TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
9:00 A.M.
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09:08:15 >> OKAY.
09:08:16 WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE INVOCATION
09:08:20 AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:08:22 COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN, I BELIEVE
09:08:30 YOU HAVE THAT.
09:08:30 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
09:08:30 PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING
09:08:34 SHERRY SILK.
09:08:34 SHERRY HAS WORKED IN ANIMAL
09:08:34 WELFARE FOR 20 -- 35 YEARS AND
09:08:34 IS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF
09:08:34 THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA
09:08:34 BAY.
09:08:34 WELCOME, SHERRY.
09:08:34 PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION
09:08:36 AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE
09:08:37 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:08:42 >> LORD GOD, WHO MADE THE EARTH
09:08:44 AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE, HELP
09:08:46 US ALWAYS TREAT WITH COMPASSION
09:08:47 AND LOVE THE ANIMALS THAT ARE
09:08:49 ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE, THAT
09:08:51 THEY MAY NOT SUFFER FROM OUR
09:08:53 NEGLECT NOR BECOME VICTIMS OF
09:08:55 ANY CRUELTY, AND GRANT THAT IN
09:08:57 CARING FOR THEM, WE MAY FIND A
09:08:58 DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND
09:08:59 APPRECIATION OF YOUR LOVE.
09:09:03 AMEN.
09:09:03 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:09:23 ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
09:09:23 >> SUAREZ.
09:09:27 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
09:09:27 >> COHEN.
09:09:27 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
09:09:27 >> MANISCALCO.
09:09:35 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:09:35 >> CAPIN.
09:09:35 >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
09:09:35 >> MIRANDA.
09:09:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:09:35 >> REDDICK.
09:09:35 VIERA.
09:09:35 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:09:35 >> OKAY.
09:09:35 FIRST WE HAVE A COMMENDATION --
09:09:39 >> APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
09:09:40 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:09:41 >> YES, SIR.
09:09:42 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN
09:09:49 SUAREZ, A SECOND BY MANISCALCO.
09:09:50 ANY OPPOSED?
09:09:51 WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR A
09:09:52 COMMENDATION FOR WOMEN'S
09:09:54 HISTORY MONTH TO BE MADE BY
09:09:56 COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN.
09:10:16 >>YVONNE CAPIN: GOOD MORNING.
09:10:17 THE WOMEN WHO ARE HERE FROM
09:10:19 WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, PLEASE
09:10:19 COME UP.
09:10:21 I NEED SUPPORT.
09:10:26 THERE YOU ARE.
09:10:28 OKAY.
09:10:29 THIS COMMENDATION IS BEING
09:10:32 PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE TO
09:10:34 RECOGNIZE THEM AND THEIR ANNUAL
09:10:36 HISTORY -- WOMEN'S HISTORY
09:10:37 MONTH CELEBRATION, AND IT'S
09:10:40 GOING TO BE ON MARCH 12th,
09:10:41 2019, BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW
09:10:43 THAT TOMORROW, MARCH 8th, IS
09:10:44 WOMEN'S -- NATIONAL WOMEN'S
09:10:47 HISTORY MONTH OR NATIONAL
09:10:48 WOMEN'S MONTH.
09:10:49 ANYWAY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
09:10:50 CALL IT.
09:10:54 [LAUGHTER]
09:10:55 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PROUDLY
09:10:58 RECOGNIZES THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:11:00 WOMEN'S MONTH CELEBRATION ON
09:11:01 MARCH 12, 2019, AND
09:11:02 ACKNOWLEDGES THE OUTSTANDING
09:11:04 EFFORT OF THE 2019 WOMEN'S
09:11:06 HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
09:11:09 PLANNING COMMITTEE.
09:11:10 THE NATIONWIDE WOMEN'S HISTORY
09:11:11 MONTH IS A TRIBUTE TO
09:11:13 GENERATIONS OF WOMEN WHO HAVE
09:11:14 COMMITTED AND CONTRIBUTED --
09:11:16 CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE PROVEN
09:11:18 INVALUABLE TO OUR NATION'S
09:11:19 HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY
09:11:20 SOCIETY.
09:11:22 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL SALUTES CITY
09:11:24 OF TAMPA WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
09:11:25 CELEBRATION PLANNING COMMITTEE
09:11:27 FOR THE DILIGENT WORK IN
09:11:29 HIGHLIGHTING OUR COMMUNITY
09:11:30 LEADERS AND CONGRATULATES OUR
09:11:33 -- THIS YEAR'S JOSEPHINE HOWARD
09:11:34 STAFFORD MEMORIAL RECIPIENT,
09:11:36 SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY
09:11:39 JAN McLEAN.
09:11:41 ATTORNEY McLEAN HAS SERVED THE
09:11:43 CITY FOR OVER 13 YEARS AND IS
09:11:45 RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE OF THE
09:11:49 CITY'S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES,
09:11:50 THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY.
09:11:52 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
09:11:53 THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
09:12:01 THIS WILL BE MY LAST WOMEN'S --
09:12:02 >> HISTORY MONTH?
09:12:03 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WELL, NO.
09:12:04 HONORARY CHAIR.
09:12:06 I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE TITLE.
09:12:08 HONORARY CHAIR, AND IT'S BEEN
09:12:10 AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO BE
09:12:13 WITH YOU ALL AND THANK YOU.
09:12:13 [APPLAUSE]
09:12:21 >> AND YOU WILL BE MISSED.
09:12:25 WE WILL DEFINITELY MISS HAVING
09:12:26 YOU AS OUR HONORARY --
09:12:27 >>YVONNE CAPIN: CALL ME BACK.
09:12:29 I'LL DO THIS EVERY YEAR,
09:12:31 DEPENDING ON THE NEXT FOUR
09:12:33 YEARS ON HOW THAT TURNS OUT.
09:12:33 >> THANK YOU.
09:12:35 I JUST WANT TO TELL EVERYBODY A
09:12:36 LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR
09:12:37 EVENT, WHICH WILL BE ON TUESDAY
09:12:39 AT THE TAMPA BAY HISTORY CENTER
09:12:40 AT 10:30.
09:12:42 MY NAME IS JENNIFER DIETZ, AND
09:12:44 I'M COCHAIRING THE WOMEN'S
09:12:45 HISTORY MONTH COMMITTEE WITH
09:12:46 ALISON SMITH, AND AS YOU CAN
09:12:48 SEE HERE, WE HAVE A FANTASTIC
09:12:49 COMMITTEE WHO HAS BEEN REALLY
09:12:51 DEDICATED AND WORKING HARD TO
09:12:52 MAKE SURE THAT OUR EVENT ON
09:12:54 TUESDAY WILL BE A SUCCESS, AND
09:12:55 AS COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN
09:12:56 MENTIONED, WE ARE HONORING
09:13:00 SENIOR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY JAN
09:13:02 McLEAN THIS YEAR.
09:13:03 SHE WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE
09:13:04 STAFFORD MEMORIAL AWARD.
09:13:06 I WOULD LIKE TO ADD OUR THEME
09:13:07 IS VISIONARY WOMEN, CHAMPIONS
09:13:10 OF PEACE AND NONVIOLENCE, AND
09:13:11 OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER WILL BE
09:13:13 FORMER STATE SENATOR ARTHENIA
09:13:15 JOYNER, AND SHE WILL BE TALKING
09:13:17 ABOUT HER EXPERIENCES IN THE
09:13:19 LUNCH COUNTER SIT-INS IN THE
09:13:20 1960s.
09:13:21 WE EXPECT A GREAT PROGRAM.
09:13:23 WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT 10:30 AT
09:13:25 THE HISTORY CENTER.
09:13:27 WE HAVE OUR DRESS FOR SUCCESS
09:13:29 COORDINATORS WITH US TODAY, AND
09:13:30 OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS DO
09:13:31 PARTNER WITH DRESS FOR SUCCESS,
09:13:33 SO YOU WILL SEE THE DONATION
09:13:35 BINS AROUND THE COUNTRY GETTING
09:13:37 PROFESSIONAL OUTFITS FOR WOMEN
09:13:38 REENTERING THE WORKFORCE.
09:13:39 WE HAVE ONE DOWN AT CITY HALL
09:13:41 AND DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, AND I
09:13:42 THINK WE'VE COLLECTED ABOUT 200
09:13:44 ITEMS SO FAR, SO -- WE'RE
09:13:46 HOPING TO DO MORE, SO WE REALLY
09:13:47 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
09:13:48 WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
09:13:49 ON TUESDAY AT THE TAMPA BAY
09:13:52 HISTORY CENTER AT 10:30, SO
09:13:53 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:13:54 THANK YOU.
09:13:55 >>YVONNE CAPIN: EXCELLENT.
09:13:55 [APPLAUSE]
09:13:58 CAN WE TAKE A PHOTO?
09:14:00 DOES ANYBODY HAVE A CAMERA TO
09:14:01 -- OR PHONE?
09:14:03 >> I DO.
09:14:09 [LAUGHTER]
09:14:10 >>YVONNE CAPIN: RIGHT HERE.
09:14:12 I'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING HERE IN
09:14:22 A MINUTE.
09:14:28 >> THANK YOU.
09:14:29 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
09:14:30 THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR
09:14:32 HARD WORK.
09:14:41 >> AND NEXT WE HAVE MS. SILK.
09:14:42 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SORRY, WE HAVE
09:14:50 ONE MORE.
09:14:52 JAN McLEAN, IS SHE IN HERE?
09:14:55 I THOUGHT I SAW HER COME IN.
09:15:02 SHE LEFT.
09:15:02 SHE DIDN'T KNOW.
09:15:04 I CAN WAIT.
09:15:08 IF SHE'S NOT HERE IN A
09:15:08 MINUTE ...
09:15:30 WELL, SHE CAME RIGHT DOWN --
09:15:32 SHE'S COMING RIGHT DOWN.
09:15:33 PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
09:15:34 SHE DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS GOING
09:15:36 TO GET THIS, AND SAL WAS
09:15:38 SUPPOSED TO HAVE HER HERE.
09:15:40 HE SAID HE'D MAKE SURE SHE WAS
09:15:42 HERE, SO -- THERE HE IS.
09:15:43 WHERE IS SHE?
09:15:44 [LAUGHTER]
09:15:50 I WAS --
09:15:51 >>SAL TERRITO: SHE SHOULD BE
09:15:53 HERE.
09:15:55 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MS. CAPIN, THE
09:15:57 REASON SHE'S NOT HERE, JUST
09:15:59 LIKE ANY STRONG WOMAN, SHE
09:16:01 DOESN'T LISTEN TO A MAN WHEN HE
09:16:03 TELLS HER WHERE SHE'S NEED TO
09:16:03 BE.
09:16:04 LET'S BE HONEST.
09:16:05 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I KNOW.
09:16:07 I'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS.
09:16:11 HI, JAN.
09:16:13 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:16:14 >>YVONNE CAPIN: TAMPA CITY
09:16:16 COUNCIL IS PROUD TO HONOR
09:16:19 SENIOR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY JAN
09:16:22 McLEAN AS SHE IS NAMED THE 2019
09:16:25 RECIPIENT OF THE JOSEPHINE
09:16:27 HOWARD STAFFORD MEMORIAL AWARD.
09:16:28 THIS IS PRESENTED TO A CURRENT
09:16:30 OR FORMER FEMALE CITY EMPLOYEE
09:16:31 WITH FIVE OR MORE YEARS OF
09:16:33 SERVICE WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED AN
09:16:35 OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO THE
09:16:36 POSITION WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:16:37 AND WHO HAS ENRICHED OUR CITY
09:16:38 AND COMMUNITY BY NOTABLE
09:16:41 CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS.
09:16:43 ATTORNEY McLEAN HAS SERVED THE
09:16:45 CITY FOR OVER 13 YEARS AND IS
09:16:46 RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE OF OUR
09:16:49 CITY'S MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCES,
09:16:51 THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY.
09:16:52 ATTORNEY McLEAN IS THE ONLY
09:16:54 ATTORNEY TO HAVE SERVED ALL
09:16:55 THREE MAJOR WATER MANAGEMENT
09:16:56 DISTRICTS.
09:16:57 HER WORK HAS EARNED
09:16:59 DISTINCTION, BOTH LOCALLY AND
09:17:03 NATIONALLY, AND IN 2012 AND
09:17:04 2013 SHE RECEIVED THE HOME RULE
09:17:06 HERO AWARD FROM THE FLORIDA
09:17:09 LEAGUE OF CITIES.
09:17:11 ADDITIONALLY, IN 2017 SHE WAS
09:17:13 INVITED TO THE FLORIDA SECTION
09:17:15 OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS
09:17:17 ASSOCIATION TO BE THEIR SPEAKER
09:17:19 IN WASHINGTON, D.C., DURING THE
09:17:21 LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
09:17:22 THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL THANKS
09:17:25 AND CONGRATULATES ATTORNEY JAN
09:17:27 McLEAN ON THIS REMARKABLE
09:17:28 OCCASION, AS SHE IS NAMED THE
09:17:30 RECIPIENT OF THE JOSEPHINE
09:17:34 HOWARD MEMORIAL AWARD, AND WE
09:17:35 PRESENT YOU WITH THIS
09:17:36 COMMENDATION, AND THANK YOU FOR
09:17:37 YOUR VERY HARD WORK.
09:17:37 [APPLAUSE]
09:17:54 DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
09:17:55 >> JAN McLEAN.
09:17:57 YES, I TAKE INSTRUCTION.
09:18:02 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU SO
09:18:02 MUCH.
09:18:03 >> THANK YOU.
09:18:05 I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
09:18:06 I NEVER CONSIDER MYSELF WORKING
09:18:07 ALONE.
09:18:09 I AM A MEMBER OF SUCH AN
09:18:11 AWESOME TEAM, AND IT'S BEEN A
09:18:12 PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO BE
09:18:14 HERE WITH THE CITY AND TO
09:18:15 REPRESENT THE DEPARTMENTS THAT
09:18:17 I DO AND CITY COUNCIL AND THE
09:18:18 MAYOR.
09:18:19 IT'S JUST SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY
09:18:23 FOR AN ATTORNEY OF ALL OF THE
09:18:24 -- ALL OF THE CREATIVE THINGS
09:18:26 THAT WE DO HERE, AND THIS
09:18:30 RECOGNITION IS VERY HUMBLING
09:18:31 AND NONDESERVED BUT VERY MUCH
09:18:32 APPRECIATED.
09:18:35 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:18:36 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
09:18:36 [APPLAUSE]
09:18:46 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: JAN, JAN,
09:18:49 JUST A SECOND.
09:18:49 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SHE SAID,
09:18:49 UH-OH, CHARLIE!
09:18:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHARLIE'S
09:18:50 NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING THAT
09:18:51 THE PUBLIC SHOULDN'T KNOW.
09:18:54 YOU KNOW, WE MEET IN WATER
09:18:55 ABOUT TWO, THREE, SOMETIMES
09:18:57 FOUR TIMES A MONTH IN THE CITY
09:18:58 OF TAMPA DISCUSSING THE THINGS
09:18:59 THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE
09:19:00 FUTURE, AND THERE'S TWO
09:19:02 INDIVIDUALS BESIDES JAN THAT
09:19:05 ARE RESPONSIBLE, BRAD BAIRD,
09:19:08 AND I CALL -- I CALL HIM KANSAS
09:19:10 BECAUSE HE COMES FROM KANSAS
09:19:11 BECAUSE HALF THE TIME I FORGET
09:19:14 HIS NAME, CHUCK WEBER, AND WHEN
09:19:16 I MEET WITH THEM AND THEY'RE
09:19:18 PREPPING ME WITH WHAT I HAVE TO
09:19:20 SAY OR WHAT THEY THINK I HAVE
09:19:22 TO SAY, I LOOK AT JAN, SHE DOES
09:19:24 THIS, IT'S OKAY IF SHE DOES
09:19:26 THIS, BUT IT'S LIKE A PITCHER
09:19:29 AND A CATCHER SENDING SIGNALS,
09:19:30 AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WITH
09:19:32 HER FOR 13 YEARS OR SO, AND
09:19:33 SHE'S ONE OF THE GREAT, GREAT,
09:19:35 GREAT NOT ONLY ATTORNEY, A
09:19:36 REALISTIC INDIVIDUAL WHO TALKS
09:19:38 ABOUT NOT WATER FOR TAMPA BUT
09:19:39 WATER FOR THE WHOLE REGION, AND
09:19:41 SHE'S BEEN VERY DILIGENT IN
09:19:44 DOING THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
09:19:46 COMING -- HOPEFULLY WE CAN
09:19:47 ACCOMPLISH COMING IN APRIL, AND
09:19:48 I WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK
09:19:50 YOU FOR THAT.
09:19:53 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:19:54 >>YVONNE CAPIN: NOW THAT YOU'VE
09:19:55 SAID THAT, CAN YOU LOOK AT ME
09:19:56 OVER TO YOUR RIGHT WHEN I GO
09:19:57 LIKE THIS?
09:19:57 [LAUGHTER]
09:19:58 THANK YOU.
09:19:59 >> THANK YOU.
09:20:09 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:20:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:20:31 ITEM NO. 2, A PRESENTATION TO
09:20:33 THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA.
09:20:47 WHO'S DOING THAT?
09:20:47 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SHERRY SILK.
09:20:47 SHE'S GOING TO DO THE
09:20:47 PRESENTATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON
09:20:47 WITH THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
09:20:48 >> GOOD MORNING, AGAIN.
09:20:49 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.
09:20:52 EACH YEAR YOLIE HAS BEEN ON OUR
09:20:52 ADVISORY COUNCIL, YOLIE CAPIN,
09:20:53 FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE'RE
09:20:54 CERTAINLY GOING TO MISS YOU,
09:20:56 BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
09:20:57 YOU HEAR HOW IMPORTANT ANIMALS
09:20:59 ARE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
09:21:01 68% OF TAMPA RESIDENTS HAVE ONE
09:21:03 OR MORE PETS, DOGS OR CATS, OR
09:21:04 RABBITS OR WHATEVER, AND WE'RE
09:21:06 A BIG PART OF THAT, AND LAST
09:21:08 YEAR WE SAVED NEARLY 10,000 --
09:21:13 JUST UNDER 10,000 DOGS AND
09:21:17 CATS, 93% SAVE RATE, WHICH IS A
09:21:19 NO-KILL-FOR-SPACE FACILITY, AND
09:21:19 WE SAW 46,000 OWNED PETS IN OUR
09:21:19 ANIMAL HOSPITAL, WHICH IS
09:21:25 AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE, SO
09:21:26 RESIDENTS CAN KEEP THEIR
09:21:27 ANIMALS.
09:21:27 WE EMPLOY 107 EMPLOYEES
09:21:29 WE HAVE 400 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS.
09:21:30 I PASSED OUT IN THE PACKET,
09:21:31 WE'RE VERY INVOLVED WITH THE
09:21:32 CITY.
09:21:33 WE HAVE ANOTHER FREE SHOT
09:21:35 CLINIC, TOTALLY FREE, FOR THE
09:21:36 DISADVANTAGED FOLKS THAT NEED
09:21:37 SHOTS FOR THEIR PETS.
09:21:39 THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE RIVER
09:21:42 TOWER PARK ON BIRD STREET, AND
09:21:46 WE PARTNER WITH HILLSBOROUGH
09:21:47 COUNTY PET RESOURCE CENTER.
09:21:48 THEY'LL GET FREE LICENSES.
09:21:50 NOT ONLY WILL THEY GET FREE
09:21:52 SHOTS BUT A DOG TAG AS WELL.
09:21:53 BARK IN THE PARK IS COMING
09:21:55 RIGHT UP MARCH 23rd, AND THAT'S
09:21:58 GOING TO BE AT CURTIS HIXON.
09:21:59 THAT'S A LOT OF FUN.
09:22:01 400 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT.
09:22:03 OUR BIGGEST NEWS EVER, AND I
09:22:04 KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
09:22:05 THIS THE LAST COUPLE YEARS,
09:22:08 WE'RE GOING TO BREAK GROUND ON
09:22:09 OUR 45,000-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING
09:22:11 IN WEST TAMPA AND WILL BE EVEN
09:22:13 ABLE TO SAVE MORE ANIMALS AND
09:22:14 DO MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
09:22:17 WE'RE STILL FUNDRAISING, OF
09:22:19 COURSE, BUT WE HAVE A GRAND
09:22:20 OPENING PARTY WHEN WE HAVE OUR
09:22:22 BREAKING GROUND CEREMONY,
09:22:24 YOU'LL ALL GET AN INVITATION.
09:22:25 I HOPE YOU'LL COME OUT BECAUSE
09:22:26 ANIMALS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE
09:22:28 PEOPLE AND THE CITIZENS HERE,
09:22:29 NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:22:31 BUT IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
09:22:33 IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR ARE
09:22:34 WE ALL SET?
09:22:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: QUESTIONS FROM
09:22:37 COUNCIL?
09:22:39 MR. MIRANDA.
09:22:41 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I JUST WANT
09:22:42 TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE
09:22:43 DONE AND THE WHOLE SOCIETY FOR
09:22:44 SAVING THE ANIMALS AND THE
09:22:45 PETS.
09:22:46 ALSO, THAT PARKING LOT THAT
09:22:48 YOU'RE BUILDING, I'VE NEVER
09:22:49 SEEN ONE DONE, CONSTRUCTED SO
09:22:51 WELL THAT YOU'RE DOING THERE IN
09:22:52 THE CORNER ACROSS FROM YOU, AND
09:22:53 IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING.
09:22:54 I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON
09:22:55 IT.
09:22:56 THEY'VE DONE ALL KIND OF PIPE
09:22:57 LAYING AND GROUND CLEANING.
09:22:59 THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR
09:23:00 A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW, AND I'VE
09:23:01 NEVER SEEN A --
09:23:03 >> I HAD NO IDEA A PARKING LOT
09:23:07 WOULD TAKE SO LONG AND BE THAT
09:23:07 EXPENSIVE.
09:23:09 IT'S GOING TO BE LANDSCAPED.
09:23:10 IT WILL BE VERY PRETTY FOR THE
09:23:11 NEIGHBORHOOD.
09:23:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I GUESS FOR
09:23:14 A PARKING LOT IN THE CITY.
09:23:15 >> THAT WOULD BE NICE, BUT THE
09:23:16 BUILDING FOR THE SHELTER IS
09:23:18 GOING TO BE AMAZING, REALLY
09:23:19 AMAZING.
09:23:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU
09:23:20 FOR WHAT YOU DO.
09:23:21 ALL OF YOU.
09:23:22 >>FRANK REDDICK:
09:23:26 MR. MANISCALCO.
09:23:27 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
09:23:28 FOR ALL YOU DO.
09:23:29 I DRIVE BY EVERY DAY.
09:23:30 I LEARNED RECENTLY FROM
09:23:31 INTERESTING FUN FACTS FROM THAT
09:23:33 PROPERTY OF A CONNECTION TO
09:23:34 ELVIS PRESLEY.
09:23:35 >> YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
09:23:37 YOU SAW THE PICTURE.
09:23:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: TOM PARKER
09:23:40 LIVED ON THAT PROPERTY, AND, OF
09:23:41 COURSE, YOU HAVE THE PET
09:23:43 CEMETERY THERE, AND I KNOW THE
09:23:44 TIMES RAN AN INTERESTING STORY
09:23:44 ABOUT IT.
09:23:45 >> THEY DID.
09:23:45 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S
09:23:47 INTERESTING TO SEE THAT KIND OF
09:23:49 HISTORY AND STORY RIGHT HERE IN
09:23:50 WEST TAMPA.
09:23:54 >> COLONEL PARKER IS WHAT THEY
09:23:55 CALLED THE DOG CATCHER FROM
09:23:57 THIS AREA, SO IT'S PRETTY COOL.
09:23:58 THE FACT IS WE'VE COMMITTED TO
09:24:00 STAY IN TAMPA, AND IT'S A GREAT
09:24:01 LOCATION.
09:24:02 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW LONG
09:24:02 HAVE YOU BEEN THERE, SINCE
09:24:03 WHEN?
09:24:06 >> HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN THERE?
09:24:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, NO, THE
09:24:08 HUMANE SOCIETY.
09:24:10 >> WE OPENED THE SHELTER IN
09:24:12 1921 AND WE'VE ADDED ON AND
09:24:13 ADDED ON, AND IT'S LITERALLY
09:24:16 FALLING DOWN AROUND US, SO IT'S
09:24:17 PAST TIME.
09:24:18 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I'M GLAD
09:24:18 YOU'RE THERE.
09:24:21 I KNOW THERE WAS PLANS FOR
09:24:23 EXPANSION AND GROWTH, SO IT'S A
09:24:24 BLESSING TO HAVE YOU RIGHT
09:24:24 THERE.
09:24:25 >> THANK YOU.
09:24:26 I THINK THE ANIMALS REALLY
09:24:27 DESERVE IT.
09:24:30 THEY DESERVE WHAT WE CAN GIVE
09:24:31 THEM.
09:24:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
09:24:32 THANK YOU.
09:24:33 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:24:36 APPRECIATE IT.
09:24:44 >> STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE,
09:24:45 MA'AM.
09:24:46 >> STAY RIGHT HERE?
09:24:48 OKAY.
09:24:59 >>YVONNE CAPIN: [OFF
09:24:59 MICROPHONE]
09:25:03 >> WOMEN TAKING OVER.
09:25:04 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
09:25:06 FIRST I WANT TO PUT THIS UP
09:25:07 THERE, BARK IN THE PARK.
09:25:08 CAN YOU SEE IT?
09:25:09 >> SORT OF.
09:25:12 IT'S UPSIDE DOWN, THOUGH.
09:25:13 IT'S COOL WITH THE CITY OF
09:25:13 TAMPA.
09:25:15 LOOK HOW COOL THAT IS WITH THE
09:25:16 DOG LOOKING ON.
09:25:18 I LOVE THE ARTWORK.
09:25:19 >>YVONNE CAPIN: BARK IN THE
09:25:20 PARK.
09:25:20 BEAUTIFUL.
09:25:22 IT SAYS THE 23rd.
09:25:23 >> YES.
09:25:24 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
09:25:28 SHERRY, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS
09:25:31 PROUD TO RECOGNIZE SHERRY SILK,
09:25:33 CHIEF OFFICER OF HUMANE SOCIETY
09:25:34 TAMPA BAY.
09:25:36 ARRIVING FROM DETROIT IN 2007,
09:25:38 SHERRY BROUGHT WITH HER IDEAS
09:25:40 AND HER CAN-DO ATTITUDE -- YOU
09:25:41 HAVE -- YOU SEE THE RESULTS OF
09:25:44 HER CAN-DO ATTITUDE -- AND
09:25:46 EXPERIENCE TO HELP ANIMAL
09:25:47 HOMELESSNESS IN TAMPA.
09:25:50 THIS MISSION WASN'T FOR THE
09:25:51 FAINT OF HEART.
09:25:55 IN 2006, OUR COUNTY ALONE
09:25:59 EUTHANIZED 27,000 UNWANTED
09:26:00 PETS.
09:26:02 DAY BY DAY, STEP BY STEP,
09:26:05 SHERRY CONTINUES TO WORK TO
09:26:07 MAKE HER MISSION A REALITY.
09:26:09 WHAT BECAME A NORMAL REALITY OF
09:26:10 OUR COMMUNITY IS NO LONGER
09:26:11 ACCEPTABLE, AND IT IS BECAUSE
09:26:13 OF HER RELENTLESS WORK AND
09:26:14 KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS POLICY IS
09:26:15 CHANGED.
09:26:16 UNDER SHERRY'S LEADERSHIP, THE
09:26:18 HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY HAS
09:26:18 ACCOMPLISHED THESE SIGNIFICANT
09:26:22 REMARKABLE MILESTONES.
09:26:24 IN 2007, THEY JOINED THE SPCA
09:26:25 MISSION ORANGE PROGRAM, A
09:26:27 COMMUNITYWIDE ANIMAL LIFESAVING
09:26:28 EFFORT.
09:26:32 IN 2008, HSTB OPENED THE
09:26:35 AFFORDABLE WELLNESS CLINIC.
09:26:37 IN 2012, BROUGHT THE OPENING OF
09:26:39 THE AFFORDABLE FULL-SERVICE
09:26:43 VETERINARY HOSPITAL.
09:26:46 IN 2014 -- DID I SAY 2012?
09:26:48 YEAH, 2014, THAT SAME HOSPITAL
09:26:49 WAS THE FIRST NONPROFIT
09:26:51 VETERINARY HOSPITAL IN FLORIDA
09:26:52 TO BE ACCREDITED BY THE
09:26:55 AMERICAN ANIMAL HOSPITAL
09:26:56 ASSOCIATION.
09:26:58 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
09:26:59 >> WE'RE THE FIRST ONE.
09:27:00 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU'RE THE
09:27:01 FIRST ONE, BECAUSE I MENTIONED
09:27:03 IT TO THE ZOO.
09:27:04 I SERVE ON THE BOARD.
09:27:06 >> OH, OKAY.
09:27:07 >>YVONNE CAPIN: AND THEY WERE
09:27:09 VERY IMPRESSED, AS THEY SHOULD
09:27:09 BE.
09:27:11 AND THIS YEAR SHERRY WILL
09:27:13 OVERSEES THE GROUNDBREAKING OF
09:27:15 THE NEW DeBARTOLO FAMILY ANIMAL
09:27:16 SHELTER, A 45,000-SQUARE-FOOT
09:27:19 FACILITY THAT WILL ALLOW HUMANE
09:27:20 SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY TO SAVE
09:27:22 EVEN MORE LIVES.
09:27:26 IT IS WITH GRATITUDE TAMPA CITY
09:27:28 COUNCIL SALUTES SHERRY'S
09:27:29 OUTSTANDING EFFORTS AND
09:27:31 EXCEPTIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN
09:27:32 TRANSFORMING OUR COMMUNITY INTO
09:27:34 A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OUR
09:27:36 COMPANION ANIMALS AND THEIR
09:27:46 OWNERS.
09:27:55 THANK YOU.
09:27:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: PUBLIC
09:27:55 COMMENTS.
09:27:55 MR. SHELBY.
09:27:55 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YES.
09:27:55 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
09:27:55 GOOD MORNING.
09:27:57 THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WELCOMES
09:27:57 PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
09:27:59 30 MINUTES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE
09:27:59 THIS MORNING FOR CITIZENS
09:27:59 SPEAKING ABOUT MATTERS THAT ARE
09:28:02 NOT SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
09:28:05 IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON A
09:28:07 MATTER THAT IS SET FOR PUBLIC
09:28:09 HEARING, YOU WILL HAVE THAT
09:28:09 OPPORTUNITY LATER DURING
09:28:11 TODAY'S MEETING.
09:28:12 IF THE MATTER IS SET FOR STAFF
09:28:14 REPORTS, YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO
09:28:15 SPEAK IS AT THIS TIME.
09:28:17 SPEAKERS ADDRESSING ITEMS ON
09:28:18 THE AGENDA WILL BE GIVEN
09:28:18 PREFERENCE BEFORE CITIZENS
09:28:18 SPEAKING ON NONAGENDA MATTERS.
09:28:20 EACH SPEAKER IS GIVEN THREE
09:28:20 MINUTES.
09:28:22 PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING YOUR
09:28:24 NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND IT IS
09:28:25 REQUESTED THAT YOUR COMMENTS
09:28:27 ARE NOT DIRECTED PERSONALLY TO
09:28:29 A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A STAFF
09:28:31 MEMBER BUT RATHER ISSUES
09:28:33 DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AS A
09:28:34 BODY.
09:28:36 CITY COUNCIL APPRECIATES YOUR
09:28:37 COOPERATION IN MAINTAINING
09:28:40 ORDERLY CONDUCT AND PROPER
09:28:41 DECORUM.
09:28:45 THANK YOU.
09:28:45 >> HI.
09:28:49 I AM SOVEREIGN DESPOT WORLDWIDE
09:28:57 GLOBAL JOHNNY BERNARD BOOTH.
09:28:58 I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH
09:28:59 THIS PICTURE BECAUSE I LIKE
09:29:05 THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE.
09:29:05 THEY KNEW I WAS GOING TO PUT IT
09:29:05 BACK ON THERE AFTER TALKING
09:29:06 JUNK TO THE MAN FOR HUGGING THE
09:29:08 FLAG, LIKE MOST FOREIGNERS AND
09:29:10 WORKERS DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS
09:29:21 FLAG RIGHT HERE REALLY MEANS.
09:29:21 THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE.
09:29:22 YOU'RE DARN RIGHT IT IS.
09:29:22 NOW, THIS RIGHT HERE -- OKAY.
09:29:23 IF YOU HAVE FAMILIES LIKE THIS
09:29:25 AND YOU CAN UTILIZE THEM IN
09:29:27 ORDER TO HELP STOP WHAT'S GOING
09:29:29 ON DOWN THERE, ADD PROTECTION
09:29:31 FOR THESE FAMILIES, PUT THEM
09:29:33 UNDER WITNESS PROTECTION, AND
09:29:36 UTILIZE THEM TO HELP WHAT YOU
09:29:37 CALL SECURITY SITUATIONS DOWN
09:29:48 THERE.
09:29:49 WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN
09:29:49 AMERICAN KINGDOM.
09:29:49 FIRST KINGDOM, FIRST KINGS AND
09:29:49 QUEENS, FIRST LIVING PEOPLE,
09:29:51 FIRST NATION.
09:29:52 FIRST FREE ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGN,
09:29:54 FIRST RIGHTEOUS YOD HE WAW HE,
09:29:56 ACKNOWLEDGING WAY OF KNOWLEDGE,
09:29:59 WISDOM, COMPREHENSION, LIVING
09:30:00 IMMEDIATE ACTUAL GOVERNMENT,
09:30:02 FIRST FAMILIES, STAR SEEDS,
09:30:03 INDIGO FIRST LIVING WILL, FIRST
09:30:04 LIVING STATUS QUO.
09:30:05 FIRST AMERICAN KING DESPOT,
09:30:10 MOST HIGH CHIEF, MOST HIGH
09:30:10 SHAMAN, FREE AND ACCEPTED.
09:30:12 EAST TRAVELER FOR WEST
09:30:14 TRAVELERS WERE FULL OF
09:30:15 DARKNESS, IGNORANCE.
09:30:17 I AM KING DESPOT BOOTH.
09:30:17 I AM REIGNING.
09:30:23 JOHNNY'S TRUE LAW.
09:30:23 I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN SOME
09:30:25 STUFF BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
09:30:26 ARE CONFUSED.
09:30:30 RECLAIM AMERICA.
09:30:30 PATRIOT, FRONT U.S.
09:30:31 SOVEREIGN AMERICAN KINGDOM.
09:30:33 INDIGENOUS, NATIVE TRIBAL 13
09:30:36 FREE COLONIES.
09:30:36 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASON AND
09:30:37 EASTERN STARS, COWBOYS AND
09:30:39 INDIANS.
09:30:40 EAST TRAVELERS, WEST SIT DOWN.
09:30:42 WE THE PEOPLE, TAMPANAIAN
09:30:44 INDIAN VILLAGE KINGDOM, SWITCH
09:30:51 FROM SATAN TO YOD HEY WAW HEY.
09:30:53 IT'S TIME TO RECOGNIZE TAMPA,
09:30:54 TAMPA BAY, CAPITAL OF AMERICA,
09:30:59 HEADQUARTERS OF THE GLOBE.
09:30:59 FREEDOM COMMISSION.
09:31:01 AND THAT'S FOR THE RECORD, BY
09:31:02 THE RECORD, ON THE RECORD.
09:31:04 FOR THE LIVING WILL, ON THE
09:31:05 LIVING WILL, FOR THE LIVING
09:31:07 RECORD, ON THE LIVING RECORD.
09:31:07 UNITED STATES ADMITTED
09:31:09 YESTERDAY THAT THEY ARE NOT A
09:31:10 GOVERNMENT, SO, THEREFORE, THAT
09:31:12 SWITCH IS COMPLETED.
09:31:14 TAMPA IS THE IMMEDIATE AND MAIN
09:31:16 GOVERNMENT FOR AMERICA AND FOR
09:31:18 THE ENTIRE GLOBE.
09:31:19 THE REST OF THESE ARE
09:31:21 BUSINESSES, AND YOU KNOW THAT
09:31:23 YOU AUTOMATICALLY FORFEIT UNDER
09:31:25 TAMPA.
09:31:32 THANK YOU.
09:31:34 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:31:37 TAMPA COUNCIL.
09:31:38 MY NAME IS DIANA KLINE.
09:31:40 I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF OUR
09:31:42 PREBORN NEIGHBORS WHO ARE BEING
09:31:44 MURDERED EVERY WEEK IN TAMPA
09:31:45 UNDER YOUR WATCH AND
09:31:45 JURISDICTION.
09:31:47 IT'S TIME TO END THE BLOODSHED
09:31:48 AND PUNISH THOSE WHO ARE
09:31:51 MURDERING BABIES IN THE WOMB.
09:31:53 I HAVE AN OFFICIAL MEDICAL
09:31:54 DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS HOW THE
09:31:57 KILLERS KILL THE BABIES.
09:31:59 THIS A BABY IN THE WOMB AT NINE
09:32:00 WEEKS.
09:32:01 THE KILLER TAKES THE CANNULA
09:32:03 AND PUNCTURES IT THROUGH THE
09:32:04 UTERUS, AND THEN HE TAKES A
09:32:07 HEAVY VACUUM AND VACUUMS AND
09:32:09 SUCTIONS ALL THE BODY PARTS.
09:32:10 THESE BABIES ARE LITERALLY
09:32:11 PULLED APART WHILE THEY'RE
09:32:12 STILL ALIVE.
09:32:15 THIS IS A VERY BRUTAL DEATH FOR
09:32:20 THESE BABIES.
09:32:22 THEN THE KILLER TAKES A
09:32:25 CURETTE, SCRAPES THE REST OF
09:32:27 THE BODY PARTS AND PLACENTA OUT
09:32:28 OF THE UTERUS, AND THERE'S AN
09:32:30 ASSISTANT WHO HAS TO GO IN AND
09:32:32 COUNT ALL THE BABY BODY PARTS
09:32:33 TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING
09:32:35 LEFT IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB, AND
09:32:37 THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE, AND AT
09:32:39 THE END OF THIS, THEY ACTUALLY
09:32:41 PIECE THE BODY PARTS BACK
09:32:42 TOGETHER, AND THIS IS WHAT THE
09:32:47 BABIES LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY
09:32:48 PIECE THEM BACK TOGETHER.
09:32:51 AND SO I'M HERE TODAY AS AN
09:32:55 ABOLITIONIST TO SHOW YOU JUST
09:32:55 WHO THE ABOLITIONISTS BACK IN
09:32:55 THE 1800s SHOWED THE BRUTALITY
09:32:57 OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA BACK
09:33:00 THEN, SO ABOLITIONISTS TODAY OF
09:33:02 ABORTION ARE OUT TO SHOW THE
09:33:03 BRUTALITY OF WHAT'S BEING DONE
09:33:05 TO OUR PREBORN NEIGHBORS IN THE
09:33:07 WOMB HERE IN TAMPA AND ACROSS
09:33:09 THE COUNTRY.
09:33:12 YOU HAVE A DUTY TO PRESERVE
09:33:13 JUSTICE AND TO PUNISH THIS
09:33:14 EVIL.
09:33:17 ROE V. WADE IS NOT A LAW, IT'S
09:33:19 A FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED OPINION
09:33:20 THAT IS TO BE IGNORED.
09:33:23 YOU MUST IMPOSE ON BEHALF OF
09:33:23 THE PREBORN.
09:33:25 LEARN HOW TO INTERPOSE BY
09:33:27 LEARNING THE MAGISTRATE AT
09:33:29 DEFYTYRANTS.COM.
09:33:32 YOU CAN GO TO FREETHESTATE.COM
09:33:34 HOW THEY ARE SEEKING
09:33:36 LEGISLATION THAT WILL
09:33:39 CRIMINALIZE MURDER IN THE WOMB.
09:33:41 GOD TELLS US WHEN A SENTENCE IS
09:33:43 NOT EXECUTED SPEEDILY THAT THE
09:33:45 HEART OF THE CHILDREN OF MAN IS
09:33:47 FULLY SET TO DO EVIL.
09:33:48 THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
09:33:50 TAMPA AND ACROSS THE NATION.
09:33:52 ONE IN FOUR WOMEN HAVE A HEART
09:33:54 FULLY SET TO MURDER THEIR
09:33:55 LITTLE SON OR DAUGHTER IN THE
09:33:56 WOMB.
09:33:57 WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS VICIOUS
09:33:58 CYCLE.
09:33:59 CHILDREN ARE A GIFT FROM GOD
09:34:01 AND NEED TO BE LOVED, NURTURED,
09:34:04 AND PROTECTED IN THE WOMB, AS
09:34:06 LOVE BEGINS IN THE WOMB.
09:34:07 I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME IN FRONT
09:34:09 OF THE MURDER MILLS AND GET
09:34:10 THIS INFORMATION INTO THE HANDS
09:34:11 OF MURDER-MINDED MOTHERS.
09:34:12 ALL THESE WOMEN WHO ARE WITH
09:34:13 CHILD.
09:34:14 THERE'S PLENTY OF HELP FOR
09:34:14 THEM.
09:34:15 YOU CAN ALSO FIND OUT MORE
09:34:16 ABOUT THE MISSIONARY WORK THAT
09:34:20 I DO AT LOVETHEPREBORN.COM,
09:34:24 THAT'S LOVETHEPREBORN.COM.
09:34:27 THANK YOU.
09:34:33 >> HI.
09:34:35 MY NAME'S LAWRENCE GRAMPP.
09:34:37 I'M A MEMBER -- OR I'M A
09:34:37 CITIZEN IN TAMPA.
09:34:39 I JUST CAME TODAY REALLY TO
09:34:40 ADDRESS A PUBLIC ISSUE AND MAKE
09:34:42 IT KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC ON AN
09:34:44 ISSUE OF JUST POLICE BRUTALITY
09:34:48 IN TPD.
09:34:49 I'VE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WHERE
09:34:51 I'VE BEEN THREATENED WITH
09:34:52 PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND MULTIPLE
09:34:54 OTHER THINGS BY POLICE OFFICERS
09:34:55 IN DISTRICT 2.
