TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
EVENING SESSION, 5:01 P.M.
THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019
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4:57:15PM
5:05:47PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
5:05:48PM >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS EVENING MEETING TO
5:05:50PM ORDER.
5:05:50PM ROLL CALL.
5:05:56PM >> SUAREZ?
5:05:57PM COHEN?
5:05:57PM MANISCALCO?
5:05:59PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
5:05:59PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
5:06:04PM >> MIRANDA?
5:06:04PM VIERA?
5:06:04PM >> HERE.
5:06:05PM >> REDDICK?
5:06:06PM >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
5:06:06PM LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A MEMO FROM MR. COHEN
5:06:10PM THAT HE WILL BE ABSENT AT THIS EVENING'S MEETING.
5:06:15PM ALL RIGHT.
5:06:23PM THE FIRST ITEM DEALING WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
5:06:29PM RESOLUTION, MS. CAPIN.
5:06:31PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: OH, REALLY?
5:06:32PM I HAVE IT.
5:06:37PM >> IF YOU WANT A PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE MS. LITTLE IS HERE.
5:06:41PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. LITTLE DIDN'T RAISE HER HAND THAT SHE
5:06:43PM WANTS TO TALK.
5:06:50PM >>SONYA LITTLE: MR. CHAIRMAN, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SONYA LITTLE,
5:06:53PM REVENUE AND FINANCE.
5:06:54PM GOOD AFTERNOON.
5:06:55PM GOOD EVENING.
5:06:55PM LAST NIGHT, WE DELIVERED HOT OFF THE PRINTER TO YOUR
5:07:01PM IN-BOXES THE CITY OF TAMPA'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL
5:07:07PM STATEMENTS FOR FY '2018 AS AUDITED BY OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
5:07:15PM AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'RE REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTES, THE
5:07:19PM CITY CHARTER, AS WELL AS THE STATE AUDITOR GENERAL RULES TO
5:07:23PM PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN ANNUAL AUDIT.
5:07:27PM AND PRIMARILY THE AUDIT PROVIDES TO YOU ALL OF THE
5:07:30PM TRANSACTIONS THAT TOOK PLACE, ALL THE REVENUES IN, ALL THE
5:07:33PM REVENUES OUT, ALL OF THE CITY'S CAPITAL, PURCHASES,
5:07:39PM EVERYTHING RELATED TO FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WITHIN THE CITY
5:07:43PM FOR THE FY '2018 BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 30th THROUGH --
5:07:49PM OCTOBER 1 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 OF 2018.
5:07:52PM OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS, RSM, START THE PROCESS IN NOVEMBER OF
5:08:00PM 2018 FOR THE YEAR WE JUST CLOSED OUT.
5:08:02PM THEY REQUEST DATA STARTING IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
5:08:05PM THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AUDITORS, EXTERNAL AUDITORS EMBEDDED IN
5:08:10PM OUR OFFICES FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH, PORING THROUGH AND
5:08:15PM COLLECTING DATA, TESTING DATA, CHECKING ALL OF THE CITY'S
5:08:19PM DEBITS, CREDITS, ALL OF OUR JOURNAL ENTRIES, GATHERING
5:08:23PM INFORMATION FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS.
5:08:25PM A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR DEPARTMENTS WHO HELPED FACILITATE
5:08:27PM THIS.
5:08:28PM AND OUR REVENUE AND FINANCE TEAM OF ACCOUNTANTS AND BUDGET
5:08:32PM ANALYSTS WHO WORKED SO HARD TO PUT THIS ANNUAL REPORT
5:08:36PM TOGETHER.
5:08:37PM WE WILL, AS WE ALWAYS DO, SUBMIT OUR CAFR, THE ACRONYM FOR
5:08:43PM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, TO THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS
5:08:46PM ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A NATIONAL AND CANADIAN ORGANIZATION
5:08:53PM THAT THEY REVIEW GOVERNMENTAL FINANCIAL REPORTING.
5:08:56PM WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN
5:09:00PM REPORTING AND WE HOPE TO AND THINK VERY STRONGLY THAT WE
5:09:04PM WILL AGAIN.
5:09:06PM JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, IF I MAY, AS IT
5:09:09PM RELATES TO THIS CAFR.
5:09:12PM MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY, OBVIOUSLY, IS TO PREPARE A FAIR
5:09:15PM PRESENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND THAT'S IN
5:09:18PM ACCORDANCE WITH PRINCIPLES OF GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING
5:09:23PM RULES OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT INCLUDES THE DESIGN,
5:09:27PM THE IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF INTERNAL CONTROLS.
5:09:31PM SO A LARGE PORTION OF THE AUDIT IS TO ASSURE THAT WE HAVE
5:09:34PM INTERNAL CONTROLS IN PLACE WITHIN THE CITY FOR ALL OUR
5:09:37PM FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS TO MITIGATE AND ERASE FRAUD AND
5:09:43PM ERROR.
5:09:44PM THE AUDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO EXPRESS OPINIONS ON THE
5:09:49PM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT THEIR AUDIT WAS CONDUCTED IN
5:09:54PM ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUDITING STANDARDS, GENERALLY ACCEPTED
5:09:59PM IN THE U.S. AND APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL AUDITING STANDARDS
5:10:03PM ISSUED BY THE CONTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U.S.
5:10:07PM AND THEY PLAN AND PERFORM AN AUDIT TO OBTAIN REASONABLE
5:10:11PM ASSURANCE THAT OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FREE FROM
5:10:14PM MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS.
5:10:15PM SO I TAKE GREAT PRIDE EVERY YEAR WHEN WE BRING THE AUDIT TO
5:10:21PM YOU TO REPORT THAT WE, AGAIN, RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED AUDIT.
5:10:29PM AND BASICALLY, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS
5:10:36PM WITH THEIR INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
5:10:39PM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, THEY HAD -- THEY OPINED THAT THEY WERE
5:10:45PM NOT RESTRICTED ANY WAY AS FAR AS BEING LIMITED IN THEIR
5:10:51PM SCOPE OF SERVICES AS REQUIRED UNDER THE GUIDELINES THAT I
5:10:53PM MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
5:10:54PM AND THAT THEY FOUND NO NEED TO DESCRIBE ANY MAJOR ISSUES
5:11:00PM RELATED TO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL RECORDING.
5:11:02PM BASICALLY, IF I MAY JUST PUT TWO SLIDES UP, MR. CHAIRMAN, ON
5:11:17PM THE ELMO.
5:11:18PM I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU
5:11:29PM JUST SOME VERY, VERY BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS.
5:11:32PM BASICALLY, JUST TO CUT STRAIGHT TO THE CHASE, IF I MAY, WHAT
5:12:04PM COUNCIL FREQUENTLY WANTS TO HEAR IS HOW DID WE END THE YEAR
5:12:08PM AS FAR AS OUR FUND BALANCE IS CONCERNED, AND FOR THE GENERAL
5:12:14PM FUND, OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE INCREASED $11.1 MILLION.
5:12:19PM IT'S UP FROM $113.2 MILLION IN FY '17 TO $124 MILLION, AND
5:12:25PM THAT WAS PRIMARILY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAX
5:12:29PM REVENUES.
5:12:30PM AND WE'RE PLEASED TO SAY THAT IN FY '18, IF YOU'LL RECALL,
5:12:35PM AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE IRMA, WE HAD TO TAP OUR EMERGENCY
5:12:39PM FUND.
5:12:39PM WE WERE ABLE TO REPLENISH THAT FUND AND BRING IT BACK TO ITS
5:12:44PM ORIGINAL BALANCE OF $7.6 MILLION.
5:12:47PM AND ALSO, OUR GOAL OF REBUILDING AS OUR BUDGET INCREASES,
5:12:54PM INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF OUR RESERVES SO THAT WE EXCEED OUR
5:12:57PM 20% MINIMUM POLICY.
5:12:58PM SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT IN FY '18, AND THE AUDITED
5:13:05PM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SUPPORT THAT PERFORMANCE.
5:13:09PM AND THEN FINALLY -- I WAS JUST SPEAKING FROM SLIDE NUMBER 3
5:13:18PM IN YOUR PACKET.
5:13:19PM AND THEN SLIDE NUMBER 4 IN YOUR PACKET LISTS THE AUDIT
5:13:23PM RESULTS.
5:13:24PM THIS IS WHAT THE AUDITORS COMMUNICATED TO US IN OUR EXIT
5:13:29PM INTERVIEW WHERE THE REVENUE AND FINANCE CHAIRMAN, COUNCILMAN
5:13:33PM COHEN, WAS IN ATTENDANCE.
5:13:35PM AND THE AUDIT RESULTS WERE, AGAIN, WE RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED
5:13:39PM OPINION.
5:13:40PM THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER THE REPORTING PERIOD RECEIVED NO
5:13:44PM MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, NO
5:13:48PM NONCOMPLIANCE MATERIAL TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS WERE NOTED.
5:13:53PM AND THEN OUR SINGLE AUDIT, THAT WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO
5:13:56PM PREPARE BECAUSE THE CITY OF TAMPA RECEIVES STATE AND FEDERAL
5:14:00PM GRANTS, SO THE SINGLE AUDIT ACT REQUIRES THAT OUR AUDITORS
5:14:05PM ALSO REVIEW OUR REPORTING EFFORTS.
5:14:09PM WE DID RECEIVE OVERALL NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IDENTIFIED BY
5:14:12PM THE AUDITOR, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE RECEIVED ONE
5:14:16PM SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY BECAUSE WE HAD, THROUGH OUR HOUSING
5:14:21PM DEPARTMENT, TWO LATE FILINGS FOR HOUSING REPORTS.
5:14:25PM IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MONEY OR ANYTHING, BUT IT WAS TWO
5:14:28PM LATE FILINGS.
5:14:29PM WE DID RECEIVE A DING IN OUR SINGLE AUDIT FOR THAT.
5:14:33PM THE AUDITORS FURTHERMORE COMMUNICATED THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED
5:14:38PM NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT OVER OUR APPLICATION OF
5:14:41PM ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
5:14:43PM DID NOT ENCOUNTER ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES IN DEALING
5:14:47PM WITH MANAGEMENT NOR DID THEY RECEIVE -- THEY ALSO REPORTED
5:14:52PM THAT THEY DID RECEIVE FULL COOPERATION FROM MANAGEMENT AND
5:14:57PM FULL ACCESS TO THE BOOKS AND RECORDS.
5:14:59PM SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY
5:15:04PM QUESTIONS, BUT AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, WE'RE RESPECTFULLY
5:15:07PM REQUESTING THAT CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE.
5:15:10PM WE HAVE ALREADY POSTED, AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO UNDER OUR
5:15:13PM CONTINUING DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS, THE CAFR TO THE
5:15:18PM REPOSITORIES FOR OUR INVESTORS AND STAKEHOLDERS.
5:15:27PM >>FRANK REDDICK: COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL?
5:15:28PM ANY QUESTIONS?
5:15:33PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, BEFORE THE RESOLUTION IS
5:15:34PM MOVED, I KNOW IT'S REALLY PROCEDURAL IN NATURE, BUT IF YOU
5:15:37PM WOULD ASK IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO IT.
5:15:42PM I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS, BUT JUST FOR PURPOSES OF THE
5:15:45PM RECORD.
5:15:46PM >>FRANK REDDICK: I KEEP SAYING TO YOU, ALLOW ME TO GET
5:15:50PM AROUND TO DOING WHAT I WANT TO DO.
5:15:53PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY.
5:15:55PM IT WASN'T SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
5:15:56PM I APOLOGIZE, SIR.
5:15:56PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
5:15:59PM ANY COMMENT PERTAINING TO ITEM NUMBER 1?
5:16:02PM PLEASE COME FORWARD.
5:16:13PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE -- MS. LITTLE, YOU
5:16:16PM MENTIONED ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY IDENTIFIED WAS
5:16:19PM THE TWO LATE FILINGS FOR THE HOUSING REPORTS FOR HOME AND
5:16:22PM SHIP PROGRAMS.
5:16:24PM WHAT WERE THEY SPECIFICALLY?
5:16:26PM WHAT WERE -- WHY WERE THEY LATE FILINGS OR WHAT WAS THE
5:16:29PM REASON FOR THE FILING BEING LATE?
5:16:31PM >>SONYA LITTLE: ONE OF THEM WAS A SCHEDULE THAT IS REQUIRED
5:16:36PM TO BE REPORTED.
5:16:37PM THE CITY ANNUALLY HAS TO REPORT AN ANNUAL REPORT.
5:16:42PM THAT WAS FILED TIMELY, BUT THE SUPPLEMENTALS WERE NOT FILED
5:16:46PM TIMELY.
5:16:47PM ONE OF THE REPORTS PRIMARILY HAD TO DO WITH DEMOGRAPHICS ON
5:16:50PM USAGE OF THE MONEY.
5:16:52PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT'S TWO SUPPLEMENTALS THAT WERE FILED.
5:16:55PM >>SONYA LITTLE: CORRECT.
5:16:56PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WAS IT BECAUSE OF A CHANGE OF FEDERAL
5:16:59PM REQUIREMENTS OR STATE REQUIREMENTS AND ALL OR WAS IT JUST
5:17:01PM BECAUSE WE MISSED THE --
5:17:04PM >>SONYA LITTLE: THE DEPARTMENT MISSED THE DEADLINE.
5:17:06PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
5:17:07PM >>SONYA LITTLE: WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED ADDITIONAL CONTROLS TO
5:17:10PM ASSURE THAT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
5:17:13PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I KNOW SOMETIMES WE GET LATE FILINGS
5:17:15PM PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN LAW AND NOT BECAUSE OF
5:17:17PM ANYTHING WE DID.
5:17:18PM BUT IN THIS CASE, IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON OUR PART.
5:17:21PM >>SONYA LITTLE: YES.
5:17:22PM THAT'S CORRECT.
5:17:23PM THANK YOU.
5:17:28PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MS. LITTLE, EVERY YEAR SHE DOES AN
5:17:32PM OUTSTANDING JOB.
5:17:33PM THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO FOR THE CITIZENS.
5:17:35PM >>SONYA LITTLE: THANK YOU, SIR.
5:17:36PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
5:17:37PM WE HAVE A RESOLUTION BEFORE US.
5:17:40PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: DO I NEED TO READ THE TITLE OR THE ENTIRE?
5:17:43PM NO, NOTHING.
5:17:45PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
5:17:46PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
5:17:47PM >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MS. CAPIN AND A
5:17:51PM SECOND BY MR. MANISCALCO TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION.
5:17:53PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
5:17:55PM OPPOSED?
5:17:55PM OKAY.
5:17:57PM WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 2.
5:18:09PM >>DAVID HEY: GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
5:18:10PM DAVID HEY WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:18:12PM THE NEXT ITEM IS AN ADOPTION HEARING FOR TACPA --
5:18:19PM >>FRANK REDDICK: EXCUSE ME, MR. HEY, WE NEED TO TAKE A
5:18:24PM FIVE-MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE THE ELMO JUST BROKE AND THEY NEED
5:18:29PM TO REPAIR IT.
5:18:31PM WE STAND IN RECESS FOR FIVE MINUTES.
5:18:33PM THANK YOU.
5:18:33PM [RECESS]
5:26:05PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
5:26:06PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
5:26:06PM WE'RE GOING TO RESUME THIS EVENING'S MEETING.
5:26:08PM ROLL CALL.
5:26:11PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
5:26:12PM >> COHEN?
5:26:13PM MAN?
5:26:14PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
5:26:15PM >> CAPIN?
5:26:16PM MIRANDA?
5:26:17PM VIERA?
5:26:18PM >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
5:26:19PM >> REDDICK.
5:26:20PM >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
5:26:20PM BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE NEED A MOTION TO OPEN UP THE
5:26:23PM PUBLIC HEARING.
5:26:24PM >> SO MOVED.
5:26:25PM >> SECOND.
5:26:25PM >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
5:26:28PM SECONDED BY MR. VIERA.
5:26:29PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
5:26:30PM OPPOSED?
5:26:32PM OKAY.
5:26:32PM ITEM NUMBER 2.
5:26:33PM >>DAVID HEY: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
5:26:36PM DAVID HEY AGAIN WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
5:26:39PM THE NEXT ITEM FOR YOUR REVIEW IS AN ADOPTION HEARING FOR
5:26:44PM TA-CPA 18-14.
5:26:48PM IF YOU REMEMBER DURING THE TRANSMITTAL HEARING ON
5:26:52PM JANUARY 31st, THIS IS THE MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL SITE.
5:26:55PM CURRENTLY, IT HAS A WHOLE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES
5:27:00PM FROM RESIDENTIAL 10, TRANSITIONAL USE 24.
5:27:03PM THERE'S COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35.
5:27:04PM THERE'S I THINK FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ON IT.
5:27:09PM THIS PUBLICLY INITIATED AMENDMENT SEEKS TO UNIFY THE SITE
5:27:14PM UNDER THE PUBLIC/QUASI-PUBLIC FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
5:27:20PM IT IS, AGAIN, THE SITE OF MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL.
5:27:22PM IT IS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
5:27:24PM THIS AMENDMENT, WHEN YOU TRANSMITTED IT ON JANUARY 31st,
5:27:29PM IT WENT TO THE STATE FOR REVIEW.
5:27:31PM THEY HAVE PROVIDED THEIR RESPONSE BACK.
5:27:36PM THEY HAD NO COMMENTS REGARDING THIS REQUEST, SO THAT
5:27:42PM CONCLUDES MY SHORT PRESENTATION.
5:27:44PM I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
5:27:46PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
5:27:49PM ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC?
5:27:52PM ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 2.
5:27:59PM >> MOTION TO CLOSE.
5:28:00PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
5:28:01PM SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA.
5:28:02PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
5:28:03PM OPPOSED?
5:28:04PM ALL RIGHT.
5:28:06PM MR. SUAREZ.
5:28:10PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU, CHAIR.
5:28:11PM I PRESENT AN ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING CONSIDERATION.
5:28:13PM AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, FUTURE
5:28:16PM LAND USE ELEMENT, FUTURE LAND USE MAP, FOR THE PROPERTY
5:28:18PM LOCATED AT 4801 NORTH 22nd STREET, FROM COMMUNITY
5:28:22PM COMMERCIAL-35 (CC-35), COMMUNITY MIXED USE-35, (CMU-35)
5:28:31PM RESIDENTIAL-10 (R-10), RESIDENTIAL-35 (R-35), RESIDENTIAL-50
5:28:38PM (R-50), RIGHT-OF-WAY AND TRANSITIONAL USE-24 (TU-24) TO
5:28:45PM PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC (P/SP); PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF ALL
5:28:50PM ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
5:28:51PM PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5:28:53PM >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ AND A SECOND
5:28:55PM BY MR. VIERA.
5:28:55PM ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION?
5:28:55PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
5:28:57PM THOSE OPPOSED?
5:29:00PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED.
5:29:01PM THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WOULD BE ON APRIL 18th AT
5:29:04PM 9:30 A.M.
5:29:07PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
5:29:07PM ITEM NUMBER 3 IS AT 5:30, AND WE'VE GOT ONE MINUTE BEFORE WE
5:29:11PM CAN DO THAT.
5:29:15PM >> GOOD EVENING.
5:29:16PM QIANA DAUGHTRY FROM THE HOUSING -- OH, WAIT?
5:29:20PM SORRY.
5:29:22PM >>FRANK REDDICK: IT'S SCHEDULED FOR 5:30.
5:29:24PM IT'S 5:29, IF YOU WANT TO ENTERTAIN US FOR ONE MINUTE.
5:29:34PM >> SURE, I'LL DANCE FOR YOU.
5:29:36PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO OPEN THE 5:30 HEARING.
5:30:14PM >> SECOND.
5:30:14PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
5:30:16PM SECONDED BY MR. MANISCALCO.
5:30:17PM ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
5:30:18PM OPPOSED?
5:30:18PM ALL RIGHT.
5:30:20PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
5:30:21PM I'M QIANA DAUGHTRY FROM THE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
5:30:24PM DIVISION.
5:30:24PM WE'RE HERE THIS --
5:30:27PM [ NO ENCODER ]
5:30:28PM [NO AUDIO]
5:30:44PM -- AS PART OF OUR RFP AND AS WE DO THE RFP, WE'RE IN
5:30:59PM DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN.
5:31:00PM SO IT COVERS SEVERAL OR ALL OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS THAT WE
5:31:04PM RECEIVED.
5:31:04PM CAN YOU BRING THAT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT?
5:31:06PM ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
5:31:09PM PROGRAM, WHICH ALL OF THE PROGRAMS ARE REQUIRED TO SERVE
5:31:12PM LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE IN OUR
5:31:15PM COMMUNITY AND WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION.
5:31:17PM SO WE HAVE THE CDBG PROGRAM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE HOME
5:31:22PM PROGRAM AND WE USE THE PROGRAMS FOR VARIOUS SERVICES SUCH AS
5:31:24PM OWNER-OCCUPIED REHAB, SOME NEW INFILL CONSTRUCTION THAT WE
5:31:28PM HAVE GOING ON.
5:31:30PM THEN WE HAVE PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT,
5:31:32PM WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR HOMELESS SERVICES, AND WE USE THAT
5:31:35PM IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE SHELTER OPERATION DOLLARS AS
5:31:38PM WELL AS RAPID REHOUSING.
5:31:40PM AND THEN WE OVERSEE FOUR COUNTIES IN THE HOPWA PROGRAM WHICH
5:31:45PM STANDS FOR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS OR
5:31:49PM HIV.
5:31:50PM THE FOUR COUNTIES WE OVERSEE ARE HILLSBOROUGH, HERNANDO,
5:31:53PM PASCO AND PINELLAS.
5:31:54PM AS FAR AS PRIORITY NEEDS, IN THE PAST, WE'VE GONE OVER THESE
5:31:59PM BEING OUR CURRENT NEEDS, HOWEVER, WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING
5:32:02PM OUTREACH THIS YEAR FOR THIS ACTION PLAN PROCESS.
5:32:05PM I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SURVEY THAT WILL GO OVER THOSE THINGS.
5:32:09PM SOME OF THE PRIORITY NEEDS THAT WE ALREADY AS A STAFF HAVE
5:32:12PM IDENTIFIED AND KNOW ARE NEEDED ARE WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU
5:32:14PM NOW.
5:32:15PM THE FUNDING THAT YOU SEE THAT'S LISTED ON THE SLIDE IS
5:32:19PM ACTUALLY THE SAME FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED THIS CURRENT
5:32:21PM YEAR.
5:32:21PM WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED OUR ALLOCATION FROM HUD.
5:32:25PM BUT AS NORMAL, WE HAVE TO PROCEED AS NORMAL OR OTHERWISE
5:32:27PM WE'LL BE LATE IN TURNING IN OUR ACTION PLAN.
5:32:31PM WE'RE JUST ANTICIPATING HOPEFULLY AT LEAST RECEIVING THE
5:32:33PM SAME FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST AND NOTHING
5:32:35PM LESS IS OUR HOPE.
5:32:42PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ESTIMATED FUNDING.
5:32:44PM OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS THE EXACT NUMBER WE HAD LAST YEAR.
5:32:47PM ANY INDICATION FROM EITHER CONGRESSWOMAN CASTOR'S OFFICE OR
5:32:51PM EITHER OF THE U.S. SENATORS ABOUT WHAT THOSE DOLLARS ARE
5:32:54PM GOING TO BE LIKE AT ALL?
5:32:56PM >> NO.
5:32:56PM THE ONLY THING THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE IS OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN
5:32:59PM RESTORED IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE NOT COMPLETELY CUT OUT,
5:33:02PM WHICH WAS THE INITIAL PROPOSAL.
5:33:03PM BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT OUR ACTUAL ESTIMATE IS
5:33:06PM GOING TO BE.
5:33:06PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE REAL NUMBERS ARE
5:33:10PM SUPPOSED TO BE COMING THROUGH?
5:33:11PM >> LAST YEAR, I THINK WE GOT THEM VERY LATE.
5:33:13PM IT WAS VERY END OF MARCH.
5:33:15PM OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALREADY AT THE END OF MARCH.
5:33:16PM SO HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH WE'LL GET THEM.
5:33:19PM BUT AS RECALL INTO, THEY ARE ALWAYS TELLING US JUST ACT
5:33:22PM BUSINESS AS NORMAL WHEN WE SPEAK TO OUR HUD REPRESENTATIVE.
5:33:25PM WE'RE DOING THAT.
5:33:26PM WE WOULD NOT SIGN ANY AGREEMENTS UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT
5:33:28PM THE CITY IS RECEIVING FUNDING.
5:33:30PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK WITH
5:33:32PM ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THEMSELVES?
5:33:34PM BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY, I GUESS, YOU'RE
5:33:37PM ASKING FOR A BLANK CHECK UNTIL WE GET THE MONEY.
5:33:40PM >> RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS OPENING THE FACT THAT WE
5:33:43PM HAVE TO DO THE PROCESS OF THE ACTION PLAN.
5:33:46PM LATER ON IN THE YEAR WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE
5:33:49PM ACTION PLAN WHICH WILL DOCUMENT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.
5:33:51PM THAT HAS TO BE BEFORE APRIL 15th.
5:33:54PM AS WE'VE MAPPED OUT OUR DATES ALREADY, WE WILL COME BACK TO
5:33:57PM YOU I BELIEVE IN JULY TO ACTUALLY HAVE YOU TO ADOPT THE
5:34:00PM ACTION PLAN SO THAT WE CAN SEND IT IN FOR APRIL 15 --
5:34:04PM AUGUST 15th.
5:34:05PM EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.
5:34:06PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, THIS COUNCIL WILL
5:34:08PM PASS THE RESOLUTION FOR YOU TO GO FORWARD AND THEN A NEW
5:34:10PM COUNCIL WILL APPROVE WHATEVER THOSE PARTICULAR NUMBERS ARE.
5:34:13PM >> YES.
5:34:14PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
5:34:14PM APPRECIATE IT.
5:34:15PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
5:34:16PM CONTINUE.
5:34:19PM >> SO OUR CALENDAR OF EVENTS IT STARTS OFF WITH THE FACT
5:34:23PM THAT WE HAVE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, WE'VE ALREADY
5:34:25PM RELEASED THE FIRST RFP.
5:34:28PM THIS YEAR, OUR RFP INCLUDES CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE AND HOUSING
5:34:33PM COUNSELING ALONG WITH A CHDO APPLICATION.
5:34:36PM IT STANDS FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.
5:34:38PM WE WILL BE HOLDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOPS NEXT WEEK.
5:34:42PM THIS ALSO WENT OUT IN THE PUBLIC NOTICE THAT WAS FOR THIS
5:34:45PM HEARING AS WELL.
5:34:46PM THE RFA SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS APRIL 26th, AND THE
5:34:51PM PROPOSALS WILL BE REVIEWED THE WEEK OF MAY 6th THROUGH
5:34:54PM 10th.
5:34:55PM AND THEN WE PLAN TO, LIKE I ALREADY MENTIONED, THROUGH OUR
5:34:58PM PROCESS THAT WE'VE MAPPED OUR DATES, MAY 23rd WOULD BE OUR
5:35:01PM SECOND PUBLIC HEARING THAT WOULD COME BEFORE YOU AND LET YOU
5:35:03PM KNOW WHO WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THAT PROCESS.
5:35:06PM AND THEN ON JULY 18, WE WOULD COME BACK THROUGH REGULAR
5:35:09PM COUNCIL MEETING TO ADOPT THE ACTUAL ACTION PLAN FOR
5:35:11PM SUBMISSION ON AUGUST THE 15th.
5:35:13PM AND THEN ON OCTOBER 1, OUR NEW YEAR WOULD BEGIN, AND IT
5:35:16PM WOULD GO OCTOBER 1, 2019 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30th, 2020.
5:35:22PM ANYTHING ON THE DATES?
5:35:25PM >>FRANK REDDICK: WHERE ARE THESE -- THE WORKSHOPS, WHERE ARE
5:35:29PM THEY HELD AT?
5:35:31PM >> IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE CHILDREN'S BOARD AND THROUGH OUR
5:35:33PM RELEASE OF THE RFA AND THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE NOTED THAT,
5:35:37PM AND THEY ARE TUESDAY, APRIL 2nd FROM 9 TO 12, AND THERE
5:35:41PM ARE VARIOUS ONES FOR EACH ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES AND THE
5:35:44PM APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RELEASED.
5:35:45PM AND WE ALSO DO THEM A SECOND TIME SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD
5:35:48PM OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.
5:35:49PM SO THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE APRIL THE 4th IN THE AFTERNOON
5:35:52PM FROM 1 TO 4.
5:35:54PM >>FRANK REDDICK: HOW IS THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF THESE
5:35:56PM WORKSHOPS?
5:35:57PM >> SO THE VERY NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY EXPLAINS THAT.
5:36:00PM WE USE ALERT TAMPA TO ACTUALLY GET OUR INFORMATION OUT
5:36:03PM THERE.
5:36:03PM WE ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH PREVIOUSLY AND
5:36:06PM ANYONE WHO CONTACTS US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SIGN UP FOR
5:36:09PM ALERT TAMPA.
