09:12:28 SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE OR WHETHER YOU ARE MOVING THOUSANDS OF
09:12:29 JOBS HERE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND BE A PART OF THIS
09:12:33 PLACE THAT WE CALL TAMPA.
09:12:36 UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS.
09:12:37 WE ALL REMEMBER 2011, UNEMPLOYMENT WAS NORTH OF 11%.
09:12:41 WE ARE NOW DOWN TO A 3.3% RATE, PERFORMING BETTER IN
09:12:47 EMPLOYMENT METRICS THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE UNITED
09:12:49 STATES AS A WHOLE.
09:12:51 OUR FOLKS HAVE GONE BACK TO WORK.
09:12:54 THAT IS A GOOD THING.
09:12:57 SOME OF THE REASONS AND SOME OF THE BIG ECONOMIC ENGINES IN
09:12:59 OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE DRIVING THIS INCLUDE PORT TAMPA BAY.
09:13:03 YOU SEE SOME OF THE CARGO IN TERMS OF NET TONS AND THE
09:13:07 INCREASE THERE.
09:13:08 YOU HAVE SEEN THE ACQUISITION OF SOME OF THE GANTRY CRANES
09:13:11 TO ACCOMMODATE THE LARGER SHIPS THAT ARE NOW COMING AS A
09:13:14 RESULT OF THE EXPANSION OF THE PANAMA CANAL.
09:13:16 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FIGURING OUT THE STRATEGY TO DREDGE
09:13:21 THE BIG BEND CHANNEL IN ORDER TO ALLOW MORE AND MORE ACCESS
09:13:25 AND DEEPEN THE CHANNEL SO THAT THE SHIPS FROM MOSAIC AND
09:13:30 SOME OF THE OTHER PROVIDERS IN SOUTH COUNTY HAVE THE ABILITY
09:13:33 TO MOVE THROUGH THAT CHANNEL EASILY.
09:13:35 THE PORT IS COMMITTED TO SPENDING OVER $380 MILLION OVER THE
09:13:39 NEXT FIVE YEARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
09:13:44 TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE
09:13:46 PROUD OF.
09:13:46 IN 2011, SINCE 2011 WE HAVE ADDED 19 NEW NON-STOP
09:13:52 DESTINATIONS FROM TAMPA INTERNATIONAL.
09:13:55 EIGHT OF WHICH ARE INTERNATIONAL.
09:13:57 11 ARE DOMESTIC.
09:13:59 YOU SEE THE INCREASE IN PASSENGER TRAFFIC FROM 2013, FROM
09:14:02 16.9 MILLION TO 19.6 MILLION.
09:14:05 THAT AIRPORT IS GROWING AND MORPHING AS WE SPEAK.
09:14:08 WE JUST SPENT A BILLION DOLLARS ON THE REHABILITATION OF ONE
09:14:12 OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE AIRPORTS.
09:14:14 THERE IS ANOTHER BILLION ANTICIPATED IN CONSTRUCTION
09:14:18 IMMEDIATELY OFF-SITE OF THE AIRPORT.
09:14:20 THE AIRPORT IS CHANGING AND GROWING AS WE AS A CITY CONTINUE
09:14:24 TO GROW.
09:14:26 JOE LOPANO AND CHRIS MITTER WHO HAVE BEEN NEW ADDITIONS IN
09:14:31 THE LAST SEVEN YEARS HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL IN
09:14:34 ATTRACTING NEW AIRLINES, AND I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
09:14:37 MORE AND MORE OF THIS AS WE BECOME MORE OF AN INTERNATIONAL
09:14:40 DESTINATION.
09:14:43 SOME OF THE UPCOMING REAL ESTATE PROJECTS, MANY OF WHOM YOU
09:14:48 HAVE APPROVED, INCLUDING THE PROPERTIES ON THE LOT RIGHT
09:14:52 ACROSS THE STREET, THE ENCORE PROJECT, WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE
09:14:55 WORKS FOR A WHILE THAT SERVES CENTRAL PARK AND DEMOLISHED IT
09:15:00 AND IS NOW REBUILDING THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS TO A POINT
09:15:04 WHERE SENIOR CITIZENS AND FAMILIES CAN LIVE IN A SAFE,
09:15:09 WHOLESOME ENVIRONMENT, AND A NUMBER OF THE PROJECTS ARE OUT
09:15:13 OF THE GROUND AND COMPLETED.
09:15:14 THERE ARE A FEW PADS LEFT IN THE ENCORE SITE YET TO BE
09:15:18 FINALIZED.
09:15:19 RIVERWALK TOWER ON THE SITE, ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING SITES
09:15:23 AT THE CORNER OF TAMPA STREET, OR ASHLEY STREET AND BROREIN
09:15:30 STREET BRIDGE, MIXED USE, RESIDENTIAL, 240 UNITS, GROUND
09:15:35 FLOOR THAT WILL ACTIVATE THE WATERFRONT ON THAT CORNER WITH
09:15:38 RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, IT WILL BE THE TALLEST BUILDING ON THE
09:15:41 WEST COAST OF FLORIDA, ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
09:15:49 THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BREAK GROUND NEXT YEAR.
09:15:52 THE WATER STREET DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR
09:15:54 WITH, A $3 BILLION INVESTMENT BY JEFF VINIK AND CASCADE
09:16:00 INVESTMENT WHICH IS ONE OF MR. GATES' INVESTMENT FUNDS, IT
09:16:05 STARTED OUT AS 1 BILLION, HAS GROWN TO 3 BILLION.
09:16:09 WE BROKE GROUND RECENTLY ON THE JW MARRIOTT HOTEL WHICH IS
09:16:13 UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
09:16:14 THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 5-STAR HOTEL IN THAT PROJECT AS WELL
09:16:18 AS THOUSANDS OF UNITS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SQUARE FEET
09:16:25 OF OFFICE SPACE, A TRUE LIVE-WORK-PLAY ENVIRONMENT.
09:16:28 IT WILL BE THE FIRST CERTIFIED DISTRICT IN THE WORLD.
09:16:32 I WOULD POINT TO THE USF MED SCHOOL WHICH IS UNDER
09:16:36 CONSTRUCTION.
09:16:36 IT IS ALREADY PROBABLY SEVEN FLOORS UP.
09:16:39 JUST TO TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND WHAT AN ECONOMIC
09:16:42 ENGINE THAT WILL BE FOR US.
09:16:44 THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS TO THE USF MEDICAL SCHOOL, I
09:16:47 THINK AS A RESULT. DECISION TO MOVE IN A MEDICAL SCHOOL TO
09:16:51 DOWNTOWN TAMPA, NOW SURPASSES EVERY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE
09:16:54 STATE OF FLORIDA, INCLUDING SOME OF THE HISTORIC LEADERS,
09:16:57 UNIVERSITY, GAINESVILLE, UNIVERSITY MIME.
09:17:00 USF MED SCHOOL IS ATTRACTING THE BEST OF THE BEST IN BIGGER
09:17:03 NUMBERS THAN ANY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
09:17:05 THAT ALSO TRANSLATES TO BETTER RESEARCHERS, BETTER
09:17:10 ACADEMICS, BETTER FACILITIES, BETTER CORPORATE RELOCATIONS
09:17:14 WHO WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MED SCHOOL.
09:17:16 THAT MEDICAL SCHOOL WILL CREATE AN ECONOMIC CLUSTER THAT
09:17:20 WILL DRIVE THAT PORTION OF OUR DOWNTOWN FOR DECADES TO COME.
09:17:24 IT IS EXCITING AND IT IS UNDERWAY.
09:17:28 GOT THE EXPANSION OF TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
09:17:31 AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WORKED HARD TO INTRODUCE
09:17:34 BETTER RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS INTO THAT FACILITY.
09:17:36 THERE WAS 18,000 SQUARE FEET OF UNUSED STORAGE SPACE THAT
09:17:40 HAD BEEN VACANT SINCE THE CONVENTION CENTER WAS ON AND I WAS
09:17:43 THERE, CHARLIE WAS THERE.
09:17:45 25 YEARS AGO.
09:17:46 IT HAD NEVER BEEN BUILT OUT, NEVER BEEN FINISHED.
09:17:49 IT HAD BEEN USED TEMPORARILY FOR THE HISTORY MUSEUM BACK IN
09:17:52 THE 80s AND 90s.
09:17:54 WE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT SPACE AND MAKE IT PRODUCTIVE.
09:17:57 WE BROUGHT IN HARRY'S WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN
09:18:01 SEPTEMBER.
09:18:02 DAZ WILL ALSO BE INSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER.
09:18:05 AND BIG RAYS FISH CAMP WILL BE OUTSIDE THE PAVILION WHICH I
09:18:11 GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT DRAW FOR AN ALREADY BUSY
09:18:14 RIVERWALK AT THAT LOCATION.
09:18:16 WE HAVE ATTRACTED OVER 4500 VISITORS TO THE CONVENTION
09:18:19 CENTER PER YEAR.
09:18:21 WE ARE JOINED WITH THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO
09:18:24 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE EXPANSION.
09:18:27 THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTION INSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER AS
09:18:32 WE RENOVATE AND UPGRADE SOME OF THE FACILITIES IN THERE.
09:18:35 WE ARE ALSO GOING TO ADD MEETING ROOMS UP ABOVE THE
09:18:39 STAIRCASE, THE ESCALATOR THAT LEADS TO THE TOP, TAKING
09:18:42 BASICALLY UNDERUTILIZED SPACE AND MAKING IT MORE PRODUCTIVE
09:18:47 AND REVENUE PRODUCING.
09:18:49 NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, SOME OF
09:18:51 THESE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE LAST YEAR, SOME OF WHICH
09:18:54 ARE UNDERWAY.
09:18:55 YOU HAVE GOT 915 FRANKLIN WHICH IS BY CARTER.
09:18:58 I THINK ALL OF US RECOGNIZE THE POTENTIAL OF THE NORTH
09:19:01 FRANKLIN AREA AND THE GROWTH THAT IS ABOUT TO OCCUR THERE,
09:19:04 ANCHORED BY ULELE AND TAMPA ARMATURE PROJECTS.
09:19:09 YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ALL ALONG THE FRANKLIN STREET CORRIDOR.
09:19:12 THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT.
09:19:14 THERE ARE PLANS FOR OTHER PROJECTS COMING OUT OF THE GROUND
09:19:17 ON THE FRANKLIN STREET SIDE.
09:19:19 I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT NORTH FRANKLIN TO THE
09:19:22 URBAN CORE, AND IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL EXTENDING THE STREET
09:19:26 CAR ALL THE WAY UP TO PALM AVENUE, WILL CREATE THAT LINKAGE
09:19:30 THAT WILL CONNECT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY AND
09:19:33 PROVIDE THEM A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
09:19:35 THE PEARL APARTMENTS WHICH ARE RIGHT BEHIND THE TAMPA
09:19:39 ARMATURE BUILDING ARE VIRTUALLY COMPLETED, 314 UNITS.
09:19:43 ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE PEARL IS ALMOST 30,000 FEET OF
09:19:46 RETAIL WITH A 5-STORY PARKING GARAGE.
09:19:50 OBVIOUSLY THE TAMPA HEIGHTS AREA, WHICH WE NOW KNOW IS UNDER
09:19:53 CONSTRUCTION, THE TAMPA ARMATURE PROJECT WHICH IS OPEN TO
09:19:58 RAVE REVIEWS, THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO FINISH THE RIVERWALK ALL
09:20:01 THE WAY TO THE NORTH BOULEVARD BRIDGE AND EVENTUALLY WILL
09:20:04 ACTIVATE THAT ENTIRE SECTION.
09:20:06 SO THE RIVERWALK WILL BEGIN AT THE NORTH BOULEVARD BRIDGE
09:20:09 AND RUN EVENTUALLY ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE AQUARIUM, AND
09:20:16 AS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO OCCUR AROUND CHANNELSIDE
09:20:18 POTENTIALLY ALL THE WAY TO ADAMO DRIVE AND LINKING YBOR
09:20:24 CITY.
09:20:26 WE HAVE THE WEST TAMPA REDEVELOPMENT THAT YOU ALL SHOULD
09:20:29 TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS.
09:20:32 IT'S 120 ACRES ANCHORED BY JULIAN B. LANE RIVERFRONT PARK
09:20:37 WHICH WE HAVE COMPLETED.
09:20:38 THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY IS IN THE MIDST OF DEMOLITION OF
09:20:43 NORTH BOULEVARD HOMES, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN
09:20:45 RELOCATED.
09:20:46 THE DEMOLITION IS ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY FINISHED.
09:20:49 THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD THREE, MAYBE FOUR BUILDINGS THAT
09:20:54 FINANCED AND READY TO GO RELATED IS GOING TO REPURPOSE THE
09:21:01 HIGH-RISE.
09:21:01 IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED SO IT WILL BE REDONE.
09:21:04 AND THERE ARE TWO TO THREE OTHER BUILDINGS, ONE OF WHICH --
09:21:08 TWO OF WHICH MAY BE BANK OF AMERICA, AND THE OTHER ONE MAY
09:21:11 BE RELATED AS WELL THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND FINANCED AND READY
09:21:15 TO GO.
09:21:17 THE YARD THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE STORED ALL THE DEBRIS FROM
09:21:20 THE HURRICANE WHICH USED TO BE THE CITY'S YARD WHERE WE
09:21:23 PARKED OUR STORMWATER TRUCKS AND WATER VEHICLES, THEY ALL
09:21:26 HAVE BEEN NOW MOVED TO THEIR HOME LOCATIONS.
09:21:29 THAT 15-ACRE PARCEL IS VIRTUALLY READY FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
09:21:33 WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD RIGHT NOW TO SWAP OUT
09:21:36 SOME LAND THAT WOULD ALLOW THE AREA THAT NOW CONTAINS THE
09:21:43 TRUCK BEHIND THE STEWART AND BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BALL
09:21:48 FIELDS AND MOVE IT INTERNAL TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING PORTION OF
09:21:52 IT, OPENING UP THAT ENTIRE AREA FOR REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE
09:21:55 RIVER.
09:21:56 I WOULD ANTICIPATE HOPEFULLY BEFORE WE LEAVE IN MAY THAT WE
09:22:01 WILL BE ABLE TO PUT OUT AN RFP ON THE STREET FOR DEVELOPERS
09:22:04 ON THIS CITY-OWNED PORTION, THE 12 ACRES THAT ARE THERE, AND
09:22:08 AT THAT POINT WE WOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE SCHOOL BOARD SWAP.
09:22:13 SO LITERALLY FROM JULIAN B. LANE PARK ALL THE WAY AROUND TO
09:22:19 RICK'S ON THE RIVER AND EVERYTHING BEHIND THAT ALL THE WAY
09:22:21 TO ROME WILL BE REDEVELOPED AND TRANSFORMED IN A WAY THAT
09:22:25 WEST TAMPA HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
09:22:28 SO ALL OF THAT IS UNDERWAY.
09:22:30 YOU HAVE GOT RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE EXCHANGE, ABOUT FOUR
09:22:37 STORIES UP RIGHT NOW, ALTIS, 10 THAT YOU FEET OF RETAIL, 314
09:22:42 UNITS, COMPLIMENTING MISEN PLACE, ALL CONTAINED WITHIN.
09:22:51 YOU HAVE THE RIVERWALK ON THE SITE OF THE TAMPA TRIBUNE.
09:22:55 THAT IS QUICKLY COMING TO COMPLETION.
09:22:58 IT'S 400 UNITS.
09:23:00 IT IS -- IT HAS A 300,000 SQUARE FOOT PARKING GARAGE AGAIN
09:23:06 CONTAINED INTERNALLY AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE RIVERWALK, RETAIL
09:23:10 ALONG THE RIVERWALK.
09:23:12 THEY HAVE AGREED TO BUILD THE RIVERWALK ON THEIR PROPERTY,
09:23:17 ON THEIR SIDE.
09:23:21 EVENTUALLY, WHAT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE IS THAT SOMEBODY COMING
09:23:25 DOWN BAYSHORE BOULEVARD WOULD HAVE THE CHOICE OF WHICH SIDE
09:23:28 OF THE RIVER THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE TO WALK, RUN, RECREATE AND
09:23:35 THAT IT WOULD ALL BE CONNECTED.
09:23:37 RELATED IS GOING TO DO ITS PORTION.
09:23:38 JOHN AVALON ON THE PIECE AT KENNEDY AND THE RIVER IS
09:23:43 OBLIGATED PER HIS DRI TO DO THE RIVERWALK ON HIS SIDE.
09:23:47 THE SIDEWALK THROUGH PLANT PARK HAS BEEN ADDED ONTO SO IT
09:23:50 NOW CONNECTS FROM KENNEDY ALL THE WAY TO CASS STREET.
09:23:54 WE HAVE THE EASEMENT BEHIND TAMPA PREP.
09:23:59 THAT WOULD THEN PROGRESS THROUGH JULIAN B. LANE RIVERFRONT
09:24:03 PARK.
09:24:03 WE ACQUIRED THE EASEMENT BEHIND BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND TORE
09:24:06 DOWN THE FENCE THAT BLOCKED IT FOR A DECADE.
09:24:09 WE PUT UP ANOTHER FENCE PARALLEL TO BLAKE TO PROTECT THE
09:24:12 KIDS.
09:24:13 SO THAT ENTIRE SECTION BEHIND BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL IS NOW OPEN.
09:24:17 ENDING AT THE NORTH BOULEVARD BRIDGE.
09:24:19 EVENTUALLY, THAT TRAIL SHOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO BEHIND
09:24:22 RICK'S ON THE RIVER AND CONNECT THAT ENTIRE WEST RIVER SIDE
09:24:28 OF THE PROJECT.
09:24:29 THERE'S A FEW PIECES THERE THAT ARE LEFT TO BE DONE.
09:24:33 BUT THE CITY CONTROLS VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE PIECES THAT ARE
09:24:36 NOT YET FINISHED, AND THAT WILL BE THE TASK OF THE NEXT
09:24:39 MAYOR AND THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL.
09:24:43 THIS IS LAFAYETTE PLACE, WHICH IS AVALON'S PROJECT WHICH HAS
09:24:49 BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME.
09:24:51 WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT HE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
09:24:53 THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES AT THE CORNER OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD
09:24:56 AND THE RIVER.
09:24:57 YOU SEE THE HIGH-RISE TOWER WHICH IS A MIXED USE PROJECT,
09:25:01 HOTEL, OFFICE AND RETAIL.
09:25:03 AND ON THE BACK PORTION OF THAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE
09:25:06 RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE SPACE AS WELL.
09:25:08 AGAIN, ACTIVATING THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER AND COMPLEMENTING
09:25:12 THE GRAND CENTRAL PLAZA AREA WHERE OXFORD IS, MISE EN PLACE
09:25:18 AND THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
09:25:21 MOVING TO YBOR CITY, AS YOU CAN SEE EVERY PART OF OUR CITY
09:25:24 IS BEING TOUCHED BY THIS PROGRESS.
09:25:26 THIS NEW HOTEL WHICH WE JUST BROKE GROUND ON ABOUT A MONTH
09:25:29 AGO, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CAPITANO FAMILY AS WELL
09:25:33 AS SOME HOTEL DEVELOPERS OUT OF CHICAGO, IS GOING TO TAKE
09:25:38 PLACE AT THE CORNER WHERE THE OLD EL-FASAJE USED TO BE.
09:25:46 THERE'S A HISTORIC BUILDING.
09:25:47 THEY ARE GOING TO TREAT THAT SITE WITH THE RESPECT THAT IT
09:25:49 DESERVES, 52 MILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT, 176 ROOMS, WITH THE
09:25:55 WROUGHT IRON TYPE BALCONIES IN KEEPING WITH THE YBOR
09:25:58 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.
09:26:00 BAINBRIDGE WHICH IS NOW OPEN AND LEASING IS THE PIECE OF
09:26:03 PROPERTY THAT WE SOLD ABUTTING I-4 WHICH IS NOW HOME TO 240
09:26:11 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND THEY ARE LEASING UP AS WE SPEAK.
09:26:14 MOVING OVER TO THE WESTSHORE MARINA DISTRICT, THE OLD GANDY
09:26:18 MARINA, WHICH I KNOW WELL BECAUSE I USED TO COPY MY BOAT
09:26:22 THERE, IS NOW IN THE MIDST OF AN AMAZING TRANSFORMATION.
09:26:26 AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT SITE WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY DURING THE
09:26:29 RECESSION.
09:26:30 IT WAS BROUGHT OUT OF BANKRUPTCY BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
09:26:34 PARTNERS, BUT THE PARTICULARLY, AMAZING VIEWS LOOKING OVER
09:26:44 THE GANDY BRIDGE.
09:26:45 IT'S GOING TO BE A MIXED USE SITE.
09:26:47 IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WE SPEAK.
09:26:49 THERE WILL BE A 200 ROOM HOTEL, 1700 RESIDENCES, RETAIL
09:26:53 OFFICES ALONG THE WATER, A SCENIC TRAIL ALONG THE WATER WITH
09:26:57 185 BOAT SLIPS WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED.
09:27:01 WCI BOUGHT AN 11-ACRE PARCEL ADJOINING THAT WITH THEY PLAN
09:27:06 ON 140 TOWNHOUSES, AND RELATED ALSO HAS BROKEN GROUND ON A
09:27:13 PIECE THAT THEY ACQUIRED FOR ALMOST 400 MORE RESIDENTIAL
09:27:17 UNITS.
09:27:18 MIDTOWN WHICH IS RELATIVELY NEW, WHICH IS HALF A BILLION
09:27:21 DOLLAR INVESTMENT, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF THE INTERSTATE
09:27:25 AND DALE MABRY, IT IS A BRONLEY PROJECT, HAS PROBABLY OWNED
09:27:35 THIS PROPERTY FOR 20 YEARS.
09:27:37 CHARLIE, YOU AND I WERE ON THE ORIGINAL PROJECT.
09:27:43 IT WILL BE A MIXED USE SORT OF TOWN CENTER THAT WILL HELP TO
09:27:46 CONNECT THE WESTSHORE BUSINESS DISTRICT TO DOWNTOWN AND A
09:27:49 VERY, VERY CRITICAL LOCATION.
09:27:51 THE SITE HAS BEEN UNDERUTILIZED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND
09:27:57 BILL HAINES OF BRONLEY HAS BEEN VERY PATIENT AND COME TO US
09:28:02 AND TO THIS COMMUNITY WITH WHAT WILL BE A GREAT PROJECT.
09:28:04 THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE AND THE
09:28:06 DEMOLITION SO I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THAT MOVE PRETTY
09:28:10 QUICKLY.
09:28:10 ONE OF THE MORE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE
09:28:13 OF WEEKS HAS BEEN THE DECISION BY GOVERN SCOTT TO TAKE
09:28:19 UNSOLICITED BIDS FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY CORRIDOR BETWEEN
09:28:22 ORLANDO AND TAMPA.
09:28:23 ALL OF US REMEMBER THE GOVERNOR MADE THE DECISION EIGHT
09:28:26 YEARS AGO TO TURN BACK FEDERAL DOLLARS FROM THE OBAMA
09:28:29 ADMINISTRATION.
09:28:31 ALL OF US, I THINK, DISAGREED WITH THAT DECISION, BUT THAT
09:28:35 CERTAINLY WAS HIS PREROGATIVE.
09:28:38 HENCE, EIGHT YEARS, WE ARE NOW AT A POINT WHERE THERE IS
09:28:41 SIGNIFICANT INTEREST FROM ONE RAIL COMPANY IN PARTICULAR
09:28:47 THAT IS DOING THE PROJECT ON THE EAST COAST CONNECTING MIAMI
09:28:50 TO ORLANDO, REFERRED TO AS THE BRIGHT LINE PROJECT.
09:28:54 THEY WOULD LIKE PHASE 2 POTENTIALLY TO BE IF THEY CAN GET
09:28:57 THROUGH THIS PROCESS, ORLANDO AIRPORT TO DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
09:29:01 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE IMPACT OF DOWNTOWN TAMPA WITH THE
09:29:05 TERMINUS BEING SOMEWHERE IN DOWNTOWN, AND THAT'S YET TO BE
09:29:09 DETERMINED, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR
09:29:11 QUITE SOME TIME, CONNECTING THE ORLANDO AIRPORT AND THE MANY
09:29:15 TOURISTS THAT FLY INTO ORLANDO WHICH WILL NOW GIVE THEM
09:29:18 ACCESS TO THE BEACHES OF THE WEST COAST.
09:29:20 OBVIOUSLY, IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH BASEBALL CONNECTING
09:29:25 THOSE TWO MAJOR MARKETS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE RAYS AND
09:29:30 ALSO BENEFICIAL FOR THE OLDER MAGIC FOR US TO GO UP AND
09:29:33 WATCH GAMES IN ORLANDO.
09:29:35 IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
09:29:36 WE USE THE EXISTING RAIL CORRIDOR, ORIGINAL RAIL CORRIDOR AT
09:29:40 THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME DOWN.
09:29:43 BUT THIS WOULD BE ENTIRELY PRIVATELY FUNDED.
09:29:45 IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA,
09:29:48 THE COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN BUILDING THIS IS NOT JUST IN THE
09:29:51 RAIL BUSINESS.
09:29:52 THEY ARE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
09:29:54 BUSINESS.
09:29:56 THEY WILL ACQUIRE A LOT OF PROPERTY AROUND THE FINAL
09:30:00 DESTINATION, AND IF YOU HAVE SEEN WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN
09:30:03 FT. LAUDERDALE, WEST PALM AND MIAMI, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
09:30:07 OFFICE CONSTRUCTION, RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, RETAIL
09:30:09 CONSTRUCTION AROUND THIS DEVELOPMENT.
09:30:12 IT DOESN'T NEGATE THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY AS A
09:30:16 CITY FOR THAT LAST MILE CONNECTION AND THAT ABILITY TO MOVE
09:30:20 PEOPLE INTERNALLY TO THE CITY SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
09:30:22 FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT HIGH-SPEED RAIL DEADHEADS
09:30:25 IN TAMPA, HOW DO WE MOVE PEOPLE TO OTHER PLACES?
09:30:28 THAT'S WHY THIS REFERENDUM COMING UP THIS FALL IS SO
09:30:31 IMPORTANT THAT WE PASS.
09:30:34 BUT THIS IS AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT.
09:30:36 MOVING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, DOWNTOWN AND THE DEVELOPMENT
09:30:40 GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION.
09:30:42 WE SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH OUR UNHERALDED HEROES OUT HERE ON
09:30:47 THE STREET, CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE WIN PROJECT, THE SOLID
09:30:53 WASTE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY TRYING TO MAKE SURE
09:30:57 THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS GOOD IN EVERY
09:31:00 NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:31:01 THE WIN PROJECT AS YOU KNOW IS WHAT WE CLEAN UP PROJECT WE
09:31:05 DO EVERY SATURDAY IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE
09:31:07 CITY, FROM JUNE 16th -- FROM JUNE 2016 TO APRIL 2018 WE
09:31:14 PICKED UP 93 TONS OF DEBRIS AND TRASH.
09:31:17 BUT FOR THOSE FOLKS, THAT TRASH WOULD BE IN THOSE
09:31:20 NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:31:21 NOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE DUMP IN
09:31:26 NEIGHBORHOODS.
09:31:26 BUT THEY DO.
09:31:27 AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GO CLEAN IT UP TO THE BEST OF
09:31:32 OUR ABILITY.
09:31:33 CODE ENFORCEMENT IS OUT THERE EVERY DAY WORKING HARD TO
09:31:36 BRING SOME OF THESE DELINQUENT PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE.
09:31:39 IT'S A TOUGH JOB.
09:31:40 IT'S A HOT JOB.
09:31:42 IT IS A LEGAL PROCESS THAT IS COMPLICATED, THAT TAKES WAY
09:31:47 TOO LONG AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BUT THEY ARE DEDICATED,
09:31:51 AND THEY CONTINUE TO PURSUE THOSE FREQUENT VIOLATORS.
09:31:54 THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD UNIVERSITY WHICH WE STARTED FIVE
09:31:58 YEARS AGO, WE HAVE HAD NINE GRADUATING CLASSES AND 345
09:32:03 PARTICIPANTS, AS WE LOOK TO OPEN THE NEXT GENERATION OF NOT
09:32:07 JUST NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS BUT NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVISTS,
09:32:11 PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND WHO UNDERSTAND THAT
09:32:15 THEY HAVE GOT TO GIVE BACK, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT EVERY
09:32:19 NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY HAS THE SAME -- ALL HAVE THE SAME
09:32:24 CHANCE OF SUCCESS THAN ALL OF THE OTHERS.
09:32:27 NEHAMIAH PROJECT WHICH MANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN IS
09:32:30 HELPING TO REBUILD SULPHUR SPRINGS, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS
09:32:33 TEETERING ON THE EDGE.
09:32:35 WE JOINED WITH A LOT OF OUR NOT-FOR-PROFIT PARTNERS, BROKE
09:32:38 DOWN BARRIERS, WORKED WITH THE FAITH COMMUNITY, INCLUDING
09:32:42 CHURCHES LIKE IDLEWILD BAPTIST, AND WE WORKED WITH RELIGIOUS
09:32:47 LEADERS TO HELP GET IN AND PROVIDE A SAFETY NET FOR SULPHUR
09:32:52 SPRINGS.
09:32:53 WE ARE NOT THERE YET.
09:32:55 BUT I THINK SULPHUR SPRINGS IS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN IT
09:32:58 WAS IN 2011.
09:33:00 SINCE 2015, WE HAVE TAKEN 600 TONS OF DEBRIS OUT OF SULPHUR
09:33:08 SPRINGS.
09:33:09 THAT'S MATTRESSES, THAT'S TRASH, THAT'S PEOPLE WHO DUMP
09:33:13 STUFF IN THE ALLEYS, PEOPLE WHO DUMP STUFF ON THE SIDEWALKS.
09:33:17 IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE, BUT THEY DO.
09:33:22 AND WE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE CLEANING IT UP FOR THE GOOD
09:33:25 PEOPLE, WHICH ARE THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE
09:33:27 THERE.
09:33:29 600 TONS OF DEBRIS THAT WOULD STILL BE THERE IF WE WEREN'T
09:33:33 OUT THERE DOING OUR JOB.
09:33:37 DEMAIN HOMES, 360 PARTNERSHIP, WE HAVE TAKEN 75 LOTS THAT WE
09:33:41 OWN AND WE HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS, PUT THEM TO THE
09:33:45 MARKETPLACE, PUT OUT AN RFP, DOMAIN WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT,
09:33:49 AND WILL PARTNER WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, THE CDC OF
09:33:53 TAMPA, HOUSING AUTHORITY, ALONG WITH COUNSELING AGENCIES FOR
09:33:56 FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS, AND WE WILL BUILD 75 NEW QUALITY
09:33:59 AFFORDABLE HOMES, THE PREPONDERANCE OF WHICH WILL ARCH
09:34:04 LARGELY BE IN EAST TAMPA.
09:34:06 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM REALLY PROUD OF, AND I KNOW
09:34:08 COUNCILMAN VIERA IS AS WELL BECAUSE HE'S BEEN WITH US EVERY
09:34:12 STEP OF THE WAY, IS THE DECISION THAT WE MADE TO MAKE TAMPA
09:34:16 AN AUTISM FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.
09:34:18 WE ROLLED THIS OUT IN THE STATE OF THE CITY LAST YEAR, TWO
09:34:21 YEARS AGO, AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AS WELL AS
09:34:26 ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE AS A COMMUNITY.
09:34:29 I DON'T THINK ANY OF US REALIZE, AND CERTAINLY I DIDN'T, HOW
09:34:32 MANY FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE TOUCHED BY AUTISM.
09:34:35 AND HOW MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE RELATIVES OR
09:34:40 CHILDREN THAT ARE SOMEWHERE ON THE SPECTRUM.
09:34:43 AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES OF BEING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT
09:34:48 HONOR IT IS INHERENT CONTRIBUTION OF EVERYBODY.
09:34:50 AND WHAT I REALIZED WAS THIS WAS PERHAPS A SECTOR THAT
09:34:54 DIDN'T GET A LOT OF OUR ATTENTION, THAT WAS SOMEWHAT IN THE
09:34:56 SHADOWS, AND WE WERE DOING A LOT FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT
09:34:59 PEOPLE, BUT THAT IT WAS ABOUT TIME THAT WE STOOD UP AND DID
09:35:03 SOMETHING FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE AS POWERFUL A VOICE IN
09:35:06 THIS COMMUNITY AS OTHERS.
09:35:09 AND SO WE SET OUT TO MAKE TAMPA AN AUTISM-FRIENDLY CITY, ONE
09:35:15 OF THE FIRST AUTISM FRIENDLY CITIES IN AMERICA.
09:35:18 WE PARTNERED WITH CARD WHICH STANDS FOR THE CENTER OF AUTISM
09:35:22 AND RELATED DID DISABILITIES AT USF.
09:35:25 THEY HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNER FOR US.
09:35:27 BY THE END OF THIS YEAR WE HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING FOR OUR
09:35:30 EMPLOYEES AND PARKS AND RECREATION, TAMPA POLICE, TAMPA FIRE
09:35:33 RESCUE, TOTALING MORE THAN 2900 EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN TRAINED
09:35:39 IN TERMS OF WHAT TO LOOK FOR, AND HOW TO REACT.
09:35:46 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A TAMPA POLICE OFFICER OR TAMPA
09:35:48 FIREFIGHTER GOING INTO A VERY, VERY CHAOTIC SITUATION,
09:35:55 ALREADY ON A HAIR TRIGGER, DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS
09:35:59 AUTISM, THAT MAY COMMUNICATE IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND MAY REACT
09:36:04 TO DIFFERENT STIMULI, THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
09:36:09 AND THOSE OFFICERS, IN PARTICULAR, OR THOSE FIREFIGHTERS IN
09:36:13 THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES NEED TO BE TRAINED TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK
09:36:16 FOR, TO KNOW WHAT THAT BEHAVIOR IS, TO KNOW WHAT THOSE
09:36:20 EXPECTATIONS ARE, BECAUSE GOD FORBID A POLICE OFFICER RUNS
09:36:26 INTO A CALL WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS AUTISM OR SOME OTHER
09:36:29 DISABILITY, THAT REACTS IN A WAY THAT IS IN KEEPING WITH THE
09:36:34 DISEASE, BUT THE OFFICER LOOKS UPON AS A THREAT.
