TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOPS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019
9:00 A.M.
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8:52:41AM
9:07:51AM >> CITY COUNCIL IS COMING INTO SESSION.
9:07:53AM WE BEGIN WITH OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:07:53AM I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN IS IN CHARGE.
9:07:57AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU, SIR.
9:07:58AM PLEASE JOIN ME THIS MORNING IN WELCOMING SHIRLEY ANN LIMA AS
9:08:01AM SHE GIVES OUR INVOCATION.
9:08:03AM SHIRLEY IS A LONGTIME WEST TAMPA RESIDENT WHO IS PASSIONATE
9:08:05AM ABOUT ALL THINGS TAMPA.
9:08:07AM SHE IS A RETIRED LOAN OFFICER FROM SUNCOAST CREDIT UNION AND
9:08:10AM A HUGE TAMPA BAY RAYS FAN.
9:08:14AM MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHE'S MY SISTER.
9:08:16AM WELCOME, SHIRLEY.
9:08:17AM PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:08:23AM >> ALMIGHTY GOD, YOU ARE OUR CREATOR AND OUR SUSTAINER, YOU
9:08:27AM ARE LIGHT AND OUR FORTRESS.
9:08:29AM YOU ARE WISDOM AND OUR STRENGTH.
9:08:30AM WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDING HAND TO LEAD US THROUGH THIS
9:08:34AM MEETING.
9:08:34AM MAY OUR CONDUCT CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF COOPERATION AND
9:08:38AM KINDNESS.
9:08:39AM THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO ACCOMPLISH OUR WORK TODAY.
9:08:43AM WE ASK THESE THINGS IN YOUR POWERFUL NAME.
9:08:45AM AMEN.
9:08:46AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:09:02AM >> ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:09:09AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU, SHIRLEY.
9:09:12AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
9:09:13AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
9:09:14AM >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
9:09:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:09:16AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
9:09:17AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:09:18AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:09:20AM >> REDDICK?
9:09:23AM >>LUIS VIERA: NOW WE BEGIN WITH OUR COMMENDATION FOR POLICE
9:09:26AM OFFICER OF THE MONTH TAKEN UP BY OUR GOOD FRIEND,
9:09:29AM MR. CHARLIE MIRANDA.
9:09:36AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HONORABLE CHAIRMAN, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL,
9:09:41AM HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, MY PLEASURE THIS
9:09:43AM MORNING TO BE HERE WITH A DETECTIVE WHO HAS EARNED HIS
9:09:47AM STRIPES, NOT ONLY AS POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH, BUT WHEN
9:09:50AM YOU HEAR WHAT THIS DETECTIVE HAS DONE, DETECTIVE SHANE
9:09:53AM GADOURY.
9:09:57AM IT'S UNBELIEVABLE THE WORK HE HAS DONE TO CLEAN UP SOMETHING
9:10:00AM THAT IS SO -- I DON'T HAVE A WORD FOR IT.
9:10:03AM INDIVIDUALS THAT DO THESE TYPES OF CRIMES, I JUST DON'T
9:10:06AM UNDERSTAND SOCIETY ANYMORE.
9:10:07AM HE CHOSE TO DO THIS JOB, AND HE CHOSE TO DO IT FOR THE
9:10:11AM BETTERMENT OF ALL OF US, AND THANK GOD HE DID.
9:10:14AM I'LL HAVE CHIEF DUGAN NOW COME FORWARD AND MAKE THE
9:10:18AM PRESENTATION AND SPEAK WHAT HE DID TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
9:10:21AM UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:10:23AM IT'S NOT JUST ONE POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH.
9:10:25AM IT'S NOT JUST 12.
9:10:27AM IT'S AN EVERYDAY JOB OF 24/7, 365 TO KEEP OUR CITY AS CLEAN
9:10:33AM AS POSSIBLE FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE -- WHO DO THE HIDEOUS
9:10:39AM TYPES OF CRIMES AGAINST THE VERY YOUNG.
9:10:42AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:10:42AM >> THANK YOU.
9:10:43AM GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:10:44AM BRIAN DUGAN, CHIEF OF POLICE.
9:10:45AM THIS MORNING WE HAVE OFFICER OF THE MONTH SHANE GADOURY.
9:10:51AM HE IS A DETECTIVE.
9:10:52AM I'LL GIVE A DISCLAIMER.
9:10:54AM I HAD TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THE STORIES AS MUCH AS I CAN.
9:10:58AM THEN WHEN I'M DONE, I THINK YOU'LL SAY I THOUGHT YOU CLEANED
9:11:01AM THEM UP.
9:11:02AM THEY ARE VERY DESCRIPTIVE.
9:11:03AM HE DEALS WITH SEX CRIMES ON CHILDREN.
9:11:05AM I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER SOME OF THE -- AS MUCH AS I CAN.
9:11:10AM IT WON'T GIVE JUSTICE TO THE TOUGH JOB THAT HE HAS.
9:11:14AM YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN.
9:11:15AM IN FEBRUARY OF 2018, DETECTIVE SHANE GADOURY DECIDED TO
9:11:19AM TRANSITION FROM PATROL CORPORAL INTO AN INVESTIGATIVE ROLE
9:11:23AM AS A DETECTIVE TO BROADEN HIS SKILLS.
9:11:25AM DURING THE LAST YEAR, HE HAS MADE NUMEROUS ARRESTS.
9:11:28AM THE MOST NOTABLY IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE LARGE NUMBER OF
9:11:31AM CAPITAL, SEXUAL BATTERY ARRESTS INVOLVING CHILDREN UNDER 12
9:11:35AM YEARS OLD.
9:11:36AM HE HAS TAKEN MANY VIOLENT OFFENDERS OFF THE STREET AND HAS
9:11:39AM BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN NUMEROUS CONFESSIONS.
9:11:42AM HE UTILIZES PRIOR CASES AS EVIDENCE, WRITING SEARCH WARRANTS
9:11:46AM TO OBTAIN VIDEO EVIDENCE AND UTILIZING GOOD INVESTIGATIVE
9:11:51AM MEASURES TO DEVELOP SUPPORTING EVIDENCE.
9:11:54AM IN MAY, HE ARRESTED A 23-YEAR-OLD FOR HAVING SEX WITH HIS
9:11:57AM FORMER GIRLFRIEND'S CHILDREN.
9:11:59AM THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH CAPITAL SEXUAL BATTERY AND
9:12:02AM SEVERAL THOROUGH INCRIMINATING INTERVIEWS.
9:12:05AM IN JUNE, SHANE OBTAINED A CONFESSION FROM AN 18-YEAR-OLD FOR
9:12:08AM HAVING SEX WITH A 6-YEAR-OLD VICTIM.
9:12:10AM THE VIDEO EVIDENCE WAS RECOVERED OF THE OFFENSE.
9:12:13AM THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH CAPITAL SEXUAL BATTERY AND
9:12:17AM SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON AND 15 YEARS OF PROBATION.
9:12:21AM IN SEPTEMBER, HE OBTAINED A CONFESSION OF A 17-YEAR-OLD WHO
9:12:27AM USED HIS CELL PHONE TO RECORD HIMSELF HAVING SEX WITH A
9:12:29AM 7-YEAR-OLD VICTIM.
9:12:31AM THE DEFENDANT IS NOW SERVING A CAPITAL SEXUAL BATTERY.
9:12:35AM IN DECEMBER, HE LEARNED THAT HE AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
9:12:38AM SHERIFF'S OFFICE WERE INVESTIGATING THE SAME DEFENDANT.
9:12:41AM THEY WORKED TOGETHER TO OBTAIN A CONFESSION THAT HE HAD
9:12:44AM SEXUALLY BATTERED A CHILD FROM THE AGE OF 3 TO 9 YEARS OLD.
9:12:48AM BOTH AGENCIES CHARGED HIM WITH CAPITAL SEXUAL BATTERY.
9:12:53AM HE MADE ANOTHER ARREST IN DECEMBER WHERE TWO SISTERS WERE
9:12:56AM BEING MOLESTED BY THEIR MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND FOR FOUR YEARS.
9:12:59AM HE WAS ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL BATTERY AND AGGRAVATED CHILD
9:13:03AM ABUSE.
9:13:04AM LIKE I SAID, THAT IS THE CLEANED-UP VERSION OF THIS.
9:13:07AM DESPITE THE CHALLENGES, SHANE HAS EXCELLED AT MAKING ARRESTS
9:13:10AM ON CASES NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE.
9:13:14AM HE IS A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO THE SEX CRIMES UNIT AND HAS BEEN
9:13:17AM SELECTED AS OFFICER OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY 2019.
9:13:19AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:13:19AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:13:29AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:13:32AM ABE CARMACK, PRESIDENT OF THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
9:13:36AM FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO EVERY MONTH
9:13:40AM AND EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT THE MEMBERSHIP.
9:13:42AM CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR SELECTING A MEMBER AND STAFF AND CHAIN
9:13:46AM OF COMMAND.
9:13:47AM YOU'VE HEARD WHAT DETECTIVE GADOURY DID TO GET THIS AWARD,
9:13:52AM BUT EVERY DAY, HE GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO HELP OTHERS.
9:13:55AM HE ALSO, FIRSTHAND SEEN HIM INVOLVED WITH THE CRITICAL
9:13:59AM INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT COMES OUT WHEN OFFICERS
9:14:02AM ARE IN DISTRESS AND I'VE WATCHED HIM FIRSTHAND DEAL WITH
9:14:06AM THAT.
9:14:06AM HE JUST DOESN'T GIVE COMFORT TO THE VICTIMS OF THE CRIMES.
9:14:10AM HE'S ALSO THERE GIVING COMFORT TO OFFICERS IN THEIR TIME OF
9:14:13AM NEED.
9:14:14AM WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HE DOES.
9:14:16AM MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT HE DOES EVERY DAY.
9:14:17AM Facebook IS A GREAT THING.
9:14:19AM HE'S A GREAT DAD.
9:14:20AM I WATCH HIM MENTOR HIS DAUGHTER AND TEAMWORK, RIGHT?
9:14:25AM TEAM BUILDING AND DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
9:14:27AM FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST A GREAT PERSON.
9:14:30AM I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO TO SHOW US A BETTER WAY.
9:14:33AM THANK YOU.
9:14:34AM WE'D LIKE TO ISSUE OR GIVE YOU A WATCH.
9:14:37AM >> COOL, AWESOME.
9:14:38AM THANKS.
9:14:39AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:14:40AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:14:41AM JIM CARSON, BILL CURRIE FORD.
9:14:44AM I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
9:14:46AM I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU MORE THAN WHAT I'M GIVING YOU.
