TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019
9:00 A.M.
WORKSHOP SESSION
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09:08:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: -- CALL THIS
09:08:09 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO
09:08:10 ORDER, AND I'M GOING TO YIELD
09:08:11 TO COUNCILMAN VIERA.
09:08:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
09:08:13 MR. CHAIR.
09:08:14 IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TODAY
09:08:16 TO INTRODUCE A GOOD FRIEND OF
09:08:19 MINE, PASTOR TOMMY "URBAN D"
09:08:21 KYLLENON, THE LEAD PASTOR OVER
09:08:21 AT CROSSOVER CHURCH.
09:08:22 PASTOR TOMMY FOUNDED THE YOUTH
09:08:25 MINISTRY AT CROSSOVER IN 1996
09:08:26 AFTER GRADUATING FROM
09:08:27 SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY WITH A
09:08:29 DEGREE IN PASTORAL STUDIES AND
09:08:30 A CONCENTRATION IN YOUTH
09:08:31 MINISTRY.
09:08:33 HE LATER COMPLETED HIS MASTER'S
09:08:35 DEGREE AT THE SAME SCHOOL, AND
09:08:37 IN 1996, WITH JUST FOUR TEENS,
09:08:38 HE AND HIS WIFE DEVELOPED A
09:08:41 FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND HIP-HOP
09:08:43 STYLED YOUTH MINISTRY THAT OVER
09:08:44 THE SPAN OF SIX YEARS GREW TO
09:08:45 HUNDREDS, FAR OUTPACING
09:08:47 ATTENDANCE AT A MAIN SUNDAY
09:08:48 WORSHIP.
09:08:50 BY JANUARY OF 2002, PASTOR
09:08:52 TOMMY BECAME THE LEAD PASTOR AT
09:08:54 CROSSOVER, AND A NEW VISION WAS
09:08:55 BIRTHED TO REACH OUT TO THOSE
09:08:57 INFLUENCED BY THE URBAN AND
09:08:58 HIP-HOP CULTURE.
09:09:00 I KNOW PASTOR TOMMY AND HIS
09:09:01 CHURCH UNDER MANY, MANY
09:09:02 DIFFERENT HATS AND LENSES.
09:09:04 THEY ARE AT THE OLD TOYS "R" US
09:09:11 THAT IF YOU GREW UP IN TEMPLE
09:09:12 TERRACE OR NORTH TAMPA, I USED
09:09:13 TO GO TO AS MUCH AS I COULD
09:09:14 WITH MY MOM.
09:09:14 AND THEY ARE A WONDERFUL,
09:09:14 WONDERFUL CHURCH, AND THEY JUST
09:09:14 COMPLETED THE LOVE OUR CITY
09:09:15 INITIATIVE, WHICH DURING THE
09:09:16 MID-WEEK OF APRIL SEEKS TO
09:09:18 REACH OUT TO VARIOUS AT-RISK
09:09:19 AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND
09:09:22 ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR CITY FOR
09:09:24 BETWEEN 50 TO 75 ENDEAVORS AND
09:09:25 PROJECTS TO LOVE OUR CITY.
09:09:27 SO I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME HERE
09:09:28 PASTOR TOMMY TO GIVE THE
09:09:29 OPENING PRAYER, AND IF YOU
09:09:30 COULD REMAIN STANDING FOR THE
09:09:33 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
09:09:33 >> ALL RIGHT.
09:09:34 GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
09:09:35 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE THIS
09:09:37 MORNING, AND, YEAH, WE JUST
09:09:39 COMPLETED LOVE OUR CITY WEEK.
09:09:40 DID 152 PROJECTS THIS YEAR WITH
09:09:42 1500 VOLUNTEERS LAST WEEK, SO
09:09:44 NORTH TAMPA IS DRIPPING WITH
09:09:45 LOVE.
09:09:46 LET'S PRAY.
09:09:47 GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY
09:09:49 AND, FIRST OF ALL, WE THANK
09:09:49 YOU.
09:09:51 THANK YOU FOR GIVING US ANOTHER
09:09:53 DAY TO WAKE UP, TO GIVE US
09:09:55 PURPOSE, TO GIVE US THINGS TO
09:09:57 DO TODAY, THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH.
09:09:58 GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT
09:09:59 YOU'RE DOING IN OUR CITY.
09:10:01 WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND
09:10:03 YOUR GRACE AND YOUR KINDNESS.
09:10:05 AND, GOD, WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY
09:10:08 TODAY.
09:10:08 GOD, WE THANK YOU THAT IT'S A
09:10:09 PLACE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING TO
09:10:10 FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
09:10:12 EVERY DAY THERE'S PEOPLE THAT
09:10:13 ARE MOVING HERE, AND SO, GOD,
09:10:15 GIVE US YOUR WISDOM AND GIVE US
09:10:19 YOUR GRACE AS WE STEWART WELL
09:10:20 THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING
09:10:21 HERE, TO THOSE THAT ARE COMING
09:10:23 AND TO THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY
09:10:23 HERE, GOD.
09:10:25 AND THIS DIVERSE CITY WHERE WE
09:10:26 HAVE PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT
09:10:28 BACKGROUNDS, AGES, ECONOMIC
09:10:30 BACKGROUNDS, AS THE PROSPERITY
09:10:31 CONTINUES, GOD, I PRAY THAT
09:10:32 THIS WILL BE A PLACE WHERE WE
09:10:33 CARE FOR EVERYONE.
09:10:35 AND SO, GOD, I LIFT UP THIS
09:10:36 COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
09:10:37 I PRAY FOR WISDOM ON DECISIONS
09:10:39 THAT ARE BEING MADE, PRAY FOR
09:10:41 CLARITY, PRAY FOR UNITY, PRAY
09:10:43 FOR THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND
09:10:44 FOR THE NEW MAYOR THAT'S COMING
09:10:45 IN JUST A MATTER OF DAYS, AND
09:10:48 WE PRAY THAT THIS NEXT ERA OF
09:10:49 TAMPA WILL BE THE GREATEST.
09:10:51 WE PRAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
09:10:52 GROWTH AND PROSPERITY THAT WE
09:10:54 WON'T FORGET YOU AND THE HOPE
09:10:57 THAT WE HAVE IN YOU, SO WE PRAY
09:10:58 FOR BLESSINGS TODAY IN YOUR
09:10:58 NAME.
09:11:00 AMEN.
09:11:00 [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
09:11:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: ROLL CALL.
09:11:21 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HERE.
09:11:22 >>HARRY COHEN: HERE.
09:11:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
09:11:26 >>YVONNE CAPIN: PRESENT.
09:11:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
09:11:29 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
09:11:31 >>FRANK REDDICK: HERE.
09:11:32 ALL RIGHT.
09:11:34 WE'LL GO TO THE SER MOBILE
09:11:34 ACTIVITIES.
09:11:38 FIRST ITEM IS PRESENTATION OF
09:11:39 POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH,
09:11:41 MR. MIRANDA.
09:11:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HONORABLE
09:11:52 CHAIRMAN, HONORABLE COUNCIL
09:11:53 MEMBERS, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE
09:11:54 HERE THIS MORNING TO MAKE THE
09:11:56 INTRODUCTION ON BEHALF OF THE
09:11:56 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL POLICE
09:11:58 OFFICER OF THE MONTH, BUT
09:11:59 BEFORE I GO THERE, I JUST WANT
09:12:00 TO SAY PUBLIC WILL I THAT I
09:12:02 REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH
09:12:03 EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THAT
09:12:05 AT TIMES WE DIFFER, WE DIFFER
09:12:06 IN OPINIONS, WE DIFFER IN
09:12:09 STYLE, WE DIFFER IN CULTURE, WE
09:12:11 DIFFER IN HAIR, WE DIFFER IN
09:12:11 EVERYTHING, AND THAT'S WHAT
09:12:13 MAKES US UNITED.
09:12:14 YOU CAN'T ALL BE THE SAME, YOU
09:12:16 CAN'T ALL THINK ALIKE, CAN'T
09:12:19 HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS TO GET
09:12:20 ALONG, AND YOU SET THE PACE
09:12:21 WITH THE CITY OF TAMPA, ALONG
09:12:22 WITH WORKING WITH THE
09:12:24 ADMINISTRATION AND AT TIMES
09:12:24 DIFFERING WITH THE
09:12:25 ADMINISTRATION, LIKE I HAVE
09:12:27 MYSELF, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE
09:12:30 YOU BEST OR WORST, IT MAKES YOU
09:12:31 A GOOD HUMAN BEING.
09:12:32 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
09:12:33 ALLOWING ME TO SERVE WITH YOU
09:12:34 FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.
09:12:36 ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY
09:12:38 COUNCIL, IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY
09:12:40 TO INTRODUCE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF
09:12:43 POLICE, CHIEF VASQUEZ, WHO WILL
09:12:43 BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION OF
09:12:45 POLICE OFFICER OF THE MONTH,
09:12:47 AND THIS INDIVIDUAL HAS REALLY
09:12:50 DONE HIS WORK WITH THE UTMOST
09:12:53 OF COURTESY TO THE PEOPLE, BUT
09:12:55 HE ALSO SERVES THE PROTECTION
09:12:58 OF ALL OF US FOR 24/7/365, AND
09:13:01 LIKE I'VE ALWAYS STATED OFTEN,
09:13:06 HE'S ONE OF ONLY 12 CHOSEN FOR
09:13:06 THE YEAR IN A FORCE OF OVER
09:13:09 1,000, SO THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS
09:13:09 DONE SOMETHING TO COMMEMORATE
09:13:12 THIS CITY FOR WHAT IT IS,
09:13:13 LOWERING CRIME, OPPORTUNITIES,
09:13:15 AND A PLACE TO BE AT THE RIGHT
09:13:15 TIME.
