CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019
9:00 A.M.
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8:10:19AM
9:04:56AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:04:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:04:58AM I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THIS MONTH'S CRA MEETING.
9:05:01AM I'D LIKE TO YIELD TO COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN FOR THE INVOCATION.
9:05:08AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
9:05:09AM I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ERSULA K. ODOM, CEO OF SULA TOO,
9:05:15AM LLC, PUBLISHER, LEGACY WRITER, AND AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS.
9:05:20AM AND SHE PORTRAYS MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE AS THE ONE-PERSON SHOW.
9:05:24AM SHE WAS RAISED IN GEORGIA, GRADUATED FROM ECKERD COLLEGE,
9:05:26AM AND IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN TAMPA WITH BUSINESS FAMILY AND
9:05:29AM FRIENDS.
9:05:30AM SHE IS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE.
9:05:32AM PLEASE WELCOME ERSULA.
9:05:34AM STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE
9:05:37AM OF ALLEGIANCE.
9:05:39AM >> DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY THAT WILL BE MADE
9:05:44AM TODAY.
9:05:44AM WE ASK THAT THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING, MAY UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES
9:05:48AM BE HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD SUCH THAT COMMON SENSE CAN PREVAIL.
9:05:53AM MAY THOSE WITH WISDOM HAVE THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP AND THOSE
9:05:57AM WITH ABILITY HAVE THE COURAGE TO TAKE ACTION.
9:06:00AM FOR THIS GATHERING MAY WISDOM AND COURAGE COME TOGETHER FOR
9:06:04AM THE GOOD OF ALL PEOPLE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
9:06:06AM AMEN.
9:06:07AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:06:28AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: BEFORE YOU CALL ROLL, I HAVE A MEMO FROM
9:06:32AM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ THAT HE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING.
9:06:35AM I WANT TO PUT THAT INTO THE RECORD.
9:06:37AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:06:37AM ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:06:38AM >> SUAREZ?
9:06:39AM COHEN?
9:06:40AM >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
9:06:40AM >> REDDICK?
9:06:42AM >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
9:06:43AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
9:06:43AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:06:46AM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
9:06:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:06:48AM WE'LL GO TO STAFF REPORTS.
9:06:49AM NUMBER ONE IS A MONTHLY REPORT FROM OUR CAC REPRESENTATIVE
9:06:52AM NATASHA GOODLEY OF THE EAST TAMPA CRA, IF YOU WOULD APPROACH
9:06:57AM THE LECTERN.
9:07:01AM >> THANK YOU.
9:07:02AM I DO HAVE --
9:07:29AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GO AHEAD.
9:07:42AM >> YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE EAST TAMPA COMMUNITY
9:07:45AM REVITALIZATION PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS THE EAST TAMPA CRA.
9:07:48AM JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HISTORY ON THE FRONT, OUR STORY.
9:07:51AM BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF THE
9:07:54AM THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WHERE WE COULD USE YOUR
9:07:56AM ASSISTANCE IN HELPING OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHERE WE NEED
9:08:00AM YOUR HELP.
9:08:01AM WITHIN OUR MEETINGS, WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC
9:08:07AM GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN EAST TAMPA, TRYING TO CLEAN IT
9:08:11AM UP.
9:08:12AM TRYING TO DO A LOT TO MAKE THE AREA A LOT BETTER FOR OUR
9:08:16AM RESIDENTS.
9:08:17AM AND SO WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP IS HELPING TO, AS YOU CAN
9:08:21AM SEE, WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT POLICIES, IT IS THE FIRST
9:08:25AM THING I HAVE LISTED.
9:08:26AM YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE NEWS SOME ISSUES WE'VE HAD WITH
9:08:29AM SOME BUSINESSES LOCATING IN EAST TAMPA THAT ARE OPERATING
9:08:33AM ILLEGALLY OR OPERATING WHERE THEY SHOULD NOT BE.
9:08:38AM SO WE'VE BEEN TAKING ON THE TASK TO TRY TO STOP THAT, ONE OF
9:08:41AM THEM BEING A TAX BUSINESS, HOPING THAT NONE OF OUR RESIDENTS
9:08:46AM WENT THERE TO GET THEIR TAXES DONE, BECAUSE OF THE
9:08:49AM SITUATION, THEY DIDN'T HAVE WATER, DIDN'T HAVE SEWER, DIDN'T
9:08:52AM HAVE ELECTRICITY.
9:08:53AM THEY WERE STEALING ALL OF THOSE.
9:08:56AM WE STEPPED UP TO TRY TO GET THAT STOPPED.
9:08:58AM THAT'S A PROCESS WE STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH CODE
9:09:01AM ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT KIND OF WENT THROUGH THE CHANNELS FOR A
9:09:05AM COUPLE OF YEARS.
9:09:06AM AND SO WE WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SOME POLICIES THAT
9:09:10AM WOULD GIVE THE BUSINESSES A LITTLE MORE TEETH -- I MEAN,
9:09:13AM GIVE OUR POLICY A LITTLE MORE TEETH SO WHEN WE HAVE ILLEGAL
9:09:16AM BUSINESSES THAT START UP WITHIN OUR CRA, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO
9:09:19AM POLICE THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
9:09:23AM THE SECOND THING IS PROMOTION OF EAST TAMPA.
9:09:26AM WE'D LIKE THE ASSISTANCE IN HELPING TO PROMOTE THE
9:09:30AM ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.
9:09:32AM IT SEEMS A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS DON'T EVEN REALIZE ALL THE
9:09:35AM GREAT THINGS THAT THE CRA HAS DONE AND PROVIDED FOR THE
9:09:41AM COMMUNITY.
9:09:41AM WE TRY TO PUBLISH THAT WITH OUR NEWSLETTER AND PUTTING IT
9:09:45AM OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
9:09:46AM BUT IF WE COULD HAVE THE HELP OF THE ACTUAL CRA AGENCY AS
9:09:48AM WELL IN HELPING TO PROMOTE SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS WE'VE
9:09:51AM DONE, IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER IN TRYING TO MOVE
9:09:54AM FORWARD.
9:09:55AM MAKING EAST TAMPA A PRIORITY WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT
9:09:58AM WITHIN THE CITY, WE'D LIKE THE CITY'S HELP IN IDENTIFYING
9:10:01AM CRUCIAL AREAS THAT WE COULD USE TO BRING IN DEVELOPMENT,
9:10:06AM WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, RESIDENTIAL, JUST AREAS
9:10:10AM THAT WE COULD HELP WITH BUILDING OUR COMMUNITY UP.
9:10:14AM THE STREETCAR.
9:10:16AM THE STREETCAR HAS BEEN -- FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS ON
9:10:21AM THE TABLE PREVIOUSLY TO EXPAND THE STREETCAR IN EAST TAMPA.
9:10:25AM AND SO IF THE STREETCAR IS EXPANDED, OF COURSE, WE WOULD
9:10:28AM LOVE TO HAVE IT IN EAST TAMPA WHERE IT WOULD SERVICE MORE OF
9:10:31AM OUR RESIDENTS, THE MUCH MORE NEEDED RESIDENTS.
9:10:34AM SENIOR CENTER, AT EVERY ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, OUR RESIDENTS
9:10:37AM ASK FOR A SENIOR CENTER WITHIN THE AREA, SO WE'D LOVE TO
9:10:40AM HAVE A SENIOR CENTER WITHIN OUR FOOTPRINT AND, OF COURSE, WE
9:10:43AM HAVE AL BARNES PARK, WHICH ALSO IS IN NEED OF SOME UPDATING.
9:10:48AM WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SENIOR CENTER IN EAST
9:10:51AM TAMPA, POSSIBLY AT AL BARNES PARK.
9:10:54AM WE ALSO HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS ASKING FOR GROCERY
9:10:59AM STORES AND A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD PURCHASE FRESH PRODUCE
9:11:03AM AND FOOD.