9:14:49AM ON BEHALF OF THE CURRY FAMILY AND MYSELF, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE
9:14:52AM YOU A BRAND-NEW CAR.
9:14:54AM >> ALL RIGHT.
9:14:54AM I'LL TAKE THAT.
9:14:55AM >> AND WE HAVE A NEW PRESENTER TODAY, COUNCIL.
9:14:58AM IT'S BOB AND DUSTIN FROM CASPER McDONALD'S CORPORATION.
9:15:06AM >> THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR ALLOWING US TO BE
9:15:09AM HERE TODAY.
9:15:10AM DETECTIVE, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.
9:15:12AM WE HAVE A RICH HISTORY OF GIVING BACK AND SUPPORTING THE
9:15:17AM CITY, THE COUNTY, THE SCHOOLS, AND ESPECIALLY OUR FRIENDS IN
9:15:21AM LAW ENFORCEMENT.
9:15:23AM AND WITH ALL THAT WE DO IN HEARING THE TESTIMONY ABOUT WHAT
9:15:26AM YOU HAVE DONE, WE FEEL MINIMIZED IN COMPARISON AND THANKFUL
9:15:31AM FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO IN
9:15:35AM THIS CITY.
9:15:36AM WE BROUGHT A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION.
9:15:40AM THERE'S AN ASSORTMENT OF GIFTS IN THERE FOR YOU AND SOME
9:15:43AM FAMILY MEMBERS, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THEM AND WE SEE
9:15:46AM YOU UNDER THE ARCHES.
9:15:47AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:15:48AM >> THANK YOU.
9:15:51AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:15:56AM MIKE McCARTHER, STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE.
9:16:03AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:16:03AM YOU ARE A TRUE HERO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
9:16:05AM ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE, A
9:16:09AM $50 BASS GIFT CARD AND A NIGHT OUT IN OUR COMPANY LIMOUSINE.
9:16:14AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:16:15AM APPRECIATE IT.
9:16:16AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:16:20AM CARLOS RAMOS WITH THE TAMPA/HILLSBOROUGH EXPRESSWAY
9:16:23AM AUTHORITY.
9:16:24AM DETECTIVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
9:16:25AM I KNOW IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.
9:16:29AM I KNOW WE FEEL SAFE HAVING YOU DO THIS KIND OF WORK.
9:16:32AM WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
9:16:34AM AND TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION, WE HAVE A GIFT CARD TO THE
9:16:38AM RANCH HOUSE ON GANDY BOULEVARD.
9:16:40AM HOPE YOU CAN TAKE YOUR FAMILY OUT AND ENJOY A NICE NIGHT.
9:16:45AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:16:47AM MARY LOU BAILEY.
9:16:48AM I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF ZOO TAMPA AT LOWRY PARK.
9:16:51AM THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:16:53AM YOU'RE AWESOME.
9:16:54AM I'VE BEEN TO THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, SO I KNOW HOW
9:16:58AM TOUGH YOUR WORK IS, AT LEAST A SAMPLING.
9:17:02AM THE WORK WE HEARD YOU'RE DOING IS BREAKING MY HEART.
9:17:05AM I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS NINE AND TEN, AND IT MUST BE HORRIBLE
9:17:09AM WHAT YOU DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.
9:17:10AM TO DO SOMETHING FUN, FAMILY MEMBERSHIP TO ZOO TAMPA FOR YOU
9:17:13AM AND YOUR FAMILY.
9:17:14AM WHOLE YEAR, IT'S ADMISSION AND ALSO SPECIAL EVENTS.
9:17:16AM IT'S PROVIDED TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS WHO VOLUNTEER
9:17:19AM ON THE BOARD OF ZOO TAMPA BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU
9:17:22AM TO YOU AND THE WHOLE FORCE.
9:17:24AM HAVE A GREAT TIME.
9:17:25AM I HOPE YOU LOVE ANIMALS AND HAVE SOME FUN.
9:17:27AM >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:17:31AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:17:32AM MICHAEL KILGORE WITH THE GONZMART FAMILY RESTAURANTS.
9:17:35AM THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
9:17:37AM WE HAVE A HUNDRED DOLLAR GIFT CARD TO THE COLUMBIA.
9:17:39AM TAKE YOUR FAMILY.
9:17:40AM HAVE A GOOD TIME.
9:17:46AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:17:47AM PETE BREVI WITH BUSCH GARDENS.
9:17:49AM AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF LAW
9:17:51AM ENFORCEMENT AND FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF TODAY'S
9:17:55AM PROCEEDINGS.
9:17:55AM I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW SHANE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
9:17:57AM YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE BIO THAT THE CHIEF READ, PROBABLY
9:18:02AM ISN'T THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF REALLY WHAT HE DOES OR
9:18:04AM EXEMPLIFIES AS A HUMAN BEING.
9:18:06AM HE'S A GREAT COP, GREAT DETECTIVE, BUT PROBABLY A BETTER
9:18:09AM HUMAN BEING.
9:18:10AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO,SHAPE.
9:18:12AM ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS TAMPA BAY, HERE ARE FOUR TICKETS.
9:18:17AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:18:19AM LEAH WITH TAMPA THEATRE.
9:18:21AM DETECTIVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE IN OUR
9:18:23AM COMMUNITY.
9:18:24AM WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
9:18:26AM THIS IS A GIFT MEMBERSHIP FOR YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND CANDY
9:18:31AM FOR YOUR DAUGHTERS.
9:18:31AM VISIT US ON FRANKLIN STREET.
9:18:33AM THANK YOU, CONGRATULATIONS.
9:18:38AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:18:39AM BRIAN FORD WITH THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS.
9:18:41AM CHIEF DUGAN, DETECTIVE, AS A FATHER, I CAN'T EVEN PUT INTO
9:18:47AM WORDS.
9:18:47AM YOUR STORY IS UNBELIEVABLE.
9:18:49AM WE HAVE A LITTLE TRADITION OUT AT ONE BUC, AND WE GIVE AWAY
9:18:52AM GAME BALLS.
9:18:53AM I THINK YOU'RE VERY DESERVING OF THE GAME BALL.
9:18:55AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
9:18:56AM HAVE A GREAT DAY.
9:19:02AM >> YEAH, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FIRST, TO THE
9:19:05AM COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR AFFORDING US A FORUM FOR THIS, OFFICER
9:19:10AM OF THE MONTH.
9:19:11AM OBVIOUSLY, I WANT TO THANK MY SERGEANT WHO PUT ME IN FOR
9:19:14AM THIS AWARD AND ALL THE CHIEFS AND EXECUTIVE STAFF AND MAJORS
9:19:19AM THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING ME.
9:19:22AM I REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF GOOD POLICE OFFICERS TO
9:19:24AM CHOOSE FROM, SO IT'S VERY HUMBLING.
9:19:27AM I WANT USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY.
9:19:30AM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF, IF YOU WEREN'T AWARE, HAS A BIG
9:19:33AM BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS, BIGS IN BLUE PROGRAM THAT WE MENTOR
9:19:36AM YOUNG CHILDREN.
9:19:36AM AND MAURICE CARTER IS THE LITTLE BOY THAT I MENTOR, AND SO I
9:19:43AM WANTED TO BRING HIM ALONG WITH MY DAUGHTER TO SHOW THEM THAT
9:19:46AM HARD WORK IS RECOGNIZED AND THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDED US A
9:19:50AM FORUM TO USE THIS AS A TEACHABLE MOMENT.
9:19:52AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:19:52AM COME ON UP.
9:19:53AM THIS IS MY DAUGHTER HAVEN, AND THIS IS MAURICE.
9:20:01AM 11.
9:20:04AM DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
9:20:05AM HOW OLD ARE YOU?
9:20:06AM >> 8.
9:20:07AM >> 8.
9:20:07AM BOTH 8.
9:20:08AM BUT, OBVIOUSLY, SIZE -- THE SIZE IS DIFFERENT.
9:20:11AM ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:20:12AM I APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.
9:20:21AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DETECTIVE GADOURY, ON BEHALF OF TAMPA
9:20:23AM CITY COUNCIL, MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO
9:20:25AM REPRESENT THIS COMMENDATION TO YOU, SIR, ON YOUR OUTSTANDING
9:20:29AM JOB, WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY, 365 DAYS, NOT ONLY YOU, ALL THE
9:20:33AM OFFICERS OF THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
9:20:34AM AND THIS IS A TOKEN TO YOU FROM THE CITIZENS AND THIS WORK
9:20:40AM IS NOT FINISHING.
9:20:41AM THIS WORK CONTINUES EVERY DAY BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN
9:20:44AM SOCIETY THAT WANT TO DO THESE CRAZY THINGS.
9:20:46AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO.
9:20:48AM WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE.
9:20:49AM >> THANK YOU.
9:20:49AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:20:58AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: DETECTIVE GADOURY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
9:21:02AM YOU, THANK YOU.
9:21:06AM VERY MUCH.
9:21:08AM >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
9:21:09AM THAT'S MORE THAN YOU NEED TO SAY.
9:21:14AM >>LUIS VIERA: I WANTED TO JOIN COUNCILMAN CAPIN IN SAYING
9:21:17AM THANK YOU, DETECTIVE, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
9:21:19AM IF ANYBODY ASKS ME WHY I SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT, I'D ASK
9:21:22AM THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO OF FOLKS TALKING ABOUT YOU
9:21:26AM AND WHAT YOU DO.
9:21:27AM LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PAID TO DEAL OFTEN WITH HUMANITY AT THEIR
9:21:30AM VERY WORST, AND YOU'RE ALWAYS EXPECTED TO BE YOUR VERY BEST
9:21:34AM DURING THAT TIME, AND JUST WHAT YOU DO IN DEALING WITH
9:21:37AM CHILDREN, I COULDN'T BEGIN TO IMAGINE THE THINGS THAT YOU
9:21:41AM HAVE TO DO.
9:21:41AM I SALUTE YOU.
9:21:43AM I SALUTE YOUR FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING YOU BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
9:21:47AM FAMILIES ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE, AND THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
9:21:50AM I THINK ABOUT WHAT I LEARNED IN SUNDAY SCHOOL WHAT THE BIBLE
9:21:54AM SAYS ABOUT THOSE WHO HARM CHILDREN.
9:21:55AM IT'S BETTER -- SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT, THEY GET A ROCK
9:21:59AM ATTACHED TO THEIR BODY AND BE THROWN INTO THE OCEAN.
9:22:02AM MY SUNDAY SCHOOL DAYS ARE FAR BEHIND ME, SO TO SPEAK.