5:36:09PM SO WE DID SEND AN ALERT OUT FOR BOTH OF THE TWO RFPs I
5:36:14PM MENTIONED FOR CDBG AS WELL AS FOR HOME, SO THEY ARE MADE
5:36:17PM AWARE THAT WAY, AND WE SEND A COURTESY E-MAIL.
5:36:20PM WE ALSO HAVE TO ADVERTISE IT IN THE NEWSPAPER WHICH WAS DONE
5:36:23PM BY WAY OF PUBLICATION FOR THE NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
5:36:25PM SO OUR WEBSITE, JUST TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THAT, IT HAS A
5:36:32PM HOST OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES ON IT.
5:36:33PM IT GOES THROUGH EACH ONE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES.
5:36:36PM WE EVEN HAVE A SITE FOR CONTRACTORS WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY
5:36:39PM RELATED TO THIS RIGHT NOW.
5:36:40PM BUT THERE IS INFORMATION, IF YOU CLICK ON THE CDBG PROGRAM,
5:36:43PM FOR EXAMPLE, IT GIVES THE DEFINITION OF THE PROGRAM, THE
5:36:45PM REGULATIONS, AND WHAT TYPES OF THINGS IT CAN FUND.
5:36:48PM IT DOES THE SAME THING FOR ALL OF THE PROGRAMS.
5:36:50PM ADDITIONALLY, ON THE WEBSITE, IF YOU WERE TO CLICK ON EACH
5:36:52PM PROGRAM, YOU'LL ALSO SEE A LISTING OF WHO WE'RE CURRENTLY
5:36:56PM FUNDING AT WHAT AMOUNT THEY'RE FUNDED.
5:37:00PM IT HAS A LINK TO THEIR WEBSITE AND PHONE NUMBER IN THE EVENT
5:37:03PM YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THEIR SERVICES.
5:37:05PM AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING
5:37:09PM SURE THAT WE HAVE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION.
5:37:12PM WE WOULDN'T WANT TO GO AND JUST IMPLEMENT SERVICES THAT ARE
5:37:14PM NOT NEEDED.
5:37:15PM WE DO HAVE TO DO OUTREACH, MINORITIES, LOW INCOME, THOSE
5:37:19PM NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO OUTREACH
5:37:22PM TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT DISABILITIES AS WELL.
5:37:25PM WE ARE GONNA ASK FOR -- WE'RE STARTING NOW WITH ASKING FOR
5:37:29PM PUBLIC FEEDBACK
5:37:31PM BUT THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WHEN WE
5:37:34PM MEET WITH YOU THE NEXT TIME.
5:37:35PM THAT WOULD OPEN UP THE 30-DAY COMMENT PERIOD.
5:37:37PM ESSENTIALLY THE QUESTION WE'RE ASKING IS WHAT DO YOU THINK
5:37:42PM ARE THE MOST PRESSING NEEDS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA?
5:37:45PM THAT WOULD GO ACROSS THE HOST OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE
5:37:47PM CURRENTLY ADVERTISING THE RFP FOR.
5:37:49PM FOR EXAMPLE, WITH PUBLIC SERVICES, IF YOU'RE TELLING US THAT
5:37:51PM WE NEED MORE BLIND SERVICES AS AN EXAMPLE, WE WOULD ACTUALLY
5:37:54PM TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE IN THAT BUNCH AND TAKE
5:37:58PM PRIORITY OVER LIKE FUNDING THEM.
5:38:00PM THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT HAS TO BE WITHIN OUR PLAN THAT WE
5:38:03PM ALREADY OUTLINED TO HUD.
5:38:05PM IT HAS TO BE AN APPROVED ACTIVITY ALREADY THAT WE'VE
5:38:08PM SUBMITTED.
5:38:08PM THIS IS A QUICK VIEW OF WHAT THE ACTUAL SURVEY LOOKS LIKE.
5:38:13PM AS A RESULT OF TONIGHT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OF THOSE
5:38:15PM AVAILABLE AND THEY ARE ALSO POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE
5:38:18PM SHOWED YOU EARLY, SO WE WILL BE COLLECTING THESE BACK.
5:38:22PM THEY ARE ACTUALLY COLLECTING UNTIL JUNE 15th, WHICH IS
5:38:24PM ACTUALLY ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
5:38:25PM AGAIN, THEY ARE DUE BY JUNE 15th.
5:38:31PM ANY COMMENTS THAT ARE E-MAILED IN ALSO
5:38:33PM CAN GO TO VANESSA McCLEARY AT TAMPAGOV.NET.
5:38:39PM SHE WILL ACTUALLY VET THEM.
5:38:42PM PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR ACTION
5:38:44PM PLAN.
5:38:44PM IT'S TOWARDS THE END, AND IT'S ONE OF THE ACTUAL ATTACHMENTS
5:38:47PM IF WE RECEIVE ANY.
5:38:49PM IF WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY, THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO PUT
5:38:51PM SOMETHING IN THAT SAYS NONE WERE RECEIVED.
5:38:56PM AGAIN, THIS IS ALERT TAMPA, AND IT ACTUALLY WALKS PEOPLE
5:38:59PM THROUGH ON OUR WEBSITE, HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THOSE ALERTS THAT
5:39:03PM I MENTIONED EARLIER.
5:39:04PM THAT IS THE VERY FIRST THING YOU WOULD OPEN UP TO IF YOU
5:39:07PM WENT TO TAMPAGOV.NET/HCD FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
5:39:12PM DEVELOPMENT.
5:39:12PM THAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT PEOPLE SEE IS HOW TO SIGN UP
5:39:15PM AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO.
5:39:17PM THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
5:39:23PM >>FRANK REDDICK: LET ME ASK YOU ONE FINAL QUESTION.
5:39:26PM >> YES, SIR.
5:39:26PM >>FRANK REDDICK: AT THESE'S WHERE, WHAT TYPE OF ATTENDANCE
5:39:32PM TURNOUT DO YOU GET FROM THE COMMUNITY?
5:39:34PM >> IT DEPENDS.
5:39:35PM PUBLIC SERVICE IS USUALLY HIGHLY ATTENDED.
5:39:38PM WE MIGHT HAVE AS MANY AS 15 TO 20 DIFFERENT NONPROFITS IN
5:39:41PM ATTENDANCE.
5:39:43PM CHDO IS A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIED IN TERMS OF THE TYPE OF
5:39:46PM ORGANIZATION THAT CAN ACTUALLY APPLY TO BECOME A CHDO.
5:39:50PM IT MAY BE FOUR OR FIVE ORGANIZATIONS.
5:39:51PM IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS WE'RE SOLICITING IN
5:39:55PM TERMS OF AN APPLICATION HOW MANY ATTEND.
5:39:58PM WE MAKE SURE THE ROOMS ARE SET UP FOR 40 ATTENDEES ON BOTH
5:40:02PM OCCASIONS.
5:40:03PM WE TRY TO DO A MORNING AND AFTERNOON AND TWO OPPORTUNITIES
5:40:05PM TO ATTEND SO THAT THERE'S NO EXCLUSION, AND PEOPLE HAVE A
5:40:08PM GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.
5:40:09PM THEY ARE PUBLIC MEETINGS ALSO.
5:40:17PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
5:40:21PM ANYTHING ELSE?
5:40:23PM >> NO, SIR.
5:40:24PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
5:40:24PM WE THANK YOU.
5:40:26PM >> THANK YOU.
5:40:31PM >>FRANK REDDICK: OUR NEXT BLOCK STARTS AT 6:00.
5:40:38PM WE HAVE 20 MINUTES.
5:40:45PM SO WE'RE GOING TO STAND IN RECESS FOR 20 MINUTES.
5:40:49PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M SORRY, WITH REGARD TO
5:40:51PM THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
5:40:53PM IF ANYBODY WANTED TO SPEAK.
5:40:55PM IT WAS SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
5:40:57PM BEFORE THE PRESENTATION, YOU ASKED IF ANYBODY WANTED TO
5:41:02PM SPEAK?
5:41:02PM I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT.
5:41:10PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE -- JUST CLEAR THINGS UP, ANYONE WISH
5:41:16PM TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 3, THE PRESENTATION YOU JUST HEARD,
5:41:21PM PLEASE COME FORWARD.
5:41:25PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I SEE NO ONE.
5:41:27PM MOTION TO CLOSE, PLEASE.
5:41:29PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
5:41:30PM GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
5:41:32PM SECONDED BY MS. CAPIN.
5:41:33PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
5:41:34PM THOSE OPPOSED?
5:41:35PM ALL RIGHT.
5:41:36PM SO WE STAND IN RECESS FOR 19 MINUTES.
5:41:40PM [RECESS]
6:00:33PM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
6:00:33PM >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'RE GETTING READY TO CALL THIS MEETING
6:00:36PM BACK TO ORDER.
6:00:37PM ROLL CALL.
6:00:38PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
6:00:39PM >> COHEN?
6:00:41PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
6:00:43PM >> CAPIN?
6:00:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
6:00:47PM >> VIERA?
6:00:48PM >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
6:00:50PM >> MOVE TO OPEN ITEMS 4 THROUGH --
6:00:53PM >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
6:00:55PM SECONDED BY MR. SUAREZ.
6:00:56PM ALL IN FAVOR?
6:00:58PM OPPOSED?
6:00:59PM ALL RIGHT.
6:01:00PM ITEM NUMBER 4.
6:01:04PM >> I HAVEN'T BEEN SWORN.
6:01:07PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE PLANNING ON SPEAKING ON ITEMS 4
6:01:11PM THROUGH 7, PLEASE STAND TO BE SWORN.
6:01:13PM 4 THROUGH 7.
6:01:15PM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
6:01:24PM >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US.
6:01:27PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
6:01:28PM RYAN MANASSE, LAND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION.
6:01:31PM ITEM 4 IS PETITION AB2-19-01, LOCATED AT 2320-2348 WEST
6:01:39PM COLUMBUS DRIVE.
6:01:39PM THE CURRENT ZONING ON THE PROPERTY IS CI.
6:01:40PM THE FUTURE LAND USE IS CC 35.
6:01:42PM THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE
6:01:45PM APPLICATION AND FINDS IT INCONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE CITY
6:01:47PM OF TAMPA LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
6:01:48PM MINOR CORRECTIONS TO THE SITE PLAN WILL BE REQUIRED BETWEEN
6:01:51PM FIRST AND SECOND READING SHOULD YOU APPROVE FIRST READING.
6:01:53PM THE PETITION BEFORE YOU IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL USE APPROVAL
6:01:57PM TO ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR A LARGE VENUE,
6:02:01PM BEER AND WINE, CONSUMPTION ON PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES
6:02:04PM OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION.
6:02:07PM PROPOSED USES RESTAURANT, ASSEMBLY, MINOR VEHICLE REPAIR AND
6:02:09PM WAREHOUSE.
6:02:10PM THE PROPOSED USES WILL REQUIRE PERMITTING THROUGH
6:02:12PM CONSTRUCTION SERVICES WHERE BUILDING AND FIRE WILL CALCULATE
6:02:14PM FOR THE OVERALL OCCUPANCY FOR THE ENTIRE SITE.
6:02:18PM HISTORIC RECORDS SHOW THE CURRENT USE ON THE PROPERTY IS
6:02:20PM RETAIL RESTAURANT, WHICH IS 10 SEATS OR LESS, AND MINOR
6:02:23PM VEHICLE REPAIR.
6:02:23PM THE TOTAL AB SALES AREA IS 8,489 SQUARE FEET, WHICH CONTAINS
6:02:28PM 2,869 SQUARE FEET INDOOR AND 5,620 SQUARE FEET OUTDOOR.
6:02:34PM THE REQUIRED PARKING FOR THE PROPOSED USES ARE RESTAURANT IS
6:02:37PM OCCUPANCY MULTIPLIED BY .25 WHICH WAS CALCULATED OUT TO BE
6:02:41PM 32 SPACES.
6:02:42PM ASSEMBLY, TEN SQUARE FEET PER PERSON MULTIPLIED BY .3.
6:02:45PM IT CAME OUT TO 177 SPACES.
6:02:48PM WAREHOUSE IS ONE PARKING SPACE PER EMPLOYEE ON THE LARGEST
6:02:51PM SHIFT.
6:02:51PM THAT CALCULATION CAME OUT TO ONE SPACE.
6:02:53PM AND MINOR VEHICLE REPAIR IS TWO SPACES PER REPAIR BAY PLUS
6:02:57PM ONE EMPLOYEE.
6:02:58PM AND THAT WAS THREE SPACES.
6:02:59PM THE TOTAL REQUIRED PARKING FOR THE SITE IS 213 SPACES.
6:03:03PM THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA URBAN VILLAGE AND THE
6:03:07PM DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENT IS 250 FEET FROM OTHER AB
6:03:09PM SALES ESTABLISHMENTS.
6:03:11PM ALSO, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY
6:03:14PM DISTRICT AND WILL BE SUBJECT TO 27-241 AT TIME OF
6:03:18PM PERMITTING.
6:03:18PM THE PROPOSED HOURS OF OPERATION ARE LISTED ON THE SITE PLAN,
6:03:21PM AS MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 11 A.M. TO 2:30 A.M.
6:03:26PM THE SITE PLAN STATES THE SALES AREA SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED
6:03:30PM WITHIN THE PARKING OR LOADING AREA OR SPACE, NO AMPLIFIED
6:03:33PM MUSIC, AND THAT ALL PERMITS ISSUED AFTER APRIL 1st, 2011,
6:03:36PM SHALL BE KEPT ON-SITE.
6:03:38PM A COPY OF THE ADOPTED ORDINANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE PLAN,
6:03:41PM WHICH IS FOR THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES PERMIT.
6:03:43PM THE WAIVER IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT COME FROM SECTION
6:03:45PM 27-283-12-J.
6:03:47PM THAT'S TO ALLOW THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACCESS TO THE LOCAL
6:03:50PM STREET, WEST OF IT IS JOSEPH STREET IS A LOCAL STREET.
6:03:53PM 27-283.7, AND THAT'S TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF
6:03:57PM PARKING SPACES FROM 213 TO 17.
6:04:00PM THAT'S A 92% REDUCTION IN PARKING.
6:04:01PM SECTION 27-283.12-H-1, THAT'S TO ALLOW THE MANEUVERING IN
6:04:07PM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE PARKING SPACES.
6:04:10PM 27-283-12 IS TO ALLOW THE REDUCTION IN AISLE WIDTH FROM
6:04:13PM 24 FEET TO 0 FEET.
6:04:15PM AND 27-132 IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED DISTANCE SEPARATION TO
6:04:19PM OTHER AB SALES ESTABLISHMENTS FROM 250 FEET TO 140 FEET.
6:04:22PM GENERAL PLANNING AND TRANSIT FINDINGS FOUND THAT HART ROUTE
6:04:28PM TYPICALLY RUNS -- HART ROUTE 15 TYPICALLY RUNS WEEKDAYS FROM
6:04:31PM 5 A.M. TO 10:47 P.M. AND WEEKENDS FROM 6 A.M. TO 10:45 P.M.
6:04:36PM THE PROPERTY AGAIN IS LOCATED IN THE WEST TAMPA OVERLAY
6:04:39PM DISTRICT AND IS SUBJECT TO 27-241.
6:04:43PM LAND DEVELOPMENT DID FIND IT INCONSISTENT DUE TO THE 27-132
6:04:46PM DISTANCE SEPARATION REQUIREMENT FOR OTHER AB SALES
6:04:49PM ESTABLISHMENTS AS WELL AS THE PARKING REDUCTION FROM
6:04:51PM 27-283.7, THE 92% REDUCTION.
6:04:55PM TRANSPORTATION FOUND IT INCONSISTENT AS WELL FOR 27-283.12J
6:05:00PM THAT'S COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ACCESS TO LOCAL STREET.
6:05:02PM SECTION 27-283.7, THE REDUCTION OF REQUIRED NUMBER OF
6:05:07PM PARKING SPACES.
6:05:07PM FROM 213 TO 17, WHICH IS, AGAIN, THE 92% REDUCTION.
6:05:11PM AND THEN SECTION 27-283.12H-1, MANEUVERING IN THE
6:05:16PM RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR PARKING SPACES AND SECTION 27-283.12, THE
6:05:20PM REDUCTION AISLE WIDTH FROM 24 FEET TO 0 FEET.
6:05:23PM THE CLOSEST AB SALES ESTABLISHMENT THAT WAS LISTED FOR ONE
6:05:27PM OF THE WAIVERS IS 3,000 NORTH ARMENIA AVENUE.
6:05:29PM ZONED CI.
6:05:31PM IT'S A BAR LOUNGE WITH BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR, CONSUMPTION ON
6:05:35PM PREMISES AND PACKAGE SALES FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION,
6:05:42PM 140 FEET.
6:05:42PM THE LOCATION SHOWN ON THE MAP IS OUTLINED IN RED WITH CI
6:05:48PM ZONING AROUND THE MAJORITY OF IT.
6:05:50PM CLOSEST ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENT IS GOING TO BE CATTY-CORNER TO
6:05:53PM IT.
6:05:53PM THE TOP PICTURE SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ALONG COLUMBUS
6:06:01PM THAT WOULD BE THE FRONT, AND THEN THIS IS THE SIDE OF THE
6:06:03PM PROPERTY ALONG ARMENIA.
6:06:04PM THE TOP PICTURE IS THE REAR OF THE SIDE NEXT TO ARMENIA.
6:06:11PM AND THIS IS THE REAR ON ST. JOSEPH'S STREET.
6:06:15PM THE TOP PICTURE IS 2807 NORTH ARMENIA, THAT IS THE SOUTHERN
6:06:19PM NEIGHBOR.
6:06:19PM THAT'S SOUTH OF ST. JOSEPH'S STREET.
6:06:23PM 2813 WEST COLUMBUS IS THE NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST.
6:06:26PM THIS IS THE REAR PICTURE.
6:06:28PM 2903 NORTH ARMENIA, AGAIN, THE NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH BEFORE
6:06:31PM ST. JOSEPH'S.
6:06:32PM AND THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET OF ARMENIA, JUST TO GIVE YOU
6:06:37PM AN IDEA OF THE AREA.
6:06:38PM 2502 DIRECTLY WEST OF IT.
6:06:41PM AND THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST.
6:06:43PM STAFF HAS PROVIDED A MARKED UP SITE PLAN AS WELL AS THE
6:06:52PM CORRECTIONS STATED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT WILL BE REQUIRED
6:06:55PM IF APPROVED ON FIRST READING.
6:06:58PM TPD HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO THE SPECIAL USE REQUEST.
6:07:00PM STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
6:07:02PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
6:07:03PM ANY REQUEST HE IS FROM COUNCIL?
6:07:13PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU SAID HISTORICALLY THIS HAD BEEN A
6:07:18PM RESTAURANT USE PREVIOUSLY.
6:07:19PM NOT THE WHOLE SECTION THAT'S BEING ASKED FOR REZONING,
6:07:22PM CORRECT?
6:07:22PM >>RYAN MANASSE: CORRECT, SIR.
6:07:24PM THE ESTABLISHED HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOW THE RESTAURANT TEN
6:07:26PM SEATS OR LESS.
6:07:29PM THEY'RE HISTORICAL RECORDS, SO THEY ARE NOT THE CLEAREST AS
6:07:31PM FAR AS THE SITE PLAN.
6:07:32PM I CAN SHOW YOU ON THE SITE PLAN --
6:07:34PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IF YOU COULD, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
6:07:38PM >>RYAN MANASSE: THE TAKE-OUT RESTAURANT IS IN THIS PORTION,
6:07:41PM SO IT HAS TO BE TEN SEATS OR LESS.
6:07:43PM THEN THE MINOR VEHICLE REPAIR IS WHAT WE WOULD RECOGNIZE AS
6:07:47PM THE -- ON THE PROPERTY.
6:07:48PM THE REST OF THE USES LISTED IN THIS REPORT DO NEED TO GO
6:07:52PM THROUGH PERMITTING AND IT WOULD BE DETERMINED FOR TOTAL
6:07:54PM OCCUPANCY ON THE SITE.
6:07:55PM STAFF DETERMINED PARKING, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE PARKING AS
6:07:59PM IT RELATES TO THE WAIVER BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE
6:08:02PM IT THROUGH PERMITTING WITHOUT THE WAIVER.
6:08:04PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
6:08:04PM APPRECIATE IT.
6:08:06PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE?
6:08:07PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
6:08:08PM 5,620 SQUARE OUTDOOR?
6:08:14PM WHAT I HAVE HERE.
6:08:15PM AND THEN IT SAYS SALES -- IT SAYS ON THE AGENDA, IT SAYS
6:08:26PM COMMENSURATE WITH CHAPTER 14.
6:08:31PM BUT ON HERE, IT HAS MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 11 A.M. TO
6:08:34PM 2:30 A.M.
6:08:35PM SO I'M LOOKING FOR IT ON THE SITE PLAN TO SEE WHAT THE HOURS
6:08:41PM ARE.
6:08:41PM >>RYAN MANASSE: THE HOURS WERE STATED BY THE APPLICANT AND
6:08:43PM THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE PUT ON THE SITE PLAN.
6:08:46PM LARGE VENUE SECTION 27-132 THAT YOU HAVE TO LIST HOURS OF
6:08:51PM OPERATION FOR LARGE VENUE.
6:08:53PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: IT'S CHAPTER 14.
6:08:55PM >>RYAN MANASSE: THOSE HOURS WOULD BE --
6:08:58PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: GONNA BE ON THE SITE PLAN, CHAPTER 14.
6:09:02PM HOURS -- IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HOURS THEY OPEN AS LONG AS
6:09:05PM IT'S CHAPTER 14.
6:09:06PM IN OTHER WORDS --
6:09:08PM >>RYAN MANASSE: IF IT'S NOT LISTED ON THE SITE PLAN IT CAN
6:09:10PM BE ADDED BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
6:09:13PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THE HOURS ON THE SITE PLAN, THESE HOURS --
6:09:21PM WHAT IT SAYS ON THE AGENDA IS THAT IT'S -- WAIT A MINUTE.
6:09:26PM HOLD ON A SECOND.
6:09:27PM I WAS JUST LOOKING AT IT.
6:09:29PM ONE SECOND.
6:09:29PM LET ME LOOK OVER HERE.
6:09:45PM IT SAYS, PROPOSED AB SALES HOURS CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14.
6:09:51PM CHAPTER 14 IS A SET OF HOURS.
6:09:54PM YOU CAN OPEN ANYTIME WITHIN THOSE HOURS.
6:09:57PM SO ON THE SITE PLAN, SHOULD BE CHAPTER 14, NOT -- OR THE
6:10:03PM HOURS OF CHAPTER 14, BUT NOT THESE HOURS.
6:10:05PM PUT THESE HOURS ON THE SITE PLAN, THAT'S THE HOURS THAT GO
6:10:08PM WITH THE LAND.
6:10:09PM SO THAT'S NOT CHAPTER 14.
6:10:11PM THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.
6:10:12PM >>RYAN MANASSE: CORRECT.
6:10:13PM THOSE WOULD BE LISTED HOURS.
6:10:15PM THAT'S WHAT THEY STATED THE HOURS OF OPERATION WOULD BE.
6:10:17PM THE APPLICANT CAN COMMENT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE
6:10:19PM INCLINED TO CHANGE THAT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14
6:10:23PM BEFORE FIRST AND SECOND READING.
6:10:24PM STAFF WOULDN'T HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT.
6:10:26PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHY DOES IT HAVE AB HOURS CONSISTENT WITH
6:10:30PM CHAPTER 14?
6:10:31PM AND THEN ON THE REPORT, IT HAS DIFFERENT HOURS, SALES HOURS.
6:10:37PM >>RYAN MANASSE: WELL, THE REPORT IS BECAUSE HOURS WEREN'T
6:10:40PM LISTED ORIGINALLY.
6:10:42PM IN SECTION 27-132, IT STATES FOR A LARGE VENUE, THE HOURS OF
6:10:46PM OPERATION NEED TO BE LISTED.
6:10:47PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: CHAPTER 14 HAS THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
6:10:50PM >>RYAN MANASSE: YES.
6:10:51PM WELL, IF THEY STAY CONSISTENT WITH CHAPTER 14.
6:10:54PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THEN THEY NEED TO STATE THEM CONSISTENT WITH
6:10:57PM CHAPTER 14, IF THAT'S WHAT'S ON HERE.
6:11:00PM THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS THEY PROPOSE THE HOURS.
6:11:02PM >>RYAN MANASSE: I CAN MAKE SURE THAT NOTE WILL BE ADDED
6:11:04PM BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
6:11:06PM I'LL MAKE THAT NOTATION.
6:11:07PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
6:11:09PM >>RYAN MANASSE: YES, MA'AM.
6:11:11PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I WAS LOOKING FOR -- THIS IS A HUGE OUTDOOR
6:11:16PM AREA, AMPLIFIED MUSIC.
6:11:23PM IS THAT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE --
6:11:26PM >>RYAN MANASSE: THE SITE PLAN STATES NO -- SPECIFICALLY, IT
6:11:30PM STATES NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC.
6:11:33PM THE APPLICANT PUT THAT UNDER NOTE NUMBER 6, NO AMPLIFIED
6:11:37PM MUSIC, SPECIFICALLY.
6:11:38PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THERE IT IS.
6:11:39PM THANK YOU.
6:11:40PM >>RYAN MANASSE: YES, MA'AM.
6:11:40PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: ALL RIGHT.
6:11:41PM THANK YOU.
6:11:43PM >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
6:11:44PM OTHER QUESTIONS?
6:11:45PM APPLICANT?
6:11:59PM >> I WAS NOT SWORN IN.
6:12:05PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYBODY ELSE WHO WILL TALK?
6:12:07PM YOU SAT THERE WHEN WE ASKED ANYBODY ELSE SWORN TO STAND UP.
6:12:11PM IF YOU'RE GONNA TALK OR THINK YOU'RE GONNA TALK, THEN YOU
6:12:16PM NEED TO STAND UP AND BE SWORN IN.
6:12:18PM WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH --
6:12:21PM >> SORRY.
6:12:21PM I APOLOGIZE.
6:12:22PM [OATH ADMINISTERED]
6:12:27PM >> I DO.
6:12:28PM >>THE CLERK: THANK YOU.
6:12:37PM >> FIRST OF ALL, THIS LOCATION HERE IN THE PAST WAS USED FOR
6:12:44PM TIRE STORAGE.
6:12:47PM FOR MANY YEARS, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE
6:12:51PM NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE MOSQUITOES WERE REALLY BOTHERING THEM.
6:12:54PM SO AFTER SO MANY COMPLAINTS TO US, WE DECIDED WE WOULD
6:12:59PM REMOVE ALL THE TIRES OUT OF THE PREMISES, WHICH WE DID.
6:13:05PM WE PUT IN THE LOCATION OF THE TIRE STORE.
6:13:07PM WE TOOK AWAY ALL THE TIRES THAT WERE EXPOSED TO THE OPEN
6:13:12PM FIELD.
6:13:14PM >>FRANK REDDICK: CAN WE HAVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD?
6:13:17PM DO WE HAVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD?
6:13:18PM >> YES.
6:13:19PM I'M JULIAN PEREZ.
6:13:21PM I'M THE APPLICANT.
6:13:22PM THANK YOU.
6:13:22PM AND THEN I DECIDED THAT THE LOCATION THERE WAS SUCH A GOOD
6:13:29PM LOCATION TO BE WASTED, AND I GOT TOGETHER WITH SOME OTHER
6:13:35PM MEMBERS, WHICH THEY ARE HERE TODAY, WE SAY WHAT SHOULD WE DO
6:13:39PM WITH THIS LOCATION?
6:13:40PM AND THEN WE DECIDED AS BEING PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED WITH BOXING
6:13:49PM AND WITH THE CHAMPION THAT PASSED AWAY, HECTOR CAMACHO, WE
6:13:54PM DECIDED THAT WE WOULD OPEN A CAMP OF BOXING TEACHING IN HIS
6:13:59PM MEMORY TO KEEP HIS MEMORY ALIVE.
6:14:02PM AND WE ALL AGREED TOGETHER, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
6:14:07PM WE HAVE HERE A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS.
6:14:13PM ALL TOGETHER AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE HAVE 45 MEMBERS.
6:14:17PM IN BETWEEN THERE, WE HAVE TWO STATE CHAMPIONS ALREADY,
6:14:20PM FLORIDA STATE CHAMPIONS, AND IT'S REALLY GROWING A LOT.
6:14:24PM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY HAPPY.
6:14:27PM THEY HAVE -- THEY ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE SITUATION.
6:14:30PM WHEN I PRESENTED THIS TO THE CITY OF TAMPA, SOME PERSONNEL,
6:14:36PM CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT SAY, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE
6:14:38PM THE BEER AND WINE LICENSE SO YOU CAN HELP WITH THE FOUNDING
6:14:45PM OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
6:14:47PM AND IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
6:14:49PM AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE DECIDED TO DO IT.
6:14:52PM SO HERE I AM REQUESTING WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT THIS LICENSE
6:14:58PM WOULD BE APPROVED IN THE BEST INTEREST OF SOCIETY AND THE
6:15:01PM MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I HAVE HERE SOME MEMBERS, THAT
6:15:04PM IF YOU WOULD ALLOW THEM, BRIEFLY, TO GIVE A BRIEF TESTIMONY
6:15:09PM OF HOW THEY CHANGED THEIR LIVES BASED ON THE OPENING OF THE
6:15:17PM BOXING CAMP.
