TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
9:00 A.M.
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8:55:58AM COMING UP NEXT ... TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
9:01:04AM
9:04:35AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
9:04:36AM AT THIS POINT IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MR. COX WHO
9:04:40AM LIVED IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA SINCE 1959, HAS BEEN MARRIED
9:04:43AM SINCE 1986.
9:04:45AM HE WAS 21 YEARS OF A NONPROFIT EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL
9:04:48AM BACKGROUND THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC RELATIONS, ADVERTISEMENT,
9:04:52AM MARKETING.
9:04:53AM MR. WARD COX HAS BEEN ADMINISTRATIVE INCEPTION SINCE 199.
9:04:59AM HIS MISSION AS A NONPROFIT ENABLED PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE
9:05:03AM GOLDEN RULE BY MAKING -- THE FAMILY TELEPHONE MENTORING
9:05:07AM SERVICE.
9:05:11AM AND MOTHERS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN OR PARENTS AT RISK.
9:05:14AM IN OTHER WORDS, HE DOES THINGS THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED
9:05:17AM SOMETIMES AND HE DOES A WONDERFUL JOB, AND I HAVE THE
9:05:23AM PLEASURE OF MEETING MR. COX AT A RECENT BOARD MEETING OF THE
9:05:27AM SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
9:05:29AM AND HE TOLD ME HE WOULD BE HERE AND HE IS.
9:05:40AM IT'S TO ENCOURAGE THE FUTURE WHICH ARE HONORED AS THE
9:05:45AM NATIONAL FAM AWARD, ACADEMY AWARDS. PARTNERS INCLUDE THE
9:05:51AM SCHOOL SYSTEM, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, NONPROFITS, CHURCHES,
9:05:55AM EMPLOYEES, UNIONS, AND OTHER ENTITIES THROUGHOUT NORTH
9:05:59AM AMERICA.
9:05:59AM AND FOR MORE DETAILS YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE.
9:06:04AM MR. COX IS HERE THIS MORNING FOR THE PRAYER.
9:06:07AM PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRAYER.
9:06:08AM REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:06:10AM >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU.
9:06:16AM I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION, COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:06:20AM AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THE NOMINATIONS THAT HONOR
9:06:25AM KINDNESS IN THEIR OWN MAILS AND E-MAIL
9:06:30AM FORTHEFAMILYTAMPA@GMAIL.COM BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 1ST.
9:06:33AM THE THIRD ANNUAL FAM AWARDS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN NOVEMBER
9:06:37AM 16th AT THE CHILDREN'S BOARD.
9:06:38AM WITH THAT BEING SAID I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THE OPENING
9:06:41AM PRAYER.
9:06:41AM PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND LET US PRAY.
9:06:44AM FATHER GOD, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME
9:06:47AM BEFORE YOU AND ARE BLESSED BY YOUR PRESENCE.
9:06:50AM YOU HAVE GIVEN US THE WILL TO BECOME AND THE ABILITY TO
9:06:54AM SPREAD OUR KINDNESS THROUGHOUT THIS WORLD.
9:06:56AM THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE STRENGTH TO COUNTERACT UNKIND
9:07:01AM ACTIONS WHEREVER THEY MIGHT OCCUR.
9:07:03AM THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO OVERCOME THE HARM THESE ACTIONS
9:07:08AM CAUSE.
9:07:08AM PLEASE CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER US SO THAT UNKIND HEARTS MAY
9:07:16AM TURN AWAY FROM THE EVIL FROM WHICH THE ABSENCE OF KINDNESS
9:07:19AM ORIGINATES.
9:07:20AM PLEASE BLESS TODAY'S MEETING AND GUIDE THIS COUNCIL, THE
9:07:23AM MAYOR, THE ADMINISTRATION, CITY EMPLOYEES, AND EVERY TAMPA
9:07:28AM RESIDENT TO HOLD THE KINDNESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
9:07:34AM WE GRATEFULLY ASK THIS IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND ALL OTHERS
9:07:38AM WHO GUIDE US TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR WILL.
9:07:40AM AMEN.
9:07:40AM [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
9:07:43AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ROLL CALL.
9:08:03AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
9:08:07AM >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
9:08:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:08:11AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:08:12AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:08:13AM >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
9:08:16AM COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN WILL BE ABSENT THIS MORNING.
9:08:21AM ALL RIGHT.
9:08:21AM WE NOW GO TO THE AGENDA.
9:08:22AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL,
9:08:33AM IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO BE HERE WITH ASSISTANT
9:08:37AM CHIEF OF POLICE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION FOR THE POLICE
9:08:40AM OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:08:42AM AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL, SPECIAL
9:08:45AM PRESENTATION THAT'S GIVEN TO THE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH
9:08:48AM FOR THE COURAGE AND THE DUTY THAT THEY DO TO REPRESENT ALL
9:08:51AM THE CITIZENS, AND THE SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS THEY HAVE TO
9:08:54AM MAKE IN LIFE.
9:08:55AM THEY DO MAKE MANY DECISIONS BUT SOME OF THESE DECISIONS WILL
9:08:58AM BE MADE FOR SIX OR SEVEN HOURS.
9:09:01AM THEY HAVE A TENTH OF A SECOND TO MAKE A DECISION AND 99% OF
9:09:06AM THE TIME THEY MAKE THE RIGHT ONE.