09:36:40 THERE COULD BE CATASTROPHIC RESULTS SHOULD THAT OCCUR.
09:36:43 SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TRAIN PEOPLE AND TRAIN OUR FIRST
09:36:46 RESPONDERS AS TO HOW TO REACT.
09:36:48 OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PEOPLE HAVE REALLY GONE OUT OF
09:36:51 THEIR WAY TO MAKE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES USER
09:36:56 FRIENDLY FOR THOSE ON THE SPECTRUM.
09:36:58 NONE OF US UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY IT REALIZE OR
09:37:01 UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS FOR PARENTS TO FIND PLACES
09:37:06 THAT THEIR KIDS CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE IN, WHERE THE NOISE AND
09:37:10 THE LIGHTS PERHAPS ARE LOWER, WHERE THERE'S SENSORY FRIENDLY
09:37:14 TYPES OF PLAYGROUNDS AND TOYS SO THOSE KIDS CAN HAVE THE
09:37:18 SAME OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY OUR PARKS AS KIDS WHO ARE NOT
09:37:21 AFFECTED BY IT.
09:37:22 I THINK IF WE DON'T GROW THIS -- AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN VIERA
09:37:26 WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS LONG AFTER I'M GONE -- THAT THIS
09:37:32 WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS THAT WE
09:37:35 HAVE DONE AS A CITY.
09:37:36 AND LUIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY ON THIS.
09:37:41 YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THIS CERTAINLY
09:37:44 AS LONG AS I AM HERE AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL NOT MISS THAT IN
09:37:49 UPCOMING YEARS.
09:37:50 OUR STAY AND PLAY PROGRAM FOR WHICH WE JUST WON A NATIONAL
09:37:53 AWARD FROM THE CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, WE WON FOR THE BIG
09:37:57 CITIES, THE LIVABILITY AWARD, COMPETING AGAINST ALL OF THE
09:38:00 BIG CITIES IN AMERICA.
09:38:01 I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
09:38:03 A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WE HAD A RASH OF SHOOTINGS IN OUR
09:38:08 COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN SOME OF OUR TOUGHER
09:38:10 NEIGHBORHOODS, PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY THAT WERE SOME OF
09:38:12 THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE EITHER
09:38:14 PARTICIPANTS OR VICTIMS.
09:38:17 IN THIS PROCESS WE MADE A DECISION, AND IT WASN'T CHEAP, BUT
09:38:20 IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION, THAT WE WANTED TO GET THESE KIDS
09:38:24 OUT OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
09:38:25 WE WANTED TO GET THEM OFF THE CORNER, GET THEM AWAY ARE FROM
09:38:29 THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND THE GANG LIFE AND THE CRIMINALS
09:38:34 THAT IS FOR THEM A PATH THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO TAP, AND
09:38:38 WE WANTED TO GET THEM OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
09:38:40 SO WE MADE A DECISION TO OPEN UP NINE OF OUR FACILITIES.
09:38:43 WE EXTENDED THEIR HOURS TILL MIDNIGHT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK,
09:38:48 AND WE HAVE HAD AN ATTENDANCE OF OVER 198,000 TEENAGE VISITS
09:38:56 SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN.
09:38:58 WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY OVER 3600 REC CARDS TO SOME OF THE YOUNG
09:39:02 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
09:39:03 AND I THINK THE END RESULT OF THIS IS WE HAVE GOT KIDS THAT
09:39:06 ARE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH PEOPLE, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR
09:39:10 PARKS AND REC EMPLOYEES, WHO CARE ABOUT THEM, PROVIDING THE
09:39:13 MENTORSHIP, GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES, NOT JUST OPENING UP A
09:39:16 GYM, BUT GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, TO HAVE
09:39:22 VISITING GUESTS THAT COME IN AND SPEAK TO THEM, TO OPEN UP
09:39:25 THE COMPUTER LABS, TO OPEN UP THE RECORDING STUDIOS THAT WE
09:39:29 HAVE.
09:39:30 IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
09:39:31 AND I GUARANTEE, WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PROVE THIS.
09:39:34 THERE ARE KIDS TODAY THAT ARE ALIVE, ALIVE, BECAUSE OF THIS
09:39:39 PROGRAM.
09:39:41 BECAUSE BUT FOR THIS, IN THOSE DANGEROUS HOURS, DURING THOSE
09:39:46 TIMES IN THE SUMMER WHEN THEIR PARENTS OFTENTIMES
09:39:49 SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES ARE WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN TO DO
09:39:52 THE BEST THEY CAN, AND THESE KIDS ARE HOME ALONE, THE FACT
09:39:56 THAT THEY ARE IN OUR RECREATION FACILITIES, 198,000 VISITS,
09:40:01 THEY ARE IN A SAFE PLACE, AND THEY ARE NOT AT RISK OF
09:40:06 BECOMING PARTICIPANTS OR VICTIMS IN WHATEVER VIOLENCE OCCURS
09:40:09 ON OUR STREETS.
09:40:12 THERE ARE CHILDREN TODAY THAT ARE ALIVE BECAUSE OF THIS
09:40:15 DECISION.
09:40:16 IN KEEPING WITH THAT, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE
09:40:20 ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, JULIAN B. LANE
09:40:24 RIVERFRONT PARK OPENED A MONTH AGO.
09:40:26 THERE WERE 20,000 PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE SATURDAY NIGHT
09:40:30 EVENT
09:40:39 SONYA LITTLE WAS DANCING LIKE I HAVE NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE.
09:40:44 EVEN MIKE WAS DANCING.
09:40:47 THAT WAS NOT A PRETTY SITE.
09:40:49 (LAUGHTER)
09:40:53 YOU GUYS I'M SURE HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THE IMPACT
09:40:56 OF THAT PROJECT.
09:40:57 THAT IS THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT WE HAVE EVER MADE IN WEST
09:40:59 TAMPA.
09:41:00 IT IS THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT THAT WE EVER MADE IN A PARK.
09:41:03 IT IS GOING TO HAVE A GENERATIONAL IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY
09:41:07 AND WILL ANCHOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST HYDE PARK AREA
09:41:11 AND WEST -- HISTORIC WEST TAMPA.
09:41:14 THE AMENITIES THAT ARE THERE ARE UNPARALLELED.
09:41:17 IT IS A PROJECT THAT I THINK WILL NOT ONLY WIN AWARDS, BUT I
09:41:20 THINK FOR DECADES TO COME, EVEN THOUGH THEY WILL NEVER
09:41:24 REMEMBER THE COUNCIL THAT VOTED FOR THIS, THIS COMMUNITY
09:41:29 WILL THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN THIS PARK.
09:41:32 IT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE, TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENT, AND WILL
09:41:37 HELP TO ACTIVATE THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER MOVING FORWARD.
09:41:41 WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU IN TWO WEEKS CLOSING OUT THE
09:41:44 CONTRACT.
09:41:45 THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONS TO IT, BUT THOSE ARE ADDITIONS
09:41:49 THAT WE COULDN'T CONTEMPLATE BUT THAT WE HAVE MANAGED TO
09:41:53 ACCOMMODATE.
09:41:54 MOVING FORWARD, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AS ALL OF YOU KNOW,
09:42:02 AND OUR NEW CHIEF BRIAN DUGAN IS HERE WITH ME TODAY, ONE OF
09:42:07 THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN AMERICA.
09:42:09 IT IS A DEPARTMENT THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND
09:42:13 A DEPARTMENT THAT REFLECTS THIS COMMUNITY.
09:42:15 IT IS A DEPARTMENT WHOSE DNA IS SERVICE, AND FOR WHOM
09:42:21 EVERYONE IS TREATED WITH RESPECT.
09:42:23 THAT IS THE WAY THEY START IN THE ACADEMY AND THAT IS THE
09:42:26 WAY THEY FINISH THEIR CAREER OFTENTIMES 30 YEARS DOWN THE
09:42:30 ROAD.
09:42:30 IT IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN AMERICA THAT IS LOOKED UPON
09:42:35 AS A DEPARTMENT TO EMULATE.
09:42:38 IT IS AN AMAZING GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO DO A VERY, VERY
09:42:42 DIFFICULT JOB.
09:42:44 AND I COULD NOT BE PROUDER OF THEM BECAUSE I'M OUT THERE
09:42:48 EVERY DAY WHEN W THEM AND I SEE WHAT THEY DO AND I SEE WHAT
09:42:51 THEY ARE FACED WITH AND I SEE HOW THEY RESPOND, AND WE
09:42:53 SHOULD BE ALL THANKFUL AT NIGHT BE THAT THEY ARE ON THE
09:42:57 WATCH TOWER, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING JOB.
09:43:02 2017 WE REDUCED CRIME 12.6%.
09:43:06 SINCE JANUARY OF 2016, SET UP THE VIOLENT CRIME BUREAU AS A
09:43:13 RESULT OF SOME OF THOSE GUN INCIDENTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
09:43:17 AND FIREARM RELATED CRIMES ARE DOWN BY 30%.
09:43:21 CHIEF DUGAN HAS TAKEN THE WORK OF PREVIOUS CHIEFS, HAS BUILT
09:43:26 UPON IT, HAS GROWN IT, HAS ADDED DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT
09:43:31 WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
09:43:35 I WILL TELL YOU THAT COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP IS A DAY TO DAY
09:43:40 PROCESS.
09:43:42 IT'S NOT A CLASS YOU TAKE.
09:43:44 IT IS IN EVERY INTERACTION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY
09:43:47 THAT WE SERVE, AND WE WORK ON THIS EVERY DAY.
09:43:52 AND YOU CANNOT EVER STOP.
09:43:53 AND WHILE WE ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM BAD DECISIONS, I THINK THE
09:43:59 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR POLICE
09:44:01 DEPARTMENT IS AS STRONG AS ANY CITY IN AMERICA.
09:44:06 AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW ON THAT, CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON
09:44:09 THAT, AND I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IN OUR DEPARTMENT NOT
09:44:14 ONLY CRIMES COMING DOWN BUT ALSO THAT BOND BETWEEN THE
09:44:17 COMMUNITY STRONGER AND STRONGER.
09:44:21 WE HAVE SEEN SINCE 2011 A REDUCTION OF 32% IN THE NUMBER OF
09:44:26 CRIMES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:44:27 THAT TRANSLATES TO OVER 4,000 VICTIMS.
09:44:33 THAT'S OUR FELLOW CITIZENS.
09:44:34 THOSE OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
09:44:36 WE HAVE ALSO ADDED 501 NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
09:44:40 AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS A RELATIVELY YOUNG DEPARTMENT
09:44:43 BECAUSE OF THE DROP AND BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE SENIOR FOLKS
09:44:47 THAT STARTED WHEN I STARTED IN 1987 ARE NOW RETIRING.
09:44:50 WE ARE BRINGING IN A WHOLE NEW CROP, 137 OF THOSE 501 WERE
09:44:55 SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATES, MEANING THAT WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD
09:44:59 TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DEPARTMENT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF
09:45:02 THIS CITY.
09:45:03 SO IN ORDER TO GET THAT DIVERSITY SOMETIMES, POTENTIAL
09:45:09 POLICE RECRUITS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE TO BE PAY FOR THE
09:45:12 ACADEMY, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
09:45:13 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE THAT THE POLICE
09:45:16 DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY THAT THEY PATROL AND THE CITY
09:45:20 THAT THEY REPRESENT.
09:45:21 HERE YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF CRIMES DOWN 32% SINCE FOUR OF
09:45:26 US STARTED IN 2011.
09:45:28 THAT'S A NUMBER THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
09:45:29 TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, THEY ARE RUNNING THE WHEELINGS OFF THOSE
09:45:34 TRUCKS.
09:45:34 LOOK AT THAT NUMBER OF CALLS THAT THEY GET EVERY YEAR.
09:45:38 LAST YEAR, IN 2017, AND THE 2018 NUMBERS JUST HALF A YEAR.
09:45:43 2017, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO 87,600 CALLS.
09:45:48 THAT'S A LOT OF CALLS.
09:45:50 PROBABLY 80%-PLUS OF THOSE ARE MEDICAL RELATED.
09:45:54 THEY ARE NOT FIRE.
09:45:56 IT IS A DIFFERENT PARADIGM THAN IT WAS 20, 30, 40 YEARS AGO
09:46:00 WHEN THE BULK OF THE CALLS WERE FIRE CALLS.
09:46:03 THE BULK OF THE CALLS NOW ARE RESCUE CALLS WHICH REQUIRES
09:46:07 THAT MAYORS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT
09:46:10 THE TYPES OF APPARATUS THAT WE BUY.
09:46:12 WE OBVIOUSLY NEED MORE RESCUE CARS.
09:46:15 BUT WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE FIRE APPARATUS IN GOOD
09:46:18 CONDITION.
09:46:18 BUT THAT IS A BIG NUMBER. THIS IS A VERY BUSY FIRE
09:46:23 DEPARTMENT.
09:46:23 AND WE HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS TO ACCOMMODATE THEM FROM
09:46:29 BUYING RESCUE CARS THAT ARE NOT FOR RESCUE CARS BUT ARE
09:46:33 DEPLOYED IN AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING A DRAMATIC INCREASE
09:46:37 SO THAT WE DON'T END UP HAVING TO DEPLOY ASSETS FROM OTHER
09:46:41 PARTS OF THE CITY TO COVER RESCUE CALLS IN A VERY BUSY
09:46:45 DISTRICT.
09:46:46 IN ADDITION, OUR FIRE INSPECTORS, FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE, HAS
09:46:50 GIVEN OUT OVER 2800 FIRE ALARMS, SMOKE ALARMS.
09:46:56 GETTING TO THE NITTY GRITTY -- AND I AM GOING TO THANK YOU
09:46:59 AS I HAVE DONE SINCE YOU WERE SO COURAGEOUS IN TERMS OF
09:47:03 PASSING THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT.
09:47:05 IT WAS NOT AN EASY VOTE.
09:47:06 I APPRECIATE THAT.
09:47:07 BUT IT WAS THE RIGHT VOTE.
09:47:09 AND I THINK FOR DECADES TO COME, THAT PARTICULAR VOTE
09:47:14 PROVIDED US A RESOURCE AND STREAM OF REVENUE THAT WE HAD NOT
09:47:19 HAD IN 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS, WHICH LED TO A DECLINING LEVEL OF
09:47:25 SERVICE AND OUR ABILITY FINANCIALLY TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND
09:47:30 MAINTAIN SOME OF THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE.
09:47:33 I KNOW YOU TOOK A LOT OF HEAT ON THAT VOTE.
09:47:36 BUT I WILL TELL YOU, AND WE WILL SEE IT THIS SUMMER, AND WE
09:47:40 HAVE ALREADY SEEN IT, THE IMPACT THAT THAT REVENUE SOURCE
09:47:42 AND THE WORK THAT YOUR CITY STAFF HAS DONE TO CLEAN OUT AND
09:47:46 REPAIR OUR STORMWATER FACILITIES HAS ALREADY MADE AN IMPACT.
09:47:51 I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COHEN LIVES IN AN AREA THAT
09:47:54 HISTORICALLY HAS NEEDED.
09:47:55 AND YOU HAVE TOLD ME PERSONALLY THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THE
09:47:58 IMPACT IN THE LESSENING OF THE STANDING WATER AS A RESULT OF
09:48:02 OUR ABILITY TO GET IN AND GET THE STUFF DONE, WHICH
09:48:05 LITERALLY HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN DECADE.
09:48:07 OUR STAFF SENT ME A PICTURE OF ONE TIME OF A 06-INCH PIPE,
09:48:11 THAT'S FIVE FEET TALL THAT LITERALLY HAD THIS MUCH CLEARANCE
09:48:14 BECAUSE IT WAS FULL OF DEBRIS, WAS FULL OF MUSSELS, SHOPPING
09:48:19 CARTS AND TRASH.
09:48:20 WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN AND CLEAN THOSE OUT.
09:48:23 LET ME BACK UP.
09:48:24 BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT.
09:48:25 SO NOT ONLY IS IT JUST THE PIPES, IT'S THE DITCHES.
09:48:29 IT'S THE INLETS.
09:48:33 IT'S THE OUTFALLS.
09:48:34 IT'S THE DEBRIS REMOVED FROM THE OUTFALLS.
09:48:37 THAT 758 TONS OF DEBRIS THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF OUR
09:48:41 STORMWATER, YOU DON'T THINK THAT IMPACTS THE ABILITY FOR
09:48:43 THAT WATER TO MOVE, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH TAMPA, OUT TO THE
09:48:46 BAY WHERE IT BELONGS?
09:48:47 IT CAN'T.
09:48:48 BECAUSE THE PIPES ARE SO CLOGGED THAT THE WATER CAN'T MOVE
09:48:52 AND HENCE YOU GET THE STREET LEVEL FLOODING.
09:48:55 THE STREET SWEEPING WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING
09:48:58 THE DEBRIS OUT, ALL OF US HAVE SEEN THE CONSTRUCTION
09:49:01 PROGRESS ON WATROUS, ON WESTSHORE, AS WE DIG THOSE DITCHES
09:49:06 OUT.
09:49:06 PEOPLE HAVE PUT DOCKS IN THE INLETS AND THE PIPES.
09:49:15 THEY HAVE TREES HAVE GROWN UP IN THERE.
09:49:17 WE HAVE GONE IN THERE AND SCRAPED IT, CLEANED IT,
09:49:19 ROTO-ROOTERED IT, ALL THE PIPES.
09:49:22 SO I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE
09:49:25 SUCCESS OF MOVING THAT STANDING WATER OUT OF THE AREAS THAT
09:49:29 IT CURRENTLY HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.
09:49:32 TRANSPORTATION.
09:49:33 I WANT TO MOVE THROUGH THESE SLIDES PRETTY QUICKLY.
09:49:35 TRANSPORTATION CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY FOR US.
09:49:39 JEAN DUNCAN AND HER FOLKS HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN
09:49:42 THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.
09:49:44 I AM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
09:49:46 MANY OF THEM WILL BE IN THE BOCK THAT WE WILL PROVIDE YOU.
09:49:49 I WOULD POINT OUT THAT SINCE 2011 WE HAVE REPAIRED 73,000
09:49:55 POTHOLES.
09:49:56 THOSE A LOT OF POTHOLES.
09:50:02 STREET RESURFACING SIDE, SINCE 2011, WE HAVE SPENT $65
09:50:07 MILLION ON STREET RESURFACING.
09:50:10 THAT'S RESURFACING 367 LANE MILES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:50:20 THESE ARE SOME OF THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES.
09:50:24 OBVIOUSLY THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM.
09:50:25 WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE.
09:50:29 THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT MORE BIKE LANES IN.
09:50:33 OVER 90 MILES THAN ANY ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF
09:50:35 TAMPA.
09:50:36 WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT.
09:50:37 WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENHANCING SIDEWALKS SOMEWHERE WHERE
09:50:41 APPROPRIATE.
09:50:42 TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES.
09:50:43 IT HAS BEEN A PASSION FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE.
09:50:46 NOT EVERY ROAD IS APPROPRIATE.
09:50:47 BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIND
09:50:50 THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN AVAILABLE.
09:50:52 AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
09:50:59 DEPLOYING TECHNOLOGY IN WHAT WAS AREAS THAT HERETOFORE HAD
09:51:05 NOT EXPERIENCE ADD LOT OF TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS, WE TALK
09:51:11 ABOUT SMART STREETLIGHTS, TALK ABOUT RESILIENT TRAFFIC
09:51:14 SIGNALS, CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.
09:51:18 WE ARE A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE EXPRESSWAY IN SOME OF THE
09:51:24 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES PROGRAMS.
09:51:26 WE ARE CONTINUING TO TRY TO DEPLOY TECHNOLOGY WHERE IT IS
09:51:30 APPROPRIATE.
09:51:31 IT IS NOT CHEAP.
09:51:32 I DON'T PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT.
09:51:34 BUT I THINK IT IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO HEAD.
09:51:39 IDEALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN
09:51:43 LINE.
09:51:46 BECAUSE THEY DRIVE ME CRAZY DOWNTOWN, CHIEF
09:51:50 WASTEWATER PLANS.
09:51:53 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING MASTER PLANS FOR THE NEXT
09:51:55 ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL.
09:51:57 OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES, THANKS TO THE FORESIGHT
09:52:02 OF SOME OF THE PREVIOUS MAYORS, HAD PLENTY OF CAPACITY, BUT
09:52:08 THESE ARE OLD SYSTEMS.
09:52:09 THESE ARE SYSTEMS THAT IN SOME CASES THE PIPES ARE 100 YEARS
09:52:13 OLD.
09:52:14 AND WE HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND MAKE THOSE
09:52:17 APPROPRIATE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.
09:52:23 SO WE ARE GOING TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION AND
09:52:28 MASTER PLAN LOOKING OUT 20-PLUS YEARS, LOOKING AT WHAT
09:52:32 POTENTIAL RATE STRUCTURE LIGHT LOOK LIKE, LOOKING AT WHAT
09:52:36 TYPES OF PROJECTS WILL BE ON THE BOOKS AND CONTEMPLATED, AND
09:52:40 IN BOTH WATER, WASTEWATER, AND ALSO SOLID WASTE.
09:52:48 THE TAMPA AUGMENTATION PROJECT REFERRED TO AS TAP IS ANOTHER
09:52:52 PROJECT THAT WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF BUT I THINK
09:52:54 IT'S A PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO HAVE NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS.
09:52:59 AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE DUMP NORTH OF 50 MILLION GALLONS A
09:53:05 DAY FROM THE HOWARD CURREN TREATMENT PLANT INTO THE BAY.
09:53:11 THAT IS WATER THAT IS PRACTICALLY DRINKABLE.
09:53:14 IT IS WATER THAT OUGHT TO BE DEPLOYED IN OTHER WAYS THAN
09:53:17 DUMPING INTO THE BAY.
09:53:18 WE THINK THAT RECLAIMED WATER THAT TREATED WATER, IS FAR
09:53:22 MORE APPROPRIATE BEING USED TO REPLENISH THE AQUIFER AND
09:53:26 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WITH ADDITIONAL CLEANSING FOR
09:53:30 THE REGION F.WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THIS WE WILL
09:53:35 BASICALLY DROUGHT-PROOF THE CITY OF TAMPA FOREVER.
09:53:38 MOST OF THE DEMAND IN THE BAY AREA IS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
09:53:42 AND THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:53:43 IT IS NOT PINELLAS WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY BUILT OUT.
09:53:47 WE ARE RELATIVELY SELF-SUFFICIENT BECAUSE WE OWN THE RIVER,
09:53:51 BUT MOVING FORWARD, RATHER THAN PULLING RIVER WATER DOWN, OR
09:53:55 RATHER THAN SUCKING THE WELLFIELDS DRY AND AFFECTING ALL.
09:53:58 AQUIFER, WHY NOT FIND WAYS TO USE THIS WATER WHICH IS BEING
09:54:03 DONE ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD TO REPLENISH THE AQUIFER AND TO
09:54:07 MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR DRINKING WATER?
09:54:11 THE SCIENCE IS THERE.
09:54:14 IT'S BEEN PROVEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT IT WORKS, WITHOUT
09:54:17 HARMFUL BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE.
09:54:19 THIS IS A PROJECT THAT AGAIN IS GENERATIONAL IN IMPACT.
09:54:22 THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THAT I WILL SEE THE END OF.
09:54:24 BUT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HOPEFULLY THE NEXT COUNCIL AND
09:54:27 THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH BECAUSE I
09:54:30 THINK WE CAN BE A NATIONAL MODEL.
09:54:34 THIS IS THE STORM IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
09:54:40 OUR BUDGET FOLKS LOVE THIS SLIDE.
09:54:44 AND LOOKING FORWARD, THESE ARE SLIDES THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR
09:54:44 WITH. THESE ARE SLIDES THAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH FOR THE LAST
09:54:44 EIGHT YEARS. THIS IS IN SHORT ORDER THE WORST RECESSION THE
09:55:02 GREAT DEPRESSION.
09:55:03 YOU SEE WHERE THE NUMBERS WERE IN 2007 IN TERMS OF PROPERTY
09:55:05 TAX REVENUE.
09:55:09 2011 WE WERE DOWN TO $122 MILLION.
09:55:13 WE HIT THE BOTTOM IN 2013 WITH $117,000,000 VERSUS $166
09:55:20 MILLION IN 2007.
09:55:23 AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CLIMB OUT OF
09:55:26 THIS HOLE.
09:55:28 IT HAS BEEN A RECESSION THAT HAS BEEN LONG AND DEEP.
09:55:34 AND I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE REALIZE WHEN THEY LOOK AT ALL
09:55:36 THE CONSTRUCTION CRANES AND ALL THE BUILDING AND THEY ASK,
09:55:40 HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE FACING DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIMES?
09:55:43 WELL, THE ANSWER IS QUITE SIMPLE.
09:55:47 EVERYONE ENJOYED WHEN THEIR PROPERTY VALUES PLUMMETED A
09:55:50 DECREASE IN THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
09:55:52 NOW THAT THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE BACK TO AND ABOVE WHAT THEY
09:55:56 WERE IN 2007, THE CHALLENGE IS AS A RESULT OF THE SAVE OUR
09:56:01 HOMES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE
09:56:04 ONLY ABLE TO TOP OUT AT 3% PER YEAR.
09:56:09 SO LAST YEAR, 2018 BUDGET $181 MILLION WAS THE FIRST TIME
09:56:15 SINCE 2007 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET BACK TO 2007 PROPERTY
09:56:20 TAX RATES.
09:56:21 THAT'S A SPAN OF TEN YEARS.
09:56:25 THAT'S HOW LONG AT A MAX OF 3 PERCENT IT HAS TAKEN US TO
09:56:30 CLAW BACK TO WHERE WE WERE TEN YEARS AGO IN TERMS OF
09:56:33 REVENUES.
09:56:33 YET THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS HAS GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY.
09:56:37 OUR COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE TAX HAS BEEN DECLINING, ALTHOUGH
09:56:40 IT IS NOW FLATTENING OUT A LITTLE BIT.
09:56:43 2011 WE GENERATED ALMOST $30 MILLION IN CST REVENUE.
09:56:48 THAT'S REVENUE THE TAX YOU PAY ON YOUR LAND LINE, NOW THAT
09:56:52 EVERYONE IS MOVING TO CELL PHONES, THERE'S NOT A TAX ON
09:56:55 THAT.
09:56:56 WE DROPPED TO 17.5 WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN AT FOR THE
09:57:00 LAST TWO YEARS.
09:57:03 INTEREST LOST, OVER THE LAST DECADE, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS
09:57:08 THERE.
09:57:11 FOR A TOTAL OF 121 MILLION-DOLLAR JUST IN INTEREST LOST
09:57:15 ALONE.
09:57:15 SO THE TOTAL FOR US AS A CITY, SINCE 2007 IN TERMS OF
09:57:22 REVENUES LOST, AS A RESULT OF THIS RECESSION, IS $485
09:57:27 MILLION.
09:57:30 NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE WITH $485
09:57:39 MILLION?
09:57:39 THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DID DO IN SPITE OF LOSING ALL OF THAT
09:57:43 REVENUE.
09:57:44 BUT JUST IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE HAD NOT THIS
09:57:46 REVENUE BEEN -- THIS RECESSION BEEN SO CATASTROPHIC?
09:57:51 YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS CHART.
09:57:53 WE HAVE TAKEN EVERY STEP POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF MITIGATING THE
09:57:58 IMPACTS.
09:57:59 WITHOUT HAVING TO RAISE TAXES.
09:58:00 WITHOUT HAVING TO LAY OFF OUR EMPLOYEES.
09:58:04 THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE THAT WE
09:58:08 HAVEN'T TRIED TO DO.
09:58:12 OUR MILLAGE RATE HAS REMAINED FAIRLY FLAT FOR THE MOST PART.
09:58:18 THANKFULLY LAST YEAR, I CAME TO YOU WITH A REQUEST TO RAISE
09:58:22 THE MILLAGE SLIGHTLY.
09:58:24 IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN 29 YEARS, I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU,
09:58:28 THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A CITY IN AMERICA THAT HAS KEPT
09:58:30 ITS MILLAGE RATE FLAT FOR 29 YEARS IN SPITE OF THE
09:58:33 RECESSION, IN SPITE OF THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
09:58:36 AND YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED A MILLAGE INCREASE THAT ALLOWED
09:58:40 US TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I THINK TO HELP PREPARE THIS CITY
09:58:44 FOR THE NEXT DECADE TO COME LONG AFTER I WILL BE GONE AND
09:58:49 SOME OF YOU WILL AS WELL.
09:58:51 IN SPITE OF THAT MILLAGE INCREASE, THESE ARE ALL THE MAJOR
09:58:54 CITIES IN FLORIDA, AND IN YELLOW ARE WHERE EACH OF THEM HAVE
09:58:59 HAD TO RAISE THE MILLAGE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, OR SINCE
09:59:05 2009.
09:59:06 EIGHT, NINE YEARS THERE.
09:59:07 WERE ONLY TWO CITIES IN THE STATE OF SIGNIFICANT SIZE THAT
09:59:11 HAVE NOT RAISED ONE OF WHICH STARTED AT 6.5 WHICH IS HIGH
09:59:17 LOW A AND THEN FT. LAUDERDALE WHICH HAS A UTILITY FUND THAT
09:59:19 THEY USE TO SUPPLEMENT THAT.
09:59:21 OTHER THAN THAT, EVERY CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS
09:59:23 RAISED THEIR MILLAGE.
09:59:25 IN SPITE OF US RAISING OUR MILLAGE LAST YEAR WE'LL WE ARE
09:59:28 STILL BELOW ALL OF THE LARGER CITIES.
09:59:31 AND YOU CAN SEE HIALEAH, THE FIRST RED LINE, IS WHERE TAMPA
09:59:35 IS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES AROUND THE STATE.
09:59:38 WE DON'T USE JACKSONVILLE AS A COMPARISON BECAUSE IT'S A
09:59:41 CONSOLIDATED CITY-COUNTY.
09:59:43 BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE STACK UP BY COMPARISON TO EVERYBODY
09:59:46 ELSE.
09:59:46 I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THAT IS A RECORD OF 29 YEARS THAT
09:59:50 YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF, BECAUSE CERTAINLY I AM, AND IT
09:59:54 REFLECTS THAT.
09:59:55 WE ARE A VERY COMPETITIVE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TAX
09:59:59 RATE.
09:59:59 AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER SUAREZ HAS BEEN
10:00:02 PARTICULARLY INVOLVED IN THIS AT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.
10:00:05 THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM HAS PUT ON
10:00:09 THE BALLOT AN ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR $25,000.
10:00:14 I WILL TELL YOU IF IT PASSES, WHICH I THINK IT WILL, IT WILL
10:00:17 BE FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AN IMPACT OF $5 MILLION RIGHT OFF
10:00:21 THE BOTTOM LINE.
10:00:23 THAT WILL BE $30 MILLION TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
10:00:26 IT'S A BIG IMPACT.
10:00:27 AND $5 MILLION TO US IS A LOT OF MONEY WHEN IT COMES OFF OF
10:00:31 OUR BOTTOM LINE.
10:00:32 AND ONCE AGAIN, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE HAS DEMONSTRATED
10:00:37 THAT THEY ARE REALLY NOT INTERESTED IN THE CITIES AND HEALTH
10:00:42 AND WELFARE. CITIES, AND CHOOSE TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS
10:00:45 RATHER THAN DEAL WITH THE ISSUES.
10:00:48 THAT AFFECTS US.
10:00:49 IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
10:00:51 IT AFFECTS OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES, TO HIRE COPS, TO
10:00:56 HIRE FIREFIGHTERS TO DO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT EARTH'S.
10:00:59 THAT'S $5 MILLION OFF OF OUR BOTTOM LINE AND IT WILL
10:01:01 PROBABLY PASS.
10:01:10 SHALL HERE YOU SEE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND GENERAL FUNDS.
10:01:13 OBVIOUSLY ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE RATES
10:01:19 RELATIVELY SELF-SUFFICIENT.
10:01:20 GENERAL FUND IS WHERE THE CHALLENGES EXIST, AND THAT'S WHERE
10:01:24 YOU SEE THE BULK OF THE REALLY HEAVY PERSONNEL DEPARTMENTS,
10:01:30 POLICE, FIRE, PARKS AND RECREATION.
10:01:33 WE MAKE UP 2,000 OUT OF OUR 4500 EMPLOYEES.
10:01:36 PERSONNEL IS EXPENSIVE WHICH IS WHY WE REALLY STAY ON TOP OF
10:01:39 THOSE PERSONNEL COSTS.
10:01:41 AGAIN, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
10:01:44 AS YOU CAN SEE -- AND THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE PUT UP EVERY
10:01:48 YEAR, PARTICULARLY THE NEXT ONE, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE
10:01:52 DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE THIS IS.
10:01:58 FIRE CHIEF AND POLICE CHIEF ALWAYS CRINGE WHEN I PUT THIS
10:02:01 SLIDE UP THERE, BUT SORRY, FELLOWS.
10:02:04 POLICE AND FIRE EXPENSES ARE $248 MILLION, WHICH FAR SURPASS
10:02:11 THE ENTIRE AMOUNT THAT WE RAISE IN PROPERTY TAXES.
10:02:23 $248 MILLION TO FUND TAMPA POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
10:02:27 POLICE IS 160.
10:02:29 FIRE IS 88 MILLION.
10:02:30 WE GENERATE $200 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX AND IS 21 MILLION
10:02:35 OUT OF THAT 200 MILLION GOES TO THE CRAs, IS CAPTURED IN
10:02:40 THE CR.
10:02:43 AND THAN THE CRA DOLLARS CAN ONLY BE SPENT IN THOSE CRA
10:02:47 DISTRICTS.