9:22:05AM I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
9:22:10AM THAT SOUNDED REALLY BAD.
9:22:11AM I STILL GO TO CHURCH.
9:22:12AM I STILL GO TO CHURCH.
9:22:13AM MY KID DAYS.
9:22:14AM THAT WAS OFF.
9:22:20AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:22:20AM THANK YOU.
9:22:21AM OF REALLY.
9:22:23AM THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
9:22:26AM MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU, AND THAT'S A REAL UNDERSTATEMENT.
9:22:30AM THANK YOU.
9:22:35AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DETECTIVE, THANKS SO MUCH.
9:22:36AM MR. VIERA IS THE EXAMPLE OF THE OLD GOVERNOR THAT SAID WHY
9:22:39AM USE ONE OR TWO WORDS WHEN 30 OR 40 WILL DO.
9:22:43AM I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
9:22:45AM OBVIOUSLY, EVER SINCE DUGAN TOOK OVER AS CHIEF, IT SEEMS
9:22:49AM LIKE EVERYONE HAS THE SAME HAIR CUT AS HIM THAT COMES UP TO
9:22:53AM GET AN AWARD.
9:22:54AM I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT IS.
9:22:55AM THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:22:57AM OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A VERY TOUGH JOB YOU HAVE TO HANDLE.
9:22:59AM THANKS FOR BEING A BIG BROTHER AND BRINGING MAURICE OVER
9:23:03AM HERE.
9:23:03AM I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN THE
9:23:05AM COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT COPS ARE SEEN AS PEOPLE THAT
9:23:09AM ARE WELCOMING AND A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO JUST
9:23:13AM BEING THERE WHEN THE WORST DAYS -- THE WORST TIMES OF THEIR
9:23:17AM LIFE HAPPEN.
9:23:18AM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
9:23:19AM >> THANK YOU.
9:23:20AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE?
9:23:22AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
9:23:23AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:24:11AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:24:15AM IT'S A PLEASURE TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND MAKE THIS
9:24:18AM COMMENDATION TO A VERY SPECIAL PERSON.
9:24:24AM THAT'S DYLAN McCARTHY.
9:24:26AM IS HE HERE?
9:24:27AM THANK YOU, SIR, FOR BEING HERE.
9:24:39AM ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD LIKE TO
9:24:43AM PRESENT THIS COMMENDATION TO YOU.
9:24:49AM I'M TRYING TO READ THIS.
9:24:51AM TROOP 45 OF CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH WHERE YOU JUST
9:24:59AM ACHIEVED THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT.
9:25:06AM MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT IS A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT.
9:25:09AM SO HONORED FOR ME TO STAND HERE AND PRESENT THIS TO YOU.
9:25:17AM I WISH THAT YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT RANK, WHATEVER THAT RANK
9:25:22AM IS.
9:25:22AM I WISH THAT YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT RANK.
9:25:26AM IT'S NOT ONLY A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR YOU, BUT IT'S A
9:25:29AM MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR YOUR FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY THAT
9:25:33AM YOU LIVE IN.
9:25:34AM SO ON BEHALF OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD LIKE TO
9:25:39AM PRESENT THIS COMMENDATION TO YOU AND WISH YOU MUCH MORE
9:25:47AM SUCCESS.
9:25:50AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:25:57AM WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO SAY SOMETHING.
9:26:20AM >> THANK YOU.
9:26:20AM I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THIS
9:26:27AM BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE.
9:26:28AM I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK MY FAMILY AND ALL OF MY MENTORS IN
9:26:35AM SCOUTING AND EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY,
9:26:38AM WHETHER IT'S MY FRIENDS IN SCOUTING, OUTSIDE SCOUTING,
9:26:41AM COACHES THAT LET ME SKIP PRACTICE TO GO TO BOYSCOUT
9:26:45AM MEETINGS.
9:26:46AM AND IT'S JUST -- I MEAN, IT'S A LONG TIME COMING.
9:26:50AM I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE.
9:26:51AM THANK YOU.
9:26:56AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:26:57AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DYLAN, WHAT WAS YOUR EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT?
9:27:01AM >> SO THERE'S THE VICTORY SHIP DOWN IN CHANNELSIDE.
9:27:05AM IT'S OUT IN THE SUN ALL DAY.
9:27:08AM THERE ARE A NUMBER OF -- THERE'S A BUNCH OF RUST.
9:27:12AM I PICKED THE FOUR CARGO WINCHES AND THE UPPER GUN DECK.
9:27:20AM I DECIDED TO SCRAPE OFF ALL THE OLD PAINT AND RUST AND
9:27:23AM REPAINT IT.
9:27:24AM I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN EASY PROJECT.
9:27:25AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:27:26AM IT TURNED OUT BEING 30 PLUS HOURS OF MANUAL LABOR, NOT
9:27:30AM INCLUDING WRITING UP THE PLANS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND JUST
9:27:35AM MEETING.
9:27:35AM I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A BUNCH OF PAINT.
9:27:38AM IT WAS LIKE $50 A GALLON, INDUSTRIAL-GRADE PAINT THAT I GOT
9:27:42AM FROM I THINK SUN PAINTS AND COATING.
9:27:45AM THEY JUST DONATED ALL, AND THEY SAID THAT I COULD COME IN
9:27:48AM THE STORE, GET WHATEVER I NEED, AND THEY'D GIVE IT TO ME FOR
9:27:56AM WHATEVER THEY BOUGHT IT FOR.
9:27:57AM SO THEY'RE NOT EVEN MAKING ANY PROFIT.
9:27:59AM I WAS THANKFUL FOR THEM AND EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT.
9:28:01AM I HAD A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS.
9:28:02AM IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
9:28:04AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY HAD A LOT OF MEMBERS OF
9:28:06AM THE TROOP COME OUT AND HELP YOU OUT.
9:28:08AM TYPICALLY THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS WITH AN EAGLE SCOUT
9:28:10AM PROJECT.
9:28:11AM YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR NEXT PROJECT COULD BE?
9:28:12AM WHY DON'T YOU TRY TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN AIR CONDITION THE
9:28:16AM SHIP IN THE HOLD BECAUSE THEY HAVE EVENTS OVER THERE AND YOU
9:28:18AM CANNOT BE THERE, USUALLY IT'S SO HOT INSIDE THERE.
9:28:21AM I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW THE SAILORS MUST HAVE FELT.
9:28:24AM THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
9:28:26AM CHRIST THE KING IS KNOWN AS THE PLACE WHERE MOST OF THE
9:28:29AM EAGLE SCOUTS COME FROM HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
9:28:31AM IN FACT, THEY CALL IT SORT OF AN EAGLE SCOUT CENTER, AND I
9:28:35AM KNOW THAT THE AMOUNT OF WORK YOU HAVE TO PUT INTO IT AND
9:28:38AM JUST THE PLANS THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT FORWARD IN ORDER TO GO
9:28:41AM AND MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK IS A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE
9:28:44AM SCENES.
9:28:44AM SO THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
9:28:46AM HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GO ON TO OTHER THINGS.
9:28:48AM WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO SCHOOL RIGHT NOW?
9:28:50AM >> I PLAN ON GOING TO FLORIDA STATE.
9:28:52AM BUT I'M AT JESUIT RIGHT NOW.
9:28:54AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO YOU'LL BE GRADUATING NEXT YEAR.
9:28:57AM MR. MIRANDA HAS GRANDCHILDREN THAT ARE AT FLORIDA STATE.
9:28:59AM I HAVE A SON AT FLORIDA STATE.
9:29:01AM I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY IT UP THERE.
9:29:03AM >> THANK YOU.
9:29:03AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING, KEEP UP
9:29:07AM THE HARD WORK AND YOU'LL DO FINE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
9:29:10AM >> THANK YOU.
9:29:10AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO MAJOR IN?
9:29:13AM >> I THINK MANAGEMENT, BUT I WANT TO GO ON TO TRY TO GET A
9:29:17AM DEGREE IN LAW WITH REAL --
9:29:20AM >> THAT'S A MISTAKE.
9:29:21AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:29:23AM >>HARRY COHEN: NO COMMENT.
9:29:25AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: GOOD FOR YOU.
9:29:27AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:29:31AM >>LUIS VIERA: I'LL VENTURE IN AGAIN.
9:29:32AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:29:38AM SCOUTING IS GOOD VALUES OF PATRIOTISM AND FAITH AND FAMILY.
9:29:41AM JUST CONGRATULATIONS.
9:29:42AM THE EAGLE SCOUTING IS LIKE THE NAVY SEALS OF SCOUTING, SO
9:29:47AM IT'S VERY, VERY SERIOUS.
9:29:48AM SO YOU'VE GOTTEN ACCEPTED INTO, IF IS U?
9:29:52AM >> YES, SIR.
9:29:53AM >>LUIS VIERA: THAT'S GREAT.
9:29:54AM THAT'S A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT.
9:29:56AM GETTING INTO FSU, IT'S TOUGH.
9:29:58AM WITH THE GRADES I GOT, THEY WOULDN'T LET ME IN THESE DAYS,
9:30:01AM TRUST ME, WHEN I WAS A KID.
9:30:02AM CONGRATULATIONS.
9:30:05AM >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
9:30:07AM >> THANK YOU ALL.
9:30:08AM [ APPLAUSE ]
9:30:14AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
9:30:14AM MR. SHELBY.
9:30:20AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, GOOD MORNING.
9:30:21AM AND GOOD MORNING, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES PUBLIC
9:30:24AM COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
9:30:24AM IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON A MATTER THAT IS SET ON THE
9:30:28AM AGENDA AS A WORKSHOP, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
9:30:31AM COMMENT AFTER THAT WORKSHOP ITEM.
9:30:33AM EACH SPEAKER IS GIVEN THREE MINUTES.
9:30:34AM PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
9:30:37AM AND IT IS REQUESTED THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOT DIRECTED
9:30:41AM PERSONALLY TO A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A STAFF MEMBER, BUT RATHER
9:30:43AM ISSUES DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AS A BODY.
9:30:45AM CITY COUNCIL APPRECIATES YOUR COOPERATION IN MAINTAINING
9:30:49AM ORDERLY CONDUCT AND PROPER DECORUM.
9:30:53AM THANK YOU.
9:31:01AM >> GOOD MORNING, MENTESMOT.
9:31:04AM IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE MOVE AND DOING
9:31:09AM PROJECT THINGS.