9:09:08AM CHIEF, AS YOU WELL KNOW, WHEN YOU READ AND LISTEN TO WHAT
9:09:13AM THE CHIEF SAYS, IT'S AMAZING WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN DID IN THE
9:09:16AM AREAS THAT HE WAS CONFRONTED WITH, AND INCLUDING THE
9:09:20AM INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS TRYING TO DO SOME HARM, AND ARMED WITH AN
9:09:25AM AR-15.
9:09:26AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, TAMPA POLICE.
9:09:32AM IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.
9:09:34AM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HONORING US TODAY.
9:09:41AM DETECTIVE SAVITT IS A TEN YEAR CAPTAIN DEDICATED TO THE
9:09:49AM CITIZENS AND TO THIS PROFESSION.
9:09:51AM HE'S OFTEN SUIT OUT TO DEAL WITH COMPLICATED CASES, AND HE'S
9:09:56AM AN EXTREMELY TALENTED INDIVIDUAL.
9:09:58AM HE'S VERY WELL DESERVING OF THIS AWARD.
9:10:01AM AND WE APPRECIATE HIM BEING RECOGNIZED THAT YOU TOOK TIME
9:10:06AM OUT TODAY TO RECOGNIZE HIM.
9:10:08AM YOU WILL SEE IN HIS WRITE-UP WHY WE CHOSE HIM AS OFFICER IT
9:10:16AM MONTH.
9:10:16AM TWO SUSPECT COMMITTED AN ARMED HOME INVASION ROBBERY ON
9:10:19AM NORTH OLA AVENUE.
9:10:21AM THEY CONFRONTED THE VICTIM IN HER BEDROOM, ARMED WITH AN
9:10:24AM AR-15.
9:10:26AM IMAGINE WAKING UP TO THAT.
9:10:27AM AND DEMANDED MONEY.
9:10:30AM WHILE ONE SUSPECT RANSACKED THE RESIDENCE, THE OTHER SUSPECT
9:10:33AM WAS ASKING ABOUT HER SON.
9:10:38AM WHEN THE SUSPECT WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE MONEY THEY FLED.
9:10:41AM SHORTLY AFTER THEY FLED THE SCENE THE SUSPECT CONTACTED HER
9:10:44AM SON, THE VICTIM'S SON, VIA CELL PHONE AND DEMANDED $4,000.
9:10:49AM USING THE PHONE NUMBER THAT THE SUSPECT INITIALLY CONTACTED
9:10:53AM THE VICTIM'S SON WITH, DETECTIVE SAVITT AND THE STREET
9:11:00AM CRIMES UNITS MADE CONTACT IN ORDER TO LURE THEM TO MEET UP
9:11:04AM AND COLLECT THEIR MONEY.
9:11:05AM NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP.
9:11:08AM DETECTIVE SAVITT OFFERED A SUBPOENA, SENT IT TO THE CELL
9:11:12AM PHONE COMPANY AND DISCOVERED THAT THE PHONE NUMBER WAS A
9:11:16AM PHONE THAT BELONGED TO THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER.
9:11:19AM A SERIES OF SUBSEQUENT SUBPOENAS AND SEARCH WARRANTS TO THE
9:11:22AM THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER AND APPLE LED TO THE DISCOVERY
9:11:27AM OF THE OWNER OF THE CELL PHONE.
9:11:30AM LOOKING FOR FURTHER EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE, DETECTIVE SAVITT
9:11:34AM RESPONDED BACK TO THE AREA, CONDUCTED A SECOND NEIGHBORHOOD
9:11:36AM SURVEY.
9:11:37AM DURING THAT SURVEY, HE LOCATED A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT
9:11:42AM CAPTURED THE SUSPECT FLEEING TOWARDS WATERS AVENUE IN A
9:11:45AM BLACK CHEVY IMPALA.
9:11:46AM HE EXPANDED HIS SEARCH AREA AND BEGAN RETRIEVING VIDEOS FROM
9:11:50AM BUSINESSES ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
9:11:52AM HE LOCATED A VIDEO FROM THE BUSINESS THAT CAPTURED THE
9:11:56AM VEHICLE'S LICENSE PLATE.
9:11:57AM THE OWNER OF THE WAS LINKED TO A SIMILAR HOME INVASION
9:12:00AM ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFFS AREA.
9:12:04AM IN THAT CASE, TWO ASSOCIATE OF THE VICTIM WERE BELIEVED TO
9:12:08AM HAVE SET UP THAT ROBBERY.
9:12:11AM THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DETECTIVES WERE NOT ABLE TO DEVELOP
9:12:15AM PROBABLE CAUSE IN THAT CASE TO CHARGE THE SUSPECT.
9:12:18AM BUT ON MAY 5th, 2018, OFFICERS FROM TPD LOCATED THE
9:12:22AM VEHICLE USED IN DETECTIVE'S SAVITT'S CASE AND CONE DUCT ADD
9:12:28AM TRAFFIC STOP.
9:12:28AM OFFICERS LOCATED TWO CELL PHONES AND AR-15 AMMUNITION, WERE
9:12:33AM ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE TWO SUSPECTS.
9:12:35AM AND WITH THAT DETECTIVE SAVITT'S WORK LINKED THEM TO THE
9:12:39AM VICTIM'S SON.
9:12:40AM HE ESTABLISHED A LIST OF CRIMINAL ASSOCIATES IN WHICH HE
9:12:42AM REVIEWED AND DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE VICTIMS' SON'S
9:12:46AM CO-WORKER WAS ASSOCIATED TO ONE OF THE SUSPECTS.