09:13:17 CHIEF VASQUEZ.
09:13:19 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:13:21 ASSISTANT CHIEF VASQUEZ.
09:13:22 I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, ONCE
09:13:23 AGAIN, AND PROBABLY FOR THE
09:13:25 LAST TIME FOR TAKING TIME OUT
09:13:27 OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO
09:13:28 RECOGNIZE ONE OF OUR BEST AND
09:13:30 BRIGHTEST OFFICERS.
09:13:31 WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND
09:13:34 I WISH YOU ALL WELL IN YOUR
09:13:35 ENDEAVORS IN THE FUTURE.
09:13:37 WITH ME I HAVE OFFICER JEREMY
09:13:38 KELLY.
09:13:40 HE'S A 12-YEAR VETERAN.
09:13:42 HE'S GOT TWO YEARS WITH US, BUT
09:13:43 HE WAS A SERGEANT IN
09:13:46 GAINESVILLE FOR -- HE HAD TEN
09:13:47 YEARS' EXPERIENCE THERE, SO
09:13:49 HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB, VERY
09:13:50 EXPERIENCED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE
09:13:52 NEED HERE IN TAMPA, AND HIS
09:13:54 EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO SHOW IN
09:13:55 THE CASES THAT I'M GOING TO
09:13:56 READ HERE.
09:13:57 IN THE FIRST CASE, OFFICER
09:13:59 JEREMY KELLY RESPONDED TO A
09:14:01 CALL OF A MAN ARMED WITH A
09:14:02 KNIFE WHO HAD JUST BROKEN INTO
09:14:04 A CAR IN A LOCAL GAS STATION.
09:14:06 HE LOCATED AND DETAINED A MAN
09:14:08 MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION WHO
09:14:09 ALSO HAD A KNIFE ON HIM.
09:14:11 THE INITIAL WITNESS DID NOT
09:14:12 RECOGNIZE THE SUSPECT BECAUSE
09:14:13 HE HAD CHANGED HIS CLOTHES.
09:14:15 OFFICER KELLY THEN OBTAINED
09:14:16 INFORMATION THAT THE SUBJECT
09:14:20 HAD DISCARDED THOSE CLOTHES AND
09:14:21 HAD MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF
09:14:24 THE INITIAL CALL.
09:14:26 OFFICER KELLY CONSULTED WITH
09:14:27 HIS SUPERVISOR, AND ALTHOUGH
09:14:29 THE FIRST WITNESS DID NOT
09:14:30 IDENTIFY THE SUBJECT, THE
09:14:31 KNIFE, ALONG WITH THE UNIQUE
09:14:33 CLOTHING, MADE HIM BELIEVE THAT
09:14:34 THIS WAS, IN FACT, THE
09:14:35 OFFENDER.
09:14:37 HE COORDINATED WITH ANOTHER
09:14:38 UNIT TO HAVE A SECOND WITNESS
09:14:40 BROUGHT FOR A SHOW-UP, AND THIS
09:14:41 PERSON POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED
09:14:43 THE MAN AS THE PERSON WHO
09:14:45 HAD -- HE SAW BREAKING INTO
09:14:46 CARS.
09:14:47 THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AND
09:14:49 THEN OFFICER KELLY CONDUCTED AN
09:14:52 INTERVIEW POST-MIRANDA AND GOT
09:14:54 A CONFESSION ON THAT CASE.
09:14:55 IN ANOTHER CASE, OFFICER KELLY
09:14:57 DISPLAYED VERY SOUND TACTICAL
09:14:58 SKILLS.
09:15:02 HE WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL
09:15:03 WHERE A TELETYPE FROM NORTH
09:15:05 PORT POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED
09:15:08 THAT A STOLEN STANLEY STEAMER
09:15:10 VAN EQUIPPED WITH GPS WAS SEEN
09:15:11 TO BE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
09:15:14 OFFICER KELLY BEGAN LOOKING FOR
09:15:15 THE VEHICLE BASED ON THE GPS
09:15:17 LOCATION AND ACTUALLY FOUND THE
09:15:19 VEHICLE INSIDE AN EIGHT-FOOT
09:15:20 FENCE IN THE AREA OFF OF
09:15:21 NEBRASKA, AND THAT'S WHERE HIS
09:15:22 EXPERIENCE COMES IN.
09:15:24 HE WAS ABLE TO GET INTO A
09:15:25 COVERT SPOT AND WATCH THE
09:15:26 SUSPECTS IN THE VAN.
09:15:32 HE RELAYED TO -- RADIOED THAT
09:15:34 SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WERE
09:15:35 DISMANTLING THE EQUIPMENT
09:15:35 WITHIN THE VEHICLE AND
09:15:37 TRANSFERRING THE EQUIPMENT INTO
09:15:37 A SECOND VEHICLE.
09:15:39 HE COORDINATED WITH UNITS AND
09:15:41 K-9 AND AIR SERVICE AS WELL WHO
09:15:41 RESPONDED.
09:15:42 THE SUSPECTS, AT THAT TIME,
09:15:44 WERE ABLE TO EVADE CAPTURE
09:15:46 AFTER A K-9 TRACK, BUT BECAUSE
09:15:48 OF OFFICER KELLY'S BY-THE-BOOK
09:15:49 RESPONSE, HE DEVELOPED PROBABLE
09:15:51 CAUSE TO OBTAIN A SEARCH
09:15:53 WARRANT, WHICH WAS AUTHORED BY
09:15:54 DETECTIVES.
09:15:55 THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS
09:15:56 EXECUTED, AND THEY RECOVERED
09:16:00 643 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, 17
09:16:03 VIALS OF THC LIQUID, 6.5 PILLS
09:16:08 OF MDMA, WHICH IS ECSTASY, 29.3
09:16:11 GRAMS OF CRACK COCAINE, 28 THC
09:16:13 EDIBLE COOKIES, AND A SMITH &
09:16:16 WESSON -- SMITH & WESSON .40
09:16:19 CALIBER PISTOL WITH AMMUNITION.
09:16:20 BECAUSE OF OFFICER KELLY'S
09:16:21 EFFORTS, THIS GROUP WAS
09:16:23 IDENTIFIED, AND THEY ALSO WERE
09:16:25 KNOWN TO HAVE COMMITTED SEVERAL
09:16:28 CRIMES IN THE HILLSBOROUGH
09:16:29 COUNTY AREA AS WELL, SO IN
09:16:31 RECOGNITION FOR HIS EXCEPTIONAL
09:16:32 PERFORMANCE AND POSITIVE IMPACT
09:16:34 ON THE SQUAD, OFFICER JEREMY
09:16:37 KELLY -- JEREMIAH KELLY HAS
09:16:38 SELECTED AS OFFICER OF THE
09:16:40 MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.
09:16:40 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:16:40 [APPLAUSE]
09:16:52 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:16:52 ABE CARMACK, PRESIDENT OF THE
09:16:52 TAMPA PBA.
09:16:53 JOINING ME IS OUR
09:16:55 SECRETARY/TREASURER, GENE
09:16:55 HAINES.
09:16:56 I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.
09:16:57 THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS
09:16:59 RECOGNIZING THE POLICE
09:17:00 DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT THEY DO,
09:17:02 THE FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE
09:17:03 CITY, AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES.
09:17:04 I THINK THE CHIEF MENTIONED
09:17:06 SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
09:17:07 THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE CREDIT
09:17:08 FOR ALSO, AND THAT'S THE
09:17:10 BENEFITS THAT YOU'VE HELPED US
09:17:13 TO PROVIDE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF
09:17:14 THE CITY, AND THIS IS WHAT GOT
09:17:15 OFFICER KELLY, YOU KNOW,
09:17:16 BROUGHT HERE TO THE CITY OF
09:17:17 TAMPA AFTER TEN YEARS AS A
09:17:18 SERGEANT.
09:17:19 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
09:17:20 BUT THIS ISN'T ABOUT THAT.
09:17:22 IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU TODAY, IT'S
09:17:23 ABOUT OFFICER KELLY, SO WE WANT
09:17:25 TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT
09:17:26 YOU DO.
09:17:27 THIS ISN'T THE LAST YOU'RE
09:17:28 GOING TO SEE OF HIM.
09:17:29 I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
09:17:31 GOOD THINGS COME OUT OF HIM.
09:17:32 SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU
09:17:32 DO, CHIEF.
09:17:33 THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HIM
09:17:34 AND STAFF.
09:17:35 WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND
09:17:37 PROVIDE YOU WITH A WATCH AS OUR
09:17:40 TOKEN OF CONGRATULATIONS.
09:17:40 GOOD JOB.
09:17:43 >> THANK YOU.
09:17:44 >> NOT YET.
09:17:48 [LAUGHTER]
09:17:50 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU SHOULD HAVE
09:17:52 NEVER SAID THAT HE HAD GREAT
09:17:53 THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD FOR HIM,
09:17:54 HE'S READY TO TALK.
09:17:54 >> HE'S READY TO TALK.
