TAMPA CRA MEETING
THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019
9:00 A.M.
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9:03:39AM >>LUIS VIERA: -- DEDICATED, HUMBLE, AND PASSIONATE MAN WHO
9:03:41AM HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE IN THE BETTERMENT OF HIS COMMUNITY WHEN
9:03:44AM HE JOINED THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NEW TAMPA IN 2010.
9:03:48AM HE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT SHARING HIS WEALTH OF ISLAMIC
9:03:50AM KNOWLEDGE WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.
9:03:52AM HE HAS DEVELOPED A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS ARABIC AND
9:03:55AM ISLAMIC TOPICS WHICH MAKES HIM QUALIFIED TO TEACH CLASSES IN
9:03:58AM NUMEROUS AREAS.
9:03:59AM AMONG HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, HE HAS BEEN CERTIFIED IN THE
9:04:04AM MEMORIZATION AND RECITATION OF THE QURAN IN PAKISTAN.
9:04:05AM IN 2007, HE COMPLETED HIS BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ISLAMIC
9:04:08AM STUDIES.
9:04:09AM HIS STUDIES HAVE FOCUSED ON NUMEROUS LANGUAGES, THEOLOGY,
9:04:12AM AND DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS TOPICS.
9:04:15AM AND HE IS WITH US HERE TODAY AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED IN
9:04:17AM OUR COMMUNITY IN BETTERING OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE WELCOME HIM
9:04:20AM HERE.
9:04:20AM GO AHEAD, SIR.
9:04:24AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: PLEASE STAND.
9:04:25AM >> IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL
9:04:37AM AND THE MOST BENEVOLENT, DEAR LORD OF THE HEAVENS AND THE
9:04:41AM EARTH, THE CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF THE UNIVERSE, WE THANK
9:04:44AM YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO CONGREGATE HERE AS ONE COMMUNITY.
9:04:47AM WE THANK YOU FOR OUR LIVES, OUR HEALTH, OUR PROVISIONS, AND
9:04:51AM FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
9:04:53AM DEAR LORD, WE CALL UPON YOU TO GUIDE US AND TO HELP US MAKE
9:04:56AM DECISIONS WHICH ARE THE BEST FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR
9:05:00AM PEOPLE.
9:05:01AM SO GRANT US PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS AND SHOWER YOUR MERCY
9:05:05AM UPON US.
9:05:05AM AMEN.
9:05:06AM [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
9:05:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
9:05:23AM SUAREZ?
9:05:25AM COHEN?
9:05:27AM >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
9:05:28AM >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
9:05:29AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
9:05:30AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:05:32AM >> VIERA?
9:05:33AM AND MANISCALCO?
9:05:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:05:36AM ITEM NUMBER ONE, WE GO TO STAFF REPORTS.
9:05:38AM THE FIRST ONE IS FROM THE CAC REPRESENTATIVE, MR. FRED
9:05:40AM HENRY.
9:05:48AM >>FRED HENRY: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:05:49AM FRED HENRY HERE TO PRESENT SOME UPDATES AND HIGHLIGHTS OF
9:05:52AM THE TAMPA HEIGHTS RIVERFRONT CRA, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY
9:05:58AM COMMITTEE NOTES.
9:05:59AM JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS, SOHO CAPITAL HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT
9:06:11AM PROGRESS IN FOUNDATION WORK FOR THE NEW OFFICE BUILDING FOR
9:06:12AM THE WHOLE 50,000 SQUARE FEET.
9:06:12AM I KNOW ALL THAT CONSTRUCTION IS VERY VISIBLE.
9:06:13AM THE NEW BUILDING IS CALLED THE HEIGHTS UNION CREATIVE OFFICE
9:06:16AM CENTER.
9:06:17AM THE ESTIMATED COST OF $41 MILLION.
9:06:20AM DPR IS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR ON THAT PROJECT, AND THE
9:06:25AM HEIGHTS MARKET OPENED ITS UPPER FLOOR, NEW ROOFTOP BAR THIS
9:06:29AM MONTH.
9:06:29AM YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT IN THE MEDIA OUT THERE.
9:06:31AM THE REMAINING BUILDINGS OF THE PEARL APARTMENTS ARE
9:06:34AM COMPLETE.
9:06:35AM I HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE OVER 80% OCCUPIED, WHICH IS GREAT
9:06:38AM NEWS.
9:06:38AM THE CORNER PARK NEXT TO THE PEARL APARTMENTS IS UNDER
9:06:40AM CONSTRUCTION AND NEARLY COMPLETE.
