COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019
9:00 A.M.
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.
ANY PERSON WHO NEEDS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF THE
PROCEEDINGS MAY NEED TO HIRE A COURT REPORTER.
8:20:32AM
9:01:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
9:05:52AM I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD TO COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN FOR THE
9:05:55AM INVOCATION.
9:05:55AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
9:05:57AM THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BILL CARLSON. HE'S
9:06:03AM GOING TO DO OUR INVOCATION.
9:06:04AM HE'S PRESIDENT OF TUCKER/HALL AND GRADUATE OF
9:06:11AM UNIVERSITY TAMPA AND HARVARD JOHN F. KENNEDY SCHOOL OF
9:06:13AM GOVERNMENT, BILL IS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S CHARTER
9:06:17AM REVIEW COMMISSION, CO-FOUNDER OF CAFE CON TAMPA, AND SERVED
9:06:24AM WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH EDUCATION FOUNDATION, TAMPA AND
9:06:27AM FLORIDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ROTARY INTERNATIONAL, FLORIDA
9:06:31AM TAX WATCH AND THE MUSEUM OF FLORIDA HISTORY.
9:06:33AM PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE
9:06:36AM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:06:37AM >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:06:38AM LET'S PRAY.
9:06:39AM GOD, PLEASE BLESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AS THEY
9:06:42AM REPRESENT THE PEOPLE IN THEIR WORK TODAY.
9:06:45AM PLEASE BLESS THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, IN
9:06:49AM PARTICULAR, THE POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES
9:06:52AM ON THE LINE EVERY DAY FOR US, AND PLEASE BLESS THE CITIZENS
9:06:56AM WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND THOSE WATCHING ON TV AS THEY GET
9:06:59AM THEIR INPUT TO THE CITY TO HELP THE CITY DO THEIR WORK.
9:07:02AM PLEASE HELP EVERYONE TO HAVE A GREAT DAY TODAY AND
9:07:05AM ESPECIALLY GREAT VALENTINE'S DAY.
9:07:07AM AMEN.
9:07:07AM [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
9:07:23AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU, BILL.
9:07:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:07:27AM >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
9:07:29AM >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
9:07:30AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
9:07:31AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:07:32AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:07:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:07:35AM ALL RIGHT.
9:07:36AM WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WITH A MONTHLY REPORT FROM OUR CAC
9:07:40AM REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT, MR. NICHOLAS
9:07:43AM BUCHANAN.
9:07:43AM >> GOOD MORNING AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE IS ENJOYING THIS
9:07:49AM CHILLY DAY TODAY, CHANGE OF SEASONS.
9:07:53AM I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CAC FOR THE CHANNEL DISTRICT AND I HAVE
9:07:56AM A NICE LITTLE LIST TO UPDATE YOU WITH FOR OUR QUARTERLY
9:07:59AM REPORT.
9:07:59AM THE CHANNEL CLUB WHICH IS THE NEW RENTAL BUILDING IS NOW
9:08:02AM COMPLETE AND STARTING TO RENT OUT THEIR UNITS.
9:08:05AM AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM IS OUR COVETED EXCITEMENT FOR THE
9:08:09AM DISTRICT AS THE PUBLIC CLOSED ON THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND
9:08:12AM AND THE STRUCTURE SO THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OPENING IN 2019
9:08:16AM IN THE SUMMERTIME.
9:08:17AM LIBERTY GROUP IS NEARLY COMPLETE WITH A BUILDING FOR THE NEW
9:08:21AM HAMPTON INN AND HOME SUITES HOTEL AT THE CORNER OF MERIDIAN
9:08:26AM AND KENNEDY.
9:08:27AM ALSO GOING TO BE A STARBUCK'S SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
9:08:32AM THE SPARKMAN WHARF HAS BEEN OPEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, IS
9:08:34AM DOING VERY WELL AND GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.
9:08:37AM MERCURY ADVISORS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR ELEVA
9:08:44AM 61 WHICH IS ON CHANNELSIDE AND WHITING AND GOING TO BE
9:08:48AM ARRANGING CONDOS FROM 800,000 UPWARDS TO 2 MILLION.
9:08:52AM SATIRE IS COMPLETELY NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE CHANNELWIDE
9:08:55AM ENGINEERING CONSULT GROUP WHICH WILL BE COMING TO CITY
9:08:59AM COUNCIL IN MARCH.
9:09:02AM STAFF IS WRAPPING UP THE CONTRACT WITH GPI WHICH IS GOING TO
9:09:05AM BE DOING THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CHANNELSIDE DRIVE PROJECT
9:09:08AM WHICH WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT.
9:09:10AM MADISON STREET PARK IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR BIDDING WITH VERY
9:09:15AM GOOD SHOWING OF APPROXIMATELY 25 CONTRACTORS ATTENDING THE
9:09:20AM PREBIDDING MEETING, AND THAT'S FOR THE DOG PARK BY
9:09:26AM CHANNELSIDE PARK.
9:09:28AM PORT TAMPA BAY HAS ANNOUNCED THEY HAD REACHED BENCHMARK WITH
9:09:32AM OVER A MILLION CRUISE VISITORS THIS PAST YEAR SO WE ARE
9:09:35AM DOING GOOD AND EXCITED ABOUT ALL AND MORE TO COME.
9:09:39AM THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
9:09:40AM ANY QUESTIONS?
9:09:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
9:09:44AM SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:09:45AM NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. MCDONAUGH WITH THE CRA ACTIVITIES
9:09:49AM MONTHLY REPORT.
9:09:49AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: GOOD MORNING.
9:09:52AM I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE
9:09:55AM GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE HYATT ACROSS THE STREET.
9:09:59AM THEY ARE VERY MUCH SUPPORTED BY -- PART OF THE
9:10:01AM ATTRACTIVENESS OF THIS IS THE FACT THAT FOR A LOT OF OUR
9:10:05AM CONVENTIONEERS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
9:10:08AM PRICE POINT HOTELS, AND THIS IS GOING TO OFFER SOMETHING
9:10:10AM THAT THE CONVENTIONEERS FEEL IS IMPORTANT.
9:10:14AM SO WE'LL HAVE MORE HOTEL ROOMS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO
9:10:17AM THE CONVENTION CENTER.
9:10:19AM AND THEY PLAN ON BEING OPEN IN TIME FOR THE SUPER BOWL.
9:10:21AM >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
9:10:28AM YOU HAVE TO BUY THE CAKE NEXT YEAR.
9:10:32AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: [OFF MICROPHONE]
9:10:36AM >> IT WAS A NEW ORLEANS DEVELOPER WHO BROUGHT A MARDI GRAS
9:10:39AM CAKE FOR THAT.
9:10:40AM AND IT'S A LONGSTANDING TRADITION THAT THE PERSON WHO FINDS
9:10:46AM THE BABY INSIDE BUYS NEXT YEAR SO IT'S GOOD LUCK.
9:10:49AM VERY BUSY WEEKEND THIS WEEKEND. HAMILTON IS AT THE STRAZ
9:10:53AM AND ALL OF THOSE SHOWS ARE SOLD OUT.
9:10:55AM SO COMING DOWNTOWN YOU CAN EXPECT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
9:10:59AM AMALIE ARENA HAS HOCKEY ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
9:11:02AM AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON HOPEFULLY
9:11:05AM WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL IN THE
9:11:08AM NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE IS ANOTHER EXTENDED STAY HOTEL UP ON
9:11:12AM FRANKLIN STREET.
9:11:12AM AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO
9:11:15AM RECONNECT HARRISON STREET BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND TAMPA STREET
9:11:19AM SO IT'S REESTABLISHING PART OF THAT GRID THAT HAS NOT BEEN
9:11:24AM THERE FOR A WHILE. ALONG WITH THAT WILL BE THE REBUILD OF
9:11:27AM THE HERMAN MASSEY PARK.
9:11:29AM NOW THAT THERE ARE RESIDENTS LIVING IN THAT PART OF
9:11:31AM DOWNTOWN, THEY HAVE A VERY ACTIVE VOICE IN WHAT THAT PARK IS
9:11:35AM GOING TO BE.
9:11:39AM [NO ENCODER]
9:12:13AM [NO ENCODER]
9:12:15AM >> FOR THE UPDATE, THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND HOPEFULLY
9:12:18AM THAT WILL GO OUT FOR BID IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE AND
9:12:21AM THE COMMUNITY THEN CAN HAVE INPUT ON EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT
9:12:24AM TO SEE.