9:12:49AM HE PREPARED A PHOTO LINE-UP AND THE VICTIM IMMEDIATELY
9:12:53AM IDENTIFIED ONE OF THE SUSPECTS.
9:12:56AM DETECTIVE SAVITT 1:OFFERED OVER 30 SEARCH WARRANTS AND
9:13:01AM SUBPOENAS TO IDENTIFY EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT.
9:13:04AM A REVIEW OF THE RECORD REVIEW THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE
9:13:08AM CONSPIRING TO COMMIT HOME INVASION ROBBERIES AND EXTORTION
9:13:12AM IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS FROM PASCO COUNTY ALL THE WAY DOWN
9:13:14AM TO BROWARD COUNTY.
9:13:16AM THIS CASE WAS REVIEWED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND
9:13:19AM ARREST WARRANTS WERE OBTAINED FOR THE ARREST OF THE TWO
9:13:22AM SUSPECTS.
9:13:23AM THE SUSPECT -- DETECTIVE SAVITT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE ONE OF
9:13:30AM THE SUSPECTS AND GOT A CONFESSION.
9:13:33AM ONE WASN'T ARRESTED IN BROWARD COUNTY.
9:13:37AM DETECTIVE SAVITT AND HIS PARTNER DROVE DOWN TO BROWARD
9:13:40AM COUNTY AND INTERVIEWED THE SUSPECT BUT HE REFUSED TO TALK.
9:13:43AM THEY TALKED WITH LOCAL DETECTIVES AND PROVIDED THEM WITH
9:13:47AM INFORMATION OF HOME INVASION ROBBERIES IN THEIR COUNTY
9:13:50AM BROWARD.
9:13:51AM IN RECOGNITION FOR HIS TENACIOUS PURSUIT OF JUSTICE FOR THE
9:13:54AM ROBBERY VICTIM LEADING TO THE ARREST OF TWO VIOLENT AND
9:13:56AM PROLIFIC OFFENDERS DETECTIVE SAVITT HAS BEEN SELECTED AS
9:14:00AM TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER
9:14:03AM 2018.
9:14:04AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:14:06AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:14:10AM >> GENE HAINES, TAMPA PBA, SECRETARY-TREASURER.
9:14:19AM I THOUGHT I WOULD DO THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
9:14:26AM ABE CARMACK, PRESIDENT.
9:14:28AM CHIEF, STAFF, THANK YOU FOR OFFICER OF THE MONTH, AND CITY
9:14:32AM COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR MONTHLY RECOGNITION
9:14:34AM FOR THE WORK YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS FOR THE CITY AND FOR
9:14:37AM OUR ORGANIZATION.
9:14:39AM FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
9:14:41AM THANK YOU.
9:14:41AM >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT NEARLY A THOUSAND POLICE
9:14:53AM OFFICERS, AND EVERY ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE SOLVED THIS CRIME
9:14:57AM BUT SCOTT WOULD BE THE PERSON.
9:15:01AM >> JIM CARSON, BILL CURRIE FORD.
9:15:10AM WE SEE MANY OFFICERS COMING THROUGH OUR DEALERSHIP WITH A
9:15:14AM LOT OF STORIES BUT I TELL YOU, I NEVER HEARD ONE LIKE THIS.
9:15:17AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:15:18AM AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BILL CURRIE FORD OCTOBER
9:15:22AM 3rd FOR COFFEE WITH A COP, A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
9:15:27AM AND WE TEAMED UP WITH KRISPY KREME AND YOU ARE INVITED OUT.
9:15:32AM ON BEHALF OF THE CURRIE FAMILY AND MYSELF WE WOULD LIKE TO
9:15:36AM GIVE YOU A BRAND NEW MUSTANG.
9:15:43AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:15:44AM >> MARY BAILEY, HERE ON BEHALF OF LOWRY PARK, AND I'M HAPPY
9:15:50AM TO MEET YOU.
9:15:51AM AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:15:53AM AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, VOLUNTEERS, A
9:15:59AM FAMILY MEMBERSHIP FOR THE ZOO.
9:16:00AM HOPE YOU ENJOY THAT.
9:16:01AM AND WE TALKED A LITTLE EARLIER.
9:16:03AM I KNOW YOU ARE AN ANIMAL LOVER LIKE I AM SO I HOPE YOU
9:16:06AM CONTINUE TO JOIN OUR CAUSE AND SAVE WILDLIFE.
9:16:10AM THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:16:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:16:12AM >> STEPPS TOWING SERVICE.
9:16:19AM OFFICER, DETECTIVE, CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT JOB.
9:16:21AM ON BEHALF OF TODD'S STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE, A $50 BASS PRO
9:16:28AM GIFT CARD AND A NIGHT OUT IN OUR COMPANY LIMO CAN ZINE FOR
9:16:33AM YOU AND THE FAMILY.
9:16:34AM ENJOY IT.
9:16:35AM HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
9:16:37AM TAKE TIME OFF.
9:16:41AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:16:41AM >> TAMPA THEATRE.
9:16:45AM I'M HONORED ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE TO GIVE YOU A GIFT
9:16:48AM FOR A MEMBERSHIP SO YOU CAN COME AND SEE US.
9:16:55AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:16:56AM >> DAN MATHIS, CHIEF OF SECURITY AT THE STRAZ CENTER.
9:17:02AM DETECTIVE, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A DATE.