6:15:18PM THANK YOU.
6:15:20PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THIS LOCATION?
6:15:22PM HOW LONG HAVE YOU OWNED THIS?
6:15:26PM >> I'M NOT THE OWNER.
6:15:27PM I'M A LESSEE.
6:15:28PM I'VE BEEN THERE TEN YEARS.
6:15:29PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: BUT YOU OWN THE BUSINESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
6:15:33PM >> I OWN THE BUSINESS.
6:15:34PM YES, MA'AM.
6:15:34PM TEN YEARS.
6:15:36PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: TEN YEARS.
6:15:37PM I'VE BEEN THERE.
6:15:38PM I WAS THERE WITH A REPORTER.
6:15:40PM I KNOW THE LOCATION.
6:15:41PM I WAS JUST WONDERING.
6:15:43PM >> YES, MA'AM.
6:15:44PM THANK YOU.
6:15:45PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
6:15:46PM THANK YOU.
6:15:46PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
6:15:48PM CHAIRMAN, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD, THE
6:15:52PM PETITIONER STATED THAT SOMEONE IN THE CITY, CODE
6:15:53PM ENFORCEMENT, IF I RECALL THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
6:15:59PM >> THE PERSON SAID IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I SAY HIS NAME HERE,
6:16:03PM WHICH I QUESTION HIM, HE SAID, NO PROBLEM, ERIC COTTON FROM
6:16:06PM CODE ENFORCEMENT.
6:16:09PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHOA, WHOA.
6:16:11PM I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING YOU.
6:16:13PM WHAT I'M SAYING -- YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
6:16:16PM YOU'RE BRINGING UP SOMEBODY'S NAME.
6:16:18PM I DIDN'T ASK YOU FOR NO NAME.
6:16:21PM I'M SAYING THE CITY OF TAMPA, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, FROM CODE
6:16:21PM ENFORCEMENT ASKED WHY DON'T YOU PUT BEER AND WINE, THAT'S
6:16:24PM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD AND THAT'S WHY HE'S APPLYING?
6:16:26PM THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID?
6:16:27PM >> NO.
6:16:28PM THEY QUESTIONED ME, WHY DON'T YOU APPLY FOR THE BEER AND
6:16:32PM WINE LICENSE?
6:16:33PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THEN THEY ARE TELLING YOU TO APPLY FOR
6:16:36PM BEER AND WINE LICENSE, AREN'T THEY?
6:16:37PM >> YES, SIR.
6:16:37PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHO DID THAT?
6:16:40PM WHAT IS HIS NAME OR HER NAME?
6:16:43PM >> HIS NAME.
6:16:44PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HER OR HIM.
6:16:45PM >> IT'S ERIC COTTON.
6:16:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU.
6:16:49PM >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
6:16:49PM >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT PERSON.
6:16:52PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: BEFORE WE GO ON -- NO, THAT'S OKAY.
6:16:57PM I HAVE A QUESTION, BECAUSE MR. MIRANDA BROUGHT UP SOMETHING
6:16:59PM UP.
6:17:00PM ARE YOU IN CODE VIOLATION NOW?
6:17:02PM >> NO, SIR.
6:17:02PM NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
6:17:05PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WERE YOU SERVING ALCOHOL PREVIOUSLY?
6:17:08PM >> NOT THERE, NO, SIR.
6:17:09PM NOT AT ALL.
6:17:10PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF ASKING THE QUESTION,
6:17:12PM WHICH IS IF SOMEONE IS SAYING YOU MIGHT WANT TO APPLY FOR A
6:17:16PM USE FOR ALCOHOL, MEANING THAT YOU HAD ALREADY BEEN SERVING
6:17:21PM ALCOHOL AND IF CODE ENFORCEMENT HAD COME THERE, THEY HAD
6:17:24PM CITED YOU FOR IT AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
6:17:26PM WERE YOU EVER CITED FOR ANY OF THAT?
6:17:28PM >> NO, SIR.
6:17:28PM NOT AT ALL.
6:17:29PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU.
6:17:30PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, AS YOU WELL KNOW, CODE
6:17:33PM ENFORCEMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ALCOHOL ZONING.
6:17:38PM CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ALCOHOL ZONING AT
6:17:40PM ALL, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
6:17:41PM WHAT I'M SAYING, DO YOU HAVE ANY SIGNS NOW IN THE BUILDING
6:17:43PM THAT SAY BEER AND WINE FOR SALE OR SOMETHING?
6:17:46PM >> I JUST PUT UP A SIGN THAT SAYS PACKAGE SALES, BUT IT IS
6:17:54PM THE PLACE CLOSEST.
6:17:55PM I JUST PUT UP THE SIGN IN HOPE THAT IF WE DO GET THE LICENSE
6:18:00PM APPROVED TODAY, THAT I WILL GO TOMORROW AND GET A TEMPORARY
6:18:06PM LICENSE FROM THE STATE.
6:18:06PM BECAUSE WE ARE DESPERATELY AND WANTING AND NEEDING FUNDS TO
6:18:14PM KEEP RUNNING THIS ORGANIZATION.
6:18:20PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: HOW LONG HAS THE ORGANIZATION BEEN IN PLACE?
6:18:23PM >> WE'VE BEEN IN PLACE FOR ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS
6:18:26PM RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
6:18:27PM THE LICENSE, THIS MEETING, THE LAST TIME DID NOT GO THROUGH
6:18:36PM BECAUSE THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF TAKING THE PICTURES AND
6:18:38PM BRINGING IT HERE TO THE COURT, HE FAILED TO DO IT ON TIME.
6:18:41PM SO WE GOT POSTPONED UNTIL THIS DAY.
6:18:47PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
6:18:49PM ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK?
6:18:51PM >> THANK YOU, SIR.
6:18:52PM >>FRANK REDDICK: PLEASE COME FORWARD.
6:19:00PM >> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
6:19:01PM MY NAME IS WALT THE II.
6:19:05PM I AM INVOLVED WITH MACHO TIME COMMUNITY BOXING SERVICES.
6:19:08PM THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY IN
6:19:13PM DIFFERENT FORMS.
6:19:15PM IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO HELP THE CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT
6:19:18PM COMMUNITIES THAT COME THERE TO LEARN THE SPORT OF BOXING IN
6:19:24PM ORDER TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE.
6:19:26PM TO HELP THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION TO RAISE MONEY, THE
6:19:31PM BEER AND WINE LICENSE HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME AND AS I'VE
6:19:35PM SEEN, HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN IT, WOULD HELP THEM TO RAISE
6:19:38PM MONEY DURING EVENTS WHERE THESE SAME CHILDREN AND YOUNG
6:19:45PM ADULTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPAR AND TO TRAIN IN FRONT OF
6:19:49PM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO COME THERE TO SEE THE TALENT AND
6:19:56PM SUPPORT THE CHILDREN OF THESE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES COMING
6:19:58PM FROM AS FAR NORTH AS NEW TAMPA AND PASCO COUNTY, AS FAR WEST
6:20:02PM AS PINELLAS COUNTY, AND WE EVEN HAVE SOME FROM ORLANDO THAT
6:20:06PM COME HERE.
6:20:07PM BUT, CERTAINLY, WE HAVE SOME FROM WEST TAMPA AND EAST TAMPA
6:20:10PM LOCALLY AS WELL WHO ARE NOW HEADED TO OLYMPIC CHAMPIONSHIP
6:20:15PM CAMPS.
6:20:16PM AND THIS IS CRITICAL.
6:20:17PM I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIND SOME WAY IN
6:20:19PM ORDER TO SUPPORT THEIR MEANS OF MAKING MONEY, AND I THINK
6:20:23PM THIS IS ONE THAT IS WORTH US TAKING A LOOK AT AND SUPPORT.
6:20:28PM SO I DO STAND IN SUPPORT OF MACHO TIME COMMUNITY BOXING
6:20:32PM SERVICES.
6:20:32PM THANK YOU.
6:20:34PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER
6:20:37PM 4?
6:20:38PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
6:20:39PM HI.
6:20:40PM MY NAME IS DELIS VIRGINIA.
6:20:43PM I AM THE ADMINISTRATOR SECRETARY WITH MR. AGUSTIN.
6:20:54PM I'M HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MACHO TIME
6:20:58PM ORGANIZATION.
6:20:58PM WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OF THE YOUNG ADULTS WITH US AND SOME
6:21:02PM ADULTS THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ROUGH TIMES, AND THEY ARE
6:21:05PM TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE STREETS.
6:21:06PM SO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TRYING TO GET THE
6:21:15PM YOUNG AND YOUNG ADULTS, EVEN ADULTS, TO COME AND TRY
6:21:20PM SOMETHING DIFFERENT, HELP THEM GET OUT OF THE STREETS, NOT
6:21:23PM BE GETTING INVOLVED IN DRUGS.
6:21:25PM NOT BE GETTING INVOLVED IN FIGHTS AND ARGUMENTS.
6:21:27PM YOU KNOW THIS ACTUALLY CAN EVEN HELP THEM, SOMETIMES WITH
6:21:32PM THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.
6:21:33PM ME PERSONALLY, I HAVE SEEN HOW SOME OF THEM HAVE MADE
6:21:38PM CHANGES IN THEIR LIVES.
6:21:40PM WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO OF THEM THAT THEY'VE BEEN WITH US
6:21:42PM WORKING FOR ALMOST A MONTH.
6:21:44PM THEY'VE BEEN WITH US FOR ALMOST A MONTH.
6:21:46PM WHICH IT WILL BE LOUIS AND BROOK.
6:21:48PM WE ALSO HAVE APRIL.
6:21:49PM SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
6:21:51PM AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE, THAT THEY ARE HOMELESS, AND
6:21:56PM THEY ACTUALLY TRYING TO GET OUT.
6:22:02PM I BELIEVE HAVING THE BEER AND WINE WILL BE GOOD AS WELL TO
6:22:06PM GET THE FUNDS.
6:22:08PM WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO GO WATCH A BOXING AND HAVE A BEER OR A
6:22:14PM WINE IN YOUR HAND, RIGHT?
6:22:15PM SO IF THIS IS GONNA HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT LOOK
6:22:20PM FORWARD TO TRY TO GET IT?
6:22:23PM ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME.
6:22:27PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
6:22:27PM ANYONE ELSE?
6:22:28PM NEXT PERSON.
6:22:29PM >> THANK YOU.
6:22:34PM >> MARIO ACOSTA.
6:22:36PM I'M AT 3001 NORTH ARMENIA.
6:22:39PM FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL WITH YOUNG
6:22:45PM MINORS AND ALCOHOL.
6:22:47PM TO ME I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
6:22:49PM BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT MY INTEREST.
6:22:52PM MR. PEREZ HAS INTEREST IN CREATING THIS VENUE, AND I HAVE
6:22:56PM INTEREST IN PROTECTING MINE.
6:22:57PM I OWN THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET AND, YOU KNOW, MY
6:23:01PM TENANT HAS BEEN THERE 28 YEARS.
6:23:02PM HE'S BUILT UP A REPUTABLE COMPANY OR BUSINESS, CUSTOMERS ARE
6:23:08PM VERY COMFORTABLE LEAVING THEIR CARS THERE OVERNIGHT.
6:23:11PM LEAVING THE CARS OVERNIGHT WITH A BUSINESS LIKE THIS, YOU
6:23:15PM GOT ALCOHOL, YOU'VE GOT MINORS, YOU'VE GOT BOXING, I DON'T
6:23:18PM SEE IT AS A GOOD RECIPE.
6:23:21PM I REALLY DON'T.
6:23:21PM NOW, WEST TAMPA HAS COME ALONG A LOT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
6:23:26PM WE'VE GOT THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS BUILDING THIS BIG PROJECT
6:23:30PM FOR THE ANIMALS.
6:23:31PM WE'VE GOT THE SUNCOAST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION.
6:23:32PM BUILDERS HAVE BROUGHT IN HOMES FOR FAMILIES TO COME IN.
6:23:36PM WEATHER-TIGHT WINDOWS.
6:23:38PM WE EVEN HAVE A WAFFLE HOUSE NOW.
6:23:40PM WEST TAMPA WAS DEAD, BOTTOM LINE.
6:23:42PM THOSE ARE POSITIVE IMPACTS THAT WE NEED, ESPECIALLY IN WEST
6:23:46PM TAMPA.
6:23:47PM WEST TAMPA HAS BEEN DRAGGING A LITTLE BIT WHILE EVERYBODY
6:23:50PM ELSE HAS BEEN GROWING.
6:23:51PM WEST TAMPA IS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
6:23:53PM I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP ON THAT SAME DIRECTION.
6:23:56PM I THINK MIXING ALCOHOL WITH MINORS AND BOXING AND ALL THAT,
6:24:00PM THAT EXCUSE ABOUT IT'S GONNA GENERATE FUNDS FOR CAMPS AND
6:24:04PM ALL THAT, I DON'T SEE IT.
6:24:06PM I REALLY DON'T.
6:24:06PM I'M IN OPPOSITION OF THIS WHOLE VENUE OR DEAL.
6:24:13PM AND THAT'S MY POINT ON THAT.
6:24:17PM HOPEFULLY YOU'LL REVIEW THIS, GIVE SOME THOUGHT, THINK ABOUT
6:24:21PM THIS WHOLE PICTURE.
6:24:23PM A LARGE VENUE, THE PAPERS I REVIEWED, I LOOKED OVER AND READ
6:24:26PM 500 SEATING CAPACITY.
6:24:28PM THERE'S NOWHERE IN THAT BLOCK WHERE YOU CAN SEAT OR, RATHER,
6:24:32PM NOT SEAT, BUT PARK 250 CARS.
6:24:38PM 175, IF THERE IS SEATING CAPACITY OF 500, THERE MUST BE AT
6:24:43PM LEAST A PARKING AVAILABILITY OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF THAT.
6:24:46PM SO I DON'T SEE THAT.
6:24:48PM I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THIS WHOLE THING IS GOING TO COME IN
6:24:51PM AND WORK OUT.
6:24:54PM WE HAVE A LIQUOR STORE ACROSS THE STREET.
6:24:56PM YOU BUY.
6:24:57PM YOU PICK UP.
6:24:58PM YOU GO HOME.
6:24:59PM WE HAVE ANOTHER LIQUOR STORE OVER ON HOWARD.
6:25:02PM BEEN THERE FOR YEARS.
6:25:03PM YOU BUY.
6:25:04PM YOU PICK UP.
6:25:05PM AND THERE IS A LOUNGE IN THE BACK.
6:25:07PM BEEN THERE ALSO, LIKE I SAID, FOR YEARS.
6:25:11PM THE LIQUOR STORE ON COLUMBUS, RIGHT DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM
6:25:14PM HERE, BEEN THERE FOR YEARS ALSO.
6:25:17PM MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THAT CORNER SINCE 1941.
6:25:21PM I'VE SEEN A LOT HAPPEN IN THAT PART OF TOWN, AND I'LL TELL
6:25:25PM YOU RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
6:25:27PM WE'VE GOT GOOD BUSINESSES COMING IN.
6:25:29PM BUSINESSES THAT SEE OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT WILL CONTINUE
6:25:32PM MOVING IN.
6:25:33PM BIG PEOPLE, BIG MONEY.
6:25:34PM THIS IS WHAT THE CITY THRIVES ON.
6:25:36PM THEY NEED THAT MONEY.
6:25:37PM [ BELL SOUNDS ]
6:25:39PM >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU, SIR.
6:25:40PM >> THEY SEE STUFF LIKE THIS, THROWS UP A FLAG.
6:25:43PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION?
6:25:45PM SIR, WHERE DID YOU SAY YOUR BUSINESS IS?
6:25:48PM >> 3001 NORTH ARMENIA.
6:25:50PM PETE'S AUTOMOTIVE.
6:25:51PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
6:25:53PM >> IT WAS A PHILLIPS 66 YEARS AGO.
6:25:55PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: VERY FAMILIAR.
6:25:57PM THANK YOU.
6:25:58PM >> ANY MORE QUESTIONS?
6:25:59PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ONE THING THAT CAME
6:26:04PM TO MY MIND IMMEDIATELY WAS THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
6:26:08PM ARE YOU ALL GOING TO BE BOXING AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING?
6:26:11PM WHY ARE THESE HOURS ON HERE IF THIS IS BOXING FOR YOUNG
6:26:17PM PEOPLE?
6:26:18PM >> I CAN ANSWER TO THAT.
6:26:19PM THINK ABOUT CHUCK E. CHEESE, WHERE THEY GOT THE KIDS AND
6:26:26PM THEY HAVE A LITTLE RESTAURANT WITH PIZZA INSIDE.
6:26:28PM WELL, THIS IS PERHAPS SIMILAR TO THAT.
6:26:32PM WE GOT A SMALL CAFETERIA IN THERE, WHICH HAS BEEN LICENSED
6:26:38PM BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BY THE CITY OF TAMPA AND BY
6:26:41PM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
6:26:41PM WHAT WE DO THERE, WE MAKE PIZZAS, AND THAT IS ALSO TO
6:26:47PM COMPOUND THE MONETARY FUNDS FOR MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY
6:26:51PM SERVICE.
6:26:52PM AFTER THE BOXING ENDS, ABOUT 9:00, 8, 7, WHATEVER TIME, THEN
6:26:57PM THE FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE FOR THE EVENT, THEY WILL STAY
6:27:00PM THERE EATING AND DRINKING A BEER OR DRINKING A GLASS OF
6:27:04PM WINE.
6:27:05PM AND THIS IS WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE RAISING OF THE MONEY.
6:27:08PM HOWEVER, I DON'T SEE IN ANY WAY THAT THIS CAN HURT THE NEXT
6:27:12PM DOOR BUSINESS WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED WHEN WE'RE
6:27:17PM GOING TO BE OPEN.
6:27:18PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:27:21PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
6:27:22PM AGAIN.
6:27:23PM THEY ARE GOING TO SIT THERE FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 2:30 OR 3:00
6:27:26PM IN THE MORNING.
6:27:27PM THAT'S WHAT IS ON HERE.
6:27:32PM THAT TO ME IS JUST -- I STILL DON'T SEE THE REASON -- I
6:27:40PM DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION.
6:27:43PM >> I HAVE AN ANSWER.
6:27:44PM >>FRANK REDDICK: EACH TIME YOU COME UP HERE AND WALK AWAY,
6:27:47PM YOU HAVE TO RESTATE YOUR NAME.
6:27:49PM >> I WOULD REQUEST PERMISSION NEXT TIME, SIR.
6:27:52PM SORRY.
6:27:52PM >>FRANK REDDICK: STILL NEED TO STATE YOUR NAME.
6:27:54PM >> I'M JULIAN PEREZ.
6:27:56PM AND I'M THE APPLICANT.
6:27:57PM AT 2348, THERE IS THE RESTAURANT.
6:28:03PM 2320 IS A BUILDING TO 2348 WHICH IS THE MAIN RESTAURANT.
6:28:11PM WE HAVE A RESTAURANT RIGHT ON THE CORNER.
6:28:12PM MAINLY THE PEOPLE ARE GONNA MOVE FROM POINT ONE, WHICH IS
6:28:19PM 2320 TO 2348 TO STAY THERE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
6:28:24PM THE BOXING PLAY WILL BE MORE LIKE 6, 7:30, 8:00 AT NIGHT.
6:28:29PM AND THEN 2348, WHICH IS THE RESTAURANT, THE OFFICIAL
6:28:33PM RESTAURANT OR THE BUILDING, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OPEN
6:28:35PM UNTIL 2:30 IN THE MORNING.
6:28:37PM IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 2320, WHICH IS THE BOXING
6:28:43PM LOCATION.
6:28:44PM IT'S ONE COMBINED BUILDING.
6:28:48PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: EXACTLY.
6:28:49PM IT'S ONE BUILDING, AND THOSE HOURS PERTAIN TO THE ENTIRE
6:28:53PM BUILDING.
6:28:53PM THE HOURS JUST DON'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
6:29:04PM IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT THERE'S CHILDREN --
6:29:06PM YOU KNOW, 9:00 TILL 2:30 IN THE MORNING IS A LONG TIME TO
6:29:11PM EAT PIZZA.
6:29:12PM >> WELL, 2:30 IN THE MORNING, MA'AM --
6:29:14PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU'RE TALKING HOW MANY DAYS A WEEK ARE WE
6:29:17PM LOOKING AT THIS TIME?
6:29:18PM >> IT IS A LEGAL RESTAURANT.
6:29:20PM COLUMBUS AND ARMENIA.
6:29:22PM THE BOXING SPACE IS AN ATTACHED PORTION TO THE BUILDING.
6:29:26PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF OPERATION IN YOUR
6:29:29PM RESTAURANT NOW?
6:29:30PM >> WE CLOSE NOW AT 7:30, 8:00 AT NIGHT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
6:29:34PM BEER AND WINE TO SERVE.
6:29:35PM BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE THE LICENSE FOR BEER AND WINE WE'LL
6:29:42PM EXTEND THE HOURS TO 2:30 AT THE RESTAURANT.
6:29:44PM NOT AT THE BOXING LOCATION.
6:29:54PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MAYBE I SHOULDN'T ASK THIS, BUT MY MIND
6:29:58PM IS SWIRLING LIKE A TORNADO INSIDE OF ME.
6:30:02PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: 11 A.M. UNTIL 2:30 IN THE MORNING MONDAY
6:30:05PM THROUGH SUNDAY.
6:30:06PM THAT'S SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
6:30:08PM OKAY.
6:30:12PM I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
6:30:14PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MANISCALCO.
6:30:17PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WHAT GETS ME IS THE 92% PARKING
6:30:22PM REDUCTION -- 213 SPACES TO 17.
6:30:22PM I DRIVE BY THIS LOCATION.
6:30:24PM I'VE DRIVEN BY THIS LOCATION MY WHOLE LIFE.
6:30:27PM WHERE ARE THE CARS GOING TO PARK?
6:30:29PM YOU CAN'T PARK ON ARMENIA, YOU CAN'T PARK ON COLUMBUS, YOU
6:30:32PM CAN'T PARK ON HOWARD.
6:30:34PM IT'S GOING TO OVERFLOW INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:30:36PM I KNOW THE WHOLE LAYOUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE ARE THEY
6:30:38PM GOING TO GO?
6:30:39PM >> YES, I SPOKE TO MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR, WHICH IS A TILE
6:30:42PM PLACE, AND HE HAS ABOUT 30 PARKING IN THERE, IS I SPOKE TO
6:30:46PM THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET FROM US, AND THEY TOLD ME
6:30:51PM THAT I CAN USE THEIR BUILDING AT ANY TIME I WANT AFTER 4:00,
6:30:55PM 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.
6:30:56PM THEY HAVE 75 PARKING OVER THERE, THE RESTAURANT BEHIND ME
6:31:03PM HAS ABOUT SEVEN TO TEN PARKING AND THEY SAID I CAN USE IT
6:31:07PM AFTER 3:00, 4:00.
6:31:08PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IS THERE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT?
6:31:11PM >> NO, SIR.
6:31:12PM THERE ISN'T A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
6:31:13PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE DISTANCE SEPARATION FROM THE OTHER
6:31:14PM TWO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LOCATIONS YOU HAVE ONE ON ARMENIA
6:31:17PM COLUMBUS AND THEN HOWARD/COLUMBUS.
6:31:20PM THIS IS WITHIN LESS THAN 250 FEET.
6:31:22PM THAT WE HAVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR.
6:31:25PM >> IT IS ON THE SAME COLUMBUS.
6:31:27PM THE SAME STREET OF COLUMBUS.
6:31:30PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: IT'S TOO MUCH FOR THE PROPERTY.
6:31:32PM THERE'S MULTIPLE BUSINESSES THERE, AND THEN THIS.
6:31:36PM I DON'T KNOW.
6:31:37PM I SEE A NIGHTMARE COMING FROM THIS.
6:31:40PM >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO EXPLAIN AND I
6:31:45PM UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.
6:31:46PM BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE THERE ARE WALK-INS FROM THE
6:31:52PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:31:52PM THEY ARE NOT PEOPLE THAT COME FROM OTHER AREAS.
6:31:55PM THEY COME FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM MAIN STREET RIGHT
6:31:57PM THERE.
6:31:57PM THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE MORE LIKELY THE PROBLEM WITH THE YOUTH,
6:32:03PM AND THEY COME WALKING TO OUR PLACE.
6:32:09PM WE HAD BOXING EVENTS OVER THERE, AND I NEVER SEE MY PARKING
6:32:14PM FULL OF CARS BECAUSE THEY ARE WALKING.
6:32:19PM NEIGHBORHOOD WALK-INS.
6:32:21PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I ADMIRE ALL OF YOU FOR HELPING KIDS, FOR
6:32:25PM HELPING THE YOUNG.
6:32:26PM NO DOUBT, BOXING, ANY SPORT CERTAINLY TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF
6:32:29PM THE INDIVIDUALS, YOUNG AND WANT TO PURSUE SUCCESS.
6:32:34PM THEY DO THAT THROUGH SPORTS AND THEY DO IT IN LIFE, BUT I
6:32:37PM DON'T IMAGINE, HOWEVER -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FORMULA
6:32:40PM BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE KIDS TO DO THIS, I IMAGINE
6:32:44PM YOU HAVE A 501(C)(3) TO HELP THE KIDS.
6:32:46PM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU DO OR NOT.
6:32:48PM >> THAT IS CORRECT.
6:32:48PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WHO IS APPLYING FOR THE LICENSE?
6:32:51PM YOU ARE OR THE 501(C)(3).
6:32:53PM >> WE HAVE A 501(C)(3) BUT I'M APPLYING UNDER MY NAME.
6:32:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I CAN'T GO THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT PART OF
6:33:01PM THE ZONING.
6:33:02PM I'M NOT GOING TO ASK NO MORE QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT
6:33:07PM INVOLVE THE ALCOHOL.
6:33:08PM >> CAN I BRING THE OTHER PERSON?
6:33:09PM >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH.
6:33:10PM IF THEY WANT TO --
6:33:13PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE STRAIGHT.
6:33:14PM ARE WE DOING PUBLIC COMMENT NOW?
6:33:17PM WE DID ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS OR ARE WE DOING -- IT SEEMS
6:33:20PM LIKE HE KEEPS ASKING OTHER PEOPLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR
6:33:23PM HIS APPLICATION, WHICH IS IT?
6:33:25PM >>FRANK REDDICK: STARTED OFF, THAT'S WHAT -- HE'S THE
6:33:30PM APPLICANT.
6:33:30PM HE'S SUPPOSED TO COME UP AND MAKE HIS PITCH, AND THEN HE HAD
6:33:34PM OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY WANTED TO SPEAK AS WELL.
6:33:36PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: JUST FOR PURPOSES OF PROCESS, I JUST WANT TO
6:33:40PM MAKE SURE WE GET THIS STRAIGHT SO WE KNOW --
6:33:44PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I ASKED QUESTIONS.
6:33:45PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: NO, NO.
6:33:46PM I'M ASKING FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO'S COMING UP, IS IT PUBLIC
6:33:50PM COMMENT OR JUST THE APPLICANT COMING UP?
6:33:52PM >>FRANK REDDICK: IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
6:33:54PM YES, SIR.
6:33:58PM >> GOOD EVENING.
6:33:59PM MY NAME IS DAVID BOWSER.
6:34:00PM I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF TAMPA, BUT I AM WORKING WITH
6:34:04PM AUGUSTINE.
6:34:04PM I'M KIND OF THE PROFESSIONAL SIDE OF THE BOXING END.
6:34:08PM I USED TO HAVE A GYM IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, FROM 1998
6:34:11PM TO 2004 IN A WAREHOUSE DISTRICT THAT HAD, UNFORTUNATELY, HAD
6:34:16PM FAR MORE PARKING.
6:34:17PM I WANTED TO ADDRESS ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE BUSINESS
6:34:20PM GENTLEMAN THAT WAS UP HERE EARLIER.
6:34:21PM THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN WAS PARKING.
6:34:23PM I TOLD HIM THAT WE NEED TO GO OUT AND GET THE PARKING
6:34:27PM EQUATION HANDLED.
6:34:28PM WE ALREADY TALKED TO A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
6:34:30PM ONE THAT HAS ABOUT 82 CARS, THE RESTAURANT, THE CHINESE
6:34:35PM RESTAURANT THAT WAS AT THE CORNER, IMAGE THERE, THEY SAID WE
6:34:38PM COULD USE IT AT NIGHT AS WELL AS THERE'S A PARKING, A VACANT
6:34:41PM LOT NEXT TO THEM AND WE HAD CONTACTED THEM AND REACHED OUT
6:34:44PM TO THAT.
6:34:45PM THE OTHER IS, EVEN THOUGH I'M PART OF THE NONPROFIT SIDE OF
6:34:48PM IT, I WASN'T AWARE THAT HE WAS SEARCHING FOR A VARIANCE TO
6:34:53PM GET FULL LIQUOR.
6:34:54PM IN THE PAST, WHEN I HAD MY GYM IN ST. PETERSBURG, WE WERE A
6:35:01PM 501(C)(3) COMPANY.