9:12:24AM THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DIRECTED FOR THE CRA IN THAT
9:12:28AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:12:30AM YBOR, THEY ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH UBER AND LYFT TO FIND
9:12:36AM SAFE HAVENS FOR PEOPLE TO DROP OFF INSTEAD OF DROPPING OFF
9:12:40AM PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF 7th AVENUE, SO THAT'S SOMETHING
9:12:42AM THAT'S BEING WORKED ON.
9:12:43AM FINAL SELECTION FOR THE VISION PLAN, THE UPDATE AND THAT
9:12:46AM SHOULD BE COMING TO YOU IN THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE.
9:12:48AM SO AGAIN, THAT'S TWO COMMUNITIES.
9:12:51AM EAST TAMPA AND YBOR THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH OLDER PLANS AND
9:12:55AM THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN A LOT OF TARGETED ACTIVITIES HAVE
9:12:58AM ALREADY BEEN ACHIEVED, SO IT'S TIME TO UPDATE THE PLANS TO
9:13:01AM REFLECT ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, AND A
9:13:04AM DESIRE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
9:13:07AM FIESTA DAY IS THE 23rd.
9:13:10AM AND WEST TAMPA AGAIN MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR STRATEGIC
9:13:14AM ACTION PLAN, AND THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED SUBCOMMITTEES.
9:13:18AM AND SO THEY ARE MAPPING OUT A PLAN FOR THAT COMMUNITY.
9:13:21AM WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME SPECIFIC DIRECTION FROM THEM IN THE
9:13:24AM NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE.
9:13:25AM AND FOLKS, IF YOU ARE LISTENING FROM DREW PARK, WE ARE
9:13:29AM ACTIVELY SOLICITING MEMBERS.
9:13:32AM WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE DROP OUT BECAUSE OF BUSINESS
9:13:35AM OPPORTUNITIES.
9:13:35AM AND WE NEED SOME EXTRA BODIES TO ROUND OUT THAT GROUP.
9:13:39AM THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.
9:13:40AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. MCDONAUGH, YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT WEST
9:13:47AM TAMPA.
9:13:48AM I SEE AS ONE OF THE UPDATES HERE THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
9:13:51AM REBUILD TOGETHER TAMPA BAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT REY PARK.
9:13:56AM I MEAN, REBUILDING TYPICALLY IS BUILDING HOMES OR
9:13:59AM REFURNISHING HOMES.
9:14:00AM HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE PARK?
9:14:02AM BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM DO THAT.
9:14:04AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: YOU KNOW, MELVIN, PLEASE?
9:14:10AM >> WE WERE THINKING OF HAVING KABOOM COME IN AND PUT IN NEW
9:14:14AM EQUIPMENT.
9:14:15AM I GUESS WE'LL ASK HIM.
9:14:16AM >> MELVIN, STAFF.
9:14:22AM SO THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO A REPLY FOR A TWO PART GRANT
9:14:25AM AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
9:14:26AM THE FIRST PART OF THE GRANT, THEY WOULD RECEIVE FUNDS TO
9:14:29AM INVEST IN A COMMUNITY PARK WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA COMMUNITY.
9:14:33AM AND REY PARK STANDS OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE
9:14:37AM REHABILITATION ON HOMES IN AND AROUND THE PARK.
9:14:40AM AFTER -- IF THEY RECEIVE THAT GRANT, THE SECOND PART WOULD
9:14:43AM BE ANOTHER GRANT TO DO ADDITIONAL REHAB WITHIN THE
9:14:46AM NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:14:47AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHAT WOULD THEY BE TARGETING IN TERMS OF
9:14:52AM WHAT THEY ARE DOING AT THE PARK?
9:14:53AM THAT'S MY QUESTION.
9:14:54AM >> SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
9:14:59AM THE ORGANIZATION THAT APPLIED FOR THE GRANT WANTS AN
9:15:02AM OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT, DO COMMUNITY SERVICE, A DAY IN THE
9:15:06AM PARK, GET SOME GOOD PRESS, MAKE BASIC IMPROVEMENTS LIKE
9:15:10AM PAINTING, LANDSCAPING, THAT TYPE OF THING.
9:15:13AM AND THEN THE SECOND PART WILL COME AND DO THE REHAB IN THE
9:15:15AM AREA.
9:15:17AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE SECOND PART OF MY QUESTION ABOUT KABOOM,
9:15:20AM HAS THERE BEEN A DISCUSSION WITH KABOOM ABOUT PUTTING NEW
9:15:23AM EQUIPMENT OVER IN THE PARK?
9:15:24AM >> NO.
9:15:24AM I CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
9:15:25AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: COULD YOU GET WITH PARKS AND REC TO FIND OUT
9:15:28AM ABOUT GETTING WITH THEM?
9:15:29AM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY KABOOM WHEN THEY COME INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD
9:15:33AM AND GOES AND PROVIDES MONEY AND HELP TO BUILD A NEW
9:15:37AM PLAYGROUND, REALLY DOES REVITALIZE THAT AREA.
9:15:41AM SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA.
9:15:43AM >> CERTAINLY.
9:15:44AM NO PROBLEM.
9:15:44AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
9:15:45AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:15:47AM >>FRANK REDDICK: [OFF MICROPHONE] MELVIN, BEFORE YOU
9:15:48AM LEAVE, UPDATE THIS COUNCIL.
9:15:51AM ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, THE MARK INSIDE, LIKE RESTROOMS, AND
9:16:04AM OUTDOOR, AND ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN UPDATING.
9:16:19AM [OFF MICROPHONE]
9:16:21AM >> OKAY.
9:16:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
9:16:28AM NO?
9:16:28AM WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 3 WITH A QUARTERLY REPORT FROM FDOT.
9:16:32AM >> ED McKINNEY WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
9:16:37AM TRANSPORTATION.
9:16:38AM I GUESS THIS IS A VALENTINE'S DAY EDITION OF OUR UPDATE.
9:16:43AM ON YOUR CHAIR IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SHOULD HAVE A PAMPHLET
9:16:47AM THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
9:16:49AM THIS IS THE BASICALLY JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
9:16:53AM DOING OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, SHOWING SOME MEETINGS, SOME
9:16:58AM ACTIVITIES.
9:16:59AM ONE OF THE COMMENTS WE HEARD BOTH FROM THE COUNCIL AS WELL
9:17:03AM AS THE MPO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IS MORE OUTREACH, MORE
9:17:07AM PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, MORE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, AND WE WANT TO
9:17:11AM ILLUSTRATE THAT THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT WE PROVIDED TO KIND
9:17:14AM OF ILLUSTRATE NOT ONLY THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE HAD BUT
9:17:17AM WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THAT ENGAGEMENT WHICH I THINK IS THE
9:17:20AM MOST IMPORTANT THING.
9:17:21AM SO IT'S NOT JUST DID WE LISTEN; DID WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT
9:17:24AM THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD?
9:17:26AM AND SO HOPEFULLY THIS PROVIDES YOU SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.
9:17:31AM SO LET'S GO TO THE UPDATE.
9:17:37AM THIS ILLUSTRATES SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE HAD.
9:17:40AM I JUST RECENTLY, ON JANUARY 31st, OF THE MPO ON THE
9:17:44AM 26th FLOOR, WE HAD AN OPEN HOUSE --
9:17:53AM [NO ENCODER]
9:18:35AM [NO ENCODER]
9:18:36AM SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MPO IS
9:18:39AM SLOWING SENDING THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN THE
9:18:44AM DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE REPORTED TO OVER THE
9:18:46AM YEARS, AGAIN PROVIDING PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE
9:18:49AM INFORMATION, TO TALK WITH FOLKS, TO ASK THEM POINTED
9:18:52AM QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DATA, AND THIS WAS THE FIRST WHERE WE
9:18:57AM WERE SHOWING SOME OF THE SOCIAL CULTURAL DATA THAT WE HAVE
9:19:00AM COLLECTED, THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS THAT WE PRESENTED TO THIS
9:19:04AM COUNCIL, SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE
9:19:07AM COLLECTED ALONG WITH SOME OTHER DATA.
9:19:10AM WE PRESENTED THIS TO THE PUBLIC TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY
9:19:13AM TO TAKE IT IN, TO DIGEST IT, TO UNDERSTAND IT, AND THEN
9:19:17AM WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER SERIES OF THESE.
9:19:19AM I BELIEVE WE HAVE GOT ONE COMING UP IN MARCH WHERE WE WILL
9:19:22AM BE DOING THIS AGAIN, AND LEADING UP INTO THE MAY WORKSHOP
9:19:27AM WHEN WE ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO PRESENT ALL OF THE
9:19:29AM INFORMATION IN ONE WORKSHOP SETTING, ALLOWING PEOPLE AGAIN
9:19:34AM TO COMMENT AND PROVIDE INFORMATION BACK TO US.