9:06:41AM A NEW 11,000 SQUARE FOOT COWORKING SPACE CALLED BAY 3 WAS
9:06:48AM LAUNCHED THIS YEAR IN ARMATURE WORKS.
9:06:49AM SOHO CAPITAL IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
9:06:53AM NORTH END OF THE WATER WORKS PARK TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN
9:06:55AM ACCESS TO THE PARK AND THE RIVERWALK, AND THERE HAS BEEN
9:06:58AM SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STREETCAR PROJECT COMING TO
9:07:01AM TAMPA HEIGHTS.
9:07:02AM THAT'S THE UPDATE I HAVE.
9:07:06AM ANY QUESTIONS?
9:07:08AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HENRY?
9:07:10AM SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:07:13AM ITEM NUMBER TWO, MR. BOB McDONAUGH WITH CRA ACTIVITIES.
9:07:20AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: GOOD MORNING.
9:07:21AM BOCK McDONAUGH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
9:07:24AM DOWNTOWN IS A BUSY PLACE RIGHT NOW.
9:07:26AM WE HAVE 4,000 ATTENDEE CONVENTION WRAPPING UP THIS WEEK,
9:07:30AM WHICH IS A HEALTH CONVENTION.
9:07:31AM A LOT OF SCHOOLTEACHERS, ATHLETIC TRAINERS THAT TYPE OF
9:07:35AM FOLK.
9:07:36AM WE HAVE EVENTS AT THE STRAZ AND THE AMALIE THIS WEEKEND.
9:07:39AM WE HAVE THE LIGHTNING GAME FRIDAY NIGHT.
9:07:43AM PLAYOFF GAME, IT WILL BE A VERY BUSY WEEKEND IN OUR
9:07:45AM DOWNTOWN.
9:07:46AM SPP IS WRAPPING UP PHASE TWO OF THE ROAD WORK.
9:07:50AM AND THEY HAVE JUST BEEN GIVEN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FUNDING
9:07:54AM FOR PHASE 3, SO THAT WORK CONTINUES ON.
9:07:57AM AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, THEY HAVE SEVERAL BUILDINGS UNDER
9:07:59AM CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
9:08:00AM THE CHANNEL GROUP HAS ANNOUNCED -- EXCUSE ME, IN THE CHANNEL
9:08:04AM DISTRICT, THE LIBERTY GROUP HAS ANNOUNCED JULY 10th FOR
9:08:08AM THEIR GRAND OPENING OF THEIR NEW HOTEL, WHICH IS AT HIGHWAY
9:08:11AM 60 AND MERIDIAN.
9:08:13AM IT'S TURNED OUT VERY WELL.
9:08:14AM THEY USED SOME VERY INTERESTING DESIGN ELEMENTS TO SHIELD
9:08:18AM THE GARAGE.
9:08:19AM AND THE DISTRICTWIDE PLANS ARE UNDERWAY.
9:08:22AM AS YOU'LL RECALL, YOU APPROVED FUNDING TO FINISH ALL OF
9:08:25AM THOSE LITTLE SEGMENTS THAT WERE IN THE ORIGINAL STRATEGIC
9:08:28AM ACTION PLAN.
9:08:28AM SO THAT WORK WILL BE COMMENCING SHORTLY.
9:08:31AM EAST TAMPA, THERE IS STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN UPDATE, WHICH IS
9:08:36AM BEING SCOPED RIGHT NOW.
9:08:37AM SO I'M SURE THAT WILL BE COMING TO YOU IN THE
9:08:40AM NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE.
9:08:41AM APRIL IS SMALL BUSINESS MONTH, AND THE EAST TAMPA BUSINESS
9:08:44AM ASSOCIATION AND THE SMALL BUSINESS WILL BE GOING OUT AND
9:08:49AM CANVASSING BUSINESS IN EAST TAMPA TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT KIND
9:08:54AM OF SERVICES THAT WE FUND, WHICH HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES,
9:08:57AM THEIR BUSINESS PLANS AND LOAN PACKAGES AND THAT TYPE OF
9:09:01AM THING.
9:09:02AM IN YBOR, THEIR NEW SOUND SYSTEM HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN
9:09:06AM CENTENNIAL PARK, AND LATIN MUSIC WILL BE BEING PLAYED ON
9:09:09AM THAT CONTINUOUSLY.
9:09:10AM WE HAVE THE -- ON MAY 15th, IT'S CHILDREN'S BOARD,
9:09:16AM UPDATING AND VISION PLAN AND THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED FOR
9:09:19AM THAT.