9:31:11AM AND IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO HEAR ADULTS TALK ABOUT THEY
9:31:18AM FORGOT THEIR SUNDAY SCHOOL VALUES OR SUNDAY SCHOOL MEMORIES
9:31:22AM OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
9:31:25AM THAT'S VERY INTERESTING, BECAUSE THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE
9:31:27AM LOSING THEIR VALUES ALONG THE WAY.
9:31:30AM I HAVE A STORY TO TELL.
9:31:35AM LAST THURSDAY, I ATTENDED A PLAY FOR MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD AT
9:31:42AM HIS SCHOOL.
9:31:44AM GAVE HIS BROTHER TEN DOLLARS, HIS NINE-YEAR-OLD BROTHER TEN
9:31:48AM DOLLARS FOR HIMSELF AND FIVE DOLLARS FOR HIS LITTLE BROTHER.
9:31:53AM AND LATER ON, A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WHEN I CHECKED TO SEE
9:31:57AM WHAT HAPPENED, DID HE GIVE HIM HIS FIVE DOLLARS OR NOT, HE
9:32:02AM SAY, NO, BUBBA, I GAVE HIM THE TEN DOLLARS BECAUSE HE DID
9:32:08AM GOOD IN HIS PLAY, AND HE DESERVED IT.
9:32:10AM I THINK THAT'S THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT HE'S TAKEN ON
9:32:19AM INDEPENDENT OF ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS ROTTEN WORLD AROUND
9:32:25AM HIM.
9:32:25AM THAT'S THE VALUES HE HOLD DEAR TO HIMSELF, AND THAT'S A
9:32:33AM CHILD.
9:32:33AM AND TO SEE ADULTS AROUND HERE -- ADULTS, DO-NOTHING MEMBERS
9:32:39AM OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ADULTS, THAT'S ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE
9:32:43AM PEOPLE'S INTERESTS, CONSTITUENTS, AND CAN NEVER DO SO.
9:32:49AM WHEN YOU REQUEST SOMETHING OF THEM, THEY CAN'T EVEN LOOK
9:32:53AM INTO IT IF YOU'RE NOT A BIG DEVELOPER OR YOU'RE NOT IN A
9:32:56AM DOWNTOWN CROWD OR IN A WHITE CROWD.
9:32:58AM AND THEY HAVE A CERTAIN KIND OF RACIAL HATRED THAT THEY
9:33:01AM DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENED OR HOW IT HAPPENED TO AFRICAN
9:33:07AM PEOPLE.
9:33:07AM IT WAS HONORABLE TO SEE THE POLICE OFFICERS HERE THIS
9:33:10AM MORNING, BECAUSE NORMALLY THEY ARE GIVING AWAY SOME GARBAGE
9:33:13AM AWARDS TO SOME CROOKED POLICE OFFICERS, LIKE SERITA BAKER,
9:33:18AM LIKE DETECTIVE SERITA BAKER, CROOKED POLICE OFFICER.
9:33:21AM IT WAS HONORABLE TO SEE A POLICE OFFICER HERE THAT SAY HE'S
9:33:26AM A MENTOR FOR THE BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS PROGRAM.
9:33:29AM THAT'S VERY HONORABLE.
9:33:31AM AND WHAT THIS CITY COUNCIL HAVE TO DO IS TAKE ON SOME
9:33:34AM HONORABLE TASKS AND HONORABLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
9:33:36AM AND WHEN THE MAN HERE TALKS ABOUT DECOR AND THE MAN THERE
9:33:41AM TALKS ABOUT SOMEBODY KISSING HIS BUTT AND YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
9:33:43AM BE THERE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK.
9:33:46AM WHEN THE MAYOR IS CALLING AFRICAN WOMEN BITCHES AND CALLING
9:33:49AM FOR THE LYNCHING OF AN AFRICAN MAN, THAT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK.
9:33:54AM NEW CITY COUNCIL, NEW MAYOR COMING.
9:33:57AM WE NEED BETTER REPRESENTATION THROUGHOUT THIS CITY.
9:34:01AM THANK YOU.
9:34:03AM [ BELL SOUNDS ]
9:34:10AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL.
9:34:12AM MY NAME IS PASTOR WILLIAMS.
9:34:14AM THE CHURCH LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
9:34:19AM I WANT TO READ SOME SCRIPTURE TO YOU FIRST BEFORE I COMMENT
9:34:24AM ON ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU ALL DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO HEAR
9:34:28AM NOTHING I GOT TO SAY OR ANYTHING THIS YOUNG MAN HERE HAS.
9:34:32AM NOW, FAITH -- THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.
9:34:40AM FOR -- GOOD REPORT.
9:34:42AM THROUGH FAITH WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLD WAS FRAMED BY THE
9:34:45AM WORDS OF GOD SO THAT THING WHICH I SEEN ARE NOT MADE, MADE
9:34:51AM OF THINGS WHICH DO APPEAR.
9:34:53AM BY FAITH, OFFER TO GOD A MORE EXCELLENT SACRIFICE THAN CAIN
9:35:01AM BY WHICH HE OBTAINED WITNESS THAT HE WAS RIGHTEOUS.
9:35:05AM GOD TESTIFYING OF HIS GIFT AND BY BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH.
9:35:13AM FAITH, TRANSLATED THAT HE SHALL NOT SEEK DEATH.
9:35:15AM AND WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD HAS TRANSLATED HIM FOR BEFORE
9:35:22AM HIS TRANSLATION, HE -- THAT HE PLEASES GOD.
9:35:29AM BUT WITH OUR FAITH, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM BECAUSE
9:35:33AM HE COMETH TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS AND THAT HE IS
9:35:38AM REWARDED THAT DILIGENCE SEEK HIM BY FAITH NOR BEING WARNED
9:35:42AM OF GOD OF THINGS NOT SEEN YET, MOVE WITH FEAR TO THE SAVING
9:35:50AM OF THIS HOUSE BY WHICH HE CONDEMNED THE WORLD AND BECAME --
9:35:57AM RIGHTEOUS BY FAITH.
9:35:59AM BY FAITH, WHICH HE WAS CALLED TO GO OUT INTO A PLACE WHICH
9:36:02AM HE SHOULD RECEIVE AFTER FOR INHERITANCE, OBEY.
9:36:07AM HE WENT OUT AND NOT KNOWING WHETHER HE WENT.
9:36:10AM YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE DO IN THIS WORLD AND ALL OF US TO
9:36:14AM PLEASE GOD, WE'VE GOT TO DO IT BY FAITH.
9:36:18AM I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON, I WORSHIP GOD BY FAITH.
9:36:21AM I PRAISE GOD BY FAITH.
9:36:23AM I GLORIFY GOD BY FAITH, AND WE ARE HERE ONLY BECAUSE OF GOD
9:36:29AM AND NOBODY ELSE.
9:36:30AM I DON'T CARE WHAT KIND OF RICHES YOU HAVE.
9:36:34AM IF IT WASN'T FOR GOD, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.
9:36:36AM WE'VE GOT SO MUCH TO THANK GOD FOR.
9:36:39AM I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS ALSO.
9:36:41AM YOU KNOW, TEACHERS ARE ALLOWED TO CARRY A GUN IN SCHOOL.
9:36:47AM WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL, WE HAD PRAYER.
9:36:49AM AND YOU WEREN'T HEARING ABOUT NOBODY KILLING UP A BUNCH OF
9:36:52AM INNOCENT KIDS.
9:36:53AM BUT NOWADAYS, THEY WANT TO TEACH TO YOU CARRY GUNS.
9:36:57AM AND THEY WON'T ONLY BE KILLING THE ENEMIES, THEY'LL BE
9:37:02AM KILLING THEMSELVES AND INNOCENT CHILDREN.
9:37:04AM SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE A GUN.
9:37:06AM WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, ONCE WE PUT A -- GOD, TEN
9:37:11AM COMMANDMENTS, COURTHOUSE.
9:37:13AM NOW THEY SNATCHED THAT DOWN.
9:37:16AM THEY DON'T WANT TO REPRESENT GOD UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE.
9:37:18AM BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WE STILL HEAR -- SOME PEOPLE STILL
9:37:25AM SPEAK THE TRUTH AND RESPECT GOD ALMIGHTY.
9:37:27AM THIS MAN -- HONOR, ABOVE ALL THE POLICEMEN AND EVERYBODY
9:37:33AM ELSE.
9:37:33AM THIS MAN SHOULD BE HONORED IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
9:37:38AM CITY COUNCIL OUGHT TO BE GLAD TO HONOR.
9:37:41AM THANK GOD.
9:37:42AM GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU-ALL.
9:37:45AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
9:37:46AM ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT?
9:37:49AM ALL RIGHT.
9:37:52AM WE GO TO THE WORKSHOP.
9:37:59AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:38:00AM CATHERINE COYLE, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
9:38:02AM IT'S BEEN QUITE AN EMOTIONAL MORNING.
9:38:05AM I'M PLAYING THE ROLE OF JEAN DUNCAN TODAY, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
9:38:12AM THE MOTION IS RELATED TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND
9:38:16AM CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES.
9:38:18AM IN BIGGER PICTURE, I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK JUST A MINUTE,
9:38:22AM BIGGER PICTURE.
9:38:23AM THE ITEMS THAT I'VE PROVIDED YOU THIS MORNING, TWO-PAGE MEMO
9:38:27AM THAT IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF WHAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
9:38:30AM CURRENTLY HAS AND IT RELATED TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
9:38:36AM POLICIES.
9:38:37AM I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE EXCITING NEWS THAT THE HART
9:38:40AM IN COOPERATION AND SUPPORTING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND
9:38:44AM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE MPO WERE AWARDED A TOD
9:38:48AM PLANNING GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $800,000 FOR US TO GO BACK
9:38:53AM AND LOOK AT OUR POLICIES AND THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE FOR
9:38:57AM FLOOR AREA RATIOS, PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS, AMENITIES,
9:39:01AM SUPPORT FACILITIES, AND TAKE A REALLY HARD LOOK AT THOSE
9:39:05AM POLICIES AND THEN MOVE THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO TYPOLOGY FOR
9:39:11AM STATIONS AND STATION AREAS.
9:39:12AM YOU'LL NOTE ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE MEMO, THERE ARE THREE
9:39:17AM BASIC PHASES OF THE STUDY.
9:39:19AM PHASE ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
9:39:21AM THE FIRST ONE, FIRST PHASE IS GOING TO STUDY THE EXTENSION
9:39:24AM OF THE STREETCAR.
9:39:26AM THE NEXT PHASES WILL STUDY THE TWO LEGS OF HART'S BRT AT
9:39:30AM NEBRASKA AND THEN OUT FOWLER.
9:39:31AM THERE ARE FOUR PRINCIPAL TASKS AND EXCERPTS THERE.
