TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018
9:00 A.M. SESSION

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09:02:59 >>FRANK REDDICK:
I CALL THIS TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
ORDER.
I YIELD TO COUNCILMAN COHEN.
09:03:05 >>HARRY COHEN:
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME.
THIS MORNING THE REV. CHARLES EVANS CONNELLY, 16th
RECTOR OF ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH JOINS US FOR THE
INVOCATION.
FATHER CONNOLLY WAS GRADUATED FROM THE GENERAL THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY IN 2007, SERVED ST. JOHN'S AS ASSOCIATE RECTOR AND
CHAPLAIN OF THE SCHOOL FROM 2007 TILL 2013 WHEN HE WAS
APPOINTED BISHOP VICAR AND THEN PRIEST-IN-CHARGE.
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME.
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRAYER AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:03:35 >> LET US PRAY.
FATHER, THE LORD OUR LORD IS ONE.
ALMIGHTY GOD, WE HOLD AND VISIT WE PRAY THE CITIES OF THE
EARTH ESPECIALLY THIS CITY, TAMPA FLORIDA.
WE RENEW AND STRENGTHEN THE TIES OF MUTUAL REGARD WHICH
PERFORM OUR CIVIC LIFE TOGETHER.
SEND US HONEST AND ABLE LEADERS AND THOSE WHO HOLD ELECTED
OFFICE IN THIS CITY THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM, CHARITY AND
JUSTICE, THAT WHICH STEADFAST PURPOSE THEY MAY FAITHFULLY
SERVE THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA AND PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF
ALL PEOPLE.
BLESS THIS CITY COUNCIL THAT IT MAY ORDER DANE FOR OUR
GOVERNANCE ONLY SUCH THINGS FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME AND
THE WELFARE OF YOUR PEOPLE.
WE PRAY THAT THEY WILL KNOW YOUR PRESENCE WITH THEM AS THEY
STRIVE TO ELIMINATE POVERTY, PREJUDICE, AND OPPRESSION, SO
THAT PEACE MAY PREVAIL WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE.
BLESS ALL OF US ASSEMBLED HERE THIS MORNING, THE CITY OF
TAMPA, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
ONE GOD, IT IS IN YOUR GREAT AND HOLY NAME THAT WE PRAY.
EN.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
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.
ALL RIGHT.
MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE THE HONORABLE MAYOR, BOB BUCKHORN.
09:05:48 >> MAYOR BUCKHORN:
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU.
I APOLOGIZE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT ARE
WAITING TO RECEIVE THEIR COMMENDATIONS.
I KNOW BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL RECEIVE THE
OFFICER AND THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER, I GUESS OR
MONTH, TOP NOTCH FOLKS.
I APOLOGIZE TO YOU GUYS FOR KEEPING YOU WAITING HERE.
THIS IS THE 8th TIME I HAVE APPEARED BEFORE YOU.
AND FOR SOME OF YOU, IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING JOURNEY THAT WE
HAVE BEEN ON TOGETHER.
MANY OF YOU WERE ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME I WAS.

IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING EIGHT YEARS.
I THINK WE COULD SAY VERY EASILY.
BUT I THINK IT HAS BEEN A PRODUCTIVE EIGHT YEARS AND I AM
THANKFUL FOR YOUR INPUT INTO THIS AMAZING TRANSFORMATION
THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THIS CITY.
IT IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
IT IS NOT WITHOUT ITS CHALLENGES.
WE CONTINUE TO EMERGE OUT OF THE DARKNESS OF THE WORST
RECESSION SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, BUT I TELL YOU THAT IF
FOLKS THINK ABOUT THE PAST EIGHT YEARS AND THINK ABOUT HOW
IMPACTING THAT WAS, AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE
HAVE MADE, THEY WOULD BE ASTOUNDED AS WHERE WE SEE OURSELVES
IN SPITE OF WHAT OCCURRED.
THIS BUDGET IS NOT SEXY.
WE HAVE BRIEFED ALL OF YOU ON WHAT THIS BUDGET CONTAINS
LARGELY.
I PLAN ON GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS TODAY.
I WILL DO IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THERE ARE NO KNOWN MAJOR PROJECTS IN THIS BUDGET.
THIS BUDGET REFLECTS THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND THE
TOUGH DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE.
BUT I THINK IT ALSO PREPARES THIS CITY FOR THE NEXT
ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEXT ITERATION OF TAMPA'S
DEVELOPMENT.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING.

AND AS ALL OF YOU KNOW THERE'S NOT A BUDGET THAT ALL OF US
HAVE WORKED ON SINCE WE HAVE BEEN HERE, ESPECIALLY THOSE
THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS THAT DID NOT START OUT
IN THE RED.
WE HAVE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH A BUDGET THAT
STARTS OUT IN THE BLACK, AND THAT IS JUST A REFLECTION OF
HOW DEEP THAT RECESSION HAS BEEN, AND SOME OF THE AMAZING
WORK OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE BEHIND ME TO BE MANAGE
THOSE DETAILS.
SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THE BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET OVERVIEW AND TALK A
LITTLE ABOUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AS USUAL, THIS HAS BEEN OUR DNA FROM DAY ONE.
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE HAVE FOCUSED ON SINCE 2011.
THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT I WAS ELECTED TO GOVERN ON,
AND THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE PURSUED MOVING
THROUGHOUT THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IN SPITE OF THE ECONOMY.
YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THESE.
I THINK THE LAST ONE IS ONE MOST WORTHY OF ATTENTION, AND
THAT IS PREPARING FOR OUR FINANCIAL FUTURE.
I WILL NOT BE HERE.
NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A NEW MAYOR HERE.
IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU, TONY.
BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WE HAVE GOT TO PREPARE THIS BUDGET
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND NEXT ITERATION.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHT OVER THE LAST YEAR, TAMPA HAS EMERGED
AS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PLACES IN AMERICA.
THIS IS THE PLACE THAT IS, I WILL TELL YOU IN NO UNCERTAIN
TERMS -- AND I WAS DEALING WITH THIS AS FREQUENTLY AS
POSSIBLE, BUT EVEN AS FAR AS YESTERDAY.
TAMPA IS TOP OF MIND FOR VIRTUALLY EVERY CORPORATE
RELOCATION THAT IS BEING CONTEMPLATED IN AMERICA.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST ARE COMING.
THIS IS A CITY THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS AND THE
CORPORATE COMMUNITY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO.
THAT WAS NOT THE CASE EIGHT YEARS AGO.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE ON THIS
CHART, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF BECAUSE
CERTAINLY I AM AND I THINK MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE.
LOWEST COST OF LIVING AMONG COMPETING METROS.
ONE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST BOOM TOWNS.
THE NUMBER FIVE TO DESTINATION IN THE COUNTRY FOR FOLKS
MOVING HERE.
AND NUMBER 8 IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF HIGH-PAYING JOBS AND
LOW COST OF LIVING.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ALL ALLOW US TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE
MARKETPLACE.
WE ARE ATTRACTING A LOT OF ATTENTION, AS I INDICATED BEFORE.
WE ARE THE 23rd FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE NATION.
THE NUMBER ONE CITY IN THE NATION IN CREATING SUSTAINABLE

ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND THE FOURTH MOST
ATTRACTIVE METROPOLITAN AREA FOR CORPORATE RELOCATIONS.
OUR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO PROSPER.
WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE 11th TRENDIEST CITY IN THE
WORLD.
THE 17th HIGHEST RANKED CITY IN THE UNITED STATES IN
TERMS OF YOUTH APPEAL.
I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
(LAUGHTER)
A PROUD DESTINATION FOR MILLENNIAL ENTREPRENEURS.
IT IS AN EXCITING TIME AND WE SEE THAT EVERY DAY AS WE LOOK
AT THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE FLOCKING TO OUR URBAN CORE.
SOME OF THE ACCOLADES THAT WE HAVE GASSED OVER THE LAST
YEAR, LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AGAIN ONE OF AMERICA'S FASTEST
GROWING CITIES, NUMBER ONE CITY FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, TOP
FIVE METRO AREA FOR CORPORATE LOCATIONS.
THE TOP 15 CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
MOST FUN CITY IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SIXTH BEST PLACE
FOR VETERANS TO LIVE WHICH IS IMPORTANT GIVEN THE FACT THAT
WE ARE HOME TO MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE.
MOVING FORWARD, WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE PERMITTING ACTIVITY
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND YOU SEE WE HAVE EMERGED
OUT OF THAT RECESSION.
WE KNEW THAT WE COULDN'T CUT OUR WAY OUT OF THAT RECESSION,
THAT WE HAD TO GROW OUR WAY OUT OF THE RECESSION.

PERMIT ACTIVITY SINCE 2011 HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY.
PERMIT REVENUES HAVE INCREASED ACCORDINGLY.
WE CONTINUE TO GROW ON A RATHER RAPID TRAJECTORY.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, IN 2011 WE COMPLETELY REVAMPED AND
REFORMED OUR PERMITTING PROCESS.
WE NOW HAVE BECOME THE MODEL FOR HOW TO PERMIT AS OPPOSED TO
THE POSTER CHILD FOR HOW NOT TO DO IT.
WE ARE RECOGNIZED AS A PLACE THAT IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND
COMPANIES WHETHER YOU ARE PUTTING AN ADDITION ON YOUR
SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE OR WHETHER YOU ARE MOVING THOUSANDS OF
JOBS HERE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND BE A PART OF THIS
PLACE THAT WE CALL TAMPA.
UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS.
WE ALL REMEMBER 2011, UNEMPLOYMENT WAS NORTH OF 11%.
WE ARE NOW DOWN TO A 3.3% RATE, PERFORMING BETTER IN
EMPLOYMENT METRICS THAN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE UNITED
STATES AS A WHOLE.
OUR FOLKS HAVE GONE BACK TO WORK.
THAT IS A GOOD THING.
SOME OF THE REASONS AND SOME OF THE BIG ECONOMIC ENGINES IN
OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE DRIVING THIS INCLUDE PORT TAMPA BAY.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE CARGO IN TERMS OF NET TONS AND THE
INCREASE THERE.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE ACQUISITION OF SOME OF THE GANTRY CRANES
TO ACCOMMODATE THE LARGER SHIPS THAT ARE NOW COMING AS A

RESULT OF THE EXPANSION OF THE PANAMA CANAL.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FIGURING OUT THE STRATEGY TO DREDGE
THE BIG BEND CHANNEL IN ORDER TO ALLOW MORE AND MORE ACCESS
AND DEEPEN THE CHANNEL SO THAT THE SHIPS FROM MOSAIC AND
SOME OF THE OTHER PROVIDERS IN SOUTH COUNTY HAVE THE ABILITY
TO MOVE THROUGH THAT CHANNEL EASILY.
THE PORT IS COMMITTED TO SPENDING OVER $380 MILLION OVER THE
NEXT FIVE YEARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE
PROUD OF.
IN 2011, SINCE 2011 WE HAVE ADDED 19 NEW NON-STOP
DESTINATIONS FROM TAMPA INTERNATIONAL.
EIGHT OF WHICH ARE INTERNATIONAL.
11 ARE DOMESTIC.
YOU SEE THE INCREASE IN PASSENGER TRAFFIC FROM 2013, FROM
16.9 MILLION TO 19.6 MILLION.
THAT AIRPORT IS GROWING AND MORPHING AS WE SPEAK.
WE JUST SPENT A BILLION DOLLARS ON THE REHABILITATION OF ONE
OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE AIRPORTS.
THERE IS ANOTHER BILLION ANTICIPATED IN CONSTRUCTION
IMMEDIATELY OFF-SITE OF THE AIRPORT.
THE AIRPORT IS CHANGING AND GROWING AS WE AS A CITY CONTINUE
TO GROW.
JOE LOPANO AND CHRIS MITTER WHO HAVE BEEN NEW ADDITIONS IN
THE LAST SEVEN YEARS HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL IN

ATTRACTING NEW AIRLINES, AND I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE
MORE AND MORE OF THIS AS WE BECOME MORE OF AN INTERNATIONAL
DESTINATION.
SOME OF THE UPCOMING REAL ESTATE PROJECTS, MANY OF WHOM YOU
HAVE APPROVED, INCLUDING THE PROPERTIES ON THE LOT RIGHT
ACROSS THE STREET, THE ENCORE PROJECT, WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE
WORKS FOR A WHILE THAT SERVES CENTRAL PARK AND DEMOLISHED IT
AND IS NOW REBUILDING THE PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS TO A POINT
WHERE SENIOR CITIZENS AND FAMILIES CAN LIVE IN A SAFE,
WHOLESOME ENVIRONMENT, AND A NUMBER OF THE PROJECTS ARE OUT
OF THE GROUND AND COMPLETED.
THERE ARE A FEW PADS LEFT IN THE ENCORE SITE YET TO BE
FINALIZED.
RIVERWALK TOWER ON THE SITE, ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING SITES
AT THE CORNER OF TAMPA STREET, OR ASHLEY STREET AND BROREIN
STREET BRIDGE, MIXED USE, RESIDENTIAL, 240 UNITS, GROUND
FLOOR THAT WILL ACTIVATE THE WATERFRONT ON THAT CORNER WITH
RETAIL, RESTAURANTS, IT WILL BE THE TALLEST BUILDING ON THE
WEST COAST OF FLORIDA, ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BREAK GROUND NEXT YEAR.
THE WATER STREET DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR
WITH, A $3 BILLION INVESTMENT BY JEFF VINIK AND CASCADE
INVESTMENT WHICH IS ONE OF MR. GATES' INVESTMENT FUNDS, IT
STARTED OUT AS 1 BILLION, HAS GROWN TO 3 BILLION.
WE BROKE GROUND RECENTLY ON THE JW MARRIOTT HOTEL WHICH IS

UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 5-STAR HOTEL IN THAT PROJECT AS WELL
AS THOUSANDS OF UNITS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SQUARE FEET
OF OFFICE SPACE, A TRUE LIVE-WORK-PLAY ENVIRONMENT.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST CERTIFIED DISTRICT IN THE WORLD.
I WOULD POINT TO THE USF MED SCHOOL WHICH IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
IT IS ALREADY PROBABLY SEVEN FLOORS UP.
JUST TO TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND WHAT AN ECONOMIC
ENGINE THAT WILL BE FOR US.
THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS TO THE USF MEDICAL SCHOOL, I
THINK AS A RESULT. DECISION TO MOVE IN A MEDICAL SCHOOL TO
DOWNTOWN TAMPA, NOW SURPASSES EVERY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE
STATE OF FLORIDA, INCLUDING SOME OF THE HISTORIC LEADERS,
UNIVERSITY, GAINESVILLE, UNIVERSITY MIME.
USF MED SCHOOL IS ATTRACTING THE BEST OF THE BEST IN BIGGER
NUMBERS THAN ANY MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THAT ALSO TRANSLATES TO BETTER RESEARCHERS, BETTER
ACADEMICS, BETTER FACILITIES, BETTER CORPORATE RELOCATIONS
WHO WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MED SCHOOL.
THAT MEDICAL SCHOOL WILL CREATE AN ECONOMIC CLUSTER THAT
WILL DRIVE THAT PORTION OF OUR DOWNTOWN FOR DECADES TO COME.
IT IS EXCITING AND IT IS UNDERWAY.
GOT THE EXPANSION OF TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WORKED HARD TO INTRODUCE

BETTER RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS INTO THAT FACILITY.
THERE WAS 18,000 SQUARE FEET OF UNUSED STORAGE SPACE THAT
HAD BEEN VACANT SINCE THE CONVENTION CENTER WAS ON AND I WAS
THERE, CHARLIE WAS THERE.
25 YEARS AGO.
IT HAD NEVER BEEN BUILT OUT, NEVER BEEN FINISHED.
IT HAD BEEN USED TEMPORARILY FOR THE HISTORY MUSEUM BACK IN
THE 80s AND 90s.
WE DECIDED TO TAKE THAT SPACE AND MAKE IT PRODUCTIVE.
WE BROUGHT IN HARRY'S WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN
SEPTEMBER.
DAZ WILL ALSO BE INSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER.
AND BIG RAYS FISH CAMP WILL BE OUTSIDE THE PAVILION WHICH I
GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT DRAW FOR AN ALREADY BUSY
RIVERWALK AT THAT LOCATION.
WE HAVE ATTRACTED OVER 4500 VISITORS TO THE CONVENTION
CENTER PER YEAR.
WE ARE JOINED WITH THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE EXPANSION.
THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTION INSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER AS
WE RENOVATE AND UPGRADE SOME OF THE FACILITIES IN THERE.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO ADD MEETING ROOMS UP ABOVE THE
STAIRCASE, THE ESCALATOR THAT LEADS TO THE TOP, TAKING
BASICALLY UNDERUTILIZED SPACE AND MAKING IT MORE PRODUCTIVE
AND REVENUE PRODUCING.

NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, SOME OF
THESE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN THE LAST YEAR, SOME OF WHICH
ARE UNDERWAY.
YOU HAVE GOT 915 FRANKLIN WHICH IS BY CARTER.
I THINK ALL OF US RECOGNIZE THE POTENTIAL OF THE NORTH
FRANKLIN AREA AND THE GROWTH THAT IS ABOUT TO OCCUR THERE,
ANCHORED BY ULELE AND TAMPA ARMATURE PROJECTS.
YOU ARE GOING TO SEE ALL ALONG THE FRANKLIN STREET CORRIDOR.
THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THERE ARE PLANS FOR OTHER PROJECTS COMING OUT OF THE GROUND
ON THE FRANKLIN STREET SIDE.
I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT NORTH FRANKLIN TO THE
URBAN CORE, AND IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL EXTENDING THE STREET
CAR ALL THE WAY UP TO PALM AVENUE, WILL CREATE THAT LINKAGE
THAT WILL CONNECT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY AND
PROVIDE THEM A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE PEARL APARTMENTS WHICH ARE RIGHT BEHIND THE TAMPA
ARMATURE BUILDING ARE VIRTUALLY COMPLETED, 314 UNITS.
ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE PEARL IS ALMOST 30,000 FEET OF
RETAIL WITH A 5-STORY PARKING GARAGE.
OBVIOUSLY THE TAMPA HEIGHTS AREA, WHICH WE NOW KNOW IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION, THE TAMPA ARMATURE PROJECT WHICH IS OPEN TO
RAVE REVIEWS, THEY ARE OBLIGATED TO FINISH THE RIVERWALK ALL
THE WAY TO THE NORTH BOULEVARD BRIDGE AND EVENTUALLY WILL
ACTIVATE THAT ENTIRE SECTION.

SO THE RIVERWALK WILL BEGIN AT THE NORTH BOULEVARD BRIDGE
AND RUN EVENTUALLY ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE AQUARIUM, AND
AS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO OCCUR AROUND CHANNELSIDE
POTENTIALLY ALL THE WAY TO ADAMO DRIVE AND LINKING YBOR
CITY.
WE HAVE THE WEST TAMPA REDEVELOPMENT THAT YOU ALL SHOULD
TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS.
IT'S 120 ACRES ANCHORED BY JULIAN B. LANE RIVERFRONT PARK
WHICH WE HAVE COMPLETED.
THE TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY IS IN THE MIDST OF DEMOLITION OF
NORTH BOULEVARD HOMES, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN
RELOCATED.
THE DEMOLITION IS ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY FINISHED.
THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD THREE, MAYBE FOUR BUILDINGS THAT
FINANCED AND READY TO GO RELATED IS GOING TO REPURPOSE THE
HIGH-RISE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED SO IT WILL BE REDONE.
AND THERE ARE TWO TO THREE OTHER BUILDINGS, ONE OF WHICH --
TWO OF WHICH MAY BE BANK OF AMERICA, AND THE OTHER ONE MAY
BE RELATED AS WELL THAT ARE UNDERWAY AND FINANCED AND READY
TO GO.
THE YARD THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE STORED ALL THE DEBRIS FROM
THE HURRICANE WHICH USED TO BE THE CITY'S YARD WHERE WE
PARKED OUR STORMWATER TRUCKS AND WATER VEHICLES, THEY ALL
HAVE BEEN NOW MOVED TO THEIR HOME LOCATIONS.

THAT 15-ACRE PARCEL IS VIRTUALLY READY FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD RIGHT NOW TO SWAP OUT
SOME LAND THAT WOULD ALLOW THE AREA THAT NOW CONTAINS THE
TRUCK BEHIND THE STEWART AND BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BALL
FIELDS AND MOVE IT INTERNAL TO THE PUBLIC HOUSING PORTION OF
IT, OPENING UP THAT ENTIRE AREA FOR REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE
RIVER.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE HOPEFULLY BEFORE WE LEAVE IN MAY THAT WE
WILL BE ABLE TO PUT OUT AN RFP ON THE STREET FOR DEVELOPERS
ON THIS CITY-OWNED PORTION, THE 12 ACRES THAT ARE THERE, AND
AT THAT POINT WE WOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE SCHOOL BOARD SWAP.
SO LITERALLY FROM JULIAN B. LANE PARK ALL THE WAY AROUND TO
RICK'S ON THE RIVER AND EVERYTHING BEHIND THAT ALL THE WAY
TO ROME WILL BE REDEVELOPED AND TRANSFORMED IN A WAY THAT
WEST TAMPA HAS NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
SO ALL OF THAT IS UNDERWAY.
YOU HAVE GOT RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE EXCHANGE, ABOUT FOUR
STORIES UP RIGHT NOW, ALTIS, 10 THAT YOU FEET OF RETAIL, 314
UNITS, COMPLIMENTING MISEN PLACE, ALL CONTAINED WITHIN.
YOU HAVE THE RIVERWALK ON THE SITE OF THE TAMPA TRIBUNE.
THAT IS QUICKLY COMING TO COMPLETION.
IT'S 400 UNITS.
IT IS -- IT HAS A 300,000 SQUARE FOOT PARKING GARAGE AGAIN
CONTAINED INTERNALLY AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE RIVERWALK, RETAIL
ALONG THE RIVERWALK.

THEY HAVE AGREED TO BUILD THE RIVERWALK ON THEIR PROPERTY,
ON THEIR SIDE.
EVENTUALLY, WHAT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE IS THAT SOMEBODY COMING
DOWN BAYSHORE BOULEVARD WOULD HAVE THE CHOICE OF WHICH SIDE
OF THE RIVER THAT THEY CAN CHOOSE TO WALK, RUN, RECREATE AND
THAT IT WOULD ALL BE CONNECTED.
RELATED IS GOING TO DO ITS PORTION.
JOHN AVALON ON THE PIECE AT KENNEDY AND THE RIVER IS
OBLIGATED PER HIS DRI TO DO THE RIVERWALK ON HIS SIDE.
THE SIDEWALK THROUGH PLANT PARK HAS BEEN ADDED ONTO SO IT
NOW CONNECTS FROM KENNEDY ALL THE WAY TO CASS STREET.
WE HAVE THE EASEMENT BEHIND TAMPA PREP.
THAT WOULD THEN PROGRESS THROUGH JULIAN B. LANE RIVERFRONT
PARK.
WE ACQUIRED THE EASEMENT BEHIND BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND TORE
DOWN THE FENCE THAT BLOCKED IT FOR A DECADE.
WE PUT UP ANOTHER FENCE PARALLEL TO BLAKE TO PROTECT THE
KIDS.
SO THAT ENTIRE SECTION BEHIND BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL IS NOW OPEN.
ENDING AT THE NORTH BOULEVARD BRIDGE.
EVENTUALLY, THAT TRAIL SHOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO BEHIND
RICK'S ON THE RIVER AND CONNECT THAT ENTIRE WEST RIVER SIDE
OF THE PROJECT.
THERE'S A FEW PIECES THERE THAT ARE LEFT TO BE DONE.
BUT THE CITY CONTROLS VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE PIECES THAT ARE

NOT YET FINISHED, AND THAT WILL BE THE TASK OF THE NEXT
MAYOR AND THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL.
THIS IS LAFAYETTE PLACE, WHICH IS AVALON'S PROJECT WHICH HAS
BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME.
WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT HE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES AT THE CORNER OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD
AND THE RIVER.
YOU SEE THE HIGH-RISE TOWER WHICH IS A MIXED USE PROJECT,
HOTEL, OFFICE AND RETAIL.
AND ON THE BACK PORTION OF THAT WOULD BE SOME OF THE
RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE SPACE AS WELL.
AGAIN, ACTIVATING THAT SIDE OF THE RIVER AND COMPLEMENTING
THE GRAND CENTRAL PLAZA AREA WHERE OXFORD IS, MISE EN PLACE
AND THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
MOVING TO YBOR CITY, AS YOU CAN SEE EVERY PART OF OUR CITY
IS BEING TOUCHED BY THIS PROGRESS.
THIS NEW HOTEL WHICH WE JUST BROKE GROUND ON ABOUT A MONTH
AGO, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CAPITANO FAMILY AS WELL
AS SOME HOTEL DEVELOPERS OUT OF CHICAGO, IS GOING TO TAKE
PLACE AT THE CORNER WHERE THE OLD EL-FASAJE USED TO BE.
THERE'S A HISTORIC BUILDING.
THEY ARE GOING TO TREAT THAT SITE WITH THE RESPECT THAT IT
DESERVES, 52 MILLION-DOLLAR INVESTMENT, 176 ROOMS, WITH THE
WROUGHT IRON TYPE BALCONIES IN KEEPING WITH THE YBOR
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE.

BAINBRIDGE WHICH IS NOW OPEN AND LEASING IS THE PIECE OF
PROPERTY THAT WE SOLD ABUTTING I-4 WHICH IS NOW HOME TO 240
RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND THEY ARE LEASING UP AS WE SPEAK.
MOVING OVER TO THE WESTSHORE MARINA DISTRICT, THE OLD GANDY
MARINA, WHICH I KNOW WELL BECAUSE I USED TO COPY MY BOAT
THERE, IS NOW IN THE MIDST OF AN AMAZING TRANSFORMATION.
AS YOU ALL KNOW THAT SITE WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY DURING THE
RECESSION.
IT WAS BROUGHT OUT OF BANKRUPTCY BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
PARTNERS, BUT THE PARTICULARLY, AMAZING VIEWS LOOKING OVER
THE GANDY BRIDGE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A MIXED USE SITE.
IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WE SPEAK.
THERE WILL BE A 200 ROOM HOTEL, 1700 RESIDENCES, RETAIL
OFFICES ALONG THE WATER, A SCENIC TRAIL ALONG THE WATER WITH
185 BOAT SLIPS WHICH WE DESPERATELY NEED.
WCI BOUGHT AN 11-ACRE PARCEL ADJOINING THAT WITH THEY PLAN
ON 140 TOWNHOUSES, AND RELATED ALSO HAS BROKEN GROUND ON A
PIECE THAT THEY ACQUIRED FOR ALMOST 400 MORE RESIDENTIAL
UNITS.
MIDTOWN WHICH IS RELATIVELY NEW, WHICH IS HALF A BILLION
DOLLAR INVESTMENT, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF THE INTERSTATE
AND DALE MABRY, IT IS A BRONLEY PROJECT, HAS PROBABLY OWNED
THIS PROPERTY FOR 20 YEARS.
CHARLIE, YOU AND I WERE ON THE ORIGINAL PROJECT.