9:09:19AM THE LION'S EYE RUN IS 4/19.
9:09:22AM RYAN'S RUN IS 4/27.
9:09:24AM AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS GOING ON.
9:09:28AM THE CLOCK UP IN THE GARAGE IS BEING REPAIRED.
9:09:31AM THE RESTROOMS ARE BEING REDONE.
9:09:35AM LOTS OF SMALL PROJECTS TO ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF YBOR.
9:09:40AM IN WEST TAMPA, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
9:09:42AM WE HAVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ESTABLISHED AND THEY ARE HARD AT
9:09:47AM WORK FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR STRATEGIC ACTION
9:09:50AM PLAN.
9:09:50AM THEY HAVE A FACADE GRANT PROGRAM WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
9:09:53AM WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE FIRST FACADE GRANT APPLICANT HERE
9:09:56AM TODAY, SO YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THAT.
9:09:59AM AND THEY'VE HAD THEIR FIRST SPONSORED EVENT.
9:10:01AM THAT WAS MARCH 21st.
9:10:03AM SO THEY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON
9:10:05AM IN WEST TAMPA.
9:10:07AM IT'S A VERY ACTIVE CAC.
9:10:09AM I'M SURE YOU'LL BE SPENDING LOTS OF TIME AND HEARING LOTS
9:10:12AM FROM THEM IN THE FUTURE.
9:10:13AM THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
9:10:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:10:15AM ANY QUESTIONS?
9:10:15AM NO.
9:10:16AM THANK YOU SO MUCH.
9:10:16AM ALL RIGHT, MR. MARTIN.
9:10:24AM >> [NOT SPEAKING INTO A MICROPHONE]
9:10:31AM ALTHOUGH THE MAKEUP OF THE CRA IS THE SAME AS THAT OF THE
9:10:35AM CITY COUNCIL, THE CRA IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY WITH A SEPARATE
9:10:38AM LEGAL IDENTITY.
9:10:41AM ITS FUNCTIONS ARE ALSO DIFFERENT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, EVEN
9:10:43AM THOUGH THE CRA OPERATES UNDER THE SAME RULES OF CONDUCT
9:10:46AM WHERE APPLICABLE AS THE CITY COUNCIL.
9:10:48AM 30 MINUTES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR CITIZENS TO SPEAK ON
9:10:51AM ITEMS NOT SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WHICH ARE OF INTEREST
9:10:54AM TO THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CRA AND THE MATTERS ON TODAY'S
9:10:59AM AGENDA.
9:10:59AM IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON A MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING
9:11:01AM ON TODAY'S AGENDA, YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS
9:11:04AM THE CRA AT THE TIME THE MATTER IS HEARD.
9:11:08AM PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CRA IS NOT A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC FORUM
9:11:12AM AND LIMITS THE SCOPE OF PUBLIC COMMENT TO MATTERS WITHIN THE
9:11:17AM PURVIEW OF THE CRA AND ITS EFFORT TO CONDUCT ITS PUBLIC
9:11:20AM BUSINESS.
9:11:21AM PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO ISSUES OR MATTERS BEFORE THE
9:11:23AM CRA AS A BODY AND NOT DIRECTED TO ANY INDIVIDUAL CRA MEMBER
9:11:27AM OR CRA STAFF MEMBER.
9:11:28AM EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
9:11:31AM PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU TAKE THE
9:11:34AM PODIUM AND BEFORE COMMENCING.
9:11:36AM THE CRA ASKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN MAINTAINING ORDERLY
9:11:39AM CONDUCT AND PROPER DECORUM THROUGHOUT PUBLIC COMMENTARY.
9:11:43AM THANK YOU.
9:11:45AM >> I AM WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN DESPOT KING JOHNNY
9:11:50AM BERNARD BOO.
9:11:53AM FOR THE LIVING RECORD, FOR THE LIVING WORLD, FOR THE RECORD,
9:11:56AM BY THE RECORD, ON THE RECORD.
9:11:58AM I WANT TO GIVE YOU A GLOBAL UPDATE ON REFORM, REORGANIZATION
9:12:05AM AS TO WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON THROUGHOUT ALL OF YOUR
9:12:08AM GOVERNMENTS.
9:12:08AM LIKE ALL THE SHAKE-UPS THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE GOVERNMENTS,
9:12:13AM THERE'S A SHAKE-UP THROUGH ALL THE LOCAL AREAS, REGIONAL,
9:12:16AM ALL AREAS.