10:02:48 THAT'S A CHALLENGE RIGHT THERE.
10:02:50 NOW, I WOULDN'T FUND IT ANY LESS, AND I'M PROUD TO BE
10:02:55 WILLING IN SPITE OF THIS RECESSION.
10:02:57 WE ARE ONE OF A FEW CITIES THAT DIDN'T CLOSE FIRE STATIONS,
10:03:00 THAT DIDN'T REDUCE PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS, THAT DIDN'T LAY
10:03:03 OFF FIREFIGHTERS AND COPS, THAT CONTINUE TO PURCHASE THE
10:03:06 EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED.
10:03:08 WE HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO $4 MILLION EVERY YEAR TO REPLENISH
10:03:13 AND REPLACE AND UPGRADE THE POLICE VEHICLES.
10:03:17 IN SPITE OF THAT RECESSION, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT
10:03:21 THIS CITY WAS SAFE, AND THAT WE HAD THE MANPOWER TO DO WHAT
10:03:25 WE NEEDED TO DO.
10:03:26 THERE WERE A LOT OF CITIES THAT CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH.
10:03:29 WE DID NOT.
10:03:30 AND I THINK WE ARE A SAFER CITY BECAUSE OF IT.
10:03:33 AND THIS IS OUR HISTORY.
10:03:35 YOU HAVE HEARD ME TELL YOU THAT I APPROVED EVERY HIRE IN THE
10:03:39 CITY.
10:03:39 I APPROVED EVERY TRAVEL REQUEST.
10:03:44 FOR A CITY OF 4500 EMPLOYEES, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
10:03:48 BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T WATCH YOUR
10:03:51 PERSONNEL COSTS, THAT'S WHAT WILL BUST YOUR BUDGET,
10:03:55 PARTICULARLY DOING WHAT WE DO, WHICH IS SO PERSONNEL-HEAVY.
10:03:59 YOU CAN SEE OUR PERSONNEL MOVEMENT, IF YOU WILL, AND THE
10:04:03 HIRING THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE
10:04:07 ELIMINATED OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
10:04:10 THERE WAS A SPIKE IN 2017 BECAUSE WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL
10:04:14 POOLS THAT CAME ONLINE.
10:04:16 WE HAD THE DEMAND IN OUR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CENTER WHICH
10:04:21 IN ESSENCE PAYS FOR ITSELF THROUGH PERMITTING FEES, BUT THEY
10:04:24 WERE STILL FTEs, SO SPIKE IN 17 AND THEN LAST YEAR'S
10:04:30 BUDGET WE HAD THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WE HAD TO APPROVE FOR
10:04:33 THE NEW FIRE STATION IN NEW TAMPA, WE HAD JULIAN B. LANE,
10:04:40 AND WE HAD CONTRACTS ADMINISTRATION AND WE HAD TO ADD
10:04:43 BOTTOMS TO FOR THE SAME REASON.
10:04:45 THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT WE NEEDED THE BODIES.
10:04:47 THIS YEAR, WE DID SOMETHING TO THE CONTRARY AND SWEPT A
10:04:50 NUMBER OF VACANT POSITIONS.
10:04:52 SO WE BROUGHT THAT NUMBER BACK DOWN.
10:04:56 THIS IS WHAT WE LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF CITY POPULATION AND
10:04:59 THE GROWTH OF CITY POPULATION AND THE GROWTH OF CITY
10:05:02 PERSONNEL.
10:05:04 THAT'S RELATIVELY SELF-EXPLANATORY. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS
10:05:08 SOMETHING THAT I AM PRETTY PROUD OF.
10:05:10 IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF OTHER MAJOR CITIES AROUND
10:05:12 THE STATE, LOOKING HERE AT TAMPA, ORLANDO, ST. PETE,
10:05:15 TALLAHASSEE, FT. LAUDERDALE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE
10:05:18 PERCENTAGE OF OUR EMPLOYEES VERSUS OUR POPULATION, WE HAVE
10:05:25 LESS EMPLOYEES PER POPULATION THAN ANY CITY IN THE STATE OF
10:05:28 FLORIDA.
10:05:30 WE HAVE KEPT THAT NUMBER DOWN FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
10:05:35 WE ARE 700 PEOPLE LESS THAN WE WERE IN 2007.
10:05:38 WE ARE A CITY THAT IS GROWING RAPIDLY.
10:05:41 WE DO OUR JOB BETTER THAN WE HAVE EVER DONE IT BEFORE.
10:05:45 THERE HAS NOT EVER BEEN SERVICE DECLINE F.ANYTHING THERE HAS
10:05:50 BEEN A SERVICE ENHANCEMENT.
10:05:51 WE ARE DOING MORE PROJECTS.
10:05:53 WE ARE SERVING MORE PEOPLE.
10:05:55 BUT YET WE ARE DOING IT WITH LESS CITY EMPLOYEES THAN ANY
10:05:58 MAJOR CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
10:06:01 AND FOR THIS BUDGET TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE
10:06:06 YEARS, THAT MENTALITY HAS GOT TO EXIST.
10:06:11 IT'S A GOOD NUMBER AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE
10:06:14 PROUD OF.
10:06:16 PENSION CONTRIBUTION.
10:06:16 THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT BROKE OUR WAY THIS YEAR.
10:06:20 WALL STREET BEING ONE.
10:06:21 THE STOCK MARKET BEING ONE.
10:06:22 OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR THE CITY'S PENSION
10:06:28 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
10:06:29 ONE OF THE REASONS THAT OUR PENSIONS ARE SO WELL REGARDED IS
10:06:34 BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER AS A CITY TAKEN PENSION HOLIDAY.
10:06:38 IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS IN ILLINOIS AND CHICAGO AND SOME
10:06:43 OF THE CITIES IN THE NORTHEAST WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS
10:06:46 AND THE MAYORS AND THE GOVERNORS DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY WERE
10:06:49 OBLIGATED TO DO AND TOOK PENSION HOLIDAYS DEPENDING ON THE
10:06:52 STOCK MARKET, RECOVERING THAT.
10:06:54 THEY ARE NOW IN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE BILLIONS OF
10:06:57 DOLLARS OF UNFUNDED LIABILITIES IN THEIR PENSION.
10:07:01 JACKSONVILLE AT ONE POINT WAS ONLY 40% FUNDED.
10:07:05 THEY HAD TO HAVE A REFERENDUM.
10:07:07 AND THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THEIR
10:07:09 PENSION OBLIGATIONS.
10:07:10 BECAUSE OF MAYORS THAT HAVE MADE THE CORRECT DECISIONS, HAVE
10:07:16 NEVER TAKEN A PENSION HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, OUR
10:07:19 PENSIONS, OUR GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION IS FUNDED AT 92.8%
10:07:24 AND OUR F&P PENSION IS FUNDED AT 96%.
10:07:28 WE ARE THE MODEL FOR THE NATION IN TERMS OF HOW PUBLIC
10:07:31 EMPLOYEE PENSIONS SHOULD BE RUN.
10:07:34 AND THE PENSION BOARDS HAVE MANAGED THAT.
10:07:37 THE F&P PENSION BOARD, GP PENSION BOARD HAVE DONE A GOOD
10:07:42 JOB.
10:07:43 F&P IN PARTICULAR THEIR RETURNS ARE OFF THE CHARTS, AND THAT
10:07:47 ONLY INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS
10:07:50 THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
10:07:52 AT ONE POINT WE WERE RATED AS ONE OF THE TOP ONE PERCENT IN
10:07:55 THE COUNTRY OF GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION FUNDS, AND THAT IS
10:07:59 SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
10:08:01 HEALTH CARE COSTS.
10:08:06 NOT A PRETTY TOPIC.
10:08:07 HEALTH CARE COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE.
10:08:09 THE BULK OF WHICH WE ARE UNABLE TO EFFECT.
10:08:16 PART OF IT IS THE NATIONAL TRENDS.
10:08:18 AND THE NATIONAL TREND FOR HEALTH CARE COSTS, THIS IS
10:08:22 EXTRAPOLATED AS IF IT WERE US.
10:08:24 HAD WE CONTINUED TO ABSORB HEALTH CARE COSTS AT THE NATIONAL
10:08:28 LEVEL, WE WOULD BE PAYING OUT $80 MILLION A YEAR IN HEALTH
10:08:32 CARE COSTS.
10:08:32 NOW REMEMBER WE ARE SELF-INSURED, AND SO IF WE HAVE A BAD
10:08:37 YEAR WITH A NUMBER OF SICK EMPLOYEES, THAT NUMBER GOES
10:08:40 SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
10:08:43 SO IF YOU ASSUME THAT HAD WE DONE NOTHING INTERNALLY, WE
10:08:47 WOULD BE PAYING $80 MILLION A YEAR IN HEALTH CARE COSTS.
10:08:51 BECAUSE OF THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE LAST EIGHT
10:08:54 YEARS, OUR HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE RELATIVELY FLAT BY
10:08:59 COMPARISON, AND YOU SEE THEM COMING IN AT 59.5.
10:09:06 I'LL ROUND IT OFF TO SAY $60 MILLION.
10:09:08 A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL TREND.
10:09:11 AND THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY.
10:09:13 AND OUR FOLKS, KIMBERLY CRUM AND HER PEOPLE IN RISK
10:09:17 MANAGEMENT, HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB, PARTICULARLY GIVEN
10:09:20 THAT WE ARE SELF-INSURED TAKING SOME STEPS TO NOT ONLY HELP
10:09:26 OUR EMPLOYEES MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH BUT
10:09:29 ALSO PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE THAT ALLOW THEM TO MAKE BETTER
10:09:32 DECISIONS.
10:09:34 AS YOU KNOW, WE OPENED UP OUR OWN CLINICS.
10:09:38 WE ARE LOOKING NEXT YEAR TO EXPAND THE HOURS OF THOSE
10:09:42 CLINICS.
10:09:44 THOSE CLINICS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND.
10:09:46 THEY GET A LOT OF USE BY OUR PEOPLE.
10:09:50 IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS FOR US.
10:09:53 AND I THINK IT'S HELPED TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE COSTS
10:09:57 ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
10:10:02 BEAR IN MIND ALSO WE COVER RETIREES AND SPOUSES, AND THERE
10:10:07 IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
10:10:09 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR AND IS TO END A
10:10:14 PRACTICE THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME THAT ALLOWED
10:10:17 RETIREES TO NOT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PLAN WHEN THEY
10:10:21 RETIRE, BUT AT ANY POINT IN THEIR RETIREMENT COME BACK AND
10:10:25 JUMP INTO OUR PLAN.
10:10:26 SO OBVIOUSLY IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO DO IT IN THE BEGINNING
10:10:33 WHEN THEY ARE RELATIVELY HEALTHY BUT CHOOSE TO COME BACK IN
10:10:37 WHEN THEY ARE IN THEIR 80s WHEN THEY ARE INCLINED TO BE
10:10:41 SICKER THAT'S GOING TO ADD TO THE COST OF ALL OF US.
10:10:44 SO WE RESTRICTED THAT TO SAY IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE AS A
10:10:48 RETIREE IN THE CITY'S PLAN THAT YOU HAVE TO EXERCISE THAT
10:10:52 RIGHT WHEN YOU RETIRE U.CAN'T GO AWAY FOR 25 YEARS AND THEN
10:10:55 COME BACK IN, BECAUSE THAT IS UNFAIR TO ALL OF US THAT PAY
10:11:00 OUR PREMIUMS IN THE CITY TO PAY FOR YOU WHEN YOU JUMPED OUT
10:11:04 AND CAME BACK IN WHEN YOU WERE SICKER.
10:11:06 OUR PREMIUMS ARE FAR LESS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PER PAY
10:11:12 PERIOD.
10:11:12 THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN 2018 WAS $209.
10:11:16 OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PAYING AN AVERAGE OF $180 PER PAY PERIOD.
10:11:21 THAT'S A YEARLY SAVINGS OF ABOUT $730.
10:11:27 BUT WE OPENED UP THE WELL CARE CENTERS.
10:11:29 I INDICATED WE HAVE A UNITED HEALTHCARE NURSE ON-SITE THERE.
10:11:33 WE HAVE A CITY WELLNESS PROGRAM.
10:11:34 WE REQUIRE EVERYONE IN OUR PROGRAM TO DO A BLOOD DRAW.
10:11:39 AND WHAT THAT HELPS US DO IS IDENTIFY SOME OF THE MARKERS
10:11:42 AND SOME OF THE BE CANDIDATES THAT ARE AT RISK.
10:11:46 AS A RESULT OF THAT DRAW FOR OUR EMPLOYEES IN IDENTIFYING
10:11:51 FOR THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT RISK, OUR OBESITY LEVELS ARE DOWN
10:11:57 44% IN OUR EMPLOYEES.
10:12:00 CHOLESTEROL IS DOWN 49%.
10:12:04 BLOOD PRESSURE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES DOWN 47%.
10:12:07 AND DIABETES, WHICH IS THE KEY DRIVER OF A LOT OF THESE
10:12:11 COSTS, IS DOWN 63%.
10:12:14 BECAUSE THEY NOW KNOW AS A RESULT OF THAT BLOOD DRAW WHAT
10:12:18 INDICATORS THEY HAVE, THEY CAN TAKE THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO
10:12:22 MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
10:12:24 8% OF OUR PLAN MEMBERS ARE DIABETIC.
10:12:29 DIABETES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 25% OF OUR MEDICAL AND PHARMACY
10:12:33 CLAIMS.
10:12:34 EXPENSES FOR DIABETIC PATIENT ARE FOUR TIMES MORE COSTLY
10:12:38 THAN A NONDIABETIC.
10:12:42 AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED ON KEEPING OUR EMPLOYEES
10:12:47 HEALTHY AND HELPING THEM.
10:12:50 NOW, SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS MOVING FORWARD.
10:12:59 WE ARE GOING TO ENGAGE THE SPOUSES AND DOMESTIC PARTNERS AS
10:13:02 WELL.
10:13:02 I MEAN, WE ARE COVERING THEM.
10:13:05 THEY SHOULD HELP US HELP THEM.
10:13:08 THEY WILL BE REQUIRED MOVING FORWARD FOR 2019 TO DO A BLOOD
10:13:13 DRAW AS WELL.
10:13:14 I MEAN, WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE PARTNERS AND SPOUSES OF OUR
10:13:18 PLAN MEMBERS SINCE WE ARE PAYING FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE AND
10:13:21 HELP THEM HELP THEMSELVES.
10:13:23 WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE WELLNESS CENTER HOURS.
10:13:27 WE ARE GOING TO ADD INCREASING INCENTIVES FOR ACTIVE
10:13:31 PARTICIPATION.
10:13:32 THERE WILL BE SOME INCREASES IN THE COSTS TO OUR EMPLOYEES
10:13:35 THIS YEAR, AS WE ASK FOR SHARED SACRIFICE MOVING FORWARD.
10:13:39 WE CAN'T CONTINUE AS A CITY TO BEAR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
10:13:44 BURDEN FOR HEALTH CARE COSTS.
10:13:46 WE NEED OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE ACTIVE AND WE NEED THEM TO BE
10:13:49 PROACTIVE IN MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH,
10:13:53 WHICH WILL HELP US HELP THEM.
10:13:55 SO THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD LATER ON
10:13:59 THIS SUMMER AND IN THE FALL WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, AS WE LOOK
10:14:03 AT WHAT THOSE PROPOSALS ARE.
10:14:04 NONE OF US LIKE TO IMPACT OUR EMPLOYEES ANY MORE THAN WE
10:14:08 CAN.
10:14:08 BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT RATE OF INCREASE OF HEALTH
10:14:11 CARE COSTS IN SPITE OF ALL THE GREAT STUFF WE ARE DOING TO
10:14:14 DIMINISH OUR EXPOSURE.
10:14:16 WE HAVE GOT TO SHARE THE BURDEN, AND WE NEED OUR EMPLOYEES
10:14:20 TO NOT ONLY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS BUT TO HELP WITH US THAT AS
10:14:23 WELL.
10:14:25 GENERAL FUND UTILITY TAX REVENUES MOVING FORWARD, FORECAST
10:14:29 ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2022.
10:14:33 OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW OUR CFO IS
10:14:37 PRETTY PAROCHIAL AND PROTECTIVE OF, RIGHTFULLY SO.
10:14:42 THANKFULLY, THOSE OF US SELECTED IN 2011 FOLLOWED MAYOR
10:14:47 IORIO WHO LEFT A VERY, VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AS YOU SEE,
10:14:53 THAT ALLOWED US TO WEATHER THE WORST OF THE RECESSION.
10:14:55 WE TAPPED OUR FUND BALANCE FOR FOYER YEARS IN DIMINISHING
10:15:00 AMOUNTS, HAD NOT TAPPED IN THE PROBABLY ANOTHER THREE YEARS
10:15:05 AS WE CONTINUE TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE.
10:15:09 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP IT ABOVE 20%.
10:15:13 THE WALL STREET RATING AGENCIES, I THINK, HOLD US TO A
10:15:16 HIGHER STANDARD BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SO GOOD ABOUT THIS.
10:15:18 THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES IN AMERICA THAT DON'T HAVE A 20%
10:15:20 FUND BALANCE.
10:15:21 WE DO.
10:15:23 AND WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT ABOVE THAT
10:15:26 20% TO GIVE THE WALL STREET RATING AGENCIES COMFORT THAT WE
10:15:30 ARE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS, THAT WE ARE NOT TAPPING A
10:15:34 FUND BALANCE, AND THAT IN THOSE GOOD YEARS THAT WE ARE ABLE
10:15:36 TO REPLENISH IT AS WE CAN.
10:15:38 THAT IS AN IMPORTANT SIGNAL TO SEND, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT
10:15:43 THAT WE HAVE THIS AVAILABLE TO US IN THE EVENT OF HURRICANES
10:15:46 OR ANY OTHER NATURAL DISASTER.
10:15:48 THAT IS THE POT OF MONEY THAT WE WILL TAP.
10:15:52 SOME OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS -- AND ALL OF THESE
10:15:54 WILL BE OUTLINED IN THE BUDGET BOOK THAT YOU WILL GET
10:15:57 SHORTLY.
10:15:57 YOU SEE THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO, THE
10:16:02 CIP MOVING FORWARD, THE FIVE YEAR CIP.
10:16:06 OUR INVESTMENT IN NEIGHBORHOODS LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN.
10:16:10 SOMEWHAT OF AN ANOMALY AS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE.
10:16:13 2017 THE BIG JUMP WAS JULIAN B. LANE.
10:16:16 2018 WAS THE STORMWATER PROJECTS THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF
10:16:20 THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT THAT ARE NOW UNDERWAY.
10:16:23 THESE ARE THE MAJOR CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECTS.
10:16:25 THESE ARE NOT THE CLEANING. DITCHES AND THE PIPES.
10:16:28 THESE ARE LARGER PROJECTS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ALLEVIATE SOME
10:16:31 OF THE STREET LEVEL FLOODING AND ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
10:16:35 SO AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE BACK ON TRACK FOR OUR INVESTMENT IN
10:16:39 NEIGHBORHOODS
10:16:40 OVER THE LAST SINCE 2003 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAYOR
10:16:44 IORIO'S TERM THE CITY HAS INVESTED $274 MILLION IN
10:16:50 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS.
10:16:51 AND 228 OF THOSE 274 HAVE BEEN SINCE 2011.
10:16:57 SO YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH ON THIS CHART OF HOW WE HAVE MADE
10:17:01 A COMMITMENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN
10:17:04 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE PRIORITIES,
10:17:09 WHETHER IT'S SIDEWALKS, WHETHER IT'S STORMWATER, WHETHER
10:17:10 IT'S PARKS AND RECREATION.
10:17:13 IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT WE HAVE ADDED
10:17:15 TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, IN
10:17:20 EVERY SEGMENT OF OUR CITY, IT'S PRETTY ASTOUNDING.
10:17:26 LAST YEAR I CAME TO YOU AND COMMITTED TO YOU BASED ON YOUR
10:17:29 INPUT THAT WE WOULD EMBARK ON SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE
10:17:33 IMPORTANT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
10:17:36 OBVIOUSLY, CHAIRMAN REDDICK, THE WILLIAMS PARK PROJECT WHERE
10:17:41 WE HAVE ALREADY BUILT -- OR FIXED THE SWIMMING POOL IS
10:17:47 GETTING AN ADDITION AS WELL.
10:17:49 IT IS READY FORBIDDING IN LATE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR.
10:17:52 CONSTRUCTION TO FOLLOW.
10:17:54 TAMPA PALMS, IN MR. VIERA'S DISTRICT, FIVE-ACRE PARK, AN
10:18:02 AUTISM FRIENDLY PARK AGAIN IN KEEPING WITH THE COMMITMENTS
10:18:04 THAT WE HAVE MADE THOUGH TO THOSE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY,
10:18:08 FAMILY MEMBERS ON THE SPECTRUM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
10:18:11 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
10:18:12 MR. VIERA HAS LED THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT GETTING INPUT
10:18:15 FROM THE NORTH TAMPA, NEW TAMPA AREA FOR WASH THEY WANT TO
10:18:19 SEE IN THAT AUTISM FRIENDLY PARK.
10:18:21 THE WELLSWOOD PARK, WHICH WAS A BUILDING, AN OLD CHURCH THAT
10:18:26 WE HAD ACQUIRED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO IN AN ADVERTISES OF
10:18:30 BEING ABLE TO EXPAND THE WELLSWOOD PARK IS NOW UNDER
10:18:32 CONSTRUCTION.
10:18:33 WE DEMOED SOME BUILDINGS THAT WERE NOT HABITABLE, AND WE ARE
10:18:37 NOW IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING AND UPGRADING WHAT IS THERE
10:18:42 CURRENTLY
10:18:43 CALVIN TAYLOR PARK, WE ARE ENHANCING CALVIN TAYLOR PARK IN
10:18:47 ANTICIPATION OF THE YELLOW JACKETS MOVING THERE DURING THE
10:18:50 WEST RIVER CONSTRUCTION.
10:18:53 THAT PARK IS UNDERWAY.
10:18:56 THE VILA BROTHERS PARK, AGAIN IN MR. MANISCALCO'S DISTRICT,
10:19:01 A PLACE THAT MR. MIRANDA KNOWS VERY WELL, IS IN DESIGN AND
10:19:05 CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN OF 60% COMPLETED, BIDDING WILL TAKE
10:19:08 PLACE THE END OF JULY WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN OCTOBER,
10:19:12 AND THEN THE NEW TAMPA COMMUNITY PARK CENTER AGAIN COUNCIL
10:19:15 MEMBER VIERA'S DISTRICT, A PROJECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR
10:19:18 A DECADE, A PROJECT THAT HILLSBOROUGH BEEN IN THE BUDGET OFF
10:19:22 AND ON, BUT DURING THE RECESSION WE JUST COULDN'T GET IT
10:19:25 DONE.
10:19:26 WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT EXPANSION DONE.
10:19:29 AND I THINK THE FOLKS IN NEW TAMPA ARE FAIRLY HAPPY WITH
10:19:34 THAT DECISION.
10:19:35 WE ARE BUILDING A NEW FIRE STATION, FIRE STATION 23, AND
10:19:42 THAT STATION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
10:19:45 THAT STATION WILL HOUSE 39 FIREFIGHTERS YOU SAW THE SPIKE IN
10:19:50 PERSONNEL NUMBERS.
10:19:51 A DISTRICT CHIEF AND ENGINE COMPANY, A TRUCK COMPANY AND A
10:19:55 RESCUE UNIT.
10:19:56 WE HAD TO DO SOME ADDITIONS THERE THAT YOU SEE WITH THE
10:19:58 INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
10:20:00 WE ALSO ADDED A TRAINING ROOM SO THAT THE CREWS DON'T HAVE
10:20:03 TO RUN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EITHER DOWNTOWN OR SOMEWHERE
10:20:07 SOUTHBOUND FOR THEIR IN-SERVICE TRAINING.
10:20:11 THAT WILL BE THE FOURTH STATION, THIRD OR FOURTH STATION
10:20:17 THAT WE BUILT IN THE NEW TAMPA AREA TO ACCOMMODATE THE
10:20:20 GROWTH IN NEW TAMPA.
10:20:22 THIS ONE IS NEEDED.
10:20:24 AND WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE IN NEW TAMPA OF THAT
10:20:27 WE WOULD GET IT DONE.
10:20:28 AND WE WILL.
10:20:29 THE CHALLENGE IN NEW TAMPA IS THE DISTANCES IS FAR GREATER.
10:20:33 TRAFFIC IS WORSE.
10:20:34 SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE STATIONS THAT ARE IN
10:20:38 CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE THE DEMAND IS
10:20:42 NUMBER OF PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
10:20:44 I WOULDN'T ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL ALL GO
10:20:48 BLINDS BUT THESE WILL ALL BE IN YOUR BOOKS.
10:20:50 THESE ARE IN THE PROSPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
10:20:53 IN THE BOOKS WILL BE A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF WHAT THEY ARE,
10:20:55 WHAT THEY ENTAIL.
10:20:56 THIS IS DISTRICT 4.
10:21:00 DISTRICT 5, YOUR CHAIRMAN'S DISTRICT.
10:21:02 DISTRICT 6, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
10:21:07 DISTRICT.
10:21:09 DISTRICT 7, WHICH IS THE NEW TAMPA DISTRICT.
10:21:11 AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE BUSCH
10:21:15 BOULEVARD, FOREST HILLS, FOWLER, FLETCHER, BUSCH BOULEVARD
10:21:21 AREA.
10:21:24 AS WE WIND THIS DOWN, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS IMPORTANT.
10:21:29 IN SPITE OF ALL THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH, IN SPITE OF GOING
10:21:33 THROUGH THE MOST DEVASTATING RECESSION IN OUR LIFETIME, THE
10:21:37 WALL STREET RATING AGENCIES, THANKS TO THE AMAZING PEOPLE
10:21:40 THAT ARE HERE BEHIND ME, HAVE GIVEN THE CITY OF TAMPA 13
10:21:44 RATING INCREASES.
10:21:46 THAT'S LIKE YOUR CREDIT RATING.
10:21:48 THE BETTER IT IS, THE CHEAPER THE MONEY THAT YOU NEED TO
10:21:51 BORROW BECOMES.
10:21:53 I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR A FACT.
10:21:55 I AM GOING TO SURMISE.
10:21:57 THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A CITY IN AMERICA OR VERY FEW THAT IN
10:22:01 SPITE OF THIS RECESSION, AND ALL THAT WE HAD TO DO, AND ALL
10:22:05 THAT WE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH, AND ALL THE TOUGH DECISIONS
10:22:07 THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE, HAS RECEIVED 13 RATING INCREASES AS A
10:22:13 TESTIMONY TO HOW WELL THIS CITY IS GOVERNED, HOW OUR
10:22:19 FINANCES ARE DEPLOYED, OUR WILLINGNESS.
10:22:23 I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE SAT IN THESE MEETINGS.
10:22:26 OUR WILLINGNESS COLLECTIVELY TO MAKE THE TOUGH POLITICAL
10:22:29 DECISIONS THAT WHEN RATE INCREASES OR MILLAGE INCREASES ARE
10:22:34 REQUIRED, THAT WE STAND UP AND DO BE THE RIGHT THING FOR THE
10:22:38 FINANCIAL BEST INTEREST FOR THIS CITY.
10:22:40 THAT REVERBERATES WITH THESE AGENCIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THIS
10:22:43 IS A COUNCIL, AND THIS IS A CITY ADMINISTRATION THAT WILL
10:22:46 TAKE THE HEAT AND DO THE RIGHT THING IN SPITE OF WHATEVER
10:22:51 PUSHBACK THEY GET ON THE POLITICAL SIDE.
10:22:54 SO I CLOSE WITH THIS.
10:22:56 WHERE WE STARTED.
10:22:57 THIS IS THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FULFILL.
10:23:01 THIS IS A BUDGET THAT I GIVE TO YOU TODAY THAT IS BALANCED.
10:23:04 THIS IS A BUDGET THAT IS NOT GLAMOROUS, BUT THIS IS A BUDGET
10:23:08 THAT DOES WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.
10:23:15 YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE AMAZING PEOPLE
10:23:18 BEHIND ME.
10:23:18 OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT LED BY SONYA LITTLE AND PIKE PERRY
10:23:22 AND TANYA HAWTHORNE.
10:23:27 THIS BUDGET STARTS THE DAY AFTER THE LAST ONE GETS
10:23:32 SUBMITTED.
10:23:32 AND SO THESE FOLKS ARE AT THIS LITERALLY FOR NINE MONTHS.
10:23:36 AND THEY HAVE SLOGGED THROUGH THIS THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, AND
10:23:41 SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.
10:23:43 SOME OF THEM PUT THEIR BEST SUITS ON TODAY, AND SOAP IF YOU
10:23:46 DON'T MIND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECOGNIZE OUR REVENUE FINANCE
10:23:49 AND BUDGET.
10:23:50 STAND UP, EVERYBODY.
10:23:51 WHOEVER WORKED ON THIS.
10:23:54 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:23:55 WHOEVER THE NEXT MAYOR IS WILL INHERIT AN AMAZING TEAM.
10:24:05 AND I WOULD SUGGEST TO THEM PARTICULARLY IN THAT FIRST
10:24:07 COUPLE OF YEARS THAT THEY LISTEN TO THEM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE
10:24:11 BEEN THROUGH THE WARS.
10:24:12 THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE TRENCHES.
10:24:13 THEY KNOW THIS BUDGET BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS.
10:24:16 AND I WILL TELL YOU AS MAYOR, THEY ALWAYS GIVE ME THE
10:24:19 STRAIGHT SKINNY.
10:24:20 I DON'T ALWAYS LIKE IT.
10:24:22 YOU DON'T -- I OFTENTIMES WISH THAT I HAD A BUDGET THAT WAS
10:24:28 FLUSH.
10:24:28 BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
10:24:29 AND THEY WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE FACTS, THE UNVARNISHED
10:24:34 FACT.
10:24:35 AND THAT IS ALL AS MAYOR I COULD ASK FOR THEM.
10:24:37 SO I WILL LEAVE YOU.
10:24:38 I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
10:24:42 I THINK WE CAN LOOK BACK ON THIS TIME AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE
10:24:45 TRANSFORMED THIS CITY.
10:24:46 SO IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU.
10:24:48 THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
10:24:51 LET'S GO GET THIS DONE AND MOVE ON TO TAMPA'S NEXT CHAPTER.
10:24:55 THANKS, EVERYBODY.
10:24:56 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:24:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE HANGING AROUND FOR
10:25:17 US TO ASK QUESTIONS. IS THIS WHAT IT IS?
10:25:19 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:25:21 >> OKAY.
10:25:35 >> MR. CHAIR, I HAVE A STATEMENT REGARDING MY --.
10:28:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:28:52 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
10:28:54 WE ARE GOING TO RESUME THE COUNCIL MEETING.
10:28:56 WE WILL GO TO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES.
10:28:59 THE FIRST ITEM IS PRESENTATION OR ACCOMMODATION OF POLICE
10:29:01 OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
10:29:02 CHARLIE MIRANDA.
10:29:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:29:07 I FEEL VIOLATED. SOMEBODY TOOK MY PLAQUES.
10:29:14 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:29:16 CAN WE FIND THEM?
10:29:17 WE FOUND THEM.
10:29:19 HONORABLE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL,
10:29:25 WE DO THIS ONCE A MONTH.
10:29:26 AND IT'S INHERENT TO ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE A
10:29:31 MONTH THE INDIVIDUAL THAT RECEIVES THIS AWARD IS ONE OF OVER
10:29:35 A THOUSAND POLICE OFFICERS.
10:29:37 AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
10:29:42 WE JUST HEARD FROM THE MAYOR.
10:29:47 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DO THE WORK.
10:29:49 THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DO THIS 24/7, 365 A YEAR.
10:29:53 AND CHIEF DUGAN DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
10:29:56 AND TODAY, WE ARE MAKING THE PRESENTATION TO CORPORAL
10:30:00 STEPHEN DRABINIAK.
10:30:04 HE'S A BALL PLAYER.
10:30:10 THE MAYOR WAS HERE SO LONG THAT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE
10:30:13 JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
10:30:15 AND MAYBE WE CAN DO THIS.
10:30:20 BUT THE CHIEF WILL DO THE READING OF THE PRESENTATION.
10:30:23 AND THEN BRING THE CORPORAL UP.
10:30:26 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:30:26 >> BRIAN DUGAN, CHIEF OF POLICE.
10:30:32 IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU, AND THIS MORNING WE HAVE
10:30:35 STEPHEN, A CORPORAL WITH US, A VERY UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.
10:30:41 HE SERVED IN OUR MILITARY.
10:30:42 DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:30:45 HIS FATHER WAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED RETIRE DETECTIVE WITH US
10:30:49 AND NOW WORKS OVER AT THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
10:30:52 SO HIS FATHER SET THE STANDARD FOR HIM AND HE HAS DONE A
10:30:57 VERY GOOD JOB.
10:30:58 AND HIS FATHER IS HERE THIS MORNING.
10:31:04 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS FATHER, ALSO.
10:31:07 AND HE'S DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF CARRYING THE TORCH FOR THE
10:31:10 FAMILY.
10:31:11 SO WE NAME HIM AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH BUT IT USUALLY LEADS
10:31:16 UP TO SO MANY THINGS OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
10:31:18 THIS ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO FEBRUARY WHERE A LEIF DRIVER WAS
10:31:24 CARJACKED BY AN ARMED SUSPECT AND HE PUT THE VICTIM TO THE
10:31:28 GROUND, SHE EXITED AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED POLICE.
10:31:31 STEPHEN DRABINIAK RESPONDED QUICKLY.
10:31:37 HE CONFIRMED THE VEHICLE VIA DISPATCH, WERE ABLE TO GET
10:31:41 OTHER UNITS IN THERE AND COORDINATED A BOX-IN ON THE VEHICLE
10:31:45 AND ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY BY THE VICTIM AND THE
10:31:49 SUSPECT WAS CHARGED WITH ARMED CARJACKING.