9:11:04AM AND IN THAT -- WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO DO THE GROCERY STORE A FEW
9:11:09AM TIMES IN THE PAST, AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED BUT WE ARE WORKING
9:11:13AM AND PUSHING FORWARD TO TRY TO BRING A GROCERY STORE IN THE
9:11:16AM AREA.
9:11:17AM IF THAT COULD ALSO BE SOMETHING TO HAVE THE ASSISTANCE OF
9:11:20AM TRYING TO CLOSE THE FOOD DESERT GAP.
9:11:23AM USF IS CONDUCTING A STUDY.
9:11:25AM I DID PROVIDE THAT TO YOU PREVIOUSLY, AND THEN JUST
9:11:28AM COMMITTING TO RESOURCES AND FUNDING TO EAST TAMPA.
9:11:31AM THAT'S WHERE WE COULD USE YOUR HELP.
9:11:32AM ON THE LAST PAGE IS WHAT'S NEXT FOR EAST TAMPA.
9:11:36AM WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS.
9:11:39AM THESE ARE NOT DONE AND COMPLETE, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO PUT
9:11:43AM TOGETHER A HOME BUYERS CLUB TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON BECOMING
9:11:46AM HOMEOWNERS WITHIN EAST TAMPA.
9:11:48AM THAT'S IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
9:11:50AM WE'RE STILL WORKING ON HOW WE CAN BETTER ASSIST SMALL
9:11:53AM BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR AREA.
9:11:55AM HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A PROGRAM TOGETHER TO ACTIVELY REACH
9:11:59AM THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
9:12:01AM WE HAVE A DRAFT OF AN RFP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW FOR
9:12:05AM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN EAST
9:12:08AM TAMPA, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BRING ON SOME MORE RESIDENTIAL
9:12:11AM DEVELOPMENT, BUT MORE SO SOME COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE
9:12:14AM HAVE.
9:12:15AM AND WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO BETTER INCREASE CODE ENFORCEMENT
9:12:19AM WITHIN THE AREA.
9:12:20AM WE HAVE NEW OFFICERS THAT ARE ON BOARD.
9:12:23AM WE'RE WORKING WITH CODE, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH SOLID WASTE
9:12:26AM TO TRY TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE ILLEGAL DUMPING AND THE LOOK
9:12:30AM OF EAST TAMPA IS NICE AND APPEASING TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
9:12:37AM SOME PLACE THAT PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO COME TO AS A
9:12:40AM DESTINATION.
9:12:40AM THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
9:12:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:12:44AM ANY QUESTIONS?
9:12:45AM COUNCILMAN REDDICK.
9:12:50AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ABOUT THIS TAX FACILITY ON MLK, DO YOU KNOW
9:12:55AM WHETHER THEY APPLIED FOR A CITY PERMIT TO OPERATE IN THE
9:13:00AM CITY OF TAMPA?
9:13:00AM DO YOU KNOW WHETHER THEY APPLIED FOR A CITY PERMIT TO
9:13:05AM OPERATE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA?
9:13:08AM >> IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WEREN'T COMPLETELY
9:13:11AM COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE POLICIES.
9:13:13AM I'M NOT CERTAIN WHICH ONES THEY WERE AND WEREN'T.
9:13:16AM I KNOW THE MOBILE HOME THEY WERE OPERATING OUT OF WAS NOT
9:13:20AM PERMITTED TO BE THERE.
9:13:22AM AND SO DO THEY HAVE AN ACTUAL LICENSE TO PERMIT?
9:13:25AM THAT PART I'M NOT CERTAIN.
9:13:26AM I KNOW OUR ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTIVE, ROD GLYDER, WOULD HAVE
9:13:30AM THAT INFORMATION.
9:13:31AM >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS?
9:13:33AM ARE THEY OPERATING?
9:13:34AM >> THEY ARE NOT OPERATING.
9:13:35AM THEY WERE SHUT DOWN AND THERE IS A COURT DATE FOR THE
9:13:37AM OWNERS.
9:13:38AM >>FRANK REDDICK: THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT?
9:13:40AM >> YES.
9:13:41AM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT, THE OTHER ITEM YOU MENTIONED
9:13:44AM ABOUT THE SENIOR CENTER, WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION DURING
9:13:50AM THE LAST BUDGET FRAMEWORK, AND THAT ITEM WAS NOT APPROVED BY
9:13:59AM THE CURRENT MAYOR.
9:14:02AM SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO YOU THAT THE NEXT COUNCIL
9:14:06AM REPRESENTATIVE THAT START A DISCUSSION IN ORDER TO PUT THE
9:14:12AM FUNDING IN THE BUDGET.
9:14:13AM TO DEVELOP THAT COMMUNITY CENTER.
9:14:16AM BEST THING TO DO IS GET WITH PARKS AND RECREATION FOR THEM
9:14:23AM TO DO A SCOPE OF AL BARNES PARK, DETERMINE WHAT THE COST AND
9:14:27AM FEASIBILITY WOULD BE AND HAVE THAT A PART OF THE BUDGET
9:14:33AM DISCUSSION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THAT -- THE PEOPLE IN EAST
9:14:43AM TAMPA, THE CONSTITUENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS FACILITY IN
9:14:46AM EAST TAMPA AT AL BARNES PARK.
9:14:48AM IT'S GOING TO BE INCUMBENT UPON THE NEXT REPRESENTATIVE TO
9:14:51AM GET THAT DONE.
9:14:52AM AND THE BEST WAY TO START IS THROUGH THE PARKS AND
9:14:55AM RECREATION DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON IT.
9:15:00AM ONCE THEY SIGN OFF, AND YOU'LL HAVE A NEW MAYOR, SO MAYBE
9:15:03AM THAT NEW MAYOR WOULD BE MORE ACCEPTABLE TO DOING THIS.
9:15:12AM I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE NEXT REPRESENTATIVE MOVE IN THAT
9:15:15AM DIRECTION, TO GET THE BALL ROLLING AND HOPEFULLY YOU MIGHT
9:15:19AM HAVE SOME GOOD LUCK BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE
9:15:23AM COMMUNITY.
9:15:23AM I MEAN, MA BELL, BETTY BELL, SHE WAS DOWN HERE MANY TIMES
9:15:32AM DISCUSSING THIS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND IT WAS JUST
9:15:36AM NOT APPROVED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
9:15:39AM BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE HOPE.
9:15:41AM THERE MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
9:15:43AM I JUST WANT TO POINT THOSE TWO THINGS OUT.
9:15:49AM THE LAST THING, AND MAYBE ED CAN SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT,
9:15:53AM BEEN TALKING ABOUT GROCERY STORE IN EAST TAMPA A LONG, LONG
9:15:59AM TIME.
9:16:00AM MAYBE ED, WHEN HE STANDS UP, HE CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE WHERE
9:16:05AM WE ARE AT.
9:16:06AM IS THIS GOING TO BE FEASIBLE OR JUST A DREAM FOR THOSE WHO
9:16:09AM LIVE IN EAST TAMPA?
9:16:10AM >> WELL, THE LAST TIME I CAME, I BROUGHT THE DEMOGRAPHICS I
9:16:15AM PULLED.
9:16:16AM WE NOW HAVE THE FINANCIAL DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE PEOPLE THERE
9:16:19AM TO HOLD A GROCERY STORE.
9:16:22AM I DID A RIDE-ALONG WITH SOME DEVELOPERS AND THEIR COMMENT
9:16:25AM WAS WE HAVE TO CLEAN IT UP BEFORE ANY GROCERY STORE WOULD
9:16:29AM EVEN THINK OF COMING, IT NEED TO LOOK BETTER.
9:16:32AM THAT'S WHERE MY FOCUS CHANGED TO TRYING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT
9:16:36AM CODE ENFORCEMENT, SOLID WASTE, AND THE RESIDENTS KNOW WE
9:16:39AM HAVE TO MAKE IT LOOK BETTER.