9:17:04AM AND YOU WILL KNOW AFTER I SAY THIS, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A
9:17:07AM CLUE.
9:17:08AM NOVEMBER 3rd.
9:17:10AM LIMOUSINE, MAKE IT WORK.
9:17:16AM TICKETS FOR YOU AND OTHERS TO ONE OF OUR SPECIAL SHOWS AND
9:17:19AM EVENTS.
9:17:21AM HAVE A GOOD NIGHT OUT.
9:17:23AM THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.
9:17:25AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:26AM >> MICHAEL KILGORE, GONZMART FAMILY, AND COLUMBIA ULELE.
9:17:36AM YOU HAVE A $100 GIFT CARD FOR ULELES.
9:17:40AM THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO.
9:17:44AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:17:45AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:17:45AM >> CONGRATULATIONS.
9:17:52AM THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
9:17:57AM WE HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU.
9:18:06AM >> WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
9:18:14AM THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE
9:18:16AM ORGANIZATION.
9:18:23AM I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
9:18:25AM AND IT'S SUCH A TREMENDOUS THING GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY TO DO
9:18:31AM WHAT YOU DID.
9:18:32AM AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU MY OWN PERSONAL TICKET FOR WHATEVER
9:18:35AM DATE YOU WANT TO GO.
9:18:37AM AND PARKING.
9:18:43AM >> ON BEHALF OF THE DOUBLETREE, I WANT TO THANK YOU.
9:19:10AM >>STEVE MICHELINI: YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES.
9:19:12AM I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET THAT ON YOUR SCHEDULE.
9:19:16AM STEVE MICHELINI ON BEHALF OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
9:19:19AM BUSINESSES.
9:19:20AM WHEN YOU DO GET TO THE RESTAURANT ON NOVEMBER 3rd,
9:19:28AM TICKETS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AT PRESTIGE PORTRAITS.
9:19:34AM BREAKFAST, AND THEN LUNCH, AND THEN DINNER, AND ANYWAY, THE
9:19:39AM CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP IS PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT
9:19:41AM CERTIFICATE FOR ANY ONE OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS.
9:19:45AM YUMMY HOUSE, CHINA BISTRO, IS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH GIFT
9:19:48AM CERTIFICATES TO ENJOY YOURSELF THERE.
9:19:50AM THE METROPOLITAN YMCA IS GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A GIFT
9:19:54AM CERTIFICATE TO ENJOY YOURSELF AT THE Y.
9:19:58AM WE SOMETIMES FORGET ABOUT THE GENTLEMEN AND WOMEN THAT PUT
9:20:02AM THEMSELVES ON THE LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN THEY GET UP IN
9:20:04AM THE MORNING AND WHEN THEY GO TO BED AT NIGHT.
9:20:06AM THEY ARE ON THE LINE AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO
9:20:09AM FOR US.
9:20:10AM THANK YOU.
9:20:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:22AM [ NO ENCODER ]
9:20:44AM >> YOU KNOW, IT'S RARE THAT ANYBODY BE SO HONORED.
9:20:49AM IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE RECOGNIZED LIKE THIS WHEN YOU ARE
9:20:51AM DOING SOMETHING YOU LIKE.
9:20:54AM LAST WEEK, AT A DIFFERENT AWARD CEREMONY, I LISTENED TO SOME
9:20:58AM OF THE THINGS MY COLLEAGUES WERE DOING.
9:21:00AM I KNOW WE TALK ABOUT COURAGE AND DUTY.
9:21:03AM AND I THINK IT JUST GOES BEYOND THAT.
9:21:08AM THOSE OFFICERS THAT ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY
9:21:14AM JUST TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE, WHAT WE SHOULD DO NOT ONLY AS
9:21:22AM POLICE OFFICERS BUS EVERYBODY AS HUMAN BEINGS.
9:21:25AM I KNOW MR. COX IS HERE AND I HEARD ABOUT HIS PROGRAM AND
9:21:29AM THAT'S WONDERFUL, TOO.
9:21:30AM SINCE WE ARE ALL BORN TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE, I BELIEVE THAT
9:21:35AM IT'S GOOD LEADERSHIP THAT WILL CULTIVATE IT.
9:21:40AM THAT WAS WHAT I HAD HERE FROM DAY ONE WHEN I CAME ABOUT TEN
9:21:47AM YEARS AGO.
9:21:53AM ONE PARTICULAR CALL, WORKING MIDNIGHTS, ON PATROL, AND WE
9:21:59AM GET A CALL ABOUT SOMEBODY KICKING IN A VICTIM'S DOOR.
9:22:04AM SO I RUSH TO THE SCENE.
9:22:07AM I'M THE FIRST ONE THERE.
9:22:10AM IT'S WAY TOO QUIET FOR THIS TYPE OF CALL.
9:22:15AM AS I'M RUNNING, DISPATCH IS RUNNING UPDATES OVER AND OVER
9:22:21AM AND OVER AGAIN.
9:22:22AM WHEN I GOT CLOSER, I SEE A SILHOUETTE OF SOMEBODY AND THEY
9:22:26AM ARE RUNNING RIGHT TOWARDS ME.
9:22:28AM AS I GET CLOSER, THAT PERSON HAD A BADGE.
9:22:36AM I WASN'T BY MYSELF ANYMORE.
9:22:39AM THAT PERSON AT THAT TIME WAS MAJOR BALLMEISTER,
9:23:01AM WHAT THAT SHOWED ME WAS LEADERS LEAD FROM THE FRONT.