9:19:46AM WE ARE STILL PREPARING DOCUMENTS.
9:19:48AM WE ARE STILL IN THE PREPARATION PROCESS BUT WE ARE GETTING
9:19:49AM READY TO TUNE INTO THE NEXT PHASE.
9:19:51AM I SHOWED YOU THIS CHART SEVERAL TAMES.
9:19:53AM WE HAVE KIND OF BEEN HOLDING STEADY IN THAT MIDDLE ZONE
9:19:56AM THERE.
9:19:56AM SO NOW WE ARE STARTING TO SHIFT TO THE RIGHT.
9:19:58AM WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING A PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN THE SPRING IN
9:20:01AM THE MAY TIME FRAME LEADING UP TO THE HEARING IN EARLY SPRING
9:20:06AM 2020.
9:20:14AM SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT --
9:20:22AM [NO ENCODER]
9:20:36AM [NO ENCODER]
9:20:36AM THE ABILITY TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL TRAVEL LANES SO WHERE WE
9:21:04AM HAVE SIX LANES CURRENTLY OUT THERE, WE ARE GOING TO ADD TWO
9:21:07AM ADDITIONAL LANES.
9:21:08AM ONE IN EACH DIRECTION.
9:21:09AM IN ADDITION, WE ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING 15-FOOT INSIDE
9:21:13AM SHOULDERS FOR FUTURE TRANSIT, OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS
9:21:16AM WIDENING THE OUTSIDE SHOULDERS TO 12-FOOT, PROVIDING SOME
9:21:20AM OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL.
9:21:22AM WE WILL BE LOOKING AT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
9:21:25AM IMPROVEMENTS AND SOME OF THE UNDERPASSES THAT I WILL SHOW
9:21:29AM YOU SOME OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS AS WELL AS PROVIDING NOISE
9:21:33AM WALLS WHICH IS SOMETHING THE PUBLIC HAS REPEATEDLY ASKED
9:21:36AM FOR.
9:21:39AM SO AS I SAID, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY
9:21:42AM UNDERPASSES.
9:21:43AM THIS IS SOMETHING WE HELD THE CHARRETTES BACK ALMOST THREE
9:21:48AM YEARS AGO NOW WHERE THE PUBLIC ASKED US TO CONSIDER DOING
9:21:51AM THINGS ALONG RECONNECTING SOME STREETS, LOOKING AT SOME
9:21:54AM UNDERPASSES.
9:21:56AM SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WIDENING SIDEWALKS, IMPROVING LIGHTING,
9:22:00AM WIDENING OUT, CUTTING BACK SOME OF THE WALLS.
9:22:05AM WHERE YOU SEE SLOPED WALLS, THEY HAVE ASKED US CAN WE CUT
9:22:08AM THOSE BACK, AND PROVIDE MORE ACCESS, MORE PEDESTRIAN, BIKE
9:22:12AM ACCESS UNDER, INCLUDE PUBLIC ART.
9:22:15AM WORKING WITH MARK SHARPE AND THE INNOVATION FOLKS TO PROVIDE
9:22:18AM SOME PUBLIC ART UP IN THE USF AREA.
9:22:21AM WE WILL BE DOING THE SAME WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA AND OTHER
9:22:23AM AREAS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN MAKE
9:22:25AM IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THOSE UNDERPASSES.
9:22:27AM ALSO IDENTIFYING LANDSCAPING OPPORTUNITIES, AND I WILL TALK
9:22:32AM A LITTLE ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES HERE OR FEW SECONDS.
9:22:42AM THESE ARE JUST ILLUSTRATIONS OF WHAT SOME OF THE OTHERS
9:22:45AM UNDERPASSES.
9:22:45AM I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE NEXT ONE.
9:22:47AM I THINK IT PROVIDES MORE -- AND THESE ARE BY NO MEANS WHAT
9:22:51AM WE ARE GOING TO DO.
9:22:52AM THESE ARE EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE BEEN SHOWING TO GIVE PEOPLE
9:22:54AM TO KIND OF GIVE THEM A FRAME OF REFERENCE AND TO GET THEM
9:22:58AM THINKING.
9:22:58AM AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BEFORE, WHERE IT'S SOMEWHAT DARK AND
9:23:01AM OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE MAGIC OF COMPUTERS YOU CAN JUST
9:23:05AM LIGHTEN THAT UP.
9:23:06AM BUT WE TRULY INTEND TO BE PROVIDING BETTER UNDERPASS LED
9:23:10AM LIGHTING UNDER THE INTERSTATE, CUTTING BACK THE WALLS AS YOU
9:23:12AM CAN SEE THERE, WHERE YOU HAVE THE SLOPE AND THE CUT BACK THE
9:23:16AM WALLS, WIDEN OUT THE SIDEWALKS, PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS
9:23:19AM UNDERNEATH THOSE UNDERPASSES, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
9:23:23AM HEARD OVER AND OVER THROUGH A LOT OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
9:23:26AM MEETINGS WE HAD THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
9:23:31AM SO, ALSO, I HAD MENTIONED ATTRACTIVE SOUND WALLS, THE PUBLIC
9:23:36AM ASKED US THEY WANT SOUND WALLS ALONG THE I-275 CORRIDOR AND
9:23:40AM WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT WILL
9:23:43AM LOOK LIKE WILL DEPEND AS WE ENTER INTO THE DESIGN PHASE.
9:23:47AM WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC TO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF
9:23:50AM AESTHETIC TREATMENTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THE SOUND
9:23:53AM WALLS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE WALLS ARE APPEALING.
9:23:55AM AND THAT'S THE CONTEXT AND THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY
9:23:58AM THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLED IN.
9:24:01AM WE WILL WORK CLOSELY.
9:24:03AM THERE'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING
9:24:05AM OPPORTUNITIES.
9:24:06AM IF THERE'S ONE THING WE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THE
9:24:09AM FOLKS IN THESE COMMUNITIES DON'T WANT PALM TREES, OKAY.
9:24:13AM SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME AESTHETIC -- SOME LANDSCAPING THAT
9:24:17AM DOESN'T PROVIDE THAT.
9:24:18AM BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL OF IS WE WANT TO
9:24:21AM MAKE THIS -- AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING
9:24:24AM ALSO WITH THE PUBLIC, AND WE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE.
9:24:26AM WE WANT TO BE AS HEALTH CONSCIOUS ABOUT THIS PROJECT AS WE
9:24:31AM POSSIBLY CAN.
9:24:32AM ONE OF THE THINGS THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT IS
9:24:34AM CERTAIN TREES THAT TRIGGER CERTAIN ALLERGIES.
9:24:37AM SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES -- AND I AM NOT AN ARBORIST SO I
9:24:41AM CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF TREES OR WOULD BE BEST
9:24:46AM BENEFICIAL TO FOLKS IN AVOIDING ALLERGIES.
9:24:49AM BUT WE DO WANT TO WORK WITH THE PUBLIC KEEPING THAT
9:24:51AM SENSITIVITY IN MIND TO TRY TO PROVIDE CANOPY AREAS.
9:24:55AM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE JUST DON'T WANT
9:24:57AM TO MAKE THIS AREA WALKABLE, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE WALKING.
9:25:00AM WE WANT PEOPLE TO USE THE AREAS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
9:25:06AM FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEY CAN WALK EVEN IN THE SUMMER HEAT.
9:25:09AM AND IF WE CAN PROVIDE SHADE TREES, OPPORTUNITIES WHERE FOLKS
9:25:12AM CAN NAVIGATE AROUND EAST AND FROM THE EAST TO THE WEST SIDE
9:25:18AM OF THE INTERSTATE AND DO IT IN COMFORT, WE THINK THAT WILL
9:25:20AM ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO WALK, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD
9:25:23AM LIKE TO SEE AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT.
9:25:25AM SO AS I SAID, WE HAVE GOT A PUBLIC HEARING COMING UP ON
9:25:28AM MARCH 26th.
9:25:30AM IT WILL BE IN THE SEMINOLE HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
9:25:34AM YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
9:25:36AM WE'LL HAVE THE CONSULTANT THERE.
9:25:37AM WE'LL HAVE ILLUSTRATIONS.
9:25:38AM WE'LL HAVE ALL THE DATA.
9:25:40AM AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR THE I-275 ROUGHLY FROM OSBORNE TO
9:25:44AM BEARSS.