9:16:41AM ANYTIME WE SEE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED, PICKED
9:16:44AM UP, CLEANED, TREES NEED TO BE TRIMMED SO IF WE DO THIS
9:16:48AM AGAIN, WE DON'T HEAR IT DOESN'T LOOK NICE ENOUGH FOR US TO
9:16:51AM PUT A GROCERY STORE.
9:16:53AM >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH, YEAH.
9:16:54AM BECAUSE THE DISTANCE THAT MOST PEOPLE IN EAST TAMPA HAVE TO
9:16:58AM TRAVEL TO A GROCERY STORE JUST DON'T MAKE SENSE.
9:17:02AM TO EITHER GO TO PUBLIX ON FLORIDA OR GO TO WINN DIXIE UP
9:17:07AM THERE ON MLK BY THE INTERSTATE, IT JUST DON'T MAKE SENSE
9:17:12AM WITH THE TRAVEL THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE IN ORDER TO JUST GET
9:17:18AM TO THE STORE.
9:17:18AM BUT KEEPING THAT IN MIND, WE DON'T WANT JUST A MOM-AND-POP
9:17:26AM STORE.
9:17:26AM WE WANT A LEGITIMATE STORE.
9:17:28AM >> CORRECT.
9:17:28AM >>FRANK REDDICK: THAT WILL OFFER A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS,
9:17:34AM INSTEAD OF GOING, YOU CAN GET CANNED GOODS OFF THE SHELF AND
9:17:39AM BE HAPPY.
9:17:40AM SO, ED, MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THAT WHEN YOU COME UP.
9:17:44AM THANK YOU.
9:17:45AM THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
9:17:46AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:17:47AM >>HARRY COHEN: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT TO YOU ABOUT
9:17:50AM THE STREETCAR BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE ALL FOR
9:17:54AM TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS, WHICH IS $9 BILLION OVER 30 YEARS,
9:17:59AM IS GOING TO PRESENT SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES AS THESE
9:18:05AM PRIORITIES GET SET.
9:18:06AM AND SOME OF US ARE NOT GOING TO BE HERE TO SET THE
9:18:08AM PRIORITIES, BUT THOSE THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR THE COMMUNITY I
9:18:13AM THINK NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT NOT ONLY WOULD IT BE A GOOD
9:18:16AM IDEA TO EXTEND THE STREETCAR, BUT IF THERE EVER IS A DEAL
9:18:20AM MADE FOR THE CSX TRACKS FOR ANY KIND OF COMMUTER RAIL, EAST
9:18:24AM TAMPA NEEDS TO HAVE ITS SHARE OF STOPS THAT ARE AVAILABLE
9:18:29AM FOR TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND AS A WAY TO MOVE PEOPLE
9:18:34AM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
9:18:35AM THE OTHER THING IS THE PARK IS GOING TO GET 45% OF THE MONEY
9:18:38AM FROM THE TRANSPORTATION REFERENDUM, AND THAT IS A HUGE
9:18:42AM OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPANSION OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
9:18:45AM AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY FIGHT FOR THOSE
9:18:49AM DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BE THERE, AND IT'S GOING
9:18:52AM TO BE UP TO THE NEXT MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND COUNTY
9:18:55AM COMMISSION AND HART BOARD AND ALL THOSE ENTITIES TO FIGURE
9:19:02AM OUT HOW THEY WANT TO GO ABOUT PRIORITIZING THOSE DOLLARS,
9:19:05AM AND THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY.
9:19:08AM OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO IS GOING TO BE THE TIME TO MAKE
9:19:11AM SURE THAT THOSE THINGS FIND THEIR WAY THROUGHOUT THE CITY,
9:19:15AM PARTICULARLY THE EAST TAMPA AND THE STREETCAR IS JUST THE
9:19:18AM BEGINNING OF IT, I THINK.
9:19:20AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANYBODY ELSE?
9:19:21AM NO?
9:19:22AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:19:23AM >> THANK YOU.
9:19:23AM ITEM NUMBER 2, WE DON'T HAVE BOB McDONAUGH WITH US.
9:19:29AM WE HAVE ED JOHNSON WHO WILL TAKE HIS PLACE FOR THE CRA
9:19:34AM ACTIVITIES REPORT.
9:19:36AM >>Ed Johnson: GOOD MORNING, BOARD.
9:19:38AM I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCILMAN REDDICK'S COMMENT
9:19:42AM CONCERNING A GROCERY STORE.
9:19:44AM YES, WE HAVE BEEN CHASING A GROCERY STORE FOR THE EAST TAMPA
9:19:48AM COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY IN THE CORRIDOR AROUND 21st AND
9:19:52AM 22nd STREETS NORTH JUST SOUTH OF 21st AVENUE.
9:19:58AM THOSE OF YOU THAT HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE KNOW THAT WE
9:20:01AM IN THE CRA HAD ACQUIRED SOME PROPERTIES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR
9:20:06AM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND PUT THEM OUT IN RFPs AND OTHER
9:20:11AM OPPORTUNITIES TRYING TO LURE A PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO BUILD A
9:20:16AM GROCERY STORE THERE.
9:20:18AM PRIOR TO THE DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY IN 2008, WE HAD A
9:20:21AM POTENTIAL GROCER WHICH WAS SAVE-A-LOT THAT WAS LOOKING VERY
9:20:25AM SERIOUSLY AT TRYING TO BUILD A GROCERY STORE THERE.
9:20:28AM OF COURSE, WHEN THE MARKET CRASHED, ALL OF THAT WENT AWAY.
9:20:31AM IT'S BEEN A REALLY UPHILL BATTLE TRYING TO LURE GROCERS BACK
9:20:35AM TO EVEN TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PARTICULAR AREA.
9:20:39AM MS. GOODLEY IS CORRECT.
9:20:42AM SHE HAD A DEVELOPER THAT BUILDS GROCERY STORES FOR SOME OF
9:20:47AM OUR TOP GROCERY STORE CHAINS AROUND THE COMMUNITY THAT
9:20:50AM LOOKED AT THE AREA AGAIN AND MADE COMMENTS THAT WE REALLY
9:20:55AM NEED TO PAY A LOT MORE ATTENTION TO THE APPEARANCE OF THE
9:20:58AM COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE COMMENTS THAT THEY ALSO MADE TO ME
9:21:06AM IS THAT WE NEED MORE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THAT
9:21:09AM CORRIDOR.
9:21:09AM WE NEED MORE BODIES.
9:21:10AM GROCERY STORES ARE NOTORIOUSLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RETAIL
9:21:17AM MODEL, IT'S ALL ABOUT BEDS.
9:21:19AM IT'S HOW MANY HEADS AND HOW MANY FOLKS ARE IN THE AREA.
9:21:22AM ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR A LONG TIME
9:21:25AM MENTIONED TO ME THAT THE CORRIDOR ALONG 22nd STREET REALLY
9:21:30AM SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
9:21:32AM THE MORE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING YOU PUT IN THAT AREA, THE MORE
9:21:35AM ATTRACTIVE IT'S GOING TO BE FOR A GROCERY STORE.
9:21:40AM AND THE COMMENT THAT COUNCILMAN REDDICK MADE ALSO CONCERNING
9:21:43AM WANTING TO GO AFTER A NAME-BRAND GROCER, IF YOU DO THAT, IF
9:21:49AM YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PUBLIX OR A WINN DIXIE OR ANY OF THE
9:21:52AM LARGE GROCERY STORE CHAINS, THOSE CHAINS ARE ON 30, 40, 50
9:21:58AM THOUSAND SQUARE FEET FACILITIES, SO YOU NEED A LOT MORE LAND
9:22:01AM THAN WHAT WE ACQUIRED ALONG 22nd STREET TO ATTRACT THOSE
9:22:05AM KIND OF GROCERS.