9:39:36AM I'VE INCLUDED THE ACTUAL SUMMARY ON TAB 4 OF THE GRANT
9:39:41AM ITSELF THAT WE SUBMITTED.
9:39:46AM I DID WANT TO GIVE A NOD TO COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:39:49AM THIS IS THE SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE, AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT HART
9:39:53AM HAS CREATED RECENTLY.
9:39:55AM THEY HAD THEIR KICKOFF MEETING JANUARY 28th.
9:39:58AM AS I SAID, THIS IS A NEW ITERATION OF IT.
9:40:02AM ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE.
9:40:05AM I'M SORRY.
9:40:07AM SEVEN YEARS AGO.
9:40:08AM SEVEN YEARS AGO.
9:40:10AM I APOLOGIZE.
9:40:11AM IT WAS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO.
9:40:13AM IT WAS THE FIRST COMMITTEE ON T.O.D.
9:40:16AM AND COUNCILMAN SUAREZ BEING PART OF THE HART BOARD,
9:40:20AM SPEARHEADED THAT.
9:40:21AM THEY RE-UPPED THAT AGAIN AND WE HAD OUR KICKOFF MEETING.
9:40:25AM AND THAT SUBCOMMITTEE IS GOING TO BASICALLY OVERSEE,
9:40:30AM INTERACT WITH THE PROJECT TEAM ON THE GRANT, MONITOR ITS
9:40:34AM PROGRESS, GO THROUGH THE RFP THAT'S GOING TO COME UP.
9:40:39AM WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO MEET EVERY 60 DAYS.
9:40:41AM THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING -- I LISTED THE DATES.
9:40:44AM THE NEXT ONE IS MARCH AND THEN A FOLLOW-UP ONE IN MAY.
9:40:47AM THE RFP WILL GO OUT LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER FOR
9:40:51AM CONSULTANTS TO COME IN AND WORK WITH US ON THAT.
9:40:53AM AND IT IS ABOUT A 33-MONTH PROJECT.
9:40:57AM WHICH IS GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING.
9:41:00AM THE PROJECT ITSELF IS GOING TO ANALYZE EVERYTHING THAT WE DO
9:41:04AM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR THE STATIONS AND THE
9:41:08AM DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN COME.
9:41:10AM JUST TO GIVE YOU BY WAY OF BRIEF BACKGROUND, THIS IS THE
9:41:15AM VISION MAP FROM YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
9:41:18AM YOU'LL NOTICE THIS BLACK DASH LINE, KIND OF GOES UP ALONG
9:41:23AM THE MAIN CORRIDORS.
9:41:25AM THAT IS THE FUTURE TRANSIT ENVELOPE.
9:41:28AM AND THAT TIES DIRECTLY TO THE T.O.D. POLICIES AND THE
9:41:32AM FRAMEWORK IN THE COMP PLAN THAT ONCE THERE'S A FIXED
9:41:35AM GUIDEWAY SYSTEM IDENTIFIED AND FUNDED, THEN THERE ARE LAND
9:41:40AM USES, DENSITIES AND INTENSITIES THAT ACTUALLY DROP RIGHT ON
9:41:44AM TOP.
9:41:47AM >>HARRY COHEN: YOU JUST SAID THAT WAS THE TRANSIT ENVELOPE.
9:41:50AM THE TRANSIT ENVELOPE DOESN'T INCLUDE THE CSX CORRIDOR?
9:41:53AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: THE FUTURE TRANSIT ENVELOPE DOES, YES.
9:41:55AM IT GOES ALL THE WAY OUT --
9:41:56AM >>HARRY COHEN: WELL, IT DOESN'T IN THE SOUTH.
9:41:59AM THERE IS A CSX LINE THAT GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE PENINSULA.
9:42:05AM THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS?
9:42:08AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: YEAH, IT IS NOT.
9:42:09AM SOUTH TAMPA ACTUALLY IS THE PLANNING DISTRICT, IS NOT A
9:42:13AM GROWTH DISTRICT.
9:42:14AM TECHNICALLY.
9:42:15AM >>HARRY COHEN: OH, WELL, THAT'S NEWS TO EVERYBODY THAT LIVES
9:42:19AM -- I MEAN --
9:42:20AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: WELL, I MEAN, THAT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING
9:42:22AM THAT WILL BE STUDIED THROUGH THE ACTUAL GRANT TO LOOK AT THE
9:42:26AM POLICIES AND THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE AND SEE IF ACTUALLY
9:42:29AM IT COVERS EVERYTHING WE NEED.
9:42:31AM >>HARRY COHEN: THAT'S PART OF THE SCOPE OF IT?
9:42:33AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: ABSOLUTELY.
9:42:34AM WE WOULD BE LOOKING EVERYTHING, TOP TO BOTTOM.
9:42:36AM IT WAS ADOPTED IN JANUARY 2009.
9:42:38AM >>HARRY COHEN: IF THE SCOPE NEEDED TO BE EXPANDED TO COVER
9:42:41AM OTHER PIECES OF THE CITY, IT WOULD BE.
9:42:43AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: YES.
9:42:44AM THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXTENSION TO
9:42:48AM THE WEST AS WELL OF THE CURRENT LINE, BECAUSE IT ONLY GOES
9:42:52AM TO A BOULEVARD RIGHT NOW, AND IT DOES NEED TO GO A LITTLE
9:42:55AM FARTHER TO THE WEST, PROBABLY TO ARMENIA OR EVEN A LITTLE
9:42:57AM BIT FARTHER.
9:42:58AM BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY.
9:43:02AM FROM THE ENVELOPE ON DOWN.
9:43:05AM ON TAB 2, AND I NOTICED AFTER IT PRINTED THAT IT'S A LITTLE
9:43:10AM BIT LIGHT.
9:43:11AM I CAN E-MAIL YOU A BLOWN-UP VERSION OF IT.
9:43:14AM IF YOU LOOK AT IT ONLINE, YOU CAN READ IT PRETTY WELL, BUT
9:43:17AM I'LL SEND YOU A BLOWN-UP VERSION.
9:43:19AM THIS IS MIXED USE REGIONAL, COMMUNITY CENTER, NEIGHBORHOOD
9:43:22AM STATIONS, EMPLOYMENT CENTERS.
9:43:23AM THIS TABLE WAS CREATED FOR THE COUNTY AND THE CITY KNOWING
9:43:27AM THAT TRANSIT OBVIOUSLY WILL CONNECT EVENTUALLY.
9:43:30AM SO THERE ARE SOME IN HERE THAT RELATE TO BRANDON AND OTHER
9:43:33AM AREAS IN THE COUNTY AS WELL.
9:43:34AM THEY TIE TO OUR PLANNING DISTRICTS.
9:43:36AM THEY TIE TO MIXED USE CORRIDORS, URBAN VILLAGES, AND THEY
9:43:40AM HAVE AN INCREASED DENSITY AND INTENSITY LISTED HERE THAT ARE
9:43:45AM A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THE COMP PLAN, THE FUTURE LAND USE
9:43:48AM CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE.
9:43:49AM SO THOSE WOULD DROP AUTOMATICALLY.
9:43:51AM THAT'S THE WHOLE PREMISE BEHIND THIS, IT WOULD DROP
9:43:55AM AUTOMATICALLY ONCE THE STATIONS ARE IDENTIFIED.
9:43:57AM THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE ANALYZED.
9:43:59AM LOOKING AT THE RIDERSHIP OF THESE, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT
9:44:03AM WOULD SUPPORT THE RIDERSHIP OR INCREASE IT AND HOW TO
9:44:07AM BALANCE THOSE THINGS THROUGHOUT WHATEVER CORRIDORS THERE
9:44:10AM ARE.
9:44:10AM I DID INCLUDE THE SUBCOMMITTEE AGENDA FROM JANUARY, AND TAB
9:44:19AM 3, AT THE TIME THIS IS THE PHASE ONE PREFERRED ALIGNMENT
9:44:29AM OPTIONS FOR THE STREETCAR, THIS IS BEING REFINED CURRENTLY
9:44:32AM WITH TRANSPORTATION AND THE STREETCAR EXTENSION PROJECT, UP
9:44:35AM TO PALM.
9:44:36AM AND THEN THIS IS THE BRT STUDY ROUTES WHICH ARE LOOKING AT
9:44:40AM FLORIDA, NEBRASKA, FOWLER, UP TO UATC.
9:44:44AM AND FINALLY, AS I MENTIONED, I DID GIVE YOU THE SUMMARY ON
9:44:54AM PAGE 4.
9:44:55AM YOU CAN READ IN MORE DEPTH AS OPPOSED TO THE EXCERPTS I PUT
9:45:00AM IN THE PLAN OR THE MEMO.
9:45:01AM FINALLY, TO GET TO THE MEAT OF WHAT IT WAS YOU TECHNICALLY
9:45:07AM ASKED FOR, I DO HAVE A LIST -- WHAT YOU HAVE, THE FIRST
9:45:24AM COPY, I ASKED REAL ESTATE TO ESSENTIALLY DUMP THE LIST FROM
9:45:29AM THEIR INVENTORY, AND I SPENT THE LAST MANY DAYS GOING
9:45:36AM THROUGH IT.
9:45:36AM THAT'S IT SAYS PUD NOTES AS WELL.
9:45:39AM TRYING TO SCRUB IT, ESSENTIALLY, FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS
9:45:42AM TO BE A STORMWATER FACILITY OR A DITCH OR A BAY BOTTOM.
9:45:45AM SOME OF THEM ARE LISTED AS SUBMERGED LANDS.
9:45:48AM THERE IS A RANDOM ASSORTMENT OF LANDS IN THERE.
9:45:50AM AND SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY AREN'T EVEN ACCURATE.
9:45:52AM SOME OF THE FOLIO NUMBERS HAVE BEEN COMBINED.
9:45:54AM SO AS I WENT THROUGH EACH ONE, I FOUND FOLIOS MISSING AND I
9:45:58AM REALIZED THEY HAD BEEN COMBINED WITH OTHER FOLIOS.
9:46:01AM YOU NOTICE IT SAYS URP ON A LOT OF THEM.
9:46:04AM THOSE ARE UNECONOMIC REMAINDER POLICIES.
9:46:06AM SOME OF THEM ARE AS NARROW AS A FOOT.
9:46:08AM AND THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER FROM 1990 ESTABLISHES THE RULE THAT
9:46:16AM THEY ARE SOLD TO THE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR, ESSENTIALLY.
9:46:19AM I DID IT BY -- I ORGANIZED IT BY ZONING DISTRICT JUST FOR
9:46:24AM YOU TO SEE.