9:25:46AM AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
9:25:48AM I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
9:25:49AM >>HARRY COHEN: I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
9:25:53AM THE FIRST IS SORT OF A LARGER PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION.
9:25:56AM THE SECOND IS A SPECIFIC QUESTION.
9:25:58AM ON THE FIRST ONE, HOW DOING YOU GO ABOUT DOING A PROJECT
9:26:02AM LIKE THIS WHEN AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE THIS ALL FOR
9:26:06AM TRANSPORTATION REFERENDUM MONEY THAT HAS JUST COME IN, AND
9:26:10AM THERE IS THE PROSPECT OF OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS ALL
9:26:13AM SORTS OF TRANSIT PLANS THAT ARE GOING TO BE VETTED AND
9:26:17AM THOUGHT THROUGH, AND CLEARLY OUR EXPRESSWAY NEEDS MAY CHANGE
9:26:23AM AS A RESULT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS AND INITIATIVES THAT GOING TO
9:26:29AM BE TAKING TRANSPORTATION MONEY.
9:26:30AM SO HOW DO THOSE TWO THINGS STICK TOGETHER?
9:26:33AM >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
9:26:35AM AND I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT A LOT OF THE MODELING WE DO.
9:26:37AM SO CURRENTLY, HOW THESE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, HOW THEY
9:26:43AM EVOLVE IS THROUGH THE -- THERE'S AN INTENSE AMOUNT OF
9:26:47AM MODELING AND DATA COLLECTION.
9:26:48AM SO WE USE THE LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHICH IS WHAT
9:26:51AM THE MPO DEVELOPS AS PART OF THEIR PROCESS, WHICH
9:26:54AM INCORPORATES ALL OF THE FUTURE POSSIBILITIES.
9:26:57AM AND IT DOES HAVE TRANSIT BUILT INTO IT.
9:27:00AM SO IT ASSUMES THE CURRENT LRTP FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
9:27:03AM ASSUMES TRANSIT, SO THERE IS A COMPONENT OF TRANSIT IN THAT
9:27:07AM PLAN NOW.
9:27:07AM SO WHAT I AM SHOWING YOU NOW INCORPORATES THAT TRANSIT.
9:27:11AM IT HAS STREET LEVEL TRANSIT.
9:27:14AM IT HAS REGIONAL TRANSIT BUILT INTO IT.
9:27:16AM >>HARRY COHEN: I WILL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
9:27:20AM HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAPACITY YOU ARE GOING TO NEED ON I-275
9:27:24AM NORTH OF DOWNTOWN IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S
9:27:26AM GOING TO BE THE OPTION FOR A TRAIN, OR A BRT OR BOTH, ON THE
9:27:31AM ROUTE THAT YOU ARE STUDYING?
9:27:33AM I WOULD THINK THAT IF YOU FOUND OUT THAT THE COMMUNITY'S
9:27:37AM PLAN WAS TO GO FORWARD WITH BOTH THOSE THINGS, YOU MIGHT
9:27:41AM SHIFT YOUR EMPHASIS TO EXPRESSWAY, THAT'S USED IN OTHER
9:27:45AM PLACES, THINKING THAT THE NEEDS ARE CHANGING.
9:27:48AM >> ED McKINNEY: WELL, COUNCILMAN, I WOULD SAY THAT THE
9:27:52AM GROWTH RATE THAT'S OCCURRING IN THE TAMPA BAY REGION IS
9:27:56AM GOING TO -- THERE'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH -- I HEARD SOMEBODY
9:27:59AM SAY THERE'S ENOUGH CONGESTION FOR EVERYBODY.
9:28:01AM CURRENTLY OUR SYSTEM IS A LEVEL SERVICE F; IN OTHER WORDS,
9:28:05AM IT'S ALREADY AT CAPACITY.
9:28:09AM LOOKING ALONG THIS CORRIDOR YOU ARE TALKING 170,000 CARS
9:28:12AM GIVE OR TAKE 10,000 TO TRAVERSE THIS INTERSTATE CURRENTLY
9:28:16AM TODAY.
9:28:16AM IN 2040 THAT NUMBER IS PROJECTED TO GO AS HIGH AS 250, 260.
9:28:21AM SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT TRANSIT CAN DO FOR THIS REGION,
9:28:26AM IN THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, TRANSIT PULLS OFF ABOUT 5% IN
9:28:31AM A VERY OPTIMUM SITUATION, 10% OF THE TRAVEL.
9:28:34AM SO YOU ARE TALKING 20,000 CARS WOULD BE REDUCED BY THAT.
9:28:38AM SO MY POINT IS NO MATTER, YOU CAN HAVE INTENSE AMOUNT OF
9:28:42AM TRANSIT AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP, BUT THERE'S STILL
9:28:46AM GOING TO BE CONGESTION ON THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM REGARDLESS
9:28:50AM OF THE INTENSE AMOUNT OF TRANSIT THAT YOU NEED.
9:28:53AM WHAT WILL HELP -- AND I THINK WHAT WILL REALLY ADD VALUE TO
9:28:57AM REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF CARS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE,
9:29:00AM IS WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT LAND USE.
9:29:02AM WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE DEVELOP AND HOW OUR PROPERTIES
9:29:06AM DEVELOP.
9:29:06AM BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE THEIR CARS.
9:29:10AM I WOULD LIE TO YOU IF I SAT HERE AND SAY, OH, IF YOU BUILD
9:29:13AM TRAINS AND YOU BUILD TRANSIT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE OUT
9:29:16AM OF THEIR CARS.
9:29:17AM PEOPLE STILL LOVE THEIR CARS.
9:29:19AM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS NOT KEPT UP
9:29:22AM WITH THE DEMAND FOR REGIONAL TRANSIT.
9:29:25AM THIS WILL ACCOMMODATE IT SO THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM BY ADDING
9:29:27AM THE 15-FOOT INSIDE SHOULDERS WILL ACCOMMODATE FUTURE
9:29:31AM TRANSIT.
9:29:32AM BUT I WOULD BE CAREFUL AS TO SAY, WELL, ADDING TRANSIT IN
9:29:37AM OUR REGION, WHETHER IT'S CSX LINE IS GOING TO SOLVE OUR
9:29:43AM CONGESTION PROBLEMS AND TAKE ENOUGH CARS OFF THE ROAD WHERE
9:29:46AM YOU DON'T NEED TO ADDRESS IT ON THE INTERSTATE.
9:29:48AM >>HARRY COHEN: I GUESS WHERE I WAS GOING IS DEPENDING ON
9:29:51AM WHERE THE TRANSIT IS AT IF IT'S GOING TO SHIFT, WHAT
9:29:54AM EMPHASIS IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED WITH LIMITED AMOUNT OF
9:29:56AM DOLLARS?
9:30:01AM [NO ENCODER]
9:30:36AM [NO ENCODER]
9:30:45AM >> HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO WE'LL HAVE SOME CLARITY
9:30:48AM ON THAT, AND THAT'S --
9:30:54AM >>HARRY COHEN: IS ANYONE GOING TO THE LEGISLATURE AND EVEN
9:30:57AM ASKING FOR THE MONEY?
9:30:58AM >> ABSOLUTELY.
9:30:59AM SO WE HAVE GOT -- I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER BUT I WOULD
9:31:03AM SAY OVER A DOZEN LETTERS OF SUPPORT INCLUDING LETTERS OF
9:31:06AM SUPPORT FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FROM THE MPO, FROM
9:31:09AM PINELLAS, FROM BUSINESSES ORGANIZATIONS IN THE REGION,
9:31:12AM ASKING BOTH US, THE LEGISLATURE TO ADVANCE THAT PROJECT.
9:31:16AM AND WE ARE HOPING IT'S HEARD AND WE DO RECEIVE SOME FUNDING.
9:31:20AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: COUNCILMAN COHEN MENTIONED SOME THINGS ABOUT
9:31:28AM SOME OF THE OTHER INTERCHANGES.
9:31:30AM YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR
9:31:34AM GRAPHIC, I GUESS NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION, IT
9:31:37AM HAS THOSE TWO LANES FOR TRANSIT.
9:31:40AM THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT THE INTERCHANGE BETWEEN I-4 AND
9:31:44AM 275 NORTH, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT POINT?
9:31:49AM BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHOWN THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD
9:31:52AM PROBABLY BE -- IT'S PROBABLY THE ONE BEFORE THIS, WOULD BE
9:31:56AM MY GUESS.
9:31:57AM SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING LIKE YOU SAID
9:32:00AM TO OSBORNE.