10:31:51 AND LATER IN MARCH HE RESPONDED TO A CALL OF AN OFFICER
10:31:54 BEING SHOT AT HUBERT AVENUE VILLA APARTMENTS.
10:31:59 UPON ARRIVAL HE JUMPED INTO ACTION AND BEGAN EVACUATING
10:32:01 RESIDENTS DO YOU TO THE ARMED SUSPECT BARRICADING HIMSELF
10:32:05 INSIDE HIS APARTMENT.
10:32:07 ONCE THE SUSPECT CAME OUT, STEPHEN GAVE VERBAL COMMANDS AND
10:32:11 USED A POLICE SHIELD TO APPROACH THE SUBJECT AND
10:32:15 SUCCESSFULLY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY.
10:32:17 THEN LATER IN THE SAME MONTH, HE AND HIS PARTNER OBSERVED AN
10:32:22 OCCUPIED SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE ILLEGALLY PARKED IN THE CITY
10:32:26 RIGHT-OF-WAY, AT 39th AND HANNA.
10:32:28 CONTACT WAS MADE WESTBOUND THE SUSPECT AND CRACK COCAINE WAS
10:32:32 OBSERVED IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE FRONT SEAT.
10:32:34 A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, A LOADED 9-MILLIMETER HANDGUN
10:32:39 UNSECURED AND WITHIN REACH OF THE DRIVER.
10:32:41 THE CRIMINAL HISTORY REVEALED THAT THIS SUSPECT WAS A
10:32:44 12-TIME CONVICTED FELON AND WAS CHARGED WITH FELON
10:32:49 POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE.
10:32:53 LATER IN MAY, A SPIKE IN CRIMINAL OFFENSES, OFFICERS
10:33:01 CONDUCTED OVER 68 JUVENILE CHECKS, 36 VIOLENT CRIMES SPECIAL
10:33:08 PROJECTS, 50 TRAFFIC AND BIKE STOPS AND MADE FOUR ARRESTS,
10:33:12 SEIZED ONE VEHICLE, AND 26.7 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, THC WAX AND
10:33:21 ANOTHER GUN, A 20-GAUGE SHOTGUN.
10:33:23 THEN LATER IN JUNE, STEPHEN AND HIS PARTNER CONDUCTED A STOP
10:33:29 AT NEBRASKA AND CLIFTON.
10:33:31 UPON RUNNING THE SUBJECT IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FELONY
10:33:33 VIOLATION OF PROBATION WARRANT FOR KIDNAPPING, AND WHILE
10:33:36 ATTEMPTING TO REST HIM HE FLED ON FOUGHT AND WAS STOPPED
10:33:40 LATER AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ARREST HIM AND HE HAD MARIJUANA
10:33:43 ON HIS POSSESSION.
10:33:45 STEVE BACK IN JUNE ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE A SUSPECT FOR A
10:33:49 WARRANT ON TENTH STREET, OBSERVED A DIFFERENT SUBJECT ASLEEP
10:33:53 IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION WAS
10:33:57 OBSERVED TO BE PUNCHED WITH A SECURE DRIVER AND SITTING ON
10:34:00 THE CENTER CONSOLE NEXT TO THE SUSPECT.
10:34:03 IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE CAR WAS STOLEN.
10:34:06 THE SUSPECT WAS CHARGED WITH AUTO BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT
10:34:10 OUGHT O.THESE ARE JUST SOME SMALL EXAMPLES OF WHAT HE DOES
10:34:12 ON A DAILY BASIS AND WHAT HE DOES FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
10:34:15 IN HELPING KEEP OUR CITY SAFE N.RECOGNITION OF HIS
10:34:18 SELF-INITIATED PROACTIVE ACTIVITY AND HIS LEADERSHIP,
10:34:22 SETTING THE STANDARD FOR THE OFFICERS ON HIS SQUAD, CORPORAL
10:34:25 STEPHEN DRABINIAK HAS BEEN SELECTED AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH
10:34:33 FOR 2018 -- JULY OF 2018.
10:34:38 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:34:39 >> DAVE CARMACK, PRESIDENT OF TAMPA PBA.
10:34:44 WITH ME IS GENE HAINES, SECRETARY-TREASURER.
10:34:47 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.
10:34:49 CHIEF, IT'S AN HONOR YOU ARE SELECTED.
10:34:54 I THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES.
10:35:01 AT 3:00 A REWARDS CEREMONY, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.
10:35:07 THE CHIEF TOUCHED ON THE FACT THAT HE SERVED IN OUR
10:35:10 MILITARY.
10:35:10 BUT HE SERVED IN THE BEST BRANCH AND THAT'S THE UNITED
10:35:14 STATES MARINE CORPS.
10:35:17 I MAY BE A LITTLE PREJUDICE THERE.
10:35:19 I JUST PRESENT YOU WITH THIS WATCH.
10:35:23 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:35:29 >> MIKE TUCKER, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
10:35:32 CONGRATULATIONS OFFICER.
10:35:33 JOB WELL DONE.
10:35:34 GLAD YOU ARE PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
10:35:35 >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN KEEPING US SAFE.
10:36:12 >> GOOD MORNING, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
10:36:27 WE HAVE A GIFT CARD FOR YOU.
10:36:29 CONGRATULATIONS.
10:36:29 >> THIS IS A GIFT OF MEMBERSHIP.
10:36:50 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:36:52 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:37:47 >>STEVE MICHELINI: I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF FOLKS.
10:37:50 AND TWO OF WHICH CAN'T BE HERE THIS MORNING.
10:37:52 BUT BILL CURRIE FORD IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A VERY SPECIAL
10:37:57 GIFT.
10:37:59 YOU CAN'T DRIVE IT HOME BUT YOU CAN TAKE IT HOME.
10:38:03 IT'S A MUSTANG.
10:38:05 BUT IT'S A MODEL MUSTANG.
10:38:09 ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS, THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU
10:38:11 WITH TICKETS SO YOU CAN GO ENJOY YOURSELF AT BUSCH GARDENS.
10:38:14 ON BEHALF OF THE CAN CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP PROVIDING YOU
10:38:19 WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO ENJOY YOURSELF AT ANY ONE OF
10:38:22 THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS, BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER.
10:38:24 PRESTIGE PORTRAITS IS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A GIFT
10:38:27 PACKAGE TO HAVE YOUR FAMILY PORTRAIT DONE.
10:38:31 THE YMCA, TAMPA, IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO
10:38:34 ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE.
10:38:35 AND YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO IS PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT
10:38:39 CERTIFICATE.
10:38:40 I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THOSE WITH ME TODAY.
10:38:41 BUT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S OFFICE WILL GET THEM.
10:38:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:38:50 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:38:50 >> I AM DEFINITELY HUMBLED TO ARE HERE TODAY, WITH THE
10:38:58 CHIEF, AND THE BOARD.
10:39:04 MY GUYS JUST GOT OFF HERE THIS MORNING AT 6:30.
10:39:08 MY MOTHER AND FATHER.
10:39:23 I'M TRULY HUMBLED.
10:39:25 IT'S AN HONOR.
10:39:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE IS YOUR PLAQUE FOR BEING POLICE
10:39:29 OFFICER OF JULY 2018.
10:39:31 GOD BLESS YOU.
10:39:33 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:39:33 >> WE DON'T ALWAYS TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SAY
10:39:43 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
10:39:45 WE APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS
10:39:48 SHARE AND THE COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
10:39:51 THANK YOU.
10:39:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF
10:40:03 YOU THIS MORNING FOR THE PRESENTATION OF FIREFIGHTER OF THE
10:40:04 QUARTER.
10:40:07 THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE MADE BY OUR FIRE CHIEF, AND MR.
10:40:14 CICCERO, AND CHIEF COMPTON.
10:40:24 >> HONORABLE CHAIR AND COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
10:40:26 TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY, IN RECOGNITION OF OUR FIREFIGHTER OF
10:40:29 THE QUARTER, CAPTAIN BILL TOWNSEND.
10:40:33 IT'S SPECIAL FOR ME.
10:40:34 I HAVE KNOWN CAPTAIN TOWNSEND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND
10:40:37 WHERE A GREAT EXAMPLE.
10:40:41 HE'S BEEN WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 22 YEARS AND HAS BEEN
10:40:44 A STELLAR COMPANY OFFICER OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
10:40:48 HIS DEMEANOR AND MANNER IN WHICH HE CARRIES HIMSELF IS VERY,
10:40:53 VERY WELL KNOWN.
10:40:53 HE CONSTANTLY DEMONSTRATES THE SKILL SETS THAT YOU NEED AS A
10:40:59 FIREFIGHTER AND COMPANY OFFICER.
10:41:00 HE'S HELD THE RANKS OF FIREFIGHTER DRIVER ENGINEER, CAPTAIN,
10:41:03 AND HE REGULARLY SERVES AS ACTING DISTRICT CHIEF AND IS
10:41:07 CURRENTLY OFT LIST.
10:41:09 HE'S SHOWN EXEMPLARY ABILITY TO PERFORM AT ALL LEVELS, AND
10:41:13 HE'S VERY MUCH RELIED UPON WITHIN THE CHIEF'S CORPS TO STEP
10:41:20 IN AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE AND DOES THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
10:41:23 A VERY HUMBLE INDIVIDUAL BUT ALSO HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON THE
10:41:26 PEOPLE THAT SERVE IN HIS COMMAND.
10:41:29 HE DOESN'T HAVE MANY FRIENDS, AS YOU CAN TELL.
10:41:32 BUT HE IS VERY WELL LIKED AND MAKES A HUGE IMPACT AT THE
10:41:36 STATION LEVEL.
10:41:38 MOST NOTABLY, HE HAS DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH MANY
10:41:43 CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS IN THE AREA.
10:41:47 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS REALLY NEED IS
10:41:50 ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN A REAL
10:41:55 SETTING.
10:41:55 YOU CAN ONLY GET SO MUCH OUT OF SIMULATIONS AND SIMULATORS.
10:42:00 AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IS FORGED SOME RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME
10:42:03 BUILDERS IN THE CONSTRUCT WITHIN THEIR CONSTRUCTING NEW
10:42:09 BUILDINGS OR RAZING BUILDINGS.
10:42:15 IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO TRAIN IN ACTUAL STRUCTURES AS
10:42:18 OPPOSED TO SIMULATORS.
10:42:19 THIS ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY OPEN UP ROOFS, PULL HOSE LINES
10:42:24 AND GIVES A REAL SENSE OF REALITY AND SOME OF THE
10:42:27 CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL FACE.
10:42:29 SO HE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT.
10:42:33 AND WE CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR SELF-LESSLY DEVOTING THE
10:42:37 TIME, ENERGY, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT TO SEE A PROJECT
10:42:42 THROUGH.
10:42:42 IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE'S BEEN A CONSTANT MEMBER OF THE
10:42:46 URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM.
10:42:48 HE'S BEEN AN EMT AND PARAMEDIC.
10:42:51 HE HAS BEEN A STALWART PRESENCE AT MANY FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT
10:42:58 CLASSES, AND IS A MAJOR COMPONENT AND A TRAINER.
10:43:01 HE'S A CERTIFIED HAZ-MAT TECHNICIAN, FIRE INSPECTOR, FIRE
10:43:07 TRAINER AND NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS.
10:43:09 AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, HE WORKS CONSISTENTLY WITH THE
10:43:14 FIREFIGHTERS CHARITY FUND, TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS SURVIVORS,
10:43:18 HELPING OUT WITH 5-K RACES, AND MANY OTHER CHARITABLE
10:43:24 EVENTS.
10:43:25 AND WE CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON IN THIS QUARTER TO
10:43:28 RECOGNIZE THAN OUR OWN.
10:43:32 THANK YOU.
10:43:32 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:43:33 >> I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PLAQUE FOR YOUR
10:43:53 CONTRIBUTIONS AS TAMPA FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
10:43:55 >> DOUG HANSEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE REVIEW BOARD. IT'S AN HONOR
10:44:01 TO HAVE SELECTED YOU FOR THIS QUARTER.
10:44:06 AND ON BEHALF OF TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS, CONGRATULATIONS.
10:44:11 >> STEVE SUAREZ, CONGRATULATIONS.
10:44:25 ON BEHALF OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IT'S AN HONOR TO GIVE
10:44:30 YOU THIS PLAQUE.
10:44:31 >> TAMPA THEATRE.
10:44:55 THIS IS A GIFT MEMBERSHIP.
10:44:58 THANK YOU.
10:44:58 >> STEPPS TOWING SERVICE.
10:45:03 CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.
10:45:06 TODD A APOLOGIES.
10:45:07 HE COULDN'T BE HERE.
10:45:11 HIS SUPPORT FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE WILL CONTINUE ON AND ON
10:45:15 BEHALF OF TODD'S AND STEPPS TOWING SERVICE, A NIGHT OUT FOR
10:45:26 YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
10:45:27 CONGRATULATIONS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
10:45:29 >> MICHAEL KILGORE, COLUMBIA RESTAURANT GROUP, A GIFT CARD
10:45:40 TO GOODY GOODY AND ULELE ESPECIALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE 5-K
10:45:45 RACES.
10:45:46 THANK YOU.
10:45:46 >> TAMPA HILLSBOROUGH EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY.
10:45:54 CAPTAIN, FOR YOUR 22 YEARS OF SERVICE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN
10:45:57 OUR COMMUNITY, I WANT TO OFFER YOU A $50 GIFT CARD TO THE
10:46:01 RANCH HOUSE GRILL ON GANDY BOULEVARD FOR A NICE NIGHT OUT.
10:46:06 CONGRATULATIONS.
10:46:14 >> GRAY TOBY REPRESENTING THE HILTON WESTSHORE.
10:46:24 AS YOU CAN IMAGINE RUNNING A HOTEL, WE DEPEND ON OUR
10:46:27 FIREFIGHTERS VERY MUCH FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, INSPECTION
10:46:33 AND SO FORTH, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
10:46:35 WHAT I HAVE IS AN OVERNIGHT STAY FOR TWO TO OUR HOTEL FOR
10:46:38 YOURSELF OR MAYBE SOME FAMILY COMING INTO TOWN.
10:46:41 ALSO THE DOUBLETREE COOKIES.
10:46:49 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:46:49 I APPRECIATE IT.
10:46:50 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:46:51 >>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD MORNING.
10:47:00 HOW ARE YOU DOING?
10:47:03 BILL CURRIE FORD COULDN'T BE HERE SO BILL CARLSON IS GOING
10:47:06 TO GIVE YOU A MUSTANG THAT AS I SAID IT'S A MODEL.
10:47:09 YOU CAN HAVE IT AND YOU CAN TRY TO DRIVE IT BUT
10:47:14 ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS WE ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH SOME
10:47:17 GIFT CERTIFICATES SO YOU CAN GO ENJOY YOURSELF AT BUSCH
10:47:19 GARDENS, CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP, BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR
10:47:23 DINNER, PRESTIGE PORTRAITS TO HAVE YOUR FAMILY PORTRAIT
10:47:26 DONE, THE YMCA IN TAMPA, AND YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO FOR
10:47:34 LUNCH OR DINNER.
10:47:35 CONGRATULATIONS.
10:47:36 WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR US.
10:47:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CAPTAIN TOWNSEND, MY APOLOGIES FOR
10:47:48 STEPPING OUT.
10:47:52 IT'S MY PLEASURE TO MAKE THIS COMMENDATION FOR THE
10:47:55 FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR JULY 2018 FOR YOUR
10:47:58 OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO THE CITY, TO THE WHOLE AREA, AND THE
10:48:01 MANY THINGS THAT WE DON'T SEE OR READ ABOUT.
10:48:08 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES.
10:48:10 [ APPLAUSE ]
10:48:10 >> COUNCIL, THANK YOU.
10:48:18 I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
10:48:21 ALSO LIKE TO THANK MAYOR BOB BUCKHORN FOR GIVING ME AN
10:48:24 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:48:26 IT'S BEEN A DREAM OF MINE ONCE I DECIDED I WANTED TO BE A
10:48:30 FIRE FIREFIGHTER.
10:48:31 CHIEF CICCERO, TAMPA FIRE AWARD REVIEW BOARD, I'M HONORED
10:48:37 FOR THIS AWARD.
10:48:38 ALSO, I'M BLESSED.
10:48:39 I'M VERY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP HERE BEFORE YOU
10:48:42 TODAY.
10:48:43 I HAVE GO IT THE SUPPORT OF MY WIFE TRACY.
10:48:45 MY SON DANIEL IS HERE.
10:48:47 GOT HIRED BACK IN NOVEMBER SO THIS HAS BEEN GREAT.
10:48:50 I HAVE A LEGACY HERE.
10:48:51 AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST
10:48:53 AND I CURRENTLY WORK WITH THAT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ME TODAY.
10:48:58 I TELL A LOT OF PEOPLE AS THEY HAVE MOVED UP THROUGH THE
10:49:02 RANKS THAT YOUR CREW IS WHAT MAKES YOU.
10:49:05 AND I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THROUGH MY CAREER TO HAVE
10:49:08 WORKED WITH SOLID PEOPLE WHETHER THEY BE OTHER FIREFIGHTERS,
10:49:19 CAPTAINS AND CHIEFS.
10:49:20 ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE HELPED MOLD ME INTO THE PERSON THEY'VE
10:49:23 BECOME TODAY.
10:49:23 AND AGAIN EVERYBODY HERE, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THEY WERE
10:49:27 ABLE TO PATIENTLY WAIT DOWNSTAIRS, AND ENJOY THIS
10:49:31 OPPORTUNITY FOR ME.
10:49:33 I AM VERY THANKFUL.
10:49:34 I DO WANT TO GIVE -- ALSO I DIDN'T MENTION MY DAUGHTER.
10:49:39 SHE'S AWAY AT SCHOOL.
10:49:41 SHE COULDN'T BE HERE FOR THIS EVENT.
10:49:42 BUT AGAIN, MY FAMILY WAS VERY PATIENT, WHEN I WAS OUT THE
10:49:48 TRAINING OR TAKING CLASSES TO FINISH UP EDUCATION OR THINGS
10:49:51 LIKE THAT.
10:49:52 THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.
10:49:54 IT'S A SPECIAL THANK YOU.
10:49:57 AS CRAZE AS IT WILL SOUND, FIREFIGHTER MARTIN McCRAE.
10:50:02 HE DOESN'T KNOW I'M THANKING HIM.
10:50:03 MARK IS ONE.
10:50:04 REASONS WHY I CHOSE THIS CAREER 20-PLUS YEARS AGO, ABOUT 27
10:50:08 YEARS AGO.
10:50:08 MARK AND I USED TO WORK TOGETHER, AND HE HAD GONE THROUGH
10:50:11 SCHOOL AND I LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM AS WELL AS MY WIFE'S
10:50:14 UNCLE IS A RETIRED TRAINING CHIEF.
10:50:18 I GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THEM BECAUSE IF IT WEREN'T FOR
10:50:22 THEM I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE TODAY.
10:50:24 AGAIN I'M HONORED, BLESSED, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
10:50:28 ACHIEVEMENT.
10:50:29 THANK YOU.
10:50:29
10:50:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET'S RECESS FOR TWO MINUTES IN ORDER TO
10:50:44 CLEAR OUT.
10:50:46 RECESS FOR TWO MINUTES.
10:50:49
10:59:59 >> I AM WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN JOHNNY BERNARD BOOTH.
11:00:50 GOVERNMENT SOVEREIGN WORLDWIDE.
11:01:10 FIRST NATION, FIRST REAL TRUE LAW, ON EARTH, NEVER TO BE
11:01:19 CONFUSED WITH POLICY, WENT ONLINE, ACTUALLY ATTENDED BY OUR
11:01:45 CREATOR, YOD HE WAW HE,
11:01:52 STATED CLEARLY FOR THE LOVING RECORD, LIVING WILL, PER THE
11:01:58 LIVING RECORD, AND FREE PEOPLE KING GEORGE IS NOT FIT TO
11:02:04 RULE NOR LOT OF FREE PEOPLE, REDEEMED, FREED BY ABRAHAM
11:02:11 LINCOLN, HDC KING PRINCE ELOHIAR YAHIM JOHNNY B. BOOTH,
11:02:28 WORLDWIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOVEREIGN, POLITICAL POWER,
11:02:32 HOLDER, COSMOPOLITAN, SELF-GOVERNED, INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL,
11:02:43 UNIVERSAL, COSMIC JURISDICTION, OVER ALL, FREE ENTRY AND
11:02:52 EXIT TO SEEKING FREEDOM, FREEDOM COMMISSION, FREEDOM
11:02:57 COMMISSION SOLE LAWFUL, LAWMAKER, I AM KING, RIGHTS, RIGHTS,
11:03:10 RATES FOREVER RESERVED.
11:03:12 [BELL SOUNDS]
11:03:30 GLOBAL COLLABORATION, AWARENESS, WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN,
11:03:39 AIM, AMERICAN DETERMINATION.
11:03:41 [BELL SOUNDS]
11:03:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:03:43 NEXT.
11:03:43 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:03:56 I'M BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY OUT OF HERE FOR THE 170 PEOPLE
11:04:03 THAT ARE BEING DISPLACED FROM TAMPA PARK PLAZA.
11:04:07 ALL THIS MONTH.
11:04:08 THEY WERE GIVEN A LETTER THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO VACATE THE
11:04:10 PREMISES BY NEXT AUGUST, WHICH IS NEXT MONTH.
11:04:15 THAT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
11:04:17 IT SOUNDS GOOD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE GIVEN A SECTION 8
11:04:21 VOUCHER.
11:04:21 BUT THOSE OF US KNOW THAT THOSE VOUCHERS IS NOT EVEN WORTH
11:04:24 THE PAPER THEY ARE WRITTEN ON.
11:04:25 THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT HOLD VOUCHERS THAT HAVE BEEN
11:04:28 HOLDING THEM FOR YEARS AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET AN
11:04:30 APARTMENT.
11:04:31 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE
11:04:34 JURISDICTION OVER TAMPA PARK.
11:04:37 HOWEVER, THESE ARE CITIZENS, THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL SHOULD
11:04:43 BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
11:04:44 I APPLAUD THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME OUT ABOUT CHICKENS.
11:04:47 AND IF WE ARE THIS CONCERNED ABOUT CHICKENS, WE SHOULD BE
11:04:51 CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT'S LIVING IN TAMPA PARK
11:04:55 PLAZA. I'M ASKING COUNCIL IF YOU ALL COULD PUT A LETTER
11:04:57 TOGETHER ASKING HUD TO GIVE AN EXTENSION TO THESE PEOPLE.
11:05:01 MANY HAVE IN A TRANSPORTATION.
11:05:04 OUR SCHOOL IS GOING TO START ON THE 10th.
11:05:06 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT UPROOTING CHILDREN FROM THEIR SCHOOL.
11:05:08 THIS IS A HARDSHIP FOR THESE FAMILIES.
11:05:14 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 170 PEOPLE.
11:05:16 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP WHERE THE CITY CAN DO
11:05:19 ANYTHING TO HELP SAVE TAMPA PARK PLAZA, WHICH WILL BE GREAT
11:05:22 IF THEY DID.
11:05:23 BUT RIGHT NOW THE CONCERN IS ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE HAVING TO
11:05:27 MOVE OUT OF THEIR HOME, WITHOUT ADEQUATE NOTICE.
11:05:31 IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE EVER MOVED YOU KNOW IT TAKES TIME, IT
11:05:37 TAKES TIME TO EVEN FIND A DECENT PLACE FOR THEM TO GO.
11:05:40 AND RIGHT NOW THE CITY IS CROWDED.
11:05:43 THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO.
11:05:44 TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY, SUITCASE CITY IS OVER THE LIMIT,
11:05:49 TAKING THEM ALL THE WAY TO OUT TO DOVER AND ALL THESE OTHER
11:05:54 PLACES.
11:05:54 IT'S NOT FEASIBLE FOR THESE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE
11:05:58 TRANSPORTATION.
11:05:59 SO I'M ASKING YOU, THIS COUNCIL, TO BE PROACTIVE, HAVE A
11:06:03 HEART, GET INVOLVED.
11:06:05 YES, THESE ARE YOUR CITIZENS.
11:06:07 THEY ARE NOT CHICKENS, BUT THEY ARE PEOPLE.
11:06:09 SO WE ARE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU ALL DO SOMETHING, STEP OUT
11:06:13 OF YOUR NORM, AND DO SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF
11:06:17 TAMPA PARK PLAZA, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ALL TAKING
11:06:21 A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN DOING JUST THAT.
11:06:24 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:06:39 >> CONNIE BURTON.
11:06:42 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:06:43 I WAS MOVED WITH THE MINISTER BECAUSE HE SAID WHAT RESONATES
11:06:47 WITH ME ALL THE TIME IS HAVING A SPIRIT THAT WOULD DEAL WITH
11:06:50 THE ISSUE OF CHARITY, POVERTY, AND OPPRESSION.
11:06:54 AND WHEN THE MAYOR GAVE HIS OVERALL REPORT, I DON'T KNOW IF
11:06:59 HE HEARD ANY OF THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE IF HE DID, HE DIDN'T
11:07:04 MENTION ANY OF THEM.
11:07:07 AND I WOULD ASK THE MINISTER TO COME BACK AND SEE IF WE
11:07:13 COULD MOVE THIS COUNCIL TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN
11:07:17 THIS CITY.
11:07:18 SO WHAT I SAW IN THE MAYOR'S OVERALL PRESENTATION, IT'S
11:07:22 TALKING ABOUT ONES VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS BEEN READ AND
11:07:31 WHAT WAS DEFEATED IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE RETURN OF JUST PURE
11:07:36 WHITENESS, HOW THE MAJORITY BENEFITS, HOW THOSE ON BAYSHORE
11:07:39 WOULD HAVE A BETTER WAY OF LIVING, HOW THOSE IN ALL OF THE
11:07:43 DOWNTOWN THE VINIK PROJECT, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT POOR
11:07:48 WORKING CLASS PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD, AND MOST OF YOU KNOW
11:07:51 THAT.
11:07:52 SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAMPA AND THE BENEFITS AND THE EIGHT
11:07:58 YEARS ADMINISTRATION, I AM WELL AWARE THAT ALL OF IT AND A
11:08:02 LOT OF IT HAS CAME UP WITH WORKING CLASS BLACK COMMUNITY
11:08:05 THAT IS BEING FORCED OUT OF THIS EQUATION.
11:08:09 NOTHING WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THOSE THAT ONCE UPON A TIME
11:08:12 LIVED IN PRESBYTERIAN, BUT IT HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.
11:08:17 NORTH BOULEVARD, 44 ACRES HAS GONE.
11:08:21 DISRUPTION OF WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHILDREN.
11:08:24 NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT TAMPA PARK.
11:08:26 AND SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE SAY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
11:08:29 DO WITH IT.
11:08:30 OH, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE BAD MAINTENANCE.
11:08:36 BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THESE SUBSIDIZED APARTMENTS IN
11:08:38 THIS CITY, THAT WOULD SPEAK VOLUMES TO A LOT.
11:08:42 THE MISSING COMPONENT IS THAT YOU KNOW WHAT?
11:08:45 HUD HAS NOT BEEN IN THIS CITY FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.
11:08:47 WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE PHONE NUMBER OF HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
11:08:50 WITH PEOPLE WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME ISSUES AND IF WE
11:08:53 CALL THE CITY, THEY HAVE A HANDS-OFF APPROACH BECAUSE THESE
11:08:59 ARE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.
11:09:00 BUT WE ARE NOT GOING -- THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS
11:09:05 BASEBALL.
11:09:05 AND SO WHEN THEY CITY IS MOVING FORWARD, IT IS MEANING TO
11:09:09 MOVE FORWARD WITH POOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE THAT STILL NEED
11:09:16 THE PROTECTION OF CITY LEADERSHIP.
11:09:18 THANK YOU.
11:09:23 [ APPLAUSE ]
11:09:24 >>FRANK REDDICK: BEFORE YOU SPEAK, LET ME SAY THIS.
11:09:29 I READ THE ARTICLES THAT WAS IN THE TAMPA TIMES.
11:09:34 AND I WAS DISTURBED BY THAT ARTICLE.
11:09:38 I WAS VERY DISTURBED TO SEE THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALMOST
11:09:42 TWO WEEKS TO GET OUT BY AUGUST 1st.
11:09:48 AND ONE LADY IN THE ARTICLE MENTIONED THAT SHE JUST
11:09:54 RELOCATED TO THIS CITY, AND BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST TWO
11:10:02 MONTHS, AND SHE HAS TO MOVE OUT BY THE 1st.
11:10:06 I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO CALL THE ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED
11:10:11 TAMPA PALMS.
11:10:14 AND I'M GOING TO ASK THIS COUNCIL THAT WE SEND A LETTER TO
11:10:24 HER -- AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL COUNSEL, MR.
11:10:32 SHELBY, AND HAVE SPOKEN WITH MR. CONAHAN, THE LAST
11:10:42 COMMUNICATION WE HAD YESTERDAY, AND HE URGED ME TO DO THIS.
11:10:44 AND THAT IS TO SEND A LETTER TO HUD REQUESTING THAT HUD
11:10:51 DELAY THE RELOCATION OF THOSE FAMILIES OUT OF TAMPA PALMS BY
11:11:01 AUGUST 1st -- [ APPLAUSE ]
11:11:03 LET ME FINISH.
11:11:04 AND THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO HAVE TIME TO COMMUNICATE AND
11:11:11 DEVELOP A PLAN WITH TAMPA PARK AND HUD TO SEE IF THEY CAN
11:11:17 COME TO SOME TYPE OF CONCLUSION WHERE THEY CAN MAKE SOME
11:11:22 ADJUSTMENT TO REMEDIATE THE TAMPA PARK APARTMENT.
11:11:28 BUT THE URGENCY IS NOW.
11:11:31 TO DELAY HAVING THESE PEOPLE MOVE OUT IN TWO WEEKS.
11:11:34 AND THAT IS MY MOTION.
11:11:36 AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE URGENT DONE, AND I AM
11:11:40 REQUESTING THAT WE SUBMIT THIS COMMUNICATION NO LATER THAN
11:11:44 MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
11:11:46 THAT'S MY MOTION.
11:11:47 >>HARRY COHEN: I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:11:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, I FORGOT.
11:11:59 I FORGOT.
11:12:00 THANK YOU.
11:12:02 BUT THAT'S THE MOTION.
11:12:04 THAT WE ARE REQUESTING -- AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE
11:12:09 COMMUNICATION THAT CONAHAN SENT ME, ADDRESS, CONTACT PEOPLE.
11:12:17 AND ALL WE ARE DOING IS REQUESTING THAT THEY DELAY THE
11:12:19 PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE HARDSHIP OF SO MANY FAMILIES, BUT
11:12:23 TALKING ABOUT 170 FAMILIES THAT HAVE TO BE OUT BY AUGUST THE
11:12:27 1st.
11:12:28 AND THERE'S NO WAY THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET A SECTION 8
11:12:31 VOUCHER AND FIND A HOUSE BE BY AUGUST 1st.
11:12:34 >> HOW LONG?
11:12:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: I THINK 60 DAYS.
11:12:42 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CAN WE ALSO SEND A LETTER TO KATHY CASTOR'S
11:12:47 OFFICE, OUR TWO U.S. SENATORS, TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND
11:12:51 THAT HUD IS EXPEDITING THIS PROCESS, AND NOT GIVING ENOUGH
11:12:54 TIME.
11:12:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: RIGHT.
11:12:56 I ACCEPT THAT.
11:13:00 SO THAT'S THE MOTION.
11:13:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE IT.
11:13:06 I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP UNDER NEW BUSINESS BUT IT'S VERY
11:13:10 KIND OF YOU.
11:13:11 I READ THE SAME ARTICLE AND I BELIEVE A LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS
11:13:14 THE DAUGHTER OF THE LADY.
11:13:15 AND I THINK YOU OUGHT TO SEND A COPY TO TAMPA HOUSING
11:13:18 AUTHORITY ALONG WITH.
11:13:22 THAT BUT THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
11:13:24 THE PROBLEM, IF IT'S ONE UNIT, THERE'S 170 OF THEM.
11:13:28 ALL 170 PROSECUTOR UNDER VIOLATION? IS THAT WHAT I AM
11:13:31 UNDERSTANDING?
11:13:31 >> THEY DO A SAMPLING. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CHECK 170 UNITS.
11:13:37 BUT -- BUT THE REASON THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD.
11:13:43 I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED -- CAN I JUST SAY THIS -- IF THEY
11:13:46 WOULD HAVE SAID, LET'S GET INTO SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
11:13:49 CITY OR SOME OTHER ENTITY, SO WE CAN FIX THE PROBLEM,
11:13:54 AFFORDABLE UNITS IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE CITY, SO WE KNOW
11:13:57 THIS --
11:13:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND I APPRECIATE IT.
11:14:00 BUT LET ME SAY THIS.
11:14:01 FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NOT 170 UNITS ANYWHERE THAT I KNOW OF.
11:14:06 THERE'S NOT 7 AVAILABLE ANYWHERE.
11:14:08 THE CITY, THEY CALL YOU EVERY DAY LOOKING FOR A PLACE.
11:14:11 THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
11:14:12 NUMBER TWO, THEY HAVE HAD NOTICES BEFORE, AND WHEN THEY FIND
11:14:16 A VIOLATION THEY GIVE THE OWNER A NOTICE AND THEY GIVE A
11:14:19 CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
11:14:20 THEY COME TO THE SECOND VIOLATION.
11:14:25 AND IN THAT TIME IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THEN THEY ARE CUT OFF
11:14:31 FROM THAT UNIT.
11:14:32 BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS THE OWNER HAD TO KNOW, THEY SHOULD
11:14:35 HAVE KNOWN, AND I AM NOT HERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING
11:14:38 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
11:14:39 I DON'T THINK ANYONE HERE ON COUNCIL KNOWS.
11:14:41 SO SOMETHING HAD TO GOO GO HAYWIRE, EITHER COMMUNICATION OR
11:14:45 THE FACT IT WAS NOT COMPLETED IN A TIMELY BASIS.