9:22:07AM IT'S NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
9:22:08AM WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK OUR PLAN AND HOPEFULLY IN THE
9:22:11AM FUTURE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
9:22:16AM BUT THIS MORNING, I'M SUBBING FOR MR. McDONAUGH WHO HAD A
9:22:21AM PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS
9:22:24AM MORNING.
9:22:24AM I'LL START WITH OUR CRA UPDATES.
9:22:27AM IN DOWNTOWN, WE'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT A DEVELOPER HAS
9:22:30AM SUBMITTED PLANS ON THE PARCEL JUST NORTH OF THE MARRIOTT
9:22:34AM RESIDENCE AT 102 EAST TYLER FOR A MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL
9:22:39AM TOWER DEVELOPMENT.
9:22:40AM IT'S KIND OF EXCITING THERE IN THE DOWNTOWN CRA.
9:22:43AM CHANNEL DISTRICT, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FINALIZATION OF
9:22:52AM TWO CONTRACTS, ONE FOR A DISTRICT-WIDE ENGINEER AND ALSO FOR
9:22:56AM A DISTRICT-WIDE CM AT-RISK CONTRACTOR.
9:23:01AM AND BOTH OF THOSE CONTRACTS WILL BE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL ON
9:23:06AM THE 21st OF THIS MONTH.
9:23:09AM EAST TAMPA, YOU JUST HEARD MS. GOODLEY'S UPDATE.
9:23:14AM IN YBOR, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE VISION CONSULTANT THEY
9:23:19AM HIRED FOR THE UPDATE OF THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
9:23:23AM IT IS ON BOARD.
9:23:24AM AND THEY ARE STARTING THE LISTENING SESSION PROCESS WITH THE
9:23:27AM COMMUNITY.
9:23:28AM I BELIEVE Ybor passed out a flyer this morning to talk
9:23:36AM about the vision activities that will start taking place on
9:23:40AM the 19th OF THIS MONTH.
9:23:42AM ALSO IN YBOR, REMEMBER, THIS IS ST. PATRICK'S DAY WEEKEND
9:23:46AM AND THERE WILL BE A ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN YBOR THIS
9:23:53AM WEEKEND.
9:23:54AM OUR CRA MANAGER, IT'S ALSO HER BIRTHDAY WEEKEND, AND SHE'S
9:23:58AM PLEDGED IF YOU CAN LOCATE HER DURING THE PARADE THAT SHE
9:24:01AM MIGHT EVEN BE INCLINED TO BUY YOU A BEVERAGE WHILE YOU'RE
9:24:08AM OUT THERE AT THE ACTIVITY.
9:24:09AM COURTNEY, YOU'RE ON.
9:24:10AM IN DREW PARK, THE HIGHLIGHT IS ON THE LINEAR PARK BOULEVARD
9:24:16AM ON TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD, THE LINEAR PARK CONSTRUCTION.
9:24:19AM THAT BID WAS AWARDED ON MARCH 5th TO McKENZIE
9:24:25AM CONSTRUCTION, A MINORITY CONTRACTOR THAT'S GOT NETWORK AND
9:24:30AM THEY ARE GETTING READY TO START THE ACTIVITY.
9:24:33AM OVER IN TAMPA HEIGHTS, THE KEY HIGHLIGHT, OF COURSE, IS THE
9:24:37AM SEW OHIO CAPITAL GROUND BREAKING -- SOHO CAPITAL GROUND
9:24:42AM BREAKING THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE FACILITY, COMMERCIAL
9:24:44AM FACILITY CALLED HEIGHTS UNION CREATIVE OFFICE.
9:24:49AM ESTIMATED COST OF $41 MILLION.
9:24:51AM DPR IS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.
9:24:57AM IN CENTRAL PARK, IT'S EXCITING TO FINALLY HEAR THAT THE
9:25:02AM COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED, AND THEY
9:25:06AM ACTUALLY HELD THEIR FIRST MEETING YESTERDAY.
9:25:08AM SO THEY ARE STILL RECRUITING SOME MEMBERS FOR THE CAC FOR
9:25:13AM CENTRAL PARK, BUT ACTIVITY IS STARTING TO HAPPEN THERE.
9:25:16AM OVER IN WEST TAMPA, THE WEST TAMPA CAC SUBCOMMITTEE
9:25:25AM DEVELOPMENT IS IN PROCESS, AND THEY'RE WORKING -- THE
9:25:30AM SUBCOMMITTEES NOW ARE STARTING TO WORK AND IDENTIFY PROJECTS
9:25:32AM AND PROGRAMS THAT THEY WANT TO DEVELOP AS PART OF THEIR WORK
9:25:37AM EFFORT.
9:25:37AM THAT'S IT ON OUR CRA UPDATES, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
9:25:41AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS?
9:25:43AM NO.
9:25:44AM SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:25:45AM WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. MARTIN.
9:25:49AM >> GOOD MORNING, CITY OF TAMPA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
9:25:50AM AGENCY, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE CRA -- [MICROPHONE NOT
9:25:56AM ON]
9:25:56AM ALTHOUGH THE MAKEUP OF THE CRA IS THE SAME AS THAT OF CITY
9:26:02AM COUNCIL, THE CRA IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY WITH SEPARATE LEGAL
9:26:06AM IDENTITY.
9:26:06AM [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
9:26:08AM THE FUNCTIONS ARE ALSO DIFFERENT FROM CITY COUNCIL, EVEN
9:26:11AM THOUGH THE CRA OPERATES UNDER THE SAME RULES -- WHERE
9:26:15AM APPLICABLE AS THE CITY COUNCIL.
9:26:17AM UP TO 30 MINUTES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK
9:26:20AM ON ITEMS NOT SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, BUT WHICH ARE
9:26:25AM INTEREST TO THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CRA AND THE MATTERS ON
9:26:29AM TODAY'S AGENDA.
9:26:30AM IF YOU'RE HEAR TO SPEAK ON A MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING
9:26:33AM ON TODAY'S AGENDA, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE
9:26:36AM CRA AT THAT TIME.
9:26:38AM PLEASE KNOW THAT THE CRA IS NOT A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC FORUM.
9:26:42AM LIMITS THE SCOPE OF PUBLIC COMMENTS TO MANAGEMENT IN THE
9:26:45AM PURVIEW OF THE CRA IN ITS EFFORTS TO CONDUCT ITS PUBLIC
9:26:50AM BUSINESS.
9:26:51AM PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO ISSUES OR MATTERS BEFORE THE
9:26:54AM CRA AS A BODY AND NOT DIRECTED TO ANY INDIVIDUAL CRA MEMBER
9:26:57AM OR CRA STAFF MEMBER.
9:27:00AM EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
9:27:03AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
9:27:10AM [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
9:27:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
9:27:19AM >> FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE LIVING RECORD, FOR THE WORLD, FOR
9:27:22AM THE LIVING ROOM, I AM SOVEREIGN JOHNNY BERNARD BOOTH.
9:27:28AM I AM THE ACTUAL AMERICAN AND THE ACTUAL GLOBAL GOVERNMENT
9:27:35AM AND NATURAL LIVING ENTITY AND THE ACTUAL LIVING TRIBUNAL AND
9:27:40AM ACTUAL LIVING COURTS.
9:27:42AM I'M DISCUSSING THINGS BECAUSE AMERICA IS FURTHER ALONG WITH
9:27:44AM THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, AND I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE
9:27:49AM CONCERNED ABOUT TROOPS IN CHICAGO.
9:27:51AM I ALREADY TOLD YOU I NEEDED THAT SITUATION TO CALM DOWN OR
9:27:54AM I'LL SHUT IT DOWN MYSELF.
9:27:56AM LOOK, I'LL EXPLAIN THIS ABOUT LEGAL AND STATE AND WHAT'S
9:28:00AM GOING ON.
9:28:00AM LEGAL AND STATE, WE WANT A CHILD TO BECOME A PART OF THE
9:28:04AM AMERICAN FAMILY.
