TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019
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9:03:25AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:03:26AM I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS CRA MEETING TO ORDER.
9:03:28AM WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION, AND I YIELD TO COUNCILMAN
9:03:32AM SUAREZ.
9:03:32AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
9:03:34AM IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO WELCOME SOMEONE TO THE PODIUM WHO
9:03:37AM IS NO STRANGER TO THE CHAMBERS, BISHOP THOMAS SCOTT, WHO IS
9:03:41AM THE BISHOP AT THE 34th STREET CHURCH OF GOD.
9:03:45AM HE HAS BEEN A FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER, A FORMER CITY
9:03:47AM COUNCIL MEMBER, AND AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT VOICE IN OUR
9:03:51AM COMMUNITY.
9:03:51AM BISHOP SCOTT, IF YOU COULD COME ON UP HERE.
9:03:54AM PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE
9:03:57AM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:03:57AM THANK YOU.
9:04:03AM >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN AND TO THIS BOARD AND MIKE
9:04:07AM SUAREZ.
9:04:07AM ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME BACK AND BE A PART OF THIS BOARD
9:04:10AM ANY WAY I CAN.
9:04:11AM THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND BRING THE
9:04:15AM INVOCATION.
9:04:15AM THESE DAYS I DON'T PUT ON A TIE A WHOLE LOT.
9:04:20AM BUT I PUT A TIE ON FOR YOU ALL TODAY, SO, PLEASE, I WANT YOU
9:04:20AM TO RECOGNIZE THAT.
9:04:22AM I GOT ALL DRESSED UP FOR EVERYBODY.
9:04:23AM IT IS A JOY FOR ME TO COME AND SHARE.
9:04:26AM LET'S PRAY.
9:04:26AM FATHER, WE ARE GRATEFUL.
9:04:27AM WE COME IN YOUR DIVINE PRESENCE BECAUSE YOUR WORD TELLS US
9:04:31AM TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU IN ALL OF OUR WAYS AND YOU BE THE
9:04:34AM DIRECTION TO OUR PATH.
9:04:35AM TODAY WE PAUSE TO REFLECT UPON THE GRACE OF GOODNESS AND
9:04:41AM YOUR BLESSINGS TO US, AS A COMMUNITY, AS A NATION.
9:04:45AM WE PRAY FOR OUR NATION.
9:04:48AM WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN LEADERSHIP IN WASHINGTON.
9:04:51AM AND THEN WE PRAY FOR THOSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TODAY WHO ARE
9:04:55AM SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE SHUTDOWN.
9:04:56AM WE PRAY NOW THAT YOU BRING A CLOSE TO THIS MESS, THAT THESE
9:05:02AM PEOPLE MIGHT BE BLESSED AND THEIR LIVES MIGHT BE ENHANCED
9:05:06AM AND THE FAMILIES MIGHT PROSPER.
9:05:08AM TODAY WE PRAY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
9:05:12AM WE THANK YOU FOR THEM AS THEY DELIBERATE AND MAKE IMPORTANT
9:05:16AM DECISIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
9:05:18AM I PRAY YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT.
9:05:22AM I PRAY YOU BLESS ALL THAT THEY DO AND SET POLICIES FOR OUR
9:05:26AM COMMUNITY.
9:05:27AM WE THANK YOU NOW FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT US EVERY
9:05:31AM DAY, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS AND
9:05:37AM OTHERS, LORD, WHO PROTECT US AND SAVE LIVES.
9:05:43AM WE THANK YOU FOR THEM NOW.
9:05:45AM BLESS ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THIS COUNTY, AND WE
9:05:50AM PRAY NOW THAT ALL THAT WE SEEK TO DO, WE ALWAYS BRING GLORY
9:05:53AM TO YOU AND THAT THE PEOPLE'S LIVES MIGHT BE ENHANCED.
9:05:57AM THEIR LIVES MIGHT BE BETTER BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE
9:06:04AM SET BY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
9:06:05AM THANK YOU NOW FOR AMERICA AND BLESS HER.
9:06:09AM IN YOUR NAME WE DO PRAY, AMEN.
9:06:11AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:06:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:06:29AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
9:06:32AM >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
9:06:32AM >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
9:06:34AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
9:06:35AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:06:37AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:06:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:06:39AM BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO YIELD A MOMENT TO COUNCILMAN
9:06:46AM FRANK.
9:06:46AM >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
9:06:48AM AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CRA MEETING, I NEED TO CONVENE THE
9:06:51AM CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION FOR 15 MINUTES FOR A SPECIAL
9:06:56AM RECOGNITION.
9:06:58AM IT SHOULD LAST NO MORE THAN 10 OR 15 MINUTES.
9:07:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:07:03AM WE WILL BEGIN HERE WITH STAFF REPORTS.
9:07:06AM WE HAVE MONTHLY REPORT FOR OUR CAC REPRESENTATIVE,
9:07:11AM MS. AHERN, OF THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
9:07:19AM >>ABBEY AHERN: GOOD MORNING.
9:07:21AM THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
9:07:24AM I'M ABBEY AHERN WITH THE CAC FOR DOWNTOWN.
9:07:28AM AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S PLENTY OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING
9:07:31AM DOWNTOWN AND I LOVE BEING PART OF THAT.
9:07:33AM I WILL BE STEPPING IN FOR OWEN LAFAVE WHO IS TERM LIMITING
9:07:39AM OFF COMING UP HERE SOON.
9:07:40AM AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF HIS EFFORTS.
9:07:41AM THANK YOU FOR THAT.
9:07:43AM I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A BUSY AGENDA.