09:17:55 >> CONGRATULATIONS.
09:17:55 >> THANK YOU.
09:17:57 >> CRAIG TOBY WITH THE
09:17:58 DOUBLETREE BY HILTON, TAMPA
09:17:59 WESTSHORE.
09:18:01 WE ALL FEEL MUCH SAFER HAVING
09:18:02 GUYS AND GALS LIKE YOU OUT
09:18:05 THERE, SO WE'VE GOT AN
09:18:06 OVERNIGHT WEEKEND STAY FOR TWO,
09:18:07 BRING YOUR FAMILY OR YOU HAVE
09:18:10 FAMILY COMING INTO TOWN.
09:18:15 ALSO SOME DELECTABLE DOUBLETREE
09:18:17 COOKIES, AND CONGRATULATIONS.
09:18:18 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:18:20 >> APPRECIATE IT.
09:18:22 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:18:24 CARLOS RAMOS WITH THE TAMPA
09:18:25 HILLSBOROUGH EXPRESSWAY
09:18:25 AUTHORITY.
09:18:27 OFFICER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
09:18:27 ALL THAT YOU DO.
09:18:29 ON BEHALF OF THE EXPRESSWAY
09:18:30 AUTHORITY, WE HAVE A GOODY BAG
09:18:32 HERE, INCLUDING A GIFT CARD TO
09:18:34 THE RANCH HOUSE GRILL ON GANDY
09:18:35 BOULEVARD FOR YOU TO GO AND
09:18:37 ENJOY ONE NIGHT, SO, THANK YOU
09:18:38 AGAIN.
09:18:38 >> THANK YOU.
09:18:39 APPRECIATE IT.
09:18:40 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:18:41 I'M MARYLOU BAILEY.
09:18:42 >> HI.
09:18:42 GOOD MORNING.
09:18:43 >> CONGRATULATIONS.
09:18:44 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOOTAMPA
09:18:46 AT LOWRY PARK.
09:18:47 WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A
09:18:47 FAMILY MEMBERSHIP.
09:18:49 IT'S GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR
09:18:50 FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
09:18:52 IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO GO TO OUR
09:18:53 SPECIAL EVENTS, LIKE AT
09:18:54 HALLOWEEN AND CHRISTMAS AND
09:18:56 THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I HOPE IT
09:18:59 INSPIRES YOU TO LOVE NATURE AND
09:19:00 ANIMALS AS MUCH AS WE DO ON THE
09:19:01 BOARD BECAUSE THAT'S A GIFT
09:19:02 FROM THE VOLUNTEERS ON THE
09:19:02 BOARD.
09:19:06 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE JOB
09:19:06 THAT YOU'VE DONE.
09:19:06 >> THANK YOU.
09:19:06 >> SO IMPORTANT.
09:19:06 THANK YOU.
09:19:07 AND COUNCIL, IT'S BEEN A
09:19:08 PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU AS A
09:19:09 GROUP, AND GOOD-BYE TO THOSE OF
09:19:11 YOU WHO ARE LEAVING, BUT WE'LL
09:19:12 STILL BE FRIENDS AND HOPE TO
09:19:13 SEE YOU IN THE COMMUNITY.
09:19:17 THANKS.
09:19:19 DON'T FORGET TO GO TO THE ZOO.
09:19:20 [LAUGHTER]
09:19:20 >>HARRY COHEN: WE'LL HAVE
09:19:22 PLENTY OF TIME FOR THAT NOW.
09:19:23 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:19:25 MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING
09:19:27 SERVICE.
09:19:27 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:19:27 WELL DONE.
09:19:30 YOU DESERVE IT.
09:19:31 ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP,
09:19:32 STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE, HAVE
09:19:34 SOME DINNER ON US AND HAVE A
09:19:35 NIGHT OUT IN OUR COMPANY
09:19:37 LIMOUSINE.
09:19:39 TAKE SOME TIME OFF, YOU'VE
09:19:40 DESERVED IT, AND THANK YOU FOR
09:19:41 EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR
09:19:42 COMMUNITY.
09:19:45 >> THANK YOU.
09:19:46 >> OFFICER KELLY,
09:19:47 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
09:19:48 >> THANK YOU.
09:19:49 >> WE'RE HERE WITH A LOT OF
09:19:50 COMMUNITY LEADERS AND
09:19:52 BUSINESSES TO HONOR YOU FOR
09:19:55 WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR US IN THE
09:19:56 COMMUNITY, AND IT'S AN HONOR
09:19:58 FOR US TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF
09:19:59 SOMEONE THAT STANDS SO TALL.
09:20:00 YOU'RE HERE WITH YOUR BRIDE AND
09:20:01 YOUR CHILDREN, AND WE HAVE A
09:20:04 GIFT FROM CASPERS COMPANY AND
09:20:06 OUR 4500 EMPLOYEES TO HONOR YOU
09:20:08 AND YOUR FAMILY, A DINNER FOR
09:20:08 FOUR CERTIFICATE AND SOME
09:20:11 GOODIES FOR YOU AND THE KIDS.
09:20:13 VERY PROUD TO BE IN YOUR
09:20:13 PRESENCE.
09:20:13 THANK YOU.
09:20:14 >> THANK YOU.
09:20:14 THANK YOU.
09:20:17 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:20:18 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:20:20 JIM CARSON, BILL CURRIE FORD.
09:20:22 IT'S BEEN AN HONOR WORKING WITH
09:20:23 YOU FOLKS UP THERE ON COUNCIL.
09:20:24 GOOD LUCK ON YOUR NEW
09:20:25 ADVENTURE.
09:20:27 ON BEHALF OF THE CURRIE FAMILY
09:20:29 AND MYSELF, WE'D LIKE TO A
09:20:30 CONGRATULATE YOU ON A JOB WELL
09:20:31 DONE.
09:20:32 WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU A
09:20:34 BRAND-NEW MUSTANG.
09:20:34 [LAUGHTER]
09:20:37 >> THANK YOU.
09:20:39 [LAUGHTER]
09:20:42 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU KNOW, WE
09:20:44 HAVEN'T GOTTEN A MUSTANG YET.
09:20:45 [LAUGHTER]
09:20:47 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:20:48 >> [OFF MICROPHONE].
09:20:48 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:20:51 I'M MICHAEL KILGORE WITH THE
09:20:53 COLUMBIA RESTAURANT GROUP.
09:20:54 IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR WORKING
09:20:55 WITH ALL OF YOU.
09:20:56 ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART
09:20:59 FAMILY, I HAVE A $100 GIFT CARD
09:21:01 TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY TO ANY OF
09:21:01 OUR RESTAURANTS.
09:21:02 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU
09:21:02 DO.
09:21:03 >> THANK YOU.
09:21:04 APPRECIATE IT.
09:21:07 >> CONGRATULATIONS.
09:21:07 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:21:08 THANK YOU.
09:21:09 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:21:11 AGAIN, I'LL SAY THANK YOU FOR
09:21:13 WORKING ALONGSIDE THE
09:21:15 PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OVER THE
09:21:16 MANY YEARS, AND I KNOW THAT
09:21:18 SOME OF YOU WILL CONTINUE ON.
09:21:20 I LOOK FORWARD TO COORDINATING
09:21:21 WITH THAT AS WELL.
09:21:22 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK
09:21:23 THAT YOU DO.
09:21:25 WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS
09:21:27 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE
09:21:30 DEPARTMENT HERE IN TAMPA, WITH
09:21:33 CHIEF DUGAN, THROUGH OUR
09:21:36 OFF-DUTY PROGRAM PRIMARILY IN
09:21:37 TERMS OF HAVING COVERAGE WHILE
09:21:38 WE'VE GOT A LOT OF AUDIENCES AT
09:21:40 THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
09:21:42 I WANT TO GIVE YOU MY CARD AND
09:21:43 GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO
09:21:43 MAKE A CHOICE OF AN EVENING OUT
09:21:45 ON US, AND SO PLEASE BE IN
09:21:47 TOUCH AND LET'S WORK ON A WAY
09:21:48 THAT WE CAN GET YOU GUYS OUT
09:21:49 AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
09:21:49 >> GREAT.
09:21:50 THANK YOU.
09:21:53 >> IT'S MY PLEASURE.
09:21:57 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:21:59 GEORGE RODRIGUEZ FROM M&R
09:22:00 THERAPY CENTER.
09:22:01 HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
09:22:01 >> HEY, GOOD MORNING.
09:22:01 THANK YOU.
09:22:02 >> WE WANTED TO PRESENT YOU
09:22:04 WITH A THERAPY SESSION ON US.
09:22:08 I KNOW YOU GET ROUGHED UP OUT
09:22:09 THERE, SO COME ON BY AND WE'LL
09:22:09 TAKE CARE OF YOU, MAN, ALL
09:22:09 RIGHT.
09:22:10 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT
09:22:10 YOU DO.
09:22:11 >> THANK YOU.
09:22:16 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:22:18 PETE BREVI, BUSCH GARDENS,
09:22:19 TAMPA.
