TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2018
9:00 A.M.
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09:04:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:04:26 GOOD MORNING.
09:04:28 WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS TAMPA
09:04:29 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER,
09:04:31 AND I'M GOING TO YIELD TO
09:04:33 COUNCILMAN CHARLIE MIRANDA.
09:04:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
09:04:35 MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:04:37 CHAIRMAN, THIS MORNING IT'S MY
09:04:40 PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE A YOUNG
09:04:40 LADY, KATIE HEARN, 17 YEARS
09:04:40 OLD.
09:04:40 SHE'S AN IB STUDENT AT
09:04:42 ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
09:04:44 BESIDES SERVING AS THE CHAIR
09:04:46 FOR THE MAYOR'S YOUTH
09:04:47 LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, SHE ALSO
09:04:48 PARTICIPATES IN THE NATIONAL
09:04:50 HONOR SOCIETY AND IS ONE OF THE
09:04:51 FOUNDERS OF THE ROBINSON
09:04:54 CHAPTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL AGAINST
09:04:54 CANCER.
09:04:55 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS
09:04:57 MORNING, KATIE, AND THE
09:04:57 OUTSTANDING WORK YOU'RE DOING
09:04:59 FOR ALL OF US IN SOCIETY.
09:04:59 WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU VERY
09:05:00 MUCH.
09:05:01 SHE'S GOING TO DO THE
09:05:02 INVOCATION.
09:05:03 PLEASE STAND FOR THE
09:05:04 INVOCATION, AND REMAIN STANDING
09:05:06 FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:05:07 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
09:05:07 MEMBERS.
09:05:08 LET US PRAY.
09:05:09 FATHER, WE ARE GATHERED HERE
09:05:11 TODAY TO SERVE OUR CITY.
09:05:13 AS WE WORK TODAY TO MAKE
09:05:14 DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE
09:05:15 ASK YOU TO BLESS US WITH YOUR
09:05:16 IMPARTIAL JUDGMENT AND YOUR
09:05:18 CLEAR INSIGHT.
09:05:19 WE ASK YOU TO HELP US TO USE
09:05:21 YOUR WISDOM IN EVERY TASK AND
09:05:22 TO CONTINUE TO GUIDE US AS WE
09:05:24 TRY TO DO THE BEST FOR OUR
09:05:25 CITIZENS.
09:05:26 WE ASK YOU TO PROTECT OUR
09:05:27 COMMUNITY THROUGH ANYTHING THAT
09:05:30 LIES AHEAD AND EMPOWER US WITH
09:05:30 YOUR WILL.
09:05:32 HEAVENLY FATHER, MAY YOU
09:05:34 CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR HEARTS SO
09:05:35 THAT WE MAY COME TOGETHER IN
09:05:36 STRENGTH AND IN HARMONY.
09:05:39 LET US SAY AMEN.
09:05:41 >> AMEN.
09:05:41 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:05:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: ROLL CALL.
09:06:00 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
09:06:01 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
09:06:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:06:04 >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
09:06:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:06:08 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:06:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
09:06:09 ALL RIGHT.
09:06:10 CAN WE GET A MOTION OF THE
09:06:11 APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
09:06:12 >> SO MOVED.
09:06:13 >> SECOND.
09:06:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
09:06:16 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
09:06:16 MS. CAPIN.
09:06:18 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
09:06:19 AYE.
09:06:20 OPPOSED.
09:06:22 CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES,
09:06:25 MR. MANISCALCO, ITEM NO. 1.
09:06:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
09:06:26 VERY MUCH.
09:06:43 WITH ME WE HAVE MR. KEYYON
09:06:45 LAKE.
09:06:48 RECENTLY HE WAS WORKING ON THE
09:06:49 TRUCK GOING THROUGH THE
09:06:51 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND A WOMAN WAS
09:06:53 TRYING TO GET DOWN THE FRONT
09:06:54 STEPS OF HER HOME WITH HER
09:06:55 WALKER.
09:06:57 SHE LOST CONTROL OF IT.
09:06:58 THE WALKER FELL FORWARD.
09:07:01 HE IMMEDIATELY CAME TO HER
09:07:03 RESCUE, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT HER
09:07:04 THE WALKER, SAVED HER FROM
09:07:05 FALLING DOWN THE STEPS AND
09:07:07 PREVENTING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING
09:07:09 AWFUL.
09:07:12 THIS WAS ON VIDEO AND PRETTY
09:07:13 MUCH WENT VIRAL BECAUSE I SAW
09:07:16 IT ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA.
09:07:18 SO CITY COUNCIL, WE WANTED TO
09:07:21 RECOGNIZE YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE
09:07:22 YOU PREVENTED A POTENTIALLY
09:07:24 SERIOUS SITUATION WITH THIS
09:07:27 LADY.
09:07:28 SO TAMPA CITY COUNCIL APPLAUDS
09:07:31 YOUR KIND HEART AND IS IN AWE
09:07:33 FOR YOU GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND
09:07:34 FOR A CITIZEN IN NEED.
09:07:35 MR. LAKE EMBRACED A
09:07:36 DARE-TO-BE-GREAT MOMENT AND
09:07:37 SHINED.
09:07:38 DOING THE RIGHT THING ISN'T
09:07:40 DIFFICULT, AND KEYYON PROVED
09:07:41 WHAT A KIND PERSON AND
09:07:42 TREMENDOUS AMBASSADOR TO THE
09:07:43 CITY OF TAMPA HE IS.
09:07:44 GREAT COMMUNITIES ARE BUILT
09:07:45 WITH GREAT PEOPLE.
09:07:48 MR. LAKE EXEMPLIFIES THE VERY
09:07:50 BEST ATTRIBUTES A COMMUNITY
09:07:51 SERVANT POSSESSES, COMMITMENT
09:07:52 TO OUR CITY, AND IS AN AMAZING
09:07:53 CITIZEN.
09:07:56 MR. LAKE, WE ARE PROUD OF ALL
09:07:57 YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
09:07:57 YOU HAVE BEEN AND CONTINUE TO
09:07:57 BE AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY
09:07:57 AND OUR LEADERS OF TOMORROW.
09:07:58 THEREFORE, IT'S TAMPA CITY
09:08:00 COUNCIL'S HONOR TO PRESENT YOU
09:08:00 WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON THE
09:08:03 2nd DAY OF AUGUST 2018.
09:08:07 [APPLAUSE]
09:08:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU DON'T CARE
09:08:13 TO WISH TO SAY ANYTHING?
09:08:14 [LAUGHTER]
09:08:22 >>YVONNE CAPIN: MAYBE I CAN
09:08:23 JUST SNEAK AWAY.
09:08:26 >> I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, I
09:08:26 GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
09:08:29 I WAS JUST DOING MY JOB, DOING
09:08:32 WHAT EVERY CIVIL PERSON I FEEL
09:08:34 SHOULD DO, SO I WOULD LIKE TO
09:08:35 SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM
09:08:37 OF MY HEART.
09:08:37 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
09:08:37 [APPLAUSE]
09:08:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:08:46 WE'LL GO TO ITEM NO. 2,
09:08:49 COMMENDATION TO MY FRATERNITY
09:08:53 BROTHER.
09:08:55 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:08:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:08:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'RE GOING TO
09:09:00 MAKE HIM AN HONORARY FRATERNITY
09:09:01 BROTHER SINCE HE'S PRESENTING
09:09:04 THE COMMENDATION.
09:09:07 [LAUGHTER]
09:09:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO I
09:09:09 BROUGHT YOU NOT ONE CHIEF BUT
09:09:10 TWO.
09:09:12 WE HAVE CHIEF ERIC WARD WITH US
09:09:14 TODAY WITH CHIEF DUGAN AND ALL
09:09:15 THE FINE FOLKS AT TAMPA POLICE
09:09:17 DEPARTMENT HERE TO HONOR YOU ON
09:09:18 YOUR RETIREMENT.
09:09:19 I'M JUST GOING TO READ THIS.
09:09:22 THERE'S A LOT TO SAY.
09:09:23 THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PROUDLY
09:09:25 RECOGNIZES TAMPA POLICE MAJOR
09:09:26 ROOSEVELT "ROCKY" RATLIFF FOR
09:09:28 HIS TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO
09:09:29 OUR COMMUNITY FOR HIS NEARLY 30
09:09:30 YEARS ON THE FORCE AND BESTOWS
09:09:33 THIS COMMENDATION FOR HIS
09:09:34 OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND
09:09:35 DEDICATION TO SERVING ALL OF
09:09:36 THE CITIZENS OF TAMPA.
09:09:38 DURING HIS TENURE, MAJOR
09:09:40 RATLIFF WORKED AS A SUPERVISOR
09:09:41 IN EVERY FACET OF THE
09:09:42 DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
09:09:43 LIMITED TO, THE COMMUNITY
09:09:45 AFFAIRS BUREAU, WHERE HE SERVED
09:09:47 AS A SERGEANT IN 2003, AS WELL
09:09:50 AS SERVED ON THE MAYOR'S
09:09:51 AFRICAN-AMERICAN ADVISORY
09:09:52 COUNCIL, IN ADDITION TO THE
09:09:54 TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BLACK
09:09:55 HISTORY COMMITTEE.
09:09:57 ROCKY HOLDS A DEGREE IN
09:09:57 CRIMINOLOGY FROM ST. LEO
09:10:01 UNIVERSITY AND HONORABLY SERVED
09:10:01 AS A MAJOR IN DISTRICT 1 PRIOR
09:10:02 TO BEING ASSIGNED AS THE MAJOR
09:10:04 OF DISTRICT 3.
09:10:07 MAJOR RATLIFF HAS TAKEN GREAT
09:10:08 PRIDE IN
09:10:10 STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY
09:10:11 RELATIONS WHILE STRESSING A
09:10:11 BOOTS-ON-THE-GROUND FOOT PATROL
09:10:11 STRATEGY TO REINFORCE THE
09:10:11 IMPORTANCE OF GETTING OUT OF
09:10:13 THE PATROL CARS AND INTO
09:10:14 TAMPA'S MANY DIVERSE
09:10:15 COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO BUILD
09:10:15 STRONG AND LASTING
09:10:16 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LAW
09:10:18 ENFORCEMENT AND THE CITIZENS OF
09:10:19 TAMPA.
09:10:20 ROCKY, TO SAY YOU WILL BE
09:10:21 MISSED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
09:10:25 YOU LEAVE BEHIND AN HONORABLE
09:10:27 LEGACY AND VERY BIG SHOES TO
09:10:27 FILL.
09:10:28 YOU HAVE BEEN AN INVALUABLE
09:10:28 LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AN
09:10:30 ASSET TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:10:31 THEREFORE, IT IS TAMPA CITY
09:10:31 COUNCIL'S HONOR TO PRESENT YOU
09:10:33 WITH THIS COMMENDATION ON THE
09:10:34 2nd DAY OF AUGUST 2018.
09:10:35 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:10:35 >> THANK YOU.
09:10:36 [APPLAUSE]
09:10:44 >> WELL, IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD,
09:10:46 BUT I ENJOYED EVERY DAY OF IT.
09:10:47 I CAN TELL YOU.
09:10:50 I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, I NEVER
09:10:52 LOOKED -- I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT
09:10:54 BEING A POLICE OFFICER, I WAS
09:10:55 IN ENGINEERING.
09:10:59 A MAJOR THEN, CURTIS LANE, IT
09:11:01 WAS MAJOR CURTIS LANE THEN, HE
09:11:02 TALKED ME INTO BEING A POLICE
09:11:03 OFFICER.
09:11:04 I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HIS SON,
09:11:05 AND HERE I AM, YOU KNOW, ALMOST
09:11:08 30 YEARS LATER.
09:11:09 THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE
09:11:11 DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF
09:11:12 TAMPA, THEY'RE JUST LIKE FAMILY
09:11:14 TO ME, ALL YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW.
09:11:16 I COULD CHASE DOWN A BAD GUY,
09:11:18 BUT I FOUND WAYS -- I SAID,
09:11:21 WAIT A MINUTE, I'M TIRED OF
09:11:22 CHASING THEM, SO WHAT I DID WAS
09:11:23 STARTED TALKING TO THEM,
09:11:25 STARTED KNOCKING ON DOORS.
09:11:27 WE HAVE HAD SEVEN PUBLIC
09:11:28 HOUSING COMPLEXES IN THE CITY
09:11:28 OF TAMPA.
09:11:30 I WORKED ALL SEVEN.
09:11:32 NOW WE HAVE ONE LEFT.
09:11:33 THAT'S ROBLES PARK.
09:11:36 SO WITH THE CITIZENS AND WHAT I
09:11:37 DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO HELP
09:11:39 THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICERS
09:11:42 BRIDGE THAT GAP WITH THE
09:11:43 COMMUNITY -- AND LIKE YOU SAID,
09:11:44 BOOTS ON THE GROUND.
09:11:46 I MANDATE THAT EVERYBODY GET
09:11:47 OUT OF THEIR CARS AND TALK TO
09:11:48 PEOPLE BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK TO
09:11:50 PEOPLE AND THEY SEE YOUR FACE
09:11:53 EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHEN
09:11:54 SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE
09:11:55 COMMUNITY, WHO ARE THEY GOING
09:11:56 TO CALL?
09:11:57 THEY'RE GOING TO CALL YOU, OR
09:11:58 THEY KNOW YOU, THEY SEE YOU
09:11:59 EVERY DAY.
09:12:00 SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
09:12:01 IT'S ABOUT THE CITY OF TAMPA,
09:12:03 THE CITIZENS HERE.
09:12:04 I MEAN, IT'S BEEN GREAT, IT'S
09:12:05 BEEN REAL.
09:12:07 I'M GOING TO MISS EVERYONE, BUT
09:12:08 I'M READY TO RETIRE.
09:12:09 [LAUGHTER]
09:12:11 AND I WANT TO THANK CITY
09:12:12 COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THIS
09:12:14 AWARD HERE, THANK CHIEF WARD.
09:12:18 YOU KNOW, WE STARTED TOGETHER,
09:12:19 AND CHIEF DUGAN, SO ALL OF US
09:12:20 HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG
09:12:22 TIME, BUT I WANT TO THANK
09:12:24 EVERYBODY FOR RECOGNIZING THAT.
09:12:24 THANK YOU.
09:12:24 [APPLAUSE]
09:12:37 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. CHAIR.
09:12:38 IF I COULD JUST --
09:12:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES, SIR.
09:12:40 >>MIKE SUAREZ: ROCKY.
09:12:42 SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT,
09:12:44 ROOSEVELT GREER IS CALLED
09:12:46 ROSIE, YOU'RE ROOSEVELT 2 BUT
09:12:48 YOU'RE NOT ROOSEVELT, YOU'RE
09:12:49 ROCKY.
09:12:51 WHY ROCKY AS OPPOSED TO ROSIE?
09:12:53 >> I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.
09:12:53 [LAUGHTER]
09:12:55 THERE'S A HISTORY ON THAT.
09:12:56 WHEN I WAS BORN, I WAS A
09:12:58 SIX-MONTH BABY, PREMATURE.
09:13:00 I WEIGHED 2 POUNDS 11 OUNCES.
09:13:02 MY NURSE NAMED ME ROCKY AT
09:13:03 FIRST.
09:13:04 IT'S NOT ON MY BIRTH
09:13:06 CERTIFICATE, BUT SHE NAMED ME
09:13:08 ROCKY, AND I'VE BEEN CALLED
09:13:09 THAT EVER SINCE.
09:13:12 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S A VERY
09:13:13 GOOD EXPLANATION.
09:13:14 WE'LL CALL YOU ROSIE FROM NOW
09:13:15 ON.
09:13:16 WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE
09:13:18 DONE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:13:20 YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT HELP ON US
09:13:21 ON CITY COUNCIL ANY TIME WE
09:13:22 WANTED TO CONTACT YOU ON ANY
09:13:23 ISSUES THAT WERE OUT THERE, AND
09:13:24 WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT
09:13:25 THAT YOUR JOB, WHICH IS TO
09:13:27 COMMUNICATE WITH EACH AND EVERY
09:13:29 ONE OF US, THE PUBLIC AND US
09:13:32 ELECTED OFFICIALS, HAS BEEN A
09:13:32 GREAT SUCCESS.
09:13:32 WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING
09:13:34 YOU DID FOR US, ROCKY, SO ENJOY
09:13:36 YOUR RETIREMENT.
09:13:37 >> OH, YES, SIR.
09:13:38 THANK YOU.
09:13:39 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
09:13:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: WELL, THAT
09:13:45 MEANS WE HAVE -- SINCE WE HAVE
09:13:48 THE CONCLAVE COMING HERE IN
09:13:50 '20, THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO
09:13:51 SPEND MORE TIME VOLUNTEERING
09:13:53 FOR THE FRATERNITY; IS THAT
09:13:53 CORRECT?
09:13:54 >> YES, SIR.
09:13:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:13:56 I DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL NOW
09:13:59 WHEN NEIGHBORS COME KNOCK ON MY
09:14:01 DOOR WITH COMPLAINTS, AND I
09:14:02 USED TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND
09:14:03 CALL YOU, SO I'M GOING TO CALL
09:14:05 THE CHIEF FROM NOW ON.
09:14:06 [LAUGHTER]
09:14:07 >> THE ART OF DELEGATION.
09:14:09 [LAUGHTER]
09:14:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH.
09:14:11 [LAUGHTER]
09:14:14 WISH YOU WELL, MAN, AND --
09:14:15 >> THANK YOU.
09:14:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: -- APPRECIATE
09:14:17 EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR
09:14:19 THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS CITY.
09:14:21 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:14:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
09:14:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALTHOUGH I
09:14:24 DIDN'T KNOW YOU WHEN YOU
09:14:26 WEIGHED 2 POUNDS, 11 OUNCES, I
09:14:28 CAN TELL YOU WE'VE KNOWN EACH
09:14:29 OTHER FOR A LONG TIME.
09:14:30 I KNEW YOU WHEN YOU HAD LITTLE
09:14:32 CURLS IN YOUR HEAD, AND I LOOK
09:14:34 AROUND AND THE TWO CHIEFS AND
09:14:35 THE MAJOR HAVE THE SAME HEAD.
09:14:37 >> THEY HAD TO FOLLOW THE LEAD.
09:14:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LISTEN, I'M
09:14:40 GIVING YOU AMMUNITION SO YOU
09:14:42 CAN GET BACK AT THEM.
09:14:43 THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU
09:14:43 NOW.
09:14:44 [LAUGHTER]
09:14:45 I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE
09:14:45 DONE.
09:14:46 YOU'VE WORKED WITH MANY PEOPLE
09:14:48 ON THE COUNCIL AND MANY
09:14:50 DIFFERENT MAYORS AND MANY
09:14:51 DIFFERENT CHIEFS, AND TO ENDURE
09:14:53 THAT, YOU'VE GOT TO BE ONE HELL
09:14:54 OF A GUY.
09:14:55 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YEARS OF
09:14:56 SERVICE.
09:14:57 >> OH, YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR.
09:14:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
09:15:00 >> ALL RIGHT.
09:15:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:15:06 ITEM NO. 3, WE'VE GOT THE
09:15:09 PRESENTATION OF COMMENDATION TO
09:15:11 THE CHART REVIEW COMMISSION,
09:15:13 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:15:23 WHAT IS THIS, THE MANISCALCO
09:15:24 SHOW TODAY?
09:15:25 [LAUGHTER]
09:15:31 DID YOU VOTE FOR THE CHARTER
09:15:31 REVIEW?
09:15:34 DID YOU VOTE FOR THE CHARTER
09:15:34 REVIEW?
09:15:36 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [OFF
09:15:36 MICROPHONE]
09:15:37 [LAUGHTER]
09:15:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: HANDING OUT
09:15:40 AWARDS AND DIDN'T EVEN VOTE FOR
09:15:43 IT.
09:15:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:15:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:15:52 SO I'M GOING TO READ THIS
09:15:54 COMMENDATION.
09:15:55 THIS IS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE
09:15:56 CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION.
09:15:58 ANY MEMBERS HERE, IF THEY WANT
09:15:58 TO COME UP.
09:16:03 HOW ARE YOU?
09:16:08 THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL EXTENDS
09:16:10 ITS APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR
09:16:11 YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION
09:16:12 TO THE CHARTER REVIEW
09:16:12 COMMISSION.
09:16:14 YOUR TIME AND DILIGENCE IN
09:16:15 ATTENDING THE CHARTER REVIEW
09:16:16 COMMISSION MEETINGS AND
09:16:18 UNDERTAKING THE COMPREHENSIVE
09:16:20 REVIEW OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S
09:16:22 CHARTER IS TO BE COMMENDED.
09:16:22 IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SERVICE
09:16:23 TO THE CITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO
09:16:24 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP,
09:16:25 SERVICE, AND OUTSTANDING
09:16:26 PROFESSIONALISM ON THE CHARTER
09:16:27 REVIEW COMMISSION.
09:16:28 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WISHES YOU
09:16:33 THE BEST AS YOU MOVE FORWARD IN
09:16:34 YOUR COMMITMENT TO SELFLESSLY
09:16:36 PROVIDE AND BETTER THE LIVES OF
09:16:37 OTHERS.
09:16:37 IT IS ENTHUSIASTIC CITIZENS
09:16:38 LIKE YOU THAT MAKE THE CITY OF
09:16:39 TAMPA A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE,
09:16:40 WORK, AND PLAY.
09:16:41 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:16:41 [APPLAUSE]
09:16:46 ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
09:16:49 NO?
09:16:51 >> GO AHEAD.
09:16:52 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:16:54 IT WAS AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE
09:16:56 TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THE
09:16:57 COMMISSION.
09:17:00 IT WAS -- ORLANDO GUDES.
09:17:03 A LOT OF HARD WORK, A LOT OF
09:17:04 READING, A LOT OF UNDERSTANDING
09:17:05 OF THE CHARTER, A LOT OF
09:17:06 CHANGES THAT WE ATTEMPTED TO
09:17:08 MAKE, AND WE THOUGHT WE DID A
09:17:10 FAIR JOB TO PRESENT A GOOD
09:17:10 DOCUMENT TO YOU.
09:17:12 I WAS HAPPY TO SERVE WITH THE
09:17:14 MEMBERS, AND I TELL YOU, WE
09:17:15 REALLY GELLED AND WERE ABLE TO
09:17:17 GET ALONG.
09:17:19 WE DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE
09:17:22 AGREED TO DISAGREE, AND THAT
09:17:23 WAS A WONDERFUL THING TO DO,
09:17:23 AND I THANK YOU FOR THE
09:17:23 OPPORTUNITY.
09:17:27 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
09:17:28 >>HARRY COHEN: MR. CHAIR.
09:17:29 THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
09:17:31 I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I
09:17:33 RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM RON
09:17:34 CHRISTALDI THAT HE COULDN'T BE
09:17:36 HERE THIS MORNING, BUT HE JUST
09:17:37 WANTED TO MENTION THAT HE
09:17:39 WANTED TO THANK US ALL FOR THE
09:17:40 OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, SO I JUST
09:17:41 WANTED TO MENTION THAT.
09:17:42 >> CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY.
09:17:43 WE HAD TWO GREAT LEGAL ADVISORS
09:17:46 HELPING US OUT FROM THE CITY OF
09:17:46 TAMPA.
09:17:47 WITHOUT THEM, OUR JOB WOULD
09:17:48 HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE
09:17:50 DIFFICULT, BUT THEY LED US IN
09:17:50 THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
09:17:52 I THANK YOU GUYS BOTH VERY
09:17:53 MUCH.
09:17:53 [APPLAUSE]
09:17:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:17:58 ANYONE ELSE?
09:17:59 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I JUST WANT TO
09:18:00 SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:18:01 I KNOW WHAT BUSY AND IMPORTANT
09:18:03 LIVES YOU HAVE, AND TO GIVE
09:18:06 YOUR TIME IS REALLY A SERVICE
09:18:08 TO THE CITY, AND YOU ALL DID AN
09:18:09 OUTSTANDING JOB.
09:18:10 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:18:12 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEVER KNEW YOU
09:18:14 GUYS WERE THAT SHY, THOUGH.
09:18:15 [LAUGHTER]
09:18:16 >>YVONNE CAPIN: REALLY.
09:18:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. VIERA.
09:18:18 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
09:18:19 MR. CHAIR.
09:18:20 I ALSO WANTED TO ECHO THE
09:18:21 SENTIMENTS AND JUST THANK
09:18:22 EVERYBODY.
09:18:23 I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY --
09:18:24 EVERYBODY ON THIS COMMISSION I
09:18:25 HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR AND
09:18:27 VERY HIGH REGARD FOR, AND ALL
09:18:29 OF YOU ALL ARE VERY BUSY
09:18:31 PEOPLE, AND THIS IS NOT A PAID
09:18:33 JOB, SO YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU
09:18:34 LOVE YOUR CITY AND YOU WANT TO
09:18:36 IMPROVE YOUR CITY, AND I THANK
09:18:37 EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:18:38 THANK YOU.
09:18:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:18:39 MR. SUAREZ.
09:18:40 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, I ECHO
09:18:42 THE THOUGHTS OF ALL OF US HERE
09:18:44 ON THE COUNCIL, AND MR. SHELBY,
09:18:46 IF YOU DON'T MIND, TELL US
09:18:47 EVERYONE THAT'S HERE THAT'S ON
09:18:48 THE BOARD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET
09:18:50 -- SOME OF THEM DIDN'T ANNOUNCE
09:18:51 THEIR NAMES WHEN THEY CAME UP
09:18:52 TO THE DAIS, BUT PLEASE TELL US
09:18:54 WHO'S HERE FROM OUR BOARD.
09:18:55 >>MARTIN SHELBY: RIGHT.
09:18:56 WOULD YOU -- I WOULD JUST
09:18:57 PREFER IF THEY WOULD JUST COME
09:18:59 UP AND SAY THEIR NAMES.
09:19:01 THAT WOULD BE FINE.
09:19:02 >>MIKE SUAREZ: COME UP AND SAY
09:19:03 YOUR NAME.
09:19:04 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THAT WAY THEY
09:19:06 CAN BE FRONT AND CENTER.
09:19:08 >> LYNN HURTAK.
09:19:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU.
09:19:09 >> MY NAME IS PAVONNE SCOTT,
09:19:12 AND I'M A LIT BIT WINDED TRYING
09:19:14 AND GET HERE, BUT I DIDN'T WANT
09:19:15 TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO
09:19:15 THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING
09:19:16 THAT YOU'VE DONE AND ALLOWING
09:19:18 US TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
09:19:19 IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL
09:19:21 EXPERIENCE, AND THANK YOU SO
09:19:24 MUCH.
09:19:26 >> AGAIN, ORLANDO GUDES.
09:19:30 >> ANDREA ZELMAN, AND I WANT TO
09:19:31 ECHO THE THANK YOUs TO MARTY
09:19:32 AND SAL.
09:19:33 THEY WERE VERY, VERY, VERY
09:19:35 HELPFUL DURING THIS PROCESS.
09:19:37 >> MORRIS MASSEY, AND, AGAIN,
09:19:39 THANK YOU, MARTY AND SAL, AND I
09:19:42 THINK CORENCIA CAME IN, AND SHE
09:19:44 WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE
09:19:45 CLERK'S OFFICE WHO SAW US
09:19:46 THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS WELL.
09:19:47 THANK YOU.
09:19:47 [APPLAUSE]
09:19:49 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND
09:19:50 COUNCIL.
09:19:52 JOSEPH CITRO.
09:19:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:19:55 WE WANT TO THANK YOU, AND WE'LL
09:19:57 LOOK FORWARD TO APPOINTING YOU
09:19:59 AGAIN IN FIVE YEARS.
09:19:59 [LAUGHTER]
09:20:01 >> WITH PLEASURE.
09:20:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
09:20:03 YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.
09:20:05 ALL RIGHT.
09:20:16 MS. KNOWLES, ITEM NO. 4.
09:20:29 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: GOOD
09:20:30 MORNING, COUNCIL, SHIRLEY
09:20:33 FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
09:20:34 THIS IS REGARDING THE
09:20:37 APPLICANTS FOR THE VARIOUS
09:20:41 BOARDS, ITEMS 4-8.
09:20:45 STARTING WITH ITEM 4, WE HAVE
09:20:47 ONE APPLICANT FOR TWO
09:20:48 POSITIONS.
09:20:52 THAT APPLICANT WITHDREW BECAUSE
09:20:55 SHE'S MOVING OUT OF THE STATE,
09:20:58 SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, AND WE'LL
09:21:00 READVERTISE FOR ITEM NO. 4.
09:21:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:21:02 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: FOR
09:21:10 ITEM NO. 5, WE HAVE TWO
09:21:14 APPLICANTS FOR TWO POSITIONS,
09:21:16 DOROTHY BAILEY AND PETER COLIN.
09:21:19 I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HERE.
09:21:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:21:22 ALL RIGHT.
09:21:24 WE HAVE TWO APPLICANTS FOR TWO
09:21:25 POSITIONS.
09:21:26 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: FOR TWO
09:21:28 POSITIONS, DONNALLY BAILEY AND
09:21:29 PETER CARLIN.
09:21:30 >>MIKE SUAREZ: COULD I JUST ASK
09:21:31 ONE QUESTION?
09:21:34 MADAM CLERK, BOTH -- AND BOTH
09:21:36 OF THEM ARE QUALIFIED PER THE
09:21:36 RULES CONCERNING THE
09:21:36 ARCHITECTURE REVIEW COMMISSION?
09:21:39 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YES.
09:21:39 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
09:21:41 THEN I MOVE BOTH SELECTIONS.
09:21:41 >> SECOND.
09:21:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:21:41 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: WE HAVE
09:21:43 ONE THAT'S A MEMBER, AND WE
09:21:44 WILL PLACE ONE AS A MEMBER AND
09:21:47 ONE AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER.
09:21:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:21:48 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:21:48 WE HAVE A SHAWNA BOYD AND
09:21:48 ZACHARY GRECO.
09:21:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: THOSE ARE TWO
09:21:59 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE?
09:21:59 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: NO,
09:22:00 THOSE ARE THE APPLICANTS.
09:22:01 THEY'RE FILLING THE OTHER
09:22:02 POSITIONS.
09:22:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:22:05 SO WE HAVE --
09:22:06 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WE HAVE TO
09:22:07 VOTE?
09:22:08 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:22:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:22:10 SO WE NEED TO VOTE ON SELECTING
09:22:13 ONE AND ALSO VOTE TO SELECT THE
09:22:15 SECOND ONE FOR ALTERNATIVE OR
09:22:16 THAT PERSON AUTOMATICALLY
09:22:20 RECEIVES THE SECOND --
09:22:21 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WE CAN APPOINT
09:22:22 THEM.
09:22:23 THE SECOND ONE CAN BE
09:22:24 APPOINTED.
09:22:24 >>FRANK REDDICK: RIGHT.
09:22:26 BUT WE DO NEED TO VOTE; IS THAT
09:22:27 CORRECT?
09:22:28 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: VOTE ON
09:22:31 THE ALTERNATE, WHICH ONE WILL
09:22:31 BE THE ALTERNATE AND WHICH ONE
09:22:33 WILL BE THE ACTUAL MEMBER.
09:22:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:22:35 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD ASK
09:22:35 ONE QUESTION.
09:22:37 MADAM CLERK, DID THEY INDICATE
09:22:38 THAT EITHER ONE OF THEM WOULD
09:22:39 SERVE AS BOTH -- AS AN
09:22:40 ALTERNATE OR AS A REGULAR
09:22:41 MEMBER?
09:22:42 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: NO,
09:22:43 SIR.
09:22:43 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
09:22:44 SO THERE'S NOTHING CHECKED OFF
09:22:46 ON THAT FOR THAT?
09:22:47 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: NO.
09:22:47 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
09:22:48 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
09:22:49 CHAIR, I WOULD MOVE THE
09:22:51 NOMINATIONS OF THE TWO WITH
09:22:53 MR. GRECO AS THE REGULAR MEMBER
09:22:55 AND MS. BOYD AS THE ALTERNATE.
09:22:56 >> SECOND.
09:22:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:22:58 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ,
09:23:01 SECONDED BY MR. COHEN TO MOVE
09:23:04 MR. GRECO AS THE REGULAR
09:23:06 MEMBER, AND THE OTHER PERSON AS
09:23:07 THE ALTERNATE.
09:23:09 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
09:23:09 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
09:23:11 MOTION SAY AYE.
09:23:12 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:23:14 OKAY.
09:23:15 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: OKAY.
09:23:22 MOVING ON TO NO. 6, WE HAVE ONE
09:23:25 APPLICANT AND WE HAVE FOUR
09:23:26 POSITIONS.
09:23:28 THE APPLICANT IS AN ARCHITECT.
09:23:33 WE HAVE ONE ARCHITECT POSITION,
09:23:34 SO --
09:23:35 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MOVE APPROVAL
09:23:37 FOR THE ARCHITECT POSITION.
09:23:38 >> SECOND.
09:23:39 >> WHAT IS THAT PERSON'S NAME,
09:23:40 PLEASE?
09:23:41 I'M SORRY, THE NAME OF THE
09:23:43 PERSON?
09:23:45 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: LEVY
09:23:47 NGUYEN.
09:23:49 OH, YOU'RE HERE.
09:23:50 COME ON.
09:23:51 YES, YOU CAN TALK.
09:23:53 >> WHAT AM I DOING?
09:23:55 THIS IS SO WEIRD HAVING A TV IN
09:23:55 FRONT OF ME.
09:23:56 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: TELL US
09:23:57 ABOUT IT.
09:23:57 [LAUGHTER]
09:24:00 >> MY NAME IS LEVY NGUYEN.
09:24:01 WHAT ELSE DO I DO?
09:24:02 AND I JUST GO?
09:24:04 IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO SERVE.
09:24:05 I MOVED TO TAMPA ABOUT A YEAR
09:24:08 AND A HALF AGO, AND IT'S BEEN A
09:24:09 VERY WELCOMING CITY.