9:07:45AM WE HAD A GREAT EVENT THAT THE PARTNERSHIP PUT ON WITH WINTER
9:07:48AM VILLAGE.
9:07:48AM THEY CONTINUE TO EXPAND IT EACH YEAR AND BRING MORE PEOPLE
9:07:50AM IN.
9:07:51AM THE ICE SKATING RINK HAS BEEN A HIT, AND THEY MOVED IT
9:07:55AM FURTHER INTO THE PARK SO THAT THERE'S MORE OF AN EXPERIENCE.
9:07:59AM I THINK THEY HAVE BIG PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR TO EXPAND EVEN
9:08:02AM INTO SOME OTHER PARKS.
9:08:03AM BIG RAY'S FISH CAMP AND THE SAIL PLAZA COMPLETION IS PLANNED
9:08:06AM FOR THE BEGINNING OF SPRING THIS YEAR.
9:08:09AM AND THE WEST RAMP NEAR THE FLAG DECK SHOULD BE DONE EARLY
9:08:14AM MARCH.
9:08:15AM THE NEW RESTAURANT REMEDY BEHIND MALIO'S IS OPEN AND DOING
9:08:19AM PHENOMENAL.
9:08:19AM AND THE FLY BAR CLOSED ALTHOUGH ONLY TEMPORARILY.
9:08:24AM THEY PLAN TO REOPEN SOMEWHERE ELSE.
9:08:27AM AND THE NEW RESTAURANT COMING IN THERE WILL BE A
9:08:30AM MEDITERRANEAN SPANISH CUISINE WITH SOME LOCAL GUYS WHO ARE
9:08:36AM DOING REALLY WELL IN TAMPA.
9:08:37AM WE LIKE THAT CONTINUED EFFORT.
9:08:39AM HARPOON HARRY'S IS WRAPPING UP CONSTRUCTION AND SHOULD BE
9:08:42AM OPEN HOPEFULLY FOR GASPARILLA.
9:08:44AM 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
9:08:47AM YOU KNOW DOWNTOWN IS REALLY DOING WELL WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A
9:08:50AM SINGLE RESTAURANT AT 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
9:08:52AM WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THEM.
9:08:53AM THE SITE REMEDIATION FOR CITY HALL PARKING LOT SHOULD BE
9:08:56AM COMPLETE THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH AND THE GROUNDBREAKING IS
9:08:59AM NEXT MONTH IN FEBRUARY.
9:09:00AM SPRINGHILL SUITES IS NEGOTIATING WITH THE CITY FOR THE
9:09:03AM PURCHASE OF LAND THAT HAD BEEN VACATED.
9:09:07AM TALKING ABOUT REOPENING AND DEDICATING THE RECONNECTION OF
9:09:11AM EAST HARRISON.
9:09:14AM THERE SHOULD BE A SMALL HOTEL, ABOUT 153 UNITS.
9:09:17AM RIVERWALK TOWER OBTAINED CRITICAL FUNDING.
9:09:20AM THEY ARE NO LONGER GOING TO DO THE OFFICE COMPONENT.
9:09:21AM IT WILL ALL BE RESIDENTIAL WITH QUITE A BIT OF RETAIL.
9:09:24AM SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING.
9:09:25AM R.R. SIMMONS HAS BEEN RETAINED FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER
9:09:30AM IMPROVEMENTS FOR CONCESSION AREAS AND DECKS.
9:09:32AM ONE MORE GREAT STEP FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THEIR
9:09:35AM EXPANSION.
9:09:35AM SPT BEGAN WORK ON THE OLD WATER STREET UTILITY AND THE
9:09:40AM PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS.
9:09:42AM AGAIN, CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE PROGRESSION OF THEIR
9:09:45AM DEVELOPMENT.
9:09:46AM MILLCREEK HAS RESTARTED THEIR DESIGN PROCESS UP BY THE TIMES
9:09:52AM BUILDING.
9:09:53AM AND THE DOWNTOWN CAC IS TALKING ABOUT A FACADE IMPROVEMENT
9:09:57AM PROGRAM THAT WOULD HELP PROPERTY OWNERS PROVIDE SOME FUNDING
9:10:02AM TO PROPERTY OWNERS UPWARDS OF MAYBE $50,000 FOR SOME OF
9:10:05AM THOSE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN BLIGHTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME
9:10:08AM OR ARE WAITING IN ORDER TO MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK WITH RENTS
9:10:12AM VERSUS THE COST FOR IMPROVEMENT.
9:10:14AM THERE WILL BE SOME STIPULATIONS IN THERE THAT WE'LL WORKING
9:10:16AM ON AND WILL BE BRINGING TO YOU GUYS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL
9:10:19AM MONTHS.
9:10:19AM BUT IT'S VERY EXCITING.
9:10:20AM AND WE HOPE THAT WILL CLEAN UP SOME OF THE OLDER STOREFRONTS
9:10:23AM THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING VACANT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
9:10:26AM AND THEN, OF COURSE, MASSEY PARK IS PLANNED AND HAS
9:10:31AM IDENTIFIED FUNDING, AND WE'RE JUST WORKING ON THE FINAL
9:10:34AM DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THAT.
9:10:35AM AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE THE RIDE OVER THERE -- YOU'LL BE
9:10:38AM ABLE TO RIDE OVER THERE ON SCOOTERS SOON.
9:10:41AM ALL FUN THINGS.
9:10:42AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THAT'S MY UPDATE.
9:10:45AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
9:10:47AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE MASSEY PARK CHANGES, DOES IT INCLUDE DOG
9:10:53AM PARK FEATURES IN THERE?
