TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2018
DISCLAIMER:
THIS FILE REPRESENTS AN UNEDITED VERSION OF REALTIME
CAPTIONING WHICH SHOULD NEITHER BE RELIED UPON FOR COMPLETE
ACCURACY NOR USED AS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT.
THE ORIGINAL OF THIS FILE WAS PRODUCED IN ALL CAPITAL
LETTERS AND ANY VARIATION THERETO MAY BE A RESULT OF THIRD
PARTY EDITS AND SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY ISSUES.
ANY PERSON WHO NEEDS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF THE
PROCEEDINGS MAY NEED TO HIRE A COURT REPORTER.
8:32:34AM
9:05:58AM >> HARRY COHEN: BEFORE WE START, I KNOW WE WANT TO SEND OUR
9:07:25AM THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THE PEOPLE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
9:07:27AM THE STATE THAT HAVE BEEN HIT BY THIS TERRIBLE STORM.
9:07:30AM AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS IN THE
9:07:35AM DAYS AHEAD.
9:07:36AM RABBI JASON ROSENBERG OF CONGREGATION BETH AM IS HERE THIS
9:07:39AM MORNING TO GIVE US OUR INVOCATION AND WE WILL STAND FOR THAT
9:07:43AM AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:07:46AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:07:48AM >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
9:07:54AM COUNCIL FOR THIS HONOR.
9:07:55AM THE JEWISH TRADITION HAS A GREAT DEAL TO HAVE SAY ABOUT
9:07:58AM CITIES AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION.
9:08:01AM AND MUCH OF IT IS A REMAINDER OF THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF
9:08:04AM CITIES WHEN THEY ARE BUILT AND RUN PROPERLY.
9:08:07AM THE GREAT SAGE KNOWN AS RISHI TEACHES THAT IT IS FORBIDDEN
9:08:13AM TO BUILD A GATES IN THE CITY, THE POWERFUL FROM THE CRIES OF
9:08:17AM THE LESS FORTUNATE.
9:08:20AM THE OBLIGATION OF THOSE WITH COMFORT AND PRIVILEGE IS TO SEE
9:08:23AM TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE WITHOUT.
9:08:25AM WHEN BUILT PROPERLY, CITIES ENSURE THAT THOSE OF US WHOSE
9:08:29AM NEEDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF ARE CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF THOSE WHO
9:08:33AM DON'T HAVE WHAT WE HAVE.
9:08:35AM AND IF OUR HEARTS ARE DECENT, WE WILL BE MOVED TO HELP.
9:08:40AM SOME CITIES, HOWEVER, ENSURE THAT WE CAN HIDE FROM OUR
9:08:44AM BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND THAT WE CAN SHIRK OUR MORAL
9:08:47AM OBLIGATIONS TOWARD THEM.
9:08:49AM LET THIS PLACE BE A PLACE OF LISTENING, OF LISTENING TO THE
9:08:53AM CRIES AND THE NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US.
9:08:56AM LET THIS COUNCIL BE A FORCE COMMITTED TO FIXING THE
9:08:59AM BROKENNESS WE FIND IN THE WORLD AROUND US AND LET THIS
9:09:03AM COUNCIL CONTINUE TO BUILD A CITY WHICH NEVER ALLOWS US TO
9:09:06AM HIDE, TO LIE TO OURSELVES OR TO PRETEND AWAY THAT WHICH
9:09:10AM DEMANDS OUR ATTENTION.
9:09:12AM LET THIS CITY AND THIS COUNCIL ENTRUSTED WITH ITS CARE AND
9:09:17AM CONTINUATION BE ONE WHICH PURSUES JUSTICE ALWAYS.
9:09:20AM [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
9:09:26AM >>HARRY COHEN: LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILMAN
9:09:43AM MANISCALCO IS UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS MORNING'S MEETING AND
9:09:47AM ASKED THAT HIS ABSENCE BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
9:09:52AM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:09:52AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
9:09:55AM >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
9:09:57AM >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
9:09:57AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
9:09:59AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:10:00AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:10:02AM >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:10:04AM GOOD MORNING.