IT WILL BE A MIXED USE SORT OF TOWN CENTER THAT WILL HELP TO
CONNECT THE WESTSHORE BUSINESS DISTRICT TO DOWNTOWN AND A
VERY, VERY CRITICAL LOCATION.
THE SITE HAS BEEN UNDERUTILIZED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND
BILL HAINES OF BRONLEY HAS BEEN VERY PATIENT AND COME TO US
AND TO THIS COMMUNITY WITH WHAT WILL BE A GREAT PROJECT.
THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE AND THE
DEMOLITION SO I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THAT MOVE PRETTY
QUICKLY.
ONE OF THE MORE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE
OF WEEKS HAS BEEN THE DECISION BY GOVERN SCOTT TO TAKE
UNSOLICITED BIDS FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY CORRIDOR BETWEEN
ORLANDO AND TAMPA.
ALL OF US REMEMBER THE GOVERNOR MADE THE DECISION EIGHT
YEARS AGO TO TURN BACK FEDERAL DOLLARS FROM THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
ALL OF US, I THINK, DISAGREED WITH THAT DECISION, BUT THAT
CERTAINLY WAS HIS PREROGATIVE.
HENCE, EIGHT YEARS, WE ARE NOW AT A POINT WHERE THERE IS
SIGNIFICANT INTEREST FROM ONE RAIL COMPANY IN PARTICULAR
THAT IS DOING THE PROJECT ON THE EAST COAST CONNECTING MIAMI
TO ORLANDO, REFERRED TO AS THE BRIGHT LINE PROJECT.
THEY WOULD LIKE PHASE 2 POTENTIALLY TO BE IF THEY CAN GET
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, ORLANDO AIRPORT TO DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THE IMPACT OF DOWNTOWN TAMPA WITH THE

TERMINUS BEING SOMEWHERE IN DOWNTOWN, AND THAT'S YET TO BE
DETERMINED, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR
QUITE SOME TIME, CONNECTING THE ORLANDO AIRPORT AND THE MANY
TOURISTS THAT FLY INTO ORLANDO WHICH WILL NOW GIVE THEM
ACCESS TO THE BEACHES OF THE WEST COAST.
OBVIOUSLY, IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH BASEBALL CONNECTING
THOSE TWO MAJOR MARKETS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE RAYS AND
ALSO BENEFICIAL FOR THE OLDER MAGIC FOR US TO GO UP AND
WATCH GAMES IN ORLANDO.
IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
WE USE THE EXISTING RAIL CORRIDOR, ORIGINAL RAIL CORRIDOR AT
THE HIGH-SPEED RAIL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME DOWN.
BUT THIS WOULD BE ENTIRELY PRIVATELY FUNDED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA,
THE COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN BUILDING THIS IS NOT JUST IN THE
RAIL BUSINESS.
THEY ARE IN THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS.
THEY WILL ACQUIRE A LOT OF PROPERTY AROUND THE FINAL
DESTINATION, AND IF YOU HAVE SEEN WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN
FT. LAUDERDALE, WEST PALM AND MIAMI, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
OFFICE CONSTRUCTION, RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, RETAIL
CONSTRUCTION AROUND THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IT DOESN'T NEGATE THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY AS A
CITY FOR THAT LAST MILE CONNECTION AND THAT ABILITY TO MOVE

PEOPLE INTERNALLY TO THE CITY SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT HIGH-SPEED RAIL DEADHEADS
IN TAMPA, HOW DO WE MOVE PEOPLE TO OTHER PLACES?
THAT'S WHY THIS REFERENDUM COMING UP THIS FALL IS SO
IMPORTANT THAT WE PASS.
BUT THIS IS AN EXCITING DEVELOPMENT.
MOVING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, DOWNTOWN AND THE DEVELOPMENT
GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION.
WE SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH OUR UNHERALDED HEROES OUT HERE ON
THE STREET, CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE WIN PROJECT, THE SOLID
WASTE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS GOOD IN EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE WIN PROJECT AS YOU KNOW IS WHAT WE CLEAN UP PROJECT WE
DO EVERY SATURDAY IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE
CITY, FROM JUNE 16th -- FROM JUNE 2016 TO APRIL 2018 WE
PICKED UP 93 TONS OF DEBRIS AND TRASH.
BUT FOR THOSE FOLKS, THAT TRASH WOULD BE IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
NOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE DUMP IN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT THEY DO.
AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GO CLEAN IT UP TO THE BEST OF
OUR ABILITY.
CODE ENFORCEMENT IS OUT THERE EVERY DAY WORKING HARD TO

BRING SOME OF THESE DELINQUENT PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE.
IT'S A TOUGH JOB.
IT'S A HOT JOB.
IT IS A LEGAL PROCESS THAT IS COMPLICATED, THAT TAKES WAY
TOO LONG AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BUT THEY ARE DEDICATED,
AND THEY CONTINUE TO PURSUE THOSE FREQUENT VIOLATORS.
THE MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD UNIVERSITY WHICH WE STARTED FIVE
YEARS AGO, WE HAVE HAD NINE GRADUATING CLASSES AND 345
PARTICIPANTS, AS WE LOOK TO OPEN THE NEXT GENERATION OF NOT
JUST NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS BUT NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVISTS,
PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND WHO UNDERSTAND THAT
THEY HAVE GOT TO GIVE BACK, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY HAS THE SAME -- ALL HAVE THE SAME
CHANCE OF SUCCESS THAN ALL OF THE OTHERS.
NEHAMIAH PROJECT WHICH MANY OF YOU PARTICIPATED IN IS
HELPING TO REBUILD SULPHUR SPRINGS, A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS
TEETERING ON THE EDGE.
WE JOINED WITH A LOT OF OUR NOT-FOR-PROFIT PARTNERS, BROKE
DOWN BARRIERS, WORKED WITH THE FAITH COMMUNITY, INCLUDING
CHURCHES LIKE IDLEWILD BAPTIST, AND WE WORKED WITH RELIGIOUS
LEADERS TO HELP GET IN AND PROVIDE A SAFETY NET FOR SULPHUR
SPRINGS.
WE ARE NOT THERE YET.
BUT I THINK SULPHUR SPRINGS IS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN IT
WAS IN 2011.

SINCE 2015, WE HAVE TAKEN 600 TONS OF DEBRIS OUT OF SULPHUR
SPRINGS.
THAT'S MATTRESSES, THAT'S TRASH, THAT'S PEOPLE WHO DUMP
STUFF IN THE ALLEYS, PEOPLE WHO DUMP STUFF ON THE SIDEWALKS.
IT IS UNCONSCIONABLE, BUT THEY DO.
AND WE HAVE BEEN OUT THERE CLEANING IT UP FOR THE GOOD
PEOPLE, WHICH ARE THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE
THERE.
600 TONS OF DEBRIS THAT WOULD STILL BE THERE IF WE WEREN'T
OUT THERE DOING OUR JOB.
DEMAIN HOMES, 360 PARTNERSHIP, WE HAVE TAKEN 75 LOTS THAT WE
OWN AND WE HAVE ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS, PUT THEM TO THE
MARKETPLACE, PUT OUT AN RFP, DOMAIN WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT,
AND WILL PARTNER WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, THE CDC OF
TAMPA, HOUSING AUTHORITY, ALONG WITH COUNSELING AGENCIES FOR
FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS, AND WE WILL BUILD 75 NEW QUALITY
AFFORDABLE HOMES, THE PREPONDERANCE OF WHICH WILL ARCH
LARGELY BE IN EAST TAMPA.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM REALLY PROUD OF, AND I KNOW
COUNCILMAN VIERA IS AS WELL BECAUSE HE'S BEEN WITH US EVERY
STEP OF THE WAY, IS THE DECISION THAT WE MADE TO MAKE TAMPA
AN AUTISM FRIENDLY COMMUNITY.
WE ROLLED THIS OUT IN THE STATE OF THE CITY LAST YEAR, TWO
YEARS AGO, AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AS WELL AS
ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE AS A COMMUNITY.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US REALIZE, AND CERTAINLY I DIDN'T, HOW
MANY FAMILIES IN THIS COMMUNITY ARE TOUCHED BY AUTISM.
AND HOW MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE RELATIVES OR
CHILDREN THAT ARE SOMEWHERE ON THE SPECTRUM.
AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES OF BEING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY THAT
HONOR IT IS INHERENT CONTRIBUTION OF EVERYBODY.
AND WHAT I REALIZED WAS THIS WAS PERHAPS A SECTOR THAT
DIDN'T GET A LOT OF OUR ATTENTION, THAT WAS SOMEWHAT IN THE
SHADOWS, AND WE WERE DOING A LOT FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PEOPLE, BUT THAT IT WAS ABOUT TIME THAT WE STOOD UP AND DID
SOMETHING FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT HAVE AS POWERFUL A VOICE IN
THIS COMMUNITY AS OTHERS.
AND SO WE SET OUT TO MAKE TAMPA AN AUTISM-FRIENDLY CITY, ONE
OF THE FIRST AUTISM FRIENDLY CITIES IN AMERICA.
WE PARTNERED WITH CARD WHICH STANDS FOR THE CENTER OF AUTISM
AND RELATED DID DISABILITIES AT USF.
THEY HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNER FOR US.
BY THE END OF THIS YEAR WE HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING FOR OUR
EMPLOYEES AND PARKS AND RECREATION, TAMPA POLICE, TAMPA FIRE
RESCUE, TOTALING MORE THAN 2900 EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN TRAINED
IN TERMS OF WHAT TO LOOK FOR, AND HOW TO REACT.
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A TAMPA POLICE OFFICER OR TAMPA
FIREFIGHTER GOING INTO A VERY, VERY CHAOTIC SITUATION,
ALREADY ON A HAIR TRIGGER, DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS
AUTISM, THAT MAY COMMUNICATE IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND MAY REACT

TO DIFFERENT STIMULI, THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
AND THOSE OFFICERS, IN PARTICULAR, OR THOSE FIREFIGHTERS IN
THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES NEED TO BE TRAINED TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK
FOR, TO KNOW WHAT THAT BEHAVIOR IS, TO KNOW WHAT THOSE
EXPECTATIONS ARE, BECAUSE GOD FORBID A POLICE OFFICER RUNS
INTO A CALL WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS AUTISM OR SOME OTHER
DISABILITY, THAT REACTS IN A WAY THAT IS IN KEEPING WITH THE
DISEASE, BUT THE OFFICER LOOKS UPON AS A THREAT.
THERE COULD BE CATASTROPHIC RESULTS SHOULD THAT OCCUR.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TRAIN PEOPLE AND TRAIN OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS AS TO HOW TO REACT.
OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PEOPLE HAVE REALLY GONE OUT OF
THEIR WAY TO MAKE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES USER
FRIENDLY FOR THOSE ON THE SPECTRUM.
NONE OF US UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY IT REALIZE OR
UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS FOR PARENTS TO FIND PLACES
THAT THEIR KIDS CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE IN, WHERE THE NOISE AND
THE LIGHTS PERHAPS ARE LOWER, WHERE THERE'S SENSORY FRIENDLY
TYPES OF PLAYGROUNDS AND TOYS SO THOSE KIDS CAN HAVE THE
SAME OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY OUR PARKS AS KIDS WHO ARE NOT
AFFECTED BY IT.
I THINK IF WE DON'T GROW THIS -- AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN VIERA
WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THIS LONG AFTER I'M GONE -- THAT THIS
WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS THAT WE
HAVE DONE AS A CITY.

AND LUIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY ON THIS.
YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THIS CERTAINLY
AS LONG AS I AM HERE AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL NOT MISS THAT IN
UPCOMING YEARS.
OUR STAY AND PLAY PROGRAM FOR WHICH WE JUST WON A NATIONAL
AWARD FROM THE CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, WE WON FOR THE BIG
CITIES, THE LIVABILITY AWARD, COMPETING AGAINST ALL OF THE
BIG CITIES IN AMERICA.
I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WE HAD A RASH OF SHOOTINGS IN OUR
COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN SOME OF OUR TOUGHER
NEIGHBORHOODS, PARTICULARLY AFFECTED BY THAT WERE SOME OF
THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE EITHER
PARTICIPANTS OR VICTIMS.
IN THIS PROCESS WE MADE A DECISION, AND IT WASN'T CHEAP, BUT
IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION, THAT WE WANTED TO GET THESE KIDS
OUT OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE WANTED TO GET THEM OFF THE CORNER, GET THEM AWAY ARE FROM
THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS AND THE GANG LIFE AND THE CRIMINALS
THAT IS FOR THEM A PATH THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM TO TAP, AND
WE WANTED TO GET THEM OUT OF HARM'S WAY.
SO WE MADE A DECISION TO OPEN UP NINE OF OUR FACILITIES.
WE EXTENDED THEIR HOURS TILL MIDNIGHT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK,
AND WE HAVE HAD AN ATTENDANCE OF OVER 198,000 TEENAGE VISITS
SINCE THE PROGRAM BEGAN.

WE HAVE GIVEN AWAY OVER 3600 REC CARDS TO SOME OF THE YOUNG
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK THE END RESULT OF THIS IS WE HAVE GOT KIDS THAT
ARE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WITH PEOPLE, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR
PARKS AND REC EMPLOYEES, WHO CARE ABOUT THEM, PROVIDING THE
MENTORSHIP, GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES, NOT JUST OPENING UP A
GYM, BUT GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, TO HAVE
VISITING GUESTS THAT COME IN AND SPEAK TO THEM, TO OPEN UP
THE COMPUTER LABS, TO OPEN UP THE RECORDING STUDIOS THAT WE
HAVE.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND I GUARANTEE, WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PROVE THIS.
THERE ARE KIDS TODAY THAT ARE ALIVE, ALIVE, BECAUSE OF THIS
PROGRAM.
BECAUSE BUT FOR THIS, IN THOSE DANGEROUS HOURS, DURING THOSE
TIMES IN THE SUMMER WHEN THEIR PARENTS OFTENTIMES
SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES ARE WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN TO DO
THE BEST THEY CAN, AND THESE KIDS ARE HOME ALONE, THE FACT
THAT THEY ARE IN OUR RECREATION FACILITIES, 198,000 VISITS,
THEY ARE IN A SAFE PLACE, AND THEY ARE NOT AT RISK OF
BECOMING PARTICIPANTS OR VICTIMS IN WHATEVER VIOLENCE OCCURS
ON OUR STREETS.
THERE ARE CHILDREN TODAY THAT ARE ALIVE BECAUSE OF THIS
DECISION.
IN KEEPING WITH THAT, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, AND WE ARE

ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, JULIAN B. LANE
RIVERFRONT PARK OPENED A MONTH AGO.
THERE WERE 20,000 PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE SATURDAY NIGHT
EVENT
SONYA LITTLE WAS DANCING LIKE I HAVE NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE.
EVEN MIKE WAS DANCING.
THAT WAS NOT A PRETTY SITE.
(LAUGHTER)
YOU GUYS I'M SURE HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THE IMPACT
OF THAT PROJECT.
THAT IS THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT WE HAVE EVER MADE IN WEST
TAMPA.
IT IS THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT THAT WE EVER MADE IN A PARK.
IT IS GOING TO HAVE A GENERATIONAL IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY
AND WILL ANCHOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST HYDE PARK AREA
AND WEST -- HISTORIC WEST TAMPA.
THE AMENITIES THAT ARE THERE ARE UNPARALLELED.
IT IS A PROJECT THAT I THINK WILL NOT ONLY WIN AWARDS, BUT I
THINK FOR DECADES TO COME, EVEN THOUGH THEY WILL NEVER
REMEMBER THE COUNCIL THAT VOTED FOR THIS, THIS COMMUNITY
WILL THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN THIS PARK.
IT IS A TRANSFORMATIVE, TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENT, AND WILL
HELP TO ACTIVATE THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER MOVING FORWARD.
WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU IN TWO WEEKS CLOSING OUT THE
CONTRACT.

THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONS TO IT, BUT THOSE ARE ADDITIONS
THAT WE COULDN'T CONTEMPLATE BUT THAT WE HAVE MANAGED TO
ACCOMMODATE.
MOVING FORWARD, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AS ALL OF YOU KNOW,
AND OUR NEW CHIEF BRIAN DUGAN IS HERE WITH ME TODAY, ONE OF
THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN AMERICA.
IT IS A DEPARTMENT THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO THIS COMMUNITY, AND
A DEPARTMENT THAT REFLECTS THIS COMMUNITY.
IT IS A DEPARTMENT WHOSE DNA IS SERVICE, AND FOR WHOM
EVERYONE IS TREATED WITH RESPECT.
THAT IS THE WAY THEY START IN THE ACADEMY AND THAT IS THE
WAY THEY FINISH THEIR CAREER OFTENTIMES 30 YEARS DOWN THE
ROAD.
IT IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN AMERICA THAT IS LOOKED UPON
AS A DEPARTMENT TO EMULATE.
IT IS AN AMAZING GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO DO A VERY, VERY
DIFFICULT JOB.
AND I COULD NOT BE PROUDER OF THEM BECAUSE I'M OUT THERE
EVERY DAY WHEN W THEM AND I SEE WHAT THEY DO AND I SEE WHAT
THEY ARE FACED WITH AND I SEE HOW THEY RESPOND, AND WE
SHOULD BE ALL THANKFUL AT NIGHT BE THAT THEY ARE ON THE
WATCH TOWER, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING JOB.
2017 WE REDUCED CRIME 12.6%.
SINCE JANUARY OF 2016, SET UP THE VIOLENT CRIME BUREAU AS A
RESULT OF SOME OF THOSE GUN INCIDENTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT.

AND FIREARM RELATED CRIMES ARE DOWN BY 30%.
CHIEF DUGAN HAS TAKEN THE WORK OF PREVIOUS CHIEFS, HAS BUILT
UPON IT, HAS GROWN IT, HAS ADDED DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT
WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP IS A DAY TO DAY
PROCESS.
IT'S NOT A CLASS YOU TAKE.
IT IS IN EVERY INTERACTION THAT WE HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY
THAT WE SERVE, AND WE WORK ON THIS EVERY DAY.
AND YOU CANNOT EVER STOP.
AND WHILE WE ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM BAD DECISIONS, I THINK THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS COMMUNITY AND OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS AS STRONG AS ANY CITY IN AMERICA.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW ON THAT, CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON
THAT, AND I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IN OUR DEPARTMENT NOT
ONLY CRIMES COMING DOWN BUT ALSO THAT BOND BETWEEN THE
COMMUNITY STRONGER AND STRONGER.
WE HAVE SEEN SINCE 2011 A REDUCTION OF 32% IN THE NUMBER OF
CRIMES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THAT TRANSLATES TO OVER 4,000 VICTIMS.
THAT'S OUR FELLOW CITIZENS.
THOSE OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
WE HAVE ALSO ADDED 501 NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS A RELATIVELY YOUNG DEPARTMENT
BECAUSE OF THE DROP AND BECAUSE OF A LOT OF THE SENIOR FOLKS

THAT STARTED WHEN I STARTED IN 1987 ARE NOW RETIRING.
WE ARE BRINGING IN A WHOLE NEW CROP, 137 OF THOSE 501 WERE
SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATES, MEANING THAT WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD
TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DEPARTMENT REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF
THIS CITY.
SO IN ORDER TO GET THAT DIVERSITY SOMETIMES, POTENTIAL
POLICE RECRUITS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE TO BE PAY FOR THE
ACADEMY, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY THAT THEY PATROL AND THE CITY
THAT THEY REPRESENT.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF CRIMES DOWN 32% SINCE FOUR OF
US STARTED IN 2011.
THAT'S A NUMBER THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
TAMPA FIRE RESCUE, THEY ARE RUNNING THE WHEELINGS OFF THOSE
TRUCKS.
LOOK AT THAT NUMBER OF CALLS THAT THEY GET EVERY YEAR.
LAST YEAR, IN 2017, AND THE 2018 NUMBERS JUST HALF A YEAR.
2017, TAMPA FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO 87,600 CALLS.
THAT'S A LOT OF CALLS.
PROBABLY 80%-PLUS OF THOSE ARE MEDICAL RELATED.
THEY ARE NOT FIRE.
IT IS A DIFFERENT PARADIGM THAN IT WAS 20, 30, 40 YEARS AGO
WHEN THE BULK OF THE CALLS WERE FIRE CALLS.
THE BULK OF THE CALLS NOW ARE RESCUE CALLS WHICH REQUIRES

THAT MAYORS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT
THE TYPES OF APPARATUS THAT WE BUY.
WE OBVIOUSLY NEED MORE RESCUE CARS.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE FIRE APPARATUS IN GOOD
CONDITION.
BUT THAT IS A BIG NUMBER. THIS IS A VERY BUSY FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
AND WE HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS TO ACCOMMODATE THEM FROM
BUYING RESCUE CARS THAT ARE NOT FOR RESCUE CARS BUT ARE
DEPLOYED IN AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING A DRAMATIC INCREASE
SO THAT WE DON'T END UP HAVING TO DEPLOY ASSETS FROM OTHER
PARTS OF THE CITY TO COVER RESCUE CALLS IN A VERY BUSY
DISTRICT.
IN ADDITION, OUR FIRE INSPECTORS, FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE, HAS
GIVEN OUT OVER 2800 FIRE ALARMS, SMOKE ALARMS.
GETTING TO THE NITTY GRITTY -- AND I AM GOING TO THANK YOU
AS I HAVE DONE SINCE YOU WERE SO COURAGEOUS IN TERMS OF
PASSING THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT.
IT WAS NOT AN EASY VOTE.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT IT WAS THE RIGHT VOTE.
AND I THINK FOR DECADES TO COME, THAT PARTICULAR VOTE
PROVIDED US A RESOURCE AND STREAM OF REVENUE THAT WE HAD NOT
HAD IN 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS, WHICH LED TO A DECLINING LEVEL OF
SERVICE AND OUR ABILITY FINANCIALLY TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND

MAINTAIN SOME OF THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE.
I KNOW YOU TOOK A LOT OF HEAT ON THAT VOTE.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU, AND WE WILL SEE IT THIS SUMMER, AND WE
HAVE ALREADY SEEN IT, THE IMPACT THAT THAT REVENUE SOURCE
AND THE WORK THAT YOUR CITY STAFF HAS DONE TO CLEAN OUT AND
REPAIR OUR STORMWATER FACILITIES HAS ALREADY MADE AN IMPACT.
I MEAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COHEN LIVES IN AN AREA THAT
HISTORICALLY HAS NEEDED.
AND YOU HAVE TOLD ME PERSONALLY THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THE
IMPACT IN THE LESSENING OF THE STANDING WATER AS A RESULT OF
OUR ABILITY TO GET IN AND GET THE STUFF DONE, WHICH
LITERALLY HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN DECADE.
OUR STAFF SENT ME A PICTURE OF ONE TIME OF A 06-INCH PIPE,
THAT'S FIVE FEET TALL THAT LITERALLY HAD THIS MUCH CLEARANCE
BECAUSE IT WAS FULL OF DEBRIS, WAS FULL OF MUSSELS, SHOPPING
CARTS AND TRASH.
WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN AND CLEAN THOSE OUT.
LET ME BACK UP.
BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT.
SO NOT ONLY IS IT JUST THE PIPES, IT'S THE DITCHES.
IT'S THE INLETS.
IT'S THE OUTFALLS.
IT'S THE DEBRIS REMOVED FROM THE OUTFALLS.
THAT 758 TONS OF DEBRIS THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF OUR
STORMWATER, YOU DON'T THINK THAT IMPACTS THE ABILITY FOR

THAT WATER TO MOVE, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH TAMPA, OUT TO THE
BAY WHERE IT BELONGS?
IT CAN'T.
BECAUSE THE PIPES ARE SO CLOGGED THAT THE WATER CAN'T MOVE
AND HENCE YOU GET THE STREET LEVEL FLOODING.
THE STREET SWEEPING WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING
THE DEBRIS OUT, ALL OF US HAVE SEEN THE CONSTRUCTION
PROGRESS ON WATROUS, ON WESTSHORE, AS WE DIG THOSE DITCHES
OUT.
PEOPLE HAVE PUT DOCKS IN THE INLETS AND THE PIPES.
THEY HAVE TREES HAVE GROWN UP IN THERE.
WE HAVE GONE IN THERE AND SCRAPED IT, CLEANED IT,
ROTO-ROOTERED IT, ALL THE PIPES.
SO I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE
SUCCESS OF MOVING THAT STANDING WATER OUT OF THE AREAS THAT
IT CURRENTLY HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.
TRANSPORTATION.
I WANT TO MOVE THROUGH THESE SLIDES PRETTY QUICKLY.
TRANSPORTATION CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY FOR US.
JEAN DUNCAN AND HER FOLKS HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS UNDERWAY IN
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.
I AM NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
MANY OF THEM WILL BE IN THE BOCK THAT WE WILL PROVIDE YOU.
I WOULD POINT OUT THAT SINCE 2011 WE HAVE REPAIRED 73,000
POTHOLES.

THOSE A LOT OF POTHOLES.
STREET RESURFACING SIDE, SINCE 2011, WE HAVE SPENT $65
MILLION ON STREET RESURFACING.
THAT'S RESURFACING 367 LANE MILES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES.
OBVIOUSLY THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM.
WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT MORE BIKE LANES IN.
OVER 90 MILES THAN ANY ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF
TAMPA.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENHANCING SIDEWALKS SOMEWHERE WHERE
APPROPRIATE.
TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES.
IT HAS BEEN A PASSION FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE.
NOT EVERY ROAD IS APPROPRIATE.
BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIND
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN AVAILABLE.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
DEPLOYING TECHNOLOGY IN WHAT WAS AREAS THAT HERETOFORE HAD
NOT EXPERIENCE ADD LOT OF TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS, WE TALK
ABOUT SMART STREETLIGHTS, TALK ABOUT RESILIENT TRAFFIC
SIGNALS, CONNECTED AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.
WE ARE A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THE EXPRESSWAY IN SOME OF THE
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES PROGRAMS.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO TRY TO DEPLOY TECHNOLOGY WHERE IT IS
APPROPRIATE.
IT IS NOT CHEAP.
I DON'T PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT.
BUT I THINK IT IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE NEED TO HEAD.
IDEALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN
LINE.
BECAUSE THEY DRIVE ME CRAZY DOWNTOWN, CHIEF
WASTEWATER PLANS.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING MASTER PLANS FOR THE NEXT
ADMINISTRATION AND THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL.
OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER FACILITIES, THANKS TO THE FORESIGHT
OF SOME OF THE PREVIOUS MAYORS, HAD PLENTY OF CAPACITY, BUT
THESE ARE OLD SYSTEMS.
THESE ARE SYSTEMS THAT IN SOME CASES THE PIPES ARE 100 YEARS
OLD.
AND WE HAVE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND MAKE THOSE
APPROPRIATE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION AND
MASTER PLAN LOOKING OUT 20-PLUS YEARS, LOOKING AT WHAT
POTENTIAL RATE STRUCTURE LIGHT LOOK LIKE, LOOKING AT WHAT
TYPES OF PROJECTS WILL BE ON THE BOOKS AND CONTEMPLATED, AND
IN BOTH WATER, WASTEWATER, AND ALSO SOLID WASTE.
THE TAMPA AUGMENTATION PROJECT REFERRED TO AS TAP IS ANOTHER
PROJECT THAT WE ARE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF BUT I THINK

IT'S A PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO HAVE NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE DUMP NORTH OF 50 MILLION GALLONS A
DAY FROM THE HOWARD CURREN TREATMENT PLANT INTO THE BAY.
THAT IS WATER THAT IS PRACTICALLY DRINKABLE.
IT IS WATER THAT OUGHT TO BE DEPLOYED IN OTHER WAYS THAN
DUMPING INTO THE BAY.
WE THINK THAT RECLAIMED WATER THAT TREATED WATER, IS FAR
MORE APPROPRIATE BEING USED TO REPLENISH THE AQUIFER AND
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WITH ADDITIONAL CLEANSING FOR
THE REGION F.WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THIS WE WILL
BASICALLY DROUGHT-PROOF THE CITY OF TAMPA FOREVER.
MOST OF THE DEMAND IN THE BAY AREA IS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
AND THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IT IS NOT PINELLAS WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY BUILT OUT.
WE ARE RELATIVELY SELF-SUFFICIENT BECAUSE WE OWN THE RIVER,
BUT MOVING FORWARD, RATHER THAN PULLING RIVER WATER DOWN, OR
RATHER THAN SUCKING THE WELLFIELDS DRY AND AFFECTING ALL.
AQUIFER, WHY NOT FIND WAYS TO USE THIS WATER WHICH IS BEING
DONE ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD TO REPLENISH THE AQUIFER AND TO
MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR DRINKING WATER?
THE SCIENCE IS THERE.
IT'S BEEN PROVEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT IT WORKS, WITHOUT
HARMFUL BENEFITS TO THE PEOPLE.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT AGAIN IS GENERATIONAL IN IMPACT.
THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THAT I WILL SEE THE END OF.