9:10:55AM I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN
9:10:58AM BRIAN SEEL WAS AT FIRST INVOLVED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
9:11:01AM TO DO WITH MASSEY PARK, AND THAT A DOG PARK WAS REALLY
9:11:04AM NECESSARY THERE.
9:11:05AM I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WILL BE PART OF THE PARK.
9:11:06AM >>ABBEY AHERN: VERY EXCITED.
9:11:08AM ALSO A GREAT SHADE PARK WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND AN HOUR OR
9:11:12AM TWO WITH THEIR DOGS.
9:11:13AM CURTIS HIXON IS VERY POPULAR WITH THAT AS IS LANE.
9:11:18AM THE SHADE WILL KEEP PEOPLE AROUND AND HANGING AROUND.
9:11:24AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT'S NOT SHADED WHERE THE DOG PARK IS AT.
9:11:28AM >>ABBEY AHERN: WE'LL GET THERE.
9:11:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:11:31AM UP NEXT, MR. McDONAUGH.
9:11:36AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: GOOD MORNING.
9:11:37AM BOB McDONOUGH.
9:11:37AM JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK NOTES, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE CHILDREN'S
9:11:40AM PARADE THIS WEEKEND.
9:11:41AM IT'S ALMOST LIKE A TRAFFIC ADVISORY.
9:11:43AM WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.
9:11:44AM WE HAVE THE -- ON THE 19th, THE BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL AT
9:11:50AM CURTIS HIXON PARK.
9:11:52AM IN THE MORNING THEY HAVE A RUN AND BOOT CAMP AND IN THE
9:11:54AM AFTERNOON THEY HAVE MUSIC.
9:11:55AM THE 26th WE HAVE THE GASPARILLA.
9:11:58AM AS ABBEY WAS TALKING ABOUT I TOURED HARPOON HARRY'S I THINK
9:12:04AM YOU'LL BE VERY IMPRESSED WHEN YOU SEE IT.
9:12:07AM IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE.
9:12:08AM THE OWNER TOOK SIX MONTHS LONGER THAN HE THOUGHT TO BUILD IT
9:12:11AM OUT AND I THINK HE INVESTED ALMOST $8 MILLION IN THE SPACE.
9:12:15AM >>HARRY COHEN: MIKE SUGGESTED WE HAVE A HARPOON HARRY EVENT
9:12:21AM WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY HARPOON ME.
9:12:23AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WAS GOING TO REMOVE THE APOSTROPHE S.
9:12:27AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:12:30AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: THINGS ARE NEVER QUITE AS CIVIL AS ONE
9:12:33AM WOULD LIKE DURING ELECTION SEASON.
9:12:35AM FEBRUARY 12th, YOU'LL BE GETTING INVITATIONS FOR THE
9:12:37AM GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE HOTELS ACROSS THE STREET.
9:12:40AM MONDAY, WE HAVE THE MLK PARADE IN EAST TAMPA.
9:12:42AM THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG, FUN EVENT.
9:12:44AM AND YBOR IS CLOSE TO FINISHING UP THEIR VISION PLAN
9:12:48AM SELECTION, SO YOU SHOULD BE GETTING SOMETHING IN THE
9:12:51AM NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE ON A CONTRACT FOR THAT.
9:12:55AM AGAIN, OUT OF ALL THE CRAs, PROBABLY THE GREATEST CHANGES
9:12:58AM IN THE LAST TEN YEARS HAVE BEEN IN YBOR, THIS GREAT SHIFT TO
9:13:01AM RESIDENTIAL.
9:13:01AM AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE MISSION PLAN TO REFLECT
9:13:05AM THAT.
9:13:06AM AND THEN STARTING THE 12th, AGAIN, EVERYBODY PAYS
9:13:09AM ATTENTION TO TRAFFIC, WE HAVE HAMILTON STARTING AT THE STRAZ
9:13:14AM CENTER.
9:13:15AM THAT'S BOOKED EVERY SINGLE SHOW.
9:13:16AM IT CLOSED OUT IN RECORD TIME, I THINK.
9:13:21AM >>HARRY COHEN: I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
9:13:23AM I DID WANT TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION.
9:13:25AM THE CONSTRUCTION THAT IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE, THE
9:13:28AM REALIGNMENT OF THE ROADS DOWN THERE, THAT CONSTRUCTION IS
9:13:31AM NOT GOING TO BEGIN WHILE HAMILTON IS GOING ON.
9:13:35AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: NO, IT'S NOT.
9:13:36AM THAT DEVELOPER IS MEETING WITH THE STRAZ FOLKS NEXT WEEK TO
9:13:39AM SHOW THEM THE FINAL PLAN AND TALK ABOUT TIMING AND ALL THOSE
9:13:42AM THINGS.
9:13:42AM BASICALLY, THE CHECKLIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WANTED ARE
9:13:46AM REFLECTED IN THIS.
9:13:47AM SO, YES.
9:13:48AM NO, HE KNOWS BETTER THAN THAT.
9:13:51AM THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
9:13:52AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:13:53AM ANY QUESTIONS?
9:13:54AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: QUESTIONS.
9:13:54AM MR. McDONAUGH, IT'S GOT ON HERE SPRING OF 2019 FOR THE
9:14:00AM SAIL AND FISH CAMP SPRING IN RELATION TO WHAT FLORIDA
9:14:05AM SPRING, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
9:14:07AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: APRIL --
9:14:09AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: APRIL OR MAY.
9:14:11AM OKAY.
9:14:12AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:14:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:14:13AM NEXT UP, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:14:14AM MR. MARTIN, DO YOU HAVE THE --
9:14:26AM >> I'LL WING IT.