09:22:20 AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
09:22:21 CONTINUED SUPPORT OF NOT ONLY
09:22:23 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT THE
09:22:24 FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
09:22:25 OFFICER KELLY, IT'S A PLEASURE
09:22:27 TO HEAR ALL THE STORIES ABOUT
09:22:29 YOU, AND OBVIOUSLY,
09:22:31 GAINESVILLE'S LOSS IS TAMPA'S
09:22:31 GAIN, BUT WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE
09:22:31 HERE, AND ON BEHALF OF BUSCH
09:22:33 GARDENS, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU
09:22:33 AND YOUR FAMILY FOUR TICKETS TO
09:22:34 -- AND IF YOU NEED MORE -- I
09:22:35 DON'T KNOW THE COUNT HERE, BUT
09:22:37 IF YOU NEED MORE TICKETS THAN
09:22:38 FOUR, JUST REACH -- WE'RE A
09:22:39 PHONE CALL AWAY, BUT THANK YOU
09:22:41 FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
09:22:42 >> APPRECIATE IT.
09:22:42 THANK YOU.
09:22:45 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
09:22:46 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:22:47 BRIAN FORD WITH THE BUCCANEERS.
09:22:49 I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY
09:22:50 CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU
09:22:52 FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS OVER THE
09:22:56 PAST YEARS, AND BEST OF LUCK.
09:22:56 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU DIDN'T
09:22:58 BRING US ANYTHING FROM THE
09:22:59 BUCS?
09:22:59 [LAUGHTER]
09:23:04 >> IT'S DRAFT DAY.
09:23:05 COME ON OUT TO THE STADIUM.
09:23:07 OFFICER KELLY, ON BEHALF OF OUR
09:23:08 ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE A
09:23:09 TRADITION THAT WE HAND OUT GAME
09:23:11 BALLS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT GO
09:23:12 OVER AND ABOVE, AND HEARING
09:23:13 YOUR STORY, YOU DEFINITELY FIT
09:23:15 THAT, SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT
09:23:17 YOU THIS GAME BALL, AND I THANK
09:23:18 YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR ALL THE
09:23:19 SACRIFICES.
09:23:20 >> THANK YOU.
09:23:22 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:23:25 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:23:26 LEA VAN NAME WITH TAMPA
09:23:26 THEATRE.
09:23:27 OFFICER KELLY, THANK YOU SO
09:23:28 MUCH FOR YOUR WORK IN OUR
09:23:29 COMMUNITY.
09:23:31 ON BEHALF OF TAMPA THEATRE, I'M
09:23:32 GIVING YOU THE GIFT OF A
09:23:33 MEMBERSHIP TO THE THEATRE, SO
09:23:35 -- AND CANDY FOR THE KIDS SO
09:23:37 YOU CAN COME AND VISIT US ON
09:23:38 FRANKLIN STREET.
09:23:39 >> GREAT.
09:23:39 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:23:43 >> THANK YOU.
09:23:44 >> YOU THOUGHT THIS LINE WASN'T
09:23:45 GOING TO END.
09:23:47 IT KEEPS GOING ON AND ON AND ON
09:23:49 AND ON AND ON AND ON.
09:23:50 STEVE MICHELINI.
09:23:52 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF A NUMBER
09:23:53 OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.
09:23:55 WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR
09:23:56 YOUR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS.
09:23:58 ALSO, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
09:23:59 MIKE KILGORE.
09:24:01 HE'S RECOVERING FROM SOME VERY
09:24:02 SERIOUS MEDICAL ISSUES.
09:24:05 WELCOME BACK, MICHAEL.
09:24:09 SO ANYWAY, HERE WE GO.
09:24:14 PRESTIGE PORTRAITS ARE GOING TO
09:24:16 PROVIDE YOU WITH A GIFT
09:24:17 CERTIFICATE SO YOU CAN GO AND
09:24:19 HAVE YOUR FAMILY PORTRAIT DONE.
09:24:20 DAILY EATS, CICCIO'S RESTAURANT
09:24:20 GROUP.
09:24:22 YOU CAN GO AND ENJOY YOURSELF
09:24:23 FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, OR
09:24:23 DINNER.
09:24:26 THE WESTIN COURTNEY CAMPBELL IS
09:24:27 GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A
09:24:29 $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE SO YOU
09:24:30 CAN ENJOY DINNER OUT THERE AT
09:24:32 THEIR HOTEL RESTAURANT CALLED
09:24:34 AQUA.
09:24:35 THE TAMPA YMCA, WHEN YOU FINISH
09:24:36 EATING THE FOOD AND GOING
09:24:37 EVERYWHERE ELSE, YOU CAN GO
09:24:39 WORK OUT AT THE "Y."
09:24:42 AND YUMMY HOUSE CHINA BISTRO IS
09:24:43 PROVIDING YOU WITH A GIFT
09:24:44 CERTIFICATE SO YOU CAN GO ENJOY
09:24:46 YOURSELF THERE.
09:24:47 SO CONGRATULATIONS.
09:24:48 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
09:24:48 SERVICE, AND HERE ARE YOUR
09:24:50 CARDS.
09:24:57 >> THANK YOU.
09:25:00 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: OFFICER
09:25:02 KELLY, ON BEHALF OF TAMPA CITY
09:25:06 COUNCIL AND 380-SOME GOOD
09:25:06 CITIZENS, BECAUSE OF YOUR
09:25:09 VIGILANCE AND MAKING SURE CRIME
09:25:11 DOESN'T GO UP, IT CONTINUES TO
09:25:12 GO DOWN, ALL OF THE
09:25:13 DEPARTMENTS, I THANK YOU, THE
09:25:15 CITY SAYS THANK YOU, THE
09:25:16 COUNCIL SAYS THANK YOU.
09:25:16 WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF
09:25:17 THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND
09:25:18 CONTINUE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE
09:25:19 GOING TO DO I'M SURE.
09:25:21 AND THE CHIEF WOULD LIKE TO SAY
09:25:22 THANK YOU ALSO, I'M SURE, BUT
09:25:23 ON BEHALF OF US, THANK YOU VERY
09:25:24 MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE
09:25:26 DONE IN THE PAST AND WILL
09:25:27 CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE.
09:25:28 GOD BLESS YOU.
09:25:30 >> THANK YOU.
09:25:31 WOW.
09:25:33 VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE.
09:25:34 I CAN TELL YOU FROM BEING A COP
09:25:38 IN ANOTHER CITY OF 12 YEARS,
09:25:40 THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY
09:25:41 COUNCIL IS ABUNDANT AND THE
09:25:42 CITIZENS, SO THANK YOU VERY
09:25:43 MUCH, CITY COUNCIL.
09:25:45 I APPRECIATE ALL THE LEADERSHIP
09:25:46 FROM THE CHIEF ON DOWN TO THE
09:25:47 COMMAND STAFF FOR THE
09:25:49 OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND
09:25:49 WORK.
09:25:51 IT TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT
09:25:52 MOVE.
09:25:54 IT WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION,
09:25:56 BUT HERE A COUPLE YEARS LATER,
09:25:58 IT WAS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT
09:25:59 DECISION FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
09:26:01 I ENJOY THE JOB, AND LAST BUT
09:26:02 NOT LEAST, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T
09:26:05 BE WHERE I AM IF IT WASN'T FOR
09:26:06 MY BEAUTIFUL BRIDE.
09:26:08 SHE DEALS WITH NOT ONLY THIS
09:26:10 JOB BUT, YOU KNOW, THE 23 YEARS
09:26:12 IN THE ARMY RESERVES, SO A LOT
09:26:14 OF MY OFF TIME I GO PUT THE
09:26:15 OTHER UNIFORM ON, AND SHE
09:26:16 SUPPORTS ME THROUGH IT ALL, SO
09:26:18 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE
09:26:19 OPPORTUNITY.
09:26:19 [APPLAUSE]
09:26:47 >>FRANK REDDICK: ALL RIGHT.
09:26:50 WE'LL GO TO ITEM NO. 2.
09:26:51 MR. MIRANDA.
09:26:53 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: AGAIN,
09:26:55 HONORABLE COUNCIL -- CHAIRMAN
09:26:56 REDDICK, HONORABLE COUNCIL
09:26:58 MEMBERS, IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS
09:27:00 MORNING TO BE HERE WITH CHIEF
09:27:03 LOCICERO TO MAKE THE
09:27:03 FIREFIGHTER PRESENTATION OF THE
09:27:05 QUARTER, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO
09:27:07 STAND HERE AND -- BECAUSE OF
09:27:09 WHAT THE MEN AND WOMEN DO IN
09:27:10 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, JUST LIKE
09:27:11 THEY DO IN THE POLICE
09:27:12 DEPARTMENT, SERVE THE PUBLIC,
09:27:14 BUT THEY DO IT WHEN SOMETHING
09:27:18 IS WRONG, WHEN NEEDS ARE THERE
09:27:20 THAT SOMEBODY'S ILL OR
09:27:21 SOMETHING IS BURNING WHEN
09:27:23 EVERYBODY'S RUNNING OUT,
09:27:26 THEY'RE GOING IN, AND THIS IS
09:27:28 HISTORICAL THROUGHOUT THE
09:27:29 COUNTRY, AND THE WORK THAT THEY
09:27:31 DO IS PARAMOUNT COMPARED TO AN
09:27:33 EIGHT-HOUR-DAY SHIFT.
09:27:34 THEY WORK DIFFERENTLY, THEY
09:27:38 TRAIN DIFFERENTLY, THEY ACT TO
09:27:41 SERVE 24 HOURS A DAY, AND IT'S
09:27:44 MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO
09:27:48 BRING CHIEF LOCICERO TO MAKE
09:27:50 THE PRESENTATION TO CAPTAIN
09:27:51 BRIAN EICHHOLZ.
09:27:52 >> THANK YOU.