6:35:02PM THE CITY OR THE COUNTY, ACTUALLY, THE COUNTY, PART OF
6:35:05PM LEALMAN, AND THE COUNTY LIMITED US TO HOW OFTEN WE COULD DO
6:35:09PM THESE EVENTS.
6:35:09PM AND WE WERE HOSTING THE USA AMATEUR BOXING, WHICH IS THE
6:35:14PM NATIONAL BOXING ORGANIZATION THAT REPRESENTS THE OLYMPICS.
6:35:18PM WE WERE THE ONLY OR AT THAT POINT, THE ONLY FACILITY TO HOST
6:35:21PM THAT, GOLDEN GLOVE, SILVER GLOVES AND POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE
6:35:25PM EVENTS.
6:35:25PM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THIS FACILITY.
6:35:28PM MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS UNTIL 2.
6:35:32PM NO EVENT GOES ON THAT LATE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE KIDS'
6:35:35PM PROGRAM.
6:35:35PM WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO PROFESSIONAL BOXING THERE.
6:35:40PM SO TO ADDRESS ONE OF YOUR CHIEF CONCERNS, SEEMS LIKE THAT
6:35:43PM 2:00 HOUR, OUR SHOWS USUALLY END 2:00.
6:35:45PM AND WE TYPICALLY STOP SALES OF ALCOHOL AN HOUR BEFORE THE
6:35:49PM LAST BOUT.
6:35:49PM SO THAT WAY YOU STREAMLINE IT.
6:35:54PM NO ISSUES WITH LINGERING DRINKING AND WHATNOT.
6:35:57PM I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE.
6:36:00PM I'VE DRIVEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THOUGH I'M A CITIZEN OF
6:36:03PM ST. PETE, I COME TO TAMPA EVERY DAY, AND I KNOW THE
6:36:07PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:36:08PM MY CONCERNS WERE ALSO BROUGHT UP THAT THERE ARE TWO, I
6:36:13PM GUESS, OTHER LIQUOR STORES IN THAT AREA, IS THAT CORRECT?
6:36:16PM OKAY.
6:36:18PM THERE'S ALSO THE GENTLEMEN'S CLUB THAT HAD A NUMBER OF
6:36:25PM ISSUES FOR YEARS.
6:36:25PM WE'RE THE DIRECT OPPOSITE OF THAT.
6:36:27PM NUMBER ONE THING, YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE KIDS
6:36:30PM BEING AROUND ALCOHOL OTHER THAN EVENT NIGHT.
6:36:32PM ALL I CAN SAY IS THIS PROGRAM, IF WE CAN GET AT LEAST A
6:36:36PM VARIANCE TO ALLOW US FOR EVENT-BY-EVENT BASIS UNTIL MAYBE WE
6:36:41PM CAN ADDRESS FURTHER CONCERNS AND PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION
6:36:44PM TO GET THIS RESOLVED.
6:36:48PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I WANT TO ASK HIM A QUESTION.
6:36:50PM >>FRANK REDDICK: GO AHEAD.
6:36:50PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
6:36:51PM ARE YOU SPEAKING FOR THE OWNER WHEN YOU SAY -- YOU MENTIONED
6:36:57PM HOURS, AND YOU MENTIONED A LOT LESS --
6:37:01PM >> I'M SPEAKING ON MY BEHALF FOR THE 501(C)(3) WHICH IS MY
6:37:05PM ASSUMPTION OF WHY WE ARE HERE IS TO GET THE VARIANCE TO DO
6:37:12PM EVENTS WITH ALCOHOL.
6:37:13PM THAT'S MY ASSUMPTION OF WHAT THE MEETING WAS.
6:37:15PM I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS SOME EXTENSION TO GET PERMANENT
6:37:18PM ALCOHOL AND PACKAGING.
6:37:19PM I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT.
6:37:23PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: SO YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING FOR THE OWNER --
6:37:25PM >> I'M SPEAKING MORE FOR THE 501(C)(3), BECAUSE MY CONCERN.
6:37:29PM I PRETTY MUCH STOPPED EVERYTHING SINCE AUGUST OF --
6:37:32PM JULY/AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
6:37:34PM I STOPPED MOVING FORWARD WITH LOOKING FOR OTHER LOCATIONS
6:37:38PM BECAUSE WE THOUGHT FOUND A GREAT LOCATION FOR IT.
6:37:41PM THE COMMUNITY, HEAVY HISPANIC, LOWER LEVEL OF INCOME.
6:37:48PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
6:37:49PM I UNDERSTAND HELPING THE CHILDREN.
6:37:50PM I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE THING.
6:37:51PM AGAIN, YOU MENTION THE HOURS.
6:37:53PM MAYBE YOU AND THE OWNER SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER BEFORE
6:37:56PM YOU CAME HERE.
6:37:57PM >> YEAH, THAT'S WHY I WAS KIND OF IN SHOCK WHEN HE SAID
6:37:59PM 2:30.
6:38:00PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT FROM
6:38:02PM WHAT HE'S SAYING.
6:38:04PM WE CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT HOURS TO OPEN, BUT YOU ALL CERTAINLY
6:38:07PM CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT HOURS YOU
6:38:10PM WANT TO OPEN.
6:38:13PM >> WE COULD DO THAT.
6:38:15PM THAT'S FINE.
6:38:15PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT NOW, TODAY?
6:38:18PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M MORE CONFUSED NOW THAN BEFORE.
6:38:20PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'M NOT CONFUSED AT ALL.
6:38:23PM >> I'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.
6:38:27PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I KNOW WHAT HE'S SAYING.
6:38:28PM SO, CHAIRMAN, WHERE ARE WE LEGALLY WITH THIS?
6:38:35PM TELL ME WHERE WE'RE AT.
6:38:37PM >>REBECCA KERT: REBECCA KERT, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
6:38:40PM YOU ARE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
6:38:43PM SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE REST OF
6:38:46PM THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
6:38:47PM AND WHAT I ALSO HEARD IS THAT THIS GENTLEMAN IS NOT THE
6:38:52PM APPLICANT.
6:38:52PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: RIGHT.
6:38:53PM >>REBECCA KERT: BUT THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO
6:38:56PM REQUEST A CONTINUANCE FROM CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER REVISING
6:38:59PM THEIR APPLICATION TO ANOTHER DATE.
6:39:01PM BUT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
6:39:03PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
6:39:04PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MR. CHAIRMAN, HE MIGHT NOT BE THE
6:39:06PM APPLICANT BUT WHAT I HEARD HIM SAY, IS HE THE DIRECTOR OF
6:39:10PM THE 501(C)(3)?
6:39:11PM IS IT IN YOUR NAME --
6:39:13PM >> UNDER A DIFFERENT PERSON.
6:39:14PM I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE 501(C)(3).
6:39:17PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:39:17PM >>REBECCA KERT: THE APPLICANT IS LISTED AS JULIAN PEREZ.
6:39:21PM AND SO HE WOULD BE THE ONE WHO WOULD NEED TO SPEAK ON
6:39:24PM CONTINUING OR NOT CONTINUING THE APPLICATION.
6:39:27PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
6:39:27PM ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
6:39:30PM MA'AM, YOU ALREADY SPOKE.
6:39:33PM >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
6:39:34PM MY NAME IS APRIL.
6:39:35PM I'M ONE OF THE LADIES THAT HE HELPED TO GET OFF THE STREET
6:39:39PM --
6:39:39PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: EXCUSE ME, YOUR FULL NAME.
6:39:42PM >> APRIL ANDERSON.
6:39:43PM PREVIOUS TO COMING TO THIS I WAS HOMELESS.
6:39:47PM I HAD LOST MY CHILDREN DUE TO DRUGS.
6:39:51PM THIS COMPANY AND THIS ORGANIZATION HAS HELPED ME AND I'M IN
6:39:54PM THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH MEDIATION TO GET MY CHILDREN
6:39:57PM BACK.
6:39:58PM MY CHILDREN LOVE COMING THERE TO SEE ME BE PASSIONATE ABOUT
6:40:02PM SOMETHING.
6:40:02PM ASIDE FROM MY SOBRIETY, I ALSO HAVE EXTENDED FAMILY WHO IS
6:40:08PM HELPING ME.
6:40:08PM I APOLOGIZE.
6:40:09PM I GET A LITTLE CHOKED UP.
6:40:12PM THIS ORGANIZATION HAS TRULY GIVEN ME MY SOBRIETY.
6:40:15PM I WAS NOT SOBER FOR MORE THAN THREE WEEKS FOR TEN YEARS
6:40:19PM BEFORE COMING HERE.
6:40:20PM AND I'VE BEEN SOBER FOR OVER FIVE WITH NO RELAPSES, NO
6:40:24PM PROBLEMS OF RELAPSE.
6:40:26PM I'M JUST PLEADING THAT THIS COMPANY IS ABLE TO BE APPROVED
6:40:30PM TODAY SO WE CAN CONTINUE ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTING MORE
6:40:34PM THAN JUST MYSELF.
6:40:35PM IT'S AFFECTING MULTIPLE PEOPLE -- MULTIPLE GENERATIONS, AND
6:40:39PM MY CHILDREN ARE ALSO THRIVING TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE
6:40:43PM THIS IN THE FUTURE.
6:40:44PM I KNOW THAT HE HAD A CONCERN ABOUT MINORS BEING THERE, BUT
6:40:49PM IT'S POSITIVELY AFFECTING MY MINOR CHILDREN.
6:40:52PM I HAVE THREE.
6:40:53PM I'M JUST ASKING ON MY BEHALF ON WHAT MY STRUGGLE WAS THAT
6:40:58PM YOU CONSIDER THIS GREATLY BECAUSE I'M IN FEAR THAT WITHOUT
6:41:01PM THIS ORGANIZATION, THAT I MAY FALL BACK INTO SOME KIND OF
6:41:05PM TEMPTATION WITHOUT HAVING THIS PASSION OF BOXING.
6:41:08PM THANK YOU.
6:41:12PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE?
6:41:13PM ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK?
6:41:19PM >> HI.
6:41:19PM MY NAME IS BROOK AGUILAR.
6:41:22PM I'VE BEEN WITH -- COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR A MONTH.
6:41:28PM THEY HAVE HELPED ME SPECIFICALLY WITH GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT,
6:41:31PM AND I NEED THAT TO BE REUNIFIED WITH MY CHILD AS WELL.
6:41:35PM I NOTICED THAT THIS ORGANIZATION HAS HELPED PEOPLE WITH
6:41:40PM LIVING SITUATIONS, HELPING THEM WITH EMPLOYMENT AND IT'S
6:41:45PM POSITIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND THERE.
6:41:49PM I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THIS
6:41:52PM LICENSE SO THAT THE FUNDING COULD BE CONTINUED.
6:41:55PM THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
6:41:58PM >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT PERSON.
6:42:01PM >> LOUIS RAMIREZ SPEAKING.
6:42:04PM I DON'T REALLY KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING ON HERE,
6:42:09PM I JUST WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS
6:42:12PM PROGRAM.
6:42:13PM I THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA REALLY NEEDS THIS BECAUSE NO ONE
6:42:17PM ELSE IS PUTTING OUT THIS MESSAGE.
6:42:21PM PUT THE GUNS DOWN AND TAKE THE GLOVES OUT.
6:42:24PM SINCE I'VE BEEN THERE, THERE'S NOTHING BUT POSITIVITY.
6:42:29PM WE DO NEED FUNDING, AND I DON'T EVEN REALLY DRINK, SO I
6:42:34PM DON'T SEE WHY IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE OR WHATEVER, BOXING OR
6:42:39PM WHATEVER.
6:42:39PM I'LL HAVE A BEER AFTER WORK EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
6:42:42PM I LOVE THE MESSAGE.
6:42:46PM I THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA REALLY NEEDS SOMETHING LIKE WHAT
6:42:52PM HE'S DOING BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN NOBODY ELSE DOING IT.
6:42:55PM SO, YEAH, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE COULD I SAY?
6:43:02PM YEAH, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM HISPANIC MALE, I WAS RAISED IN
6:43:07PM TAMPA.
6:43:08PM I'M 23 YEARS OLD.
6:43:10PM THERE'S A LOT OF DUMB STUFF GOING ON IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
6:43:17PM AND I THINK THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE YOUTH,
6:43:21PM TALKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
6:43:24PM THE FUNDING WOULD BE GREAT.
6:43:29PM WE DO NEED IT.
6:43:31PM IT'S A REALLY POSITIVE MESSAGE AND I WOULD LOVE A LOT OF
6:43:34PM PEOPLE TO TRY IT.
6:43:35PM THAT'S ALL I'M GOING TO SAY.
6:43:38PM THANK YOU.
6:43:38PM ANY QUESTIONS?
6:43:39PM LITTLE NERVOUS.
6:43:41PM >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
6:43:42PM ALL RIGHT.
6:43:44PM ANYONE ELSE?
6:43:44PM MA'AM, I JUST TOLD YOU, YOU ONLY GET ONE OPPORTUNITY.
6:43:51PM >> I'M SORRY.
6:43:52PM I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
6:43:53PM I'M A LITTLE DEAF IN MY RIGHT EAR.
6:43:55PM THANK YOU.
6:44:01PM >> YES.
6:44:01PM I KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED HERE A LETTER.
6:44:05PM I HAVEN'T READ IT.
6:44:07PM I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES.
6:44:08PM BUT I DON'T REALLY NEED TO READ THIS LETTER.
6:44:11PM THE REASON WHY RALPH PERKINS, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, HIS NAME,
6:44:17PM RALPH PERKINS.
6:44:18PM I WAS RENTING AN APARTMENT TO HIM, AND I HAVE THREE
6:44:25PM BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.
6:44:26PM I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE LETTER SAYS.
6:44:28PM EVERYTHING NASTY.
6:44:31PM I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT ANYWAY BECAUSE I RECEIVED OTHER
6:44:34PM LETTERS FROM HIM.
6:44:35PM HE'S OPPOSED TO THIS LICENSE TO HELP CHILDREN.
6:44:38PM THE REASON WHY HE'S OPPOSED TO HELP CHILDREN IS BECAUSE WHEN
6:44:42PM I DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS A SEX PREDATOR, I EVICTED HIM OUT
6:44:46PM OF MY PROPERTY.
6:44:47PM AND THE RECORDS OF THE COURT WILL PROVE THAT.
6:44:50PM SO I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO ANSWER TO THIS LETTER AFTER I SAY
6:44:55PM WHAT I HAVE ALREADY SAID.
6:44:57PM AT THE SAME TOKEN, WE HAVE HAD SOME LIVE TESTIMONY FROM
6:45:02PM PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR LIVES OVER SHORT PERIOD OF
6:45:05PM TIME.
6:45:06PM HOWEVER, ONLY WE HEARD ONE TESTIMONY WHO IS A BUSINESS
6:45:14PM OWNER.
6:45:15PM THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING, NOT EVEN A BUSINESS OWNER,
6:45:17PM HOWEVER, THOSE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET, THEY HAVE ALWAYS
6:45:20PM BEEN AGAINST OUR BUSINESS AND IS A COMPETITION.
6:45:25PM NEVERTHELESS, I WILL REQUEST BASED ON THE TESTIMONIES TODAY,
6:45:29PM THAT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF SOCIETY, IF THIS COURT WISHES
6:45:34PM FOR ANY REASON TO DENY THIS PETITION FOR BEER AND WINE
6:45:38PM ALONE, AND WE CAN MAKE THIS WITH THE EXCEPTION.
6:45:41PM WE CAN MAKE IT UNTIL 10:00 AT NIGHT.
6:45:45PM NEGATIVE PROBLEM WITH THAT.
6:45:46PM 11:30, 10:00 AT NIGHT, CLOSE IT AT THIS TIME.
6:45:52PM I THINK IT WOULD HELP TO FUND OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
6:45:55PM NEVERTHELESS, IF IT'S YOUR WISHES TODAY TO DENY OUR
6:45:59PM PETITION, I WOULD REQUEST AT THIS TIME AS THE PETITIONER OF
6:46:01PM THIS LICENSE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE FOR FURTHER
6:46:06PM QUALIFICATION.
6:46:07PM I WOULD ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE.
6:46:11PM >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU'RE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE?
6:46:13PM >> IF YOU WISH TO DENY IT TODAY --
6:46:17PM >>FRANK REDDICK: NO, NO.
6:46:19PM THAT'S YOUR CHOICE.
6:46:21PM IF YOU WISH FOR THIS TO BE CONTINUED, THEN YOU NEED TO LET
6:46:24PM US KNOW.
6:46:25PM >> I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE, REALLY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE
6:46:29PM HAD ENOUGH LIVE TESTIMONY HERE, VERY POSITIVE TO THE YOUNG
6:46:32PM PEOPLE IN SOCIETY.
6:46:33PM I THINK IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF SOCIETY.
6:46:35PM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
6:46:38PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: 10 P.M.
6:46:41PM >> I CAN DO THE 10 P.M., NO PROBLEM.
6:46:45PM >>RYAN MANASSE: RYAN MANASSE, LAND DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU
6:46:48PM DECIDE ON THAT WITH THE APPLICANT, WE CAN ADJUST THE TIMES
6:46:50PM BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING TO THE TIMES AGREED UPON.
6:46:54PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: WHAT ARE THE TIMES?
6:46:55PM >>RYAN MANASSE: THOSE ARE THE STATED TIMES --
6:46:57PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: NO --
6:46:58PM >> 11:30 IN THE MORNING TO 10 P.M. AT NIGHT.
6:47:02PM I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT WHATSOEVER.
6:47:05PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
6:47:05PM >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
6:47:10PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING.
6:47:13PM >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?
6:47:17PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HE'S RUNNING THE MEETING.
6:47:19PM HE'LL TELL YOU WHEN HE WANTS YOU TO TALK OR -- IT'S MY TURN
6:47:23PM NOW.
6:47:23PM LET'S GET BACK TO WHAT THE REAL ISSUE IS.
6:47:28PM IT'S ABOUT A LARGE VENUE FOR ALCOHOL PURPOSES.
6:47:31PM REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE PURPOSE IS.
6:47:33PM THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER.
6:47:35PM DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS A NONPROFIT OR FOR PROFIT.
6:47:37PM IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A BOXING THING OR IF IT'S
6:47:41PM SOMETHING ELSE --
6:47:42PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OR BOWLING ALLEY.
6:47:43PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT COULD BE I GUESS.
6:47:45PM IT COULD BE ANYTHING.
6:47:46PM THE ISSUE IS ABOUT THE LAND USE FOR THIS PARTICULAR THING,
6:47:50PM EVEN INCLUDING THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
6:47:52PM IN MY MIND, THERE ARE SO MANY WAIVERS ON HERE, ESPECIALLY AS
6:47:56PM MR. MANISCALCO MENTIONED, REDUCING THE REQUIRED PARKING FROM
6:48:00PM 213 TO 17 IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST REDUCTION I HAVE EVER SEEN
6:48:07PM US DO AND MAYBE CLOSE TO ONE OF THE LARGEST, BUT IT'S PRETTY
6:48:11PM LARGE.
6:48:11PM I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT
6:48:14PM NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS USE, REGARDLESS OF
6:48:19PM WHETHER OR NOT IT'S CONTINUED OR NOT CONTINUED.
6:48:21PM I MEAN, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD NOT APPROVE THIS
6:48:26PM AT ALL BECAUSE OF THOSE REDUCTIONS.
6:48:30PM I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TOO MUCH IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:48:34PM AND ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU ALREADY HAVE TO -- THEY WANT ACCESS
6:48:37PM TO A LOCAL STREET, THE REDUCTION OF THAT.
6:48:40PM THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ANOTHER ALCOHOL SERVING LOCATION.
6:48:48PM I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD PLAN.
6:48:49PM I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK FOR ANYONE IN THIS
6:48:53PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:48:53PM I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS.
6:48:55PM IF IT COMES BACK WHILE I'M STILL ON COUNCIL, I WILL NOT
6:48:58PM SUPPORT IT EVEN THEN BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO FIT THIS IN.
6:49:02PM WE'RE SHOEHORNING SOMETHING INTO A VERY SMALL SPACE AND IT
6:49:05PM DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE USE IS BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING
6:49:09PM ABOUT LARGE VENUE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU PUT THERE.
6:49:12PM YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT, SIR?
6:49:13PM >> I UNDERSTAND.
6:49:14PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
6:49:14PM IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR MISSION IS.
6:49:17PM DOESN'T MATTER THAT YOU'RE HELPING PEOPLE.
6:49:19PM >> I UNDERSTAND.
6:49:19PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IS THE USE
6:49:22PM ITSELF AND ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE
6:49:25PM REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU DO THERE.
6:49:27PM SO DON'T ANSWER.
6:49:28PM I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, THAT'S
6:49:32PM YOUR ISSUE, THE ISSUE IS A LARGER VENUE.
6:49:36PM >> I UNDERSTAND.
6:49:36PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I SAID MY PIECE, CHAIR.
6:49:39PM >> CAN I SAY SOMETHING?
6:49:40PM >>FRANK REDDICK: HOLD ON, SIR.
6:49:42PM ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
6:49:45PM ITEM NUMBER 4.
6:49:50PM ALL RIGHT.
6:49:54PM SIR, YOU GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY?
6:49:56PM >> YES, SIR.
6:49:57PM >>FRANK REDDICK: THIS WOULD BE THE LAST COMMENT.
6:49:58PM >> I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN AND I UNDERSTAND THE CROWDING
6:50:01PM OF THE PARKING AND ALL THAT.
6:50:02PM I WILL REPEAT AGAIN AND MAKE IT FRESH.
6:50:04PM THE PEOPLE COMING TO THIS EVENT ARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
6:50:08PM WALK-INS.
6:50:09PM THEY ARE NOT DRIVING CARS.
6:50:10PM THEY ARE NOT COMING IN CARS, EVERYBODY COMING IN CARS.
6:50:13PM I NEVER, AGAIN, I REPEAT, WE HAVE LAST TIME 150 PEOPLE OVER
6:50:17PM THERE AND MY PARKING LOT WAS EMPTY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO
6:50:20PM COME TO THE EVENT ARE WALKING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
6:50:22PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
6:50:23PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION TO CLOSE?
6:50:25PM >> SO MOVED.
6:50:26PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
6:50:27PM SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA.
6:50:28PM ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
6:50:32PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YES.
6:50:33PM ONE OF THE STATEMENTS WAS MADE THAT PEOPLE COME WALKING.
6:50:37PM WE HAVE MADE EXCEPTIONS IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS FOR THE SAME
6:50:40PM REASON THAT PEOPLE COME WALKING.
6:50:42PM I WANT TO JUST BRING THAT UP THAT PEOPLE COME FROM THE
6:50:46PM NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOMEHOW IN SEMINOLE HEIGHTS IT'S OKAY TO
6:50:49PM COME FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUT IN WEST TAMPA IT'S NOT.
6:50:52PM THAT IS A DISCRETION THAT I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH.
6:50:57PM >>FRANK REDDICK: WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
6:50:59PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
6:51:01PM OPPOSED.
6:51:03PM WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL ON ITEM NUMBER 4?
6:51:09PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY IT BASED FIRST
6:51:12PM ON THE PARKING REDUCTION OF 92%.
6:51:14PM I FIND THAT INCONSISTENT, ALONG WITH THE CITY AND THEN AS
6:51:18PM WELL AS THE DISTANCE SEPARATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES
6:51:21PM FROM 250 FEET TO 140 FEET.
6:51:27PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I MAKE THAT SECOND.
6:51:28PM ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SECTION NUMBER 27-283.7?
6:51:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
6:51:34PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHICH IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF
6:51:35PM PARKING SPACES FROM 213 TO 17.
6:51:37PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
6:51:38PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: WHICH IS A 92% REDUCTION.
6:51:40PM AND SECTION 27-283.12, TO ALLOW REDUCTION IN AISLE WIDTH
6:51:46PM FROM 24 TO 0 FEET.
6:51:47PM AND A 27-132, REDUCED REQUIRED DISTANCE SEPARATION TO OTHER
6:51:52PM AB SALES ESTABLISHMENTS FROM 250 TO 140 FEET.
6:51:55PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
6:51:55PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I SECOND ALL THAT, MR. CHAIR.
6:51:58PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THERE'S ALSO, I BELIEVE, ONE TO ALLOW
6:52:01PM COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC TO A LOCAL STREET, ST. JOSEPH STREET,
6:52:03PM WHICH IS 27-283.12J.
6:52:09PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I INQUIRE OF MS. KERT A
6:52:11PM QUESTION?
6:52:12PM MS. KERT, IS THE WAIVER CRITERIA UNDER 27-139.4, IS THAT
6:52:20PM APPLICABLE THIS BEING A SITE-PLAN CONTROLLED APPLICATION?
6:52:24PM >>REBECCA KERT: I'M SORRY.
6:52:25PM WHICH SECTION?
6:52:26PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: 27-139?
6:52:28PM I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THAT'S APPLICABLE.
6:52:31PM >>REBECCA KERT: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE GENERAL STANDARDS.
6:52:34PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: GENERAL STANDARDS FOR WAIVER.
6:52:36PM >>REBECCA KERT: YES -- WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING -- THE SHORT
6:52:39PM ANSWER IS YES, THOSE ARE THE STANDARDS UNDER WHICH YOU
6:52:41PM REVIEW WHETHER OR NOT TO GRANT A WAIVER.
6:52:42PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY.
6:52:43PM AND THAT ALSO BEING THE CASE, ALSO 27- 129, THE GENERAL
6:52:50PM STANDARDS, ANY FINDINGS RELATED TO THAT AND APPLIED TO THAT
6:52:53PM AS A BASIS FOR DENIAL.
6:52:54PM >>REBECCA KERT: YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
6:52:56PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'LL DIRECT COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO THE
6:52:58PM STAFF REPORT, PAGE 3, YOU'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST, TO APPLY
6:53:00PM YOUR EVIDENCE THAT YOU'VE HEARD AT THIS HEARING TO THE
6:53:03PM GENERAL STANDARDS OF 27-129 AND ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER
6:53:06PM IT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE CRITERIA
6:53:10PM FOR WAIVERS.
6:53:13PM I'LL PASS THIS -- THIS IS MR. MANISCALCO'S MOTION -- BUT IF
6:53:22PM ANY FINDINGS WITH RELATION TO 27-129 THAT YOU WISH TO ALSO
6:53:26PM INCLUDE AS A BASIS, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
6:53:31PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO BE IT.
6:53:33PM >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
6:53:34PM ALL RIGHT.
6:53:35PM WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
6:53:37PM SECOND BY MR. SUAREZ.
6:53:38PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
6:53:40PM OPPOSED.
6:53:43PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH COHEN BEING ABSENT.
6:53:47PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
6:53:47PM WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 5.
6:53:53PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, ITEM NUMBER 5 IS REZ
6:53:57PM 18-121, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY HEARD AT YOUR FEBRUARY 14th,
6:54:01PM 2019 PUBLIC HEARING.
6:54:02PM IT'S FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7113 SOUTH KISSIMMEE STREET
6:54:06PM FROM COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO RS-50.
6:54:09PM TO REMIND CITY COUNCIL AT THE FEBRUARY HEARING, THERE WAS
6:54:12PM SOME PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING A CONCERN FOR THIS SPECIFIC
6:54:17PM SECTION OF PORT TAMPA TRANSITIONING OUT OF COMMERCIAL
6:54:22PM GENERAL INTO RESIDENTIAL.
6:54:23PM AND SO YOU DIRECTED THE APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT REQUESTED
6:54:27PM A CONTINUANCE TO HAVE TIME TO SPEAK WITH THE SURROUNDING
6:54:31PM PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE
6:54:33PM OPTION OF CHANGING THEIR APPLICATION OR TO PROCEED UNDER THE
6:54:40PM CURRENT ZONING WITH THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL USE.
6:54:42PM THE APPLICANT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WITH THE ORIGINAL
6:54:45PM APPLICATION AS IT CURRENTLY READ OR AS IT PREVIOUSLY READ.
6:54:50PM THEY ARE STILL WANTING TO PROCEED WITH REZONING FROM
6:54:52PM COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO RS 50.
6:54:54PM HERE IS THE ZONING MAP OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN GREEN.
6:54:58PM AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS IN A SMALL NODE OF COMMERCIAL GENERAL
6:55:02PM AND A CI ZONED PROPERTY.
6:55:05PM AND THEN THIS IS COMMERCIAL GENERAL, WHICH IS ESTABLISHED
6:55:08PM WITH SOME COMMERCIAL USES UP ON COMMERCE STREET.
6:55:11PM INFORMATION FOR YOU, I DID PRINT OUT A COPY OF THE EXISTING
6:55:18PM LAND USE MAP.
6:55:19PM YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS COMMERCIAL NODE, AS WE SAY, HAS
6:55:26PM BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE ZONING BEGAN IN 1956.
6:55:30PM HOWEVER, NO DEVELOPMENT OF ANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY HAS EVER
6:55:34PM OCCURRED IN THAT NODE.
6:55:35PM IT'S ALL VACANT PROPERTY.
6:55:37PM THIS IS A HOUSE.
6:55:38PM THIS IS A HOUSE.
6:55:38PM THIS IS A HOUSE.
6:55:39PM AND THEN THIS IS THE CITY OF TAMPA FIRE STATION.