9:14:27AM PUBLIC COMMENT IS ALLOWED FOR THREE MINUTES, I BELIEVE.
9:14:33AM WE ENCOURAGE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON ANY
9:14:39AM PARTICULAR ITEM TO WAIT UNTIL AFTERWARDS TO SPEAK ON THAT
9:14:44AM ITEM, OTHERWISE YOU CAN SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:14:47AM WE ASK THAT YOU REFRAIN FROM MAKING DIRECT COMMENTS ABOUT
9:14:50AM ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND THAT YOU OBSERVE DECORUM
9:14:56AM THROUGHOUT.
9:14:57AM THANK YOU.
9:14:58AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:14:58AM IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE APPROACH THE LECTERN AND
9:15:04AM STATE YOUR NAME.
9:15:05AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:15:05AM CONNIE BURTON.
9:15:06AM HEARING THE REPORT FROM THE DOWNTOWN CRA ALMOST MAKES YOU
9:15:13AM JEALOUS.
9:15:14AM WHEN YOU ARE COMPARING IT TO WHERE I LIVE, AND I'M SPEAKING
9:15:22AM ABOUT EAST TAMPA THAT IS RIDDLED WITH TERMS SUCH AS A
9:15:27AM BLIGHTED COMMUNITY, PROPERTIES DETERIORATING, MONIES BEING
9:15:33AM SPENT FOR NOT WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING FOR IN THE
9:15:37AM PRESENT TIME, BUT A CRA THAT IS BEING LED BY CITY STAFF OFF
9:15:45AM OF A 2009 STRATEGIC PLAN.
9:15:48AM TEN YEARS BACKWARDS AND WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD.
9:15:50AM AND THEY THINK IT'S ALL RIGHT.
9:15:53AM THEY THINK IT'S ALL RIGHT TO MOVE OUR COMMUNITY AS IF WE ARE
9:16:00AM STILL ON A HORSE AND A BUGGY.
9:16:03AM WHEN WE SEE ALL OF THIS WONDERFUL FLOURISHMENT DOWNTOWN AND
9:16:11AM THE MAIN THING EAST TAMPA HAS GOING FOR ITSELF IS A TON OF
9:16:15AM ROUNDABOUTS AND A BUNCH OF RETENTION PONDS.
9:16:17AM 15 YEARS IN THE GAME, 15 YEARS OF HAVING MONIES SET ASIDE SO
9:16:23AM A VISION COULD BE PLANNED AND WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD.
9:16:26AM RIGHT NOW PRESENTLY, I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT
9:16:31AM DOMAIN HOMES BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
9:16:35AM BUT EVEN WHEN THE CRA SPENDS ITS OWN MONEY, THE CITY STAFF
9:16:40AM CANNOT LEAD IT IN A PROPER WAY.
9:16:42AM ONLY KIND OF LIKE WAY WE CAN EXPRESS OUR OUTRAGE IS COMING
9:16:49AM HERE BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW SOME OF THE CITY STAFF
9:16:52AM PERSONS LEADING THE EAST TAMPA CRA IS STILL ABLE TO RETAIN
9:16:56AM EMPLOYMENT.
9:16:57AM IT'S A DISGRACE BECAUSE EVERY MORNING OUR CHILDREN ARE
9:17:01AM WAKING UP, LOOKING FOR A BETTER FUTURE AND THEY CAN'T SEE
9:17:04AM IT.
9:17:05AM RIGHT NOW, THIS WILL CONTAIN OVER 6,000 PEOPLE THAT HAVE
9:17:12AM LEFT AREA CODE 33605, FORMERLY INCARCERATED.
9:17:20AM PEOPLE WANT ME TO LOOK UP WHERE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE.
9:17:23AM YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW FOR A CERTAINTY, MOST OF THE FAMILY
9:17:29AM MEMBERS GOT TO COME BACK TO 33605 AND 33610, AND WE DON'T
9:17:33AM HAVE A DAMN THING TO OFFER THEM.
9:17:35AM WE GOT A CRA THAT'S BEEN ON ITS FAILED AGENDA FOR THE LAST
9:17:39AM 15 YEARS, WITH MAYBE 15 MORE YEARS TO GO.
9:17:43AM WE'RE WORKING FROM A 2009 STRATEGIC PLAN WITH NO VISION TO
9:17:47AM MOVE FORWARD, AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OKAY.
9:17:50AM MOVING FORWARD FOR ME IN THE SPIRIT OF DR. KING IS TO CAUSE
9:17:56AM NOTHING BUT CHAOS FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CRA AND THE
9:18:00AM STAFF OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IF THEY CANNOT MOVE IN A MORE
9:18:07AM PROGRESSIVE FASHION AND WE CAN COME DOWN HERE AND SAY HOW
9:18:10AM WONDERFUL IT IS FOR US.
9:18:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:18:12AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:18:16AM >> HELLO.
9:18:17AM METESMOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:18:22AM OVER A YEAR AND SIX MONTHS AGO, I WROTE SOMETHING IN
9:18:26AM REFERENCE TO BOB BUCKHORN AND ANYBODY HAVING ANY KIND OF
9:18:29AM CONNECTION TO HIM AND HOW THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PROSPER.
9:18:32AM WE SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO ZELNICK.
9:18:34AM OVER A YEAR AND SIX MONTHS AGO WROTE THIS ABOUT BOB BUCKHORN
9:18:38AM AROUND HERE FRONTING ABOUT A STATUE.
9:18:40AM FRONT BEING A STATUE THAT HE IN LOVE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE BUT
9:18:44AM CALLING BLACK WOMEN BITCHES P CALLING FOR THE LYNCHES OF AN
9:18:48AM AFRICAN MAN.