9:23:07AM I HAVE SEEN THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
9:23:12AM OUR MISSION STATEMENT TALKS ABOUT COOPERATION, TEAMWORK.
9:23:18AM I BELIEVE IN THAT.
9:23:20AM BUT ONE OF OUR CITIZENS BOILED IT DOWN TO SEVEN WORDS, AND
9:23:26AM THOSE WORDS CHANGED MY PARADIGM OF HOW I INTERACT WITH
9:23:30AM EVERYBODY.
9:23:31AM WE ALL SHOP AT THE SAME WALMART.
9:23:35AM NOW, IF EVER I HAVE A CONFLICT WITH ANYBODY, I KEEP THOSE
9:23:39AM WORDS IN MY HEAD AND I SMILE A LITTLE BIT, WHAT I AM
9:23:45AM THINKING ABOUT.
9:23:45AM IF WE ALL DO THAT AND JUST REMEMBER WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME
9:23:49AM TEAM, WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING, WE ALL WANT TO BE SAFE, WE
9:23:55AM ALL WANT TO BE HAPPY, WE WANT TO LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT
9:23:57AM WHERE WE CAN ACHIEVE THE DREAMS THAT WE ARE ASPIRING TO
9:24:02AM REACH.
9:24:04AM FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE OTHER OFFICERS, STAFF.
9:24:10AM THEY KEEP ME SAFE, TOO, WHEN I AM ON THE JOB.
9:24:16AM MY SQUAD PUTS UP WITH MY LONG-WINDED SPEECHES SOMETIMES.
9:24:20AM YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT SUPPORT ALL THE WAY FROM MY SERGEANT
9:24:27AM WHO CONSTANTLY CHALLENGES ME ALL THE WAY UP TO CHIEF DUGAN
9:24:30AM HIMSELF.
9:24:32AM SO THANK YOU SHALL EVERYBODY, COUNCIL.
9:24:34AM THANK YOU EVERYBODY THAT ATTENDED.
9:24:36AM FINALLY, THANK YOU TO MY GIRLFRIEND WHO PUTS UP WITH MY LONG
9:24:42AM WINDED SPEECHES AND REMIND ME TO KEEP IT TO A FEW MINUTES.
9:24:47AM THANK YOU.
9:24:47AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:24:54AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:55AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NUMBER 2.
9:25:35AM PRESENTATIONS.
9:25:36AM IT WILL BE DONE BY MR. MANISCALCO.
9:25:38AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MAYBE MR. MANISCALCO WOULD LIKE THEM ALL TO
9:26:25AM COME UP SO YOU CAN DO IT THAT WAY.
9:26:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE ARE PRESENTING THIS TAMPA CITY
9:27:13AM COUNCIL TO YOU, TONY ROMAN, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL CONGRATULATES
9:27:18AM TONY ROMAN AND THE GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM MAKING IT ALL THE WAY
9:27:27AM TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES IN WASHINGTON.
9:27:40AM AGES 13 AND 14.
9:27:59AM WE ARE PROUD OF ALL YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
9:28:01AM YOU ARE NO LEAGUE OF YOUR OWN.
9:28:03AM TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS HONORED TO PRESENT THIS COMMENDATION
9:28:06AM ON THE 27th DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2018.
9:28:09AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:28:09AM >> THANK YOU.
9:28:18AM >>FRANK REDDICK: JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
9:28:22AM >> MY NAME IS TONY ROMAN.
9:28:25AM AND I AM THE MANAGER.
9:28:44AM THE KEYSTONE LITTLE LEAGUE, WEST TAMPA LITTLE LEAGUE, AND
9:28:47AM BAY VIEW BAYSHORE LITTLE LEAGUE.
9:28:50AM SO WE CAME UP WITH THE ALL STARS.
9:28:55AM WE ARE ALL FROM TAMPA.
9:28:56AM ALL THESE YOUNG LADIES WORKED SO HARD TO ACCOMPLISH THIS
9:29:00AM GOAL OVER THE SUMMER.
9:29:01AM AND THE PARENTS SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.
9:29:06AM THERE WAS A LOT OF LAST-MINUTE SHUFFLING OF SCHEDULES.
9:29:14AM AND WE ALL KIND OF CAME TOGETHER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TEAM
9:29:22AM TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH A TREMENDOUS GOAL.
9:29:26AM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE GIRLS.
9:29:33AM ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE WEST TAMPA LITTLE LEAGUE.
9:29:36AM AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS TO
9:29:44AM WORK TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH IT.
9:29:46AM AND FOR THEM TO DO THIS, IT WAS JUST REALLY SPECIAL.
9:29:51AM SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM.
9:29:53AM AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
9:29:55AM THANK YOU.
9:29:56AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WOULD LIKE THE GIRLS TO COME UP AND
9:30:05AM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
9:30:06AM >> YOU LOOK LIKE A SHORT STOP SECOND BASEMAN.
9:30:27AM >> YEAH.
9:30:28AM THIS IS MY DAD.
9:30:30AM AND I PLAY LEFT FIELD AND I PLAY SECOND BASE, TOO.
9:30:33AM AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR TEAM.
9:30:42AM IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
9:30:43AM THANK YOU.
9:30:44AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:30:47AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DON'T BE EMBARRASSED.
9:30:48AM >> MY NAME, THEY CALL ME KATHY.
9:30:55AM IT'S EASIER.