9:46:25AM THE MAPS I'VE GIVEN YOU, THESE ARE -- THIS IS A QUICK SNAP
9:46:31AM JUST TO SHOW YOU BECAUSE IT IS THE WHOLE CITY WHEN YOU LOOK
9:46:34AM AT THE TRANSIT ENVELOPE.
9:46:35AM I GAVE YOU THE CENTER CORRIDOR SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE
9:46:37AM NEBRASKA BRT IS.
9:46:39AM YOU CAN SEE THESE LITTLE TINY SLIVERS IN DIFFERENT PARTS.
9:46:46AM THOSE ARE THE PARCELS ON THE LIST.
9:46:49AM THEY LITERALLY ARE LITTLE CHUNKS OF LAND.
9:46:51AM I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU VISUALLY THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE
9:46:55AM BRT OR PROXIMITY WITHIN THE FUTURE TRANSIT ENVELOPE.
9:46:59AM THIS IS SEMINOLE HEIGHTS NORTH OF MLK ON THE FIRST MAP.
9:47:06AM ON THE SECOND MAP, YOU'RE GOING TO JUST THE SOUTH OF THAT.
9:47:12AM SO YOU'VE GOT NEBRASKA, MLK, FLORIDA, AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM
9:47:18AM YOU START TO SEE THE EXTENSION OF THE STREETCAR ON THE TOP
9:47:21AM OF THE STREETCAR IN YBOR.
9:47:23AM AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUT IN EAST TAMPA, THERE ARE SOME
9:47:27AM PARCELS THAT ARE ALONG THAT RAIL AREA.
9:47:34AM THEY ARE UNECONOMIC REMAINDERS.
9:47:37AM THEY ARE ODD-SHAPED LOTS OR NARROW OR LAND LOCKED.
9:47:42AM YOU'LL NOTICE A LOT OF THEM ARE LAND LOCKED ON THE LIST AS
9:47:45AM WELL, SOME OF THE LARGER ONES ARE LAND LOCKED.
9:47:48AM THE THIRD ONE I THINK GETS TO THE HEART BECAUSE IT'S
9:47:53AM ACTUALLY DOWNTOWN AREA, AND THAT CENTRAL AREA AS IT BLEEDS
9:47:56AM INTO HARBOR ISLANDS, DAVIS ISLANDS AND THAT SOUTH TAMPA
9:47:59AM SECTION.
9:47:59AM AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THAT'S THE STREETCAR WITH THE
9:48:04AM ALIGNMENT, PREFERRED ALIGNMENT.
9:48:07AM AND THEN THE BRT ROUTE COMING IN.
9:48:09AM THE LINE HERE IS GOING TO THE ACTUAL MARION TRANSIT CENTER.
9:48:17AM WE HAPPEN TO OWN THE INTERLYING LAND.
9:48:19AM AS FAR AS TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, I CAN TELL YOU I GO
9:48:23AM A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR ON THE T.O.D. COUNCIL WITH U.L.I.
9:48:28AM AND UNION STATION IS HERE.
9:48:30AM AND THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'VE SEEN IN OTHER
9:48:33AM COMMUNITIES WHERE, OBVIOUSLY, THOSE TRANSIT LOCATIONS CANNOT
9:48:37AM -- THEY CAN BE MORE THAN JUST A TRANSIT STOP.
9:48:39AM THEY CAN -- WE COULD LOOK TO PARTNER AND DEVELOP IT IN OTHER
9:48:42AM WAYS.
9:48:42AM BUT THAT WILL FLESH OUT THROUGH THE ACTUAL STATION AREA
9:48:47AM TYPOLOGIES AND DESIGNS AND THROUGH ANY PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE
9:48:51AM FORM.
9:48:51AM THOSE ARE REALLY THE TWO BIG ONES THAT HAPPEN TO BE UNDER
9:48:54AM OWNERSHIP.
9:48:55AM THE REST OF THEM ARE VERY SMALL.
9:48:57AM SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY.
9:49:03AM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
9:49:03AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
9:49:05AM CATHY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS.
9:49:07AM MR. COHEN AND I WERE LOOKING, WAIT A MINUTE, AREN'T WE
9:49:10AM SUPPOSED TO GET A LIST OF PROPERTIES?
9:49:12AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: I WAS TRYING TO PAINT A PICTURE FIRST.
9:49:14AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: LET ME MAKE SURE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU
9:49:17AM MENTIONED THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH TRYING TO TALK ABOUT
9:49:20AM T.O.D.
9:49:21AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: FOR A VERY LONG TIME, YES.
9:49:23AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE LIST YOU HAVE, WHEN YOU SAY "DEVELOPABLE
9:49:26AM LANDS," MEANING THOSE ALREADY EMPTY, NOT NECESSARILY ONLY
9:49:30AM THOSE THAT ARE OWNED THAT MIGHT BE CONVERTED INTO OTHER
9:49:32AM USES.
9:49:33AM AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE MAY BE PARKING LOTS THAT ARE NOT LISTED
9:49:36AM ON HERE.
9:49:36AM ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
9:49:37AM I THINK I SAW ONE ON HERE.
9:49:39AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: THERE ARE A FEW PARKING LOTS, YES.
9:49:41AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THERE ARE A COUPLE, FEW, HERE AND THERE.
9:49:44AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: YES.
9:49:44AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND THERE ARE SOME PROBABLY -- I DON'T KNOW
9:49:46AM IF YOU HAD ANY HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
9:49:47AM THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE IN THERE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY.
9:49:50AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: THE ONE AT 1301 NORTH FLORIDA.
9:49:52AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
9:49:53AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: IT'S A WEIRD LITTLE LOT.
9:49:55AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
9:49:56AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: IT'S KIND OF FENCED OFF.
9:49:58AM IT'S WEIRD.
9:49:59AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE MR. COHEN ASKED A
9:50:02AM QUESTION ABOUT SOUTH TAMPA AND CSX.
9:50:04AM CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, T.O.D. IS LOOKING AT THOSE SPACES
9:50:08AM AND DEVELOPABLE LAND THAT'S AVAILABLE ALONG A CORRIDOR.
9:50:12AM AM I CORRECT ABOUT THAT?
9:50:14AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: UM-HUM.
9:50:15AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: PART OF THE REASON, WHEN WE DID OUR FIRST
9:50:17AM T.O.D. STUDY GROUP BACK IN 2012, WE LOOKED AT THE EAST-WEST
9:50:21AM CORRIDOR.
9:50:22AM I SAID, WHY CAN'T WE DO AN EAST-WEST CORRIDOR?
9:50:25AM AND TONY GARCIA FROM PLANNING COMMISSION SAID THERE ISN'T
9:50:30AM ENOUGH EMPTY SPOTS THAT ARE NOT ALREADY DEVELOPED.
9:50:32AM THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT PART OF THE TRANSIT
9:50:36AM ENVELOPE IN TERMS OF T.O.D., IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
9:50:39AM BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PIECES OF LAND THAT ARE NOT
9:50:43AM DEVELOPED IN SOUTH TAMPA.
9:50:47AM YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO BUILD NEW
9:50:50AM HOMES OR STUFF LIKE THAT.
9:50:51AM WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DENSITY ALONG CORRIDORS, YOU'D
9:50:55AM HAVE TO CHANGE SOME OF THE UNDERLYING LAND USE OR ZONING
9:50:58AM REGULATION IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE --
9:51:00AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: TYPICALLY IT INTENSIFIES A LOT, YES.
9:51:03AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT INTENSIFIES IT SIGNIFICANTLY.
9:51:06AM SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT'S THE
9:51:10AM REASON WHY THEY DON'T HAVE SOUTH TAMPA ON THERE.
9:51:12AM BECAUSE THERE ARE LESS PARCELS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BE
9:51:14AM DEVELOPED ALONG THE CORRIDOR ITSELF.
9:51:15AM >>HARRY COHEN: AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR DISTINCTION.
9:51:17AM I WAS JUST POINTING OUT, WE HAVE 5,000 UNITS THAT ARE BEING
9:51:21AM BUILT CURRENTLY AT RATTLESNAKE POINT, FOR EXAMPLE.
9:51:23AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: SURE.
9:51:24AM >>HARRY COHEN: SO THEY MIGHT -- THE FACT THAT THERE'S NOT
9:51:27AM VACANT LAND THERE IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE FACT THAT, IN FACT,
9:51:31AM THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF DENSITY GOING THERE NOW ALREADY.
9:51:36AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: UM-HUM.
9:51:37AM >>HARRY COHEN: SO PEOPLE WILL NEED TO GET IN AND OUT OF
9:51:39AM THERE AND AT SOME POINT FACTORED IN --
9:51:42AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU'RE CORRECT.
9:51:43AM THAT IS AN INTENSIFICATION ON THE WEST SIDE.
9:51:45AM IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INTENSIFICATION ALONG, SOUTH OF
9:51:47AM KENNEDY THAT GOES ALONG THE CSX TRACKS, THEN YOU'RE TALKING
9:51:50AM ABOUT A DIFFERENT ISSUE, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
9:51:53AM THAT'S ALL I WAS TRYING TO POINT OUT.
9:51:54AM NOW, PART OF WHAT -- WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE T.O.D. PROJECTS,
9:51:59AM ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CAPITOL HILL PROJECT THAT THEY ARE
9:52:02AM DOING IN SEATTLE?
9:52:04AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: I MISSED THE SEATTLE TRIP, UNFORTUNATELY.
9:52:06AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S OKAY.
9:52:07AM I MISSED IT, TOO.
9:52:09AM NOT A BIG DEAL.
9:52:10AM I READ ABOUT WHAT THEY DID.
9:52:11AM SO THEY PUT THEIR STAGING AREA IN ORDER TO BUILD THE STATION
9:52:15AM ITSELF NEXT TO IT.
9:52:16AM THEN THAT STAGING AREA, ONCE THE STATION IS DEVELOPED, THEN
9:52:20AM IS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
9:52:22AM I THINK THEY ARE DOING 482 UNITS.
9:52:24AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: I HAVE THE BACKGROUND DATA.
9:52:26AM I CAN SEND IT TO YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE.
9:52:28AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, 42% OF ALL THE UNITS ARE
9:52:32AM NOW GOING TO BE USED, ARE GOING TO HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY
9:52:35AM ASPECT OF IT, I THINK BETWEEN 65 AND 85 PERCENT OF AMI THAT
9:52:40AM YOU'RE ALLOWED TO RESERVE FOR THAT.