BUT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HOPEFULLY THE NEXT COUNCIL AND
THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH BECAUSE I
THINK WE CAN BE A NATIONAL MODEL.
THIS IS THE STORM IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
OUR BUDGET FOLKS LOVE THIS SLIDE.
AND LOOKING FORWARD, THESE ARE SLIDES THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR
WITH. THESE ARE SLIDES THAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH FOR THE LAST
EIGHT YEARS. THIS IS IN SHORT ORDER THE WORST RECESSION THE
GREAT DEPRESSION.
YOU SEE WHERE THE NUMBERS WERE IN 2007 IN TERMS OF PROPERTY
TAX REVENUE.
2011 WE WERE DOWN TO $122 MILLION.
WE HIT THE BOTTOM IN 2013 WITH $117,000,000 VERSUS $166
MILLION IN 2007.
AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CLIMB OUT OF
THIS HOLE.
IT HAS BEEN A RECESSION THAT HAS BEEN LONG AND DEEP.
AND I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE REALIZE WHEN THEY LOOK AT ALL
THE CONSTRUCTION CRANES AND ALL THE BUILDING AND THEY ASK,
HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE FACING DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIMES?
WELL, THE ANSWER IS QUITE SIMPLE.
EVERYONE ENJOYED WHEN THEIR PROPERTY VALUES PLUMMETED A
DECREASE IN THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.
NOW THAT THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE BACK TO AND ABOVE WHAT THEY
WERE IN 2007, THE CHALLENGE IS AS A RESULT OF THE SAVE OUR

HOMES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT, THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE
ONLY ABLE TO TOP OUT AT 3% PER YEAR.
SO LAST YEAR, 2018 BUDGET $181 MILLION WAS THE FIRST TIME
SINCE 2007 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET BACK TO 2007 PROPERTY
TAX RATES.
THAT'S A SPAN OF TEN YEARS.
THAT'S HOW LONG AT A MAX OF 3 PERCENT IT HAS TAKEN US TO
CLAW BACK TO WHERE WE WERE TEN YEARS AGO IN TERMS OF
REVENUES.
YET THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS HAS GONE UP EXPONENTIALLY.
OUR COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE TAX HAS BEEN DECLINING, ALTHOUGH
IT IS NOW FLATTENING OUT A LITTLE BIT.
2011 WE GENERATED ALMOST $30 MILLION IN CST REVENUE.
THAT'S REVENUE THE TAX YOU PAY ON YOUR LAND LINE, NOW THAT
EVERYONE IS MOVING TO CELL PHONES, THERE'S NOT A TAX ON
THAT.
WE DROPPED TO 17.5 WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN AT FOR THE
LAST TWO YEARS.
INTEREST LOST, OVER THE LAST DECADE, YOU SEE THE NUMBERS
THERE.
FOR A TOTAL OF 121 MILLION-DOLLAR JUST IN INTEREST LOST
ALONE.
SO THE TOTAL FOR US AS A CITY, SINCE 2007 IN TERMS OF
REVENUES LOST, AS A RESULT OF THIS RECESSION, IS $485
MILLION.

NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE WITH $485
MILLION?
THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DID DO IN SPITE OF LOSING ALL OF THAT
REVENUE.
BUT JUST IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE HAD NOT THIS
REVENUE BEEN -- THIS RECESSION BEEN SO CATASTROPHIC?
YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS CHART.
WE HAVE TAKEN EVERY STEP POSSIBLE IN TERMS OF MITIGATING THE
IMPACTS.
WITHOUT HAVING TO RAISE TAXES.
WITHOUT HAVING TO LAY OFF OUR EMPLOYEES.
THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE THAT WE
HAVEN'T TRIED TO DO.
OUR MILLAGE RATE HAS REMAINED FAIRLY FLAT FOR THE MOST PART.
THANKFULLY LAST YEAR, I CAME TO YOU WITH A REQUEST TO RAISE
THE MILLAGE SLIGHTLY.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN 29 YEARS, I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU,
THAT THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A CITY IN AMERICA THAT HAS KEPT
ITS MILLAGE RATE FLAT FOR 29 YEARS IN SPITE OF THE
RECESSION, IN SPITE OF THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE APPROVED A MILLAGE INCREASE THAT ALLOWED
US TO MOVE FORWARD, AND I THINK TO HELP PREPARE THIS CITY
FOR THE NEXT DECADE TO COME LONG AFTER I WILL BE GONE AND
SOME OF YOU WILL AS WELL.
IN SPITE OF THAT MILLAGE INCREASE, THESE ARE ALL THE MAJOR

CITIES IN FLORIDA, AND IN YELLOW ARE WHERE EACH OF THEM HAVE
HAD TO RAISE THE MILLAGE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, OR SINCE
2009.
EIGHT, NINE YEARS THERE.
WERE ONLY TWO CITIES IN THE STATE OF SIGNIFICANT SIZE THAT
HAVE NOT RAISED ONE OF WHICH STARTED AT 6.5 WHICH IS HIGH
LOW A AND THEN FT. LAUDERDALE WHICH HAS A UTILITY FUND THAT
THEY USE TO SUPPLEMENT THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, EVERY CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS
RAISED THEIR MILLAGE.
IN SPITE OF US RAISING OUR MILLAGE LAST YEAR WE'LL WE ARE
STILL BELOW ALL OF THE LARGER CITIES.
AND YOU CAN SEE HIALEAH, THE FIRST RED LINE, IS WHERE TAMPA
IS IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES AROUND THE STATE.
WE DON'T USE JACKSONVILLE AS A COMPARISON BECAUSE IT'S A
CONSOLIDATED CITY-COUNTY.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE STACK UP BY COMPARISON TO EVERYBODY
ELSE.
I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THAT IS A RECORD OF 29 YEARS THAT
YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF, BECAUSE CERTAINLY I AM, AND IT
REFLECTS THAT.
WE ARE A VERY COMPETITIVE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TAX
RATE.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER SUAREZ HAS BEEN
PARTICULARLY INVOLVED IN THIS AT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES.

THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM HAS PUT ON
THE BALLOT AN ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR $25,000.
I WILL TELL YOU IF IT PASSES, WHICH I THINK IT WILL, IT WILL
BE FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AN IMPACT OF $5 MILLION RIGHT OFF
THE BOTTOM LINE.
THAT WILL BE $30 MILLION TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
IT'S A BIG IMPACT.
AND $5 MILLION TO US IS A LOT OF MONEY WHEN IT COMES OFF OF
OUR BOTTOM LINE.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE HAS DEMONSTRATED
THAT THEY ARE REALLY NOT INTERESTED IN THE CITIES AND HEALTH
AND WELFARE. CITIES, AND CHOOSE TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS
RATHER THAN DEAL WITH THE ISSUES.
THAT AFFECTS US.
IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
IT AFFECTS OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES, TO HIRE COPS, TO
HIRE FIREFIGHTERS TO DO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT EARTH'S.
THAT'S $5 MILLION OFF OF OUR BOTTOM LINE AND IT WILL
PROBABLY PASS.
SHALL HERE YOU SEE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND GENERAL FUNDS.
OBVIOUSLY ENTERPRISE FUNDS ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE RATES
RELATIVELY SELF-SUFFICIENT.
GENERAL FUND IS WHERE THE CHALLENGES EXIST, AND THAT'S WHERE
YOU SEE THE BULK OF THE REALLY HEAVY PERSONNEL DEPARTMENTS,
POLICE, FIRE, PARKS AND RECREATION.

WE MAKE UP 2,000 OUT OF OUR 4500 EMPLOYEES.
PERSONNEL IS EXPENSIVE WHICH IS WHY WE REALLY STAY ON TOP OF
THOSE PERSONNEL COSTS.
AGAIN, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.
AS YOU CAN SEE -- AND THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE PUT UP EVERY
YEAR, PARTICULARLY THE NEXT ONE, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE
DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE THIS IS.
FIRE CHIEF AND POLICE CHIEF ALWAYS CRINGE WHEN I PUT THIS
SLIDE UP THERE, BUT SORRY, FELLOWS.
POLICE AND FIRE EXPENSES ARE $248 MILLION, WHICH FAR SURPASS
THE ENTIRE AMOUNT THAT WE RAISE IN PROPERTY TAXES.
$248 MILLION TO FUND TAMPA POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
POLICE IS 160.
FIRE IS 88 MILLION.
WE GENERATE $200 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX AND IS 21 MILLION
OUT OF THAT 200 MILLION GOES TO THE CRAs, IS CAPTURED IN
THE CR.
AND THAN THE CRA DOLLARS CAN ONLY BE SPENT IN THOSE CRA
DISTRICTS.
THAT'S A CHALLENGE RIGHT THERE.
NOW, I WOULDN'T FUND IT ANY LESS, AND I'M PROUD TO BE
WILLING IN SPITE OF THIS RECESSION.
WE ARE ONE OF A FEW CITIES THAT DIDN'T CLOSE FIRE STATIONS,
THAT DIDN'T REDUCE PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS, THAT DIDN'T LAY
OFF FIREFIGHTERS AND COPS, THAT CONTINUE TO PURCHASE THE

EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED.
WE HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO $4 MILLION EVERY YEAR TO REPLENISH
AND REPLACE AND UPGRADE THE POLICE VEHICLES.
IN SPITE OF THAT RECESSION, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS CITY WAS SAFE, AND THAT WE HAD THE MANPOWER TO DO WHAT
WE NEEDED TO DO.
THERE WERE A LOT OF CITIES THAT CHOSE A DIFFERENT PATH.
WE DID NOT.
AND I THINK WE ARE A SAFER CITY BECAUSE OF IT.
AND THIS IS OUR HISTORY.
YOU HAVE HEARD ME TELL YOU THAT I APPROVED EVERY HIRE IN THE
CITY.
I APPROVED EVERY TRAVEL REQUEST.
FOR A CITY OF 4500 EMPLOYEES, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T WATCH YOUR
PERSONNEL COSTS, THAT'S WHAT WILL BUST YOUR BUDGET,
PARTICULARLY DOING WHAT WE DO, WHICH IS SO PERSONNEL-HEAVY.
YOU CAN SEE OUR PERSONNEL MOVEMENT, IF YOU WILL, AND THE
HIRING THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE
ELIMINATED OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
THERE WAS A SPIKE IN 2017 BECAUSE WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL
POOLS THAT CAME ONLINE.
WE HAD THE DEMAND IN OUR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES CENTER WHICH
IN ESSENCE PAYS FOR ITSELF THROUGH PERMITTING FEES, BUT THEY
WERE STILL FTEs, SO SPIKE IN 17 AND THEN LAST YEAR'S

BUDGET WE HAD THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WE HAD TO APPROVE FOR
THE NEW FIRE STATION IN NEW TAMPA, WE HAD JULIAN B. LANE,
AND WE HAD CONTRACTS ADMINISTRATION AND WE HAD TO ADD
BOTTOMS TO FOR THE SAME REASON.
THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT WE NEEDED THE BODIES.
THIS YEAR, WE DID SOMETHING TO THE CONTRARY AND SWEPT A
NUMBER OF VACANT POSITIONS.
SO WE BROUGHT THAT NUMBER BACK DOWN.
THIS IS WHAT WE LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF CITY POPULATION AND
THE GROWTH OF CITY POPULATION AND THE GROWTH OF CITY
PERSONNEL.
THAT'S RELATIVELY SELF-EXPLANATORY. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS
SOMETHING THAT I AM PRETTY PROUD OF.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE COMPARISON OF OTHER MAJOR CITIES AROUND
THE STATE, LOOKING HERE AT TAMPA, ORLANDO, ST. PETE,
TALLAHASSEE, FT. LAUDERDALE, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE
PERCENTAGE OF OUR EMPLOYEES VERSUS OUR POPULATION, WE HAVE
LESS EMPLOYEES PER POPULATION THAN ANY CITY IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
WE HAVE KEPT THAT NUMBER DOWN FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
WE ARE 700 PEOPLE LESS THAN WE WERE IN 2007.
WE ARE A CITY THAT IS GROWING RAPIDLY.
WE DO OUR JOB BETTER THAN WE HAVE EVER DONE IT BEFORE.
THERE HAS NOT EVER BEEN SERVICE DECLINE F.ANYTHING THERE HAS
BEEN A SERVICE ENHANCEMENT.

WE ARE DOING MORE PROJECTS.
WE ARE SERVING MORE PEOPLE.
BUT YET WE ARE DOING IT WITH LESS CITY EMPLOYEES THAN ANY
MAJOR CITY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND FOR THIS BUDGET TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE
YEARS, THAT MENTALITY HAS GOT TO EXIST.
IT'S A GOOD NUMBER AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE
PROUD OF.
PENSION CONTRIBUTION.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT BROKE OUR WAY THIS YEAR.
WALL STREET BEING ONE.
THE STOCK MARKET BEING ONE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO PAY FOR THE CITY'S PENSION
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT OUR PENSIONS ARE SO WELL REGARDED IS
BECAUSE WE HAVE NEVER AS A CITY TAKEN PENSION HOLIDAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS IN ILLINOIS AND CHICAGO AND SOME
OF THE CITIES IN THE NORTHEAST WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND THE MAYORS AND THE GOVERNORS DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY WERE
OBLIGATED TO DO AND TOOK PENSION HOLIDAYS DEPENDING ON THE
STOCK MARKET, RECOVERING THAT.
THEY ARE NOW IN A POSITION WHERE THEY HAVE BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF UNFUNDED LIABILITIES IN THEIR PENSION.
JACKSONVILLE AT ONE POINT WAS ONLY 40% FUNDED.
THEY HAD TO HAVE A REFERENDUM.

AND THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THEIR
PENSION OBLIGATIONS.
BECAUSE OF MAYORS THAT HAVE MADE THE CORRECT DECISIONS, HAVE
NEVER TAKEN A PENSION HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, OUR
PENSIONS, OUR GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION IS FUNDED AT 92.8%
AND OUR F&P PENSION IS FUNDED AT 96%.
WE ARE THE MODEL FOR THE NATION IN TERMS OF HOW PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE PENSIONS SHOULD BE RUN.
AND THE PENSION BOARDS HAVE MANAGED THAT.
THE F&P PENSION BOARD, GP PENSION BOARD HAVE DONE A GOOD
JOB.
F&P IN PARTICULAR THEIR RETURNS ARE OFF THE CHARTS, AND THAT
ONLY INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS
THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
AT ONE POINT WE WERE RATED AS ONE OF THE TOP ONE PERCENT IN
THE COUNTRY OF GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION FUNDS, AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF.
HEALTH CARE COSTS.
NOT A PRETTY TOPIC.
HEALTH CARE COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE.
THE BULK OF WHICH WE ARE UNABLE TO EFFECT.
PART OF IT IS THE NATIONAL TRENDS.
AND THE NATIONAL TREND FOR HEALTH CARE COSTS, THIS IS
EXTRAPOLATED AS IF IT WERE US.
HAD WE CONTINUED TO ABSORB HEALTH CARE COSTS AT THE NATIONAL

LEVEL, WE WOULD BE PAYING OUT $80 MILLION A YEAR IN HEALTH
CARE COSTS.
NOW REMEMBER WE ARE SELF-INSURED, AND SO IF WE HAVE A BAD
YEAR WITH A NUMBER OF SICK EMPLOYEES, THAT NUMBER GOES
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
SO IF YOU ASSUME THAT HAD WE DONE NOTHING INTERNALLY, WE
WOULD BE PAYING $80 MILLION A YEAR IN HEALTH CARE COSTS.
BECAUSE OF THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE LAST EIGHT
YEARS, OUR HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE RELATIVELY FLAT BY
COMPARISON, AND YOU SEE THEM COMING IN AT 59.5.
I'LL ROUND IT OFF TO SAY $60 MILLION.
A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NATIONAL TREND.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY.
AND OUR FOLKS, KIMBERLY CRUM AND HER PEOPLE IN RISK
MANAGEMENT, HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB, PARTICULARLY GIVEN
THAT WE ARE SELF-INSURED TAKING SOME STEPS TO NOT ONLY HELP
OUR EMPLOYEES MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH BUT
ALSO PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE THAT ALLOW THEM TO MAKE BETTER
DECISIONS.
AS YOU KNOW, WE OPENED UP OUR OWN CLINICS.
WE ARE LOOKING NEXT YEAR TO EXPAND THE HOURS OF THOSE
CLINICS.
THOSE CLINICS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND.
THEY GET A LOT OF USE BY OUR PEOPLE.
IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS FOR US.

AND I THINK IT'S HELPED TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
BEAR IN MIND ALSO WE COVER RETIREES AND SPOUSES, AND THERE
IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID THIS YEAR AND IS TO END A
PRACTICE THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME THAT ALLOWED
RETIREES TO NOT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR PLAN WHEN THEY
RETIRE, BUT AT ANY POINT IN THEIR RETIREMENT COME BACK AND
JUMP INTO OUR PLAN.
SO OBVIOUSLY IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO DO IT IN THE BEGINNING
WHEN THEY ARE RELATIVELY HEALTHY BUT CHOOSE TO COME BACK IN
WHEN THEY ARE IN THEIR 80s WHEN THEY ARE INCLINED TO BE
SICKER THAT'S GOING TO ADD TO THE COST OF ALL OF US.
SO WE RESTRICTED THAT TO SAY IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE AS A
RETIREE IN THE CITY'S PLAN THAT YOU HAVE TO EXERCISE THAT
RIGHT WHEN YOU RETIRE U.CAN'T GO AWAY FOR 25 YEARS AND THEN
COME BACK IN, BECAUSE THAT IS UNFAIR TO ALL OF US THAT PAY
OUR PREMIUMS IN THE CITY TO PAY FOR YOU WHEN YOU JUMPED OUT
AND CAME BACK IN WHEN YOU WERE SICKER.
OUR PREMIUMS ARE FAR LESS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE PER PAY
PERIOD.
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN 2018 WAS $209.
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PAYING AN AVERAGE OF $180 PER PAY PERIOD.
THAT'S A YEARLY SAVINGS OF ABOUT $730.
BUT WE OPENED UP THE WELL CARE CENTERS.

I INDICATED WE HAVE A UNITED HEALTHCARE NURSE ON-SITE THERE.
WE HAVE A CITY WELLNESS PROGRAM.
WE REQUIRE EVERYONE IN OUR PROGRAM TO DO A BLOOD DRAW.
AND WHAT THAT HELPS US DO IS IDENTIFY SOME OF THE MARKERS
AND SOME OF THE BE CANDIDATES THAT ARE AT RISK.
AS A RESULT OF THAT DRAW FOR OUR EMPLOYEES IN IDENTIFYING
FOR THEM WHERE THEY ARE AT RISK, OUR OBESITY LEVELS ARE DOWN
44% IN OUR EMPLOYEES.
CHOLESTEROL IS DOWN 49%.
BLOOD PRESSURE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES DOWN 47%.
AND DIABETES, WHICH IS THE KEY DRIVER OF A LOT OF THESE
COSTS, IS DOWN 63%.
BECAUSE THEY NOW KNOW AS A RESULT OF THAT BLOOD DRAW WHAT
INDICATORS THEY HAVE, THEY CAN TAKE THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO
MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
8% OF OUR PLAN MEMBERS ARE DIABETIC.
DIABETES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR 25% OF OUR MEDICAL AND PHARMACY
CLAIMS.
EXPENSES FOR DIABETIC PATIENT ARE FOUR TIMES MORE COSTLY
THAN A NONDIABETIC.
AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED ON KEEPING OUR EMPLOYEES
HEALTHY AND HELPING THEM.
NOW, SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS MOVING FORWARD.
WE ARE GOING TO ENGAGE THE SPOUSES AND DOMESTIC PARTNERS AS
WELL.

I MEAN, WE ARE COVERING THEM.
THEY SHOULD HELP US HELP THEM.
THEY WILL BE REQUIRED MOVING FORWARD FOR 2019 TO DO A BLOOD
DRAW AS WELL.
I MEAN, WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE PARTNERS AND SPOUSES OF OUR
PLAN MEMBERS SINCE WE ARE PAYING FOR THEIR HEALTH CARE AND
HELP THEM HELP THEMSELVES.
WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE THE WELLNESS CENTER HOURS.
WE ARE GOING TO ADD INCREASING INCENTIVES FOR ACTIVE
PARTICIPATION.
THERE WILL BE SOME INCREASES IN THE COSTS TO OUR EMPLOYEES
THIS YEAR, AS WE ASK FOR SHARED SACRIFICE MOVING FORWARD.
WE CAN'T CONTINUE AS A CITY TO BEAR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
BURDEN FOR HEALTH CARE COSTS.
WE NEED OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE ACTIVE AND WE NEED THEM TO BE
PROACTIVE IN MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR HEALTH,
WHICH WILL HELP US HELP THEM.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD LATER ON
THIS SUMMER AND IN THE FALL WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, AS WE LOOK
AT WHAT THOSE PROPOSALS ARE.
NONE OF US LIKE TO IMPACT OUR EMPLOYEES ANY MORE THAN WE
CAN.
BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT RATE OF INCREASE OF HEALTH
CARE COSTS IN SPITE OF ALL THE GREAT STUFF WE ARE DOING TO
DIMINISH OUR EXPOSURE.

WE HAVE GOT TO SHARE THE BURDEN, AND WE NEED OUR EMPLOYEES
TO NOT ONLY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS BUT TO HELP WITH US THAT AS
WELL.
GENERAL FUND UTILITY TAX REVENUES MOVING FORWARD, FORECAST
ALL THE WAY OUT TO 2022.
OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW OUR CFO IS
PRETTY PAROCHIAL AND PROTECTIVE OF, RIGHTFULLY SO.
THANKFULLY, THOSE OF US SELECTED IN 2011 FOLLOWED MAYOR
IORIO WHO LEFT A VERY, VERY HEALTHY FUND BALANCE AS YOU SEE,
THAT ALLOWED US TO WEATHER THE WORST OF THE RECESSION.
WE TAPPED OUR FUND BALANCE FOR FOYER YEARS IN DIMINISHING
OUNTS, HAD NOT TAPPED IN THE PROBABLY ANOTHER THREE YEARS
AS WE CONTINUE TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE FUND BALANCE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP IT ABOVE 20%.
THE WALL STREET RATING AGENCIES, I THINK, HOLD US TO A
HIGHER STANDARD BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN SO GOOD ABOUT THIS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CITIES IN AMERICA THAT DON'T HAVE A 20%
FUND BALANCE.
WE DO.
AND WE WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT ABOVE THAT
20% TO GIVE THE WALL STREET RATING AGENCIES COMFORT THAT WE
ARE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS, THAT WE ARE NOT TAPPING A
FUND BALANCE, AND THAT IN THOSE GOOD YEARS THAT WE ARE ABLE
TO REPLENISH IT AS WE CAN.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT SIGNAL TO SEND, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT

THAT WE HAVE THIS AVAILABLE TO US IN THE EVENT OF HURRICANES
OR ANY OTHER NATURAL DISASTER.
THAT IS THE POT OF MONEY THAT WE WILL TAP.
SOME OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS -- AND ALL OF THESE
WILL BE OUTLINED IN THE BUDGET BOOK THAT YOU WILL GET
SHORTLY.
YOU SEE THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT WE ARE COMMITTING TO, THE
CIP MOVING FORWARD, THE FIVE YEAR CIP.
OUR INVESTMENT IN NEIGHBORHOODS LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN.
SOMEWHAT OF AN ANOMALY AS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE.
2017 THE BIG JUMP WAS JULIAN B. LANE.
2018 WAS THE STORMWATER PROJECTS THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF
THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT THAT ARE NOW UNDERWAY.
THESE ARE THE MAJOR CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECTS.
THESE ARE NOT THE CLEANING. DITCHES AND THE PIPES.
THESE ARE LARGER PROJECTS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ALLEVIATE SOME
OF THE STREET LEVEL FLOODING AND ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE WE ARE BACK ON TRACK FOR OUR INVESTMENT IN
NEIGHBORHOODS
OVER THE LAST SINCE 2003 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MAYOR
IORIO'S TERM THE CITY HAS INVESTED $274 MILLION IN
NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS.
AND 228 OF THOSE 274 HAVE BEEN SINCE 2011.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH ON THIS CHART OF HOW WE HAVE MADE
A COMMITMENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS, HOW WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN

OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE PRIORITIES,
WHETHER IT'S SIDEWALKS, WHETHER IT'S STORMWATER, WHETHER
IT'S PARKS AND RECREATION.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT WE HAVE ADDED
TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, IN
EVERY SEGMENT OF OUR CITY, IT'S PRETTY ASTOUNDING.
LAST YEAR I CAME TO YOU AND COMMITTED TO YOU BASED ON YOUR
INPUT THAT WE WOULD EMBARK ON SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE
IMPORTANT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
OBVIOUSLY, CHAIRMAN REDDICK, THE WILLIAMS PARK PROJECT WHERE
WE HAVE ALREADY BUILT -- OR FIXED THE SWIMMING POOL IS
GETTING AN ADDITION AS WELL.
IT IS READY FORBIDDING IN LATE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR.
CONSTRUCTION TO FOLLOW.
TAMPA PALMS, IN MR. VIERA'S DISTRICT, FIVE-ACRE PARK, AN
AUTISM FRIENDLY PARK AGAIN IN KEEPING WITH THE COMMITMENTS
THAT WE HAVE MADE THOUGH TO THOSE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY,
FAMILY MEMBERS ON THE SPECTRUM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
MR. VIERA HAS LED THAT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT GETTING INPUT
FROM THE NORTH TAMPA, NEW TAMPA AREA FOR WASH THEY WANT TO
SEE IN THAT AUTISM FRIENDLY PARK.
THE WELLSWOOD PARK, WHICH WAS A BUILDING, AN OLD CHURCH THAT
WE HAD ACQUIRED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO IN AN ADVERTISES OF
BEING ABLE TO EXPAND THE WELLSWOOD PARK IS NOW UNDER

CONSTRUCTION.
WE DEMOED SOME BUILDINGS THAT WERE NOT HABITABLE, AND WE ARE
NOW IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING AND UPGRADING WHAT IS THERE
CURRENTLY
CALVIN TAYLOR PARK, WE ARE ENHANCING CALVIN TAYLOR PARK IN
ANTICIPATION OF THE YELLOW JACKETS MOVING THERE DURING THE
WEST RIVER CONSTRUCTION.
THAT PARK IS UNDERWAY.
THE VILA BROTHERS PARK, AGAIN IN MR. MANISCALCO'S DISTRICT,
A PLACE THAT MR. MIRANDA KNOWS VERY WELL, IS IN DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN OF 60% COMPLETED, BIDDING WILL TAKE
PLACE THE END OF JULY WITH CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN OCTOBER,
AND THEN THE NEW TAMPA COMMUNITY PARK CENTER AGAIN COUNCIL
MEMBER VIERA'S DISTRICT, A PROJECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR
A DECADE, A PROJECT THAT HILLSBOROUGH BEEN IN THE BUDGET OFF
AND ON, BUT DURING THE RECESSION WE JUST COULDN'T GET IT
DONE.
WE ARE GOING TO GET THAT EXPANSION DONE.
AND I THINK THE FOLKS IN NEW TAMPA ARE FAIRLY HAPPY WITH
THAT DECISION.
WE ARE BUILDING A NEW FIRE STATION, FIRE STATION 23, AND
THAT STATION IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THAT STATION WILL HOUSE 39 FIREFIGHTERS YOU SAW THE SPIKE IN
PERSONNEL NUMBERS.
A DISTRICT CHIEF AND ENGINE COMPANY, A TRUCK COMPANY AND A

RESCUE UNIT.
WE HAD TO DO SOME ADDITIONS THERE THAT YOU SEE WITH THE
INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
WE ALSO ADDED A TRAINING ROOM SO THAT THE CREWS DON'T HAVE
TO RUN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EITHER DOWNTOWN OR SOMEWHERE
SOUTHBOUND FOR THEIR IN-SERVICE TRAINING.
THAT WILL BE THE FOURTH STATION, THIRD OR FOURTH STATION
THAT WE BUILT IN THE NEW TAMPA AREA TO ACCOMMODATE THE
GROWTH IN NEW TAMPA.
THIS ONE IS NEEDED.
AND WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE IN NEW TAMPA OF THAT
WE WOULD GET IT DONE.
AND WE WILL.
THE CHALLENGE IN NEW TAMPA IS THE DISTANCES IS FAR GREATER.
TRAFFIC IS WORSE.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE STATIONS THAT ARE IN
CLOSE PROXIMITY TO WHERE THE DEMAND IS
NUMBER OF PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
I WOULDN'T ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL ALL GO
BLINDS BUT THESE WILL ALL BE IN YOUR BOOKS.
THESE ARE IN THE PROSPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
IN THE BOOKS WILL BE A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF WHAT THEY ARE,
WHAT THEY ENTAIL.
THIS IS DISTRICT 4.
DISTRICT 5, YOUR CHAIRMAN'S DISTRICT.