9:28:05AM I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAD YOUR OWN ADVOCATE AND YOUR
9:28:09AM OPINIONED AGENDA, YOU KNOW, IN THE HISTORY BOOKS, IN THE
9:28:13AM AMERICAN HISTORY, SAID YOU WERE FLEEING OLD PREJUDICE,
9:28:19AM RELIGIOUS, DISCRIMINATORY WAYS.
9:28:21AM ANGLO-SAXONS RAN OFF BECAUSE OF THE BLACK PLAGUE.
9:28:26AM THE AFRICAN MEN, YOU'RE NEW ON THE SCENE.
9:28:30AM 400, 600 YEARS OLD, REALLY A COMMERCIAL ENTITY, NOT A REAL
9:28:35AM LIVING PEOPLE.
9:28:36AM CAME OUT TO HELP US KINGS AND QUEENS SET UP.
9:28:40AM NOT TAKE OVER US KINGS AND QUEENS.
9:28:42AM THAT IS WHY THERE IS A GLOBAL REVOLUTION OF ALL ABORIGINES
9:28:46AM AND INDIGENOUS LIVES AND PEOPLE TAKING ON THEIR POSITIONS.
9:28:51AM TRUMP IS A RELEASER, NOT ONE OF YOUR TYPE OF PRESIDENTS, NOT
9:28:54AM ONE OF YOUR SLAVE OWNERS.
9:28:56AM HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT TURN THE OTHER WAY AND DECIDED TO
9:28:59AM HELP WITH RELEASING OF THE PEOPLE.
9:29:02AM THAT'S WHERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO EXPLAIN, STATE
9:29:07AM DEPARTMENT TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT WE HAVE A GLOBAL
9:29:11AM INHERITANCE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO -- BUT YOU HAVE TO COME
9:29:14AM BACK IN THE LAW.
9:29:16AM YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO TRUE FAMILY VALUES.
9:29:18AM AND THEN, LOOK, I PUT JOBS, THAT'S JUST ON BUSINESS.
9:29:24AM YOUR LIFE IS YOUR JOB.
9:29:27AM LIKE ALL OF THIS SYSTEM, COME BACK INTO LAW.
9:29:34AM UNDER POLICY, YOU CLAIM YOU DO NOT FOLLOW LAW.
9:29:37AM YOU CLAIM YOU DO NOT FOLLOW GOD.
9:29:39AM YOU CLAIM YOU DO NOT FOLLOW ANYTHING RIGHTEOUS.
9:29:41AM YOU CLAIM TO FOLLOW YOUR OWN WAY.
9:29:43AM I TOLD YOU CEASE AND DESIST.
9:29:45AM YOU LOST ALL CONTROL.
9:29:47AM JANUARY 1st, 2018, WHEN WE TOOK CONTROL AND WE HAVE NOT
9:29:52AM LAID DOWN ANY CONTROLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
9:29:55AM TAMPA IS THE HEADQUARTERS AND TAMPA IS THE CAPITAL.
9:29:58AM WASHINGTON, D.C. IS COMPROMISED AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN
9:30:02AM COMPROMISED PRACTICALLY SINCE 1991 WHEN HILLARY AND BILL
9:30:06AM SHOWED UP AND SINCE THEY HAD BEEN LIKE UNDER OUR NOSE,
9:30:10AM SLIPPING AMERICA.
9:30:13AM THANK YOU.
9:30:15AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:30:16AM [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
9:30:17AM >> METESMOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:30:25AM MISGUIDED POLICIES.
9:30:27AM NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.
9:30:29AM WHAT THEY CAN ALWAYS FIND IS, THEY CAN ALWAYS FIND UNCLE
9:30:35AM TOM, AUNT JEMIMA, NEGRO COON, NEGRO SNITCH, ANY TYPE OF
9:30:43AM NEGRO THEY CAN FIND TO SAY SOMETHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THE
9:30:49AM NEGRO RACE AND GET THE NEGRO TO COOPERATE WITH THE SYSTEM
9:30:52AM THAT'S 100% AGAINST US, 100% AGAINST US, THEY GOT A YOUNG
9:30:57AM SISTER IN HERE TALKING ABOUT THEY SHUT A BUSINESS DOWN
9:31:01AM BECAUSE THEY WASN'T FOLLOWING PROPER RULES AND REGULATIONS.
9:31:04AM THEY AIN'T SHUTTING NO WHITE BUSINESSES DOWN DOWNTOWN.
9:31:08AM THEY GIVING THEM GRANTS AND NOT FOR NO ELECTRIC BILL OR NO
9:31:12AM WATER BILL.
9:31:13AM THEY GIVE THEM START-UP GRANTS, INITIATIVES, TAXPAYERS'
9:31:16AM MONEY, CITY MONEY, STATE MONEY, FEDERAL MONEY AND THEN THEY
9:31:21AM GIVE THEM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION MONEY.
9:31:24AM THAT'S WHAT THEY DOIN'.
9:31:25AM AND THEY GOT ALL THE NEGROES TRICKED AND THEY ALWAYS LIKE TO
9:31:29AM CALL US SOME NASTY -- THAT IS THE FIRST THING THEY SAY ABOUT
9:31:35AM US, OH, WE HAVE TO CLEAN UP EAST TAMPA.
9:31:38AM WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN UP THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:31:41AM CLEAN UP THE DOPE.
9:31:44AM CLEAN UP THE GANGS.
9:31:46AM CLEAN UP THE DRUGS.
9:31:47AM WHITE FOLKS USE WAY MORE DRUGS THAN WE DO.
9:31:50AM SMOKE MORE DOPE, SHOOT MORE HEROIN, USE MORE NARCAN AND
9:31:55AM EVERYTHING ELSE.
9:31:56AM AND NOTHING.
9:31:57AM AND YOU GOT THIS GARBAGE TALKING HERE, OH, YES, THE RAIL --
9:32:01AM THE TROLLEY IS GOING TO BE THIS BIG THING.
9:32:03AM THAT'S WHAT THEY USED TO TELL US WITH THE BUCCANEERS AND ALL
9:32:08AM THESE TAX INITIATIVES.
9:32:10AM THE BUCCANEERS WILL BRING HOPE AND GLORY TO THE BLACK
9:32:14AM COMMUNITY.
9:32:15AM NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOTHING.
9:32:17AM CHANNELSIDE, HYDE PARK, HARBOUR ISLAND, DAVIS ISLAND,
9:32:24AM BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, YBOR CITY, WESTSHORE
9:32:29AM DISTRICT REVITALIZED, NOTHING IN THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
9:32:32AM ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOTHING.
9:32:34AM THIS IS WHAT THE BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IS ABOUT.
9:32:38AM CENTRAL PARK, GONE.
9:32:40AM WEST TAMPA MAIN STREET, GONE.
9:32:42AM 22nd STREET GONE.
9:32:45AM 29th, GONE.
9:32:46AM EVERYTHING BLACK IS GONE, AND OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE OF
9:32:52AM DISTRICT 5 DON'T DO ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOTHING FOR US.
9:32:58AM NOTHING.
9:32:59AM PERRY HARVEY, NOTHING.
9:33:02AM GWEN MILLER, NOTHING.
9:33:03AM HER UGLY HUSBAND, NOTHING.
9:33:06AM LES MILLER, NOTHING.
9:33:09AM REVEREND SCOTT, NOTHING.
9:33:12AM THIS NEW ONE, NOTHING.
9:33:15AM AND FOR THE LADY WHO LIKE TO STAND UP AND WALK OUT WHEN I'M
9:33:20AM SPEAKING, THAT'S WHAT HITLER USED TO DO TO THE JEWS.
9:33:23AM HE WANTED TO HEAR NOTHING THEY HAD TO SAY.
9:33:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
9:33:30AM >> GOOD MORNING, CONNIE BURTON.