09:34:57 I'VE BROUGHT IT TO THEIR
09:34:59 SUPERIORS' ATTENTION AND WHEN
09:35:00 DONE SO, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD
09:35:03 THEIR SUPERIORS, CAPTAIN STOUT,
09:35:05 IN NAME OF DISTRICT 2, CALL MY
09:35:06 FAMILY AND MAKE THREATS ON THE
09:35:07 PHONE TO MY FAMILY.
09:35:09 THESE ARE POLICE OFFICERS.
09:35:10 THEY SHOULD NEVER THREATEN
09:35:10 ANYBODY.
09:35:12 THEY HAVE A BADGE AND AN OATH
09:35:14 THEY SWEAR TO WHEN THEY TAKE
09:35:16 THAT BADGE, AND THEY SHOULD
09:35:17 NEVER THREATEN ANYBODY WITH ANY
09:35:20 KIND OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, AND,
09:35:22 QUOTE, UNQUOTE, FROM CAPTAIN
09:35:23 STOUT, HE TOLD MY MOTHER THAT
09:35:25 THE REASON THEY ACT LIKE THAT
09:35:26 IS BECAUSE THE HOMELESS IN
09:35:28 TAMPA ARE DERELICT AND TRASH
09:35:29 AND THEY DON'T WANT THEM IN
09:35:31 THEIR CITY.
09:35:33 HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE AN OPINION
09:35:34 LIKE THAT TO SPEAK TO ANYBODY.
09:35:36 THAT'S NOT -- JUST BECAUSE
09:35:37 SOMEBODY IS HOMELESS DOESN'T
09:35:38 MEAN THAT THEY'RE TRASH OR
09:35:40 THEY'RE DERELICT OR THEY'RE
09:35:42 IGNORANT, IT JUST MEANS THAT
09:35:43 THEY'RE ON A HARD TIME, AND
09:35:44 THEY SHOULD NEVER -- WE SHOULD
09:35:45 NEVER HAVE POLICE OFFICERS
09:35:48 TRYING TO HURT US, TRYING TO
09:35:50 THREATEN US, TRYING TO ARREST
09:35:52 US ON FALSE CHARGES, AND
09:35:53 ESPECIALLY THEY SHOULD NEVER,
09:35:55 EVER CALL OUR FAMILIES AND
09:35:56 THREATEN OUR FAMILIES WHEN OUR
09:35:57 FAMILIES TRY TO CALL THEIR
09:35:58 SUPERIORS AND TRY TO GET
09:35:59 SOMETHING DONE IN THE CORRECT
09:36:00 WAY.
09:36:01 I'VE TRIED TO GO ABOUT EVERY
09:36:03 ORDER THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO GO
09:36:04 IN, CHAIN OF COMMAND, TALKING
09:36:07 TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS, I'VE
09:36:17 LAUNCHED INVESTIGATIONS --
09:36:21 [LOST AUDIO]
09:36:51 -- PUT THEIR HANDS ON ANY
09:36:52 CITIZEN AND JUST WHATEVER THEIR
09:36:53 OPINIONS ARE ON HOW THEY FEEL
09:36:55 ABOUT HOMELESS PEOPLE, THEY
09:36:57 SHOULD KEEP THEM TO THEMSELVES.
09:36:58 THEY SHOULD NOT BRING IT INTO
09:36:59 THE PUBLIC, THEY SHOULDN'T
09:37:00 BRING IT TO WORK WITH THEM.
09:37:02 THEY TAKE AN OATH AND GET PAID
09:37:03 TO DO A JOB JUST LIKE EVERY
09:37:04 OTHER EMPLOYEE IN THE UNITED
09:37:05 STATES.
09:37:06 IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO
09:37:07 THEIR JOB, THEN THEY SHOULD
09:37:09 TURN THEIR BADGE IN AND GET
09:37:09 ANOTHER JOB.
09:37:11 I JUST FEEL LIKE THIS WAS THE
09:37:12 ISSUE I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD
09:37:13 TO COUNCIL.
09:37:14 I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
09:37:27 THANK YOU.
09:37:32 >> MENTEZMAT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
09:37:34 I THINK YOU HAVE PEOPLE
09:37:37 SPEAKING ON ISSUES THAT'S DEAR
09:37:39 TO THEIR HEART, NEAR TO THEIR
09:37:43 HEART, ABORTION, PERSON SAYING
09:37:47 THEY'RE AN ABOLITIONIST.
09:37:53 THAT'S AN ESTEEMED POSITION TO
09:37:55 BE IN, EVEN IF IT'S
09:37:56 SELF-APPOINTED.
09:37:56 A PERSON SPEAKING ABOUT POLICE
09:37:59 BRUTALITY, WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN
09:37:59 THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:38:01 HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
09:38:01 THE BLACK COMMUNITY SEE IT IN
09:38:01 ITS WORSE FORMS, POLICE
09:38:04 VIOLENCE AND POLICE BRUTALITY.
09:38:08 YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T
09:38:09 HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, SO
09:38:10 EVERY TIME THE CITIZENRY
09:38:12 SPEAKS, THEY FEET UP AND LEAVE.
09:38:13 THAT'S THE FEMALE CITY COUNCIL
09:38:15 SITTING THERE, AND THEY SAY,
09:38:19 DON'T IDENTIFY PEOPLE BY NAMES.
09:38:21 THE CITY HAS RECENTLY SPOKEN,
09:38:22 AND WHAT THE CITY HAVE SAID,
09:38:24 THEY'VE SPOKEN WITH VOTES.
09:38:26 THE CITY HAVE SAID THAT CHARLIE
09:38:29 MIRANDA GARNERED THE MOST VOTES
09:38:31 IN THIS ELECTION, AND THAT'S
09:38:33 WHO SHOULD BE THE NEXT MAYOR,
09:38:36 NOT JANE CASTOR, WHO GOES BACK
09:38:38 TO BICYCLE STOPS AND POLICE
09:38:42 BRUTALITY, NOT DAVID STRAZ, WHO
09:38:43 BASED THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN AROUND
09:38:46 THE EXPLOITATION OF AFRICAN
09:38:47 PEOPLE AND BICYCLE STOPS AND
09:38:49 RED LIGHT CAMERAS AND ALL THAT.
09:38:50 WE IN THE HOOD, WE ALREADY KNOW
09:38:52 THESE THINGS GOING ON.
09:38:53 WE ALREADY KNOW THEY'RE GOING
09:38:54 ON EVERY DAY.
09:38:58 WE KNOW ALL OUR YOUTH LICENSES
09:39:00 ARE SUSPENDED, PROBLEMS WITH
09:39:01 CHILD SUPPORT, ECONOMIC
09:39:03 PROBLEMS, ALL KIND OF OTHER
09:39:04 PROBLEMS, BUT WE NEED SOMEONE
09:39:06 WHO'S GOING TO REPRESENT THE
09:39:08 PEOPLE, THE MASSES OF TAMPA,
09:39:12 REPRESENT THE WORKING-CLASS
09:39:14 PEOPLE, AND THE ASPIRATIONS OF
09:39:16 THE WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE, AND
09:39:18 APPARENTLY, THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:39:19 HAVE STATED THAT PERSON IS
09:39:21 CHARLIE MIRANDA, THE ONLY
09:39:23 PERSON HERE IN 30 YEARS WHO
09:39:25 HAVE EVER USED THE WORD
09:39:27 "DEFICIT," AND NO ONE ELSE
09:39:28 KNOWS WHAT THE WORD
09:39:30 "DEFICIT" MEANS, BUT THEY GIVE
09:39:32 THE DEVELOPERS ALL TYPE OF
09:39:34 BREAKS, TAX BREAKS, PROPERTY
09:39:37 ACROSS THE STREET, NEAR
09:39:45 GIVEAWAY, BICYCLE LANES THAT
09:39:46 YOU SEE NO BICYCLES IN, $40
09:39:48 MILLION IN RIVERFRONT PARK WITH
09:39:49 87 PARKING SPACES.
09:39:51 WHERE DO YOU SPEND $40 MILLION
09:39:51 IN A PARK AND HAVE 80 PARKING
09:39:51 SPACES?
09:39:51 INSANE.
09:39:51 GIVEAWAYS.
09:39:54 A MAYOR THAT SITS RIGHT DOWN
09:39:56 THERE THAT CALLS BLACK WOMEN
09:39:59 BITCHES AND CALL FOR THE
09:40:02 LYNCHING OF AN AFRICAN MAN.
09:40:02 TOTALLY DISRESPECTFUL.
09:40:06 GOT A HATRED FOR AFRICAN PEOPLE
09:40:06 AND GOT A SPECIAL HATRED FOR
09:40:10 POOR AND WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE.
09:40:10 AND WHEN PEOPLE TALK, THE CITY
09:40:11 COUNCIL MEMBERS GET UP AND
09:40:13 LEAVE OUT, DISRESPECTFUL AS
09:40:13 EVER.
09:40:14 PEOPLE MAKE FACES WHEN PEOPLE
09:40:15 BRING THEIR POINT OF VIEW
09:40:16 BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE
09:40:17 ABORTIONS OR BECAUSE THEY DON'T
09:40:19 LIKE POLICE VIOLENCE OR THEY
09:40:21 DON'T LIKE SOMETHING ELSE, AND
09:40:23 PEOPLE -- THE CITIZENRY OF THIS
09:40:25 COMMUNITY DON'T GET ANY FAIR
09:40:27 TREATMENT, PERIOD.
09:40:35 THANK YOU.
09:40:37 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS,
09:40:39 TODD PRESSMAN, 334 EAST LAKE
09:40:39 ROAD, NO. 102, PALM HARBOR,
09:40:40 FLORIDA.
09:40:41 I'M HERE DIRECTLY TODAY IN
09:40:45 REGARD TO VENDORS FIREWORKS,
09:40:47 FLOWERS, TREES, AND INDIRECTLY
09:40:49 FOR DOZENS OF CALLS I RECEIVED
09:40:51 REGARDING THE TENT ISSUE.
09:40:53 IF I COULD ASK ANYONE WHO'S
09:40:54 HERE WHO HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE
09:40:56 TENT ISSUE AND YOUR BUSINESS,
09:40:57 PLEASE STAND UP.
09:40:59 WE KNOW -- WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME,
09:41:00 SIR.
09:41:02 >> I'M HANDICAP.
09:41:03 >> IF YOU WOULD PLEASE EXCUSE
09:41:03 ME.
09:41:05 THANK YOU.
09:41:06 SO THERE HAVE BEEN NO LOCAL
09:41:07 INCIDENTS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF
09:41:09 THAT HAVE GENERATED THIS.
09:41:11 WE ATTENDED A MEETING ABOUT A
09:41:13 YEAR AGO WITH THE STAFF.
09:41:14 WE WERE TOLD THERE WOULD BE
09:41:16 INCLUSION AND COMMUNICATION AND
09:41:17 TO WORK WITH THEM, BUT AS FAR
09:41:18 AS WE KNOW, THERE'S BEEN NO
09:41:20 CALL FOR MEETINGS OR ANY
09:41:22 INTERFACING OR ANY
09:41:23 COLLABORATIVE WORK ON THE
09:41:24 ISSUE.
09:41:26 WHAT WE BELIEVE -- AND I'M NOT
09:41:27 AN EXPERT IN FLORIDA BUILDING
09:41:28 CODE.
09:41:28 WHAT WE BELIEVE -- AND I'M NOT
09:41:28 AN EXPERT ON THE FLORIDA
09:41:28 BUILDING CODE.
09:41:29 WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THAT THE
09:41:30 STAFF HAS COBBLED TOGETHER FROM
09:41:32 THE BUILDING CODE FROM A NUMBER
09:41:34 OF DIFFERENT SECTIONS, FOR
09:41:36 EXAMPLE, 3102 TALKS ABOUT
09:41:38 MEMBRANE STRUCTURES.
09:41:40 SECTION 3103 TALKS ABOUT TENTS
09:41:41 AND OTHER MEMBRANE STRUCTURES
09:41:43 FOR A PERIOD OF LESS THAN 180
09:41:46 DAYS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
09:41:48 FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
09:41:49 STAFF CERTAINLY HAS A RIGHT TO
09:41:51 PERMIT, BUT WHAT THEY'RE
09:41:52 REQUIRING FOR THAT PERMIT IS
09:41:54 EXTENSIVE, AGGRESSIVE, AND THE
09:41:55 BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AS I'VE
09:41:56 HEARD, FEELS IT WILL BE
09:41:57 DAMAGING AND PUT THEM OUT OF
09:41:58 BUSINESS.
09:41:59 FOR EXAMPLE, REQUIRE A GENERAL
09:42:00 CONTRACTOR, WHICH IS ESTIMATED
09:42:02 TO COST $10,000 FOR LARGE
09:42:06 EVENTS; SIGN/SEALED ENGINEERING
09:42:08 PLANS; SIGN/SEALED SAFETY
09:42:11 PLANS, ALSO INSTITUTING AN
09:42:13 AGGREGATE, SO IF YOU HAVE MORE
09:42:14 THAN ONE TENT OR MULTIPLE
09:42:15 TENTS, THEY'RE GOING TO COUNT
09:42:16 THE FULL SQUARE FOOTAGE AND
09:42:18 POTENTIALLY PUT YOU INTO A
09:42:19 HIGHER CATEGORY.
09:42:21 REQUIRING A MINIMUM 30-DAY
09:42:21 SUBMITTAL.
09:42:23 ONCE YOU HAVE A SITE PLAN,
09:42:25 INCLUDING NEW 18-ITEM SITE
09:42:26 PLAN, ALONG WITH THE -- ALONG
09:42:29 WITH THE SIGN/SEALED, THERE'S
09:42:30 GOING TO BE SUBMITS AND
09:42:32 RESUBMITS AND SUBMITS AND
09:42:33 RESUBMITS, WHICH IS PART OF
09:42:34 STAFF'S JOB, BUT THAT'S GOING
09:42:35 TO TAKE TIME.
09:42:36 FOR EXAMPLE, I GOT AN EMAIL
09:42:37 FROM THE TAMPA BOAT SHOW.
09:42:39 THEY INDICATED THAT THEIR
09:42:40 CLIENTS COME FORWARD JUST A FEW
09:42:41 DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT.
09:42:43 THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
09:42:45 AND AS WELL, ALSO INCREASES THE
09:42:46 REVIEW UP TO A FIVE DEPARTMENT
09:42:50 OR FIVE OFFICER REVIEW,
09:42:50 SPREADING THOSE TYPE REVIEWS
09:42:53 THROUGH THE STAFF.
09:42:54 SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY ASKING
09:42:56 FOR IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT
09:42:58 TO WORK TOWARDS THESE ISSUES.
09:43:00 THERE'S PRIMARILY AND
09:43:01 ULTIMATELY A LOT OF CONFUSION
09:43:03 AS TO WHAT'S ALLOWABLE, WHAT'S
09:43:04 NOT ALLOWABLE, WHAT THE STAFF
09:43:05 IS PUTTING TOGETHER.
09:43:08 THEY HAVE PRODUCED A LIST ABOUT
09:43:10 WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE, WHAT'S NOT
09:43:12 PERMISSIBLE, AND I WILL SAY
09:43:13 THAT AS YOU'VE GOTTEN CALLS
09:43:15 DOWN HERE AS I HAVE THAT
09:43:16 THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THIS
09:43:18 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY FOR THE
09:43:20 MANUFACTURERS TO THE TENT
09:43:21 PEOPLE TO THE MANY PEOPLE WHO
09:43:22 USE THEM -- ONE TENT COMPANY
09:43:24 SENT ME A LIST OF 120 CLIENTS.
09:43:26 THEY'RE ALL AT RISK AND
09:43:27 SEVERELY CONCERNED THAT THEIR
09:43:28 BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE DAMAGED
09:43:29 OR ELIMINATED.
09:43:31 WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION.
09:43:34 THANK YOU.
09:43:39 >> MA'AM, I'VE GOT TO COME UP
09:43:40 HERE.
09:43:40 I'M HANDICAPPED.
09:43:41 THAT'S WHY I WAS SITTING DOWN.
09:43:42 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:43:46 >> I DIDN'T STAND UP.
09:43:47 YOU'RE RIGHT.
09:43:48 I WAS SITTING DOWN BECAUSE I'M
09:43:50 HANDICAPPED, BUT I WAS HERE
09:43:51 BEFORE SHE WAS.
09:43:51 THANK GOD FOR YOU.
09:43:53 MY NAME'S PASTOR WILLIAMS,
09:43:56 FRANK WILLIAMS, 1112 EAST SCOTT
09:43:57 STREET.
09:43:59 I'VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE YEAR
09:44:00 AFTER YEAR BUT DON'T SEEM TO
09:44:03 GET NO RESULTS, AS IF YOU ALL
09:44:05 DON'T CARE HOW YOU TREAT US,
09:44:06 PEOPLE OF MY COLOR.
09:44:08 BUT ONE THING ABOUT IT, WE NEED
09:44:10 TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE TO RESPECT
09:44:10 ALL PEOPLES.
09:44:12 WE ALL PAY TAXES, AND WHEN YOU
09:44:13 ALL DON'T HAVE NO SEPARATION
09:44:15 WHEN YOU COME DOWN, YOU TAKE
09:44:17 OUT MONEY AS IF IT'S NOT GREEN,
09:44:19 BUT THE THING ABOUT -- FIRST,
09:44:21 I'M GOING TO RAISE SOME
09:44:23 SCRIPTURE TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW
09:44:24 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ME
09:44:24 LONG.
09:44:26 I'M GOING OUT OF THE BOOK OF
09:44:29 ST. LUKE, 12th CHAPTER.
09:44:31 IN THE MEANTIME, WHEN THERE
09:44:35 WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AN
09:44:35 INNUMERABLE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE
09:44:38 INSOMUCH THAT THEY TRODE ONE
09:44:42 UPON ANOTHER, HE BEGAN TO
09:44:42 SPEAK, WHICH IS JESUS CHRIST,
09:44:42 TO HIS DISCIPLES FIRST OF ALL.
09:44:45 BEWARE YE OF THE LEAVEN OF THE
09:44:46 PHARISEES, WHICH IS HYPOCRISY.
09:44:49 FOR THERE IS NOTHING COVERED
09:44:50 THAT SHALL NOT BE REVEALED,
09:44:50 NEITHER HID, THAT SHALL NOT BE
09:44:51 KNOWN.
09:44:56 EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, IT'S
09:44:59 GOING TO BE KNOWN UNTO GOD.
09:45:01 GOD KNOWS WHAT EVERYBODY DO.
09:45:02 WHETHER YOU RESPECT GOD OR NOT,
09:45:04 YOU SHOULD RESPECT HIS HOLY
09:45:07 WORD.
09:45:09 THE WORLD WAS BUILT UPON GOD
09:45:11 ALMIGHTY, AND THAT'S WHY I
09:45:13 PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS
09:45:18 CHRIST, BECAUSE I'M A BELIEVER,
09:45:20 WE WANT SOULS TO BE SAVED.
09:45:21 IF IT WASN'T FOR GOD, WE
09:45:23 WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT
09:45:25 IT, SO I THANK GOD.
09:45:27 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER
09:45:28 THING.
09:45:29 YOUNG BLACK KIDS DO NOT STAND
09:45:31 UP AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
09:45:31 FLAG.
09:45:33 I'M STANDING RIGHT HERE, AND I
09:45:34 DIDN'T STAND UP TO PLEDGE
09:45:35 ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
09:45:37 WHAT THE FLAG CAN DO FOR ME?
09:45:39 ALL MY TRUST IS IN GOD
09:45:41 ALMIGHTY, AND YET YOU WANT TO
09:45:42 PUT AN INNOCENT BLACK KID OUT
09:45:43 OF SCHOOL.
09:45:44 IF YOU COULD TELL ME -- EXPLAIN
09:45:46 TO ME WHAT THE PLEDGE OF
09:45:48 ALLEGIANCE -- WAS IT WROTE FOR
09:45:50 US, BLACK FOLKS?
09:45:50 NO.
09:45:52 IT WAS WROTE UP JUST FOR WHITE
09:45:53 FOLKS, AND THOSE WHITE FOLKS
09:45:55 HAD TO BE RICH AND FREE.
09:45:56 BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WE
09:45:59 WANT TO SEPARATE THE PEOPLE SO
09:46:00 MUCH HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
09:46:02 DON'T HAVE NO RESPECTS TO ME
09:46:04 NOR ANY OTHER BLACK FOLK, BUT I
09:46:06 HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS HERE.
09:46:08 GOD HAS RESPECT FOR ALL OF HIS
09:46:10 CHILDREN, WHETHER YOU RESPECT
09:46:11 US OR NOT.
09:46:13 ANOTHER THING.
09:46:18 I HAVE -- I'M LOCATED AT 1112
09:46:20 EAST SCOTT STREET.
09:46:21 BEEN THERE FOR 30 YEARS.
09:46:22 THEY DON'T GIVE ME NO KIND OF
09:46:25 RESPECT AT ALL.
09:46:25 THE CITY OF TAMPA DESIGNATED IT
09:46:27 AS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK.
09:46:29 NEVER PAID A LIGHT BILL, NEVER
09:46:31 PAID A WATER BILL, NEVER EVEN
09:46:34 COME INTO THE CHURCH, BUT YET
09:46:36 THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO.
09:46:38 LIFT THAT HISTORICAL LANDMARK
09:46:39 OFF THERE BECAUSE I'M GETTING
09:46:41 READY TO TEAR DOWN THE CHURCH,
09:46:44 AND THEN I WANT TO GO THROUGH
09:46:45 THE REST OF THE BUILDING OVER
09:46:46 THERE.
09:46:49 YOU ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO CONTROL
09:46:51 THE MENTALITY OF ALL BLACK
09:46:52 FOLKS, BUT THIS IS ONE
09:46:53 MENTALITY YOU ALL ARE NOT GOING
09:46:54 TO CONTROL.
09:46:56 WHAT'S IN MY CRANIUM COMES FROM
09:46:58 GOD ALMIGHTY.
09:47:00 THANK YOU ALL FOR THESE THREE
09:47:02 MINUTES BUT THAT'S NOT LONG
09:47:03 ENOUGH, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF
09:47:08 OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
09:47:11 IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST,
09:47:13 GOD BLESS ALL OF THE BELIEVERS.
09:47:13 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:47:15 MY NAME IS KIM DIONISIO, AND I
09:47:16 AM HERE TODAY ON THE BAY TO BAY
09:47:19 RESURFACING PROJECT, WHICH IS
09:47:21 NO. 89 TODAY ON THE AGENDA FOR
09:47:21 STAFF REPORT.
09:47:23 I'M THE OWNER OF SWAMI JUICE.
09:47:25 WE HAVE TWO LOCATIONS, ONE AT
09:47:27 ARMATURE WORKS, AND IN APRIL
09:47:29 WE'RE CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS ON
09:47:30 THE CORNER OF BAY TO BAY AND
09:47:31 MacDILL.
09:47:34 I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF PALMA
09:47:36 CEIA FOR 11 YEARS AS WELL.
09:47:37 I WAS HERE TWO WEEKS AGO
09:47:38 REGARDING THE BAY TO BAY
09:47:40 BOULEVARD AND HOW THE
09:47:42 RESURFACING PROJECT WAS
09:47:43 PROCEEDING WITHOUT FURTHER
09:47:45 PUBLIC REVIEW, WITHOUT PUBLIC
09:47:46 COMMENT, AND ON ANY OF THE
09:47:47 ADDITIONAL SAFETY DESIGN
09:47:48 FEATURES THAT WOULD MOVE
09:47:49 FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.
09:47:50 I WANT TO THANK CITY COUNCIL
09:47:51 FOR KEEPING A PULSE ON THE
09:47:53 MATTER AND ASKING THE
09:47:55 TRANSPORTATION STAFF MEMBER TO
09:47:56 UPDATE COUNCIL HERE TODAY, BUT
09:47:57 WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE
09:47:59 PROJECT IS WELL UNDER WAY.
09:48:01 THE RESURFACING PROJECT APPEARS
09:48:03 TO BE ALMOST HALFWAY DONE
09:48:05 BETWEEN THE AREA OF MacDILL AND
09:48:07 DALE MABRY, AND EVEN WITHIN THE
09:48:08 LAST TWO -- TWO WEEKS, I'VE
09:48:11 WITNESSED CARS TRAVELING UP TO
09:48:12 50 MILES PER HOUR IN A
09:48:15 35-MILE-PER-HOUR SPEED ZONE ON
09:48:16 THE NEW ASPHALT.
09:48:16 THE ROAD IS COMPLETELY
09:48:21 INHOSPITABLE TO PEDESTRIANS, TO
09:48:23 BICYCLISTS AND SPEEDING CARS.
09:48:25 MY CUSTOMERS DO NOT BIKE, THEY
09:48:25 DO NOT WALK.
09:48:27 I'M A CORNER JUICE BAR IN THE
09:48:30 HEART OF PALMA CEIA, AND IT'S
09:48:32 TOO DANGEROUS, NOT SAFE, AND
09:48:33 THERE ARE TOO MANY IMPEDIMENTS
09:48:36 FOR SAFE SIDEWALKS.
09:48:38 THOSE ARE MY WORDS, MY
09:48:40 CUSTOMERS' WORDS, AND MY
09:48:40 NEIGHBORHOOD'S WORDS.
09:48:42 WE HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL FOR THE
09:48:43 REDESIGN OPTIONS FOR BAY TO
09:48:45 BAY, AND YET THE CITY AND
09:48:46 COUNTY SEEM TO BE MOVING
09:48:48 FORWARD WITH THE RESURFACING
09:48:49 PROJECT, WITHOUT NOTIFICATION
09:48:50 TO BUSINESSES, WITHOUT
09:48:51 NOTIFICATION WITH OUR PUBLIC
09:48:53 OVERSIGHT, PUBLIC COMMENT, AND
09:48:54 WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE
09:48:55 ADDITIONAL SAFETY FEATURES
09:48:57 RECOMMENDED AND SUPPORTED BY
09:48:58 THE CITY'S OWN EXPERT PLANNERS
09:48:59 AND ENGINEERS.
09:49:01 I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE CITY
09:49:02 TO CONTINUE TO STUDY THE
09:49:03 REDESIGN OPTIONS FOR BAY TO BAY
09:49:05 AND TO IMPLEMENT THE SAFETY
09:49:06 FEATURES THAT THE BUSINESSES
09:49:08 HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR AND
09:49:10 THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
09:49:12 SUPPORT US HAVE ASKED FOR TOO.
09:49:19 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:49:20 >> HELLO.
09:49:21 MY NAME IS SHARON
09:49:23 HUNNEWELL-JOHNSON.
09:49:24 I'M WITH GALAXY FIREWORKS AND
09:49:26 ALSO WITH THE COMPANY FLOWER
09:49:26 HUT.
09:49:27 WE HAVE BEEN IN THE CITY OF
09:49:29 TAMPA FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS
09:49:31 PULLING TENTS FOR CHRISTMAS
09:49:33 TREES, FIREWORKS SALES, AND SO
09:49:33 FORTH.
09:49:36 THE CITY HAS -- TRYING TO
09:49:37 IMPLEMENT SOME NEW RULES ON
09:49:38 ERECTING TENTS IN THE CITY OF
09:49:41 TAMPA, WHICH WE ARE -- WHICH
09:49:42 WILL PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF
09:49:43 BUSINESS WITH THE EXTRA
09:49:44 REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY ARE
09:49:45 TRYING TO DO, AND I JUST WANT
09:49:47 TO GO OVER A FEW THINGS.
09:49:48 YOU KNOW, THE STANDARD
09:49:49 OPERATING PROCEDURES THAT THE
09:49:51 CONSTRUCTION SERVICE DIVISION
09:49:53 WANTS TO REQUIRE, REFERENCING
09:49:54 THE FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION
09:49:55 CODE.
09:49:56 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER
09:49:59 3102 AND 3103 AND SECTION
09:50:02 27-290 FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA
09:50:04 CODE GIVES THEM THEIR LEGAL
09:50:04 AUTHORITY TO ENACT THE
09:50:05 PROCEDURES.
09:50:06 NONE OF THESE CODES REFERENCE
09:50:08 EITHER THE ARCHITECTURAL OR
09:50:11 ENGINEERED DRAWINGS FOR DEAD
09:50:13 LOAD CALCULATIONS TO PERMIT A
09:50:14 TENT.
09:50:15 THE COST OF THESE SPECIAL
09:50:17 REQUIREMENTS FOR A COMPANY LIKE
09:50:19 OURS THAT OPERATES MULTIPLE
09:50:20 TENT SIZES, SO IN THEIR CODE
09:50:22 THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT IN,
09:50:23 IMPLEMENT, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT
09:50:25 SIZES, SO IF IT'S A
09:50:27 400-SQUARE-FOOT TENT, IT
09:50:28 REQUIRES A CERTAIN SET OF RULES
09:50:28 AND SO FORTH.
09:50:30 WE DEAL WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
09:50:32 SIZES, SO WE WOULD FALL INTO
09:50:33 MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
09:50:34 TEMPORARY TENTS ARE NOT
09:50:35 CONSIDERED TO BE A MEMBRANE
09:50:37 STRUCTURE, AND BY CODE DO NOT
09:50:41 HAVE THE SAME LOAD AND
09:50:42 STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS AS A
09:50:43 MEMBRANE STRUCTURE.
09:50:44 OUR TENTS DO MEET THE
09:50:46 REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH BY
09:50:48 FLORIDA FIRE PREVENTION CODE IN
09:50:50 SECTION 25.2, TENTS.
09:50:51 OUR TENTS MEET THE REQUIREMENT
09:50:54 FOR THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
09:50:57 2017 EDITION, CHAPTER 3103,
09:50:59 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES.
09:51:00 OUR TENTS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
09:51:03 THAT IS SET FORTH IN THE CITY
09:51:05 CODE, TAMPA CODE SECTION
09:51:07 27-29.8, DEPUTIES.
09:51:09 THERE IS NO DATA TO SHOW THE
09:51:11 URGENT SAFETY MATTER THAT WE
09:51:13 HAVE TO GO IN AND MAKE MORE
09:51:14 RULES REGARDING TENTS.
09:51:15 I'VE BEEN HERE 35 YEARS.
09:51:20 I'VE YET TO SEE --
09:51:23 [LOST AUDIO]
09:51:56 OUR LEASES, WE DO NOT GET IN
09:51:58 UNTIL A FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE
09:52:00 ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE, AND WE
09:52:01 GO DOWN AND PULL THE PERMITS
09:52:03 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL
09:52:04 THE NECESSARY PERMITS THAT WE
09:52:04 NEED.
09:52:06 THIS IS GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL
09:52:09 ON TOP OF ON THE REQUIREMENTS.
09:52:10 I'M ASKING THAT CITY COUNCIL
09:52:13 HOPEFULLY REFERS THIS BACK TO
09:52:16 THEM TO HAVE YOU REVISIT, SPEAK
09:52:18 WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL ON WHAT
09:52:19 THINGS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO
09:52:20 SEE BECAUSE TO ME THIS IS A
09:52:21 LITTLE BIT OVERKILL.
09:52:25 THANK YOU.
09:52:29 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:52:31 MY NAME'S JOSEPH EVEN.
09:52:33 I LIVE IN RIVERVIEW FLORIDA,
09:52:34 SOUTH COUNTY; HOWEVER, THE
09:52:35 REASON I'M HERE IS IN THE
09:52:38 CONCERN OVER THE TENT ISSUE.
09:52:39 WE OWN A CARNIVAL AND WE PLAY
09:52:41 MANY, MANY EVENTS HERE IN THE
09:52:42 CITY OF TAMPA, AND WE OWN ALL
09:52:44 OF OUR OWN TENTS, WHETHER IT'S
09:52:46 A HOSPITALITY TENT PEOPLE SIT
09:52:48 UNDER, ENJOY THEIR SNACKS, OR
09:52:49 IF IT'S A GAME CONCESSION OR
09:52:50 STRAIGHT SALES TENT.
09:52:52 WE OWN ALL OF THOSE, WE PUT
09:52:54 THEM UP OURSELF, AND THESE NEW
09:52:56 REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS THE
09:52:57 YOUNG LADY SAID PRIOR TO ME --
09:52:59 WE'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE DONE
09:53:01 MANY EVENTS FOR THE CITY,
09:53:02 GASPARILLA, I MEAN, JUST ALL
09:53:03 OVER, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS RIGHT
09:53:05 HERE IN TOWN, WHERE WE HAVE TO
09:53:07 HAVE A SITE PLAN 30 DAYS AHEAD.
09:53:09 THERE'S -- I COULD BE IN A
09:53:10 DIFFERENT STATE, FOR HEAVEN'S
09:53:10 SAKES.
09:53:12 HOW WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE WITH
09:53:14 THESE NEW REGULATIONS TO BE PUT
09:53:15 IN PLACE FOR SOMEBODY AS MYSELF
09:53:17 TO GO THAT -- YOU KNOW, THAT
09:53:19 MOVES FROM TOWN TO TOWN
09:53:19 THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO BE ABLE
09:53:21 TO GET THAT TYPE OF SITE PLAN
09:53:22 IN AHEAD OF TIME.
09:53:23 THE SOME OF THE CHURCHES, THE
09:53:25 EVENTS THAT WE DO, THE SCHOOLS,
09:53:26 YOU CAN'T EVEN GET A SITE PLAN.
09:53:28 THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TYPE
09:53:29 OF ATTRACTIONS THEY WANT UNTIL
09:53:31 A WEEK, TWO WEEKS PRIOR, SO
09:53:32 WITH THIS NEW REGULATION, IT'S
09:53:33 GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR
09:53:34 SOMEBODY LIKE MYSELF.
09:53:37 ME, WE HAPPEN TO PUT UP OUR OWN
09:53:37 TENTS.
09:53:39 OUR GUYS PUT THEM UP OURSELF.
09:53:41 WE CAN'T PUT THESE TENTS UP
09:53:42 WITH THESE NEW REGULATIONS
09:53:45 YOU'RE TRYING TO IMPOSE.
09:53:47 I'VE GOT TEN, 15 GUYS TO PUT UP
09:53:48 THE TENTS.
09:53:49 THAT'S GOING TO PUT THEM OUT OF
09:53:50 WORK BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PUT UP
09:53:51 THE TENT.
09:53:52 THE PERMIT PROCESS IS ALREADY
09:53:54 NOW PRETTY STRICT IN WHAT YOU
09:53:56 CAN DO, WHAT YOU CAN'T DO, HOW
09:53:57 YOU HAVE TO DO IT, AND NOW
09:53:59 YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO IMPOSE
09:54:01 THESE NEW RULES, AND YOU HAVE
09:54:02 TO HAVE AN ENGINEER AND
09:54:03 CONTRACTOR AND SO FORTH TO PUT
09:54:04 THESE -- TO -- YOU KNOW, TO
09:54:06 APPROVE THEM, THIS SORT OF
09:54:07 STUFF.
09:54:08 IT JUST MAKES IT, YOU KNOW,
09:54:10 VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
09:54:13 ANOTHER THING WE WANT TO TOUCH
09:54:14 IN ON THE SAFETY, AS THE ONE
09:54:16 GENTLEMAN AND LADY SPOKE, ABOUT
09:54:18 HAVING ANY ISSUES HERE, YOU
09:54:19 KNOW, THAT WOULD CAUSE SUCH AN
09:54:20 ALARM TO PUT THESE RULES IN
09:54:23 PLACE TO WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE
09:54:24 SO FREELY PUTTING UP A TENT.
09:54:26 WELL, THE WAY WE SEE IT IS A
09:54:28 TENT IS A TENT, WHETHER IT'S A
09:54:30 5X5 AND THEY MAKE THEM OR
09:54:33 100X100, AND THE RULES SHOULD
09:54:35 APPLY TO EVERYBODY IF THAT'S
09:54:36 WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO IMPOSE,
09:54:38 REGARDLESS OF THE TIME.
09:54:39 AS LONG AS THE TENT IS UP, THAT
09:54:40 WOULD BE A BIGGER QUESTION, A
09:54:42 BIGGER RED LIGHT FOR ME,
09:54:43 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN UP LONGER.
09:54:45 ONE MORE THING IS IN REGARDS TO
09:54:47 THE FLAME RETARDANCY OF A TENT.
09:54:48 THERE ARE ONLY THREE
09:54:49 MANUFACTURERS IN THE U.S. THAT
09:54:50 ACTUALLY MANUFACTURE THE
09:54:52 CANVASS THAT MAKE THE TENT, AND
09:54:53 ALL OF THOSE -- AND I HAVE
09:54:54 DOCUMENTATION TOO, AND I WILL
09:54:57 EMAIL IT TO YOU, THAT CAN YOU
09:55:00 NOT RECERTIFY THE FLAME
09:55:03 RETARDANTS OF A TENT.
09:55:05 IT'S BUILT INTO THE CANVASS AS
09:55:07 IT'S BEING PRODUCED, AND I
09:55:07 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
09:55:08 TIME.
09:55:10 THANK YOU.
09:55:13 >> I'M HAROLD MUDRY WITH
09:55:14 HAROLD'S RENTALS.
09:55:17 WE DO MANY EVENTS IN THE BAY
09:55:17 AREA.
09:55:18 I LEARNED MY TRADE WITH
09:55:20 RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS.
09:55:21 THEY SAY I KNOW HOW TO PUT UP A
09:55:22 TENT.
09:55:23 I'M QUITE SURE SOME OF YOU
09:55:25 GENTLEMEN HAVE NEVER EVEN SWUNG
09:55:26 A HAMMER TO PUT A TENT UP.
09:55:28 I OWN 150 TENTS.
09:55:30 RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE COST ME
09:55:32 MONEY BECAUSE I CANNOT EVEN
09:55:34 TELL MY CUSTOMERS IN THE FUTURE
09:55:35 WHAT THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE
09:55:37 AND THE COSTS OF REGULATIONS.
09:55:39 I CANNOT SELL MY BUSINESS
09:55:43 BECAUSE I CANNOT PRODUCE THE
09:55:44 DOCUMENTATIONS YOU WANT.
09:55:45 I CAN'T SELL MY TENTS.
09:55:47 WE JUST GOT A NEW PIECE OF
09:55:47 PAPER.
09:55:49 MY WOODEN TABLES, I CAN'T RENT
09:55:51 THEM.
09:55:55 THIS IS A HEALTH CODE, THIS IS
09:55:56 NOT INVOLVED WITH YOU, BUT THE
09:55:58 TENT ITSELF, I CANNOT PUT THEM
09:56:00 UP TO MEET THE CODE.
09:56:01 IT IS COST PROHIBITIVE.
09:56:03 SO BASICALLY, YOU'RE WIPING ME
09:56:05 OUT OF BUSINESS.
09:56:06 I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS MANY
09:56:06 YEARS.
09:56:09 I'M A MILITARY VETERAN.
09:56:10 I KNOW WHO I'M TALKING TO.
09:56:12 I HELPED DEFEND THIS COUNTRY,
09:56:13 AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ME OUT
09:56:14 OF BUSINESS, ALONG WITH ALL OF
09:56:17 MY FRIENDS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN
09:56:19 THIS BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY.
09:56:22 EVERYTHING IS MADE.
09:56:24 THESE TENTS ARE LIKE AN ERECTOR
09:56:25 SET.
09:56:27 ONE TENT, THE PARTS ARE USED IN
09:56:30 MANY TENTS, SO I'M GOING TO
09:56:32 HAVE TO HAVE A TWO-INCH PIPE
09:56:34 TEN-FOOT LONG WITH STAMPED ON
09:56:35 CERTIFIED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
09:56:37 INSPECT?
09:56:39 IT'S COST PROHIBITIVE.
09:56:41 WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO, GO
09:56:44 OUT AND BEG FOR MERCY OR RETAIN
09:56:45 A LAWYER AND SUE THE CITY OF
09:56:47 TAMPA BECAUSE YOU PUT ME OUT OF
09:56:48 BUSINESS?
09:56:50 NONE OF YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO.
09:56:52 YOU NEED TO COME WATCH US WHEN
09:56:53 WE SET UP.
09:56:55 YOU NEED TO COME WATCH US AS WE
09:56:56 TEAR DOWN.
09:56:59 YOU'LL SEE WHAT'S INVOLVED TO
09:57:00 PUTTING ON AN EVENT.
09:57:01 YOU JUST HAD THE HUMANE SOCIETY
09:57:02 HERE.
09:57:03 THE IRONY IS WITH THE
09:57:05 REGULATIONS YOU GOT, WE DO THE
09:57:06 TENTS FOR THEM, FOR THE SHOT
09:57:07 CLINICS.
09:57:08 YOU KNOW WHAT, WITH THE
09:57:10 REGULATIONS, IF YOU PASS, I
09:57:12 CAN'T PUT UP A TENT FOR THEM.
09:57:13 SO --
09:57:14 >>HARRY COHEN: SIR --
09:57:16 >> YOU'RE GOING TO HURT THEM.
09:57:17 >>HARRY COHEN: WE DIDN'T PASS
09:57:18 ANY REGULATIONS.
09:57:19 WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TRY TO
09:57:20 GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT LATER,
09:57:23 BUT WE DID NOT PASS ANYTHING UP
09:57:23 HERE --
09:57:25 >> RIGHT NOW IT'S COSTING US
09:57:26 MONEY BECAUSE WE CAN'T ANSWER
09:57:28 THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE ALL THIS
09:57:30 IS PENDING, AND THIS IS WHERE
09:57:32 WE'RE COMING FROM, AND I'M
09:57:34 QUITE SURE QUITE A FEW OTHERS
09:57:35 ARE IN THE SAME THING.
09:57:37 I HELD OFF ON PURCHASES OF
09:57:39 TENTS AND EQUIPMENT BECAUSE I
09:57:40 DIDN'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
09:57:43 HAPPEN WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA,
09:57:47 AND THIS IS NOT -- RIGHT HERE,
09:57:48 BROWARD COUNTY, IT'S
09:57:48 IMPOSSIBLE.
09:57:50 I'VE TALKED TO MANY TENT
09:57:51 MANUFACTURERS.
09:57:54 THIS IS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
09:57:55 THE SAME REGULATIONS ARE TRYING
09:57:56 TO BE PASSED OUT.
09:57:58 YOU'RE GOING TO WIPE OUT A
09:57:59 WHOLE INDUSTRY.
09:58:01 AND AT ONE TIME, I WAS
09:58:02 ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLUSH TOY
09:58:02 INDUSTRY.