9:30:56AM I PLAY SHORT STOP AND SECOND BASE.
9:31:05AM I GO TO JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:31:46AM I GO TO JEFFERSON.
9:31:49AM I REALLY ENJOY IT.
9:31:50AM >> I'M ERIN.
9:32:01AM MIDDLE SCHOOL.
9:32:03AM YEAH.
9:32:03AM (LAUGHTER)
9:32:04AM AND IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE AND I ENJOY IT A LOT.
9:32:11AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:32:14AM >> I PLAY OUTFIELD.
9:32:16AM >> I PLAY FIRST, THIRD AND OUTFIELD.
9:32:48AM AND IT'S REALLY FUN TO PLAY WITH A BUNCH OF GIRLS THAT I
9:32:54AM HAVE ONLY SEEN ACROSS THE SOFTBALL FIELD BEFORE AND IT'S
9:32:58AM CRAZY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BOND OVER A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
9:33:01AM AND I CONSIDER THEM MY CLOSEST FRIEND.
9:33:03AM THANK YOU.
9:33:05AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:33:08AM >> MY NAME IS KAYLE.
9:33:11AM I PLAY OUTFIELD AND CATCHER.
9:33:14AM (COUGH)
9:33:15AM IT'S A REALLY AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO BOND AND WE
9:33:20AM HAD A LOT OF FREE TIME, SO IT WAS REALLY EASY TO MAKE LIKE A
9:33:24AM LOT OF NEW FRIENDS.
9:33:26AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:33:29AM >> MY NAME IS SEANNA, AND
9:33:39AM >> I PLAY OUTFIELD.
9:33:45AM AND THE SUMMER WAS THE BEST SUMMER.
9:33:48AM IT WAS REALLY CHEESY.
9:33:50AM >> MY NAME IS SOYIA AND I'M IN 8th GRADE.
9:34:00AM WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
9:34:01AM >> MY NAME IS JESSICA.
9:34:14AM I PLAY SECOND AND OUTFIELD.
9:34:17AM I GO TO ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL.
9:34:18AM >> I'M A FRESHMAN AT PLANT HIGH SCHOOL AND I ENJOYED IT
9:34:39AM >> I PLAY IN THE OUTFIELD.
9:34:44AM AND THIS PAST SUMMER HAS BEEN THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY
9:34:46AM LIFE.
9:34:46AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANKS FOR BRINGING THE TEAM AND ON OUR
9:35:02AM SHEET IT HAD WEST TAMPA AND KEYSTONE HEIGHTS AND I WAS
9:35:05AM WONDERING, WHAT IS THIS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT?
9:35:09AM SO THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
9:35:11AM HOW MANY OF THE GIRLS ARE GOING TO JEFFERSON?
9:35:13AM RAISE YOUR HANDS.
9:35:14AM OKAY.
9:35:14AM AND ALL OF YOU ARE IN WEST TAMPA LITTLE LEAGUE?
9:35:18AM YEAH?
9:35:21AM HOME FROM WEST TAMPA LITTLE LEAGUE?
9:35:23AM A FEW MORE?
9:35:24AM JUST YOU THREE.
9:35:26AM WELL, I WILL TELL YOU, AS AN ALUM OF WEST TAMPA LITTLE
9:35:30AM LEAGUE, AND WHAT THE GIRLS SOFTBALL IS DOING FOR THAT LEAGUE
9:35:36AM IS AMAZING.
9:35:37AM THE BOYS DON'T GET TO HAVE THE KIND OF ORGANIZATION THAT WE
9:35:39AM DID WHEN WE WERE KIDS.
9:35:41AM AND TO SEE THAT SOME OF THESE GIRLS ARE DOING SO WELL AND
9:35:44AM BEING SO SUCCESSFUL, BEING ABLE TO COMBINE TEAMS THAT GO OFF
9:35:48AM TO THE WORLD SERIES, IT'S REALLY GREAT.
9:35:50AM AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, COACH, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF
9:35:54AM YOU PLAY AT WEST TAMPA LITTLE LEAGUE OR REMEMBER IT.
9:35:58AM >> I DID.
9:36:00AM >> WE WON'T HOLD THAT AGAINST YOU, COACH.
9:36:03AM BUT WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU PUT SO MUCH TIME AND
9:36:06AM EFFORT INTO TRAINING THESE GIRLS TO BE GREAT ATHLETES.
9:36:10AM REMEMBER, THERE IS STILL THE ABILITY FOR YOU ALL TO PLAY IN
9:36:12AM HIGH SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY GET THE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS SO
9:36:16AM WORK HARD IN SCHOOL IN ADDITION TO BEING GOOD ATHLETES AND
9:36:18AM ALWAYS REMEMBER, ONCE A DRAGON, ALWAYS A DRAGON.
9:36:25AM (LAUGHTER).
9:36:26AM >> AND I WANT TO COMMEND THE WORK OF YOUR COACH.
9:36:29AM IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I PLAYED IN LITTLE LEAGUE AS A KID AND MY
9:36:34AM COACH MIKE MINETTA, I SAW HIM AT THE JULIAN B. LANE OPENING,
9:36:42AM AND HE GOES, LUIS, I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT YOU IN THE
9:36:44AM PAPER AND THIS AND THAT.
9:36:46AM AND I WAS TALKING WITH HIM AND, YOU KNOW, THE WAY YOU TALK,
9:36:50AM YOU DO SOMETHING WITH THE MOUTH AND YOU DID THAT IN 2nd
9:36:54AM GRADE.