DISTRICT 6, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO.
DISTRICT.
DISTRICT 7, WHICH IS THE NEW TAMPA DISTRICT.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE BUSCH
BOULEVARD, FOREST HILLS, FOWLER, FLETCHER, BUSCH BOULEVARD
AREA.
AS WE WIND THIS DOWN, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS IMPORTANT.
IN SPITE OF ALL THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH, IN SPITE OF GOING
THROUGH THE MOST DEVASTATING RECESSION IN OUR LIFETIME, THE
WALL STREET RATING AGENCIES, THANKS TO THE AMAZING PEOPLE
THAT ARE HERE BEHIND ME, HAVE GIVEN THE CITY OF TAMPA 13
RATING INCREASES.
THAT'S LIKE YOUR CREDIT RATING.
THE BETTER IT IS, THE CHEAPER THE MONEY THAT YOU NEED TO
BORROW BECOMES.
I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR A FACT.
I AM GOING TO SURMISE.
THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A CITY IN AMERICA OR VERY FEW THAT IN
SPITE OF THIS RECESSION, AND ALL THAT WE HAD TO DO, AND ALL
THAT WE HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH, AND ALL THE TOUGH DECISIONS
THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE, HAS RECEIVED 13 RATING INCREASES AS A
TESTIMONY TO HOW WELL THIS CITY IS GOVERNED, HOW OUR
FINANCES ARE DEPLOYED, OUR WILLINGNESS.
I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE SAT IN THESE MEETINGS.
OUR WILLINGNESS COLLECTIVELY TO MAKE THE TOUGH POLITICAL

DECISIONS THAT WHEN RATE INCREASES OR MILLAGE INCREASES ARE
REQUIRED, THAT WE STAND UP AND DO BE THE RIGHT THING FOR THE
FINANCIAL BEST INTEREST FOR THIS CITY.
THAT REVERBERATES WITH THESE AGENCIES BECAUSE THEY KNOW THIS
IS A COUNCIL, AND THIS IS A CITY ADMINISTRATION THAT WILL
TAKE THE HEAT AND DO THE RIGHT THING IN SPITE OF WHATEVER
PUSHBACK THEY GET ON THE POLITICAL SIDE.
SO I CLOSE WITH THIS.
WHERE WE STARTED.
THIS IS THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FULFILL.
THIS IS A BUDGET THAT I GIVE TO YOU TODAY THAT IS BALANCED.
THIS IS A BUDGET THAT IS NOT GLAMOROUS, BUT THIS IS A BUDGET
THAT DOES WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.
YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT THE AMAZING PEOPLE
BEHIND ME.
OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT LED BY SONYA LITTLE AND PIKE PERRY
AND TANYA HAWTHORNE.
THIS BUDGET STARTS THE DAY AFTER THE LAST ONE GETS
SUBMITTED.
AND SO THESE FOLKS ARE AT THIS LITERALLY FOR NINE MONTHS.
AND THEY HAVE SLOGGED THROUGH THIS THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, AND
SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.
SOME OF THEM PUT THEIR BEST SUITS ON TODAY, AND SOAP IF YOU
DON'T MIND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO RECOGNIZE OUR REVENUE FINANCE
AND BUDGET.

STAND UP, EVERYBODY.
WHOEVER WORKED ON THIS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WHOEVER THE NEXT MAYOR IS WILL INHERIT AN AMAZING TEAM.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST TO THEM PARTICULARLY IN THAT FIRST
COUPLE OF YEARS THAT THEY LISTEN TO THEM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE
BEEN THROUGH THE WARS.
THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE TRENCHES.
THEY KNOW THIS BUDGET BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU AS MAYOR, THEY ALWAYS GIVE ME THE
STRAIGHT SKINNY.
I DON'T ALWAYS LIKE IT.
YOU DON'T -- I OFTENTIMES WISH THAT I HAD A BUDGET THAT WAS
FLUSH.
BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND THEY WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE FACTS, THE UNVARNISHED
FACT.
AND THAT IS ALL AS MAYOR I COULD ASK FOR THEM.
SO I WILL LEAVE YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
I THINK WE CAN LOOK BACK ON THIS TIME AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE
TRANSFORMED THIS CITY.
SO IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
LET'S GO GET THIS DONE AND MOVE ON TO TAMPA'S NEXT CHAPTER.

THANKS, EVERYBODY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:24:57 >>FRANK REDDICK:
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE HANGING AROUND FOR
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.
[SOUNDING GAVEL]
WE ARE GOING TO RESUME THE COUNCIL MEETING.
WE WILL GO TO CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES.
THE FIRST ITEM IS PRESENTATION OR ACCOMMODATION OF POLICE
OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
CHARLIE MIRANDA.
10:29:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
I FEEL VIOLATED. SOMEBODY TOOK MY PLAQUES.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CAN WE FIND THEM?
WE FOUND THEM.
HONORABLE CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL,
WE DO THIS ONCE A MONTH.
AND IT'S INHERENT TO ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND THAT ONCE A
MONTH THE INDIVIDUAL THAT RECEIVES THIS AWARD IS ONE OF OVER
A THOUSAND POLICE OFFICERS.
AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE JUST HEARD FROM THE MAYOR.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DO THE WORK.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DO THIS 24/7, 365 A YEAR.
AND CHIEF DUGAN DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
AND TODAY, WE ARE MAKING THE PRESENTATION TO CORPORAL
STEPHEN DRABINIAK.
HE'S A BALL PLAYER.
THE MAYOR WAS HERE SO LONG THAT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE
JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
AND MAYBE WE CAN DO THIS.
BUT THE CHIEF WILL DO THE READING OF THE PRESENTATION.
AND THEN BRING THE CORPORAL UP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:30:26 >> BRIAN DUGAN, CHIEF OF POLICE.
IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU, AND THIS MORNING WE HAVE
STEPHEN, A CORPORAL WITH US, A VERY UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.
HE SERVED IN OUR MILITARY.
DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HIS FATHER WAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED RETIRE DETECTIVE WITH US
AND NOW WORKS OVER AT THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
SO HIS FATHER SET THE STANDARD FOR HIM AND HE HAS DONE A
VERY GOOD JOB.
AND HIS FATHER IS HERE THIS MORNING.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HIS FATHER, ALSO.
AND HE'S DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF CARRYING THE TORCH FOR THE

FAMILY.
SO WE NAME HIM AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH BUT IT USUALLY LEADS
UP TO SO MANY THINGS OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
THIS ACTUALLY GOES BACK TO FEBRUARY WHERE A LEIF DRIVER WAS
CARJACKED BY AN ARMED SUSPECT AND HE PUT THE VICTIM TO THE
GROUND, SHE EXITED AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED POLICE.
STEPHEN DRABINIAK RESPONDED QUICKLY.
HE CONFIRMED THE VEHICLE VIA DISPATCH, WERE ABLE TO GET
OTHER UNITS IN THERE AND COORDINATED A BOX-IN ON THE VEHICLE
AND ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY BY THE VICTIM AND THE
SUSPECT WAS CHARGED WITH ARMED CARJACKING.
AND LATER IN MARCH HE RESPONDED TO A CALL OF AN OFFICER
BEING SHOT AT HUBERT AVENUE VILLA APARTMENTS.
UPON ARRIVAL HE JUMPED INTO ACTION AND BEGAN EVACUATING
RESIDENTS DO YOU TO THE ARMED SUSPECT BARRICADING HIMSELF
INSIDE HIS APARTMENT.
ONCE THE SUSPECT CAME OUT, STEPHEN GAVE VERBAL COMMANDS AND
USED A POLICE SHIELD TO APPROACH THE SUBJECT AND
SUCCESSFULLY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY.
THEN LATER IN THE SAME MONTH, HE AND HIS PARTNER OBSERVED AN
OCCUPIED SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE ILLEGALLY PARKED IN THE CITY
RIGHT-OF-WAY, AT 39th AND HANNA.
CONTACT WAS MADE WESTBOUND THE SUSPECT AND CRACK COCAINE WAS
OBSERVED IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE FRONT SEAT.
A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, A LOADED 9-MILLIMETER HANDGUN

UNSECURED AND WITHIN REACH OF THE DRIVER.
THE CRIMINAL HISTORY REVEALED THAT THIS SUSPECT WAS A
12-TIME CONVICTED FELON AND WAS CHARGED WITH FELON
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE.
LATER IN MAY, A SPIKE IN CRIMINAL OFFENSES, OFFICERS
CONDUCTED OVER 68 JUVENILE CHECKS, 36 VIOLENT CRIMES SPECIAL
PROJECTS, 50 TRAFFIC AND BIKE STOPS AND MADE FOUR ARRESTS,
SEIZED ONE VEHICLE, AND 26.7 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, THC WAX AND
ANOTHER GUN, A 20-GAUGE SHOTGUN.
THEN LATER IN JUNE, STEPHEN AND HIS PARTNER CONDUCTED A STOP
AT NEBRASKA AND CLIFTON.
UPON RUNNING THE SUBJECT IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FELONY
VIOLATION OF PROBATION WARRANT FOR KIDNAPPING, AND WHILE
ATTEMPTING TO REST HIM HE FLED ON FOUGHT AND WAS STOPPED
LATER AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ARREST HIM AND HE HAD MARIJUANA
ON HIS POSSESSION.
STEVE BACK IN JUNE ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE A SUSPECT FOR A
WARRANT ON TENTH STREET, OBSERVED A DIFFERENT SUBJECT ASLEEP
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION WAS
OBSERVED TO BE PUNCHED WITH A SECURE DRIVER AND SITTING ON
THE CENTER CONSOLE NEXT TO THE SUSPECT.
IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE CAR WAS STOLEN.
THE SUSPECT WAS CHARGED WITH AUTO BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT
OUGHT O.THESE ARE JUST SOME SMALL EXAMPLES OF WHAT HE DOES
ON A DAILY BASIS AND WHAT HE DOES FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT

IN HELPING KEEP OUR CITY SAFE N.RECOGNITION OF HIS
SELF-INITIATED PROACTIVE ACTIVITY AND HIS LEADERSHIP,
SETTING THE STANDARD FOR THE OFFICERS ON HIS SQUAD, CORPORAL
STEPHEN DRABINIAK HAS BEEN SELECTED AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH
FOR 2018 -- JULY OF 2018.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:34:39 >> DAVE CARMACK, PRESIDENT OF TAMPA PBA.
WITH ME IS GENE HAINES, SECRETARY-TREASURER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.
CHIEF, IT'S AN HONOR YOU ARE SELECTED.
I THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES.
AT 3:00 A REWARDS CEREMONY, AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.
THE CHIEF TOUCHED ON THE FACT THAT HE SERVED IN OUR
MILITARY.
BUT HE SERVED IN THE BEST BRANCH AND THAT'S THE UNITED
STATES MARINE CORPS.
I MAY BE A LITTLE PREJUDICE THERE.
I JUST PRESENT YOU WITH THIS WATCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:35:29 >> MIKE TUCKER, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
CONGRATULATIONS OFFICER.
JOB WELL DONE.
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.

WE HAVE A GIFT CARD FOR YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS.
10:36:29 >> THIS IS A GIFT OF MEMBERSHIP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:37:47 >>STEVE MICHELINI:
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A COUPLE OF FOLKS.
AND TWO OF WHICH CAN'T BE HERE THIS MORNING.
BUT BILL CURRIE FORD IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A VERY SPECIAL
GIFT.
YOU CAN'T DRIVE IT HOME BUT YOU CAN TAKE IT HOME.
IT'S A MUSTANG.
BUT IT'S A MODEL MUSTANG.
ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS, THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU
WITH TICKETS SO YOU CAN GO ENJOY YOURSELF AT BUSCH GARDENS.
ON BEHALF OF THE CAN CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP PROVIDING YOU
WITH A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO ENJOY YOURSELF AT ANY ONE OF
THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS, BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER.
PRESTIGE PORTRAITS IS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A GIFT
PACKAGE TO HAVE YOUR FAMILY PORTRAIT DONE.
THE YMCA, TAMPA, IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO
ENJOY YOURSELF OVER THERE.
AND YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO IS PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT
CERTIFICATE.
I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THOSE WITH ME TODAY.
BUT COUNCILMAN MIRANDA'S OFFICE WILL GET THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:38:50 >> I AM DEFINITELY HUMBLED TO ARE HERE TODAY, WITH THE
CHIEF, AND THE BOARD.
MY GUYS JUST GOT OFF HERE THIS MORNING AT 6:30.
MY MOTHER AND FATHER.
I'M TRULY HUMBLED.
IT'S AN HONOR.
10:39:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
HERE IS YOUR PLAQUE FOR BEING POLICE
OFFICER OF JULY 2018.
GOD BLESS YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:39:33 >> WE DON'T ALWAYS TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
WE APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS
SHARE AND THE COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
THANK YOU.
10:39:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF
YOU THIS MORNING FOR THE PRESENTATION OF FIREFIGHTER OF THE
QUARTER.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE MADE BY OUR FIRE CHIEF, AND MR.
CICCERO, AND CHIEF COMPTON.
10:40:24 >> HONORABLE CHAIR AND COUNCIL, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY, IN RECOGNITION OF OUR FIREFIGHTER OF
THE QUARTER, CAPTAIN BILL TOWNSEND.

IT'S SPECIAL FOR ME.
I HAVE KNOWN CAPTAIN TOWNSEND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND
WHERE A GREAT EXAMPLE.
HE'S BEEN WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR 22 YEARS AND HAS BEEN
A STELLAR COMPANY OFFICER OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
HIS DEMEANOR AND MANNER IN WHICH HE CARRIES HIMSELF IS VERY,
VERY WELL KNOWN.
HE CONSTANTLY DEMONSTRATES THE SKILL SETS THAT YOU NEED AS A
FIREFIGHTER AND COMPANY OFFICER.
HE'S HELD THE RANKS OF FIREFIGHTER DRIVER ENGINEER, CAPTAIN,
AND HE REGULARLY SERVES AS ACTING DISTRICT CHIEF AND IS
CURRENTLY OFT LIST.
HE'S SHOWN EXEMPLARY ABILITY TO PERFORM AT ALL LEVELS, AND
HE'S VERY MUCH RELIED UPON WITHIN THE CHIEF'S CORPS TO STEP
IN AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE AND DOES THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
A VERY HUMBLE INDIVIDUAL BUT ALSO HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON THE
PEOPLE THAT SERVE IN HIS COMMAND.
HE DOESN'T HAVE MANY FRIENDS, AS YOU CAN TELL.
BUT HE IS VERY WELL LIKED AND MAKES A HUGE IMPACT AT THE
STATION LEVEL.
MOST NOTABLY, HE HAS DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH MANY
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS IN THE AREA.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS REALLY NEED IS
ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRAIN, ESPECIALLY IN A REAL
SETTING.

YOU CAN ONLY GET SO MUCH OUT OF SIMULATIONS AND SIMULATORS.
AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IS FORGED SOME RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME
BUILDERS IN THE CONSTRUCT WITHIN THEIR CONSTRUCTING NEW
BUILDINGS OR RAZING BUILDINGS.
IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO TRAIN IN ACTUAL STRUCTURES AS
OPPOSED TO SIMULATORS.
THIS ALLOWS US TO ACTUALLY OPEN UP ROOFS, PULL HOSE LINES
AND GIVES A REAL SENSE OF REALITY AND SOME OF THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL FACE.
SO HE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT.
AND WE CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR SELF-LESSLY DEVOTING THE
TIME, ENERGY, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT TO SEE A PROJECT
THROUGH.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE'S BEEN A CONSTANT MEMBER OF THE
URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM.
HE'S BEEN AN EMT AND PARAMEDIC.
HE HAS BEEN A STALWART PRESENCE AT MANY FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT
CLASSES, AND IS A MAJOR COMPONENT AND A TRAINER.
HE'S A CERTIFIED HAZ-MAT TECHNICIAN, FIRE INSPECTOR, FIRE
TRAINER AND NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS.
AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, HE WORKS CONSISTENTLY WITH THE
FIREFIGHTERS CHARITY FUND, TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS SURVIVORS,
HELPING OUT WITH 5-K RACES, AND MANY OTHER CHARITABLE
EVENTS.
AND WE CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON IN THIS QUARTER TO

RECOGNIZE THAN OUR OWN.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:43:33 >> I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A PLAQUE FOR YOUR
CONTRIBUTIONS AS TAMPA FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER.
10:43:55 >> DOUG HANSEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE REVIEW BOARD. IT'S AN HONOR
TO HAVE SELECTED YOU FOR THIS QUARTER.
AND ON BEHALF OF TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS, CONGRATULATIONS.
10:44:11 >> STEVE SUAREZ, CONGRATULATIONS.
ON BEHALF OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IT'S AN HONOR TO GIVE
YOU THIS PLAQUE.
10:44:31 >> TAMPA THEATRE.
THIS IS A GIFT MEMBERSHIP.
THANK YOU.
10:44:58 >> STEPPS TOWING SERVICE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.
TODD A APOLOGIES.
HE COULDN'T BE HERE.
HIS SUPPORT FOR TAMPA FIRE RESCUE WILL CONTINUE ON AND ON
BEHALF OF TODD'S AND STEPPS TOWING SERVICE, A NIGHT OUT FOR
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
10:45:29 >> MICHAEL KILGORE, COLUMBIA RESTAURANT GROUP, A GIFT CARD
TO GOODY GOODY AND ULELE ESPECIALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE 5-K
RACES.

THANK YOU.
10:45:46 >> TAMPA HILLSBOROUGH EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY.
CAPTAIN, FOR YOUR 22 YEARS OF SERVICE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN
OUR COMMUNITY, I WANT TO OFFER YOU A $50 GIFT CARD TO THE
RANCH HOUSE GRILL ON GANDY BOULEVARD FOR A NICE NIGHT OUT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
10:46:14 >> GRAY TOBY REPRESENTING THE HILTON WESTSHORE.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE RUNNING A HOTEL, WE DEPEND ON OUR
FIREFIGHTERS VERY MUCH FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, INSPECTION
AND SO FORTH, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WHAT I HAVE IS AN OVERNIGHT STAY FOR TWO TO OUR HOTEL FOR
YOURSELF OR MAYBE SOME FAMILY COMING INTO TOWN.
ALSO THE DOUBLETREE COOKIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:46:51 >>STEVE MICHELINI:
GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
BILL CURRIE FORD COULDN'T BE HERE SO BILL CARLSON IS GOING
TO GIVE YOU A MUSTANG THAT AS I SAID IT'S A MODEL.
YOU CAN HAVE IT AND YOU CAN TRY TO DRIVE IT BUT
ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS WE ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH SOME
GIFT CERTIFICATES SO YOU CAN GO ENJOY YOURSELF AT BUSCH
GARDENS, CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP, BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR
DINNER, PRESTIGE PORTRAITS TO HAVE YOUR FAMILY PORTRAIT

DONE, THE YMCA IN TAMPA, AND YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO FOR
LUNCH OR DINNER.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR US.
10:47:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
CAPTAIN TOWNSEND, MY APOLOGIES FOR
STEPPING OUT.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO MAKE THIS COMMENDATION FOR THE
FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR JULY 2018 FOR YOUR
OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO THE CITY, TO THE WHOLE AREA, AND THE
MANY THINGS THAT WE DON'T SEE OR READ ABOUT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES.
[ APPLAUSE ]
10:48:10 >> COUNCIL, THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
ALSO LIKE TO THANK MAYOR BOB BUCKHORN FOR GIVING ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA.
IT'S BEEN A DREAM OF MINE ONCE I DECIDED I WANTED TO BE A
FIRE FIREFIGHTER.
CHIEF CICCERO, TAMPA FIRE AWARD REVIEW BOARD, I'M HONORED
FOR THIS AWARD.
ALSO, I'M BLESSED.
I'M VERY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP HERE BEFORE YOU
TODAY.
I HAVE GO IT THE SUPPORT OF MY WIFE TRACY.
MY SON DANIEL IS HERE.

GOT HIRED BACK IN NOVEMBER SO THIS HAS BEEN GREAT.
I HAVE A LEGACY HERE.
AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST
AND I CURRENTLY WORK WITH THAT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ME TODAY.
I TELL A LOT OF PEOPLE AS THEY HAVE MOVED UP THROUGH THE
RANKS THAT YOUR CREW IS WHAT MAKES YOU.
AND I HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THROUGH MY CAREER TO HAVE
WORKED WITH SOLID PEOPLE WHETHER THEY BE OTHER FIREFIGHTERS,
CAPTAINS AND CHIEFS.
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE HELPED MOLD ME INTO THE PERSON THEY'VE
BECOME TODAY.
AND AGAIN EVERYBODY HERE, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THEY WERE
ABLE TO PATIENTLY WAIT DOWNSTAIRS, AND ENJOY THIS
OPPORTUNITY FOR ME.
I AM VERY THANKFUL.
I DO WANT TO GIVE -- ALSO I DIDN'T MENTION MY DAUGHTER.
SHE'S AWAY AT SCHOOL.
SHE COULDN'T BE HERE FOR THIS EVENT.
BUT AGAIN, MY FAMILY WAS VERY PATIENT, WHEN I WAS OUT THE
TRAINING OR TAKING CLASSES TO FINISH UP EDUCATION OR THINGS
LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.
IT'S A SPECIAL THANK YOU.
AS CRAZE AS IT WILL SOUND, FIREFIGHTER MARTIN McCRAE.
HE DOESN'T KNOW I'M THANKING HIM.

MARK IS ONE.
REASONS WHY I CHOSE THIS CAREER 20-PLUS YEARS AGO, ABOUT 27
YEARS AGO.
MARK AND I USED TO WORK TOGETHER, AND HE HAD GONE THROUGH
SCHOOL AND I LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM AS WELL AS MY WIFE'S
UNCLE IS A RETIRED TRAINING CHIEF.
I GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THEM BECAUSE IF IT WEREN'T FOR
THEM I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE TODAY.
AGAIN I'M HONORED, BLESSED, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
ACHIEVEMENT.
THANK YOU.

10:50:35 >>FRANK REDDICK:
LET'S RECESS FOR TWO MINUTES IN ORDER TO
CLEAR OUT.
RECESS FOR TWO MINUTES.

10:59:59 >> I AM WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN JOHNNY BERNARD BOOTH.
GOVERNMENT SOVEREIGN WORLDWIDE.
FIRST NATION, FIRST REAL TRUE LAW, ON EARTH, NEVER TO BE
CONFUSED WITH POLICY, WENT ONLINE, ACTUALLY ATTENDED BY OUR
CREATOR, YOD HE WAW HE,
STATED CLEARLY FOR THE LOVING RECORD, LIVING WILL, PER THE
LIVING RECORD, AND FREE PEOPLE KING GEORGE IS NOT FIT TO
RULE NOR LOT OF FREE PEOPLE, REDEEMED, FREED BY ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, HDC KING PRINCE ELOHIAR YAHIM JOHNNY B. BOOTH,

WORLDWIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOVEREIGN, POLITICAL POWER,
HOLDER, COSMOPOLITAN, SELF-GOVERNED, INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL,
UNIVERSAL, COSMIC JURISDICTION, OVER ALL, FREE ENTRY AND
EXIT TO SEEKING FREEDOM, FREEDOM COMMISSION, FREEDOM
COMMISSION SOLE LAWFUL, LAWMAKER, I AM KING, RIGHTS, RIGHTS,
RATES FOREVER RESERVED.
[BELL SOUNDS]
GLOBAL COLLABORATION, AWARENESS, WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN,
AIM, AMERICAN DETERMINATION.
[BELL SOUNDS]
11:03:42 >>FRANK REDDICK:
THANK YOU.
NEXT.
11:03:43 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I'M BISHOP MICHELLE B. PATTY OUT OF HERE FOR THE 170 PEOPLE
THAT ARE BEING DISPLACED FROM TAMPA PARK PLAZA.
ALL THIS MONTH.
THEY WERE GIVEN A LETTER THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO VACATE THE
PREMISES BY NEXT AUGUST, WHICH IS NEXT MONTH.
THAT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
IT SOUNDS GOOD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE GIVEN A SECTION 8
VOUCHER.
BUT THOSE OF US KNOW THAT THOSE VOUCHERS IS NOT EVEN WORTH
THE PAPER THEY ARE WRITTEN ON.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT HOLD VOUCHERS THAT HAVE BEEN
HOLDING THEM FOR YEARS AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET AN

APARTMENT.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE
JURISDICTION OVER TAMPA PARK.
HOWEVER, THESE ARE CITIZENS, THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL SHOULD
BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
I APPLAUD THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME OUT ABOUT CHICKENS.
AND IF WE ARE THIS CONCERNED ABOUT CHICKENS, WE SHOULD BE
CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT'S LIVING IN TAMPA PARK
PLAZA. I'M ASKING COUNCIL IF YOU ALL COULD PUT A LETTER
TOGETHER ASKING HUD TO GIVE AN EXTENSION TO THESE PEOPLE.
MANY HAVE IN A TRANSPORTATION.
OUR SCHOOL IS GOING TO START ON THE 10th.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT UPROOTING CHILDREN FROM THEIR SCHOOL.
THIS IS A HARDSHIP FOR THESE FAMILIES.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 170 PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP WHERE THE CITY CAN DO
ANYTHING TO HELP SAVE TAMPA PARK PLAZA, WHICH WILL BE GREAT
IF THEY DID.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE CONCERN IS ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE HAVING TO
MOVE OUT OF THEIR HOME, WITHOUT ADEQUATE NOTICE.
IF ANY OF YOU ALL HAVE EVER MOVED YOU KNOW IT TAKES TIME, IT
TAKES TIME TO EVEN FIND A DECENT PLACE FOR THEM TO GO.
AND RIGHT NOW THE CITY IS CROWDED.
THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO.
TAMPA HOUSING AUTHORITY, SUITCASE CITY IS OVER THE LIMIT,

TAKING THEM ALL THE WAY TO OUT TO DOVER AND ALL THESE OTHER
PLACES.
IT'S NOT FEASIBLE FOR THESE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE
TRANSPORTATION.
SO I'M ASKING YOU, THIS COUNCIL, TO BE PROACTIVE, HAVE A
HEART, GET INVOLVED.
YES, THESE ARE YOUR CITIZENS.
THEY ARE NOT CHICKENS, BUT THEY ARE PEOPLE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU ALL DO SOMETHING, STEP OUT
OF YOUR NORM, AND DO SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF
TAMPA PARK PLAZA, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ALL TAKING
A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN DOING JUST THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:06:39 >> CONNIE BURTON.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
I WAS MOVED WITH THE MINISTER BECAUSE HE SAID WHAT RESONATES
WITH ME ALL THE TIME IS HAVING A SPIRIT THAT WOULD DEAL WITH
THE ISSUE OF CHARITY, POVERTY, AND OPPRESSION.
AND WHEN THE MAYOR GAVE HIS OVERALL REPORT, I DON'T KNOW IF
HE HEARD ANY OF THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE IF HE DID, HE DIDN'T
MENTION ANY OF THEM.
AND I WOULD ASK THE MINISTER TO COME BACK AND SEE IF WE
COULD MOVE THIS COUNCIL TO BE INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN
THIS CITY.
SO WHAT I SAW IN THE MAYOR'S OVERALL PRESENTATION, IT'S