9:10:05AM >> MICHAEL MUSETTA FROM THE HEIGHTS WAS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR
9:10:10AM AND HE CALLED THIS MORNING AND HE IS ILL.
9:10:13AM SO I WILL INCORPORATE THE NOTES FROM THE HEIGHTS IN MY
9:10:19AM REPORT OF WHAT'S GOING ON, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
9:10:25AM THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT IS THEY HAVE NOW SUCCESSFULLY
9:10:29AM RECRUITED THEIR FIRST OFFICE IN IT SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GET
9:10:36AM EXOGEN, WHICH IS A COMPANY THAT CURRENTLY IS IN GAINESVILLE,
9:10:41AM AND THEY HAVE OFFICES IN CALIFORNIA AS WELL.
9:10:43AM THEY ARE -- I LIKE TO CALL IT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY BUT
9:10:49AM BASICALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM FOR
9:10:52AM HELPING REPAIR NERVES.
9:10:54AM AND THEY ARE LEASING 75,000 SQUARE FEET.
9:10:57AM THEY ARE BUILDING 150,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING.
9:11:01AM SO THIS WILL TRIGGER THE SECOND STATE OF CONSTRUCTION THERE.
9:11:05AM THEY ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING TWO OFFICE BUILDINGS, A RAISED
9:11:10AM GARAGE, AND SOME RETAIL, WHICH THIS WILL ALL COMMENCE
9:11:14AM RELATIVELY SHORTLY.
9:11:15AM IT'S IN FOR PERMITTING RIGHT NOW.
9:11:17AM >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
9:11:22AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: CORRECT.
9:11:24AM THERE'S A RENDERING OF THE BUILDING THERE.
9:11:28AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU SAY NERVES.
9:11:31AM WE COULD USE THAT.
9:11:32AM >> EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY, ABSOLUTELY.
9:11:34AM DOWNTOWN, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING, WE
9:11:36AM HAVE THE HOCKEY SEASON GOING AGAIN.
9:11:38AM THEY ARE ALSO DOING AN AWFUL LOT OF ROADWORK AND UTILITY
9:11:41AM REPAIR WORK.
9:11:42AM SO I KNOW ENCOURAGING PEOPLE AS ARE WE TO USE RIDE SHARING
9:11:49AM AND THE TROLLEY WHICH IS NOW FREE TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF
9:11:52AM THE STRESS WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS NO TIMELY FASHION.
9:11:58AM YBOR IS WORKING TO UPDATE THEIR VISION PLAN.
9:12:01AM AND AGAIN ACTUALLY SEVERAL OF OUR CRAs ARE DOING THAT
9:12:04AM AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS, THINGS CHANGE.
9:12:06AM AND SO THE CONSTITUENTS ARE SAYING, LET'S TAKE A FRESH LOOK
9:12:11AM AT WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED, AND MOVE INTO THE FUTURE IN THAT
9:12:14AM WAY.
9:12:15AM IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE DOING THAT NOW THAT WE ARE TALKING
9:12:17AM ABOUT BUDGETS.
9:12:20AM BAINBRIDGE WHO BUILT THAT VERY LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX IN
9:12:24AM YBOR WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR
9:12:26AM ANOTHER SITE.
9:12:27AM I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM YESTERDAY.
9:12:29AM SO RESIDENTIAL IS ALIVE AND WELL IN YBOR
9:12:33AM CHANNEL DISTRICT, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS OF
9:12:36AM ROADWAY CONCEPTS, WITH CHANNELSIDE DRIVE, THAT WAS SOMETHING
9:12:40AM THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL, AND WE ARE WORKING ON
9:12:44AM THAT.
9:12:44AM AGAIN, IT'S A ROADWAY THAT WAS GENERALLY BUILT FOR
9:12:50AM INDUSTRIAL USES AT ONE TIME, AND NOW WE HAVE QUITE A
9:12:54AM RESIDENTIAL POPULATION WITH ANOTHER BUILDING GETTING READY
9:12:57AM TO START ON CHANNELSIDE DRIVE.
9:13:00AM AND SO WE ARE GOING TO DO A REDESIGN OF THAT, WHICH WILL
9:13:03AM INCLUDE WIDER SIDEWALKS AND LANDSCAPING, BRINGING IT INTO
9:13:07AM COMPLIANCE WITH THE REST OF THE CHANNEL DISTRICT.