11:14:48 AND IF WE CAN GET 60 DAYS I THINK THE OWNERS WILL DO
11:14:51 SOMETHING SO THEY CAN COME IN AND GET THE FUNDING BACK.
11:14:54 THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
11:14:55 >> AND WE AGREE WITH YOU.
11:14:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND I YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT BALLPARK,
11:15:15 THIS CITY WILL BE IN DEBT WHERE IT CAN'T MOAT ITS OBLIGATION
11:15:19 FOR ABOUT $20 MILLION A YEAR.
11:15:20 >> I AGREE WITH YOU.
11:15:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AND 20 MILLION OR RIGHT AT IT.
11:15:25 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:15:25 >>HARRY COHEN: I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE COUNCILMAN
11:15:28 REDDICK'S MOTION.
11:15:30 TO RECAP THAT IS A LETTER THAT I BELIEVE BEFORE IT'S SENT
11:15:33 MR. SHELBY WILL CIRCULATE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:15:35 IT'S GOING TO GO TO HUD, TO CONGRESSWOMAN CASTOR, TO THE
11:15:40 U.S. SENATORS, AS WELL AS A COPY TO THE TAMPA HOUSING
11:15:43 AUTHORITY.
11:15:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND A COPY TO THE ATTORNEY AT TAMPA PALMS
11:15:53 APARTMENTS.
11:15:53 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:15:54 >>HARRY COHEN: YOU CAN DO IT.
11:16:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OKAY.
11:16:02 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
11:16:04 THOSE OPPOSED?
11:16:05 OKAY.
11:16:12 YOUR TURN.
11:16:12 >> MENTEZMAT.
11:16:17 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, I HAVE GOT A BUNCH OF KIDS,
11:16:21 BIOLOGICAL KIDS, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I TEACH
11:16:24 THEM -- THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I TEACH IN THE WORLD, BE
11:16:31 GOOD.
11:16:31 BE GOOD.
11:16:32 THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I.DON'T TEACH THEM ANYTHING
11:16:34 ELSE.
11:16:34 NO ABCs, NO NUMBERS, NO NOTHING.
11:16:38 JUST BE A GOOD PERSON.
11:16:39 BE GOOD AND BE BLACK AND BE RESPECTFUL AND HAVE HONOR.
11:16:45 THE GARBAGE MAYOR CAME UP HERE TODAY AND SPOKE, AND SPOKE
11:16:48 FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF HOW GOOD THE CITY IS DOING.
11:16:55 IT'S HIGH TIDE AND ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE DROWNING.
11:16:59 AIN'T NO BLACK PEOPLE RISING WITH THE TIDE.
11:17:02 BUT IT'S HIGH TIDE.
11:17:04 AND EVERY SINGLE THING THEY SAY IS ABOUT PUSHING AFRICAN
11:17:07 PEOPLE OUT OF THIS CITY, PUSHING THEM IN PLACES WHERE WE
11:17:11 NORMALLY GO ON VACATION.
11:17:15 TARPON SPRINGS, RIVERVIEW, SUN CITY.
11:17:19 BLACK PEOPLE COMING UP IN OF MY TOWN AIN'T NEVER HEARD OF
11:17:22 THEM PLACES.
11:17:23 BUT THEY PUSHING US OUT THERE WITH NO TRANSPORTATION OR
11:17:26 NOTHING ELSE.
11:17:28 THE MAYOR SPOKE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND STARTED OUT OF
11:17:36 WHAT THE CITY DEFICIT WAS AND WHAT THE CITY DEFICIT IS.
11:17:39 THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON KNOWS THE CITY DEFICIT AND THAT'S
11:17:42 THAT MAN RIGHT THERE CHARLIE MIRANDA.
11:17:44 NOBODY ELSE SPEAKS ABOUT IT.
11:17:46 NOBODY ELSE SAYS A SINGLE WORD ABOUT IT.
11:17:48 NOT ONE SINGLE WORD.
11:17:50 IT'S TRIBALISM.
11:17:51 IT'S TRIBALISM. YOU AND THE WHITE TRIBE IS PUSHING THE
11:17:56 BLACK TRIBES AND THE OTHER MINORITY TRIBES COMPLETELY OUT OF
11:17:59 THE CITY.
11:18:00 COMPLETELY OUT OF THE CITY.
11:18:02 EVERY SINGLE THING THESE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.
11:18:05 CHANNELSIDE.
11:18:08 HARBOR ISLAND.
11:18:09 DAVIS ISLAND.
11:18:11 DEVELOPMENT HERE.
11:18:11 DEVELOPMENT THERE.
11:18:13 WEST TAMPA.
11:18:14 RIVERWALK.
11:18:15 HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH BLACK PEOPLE.
11:18:18 HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH POOR AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
11:18:21 ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY KNOW.
11:18:23 THESE PEOPLE ARE DISHONOR RABBLE.
11:18:25 AND I HAVE GOT ANOTHER SON OUT THERE, AND HE WILL TELL YOU,
11:18:32 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO BE GOOD.
11:18:35 BE A GOOD AND HONORABLE PERSON IN EVERYTHING YOU DO.
11:18:40 THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GOOD.
11:18:43 MY WIFE AND MYSELF WERE BRUTALLY ATTACKED RIGHT THERE AT
11:18:46 KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
11:18:47 [BELL SOUNDS]
11:18:48 BRUTALLY ATTACKED.
11:18:49 PHYSICALLY ATTACKED.
11:18:51 PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED.
11:18:52 AND THE CHIEF NO GOOD CHIEF DUGAN, SAID THE POLICE SAID YOU
11:19:00 AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
11:19:03 WITH CHIEF DUGAN, THEY SAID CHIEF DUGAN TOLD US TO CHARGE
11:19:06 YOU.
11:19:07 WHAT KIND OF NONSENSE IS THAT?
11:19:08 MY WIFE AND MYSELF BRUTALLY ATTACKED AND WE ENDED UP BEING
11:19:12 CHARGED.
11:19:13 BRUTALLY ATTACKED.
11:19:15 IT'S A NASTY CITY WE LIVE IN.
11:19:17 [BELL SOUNDS]
11:19:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:19:28 >> MARILYN HEALEY, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET, SUITE 1700
11:19:46 REPRESENTING BANYAN STREET CAPITAL.
11:19:49 IF YOU REMEMBER A MONTH AGO, WE CAME TO CITY COUNCIL WITH
11:19:54 HUGE CONCERNS REGARDING THE GARAGE ACCESS, THE SAFETY, THE
11:19:57 CONGESTION, AND THE MYRIAD OF OTHER RAMIFICATIONS THAT HAS
11:20:02 RESULTED FROM OUR GROWTH IN THE CITY AND FDOT'S CONSTRUCTION
11:20:07 PLANS.
11:20:08 AND IT WAS REALLY SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.
11:20:12 WE HAD A MEETING WITH FDOT THE DAY BEFORE, AND JUST FELT
11:20:16 LIKE WE WERE NOT GETTING HEARD AND WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
11:20:19 TO SOLVE THIS WITHOUT SOME SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
11:20:23 YOU LISTENED TO US.
11:20:26 FDOT LISTENED TO US.
11:20:28 AND WITHIN THE PAST 45 DAYS, WE HAVE HAD MANY MEETINGS AND
11:20:34 CONVERSATIONS BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY WITH THE
11:20:38 AGENCIES, AND WE HAVE COME UP COLLECTIVELY WITH A PLAN THAT
11:20:43 IS GOING TO HAVE BOTH SHORT AND LONG-TERM SIGNIFICANT
11:20:48 RAMIFICATIONS FOR BETTER SAFETY, OPERATIONALLY, FOR
11:20:53 PEDESTRIANS AND TRAFFIC, AND FOR THE BOA GARAGE EXITING,
11:21:00 TENANTS AND CUSTOMERS.
11:21:01 IT WAS -- THIS NEVER REALLY HAPPENED IN TODAY'S POLITICAL
11:21:07 CLIMATE.
11:21:08 WE HAD SENIOR STAFF FROM THE CITY AND THE D.O.T. SITTING AT
11:21:12 A TABLE WITH THE ENGINEERS.
11:21:13 THERE WAS NO JOCKEYING BETWEEN THEM, AND THEY CAME UP WITH A
11:21:18 GREAT SOLUTION.
11:21:19 I KNOW MS. DUNCAN IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU IN A FEW MINUTES
11:21:23 ON THE REPORT.
11:21:24 BUT WITH THE CHANGES THAT SHOULD OCCUR AND ARE ALREADY
11:21:28 HOPEFULLY IN THE PROCESS, WE SHOULD HAVE A MEANINGFUL, SHALL
11:21:33 SAFER OPERATIONAL SYSTEM WITHIN 30 DAYS.
11:21:36 SO ON BEHALF OF BANYAN, WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
11:21:41 YOU KNOW, THEY OWN TWO OF THE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN.
11:21:43 THEIR TENANTS WERE ALL CONCERNED AS WELL.
11:21:46 AND IT'S GOING TO WORK VERY WELL WITH OUR PLANS FOR THE CITY
11:21:49 AT LARGE.
11:21:50 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:21:50 >> JONATHAN BYRD WITH BANYAN STREET CAPITAL.
11:22:05 JUST TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY SAID, I FLEW IN THIS MORNING
11:22:06 FROM MIAMI TO PERSONALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE
11:22:10 CITY OF TAMPA, TO FDOT, TO THE ENTIRE GROUP INVOLVED, AND
11:22:15 HEARING WHAT WE HAD TO SAY, OUR CONCERNS, OUR WORRIES, AND
11:22:19 THE FACT THAT EVERYONE HAS LISTENED, BEEN PROACTIVE,
11:22:24 EVERYONE HAS STEPPED UP TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.
11:22:27 AND BEING THE OWNER OF TWO BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN, WE
11:22:30 CONSIDER TAMPA OUR SECOND HOME.
11:22:33 WE EXPECT TO IN TAMPA A VERY LONG TIME AND WE WANT TO THANK
11:22:37 YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE.
11:22:39 THANK YOU.
11:22:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:22:41 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:22:41 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
11:22:46 MY NAME IS TOMMY SON GEORGE.
11:22:49 I AM THE CURRENT CHAIR OF YBOR CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
11:22:52 ALSO OWNER OF THE BE CLUB IN YBOR CITY AND HOMEOWNER,
11:22:57 RESIDENT HERE REGARDING OUR CHICKEN SITUATION OR LACK
11:23:04 THEREOF IN YBOR.
11:23:05 THE CHICKENS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
11:23:07 IT'S PART OF OUR IDENTITY AND WE LOVE ANIMALS.
11:23:11 WE LOVE ANIMAL UNITED STATES.
11:23:12 WE WANTED TO BE PROACTIVE SO WE FORMED A COMMITTEE MADE UP
11:23:16 OF MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND YBOR MERCHANTS
11:23:20 ASSOCIATION, YBOR CHICKEN SOCIETY, YCDC, AND DIFFERENT
11:23:24 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
11:23:27 IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, THE MAJORITY OF US FELT THAT THE
11:23:30 CHICKENS WERE NOT A PROBLEM.
11:23:32 WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEING DONE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR
11:23:37 JUST TO SEE IF MOTHER NATURE TAKES ITS COURSE LIKE IT'S DONE
11:23:41 EVERY YEAR PAST.
11:23:43 BUT WE DID FEEL IF CERTAIN THINGS NEEDED TO BE DONE THAT
11:23:49 THERE WERE WAYS OF DOING THINGS.
11:23:55 ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS SIGNAGE THAT COULD BE
11:23:58 INSTALLED, APPROVAL REGARDING THE ILLEGAL DROP-OFF OF
11:24:02 ANIMALS PER STATE LAW, COMES WITH A $5,000 FINE, AND
11:24:09 IMPRISONMENT.
11:24:10 THIS IS A LAW THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS.
11:24:12 WE FEEL HAVING THAT SIGNAGE UP AROUND THE PARK WOULD DETER
11:24:15 PEOPLE FROM DROPPING OFF CHICKENS OR ANY OTHER ANIMAL, BUT
11:24:20 CHICKENS ARE THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.
11:24:22 WE ALSO FELT THERE COULD BE SIGNS THAT SAID PLEASE DO NOT
11:24:25 FEED THE CHICKENS.
11:24:28 ALSO, REMOVAL OF THE EGGS.
11:24:33 THE YBOR CHICKEN SOCIETY INTRODUCED REPRESENTATIVES FROM A
11:24:39 SANCTUARY, AND TO PROVIDE SEASONAL EGG COLLECTION SERVICE AT
11:24:47 NO COST.
11:24:48 SO THE OFFICIAL MOTION THAT OUR COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH WOULD
11:24:53 BE TO AMEND, IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, WOULD BE TO AMEND
11:24:57 THE CITY'S BIRD SANCTUARY ORDINANCE TO BE ALLOW FOR SEASONAL
11:25:01 HUMANE COLLECTION OF CHICKEN EGGS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND TO
11:25:05 INSTALL SIGNAGE REFERENCING ILLEGAL ACT OF DROPPING OFF ANY
11:25:09 ANIMAL, AND IN A FEEDING OF CHICKENS.
11:25:14 I HOPE YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
11:25:18 IT WAS MADE UP OF JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.
11:25:22 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:25:25 [ APPLAUSE ]
11:25:26 [SOUNDING GAVEL]
11:25:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME WARN YOU, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE
11:25:34 APPLAUSE.
11:25:35 WE HAVE A TIME FRAME THAT WE ARE RUNNING BEHIND.
11:25:38 AND EACH TIME YOU APPLAUD YOU DELAY THE NEXT PERSON.
11:25:42 IF YOU ALL APPLAUD AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO FORGET ABOUT
11:25:47 PEOPLE COMING UP AND SPEAK THROUGH OUR AGENDA.
11:25:50 NOW, IF YOU WANT US TO GO THROUGH OUR AGENDA BEFORE YOU HAVE
11:25:56 A CHANCE TO BE SPEAK.
11:25:58 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:25:58 LET'S GO.
11:25:59 >> SUNNIE FINKLE AND I AM A 20 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF
11:26:04 TAMPA, THE FIRST FIVE YEARS WHICH I LIVED IN YBOR CITY AND
11:26:07 VERY QUICKLY REALIZED WHAT A CROWN, WHAT A JEWEL IN THE
11:26:11 CROWN YBOR CITY IS TO TAMPA AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE
11:26:15 MAINTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT FOR OUR CITY AND FOR ITS CONTINUED
11:26:19 GROWTH, BUT ALSO NOT TO FORGET ITS PAST.
11:26:24 YBOR, AS ALL OF US HAVE TO ADMIT, HAS TWO FACES.
11:26:29 IT HAS THE FACE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE OLD WORLD
11:26:35 CHARM, THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENTS THAT IT HAS, AND ALSO HAS THE
11:26:42 FACE OF THE NIGHTTIME REVELRY, THE TATTOO SHOPS, YOU KNOW,
11:26:47 ALMOST LIKE THE JACK HE WILL AND HYDE.
11:26:50 SO I FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE OLD WORLD
11:26:53 CHARM AND THE HISTORIC QUALITY OF IT TO BALANCE OUT THE
11:26:58 OTHER SIDE OF IT.
11:26:59 SO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHICKENS, I BELIEVE, KEEPS THAT OLD
11:27:03 WORLD CHARM.
11:27:04 IT KEEPS HOLD SOMEWHAT OF THE FAMILY ORIENTED ASPECT OF
11:27:09 VISITING THE CITY.
11:27:10 AND IT'S ONLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT PEOPLE VISIT THE
11:27:13 CHICKENS DURING THE DAY.
11:27:14 I HAVE ALSO TAKEN PART IN SHOWING UP ON A FRIDAY AND CLEANED
11:27:21 UP AFTER THE CHICKENS TO PREPARE FOR THE FESTIVAL ON
11:27:24 SATURDAY.
11:27:24 I COULD TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT 5% OF WHAT I
11:27:29 CLEANED UP WAS OF CHICKENS, AND 95% OF IT WAS DRUG
11:27:37 PARAPHERNALIA RAIL YEAH, BEER BOTTLES, OLD NEWSPAPERS,
11:27:41 THINGS THAT NOT CREATED BY THE CHICKENS.
11:27:43 SO IF ANYONE IS CLAIMING THAT THE MESS IN THE TOWN IS BEING
11:27:46 CREATED BY THE CHICKENS, IT'S A SAD MISTAKE, THAT THE
11:27:50 CHICKENS ARE NOT THE MESS MAKER.
11:27:53 AND MY SON AND I HAVE REALLY BEEN ENJOYING VISITING THE
11:27:56 CITY, AND TAKING IT UPON OURSELVES TO BE A PART OF OUR
11:27:59 COMMUNITY, AND CLEAN UP AFTER WHATEVER IS THE MESS.
11:28:05 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT THE CHICKENS.
11:28:08 SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ORDINANCE NOT BE LIFTED,
11:28:12 PROTECTION FOR THE CHICKENS REMAIN IN PLACE, AND THIS WE
11:28:15 WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BANK AT SUNTRUST AND GO THROUGH
11:28:21 THE DRIVE THROUGH AND SEE THE CHICKENS GO THROUGH AND SEE
11:28:24 THE CHICKS RUNNING AROUND OVER BY CENTRA AND SEE WHAT IS AN
11:28:32 IMPORTANT PART OF OLD WARM CHARM IN YBOR CITY.
11:28:36 THANK YOU.
11:28:36 >> (CHILD:) GOOD MORNING. I'M SKYLER. I LOVE YBOR. I
11:28:36 FEED THE CHICKENS SO MUCH. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.
11:28:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:28:39 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, I WONDER IF HE LIKES BEING ON TV MORE
11:29:53 OR THE CHICKENS.
11:29:54 >> MY NAME IS RENE MARSELLA, TAMPA HEIGHTS, ALSO A FOURTH
11:30:08 GRADE TEACHER AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC
11:30:12 REGARDS OF THIS KIND OF A DECISION.
11:30:13 SOME PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE NATURAL PEST
11:30:18 CONTROL WITH CHICKENS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY EAT BOTH PLANTS
11:30:23 AND ANIMALS, THEY CHASE DOWN INSECTS LIKE GRASSHOPPERS,
11:30:31 BEATLES, LARVA, THINGS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE IN YOUR GARDEN.
11:30:34 THEY ARE ALSO A NATURAL INSECTICIDE OR SOME WOULD SAY
11:30:38 PESTICIDE.
11:30:39 AND THEY ARE ECOFRIENDLY AND PEOPLE WANT TO GET RID OF SOME
11:30:43 OF THESE THINGS.
11:30:43 THE CHICKENS ARE ACTUALLY HELPING OUR ECOSYSTEM.
11:30:46 THE SECOND PART IS THE EFFECT OF ELIMINATING RESEARCH FROM
11:30:48 THE AREA IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE -- ROOSTERS IS GOING TO HAVE
11:30:52 AN EFFECT ON FOOD CHAIN.
11:30:54 JUST TAKING OUT A SINGLE CREATURE COULD HAVE AN EFFECT LIKE
11:30:57 AN OVER ABUNDANCE OF PLANT DESTROYING INSECTS.
11:31:03 ROOSTERS AND CHICKENS ARE NATURAL INSECTICIDE AND I FEEL
11:31:06 THAT WE SHOULD PROBLEM TEXT THEM.
11:31:07 FINALLY, CHICKENS ARE GROUND BIRDS, AND THEY SCRATCH THE
11:31:11 GROUND IN SEARCH OF FOOD.
11:31:13 THE ACTIVITY TURNS LEAF, LITTER AND MATTER INTO SOIL THROUGH
11:31:18 AERATION.
11:31:19 AND IN CLOSING I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD
11:31:21 CONSIDER THE SCIENTIFIC RAMIFICATIONS, AND IF THE COMPLAINT
11:31:26 IS NOISE, I'M QUITE SURE THERE IS MUCH MORE NOISE IN YBOR
11:31:29 CITY THAN THE CHICKENS MAKE.
11:31:32 REMEMBER, THEY ARE PEST CONTROL, PROTECTING THE FOOD CHAIN
11:31:36 AND SOIL IN OUR COMMUNITY WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE YOUR GRASS
11:31:41 GROW AND BE DEFINITELY A BENEFIT AS OPPOSED TO TAKING THEM
11:31:44 OUT OF OUR ECOSYSTEM.
11:31:46 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:31:46 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:31:55 I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 57.
11:31:59 I'M A TAMPA RESIDENT.
11:32:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: GO AHEAD.
11:32:03 >> I'M AGAINST ANY PLANS --
11:32:17 >> WE NEED YOUR NAME.
11:32:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
11:32:21 >> I'M SO SORRY.
11:32:22 I CAN'T HEAR VERY WELL.
11:32:23 I'M LILEMA RAMOS.
11:32:25 I'M A LOCAL DOWNTOWN RESIDENT.
11:32:28 STUDENT.
11:32:29 AND I WANT TO STATE THAT I AM AGAINST ANY PLAN THAT WILL
11:32:38 HARM, HARASS OR KILL ANY CHICKENS.
11:32:40 I'M OPPOSED TO REMOVING EVEN TEMPORARILY THE PROTECTIONS
11:32:44 THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE UNDER SANCTUARY LAW FOR ANY OF
11:32:48 TAMPA'S LIVING WILD CHICKENS.
11:32:54 IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WHERE ILLNESSES ARE AN EVER
11:32:59 PRESENT USUAL YOU.
11:33:05 THE CREATURES DESERVE TO LIVE PEACEFULLY AND CORRECT TO THE
11:33:10 LOCAL ECOLOGY AND AMBIENCE OF YBOR CITY, AND FOR RESIDENTS
11:33:17 AND TOURISTS ALIKE.
11:33:18 AS A TAMPA RESIDENT, I ADVISE YOU TO PLEASE LEAVE THE
11:33:24 CHICKENS BE SO WE CAN ALL BE BENEFITED, ESPECIALLY RESIDENT
11:33:29 WHO CANNOT AFFORD MEDICAL CARE FROM MOSQUITO BORNE ILLNESSES
11:33:35 AND OTHER ILLNESSES FROM INSECTS.
11:33:38 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:33:38 >> HELLO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:33:44 MY NAME IS JESSICA FILIPE.
11:33:47 FOR TWO YEARS I LIVED OUTSIDE OF YBOR, RIGHT NEXT TO
11:33:52 NEBRASKA, PALM AND MITCHELL, AND LIVED ON 17th AND
11:33:55 5th AS A BICYCLE DELIVERIST.
11:33:58 EACH MORNING, THE SOUND OF THE ROOSTERS CROWING AND THE
11:34:02 VIEWS REALLY HELPED ME GET THROUGH SERIOUS TIMES OF ANXIETY,
11:34:05 DEPRESSION.
11:34:06 JUST THAT IT REALLY HELPED ME FEEL OKAY AS I KNOW IT HELPS
11:34:12 MANY OTHERS.
11:34:13 AS A RECENT GRADUATE WITH A PSYCHOLOGY IN ALTERNATIVE
11:34:16 THERAPY DEGREE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT PERMANENTLY REMOVING
11:34:19 OR ALTERING THE ROOSTERS AND THE CHICKENS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE
11:34:22 FOR SO LONG WILL HAVE VERY NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON ALL RESIDENTS
11:34:25 IN YBOR AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
11:34:28 THE CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS HAVE GIVEN WAY A STRONGLY WOVEN
11:34:33 TOGETHER.
11:34:36 I MET DYLAN BEHIND SUNTRUST IN AN EFFORT TO RESCUE CHICKS,
11:34:42 AND WE ALL SUCCEEDED TOGETHER AND WE ALL HAD A COMMON DESIRE
11:34:47 TO PROTECT THE FELLOW RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE
11:34:49 CHICKENS.
11:34:50 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY KEEP DOING.
11:34:52 SO WE ARE ALL HERE TODAY BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT US TOGETHER TO
11:34:55 FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
11:34:57 IF ANYONE CLAIMS TO BE A RESIDENT OF YBOR AND HAS A PROBLEM
11:35:00 WITH THE NOISE THAT THEY MAKE OR AS WE SEE THEY CLEAN THE
11:35:04 CITY, THEY DON'T DIRTY IT, THEN THEY SHOULD CAREFULLY
11:35:07 REFLECT HOW IMPORTANT THESE CHICKENS ARE TO THE CITY OF
11:35:11 YBOR.
11:35:13 NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE SAID AND THE VOLUNTEERS AND
11:35:17 TO ENFORCE, NO DUMPING ALLOWED FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE
11:35:19 CHICKENS ARE NOT USED TO ROAMING IN YBOR SO THE SIGN WILL BE
11:35:23 PUT UP.
11:35:24 AND ALSO THE EGG COLLECTIONS, SOMEBODY ALREADY SAID
11:35:27 VOLUNTEERS ARE READY.
11:35:28 SO THAT ALONG WITH THE HAWKS, WHICH HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD
11:35:32 JOB OF KEEPING CONTROL OF THE POPULATION, WE SHOULD BE ALL
11:35:36 SET.
11:35:36 SO PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE ORDINANCE, AND PLEASE KEEP ALL
11:35:39 THE ROOSTERS AND CHICKENS OF YBOR PROTECTED.
11:35:42 THANK YOU.
11:35:42 >>JOHN GRANDOFF: MY ADDRESS IS SUITE 3700 BANK OF AMERICA
11:35:58 PLAZA.
11:36:00 AND THIS MORNING I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING TAMPA
11:36:02 MUSIC FOUNDATION.
11:36:03 I'M JOINED BY NICOLE WINKLER WHO IS THE ORGANIZER OF THE
11:36:07 FOUNDATION ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND.
11:36:11 THE ITEM I AM SPEAKING OF IS ITEM 74 IN WHICH THE PARKS,
11:36:15 RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED TO APPEAR AND EXPLAIN THIS
11:36:18 MORNING ITS CANCELLATION POLICY RELATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS IN
11:36:23 THE CITY OF TAMPA AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THE
11:36:26 CANCELLATION POLICY AND PARKS DEPARTMENT IS UTTER CHAOS.
11:36:30 THAT'S THE POLICY.
11:36:34 NICOLE APPLIED FOR SPECIAL PERMIT UNDER CHAPTER 28 TO HOLD
11:36:38 THE SOUTHERN FESTIVAL ON APRIL 6, 2019.
11:36:43 SHE FILED A TIMELY APPLICATION.
11:36:44 SHE WAS TOLD BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT SHE HAD THE DATE.
11:36:49 LATER BY E-MAIL, SHE WAS TOLD, WE MADE A MISTAKE, THERE IS
11:36:56 AN INTERNAL HOLD, THAT'S THEIR WORDS, ON ALL PARKS DOWNTOWN
11:37:03 BECAUSE OF THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR WHICH IS BEING ORGANIZED
11:37:06 BY THE TAMPA SPORTS FOUNDATION.
11:37:10 NICOLE CALLED ME ABOUT THIS, AND I LOOKED AT THE CODE, AND I
11:37:15 FILED A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND
11:37:19 TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND I DISCOVERED THAT SINCE
11:37:22 2016, THERE HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TAMPA
11:37:27 SPORTS FOUNDATION AND THE FINAL FOUR INCLUDING A TRIP OF THE
11:37:32 PARKS OFFICIALS TO COLUMBUS, OHIO TO VISIT THE WOMEN'S FINAL
11:37:36 FOUR, A PATTERN OF CONDUCT GOING ON FROM 2016 TO 2017 AND
11:37:42 THEN TO 2018 BASICALLY PUTTING THE PARK, AND PARTICULARLY
11:37:48 CURTIS HIXON PARK ON HOLD FOR THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR.
11:37:52 ABSOLUTELY NO NOTICE TO MY CLIENT, ABSOLUTELY NO NOTICE TO
11:37:55 ANY APPLICANTS BEFORE THE 2019 PARK SEASON OPENED.
11:38:00 THEY LEAD HER DOWN THE PATH.
11:38:04 SHE APPLIES.
11:38:05 THEY APPROVE THE APPLICATION THEN THEY YANK THE RUG OUT AND
11:38:08 SAID WE FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE
11:38:11 WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR, FOR TWO YEARS.
11:38:14 AND YOU ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO CANCEL IT.
11:38:16 WELL, IN RELIANCE ON THAT APPROVAL, SHE HAS HIRED BANDS,
11:38:21 VENDORS, SHE HAS COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, AND
11:38:25 SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING THIS PROJECT WHICH TAKES
11:38:28 ABOUT A YEAR TO DO.
11:38:30 THE CITY HAS NOW COME BACK, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, NOW HAS
11:38:33 COME BACK AND SAID WE CAN DENY IT IF WE ARE HAVING A CITY
11:38:36 OPERATED FUNCTION OR A NON-CITY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION.
11:38:42 THAT IS COMPLETE HOGWASH.
11:38:44 THERE IS NO CITY OPERATION GOING ON.
11:38:47 THEY PROMISED THIS TO WFF AND THERE IS NO OTHER CITY
11:38:51 OPERATING FOR CURTIS HIXON PARK.
11:38:55 I INCH YOU TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TELLING THE PARKS
11:38:57 DEPARTMENT TO GRANT THIS LADY HER SPECIAL PERMIT AND TO PUT
11:39:00 IT ON YOUR AGENDA FOR CONSENT AGENDA WHICH IS REQUIRED UNDER
11:39:03 CHAPTER 28 AND INCH THE MAYOR TO EXPLAIN THE SAME TO THE
11:39:08 PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE PARKS DIRECTOR TREAT THIS WOMAN THE
11:39:12 WAY SHE SHOULD BE TREATED IN HER APPLICATION.
11:39:14 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:39:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:39:17 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:39:25 THE GENTLEMAN IN THE YELLOW SHIRT, YOU CAN COME DOWN AND
11:39:29 SPEAK.
11:39:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: EXCUSE ME.
11:39:32 THE GENTLEMAN YOU WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER THIS MORNING.
11:39:43 OKAY, YOU NEED TO GET OVER HERE THEN.
11:39:47 YOU WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER.
11:39:49 ALL RIGHT.
11:39:51 REGARDLESS.
11:39:52 LET'S GO.
11:39:52 >> FRAN COSTANTINO, A RESIDENT, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNER
11:40:02 IN HISTORIC EAST YBOR CITY AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT 20 YEARS
11:40:06 AFTER PLEADING WITH MAYOR IORIO TO FIND SOMETHING ON THE BOX
11:40:09 TO PROTECT OUR CHICKENS THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY WITH THIS
11:40:13 ISSUE AGAIN.
11:40:16 I WAS ON A COMMITTEE THAT MET WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND
11:40:19 THEY SEARCHED AND SEARCHED TO TRY TO FIND ANYTHING TO REFER
11:40:22 TO CHICKENS OR ROOSTERS, AND THERE WAS NOTHING.
11:40:25 SO THEY FOUND THE WORDS LIVE FOWL, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY
11:40:28 WROTE THE ORDINANCE ON.
11:40:31 I WAS HERE TO BRING YOU GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS.
11:40:33 I WAS VERY EXCITED THAT I DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE BRAVE
11:40:37 ENOUGH TO CROSS 22ND STREET.
11:40:39 BUT IN FRONT OF MY OFFICE I NOW HAVE CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS
11:40:43 EAST OF 22ND STREET.
11:40:45 SO I'M EXCITED.
11:40:46 THEY DO MAKE A MESS.
11:40:48 BUT RATHER THAN DO AWAY WITH THEM I GET A BROOM AND I SWEEP
11:40:51 MY SIDEWALK EVERY DAY.
11:40:53 THE SAD NEWS IS THAT A CITY EMPLOYEE IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
11:40:59 DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER RESIDENT HAS FOUND A TRAPPER COMING
11:41:02 WITH A TRUCK AND CAGES IN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK THAT HAVE
11:41:06 CAPTURED HENS AND A ROOSTER.
11:41:08 AND IT WAS CONFRONTED AND HE SAID HE WAS INVITED TO COME,
11:41:13 THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS OPEN SEASON TO COME AND COLLECT THEM.
11:41:16 WELL, THERE'S A FINE FOR HIM DOING THAT.
11:41:19 AND I HOPE I RUN INTO HIM.
11:41:24 I HAVE TAKEN DAYS RIDING AROUND YBOR CITY.
11:41:27 CENTENNIAL PARK HAS CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS I.DON'T SEE ANY AT
11:41:34 SCHOOL ANYMORE.
11:41:35 MOTHER NATURE HAS TAKEN ITS COURSE BUT I'M AFRAID THE HUMAN
11:41:38 VERSUS INTERFERED WITH OUR FLOCK AND OUR POPULATION.
11:41:41 I AM GOING TO BE 75 YEARS OLD IN TWO MONTHS.
11:41:43 THERE HAVE BEEN CHICKENS IN YBOR CITY SINCE I WAS BORN.
11:41:47 I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUE IS NOW.
11:41:56 THEY ARE NOT A PROBLEM.
11:41:57 THEY ARE THE HISTORY OF YBOR.
11:41:59 I POSTED SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK ABOUT THE CHICKENS.
11:42:02 AND WITHIN TWO HOURS I MUST HAVE HAD 70 COMMENTS FROM ALL
11:42:06 PARTS OF THE CITY TO LEAVE OUR CHICKENS ALONE.
11:42:10 SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.
11:42:13 THE YCDC ON THE BOARD HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION BUT I
11:42:17 PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY CHANGES.
11:42:21 THE FLAG LIKE I SAID IS DOWN.
11:42:23 AND I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO SUPPORT OUR CHICKENS.
11:42:27 AND I CAN LOOK ACROSS THE DAIS AND I KNOW WHAT COUNCIL
11:42:31 MEMBERS COME TO YBOR AND WHICH ONES NEVER COME TO YBOR.
11:42:34 SO SOME OF YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, AND
11:42:37 SOME OF YOU DON'T.
11:42:38 SO PLEASE LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS THAT DEAL WITH THEM ON A
11:42:43 DAILY BASIS.
11:42:45 AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN SUPPORTING THE CHICKEN
11:42:48 ORDINANCE, JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.
11:42:50 THANK YOU.
11:42:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT SPEAKER.
11:42:52 >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, LOUISE RATERMAN.