9:18:48AM FRONTING ABOUT A STATUE TAKING OVER ALL THE COMMUNITIES AND
9:18:51AM DOING ALL KIND OF WRETCHED THINGS TO US.
9:18:55AM 6,000 PEOPLE AWAY FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR WHAT, MOSTLY?
9:18:59AM VICTIMLESS CRIMES.
9:19:00AM THEY ARE DOING ETHNIC CLEANSING.
9:19:03AM THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
9:19:06AM NASTY WORD.
9:19:07AM THEY ARE WASTING MONEY.
9:19:09AM THROWING MONEY AWAY.
9:19:10AM A BICYCLE LANE.
9:19:11AM YOU CAN LOOK OUT ALL DAY AND NOT SEE ONE BICYCLE GO THROUGH
9:19:14AM IT.
9:19:15AM $40 MILLION IN RIVERFRONT PARK AND OUR COMMUNITIES LOOK LIKE
9:19:18AM STRAIGHT GARBAGE.
9:19:19AM HARASSING PEOPLE AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON SITTING ON THAT
9:19:25AM BOARD THAT WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE KINGS AND QUEENS.
9:19:29AM CAN'T ADDRESS SOMEBODY PERSONALLY.
9:19:31AM WHAT KIND OF CRAZINESS IS THAT?
9:19:32AM WHAT KIND OF STUPIDNESS IS THAT?
9:19:35AM TOTALLY IGNORANT.
9:19:37AM TOTALLY IGNORANT WHEN YOU TELL AN ADULT.
9:19:39AM THAT'S WHAT WHITE FOLKS USED TO DO IN THE PAST.
9:19:45AM YOU CAN WALK BY A SIDEWALK AND LOOK AT A WHITE MAN OR ELSE
9:19:48AM YOU MIGHT GET SLAPPED OR LYNCHED.
9:19:51AM YOU ALL SIT HERE IN A MODERN SOCIETY AND TELL PEOPLE YOU
9:19:54AM CAN'T ADDRESS -- THEY ARE A HUMAN BEING JUST LIKE ANYONE
9:19:57AM ELSE.
9:19:58AM THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE BUT THEY DON'T
9:20:02AM WANT TO BE CALLED OUT INDIVIDUALLY FOR WHAT THEY ARE NOT
9:20:06AM DOING FOR THEIR DISTRICT.
9:20:08AM YOU CAN'T ADDRESS THEM PERSONALLY.
9:20:09AM COME ON, MAN.
9:20:10AM BE FOR REAL.
9:20:11AM WHILE THEY SIT HERE AND WASTE THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY.
9:20:14AM $1 BILLION.
9:20:15AM $1 BILLION DEFICIT.
9:20:17AM AND A STEADY WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY, EVERYTHING FROM SPORTS
9:20:22AM TEAMS TO SPORTS ARENAS TO JUST STUPIDNESS, TO STUPID
9:20:26AM TRANSPORTATION THAT'S GOING NOWHERE AND GOING ON AND ON AND
9:20:30AM ON.
9:20:30AM AND THEN THEY HARASSING PEOPLE, $2,500 IN PARKING TICKETS
9:20:38AM AND WROTE EACH ONE OF YOU ALL A DETAILED LETTER WHAT THE
9:20:44AM PEOPLE ARE DOING WRONG AND IT CAN'T BE SOLVED BECAUSE YOU
9:20:46AM HAVE A HATRED.
9:20:47AM YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC HATRED FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE.
9:20:50AM AND IT SHOWS IN YOU.
9:20:54AM SHOWS IN YOUR ACTIONS.
9:20:55AM IT AIN'T ABOUT ME.
9:20:57AM AIN'T ABOUT THE NEXT PERSON.
9:20:58AM IT AIN'T ABOUT THE NEXT PERSON.
9:21:00AM IT IS ABOUT THE RACE, THE ETHNIC CLEANSING.
9:21:02AM IT'S GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING AND YOU ALL GOT A HATRED.
9:21:08AM AIN'T ABOUT TONY DANIEL.
9:21:09AM TONY DANIEL IS A NICE GUY.
9:21:11AM WALK AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:21:12AM I'M ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:21:15AM THEY LOVE ME EVERYWHERE I GO.
9:21:18AM BUT IT'S A HATRED YOU ALL HAVE FOR BLACK PEOPLE AND THAT
9:21:23AM NEED TO CHANGE.
9:21:23AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:21:24AM NEXT SPEAKER.
9:21:33AM >> I THOUGHT THE MILHAUS HEARING WAS THIS MORNING.
9:21:37AM THAT WAS MY FAULT.
9:21:38AM DANA.
9:21:43AM I WANT TO UPLIFT WHAT THE PEOPLE BEFORE ME WERE JUST TALKING
9:21:48AM ABOUT.
9:21:48AM IN MY URBAN PLANNING CLASSES, WHEN WE READ ABOUT BLIGHT AND
9:21:52AM THE SLUMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THAT
9:21:59AM LANGUAGE IS USED.
9:22:00AM I UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS USED.
9:22:01AM I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S STILL USED BECAUSE IT WAS VERY CLEARLY
9:22:05AM BIASED AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR, BUT ESPECIALLY AFRICAN
9:22:09AM AMERICAN BLACK PEOPLE.
9:22:11AM STUDYING PLANNING REALLY SHOWS HOW RACISM IS BUILT INTO THE
9:22:19AM LAND.
9:22:20AM FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OUR COUNTRY WAS VERY BLATANTLY
9:22:25AM RACIST, OPENLY AND WITH A FEELING OF BEING JUSTIFIED LIKE IT
9:22:31AM WAS ALL RIGHT TO BE RACIST.