09:27:52 APPRECIATE IT.
09:27:53 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:27:54 MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY ON
09:27:56 BEHALF OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
09:27:58 A COUPLE OF WORDS TO THE
09:27:59 COUNCIL.
09:28:01 OVER TIME, AND AS SOME OF YOU
09:28:02 CONCLUDE YOUR TERMS, MY DEEPEST
09:28:03 SINCERE THANKS FOR YOUR
09:28:05 CONSIDERATION, DELIBERATION ON
09:28:08 A NUMBER OF ISSUES.
09:28:08 IT IS MOST APPRECIATED BY ME
09:28:09 AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
09:28:10 DEPARTMENT, SO THANK YOU VERY
09:28:11 MUCH FOR THAT.
09:28:14 WE COME HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE
09:28:18 THE FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER,
09:28:19 WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL
09:28:21 OF US, AND TODAY WE TALK ABOUT
09:28:25 ONE CAPTAIN BRIAN EICHHOLZ.
09:28:27 HE'S SERVED FOR OVER 19 YEARS
09:28:29 THUS FAR AND EMBODIES EXACTLY
09:28:30 WHAT A TAMPA FIREFIGHTER SHOULD
09:28:30 BE.
09:28:32 HIS ABILITIES AND SKILLS, THE
09:28:34 WAY THAT HE HANDLES HIMSELF IN
09:28:35 THE FACE OF CRISIS CERTAINLY
09:28:38 SETS HIM APART.
09:28:39 AND IT REFLECTS A TREMENDOUS
09:28:41 AMOUNT OF CREDIT TO THE CREWS
09:28:44 THAT HAVE SERVED WITH HIM AND
09:28:45 THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE.
09:28:50 HE BEGAN HIS CAREER IN OCTOBER
09:28:52 OF 1999 AS A FIREFIGHTER ON
09:28:54 ENGINE 1.
09:28:55 I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT
09:28:57 DATE AND TIME.
09:28:59 HE'D HAD SOME OUTSTANDING
09:28:59 LEADERSHIP AT THAT TIME.
09:29:00 [LAUGHTER]
09:29:03 HE WAS MY -- HE WAS -- I WAS A
09:29:04 CAPTAIN, A MERE CAPTAIN, AND HE
09:29:06 WAS A FIREFIGHTER ON MY CREW,
09:29:09 SO I KNOW HIM WELL, AND HE
09:29:10 TRULY IS A WELL-DESERVED
09:29:12 INDIVIDUAL FOR THE RECOGNITION,
09:29:13 BUT HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS
09:29:15 ASSIGNMENT, HE WENT FROM ENGINE
09:29:18 1 TO TRUCK 1 AFTER ABOUT FOUR
09:29:19 YEARS IN HIS COMMITMENT TO
09:29:21 ASSIGNMENT, AND HIS COMMITMENT
09:29:23 TO DETAIL SET HIM APART.
09:29:26 HE'S ON A TRUCK COMPANY WHERE
09:29:29 THEY HANDLE EXTRA DUTIES AS FAR
09:29:33 AS SPECIFICS FOR EXTRICATION
09:29:35 AND MANY OTHER TECHNICAL DUTIES
09:29:37 THAT SET YOU APART IN MANY
09:29:39 CASES, AND HE DOES THAT VERY,
09:29:40 VERY WELL.
09:29:42 HE IS NOT A STRANGER TO SERVICE
09:29:43 BEFORE SELF IN THE SENSE THAT
09:29:44 HE PUTS HIMSELF OUT THERE.
09:29:51 HE WAS A -- PREVIOUSLY, IN
09:29:54 2002, HE WAS AN ESPRIT DE CORPS
09:29:55 AWARD WINNER FOR RESCUING A
09:29:57 VICTIM IN A SECOND-FLOOR FIRE.
09:30:00 HE WAS ALSO IN 2003 ANOTHER
09:30:06 ESPRIT DE CORPS WINNER FOR
09:30:08 RESCUING A TRAPPED WORKER IN A
09:30:09 LOCOMOTIVE YARD.
09:30:11 HE HAS CERTAINLY SET HIMSELF AS
09:30:12 A GO-GETTER AND AN EXPERT IN
09:30:13 MANY WAYS.
09:30:15 WHILE HE HANDLES THE TASK
09:30:18 BEFORE HIM, HE DOESN'T SIT ON
09:30:18 HIS LAURELS.
09:30:21 HE HAS EMBODIED AND HAS SHOWN
09:30:23 MANY IN HIS CHARGE THE PATHWAY
09:30:29 TO ENDEAR HIMSELF TO ALL THE
09:30:31 ASPECTS OF TAMPA FIRE RESCUE.
09:30:33 HE WAS PROMOTED TO DRIVER
09:30:38 ENGINEER, AND HE HAS BEEN ON
09:30:39 THE TACTICAL MEDICAL RESPONSE
09:30:40 TEAM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
09:30:42 HE WORKS WITH THE TPD ON A
09:30:43 REGULAR BASIS AND OVER THE LAST
09:30:45 FEW YEARS HAS RISEN TO A TEAM
09:30:47 LEADER AND COORDINATOR ON THAT
09:30:49 TEAM, WHICH IS NO EASY TASK.
09:30:50 HE HAS BECOME A MEMBER OF THE
09:30:52 URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM,
09:30:54 AND, AGAIN, WHAT SETS HIM
09:30:58 APART, HE HAS BEEN DEPLOYED IN
09:31:01 2005 TO HURRICANE DENNIS, IN
09:31:06 2016 HURRICANE MATTHEW, AND,
09:31:06 MOST NOTABLY, IN 2017 TO
09:31:08 HURRICANE HARVEY.
09:31:12 IN THAT HE WAS PART OF A SWIFT
09:31:14 WATER TEAM WHICH ALLOWED HIS
09:31:16 TEAM TO RESCUE AND IMPACT MANY,
09:31:17 MANY RESIDENTS THAT WERE IN
09:31:19 DIRE NEED, SO HE IS -- HE
09:31:22 CERTAINLY -- HIS TIRELESS WORK
09:31:24 ETHIC IN THE FACE OF THAT
09:31:27 ADVERSITY IS REMARKABLE.
09:31:29 WHAT BRINGS US REALLY TODAY IS
09:31:30 THAT HE CONTINUES TO SERVE THE
09:31:31 DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY
09:31:33 TIRELESSLY.
09:31:35 MOST NOTABLY, HE IS A MAJOR
09:31:36 FIGURE IN OUR TRAINING GROUNDS
09:31:38 IN OUR TRAINING DIVISION.
09:31:41 HE IS A LEAD INSTRUCTOR FOR THE
09:31:42 FIRE ACADEMY WHERE HE
09:31:43 CONTINUALLY MOTIVATES AND HE
09:31:45 BRINGS TO THE FOREFRONT THE
09:31:48 TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF ALL PARTS
09:31:52 OF FIREFIGHTING TRAINING IN
09:31:53 THOSE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A
09:31:54 FIREFIGHTER.
09:31:55 IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE HAS THE
09:31:56 FULL SUPPORT OF HIS FAMILY THAT
09:31:59 YOU SEE BEHIND HIM, HIS WIFE,
09:32:01 HIS SON AND DAUGHTER, AND HIS
09:32:04 MOTHER, FATHER, AND FAMILY.
09:32:06 SO HE -- HE POSSESSES ALL THE
09:32:09 SKILLS THAT EMBODY A TAMPA
09:32:10 FIREFIGHTER IN SERVICE TO THEIR
09:32:11 COMMUNITY.
09:32:13 SO BECAUSE OF THESE AND MANY
09:32:15 OTHER THINGS, I WOULD LIKE TO
09:32:18 PRESENT TO YOU CAPTAIN BRIAN
09:32:21 EICHHOLZ AS OUR FIREFIGHTER OF
09:32:22 THE QUARTER.
09:32:24 [APPLAUSE]
09:32:29 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:32:31 CAPTAIN ORRIN HANSON.
09:32:32 I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE AWARDS
09:32:34 REVIEW BOARD, AND ON BEHALF OF
09:32:36 THE AWARDS REVIEW BOARD, I
09:32:39 WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE
09:32:40 CAPTAIN BRIAN EICHHOLZ FOR
09:32:41 BEING SELECTED AS FIREFIGHTER
09:32:42 OF THE QUARTER, AND, ALSO, ON
09:32:45 BEHALF OF THE TAMPA MARRIOTT
09:32:46 WATERSIDE, A GIFT CERTIFICATE
09:32:51 FOR THE NIGHT OF OUR EVENT.
09:32:52 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:32:54 ANDREW CARTER, VICE PRESIDENT
09:32:55 OF TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS.
09:32:57 WITH ME IS SECRETARY/TREASURER
09:32:58 KEN HUFF.
09:33:01 IT'S MY DISTINCT PRIVILEGE TO
09:33:03 RECOGNIZE CAPTAIN BRIAN
09:33:03 EICHHOLZ.
09:33:06 I'VE WORKED WITH HIM BOTH
09:33:06 PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY,
09:33:06 AND ON BEHALF OF ALL THE OTHER
09:33:06 MEMBERS OF LOCAL 754,
09:33:06 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:33:06 >> THANK YOU.
09:33:08 >> HERE'S A GIFT SHOP FOR BASS
09:33:10 PRO SHOPS.