09:24:11 I'VE LOVED MY TIME HERE SO FAR,
09:24:13 AND I WOULD LOVE TO DO MORE FOR
09:24:14 THE CITY AS WELL, AND AS AN
09:24:18 ARCHITECT, WE SAY WE HAVE
09:24:20 MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING, AND
09:24:21 I'D LOVE TO BE PART OF A
09:24:23 COMMITTEE WHERE I CAN TAKE
09:24:24 INPUT FROM MORE CONCERNED
09:24:25 CITIZENS AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
09:24:28 MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN TAMPA.
09:24:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
09:24:30 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU'VE DONE
09:24:31 SUCH A GREAT JOB, I THINK WE'RE
09:24:32 GOING TO NOMINATE YOU --
09:24:34 >> OH, THANK YOU.
09:24:35 [LAUGHTER]
09:24:35 >>YVONNE CAPIN: -- WITH YOUR
09:24:36 PRESENTATION.
09:24:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
09:24:38 FOR THE APPLICANT?
09:24:39 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
09:24:40 APPLICANT?
09:24:40 ALL RIGHT.
09:24:41 WE THANK YOU, SIR.
09:24:43 >> THANK YOU.
09:24:43 >>YVONNE CAPIN: [OFF
09:24:43 MICROPHONE]
09:24:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:24:51 WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
09:24:52 MR. SUAREZ.
09:24:53 WHO SECONDED THE MOTION?
09:24:55 >>YVONNE CAPIN: MIRANDA.
09:24:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:24:57 WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND SECOND.
09:24:58 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
09:25:00 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:25:00 OKAY.
09:25:00 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:25:00 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES:
09:25:02 COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:25:03 MR. GRECO IS HERE.
09:25:05 I DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS HERE.
09:25:06 I KNOW YOU'VE -- HE WANTED JUST
09:25:07 TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
09:25:08 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEAH.
09:25:09 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:25:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:25:12 IT MIGHT CAUSE US TO RESCIND
09:25:12 THAT VOTE.
09:25:13 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEAH, REALLY.
09:25:16 YOU SURE YOU WANT TO TALK?
09:25:16 [LAUGHTER]
09:25:18 >> I KNOW WE'VE COME ALREADY
09:25:18 PAST THIS.
09:25:20 I JUST WANT TO SAY --
09:25:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: STATE YOUR
09:25:21 NAME FOR THE RECORD.
09:25:23 >> -- THANK YOU FOR THE
09:25:24 OPPORTUNITY.
09:25:25 ZACHARY GRECO.
09:25:26 I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE
09:25:28 OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU
09:25:30 FOR, ONE, ALLOWING ME AND MY
09:25:33 PEERS TO NOT ONLY APPLY FOR
09:25:33 THIS POSITION BUT ALSO TO COME
09:25:34 HERE AND KIND OF PRESENT TO YOU
09:25:34 TODAY.
09:25:36 AS A TAMPA NATIVE WHOSE
09:25:38 FAMILY'S LIVED HERE FOR OVER
09:25:40 110 YEARS, TAMPA'S HOME TO ME.
09:25:42 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO
09:25:42 MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THIS
09:25:47 COMMUNITY WORKS NOW BUT ALSO IN
09:25:48 THE FUTURE.
09:25:48 AND AS HE DESCRIBED EARLIER
09:25:48 THAT AS AN ARCHITECT, OUR
09:25:49 ENTIRE GOAL REALLY IS TO MAKE
09:25:50 THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE
09:25:51 COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN THE
09:25:53 BEST FOR THE INDIVIDUALS NOT
09:25:54 ONLY PRESENT BUT ALSO IN THE
09:25:55 FUTURE, AND I HOPE THAT ME
09:25:58 SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION WILL
09:25:59 ALLOW ME THAT OPPORTUNITY.
09:26:00 SO THANK YOU.
09:26:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
09:26:03 ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRECO?
09:26:03 ALL RIGHT.
09:26:04 THANK YOU, SIR.
09:26:06 >> THANK YOU.
09:26:07 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK
09:26:08 YOU, COUNCIL.
09:26:12 MOVING ON TO ITEM NO. 7, THE
09:26:15 CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD, WE HAVE
09:26:20 ONE VACANCY AND ONE APPLICANT,
09:26:21 IF HE'S HERE.
09:26:24 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IS HE PRESENT?
09:26:25 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:26:27 MY NAME IS BRIAN FREY.
09:26:29 I LIVE IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
09:26:33 I MOVED TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA
09:26:38 IN 1990, AT FIRST TO PUT THE
09:26:40 FIRST ICE SHOW INTO BUSCH
09:26:41 GARDENS WHEN I WAS 20 YEARS
09:26:42 OLD, AND THREE YEARS AGO I
09:26:44 MOVED BACK, SO THE TAMPA BAY
09:26:46 AREA'S ALWAYS BEEN IN MY HEART,
09:26:49 AND I'VE FELT LIKE I'VE COME
09:26:50 BACK HOME TO BASICALLY WHERE I
09:26:52 STARTED MY CAREER IN SHOW
09:26:53 BUSINESS.
09:26:54 I LOVE THIS CITY.
09:26:55 I'VE BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED
09:26:58 EVER SINCE I STEPPED FOOT IN
09:27:00 SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, AND I HAVE A
09:27:01 HUGE PASSION FOR GIVING BACK TO
09:27:02 MY COMMUNITY.
09:27:02 I BELIEVE EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE
09:27:03 THIS OPPORTUNITY.
09:27:04 THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME UP AND I
09:27:05 REALLY WANTED TO SEIZE IT
09:27:06 BECAUSE I DO WANT TO BE A PART
09:27:07 OF THE EXCITING GROWTH THAT'S
09:27:09 HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, AND I
09:27:10 WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE.
09:27:13 THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
09:27:14 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
09:27:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
09:27:15 FROM COUNCIL?
09:27:16 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I MOVE TO
09:27:17 APPROVE -- OH.
09:27:18 >> SECOND.
09:27:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:27:22 MOTION FROM MS. CAPIN, SECOND
09:27:23 BY MR. COHEN.
09:27:25 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
09:27:25 AYE.
09:27:27 OPPOSED.
09:27:27 ALL RIGHT.
09:27:28 >> THANK YOU.
09:27:29 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK
09:27:30 YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.
09:27:38 AND THE LAST ITEM WOULD BE FOR
09:27:40 THE EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
09:27:41 ADVISORY COUNCIL.
09:27:45 WE HAVE SIX -- SEVEN POSITIONS
09:27:49 AND THREE APPLICANTS.
09:27:55 JULIE ANN McADOO WITHDREW, AND
09:27:59 WE HAVE JANET BISHOP, WALINDA
09:28:04 GREEN, AND NICOL WINKLER, IF
09:28:05 THEY WOULD LIKE TO -- IF
09:28:06 THEY'RE HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO
09:28:07 SPEAK.
09:28:09 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:28:11 MY NAME IS WALINDA
09:28:12 MCKNIGHT-GREEN.
09:28:14 I CURRENTLY WORK FOR COVENTRY,
09:28:16 WHICH IS A SUBSIDIARY OF AETNA.
09:28:18 I'VE BEEN THERE 25 YEARS.
09:28:20 I ALSO AM A PART-TIME REAL
09:28:21 ESTATE AGENT, AND I HAVE A
09:28:23 SHUTTLE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS
09:28:29 WITH MY HUSBAND, KENAN
09:28:29 TRANSPORTATION, THAT WE'VE HAD
09:28:31 FOR TEN YEARS.
09:28:32 I'VE ATTENDED FLORIDA STATE,
09:28:34 AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN
09:28:35 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NOW FOR 15
09:28:36 YEARS.
09:28:37 I REALLY WANT TO SERVE MY CITY,
09:28:39 MY COMMUNITY, AND MY COUNTY,
09:28:41 WHICH IS WHY I'M APPLYING FOR
09:28:42 THIS BOARD.
09:28:44 I'M ACTIVE IN MY CHURCH AS WELL
09:28:48 AS PTSA, AND I'M VERY ACTIVE
09:28:54 WITH MY SORORITY, DELTA SIGMA
09:28:57 THETA SORORITY.
09:28:59 I HAVE A DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND
09:29:02 KIND OF THE FUNCTIONS OF EQUAL
09:29:02 OPPORTUNITY SINCE WE HAVE A
09:29:04 SMALL BUSINESS, SO I WOULD ASK
09:29:05 FOR YOUR VOTE.
09:29:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: I THINK YOU
09:29:07 WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO
09:29:08 THAT BOARD.
09:29:11 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CAN I ASK A
09:29:12 QUESTION, MR. CHAIR?
09:29:14 MA'AM, YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE
09:29:15 CITY, THOUGH; RIGHT?
09:29:17 >> I DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY, I
09:29:19 LIVE IN THE COUNTY.
09:29:20 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHERE'S YOUR
09:29:21 BUSINESS LOCATED?
09:29:22 >> IT'S COUNTY, BUT WE SERVE
09:29:24 THE CITY THROUGH THE PTC BOARD,
09:29:25 THE PROCESS THAT THEY GO
09:29:27 THROUGH, SO --
09:29:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
09:29:28 THANK YOU.
09:29:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
09:29:31 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU'RE A VERY
09:29:34 BUSY LADY, AND YOU KNOW WHEN
09:29:36 YOU WANT THINGS DONE, YOU ASK
09:29:37 THE PERSON WHO'S BUSIEST, SO
09:29:39 THANK YOU FOR APPLYING.
09:29:41 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
09:29:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:29:42 THANK YOU.
09:29:47 NEXT PERSON.
09:29:49 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:29:50 NICE TO SEE YOU.
09:29:52 MY NAME IS NICOL WINKLER.
09:29:54 I'M A PROUD BUSINESS OWNER AND
09:29:55 CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:29:56 I ALSO CURRENTLY RUN THE
09:29:58 MAYOR'S NEIGHBORHOOD UNIVERSITY
09:29:59 ALUMNI SOCIAL GROUP.
09:30:01 I'M A GRADUATE OF CLASS NO. 7.
09:30:04 I PUT MY APPLICATION IN FOR THE
09:30:05 EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
09:30:06 ADVISORY COUNCIL BECAUSE I
09:30:07 BELIEVE MY BACKGROUND AND MY
09:30:08 WORK EXPERIENCE MAKE ME A
09:30:10 UNIQUELY QUALIFIED CANDIDATE
09:30:12 FOR THE FEMALE CAUCASIAN ROLE
09:30:12 OF THE BOARD.
09:30:14 I'M A FEMALE, I GOT THAT PART.
09:30:15 I'M ALSO AN IMMIGRANT AND A
09:30:17 PERMANENT RESIDENT, A COUPLE
09:30:18 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE KNOWN
09:30:19 ABOUT ME.
09:30:21 I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AS
09:30:21 WELL.
09:30:22 I HOLD AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
09:30:24 BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITH MULTIPLE
09:30:26 LANGUAGES, INCLUDING GERMAN AND
09:30:27 SPANISH.
09:30:28 AS A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, I'VE
09:30:30 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE
09:30:32 DOZENS OF STAFF MEMBERS FROM A
09:30:34 VARIETY OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS
09:30:36 AND FOR A VARIETY OF JOBS AND
09:30:37 SKILL SETS.
09:30:38 MY PRODUCTION BACKGROUND
09:30:40 INCLUDES TEN YEARS OF PLANNING
09:30:40 AND PRODUCTION OF CITYWIDE
09:30:43 EVENTS TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY
09:30:44 IN TANDEM WITH NUMEROUS CITY
09:30:45 DEPARTMENTS.
09:30:48 I STRIVE DAILY TO ENHANCE AND
09:30:49 INVEST INTO OUR COMMUNITY THAT
09:30:50 I LIVE IN, AND I HOPE TO SERVE
09:30:51 THE COMMUNITY BY BEING AN
09:30:53 ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS BOARD.
09:30:55 I WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT THE
09:30:57 CITY IS KNOWN FOR BEING A CITY
09:30:59 THAT OFFERS FAIR BUSINESS
09:31:00 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL
09:31:02 APPLICANTS, A CITY THAT STANDS
09:31:03 FOR EQUAL TREATMENT FOR ALL OF
09:31:05 ITS PARTNERS, WORKERS, AND
09:31:08 SMALL ENTERPRISES IN THE SIB
09:31:09 PROGRAM, REGARDLESS OF RACE,
09:31:11 REGARDLESS OF COLOR, AND
09:31:12 REGARDLESS OF GENDER.
09:31:13 AND I HOPE THAT WE ARE A CITY
09:31:15 THAT WILL ADMIT FAULTS WHEN WE
09:31:16 ARE WRONG AND TAKE THE
09:31:17 NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPROVE OUR
09:31:19 RELATIONSHIPS AND AVOID COSTLY
09:31:20 NEGATIVE FALL-OUTS.
09:31:22 MY PROMISE TO YOU IS THAT I
09:31:25 WILL STAND UP FOR WHAT IS JUST,
09:31:26 I WILL HELP US BUILD STRONGER
09:31:28 RELATIONSHIPS, AND FIGHT FOR
09:31:31 FAIR AND EQUAL BUSINESS
09:31:31 OPPORTUNITY ACCESS FOR ALL
09:31:32 APPLICANTS.
09:31:33 THANK YOU.
09:31:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:31:36 THANK YOU.
09:31:38 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:31:38 [LAUGHTER]
09:31:42 >>YVONNE CAPIN: HE'S TESTING
09:31:45 YOUR SPANISH.
09:31:46 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: IS
09:31:49 MS. JANET BISHOP HERE?
09:31:53 COUNCIL, WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS
09:31:58 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO FILL
09:31:58 THEN.
09:32:00 WE HAVE TWO APPLICANTS.
09:32:08 ONE OF THEM WOULD BE AT-LARGE,
09:32:10 ONE THE COMMUNITY, AND THE
09:32:11 OTHER IS THE POSITION FOR THE
09:32:12 CAUCASIAN FEMALE, AND WE WILL
09:32:15 ADVERTISE THE OTHER POSITIONS.
09:32:16 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I THOUGHT THERE
09:32:17 WERE THREE APPLICANTS.
09:32:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: JUST TWO HERE.
09:32:19 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD --
09:32:22 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OH, TWO HERE.
09:32:23 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THERE WERE FOUR,
09:32:25 AND THEN ONE WITHDREW --
09:32:26 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: ONE
09:32:28 WITHDREW.
09:32:32 >>MIKE SUAREZ:
09:32:36 MS. LANGHAN-BISHOP, SHE IS NOT
09:32:36 -- ARE YOU SAYING SHE'S NOT
09:32:37 QUALIFIED FOR THE --
09:32:38 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: NO, NO,
09:32:39 NO, SHE'S JUST NOT HERE.
09:32:40 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
09:32:40 GOT IT.
09:32:40 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: YOU CAN
09:32:40 APPOINT HER.
09:32:41 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WOULD MAKE THE
09:32:41 SUGGESTION THAT
09:32:45 MS. LANGHAN-BISHOP AND MS.
09:32:45 McKNIGHT-GREEN TAKE THE TWO
09:32:46 AT-LARGE POSITIONS AND THEN THE
09:32:48 ONE CAUCASIAN FEMALE FOR MS.
09:32:49 WINKLER, AND I WOULD MOVE THAT
09:32:49 --
09:32:50 >> SECOND.
09:32:50 >>MIKE SUAREZ: -- IF THAT'S
09:32:50 PROPER.
09:32:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:32:51 I'VE GOT A MOTION BY
09:32:54 MR. SUAREZ, SECONDED BY
09:32:57 MR. COHEN.
09:32:57 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
09:32:58 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
09:32:59 MOTION SAY AYE.
09:32:59 OPPOSED.
09:33:00 ALL RIGHT.
09:33:01 THANK YOU.
09:33:01 >>SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES: THANK
09:33:01 YOU VERY MUCH.
09:33:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SHELBY.
09:33:03 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
09:33:04 MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF
09:33:05 COUNCIL, I WILL BE PREPARING
09:33:06 THOSE RESOLUTIONS, AND THEY'LL
09:33:07 BE ON A FUTURE CONSENT DOCKET
09:33:09 FOR YOUR RATIFICATION.
09:33:09 THANK YOU.
09:33:10 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
09:33:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:33:12 MR. SHELBY.
09:33:13 GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS,
09:33:14 MR. SHELBY.
09:33:14 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES,
09:33:15 MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:33:16 THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING.
09:33:17 THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES
09:33:19 PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
09:33:20 30 MINUTES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE
09:33:22 THIS MORNING FOR CITIZENS
09:33:23 SPEAKING ABOUT MATTERS THAT ARE
09:33:25 NOT SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
09:33:27 IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON A
09:33:28 MATTER THAT IS SET FOR A PUBLIC
09:33:30 HEARING, YOU WILL HAVE THAT
09:33:31 OPPORTUNITY LATER DURING
09:33:33 TODAY'S MEETING.
09:33:35 SPEAKERS ADDRESSING ITEMS ON
09:33:37 THE AGENDA WILL BE GIVEN
09:33:39 PREFERENCE BEFORE THOSE
09:33:42 SPEAKING ON NONAGENDA MATTERS.
09:33:44 EACH SPEAKER IS GIVEN THREE
09:33:44 MINUTES.
09:33:45 PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
09:33:48 NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND IT IS
09:33:49 REQUESTED THAT YOUR COMMENTS
09:33:50 ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY TO
09:33:52 A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A STAFF
09:33:53 MEMBER BUT RATHER ISSUES
09:33:55 DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AS A
09:33:58 BODY.
09:33:58 THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
09:34:00 APPRECIATES YOUR COOPERATION IN
09:34:02 MAINTAINING ORDERLY CONDUCT AND
09:34:03 PROPER DECORUM.
09:34:06 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:34:08 >> FIRST NAME FIRST, FOR THE
09:34:08 RECORD.
09:34:10 MY NAME IS JOHNNY BERNARD
09:34:14 BOOTH, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL [OFF
09:34:14 MICROPHONE] SPIRIT.
09:34:18 I AM WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN
09:34:19 DESPOT, HOLDER IN DUE COURSE.
09:34:21 I AM HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT
09:34:25 CURRENT EVENTS.
09:34:26 EVERYTHING IS MOVING ALONG
09:34:29 FORWARD, I'M ASSUMING, AROUND
09:34:29 HERE.
09:34:32 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S
09:34:35 GOING ON WITH THE TRUMP-RUSSIA
09:34:39 DOSSIER THING.
09:34:40 LIKE, YOU ALL GOTTA UNDERSTAND,
09:34:41 LIKE, YES, THAT CASE IS COMING
09:34:43 CLOSE TO AN END; NO, YOU ALL
09:34:44 CAN'T REALLY EXPECT WHERE
09:34:45 THAT'S GOING TO END, BUT AS
09:34:46 AMERICANS, YOU ALL DON'T HAVE
09:34:48 NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE
09:34:49 WE'RE COMING INTO A NEW
09:34:50 KINGDOM, AND THAT ALLOWS FOR,
09:34:52 LIKE, NEW PROVISIONS AND NEW
09:34:54 THINGS TO COME IN, AND THE
09:34:55 REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING YOU TO
09:34:56 MAINTAIN YOUR WORK AND WATCH
09:34:57 YOUR WORK AND STUFF, BECAUSE
09:35:00 YOU NEEDED TO BE WATCHED TO SEE
09:35:01 WHO WAS GOOD FOR THEIR
09:35:02 POSITIONS, CORRECT FOR MERE
09:35:04 POSITIONS, AND WHO NEEDED TO BE
09:35:06 DEMOTED AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE
09:35:08 OUTED AND WHAT NEEDED TO BE PUT
09:35:09 IN.
09:35:10 AS FAR AS DEMOCRATS GO, YOU
09:35:12 GUYS KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY
09:35:13 QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE OF THE WAY
09:35:15 YOU CAME OUT ON THE SCENE
09:35:16 BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE
09:35:17 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE,
09:35:19 NOTHING BUT A REPUBLIC FOR
09:35:21 EVERY STATE WAS SET UP --
09:35:22 SUPPOSED TO BE SET UP AND JUST
09:35:23 REPUBLIC.
09:35:24 DEMOCRATS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
09:35:26 WHERE YOU CAME OUT ON THE SCENE
09:35:26 AT.
09:35:28 AND THEN HOW YOU SANCTIONED THE
09:35:32 KKK TO KILL OFF CERTAIN
09:35:33 REPUBLICAN MEMBERS IN ORDER TO
09:35:34 KEEP YOUR STANCE THROUGHOUT THE
09:35:36 HISTORY AND STUFF.
09:35:37 LIKE, MORE AND MORE STUFF ABOUT
09:35:38 HISTORY IS COMING OUT BECAUSE
09:35:39 WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A
09:35:41 REPEAT OF HISTORY.
09:35:43 LIKE, THESE DAYS, LIKE, PEOPLE
09:35:45 ARE HONORING THE MOST HIGH
09:35:47 MORAL AND HONORING THEIR MORAL
09:35:50 VALUES INSTEAD OF THIS CRAZED
09:35:52 TAKE EVERYTHING, KILL
09:35:53 EVERYTHING OFF BECAUSE, YOU
09:35:55 KNOW, IN THE BEGINNING OF TIME,
09:35:56 YOU HAD NOTHING BUT THE WAY OF
09:35:58 THE JUNGLE, KILL YOU, KILL ME,
09:36:00 OH, WHO CAN GET TO THE TOP OF
09:36:01 THE MOUNTAIN, TAKE YOU DOWN,
09:36:02 TAKE YOU DOWN.
09:36:03 THAT'S NOT THE WAY I WANT TO
09:36:05 SEE GOVERNMENT DONE ANYMORE,
09:36:06 AND I'M TALKING TO THE WHOLE
09:36:09 GLOBE, EVERY COUNTRY, EVERY
09:36:11 NATION, BECAUSE AS THE MOST
09:36:12 HIGH JUDGE ON THE DARN SCENE,
09:36:15 I'M NOT GOING TO START ANY
09:36:18 HEARINGS YET BECAUSE I'LL GIVE
09:36:19 YOU UNTIL JANUARY BEFORE I GIVE
09:36:21 YOU AN ANSWER ABOUT WHEN
09:36:21 EVERYTHING STARTS.
09:36:23 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STILL BE
09:36:25 CLEANING UP YOUR HOUSES.
09:36:27 SAUDI ARABIA, TALK TO THE
09:36:29 PEOPLE OVER HERE IN AMERICA AND
09:36:30 KNOW THAT MY AMERICANS ARE NOT
09:36:32 FOR THEM TO PICK ON OR ANYTHING
09:36:32 LIKE THAT.
09:36:34 THEY CAME OVER HERE, GOT LIKE A
09:36:36 FREE SLATE, $5,000 GAS STATION
09:36:38 AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, SO
09:36:39 TREAT MY AMERICANS WITH SOME
09:36:41 RESPECT AS THEY TREAT YOU WITH
09:36:42 RESPECT WHEN THEY COME IN YOUR
09:36:43 STORES AND BUY STUFF AND WHEN
09:36:45 THEY GET YOUR GAS AND, YOU
09:36:47 KNOW, HELP KEEP PUSHING THE
09:36:49 ECONOMY ALONG.
09:36:49 THANK YOU.
09:36:50 HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
09:36:54 BLESSED BE YOD HE WAW HE, AND
09:36:56 KEEP YOUR KINGDOM AND KEEP YOUR
09:36:56 PEOPLE.
09:36:58 WELCOME TO THE WORLDWIDE GLOBAL
09:36:58 FAMILY.
09:37:04 THANK YOU.
09:37:10 >> MENTEZMAT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:37:14 YOU LISTEN LONG ENOUGH, YOU CAN
09:37:16 HEAR SOMETHING.
09:37:19 YOU LISTEN LONG ENOUGH, YOU CAN
09:37:21 LEARN SOMETHING.
09:37:25 YOU LISTEN LONG ENOUGH,
09:37:29 SOMETHING WILL COME OUT OF IT.
09:37:32 THE GENTLEMAN THAT JUST LEFT
09:37:35 SPOKE OF THE DEMOCRATS AND HOW
09:37:37 THEY SANCTIONED THE KKK TO
09:37:42 MURDER AND KILL AFRICAN PEOPLE.
09:37:43 THEY WERE KNOWN AS THE
09:37:46 DIXIECRATS.
09:37:48 NOW THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND LIKE
09:37:54 THEY'RE THE DEMOCRATS.
09:37:56 THE CLOWN, BOB BUCKHORN,
09:37:58 SITTING RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS CALLS
09:38:03 HIMSELF A DEMOCRAT AND WANT TO
09:38:06 CALL HIMSELF AN INDEPENDENT AT
09:38:07 CERTAIN TIMES BECAUSE HE'S
09:38:10 JUMPING DIFFERENT BANDWAGONS,
09:38:12 LIKE HUGGING BLACK WOMEN,
09:38:14 JUMPING ON TRUMP, JUMPING ON
09:38:16 THE NEXT PERSON, JUMPING ON
09:38:18 HILLARY WHEN HE THINKS SHE'S
09:38:26 UP, BUT HE'S A DIXIECRAT, A KU
09:38:27 KLUX KLANSMAN THAT OPENLY CALLS
09:38:36 ALL AFRICAN WOMEN BITCHES, THEY
09:38:36 OPENLY CALL FOR WHAT A
09:38:36 DIXIECRAT WOULD CALL FOR, THE
09:38:36 LYNCHING OF AN AFRICAN MAN ON
09:38:36 TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND
09:38:38 NOBODY UP THERE WANTS TO BE
09:38:40 KNOWN AS A COLLECTIVE, NOBODY
09:38:42 UP THERE CAN MAKE A COLLECTIVE
09:38:44 STATEMENT TO SAY, HEY, TAKE
09:38:45 THAT STATEMENT BACK, WITHDRAW
09:38:47 THAT STATEMENT.
09:38:48 THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT
09:38:49 CITY GOVERNMENT'S SUPPOSED TO
09:38:54 BE, BUT IT'S DIXIECRAT, AND A
09:38:55 MAN BEFORE ME SAID IT.
09:38:58 DEMOCRAT, DIXIECRAT.
09:38:59 STRANGE WORLD WE LIVE IN, JUST
09:39:01 LIKE HE SAID, STRANGE PEOPLE
09:39:04 THAT GOVERNS THE CITY, STRANGE
09:39:07 POLICE CHIEFS, STRANGE POLICE
09:39:08 OFFICERS THAT YOU ALL HONOR AND
09:39:11 RECOGNIZE EVERY DAY, STRANGE.
09:39:14 GOOD PEOPLE AND BAD PEOPLE, AND
09:39:16 THERE'S SOME BAD PEOPLE OUT
09:39:17 THERE.
09:39:18 THERE'S SOME BAD PEOPLE OUT
09:39:19 THERE.
09:39:22 MY WIFE AND MYSELF VIOLENTLY
09:39:23 ATTACKED RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
09:39:25 TOOK THE POLICE 35 MINUTES TO
09:39:30 GET THERE, TEN 911 CALLS, 35
09:39:32 MINUTES TO GET THERE, AND THE
09:39:35 POLICE SAY, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE
09:39:37 A SIGN, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
09:39:40 ATTACKED.
09:39:42 BUT THAT'S HOW NASTY WHITE
09:39:44 PEOPLE ARE, NASTY.
09:39:46 CRYSTAL GALLOWAY DIDN'T HAVE A
09:39:49 SIGN, BUT THE NASTY WHITE
09:39:51 PARAMEDICS TOLD HER IF YOU HAD
09:39:55 $600, WE WOULD TAKE YOU TO
09:39:56 TAMPA GENERAL OR ANYWHERE YOU
09:39:57 WANT TO GO WITHIN OUR
09:40:00 BOUNDARIES, AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE
09:40:03 $600, APPARENTLY.
09:40:05 AND THE NASTY WHITE PEOPLE LET
09:40:07 HER DIE, NASTY.
09:40:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:40:11 NEXT SPEAKER.
09:40:17 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:40:20 MY NAME IS JOHN FEW, AND I LIVE
09:40:22 AT 5823 BOWEN DANIEL DRIVE.
09:40:27 I AM REPRESENTING A FEW TAMPA
09:40:27 PROPERTIES.
09:40:30 WE OWN THE PROPERTY AT 3023
09:40:31 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD, WHICH
09:40:32 IS CURRENTLY ACROPOLIS
09:40:33 RESTAURANT, AND AS MANY OF YOU
09:40:35 WELL KNOW, FOR YEARS, ONE OF
09:40:37 THE ORIGINAL TENANTS, THE SEVEN
09:40:41 SEAS LOUNGE, IT TOOK US 12
09:40:43 YEARS TO GET THEM OUT, AND
09:40:44 WE'VE FINALLY GOT A NICE
09:40:47 FAMILY-ORIENTED, PROFITABLE
09:40:48 BUSINESS IN THERE; HOWEVER,
09:40:50 YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AGENDA ITEM
09:40:54 96 -- OR I'M SORRY -- 98, I
09:40:55 BELIEVE IT IS.
09:40:57 WE'VE REQUESTED THAT THE CITY
09:40:59 REMOVE THE NO PARKING SIGNS,
09:41:00 WHICH ONLY WENT UP ABOUT TWO
09:41:01 YEARS AGO, BEHIND ON THE WEST
09:41:04 SIDE OF ABC'S BUILDING ON THE
09:41:05 NORTH 100 BLOCK OF NEW JERSEY
09:41:07 AVENUE.
09:41:08 IN THE INTEREST OF SUPPORTING
09:41:10 OUR TENANT, WE WOULD LIKE TO,
09:41:11 YOU KNOW, REQUEST THAT YOU
09:41:14 FAVORABLY VIEW OUR REQUEST, AND
09:41:16 THAT IS IT FOR ME.
09:41:16 >> HELLO.
09:41:18 MY NAME IS ANDREA MOORE.
09:41:20 I RESIDE AT 4810 NORTH COLLINS
09:41:21 LANE.
09:41:23 I'M HERE REPRESENTING OWNERSHIP
09:41:26 OF ACROPOLIS GREEK TAVERNA ON
09:41:29 3023 WEST KENNEDY BOULEVARD.
09:41:30 WE LOST PARKING ABOUT TWO YEARS
09:41:32 AGO, AS HE SAID, UNEXPECTEDLY
09:41:33 AND WITHOUT NOTICE.
09:41:35 WE CURRENTLY HIRE A PRIVATE
09:41:36 COMPANY TO PROVIDE VALET
09:41:40 SERVICE SEVERAL NIGHTS A WEEK
09:41:42 BECAUSE OF OUR LIMITED ON-SITE
09:41:43 PARKING.
09:41:47 ADDING JUST A FEW SPOTS BY ABC
09:41:49 WOULD ALLEVIATE MUCH OF THE
09:41:54 STRAIN THAT WE FILL ON THE DAYS
09:41:56 THAT WE DO NOT PROVIDE THE
09:41:57 VALET SERVICE.
09:41:57 THANK YOU FOR YOUR
09:41:59 CONSIDERATION.
09:42:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT SPEAKER.
09:42:05 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:42:08 MY NAME IS SUSAN DENNING LANE,
09:42:12 AND I LIVE AT 5807 ROBERTA
09:42:15 CIRCLE ON LAKE ROBERTA, AND
09:42:16 LIKE I SAY, THAT'S IN HAMPTON
09:42:18 TERRACE, AND I'M HERE TO
09:42:20 EXPRESS TO YOU ALL THAT I AM IN
09:42:24 FAVOR OF HAVING THE DOG POOP
09:42:28 WASTE STATION ON THE LAKE.
09:42:30 NOT ONLY I LIVE ON THE LAKE,
09:42:31 OTHER RESIDENTS ON THE LAKE
09:42:33 WANT IT, AND MANY OTHER
09:42:34 RESIDENTS IN HAMPTON TERRACE.
09:42:37 I MEAN, THEY'VE ALL SPOKEN OUT,
09:42:40 THEY'VE SAID HOW GREAT, THEY'RE
09:42:40 EXCITED.
09:42:41 IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO THE LAKE
09:42:43 -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE OR
09:42:44 NOT -- SO MANY PEOPLE COME
09:42:45 THERE DAILY.
09:42:46 IT'S LIKE A MEETING PLACE.
09:42:47 THEY COME AROUND FROM ALL
09:42:50 AROUND, EVEN OUTSIDE OF HAMPTON
09:42:52 TERRACE, AND THEY BRING THEIR
09:42:54 DOGS AND THEIR CHILDREN, SO TO
09:42:54 HAVE THIS WASTE STATION WOULD
09:42:57 BE SO NICE FOR A MOM WHO'S GOT
09:43:00 HER KIDS, HER DOGS, AND IT
09:43:01 WOULD KEEP THE AREA CLEAN.
09:43:03 IN FACT, I'D LIKE TO READ TO
09:43:06 YOU A SIGN THAT'S ALREADY ON
09:43:08 THE LAKE RIGHT NOW.
09:43:10 IT SAYS, "DOGS MUST BE LEASHED
09:43:14 AND POOP SCOOPED, CITY
09:43:15 ORDINANCE, SECTION
09:43:19 16-848-52.2."
09:43:21 SO LIKE I SAY, WITH THAT SIGN
09:43:23 BEING THERE ALREADY, IT WOULD
09:43:25 BE FEASIBLE TO HAVE THE WASTE
09:43:29 STATION NEXT TO IT OR SOMEWHERE
09:43:32 THERE ON THE LAKE WHERE YOU ALL
09:43:33 WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT PUT.
09:43:34 LIKE I SAY, THIS WOULD BE VERY
09:43:39 BENEFICIAL FOR THE
09:43:39 NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:43:41 AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY OF
09:43:42 THESE ALREADY INSTALLED AROUND
09:43:44 THE CITY.
09:43:46 I MEAN, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, MANY
09:43:49 PARKS, HYDE PARK, AND EVEN IF
09:43:50 THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW,
09:43:55 WESTCHASE, WHEREVER.
09:43:56 THEY'RE ALL OVER AND THEY'RE
09:43:57 VERY WORKABLE.
09:44:00 I'VE HEARD THINGS LIKE THEY
09:44:01 KEEP THE AREA VERY CLEAN.
09:44:02 ALONG WITH THAT SIGN THAT I
09:44:03 MENTIONED, THERE'S ANOTHER SIGN
09:44:05 AT THE LAKE TO PLEASE KEEP THE
09:44:06 LAKE CLEAN, SO THIS WOULD BE
09:44:08 ANOTHER WAY OF KEEPING THE LAKE
09:44:13 CLEAN.