11:43:00 I WAS A VENDOR AT THE YBOR SATURDAY CENTENNIAL PARK FOR MANY
11:43:08 YEARS, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE CHICKENS ARE AN ECONOMIC
11:43:11 BOOST TO THE COMMUNITY.
11:43:14 THE CHICKENS ARE IN THE GARDEN CLEANING IT UP, AND EVERY NOW
11:43:20 AND THEN THERE'S A SPLASH OF COLOR THAT WAY, A SPLASH OF
11:43:23 COLOR THAT WAY AND IT TOTALLY DELIGHTS CHILDREN.
11:43:26 PEOPLE BRING THEIR CHILDREN AND COME OUT AND MAKE PURCHASES
11:43:29 FROM THE VENDORS.
11:43:30 AND THERE'S A LOT OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
11:43:33 WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A BALD EAGLE NESTING OR STORK NEST
11:43:40 IN YBOR CITY MOST LIKELY.
11:43:42 BUT WHAT WE HAVE GOT IS CHICKENS.
11:43:44 AND WE SHOULD BE GLAD THAT THERE IS A CREATURE THAT IS
11:43:49 FAMILIAR TO THOSE ENVIRONMENTS, HAPPY THAT THEY HAVE COME.
11:43:52 I KNOW THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS COMPLAINT TRIGGERED, AND
11:44:01 PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO CALL IN WITH A GRUMBLE.
11:44:06 BUT WHAT YOU DON'T GET IS THAT YOU DON'T GET CALLS USUALLY
11:44:10 FROM PEOPLE THAT, WELL, A CHICKEN CROSSED MY PATH AND
11:44:15 BRIGHTENED MY DAY.
11:44:16 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT JUST HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
11:44:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:44:22 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:44:23 >> STEPHANIE HARRISON, YBOR RESIDENT.
11:44:32 MOVED TO YBOR ABOUT A DECADE AGO.
11:44:34 I LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:44:35 AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM REALLY TIRED OF THIS SILLY DIVED
11:44:39 THAT WE ARE HAVING, THE PRO CHICKEN AND ANTI-CHICKEN.
11:44:42 I'M ALSO TIRED LITERALLY EXHAUSTED FROM ROOSTERS FROM 4 TO
11:44:47 7 A.M. EVERY SINGLE MORNING.
11:44:49 HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO SLEEP WHEN A ROOSTER IS CROWING EVERY
11:44:52 10 TO 15 SECONDS ABOUT FIVE FEET FROM YOUR BACK PORCH?
11:44:57 I THINK MY CONCERNS AND THE CONCERNS OF OTHERS IN YBOR HAVE
11:45:01 GOTTEN MUDDY ALONG THE WAY.
11:45:03 I AM NOT GETTING ASKING TO GET RID OF THE CHICKENS.
11:45:05 I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYONE ASK TO GET RID OF THE CHICKENS.
11:45:08 I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT DUE TO HUMAN INTERVENTION THE
11:45:12 CHICKEN POPULATION HAS GROWN AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF
11:45:15 THE DISCUSSION SO THAT I AND MY NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE NEAR ME
11:45:18 CAN START SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT AGAIN.
11:45:20 IF A NEIGHBOR IS PLAYING DRUMS AT 4 A.M. EVERY MORNING WE
11:45:24 WOULD HAVE RESOURCE SO IT FEELS WE SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY
11:45:27 RECOURSE ON THIS ISSUE.
11:45:28 I WANT TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS, I INVITE ANYONE TO COME
11:45:32 TALK TOCK ME ANYTIME ABOUT THE CHICKENS.
11:45:35 I SHARE MY CONTACT INFO, AND IF THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS TAKING
11:45:38 PLACE I WANT TO FEEL LIKE A COMMUNITY AGAIN, ONE THAT CAN
11:45:42 LIKE MAYBE DISAGREE ON SUBJECT BUT STILL HAVE A
11:45:44 CONVERSATION.
11:45:45 THAT'S IT.
11:45:46 THANKS.
11:45:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:45:48 LAST SPEAKER THIS MORNING.
11:45:50 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:45:54 MY NAME IS DYLAN BREED.
11:45:56 I'M AN YBOR CITY RESIDENT AND THE FOUNDER OF THE YBOR
11:46:00 CHICKEN SOCIETY.
11:46:01 I HAVE SPOKEN AT MEETINGS AND SENT SEVERAL E-MAILS TO THE
11:46:04 COUNCIL SO MY POSITION ON THE BIRD ORDINANCE IS OBVIOUS AND
11:46:08 WELL KNOWN AT THIS POINT.
11:46:09 I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EVERYONE WHO IS
11:46:12 HERE WHO SUPPORT OUR CHICKENS.
11:46:16 EVERYONE WHO SHARED OUR POST AND SIGNED A PETITION, EVERYONE
11:46:19 WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO SUPPORT AND CLEAN OUR
11:46:22 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND EVERYONE WHO HAS FOUGHT TO PRESERVE THE
11:46:25 HISTORY, CULTURE AND IDENTITY OF YBOR CITY BECAUSE THAT'S
11:46:28 WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT.
11:46:30 LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL, IN ADVANCE,
11:46:34 BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING THIS
11:46:36 AFTERNOON, ALONG WITH THE WISHES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
11:46:39 YOU KEEP OUR CHICKENS SAFE.
11:46:42 THANK YOU.
11:46:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:46:47 ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE
11:46:50 MATTERS? SEEING NONE LET ME PUT STAFF ON NOTICE THAT ITEM
11:46:53 NUMBER 73 WILL BE COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
11:46:57 SO STAFF, MRS. DUNCAN, NEED TO BE HERE.
11:47:03 ITEM 73.
11:47:03 WE WILL BE DOING THAT IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
11:47:05 SO PLEASE HAVE STAFF HERE SO WE GET THIS DONE BEFORE
11:47:10 NOONTIME
11:47:11 ALL RIGHT.
11:47:12 ITEM NUMBER 4.
11:47:14 GET A MOTION?
11:47:15 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
11:47:19 I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN
11:47:24 ORDINANCE WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA RELATING TO NO
11:47:28 AREA RATIO IN YBOR CITY MAKING REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA
11:47:32 CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 27, ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT,
11:47:35 AMENDING SECTION 27-177, HISTORIC DISTRICT ESTABLISHED,
11:47:39 REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
11:47:42 THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN
11:47:44 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:47:44 >> SECOND.
11:47:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
11:47:47 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
11:47:48 DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
11:47:49 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:47:51 OPPOSED?
11:47:51 >>THE CLERK: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
11:47:57 AUGUST 2nd AT 9:30 A.M.
11:48:02 MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN AND VIERA BEING ABSENT.
11:48:07 >> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA RELATING TO
11:48:11 MINOR REVISIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO SEMINOLE HEIGHTS SPECIAL
11:48:15 DISTRICT MAKING REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF
11:48:17 ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 27, ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT,
11:48:21 AMENDING SECTION 27-211.1 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES,
11:48:26 AMENDING SECTION 27-211.2 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGULATING
11:48:33 MAP, ESTABLISHMENT OF SUB DISTRICTS, AND ASSOCIATED GENERAL
11:48:36 LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY SUB DISTRICT AND DEVELOPMENT
11:48:39 FORM, AMENDING SECTION 27-211.2.1 GENERAL DISTRICT
11:48:45 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, RESIDENTIAL
11:48:49 SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED SH-RS DISTRICT, REPEALING ALL
11:48:53 ORDINANCES OR PART OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH,
11:48:56 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:48:57 >> SECOND IT.
11:49:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:49:05 ANY DISCUSSION?
11:49:07 ALL IN FAVOR IN OPPOSED?
11:49:08 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN AND VIERA BEING ABSENT.
11:49:12 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE ON AUGUST 2nd, 2018
11:49:16 AT 9:30 A.M.
11:49:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:49:18 MR. MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU DO ITEM 6?
11:49:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
11:49:22 FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
11:49:25 NUMBER 2014-66 PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
11:49:29 THE CITY OF TAMPA ON AUGUST 7, 2014 CORRECTING A SCRIVENER'S
11:49:33 ERROR BY SUBSTITUTING A NEW SITE PLAN FOR THE PREVIOUSLY
11:49:35 APPROVED SITE PLAN TO REFLECT THE CORRECT WORDING FOR NOTE
11:49:39 NUMBER 18 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11:49:41 DATE.
11:49:41 >> SECOND.
11:49:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
11:49:45 SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
11:49:48 DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
11:49:49 ALL IN FAVOR?
11:49:50 OPPOSED?
11:49:50 OKAY.
11:49:50 >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN AND VIERA BEING
11:49:56 ABSENT.
11:49:56 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE ON AUGUST 2nd, 2018
11:49:59 AT 9:30 A.M.
11:50:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE GO TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
11:50:02 PUBLIC SAFETY, MR. MIRANDA.
11:50:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEMS 7 THROUGH 18.
11:50:06 >> SECOND.
11:50:06 >> MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
11:50:08 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
11:50:09 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
11:50:11 OPPOSED?
11:50:12 MOTION CARRIED.
11:50:15 PARKS AND RECREATION.
11:50:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE 19 THROUGH 24.
11:50:18 >> SECOND.
11:50:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM --
11:50:21 >>THE CLERK: ON 22 THAT WAS A SUBSTITUTE.
11:50:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WITH A SUBSTITUTE ON 22.
11:50:27 >> SECOND.
11:50:28 >>FRANK REDDICK:
11:50:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
11:50:30 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:50:31 OPPOSED?
11:50:32 ALL RIGHT.
11:50:32 MOTION CARRIES.
11:50:33 MR. MANISCALCO, WILL YOU --
11:50:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MOVE ITEM 25 THROUGH 35.
11:50:40 >> MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
11:50:41 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
11:50:42 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
11:50:44 OPPOSED?
11:50:45 MOTION CARRIED.
11:50:46 FINANCE, MR. COHEN.
11:50:47 >>HARRY COHEN: I MOVE ITEMS 36, 37 AND 38.
11:50:51 >> GOT A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
11:50:54 SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
11:50:55 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
11:50:56 OPPOSED?
11:50:57 MOTION CARRIED.
11:50:58 MR. SUAREZ, BUILDING ZONING.
11:51:01 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I MOVE 39 AND 41 THROUGH 51.
11:51:06 >> SECOND.
11:51:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
11:51:09 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
11:51:10 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
11:51:12 OPPOSED?
11:51:13 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I ALSO ASK THAT A CONTINUANCE BE APPLIED FOR
11:51:16 ITEM NUMBER 40 TO AUGUST 23rd, 2018 UNDER BUILDING
11:51:23 ZONING AND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.
11:51:24 >>HARRY COHEN: SECOND.
11:51:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
11:51:28 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
11:51:29 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
11:51:30 OPPOSED?
11:51:31 ALL RIGHT.
11:51:31 MR. SUAREZ, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
11:51:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I MOVE ITEMS 52 THROUGH 55.
11:51:36 >> SECOND.
11:51:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:51:39 MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
11:51:40 SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA.
11:51:42 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
11:51:43 OPPOSED?
11:51:45 ALL RIGHT.
11:51:45 WE HAVE TEN MINUTES BEFORE 12.
11:51:53 AND -- ITEM NUMBER 73.
11:51:57 >>JEAN DUNCAN: TRANSPORTATION AND STORMWATER SERVICES.
11:52:11 PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE
11:52:13 ON AN ISSUE THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US BEGINNING OF MAY AND
11:52:18 ASKED US TO TAKE SOME ACTION ON.
11:52:20 I BELIEVE YOU HEARD PREVIOUSLY FROM MARILYN HEALEY, THE BANK
11:52:24 OF AMERICA REPRESENTATIVE WHO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH.
11:52:27 WE HAD A GREAT COLLABORATION ON PROVIDING A VERY POSITIVE
11:52:31 PROJECT THAT'S ACTUALLY UNDERWAY CURRENTLY.
11:52:34 I DID GIVE YOU A WRITTEN SUMMARY THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.
11:52:38 JUST FOR A WAY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A
11:52:41 CREATIVE WAY WITH THE BANK OF AMERICA FOLKS AS WELL AS THE
11:52:49 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ADD CAPACITY TO ASHLEY DRIVE
11:52:51 BETWEEN WASHINGTON STREET AND JACKSON STREET.
11:52:56 IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE ISSUES THAT THE BANK
11:52:59 OF AMERICA IS EXPERIENCING WITH THEIR EXIT GARAGE.
11:53:02 IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE GOOD FOR OUR DOWNTOWN GRID TO HAVE
11:53:05 THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, ON THAT PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE
11:53:08 ROADWAY.
11:53:09 SO THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY PROGRESSING AS WE SPEAK.
11:53:14 I HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER HERE, THE D.O.T. PLANNING
11:53:18 GENTLEMAN, AND WE ARE PLEASED THAT OUR COLLABORATION WITH
11:53:21 THE BANK OF AMERICA HAS RESULTED IN SUCH A QUICK AND
11:53:26 SUCCESSFUL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
11:53:28 SO BY THE END OF AUGUST YOU WILL SEE THIS PROJECT COMPLETED
11:53:32 ALONG ASHLEY DRIVE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IMPROVED
11:53:38 CONDITIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR VENUE AS WELL AS ANOTHER
11:53:41 DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL MOST LIKELY BE COMING ALONG, AND
11:53:44 TRAFFIC IN GENERAL IN THE DOWNTOWN GRID.
11:53:46 SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.
11:53:50 >>HARRY COHEN: I JUST WANT TO SORT OF TAKE US BACK TO WHERE
11:53:53 WE WERE.
11:53:53 THE ISSUE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DEAL WITH, BOTH WHEN WE MET
11:53:59 AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE SPOKE HERE ON COUNCIL, WERE A COUPLE
11:54:02 OF THINGS.
11:54:03 IT WAS THE DIFFICULTY OF SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE
11:54:07 EITHER EXIT ONTO ASHLEY OR ONTO JACKSON STREET GETTING OUT
11:54:13 AS A RESULT OF THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY FDOT TO ADD
11:54:17 SOME BIKE LANES AND TO RECONFIGURE THE LANES.
11:54:21 THAT WAS NUMBER ONE.
11:54:22 THEN THE BROADER ISSUE WAS DOWNTOWN CONGESTION WHEN THERE
11:54:25 ARE MULTIPLE EVENTS OCCURRING AT ANY GIVEN TIME,
11:54:28 PARTICULARLY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN IT'S NOT --
11:54:32 UNLIKELY FOR US TO HAVE A HOCKEY GAME, CONVENTION, SOMETHING
11:54:35 AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
11:54:38 CAN YOU BRIEFLY TELL US WHAT IS BEING DONE DIFFERENTLY NOW
11:54:41 AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO MEAN IN TERMS OF RESULTS FOR THE
11:54:45 PEOPLE THAT WORK AND TRAVERSE THROUGH DOWNTOWN?
11:54:49 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:54:50 SO BECAUSE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE MAKING ON ASHLEY
11:54:54 DRIVE, AND THE LANE RECONFIGURATIONS THAT CAME ALONG WITH
11:54:59 THE JACKSON STREET PROJECT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BETTER
11:55:03 FLOW OF TRAFFIC COMING OFF ASHLEY AS IT ENTERS THE DOWNTOWN
11:55:07 GRID ONTO JACKSON STREET.
11:55:08 SO THOSE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP
11:55:12 RECHANNELIZE TRAFFIC FLOW IN A MUCH BETTER WAY.
11:55:15 IN ADDITION WE ARE MAKING SOME TEMPORARY CHANGES TO OUR
11:55:19 TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM.
11:55:20 WE'LL HAVE AN ACTUAL PERMANENT PROJECT THAT WILL COME ALONG
11:55:24 IN THE NEXT YEAR.
11:55:25 WE HAVE GOT SOME TEMPORARY CHANGES IN PLACE.
11:55:30 WE HAVE A MORE PROACTIVE WAY TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
11:55:34 TIMING.
11:55:35 WHEN WE HAVE THESE SPECIAL EVENTS, THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE
11:55:38 IMPACTED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS NEED TO
11:55:43 ADAPT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THAT TRAFFIC FLOW
11:55:46 OPTIMIZED.
11:55:46 SO WE BELIEVE THAT THESE PHYSICAL CHANGES THAT ARE BEING
11:55:51 ACTED ON RIGHT NOW ARE GOING TO REALLY IMPROVE THE
11:55:55 CIRCUMSTANCES.
11:55:56 >>HARRY COHEN: YOU MADE A COMMENT WHEN YOU WERE HERE THE
11:55:58 LAST TIME THAT THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN GRID REALLY IS DEPENDENT
11:56:02 ON ASHLEY AND KENNEDY IN THE WAY THAT THOSE STREETS INTERACT
11:56:05 WITH ONE ANOTHER.
11:56:07 YOU TOLD US IN YOUR REPORT THAT YOU GAVE US PRIOR THAT YOU
11:56:11 ARE ACTUALLY ADDING CAPACITY ON ASHLEY.
11:56:13 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
11:56:15 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THAT MEANS WE ARE ACTUALLY ADDING AN EXTRA
11:56:17 LANE.
11:56:17 AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IN DOWNTOWN, THERE'S NOT MANY
11:56:20 OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTUALLY ADD AN ENTIRE LANE, WHETHER IT'S A
11:56:24 RIGHT TURN LANE, A LEFT TURN LANE OR THROUGH LANE.
11:56:27 IT JUST IS VERY CONSTRAINED OBVIOUSLY ENVIRONMENT.
11:56:30 SO WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE MEDIAN,
11:56:32 WITH THE LANE WIDTHS, AND ADD THAT EXTRA LANE.
11:56:36 THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE THROUGH-PUT OF
11:56:38 THAT PARTICULAR SECTION, AND OUR GRID IS LIKE AN ACCORDION.
11:56:43 YOU PUSH ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER SIDE MOVES.
11:56:46 SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ADD CAPACITY IS GOING TO THEN HAVE
11:56:49 AFFECT OR BENEFIT FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE GRID.
11:56:52 >>HARRY COHEN: I JUST WANTED TO ASK MRS. HEALEY, WAS THERE
11:56:57 ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL WANTED TO ADD GIVEN THAT SO MANY OF
11:57:00 THE TENANT IN THE BANK OF AMERICA BUILDING HAD COME TO YOU?
11:57:04 >> THANK YOU.
11:57:06 PRIMARILY, JUST OUR APPRECIATION FOR CITY COUNCIL REALLY
11:57:10 STANDING UP AND YOU KNOW SAFETY IS A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR
11:57:15 EVERYTHING.
11:57:15 OUR DOWNTOWN GROWTH IS A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR ALL OF US.
11:57:19 AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
11:57:22 WE DID HAVE THE BIKE LANE PATH IS GOING IN.
11:57:27 WE TALKED AT LENGTH WITH FDOT ABOUT THAT AND THEIR
11:57:32 ENGINEERS, AND WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR THAT.
11:57:35 AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE NEED TO COME
11:57:39 BACK AND ADDRESS IT, I THINK ALL PARTIES AGREE THAT WE WILL
11:57:42 COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE
11:57:45 SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.
11:57:48 THANK YOU.
11:57:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYBODY ELSE?
11:57:54 >>JEAN DUNCAN: NO, SIR.
11:57:54 WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMPLETING THE PROJECT AS MENTIONED BY
11:57:58 THE END OF AUGUST AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FACT WE WERE
11:58:02 ABLE TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE SEASON DOES BEGIN TO GET MORE
11:58:06 ACTIVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
11:58:08 IT WAS A GREAT COLLABORATION WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS
11:58:11 INVOLVED, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU KIND OF PUSHED THE
11:58:13 BUTTON TO GET IT DONE MORE QUICKLY AND PUT SOME FOCUS ON
11:58:17 THIS.
11:58:18 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:58:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:58:21 ALL RIGHT.
11:58:22 THANK YOU.
11:58:23 COUNCIL, WE HAVE 11:59.
11:58:26 WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
11:58:27 ARE WE GOING TO BREAK HERE AND COME BACK?
11:58:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WOULD SUGGEST WE BREAK AND COME BACK.
11:58:35 I DO HAVE A CAVEAT.
11:58:37 I DO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT 3 P.M. THAT I HAVE TO GO TO. SO
11:58:41 I WOULD SUGGEST WE BREAK NOW AND COME BACK BETWEEN 1:15 AND
11:58:46 1:30.
11:58:49 1:30 WOULD BE TERRIFIC.
11:58:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE ARE GOING TO STAND IN RECESS UNTIL
11:58:53 1:30.
11:58:56 (CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30 P.M.)
13:07:45
13:07:50 (ROLL CALL)
13:35:23 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I DO, CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP
13:35:28 ITEMS 56 THROUGH 68, I BELIEVE.
13:35:30 >> SECOND.
13:35:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
13:35:33 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:35:34 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
13:35:36 OPPOSED?
13:35:37 OKAY.
13:35:38 ITEM NUMBER 56.
13:35:39 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY
13:35:43 COUNCIL.
13:35:44 I'M ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY JERROD SIMPSON, AND I HAVE HERE
13:35:47 FOR SECOND READING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE NOISE
13:35:51 ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
13:35:54 THEY ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO DRAFT IT.
13:35:57 I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO COUNCIL FOR THE LATE SUBMISSION THAT
13:36:00 I MADE YESTERDAY OF THE TRANSCRIPT FROM THE PREVIOUS
13:36:04 HEARING.
13:36:04 THAT WAS JUST FOR RECORD KEEPING PURPOSES.
13:36:08 THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT CHANGE THE PENALTIES OF THE
13:36:11 ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES, THE DEFINITIONS OR THE EXISTING
13:36:15 STANDARDS UNDER THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
13:36:16 ALL THOSE THINGS WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
13:36:20 BUT I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT YOU ARE ALL
13:36:23 FAMILIAR WITH, A VERY THOROUGH CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD
13:36:26 LAST TIME THE NOISE ORDINANCE WAS DISCUSSED.
13:36:29 I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT INTO THE RECORD SO WE SENT THAT
13:36:32 TO YOU YESTERDAY.
13:36:33 THE TWO NOISE ORDINANCE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN THE CODE, THE
13:36:36 UNREASONABLY LOUD AND RAUCOUS STANDARD WHICH APPLIES TO ALL
13:36:39 THE CITY EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS AND THE DECIBEL
13:36:43 STANDARD WHICH APPLIES TO YBOR CITY, CHANNELSIDE AND THE
13:36:46 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, THOSE STANDARD REMAIN THE SAME.
13:36:49 WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS IT SIMPLY AMENDS THE BOUNDARIES
13:36:52 OF WHERE THOSE STANDARDS APPLY, AND SO I HAD MR. COOKE FROM
13:36:59 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PUT TOGETHER THIS SIDE BY SIDE MAP
13:37:04 THAT REALLY CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS
13:37:08 PROPOSING TO DO.
13:37:09 SO HERE ON THE RIGHT, WE SEE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT,
13:37:13 AND THAT'S WHERE THE STANDARD CURRENTLY APPLIES.
13:37:17 WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO IS CROAT A DISTRICT THAT WE ARE
13:37:20 CALLING THE ARENA DISTRICT, AND IT WOULD APPLY THE DECIBEL
13:37:23 STANDARD IN THE ARENA DISTRICT WHICH IS THIS SECTION OF THE
13:37:26 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
13:37:29 AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE UNREASONABLY
13:37:32 LOUD AND RAUCOUS STANDARD WOULD THEN APPLY TO THE REST OF
13:37:37 THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
13:37:40 THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS.
13:37:42 AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. BOB MCDONAUGH FROM
13:37:46 ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHY THE
13:37:48 ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING THIS CHANGE.
13:37:50 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
13:37:53 THIS IS REALLY A REQUEST BASED ON OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE IN
13:37:58 THE DOWNTOWN MARKETPLACE.
13:38:00 OBVIOUSLY, YEARS AGO, WE NOW HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF
13:38:06 RESIDENTS, SOME SERIOUS INVESTMENTS.
13:38:08 INTERESTING THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
13:38:10 YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE THE UPTOWN COUNCIL WHICH WAS A
13:38:15 LOOSELY KNIT GROUP OF URBAN PIONEERS WHO FIRST CAME TO
13:38:19 DOWNTOWN.
13:38:21 INTO THE DOWNTOWN RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
13:38:23 IT'S A REAL LIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEY SPENT A
13:38:27 LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO
13:38:30 FAMILIES.
13:38:30 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD IS THAT THEY WERE UNHAPPY
13:38:33 WITH THE MASSEY PARK.
13:38:36 YOU KNOW, THAT WAS FINE ONCE UPON A TIME, BUT OUR URBAN
13:38:41 CLIMATE HAS CHANGED.
13:38:42 WE HAVE DIFFERENT USES.
13:38:43 WE HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE.
13:38:45 SO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOT INVOLVED IN THAT AND
13:38:47 SAID, HEY, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE PARK CHANGED.
13:38:53 WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALL CHILDREN.
13:38:55 THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
13:38:55 SO WE HAVE SEVERAL BUILDINGS.
13:38:57 WE ALREADY HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE POPULATION OF PEOPLE LIVING
13:39:00 IN DOWNTOWN.
13:39:00 A BUILDING OPENED RECENTLY WHICH IS 915 FRANKLIN STREET.
13:39:04 WE HAVE TWO MORE WHICH WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
13:39:07 AND SO FROM THE RESIDENTIAL CONCEPT, THAT PORTION OF
13:39:11 DOWNTOWN, THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FORMER
13:39:15 STANDARD OF HIGHER DECIBELS IS NO LONGER SATISFACTORY TO US.
13:39:20 IN THE SAME TIME FRAME, WE HAVE HAD A LOT MORE HOSPITALITY
13:39:25 THAT HAS MOVED INTO DOWNTOWN.
13:39:26 AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION STARTING ACROSS THE
13:39:29 STREET ON ANOTHER HOTEL CONCEPT.
13:39:31 THERE'S A HOTEL CONCEPT THAT'S GOING TO START SHORTLY ON
13:39:34 NORTH FRANKLIN STREET, ANOTHER 235 UNITS.
13:39:38 AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HOTEL-MOTEL ASSOCIATION ALSO WAS
13:39:42 ASKED THE SAME THING, THAT THEY DO GET A FAIR AMOUNT OF
13:39:45 COMPLAINTS FROM THEIR GUESTS THAT ARE HERE FOR BUSINESS OR
13:39:51 PERHAPS CONVENTIONS AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT THAT NOISE
13:39:55 STANDARD THAT WE HAD IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE TO THE VISITORS
13:39:58 AND GUESTS.
13:39:59 AND SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS TO CONSTRICT THAT
13:40:04 GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT HAS THE LARGER AREA, THE LARGER DECIBEL
13:40:09 READING, WHILE TAKING THE REST OF DOWNTOWN, AGAIN AS JERROD
13:40:15 TALKED ABOUT, EVERYTHING EXCEPT FROM THE ARENA DISTRICT TO A
13:40:18 STANDARD THAT IS ACCEPTABLE IN THE REST OF OUR CITY.
13:40:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: [OFF MICROPHONE.]
13:40:35 ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL?
13:40:37 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE?
13:40:39 MOTION TO CLOSE.
13:40:42 ALL IN FAVOR?
13:40:43 OPPOSED?
13:40:43 ALL RIGHT.
13:40:44 MR. MIRANDA.
13:40:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE ITEM NUMBER 56, E 2018-8 CHAPTER
13:40:49 14.
13:40:49 AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
13:40:53 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA MAKING REVISIONS.
13:40:56 CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 14 OFFENSES,
13:40:59 AMENDING SECTION 14-153, UNREASONABLY EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM A
13:41:06 PROPERTY PROHIBITED, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, YBOR CITY
13:41:10 HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND CHANNEL DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR
13:41:13 SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
13:41:16 CONFLICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:41:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
13:41:21 SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:41:23 RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:41:24 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA ABSENT AND CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
13:41:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: NUMBER 57.
13:41:50 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
13:41:51 WE ARE HERE FOR SECOND READING FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE
13:41:58 ANIMAL NUISANCE ORDINANCE, SPECIFICALLY ON THE NOISE
13:42:03 ELEMENT.
13:42:03 I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
13:42:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY REQUESTS FROM COUNCIL?
13:42:08 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 57?
13:42:10 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:42:14 >> SECOND.
13:42:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION TO CLOSE FROM MR. SUAREZ.
13:42:19 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
13:42:20 ALL RIGHT.
13:42:21 MR. SUAREZ, ITEM NUMBER 57.
13:42:22 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING
13:42:25 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA
13:42:27 REGULATING NUISANCE ANIMALS, PROHIBITING OWNERS OF PERSONS
13:42:31 HAVING CUSTODY OF AN ANIMAL ALLOWING PERSISTENT OR
13:42:34 CONTINUOUS NOISE FROM ANIMALS, DECLARING CERTAIN ANIMAL
13:42:38 OFFENSES WITH A VERIFIED COMPLAINT PROCESS PROVIDING FOR
13:42:43 SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:42:43 >> SECOND.
13:42:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:42:47 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
13:42:48 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:42:49 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
13:42:58 ABSENT.
13:42:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 58.
13:43:01 >>LACHONE DOCK: PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.
13:43:05 COUNCIL, ITEM 58 THROUGH 63 ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR SECOND
13:43:08 READING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE FLORIDA AMENDMENT THAT IS
13:43:11 BEFORE YOU.
13:43:12 AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
13:43:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
13:43:16 ALL RIGHT.
13:43:16 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:43:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON
13:43:26 ITEM NUMBER 58?
13:43:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:43:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
13:43:32 MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
13:43:34 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
13:43:35 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
13:43:37 OPPOSED?
13:43:40 >>HARRY COHEN: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
13:43:42 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TAMPA
13:43:45 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY
13:43:49 GENERALLY LOCATED AT 8714 NORTH TAMPA STREET, FROM
13:43:55 RESIDENTIAL 10, R-10 TO RESIDENTIAL 20, R-20, PROVIDING FOR
13:44:00 REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT PROVIDING FOR
13:44:02 SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:44:03 >> SECOND.
13:44:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
13:44:06 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:44:11 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:44:12 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN ABSENT.
13:44:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 59.
13:44:22 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO BE SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 59?
13:44:24 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:44:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION TO CLOSE BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:44:31 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:44:32 ALL IN FAVOR?
13:44:33 OPPOSED?
13:44:34 MR. MANISCALCO.
13:44:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
13:44:38 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA
13:44:40 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY
13:44:43 GENERALLY LOCATED AT WILL 7072, 8706, 8708, 8710, 8712,
13:44:50 8716, 8718, 8722 AND 8724 NORTH TAMPA STREET FROM
13:44:56 RESIDENTIAL R 10 TO RESIDENTIAL 20, R 20, PROVIDING FOR
13:45:00 REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR
13:45:02 SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:45:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
13:45:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:45:06 SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
13:45:08 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:45:09 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN ABSENT.
13:45:19 >> ABSTAINING FROM NUMBER 60.
13:45:28 I HAVE FILED A FORM.
13:45:29 THANK YOU.
13:45:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 60.
13:45:41 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60?
13:45:44 MOTION TO CLOSE BY MR. MIRANDA.
13:45:46 SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:45:47 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
13:45:49 OPPOSED?
13:45:49 ALL RIGHT.
13:45:50 MR. MIRANDA.
13:45:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM 60.
13:45:53 [OFF MICROPHONE] PA 18-01.
13:45:56 ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
13:45:58 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE
13:46:01 LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 608 NORTH
13:46:05 WILLOW AVENUE AND 1332 WEST CASS STREET FROM GENERAL MIXED
13:46:10 USE 24 GMU 24 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, CMU 35, PROVIDING
13:46:17 FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR
13:46:20 SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:46:21 >> SECOND.
13:46:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
13:46:24 SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:46:26 RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:46:27 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH COHEN ABSTAINING AND VIERA
13:46:35 AND CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
13:46:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 61.
13:46:43 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER 61?
13:46:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:46:48 >> SECOND.
13:46:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
13:46:50 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:46:52 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE?
13:46:55 OPPOSED?
13:46:57 MR. SUAREZ.
13:46:57 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING
13:47:00 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
13:47:01 PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY
13:47:05 LOCATED AT 8114 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL 35 R
13:47:10 35 TO URBAN MIXED USE 6 MU 60 PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
13:47:17 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
13:47:19 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:47:19 >> SECOND.
13:47:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
13:47:23 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:47:25 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:47:26 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
13:47:35 ABSENT.
13:47:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 62.
13:47:40 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 62?
13:47:43 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:47:44 >> SECOND.
13:47:44 >> MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
13:47:46 SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:47:47 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
13:47:49 OPPOSED?
13:47:52 MR. COHEN.
13:47:52 >>HARRY COHEN: I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
13:47:57 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA
13:47:59 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY
13:48:04 GENERALLY LOCATED AT 7701 SOUTH O'BRIEN STREET FROM LIGHT
13:48:08 INDUSTRIAL LI TO RESIDENTIAL 10, R 10, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL
13:48:12 OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
13:48:15 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:48:15 >> SECOND.
13:48:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
13:48:19 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:48:21 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:48:22 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
13:48:30 ABSENT.
13:48:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 63.
13:48:32 ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 63?
13:48:35 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:48:36 >> SECOND.
13:48:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
13:48:38 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
13:48:39 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
13:48:42 OPPOSED?
13:48:42 MR. MANISCALCO.
13:48:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
13:48:48 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA
13:48:50 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY
13:48:53 GENERALLY LOCATED AT NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF WEST CYPRESS
13:48:57 STREET AND NORTH HIMES AVENUE FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL CC
13:49:01 35 TO RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE 100 RMU 100 PROVIDING FOR REPEAL
13:49:06 OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
13:49:09 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:49:09 >> SECOND.
13:49:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. MANAGES.
13:49:13 SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:49:15 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:49:16 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
13:49:22 ABSENT.
13:49:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE GOING TO SPEAK ON 64 THROUGH 68,
13:49:25 PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN.
13:49:26 (OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK).
13:49:36 >> ITEM NUMBER 64.
13:49:38 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: ITEM 64 AND 68 ARE BOTH SECOND READINGS.