9:13:10AM AND THE CHANNEL CLUB IS WORKING ON TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES OF
9:13:14AM OCCUPANCY RIGHT NOW.
9:13:15AM SO WE SHOULD SEE PEOPLE MOVING INTO THAT BUILDING IN THE
9:13:18AM NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE.
9:13:20AM AND ON TODAY'S AGENDA -- AND YOU HAVE RECEIVED A COPY
9:13:25AM ELECTRONICALLY -- IS THE WEST TAMPA STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN,
9:13:29AM WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN HELPING THE CRA IN MOVING
9:13:35AM FORWARD AND ACTUALLY HAVING A PLAN TO OPERATE ON.
9:13:39AM THAT CONCLUDE MY REPORT.
9:13:41AM >>HARRY COHEN: ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS
9:13:45AM FOR MR. MCDONAUGH?
9:13:47AM SEEING NONE RIGHT NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC
9:13:49AM COMMENTS.
9:13:50AM WE HAVE THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER ON ANY MATTER ON THE
9:13:52AM AGENDA.
9:13:52AM AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WILL MOVE INTO THIS MORNING'S
9:13:55AM BUSINESS.
9:13:55AM >> FOR THE RECORD, ON THE RECORD, IN THE RECORD, ON THE
9:14:07AM RECORD, I AM WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN DESPOT HDC JOHNNY
9:14:17AM BERNARD BOOTH.
9:14:19AM OKAY.
9:14:22AM I'M JUST HERE TO BRING SOME THINGS TO ATTENTION.
9:14:29AM OKAY.
9:14:30AM I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE -- IN ENGLISH LAW, COURTS
9:14:47AM ESTABLISHED IN THE QUEEN'S POSSESSIONS BEYOND THE SEAS WITH
9:14:59AM JURISDICTION OVER MARITIME CAUSES INCLUDING THESE RELATING
9:15:05AM TO PRIZE.
9:15:07AM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS UNLAWFULLY THE POSSESSION OF
9:15:14AM THE ENGLISH CROWN PER ORIGINAL COMMERCIAL JOINT VENTURE
9:15:20AM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND THE CROWN, AND THE
9:15:26AM CONSTITUTION WHICH BROUGHT ALL THE STATES BACK UNDERSTOOD
9:15:30AM BRITISH OWNERSHIP AND RULE.
9:15:32AM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HOWEVER, HAD SOVEREIGN STANDING IN LAW
9:15:37AM INDEPENDENT TO ANY CONNECTION TO THE STATES OR THE CROWN.
9:15:43AM THIS FACT NECESSITATED THAT THE PEOPLE BE BROUGHT BACK, ONE
9:15:47AM AT A TIME, UNDER BRITISH RULE.
9:15:52AM OKAY.
9:16:01AM SO I'M SHOWING YOU THIS STUFF TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE COMING
9:16:05AM FROM.
9:16:06AM AND A RIGHT OF SOVEREIGNTY.
9:16:21AM DEBT IS CREATED BY MER AUTHORIZING ROLES.
9:16:27AM WHAT I AM TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU IS, THEY SET YOU UP IN AN
9:16:31AM AREA TO WHERE YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF IT.
9:16:33AM [BELL SOUNDS]
9:16:35AM SO THIS YEAR, YOU GUYS GOT A VOTE COMING UP, NOVEMBER COMING
9:16:40AM UP.
9:16:41AM BE WISE.
9:16:43AM THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT FOR YOUR FUTURE AND YOUR
9:16:46AM KIDS' FUTURE AND WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE WITHIN
9:16:48AM AMERICA'S FUTURE.
9:16:49AM THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO FINALLY GET YOUR FREEDOM
9:16:53AM AWAY FROM THAT SO-CALLED WISH CRAFT.
9:16:59AM THANK YOU.
9:17:00AM >> METEZMAT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:17:10AM LAST WEEK, WE HAD BAD SITUATION TAKE PLACE RIGHT HERE.