09:44:16 SO I JUST WANT TO, ALSO, AT
09:44:20 THIS TIME, THANK THE PARKS AND
09:44:22 RECREATION FOR KEEPING THE LAKE
09:44:23 CLEAN.
09:44:24 THEY DO A VERY GOOD JOB, AND
09:44:26 I'M SURE THEY WOULD CONTINUE
09:44:27 WHEN THIS WASTE STATION WOULD
09:44:31 BE INSTALLED.
09:44:35 I WOULD SAY I'VE HEARD SO MANY
09:44:35 GOOD THINGS.
09:44:37 PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ME -- COME
09:44:39 TO A BUNCH OF US THAT -- IN THE
09:44:41 AREA, HOW THEY REALLY ARE
09:44:43 EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS AND
09:44:44 THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.
09:44:46 THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO EXPRESS
09:44:50 IT TO YOU ALL TODAY, OUR
09:44:50 FEELINGS.
09:44:52 AND IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO
09:44:54 JUST SAY THAT SINCE I'VE LIVED
09:44:57 IN THE HOUSE I'M LIVING AT --
09:44:59 MY GRANDFATHER BUILT IT IN 1940
09:45:02 FOR MY PARENTS, AND SO NOW I'M
09:45:03 LIVING IN THE HOME, SO I'VE
09:45:04 SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES DURING
09:45:05 THAT TIME.
09:45:08 AND SO THE LAST THING I WOULD
09:45:11 LIKE TO SAY IS I'VE SEEN SO
09:45:12 MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPEN IN
09:45:16 HAMPTON TERRACE OVER THE LAST
09:45:17 COUPLE YEARS, THE LAST TWO
09:45:20 YEARS, SINCE HTCA HAS TAKEN
09:45:20 OVER.
09:45:22 THEY'VE DONE GREAT THINGS IN
09:45:23 THAT PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE
09:45:24 COMMUNITY.
09:45:25 THANK YOU.
09:45:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
09:45:27 ALL RIGHT.
09:45:29 NEXT SPEAKER.
09:45:32 >> HI.
09:45:34 MY NAME IS TYLER McMAHON.
09:45:37 I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
09:45:40 HEIGHTS URBAN CORE CHAMBER.
09:45:40 I LIVE AT 307 EAST FERN STREET
09:45:42 IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS.
09:45:43 I'M HERE ALSO TO TALK ABOUT THE
09:45:44 WASTE STATIONS AROUND LAKE
09:45:46 ROBERTA.
09:45:48 THE HAMPTON TERRACE CIVIC
09:45:50 ASSOCIATION HAS MADE GREAT
09:45:51 STRIDES IN RECENT YEARS IN THAT
09:45:53 AREA AND PUT A LOT INTO THE
09:45:53 COMMUNITY.
09:45:54 I THINK WASTE STATIONS WOULD BE
09:45:56 VERY HELPFUL THERE.
09:45:59 I FREQUENT PUBLIX, RESTAURANTS,
09:46:01 HAMPTON STATION, AND THE NEW
09:46:01 EXTREME TACO'S GOING TO BE
09:46:02 GOING IN THERE, AND MUCH MORE
09:46:03 ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA.
09:46:04 MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE DOGS
09:46:06 AND USE THAT LAKE, AND I THINK
09:46:07 IT WOULD BE A GREAT AID TO
09:46:10 KEEPING THAT AREA AND THE LAKE
09:46:12 CLEAN AND USER-FRIENDLY.
09:46:12 THANK YOU.
09:46:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
09:46:14 ALL RIGHT.
09:46:15 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK
09:46:19 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT?
09:46:19 ALL RIGHT.
09:46:21 SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE ANY
09:46:23 REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC FOR
09:46:24 RECONSIDERATION ON LEGISLATIVE
09:46:24 MATTERS?
09:46:25 SEEING NONE, MR. VIERA, WOULD
09:46:33 YOU READ ITEM NO. 9.
09:46:33 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR,
09:46:34 MR. CHAIR.
09:46:35 I HEREBY MOVE AN ORDINANCE
09:46:35 BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
09:46:37 READING CONSIDERATION, AN
09:46:37 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
09:46:39 FLORIDA, IMPOSING AN ABATEMENT
09:46:40 UPON THE ACCEPTANCE AND/OR
09:46:43 PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR
09:46:44 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS
09:46:46 SEEKING TO ESTABLISH FUTURE
09:46:47 LAND USE DESIGNATIONS ON
09:46:49 SUBMERGED LANDS FOR A PERIOD OF
09:46:51 180 DAYS; REPEALING ALL
09:46:52 ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
09:46:53 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
09:46:55 THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
09:46:55 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
09:46:56 EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:46:57 >> SECOND.
09:46:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:47:00 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. VIERA,
09:47:03 SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA.
09:47:04 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
09:47:05 MOTION SAY AYE.
09:47:06 OPPOSED.
09:47:09 OKAY.
09:47:11 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, SECOND READING
09:47:12 AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
09:47:14 AUGUST 23rd, 2018, AT 9:30 A.M.
09:47:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:47:18 ITEM NO. 10, MR. MIRANDA, WOULD
09:47:20 YOU READ THAT.
09:47:20 ALL RIGHT.
09:47:21 MS. CAPIN.
09:47:22 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
09:47:24 THANK YOU.
09:47:25 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
09:47:25 FOR FIRST READING
09:47:27 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE OF
09:47:28 THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
09:47:31 RELATING TO BACKFLOW
09:47:33 PREVENTION, MAKING -- I'M
09:47:35 SORRY, MY GLASSES -- MAKING
09:47:37 REVISIONS TO CITY OF TAMPA CODE
09:47:39 OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 26,
09:47:41 UTILITIES, AMENDING SECTION
09:47:45 26-84, SAME-BACKFLOW PREVENTION
09:47:48 DEVICE INSTALLATION; AMENDING
09:47:51 SECTION 26-86, SAME-BACKFLOW
09:47:53 PREVENTION DEVICE NONCOMPLIANCE
09:47:55 OF INSTALLATION; TESTING OR
09:47:57 REPAIR.
09:47:58 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:47:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
09:48:00 MS. CAPIN, SECOND BY
09:48:01 MR. MIRANDA.
09:48:02 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
09:48:02 OPPOSED.
09:48:04 >> MR. CHAIR, SECOND READING
09:48:05 AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
09:48:08 AUGUST 23rd, 2018, AT 9:30 A.M.
09:48:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: COMMITTEE
09:48:10 REPORTS.
09:48:11 PUBLIC SAFETY, MR. MIRANDA.
09:48:12 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
09:48:13 MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:48:14 CHAIRMAN, MOVE ITEMS ON THE
09:48:17 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 11-18.
09:48:18 >> SECOND.
09:48:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
09:48:19 MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA, SECOND
09:48:20 BY MR. MANISCALCO.
09:48:21 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
09:48:21 AYE.
09:48:23 OPPOSED.
09:48:24 PARKS, RECREATION,
09:48:25 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:48:25 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
09:48:26 VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:48:28 I MOVE ITEMS 19-30.
09:48:29 >> SECOND.
09:48:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:48:31 MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO,
09:48:32 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
09:48:33 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:48:34 AYE.
09:48:34 OPPOSED.
09:48:36 OKAY.
09:48:38 GO TO PUBLIC WORKS, MS. CAPIN.
09:48:39 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU,
09:48:39 MR. CHAIR.
09:48:43 I MOVE ITEM 31 -- I'M SORRY --
09:48:45 31-48.
09:48:45 >> SECOND.
09:48:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
09:48:48 MS. CAPIN, SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
09:48:49 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:48:50 AYE.
09:48:53 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:48:53 MOTION CARRIED.
09:48:54 ITEM -- FINANCE COMMITTEE,
09:48:55 MR. COHEN.
09:48:56 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU,
09:48:56 MR. CHAIR.
09:48:57 I MOVE ITEM 49.
09:48:59 >> SECOND.
09:49:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
09:49:01 MOTION FROM MR. COHEN, SECOND
09:49:02 BY MR. MIRANDA.
09:49:03 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:49:03 AYE.
09:49:04 OPPOSED.
09:49:04 ALL RIGHT.
09:49:06 BUILDING, ZONING, AND
09:49:07 PRESERVATION, MR. VIERA.
09:49:08 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
09:49:09 MR. CHAIR.
09:49:13 I HEREBY MOVE ITEMS 50-54 AND
09:49:15 56-64.
09:49:16 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SECOND.
09:49:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
09:49:18 MR. VIERA, SECOND BY
09:49:19 MR. SUAREZ.
09:49:20 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
09:49:23 OPPOSED.
09:49:25 >> DO YOU WISH TO MOVE ITEM 55?
09:49:27 >>LUIS VIERA: I MERELY OMITTED
09:49:30 IT.
09:49:30 AND ALSO MAKE A MOTION TO
09:49:31 REMOVE ITEM 55.
09:49:31 >> SECOND.
09:49:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
09:49:34 MR. VIERA, SECOND BY
09:49:35 MR. MIRANDA.
09:49:35 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:49:37 AYE.
09:49:37 OPPOSED.
09:49:38 NOW TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE,
09:49:39 MR. SUAREZ.
09:49:39 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
09:49:39 CHAIR.
09:49:41 I MOVE ITEMS 65-78.
09:49:41 >> SECOND.
09:49:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
09:49:43 MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ,
09:49:44 SECONDED BY MR. COHEN.
09:49:45 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:49:45 AYE.
09:49:46 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:49:49 OKAY.
09:49:54 NO. 78, MR. --
09:49:55 >> 79?
09:49:59 I'M SORRY, 79, SIR?
09:50:02 ON 78 YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
09:50:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH.
09:50:04 WE JUST HAVE TO MOVE THE
09:50:06 RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT'S OVER $3
09:50:09 MILLION THRESHOLD.
09:50:10 >> 348,000.
09:50:12 >> I THINK IT WAS PART --
09:50:13 >> IT WAS PART OF THE MOTION?
09:50:14 >> YES, SIR.
09:50:15 I ALREADY MOVED THAT, SIR.
09:50:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OH, OKAY.
09:50:15 >> I APOLOGIZE.
09:50:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: I DIDN'T HEAR
09:50:17 78.
09:50:18 ALL RIGHT.
09:50:22 SO WE'LL GO TO ITEMS SET FOR A
09:50:23 PUBLIC HEARING.
09:50:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
09:50:25 MR. CHAIRMAN, MOVE THOSE ITEMS
09:50:27 FOR PUBLIC HEARING 79-83.
09:50:28 >> SECOND.
09:50:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:50:29 WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
09:50:31 MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
09:50:31 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:50:33 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:50:33 AYE.
09:50:34 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:50:35 ALL RIGHT.
09:50:36 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. CHAIR, I'D
09:50:37 LIKE TO OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARINGS
09:50:40 84-93, I BELIEVE.
09:50:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SECOND.
09:50:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:50:47 84 -- WHAT WAS IT, 93?
09:50:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: 93, SIR, YES.
09:50:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
09:50:51 MR. SUAREZ, SECONDED BY
09:50:52 MR. MIRANDA.
09:50:53 ALL IN FAVOR OF THOSE MOTIONS
09:50:54 SAY AYE.
09:50:55 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:50:55 OKAY.
09:50:58 ITEM NO. 79 --
09:51:00 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:51:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE HERE
09:51:04 FOR ITEM NO. 79.
09:51:06 >> 84.
09:51:08 >>MIKE SUAREZ: [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:51:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:51:11 ITEM NO. 84.
09:51:13 [LAUGHTER]
09:51:13 YEAH.
09:51:14 OKAY.
09:51:15 84.
09:51:16 >>LaCHONE DOCK: GOOD MORNING,
09:51:19 CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL, LaCHONE
09:51:21 DOCK, PLANNING AND URBAN
09:51:21 DESIGN.
09:51:23 COUNCIL, THIS IS ITEM 84.
09:51:23 THIS IS PART OF THE JANUARY
09:51:25 2018 AMENDMENT TEXT CYCLE.
09:51:28 THIS IS FOR A PUBLICLY
09:51:30 INITIATED AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER
09:51:30 27.
09:51:31 THIS INVOLVES A CHANGE TO
09:51:34 27-211, WHICH IS THE SEMINOLE
09:51:34 HEIGHTS DISTRICT.
09:51:36 THIS INCLUDES THREE CHANGES TO
09:51:37 THIS SECTION OF THE CODE.
09:51:38 SOME OF THE ITEMS ARE CLEANUP
09:51:41 AND SOME OF THEM WERE ADDITION
09:51:43 TO THE NOTES SECTION OF THE
09:51:43 CODE.
09:51:44 THIS IS BEFORE YOU FOR SECOND
09:51:45 READING THIS MORNING.
09:51:47 I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY
09:51:47 QUESTIONS.
09:51:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
09:51:48 AT THIS TIME?
09:51:48 ALL RIGHT.
09:51:50 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
09:51:51 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 84?
09:51:52 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
09:51:53 >> SECOND.
09:51:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:51:55 I'VE GOT A MOTION TO CLOSE BY
09:51:56 MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
09:51:56 MR. SUAREZ.
09:51:57 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
09:51:58 AYE.
09:52:00 ANY OPPOSED?
09:52:01 MR. MANISCALCO, ITEM NO. 84,
09:52:02 WILL YOU BE KIND ENOUGH TO
09:52:03 READ.
09:52:04 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
09:52:04 VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
09:52:06 I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
09:52:08 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
09:52:09 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF
09:52:10 THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
09:52:12 RELATING TO MINOR REVISIONS AND
09:52:14 CORRECTIONS TO SEMINOLE HEIGHTS
09:52:15 SPECIAL DISTRICT, MAKING
09:52:15 REVISIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:52:19 CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 27,
09:52:20 ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT,
09:52:24 AMENDING SECTION 27-211.1,
09:52:24 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE
09:52:26 PROCEDURES; AMENDING SECTION
09:52:28 27-211.2, ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
09:52:29 REGULATING MAP, ESTABLISHMENT
09:52:31 OF SUBDISTRICTS, AND ASSOCIATED
09:52:33 GENERAL LAND DEVELOPMENT
09:52:35 REGULATIONS BY SUBDISTRICT AND
09:52:37 DEVELOPMENT FORM; AMENDING
09:52:41 SECTION 27-211.2.1, GENERAL
09:52:42 DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
09:52:45 FOR SEMINOLE HEIGHTS,
09:52:46 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY,
09:52:48 DETACHED SH-RS, DISTRICT;
09:52:50 REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR
09:52:52 PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
09:52:53 THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
09:52:53 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
09:52:54 EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:52:55 >> SECOND.
09:52:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:52:57 THERE'S A MOTION FROM
09:52:58 MR. MANISCALCO, SECONDED BY
09:53:00 MR. MIRANDA.
09:53:01 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
09:53:03 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH VIERA
09:53:04 BEING ABSENT.
09:53:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 85.
09:53:07 >>LaCHONE DOCK: GOOD MORNING,
09:53:09 COUNCIL.
09:53:10 LaCHONE DOCK, PLANNING AND
09:53:10 URBAN DESIGN.
09:53:13 COUNCIL, THIS IS ITEM NO. 85.
09:53:13 THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE
09:53:13 JANUARY CYCLE OF TEXT
09:53:13 AMENDMENTS.
09:53:15 THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER
09:53:15 27.
09:53:18 THIS IS SECTION 27-177, TABLE
09:53:19 8-2.
09:53:22 THIS IS PART OF THE HISTORIC
09:53:23 DISTRICT ESTABLISHMENT FOR YBOR
09:53:24 CITY, SO THIS IS BEFORE YOU FOR
09:53:25 SECOND READING, AND I'M
09:53:27 AVAILABLE FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE
09:53:27 ANY QUESTIONS.
09:53:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:53:29 ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
09:53:30 ALL RIGHT.
09:53:31 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO
09:53:32 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 85?
09:53:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO
09:53:34 CLOSE.
09:53:36 >> SECOND.
09:53:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOVED BY
09:53:38 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
09:53:38 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:53:39 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:53:40 AYE.
09:53:42 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:53:44 MR. COHEN, WOULD YOU READ 85?
09:53:46 >>HARRY COHEN: I WILL.
09:53:48 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND
09:53:50 READING ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
09:53:50 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
09:53:53 RELATING TO FLOOR AREA RATIO IN
09:53:55 YBOR CITY, MAKING REVISIONS TO
09:53:55 CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF
09:53:57 ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 27, ZONING
09:53:59 AND LAND DEVELOPMENT; AMENDING
09:54:02 SECTION 27-177, HISTORIC
09:54:03 DISTRICT ESTABLISHED; REPEALING
09:54:05 ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
09:54:06 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
09:54:07 THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR
09:54:07 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN
09:54:08 EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:54:09 >> SECOND.
09:54:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
09:54:10 MOTION BY MR. COHEN, SECONDED
09:54:11 BY MR. MIRANDA.
09:54:17 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
09:54:19 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:54:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:54:22 ANYONE GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEMS
09:54:24 86-93, PLEASE STAND TO BE
09:54:25 SWORN.
09:54:28 86-93.
09:54:28 [PARTICIPANTS SWORN IN]
09:54:35 ALL RIGHT.
09:54:38 ITEM NO. 86.
09:54:38 >>LaCHONE DOCK: GOOD MORNING,
09:54:40 AGAIN, COUNCIL.
09:54:42 LaCHONE DOCK, PLANNING AND
09:54:43 URBAN DESIGN.
09:54:44 THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU FOR
09:54:45 SECOND READING THIS MORNING.
09:54:46 THIS IS A CORRECTION TO A NOTE
09:54:48 APPROVED THROUGH REZONING
09:54:50 14-20, AND I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU
09:54:51 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
09:54:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
09:54:53 FOR STAFF?
09:54:54 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO
09:54:57 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 86?
09:54:58 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
09:54:59 >> SECOND.
09:54:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A
09:55:01 MOTION BY MR. COHEN, SECOND BY
09:55:02 MR. MIRANDA.
09:55:03 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
09:55:04 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:55:05 MR. SUAREZ, WOULD YOU READ ITEM
09:55:06 NO. 86.
09:55:07 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
09:55:08 CHAIR.
09:55:10 I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR
09:55:11 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
09:55:14 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
09:55:15 NO. 2014-66, PASSED AND
09:55:18 ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
09:55:19 THE CITY OF TAMPA, ON AUGUST
09:55:22 7th, 2014, CORRECTING A
09:55:23 SCRIVENER'S ERROR BY
09:55:25 SUBSTITUTING A NEW SITE PLAN
09:55:27 FOR THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED
09:55:28 SITE PLAN TO REFLECT THE
09:55:30 CORRECT WORDING FOR NOTE NO.
09:55:31 18; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
09:55:33 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:55:33 >> SECOND.
09:55:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
09:55:34 MR. SUAREZ, SECONDED
09:55:34 BY MIRANDA.
09:55:38 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
09:55:40 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:55:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 87.
09:55:46 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: GOOD MORNING,
09:55:49 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
09:55:52 MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND
09:55:52 DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
09:55:57 NOs. 87-93 ARE SECOND READINGS
09:55:57 FROM YOUR JULY 19th FIRST
09:55:58 READING AT THE EVENING
09:55:58 SESSIONS.
09:55:59 ALL REQUIRED CHANGES HAVE BEEN
09:56:00 MADE.
09:56:00 THANK YOU.
09:56:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:56:02 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO
09:56:04 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 87?
09:56:05 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
09:56:05 >> SECOND.
09:56:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:56:07 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA,
09:56:09 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
09:56:11 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:56:11 AYE.
09:56:12 OPPOSED.
09:56:14 MR. VIERA, WOULD YOU READ ITEM
09:56:14 NO. 87.
09:56:17 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR,
09:56:18 MR. CHAIR.
09:56:21 I HEREBY MOVE AN ORDINANCE
09:56:23 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
09:56:24 READING CONSIDERATION AND
09:56:27 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING
09:56:28 PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
09:56:31 VICINITY OF 2702, 2710, 2730,
09:56:35 AND 2966 NORTH DALE MABRY
09:56:38 HIGHWAY, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
09:56:38 FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY
09:56:40 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM
09:56:42 ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION,
09:56:44 CI, COMMERCIAL INTENSIVE, AND
09:56:46 PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
09:56:47 VEHICLE SALES AND LEASING,
09:56:50 VEHICLE REPAIR, TO PD, PLANNED
09:56:51 DEVELOPMENT, VEHICLE SALES AND
09:56:53 LEASING, MINOR AND MAJOR
09:56:55 VEHICLE REPAIR, RETAIL SALES,
09:56:58 SHOPPER'S GOODS AND WAREHOUSE;
09:56:59 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:56:59 >> SECOND.
09:57:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
09:57:01 MR. VIERA, SECONDED BY
09:57:02 MR. MIRANDA.
09:57:04 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
09:57:06 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:57:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:57:09 ITEM NO. 88.
09:57:11 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO
09:57:12 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 88.
09:57:14 STAFF.
09:57:16 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY,
09:57:16 SAMANIEGO.
09:57:21 THE APPLICANT'S OUT OF THE
09:57:21 COUNTRY.
09:57:22 I SAID I WOULD REPRESENT THE
09:57:23 APPLICATION.
09:57:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:57:25 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
09:57:26 SPEAK TO ITEM NO. 88?
09:57:27 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
09:57:28 >> SECOND.
09:57:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
09:57:30 MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
09:57:31 MR. SUAREZ.
09:57:32 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:57:33 AYE.
09:57:33 OPPOSED.
09:57:34 MR. MIRANDA.
09:57:36 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FILE NO.
09:57:38 REZ18-53, AN ORDINANCE BEING
09:57:39 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
09:57:40 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
09:57:41 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
09:57:43 GENERAL VICINITY OF 1420 WEST
09:57:44 BUSCH BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF
09:57:45 TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
09:57:46 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
09:57:48 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
09:57:51 CLASSIFICATION, RS-50,
09:57:51 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO
09:57:53 CG, COMMERCIAL GENERAL;
09:57:53 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:57:54 >> SECOND.
09:57:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
09:57:57 FROM MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
09:57:59 MR. SUAREZ.
09:58:00 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
09:58:05 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH COHEN
09:58:06 BEING ABSENT.
09:58:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:58:09 ITEM NO. 89.
09:58:10 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO
09:58:14 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 89?
09:58:18 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:58:21 MY NAME'S LESLIE VAN TRUMP, AND
09:58:22 I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU
09:58:24 APPROVE THE SUBMITTED PD SITE
09:58:25 PLAN.
09:58:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:58:26 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
09:58:28 PETITIONER?
09:58:30 ALL RIGHT.
09:58:31 ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE -- IN
09:58:33 THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON
09:58:37 ITEM NO. 89.
09:58:38 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
09:58:39 >> SECOND.
09:58:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
09:58:41 MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
09:58:41 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:58:43 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
09:58:44 AYE.
09:58:45 THOSE OPPOSED.
09:58:47 MS. CAPIN, WOULD YOU READ ITEM
09:58:48 NO. 89.
09:58:49 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES, I WILL,
09:58:50 MR. CHAIR.
09:58:50 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
09:58:50 FOR SECOND READING AND
09:58:52 ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING
09:58:53 PROPERTY IN THE GENERAL
09:58:56 VICINITY OF 4523 WEST CHESTNUT
09:58:57 STREET, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
09:58:58 FLORIDA, AND MORE PARTICULARLY
09:59:00 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1, FROM
09:59:01 ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION
09:59:02 RS-50, RESIDENTIAL,
09:59:04 SINGLE-FAMILY, TO PD, PLANNED
09:59:06 DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL,
09:59:06 MULTIFAMILY; PROVIDING FOR AN
09:59:07 EFFECTIVE DATE.
09:59:08 >> SECOND.
09:59:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:59:08 WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
09:59:10 MR. CAPIN, SECONDED BY
09:59:13 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:59:13 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
09:59:19 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
09:59:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
09:59:22 ITEM NO. 90, ANYONE IN THE
09:59:24 AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM
09:59:25 NO. 90?
09:59:27 >> COUNCIL MR. CHAIRMAN,
09:59:29 COUNCIL, MICHAEL HORNER
09:59:30 REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT,
09:59:32 HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
09:59:33 APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
09:59:34 THANK YOU.
09:59:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE FROM
09:59:36 THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK?
09:59:37 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
09:59:38 >> SECOND.
09:59:41 >>KRISTIN MORA: VERY QUICKLY,
09:59:42 KRISTIN MORA, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
09:59:44 THERE IS A REVISION FOR THE
09:59:45 MOTION THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS.
09:59:47 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU
09:59:48 SAW THAT.
09:59:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:59:51 MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED
09:59:51 BY MR. MANISCALCO.
09:59:52 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
09:59:54 AYE.
09:59:56 NOBODY'S SAYING AYE?
09:59:57 OH, OKAY.
09:59:59 ALL RIGHT.
10:00:01 MR. MANISCALCO, WOULD YOU READ
10:00:01 NO. 90.
10:00:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
10:00:03 VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:00:04 I HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND
10:00:05 READING ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
10:00:07 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
10:00:08 GENERAL VICINITY OF 210 AND 212
10:00:10 NORTH ALBANY AVENUE, IN THE
10:00:12 CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
10:00:13 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:00:14 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING
10:00:16 CLASSIFICATION RM-16,
10:00:17 RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO
10:00:18 PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
10:00:20 RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY;
10:00:20 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:00:21 >> SECOND.
10:00:26 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:00:27 MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO,
10:00:29 SECONDED BY MR. COHEN.
10:00:30 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:00:31 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH SUAREZ
10:00:33 BEING ABSENT.
10:00:34 >> AND I HAVE THE RESOLUTION TO
10:00:35 MOVE.
10:00:35 >> SECOND.
10:00:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:00:39 A MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO TO
10:00:40 MOVE THE RESOLUTION, SECONDED
10:00:41 BY MR. COHEN.
10:00:43 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
10:00:43 AYE.
10:00:46 OKAY.
10:00:46 OPPOSED.
10:00:47 ALL RIGHT.
10:00:47 THANK YOU.
10:00:50 NO. 91.
10:00:51 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
10:00:52 MEMBERS.
10:00:53 GINA GRIMES WITH THE LAW FIRM
10:00:55 OF HILL WARD HENDERSON.
10:00:56 I'M HERE THIS MORNING
10:00:57 REPRESENTING THE SCHOOL
10:00:58 DISTRICT ON THIS SECOND READING
10:00:59 ON THIS REZONING.
10:01:00 I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY
10:01:00 QUESTIONS.
10:01:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:01:01 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
10:01:02 APPLICANT?
10:01:03 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:01:05 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 91?
10:01:06 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:01:07 >> SECOND.
10:01:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'VE GOT A
10:01:09 MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA,
10:01:10 SECONDED BY MR. COHEN.
10:01:11 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:01:13 AYE.
10:01:15 MR. COHEN, WOULD YOU READ NO.
10:01:16 91.
10:01:16 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
10:01:17 MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
10:01:18 I WILL.
10:01:19 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND
10:01:22 READING ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
10:01:23 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
10:01:25 GENERAL VICINITY OF 6311 SOUTH
10:01:27 LOIS AVENUE IN THE CITY OF
10:01:28 TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
10:01:29 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:01:31 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:01:33 CLASSIFICATION RS-60,
10:01:35 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO
10:01:36 RM-16, RESIDENTIAL,
10:01:39 MULTIFAMILY; PROVIDING AN
10:01:39 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:01:40 >> SECOND.
10:01:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HAVE A
10:01:41 MOTION FROM MR. COHEN, SECONDED
10:01:43 BY MR. SUAREZ.
10:01:48 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:01:51 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:01:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:01:54 ITEM NO. 92, ANYONE IN THE
10:01:55 AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM
10:01:58 NO. 92?
10:02:00 >> GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN,
10:02:01 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
10:02:04 MY NAME IS MARK BENTLEY, 401
10:02:05 EAST JACKSON STREET,
10:02:06 REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
10:02:06 I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY
10:02:08 QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE,
10:02:08 AND WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY
10:02:09 REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
10:02:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
10:02:11 FOR THE APPLICANT?
10:02:12 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:02:14 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 92?
10:02:15 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:02:16 >> SECOND.
10:02:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'VE GOT A
10:02:17 MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA,
10:02:18 SECONDED BY MR. COHEN.
10:02:20 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
10:02:20 AYE.
10:02:21 THOSE OPPOSED.
10:02:23 MR. SUAREZ, WOULD YOU READ 92,
10:02:23 SIR?
10:02:24 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
10:02:24 CHAIR.
10:02:25 I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR
10:02:26 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:02:28 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
10:02:30 THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 7210
10:02:31 INTERBAY BOULEVARD, IN THE CITY
10:02:32 OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
10:02:34 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:02:35 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:02:37 CLASSIFICATION IG, INDUSTRIAL
10:02:40 GENERAL, TO RM-24, RESIDENTIAL,
10:02:41 MULTIFAMILY; PROVIDING AN
10:02:41 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:02:42 >> SECOND.
10:02:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:02:44 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ,
10:02:46 SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
10:02:47 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:03:04 >> I'M TRYING TO -- I'VE GOT
10:03:04 SIX --
10:03:05 >>YVONNE CAPIN: DID YOU GET IT
10:03:07 NOW?
10:03:08 I DIDN'T PRESS IT HARD ENOUGH.
10:03:12 >> OKAY.
10:03:13 I HAVE MOTION CARRIED
10:03:15 UNANIMOUSLY.
10:03:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:03:17 THANK YOU, SIR.
10:03:18 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:03:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 93.
10:03:26 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:03:28 FRANCISCO OTERO-COSSIO,
10:03:30 REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
10:03:32 I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU
10:03:34 CONSIDER THIS REQUEST.
10:03:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:03:35 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE
10:03:39 APPLICANT?
10:03:40 ALL RIGHT.
10:03:40 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:03:42 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 93?
10:03:43 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:03:44 >> SECOND.
10:03:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
10:03:46 MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED
10:03:46 BY MR. MANISCALCO.
10:03:48 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:03:50 THOSE OPPOSED.
10:03:51 MR. VIERA.
10:03:52 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
10:03:53 MR. CHAIR.
10:03:56 I HEREBY MOVE AN ORDINANCE
10:03:56 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
10:03:57 READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:04:00 ORDINANCE APPROVING A SPECIAL
10:04:01 USE PERMIT, S-2, APPROVING
10:04:04 PARKING, OFF-STREET COMMERCIAL
10:04:06 IN AN RS-50 RESIDENTIAL,
10:04:07 SINGLE-FAMILY, ZONING DISTRICT
10:04:09 IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3425
10:04:10 WEST BRADDOCK STREET, IN THE
10:04:12 CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND AS
10:04:13 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:04:17 SECTION 1, HEREOF; PROVIDING AN
10:04:17 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:04:17 >> SECOND.
10:04:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:04:19 I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
10:04:20 MR. VIERA, SECONDED BY
10:04:21 MR. MIRANDA.
10:04:22 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:04:28 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH SUAREZ
10:04:29 VOTING NO.
10:04:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:04:33 IT'S NOT 10:30, SO WE CAN'T
10:04:35 MOVE TO THAT PUBLIC HEARING, SO
10:04:37 I'M GOING TO GO TO STAFF
10:04:40 REPORT.
10:04:43 ITEM NO. 96 ON STAFF REPORT.
10:04:48 >>SAL TERRITO: SAL TERRITO,
10:04:48 LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
10:04:50 WE'RE HERE ON NO. 96, WHICH
10:04:51 WOULD BE THE FIRST READING ON
10:04:53 THE PROPOSED CHARTER CHANGES.
10:04:55 I HAVE -- IF YOU HAVE ANY
10:04:56 QUESTIONS, IF THESE ARE
10:04:57 APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND
10:04:58 GO TO THE SECOND READING, THEY
10:05:01 WILL GO TO THE SUPERVISOR OF
10:05:03 ELECTIONS, AND THEY WILL BE ON
10:05:06 YOUR MARCH 5th, 2019, BALLOT.
10:05:07 IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON
10:05:08 THESE, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
10:05:09 THEM.
10:05:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:05:11 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
10:05:18 OKAY.
10:05:19 YEAH.
10:05:20 >> I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
10:05:21 PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING
10:05:22 CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE
10:05:23 RELATING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
10:05:24 THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
10:05:27 SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF
10:05:29 THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
10:05:30 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND
10:05:30 ADDITIONS TO THE REVISED
10:05:32 CHARTER OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:05:35 FLORIDA 1975, AS AMENDED;
10:05:35 REGARDING ALL CHARTER SECTIONS
10:05:37 TO REMOVE GENDER DESIGNATIONS,
10:05:39 CORRECT TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS,
10:05:41 REMOVE REDUNDANCIES, AND REMOVE
10:05:43 OBSOLETE PROVISIONS, AND TO
10:05:45 AMEND CHARTER SECTIONS 2.01,
10:05:46 "CITY
10:05:48 COUNCIL-COMPOSITION-DISTRICTS";
10:05:50 SECTION 2.04, "STAFF"; SECTION
10:05:54 2.09 "PROCEDURE"; SECTION 3.01,
10:05:56 "CITY CLERK"; SECTION 4.01,
10:05:59 "MAYOR"; SECTION 5.01,
10:06:02 "DEPARTMENTS"; SECTION 5.03
10:06:03 "ADDITIONAL DUTIES"; SECTION
10:06:07 6.01, "OFFICERS"; SECTION 6.02,
10:06:10 "TERM"; SECTION 6.03,
10:06:13 "APPOINTMENTS"; SECTION 6.06,
10:06:15 "OATH'; SECTION 6.06,
10:06:17 "SALARIES"; SECTION 7.05,
10:06:19 "MILLAGE"; SECTION 7.08,
10:06:21 "DIVERSION OF FUNDS"; SECTION
10:06:23 7.10, "INVESTMENT OF FUNDS";
10:06:26 SECTION 9.01, "BOARDS"; SECTION
10:06:28 10.01, "MISCELLANEOUS -
10:06:30 ELECTIONS AND VACANCIES";
10:06:33 SECTION 10.03, "DISCRIMINATION
10:06:36 PROHIBITED"; SECTION 10.07,
10:06:36 "INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM";
10:06:36 ADD SECTION 10.10, "CHARTER
10:06:36 REVIEW" AND SECTION 10.11 --
10:06:36 >> SECOND.