9:36:54AM IT'S FUNNY HOW SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE BUT I ALWAYS
9:36:57AM REMEMBER MIKE, MY COACH, AND I PROBABLY THINK ABOUT HIM
9:37:02AM THREE OR FOUR TIMES A YEAR BECAUSE COACHES MAKE SUCH AN
9:37:04AM IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
9:37:06AM SO YOU ARE GOING TO REMEMBER NOT JUST ONE ANOTHER AND THE
9:37:09AM GREAT EXPERIENCES YOU ALL HAD BUT YOUR COACH AND THE TIME
9:37:11AM THAT HE TOOK AWAY FROM HIS FAMILY, EXCEPT HIS DAUGHTER, OF
9:37:14AM COURSE, TO INVEST IN YOU GUYS AND MAKE YOU GUYS HAVE A
9:37:17AM WONDERFUL SUMMER.
9:37:18AM SO CONGRATULATIONS.
9:37:21AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:37:22AM >> WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
9:37:59AM >> THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS
9:38:01AM TIME.
9:38:02AM EACH SPEAKER IS GIVEN THREE MINUTES.
9:38:03AM PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
9:38:05AM AND IT IS REQUESTED THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED
9:38:08AM PERSONALLY TO A COUNCIL MEMBER OR STAFF MEMBER BUT RATHER
9:38:11AM ISSUES DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AS A BODY.
9:38:15AM COUNCIL APPRECIATES YOUR COOPERATION IN MAINTAINING ORDERLY
9:38:17AM CONDUCT AND PROPER DECORUM.
9:38:20AM THANK YOU.
9:38:20AM >> HI.
9:38:22AM I'M WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN,
9:38:47AM PRESIDENCY IS A COMPLETE JURISDICTION, AND WE ARE A COUNTRY,
9:38:55AM NOT A NATION.
9:39:14AM EXPLAIN THE UNITED NATIONS LIKE HE DID YESTERDAY ON TV.
9:39:19AM AND THIS KING RIGHT HERE,
9:40:21AM THERE ARE CERTAIN POLICIES THAT WERE AGAINST THE PEOPLE AND
9:40:25AM THE COMMUNITIES.
9:40:46AM THE GOVERNMENTS RIGHT NOW,.
9:40:55AM (BELL SOUNDS)
9:41:00AM >> MENTEZMAT.
9:41:20AM I WANT TO BRING SOME AWARENESS TO WHAT TAKES PLACE RIGHT
9:41:24AM THERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
9:41:28AM EVERY MONTH THEY GET AWARDS, THIS POLICE AWARD.
9:41:33AM IT'S A GARBAGE AWARD.
9:41:39AM AND GARBAGE POLICE CHIEF, BRIAN DUGAN, CROOKED.
9:41:44AM MOST OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY EXPERIENCED THE CROOKEDNESS OF
9:41:48AM THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
9:41:50AM VERY CROOKED.
9:41:53AM AND THE ISSUES DON'T GET ADDRESSED FAST ENOUGH FOR BLACK
9:41:56AM PEOPLE.
9:42:00AM SOME KIND OF HATE THAT I ALWAYS MENTION IS THE SAME KIND OF
9:42:04AM HATE OF 400, 600-YEAR-OLD HATRED FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE, FOR
9:42:09AM AFRICANS.
9:42:12AM AND YOU ALL LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY ELSE'S PROBLEMS.
9:42:18AM OH, JEWISH PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS, YOU NEED TO SEE THEIR
9:42:22AM PROBLEM.
9:42:22AM THE GAY PEOPLE HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU NEED TO SEE THEIR
9:42:25AM PROBLEM.
9:42:25AM THE HANDICAPPED PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS, WE NEED TO SEE THAT
9:42:28AM PROBLEM.
9:42:33AM BUT THEY NEVER, EVER, EVER SEE THE PROBLEM OF THE AFRICAN
9:42:42AM MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD, CAN'T SEE IT.
9:42:45AM LAST MONTH THEY WERE GIVING AN AWARD TO A CROOKED DETECTIVE
9:42:50AM BAKER, CROOKED.
9:42:57AM AND SHOW YOU HOW CROOKED SHE IS, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT,
9:43:01AM CROOKED, APPROACHING 300 BICYCLE STOPS OF AFRICAN PEOPLE,
9:43:06AM CROOKED.
9:43:07AM A MAYOR DOWNSTAIRS CALLING FOR THE LYNCHING OF AN AFRICAN
9:43:10AM MAN.
9:43:11AM CROOKED.
9:43:12AM A MAYOR DOWNSTAIRS CALLING BLACK WOMEN BITCHES, AT AN
9:43:19AM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND NONE OF YOU ALL SAID A SINGLE WORD
9:43:22AM ABOUT YOU.
9:43:23AM THERE'S TWO PEOPLE UP THERE WANT TO RUN FOR MAYOR.
9:43:27AM WANT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY BUT NOT A SINGLE WORD ABOUT
9:43:30AM THAT KIND OF RACIAL HATRED.
9:43:34AM IT'S A HATRED THEY HAVE FOR BLACK SKIN AND AFRICAN PEOPLE.
9:43:37AM AND IT'S AN ONGOING HATRED.
9:43:44AM THEY HAVE A HATRED IF YOU STAND AROUND OR LISTEN SILENTLY TO
9:43:49AM PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN UNUSUAL HATRED FOR GAY PEOPLE AND JUST
9:43:55AM LISTEN TO THEM TALK.