9:17:14AM YOUNG MAN WAS REMOVED FROM THE PODIUM BASED ON THE FACT THAT
9:17:21AM HE WOULDN'T GIVE HIS NAME.
9:17:24AM IF YOU WATCH PBS, IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE IF YOU WATCH THE
9:17:29AM NIGHTLY NEWS, AND WHAT USED TO BE THE McNAIR REPORT AND
9:17:35AM OTHER THINGS ON PBS, WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS LOOKS LIKE AN OLD
9:17:40AM PEOPLE CONFERENCE.
9:17:43AM IT LOOKS LIKE AN OLD PEOPLE CONFERENCE.
9:17:45AM WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PEOPLE IT'S LIKE, HEY, MAN, I DON'T
9:17:47AM CARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, YOU LOOK LIKE OLD PEOPLE UP
9:17:50AM THERE.
9:17:50AM YOU LOOK LIKE ELDERLY PEOPLE UP THERE.
9:17:53AM I DON'T WANT TO HEAR NOTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY, LOOK LIKE YOUR
9:17:56AM TIME HAS GONE, IT'S PASSED, IT'S OUT OF HERE.
9:17:59AM BUT A YOUNG MAN CAME UP HERE TO SPEAK, AND HE WAS REMOVED BY
9:18:02AM THE POLICE FROM THE PODIUM BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR WHAT
9:18:08AM YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.
9:18:09AM NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR WHAT DISSIDENTS HAVE TO SAY OR
9:18:16AM SO-CALLED DISSIDENTS, NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR OPPOSITION TO THE
9:18:19AM PEOPLE THAT'S IN POWER, THE OLD PEOPLE IN POWER, NO ONE
9:18:22AM WANTS TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
9:18:24AM IT'S UNIMPORTANT.
9:18:26AM COME DOWN HERE TO SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES AND THEY WANT TO
9:18:29AM RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE ALL THE TVS OFF IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE
9:18:32AM THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION TO
9:18:35AM THE SYSTEM.
9:18:36AM THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
9:18:39AM THEY GOT ALL THE TVs OFF IN THE BUILDING.
9:18:41AM YOU ALL NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
9:18:43AM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC HAVE TO SAY.
9:18:46AM THE PEOPLE WHO PAY THE TAXES AND PAY YOUR SALARIES, YOU ALL
9:18:49AM DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
9:18:51AM ONLY WHEN THEY COME DOWN HERE TO COMPLIMENT YOU ALL WITH
9:18:53AM SOME CROOKED POLICE OFFICERS AND SOME CERITA BAKER AS
9:19:01AM CROOKED AS EVER GETTING AWARDS AND ALL THIS NONSENSE, THAT'S
9:19:04AM WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO HEAR.
9:19:06AM YOU ALL WANT TO BE COMPLICATED IN EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:19:08AM THAT'S A BAD SYSTEM.
9:19:10AM RIGHT NOW, WE ARE BEING FINED 5 OR $10,000 A DAY BY CITY
9:19:17AM CODE ENFORCEMENT FOR SOMETHING THEY CAN'T EVEN FIND THE
9:19:23AM RULES ON.
9:19:27AM THEY CAN'T FIND THE RULES ON IT BUT THEY WANT TO FINE YOU 5
9:19:30AM OR 10, $15,000 PER DAY.
9:19:33AM CRAZY.
9:19:34AM THOSE WHAT GOES ON.
9:19:35AM BUT THEY LIKE TO SILENCE THE VOICE, THE OPPOSITION VOICE.
9:19:42AM [BELL SOUNDS]
9:19:43AM AND THEY DEFINITELY SPECIFICALLY LIKE TO SILENCE THE BLACK
9:19:47AM VOICE.
9:19:49AM THEY LIKE BLACK PEOPLE TO SIT AROUND AND EAT WATERMELONS, DO
9:19:55AM NONSENSE BUT THEY DON'T WANT US TO RISE ABOVE THAT AT ALL.
9:19:59AM IT'S TIME IT HAS TO STOP AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE FOR
9:20:03AM THAT YOUNG MAN FOR REMOVING HIM.
9:20:05AM YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME TO SPEAK IN A PUBLIC FORUM.
9:20:08AM THAT'S IGNORANCE.