09:58:03 YOU KNOW WHAT, THE GOVERNMENT
09:58:05 PUT ME OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE
09:58:07 I COULD NOT COMPLY WITH THE NEW
09:58:09 REGULATIONS.
09:58:10 THE BIGGEST REASON, THEY TOOK
09:58:12 THE DUTY OFF WHAT I WAS MAKING.
09:58:13 SO RIGHT NOW, IF THESE
09:58:15 REGULATIONS PASS, I'M OUT OF
09:58:17 BUSINESS AGAIN.
09:58:19 THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME OUT OF
09:58:19 BUSINESS.
09:58:21 I HOPE YOU CHANGE IT AND BE
09:58:23 REALISTIC AND COME UP WITH AN
09:58:25 ANSWER SO WE CAN STAY IN
09:58:26 BUSINESS AND WORK.
09:58:29 THANK YOU.
09:58:33 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
09:58:34 MEMBERS.
09:58:36 MY NAME IS FERDIAN JAP, AND I'M
09:58:37 HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TENT
09:58:38 ISSUE AS WELL.
09:58:40 I'M WITH BIG CITY EVENTS.
09:58:42 WE'RE A LOCAL TAMPA EVENT
09:58:44 COMPANY, AND WE PRODUCE A LOT
09:58:44 OF LOCAL EVENTS, INCLUDING THE
09:58:46 MARGARITA FESTIVAL, SUMMER RUN
09:58:48 FESTIVAL, SUSHI BATTLE,.
09:58:50 WE HELPED WITH THE JULIAN B.
09:58:51 LANE GRAND OPENING AS WELL, AND
09:58:54 WE ALSO HAVE NONPROFIT CLIENTS
09:58:55 THAT WE PRODUCE EVENTS FOR,
09:58:55 INCLUDING ON BIKES, WHICH THE
09:58:57 CITY'S A PARTNER WITH, AND
09:58:58 GASPARILLA INTERNATIONAL FILM
09:58:59 FESTIVAL, WHICH IS IN A COUPLE
09:59:00 WEEKS.
09:59:01 GIVING YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND
09:59:03 ON THE EVENTS THAT WE DO, SO
09:59:05 TYPICALLY THE WAY WE DO EVENTS,
09:59:07 EVENTS ARE ONE OR TWO DAY IN
09:59:09 THE WEEKEND, THE SETUP
09:59:12 INCLUDING TENTS IS PRIOR TO THE
09:59:12 EVENT.
09:59:13 WE BREAK DOWN THE WHOLE THING
09:59:15 IN ONE DAY AND RETURN THE PARK
09:59:16 TO NORMAL.
09:59:17 TENTS, IF WE TALK ABOUT -- THIS
09:59:19 IS A DIAGRAM OF A MARGARITA
09:59:21 FESTIVAL.
09:59:22 THE MOST POPULAR TENTS ARE
09:59:24 10X10 TENTS, AND THE MOST
09:59:26 POPULAR LARGE TENT, WHICH IS
09:59:26 PROPOSED IN THE SOP, IS A
09:59:29 40X60, WHICH EQUALS TO 2400
09:59:30 SQUARE FEET.
09:59:33 I POINTED OUT SOME ERRORS HERE.
09:59:33 THERE ARE 40X60 TENTS THAT WE
09:59:33 USE.
09:59:35 MOST OF THESE ARE USED AS SHADE
09:59:36 TENTS MAYBE, AND IF THERE'S ANY
09:59:38 SORT OF ELECTRICAL, WE USE
09:59:39 EXTENSION CORDS TO LIGHT UP THE
09:59:41 TENT ITSELF.
09:59:42 STAGE IS ALSO PART OF THIS
09:59:45 ISSUE THAT WE REQUIRE
09:59:46 ENGINEERING PLANS AND
09:59:47 PERMITTING FOR STAGE.
09:59:49 MOST OF OUR STAGES THAT WE DO
09:59:51 ARE MOBILE STAGES THAT WILL POP
09:59:52 UP ITSELF, WE DON'T BUILD
09:59:53 ANYTHING.
09:59:54 IT ALREADY HAS ITS ENGINEERING
09:59:56 AND EVERYTHING.
09:59:58 LAYOUT AND SITE MAP, AS
09:59:59 EVERYBODY MENTIONED, WE CHANGE
10:00:00 OUR LAYOUTS ALL THE WAY TO THE
10:00:02 DAY BEFORE THE EVENT, AND WHEN
10:00:04 WE LOAD IT, WE ALSO CHANGE
10:00:04 STUFF.
10:00:07 POINTING OUT THE SOP, MY TIME
10:00:09 HERE, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THE
10:00:10 -- THE LEGAL AUTHORITY
10:00:11 MENTIONED SOP THAT IS
10:00:12 CONFLICTING.
10:00:20 FIRST OF ALL, FBC 3102 DOESN'T
10:00:22 APPLY BECAUSE IT'S ONLY FOR
10:00:23 TENTS THAT ARE 180 DAYS OR
10:00:23 LONGER THAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED
10:00:24 HERE.
10:00:26 FBC 3103, I BELIEVE THERE'S A
10:00:28 MISINTERPRETATION OF THIS
10:00:29 ISSUE, OF THIS CODE.
10:00:31 IF YOU ADD THE BREAK HERE, IT
10:00:33 WILL BASICALLY SAY THAT 3103
10:00:34 APPLIES TO ONLY TENTS THAT ARE
10:00:37 PUT UP FOR LESS THAN 180 DAYS.
10:00:40 I ALSO HAVE A COPY OF A FBC
10:00:42 INTERPRETATION REPORT WHERE IT
10:00:45 SAYS THAT THEY AGREE THAT IT
10:00:46 ONLY APPLIES TO TENTS THAT ARE
10:00:48 PUT UP FOR 180 DAYS OR LESS.
10:00:50 THERE IS A COMMENTARY WHERE A
10:00:51 BUILDING PERMIT MAY BE
10:00:54 REQUIRED, KEY WORD IS "MAY," TO
10:00:56 ADDRESS SEVERAL ISSUES,
10:00:57 INCLUDING FIRE RATING,
10:00:59 TIE-DOWN, AND WIND LOAD, WHICH
10:01:02 YOU ALREADY DO THROUGH THE FIRE
10:01:05 MARSHAL OFFICE; LIGHTING EGRESS
10:01:06 PATHWAYS, WHICH IS DONE BY THE
10:01:11 FIRE MARSHAL ON-SITE;
10:01:13 EVACUATION FOR STORMS.
10:01:14 THAT IS DONE THROUGH THE EVENTS
10:01:15 OFFICE.
10:01:18 THE CITY CODE SAYS THE TAMPA
10:01:20 PARK AND REC CAN ALLOW TENTS.
10:01:23 JUST TO BRING THIS UP, MAY I
10:01:24 HAVE -- MAY I REQUEST AN
10:01:25 ADDITIONAL MINUTE, COUNCIL, TO
10:01:28 FINISH MY LAST SLIDE?
10:01:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: GO AHEAD.
10:01:29 >> THANK YOU.
10:01:31 FOR OUR STRUCTURAL SAFETY, SO
10:01:32 WE'RE ALWAYS CONCERNED BY
10:01:33 SAFETY AS WELL.
10:01:35 FOR STRUCTURAL SAFETY, ALL THE
10:01:37 TENTS ARE FIRE RATED AND HAS
10:01:39 ENGINEERING STAMPS ON IT.
10:01:40 ATTENDEE SAFETY, THE FIRE
10:01:41 MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS ALWAYS
10:01:43 ON-SITE FOR OUR EVENTS TO MAKE
10:01:45 SURE WE HAVE INGRESS AND EGRESS
10:01:46 AND LIGHTED SIGNS AND ALL THAT
10:01:47 STUFF.
10:01:50 TENT OR SHADE, A 360 DEGREE
10:01:50 OPENING.
10:01:51 YOU'LL SEE PHOTOS WHERE THEY'RE
10:01:54 BASICALLY UNDER A 40X60 TENT
10:01:55 WITH NOTHING AROUND IT.
10:01:57 THERE IS ALWAYS EXITS.
10:02:01 THE GC STAMP, SO GCs DON'T KNOW
10:02:01 EVENTS.
10:02:03 WE'RE JUST GOING TO END UP
10:02:05 HAVING TO PAY GCs JUST TO STAMP
10:02:06 FOR NO REASON.
10:02:10 FINALLY, IF THIS IS GOING INTO
10:02:12 EFFECT, THE COSTS ARE GOING TO
10:02:12 BE BURDENSOME.
10:02:14 IT'S GOING TO PUT US OUT OF
10:02:14 BUSINESS.
10:02:15 WE'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT
10:02:16 MOVING OUR EVENTS TO A
10:02:19 DIFFERENT CITY, AND ALSO, IT'S
10:02:21 GOING TO CREATE A HUGE ECONOMIC
10:02:25 IMPACT ON THE VISITORS TO
10:02:28 TAMPA, HOTEL ROOM STAYS, THE
10:02:29 ADDITIONAL SPENDING AT THE BARS
10:02:30 AND RESTAURANTS THAT WHEN WE
10:02:32 ATTRACT EVENTS HERE IN TAMPA,
10:02:34 SO, YEAH, OUR STAFF, WE ALSO
10:02:36 HAVE THREE FULL-TIME STAFF THAT
10:02:37 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THINK
10:02:46 ABOUT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:02:47 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:02:48 TAYLOR RALPH.
10:02:49 I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU THAT
10:02:50 PUT YOUR NAME IN THE HAT AND
10:02:52 RAN FOR ELECTION.
10:02:53 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS
10:02:54 AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO
10:02:56 THOSE THAT FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT,
10:02:57 SO I APPRECIATE IT.
10:03:00 I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TENT
10:03:01 ISSUE AS WELL.
10:03:02 I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE
10:03:04 GASPARILLA MUSIC FOUNDATION.
10:03:05 WE'RE PUTTING ON THE GASPARILLA
10:03:07 MUSIC FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND.
10:03:08 OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THESE NEW
10:03:10 REQUIREMENTS SHOW US THAT IT'S
10:03:11 GOING TO COST MORE FOR US TO
10:03:13 PUT ON THE EVENT, IT'S GOING TO
10:03:15 CREATE MORE OF AN IMPACT TO THE
10:03:16 PARK WHERE WE ACTUALLY ARE
10:03:17 PUTTING THESE TENTS DOWN
10:03:18 BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE TO CARRY
10:03:21 REALLY HEAVY, BULKY CONCRETE
10:03:22 STRUCTURES AND OTHER THINGS TO
10:03:23 WEIGH THESE TENTS DOWN.
10:03:25 THAT REQUIRES LIFTS AND
10:03:27 SEMI-TRUCKS AND ALL SORTS OF
10:03:29 OTHER HEAVY EQUIPMENT THAT
10:03:30 COULD HURT OUR PARKS AND
10:03:31 ACTUALLY TEAR UP OUR PARKS
10:03:32 MORE.
10:03:34 THE OTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT,
10:03:35 I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
10:03:36 TALKING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESSES,
10:03:37 ET CETERA, BUT DOES THIS MAKE
10:03:39 EVENTS IN OUR PUBLIC PARKS MORE
10:03:43 EXPENSIVE AND THEN, THEREFORE,
10:03:45 MAKE PARKS EVENTS ONLY FOR THE
10:03:45 RICH?
10:03:46 WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE
10:03:47 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO
10:03:48 BE IMPACTED THAT MAYBE CAN'T
10:03:49 AFFORD TO PUT ON THE EVENT
10:03:51 BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COST SO
10:03:53 MUCH MORE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
10:03:54 YOU CAN ONLY HAVE AN EVENT IN
10:03:56 OUR PARKS IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT,
10:03:56 AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S
10:03:58 SOMETHING THAT'S AN INTENDED
10:04:00 CONSEQUENCE, I THINK IT'S AN
10:04:02 UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE.
10:04:03 THE OTHER ITEM I'M HERE TO TALK
10:04:05 ABOUT IS OBVIOUSLY BAY TO BAY
10:04:06 BOULEVARD.
10:04:07 I THINK YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF
10:04:08 PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THIS
10:04:10 PROJECT OVER THE LAST YEAR.
10:04:12 WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- AND
10:04:13 THERE'S THREE QUESTIONS I'D
10:04:15 LIKE TO YOU ASK JEAN DUNCAN.
10:04:17 WHY WAS THERE NOT A SECOND
10:04:18 PUBLIC MEETING SHOWING THE
10:04:19 UPDATED DESIGN OF THE ROAD?
10:04:21 THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY PUBLIC
10:04:22 COMMENT OR PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE
10:04:24 CURRENT DESIGN OF THE ROAD.
10:04:25 WHY DID THAT NOT HAPPEN AFTER
10:04:26 THOUSANDS OF EMAILS AND CALLS
10:04:29 AND PUBLIC COMMENTS AT CITY
10:04:30 COUNCIL AND AT COUNTY
10:04:30 COMMISSION?
10:04:32 WE HAVE GONE TO THE COUNTY
10:04:33 COMMISSION BECAUSE THE CITY
10:04:35 TOLD US IT WAS IN THEIR HANDS,
10:04:36 AND THEY TELL US TO COME BACK
10:04:37 TO YOU, SO HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED
10:04:39 TO HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON
10:04:40 THIS ROAD?
10:04:41 CURRENTLY THERE IS NO CHANGES
10:04:43 BEING MADE TO THE ROAD OTHER
10:04:45 THAN LEAVING THE FOUR-LANE
10:04:46 SECTION.
10:04:47 THE SECOND QUESTION I WOULD
10:04:49 LIKE YOU TO ASK MS. DUNCAN IS
10:04:50 HOW MUCH SAFER IS THIS CURRENT
10:04:52 DESIGN GOING TO MAKE THE ROAD?
10:04:54 OUR FEELING IS THAT LEAVING THE
10:04:56 ROAD AS FOUR LANES WITH BLACK
10:04:58 SLICK NEW ASPHALT IS ONLY GOING
10:04:59 TO INCREASE SPEEDING, SO ANY
10:05:00 MINOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THAT
10:05:03 SHE'S CALLING A COMPLETE STREET
10:05:04 TREATMENT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
10:05:06 MAKE THE ROAD LESS SAFE, SO IN
10:05:07 OUR OPINION, WE'RE NOT GETTING
10:05:09 A COMPLETE STREET, WE'RE STILL
10:05:10 STUCK WITH AN INCOMPLETE STREET
10:05:13 AT THE END OF THIS PROJECT.
10:05:14 THE THIRD QUESTION I WOULD LIKE
10:05:16 TO ASK HER IS WE HAVE REQUESTED
10:05:18 ADDITIONAL SAFETY FEATURES THAT
10:05:20 CAN BE ADDED WITH PAINT.
10:05:21 CAN WE NARROW THE LANES FURTHER
10:05:23 TO BUFFER THE SIDEWALKS MORE?
10:05:25 CAN WE ADD BIKE BOXES OR OTHER
10:05:27 BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE
10:05:28 CURRENT CONDITION ROAD?
10:05:31 AND WHY IS TECO SO SLOW IN
10:05:33 REMOVING ALL THE POLES.
10:05:35 HE WE ARE PUTTING CONCRETE
10:05:37 AROUND POLES AND TECO POLES
10:05:39 THAT ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED.
10:05:40 WE NEED TO COORDINATE THIS
10:05:40 BETTER.
10:05:41 IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COORDINATED
10:05:42 BETTER.
10:05:45 THERE IS STILL TIME TO MAKE
10:05:45 CHANGES.
10:05:47 PLEASE ASK HER TO UPDATE THE
10:05:48 STRIPES THAT CAN BE UPDATED
10:05:50 QUICKLY AND NOT SLOW DOWN THE
10:05:51 PROJECT AT ALL.
10:05:53 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:05:54 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:05:56 DARRELL STEFANY, PRESIDENT AND
10:05:57 OWNER OF EVENTFEST HERE IN
10:06:00 TAMPA AT 1200 WEST CASS STREET.
10:06:01 I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE
10:06:03 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES THAT STAFF
10:06:05 IS GOING TO BE REPORTING ON
10:06:06 LATER.
10:06:07 I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING
10:06:09 INVOLVED WITH A LOT OF SPECIAL
10:06:10 EVENTS OVER THE YEARS, THE
10:06:11 LARGEST WOULD BE GASPARILLA
10:06:13 CELEBRATION HERE IN TAMPA THAT
10:06:16 WE HAVE A ROLE IN PRODUCING
10:06:17 EACH YEAR.
10:06:20 THIS PAST YEAR WAS MY 27th YEAR
10:06:21 WORKING ON THE GASPARILLA
10:06:23 CELEBRATION HERE IN TAMPA.
10:06:24 IN THOSE 27 YEARS, I CAN TELL
10:06:26 YOU WE'VE NEVER HAD A TENT FLIP
10:06:28 OVER, WE'VE NEVER HAD A
10:06:30 BLEACHER SECTION FLIP OVER,
10:06:32 WE'VE NEVER HAD A CLAIM IN 27
10:06:33 YEARS FOR ANYTHING TO DO WITH
10:06:35 TENTS OR BLEACHERS OR PLATFORMS
10:06:37 OR STAGES.
10:06:39 WE'RE VERY BLESSED.
10:06:40 WHEN WE MET WITH CONSTRUCTION
10:06:43 SERVICES LAST YEAR ABOUT THIS
10:06:44 TIME, MY QUESTION TO THEM WAS
10:06:46 WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT DOING
10:06:47 THIS?
10:06:49 THEIR ANSWER TO US WAS THERE'S
10:06:50 NOBODY THAT LOOKS -- THAT LOOKS
10:06:52 OUT FOR THE SAFETY OF THIS,
10:06:53 THERE'S NOBODY THAT'S
10:06:54 OVERSEEING THIS.
10:06:56 THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
10:06:58 THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN
10:06:59 THE ROOM BEHIND ME THAT LOOK
10:06:59 AFTER THIS.
10:07:01 YOU KNOW, I DON'T ERECT A TENT
10:07:02 MYSELF, BUT I HIRE
10:07:03 PROFESSIONALS THAT DO.
10:07:04 THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
10:07:05 IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY
10:07:07 WERE DOING, THEY WOULDN'T BE IN
10:07:07 BUSINESS.
10:07:08 THEY CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE IN
10:07:10 BUSINESS LONG BECAUSE THEY
10:07:11 COULDN'T GET INSURANCE IF THEY
10:07:13 HAD PROBLEMS, AND IF THEY DON'T
10:07:14 HAVE INSURANCE, THEN THEY
10:07:15 WOULDN'T BE WORKING FOR US OR
10:07:16 ANYBODY ELSE, SO I REALLY THINK
10:07:18 THIS IS A CLASSIC CASE OF A
10:07:19 LITTLE BIT OF BUREAUCRATIC
10:07:20 OVERREACH.
10:07:21 I THINK THE SPECIAL EVENTS
10:07:23 DEPARTMENT DOES A GREAT JOB, SO
10:07:24 DOES THE FIRE MARSHAL.
10:07:25 THEY LOOK AT STUFF THAT NEEDS
10:07:27 TO BE LOOKED AT, AND WE'RE USED
10:07:28 TO WORKING WITH THEM.
10:07:29 WE CERTAINLY KNOW FROM A
10:07:30 STANDPOINT OF OTHERS THAT HAVE
10:07:34 TESTIFIED THIS MORNING, IT WILL
10:07:35 BE A BURDENSOME COST FOR
10:07:36 ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT USES
10:07:38 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES INSIDE THE
10:07:43 CITY OF TAMPA.
10:07:45 THERE ARE CERTAINLY EVENTS THAT
10:07:46 WE CAN DO THAT WE CAN PASS
10:07:48 THOSE COSTS ON TO THE CONSUMER
10:07:50 IF THAT'S WHAT THE CITY OF
10:07:51 TAMPA WANTS TO DO.
10:07:52 THAT WOULD BE A SHAME.
10:07:53 I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE A LOT OF
10:07:55 THE EVENTS THAT WE DO ARE
10:07:57 FUNDRAISERS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFITS
10:07:59 IN THIS TOWN.
10:07:59 THERE'S MANY TIMES THOSE EVENTS
10:08:01 DON'T MAKE MUCH MONEY,
10:08:02 DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER,
10:08:04 DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
10:08:05 SO ANY INCREASE IN COST TO THE
10:08:07 FUNDRAISERS FOR THOSE
10:08:08 NOT-FOR-PROFITS AND THINGS THAT
10:08:10 WE PUT ON EVENTS FOR REALLY
10:08:12 COULD BE BURDENSOME.
10:08:14 THESE NOT-FOR-PROFITS NEED
10:08:15 THOSE REVENUES.
10:08:17 EVEN THE BEER GARDENS AT
10:08:18 GASPARILLA THAT BENEFIT FROM
10:08:19 ALL THE BEER SALES AT
10:08:21 GASPARILLA, THEY PAY FOR THEIR
10:08:22 TENTS.
10:08:23 ANYTHING THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR
10:08:24 THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITION IS
10:08:26 GOING TO BE VERY COSTLY FOR
10:08:27 THEM AND POTENTIALLY BURDENSOME
10:08:30 AND/OR PREVENT THEM FROM DOING
10:08:31 IT, SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY ASK
10:08:32 COUNCIL TO SHED A LIGHT ON THIS
10:08:33 SITUATION, SEE IF THIS IS
10:08:35 SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED,
10:08:37 AND FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WE
10:08:37 CERTAINLY DON'T.
10:08:40 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
10:08:47 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:08:49 MY NAME'S BRUCE KLOSTERMAN.
10:08:52 I'M WITH TAMPA TENT AND RENTAL.
10:08:53 TAMPA TENT AND RENTAL HAS BEEN
10:08:54 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA ALMOST A
10:08:56 HALF A CENTURY, 44 YEARS.
10:08:57 I'VE BEEN THERE 35 YEARS.
10:08:59 TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'VE NOT HAD
10:09:03 ANY ISSUES WITH LIABILITY SUITS
10:09:05 OR ANYTHING AGAINST THE CITY OR
10:09:07 TAMPA TENT.
10:09:10 WE HAVE DONE THE GASPARILLA FOR
10:09:16 26 YEARS.
10:09:18 I MEAN, THIS POLICY IS ASSUMING
10:09:20 THAT ALL STRUCTURES ARE THE
10:09:22 SAME, AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT,
10:09:23 LIKE, TEMPORARY MEMBRANE
10:09:24 STRUCTURES.
10:09:25 WE'RE TALKING, LIKE, SOMETHING
10:09:27 LIKE OUT AT THE FLORIDA
10:09:30 FAIRGROUNDS WHERE THEY HAVE THE
10:09:31 DOME WHERE THEY BUILT.
10:09:32 YEAH, THAT'S ENGINEERED.
10:09:34 THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, THAT'S TO
10:09:35 BE EXPECTED.
10:09:36 THE ENGINEERING AND THE
10:09:39 ARCHITECTURAL COST OF THE
10:09:42 HUNDREDS OF TENTS THAT WE HAVE,
10:09:46 DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS, AND
10:09:47 DEVELOPING THE WIND LOADS FOR
10:09:49 THESE TENTS, WHICH GO ON ALL
10:09:51 TYPES OF SURFACES, GRASS,
10:09:54 ASPHALT, CONCRETE, BOAT DOCKS,
10:09:56 LIKE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER
10:09:59 FOR THE BOAT SHOW.
10:10:01 IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, IF NOT
10:10:03 IMPOSSIBLE, TO COME UP WITH THE
10:10:04 WIND LOADS FOR THESE.
10:10:06 I MEAN, ON A DOCK THAT'S MOVED
10:10:08 IN THREE DAYS IN ADVANCE, WE
10:10:13 CAN'T HAVE A 30-DAY PLAN ON
10:10:13 FILE.
10:10:14 IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
10:10:16 IT'S NOT FEASIBLE.
10:10:18 THE VENDORS AND THE SPONSORS DO
10:10:20 NOT MAKE A DECISION UP UNTIL
10:10:22 SOMETIMES TWO TO THREE DAYS OUT
10:10:23 THAT THEY'RE EVEN GOING TO
10:10:25 ATTEND THIS, AND THEY HAVE --
10:10:26 YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BRINGING IN
10:10:28 MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR BOATS AND
10:10:30 SUCH AT THE CONVENTION CENTER
10:10:30 FOR THE BOAT SHOW.
10:10:33 THEY BRING IN A LOT OF PEOPLE
10:10:34 TO THE CITY OF TAMPA.
10:10:36 THE GASPARILLA EVENT BRINGS IN
10:10:37 A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE CITY OF
10:10:37 TAMPA.
10:10:39 WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS
10:10:42 GOING TO HURT THE VENUES, THE
10:10:43 EVENT PEOPLE, ALL THE WAY DOWN
10:10:45 THE LINE IN THIS CITY, AND I
10:10:47 DON'T THINK THE CITY WANTS
10:10:47 THAT.
10:10:51 THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE FEES,
10:10:53 SOME PEOPLE CALL IT A TAX, ON
10:10:54 THE PERMITTING AND SUCH, BUT
10:10:57 THAT'S NOT GOING TO COVER
10:10:58 WHAT'S LOST.
10:10:59 IT'S A SHORT DRIVE ACROSS THE
10:11:02 BRIDGE, AND I BELIEVE THAT SOME
10:11:04 PEOPLE WILL TAKE THAT DRIVE IF
10:11:07 THEY GET BLOCKED IN WITH ALL
10:11:08 THIS PAPERWORK.
10:11:09 PEOPLE LIKE A SMOOTH RIDE, THEY
10:11:11 DON'T LIKE POTHOLES IN FRONT OF
10:11:14 THEM, SO THEY MAY DECIDE TO GO
10:11:16 TO A DIFFERENT VENUE, WHICH IS
10:11:17 GOING TO HURT THE VENUES HERE
10:11:19 AND THE CATERERS AND EVERYONE.
10:11:21 IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO HURT
10:11:23 THE TENT COMPANIES.
10:11:24 AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF WE DO
10:11:25 THIS, IT'S -- IF THIS GOES INTO
10:11:29 EFFECT, WITH THE 50 YEARS OF
10:11:32 INVENTORY THAT WE HAVE IN
10:11:35 STOCK, MOST OF IT WILL BE
10:11:37 VIRTUALLY WORTHLESS.
10:11:39 YOU'LL HAVE TO PURCHASE ALL NEW
10:11:42 STUFF THAT CAN BE ENGINEERED.
10:11:43 WE USE STATE-OF-THE-ART
10:11:43 EQUIPMENT NOW.
10:11:45 IT'S USED ACROSS THE INDUSTRY
10:11:48 ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
10:11:49 EVERYONE USES IT.
10:11:50 WHY THE CITY WANTS THIS, I
10:11:52 DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S GOING TO
10:11:53 PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF
10:11:54 WORK.
10:11:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU,
10:11:55 SIR.
10:11:57 >> AND THANK YOU.
10:11:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:12:00 THE GENTLEMAN THAT -- IN THE
10:12:02 BACK OF THE LINE, YOU WILL BE
10:12:05 THE LAST PERSON TO SPEAK.
10:12:07 WE HAVE EXCEEDED OUR 30 MINUTES
10:12:09 ALREADY, ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE
10:12:12 THE LAST PERSON.
10:12:12 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
10:12:13 MEMBERS.
10:12:17 I'M DON BARNES WITH GASPARILLA.
10:12:18 APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME HAVE
10:12:19 A COUPLE SECONDS UP HERE.
10:12:21 ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO I WAS IN
10:12:22 A ROOM WITH ALL THESE GREAT MEN
10:12:24 AND WOMEN BEHIND ME TALKING
10:12:26 WITH THE CITY PLANNERS ABOUT
10:12:28 WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO
10:12:28 HERE.
10:12:29 WE ADDRESSED OUR CONCERNS.
10:12:30 WE ASKED THEM WHY, WE ASKED
10:12:32 THEM -- YOU KNOW, WE TRIED TO
10:12:34 TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE IMPACT,
10:12:35 AND THEY CAME BACK TO US AND
10:12:36 SAID, WELL, WE'LL GET BACK WITH
10:12:38 YOU, WE WILL SET UP FOLLOW-ON
10:12:40 MEETINGS, AND THAT DIDN'T
10:12:41 HAPPEN AND THEY DID NOT MAKE
10:12:42 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
10:12:43 FROM A STRATEGIC STANDPOINT, I
10:12:44 THINK WE'RE MAKING A MISTAKE
10:12:46 HERE, AND HERE'S WHY I SAY
10:12:47 THAT.
10:12:48 WE RUN THE NUMBER ONE -- OR THE
10:12:51 LARGEST CHILDREN'S PARADE IN
10:12:52 THE UNITED STATES, THE THIRD
10:12:56 LARGEST PARADE IN THE UNITED
10:12:56 STATES.
10:12:57 WE BRING IN SUCH EVENTS AS
10:12:58 SUPER BOWLS, NATIONAL
10:13:00 CONVENTIONS, NHL.
10:13:01 WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT
10:13:03 EVENTS, AND THEY ALL USE TENTS
10:13:04 IN ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
10:13:05 PROGRAMS.
10:13:06 IF WE START MAKING IT
10:13:08 BUREAUCRATIC HERE, WE ARE GOING
10:13:09 TO DAMAGE THE NUMBER ONE
10:13:10 INDUSTRY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:13:12 WHICH IS TOURISM, SOMETHING
10:13:14 THAT WE'RE ALL PROUD OF, SO
10:13:16 LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK, LET'S
10:13:18 TALK WITH THESE CITY PLANNERS,
10:13:19 LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE
10:13:22 RIGHT THINGS RIGHT FOR SAFETY
10:13:23 AND FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA AND
10:13:25 FOR THIS REGION, AND THAT'S ALL
10:13:29 I'M HERE TO ASK.
10:13:29 [APPLAUSE]
10:13:36 >> HOW'S IT GOING CITY COUNCIL.
10:13:37 MY NAME IS SEAN.
10:13:39 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON THE TOPIC
10:13:40 OF BAY TO BAY.
10:13:41 THE RESURFACING OF BAY TO BAY
10:13:43 NEEDS TO BE POSTPONED AND
10:13:46 DESIGN NEEDS TO BE REVISITED.
10:13:46 THE REDESIGN DRASTICALLY
10:13:49 DECREASES SAFETY WITH LITTLE
10:13:51 IMPACT ON TRAVEL TIME BUT ALSO
10:13:52 PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
10:13:53 FOSTER FURTHER ECONOMIC
10:13:54 DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS
10:13:55 CORRIDOR.
10:13:56 AN ENGINEERING AND
10:13:57 TRANSPORTATION DECISION WAS
10:13:58 TURNED INTO A POLITICAL
10:14:00 DECISION, AND AS A RESULT, OUR
10:14:01 COMMUNITY WILL SUFFER.
10:14:04 BAY TO BAY SHOULD NOT BE A
10:14:05 COMMUTER THOROUGHFARE, IT
10:14:06 SHOULD BE A RETAIL CORRIDOR
10:14:07 WHERE LOCAL BUSINESSES THRIVE
10:14:09 AND PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS
10:14:12 CAN CONNECT TO BAY TO BAY OR
10:14:13 BAYSHORE, EXCUSE ME.
10:14:15 BAY TO BAY INTERSECTION WITH
10:14:16 THE CSX TRACKS, AND THIS COULD
10:14:19 SERVE AS A FUTURE COMMUTER RAIL
10:14:20 CORRIDOR.
10:14:22 IF WE REPAVE BAY TO BAY AS IS,
10:14:24 WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND
10:14:25 REPAVE IN THE NEXT DECADE WHEN
10:14:27 A COMMUTER RAIL IS BUILT
10:14:28 BECAUSE NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO
10:14:32 SAFELY WALK OR BIKE TO WORK.
10:14:34 IT WILL SET A DANGEROUS
10:14:35 PRECEDENT IN THE CITY.
10:14:38 WOULD YOU TRUST A CITIZEN TO
10:14:40 DIAGNOSE YOU ON THEIR OPINIONS,
10:14:42 WOULD YOU DESIRE THE TEACHERS
10:14:44 TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WITHOUT
10:14:46 FORMAL EDUCATION?
10:14:48 WHY ARE WE INFLUENCING THE
10:14:50 DESIGN OF OUR ROADWAYS BASED ON
10:14:51 HOW A COMPLETE DESIGN WILL
10:14:53 AFFECT BAY TO BAY WHEN WE HAVE
10:14:54 CITY TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS
10:14:56 WHO KNOW HOW IT WILL AFFECT BAY
10:14:57 TO BAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE
10:14:59 PERFORMED FORMAL STUDIES?
10:15:00 WE NEED TO LET OUR ENGINEERS
10:15:01 AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS DO
10:15:02 THEIR JOBS THAT THEY WERE
10:15:03 PLANNED -- THAT THEY WERE
10:15:05 TRAINED AND EDUCATED FOR.
10:15:06 WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO DESIGN
10:15:10 OUR STREETS AND CITIES BASED ON
10:15:12 POLITICAL DECISIONS, MAYORAL
10:15:13 DECISIONS, OR OPINIONS OF
10:15:13 COMPUTERS.
10:15:15 WE NEED TO RELY ON
10:15:16 EVIDENCE-BASED PLANNING AND
10:15:19 INTELLIGENT MODERN DESIGN.
10:15:19 INDIVIDUALS SPEED BEING THROUGH
10:15:20 NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD NOT HAVE
10:15:22 STRONGER VOICES THAN THOSE
10:15:23 ACTUALLY LIVING, WORKING, AND
10:15:24 PLAYING IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
10:15:29 THANK YOU.
10:15:32 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:15:35 MY NAME IS BRIAN BOYLE, AND I
10:15:37 REPRESENT U.S. TENT RENTAL.
10:15:39 I'M THE CEO.
10:15:40 AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
10:15:44 WE HAVE MET, ALONG WITH MANY OF
10:15:45 THESE OTHER GENTLEMEN THAT ARE
10:15:48 HERE, WITH THE CITY BUILDING
10:15:49 DEPARTMENT TRYING TO RESOLVE
10:15:50 THIS ISSUE.
10:15:52 I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE
10:15:52 DETAILS.
10:15:54 MOST OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN
10:15:55 DISCUSSED HERE.
10:15:57 BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
10:15:58 WE ARE PROBABLY THE LARGEST
10:16:00 TENT AND PARTY RENTAL ON THE
10:16:02 WEST COAST OF FLORIDA.
10:16:05 WE HAVE OVER 100 EMPLOYEES, WE
10:16:07 ARE IN TAMPA DOING SOME OF THE
10:16:08 BIGGEST EVENTS THAT YOU GUYS
10:16:10 HAVE, MANY OF THEM WERE
10:16:12 MENTIONED HERE ALREADY.
10:16:13 WE'RE DOWN AT HYDE PARK DOING
10:16:15 SOME OF THE BIG TENTS DOWN
10:16:16 THERE.
10:16:18 THE BIGGEST TENT WE DO IS
10:16:23 100X300, THE SIZE OF A FIELD,
10:16:25 AND WE GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
10:16:27 10X10s.
10:16:28 YOU CAN'T HAVE THE SAME RULES
10:16:29 AND REGULATIONS FOR EVERYTHING
10:16:33 THAT WE DO IN THE AREA OF
10:16:33 TENTS.
10:16:34 I THINK IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED
10:16:37 THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING, I
10:16:40 THINK, IS ADOPTING THE STATE
10:16:41 RULES IN REGARD TO TEMPORARY
10:16:44 STRUCTURES, AND THAT SIMPLY
10:16:46 CAN'T BE DONE BECAUSE THOSE
10:16:47 RULES ARE WRITTEN WITHOUT
10:16:50 REGARD TO THE TENT INDUSTRY,
10:16:52 AND THE TENTS ARE CRITICAL TO
10:16:54 THE MAJOR EVENTS, AS THE
10:16:57 PREVIOUS GENTLEMAN MENTIONED,
10:16:58 SO ALL WE'RE ASKING HERE IS
10:17:01 THAT WE HAVE A REASONABLE
10:17:03 DISCUSSION WITH YOUR BUILDING
10:17:04 DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL.
10:17:06 WE ARE DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN
10:17:07 SAFETY.
10:17:09 THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CONCERN, AND
10:17:11 WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN
10:17:14 RENTAL ASSOCIATION AND THE
10:17:15 INTERNATIONAL FABRIC
10:17:18 ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS BRANCHES
10:17:21 IN ALL THE MAJOR CITIES, WE'RE
10:17:23 IN EVERY STATE, WE HAVE
10:17:23 REPRESENTATION.
10:17:25 THIS ISSUE HAS COME UP ALL
10:17:28 ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WE --
10:17:30 WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
10:17:32 INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH
10:17:32 THE CITY.
10:17:37 WE COULD PROBABLY GET THEM HERE
10:17:38 TO LET YOUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT
10:17:40 PERSONNEL KNOW WHAT'S BEEN
10:17:41 RESOLVED IN OTHER STATES AND
10:17:43 OTHER CITIES, SO ALL WE'RE
10:17:45 ASKING HERE IS THAT WE HAVE A
10:17:47 REASONABLE DISCUSSION ON THE
10:17:49 ISSUES AND THAT WE MAYBE CAN
10:17:52 COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT
10:17:55 REPRESENTS YOUR CONCERNS AND
10:17:56 OURS.
10:17:58 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:17:58 [APPLAUSE]
10:18:02 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:18:04 I'M JULIE MANDELL, AND I'M HERE
10:18:05 REPRESENTING THE TAMPA SPORTS
10:18:07 AUTHORITY AS IT RELATES TO THE
10:18:08 TENT ISSUE THAT YOU'VE BEEN
10:18:10 HEARING ABOUT THIS MORNING.
10:18:11 TAMPA SPORTS AUTHORITY DOES
10:18:13 HOLD A LOT OF EVENTS AT THEIR
10:18:15 VENUES, INCLUDING RAYMOND JAMES
10:18:16 STADIUM, WHICH THEY HAVE TENTS
10:18:18 AND UTILIZE THE SERVICES YOU'VE
10:18:19 BEEN HEARING ABOUT TODAY.
10:18:20 THEY HAVE BEEN RAISING CONCERNS
10:18:23 ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME
10:18:25 AND HAVE CONTINUED TO RAISE
10:18:26 CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND
10:18:27 THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
10:18:28 HAVING TO GO THROUGH THIS
10:18:30 PROCESS THAT'S BEING LAID OUT
10:18:32 BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
10:18:34 I'VE JUST GOTTEN INVOLVED IN --
10:18:35 I THINK WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM
10:18:37 A LOT OF FOLKS TODAY IS THERE'S
10:18:39 A DESIRE TO COME TO A CONSENSUS
10:18:41 ON THIS ISSUE, AND I THINK THAT
10:18:42 THAT'S APPROPRIATE AND
10:18:44 IMPORTANT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO
10:18:45 HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL,
10:18:47 GIVEN MY BACKGROUND ON YOUR
10:18:49 BUILDING CODE AND MY BACKGROUND
10:18:51 ON THESE PERMITTING ISSUES.
10:18:53 SO I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN
10:18:54 COME TO A RESOLUTION, I'M
10:18:56 HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH
10:18:58 THE ISSUES TO ASSURE SAFETY AT
10:18:59 ALL THE VENUES AND ALL THE
10:19:00 EVENTS.
10:19:01 THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO
10:19:02 MENTION IS THAT THERE IS A
10:19:03 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR
10:19:04 SHORT-DURATION EVENTS, SPECIAL
10:19:06 EVENTS, SUCH AS THEY HAVE AT
10:19:09 GASPARILLA, AT CURTIS HIXON --
10:19:10 GASPARILLA MUSIC FESTIVAL IS
10:19:11 SETTING UP RIGHT NOW --VERSUS
10:19:14 SOME OF THE LONGER-TERM VENDING
10:19:16 TENTS AND THE SIZE OF TENTS AND
10:19:17 HOW THE TENTS ARE UTILIZED, AND
10:19:19 I THINK THAT PART OF THE ISSUE,
10:19:20 AS I SEE IT, IS THOSE ISSUES
10:19:23 ARE NOT BEING DELINEATED, AND
10:19:24 THEY REALLY NEED TO BE, AND I
10:19:27 THINK THAT THERE IS AN
10:19:27 OPPORTUNITY TO GET THERE.
10:19:29 I'M HOPEFUL WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
10:19:30 TIME TO GET THERE, AND I LOOK
10:19:31 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
10:19:33 BUILDING DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO
10:19:34 ENSURE THAT ALL THE EVENTS THAT
10:19:36 YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT WE LOVE IN
10:19:36 THE CITY OF TAMPA SO MUCH
10:19:37 CONTINUE.
10:19:40 THANK YOU.
10:19:51 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:19:52 STEVE MICHELINI.
10:19:55 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SOHO
10:19:57 BUSINESS ALLIANCE, AND AS YOU
10:19:58 KNOW, THERE'S A VERY DELICATE
10:19:59 BALANCE THAT OCCURS ALL ALONG
10:20:03 THE SOUTH HOWARD CORRIDOR, AND
10:20:04 IN NOVEMBER OF THIS PAST YEAR,
10:20:06 WE MET WITH TRANSPORTATION, WE
10:20:08 MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR, WE MET
10:20:09 WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
10:20:13 PLANNING PEOPLE, AND WE REACHED
10:20:14 A CERTAIN NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS
10:20:16 WITH THEM, AND I'VE LISTED THEM
10:20:20 OUT HERE, THAT -- 1-7 ON THIS
10:20:22 EMAIL THAT I'VE SENT TO YOU
10:20:24 ALSO AND AM PROVIDING YOU A
10:20:24 COPY.
10:20:26 BASICALLY, WHAT HAPPENED ON
10:20:28 MONDAY MORNING WAS THAT THE
10:20:30 CONTRACTORS SHOWED UP AND THEY
10:20:31 STARTED BLOCKING OFF THE
10:20:32 STREET.
10:20:34 THERE WAS NO NOTICE, THERE WAS
10:20:36 NO DISCUSSION, AND THERE WAS
10:20:38 SUPPOSED TO BE.
10:20:42 I HAVE ALSO GIVEN YOU A
10:20:44 PHOTOGRAPH THAT I'LL SHOW YOU
10:20:44 HERE.
10:20:47 ALL THE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON
10:20:48 HOWARD WAS COMPLETELY
10:20:52 ELIMINATED.
10:20:53 DRIVEWAYS AND ACCESSES TO
10:21:00 PARKING LOTS WERE BLOCKED.