9:43:58AM AND YOU HEAR THE HATRED COMING OUT OF THEM.
9:44:00AM LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HATRED FOR JEWISH PEOPLE AND
9:44:07AM HEAR HOW THEY TALK.
9:44:08AM AND THAT'S THE HATRED THEY HAVE FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE.
9:44:11AM AND IT'S AN ONGOING HATRED.
9:44:13AM AND THIS CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING
9:44:15AM ABOUT THAT HATRED.
9:44:16AM (BELL SOUNDS)
9:44:17AM >> ALL RIGHT.
9:44:24AM WE GO TO INFORMATION REPORTS.
9:44:26AM MR. VIERA.
9:44:26AM >> NONE.
9:44:29AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE.
9:44:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NONE.
9:44:33AM >>HARRY COHEN: I HAVE TWO HOUSEKEEPING ISSUES.
9:44:34AM THE FIRST IS THAT I RESPECTFULLY AM REQUESTING THAT THE
9:44:39AM FINAL ORDER BY THE CITY CLERK TO RETURN TO COUNCIL AT 2213
9:44:46AM PERRY AVENUE TO BE MOVED UP TO THE OCTOBER 4th, 2018
9:44:50AM REGULAR AGENDA TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION
9:44:52AM 27-61.
9:44:54AM >> SECOND.
9:44:56AM >> FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. COHEN.
9:44:58AM SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
9:44:59AM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION?
9:45:00AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: [OFF MICROPHONE]
9:45:08AM >>HARRY COHEN: IT DOESN'T BUT I'LL MAKE THAT.
9:45:10AM IT DOES LIST UNDER STAFF REPORT.
9:45:14AM BUT WHATEVER IT SHOULD BE.
9:45:23AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION?
9:45:25AM OPPOSED?
9:45:25AM >>HARRY COHEN: SECOND IS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CITY COUNCIL
9:45:31AM TO SCHEDULE A WORKSHOP ON THE OCTOBER 25th WORKSHOP
9:45:34AM AGENDA AT 9:00 A.M. TO DISCUSS THE PRIVATELY INITIATED CODE
9:45:38AM AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE JULY 28, 2018 AMENDMENT
9:45:42AM CYCLE.
9:45:42AM >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION BY MR. COHEN.
9:45:44AM SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
9:45:45AM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
9:45:47AM OPPOSED?
9:45:47AM >>HARRY COHEN: AND LAST I DID WANT TO MENTION, I THINK WE
9:45:52AM ARE ALL AWARE OF IT THAT AL STEENSON PASSED AWAY.
9:45:56AM AL WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE GANDY SUN BAY SOUTH CIVIC
9:45:59AM ASSOCIATION WHICH OVER THE PERIOD OF HIS STEWARDSHIP
9:46:04AM LITERALLY TOOK OVER EVERYTHING SOUTH OF GANDY ALL THE WAY TO
9:46:08AM THE BAY.
9:46:09AM SO HE REALLY WAS A TREMENDOUS LEADER FOR THAT AREA OF THE
9:46:14AM CITY.
9:46:15AM HE'S GOING TO BE GREATLY MISSED.
9:46:17AM THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EVENT AT THE GANDY CIVIC CENTER.
9:46:23AM I REMEMBER SPENDING TIME THERE PARTICULARLY WITH COUNCILMAN
9:46:27AM SUAREZ.
9:46:27AM SO COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN AND MIRANDA, EVERYONE DOWN THERE IS
9:46:36AM GOING TO MISS AL.
9:46:37AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
9:46:43AM THANK YOU, MR. COHEN, FOR MENTIONING THAT ABOUT AL.
9:46:45AM I MET AL OVER 20 YEARS AGO.
9:46:47AM FIRST TIME I WALKED INTO THAT CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
9:46:50AM I WAS RUNNING FOR LEGISLATURE, WAS 34 YEARS OLD, AND AL
9:46:54AM WELCOMED ME IN AS IF I LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I HAD
9:46:57AM KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS.
9:46:58AM AND HE TREATED EVERYONE WITH FAIRNESS AND KINDNESS WITH THAT
9:47:03AM RASPY VOICE.
9:47:04AM HE WAS A CHARACTER OUT OF A MOVIE.
9:47:07AM AND FOR US TO HAVE HIM AS LONG AS WE DID AND FOR HIM TO
9:47:11AM SERVE AS LONG AS HE DID IN THAT POSITION IS AMAZING.
9:47:13AM I'M VERY HAPPY TO KNOW THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SERVE THE CITY
9:47:16AM WITH DISTINCTION.
9:47:17AM WE ARE VERY SORRY ABOUT THE LOSS.
9:47:19AM AND WE KNOW THAT AL IS LAUGHING AT US RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE
9:47:23AM ARE MENTIONING HIM WITHOUT HAVING TO DO WITH SOMETHING IN
9:47:28AM HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:47:29AM OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE FAMILY.
9:47:31AM HOPEFULLY THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS WILL GO SMOOTHLY AND
9:47:34AM EVERYONE WILL BE THERE TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE.
9:47:36AM THANK YOU, CHAIR.
9:47:37AM >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
9:47:38AM MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
9:47:39AM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
9:47:41AM OPPOSED?
9:47:42AM WE STAND ADJOURNED TILL 5:01.
9:47:50AM
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