9:20:09AM IT'S STRAIGHT IGNORANCE.
9:20:10AM SO LET'S MAKE IT A YOUNG POEM INCLUSIVENESS INSTEAD OF AN
9:20:13AM OLD PEOPLE CONFERENCE.
9:20:14AM [BELL SOUNDS]
9:20:18AM >>HARRY COHEN: ANYONE ELSE?
9:20:19AM ALL RIGHT.
9:20:20AM WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ONTO OUR REQUIRED APPROVALS THIS
9:20:23AM MORNING.
9:20:23AM ITEM NUMBER 3.
9:20:24AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: AGAIN, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND
9:20:29AM SERVICE AGREEMENT.
9:20:31AM SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WHICH I THINK IS
9:20:33AM VERY IMPORTANT IS THE FACT THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THE
9:20:39AM CRA ARE 3.7%.
9:20:40AM WE MANAGED TO KEEP THAT AT A VERY LOW NUMBER.
9:20:43AM AND A POINT THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE FACT THAT THE CITY
9:20:47AM CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE CRA.
9:20:49AM THE CRA DOES NOT PAY FOR LEGAL SERVICES, DOES NOT PAY FOR
9:20:53AM SEVERAL OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HELP SUPPORT OUR
9:20:56AM MISSION, AS WELL AS PART OF THE SALARIES, ABOUT 15% OF THE
9:21:01AM EMPLOYEES OF THE CRA IS ALSO ABSORBED BY THE CITY OF TAMPA
9:21:04AM BECAUSE THEY DO OTHER CITY BUSINESS AS WELL.
9:21:11AM CONE DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE?
9:21:13AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: I DO.
9:21:14AM I NEED A MOTION.
9:21:16AM >>HARRY COHEN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:21:18AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:21:20AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
9:21:22AM OPPOSED?
9:21:23AM ALL RIGHT.
9:21:23AM THANK YOU.
9:21:24AM ITEM NUMBER 4.
9:21:24AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: WE ARE ASKING APPROVAL TO TRANSFER FUNDS
9:21:28AM WITHIN THE DREW PARK CRA FUND TO NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE
9:21:34AM TO THE PARK PROJECT.
9:21:35AM I IN PREVIOUS MONTHS I THINK TOLD YOU THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS
9:21:38AM APPROVED A SET OF PLANS, AND WE ARE OUT FOR BID RIGHT NOW.
9:21:41AM SO THIS IS ACTUALLY SETTING UP THE FINANCING.
9:21:43AM >>HARRY COHEN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:21:47AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:21:49AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:21:50AM OPPOSED?
9:21:50AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: ITEM NUMBER 5 IS AN AGREEMENT WITH TAMPA
9:21:55AM BAY WE HAVE AND DOWNTOWN CRA PROVIDING FUNDING TO SUPPORT
9:22:01AM THEIR EFFORTS TO DO STARTUPS HERE IN OUR MARKET.
9:22:04AM >>HARRY COHEN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:22:08AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:22:09AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
9:22:13AM OPPOSED?
9:22:13AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: WE ARE ASKING FOR MOVEMENT OF FUNDS IN
9:22:18AM DREW PARK TO UPDATE THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
9:22:23AM THAT'S THE ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER 6.
9:22:25AM >> A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:22:32AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:22:33AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
9:22:34AM OPPOSED?
9:22:36AM NUMBER 7.
9:22:37AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: ITEM NUMBER 7 IS THE ADOPTION FOR APPROVAL
9:22:41AM OF THE WEST TAMPA STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
9:22:44AM AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR STAFF AND
9:22:48AM THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE A WHILE.
9:22:53AM YOU HAD AN E-MAIL, I BELIEVE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF IT WAS
9:22:56AM PROVIDED TO YOU.
9:22:57AM WE HAVE A HARD COPY FOR YOUR OFFICE TO TAKE BACK WITH YOU.
9:22:59AM BUT I THINK PAGE 61 REALLY KIND OF TELLS THE STORY WHERE IT
9:23:04AM BOILS DOWN.
9:23:05AM COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
9:23:09AM PRIORITIES AND THE WEST TAMPA CHAMBER PRIORITIES.