TALKING ABOUT ONES VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS BEEN READ AND
WHAT WAS DEFEATED IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE RETURN OF JUST PURE
WHITENESS, HOW THE MAJORITY BENEFITS, HOW THOSE ON BAYSHORE
WOULD HAVE A BETTER WAY OF LIVING, HOW THOSE IN ALL OF THE
DOWNTOWN THE VINIK PROJECT, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT POOR
WORKING CLASS PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD, AND MOST OF YOU KNOW
THAT.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAMPA AND THE BENEFITS AND THE EIGHT
YEARS ADMINISTRATION, I AM WELL AWARE THAT ALL OF IT AND A
LOT OF IT HAS CAME UP WITH WORKING CLASS BLACK COMMUNITY
THAT IS BEING FORCED OUT OF THIS EQUATION.
NOTHING WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THOSE THAT ONCE UPON A TIME
LIVED IN PRESBYTERIAN, BUT IT HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.
NORTH BOULEVARD, 44 ACRES HAS GONE.
DISRUPTION OF WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND CHILDREN.
NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT TAMPA PARK.
AND SO PEOPLE CAN HAVE SAY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO
DO WITH IT.
OH, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE BAD MAINTENANCE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THESE SUBSIDIZED APARTMENTS IN
THIS CITY, THAT WOULD SPEAK VOLUMES TO A LOT.
THE MISSING COMPONENT IS THAT YOU KNOW WHAT?
HUD HAS NOT BEEN IN THIS CITY FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE PHONE NUMBER OF HOW TO GET IN TOUCH
WITH PEOPLE WHEN WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME ISSUES AND IF WE

CALL THE CITY, THEY HAVE A HANDS-OFF APPROACH BECAUSE THESE
ARE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.
BUT WE ARE NOT GOING -- THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS
BASEBALL.
AND SO WHEN THEY CITY IS MOVING FORWARD, IT IS MEANING TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH POOR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE THAT STILL NEED
THE PROTECTION OF CITY LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
11:09:24 >>FRANK REDDICK:
BEFORE YOU SPEAK, LET ME SAY THIS.
I READ THE ARTICLES THAT WAS IN THE TAMPA TIMES.
AND I WAS DISTURBED BY THAT ARTICLE.
I WAS VERY DISTURBED TO SEE THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE ALMOST
TWO WEEKS TO GET OUT BY AUGUST 1st.
AND ONE LADY IN THE ARTICLE MENTIONED THAT SHE JUST
RELOCATED TO THIS CITY, AND BEEN THERE FOR THE LAST TWO
MONTHS, AND SHE HAS TO MOVE OUT BY THE 1st.
I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO CALL THE ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED
TAMPA PALMS.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK THIS COUNCIL THAT WE SEND A LETTER TO
HER -- AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL COUNSEL, MR.
SHELBY, AND HAVE SPOKEN WITH MR. CONAHAN, THE LAST
COMMUNICATION WE HAD YESTERDAY, AND HE URGED ME TO DO THIS.
AND THAT IS TO SEND A LETTER TO HUD REQUESTING THAT HUD
DELAY THE RELOCATION OF THOSE FAMILIES OUT OF TAMPA PALMS BY

AUGUST 1st -- [ APPLAUSE ]
LET ME FINISH.
AND THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO HAVE TIME TO COMMUNICATE AND
DEVELOP A PLAN WITH TAMPA PARK AND HUD TO SEE IF THEY CAN
COME TO SOME TYPE OF CONCLUSION WHERE THEY CAN MAKE SOME
ADJUSTMENT TO REMEDIATE THE TAMPA PARK APARTMENT.
BUT THE URGENCY IS NOW.
TO DELAY HAVING THESE PEOPLE MOVE OUT IN TWO WEEKS.
AND THAT IS MY MOTION.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE URGENT DONE, AND I AM
REQUESTING THAT WE SUBMIT THIS COMMUNICATION NO LATER THAN
MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
THAT'S MY MOTION.
11:11:47 >>HARRY COHEN:
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:11:53 >>FRANK REDDICK:
OH, I FORGOT.
I FORGOT.
THANK YOU.
BUT THAT'S THE MOTION.
THAT WE ARE REQUESTING -- AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE
COMMUNICATION THAT CONAHAN SENT ME, ADDRESS, CONTACT PEOPLE.
AND ALL WE ARE DOING IS REQUESTING THAT THEY DELAY THE
PROCESS BECAUSE OF THE HARDSHIP OF SO MANY FAMILIES, BUT
TALKING ABOUT 170 FAMILIES THAT HAVE TO BE OUT BY AUGUST THE
1st.
AND THERE'S NO WAY THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET A SECTION 8

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
OFFICE, OUR TWO U.S. SENATORS, TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND
THAT HUD IS EXPEDITING THIS PROCESS, AND NOT GIVING ENOUGH
TIME.
11:12:55 >>FRANK REDDICK:
RIGHT.
I ACCEPT THAT.
SO THAT'S THE MOTION.
11:13:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MR. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE IT.
I WAS GOING TO BRING IT UP UNDER NEW BUSINESS BUT IT'S VERY
KIND OF YOU.
I READ THE SAME ARTICLE AND I BELIEVE A LITTLE GIRL THAT WAS
THE DAUGHTER OF THE LADY.
AND I THINK YOU OUGHT TO SEND A COPY TO TAMPA HOUSING
AUTHORITY ALONG WITH.
THAT BUT THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
THE PROBLEM, IF IT'S ONE UNIT, THERE'S 170 OF THEM.
ALL 170 PROSECUTOR UNDER VIOLATION? IS THAT WHAT I AM
UNDERSTANDING?
11:13:31 >> THEY DO A SAMPLING. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CHECK 170 UNITS.
BUT -- BUT THE REASON THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD.
I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED -- CAN I JUST SAY THIS -- IF THEY
WOULD HAVE SAID, LET'S GET INTO SOME PARTNERSHIP WITH THE

CITY OR SOME OTHER ENTITY, SO WE CAN FIX THE PROBLEM,
AFFORDABLE UNITS IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE CITY, SO WE KNOW
THIS --
11:13:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
AND I APPRECIATE IT.
BUT LET ME SAY THIS.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NOT 170 UNITS ANYWHERE THAT I KNOW OF.
THERE'S NOT 7 AVAILABLE ANYWHERE.
THE CITY, THEY CALL YOU EVERY DAY LOOKING FOR A PLACE.
THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, THEY HAVE HAD NOTICES BEFORE, AND WHEN THEY FIND
A VIOLATION THEY GIVE THE OWNER A NOTICE AND THEY GIVE A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.
THEY COME TO THE SECOND VIOLATION.
AND IN THAT TIME IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THEN THEY ARE CUT OFF
FROM THAT UNIT.
BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS THE OWNER HAD TO KNOW, THEY SHOULD
HAVE KNOWN, AND I AM NOT HERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE HERE ON COUNCIL KNOWS.
SO SOMETHING HAD TO GOO GO HAYWIRE, EITHER COMMUNICATION OR
THE FACT IT WAS NOT COMPLETED IN A TIMELY BASIS.
AND IF WE CAN GET 60 DAYS I THINK THE OWNERS WILL DO
SOMETHING SO THEY CAN COME IN AND GET THE FUNDING BACK.
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,
THIS CITY WILL BE IN DEBT WHERE IT CAN'T MOAT ITS OBLIGATION
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.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:15:25 >>HARRY COHEN:
I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE COUNCILMAN
REDDICK'S MOTION.
TO RECAP THAT IS A LETTER THAT I BELIEVE BEFORE IT'S SENT
MR. SHELBY WILL CIRCULATE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S GOING TO GO TO HUD, TO CONGRESSWOMAN CASTOR, TO THE
U.S. SENATORS, AS WELL AS A COPY TO THE TAMPA HOUSING
AUTHORITY.
11:15:43 >>FRANK REDDICK:
AND A COPY TO THE ATTORNEY AT TAMPA PALMS
APARTMENTS.
11:15:53 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:15:54 >>HARRY COHEN:
YOU CAN DO IT.
11:16:00 >>FRANK REDDICK:
OH, OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED?
OKAY.
YOUR TURN.
11:16:12 >> MENTEZMAT.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, I HAVE GOT A BUNCH OF KIDS,
BIOLOGICAL KIDS, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I TEACH

THEM -- THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I TEACH IN THE WORLD, BE
GOOD.
BE GOOD.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I.DON'T TEACH THEM ANYTHING
ELSE.
NO ABCs, NO NUMBERS, NO NOTHING.
JUST BE A GOOD PERSON.
BE GOOD AND BE BLACK AND BE RESPECTFUL AND HAVE HONOR.
THE GARBAGE MAYOR CAME UP HERE TODAY AND SPOKE, AND SPOKE
FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF HOW GOOD THE CITY IS DOING.
IT'S HIGH TIDE AND ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE DROWNING.
AIN'T NO BLACK PEOPLE RISING WITH THE TIDE.
BUT IT'S HIGH TIDE.
AND EVERY SINGLE THING THEY SAY IS ABOUT PUSHING AFRICAN
PEOPLE OUT OF THIS CITY, PUSHING THEM IN PLACES WHERE WE
NORMALLY GO ON VACATION.
TARPON SPRINGS, RIVERVIEW, SUN CITY.
BLACK PEOPLE COMING UP IN OF MY TOWN AIN'T NEVER HEARD OF
THEM PLACES.
BUT THEY PUSHING US OUT THERE WITH NO TRANSPORTATION OR
NOTHING ELSE.
THE MAYOR SPOKE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND STARTED OUT OF
WHAT THE CITY DEFICIT WAS AND WHAT THE CITY DEFICIT IS.
THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON KNOWS THE CITY DEFICIT AND THAT'S
THAT MAN RIGHT THERE CHARLIE MIRANDA.

NOBODY ELSE SPEAKS ABOUT IT.
NOBODY ELSE SAYS A SINGLE WORD ABOUT IT.
NOT ONE SINGLE WORD.
IT'S TRIBALISM.
IT'S TRIBALISM. YOU AND THE WHITE TRIBE IS PUSHING THE
BLACK TRIBES AND THE OTHER MINORITY TRIBES COMPLETELY OUT OF
THE CITY.
COMPLETELY OUT OF THE CITY.
EVERY SINGLE THING THESE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.
CHANNELSIDE.
HARBOR ISLAND.
DAVIS ISLAND.
DEVELOPMENT HERE.
DEVELOPMENT THERE.
WEST TAMPA.
RIVERWALK.
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH BLACK PEOPLE.
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH POOR AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY KNOW.
THESE PEOPLE ARE DISHONOR RABBLE.
AND I HAVE GOT ANOTHER SON OUT THERE, AND HE WILL TELL YOU,
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO BE GOOD.
BE A GOOD AND HONORABLE PERSON IN EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GOOD.
MY WIFE AND MYSELF WERE BRUTALLY ATTACKED RIGHT THERE AT

KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
[BELL SOUNDS]
BRUTALLY ATTACKED.
PHYSICALLY ATTACKED.
PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED.
AND THE CHIEF NO GOOD CHIEF DUGAN, SAID THE POLICE SAID YOU
AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
WITH CHIEF DUGAN, THEY SAID CHIEF DUGAN TOLD US TO CHARGE
YOU.
WHAT KIND OF NONSENSE IS THAT?
MY WIFE AND MYSELF BRUTALLY ATTACKED AND WE ENDED UP BEING
CHARGED.
BRUTALLY ATTACKED.
IT'S A NASTY CITY WE LIVE IN.
[BELL SOUNDS]
11:19:19 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ALL RIGHT.
11:19:28 >> MARILYN HEALEY, 401 EAST JACKSON STREET, SUITE 1700
REPRESENTING BANYAN STREET CAPITAL.
IF YOU REMEMBER A MONTH AGO, WE CAME TO CITY COUNCIL WITH
HUGE CONCERNS REGARDING THE GARAGE ACCESS, THE SAFETY, THE
CONGESTION, AND THE MYRIAD OF OTHER RAMIFICATIONS THAT HAS
RESULTED FROM OUR GROWTH IN THE CITY AND FDOT'S CONSTRUCTION
PLANS.
AND IT WAS REALLY SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL.
WE HAD A MEETING WITH FDOT THE DAY BEFORE, AND JUST FELT

LIKE WE WERE NOT GETTING HEARD AND WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO SOLVE THIS WITHOUT SOME SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
YOU LISTENED TO US.
FDOT LISTENED TO US.
AND WITHIN THE PAST 45 DAYS, WE HAVE HAD MANY MEETINGS AND
CONVERSATIONS BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY WITH THE
AGENCIES, AND WE HAVE COME UP COLLECTIVELY WITH A PLAN THAT
IS GOING TO HAVE BOTH SHORT AND LONG-TERM SIGNIFICANT
RAMIFICATIONS FOR BETTER SAFETY, OPERATIONALLY, FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND TRAFFIC, AND FOR THE BOA GARAGE EXITING,
TENANTS AND CUSTOMERS.
IT WAS -- THIS NEVER REALLY HAPPENED IN TODAY'S POLITICAL
CLIMATE.
WE HAD SENIOR STAFF FROM THE CITY AND THE D.O.T. SITTING AT
A TABLE WITH THE ENGINEERS.
THERE WAS NO JOCKEYING BETWEEN THEM, AND THEY CAME UP WITH A
GREAT SOLUTION.
I KNOW MS. DUNCAN IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU IN A FEW MINUTES
ON THE REPORT.
BUT WITH THE CHANGES THAT SHOULD OCCUR AND ARE ALREADY
HOPEFULLY IN THE PROCESS, WE SHOULD HAVE A MEANINGFUL, SHALL
SAFER OPERATIONAL SYSTEM WITHIN 30 DAYS.
SO ON BEHALF OF BANYAN, WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
YOU KNOW, THEY OWN TWO OF THE BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN.
THEIR TENANTS WERE ALL CONCERNED AS WELL.

AND IT'S GOING TO WORK VERY WELL WITH OUR PLANS FOR THE CITY
AT LARGE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:21:50 >> JONATHAN BYRD WITH BANYAN STREET CAPITAL.
JUST TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY SAID, I FLEW IN THIS MORNING
FROM MIAMI TO PERSONALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO THE
CITY OF TAMPA, TO FDOT, TO THE ENTIRE GROUP INVOLVED, AND
HEARING WHAT WE HAD TO SAY, OUR CONCERNS, OUR WORRIES, AND
THE FACT THAT EVERYONE HAS LISTENED, BEEN PROACTIVE,
EVERYONE HAS STEPPED UP TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION.
AND BEING THE OWNER OF TWO BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN, WE
CONSIDER TAMPA OUR SECOND HOME.
WE EXPECT TO IN TAMPA A VERY LONG TIME AND WE WANT TO THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN DONE.
THANK YOU.
11:22:39 >>FRANK REDDICK:
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER.
11:22:41 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS TOMMY SON GEORGE.
I AM THE CURRENT CHAIR OF YBOR CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
ALSO OWNER OF THE BE CLUB IN YBOR CITY AND HOMEOWNER,
RESIDENT HERE REGARDING OUR CHICKEN SITUATION OR LACK
THEREOF IN YBOR.
THE CHICKENS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.
IT'S PART OF OUR IDENTITY AND WE LOVE ANIMALS.

WE LOVE ANIMAL UNITED STATES.
WE WANTED TO BE PROACTIVE SO WE FORMED A COMMITTEE MADE UP
OF MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND YBOR MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION, YBOR CHICKEN SOCIETY, YCDC, AND DIFFERENT
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, THE MAJORITY OF US FELT THAT THE
CHICKENS WERE NOT A PROBLEM.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEING DONE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR
JUST TO SEE IF MOTHER NATURE TAKES ITS COURSE LIKE IT'S DONE
EVERY YEAR PAST.
BUT WE DID FEEL IF CERTAIN THINGS NEEDED TO BE DONE THAT
THERE WERE WAYS OF DOING THINGS.
ONE THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS SIGNAGE THAT COULD BE
INSTALLED, APPROVAL REGARDING THE ILLEGAL DROP-OFF OF
ANIMALS PER STATE LAW, COMES WITH A $5,000 FINE, AND
IMPRISONMENT.
THIS IS A LAW THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS.
WE FEEL HAVING THAT SIGNAGE UP AROUND THE PARK WOULD DETER
PEOPLE FROM DROPPING OFF CHICKENS OR ANY OTHER ANIMAL, BUT
CHICKENS ARE THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO FELT THERE COULD BE SIGNS THAT SAID PLEASE DO NOT
FEED THE CHICKENS.
ALSO, REMOVAL OF THE EGGS.
THE YBOR CHICKEN SOCIETY INTRODUCED REPRESENTATIVES FROM A
SANCTUARY, AND TO PROVIDE SEASONAL EGG COLLECTION SERVICE AT

NO COST.
SO THE OFFICIAL MOTION THAT OUR COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH WOULD
BE TO AMEND, IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, WOULD BE TO AMEND
THE CITY'S BIRD SANCTUARY ORDINANCE TO BE ALLOW FOR SEASONAL
HUMANE COLLECTION OF CHICKEN EGGS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND TO
INSTALL SIGNAGE REFERENCING ILLEGAL ACT OF DROPPING OFF ANY
ANIMAL, AND IN A FEEDING OF CHICKENS.
I HOPE YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
IT WAS MADE UP OF JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
[SOUNDING GAVEL]
11:25:27 >>FRANK REDDICK:
LET ME WARN YOU, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE
APPLAUSE.
WE HAVE A TIME FRAME THAT WE ARE RUNNING BEHIND.
AND EACH TIME YOU APPLAUD YOU DELAY THE NEXT PERSON.
IF YOU ALL APPLAUD AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO FORGET ABOUT
PEOPLE COMING UP AND SPEAK THROUGH OUR AGENDA.
NOW, IF YOU WANT US TO GO THROUGH OUR AGENDA BEFORE YOU HAVE
A CHANCE TO BE SPEAK.
NEXT SPEAKER.
LET'S GO.
11:25:59 >> SUNNIE FINKLE AND I AM A 20 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF
TAMPA, THE FIRST FIVE YEARS WHICH I LIVED IN YBOR CITY AND
VERY QUICKLY REALIZED WHAT A CROWN, WHAT A JEWEL IN THE

CROWN YBOR CITY IS TO TAMPA AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE
MAINTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT FOR OUR CITY AND FOR ITS CONTINUED
GROWTH, BUT ALSO NOT TO FORGET ITS PAST.
YBOR, AS ALL OF US HAVE TO ADMIT, HAS TWO FACES.
IT HAS THE FACE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE OLD WORLD
CHARM, THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENTS THAT IT HAS, AND ALSO HAS THE
FACE OF THE NIGHTTIME REVELRY, THE TATTOO SHOPS, YOU KNOW,
ALMOST LIKE THE JACK HE WILL AND HYDE.
SO I FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE OLD WORLD
CHARM AND THE HISTORIC QUALITY OF IT TO BALANCE OUT THE
OTHER SIDE OF IT.
SO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHICKENS, I BELIEVE, KEEPS THAT OLD
WORLD CHARM.
IT KEEPS HOLD SOMEWHAT OF THE FAMILY ORIENTED ASPECT OF
VISITING THE CITY.
AND IT'S ONLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT PEOPLE VISIT THE
CHICKENS DURING THE DAY.
I HAVE ALSO TAKEN PART IN SHOWING UP ON A FRIDAY AND CLEANED
UP AFTER THE CHICKENS TO PREPARE FOR THE FESTIVAL ON
SATURDAY.
I COULD TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT 5% OF WHAT I
CLEANED UP WAS OF CHICKENS, AND 95% OF IT WAS DRUG
PARAPHERNALIA RAIL YEAH, BEER BOTTLES, OLD NEWSPAPERS,
THINGS THAT NOT CREATED BY THE CHICKENS.
SO IF ANYONE IS CLAIMING THAT THE MESS IN THE TOWN IS BEING

CREATED BY THE CHICKENS, IT'S A SAD MISTAKE, THAT THE
CHICKENS ARE NOT THE MESS MAKER.
AND MY SON AND I HAVE REALLY BEEN ENJOYING VISITING THE
CITY, AND TAKING IT UPON OURSELVES TO BE A PART OF OUR
COMMUNITY, AND CLEAN UP AFTER WHATEVER IS THE MESS.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT THE CHICKENS.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ORDINANCE NOT BE LIFTED,
PROTECTION FOR THE CHICKENS REMAIN IN PLACE, AND THIS WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BANK AT SUNTRUST AND GO THROUGH
THE DRIVE THROUGH AND SEE THE CHICKENS GO THROUGH AND SEE
THE CHICKS RUNNING AROUND OVER BY CENTRA AND SEE WHAT IS AN
IMPORTANT PART OF OLD WARM CHARM IN YBOR CITY.
THANK YOU.
11:28:36 >> (CHILD:
) GOOD MORNING. I'M SKYLER. I LOVE YBOR. I
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
OR THE CHICKENS.
11:29:54 >> MY NAME IS RENE MARSELLA, TAMPA HEIGHTS, ALSO A FOURTH
GRADE TEACHER AND I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC
REGARDS OF THIS KIND OF A DECISION.
SOME PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE NATURAL PEST
CONTROL WITH CHICKENS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY EAT BOTH PLANTS
AND ANIMALS, THEY CHASE DOWN INSECTS LIKE GRASSHOPPERS,
BEATLES, LARVA, THINGS THAT YOU DON'T LIKE IN YOUR GARDEN.

THEY ARE ALSO A NATURAL INSECTICIDE OR SOME WOULD SAY
PESTICIDE.
AND THEY ARE ECOFRIENDLY AND PEOPLE WANT TO GET RID OF SOME
OF THESE THINGS.
THE CHICKENS ARE ACTUALLY HELPING OUR ECOSYSTEM.
THE SECOND PART IS THE EFFECT OF ELIMINATING RESEARCH FROM
THE AREA IS ALSO GOING TO HAVE -- ROOSTERS IS GOING TO HAVE
AN EFFECT ON FOOD CHAIN.
JUST TAKING OUT A SINGLE CREATURE COULD HAVE AN EFFECT LIKE
AN OVER ABUNDANCE OF PLANT DESTROYING INSECTS.
ROOSTERS AND CHICKENS ARE NATURAL INSECTICIDE AND I FEEL
THAT WE SHOULD PROBLEM TEXT THEM.
FINALLY, CHICKENS ARE GROUND BIRDS, AND THEY SCRATCH THE
GROUND IN SEARCH OF FOOD.
THE ACTIVITY TURNS LEAF, LITTER AND MATTER INTO SOIL THROUGH
AERATION.
AND IN CLOSING I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD
CONSIDER THE SCIENTIFIC RAMIFICATIONS, AND IF THE COMPLAINT
IS NOISE, I'M QUITE SURE THERE IS MUCH MORE NOISE IN YBOR
CITY THAN THE CHICKENS MAKE.
REMEMBER, THEY ARE PEST CONTROL, PROTECTING THE FOOD CHAIN
AND SOIL IN OUR COMMUNITY WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE YOUR GRASS
GROW AND BE DEFINITELY A BENEFIT AS OPPOSED TO TAKING THEM
OUT OF OUR ECOSYSTEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

11:31:46 >> GOOD MORNING.
I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 57.
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.
I CAN'T HEAR VERY WELL.
I'M LILEMA RAMOS.
I'M A LOCAL DOWNTOWN RESIDENT.
STUDENT.
AND I WANT TO STATE THAT I AM AGAINST ANY PLAN THAT WILL
HARM, HARASS OR KILL ANY CHICKENS.
I'M OPPOSED TO REMOVING EVEN TEMPORARILY THE PROTECTIONS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE UNDER SANCTUARY LAW FOR ANY OF
TAMPA'S LIVING WILD CHICKENS.
IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WHERE ILLNESSES ARE AN EVER
PRESENT USUAL YOU.
THE CREATURES DESERVE TO LIVE PEACEFULLY AND CORRECT TO THE
LOCAL ECOLOGY AND AMBIENCE OF YBOR CITY, AND FOR RESIDENTS
AND TOURISTS ALIKE.
AS A TAMPA RESIDENT, I ADVISE YOU TO PLEASE LEAVE THE
CHICKENS BE SO WE CAN ALL BE BENEFITED, ESPECIALLY RESIDENT
WHO CANNOT AFFORD MEDICAL CARE FROM MOSQUITO BORNE ILLNESSES

AND OTHER ILLNESSES FROM INSECTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:33:38 >> HELLO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JESSICA FILIPE.
FOR TWO YEARS I LIVED OUTSIDE OF YBOR, RIGHT NEXT TO
NEBRASKA, PALM AND MITCHELL, AND LIVED ON 17th AND
5th AS A BICYCLE DELIVERIST.
EACH MORNING, THE SOUND OF THE ROOSTERS CROWING AND THE
VIEWS REALLY HELPED ME GET THROUGH SERIOUS TIMES OF ANXIETY,
DEPRESSION.
JUST THAT IT REALLY HELPED ME FEEL OKAY AS I KNOW IT HELPS
MANY OTHERS.
AS A RECENT GRADUATE WITH A PSYCHOLOGY IN ALTERNATIVE
THERAPY DEGREE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT PERMANENTLY REMOVING
OR ALTERING THE ROOSTERS AND THE CHICKENS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE
FOR SO LONG WILL HAVE VERY NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON ALL RESIDENTS
IN YBOR AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
THE CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS HAVE GIVEN WAY A STRONGLY WOVEN
TOGETHER.
I MET DYLAN BEHIND SUNTRUST IN AN EFFORT TO RESCUE CHICKS,
AND WE ALL SUCCEEDED TOGETHER AND WE ALL HAD A COMMON DESIRE
TO PROTECT THE FELLOW RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE
CHICKENS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY KEEP DOING.
SO WE ARE ALL HERE TODAY BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT US TOGETHER TO

FIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
IF ANYONE CLAIMS TO BE A RESIDENT OF YBOR AND HAS A PROBLEM
WITH THE NOISE THAT THEY MAKE OR AS WE SEE THEY CLEAN THE
CITY, THEY DON'T DIRTY IT, THEN THEY SHOULD CAREFULLY
REFLECT HOW IMPORTANT THESE CHICKENS ARE TO THE CITY OF
YBOR.
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE SAID AND THE VOLUNTEERS AND
TO ENFORCE, NO DUMPING ALLOWED FOR THE SAFETY OF THOSE
CHICKENS ARE NOT USED TO ROAMING IN YBOR SO THE SIGN WILL BE
PUT UP.
AND ALSO THE EGG COLLECTIONS, SOMEBODY ALREADY SAID
VOLUNTEERS ARE READY.
SO THAT ALONG WITH THE HAWKS, WHICH HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD
JOB OF KEEPING CONTROL OF THE POPULATION, WE SHOULD BE ALL
SET.
SO PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE ORDINANCE, AND PLEASE KEEP ALL
THE ROOSTERS AND CHICKENS OF YBOR PROTECTED.
THANK YOU.
11:35:42 >>JOHN GRANDOFF:
MY ADDRESS IS SUITE 3700 BANK OF AMERICA
PLAZA.
AND THIS MORNING I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING TAMPA
MUSIC FOUNDATION.
I'M JOINED BY NICOLE WINKLER WHO IS THE ORGANIZER OF THE
FOUNDATION ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND.
THE ITEM I AM SPEAKING OF IS ITEM 74 IN WHICH THE PARKS,

RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED TO APPEAR AND EXPLAIN THIS
MORNING ITS CANCELLATION POLICY RELATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS IN
THE CITY OF TAMPA AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THE
CANCELLATION POLICY AND PARKS DEPARTMENT IS UTTER CHAOS.
THAT'S THE POLICY.
NICOLE APPLIED FOR SPECIAL PERMIT UNDER CHAPTER 28 TO HOLD
THE SOUTHERN FESTIVAL ON APRIL 6, 2019.
SHE FILED A TIMELY APPLICATION.
SHE WAS TOLD BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT SHE HAD THE DATE.
LATER BY E-MAIL, SHE WAS TOLD, WE MADE A MISTAKE, THERE IS
AN INTERNAL HOLD, THAT'S THEIR WORDS, ON ALL PARKS DOWNTOWN
BECAUSE OF THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR WHICH IS BEING ORGANIZED
BY THE TAMPA SPORTS FOUNDATION.
NICOLE CALLED ME ABOUT THIS, AND I LOOKED AT THE CODE, AND I
FILED A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND
TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND I DISCOVERED THAT SINCE
2016, THERE HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TAMPA
SPORTS FOUNDATION AND THE FINAL FOUR INCLUDING A TRIP OF THE
PARKS OFFICIALS TO COLUMBUS, OHIO TO VISIT THE WOMEN'S FINAL
FOUR, A PATTERN OF CONDUCT GOING ON FROM 2016 TO 2017 AND
THEN TO 2018 BASICALLY PUTTING THE PARK, AND PARTICULARLY
CURTIS HIXON PARK ON HOLD FOR THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR.
ABSOLUTELY NO NOTICE TO MY CLIENT, ABSOLUTELY NO NOTICE TO
ANY APPLICANTS BEFORE THE 2019 PARK SEASON OPENED.
THEY LEAD HER DOWN THE PATH.