9:12:17AM WE DON'T LEAVE ANYBODY OUT.
9:12:20AM SO THERE'S NO PICKING ON ONE PERSON OR THE NEXT PERSON.
9:12:22AM SO, LIKE, TRUMP IS NOT RACIST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE
9:12:27AM THERE'S NO WHITE OR BLACK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
9:12:29AM WHITE AND BLACK IS HOW WE -- IN SCHOOLS AND EMPLOYEES AND
9:12:35AM WORKERS HERE IN AMERICA AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN.
9:12:37AM SO, UM, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW HERE AT THE CAPITAL,
9:12:46AM INDIAN VILLAGE, KINGDOM, HERE AT WORLDWIDE GLOBAL SOVEREIGN
9:12:51AM AMERICAN KINGDOM, AMERICAN SOVEREIGN KINGDOM, FRANCHISE
9:12:55AM TAMPA BAY, COUNTRY FLORIDA, WHICH IS A FREE -- IT'S NOT -- I
9:13:01AM DON'T LIKE USING THAT WORD STATE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT
9:13:05AM HOOKED UP WITH S-T-A-T-E, THAT EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AFRICAN
9:13:13AM GLOBAL DOMESTIC TERRORIST, COMMUNIST, KKK, NAACP, TRICK YOU,
9:13:19AM FOOL YOU ENTITY THAT CAME TO ENTRAP AMERICANS AS THEY
9:13:23AM TRAPPED THE JEWS OVER THERE, WANT TO TRAP HEBREWS OVER HERE.
9:13:29AM COMPREHEND V FOR VICTORY, V FOR VICTORY, WINSTON CHURCHILL
9:13:34AM SAID, OH, WE'LL GO RESCUE THEM FROM GERMANS WHEN YOU DIDN'T
9:13:37AM GO RESCUE ANYONE.
9:13:38AM KICK OUT GERMAN SCIENTISTS, JAPANESE, CHANGE TEAMS.
9:13:49AM JAPANESE, JAPS, WHOLE SLEW, ALL CAN OF WORMS, BASICALLY.
9:13:57AM LIKE TRUMP HAS BEEN UNFAIRLY MISJUDGED THE WHOLE DARN TIME.
9:14:01AM YOU KNOW, TRUMP ONLY -- HE ONLY SAT THERE FOR THOSE TWO
9:14:05AM YEARS TO BUY US TIME WITHIN OUR PROCESS WITH RECEIVING FULL
9:14:11AM SOVEREIGNTY, FOR IT IS AMERICA'S GOAL TO BECOME FULL
9:14:16AM SOVEREIGN.
9:14:17AM SO HERE IN TAMPA, LIVING LEGENDS, WE MAKE HISTORY EACH AND
9:14:22AM EVERY DAY.
9:14:23AM KINGS AND QUEENS, MAKING MOVEMENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY.
9:14:26AM INDIVIDUAL AI MOVEMENT ALL OVER THE GLOBE AS PEOPLE ARE
9:14:33AM SPREADING ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
9:14:34AM CONTINUE TO RISE IN TRUE SPLENDORS, STARS.
9:14:41AM THIS IS NOT A RELIGION.
9:14:43AM WHAT THE TRIBES ARE DOING IS TERRIBLE.
9:14:46AM [BEEP]
9:14:46AM WHAT ALL RELIGIONS ARE DOING IS TERRIBLE.
9:14:48AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:14:50AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:14:52AM >> MENTESMOT, TAMPA, FLORIDA.
9:14:55AM HEY, BROTHER KICKED SOME REAL POSITIVE AND GOOD KNOWLEDGE.
9:14:58AM THAT'S REAL GOOD KNOWLEDGE.
9:15:00AM AND HE'S KICKING IT BEFORE A DO-NOTHING CITY COUNCIL, A
9:15:04AM DO-NOTHING CITY COUNCIL THAT TALKS ABOUT DECOR.
9:15:08AM IT'S A GOOD -- IT'S A GOOD DAY.
9:15:10AM IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD WEEK.
9:15:11AM IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD NEXT WEEK TO KNOW HALF OF YOU CLOWNS
9:15:14AM GOING TO BE GONE COME A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW.
9:15:18AM WHATSOEVER.
9:15:19AM IT'S ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY DO-NOTHING CITY COUNCIL.
9:15:22AM NO MATTER HOW YOU REPORT IT.