9:23:12AM SO ALL OF THE --
9:23:16AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DID YOU SAY PAGE 61?
9:23:18AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: PAGE 60.
9:23:20AM EXCUSE ME.
9:23:21AM 60.
9:23:22AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE IS BLANK.
9:23:26AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: A LITTLE MAGIC THERE.
9:23:28AM PAGE 60.
9:23:30AM AGAIN, WHAT EVERY STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN IS ALL ABOUT IS
9:23:35AM LISTED IN THE INPUT OF THE COMMUNITY.
9:23:38AM AND SO THERE IS THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
9:23:41AM THERE ARE FOLKS THAT SERVE ON THE BOARD.
9:23:44AM AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE CHAMBER OF
9:23:48AM COMMERCE IN WEST TAMPA WHICH HAS A VOICE AND VERY ENGAGED IN
9:23:53AM THE PROCESS.
9:23:53AM SO THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN REALLY DOES REFLECT THE DESIRES
9:23:56AM OF EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY.
9:23:57AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION?
9:24:07AM (COUGHING) EXCUSE ME.
9:24:09AM ON PAGE 60 WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE TYPICALLY PUT IN
9:24:11AM OUR COMMUNITY PLANS.
9:24:12AM WE KEEP GETTING ATTACKED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
9:24:14AM A LOT OF THESE THINGS MIGHT BE STRIPPED OUT, OR THEY MAY
9:24:19AM ATTEMPT TO STRIP THEM OUT.
9:24:21AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: CORRECT.
9:24:22AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF FOR SOME REASON THEY DO GET STRIPPED OUT
9:24:25AM MEANING THAT THE LEGISLATURE WON'T ALLOW US TO SPEND DOLLARS
9:24:27AM ON CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT, DOO WE HAVE TO COME BACK AND
9:24:30AM REDO THE PLAN OR IS IT JUST --
9:24:33AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: NO, I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS MANAGE OUR
9:24:36AM BUDGETS, AND WITHIN THE BUDGET CATEGORIES, WE WOULD HAVE
9:24:40AM SPECIFIC THINGS THAT ARE APPROVED LEGALLY.
9:24:44AM SO WE COULD DO AN UPDATE AT SOME POINT.
9:24:46AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WAS WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE REQUIRED.
9:24:49AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: NO, I THINK BASICALLY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS
9:24:52AM TAILOR THE BUDGET TO REFLECT THE THINGS LEGALLY TO SPEND THE
9:24:56AM MONEY ON.
9:24:58AM SUAREZ THEY TALKED ABOUT A TRAIN OR TRANSIT, AND MUST HAVE
9:25:02AM BEEN PLANNED QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO.
9:25:05AM IT WAS INTERESTING THAT IT WAS PUT INTO THIS REPORT.
9:25:09AM I WAS JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHY THAT WAS.
9:25:12AM I THINK IT WAS JUST KIND OF AN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.
9:25:15AM IS THAT WHAT IT WAS?
9:25:17AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK RIGHT BY WHAT
9:25:20AM IS NOW WEST RIVER, THERE IS ACTUALLY STILL A TRAIN DEPOT
9:25:25AM THERE THAT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OWNS.
9:25:27AM AND AT SOME POINT, WE MAY SEE TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES THERE IN
9:25:31AM THE FUTURE.
9:25:32AM IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS ASK FOR THE CITIZENS TO
9:25:37AM APPROVE THE EXTRA PENNY, WE COULD SEE THAT.
9:25:42AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND WE COULD PUT SOME OF THOSE TRANSIT
9:25:45AM IMPROVEMENTS, USE SOME DOLLARS FROM CRA IN ADDITION TO ANY
9:25:47AM OTHER DOLLARS, CORRECT?
9:25:49AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: CORRECT.
9:25:50AM AS LONG AS WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
9:25:51AM AS THEY ALWAYS SAY, WHAT'S IN THE PLAN.
9:25:53AM WHAT MAKES SENSE TO PUT THINGS IN THERE.
9:25:56AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I APPRECIATE THAT AND THE PLAN LOOKS GOOD.