10:21:03 IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE START
10:21:04 GETTING BACK TO WHAT WAS
10:21:06 ORIGINALLY AGREED UPON WITH THE
10:21:09 CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY, AND
10:21:10 SIMPLY WAS THAT THERE WASN'T
10:21:11 GOING TO BE A COMPLETE
10:21:12 ELIMINATION OF THE NORTHBOUND
10:21:13 LANE.
10:21:14 THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
10:21:16 FLAGMAN, THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO
10:21:19 BE COORDINATION WITH TPD, THEY
10:21:20 WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO
10:21:22 UTILIZE THE NORTH AND
10:21:23 SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC THAT WAS
10:21:24 CONTROLLED.
10:21:25 THE BARRICADES WERE ONLY TO BE
10:21:26 INSTALLED WHERE THEY WERE
10:21:28 NEEDED, BUT THEY'VE BEEN
10:21:29 INSTALLED ALL THE WAY FROM
10:21:31 MORRISON ALL THE WAY UP TO
10:21:34 SWANN, SO YOU CANNOT TRAVERSE
10:21:36 THE AREA, YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE
10:21:37 PARKING LOTS, THE VALET PARKING
10:21:39 FOR THE MORRISON IS COMPLETELY
10:21:41 ELIMINATED.
10:21:45 WHEN YOU GO ON THIS SIDE OVER
10:21:46 HERE WHERE THE PARKING LOTS
10:21:48 ARE, IT SAYS TO GO TO MORRISON
10:21:50 AND THEN IT SAYS TURN LEFT.
10:21:51 OKAY.
10:21:52 YOU GO TO MORRISON, YOU TURN
10:21:54 LEFT, AND YOU TRY TO GET BEHIND
10:21:56 THE MORRISON AND IT SAYS, NO
10:21:57 ENTRY, ROAD CLOSED, SO YOU
10:21:58 CAN'T EVEN GET TO THESE PARKING
10:22:01 LOTS THAT ARE PROVIDING THE
10:22:03 NECESSARY PARKING FOR THE
10:22:04 RESTAURANTS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE
10:22:06 STREET.
10:22:08 THEY WERE TO REMOVE THE
10:22:09 BARRICADES IN THE EVENING AND
10:22:13 ALLOW THE TRAFFIC TO MOVE
10:22:15 NORTHWARD EXCEPT WHERE THERE
10:22:16 WAS CONSTRUCTION THAT THEY
10:22:18 NEEDED TO PREPARE A SAFETY AREA
10:22:18 FOR.
10:22:24 THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PRE
10:22:24 --
10:22:26 [LOST AUDIO]
10:22:56 -- PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE
10:22:58 OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
10:23:00 NEIGHBORS ARE STUCK, AND THEY
10:23:01 -- THEY INITIALLY THOUGHT IT
10:23:03 WAS SOME PROJECT INITIATED BY
10:23:04 THE BUSINESSES.
10:23:05 IT WASN'T.
10:23:08 I TALKED TO CATHY COYLE ABOUT
10:23:11 IT, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW,
10:23:13 BASICALLY THEY PERMITTED WHAT
10:23:15 WAS SUBMITTED TO THEM.
10:23:16 THOSE REVISED PLANS WERE NEVER
10:23:19 REVIEWED WITH US, NOT -- NOT
10:23:20 EVEN ONCE.
10:23:22 THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.
10:23:23 AND THEY ISSUED THE PERMIT.
10:23:25 I MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR, I
10:23:26 MET WITH THE CITY
10:23:28 REPRESENTATIVES ON-SITE MONDAY
10:23:31 MORNING, AND THEY SAID, WELL --
10:23:33 THEY KIND OF SHRUGGED THEIR
10:23:34 SHOULDERS AND SAID, WELL, WE'RE
10:23:35 GOING OFF THE PERMIT.
10:23:38 WELL, CATHY COYLE AND HER
10:23:40 OFFICE WITH DEBBIE HARRINGTON
10:23:42 IS WILLING TO ALTER THE PERMIT
10:23:43 TO GET THESE SAFETY GUARANTEES
10:23:45 THAT WERE GUARANTEED TO US BACK
10:23:47 IN NOVEMBER, BUT NO ONE HAS
10:23:48 ASKED THEM TO DO THAT, SO YOU
10:23:50 HAVE A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES ALL
10:23:51 THE WAY FROM MORRISON TO SWANN
10:23:53 THAT ARE AFFECTED, YOU HAVE ALL
10:23:53 THE RESIDENCES WHO ARE TRYING
10:23:56 TO GET NORTHBOUND ON HOWARD
10:23:57 THAT NOW HAVE TO EITHER GO ALL
10:24:02 THE WAY OVER TO ROME ON THE
10:24:04 EAST OR YOU GO WEST TO MacDILL.
10:24:05 IT IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE
10:24:06 SOLUTION.
10:24:07 I KNOW IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE
10:24:08 PREROGATIVE AND NOT, YOU KNOW,
10:24:10 WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE
10:24:12 COUNCIL, BUT, YOU KNOW, I --
10:24:13 I'VE ASKED THEM AND ASKED THEM
10:24:14 AND ASKED THEM.
10:24:15 TPD INTERVENED.
10:24:18 I TALKED TO CAPTAIN MOSKOWITZ.
10:24:19 HE CALLED THEM.
10:24:21 HE SAID CHANGE THIS, DO
10:24:22 SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
10:24:24 NOT WHAT WE PLANNED, AND YOU'RE
10:24:25 PUTTING THIS ON OUR BACKS AT
10:24:27 THE 11th HOUR AND NOTHING HAS
10:24:30 HAPPENED, SO I HAVE TO COME TO
10:24:32 THE COUNCIL AND APPEAL TO YOU
10:24:33 TO TRY TO GET SOME ANSWERS TO
10:24:35 GET THIS RESTORED SO THAT YOU
10:24:36 HAVE A FLAGMAN AT LEAST DURING
10:24:38 DAYLIGHT HOURS SO THAT THESE
10:24:40 BUSINESSES CAN BE ACCESSED AND
10:24:42 SO YOU CAN ACCESS THE PARKING
10:24:43 LOTS INSTEAD OF THIS CRAZY
10:24:45 NOTION THAT SOMEHOW YOU KEEP
10:24:47 TURNING LEFT AND TURNING LEFT
10:24:48 AND YOU NEVER ARE ABLE TO GET
10:24:49 TO THE PARKING LOT.
10:24:51 PEOPLE CAN'T FIND IT.
10:24:52 I MEAN, IN THE PAST THEY'VE HAD
10:24:53 LITTLE SIGNS THAT SAID IF YOU
10:24:55 WANT TO ACCESS THIS, THIS IS
10:24:56 HOW YOU GET THERE.
10:24:58 YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE,
10:24:59 SO I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO
10:25:02 INTERVENE AND ASSIST US.
10:25:04 I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
10:25:04 QUESTIONS.
10:25:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT SPEAKER.
10:25:08 >> THANK YOU.
10:25:11 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
10:25:12 MEMBERS.
10:25:13 MY NAME IS CHAD MOORE.
10:25:16 THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUT THE
10:25:18 NUMEROUS COMMENTS ON THE TENT
10:25:20 ISSUE.
10:25:21 AS I THINK IS PROBABLY CLEAR
10:25:24 NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
10:25:26 WILL HAVE FAR-REACHING IMPACT
10:25:28 ON A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND ON
10:25:30 OUR CITY AND SOMETHING THAT'S
10:25:32 BECOME VERY DEAR AND ENDEARING
10:25:36 TO OUR CITY, WHICH IS CURTIS
10:25:37 HIXON PARK AND THE FESTIVALS
10:25:38 THAT ARE THERE.
10:25:40 IT'S BRINGING PEOPLE FROM ALL
10:25:42 AROUND THE COUNTRY TO COME
10:25:45 VISIT OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY, AND I
10:25:46 WANT TO REITERATE JUST A COUPLE
10:25:48 OF POINTS MADE BY MS. MANDELL
10:25:53 AND MR. JAP, THAT THIS CODE
10:25:54 PROVISION AT ISSUE IS BEING
10:25:57 MISCONSTRUED AND WILL BE
10:25:59 MISAPPLIED.
10:26:01 THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE
10:26:03 BETWEEN THESE TEMPORARY TENT
10:26:05 STRUCTURES THAT YOU SEE AT
10:26:07 FESTIVALS ALL OVER OUR CITY,
10:26:09 AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE
10:26:11 ACCOUNTED FOR SO THAT WE CAN
10:26:12 PROTECT THESE IMPORTANT EVENTS
10:26:15 AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS UNDUE
10:26:17 BURDEN DOESN'T -- DOESN'T
10:26:19 CHANGE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE,
10:26:20 WHICH IS A GREAT THING FOR OUR
10:26:23 CITY.
10:26:24 SO ONE LAST COMMENT BECAUSE I
10:26:28 KNOW YOU'VE HEARD A LOT, IS
10:26:30 COME OUT AND SEE IT FOR
10:26:31 YOURSELVES THIS WEEKEND AT
10:26:32 GASPARILLA MUSIC FESTIVAL.
10:26:34 YOU CAN SEE IT IN ACTION.
10:26:35 YOU CAN SEE THESE TENTS AND
10:26:36 WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT IT MEANS
10:26:37 TO OUR CITY.
10:26:39 THANK YOU.
10:26:44 >> YES.
10:26:45 MY NAME IS JERRY FREEMAN FROM
10:26:47 SOUTHEASTERN SEATING.
10:26:50 I'VE BEEN PUTTING UP TEMPORARY
10:26:52 SEATING FOR THE GASPARILLA, THE
10:26:53 FLORIDA STATE FAIR, AND MANY
10:26:56 OTHER THINGS FOR OVER 36 YEARS.
10:26:57 A YEAR AGO WE WERE ALL INVITED
10:27:01 DOWN TO THE OFFICE ON, I GUESS,
10:27:03 NORTH BOULEVARD, TO TALK TO THE
10:27:05 BUILDING DEPARTMENT ABOUT THEM
10:27:06 MOVING ALL TEMPORARY ITEMS
10:27:09 UNDER THEIR CONTROL.
10:27:12 IN THE MEETING, A LOT OF ISSUES
10:27:15 CAME UP, AND IN THAT THE
10:27:17 BUILDING DEPARTMENT ASSURED US
10:27:22 THAT THEY WANTED OUR INPUT AND
10:27:23 IF ANYBODY WANTED TO VOLUNTEER
10:27:25 TO COME DOWN AND WORK WITH THEM
10:27:26 ABOUT THE NEW THINGS THAT THEY
10:27:28 WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH,
10:27:31 WOULD THEY VOLUNTEER.
10:27:32 AT THAT TIME, I VOLUNTEERED TO
10:27:33 COME DOWN THERE.
10:27:34 AFTER THAT, I MADE TWO OTHER
10:27:37 PHONE CALLS TO VOLUNTEER MY
10:27:40 TIME TO COME DOWN THERE.
10:27:42 THERE HAD TO BE SOME REASON
10:27:45 THAT THIS HAS CROPPED UP.
10:27:47 IN THE PAST, THE SPECIAL EVENTS
10:27:49 AND FIRE MARSHAL HAVE ALWAYS
10:27:50 HANDLED THOSE THINGS THROUGH
10:27:51 REGULATIONS.
10:27:53 SOMEWHERE SOMETHING HAD SPURRED
10:27:55 THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO WANT
10:27:55 TO DRAG THIS UNDER THEIR
10:27:57 CONTROL.
10:27:59 NOW, WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS
10:28:00 WHEN WE HAVE TO BUILD A
10:28:02 PERMANENT STRUCTURE WITH THE
10:28:03 BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
10:28:04 YOU SUBMIT THE PLANS.
10:28:06 THEY MAY HAVE TO MARK THEM UP.
10:28:07 YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM BACK,
10:28:09 REDRAW, RESUBMIT, GO BACK TO
10:28:10 THE ENGINEER, ARCHITECT, DO
10:28:11 THIS, DO THAT.
10:28:12 NOW, THAT'S THE BUILDING
10:28:13 DEPARTMENT, AS THEY SHOULD.
10:28:14 YOU'RE NOW GOING TO TAKE A
10:28:16 FAST-MOVING TEMPORARY STRUCTURE
10:28:17 AND PUT THAT UNDER A
10:28:19 SLOW-MOVING BUILDING
10:28:20 DEPARTMENT?
10:28:22 I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THEY
10:28:23 -- WHAT IS THE REASONING YOU
10:28:25 WANT TO PULL THAT IN TO THE
10:28:26 BUILDING DEPARTMENT?
10:28:28 THEY'RE PROBABLY ALREADY BUSY
10:28:32 ENOUGH DOING WHAT THEY DO, MUCH
10:28:34 LESS HAVING TO DEAL WITH ALL
10:28:35 THE TEMPORARY FAST-MOVING
10:28:36 THINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE
10:28:37 DONE.
10:28:38 THERE'S NO WAY WHEN YOU GET OUT
10:28:40 THERE AND YOU FIND OUT YOU'VE
10:28:41 GOT TO DRIVE A STAKE DOWN AND
10:28:43 YOU HAPPEN TO START HITTING A
10:28:45 WATER LINE OR ELECTRIC LINE AND
10:28:47 YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE THE TENT TEN
10:28:49 FEET OVER FROM WHERE IT IS.
10:28:50 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK
10:28:51 THROUGH THE BUILDING
10:28:52 DEPARTMENT?
10:28:53 THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT
10:28:55 YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH
10:28:56 THAT BUREAUCRACY.
10:28:57 THEY'RE NOT MADE TO DO THAT.
10:28:59 AND THE QUESTION IS WHAT HAS
10:29:00 HAPPENED THAT THIS HAS TO BE
10:29:01 DONE?
10:29:04 WHAT HAS CREATED THE ISSUE THAT
10:29:05 EVERYBODY FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE
10:29:08 TO DO THIS AWAY FROM THE WAY
10:29:10 IT'S BEEN DONE FOR YEARS AND
10:29:10 YEARS?
10:29:11 IF THERE ARE NEW REGULATIONS
10:29:13 AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS THAT
10:29:14 YOU FEEL NEED TO BE
10:29:16 IMPLEMENTED, I REALLY THINK
10:29:19 THAT WHAT YOU PRESENTLY HAVE IN
10:29:21 PLACE COULD PROBABLY ADJUST AND
10:29:23 DO THAT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT
10:29:25 YOU PRESENTLY HAVE.
10:29:26 SO THE QUESTION IS ARE WE
10:29:29 REGULATING JUST TO REGULATE OR
10:29:30 ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH
10:29:32 SOMETHING BETTER IN THE FUTURE?
10:29:34 THAT'S FOR YOU ALL TO DECIDE,
10:29:37 AND I THINK IF WE WENT BACK TO
10:29:40 THE CONCEPT OF LET'S ALL GET
10:29:41 TOGETHER AND FIND OUT WHAT
10:29:42 WE'RE GOING TO DO, LIKE WAS
10:29:43 PROMISED TO ALL OF US
10:29:45 ORIGINALLY, WHERE WE WOULD SIT
10:29:47 DOWN AND PUT OUR INPUTS IN WITH
10:29:48 THE RIGHT PEOPLE, I THINK THAT
10:29:49 WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO
10:29:50 ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL.
10:29:51 THANK YOU.
10:29:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:29:53 THANK YOU, SIR.
10:29:54 MR. MIRANDA.
10:29:54 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
10:29:55 MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:29:56 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:29:58 LIKE I AND THE REST OF THE
10:29:58 COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS
10:30:00 SOMETHING KIND OF REALISTICALLY
10:30:02 UNTRUE TO ME, BUT I HEARD ABOUT
10:30:04 IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE
10:30:09 BROUGHT IT UP, AND IN 2017 WE
10:30:11 HAD 30-PLUS-THOUSAND BUILDING
10:30:13 PERMITS AND THE BUILDINGS THAT
10:30:15 WENT UP WERE ABOUT $2 BILLION.
10:30:17 IN 2018 WE HAD ABOUT 25,000,
10:30:19 I'M GOING TO SAY, BUILDING
10:30:20 PERMITS, AND THE BUILDINGS THAT
10:30:23 WENT UP TOTALED $2.7 BILLION.
10:30:24 SO WHAT I'M HEARING ON BOTH
10:30:25 SIDES -- AND MAYBE SOMEONE FROM
10:30:27 THE FIRE MARSHAL CAN EXPLAIN AS
10:30:30 TO WHAT'S GOING ON -- I DON'T
10:30:31 SEE HOW IT CAN GO BACK TO THE
10:30:32 BUILDING DEPARTMENT WHEN
10:30:35 THEY'RE ALREADY BACKLOGGED IN
10:30:35 WHAT WE'RE DOING.
10:30:36 I'M NOT SAYING THAT REGULATIONS
10:30:38 SHOULD COME OR SHOULD NOT COME,
10:30:40 BUT I WANT TO FIND OUT THE
10:30:42 BOLTS AND NUTS OF IT BEFORE WE
10:30:42 MAKE A DECISION.
10:30:45 DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY
10:30:47 REGARDING THIS, SIR?
10:30:49 AND I HAVE NEVER SPOKEN TO YOU,
10:30:50 SO I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU OR
10:30:51 ANYONE FROM THE BUILDING
10:30:53 DEPARTMENT, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
10:30:54 >>MIKE SUAREZ: EXCUSE ME.
10:30:55 POINT OF ORDER.
10:30:56 ARE WE GOING TO START THE ITEM
10:30:57 NOW INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE
10:30:58 AGENDA?
10:30:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, I JUST
10:31:00 WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION.
10:31:01 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I JUST WANTED TO
10:31:02 MAKE SURE.
10:31:03 THANK YOU, MR. MIRANDA.
10:31:04 >>THOM SNELLING: THOM SNELLING,
10:31:05 DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND
10:31:06 DEVELOPMENT.
10:31:07 THERE'S A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT
10:31:09 WE HEARD, AND MYRA AND I WERE
10:31:10 HAVING QUITE A CONVERSATION
10:31:10 HERE.
10:31:12 I WAS ALSO TALKING WITH JARED.
10:31:13 THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS WE CAN
10:31:14 DO.
10:31:16 I HEARD COST WAS A VERY BIG
10:31:16 DEAL.
10:31:18 WE HAVE SOME CONTROL OR ABILITY
10:31:19 TO DEAL WITH THAT.
10:31:20 TIMELINES, WE CAN HELP WITH
10:31:21 THAT AS WELL.
10:31:23 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION
10:31:24 DIRECTLY, COUNCILMAN, WE ARE
10:31:26 PUTTING IN FOR SEVERAL NEW
10:31:28 STAFF MEMBERS TO ADDRESS THE
10:31:29 BACKLOG, BOTH FOR THE CLIENT
10:31:31 FACILITATORS WHO WOULD HANDLE A
10:31:33 LOT OF THIS STUFF, WE'RE
10:31:35 REQUESTING THREE OR FOUR MORE
10:31:36 IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET, AS WELL
10:31:38 AS FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION AND
10:31:39 NATURAL RESOURCES PEOPLE, SO
10:31:40 WE'RE MAKING REQUESTS TO
10:31:43 BACKFILL OUR POSITIONS, SO WHAT
10:31:44 WE'LL DO, YOU KNOW, IF WE -- IF
10:31:47 WE DO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND
10:31:48 STREAMLINE THIS EVENT, THE
10:31:49 REPETITIVE NATURE OF THESE
10:31:52 THINGS GOING ON WILL NOT COME
10:31:54 TO -- COME TO PASS, THEY'LL BE
10:31:55 ABLE -- THEY'LL BE RELATIVELY
10:31:56 SIMPLE.
10:31:57 YOU KNOW, THE STUFF ABOUT THE
10:32:00 GENERAL CONTRACTOR, YOU KNOW,
10:32:01 WE'RE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT
10:32:03 JUST A LOCAL LICENSE CAN DO
10:32:04 THAT, AND THAT WAY THAT
10:32:05 ELIMINATES A BIG HURDLE THAT
10:32:07 MANY OF THEM HAD MENTIONED.
10:32:08 THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO
10:32:10 SAY IS YOU HEARD SEVERAL -- A
10:32:11 COUPLE OF THE SPEAKERS SAY THAT
10:32:13 THIS IS GOING ON NATIONWIDE AND
10:32:15 FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
10:32:16 SO SAFETY HAS BECOME VERY MUCH
10:32:18 TO THE FRONT, AND AS WE WERE
10:32:19 UPDATING OUR PROCEDURES, THAT'S
10:32:21 WHERE OUR FOCUS WAS, SO THAT'S
10:32:23 WHY IT'S COMING UP NOW.
10:32:24 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I ASSUME
10:32:26 THAT THESE PERMITS WE'RE
10:32:27 GIVING, THEY HAVE TO HAVE
10:32:28 LIABILITY INSURANCE, THEY HAVE
10:32:31 TO HAVE SOME COVERAGE OF SOME
10:32:32 SORT?
10:32:34 >>THOM SNELLING: THEY WOULD,
10:32:34 YES.
10:32:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE
10:32:39 APPLICANT.
10:32:41 >>THOM SNELLING: YES.
10:32:42 THE FIRE MARSHAL LOOKS AT THE
10:32:43 MEMBRANE ITSELF, IT DOESN'T
10:32:45 LOOK AT ANYTHING STRUCTURAL OR
10:32:47 ENGINEERINGWISE, SO IT'S A VERY
10:32:48 SMALL PIECE OF THAT.
10:32:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL RESERVE
10:32:50 MY TIME LATER FOR DISCUSSION.
10:32:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:32:53 SO AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANY
10:32:54 REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC FOR
10:32:56 RECONSIDERATION OF THE
10:32:57 LEGISLATIVE MATTERS?
10:32:58 SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO TO
10:33:00 COMMITTEE REPORTS.
10:33:09 ITEM NO. 3, MR. VIERA.
10:33:11 THIS ITEM WILL BE ON THE
10:33:14 AGENDA, LATER ON IN THE AGENDA.
10:33:15 >> YES, IT'S ACTUALLY THE LAST
10:33:16 ITEM.
10:33:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: THE LAST ITEM
10:33:17 IN THE AGENDA?
10:33:18 OKAY.
10:33:19 WE'LL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION
10:33:21 ABOUT TENTS ONCE WE REACH THE
10:33:22 LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
10:33:23 ALL RIGHT.
10:33:24 MR. VIERA.
10:33:26 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, IF I
10:33:28 COULD, I'D PREFER READING THIS
10:33:30 ONE, SO I BELIEVE MR. VIERA
10:33:37 WANTS TO READ NO. 2.
10:33:38 >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE NO
10:33:40 PREFERENCE.
10:33:41 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANTED TO MAKE
10:33:43 SURE HE GOT HIS TWO ON THE NEXT
10:33:44 ITEM UP.
10:33:45 I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR
10:33:47 FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN
10:33:48 ORDINANCE APPROVING AN HISTORIC
10:33:48 PRESERVATION PROPERTY TAX
10:33:49 EXEMPTION APPLICATION RELATIVE
10:33:52 TO THE RESTORATION, RENOVATION,
10:33:53 OR REHABILITATION OF CERTAIN
10:33:56 PROPERTY OWNED BY YBOR
10:34:01 TROPICAL, LLC, LOCATED AT 1902
10:34:02 NORTH AVENIDA REPUBLICA DE
10:34:04 CUBA, TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND THE
10:34:05 YBOR CITY NATIONAL HISTORIC
10:34:07 LANDMARK DISTRICT BASED UPON
10:34:08 CERTAIN FINDINGS; PROVIDING FOR
10:34:09 NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY
10:34:10 APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH
10:34:11 COUNTY; PROVIDING FOR
10:34:12 SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
10:34:15 REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
10:34:15 CONFLICT; PROVIDING AN
10:34:16 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:34:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: I HAVE A
10:34:19 MOTION BY MR. SUAREZ, SECONDED
10:34:20 BY MR. MANISCALCO.
10:34:21 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:34:22 OPPOSED.
10:34:23 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, SECOND READING
10:34:25 AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD ON
10:34:28 APRIL 4th, 2019, AT 9:30 A.M.
10:34:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:34:31 ITEM 4, MR. VIERA.
10:34:32 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
10:34:33 MR. CHAIR.
10:34:35 I HEREBY MOVE FOR AN ORDINANCE
10:34:35 BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
10:34:38 READING CONSIDERATION, AN
10:34:38 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:34:39 FLORIDA, MAKING REVISIONS TO
10:34:40 THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE OF
10:34:42 ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 20, PUBLIC
10:34:43 IMPROVEMENTS; AMENDING SECTION
10:34:45 20-1, DEFINITIONS, CREATING
10:34:47 SECTION 20-9, DIAPER CHANGING
10:34:50 FACILITIES; REPEALING ALL
10:34:51 ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
10:34:54 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
10:34:54 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
10:34:54 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:34:56 >> SECOND.
10:34:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
10:34:57 MR. VIERA, SECOND BY
10:34:58 MR. MIRANDA.
10:34:59 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:35:00 OPPOSED.
10:35:01 >> MR. CHAIR, SECOND READING
10:35:03 AND ADOPTION WILL BE HELD APRIL
10:35:07 4th, 2019, AT 9:30 A.M.
10:35:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: PUBLIC SAFETY
10:35:10 COMMITTEE, MR. MIRANDA.
10:35:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
10:35:12 MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:35:14 MOVE FILE NO. 5-8.
10:35:15 >> SECOND.
10:35:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:35:16 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
10:35:17 MR. COHEN.
10:35:18 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:35:18 AYE.
10:35:21 OPPOSED.
10:35:23 PARKS AND RECREATION,
10:35:24 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:35:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
10:35:25 VERY MUCH.
10:35:30 MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE ITEMS 9-5.
10:35:31 >> SECOND.
10:35:32 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL IN FAVOR
10:35:33 OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
10:35:33 OPPOSED.
10:35:36 ALL RIGHT.
10:35:37 PUBLIC WORKS, MS. CAPIN.
10:35:38 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU,
10:35:39 MR. CHAIR.
10:35:41 ITEMS 16-30, AND YOU SEE THE
10:35:43 MEMORANDUM FROM THE SENIOR
10:35:44 ASSISTANT ATTORNEY TO MOVE ITEM
10:35:46 15 TO BE CONTINUED TO APRIL
10:35:47 14th.
10:35:48 >> SECOND.
10:35:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION FROM
10:35:51 MS. CAPIN, SECOND BY
10:35:51 MR. MIRANDA.
10:35:52 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:35:53 AYE.
10:35:54 OPPOSED.
10:36:00 FINANCE REPORT, MR. COHEN.
10:36:00 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU,
10:36:01 MR. CHAIR.
10:36:03 I MOVE ITEMS 31-40.
10:36:04 >> SECOND.
10:36:05 >> MR. CHAIR, DOES THAT INCLUDE
10:36:07 THE SUBSTITUTION OF NO. 36 THAT
10:36:11 WAS ON THE AGENDA?
10:36:12 >> 37.
10:36:18 >> 36.
10:36:18 >>HARRY COHEN: 36.
10:36:19 IT DOES.
10:36:21 >> AND NO. 37.
10:36:23 >>HARRY COHEN: NO. 37 IS JUST A
10:36:25 NOTE THERE IS GOING TO BE A
10:36:26 READING ON --
10:36:27 >> IF YOU COULD ALSO JUST READ
10:36:28 THE TITLE THAT BEGINS WITH THE
10:36:29 RESOLUTION.
10:36:30 >>HARRY COHEN: IT'S A
10:36:32 RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES
10:36:34 OF PROCEDURE, 1(B)(1),
10:36:38 GOVERNING MEETINGS OF THE CITY
10:36:40 OF TAMPA CITY COUNCIL;
10:36:41 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:36:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION BY
10:36:44 MR. COHEN, SECONDED BY --
10:36:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SECOND.
10:36:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: -- BY
10:36:48 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:36:49 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:36:51 OPPOSED.
10:36:52 BUILDING, ZONING, AND
10:36:52 PRESERVATION.
10:36:54 MR. VIERA.
10:36:54 >>LUIS VIERA: [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:36:57 >> 45 AND 49.
10:36:58 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:37:02 I HEREBY MOVE ITEMS 41-61, WITH
10:37:05 THE AMENDMENTS TO 45 AND 49.
10:37:05 >> SECOND.
10:37:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:37:08 MR. VIERA, SECOND BY
10:37:09 MR. MIRANDA.
10:37:10 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:37:10 AYE.
10:37:11 OPPOSED.
10:37:12 OKAY.
10:37:14 TRANSPORTATION, MR. SUAREZ.
10:37:14 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
10:37:15 CHAIR.
10:37:17 I MOVE ITEMS 62-65.
10:37:18 >>HARRY COHEN: SECOND.
10:37:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:37:21 WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
10:37:22 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
10:37:23 MR. COHEN.
10:37:24 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:37:25 AYE.
10:37:26 OPPOSED.
10:37:26 OKAY.
10:37:30 GO TO ITEM 66-69.
10:37:33 >> SIR, I'D LIKE TO SET THOSE
10:37:35 FOR PUBLIC HEARING AS SET OUT
10:37:35 IN THE AGENDA.
10:37:37 >> SECOND.
10:37:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:37:39 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
10:37:40 MR. MIRANDA.
10:37:41 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:37:42 AYE.
10:37:42 OPPOSED.
10:37:43 ALL RIGHT.
10:37:45 >> MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO OPEN
10:37:46 UP PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR ITEMS
10:37:51 NO. 70-86.
10:37:51 >> SECOND.
10:37:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:37:53 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ,
10:37:55 SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
10:37:56 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:37:57 AYE.
10:37:58 OPPOSED.
10:37:58 ALL RIGHT.
10:38:02 ITEM NO. 70.
10:38:03 >>REBECCA KERT: THANK YOU.
10:38:05 REBECCA KERT, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
10:38:08 I'M HERE ON ITEM 70, A SECOND
10:38:11 READING ON A CLEAN ZONE FOR THE
10:38:14 2019 NCAA WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR TO
10:38:15 DESIGNATE A PORTION OF THE
10:38:16 DOWNTOWN AREA ALONG THE
10:38:25 RIVERWALK, WHICH DEALS WITH
10:38:26 TEMPORARY OUTDOOR SALES DURING
10:38:28 THE TIME OF THE EVENT.
10:38:29 THE FIRST GAME, I BELIEVE, IS
10:38:30 FRIDAY, BUT EVENTS START
10:38:31 THURSDAY.
10:38:33 THIS GOES INTO EFFECT WEDNESDAY
10:38:35 AND ENDS SUNDAY, AND IT'S JUST
10:38:37 SURROUNDING THE AREA WHERE THE
10:38:38 EVENTS ARE BEING HELD.
10:38:40 THE THIS IS THE EXACT SAME MAP
10:38:42 THAT WAS PASSED AND WENT INTO
10:38:44 EFFECT IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR
10:38:47 FOR THE NHL ALL STAR GAME, AND
10:38:48 I'M AVAILABLE IF THERE ARE ANY
10:38:49 SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
10:38:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
10:38:51 FROM COUNCIL?
10:38:51 OKAY.
10:38:52 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:38:55 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 70?
10:38:56 >> MOVE APPROVAL.
10:38:56 >> SECOND.
10:38:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION FROM
10:38:59 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
10:39:00 MR. COHEN.
10:39:01 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:39:01 AYE.
10:39:02 THOSE OPPOSED.
10:39:02 ALL RIGHT.
10:39:04 MR. MIRANDA, WILL YOU READ NO.
10:39:05 70.
10:39:05 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
10:39:06 MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:39:11 MOVE NO. 70, FILE NO. E2019-8,
10:39:12 CHAPTER 27, AN ORDINANCE FOR
10:39:13 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
10:39:15 AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A
10:39:16 PORTION OF TAMPA AS A CLEAN
10:39:17 ZONE IN ORDER TO REGULATE
10:39:19 ACTIVITIES FROM APRIL 3, 2019
10:39:21 THROUGH APRIL 8, 2019, IN
10:39:23 PREPARATION FOR HOSTING THE
10:39:26 2019 NCAA WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR;
10:39:27 DESIGNATING GEOGRAPHIC
10:39:29 BOUNDARIES, TIMES, AND DATES
10:39:31 FOR THE CLEAN ZONE; REGULATING
10:39:32 AND PROHIBITING TEMPORARY
10:39:34 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, TENTS,
10:39:36 SIGNAGE, COMMERCIAL PROMOTION
10:39:37 IN RIGHT-OF-WAY; PROVIDING FOR
10:39:40 INSPECTIONS AND PERMITS;
10:39:42 PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES;
10:39:43 PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS;
10:39:45 PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
10:39:46 REPEALING CONFLICTS, AND;
10:39:47 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:39:48 >> SECOND.
10:39:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'VE GOT A
10:39:50 MOTION --
10:39:52 >> OH, WAIT, WE DON'T DO THAT.
10:39:56 [LOST AUDIO]
10:40:29 >> -- 73, AND 74.
10:40:30 THEY'RE ALL ORDINANCES
10:40:35 REQUESTING COUNCIL ACKNOWLEDGE
10:40:38 THE -- VACATING -- THESE OLD
10:40:39 VACATING ORDINANCES ARE NULL
10:40:40 AND VOID DUE TO THE
10:40:42 PETITIONERS' FAILURE TO MEET
10:40:43 THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE WITHIN
10:40:48 THE ORDINANCE -- ORDINANCES.
10:40:49 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:40:52 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
10:40:53 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:40:57 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 71?
10:40:58 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:40:59 >> SECOND.
10:40:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:41:01 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
10:41:01 MR. MIRANDA.
10:41:02 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
10:41:03 AYE.
10:41:04 OPPOSED.
10:41:07 MS. CAPIN, WILL YOU READ ITEM
10:41:08 NO. 71.
10:41:10 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU,
10:41:11 MR. CHAIR.
10:41:11 I WILL.
10:41:15 FILE NO. C01-34, AN ORDINANCE
10:41:15 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
10:41:17 READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:41:17 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:41:20 FLORIDA, DECLARING ORDINANCE
10:41:23 NO. 2002-89, WHICH VACATED,
10:41:24 CLOSED, DISCONTINUED, AND
10:41:25 ABANDONED CERTAIN
10:41:27 RIGHT-OF-WAYS, PORTIONS OF
10:41:29 WALTON STREET, BALL STREET,
10:41:30 CUMBERLAND STREET, GARRISON
10:41:32 AVENUE, CEASAR STREET, TOGETHER
10:41:35 WITH CERTAIN ALLEYS LYING IN AN
10:41:37 AREA GENERALLY BOUNDED BY
10:41:39 FINLEY STREET ON THE NORTH,
10:41:41 BROREIN STREET AND CHANNELSIDE
10:41:44 DRIVE ON THE SOUTH, NEBRASKA
10:41:45 AVENUE ON THE WEST, AND
10:41:46 BENEFICIAL DRIVE AND CSX
10:41:49 RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY ON THE
10:41:52 EAST, IN THE MAP OF FINLEY AND
10:41:53 CEASAR SUBDIVISION, A.W.
10:41:56 GILCHRIST'S OAK-GROVE ADDITION
10:41:59 TO TAMPA AND CHAMBERLIN'S
10:42:00 SUBDIVISION, ALL BEING
10:42:01 SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF
10:42:02 TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
10:42:04 FLORIDA, TO BE NULL AND VOID BY
10:42:06 OPERATION OF LAW DUE TO
10:42:07 PETITIONER'S FAILURE TO MEET
10:42:10 THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN
10:42:12 -- THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR
10:42:14 REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN
10:42:16 CONFLICT; PROVIDING AN
10:42:17 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:42:18 >> SECOND.
10:42:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:42:23 MS. CAPIN, SECOND MR. MIRANDA.
10:42:24 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:42:32 >> MOTION CARRIED [OFF
10:42:32 MICROPHONE]
10:42:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:42:36 ITEM NO. 72.
10:42:40 ANYONE HERE ON ITEM NO. 72?
10:42:42 ALL RIGHT.
10:42:43 ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:42:46 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 72?
10:42:47 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:42:48 >> SECOND.
10:42:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:42:50 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN,
10:42:52 SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO.
10:42:53 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
10:42:53 AYE.
10:42:54 OPPOSED.
10:42:55 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:42:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
10:42:58 VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:42:59 I HAVE AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND
10:43:01 READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:43:01 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:43:04 FLORIDA, DECLARING ORDINANCE
10:43:08 NO. 2004-174 WHICH VACATED,
10:43:09 CLOSED, DISCONTINUED, AND
10:43:12 ABANDONED RIGHTS-OF-WAY,
10:43:13 PORTIONS OF WALTON STREET, BALL
10:43:16 STREET, CUMBERLAND STREET,
10:43:17 GARRISON AVENUE, CEASAR STREET,
10:43:19 TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN ALLEYS
10:43:20 LYING IN THE AREA GENERALLY
10:43:21 BOUNDED BY FINLEY STREET ON THE
10:43:24 NORTH, BROREIN STREET AND
10:43:25 CHANNELSIDE ON THE SOUTH,
10:43:27 NEBRASKA AVENUE ON THE WEST,
10:43:28 AND BENEFICIAL DRIVE AND CSX
10:43:29 RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY ON THE
10:43:32 EAST, IN MAP OF FINLEY AND
10:43:33 CEASAR SUBDIVISION, A.W.
10:43:36 GILCHRIST, OAK-GROVE ADDITION
10:43:39 TO TAMPA AND CHAMBERLIN'S
10:43:40 SUBDIVISIONS, ALL BEING
10:43:41 SUBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY OF
10:43:42 TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,
10:43:43 FLORIDA, TO BE NULL AND VOID BY
10:43:45 OPERATION OF LAW DUE TO
10:43:47 PETITIONER'S FAILURE TO MEET
10:43:49 THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH
10:43:51 THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL
10:43:57 OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
10:43:57 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:43:58 >> SECOND.
10:43:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
10:44:01 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND BY
10:44:01 MR. SUAREZ.
10:44:03 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:44:04 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH MIRANDA
10:44:08 BEING ABSENT.
10:44:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:44:11 ITEM NO. 73.
10:44:15 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
10:44:15 73?
10:44:17 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:44:19 SPEAK ON ITEM 73?
10:44:20 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:44:21 >> SECOND.
10:44:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION AND
10:44:22 SECOND.
10:44:24 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:44:26 MR. COHEN.
10:44:26 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
10:44:27 MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
10:44:28 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
10:44:30 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
10:44:31 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE OF
10:44:33 THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
10:44:34 DECLARING ORDINANCE NO.
10:44:37 2005-104, WHICH VACATED,
10:44:39 CLOSED, DISCONTINUED, AND
10:44:40 ABANDONED A PORTION OF
10:44:41 RIGHT-OF-WAY KNOWN AS EUNICE
10:44:43 AVENUE, LYING BETWEEN MORGAN
10:44:45 STREET ON THE WEST AND
10:44:46 JEFFERSON STREET ON THE EAST,
10:44:49 IN HENDRY AND KNIGHT'S MAP OF
10:44:51 THE GARRISON, A SUBDIVISION IN
10:44:52 THE CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH
10:44:53 COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO BE NULL AND
10:44:55 VOID BY OPERATION OF LAW DUE TO
10:44:56 PETITIONER'S FAILURE TO MEET
10:44:58 THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH
10:45:01 THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL
10:45:03 OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
10:45:04 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:45:06 >> SECOND.
10:45:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
10:45:09 FROM MR. COHEN, SECOND BY
10:45:10 MR. SUAREZ.
10:45:11 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:45:19 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:45:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:45:23 GO TO ITEM NO. 74.
10:45:25 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
10:45:26 NO. 74?
10:45:27 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:45:29 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 74?
10:45:29 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:45:30 >> SECOND.
10:45:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION FROM
10:45:33 MS. CAPIN, SECOND BY
10:45:33 MR. SUAREZ.
10:45:35 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
10:45:36 AYE.
10:45:37 THOSE OPPOSED.
10:45:39 MR. SUAREZ, 74.
10:45:39 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
10:45:40 CHAIR.
10:45:41 PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR SECOND
10:45:43 READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:45:43 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:45:46 FLORIDA, DECLARING ORDINANCE
10:45:50 NO. 2017-236, WHICH VACATED,
10:45:51 CLOSED, DISCONTINUED AND
10:45:52 ABANDONED A CERTAIN
10:45:54 RIGHT-OF-WAY, ALL THAT PORTION
10:45:58 OF BALL STREET THAT IS BOUND BY
10:45:59 CEASAR STREET TO THE WEST AND
10:46:01 SOUTH MERIDIAN AVENUE TO THE
10:46:04 EAST, IN A.W. GILCHRIST
10:46:07 OAK-GROVE, A SUBDIVISION IN THE
10:46:08 CITY OF TAMPA, HILLSBOROUGH
10:46:09 COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO BE NULL AND
10:46:11 VOID BY OPERATION OF LAW DUE TO
10:46:13 PETITIONER'S FAILURE TO MEET
10:46:14 THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH
10:46:17 THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL
10:46:19 OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
10:46:20 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:46:21 >> SECOND.
10:46:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
10:46:23 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
10:46:24 MR. MIRANDA.
10:46:24 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:46:25 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH COHEN
10:46:28 BEING ABSENT.
10:46:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:46:30 GO TO ITEM NO. 75.
10:46:32 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
10:46:33 NO. 75?
10:46:35 >>MARY SAMANIEGO: YES, SIR.
10:46:38 MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND
10:46:38 DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:46:40 GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL
10:46:41 MEMBERS.
10:46:45 ITEM 75-82 ARE ALL SECOND
10:46:46 READING.
10:46:48 ALL REQUIRED CHANGES HAVE BEEN
10:46:50 DONE TO THE SITE PLAN IN
10:46:51 ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOTIONS,
10:46:53 AND WE'RE READY FOR ALL THE
10:46:53 SECOND READING.
10:46:55 I ASK EACH APPLICANT WHEN THEIR
10:46:57 AGENDA ITEM IS HEARD TO COME UP
10:46:58 AND ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
10:47:00 THANK YOU.
10:47:04 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:47:05 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:47:07 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 75?
10:47:07 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:47:10 >> SECOND.
10:47:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
10:47:12 FROM MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
10:47:12 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:47:14 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
10:47:15 AYE.
10:47:16 OPPOSED.
10:47:17 MR. VIERA.