10:06:37 >> -- "CHARTER AMENDMENT";
10:06:37 PROVIDING FOR A REFERENDUM;
10:06:40 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:06:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'VE GOT A
10:06:43 MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO,
10:06:44 SECOND BY MS. CAPIN.
10:06:44 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
10:06:45 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
10:06:46 MOTION SAY AYE.
10:06:48 THOSE OPPOSED.
10:06:50 >> MR. CHAIR, SECOND READING
10:06:51 AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
10:06:53 AUGUST 23rd, 2018, AT 9:30 A.M.
10:06:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:06:58 GO WITH ITEM NO. 97.
10:07:06 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: GOOD MORNING,
10:07:07 CHAIRMAN REDDICK AND MEMBERS OF
10:07:08 CITY COUNCIL.
10:07:10 I'M KIMBERLY CRUM, DIRECTOR OF
10:07:11 HUMAN RESOURCES.
10:07:14 I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY
10:07:16 REGARDING A REQUEST TO RETURN
10:07:17 REGARDING IMPLICIT BIAS
10:07:19 TRAINING AND HOW WE ARE
10:07:21 CONDUCTING OUR IMPLICIT BIAS
10:07:22 TRAINING AS PART OF OUR
10:07:24 DIVERSITY AWARENESS TRAINING,
10:07:25 WHICH EXISTS CURRENTLY, AND
10:07:27 THEN ALSO A FOLLOW-ON REQUEST
10:07:28 FOR ONGOING UPTRAINING, IF YOU
10:07:31 WILL, FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
10:07:34 WE HAVE REVIEWED OUR DIVERSITY
10:07:36 TRAINING AND ARE PLEASED WITH
10:07:38 WHAT WE SEE.
10:07:39 UNCONSCIOUS BIAS HAS BEEN WOVEN
10:07:41 THROUGHOUT THAT TRAINING UP
10:07:42 UNTIL NOW, AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN
10:07:43 ABLE TO DO THROUGH DISCUSSIONS
10:07:46 OVER RECENT WEEKS SINCE WE -- I
10:07:48 WAS HERE BEFORE YOU LAST WAS TO
10:07:51 REALLY EMBOLDEN MORE DISCUSSION
10:07:53 AND DEEPER DISCUSSION IN AN
10:07:54 EFFORT TO HELP MAKE EMPLOYEES
10:08:00 MORE AWARE OF -- OF IMPLICIT
10:08:01 BIAS IN THE WORKPLACE AND MAKE
10:08:02 SURE THAT WE'RE BEING MORE
10:08:05 INTENTIONAL IN OUR THINKING AS
10:08:06 WE'RE DEALING WITH OUR
10:08:08 DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES.
10:08:09 SO CURRENTLY WE'VE EXPANDED
10:08:11 SEVERAL AREAS OF DISCUSSION
10:08:13 WITHIN OUR CURRENT TRAINING TO
10:08:14 HIGHLIGHT THAT.
10:08:16 ADDITIONALLY, WE CONTINUE TO
10:08:19 COVER FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL
10:08:20 LAWS REGARDING DISCRIMINATION
10:08:23 AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
10:08:25 AND FINALLY, WE ALWAYS INCLUDE
10:08:27 AN ACTIVITY THAT ALLOWS THE
10:08:29 EMPLOYEES SOME TECHNIQUES WHERE
10:08:31 THEY CAN REDIRECT ANY COMMENTS
10:08:33 IN THE WORKPLACE THAT THEY
10:08:35 MIGHT FEEL ARE HARMFUL OR
10:08:36 HURTFUL.
10:08:39 SO MOVING FORWARD AS IT RELATES
10:08:40 TO FOLLOW-ON TRAINING FOR
10:08:42 CURRENT EMPLOYEES, WE CERTAINLY
10:08:46 RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
10:08:48 MORE IN THAT AREA.
10:08:49 CURRENTLY, YOU MAY BE AWARE
10:08:51 THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR APPROVALS
10:08:53 THAT WE IMPLEMENTED AN ERP
10:08:55 SOLUTION SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT
10:08:56 HANDLED AUTOMATED TIMEKEEPING
10:08:59 AS WELL AS OUR PAYROLL
10:09:01 FUNCTION, BUT AS PART OF THAT
10:09:03 HR PORTION OF THE SYSTEM, IT
10:09:06 ALSO INCLUDES AN ONLINE
10:09:09 TRAINING TRACKING SYSTEM, THE
10:09:11 EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT PORTAL,
10:09:12 AND WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING
10:09:15 THAT NOW FOR ABOUT A YEAR.
10:09:16 CURRENT TRAINING THAT WE OFFER
10:09:18 AND THE TRACKING OF THAT
10:09:20 TRAINING IS ALREADY
10:09:21 IMPLEMENTED.
10:09:22 WE'RE USING IT TODAY.
10:09:24 IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE.
10:09:25 OUR NEXT PHASE THAT WE'RE
10:09:27 WORKING ON IS IMPLEMENTING KIND
10:09:29 OF A CAREER PATHING WHERE YOU
10:09:31 CAN -- FOR EACH EMPLOYEE OR
10:09:33 EACH EMPLOYEE CLASS, YOU CAN
10:09:35 OUTLINE WHAT COURSES NEED TO BE
10:09:36 TAKEN, AND SO YOU CAN
10:09:37 CONTINUOUSLY FOLLOW ON TO MAKE
10:09:40 SURE THAT THOSE COURSES ARE
10:09:42 COMPLETED AND CHECKED OFF THE
10:09:43 LIST.
10:09:44 EXCEPTION REPORTING IS A PART
10:09:46 OF THAT IMPLEMENTATION, SO
10:09:47 WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL REPORTS
10:09:49 FOR WHAT IS NEEDED BY AN
10:09:51 INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE OR WITHIN A
10:09:51 WORK GROUP.
10:09:54 NOW, AS PART OF THAT, THE NEXT
10:09:54 EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US
10:09:57 WITH THE EDP IS TO IMPLEMENT A
10:09:59 CONTENT SERVER, AND IF YOU QUIZ
10:10:01 ME A LOT ON THE CONTENT SERVER,
10:10:03 I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR WE'D GET,
10:10:05 BUT WHAT IT WILL DO THAT
10:10:07 RELATES TO IMPLICIT BIAS
10:10:09 TRAINING IS IT ALLOWS US TO
10:10:11 OFFER WEBINAR TYPE OF TRAINING
10:10:12 SO THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE IF YOU
10:10:16 NEED TO UPTRAIN 4,000 PEOPLE IN
10:10:17 A PARTICULAR TOPIC, IT'S NOT
10:10:18 GOING TO BE VERY EFFICIENT TO
10:10:21 DO THAT IN A CLASSROOM STYLE,
10:10:22 AND SO WHAT MANY OTHER
10:10:23 JURISDICTIONS AND MOST
10:10:24 CORPORATIONS HAVE BEEN DOING
10:10:26 FOR SOMETIME IS TO BE ABLE TO
10:10:27 DELIVER THAT CONTENT AT THE
10:10:31 DESKTOP, SO THERE'S NO TRAVEL
10:10:31 TIME, THERE'S NO WASTED TIME,
10:10:34 IT'S A VERY EFFICIENT WAY TO
10:10:36 PROVIDE UPTRAINING, AND SO WITH
10:10:37 THE CONTENT SERVER, WE'LL BE
10:10:39 ABLE TO TAKE TRAINING THAT'S
10:10:42 CREATED AND LOAD IT INTO THE
10:10:43 CONTENT SERVER SO THAT IT CAN
10:10:44 BE PULLED UP.
10:10:46 IT CAN INCLUDE THINGS LIKE
10:10:48 POWERPOINT WITH VOICEOVER, IT
10:10:49 CAN INCLUDE VIDEOS EMBEDDED
10:10:50 INTO THE TRAINING, AND YOU CAN
10:10:52 ALSO HAVE A QUIZ ELEMENT SO
10:10:55 THAT YOU CAN ENSURE THAT
10:10:56 THERE'S -- THERE'S
10:10:57 COMPREHENSION OF THE MATERIAL
10:10:58 THAT'S PROVIDED.
10:11:00 AND SO THE CONTENT SERVER IS
10:11:01 OUR NEXT PHASE.
10:11:03 WE EXPECT THAT IT WOULD BE
10:11:06 IMPLEMENTED AND WE'D BE ABLE TO
10:11:07 BEGIN THIS TYPE OF TRAINING BY
10:11:10 THE FIRST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
10:11:12 AND SO THAT IS OUR UPDATE ON
10:11:14 IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, AND I'D
10:11:15 BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
10:11:16 THAT YOU HAVE.
10:11:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. VIERA.
10:11:17 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
10:11:19 MR. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR
10:11:20 YOUR PRESENTATION AND WORK, MS.
10:11:21 CRUM.
10:11:22 WE APPRECIATE IT.
10:11:24 SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
10:11:26 WHEN YOU HAD SPOKEN BEFORE, IF
10:11:28 I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE WAS
10:11:28 SOMETHING SAID TO THE EFFECT
10:11:30 THAT IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING
10:11:32 WASN'T AS ROBUST AN INCLUSION
10:11:34 IN THE CITY TRAINING AS IT
10:11:35 POTENTIALLY COULD BE.
10:11:36 WOULD THAT BE A CORRECT
10:11:37 ASSESSMENT?
10:11:38 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: ONLY
10:11:40 PARTIALLY.
10:11:42 WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE UNCONSCIOUS
10:11:43 BIAS AS PART OF OUR CURRENT
10:11:44 TRAINING TODAY.
10:11:46 IMPLICIT BIAS IS UNCONSCIOUS
10:11:50 BIAS, AND SO WE -- OUR CONTENT
10:11:51 AND OUR CLASSROOM SETTING TODAY
10:11:57 FOR NEW HIRES INCLUDES THAT.
10:11:58 WHAT I INTENDED TO SAY TODAY
10:12:00 AND MAYBE I WASN'T VERY CLEAR,
10:12:01 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION,
10:12:03 BUT CERTAINLY WE HAVE MADE THAT
10:12:06 MORE ROBUST AND WE HAVE IN
10:12:07 THREE SEPARATE SECTIONS OF THE
10:12:08 COURSE WHERE WE DO GROUP
10:12:10 DISCUSSION.
10:12:13 WE HAVE INCLUDED IMPLICIT BIAS
10:12:14 AS A PORTION OF THOSE
10:12:15 ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS.
10:12:16 >>LUIS VIERA: OKAY.
10:12:17 THANK YOU, MA'AM.
10:12:18 WELL, I BROUGHT UP THIS ISSUE
10:12:19 BECAUSE THIS WAS A VERY ROBUST
10:12:20 DISCUSSION THAT WAS OCCURRING
10:12:21 IN THE CHARTER REVIEW
10:12:24 COMMISSION.
10:12:26 WE APPARENTLY JUST MOVED ON THE
10:12:28 FIRST READING ON SOME
10:12:29 SUGGESTIONS, I GUESS, OR
10:12:31 OPPORTUNITIES, IF YOU WILL, FOR
10:12:31 THE VOTERS TO MOVE ON THIS
10:12:33 ISSUE, AND I THINK THAT IT'S
10:12:34 IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHERE
10:12:35 THE CITY STANDS ON THIS ISSUE
10:12:37 BEFORE VOTERS MOVE FORWARD ON
10:12:38 IT.
10:12:39 I THINK THAT IN OUR OWN TIME
10:12:41 WE'RE BECOMING MORE AND MORE
10:12:42 SENSITIVE TO ISSUES INVOLVING
10:12:45 OUR DIFFERENCES AND WHATNOT,
10:12:46 AND NOT ONLY THE POTENTIAL
10:12:50 LIABILITIES THAT LIE WITH A
10:12:51 CITY OR MUNICIPALITY, BUT ALSO
10:12:52 THE MORAL ISSUES THAT ARE
10:12:52 INVOLVED THERE.
10:12:54 WE'RE A VERY DIVERSE CITY, WE
10:12:55 HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN OUR
10:12:55 CITY.
10:12:57 I KNOW THAT I COME FROM A
10:12:58 DISTRICT, PROUDLY, THAT'S A
10:13:01 VERY, VERY DIVERSE DISTRICT,
10:13:02 ESPECIALLY RELIGIOUSLY, WHERE
10:13:04 YOU HAVE PEOPLE OF THE HINDU
10:13:07 FACE AND ISLAMIC FAITH, ET
10:13:09 CETERA, SO ROBUST SYSTEM OF
10:13:11 IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING IS
10:13:12 SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY MAKES
10:13:13 SENSE.
10:13:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ?
10:13:14 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
10:13:15 CHAIR.
10:13:17 MS. CRUM, A QUICK QUESTION.
10:13:18 WHEN YOU DO BIAS TRAINING, YOU
10:13:21 KNOW, THE WAY I LOOK AT THE
10:13:22 TRAINING OF ANY EMPLOYEES,
10:13:23 THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TRAINING
10:13:25 MODULES IN MY HEAD.
10:13:26 I MAY BE WRONG ABOUT THIS.
10:13:29 YOU'RE THE HR PROFESSIONAL.
10:13:32 BUT THAT THE PEOPLE THAT DEAL
10:13:32 DIRECTLY WITH THE PUBLIC ALSO
10:13:33 HAVE A DIFFERENT COMPONENT AS
10:13:35 OPPOSED TO ONLY PEOPLE THAT
10:13:37 HAVE MAYBE IMPLICIT BIAS AMONG,
10:13:41 YOU KNOW, THEIR COLLEAGUES, SO
10:13:43 WHEN YOU -- HOW OFTEN DO THEY
10:13:46 TRAIN FOLKS TO HOW WE TREAT THE
10:13:48 PUBLIC AND HOW WE RESPOND TO
10:13:49 PUBLIC QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
10:13:51 AND THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE
10:13:52 HAVE BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT
10:13:54 HAPPENS THAT I HAVE SEEN -- AND
10:13:57 I'LL SAY THIS, NOT FROM OUR --
10:14:00 OUR CITY BUT FROM HART, WE HAVE
10:14:02 ISSUES ON CUSTOMER TRAINING ALL
10:14:05 THE TIME, AND SOMETIMES THERE
10:14:06 IS SOME BIAS AGAINST FOLKS THAT
10:14:09 WE ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE SURE
10:14:10 THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF.
10:14:12 HOW DO WE DO THAT IN TERMS OF
10:14:14 OUR TRAINING CURRENTLY WITH HR?
10:14:15 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: YOU KNOW, OUR
10:14:17 TRAINING REGARDING DIVERSITY IS
10:14:18 THE SAME FOR ALL EMPLOYEES,
10:14:20 AND, FRANKLY, IT'S -- I WOULD
10:14:22 BE HARD-PRESSED TO POINT TO AN
10:14:24 AREA OF THE CITY EMPLOYMENT
10:14:26 WHERE OUR EMPLOYEE IS NOT IN
10:14:27 CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC IN SOME
10:14:28 WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
10:14:29 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
10:14:30 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: WHETHER
10:14:31 THEY'RE FIELD EMPLOYEES, THEY
10:14:33 HAVE INTERACTION WITH THE
10:14:36 PUBLIC JUST -- NOT IN EQUAL
10:14:38 NUMBER MAYBE, BUT CERTAINLY,
10:14:39 THAT'S A POSSIBILITY IN THEIR
10:14:41 WORKPLACE EVERY DAY, JUST LIKE
10:14:42 IT WOULD BE AT A COUNTER OR
10:14:43 OVER THE PHONE.
10:14:45 SO WE DO HAVE CUSTOMER SERVICE
10:14:46 TRAINING ONGOING.
10:14:48 IT'S AVAILABLE TO EMPLOYEES.
10:14:51 WE HAVE DONE SOME CUSTOMIZATION
10:14:54 FOR VARIOUS WORK GROUPS THAT
10:14:55 ARE MORE HEAVILY PHONE WORK OR
10:14:58 MORE HEAVILY FACE-TO-FACE, SO
10:14:59 THAT IS AN ONGOING NEED, AND
10:15:00 IT'S AVAILABLE FOR ALL
10:15:02 EMPLOYEES.
10:15:03 >>MIKE SUAREZ: DO ANY
10:15:04 DEPARTMENT HEADS OR DOES HR DO
10:15:05 ANY KIND OF SPOT CHECKS TO MAKE
10:15:07 SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT
10:15:09 TRAINING HAS TAKEN ROOT AND
10:15:11 THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE
10:15:12 TREATING LET'S SAY EITHER THE
10:15:13 PUBLIC OR THEIR OWN COLLEAGUES
10:15:14 IN A CERTAIN WAY TO MAKE SURE
10:15:16 THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES?
10:15:17 SO AS AN EXAMPLE, MAYBE SOMEONE
10:15:20 IS THERE THAT'S A PART OF THE
10:15:21 GROUP THAT'S WATCHING WHAT'S
10:15:24 GOING ON, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU
10:15:25 KNOW, CAN GO THROUGH EITHER
10:15:28 SCENARIOS IN WHICH THEY'RE NOT,
10:15:31 YOU KNOW, DOING THE RIGHT THING
10:15:32 -- YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY
10:15:34 LEGAL ISSUES THAT ARE TIED UP
10:15:36 IN HR -- YOU KNOW, HR
10:15:37 DISCUSSIONS, THERE'S SO MANY
10:15:39 ISSUES OF JUST PLAIN KINDNESS
10:15:41 AND BEING A GOOD PERSON THAT
10:15:42 ARE TIED UP IN EVERYTHING THAT
10:15:45 WE DO, SOMETIMES WE LOSE SIGHT
10:15:45 OF THAT.
10:15:47 IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT
10:15:48 WHERE THEY'RE -- YOU KNOW,
10:15:49 YOU'RE DOING SOME SPOT CHECKING
10:15:51 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITHIN
10:15:52 DEPARTMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE
10:15:53 THAT?
10:15:54 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: YOU KNOW, I
10:15:56 WOULD HAZARD A GUESS.
10:15:58 I WOULD SPEAK WITHIN MY OWN
10:15:58 DEPARTMENT.
10:16:00 WE WORK IN A VERY OPEN CUBICLE
10:16:02 ENVIRONMENT, AND CERTAINLY,
10:16:03 THERE'S OPPORTUNITY IF A
10:16:04 CONSTITUENT RECEIVES NEGATIVE
10:16:06 SERVICE OR ONE OF OUR INTERNAL
10:16:07 CUSTOMERS RECEIVES SERVICE
10:16:09 THAT'S LESS THAN SATISFACTORY,
10:16:11 CERTAINLY, THERE'S A FEEDBACK
10:16:13 LOOP ON THAT, BUT ADDITIONALLY,
10:16:14 YOU KNOW, VERY FEW OF OUR
10:16:16 EMPLOYEES WORK IN A VACUUM
10:16:16 TODAY.
10:16:17 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SURE.
10:16:19 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: IT'S A PRETTY
10:16:19 OPEN ENVIRONMENT.
10:16:21 EVEN IN THE FIELD, THEY WORK IN
10:16:22 CREWS, TYPICALLY.
10:16:24 SO MY SENSE IS THAT WE HAVE A
10:16:26 VERY COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AS
10:16:27 DEPARTMENT HEADS AS TO WHAT'S
10:16:28 GOING ON IN OUR AREAS.
10:16:30 I THINK THAT'S HOW WE'VE BEEN
10:16:31 SUCCESSFUL IN DOING SOME
10:16:34 UPTRAINING IN SEVERAL AREAS,
10:16:34 NOT NECESSARILY BECAUSE OF
10:16:36 OVERT COMPLAINTS BUT BECAUSE OF
10:16:37 JUST A NEED FOR SOME REFOCUS
10:16:39 AND REDIRECTION AND SOME
10:16:41 INVESTMENT IN OUR PEOPLE,
10:16:41 FRANKLY.
10:16:43 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO YOUR ROLE IS
10:16:44 ESSENTIALLY TO GET WITH
10:16:45 DEPARTMENT HEADS AND TO MAKE
10:16:46 SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING
10:16:48 WHAT IS NECESSARY, BOTH ON THE
10:16:51 PUBLIC SIDE OF IT BUT ALSO IN
10:16:53 TERMS OF THE COLLEAGUE SIDE OF
10:16:55 IT ON A CONSTANT BASIS?
10:16:56 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: YES.
10:16:57 AND WE HAVE THOSE OPEN
10:16:58 DISCUSSIONS, AND THEY ARE FREE
10:17:00 TO ASK FOR ANY TYPE OF SUPPORT
10:17:02 THEY NEED, AND CERTAINLY WE CAN
10:17:02 RECOMMEND SUPPORT.
10:17:03 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HAVE YOU, IN
10:17:05 YOUR EXPERIENCE, HAD SOMEBODY
10:17:06 NOT ASK YOU FOR SOMETHING AND
10:17:07 YOU FOUND OUT THERE WERE SOME
10:17:08 ISSUES GOING ON OR -- AND,
10:17:09 AGAIN, THIS IS NOT TO NAME
10:17:11 ANYONE, JUST TO SAY THAT, YOU
10:17:12 KNOW, SOMEBODY WAS NOT DOING AS
10:17:13 MUCH TRAINING AS THEY PROBABLY
10:17:15 SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING.
10:17:16 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: YOU KNOW, I
10:17:18 CAN'T THINK OF AN ACTUAL TIME,
10:17:20 BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE
10:17:22 HANDLED A COMPLAINT BEFORE AND
10:17:24 FOLLOWED THAT THROUGH WITH
10:17:24 UPTRAINING.
10:17:25 >>MIKE SUAREZ: GOT IT.
10:17:26 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: THAT HAS TO
10:17:28 HAVE HAPPENED IN 12 YEARS.
10:17:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH.
10:17:29 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: I JUST WANT
10:17:31 REMEMBER A SPECIFIC INCIDENT OF
10:17:32 THAT.
10:17:32 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
10:17:33 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: I THINK OUR
10:17:35 EMPLOYEES ARE VERY GOOD AT
10:17:36 MONITORING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
10:17:38 THEIR WORKPLACE AS WELL.
10:17:39 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
10:17:40 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: WE ALL HAVE --
10:17:41 YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE FACE OF THE
10:17:42 CITY, AND SO WE HOLD OURSELVES
10:17:44 TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD.
10:17:45 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I APPRECIATE
10:17:46 THAT.
10:17:47 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:17:47 THANK YOU, CHAIR.
10:17:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:17:49 MR. COHEN.
10:17:51 >>HARRY COHEN: I JUST WANT TO
10:17:52 MAKE ONE STATEMENT ABOUT THIS,
10:17:53 AND I WANT TO THANK MR. VIERA
10:17:56 FOR MAKING THE ORIGINAL MOTION
10:17:57 TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
10:18:00 YOU KNOW, THERE ARE -- IN OUR
10:18:01 SOCIETY, THINGS ARE CONSTANTLY
10:18:03 EVOLVING AND THINGS ARE
10:18:06 CONSTANTLY CHANGING, AND WHAT
10:18:08 WE DID YESTERDAY, WHAT WE DID
10:18:09 FIVE YEARS AGO, IT ALWAYS HAS
10:18:11 TO BE BROUGHT UP-TO-DATE WITH
10:18:13 THE WAY THAT SOCIETY IS MOVING,
10:18:14 SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COME BACK
10:18:16 TO THESE ISSUES, EVEN THOUGH
10:18:17 WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR MANY
10:18:19 YEARS, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO
10:18:21 GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN,
10:18:23 ADD TO IT, MAKE IT MORE -- YOU
10:18:26 USED THE WORD "ROBUST," WHICH
10:18:27 DOES REMIND ME OF A SALAD
10:18:28 DRESSING.
10:18:30 [LAUGHTER]
10:18:31 BUT IT'S A GOOD WORD BECAUSE IT
10:18:34 REALLY DOES GO TO THE HEART OF
10:18:35 THE MATTER, WHICH IS THAT WE
10:18:37 HAVE TO CONSTANTLY BE UPDATING
10:18:39 OURSELVES TO KEEP UP WITH THE
10:18:41 TIMES SO WE DON'T FIND
10:18:42 OURSELVES BEING OVERTAKEN BY
10:18:44 EVENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T -- THAT
10:18:46 WE HAVEN'T PREPARED FOR IN
10:18:47 RESPONDING TO, SO THANK YOU FOR
10:18:48 WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY.
10:18:49 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: THANK YOU.
10:18:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. VIERA.
10:18:53 >>LUIS VIERA: AND THANK YOU,
10:18:53 MR. CHAIR.
10:18:55 AND, YES, I'LL BUILD ON WHAT MY
10:18:56 COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN COHEN,
10:18:58 SAID, WHICH IS THINGS CHANGE IN
10:18:59 OUR OWN TIME.
10:19:01 IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED
10:19:03 PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON WHEN
10:19:04 HE SIGNED THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS
10:19:05 ACT ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
10:19:06 HE WOULD HAVE SAID, WHAT THE
10:19:08 HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
10:19:08 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
10:19:09 WE HAVE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES IN
10:19:09 DIFFERENT TIMES.
10:19:10 AS FORWARD THINKING AS SOMEBODY
10:19:12 MAY BE TODAY, 20 YEARS FROM NOW
10:19:13 WE CAN DISCOVER SOMETHING ELSE
10:19:15 ABOUT HUMANITY THAT LEADS US TO
10:19:16 BECOME MORE SENSITIVE TO THAT,
10:19:17 SO I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY
10:19:19 SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT.
10:19:20 SOMETHING AS WE GO FORWARD WITH
10:19:22 THIS, AS I ANTICIPATE THAT WE
10:19:23 WILL, WE ALSO HAVE TO TAKE A
10:19:24 LOOK AT IS WHAT KIND OF
10:19:26 IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, WHAT
10:19:27 KIND OF LEVELS ARE WE GOING TO
10:19:30 HAVE?
10:19:30 ARE WE GOING TO HAVE -- COST IS
10:19:31 SOMETHING WE MENTIONED.
10:19:32 NOTHING IS FREE BECAUSE TIME IS
10:19:33 MONEY, SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A
10:19:34 LOOK AT THAT.
10:19:36 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY
10:19:37 HAS DONE THAT I THINK WE SHOULD
10:19:38 ALL BE PROUD OF, WHICH DEALS
10:19:43 WITH IMPLICIT BIAS, PLURALISM,
10:19:44 DIVERSITY, IS OUR AUTISM
10:19:46 SENSORY AWARENESS PROGRAM.
10:19:46 THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING
10:19:48 THAT AFFECTS ABOUT ONE IN 60
10:19:50 CHILDREN RIGHT NOW WHO ARE
10:19:51 BEING BORN.
10:19:52 IT'S A HUGE ISSUE.
10:19:53 IT GOES NOT ONLY TO THOSE WHO
10:19:55 ARE AUTISTIC BUT THOSE WHO ARE
10:19:56 DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED WITH
10:19:57 DIFFERENT NEUROLOGICAL AND
10:19:59 PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS.
10:20:00 AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT'S
10:20:01 PART OF A LARGER -- I ALWAYS
10:20:03 JOKE THAT AUTISM IS KIND OF
10:20:06 LIKE A UNITED METHODIST TO THE
10:20:09 DOWN'S SYNDROME'S LUTHERAN.
10:20:10 IT'S ALL CONNECTED IN ONE WAY
10:20:11 OR ANOTHER AS FAR AS I'M
10:20:12 CONCERNED, SO THIS IS SOMETHING
10:20:14 I HOPE WE GO FORWARD,
10:20:15 REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS IN
10:20:16 TERMS OF MARCH, BECAUSE I THINK
10:20:18 WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SAY IN
10:20:19 TERMS OF HAVING A ROBUST
10:20:22 IMPLICIT BIAS PROGRAM AND ONE
10:20:24 THAT CAN BE AMENDED TO MEET
10:20:24 CHANGING TIMES.
10:20:25 YOU KNOW, WE'RE AWARE OF ISSUES
10:20:29 THAT WE ARE SENSITIVE ABOUT OR
10:20:30 THAT WE SHOULD BE SENSITIVE
10:20:32 ABOUT TODAY, BUT THINGS CHANGE,
10:20:34 AND I THINK THIS BODY OUGHT TO
10:20:35 HAVE A VOICE IN THAT REGARD, SO
10:20:37 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
10:20:37 >>KIMBERLY CRUM: APPRECIATE
10:20:39 YOUR INTEREST.
10:20:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:20:42 WE'LL GO TO ITEM NO. 98.
10:20:50 >>JEAN DUNCAN: GOOD MORNING,
10:20:53 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:20:55 JEAN DUNCAN, TRANSPORTATION AND
10:20:56 STORMWATER SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
10:20:59 THERE WAS A MOTION MADE
10:21:00 REGARDING INTEREST IN SOME
10:21:06 PARKING ALONG NEW JERSEY STREET
10:21:08 AT THE INTERSECTION OF KENNEDY
10:21:08 BOULEVARD.
10:21:09 I PROVIDED A REPORT IN YOUR
10:21:10 PACKET.
10:21:11 HOPEFULLY YOU GOT THAT, BUT
10:21:13 JUST TO REFRESH ON THE ITEM, WE
10:21:15 HAD A SITUATION A COUPLE YEARS
10:21:16 AGO -- I'LL SHOW A PICTURE HERE
10:21:19 ON THE ELMO.
10:21:20 CARS WERE --
10:21:22 >>HARRY COHEN: MS. DUNCAN.
10:21:24 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, SIR.
10:21:25 >>HARRY COHEN: I DIDN'T GET THE
10:21:27 MEMO, SO JUST DON'T ASSUME
10:21:28 WE'VE SEEN IT.
10:21:29 >>JEAN DUNCAN: OKAY.
10:21:31 IT'S SHORT AND SWEET, SO I CAN
10:21:32 RECAP VERY QUICKLY, AND I'M
10:21:33 SORRY YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE THAT.
10:21:35 BUT WE'VE HAD A SITUATION A
10:21:37 COUPLE YEARS AGO WHERE THERE
10:21:41 WAS PARKING IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
10:21:43 ALONG A LIQUOR STORE THAT'S
10:21:45 ADJACENT TO NEW JERSEY STREET.
10:21:47 WE WENT OUT AND DID OUR NORMAL
10:21:48 INVESTIGATIONS AND DETERMINED
10:21:51 THAT THAT IS AN UNSAFE
10:21:51 CONDITION.
10:21:53 CARS THAT ARE TURNING ONTO NEW
10:21:55 JERSEY FROM KENNEDY BOULEVARD
10:21:57 ARE NOT ABLE TO PASS BY ONTO
10:22:00 THE STREET IF OTHER CARS ARE
10:22:02 CUING UP TO HEAD OUT OF THAT
10:22:02 STREET.
10:22:04 IT'S A REAL SAFETY ISSUE, AND
10:22:05 YOU CAN'T TURN AND MAKE YOUR
10:22:08 RIGHT-HAND TURN FREELY.
10:22:10 THAT PARKING IS ALSO CAUSING
10:22:15 DESTRUCTION TO THE ADJACENT
10:22:17 RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ALSO CAUSING
10:22:19 MULCH AND OTHER DEBRIS TO GET
10:22:20 INTO OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM.
10:22:22 YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE THERE,
10:22:24 THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS TORN UP.
10:22:26 THAT SHOULD BE ALL GRASSED
10:22:26 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
10:22:28 THE CARS WERE OVERHANGING ONTO
10:22:31 THE SIDEWALK, PREVENTING
10:22:32 PEDESTRIANS FROM WALKING, AS
10:22:32 WELL AS POTENTIALLY CRACKING
10:22:34 AND DESTROYING THE SIDEWALK
10:22:36 BECAUSE THAT SPACE IS NOT
10:22:37 DESIGNED FOR CARS TO BE PARKING
10:22:39 ON IT.
10:22:41 SO WE HAD A COMPLAINT FROM THE
10:22:43 ADJACENT RESTAURANT OWNER ABOUT
10:22:46 A YEAR AGO ASKING THAT THE NO
10:22:47 PARKING SIGNS THAT WE DECIDED
10:22:50 TO PUT UP TWO YEARS AGO, WHICH
10:22:51 I'LL SHOW YOU ANOTHER SHOT THAT
10:22:55 MIGHT GIVE A BETTER PICTURE OF
10:22:57 THOSE -- WE PUT UP SOME NO
10:23:00 PARKING SIGNS IN THAT AREA, AND
10:23:01 ABOUT A YEAR AFTER WE PUT THEM
10:23:03 UP, WHICH WAS LAST SUMMER, THAT
10:23:05 ADJACENT RESTAURANT OWNER ASKED
10:23:06 FOR THEM TO BE REMOVED.
10:23:08 WE LOOKED INTO THE MATTER AND
10:23:10 SAID, NO, THE SAFETY ISSUES ARE
10:23:12 STILL THERE, WE'D NEED TO
10:23:13 PROTECT THAT SPACE FROM THE
10:23:16 CARS THAT WANT TO PARK THERE.
10:23:18 THIS MOTION, AS BEST AS I COULD
10:23:20 INTERPRET IT, WAS ASKING A
10:23:22 SIMILAR QUESTION, AND OUR
10:23:23 CONCLUSION IS WE STILL HAVE
10:23:26 THAT SAME SAFETY ISSUE.
10:23:28 APPARENTLY, WHEN THAT
10:23:29 RESTAURANT WAS APPROVED, THERE
10:23:31 WAS A WAIVER FOR 18 PARKING
10:23:34 SPACES TO NOT BE REQUIRED, SO,
10:23:34 OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A CONSTRAINED
10:23:37 SITUATION, WHICH IS NOTHING NEW
10:23:39 IN SOUTH TAMPA.
10:23:41 THE ONLY RELIEF THAT WE COULD
10:23:43 OFFER WOULD BE IF -- IF
10:23:44 WHATEVER PROPERTY OWNER IS
10:23:45 INTERESTED, THEY COULD COME IN
10:23:48 WITH A DESIGN PLAN TO HARDEN
10:23:51 THAT SPACE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY,
10:23:52 CREATE UP TO ABOUT FOUR
10:23:54 PARALLEL PARKING SPACES, AND
10:23:56 THEN HAVE IT PERMANENT FOR
10:23:57 PARKING.