9:52:42AM AND I THINK THAT PROBABLY IS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
9:52:46AM IT IS A REGULATION OR A ZONING REGULATION SPECIFICALLY FOR
9:52:50AM THAT.
9:52:51AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: UM-HUM.
9:52:52AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND THAT'S WHERE T.O.D. AND ZONING AND LAND
9:52:54AM USE COME INTO PLAY.
9:52:58AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: THAT'S CORRECT.
9:52:59AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE CHANGING IN ORDER TO MAKE
9:53:01AM SURE YOU INTENSIFY THE USE ALONG THE CORRIDOR ITSELF.
9:53:04AM LET ME ASK YOU IN TERMS OF -- BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE
9:53:07AM LAND WE OWN.
9:53:08AM AND T.O.D. IS A PROCESS IN WHICH SOMETIMES WE HAVE PRIVATE
9:53:13AM OWNERS THAT ALSO WANT TO BE PART OF T.O.D. PROJECTS.
9:53:17AM AND THEN THE CITY OR THE TRANSIT SYSTEM OR THE COUNTY MIGHT
9:53:21AM BE A PART OF THAT, TOO.
9:53:25AM AS PART OF THE GRANT, ARE YOU ALL GOING TO LOOK AT ALSO
9:53:28AM COUNTY-OWNED PARCELS LANDS?
9:53:32AM BECAUSE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, YOU KNOW, HART OWNS THESE VERY
9:53:35AM SMALL PARCELS THAT ARE PART OF THEIR BUS STOPS.
9:53:39AM AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT -- AND WE'VE USED
9:53:43AM SOME EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS TO TRY AND GET SOME OF THE
9:53:47AM PIECES, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO PURCHASE IT FROM SOME OF
9:53:50AM THESE LANDOWNERS BECAUSE THEY ARE USUALLY VERY SMALL PARCELS
9:53:53AM AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THAT PIECE REGARDLESS OF
9:53:56AM THE KIND OF AGREEMENT THEY MIGHT HAVE WITH THEM.
9:53:59AM HOW DO YOU SEE US AS A CITY LOOKING AT OUR LAND USE IN
9:54:03AM RELATION TO THE CORRIDORS AND THEN ALSO IN TERMS OF THOSE
9:54:08AM AVAILABLE PARCELS OF LAND THAT MIGHT BE OWNED BY, LET'S SAY,
9:54:12AM A CAR LOT OR OTHER USES THAT ARE PRIMARILY PARKING OR
9:54:16AM NONACTIVATED USES IN THOSE CORRIDORS?
9:54:19AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: SO ALL OF THAT IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE
9:54:21AM EVALUATION.
9:54:22AM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT WITH THE INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS,
9:54:24AM IT IS TYPICAL THAT WE'LL PULL ALL GOVERNMENT-OWNED LANDS.
9:54:28AM WE'LL LOOK AT F.D.O.T. LANDS BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A
9:54:30AM REPOSITORY OF VACANT LANDS THAT THEY PURCHASE FOR
9:54:33AM RIGHT-OF-WAY OR SOMETHING AND THEN DIDN'T NEED IT ANYMORE
9:54:36AM AND IT'S SITTING IN THEIR BANK.
9:54:38AM COUNTY LANDS, SCHOOL BOARD LANDS, ANYTHING THAT'S OUT THERE,
9:54:40AM WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT THAT.
9:54:41AM AND THEN WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF LOOKING AT UNDERUTILIZED
9:54:44AM LANDS, WHICH IS WHAT WE TYPICALLY CALL THEM.
9:54:47AM IF WE SEE PARCELS THAT HAVE HIGH INTENSITY ZONING OR HIGH
9:54:51AM INTENSITY LAND USE AND IT'S GOT A THOUSAND-SQUARE-FOOT
9:54:56AM BUILDING ON IT AND OLD DEFUNCT CAR LOT, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S AN
9:54:59AM UNDERUTILIZED PIECE OF LAND, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NEAR A
9:55:02AM MIXED-USE CORRIDOR OR RAIL CORRIDOR.
9:55:04AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
9:55:05AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY THOSE KIND OF
9:55:07AM THINGS THAT WE'LL BRING TOGETHER AND LOOK FOR THOSE
9:55:10AM OPPORTUNITIES.
9:55:11AM I BELIEVE IT'S IN TASK THREE, MOVING INTO FOUR IN THE GRANT
9:55:13AM WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO START DOING SOME OF THOSE MOCK
9:55:16AM DESIGNS.
9:55:16AM OF ACTUAL TYPICAL STATION AREA TYPES.
9:55:20AM AND IN THE FIRST PHASE, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BE
9:55:23AM LOOKING AT THE STREETCAR EXTENSION.
9:55:25AM SO WE WILL BE LOOKING IN THE PALM AVENUE AREA FOR THAT
9:55:29AM TYPICAL STATION TYPE, WHICH SHOULD BE THE COMMUNITY CENTER
9:55:32AM STATION TYPE, AND LOOKING AT -- BASICALLY TESTING THE
9:55:37AM F.A.R.s AND THE DENSITIES WITH WHAT'S AROUND THERE.
9:55:40AM PROJECTED RIDERSHIP NUMBERS THAT WE'LL GET IN FROM THAT.
9:55:43AM AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE MAX
9:55:46AM INTENSITY AND PUBLIC AMENITIES THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO BE
9:55:49AM BUILT IN TO CONNECT THOSE USES.
9:55:52AM IT IS A BALANCE BETWEEN THE LAND USE AND TRANSIT ULTIMATELY,
9:55:55AM TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS.
9:55:56AM AND LARGE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT'S WITH THIS.
9:55:59AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT -- THE
9:56:01AM STUDY WE'RE DOING NOW FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE STREETCAR, I
9:56:04AM THINK WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO CHOICES, TWO CORRIDORS.
9:56:07AM YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT BOTH OF THE CORRIDORS AS PART OF THE
9:56:11AM STUDY, I ASSUME?
9:56:12AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: YES.
9:56:13AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
9:56:14AM THE OTHER PART OF THAT WHICH IS, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A
9:56:17AM STATION, DEVELOPMENT OF A STATION, HOW LARGE IS THAT RADIUS
9:56:21AM AROUND THE STATION DO YOU LOOK AT FOR THAT KIND OF
9:56:26AM DEVELOPMENT?
9:56:26AM SO AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE T.O.D. DEVELOPED
9:56:32AM WHERE IT'S ACTIVATING THE STATION.
9:56:33AM THERE IS PROBABLY SOME KIND OF MIXED USE.
9:56:36AM THERE MAY BE INTENSIFICATION IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE
9:56:40AM APARTMENTS OR CONDOS OR WHATEVER ELSE, AND IN ADDITION,
9:56:42AM THERE'S OTHER CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE AROUND THAT
9:56:45AM STATION.
9:56:45AM WHAT'S THAT RADIUS, THOUGH, FROM THE STATION THAT YOU ALL
9:56:48AM USUALLY LOOK AT TO BE A KEY PART OF T.O.D.?
9:56:51AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: TYPICALLY THE MOST, WE DON'T GO LARGER
9:56:54AM THAN HALF A MILE.
9:56:55AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
9:56:56AM THAT'S PRETTY LARGE.
9:56:57AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: YEAH, IT IS.
9:56:58AM TO PICK UP MORE OF THE BICYCLE, ALTERNATIVE MODES OF
9:57:01AM TRANSPORTATION.
9:57:01AM AND THEN A QUARTER MILE TO EIGHTH OF A MILE FOR WALKING.
9:57:05AM AND THEN LOOKING AT HOW THAT PUBLIC REALM IS GOING TO BE
9:57:08AM DEVELOPED.
9:57:08AM ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE TREE-LINED
9:57:12AM STREETS OR OTHER TYPE OF SHELTER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE LIVE
9:57:15AM IN SUN AND RAIN.
9:57:16AM WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CREATE THE CONNECTIONS THAT PEOPLE
9:57:18AM WILL ACTUALLY WALK ON AND RIDE ON.
9:57:20AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU'RE SAYING IT WILL BE A 33-MONTH --
9:57:24AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: THAT'S WHAT IT WAS SCOPED FOR FOR THE
9:57:26AM GRANT, YES.
9:57:27AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WAS IT SCOPED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF
9:57:31AM ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION?
9:57:32AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: YES.
9:57:32AM WE APPLIED FOR IT BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.
9:57:35AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IS THERE ANY WAY BASED ON --
9:57:39AM [ NO ENCODER ]
9:57:39AM [ NO AUDIO ]
9:58:02AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: -- AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET IT OUT AS
9:58:05AM QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN START AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
9:58:07AM SO, YES.
9:58:08AM PART OF IT, AS I MENTIONED IS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, BECAUSE WE
9:58:10AM OBVIOUSLY DON'T WANT TO PLAN ANYTHING IN A VACUUM.
9:58:13AM WE NEED TO GO OUT AND TALK A THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES
9:58:15AM AND GET THEIR IDEAS AND CONCEPTS AND TRY TO FOLD IN WHAT
9:58:19AM THEY'RE WILLING TO ABSORB AND HOW THEY SEE THEIR OWN AREAS
9:58:23AM GROWING.
9:58:23AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I APPRECIATE THIS.
9:58:24AM I'LL BE READING THIS.
9:58:25AM I MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT, YEAH.
9:58:28AM IN MY SPARE TIME, EXACTLY.
9:58:33AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
9:58:34AM YES.
9:58:34AM WHEN I SAW THIS, I THOUGHT, GINA GRIMES, OH, NO, IT'S CATHY
9:58:38AM COYLE, THOSE TABS.
9:58:41AM HA HA.
9:58:41AM [ LAUGHTER ]
9:58:41AM YEAH, NEEDED TO BE BOUND AND A LITTLE THICKER.
9:58:46AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: I WAS GOING TO PUT IT IN BINDERS FOR YOU.
9:58:50AM >>HARRY COHEN: GOT RID OF THE BINDERS.
9:58:52AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I WAS TELLING HARRY.
9:58:54AM HARRY AND I DID A BENCHMARK TRIP TO DENVER, AND WE SAW WHAT
9:58:59AM HAPPENS WITH THE TRANSPORTATION STOPS.
9:59:01AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: DID YOU GO TO THE UNION STATION AND THAT
9:59:03AM WHOLE AREA?
9:59:04AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: WE WENT TO UNION AND WE ALSO WENT AND SAW
9:59:06AM WHAT HAPPENS AT THE STOPS, ALL THE RESIDENTIAL.
9:59:09AM THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
9:59:12AM BECAUSE IT'S FURTHER AWAY, BUT THEY CAN GET IN THAT MUCH
9:59:15AM FASTER.