9:15:24AM IF YOU REPORT IT PUBLICLY THAT WE'RE 26% OF THE POPULATION
9:15:28AM AND DON'T ENJOY 26% OF ANYTHING POSITIVE IN THIS CITY, DON'T
9:15:32AM ENJOY 26% OF CHANNELSIDE, DAVIS ISLANDS, HARBOUR ISLAND,
9:15:36AM DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT, WEST TAMPA DEVELOPMENT, EAST TAMPA
9:15:39AM DEVELOPMENT, BUCCANEERS, WE DON'T ENJOY 26% OF ANY PART OF
9:15:42AM IT.
9:15:43AM NOT 26% OF CITY JOBS, CITY EMPLOYMENT, CITY CONTRACTS,
9:15:49AM COUNTY CONTRACTS, NOTHING.
9:15:51AM A DO-NOTHING CITY COUNCIL.
9:15:52AM THEN THEY COME IN HERE AND THEY TALK ABOUT DECOR.
9:15:55AM THEY GIVE YOU A LONG SPEECH ABOUT DECOR.
9:15:57AM BUT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SENSITIVITY
9:16:02AM AND SENSITIVITY TRAINING, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DECOR
9:16:05AM IS ALL ABOUT.
9:16:06AM DECOR ISN'T ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE WHO MOST OF THE TIME IS LATE
9:16:12AM FOR WORK, HAVING PEOPLE LOOK LIKE IF IT'S SERVITUDE, HAVING
9:16:17AM THEM BRING WATER AS THEY SIT UP ON THE HIGH THRONES AND SAY
9:16:20AM YOU CAN'T MENTION THEIR NAMES PERSONALLY.
9:16:23AM IT'S NOT HAVING EMPLOYEES BRINGING YOU COFFEE, LIKE THE
9:16:26AM THROWBACK DAYS, LIKE OLD SLAVERY DAYS HERE AGAIN, WHILE
9:16:31AM YOU'RE ON CITY TIME.
9:16:32AM IT'S DISGUSTING.
9:16:35AM WHAT'S DECORABLE ABOUT THAT?
9:16:37AM ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOTHING.
9:16:38AM DECOR -- GOOD DECOR ISN'T GOING TO DISTRICT FIVE AND SEEING
9:16:43AM HOW WE'RE LIVING OVER THERE.
9:16:44AM NOT THIS PART OF DISTRICT FIVE.
9:16:46AM THAT PART OF DISTRICT FIVE.
9:16:47AM THE EAST TAMPA PART OF DISTRICT FIVE.
9:16:49AM IT'S NO GOOD DECOR ABOUT THAT.
9:16:51AM ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NOTHING GOOD ABOUT THAT.
9:16:54AM DECOR ISN'T GOOD.
9:16:56AM IT'S NOTHING GOOD ABOUT DECOR IN A MAYOR CALLING, GOING IN
9:17:04AM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CALLING BLACK WOMEN, AFRICAN WOMEN
9:17:08AM BITCHES AND NOBODY SAY NOTHING ABOUT IT.
9:17:10AM DECOR ISN'T ABOUT A MAYOR CALLING FOR THE LYNCHING OR THE
9:17:17AM HANGING, BRING HIS HEAD TO ME ON A PLATTER.
9:17:20AM HOW NASTY CAN YOU GET?
9:17:23AM IT'S NASTY.
9:17:23AM AND YOU GOT SEVEN GROWN INDIVIDUALS SITTING UP THERE, AND
9:17:26AM NOT ONE OF THEM HAS SAID A SINGLE THING ABOUT IT.
9:17:31AM TRYING TO JUMP ON THE COATTAILS OF THE INCOMING MAYOR.
9:17:34AM MAN, ADULTS.
9:17:38AM YOU ALL HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP AS ADULTS, NOT EVEN AS CITY
9:17:42AM COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES.
9:17:43AM AS ADULT HUMAN BEINGS, YOU-ALL HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP, PLAIN AND
9:17:47AM SIMPLE.
9:17:50AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:17:50AM NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
9:18:07AM >> MY NAME IS PASTOR FRANK WILLIAMS, LOCATED AT 1112 EAST
9:18:17AM JOSH STREET.
9:18:18AM I'M GOING TO READ SOME SCRIPTURE TO YOU BECAUSE, REGARDLESS,
9:18:26AM A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD.
9:18:28AM A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS.
9:18:35AM BUT I GOT TO DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER BEFORE HE CALL ME
9:18:38AM HOME.