SHE APPLIES.
THEY APPROVE THE APPLICATION THEN THEY YANK THE RUG OUT AND
SAID WE FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE
WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR, FOR TWO YEARS.
AND YOU ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO CANCEL IT.
WELL, IN RELIANCE ON THAT APPROVAL, SHE HAS HIRED BANDS,
VENDORS, SHE HAS COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, AND
SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING THIS PROJECT WHICH TAKES
ABOUT A YEAR TO DO.
THE CITY HAS NOW COME BACK, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, NOW HAS
COME BACK AND SAID WE CAN DENY IT IF WE ARE HAVING A CITY
OPERATED FUNCTION OR A NON-CITY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION.
THAT IS COMPLETE HOGWASH.
THERE IS NO CITY OPERATION GOING ON.
THEY PROMISED THIS TO WFF AND THERE IS NO OTHER CITY
OPERATING FOR CURTIS HIXON PARK.
I INCH YOU TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TELLING THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT TO GRANT THIS LADY HER SPECIAL PERMIT AND TO PUT
IT ON YOUR AGENDA FOR CONSENT AGENDA WHICH IS REQUIRED UNDER
CHAPTER 28 AND INCH THE MAYOR TO EXPLAIN THE SAME TO THE
PARKS DEPARTMENT, THE PARKS DIRECTOR TREAT THIS WOMAN THE
WAY SHE SHOULD BE TREATED IN HER APPLICATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
11:39:15 >>FRANK REDDICK:
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER.

THE GENTLEMAN IN THE YELLOW SHIRT, YOU CAN COME DOWN AND
SPEAK.
11:39:29 >>FRANK REDDICK:
EXCUSE ME.
THE GENTLEMAN YOU WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER THIS MORNING.
OKAY, YOU NEED TO GET OVER HERE THEN.
YOU WILL BE THE LAST SPEAKER.
ALL RIGHT.
REGARDLESS.
LET'S GO.
11:39:52 >> FRAN COSTANTINO, A RESIDENT, BUSINESS AND PROPERTY OWNER
IN HISTORIC EAST YBOR CITY AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT 20 YEARS
AFTER PLEADING WITH MAYOR IORIO TO FIND SOMETHING ON THE BOX
TO PROTECT OUR CHICKENS THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY WITH THIS
ISSUE AGAIN.
I WAS ON A COMMITTEE THAT MET WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND
THEY SEARCHED AND SEARCHED TO TRY TO FIND ANYTHING TO REFER
TO CHICKENS OR ROOSTERS, AND THERE WAS NOTHING.
SO THEY FOUND THE WORDS LIVE FOWL, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY
WROTE THE ORDINANCE ON.
I WAS HERE TO BRING YOU GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS.
I WAS VERY EXCITED THAT I DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE BRAVE
ENOUGH TO CROSS 22ND STREET.
BUT IN FRONT OF MY OFFICE I NOW HAVE CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS
EAST OF 22ND STREET.
SO I'M EXCITED.

THEY DO MAKE A MESS.
BUT RATHER THAN DO AWAY WITH THEM I GET A BROOM AND I SWEEP
MY SIDEWALK EVERY DAY.
THE SAD NEWS IS THAT A CITY EMPLOYEE IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER RESIDENT HAS FOUND A TRAPPER COMING
WITH A TRUCK AND CAGES IN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK THAT HAVE
CAPTURED HENS AND A ROOSTER.
AND IT WAS CONFRONTED AND HE SAID HE WAS INVITED TO COME,
THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS OPEN SEASON TO COME AND COLLECT THEM.
WELL, THERE'S A FINE FOR HIM DOING THAT.
AND I HOPE I RUN INTO HIM.
I HAVE TAKEN DAYS RIDING AROUND YBOR CITY.
CENTENNIAL PARK HAS CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS I.DON'T SEE ANY AT
SCHOOL ANYMORE.
MOTHER NATURE HAS TAKEN ITS COURSE BUT I'M AFRAID THE HUMAN
VERSUS INTERFERED WITH OUR FLOCK AND OUR POPULATION.
I AM GOING TO BE 75 YEARS OLD IN TWO MONTHS.
THERE HAVE BEEN CHICKENS IN YBOR CITY SINCE I WAS BORN.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUE IS NOW.
THEY ARE NOT A PROBLEM.
THEY ARE THE HISTORY OF YBOR.
I POSTED SOMETHING ON FACEBOOK ABOUT THE CHICKENS.
AND WITHIN TWO HOURS I MUST HAVE HAD 70 COMMENTS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE CITY TO LEAVE OUR CHICKENS ALONE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO DO.

THE YCDC ON THE BOARD HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION BUT I
PERSONALLY DON'T FEEL THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY CHANGES.
THE FLAG LIKE I SAID IS DOWN.
AND I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO SUPPORT OUR CHICKENS.
AND I CAN LOOK ACROSS THE DAIS AND I KNOW WHAT COUNCIL
MEMBERS COME TO YBOR AND WHICH ONES NEVER COME TO YBOR.
SO SOME OF YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, AND
SOME OF YOU DON'T.
SO PLEASE LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS THAT DEAL WITH THEM ON A
DAILY BASIS.
AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN SUPPORTING THE CHICKEN
ORDINANCE, JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.
THANK YOU.
11:42:50 >>FRANK REDDICK:
NEXT SPEAKER.
11:42:52 >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, LOUISE RATERMAN.
I WAS A VENDOR AT THE YBOR SATURDAY CENTENNIAL PARK FOR MANY
YEARS, AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE CHICKENS ARE AN ECONOMIC
BOOST TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE CHICKENS ARE IN THE GARDEN CLEANING IT UP, AND EVERY NOW
AND THEN THERE'S A SPLASH OF COLOR THAT WAY, A SPLASH OF
COLOR THAT WAY AND IT TOTALLY DELIGHTS CHILDREN.
PEOPLE BRING THEIR CHILDREN AND COME OUT AND MAKE PURCHASES
FROM THE VENDORS.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A BALD EAGLE NESTING OR STORK NEST

IN YBOR CITY MOST LIKELY.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE GOT IS CHICKENS.
AND WE SHOULD BE GLAD THAT THERE IS A CREATURE THAT IS
FAMILIAR TO THOSE ENVIRONMENTS, HAPPY THAT THEY HAVE COME.
I KNOW THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS COMPLAINT TRIGGERED, AND
PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO CALL IN WITH A GRUMBLE.
BUT WHAT YOU DON'T GET IS THAT YOU DON'T GET CALLS USUALLY
FROM PEOPLE THAT, WELL, A CHICKEN CROSSED MY PATH AND
BRIGHTENED MY DAY.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT JUST HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
11:44:19 >>FRANK REDDICK:
THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER.
11:44:23 >> STEPHANIE HARRISON, YBOR RESIDENT.
MOVED TO YBOR ABOUT A DECADE AGO.
I LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT I AM REALLY TIRED OF THIS SILLY DIVED
THAT WE ARE HAVING, THE PRO CHICKEN AND ANTI-CHICKEN.
I'M ALSO TIRED LITERALLY EXHAUSTED FROM ROOSTERS FROM 4 TO
7 A.M. EVERY SINGLE MORNING.
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO SLEEP WHEN A ROOSTER IS CROWING EVERY
10 TO 15 SECONDS ABOUT FIVE FEET FROM YOUR BACK PORCH?
I THINK MY CONCERNS AND THE CONCERNS OF OTHERS IN YBOR HAVE
GOTTEN MUDDY ALONG THE WAY.
I AM NOT GETTING ASKING TO GET RID OF THE CHICKENS.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYONE ASK TO GET RID OF THE CHICKENS.

I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT DUE TO HUMAN INTERVENTION THE
CHICKEN POPULATION HAS GROWN AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF
THE DISCUSSION SO THAT I AND MY NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE NEAR ME
CAN START SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT AGAIN.
IF A NEIGHBOR IS PLAYING DRUMS AT 4 A.M. EVERY MORNING WE
WOULD HAVE RESOURCE SO IT FEELS WE SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY
RECOURSE ON THIS ISSUE.
I WANT TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS, I INVITE ANYONE TO COME
TALK TOCK ME ANYTIME ABOUT THE CHICKENS.
I SHARE MY CONTACT INFO, AND IF THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS TAKING
PLACE I WANT TO FEEL LIKE A COMMUNITY AGAIN, ONE THAT CAN
LIKE MAYBE DISAGREE ON SUBJECT BUT STILL HAVE A
CONVERSATION.
THAT'S IT.
THANKS.
11:45:46 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ALL RIGHT.
LAST SPEAKER THIS MORNING.
11:45:50 >> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS DYLAN BREED.
I'M AN YBOR CITY RESIDENT AND THE FOUNDER OF THE YBOR
CHICKEN SOCIETY.
I HAVE SPOKEN AT MEETINGS AND SENT SEVERAL E-MAILS TO THE
COUNCIL SO MY POSITION ON THE BIRD ORDINANCE IS OBVIOUS AND
WELL KNOWN AT THIS POINT.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EVERYONE WHO IS

HERE WHO SUPPORT OUR CHICKENS.
EVERYONE WHO SHARED OUR POST AND SIGNED A PETITION, EVERYONE
WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO SUPPORT AND CLEAN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD, AND EVERYONE WHO HAS FOUGHT TO PRESERVE THE
HISTORY, CULTURE AND IDENTITY OF YBOR CITY BECAUSE THAT'S
WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT.
LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL, IN ADVANCE,
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING THIS
AFTERNOON, ALONG WITH THE WISHES OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
YOU KEEP OUR CHICKENS SAFE.
THANK YOU.
11:46:42 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE
MATTERS? SEEING NONE LET ME PUT STAFF ON NOTICE THAT ITEM
NUMBER 73 WILL BE COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
SO STAFF, MRS. DUNCAN, NEED TO BE HERE.
ITEM 73.
WE WILL BE DOING THAT IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
SO PLEASE HAVE STAFF HERE SO WE GET THIS DONE BEFORE
NOONTIME
ALL RIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER 4.
GET A MOTION?
11:47:15 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN

ORDINANCE WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA RELATING TO NO
AREA RATIO IN YBOR CITY MAKING REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA
CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 27, ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT,
ENDING SECTION 27-177, HISTORIC DISTRICT ESTABLISHED,
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
THEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:47:44 >> SECOND.
11:47:46 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
11:47:51 >>THE CLERK:
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
AUGUST 2nd AT 9:30 A.M.
MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN AND VIERA BEING ABSENT.
11:48:07 >> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA RELATING TO
MINOR REVISIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO SEMINOLE HEIGHTS SPECIAL
DISTRICT MAKING REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 27, ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT,
ENDING SECTION 27-211.1 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES,
ENDING SECTION 27-211.2 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REGULATING
MAP, ESTABLISHMENT OF SUB DISTRICTS, AND ASSOCIATED GENERAL
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY SUB DISTRICT AND DEVELOPMENT
FORM, AMENDING SECTION 27-211.2.1 GENERAL DISTRICT

DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED SH-RS DISTRICT, REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PART OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH,
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:48:57 >> SECOND IT.
11:49:02 >>FRANK REDDICK:
SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ANY DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR IN OPPOSED?
11:49:08 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN AND VIERA BEING ABSENT.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE ON AUGUST 2nd, 2018
AT 9:30 A.M.
11:49:17 >>FRANK REDDICK:
THANK YOU.
MR. MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU DO ITEM 6?
11:49:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
NUMBER 2014-66 PASSED AND ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF TAMPA ON AUGUST 7, 2014 CORRECTING A SCRIVENER'S
ERROR BY SUBSTITUTING A NEW SITE PLAN FOR THE PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED SITE PLAN TO REFLECT THE CORRECT WORDING FOR NOTE
NUMBER 18 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
11:49:41 >> SECOND.
11:49:43 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?

ALL IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
OKAY.
11:49:50 >>THE CLERK:
THE MOTION CARRIED WITH CAPIN AND VIERA BEING
ABSENT.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE ON AUGUST 2nd, 2018
AT 9:30 A.M.
11:50:00 >>FRANK REDDICK:
WE GO TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
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.
SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIED.
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.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
MOTION CARRIES.
MR. MANISCALCO, WILL YOU --
11:50:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I MOVE ITEM 25 THROUGH 35.
11:50:40 >> MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIED.
FINANCE, MR. COHEN.
11:50:47 >>HARRY COHEN:
I MOVE ITEMS 36, 37 AND 38.
11:50:51 >> GOT A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIED.
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.
SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?

11:51:13 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
I ALSO ASK THAT A CONTINUANCE BE APPLIED FOR
ITEM NUMBER 40 TO AUGUST 23rd, 2018 UNDER BUILDING
ZONING AND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE.
11:51:24 >>HARRY COHEN:
SECOND.
11:51:25 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
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.
MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE TEN MINUTES BEFORE 12.
AND -- ITEM NUMBER 73.
11:51:57 >>JEAN DUNCAN:
TRANSPORTATION AND STORMWATER SERVICES.
PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE
ON AN ISSUE THAT YOU BROUGHT TO US BEGINNING OF MAY AND
ASKED US TO TAKE SOME ACTION ON.
I BELIEVE YOU HEARD PREVIOUSLY FROM MARILYN HEALEY, THE BANK

OF AMERICA REPRESENTATIVE WHO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH.
WE HAD A GREAT COLLABORATION ON PROVIDING A VERY POSITIVE
PROJECT THAT'S ACTUALLY UNDERWAY CURRENTLY.
I DID GIVE YOU A WRITTEN SUMMARY THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.
JUST FOR A WAY TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A
CREATIVE WAY WITH THE BANK OF AMERICA FOLKS AS WELL AS THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ADD CAPACITY TO ASHLEY DRIVE
BETWEEN WASHINGTON STREET AND JACKSON STREET.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE ISSUES THAT THE BANK
OF AMERICA IS EXPERIENCING WITH THEIR EXIT GARAGE.
IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE GOOD FOR OUR DOWNTOWN GRID TO HAVE
THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, ON THAT PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE
ROADWAY.
SO THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY PROGRESSING AS WE SPEAK.
I HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER HERE, THE D.O.T. PLANNING
GENTLEMAN, AND WE ARE PLEASED THAT OUR COLLABORATION WITH
THE BANK OF AMERICA HAS RESULTED IN SUCH A QUICK AND
SUCCESSFUL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
SO BY THE END OF AUGUST YOU WILL SEE THIS PROJECT COMPLETED
ALONG ASHLEY DRIVE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IMPROVED
CONDITIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR VENUE AS WELL AS ANOTHER
DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL MOST LIKELY BE COMING ALONG, AND
TRAFFIC IN GENERAL IN THE DOWNTOWN GRID.
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

WE WERE.
THE ISSUE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DEAL WITH, BOTH WHEN WE MET
AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE SPOKE HERE ON COUNCIL, WERE A COUPLE
OF THINGS.
IT WAS THE DIFFICULTY OF SOME OF THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE
EITHER EXIT ONTO ASHLEY OR ONTO JACKSON STREET GETTING OUT
AS A RESULT OF THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY FDOT TO ADD
SOME BIKE LANES AND TO RECONFIGURE THE LANES.
THAT WAS NUMBER ONE.
THEN THE BROADER ISSUE WAS DOWNTOWN CONGESTION WHEN THERE
ARE MULTIPLE EVENTS OCCURRING AT ANY GIVEN TIME,
PARTICULARLY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN IT'S NOT --
UNLIKELY FOR US TO HAVE A HOCKEY GAME, CONVENTION, SOMETHING
AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
CAN YOU BRIEFLY TELL US WHAT IS BEING DONE DIFFERENTLY NOW
AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO MEAN IN TERMS OF RESULTS FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT WORK AND TRAVERSE THROUGH DOWNTOWN?
11:54:49 >>JEAN DUNCAN:
YES.
SO BECAUSE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS WE ARE MAKING ON ASHLEY
DRIVE, AND THE LANE RECONFIGURATIONS THAT CAME ALONG WITH
THE JACKSON STREET PROJECT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BETTER
FLOW OF TRAFFIC COMING OFF ASHLEY AS IT ENTERS THE DOWNTOWN
GRID ONTO JACKSON STREET.
SO THOSE PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP
RECHANNELIZE TRAFFIC FLOW IN A MUCH BETTER WAY.

IN ADDITION WE ARE MAKING SOME TEMPORARY CHANGES TO OUR
TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM.
WE'LL HAVE AN ACTUAL PERMANENT PROJECT THAT WILL COME ALONG
IN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE GOT SOME TEMPORARY CHANGES IN PLACE.
WE HAVE A MORE PROACTIVE WAY TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
TIMING.
WHEN WE HAVE THESE SPECIAL EVENTS, THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE
IMPACTED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS NEED TO
ADAPT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THAT TRAFFIC FLOW
OPTIMIZED.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THESE PHYSICAL CHANGES THAT ARE BEING
ACTED ON RIGHT NOW ARE GOING TO REALLY IMPROVE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
11:55:56 >>HARRY COHEN:
YOU MADE A COMMENT WHEN YOU WERE HERE THE
LAST TIME THAT THE WHOLE DOWNTOWN GRID REALLY IS DEPENDENT
ON ASHLEY AND KENNEDY IN THE WAY THAT THOSE STREETS INTERACT
WITH ONE ANOTHER.
YOU TOLD US IN YOUR REPORT THAT YOU GAVE US PRIOR THAT YOU
ARE ACTUALLY ADDING CAPACITY ON ASHLEY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
11:56:15 >>JEAN DUNCAN:
THAT MEANS WE ARE ACTUALLY ADDING AN EXTRA
LANE.
AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IN DOWNTOWN, THERE'S NOT MANY
OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTUALLY ADD AN ENTIRE LANE, WHETHER IT'S A

RIGHT TURN LANE, A LEFT TURN LANE OR THROUGH LANE.
IT JUST IS VERY CONSTRAINED OBVIOUSLY ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE MEDIAN,
WITH THE LANE WIDTHS, AND ADD THAT EXTRA LANE.
THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE THROUGH-PUT OF
THAT PARTICULAR SECTION, AND OUR GRID IS LIKE AN ACCORDION.
YOU PUSH ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER SIDE MOVES.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ADD CAPACITY IS GOING TO THEN HAVE
AFFECT OR BENEFIT FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE GRID.
11:56:52 >>HARRY COHEN:
I JUST WANTED TO ASK MRS. HEALEY, WAS THERE
ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL WANTED TO ADD GIVEN THAT SO MANY OF
THE TENANT IN THE BANK OF AMERICA BUILDING HAD COME TO YOU?
11:57:04 >> THANK YOU.
PRIMARILY, JUST OUR APPRECIATION FOR CITY COUNCIL REALLY
STANDING UP AND YOU KNOW SAFETY IS A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR
EVERYTHING.
OUR DOWNTOWN GROWTH IS A CRITICAL ISSUE FOR ALL OF US.
AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT.
WE DID HAVE THE BIKE LANE PATH IS GOING IN.
WE TALKED AT LENGTH WITH FDOT ABOUT THAT AND THEIR
ENGINEERS, AND WE ARE GOING TO MONITOR THAT.
AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE NEED TO COME
BACK AND ADDRESS IT, I THINK ALL PARTIES AGREE THAT WE WILL
COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE
SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.

THANK YOU.
11:57:48 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANYBODY ELSE?
11:57:54 >>JEAN DUNCAN:
NO, SIR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMPLETING THE PROJECT AS MENTIONED BY
THE END OF AUGUST AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FACT WE WERE
ABLE TO GET THIS DONE BEFORE SEASON DOES BEGIN TO GET MORE
ACTIVE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
IT WAS A GREAT COLLABORATION WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS
INVOLVED, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU KIND OF PUSHED THE
BUTTON TO GET IT DONE MORE QUICKLY AND PUT SOME FOCUS ON
THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
11:58:18 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
COUNCIL, WE HAVE 11:59.
WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
ARE WE GOING TO BREAK HERE AND COME BACK?
11:58:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
I WOULD SUGGEST WE BREAK AND COME BACK.
I DO HAVE A CAVEAT.
I DO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT AT 3 P.M. THAT I HAVE TO GO TO. SO
I WOULD SUGGEST WE BREAK NOW AND COME BACK BETWEEN 1:15 AND
1:30.
1:30 WOULD BE TERRIFIC.
11:58:51 >>FRANK REDDICK:
WE ARE GOING TO STAND IN RECESS UNTIL

1:30.
(CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30 P.M.)

(ROLL CALL)
13:35:23 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
IF I DO, CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP
ITEMS 56 THROUGH 68, I BELIEVE.
13:35:30 >> SECOND.
13:35:31 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER 56.
13:35:39 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY
COUNCIL.
I'M ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY JERROD SIMPSON, AND I HAVE HERE
FOR SECOND READING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE NOISE
ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
THEY ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO DRAFT IT.
I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO COUNCIL FOR THE LATE SUBMISSION THAT
I MADE YESTERDAY OF THE TRANSCRIPT FROM THE PREVIOUS
HEARING.
THAT WAS JUST FOR RECORD KEEPING PURPOSES.
THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT CHANGE THE PENALTIES OF THE
ENFORCEMENT PROCESSES, THE DEFINITIONS OR THE EXISTING

STANDARDS UNDER THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
ALL THOSE THINGS WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT YOU ARE ALL
FAMILIAR WITH, A VERY THOROUGH CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD
LAST TIME THE NOISE ORDINANCE WAS DISCUSSED.
I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT INTO THE RECORD SO WE SENT THAT
TO YOU YESTERDAY.
THE TWO NOISE ORDINANCE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN THE CODE, THE
UNREASONABLY LOUD AND RAUCOUS STANDARD WHICH APPLIES TO ALL
THE CITY EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS AND THE DECIBEL
STANDARD WHICH APPLIES TO YBOR CITY, CHANNELSIDE AND THE
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, THOSE STANDARD REMAIN THE SAME.
WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS IT SIMPLY AMENDS THE BOUNDARIES
OF WHERE THOSE STANDARDS APPLY, AND SO I HAD MR. COOKE FROM
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PUT TOGETHER THIS SIDE BY SIDE MAP
THAT REALLY CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS
PROPOSING TO DO.
SO HERE ON THE RIGHT, WE SEE THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT,
AND THAT'S WHERE THE STANDARD CURRENTLY APPLIES.
WHAT THIS ORDINANCE WOULD DO IS CROAT A DISTRICT THAT WE ARE
CALLING THE ARENA DISTRICT, AND IT WOULD APPLY THE DECIBEL
STANDARD IN THE ARENA DISTRICT WHICH IS THIS SECTION OF THE
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE UNREASONABLY
LOUD AND RAUCOUS STANDARD WOULD THEN APPLY TO THE REST OF

THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS.
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. BOB MCDONAUGH FROM
ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AS TO WHY THE
ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING THIS CHANGE.
13:37:50 >>BOB MCDONAUGH:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS REALLY A REQUEST BASED ON OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE IN
THE DOWNTOWN MARKETPLACE.
OBVIOUSLY, YEARS AGO, WE NOW HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF
RESIDENTS, SOME SERIOUS INVESTMENTS.
INTERESTING THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE THE UPTOWN COUNCIL WHICH WAS A
LOOSELY KNIT GROUP OF URBAN PIONEERS WHO FIRST CAME TO
DOWNTOWN.
INTO THE DOWNTOWN RIVER ARTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
IT'S A REAL LIVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEY SPENT A
LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO
FAMILIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD IS THAT THEY WERE UNHAPPY
WITH THE MASSEY PARK.
YOU KNOW, THAT WAS FINE ONCE UPON A TIME, BUT OUR URBAN
CLIMATE HAS CHANGED.
WE HAVE DIFFERENT USES.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE PEOPLE.
SO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOT INVOLVED IN THAT AND

SAID, HEY, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE PARK CHANGED.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALL CHILDREN.
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL BUILDINGS.
WE ALREADY HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE POPULATION OF PEOPLE LIVING
IN DOWNTOWN.
A BUILDING OPENED RECENTLY WHICH IS 915 FRANKLIN STREET.
WE HAVE TWO MORE WHICH WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
AND SO FROM THE RESIDENTIAL CONCEPT, THAT PORTION OF
DOWNTOWN, THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FORMER
STANDARD OF HIGHER DECIBELS IS NO LONGER SATISFACTORY TO US.
IN THE SAME TIME FRAME, WE HAVE HAD A LOT MORE HOSPITALITY
THAT HAS MOVED INTO DOWNTOWN.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION STARTING ACROSS THE
STREET ON ANOTHER HOTEL CONCEPT.
THERE'S A HOTEL CONCEPT THAT'S GOING TO START SHORTLY ON
NORTH FRANKLIN STREET, ANOTHER 235 UNITS.
AND THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HOTEL-MOTEL ASSOCIATION ALSO WAS
ASKED THE SAME THING, THAT THEY DO GET A FAIR AMOUNT OF
COMPLAINTS FROM THEIR GUESTS THAT ARE HERE FOR BUSINESS OR
PERHAPS CONVENTIONS AND THEY ARE SAYING THAT THAT NOISE
STANDARD THAT WE HAD IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE TO THE VISITORS
AND GUESTS.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS TO CONSTRICT THAT
GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT HAS THE LARGER AREA, THE LARGER DECIBEL

READING, WHILE TAKING THE REST OF DOWNTOWN, AGAIN AS JERROD
TALKED ABOUT, EVERYTHING EXCEPT FROM THE ARENA DISTRICT TO A
STANDARD THAT IS ACCEPTABLE IN THE REST OF OUR CITY.
13:40:21 >>FRANK REDDICK:
[OFF MICROPHONE.]
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL?
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE?
MOTION TO CLOSE.
ALL IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
MR. MIRANDA.
13:40:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOVE ITEM NUMBER 56, E 2018-8 CHAPTER
14.
AN ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA MAKING REVISIONS.
CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 14 OFFENSES,
ENDING SECTION 14-153, UNREASONABLY EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM A
PROPERTY PROHIBITED, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, YBOR CITY
HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND CHANNEL DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:41:17 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
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.
WE ARE HERE FOR SECOND READING FOR THE AMENDMENT TO THE
ANIMAL NUISANCE ORDINANCE, SPECIFICALLY ON THE NOISE
ELEMENT.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
13:42:05 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANY REQUESTS FROM COUNCIL?
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.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
ALL RIGHT.
MR. SUAREZ, ITEM NUMBER 57.
13:42:22 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING
AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA
REGULATING NUISANCE ANIMALS, PROHIBITING OWNERS OF PERSONS
HAVING CUSTODY OF AN ANIMAL ALLOWING PERSISTENT OR
CONTINUOUS NOISE FROM ANIMALS, DECLARING CERTAIN ANIMAL
OFFENSES WITH A VERIFIED COMPLAINT PROCESS PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:42:43 >> SECOND.
13:42:44 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION BY MR. SUAREZ.
SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

13:42:49 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
ABSENT.
13:42:59 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ITEM NUMBER 58.
13:43:01 >>LACHONE DOCK:
PLANNING AND URBAN DESIGN.
COUNCIL, ITEM 58 THROUGH 63 ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR SECOND
READING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE FLORIDA AMENDMENT THAT IS
BEFORE YOU.
AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
13:43:13 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
ALL RIGHT.
13:43:16 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:43:22 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON
ITEM NUMBER 58?
13:43:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
MOVE TO CLOSE.
13:43:29 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ALL RIGHT.
MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
13:43:40 >>HARRY COHEN:
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY
GENERALLY LOCATED AT 8714 NORTH TAMPA STREET, FROM
RESIDENTIAL 10, R-10 TO RESIDENTIAL 20, R-20, PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT PROVIDING FOR

SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:44:03 >> SECOND.
13:44:04 >>FRANK REDDICK:
A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:44:12 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN ABSENT.
13:44:18 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ITEM NUMBER 59.
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.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
MR. MANISCALCO.
13:44:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY
GENERALLY LOCATED AT WILL 7072, 8706, 8708, 8710, 8712,
8716, 8718, 8722 AND 8724 NORTH TAMPA STREET FROM
RESIDENTIAL R 10 TO RESIDENTIAL 20, R 20, PROVIDING FOR
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:45:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
SECOND.
13:45:05 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.

PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:45:09 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN ABSENT.
13:45:19 >> ABSTAINING FROM NUMBER 60.
I HAVE FILED A FORM.
THANK YOU.
13:45:29 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ITEM NUMBER 60.
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 60?
MOTION TO CLOSE BY MR. MIRANDA.
SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
MR. MIRANDA.
13:45:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ITEM 60.
[OFF MICROPHONE] PA 18-01.
ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE
LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 608 NORTH
WILLOW AVENUE AND 1332 WEST CASS STREET FROM GENERAL MIXED
USE 24 GMU 24 TO COMMUNITY MIXED USE 35, CMU 35, PROVIDING
FOR REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:46:21 >> SECOND.
13:46:22 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.

RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:46:27 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH COHEN ABSTAINING AND VIERA
AND CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
13:46:37 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ITEM NUMBER 61.
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.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE?
OPPOSED?
MR. SUAREZ.
13:46:57 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING
AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY
LOCATED AT 8114 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE FROM RESIDENTIAL 35 R
35 TO URBAN MIXED USE 6 MU 60 PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:47:19 >> SECOND.
13:47:21 >>FRANK REDDICK:
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:47:26 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
ABSENT.

13:47:35 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ITEM NUMBER 62.
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.
SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
MR. COHEN.
13:47:52 >>HARRY COHEN:
I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY
GENERALLY LOCATED AT 7701 SOUTH O'BRIEN STREET FROM LIGHT
INDUSTRIAL LI TO RESIDENTIAL 10, R 10, PROVIDING FOR REPEAL
OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:48:15 >> SECOND.
13:48:17 >>FRANK REDDICK:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:48:22 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
ABSENT.
13:48:30 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ITEM NUMBER 63.
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.
SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
MR. MANISCALCO.
13:48:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PROPERTY
GENERALLY LOCATED AT NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF WEST CYPRESS
STREET AND NORTH HIMES AVENUE FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL CC
35 TO RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE 100 RMU 100 PROVIDING FOR REPEAL
OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY,
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:49:09 >> SECOND.
13:49:10 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION BY MR. MANAGES.
SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:49:16 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
ABSENT.
13:49:23 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANYONE GOING TO SPEAK ON 64 THROUGH 68,
PLEASE STAND AND BE SWORN.
(OATH ADMINISTERED BY CLERK).
13:49:36 >> ITEM NUMBER 64.
13:49:38 >>MARY SAMANIEGO:
ITEM 64 AND 68 ARE BOTH SECOND READINGS.

THE REQUIRED CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE SITE PLAN IN THE
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I DO KNOW THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER 647 WAS NOT ABLE TO
STAY PAST THE RECESS SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU PURSUE
THIS.
13:50:01 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
64?
GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA TO CLOSE, SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
MR. MIRANDA, ITEM NUMBER 64.
13:50:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ITEM NUMBER 64, FILE SU-2-18-04.
ORDINANCE PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S 2 APPROVING A
MEDICAL OFFICE IN AN RO 1 RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, OFFICE,
BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL, ZONING DISTRICT IN THE GENERAL
VICINITY OF 8900 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:50:44 >> SECOND.
13:50:46 >>FRANK REDDICK:
I HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.

13:50:50 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
ABSENT.
13:51:00 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ITEM NUMBER 65.
ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 65?
13:51:05 >> RYAN MASSEY, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
ITEM 65 AND 66 HAVE CORRECT SITE PLANS TURNED INTO THE CITY
CLERK AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
13:51:16 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
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.
SECONDED BY MR. SUAREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
MR. SUAREZ.
PLEASE READ NUMBER 65.
13:51:32 >> I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION,
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2 FOR
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SALES, LARGE CONVENIENCE JEW,
CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE SALE OF
BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT BEER WINE AND
LIQUOR ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND LOCATED AT
5415 WEST TYSON AVENUE TAMPA, FLORIDA AS MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2 THAT ALL ORDINANCES OR PART OF

ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
13:51:59 >> SECOND.
13:52:01 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:52:05 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
ABSENT.
13:52:18 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ITEM NUMBER 66.
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.
SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
OPPOSED?
MR. COHEN.
13:52:35 >>HARRY COHEN:
I MOVE A ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A
SPECIAL USE PERMIT S-2 FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, SMALL
VENUE CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES ONLY AND MAKING LAWFUL THE
SALE OF BEVERAGES REGARDLESS OF ALCOHOLIC CONTENT, BEER WINE
AND LIQUOR ON THAT CERTAIN LOT, PLOT OR TRACT OF LAND
LOCATED AT 1418 EAST BUSCH BOULEVARD SUITE 105-108 TAMPA,
FLORIDA MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 3, THAT ALL

ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT ARE REPEALED,
REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2008-38, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
13:53:10 >> SECOND.
13:53:13 >>CHAIRMAN:
MOTION FROM MR. COHEN.
SECONDED BY MR. SUAREZ.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:53:16 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
ABSENT.
13:53:25 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ITEM NUMBER 67.
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.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
MR. MANISCALCO, ITEM NUMBER 67.
13:53:43 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
2005-161 AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2005-220, ADOPTED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ON JUNE 9, 2005 TO
CORRECT A SCRIVENER'S ERROR IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION BY
REPLACING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN SAID ORDINANCE PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

13:54:05 >> SECOND.
13:54:06 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
SECONDED BY MR. COHEN.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:54:10 >>THE CLERK:
MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING
ABSENT.
13:54:20 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ITEM NUMBER 68.
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.
SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
MR. MIRANDA.
MIRANDA 68, FILE REZ 18-64.
AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING AND
ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
VICINITY OF 1609 EAST NEW ORLEANS AVENUE IN THE CITY OF
TAMPA, FLORIDA AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION RS 350 RESIDENTIAL
SINGLE-FAMILY TO PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, PLACE OF RELIGIOUS
ASSEMBLY, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
13:55:00 >> SECOND.

13:55:02 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
13:55:06 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA AND CAPIN BEING ABSENT.
13:55:14 >>FRANK REDDICK:
OKAY.
WE GO TO STAFF REPORTS AT THIS TIME.
STAFF REPORT NUMBER 69.
13:55:20 >>BOB MCDONAUGH:
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS PERTAINING TO A CONTRACT FOR JANITORIAL AND SET-UP
SERVICES AT THE TAMPA CONVENTION CENTER.
WE WENT OUT AND SOLICITED RFPs.
WE GOT FIVE RESPONSES.
AND WORKING WITH STAFF, THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, AND GREG
SPEARMAN AND GREGORY HOLT, WE WORKED OUT A NEGOTIATION WITH
OWENS, AND A COUPLE OF THINGS I THINK IS IMPORTANT ABOUT
THIS CONTRACT IS THE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES WHO WILL BE WORKING
AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WILL ACTUALLY BE PAID A HIGHER WAGE
THAN UNDER OUR CONTRACT WITH CUSHING AND WAKEFIELD, AND THIS
CONTRACT WILL END UP COSTING THE CITY OF TAMPA LESS MONEY
THAN THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT ON AN HOURLY BASIS.
ALSO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ENHANCED ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO MEASURE THE EXACT COST OF OUR EVENTS
BETTER THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST WHICH ALLOWS US SOME MORE
INFORMATION THAN WE DO OUR PRICING STATEMENTS.
13:56:25 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?

NEED A MOTION.
13:56:30 >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
13:56:32 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION BY MR. COHEN.
SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
OPPOSED?
OKAY.
13:56:37 >> NUMBER 70.
BOB MCDONAUGH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF THE CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE
CONE CONVENTION CENTER WITH RR SIMMONS.
AND INCLUDED IN THIS IS THE NEW RESTAURANT, EXPANSION OF THE
RESTROOMS, NEW RAMPS AND SAFETY FEATURES ON THE OUTSIDE OF
THE BUILDING AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS WITHIN THE
BUILDING.
13:57:09 >> MOVE THE SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION 69 MOTION BY MR. COHEN.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
OPPOSED?
OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER 71.
13:57:26 >>COLIN RICE:
LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE HERE TODAY IN RESPONSE TO A MOTION TO ADDRESS SOME
OPTIONS FOR THE ROOSTER SITUATION IN THE CITY OF TAMPA WITH
RESPECT TO THE BIRD SANCTUARY ORDINANCE.

I WANT TO REITERATE A FEW POINT.
THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SAL RUGGIERO.
AS IT STANDS NOW ALL THOSE BIRDS ARE PROTECTED WITHIN THE
CITY OF PER THE BIRD SANCTUARY ORDINANCE.
IT REALLY THE ONLY PROTECTION THEY HAVE AND THAT EXTENDS TO
NESTS AND BY EXTENSION.
SO IF ANY ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN WITH REGARD TO ADDRESSING
THE NUMBERS, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME FORM OF CODE CHANGE.
ONE POTENTIAL OPTION DEPENDING ON THE PART OF COUNCIL IS TO
DELEGATE THE OVERSIGHT OF ANY TYPE OF REMOVAL ACTIVITY
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO SAL IS HERE AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
13:58:37 >>FRANK REDDICK:
THE ROOSTER MAN.
13:58:43 >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
SAL RUGGIERO, NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT.
I WAS ASKED TO GO BACK OUT AND TRY TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT
WOULD REDUCE THE POPULATION WITH NO COST TO THE CITY.
WE DID THAT.
WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT COULD DO IT.
AND HARVEST THE EGGS A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.
DEPENDING ON IF THERE IS AN ORDINANCE CHANGE.
ONE THING THAT WE DID DO THE FIRST TIME I CAME HERE, I
REPORTED THAT AROUND CENTENNIAL PARK THERE WERE 89 ROOSTERS.
WE WENT BACK LAST WEEK.
THERE'S 29.

SO THERE IS SOME KIND OF REDUCTION GOING ON.
THE FOLKS THAT TESTIFIED TODAY ARE SAYING THAT THE HAWKS
TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM A LITTLE BIT.
SO THERE IS A REDUCTION.
RIGHT NOW.
BUT JUST TO BE REITERATE, I DO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT I CAN
UTILIZE, THAT CAN MAKE THE CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE, AND MY
DEPARTMENT WILL OVERSEE THIS OPERATION.
13:59:47 >>FRANK REDDICK:
LET ME JUST ASK YOU A QUESTION IF I MAY.
THE POINT IS NOT THE POPULATION IN YBOR CITY.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE A PERCEPTION THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET
RID OF ALL THE ROOSTERS IN YBOR CITY.
THAT IS NOT THE PROBLEM.
I THINK A REDUCTION.
AND I THINK IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE OUT
THERE TRYING TO ROUND UP WILL CAUSE MORE PROBLEM AND MORE
DAMAGE THAN WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN.
BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ONE THING.
HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT COUNTING THE ROOSTER POPULATION?
14:00:39 >> I ASSIGNED SOMEBODY OUT AT CENTENNIAL PARK FOR A WHOLE
DAY AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
THEY CHECKED THE NUMBERS.
THAT'S THE BEST EXPLANATION I CAN GIVE YOU.
14:00:51 >>FRANK REDDICK:
DO THEY TAG THE ROOSTERS?
14:00:54 >> NO.

THEY DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.
14:00:55 >>FRANK REDDICK:
NO DUPLICATION?
14:00:57 >> NO.
THE PERSON I SENT OUT THERE IS VERY DILIGENT.
14:01:01 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ALL ROOSTERS LOOK DIFFERENT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW YOU GO ABOUT TABULATING IN ORDER
TO COUNT.
AND YOU SAY 89, 90 DOWN TO 29.
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
OR INHUMANE WAY BUT SOMEBODY HAD TO ROUND THEM UP.
BUT LET ME JUST ASK THIS FINAL QUESTION.
IF WE WERE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO EXEMPT THEM FROM THE
BIRD SANCTUARY, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE POPULATION?
OR WHAT COULD REALLY HAPPEN?
WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE POPULATION OR HARM TO THE POPULATION
OR ANYTHING, JUST MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE,
CORRECT?
14:02:02 >> THE PERSONNEL WILL EXTRACT THE EGGS OR THE ROOSTER,
DOESN'T RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE EVERY ONE OF THEM OUT OF
THERE, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PROTECT A CERTAIN BALANCE.
SO WE HAVE HAD GENERAL DISCUSSION WITH THIS PERSON.
AND IF THE CHANGE IS MADE, THEN WE'LL HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH
DISCUSSION ON A PROCESS THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED TO KIND OF

MAINTAIN A HEALTHY POPULATION OF THE BIRDS.
14:02:32 >>FRANK REDDICK:
AND ONE LAST QUESTION.
BEFORE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TALK ABOUT IT.
IF THIS WERE DONE, SAY, ON A TRIAL BASIS, A PERSON OR
ORGANIZATION THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING OF, AND THE EGGS -- I
DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES A YEAR ROOSTERS LAY EGGS, OR WHEN
THEY LAY EGGS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING, IF WE
WERE TO TRY SOMETHING ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, A TRIAL BASIS,
JUST TO SAY LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS, AND IF NOT WE CAN
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.
YOU CAN AMEND ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO AMEND, WE DO NEED SOME SORT OF CRITERION.
EVEN IF IT'S A DAY.
WE DO NEED SOME TYPE FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE.
14:03:50 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ALL RIGHT.
AGAIN, AND MAYBE I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO DO IT ON A
TEMPORARY BASIS JUST TO EXPERIMENT AND SEE WHAT WE GOT.
AND IF IT'S NOT WORKING, THEN LET'S JUST DROP THIS AND --
MR. MANISCALCO.
14:04:14 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
IN READING THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE CAME
OUT, YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THE HAWKS.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
THE HAWKS NEST IN THE SPRING AND COME OUT IN THE SUMMER AND

THAT'S WHY THERE'S BEEN POSSIBLY A REDUCTION FROM 89 TO
SOMETHING, AND IS IT POSSIBLE THAT MOTHER NATURE HAS TAKEN
ITS COURSE AND NATURALLY REDUCED SOME OF THE ROOSTER
POPULATION?
14:04:40 >> I'M HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FOLKS FROM THE SOCIETY,
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE TELLING US THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
OUR FOLKS HAVE NOT PERSONALLY SEEN A HAWK TAKE OUT A
ROOSTER, BUT SOMETHING IS GOING ON BECAUSE THERE IS A
REDUCTION.
14:04:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
I WOULDN'T THINK PEOPLE IN YBOR CITY
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,
THIS IS POSSIBLY NATURALLY AS MOTHER NATURE DOES IT.
I HAVE BEEN GOING TO YBOR CITY SINCE I WAS A KID AND THE
ROOSTERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF IT.
AND I SEE THEM AT CENTENNIAL PARK, NEAR THE CENTRO YBOR
PARKING GARAGE, AND WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD JOKE,
BUT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT UNTIL NOW.
WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME OUT SAYING ABOUT THE
NOISE, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND.
BUT IT'S PART OF YBOR CITY'S CULTURE AND PART OF THE FABRIC.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE CIGAR CITY AND SMELL OF COFFEE, BUT IT'S
PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IN MY OPINION, I THINK IT SHOULD BE JUST LEFT ALONE,

BECAUSE IF WE DO AMEND THE ORDINANCE, I THINK IT COULD GET
OUT OF HAND, AND YOU ARE BASICALLY OPENING IT UP TO ANYBODY
GOING IN AND GETTING RID OF THE ROOSTERS OR WHATNOT.
I DON'T WANT IT TO GET OUT OF HAPPENED AND SOMEBODY ABUSING
IT.
THAT'S MY OPINION.
14:06:10 >> SHOCKED WOULD BE A LITTLE STRONG BUT SURPRISED AT THE
OUNT OF CORRESPONDENCE WE ACCEPTED ON THIS ISSUE OVER THE
COURSE OF THE PAST SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.
MOST OF TO THE MY READING HAS BEEN PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF THE
ROOSTERS.
I JUST THINK BECAUSE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN IS
THE POPULATION SEEMS TO BE THINNING ITSELF OUT THAT I THINK
WE SHOULDN'T DO ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT.
IF WE HEAR BACK THAT THIS IS NOT THINNING ITSELF OUT, THE
POPULATION IS WAIVING, THEN WE COULD GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
BUT SINCE IT'S GOTTEN THINNER MY INCLINATION AT THIS POINT
IS AGREEING WITH COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO NOT TO DO ANYTHING
AND MAYBE HEAR BACK AT SOME POINT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE
POPULATION IS UNDER CONTROL.
14:07:14 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
I WAS NOT AT COUNCIL THE LAST TIME WE HAD
THIS DISCUSSION, TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO WITH VACATION, AND I
THINK PART OF WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT AS MR. MANISCALCO AND
MR. COHEN MENTIONED, THINGS NATURALLY HAPPEN.
YESTERDAY, I WAS IN YBOR CITY, AND I HAD LUNCH.

I WAS WALKING DOWN 19th, AND THERE WAS A FAMILY OF
CHICKENS.
THERE WAS A CHICKEN, A COUPLE OF CHICKENS AND SOME CHICKS.
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN FIVE OR SIX CHICKS?
OKAY.
NOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START SEEING CHICKS AND GO, WELL,
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHICKS AND WE ARE
GOING TO GET RID OF THEM FIRST.
IT BECOMES A RIDICULOUS STANDARD TO DEAL WITH.
OBVIOUSLY, MR. RICE WAS INJURED CHASING AFTER SOME ROOSTERS
IN PREPARATION OF THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY MORE STAFF HURT IN THE DEFENSE
OF ROOSTERS.
SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT RIGHT NOW -- AND I THINK THAT MR.
REDDICK'S IDEA IS A GOOD I DO IF WE WERE STILL BACK UP AT
THAT LARGER POPULATION.
I THINK AT THIS POINT WE PROBABLY SHOULD JUST WAIT, BECAUSE
LIENS, THE HAWK IDEA, IT MAKES SENSE TO BE ME, THAT SOME
PREDATOR IS ACTUALLY GOING AFTER THESE ROOSTERS F.THAT'S THE
CASE, IT MAY BE SEASONAL, AS MR. MANISCALCO SUGGESTED.
IF IT ISN'T, THEN MAYBE WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT IT.
BUT IF IT'S GOING TO BE SEASONAL LIKE THIS WE MIGHT BE IN A
MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN WE WERE BEFORE.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN IN NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENT
FOR SOMETIME AND I'M SURE THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS

YOU THOUGHT OF WHEN YOU GOT THIS JOB SO WE ARE VERY HAPPY
YOU WERE ABLE TO COUNT THOSE CHICKENS, BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL
WORK THROUGH IT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FINE.
BUT THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS.
14:09:08 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANYTHING?
14:09:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
NO.
THERE'S NOTHING ON THE TABLE FOR ME TO VOTE ON SO I AM GOING
TO KEEP QUIET UNTIL THERE'S A VOTE MADE.
14:09:18 >>FRANK REDDICK:
WELL, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A MOTION
BECAUSE THE VOTES ARE NOT THERE.
14:09:25 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
YOU CAN COUNT TO BE THREE THEN.
(LAUGHTER).
14:09:27 >>FRANK REDDICK:
YES.
THERE WON'T BE A MOTION.
SO THEY SAY WAIT.
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
WERE THERE CHICKENS, NOT ONLY WERE THERE ROOSTERS THERE,
WERE GETS, AND THERE WAS A COW, AND MAYBE THE NEXT GUY WOULD
HAVE A GET THEY WOULD MILK.
THERE WERE DOGS.
THERE WERE EVERYTHING.
THERE WERE HOMING PIGEONS IN THE BACKYARD.

NOBODY SAID ANYTHING.
YEARS AGO PEOPLE HAD HORSES THAT THEY TRAVELED BACK AND
FORTH.
THE HOUSE THAT I STILL LIVE IN WEST TAMPA, I WENT IN ON
HORSEBACK.
I THINK IT'S A GLAMOROUS THING TO HAVE.
WHEN YOU THINK OF NEW ORLEANS, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BESIDES
GETTING DRUNK?
THE AMENITIES.
YBOR CITY, VERY LARGE, LONG AREA OF HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND IT HAS TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST THE BUILDINGS.
WHEN I STARTED ON THE COUNCIL THERE WERE THREE THINGS IN
YBOR CITY.
PROSTITUTION, DRUGS, AND TUMBLE WEED.
THAT WAS IT.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, CHECK THE RECORD OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
GRADUALLY WE CHANGED THAT AND WE GOT CRITICIZED FOR PUTTING
THE MONEY IN TO CHANGE IT.
I CHALLENGE ANYBODY TO GO BACK TO THE TAX RECORDS 25 YEARS
AGO AND SEE WHAT INCOME CAME IN TO THE CITY COFFERS, AND I
GUARANTEE YOU, IT PAID OFF.
THAT'S I'M GOING TO SAY LEAVE THE CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS BE
AND IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
14:11:18 >>FRANK REDDICK:
SOMEONE MENTIONED IT EARLIER TODAY.

YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT VALUE CHICKENS MORE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
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.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 74.
14:11:55 >> TONY MULKEY, SPECIAL EVENTS, PARKS AND RECREATION, CITY
OF TAMPA, HERE TO DISCUSS THE CANCELLATION POLICY REGARDING
SPECIAL EVENTS FROM THE CITY.
I THINK A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF APPROACH THIS IS FOR ME TO
PROVIDE AN OVERALL KIND OF OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATION
PROCESS TO GIVE YOU A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE -- OF ALL
THE MOVING PARTS AND HOW THIS WORKS.
SO THE PROCESS ESSENTIALLY HAS THREE COMPONENTS, AND ONE
BEGINS WITH AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND THEN AN INITIAL
REVIEW.
THE SECOND IS A COORDINATION OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY INCLUDING THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, TAMPA FIRE
RESCUE, EMS, TRANSPORTATION, PARKING.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS COMMITMENT FROM THE PROMOTER TO PAY
THE COSTS OF RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED.

AND THEN THE FOLLOW-THROUGH WOULD BE INSURANCE AND OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.
BUT THE OTHER REQUIRED SUBMITTALS TO ACTUALLY ISSUE THE
EVENT PERMIT WHICH IS THE VERY LAST STEP OF THE PROCESS.
SO THE APPLICATION PROCESS BEGINS WITH A FULLY COMPLETE
APPLICATION, SUBMITTED WITH THE SITE PLAN, AS WELL AS AN
APPLICATION FEE.
ON THAT APPLICATION, WHERE YOU SIGN AND EXECUTE THAT, IT
DOES STATE THAT SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION CONSTITUTES A
REQUEST TO BE CITY PROPERTY FOR AN EVENT, BUT IT DOES NOT
GUARANTEE APPROVAL.
SO THE VERY FIRST STEP OF THE PROCESS, AND WE TAKE THOSE
MATERIALS, WE DO AN INITIAL REVIEW WITHIN OUR STAFF, AND
THEN WE DIDN'T IT TO THOSE AFOREMENTIONED DEPARTMENTS,
POLICE, FIRE, TRANSPORTATION, PARKING FOR THEIR REVIEW.
FROM THERE, WE SCHEDULE A COORDINATION MEETING WITH THE
PROMOTER, AND WE GO OVER THE EVENT DETAILS SUCH AS THE TIME.
EVENT, THE LOCATION OF THE EVENT, THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS,
WHETHER THERE'S ALCOHOL, IT REQUIRES A STREET CLOSURE, WHAT
TYPE OF WATCH MIGHT BE NECESSARY, ANY KIND OF SAFETY
CONSIDERATIONS FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
AND WE GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS.
WITHIN THIS PROCESS THERE ARE REASONS FOR DENIAL AT ANY
POINT ALONG HERE IF SOMETHING KIND OF TRIPS THINGS UP.
IF THE APPLICATION WASN'T SUBMITTED WITHIN THE TIME FRAME

PRESCRIBED BY THE CITY CODE WHICH IS 60 DAYS FOR EVENTS
HAPPENING IN PARKS, 90 DAYS FOR EVENTS HAPPENING THAT
INVOLVE A STREET CLOSURE OR ALCOHOL PERMIT, AS ADVANCED
APPLICATION.
IF THE APPLICATION IS INCOMPLETE OR THEY DID NOT PAY THE FEE
FOR THE APPLICATION THOSE WOULD BE REASONS FOR DENIAL AS
WELL.
IF THE PROMOTER HAS A MISREPRESENTATION OR PROVIDES
FRAUDULENT INFORMATION, IF THEY ARE LEGALLY INCOMPETENT TO
BE A REPLY FOR A PERMIT, IF THEY HAVE A HISTORY WHERE THEY
HAVE DAMAGED PROPERTY IN THE PAST AND THEY HAVEN'T MADE
RESTITUTION TO THE CITY OR COVERED THOSE EXPENSES, THEY
WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE TO PULL A PERMIT. IF THERE WAS ANOTHER
EVENT THAT ALREADY APPLIED FOR THE SAME TIME AND PLACE WE
WOULD DENY AND WE TAKE THE APPLICATIONS IN ORDER.
IF IT POSES AN UNREASONABLE DANGER, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING
THAT WE WOULD DENY.
IF WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY PLANNED ACTIVITIES THAT THIS ACTIVITY
WOULD CONFLICT WITH, SO IF THE CITY IS INVOLVED WITH
PLANNING AND ORGANIZING OTHER ACTIVITIES, THAT WOULD BE A
REASON TO DENY AS WELL.
ADDITIONALLY, IF THEY CAN'T COME UP WITH THE REQUIRED
LICENSES OR IF THEY FAIL TO PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD
NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE IMPACT OF AN EVENT, THOSE WOULD BE
REASONS FOR THE EVENT SIMPLY PROHIBITED BY LAW FROM. THERE,

WE TAKE THE REVIEW THAT THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAD AND WE
PROVIDE THE PROMOTER WITH A COST LETTER WHICH TRIGGERS THAT
SECOND.
THE COORDINATION PROCESS IS THE SECOND STEP SO WE IDENTIFY
WHAT RESOURCES ARE NECESSARY, IF THERE'S ANY TWEAKS TO THE
TIME AND LOCATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AT THAT POINT, ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD SUBMIT THEIR COSTS
FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HOLD THE EVENT.
WE ISSUE AN INVOICE AS WELL AS A COST LETTER.
NOW, ON THAT COST LETTER THE PROMOTER HAS TO SIGN OFF ON AND
AT THAT POINT WE ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE COST LETTER AT THAT
TIME IT IS APPROPRIATE TO START ADVERTISING THE TIME AND
LOCATION OF THE EVENT, THE DATE AND LOCATION.
SO WE TRY TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM PUTTING OUT TOO MUCH
INFORMATION BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET TO THAT POINT WHERE
EVERYBODY KIND OF AGREES THAT, YES, I'LL PAY THE COST, YES,
I'LL PROVIDE THE INSURANCE AND PERMITS THAT WE REQUIRE.
WHEN WE DO FIND CONFLICTS IN THE COORDINATION PROCESS WE TRY
TO WORK THROUGH THEM.
WE GIVE THEM LOCATIONS, DIFFERENT DATES.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE PERMIT OVER 400 EVENTS PER YEAR.
WE HAVE VERY FEW CONFLICTS.
WHEN WE DO, WE USUALLY RESOLVE THEM QUITE WELL.
WE DO HAVE A DEPARTMENT POLICY THAT IS SIGNED UP BY THE

DIRECTOR THAT WAS ENACTED IN 2015 THAT DOES HELP US MITIGATE
SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES.
MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM, NUMBER OF ATTENDEES REQUIRED TO RUN
SOME OF THE -- A COUPLE YEARS AGO CURTIS HIXON WAS SUPER
BUSY WITH EVENTS AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED BUT WE SENT SET A
MINIMUM ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT OF 2,000 PEOPLE TO HAVE A
SPECIAL EVENT AT THAT PARK AND A MAXIMUM OF ROUGHLY 8 TO 12
THAT YOU DEPENDING ON THE CONFIGURATION.
WE WANTED TO PRESERVE OUR SPECIAL EVENT PARKS DOWNTOWN FOR
SPECIAL EVENTS AND NOT FOR PRIVATE GATHERINGS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE PRIORITIZATION OF EVENT BOOKINGS FOR THESE
PARKS ON THREE CRITERIA.
NUMBER ONE, THE HIGHEST CONSIDERATION IS AN EVENT THAT'S
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
NUMBER TWO IS IF THE EVENT CONTRIBUTES TOWARDS NATIONAL OR
CHARITABLE CAUSES.
AND NUMBER THREE, IF IT'S A GATED OR TICKETED EVENT.
SO SOMETHING THAT HAS RESTRICTED ACCESS FALLS LAST ON THAT
TOTEM POLE.
ONCE THAT COST LETTER IS SIGNED, THEN IT'S KIND OF UP TO THE
PROMOTER TO HANDLE ALL THE SUBMISSIONS.
THERE IS THE APPROPRIATE INSURANCE LEVELS THAT'S NEEDED,
REVIEWED BY RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
ALSO PAYMENT OF ALL THE ESTIMATED FEES.