6:55:43PM EVEN THOUGH THE COMMERCIAL GENERAL NODE HAS BEEN AT THIS
6:55:48PM INTERSECTION, THERE ARE NO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES CURRENTLY
6:55:51PM LOCATED THERE NOR HAVE THERE BEEN FOR, LIKE I SAID, SINCE
6:55:56PM 1956.
6:55:56PM IT CONTINUES TO BE THE DRC REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND WE DO
6:56:04PM FIND IT CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, TO
6:56:06PM TRANSITION THIS LOT FROM COMMERCIAL GENERAL BACK TO RS 50.
6:56:09PM DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
6:56:11PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
6:56:12PM THE APPLICANT?
6:56:21PM >> HI.
6:56:21PM MY NAME IS DIANA HAMMAD.
6:56:24PM I AM REPRESENTING DKV INITIATIVES ON BEHALF OF DOUG VERKAIK.
6:56:31PM I HAVE AN AFFIDAVIT HERE, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE THAT FOR
6:56:34PM ANY REASON.
6:56:35PM SO DOUG ADVISED THAT HE SPOKE TO CALI WHO IS THE PERSON WHO
6:56:44PM OBJECTED DURING THE PREVIOUS HEARING STATING SHE WANTED THIS
6:56:47PM LOT TO BE ZONED COMMERCIAL AS OPPOSED TO RESIDENTIAL.
6:56:50PM AFTER THEIR CONVERSATION, DOUG ADVISED THAT CALI WAS OKAY
6:56:55PM WITH DKV MOVING FORWARD WITH ZONING THE LOT AS RESIDENTIAL
6:57:00PM AND BUILDING HOMES IN THAT AREA.
6:57:03PM HE ALSO SAID THAT AFTER THEY HAD THE CONVERSATION, IT MADE
6:57:07PM THE MOST SENSE THAT THERE WASN'T A COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN
6:57:10PM THAT LOT SINCE THE LOT WILL BE VERY SMALL FOR A RESIDENTIAL
6:57:13PM -- OR SORRY, COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
6:57:16PM AND THERE ARE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ACROSS THE STREET AND
6:57:20PM NUMEROUS RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MOST
6:57:23PM LIKELY WOULDN'T BE HAPPY WITH A COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN THAT
6:57:28PM LOT.
6:57:29PM THAT IS ALL.
6:57:30PM ANY QUESTIONS?
6:57:33PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
6:57:34PM ALL RIGHT.
6:57:37PM ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 5?
6:57:41PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO CLOSE.
6:57:42PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: SECOND.
6:57:43PM >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'VE GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
6:57:45PM SECONDED BY MS. CAPIN.
6:57:47PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: MR. CHAIRMAN.
6:57:48PM I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
6:57:50PM FORGIVE ME FOR DOING THIS.
6:57:51PM ARE YOU REPRESENTING MR. TOTH?
6:57:55PM >> I AM REPRESENTING DOUG.
6:57:56PM DKV INITIATIVES.
6:57:58PM I HAVE THE AFFIDAVIT HERE.
6:58:00PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND THIS IS NUMBER 5.
6:58:03PM >> NUMBER 5, YES.
6:58:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHO IS THE APPLICANT?
6:58:05PM >> MY NAME IS DIANA HAMMAD.
6:58:11PM DKV INITIATIVES, DOUG VERKAIK.
6:58:15PM THE PREVIOUS PERSON THAT WAS HERE AT THE HEARING, HIS NAME
6:58:17PM WAS LOU.
6:58:18PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: OKAY.
6:58:19PM I'M SORRY.
6:58:19PM THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK THAT HANDED ME PAPERS, THE
6:58:24PM GENTLEMAN WITH THE HAT.
6:58:25PM WHAT ITEM WAS THAT FOR, SIR?
6:58:27PM >> THAT'S FOR ITEM 6 AND I THINK NUMBER 7.
6:58:30PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SORRY, SIR.
6:58:31PM OKAY.
6:58:31PM I WAS MISTAKEN.
6:58:32PM I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THESE WERE IN THE RECORD IF THAT WAS
6:58:37PM HIM.
6:58:37PM OKAY.
6:58:38PM THANK YOU.
6:58:38PM >> THANK YOU.
6:58:39PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT?
6:58:41PM ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 5?
6:58:47PM >> MOVE TO CLOSE.
6:58:48PM >> SECOND.
6:58:48PM >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
6:58:50PM SECONDED BY MS. CAPIN.
6:58:51PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
6:58:53PM OPPOSED?
6:58:55PM ALL RIGHT.
6:58:56PM MS. CAPIN, ITEM NUMBER 5.
6:58:57PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
6:59:00PM FILE NUMBER REZ 18-121, ORDINANCE BEING PRESENTED FOR FIRST
6:59:06PM READING CONSIDERATION, AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN THE
6:59:08PM GENERAL VICINITY OF 7113 SOUTH KISSIMMEE STREET IN THE CITY
6:59:12PM OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1
6:59:14PM FROM ZONING DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION CG (COMMERCIAL GENERAL)
6:59:18PM TO RS-50 (RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE-FAMILY); PROVIDING AN
6:59:22PM EFFECTIVE DATE.
6:59:23PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN.
6:59:26PM SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
6:59:27PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
6:59:28PM OPPOSED?
6:59:30PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH COHEN BEING ABSENT.
6:59:33PM SECOND READING AND ADOPTION WILL BE ON APRIL 18th AT
6:59:36PM 9:30 A.M.
6:59:37PM >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
6:59:38PM WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 6.
6:59:44PM >>RYAN MANASSE: GOOD EVENING.
6:59:45PM RYAN MANASSE, ITEM 6 AND 7 ARE BEING RAN TOGETHER.
6:59:48PM I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER 7 IS THE REZONING AND SHOULD BE HEARD
6:59:52PM PRIOR TO THE ALCOHOL PETITION OF ITEM NUMBER 6.
7:00:01PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO.
7:00:02PM ITEM NUMBER 7 IS REZ 18-63, IT IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR THE
7:00:06PM PROPERTY LOCATED AT 302 NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY AND 3809
7:00:12PM WEST FIG STREET FROM OP-1 AND RS-50 TO PD FOR COMMERCIAL AND
7:00:19PM OFF-STREET PARKING.
7:00:22PM >>DAVID HEY: GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
7:00:24PM DAVID HEY WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.
7:00:26PM THIS ZONING CASE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE WESTSHORE PLANNING
7:00:30PM DISTRICT.
7:00:32PM IT IS ALSO THE -- THERE IS A PORTION OF THE SITE LOCATED
7:00:37PM WITHIN THE WESTSHORE EMPLOYMENT CENTER AS DEFINED BY THE
7:00:41PM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
7:00:41PM IT IS WITHIN THE NORTH BON AIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:00:45PM THE CLOSEST TRANSIT STOP IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET
7:00:48PM TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE ALONG NORTH DALE MABRY
7:00:50PM HIGHWAY, AND THAT'S SERVED BY HART'S ROUTE 36 WHICH CONNECTS
7:00:55PM THE SUBJECT SITE TO BRITTON PLAZA'S TRANSFER CENTER AND THE
7:01:00PM CARROLLWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:01:01PM ADDITIONAL TRANSIT SERVICE IS PROVIDED BY HART SOUTH TAMPA
7:01:04PM FLEX SERVICE AND THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN
7:01:08PM EVACUATION ZONE D.
7:01:09PM THE SUBJECT SITE IS ROUGHLY RIGHT AROUND HERE.
7:01:15PM HERE IS THE AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
7:01:18PM YOU CAN SEE, OF COURSE, DALE MABRY RUNS NORTH-SOUTH.
7:01:22PM FIG IS ON THE SOUTH.
7:01:23PM THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE RIGHT HERE.
7:01:24PM KENNEDY IS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND THEN, OF COURSE, UP OFF
7:01:30PM TO THE NORTHWEST IS 275.
7:01:33PM WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS PORTION OF NORTH DALE MABRY
7:01:37PM HIGHWAY.
7:01:39PM THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVY COMMERCIAL USES THAT LINE UP.
7:01:43PM THIS IS THE WAWA I BELIEVE RIGHT THERE.
7:01:47PM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST IS PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE-FAMILY
7:01:52PM DETACHED.
7:01:53PM ON TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE SUBJECT SITE HAS TWO
7:02:00PM FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
7:02:03PM THIS PURPLE COLOR ALONG DALE MABRY HIGHWAY, THAT IS THE
7:02:07PM REGIONAL MIXED USE 100.
7:02:09PM IT IS THE MOST INTENSIVE CATEGORY OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
7:02:13PM IT'S SIMILAR TO THE CATEGORY THAT'S IN CHANNEL DISTRICT.
7:02:17PM THE BACK PORTION, THAT ROUGHLY, THE REGIONAL MIXED USE 100
7:02:23PM MAKES UP ROUGHLY .52 ACRES.
7:02:26PM THE REMAINING .51 ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE AND ALL THE
7:02:32PM PROPERTIES IN THAT TAN COLOR ARE THE RESIDENTIAL TEN.
7:02:36PM SO THERE IS A DROP-OFF.
7:02:37PM TO THE NORTH, YOU CAN SEE SOME RESIDENTIAL 20, SOME
7:02:40PM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL 35 IN THE RED.
7:02:42PM AND ALONG KENNEDY BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH IS THE URBAN MIXED
7:02:46PM USE 60 FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
7:02:49PM THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING APPROVAL THROUGH THIS REZONING
7:02:55PM PETITION TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.03-ACRE SUBJECT SITE FROM
7:03:01PM AN OFFICE PROFESSIONAL 1, OP-1 AND RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY
7:03:06PM 50 TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, TO RECOGNIZE AN EXISTING
7:03:09PM 10,492-SQUARE-FOOT STRUCTURE AND TO ALLOW FOR REDEVELOPMENT
7:03:15PM OF A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED PARCEL FOR USE AS AN ADDITIONAL
7:03:17PM PARKING AREA.
7:03:18PM THE EXISTING BUILDING ON-SITE WOULD NOT BE ALTERED.
7:03:22PM THE PROPOSED USES OF RESTAURANT AND BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL
7:03:24PM OFFICE ARE TYPICAL ALONG THAT STRETCH OF NORTH DALE MABRY
7:03:28PM HIGHWAY.
7:03:29PM THE PARKING AREA PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT BUFFERS TO THE WEST
7:03:32PM AND INCLUDES A MASONRY WALL ALONG THE NORTH AND WEST
7:03:36PM PROPERTY BOUNDARIES.
7:03:37PM ALSO, THE EXISTING RESTAURANT CURB CUT WILL BE UTILIZED AND
7:03:41PM NO ADDITIONAL DRIVEWAYS ARE PROPOSED.
7:03:43PM THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, PLANNING COMMISSION IS DEEMED -- IS
7:03:47PM SENSITIVE TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES WHILE ALSO
7:03:49PM ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE ESTABLISHED
7:03:53PM COMMERCIAL USE ON NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY.
7:03:55PM BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF
7:03:59PM FINDS THE PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE
7:04:03PM PROVISIONS OF THE IMAGINE 2040 TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
7:04:05PM THANK YOU.
7:04:06PM >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
7:04:13PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: MARY SAMANIEGO, LAND DEVELOPMENT
7:04:14PM COORDINATION.
7:04:15PM I HAVE AN AMENDED STAFF REPORT TO SUBMIT TO YOU FOR SOME
7:04:20PM CORRECTIONS.
7:04:20PM HERE IS A ZONING MAP.
7:04:33PM DAVID ALREADY SHOWED THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE
7:04:35PM SURROUNDING AREA.
7:04:36PM HERE IT IS ON THE ZONING MAP FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN
7:04:38PM GREEN.
7:04:39PM THE PROPERTY ALONG NORTH DALE MABRY HIGHWAY IS AN OFFICE
7:04:44PM PROFESSIONAL 1, WHICH CURRENTLY ALREADY ALLOWS A RESTAURANT
7:04:48PM USE, HOWEVER BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSION OF THE OVERALL USE OF
7:04:55PM THE PROPERTY, THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS PROPOSED TO BE USED AND
7:04:59PM ALLOWED FOR RESTAURANT.
7:05:01PM THEY NEED ADDITIONAL PARKING.
7:05:03PM AND SO THIS AREA THAT'S IN THE RS-50 ZONING DISTRICT WOULD
7:05:07PM BE -- IS ALLOWED FOR CONSIDERATION FOR COMMERCIAL OFF-STREET
7:05:12PM PARKING THROUGH A SPECIAL USE APPROVAL BECAUSE OF THE
7:05:17PM WAIVERS, THE SPECIAL USE CRITERIA FOLLOWED THROUGH THIS PD
7:05:21PM AND WILL BE APPROVED UNDER THE PD HEADING.
7:05:35PM >>FRANK REDDICK: SIR, WE DON'T HAVE -- IN THE CHAMBER.
7:05:42PM TAKE THIS AS YOUR FIRST WARNING.
7:05:45PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: HERE IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
7:05:47PM AS I STATED, THE EXISTING BUILDING IS 10,492 SQUARE FEET.
7:05:57PM CURRENTLY, THE FIRST FLOOR IS USED AS A RESTAURANT AND THE
7:06:01PM SECOND FLOOR WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR BUSINESS
7:06:04PM PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
7:06:06PM WITH THIS REZONING, THE ENTIRE BUILDING COULD BE USED FOR
7:06:09PM RESTAURANT.
7:06:09PM BASED ON THE PROPOSED CAPACITY OF THE RESTAURANT, THE
7:06:13PM REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES IS 67 SPACES REQUIRED AND
7:06:18PM 67 ARE BEING PROVIDED.
7:06:19PM THIS AREA TO THE BACK IS THE RS-50 ZONING.
7:06:25PM IT CURRENTLY HAS A DAY CARE CENTER, WHICH WOULD BE
7:06:29PM DEMOLISHED AND THE NEW PARKING LOT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO
7:06:33PM ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED PARKING THAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE CODE
7:06:36PM BASED ON THE OCCUPANCY.
7:06:37PM THE EXISTING STRUCTURES WILL REMAIN, AGAIN FOR THE MAIN PART
7:06:43PM OF THE SITE, THE EXISTING PARKING LOT, FOR THE MOST PART,
7:06:46PM WILL REMAIN.
7:06:48PM THIS CONNECTION WILL BE CREATED.
7:06:50PM THE DAY CARE WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND THEN THIS PARKING LOT
7:06:54PM WILL BE DEVELOPED.
7:06:55PM AS FAR AS WAIVERS BEING REQUESTED, 27-132, ONE OF THE
7:07:02PM SPECIAL USE CRITERIA OF ALLOWING COMMERCIAL PARKING IN A
7:07:07PM RESIDENTIAL AREA SAYS IT CANNOT EXCEED MORE THAN A HUNDRED
7:07:10PM SQUARE FEET FROM THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
7:07:12PM THEY ARE ASKING FOR A WAIVER FOR 120 SQUARE FEET AS OPPOSED
7:07:16PM TO 100 BECAUSE OF THE WIDTH OF THE LOT IS 120 LINEAR FEET.
7:07:22PM PER THE AMENDED REPORT I GAVE YOU, THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE
7:07:27PM WESTSHORE OVERLAY.
7:07:28PM CURRENTLY, THE FRONT DOOR AND A PLAZA AREA WITH SOME SEATING
7:07:33PM IS LOCATED FACING THE PARKING LOT.
7:07:35PM THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY CODE STATES THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO FACE
7:07:39PM A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, EITHER FIG OR PRIMARILY DALE MABRY.
7:07:44PM THEY ARE ASKING FOR A WAIVER TO LEAVE THE EXISTING MAIN
7:07:47PM ENTRANCE FACING THE REAR AND THE PARKING LOT AS WELL AS FOR
7:07:51PM THE REQUIRED PLAZA, COVERED WALKWAY, PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES TO
7:07:56PM FACE THE REAR AS WELL.
7:07:57PM SO THAT'S A WAIVER REQUEST.
7:07:59PM THE THIRD WAIVER THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS TO ALLOW FOR
7:08:04PM COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ON A LOCAL STREET.
7:08:07PM I HAVE IN MY FILE A LETTER FROM D.O.T., WHICH CONTROLS DALE
7:08:12PM MABRY.
7:08:12PM THEY ONLY GAVE THEM A DRIVEWAY FOR EXIT.
7:08:16PM THEY CANNOT ENTER THE SITE BUT, HOWEVER, THEY ARE ASKING TO
7:08:21PM EXIT ONTO FIG.
7:08:21PM SO THAT IS THE REASON FOR THE WAIVER REQUEST.
7:08:25PM HOWEVER, THIS DRIVEWAY CUT IS ALREADY THERE.
7:08:27PM BUT BECAUSE WE'RE INCREASING THE INTENSITY, WE HAVE TO
7:08:30PM REVISIT THAT WAIVER REQUEST.
7:08:32PM THE FOURTH WAIVER SIMILARLY, THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY LOCATION,
7:08:42PM STANDARD DRIVEWAY WIDTHS SUPPOSED TO BE 24 FEET.
7:08:46PM IN THIS AREA IT GOES DOWN TO NINETEEN-FIVE.
7:08:49PM THAT IS A WAIVER REQUEST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXISTING
7:08:51PM SUBSTANDARD DRIVEWAY WIDTH IN THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION.
7:08:54PM AND THEN THE LAST WAIVER BEING REQUESTED ARE THE USE-TO-USE
7:09:00PM BUFFERS FOR A RESTAURANT WITH PARKING UP AGAINST
7:09:02PM SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES, WHICH THERE ARE TO THE NORTH IN THESE
7:09:06PM LOCATIONS AS WELL AS TO THE WEST, THE CODE REQUIRES A
7:09:09PM 15-FOOT BUFFER WITH A 6-FOOT HIGH WALL.
7:09:15PM TO THE NORTH, THEY ARE ASKING FOR A WAIVER, INSTEAD OF
7:09:17PM 15-FOOT OF A BUFFER, THEY ARE ASKING FOR 10 FEET WITH THE
7:09:20PM CMU WALL.
7:09:22PM AND THEN ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY LINE, INSTEAD OF 15-FOOT
7:09:26PM LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THEY ARE ASKING TO GO DOWN TO 8 FEET.
7:09:29PM STAFF HAS SOME MODIFICATIONS BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND
7:09:34PM READING.
7:09:34PM TRANSPORTATION FOUND THAT OVERALL, THE PROPOSAL INCONSISTENT
7:09:41PM BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS TO THE LOCAL AS WELL AS TO THE
7:09:44PM REDUCTION IN THE DRIVEWAY WIDTH.
7:09:47PM TO ACKNOWLEDGE A SUBSTANDARD DRIVEWAY WIDTH.
7:09:50PM NATURAL RESOURCES HAD A COUPLE OF MODIFICATIONS PRIMARILY TO
7:09:54PM ENSURE PROTECTION OF THESE TREES WITH THE LANDSCAPE ISLAND
7:10:00PM AND THE DRIVEWAY WIDTH.
7:10:02PM AND URBAN DESIGN DID HAVE SOME CHANGES AND CONCERNS WITH THE
7:10:10PM FRONT DOOR NOT FACING A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND
7:10:13PM ACKNOWLEDGING THE EXISTING DOOR TO THE FACILITY FACING THE
7:10:17PM REAR.
7:10:18PM WITH THAT, OVERALL, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND COMPLIANCE
7:10:22PM STAFF DID FIND THIS INCONSISTENT WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA LAND
7:10:25PM DEVELOPMENT CODE.
7:10:26PM AGAIN, PLEASE SEE THE FINDINGS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
7:10:31PM REGARDING THE DRIVE AISLE WIDTHS AND ACCESS TO LOCAL.
7:10:35PM SHOULD IT BE THE PLEASURE OF CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT,
7:10:37PM PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THE REVISION SHEET BASED ON THE AMENDED
7:10:41PM STAFF REPORT.
7:10:42PM DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, COUNCIL, FOR ME AT THIS
7:10:45PM TIME?
7:10:46PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
7:10:47PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THEY HAD ALREADY HAD ACCESS TO A RESIDENTIAL
7:10:54PM STREET, CORRECT?
7:10:55PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: CORRECT.
7:10:56PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: BY VIRTUE OF THE ORIGINAL OP-1 DESIGNATION.
7:11:00PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: YES.
7:11:01PM CORRECT.
7:11:01PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ABOUT THAT.
7:11:04PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THE INCREASE OF INTENSITY REQUIRES THEM TO
7:11:05PM REVISIT THAT ACCESS.
7:11:07PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT, RIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT.
7:11:09PM THANK YOU.
7:11:09PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME?
7:11:10PM THANK YOU.
7:11:11PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
7:11:11PM THE APPLICANT.
7:11:20PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
7:11:21PM STEVE MICHELINI, REPRESENTING THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT
7:11:24PM 302 AND 3809 FIG STREET.
7:11:28PM I'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE AND SHOW YOU -- WE'RE
7:11:36PM DEALING WITH AN EXISTING BUILDING WITH EXISTING CONDITIONS.
7:11:40PM THE ONLY PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION ARE TO RENOVATE OR CONTINUE
7:11:55PM RENOVATING THE INSIDE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH IS
7:11:58PM APPROXIMATELY 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
7:11:59PM A LITTLE BIT MORE.
7:12:01PM TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING HERE AND TO PRESERVE THE
7:12:09PM TREES THAT NATURAL RESOURCES ASKED US TO PRESERVE HERE.
7:12:14PM BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS, IT SHORTENS THE AMOUNT OF SPACE WE
7:12:18PM HAVE TO PROVIDE THE BUFFERS ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT WE ARE
7:12:21PM PROPOSING A SIX-FOOT MASONRY WALL COVERED WITH VINES.
7:12:26PM I'LL SHOW YOU SOME EXAMPLES THAT ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE
7:12:28PM VICINITY THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS.
7:12:31PM WE PLAN TO USE EXISTING INGRESS AND EGRESS THAT WAS
7:12:37PM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED HERE ON FIG STREET.
7:12:39PM WITH NO MODIFICATIONS AND AS THE STAFF HAS POINTED OUT,
7:12:43PM THAT'S A LITTLE OVER 19 FEET WIDE, BUT, AGAIN, WITHOUT
7:12:47PM REDUCING LANDSCAPE BUFFERS AND TRYING TO MANIPULATE THE REST
7:12:51PM OF THIS PARKING, WE CANNOT ACHIEVE A WIDER THROAT HERE.
7:12:56PM AND IT IS A DIRECTIONAL DRIVE.
7:12:58PM YOU CAN SEE IT'S ANGLED
7:13:00PM THERE TOWARD DALE MABRY.
7:13:01PM F.D.O.T. HAS PROVIDED ONE MEANS OF EGRESS HERE ON TO DALE
7:13:09PM MABRY.
7:13:09PM IT'S ADJACENT TO AN OFFICE BUILDING THAT'S LOCATED TO THE
7:13:15PM NORTH AND TO THE KIDS ROOMS TO GO ON THE SOUTH.
7:13:19PM THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT IS PETITIONING WITH US OWNS THIS
7:13:24PM PARCEL HERE TO THE NORTH AND THEN THIS PARCEL
7:13:29PM OVER HERE, RIGHT HERE TO THE SOUTH.
7:13:36PM ROOMS TO GO FOR KIDS, THEIR PARKING LOT EXTENDS TO THIS
7:13:41PM POINT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
7:13:42PM WE'VE ALSO COMMITTED TO REQUESTING THE WAIVER FROM URBAN
7:13:46PM DESIGN.
7:13:47PM WE MET WITH THEM.
7:13:49PM WITHOUT STRUCTURALLY CHANGING THE BUILDING, THE EXISTING
7:13:51PM ENTRYWAY IS HERE, AND THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY DISTRICT
7:13:56PM REQUIRES THAT IT BE IN THE FRONT.
7:13:57PM THAT IS NOT A PHYSICAL POSSIBILITY FOR THIS BUILDING WITHOUT
7:14:01PM MAJOR STRUCTURAL RECONSTRUCTION ON THE FRONT.
7:14:04PM SO WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THAT WAIVER BE GRANTED FOR THIS TO
7:14:08PM OCCUR.
7:14:09PM THOSE WERE THE TWO MAJOR EXCEPTIONS THAT THE CITY HAD ASKED
7:14:13PM US TO ADDRESS.
7:14:15PM IT SHOWED UP IN THE STAFF REPORT AS OBJECTIONS.
7:14:18PM THIS IS THE AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT WOULD
7:14:27PM BE DESIGNATED AS THE ENTRYWAY.
7:14:30PM IT HAS A COVERED PATIO HERE, AND IT HAS BENCHES, ET CETERA,
7:14:35PM THAT DO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WESTSHORE OVERLAY.
7:14:39PM HOWEVER, AS I'VE SAID, THEY ARE ON THE WEST SIDE AND NOT ON
7:14:41PM THE EAST SIDE.
7:14:42PM THIS IS A VIEW OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
7:14:47PM THE SIDEWALKS ARE ALREADY EXISTING.
7:14:50PM THE LANDSCAPING AND THE BUFFERING AND ALL THAT ARE THERE.
7:14:53PM AND, AGAIN, WITHOUT SOME MAJOR STRUCTURAL RECONSTRUCTION,
7:15:00PM IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
7:15:02PM THIS IS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING ALONG FIG STREET.
7:15:04PM THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THE EXISTING BUILDING IS GOING TO
7:15:08PM REMAIN.
7:15:09PM WE HAVE REQUIRED NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES AT 67, AND WE'RE
7:15:22PM PROVIDING 67 WITH THE GRANTING OF THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.
7:15:25PM WE ARE PROTECTING AND ESTABLISHING AN AREA ALONG THE WESTERN
7:15:32PM SIDE THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY MAKE THIS A LOW INTENSIVE USE.
7:15:37PM IT WILL BE PARKING, BUT IT'S PROTECTED WITH A MASONRY WALL
7:15:40PM ON THE NORTH SIDE AND ON THE WEST SIDE.
7:15:42PM AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, IT WILL HAVE METAL FENCING
7:15:46PM THAT'S LANDSCAPED.
7:15:47PM BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH -- I'M SORRY, THE NORTH AND
7:15:51PM WEST SIDE WILL BE COMPLETELY LANDSCAPED AND BUFFERED IN
7:15:53PM ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA CODE.
7:15:55PM WE'RE PRESERVING THE FIVE OAK TREES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST IN
7:16:02PM THAT SECTION.
7:16:06PM I'LL SHOW THOSE TO YOU.
7:16:10PM THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE NORTH SIDE LOOKING SOUTH, AND THESE
7:16:17PM ARE THE OAK TREES THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PRESERVING.
7:16:20PM AND AGAIN, WE MET WITH NATURAL RESOURCES EXTENSIVELY TO
7:16:27PM FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE PARKING LOT WORK AND ALSO HOW TO
7:16:31PM ADJUST THE SITE PLAN AS NECESSARY.
7:16:33PM THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ENTRYWAY ON FIG, AND THAT WILL
7:16:38PM REMAIN THE SAME.
7:16:39PM THESE TREES REMAIN THE SAME.
7:16:41PM THE SIDEWALKS WILL BE EXTENDED FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.
7:16:45PM THESE ARE THE OAK TREES THAT EXIST BETWEEN CURRENTLY --
7:16:49PM CURRENTLY EXIST BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES.
7:16:50PM IT WILL BE PRESERVED, AND THIS MASONRY WALL WILL BE REMOVED
7:16:55PM EXCEPT FOR THAT SECTION IN THE MIDDLE WHERE YOU PROVIDE
7:16:58PM ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT PARCEL FOR THE PARKING.
7:17:01PM THIS IS THE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE REMOVED.
7:17:10PM IT'S A DAY CARE CENTER.
7:17:11PM THIS IS A PICTURE LOOKING NORTHWARD FROM THE ROOMS TO GO FOR
7:17:17PM KIDS.
7:17:18PM ACROSS THE STREET THE OAK TREES BEING PRESERVED AND THE
7:17:22PM OTHER STRUCTURE IS TO BE REMOVED.
7:17:25PM THIS PARTICULAR ESTABLISHMENT, YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO WAS
7:17:46PM ESTABLISHED IN 2008.
7:17:50PM AND IT'S RECEIVED A NUMBER OF AWARDS, INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS
7:17:53PM WHO DREAMED AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE AMERICAN DREAM AWARD.
7:17:56PM IT WAS PRESENTED BY KATHY CASTOR IN SEPTEMBER 2018.
7:18:00PM TEN BEST CHINESE RESTAURANTS IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA BY TRIP
7:18:05PM ADVISOR.
7:18:06PM EAST TAMPA CDC LEADERSHIP, INSPIRATION AND SPIRIT AWARD,
7:18:09PM 2014 AND 2016.
7:18:11PM CREATIVE LOAFING BEST CHINESE RESTAURANTS IN TAMPA BAY AREA
7:18:15PM EIGHT YEARS IN A ROW.
7:18:17PM TOP 50 RESTAURANTS IN THE TAMPA BAY TIMES.
7:18:20PM HIGHEST RATED CHINESE RESTAURANT IN CENTRAL FLORIDA BY YELP
7:18:23PM AND GOOGLE.