13:49:44 THE REQUIRED CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SITE PLAN IN THE
13:49:47 CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
13:49:49 I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
13:49:50 I DO KNOW THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 647 WAS NOT ABLE TO
13:49:53 STAY PAST THE RECESS SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU PURSUE
13:50:00 THIS.
13:50:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
13:50:02 64?
13:50:04 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA TO CLOSE, SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
13:50:07 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
13:50:09 OPPOSED?
13:50:09 ALL RIGHT.
13:50:10 MR. MIRANDA, ITEM NUMBER 64.
13:50:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 64, FILE SU-2-18-04.
13:50:19 ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
13:50:22 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S 2 APPROVING A
13:50:27 MEDICAL OFFICE IN AN RO 1 RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, OFFICE,
13:50:30 BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL, ZONING DISTRICT IN THE GENERAL
13:50:33 VICINITY OF 8900 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
13:50:39 FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF
13:50:44 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:50:44 >> SECOND.
13:50:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
13:50:48 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:50:49 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:50:50 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
13:50:59 ABSENT.
13:51:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 65.
13:51:03 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65?
13:51:05 >> RYAN MASSEY, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
13:51:10 ITEM 65 AND 66 HAVE CORRECT SITE PLANS TURNED INTO THE CITY
13:51:14 CLERK AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
13:51:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
13:51:19 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 65?
13:51:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:51:23 >> SECOND.
13:51:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
13:51:25 SECONDED BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:51:26 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
13:51:29 OPPOSED?
13:51:29 MR. SUAREZ.
13:51:31 PLEASE READ NUMBER 65.
13:51:32 >> I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION,
13:51:35 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2 FOR
13:51:38 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SALES, LARGE CONVENIENCE JEW,
13:51:40 CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF
13:51:43 BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT BEER WINE AND
13:51:46 LIQUOR ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT
13:51:50 5415 WEST TYSON AVENUE TAMPA, FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY
13:51:54 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PART OF
13:51:57 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
13:51:59 DATE.
13:51:59 >> SECOND.
13:52:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
13:52:02 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:52:04 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:52:05 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
13:52:18 ABSENT.
13:52:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 66.
13:52:22 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 66?
13:52:26 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:52:26 >> SECOND.
13:52:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
13:52:29 SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:52:30 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
13:52:34 OPPOSED?
13:52:35 MR. COHEN.
13:52:35 >>HARRY COHEN: I MOVE A ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
13:52:38 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A
13:52:40 SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL
13:52:45 VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE
13:52:48 SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER WINE
13:52:52 AND LIQUOR ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND
13:52:55 LOCATED AT 1418 EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD SUITE 105-108 TAMPA,
13:53:00 FLORIDA MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3, THAT ALL
13:53:03 ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED,
13:53:06 REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2008-38, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
13:53:10 DATE.
13:53:10 >> SECOND.
13:53:13 >>CHAIRMAN: MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
13:53:14 SECONDED BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:53:16 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:53:16 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
13:53:25 ABSENT.
13:53:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 67.
13:53:28 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO BE SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 67?
13:53:30 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:53:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
13:53:35 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:53:36 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
13:53:38 OPPOSED?
13:53:40 ALL RIGHT.
13:53:40 MR. MANISCALCO, ITEM NUMBER 67.
13:53:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
13:53:46 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
13:53:50 2005-161 AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2005-220, ADOPTED BY
13:53:55 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ON JUNE 9, 2005 TO
13:53:59 CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S ERROR IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION BY
13:54:01 REPLACING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN SAID ORDINANCE PROVIDING
13:54:04 FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:54:05 >> SECOND.
13:54:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
13:54:08 SECONDED BY MR. COHEN.
13:54:10 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:54:10 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
13:54:19 ABSENT.
13:54:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 68.
13:54:22 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 68?
13:54:24 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:54:26 >> SECOND.
13:54:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
13:54:28 SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:54:29 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
13:54:32 OPPOSED?
13:54:32 ALL RIGHT.
13:54:33 MR. MIRANDA.
13:54:36 MIRANDA 68, FILE REZ 18-64.
13:54:40 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
13:54:42 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
13:54:44 VICINITY OF 1609 EAST NEW ORLEANS AVENUE IN THE CITY OF
13:54:48 TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
13:54:51 FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 350 RESIDENTIAL
13:54:55 SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, PLACE OF RELIGIOUS
13:54:58 ASSEMBLY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:55:00 >> SECOND.
13:55:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
13:55:04 SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:55:05 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:55:06 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
13:55:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
13:55:15 WE GO TO STAFF REPORTS AT THIS TIME.
13:55:18 STAFF REPORT NUMBER 69.
13:55:20 >>BOB MCDONAUGH: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
13:55:26 THIS IS PERTAINING TO A CONTRACT FOR JANITORIAL AND SET-UP
13:55:31 SERVICES AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
13:55:33 WE WENT OUT AND SOLICITED RFPs.
13:55:36 WE GOT FIVE RESPONSES.
13:55:37 AND WORKING WITH STAFF, THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, AND GREG
13:55:43 SPEARMAN AND GREGORY HOLT, WE WORKED OUT A NEGOTIATION WITH
13:55:48 OWENS, AND A COUPLE OF THINGS I THINK IS IMPORTANT ABOUT
13:55:52 THIS CONTRACT IS THE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES WHO WILL BE WORKING
13:55:55 AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WILL ACTUALLY BE PAID A HIGHER WAGE
13:55:59 THAN UNDER OUR CONTRACT WITH CUSHING AND WAKEFIELD, AND THIS
13:56:05 CONTRACT WILL END UP COSTING THE CITY OF TAMPA LESS MONEY
13:56:07 THAN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT ON AN HOURLY BASIS.
13:56:10 ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ENHANCED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
13:56:13 WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO MEASURE THE EXACT COST OF OUR EVENTS
13:56:18 BETTER THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST WHICH ALLOWS US SOME MORE
13:56:22 INFORMATION THAN WE DO OUR PRICING STATEMENTS.
13:56:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
13:56:29 NEED A MOTION.
13:56:30 >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
13:56:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. COHEN.
13:56:34 SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
13:56:35 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
13:56:36 OPPOSED?
13:56:37 OKAY.
13:56:37 >> NUMBER 70.
13:56:48 BOB MCDONAUGH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
13:56:50 THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF THE CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE
13:56:53 CONE CONVENTION CENTER WITH RR SIMMONS.
13:56:56 AND INCLUDED IN THIS IS THE NEW RESTAURANT, EXPANSION OF THE
13:57:02 RESTROOMS, NEW RAMPS AND SAFETY FEATURES ON THE OUTSIDE OF
13:57:06 THE BUILDING AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS WITHIN THE
13:57:09 BUILDING.
13:57:09 >> MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION 69 MOTION BY MR. COHEN.
13:57:16 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
13:57:18 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
13:57:20 OPPOSED?
13:57:20 OKAY.
13:57:25 ITEM NUMBER 71.
13:57:26 >>COLIN RICE: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
13:57:40 WE ARE HERE TODAY IN RESPONSE TO A MOTION TO ADDRESS SOME
13:57:45 OPTIONS FOR THE ROOSTER SITUATION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WITH
13:57:50 RESPECT TO THE BIRD SANCTUARY ORDINANCE.
13:57:52 I WANT TO REITERATE A FEW POINT.
13:57:54 THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SAL RUGGIERO.
13:58:00 AS IT STANDS NOW ALL THOSE BIRDS ARE PROTECTED WITHIN THE
13:58:03 CITY OF PER THE BIRD SANCTUARY ORDINANCE.
13:58:07 IT REALLY THE ONLY PROTECTION THEY HAVE AND THAT EXTENDS TO
13:58:10 NESTS AND BY EXTENSION.
13:58:16 SO IF ANY ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN WITH REGARD TO ADDRESSING
13:58:19 THE NUMBERS, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME FORM OF CODE CHANGE.
13:58:22 ONE POTENTIAL OPTION DEPENDING ON THE PART OF COUNCIL IS TO
13:58:27 DELEGATE THE OVERSIGHT OF ANY TYPE OF REMOVAL ACTIVITY
13:58:32 THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE.
13:58:33 SO SAL IS HERE AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
13:58:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: THE ROOSTER MAN.
13:58:43 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
13:58:46 SAL RUGGIERO, NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT.
13:58:49 I WAS ASKED TO GO BACK OUT AND TRY TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT
13:58:55 WOULD REDUCE THE POPULATION WITH NO COST TO THE CITY.
13:58:58 WE DID THAT.
13:58:59 WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT COULD DO IT.
13:59:03 AND HARVEST THE EGGS A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.
13:59:10 DEPENDING ON IF THERE IS AN ORDINANCE CHANGE.
13:59:12 ONE THING THAT WE DID DO THE FIRST TIME I CAME HERE, I
13:59:17 REPORTED THAT AROUND CENTENNIAL PARK THERE WERE 89 ROOSTERS.
13:59:22 WE WENT BACK LAST WEEK.
13:59:24 THERE'S 29.
13:59:25 SO THERE IS SOME KIND OF REDUCTION GOING ON.
13:59:29 THE FOLKS THAT TESTIFIED TODAY ARE SAYING THAT THE HAWKS
13:59:33 TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM A LITTLE BIT.
13:59:35 SO THERE IS A REDUCTION.
13:59:37 RIGHT NOW.
13:59:38 BUT JUST TO BE REITERATE, I DO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT I CAN
13:59:42 UTILIZE, THAT CAN MAKE THE CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE, AND MY
13:59:46 DEPARTMENT WILL OVERSEE THIS OPERATION.
13:59:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION IF I MAY.
13:59:58 THE POINT IS NOT THE POPULATION IN YBOR CITY.
14:00:04 I THINK PEOPLE HAVE A PERCEPTION THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET
14:00:07 RID OF ALL THE ROOSTERS IN YBOR CITY.
14:00:09 THAT IS NOT THE PROBLEM.
14:00:11 I THINK A REDUCTION.
14:00:14 AND I THINK IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE OUT
14:00:20 THERE TRYING TO ROUND UP WILL CAUSE MORE PROBLEM AND MORE
14:00:27 DAMAGE THAN WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN.
14:00:30 BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ONE THING.
14:00:36 HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT COUNTING THE ROOSTER POPULATION?
14:00:39 >> I ASSIGNED SOMEBODY OUT AT CENTENNIAL PARK FOR A WHOLE
14:00:45 DAY AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
14:00:47 THEY CHECKED THE NUMBERS.
14:00:49 THAT'S THE BEST EXPLANATION I CAN GIVE YOU.
14:00:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: DO THEY TAG THE ROOSTERS?
14:00:54 >> NO.
14:00:54 THEY DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.
14:00:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO DUPLICATION?
14:00:57 >> NO.
14:00:58 THE PERSON I SENT OUT THERE IS VERY DILIGENT.
14:01:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL ROOSTERS LOOK DIFFERENT.
14:01:08 I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW YOU GO ABOUT TABULATING IN ORDER
14:01:13 TO COUNT.
14:01:14 AND YOU SAY 89, 90 DOWN TO 29.
14:01:18 AND SO SOMEWHERE THEY DISAPPEAR.
14:01:21 >> CORRECT.
14:01:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND WE DO DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A HUMANE WAY
14:01:28 OR INHUMANE WAY BUT SOMEBODY HAD TO ROUND THEM UP.
14:01:32 BUT LET ME JUST ASK THIS FINAL QUESTION.
14:01:34 IF WE WERE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO EXEMPT THEM FROM THE
14:01:41 BIRD SANCTUARY, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE POPULATION?
14:01:45 OR WHAT COULD REALLY HAPPEN?
14:01:51 WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE POPULATION OR HARM TO THE POPULATION
14:01:53 OR ANYTHING, JUST MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE,
14:01:56 CORRECT?
14:02:02 >> THE PERSONNEL WILL EXTRACT THE EGGS OR THE ROOSTER,
14:02:07 DOESN'T RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE EVERY ONE OF THEM OUT OF
14:02:10 THERE, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PROTECT A CERTAIN BALANCE.
14:02:16 SO WE HAVE HAD GENERAL DISCUSSION WITH THIS PERSON.
14:02:20 AND IF THE CHANGE IS MADE, THEN WE'LL HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH
14:02:24 DISCUSSION ON A PROCESS THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED TO KIND OF
14:02:28 MAINTAIN A HEALTHY POPULATION OF THE BIRDS.
14:02:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND ONE LAST QUESTION.
14:02:39 BEFORE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TALK ABOUT IT.
14:02:48 IF THIS WERE DONE, SAY, ON A TRIAL BASIS, A PERSON OR
14:02:55 ORGANIZATION THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING OF, AND THE EGGS -- I
14:03:00 DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES A YEAR ROOSTERS LAY EGGS, OR WHEN
14:03:07 THEY LAY EGGS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING, IF WE
14:03:13 WERE TO TRY SOMETHING ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, A TRIAL BASIS,
14:03:16 JUST TO SAY LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS, AND IF NOT WE CAN
14:03:21 ALWAYS COME BACK AND REVOKE THE ORDINANCE, CORRECT?
14:03:26 >> YOU HAVE TO ASK THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
14:03:28 >>COLIN RICE: LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
14:03:38 YOU CAN AMEND ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
14:03:40 BUT IF YOU WERE TO AMEND, WE DO NEED SOME SORT OF CRITERION.
14:03:45 EVEN IF IT'S A DAY.
14:03:47 WE DO NEED SOME TYPE FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE.
14:03:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
14:03:51 AGAIN, AND MAYBE I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO IT ON A
14:03:59 TEMPORARY BASIS JUST TO EXPERIMENT AND SEE WHAT WE GOT.
14:04:04 AND IF IT'S NOT WORKING, THEN LET'S JUST DROP THIS AND --
14:04:13 MR. MANISCALCO.
14:04:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IN READING THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CAME
14:04:18 OUT, YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THE HAWKS.
14:04:23 HOW DOES IT WORK?
14:04:24 THE HAWKS NEST IN THE SPRING AND COME OUT IN THE SUMMER AND
14:04:27 THAT'S WHY THERE'S BEEN POSSIBLY A REDUCTION FROM 89 TO
14:04:30 SOMETHING, AND IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MOTHER NATURE HAS TAKEN
14:04:33 ITS COURSE AND NATURALLY REDUCED SOME OF THE ROOSTER
14:04:36 POPULATION?
14:04:40 >> I'M HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FOLKS FROM THE SOCIETY,
14:04:44 AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE TELLING US THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
14:04:47 OUR FOLKS HAVE NOT PERSONALLY SEEN A HAWK TAKE OUT A
14:04:52 ROOSTER, BUT SOMETHING IS GOING ON BECAUSE THERE IS A
14:04:56 REDUCTION.
14:04:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WOULDN'T THINK PEOPLE IN YBOR CITY
14:05:01 ARE HARBORING ROOST ERSTWHILE THIS GOES ON.
14:05:04 >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S OCCURRED.
14:05:06 >> IN THE LITTLE BIT THAT I KNOW HOW BIRDS AND WHATNOT ARE,
14:05:10 THIS IS POSSIBLY NATURALLY AS MOTHER NATURE DOES IT.
14:05:16 I HAVE BEEN GOING TO YBOR CITY SINCE I WAS A KID AND THE
14:05:21 ROOSTERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF IT.
14:05:23 AND I SEE THEM AT CENTENNIAL PARK, NEAR THE CENTRO YBOR
14:05:29 PARKING GARAGE, AND WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD JOKE,
14:05:34 BUT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT UNTIL NOW.
14:05:36 WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME OUT SAYING ABOUT THE
14:05:38 NOISE, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND.
14:05:40 BUT IT'S PART OF YBOR CITY'S CULTURE AND PART OF THE FABRIC.
14:05:43 YOU TALK ABOUT THE CIGAR CITY AND SMELL OF COFFEE, BUT IT'S
14:05:48 PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
14:05:49 AND IN MY OPINION, I THINK IT SHOULD BE JUST LEFT ALONE,
14:05:54 BECAUSE IF WE DO AMEND THE ORDINANCE, I THINK IT COULD GET
14:05:59 OUT OF HAND, AND YOU ARE BASICALLY OPENING IT UP TO ANYBODY
14:06:01 GOING IN AND GETTING RID OF THE ROOSTERS OR WHATNOT.
14:06:06 I DON'T WANT IT TO GET OUT OF HAPPENED AND SOMEBODY ABUSING
14:06:09 IT.
14:06:10 THAT'S MY OPINION.
14:06:10 >> SHOCKED WOULD BE A LITTLE STRONG BUT SURPRISED AT THE
14:06:24 AMOUNT OF CORRESPONDENCE WE ACCEPTED ON THIS ISSUE OVER THE
14:06:28 COURSE OF THE PAST SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.
14:06:30 MOST OF TO THE MY READING HAS BEEN PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF THE
14:06:34 ROOSTERS.
14:06:35 I JUST THINK BECAUSE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN IS
14:06:38 THE POPULATION SEEMS TO BE THINNING ITSELF OUT THAT I THINK
14:06:43 WE SHOULDN'T DO ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT.
14:06:46 IF WE HEAR BACK THAT THIS IS NOT THINNING ITSELF OUT, THE
14:06:53 POPULATION IS WAIVING, THEN WE COULD GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
14:07:01 BUT SINCE IT'S GOTTEN THINNER MY INCLINATION AT THIS POINT
14:07:05 IS AGREEING WITH COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO NOT TO DO ANYTHING
14:07:08 AND MAYBE HEAR BACK AT SOME POINT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE
14:07:13 POPULATION IS UNDER CONTROL.
14:07:14 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WAS NOT AT COUNCIL THE LAST TIME WE HAD
14:07:24 THIS DISCUSSION, TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO WITH VACATION, AND I
14:07:28 THINK PART OF WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT AS MR. MANISCALCO AND
14:07:32 MR. COHEN MENTIONED, THINGS NATURALLY HAPPEN.
14:07:36 YESTERDAY, I WAS IN YBOR CITY, AND I HAD LUNCH.
14:07:39 I WAS WALKING DOWN 19th, AND THERE WAS A FAMILY OF
14:07:44 CHICKENS.
14:07:45 THERE WAS A CHICKEN, A COUPLE OF CHICKENS AND SOME CHICKS.
14:07:49 THERE MUST HAVE BEEN FIVE OR SIX CHICKS?
14:07:51 OKAY.
14:07:52 NOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START SEEING CHICKS AND GO, WELL,
14:07:55 MAYBE WE OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHICKS AND WE ARE
14:07:57 GOING TO GET RID OF THEM FIRST.
14:07:59 IT BECOMES A RIDICULOUS STANDARD TO DEAL WITH.
14:08:02 OBVIOUSLY, MR. RICE WAS INJURED CHASING AFTER SOME ROOSTERS
14:08:06 IN PREPARATION OF THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
14:08:08 SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY MORE STAFF HURT IN THE DEFENSE
14:08:12 OF ROOSTERS.
14:08:13 SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT RIGHT NOW -- AND I THINK THAT MR.
14:08:19 REDDICK'S IDEA IS A GOOD I DO IF WE WERE STILL BACK UP AT
14:08:22 THAT LARGER POPULATION.
14:08:23 I THINK AT THIS POINT WE PROBABLY SHOULD JUST WAIT, BECAUSE
14:08:29 LIENS, THE HAWK IDEA, IT MAKES SENSE TO BE ME, THAT SOME
14:08:34 PREDATOR IS ACTUALLY GOING AFTER THESE ROOSTERS F.THAT'S THE
14:08:37 CASE, IT MAY BE SEASONAL, AS MR. MANISCALCO SUGGESTED.
14:08:41 IF IT ISN'T, THEN MAYBE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT IT.
14:08:44 BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE SEASONAL LIKE THIS WE MIGHT BE IN A
14:08:47 MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN WE WERE BEFORE.
14:08:49 AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN IN NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT
14:08:54 FOR SOMETIME AND I'M SURE THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
14:08:57 YOU THOUGHT OF WHEN YOU GOT THIS JOB SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY
14:09:00 YOU WERE ABLE TO COUNT THOSE CHICKENS, BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL
14:09:04 WORK THROUGH IT.
14:09:05 I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FINE.
14:09:06 BUT THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
14:09:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYTHING?
14:09:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
14:09:12 THERE'S NOTHING ON THE TABLE FOR ME TO VOTE ON SO I AM GOING
14:09:15 TO KEEP QUIET UNTIL THERE'S A VOTE MADE.
14:09:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: WELL, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A MOTION
14:09:23 BECAUSE THE VOTES ARE NOT THERE.
14:09:25 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU CAN COUNT TO BE THREE THEN.
14:09:27 (LAUGHTER).
14:09:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES.
14:09:29 THERE WON'T BE A MOTION.
14:09:34 SO THEY SAY WAIT.
14:09:37 WAIT.
14:09:37 >> YOU CAN PROMISE A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT.
14:09:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHEN I GREW UP IN YBOR CITY, NOT ONLY
14:09:50 WERE THERE CHICKENS, NOT ONLY WERE THERE ROOSTERS THERE,
14:09:53 WERE GETS, AND THERE WAS A COW, AND MAYBE THE NEXT GUY WOULD
14:09:58 HAVE A GET THEY WOULD MILK.
14:10:00 THERE WERE DOGS.
14:10:01 THERE WERE EVERYTHING.
14:10:04 THERE WERE HOMING PIGEONS IN THE BACKYARD.
14:10:08 NOBODY SAID ANYTHING.
14:10:10 YEARS AGO PEOPLE HAD HORSES THAT THEY TRAVELED BACK AND
14:10:13 FORTH.
14:10:14 THE HOUSE THAT I STILL LIVE IN WEST TAMPA, I WENT IN ON
14:10:22 HORSEBACK.
14:10:23 I THINK IT'S A GLAMOROUS THING TO HAVE.
14:10:25 WHEN YOU THINK OF NEW ORLEANS, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BESIDES
14:10:28 GETTING DRUNK?
14:10:31 THE AMENITIES.
14:10:33 YBOR CITY, VERY LARGE, LONG AREA OF HISTORIC DISTRICT.
14:10:41 AND IT HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST THE BUILDINGS.
14:10:44 WHEN I STARTED ON THE COUNCIL THERE WERE THREE THINGS IN
14:10:46 YBOR CITY.
14:10:47 PROSTITUTION, DRUGS, AND TUMBLE WEED.
14:10:51 THAT WAS IT.
14:10:51 YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, CHECK THE RECORD OF THE POLICE
14:10:53 DEPARTMENT.
14:10:55 GRADUALLY WE CHANGED THAT AND WE GOT CRITICIZED FOR PUTTING
14:10:59 THE MONEY IN TO CHANGE IT.
14:11:01 I CHALLENGE ANYBODY TO GO BACK TO THE TAX RECORDS 25 YEARS
14:11:04 AGO AND SEE WHAT INCOME CAME IN TO THE CITY COFFERS, AND I
14:11:11 GUARANTEE YOU, IT PAID OFF.
14:11:12 THAT'S I'M GOING TO SAY LEAVE THE CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS BE
14:11:15 AND IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
14:11:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: SOMEONE MENTIONED IT EARLIER TODAY.
14:11:25 YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT VALUE CHICKENS MORE.
14:11:35 THANK YOU, SIR.
14:11:36 WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 72.
14:11:37 >> 72 IS JUST TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
14:11:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
14:11:48 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
14:11:49 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
14:11:51 OPPOSED?
14:11:52 ALL RIGHT.
14:11:53 WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 74.
14:11:55 >> TONY MULKEY, SPECIAL EVENTS, PARKS AND RECREATION, CITY
14:12:08 OF TAMPA, HERE TO DISCUSS THE CANCELLATION POLICY REGARDING
14:12:11 SPECIAL EVENTS FROM THE CITY.
14:12:13 I THINK A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF APPROACH THIS IS FOR ME TO
14:12:16 PROVIDE AN OVERALL KIND OF OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATION
14:12:20 PROCESS TO GIVE YOU A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE -- OF ALL
14:12:26 THE MOVING PARTS AND HOW THIS WORKS.
14:12:28 SO THE PROCESS ESSENTIALLY HAS THREE COMPONENTS, AND ONE
14:12:31 BEGINS WITH AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND THEN AN INITIAL
14:12:34 REVIEW.
14:12:35 THE SECOND IS A COORDINATION OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT
14:12:38 THE CITY INCLUDING THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, TAMPA FIRE
14:12:41 RESCUE, EMS, TRANSPORTATION, PARKING.
14:12:44 AND THEN THE THIRD IS COMMITMENT FROM THE PROMOTER TO PAY
14:12:49 THE COSTS OF RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED.
14:12:52 AND THEN THE FOLLOW-THROUGH WOULD BE INSURANCE AND OTHER
14:12:55 REQUIREMENTS.
14:12:56 BUT THE OTHER REQUIRED SUBMITTALS TO ACTUALLY ISSUE THE
14:12:59 EVENT PERMIT WHICH IS THE VERY LAST STEP OF THE PROCESS.
14:13:03 SO THE APPLICATION PROCESS BEGINS WITH A FULLY COMPLETE
14:13:07 APPLICATION, SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN, AS WELL AS AN
14:13:11 APPLICATION FEE.
14:13:13 ON THAT APPLICATION, WHERE YOU SIGN AND EXECUTE THAT, IT
14:13:20 DOES STATE THAT SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION CONSTITUTES A
14:13:22 REQUEST TO BE CITY PROPERTY FOR AN EVENT, BUT IT DOES NOT
14:13:25 GUARANTEE APPROVAL.
14:13:27 SO THE VERY FIRST STEP OF THE PROCESS, AND WE TAKE THOSE
14:13:31 MATERIALS, WE DO AN INITIAL REVIEW WITHIN OUR STAFF, AND
14:13:34 THEN WE DIDN'T IT TO THOSE AFOREMENTIONED DEPARTMENTS,
14:13:39 POLICE, FIRE, TRANSPORTATION, PARKING FOR THEIR REVIEW.
14:13:43 FROM THERE, WE SCHEDULE A COORDINATION MEETING WITH THE
14:13:46 PROMOTER, AND WE GO OVER THE EVENT DETAILS SUCH AS THE TIME.
14:13:50 EVENT, THE LOCATION OF THE EVENT, THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS,
14:13:54 WHETHER THERE'S ALCOHOL, IT REQUIRES A STREET CLOSURE, WHAT
14:13:57 TYPE OF WATCH MIGHT BE NECESSARY, ANY KIND OF SAFETY
14:14:01 CONSIDERATIONS FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
14:14:03 AND WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS.
14:14:07 WITHIN THIS PROCESS THERE ARE REASONS FOR DENIAL AT ANY
14:14:09 POINT ALONG HERE IF SOMETHING KIND OF TRIPS THINGS UP.
14:14:13 IF THE APPLICATION WASN'T SUBMITTED WITHIN THE TIME FRAME
14:14:15 PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY CODE WHICH IS 60 DAYS FOR EVENTS
14:14:19 HAPPENING IN PARKS, 90 DAYS FOR EVENTS HAPPENING THAT
14:14:22 INVOLVE A STREET CLOSURE OR ALCOHOL PERMIT, AS ADVANCED
14:14:27 APPLICATION.
14:14:28 IF THE APPLICATION IS INCOMPLETE OR THEY DID NOT PAY THE FEE
14:14:31 FOR THE APPLICATION THOSE WOULD BE REASONS FOR DENIAL AS
14:14:33 WELL.
14:14:33 IF THE PROMOTER HAS A MISREPRESENTATION OR PROVIDES
14:14:38 FRAUDULENT INFORMATION, IF THEY ARE LEGALLY INCOMPETENT TO
14:14:40 BE A REPLY FOR A PERMIT, IF THEY HAVE A HISTORY WHERE THEY
14:14:45 HAVE DAMAGED PROPERTY IN THE PAST AND THEY HAVEN'T MADE
14:14:50 RESTITUTION TO THE CITY OR COVERED THOSE EXPENSES, THEY
14:14:53 WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE TO PULL A PERMIT. IF THERE WAS ANOTHER
14:14:56 EVENT THAT ALREADY APPLIED FOR THE SAME TIME AND PLACE WE
14:14:59 WOULD DENY AND WE TAKE THE APPLICATIONS IN ORDER.
14:15:03 IF IT POSES AN UNREASONABLE DANGER, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING
14:15:06 THAT WE WOULD DENY.
14:15:09 IF WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PLANNED ACTIVITIES THAT THIS ACTIVITY
14:15:12 WOULD CONFLICT WITH, SO IF THE CITY IS INVOLVED WITH
14:15:16 PLANNING AND ORGANIZING OTHER ACTIVITIES, THAT WOULD BE A
14:15:18 REASON TO DENY AS WELL.
14:15:22 ADDITIONALLY, IF THEY CAN'T COME UP WITH THE REQUIRED
14:15:24 LICENSES OR IF THEY FAIL TO PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD
14:15:28 NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF AN EVENT, THOSE WOULD BE
14:15:30 REASONS FOR THE EVENT SIMPLY PROHIBITED BY LAW FROM. THERE,
14:15:36 WE TAKE THE REVIEW THAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAD AND WE
14:15:42 PROVIDE THE PROMOTER WITH A COST LETTER WHICH TRIGGERS THAT
14:15:46 SECOND.
14:15:46 THE COORDINATION PROCESS IS THE SECOND STEP SO WE IDENTIFY
14:15:49 WHAT RESOURCES ARE NECESSARY, IF THERE'S ANY TWEAKS TO THE
14:15:52 TIME AND LOCATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
14:15:54 AT THAT POINT, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD SUBMIT THEIR COSTS
14:15:58 FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HOLD THE EVENT.
14:16:01 WE ISSUE AN INVOICE AS WELL AS A COST LETTER.
14:16:04 NOW, ON THAT COST LETTER THE PROMOTER HAS TO SIGN OFF ON AND
14:16:07 AT THAT POINT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE COST LETTER AT THAT
14:16:10 TIME IT IS APPROPRIATE TO START ADVERTISING THE TIME AND
14:16:14 LOCATION OF THE EVENT, THE DATE AND LOCATION.
14:16:17 SO WE TRY TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM PUTTING OUT TOO MUCH
14:16:20 INFORMATION BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET TO THAT POINT WHERE
14:16:23 EVERYBODY KIND OF AGREES THAT, YES, I'LL PAY THE COST, YES,
14:16:26 I'LL PROVIDE THE INSURANCE AND PERMITS THAT WE REQUIRE.
14:16:30 WHEN WE DO FIND CONFLICTS IN THE COORDINATION PROCESS WE TRY
14:16:33 TO WORK THROUGH THEM.
14:16:35 WE GIVE THEM LOCATIONS, DIFFERENT DATES.
14:16:38 WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
14:16:40 WE PERMIT OVER 400 EVENTS PER YEAR.
14:16:43 WE HAVE VERY FEW CONFLICTS.
14:16:45 WHEN WE DO, WE USUALLY RESOLVE THEM QUITE WELL.
14:16:48 WE DO HAVE A DEPARTMENT POLICY THAT IS SIGNED UP BY THE
14:16:53 DIRECTOR THAT WAS ENACTED IN 2015 THAT DOES HELP US MITIGATE
14:16:56 SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES.
14:17:00 MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM, NUMBER OF ATTENDEES REQUIRED TO RUN
14:17:03 SOME OF THE -- A COUPLE YEARS AGO CURTIS HIXON WAS SUPER
14:17:08 BUSY WITH EVENTS AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED BUT WE SENT SET A
14:17:13 MINIMUM ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT OF 2,000 PEOPLE TO HAVE A
14:17:16 SPECIAL EVENT AT THAT PARK AND A MAXIMUM OF ROUGHLY 8 TO 12
14:17:19 THAT YOU DEPENDING ON THE CONFIGURATION.
14:17:21 WE WANTED TO PRESERVE OUR SPECIAL EVENT PARKS DOWNTOWN FOR
14:17:24 SPECIAL EVENTS AND NOT FOR PRIVATE GATHERINGS AND THINGS
14:17:27 LIKE THAT.
14:17:28 WE ALSO HAVE PRIORITIZATION OF EVENT BOOKINGS FOR THESE
14:17:32 PARKS ON THREE CRITERIA.
14:17:35 NUMBER ONE, THE HIGHEST CONSIDERATION IS AN EVENT THAT'S
14:17:39 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
14:17:40 NUMBER TWO IS IF THE EVENT CONTRIBUTES TOWARDS NATIONAL OR
14:17:44 CHARITABLE CAUSES.
14:17:45 AND NUMBER THREE, IF IT'S A GATED OR TICKETED EVENT.
14:17:48 SO SOMETHING THAT HAS RESTRICTED ACCESS FALLS LAST ON THAT
14:17:53 TOTEM POLE.
14:17:54 ONCE THAT COST LETTER IS SIGNED, THEN IT'S KIND OF UP TO THE
14:17:57 PROMOTER TO HANDLE ALL THE SUBMISSIONS.
14:18:01 THERE IS THE APPROPRIATE INSURANCE LEVELS THAT'S NEEDED,
14:18:04 REVIEWED BY RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
14:18:08 ALSO PAYMENT OF ALL THE ESTIMATED FEES.
14:18:13 WE REFUND WHAT THEY DON'T USE AND WE CHARGE IF THEY GO OVER
14:18:16 THE ANTICIPATED RESOURCE NEEDS.
14:18:18 ADDITIONAL PERMIT APPLICATIONS MIGHT BE NEEDED SUCH AS A
14:18:21 STREET CLOSURE OR ALCOHOL PERMIT, THAT'S THE TIME THOSE
14:18:25 PERMITS HAVE TO BE ASSEMBLED AND PUT TOGETHER BEFORE A
14:18:28 SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT WOULD BE ISSUED.
14:18:30 IF THERE IS A STREET CLOSURE THAT IS THE TIME THAT'S
14:18:32 TRIGGERED WHERE IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
14:18:38 ONCE ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, THAT'S WHEN THE SPECIAL
14:18:41 EVENT PERMIT IS ISSUED.
14:18:47 WE MAKE SURE ALL THE DETAILS ARE COVERED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
14:18:49 SO WE COVER ALL OUR BASES.