9:32:01AM THE INTERCHANGE IS NOT DISCUSSED AT THAT POINT.
9:32:03AM DOESN'T LOOK LIKE.
9:32:04AM NOW MAYBE I AM WRONG ABOUT THAT.
9:32:07AM SO IF YOU HAVE AN EXPRESS BUS THAT'S ON THERE, AND IT
9:32:11AM WOULD -- WOULD IT LEAVE THE INTERSTATE AT THAT TIME OR
9:32:17AM CONTINUE INTO THE BOTTLENECK?
9:32:18AM >> THAT'S WHAT THE PD AND E STUDY FROM THE REGIONAL TRANSIT
9:32:22AM FEASIBILITY PLAN LOOKS AT.
9:32:25AM WHAT'S THE BEST WAY -- WE ARE PROVIDING THE ACCESS BUT THAT
9:32:28AM PLAN WILL BETTER ADDRESS. ONE OF THE IDEAS IS LOOKING AT A
9:32:31AM DROP LANE, BASICALLY AN INSIDE DROP LANE ON FLORIBRASKA
9:32:35AM WHERE IT COMES DOWN AND ACCESS DOWNTOWN AT FLORIBRASKA,
9:32:40AM POSSIBLY ON NEBRASKA OR ON FLORIDA.
9:32:44AM >> IS THAT THE PREFERRED TYPE OF ROUTE CONCERNING -- BECAUSE
9:32:46AM YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK AT SAFETY AND SPEED AND ALL THE OTHER
9:32:50AM STUFF. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS PREFERRED IN TERMS OF WHAT
9:32:52AM IS USUALLY DONE IN THESE KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCES?
9:32:55AM >> IT'S USING SHOULDER FOR REGIONAL TRANSIT IS COMMON IN
9:32:58AM THIS COUNTRY.
9:32:59AM MINNESOTA DOES IT.
9:33:00AM THERE ARE OTHER STATES THAT DO IT --
9:33:03AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I GUESS IT WOULD BE THE INSIDE SHOULDERS.
9:33:05AM I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME
9:33:07AM THING.
9:33:07AM >> YES, INSIDE SHOULDER.
9:33:09AM OUTSIDE SHOULDER, BECAUSE OF THE LAND MOVEMENTS THAT OCCUR,
9:33:13AM OUTSIDE SHOULDERS REALLY DON'T PROVIDE THAT KIND OF
9:33:15AM REGIONAL -- IT DOESN'T PROVIDE AN ADVANTAGE FOR TRANSIT.
9:33:19AM BUT THIS IS WHAT THE REGIONAL TRANSIT FEASIBILITY PLAN WILL
9:33:21AM LOOK AT.
9:33:22AM IT WILL LOOK AT WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO PUT THE TRANSIT
9:33:26AM CORRIDOR AND HOW TO BEST ACCOMMODATE IT.
9:33:28AM BUT WE ARE PROVIDING THE ACCESS.
9:33:29AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND MR. COHEN TOUCHED ON THIS SUBJECT.
9:33:34AM WHEN YOU GET A NEW ADMINISTRATION AS WE HAVE NOW, GOVERNOR
9:33:37AM DESANTIS HAS HIS OWN PERSON THAT IS NOW THE NEW D.O.T.
9:33:42AM SECRETARY, AND SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WE THINK WE ARE THE DOG
9:33:45AM WAGGING THE TAIL WHEN IN FACT IT'S THE OPPOSITE.
9:33:48AM YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW HIM AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS
9:33:51AM DIRECTION IS GOING TO BE.
9:33:52AM EITHER THE GOVERNOR OR THE NEW SECRETARY.
9:33:54AM AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TOUCHED ON IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE
9:33:56AM TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.
9:33:57AM BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING HERE LOCALLY AS TO WHAT THEIR
9:34:01AM DIRECTION IS GOING TO BE.
9:34:02AM BECAUSE YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND YOUR IDEAS MAY NOT FIT IN WHAT
9:34:08AM THEIR VISION IS.
9:34:09AM HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSIONS AS TO WHAT THEY LOOK AT IN
9:34:12AM TERMS OF THIS PROJECT, OR ARE THEY JUST SOAKING IT ALL IN
9:34:15AM RIGHT NOW?
9:34:16AM >> WELL, I IMAGINE THEY ARE HEARING A LOT OF THINGS FROM A
9:34:19AM LOT OF DIFFERENT REGIONS.
9:34:21AM I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS BEING AS LOUD AS WE ARE. WE NEED
9:34:25AM TO CONTINUE TO BE LOUD IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT YEAR OR
9:34:32AM TWO.
9:34:32AM LIKE I SAID, WE RECEIVE MORE SUPPORT, COUNCILMAN, FOR THE
9:34:36AM WESTSHORE INTERCHANGE PROJECT, SOMETHING THAT HAD WE HAD
9:34:40AM THAT KIND OF LEVEL OF SUPPORT TWO YEARS AGO, MAYBE WE WOULD
9:34:42AM BE HAVING A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
9:34:45AM NOW I THINK PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING THE FRUSTRATION, AND
9:34:49AM THE FRUSTRATION WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF HOW PROJECTS ARE
9:34:51AM FUNDED, HOW PROJECTS ARE MOVED FORWARD, THE FACT WE GAVE 700
9:34:55AM MILLION THAT WE HAD IN OUR POCKETS, WE GAVE THAT UP.
9:34:58AM SO PEOPLE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT NOW, AND THAT IT'S GOOD TO
9:35:02AM SEE THAT FOLKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE HILLSBOROUGH MPO AND
9:35:06AM PINELLAS AND MPO AS WELL AS THE COUNTY.
9:35:08AM THE CITY OF ST. PETE COMING OUT AND SAYING, WE HAVE GOT TO
9:35:12AM DO SOMETHING, AND SUBMITTING LETTERS TO BOTH US, THE
9:35:15AM LEGISLATORS, TO FOLKS IN KEY DECISION-MAKING POSITIONS, THAT
9:35:20AM WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WESTSHORE.
9:35:22AM THAT'S THE KIND OF VOICE WE NEED, THIS REGION NEEDS TO BE
9:35:25AM ABLE TO MOVE A PROJECT LIKE THAT FORWARD, WHEN YOU ARE
9:35:27AM COMPETING WITH MIAMI, JACKSONVILLE, ORLANDO.
9:35:30AM THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING FOR FUNDING FOR THEIR MAJOR PROJECTS.
9:35:33AM WE JUST NEED TO BE LOUDER AND WE NEED TO SPEAK UNITED.
9:35:37AM WE SAY THIS WITH ONE VOICE AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN OVERUSED
9:35:40AM TERM, BUT I CAN'T STRESS THAT LOUD ENOUGH, THAT THAT'S THE
9:35:43AM KIND OF THING THAT GETS THEIR ATTENTION.
9:35:45AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
9:35:47AM I APPRECIATE IT.
9:35:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:35:50AM ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
9:35:51AM ALL RIGHT.
9:35:51AM THANK YOU.
9:35:52AM UNTIL NEXT TIME.
9:35:53AM NOW WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
9:35:56AM MR. MARTIN.
9:36:05AM >>JORGE MARTIN: [OFF MICROPHONE] THE CRA OPERATES WITH THE
9:36:28AM SAME RULES OF CONDUCT AS CITY COUNCIL.
9:36:30AM 30 MINUTES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK ON
9:36:33AM ITEMS NOT SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING BUT WHICH ARE OF INTEREST
9:36:37AM TO THE PUBLIC AND THE CRA AND MATTERS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
9:36:41AM IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON MATTERS OF A PUBLIC HEARING
9:36:45AM TODAY YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CRA AT
9:36:47AM THAT TIME WHEN THE MATTER IS HEARD.
9:36:51AM PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CRA IS NOT A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC FORUM
9:36:51AM AND LIMITS THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO MATTERS WITHIN THE
9:36:57AM PERIPHERY OF THE CRA IN ITS EFFORTS TO CONDUCT ITS PUBLIC
9:37:02AM BUSINESS.
9:37:02AM PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE THE CRA AS A BODY AND
9:37:08AM NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL CRA MEMBER OR CRA STAFF MEMBER OR TO
9:37:14AM CITY COUNCIL.
9:37:14AM EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
9:37:16AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD ...
9:37:21AM THE CRA ASKS YOUR COOPERATION FOR PROPER DECORUM THROUGHOUT
9:37:28AM THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:37:29AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
9:37:31AM GO AHEAD.