10:23:59 OF COURSE, IT WOULD BE PUBLIC
10:24:00 PARKING, ANYONE WOULD BE
10:24:01 ALLOWED TO PARK THERE.
10:24:03 SO WE REGRET THAT WE CAN'T
10:24:04 OFFER SOME RELIEF BY REMOVING
10:24:05 THE SIGNS BECAUSE IT WILL
10:24:07 CREATE A PROBLEM, BUT THE
10:24:09 PROPERTY OWNER, WHO MIGHT BE
10:24:11 INTERESTED, COULD COME IN AND
10:24:13 CREATE SOME SPACES THAT WOULD
10:24:14 GIVE SOME RELIEF TO THE
10:24:17 RESTAURANT IN THAT AREA.
10:24:18 I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU
10:24:19 HAVE ANY.
10:24:20 >>FRANK REDDICK:
10:24:21 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:24:21 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, I
10:24:22 APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND
10:24:24 EXPLAINING IT, AND THE
10:24:25 SUGGESTION OF PERHAPS CREATING
10:24:27 THAT PARALLEL PARKING AND SEE
10:24:29 WHAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS -- IF
10:24:30 THEY'RE WILLING TO GO THAT
10:24:32 ROUTE, AND THAT'S IT, SO, NO, I
10:24:33 UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS.
10:24:34 LOOKING AT THE PICTURES,
10:24:37 ESPECIALLY AT NIGHTTIME, HOW
10:24:38 THOSE CARS ARE PARKED AND HOW
10:24:39 THE SIDEWALK IS BLOCKED AND THE
10:24:41 VISIBILITY IS BLOCKED, SO
10:24:42 PARALLEL PARKING WOULD BE THE
10:24:44 WAY TO GO SHOULD THEY TAKE THAT
10:24:45 ROUTE.
10:24:46 >>JEAN DUNCAN: AND THEY'RE
10:24:48 WELCOME TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE
10:24:49 FOR ANY GUIDANCE ON THAT.
10:24:50 WE'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM
10:24:51 ON THAT.
10:24:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
10:24:54 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU, YES.
10:24:55 I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, AND WHEN
10:24:57 I SAW THE OPTION WAS TO PROVIDE
10:24:58 ADDITIONAL PARKING, BUT IT
10:25:00 DIDN'T SAY PARALLEL PARKING,
10:25:01 AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT --
10:25:03 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, WE --
10:25:04 >>YVONNE CAPIN: BECAUSE I SAW
10:25:05 THAT.
10:25:06 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE TOOK A LOOK
10:25:06 AT IT.
10:25:07 WE THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WOULD BE
10:25:09 SOME ANGLED PARKING
10:25:11 OPPORTUNITY, BUT I HAD ONE OF
10:25:12 OUR ENGINEERS TAKE A LOOK AT
10:25:13 IT, AND JUST SO -- WE DIDN'T
10:25:15 WANT TO SUGGEST SOMETHING THAT
10:25:16 WAS REALLY NOT GOING TO BE
10:25:19 WORKABLE, AND OUR QUICK REVIEW
10:25:21 OF IT LOOKS LIKE WE COULD GET
10:25:23 FOUR PARALLEL SPACES IN THERE.
10:25:24 >>YVONNE CAPIN: AND THAT WOULD
10:25:25 NOT OBSTRUCT --
10:25:26 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YEAH, THAT WOULD
10:25:28 BE -- IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
10:25:30 DESIGNED, BUT THERE IS A POLE
10:25:31 IN THE WAY.
10:25:33 I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A
10:25:33 PICTURE OF IT.
10:25:34 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I SEE THE POLE.
10:25:34 YEAH.
10:25:36 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THAT WOULD BE A
10:25:37 COST THAT THE OWNER WOULD HAVE
10:25:38 TO BEAR TO HAVE THAT POLE
10:25:40 RELOCATED OUT OF THE WAY.
10:25:41 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SO YOU COULD DO
10:25:42 FOUR BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO
10:25:44 MOVE FROM KENNEDY -- IT WOULD
10:25:46 HAVE TO BE --
10:25:50 >>JEAN DUNCAN: SETBACK.
10:25:51 >>YVONNE CAPIN: FROM KENNEDY TO
10:25:51 WORK?
10:25:52 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
10:25:53 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I GOT IT.
10:25:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
10:25:55 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE COST TO PUT
10:25:57 THE PARKING SPACES WOULD BE
10:26:00 BORNE BY WHOM?
10:26:01 >>JEAN DUNCAN: IT WOULD BE
10:26:02 BORNE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
10:26:03 >>MIKE SUAREZ: LET ME GET THAT
10:26:04 STRAIGHT BECAUSE I BELIEVE
10:26:06 THAT'S THE SIDE OF ABC LIQUOR?
10:26:08 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, IT IS.
10:26:09 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND THAT'S OUR
10:26:10 RIGHT-OF-WAY, SO WHICH PROPERTY
10:26:12 OWNER WOULD YOU BE TALKING
10:26:13 ABOUT?
10:26:14 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THE PROPERTY
10:26:15 THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE IN
10:26:16 THE LOCATION?
10:26:17 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HAVE YOU HEARD
10:26:19 FROM THE FOLKS AT ABC LIQUOR
10:26:20 ALSO IN THIS BECAUSE THEY WOULD
10:26:21 BE AN AFFECTED PARTY?
10:26:23 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE HAVE NOT.
10:26:24 WE DO -- OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT
10:26:25 IS GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO
10:26:27 THEM ABOUT TAKING THE MULCH OUT
10:26:30 OF THE AREA AND PUTTING IN THE
10:26:32 PROPER GROUND COVER TYPE SOD
10:26:35 THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THERE,
10:26:36 BUT OTHER THAN THAT, NO ONE HAS
10:26:39 CONTACTED US ABOUT DOING A
10:26:41 PROJECT OR ANYTHING.
10:26:42 >>MIKE SUAREZ: DID YOU MAKE A
10:26:45 COMMENT TO THE -- TO MR. FEW,
10:26:46 WHO OWNS THE BUILDING NEXT
10:26:48 DOOR, THE ACROPOLIS -- DID YOU
10:26:49 TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT
10:26:50 PARTICULAR PLAN WITH THE
10:26:51 PARALLEL PARKING OR --
10:26:55 >>JEAN DUNCAN: NO, WE FIRST
10:26:56 WANTED TO SHARE OUR CONCLUSIONS
10:26:57 WITH THE COUNCIL, AND WE WOULD
10:26:59 BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY NEXT STEPS
10:27:01 IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO DO
10:27:02 SOMETHING.
10:27:02 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WE APPRECIATE
10:27:03 THAT.
10:27:04 OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE TALKING
10:27:05 ABOUT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY
10:27:06 TAKING THE FIRST STEP TO DO
10:27:07 THAT, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO
10:27:08 COMMUNICATE TO HIM THAT THERE
10:27:09 IS THAT OPTION.
10:27:11 I MEAN, IN MY MIND, IF WE PUT
10:27:12 THE PARALLEL PARKING SPACES
10:27:14 THERE, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT
10:27:15 IDEA, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE
10:27:16 DIDN'T, THAT SHOULD BE A CURBED
10:27:18 STREET ANYWAY BECAUSE OF THE
10:27:19 RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE WAY THAT
10:27:21 THAT STREET IS SITUATED.
10:27:22 I LITERALLY WAS JUST THERE
10:27:24 YESTERDAY HAVING LUNCH AT
10:27:25 ACROPOLIS, SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN
10:27:29 YOU LOOK AT HOW IT COULD BE,
10:27:31 YOU KNOW, AT NIGHT, A MUCH,
10:27:34 MUCH MORE DIFFICULT PLACE TO
10:27:35 HAVE -- FIND A PLACE TO PARK
10:27:36 BECAUSE THAT IS A SMALL PARKING
10:27:38 LOT THEY HAVE, AND IT IS A
10:27:39 DIFFICULT PLACE.
10:27:40 IT'S A MUCH BETTER USE THAN
10:27:42 THEY USED TO HAVE THERE.
10:27:43 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
10:27:44 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND -- BUT AT
10:27:45 THE SAME TIME, IT CAUSES OTHER
10:27:46 ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO TRY AND
10:27:47 SOLVE, SO APPRECIATE IT.
10:27:49 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE'D BE HAPPY TO
10:27:50 REACH OUT AND LET THAT PROPERTY
10:27:52 OWNER KNOW THAT'S AN OPTION IF
10:27:53 THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO THAT
10:27:54 ROUTE.
10:27:55 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH, I THINK
10:27:56 THAT'S THE NEXT STEP, SO THEY
10:27:57 AT LEAST HAVE AN OPTION AS TO
10:27:58 WHAT TO DO.
10:27:59 THANK YOU.
10:28:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
10:28:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
10:28:01 MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:28:02 TWO THINGS.
10:28:04 EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO DO THAT,
10:28:05 THAT'S STILL PUBLIC PARKING,
10:28:06 ANYONE COULD PARK THERE?
10:28:08 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, SIR, THAT'S
10:28:09 PUBLIC PARKING.
10:28:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: EARLIER,
10:28:12 THANK YOU, MS. DUNCAN, FOR
10:28:14 REFRESHING MY MEMORY.
10:28:17 THERE WAS 20 SPACES YEARS AGO?
10:28:20 >>JEAN DUNCAN: IT WAS IN 2011.
10:28:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IF I RECALL,
10:28:21 THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
10:28:24 THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS FOR
10:28:25 SHARED PARKING AT THAT TIME, I
10:28:26 DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO
10:28:29 THAT, AND THERE WERE ALSO ONE
10:28:30 OR TWO HOUSES IN THE BACK THAT
10:28:31 WERE TORN DOWN BY THE
10:28:32 RESTAURANT TO THE WEST, NOT TO
10:28:33 MENTION ANY NAMES AND KEEP IT
10:28:36 STRAIGHT, AND THEY DID SOLVE A
10:28:36 LOT OF THE PROBLEMS.
10:28:38 THEY HAD CIRCULATORY PROBLEMS
10:28:40 IN THE BACK OF THE PARKING LOT
10:28:42 AND GOING INTO MacDILL AVENUE.
10:28:43 THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF
10:28:44 NEIGHBORHOODS -- NEIGHBORS THAT
10:28:45 WERE DISTURBED BY THE PARKING
10:28:48 ON NORTH A OR NORTH B, I FORGET
10:28:49 WHICH ONE IT WAS FIRST, I
10:28:49 THINK.
10:28:51 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, MM-HMM.
10:28:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NORTH A.
10:28:55 AND THAT'S BEEN ALMOST SOLVED.
10:28:56 I SEE GREAT IMPROVEMENT THERE,
10:29:01 THANKS TO YOUR GUIDANCE AND TO
10:29:02 THE RESTAURANT OWNER TO THE
10:29:03 WEST IN DOING WHAT THEY SAID
10:29:04 THEY WERE GOING TO DO, AND NOW
10:29:06 IT'S UP TO THEM TO WORK IT OUT.
10:29:07 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YOU HAVE A GREAT
10:29:08 MEMORY.
10:29:08 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED --
10:29:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S WHY I
10:29:11 DON'T HAVE ANY HAIR ON MY HEAD.
10:29:12 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THEY'LL NEED TO
10:29:13 HAVE CREATIVE THOUGHTS, THEY
10:29:15 COULD POSSIBLY DO A VALET, A
10:29:16 SHARED PARKING ARRANGEMENT,
10:29:19 AGAIN, HARDEN THAT SPACE THERE
10:29:19 FOR FOUR SPACES.
10:29:21 I'D NEED TO LOOK AT SOME
10:29:22 OPTIONS, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO
10:29:24 REACH OUT TO THEM AND LET THEM
10:29:25 KNOW, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME
10:29:26 THINGS THAT THEY COULD DO TO
10:29:28 TRY TO RELIEVE THEIR SITUATION.
10:29:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
10:29:31 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES, TWO
10:29:31 THINGS.
10:29:33 I WANTED -- IF THIS IS AN
10:29:36 OPTION AND THIS IS PUBLIC
10:29:38 RIGHT-OF-WAY, DOES IT HAVE TO
10:29:40 BE INITIATED BY EITHER PROPERTY
10:29:41 OWNER OR CAN ANY CITIZEN COME
10:29:45 IN AND SAY I WANT TO DO THIS?
10:29:47 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES, ANY CITIZEN
10:29:47 COULD COME IN.
10:29:49 IT WOULD BE A LITTLE UNUSUAL,
10:29:50 BUT --
10:29:51 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I THINK SO,
10:29:52 BUT --
10:29:53 >>JEAN DUNCAN: -- VERY
10:29:55 BENEVOLENT OF THEM, BUT, YES,
10:29:57 ANY CITIZEN --
10:29:58 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IT DOESN'T HAVE
10:30:00 TO BE ADJACENT OR ANYTHING?
10:30:01 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
10:30:02 >>YVONNE CAPIN: AND RECALLING
10:30:03 THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST --
10:30:04 [NO AUDIO]
10:30:40 >>JEAN DUNCAN: -- PARKING
10:30:41 SITUATION, AND HOPEFULLY, THE
10:30:43 ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
10:30:46 JUST TO THE -- JUST ACROSS FROM
10:30:47 THE LIQUOR STORE WE'LL BE ABLE
10:30:48 TO COME UP WITH SOME CREATIVE
10:30:50 OPTIONS AS WELL.
10:30:51 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
10:30:52 WELL, THANK YOU.
10:30:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:30:53 ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR
10:30:55 QUESTIONS FOR MS. DUNCAN?
10:30:56 WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
10:30:57 COMING.
10:30:58 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THANK YOU,
10:30:59 COUNCIL.
10:31:00 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:31:02 ITEM NO. 99.
10:31:09 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:31:10 MY NAME IS RUSSELL HAUPERT.
10:31:12 I'M THE CTO FOR THE CITY OF
10:31:12 TAMPA.
10:31:13 YOU ASKED ME TO COME BACK TO
10:31:14 GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON REPAIRING
10:31:17 THE SIGNALS TO OUR TVs
10:31:19 THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT HERE.
10:31:21 IT WAS MY FONDEST HOPE THAT I
10:31:22 WOULD NOT BE TALKING TO YOU
10:31:23 TODAY, BUT LET ME GIVE YOU AN
10:31:24 UPDATE.
10:31:26 SHORTLY AFTER OUR LAST
10:31:28 CONVERSATION, WE CONTACTED OUR
10:31:31 VENDOR, IN THIS CASE THE
10:31:31 APPROPRIATE VENDOR WAS
10:31:33 SPECTRUM, TO REDO THE CABLING.
10:31:34 WE FOUND THE FUNDING, AS WE
10:31:35 INDICATED WE WOULD.
10:31:38 WE CUT A PO TO THE VENDOR.
10:31:40 THEY ESTABLISHED THREE INSTALL
10:31:41 DATES FOR US AND, FOR VARIOUS
10:31:43 REASONS, WERE UNABLE TO MEET
10:31:44 THEM, THE LATEST OF WHICH WAS
10:31:46 JULY 30th.
10:31:47 THERE WAS MY HOPE THAT WE WOULD
10:31:50 NOT BE NEEDING TO TALK TODAY
10:31:51 BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN
10:31:52 STRINGING CABLES IN YOUR
10:31:53 OFFICES.
10:31:54 I REACHED OUT TO B.J. GREAVES,
10:31:56 WHO'S THE STRATEGIC ACCOUNT
10:31:59 MANAGER FOR GOVERNMENT, AFTER
10:32:00 THAT LAST FAILED ATTEMPT TO
10:32:01 INSTALL.
10:32:03 HE'S ASSURED ME THAT WE'RE
10:32:03 GOING TO RESEARCH WHAT
10:32:05 HAPPENED, GET A NEW DATE FOR
10:32:08 US, AND GET THAT -- OR GET THE
10:32:10 CABLING REPLACED AS QUICKLY AS
10:32:11 POSSIBLE.
10:32:12 I DON'T HAVE THAT DATE, BUT AS
10:32:13 SOON AS I DO, I WILL GET BACK
10:32:14 TO YOUR OFFICES INDIVIDUALLY
10:32:16 AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING
10:32:18 ON THE MOMENT I HEAR SOMETHING.
10:32:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
10:32:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DO YOU PAY
10:32:23 SPECTRUM ON A MONTHLY BASIS?
10:32:25 >> INDEED WE DO, SIR.
10:32:26 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WELL, DON'T
10:32:28 PAY THEM NEXT MONTH, SEE WHAT
10:32:28 HAPPENS.
10:32:30 >> WE ACTUALLY PUT OUT $19,000
10:32:32 FOR THIS PARTICULAR RENOVATION.
10:32:32 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DON'T PAY
10:32:34 THEM, AND YOU'LL GET THAT DONE
10:32:35 RIGHT AWAY.
10:32:36 >> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE CASE.
10:32:37 B.J., WE'VE BEEN WORKING
10:32:38 TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME.
10:32:41 WHEN A LOGJAM LIKE THIS DOES
10:32:43 HAPPEN, HE IS USUALLY ABLE TO
10:32:45 GET US HELP AND SQUARED IT
10:32:47 AWAY, BUT, AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES.
10:32:48 AS SOON AS I HAVE SOME
10:32:49 INFORMATION TO YOUR OFFICES
10:32:50 INDIVIDUALLY WHAT THE NEW
10:32:52 SCHEDULE IS AND WHEN WE EXPECT
10:32:53 TO HAVE THAT OUT, AND IF
10:32:54 ANYTHING CHANGES, I WILL LET
10:32:56 YOU ALL KNOW.
10:32:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO
10:32:59 APOLOGIES, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
10:33:00 YOU TRIED.
10:33:01 >> THAT'S OKAY, SIR.
10:33:03 AGAIN, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY
10:33:04 TO GET IT DONE FOR YOU.
10:33:05 I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
10:33:06 WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND I
10:33:08 APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
10:33:09 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IS THAT JUST --
10:33:11 ARE THE TVs WORKING IN THE
10:33:11 OTHER BUILDING?
10:33:12 >> YEAH, YEAH.
10:33:13 IT'S -- THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE
10:33:15 IS KIND OF OLD, AND THAT'S WHAT
10:33:17 WE'RE TRYING TO GET REPLACED.
10:33:18 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
10:33:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOT THE
10:33:20 COUNCIL MEMBERS, JUST THE
10:33:20 INFRASTRUCTURE?
10:33:21 >> NO, NO, NO, THE COUNCIL
10:33:24 MEMBERS ARE HARDY AND WE'LL
10:33:26 EXPECT THEY'LL BE HERE A LONG,
10:33:26 LONG TIME.
10:33:28 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I HAVE 281 DAYS
10:33:30 LEFT HERE, SO ANY TIME BETWEEN
10:33:33 NOW AND THEN WILL BE GREAT,
10:33:33 SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
10:33:34 [LAUGHTER]
10:33:36 >> I WILL ENDEAVOR TO MAKE THAT
10:33:38 SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 281 DAYS.
10:33:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME ASK YOU
10:33:43 A QUESTION.
10:33:44 WITH SPECTRUM, YOU KNOW,
10:33:45 THEY'VE BEEN ADVERTISING ON TV
10:33:47 ABOUT THEY'RE GOING TO THIS
10:33:48 DIGITAL TYPE THING AND YOU'VE
10:33:50 GOT YOUR CHANGE, YOUR BOX OUT
10:33:52 BY THE 21st OF AUGUST.
10:33:54 >> YEAH.
10:33:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: WILL THIS BE
10:33:56 AFFECTED TOO BECAUSE WE HAVE
10:33:57 THE LITTLE BOXES UP THERE,
10:33:57 SO --
10:33:59 >> YOU KNOW, IT MAY OR MAY NOT,
10:34:00 BUT WITH PUTTING IN THE NEW
10:34:01 INFRASTRUCTURE, I'M SURE WE'RE
10:34:02 GOING TO BE OKAY.
10:34:03 THAT'S PART OF THE UPDATE THAT
10:34:05 WE NEED TO DO HERE.
10:34:06 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
10:34:08 OUR SIGNAL IS SO BAD.
10:34:10 THE CABLE PLANT HAS EXPANDED
10:34:11 OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S
10:34:13 EXCEEDING THE CAPACITY OF WHAT
10:34:13 WE HAVE, SO --
10:34:14 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THIS IS
10:34:15 SPECTRUM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT,
10:34:17 SO --
10:34:18 >> ALL GOOD FRIENDS IN THE
10:34:19 NEIGHBORHOOD, YES.
10:34:20 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
10:34:23 YEAH.
10:34:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHEN DOES THE
10:34:26 CONTRACT EXPIRE, RESPECTFULLY?
10:34:28 >> I DO NOT KNOW OFF THE TOP OF
10:34:30 MY HEAD, SIR.
10:34:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: MAYBE LOOK AT
10:34:33 AN ALTERNATIVE COMPANY.
10:34:34 >> I APPRECIATE THAT, SIR.
10:34:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:34:36 LET US KNOW AS SOON AS
10:34:37 POSSIBLE.
10:34:38 I HATE TO BE PUTTING YOU BACK
10:34:40 ON THE AGENDA FOR DECEMBER, BUT
10:34:41 I DEFINITELY WILL.
10:34:41 >> THANK YOU.
10:34:43 IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME
10:34:43 SEE YOU.
10:34:44 [LAUGHTER]
10:34:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:34:47 >> THANKS.
10:34:48 >>YVONNE CAPIN: VERY
10:34:49 DIPLOMATIC, YEAH.
10:34:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:34:51 WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR 10:30
10:34:53 PUBLIC HEARINGS.
10:34:54 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'D LIKE TO OPEN
10:34:56 UP ITEMS 94 AND 95 FOR PUBLIC
10:34:57 HEARING.
10:34:57 >> SECOND.
10:34:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
10:34:59 MOTION BY MR. SUAREZ, SECONDED
10:35:00 BY MR. MIRANDA.
10:35:01 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:35:02 AYE.
10:35:02 OPPOSED.
10:35:03 YES, MA'AM.
10:35:04 >>REBECCA KERT: REBECCA KERT,
10:35:05 LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
10:35:08 ITEM 94 IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE
10:35:08 CENTRAL DISTRICT DRI.
10:35:10 IT'S HERE FOR SECOND READING.
10:35:12 IT IS MINOR REVISIONS TO THE
10:35:14 TRADE-OFF MECHANISM BECAUSE
10:35:15 IT'S TO THE TRADE-OFF
10:35:17 MECHANISM, THERE IS NO NET
10:35:18 INCREASE IN THE P.M. PEAK-HOUR
10:35:19 TRIPS.
10:35:20 IT WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE
10:35:23 UNDER THE EXISTING CODE AND THE
10:35:25 EXISTING DRI APPROVALS, AND THE
10:35:26 ONLY OTHER CHANGE IS TO CHANGE
10:35:28 THE REPORTING TO THE TAMPA BAY
10:35:29 REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
10:35:33 FROM ANNUAL TO BIANNUAL.
10:35:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME DO THIS
10:35:35 JUST IN CASE SOME OF THE PEOPLE
10:35:35 WHO CAME IN ARE GOING TO SPEAK.
10:35:37 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:35:38 SPEAK TO ITEM NO. 94?
10:35:40 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:35:43 >> SECOND.
10:35:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:35:45 MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
10:35:45 MR. COHEN.
10:35:46 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:35:47 AYE.
10:35:47 OPPOSED.
10:35:47 ALL RIGHT.
10:35:49 MR. SUAREZ.
10:35:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
10:35:51 CHAIR.
10:35:52 I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR
10:35:53 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:35:54 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:35:55 FLORIDA, APPROVING THE SIXTH
10:35:56 AMENDMENT TO A DEVELOPMENT
10:35:59 ORDER RENDERED PURSUANT TO
10:36:01 CHAPTER 380.06, FLORIDA
10:36:04 STATUTES, FOR THE DOWNTOWN
10:36:04 TAMPA CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
10:36:07 DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL IMPACT;
10:36:07 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:36:08 >> SECOND.
10:36:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
10:36:11 MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ,
10:36:13 SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA.
10:36:14 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:36:15 AYE.
10:36:17 >> MR. CHAIR, THAT HE IS A
10:36:18 VOICE ROLL CALL.
10:36:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, VOICE ROLL
10:36:20 CALL?
10:36:21 >> RECORDED.
10:36:22 >> RECORDED VOTE.
10:36:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, RECORDED
10:36:24 VOTE.
10:36:24 OKAY.
10:36:27 I GUESS I FORGOT THEY HAD THAT.
10:36:29 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH
10:36:30 MANISCALCO BEING ABSENT AT
10:36:32 VOTE.
10:36:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:36:34 ALL RIGHT.
10:36:38 NO. 95.
10:36:39 >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN,
10:36:40 WOULD YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT
10:36:41 PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK
10:36:43 ON 95 HAVE BEEN SWORN.
10:36:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH, I WAS
10:36:44 GOING TO DO THAT BEFORE SHE
10:36:45 STARTED.
10:36:47 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY.
10:36:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE
10:36:49 PLANNING ON SPEAKING ON ITEM
10:36:51 NO. 95, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN
10:36:52 SWORN, PLEASE STAND TO BE
10:36:52 SWORN.
10:36:53 [PARTICIPANTS SWORN IN]
10:37:03 >>KRISTIN MORA: GOOD MORNING,
10:37:05 AGAIN, COUNCIL, KRISTIN MORA,
10:37:06 LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
10:37:07 I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE THIS
10:37:08 ITEM FOR YOU.
10:37:10 THIS IS AN APPEAL OF A VARIANCE
10:37:12 REVIEW BOARD DECISION.
10:37:19 THE BOARD'S DECISION IS HERE.
10:37:22 SO AS YOU KNOW, THIS PROCEEDS
10:37:25 -- THIS IS A DE NOVO REVIEW BY
10:37:28 YOU OF THE -- AND UNDER THE
10:37:30 CRITERIA IN SECTION 27-80 OF
10:37:32 OUR CODE, WHICH IS ATTACHED IN
10:37:35 THE HANDOUT THAT I PROVIDED TO
10:37:36 YOU.
10:37:37 AT THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD
10:37:39 AND AGAIN IN THEIR PETITION FOR
10:37:42 THIS REVIEW, THE APPLICANT HAS
10:37:46 REFERRED TO A HARDSHIP OF THE
10:37:49 PROPERTY BEING -- PER CODE, THE
10:37:51 PROPERTY'S FRONT YARD IS ALONG
10:37:53 MacDILL AVENUE; HOWEVER, THEIR
10:37:54 HOUSE IS ORIENTED AND THEY
10:37:57 TREAT A LIEN AS THEIR FRONT
10:37:57 YARD.
10:37:57 THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD
10:37:59 CORRECTLY RECOGNIZED THAT THIS
10:38:02 WAS A HARDSHIP, AND AS COUNCIL
10:38:05 KNOWS BUT I STATE FOR THE
10:38:06 RECORD FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT,
10:38:07 A HARDSHIP MUST BE SOMETHING TO
10:38:09 DO WITH THE LAND, IT CANNOT BE
10:38:11 A PERSONAL ISSUE WITH NEIGHBORS
10:38:12 OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT HAS
10:38:14 TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE LAND,
10:38:15 AND SO THE HARDSHIP THAT HAS
10:38:16 BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THIS
10:38:17 PROPERTY IS THAT ORIENTATION OF
10:38:21 THE HOUSE AND THE TREATMENT OF
10:38:23 ALLINE AS THE FRONT YARD.
10:38:24 AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE
10:38:25 VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD'S
10:38:27 APPROVAL, THEY APPROVED THE
10:38:30 PORTION OF THE FENCE THAT WOULD
10:38:32 BE IN MacDILL AVENUE BUT NOT
10:38:34 THAT WOULD EXTEND PAST AND BE
10:38:37 IN THE FRONT YARD OR CREATING A
10:38:38 FRONT YARD, IN THEORY, ALONG
10:38:40 ALLINE, CONSISTENT WITH THE
10:38:42 HARDSHIP STATEMENT.
10:38:48 WHAT THAT MEANS VISUALLY IS
10:38:49 THAT -- THIS IS APPROXIMATELY
10:38:53 WHERE THEIR FRONT YARD WOULD BE
10:38:54 PER CODE.
10:38:54 THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD
10:38:57 APPROVED ALL OF THIS PORTION OF
10:38:59 THE FENCE AT THE SIX-FOOT
10:39:01 HEIGHT PER THEIR HARDSHIP
10:39:01 STATEMENT.
10:39:03 THEY ARE HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU
10:39:07 TO ALSO APPROVE THIS PORTION
10:39:07 HERE.
10:39:10 NOW, PER CODE, THIS SECTION ALL
10:39:11 IN HERE WOULD ALSO BE ALLOWED
10:39:14 TO HAVE A SIX-FOOT FENCE
10:39:16 BECAUSE THIS IS CONSIDERED THE
10:39:19 CORNER YARD UNDER THE CODE AND
10:39:22 NOT ACTUALLY THE FRONT YARD,
10:39:24 WHICH WE'RE PRETENDING IN TERMS
10:39:25 OF THEIR HARDSHIP.
10:39:26 I BRING ALL THIS TO YOUR
10:39:28 ATTENTION TO POINT OUT THAT
10:39:30 THEIR STATED HARDSHIP THAT THIS
10:39:31 SHOULD BE TREATED AS A SIDE
10:39:33 YARD WOULD NOT PROVIDE A
10:39:35 HARDSHIP FOR THEM TO ALSO
10:39:37 EXTEND TO THIS AREA.
10:39:39 THAT IS WHAT THE VARIANCE
10:39:39 REVIEW BOARD CORRECTLY
10:39:41 CONCLUDED WHEN THEY REVIEWED
10:39:42 THIS APPLICATION.
10:39:43 SO AS YOU HEAR THIS TODAY, I
10:39:45 WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LISTEN
10:39:46 FOR A HARDSHIP AS TO WHY THEY
10:39:47 NEED THIS ADDITIONAL PORTION
10:39:50 OTHER THAN THAT MacDILL SHOULD
10:39:51 BE TREATED AS A SIDE YARD
10:39:52 BECAUSE THAT WOULD NOT -- THAT
10:39:55 WOULD NOT EXTEND TO THIS AREA.
10:39:57 I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY
10:39:58 QUESTIONS ON THAT.
10:39:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:39:59 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
10:40:02 ALL RIGHT.
10:40:05 APPLICANT.
10:40:07 >>KRISTIN MORA: ACTUALLY, I
10:40:08 THINK MR. SOUSA IS GOING TO
10:40:09 GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF
10:40:13 THE APPLICATION.
10:40:15 >> JOEL SOUSA, LAND
10:40:15 DEVELOPMENT.
10:40:18 ON MAY 8th, THE VARIANCE REVIEW
10:40:21 BOARD HEARD THIS CASE TO
10:40:23 INCREASE THE FENCE HEIGHT FROM
10:40:25 THREE FEET TO SIX FEET.
10:40:27 AS COUNCIL STATED, IT WAS
10:40:28 PARTIALLY APPROVED, PARTIALLY
10:40:30 DENIED.
10:40:31 LET ME SHOW YOU WHERE THIS
10:40:33 PROPERTY IS AND SHOW YOU THE
10:40:36 PARAMETERS ABOUT IT.
10:40:41 THIS IS THE ZONING AERIAL FOR
10:40:42 THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
10:40:44 IT'S ALONG SOUTH MacDILL, SOUTH
10:40:47 OF EUCLID AVENUE, TOWARDS THE
10:40:47 BASE.
10:40:49 THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
10:40:53 IT'S ZONED RS-60, RESIDENTIAL,
10:40:54 SINGLE-FAMILY.
10:40:55 THE FENCE WAS INSTALLED IN THIS
10:40:56 AREA, WHICH IS THE FRONT YARD
10:41:03 OF THIS PARTICULAR ZONING LOT.
10:41:05 THIS IS THE SUBJECT HOUSE ALONG
10:41:09 ALLINE ON THE CORNER STREET,
10:41:11 AND MacDILL'S OVER HERE.
10:41:13 SO THIS IS THE -- THIS IS THEIR
10:41:14 FRONT DOOR ENTRY HERE ALONG
10:41:17 ALLINE.
10:41:18 THIS IS WHERE THE FENCE STARTS
10:41:24 CLOSER TO MacDILL AVENUE.
10:41:28 AND IT CONTINUES AROUND MacDILL
10:41:33 AVENUE, THIS RIGHT HERE.
10:41:34 TRANSPORTATION REVIEWED THIS
10:41:38 APPLICATION AND FOUND THAT
10:41:38 THERE WAS A VISIBILITY TRIANGLE
10:41:44 ISSUE WITH THIS PORTION OF THE
10:41:50 FENCE ALONG MacDILL AVENUE.
10:42:00 SO THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD
10:42:02 REVIEWED THE CASE, AND, AGAIN,
10:42:04 THEY DECIDED THAT -- SINCE THIS
10:42:05 IS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY
10:42:06 WITH THE FRONT DOOR, THEY
10:42:08 DECIDED TO ALLOW THE PORTION OF
10:42:11 THE SIX-FOOT FENCE IN THIS AREA
10:42:14 PAST THE --
10:42:14 [NO AUDIO]
10:43:07 >> GUILLAUME CACHIA, 2002 WEST
10:43:07 ALLINE AVENUE.
10:43:08 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
10:43:13 THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE, AND SO
10:43:14 THAT'S WHY IT TOOK TIME TO
10:43:16 PREPARE TO REALLY ESTABLISH ALL
10:43:17 THE FACTS, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
10:43:20 ALL THE RIGHT FACTS IN ORDER TO
10:43:22 MAKE THE DECISION IN THE END.
10:43:23 SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW.
10:43:25 WE RECEIVED A VIOLATION
10:43:28 FEBRUARY OF 2018.
10:43:29 THE VIOLATION WAS FOR THE
10:43:32 SIX-FEET FENCE ON THE MacDILL
10:43:34 SIDE, RIGHT.