9:33:32AM YOU KNOW, COMING DOWN HERE, IT USED TO BE SAID IN OUR
9:33:36AM COMMUNITY THAT IF WE WANTED ANYTHING DONE, WE NEEDED TO
9:33:39AM SPEAK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE.
9:33:40AM AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ATTEMPT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
9:33:43AM THE TONES AND THE VOLUMES MIGHT BE HIGH, BUT THE REALITY IS
9:33:47AM NOTHING IS CHANGING.
9:33:49AM I REMEMBER COMING DOWN HERE JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO
9:33:53AM TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NEEDED A DIFFERENT HOME ALTERNATIVE
9:33:57AM THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN HAPPENING WITH THE CITY GIVING DOMAIN
9:34:00AM HOMES 100 LOTS PLUS A MILLION DOLLARS.
9:34:05AM THEN WE SEE -- NOT PAYOFF BUT THE CUTOFF FOR A FEW
9:34:10AM NONPROFITS TO GET TEN LOTS AND TEN LOTS.
9:34:13AM AND THOSE TEN LOTS WHERE THOSE HOMES IS, INFERIOR PRODUCT.
9:34:18AM PEOPLE ARE CALLING NOW SAYING HOW IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR,
9:34:22AM THEIR HOMES ARE LOSING VALUE.
9:34:26AM BUT THE POINT I REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS MORNING IS WHEN WE
9:34:29AM WAS TALKING ABOUT CONTAINER HOMES, PEOPLE IN THE CITY
9:34:32AM GOVERNMENT KNOW IT WAS ALREADY HAPPENING IN EAST TAMPA.
9:34:35AM THE ONLY THING THAT WAS NOT HAPPENING IN EAST TAMPA IS THAT
9:34:38AM IT WASN'T BEING LED BY BLACK PEOPLE.
9:34:41AM SO THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL CONTAINER HOME DOWN IN EAST TAMPA,
9:34:45AM WONDERFUL MAN THAT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO BE A
9:34:49AM NEIGHBOR, WONDERFUL PIONEER, BUT IT'S NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN.
9:34:55AM WE ARE SEEING OUR COMMUNITY BEING GENTRIFIED, GENTRIFIED,
9:34:59AM GENTRIFIED, YES, WE WELCOME NEW NEIGHBORS.
9:35:03AM BUT THE IDEAS OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE ALWAYS HELD BACK
9:35:06AM BECAUSE THE MONEY WE THINK IS SET ASIDE TO REHAB OUR
9:35:10AM COMMUNITY, REVITALIZE OUR COMMUNITY IS ALWAYS ON ANOTHER
9:35:15AM MISSION.
9:35:15AM SO TO SEE AID BEING IN EXISTENCE, POLICE WANTED A POLICE
9:35:21AM SUBSTATION, THEY GOT THAT.
9:35:23AM THEY WANT RETENTION PONDS, THEY GOT THAT.
9:35:25AM THEY WANT ROUNDABOUTS, THEY GOT THAT.
9:35:27AM JUMP START UPSTARTED AFRICAN BUSINESSES.
9:35:30AM THE WAY WE DO OUR AFRICAN BUSINESS DISTRICT IN OUR
9:35:32AM COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL LADY NAMED CANDY LOWE THAT
9:35:37AM PUT EVERYBODY ON THE BUS TO TRY TO FIND WHERE BLACK BUSINESS
9:35:41AM EXIST.
9:35:41AM EIGHT YEARS AFTER THIS ADMINISTRATION, PRIOR ADMINISTRATION
9:35:45AM AND WHAT WE SEE IN THE FUTURE IS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THIS CITY
9:35:49AM MEANS FOR BLACK PEOPLE.
9:35:50AM IT SHOULD BE LABELED AS A CITY OF HATE.
9:35:55AM EVERY EFFORT OF SELF-DETERMINATION IS SET BY THOSE BLACK
9:36:00AM FOLKS THAT CAN COME DOWN HERE AND GET SOME MONETARY
9:36:03AM RECOGNITION IS ALWAYS DISRESPECTED.
9:36:08AM WE'RE GOING TO GET PREPARED AND READY BECAUSE WHAT THEY ARE
9:36:11AM CRYING FOR IS A GROCERY STORE.
9:36:15AM ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
9:36:16AM IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN MY LIFETIME, NOT IN THE NEXT TEN
9:36:19AM YEARS.
9:36:19AM WHEN 15 YEARS FROM NOW THIS CRA ALL ACROSS THE NATION WILL
9:36:23AM BE SUNSET, AND WE'RE GOING TO STILL BE USING THE SAME TERM,
9:36:27AM CRIME IS HIGH.
9:36:29AM WE COULDN'T DO THIS.
9:36:31AM WE COULDN'T DO THIS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE COURAGE TO SAY
9:36:33AM BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE SELF-DETERMINATION.
9:36:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:36:38AM NEXT PERSON, PLEASE.
9:36:50AM >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS.
9:36:54AM CHURCH LOCATED AT 1112 EAST SCOTT STREET.
9:36:57AM I COMMEND THESE TWO PEOPLE THAT'S COME UP HERE SPEAKING TO
9:37:02AM TRUTH LETTING YOU ALL KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU'RE MISTREATING
9:37:06AM PEOPLE OF COLOR.
9:37:07AM YOU NEVER WANT TO DO NOTHING AND NEVER WILL DO NOTHING.
9:37:12AM I WAS READING THE PAPER A FEW MONTHS AGO WHERE THEY TOOK
9:37:18AM BILL COSBY AND PUT HIM IN JAIL AND LOCKED HIM UP FOR LIFE.
9:37:23AM WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THESE WHITE PRIESTS AND ALL
9:37:27AM THEM THAT DONE MESS AROUND AND SEX WITH LITTLE BOYS AND ALL
9:37:30AM THAT STUFF.
9:37:32AM AND NONE -- WE AIN'T DOING NOTHING ABOUT THAT.
9:37:39AM BUT YET WE CAN TAKE A BLACK MAN AND TRY TO DESTROY HIM, NOT
9:37:47AM ONLY TRY.
9:37:49AM WE'RE GOING TO READ SOME SCULPTURE OUT OF THE BOOK OF HOSEA.
9:37:54AM I KNOW A LOT OF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN THE BIBLE.
9:37:57AM I BELIEVE IN GOD WITH ALL OF MY HEART.
9:38:00AM FOURTH CHAPTER OF HOSEA SAY, HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD, YE
9:38:04AM CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: FOR THE LORD HATH A CONTROVERSY WITH THE
9:38:09AM INHABITANTS OF THE LAND, BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH, NOR
9:38:12AM MERCY, NOR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD IN THE LAND.
9:38:16AM THAT'S SO TRUE.
9:38:17AM GOD IS GIVING US INSTRUCTION TO LET US KNOW THE TRUTH.
9:38:22AM PEOPLE THAT DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, DON'T TRY TO TROUBLE ME
9:38:25AM BECAUSE I'M A BELIEVER.
9:38:26AM IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM.
9:38:29AM I BELIEVE IN GOD ALMIGHTY.
9:38:31AM I ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR.
9:38:34AM I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL, THE ONLY REASON WE'RE HERE IS
9:38:37AM BECAUSE OF GOD ALMIGHTY.
9:38:39AM HE CREATED THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH.
9:38:41AM NOW TEACHERS TAKE GUNS TO SCHOOL.
9:38:44AM LET ME TELL YOU ALL SOMETHING, WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL WE
9:38:48AM PRAYED BEFORE WE WENT INTO CLASS.
9:38:50AM NOWADAYS, THE CHILDREN NOT PRAYING, AND YOU-ALL DON'T WANT
9:38:56AM THEM TO PRAY.
9:38:57AM YOU PRAY, THEY WANT TO PUT YOU OUT OF SCHOOL.
9:39:00AM I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF WORLD ARE WE LIVING IN TODAY?