9:59:15AM THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SAY, AND THIS HAS --
9:59:20AM TRANSPORTATION AND MONEY.
9:59:21AM I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING.
9:59:22AM FEBRUARY 16th, THE CITY OF TAMPA CAME TO WEST TAMPA, THE
9:59:26AM CORNER OF CORDELIA AND GLEN.
9:59:29AM I'M LIVING WITH MY SISTER TEMPORARILY WHILE THE ADDITION IS
9:59:33AM BEING DONE.
9:59:33AM THEY MADE A HOLE IN THE STREET.
9:59:35AM MUST HAVE TEN OF THEM.
9:59:36AM TWO HUGE TRUCKS.
9:59:37AM I THOUGHT, GREAT, THEY ARE FIXING SOMETHING.
9:59:39AM WELL, THEY LEFT THE HOLE.
9:59:40AM THEY PUT UP A SIGN, "ROAD CLOSED."
9:59:44AM PUT A CONE.
9:59:45AM IT IS STILL THERE.
9:59:46AM THE WATER IS IN THE HOLE, AND YOU HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND IT,
9:59:50AM ALL THE -- THE GRASS IS ALL MUDDED UP FROM THE TIRES.
9:59:58AM I DIDN'T TAKE A PHOTO BECAUSE I THOUGHT, WELL, TODAY THEY'LL
10:00:01AM FIX IT.
10:00:02AM EVERY DAY I THINK THEY WILL FIX IT.
10:00:04AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?
10:00:07AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THAT'S NOT YOU.
10:00:08AM I'M SAYING IT BECAUSE I'M UP TO HERE.
10:00:10AM I KEEP THINKING THEY'LL COME OUT.
10:00:12AM I SEE A CITY TRUCK, OH, THIS IS THE DAY THEY ARE GOING TO
10:00:16AM FIX IT.
10:00:16AM NO, THE HOLE IS THERE.
10:00:17AM IT'S RIDICULOUS.
10:00:18AM SINCE FEBRUARY 16.
10:00:19AM THEY BLOCKED THE STREET.
10:00:20AM THEY HAD TRUCKS.
10:00:21AM THERE WERE PEOPLE SITTING AROUND.
10:00:23AM IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE.
10:00:25AM I WISH I WOULD HAVE FILMED IT.
10:00:27AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE WHICH DEPARTMENT IT
10:00:29AM WAS OR NO?
10:00:30AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHOEVER WORKS ON THE ROAD.
10:00:31AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: THAT'S LOT.
10:00:35AM I CAN LOOK INTO IT.
10:00:37AM I'M OVER RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITTING.
10:00:39AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'M SAYING IT BECAUSE I WANT ADMINISTRATION
10:00:41AM TO HEAR IT.
10:00:41AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: NO, I UNDERSTAND TOTALLY.
10:00:44AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THIS MORNING --
10:00:46AM >>FRANK REDDICK: I THINK THEY HEARD YOU THIS MORNING.
10:00:48AM [ LAUGHTER ]
10:00:50AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
10:00:50AM THAT WAS IT.
10:00:52AM THAT WAS MY TALK.
10:00:55AM IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.
10:00:55AM YOU KNOW, WEST TAMPA IS THE REDHEADED STEPCHILD, AND THAT
10:01:00AM PROVES IT RIGHT THERE.
10:01:02AM DONE.
10:01:02AM THANK YOU.
10:01:03AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
10:01:06AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: ONE LAST THING, IF I COULD.
10:01:07AM WHEN WE DID THE FIRST T.O.D. SUBCOMMITTEE, WE TALKED TO
10:01:13AM CALABRESE WHO IS NOW THE RETIRED HEAD OF THE CLEVELAND
10:01:18AM SYSTEM.
10:01:18AM YOU HAVE NOT SEEN WHAT CLEVELAND DID.
10:01:22AM THEY HAVE A FOUR-MILE BUS RAPID TRANSIT, VERY SIMILAR TO THE
10:01:26AM WAY OUR EAST AND WEST IS NOW.
10:01:28AM AND THEY HAD A LOT MORE EMPTY PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR IT.
10:01:33AM AND THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE, ROBUST PURCHASING PROGRAM
10:01:36AM THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM, WHICH MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
10:01:39AM THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAD MONEY IN ORDER TO GO IN THERE AND BE
10:01:41AM ABLE TO PURCHASE PROPERTIES AND THEN TO MAKE THEM T.O.D.
10:01:45AM IT HAS HELPED, I THINK, COME UP WITH $4 BILLION WORTH OF
10:01:48AM DEVELOPMENT ALL ALONG THAT BRT.
10:01:51AM SO THAT TO ME I THINK IS WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, HOW DO WE
10:01:55AM GET MORE OF THE PROPERTIES IN OUR CORRIDORS THAT WE CAN
10:01:58AM EITHER PURCHASE OR PARTNER WITH PEOPLE IN ORDER TO MAKE
10:02:01AM TRANSIT AFFORDABLE.
10:02:02AM MS. CAPIN IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
10:02:05AM EVEN IF YOU GET OUT A LITTLE BIT FARTHER AWAY AND BECOMES
10:02:08AM MORE AFFORDABLE, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THE CORRIDOR TO GET
10:02:11AM INTO A JOB SOMEWHERE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, IT MAKES ALL THE
10:02:13AM DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
10:02:14AM THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.
10:02:16AM I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD THIS BEFOREHAND BUT I KNOW YOU WERE
10:02:19AM PROBABLY TYPING IT UP JUST WHILE YOU WERE WALKING IN HERE.
10:02:22AM BUT THANKS FOR DOING THAT.
10:02:24AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, THE SECOND WEEK
10:02:28AM OF APRIL WITH THE COUNCIL THAT I'M ON, AND WE'RE GOING TO
10:02:30AM NASHVILLE, WHICH HAS A LOT OF -- IT HAS --
10:02:35AM >> [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
10:02:37AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: IT HAS A LOT OF SIMILARITIES TO TAMPA IN
10:02:39AM SOME WAYS.
10:02:39AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: STILL LEGAL TO HAVE BRT IN TENNESSEE BECAUSE
10:02:42AM THEY OUTLAWED IT BY THE LEGISLATURE -- THEY TRIED TO.
10:02:45AM >>CATHERINE COYLE: WE'RE GOING AND WE'LL SEE SOME PROJECTS.
10:02:47AM I CAN COME BACK AND LET YOU KNOW THOSE AS WELL.
10:02:50AM WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE.
10:02:53AM THANK YOU.
10:02:53AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:02:57AM >>FRANK REDDICK: [MICROPHONE NOT ON] [INAUDIBLE]
10:03:12AM >>MIKE SUAREZ: NOTHING, SIR, EXCEPT THAT EARLY VOTING ENDS
10:03:14AM ON SUNDAY, AND WE HAVE AN ELECTION ON TUESDAY.
10:03:17AM I'M NOT A SELF-INTERESTED PARTY, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S
10:03:20AM IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE THAT IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN THE CITY
10:03:22AM OF TAMPA SHOULD GO OUT AND VOTE.
10:03:24AM AND SO I HOPE THEY KNOW IT'S OPEN FROM 10 TO 6 EVERY DAY,
10:03:28AM TODAY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND THEN, OF COURSE, 7 TO
10:03:31AM 7 ON TUESDAY, MARCH 5th FOR THE ELECTION FOR THE NEXT
10:03:35AM COUNCIL AND THE NEXT MAYOR.
10:03:36AM THANKS, CHAIR.
10:03:42AM >>HARRY COHEN: YES, COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN, I DID SEE THE
10:03:45AM INFORMATION ABOUT EARLY VOTING PUT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
10:03:48AM SEVERAL TIMES.
10:03:48AM YES, EVERYONE SHOULD VOTE.
10:03:53AM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN?
10:03:55AM >>HARRY COHEN: NO THANK YOU.
10:03:56AM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MANISCALCO?
10:03:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
10:03:58AM >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
10:04:00AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
10:04:00AM FIX THE HOLE ON GLEN AND CORDELIA STREET, PLEASE, BEFORE
10:04:04AM THERE IS AN ACCIDENT.
10:04:05AM BECAUSE TO GO AROUND THE SIGN THAT SAYS "ROAD CLOSED," THERE
10:04:10AM IS A DITCH.
10:04:11AM YOU HAVE TO MANEUVER BETWEEN THE CLOSED SIGN AND THE DITCH
10:04:13AM TO GET AROUND THE CORNER.
10:04:14AM THANK YOU.
10:04:15AM THAT'S IT FOR ME.
10:04:16AM >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:04:16AM MR. MIRANDA?
10:04:18AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NOTHING, SIR.
10:04:19AM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. VIERA?
10:04:20AM >>LUIS VIERA: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO HAVE THE TAMPA
10:04:22AM CITY COUNCIL COMMENDATION PRESENTED TO TAMPA BAY BEST
10:04:24AM BUDDIES AT FORTHCOMING TO BE SCHEDULED BUDDIES WALK.
10:04:28AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:04:29AM GOT A MOTION FROM MR. VIERA.
10:04:30AM SECONDED BY MANISCALCO.
10:04:32AM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
10:04:33AM THOSE OPPOSED?
10:04:36AM >>LUIS VIERA: AND I JUST WANTED TO JOIN IN ON THE REMARKS ON
10:04:39AM THE ELECTION AND PERSONALLY COMMEND ALL MY COLLEAGUES WHO
10:04:42AM ARE ON THE BALLOT FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK WHILE YOU CONTINUE
10:04:45AM TO BE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY COMMEND THE TWO
10:04:49AM GENTLEMEN ON THE FAR RIGHT FOR RUNNING A CIVIL, GENTLEMANLY
10:04:53AM CAMPAIGN --
10:04:54AM >> [NOT SPEAKING AT A MICROPHONE]
10:04:57AM >>HARRY COHEN: WE ARE PLANNING ON ARM WRESTLING TONIGHT AT
10:04:59AM OUR EVENING MEETING, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
10:05:01AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: JUST TO GET INTO THE MIX OF THINGS, RIGHT.
10:05:04AM >>LUIS VIERA: BUT I DID WANT TO SAY FOR THE CAMPAIGN,
10:05:07AM GENTLEMEN AND FRIENDS, IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE TO US ALL.
10:05:11AM >> [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
10:05:14AM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, GUYS.
10:05:15AM THANK YOU.
10:05:16AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:05:17AM >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
10:05:19AM SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
10:05:20AM ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
10:05:21AM OPPOSED?
10:05:22AM WE STAND ADJOURNED UNTIL 5:01.
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