09:33:10 AND ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE WHO
09:33:11 WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND, VICTOR
09:33:15 DiMAIO AND BERN'S STEAK HOUSE,
09:33:20 HERE'S A GIFT CARD FOR DINNER.
09:33:20 >> THANK YOU.
09:33:20 >> THANK YOU.
09:33:21 >> CAPTAIN.
09:33:22 CRAIG TOBY WITH DOUBLETREE
09:33:25 WESTSHORE, AND CONGRATULATIONS.
09:33:27 WE ARE VERY CLOSE WITH THE FIRE
09:33:30 DEPARTMENT, STATION 8.
09:33:32 WE'RE A HALF A MILE AWAY, AND
09:33:34 WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.
09:33:35 WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND
09:33:36 WHAT EVERY FIREFIGHTER DOES FOR
09:33:36 US.
09:33:38 WE'RE THE LARGEST HOTEL IN
09:33:39 WESTSHORE AND THE THIRD LARGEST
09:33:40 HOTEL IN TAMPA, SO YOU CAN
09:33:45 IMAGINE WHAT'S INVOLVED --
09:33:47 YEAH, YEAH, THE FALSE CALLS
09:33:48 MAINLY, BUT HERE IS AN
09:33:49 OVERNIGHT STAY FOR TWO,
09:33:52 BREAKFAST FOR TWO, ALSO THE
09:33:53 DOUBLETREE COOKIES.
09:33:54 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:33:55 >> THANK YOU.
09:33:57 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:33:59 MIKE McARTHUR, STEPP'S TOWING
09:34:00 SERVICE.
09:34:01 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:34:01 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:34:02 >> JOB WELL DONE.
09:34:02 QUITE THE RESUME.
09:34:05 ON BEHALF OF TODD STEPP AND
09:34:08 STEPP'S TOWING SERVICE, WE'D
09:34:08 LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH A
09:34:10 NIGHT OUT IN OUR COMPANY
09:34:10 LIMOUSINE.
09:34:12 IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'LL FILL THE
09:34:13 LIMO NICELY WITH YOUR
09:34:14 SUPPORTING CAST HERE.
09:34:15 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ENOUGH
09:34:16 FOR EVERYBODY FOR DINNER, BUT
09:34:16 TAKE SOME TIME TO YOURSELF,
09:34:16 ENJOY IT.
09:34:17 YOU DESERVE IT.
09:34:18 >> AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU
09:34:19 DO FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
09:34:20 >> ABSOLUTELY.
09:34:20 VERY PROUD OF THEM.
09:34:23 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:34:25 CARLOS RAMOS WITH THE TAMPA
09:34:26 HILLSBOROUGH EXPRESSWAY
09:34:26 AUTHORITY.
09:34:28 CAPTAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
09:34:30 YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.
09:34:30 >> THANK YOU.
09:34:30 >> AND ON BEHALF OF THE
09:34:31 EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY, WE HAVE A
09:34:32 GOODY BAG, INCLUDING A GIFT
09:34:35 CARD TO THE RANCH HOUSE GRILL
09:34:36 ON GANDY BOULEVARD, SO I HOPE
09:34:38 YOU CAN GO AND ENJOY.
09:34:39 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
09:34:39 >> THANK YOU.
09:34:40 >> GOOD MORNING, AGAIN,
09:34:41 COUNCIL.
09:34:43 MICHAEL KILGORE, COLUMBIA
09:34:44 RESTAURANT GROUP.
09:34:45 ON BEHALF OF THE GONZMART
09:34:49 FAMILY, WE HAVE A $100 GIFT
09:34:51 CARD TO ULELE, OUR RESTAURANT
09:34:51 IN TAMPA HEIGHTS, THAT TURNS
09:34:52 FIVE IN AUGUST.
09:34:53 THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
09:34:53 APPRECIATE YOU.
09:34:54 >> CONGRATULATIONS, CAPTAIN.
09:34:55 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:34:56 >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK
09:34:57 THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES
09:34:58 WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS
09:35:00 CENTER, OUR SPECIAL
09:35:02 RELATIONSHIP WITH FIRE CHIEF --
09:35:04 FIRE MARSHAL FORD AND, CHIEF,
09:35:05 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
09:35:07 EVERYTHING YOUR WHOLE CREW DOES
09:35:08 FOR THE SAFETY OF DOWNTOWN
09:35:08 TAMPA.
09:35:10 THIS IS MY BUSINESS CARD.
09:35:11 IF YOU'D CALL US, WE'D LIKE TO
09:35:13 HAVE YOU OUT FOR A NIGHT AT THE
09:35:15 STRAZ CENTER FOR A SHOW --
09:35:16 >> YES, SIR.
09:35:17 >> -- AND WE'LL HELP YOU MAKE A
09:35:17 SELECTION.
09:35:18 THANK YOU.
09:35:18 APPRECIATE IT.
09:35:19 >> THANK YOU.
09:35:19 APPRECIATE IT.
09:35:21 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:35:24 GEORGE RODRIGUEZ FROM M&R
09:35:25 THERAPY CENTER.
09:35:25 HEY, MAN.
09:35:26 IF ANYBODY NEEDS SOME THERAPY,
09:35:26 IT'S YOU.
09:35:28 YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT --
09:35:30 [LAUGHTER]
09:35:31 -- OF HURRICANES, AND, I MEAN,
09:35:32 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY
09:35:33 ABOUT THAT.
09:35:34 YOU NEED TO COME IN.
09:35:35 THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE
09:35:36 DONE, MAN.
09:35:39 I APPRECIATE IT.
09:35:40 >> YES, SIR.
09:35:42 >> GOOD MORNING, CAPTAIN, AND
09:35:43 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
09:35:43 >> THANK YOU.
09:35:45 >> TODAY'S A SIGNIFICANT DAY,
09:35:46 BEING RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR
09:35:47 LEADERSHIP OF THOSE THAT YOU
09:35:49 WORK WITH, YOUR PEERS ARE HERE
09:35:51 TO CHEER YOU ON AND TO
09:35:52 CONGRATULATE YOU, BUT MOST
09:35:54 IMPORTANTLY, YOUR FAMILY IS
09:35:56 HERE, AND YOU STAND TALL BEFORE
09:35:57 THEM, AND THE LESSONS THAT
09:35:59 THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THIS
09:35:59 PRESENTATION IS PROBABLY THE
09:36:00 MOST SIGNIFICANT OF ALL.
09:36:02 WE'VE GOT A LITTLE TOKEN OF
09:36:03 APPRECIATION FROM CASPERS
09:36:05 COMPANY, McDONALD'S
09:36:06 RESTAURANTS, AND THE OTHER
09:36:08 BUSINESSES THAT WE OWN HERE IN
09:36:09 TOWN AND THE 4500 EMPLOYEES
09:36:11 THAT WE REPRESENT.
09:36:12 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
09:36:12 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:36:13 >> THANK YOU.
09:36:14 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:36:18 >> THANK YOU.
09:36:19 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:36:22 JIM CARSON, BILL CURRIE FORD.
09:36:23 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:36:24 >> THANK YOU.
09:36:25 >> THE CURRIE FAMILY, MYSELF
09:36:27 WOULDN'T WANT TO LEAVE A
09:36:28 FIREMAN OUT WITHOUT A POLICE
09:36:31 CAR AND A FIRE CAR.
09:36:33 >> THANK YOU.
09:36:35 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
09:36:37 PETE BREVI, BUSCH GARDENS.
09:36:39 CAPTAIN, OBVIOUSLY, THANK YOU
09:36:41 FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE
09:36:42 COMMUNITY.
09:36:49 YOU HAVE AN ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER,
09:36:49 AND IT'S NOT OVER BY ANY
09:36:49 STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
09:36:49 ON BEHALF OF BUSCH GARDENS,
09:36:50 WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU FOUR
09:36:52 TICKETS.
09:36:52 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ENOUGH
09:36:52 FOR YOUR FAMILY, BUT -- I'M NOT
09:36:52 FIND IF YOU NEED ANY MORE, BUT
09:36:53 YOU DO NEED TO GET SOME REST,
09:36:53 YOU CAN GET SOME THERAPY, YOU
09:36:54 CAN GET ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED
09:36:55 BECAUSE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY A
09:36:57 VERY, VERY BUSY MAN.
09:36:58 THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
09:36:59 HAVE A GREAT DAY.
09:37:00 >> THANK YOU.
09:37:01 >> GOOD MORNING.
09:37:02 MARYLOU BAILEY.
09:37:06 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ZOOTAMPA,
09:37:06 AND I'M PRESENTING YOU WITH A
09:37:07 FAMILY MEMBERSHIP.
09:37:08 IT'S GOOD FOR THE WHOLE YEAR,
09:37:09 INCLUDING OUR SEASONAL EVENTS,
09:37:10 AS YOU HEARD ME TELL THE POLICE
09:37:11 OFFICER.
09:37:12 BEING A FIREFIGHTER IS A
09:37:13 SPECIAL CALLING, AND THAT
09:37:14 YOU'RE EXCELLING AT IT IS
09:37:15 REALLY TREMENDOUS, AND I THANK
09:37:17 YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US.
09:37:17 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:37:19 >> THANK YOU.
09:37:20 >> GOOD MORNING, AGAIN,
09:37:21 COUNCIL.
09:37:22 BRIAN FORD, TAMPA BAY
09:37:23 BUCCANEERS.
09:37:24 CHIEF, CAPTAIN, AMAZING STORY.