10:43:36 IT WAS NEVER -- ALLINE WAS
10:43:38 NEVER IN QUESTION, IT WAS FOR
10:43:39 THE MacDILL SIDE, BECAUSE AS
10:43:40 PER CODE, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
10:43:42 TO HAVE MORE THAN THREE FEET ON
10:43:43 THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, AND FOR
10:43:44 ZONING, THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE
10:43:45 IS MacDILL.
10:43:46 WE PRESENTED OUR HARDSHIPS,
10:43:47 WHICH WERE RECEIVED BY THE
10:43:49 VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD, AND THEY
10:43:50 ACCEPTED THOSE HARDSHIPS AS
10:43:51 ACTUAL HARDSHIPS AND APPROVED
10:43:54 THE FENCE ON MacDILL, BUT NOT
10:43:56 ON ALLINE, AND WE'LL BE
10:43:58 REVIEWING A FEW SLIDES WHY
10:43:59 APPROVING ONE SIDE AND NOT THE
10:44:01 OTHER IS TRYING TO GIVE A HALF
10:44:03 A HEART TO SOMEBODY WAITING FOR
10:44:05 A HEART TRANSPLANT AND REALLY
10:44:06 NOT COVERING THE HARDSHIPS THE
10:44:07 WAY IT SHOULD BE.
10:44:09 THE VRB APPROVED THE SIX-FOOT
10:44:11 FENCE ON MacDILL, AND THE
10:44:12 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ALSO
10:44:14 APPROVED AND SAID THAT THERE IS
10:44:16 NO VISIBILITY ISSUE AS SOON AS
10:44:18 WE CHANGED THAT CORNER ON
10:44:20 MacDILL FROM A 90-DEGREE TO A
10:44:22 45-DEGREE, SO THERE IS NO
10:44:24 VISIBILITY -- THAT ALREADY WAS
10:44:24 APPROVED AND DISCUSSED DURING
10:44:26 THE VRB.
10:44:27 THERE IS NO VISIBILITY ISSUE
10:44:29 AND THERE IS NO ISSUE TO THE
10:44:31 MacDILL SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO
10:44:32 FOCUS ONLY ON ALLINE.
10:44:34 SO THIS IS THE HOUSE AS IT IS.
10:44:36 SO YOU'RE SEEING IN YELLOW IS
10:44:37 THE NEW FENCE.
10:44:38 YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE MASTER
10:44:41 BEDROOM, BATHROOMS ARE, AND
10:44:42 WHERE WE PARK OUR CARS.
10:44:43 YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS THE FRONT
10:44:45 OF THE HOUSE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S
10:44:46 NOT REALLY, PER ZONING, THE
10:44:47 FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
10:44:48 BUT THE FENCE AS IT IS TODAY
10:44:51 HAS BEEN PLACED LIKE THIS
10:44:53 BECAUSE OF ALL THE HARDSHIPS
10:44:58 FOR ALL THIS, SO THIS IS THE
10:44:59 DECISION FROM THE VRB TO
10:45:02 APPROVE THE SIX PORTION -- THE
10:45:03 SIX-FEET FENCE PORTION RUNNING
10:45:05 ALONG MacDILL, NOT ON THE
10:45:07 ALLINE SIDE.
10:45:07 AND THIS IS THE STATEMENT FROM
10:45:12 THE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, IF
10:45:13 YOU COULD MAKE THE REVISIONS
10:45:15 SUGGESTED, AND THIS IS WHAT HE
10:45:16 GAVE US WITH IT.
10:45:17 I WILL CHANGE MY REVIEW STUDIES
10:45:18 TO CONSISTENT, MEANING THAT
10:45:22 ONCE WE CHANGED THAT 90-DEGREE
10:45:24 ANGLE TO A 45-DEGREE ANGLE,
10:45:25 THERE IS NO VISIBILITY ISSUE
10:45:26 WHATSOEVER.
10:45:28 THEY CAME, THEY TOOK PICTURES,
10:45:29 THEY LOOKED AT THE TRIANGLE,
10:45:31 VISIBILITY, AND EVERYTHING.
10:45:32 CITY OF TAMPA STATES THERE IS
10:45:34 NO VISIBILITY ISSUE AFTER THAT
10:45:38 45-DEGREE ANGLE.
10:45:40 SO THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD TODAY,
10:45:42 THAT PORTION OF THE FENCE ON
10:45:46 ALLINE AVENUE PLUS THE CORNER
10:45:49 GOING INTO MacDILL.
10:45:50 THIS IS -- WE'RE NOT HERE TODAY
10:45:52 TO TALK ABOUT THE FENCE ON
10:45:53 MacDILL.
10:45:54 I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR
10:45:56 NOW BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE
10:45:59 SOME -- ONE ANGRY FAMILY LIVING
10:46:01 THREE BLOCKS AWAY THAT IS GOING
10:46:02 TO TALK ABOUT THE VISIBILITY
10:46:04 ISSUE AS IT IS, AND I WANT TO
10:46:05 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING
10:46:06 TO TALK ABOUT VISIBILITY
10:46:07 BECAUSE THIS IS A NONISSUE
10:46:09 TODAY, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO
10:46:11 TALK ABOUT THE SOUTH MacDILL
10:46:12 SIDE BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT HAS
10:46:14 BEEN APPROVED BY THE VRB AND
10:46:15 THIS IS A NONISSUE.
10:46:16 WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT
10:46:18 THE ALLINE SIDE.
10:46:19 THIS IS HOW IT USED TO BE
10:46:21 BEFORE, THREE-FEET FENCE WITH
10:46:23 TEN FEET OF BUSHES, YOU KNOW,
10:46:24 ON TOP OF IT, WHICH I WOULD
10:46:28 CONSIDER A LOT WORSE THAN A
10:46:29 SLEEK WHITE FENCE AS IT IS
10:46:30 TODAY.
10:46:31 HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ALLINE
10:46:33 SIDE AND THE MacDILL SIDE.
10:46:34 AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE FROM
10:46:37 STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN NO
10:46:37 REAL VISIBILITY ISSUE EXCEPT
10:46:39 FOR THAT CORNER OVER THERE.
10:46:42 THAT'S GOING TO BE REMOVED, AS
10:46:44 PER VRB, SO, AGAIN, A NONISSUE
10:46:45 FOR TODAY.
10:46:47 HARDSHIP, LACK OF PRIVACY,
10:46:47 OBVIOUSLY.
10:46:49 WE HAVE OUR BEDROOM AND
10:46:50 BATHROOMS RIGHT ON MacDILL AND
10:46:52 ALLINE ON THAT CORNER, SO, YOU
10:46:54 KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS PLEASANT
10:46:56 TO -- NOT THAT I'M RUNNING
10:46:58 AROUND MY HOUSE NAKED, BUT NOT
10:46:59 ALWAYS PLEASANT TO HAVE PEOPLE
10:47:01 SEE YOU FROM THE STREET FROM
10:47:02 THE BEDROOM AND BATHROOM.
10:47:04 NOISE POLLUTION, OBVIOUSLY, I
10:47:05 WAS NOT USED TO LIVING NEXT TO
10:47:07 A STREET LIKE THIS, AND, AGAIN,
10:47:08 I PUT MYSELF IN THAT POSITION,
10:47:09 SO IT'S NOT REALLY A HARDSHIP
10:47:11 BECAUSE I CHOSE TO LIVE IN THAT
10:47:12 HOUSE, BUT IT'S STILL A
10:47:13 HARDSHIP WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
10:47:17 HOW NOISY IT CAN GET BECAUSE
10:47:18 CARS -- THE SPEED LIMIT IS 45
10:47:19 MILES AN HOUR.
10:47:21 CARS GO UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR,
10:47:24 LOUD MUSIC 24/7, AND THIS ISN'T
10:47:26 GOING TO STOP IF THE PROJECT
10:47:27 MOVES FORWARD, RIGHT, BECAUSE
10:47:28 ALL THE TRUCKS HAVE TO GO
10:47:29 THROUGH MacDILL AND USUALLY
10:47:32 TURNS INTO ALLINE TO GO TO
10:47:33 PROPERTIES AROUND THE AREA.
10:47:34 IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT WORSE
10:47:35 WITH THE PROJECT.
10:47:36 AIR POLLUTION, OBVIOUSLY, I
10:47:38 HAVE ASTHMA AND A LOT OF OTHER
10:47:40 BREATHING PROBLEMS.
10:47:43 THIS IS NOT HELPING.
10:47:44 BRONCHO -- WE'VE HAD AND WE
10:47:45 STILL DO HAVE TO REMOVE TRASH
10:47:46 FROM ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE
10:47:48 IT'S A CORNER PROPERTY.
10:47:50 THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR US, AND
10:47:52 HAVING A FENCE IS HELPING.
10:47:53 REASONABLE ENJOYMENT OF THE
10:47:55 HOUSE, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK A
10:47:57 THREE-FOOT FENCE IN A CORNER
10:47:58 LOT LIKE THIS ON MacDILL IS
10:47:59 IMPOSSIBLE.
10:48:00 AND IF YOU LOOK AT EVERY OTHER
10:48:03 HOUSE ON MacDILL, THEY ALL HAVE
10:48:05 SIX FEET, IF NOT MORE, SOME OF
10:48:08 THEM HAVE EIGHT-FEET FENCES ON
10:48:09 THEIR PROPERTIES, FRONT YARD,
10:48:11 SIDE YARD.
10:48:12 FOR SOME REASON THEY HAVEN'T
10:48:14 BEEN HERE YET, BUT THAT'S JUST
10:48:15 THE WAY IT IS, AND TO PROTECT
10:48:17 PEOPLE.
10:48:18 SECURITY AND SAFETY IS ALSO A
10:48:20 BIG ISSUE FOR US AS WELL.
10:48:21 FOR DOGS, FRIENDS OF KIDS, FOR
10:48:23 OURSELVES, AS WE'RE GOING TO
10:48:25 HAVE THIS HOUSE TO BE THE HOUSE
10:48:27 THAT WE RAISE OUR FIRST CHILD.
10:48:28 HAVING A THREE-FEET FENCE ON
10:48:31 SUCH A STREET WOULDN'T BE
10:48:31 SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD
10:48:35 TO.
10:48:36 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS.
10:48:38 SO SOME PICTURES OF THE FENCES
10:48:42 ALONG -- ALONG MacDILL, SO,
10:48:44 AGAIN, SIX FEET OR SOMETIMES
10:48:46 SIX FEET WITH TEN FEET OF
10:48:47 BAMBOO ON TOP OF IT.
10:48:49 THIS IS JUST THE WAY IT IS.
10:48:50 PEOPLE PROTECT THEIR HOUSES AND
10:48:52 THEIR PRIVACY AND THEIR
10:48:53 SECURITY THAT WAY.
10:48:57 THIS IS THE VIEW OF OUR HOUSE
10:48:59 FROM ALLINE LOOKING AT MacDILL,
10:49:00 SO HERE THIS IS OUR CORNER,
10:49:02 RIGHT, LOOKING ALLINE FROM
10:49:04 MacDILL, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN
10:49:05 FRONT OF THE HOUSE THERE IS
10:49:06 NOTHING, RIGHT.
10:49:08 SO, YES, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A
10:49:10 FENCE TO COVER THE NOISE FROM
10:49:12 MacDILL COMING INSIDE THE
10:49:13 HOUSE, BUT THEN IF YOU LOOK AT
10:49:15 THE SIDE, YOU CAN HEAR CARS AND
10:49:16 TRUCKS COMING FROM MILES AWAY
10:49:17 BECAUSE OF HAVING NOTHING TO
10:49:19 PROTECT US FROM THE SOUND, AND
10:49:20 THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A
10:49:20 FENCE.
10:49:22 AND I THINK THIS IS THE ONE
10:49:26 PART OF THE DAY THAT WE WANT TO
10:49:27 FOCUS ON BECAUSE THIS IS THE
10:49:30 HARDSHIP AND ONE OF THE REASONS
10:49:30 WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE
10:49:31 HARDSHIP WORKED FOR MacDILL BUT
10:49:33 NOT FOR ALLINE, WHEN YOU THINK
10:49:34 ABOUT THE FACT THAT ALL OF
10:49:36 THESE HARDSHIPS ARE REALLY
10:49:37 WORKING, IF NOT AS MUCH BUT
10:49:40 EVEN WORSE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT
10:49:40 FROM THAT SIDE.
10:49:41 THAT'S FROM INSIDE OF THE
10:49:43 FENCE, SO, YES, WE CAN STILL
10:49:44 HEAR THE CARS, BUT IT IS A LOT
10:49:47 BETTER SINCE WE HAD THAT FENCE,
10:49:49 A LOT LESS NOISE, A LOT LESS
10:49:50 POLLUTION.
10:49:51 EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MUCH BETTER
10:49:53 SINCE WE'VE HAD THAT FENCE
10:49:54 THERE.
10:49:56 THE FENCE IS NOT ON THE STREET.
10:49:58 EVERYTHING IS TO CODE.
10:49:59 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF DECIDING
10:50:02 WHAT SHOULD WE SAY IS THE FRONT
10:50:04 YARD, THE SIDE YARD.
10:50:06 SO RIGHT NOW THE FRONT YARD IS
10:50:06 MacDILL.
10:50:08 WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE ZONING, WE
10:50:10 JUST ARE RELYING ON THIS
10:50:11 MEETING TODAY TO JUST HAVE AN
10:50:15 AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD -- WE
10:50:16 HAVE THE SIX-FEET FENCE
10:50:18 APPROVED ON MacDILL.
10:50:21 ALLINE IS THE SIDE YARD STILL,
10:50:23 BUT HAVING THE VARIANCE, WE'D
10:50:25 BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT FENCE ON
10:50:27 ALLINE BECAUSE OTHERWISE,
10:50:28 HAVING A FENCE LOWER WILL JUST
10:50:31 REMOVE ANY -- ANY ACTIONS WE'VE
10:50:33 TAKEN TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF
10:50:36 LIVING THERE.
10:50:38 SO THE ADDRESS CHANGE IN 2011,
10:50:42 IT USED TO BE MacDILL AND NOW
10:50:45 IT IS ALLINE AVENUE BECAUSE OF
10:50:47 AN INCORRECT ADDRESSED HOUSE.
10:50:49 I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.
10:50:50 WE WERE NOT LIVING THERE IN
10:50:51 '10.
10:50:53 WE ONLY MOVED TO THAT HOUSE A
10:50:54 YEAR AGO.
10:50:55 VISIBILITY ISSUE, I WANT TO
10:50:56 DEBUNK IT, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE
10:50:58 TODAY, BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU
10:50:59 HOW THERE IS NO VISIBILITY
10:51:00 ISSUE.
10:51:01 AGAIN, THE CITY OF TAMPA STATED
10:51:02 THERE IS NO VISIBILITY ISSUE.
10:51:03 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT
10:51:04 CLEAR BEFORE SOME OF THE
10:51:05 NEIGHBORS COME UP.
10:51:06 AND WE WILL REMOVE -- WHERE YOU
10:51:08 SEE THAT GREEN SQUARE, THAT'S
10:51:10 WHERE WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THE
10:51:13 90-DEGREE TO A 45-DEGREE.
10:51:15 THIS IS OUR STREET, A
10:51:16 NEIGHBOR'S STREET, A LOT WORSE,
10:51:19 OUR STREET, NEIGHBOR'S STREET,
10:51:20 OUR STREET, NEIGHBOR'S STREET,
10:51:21 RIGHT.
10:51:22 I MEAN, THAT GOES ON AND ON AND
10:51:23 ON.
10:51:24 I'M SICK OF HEARING THERE IS A
10:51:26 VISIBILITY ISSUE AND HEARING
10:51:27 PEOPLE CRYING TO ME -- OR JUST
10:51:29 ONE PERSON TELLING ME THERE IS
10:51:29 A VISIBILITY ISSUE.
10:51:31 I'LL GO TO THAT, IT'S A
10:51:33 PERSONAL ISSUE.
10:51:34 WELL, I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS
10:51:35 LATER.
10:51:37 SO THIS IS OUR CORNER.
10:51:39 SO THAT GOES ON AND ON FOR THE
10:51:40 WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
10:51:42 WE HAVE PETITIONED ALL OF OUR
10:51:43 NEIGHBORS.
10:51:46 99% OF THEM ARE EXTREMELY NICE
10:51:47 AND ARE OFFENDED TO SEE HOW
10:51:49 WE'VE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL OF
10:51:50 THIS.
10:51:51 WE'VE HAD LETTERS FROM OUR
10:51:52 NEIGHBORS, AND YOU HAVE THEM AS
10:51:52 WELL.
10:51:55 WE HAVE MANY LETTERS FROM OUR
10:51:55 NEIGHBORS.
10:51:56 WE ALSO HAVE LETTERS FROM A
10:51:59 COUPLE OF OUR FRIENDS WHO COME
10:52:00 TO OUR HOUSE MORE THAN ONCE A
10:52:04 WEEK WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND
10:52:05 JUST NEVER HAD IMPACT AS
10:52:08 NEIGHBORS BUT STILL IMPORTANT.
10:52:12 NOW TO THE UPSETTING PART OF
10:52:12 THE PRESENTATION.
10:52:14 I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR
10:52:17 NOW BEFORE WE HAVE THE FAMILY
10:52:18 COMING AND TALKING.
10:52:25 THIS IS ALL BECAUSE A COUPLE IS
10:52:27 AGAINST HAVING A GAY COUPLE
10:52:28 LIVING ON THEIR STREET, AND
10:52:31 IT'S HARD FOR ME TO COME HERE
10:52:32 AND ANNOUNCE TO YOU, YES, I AM
10:52:35 GAY AND I HAVE A HUSBAND, AND
10:52:36 SO IT'S HARD BECAUSE I NEVER
10:52:38 KNOW WHO I'M TALKING TO AND I
10:52:38 NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS
10:52:40 ARE, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN
10:52:41 TALK AND JUST BASE THE DECISION
10:52:42 ON THE FACTS.
10:52:44 THIS FAMILY HAS MADE CLEAR TO
10:52:45 OUR NEIGHBORS THAT THEY DON'T
10:52:47 LIKE HAVING GAY PEOPLE LIVING
10:52:49 ON THEIR STREET, EVEN THOUGH WE
10:52:51 DON'T HAVE ANY -- WE DON'T
10:52:52 SHOWCASE ANYTHING, REALLY, WE
10:52:54 JUST HAVE A NORMAL LIFE.
10:52:56 THEY MADE IT CLEAR TO SOME OF
10:52:57 OUR NEIGHBORS THAT THEY'LL MAKE
10:52:59 OUR LIFE MISERABLE AND THAT
10:53:00 THEY'RE AGAINST HAVING A GAY
10:53:01 COUPLE LIVING ON THEIR STREET
10:53:02 AND THAT THEY'LL FIND ANY WAY
10:53:05 TO MAKE US WANT TO MOVE.
10:53:06 THIS IS ALSO A LETTER THAT WE
10:53:07 RECEIVED, AND YOU HAVE THAT IN
10:53:08 YOUR PACKAGE.
10:53:09 I DIDN'T PUT HER NAME BECAUSE
10:53:10 SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE PUBLIC.
10:53:12 THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO WAS HERE
10:53:14 AT THE VRB MEETING.
10:53:17 SHE WAS SITTING RIGHT BEHIND
10:53:20 THAT FAMILY, AND SHE DIDN'T
10:53:22 KNOW US BEFORE, RIGHT, BUT
10:53:23 AFTER THE PRESENTATION, SHE
10:53:24 TOLD ME THESE PEOPLE ARE OUT TO
10:53:26 GET YOU, YOU NEED TO BE
10:53:27 CAREFUL, BECAUSE SHE HEARD THEM
10:53:29 USING VERY BAD LANGUAGE TO TALK
10:53:34 ABOUT US AND WHO WE ARE AS
10:53:35 PEOPLE AND NOT REGARDING THE
10:53:38 FENCE WHATSOEVER, AND SHE -- I
10:53:41 MEAN, SHE TOLD US IT'S CLEAR
10:53:43 THEY'RE HOMOPHOBICS AND THEY'RE
10:53:45 OUT TO GET YOU, BE CAREFUL, AND
10:53:46 TRY TO ARM YOURSELF WITH WHAT
10:53:48 YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
10:53:50 DON'T MAKE YOUR LIFE MISERABLE.
10:53:51 SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT
10:53:52 CLEAR TODAY DURING MY
10:53:54 PRESENTATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
10:53:56 WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THEIR
10:53:58 COMMENTS, FIRST OF ALL,
10:53:59 VISIBILITY IS A NONISSUE AND
10:54:00 ALSO THINKING THAT THEY'RE
10:54:04 COMING FROM THE PLACE THAT'S
10:54:09 NOT RIGHT.
10:54:12 SO THAT'S THE MANNO FAMILY.
10:54:14 THEY'RE HERE TODAY.
10:54:15 THEY MADE THAT CLEAR, RIGHT,
10:54:18 THAT THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH US.
10:54:18 THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT
10:54:20 VISIBILITY, BUT THE VISIBILITY
10:54:22 IS A NONISSUE ANYMORE, BUT THEY
10:54:24 DECIDED TO GO AGAIN.
10:54:26 THEY SENT LETTERS TO THE WHOLE
10:54:27 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND, YOU KNOW, WE
10:54:28 SENT OUR OWN LETTERS, BUT THEY
10:54:29 SENT LETTERS TO EXTENDED
10:54:32 NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY DECIDED TO
10:54:33 GO DOOR-TO-DOOR PRESSURING
10:54:35 PEOPLE TO SIGN THEIR PETITION,
10:54:37 PRESSURING PEOPLE TO COME WITH
10:54:39 THEM TODAY WHEN, REALLY, THE
10:54:40 ALLINE SIDE SHOULDN'T BE AN
10:54:42 ISSUE FOR THEM; RIGHT?
10:54:43 IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE
10:54:45 FENCE ON ALLINE SHOULDN'T HAVE
10:54:47 ANY IMPACT ON THEM WHATSOEVER,
10:54:51 BUT YET, HERE WE ARE.
10:54:52 SO THEY SENT THESE LETTERS,
10:54:53 OBVIOUSLY, CALLING US BAD
10:54:55 NEIGHBORS, AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE
10:54:56 THINKING ABOUT STARTING A
10:54:57 LAWSUIT FOR HARASSMENT AND
10:54:59 DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER, BUT
10:55:00 THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE.
10:55:02 THEY SENT EMAILS AS WELL FROM
10:55:03 FAKE EMAIL ADDRESSES AND
10:55:06 SENDING THE SAME EMAILS.
10:55:08 SO WHAT'S NEXT?
10:55:10 I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS TO
10:55:12 REMEMBER THE FACTS AND REMEMBER
10:55:14 THAT WE HAVE TO TALK TO YOU
10:55:17 ABOUT THE ALLINE PORTION OF THE
10:55:18 HOUSE.
10:55:19 WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE
10:55:22 HARDSHIPS AND THE INEXISTENCE
10:55:25 OF VIABLE NEIGHBORS' PUSHBACKS,
10:55:26 AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT I'M
10:55:27 NOT ASKING FOR MUCH, BUT I FEEL
10:55:29 LIKE I HAVE TO DEFEND MYSELF AS
10:55:33 IF I'M ASKING TO PUT A 200-FEET
10:55:34 POLE IN MY BACKYARD, SO I HOPE
10:55:37 THAT I WAS ABLE TO GIVE YOU ALL
10:55:38 THE INFORMATION NECESSARY, AND
10:55:41 I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
10:55:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:55:45 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
10:55:47 ALL RIGHT.
10:55:49 WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS
10:55:51 TIME, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE TIME
10:55:52 -- WHATEVER YOUR REMAINING TIME
10:55:54 LEFT, YOU CAN COME BACK UP AND
10:55:55 SPEAK.
10:55:55 ALL RIGHT.
10:55:56 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:56:01 SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
10:56:04 PLEASE COME FORWARD, ON ITEM
10:56:06 NO. 95.
10:56:07 ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM
10:56:10 NO. 95, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE
10:56:11 COME FORWARD.
10:56:34 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:56:37 MY NAME IS MILES MANNO, AND I
10:56:40 LIVE AT 4609 SOUTH MATANZAS
10:56:41 AVENUE, AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN
10:56:42 IN.
10:56:43 THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD
10:56:45 GRANTED A PORTION OF THE
10:56:45 REQUESTED VARIANCE AND LISTED
10:56:47 SOME HARDSHIPS IN THEIR
10:56:47 DECISION.
10:56:49 THE FIRST HARDSHIP LISTED WAS
10:56:51 THAT THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS
10:56:53 IRREGULAR AND THAT THE FRONT
10:56:54 YARD IS ALONG MacDILL AVENUE
10:56:55 WITH THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE
10:56:57 ACTUALLY BEING ALONG ALLINE
10:56:58 AVENUE.
10:57:00 THIS IS NOT A VALID HARDSHIP.
10:57:05 CHAPTER 27-161.2-E-1 STATES ON
10:57:06 CORNER LOTS WITH TWO STREET
10:57:08 FRONTAGES, THE FRONT YARD SHALL
10:57:10 BE THE SHORTEST BOUNDARY
10:57:12 ADJACENT TO THE STREET.
10:57:15 AND PARAGRAPH 2-E-5 STATES, THE
10:57:16 ADDRESS OF THE HOUSE OR THE
10:57:17 DIRECTION WHICH THE HOUSE FACES
10:57:19 SHALL HAVE NOT EFFECT ON THE
10:57:20 YARD REGULATIONS OUTLINED
10:57:22 ABOVE, SO THIS IS NOT A
10:57:24 HARDSHIP.
10:57:28 THE SECOND HARDSHIP MENTIONED
10:57:31 IN THE VRB'S DECISION IS THAT
10:57:32 THE FENCE INSTALLER PROVIDED
10:57:34 INCORRECT INFORMATION TO THE
10:57:35 APPLICANT.
10:57:37 THIS IS NOT A VALID HARDSHIP.
10:57:39 IN AN EMAIL DATED FEBRUARY
10:57:42 22nd, 2018, THREE FULL MONTHS
10:57:43 AFTER THE FENCE WAS ACTUALLY
10:57:45 INSTALLED, THE APPLICANT ASKED
10:57:46 THE FENCE COMPANY IF THEY
10:57:47 CHECKED TO SEE IF THEY NEEDED A
10:57:48 PERMIT, AND THE FENCE COMPANY
10:57:50 REPLIED, YES, THEY WOULD CHECK
10:57:51 AND WOULD HANDLE GETTING A
10:57:53 PERMIT IF IT WAS NECESSARY.
10:57:55 BUT A PERMIT IS NOT NECESSARY
10:57:57 TO INSTALL THIS TYPE OF FENCE.
10:57:58 THEREFORE, THE FENCE COMPANY
10:57:59 DID NOT PROVIDE INCORRECT
10:58:01 INFORMATION TO THE APPLICANT.
10:58:09 THIS IS NOT A VALID HARDSHIP.
10:58:11 THE THIRD HARDSHIP LISTED IS
10:58:13 THAT OTHER PARCELS WITHIN THE
10:58:14 NEIGHBORHOOD SHARE THE SAME
10:58:15 FENCE CONDITIONS.
10:58:17 THIS IS NOT A VALID HARDSHIP.
10:58:18 THERE ARE MANY PROPERTIES ALONG
10:58:20 MacDILL AVENUE THAT HAVE
10:58:22 MacDILL AS THEIR FRONT YARD,
10:58:23 INCLUDING THE NEXT THREE
10:58:24 PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AT 4613
10:58:30 AND 4615 SOUTH MacDILL AND 3101
10:58:30 WEST COACHMAN, WHICH ALL HAVE
10:58:32 THREE-FOOT FENCES IN THEIR
10:58:34 FRONT YARD ALONG MacDILL, IN
10:58:35 COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE, SO
10:58:37 THIS IS NOT A HARDSHIP EITHER.
10:58:39 THE FENCES THAT THE APPLICANT
10:58:41 HAS SHOWN YOU ARE LOCATED IN
10:58:42 OTHER PROPERTIES' SIDE YARD
10:58:44 ALONG MacDILL AND NOT THEIR
10:58:44 FRONT YARD.
10:58:45 THERE ARE NO PROPERTIES ALONG
10:58:47 MacDILL AVENUE OR IN THIS
10:58:47 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE A
10:58:49 SIX-FOOT FENCE IN THE FRONT
10:58:51 YARD BECAUSE THE CODE DOES NOT
10:58:51 ALLOW THEM.
10:58:53 DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THEIR
10:58:54 PHOTOS.
10:58:56 ASK STAFF TO VERIFY THEM, IF
10:58:57 YOU WISH.
10:58:58 THE OTHER CLAIMED HARDSHIPS
10:58:59 MENTIONED IN THE VARIANCE
10:59:01 REQUEST APPLICATION ARE SIMPLY
10:59:03 KNOWN OR NOBLE CONDITIONS THAT
10:59:05 EXISTED AT THIS PROPERTY WHEN
10:59:07 THE OWNER PURCHASED THIS
10:59:07 PROPERTY.
10:59:09 IF THIS VARIANCE IS UPHELD, IT
10:59:11 WILL INTERFERE WITH PUBLIC
10:59:11 TRAFFIC SAFETY.
10:59:13 WE CANNOT SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC
10:59:15 DUE TO THIS NONCOMPLIANT FENCE.
10:59:17 I REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
10:59:18 REJECT THIS VARIANCE AND
10:59:19 RESTORE THIS TO A SAFE
10:59:22 INTERSECTION FOR ALL CITIZENS.
10:59:25 AS FAR AS THE PERSONAL ATTACK,
10:59:26 I NEVER MET THESE PEOPLE BEFORE
10:59:28 THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD.
10:59:29 I DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE,
10:59:30 NEVER MET THEM, SO EVERYTHING
10:59:32 THEY SAID ABOUT THE PERSONAL
10:59:34 THING IS INVALID.
10:59:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:59:36 THANK YOU.
10:59:38 >> CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS?
10:59:39 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I JUST HAVE ONE
10:59:39 QUESTION.
10:59:41 >> CERTAINLY.
10:59:42 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I DIDN'T GET
10:59:42 YOUR ADDRESS.
10:59:44 DO YOU LIVE ALONG MacDILL?
10:59:47 >> I LIVE THREE BLOCKS TO THE
10:59:49 WEST AT THE CORNER OF MATANZAS
10:59:51 AND [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:59:53 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THOUGHT YOU
10:59:57 SAID MATANZAS.
10:59:59 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS
11:00:01 MATANZAS AND NOT MacDILL.
11:00:01 >> YES, SIR.
11:00:01 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S WHAT I
11:00:01 WAS ASKING.
11:00:01 >> YES, SIR.
11:00:01 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
11:00:01 THANK YOU.
11:00:01 I APPRECIATE IT.
11:00:02 >>HARRY COHEN: MAY I JUST
11:00:03 INTERRUPT FOR ONE MINUTE.
11:00:03 MR. SHELBY JUST ADVISED ME -- I
11:00:04 ASKED HIM THE QUESTION.
11:00:05 HE JUST ADVISED ME OF
11:00:05 SOMETHING.
11:00:07 I LIVE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO
11:00:09 THIS, ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AWAY.
11:00:10 MY MOTHER ALSO DOES, AND HER
11:00:11 HOUSE WAS ACTUALLY SHOWN IN THE
11:00:13 PICTURES AS AN EXAMPLE OF
11:00:15 ANOTHER HOUSE WITH A FENCE,
11:00:19 AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M FINE
11:00:21 WITH VOTING ON IT, BUT IF IT
11:00:24 CREATES AN ISSUE, I WANTED TO
11:00:27 PUT IT ON THE RECORD TO BE
11:00:30 ABSOLUTELY 100% CLEAN.
11:00:31 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND IF I
11:00:33 UNDERSTAND, COUNCILMAN COHEN,
11:00:34 YOU'RE NOT SURE WHETHER YOUR
11:00:36 MOTHER'S HOUSE ACTUALLY MAY BE
11:00:37 WITHIN THE NOTICED AREA,
11:00:38 CONCEIVABLY?
11:00:39 >>HARRY COHEN: YES.
11:00:41 NO, IT PROBABLY IS.
11:00:43 IT'S LITERALLY A BLOCK AWAY.
11:00:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IS THAT
11:00:45 FENCE LEGAL OR NOT LEGAL ON
11:00:46 YOUR MOTHER'S PROPERTY?
11:00:47 [LAUGHTER]
11:00:48 >>HARRY COHEN: NO, MY MOTHER'S
11:00:49 FENCE IS LEGAL, I CAN ASSURE
11:00:51 YOU, BUT I THINK MAYBE IN THE
11:00:55 INTEREST TO -- TO AVOID ANY
11:00:59 APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY, I'M
11:01:00 NOT GOING TO VOTE ON THIS.
11:01:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU WILL
11:01:03 ABSTAIN, THEREFORE, AND I WILL
11:01:05 FILE THE PAPERWORK FOR YOU.
11:01:06 >>HARRY COHEN: YES.
11:01:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:01:08 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:01:13 >> THANK YOU.
11:01:14 >> HELLO.
11:01:17 MY NAME IS CANDACE MANNO, AND I
11:01:19 LIVE ON 4609 SOUTH MATANZAS
11:01:23 AVENUE, AND I HAVE BEEN SWORN
11:01:23 IN.
11:01:24 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE
11:01:25 VARIANCE THAT WAS GRANTED, AND
11:01:27 I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE
11:01:31 CITY COUNCIL TO REJECT THIS
11:01:32 VARIANCE AND RESTORE THE --
11:01:33 THIS TO THE SAFE INTERSECTION
11:01:36 FOR ALL CITIZENS.
11:01:38 I USE WEST ALLINE AS PART OF MY
11:01:40 DAILY COMMUTE, AND WHEN HEADING
11:01:42 EAST ON ALLINE, I HAVE TO STOP
11:01:44 AT THE STOP SIGN AT MacDILL,
11:01:46 AND I CAN'T SEE NORTHBOUND
11:01:49 TRAFFIC TO MY SOUTH ON MacDILL.
11:01:51 IN ORDER TO ENTER MacDILL
11:01:53 SAFELY, I MUST FIRST CREEP UP
11:01:55 INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF
11:01:57 MacDILL AVENUE IN ORDER TO SEE
11:01:59 THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC, AND
11:02:02 THIS IS NOT VERY SAFE TO DO AT
11:02:02 ALL.