9:18:39AM OH, I HOPE I'VE GOT MY GLASSES.
9:18:43AM GOD IS SO GOOD TO ALL OF US, WHETHER WE ACCEPT IT OR NOT.
9:18:49AM I'M GOING TO READ SOME SCRIPTURE TO YOU ALL FROM THE BOOK OF
9:18:57AM ROMANS STARTING AT THE 14th CHAPTER.
9:19:00AM STARTING AT THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE BOOK OF ROMANS, 14th
9:19:07AM VERSE.
9:19:07AM I'M A DEBTOR BOTH TO THE GREEKS AND TO THE BARBARIANS, BOTH
9:19:14AM TO THE WISE -- IS THAT THE RIGHT ONE?
9:19:16AM BOTH TO THE WISE AND TO THE UNWISE.
9:19:20AM SO, AS MUCH AS IN ME, I AM READY TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO YOU
9:19:26AM THAT ARE AT ROME ALSO.
9:19:27AM FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST: FOR IT IS THE
9:19:31AM POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION TO EVERYONE THAT BELIEVETH, TO
9:19:36AM THE JEW FIRST, AND ALSO TO THE GREEK.
9:19:42AM FOR THEREIN IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD REVEALED FROM FAITH
9:19:44AM TO FAITH: AS IT IS WRITTEN, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.
9:19:50AM FOR THE WRATH OF GOD IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN AGAINST ALL
9:19:55AM UNGODLINESS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HOLD THE TRUTH IN
9:20:01AM UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE THAT WHICH MAY BE KNOWN OF GOD IS
9:20:07AM MANIFEST IN THEM.
9:20:08AM FOR GOD HATH SHEWED IT UNTO THEM.
9:20:14AM FOR THE INVISIBLE THINGS OF HIM FROM THE CREATION OF THE
9:20:18AM WORLD ARE CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THE THINGS THAT
9:20:30AM ARE MADE, EVEN HIS ETERNAL POWER AND GODHEAD; SO THAT THEY
9:20:34AM ARE WITHOUT EXCUSES.
9:20:36AM BECAUSE THAT, WHEN THEY KNEW GOD -- [BEEP] -- THEY GLORIFIED
9:20:43AM HIM NOT AS GOD.
9:20:44AM I'M SO SORRY I RANG THE BELL BECAUSE I DEFINITELY WANTED TO
9:20:48AM GET THE -- MAN.
9:20:51AM A LOT OF PEOPLE -- THE REASON THEY ACT THE WAY THEY DO,
9:20:55AM BECAUSE GOD HAD GAVE THEM OVER TO -- MAN.
9:20:59AM NOW WE GOT A WOMAN WHO CALL HERSELF GAY.
9:21:03AM IT DON'T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE WHAT SHE CALLS HERSELF.
9:21:06AM IT'S WHAT GOD CALLS HER.
9:21:08AM THANKS BE TO GOD.
9:21:09AM I GOT TO TALK ABOUT JAN CASTOR.
9:21:11AM I GUESS HER NAME JAN CASTOR.
9:21:14AM JANE CASTOR.
9:21:15AM [BEEP]
9:21:16AM YOU RING THE BELL ON ME NOW FOR REAL.
9:21:18AM JANE CASTOR, SHE THINKS SHE'S GAY.
9:21:19AM WHEN I WAS COMING UP, WE DIDN'T CALL THEM GAY.
9:21:23AM WE CALLED THEM BULL --
9:21:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:21:27AM >> THANK YOU.
9:21:28AM >> YOU WANT TO CUT ME OFF BECAUSE I'M TELLING THE TRUTH.
9:21:33AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THE TIMER RAN OUT.
9:21:36AM >> I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ALL DON'T ACCEPT IT.
9:21:39AM I HAVE TO DO WHAT DOES SAY THE LORD.
9:21:49AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: GOOD MORNING.
9:21:50AM BOB McDONAUGH.
9:21:53AM RECEIVE AND FILE THE QUARTERLY TIF FINANCIAL REPORT.
9:21:56AM >> SO MOVED.
9:21:57AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN REDDICK WITH A
9:22:00AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
9:22:01AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:22:04AM >> AYE.
9:22:05AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ITEM NUMBER 4.
9:22:06AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: APPOINTMENT OF AN EX OFFICIO IN WEST TAMPA,
9:22:09AM THAT IS SOMEONE FROM PROJECT LINK.
9:22:11AM >> SO MOVED.
9:22:12AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A
9:22:14AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN REDDICK.