9:22:33AM AND THIS ONLY CHANGED LEGALLY IN 1964, WHICH WAS NOT VERY
9:22:40AM LONG AGO, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT, ESPECIALLY
9:22:47AM LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN AT FAULT FOR CREATING AND I THINK
9:22:53AM THAT WE NEED TO BE A LOT BETTER AT MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS
9:22:58AM A COMMUNITY VISION AND THAT IT IS LED BY THE COMMUNITY, LIKE
9:23:01AM THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN
9:23:06AM THOSE COMMUNITIES.
9:23:07AM I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO BE MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE HARM THAT
9:23:17AM OUR PREDECESSORS IN OUR VERY SEATS HAVE CREATED AND BE MORE
9:23:21AM INTENTIONAL ABOUT FIXING THAT HARM.
9:23:22AM I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD REPEAT THAT AND FIGURING OUT WAYS TO
9:23:30AM GIVE THE COMMUNITY BETTER CONTROL, WHETHER IT'S MORE OF AN
9:23:34AM ADVISORY ROLE.
9:23:36AM THERE IS A THING CALLED SHERRY ARNSTEIN'S LADDER OF
9:23:40AM ENGAGEMENT.
9:23:41AM THE GOAL IS MOVING BOARDS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES UP THAT
9:23:46AM LADDER SO THAT THE COMMUNITY ISN'T JUST BEING MANIPULATED,
9:23:49AM ISN'T JUST BEING TOKENIZED, BUT AT SOME POINT HAS A LEVEL OF
9:23:53AM CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR OWN
9:23:55AM COMMUNITIES.
9:23:56AM I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK INTO SHERRY ARNSTEIN,
9:24:03AM A-R-N-S-T-E-I-N, LADDER OF ENGAGEMENT.
9:24:04AM IT IS A GOOD TOOL.
9:24:06AM JEMEZ, J-E-M-E-Z, PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION.
9:24:11AM THAT'S ANOTHER TOOL TO LOOK INTO.
9:24:14AM BUT, YEAH, BLIGHT.
9:24:19AM BLIGHT, REALLY?
9:24:19AM THESE ARE PEOPLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS.
9:24:20AM SO THANK YOU.
9:24:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:24:26AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:24:31AM >> MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS.
9:24:34AM I'VE COME DOWN HERE MANY TIMES BEFORE, AND I CAME DOWN HERE
9:24:41AM ONE TIME AND I OPENED UP MY BIBLE TO READ SOME SCRIPTURES
9:24:47AM OUT OF IT, AND YOU ALL TOLD ME, NOPE, I COULDN'T DO THAT.
9:24:51AM BUT LET ME TELL YOU ALL SOMETHING, I CAN'T READ THE BIBLE
9:24:55AM HERE IN YOUR COURTROOM OR YOUR FACILITY BUT YET YOU ALL CAN
9:25:01AM LET A SEXUAL PERVERT SIT UP THERE.
9:25:03AM THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
9:25:05AM IT'S GOT TO STOP.
9:25:06AM IF IT'S NOT RIGHT, I'LL TELL YOU ALL YOU ALL BE GUILTY FOR
9:25:11AM LETTING A CHILD MOLESTER SIT UP HERE WHO WANTS TO JUDGE US.
9:25:18AM >> STOP, STOP.
9:25:19AM >> I CAN'T STOP BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ALL IN THE NEWS.
9:25:22AM HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME TO STOP WHEN IT'S ON THE NEWS.
9:25:25AM IT'S ON NATIONAL TV.
9:25:26AM YOU CAN'T TELL ME TO STOP.
9:25:28AM YOU ARE THE ONES WHO NEED TO STOP BECAUSE IT'S NOT
9:25:33AM JUSTIFIABLE.
9:25:33AM YOU ALL NEED TO STOP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
9:25:37AM TREAT US BLACK FOLKS EQUALLY.
9:25:39AM HE'S GUILTY AND HE HAS NO BUSINESS SITTING UP THERE TRYING
9:25:42AM TO JUDGE ME OR NOBODY ELSE.
9:25:46AM THE MAN THAT SHOULD BE MAYOR OF THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE THIS
9:25:48AM MAN RIGHT HERE.
9:25:49AM HE SHOULD BE THE MAN RUNNING FOR MAYOR.
9:25:51AM YOU ALL SO RACIST AND HATE BLACK FOLKS SO MUCH, YOU ALL
9:25:56AM BECOME RIDICULOUS HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:25:59AM AND TALKING ABOUT YOU ALL WANT TO BE MAYOR, WANT TO BE CITY
9:26:04AM COUNCIL AND CITY COMMISSION AND ALL THAT STUFF, YOU ALL HAVE
9:26:08AM NO PLACE.
9:26:09AM YOU HAVE TO JUDGE THE PEOPLE JUST AS THEY ARE.
9:26:11AM YOU TOLD ME TO STOP.
9:26:12AM LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE COLOR OF
9:26:16AM MY SKIN AND YOU WANT TO TELL ME TO STOP BECAUSE I'M NOT A
9:26:20AM WHITE MAN.
9:26:21AM NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUDGE -- I'M A PREACHER.
9:26:27AM I PREACH THE GOSPEL TRUTH.
9:26:29AM IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.
9:26:31AM WE ARE ALL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND YOU
9:26:36AM ALL CALL THIS A GREAT NATION.
9:26:37AM BUT IT'S NOT NO GREAT NATION.
9:26:39AM NOT THE WAY YOU ALL TREAT US.