11:02:04 WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS?
11:02:05 OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE
11:02:06 SIX-FOOT FENCE AND HOW IT'S
11:02:08 BLOCKING THE VISIBILITY ALONG
11:02:13 THE TRAFFIC AND IS STATED TO BE
11:02:18 IN THE SIGHT TRIANGLE.
11:02:19 THE FIRST REPORT FROM THE CITY
11:02:20 INSPECTORS THAT SHE HAVE
11:02:23 REVIEWED THE FENCE WAS IN
11:02:28 DECEMBER OF 2017, AND THE
11:02:30 PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED.
11:02:32 YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THIS PHOTO
11:02:33 ALREADY BECAUSE THIS IS FROM
11:02:37 THE CITY TRANSPORTATION
11:02:41 PLANNING ENGINEER IN HIS REPORT
11:02:42 SHOWING THAT THE SECTION HERE
11:02:44 NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED IN ORDER
11:02:46 FOR IT TO BE SAFE.
11:02:47 I DON'T SEE WHERE IT SAYS
11:02:50 THERE'S NO VISIBILITY PROBLEM.
11:02:51 THIS SAYS THIS NEEDS TO BE
11:02:52 CHANGED.
11:02:54 AFTER DISCUSSING THIS CONCERN
11:02:56 WITH SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS, I
11:02:58 FOUND THAT SEVERAL OF THEM HAD
11:03:01 A VERY SIMILAR CONCERN THAT I
11:03:03 DID ABOUT OPPOSING THIS FENCE.
11:03:05 IT HAS CREATED A POTENTIALLY
11:03:07 DEADLY TRAFFIC SITUATION FOR
11:03:09 PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS, AND
11:03:12 MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS.
11:03:13 THESE ARE THE TWO ORDINANCES
11:03:17 THAT THE CITY MENTIONED THAT
11:03:19 ARE IN VIOLATION.
11:03:21 OF COURSE, THE FIRST ONE IS THE
11:03:22 SIGHT OBSTRUCTION THAT WE'VE
11:03:24 ALREADY TALKED ABOUT A LOT.
11:03:26 THE SECOND ONE IS IN REGARD TO
11:03:29 FENCING AROUND A PROPERTY.
11:03:32 THIS FENCE HAS SIX-FOOT FENCE
11:03:37 ON ALL SIDES OF THE PROPERTY,
11:03:38 SO OBVIOUSLY NOT FOLLOWING THE
11:03:39 PART ABOUT WHATEVER IS THE
11:03:41 FRONT YARD, IT'S NOT BEING
11:03:44 FOLLOWED.
11:03:47 WE DID TALK TO SEVERAL
11:03:51 NEIGHBORS AND DID GET A
11:03:55 PETITION AND ASKED THEM -- I
11:03:57 HAVE THE PETITION, I HAVE THE
11:03:58 PAPERS HERE WITH ALL THE
11:03:58 SIGNATURES.
11:04:00 AND THE PETITION BASICALLY
11:04:01 SAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN
11:04:03 VIOLATION OF THE TWO CODES SET
11:04:04 BY THE CITY AND WE WOULD LIKE
11:04:07 THEM TO BE DENIED.
11:04:11 THIS MAP IS A REPRESENTATION OF
11:04:13 WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED
11:04:15 THE PETITION LIVE.
11:04:16 YOU CAN SEE THE RED AREA RIGHT
11:04:18 HERE IS WHERE THE FENCE IS.
11:04:19 THIS IS MacDILL.
11:04:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:04:21 WE THANK YOU, MA'AM.
11:04:21 YOUR TIME IS UP.
11:04:26 >> OKAY.
11:04:27 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:04:27 >> ALL RIGHT.
11:04:29 YES.
11:04:32 >> THANK YOU.
11:04:33 >> THANK YOU.
11:04:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:04:34 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:04:36 >> ANY QUESTIONS?
11:04:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
11:04:39 FROM COUNCIL?
11:04:40 >> THANK YOU.
11:04:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: NO.
11:04:44 NEXT SPEAKER.
11:04:45 >> I'M FINE, YOU GO RIGHT
11:04:49 AHEAD.
11:04:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:04:51 LET ME SUGGEST THIS.
11:04:54 IF YOU PLAN ON SPEAKING AND YOU
11:04:56 ARE ABLE TO STAND, YOU NEED TO
11:04:57 STAND OVER THERE BY THE WALL SO
11:05:00 WE'LL KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE.
11:05:01 WE JUST CAN'T HAVE EVERYBODY
11:05:03 JUMPING UP AFTER ONE PERSON
11:05:05 SPEAKS, SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO
11:05:06 SPEAK, STAND UP ON THE WALL SO
11:05:07 WE HAVE A COUNT OF HOW MANY
11:05:08 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
11:05:08 SPEAKING.
11:05:09 THANK YOU.
11:05:12 YOU MAY PROCEED.
11:05:12 >> OKAY.
11:05:13 ALL RIGHT.
11:05:13 HELLO.
11:05:15 MY NAME IS PAIGE PAINE.
11:05:18 I LIVE AT 4612 SOUTH MATANZAS
11:05:19 AVENUE.
11:05:20 I HAVE BEEN SWORN IN.
11:05:23 I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO
11:05:25 PLEASE UPHOLD THE CURRENT
11:05:26 RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY LOWER
11:05:29 PART OF THE FENCE.
11:05:32 I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ALL OF THE
11:05:34 DISCOURSE THAT THEY ARE -- THAT
11:05:37 THEY SAY HAS HAPPENED, SO
11:05:38 WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO
11:05:40 GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
11:05:42 I AM A TEACHER AT ROBINSON HIGH
11:05:43 SCHOOL.
11:05:45 BEING A TEACHER, I SEE A LOT OF
11:05:47 MY STUDENTS COME UP AND DOWN
11:05:50 THIS WAY, AND I WAS ALARMED
11:05:52 WHEN I SAW THE FENCE GO UP
11:05:53 BECAUSE JUST AS A PRACTICAL
11:05:55 MATTER, WITHOUT ALL OF THESE
11:05:57 REPORTS AND ALL THE FANCY
11:05:59 STUFF, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO
11:06:00 SEE.
11:06:01 THE SIDEWALK IS ONLY ON ONE
11:06:03 SIDE OF THE ROAD RIGHT THERE,
11:06:04 OKAY.
11:06:05 THERE'S NO OTHER SIDEWALK ON
11:06:08 THE OTHER SIDE OF MacDILL, SO
11:06:10 YOU HAVE GOT PEDESTRIANS GOING
11:06:13 BOTH WAYS, AND IT -- SINCE THE
11:06:14 FENCE HAS GONE UP, IT IS VERY
11:06:16 DIFFICULT TO SEE.
11:06:18 I KNOW YOU GUYS PROBABLY DON'T
11:06:20 WANT TO SEE A LOW-TECH PICTURE
11:06:21 I TOOK FROM MY CAR, BUT WHEN
11:06:23 YOU STOP AT THE STOP SIGN WHERE
11:06:26 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STOP WITHOUT
11:06:28 PULLING INTO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
11:06:29 OF WHERE THE SIDEWALK WOULD BE,
11:06:32 YOU CANNOT SEE, AND I DARESAY
11:06:35 THE PEDESTRIANS CANNOT SEE AS
11:06:36 WELL.
11:06:38 IT IS VERY LIMITED, AND I KNOW
11:06:39 RECENTLY WE ARE VERY CONCERNED
11:06:42 WITH EVERYBODY'S SAFETY BECAUSE
11:06:45 PEOPLE DO USE THIS AREA TO GO
11:06:46 TO BAYSHORE.
11:06:48 THERE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, A
11:06:51 RENEWED VIGOR FOR SAFETY
11:06:52 CONCERNING PEDESTRIANS IN THAT
11:06:55 AREA, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE,
11:06:58 JUST TO SAY, PLEASE, I RESPECT
11:07:00 THEIR RIGHTS AS PROPERTY OWNERS
11:07:01 AND I WANT THEM TO BE HAPPY AND
11:07:05 I DO UNDERSTAND -- THEY MADE
11:07:06 MENTION OF THE SPEED.
11:07:07 ANOTHER REASON WHY WE REALLY
11:07:09 NEED TO CONSIDER BEING ABLE TO
11:07:11 SEE BECAUSE IF THESE CARS ARE
11:07:12 GOING UP AND DOWN MacDILL AT
11:07:15 THAT HIGHER SPEED, WHICH THEY
11:07:16 MENTIONED, THIS IS MORE OF A
11:07:17 REASON THAT WE REALLY NEED TO
11:07:18 THINK ABOUT THIS.
11:07:21 WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT PEOPLE'S
11:07:22 SAFETY.
11:07:23 OKAY.
11:07:24 I THINK THAT'S IT.
11:07:25 THANK YOU.
11:07:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:07:28 THANK YOU.
11:07:30 >> HI.
11:07:31 GOOD MORNING.
11:07:34 I NEED TO BE SWORN IN.
11:07:37 MY NAME IS LYNN NINNIS.
11:07:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU SAY YOU
11:07:38 NEED WHAT?
11:07:41 >> TO BE SWORN IN, PLEASE.
11:07:41 [PARTICIPANT SWORN IN]
11:07:47 THANK YOU.
11:07:47 HI.
11:07:49 MY NAME IS LIN NINNIS.
11:07:53 I LIVE AT 4610 SOUTH ESPIRANZA
11:07:54 AVENUE, SO I'M ABOUT A BLOCK
11:07:56 AND A HALF FROM THE SUBJECT
11:07:57 PROPERTY, AND I'M HERE ON
11:07:58 BEHALF OF THE OWNERS OF THAT
11:07:58 PROPERTY.
11:07:59 MY HUSBAND ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK
11:08:01 TODAY, BUT HE'S UNDER THE HOUSE
11:08:02 FIXING A BROKEN PIPE RIGHT NOW,
11:08:04 SO I'M HERE FOR BOTH OF US, AND
11:08:06 HIS NAME IS JACK.
11:08:07 WE DID SUBMIT A LETTER EARLIER
11:08:09 FOR THE FIRST HEARING.
11:08:13 WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF OUR NEW
11:08:14 NEIGHBORS.
11:08:15 WE LIVE VERY CLOSE.
11:08:16 THE INTERSECTION THAT WE'RE
11:08:17 TALKING ABOUT, ALLINE AND
11:08:19 MacDILL, WE PROBABLY GO OUT 20
11:08:22 TIMES A DAY, MAYBE EVEN MORE,
11:08:23 AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM
11:08:25 WITH THE VISIBILITY AT ALL.
11:08:26 AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE
11:08:28 COMPLETELY AVOID COACHMAN
11:08:29 BECAUSE I FEEL THAT
11:08:31 INTERSECTION IS DEADLY, AND
11:08:33 THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP
11:08:34 THAT I'VE HEARD OF HERE, BUT
11:08:36 THERE'S NO VISIBILITY THERE.
11:08:39 BUT WE HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM AT
11:08:41 ALL WITH COMING IN AND OUT OR
11:08:42 HAVING A PROBLEM SEEING TRAFFIC
11:08:45 GOING IN ANY DIRECTION ON
11:08:45 THERE.
11:08:48 WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT IN 2014,
11:08:49 THAT HOME WAS REALLY AN
11:08:50 EYESORE.
11:08:51 AS A MATTER OF FACT, I REMEMBER
11:08:52 COMING IN WITH OUR REALTOR THE
11:08:54 FIRST DAY AND JUST THINKING,
11:08:55 OH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVEN
11:08:56 WANT TO BE IN THIS
11:08:57 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I HAVE TO
11:08:58 COMMEND OUR NEIGHBORS BECAUSE
11:09:01 THEY HAVE COME IN AND PUT HEART
11:09:03 AND SOUL AND A TON OF MONEY
11:09:05 INTO MAKING IT REALLY A
11:09:06 SHOWPIECE AND A WELCOMING
11:09:09 ENTRANCE INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
11:09:11 AS WE KNOW, MacDILL IS VERY
11:09:13 HEAVILY TRAVELED, AND FOR THEM,
11:09:15 THEIR BEDROOMS ARE ON THE SIDE
11:09:16 THAT FACES MacDILL.
11:09:17 THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH NOISE,
11:09:18 THERE'S A HUGE PROBLEM WITH
11:09:19 SAFETY.
11:09:20 WE HAVE A LOT OF CRIME IN THAT
11:09:23 AREA AND BREAK-INS.
11:09:25 ALSO, A PROBLEM, THEY HAVE A
11:09:25 PET.
11:09:26 IF PART OF THAT FENCE -- NOW
11:09:28 PART OF IT'S ALREADY BEEN
11:09:29 APPROVED, BUT IF THE OTHER PART
11:09:30 GETS LOWERED, THEY HAVE NO
11:09:32 SAFETY FOR THEIR PET, AND WE'RE
11:09:33 ALL ANIMAL LOVERS ON THAT
11:09:34 STREET.
11:09:35 WE HAVE A DOG THAT WE CARE
11:09:37 ABOUT DEEPLY, AND THERE WOULD
11:09:38 BE NO RECOURSE FOR THAT DOG
11:09:40 JUST TO JUMP RIGHT OVER A
11:09:41 SMALLER FENCE, SO THAT'S A
11:09:43 HARDSHIP THERE.
11:09:48 I DO FEEL THAT THERE MAYBE HAS
11:09:50 BEEN SOME PROBLEMS WITH A
11:09:52 LITTLE BIT OF PUSHING IN THE
11:09:53 NEIGHBORHOOD AND TRYING TO GET
11:09:54 PEOPLE TO SIGN PETITIONS.
11:09:57 I WAS TOLD THAT BY A NEIGHBOR
11:09:58 YESTERDAY THAT THEY FELT A
11:09:59 LITTLE THREATENED WHEN OTHER
11:10:00 PEOPLE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE
11:10:02 NEIGHBORHOOD TRYING TO GET
11:10:04 PETITIONS SIGNED, AND ALL OF
11:10:05 THE NEIGHBORS SURROUNDING MY
11:10:06 HOME, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH
11:10:07 IT AT ALL.
11:10:09 AND I REALLY WOULD ASK THAT YOU
11:10:10 ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THE PROPERTY
11:10:12 AS IT IS.
11:10:13 I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO
11:10:14 GET EMOTIONAL AND TELL PERSONAL
11:10:16 THINGS HERE, BUT I AM GOING TO
11:10:17 SHARE SOMETHING.
11:10:19 I HADN'T PLANNED ON IT, BUT I
11:10:20 THINK I AM TODAY.
11:10:21 I AM THE MOTHER OF A TEENAGE
11:10:23 DAUGHTER THAT DIED IN A CAR
11:10:23 ACCIDENT.
11:10:25 TODAY'S ACTUALLY HER BIRTHDAY,
11:10:26 AND I'M SPENDING HER BIRTHDAY
11:10:27 ON BEHALF OF THESE TWO BECAUSE
11:10:31 I'M HYPERVIGILANT -- I HAVE
11:10:32 BEEN SINCE SHE DIED AT 15 IN A
11:10:34 CAR ACCIDENT -- WITH VISIBILITY
11:10:36 AND TRAFFIC, AND FOR A MOTHER
11:10:38 WHO'S LOST A CHILD TO STAND UP
11:10:39 HERE AND TELL YOU THAT I DON'T
11:10:40 FEEL THERE'S ANY VISIBILITY
11:10:42 ISSUE, I DON'T FEEL THERE IS,
11:10:43 NOR DOES MY HUSBAND, AND WE
11:10:45 CERTAINLY WOULD WANT TO PROTECT
11:10:46 PEOPLE IF THERE WAS.
11:10:48 SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
11:10:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:10:50 >> THANK YOU.
11:10:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT.
11:10:54 NEXT.
11:10:59 >> I HAVE NOT BEEN SWORN IN.
11:11:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:11:05 SIR, HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN IN?
11:11:05 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:11:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:11:07 [PARTICIPANT SWORN IN]
11:11:13 >> MY NAME IS MICHELLE WILSON.
11:11:16 I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THEM ON THE
11:11:17 CORNER OF SOUTH WOODLAND AND
11:11:19 ALLINE.
11:11:21 I CONCUR WITH THE IDEA OF THE
11:11:25 FENCE FOR NOT ONLY SECURITY BUT
11:11:27 SAFETY ISSUES.
11:11:31 I'M VERY SHORT, AS YOU CAN SEE.
11:11:33 I GO OUT THAT STREET,
11:11:34 OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S
11:11:36 CLOSEST, ALL THE TIME.
11:11:39 I DO NOT HAVE TO PULL OUT TO
11:11:41 SEE THE TRAFFIC COMING.
11:11:43 I DON'T DRIVE, YOU KNOW, A BIG
11:11:45 TRUCK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I
11:11:46 DRIVE JUST A NORMAL CAR.
11:11:48 I CAN SEE FINE.
11:11:50 NOW, I'M THE ONE WHO WOULD HAVE
11:11:51 VISIBILITY ISSUES.
11:11:54 I ALSO DO NOT GO OUT COACHMAN
11:11:55 AND ALLINE BECAUSE THERE ARE
11:11:58 VISIBILITY ISSUES.
11:12:00 THESE PEOPLE MOVED IN.
11:12:05 I BOUGHT THE HOUSE IN 2016.
11:12:08 THESE PEOPLE -- OR 2017, SORRY.
11:12:11 THESE PEOPLE ALMOST DIDN'T BUY
11:12:12 THAT HOUSE BECAUSE THAT HOUSE
11:12:17 DID NOT LOOK WELL.
11:12:20 THEY HAVE PUT SO MUCH MONEY AND
11:12:23 IMPROVED THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A
11:12:26 NEW ROOF, LANDSCAPING.
11:12:31 IT LOOKED LIKE -- IT LOOKED
11:12:32 NEGLECTED.
11:12:34 YOU WANT PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN
11:12:35 YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
11:12:37 THEY'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS, THEY'RE
11:12:40 GOOD PEOPLE, THEY DON'T DO
11:12:43 ANYTHING WRONG TO ANYBODY, THEY
11:12:44 HAVE A GREAT DOG, AND I LOVE
11:12:46 DOGS, SO, YES, I AM PREJUDICE,
11:12:51 I LOVE DOGS, BUT THERE'S
11:12:54 NOTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THIS.
11:12:57 THIS IS A PERSONAL VENDETTA,
11:12:59 AND IT'S WRONG.
11:13:03 THIS IS 2018, NOT 1918.
11:13:06 PEOPLE, PLEASE STOP THIS
11:13:07 MADNESS.
11:13:10 I CAN SEE JUST FINE.
11:13:11 THEY'RE WILLING TO FIX
11:13:12 SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EVEN
11:13:15 NEED TO BE FIXED TO ACCOMMODATE
11:13:17 PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPLAINING.
11:13:21 THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.
11:13:23 BUT THEY'RE GREAT NEIGHBORS.
11:13:24 THE HOUSE LOOKS WONDERFUL.
11:13:25 IT IMPROVED THE PROPERTY VALUES
11:13:27 OF EVERYBODY, WHICH RAISES
11:13:29 TAXES, PROBABLY, WHICH SHOULD
11:13:32 MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.
11:13:32 IT CERTAINLY IMPROVED THE HOME
11:13:33 VALUES.
11:13:36 I WISH ALL THE STREETS,
11:13:40 ESPECIALLY MATANZAS, LOOKED
11:13:41 LIKE THEIR HOME.
11:13:44 YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE BOATS
11:13:45 PARKED IN THEIR FRONT YARD,
11:13:46 THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
11:13:47 RUNNING A USED CAR LOT.
11:13:49 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
11:13:49 THANK YOU.
11:13:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
11:13:55 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:13:57 MY NAME'S NAT CHERRY.
11:14:00 I LIVE AT 3018 CHAPIN AVENUE,
11:14:03 WHICH IS ONE BLOCK NORTH AND
11:14:05 TOWARDS THE BAYSHORE SIDE.
11:14:07 I'VE KNOWN MILES PROBABLY 25,
11:14:08 30 YEARS.
11:14:09 HE DOESN'T HAVE A RACIST BONE
11:14:11 IN HIS BODY, AND I DON'T KNOW
11:14:12 WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING
11:14:15 UP WITH THAT.
11:14:17 I'VE GOT PROBABLY HALF MY
11:14:19 FAMILY'S GAY.
11:14:20 THEY LIVE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
11:14:22 HE'S AT MY HOUSE A LOT.
11:14:23 HE'S OVER THERE AND HE'S FINE
11:14:24 WITH IT.
11:14:25 THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH IT.
11:14:26 I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT COMES UP
11:14:27 IN A FENCE HEARING.
11:14:29 IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
11:14:30 I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR ALSO.
11:14:32 I DON'T PRACTICE ALL THE TIME.
11:14:34 I DO IT AT WORK AS A
11:14:38 CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, BUT ALL I
11:14:39 KNOW IS YOU DIDN'T GET A FENCE
11:14:41 PERMIT, YOU PUT A WRONG FENCE
11:14:43 UP, YOU ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS
11:14:45 AFTER THE FENCE IS UP.
11:14:46 IF I PULL UP IN MY TAHOE UP TO
11:14:48 THAT CORNER AND LOOK LEFT, I
11:14:50 CAN SEE FINE, BUT IF I LOOK
11:14:52 RIGHT, I'VE GOT TO PULL A FOOT
11:14:54 OR TWO INTO THE ROADWAY TO --
11:14:56 BEFORE I CAN GO, AND IT'S -- SO
11:14:57 YOU'RE GOING LIKE THIS.
11:14:58 IT'S NOT A SAFE SITUATION, AND
11:15:00 I KNOW YOU ALL DON'T WANT TO
11:15:03 HAVE THAT ON YOUR BACKS.
11:15:04 IT'S -- I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND
11:15:06 WHY ALL THIS OTHER PERSONAL
11:15:09 STUFF IS COMING UP FOR A FENCE
11:15:12 VARIANCE, AND IT KIND OF UPSETS
11:15:14 ME THAT THAT'S ALLOWED HERE.
11:15:15 I DON'T KNOW.
11:15:20 WHEN YOU PERMIT A FENCE -- WHEN
11:15:21 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PERMIT A
11:15:23 FENCE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
11:15:24 THREE FOOT ON THAT SIDE OF THE
11:15:24 ROAD.
11:15:26 EVERYBODY ELSE GOING DOWN THAT
11:15:29 HILL, GOING DOWN CHAPIN OR
11:15:31 MacDILL, HAS THE THREE-FOOT
11:15:32 FENCES.
11:15:33 THERE'S NOBODY THAT -- IF YOU
11:15:34 TURN AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK LEFT
11:15:36 BEFORE YOU TAKE A -- YOU HAVE
11:15:38 TO LOOK RIGHT BEFORE YOU TAKE A
11:15:39 LEFT TURN TO MAKE SURE
11:15:41 TRAFFIC'S COMING THAT HAS A
11:15:42 FENCE THAT IS BLOCKING YOUR
11:15:43 VIEW THERE -- I DON'T KNOW,
11:15:45 I'VE LIVED THERE -- I'VE LIVED
11:15:48 ON CHAPIN SINCE 1981, AND I
11:15:49 DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER PLACE THAT
11:15:51 HAS THAT SITUATION, AND I DON'T
11:15:52 UNDERSTAND WHY ALL THESE OTHER
11:15:54 -- IT'S ALWAYS -- IT'S ALWAYS
11:15:56 THE RACIST PROBLEM OR IT'S
11:15:57 ALWAYS THIS.
11:15:59 THIS IS A FENCE PROBLEM, IT'S A
11:16:00 SAFETY ISSUE, IT'S NOT A --
11:16:02 IT'S NOT ANYTHING TO DO WITH
11:16:03 RACE OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS
11:16:04 BUILDING.
11:16:05 I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
11:16:07 HERE, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND
11:16:07 THAT.
11:16:08 IT'S A FENCE ISSUE.
11:16:09 HE DIDN'T PERMIT IT.
11:16:11 HE ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS AFTER
11:16:12 IT'S OVER, AND I DON'T
11:16:13 UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ALL COULD
11:16:14 LET IT HAPPEN.
11:16:15 THAT'S IT.
11:16:15 THANK YOU.
11:16:18 ANY QUESTIONS?
11:16:19 [LAUGHTER]
11:16:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS?
11:16:21 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU, SIR.
11:16:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:16:24 ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK FROM
11:16:28 THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME?
11:16:29 ANYONE ELSE?
11:16:30 ALL RIGHT.
11:16:31 APPLICANT, NOW YOU CAN COME
11:16:33 BACK UP AND SPEAK.
11:16:34 >> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
11:16:35 THANK YOU.
11:16:37 JUST TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF
11:16:37 COMMENTS.
11:16:41 I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE
11:16:42 AGAIN THE CITY OF TAMPA STATED
11:16:43 THERE IS NO VISIBILITY ISSUE
11:16:46 ONCE WE REMOVED THAT 90-DEGREE
11:16:49 ANGLE TO A 45-DEGREE ANGLE ON
11:16:50 MacDILL.
11:16:50 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING STATED
11:16:53 ONCE YOU CHANGE THAT, I WILL
11:16:56 CHANGE MY -- I WILL CHANGE MY
11:16:58 CONCLUSIONS TO -- WHAT IS IT
11:17:01 AGAIN? -- CONSISTENT, RIGHT.
11:17:01 SO THERE IS NO VISIBILITY
11:17:04 ISSUE, AND I WANT TO GET RID OF
11:17:05 THIS NONISSUE AND EVERYTHING
11:17:07 YOU'VE JUST HEARD ABOUT THE
11:17:08 VISIBILITY.
11:17:10 I'M TIRED OF LISTENING TO THAT
11:17:11 VISIBILITY ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS
11:17:12 A NONISSUE.
11:17:14 THE CITY OF TAMPA, YOUR PEOPLE,
11:17:15 THIS BUILDING DECIDED THIS IS A
11:17:16 NONISSUE.
11:17:18 THE ONLY ISSUE IS THE ALLINE
11:17:20 SIDE, AND I KNOW I'M ASKING FOR
11:17:21 FORGIVENESS BECAUSE I THOUGHT
11:17:24 THERE WOULD BE A -- I THOUGHT
11:17:26 THAT THE AGENCY WHO CREATED THE
11:17:28 FENCE WOULD DO THEIR DUE
11:17:29 DILIGENCE BY CREATING IT THE
11:17:30 WAY IT SHOULD HAVE DONE.
11:17:32 APPARENTLY THERE IS NO NEED TO
11:17:33 HAVE A PERMIT FOR THAT TYPE OF
11:17:35 FENCE, SO THAT'S JUST THE WAY
11:17:36 IT WAS DONE, SO I'M HERE TO
11:17:39 TALK ABOUT THE ALLINE SIDE OF
11:17:40 THE FENCE.
11:17:42 I HAD TO BRING EVERYTHING ELSE,
11:17:43 OBVIOUSLY, TO GIVE YOU SOME
11:17:45 COLORS AND LAYERS OF
11:17:48 INFORMATION AS TO WHY THERE IS
11:17:51 SO MUCH ANIMOSITY.
11:17:52 YOU CAN HOPEFULLY MAKE YOUR OWN
11:17:55 JUDGMENT AS TO WHAT YOU HEARD
11:17:56 TODAY, AND I'M HOPING YOU
11:17:58 UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT THE
11:18:01 HARDSHIPS ARE VALID FOR
11:18:03 MacDILL, ARE OBVIOUSLY AS VALID
11:18:05 FOR THE REST OF THE FENCE, AND
11:18:08 HAVING A THREE FENCE ON ALLINE
11:18:10 AND SIX FENCE ON MacDILL, FIRST
11:18:13 OF ALL, WOULD LOOK TERRIBLE,
11:18:14 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT
11:18:15 WORK VISUALLY, BUT ALSO WOULD
11:18:17 MAKE NO SENSE IN TERMS OF
11:18:18 COUNTERING THE HARDSHIPS THAT
11:18:20 WE'RE FACING.
11:18:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:18:22 THAT'S IT?
11:18:24 >> THANK YOU.
11:18:26 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, IF I
11:18:27 COULD, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF
11:18:29 QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
11:18:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES, SIR.
11:18:31 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MS. -- OUR LEGAL
11:18:32 DEPARTMENT, LET ME JUST ASK YOU
11:18:33 A QUICK QUESTION.
11:18:34 I'M LOOKING AT THE ORDER NOW,
11:18:36 AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE JUST
11:18:37 GET BACK TO THE FACTS OF THIS
11:18:40 THING, THAT THEY'VE APPROVED
11:18:41 THE SIX-FOOT PORTION THAT IS
11:18:44 ALONG MacDILL THAT IS FURTHER
11:18:45 SET BACK?
11:18:46 THERE WAS STATEMENTS MADE BY
11:18:48 THE APPLICANT THAT IF THEY
11:18:50 CHANGE IT TO A 45-DEGREE ANGLE
11:18:51 AND THEY HAD ACTUALLY PUT A
11:18:53 QUOTE FROM JONATHAN SCOTT ABOUT
11:18:55 THAT, IS THAT ALSO PART OF THIS
11:18:57 ORDER BECAUSE IT DOES SAY
11:18:57 CORNER CLEARANCE CONDITIONS
11:18:59 SHALL BE COMPLIANT FOR
11:19:00 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
11:19:02 COMMENTS, SO IS THAT ALSO
11:19:03 SOMETHING THAT WE ARE -- IF WE
11:19:05 GO FORWARD WITH THIS, WE'D BE
11:19:07 AGREEING TO, IS THAT WHAT THAT
11:19:07 IS?
11:19:11 >>KRISTIN MORA: KRISTIN MORA,
11:19:12 LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
11:19:15 YES, IF YOU UPHOLD THE VARIANCE
11:19:16 REVIEW BOARD'S DECISION, THAT
11:19:17 INCLUDED A REQUIREMENT FROM THE
11:19:18 TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO
11:19:20 MAKE A 45-DEGREE PORTION OF THE
11:19:22 FENCE THERE TO ASSIST IN THE
11:19:23 VISIBILITY ISSUES.
11:19:24 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
11:19:25 I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE
11:19:26 IT WAS STATED DIFFERENTLY IN
11:19:27 THE ORDER VS. THE WAY IT WAS
11:19:30 STATED IN THE PRESENTATION.
11:19:31 THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT --
11:19:32 AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A
11:19:33 LITTLE BIT UNIQUE BECAUSE
11:19:36 MacDILL HAS GOT -- FRANKLY,
11:19:37 IT'S GOT A LOT OF OBSTRUCTIONS
11:19:39 ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT STREETS.
11:19:40 ASHBURY PLACE HAS GOT
11:19:42 OBSTRUCTIONS, YOU'VE GOT
11:19:43 OBSTRUCTIONS -- IT WAS
11:19:44 MENTIONED SOME OTHER PLACES
11:19:46 WHERE THERE'S OBSTRUCTIONS,
11:19:48 THERE'S PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR
11:19:48 DIFFERENT STREETS.
11:19:51 PART OF IT IS OUR FAULT AS A
11:19:51 CITY BECAUSE OF OUR
11:19:52 RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE WAY THAT
11:19:54 WE TAKE CARE OF THE
11:19:55 RIGHT-OF-WAY; PART OF IT IS THE
11:19:56 OWNERS OF A LOT OF THESE PLACES
11:19:57 BECAUSE THEY TAKE OVER THE
11:19:58 RIGHT-OF-WAY IN ORDER TO
11:19:59 BEAUTIFY THEIR HOUSES, I
11:20:00 TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
11:20:02 WHEN YOU ALL WERE DOING THIS,
11:20:04 DID YOU SEE HOW MANY OTHERS --
11:20:05 AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, THE
11:20:07 HARDSHIP, IT SEEMS LIKE THE
11:20:09 DECISION THAT WAS MADE BY THE
11:20:12 VRB HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT
11:20:15 THAT THE 70-FOOT FRONTAGE IS
11:20:17 ALONG MacDILL AND NOT ALONG
11:20:19 ALLINE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE
11:20:21 IT'S 70 ON MacDILL AND IT'S
11:20:23 ABOUT 112 ON ALLINE, AND HOW
11:20:24 MANY -- I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY
11:20:26 A FEW ALONG MacDILL THAT ARE
11:20:28 LIKE THAT, AND I'M NOT
11:20:29 POSITIVE, BUT I THINK THAT JUST
11:20:31 BY VISUAL, I THINK THERE'S
11:20:31 PROBABLY A FEW HERE AND THERE
11:20:33 LIKE THAT.
11:20:35 WOULD -- WAS THERE ANY ANALYSIS
11:20:37 DONE OR PRESENT -- OR EVIDENCE
11:20:40 PRESENTED IN THAT REVIEW ABOUT
11:20:41 THAT?
11:20:42 >>KRISTIN MORA: THE VARIANCE
11:20:44 REVIEW BOARD DID REVIEW
11:20:45 PHOTOGRAPHS OF ADDITIONAL
11:20:47 FENCES ALONG MacDILL AVENUE AND
11:20:49 RAN ALL OF THAT COMPARISON IN
11:20:50 THEIR DECISION.
11:20:51 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH, I'M NOT
11:20:52 TALKING ABOUT THE FENCE HEIGHT,
11:20:53 I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SIZE OF
11:20:55 THE LOTS BECAUSE THEY'RE -- I'M
11:20:56 SURE THAT BECAUSE OF THE
11:20:58 DEVELOPMENT OF MacDILL, IT'S
11:21:00 CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY, IT WAS
11:21:02 JUST, YOU KNOW -- AND STILL IS
11:21:04 A VERY SMALL ROAD, BUT IT WAS
11:21:05 NEVER PROBABLY THOUGHT OF TO
11:21:08 HAVE AS MUCH TRAFFIC AS IT DOES
11:21:10 NOW, SO THEY PROBABLY DID
11:21:13 SITUATE SOME, YOU KNOW, 70-FOOT
11:21:14 FRONTAGE LOTS THERE.
11:21:15 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OLD
11:21:16 PLATTING SAYS, AND, YOU KNOW, I
11:21:18 DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY
11:21:19 THAT MIGHT HAVE IT, MR. SOUSA
11:21:21 MIGHT HAVE IT, I DON'T KNOW,
11:21:22 BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT IS
11:21:25 BECAUSE THIS IS A UNIQUE
11:21:25 SITUATION.