7:18:24PM YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO, SIX LOCATIONS, TWO IN TAMPA,
7:18:29PM ORLANDO, OCALA, GAINESVILLE, AND SARASOTA.
7:18:31PM AND YUMMY HOUSE IS ABOUT TO OPEN THE FIRST ASIAN BAKERY IN
7:18:37PM THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
7:18:37PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALSO HAPPENED WAS THAT THEY WERE
7:18:41PM RECOGNIZED, THE RECIPIENTS -- THIS IS FROM THE ARTICLE ABOUT
7:18:46PM THEIR AWARDS.
7:18:48PM RECIPIENTS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING
7:18:50PM ACCOMPLISHMENTS AFTER IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA TO TAMPA, AND
7:18:54PM THEY EXCELLED IN THE AREAS OF BUSINESS INNOVATION, LAW,
7:18:57PM EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, AND HAVE MADE REMARKABLE
7:19:00PM CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
7:19:05PM CASTOR SAID I'M PROUD AND HONORED TO HONOR SEVERAL
7:19:08PM EXTRAORDINARY IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE MADE REMARKABLE
7:19:11PM CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH HARD WORK,
7:19:13PM PRESERVATION AND LOVE THEIR COUNTRY AND THE HOMETOWN THAT
7:19:16PM THEY'VE CHOSEN AS TAMPA.
7:19:18PM THIS WAS TO THE OWNER.
7:19:22PM THEY REPRESENT A LIFE OF BUSINESS AND INNOVATION, AND THEIR
7:19:27PM CONTRIBUTION TO THE TAMPA COMMUNITY.
7:19:28PM I HAVE AN ARTICLE HERE THAT GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THAT, AND
7:19:35PM THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
7:19:36PM I HAVE A NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
7:19:47PM WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE INTERFACE
7:19:51PM BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL PARKING AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
7:19:55PM THIS IS A SITE PLAN OF KIDS' ROOMS TO GO.
7:20:03PM IT SHOWS YOU HOW FAR THEY GO BACK.
7:20:05PM THIS IS THE PROPOSAL.
7:20:07PM FROM THIS CORNER IS AN ADDITIONAL 60 FEET TO THE WEST.
7:20:10PM RIGHT HERE IT LINES UP FROM THERE.
7:20:14PM THIS IS THE YUMMY HOUSE.
7:20:15PM THIS IS YUMMY HOUSE EXISTING PARKING LOT.
7:20:17PM AND THIS IS THE OUTSIDE VIEW LOOKING SOUTH OF ROOMS TO GO
7:20:23PM FOR KIDS.
7:20:24PM THIS IS WHAT THEIR PARKING LOT LOOKS LIKE.
7:20:30PM THIS IS CARRABBA'S, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET TO THE
7:20:57PM NORTH.
7:20:58PM AND THEIR PARKING LOT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO CHURCH
7:21:02PM STREET.
7:21:03PM THERE'S NO BUFFERING OR MASONRY WALLS.
7:21:07PM THERE'S JUST LANDSCAPING.
7:21:08PM THERE'S NO SEPARATION WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEIR PARKING LOT
7:21:15PM AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
7:21:16PM THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF GRILL SMITH, WHICH IS DIRECTLY SOUTH
7:21:36PM OF CARRABBA'S.
7:21:38PM CARRABBA'S IS ON THE NORTH SIDE.
7:21:41PM THIS IS GRILL SMITH.
7:21:43PM AND THEIR PROPERTY LINE FOR THEIR PARKING LOT IS IN LINE
7:21:48PM WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR YUMMY HOUSE.
7:21:51PM THEY HAVE A MASONRY WALL WITH VINES, AS WE'RE PROPOSING.
7:21:56PM THEY'VE KEPT THE LANDSCAPING ON THE INTERIOR AND WITH THE
7:21:59PM TREES, AS WE ARE ALSO DOING.
7:22:02PM THERE'S A VIEW ACROSS THE STREET.
7:22:08PM THAT'S A NORTH VIEW.
7:22:08PM NO WALL, THERE'S NO SEPARATION WHATSOEVER, AND PEOPLE ARE
7:22:11PM DRIVING ACROSS THERE.
7:22:13PM THE NORTH SIDE OF OUR PROPOSED PARKING LOT AREA WILL HAVE
7:22:17PM METAL FENCING WITH LANDSCAPING, SIDEWALK, AND THE HEDGES.
7:22:25PM THIS JUST SHOWS YOU WHERE THE PICTURES ARE BEING TAKEN FROM.
7:22:28PM THIS IS THE INTERIOR LOOK, AGAIN, MASONRY WALL WITH THE
7:22:37PM VINES AND THE SOFTER TREATMENT.
7:22:40PM YOU MAY REMEMBER A YEAR OR SO, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, THERE
7:22:56PM WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SENSITIVITY OF INNER
7:23:00PM FACING PARKING LOTS, PARTICULARLY A LITTLE BIT FARTHER
7:23:04PM SOUTH.
7:23:05PM THIS IS WRIGHT'S GOURMET, AND THIS IS THEIR MAIN BUILDING.
7:23:09PM THIS IS THEIR PARKING LOT HERE, AND THE TREATMENT THAT THEY
7:23:14PM ACTUALLY HAVE CONSTRUCTED IS IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE HAVE ON
7:23:19PM OUR SITE PLAN AS BEING PROPOSED WITH THE METAL FENCING ALONG
7:23:23PM THE STREET FRONTAGE WITH THE HEDGES, THE LANDSCAPING AND THE
7:23:32PM VINES.
7:23:33PM THIS IS THE BACK SIDE WHERE THERE IS A MASONRY WALL COVERED
7:23:36PM WITH VINES THAT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE-FAMILY
7:23:41PM RESIDENTIAL.
7:23:42PM THIS IS THE OUTSIDE WHERE IT'S GROWN UP NOW, WHERE THAT'S
7:23:46PM METAL FENCING AND THE SIDEWALK AND THE LANDSCAPING
7:23:50PM TREATMENTS.
7:23:52PM THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHERS, BUT I THINK YOU PROBABLY GET
7:24:11PM THE IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS SIMILAR TO WHAT ALREADY
7:24:15PM EXISTS TO THE NORTH, NO MORE THAN 800 FEET, AND THE OTHER,
7:24:19PM GRILL SMITH, IS ABOUT SIX, SEVEN HUNDRED LINEAR FEET.
7:24:25PM DONATELLO'S IS SOUTH OF THERE, WHICH IS ABOUT 200 LINEAR
7:24:28PM FEET FROM THIS LOCATION.
7:24:29PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TO READ INTO THE RECORD IS AN
7:24:34PM E-MAIL THAT WE RECEIVED FROM URBAN DESIGN, WHICH SAYS THAT
7:24:40PM THE WAIVER SHALL BE ADDED FOR THE BUILDING TO FACE THE
7:24:45PM PRINCIPAL FACADE OF THE BUILDING SHALL NOT FACE -- IT WILL
7:24:50PM NOT FACE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE FRONT.
7:24:52PM THE PRINCIPAL FACADE SHALL BE LOCATED TO THE REAR AND FACE
7:24:55PM PARKING AREA DUE TO EXISTING CONDITIONS.
7:24:58PM THE REQUIRED PLAZA COVERED WALKWAY AND PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES,
7:25:02PM BENCHES AND PLANTERS WILL BE LOCATED OFF THE REAR OF THE
7:25:06PM FACADE AND FACE THE PARKING AREA AND NOT THE STREET DUE TO
7:25:09PM EXISTING CONDITIONS.
7:25:09PM AND A LARGE FLOOR PLAN SHOWING THE COVERED AREA, COVERED
7:25:14PM WALKWAY, BENCHES AND PLANTERS LOCATED SHALL BE INCLUDED IN A
7:25:19PM REVISED SITE PLAN.
7:25:20PM I'LL READ A COUPLE MORE THINGS INTO THE RECORD.
7:25:37PM THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA'S -- THE CITY
7:25:42PM STAFF'S ZONING REPORT THAT THEY PROVIDED TO YOU.
7:25:45PM THAT WE HAD MET THE REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING 67 SPACES ARE
7:25:50PM REQUIRED.
7:25:50PM WE PROVIDED 67 SPACES.
7:25:53PM [ BELL SOUNDS ]
7:25:53PM THAT WE'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE ARE UNIQUE CONDITIONS
7:25:59PM THAT EXIST WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING AND WE'RE TRYING TO
7:26:02PM RETROFIT THAT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE
7:26:05PM WESTSHORE OVERLAY AND WITH THE URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS.
7:26:10PM THAT WE ARE NO FURTHER ENCROACHING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
7:26:12PM THAN OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS LOCATED IN THE NEARBY AREA, AND
7:26:19PM THAT WE'VE BEEN FOUND CONSISTENT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION
7:26:22PM WITH RESPECT TO THIS TYPE OF USE --
7:26:25PM [ BELL SOUNDS ]
7:26:25PM -- WITH THE CORRECTED TYPES AND BUFFERING AND SENSITIVITY TO
7:26:28PM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:26:29PM I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
7:26:33PM AT THIS TIME, I'LL REMAIN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR REBUTTAL.
7:26:36PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
7:26:36PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
7:26:41PM COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
7:26:42PM RIGHT NOW, YUMMY HOUSE IS NOT USING THE SECOND FLOOR FOR
7:26:44PM SERVICE AT ALL.
7:26:46PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THAT'S CORRECT.
7:26:47PM THE SECOND FLOOR HAS BEEN ELIMINATED FROM USE.
7:26:49PM WE CAN ONLY MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRST
7:26:52PM FLOOR, AND SO THE RESTAURANT IS UTILIZING THE FIRST FLOOR
7:26:56PM ONLY.
7:26:57PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: BUT THE SECOND FLOOR EXISTS THOUGH, CORRECT?
7:27:00PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: IT EXISTS.
7:27:02PM IT'S BUILT.
7:27:04PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS BUILT OUT OR NOT
7:27:07PM BUILT OUT BECAUSE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT WAS NOT SERVING.
7:27:09PM I JUST WANTED TO FIND THAT OUT.
7:27:10PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: IT'S NOT BUILT OUT AS A RESTAURANT.
7:27:12PM IT'S BUILT OUT AS THE OFFICE THAT IT PREVIOUSLY WAS.
7:27:15PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
7:27:17PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: HOWEVER, AS PART OF OUR NEGOTIATION WITH
7:27:19PM THE CITY, WE AGREED TO COMPLETELY ISOLATE THE SECOND FLOOR
7:27:23PM UNTIL WE RESOLVED THE PARKING ISSUE.
7:27:25PM AND THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE PARKING ISSUE.
7:27:29PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: CURRENTLY, AS PART OF THE SITE PLAN AND AS
7:27:32PM PART OF SOME OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE, I THINK THAT YOU
7:27:36PM SHOWED WHERE THE -- I GUESS IT IS THE TRASH RECEPTACLE WOULD
7:27:44PM BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
7:27:46PM RIGHT NOW, THAT EXITS INTO ANOTHER PARKING LOT, AM I
7:27:50PM CORRECT?
7:27:50PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: YES.
7:27:51PM THERE IS A REQUIREMENT, ACCORDING TO THE D.O.T. APPROVAL FOR
7:27:56PM THE EXIT, THAT MAINTAIN A CROSS-ACCESS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
7:28:02PM TWO PROPERTIES.
7:28:03PM WE DO UTILIZE THAT PROPERTY AFTER HOURS FOR VALET, BUT IT
7:28:08PM DOESN'T ENCROACH.
7:28:09PM IT IS PROPERLY PLACED SO THAT IT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH THE
7:28:13PM TRANSFER FROM ONE AREA TO THE OTHER.
7:28:15PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND THAT CROSS AGREEMENT WAS ALREADY A PART
7:28:19PM OF THE ORIGINAL OP-1?
7:28:22PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: YEAH.
7:28:25PM EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE FROM HERE OVER WAS PART OF THAT
7:28:28PM ORIGINAL APPROVAL.
7:28:29PM AND NONE OF THAT CHANGES.
7:28:31PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS THAT THE ADDITIONAL
7:28:33PM PARKING THAT'S NEXT DOOR TO YOU, YOU SAY IT'S BEING
7:28:37PM CURRENTLY USED FOR THE VALET NOW.
7:28:42PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: NORTH, WE RENT THE SPACES IN THE EVENING
7:28:44PM FOR VALET.
7:28:46PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: HOW MANY SPACES ARE THERE?
7:28:49PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: I'M NOT SURE.
7:28:50PM I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY MAYBE 30.
7:28:52PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
7:28:53PM AND THAT IS NOT BEING USED AS PART OF THE CALCULATION FOR
7:28:56PM THIS.
7:28:56PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: NO.
7:28:57PM THAT'S EXCLUDED.
7:28:58PM WE COULD NOT COUNT THAT AS PART OF THE REQUIRED PARKING.
7:29:01PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT.
7:29:03PM THAT'S ALL.
7:29:03PM IS IT STILL GOING TO BE USED AT ALL FOR --
7:29:06PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: WELL, IT DEPENDS.
7:29:08PM WE COULD POTENTIALLY CONTINUE USING IT FOR VALET PARKING IF
7:29:12PM IT'S NEEDED.
7:29:12PM OUR PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO REMOVE PARKING THAT COULD BE
7:29:20PM OVERFLOWING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:29:21PM AND HISTORICALLY IT HAS OVERFLOWED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN
7:29:24PM THE PAST, SO WE WANTED TO ELIMINATE THAT AND CONFINE ALL OF
7:29:27PM IT.
7:29:27PM THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO CONTINUE USING THE SAME POINTS OF
7:29:30PM INGRESS AND EGRESS INSTEAD OF MOVING TO DRIVEWAY FURTHER
7:29:36PM INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:29:37PM THE TRAFFIC PATTERN IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED, AND WE WOULDN'T
7:29:39PM BE ENCROACHING ANY FURTHER WITH AN ACTIVITY.
7:29:42PM IT WOULD BE PASSIVE ACTIVITY, BUT NOT ACTUAL DRIVING.
7:29:48PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM ABOUT THE OTHER
7:29:51PM PARKING.
7:29:51PM I KNEW THERE WAS VALET THERE.
7:29:53PM I KNEW THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING, BUT I WASN'T SURE
7:29:57PM IF THAT'S WHAT WAS BEING USED.
7:29:58PM I APPRECIATE IT.
7:29:58PM THANK YOU.
7:29:59PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU.
7:30:00PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?
7:30:01PM ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 7?
7:30:13PM >> RICHARD REAVIS, 3907 WEST GRAY STREET.
7:30:46PM COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED SOME PETITIONS IN OPPOSITION
7:30:49PM TO THIS.
7:30:49PM I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL HARD COPIES.
7:30:52PM SIGNATURES TO BE FILED AND RECEIVED.
7:30:56PM SO NORTH BON AIR HAS HISTORICALLY FOUGHT FOR AND AGAINST
7:31:05PM BUSINESSES COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:31:07PM MOST RECENTLY, WE VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE 4,000 BLOCK OF
7:31:11PM KENNEDY, WHICH NOW HOUSES LA SEGUNDA BAKERY AS WELL AS METRO
7:31:19PM DINER.
7:31:19PM WE FOUGHT FOR THAT, WE APPROVED IT, WE LOVE IT.
7:31:23PM WE'RE NOT IN OPPOSITION TO BUSINESSES SURROUNDING THE
7:31:25PM NEIGHBORHOODS.
7:31:25PM RIGHT NOW, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS EXPERIENCING A ROBUST GROWTH
7:31:29PM OF NEWLY DEVELOPED SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.
7:31:32PM AND THAT'S THE WAY WE WANT TO KEEP IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE
7:31:36PM PREDOMINANTLY ARE.
7:31:37PM RIGHT NOW, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT EIGHT NEW McMANSIONS,
7:31:41PM THE BIG TWO-STORY HOMES BEING BUILT AND/OR GOING TO BE BUILT
7:31:47PM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:31:48PM MR. MICHELINI BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS.
7:31:51PM WE DO HAVE PARKING LOTS ENCROACHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:31:54PM HE BROUGHT UP CARRABBA'S.
7:31:59PM CARRABBA'S, THAT PARKING LOT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR
7:32:01PM DECADES.
7:32:02PM AND IN THE BACK PART, IF STAFF CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M NOT
7:32:06PM MISTAKEN, IT IS STILL ZONED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY.
7:32:08PM SO AT ANY TIME IT CAN BE REDONE AND PUT SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES
7:32:14PM ON THAT.
7:32:15PM STAFF CAN CORRECT ME, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT IS CURRENT.
7:32:18PM ROOMS TO GO KIDS, THE OLD PO'FOLKS IS WHAT IT WAS.
7:32:22PM SO THAT PARKING LOT AGAIN HAS BEEN THERE FOR DECADES.
7:32:25PM GRILL SMITH, AGAIN, DECADES.
7:32:28PM DONATELLO'S AGAIN, FOREVER IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY.
7:32:34PM WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
7:32:35PM THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
7:32:37PM LEAVE IT THERE, BUT DON'T BRING MORE INTO IT.
7:32:39PM ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT PARKING LOT IS GOING TO BE ABUTTING
7:32:43PM RESIDENTIAL HOMES, BOTH ON THE WEST AND THE NORTH, AND IT'S
7:32:48PM GOING TO BE FACING RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON THE SOUTH.
7:32:51PM I THINK THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
7:32:59PM HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM.
7:33:01PM SHE'S GOING TO KILL ME FOR THAT BUT SHE'S HERE, ON HER
7:33:05PM BIRTHDAY FOR THIS.
7:33:06PM >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT SPEAKER.
7:33:10PM >> SORRY.
7:33:13PM >>FRANK REDDICK: JUST STAND IN FRONT AND YOU CAN SPEAK.
7:33:16PM >> IT'S WHAT YOU'VE KIND OF SEEN ALREADY.
7:33:20PM BARBARA STATS.
7:33:21PM NORTH BON AIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:33:23PM WE DEFINITELY OPPOSE THIS REQUEST BECAUSE IT WOULD DEMOLISH.
7:33:27PM DAY CARE CENTER IS ACTUALLY ON TWO LOTS, SO IT PREVENTS TWO
7:33:32PM RESIDENTIAL HOMES FROM BEING BUILT AND LOSES A DAY CARE
7:33:35PM CENTER, WHICH IS NICE TO HAVE.
7:33:39PM WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DAY CARE CENTERS AROUND OUR CITY
7:33:41PM ANYWAY.
7:33:42PM WE LIKE BEING MODERATELY PRICED AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND
7:33:45PM THIS IS WHAT THIS SPACE COULD PROVIDE IF THEY WANTED TO SELL
7:33:48PM IT.
7:33:49PM AS MENTIONED, FIVE PROPERTIES ARE BEING IMPACTED AND ONE OF
7:33:53PM THEM ACROSS FROM THAT PARKING LOT IS DIRECTLY FACING IT.
7:33:56PM SO YOU COME OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR AND YOU'RE STARING AT ALL OF
7:34:00PM THAT UNTIL 11:00 AT NIGHT.
7:34:02PM IT'S NOT REALLY A FAIR TRADE TO GIVE UP HOUSES FOR A PARKING
7:34:08PM LOT.
7:34:08PM TRAFFIC WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IF THIS IS EXPANDED TO
7:34:11PM THAT MANY.
7:34:12PM IT'S ALREADY A PROBLEM WITH GETTING IN AND OUT AND PEOPLE
7:34:15PM STILL PARKING ON THE STREET WHICH THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO
7:34:18PM IN ADDITION, AND IT'S EASIER.
7:34:20PM SO FIG STREET IS IN HORRIBLE SHAPE AND HAS SPEEDERS GOING UP
7:34:26PM AND DOWN ALL THE TIME.
7:34:28PM WE NOW HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE MOVED IN WITH YOUNG
7:34:32PM CHILDREN, AND WE WILL HAVE SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS.
7:34:36PM WE DON'T WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT FOR CONTINUING TO MOVE
7:34:40PM PARKING LOTS INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
7:34:43PM IT'S NOT THE SAME AS ROOMS TO GO.
7:34:45PM IT'S NOT THE SAME AS THOSE OTHER PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE
7:34:50PM TRAFFIC AND CARS ALL DAY LONG FROM LUNCH AND THROUGH DINNER.
7:34:54PM WE HADN'T SEEN THE PLANS.
7:34:59PM LANDSCAPE WOULD HELP.
7:35:00PM THAT REAR DOOR ENTRANCE IS AWKWARD.
7:35:04PM IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT.
7:35:06PM IT'S NOT REALLY THAT COMFORTABLE SOMETIMES TO USE IT FROM
7:35:09PM THAT DIRECTION.
7:35:10PM I THINK THEY SAID THAT THE ENTRANCE THAT EXISTS NOW WILL BE
7:35:17PM BOTH ENTRANCE AND EXIT AND IT'S ALREADY CONGESTED IN THAT
7:35:23PM SPACE, IN THAT PARKING LOT, COMING IN, GOING OUT, CARS GOING
7:35:27PM DOWN THE STREET.
7:35:28PM AND SO IT'S GOING TO JUST ADD TO THAT A LOT MORE.
7:35:33PM I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN COVERED.
7:35:38PM WE JUST WANT TO KEEP A NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:35:44PM WE DON'T WANT TO BECOME COMMERCIAL.
7:35:45PM WE DON'T WANT THIS TO CONTINUE TO GROW, AND WE NEED TO GET
7:35:50PM TRAFFIC TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL.
7:35:51PM THANK YOU.
7:35:53PM >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
7:35:54PM THE NEXT SPEAKER.
7:36:02PM >> HELLO.
7:36:04PM MY NAME IS DAVID PRETO.
7:36:08PM I LIVE ON FIG.
7:36:09PM FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE IF I SEEMED LIKE AN
7:36:12PM OUTBURST EARLIER.
7:36:14PM I JUST COULDN'T HEAR WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
7:36:16PM I HAVE A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS, MORE OR LESS.
7:36:18PM IT SAYS HERE ON THIS PAPER THAT, THE SLIDE THEY SHOWED
7:36:22PM EARLIER THAT THIS IS CLASSIFIED AS OP-1.
7:36:25PM THAT'S OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL.
7:36:27PM FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT'S OFFICES AND BUSINESSES.
7:36:29PM THIS IS A RESTAURANT, WHICH SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A, I
7:36:33PM BELIEVE IT IS.
7:36:33PM I DON'T KNOW IF I'M RIGHT OR WRONG HERE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD
7:36:36PM PUT IN THE SAME CLASS AS CARRABBA'S AND GRILL SMITH.
7:36:40PM THE GRILL SMITH PARKING LOT, YEAH, IT'S NOT AS DEEP, BUT IT
7:36:43PM IS WIDER.
7:36:44PM IT TAKES UP BOTH SIDES OF THE BLOCK.
7:36:46PM JUST LIKE CARRABBA'S TAKES UP BOTH SIDES AND THE WHOLE
7:36:50PM STRIP.
7:36:50PM I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE RESTAURANT.
7:36:54PM IT BRINGS IN PEOPLE, BUT I AM OPPOSED TO THE PARKING.
7:36:57PM I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS SLIDE THING ON HERE, BUT I HAVE
7:37:01PM A PHOTO OF CARS PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
7:37:04PM I COME HOME FROM LUNCH, I CAN'T GET IN BECAUSE BLOCKED ON
7:37:09PM BOTH SIDES OF MY DRIVEWAY AND ACROSS THE STREET BLOCKING THE
7:37:13PM DRIVEWAY TO BACK UP.
7:37:14PM IF I'M CORRECT, BY LAW, YOU CAN'T BLOCK A DRIVEWAY TO BACK
7:37:17PM UP.
7:37:17PM IF I HIT THEIR CAR, THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT MINE.
7:37:20PM I REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS.
7:37:24PM OR ANOTHER PERSON TO GO THROUGH THIS.
7:37:26PM I'VE BEEN AT THE RESTAURANT SEVERAL TIMES ASKING THEM TO
7:37:28PM MOVE THEIR VEHICLES FOR ME TO GET IN AND OUT.
7:37:31PM IT TAKES THEM 30 MINUTES TO DO THIS.
7:37:33PM THE RESTAURANT ISN'T THAT BIG.
7:37:35PM AND THE LAST I LOOKED, FOR CLASSIFICATION FOR PARKING LOTS,
7:37:38PM IF IT'S A RESTAURANT, IT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, I THINK 100
7:37:42PM SQUARE FEET TEN PARKING SPACES.
7:37:44PM YOU'RE TALKING 5,000 SQUARE FEET ON THE BOTTOM.
7:37:46PM 5,000 ON THE TOP.
7:37:48PM THAT'S 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
7:37:50PM I DON'T THINK 67 PARKING SPACES IS ENOUGH, OR WHATEVER THEY
7:37:55PM HAVE PROPOSED.
7:37:55PM BECAUSE I LIVE THERE.
7:37:58PM I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS EVERY DAY IN AND OUT.
7:38:02PM NOW, IF THEY HAVE THE PARKING VARIANCES, WHICH THEY DIDN'T
7:38:05PM HAVE FROM THE BEGINNING BECAUSE HOW THEY EVEN OPENED THE
7:38:07PM FIRST TIME IS ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE.
7:38:09PM IF YOU HAVE THE PARKING VARIANCES, AND IT'S ALLOWED TO PARK
7:38:14PM THERE, THEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE PARKING ON THE STREET BECAUSE
7:38:17PM THEN IT AFFECTS US.
7:38:18PM AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE YUMMY HOUSE AND THE
7:38:23PM RESTAURANT, BUT THE PARKING IS THE ISSUE.
7:38:26PM AND I ASKED BEFORE WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED IF THEY HAD A
7:38:29PM PARKING VARIANCE, THEY LOOKED AT ME KIND OF FUNNY AND SAID
7:38:33PM NO, ONE OF THE MANAGERS SAID.
7:38:35PM SO, AGAIN, HOW DID THEY OPEN?
7:38:37PM OPEN UNDER OPI AND NOT CLASS A FOR A RESTAURANT.
7:38:44PM THAT'S FALSE PRETENSES.
7:38:46PM WHAT ELSE IS FALSE PRETENSES MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS?
7:38:50PM I HAVE A TRUST ISSUE HERE.
7:38:51PM THANK YOU.
7:38:51PM >>FRANK REDDICK: NEXT SPEAKER.
7:38:58PM >> I NEED TO SUBMIT SOME MORE PAPERWORK.
7:39:01PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: SIR, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE
7:39:04PM RECORD.
7:39:05PM >> TROY PILIE.
7:39:07PM 3814 WEST GRAY STREET, THE BLOCK IN QUESTION.
7:39:10PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU PROVIDED ME WITH SOME COPIES.
7:39:12PM >> I PROVIDED A LOT OF COPIES THERE FOR YOU.
7:39:14PM I HAVE SOME MORE HERE FOR YOU, TOO.
7:39:18PM I'D LIKE TO GET SOME MORE TIME THAN THREE MINUTES.
7:39:21PM I HAVE SOMEBODY GIVING ME THEIR TIME HERE.
7:39:23PM I SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL --
7:39:38PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: LAST NAME OF THE SPEAKER IS LOWE -- [NOT
7:39:42PM SPEAKING INTO A MICROPHONE]
7:39:43PM TOTAL OF FOUR.
7:39:45PM >> HOW MANY DO I GET?
7:39:47PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU GET FOUR MINUTES.
7:39:49PM ONE ADDITIONAL MINUTE --
7:39:52PM >> LET ME KNOW WHEN TO START.
7:39:54PM OKAY.
7:39:55PM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YUM-YUM HOUSE.
7:39:58PM I THINK CALLED -- I USED TO BE A CITY EMPLOYEE.
7:40:04PM I WORKED FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE FOR 25
7:40:07PM YEARS IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
7:40:09PM I ALSO KNOW ABOUT ASSEMBLIES.
7:40:12PM I DID THIS FOR A LIVING.
7:40:13PM MY BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAVE IS THE ISSUES GIVEN TO YOU ARE NOT
7:40:17PM THE TRUTH.
7:40:18PM THAT BUILDING IS GOING TO BE CONVERTED INTO TWO RESTAURANTS,
7:40:23PM NOT ONE.
7:40:24PM AT 10,000 SQUARE FEET, BALLPARK FIGURE, 15 SQUARE FOOT PER
7:40:29PM PERSON PER THE FIRE CODE CHAPTER 14, THAT'S 666.6666 PEOPLE
7:40:37PM CONTINUE ON.
7:40:37PM I'LL GIVE A DISCOUNT.
7:40:39PM ONE-THIRD OFF FOR -- BACK OF HOUSE.
7:40:43PM THAT'S 450 PEOPLE.
7:40:44PM NOW, WHERE'S THE PARKING?
7:40:47PM YOU GIVE THESE PEOPLE THE APPROVAL, THEY WILL TAKE THIS TO
7:40:52PM THE HILT.
7:40:54PM THEY WILL MAKE -- RECONSIDER THIS, BECAUSE THE FACT THAT
7:40:59PM ASSEMBLIES HAVE CONCENTRATED PEOPLE.
7:41:02PM WHEN THEY CHANGE THIS OVER, THE CITY OF TAMPA, WHICH IS
7:41:06PM WHERE I USED TO WORK, APPROVED IT JUST LIKE IT IS.