9:26:41AM AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
9:26:42AM AND SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER, SOMEBODY NEED TO GO TO COURT AND GET
9:26:46AM THIS THING RIGHT FOR YOU ALL TO DO RIGHT FOR ALL PEOPLE.
9:26:51AM THE SAME PEOPLE COME HERE EVERY WEEK.
9:26:54AM AIN'T GOING TO SEE A BUNCH OF BLACK FOLKS SITTING UP HERE.
9:26:57AM YOU KNOW WHY?
9:26:58AM YOU ALL DON'T WANT TO HEAR THEM.
9:27:00AM YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ME AND I'M A PREACHER.
9:27:03AM I HAVE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TRUTH WHETHER YOU WANT TO HEAR
9:27:06AM ME OR NOT.
9:27:07AM IF YOU ALL LET THIS MAN SIT UP THERE AND TRY TO JUDGE ME
9:27:11AM BECAUSE I PREACH THE GOSPEL TRUTH, THEN YOU ALL GOT A
9:27:16AM PROBLEM AND THIS HAS TO END.
9:27:18AM I DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR HE IS.
9:27:19AM THE TRUTH IS THE LIGHT.
9:27:21AM WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE LIGHT OF GOD.
9:27:23AM HAVE MERCY JESUS.
9:27:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:27:28AM WE ARE GOING TO SOME REQUIRED APPROVALS.
9:27:31AM ITEM NUMBER 3.
9:27:36AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: BOB McDONOUGH.
9:27:37AM THIS IS AN UPDATE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH
9:27:42AM THE HEIGHTS.
9:27:42AM IT HAS BEEN REFLECTED REALLY IN THE REZONING THAT YOU HAVE
9:27:46AM BEEN PARTICIPATING IN.
9:27:49AM I THINK THE SECOND APPROVAL COMES THIS EVENING.
9:27:51AM BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IT'S MIRRORING WHAT GOES ON IN YOUR
9:27:55AM ZONING APPROVAL.
9:28:05AM >> WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS AGAIN TONIGHT?
9:28:07AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: THE REZONING, YES.
9:28:09AM YOU HAD THE FIRST HEARING TWO WEEKS AGO.
9:28:11AM THE FINAL HEARING IS THIS EVENING.
9:28:14AM WHAT THEY DID IS CHANGE SOME OF THE DENSITIES AND ALLOWANCES
9:28:19AM IN THEIR TRIP GENERATION.
9:28:22AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: BUT THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST
9:28:25AM READ ON THIS BEFORE.
9:28:28AM >>KRISTIN MORA: KRISTIN MORA, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
9:28:30AM I'M HERE TO CONFUSE YOU GUYS AND MAKE YOU DOUBLE-CHECK THE
9:28:33AM DATE.
9:28:34AM JUST KIDDING.
9:28:34AM WHAT I DID PASS OUT TO YOU, THERE IS ONE CHANGE.
9:28:38AM THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THE OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE
9:28:41AM AGREEMENT TO REFLECT SOME CHANGES IN THE TRANSPORTATION
9:28:44AM SCHEDULE.
9:28:45AM THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT IS
9:28:50AM IDENTICAL TO WHAT YOU HEARD ON FIRST READING ON DECEMBER 20.
9:28:53AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: GIVE US AN EXAMPLE.
9:28:54AM WHAT IS A CHANGE SPECIFICALLY?
9:28:56AM >>KRISTIN MORA: THE CHANGE TO THE OWNERSHIP OF MAINTENANCE
9:28:57AM AGREEMENT GIVES A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE FOR SOME OF THE
9:29:01AM TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
9:29:02AM THERE'S A LIGHT AND SIGNALIZATION, AND THAT'S IN AGREEMENT
9:29:07AM WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
9:29:08AM THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO TIME THE SIGNAL WITH SOME
9:29:12AM IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WITH D.O.T. IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO THE
9:29:16AM AREA.
9:29:17AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT IS A PROCEDURAL CHANGE OR ADMINISTRATIVE
9:29:19AM CHANGE IN TERMS OF TIMING AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING SOMETHING
9:29:22AM SPECIFICALLY DIFFERENT THAT WAS THE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED
9:29:25AM TO US PREVIOUSLY.
9:29:26AM IS THAT CORRECT?
9:29:27AM >>KRISTIN MORA: YES.
9:29:28AM IT'S JUST A PROCEDURAL CHANGE IN HOW OUR TRANSPORTATION
9:29:31AM DEPARTMENT IS COORDINATING WITH THE DEVELOPER FOR THE
9:29:33AM CHANGES.
9:29:33AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A SCHEDULING CHANGE,
9:29:37AM NO OTHER CHANGES MORE SUBSTANTIVE.
9:29:39AM >>KRISTIN MORA: NO.
9:29:39AM OTHER THAN THAT, IDENTICAL TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED ON DECEMBER
9:29:42AM THE 20th.
9:29:43AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
9:29:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:29:45AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
9:29:46AM >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
9:29:47AM >> WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL COHEN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
9:29:51AM SUAREZ.
9:29:52AM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, AYE.
9:29:53AM IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
9:29:55AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: ITEM NUMBER 4, AND THAT IS ASKING YOU TO
9:30:04AM MAKE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE CRA ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MICHAEL
9:30:08AM AVALOS AND SHANNON RODRIGUEZ.
9:30:10AM >> MOVE APPROVAL.
9:30:13AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN COHEN
9:30:15AM WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:30:17AM ALL IN FAVOR.
9:30:17AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:30:21AM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
9:30:22AM NUMBER 5.