WE REFUND WHAT THEY DON'T USE AND WE CHARGE IF THEY GO OVER
THE ANTICIPATED RESOURCE NEEDS.
ADDITIONAL PERMIT APPLICATIONS MIGHT BE NEEDED SUCH AS A
STREET CLOSURE OR ALCOHOL PERMIT, THAT'S THE TIME THOSE
PERMITS HAVE TO BE ASSEMBLED AND PUT TOGETHER BEFORE A
SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT WOULD BE ISSUED.
IF THERE IS A STREET CLOSURE THAT IS THE TIME THAT'S
TRIGGERED WHERE IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
ONCE ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, THAT'S WHEN THE SPECIAL
EVENT PERMIT IS ISSUED.
WE MAKE SURE ALL THE DETAILS ARE COVERED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
SO WE COVER ALL OUR BASES.
AND THE VARIETY MAJORITY OF CANCELLATIONS ARE DUE TO
PROMOTERS NOT BEING ABLE TO SUBMIT EVERYTHING THAT'S
REQUIRED.
AND THOSE ARE CANCELLATIONS ON THEIR PART THAT THEY KIND OF
TRIGGER.
WE DON'T COUNSEL THEM.
WE JUST DON'T ISSUE THE PERMIT.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THAT OFTEN BUT PEOPLE GET TO THE POINT
WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TICKETS SOLD OR THEY CAN'T COME
TO TERMS WITH VENDORS OR DON'T GET THE HAD NECESSARY
INSURANCE.
WE TRY TO HELP THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BUT SOMETIMES THEY
JUST CAN'T AND WE CAN'T ISSUE THAT PERMIT SO THEY COME OFF

THE SCHEDULE.
AGAIN, WE TRY AND HELP PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON THESE
ITEMS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE WHEN SCHEDULED
EVENTS -- IF WE SCHEDULE MULTIPLE FESTIVALS WE AREN'T GOING
TO HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
THERE'S ONLY SO MANY FIRE WATCH MARSHALLS, SO WE ARE VERY
SENSITIVE TO THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
THINGS THAT VERY PERTINENT TO THE DISCUSSION EVEN EARLIER
TODAY, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC, WITH PARKING.
WE HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE WITH THAT, WITH SOME OF
OUR EVENTS, HAVING CONFLICTS IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WHERE WE
HAVE A STREET CLOSURE ONE BLOCK OFF CURTIS HIXON PARK, WHILE
THERE'S A FESTIVAL GOING OWN AND THAT CAUSED SOME PRETTY BAD
TRAFFIC INCIDENTS.
WE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND WE
TRAIT TO MITIGATE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF EVENTS THAT WE HOLD IN DOWNTOWN
PARKS ANTICIPATING LARGE EVENT IMPACTS FROM OTHER AREAS IN
THE CITY.
GASPARILLA.
THE PIRATE FESTIVAL.
WE DON'T BOOK OUT OTHER PARKS IN THE AREA BECAUSE WE KNOW
OUR RESOURCES ARE COMMITTED TO GASPARILLA.
THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT.

THE UPCOMING WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR IS ANTICIPATED TO HAVE THE
SAME TYPE.
WE ALSO SET ASIDE CURTIS HIXON PARK.
14:20:45 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE ELEPHANT IN THE
ROOM WHICH IS THAT ISSUE RIGHT THERE.
OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP, SUPER BOWL, AN EVENT LIKE NHL ALL-STAR GAME,
YOU DON'T KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET IT UNTIL YOU GET IT.
SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF HOLDING IT IN TERMS OF
COMMUNICATION TO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO USE THE
FACILITIES?
THAT'S REALLY THE KEY HERE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH
IS IF YOU HAD SIGNED A CONTRACT THAT SAID IN ORDER FOR US TO
BE AWARDED THIS, THESE FACILITIES MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR
USE, AND IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD ASSUME THAT
IT'S PROBABLY A CONTRACT THROUGH THE SPORTS COMMISSION OR
SOMEBODY ELSE THAT SAYS THEY WILL BE THERE AND AVAILABLE.
HOW DOES THE PARKS DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATE THAT TO THOSE
VENDORS AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE EVENTS THAT ARE
THEN THE SAME DATES OF WHICH WE ARE APPLYING FOR SOMEONE
ELSE TO USE?
BECAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
WE ARE NOW ASKING SOMEONE TO USE OUR FACILITIES AS OPPOSED
TO WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS WHICH IS SOMEONE IS ASKING US TO USE
THEIR TAMPA T FACILITIES.

14:21:59 >> ABSOLUTELY.
SO THE CITY AS PART OF THESE BID PROCESSES HAS TO ISSUE A
LETTER OF SUPPORT, COMMITTING RESOURCES TO THE ACTIVITIES
GOING ON.
WE SEE A LOT OF THE PUBLIC FACING EVENTS WITH THE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PLAYOFF AT CURTIS HIXON PARK BUT THERE'S A LOT OF
OTHER SMALLER EVENTS IN THE CITY THAT THE CITY DOES SUPPORT,
THINGS AT THE STADIUM AND THE ARENA.
THAT COMMITMENT PROCESS THAT LETTER, THEN YOU GET AWARDED IT
AND YOU DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THE ACTIVATIONS ARE GOING TO
BE UNTIL THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S ACTIVITIES ARE DONE IN THE
OTHER CITY.
14:22:38 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
THE QUESTION IS MORE DIRECT THAN THAT, WHICH
IS, IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE A LETTER COMMITTING RESOURCES.
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SAY WE ARE NOW GOING TO BLOCK OUT
THOSE RESOURCES FROM ANYONE ELSE'S USE.
SO MY POINT IS THAT WHAT'S THE PROCESS THAT YOU COMMUNICATE
TO PEOPLE TO LET THEM KNOW, YOU CANNOT USE THIS FACILITY
DURING THIS TIME FRAME BECAUSE A CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION?
BECAUSE REALLY, WHEN YOU DO THE APPLICATION, IT IS A
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION YOU ARE ALREADY SAYING THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS IN ORDER TO GET THE GAME OR THE
EVENT OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
SO THE KEY HERE IS, HOW IS IT THAT WE DO 90s THAT TO
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO USE OUR FACILITIES?

THAT'S SORT OF THE MAIN ISSUE.
14:23:23 >> GREAT QUESTION.
THE FRONT END OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS BEGINS WITH
CONVERSATION, TYPICALLY BEGINS WITH A PHONE CALL OR SEWING
WITH A PROMOTER THAT'S INTERESTED IN THAT DATE, AND WE
SIMPLY TELL THEM, WE HAVE GOT A HOLD BECAUSE WE HAVE A
NATIONAL EVENT COMING IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING, THERE WAS AN
OVERSIGHT.
AND WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED IT WAS COMMUNICATED.
14:23:45 >> IT SOUNDS TO ME -- AND I MAY BE WRONG ABOUT THIS BECAUSE
I AM NOT GOING TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT IT SIGNED
LIKE THERE MAY NOT BE A CUT AND DRY PROCEDURE PUT IN PLACE
IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE IN A DIRECT WAY TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT
IS GOING TO HAPPEN, MEANING WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
COMMUNICATION IN WHICH WE ARE JUST SAYING, LET'S TALK ABOUT
IT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE BLOCKED OFF, BECAUSE YOU DON'T
HAVE THE COMMUNICATION AND THEN YOU DON'T GET ANY DATES FOR
ANYTHING.
YOU DON'T GET A DATE THAT SOMEBODY WANTED TO USE IT OR YOU
DON'T GET THE FINAL FOUR, OR THE SUPER BOWL OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
SO THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF PROCESS, I WOULD THINK,
THAT'S PRETTY CUT AND DRIED THAT SAYS WE CANNOT RENT THIS
FACILITY NOW BECAUSE WE ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO

SOMETHING ELSE.
NOW, THAT CONTRACT -- AND I AM NOT A LAWYER, THERE'S A BUNCH
OF THEM HERE IN THE ROOM, THEY HAVE GOT TO KNOW THEY HAVE TO
HAVE THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT BEFORE THEY COME TO THE CITY OF
TAMPA.
I GUESS MY POINT IS THAT YOU ARE KIND OF THE WEAK LINK IN
THIS IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING THIS.
THIS IS WHAT I AM GATHERING.
14:24:53 >> WELL, 99% OF THE TIME WE DON'T DEAL WITH THESE THAT
OFTEN.
SO WHEN THIS DID COME AROUND WE HAD A HOLD PATTERN AND
THAT'S KIND WHEREOF THE INTERNAL HOLD WAS REFERRED TO.
SO WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED AND FINALLY GOT
REVIEWED AND SAID, OH, WAIT, THESE ARE DATES THAT AREN'T
AVAILABLE, THAT'S WHEN IT WAS COMMUNICATED BACK.
14:25:10 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT HOW WE
DO SPECIAL EVENTS, IMPROMPTU EVENTS, WE HAD ONE EARLIER THIS
YEAR, I THINK IT WAS ON GUN CONTROL, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS
A SET EVENT SET UP SPECIFICALLY, AND THEY SAID, LIENS, WE
WANT TO USE THIS PLACE AT THIS TIME, AND IT WAS VERY MUCH OF
A GRASSROOTS EFFORTS THAT THEN CAME TO KILEY GARDEN.
NOT ONLY DID WE GIVE THEM KILEY GARDEN WHICH I THINK WAS A
VERY GOOD IDEA, BUT WE CLOSED OFF THE STREETS FROM KENNEDY
BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO NORTH BOULEVARD BRIDGE AND
ALL THE WAY BACK.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPROMPTU.
THAT'S DONE QUICKLY AND STUFF.
WHAT IF SOMEONE HAD KILEY GARDEN ALREADY RENTED OUT, OR NOT
ONLY KILEY GARDEN BUT THE REST OF CURTIS HIXON PARK?
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED THEN?
14:26:01 >> WE DID HAVE THAT SITUATION.
THEY WANTED CURTIS HIXON PARK BUT WE HAD BARK IN THE PARK
THAT DAY.
I ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THEM TO FIND A SPOT TO BE ABLE TO
SHOE HORN IN THE TIMES THEY WERE ACTIVE AND WE HAD A FULL
COORDINATION WITH TPD AND WE ISSUED AN EVENT PERMIT.
IT WENT THROUGH THE WITH FULL PROCESS.
14:26:17 >> I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK
NECESSARILY ANYTHING WAS GOING ON AT KILEY GARDENS BUT I
KNOW WE DO A LOT OF -- THE LIGHTNING, UNFORTUNATELY, IF THEY
HAD WON THE STANLEY CUP FINAL WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE HAD
SOME VICTORY PARADE FOR THEM AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
CULMINATED AT CURTIS HIXON MARK AND I IMAGINE IF SOMEBODY
WAS USING BE THE PARK WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
IS DO WE SAY WE'LL FIND YOU ANOTHER SITUATION?
14:26:47 >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DO.
WE KIND OF TRY TO KEEP OUR EAR TO THE GROUND TO SEE WHAT'S
COMING UP.
WE DO HAVE PRELIMINARY MEETINGS TO SAY OKAY, THEY DON'T LIKE
TO TALK ABOUT IT A WHOLE LOT BECAUSE OF SUPERSTITION AND

OTHER THINGS.
WE STILL HAVE TO RUN A CITY AND KEEP THINGS MOVING SO LET'S
TALK ABOUT, OKAY, TARGET WINDOWS, EVEN THE PLAYOFF GAMES,
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE WATCH PARTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I KNOW I HAD A LATE AGENDA ITEM BEGINNING OF MAY WHERE WE
HAD TO DO A WALK-UP FOR THE YBOR CITY WATCH PARTY.
SO IT KEEPS US ON OUR TOES DURING THAT TIME WHEN WE DO HAVE
THINGS LIKE THAT THAT POP UP.
BUT WE TRY TO CAPTURE AND TRY TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.
WE DON'T WANT LARGE EVENTS HAPPENING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR
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
THE DIFFERENT PROCEDURES ARE THAT YOU WORK THROUGH AS EVENTS
ARE SCHEDULED.
WHERE EXACTLY IN THIS PROCESS DID THIS HAPPEN?
HOW FAR ALONG?
WHERE EXACTLY WAS THIS APPLICANT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TODAY, WHERE WERE THEY IN THE PROCESS?
14:27:58 >>SAL TERRITO:
WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE -- YOU ASKED
HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
WE ARE EXPLAINING HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.
WE ARE STILL IN NEGOTIATION ON THIS ISSUE AND I WOULD RATHER
NOT HASH IT OUT HERE.

THIS IS STILL ONGOING.
SO RATHER THAN GOING INTO DETAILS NOW, WE DON'T WANT COMING
BACK LATER AND BE SAYING HOW IT -- DON'T MIND SAYING HOW IT
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.
BUT RATHER THAN GETTING INTO DETAILS AT THIS TIME I WOULD
PREFER THAT YOU HOLD OFF.
14:28:29 >>HARRY COHEN:
I WILL DO THAT BUT I WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT.
IT DOES SEEM TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE SOME
KIND OF BLANKET WRITTEN LETTER TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON OR
ENTITY THAT APPLIES FOR A PERMIT EXPLAINING THAT THESE
THINGS CAN HAPPEN, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST, WE
HAVE WORKED WITH THE DISCUSSION, AT THIS TIME IT DIDN'T.
AND IT SOUND LIKE THAT'S CREATED A SITUATION THAT WE'LL TALK
ABOUT ONE DAY.
IS BUT YOU CAN NEVER HILLSBOROUGH CRITICIZED FOR TAKING
SUBSEQUENT REMEDIAL MEASURE, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A
REALLY GOOD MEASURE TO TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE
APPLICANT GETS A LETTER THAT SAYS THESE THINGS ARE
CONDITIONAL ON THE FACT THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE MADE A BID
FOR SOME SORT OF SPECIAL EVENT THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS
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.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING A LITTLE DEEPER IN TERMS OF
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS
COUNCIL.
MR. GRANDOFF, WHO WAS REPRESENTING THE PARTY THAT WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT NOW, MADE THE COMMENT THAT HE WAS ASKING
US TO PASS A RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE ISSUE.
I WAS ALWAYS BE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING -- I MAY BE WRONG
ABOUT THIS -- TO GET SOMETHING DONE ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT
PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE THE WAY TO DO IT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S ONE WAY WE COULD DO IT.
WE COULD DENY THE PERMISSION FOR SOMEONE TO USE THE
FACILITY, BECAUSE WE VOTE ON THEM EVERY TIME HERE IN
COUNCIL, IN TERMS OF THEIR PERMIT AND SAY WE ARE NOT GOING
TO ALLOW THAT TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DO SOMETHING ADMINISTRATIVELY
THROUGH RESOLUTION.
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
A STREET CLOSURE IS INVOLVED.
OTHERWISE IT'S A TOTALLY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS SO THIS
ISSUE WOULD HAVE NEVER COME BEFORE YOU BECAUSE THERE'S NO
STREET CLOSURES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMES BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL.
14:30:57 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
THAT'S MY POINT.

THE ONLY EXAMPLE WE HAVE IS THESE SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT COMES
BEFORE US IN ORDER TO BE APPROVED, WE CAN EITHER APPROVE IT
OR NOT APPROVE IT BASED ON OUR DELIBERATIONS OR OUR
DISCUSSION.
BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN US DISCUSS A RESOLUTION TO UNDO AN
ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION OR PROCESS THAT'S IN PLACE.
AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
BECAUSE I KNOW -- I MAY AS WELL ASK YOU NOW BECAUSE YOU WILL
PROBABLY TELL US ANYWAY.
14:31:28 >> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU CAN'T DO
ANYTHING.
14:31:31 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED WOULD YOU SAY AND
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
14:31:36 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
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
THREE MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
ANYTHING PERTAINING TO ITEM 74?
ALL RIGHT.
INFORMATION REPORTS.
MR. MIRANDA.
14:31:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RATIFY
A COMMENDATION GIVEN TO THE HONORABLE E.J. SALCINES IN HONOR

OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY.
14:32:08 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
14:32:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
ONE MORE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT A
WAY SO THAT WE COULD PUT A MORATORIUM, BECAUSE WHAT I SAID A
FEW WEEKS BACK, ON THE LAND THAT UNDERWATER THAT DOESN'T
TOUCH ANYTHING, TO ZONE IT FOR USE.
THAT'S THE WAY OF WORKING THROUGH THE TEXT OF THE PLANNING
COMMISSION, AND I THINK WE CAN MAKE A MORATORIUM THAT WE
DON'T ACCEPT ANY UNTIL THAT IS DONE.
BECAUSE IF NOT, WE ARE HEADING FOR A LOT OF TROUBLE, AND
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME UP THROUGH THE WOODWORK.
AND THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PIECE OF LAND AVAILABLE.
THERE'S MANY MORE.
AND I'M AFRAID IF WE DON'T STOP IT NOW, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
A PANDORA'S BOX OPEN FOREVER.
14:33:01 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
I HAVE A QUESTION.
WHEN YOU SAY MORATORIUM, MORATORIUM ON ANY SUBMERGED LANDS?
14:33:08 >> YES, SUBMERGED LAND ALLOCATIONS COMING BEFORE US.
I'M NOT A LAWYER.
CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
14:33:14 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE TALKING

ABOUT SUBMERGED LAND.
14:33:22 >>KRISTIN MORA:
AS I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A
MORATORIUM ON ACCEPTING -- IT WOULD BE AN APPLICATION FOR A
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO ADD A APPROXIMATE PLAN
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
ORDINANCE THAT IS BEING PROMULGATED AND IS GOING TO BE
COMING FORTH TO CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY.
14:33:48 >>KRISTIN MORA:
YES.
THAT WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PENDING ORDINANCE ON
JUNE 28th.
14:33:53 >>FRANK REDDICK:
MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION?
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
14:33:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT.
14:34:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
JUST ONE ITEM.
TO INVITE THE HISPANIC HERITAGE COMMITTEE TO COME BEFORE
COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 20th AT 9:00 A.M.
14:34:10 >> SECOND.
14:34:11 >>FRANK REDDICK:
APPROXIMATE SECONDED BY MR. SUAREZ.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
MR. COHEN.
14:34:17 >>HARRY COHEN:
NO.
14:34:19 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
JUST ONE ITEM.
MR. ARTURO ESPINOSA PASSED AWAY THIS PAST WEEK, 86 YEARS
OLD.
HE WAS A REAL CLASS ACT, SOMEONE THAT HAD BEEN IN TAMPA
SINCE THE EARLY 1960s.
HIS SON MARIO, HIS OTHER TWO SONS, ALEX AND ARTURO AND HIS
DAUGHTER MARIA CARMEN AND HIS WIFE MARIA HAVE LOST SOMEONE
THAT WAS A GREAT WEST TAMPAN, A GUY THAT RAISED HIS KIDS THE
RIGHT WAY, AND WAS A WONDERFUL FIXTURE IF YOU -- HE WAS
THERE LATER IN HIS LIFE A UP AND DOWN THERE, AND JUST ONE OF
THE MOST WONDERFUL PEOPLE YOU EVER WANT TO MEET.
SORRY TO HEAR THAT HE HAD PASSED AWAY.
MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY.
14:35:05 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ALL RIGHT.
MR. MANISCALCO?
14:35:11 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO:
YOU REMINDED ME.
WE LOST TWO VERY SIGNIFICANT INDIVIDUALS IN THE LAST FEW
DAYS.
FIRST FROM TAMPA CATHOLIC, COACH NICK DIMAGGIO WHO PASSED
AWAY YESTERDAY.
ALSO, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, ROSS FERLITA, WHO WAS WITH THE

CITY.
SO WE EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO THEIR FAMILIES.
14:35:33 >>FRANK REDDICK:
GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME?
14:35:46 >>STEVE MICHELINI:
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WITH MR. MIRANDA'S
MOTION REGARDING A MORATORIUM, THERE SHOULD PROBABLY BE A
COMPANION PIECE REGARDING CHAPTER 27 THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED
IN THAT LAND USE AMENDMENT.
THEN ON THE CODE SIDE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA, YOU MIGHT WANT
TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL.
SO I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU INCLUDE CHAPTER 27
ENDMENT TO BE A COMPANION TO THE LAND USE AMENDMENT.
14:36:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
I MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR CHAPTER
27 BE INCLUDED IN THE ITEM THAT WE JUST PASSED REGARDING
THAT LAND, THAT THE ATTORNEY REFERRED TO.
14:36:32 >> SECOND.
14:36:34 >>FRANK REDDICK:
SECONDED BY MR. COHEN.
ALL IN FAVOR?
OPPOSED?
OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK?
PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS TIME?
14:36:43 >>JOHN GRANDOFF:
YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ON MR. SUAREZ'S QUESTION WHERE WE ARE PROCEDURALLY, THE
APPLICATION FOR TAMPA MUSIC FESTIVAL IS PENDING WITH THE
PARKS DIRECTOR, CHAPTER 28 SAYS AT THAT POINT THE PARKS
DIRECTOR SHALL DIRECT THE CLERK, CITY CLERK, TO PLACE IT ON
THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, CONSENT AGENDA, FOR APPROVAL OF A
SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT.
THEY ARE STALLING US BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMPLETE APPLICATION.
WE WON FAIR AND SQUARE.
MR. MASSEY ADMITS IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT.
WE BEAT THE WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR TO THE FINISH LINE.
SHE HAS THAT DATE.
SHE WAS NEVER PUT ON NOTICE.
THERE ARE E-MAILS TWO YEARS BACK TALKING ABOUT CUTTING THIS
OFF.
THERE'S A RECENT E-MAIL IN MAY WHEN THEY FINALLY TELL HER
ABOUT IT.
THERE'S AN E-MAIL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE TAMPA SPORTS
FOUNDATION, MR. MARKIE'S OFFICE.
THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN ALL THE PARKS.
THEY WANT TO TAKE DOWN THAN MacDILL, WANT TO TAKE DOWN
CURTIS HIXON PARK.
SITTING ON THE DIRECTOR'S DIRECT IS OUR APPLICATION.

NOW THAT IS ILLEGAL.
PARKS ARE A LIMITED RESOURCE THAT HAVE TO BE METED OUT TO
THE PUBLIC ACCORDING TO A PROCESS WHICH IS CHAPTER 28.
CHAPTER 28 WORKS PERFECTLY.
THERE IS NO FLAW IN IT.
MR. MARKEY SAY IF IT IS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED TO A PLANNED
PROGRAM, ORGANIZED, CON DUCTED BY THE CITY.
IT IS NOT.
IT IS TAMPA SPORTS FOUNDATION.
OR ANOTHER CITY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
IT IS NOT.
THAT WOULD BE NONGOVERNMENTAL CITY AGENCY WOULD BE THE RED
CROSS, WHATEVER.
THEY DON'T FIT THOSE CRITERIA TO DENY US.
WE FILED AN APPEAL NOW UNDER 119 TO THE PARKS DIRECTOR AND
THAT'S PENDING.
THIS IS A COMPLETE ABOMINATION OF CHAPTER 28.
IT'S UNFAIR AND THEY KNOW IT.
THEY ADMITTED TODAY IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT WE ARE ASKING FOR A
RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO DIRECT THE PARKS
DIRECTOR TO PLACE THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR CONSENT.
SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FEW WORDS FOR YOU.
14:39:04 >>ARE GOOD AFTERNOON.
I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THIS MORNING. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU
AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME AND EFFORT.

YOU DID HEAR -- I'M SORRY, I'M NICOLE WINKLER, THE
CO-FOUNDER OF THE TAMPA MUSIC FOUNDATION, AS WELL AS
SOUTHWEST SOUTHERN WHICH IS OUR LARGEST NONPROFIT BASED HERE
IN TAMPA, FLORIDA.
WE ARE BOTH UNIVERSITY GRADUATES BUT WHAT I DO SPECIFICALLY
WANT TO STATE IS THAT THE APPLICATION WAS APPROVED.
FACT.
IN WRITING.
ON APRIL 10th, 2018.
MY APPLICATION WAS APPROVED IN WRITING.
AND SO AS AN EVENT PRODUCER YOU GO AHEAD ON YOUR COMMITMENT
WITH YOUR PARTNERS, SPONSORS AND VENDORS WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHAT I DID.
I NOW HAVE THOSE PARTNERS, SPONSORS AND COMMITMENT WHICH I
RELYING OWN AND OF COURSE THEY ARE TRYING TO USE ILLEGAL
ACTION IN ORDER TO REVOKE MY ACCESS TO THIS PUBLIC PARK.
THIS IF THIS IS A PRIVATE CITY VENUE THEN IT WOULD BE A
DIFFERENT CONVERSATION BUT THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT, NO ONE
IN THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS
OVER WHICH NONPROFIT THEY PREFER TO CHOOSE OVER ANOTHER.
THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND IT IS ILLEGAL, AND THEY ARE
CURRENTLY MAKING US PAY FOR IT.
TONY MULKEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE RIGHTS THAT I HAVE TO THE
TAMPA BAY SPORTS COMMISSION BECAUSE IT'S HIS OWN SPECIAL
INTEREST.

THAT IS ILLEGAL, AND THAT IS WHAT OUR ATTORNEYS CITY
ATTORNEYS ARE BACKING HIM UP ON.
THEY ARE SAYING YES, GO AHEAD AND VIOLATE MY FIRST AMENDMENT
RIGHTS BY STATING THAT YOU WOULD RATHER HAVE ANOTHER
ORGANIZATION HAVE THE RIGHTS THAT I FOLLOWED APPROXIMATE
CODE GUIDELINES TO RECEIVE.
SO I ASK YOU TO FOLLOW MR. GRANDOFF'S ADVICE, PUT US ON THE
CONSENT AGENDA, OR YOU ARE SUPPORTING AN ADMINISTRATION THAT
IS ACTING ILLEGALLY THAT DOES NOT HAVE BE THE RIGHT TO DO
THIS OR GIVE AWAY THE RIGHT TO THIS PUBLIC PARK WHICH WE
WERE CONFIRMED FOR.
THANK YOU.
14:41:11 >>FRANK REDDICK:
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK UNDER PUBLIC
COMMENT?
YES, MA'AM?
14:41:27 >> [OFF MICROPHONE] MY NAME IS MARY SCOTT -- AND I'M A
MEMBER OF THE YBOR CHICKEN SOCIETY.
YOU CAN TELL THAT PUBLIC SPEAKING MAKES ME NERVOUS.
WE SOUNDED LIKE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, AND YOUR KIND WORDS.
BUT MY CONCERN IS ITEMS NUMBER 56 AND 57 IS THAT ANOTHER WAY
OF GETTING RID OF THEM WITHOUT DISCUSSING THE WORD CHICKEN?
14:42:01 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
14:42:10 >> ARE THEY TROWEL?
HE MENTIONED DECIBELS.
BUT HE DIDN'T MENTION NUMBER OF DECIBELS.

HE MENTIONED ABOUT HOST GUESTS BEING DISTURBED, AND I MET
WITH HOTEL GUESTS LAST NIGHT AND I NEVER HEARD A CHICKEN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S TALKING ABOUT DELIVERY TRUCKS OR
LATE NIGHT REVELING OR CHICKEN IN THE MORNING.
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.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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
ARE TREATED.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHICKENS AT ALL.
14:43:18 >> OKAY.
I'M SORRY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
AND AGAIN IT WAS WONDERFUL LISTENING TO YOU.
14:43:23 >>FRANK REDDICK:
WE STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 6:00.



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