7:41:09PM I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES BECAUSE STEVE MICHELINI SAYS THERE
7:41:12PM WAS NO ALCOHOL CONSUMED ON THE PREMISES.
7:41:15PM THAT'S NOT TRUE.
7:41:16PM THEY BRING IT IN, AND THEY UNCORK IT AND DRINK IT THERE,
7:41:20PM THAT'S FINE BY ME, BUT TO INCREASE AND ENCROACH INTO MY
7:41:25PM NEIGHBORHOOD, THE SAME BLOCK I'VE LIVED OVER 55 YEARS
7:41:29PM BECAUSE IMMIGRANTS JUST GOT HERE, I APPRECIATE THAT.
7:41:32PM I REALLY DO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 55
7:41:35PM YEARS AND MOST OF MY FAMILY HAS, TOO.
7:41:38PM NOW WE'RE ENCROACHING.
7:41:39PM MY BROTHER WANTS TO SELL HIS PROPERTY.
7:41:41PM I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
7:41:42PM IT'S HOW IT'S BEING DONE.
7:41:45PM HE CAN SELL IT TO THE RESIDENTIAL McMANSION PEOPLE.
7:41:48PM THAT WOULD IMPROVE MY PROPERTY VALUE.
7:41:50PM SELLS IT TO THIS GUY, PUTS A PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO MY
7:41:53PM HOUSE, WHICH MY BACKYARD WILL HAVE A CORNER AND I CAN SEE
7:41:56PM THE BUILDING THEN.
7:41:58PM THAT'S HOW CLOSE I'LL BE.
7:41:59PM I DON'T WANT THAT THERE.
7:42:00PM I DON'T WANT ANY INTRUSION ANY MORE, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE
7:42:03PM SAYS, NO MORE PARKING INTO THE RESIDENTIAL.
7:42:06PM YOU WANT TO PUT RESIDENTIAL HOUSES THERE, HAVE AT IT BECAUSE
7:42:10PM THAT WILL IMPROVE MY PROPERTY VALUE.
7:42:12PM YOU PUT ANYTHING ELSE, BAR, RESTAURANT, TWO RESTAURANTS, NOT
7:42:17PM ENOUGH PARKING, I WILL SUFFER BECAUSE MY PROPERTY VALUES
7:42:21PM WILL GO DOWN.
7:42:24PM MY BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAVE IS ARE THESE PICTURES, WHEN I SHOW
7:42:28PM YOU, THE ONES THAT MY NEPHEW, BY THE WAY, SHOWED YOU.
7:42:33PM THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE FRONT OF HIS HOUSE, IN FRONT OF MY
7:42:37PM SISTER'S HOUSE THAT GAVE ME THE TIME.
7:42:40PM WE HAVE THE ILLEGAL PARKING, THIS IS THE ACCESS WAY ONTO
7:42:47PM THAT OTHER PROPERTY THEY SAY HE HAS.
7:42:50PM IT'S BLOCKED OFF DURING THE DAY AND IT CAUSES PROBLEMS AND
7:42:54PM THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE AN ALCOHOL LICENSE.
7:42:56PM YOU GIVE THEM AN ALCOHOL LICENSE AND INCREASE THE PARKING,
7:43:00PM MAN, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US ISSUES.
7:43:06PM TRAFFIC.
7:43:06PM CARRABBA'S IS LESS THAN 300 PEOPLE AND THEY'VE GOT THE
7:43:10PM ENTIRE PARKING LOT, THE ENTIRE BLOCK.
7:43:13PM THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PARKING ISSUES, THEY NEVER HAD, BECAUSE
7:43:16PM ONE, I DID THE PLANNING ON THAT ONE, TOO.
7:43:19PM THE OTHER ONE ACROSS THE STREET THAT MR. MICHELINI POSTED
7:43:25PM WAS REDONE.
7:43:26PM NOW, AS FAR AS YOU WANT TO KEEP ENCROACHING INTO MY
7:43:31PM NEIGHBORHOOD, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT.
7:43:33PM ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE OF ME?
7:43:40PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. BELOT, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT
7:43:43PM BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN.
7:43:45PM THE TWO LOTS THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED, PROBABLY GOING TO BE
7:43:49PM PURCHASED BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS GETS ZONED.
7:43:51PM >> THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAVE, TOO.
7:43:53PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT LOOKS LIKE ONE IS OWNED BY BELIE.
7:44:01PM >> THEY ARE BOTH OWNED BY MY BROTHER.
7:44:05PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WAS CURIOUS, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE AREA IS
7:44:08PM SURROUNDED BY --
7:44:11PM >> THE BELIES.
7:44:12PM IT'S NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD THING.
7:44:14PM THIS IS A FAMILY THING NOW WITH US ON THAT BLOCK.
7:44:17PM AND IT EXPANDS ON WARD.
7:44:20PM MY BIGGEST QUESTION AND WHAT I ASK OF YOU ALL IS RESPONSIBLE
7:44:24PM DEVELOPMENT.
7:44:25PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: SURE.
7:44:26PM >> THIS ONE RIGHT NOW IS NOT RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE YOU'RE
7:44:28PM GIVING THEM TOO MANY EXCEPTIONS.
7:44:30PM YOU WANT THIS, COMPLY WITH WHAT IS REQUIRED.
7:44:33PM THAT'S ALL I ASK.
7:44:35PM NO EXCEPTIONS.
7:44:36PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: APPRECIATE IT.
7:44:37PM THANK YOU.
7:44:38PM >> ANY OTHER?
7:44:39PM NO.
7:44:40PM THANK YOU.
7:44:46PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON
7:44:49PM ITEM 7.
7:44:50PM >> CHRIS HAYSWOOD, 3811 WEST GRAY STREET, WHICH IS ROUGHLY
7:44:55PM 200 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED.
7:44:58PM I WANTED TO COME AND VOICE MY OPPOSITION AND SPEAK A LITTLE
7:45:03PM BIT MORE FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE RATHER THAN A TECHNICAL
7:45:07PM ONE.
7:45:09PM BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE FACT THAT I LIVE WITH AN ADJOINING
7:45:12PM PARKING LOT BEHIND MY RESIDENTIAL HOME, AGAIN, I'M VERY
7:45:16PM CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY AT HAND, BUT I, TOO, HAVE A PARKING
7:45:21PM LOT BEHIND US, I CAN ATTEST TO I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO
7:45:25PM REMEMBER ARE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF ALLOWING A
7:45:28PM PARKING LOT TO BE PLACED ENCROACHING ON A RESIDENTIAL
7:45:33PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:45:33PM WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE
7:45:38PM LAST 12 YEARS THAT WE'VE LIVED IN THIS HOME WHERE WE'VE BEEN
7:45:41PM WOKEN UP AT 2:00, 3:00 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE THERE ARE
7:45:47PM CERTAIN TRANSIENT INDIVIDUALS WHO FREQUENT DALE MABRY, WHO
7:45:51PM ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO SLEEP, WHO CAN BE LOUD, WHO CAN
7:45:55PM BE INTOXICATED, WHO CAN THROW GARBAGE OVER FENCES.
7:46:02PM THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY DISRESPECT THE RESIDENTIAL
7:46:05PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:46:07PM AND WHAT IS DRIVING THEM IN THERE?
7:46:08PM WELL, A NICE, CLEAN, WELL-KEPT PARKING LOT OFF OF DALE MABRY
7:46:12PM THAT PROVIDES THEM WITH PRIVACY.
7:46:14PM BUT THE RESIDENTS ARE THE ONES WHO ULTIMATELY SUFFER.
7:46:20PM YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER, BUT,
7:46:26PM YOU KNOW, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:46:29PM I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT CONTINUE TO GROW.
7:46:32PM BUT AS WE CONSIDER THESE DEVELOPMENTS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO,
7:46:39PM AGAIN, REMEMBER THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN IN OUR
7:46:43PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:46:44PM I HAVE A NINE MONTH YEAR OLD.
7:46:49PM THE TRAFFIC HAS BECOME ATROCIOUS.
7:46:51PM SPEEDING UP LEFT AND RIGHT.
7:46:53PM YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK ABOUT INTENSITY.
7:46:55PM YES, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S JUST GOING TO INCREASE.
7:46:57PM SO THE YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OBVIOUSLY ARE
7:47:02PM GOING TO HAVE LESS OPPORTUNITY TO WALK DOWN A SIDEWALK
7:47:08PM WITHOUT CONCERN.
7:47:09PM AGAIN, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS REITERATE THE FACT THAT THERE
7:47:14PM ARE INTANGIBLE BENEFITS TO MAINTAINING A RESIDENTIAL
7:47:20PM COMMUNITY IN CONTRAST TO ALLOWING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
7:47:25PM I AM A SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATE.
7:47:26PM I'M A CPA.
7:47:28PM BUT YOU HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
7:47:31PM THAT WOULD BE IT.
7:47:34PM THANK YOU.
7:47:35PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE ELSE?
7:47:36PM ALL RIGHT.
7:47:48PM >> GOOD EVENING.
7:47:49PM MY NAME IS DONNETTE ARKAS.
7:47:52PM 3807 NORTH B STREET.
7:47:54PM WHICH YOU MAY KNOW IS DIRECTLY BEHIND DONATELLO'S
7:47:58PM RESTAURANT.
7:47:59PM SO I CAN SPEAK FIRSTHAND AS A RESIDENT THAT HAS BEEN ABUT TO
7:48:06PM A PARKING LOT -- WELL, MY HUSBAND WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE.
7:48:09PM THERE ARE SOME FACTS I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU BASED ON MY
7:48:15PM EXPERIENCE, AND THAT IS THAT THERE WILL BE PROMISES MADE
7:48:19PM ABOUT THIS LANDSCAPE AND BEAUTIFUL WALL AND ALL OF THESE
7:48:24PM WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
7:48:26PM THESE PEOPLE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF RUNNING A RESTAURANT.
7:48:30PM THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE LANDSCAPING.
7:48:33PM THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE WALLS AND THEM BEING PAINTED.
7:48:35PM IF YOU GO DOWN NORTH B STREET RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL SEE WHERE A
7:48:40PM CUSTOMER SMACKED INTO THE WALL AND IT'S LAYING ALL OVER THE
7:48:43PM SIDEWALK AT DONATELLO'S.
7:48:45PM THERE WILL BE BROKEN WALLS.
7:48:47PM THERE WILL BE BROKEN CURBS.
7:48:50PM THERE WILL BE GLASS CONTAINERS IN YOUR YARD.
7:48:53PM THERE WILL BE ILLEGAL PARKING.
7:48:55PM NO ONE WANTS TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR THE VALET PARKING.
7:48:59PM SO WHAT THEY WILL DO IS SKIRT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
7:49:03PM FIND THEIR SPOT, AND THESE ADDITIONAL SPACES YOU NOW HAVE
7:49:08PM FOR THESE PEOPLE WON'T BE USED OR VALET WILL USE THEM.
7:49:12PM THERE WILL BE TRANSIENTS AND THOUGHTLESS OTHERS THROWING
7:49:17PM THEIR LEFTOVERS, DRINK CUPS, AND EVEN THINGS LIKE FECES IN
7:49:23PM BAGS OR, IN MY CASE, I FOUND A HUGE BAG OF USED SYRINGES
7:49:30PM OVER MY BACK WALL CLEANING OUT MY FLOWER BED.
7:49:34PM I HAVE GRANDCHILDREN THAT PLAY IN MY BACKYARD.
7:49:37PM AND THIS WAS EXTREMELY UPSETTING TO ME TO THE POINT WHERE I
7:49:41PM WENT TO DONATELLO'S ABOUT IT.
7:49:43PM THEY ILLEGALLY HAD THEIR DUMPSTERS UP AGAINST THE WALL.
7:49:49PM IF ANYBODY HAS WALKED OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSE AT NIGHT NEAR A
7:49:52PM RESTAURANT, YOU CAN'T STAND IT.
7:49:54PM IF THE WIND IS BLOWING THE WRONG DIRECTION, IT'S
7:49:56PM UNBELIEVABLE.
7:49:58PM THE VALET STUBS, THE TRASH THAT COMES FROM BOTH TRANSIENTS
7:50:07PM AND THE VISITORS TO THE RESTAURANTS AND EVEN THE STAFF AT
7:50:12PM THE RESTAURANT WHO CHOOSES TO PLAY SOCCER IN THE PARKING LOT
7:50:17PM AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING.
7:50:18PM THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES THAT HAVE HAPPENED RIGHT IN MY
7:50:22PM FRONT YARD.
7:50:23PM I EVEN WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO FIND AN ENGAGEMENT RING THAT
7:50:26PM HAD BEEN THROWN UP ON MY PORCH BECAUSE THEY SPLIT UP OR THEY
7:50:30PM DID WHATEVER.
7:50:33PM THERE'S GOING TO BE DRUNK GUESTS.
7:50:36PM THERE'S GOING TO BE THESE DOMESTIC ARGUMENTS LATE AT NIGHT.
7:50:39PM THERE'S GOING TO BE THE SHENANIGANS BY THE STAFF AT NIGHT,
7:50:43PM SMOKING DOPE, DRINKING BEER, THROWING THEIR CANS OVER THE
7:50:47PM WALL.
7:50:47PM WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S MORE THAN A PARKING LOT BEING ADDED TO
7:50:51PM A RESTAURANT AND ENCROACHING ON A NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:50:55PM IT'S TOTAL TRASH.
7:50:56PM [ BELL SOUNDS ]
7:50:58PM >>FRANK REDDICK: WANT TO THANK YOU.
7:50:59PM >> THEY ARE RIGHT.
7:51:00PM IT'S GOING TO MESS THE NEIGHBORHOOD UP.
7:51:02PM >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
7:51:04PM >> PLEASE VOTE NO ON THIS.
7:51:05PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
7:51:07PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
7:51:09PM IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON SPEAKING, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT
7:51:12PM YOU STAND AGAINST THE WALL INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE GET UP, ONE
7:51:17PM SIT, ONE GET UP.
7:51:18PM WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY WE'VE GOT.
7:51:20PM SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, LINE UP AGAINST THE WALL.
7:51:27PM >> GOOD EVENING.
7:51:28PM MY NAME IS LARRY ARKAS.
7:51:32PM THAT WAS MY WIFE.
7:51:33PM I LIVE AT 3807 AND ALSO OWN THE HOUSE AT 3806.
7:51:37PM I DEAL WITH DONATELLO'S AND I DEAL WITH THE DON PALMS NEXT
7:51:42PM DOOR.
7:51:43PM SHE'S RIGHT ABOUT THE TRASH CANS.
7:51:44PM THEY STINK.
7:51:46PM THE BACKYARD STINKS.
7:51:47PM THERE WAS THE ROOMS TO GO HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE JAPANESE
7:51:53PM STEAK HOUSE THAT'S IN PLAY HERE TONIGHT.
7:51:56PM DONATELLO'S USED TO PARK CARS THERE.
7:51:59PM NOBODY PARKS CARS THERE ANYMORE.
7:52:00PM SOME OF THEIR HELP WAS COMING IN AT NIGHT.
7:52:05PM YOU CAN HEAR THEM IN OUR HOME, MY PARENTS' HOME.
7:52:10PM WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT.
7:52:12PM ROOMS TO GO TOOK CARE OF THAT FOR US.
7:52:16PM THE AMOUNT OF PARKING ON BOTH STREETS ARE HORRENDOUS.
7:52:21PM THERE ARE CARS ALL OVER THIS AREA.
7:52:24PM WHEN THE DEPIERO'S BUILT THEIR SANDWICH SHOP ON NORTH B
7:52:33PM STREET, THE NEIGHBORS AGREED TO TAKE THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO
7:52:36PM MY PARENTS DOWN AS LONG AS THERE WAS A BUFFER WALL ALONG THE
7:52:40PM FACING OF THE HOMES.
7:52:42PM NOT DONATELLO'S BUT DEPIERO'S ALSO AGREED TO MAINTAIN AND
7:52:49PM LANDSCAPE IT.
7:52:50PM I MAINTAIN IT AND I LANDSCAPE IT.
7:52:53PM DONATELLO'S IS A GREAT NEIGHBOR, BUT IT'S MY SPRINKLER
7:52:59PM SYSTEM THAT MAINTAINS THAT WHOLE STRIP THERE.
7:53:01PM THOSE ARE ALL MY OAK TREES.
7:53:03PM ALL THAT IS DONE BY ME.
7:53:05PM BECAUSE I LIVE THERE.
7:53:10PM WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER RESTAURANT.
7:53:11PM WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER PARKING LOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:53:14PM THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
7:53:19PM THANK YOU.
7:53:19PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
7:53:23PM NEXT, PLEASE.
7:53:24PM >> GOOD EVENING.
7:53:25PM MEREDITH FISHER.
7:53:27PM 3909 WEST CARMEN STREET.
7:53:29PM I JUST WANT TO SAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN
7:53:33PM YUMMY HOUSE CONVERTED THE BANK TO A RESTAURANT AND THE
7:53:36PM PHYSICAL THERAPY OFFICE TO THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE.
7:53:40PM BUT IT'S KIND OF SEEMING LIKE THIS WAS THEIR FOOT IN THE
7:53:43PM DOOR, PHASE ONE, AND THAT THIS 10,000-SQUARE-FOOT RESTAURANT
7:53:47PM WAS ALWAYS THEIR PLAN.
7:53:49PM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T NEED 5,000 MORE SQUARE FEET OF
7:53:52PM YUMMY HOUSE.
7:53:53PM WE NEED A DAY CARE.
7:53:54PM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS GROWING.
7:53:55PM THERE'S TONS OF FAMILIES MOVING IN.
7:53:58PM AND THE SOUTH TAMPA COMMUNITY, FRANKLY, NEEDS MORE DAY
7:54:01PM CARES.
7:54:02PM SO IT HAS IMMENSE VALUE IN THE WAY IT STANDS, NOT ONLY TO
7:54:07PM OUR COMMUNITY DIRECTLY, SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND TO THE
7:54:10PM OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELL IT AS THE
7:54:12PM DAY CARE.
7:54:13PM IF YUMMY HOUSE EXPANDS, THIS WILL SET A PRECEDENT FOR OUR
7:54:20PM NEIGHBORHOOD FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
7:54:25PM AND HOW CAN WE PROTECT THE SIDE THAT IS RESIDENTIAL?
7:54:28PM HOW FAR WILL WE LET THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES GO INTO THE
7:54:30PM NEIGHBORHOOD?
7:54:31PM AS COUNSEL FOR THE PROPERTY MENTIONED, THERE ARE TONS OF
7:54:36PM PARKING LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DECADES.
7:54:40PM WHY CAN'T WE GET WITH THOSE PROPERTIES AND HAVE A LEASE
7:54:43PM AGREEMENT FOR PARKING IN THE OFF HOURS?
7:54:46PM WHY DO WE NEED ANOTHER PARKING LOT?
7:54:48PM WHY CAN'T WE SHARE WHAT WE HAVE?
7:54:52PM NO MORE STREET PARKING, PARKING IN THE PARKING LOTS.
7:54:54PM AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH OUR CITY
7:54:59PM COUNCIL MEMBER IS THE TRAFFIC AND THE SPEEDING IN OUR
7:55:02PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:55:03PM AND WE HAVE HAD SOME SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE
7:55:07PM INTERSECTION OF DALE MABRY AND FIG.
7:55:08PM THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THAT LOCATION
7:55:12PM ARE KIND OF SCARY.
7:55:14PM WE CAN PRETTY MUCH COUNT ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
7:55:17PM AMBULANCES BEING THERE A MINIMUM OF ONCE A DAY, AND
7:55:20PM TYPICALLY WHEN THE ACCIDENTS OCCUR, IT IS OVER 45 MILES AN
7:55:24PM HOUR.
7:55:24PM SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE THE CAPACITY, COMING INTO THE
7:55:29PM NEIGHBORHOOD, WE CAN EXPECT THAT THAT INTERSECTION IN
7:55:33PM PARTICULAR IS GOING TO BECOME EVEN MORE DANGEROUS.
7:55:35PM SO WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO VOTE NO FOR THIS.
7:55:38PM THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
7:55:42PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
7:55:43PM NEXT PLEASE, SIR.
7:55:44PM >> GOOD EVENING.
7:55:47PM MY NAME IS MICHAEL BELIE.
7:55:54PM I OWN THE PROPERTY THAT'S IN QUESTION, AND I'M TRYING TO
7:55:56PM SELL TO YUMMY HOUSE.
7:55:58PM I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY.
7:56:04PM MY GOOD FRIEND, THE ARKAS, THEY HAD A ROUGH DEAL ABOUT THE
7:56:10PM PROPERTY BUT DIDN'T HOLD THE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT
7:56:13PM THEY HAVE TO DO.
7:56:13PM AS FAR AS MY GOOD NEIGHBOR HERE, THE PARKING LOT HE'S
7:56:19PM TALKING ABOUT IS LIKE A HOLE IN THE WALL.
7:56:22PM IT'S REALLY A BAD SECTION.
7:56:24PM IT'S REALLY BAD THE WAY IT'S SET UP.
7:56:29PM IF IT WAS SET UP LIKE THE WAY THEY PLAN TO SET UP NOW, THERE
7:56:33PM WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM.
7:56:34PM AS FAR AS THE PARKING LOT BEING THERE, IT ACTUALLY WILL
7:56:38PM IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMING INTO IT.
7:56:43PM AS FAR AS THE PARKING ON THE STREET, THAT PARKING LOT WILL
7:56:50PM ELIMINATE ANY KIND OF PROBLEM PARKING ON THE STREET AT ALL.
7:56:58PM IT WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.
7:57:00PM AS FAR AS MY BROTHER, HE COULDN'T SEE THE BUILDING FROM HIS
7:57:07PM HOUSE ANYWAY.
7:57:08PM HE HAS A SEVEN-FOOT FENCE.
7:57:10PM FOR HIM TO SEE IT, HE WOULD HAVE TO CLIMB UP ON THE LADDER
7:57:13PM AND LOOK.
7:57:13PM AND DAVID JOHN, I KNOW HE'S WORRIED ABOUT PARKING IN FRONT
7:57:23PM OF HIS HOUSE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT THE PARKING LOT
7:57:26PM WAS THERE, THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
7:57:31PM ON GRAY STREET, YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL -- CAN I SHOW THIS?
7:57:37PM YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL THERE'S A RESTAURANT OR ANYTHING THERE.
7:57:42PM THE PROBLEM WITH THIS STREET IS PEOPLE DRIVE REAL FAST TO
7:57:47PM TRY TO BEAT THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT, AND THEY ALSO COMPLAIN ABOUT
7:57:54PM THE RESTAURANT BEING THERE.
7:57:56PM HUNDRED FEET AWAY THEY HAVE A MASSAGE PARLOR.
7:57:59PM THEY HAVE A SMOKE SHOP THAT WHY DON'T THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT
7:58:04PM THAT?
7:58:04PM I KNOW I HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN IT.
7:58:16PM I OWN THE DAY CARE, AND I'M READY TO RETIRE.
7:58:23PM THESE GENTLEMEN FROM YUMMY HOUSE OFFERED TO BUY MY PROPERTY,
7:58:28PM WHICH I'M WILLING TO SELL TO THEM IF YOU ALLOW THEM TO PUT A
7:58:34PM PARKING LOT THERE.
7:58:35PM IF NOT, I'LL STILL WORK AT THE DAY CARE.
7:58:45PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.
7:58:45PM MA'AM, WERE YOU WANTING TO SPEAK? OKAY.
7:58:47PM DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK HERE? JUST TO MAKE SURE SO
7:58:51PM WE KNOW HOW MANY WANT TO SPEAK.
7:58:53PM OKAY.
7:58:54PM YOU'LL BE THE LAST ONE.
7:58:56PM >> ALICE PASCARELLI, 3815 FIG STREET.
7:59:00PM IT'S INTERESTING ALL THOSE LITTLE PICTURES THEY HAD UP
7:59:02PM THERE.
7:59:02PM THE DAY CARE THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE HOUSE I GREW
7:59:05PM UP IN.
7:59:06PM I'VE LIVED ON THAT BLOCK 62 YEARS.
7:59:10PM LIVED ON FIG STREET.
7:59:11PM LIVED ON GRAY STREET.
7:59:12PM LIVED ON FIG STREET, NOW HERE FOR 42 YEARS.
7:59:15PM I UNDERSTAND MY BROTHER IS GETTING OLD.
7:59:20PM HE WANTS TO RETIRE, SELL, NOT A PROBLEM.
7:59:22PM IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT HIM ON THAT GRAY STREET SIDE.
7:59:25PM IT'S GOING TO AFFECT US.
7:59:26PM IT AFFECTS US NOW.
7:59:29PM IF THIS CONTINUES AND THAT EXPANSION GOES ON WITH WHAT YUMMY
7:59:33PM HOUSE WILL DO, THEY ARE GOING TO GO 10,000 SQUARE FEET, NOT
7:59:37PM THE 5, I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING BULLIED OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
7:59:41PM THE FOOD SMELL IS AWFUL, THE NOISE IS AWFUL, AND IT'S JUST
7:59:48PM GOING TO GET WORSE.
7:59:48PM I'VE SEEN IT.
7:59:51PM AGAIN, I'M GLAD SOMEBODY FINALLY MENTIONED THE TRAFFIC
7:59:54PM ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN THERE ON FIG AND DALE MABRY.
7:59:57PM I LIVE ON THAT STREET.
7:59:59PM I DON'T EVEN GO DOWN THAT STREET ANYMORE.
8:00:01PM I'LL GO AROUND THE CORNER TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT JUST BECAUSE
8:00:04PM OF THAT.
8:00:04PM AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO SAY NO TO THIS, AND NO TO THE
8:00:10PM LIQUOR LICENSE BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
8:00:13PM INTACT.
8:00:13PM THANK YOU.
8:00:15PM >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.
8:00:16PM REBUTTAL BY MR. MICHELINI.
8:00:22PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: COUNCIL, WE'VE TRIED TO BE SENSITIVE TO
8:00:28PM THE ADDITION OF A PARKING LOT FOR AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT
8:00:32PM HALF OF IT CAN'T EVEN BE USED BECAUSE WE CAN'T MEET THE
8:00:36PM CURRENT PARKING CODES.
8:00:37PM WE WERE FORTUNATE IN THAT WE NEGOTIATED TO BE ABLE TO USE
8:00:42PM THE FIRST FLOOR ONLY WITH THE EXISTING PARKING.
8:00:44PM THE CODES CHANGED FROM WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AND
8:00:50PM THAT'S WHAT IS NECESSITATING US TO COME IN AND ASK FOR THE
8:00:56PM ADDITION OF A PARKING AREA.
8:00:57PM IT'S SITE PLAN CONTROLLED.
8:00:59PM IT CANNOT BECOME COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
8:01:01PM IT HAS TO REMAIN A PARKING LOT WITH THE ACCESSES THAT ARE
8:01:06PM SHOWN.
8:01:06PM WE CAN'T CHANGE ANY OF THAT WITHOUT COMING BACK TO YOU WITH
8:01:11PM CITY COUNCIL TO ASK FOR A CHANGE.
8:01:14PM MR. BELIES SELLING THIS PART OF THE DAY CARE CENTER THAT'S
8:01:22PM TO BE REMOVED ALSO OWNS THAT PROPERTY RIGHT THERE TO THE
8:01:25PM REAR OR TO THE NORTH SIDE.
8:01:27PM HE ALSO OWNS THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
8:01:31PM SO THE ONES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING IMPACTED ARE
8:01:38PM RELATIVELY MINOR.
8:01:39PM THIS PROPERTY HERE HAS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT TAKES UP
8:01:44PM ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THE BACK.
8:01:48PM IT'S A POOL HOUSE OR SOME KIND OF AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
8:01:53PM THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 20 FEET THAT'S EVEN EXPOSED, AND WE'RE
8:01:56PM GOING TO COVER THAT ENTIRE AREA ALL THE WAY AROUND HERE AND
8:02:00PM HERE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE CORNER HERE WITH A
8:02:02PM SIX-FOOT MASONRY BLOCK WALL, COVERED WITH VINES THAT I
8:02:06PM SHOWED YOU, LIKE THAT, AND THEN THE ONLY REASON WE'RE NOT
8:02:11PM PUTTING A MASONRY WALL ALONG FIG STREET IS BECAUSE THE TAMPA
8:02:15PM POLICE DEPARTMENT ASKED US TO KEEP IT OPEN SO YOU COULD SEE
8:02:22PM THROUGH IT.
8:02:22PM WE'RE PROPOSING BASICALLY THREE FOOT HIGH.
8:02:27PM IT'S LOW HEIGHT LIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOT.
8:02:32PM SO THE PARKING LOT IS LIT, BUT NONE OF THAT LIGHT SPILLS OUT
8:02:36PM OVER ACROSS ANY OF THE FENCES OR INTO ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL
8:02:39PM AREAS.
8:02:39PM WE'RE PRESERVING THE TREES THAT WE WERE ASKED TO PRESERVE
8:02:45PM ALONG HERE.
8:02:46PM WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE REGARDING THE ENTRYWAY OF THE
8:02:50PM BUILDING.
8:02:50PM IT IS STRUCTURALLY DESIGNED TO BE OVER HERE.