9:26:00AM AND I'LL MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
9:26:02AM >>HARRY COHEN: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:26:05AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:26:07AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
9:26:09AM OPPOSED?
9:26:12AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: AND CERTAINLY LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE HAVE
9:26:14AM THE POINT OF AN EX-OFFICIO FROM THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN
9:26:17AM PARTNERSHIP, AND JOHN LAROCCA IS HERE THIS MORNING, WOULD
9:26:21AM LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO THE BOARD, PLEASE.
9:26:23AM JOHN.
9:26:24AM >> THANK YOU, BOB.
9:26:28AM MOST OF YOU KNOW ME IN MY OTHER CAPACITY AS PRINCIPAL
9:26:32AM PARTNER OF THE CONSULTING GROUP, URBAN CONSULTANT, PLANNING
9:26:38AM ADVISORS, AND MY POSITION WITH HILLSBOROUGH RIVER COURT
9:26:41AM LAFAYETTE PLACE, AND THAT PART OF MY LIFE.
9:26:44AM BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
9:26:46AM TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN A
9:26:49AM LEADERSHIP ROLE, IN ITS CAPACITY EITHER AS AN EXECUTIVE
9:26:53AM COMMITTEE MEMBER OR BOARD MEMBER AND PAST CHAIR.
9:26:57AM I HELPED FORM THE SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT.
9:26:59AM I ASSISTED IN FORMING AND CREATING THE ORGANIZATION, THE
9:27:05AM DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL, AND I AM CURRENTLY CO-CHAIR OF
9:27:08AM THE PARTNERSHIP STRATEGIC INITIATIVE FOR TBD GROWTH AND
9:27:13AM EXPANSION, AND WE WERE OBVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL IN OUR EFFORTS
9:27:16AM TO EXPAND THE SPECIAL SERVICES DISTRICT INTO THE HEIGHTS
9:27:19AM AREA.
9:27:19AM SO IT'S MY HONOR TO REPRESENT THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP
9:27:23AM AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING ON THE BE COMMUNITY ADVISORY
9:27:26AM COMMITTEE.
9:27:27AM THANK YOU.
9:27:27AM >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU.
9:27:31AM WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL?
9:27:35AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:27:37AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:27:39AM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
9:27:42AM OPPOSED?
9:27:42AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: THAT CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
9:27:45AM >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:27:46AM INFORMATION AND REPORTS.
9:27:47AM COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:27:52AM MIRANDA.
9:27:54AM COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN.
9:27:55AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: [OFF MICROPHONE] LET ME START AGAIN.
9:28:01AM THREE SHOTS FOR DOG SHOTS FROM 9 A.M. TO 12 P.M. AT ROWLETTE
9:28:08AM PARK, 2401 YUKON STREET AND IT'S FREE.
9:28:14AM I HAVE TO EMPHASIS IT'S FREE AND PUT ON BY HUMANE SOCIETY OF
9:28:19AM TAMPA.ORG. MY FELLOW COUNCILMAN REDDICK WAS VERY
9:28:22AM INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS STARTED.
9:28:27AM THANK YOU.
9:28:27AM >>HARRY COHEN: COUNCILMAN REDDICK?
9:28:33AM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ?
9:28:34AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: NO, SIR.
9:28:36AM >>HARRY COHEN: MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE, PLEASE.
9:28:37AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:28:40AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN REDDICK.
9:28:41AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:28:42AM WE WILL BE NOT BACK UNTIL 5:30 TONIGHT BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A
9:28:47AM LONG MEETING AHEAD OF US.
9:28:48AM SO HAVE A GOOD DAY.
9:28:52AM
DISCLAIMER:
THIS FILE REPRESENTS AN UNEDITED VERSION OF REALTIME
CAPTIONING WHICH SHOULD NEITHER BE RELIED UPON FOR COMPLETE
ACCURACY NOR USED AS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT.
THE ORIGINAL OF THIS FILE WAS PRODUCED IN ALL CAPITAL
LETTERS AND ANY VARIATION THERETO MAY BE A RESULT OF THIRD
PARTY EDITS AND SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY ISSUES.
ANY PERSON WHO NEEDS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF THE
PROCEEDINGS MAY NEED TO HIRE A COURT REPORTER.