9:22:15AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:22:16AM APPROVED.
9:22:17AM ITEM NUMBER 5.
9:22:19AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: A CAC APPOINTMENT IN YBOR, CIRO DOMINGUEZ.
9:22:25AM HE IS REPRESENTING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN YBOR.
9:22:27AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA, SECOND
9:22:30AM BY COUNCILMAN REDDICK, ALL IN FAVOR?
9:22:33AM ITEM 6.
9:22:34AM >> TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE MADISON STREET PARK PROJECT.
9:22:38AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A
9:22:39AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:22:41AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:22:42AM MOTION PASSES.
9:22:43AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: TRANSFER OF FUNDS IN THE DOWNTOWN NON-CORE
9:22:46AM TO THE NEWLY FOUNDED FACADE PROGRAM IN DOWNTOWN.
9:22:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COHEN WITH A SECOND
9:22:51AM BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:22:52AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:22:53AM MOTION PASSES.
9:22:54AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: A SIMILAR ACTION IN WEST TAMPA TO ESTABLISH
9:22:57AM THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM.
9:22:59AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN REDDICK WITH A
9:23:00AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:23:02AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:23:04AM ITEM NUMBER 9.
9:23:05AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: ACCEPTANCE OF OUR 2018 ANNUAL REPORT.
9:23:09AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN COHEN WITH A
9:23:11AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN REDDICK.
9:23:13AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:23:14AM ALL RIGHT.
9:23:14AM ITEM NUMBER 10.
9:23:15AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: THE WEST TAMPA AND DOWNTOWN CRA REQUEST
9:23:18AM APPROVAL TO EXPAND THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM TO THOSE TWO
9:23:20AM DISTRICTS.
9:23:21AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN REDDICK WITH A
9:23:23AM SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:23:24AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:23:26AM NUMBER 11.
9:23:28AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE
9:23:31AM EXECUTION OF A LIEN SUBORDINATION IN FAVOR OF WESTFIELD
9:23:37AM BANK.
9:23:37AM AGAIN, THIS IS A FACADE GRANT THAT SOMEONE HAS REFINANCED
9:23:40AM THEIR PROJECT, AND THEY ARE ASKING US TO SUBORDINATE TO THE
9:23:42AM BANK WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO
9:23:45AM GET FIRST MORTGAGES.
9:23:47AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN REDDICK, WITH A
9:23:50AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.
9:23:50AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:23:51AM ITEM NUMBER 12.
9:23:51AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: LAST BUT NOT LEAST WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF
9:23:54AM A FACADE GRANT ON MAIN STREET, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST ONE
9:23:58AM IN THE WEST TAMPA DISTRICT.
9:24:02AM ACTUALLY, THE BUSINESS OWNER IS HERE IF YOU COULD SPARE A
9:24:05AM COUPLE OF MOMENTS, I'D LIKE HIM TO COME UP AND SAY HELLO AND
9:24:08AM TALK ABOUT WHAT HIS PLANS ARE.
9:24:10AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SURE.
9:24:11AM COME ON UP.
9:24:17AM >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:24:18AM THANK YOU.
9:24:18AM I'M MATTHEW JUAIRE.
9:24:21AM THIS IS OUR BUILDING.
9:24:22AM AND OUR GRANT PROGRAM.
9:24:24AM WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITY, OBVIOUSLY.
9:24:28AM THIS IS 119-YEAR-OLD BUILDING, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
9:24:31AM THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OVER THE YEARS TO IT THAT WE'D
9:24:34AM LIKE TO SORT OF REVERSE, AND MAYBE FIX.
9:24:37AM WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FACADE, AS WE'RE ADJOINED ON BOTH
9:24:40AM SIDES, BUT THINK THAT PROVIDING SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE
9:24:44AM HAVE WILL DO A SERVICE TO MAIN STREET, AS WE HELP SORT OF
9:24:49AM SPRUCE MAIN STREET UP.
9:24:51AM I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MALCOLM AND MICHELLE.
9:24:56AM THEY REALLY HELPED ME ALONG THIS WAY AS A FIRST-TIME
9:24:58AM BUSINESS OWNER AND WHATNOT, I HAD TO SORT OF FIGURE THINGS
9:25:01AM OUT ALONG THE WAY.
9:25:02AM BUT WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE, AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR WHAT
9:25:05AM WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE FACADE GRANT.
9:25:09AM AND, OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER FROM INSIDE.
9:25:13AM >> MOVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
9:25:14AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION BY COUNCILMAN REDDICK WITH A
9:25:15AM SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MIRANDA.