8:02:53PM WITH RESPECT TO THE USES THAT WERE THERE, OP-1 ALLOWS A
8:02:59PM RESTAURANT, BUT IT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO COME IN HERE TO
8:03:03PM REQUEST A PARKING LOT.
8:03:04PM THAT'S WHY WE'RE REQUESTING A PD PLAN THAT WILL ADDRESS
8:03:09PM THAT.
8:03:09PM THE SITUATION -- I MEAN, WE'RE SITUATED ON DALE MABRY.
8:03:16PM I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE.
8:03:17PM THIS IS HEAVILY INTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ON DALE MABRY.
8:03:20PM IT CARRIES THE HIGHEST LAND USE CLASSIFICATION IN THE CITY
8:03:23PM WITH REGIONAL MIXED USE 100.
8:03:26PM WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
8:03:28PM I DON'T LIKE HAVING TO COME BEFORE YOU AND SAY WE WANT TO
8:03:32PM ENCROACH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:03:35PM WE HAVE TO TEAR DOWN A HOUSE OR A DAY CARE CENTER TO MEET
8:03:39PM THE CODE.
8:03:40PM IF IT WERE A VACANT LOT, IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY.
8:03:44PM IT'S NOT A VACANT LOT.
8:03:45PM IT'S AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AS
8:03:48PM SENSITIVELY AS WE CAN ADDRESS THE CODE AND PROVIDE FOR THE
8:03:54PM PARKING THAT'S REQUIRED.
8:03:55PM 67 SPACES ARE REQUIRED.
8:03:57PM WE MANAGED TO GET 67 SPACES IN THERE.
8:03:59PM THE D.O.T. GAVE US THE ACCESSES AND LIMITED US TO A DRIVEWAY
8:04:06PM THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
8:04:08PM THE SAME ACCESS THAT WE HAVE TODAY REMAINS IN THE FUTURE.
8:04:11PM IT WAS PREVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED IN TERMS OF THE CITY
8:04:16PM CLASSIFICATIONS, MEDICAL OFFICE AND OFFICE.
8:04:19PM THOSE USES CAN'T -- THERE'S NO WAY OF EVEN MEETING THOSE
8:04:25PM REQUIREMENTS NOW.
8:04:27PM MEDICAL OFFICE IS SIX PER THOUSAND.
8:04:30PM AND RESTAURANT IS .25 PER PERSON.
8:04:34PM WE HAVE AN OCCUPANCY OF 268 PERSONS, AND WE HAVE A PARKING
8:04:39PM PROVISION FOR 67 SPACES.
8:04:41PM WE MET WITH NATURAL RESOURCES.
8:04:46PM WE TRIED TO MAINTAIN THE BUFFERS AS BEST WE COULD.
8:04:48PM THERE IS A TEN FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ON THE NORTH,
8:04:52PM EIGHT-FOOT BUFFER ON THE WEST THAT'S LANDSCAPED AND WITH A
8:04:56PM MASONRY WALL.
8:04:57PM SO, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT.
8:05:05PM THIS IS A LIMITED USE STRICTLY CLASSIFIED AND RESTRICTED TO
8:05:09PM A PARKING LOT.
8:05:11PM AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.
8:05:13PM ISSUES ABOUT NOT MAINTAINING IT, THEY ARE JUST SIMPLY NOT
8:05:18PM ACCURATE.
8:05:18PM IF IT BECOMES IN DISREPAIR OF ANY KIND, WE HAVE TO REPAIR
8:05:22PM IT, AND WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE LANDSCAPING.
8:05:24PM IT HAS TO BE SITUATED WITH IRRIGATION THAT TREATS IT FAIRLY
8:05:28PM AND MAINTAINS IT.
8:05:29PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
8:05:31PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: YOU CAN LEAVE THAT UP THERE, PLEASE.
8:05:35PM YOU BROUGHT UP THE EXAMPLES OF THE PARKING LOTS, IMMEDIATELY
8:05:43PM I KNEW HOW LONG THOSE HAVE BEEN THERE.
8:05:46PM I LIVED MY ENTIRE LIFE HERE.
8:05:49PM AS A MATTER OF FACT, 4108 NORTH B FOR FIVE YEARS.
8:05:52PM [MICROPHONE NOT ON]
8:05:53PM I KNOW THIS NEIGHBORHOOD VERY WELL.
8:05:55PM THEN YOU SHOWED US THE WRIGHT'S GOURMET.
8:05:59PM THE DIFFERENCE IS, WRIGHT'S GOURMET CLOSES AT WHAT TIME?
8:06:03PM 5?
8:06:04PM 4?
8:06:05PM THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THERE.
8:06:07PM YES, IT IS NEW.
8:06:09PM IT'S ADDED.
8:06:10PM THEY CLOSE EARLY.
8:06:13PM THIS IS NOT BEING PROPOSED TO BE CLOSED EARLY.
8:06:16PM I'M LOOKING AT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:06:19PM I KNOW THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S TRANSITION.
8:06:22PM IT'S GETTING MORE RESIDENTIAL, NOT BETTER, BUT LARGER HOMES.
8:06:25PM NEWER, LET ME USE THAT WORD, NEWER.
8:06:28PM I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE ENCROACHMENT OF ADDING MORE -- LET
8:06:35PM ME ASK MS. SAMANIEGO.
8:06:41PM ON THIS PARKING, THE 5,000 SQUARE FEET THAT THEY DO HAVE
8:06:47PM THAT'S EXISTING RESTAURANT, THE PARKING THAT THEY HAVE NOW,
8:06:54PM WHY IS THAT RESTAURANT EXISTING IN THAT PARKING IF THAT'S
8:06:57PM NOT SUFFICIENT PARKING?
8:06:59PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: IT'S SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR CODE.
8:07:02PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
8:07:03PM FINE.
8:07:04PM THEN IT'S DONE.
8:07:05PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: FOR THE EXISTING FIRST FLOOR OF THE
8:07:08PM RESTAURANT.
8:07:09PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: RIGHT.
8:07:09PM SO THEN WHY -- BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO PUT THE CORPORATE
8:07:14PM -- THEY ARE GOING TO SEAL OFF THE TOP FLOOR BUT YET THEY
8:07:17PM WANT MORE PARKING?
8:07:19PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: NO, MA'AM.
8:07:23PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: SOMEBODY BACK THERE IS WAVING HANDS AND I'M
8:07:26PM GETTING DISTRACTED.
8:07:27PM I'M SORRY.
8:07:31PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I'M JUST TRYING TO CLEAR.
8:07:33PM IT'S A TWO-STORY BUILDING.
8:07:35PM CURRENTLY THEY HAVE OCCUPANCY FOR A RESTAURANT, NO ALCOHOL
8:07:37PM ON THE FIRST FLOOR ONLY.
8:07:38PM THE CITY DID NOT GIVE THEM OCCUPANCY FOR THE SECOND FLOOR
8:07:41PM BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT MEET PARKING.
8:07:42PM BUT NOW THEY ARE COMING FORWARD TO EXPAND THE PARKING LOT TO
8:07:45PM MEET THE REQUIRED PARKING TO EXPAND THE RESTAURANT INTO THE
8:07:49PM SECOND FLOOR, WHICH IS NOW EMPTY.
8:07:57PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: OKAY.
8:07:57PM THANK YOU.
8:07:58PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: YOU'RE WELCOME.
8:07:59PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
8:08:00PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MS. SAMANIEGO, SINCE YOU'RE UP THERE, I MIGHT
8:08:04PM AS WELL ASK YOU THE QUESTION.
8:08:05PM SHE WAS GOING ALONG THE LINES I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
8:08:13PM THE OP-1 DESIGNATION, ESSENTIALLY IT IS TO HAVE AN OFFICE
8:08:17PM BUILDING THAT THEN HAS A SECONDARY USE, WHICH IS THE
8:08:21PM RESTAURANT ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
8:08:22PM TYPICALLY, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OFFICE BUILDINGS,
8:08:26PM ESPECIALLY LOW-GRADE, I MEAN, LOW -- NOT HIGH-RISES BUT
8:08:32PM LOW-RISE TYPES OF BUILDINGS, THEY'LL HAVE SOME PLACE
8:08:36PM TYPICALLY THERE TO PROVIDE SOME KIND OF FOOD, SOMETIMES A
8:08:39PM RESTAURANT.
8:08:39PM IN ORDER FOR THIS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF WHAT THE OP-1
8:08:43PM WAS, WHAT WAS THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THAT WHEN IT WAS
8:08:47PM FIRST REZONED?
8:08:50PM WAS THERE ANY WAIVER AT THAT TIME OR NOT?
8:08:52PM I DON'T KNOW.
8:08:55PM BECAUSE IT'S 2003 --
8:08:57PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: OKAY.
8:08:57PM OP-1 ALLOWS FOR A MYRIAD OF USES, INCLUDING STAND-ALONE
8:09:04PM RESTAURANT.
8:09:05PM THERE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ANY OFFICE ALMOST TO THE EXISTING
8:09:07PM USE.
8:09:07PM SO YOU COULD HAVE A STAND-ALONE RESTAURANT IN OP-1.
8:09:11PM YOU COULD HAVE A SUPERMARKET IN OP-1.
8:09:14PM SO IT'S NOT JUST SOLELY FOR OFFICE/PROFESSIONAL USES.
8:09:18PM I FORGOT THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION.
8:09:21PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THE SECOND PART, WHAT IS THE REQUIRED PARKING
8:09:24PM FOR THIS ON THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN?
8:09:27PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THE OP-1, I MEAN, THERE WAS NO SITE PLAN.
8:09:30PM EUCLIDEAN ZONING DISTRICT, AS STATED TO MS. CAPIN, WHEN THEY
8:09:34PM CAME IN TO OCCUPANCY THIS BUILDING -- OCCUPY THIS BUILDING
8:09:37PM 10, 11, 12 YEARS AGO, THEY WERE LIMITED ON THE OCCUPANCY
8:09:40PM BASED ON THE PARKING THEY COULD FIT THAT EXISTED WHEN THE
8:09:43PM OVERALL STRUCTURE USED TO BE A BANK.
8:09:46PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SPACES ARE AVAILABLE NOW
8:09:48PM ON THEIR SITE?
8:09:50PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: I BELIEVE 30 -- WE JUST COUNTED THEM.
8:09:52PM 39.
8:09:53PM NOT INCLUDING THE VALET THAT'S -- RIGHT.
8:09:56PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK MR. MICHELINI MENTIONED IT'S PROBABLY
8:10:00PM 30 THEY ARE NOW CURRENTLY RENTING OUT OR NOT RENTING OUT,
8:10:04PM BUT THEY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH.
8:10:05PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: RIGHT.
8:10:08PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THAT'S WHAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT BECAUSE IT
8:10:11PM SEEMS THAT IF THEY WANTED TO -- AGAIN, YOU CAN'T DO IT THIS
8:10:19PM WAY UNLESS YOU PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL LAND BECAUSE YOU DON'T
8:10:22PM HAVE THE PROPERTY.
8:10:22PM THEY HAVE ENOUGH PARKING BY AGREEMENT WITH WHAT THEY HAVE
8:10:26PM NOW FOR BOTH OF THEM, BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT LEGALLY BECAUSE
8:10:31PM THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO A PD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
8:10:34PM THAT.
8:10:34PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: EXPAND THE PARKING LOT BACK.
8:10:36PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANTED TO GET THAT STRAIGHT IN MY HEAD.
8:10:39PM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KEEP SAYING IS I KNOW THAT THERE'S
8:10:41PM PLENTY OF PARKING THERE BASED ON WHAT HE TOLD ME, BASED ON
8:10:45PM WHAT THAT BUILDING CURRENTLY HAS, BUT THEN I WANTED TO MAKE
8:10:48PM SURE THAT I WAS CORRECT THAT THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE
8:10:51PM ZONING.
8:10:51PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: RIGHT.
8:10:52PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT WASN'T BECAUSE THEY WERE IN VIOLATION OR
8:10:55PM ANY OTHER ISSUE, IT WAS BECAUSE OF THAT.
8:10:57PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: THE CATALYST FOR THE REZONING IS THE
8:11:00PM SPECIAL USE.
8:11:01PM I MEAN, IF THEY COULD HAVE MET ALL THE CODE, IT WOULD HAVE
8:11:04PM BEEN A SPECIAL USE 2 THAT YOU WOULD HAVE BEFORE YOU.
8:11:07PM BUT BECAUSE OF ACKNOWLEDGING SOME OF THE EXISTING
8:11:09PM CONDITIONS, BASED ON IT IS AN EXISTING BUILDING AND THE
8:11:12PM EXISTING PARKING LOT THEY HAD TO DO A PD TO ASK FOR THE
8:11:16PM ADDITIONAL.
8:11:17PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: THEY CAN'T OPEN UP THE SECOND FLOOR FOR
8:11:20PM RESTAURANT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL.
8:11:21PM THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE ABOUT.
8:11:23PM I KNEW THERE WAS ENOUGH PARKING FOR BOTH SPACES BUT A LEGAL
8:11:27PM ISSUE AS OPPOSED TO --
8:11:29PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: CORRECT.
8:11:30PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS STRAIGHT ON THAT.
8:11:32PM >>MARY SAMANIEGO: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME?
8:11:34PM THANK YOU.
8:11:36PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: IF I COULD, COUNCILMAN, THERE'S ONLY
8:11:40PM ENOUGH PARKING FOR THE FIRST FLOOR.
8:11:41PM THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING TO OPEN THE SECOND FLOOR FOR ANY
8:11:44PM USE CURRENTLY.
8:11:45PM THE PARKING THAT'S PROVIDED ON-SITE ONLY MEETS ONE LEVEL.
8:11:50PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I UNDERSTAND THAT.
8:11:52PM I WAS TALKING ABOUT ON-SITE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARKING
8:11:58PM YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT, WHICH MEETS ESSENTIALLY THE 67 SPACES
8:12:02PM THAT YOU NEED, BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN
8:12:07PM ON-SITE --
8:12:08PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: IT'S NOT PERMANENT.
8:12:09PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
8:12:11PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: 365/24/7.
8:12:13PM ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID, WHY CAN'T YOU SHARE PARKING?
8:12:16PM CODE DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO DO IT.
8:12:18PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I KNOW THAT.
8:12:19PM I WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THAT AND THAT'S THE
8:12:22PM REASON FOR THE REZONE TO BEGIN WITH.
8:12:25PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
8:12:25PM WHEN THEY MOVED IN, 5,000 SQUARE FEET TO BE USED AND THEY
8:12:33PM HAD THE PARKING.
8:12:33PM THEN THEY HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER PARKING, BUT THAT IS NOT --
8:12:39PM CANNOT BE COUNTED.
8:12:40PM I UNDERSTAND THAT.
8:12:41PM TOTALLY.
8:12:42PM WHAT I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IS ENCROACHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
8:12:50PM AND CHANGING THE COMPLEXION OF WHERE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS
8:12:58PM GOING.
8:12:58PM AND THAT IS A VERY BIG ISSUE FOR ME IN ADDING MORE PARKING.
8:13:07PM I KNOW THERE'S PARKING THERE THAT ENCROACHES INTO
8:13:10PM NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
8:13:14PM THIS IS NEW.
8:13:17PM AND THAT'S NOT WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD -- AGAIN, I HAVE TO
8:13:20PM CONSIDER THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW IT'S DEVELOPING AND IT
8:13:26PM AIN'T DEVELOPING COMMERCIAL AND IT AIN'T DEVELOPING PARKING.
8:13:28PM AND WHEN THEY LEASE -- WHEN THEY MOVED IN THERE, THEY KNEW
8:13:31PM IT WAS 5,000 SQUARE FEET, AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY THE AMOUNT
8:13:34PM OF PARKING THEY HAD.
8:13:35PM AND THEY KNEW THE RULES.
8:13:38PM THEY KNEW THEM.
8:13:39PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: WELL, THEY BOUGHT THE BUILDING AND IT WAS
8:13:41PM 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
8:13:43PM AND WHAT HE DISCOVERED WAS THAT THEY COULDN'T UTILIZE VESTED
8:13:48PM PARKING FOR THE MEDICAL OFFICE THAT WAS UPSTAIRS AND THE
8:13:51PM BANK DOWN STAIRS.
8:13:53PM THE CITY MADE A DETERMINATION THAT THEY COULDN'T OCCUPY BOTH
8:14:00PM FLOORS UNLESS WE ADDED PARKING.
8:14:02PM I THINK IT IS A HARDSHIP TO NOT BE ABLE TO OCCUPY THE SECOND
8:14:08PM FLOOR AT ALL.
8:14:08PM AS I SAID, IF YOU WERE STARTING FROM SCRATCH, IF YOU WERE
8:14:12PM STARTING FROM SCRATCH AND YOU HAD THIS ENTIRE PARCEL --
8:14:15PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: STOP.
8:14:17PM STOP RIGHT THERE.
8:14:17PM THEY KNEW WHEN THEY MOVED IN TO THOSE 5,000 SQUARE FEET THAT
8:14:21PM THIS IS WHAT THEY HAD TO PARK.
8:14:24PM THEY KNEW IT.
8:14:25PM NOW THEY WANT TO EXPAND AND THEY WANT TO EXPAND INTO THE
8:14:29PM NEIGHBORHOOD.
8:14:29PM THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.
8:14:31PM AND THE COMPLEXION OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT COMMERCIAL IN
8:14:35PM ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
8:14:37PM IT IS A VERY ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S MOVING IN
8:14:45PM THE DIRECTION THAT MANY OF THESE PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
8:14:47PM AND WE'VE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN DIFFERENT
8:14:53PM NEIGHBORHOODS.
8:14:55PM I HAVE A HARD -- I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THIS AND I'LL WAIT FOR
8:15:01PM THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SPEAK AND THEN I'LL LET YOU
8:15:06PM KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
8:15:07PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: REAL QUICK, JUST TO ECHO SOME OF THE
8:15:10PM SENTIMENTS ALREADY EXPRESSED UP HERE.
8:15:12PM WE CAN LOOK AT THE OTHER PARCELS AND WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT WAS
8:15:15PM DONE IN THE PAST AND LEARN FROM IT AND MOVING FORWARD,
8:15:17PM BECAUSE THIS IS NEW, NEW ADDITION, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
8:15:21PM SMART GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
8:15:22PM WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT.
8:15:27PM THE WORD ENCROACHING HAS BEEN USED.
8:15:29PM I AGREE WITH THAT.
8:15:30PM AND IN THE DIRECTION OF WHERE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING.
8:15:34PM WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE A
8:15:38PM WISE DECISION FOR HOW WE WANT TO SEE THIS GO FORWARD.
8:15:42PM HAVING SAID THAT, ANYBODY ELSE.
8:15:45PM >>FRANK REDDICK: ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
8:15:46PM NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING?
8:15:50PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: IF I COULD MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT.
8:15:51PM >>FRANK REDDICK: NO, SIR.
8:15:52PM YOU HAD -- WE GRANT YOU MORE TIME THAN YOU HAD.
8:15:57PM >> OKAY.
8:15:57PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO.
8:15:59PM SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA.
8:16:01PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
8:16:03PM OPPOSED?
8:16:04PM WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF COUNCIL?
8:16:08PM ITEM NUMBER 7.
8:16:10PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: I NEED THE -- I NEED TO DENY.
8:16:23PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN GENERALLY GUIDE TO YOU PAGE 5 OF
8:16:27PM YOUR STAFF REPORT, YOU DO HAVE SECTION 27-136 AND YOU HAVE
8:16:33PM CRITERIA THERE, 1 THROUGH 9.
8:16:39PM AND MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE WHATEVER FINDINGS YOU MAKE, APPLY
8:16:43PM IT TO THAT PARTICULAR SUBSECTION IF YOU FIND, IF IT'S YOUR
8:16:47PM DECISION TO DENY, TO CITE THAT SECTION AND YOUR BASIS FOR
8:16:52PM YOUR FINDINGS AS TO WHY THAT'S NOT MET.
8:16:55PM IF THAT IS YOUR INTENTION.
8:17:02PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: PAGE 5?
8:17:04PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: EXCUSE ME.
8:17:06PM ON PAGE 5 OF THE STAFF REPORT ON ITEM 7, IT'S ALSO THE
8:17:17PM AMENDED STAFF REPORT.
8:17:19PM IT IS THE AMENDED STAFF REPORT THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO YOU.
8:17:28PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: HERE IT IS.
8:17:29PM SORRY.
8:17:30PM I'M SORRY.
8:17:31PM MY PAGES GOT STUCK TOGETHER AND I COULDN'T SEE.
8:17:33PM WE HAVE SECTION 27-136, PROMOTE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE
8:17:54PM USE OF LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE, CAREFUL CONSIDERATION
8:17:57PM POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACTS ON ON-SITE NATURAL ELEMENTS
8:18:01PM SURROUNDING IMPACT NEIGHBORHOODS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.
8:18:05PM THEN WE HAVE PROVIDE SECTION 3, PROVIDE PROCEDURE WHICH CAN
8:18:15PM RELATE THE TYPE, DESIGN, AND LAYOUT OF RESIDENTIAL,
8:18:18PM NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO PARTICULAR SITE.
8:18:22PM NO, NOT APPLICABLE.
8:18:23PM I'M SORRY.
8:18:23PM THAT'S NOT THE ONE I WANT.
8:18:25PM KNOWLEDGE, CHANGING NEEDS, TECHNOLOGIES, ECONOMICS, AND
8:18:29PM CONSUMER PREFERENCES ALLOWS FOR INGENUITY AND IMAGINATION IN
8:18:35PM THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIVELY LARGE TRACTS
8:18:37PM OF -- UNDER UNIFIED CONTROL AS WELL AS ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY
8:18:42PM AND REDEVELOPMENT OF OLDER AREAS OF THE CITY THAT'S NOT
8:18:45PM AVAILABLE EITHER.
8:18:48PM I'M SORRY.
8:18:49PM I'M LOOKING AT THIS.
8:18:50PM ENCOURAGE -- PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT WHERE -- NO.
8:18:56PM HERE.
8:19:00PM PROMOTE THE INTENTION AND REUSE OF EXISTING BUILDING STOCK.
8:19:05PM YES.
8:19:07PM OKAY.
8:19:08PM THANK YOU.
8:19:09PM ONE THROUGH NINE.
8:19:10PM INSTEAD OF READING EACH ONE OF THEM.
8:19:13PM EXCEPT FOR THE ONES THAT ARE NOT APPLICABLE, WHICH IS
8:19:16PM PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE IN
8:19:19PM LOCATION, CHARACTER, COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING IMPACTED
8:19:22PM NEIGHBORHOODS, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND EXISTING GEOGRAPHY.
8:19:27PM SUBJECT APPLICATION PROPOSES THE EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING
8:19:33PM SITE ON ONE LOT FURTHER WEST OF THE SUBJECT -- FURTHER WEST
8:19:38PM OF PARKING LOT EXPANSION AND THE LOT IS CURRENTLY ZONED
8:19:41PM RESIDENTIAL AND HAS A DAY CARE USE, THE SITE MODIFICATION IS
8:19:45PM PROPOSED TO ALLEVIATE EXISTING DEFICIENCIES ON THE PROPERTY
8:19:50PM AND ALLOW FOR IMPROVED CIRCULATION.
8:19:53PM STAFF HAS CONCERNS THAT THIS PROPOSAL INTRODUCES ASPECTS OF
8:19:55PM A COMMERCIAL USE FURTHER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOWEVER THE
8:19:59PM RESTAURANT IS SEEKING EXPANSION WITHIN THE EXISTING
8:20:01PM STRUCTURE.
8:20:01PM IS THAT GOOD?
8:20:04PM IS THAT ENOUGH?
8:20:05PM >>MARTIN SHELBY: AND YOUR FINDING THEN IS THAT THE
8:20:09PM COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT YOU'VE HEARD AT THIS
8:20:12PM PUBLIC HEARING SUPPORTS THAT THAT CRITERIA THAT YOU'VE
8:20:15PM MENTIONED HAS NOT BEEN MET.
8:20:20PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: ABSOLUTELY.
8:20:21PM IT SUPPORTS IT.
8:20:22PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION BY MS. CAPIN.
8:20:24PM SECONDED BY MR. SUAREZ.
8:20:25PM ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION?
8:20:28PM ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, AYE.
8:20:31PM OPPOSED?
8:20:31PM >>THE CLERK: THE MOTION CARRIED WITH COHEN BEING ABSENT.
8:20:34PM >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
8:20:35PM LET ME ASK YOU, WITH THE REZONING BEING VOTED DOWN, DO WE
8:20:42PM STILL GO TO SPECIAL USE ON 6?
8:20:46PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: IF WE COULD HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK
8:20:49PM WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE OTHER
8:20:53PM PENDING PETITION.
8:20:56PM >> ARE WE GOING TO NEED A RECESS?
8:21:22PM >>REBECCA KERT: REBECCA KERT, LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
8:21:24PM THE ALCOHOL PERMIT CANNOT GO FORWARD TONIGHT.
8:21:27PM SO IT APPEARS THE BEST ITEM IS TO CONTINUE IT FORWARD.
8:21:32PM HE'S NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW LONG HE NEEDS, IF IT GOES PAST 180
8:21:36PM DAYS, YOU HAVE TO FIND EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
8:21:38PM SO I WOULD SUGGEST YOU EITHER FIND EXTRAORDINARY
8:21:41PM CIRCUMSTANCES AND PUT IT OUT ANOTHER 90 DAYS AND WE DON'T
8:21:44PM HAVE TO CALCULATE WHETHER THAT'S 180.
8:21:47PM OR YOU CONTINUE IT OUT 30 DAYS AND THEN WITH THE
8:21:49PM UNDERSTANDING HE MAY NOT BE READY AT THAT POINT.
8:21:53PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: IS IT SAFE TO SAY WE CAN PUT A PLACEHOLDER
8:21:56PM DATE FOR THE CONTINUATION, AND THEN HE CAN COME BACK AT THAT
8:21:59PM TIME TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE HAS ENOUGH TIME?
8:22:02PM >>REBECCA KERT: YES.
8:22:03PM THAT IS CORRECT.
8:22:04PM I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT HIM TO BE PENALIZED
8:22:07PM IF HE COMES BACK AND SAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME AND
8:22:10PM THEN HAVE PEOPLE MAD AT HIM.
8:22:12PM IN ADVANCE, HE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
8:22:14PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: MR. MICHELINI, IS THERE A TIME FRAME FOR ITEM
8:22:17PM NUMBER 6, WHICH IS AB2-19-02 AS A CONTINUATION?
8:22:22PM ARE YOU REQUESTING A CONTINUATION, FIRST OF ALL?
8:22:26PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: YES, SIR, I AM.
8:22:27PM THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS IT'S COMPLICATED BECAUSE THE
8:22:30PM SITE PLAN WASN'T APPROVED.
8:22:31PM I WOULD REQUEST THAT EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES ARE PRESENT
8:22:33PM AND REQUEST 90 DAYS.
8:22:37PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: 90 DAYS WOULD PLACE YOU, I BELIEVE,
8:22:41PM JUNE 27th, IS THAT CORRECT?
8:22:42PM OR AM I WRONG ABOUT THE DATE?
8:22:47PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: I DON'T HAVE MY CALENDAR IN FRONT OF ME.
8:22:49PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'M THINKING ABOUT 90 DAYS.
8:22:50PM ABOUT 90, ISN'T IT?
8:22:53PM I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM NUMBER 6, AGAIN,
8:22:59PM CLERK, THAT IS THE AB 2-19-02 SECTION.
8:23:03PM TO 6 P.M. ON JUNE 27th OF 2019.
8:23:10PM >> SECOND.
8:23:11PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. SUAREZ.
8:23:12PM SECONDED BY MR. MIRANDA.
8:23:13PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
8:23:16PM >>STEVE MICHELINI: THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
8:23:23PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ, ANYTHING GOOD FOR THE CAUSE?
8:23:30PM >>MIKE SUAREZ: NO, SIR.
8:23:32PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MANISCALCO.
8:23:33PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, SIR.
8:23:34PM I HAVE ONE ITEM.
8:23:35PM I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION REQUESTING THE PLANNING
8:23:39PM COMMISSION, SETTING PLAN AMENDMENT ADOPTION HEARING FOR
8:23:42PM TACPA 18-16 AND TACPA 18-18 ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 11, 2019
8:23:50PM AT 5:30 P.M.
8:23:52PM >>FRANK REDDICK: GOT A MOTION FROM MR. MANISCALCO, SECONDED
8:23:56PM BY MR. SUAREZ.
8:23:56PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
8:23:58PM ANY OPPOSED?
8:24:00PM ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?
8:24:01PM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, SIR.
8:24:02PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MS. CAPIN.
8:24:03PM >>YVONNE CAPIN: NO, SIR.
8:24:03PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. MIRANDA?
8:24:05PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NO, SIR.
8:24:05PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. VIERA?
8:24:07PM >>LUIS VIERA: NOTHING.
8:24:08PM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
8:24:09PM >>FRANK REDDICK: MOTION FROM MR. MIRANDA.
8:24:11PM SECONDED BY MS. CAPIN.
8:24:12PM ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION SAY AYE.
8:24:14PM OPPOSED?
8:24:15PM ALL RIGHT.
8:24:15PM WE STAND ADJOURNED.
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