9:37:31AM >> I AM WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN DESPOT KING JOHNNY
9:37:36AM BERNARD BOOTH, 1-308.
9:37:43AM I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT -- DOES THIS WORK?
9:38:06AM I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
9:38:07AM GOT THE ARROWS RIGHT THERE.
9:38:10AM I AM GLOBAL MOVEMENT.
9:38:22AM IN YOUR BIBLE, Y. H.
9:38:25AM AND THE KINGDOM OF WORLD, WITH WORLD, WORLD.
9:38:40AM REALTY.
9:38:43AM WEST 666.
9:38:46AM EAST, LIVING, FAMILIES, 777.
9:38:51AM AND THE OLD SYSTEM, YOU WERE JUST BUSINESS, YOU ARE JUST
9:38:55AM RELIGION.
9:38:56AM AND WE ARE THE LIGHT.
9:38:58AM WE ARE THE FAMILY.
9:38:59AM WE ARE THE SPIRITUAL.
9:39:06AM OKAY.
9:39:10AM NOW, I HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO GATHER
9:39:15AM AND YOU HAVE BEEN OVERRUNNING THE FAMILIES, OVERRUNNING THE
9:39:18AM COMMUNITIES, OVER RUNNING THINGS.
9:39:22AM WE ARE YOUR KINGS AND QUEENS.
9:39:24AM NOW, LOOK, THE REST OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT IS ON THE SCENE
9:39:28AM KNOWN AS NATION, COUNTRY, CITY, COUNTY, REGION, LOCAL.
9:39:33AM YOU GUYS CAME AND SET UP IN THE BEGINNING SET UP BUSINESSES
9:39:37AM AND BUILDINGS.
9:39:38AM NOW, YOU HAVE TO MAKE ROOM FOR YOUR CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN
9:39:41AM SITTING BACK WATCHING EVERYTHING GOING ON ON THE SCENE.
9:39:44AM THE REASON YOU CAN'T FIX WHAT YOU HAVE IS YOU HAVE BEEN
9:39:47AM STUCK IN A BOX.
9:39:48AM WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU SO WE KNOW EVERYTHING THAT YOU
9:39:50AM HAVE BEEN DOING ON THE SCENE.
9:39:51AM YOU CAN'T FIX YOUR OWN MESS BECAUSE YOU ARE STUCK IN THE
9:39:54AM MESS.
9:39:55AM WE ARE NOT STUCK IN THE MESS.
9:39:58AM WE SEE WHAT YOUR MESS IS.
9:39:59AM WE CAN CLEAN THE MESS UP.
9:40:00AM YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY REAL CURRENCY.
9:40:03AM I HAVE THE ALL THE CURRENCY.
9:40:05AM YOU ARE GOING TO COME TO TAMPA, THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE
9:40:07AM WORLD, THE CAPITAL OF AMERICA, AND YOU ARE GOING TO -- FROM
9:40:12AM HERE.
9:40:12AM MY SPOKESPERSON, BUSINESSMAN, DONALD J. TRUMP, FOREIGN
9:40:17AM PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, THE OLD FORM OF THE UNITED STATES
9:40:23AM WHICH BELONGS TO THE OLD EUROPEAN, AFRICAN UNION.
9:40:27AM THEY DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO OPERATE ON THIS SOIL.
9:40:31AM THANK YOU.
9:40:31AM [BELL SOUNDS]
9:40:32AM >> GOOD MORNING.
9:40:37AM CONNIE BURTON.
9:40:39AM EVERY TIME I COME, I LEARN SOMETHING.
9:40:43AM LEARNED LESSON THIS MORNING IS THAT IF THE COMMUNITY IN EAST
9:40:46AM TAMPA WANT TO SAVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD I THINK YOU SHOULD BE
9:40:49AM ENGAGED IN A SERIOUS PETITION WRITING OR SOMETHING TO
9:40:54AM EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS TO THIS NEW GOVERNOR, BECAUSE WHEN
9:40:59AM PEOPLE ARE WORKING TO ECONOMICALLY SHUT DOWN OUR COMMUNITY,
9:41:04AM NOTHING IN THE PLAN SAYS HOW OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE
9:41:08AM ECONOMICALLY ADVANCED AS A RESULT OF EXPRESSWAYS AND
9:41:12AM WHATEVER COMING THROUGH.
9:41:14AM HAD A VISIT FROM YOUR CITY ATTORNEY THE OTHER NIGHT AT OUR
9:41:17AM CRA MEETING, AND IT CAME TO HAVE ME, I'M JUST IN THE WRONG
9:41:21AM PLACE.
9:41:22AM GOING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CRA MEETING AND BEING INFORMED
9:41:27AM BY THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THAT THEY HAVE NO POWER.
9:41:31AM THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO POWER.
9:41:33AM HOW IS IT THAT A 2009 STRATEGIC PLAN, AND WE ARE IN 2019 AND
9:41:41AM STILL MOVING FORWARD?
9:41:42AM WE LOOK AT THE BUDGET FROM THE CRA OF EAST TAMPA, THE FIRST
9:41:47AM THING THAT POP OUT IS THE CITY SALARY PERSON.
9:41:51AM 140,000-SOME DOLLARS.
9:41:53AM NEXT THING, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE OFFICERS.
9:41:57AM AS IF WE GOT SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN EAST TAMPA.
9:42:01AM ALMOST $130,000.
9:42:05AM THEN WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS COMPLAINING AND HOUSING REHAB,
9:42:14AM SIDEWALKS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE LIVED IN THESE COMMUNITIES FOR
9:42:16AM 30 YEARS, WHAT DO WE GET?
9:42:18AM A ROUNDABOUT.
9:42:20AM EVERYTHING THAT COMMUNITIES DO NOT WANT.
9:42:24AM AND YOU CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD PUSHING IT DOWN THE
9:42:28AM COMMUNITY AS IF WE ARE BEING ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS
9:42:31AM PROCESS.
9:42:32AM I WISH THE GOVERNOR JUST TAKE ALL THE MONEY, SHUT DOWN THE
9:42:35AM CRAS, BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CRA WILL NEVER BE ABLE
9:42:40AM TO COME TO THIS PODIUM AND SPEAK LIKE THE DOWNTOWN CRA, THE
9:42:45AM GROUP THAT SPOKE THIS MORNING, ABOUT ALL ADVANCEMENT, WHERE
9:42:49AM OUR CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK OUT AND SEE BEYOND A
9:42:53AM PLAYGROUND, BEYOND A SWIMMING POOL.
9:42:58AM IN THE 20 YEARS OR 30 YEARS THAT CRA HAS BEEN IN PLACE.
9:43:01AM IT IS NOT HAPPENING.
9:43:03AM IT IS SHAMEFUL.
9:43:04AM IT IS DISGRACEFUL FOR ME AND FOR OTHERS TO COME INTO OUR
9:43:08AM COMMUNITY WITH THE CONCLUSION THAT POVERTY EXISTS BECAUSE
9:43:13AM YOU WANT IT.
9:43:14AM BLIGHTED COMMUNITY EXISTS BECAUSE YOU WANT IT.
9:43:18AM BECAUSE IF WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE SELF-DETERMINATION WE
9:43:22AM WOULD BE ABLE TO COME DOWN HERE AND LET YOU KNOW AND LET
9:43:25AM STAFF KNOW THAT WHEN THEY HAVE NOT LED US PROPERLY
9:43:29AM ECONOMICALLY, WE DON'T WANT THEM ANYMORE.
9:43:32AM WE DO NOT WANT IT.
9:43:34AM WE WANT TO SEE A CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
9:43:36AM WE WANT TO SEE ECONOMIC, AND ROUNDABOUT IS NOT THE WAY.
9:43:43AM THANK YOU.
9:43:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:43:47AM NEXT SPEAKER.
9:44:05AM LAND USE, PUBLIC HEARING.
9:44:12AM SIR?
9:44:13AM OH, PUBLIC COMMENT IS ONLY THREE MINUTES.
9:44:15AM WE DON'T ALLOW SPEAKER WAIVER FORM UNLESS THERE'S A REZONING
9:44:19AM ISSUE OR WHATNOT.
9:44:20AM >> METEZMAT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:44:25AM NOBODY IN SOCIETY SPEAKS ABOUT DOGS HAVING ORAL SEX.
9:44:34AM YOU DON'T HEAR THAT CONVERSATION IN SOCIETY.
9:44:38AM NOBODY IN SOCIETY.
9:44:42AM TELL ME WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD ABOUT THEM OVER
9:44:46AM SENDING WATERMELONS TO MARS?