10:47:18 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
10:47:20 MR. CHAIR, I MOVE AN ORDINANCE
10:47:20 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
10:47:22 READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:47:24 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
10:47:25 THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 7701
10:47:27 SOUTH O'BRIEN STREET, IN THE
10:47:28 CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND
10:47:30 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:47:32 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:47:33 CLASSIFICATION IG, INDUSTRIAL
10:47:37 GENERAL, TO RS-50, RESIDENTIAL,
10:47:37 SINGLE-FAMILY; PROVIDING AN
10:47:38 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:47:39 >> SECOND.
10:47:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
10:47:41 FROM MR. VIERA, SECOND BY
10:47:43 MR. SUAREZ.
10:47:43 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:47:49 >> MOTION CARRIED WITH COHEN
10:47:52 BEING ABSENT.
10:47:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 76.
10:47:55 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
10:48:01 NO. 76?
10:48:03 >> COUNCIL, STEVE MICHELINI,
10:48:04 REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER.
10:48:05 I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY
10:48:07 QUESTIONS.
10:48:08 WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
10:48:08 APPROVAL.
10:48:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
10:48:10 FROM COUNCIL?
10:48:11 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:48:14 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 76?
10:48:15 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:48:16 >> SECOND.
10:48:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
10:48:18 FROM MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
10:48:18 MS. CAPIN.
10:48:19 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:48:20 AYE.
10:48:21 OPPOSED.
10:48:22 MR. MIRANDA.
10:48:23 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
10:48:24 MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:48:26 MOVE ITEM 76, FILE NO.
10:48:30 REZ18-123, AN ORDINANCE BEING
10:48:30 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
10:48:32 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
10:48:33 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
10:48:35 GENERAL VICINITY OF 2502 WEST
10:48:36 FIG STREET IN THE CITY OF
10:48:38 TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
10:48:39 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:48:41 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:48:42 CLASSIFICATION RM-16,
10:48:44 RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO
10:48:45 RM-18, RESIDENTIAL,
10:48:46 MULTIFAMILY; PROVIDING AN
10:48:47 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:48:48 >> SECOND.
10:48:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION FROM
10:48:50 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
10:48:51 MR. COHEN.
10:48:52 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:48:58 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:48:59 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:49:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 77,
10:49:05 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON 77?
10:49:07 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:49:10 ANDY MAYTS, 401 EAST JACKSON
10:49:11 STREET ON BEHALF OF THE
10:49:11 APPLICANT.
10:49:15 WE HAVE SUBMITTED SITE PLANS.
10:49:15 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
10:49:16 APPROVAL.
10:49:17 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
10:49:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
10:49:19 FROM COUNCIL?
10:49:20 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:49:22 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 77?
10:49:23 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:49:24 >> SECOND.
10:49:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:49:27 MR. MIRANDA, SECONDED BY
10:49:27 MR. COHEN.
10:49:29 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
10:49:29 AYE.
10:49:34 OPPOSED.
10:49:36 MS. CAPIN.
10:49:36 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU,
10:49:38 MR. CHAIR.
10:49:41 FILE NO. REZ18-125, AN
10:49:41 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
10:49:42 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:49:45 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
10:49:47 THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 1120
10:49:48 AND 1208 EAST KENNEDY
10:49:50 BOULEVARD, IN THE CITY OF
10:49:51 TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
10:49:52 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:49:53 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:49:55 CLASSIFICATION CD-2, CHANNEL
10:49:57 DISTRICT, TO CD-2, CHANNEL
10:49:58 DISTRICT; PROVIDING AN
10:50:05 EFFECTIVE DATE, ALONG WITH THE
10:50:06 -- WHAT HAVE WE GOT? --
10:50:08 INCLUDING THE SITE PLAN BEING
10:50:12 AMENDED AND REVISED, SPECIFIED
10:50:16 BY MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND
10:50:17 DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:50:18 >> SECOND.
10:50:18 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:50:20 MS. CAPIN, SECOND BY
10:50:21 MR. MIRANDA.
10:50:22 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:50:27 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:50:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:50:30 ITEM NO. 78.
10:50:32 THE ITEM NO. 78, ANYONE HERE TO
10:50:34 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 78?
10:50:35 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:50:37 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 78?
10:50:38 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:50:38 >> SECOND.
10:50:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:50:42 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
10:50:42 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:50:43 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
10:50:44 AYE.
10:50:46 OPPOSED.
10:50:46 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:50:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU
10:50:49 VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:50:51 I HAVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
10:50:51 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
10:50:53 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
10:50:55 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
10:50:58 GENERAL VICINITY OF 6209 SOUTH
10:51:00 3rd STREET, IN THE CITY OF
10:51:02 TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
10:51:03 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:51:05 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:51:06 CLASSIFICATION RS-60,
10:51:09 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO
10:51:12 RS-50, RESIDENTIAL,
10:51:12 SINGLE-FAMILY; PROVIDING AN
10:51:13 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:51:14 >> SECOND.
10:51:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
10:51:16 MR. MANISCALCO, SECOND
10:51:17 MR. MIRANDA.
10:51:18 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:51:20 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:51:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 79.
10:51:24 ANYONE HERE FOR ITEM NO. 79?
10:51:25 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:51:31 FOR THE RECORD, TY MAXY, HERE
10:51:33 REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
10:51:33 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR
10:51:35 APPROVAL.
10:51:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
10:51:36 FROM COUNCIL?
10:51:37 ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:51:39 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 79?
10:51:40 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:51:41 >> SECOND.
10:51:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:51:43 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
10:51:44 MR. COHEN.
10:51:45 ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
10:51:46 OPPOSED.
10:51:47 MR. COHEN.
10:51:47 >>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU VERY
10:51:48 MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
10:51:49 I MOVE AN ORDINANCE BEING
10:51:49 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
10:51:51 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
10:51:52 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
10:51:53 GENERAL VICINITY OF 720 WEST
10:51:55 COLUMBUS DRIVE, IN THE CITY OF
10:51:56 TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
10:51:57 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:51:59 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:52:01 CLASSIFICATION RS-60,
10:52:03 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY, TO
10:52:05 PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
10:52:06 RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY,
10:52:07 ATTACHED; PROVIDING AN
10:52:07 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:52:08 >> SECOND.
10:52:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:52:10 MR. COHEN, SECONDED BY
10:52:12 MR. SUAREZ.
10:52:13 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:52:19 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:52:19 >> THANK YOU.
10:52:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:52:23 ITEM NO. 80, ANYONE HERE TO
10:52:29 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 80?
10:52:32 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:52:34 MY NAME IS PHILIP SEARS WITH
10:52:36 CAMPO ENGINEERING REPRESENTING
10:52:37 THE APPLICANT.
10:52:38 I'M HERE TO RESPECTFULLY
10:52:39 REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL.
10:52:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:52:41 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
10:52:42 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:52:45 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 80?
10:52:47 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:52:48 >> SECOND.
10:52:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:52:50 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
10:52:50 MR. MIRANDA.
10:52:51 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:52:52 AYE.
10:52:53 OPPOSED.
10:52:53 MR. SUAREZ.
10:52:54 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
10:52:54 CHAIR.
10:52:57 I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE BEING
10:52:57 PRESENTED FOR SECOND READING
10:52:58 AND ADOPTION, AN ORDINANCE
10:52:59 REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
10:53:02 GENERAL VICINITY OF 503 SOUTH
10:53:03 WESTLAND AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF
10:53:04 TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND MORE
10:53:05 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:53:07 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:53:09 CLASSIFICATION RM-16,
10:53:10 RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, TO
10:53:12 PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
10:53:13 RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY;
10:53:14 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:53:15 >> SECOND.
10:53:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:53:17 MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
10:53:18 MR. COHEN.
10:53:19 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:53:29 >> MISSING ONE VOTE.
10:53:31 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'LL TRY IT
10:53:32 AGAIN.
10:53:33 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:53:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:53:38 ITEM NO. 81.
10:53:43 ANYONE HERE ON ITEM NO. 81?
10:53:49 >> RALPH SCHULER, 1719 NORTH
10:53:51 HOWARD AVENUE HERE ON BEHALF OF
10:53:52 THE APPLICANT, HERE TO ANSWER
10:53:53 ANY QUESTIONS.
10:53:53 THANK YOU.
10:53:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
10:53:56 FROM COUNCIL?
10:53:58 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:53:59 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 81?
10:54:00 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:54:01 >> SECOND.
10:54:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:54:03 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
10:54:04 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:54:05 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
10:54:07 AYE.
10:54:09 OPPOSED.
10:54:09 MR. VIERA.
10:54:10 >>LUIS VIERA: YES, SIR.
10:54:13 MR. CHAIR, I MOVE AN ORDINANCE
10:54:13 BEING PRESENTED FOR SECOND
10:54:14 READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:54:16 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
10:54:17 THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 3625
10:54:20 WEST AZEELE STREET IN THE CITY
10:54:21 OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE
10:54:22 PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:54:23 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:54:25 CLASSIFICATION PD, PLANNED
10:54:28 DEVELOPMENT, RETAIL OFFICE,
10:54:29 MULTIFAMILY, PERSONAL SERVICES
10:54:31 TO PD, PLANNED DEVELOPMENT,
10:54:33 OFFICE, MEDICAL, AND ALL RO-1
10:54:34 USES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
10:54:34 DATE.
10:54:35 >> SECOND.
10:54:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:54:38 MR. VIERA, SECOND BY
10:54:39 MR. MIRANDA.
10:54:40 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:54:46 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:54:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:54:49 ITEM NO. 82.
10:54:54 ANYBODY HERE FOR ITEM NO. 82?
10:55:04 >> I'M THE OWNER SEEKING THE
10:55:05 CHANGE.
10:55:06 >> YOUR NAME, SIR?
10:55:07 >> SIR?
10:55:08 >> YOUR NAME.
10:55:09 >> GORDON HUMPHRIES.
10:55:10 >> THANK YOU.
10:55:11 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT DID YOU
10:55:12 SAY?
10:55:14 >> EXCUSE ME?
10:55:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: OH, YOU'RE
10:55:15 JUST HERE.
10:55:16 OH, OKAY.
10:55:16 OKAY.
10:55:18 ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
10:55:19 ALL RIGHT.
10:55:20 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:55:23 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 82?
10:55:24 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:55:24 >> SECOND.
10:55:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:55:27 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
10:55:28 MR. COHEN.
10:55:29 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
10:55:29 AYE.
10:55:30 OPPOSED.
10:55:31 MR. MIRANDA, 82.
10:55:33 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
10:55:36 FILE NO. 82, REZ19-14, AN
10:55:36 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
10:55:37 SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, AN
10:55:38 ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN
10:55:41 THE GENERAL VICINITY OF 6915
10:55:42 EAST BROADWAY AVENUE, IN THE
10:55:43 CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, AND
10:55:44 MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN
10:55:46 SECTION 1, FROM ZONING DISTRICT
10:55:49 CLASSIFICATION CI, COMMERCIAL
10:55:50 INTENSIVE, AND IH, INDUSTRIAL
10:55:53 HEAVY, TO IH, INDUSTRIAL HEAVY;
10:55:54 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
10:55:55 >> SECOND.
10:55:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
10:55:57 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
10:55:58 MR. VIERA.
10:55:59 PLEASE RECORD YOUR VOTE.
10:56:05 >> MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
10:56:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:56:09 WE'LL GO TO ITEM 83-86.
10:56:11 CAN WE OPEN THIS, PLEASE?
10:56:12 >> YEAH, MR. SUAREZ DID
10:56:13 EARLIER.
10:56:13 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:56:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: IF YOU'RE
10:56:17 GOING TO SPEAK ON ITEM 83-86,
10:56:19 PLEASE STAND TO BE SWORN IN.
10:56:21 83-86.
10:56:24 IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK OR
10:56:25 THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK,
10:56:26 PLEASE STAND UP TO BE SWORN.
10:56:26 [PARTICIPANTS SWORN IN]
10:56:36 ITEM NO. 83.
10:56:37 >>BARBARA LYNCH: BARBARA LYNCH,
10:56:38 LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:56:39 THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN
10:56:41 REQUESTED TO BE CONTINUED FOR
10:56:45 30 DAYS BY THE APPLICANT.
10:56:47 MR. MICHELINI IS HERE.
10:56:48 >> YES, COUNCIL.
10:56:49 WE'RE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING
10:56:50 THAT THIS ISSUE BE CONTINUED
10:56:54 FOR 30 DAYS.
10:56:56 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHICH 30
10:56:56 DAYS?
10:56:57 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
10:57:03 COUNCIL AGENDA LOOKS LIKE.
10:57:04 >> [OFF MICROPHONE] OR THE
10:57:06 18th.
10:57:07 >>FRANK REDDICK: 30 DAYS WOULD
10:57:09 BE APRIL 4th?
10:57:09 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
10:57:11 >> WHICH, I'M SORRY.
10:57:13 >> THE 4th OR THE 18th.
10:57:15 APRIL 4th OR 18th.
10:57:20 >> 18th.
10:57:21 >> ALL RIGHT.
10:57:22 >> I'LL MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS
10:57:23 TO APRIL 18th.
10:57:24 >> SECOND.
10:57:26 >> AT 10:30 A.M.
10:57:27 >> THANK YOU.
10:57:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:57:30 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:57:32 SPEAK ON THIS BEING CONTINUED
10:57:35 TO APRIL THE 4th --
10:57:36 >> 18th.
10:57:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: -- 18th.
10:57:39 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
10:57:40 SPEAK ON THIS BEING CONTINUED
10:57:42 TO APRIL?
10:57:43 ALL RIGHT.
10:57:45 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ,
10:57:46 SECONDED BY MR. COHEN.
10:57:48 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:57:48 AYE.
10:57:49 THOSE OPPOSED.
10:57:52 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
10:57:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 84.
10:57:57 >>BARBARA LYNCH: BARBARA LYNCH,
10:58:00 LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
10:58:02 19-07 IS A CITY INITIATED
10:58:03 APPLICATION TO VACATE
10:58:08 RIGHT-OF-WAYS THAT ARE IN VILA
10:58:08 BROTHERS PARK, AND I HAVE A MAP
10:58:08 FOR THE OVERHEAD.
10:58:09 THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTY IN
10:58:10 RED.
10:58:11 WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THE ALLEY
10:58:12 AND PART OF CASS STREET BE
10:58:13 VACATED.
10:58:15 IT'S SOUTH OF LEMON, NORTH OF
10:58:16 CARMEN, AND RUNS BETWEEN
10:58:18 TAMPANIA AND ARMENIA.
10:58:19 THE CITY'S GOING TO BE DOING
10:58:20 SOME PARK IMPROVEMENTS, AND
10:58:22 THEY NEED TO HAVE THE VACATING
10:58:24 IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
10:58:25 THIS IS A PICTURE OF CASS
10:58:26 STREET.
10:58:26 CASS STREET'S PARTIALLY
10:58:29 IMPROVED TO THIS POINT, AND
10:58:30 THIS PICTURE IS FROM THIS POINT
10:58:34 LOOKING TOWARD ARMENIA.
10:58:36 THIS IS CASS STREET LOOKING
10:58:39 WEST FROM ARMENIA.
10:58:41 THIS IS THE ALLEY LOOKING EAST
10:58:44 FROM TAMPANIA.
10:58:46 THE ALLEYWAY AGAIN LOOKING WEST
10:58:47 FROM ARMENIA.
10:58:50 THIS IS VILA BROTHERS PARK, AND
10:58:53 THERE IS A RESIDENCE THAT'S OFF
10:58:54 OF CASS STREET AT THE DEAD END,
10:58:55 BUT THAT PART IS NOT BEING
10:58:57 VACATED, AND THAT'S A PHOTO OF
10:58:58 THEIR PROPERTY.
10:58:59 THE CITY'S REQUESTING AN
10:59:01 EASEMENT OVER THE ALLEY FOR
10:59:02 SEWER AND A PARTIAL EASEMENT
10:59:04 OVER CASS STREET, AND THERE'S
10:59:06 SOME CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
10:59:06 AGREED TO.
10:59:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:59:12 ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM
10:59:14 NO. 84?
10:59:15 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
10:59:16 >> SECOND.
10:59:17 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
10:59:19 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA,
10:59:21 SECOND BY MS. CAPIN.
10:59:22 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:59:22 AYE.
10:59:23 OPPOSED.
10:59:27 ALL RIGHT.
10:59:28 MR. MIRANDA.
10:59:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
10:59:29 MR. CHAIRMAN.
10:59:31 MOVE FILE NO. 84, FILE NO.
10:59:34 VAC19-07.
10:59:36 AN ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED
10:59:38 FOR FIRST READING AND
10:59:39 CONSIDERATION.
10:59:43 AN ORDINANCE VACATING CLOSE,
10:59:45 DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING
10:59:46 RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED SOUTH OF
10:59:48 LEMON STREET, NORTH OF CARMEN
10:59:50 STREET, EAST OF TAMPANIA
10:59:52 AVENUE, AND WEST OF ARMENIA
10:59:55 AVENUE, IN REVISED MAP OF WEST
10:59:57 PINES, A SUBDIVISION IN THE
10:59:57 CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA,
10:59:58 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THE SAME
11:00:01 BEING MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN
11:00:03 SECTION 1 HEREOF, SUBJECT TO
11:00:03 CERTAIN EASEMENT RESERVATIONS,
11:00:03 COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND
11:00:03 RESTRICTIONS MORE PARTICULARLY
11:00:03 SET FORTH HEREIN; PROVIDING AN
11:00:03 EFFECTIVE DATE.
11:00:04 >> SECOND.
11:00:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:00:06 MR. MIRANDA, SECOND BY
11:00:09 MR. SUAREZ.
11:00:09 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:00:09 AYE.
11:00:09 OPPOSED.
11:00:11 >> MR. CHAIR, SECOND READING
11:00:14 AND ADOPTION WILL BE ON APRIL
11:00:17 4th, 2019, AT 9:30 A.M.
11:00:19 >> ITEM NO. 85.
11:00:22 >>BARBARA LYNCH: BARBARA LYNCH,
11:00:22 LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
11:00:23 THIS IS ANOTHER CITY INITIATED
11:00:24 VACATING.
11:00:26 IT'S A REQUEST TO VACATE PART
11:00:27 OF SENECA AVENUE THAT'S IN
11:00:29 FOREST HILLS PARK, AND I HAVE
11:00:29 THE MAP FOR THE OVERHEAD.
11:00:32 THE CITY OWNS THIS IS PARK IN
11:00:33 RED AND THIS IS A PIECE OF
11:00:36 SENECA THAT WAS IN THE PARK
11:00:37 CURRENTLY BUT WAS NEVER
11:00:38 VACATED, SO THEY'RE REQUESTING
11:00:39 THAT TO BE CLOSED.
11:00:41 THIS IS A PICTURE OF SENECA
11:00:44 AVENUE LOOKING EAST.
11:00:45 FROM THE IMPROVED PORTION OF
11:00:47 SENECA, THERE ARE SOME
11:00:48 STRUCTURES, SOME HOUSES HERE
11:00:50 THAT ARE SERVED BY THE ROAD,
11:00:52 BUT THERE IS A TURNAROUND.
11:00:54 THIS IS SENECA AVENUE LOOKING
11:00:57 EAST FROM OTIS.
11:01:00 THIS IS THE IMPROVED PORTION OF
11:01:01 SENECA THAT WILL NOT BE
11:01:02 VACATED.
11:01:05 AND, AGAIN, SENECA AVENUE, AND
11:01:06 THEN THIS IS JUST SOME PICTURES
11:01:09 OF THE PARK, AND THERE'S A
11:01:12 REQUEST FOR SOME EASEMENTS AND
11:01:14 THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS AGREED
11:01:18 TO THAT AS WELL.
11:01:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
11:01:20 ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO
11:01:23 SPEAK ON ITEM NO. 85?
11:01:25 ITEM NO. 85?
11:01:26 >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
11:01:27 >> SECOND.
11:01:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
11:01:30 FROM MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
11:01:31 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:01:32 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:01:33 AYE.
11:01:33 OPPOSED.
11:01:35 MS. CAPIN, WOULD YOU READ NO.
11:01:37 85.
11:01:37 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU,
11:01:38 MR. CHAIR.
11:01:39 I WILL.
11:01:42 FILE NUMBER VAC19-08, AN
11:01:44 ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR
11:01:47 FIRST READING CONSIDERATION, AN
11:01:48 ORDINANCE VACATING, CLOSING,
11:01:50 DISCONTINUING, AND ABANDONING A
11:01:52 PORTION KNOWN AS SENECA AVENUE,
11:01:53 LYING SOUTH OF 109th AVENUE,
11:01:57 NORTH OF BOUGAINVILLEA, EAST OF
11:01:58 OTIS AVENUE, WEST OF OLA
11:02:00 AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
11:02:01 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA,
11:02:02 THE SAME BEING MORE FULLY
11:02:05 DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1 HEREOF;
11:02:07 SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EASEMENTS,
11:02:09 RESERVATIONS, COVENANTS,
11:02:10 CONDITIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS;
11:02:12 MORE PARTICULARLY SET FORTH
11:02:14 HEREIN; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
11:02:15 DATE.
11:02:16 >> SECOND.
11:02:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY
11:02:18 MS. CAPIN, SECOND BY
11:02:18 MR. SUAREZ.
11:02:20 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:02:20 AYE.
11:02:21 OPPOSED.
11:02:22 >> MOTION CARRIED, WITH SUAREZ
11:02:24 BEING ABSENT AT VOTE.
11:02:26 >>YVONNE CAPIN: HEARING HIS
11:02:27 VOICE FROM THIS SIDE WAS REALLY
11:02:28 ODD.
11:02:29 >> SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
11:02:32 WILL BE ON APRIL 4th, 2019, AT
11:02:33 9:30 A.M.
11:02:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:02:35 DO WE NEED A MOTION JUST TO
11:02:38 RESCHEDULE --
11:02:41 >>HARRY COHEN: MOTION TO
11:02:47 RESCHEDULE ITEM NO. 86 TO MAY
11:02:50 2nd, 2019, AT 10:30 A.M.
11:02:52 >> SECOND.
11:02:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
11:02:55 MR. COHEN AND SECOND.
11:02:56 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:02:57 OPPOSED.
11:03:00 STAFF REPORTS.
11:03:02 ITEM NO. 87.
11:03:02 >> GOOD MORNING.
11:03:05 ERIC WEISS, WASTEWATER
11:03:05 DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
11:03:07 THIS ITEM IS MINOR
11:03:08 MODIFICATIONS TO HOW WE
11:03:09 CALCULATE THE SEWER IMPROVEMENT
11:03:10 FEES.
11:03:11 IT'S QUITE COMPLEX.
11:03:13 WHEN WE STARTED THE UTILITY
11:03:14 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS OUR
11:03:15 NEW BILLING SYSTEM, IT REQUIRED
11:03:17 SOME MAJOR PROGRAMMING
11:03:21 MODIFICATIONS TO DO IT AS IT'S
11:03:23 WRITTEN, SO WE CAME UP WITH A
11:03:24 NEW WAY THAT DIDN'T COST OUR
11:03:26 RESIDENTS ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY,
11:03:27 NO PROGRAMMING CHANGES, AND
11:03:28 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING
11:03:30 HERE.
11:03:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS
11:03:33 FROM COUNCIL?
11:03:35 >> MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
11:03:36 >> SECOND.
11:03:36 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION FROM
11:03:38 MR. COHEN, SECONDED BY
11:03:39 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:03:40 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:03:41 AYE.
11:03:49 OPPOSED.
11:03:50 OKAY.
11:03:59 >> OKAY.
11:04:02 NEXT WE'RE ON ITEM 88 IS.
11:04:07 IS MR. ANDY GOERS HERE?
11:04:13 >>RANDY GOERS: HELLO, COUNCIL.
11:04:15 RANDY GOERS WITH THE PLANNING
11:04:17 AND URBAN DESIGN DEPARTMENT.
11:04:19 I'M RETURNING TO PROVIDE YOU A
11:04:20 LIST OF THE PARKS THAT HAVE AN
11:04:22 INCONSISTENT FUTURE LAND USE
11:04:24 DESIGNATION, AS REQUESTED IN
11:04:24 THE LAST MEETING.
11:04:26 THERE WAS -- WE CAME HERE LAST
11:04:28 TIME WHERE THERE WAS 92 THAT WE
11:04:29 FOUND.
11:04:30 I WENT BACK AND TOOK A CLOSER
11:04:32 LOOK AT THE LIST THAT WE HAD.
11:04:34 SOME OF THOSE HAD A VERY SLIVER
11:04:35 OF RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT WAS
11:04:39 ATTACHED TO THE PARCEL.
11:04:40 IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE WHEN WE
11:04:42 TAKE A CLOSE LOOK WITH THE
11:04:43 LEGAL DESCRIPTION, SO 15 OF
11:04:46 THOSE FELL OFF AND WENT INTO
11:04:48 THE PUBLIC-QUASI-PUBLIC.
11:04:50 THERE ARE STILL 78 THAT LOOK
11:04:52 LIKE THEY HAVE A FUTURE LAND
11:04:53 USE DESIGNATION OR
11:04:58 DESIGNATIONS, WITH THE PUBLIC
11:05:00 AND RECREATION OPEN SPACE
11:05:02 REQUIREMENT.
11:05:04 >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
11:05:05 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I DO, CHAIR, IF
11:05:06 I COULD.
11:05:07 >> YES, SIR.
11:05:08 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK THE LAST
11:05:09 TIME YOU SPOKE, YOU SAID IT
11:05:11 MIGHT BE TOO CUMBERSOME TO
11:05:13 CHANGE THE UNDERLYING LAND USE
11:05:16 FOR EACH OF THESE DESIGNATED
11:05:18 AREAS BECAUSE AT THE TIME WE
11:05:19 DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY THERE
11:05:19 WERE.
11:05:21 OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE 78 NOW THAT
11:05:22 HAVE DIFFERENT LAND USE
11:05:23 DESIGNATIONS COMPARED TO WHAT
11:05:26 THEIR ACTUAL USE IS; CORRECT?
11:05:26 >>RANDY GOERS: YEAH.
11:05:28 IT'S REALLY A MANAGEMENT OF
11:05:29 SCHEDULE TIME AND RESOURCES
11:05:31 BECAUSE THEY -- IT -- WE TALKED
11:05:32 TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION
11:05:33 STAFF.
11:05:34 THEY DON'T THINK THEY CAN
11:05:36 BUNDLE THEM, IT'S ALWAYS GOING
11:05:37 TO REQUIRE AN INDIVIDUAL -- WE
11:05:38 THINK IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE AN
11:05:39 INDIVIDUAL PLAN AMENDMENT FOR
11:05:41 EACH ONE, SO IT JUST -- IT'S
11:05:43 GETTING ON THE SCHEDULE, IT'S
11:05:46 THE -- THE STAFF TIME TO DO THE
11:05:47 LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, THE
11:05:49 ADVERTISING, SO IT COULD BE
11:05:50 JUST SOMETHING THAT TAKES
11:05:52 LONGER THAN MAYBE COUNCIL WOULD
11:05:54 -- I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO
11:05:55 HAPPEN IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
11:05:56 IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE
11:05:58 WOULD ROLL OUT OVER TIME.
11:05:59 >>MIKE SUAREZ: LET ME -- WELL,
11:06:01 I DON'T KNOW IF ONE OF OUR
11:06:02 LAWYERS WANT TO ANSWER THIS
11:06:03 QUESTION.
11:06:04 OBVIOUSLY, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE
11:06:08 THE LAND USE FOR EACH ONE OF
11:06:10 THESE FOR -- I DON'T SEE
11:06:11 ANYBODY JUMPING UP FROM THE
11:06:12 LEGAL SIDE.
11:06:13 IF WE WANTED TO DO IT IN A
11:06:15 BUNDLED THING, I DON'T SEE WHY
11:06:16 IT CANNOT BE DONE BECAUSE WE
11:06:17 ALREADY KNOW THE LEGAL
11:06:18 DESCRIPTIONS.
11:06:20 WE COULD PUT THAT INTO A -- AT
11:06:21 LEAST IN MY MIND, WE COULD
11:06:22 PROBABLY PUT IT INTO A LARGER
11:06:23 CONTEXT.
11:06:24 WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THEM,
11:06:25 WE KNOW WHAT THE LEGAL
11:06:26 DESCRIPTIONS ARE IN EACH ONE OF
11:06:27 THEM.
11:06:28 I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM
11:06:29 WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE LAND USE
11:06:31 ON IT IN A BUNDLED WAY.
11:06:33 I MEAN YOU'RE MAKING IT SOUND
11:06:36 LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
11:06:36 DO?
11:06:37 >>RANDY GOERS: EACH ONE
11:06:38 REQUIRES A SPECIFIC LEGAL
11:06:39 DESCRIPTION TO BE DEVELOPED.
11:06:40 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH, BUT DON'T
11:06:41 WE ALREADY HAVE THE LEGAL
11:06:42 DESCRIPTION?
11:06:44 THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT WE
11:06:45 CAN FIND THESE FOR THE MOST
11:06:45 PART?
11:06:46 >>RANDY GOERS: YOU FIND THESE
11:06:49 BECAUSE WE HAVE A GIS MAP.
11:06:52 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I GET THAT.
11:06:53 THERE'S A LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR
11:06:54 THEM SOMEWHERE.
11:06:56 IT'S ALREADY WRITTEN DOWN.
11:06:57 >>RANDY GOERS: THAT WOULD HAVE
11:06:59 TO BE IF THEY HAVEN'T HAD ANY
11:06:59 OTHER LAND THAT'S BEEN ATTACHED
11:07:01 TO IT OVER THE YEARS.
11:07:03 IT TAKES TIME TO VALIDATE IT,
11:07:05 IT TAKES TIME TO ADVERTISE, IT
11:07:06 TAKES TIME TO HAVE EACH PUBLIC
11:07:06 HEARING.
11:07:07 IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE
11:07:08 ONE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IT HAS
11:07:10 TO BE NOTICED TO THE PUBLIC.
11:07:12 EVERYONE'S GOT --
11:07:12 >>MIKE SUAREZ: TRUE.
11:07:13 >>RANDY GOERS: -- EVERYONE
11:07:15 WITHIN 250 FEET OF THE LAND HAS
11:07:16 GOT TO BE NOTICED, SO, YOU
11:07:17 KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOME WAYS
11:07:20 TO TAKE SOME SHORTCUTS AT
11:07:22 ANNUAL MEETING, BUT, YOU KNOW,
11:07:23 I JUST WANT TO BE HONEST WITH
11:07:25 YOU, JUST THAT IF IT JUST -- WE
11:07:26 DO PLAN AMENDMENTS ALL THE
11:07:28 TIME, YOU HEAR PLAN AMENDMENTS
11:07:28 ALL THE TIME.
11:07:29 THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
11:07:30 EFFORT THAT GOES INTO IT.
11:07:32 I JUST WANT TO BE UP FRONT AND
11:07:33 HONEST THAT IT WILL TAKE A
11:07:34 LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
11:07:35 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'M NOT SAYING
11:07:37 YOU DON'T PUT ANY EFFORT INTO
11:07:39 THE PLAN, AND I'M NOT SAYING
11:07:40 THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
11:07:41 MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME.
11:07:43 IT IS A LITTLE EASIER WHEN IT'S
11:07:44 ALREADY OWNED BY THE CITY, WE
11:07:45 ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE
11:07:47 DESIGNATIONS ARE, WE ALREADY
11:07:48 KNOW THAT THE LAND USE SHOULD
11:07:49 PROBABLY BE CHANGED IN ORDER TO
11:07:53 MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES
11:07:55 GOING DOWN THE LINE, AND WHEN
11:07:57 YOU HAVE 78 ON HERE, I THINK
11:07:58 IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO
11:07:59 MAKE SURE WE GET CONSISTENCY
11:08:01 FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, SO
11:08:02 I WOULD -- I WOULD SUGGEST --
11:08:03 AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
11:08:05 GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF THIS
11:08:06 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
11:08:07 NEW ADMINISTRATION COMING IN,
11:08:08 AND I'M NOT ONE OF THE PEOPLE
11:08:09 THAT'S PART OF THE
11:08:10 ADMINISTRATION, AS WE KNOW, SO
11:08:11 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE
11:08:13 IT OUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT
11:08:15 EVEN IF YOU DID THEM IN CHUNKS
11:08:17 OF 20, YOU COULD PROBABLY GET
11:08:18 IT DONE IN A YEAR OR LESS.
11:08:20 I MEAN, I THINK YOU COULD
11:08:21 PROBABLY DO THAT, SO ARE YOU
11:08:22 SUGGESTING THAT WE COULD
11:08:23 PROBABLY GO FORWARD AND DO
11:08:25 THAT, I MEAN, AND TRY AND GET
11:08:26 THAT DONE?
11:08:28 >>RANDY GOERS: I THINK YOU
11:08:29 WOULD HAVE A MOTION TO TRANSMIT
11:08:30 TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO
11:08:32 BEGIN THE PROCESS.
11:08:33 PLANNING COMMISSION, IN -- AS
11:08:34 THE LPA, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK
11:08:35 AT THE PLAN AMENDMENTS, THEY'RE
11:08:37 GOING TO PROBABLY COME BACK TO
11:08:39 US AND SAY THESE ARE ONES THAT
11:08:39 ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD, THEY CAN
11:08:41 GET ON A SCHEDULE, THESE ARE
11:08:42 THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE
11:08:44 SOME WORK, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES
11:08:45 IN CHARGE OF THE SCHEDULE WHEN
11:08:46 IT COMES -- WHEN IT ACTUALLY
11:08:47 MOVES FORWARD, BUT THEY CAN
11:08:49 START IN THE CYCLE AND THEY CAN
11:08:50 WORK WITH OUR STAFF TO DEVELOP,
11:08:51 YOU KNOW, HOW THEY GET DONE
11:08:52 AND, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL WORK
11:08:55 AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, AND
11:08:57 IF THERE'S COMPLICATION, WE'LL
11:08:58 COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND
11:08:59 SAY THERE ARE SOME ISSUES HERE,
11:09:01 MAYBE ON CERTAIN PARCELS THAT
11:09:02 WE HAVE TO SPEND A LITTLE MORE
11:09:02 TIME ON.
11:09:04 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE ONLY REASON
11:09:07 I SAY THIS, MR. GOERS, IS
11:09:07 BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY
11:09:08 SIGNIFICANT PARKS THAT ARE ON
11:09:10 HERE THAT HAVE LOTS OF ACREAGE
11:09:13 THAT PROBABLY WE NEED TO MAKE
11:09:15 SURE THEY'RE DESIGNATED PARTS
11:09:16 ON THE UNDERLYING LAND USE SO
11:09:17 WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES DOWN THE
11:09:18 LINE.
11:09:19 WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL COMING
11:09:21 IN, SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS
11:09:22 TO START THE PROCESS NOW, SO
11:09:23 WITHOUT -- YOU KNOW,
11:09:25 MS. CAPIN'S SUGGESTION OF THIS,
11:09:27 WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT
11:09:28 SUGGESTION -- I APPRECIATE YOU
11:09:29 DOING THAT -- BECAUSE WE REALLY
11:09:31 -- I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
11:09:32 THIS LIST, IT'S EVERY MAJOR
11:09:34 PARK THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY
11:09:36 OF TAMPA IS NOT DESIGNATED IN
11:09:38 THE UNDERLYING LAND USE.
11:09:40 >>YVONNE CAPIN: CYPRESS POINT
11:09:40 PARK.
11:09:42 YEAH, THERE'S SOME --
11:09:43 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I MEAN, ALL OF
11:09:44 THEM.
11:09:44 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEAH.
11:09:47 SO THIS NEEDS TO GET STARTED.
11:09:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH.
11:09:51 I'D GLADLY MAKE THE MOTION FOR
11:09:52 THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GO
11:09:53 FORWARD AND TO START THE
11:09:55 PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING -- I
11:09:56 WOULD START WITH THE LARGEST
11:09:59 PARKS FIRST, YOU KNOW, AND
11:10:00 PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT
11:10:03 DON'T KNOW THIS, BABE ZAHARIAS
11:10:06 GOLF COURSE IS ONE OF THEM,
11:10:08 ANOTHER ONE IS COPELAND PARK,
11:10:10 ANOTHER ONE IS CYPRESS POINT
11:10:10 PARK.
11:10:12 THESE ARE VERY LARGE PARKS,
11:10:15 LOWRY PARK ZOO -- I SHOULD SAY
11:10:16 ZOO TAMPA AT LOWRY PARK.
11:10:18 YOU KNOW, LET'S SEE HERE.
11:10:20 WE HAVE -- OKAY.
11:10:24 I MEAN, MY GOSH, ROGERS PARK
11:10:27 GOLF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ROME &
11:10:29 SLIGH PARK, ANOTHER BIG ONE,
11:10:30 WHERE ALL THE SOFTBALL IS
11:10:33 PLAYED, ROLLO PARK.
11:10:34 YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING ALL
11:10:36 THIS AND POINTING OUT THAT IT
11:10:37 IS -- YES, IT'S A LARGE DEAL,
11:10:38 BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING
11:10:39 THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, SO
11:10:43 I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION
11:10:43 THAT PLANNING COMMISSION --
11:10:46 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WAIT A MINUTE.
11:10:46 [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:10:48 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I SAW THAT TOO.
11:10:50 I DIDN'T WANT TO MENTION THAT
11:10:50 ONE TOO.
11:10:51 I KNEW SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD
11:10:52 CATCH IT.
11:10:53 THAT PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD
11:10:54 START THE PROCESS OF PUTTING
11:10:57 THE UNDERLYING LAND USE
11:11:00 DESIGNATION AS PUBLIC USE OR
11:11:02 PUBLIC PARK, I'M TRYING --
11:11:03 >>RANDY GOERS: RECREATIONAL
11:11:05 OPEN SPACE WOULD BE --
11:11:06 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
11:11:08 -- RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE ON
11:11:09 ALL THE DESIGNATED -- ALL THE
11:11:12 DESIGNATED DEDICATED PARKS THAT
11:11:14 ARE LISTED UNDER CHAPTER 16, AS
11:11:15 PER THE INFORMATION THAT YOU
11:11:18 PROVIDED US TODAY.
11:11:18 >> SECOND.
11:11:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION
11:11:21 FROM MR. SUAREZ, SECOND BY
11:11:22 MR. MIRANDA.
11:11:23 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE
11:11:23 MOTION?
11:11:24 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
11:11:25 AYE.
11:11:25 OPPOSED.
11:11:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'D LIKE TO MAKE
11:11:29 A SECOND MOTION THAT THE
11:11:30 PLANNING COMMISSION COME BACK
11:11:37 TO COUNCIL IN -- I WILL MAKE
11:11:40 IT, LET'S SEE, IN SEPTEMBER --
11:11:42 LET'S MAKE IT OCTOBER -- IN
11:11:44 OCTOBER 17th, 2019, UNDER STAFF
11:11:45 REPORTS.
11:11:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU'LL BE
11:11:47 GONE.
11:11:48 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I KNOW I'LL BE
11:11:49 GONE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE
11:11:51 THAT THIS THING GETS DONE, SO I
11:11:52 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
11:11:53 COUNCIL, THE NEW COUNCIL, GETS
11:11:55 TO SEE THIS UNDER STAFF REPORTS
11:11:57 ON OCTOBER 17th.
11:12:01 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I SHOULD SECOND
11:12:02 THAT ONE.
11:12:03 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU DIDN'T
11:12:04 SECOND THE FIRST ONE?
11:12:05 THEY'LL COME BACK OCTOBER 17th
11:12:07 UNDER STAFF REPORTS CONCERNING
11:12:09 THE PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE ON
11:12:12 DESIGNATING THE PARKS THROUGH
11:12:13 THE PLANNING COMMISSION, SO
11:12:14 PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF WOULD
11:12:15 HAVE TO APPEAR.
11:12:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:12:18 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ,
11:12:19 SECOND BY MS. CAPIN.
11:12:20 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE
11:12:21 MOTION?
11:12:23 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
11:12:24 OPPOSED.
11:12:27 MOTION CARRIES.
11:12:28 NOW, THOSE RETURNING COUNCIL
11:12:30 MEMBERS, YOU ALL KEEP US IN
11:12:31 MIND WHEN THIS COMES BACK.
11:12:32 [LAUGHTER]
11:12:34 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OH, YEAH,
11:12:35 THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL BE THINKING
11:12:35 ABOUT.
11:12:40 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THEY'LL HAVE US
11:12:40 COME HERE.
11:12:42 >>YVONNE CAPIN: ESPECIALLY THE
11:12:44 LONE FEMALE COUNCIL, WHICH NO
11:12:46 LONGER EXISTS AFTER MAY 1.
11:12:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYTHING ELSE,
11:12:49 MR. GOERS?
11:12:50 >>RANDY GOERS: NO.
11:12:51 THANK YOU, SIR.
11:12:52 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT. GO
11:12:58 TO ITEM NO. 89.
11:13:01 >>JEAN DUNCAN: GOOD MORNING,
11:13:02 CITY COUNCIL.
11:13:04 JEAN DUNCAN WITH TRANSPORTATION
11:13:04 AND STORMWATER SERVICES
11:13:05 DEPARTMENT.
11:13:08 YOU'D ASKED FOR A STATUS AND
11:13:10 SCOPE OF THE BAY TO BAY
11:13:14 BOULEVARD PROJECT -- EXCUSE ME.
11:13:15 CURRENTLY, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY
11:13:16 AWARE, THAT PROJECT IS UNDER
11:13:17 CONSTRUCTION.
11:13:19 IT'S A COUNTY RESURFACING
11:13:20 PROJECT.
11:13:22 THEY INTENTIONALLY DELAYED THE
11:13:23 PROJECT UNTIL AFTER GASPARILLA
11:13:25 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOME
11:13:28 MINIMAL IMPACTS IN TERMS OF
11:13:29 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT.
11:13:31 IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE, I HAVE A
11:13:32 GRAPHIC THAT JUST KIND OF SHOWS
11:13:35 SIMPLY THE WHAT WE CALL TYPICAL
11:13:38 SECTION OF THE ROAD.