09:37:26 I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU
09:37:27 FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT
09:37:29 THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS
09:37:30 RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM.
09:37:32 YOU HEARD EARLIER WE HAVE THAT
09:37:34 TRADITION OF A GAME BALL, AND
09:37:35 YOUR RESUME DEFINITELY WARRANTS
09:37:35 IT.
09:37:36 >> THANK YOU.
09:37:36 APPRECIATE IT.
09:37:37 >> THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
09:37:39 EFFORTS AND SACRIFICES --
09:37:40 >> THANK YOU.
09:37:42 >> -- AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:37:43 >> THANK YOU.
09:37:44 >> CONGRATULATIONS.
09:37:45 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:37:46 >> YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE A
09:37:48 VERY BIG GUY.
09:37:49 >> IN WHAT RESPECT?
09:37:50 [LAUGHTER]
09:37:52 >> JUST -- FOR ALL THOSE
09:37:53 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, YOU SHOULD BE
09:37:54 BIGGER, YOU KNOW.
09:37:58 YOU'RE BIG ENOUGH, BUT -- THE
09:37:59 FIREFIGHTERS PROVIDE SUCH A
09:38:01 VALUABLE SERVICE TO THIS
09:38:03 COMMUNITY, AND IT'S UNSELFISHLY
09:38:05 GIVEN, AND SO WE'RE ALL
09:38:06 INDEBTED TO YOU AND YOUR
09:38:07 SERVICES, AND THERE'S A COUPLE
09:38:08 BUSINESSES THAT WOULD LIKE TO
09:38:12 CONGRATULATE YOU, THE PRESTIGE
09:38:12 PORTRAITS.
09:38:14 YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE YOUR
09:38:18 FAMILY PORTRAITS TAKEN WITH THE
09:38:20 CICCIO'S RESTAURANT GROUP, YOU
09:38:22 CAN HAVE YOURSELF BREAKFAST,
09:38:23 LUNCH, OR DINNER.
09:38:25 DON'T LET THE OTHER GUYS HONE
09:38:27 IT ON IT.
09:38:29 >> SOME HAVE ALREADY CALLED
09:38:31 DIBS ON THE COOKIES.
09:38:32 >> THERE'S ONE IN HERE THAT
09:38:34 THEY ALL LIKE TO JOIN YOU WITH,
09:38:35 THAT'S YUMMY HOUSE, AND THEY
09:38:37 WANT TO JOIN YOU ON THAT ONE.
09:38:40 ON BEHALF OF THE WESTIN AT
09:38:41 COURTNEY CAMPBELL, THEY'RE
09:38:43 PROVIDING YOU WITH A $100 GIFT
09:38:43 CERTIFICATE.
09:38:46 GO ENJOY YOURSELF FOR
09:38:47 BREAKFAST, LUNCH, OR DINNER,
09:38:49 AND THE TAMPA "Y" IS GOING TO
09:38:49 PROVIDE WITH YOU A GIFT
09:38:51 CERTIFICATE, SO YOU CAN GO
09:38:52 ENJOY YOURSELF THERE.
09:38:53 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
09:38:54 APPRECIATE IT.
09:38:58 >> YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE IN GOOD
09:38:59 SHAPE, AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT
09:39:00 YOU DO FOR US.
09:39:00 AND, AGAIN, YOU KNOW,
09:39:00 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A TREMENDOUS
09:39:02 ROLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE
09:39:02 APPRECIATE IT.
09:39:06 THANK YOU.
09:39:07 >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
09:39:07 THANK YOU.
09:39:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CAPTAIN, THE
09:39:11 CHIEF AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
09:39:13 THIS PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF
09:39:13 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL TO YOURSELF
09:39:14 AND -- FOR BEING FIREFIGHTER OF
09:39:17 THE QUARTER, BUT YOU'RE REALLY
09:39:18 -- ALL FIREFIGHTERS ARE BEING
09:39:18 FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER FOR
09:39:20 WHAT THEY DO, AND JUST THINK OF
09:39:21 JUST THE SIMPLE THINGS, EVEN IN
09:39:22 A FIRE ENGINE GOING WHERE
09:39:23 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IF
09:39:25 SOMEBODY CALLS FOR HELP AND
09:39:26 YOU'VE GOT 10,000 CARS AHEAD OF
09:39:28 YOU, AND THEY DON'T MOVE AS
09:39:29 QUICK AS THEY USED TO.
09:39:30 THEY DRIVE FAST, BUT ONCE
09:39:31 THEY'RE IN THE STREET, THEY
09:39:33 DON'T HEAR WELL, THEY DON'T SEE
09:39:35 WELL, AND THEY TEXT VERY GOOD,
09:39:36 SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
09:39:37 AGAIN FOR THE OUTSTANDING WORK
09:39:39 YOU'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND
09:39:40 CONTINUE DOING IN THE FUTURE.
09:39:42 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
09:39:45 >> THANK YOU, AGAIN.
09:39:47 >> AGAIN, IT'S A VERY HUMBLING
09:39:50 EXPERIENCE TO BE RECOGNIZED BY
09:39:52 YOUR PEERS AND TO HAVE YOUR
09:39:54 FAMILY HERE AS WELL.
09:39:55 I'M NOT A MAN OF MANY WORDS, AS
09:39:56 MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN HERE
09:40:00 KNOW, SO FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE
09:40:02 TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE AWARD
09:40:03 STAFF WHO HELPS PUT THIS
09:40:03 TOGETHER.
09:40:05 I KNOW THEY SACRIFICE SOME OF
09:40:08 THEIR TIME, CHIEF LOCICERO AS
09:40:11 WELL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MANY
09:40:12 KIND WORDS THAT HE SAID.
09:40:13 AS HE MENTIONED BEFORE, HE WAS
09:40:15 MY FIRST CAPTAIN ON THE JOB, SO
09:40:18 I HAD A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE TO
09:40:23 MODEL MYSELF AFTER WHO MENTORED
09:40:25 ME UP THROUGH THE RANKS, SO ME
09:40:27 PERSONALLY, IT'S HUMBLING TO BE
09:40:29 HERE AND HAVE THEM BESTOW THIS
09:40:31 HONOR ON ME TODAY.
09:40:32 ALSO, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE
09:40:34 OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MY WIFE
09:40:37 AND MY KIDS WHO PUT UP WITH A
09:40:38 LOT OF DAD NOT BEING HOME, SO I
09:40:39 COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM,
09:40:40 AND ESPECIALLY MY WIFE'S
09:40:42 SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE
09:40:43 OF THINGS AT HOME THAT NEED TO
09:40:44 BE DONE.
09:40:46 THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE
09:40:48 DONATED GIFTS AND WHATNOT TO
09:40:49 BOTH THE OFFICER OF THE YEAR
09:40:51 AND FIREFIGHTER OF THE QUARTER,
09:40:52 SO THANK YOU.
09:40:52 [APPLAUSE]
09:42:15 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: CHAIRMAN, IF
09:42:17 I MAY, I KNOW THIS IS NOT USUAL
09:42:18 FOR ME TO COME BACK AFTER --
09:42:19 FOLLOWING THE POLICE OFFICER OF
09:42:21 THE MONTH AND FIREFIGHTER OF
09:42:22 THE QUARTER; HOWEVER, THIS IS A
09:42:24 SPECIAL HISTORICAL EVENT WHEN I
09:42:25 BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOME
09:42:27 INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO
09:42:29 SPEAK THAT HAVE WORKED VERY
09:42:30 DILIGENTLY WITH THIS COMMUNITY
09:42:34 AND THE GOOD FOLKS OF THE PBA
09:42:35 AND LOCAL 754 WOULD LIKE TO
09:42:36 HAVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
09:42:38 RECOGNIZED WHO ARE LEAVING,
09:42:40 WARREN THAT, I LEAVE IT UP TO
09:42:42 THEM BECAUSE I DON'T -- AND
09:42:44 WITH THAT, I LEAVE IT UP TO
09:42:44 THEM BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT
09:42:46 THE AGENDA IS AND THEY DO
09:42:47 BECAUSE THEY ASKED FOR THIS
09:42:48 TIME, SO WHOEVER WANTS TO COME
09:42:49 UP FIRST.
09:42:51 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
09:42:53 ANDREW CARTER, VICE PRESIDENT
09:42:53 OF TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS.
09:42:54 WITH ME IS SECRETARY/TREASURER
09:42:57 KEN HUFF, AS WELL AS PBA.
09:42:58 WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO
09:43:00 RECOGNIZE THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS
09:43:02 THAT WILL NOT BE JOINING US
09:43:03 AFTER THIS MEETING, TAKING ON
09:43:06 THOSE OWN ENDEAVORS, WHATEVER
09:43:06 THEY ARE, PERSONAL, PRIVATE.
09:43:08 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
09:43:09 SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO THE
09:43:09 CITY.
09:43:10 YOU'VE DEFINITELY LEFT YOUR
09:43:11 MARK AND MADE TAMPA A MUCH
09:43:13 GREATER CITY, AND WE WANT TO,
09:43:14 ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
09:43:15 DEDICATED SERVICE.
09:43:17 WE HAVE PLAQUES FOR EACH OF
09:43:18 YOU, AND I'M SURE ABE WOULD
09:43:21 LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS,
09:43:23 SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THESE
09:43:27 UP TO YOU SHORTLY.