9:39:03AM THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY ATHEISTS TALKING ABOUT, OH,
9:39:08AM WE SHOULDN'T DO THIS, I DON'T BELIEVE IN THIS HERE, I DON'T
9:39:11AM BELIEVE IN GOD WE TRUST.
9:39:12AM I COULD CARE LESS THAN A DAMN WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
9:39:15AM IT'S WHAT I BELIEVE AND I BELIEVE IN GOD ALMIGHTY.
9:39:18AM I'M GOING TO LIVE ACCORDING TO WORDS OF GOD.
9:39:21AM I'M TRYING TO BUT YOU-ALL ARE TRYING TO DESTROY GOD, JESUS
9:39:28AM CHRIST AND HIS HOLY WORD.
9:39:29AM WE HAVE TO ASK GOD TO FORGIVE US FOR OUR SINS, CLEANSE US
9:39:34AM FROM ALL THE UNRIGHTEOUS.
9:39:36AM I THINK YOU ALL OUGHT TO HEAR THE TWO PEOPLE THAT JUST LEFT.
9:39:40AM NOT JUST HIM, BUT DO SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
9:39:44AM THEY ARE DOING NOTHING BUT SPEAKING THE TRUTH.
9:39:51AM [ BELL SOUNDS ]
9:39:52AM PEOPLE USED TO WALK AND TAKE EXERCISE AND YOU DESTROY THAT,
9:39:55AM AND YOU DESTROY CENTRAL.
9:39:57AM DESTROYING 22nd.
9:40:00AM DESTROYING WEST TAMPA.
9:40:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 3.
9:40:04AM >> THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, MAN.
9:40:06AM YOU DON'T HAVE TO HURRY ME OUT OF HERE.
9:40:09AM GOD IS IN CONTROL, WHETHER YOU THINK SO OR NOT.
9:40:11AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:40:13AM GO AHEAD.
9:40:14AM >> ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION, IN THE COMMUNITY REAL
9:40:18AM ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CLASS --
9:40:19AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YOUR NAME.
9:40:21AM >> NATASHA GOODLEY.
9:40:24AM I'M IN THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY CLASS AT USF, ALTHOUGH IT
9:40:26AM IS A CLASS, WE WERE ASSIGNED PROJECTS AND FOUR PROJECTS TO
9:40:31AM CHOOSE FROM.
9:40:31AM THE PROJECT THAT I PUT FORTH WAS TO PUT AS MANY ARMATURE
9:40:36AM WORKS IN EAST TAMPA THAT HAD AS AN ANCHOR A GROCERY STORE,
9:40:42AM AND IT WAS SELECTED AS A PROJECT TO WORK ON.
9:40:44AM IT WAS THE MOST VOTED UPON PROJECT IN THE CLASS.
9:40:48AM AND SO ALTHOUGH IT IS A CLASS PROJECT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT
9:40:51AM WE'RE WORKING TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING IT
9:40:56AM TO FRUITION.
9:40:57AM THE IDEA IS TO PUT TOGETHER A HUGE WAREHOUSE JUST LIKE
9:41:00AM ARMATURE WORKS, BUT AGAIN, THE ANCHOR WOULD BE A GROCERY
9:41:03AM STORE.
9:41:04AM INSIDE WOULD BE SMALL SHOPS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE
9:41:07AM WITHIN EAST TAMPA TO HAVE A PLACE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND
9:41:11AM ALSO ONE BIGGER RETAIL STORE THAT WOULD RENT OUT SHELF SPACE
9:41:16AM TO BUSINESSES.
9:41:17AM SO IF YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS THAT MAKES A SMALLER PRODUCT
9:41:20AM WHERE YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO RENT AN ENTIRE RETAIL SPACE, YOU
9:41:25AM COULD ACTUALLY RENT A SHELF WITHIN THE STORE IN ORDER TO
9:41:29AM SELL YOUR BUSINESS.
9:41:30AM ALSO INSIDE WOULD BE A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN THAT WOULD ALLOW
9:41:34AM FOR FOOD TRUCKS AND CATERING BUSINESSES TO HAVE A LOCATION
9:41:39AM THAT THEY COULD COME IN TO PREPARE THEIR FOOD AND A
9:41:41AM COMMERCIAL KITCHEN.
9:41:44AM ALSO, LIKE A HUGE MEETING AREA, JUST LIKE ARMATURE WORKS
9:41:47AM WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND HAVE COFFEE, HAVE A DRINK, WIFI
9:41:51AM THERE, AND ALSO SINCE ARMATURE WORKS HAS THE RIVER AS THEIR
9:41:56AM FOCAL POINT, OUR IDEA WAS TO HAVE NATURE AS THE FOCAL POINT.
9:42:01AM THE LOCATION IS THE HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL RETENTION POND ON
9:42:06AM 26th AVENUE AND 26th STREET.
9:42:08AM EAST TAMPA IS THE HOME OF 27 RETENTION PONDS.
9:42:12AM AND SO WE'D LIKE TO START SEEING SOMETHING DONE WITH THE
9:42:16AM RETENTION PONDS.
9:42:17AM I DID SPEAK WITH MS. JEAN, THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
9:42:20AM AND STORMWATER, AND THE RETENTION PONDS COULD BE DEVELOPED,
9:42:24AM BUT, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED IN A PROPER WAY.
9:42:27AM SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE COULD DEVELOP THAT RETENTION
9:42:31AM POND, I BELIEVE, WHICH IS THE LARGEST ONE WITHIN THE CITY TO
9:42:36AM CONDUCT BUSINESS THERE.
9:42:37AM ALTHOUGH IT IS A SCHOOL PROJECT, AND WE'RE WORKING OUT THE
9:42:41AM IDEAS, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT PROJECT GO FORWARD AND ACTUALLY
9:42:44AM COME TO FRUITION.
9:42:45AM I'M JUST BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO YOU SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA
9:42:49AM AND KNOW ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE YOUR
9:42:52AM SUPPORT IN TRYING TO ACTUALLY DO THAT IN EAST TAMPA.
9:42:54AM THANK YOU.
9:42:55AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:42:59AM >> WILL YOU ALL GIVE ME ANOTHER THREE MINUTES, PLEASE?
9:43:02AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S ALREADY FINISHED.
9:43:04AM SHE WAS HERE GIVING A REPORT ON NUMBER ONE AND THEN SHE
9:43:08AM SPOKE IN PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:43:09AM NEXT TIME.
9:43:10AM MOVING TO NUMBER THREE FOR SOME REQUIRED APPROVALS.
9:43:20AM >>Ed Johnson: ED JOHNSON, EAST TAMPA CRA MANAGER.
9:43:23AM NUMBER THREE IS A COMMERCIAL FACADE GRANT FOR THE DREW PARK
9:43:27AM COMMUNITY.
9:43:28AM THIS IS A $21,110 FUNDED GRANT TO GLENN'S WHEEL POLISHING
9:43:37AM COMPANY.
9:43:38AM THE OWNER OF THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO BE INVESTING
9:43:43AM $29,677.
9:43:45AM GO TO THE ELMO.
9:43:48AM THIS IS WHERE IT ACTUALLY SITS.
9:43:53AM THIS IS THE BUILDING HERE.
9:43:55AM THEY WILL BE MAKING SOME MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS FACILITY
9:43:58AM TO MAKE IT MORE AMERICAN.
9:44:00AM I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE IS HERE FROM THAT ENTITY.
9:44:08AM NO, THERE'S NO ONE HERE FROM GLENN'S WHEEL COMPANY, BUT IT'S
9:44:15AM UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.
9:44:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN REDDICK
9:44:19AM WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:44:21AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:44:22AM IT'S UNANIMOUS.
9:44:23AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:44:24AM ITEM NUMBER 4.
9:44:25AM >>Ed Johnson: ITEM NUMBER 4 IS THE CUBAN CLUB.
9:44:28AM THE CUBAN CLUB FOUNDATION.