11:13:42 IF YOU LOOK AT THESE TWO CHARTS
11:13:44 THAT ARE ON THE ELMO, WE HAVE
11:13:45 AN EXISTING FOUR-LANE ROADWAY
11:13:49 THAT IS UNDIVIDED, AND WITH THE
11:13:50 NEW PROJECT THAT'S BEING
11:13:53 CONSTRUCTED, THERE ARE SOME
11:13:54 STRIPING CHANGES THAT ARE GOING
11:13:56 TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.
11:13:57 THE TRAVEL LANES ARE GOING TO
11:13:59 BE NARROWED TO ABOUT TEN FEET.
11:14:00 THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR A
11:14:02 BUFFER TO BE PLACED ALONG THE
11:14:05 SIDEWALK TO MAKE A SAFER
11:14:08 EXPERIENCE FOR PEDESTRIANS ON
11:14:09 THE SIDEWALK TO HAVE THE CARS
11:14:10 SEPARATED FURTHER FROM THEM.
11:14:12 THE REDUCED TRAVEL LANE WIDTH
11:14:15 HAS ALLOWED FOR TRAFFIC CALMING
11:14:18 -- EXCUSE ME -- AND WE HAVE
11:14:24 ALSO RECOMMENDED TO THE
11:14:27 COUNTY --
11:14:28 [LOST AUDIO]
11:15:05 THE COUNTY DID PUT A GOOD
11:15:07 AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT IN THE
11:15:08 STORMWATER SYSTEM OUT THERE ON
11:15:10 THE ROADWAY, UP TO ABOUT A
11:15:10 MILLION DOLLARS.
11:15:12 IT'S GOING TO REALLY ADDRESS A
11:15:13 LOT OF THE FLOODING ISSUES
11:15:15 WE'VE HAD ON BAY TO BAY AND AT
11:15:16 THE BAYSHORE INTERSECTION AS
11:15:18 WELL, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
11:15:19 QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
11:15:20 THOSE.
11:15:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
11:15:22 >>HARRY COHEN: JUST A COUPLE.
11:15:25 FIRST OF ALL, THE ISSUE THAT
11:15:27 WAS RAISED THIS MORNING WITH
11:15:28 THE TECO POLES --
11:15:30 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:15:32 >>HARRY COHEN: -- AND THERE WAS
11:15:32 SOME PROGRESS HOPEFULLY BEING
11:15:35 MADE ON REMOVING SOME OF THOSE
11:15:36 SO THAT THE SIDEWALKS COULD BE
11:15:37 WIDER.
11:15:38 HOW IS THAT GOING, AND WHAT'S
11:15:39 THE STATUS OF THOSE?
11:15:40 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:15:42 MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH ALAN
11:15:44 DENHAM OF TECO, HE HAD
11:15:46 INDICATED THAT THEY HAD REMOVED
11:15:47 14 POLES, AND THEY'RE
11:15:48 CONTINUING TO LOOK AT OTHER
11:15:50 OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE POLES.
11:15:52 IN SOME CASES THEY MAY NEED TO
11:15:54 GET SOME EASEMENTS IN ORDER TO
11:15:55 MOVE THEM OUT OF THE SIDEWALK
11:15:57 BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE ON
11:15:58 PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT THAT
11:15:59 CONTINUES TO BE A WORK IN
11:16:04 PROGRESS PER TECO.
11:16:04 >>HARRY COHEN: YOU KNOW, TWO
11:16:05 OTHER QUESTIONS.
11:16:06 THE FIRST ONE IS THERE SEEMS TO
11:16:08 HAVE BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINT
11:16:09 FROM BUSINESS OWNERS ON THE
11:16:10 CORRIDOR THAT THEY WERE NOT
11:16:13 NOTIFIED OF THIS WORK BEING
11:16:14 DONE AND THAT IT ALL HAPPENED
11:16:16 VERY QUICKLY WITHOUT ANY KIND
11:16:17 OF NOTICE.
11:16:18 CAN YOU JUST SHED SOME LIGHT ON
11:16:20 THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A
11:16:22 CONSISTENT THEME LATELY.
11:16:23 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:16:25 I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT THAT
11:16:28 COMMUNICATION HAS NOT BEEN THE
11:16:30 BEST IT COULD BE, APPARENTLY,
11:16:31 WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESSES AND
11:16:33 POSSIBLY RESIDENTS.
11:16:34 FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, WE
11:16:35 HAD A PUBLIC MEETING IN
11:16:36 FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.
11:16:38 WE PUT A PRESS RELEASE OUT IN
11:16:41 MARCH OF LAST YEAR, 2018,
11:16:43 DESCRIBING THE RECOMMENDED
11:16:45 ALTERNATIVE.
11:16:47 THAT ALTERNATIVE WAS BASED ON
11:16:52 REALLY A 2:1 RATIO OF COMMENTS
11:16:54 THAT WE GOT, 2:1 FOR KEEPING
11:16:56 THE ROADWAY AS A FOUR-LANE
11:16:59 SECTION, SO THERE WAS
11:17:01 OVERWHELMING CONSENSUS TO NOT
11:17:02 CHANGE THE ROADWAY AT THIS
11:17:03 TIME, AND SO A PRESS RELEASE
11:17:06 WAS PUT OUT IN MARCH OF 2018.
11:17:10 BY JULY OF 2018, WE HAD OUR
11:17:13 DETAILED RECOMMENDED OUTLINE ON
11:17:17 OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AS OUR FACT
11:17:18 SHEET ALL DESCRIBING EXACTLY
11:17:20 WHAT WOULD OCCUR IN TERMS OF
11:17:22 THE NEW CHANGES, AND AT THAT
11:17:26 POINT, THE PROJECT WAS -- THE
11:17:27 PROJECT RECOMMENDATION, EXCUSE
11:17:29 ME, WAS RELAYED TO THE COUNTY
11:17:30 FOR THEM TO DECIDE IF THEY
11:17:31 WANTED TO TAKE OUR
11:17:32 RECOMMENDATION AND MOVE FORWARD
11:17:34 OR IF THEY WANTED TO DO
11:17:35 SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
11:17:37 SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THE
11:17:38 COUNTY, YOU KNOW, PROCEEDED
11:17:41 WITH THEIR PROJECT, AND THE
11:17:43 NOTIFICATION WOULD BE, YOU
11:17:44 KNOW, THEIR PROTOCOL OF
11:17:46 WHATEVER THEY NORMALLY DO TO
11:17:46 NOTIFY BUSINESSES AND
11:17:48 RESIDENCES, SO I'D HAVE TO
11:17:50 DEFER TO HOWEVER THEY HANDLED
11:17:53 THAT BEYOND LAST SUMMER.
11:17:54 >>HARRY COHEN: SO NOT THAT
11:17:56 WE'RE POINTING THE FINGER
11:17:57 ACROSS THE STREET.
11:17:58 >>JEAN DUNCAN: RIGHT.
11:17:59 >>HARRY COHEN: BUT WE ARE
11:17:59 ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THE
11:18:01 COUNTY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
11:18:01 NOTICE?
11:18:03 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:18:04 >>HARRY COHEN: BEING.
11:18:05 I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S BEEN
11:18:05 -- OKAY.
11:18:07 I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S BEEN
11:18:08 SO MUCH PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT
11:18:10 THIS ISSUE AND THERE'S BEEN A
11:18:11 LOT OF RANCOR IN THE COMMUNITY
11:18:13 ABOUT IT, AND I THINK THAT A
11:18:14 LOT OF THE OPPOSITION TO THE
11:18:16 ORIGINAL PLAN CENTERED ON THE
11:18:17 FACT THAT THERE WERE BIKE --
11:18:19 THAT THERE WAS A PERCEPTION
11:18:20 THAT THIS WAS ABOUT CREATING
11:18:22 SPACE FOR BIKE LANES, AND, IN
11:18:25 FACT, I THINK, AS TIME HAS GONE
11:18:27 ON, IT'S REALLY TURNED INTO
11:18:28 MORE OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT
11:18:30 SAFETY AND CONGESTION, AND
11:18:33 THERE WERE TWO PARTICULAR
11:18:34 ISSUES THAT I KNOW THAT I'VE
11:18:36 REMAINED CONCERNED ABOUT, ING
11:18:38 OTHERS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN
11:18:39 ABOUT, AND ONE OF THEM IS
11:18:41 WHETHER OR NOT THE CROSSWALKS
11:18:43 THAT BISECT BAY TO BAY ARE
11:18:45 GOING TO BE SOMEHOW ENHANCED
11:18:51 OVER WHAT THEY ARE NOW BECAUSE
11:18:53 THERE ARE FOUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE
11:18:54 WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE
11:19:01 BAY TO BAY, MacDILL, CROSSTOWN,
11:19:02 HIMES INTERSECTIONS.
11:19:03 CAN YOU SHED LIGHT ON WHETHER
11:19:05 THERE ARE CROSSWALK
11:19:06 IMPROVEMENTS TAKING PLACE?
11:19:08 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THE CROSSWALK
11:19:09 IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE
11:19:10 RESTRIPING THE FADED STRIPING
11:19:12 MARKINGS THAT ARE THERE.
11:19:15 WE HAVE A LOT OF ADA RAMPS THAT
11:19:16 ARE NOT MEETING PROPER CRITERIA
11:19:18 OR NOT EXISTING AT ALL, SO
11:19:19 THOSE RAMPS ARE BEING
11:19:20 CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW BY THE
11:19:21 COUNTY.
11:19:23 ALSO WE, THE CITY, HAVE PUT IN
11:19:25 WHAT WE CALL LEADING PEDESTRIAN
11:19:26 INTERVALS, WHICH IS THROUGH OUR
11:19:28 SIGNAL TIMINGS.
11:19:29 THESE PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS
11:19:34 ALLOW THE -- THE INDICATOR FOR
11:19:34 THE PEDESTRIAN TO START
11:19:36 CROSSING BEFORE THE LIGHT TURNS
11:19:38 GREEN WHERE THAT RIGHT TURN
11:19:40 TRAFFIC WOULD START TURNING, SO
11:19:41 WHAT -- WHAT THAT DOES IS IT
11:19:42 ALLOWS THE PEDESTRIAN TO
11:19:44 ALREADY BE OUT IN THE CROSSWALK
11:19:47 BEFORE THE CARS ARE TURNING
11:19:49 RIGHT, AND THEN THEY'RE MORE
11:19:50 NOTICEABLE TO THE DRIVER, OF
11:19:51 COURSE, THAT THERE'S A
11:19:52 PEDESTRIAN THAT'S CROSSING.
11:19:53 SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
11:19:55 THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, AND, OF
11:19:56 COURSE, WITH ANY PROJECT, WE
11:19:58 CAN CONTINUE TO LAYER ON
11:20:01 ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS TO TRY TO
11:20:02 CONTINUE TO MAKE THINGS MORE
11:20:03 SAFE.
11:20:05 >>HARRY COHEN: SO I JUST WANT
11:20:06 TO SAY TO CLOSE MY -- UNLESS
11:20:07 THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WANT TO
11:20:10 SPEAK ON THIS.
11:20:12 THE ONE REAL DISAPPOINTMENT
11:20:13 THAT I HAVE OVER THE WAY THIS
11:20:15 PROJECT IS BEING DONE IS THAT I
11:20:16 THINK THE IDEA OF LEFT TURN
11:20:17 LANES WOULD HAVE MADE A LOT
11:20:18 MORE SENSE.
11:20:20 I KNOW THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT,
11:20:21 IN FACT, IT WOULD BOTTLENECK
11:20:23 TRAFFIC TO HAVE ONE THROUGH
11:20:25 LANE AND LEFT TURN LANES, BUT I
11:20:27 REALLY THINK, "A," THE ADDITION
11:20:29 OF ISLANDS, AND "B," GETTING
11:20:31 THAT LEFT TURNING TRAFFIC OUT
11:20:33 OF THE WAY OF THE EAST-WEST
11:20:34 TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH
11:20:35 BETTER THAN THE DESIGN THAT
11:20:36 WE'RE DOING, AND I'M
11:20:37 DISAPPOINTED THAT WE'RE NOT
11:20:40 DOING IT THAT WAY.
11:20:41 THE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO
11:20:44 ASK YOU DID, THOUGH, RELATE TO
11:20:45 HOWARD AVENUE AND WHAT
11:20:46 MR. MICHELINI BROUGHT UP.
11:20:47 I KNOW YOU ARE NOT DIRECTLY
11:20:49 OVER IT, BUT THERE WERE
11:20:50 AGREEMENTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT
11:20:52 HOW THAT CLOSURE WAS GOING TO
11:20:54 HAPPEN, THAT THERE WERE GOING
11:20:55 TO BE FLAGS, THAT WE WEREN'T
11:20:56 GOING TO CRIPPLE ALL THOSE
11:20:58 BUSINESSES DOWN THERE FOR SIX
11:20:59 FULL WEEKS, AND I'M VERY
11:21:01 DISAPPOINTED THAT ALL OF THOSE
11:21:03 REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS
11:21:06 SEEM TO HAVE SORT OF EVAPORATED
11:21:07 IN SOME WAY, AND MY
11:21:09 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU ARE
11:21:12 NO LONGER IN CHARGE OF THAT
11:21:12 PARTICULAR DECISION-MAKING
11:21:15 PROCESS, BUT I'M SORT OF MAKING
11:21:18 THIS APPEAL RIGHT NOW THAT WE
11:21:21 -- WE CANNOT HAVE THIS -- THIS
11:21:22 NORTHBOUND LANE OF HOWARD
11:21:24 CLOSED FOR SIX WEEKS.
11:21:27 IT'S GOING TO BE A DISASTER.
11:21:29 SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I'M
11:21:32 APPEALING TO RIGHT NOW, BUT --
11:21:32 [LAUGHTER]
11:21:33 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:21:34 >>HARRY COHEN: BUT I'M
11:21:35 APPEALING TO SOMEONE.
11:21:35 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:21:37 >>JEAN DUNCAN: IT'S -- THESE
11:21:39 MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC PLANS,
11:21:41 AS WE CALL THEM, THAT OCCUR
11:21:42 DURING CONSTRUCTION, ARE WORKED
11:21:43 OUT BETWEEN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY
11:21:44 PERMITTING GROUP AND THE
11:21:46 CONTRACTOR, SO IDEALLY, THOSE
11:21:48 TWO PARTIES, ALONG WITH, OF
11:21:50 COURSE, THE BUSINESSES CAN COME
11:21:52 TO SOME AGREEMENT OF WHAT'S
11:21:53 BEING PLANNED.
11:21:56 I DO KNOW THAT THE PAVING WILL
11:21:58 BE COMPLETED ON THE NORTHBOUND
11:22:01 LEG BY TOMORROW, AND THE
11:22:02 MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC WILL BE
11:22:04 REMOVED FOR THE WEEKEND, AND
11:22:05 THEN, OF COURSE, THE SOUTHBOUND
11:22:08 LANE WORK WILL START.
11:22:10 AS TO WHAT THAT WILL CALL FOR,
11:22:11 I'M NOT SURE.
11:22:13 I KNOW THE FLAGMEN WERE
11:22:15 CONSIDERED IF WE WERE GOING TO
11:22:16 DO ANOTHER PORTION OF THE
11:22:17 DRAINAGE PROJECT, WHICH ENDED
11:22:19 UP BEING MODIFIED, SO THAT WAS
11:22:21 ALWAYS JUST FOR THAT CERTAIN
11:22:23 PORTION THAT WAS THEN TAKEN OUT
11:22:24 OF THE PLANS BECAUSE OF SOME
11:22:25 ADJUSTMENTS.
11:22:26 AND I DO KNOW THAT THE
11:22:31 CONTRACTOR, ALTO, HAS A VERY
11:22:34 GOOD REPUTATION OF HAVING VERY
11:22:35 GOOD COMMUNICATIONS ON THEIR
11:22:35 PROJECTS.
11:22:37 THEY DID HAND DELIVER A LETTER
11:22:38 TO ALL OF THE RESIDENCES AND
11:22:40 BUSINESSES, MAINLY BUSINESSES,
11:22:42 BACK IN NOVEMBER WHEN THIS
11:22:43 PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD WITH A
11:22:45 CONTACT NAME AND NUMBER FOR
11:22:46 ANYONE TO CALL AND REACH OUT
11:22:48 AND HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE
11:22:49 CONVERSATION, SO I CERTAINLY
11:22:51 HOPE THAT THE CONTRACTOR, WHO'S
11:22:54 BEEN WILLING, AND OUR
11:22:54 RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMITTING FOLKS,
11:22:56 WHO ARE VERY CREATIVE WITH
11:22:57 THEIR MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC
11:22:59 PLANS, AND, OF COURSE, THE
11:23:00 ALLIANCE CAN REACH SOME
11:23:00 CONSENSUS.
11:23:01 I DON'T THINK THAT SOUTHBOUND
11:23:04 LANE PORTION IS GOING TO TAKE
11:23:06 MORE THAN POSSIBLY A COUPLE,
11:23:08 THREE WEEKS, WHICH IS A LONG
11:23:09 TIME IF YOU'RE BEING
11:23:11 INCONVENIENCED BY IT, BUT
11:23:13 CERTAINLY A SHORT TIME IN TERMS
11:23:14 OF SOME OF OUR TRANSPORTATION
11:23:15 PROJECTS AND STORMWATER
11:23:17 PROJECTS THAT WE DO, SO THAT
11:23:19 WOULD BE THE DIRECTION THAT I
11:23:20 WOULD SUGGEST TO THOSE THAT ARE
11:23:23 HAVING SOME CONCERNS IS THOSE
11:23:24 THREE PARTIES CAN WORK TOGETHER
11:23:25 AND COME UP WITH A GOOD
11:23:27 SUGGESTION.
11:23:28 >>HARRY COHEN: WELL, OUR OFFICE
11:23:30 AND I'M SURE SOME OF THE OTHERS
11:23:32 WILL WEIGH IN WITH THE STAFF IF
11:23:33 WE'RE ABLE TO BE HELPFUL TO TRY
11:23:38 TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS.
11:23:38 >>JEAN DUNCAN: AND WE'RE
11:23:41 CERTAINLY WITH OUR OTHER
11:23:42 DEPARTMENTS, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO
11:23:43 ASSIST.
11:23:44 >>FRANK REDDICK:
11:23:45 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:23:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST A
11:23:47 QUICK QUESTION.
11:23:48 WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT REDUCING
11:23:50 THE FOUR LANES TO TWO HE LANES
11:23:52 AT THE CENTER MEDIAN, I GO BACK
11:23:54 TO NEBRASKA AND MARTIN LUTHER
11:23:55 KING WHEN THAT WAS NARROWED AND
11:23:57 I REMEMBER BUS DRIVERS TELLING
11:23:59 ME HOW IT'S GOING TO BACK
11:24:01 EVERYTHING UP AND WHATNOT, BUT
11:24:03 IT FLOWS SMOOTHLY, IT'S SAFER.
11:24:04 YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS
11:24:06 IN PEDESTRIAN ISSUES AND
11:24:06 WHATNOT.
11:24:08 I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND, AND I
11:24:10 ALWAYS USE THAT COMPARISON.
11:24:11 ON ANOTHER NOTE, AND THIS IS
11:24:12 NOT ON HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE
11:24:13 HERE, BUT HIMES AVENUE FROM
11:24:16 MARTIN LUTHER KING TO
11:24:17 HILLSBOROUGH, DO YOU KNOW
11:24:19 ANYTHING ABOUT -- IT'S IN
11:24:19 TERRIBLE SHAPE?
11:24:23 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I JUST GOT AN
11:24:24 EMAIL FROM YOUR AIDE ON THAT.
11:24:25 WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT
11:24:27 AND SEE IF WE CAN DO AN INTERIM
11:24:30 RESURFACING, NOT JUST A POT
11:24:32 HOLE PATCH BECAUSE I AGREE, IT
11:24:34 IS VERY POOR IN THAT SECTION.
11:24:37 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: JUST EVERY
11:24:39 DAY I'M GETTING COMPLAINTS.
11:24:40 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE'LL TAKE A
11:24:41 LOOK AND I THINK WE CAN DO
11:24:43 SOMETHING PRETTY QUICKLY ON
11:24:44 THAT SEGMENT.
11:24:45 >>FRANK REDDICK: THE CITY [OFF
11:24:45 MICROPHONE]
11:24:48 FOR DRIVING ON THAT ROAD.
11:24:50 MS. CAPIN.
11:24:51 >>YVONNE CAPIN: LOOK INTO IT.
11:24:52 DRIVE IT.
11:24:53 THAT WILL SETTLE THE QUESTION
11:24:54 REALLY QUICKLY.
11:24:55 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:24:56 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I WANT TO SAY
11:25:01 HOWARD AVENUE, I WAS THERE
11:25:02 TUESDAY EVENING COMING NORTH,
11:25:04 AND IT WAS VERY CONFUSING.
11:25:05 I WOUND UP -- I WOUND UP GOING
11:25:08 THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL AREA TO
11:25:15 MacDILL AVENUE TO HEAD NORTH,
11:25:16 ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, AND THE
11:25:19 BUSINESSES THERE, IT'S
11:25:21 NONEXISTENT, YOU CAN'T GET TO
11:25:22 THEM.
11:25:23 I WANT TO SAY LAST WEEK I
11:25:28 TALKED ABOUT CORDELIA AND GLEN,
11:25:30 THAT IT WAS TWO WEEKS IT HAD
11:25:32 BEEN THE LITTLE HOLE IN THE
11:25:33 GROUND THAT HADN'T BEEN
11:25:33 REPAIRED.
11:25:35 WELL, IT GOT REPAIRED, AND IT
11:25:36 TOOK TWO WEEKS AND 15 MINUTES
11:25:39 TO DO IT, 15 MINUTES.
11:25:41 YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY LEFT THE
11:25:43 SIGN UP THAT THE ROAD IS CLOSED
11:25:45 GOING ON THREE WEEKS, AND THAT
11:25:47 IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE CARS HAVE
11:25:49 TO DRIVE AROUND THE SIGN, AND
11:25:50 THERE'S A DITCH.
11:25:52 WHY IS THAT SIGN STILL UP
11:25:52 THERE?
11:25:54 I MEAN, IT'S MASSIVE.
11:25:56 IT BLOCKS ALMOST THE ENTIRE
11:25:57 STREET.
11:25:58 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I CAN CERTAINLY
11:25:59 CHECK ON THAT.
11:26:00 I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF ISSUE
11:26:04 IT WAS, PROBABLY A CAVE IN OF
11:26:05 SOME KIND OF A PIPE, BUT I
11:26:07 CERTAINLY CAN CHECK AND SEE
11:26:10 WHAT -- WHAT WAS GOING ON IN
11:26:11 THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
11:26:13 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IT'S REPAIRED.
11:26:14 NOW THEY NEED TO TAKE DOWN THE
11:26:15 SIGN THAT THE ROAD IS CLOSED
11:26:16 BECAUSE CARS ARE STILL GOING
11:26:18 AROUND THE SIGN, AND THERE'S A
11:26:19 DITCH RIGHT THERE, SO THEY'RE
11:26:22 -- IT'S VERY TREACHEROUS TO
11:26:24 DRIVE AROUND THAT SIGN WHEN THE
11:26:26 STREET HAS BEEN REPAIRED LAST
11:26:26 WEEK.
11:26:28 >>JEAN DUNCAN: HMM.
11:26:28 OKAY.
11:26:29 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IT'S GOING ON
11:26:30 THREE WEEKS.
11:26:31 THANK YOU.
11:26:33 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
11:26:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YES.
11:26:35 THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
11:26:37 MS. DUNCAN, LET'S GET BACK TO
11:26:38 BAY TO BAY A LITTLE BIT.
11:26:39 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ISSUES WE
11:26:40 HAVE -- AND THIS IS NOT AN
11:26:43 INSULT TO YOU AT ALL --
11:26:44 ENGINEERS ARE NOT THE BEST
11:26:46 COMMUNICATORS WHEN IT COMES TO
11:26:47 THESE PROJECTS OR ANY PROJECT,
11:26:49 SAY, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN THEY TRY
11:26:50 TO GET PEOPLE, PEOPLE DON'T
11:26:52 SHOW UP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
11:26:53 SURE, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A
11:26:55 MUCH BETTER EFFORT ON THE PR
11:26:58 SIDE, AND THAT IS INCUMBENT ON
11:26:58 THE ADMINISTRATION, IN
11:26:59 CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT YOU'RE
11:27:01 DOING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION,
11:27:02 TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO
11:27:03 PEOPLE.
11:27:04 THE BAY TO BAY PROJECT, WHEN IT
11:27:07 FIRST CAME UP, WAS WE GOT
11:27:09 SLAMMED WITH EMAILS BECAUSE IT
11:27:10 WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD NOT BEEN
11:27:11 BROUGHT UP TO US SPECIFICALLY
11:27:13 ABOUT THAT PROJECT.
11:27:16 WE HAD VOTED ON A COMPLETE
11:27:18 STREETS PROJECTS, OF COURSE,
11:27:19 AND THEN WHEN IT CAME UP HERE,
11:27:22 WE WERE JUST INUNDATED, I KNOW
11:27:24 I WAS, AND I'M SURE EVERYONE
11:27:25 ELSE WAS TOO, WITH EMAILS
11:27:26 AGAINST THE PROJECT.
11:27:28 NOW, I THINK PART OF WHAT HAS
11:27:29 BEEN SAID BEFORE AND I THINK
11:27:30 WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
11:27:32 WE TRY AND DO AND WORK WITH
11:27:33 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
11:27:34 TRANSPORTATION AND THE COUNTY
11:27:36 IS THAT WE ARE DOING A TERRIBLE
11:27:39 JOB OF REDESIGNING DALE MABRY
11:27:41 IN RELATION TO BAY TO BAY.
11:27:42 WE TALK ABOUT ONLY ONE ROAD,
11:27:44 WHICH IS BAY TO BAY, AND WE
11:27:47 FORGET THAT NOW THE WAY THAT
11:27:50 FDOT DEALS WITH DALE MABRY,
11:27:52 EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A TERMINUS
11:27:54 AT THE END OF THE LINE,
11:27:56 LITERALLY AT MacDILL AIR FORCE
11:27:58 BASE, WE STILL TREAT IT AS A
11:28:00 HIGH-SPEED HIGHWAY, AND TO ME,
11:28:02 WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH --
11:28:03 WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH
11:28:04 NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WE ARE IN
11:28:07 SOUTH TAMPA, WE NEED TO SLOW IT
11:28:09 DOWN SPECIFICALLY FROM PROBABLY
11:28:11 NEPTUNE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
11:28:15 PROBABLY EUCLID OR EL PRADO,
11:28:17 AND WE DON'T LOOK AT THAT, AND
11:28:18 THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT I KNOW
11:28:20 THAT FDOT DOESN'T WANT US TO
11:28:22 SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC, THEY WANT IT
11:28:23 TO KEEP MOVING.
11:28:25 AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A REAL
11:28:26 DISCUSSION WITH FDOT TO SOLVE
11:28:28 THAT PROBLEM, IN ADDITION TO
11:28:29 FINDING OUT HOW WE MAKE BAY TO
11:28:31 BAY SAFER.
11:28:33 THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ISSUE'S ALWAYS
11:28:35 GOING TO BE THERE, AND WE NEED
11:28:37 TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT
11:28:39 TECO AND OUR OWN -- OUR OWN
11:28:41 TREE PLANTING, WHICH WE'VE BEEN
11:28:42 IT DEALING WITH TREES FOR
11:28:44 SOMETIME NOW, THAT ISN'T TAKING
11:28:45 UP OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY.
11:28:46 CAN YOU NOT WALK A SIDEWALK,
11:28:48 FOR THE MOST PART, IN SOME OF
11:28:50 THESE PLACES THAT ARE ALONG
11:28:54 EITHER DALE MABRY, BAY TO BAY,
11:28:56 MacDILL -- NAME A STREET -- YOU
11:28:57 KNOW, PALM AVENUE.
11:28:58 IT DOESN'T MATTER.
11:28:59 YOU HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, A
11:29:02 DIFFICULTY TO GET IN AND AROUND
11:29:02 SIDEWALKS.
11:29:04 THERE ARE PLACES THAT ARE GAPS
11:29:06 WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON -- WHO
11:29:07 ARE -- SHOULD BE ON THE
11:29:08 SIDEWALK, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
11:29:11 MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIRS OR OTHER
11:29:13 KINDS OF SCOOTERS, THEY'RE ON
11:29:15 THE BIKE LANES.
11:29:16 THAT'S DANGEROUS, INCREDIBLY
11:29:18 DANGEROUS, BECAUSE THEY'RE
11:29:19 USUALLY GOING THE OPPOSITE WAY
11:29:21 OF TRAFFIC, AND WE ARE NOT
11:29:22 DEALING WITH THAT.
11:29:24 AND IT'S NOT -- AND IT'S NOT
11:29:26 YOUR FAULT, IT IS INCUMBENT OF
11:29:29 THE WAY THAT THIS GROWTH HAS
11:29:30 KIND OF CAPTURED THE CITY OF
11:29:31 TAMPA AND WE HAVE NOT TAKEN
11:29:32 CARE OF THE LITTLE THINGS, AND
11:29:34 WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT.
11:29:36 WHAT IS -- WHAT HAS FDOT SAID
11:29:39 ABOUT REENGINEERING, IF THERE
11:29:40 HAS EVER BEEN A DISCUSSION,
11:29:42 REENGINEERING DALE MABRY TO
11:29:44 MAKE IT SLOWER AND SAFER?
11:29:45 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I CAN'T SAY
11:29:46 EXACTLY ON DALE MABRY, BUT I
11:29:48 HAVE GOOD NEWS ON THAT TOPIC.
11:29:51 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
11:29:52 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I FEEL REALLY
11:29:54 PLEASED THAT D.O.T. IS ACTUALLY
11:29:55 FOLLOWING IN THE CITY'S
11:29:56 FOOTSTEPS.
11:29:57 CITY OF TAMPA, WE HAVE A MASTER
11:29:58 PLAN FOR SPEED REDUCTION
11:30:00 THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE CITY, AND
11:30:01 WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THAT
11:30:03 MASTER PLAN IS THAT EVERY
11:30:04 OPPORTUNITY WE GET TO RESTRIPE
11:30:08 A ROAD WHERE WE CAN CHANGE THE
11:30:09 PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION OF THE
11:30:10 ROAD, WE'RE TAKING THAT
11:30:11 OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY TO ADD
11:30:13 SAFETY ELEMENTS BUT TO LOOK AT
11:30:15 THE SPEED LIMIT POSTING.
11:30:17 THAT SPEED LIMIT SIGN IS, OF
11:30:18 COURSE, JUST A SIGN.
11:30:19 IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING UNLESS
11:30:20 THE ROAD TELLS YOU HOW FAST YOU
11:30:24 SHOULD BE GOING, SO WHAT WE'VE
11:30:25 BEEN DOING WITH OUR MASTER PLAN
11:30:27 IS EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN
11:30:28 RECONFIGURE THE ROAD --
11:30:30 NARROWING TRAVEL LANES IS ONE
11:30:31 OF THOSE MAIN THINGS THAT
11:30:33 CAUSES THAT FEELING OF NEEDING
11:30:35 TO GO SLOWER, WE'VE BEEN DOING
11:30:37 THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND
11:30:40 CHANGING OUR 40- AND
11:30:42 35-MILE-AN-HOUR COLLECTOR
11:30:44 STREETS DOWN TO 35 OR 30.
11:30:45 THE D.O.T. JUST RECENTLY
11:30:46 REACHED OUT TO ME AND INDICATED
11:30:47 THEY ARE GOING TO START DOING
11:30:50 THE SAME TYPE OF THING ON THEIR
11:30:52 STATE ROADS THAT ARE WITHIN THE
11:30:54 CITY LIMITS, SO IT'S EARLY ON,
11:30:55 BUT AT LEAST WE KNOW THAT
11:30:56 THEY'RE TAKING THAT TYPE OF
11:30:57 APPROACH ON THEIR STATE ROADS
11:30:59 WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.
11:31:00 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IN THE CASE OF
11:31:01 DALE MABRY, IT'S CONSIDERED A
11:31:03 FEDERAL HIGHWAY.
11:31:04 >>JEAN DUNCAN: YES.
11:31:06 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IS THAT A
11:31:07 DIFFERENT DESIGNATION AS
11:31:10 OPPOSED TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID
11:31:10 ABOUT ROADS?
11:31:11 >>JEAN DUNCAN: IT IS A
11:31:12 DESIGNATION, BUT I USE THAT
11:31:16 GENERICALLY, STATE-OWNED,
11:31:17 STATE-MANAGED ROADS, SOME THAT
11:31:19 HAVE A U.S. DESIGNATION,
11:31:20 THEY'RE LOOKING AT THOSE
11:31:21 CORRIDORS NOW IN THE SAME LENS
11:31:24 THAT WE ARE TO CONSIDER THE
11:31:25 CONTEXT.
11:31:26 WHEN THOSE ROADS WERE DESIGNED
11:31:28 AND SIGNED, THEY WERE NOT IN
11:31:30 THE CONTEXT OF A LOT OF
11:31:31 PEDESTRIANS AND BUSINESSES AND
11:31:34 SO FORTH BEING ALONG THOSE
11:31:36 SIDELINES, SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT
11:31:37 THEY ARE TAKING THIS
11:31:38 PERSPECTIVE.
11:31:39 THE DISTRICT SECRETARY WE HAVE
11:31:42 NOW AT D.O.T. HAS JUST BEEN A
11:31:44 HUGE, TRANSFORMATIVE FIGURE
11:31:44 OVER THERE.
11:31:48 HE'S GOT PERSONAL EXPERIENCES,
11:31:49 UNFORTUNATE PERSONAL
11:31:50 EXPERIENCES OF ROADWAY SAFETY
11:31:52 THAT HE'S BRINGING WITH HIM
11:31:54 THAT HAVE REALLY ALLOWED THAT
11:31:55 D.O.T. TO START LOOKING AT
11:31:57 THINGS A LITTLE BIT
11:31:59 DIFFERENTLY.
11:32:01 I KNOW IT'S A SLOW PROCESS, BUT
11:32:03 THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE
11:32:04 CHANGES ARE COMING, AND WE FEEL
11:32:05 THEY ARE MUCH MORE SENSITIVE
11:32:07 ABOUT THESE ISSUES THAN MAYBE
11:32:08 THEY WERE IN THE PAST.
11:32:10 >>MIKE SUAREZ: MS. DUNCAN, THE
11:32:11 REASON I'M ASKING YOU ALL THESE
11:32:13 THINGS, I'M HOPING YOU'RE GOING
11:32:14 TO BE STILL STICKING AROUND
11:32:16 WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION,
11:32:17 KNOCKING ON WOOD, AND THAT WE
11:32:19 HAVE TO REALLY -- AND I THINK
11:32:20 IT'S INCUMBENT UPON YOU BECAUSE
11:32:21 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW
11:32:23 MAYOR COMING IN, AND THAT NEW
11:32:24 MAYOR IS NOT GOING TO
11:32:24 UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE
11:32:26 THINGS, AND I KNOW THAT THE TWO
11:32:27 CANDIDATES THAT ARE RUNNING, I
11:32:29 THINK, HAVE A MISCONCEPTION OF
11:32:30 WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE A
11:32:31 COMPLETE STREET.
11:32:32 NOT THAT THEY'RE -- NOT THAT
11:32:34 THEY'RE WRONG ABOUT IT, BUT
11:32:35 THEY HEAR THE COMPLAINTS
11:32:36 WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT THE
11:32:37 OTHER ASPECTS OF IT, AND I
11:32:39 THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A
11:32:42 REAL DISCUSSION WITH EVERYONE
11:32:43 IN HAD THE CITY ABOUT A FEW
11:32:45 THINGS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED,
11:32:45 SPEEDING.
11:32:47 WE SPEED WAY TOO MUCH.
11:32:47 THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS
11:32:49 CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT COME
11:32:50 INTO THIS CITY, THEY SPEED WAY
11:32:52 TOO MUCH, AND IT ISN'T ABOUT
11:32:53 WHAT THE SIGN SAYS, IT REALLY
11:32:55 IS ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE
11:32:56 ENGINEERED THE ROAD.
11:32:58 AND THE SECOND PART OF THAT --
11:32:59 BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THE
11:33:01 SAFETY ISSUE COMES INTO THE
11:33:02 MIND AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE
11:33:04 DRIVER, THE DRIVER DOESN'T WANT
11:33:06 TO SEE BICYCLISTS ON THE ROAD,
11:33:07 SO THE FIRST THING THEY SAY,
11:33:09 YOU'RE MAKING IT -- MORE ROOM
11:33:10 FOR THE BICYCLISTS, AND I DON'T
11:33:12 FEEL SAFE DRIVING WITH A
11:33:12 BICYCLIST THERE.
11:33:14 WE NEED TO FIND WAYS OF PUTTING
11:33:17 PROTECTED -- PROTECTED BIKE
11:33:18 LANES IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT
11:33:19 BIKE LANES, AND IF WE'RE NOT
11:33:21 GOING TO PUT BIKE LANES, WE'VE
11:33:22 GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
11:33:23 EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THE REASON
11:33:27 WHY WE ENGINEER OUR ROAD THE
11:33:28 WAY WE WANT TO ENGINEER IT.
11:33:29 IT ISN'T ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE
11:33:32 IT UNSAFE OR SLOWER FOR PEOPLE,
11:33:34 IT IS ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE IT
11:33:36 SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT FOR
11:33:39 PEOPLE, AND WE HAVE DONE A VERY
11:33:40 BAD JOB OF THAT.
11:33:41 AGAIN, I DO NOT WANT TO PUT ALL
11:33:42 THE BLAME ON YOU.
11:33:43 YOU'RE AN ENGINEER.
11:33:46 YOU DO THINGS BASED ON WHAT
11:33:47 YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
11:33:48 IS, AND IT'S A GREAT KNOWLEDGE
11:33:49 AND EXPERIENCE.
11:33:50 YOU'VE BEEN A WONDERFUL
11:33:51 DEPARTMENT HEAD IN TERMS OF
11:33:52 THESE THINGS, BUT IT'S
11:33:53 INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO GET
11:33:54 PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
11:33:56 PSYCHOLOGY OF DRIVING AND WHAT
11:33:58 SPEED ACTUALLY DOES, AND WE
11:33:59 JUST HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD ENOUGH
11:34:01 JOB OF THAT AS AN
11:34:02 ADMINISTRATION, AND, FRANKLY,
11:34:03 YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TRYING TO
11:34:05 PUSH THINGS HERE AND THE
11:34:07 COUNCIL AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS
11:34:09 TRANSLATE TO EVERYONE ELSE.
11:34:10 I APPRECIATE THE REPORT.
11:34:11 THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT.
11:34:12 THANK YOU, CHAIR.
11:34:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
11:34:14 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU,
11:34:14 MR. CHAIR.
11:34:19 I WAS NOT GOING TO BRING UP
11:34:21 HIMES UNTIL THE CANDIDATE
11:34:24 BROUGHT IT UP IN A SIMPLE WAY.
11:34:24 [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:34:26 I'M NOT ABOUT YOU AND NOT ABOUT
11:34:27 THE CITY, BUT SOMEWHERE ALONG
11:34:30 THE LINE, FROM KENNEDY NORTH TO
11:34:33 COLUMBUS DRIVE, YOU LIVE IN ONE
11:34:34 SECTION OF THE CITY.
11:34:36 BUT ON THE SAME STREET, FROM
11:34:39 KENNEDY NORTH TO HILLSBOROUGH,
11:34:41 YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER SECTION OF
11:34:42 THE CITY, AND THEY'RE BOTH
11:34:43 HARDWORKING NEIGHBORHOODS, JUST
11:34:45 LIKE THE REST OF THE CITY OF
11:34:46 TAMPA ARE.
11:34:48 FROM KENNEDY SOUTH -- I MEAN
11:34:49 FROM COLUMBUS DRIVE SOUTH TO
11:34:50 KENNEDY, YOU LIVE IN HELL, YOU
11:34:52 CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF YOUR
11:34:53 OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN'T
11:34:54 MAKE A LEFT-HAND TURN WHEN YOU
11:34:55 WANT.
11:34:57 YOU FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS GONE
11:34:58 FROM WHAT THE NEIGHBORS TELL
11:35:01 ME, AND I'VE SEEN CARS GO OVER
11:35:02 THE LITTLE MEDIAN THAT IS MADE
11:35:03 FOR LITTLE BABY STROLLERS ABOUT
11:35:06 THAT HIGH AND ABOUT THAT WIDE,
11:35:07 YET ON THE OTHER SIDE -- AND I
11:35:09 WONDER IF IT'S DUE TO OTHER
11:35:11 ENTITIES THAT ARE THERE.
11:35:14 I'M SURE THAT IF WE DID FROM
11:35:15 COLUMBUS DRIVE NORTH, THE
11:35:16 SPORTS AUTHORITY WOULD GO
11:35:17 CRAZY.
11:35:21 THE BUCCANEERS WOULD GO CRAZY.
11:35:24 I WOULD GO CRAZY, NOT THAT I'M
11:35:25 NOT ALREADY HALF CRAZY, BUT
11:35:26 WHAT I SEE COMING IS THAT WE
11:35:29 DIVIDED A SECTION OF THE CITY
11:35:31 ROADWAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
11:35:32 THIS WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR
11:35:34 NOT, AND YOU ARE GOING TO STAY
11:35:35 THE SAME.
11:35:36 CAN YOU ANSWER ME WHY?
11:35:37 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I'LL TRY TO
11:35:38 ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
11:35:40 THE SECTION OF ROAD THAT WAS
11:35:42 RECENTLY IMPROVED FROM KENNEDY
11:35:44 TO COLUMBUS, THAT PARTICULAR
11:35:46 SEGMENT OF HIMES HAD EXTREMELY
11:35:49 HIGH CRASH DATA.
11:35:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: EXCUSE ME
11:35:51 ONE SECOND.
11:35:52 HOW MANY DEATHS DID YOU HAVE?
11:35:55 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I APOLOGIZE, I
11:35:56 DIDN'T BRING THOSE DETAILS.
11:35:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'LL TELL
11:35:58 YOU, NONE.
11:35:59 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I DIDN'T FLOW
11:36:00 THIS WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT
11:36:01 UP.
11:36:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WASN'T
11:36:03 GOING TO BRING IT UP.