14:18:51 AND THE VARIETY MAJORITY OF CANCELLATIONS ARE DUE TO
14:18:54 PROMOTERS NOT BEING ABLE TO SUBMIT EVERYTHING THAT'S
14:18:57 REQUIRED.
14:18:57 AND THOSE ARE CANCELLATIONS ON THEIR PART THAT THEY KIND OF
14:19:00 TRIGGER.
14:19:00 WE DON'T COUNSEL THEM.
14:19:04 WE JUST DON'T ISSUE THE PERMIT.
14:19:06 IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THAT OFTEN BUT PEOPLE GET TO THE POINT
14:19:09 WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TICKETS SOLD OR THEY CAN'T COME
14:19:12 TO TERMS WITH VENDORS OR DON'T GET THE HAD NECESSARY
14:19:14 INSURANCE.
14:19:14 WE TRY TO HELP THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BUT SOMETIMES THEY
14:19:19 JUST CAN'T AND WE CAN'T ISSUE THAT PERMIT SO THEY COME OFF
14:19:21 THE SCHEDULE.
14:19:24 AGAIN, WE TRY AND HELP PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON THESE
14:19:28 ITEMS.
14:19:29 AND WE HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE WHEN SCHEDULED
14:19:32 EVENTS -- IF WE SCHEDULE MULTIPLE FESTIVALS WE AREN'T GOING
14:19:40 TO HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
14:19:41 THERE'S ONLY SO MANY FIRE WATCH MARSHALLS, SO WE ARE VERY
14:19:48 SENSITIVE TO THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
14:19:51 THINGS THAT VERY PERTINENT TO THE DISCUSSION EVEN EARLIER
14:19:54 TODAY, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC, WITH PARKING.
14:19:57 WE HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE WITH THAT, WITH SOME OF
14:20:00 OUR EVENTS, HAVING CONFLICTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WHERE WE
14:20:03 HAVE A STREET CLOSURE ONE BLOCK OFF CURTIS HIXON PARK, WHILE
14:20:09 THERE'S A FESTIVAL GOING OWN AND THAT CAUSED SOME PRETTY BAD
14:20:12 TRAFFIC INCIDENTS.
14:20:13 WE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND WE
14:20:15 TRAIT TO MITIGATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
14:20:18 SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF EVENTS THAT WE HOLD IN DOWNTOWN
14:20:22 PARKS ANTICIPATING LARGE EVENT IMPACTS FROM OTHER AREAS IN
14:20:25 THE CITY.
14:20:28 GASPARILLA.
14:20:28 THE PIRATE FESTIVAL.
14:20:30 WE DON'T BOOK OUT OTHER PARKS IN THE AREA BECAUSE WE KNOW
14:20:32 OUR RESOURCES ARE COMMITTED TO GASPARILLA.
14:20:35 THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.
14:20:37 THE UPCOMING WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR IS ANTICIPATED TO HAVE THE
14:20:40 SAME TYPE.
14:20:43 WE ALSO SET ASIDE CURTIS HIXON PARK.
14:20:45 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE ELEPHANT IN THE
14:20:50 ROOM WHICH IS THAT ISSUE RIGHT THERE.
14:20:52 OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL
14:20:55 CHAMPIONSHIP, SUPER BOWL, AN EVENT LIKE NHL ALL-STAR GAME,
14:21:02 YOU DON'T KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET IT UNTIL YOU GET IT.
14:21:07 SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF HOLDING IT IN TERMS OF
14:21:13 COMMUNICATION TO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO USE THE
14:21:15 FACILITIES?
14:21:16 THAT'S REALLY THE KEY HERE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH
14:21:18 IS IF YOU HAD SIGNED A CONTRACT THAT SAID IN ORDER FOR US TO
14:21:24 BE AWARDED THIS, THESE FACILITIES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR
14:21:28 USE, AND IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD ASSUME THAT
14:21:31 IT'S PROBABLY A CONTRACT THROUGH THE SPORTS COMMISSION OR
14:21:33 SOMEBODY ELSE THAT SAYS THEY WILL BE THERE AND AVAILABLE.
14:21:37 HOW DOES THE PARKS DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATE THAT TO THOSE
14:21:41 VENDORS AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE EVENTS THAT ARE
14:21:44 THEN THE SAME DATES OF WHICH WE ARE APPLYING FOR SOMEONE
14:21:48 ELSE TO USE?
14:21:49 BECAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
14:21:50 WE ARE NOW ASKING SOMEONE TO USE OUR FACILITIES AS OPPOSED
14:21:54 TO WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS WHICH IS SOMEONE IS ASKING US TO USE
14:21:57 THEIR TAMPA T FACILITIES.
14:21:59 >> ABSOLUTELY.
14:22:00 SO THE CITY AS PART OF THESE BID PROCESSES HAS TO ISSUE A
14:22:04 LETTER OF SUPPORT, COMMITTING RESOURCES TO THE ACTIVITIES
14:22:08 GOING ON.
14:22:11 WE SEE A LOT OF THE PUBLIC FACING EVENTS WITH THE COLLEGE
14:22:15 FOOTBALL PLAYOFF AT CURTIS HIXON PARK BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
14:22:18 OTHER SMALLER EVENTS IN THE CITY THAT THE CITY DOES SUPPORT,
14:22:21 THINGS AT THE STADIUM AND THE ARENA.
14:22:23 THAT COMMITMENT PROCESS THAT LETTER, THEN YOU GET AWARDED IT
14:22:29 AND YOU DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THE ACTIVATIONS ARE GOING TO
14:22:32 BE UNTIL THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S ACTIVITIES ARE DONE IN THE
14:22:37 OTHER CITY.
14:22:38 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE QUESTION IS MORE DIRECT THAN THAT, WHICH
14:22:41 IS, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A LETTER COMMITTING RESOURCES.
14:22:45 IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SAY WE ARE NOW GOING TO BLOCK OUT
14:22:48 THOSE RESOURCES FROM ANYONE ELSE'S USE.
14:22:50 SO MY POINT IS THAT WHAT'S THE PROCESS THAT YOU COMMUNICATE
14:22:54 TO PEOPLE TO LET THEM KNOW, YOU CANNOT USE THIS FACILITY
14:22:57 DURING THIS TIME FRAME BECAUSE A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION?
14:23:02 BECAUSE REALLY, WHEN YOU DO THE APPLICATION, IT IS A
14:23:05 CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION YOU ARE ALREADY SAYING THAT YOU ARE
14:23:08 GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS IN ORDER TO GET THE GAME OR THE
14:23:12 EVENT OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
14:23:14 SO THE KEY HERE IS, HOW IS IT THAT WE DO 90s THAT TO
14:23:19 PEOPLE THAT WANT TO USE OUR FACILITIES?
14:23:21 THAT'S SORT OF THE MAIN ISSUE.
14:23:23 >> GREAT QUESTION.
14:23:24 THE FRONT END OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS BEGINS WITH
14:23:28 CONVERSATION, TYPICALLY BEGINS WITH A PHONE CALL OR SEWING
14:23:31 WITH A PROMOTER THAT'S INTERESTED IN THAT DATE, AND WE
14:23:34 SIMPLY TELL THEM, WE HAVE GOT A HOLD BECAUSE WE HAVE A
14:23:36 NATIONAL EVENT COMING IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
14:23:39 IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING, THERE WAS AN
14:23:42 OVERSIGHT.
14:23:42 AND WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED IT WAS COMMUNICATED.
14:23:45 >> IT SOUNDS TO ME -- AND I MAY BE WRONG ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
14:23:49 I AM NOT GOING TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT IT SIGNED
14:23:52 LIKE THERE MAY NOT BE A CUT AND DRY PROCEDURE PUT IN PLACE
14:23:55 IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE IN A DIRECT WAY TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT
14:24:00 IS GOING TO HAPPEN, MEANING WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
14:24:02 COMMUNICATION IN WHICH WE ARE JUST SAYING, LET'S TALK ABOUT
14:24:05 IT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE BLOCKED OFF, BECAUSE YOU DON'T
14:24:09 HAVE THE COMMUNICATION AND THEN YOU DON'T GET ANY DATES FOR
14:24:12 ANYTHING.
14:24:12 YOU DON'T GET A DATE THAT SOMEBODY WANTED TO USE IT OR YOU
14:24:15 DON'T GET THE FINAL FOUR, OR THE SUPER BOWL OR ANYTHING LIKE
14:24:20 THAT.
14:24:20 SO THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF PROCESS, I WOULD THINK,
14:24:24 THAT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRIED THAT SAYS WE CANNOT RENT THIS
14:24:27 FACILITY NOW BECAUSE WE ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO
14:24:31 SOMETHING ELSE.
14:24:32 NOW, THAT CONTRACT -- AND I AM NOT A LAWYER, THERE'S A BUNCH
14:24:35 OF THEM HERE IN THE ROOM, THEY HAVE GOT TO KNOW THEY HAVE TO
14:24:38 HAVE THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT BEFORE THEY COME TO THE CITY OF
14:24:40 TAMPA.
14:24:41 I GUESS MY POINT IS THAT YOU ARE KIND OF THE WEAK LINK IN
14:24:45 THIS IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING THIS.
14:24:46 THIS IS WHAT I AM GATHERING.
14:24:53 >> WELL, 99% OF THE TIME WE DON'T DEAL WITH THESE THAT
14:24:56 OFTEN.
14:24:57 SO WHEN THIS DID COME AROUND WE HAD A HOLD PATTERN AND
14:25:01 THAT'S KIND WHEREOF THE INTERNAL HOLD WAS REFERRED TO.
14:25:03 SO WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED AND FINALLY GOT
14:25:06 REVIEWED AND SAID, OH, WAIT, THESE ARE DATES THAT AREN'T
14:25:08 AVAILABLE, THAT'S WHEN IT WAS COMMUNICATED BACK.
14:25:10 >>MIKE SUAREZ: ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT HOW WE
14:25:15 DO SPECIAL EVENTS, IMPROMPTU EVENTS, WE HAD ONE EARLIER THIS
14:25:20 YEAR, I THINK IT WAS ON GUN CONTROL, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS
14:25:26 A SET EVENT SET UP SPECIFICALLY, AND THEY SAID, LIENS, WE
14:25:31 WANT TO USE THIS PLACE AT THIS TIME, AND IT WAS VERY MUCH OF
14:25:34 A GRASSROOTS EFFORTS THAT THEN CAME TO KILEY GARDEN.
14:25:38 NOT ONLY DID WE GIVE THEM KILEY GARDEN WHICH I THINK WAS A
14:25:41 VERY GOOD IDEA, BUT WE CLOSED OFF THE STREETS FROM KENNEDY
14:25:45 BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO NORTH BOULEVARD BRIDGE AND
14:25:48 ALL THE WAY BACK.
14:25:49 YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPROMPTU.
14:25:51 THAT'S DONE QUICKLY AND STUFF.
14:25:53 WHAT IF SOMEONE HAD KILEY GARDEN ALREADY RENTED OUT, OR NOT
14:25:56 ONLY KILEY GARDEN BUT THE REST OF CURTIS HIXON PARK?
14:25:59 WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THEN?
14:26:01 >> WE DID HAVE THAT SITUATION.
14:26:03 THEY WANTED CURTIS HIXON PARK BUT WE HAD BARK IN THE PARK
14:26:05 THAT DAY.
14:26:06 I ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THEM TO FIND A SPOT TO BE ABLE TO
14:26:09 SHOE HORN IN THE TIMES THEY WERE ACTIVE AND WE HAD A FULL
14:26:13 COORDINATION WITH TPD AND WE ISSUED AN EVENT PERMIT.
14:26:16 IT WENT THROUGH THE WITH FULL PROCESS.
14:26:17 >> I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK
14:26:20 NECESSARILY ANYTHING WAS GOING ON AT KILEY GARDENS BUT I
14:26:22 KNOW WE DO A LOT OF -- THE LIGHTNING, UNFORTUNATELY, IF THEY
14:26:27 HAD WON THE STANLEY CUP FINAL WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD
14:26:29 SOME VICTORY PARADE FOR THEM AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
14:26:33 CULMINATED AT CURTIS HIXON MARK AND I IMAGINE IF SOMEBODY
14:26:37 WAS USING BE THE PARK WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
14:26:43 IS DO WE SAY WE'LL FIND YOU ANOTHER SITUATION?
14:26:47 >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DO.
14:26:49 WE KIND OF TRY TO KEEP OUR EAR TO THE GROUND TO SEE WHAT'S
14:26:53 COMING UP.
14:26:53 WE DO HAVE PRELIMINARY MEETINGS TO SAY OKAY, THEY DON'T LIKE
14:26:56 TO TALK ABOUT IT A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE OF SUPERSTITION AND
14:26:59 OTHER THINGS.
14:26:59 WE STILL HAVE TO RUN A CITY AND KEEP THINGS MOVING SO LET'S
14:27:02 TALK ABOUT, OKAY, TARGET WINDOWS, EVEN THE PLAYOFF GAMES,
14:27:06 BECAUSE WE HAVE THE WATCH PARTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
14:27:09 I KNOW I HAD A LATE AGENDA ITEM BEGINNING OF MAY WHERE WE
14:27:12 HAD TO DO A WALK-UP FOR THE YBOR CITY WATCH PARTY.
14:27:15 SO IT KEEPS US ON OUR TOES DURING THAT TIME WHEN WE DO HAVE
14:27:19 THINGS LIKE THAT THAT POP UP.
14:27:21 BUT WE TRY TO CAPTURE AND TRY TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.
14:27:25 WE DON'T WANT LARGE EVENTS HAPPENING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR
14:27:31 TRAFFIC CONTROL BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN.
14:27:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
14:27:35 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
14:27:37 >>HARRY COHEN: YOU WENT THROUGH QUITE A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT
14:27:42 THE DIFFERENT PROCEDURES ARE THAT YOU WORK THROUGH AS EVENTS
14:27:45 ARE SCHEDULED.
14:27:46 WHERE EXACTLY IN THIS PROCESS DID THIS HAPPEN?
14:27:49 HOW FAR ALONG?
14:27:51 WHERE EXACTLY WAS THIS APPLICANT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
14:27:54 TODAY, WHERE WERE THEY IN THE PROCESS?
14:27:58 >>SAL TERRITO: WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE -- YOU ASKED
14:28:01 HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
14:28:03 WE ARE EXPLAINING HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
14:28:04 WE ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATION ON THIS ISSUE AND I WOULD RATHER
14:28:07 NOT HASH IT OUT HERE.
14:28:09 THIS IS STILL ONGOING.
14:28:10 SO RATHER THAN GOING INTO DETAILS NOW, WE DON'T WANT COMING
14:28:13 BACK LATER AND BE SAYING HOW IT -- DON'T MIND SAYING HOW IT
14:28:17 WORKED ITSELF OUT.
14:28:19 >> SO YOU ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO US?
14:28:23 >>SAL TERRITO: IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF ACTION THAT GOES ON.
14:28:26 BUT RATHER THAN GETTING INTO DETAILS AT THIS TIME I WOULD
14:28:28 PREFER THAT YOU HOLD OFF.
14:28:29 >>HARRY COHEN: I WILL DO THAT BUT I WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT.
14:28:32 IT DOES SEEM TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE SOME
14:28:38 KIND OF BLANKET WRITTEN LETTER TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON OR
14:28:44 ENTITY THAT APPLIES FOR A PERMIT EXPLAINING THAT THESE
14:28:47 THINGS CAN HAPPEN, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST, WE
14:28:53 HAVE WORKED WITH THE DISCUSSION, AT THIS TIME IT DIDN'T.
14:28:57 AND IT SOUND LIKE THAT'S CREATED A SITUATION THAT WE'LL TALK
14:29:00 ABOUT ONE DAY.
14:29:02 IS BUT YOU CAN NEVER HILLSBOROUGH CRITICIZED FOR TAKING
14:29:11 SUBSEQUENT REMEDIAL MEASURE, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A
14:29:14 REALLY GOOD MEASURE TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE
14:29:17 APPLICANT GETS A LETTER THAT SAYS THESE THINGS ARE
14:29:19 CONDITIONAL ON THE FACT THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE MADE A BID
14:29:22 FOR SOME SORT OF SPECIAL EVENT THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS
14:29:27 GOING TO PROMPT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY.
14:29:30 >> AND IN OUR COMMUNICATION AS WELL.
14:29:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
14:29:41 >>MIKE SUAREZ: ONE QUESTION FOR LEGAL, IF I COULD.
14:29:44 AND THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE DEEPER IN TERMS OF
14:29:46 ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS
14:29:49 COUNCIL.
14:29:50 MR. GRANDOFF, WHO WAS REPRESENTING THE PARTY THAT WE HAVE
14:29:55 BEEN TALKING ABOUT NOW, MADE THE COMMENT THAT HE WAS ASKING
14:29:59 US TO PASS A RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE ISSUE.
14:30:07 I WAS ALWAYS BE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING -- I MAY BE WRONG
14:30:12 ABOUT THIS -- TO GET SOMETHING DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT
14:30:15 PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE THE WAY TO DO IT.
14:30:17 I KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE WAY WE COULD DO IT.
14:30:20 WE COULD DENY THE PERMISSION FOR SOMEONE TO USE THE
14:30:23 FACILITY, BECAUSE WE VOTE ON THEM EVERY TIME HERE IN
14:30:27 COUNCIL, IN TERMS OF THEIR PERMIT AND SAY WE ARE NOT GOING
14:30:30 TO ALLOW THAT TO MOVE FORWARD.
14:30:32 BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO SOMETHING ADMINISTRATIVELY
14:30:36 THROUGH RESOLUTION.
14:30:37 SO BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP, I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING IT UP.
14:30:40 >>SAL TERRITO: THE ONLY TIME THEY COME BEFORE YOU IS WHERE
14:30:44 A STREET CLOSURE IS INVOLVED.
14:30:46 OTHERWISE IT'S A TOTALLY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS SO THIS
14:30:48 ISSUE WOULD HAVE NEVER COME BEFORE YOU BECAUSE THERE'S NO
14:30:51 STREET CLOSURES.
14:30:56 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMES BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL.
14:30:57 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S MY POINT.
14:30:59 THE ONLY EXAMPLE WE HAVE IS THESE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT COMES
14:31:02 BEFORE US IN ORDER TO BE APPROVED, WE CAN EITHER APPROVE IT
14:31:05 OR NOT APPROVE IT BASED ON OUR DELIBERATIONS OR OUR
14:31:08 DISCUSSION.
14:31:10 BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN US DISCUSS A RESOLUTION TO UNDO AN
14:31:15 ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION OR PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE.
14:31:18 AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
14:31:20 BECAUSE I KNOW -- I MAY AS WELL ASK YOU NOW BECAUSE YOU WILL
14:31:27 PROBABLY TELL US ANYWAY.
14:31:28 >> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU CAN'T DO
14:31:31 ANYTHING.
14:31:31 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED WOULD YOU SAY AND
14:31:33 THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION.
14:31:35 THANK YOU.
14:31:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
14:31:40 MR. GRANDOFF, YOU CANNOT SPEAK.
14:31:42 >>JOHN GRANDOFF: CAN I ASK FOR --
14:31:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: AT THE END OF THE MEETING WE CAN GIVE YOU
14:31:48 THREE MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
14:31:51 ANYTHING PERTAINING TO ITEM 74?
14:31:54 ALL RIGHT.
14:31:55 INFORMATION REPORTS.
14:31:56 MR. MIRANDA.
14:31:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RATIFY
14:32:01 A COMMENDATION GIVEN TO THE HONORABLE E.J. SALCINES IN HONOR
14:32:06 OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY.
14:32:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
14:32:09 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
14:32:10 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:32:11 OPPOSED?
14:32:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ONE MORE.
14:32:14 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT A
14:32:16 WAY SO THAT WE COULD PUT A MORATORIUM, BECAUSE WHAT I SAID A
14:32:23 FEW WEEKS BACK, ON THE LAND THAT UNDERWATER THAT DOESN'T
14:32:29 TOUCH ANYTHING, TO ZONE IT FOR USE.
14:32:35 THAT'S THE WAY OF WORKING THROUGH THE TEXT OF THE PLANNING
14:32:36 COMMISSION, AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE A MORATORIUM THAT WE
14:32:44 DON'T ACCEPT ANY UNTIL THAT IS DONE.
14:32:47 BECAUSE IF NOT, WE ARE HEADING FOR A LOT OF TROUBLE, AND
14:32:50 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME UP THROUGH THE WOODWORK.
14:32:52 AND THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PIECE OF LAND AVAILABLE.
14:32:54 THERE'S MANY MORE.
14:32:55 AND I'M AFRAID IF WE DON'T STOP IT NOW, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
14:32:58 A PANDORA'S BOX OPEN FOREVER.
14:33:01 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I HAVE A QUESTION.
14:33:03 WHEN YOU SAY MORATORIUM, MORATORIUM ON ANY SUBMERGED LANDS?
14:33:08 >> YES, SUBMERGED LAND ALLOCATIONS COMING BEFORE US.
14:33:12 I'M NOT A LAWYER.
14:33:13 CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
14:33:14 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE TALKING
14:33:19 ABOUT SUBMERGED LAND.
14:33:22 >>KRISTIN MORA: AS I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A
14:33:24 MORATORIUM ON ACCEPTING -- IT WOULD BE AN APPLICATION FOR A
14:33:28 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO ADD A APPROXIMATE PLAN
14:33:33 CATEGORY FOR SUBMERGED LAND?
14:33:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CORRECT.
14:33:37 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
14:33:41 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND THAT IS A RESULT OF A PENDING
14:33:43 ORDINANCE THAT IS BEING PROMULGATED AND IS GOING TO BE
14:33:46 COMING FORTH TO CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY.
14:33:48 >>KRISTIN MORA: YES.
14:33:49 THAT WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PENDING ORDINANCE ON
14:33:53 JUNE 28th.
14:33:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
14:33:55 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
14:33:56 ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION?
14:33:57 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
14:33:58 OPPOSED?
14:33:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
14:34:01 THAT'S IT.
14:34:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST ONE ITEM.
14:34:04 TO INVITE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMITTEE TO COME BEFORE
14:34:07 COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 20th AT 9:00 A.M.
14:34:10 >> SECOND.
14:34:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: APPROXIMATE SECONDED BY MR. SUAREZ.
14:34:13 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
14:34:15 OPPOSED?
14:34:16 MR. COHEN.
14:34:17 >>HARRY COHEN: NO.
14:34:19 >>MIKE SUAREZ: JUST ONE ITEM.
14:34:20 MR. ARTURO ESPINOSA PASSED AWAY THIS PAST WEEK, 86 YEARS
14:34:28 OLD.
14:34:28 HE WAS A REAL CLASS ACT, SOMEONE THAT HAD BEEN IN TAMPA
14:34:31 SINCE THE EARLY 1960s.
14:34:33 HIS SON MARIO, HIS OTHER TWO SONS, ALEX AND ARTURO AND HIS
14:34:39 DAUGHTER MARIA CARMEN AND HIS WIFE MARIA HAVE LOST SOMEONE
14:34:44 THAT WAS A GREAT WEST TAMPAN, A GUY THAT RAISED HIS KIDS THE
14:34:48 RIGHT WAY, AND WAS A WONDERFUL FIXTURE IF YOU -- HE WAS
14:34:53 THERE LATER IN HIS LIFE A UP AND DOWN THERE, AND JUST ONE OF
14:34:58 THE MOST WONDERFUL PEOPLE YOU EVER WANT TO MEET.
14:35:01 SORRY TO HEAR THAT HE HAD PASSED AWAY.
14:35:03 MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY.
14:35:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
14:35:08 MR. MANISCALCO?
14:35:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOU REMINDED ME.
14:35:13 WE LOST TWO VERY SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUALS IN THE LAST FEW
14:35:16 DAYS.
14:35:17 FIRST FROM TAMPA CATHOLIC, COACH NICK DIMAGGIO WHO PASSED
14:35:23 AWAY YESTERDAY.
14:35:24 ALSO, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, ROSS FERLITA, WHO WAS WITH THE
14:35:26 CITY.
14:35:30 SO WE EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO THEIR FAMILIES.
14:35:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
14:35:37 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
14:35:39 SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
14:35:40 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
14:35:41 OPPOSED?
14:35:42 ALL RIGHT.
14:35:43 ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME?
14:35:46 >>STEVE MICHELINI: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WITH MR. MIRANDA'S
14:35:52 MOTION REGARDING A MORATORIUM, THERE SHOULD PROBABLY BE A
14:35:56 COMPANION PIECE REGARDING CHAPTER 27 THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED
14:36:02 IN THAT LAND USE AMENDMENT.
14:36:08 THEN ON THE CODE SIDE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, YOU MIGHT WANT
14:36:10 TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL.
14:36:12 SO I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU INCLUDE CHAPTER 27
14:36:15 AMENDMENT TO BE A COMPANION TO THE LAND USE AMENDMENT.
14:36:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR CHAPTER
14:36:21 27 BE INCLUDED IN THE ITEM THAT WE JUST PASSED REGARDING
14:36:27 THAT LAND, THAT THE ATTORNEY REFERRED TO.
14:36:32 >> SECOND.
14:36:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: SECONDED BY MR. COHEN.
14:36:37 ALL IN FAVOR?
14:36:38 OPPOSED?
14:36:39 OKAY.
14:36:39 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK?
14:36:41 PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS TIME?
14:36:43 >>JOHN GRANDOFF: YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
14:36:48 ON MR. SUAREZ'S QUESTION WHERE WE ARE PROCEDURALLY, THE
14:36:50 APPLICATION FOR TAMPA MUSIC FESTIVAL IS PENDING WITH THE
14:36:54 PARKS DIRECTOR, CHAPTER 28 SAYS AT THAT POINT THE PARKS
14:36:58 DIRECTOR SHALL DIRECT THE CLERK, CITY CLERK, TO PLACE IT ON
14:37:02 THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, CONSENT AGENDA, FOR APPROVAL OF A
14:37:06 SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.
14:37:08 THEY ARE STALLING US BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMPLETE APPLICATION.
14:37:11 WE WON FAIR AND SQUARE.
14:37:13 MR. MASSEY ADMITS IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT.
14:37:16 WE BEAT THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR TO THE FINISH LINE.
14:37:22 SHE HAS THAT DATE.
14:37:23 SHE WAS NEVER PUT ON NOTICE.
14:37:24 THERE ARE E-MAILS TWO YEARS BACK TALKING ABOUT CUTTING THIS
14:37:30 OFF.
14:37:30 THERE'S A RECENT E-MAIL IN MAY WHEN THEY FINALLY TELL HER
14:37:33 ABOUT IT.
14:37:34 THERE'S AN E-MAIL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE TAMPA SPORTS
14:37:36 FOUNDATION, MR. MARKIE'S OFFICE.
14:37:39 THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN ALL THE PARKS.
14:37:41 THEY WANT TO TAKE DOWN THAN MacDILL, WANT TO TAKE DOWN
14:37:44 CURTIS HIXON PARK.
14:37:49 SITTING ON THE DIRECTOR'S DIRECT IS OUR APPLICATION.
14:37:51 NOW THAT IS ILLEGAL.
14:37:55 PARKS ARE A LIMITED RESOURCE THAT HAVE TO BE METED OUT TO
14:37:58 THE PUBLIC ACCORDING TO A PROCESS WHICH IS CHAPTER 28.
14:38:01 CHAPTER 28 WORKS PERFECTLY.
14:38:04 THERE IS NO FLAW IN IT.
14:38:05 MR. MARKEY SAY IF IT IS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED TO A PLANNED
14:38:14 PROGRAM, ORGANIZED, CON DUCTED BY THE CITY.
14:38:17 IT IS NOT.
14:38:17 IT IS TAMPA SPORTS FOUNDATION.
14:38:20 OR ANOTHER CITY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
14:38:24 IT IS NOT.
14:38:25 THAT WOULD BE NONGOVERNMENTAL CITY AGENCY WOULD BE THE RED
14:38:33 CROSS, WHATEVER.
14:38:35 THEY DON'T FIT THOSE CRITERIA TO DENY US.
14:38:38 WE FILED AN APPEAL NOW UNDER 119 TO THE PARKS DIRECTOR AND
14:38:43 THAT'S PENDING.
14:38:44 THIS IS A COMPLETE ABOMINATION OF CHAPTER 28.
14:38:47 IT'S UNFAIR AND THEY KNOW IT.
14:38:49 THEY ADMITTED TODAY IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT WE ARE ASKING FOR A
14:38:52 RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO DIRECT THE PARKS
14:38:55 DIRECTOR TO PLACE THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR CONSENT.
14:39:03 SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FEW WORDS FOR YOU.
14:39:04 >>ARE GOOD AFTERNOON.
14:39:05 I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THIS MORNING. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU
14:39:07 AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME AND EFFORT.
14:39:10 YOU DID HEAR -- I'M SORRY, I'M NICOLE WINKLER, THE
14:39:16 CO-FOUNDER OF THE TAMPA MUSIC FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS
14:39:21 SOUTHWEST SOUTHERN WHICH IS OUR LARGEST NONPROFIT BASED HERE
14:39:24 IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
14:39:29 WE ARE BOTH UNIVERSITY GRADUATES BUT WHAT I DO SPECIFICALLY
14:39:32 WANT TO STATE IS THAT THE APPLICATION WAS APPROVED.
14:39:36 FACT.
14:39:36 IN WRITING.
14:39:37 ON APRIL 10th, 2018.
14:39:39 MY APPLICATION WAS APPROVED IN WRITING.
14:39:42 AND SO AS AN EVENT PRODUCER YOU GO AHEAD ON YOUR COMMITMENT
14:39:46 WITH YOUR PARTNERS, SPONSORS AND VENDORS WHICH IS EXACTLY
14:39:51 WHAT I DID.
14:39:52 I NOW HAVE THOSE PARTNERS, SPONSORS AND COMMITMENT WHICH I
14:39:55 AM RELYING OWN AND OF COURSE THEY ARE TRYING TO USE ILLEGAL
14:39:58 ACTION IN ORDER TO REVOKE MY ACCESS TO THIS PUBLIC PARK.
14:40:03 THIS IF THIS IS A PRIVATE CITY VENUE THEN IT WOULD BE A
14:40:10 DIFFERENT CONVERSATION BUT THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT, NO ONE
14:40:12 IN THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS
14:40:15 OVER WHICH NONPROFIT THEY PREFER TO CHOOSE OVER ANOTHER.
14:40:18 THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND IT IS ILLEGAL, AND THEY ARE
14:40:21 CURRENTLY MAKING US PAY FOR IT.
14:40:23 TONY MULKEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE RIGHTS THAT I HAVE TO THE
14:40:28 TAMPA BAY SPORTS COMMISSION BECAUSE IT'S HIS OWN SPECIAL
14:40:31 INTEREST.
14:40:31 THAT IS ILLEGAL, AND THAT IS WHAT OUR ATTORNEYS CITY
14:40:38 ATTORNEYS ARE BACKING HIM UP ON.
14:40:40 THEY ARE SAYING YES, GO AHEAD AND VIOLATE MY FIRST AMENDMENT
14:40:43 RIGHTS BY STATING THAT YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE ANOTHER
14:40:47 ORGANIZATION HAVE THE RIGHTS THAT I FOLLOWED APPROXIMATE
14:40:50 CODE GUIDELINES TO RECEIVE.
14:40:51 SO I ASK YOU TO FOLLOW MR. GRANDOFF'S ADVICE, PUT US ON THE
14:40:56 CONSENT AGENDA, OR YOU ARE SUPPORTING AN ADMINISTRATION THAT
14:40:59 IS ACTING ILLEGALLY THAT DOES NOT HAVE BE THE RIGHT TO DO
14:41:02 THIS OR GIVE AWAY THE RIGHT TO THIS PUBLIC PARK WHICH WE
14:41:06 WERE CONFIRMED FOR.
14:41:11 THANK YOU.
14:41:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK UNDER PUBLIC
14:41:19 COMMENT?
14:41:27 YES, MA'AM?
14:41:27 >> [OFF MICROPHONE] MY NAME IS MARY SCOTT -- AND I'M A
14:41:34 MEMBER OF THE YBOR CHICKEN SOCIETY.
14:41:38 YOU CAN TELL THAT PUBLIC SPEAKING MAKES ME NERVOUS.
14:41:45 WE SOUNDED LIKE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, AND YOUR KIND WORDS.
14:41:50 BUT MY CONCERN IS ITEMS NUMBER 56 AND 57 IS THAT ANOTHER WAY
14:41:57 OF GETTING RID OF THEM WITHOUT DISCUSSING THE WORD CHICKEN?
14:42:01 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
14:42:10 >> ARE THEY TROWEL?
14:42:12 HE MENTIONED DECIBELS.
14:42:14 BUT HE DIDN'T MENTION NUMBER OF DECIBELS.
14:42:16 HE MENTIONED ABOUT HOST GUESTS BEING DISTURBED, AND I MET
14:42:22 WITH HOTEL GUESTS LAST NIGHT AND I NEVER HEARD A CHICKEN.
14:42:25 SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT DELIVERY TRUCKS OR
14:42:29 LATE NIGHT REVELING OR CHICKEN IN THE MORNING.
14:42:34 I FEEL LIKE AM I BEING SLIPPED?
14:42:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: MA'AM, THE CHICKEN ISSUE, THAT'S OVER.
14:42:44 >> YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND --
14:42:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU CAN SLEEP NOW.
14:42:50 >> OKAY, MR. REDDICK.
14:42:53 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
14:42:53 THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
14:42:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU CAN SLEEP GOOD NOW.
14:42:56 >> I SEE THE WORD --
14:43:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: THEY WITHDRAW THAT.
14:43:06 >> IT LOOKS PRETTY LEGAL TO ME BUT I'M NOT A LAWYER.
14:43:09 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ANIMALS AND WAYS THEY
14:43:14 ARE TREATED.
14:43:15 IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHICKENS AT ALL.
14:43:18 >> OKAY.
14:43:18 I'M SORRY.
14:43:20 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
14:43:21 AND AGAIN IT WAS WONDERFUL LISTENING TO YOU.
14:43:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 6:00.
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