11:21:27 THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN HAS
11:21:29 CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MY
11:21:31 MIND, AND SO THE HARDSHIP WAS
11:21:34 PRIMARILY THAT THE FRONTAGE WAS
11:21:38 BACKWARDS, WAS TURNED ON A --
11:21:39 YOU KNOW, ON ITS SIDE,
11:21:40 ESSENTIALLY.
11:21:41 >>KRISTIN MORA: YES, AND THAT
11:21:43 WAS THE VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD'S
11:21:44 CONCLUSION, THAT THAT WOULD
11:21:45 BE --
11:21:46 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT'S A UNIQUE
11:21:47 LOT BECAUSE OF THAT PARTICULAR
11:21:47 THING.
11:21:48 OKAY.
11:21:48 THANK YOU.
11:21:48 APPRECIATE IT.
11:21:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:21:50 ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM
11:21:50 COUNCIL?
11:21:51 MS. CAPIN.
11:21:52 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
11:21:54 IF -- I WANT TO ASK THIS
11:21:55 QUESTION.
11:21:57 IF SHRUBBERY OR PLANTS WERE PUT
11:21:59 ALONG THAT LINE, WOULD THEY BE
11:22:05 KEPT AT THREE FEET?
11:22:06 TREES --
11:22:07 >> JOEL SOUSA, LAND
11:22:08 DEVELOPMENT.
11:22:09 GENERALLY WHEN VEGETATION'S UP
11:22:10 THERE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY,
11:22:11 NORMALLY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
11:22:13 KEEP IT BETWEEN 22 AND 30
11:22:14 INCHES ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
11:22:17 SO THAT YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC TO
11:22:18 THE LEFT OR RIGHT.
11:22:20 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THE FENCE
11:22:21 THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS ON THE
11:22:21 RIGHT-OF-WAY?
11:22:22 >> YES.
11:22:23 >>YVONNE CAPIN: NO.
11:22:24 >> THE FENCE IS ON THE
11:22:25 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:22:26 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THEIR FENCE IS
11:22:26 ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:22:27 >> WELL, ABUTTING THE
11:22:29 RIGHT-OF-WAY, YES, MA'AM.
11:22:31 >>YVONNE CAPIN: ABUTTING, BUT
11:22:31 I'M ASKING IF THE LINE THAT
11:22:33 THEY'RE ASKING FOR FOR THE
11:22:34 FENCE -- IF THEY WOULD HAVE PUT
11:22:38 TREES OR BUSHES THERE, WOULD WE
11:22:40 REQUIRE THEM TO KEEP IT AT
11:22:41 THREE FEET?
11:22:44 >> CODE ENFORCEMENT COULD --
11:22:46 AND TRANSPORTATION COULD SAY IT
11:22:47 IS A SIGHT OBSTRUCTION, THEY
11:22:48 COULD.
11:22:50 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IF IT IS A
11:22:51 SIGHT OBSTRUCTION?
11:22:52 >> THAT'S TRUE, YES, MA'AM.
11:22:53 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
11:22:54 BUT OTHERWISE, THEY WOULDN'T.
11:22:55 >> THAT'S RIGHT.
11:22:56 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IF IT WASN'T A
11:22:57 SIGHT -- INSTEAD OF PUTTING A
11:22:59 FENCE, YOU PUT A BUNCH OF TREES
11:23:00 AND YOU CAN GROW THEM AS HIGH
11:23:01 AS YOU WANT.
11:23:03 I KNOW BECAUSE I LIVED IN BEACH
11:23:05 PARK, AND I SAW IT HAPPEN ALL
11:23:05 THE TIME.
11:23:06 >> IT DOES HAPPEN.
11:23:07 IT DOES HAPPEN.
11:23:07 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
11:23:08 ALL RIGHT.
11:23:09 I JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON THAT.
11:23:10 THANK YOU.
11:23:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:23:14 WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
11:23:16 >> DO YOU WISH TO CLOSE THE
11:23:16 HEARING?
11:23:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH.
11:23:17 MOTION TO CLOSE?
11:23:18 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:23:19 >> SECOND.
11:23:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:23:21 I'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
11:23:23 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
11:23:24 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:23:25 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:23:26 AYE.
11:23:26 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:23:27 ALL RIGHT.
11:23:30 PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
11:23:31 >> I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE
11:23:33 UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE
11:23:35 VARIANCE REVIEW BOARD.
11:23:37 >> SECOND.
11:23:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:23:38 GOT A MOTION FROM
11:23:39 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
11:23:40 MR. VIERA.
11:23:41 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE
11:23:42 MOTION?
11:23:43 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND IF I COULD,
11:23:44 IS PART OF THAT MOTION TO MAKE
11:23:46 SURE THAT THAT 45-DEGREE ANGLE
11:23:47 IS INSTALLED.
11:23:49 I KNOW THAT THE ORDER IS NOT AS
11:23:51 CLEAR, THE PRESENTATION DID.
11:23:52 I KNOW WE DID SOME PUBLIC
11:23:53 COMMENT ABOUT IT, BUT I WANT TO
11:23:54 MAKE SURE THAT DOES GET
11:23:56 INSTALLED.
11:23:57 >> SURE.
11:23:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:23:58 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
11:23:59 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
11:24:00 MOTION SAY AYE.
11:24:03 OPPOSED.
11:24:05 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
11:24:10 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH COHEN
11:24:11 ABSTAINING.
11:24:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:24:14 WE'LL GO TO INFORMATION
11:24:17 REPORTS.
11:24:19 MR. VIERA.
11:24:21 >>LUIS VIERA: NONE, MR. CHAIR.
11:24:23 I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, IF I
11:24:26 MAY, THE PASSING ON OF A PERSON
11:24:28 THAT WE WOULD SEE AT A LOT OF
11:24:30 PUBLIC EVENTS, STEPHEN GATELY,
11:24:32 WHO WAS THE LEGISLATIVE
11:24:34 ASSISTANT TO CONGRESSMAN ROSS,
11:24:36 JUST CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY
11:24:37 AND FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES.
11:24:38 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:24:39 ANYTHING ELSE?
11:24:40 >>LUIS VIERA: NO, SIR.
11:24:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
11:24:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE,
11:24:43 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:24:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
11:24:45 >>YVONNE CAPIN: NONE,
11:24:46 MR. CHAIRMAN.
11:24:46 >>FRANK REDDICK:
11:24:47 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:24:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I WAS GOING
11:24:53 TO SAY AFTER WE'RE FINISHED.
11:24:54 >> HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT
11:24:55 STUFF --
11:24:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, OH, OH,
11:24:57 OH, OKAY.
11:24:58 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:24:58 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YEAH.
11:25:02 I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT
11:25:03 ON AUGUST 23rd, UNDER STAFF
11:25:05 REPORTS, SOMEONE FROM PARKS AND
11:25:10 REC COME AND DISCUSS THIS DOG
11:25:12 RECEPTACLE STATION THAT'S GOING
11:25:13 TO BE -- OR POSSIBLY OR WAS
11:25:15 GOING TO BE INSTALLED AT LAKE
11:25:15 ROBERTA.
11:25:16 WHILE WE RECEIVED NOTICE THAT
11:25:19 IT WAS GOING TO BE DONE, THEN
11:25:19 ANOTHER EMAIL THAT IT WASN'T
11:25:21 GOING TO BE DONE, AND I'M
11:25:23 GETTING FLOODED WITH EMAILS OF
11:25:24 PEOPLE IN SUPPORT THROUGHOUT
11:25:25 THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT DOES
11:25:26 BE INSTALLED, SO IF WE COULD
11:25:28 HAVE THAT UNDER STAFF REPORTS.
11:25:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU NEED A
11:25:29 SECOND; RIGHT?
11:25:30 >> SECOND.
11:25:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:25:34 BOY, OH, BOY, OH, BOY, WE'VE
11:25:36 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. --
11:25:37 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU'VE GOT TO
11:25:40 DRAG IT OUT OF US.
11:25:41 >>MIKE SUAREZ: [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:25:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: DON'T GO
11:25:42 ANYWHERE.
11:25:44 WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
11:25:45 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND FROM
11:25:46 MR. COHEN.
11:25:47 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:25:48 AYE.
11:25:49 OPPOSED.
11:25:49 ANYTHING ELSE?
11:25:50 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALSO, IN
11:25:54 ECHOING MR. VIERA'S COMMENTS ON
11:25:56 MR. GATELY, HE WAS A GOOD
11:25:57 FRIEND OF MINE, A GOOD FRIEND
11:25:58 OF OURS.
11:25:59 HE WOULD JOKE THAT HE WOULD BE
11:26:01 EVERYWHERE, AND IT WAS TRUE, HE
11:26:03 WOULD BE AT SO MANY EVENTS.
11:26:04 AFTER HIS PASSING LAST
11:26:06 THURSDAY, CONDOLENCES HAD COME
11:26:09 IN FROM THE STATE LEVEL, FROM
11:26:10 THE MAYOR, FROM ALL SORTS OF
11:26:12 FOLKS, SO JUST WANTED TO
11:26:13 ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PASSING.
11:26:14 THANK YOU.
11:26:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:26:15 MR. COHEN.
11:26:17 >>HARRY COHEN: JUST ONE ITEM,
11:26:18 MR. CHAIR.
11:26:19 IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR
11:26:20 THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM
11:26:21 OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
11:26:23 ON THE BUDGET, AND I'D LIKE TO
11:26:26 ASK THAT THEY COME IN ON AUGUST
11:26:29 30th AT 9:00 A.M. --
11:26:30 >> SECOND.
11:26:31 >>HARRY COHEN: -- CONCURRENT
11:26:33 WITH OUR WORKSHOP SESSION, AND
11:26:35 WE PUT THEM FIRST ON THE AGENDA
11:26:40 AFTER THE CEREMONIAL
11:26:40 ACTIVITIES.
11:26:41 >> SECOND.
11:26:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:26:42 GOT A MOTION BY MR. COHEN,
11:26:42 SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA.
11:26:43 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:26:44 AYE.
11:26:44 OPPOSED.
11:26:45 MR. SUAREZ.
11:26:45 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YES, SIR.
11:26:47 I HAVE ONE ITEM, THAT COUNCIL
11:26:50 INVITE SEAN SULLIVAN, EXECUTIVE
11:26:51 DIRECTOR OF THE TAMPA BAY
11:26:52 REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO
11:26:53 PRESENT A MEMORANDUM OF
11:26:54 UNDERSTANDING FROM THE TAMPA
11:26:55 BAY REGIONAL RESILIENCE
11:26:58 COALITION FOR CONSIDERATION BY
11:26:58 THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I WANT
11:27:00 HIM TO COME ON IN AUGUST 23rd
11:27:02 AT 9:00 A.M., AND HE IS GOING
11:27:02 TO HAVE A FIVE-MINUTE
11:27:03 PRESENTATION.
11:27:04 >> SECOND.
11:27:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:27:07 WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY
11:27:08 MR. SUAREZ, SECONDED BY
11:27:10 MR. MIRANDA.
11:27:11 ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
11:27:12 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
11:27:13 MOTION SAY AYE.
11:27:13 OPPOSED.
11:27:14 YES, MA'AM.
11:27:14 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I WAS CORRECTED
11:27:16 THAT I DID NOT HAVE -- I HAVE
11:27:23 271 DAYS LEFT, SO I JUST WANT
11:27:30 EVERYBODY TO KNOW.
11:27:32 >>HARRY COHEN: DOESN'T THAT
11:27:35 MEAN WE ALSO HAVE 271 DAYS
11:27:35 LEFT?
11:27:37 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
11:27:37 >> IF I MAY --
11:27:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME --
11:27:38 BEFORE YOU DO THAT I WANT TO
11:27:41 MAKE A MOTION HERE, AND THAT IS
11:27:44 I WANT TO INVITE REVEREND
11:27:46 BEVERLY LANE AND LaKAY FAYSON
11:27:51 FROM ONE CHURCH, ONE CHILD
11:27:52 FLORIDA ORGANIZATION TO APPEAR
11:27:54 BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON AUGUST
11:27:56 23rd TO DO A FIVE-MINUTE
11:27:57 PRESENTATION.
11:27:58 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
11:27:59 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN
11:28:01 REDDICK, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
11:28:01 MIRANDA.
11:28:02 ALL IN FAVOR.
11:28:03 ANY OPPOSED?
11:28:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND ONE OTHER
11:28:06 ITEM IS THAT I WANTED -- THIS
11:28:07 IS FOR INFORMATION TO ALL
11:28:09 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
11:28:10 WE HAVE BEEN PAYING AN
11:28:12 EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF DOLLARS
11:28:15 ON THESE PLAQUES FOR
11:28:18 COMMENDATIONS, AND I'M GOING TO
11:28:20 SUGGEST TO YOU THAT YOU BE
11:28:24 GENTLE AND KIND IN YOUR
11:28:25 SELECTION IN DOING THESE
11:28:26 PLAQUES BECAUSE THERE'S MANY OF
11:28:29 THEM THAT I'VE SEEN WHERE YOU
11:28:30 CAN EASILY GIVE A PERSON A
11:28:31 SLEEVE INSTEAD OF A WOODEN
11:28:34 PLAQUE, AND THESE THINGS HAVE
11:28:35 GONE UP AND GOTTEN MORE
11:28:38 EXPENSIVE, AND JUST HAVING IT
11:28:42 BE -- SIGNING THE DOCUMENT AND
11:28:44 WITH THE COSTS, I WAS JUST
11:28:44 SHOCKED HOW MUCH THESE THINGS
11:28:48 WERE COSTING, AND WE JUST
11:28:49 ORDERED SOME MORE, AND THEN
11:28:51 WHEN THEY COME IN THE BOX, THEY
11:28:53 COME IN THE CASE, THERE'S JUST
11:28:54 12 IN THERE, BUT YOU'RE PAYING
11:28:56 A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY FOR THOSE
11:28:58 12, SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO
11:28:59 BE MINDFUL ABOUT THAT.
11:29:00 IF YOU CAN DO SOME OF THEM IN A
11:29:02 SLEEVE, I'D APPRECIATE IT, BUT
11:29:03 JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT.
11:29:07 AND SO MY LITTLE SHORT MAN NEXT
11:29:09 DOOR WILL BE HAPPY WITH ME.
11:29:11 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
11:29:12 MR. CHAIR.
11:29:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. VIERA.
11:29:15 >>LUIS VIERA: IF I MAY ADD
11:29:17 HERE, THIS WEEK IS OUR LAST
11:29:19 WEEK FOR MY LEGISLATIVE
11:29:21 ASSISTANT, AND CHRIS IS GOING
11:29:22 TO HATE THIS, I'M SORRY, BUT
11:29:23 YOU'VE GOT TO COME UP HERE,
11:29:24 BUDDY.
11:29:25 >>MIKE SUAREZ: COUNCILMAN
11:29:27 VIERA, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN
11:29:29 THE AUDIENCE OR ANYBODY ON TV
11:29:31 HEARD YOU WHILE YOU WERE
11:29:32 WALKING DOWN.
11:29:32 >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL GLADLY
11:29:33 REPEAT IT.
11:29:35 THIS IS THE LAST WEEK BEFORE
11:29:37 OUR FRIEND, CHRISTOPHER BERG,
11:29:39 IS GOING TO LEAVE US.
11:29:40 CHRIS IS GOING TO BE A LAW
11:29:42 STUDENT OVER AT FSU, WHERE HE
11:29:43 HAS A FULL SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH
11:29:45 IS ONE HECK OF AN HONOR, AND I
11:29:46 WROTE SOME THINGS DOWN THAT I
11:29:48 THINK ABOUT CHRIS.
11:29:50 I REALLY HOLD CHRIS IN SUCH
11:29:51 VERY HIGH REGARD.
11:29:53 I MEAN, HE'S BECOME A FRIEND
11:29:55 AND HE KNOWS ME WELL, A LITTLE
11:29:56 TOO WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW,
11:29:57 THAT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO RUN
11:29:59 AGAINST ME FOR OFFICE, HE'S
11:30:00 GOOD FOR SOME GOOD INFORMATION.
11:30:01 [LAUGHTER]
11:30:02 BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD
11:30:03 STUFF ABOUT CHRIS THAT I THINK
11:30:05 IS SO LAUDABLE ABOUT HIM.
11:30:07 NUMBER ONE IS, IS THAT CHRIS IS
11:30:10 TRULY A GENTLEMAN, OR AS WE SAY
11:30:12 IN SPANISH [SPEAKING SPANISH].
11:30:14 HE TRULY, TRULY IS A
11:30:15 GENTLEMEN'S GENTLEMAN.
11:30:17 HE IS COURTEOUS, HE IS CIVIL,
11:30:20 HE IS VERY CLASSY, HE IS VERY
11:30:21 CONSIDERATE, AND HE IS VERY
11:30:21 FAIR.
11:30:23 CHRIS IS ALSO A VERY THOUGHTFUL
11:30:23 PERSON.
11:30:27 HE IS CURIOUS, INTELLECTUALLY
11:30:28 INDEPENDENT, AND VERY, VERY
11:30:29 INTELLIGENT.
11:30:31 HE IS ALSO VERY HUMBLE ABOUT
11:30:32 THAT INTELLIGENCE.
11:30:34 NEXT, CHRIS IS A HUMBLE PERSON.
11:30:37 HE VERY MUCH --
11:30:37 [LAUGHTER]
11:30:38 -- YOU WOULDN'T -- YOU WOULDN'T
11:30:40 KNOW THAT THIS GUY IS GOING NOT
11:30:43 JUST TO FSU, A SCHOOL THAT,
11:30:44 TAKE IT FROM ME -- I'M AN
11:30:46 ATTORNEY -- THESE DAYS, THAT
11:30:47 SCHOOL'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO
11:30:50 GET INTO, IT'S HARD TO GET
11:30:52 INTO, AND 20,000 TIMES HARDER
11:30:53 TO GET A SCHOLARSHIP.
11:30:54 THEY ARE PAYING HIM TO GO TO
11:30:55 ONE OF THE BEST LAW SCHOOLS IN
11:30:55 FLORIDA.
11:30:57 THAT'S A BIG DEAL, AND WE OUGHT
11:30:58 TO BE PROUD OF THAT.
11:30:58 [APPLAUSE]
11:31:03 CHRIS IS ALSO VERY -- YEP.
11:31:05 CHRIS IS ALSO VERY, VERY
11:31:06 HARDWORKING.
11:31:08 I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 2.5
11:31:10 YEARS, AND I CAN TELL YOU TO
11:31:11 THE EXTENT I'VE HAD ANY
11:31:12 SUCCESS, NONE OF THIS WOULD
11:31:15 HAVE HAPPENED FOR ME OR OUR
11:31:16 CONSTITUENTS WITHOUT CHRIS
11:31:17 BERG.
11:31:19 IN FACT, THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT
11:31:20 7 HAVE NO GREATER FRIEND THAN
11:31:21 CHRIS BERG.
11:31:23 THAT'S AN INSIDE JOKE, BUT I
11:31:26 SAY THAT --
11:31:26 [LAUGHTER]
11:31:28 -- AND, IN FACT, MEETING AFTER
11:31:31 MEETING IN THE LAST TWO YEARS
11:31:31 OR SO, WE'VE HAD TEN TOWN
11:31:31 HALLS.
11:31:33 HE'S BEEN AT ALL OF THEM.
11:31:35 HE'S HAD TO LISTEN TO ME SPEAK
11:31:36 FOR FAR TOO LONG, IN FACT.
11:31:37 WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS
11:31:40 COMMENDATIONS.
11:31:41 IN FACT, WE'VE GIVEN, I THINK,
11:31:42 THREE COMMENDATIONS TO EVERY
11:31:44 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 7.
11:31:44 I'M JOKING.
11:31:46 [LAUGHTER]
11:31:48 >> APPARENTLY THEY ALL GOT A
11:31:48 PLAQUE.
11:31:50 APPARENTLY THEY ALL GOT A
11:31:50 PLAQUE.
11:31:52 [LAUGHTER]
11:31:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: THAT'S WHERE
11:31:53 THEY'RE GOING.
11:31:54 >>LUIS VIERA: VERY, VERY
11:31:55 TIMELY.
11:31:56 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. VIERA, THE
11:31:58 CHAIR SAYS THE INVOICE IS IN
11:31:59 THE MAIL.
11:32:00 >>LUIS VIERA: AND WE'VE ALSO
11:32:01 FORMED VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD
11:32:02 GROUPS.
11:32:03 AGAIN, THIS COULDN'T BE DONE
11:32:04 WITHOUT CHRIS.
11:32:05 JUST LAST NIGHT HE WAS AT
11:32:07 FOREST HILLS WITH ONE OF OUR
11:32:08 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, AND HE
11:32:10 WORKED SO HARD, AND EVERY
11:32:11 PERSON WHO WAS A LEADER IN
11:32:12 THESE ORGANIZATIONS ALWAYS
11:32:14 TELLS ME TIME AND TIME AGAIN
11:32:16 HOW LUCKY I AM TO HAVE CHRIS
11:32:17 BERG BY MY SIDE.
11:32:19 SO IN ENDING, THIS IS A VERY
11:32:20 BRIGHT AND SPECIAL YOUNG MAN
11:32:22 WITH A VERY, VERY BRIGHT
11:32:22 FUTURE.
11:32:25 THE LEVEL OF PRIDE -- AND I
11:32:26 MEAN THIS -- THE LEVEL OF PRIDE
11:32:29 THAT I HAVE IN CHRIS, BECAUSE
11:32:30 WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, I WAS
11:32:32 RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND WE WENT
11:32:32 OUT TO LUNCH AND WE TALKED
11:32:34 ABOUT THINGS, AND I ASKED HIM,
11:32:36 WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT?
11:32:37 HE SAID WOODROW WILSON.
11:32:39 I SAID WHAT KIND OF A
11:32:40 23-YEAR-OLD LIKES WOODROW
11:32:41 WILSON.
11:32:42 YOU KNOW, HE'S A VERY, VERY
11:32:43 THOUGHTFUL PERSON, BUT THE
11:32:44 LEVEL OF PRIDE THAT I HAVE IN
11:32:46 CHRIS IN HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IS
11:32:47 TRULY IMMENSE, AND I CAN TELL
11:32:49 YOU THAT AS AN ATTORNEY, I LOOK
11:32:51 FORWARD TO, IN ABOUT SIX YEARS
11:32:52 -- BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE HIM
11:32:54 THREE YEARS TO GO THROUGH LAW
11:32:55 SCHOOL AND THEN THREE YEARS TO
11:32:57 FINALLY PASS THE BAR -- I'M
11:32:58 JOKING --
11:32:58 [LAUGHTER]
11:33:01 -- IN 3.5 YEARS, I REALLY LOOK
11:33:03 FORWARD TO SEEING CHRIS HERE,
11:33:05 AND IF CHRIS BLESSES TAMPA WITH
11:33:07 PRACTICING HERE, AS I THINK
11:33:08 HE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT LAND
11:33:10 USE LAWYER, I REALLY DO SEE
11:33:12 CHRIS EVENTUALLY BECOMING ONE
11:33:13 OF THOSE VERY DISTINGUISHED
11:33:15 VOICES, ONE OF THE GINA GRIMES,
11:33:18 THE RON WEAVERS, GRACE YANGS,
11:33:21 DAVID MECHANIKS, ET CETERA, ET
11:33:22 CETERA, AND THAT'S SAYING A
11:33:24 LOT, BUT I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON
11:33:26 A LIMB AND SAY THAT, BUT IN
11:33:27 SAYING THAT, LET'S GIVE A ROUND
11:33:29 OF APPLAUSE TO OUR FRIEND,
11:33:30 CHRIS BERG.
11:33:30 [APPLAUSE]
11:33:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
11:33:35 >>YVONNE CAPIN: MR. CHRIS BERG,
11:33:37 WELL DONE, VERY WELL DONE.
11:33:38 CONGRATULATIONS.
11:33:39 I WISH YOU THE BEST, AND I LOOK
11:33:40 FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK
11:33:41 HERE.
11:33:43 WHOA, YOU'VE GOT TO GET HERE
11:33:45 BEFORE 271 DAYS.
11:33:45 [LAUGHTER]
11:33:47 ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS.
11:33:47 >> THANK YOU.
11:33:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
11:33:49 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
11:33:50 MUCH.
11:33:52 FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ECHO
11:33:53 WHAT COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID.
11:33:54 YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE AN
11:33:55 OUTSTANDING LAWYER, AND WHAT
11:33:57 YOU'VE LEARNED HERE IS GOING TO
11:34:00 BE INVALUABLE FOR YOUR LAW
11:34:01 SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, THERE'S NO
11:34:02 QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
11:34:04 I WANTED TO MENTION, A LOT OF
11:34:06 PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT I
11:34:11 HAD A GAP IN MY OFFICE.
11:34:13 CJO FORD LEFT, AND BEFORE IAN
11:34:15 CAME, THERE WAS, I THINK, ABOUT
11:34:17 A NINE-MONTH PERIOD WHERE I DID
11:34:19 NOT HAVE A LEGISLATIVE AIDE,
11:34:20 AND THE REASON THAT NO ONE
11:34:22 REALLY NOTICED WAS BECAUSE
11:34:25 CHRIS BERG JUST STEPPED IN AND
11:34:27 WORKED DOUBLE SHIFT IN MY
11:34:29 OFFICE TO KEEP THINGS GOING.
11:34:32 HE NEVER ASKED FOR ANYTHING, HE
11:34:32 NEVER ASKED FOR ANY
11:34:34 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF IT, BUT HE
11:34:36 JUST STEPPED IN AND DID IT, AND
11:34:40 IT WAS -- YOU KNOW, I KNOW
11:34:41 TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATED BY ME,
11:34:42 BUT ALSO APPRECIATED BY THE
11:34:44 CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT 4 WHO
11:34:46 GOT A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT
11:34:47 APPARENTLY THE PEOPLE IN
11:34:50 DISTRICT 7 HAVE EXPERIENCED
11:34:52 WITH CHRIS, SO I JUST WANT TO
11:34:53 MENTION THAT I REALLY
11:34:54 APPRECIATE THAT, AND I KNOW
11:34:56 THAT THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY
11:34:57 APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
11:34:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
11:34:59 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
11:34:59 CHAIR.
11:35:01 YOU KNOW, CHRIS, I KNOW THAT
11:35:03 MR. VIERA'S INTRODUCTION OF YOU
11:35:05 WAS LONGER THAN YOUR STAY HERE
11:35:05 ON CITY COUNCIL.
11:35:07 [LAUGHTER]
11:35:09 WE'LL TRY AND KEEP IT BRIEF.
11:35:09 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS
11:35:11 THAT I REALLY ENJOYED ABOUT
11:35:12 YOU, CHRIS, IN TERMS OF ALL THE
11:35:14 CONVERSATIONS WE HAD IS WHAT A
11:35:15 GREAT KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE OF
11:35:17 PUBLIC POLICY, HISTORY.
11:35:19 YOU HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT MOVIES
11:35:21 WHATSOEVER, BUT YOU DO KNOW ALL
11:35:21 THESE OTHER THINGS.
11:35:23 >> EXACTLY.
11:35:24 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND I RECALL --
11:35:25 AND THIS MUST HAVE BEEN ABOUT
11:35:28 THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, I SAW
11:35:30 CHRIS WEARING A FLORIDA TIE
11:35:32 THAT WAS -- THAT'S BEEN
11:35:35 POPULARIZED BY BOB GRAHAM.
11:35:37 WHAT 22- OR 23-YEAR-OLD KID
11:35:39 WEARS A FLORIDA TIE, OKAY.
11:35:40 ONLY CHRIS BERG.
11:35:42 SO I SAW HIM WITH THAT TIE AND
11:35:44 I KNEW THAT BOB GRAHAM WAS
11:35:45 COMING INTO TOWN AND WE WERE
11:35:46 GOING TO HAVE LUNCH TOGETHER,
11:35:49 SO I INVITED CHRIS TO GO TO
11:35:51 LUNCH WITH MYSELF AND SENATOR
11:35:52 GRAHAM.
11:35:52 NOW, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
11:35:53 ABOUT HIM GOING TO LUNCH WITH
11:35:55 HIM IS BOB GRAHAM MENTIONED HIS
11:35:59 BOOK ABOUT CITIZENSHIP, AND HE
11:36:00 SAID -- HE QUOTED THE BOOK BACK
11:36:02 TO BOB GRAHAM, WHICH, OF
11:36:03 COURSE, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
11:36:04 THING YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO TO
11:36:06 AN AUTHOR, OKAY.
11:36:06 [LAUGHTER]
11:36:08 AND THERE WERE THREE OF US,
11:36:10 MYSELF, LORENA HARDWICK, AND
11:36:12 CHRIS BERG, AND OF ALL FOUR OF
11:36:14 US, THERE'S ONLY TWO PEOPLE
11:36:15 THAT READ THAT PART, THAT WAS
11:36:18 BOB GRAHAM WHO WROTE IT AND HIM
11:36:20 WHO READ IT, AND I TOLD BOB
11:36:20 GRAHAM THAT.
11:36:22 I SAID, HE'S THE ONLY GUY AT
11:36:23 THIS TABLE THAT'S READ THAT
11:36:24 BOOK, OKAY.
11:36:25 AND I WILL TELL YOU, HE
11:36:27 IMPRESSED A U.S. SENATOR, HE
11:36:29 IMPRESSED ALL OF US WITH
11:36:30 EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE HERE.
11:36:33 CHRIS, YOU ARE GOING TO BE AN
11:36:34 INCREDIBLE LAWYER, AND MORE
11:36:36 IMPORTANTLY, YOU'RE ALREADY AN
11:36:37 INCREDIBLE PERSON, AND YOU'RE
11:36:38 GOING TO BE A -- I THINK WHEN
11:36:39 YOU COME BACK TO TAMPA AND
11:36:41 PRACTICE LAW, I THINK THAT
11:36:42 YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A BIG
11:36:44 DIFFERENCE IN OUR CITY, AND I'M
11:36:45 REALLY GLAD TO KNOW YOU, AND
11:36:47 WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOU UP IN
11:36:48 TALLAHASSEE BECAUSE I'VE GOT A
11:36:49 SON UP THERE, SO I'LL BE
11:36:51 PASSING BY EVERY ONCE IN A
11:36:52 WHILE, SO THANK YOU, CHRIS.
11:36:54 >> THANK YOU.
11:36:55 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
11:36:55 >>FRANK REDDICK:
11:36:56 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:36:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU.
11:36:58 HOW LONG DID YOU SERVE HERE?
11:36:59 >> ALMOST THREE YEARS.
11:37:00 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THREE YEARS
11:37:02 AND TWO WEEKS TODAY.
11:37:03 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO THAT
11:37:06 WOULD MAKE YOU THE
11:37:13 LONGEST-SERVING MEMBER OF
11:37:14 THE --
11:37:15 [LAUGHTER]
11:37:16 [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:37:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: WOW, BOY.
11:37:23 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT'S ONE
11:37:24 OF MY BETTER JOKES.
11:37:25 ON A PERSONAL NOTE, YOU HAVE A
11:37:26 VERY BRIGHT FUTURE.
11:37:29 YOU'RE A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING.
11:37:30 YOU WORKED TIRELESSLY, AS
11:37:34 COUNCILMAN COHEN SAID, AS
11:37:34 COUNCILMAN VIERA SAID, YOU'VE
11:37:36 BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET HERE.
11:37:37 >> THANK YOU.
11:37:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE'RE SAD
11:37:39 TO SEE YOU GO, BUT WE KNOW
11:37:41 THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ALL
11:37:42 GOOD THINGS IN STORE FOR YOU IN
11:37:43 THE FUTURE, AND WE APPRECIATE
11:37:45 YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
11:37:46 THANK YOU.
11:37:46 >> THANK YOU.
11:37:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
11:37:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YEAH, FOR
11:37:50 THE TIME HE'S BEEN HERE, I
11:37:51 DON'T KNOW WHY I USED TO SAY
11:37:53 HI, SENATOR, HOW YOU DOING
11:37:54 SENATOR, AND I'VE BEEN CALLING
11:37:56 HIM SENATOR FOR, I DON'T KNOW,
11:37:58 3.5 YEARS, I GUESS, BUT JUST
11:38:00 FOR THE RECORD, I'VE ONLY HAD
11:38:02 TWO AIDES IN 25 YEARS, BUT I
11:38:03 REALLY ENJOYED SPEAKING WITH
11:38:05 HIM, HE'S A BRILLIANT GUY, HE
11:38:07 CAN CARRY A LOT OF
11:38:08 CONVERSATION, MUCH DEEPER THAN
11:38:09 I CAN THINK.
11:38:11 I APPRECIATE MEETING YOU AND
11:38:12 HANGING OUT WITH YOU.
11:38:13 >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
11:38:14 [LAUGHTER]
11:38:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND I --
11:38:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF
11:38:17 MICROPHONE]
11:38:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: I JUST WANT TO
11:38:19 CONGRATULATE YOU AND WISH YOU
11:38:23 THE BEST, AND I'M GLAD THAT
11:38:28 CEDRIC INTRODUCED YOU TO SOME
11:38:33 OXTAILS AT THE CAFE, AND I
11:38:34 HEARD THAT IT WAS GOOD, AND HE
11:38:38 DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS OXTAILS
11:38:39 BEFORE THAT.
11:38:41 >> SECOND BEST MEAL AFTER BOB
11:38:43 GRAHAM.
11:38:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE WISH YOU
11:38:44 WELL AND WISH YOU THE BEST.
11:38:46 ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY, ANY
11:38:47 PARTING WORDS?
11:38:48 >> JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
11:38:49 KIND WORDS.
11:38:50 IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE AND
11:38:51 WORK WITH YOU ALL.
11:38:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:38:53 THANK YOU.
11:38:53 [APPLAUSE]
11:39:00 GOT A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND
11:39:01 FILE.
11:39:02 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:39:04 AYE.
11:39:04 OPPOSED.
11:39:05 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:39:07 SPEAK IN PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS
11:39:08 TIME?
11:39:08 SEEING NONE, WE STAND
11:39:18 ADJOURNED.
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