9:30:22AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: NUMBER 5 IS ASKING YOU TO MAKE TWO
9:30:26AM APPOINTMENTS TO THE CHANNEL DISTRICT AND YOU HAVE THREE
9:30:27AM APPLICANTS.
9:30:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FOR HOW MANY POSITIONS?
9:30:30AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: WE'RE ASKING FOR TWO APPOINTMENTS AND THERE
9:30:32AM ARE THREE APPLICANTS FOR THE TWO.
9:30:35AM I BELIEVE AT LEAST TWO OF THE PEOPLE ARE HERE TODAY IF YOU
9:30:38AM WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM.
9:30:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ON THIS BALLOT, WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE.
9:30:43AM IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THE DOWNTOWN CRA CAC AND WOULD
9:30:51AM LIKE -- WE HAVE THREE APPLICANTS FOR THIS ONE.
9:30:54AM FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT CRA.
9:30:56AM IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND COME UP, PLEASE DO.
9:31:15AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:31:17AM MY NAME IS MICHAEL LEEDS.
9:31:18AM I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT.
9:31:20AM 1209 EAST CUMBERLAND AVENUE IN THE TOWERS OF CHANNELSIDE.
9:31:24AM I'VE BEEN A MEMBER THE PAST TWO YEARS OF THE ADVISORY
9:31:26AM COMMITTEE.
9:31:26AM I'VE ENJOYED IT.
9:31:27AM I'M A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER BY TRADE, AND I'M HOPING TO HELP
9:31:33AM CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH AND FUTURE SHAPING OF THE
9:31:36AM CHANNELSIDE DISTRICT.
9:31:37AM ANY QUESTIONS?
9:31:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
9:31:38AM ANY QUESTIONS?
9:31:39AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:31:40AM >> THANK YOU.
9:31:42AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK THAT HAS
9:31:45AM APPLIED FOR THIS TODAY?
9:31:47AM HAIR HAY I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT
9:31:53AM MR. SCAGLIONE CALLED MY OFFICE EARLIER THIS WEEK SAYING HE
9:31:56AM COULDN'T BE HERE THIS MORNING DUE TO A PRIOR COMMITMENT.
9:32:00AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: MINE ALSO.
9:32:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
9:32:05AM [NO ENCODER]
9:32:21AM [NO ENCODER ]
9:32:32AM [NO ENCODER]
9:34:46AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS DOING HER DUTIES.
9:34:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GO TO NEW BUSINESS AND INFORMATION
9:35:01AM REPORTS BY CRA MEMBERS.
9:35:03AM MR. VIERA.
9:35:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: NONE, SIR.
9:35:06AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE, SIR.
9:35:08AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.
9:35:10AM I APOLOGIZE FOR ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE.
9:35:12AM IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
9:35:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN REDDICK?
9:35:17AM COUNCILMAN COHEN?
9:35:19AM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ?
9:35:21AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: NO, NOTHING AT THIS TIME.
9:35:22AM MAYBE IF I SPEAK LONG ENOUGH WE'LL GET THIS --
9:35:30AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: IF I COULD MAKE A CLARIFICATION, THE EAST
9:35:32AM TAMPA CRA, THEIR COMMUNITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING
9:35:37AM READY TO ISSUE AN RFP FOR AN UPDATE OF THEIR PLAN.
9:35:41AM THE SPEAKER WHO WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WAS AT THE
9:35:45AM MEETING I WAS AT A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE THAT WAS DISCUSSED,
9:35:51AM THAT THE COMMUNITY SAID OKAY, WE'VE TAKEN THESE STEPS.
9:35:53AM THE COMMUNITY HAS MADE SOME CHANGES.
9:35:55AM AGAIN, THEY HAVE PRACTICALLY A WHOLE NEW BOARD.
9:35:59AM AND SO THIS IS ALREADY IN PROCESS, AND THE PERSON WHO WAS
9:36:04AM SAYING THAT THE COMMUNITY ISN'T LISTENED TO WAS STATING
9:36:10AM THINGS THAT SHE KNEW NOT TO BE TRUE BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THE
9:36:13AM MEETING WITH ME.
9:36:17AM I FIND IT A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS WHEN PEOPLE COME UP AND SAY
9:36:23AM THINGS THAT THEY KNOW ARE NOT TRUE TO THIS BOARD BECAUSE WE
9:36:26AM ARE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED
9:36:28AM IN THIS PROCESS.
9:36:30AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE OUR CLERK, MS. SHIRLEY
9:36:37AM FOXX-KNOWLES.
9:36:38AM >> GOOD MORNING, SHIRLEY FOXX-KNOWLES, CITY CLERK.
9:36:40AM THE TWO INDIVIDUALS SELECTED FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT CRA
9:36:45AM COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ARE MICHAEL LEEDS AND ANDY
9:36:50AM SCAGLIONE.
9:36:52AM THANK YOU.
9:36:53AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: CONGRATULATIONS.
9:36:54AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:36:54AM ALL RIGHT.
9:36:57AM WE WILL HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
9:36:59AM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ WITH A SECOND FROM
9:37:02AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:37:03AM ALL IN FAVOR.
9:37:04AM WE WILL ADJOURN AND RECONVENE NOW AS THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL.
9:37:07AM I'LL HAND THE GAVEL TO CHAIRMAN REDDICK.
9:37:09AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:37:12AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DO THEY HAVE TO RECHANGE EVERYTHING OR START
9:37:14AM A NEW --
9:37:19AM >> DO THEY NEED A MINUTE?
9:37:20AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK THEY DO.
9:37:21AM WE HAVE TO STOP AND THEN START AGAIN?
9:37:26AM YEAH, I THINK SO.
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