9:44:30AM GO TO THE ELMO, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS PARTICULAR
9:44:35AM BUILDING.
9:44:35AM THAT'S THE CUBAN CLUB.
9:44:37AM THIS IS A REQUEST TO THE TUNE OF $50,000, AND THE OWNERS OF
9:44:43AM THE CUBAN CLUB, THE FOUNDATION, IS ALSO PUTTING IN AN
9:44:47AM ADDITIONAL $60,000 TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS FACILITY.
9:44:53AM AND IT'S UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.
9:44:55AM >> [INAUDIBLE]
9:44:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN COHEN, SECONDED
9:44:59AM BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:45:02AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:45:03AM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
9:45:04AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:45:04AM WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 5.
9:45:07AM >>Ed Johnson: ITEM NUMBER 5 IS ONE FOR EAST TAMPA.
9:45:09AM THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROGRAM CHANGE THAT WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE
9:45:13AM REALLOCATING $500,000 FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE
9:45:18AM LINE ITEM TO ROAD RESURFACING PROJECT THAT WE DO ANNUALLY IN
9:45:26AM EAST TAMPA TO IMPROVE THE STREETS IN EAST TAMPA.
9:45:29AM THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS GOING TO BE FROM HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE
9:45:33AM GOING SOUTH TO McBERRY FROM 15th STREET OVER TO
9:45:37AM TALIAFERRO, AND THAT'S THE PROGRAM CHANGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING
9:45:37AM FOR THIS MORNING.
9:45:44AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I MOVE IT, PROVIDED THAT CRA GETS WITH
9:45:47AM MR. WISE BECAUSE I KNOW IF IT EVER COMES TO FRUITION, THERE
9:45:51AM ARE PIPES UNDERGROUND THAT MOSTLY ARE IN EAST TAMPA, WEST
9:45:53AM TAMPA, AND PARTS OF SOUTH TAMPA THAT ARE OVER A HUNDRED
9:45:56AM YEARS OLD.
9:45:57AM I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T PAVE AND THEN YEARS LATER
9:46:00AM WE HAVE TO BREAK THE PAVEMENT TO PUT PIPES DOWN BECAUSE OF
9:46:06AM THE NEW TRANSMISSION LINES FOR TERTIARY TREATMENT.
9:46:08AM >>Ed Johnson: YES, AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR ROADS AND
9:46:09AM GROUNDS DEPARTMENT, WHO WE ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH IN DOING
9:46:12AM THIS WORK, THEY ACTUALLY ARE TAKING THIS AREA AND TAKING A
9:46:15AM MORE SERIOUS LOOK AT HOW THEY LOOK AT EACH ONE OF THE AREAS
9:46:18AM TO INCLUDE --
9:46:23AM [ NO ENCODER ]
9:46:32AM [ NO ENCODER ]
9:46:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: -- CITY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A SECOND
9:46:34AM FROM COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:46:34AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:46:36AM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
9:46:40AM >>FRANK REDDICK: WHAT IS THE UPDATE ON THE IMPROVEMENTS ON
9:46:42AM 34th?
9:46:44AM >>Ed Johnson: 34th STREET IS STILL IN THE WORKS.
9:46:46AM WE'RE AT 100% COMPLETION WITH THE DESIGN OF WHAT WE'RE DOING
9:46:53AM ON 34th STREET.
9:46:54AM AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE PROJECT IS GOING TO ENTAIL MAJOR
9:47:00AM IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SIDEWALKS.
9:47:05AM AGAIN, ROAD RESURFACING.
9:47:07AM WE'RE NOT TEARING UP THE WHOLE STREET OR ANYTHING OF THAT
9:47:11AM NATURE.
9:47:11AM BUT RESURFACING LIKE WE DID ON 22nd STREET YEARS AGO.
9:47:15AM IT IS THE SAME KIND OF PROJECT.
9:47:16AM IF THERE'S AN ABILITY OR FUNDING AVAILABLE TO DO STORMWATER
9:47:21AM AND WATER UPGRADES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, THAT WILL ALSO BE
9:47:26AM TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
9:47:30AM AESTHETICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE ROUNDABOUTS AROUND THE
9:47:33AM 34th STREET CORRIDOR, AS YOU'LL RECALL.
9:47:37AM THERE WILL BE INVESTMENT FROM THE TIF THAT WILL INCLUDE
9:47:41AM AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
9:47:44AM RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL FINISHING UP ON THE DESIGN SIDE OF
9:47:51AM IT, AND WE'RE STILL CONDUCTING MEETINGS OUT IN THE
9:47:54AM COMMUNITY, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS STILL
9:47:57AM ON BOARD WITH THIS PROJECT.
9:48:04AM >> [INAUDIBLE]
9:48:07AM >> [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
9:48:10AM >> THAT ALL OF THE ACQUISITIONS NECESSARY FOR THE 34th
9:48:13AM STREET WHICH IS A TRAFFIC-CALMING PROJECT HAS BEEN
9:48:22AM COMPLETED.
9:48:23AM IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING CONTRACTED.
9:48:25AM I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CERTIFIED IF IT HASN'T BEEN ALREADY
9:48:28AM BY F.D.O.T. AND SHOULD START SHORTLY.
9:48:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE TOOK A VOTE ON THIS MOTION?
9:48:33AM NO.
9:48:34AM WE HAD A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A SECOND FROM
9:48:37AM COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:48:38AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:48:39AM ALL RIGHT.
9:48:39AM NUMBER 5 PASSES.
9:48:41AM GOING TO NUMBER 6 THROUGH 9, WE HAVE SEVERAL CAC
9:48:46AM APPOINTMENTS STARTING WITH CENTRAL PARK.
9:48:51AM >> THOSE ARE RATIFICATIONS.
9:48:52AM CENTRAL PARK, RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF JULIA JACKSON TO THE
9:48:56AM ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO A TWO-YEAR TERM.
9:48:58AM >> SO MOVED.
9:48:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:49:03AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:49:04AM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
9:49:05AM NUMBER 7, TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT.
9:49:06AM >>Ed Johnson: AGAIN A RATIFICATION TO THE APPOINTMENT OF
9:49:09AM CHRISTOPHER AHERN TO THE TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT COMMUNITY,
9:49:14AM ALSO FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM.
9:49:16AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:49:18AM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:49:19AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:49:20AM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
9:49:21AM NUMBER 8, WEST TAMPA CRA.
9:49:23AM >>Ed Johnson: WEST TAMPA CRA, ALSO A RATIFICATION FOR THE
9:49:28AM APPOINTMENT OF EMANUEL WILSON AND KENNETH PERRY TO THE WEST
9:49:32AM TAMPA ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR TWO-YEAR TERMS.
9:49:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN REDDICK MADE THE MOTION WITH
9:49:36AM A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:49:38AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:49:39AM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
9:49:40AM THE FINAL ITEM IS YBOR CRA.
9:49:44AM >>Ed Johnson: RATIFY THE APPOINTMENTS OF GINGER CLARK AND
9:49:48AM RICHARD SIMMONS AND JOHN THOMPSON TO THE YBOR ADVISORY
9:49:52AM COMMITTEE FOR TWO-YEAR TERMS.
9:49:54AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECOND BY
9:49:58AM COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN.
9:49:59AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:50:00AM ALL RIGHT.
9:50:01AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:50:01AM WE GO TO INFORMATION REPORT AND NEW BUSINESS BY MEMBERS.
9:50:08AM VIERA?
9:50:10AM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:50:13AM >> NONE, SIR.
9:50:13AM >> COUNCILMAN CAPIN? COUNCILMAN REDDICK? COUNCILMAN COHEN?
9:50:14AM A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE FROM MIRANDA AND SECOND FROM
9:50:16AM COHEN.
9:50:17AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:50:19AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:50:19AM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
9:50:20AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:50:21AM SEE YOU AT 5:30.
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