11:36:04 >>JEAN DUNCAN: I CAN TELL YOU
11:36:05 THE HIGH NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN
11:36:07 INJURY CRASHES THAT ROSE UP TO
11:36:08 MUCH HIGHER LEVELS THAN WE
11:36:10 WOULD ANTICIPATE, SO WE WERE
11:36:12 ABLE TO GET A GRANT FROM THE
11:36:13 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, A
11:36:14 HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT
11:36:16 GRANT, FOR JUST THAT SECTION OF
11:36:19 HIMES AVENUE BECAUSE OF THE
11:36:20 FACT THAT THOSE INJURY CRASHES
11:36:21 WERE IN THAT LOCATION, AND
11:36:23 THAT'S WHY THOSE PROJECT LIMITS
11:36:25 WERE FROM KENNEDY AND COLUMBUS.
11:36:26 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'VE
11:36:27 FORGOTTEN THE REST OF THE
11:36:28 ROADWAY.
11:36:30 WE JUST HAVE TO COBBLE MONEY
11:36:31 TOGETHER FROM WHEREVER WE CAN
11:36:34 GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO DO
11:36:36 A PROJECT, AND THAT'S THE ONE
11:36:37 WE DID RECENTLY.
11:36:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU'RE
11:36:39 SAYING YOU NEED MONEY TO DO
11:36:42 KENNEDY NORTH -- I MEAN
11:36:43 COLUMBUS DRIVE NORTH?
11:36:44 >>JEAN DUNCAN: WE HAVE
11:36:45 SOMETHING IN THE WORKS FOR
11:36:47 COLUMBUS TO THE NORTH, BUT I AM
11:36:48 GOING TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING
11:36:50 INTERIM BECAUSE OF THE BAD
11:36:52 CONDITION OF THE ROADWAY.
11:36:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BUT IF WE
11:36:54 PAVE IT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO
11:36:55 SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS, YOU'RE
11:36:57 GOING TO EXACERBATE THE
11:36:58 PROBLEMS, THEY'RE GOING TO GET
11:36:58 FASTER.
11:37:00 >>JEAN DUNCAN: AGAIN, WHEN WE
11:37:01 PAVE THE ROAD, WE WOULD -- FOR
11:37:03 THE PERMANENT, NOT THE INTERIM,
11:37:04 NECESSARILY, WE WANT TO PAVE IT
11:37:06 SO THAT WE ARE CREATING THOSE
11:37:08 MORE TRAFFIC-CALMING
11:37:08 CONDITIONS.
11:37:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I BELIEVE
11:37:10 YOU, BUT THE NUMBERS
11:37:11 STATISTICALLY DON'T PROVE THAT
11:37:13 BECAUSE THERE'S MUCH MORE
11:37:14 TRAFFIC NORTH OF COLUMBUS THAN
11:37:15 THERE IS SOUTH OF COLUMBUS
11:37:17 BECAUSE THE EVENTS THAT ARE
11:37:19 THERE, AND THERE HAS TO BE MORE
11:37:20 ACCIDENTS SOUTH, MATHEMATICALLY
11:37:22 THAT IS, BUT I'M NOT ARGUING
11:37:23 WITH YOU.
11:37:24 THANK YOU.
11:37:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:37:32 >> LAST THING.
11:37:33 REGARDING HOWARD AVENUE,
11:37:36 MR. MICHELINI HAD SENT AN EMAIL
11:37:37 REGARDING THAT, IF HE WANTS TO
11:37:40 COME UP, IF HE CAN, AND ARE YOU
11:37:41 SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWERS OR
11:37:41 NO?
11:37:47 >> NO.
11:37:48 THE WE'VE DEALT WITH JEAN
11:37:49 DUNCAN'S DEPARTMENT, WE'VE
11:37:51 DEALT WITH THE PERMITTING SIDE,
11:37:53 WE'VE DEALT WITH TPD, AND
11:37:55 THEY'RE ALL SAYING IT STARTS
11:37:57 WITH CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
11:37:58 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION HAS TO
11:38:01 CHANGE THE PERMIT -- THE
11:38:03 REQUEST AND INSERT THESE
11:38:04 PROTECTIVE MEASURES THAT WE ALL
11:38:06 MET ABOUT, WE ALL AGREED ABOUT.
11:38:08 THEY HAVE TO START IT.
11:38:10 THE PERMITTING SIDE HAS ALREADY
11:38:13 AGREED TO PERMIT IT.
11:38:14 THE TPD OFFICE HAS ALREADY
11:38:17 AGREED TO SEND OUT AN OFFICER,
11:38:18 BUT UNLESS CONTRACT
11:38:19 ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZES IT,
11:38:20 WE'RE GOING TO BE SITTING HERE
11:38:23 SIX WEEKS FROM NOW AND WE'RE
11:38:24 GOING TO BE DOING -- AND IT
11:38:25 WILL BE THE SAME PROBLEM.
11:38:26 THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE
11:38:29 HAVE ALREADY EFFECTIVELY LOST
11:38:32 30% OF THEIR BUSINESS IN THREE
11:38:34 DAYS, AND THE ONLY REASON I
11:38:35 CAME TO COUNCIL WAS BECAUSE I
11:38:36 COULDN'T GET AN ANSWER FROM
11:38:39 ANYBODY FROM CONTRACT
11:38:39 ADMINISTRATION AGREEING TO
11:38:43 CHANGE THE PERMIT, SO, I MEAN,
11:38:45 I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH THEM.
11:38:46 WE MET WITH THEM BEFORE.
11:38:48 I MET WITH THEM IN THE FIELD ON
11:38:52 MONDAY, AND THEY GAVE ME THIS
11:38:57 CIRCUITOUS EXPLANATION OF YOU
11:38:58 GO AROUND THIS WAY AND THIS WAY
11:39:00 AND YOU CAN'T EVER GET TO WHERE
11:39:03 YOU WANT TO BE, SO, I MEAN, I
11:39:04 APPRECIATE JEAN'S EXPLANATION
11:39:05 ABOUT, WELL, WE TOOK IT OUT.
11:39:07 THIS PROJECT IS LISTED AS A
11:39:09 STORMWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT,
11:39:11 AND JUST -- YOU KNOW, THEY JUST
11:39:12 TOOK THINGS OUT, THEY NEVER MET
11:39:13 WITH US AGAIN AND EXPLAINED
11:39:16 WHAT THEY TOOK OUT OR WHY.
11:39:17 THEY NEVER GAVE US ANY ADVANCED
11:39:18 NOTICE.
11:39:20 THEY JUST SHOWED UP MONDAY
11:39:21 MORNING STARTING TO PUT
11:39:23 BARRICADES UP, AND SO, YOU
11:39:24 KNOW, THE FIRST DAY OR TWO, THE
11:39:26 BUSINESSES SAID, WELL, I GUESS
11:39:28 WE'LL DEAL WITH IT FOR A DAY OR
11:39:30 TWO, PLEASE GET THE FLAGMEN OUT
11:39:32 THERE, PLEASE GET THE POLICE
11:39:33 OFFICERS OUT THERE, SO THAT THE
11:39:35 BUSINESSES DON'T DIE.
11:39:36 THEY WILL DIE.
11:39:37 YOU WILL SEE BUSINESS CLOSINGS
11:39:39 IF THEY'RE SHUT DOWN FOR SIX
11:39:39 WEEKS.
11:39:42 IT'S JUST WHAT'S GOING TO
11:39:43 HAPPEN.
11:39:44 IT'S CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION,
11:39:45 AND I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE
11:39:46 A MOTION FROM COUNCIL TO GET
11:39:51 THEM TO AMEND THEIR PERMIT
11:39:53 REQUEST SO THAT WE CAN GET THE
11:39:54 FLAGMAN AND THE POLICE OFFICER
11:39:57 BACK OUT THERE SO YOU CAN HAVE
11:39:58 AT LEAST RESTRICTED TRAFFIC
11:39:59 GOING NORTH AND SOUTH DURING
11:40:01 THE DAYTIME, BUSINESS HOURS.
11:40:03 IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES
11:40:03 SENSE.
11:40:06 AND AS COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN HAS
11:40:07 ALREADY POINTED OUT, YOU CAN'T
11:40:09 EVEN FOLLOW THE SIGNS.
11:40:11 THEY DETOUR YOU ALL AROUND, SO
11:40:12 YOU'RE OVER IN HYDE PARK,
11:40:14 YOU'RE OVER ON MacDILL AVENUE,
11:40:17 HOW DO YOU GET BACK?
11:40:18 >>HARRY COHEN: MR. CHAIR, MAY
11:40:19 I --
11:40:21 I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE
11:40:22 AUTHORITY TO DIRECT CONTRACT
11:40:24 ADMINISTRATION TO AMEND IT.
11:40:26 WE CAN REQUEST THAT THEY DO IT
11:40:26 --
11:40:27 >> THAT'S FINE.
11:40:28 >>HARRY COHEN: -- BUT I DON'T
11:40:29 THINK WE CAN DIRECT THEM TO DO
11:40:30 IT.
11:40:31 >> YOU'RE RIGHT.
11:40:32 >>HARRY COHEN: I WOULD MAKE A
11:40:34 MOTION THAT WE REQUEST CONTRACT
11:40:35 ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY AMEND
11:40:36 WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
11:40:37 >> SECOND.
11:40:38 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND, CHAIR, I
11:40:39 DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOU
11:40:40 DOING THE MOTION, I'LL SUPPORT
11:40:42 IT, BUT IS IT GOING TO BE IN A
11:40:43 TIMELY ENOUGH FASHION THAT IS
11:40:44 GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON
11:40:45 THIS ROAD?
11:40:45 I DON'T KNOW.
11:40:48 THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.
11:40:50 >> I PUT THIS ON RECORD.
11:40:50 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I KNOW.
11:40:51 >>HARRY COHEN: THERE'S A LIMIT
11:40:53 TO WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT I THINK
11:40:54 OUR DISCUSSION SPEAKS FOR
11:40:55 ITSELF IN RECOGNIZING THE
11:40:57 SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION.
11:40:57 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND I WOULD SAY
11:40:59 THIS, MR. COHEN, FOR GOODNESS
11:41:01 SAKES, IF WE'RE HERE TO TALK
11:41:02 ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THEY'RE
11:41:02 TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
11:41:04 SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE FROM THE
11:41:05 VERY BEGINNING, YOU WOULD THINK
11:41:05 THAT SOMEBODY IN ADMINISTRATION
11:41:07 WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S
11:41:09 MAKE SURE IT GETS DONE THE
11:41:10 RIGHT WAY SO WE'RE NOT DEALING
11:41:11 WITH THIS.
11:41:12 I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THE MOTION
11:41:14 UP.
11:41:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:41:16 WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM
11:41:18 MR. COHEN AND A SECOND BY
11:41:20 MR. MANISCALCO.
11:41:21 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY
11:41:22 AYE.
11:41:23 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:41:25 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
11:41:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: HEY, YOU NEVER
11:41:29 KNOW, OUR GOOD LITTLE BUDDY
11:41:31 NEXT DOOR TO US MIGHT GIVE US A
11:41:33 GIFT, A GOING AWAY GIFT.
11:41:34 HE MIGHT AGREE TO THIS.
11:41:36 [LAUGHTER]
11:41:37 >> HE'S GOT A SHORT TIME ALSO,
11:41:38 SO --
11:41:39 >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH, RIGHT.
11:41:41 YES.
11:41:42 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WE WERE JUST
11:41:44 DISCUSSING ABOUT HIMES AVENUE,
11:41:47 KENNEDY TO -- TO COLUMBUS, AND
11:41:50 THEN WHAT HAPPENS NORTH OF
11:41:51 THERE, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT
11:41:54 THEY APPLIED FOR GRANT BECAUSE
11:41:56 THERE WERE AN INORDINATE NUMBER
11:41:56 OF ACCIDENTS.
11:41:58 I WANT TO SEE THE NUMBER OF
11:41:59 ACCIDENTS THERE, I WANT TO SEE
11:42:00 THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS NORTH
11:42:03 OF THERE.
11:42:03 >> [OFF MICROPHONE]
11:42:06 >>YVONNE CAPIN: HUH?
11:42:08 >> KENNEDY TO COLUMBUS WHERE
11:42:09 THEY DID THE --
11:42:10 >>YVONNE CAPIN: KENNEDY TO
11:42:11 COLUMBUS AND COLUMBUS TO
11:42:12 HILLSBOROUGH.
11:42:14 >> I DON'T THINK SHE HAS IT,
11:42:15 BUT SHE COULD GET IT.
11:42:16 >>YVONNE CAPIN: NO, THAT'S WHAT
11:42:18 I'M ASKING, I'M MAKING A MOTION
11:42:20 THAT THEY COME BACK WITH THAT
11:42:22 NUMBER, BECAUSE TO APPLY FOR A
11:42:23 GRANT, THOSE NUMBERS BETTER BE
11:42:24 WAY OVER BECAUSE IN MY
11:42:25 ESTIMATION, IT WAS SOMETHING
11:42:27 THAT WANTED TO BE DONE AND GOT
11:42:30 DONE, NOT -- IF IT'S NEEDED,
11:42:32 IT'S NEEDED ALL THE WAY UP
11:42:34 HIMES, NOT JUST THERE.
11:42:37 >> IN TWO WEEKS, THE 21st?
11:42:38 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
11:42:38 YES.
11:42:38 THANK YOU.
11:42:39 >> I'LL SECOND IT.
11:42:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:42:41 GOT A MOTION FROM MR. CAPIN,
11:42:43 SECONDED BY MR. SUAREZ.
11:42:44 ALL IN FAVOR.
11:42:45 THOSE OPPOSED.
11:42:46 OKAY.
11:42:48 ANYTHING ELSE?
11:42:49 >>JEAN DUNCAN: THANK YOU.
11:42:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
11:42:50 THANK YOU.
11:42:52 WE'LL GO TO THE LAST ITEM OF
11:42:54 THE DAY, ITEM NO. 90.
11:43:04 >>THOM SNELLING: GOOD MORNING,
11:43:06 COUNCIL, THOM SNELLING,
11:43:07 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
11:43:08 I THOUGHT THAT SINCE YOU GUYS
11:43:10 HAD PUT THE -- LADIES AND
11:43:12 GENTLEMEN -- HAD PUT THE TREE
11:43:13 CODE PRETTY MUCH TO BED THAT
11:43:14 YOU NEEDED ANOTHER THING TO
11:43:16 REALLY KIND OF WORK ON, SO I'M
11:43:18 BRINGING YOU THE TENTS, SO --
11:43:19 WHERE WE ARE, AFTER LISTENING
11:43:21 TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION OF
11:43:23 THE SPEAKERS THIS MORNING, AS I
11:43:24 SAID, MARVIN AND I AND JARED
11:43:26 AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
11:43:27 KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
11:43:28 I BELIEVE WE CAN DO SOMETHING
11:43:30 TOWARDS THE ACTUAL COSTS THAT
11:43:32 ARE EXPENDED THROUGHOUT THIS
11:43:33 PROCESS.
11:43:34 WE CAN PROBABLY DO SOMETHING
11:43:36 ABOUT THE ACTUAL TIMELINES THAT
11:43:39 ARE EXPENDED OR --
11:43:39 >>HARRY COHEN: BEFORE YOU
11:43:40 START, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US
11:43:42 WHAT HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE --
11:43:43 WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
11:43:45 WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN DID THIS
11:43:46 HAPPEN?
11:43:49 I MEAN -- BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
11:43:50 KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL WE
11:43:51 -- WE STARTED HEARING FROM
11:43:53 BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE ALL OVER
11:43:54 THE CITY THAT THEY WERE GOING
11:43:55 TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND COULD
11:43:57 NOT COMPLY WITH THIS.
11:43:58 >>THOM SNELLING: OKAY.
11:44:00 WHAT HAS HAPPENED, AS I JUST
11:44:01 SAID, WE WERE UPDATING OUR
11:44:03 STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES,
11:44:05 AND THIS WAS PART OF THAT, AND,
11:44:06 AGAIN, AS THE OTHER SPEAKERS
11:44:07 SAID, THAT THIS IS HAPPENING
11:44:08 AROUND THE STATE AND AROUND THE
11:44:10 OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS
11:44:11 WELL.
11:44:13 THIS IS A FLORIDA BUILDING CODE
11:44:17 ITEM, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF YOUR
11:44:20 AUTHORITY TO ADJUST, TO CHANGE,
11:44:22 TO AMEND, THAT IT JUST IS.
11:44:25 YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DEAL WITH THE
11:44:27 CITY'S LOCAL CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH
11:44:29 WHATEVER WE ARE, 27, 28, BUT
11:44:31 THERE'S REALLY NOTHING YOU CAN
11:44:32 DO TO AFFECT THE FLORIDA
11:44:33 BUILDING CODE.
11:44:34 WE'RE APPLYING THE FLORIDA
11:44:37 BUILDING CODE AS -- AS IT IS
11:44:40 WRITTEN, AND MARVIN CAN GET UP
11:44:43 AND TALK ABOUT IT.
11:44:44 I'LL LET HIM TALK ABOUT THAT,
11:44:45 BUT THAT'S WHERE IT'S COMING
11:44:45 FROM.
11:44:47 IT'S COMING FROM -- WE WERE
11:44:48 GETTING READY TO MORE
11:44:50 THOROUGHLY APPLY, FOR SAFETY
11:44:51 REASONS, THE FLORIDA BUILDING
11:44:53 CODE TO TEMPORARY STRUCTURES,
11:44:55 TENTS, MEMBRANE STRUCTURES, AND
11:44:57 THE LIKE, SO I'LL LET MARVIN GO
11:44:59 AHEAD AND TALK, AND THEN I CAN
11:45:00 GET BACK UP, BECAUSE HE CAN
11:45:01 EXPLAIN TO US --
11:45:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: BEFORE YOU DO
11:45:04 THAT, MS. CAPIN.
11:45:04 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THE FLORIDA
11:45:06 BUILDING CODE, SO WHEN WAS THAT
11:45:07 WRITTEN, AND WHY HAVEN'T WE
11:45:09 APPLIED IT UNTIL NOW?
11:45:10 >>THOM SNELLING: WE HAVE SOME
11:45:11 FLEXIBILITY ON THAT, BUT RECENT
11:45:13 EVENTS -- RECENT EVENTS AROUND
11:45:15 THE COUNTRY HAVE MADE TEMPORARY
11:45:17 STRUCTURES AND TENTS COME INTO
11:45:18 PLAY MORE.
11:45:18 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
11:45:20 SO IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS, BUT
11:45:22 WE NEVER APPLIED IT UNTIL NOW.
11:45:24 >>THOM SNELLING: NO.
11:45:28 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I WANT TO KNOW.
11:45:29 EXPLAIN THAT.
11:45:29 >>THOM SNELLING: WE ARE
11:45:31 APPLYING IT MORE RIGOROUSLY
11:45:34 BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS THAT
11:45:34 WE HAVE.
11:45:36 MARVIN HAS PICTURES AS TO WHY
11:45:37 THAT IS, AND WE HAVE BEEN
11:45:38 APPLYING IT.
11:45:43 GO AHEAD.
11:45:45 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
11:45:49 MARVIN DRYDEN, CITY OFFICIAL,
11:45:49 TAMPA.
11:45:51 I DID HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S
11:45:52 OFFICE VERIFY EVERYTHING WE
11:45:54 HAVE IN THE SOP AS FAR AS THE
11:45:56 CODES THAT ARE RELATED TO IT.
11:45:58 IT ACTUALLY GOES ALL THE WAY TO
11:45:59 THE INTERNATIONAL CODE, SO IT
11:46:00 APPLIES UNIVERSALLY ACROSS
11:46:02 AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA,
11:46:04 EVERYWHERE, INTERNATIONAL CODE
11:46:05 COUNCIL ALSO FOLLOWS THE SAME
11:46:06 LINE AS THE FLORIDA BUILDING
11:46:09 CODE AND CHAPTER 5 OF THE LOCAL
11:46:10 MUNICIPAL CODE.
11:46:13 SO I HIM HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO
11:46:14 HEAR FROM HIM ABOUT THE
11:46:17 AUTHORITY TO APPLY THIS AND
11:46:18 ALSO, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S
11:46:20 CODIFIED, THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING
11:46:21 SOMETHING UP HERE AND JUST
11:46:22 APPLYING IT, SO --
11:46:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME ASK YOU
11:46:24 A QUESTION.
11:46:28 >> OKAY.
11:46:29 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE KEEP
11:46:30 SWITCHING FROM ONE TO THE
11:46:30 OTHER.
11:46:31 WHO DO WE NEED TO START WITH
11:46:33 FIRST TO GET THE BACKGROUND
11:46:34 INFORMATION, TO TELL US THE
11:46:35 HISTORY, TELL US WHAT'S GOING
11:46:37 ON, AND LEAD INTO THE NEXT
11:46:37 PERSON.
11:46:37 >> OKAY.
11:46:38 SO THAT'S ESTABLISHING THE
11:46:40 CODIFICATION OF IT, THAT IT IS
11:46:43 LEGAL IN THE AUTHORITY, SO --
11:46:44 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
11:46:46 COULD I JUST DISTILL THIS FOR
11:46:47 THEM, IF I COULD, CHAIR?
11:46:48 HERE'S THE THING.
11:46:50 WE ALREADY HAD A BUILDING CODE
11:46:51 CONCERNING TEMPORARY
11:46:53 STRUCTURES, THOSE THAT WERE
11:46:53 TENTS SPECIFICALLY.
11:46:56 WHAT'S THE CATALYST THAT CAUSED
11:46:56 THIS?
11:46:57 THERE'S SOME MENTION THAT --
11:46:59 NOW, WAS IT FEDERAL LAW, WAS IT
11:47:01 STATE LAW, WAS THERE A CHANGE
11:47:02 THERE THAT WE HAD TO DO IN
11:47:03 ORDER TO MEET THOSE
11:47:04 REGULATIONS?
11:47:07 THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.
11:47:08 A FOLLOW-UP.
11:47:08 OKAY.
11:47:10 THE SECOND QUESTION IS, WHEN
11:47:11 DID THOSE NEW REGULATIONS COME
11:47:13 IN PLACE IF IT IS A CHANGE
11:47:14 BECAUSE OF STATE OR FEDERAL OR
11:47:16 COUNTY LAW, OKAY?
11:47:17 THAT'S THE SECOND QUESTION.
11:47:19 THE THIRD QUESTION IS THAT --
11:47:20 WHEN DID YOU START DOING THIS
11:47:22 AFTER THE FIRST TWO WERE
11:47:23 APPLIED?
11:47:24 BECAUSE I ASSUME THAT WE DIDN'T
11:47:27 JUST START LOOKING AT OUR CODE
11:47:28 AND CHANGE IT JUST BECAUSE WE
11:47:30 WANTED TO CHANGE IT, IT HAD TO
11:47:31 BE SOME CATALYST.
11:47:32 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
11:47:33 FIND OUT, WHAT'S THE CATALYST
11:47:36 FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN TALK
11:47:36 ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD
11:47:38 HAVE DONE THIS TO BEGIN WITH,
11:47:39 SO GO AHEAD.
11:47:42 I HOPE THAT -- THAT KIND OF
11:47:43 GETS EVERYBODY WHERE WE WANT TO
11:47:43 BE.
11:47:45 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEAH, THAT'S
11:47:46 WHAT I JUST FINISHED SAYING.
11:47:47 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU SAID THAT,
11:47:48 AND THEY DIDN'T ANSWER THE
11:47:49 QUESTION, SO --
11:47:51 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I THOUGHT THEY
11:47:52 WERE GOING TO ANSWER THE
11:47:52 QUESTION.
11:47:54 >> JARED SIMPSON, ASSISTANT
11:47:55 CITY ATTORNEY.
11:47:56 I WORK WITH THE BUILDING
11:47:56 OFFICIAL.
11:47:57 I PREPARED A BRIEF DOCUMENT
11:47:59 THAT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THE
11:48:01 BUILDING CODE JUST IN CASE I
11:48:03 WAS SORT OF ANTICIPATING THAT
11:48:04 THESE QUESTIONS WOULD COME UP.
11:48:05 >>YVONNE CAPIN: HERE'S -- BUT
11:48:06 WAIT A MINUTE.
11:48:07 HERE'S MY POINT.
11:48:08 I'M NOT FINISHED.
11:48:09 THAT MIGHT BE THE BUILDING
11:48:09 CODE.
11:48:12 HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN ON THERE
11:48:14 AND WHY HAVEN'T WE APPLIED IT
11:48:15 BEFORE?
11:48:17 THIS IS REALLY DISTURBING.
11:48:18 >> I HOPE TO GET THROUGH THAT
11:48:19 AND HOPEFULLY ANSWER EVERY
11:48:20 QUESTION.
11:48:20 IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL
11:48:22 QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO GET
11:48:23 INTO FURTHER DETAIL.
11:48:24 SO THE BUILDING CODE ITSELF HAS
11:48:26 BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1996.
11:48:28 IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
11:48:29 STATEWIDE AFTER HURRICANE
11:48:30 ANDREW.
11:48:31 IT COMES FROM THE STATE, THE
11:48:32 STATE LEGISLATURE, THROUGH
11:48:34 CHAPTER 553, DELEGATED
11:48:36 LAWMAKING AUTHORITY TO THE
11:48:38 FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION.
11:48:38 THE FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION
11:48:41 IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE BODY.
11:48:42 THEY CREATE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
11:48:45 IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 553.
11:48:47 THEY'RE ON A THREE-YEAR CYCLE.
11:48:48 EVERY THREE YEARS THEY TAKE A
11:48:50 LOOK AT THE BUILDING CODE, THE
11:48:51 COMMISSION DOES, AND THEY
11:48:53 UPDATE IT.
11:48:55 THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE,
11:48:56 ACCORDING TO STATUTES, IT'S THE
11:48:58 MINIMUM STANDARD THROUGHOUT THE
11:49:00 STATE, AND THE ONLY POWER THAT
11:49:02 IS DELEGATED TO THE LOCAL
11:49:04 GOVERNMENT IS THE POWER TO
11:49:06 INTERPRET AND ENFORCE THE CODE
11:49:08 AS THE COMMISSION WRITES IT.
11:49:10 THERE IS SOME LIMITED AUTHORITY
11:49:13 TO AMEND THE FLORIDA BUILDING
11:49:14 CODE THROUGH A LOCAL PROCESS
11:49:17 THAT HAS TO GO UP TO THE
11:49:18 COMMISSION, BUT WHAT THE
11:49:20 STATUTES SAY IS THAT WE'RE
11:49:22 LIMITED IN AMENDING THE CODE
11:49:24 ONLY TO MAKE IT MORE STRICT TO
11:49:27 MEET A LOCAL NEED, AND WE HAVE
11:49:28 TO JUSTIFY THAT NEED, WE --
11:49:29 THERE'S A VERY PARTICULAR
11:49:31 PROCESS IN HOW WE CAN LOCALLY
11:49:34 AMEND THE CODE.
11:49:37 THE STATUTE ALSO CREATES THIS
11:49:38 POSITION CALLED THE BUILDING
11:49:40 OFFICIAL, SO WHILE THE BUILDING
11:49:41 OFFICIAL IS A POSITION THAT'S
11:49:44 CREATED BY OUR LOCAL CODE, IT'S
11:49:45 ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S CREATED
11:49:48 BY THE STATUTES, AND IT VESTS
11:49:49 THE AUTHORITY TO INTERPRET AND
11:49:52 ENFORCE THE CODE INTO THIS
11:49:54 POSITION OF THE BUILDING
11:49:54 OFFICIAL.
11:49:57 THERE'S A PROCESS FOR REVIEWING
11:50:01 INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT
11:50:02 ACTIONS OF THE BUILDING
11:50:03 OFFICIAL.
11:50:05 THAT GOES THROUGH THE
11:50:06 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BUILDING
11:50:06 BOARD.
11:50:07 WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
11:50:09 THAT SETS THAT UP.
11:50:10 IF WE DON'T HAVE A BUILDING
11:50:11 BOARD, THE STATUTE SAYS IT GOES
11:50:12 DIRECTLY TO THE FLORIDA
11:50:18 BUILDING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW,
11:50:19 THE BUILDING OFFICIAL REPORTS
11:50:20 TO THE BUILDING COMMISSION OF
11:50:21 THE STATE, SO WHILE HE WORKS
11:50:23 FOR THE CITY, HE'S ALSO SUBJECT
11:50:25 TO THE POWERS OF THE STATE.
11:50:26 THE STATUTE ALSO SAYS THAT THE
11:50:29 INITIAL ADOPTION OF AND ANY
11:50:32 AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDING CODE
11:50:33 IS AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED
11:50:36 STATEWIDE WITHOUT THE LOCAL
11:50:37 GOVERNMENT NEEDING TO EXPRESSLY
11:50:40 ADOPT IT, SO THROUGH ALL THAT,
11:50:44 IT'S CLEAR THAT STATE STATUTES
11:50:45 CREATE THE BUILDING CODE, AND
11:50:47 THEN ONCE IT'S ADOPTED BY THE
11:50:47 COMMISSION, IT'S APPLIED
11:50:50 STATEWIDE.
11:50:51 THAT'S THE STATUTES.
11:50:53 AND THEN MARVIN CAN GET INTO A
11:50:54 LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE MORE
11:50:55 SPECIFIC CODE THAT COMES FROM
11:50:57 THE COMMISSION AND THE CODES
11:51:00 THAT WERE RELIED ON IN THIS SOP
11:51:02 THAT ARE CITED IN THIS SOP.
11:51:03 YOU HEARD FROM A PUBLIC
11:51:04 COMMENTER EARLIER THAT
11:51:06 SPECIFICALLY POINTED THOSE OUT,
11:51:08 AND HE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE
11:51:09 CODES AND HOW HE'S INTERPRETED
11:51:13 THEM AND CREATED THIS SOP.
11:51:14 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF I COULD,
11:51:15 CHAIR -- PUT THAT BACK UP.
11:51:16 >> YES, SIR.
11:51:17 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE'S THE
11:51:17 THING.
11:51:19 YOU MADE A VERY COGENT ARGUMENT
11:51:21 AS TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY
11:51:24 HAPPENING, EXCEPT FOR ONE
11:51:24 THING.
11:51:26 >> THIS ISN'T AN ARGUMENT, JUST
11:51:27 STATING THE LAW.
11:51:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: NOT AN ARGUMENT.
11:51:29 THANK YOU FOR PARSING MY WORDS
11:51:31 EVEN MORE SO.
11:51:32 THAT'S GREAT FOR YOU TO SAY
11:51:33 THAT, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT
11:51:34 THIS.
11:51:36 BECAUSE IT SAYS ON THERE, UNDER
11:51:37 CHAPTER 553, THE FLORIDA
11:51:39 BUILDING COMMISSION, ARE WE
11:51:41 DOING AN UPDATE EVERY THREE
11:51:43 YEARS, IS THAT THE THREE-YEAR
11:51:45 UPDATE?
11:51:47 IS THAT WHAT THE CATALYST IS IN
11:51:47 THIS CASE?
11:51:49 >> NO, SIR.
11:51:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
11:51:50 HANG ON.
11:51:51 SO THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE IN
11:51:54 STATE LAW SPECIFIC TO THIS
11:51:56 PARTICULAR STATUTE; CORRECT?
11:51:57 >> CORRECT.
11:51:58 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
11:51:59 SO WE ARE MAKING THE DECISION
11:52:03 WITHOUT ANY KIND OF FORCE FROM
11:52:04 THE COUNTY OR STATE OR FEDERAL
11:52:06 GOVERNMENT TO MAKE IT MORE
11:52:08 STRINGENT AS -- AS IS IN THE
11:52:10 REGULATION; CORRECT?
11:52:11 >> THERE'S BEEN NO -- THERE'S
11:52:14 -- THE CODES THAT THE BUILDING
11:52:15 OFFICIAL'S RELYING ON FOR THIS
11:52:18 SOP, THOSE CODES HAVE BEEN IN
11:52:18 PLACE.
11:52:19 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
11:52:20 SO I GUESS -- HERE'S -- THEN
11:52:25 HERE'S THE GIST OF IT ALL,
11:52:27 WHICH IS WHY DO WE HAVE A
11:52:28 ROOMFUL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
11:52:30 SAYING IT IS MORE STRINGENT IN
11:52:31 SOME WAY?
11:52:32 WAS IT THE APPLICATION OF WHAT
11:52:33 WAS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS?
11:52:35 SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
11:52:36 GET TO WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
11:52:38 BE, WHICH IS ARE WE JUST
11:52:40 ENFORCING IT MORE NOW THAN WE
11:52:42 DID BEFORE AND THIS HAS BEEN ON
11:52:44 THE BOOKS FOR "X" NUMBER OF
11:52:44 YEARS?
11:52:46 AND PLEASE, IF YOU COULD TELL
11:52:47 ME HOW LONG IT'S BEEN ON THE
11:52:49 BOOKS, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE
11:52:50 IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT.
11:52:51 >> WHEN I RESEARCHED THE CODES
11:52:52 THAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL
11:52:54 CITES TO IN HIS SOP, THOSE
11:52:56 CODES HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS
11:52:58 SINCE AT LEAST 2007.
11:52:59 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
11:53:01 SO WE HAVE MADE NO CHANGES TO
11:53:04 THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, CODE
11:53:05 CONCERNING THESE PARTICULAR
11:53:09 STRUCTURES SINCE 2007, WE ARE
11:53:10 JUST NOW ENFORCING WHAT WE
11:53:12 ALREADY HAD ON THE BOOKS, IS
11:53:14 THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
11:53:18 >> I BELIEVE THAT IT -- WELL, I
11:53:19 THINK MARVIN CAN ANSWER THAT
11:53:21 MORE SPECIFICALLY IF YOU ALLOW
11:53:22 HIM TO GET INTO THE DETAILS
11:53:22 OF --
11:53:24 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WELL, NO, THAT'S
11:53:25 A SIMPLE QUESTION BECAUSE
11:53:25 YOU'VE SET OUT EVERYTHING
11:53:27 THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, AND
11:53:30 I TOTALLY GET THAT, I GET
11:53:31 WHAT'S HAPPENING, SO IF WE'RE
11:53:32 NOT CHANGING IT AND MAKING IT
11:53:34 MORE STRINGENT, THAT MEANS WE
11:53:36 MUST BE ENFORCING -- YOU KEEP
11:53:37 SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
11:53:39 WHY DON'T YOU COME UP AND
11:53:40 ANSWER BECAUSE YOU KEEP SHAKING
11:53:41 YOUR HEAD.
11:53:41 >> OKAY.
11:53:43 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHY DON'T YOU
11:53:44 ANSWER INSTEAD OF JARED
11:53:46 ANSWERING IT SO WE CAN GET TO
11:53:47 THE BOTTOM OF THIS.
11:53:47 >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE
11:53:48 SPEAKING --
11:53:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: DO YOU
11:53:50 UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION THAT
11:53:51 WAS ASKED?
11:53:52 >> I BELIEVE I DO.
11:53:53 >>MIKE SUAREZ: JUST TRY AND
11:53:54 ANSWER THE QUESTION, PLEASE.
11:53:55 >> I GOT IT.
11:54:01 SO TECHNICALLY --
11:54:02 [LOST AUDIO]
11:54:48 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OBVIOUSLY HAS
11:54:51 GOT A LOT OF CONSTERNATION
11:54:53 AMONG OTHER PEOPLE.
11:54:54 WHY DID YOU DO IT?
11:54:56 >> SO I'VE MET WITH MANY OF
11:54:56 THESE PEOPLE ON VARIOUS
11:54:57 PROJECTS, ALL DIFFERENT SIZES
11:54:59 OF PROJECTS, FROM SMALLER
11:55:00 PROJECTS.
11:55:01 YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN EVENT
11:55:02 PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF TAMPA
11:55:03 THAT'S OUTSTANDING, AND I LOVED
11:55:05 IT, AND I'VE SAID IT TO THE
11:55:06 DIRECTOR AND TO THE
11:55:08 ADMINISTRATOR MANY TIMES, YOU
11:55:09 KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT
11:55:11 THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO TEND
11:55:12 TOWARDS COMPLIANCE, SO WE HAVE
11:55:15 TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE MOVING
11:55:18 OUR STANDARD PRACTICES THAT ARE
11:55:21 IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE
11:55:21 BECAUSE --
11:55:24 >> LET ME JUMP IN REAL QUICK.
11:55:25 >>YVONNE CAPIN: LET ME --
11:55:26 >>MIKE SUAREZ: ARE WE OUT OF
11:55:27 COMPLIANCE, THEN, WITH STATE
11:55:27 LAW?
11:55:29 >> I'M SORRY?
11:55:30 >>MIKE SUAREZ: ARE WE OUT OF
11:55:31 COMPLIANCE IN SOME WAY?
11:55:32 >> YES.
11:55:33 >>MIKE SUAREZ: NOW WE'RE TRYING
11:55:34 TO GET TO IT.
11:55:35 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHAT HAPPENED
11:55:35 HERE --
11:55:37 >> WHEN WE WENT THROUGH -- I
11:55:37 CAN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION.
11:55:39 >>YVONNE CAPIN: NO, I DON'T
11:55:40 WANT YOU TO, NOT RIGHT NOW.
11:55:44 WHAT HAPPENED HERE WAS, OOPS,
11:55:45 WE'RE NOT COMPLYING.
11:55:48 THAT'S WHY I'VE KEPT ASKING HOW
11:55:49 LONG HAS THIS BEEN ON THERE.
11:55:50 HE SAID 2007?
11:55:52 >> ON THE BUILDING CODE, YES,
11:55:52 MA'AM.
11:55:53 I ALSO HAVE --
11:55:54 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THAT'S 12
11:55:54 YEARS.
11:55:56 >> I HAVE THE PREVIOUS POLICY
11:55:58 FROM 2012 THAT IS THE POLICY
11:55:59 THAT WE'VE BEEN USING AS A
11:56:01 BASELINE STANDARD, AND THIS WAS
11:56:04 WRITTEN BY JOHN BARRIOS WHO
11:56:05 PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL-LEVEL
11:56:09 CONFERENCES ON TENT STRUCTURES,
11:56:10 SO --
11:56:11 >> OKAY.
11:56:12 >> THROUGH A RECENT AUDIT,
11:56:14 THROUGH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES,
11:56:16 ONE OF OUR GIGS -- ONE OF OUR
11:56:18 FINDINGS, WHATEVER, WAS THAT A
11:56:19 LOT OF OUR STANDARD SOPs ARE
11:56:21 OUT OF DATE.
11:56:23 MARVIN, AT MY REQUEST, HAS BEEN
11:56:25 SYSTEMATICALLY GOING THROUGH
11:56:27 AND UPDATING OUR SOPs.
11:56:32 THIS ONE CAME UP A YEAR -- 12,
11:56:34 13, 14 MONTHS AGO.
11:56:35 WE SAID, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT
11:56:38 GASPARILLA.
11:56:39 IF YOU START TO SLAM THIS
11:56:41 MIDSTREAM OF GASPARILLA OR MID
11:56:43 EVENT SEASON IF YOU WILL, IT
11:56:44 WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DO AND
11:56:45 THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
11:56:46 BLIND-SIDED.
11:56:48 SO IT STARTED A YEAR AGO.
11:56:49 WE PUT FOLKS ON NOTICE THAT
11:56:50 WE'RE GOING TO START AND WE'RE
11:56:51 GOING TO CHANGE IT.
11:56:53 NOW, IF THERE WAS AN OOPS,
11:56:55 COUNCILWOMAN, THE OOPS IS ON
11:56:56 ME, I'LL OWN IT.
11:57:01 WHEN MARVIN AND DAVE HAD THE
11:57:02 FIRST MEETING PREVIOUSLY, LIKE
11:57:04 A YEAR AGO, THE FOLLOW-UP
11:57:05 MEETINGS TO THAT DIDN'T TAKE
11:57:07 PLACE, AND THAT'S ON US, AND
11:57:09 LIKE I SAID, WHAT WE'VE HEARD
11:57:10 FROM TODAY, I SEE SEVERAL AREAS
11:57:13 OF WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MEET
11:57:15 THEM WITH -- AND ALLOW THEM TO,
11:57:18 YOU KNOW, CONDUCT BUSINESS IN
11:57:20 MANY WAYS AS THEY HAD BEFORE.
11:57:21 WE WILL APPLY THE FLORIDA
11:57:24 BUILDING CODE, THAT'S NOT GOING
11:57:25 TO CHANGE, BUT WE HAVE THINGS
11:57:28 -- OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES, OUR
11:57:31 INTERNAL FEE STRUCTURES, OUR
11:57:32 INTERNAL PERMIT REQUIREMENTS,
11:57:34 IF YOU WILL, CAN BE LOOKED AT
11:57:35 TO BE MORE STREAMLINED AND
11:57:38 EASIER TO DEAL WITH THAN --
11:57:40 THERE IS SOME CONFUSION AS TO,
11:57:42 YOU KNOW -- WE'RE NOT GOING TO
11:57:46 GO AND LOOK AT A 10X10 TENT AND
11:57:47 PUT THEM THROUGH THIS RIGOROUS
11:57:49 ENGINEERING THING.
11:57:51 WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT A TENT
11:57:54 THAT'S 60X40 AND APPLY MORE
11:57:56 STRINGENCY TO THAT BECAUSE THAT
11:57:57 DOES BECOME PUBLIC SAFETY
11:57:58 BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE A NUMBER
11:57:59 OF PEOPLE UNDERNEATH THAT TENT
11:58:01 OCCUPANCY, AND THERE CAN BE
11:58:03 FIRE ISSUES.
11:58:04 SO THERE IS GOING TO BE A
11:58:07 SCALE, IF YOU WILL, A CONTINUUM
11:58:11 OF A 10X10 TENT, NO, YOU'RE NOT
11:58:12 GOING TO DO THAT.
11:58:14 SEVERAL OF THE TENTS THAT WERE
11:58:16 UP AT THE GASPARILLA ART SHOW,
11:58:17 THOSE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
11:58:18 AFFECTED BECAUSE THOSE ARE
11:58:20 10X20, AND THEY'RE NOT ALL
11:58:22 CONNECTED, CONNECTED, THERE'S
11:58:23 SEPARATION BETWEEN EACH OF
11:58:25 THOSE, SO SEVERAL EVENTS WILL
11:58:26 NOT BE AFFECTED WHATSOEVER.
11:58:28 EVENTS THAT PUT UP, YOU KNOW,
11:58:30 2400 SQUARE FEET,
11:58:31 3,000-SQUARE-FEET TENTS, THEY
11:58:32 WILL BE AFFECTED.