9:44:48AM YOU DON'T HEAR THAT CONVERSATION IN SOCIETY.
9:44:53AM AND NOBODY IN THIS CITY COUNCIL SPEAKS --
9:45:05AM [NO ENCODER]
9:45:42AM [NO ENCODER]
9:45:42AM >> YOU HAVE FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE RUNNING FOR MAYOR.
9:45:45AM NOBODY ADMONISHED THE CURRENT MAYOR FOR CALLING BLACK WOMEN
9:45:52AM BITCHES.
9:45:52AM AND YOU GOT A WOMAN SITTING RIGHT THERE.
9:45:54AM SHE AIN'T SAID NOTHING ABOUT IT.
9:45:56AM NOBODY SAID A WORD.
9:45:59AM THE MAYOR CALLING FOR THE LYNCHING OF AN AFRICAN MAN, AND
9:46:03AM YOU GOT A BLACK BUFFOON SITTING RIGHT THERE.
9:46:09AM NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THE HATRED THAT THERE IS FOR AFRICAN
9:46:15AM PEOPLE AND YOU GOT A JEW SITTING RIGHT THERE.
9:46:19AM HE SHOULD KNOW.
9:46:21AM HE SHOULD KNOW THE SUFFERING OF AFRICAN PEOPLE.
9:46:26AM YOU HAVE 600,000 BICYCLE STOPS, AND NOTHING, AND THEY TRY TO
9:46:32AM TELL YOU FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE FROM THIS PODIUM, SHUT UP AND
9:46:36AM DON'T TALK ABOUT US THAT WE ARE LIKE KINGS AND QUEENS.
9:46:39AM LIKE JEFF BEZOS THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER CAN'T RUN AN ARTICLE
9:46:45AM ABOUT HIM BECAUSE HE'S ABOVE ALL OF THAT.
9:46:47AM THAT'S WHAT THIS CITY COUNCIL TRY TO BE, ABOVE ALL OF THAT.
9:46:50AM YOU TRY TO BE ABOVE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE, ABOVE THE AFRICAN
9:46:53AM PEOPLE, ABOVE THE CITIZENRY.
9:46:54AM YOU TRY TO BE ABOVE ALL THAT.
9:46:56AM AND IT'S A HATRED OF AFRICAN PEOPLE THAT GOT O.J. SIMPSON,
9:47:03AM BILL COSBY SITTING IN PRISON.
9:47:05AM BILL COSBY PAID A WHITE WOMAN $4.5 MILLION.
9:47:15AM IT WASN'T NECESSARY TO SEND TO PRISON AND YOU GOT PEOPLE
9:47:18AM TRYING TO STEAL A WHOLE COUNTRY AND GIVE TO THE BUSINESSES
9:47:21AM IN RUSSIA AND ALL OF THE PRESIDENTIAL -- A HATRED FOR
9:47:26AM AFRICANS.
9:47:27AM [BELL SOUNDS]
9:47:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:47:30AM NEXT PERSON.
9:47:30AM >> GOD BLESS YOU.
9:47:39AM SPEAKING THE TRUTH.
9:47:39AM PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH NOWADAYS.
9:47:42AM MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, PARADISE MISSIONARY
9:47:45AM BAPTIST CHURCH.
9:47:46AM AND I COME DOWN HERE.
9:47:47AM YOU KNOW WHAT?
9:47:48AM I REALLY WANT TO INVITE ALL OF YOU ALL TO COME TO MY CHURCH.
9:47:51AM AND YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING?
9:47:55AM I JUST WANT YOU TO COME TO HEAR THE TRUTH.
9:47:58AM BUT YOU ALL ARE NOT GOING TO COME BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE WHITE
9:48:01AM FOLKS.
9:48:01AM NOT EVEN THAT BLACK MAN IS GOING TO EVEN COME BECAUSE NOBODY
9:48:04AM WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH NOWADAYS.
9:48:06AM BUT I AM GOING TO READ SOME SCRIPTURE TO YOU.
9:48:10AM THE BOOK OF 2nd TIMOTHY 1.
9:48:15AM KNOW THIS ALSO IN THE LAST DAYS OF PERILOUS TIMES SHALL
9:48:20AM COME.
9:48:21AM BLACK FOLKS IN PERILOUS TIMES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE
9:48:25AM UNITED STATES.
9:48:25AM FOR MEN SHALL BE LOVERS OF THEIR OWN SELVES, COVETOUS,
9:48:25AM BOASTERS, PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS,
9:48:25AM UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY
9:48:27AM WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION, TRUCEBREAKERS, FALSE ACCUSERS,
9:48:27AM INCONTINENT, FIERCE, DESPISERS OF THOSE THAT ARE GOOD
9:48:27AM TRAITORS, HEADY, HIGHMINDED, LOVERS OF PLEASURES MORE THAN
9:48:27AM LOVERS OF GOD;
9:48:27AM HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS, BUT DENYING THE POWER THEREOF:
9:48:27AM FROM SUCH TURN AWAY.
9:48:53AM FOR OF THIS SORT ARE THEY WHICH CREEP INTO HOUSES, AND LEAD
9:48:53AM CAPTIVE SILLY WOMEN LADEN WITH SINS, LED AWAY WITH DIVERS
9:48:53AM LUSTS
9:48:56AM EVER LEARNING, AND NEVER ABLE TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF
9:48:56AM THE TRUTH.
9:49:14AM AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
9:49:17AM BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND -- I FEEL SORRY FOR THIS YOUNG
9:49:22AM MAN, THESE YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE COMING UP HERE.
9:49:24AM WE NEVER GET NO RESULTS WHATSOEVER.
9:49:28AM I GOT A CHURCH RIGHT HERE 712 EAST SCOTT STREET INVITING YOU
9:49:32AM ALL TO COME AT 10:30 EVERY SUNDAY MORNING.
9:49:36AM AND I GUARANTEE YOU, INSTEAD OF YOU LOOKING DOWN ON US YOU
9:49:39AM ARE GOING TO GET HAPPY AND TELL GOD THANK YOU THAT WE GOT
9:49:42AM SOMEBODY THAT WILLINGLY PREACH THE TRUTH.
9:49:46AM AND I HAVE TO COMPROMISE WITH WHAT THIS YOUNG MAN JUST A
9:49:50AM WHILE AGO SAID.
9:49:52AM THERE'S SO MUCH DAMN HATRED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
9:49:55AM TOWARD BLACK PEOPLE, NOW THEY ARE TAKING ON THE MEXICANS,
9:50:00AM AND ALREADY SLAUGHTER MILLIONS OF INDIANS, AND THEY DON'T
9:50:03AM CARE NOTHING ABOUT THE JEW.
9:50:06AM THIS IS A WHITE COMPILATION AND THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN
9:50:10AM ANYBODY ELSE.
9:50:11AM AND YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN NOBODY.
9:50:13AM AND LET ME TELL YOU ALL SOMETHING ABOUT AFRICA.
9:50:16AM GOD'S CREATION CAME OUT OF AFRICA.
9:50:19AM YOU ALL MIGHT NOT KNOW IT.
9:50:21AM ALL OF US CAME OUT OF THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA.
9:50:25AM WHETHER YOU ARE THANKFUL FOR NOT.
9:50:26AM READ YOUR BIBLE AND FIND OUT THE TRUTH AND I GUARANTEE YOU
9:50:29AM COME TO MY CHURCH.
9:50:30AM I KNOW I AM GOING TO PREACH THE TRUTH WHETHER YOU WANT TO
9:50:33AM HEAR IT OR NOT.
9:50:34AM AND THANK GOD FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED
9:50:37AM UPON ALL OF US, AND I ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU ALL BUT YOU GOT
9:50:41AM TO ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU FOR YOURSELF.
9:50:44AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:50:45AM NEXT PERSON.
9:50:46AM >> THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME.
9:50:53AM MY NAME IS BENJAMIN BAISDEN FOR THE WEST TAMPA ALLIANCE.
9:50:58AM I BEEN COMING VISITING MR. FRANK REDDICK FOR QUITE SOME TIME
9:51:07AM ABOUT JUNETEENTH.
9:51:08AM AND EACH TIME I COME UP HERE TO HIS OFFICE, SPIN ME AROUND
9:51:15AM IN CIRCLES, TELL ME LIES, WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT TO ME?
9:51:19AM THE WEST TAMPA ALLIANCE.
9:51:21AM ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR IS HELP.
9:51:24AM WE BEEN DOING THIS FOR NINE YEARS NOW, JUNETEENTH, NINE
9:51:28AM YEARS.