9:25:17AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:25:18AM JUST A QUESTION, DID SOMEBODY RUN A CAR INTO YOUR BUILDING?
9:25:21AM >> THEY SURE DID.
9:25:22AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DID THEY FIND THE PERSON WHO DID IT?
9:25:25AM >> NO.
9:25:25AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR JUST
9:25:28AM THE PLYWOOD?
9:25:29AM >> SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE HERE OF STRAIGHT ON, THE
9:25:34AM LEFT PORTION OF THE WOOD, THE PLYWOOD THAT YOU SEE, THAT'S
9:25:39AM COVERED RIGHT NOW IN SHEATHING OUT ABOUT THREE FEET ONTO THE
9:25:42AM SIDEWALK BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIG ROLL-UP GARAGE DOOR GOING
9:25:45AM THERE.
9:25:45AM THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN.
9:25:46AM SO THERE WAS NO DOOR THERE.
9:25:48AM IT DID BASH OUT SOME OF THE FRAMING AND DRYWALL ON THE SIDE
9:25:51AM OF THAT.
9:25:51AM WE GOT REALLY LUCKY BUT ON THE OTHER HAND LITTLE UNLUCKY
9:25:55AM BECAUSE IT'S OUT OF POCKET.
9:25:57AM BECAUSE OF MY DEDUCTIBLE, DOESN'T COVER THAT.
9:26:01AM >>FRANK REDDICK: THEY DIDN'T TAKE NO BEER.
9:26:03AM >> NO, NO BEER IN THERE YET.
9:26:04AM ONLY REALLY BIG THINGS.
9:26:06AM I IMAGINE -- WHAT I HEARD, THEY DON'T LIKE TO TALK A WHOLE
9:26:09AM LOT ON THE STREET ON MAIN STREET, BUT WHAT I HEARD IS
9:26:12AM SOMEBODY ENDED UP BACKING INTO IT, LIKE TWO OR THREE IN THE
9:26:15AM MORNING, AND THEN RACING OFF.
9:26:17AM WE'VE GOT IT ON CAMERA.
9:26:19AM WE HAVE TO DIG IN, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING
9:26:22AM TO FIND OUT WHO IT WAS AND WHATNOT.
9:26:24AM I DID TALK THIS MORNING ABOUT PUTTING SOME PLANTERS IN THE
9:26:28AM FRONT BETWEEN THE PALM TREES WITH ROBERTA AT URBAN PLANNING.
9:26:31AM SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
9:26:33AM I MAY ASK SOME OF YOU FOR SOME ADVICE ON THAT.
9:26:36AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:26:37AM WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:26:41AM >> WE MOVED THE RESOLUTION.
9:26:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA.
9:26:44AM WE'LL GO INTO INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS.
9:26:48AM >>BOB McDONAUGH: THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY REPORT.
9:26:50AM I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT IN DOWNTOWN AND THE WEST
9:26:52AM TAMPA FACADE GRANT PROGRAMS, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED CORRIDORS
9:26:58AM WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS THAT THEY WANT IMPROVEMENT.
9:27:00AM I THINK MAIN STREET IS A GREAT PLACE TO START IN WEST TAMPA.
9:27:03AM EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE TO THAT.
9:27:04AM MAIN STREET, HOWARD, ARMENIA, THE SPINE AND BACKBONE OF
9:27:11AM THAT.
9:27:11AM WE'VE SEEN IT WORK SO WELL IN YBOR AND SOME OF THE OTHER
9:27:14AM DISTRICTS.
9:27:15AM I THINK IT'S A GREAT FIRST STEP.
9:27:18AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GREAT.
9:27:19AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
9:27:19AM ALL RIGHT.
9:27:19AM INFORMATION REPORTS AND NEW BUSINESS.
9:27:22AM COUNCILMAN VIERA?
9:27:23AM >>LUIS VIERA: NONE, SIR.
9:27:24AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NONE, SIR.
9:27:24AM >>YVONNE CAPIN: NONE, SIR.
9:27:26AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: COUNCILMAN REDDICK?
9:27:32AM COUNCILMAN COHEN?
9:27:32AM COUNCILMAN SUAREZ?
9:27:33AM MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
9:27:34AM MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN MIRANDA WITH A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN
9:27:37AM REDDICK.
9:27:38AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:27:38AM ALL RIGHT.
9:27:39AM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
9:27:40AM SEE YOU TONIGHT.
9:27:40AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
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