11:58:35 I'M NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT THAT
11:58:36 BECAUSE MARVIN IS OBLIGATED BY
11:58:38 ETHICS AND BY STATE STATUTE TO
11:58:39 FOLLOW THE FLORIDA BUILDING
11:58:40 CODE.
11:58:41 WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN
11:58:44 THAT, WHICH MR. BARRIOS
11:58:45 INTERPRETED ONE WAY, MR. DRYDEN
11:58:48 IS INTERPRETING ANOTHER WAY,
11:58:50 AND, FRANKLY, I AGREE WITH THE
11:58:51 SECOND WAY BECAUSE IT STRESSES
11:58:53 SAFETY A LITTLE BIT MORE.
11:58:55 COSTS, TIMELINE, THOSE ARE
11:58:57 THINGS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS AT
11:58:58 THE LOCAL LEVEL.
11:59:02 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, WE
11:59:03 CANNOT.
11:59:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
11:59:05 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WE CANNOT, BUT
11:59:05 WE HAVEN'T.
11:59:06 >> I'M SORRY?
11:59:08 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WE CANNOT, BUT
11:59:09 WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING IT.
11:59:11 >> WE HAVE BEEN DOING A FORM OF
11:59:14 IT THAT MR. BARRIOS PUT
11:59:14 TOGETHER.
11:59:15 WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT
11:59:16 APPLYING --
11:59:18 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WE'RE LOOKING
11:59:19 AT MORE STRINGENT --
11:59:21 >> I HAVE A CASE WHERE THIS
11:59:22 TENT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE
11:59:24 CITY OF TAMPA FOR TEN YEARS,
11:59:25 AND THERE'S 500 PEOPLE INSIDE
11:59:27 OF THIS TENT AT ANNUAL EVENT,
11:59:29 SO I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU THIS
11:59:30 ONE.
11:59:32 IF YOU CAN SEE THAT.
11:59:33 OKAY.
11:59:37 IT'S A -- IT'S A 60X170 TENT,
11:59:39 SO IT'S A VERY LARGE TENT, AND
11:59:40 THIS IS THE STRUCTURAL
11:59:43 INTEGRITY OF THAT SYSTEM.
11:59:45 500 PEOPLE ARE INSIDE OF THAT
11:59:46 TENT.
11:59:48 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SO THAT'S WHAT
11:59:51 MR. BARRIOS ALLOWED, IS THAT
11:59:53 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO ME?
11:59:54 >> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE
11:59:57 ORIGINAL SOP THAT HE HAD, BUT
11:59:58 THIS DEMONSTRATES WHY THE
11:59:59 BUILDING CODE IS INVOLVED IN
12:00:01 IT, BECAUSE THE FIRE MARSHAL'S
12:00:02 OFFICE, WHO I'VE WORKED VERY
12:00:03 CLOSELY WITH, HE LET ME KNOW
12:00:05 THAT THIS BUILDING WAS
12:00:06 STRUCTURALLY NOT SOUND, AND
12:00:08 THERE'S NOT STRUCTURE INSIDE OF
12:00:09 THE FIRE CODE, SO IT'S INSIDE
12:00:10 OF THE BUILDING CODE.
12:00:21 THE BUILDING CODE DOES STRUCTURE AND
WIND LOADING.
12:00:07 THAT'S THE COMPONENTS.
12:00:09 >> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THIS WAS
12:00:10 NOT APPROVED BY MR. BARRIOS.
12:00:13 IT WAS NEVER REVIEWED.
12:00:15 >> IT WAS NEVER REVIEWED.
12:00:18 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHY HASN'T IT BEEN
12:00:19 REVIEWED SET IT AT 5,000 SQUARE FEET?
12:00:25 >> WE ARE LOOKING AT CUTTING IT IN
12:00:27 HALF.
12:00:28 >>YVONNE CAPIN: 25.
12:00:31 >> BETWEEN 2,000 AND 2,500 SQUARE
12:00:33 FEET FOR THESE REASONS.
12:00:35 >> WHICH EXCEEDS 5,000 FEET
12:00:44 INDIVIDUALLY OR AGGREGATELY.
12:00:47 [ CROWD NOISE ]
12:00:47 >> I DIDN'T DO THAT WHEN THEY WERE
12:00:49 SPEAKING.
12:00:50 I EXPECT THE SAME.
12:00:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'RE NOT GOING TO
12:00:52 ALLOW THAT WHILE YOU SPEAK.
12:00:54 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
12:00:55 >> I THINK AN IMPORTANT FACET OF
12:00:57 THIS, AS WELL, IS THAT I HAVE
12:00:59 CONTINUED TO MEET WITH THE FAMILY AND
12:01:05 ENGINEER IN THE ROOM THAT DOES TENT
12:01:07 DESIGN.
12:01:09 HE SELLS TENTS.
12:01:10 WE WORKED TOGETHER VERY CLOSELY ON
12:01:12 ENGINEERING STANDARDS.
12:01:14 WE HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS.
12:01:16 AS WE DEVELOPED THIS SOP, WE HAVE
12:01:16 MIGRATED BECAUSE I WANTED TO COME UP
12:01:19 WITH A STRATEGY, NUMBER ONE THAT
12:01:21 ALLOWED GREAT TENT COMPANIES THAT
12:01:24 HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME TO PULL
12:01:25 THEIR OWN PERMIT.
12:01:26 THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE SAYS A
12:01:28 LICENSED CONTRACTOR HAS TO PULL THE
12:01:30 PERMIT.
12:01:30 THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS IN THE CODE.
12:01:32 SO I'VE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO TRY TO
12:01:35 FIND A WAY.
12:01:35 I HAVE BEEN TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
12:01:37 LICENSING BOARD TO SEE IF I COULD ADD
12:01:39 A SPECIALTY LICENSE THAT THESE
12:01:41 COMPANIES COULD GO AND GET A
12:01:43 SPECIALTY LICENSE AND THEN THEY WOULD
12:01:44 BE ABLE TO PULL THE PERMITS FOR THEIR
12:01:47 EVENTS.
12:01:47 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE DONE.
12:01:50 I'VE CREATED A STRATEGY.
12:01:52 >>YVONNE CAPIN: EXCUSE ME.
12:01:52 UP UNTIL NOW THEY HAD TO HAVE A
12:01:55 LICENSED CONTRACTOR PULL THE PERMIT?
12:01:58 >> NO, THEY DID NOT.
12:02:00 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHY NOT?
12:02:01 IF THAT'S WHAT WAS ON THERE.
12:02:05 THIS IS -- OKAY.
12:02:07 >> THIS IS THE PROCEDURE THAT JOHN
12:02:08 HAD PUT TOGETHER AND AS THINGS
12:02:10 EVOLVE, WE'RE DOING IT DIFFERENTLY.
12:02:13 I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO ANSWER THAT
12:02:14 QUESTION.
12:02:15 >>YVONNE CAPIN: HOW ELSE, IF IT IS ON
12:02:17 THERE AND IF THEY NEEDED A LICENSED
12:02:19 CONTRACTOR AND IT WASN'T DONE, HOW
12:02:21 DID THEY GET THE PERMIT?
12:02:23 >> THEY WEREN'T GETTING A BUILDING
12:02:25 PERMIT.
12:02:26 THIS TENT I SHOWED YOU DID NOT HAVE A
12:02:28 BUILDING PERMIT.
12:02:29 THE FIRE MARSHAL ISSUED AN EVENT
12:02:32 PERMIT ACCORDING TO THEIR CODE AND HE
12:02:34 LET US KNOW OF THE STRUCTURAL
12:02:37 CONDITION OF THIS TENT.
12:02:38 THAT'S WHY A BUILDING PERMIT AND
12:02:40 INSPECTION IS A NECESSARY ITEM.
12:02:42 >> THE STRUCTURES -- I'M SORRY.
12:02:44 THE STRUCTURES AND THE TENTS AND
12:02:46 STAGES AND TEMPORARY MEMBRANE
12:02:49 STRUCTURES THAT YOU SAW FOR THE RNC,
12:02:51 FOR SUPER BOWL, FOR THE -- FOR
12:02:55 COLLEGE PLAYOFF GAME, ALL OF THOSE
12:02:59 EVENTS WHERE YOU HAD LARGE TENTS THEY
12:03:02 TRIGGERED OVER 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
12:03:05 THOSE WERE ALL ENGINEERED, ALL
12:03:07 INSPECTED, ALL SUBMITTED PLANS.
12:03:10 THEY WENT THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS
12:03:12 AND MY INSPECTORS AT THE TIME,
12:03:14 ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THREE OR FOUR
12:03:15 EVENTS I JUST MENTIONED, WERE
12:03:17 BASICALLY WORKING 24/7 GOING OUT AND
12:03:20 INSPECTING THEM AS THEY WERE BEING
12:03:21 PUT UP.
12:03:22 SO IT HAS BEEN APPLIED.
12:03:24 THE SIZE OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WE
12:03:28 REVIEWED AND PERMITTED AND REQUIRED
12:03:30 ENGINEERING STRUCTURES FOR WAS
12:03:32 ANYTHING OVER 5001 SQUARE FEET.
12:03:36 UNDER THAT THEY WERE NOT.
12:03:38 >>YVONNE CAPIN: NOW LOOKING AT 2500?
12:03:41 >> THAT'S WHAT WE ARE THINKING ABOUT,
12:03:42 YES, MA'AM.
12:03:43 >>YVONNE CAPIN: GO ON ABOUT THE
12:03:45 PERMIT.
12:03:46 >>FRANK REDDICK: BEFORE YOU DO THAT,
12:03:48 WE -- LET'S GET ANOTHER 30 MINUTES.
12:03:53 >> MOVE FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES.
12:03:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
12:03:57 MANISCALCO.
12:03:58 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
12:04:04 YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
12:04:05 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I WANT TO KNOW, HE
12:04:05 STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PERMITTING
12:04:07 PROCESS AND HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO BE
12:04:10 HELPFUL.
12:04:11 >> YES, MA'AM.
12:04:12 I HAVE THE NEW SOP HERE AND THERE IS
12:04:14 A HUGE AMOUNT OF MISUNDERSTANDING
12:04:17 ABOUT THIS.
12:04:17 ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE WORKING ON
12:04:19 RIGHT NOW WITH A PARTICULAR ENGINEER
12:04:21 THAT DOES WORK SUPPLYING TENTS IN THE
12:04:24 AREA IS THE LANGUAGE YOU WOULD SEE
12:04:26 INSIDE THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE
12:04:27 REQUIRING SIGNS AND SEALS.
12:04:30 BASICALLY, TENTS DO NOT MAKE IT TO
12:04:33 THE WIND LOADING OF THE FLORIDA
12:04:34 BUILDING CODE.
12:04:35 EVEN WITH THE REDUCTIONS IN THE
12:04:37 UNDERLYING CODE IT ONLY GETS YOU TO
12:04:39 90, 91-MILE AN HOUR REQUIREMENTS.
12:04:43 SO, MOST TENTS FALL IN 40 TO 70-MILE
12:04:47 AN HOUR WIND LOADING CAPABILITIES.
12:04:49 WE STARTED TO USE, THIS PAST YEAR,
12:04:52 LIKE A WIND MITIGATION STRATEGY WHICH
12:04:54 LINES UP WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODE
12:04:57 CHAPTER 27 THAT SAYS WHEN YOU KNOW A
12:05:00 TROPICAL STORM IS COMING YOU HAVE TO
12:05:01 TAKE THE TENT DOWN, WHICH THESE
12:05:03 RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO,
12:05:05 OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO
12:05:06 PUT PEOPLE AT RISK EITHER.
12:05:08 SO, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
12:05:11 HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT, REMOVING THE
12:05:13 SIGN AND SEAL PERMIT AND REPLACING A
12:05:15 WIND MITIGATION PROGRAM IN WITH EVERY
12:05:18 PACKAGE SO THAT IT'S ALREADY
12:05:20 PREDEFINED THIS IS WHEN THIS TENT HAS
12:05:23 TO COME DOWN.
12:05:24 THAT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES WE ARE
12:05:26 TALKING ABOUT AND HAVE BEEN TALKING
12:05:27 ABOUT FOR A WHILE NOW.
12:05:29 ALSO, THE THING I WAS TELLING YOU
12:05:31 ABOUT THE CONTRACTOR.
12:05:32 THAT'S ANOTHER HUGE EXPENSE FOR THESE
12:05:34 COMPANIES.
12:05:35 SO, IF WE CAN TAKE THAT REQUIREMENT
12:05:37 AND GIVE THEM ANOTHER METHOD TO BE
12:05:39 ABLE TO PULL THAT PERMIT IT WOULD
12:05:40 REDUCE THAT COST, AS WELL.
12:05:44 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'M GOING TO ASK A
12:05:45 QUESTION.
12:05:45 DID ANYONE ELSE GET THE LITERATURE
12:05:47 THEY ARE BRINGING UP?
12:05:48 DO YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR BACK UP?
12:05:50 ANY OF THIS INFORMATION HERE?
12:05:52 >> NO.
12:05:53 WE HAVEN'T DISTRIBUTED THAT.
12:05:55 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THIS IS THE FIRST
12:05:56 TIME WE ARE LOOKING AT IT.
12:05:59 >> PUT THIS TOGETHER EXCEPT FOR THE
12:06:02 PROPOSED PROCEDURE, HE PUT THE OTHER
12:06:06 STUFF TOGETHER AFTER COUNCILMAN
12:06:09 MIRANDA MADE THE MOTION.
12:06:12 >> FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA.
12:06:13 >> CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU
12:06:15 CHAIRMAN.
12:06:16 A COUPLE OF THINGS.
12:06:16 JUST SPEAK OFF THE CUFF BECAUSE THIS
12:06:17 IS NEW TO US.
12:06:19 DO WE HAVE ANY BACKGROUND
12:06:21 INFORMATION, AND CERTAINLY I OR NO
12:06:22 ONE ON THE COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO PUT
12:06:27 ANYONE AT RISK.
12:06:29 BUT THE INCIDENT YOU SHOWED ME, HOW
12:06:29 COME THAT WAS THAT ALLOWED TO
12:06:33 CONTINUE?
12:06:34 >> THEY CAME IN THIS YEAR TO PULL THE
12:06:34 PERMIT, THE GENTLEMAN FOR THAT EVEN.
12:06:34 HE'S BEEN IN MY OFFICE THREE TIMES.
12:06:37 WE SAT DOWN.
12:06:38 >> I'M NOT ASKING THIS YEAR, I'M
12:06:40 ASKING WHEN THIS CITY SAW THAT IN
12:06:42 YOUR OPINION, IT WAS SOMEBODY WAS A
12:06:45 HAZARD TO SAFETY.
12:06:46 WHY DID IT CONTINUE?
12:06:48 >> LIKE THEY SAID.
12:06:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T WANT
12:06:51 EXCUSES.
12:06:51 I WANT TO KNOW WHY.
12:06:53 >> I'M TELLING YOU, THE EVENTS COME
12:06:54 IN AND THEY ARE GONE.
12:06:55 THEY SET UP THEIR TENT AND ARE GONE.
12:06:57 >> THEY NEVER CAME IN FOR PERMITS.
12:06:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE EVENTS AREN'T
12:06:59 COMING IN TONIGHT AND GONE IN THE
12:07:02 MORNING.
12:07:03 THEY LAST SEVERAL DAYS.
12:07:05 WHY WAS IT LET TO CONTINUE?
12:07:07 >> IN THIS EXAMPLE, THIS TENT DID NOT
12:07:09 PULL A PERMIT.
12:07:10 WE DID NOT KNOW IT EXISTED.
12:07:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LIKE A LOT OF
12:07:13 THINGS DON'T PULL PERMITS.
12:07:16 LET'S BE REALISTIC.
12:07:17 TALK ABOUT ONE INDUSTRY.
12:07:18 THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSING, A LOT OF
12:07:20 THINGS GOING ON, NOTHING PULLS
12:07:23 PERMIT.
12:07:23 WHEN YOU SEE A DISTRICT SIX AND
12:07:25 DISTRICT FIVE YOU FIND OUT WHY.
12:07:27 LET'S FACE IT.
12:07:28 I'M NOT HERE TO DOWNGRADE THE CITY.
12:07:30 I'M TRYING TO LIFT IT UP.
12:07:32 HOW MANY INCIDENTS, COST OF -- TELL
12:07:35 ME THE COST -- WHAT I NEED AND WHAT
12:07:37 THIS COUNCIL NEEDS IS A BEFORE AND
12:07:40 CURRENT.
12:07:40 WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO WHERE YOU HAVE
12:07:43 BEEN, WHERE YOU ARE AT, WHAT YOU ARE
12:07:47 PROPOSING.
12:07:47 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING.
12:07:48 I WANT A SCALE OF FEES FROM 400 TO
12:07:50 THE BIGGEST TENT YOU CAN BUY TO
12:07:53 DECIDE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
12:07:54 I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE COST IS TO
12:07:56 BEAR THE COST OF AN ENGINEER, AN
12:07:58 ARCHITECT, WHATEVER YOU ARE TRYING TO
12:08:00 EXPLAIN TO US BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T
12:08:02 KNOW MUCH ABOUT TENTS, AT LEAST I
12:08:04 DON'T, TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON
12:08:07 AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
12:08:08 DEMOGRAPHICALLY 400 SQUARE FEET, 900
12:08:12 SQUARE FEET, 900 GREATER AND SO FORTH
12:08:14 AND SO ON.
12:08:17 FIRST TIME I SEE IT IS 2/28/19.
12:08:19 I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
12:08:20 I ASSUME THE COUNCIL HASN'T SEEN IT.
12:08:25 HOW MANY HAVE BLOWN AWAY.
12:08:26 WHAT'S THE RECORD THAT YOU HAVE?
12:08:26 WHAT DOES THE FIRE MARSHALL HAVE?
12:08:27 HOW MANY FIRES DID THEY HAVE?
12:08:29 I WANT TO KNOW THE CONTEXT OF WHY WE
12:08:32 ARE DOING THIS AND IS SOMEBODY
12:08:35 VIOLATING THE LAW AND PUTTING IT LIKE
12:08:37 THIS INSTEAD OF WAY DOWN ON THE
12:08:39 GROUND SO IT CAN HOLD 40 TO 70-MILE
12:08:42 AN HOUR WIND.
12:08:43 WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
12:08:44 YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS.
12:08:46 THEY ARE THE EXPERTS.
12:08:47 THEY ARE IN THE BUSINESS.
12:08:48 YOU ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF REGULATING
12:08:51 THEM.
12:08:51 WE ARE NOT.
12:08:52 WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS.
12:08:54 I'M ASKING TO FIND OUT BEFORE WE
12:08:55 CONTINUE THIS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
12:08:57 GOING ON.
12:08:58 FACTUALLY, I WANT TO KNOW EVERY
12:09:00 INCIDENT, I WANT TO KNOW FROM THE
12:09:04 FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE HOW MANY CAUGHT
12:09:06 FIRE.
12:09:07 I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING
12:09:08 YOU CAN THINK OF.
12:09:08 AND I ASK THAT YOU MEET WITH THE TENT
12:09:10 PEOPLE AND FIND OUT WHERE THEY HAVE
12:09:12 HAD INCIDENTS IN OTHER CITIES BECAUSE
12:09:13 THEY SAY THEY HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER.
12:09:15 AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT OTHER CITIES
12:09:17 ARE DOING.
12:09:18 WE MENTIONED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
12:09:19 AND OTHER STATE GOVERNMENTS, I WANT
12:09:20 TO KNOW WHERE THEY GO, WHAT THE
12:09:22 REGULATIONS ARE AND --
12:09:24 >> I HAVE THAT INFORMATION IF YOU
12:09:26 WANT TO SEE IT.
12:09:27 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I DON'T WANT IT
12:09:28 NOW.
12:09:29 I WANT ALL OF US TO GET IT SO WE CAN
12:09:31 READ IT.
12:09:32 YOU DON'T TAKE A DRIVING TEST UNLESS
12:09:39 YOU KNOW HOW TO DRIVE.
12:09:40 WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS.
12:09:44 >> THE SCALE OF THE FEES PROCESS,
12:09:46 BEFORE AND AFTER PROCESS, THE COST OF
12:09:49 ENGINEERING, THE TIMELINE, THE
12:09:51 SCHEDULES, INCIDENTS OF FAILURE AND
12:09:53 OTHER FIRES IN TAMPA AS WELL AS OTHER
12:09:58 CITIES.
12:10:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT YOU TO MEET
12:10:02 FIRST WITH THESE PEOPLE.
12:10:03 THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE HERE.
12:10:04 >> WE INTEND TO DO THAT.
12:10:04 >> CHARLIE MIRANDA: I KNOW YOU WANT
12:10:05 TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
12:10:07 WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL FACTS
12:10:09 ARE AND HOW MANY INJURIES, HOW MANY
12:10:12 PROPORTIONATE.
12:10:14 >> I WANT TO SAY TO THAT, SIR, IF I
12:10:16 COULD, WE PERMIT BUILDINGS AND THEY
12:10:18 DON'T COLLAPSE OUT TO THE CITY OF
12:10:20 TAMPA.
12:10:21 >> THEY DON'T COLLAPSE BECAUSE WE
12:10:23 HAVEN'T HAD A HURRICANE HIT THE CITY
12:10:27 DIRECTLY OR WE HAVEN'T HAD A TORNADO
12:10:27 LIKE HAPPENED IN ALABAMA.
12:10:28 THEY WILL COLLAPSE, NOTHING STANDS
12:10:30 FOREVER, NOT EVEN ME.
12:10:32 >> YES, SIR, THAT'S THE INTENTION OF
12:10:34 THE CODE IS TO PROTECT THOSE
12:10:36 STRUCTURES.
12:10:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M NOT DEBATING.
12:10:38 I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE FACTS
12:10:40 ARE.
12:10:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
12:10:44 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I SECOND THAT MOTION.
12:10:46 I WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT YOU, SIR,
12:10:49 STATED THAT THAT TENT HAD BEEN GOING
12:10:51 UP FOR TEN YEARS.
12:10:52 >> YES, MA'AM.
12:10:56 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SOMEWHERE ALONG THE
12:10:57 LINE SOMEBODY DROPPED THE BALL.
12:10:59 IF IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TEN
12:11:02 YEARS, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
12:11:04 I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR THE INFORMATION
12:11:06 TO COME IN.
12:11:07 I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
12:11:08 TEN YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
12:11:11 >> I STAND CORRECTED.
12:11:13 HE TOOK THE PICTURES LAST YEAR WHICH
12:11:14 IS WHEN WE DECIDED TO START REVISING
12:11:18 THE CODE, NOT REVISING, BUT
12:11:20 IMPLEMENTING AND FOLLOWING THE CODE.
12:11:22 >> HE DID HIS JOB.
12:11:23 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THE FIRE MARSHAL
12:11:25 BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION.
12:11:27 >> FOR THE RECORD, JOHN REED, FIRE
12:11:30 MARSHAL.
12:11:31 THAT'S EXACTLY TRUE.
12:11:32 WHAT WE DO WHEN WE PERMIT THE TENT
12:11:34 STRUCTURES WE GO OUT AND LOOK FOR
12:11:35 LIFE SAFETY ELEMENTS.
12:11:37 THE PLANE CERTIFICATIONS ON THE
12:11:38 TENTS, FIRE EXTINGUISHES IN PLACE,
12:11:41 PROPER EGRESS.
12:11:43 IF WE NOTICE A SEVERE OR BLATANT
12:11:45 STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ISSUE, WE WILL
12:11:47 BRING IT FORWARD, OF COURSE.
12:11:49 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
12:11:51 AS MARVIN STATED, WE WORK CLOSELY
12:11:54 TOGETHER.
12:11:54 THAT WAS THE INTENT TO BRING IT OVER
12:11:56 SO THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE COULD BE
12:11:58 ADDRESSED AND CORRECTED.
12:11:59 >> YOU DO THAT WITH ALL DEVELOPMENT,
12:12:02 HIGH-RISE, EVERYTHING.
12:12:03 >> YES, SPECIFICALLY IN THIS AREA OF
12:12:05 TENTS AND MEMBRANE STRUCTURES WHEN WE
12:12:07 DO OUR INSPECTIONS THAT IS WHAT WE
12:12:10 ENCOUNTERED AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
12:12:15 >> THAT SPEAKS TO SOME OF THE IMPETUS
12:12:18 OF WHY WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THIS
12:12:19 CLOSER.
12:12:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA, CAN YOU
12:12:23 SUMMARIZE YOUR MOTION?
12:12:25 >> CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WILL HAVE TO GO
12:12:25 BACK AND REVAMP IT FOR TELEVISION.
12:12:29 MR. CHAIRMAN, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK
12:12:32 AT BEFORE TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE.
12:12:35 WE HAVE TO COMPARE THE COSTS OF
12:12:37 PERMITTING, WHAT WAS PERMITTED AND
12:12:39 ALLOWED AND WHAT THE COST WAS
12:12:41 YESTERDAY IN REGARDS TO WHAT THE COST
12:12:43 IS FOR PERMITTING FOR TODAY FORWARD
12:12:47 THAT YOU ARE PROPOSING.
12:12:48 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE SIZES OF
12:12:50 DIFFERENT FEES ARE COMPARED TO WHAT
12:12:52 WAS YESTERDAY, GOING FORWARD AFTER
12:12:54 TODAY.
12:12:55 I WANT TO KNOW THE WHOLE RECORD.
12:12:57 SO THIS COUNCIL CAN MAKE A DECISION
12:13:00 BASED ON FACTS, NOT JUST WHAT WAS
12:13:02 PRESENTED.
12:13:03 I BELIEVE BOTH SIDES, BUT IN
12:13:06 BELIEVING BOTH SIDES WE HAVE TO
12:13:09 UNDERSTAND WHY AND WHERE DOES IT COME
12:13:11 FROM.
12:13:11 ALSO, WHEN YOU MEET FROM THE FOLKS AT
12:13:14 THE TENT INDUSTRY, WHAT HAPPENS TO
12:13:15 OTHER CITIES IN FLORIDA?
12:13:17 DO THEY HAVE THE SAME REGULATION?
12:13:20 WHEN THEY GO OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, DO
12:13:22 THEY HAVE THE SAME REGULATION?
12:13:24 I WANT IT UNIFORM.
12:13:25 THEY MAKE CARS THAT GO 120 MILES AN
12:13:28 HOUR, BUT IF YOU DRIVE THAT YOU WILL
12:13:31 KILL SOMEONE.
12:13:31 WHY DO WE MAKE CARS THAT DRIVE
12:13:33 120 MILES AN HOUR?
12:13:35 IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
12:13:36 THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
12:13:36 WE WANT SOMETHING SENSIBLE THAT CAN
12:13:38 EXPLAIN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHAT
12:13:40 THIS, IN FACT, MEANS.
12:13:42 THAT'S WHAT IT IS ABOUT,
12:13:43 MR. CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO KNOW ALL
12:13:45 ABOUT IT FROM THE TENT, TO THE FIRE
12:13:47 MARSHAL'S REQUEST, TO THE TYPE OF
12:13:50 FIBER THEY USE, THE EMISSION OF HEAT,
12:13:53 HOW QUICK IT IS TO GO IN AND OUT.
12:13:55 IT HAPPENS IN EVERY BUILDING WE HAVE.
12:13:58 SOME BUILDINGS DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
12:14:00 SPRINKLERS, SOME DO.
12:14:02 THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING, ALL OF IT.
12:14:05 I WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE INDUSTRY
12:14:06 IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND I KNOW
12:14:08 THAT'S DIFFICULT BUT WE DIDN'T BRING
12:14:09 THIS UP.
12:14:11 YOU ALL BROUGHT IT UP.
12:14:13 WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT.
12:14:16 >> ALL RIGHT.
12:14:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION FROM
12:14:20 MR. MIRANDA, A SECOND BY MS. CAPIN.
12:14:29 [ OFF MICROPHONE ]
12:14:31 >> YESTERDAY.
12:14:32 >>YVONNE CAPIN: SECOND.
12:14:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT TO BE FAIR
12:14:38 TO EVERYONE. WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU
12:14:40 CAN HAVE THIS?
12:14:42 >> WE WILL HAVE TO SET UP A COUPLE
12:14:44 OF MEETINGS.
12:14:47 I'D LIKE TO BRING IT IN FRONT OF THE
12:14:50 COUNCIL LEAST ONE TIME.
12:14:55 >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT ABOUT
12:14:55 APRIL 18th?
12:14:58 >> HE'S ASKING FOR A HUGE AMOUNT OF
12:15:00 INFORMATION.
12:15:01 >> I KNOW.
12:15:02 >> I'M AFRAID I CAN'T GET IT THAT
12:15:04 FAST
12:15:05 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU HAVE A PARTIAL
12:15:06 REPORT.
12:15:06 YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE OR
12:15:08 SOMETHING.
12:15:08 >> I WILL TAKE THAT MOTION.
12:15:09 WE WILL COME BACK WITH AN UPDATE.
12:15:11 WE WILL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MEET WITH
12:15:13 THE INDUSTRY LEAST ONE TIME BY THEN.
12:15:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I KNOW SOMETIMES
12:15:18 WHEN YOU MAKE CHANGES.
12:15:20 >> IS THE 18th A WORKSHOP?
12:15:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE WILL MAKE
12:15:23 WHATEVER YOU WANT.
12:15:25 WE CAN ALSO WAIVE THE RULES IF IT IS
12:15:28 NOT A WORKSHOP.
12:15:33 [ OFF MICROPHONE ]
12:15:34 >> OKAY.
12:15:36 >> YOU WANT TO GO OUT WITH A BANG.
12:15:40 THAT'S FINE.
12:15:40 WE WILL COME BACK WITH WHAT WE HAVE
12:15:42 AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
12:15:43 IN THAT TIME.
12:15:45 WE WILL BRING IT BACK KNOWING IT
12:15:48 WILL LIKELY HOLD TO THE NEXT
12:15:50 COUNCIL.
12:15:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: A FRIENDLY
12:15:52 AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION.
12:15:53 I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT JULIA AND
12:15:57 DEL FROM THE SPORTS AUTHORITY WHO
12:16:00 OVERSEE THE BUCCANEERS STADIUM AND
12:16:03 FACILITY WHERE YOU SEE TENTS OUT
12:16:05 THERE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY OF THE
12:16:07 WEEK BE A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.
12:16:10 >> SURE.
12:16:12 >> I PUT OUT A LIST ASKING PEOPLE TO
12:16:14 SIGN UP AND I WILL ASK THEM AGAIN IF
12:16:16 THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ME THEIR CONTACT
12:16:19 INFORMATION TO DO SO RIGHT AFTER
12:16:20 COUNCIL ADJOURNS AND WHO WHOEVER
12:16:23 PUTS THEIR NAME ON THE LIST I WILL
12:16:25 INITIALLY CONTACT AND ASK IF THEY
12:16:27 HAVE OTHER PEOPLE NOT ON THE CONTACT
12:16:28 LIST TO REACH OUT TO THEM, AS WELL.
12:16:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: I WANT TO MAKE SURE
12:16:32 SHE IS A PART OF THAT.
12:16:33 >> YES, SIR.
12:16:35 >> MR. CHAIR, WE CAN DIRECT PEOPLE
12:16:36 WHO CONTACTED OUR OFFICE TO
12:16:38 MR. SNELLING?
12:16:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY FURTHER
12:16:45 DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
12:16:46 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE,
12:16:50 OPPOSED.
12:16:52 THANK YOU.
12:16:56 >> THANK YOU.
12:17:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: INFORMATION.
12:17:02 >> 18th.
12:17:16 >> I KNOW, I KNOW.
12:17:21 [ GAVEL ]
12:17:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'RE STILL IN
12:17:27 SESSION.
12:17:27 PLEASE REMOVE YOURSELF.
12:17:29 ALL RIGHT.
12:17:31 INFORMATION REPORT, MR. VIERA.
12:17:39 >>LUIS VIERA: I MOTION THAT COUNCIL
12:17:41 HAVE MS. NORA PAYNE OF THE NEW TAMPA
12:17:42 PLAYERS TO APPEAR AND DISCUSS THE
12:17:43 PENGUIN PROJECTS UPCOMING PLAY AND
12:17:45 SAID PRESENTATION BE ON MARCH 21,
12:17:46 2019 UNDER CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES FOR
12:17:49 FIVE MINUTES.
12:17:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM
12:17:51 MR. VIERA, MIRANDA, ALL IN FAVOR OF
12:17:55 THE MOTION SAY AYE.
12:17:58 OPPOSED.
12:17:59 ALL RIGHT,
12:18:02 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'D LIKE TO MAKE A
12:18:04 MOTION TO RATIFY THE PRESENTATION TO
12:18:06 OF COMMENDATION THIS MORNING TO JAN
12:18:07 McLEAN SENIOR ASSISTANT CITY
12:18:09 ATTORNEY AND SHERRY SILK CEO OF THE
12:18:11 HUMANE SOCIETY OF TAMPA BAY.
12:18:16 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL IN FAVOR OF THE
12:18:17 MOTION SAY AYE, OPPOSED.
12:18:20 >> DID YOU ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
12:18:22 >> NOT YET.
12:18:22 >> ON THE TENT.
12:18:24 >> FRANK REDDICK: NOT YET.
12:18:27 WE ARE THROUGH WITH THE TENTS.
12:18:33 >> DONE WITH THAT
12:18:35 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU HAVE TO COME
12:18:35 BACK NEXT WEEK.
12:18:37 >> YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING OTHER
12:18:38 THAN THE CITY COMMENT.
12:18:40 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE DID STAFF
12:18:41 REPORT.
12:18:41 THAT'S WHY.
12:18:42 YOU HAD YOUR TIME,
12:18:43 THREE MINUTES.
12:18:45 >> ALL I WANTED WAS --
12:18:48 >>FRANK REDDICK: SIR,
12:18:49 >> WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO BETWEEN
12:18:51 NOW AND WHEN THEY GET BACK TO YOU?
12:18:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: SIR, WE'RE STILL IN
12:18:55 SESSION.
12:18:56 WE'RE STILL IN SESSION.
12:18:58 MR. MANISCALCO.
12:19:07 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
12:19:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
12:19:10 >> HARRY COHEN: I HAVE TWO MOTIONS
12:19:11 THAT MR. SUAREZ ASKED ME TO MAKE FOR
12:19:13 HIM BECAUSE HE HAD TO EXCUSE
12:19:15 HIMSELF.
12:19:15 THE FIRST IS A REQUEST OF THE
12:19:19 ADMINISTRATION TO APPEAR AT THE
12:19:20 BEGINNING OF OUR EVENING SESSION ON
12:19:22 MARCH 14th TO GIVE COUNCIL AND
12:19:26 STAFF AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF OLD
12:19:28 CITY HALL, AIR QUALITY RELOCATION
12:19:31 TIMELINE FOR STAFF AND COUNCIL
12:19:34 MEETINGS AND INFORMATION PERTAINING
12:19:36 TO THE WORK DONE ON THE BUILDING.
12:19:37 I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY WORK BEING DONE
12:19:40 ON THE BUILDING.
12:19:41 THAT'S THE FIRST MOTION.
12:19:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
12:19:45 MOTION FROM MR. COHEN, SECOND BY
12:19:47 MR. VIERA.
12:19:50 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
12:19:56 >>HARRY COHEN: THE SECOND IS TO
12:19:57 COUNCIL BIKE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
12:19:57 PATTY AND AMANDA TO SHARE WITH US
12:19:59 THEIR MISSION AND TELL US ABOUT
12:20:00 THEIR NEW LOCATION IN TAMPA.
12:20:02 THAT WOULD BE A FIVE-MINUTE
12:20:03 PRESENTATION UNDER CEREMONIAL
12:20:05 ACTIVITIES ON APRIL 25th AT 9:00
12:20:08 A.M
12:20:09 >>FRANK REDDICK: A MOTION FROM
12:20:10 MR. COHEN, SECOND BY MANISCALCO.
12:20:12 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
12:20:15 WE CLOSED?
12:20:15 A MOTION FROM MR. COHEN, SECOND BY
12:20:15 MANISCALCO.
12:20:15 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
12:20:20 WE STAND ADJOURNED.
12:20:25 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU, SIR.
12:20:53 [ ROLL CALL ]
12:20:55 GO AHEAD, SIR.
12:21:02 >> I APOLOGIZE.
12:21:03 I'M HERE AS A PUBLIC POLICY STUDENT
12:21:05 FROM St. PETERSBURG COLLEGE.
12:21:08 I WAS HERE BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO
12:21:09 PRESENT ON -- SORRY.
12:21:12 I WAS GOING TO PRESENT ON AGENDA
12:21:14 ITEM 4.
12:21:16 THAT JUST KIND OF BLEW PAST.
12:21:18 WITH THAT BEING SAID, GOOD
12:21:21 AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
12:21:23 MY NAME IS JOHN CARRION.
12:21:27 I'M A STUDENT OF PUBLIC POLICY AND
12:21:27 ADMINISTRATION FROM St. PETERBURG
12:21:29 COLLEGE.
12:21:29 I'D LIKE TO START OFF SAYING THANK
12:21:29 YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND
12:21:32 REOPENING THE SESSION.
12:21:34 THANK YOU FOR THAT.
12:21:35 I SUPPORT THE REVISIONS PROPOSED ON
12:21:37 CHAPTER 20, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
12:21:40 TAMPA CODE ORDINANCES, PARTICULARLY
12:21:44 THE CREATION OF SECTION NINE,
12:21:45 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DIAPER CHANGING
12:21:47 FACILITIES.
12:21:47 I BELIEVE BY ESTABLISHING A DIAPER
12:21:50 CHANGING STATIONS, REGARDLESS OF
12:21:52 GENDER, ON CITY-OWNED RESTROOMS THE
12:21:55 CITY IS SENDING A STRONG MESSAGE TO
12:21:57 CITIZENRY, A MESSAGE THAT
12:21:58 APPROPRIATES FAMILY-FRIENDLY
12:21:59 ENVIRONMENT THROUGH THE CITY OF
12:22:01 TAMPA AND RECOGNIZES THE CHALLENGES
12:22:03 THAT FATHERHOOD OR MODERN FATHERHOOD
12:22:07 FACES TODAY.
12:22:08 ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR AND
12:22:11 STATISTICS, 61.1% INCLUDED BOTH
12:22:14 PARENTS BEING EMPLOYED.
12:22:15 I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET TOO IN
12:22:18 DEPTH WITH STATISTICS, BUT IT IS
12:22:21 IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE DYNAMICS OF
12:22:23 PARENTING HAVE CHANGED.
12:22:24 THAT SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL ROLES
12:22:26 RESERVED FOR MOTHERS, FATHERS ARE
12:22:30 NOW DOING, AND YES, THAT INCLUDES
12:22:32 CHANGING DIRTY DIAPERS, AS WELL.
12:22:34 BY ADDING DIAPER CHANGING FACILITIES
12:22:36 OR STATIONS TO CITY-OWNED RESTROOMS,
12:22:39 THE CITY OF TAMPA IS ESSENTIALLY
12:22:42 SAYING WE UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF
12:22:43 THE CHALLENGES OF MODERN FATHERHOOD
12:22:47 AND HERE'S BUT A SMALL WAY THAT WE
12:22:51 CAN HELP OUT.
12:22:52 I THINK THIS IS A COMMON SENSE
12:22:53 ORDINANCE.
12:22:54 I THINK IT'S ONE THE CITIZENS OF
12:22:56 TAMPA WOULD STAND BEHIND.
12:22:59 I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE
12:23:03 PROCESS.
12:23:03 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
12:23:04 AND I YIELD THE REST OF MY TIME.
12:23:09 >> CAN I GET TWO MINUTES?
12:23:11 MY NAME IS MATTHEW PARRA.
12:23:13 I'M THE OWNER OF TENT RENTAL SUPPLY.
12:23:15 WE MANUFACTURE THE TENTS THAT ARE AT
12:23:18 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE EVENTS.
12:23:18 WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COLLABORATE
12:23:20 WITH MARVIN AND HIS TEAM TO TRY TO
12:23:22 ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
12:23:24 I THINK WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING
12:23:26 THE SAFETY ISSUES FORWARD.
12:23:28 IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE.
12:23:29 THERE'S BEEN PEOPLE MUCH SMARTER
12:23:31 THAN MYSELF AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS
12:23:33 THAT HAVE BEEN AT THIS A LONG TIME.
12:23:35 THERE'S BEEN INTRODUCTIONS TO THE
12:23:36 BUILDING CODES AND REQUIRED
12:23:38 REVISIONS.
12:23:40 IT'S NOT AN EASY TOPIC.
12:23:42 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WE HAVE
12:23:43 TO HAVE A MORE FORMAL METHOD TO GET
12:23:45 THE GROUP TOGETHER AND HAVE A
12:23:47 COLLECTIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
12:23:48 WE HAVE AN INTENSE, PASSIONATE GROUP
12:23:51 OF PEOPLE, ALL INTELLIGENT ABOUT
12:23:53 THEIR INDUSTRY AND WHAT WE ALL DO AS
12:23:55 A PART OF IT.
12:23:56 THERE IS NOT A SIMPLE ANSWER AND --
12:23:59 I GOT MY BEEP HERE, SO.
12:24:02 >>FRANK REDDICK: RED LIGHT MEANS
12:24:03 YOUR TIME IS UP.
12:24:06 >> OH, IT'S UP.
12:24:07 I'M SORRY.
12:24:08 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
12:24:10 ROUND UP YOUR PEOPLE AND GET THEM
12:24:11 TOGETHER WITH THE STAFF.
12:24:14 THAT'S YOUR JOB.
12:24:14 >> WE HAVE BEEN TRYING.
12:24:16 HONESTLY.
12:24:17 >>YVONNE CAPIN: DO IT.
12:24:17 >> THE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE
12:24:19 DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LESS THAN
12:24:20 DESIRED.
12:24:21 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WE ARE TELLING
12:24:22 YOU --
12:24:23 >>FRANK REDDICK: IT IS YOUR DUTY NOW
12:24:24 TO FOLLOW UP.
12:24:26 >> THANK YOU.
12:24:26 >>YVONNE CAPIN: IF YOU ARE SO
12:24:27 CONCERNED, DO IT.
12:24:29 >> THANK YOU.
12:24:30 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE?
12:24:32 THANK YOU.
12:24:33 STAND ADJOURNED.
12:24:34
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