9:51:29AM IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEVER CAN GET ANY HELP.
9:51:32AM BUT YOU HAVE ANOTHER ORGANIZATION CALLED COALITION NOW.
9:51:37AM SEEMS LIKE THEY DIDN'T GET HELP.
9:51:43AM I WONDER WHY.
9:51:44AM IT'S WRONG.
9:51:45AM ONE THING WE KNOW FOR SURE, MR. REDDICK, YOU KNOW IT'S
9:51:48AM WRONG.
9:51:49AM IF NOBODY ELSE DOESN'T KNOW, MR. REDDICK KNOWS.
9:51:53AM WE BEEN ASKING ABOUT JUNETEENTH FOR SO LONG, AND GETTING ALL
9:51:58AM THESE LIES.
9:52:01AM SHOULD WE BACK DOWN?
9:52:02AM NO, WE ARE NOT.
9:52:05AM WE ARE GOING TO KEEP OPEN COMING, KEEP STANDING UP FOR THE
9:52:07AM COMMUNITY.
9:52:07AM THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE I ASKED ABOUT A RADIO STATION.
9:52:12AM ASKED YOU TALK ABOUT A RADIO STATION.
9:52:14AM I NEVER DID GET ANY FEEDBACK SO I AM TRYING TO WONDER WHAT'S
9:52:17AM GOING ON WITH THAT.
9:52:19AM WE NEED A RADIO STATION.
9:52:21AM WE ARE ASKING FOR A GRANT FOR THIS RADIO STATION.
9:52:25AM WHY WE CAN'T GET A RADIO STATION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
9:52:28AM ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE TRUTH?
9:52:31AM THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON?
9:52:36AM EVERYBODY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS
9:52:41AM RADIO STATION.
9:52:43AM WE, THE WEST TAMPA ALLIANCE, HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP ON MAIN
9:52:48AM STREET FOR NINE YEARS, PAPER, TRASH, ALL GREEN STREET
9:52:53AM CUTTING THE GRASS, CLEANING UP, CLEANING UP, CLEANING UP FOR
9:52:57AM YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
9:52:58AM NOW WE ARE ASKING FOR A CLEAN-UP IN OUR ALLEYS AND WE CAN'T
9:53:04AM GET THAT.
9:53:04AM WE THINK CAN'T GET A PAIR OF GLOVES, CAN'T EVEN GET TRASH
9:53:07AM BAGS NOW.
9:53:08AM I WONDER WHY.
9:53:09AM WHY ARE WE BEING LET DOWN?
9:53:12AM WHY ARE WE BEING PUT BEHIND?
9:53:13AM SEEMS LIKE THIS CRA IS GEARED UP THE WRONG WAY.
9:53:17AM SEEMS LIKE IT'S GEARED UP FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MONEY,
9:53:21AM AND ONES THAT DON'T HAVE MONEY GET LEFT BEHIND.
9:53:24AM TELL ME WHY.
9:53:25AM [BELL SOUNDS]
9:53:26AM IT SHOULDN'T BE.
9:53:27AM IT SHOULDN'T BE.
9:53:29AM WE HAVE YOUR FRIEND, CAN GO DOWN TO PARKS AND REC AND CHANGE
9:53:35AM THE PAPERWORK ON THE WEST TAMPA ALLIANCE FOR THIS
9:53:41AM ORGANIZATION CALLED COALITION.
9:53:43AM THAT'S WRONG, MR. REDDICK, AND YOU KNOW IT'S WRONG.
9:53:46AM IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT.
9:53:49AM LET'S DO SOMETHING RIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
9:53:51AM I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME.
9:53:53AM [BELL SOUNDS]
9:53:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:53:54AM >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
9:54:05AM >>FRANK REDDICK: THEY HAVE AN ADVISORY BOARD OVER IN WEST
9:54:07AM TAMPA.
9:54:08AM I DON'T MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
9:54:11AM THE ADVISORY BOARD MAKES THOSE DECISIONS.
9:54:13AM AND THE CITY DOES GRANTS.
9:54:20AM FOR YOU TO BE SITTING BACK THERE NEXT TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE
9:54:25AM CRA FOR THE CITY AND TO COME HERE THIS MORNING AND, YOU
9:54:33AM KNOW, IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT PEOPLE COME BEFORE THE
9:54:38AM MICROPHONE AND MAKE THESE OUTRAGEOUS COMMENTS AND
9:54:42AM STATEMENTS, AND THEN YOU SEE ME IN WEST TAMPA AND YOU WANT
9:54:48AM TO KISS MY BUTT.
9:54:51AM SO DON'T PLAY THEM GAMES WITH ME.
9:54:55AM YOU GET YOU A LEGITIMATE ORGANIZATION.
9:55:00AM >> WHAT YOU SAY SIR?
9:55:02AM >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU DON'T SPEAK NO MORE.
9:55:04AM >> OKAY, SIR.
9:55:05AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT?
9:55:06AM BECAUSE I WILL WALK IN WEST TAMPA IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES AND
9:55:10AM SEE YOU ON MAIN STREET, SO DON'T PLAY THEM GAMES WITH ME.
9:55:15AM BUT DON'T COME IN HERE AND FABRICATE, AND YOU SITTING RIGHT
9:55:19AM THERE WITH A MAN WHO CAN WORK YOUR ORGANIZATION, WHO CAN
9:55:25AM ASSIST YOUR ORGANIZATION, AND YOU KNOW WHO IS ON THE
9:55:28AM ADVISORY BOARD FOR WEST TAMPA CRA.
9:55:31AM THAT'S WHERE YOU SHOULD BE TAKING YOUR GRIPE TO.
9:55:34AM I DON'T MAKE THAT DECISION HERE.
9:55:38AM BUT DON'T PLAY THEM GAMES WITH ME.
9:55:41AM WANT TO KISS MY BUTT ON MAIN STREET AND COME UP HERE LIKE A
9:55:46AM DAMN FOOL.
9:55:47AM I'M THROUGH WITH IT.
9:55:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:55:50AM WE HAVE SOME REQUIRED APPROVALS.
9:55:52AM MR. MCDONAUGH.
9:55:53AM >> BOB MCDONAUGH: WE ARE ASKING YOU TO TRANSFER FUNDS IN
9:55:56AM THE DOWNTOWN CORE CRA.
9:55:58AM NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS TO FINISH THE LIGHTING OF THE
9:56:02AM TAYLOR STREET BRIDGE.
9:56:03AM FORTUNE TAYLOR STREET BRIDGE.
9:56:05AM EXCUSE ME.
9:56:06AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A
9:56:09AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:56:10AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:56:11AM ALL RIGHT.
9:56:12AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: NEXT ITEM IS RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE TIF
9:56:17AM FINANCIAL REPORT, QUARTERLY REPORT.
9:56:19AM >> SO MOVED.
9:56:23AM >> SECOND.
9:56:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN
9:56:26AM MIRANDA WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:56:28AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:56:29AM ALL RIGHT.
9:56:29AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: ITEM 6 IS TRANSFERRING FUNDS WITH WITHIN
9:56:33AM THE EAST TAMPA CRA FUNDS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE TO
9:56:36AM VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING ACCOUNTS.
9:56:38AM >> SO MOVED.
9:56:42AM >> SECOND.
9:56:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:56:45AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:56:46AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:56:48AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: THE FINAL ITEM IS TRANSFERRING FUNDS IN
9:56:50AM THE CHANNEL DISTRICT FOR A VERY SIMILAR CHANGE.
9:56:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIND.
9:56:58AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN VIERA.
9:57:00AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:57:00AM ALL RIGHT.
9:57:01AM ANYTHING ELSE?
9:57:02AM >>BOB MCDONAUGH: THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
9:57:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: LET'S GO TO INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW
9:57:07AM BUSINESS.
9:57:07AM >>LUIS VIERA: NOTHING SIR.
9:57:10AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO.
9:57:11AM >>FRANK REDDICK: NO, SIR.
9:57:12AM >>HARRY COHEN: NO, SIR.
9:57:14AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.
9:57:20AM SO MY WIFE IS NOT TOO HAPPY BUT THAT'S OKAY.
9:57:23AM WE'LL MAKE IT UP SO HOW.
9:57:24AM >> CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE?
9:57:27AM MOTION BY COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:57:29AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN SUAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR?
9:57:32AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I SECONDED MYSELF?
9:57:34AM THAT WAS A GOOD TRICK.
9:57:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL IN FAVOR?
9:57:38AM ALL RIGHT.
9:57:38AM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
9:57:39AM THANK YOU.
9:57:39AM
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.