09:43:28 [LAUGHTER]
09:43:30 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF
09:43:31 OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND
09:43:33 CERTAINLY ALL OF OUR NEARLY
09:43:34 1,000 MEMBERS, WE APPRECIATE
09:43:36 ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR
09:43:37 YEARS OF SERVICE HERE, NOT ONLY
09:43:39 FOR THE CITIZENS BUT ALL
09:43:40 EMPLOYEES AND CERTAINLY OUR
09:43:41 MEMBERS AND OUR ORGANIZATION.
09:43:44 I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU
09:43:46 AND CERTAINLY GETTING YOUR
09:43:48 GUIDANCE ON ISSUES AND JUST
09:43:49 WATCHING YOU WORK, AND WE
09:43:50 APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE
09:43:52 DONE, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT
09:43:53 EACH TIME THAT YOU MADE THAT
09:43:54 VOTE, WHEN WE CAME BEFORE OR
09:43:56 WHEN OUR CONTRACT CAME BEFORE
09:43:59 YOUR CONTRACT, HOW IMPORTANT
09:44:00 THAT VOTE WAS, BUT YOU KIND OF
09:44:02 SAW IT TODAY, AND THAT'S WHAT I
09:44:03 WAS TRYING TO SAY.
09:44:05 TEN YEARS OF SERVICE, YOU KNOW,
09:44:06 WE PULLED HIM FROM GAINESVILLE,
09:44:07 THE SERGEANT FROM GAINESVILLE,
09:44:09 DUE TO THE CONTRACT THAT WE
09:44:10 NEGOTIATE, AND THAT'S DUE TO
09:44:11 COUNCIL'S VOTE.
09:44:12 THAT ONE VOTE'S SO IMPORTANT
09:44:14 BECAUSE IT PROVIDES THE PICK OF
09:44:15 THE -- YOU KNOW, THE PICK OF
09:44:16 THE LITTER WHEN IT COMES TO THE
09:44:18 CHIEFS AND CERTAINLY ALL
09:44:19 DEPARTMENT HEADS WHEN THEY MAKE
09:44:20 THEIR HIRINGS, SO THANK YOU FOR
09:44:22 ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
09:44:24 I'M EXCITED FOR YOUR FUTURES,
09:44:25 AND I KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU WILL
09:44:27 BE AROUND, AND WE'RE HERE TO
09:44:30 SUPPORT YOU, NOT JUST, NOW, BUT
09:44:31 IN THE FUTURE.
09:44:32 SO THANK YOU.
09:44:34 >> NOW YOU CAN BLOCK ABE'S
09:44:35 NUMBER.
09:44:35 [LAUGHTER]
09:44:40 >> NICE.
09:44:41 >>HARRY COHEN: IT'S ALREADY
09:44:42 BLOCKED.
09:44:43 >>FRANK REDDICK: I WOULD LIKE
09:44:44 TO COME DOWN AND [OFF
09:44:45 MICROPHONE].
09:44:46 >> WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A
09:44:48 PICTURE, IF POSSIBLE, AND
09:44:49 PRESENT THE PLAQUES TO YOU
09:44:50 OFFICIALLY.
09:44:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'M GOING TO
09:44:51 COME GET MINE.
09:44:53 >> YOU'VE EARNED IT; RIGHT?
09:44:54 YOU'VE EARNED IT, YES, SIR.
09:44:56 NOW, WE APPRECIATE THE -- THE
09:44:57 -- YOU KNOW, TO SHOW YOU HOW
09:44:58 WELL WE GET ALONG, ALTHOUGH
09:45:00 THEY'RE SLEEPING A LOT, THEY'VE
09:45:03 HAD BOTH OF OUR LOGOS ON IT,
09:45:04 IT'S FROM BOTH OF US, SO WE
09:45:05 APPRECIATE IT.
09:45:06 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I WANT TO POINT
09:45:08 OUT, ABE, OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE
09:45:09 HIGHER INTELLECTUAL
09:45:10 CAPABILITIES WHEN IT COMES TO
09:45:12 FIGURING OUT WHO THEY WANT TO
09:45:13 ENDORSE.
09:45:14 >> ANDREW TELLS ME THAT ALL THE
09:45:15 TIME.
09:45:15 [LAUGHTER]
09:45:16 >>MIKE SUAREZ: BUT YOU WERE
09:45:18 LUCKY ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY PROVE
09:45:20 THEM WRONG, SO THAT'S OKAY, YOU
09:45:20 KNOW.
09:45:21 WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT
09:45:25 YOU GUYS DO, AS YOU KNOW, AND
09:45:26 AS MR. COHEN SAID, I HAVE
09:45:27 BLOCKED YOUR NUMBER ALREADY.
09:45:28 [LAUGHTER]
09:45:30 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'M DOING IT AS
09:45:30 WE SPEAK.
09:45:31 [LAUGHTER]
09:45:32 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND I WAS
09:45:33 SHOCKED TO SEE ANDREW WITHOUT A
09:45:34 MUSTACHE TODAY.
09:45:36 I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE HIM,
09:45:36 YOU KNOW.
09:45:38 HE LOOKS LIKE A BABY AGAIN.
09:45:40 >> HE LOOKS LIKE A BABY.
09:45:40 [LAUGHTER]
09:45:41 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'M KEEPING
09:45:42 YOUR NUMBER OPEN.
09:45:43 >> I APPRECIATE THAT.
09:45:44 [LAUGHTER]
09:45:46 AT LEAST MY LUNCH BILL WILL GO
09:45:46 DOWN.
09:45:50 THERE YOU GO.
09:45:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: COME ON UP.
09:46:26 >> I HAVE -- I HAVE HARRY,
09:46:28 FRANK.
09:46:28 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU VERY
09:46:29 MUCH.
09:46:31 I APPRECIATE IT.
09:47:17 >> ONE MORE.
09:47:19 ONE, TWO, THREE.
09:47:20 >> [OFF MICROPHONE].
09:47:21 >>HARRY COHEN: WE HAVE ALL THE
09:47:22 TIME IN THE WORLD.
09:47:23 [LAUGHTER]
09:48:15 >> GOOD.
09:48:16 >> THANK YOU.
09:48:20 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU VERY
09:48:21 MUCH.
09:48:23 YOLIE APPRECIATES IT.
09:48:34 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: DON'T LEAVE.
09:48:34 DON'T LEAVE.
09:48:36 I HAVE KIND WORDS TO TELL YOU
09:48:41 ALL FROM THE PBA AND 754.
09:48:43 YOU KNOW, MR. CHAIRMAN,
09:48:48 HONORABLE MEMBERS OF TAMPA CITY
09:48:50 COUNCIL, I'M ALL FOR 754 AND
09:48:52 THE PBA; HOWEVER, THERE ARE
09:48:53 THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
09:48:53 STAYING.
09:48:55 DID YOU EVER THINK OF THAT?
09:48:58 [LAUGHTER]
09:49:00 IS THERE SILENCE HERE?
09:49:01 OF COURSE, I'M ONLY JOKING WITH
09:49:03 YOU, BUT WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE
09:49:06 THEM, RECOGNIZE THE SEVEN, NOT
09:49:06 ONLY FOUR.
09:49:06 [LAUGHTER]
09:49:08 >>YVONNE CAPIN: CHARLIE,
09:49:09 THEY'RE GOING TO HOLD JUDGMENT
09:49:11 FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS.
09:49:12 [LAUGHTER]
09:49:12 >> [OFF MICROPHONE].
09:49:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I'M SURE IT
09:49:13 WAS.
09:49:15 WE HAVE -- ON BEHALF OF THE
09:49:16 REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR
09:49:18 THE FABULOUS FOUR --
09:49:18 [LAUGHTER]
09:49:21 -- WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT
09:49:22 YOU'RE GOING TO APPRECIATE THE
09:49:24 REST OF YOUR LIFE, AND DISPLAY
09:49:25 IT PROPERLY.
09:49:26 I'M SURE YOU WILL.
09:49:29 AND IT'S SPELLED RIGHT CAPIN.
09:49:31 >>YVONNE CAPIN: CAPIN.
09:49:31 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I WANT YOU
09:49:32 TO KNOW WE HAVE SOMETHING TO
09:49:34 SHARE, AND WE ASK -- AS WE PULL
09:49:36 ONE, WE ASK YOU TO COME DOWN
09:49:38 AND TAKE A PICTURE WITH US
09:49:39 BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER LITTLE
09:49:41 THING TO GIVE.
09:49:42 SO THE FIRST ONE GOES TO
09:49:44 CHAIRMAN REDDICK.
09:49:45 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OH, THAT'S
09:49:47 BEAUTIFUL.
09:49:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU DON'T
09:49:50 KNOW HOW MANY BEER CANS WE HAD
09:49:52 TO SAVE TO GET THIS MONEY.
09:49:52 [APPLAUSE]
09:49:53 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'M GOING TO
09:49:55 PUT IT ON MY CAR.
09:49:57 [LAUGHTER]
09:50:00 I'M GOING TO PUT MAGNETS ON IT.
09:50:07 [LAUGHTER]
09:50:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
09:50:10 THIS IS LONGER THAN MY STREET.
09:50:11 [LAUGHTER]
09:50:13 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BETTER PAVED
09:50:15 THAN YOUR STREET TOO.
09:50:20 WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM TO GIVE.
09:50:22 IF I COULD HAVE THE BAG WITH
09:50:24 THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
09:50:27 THERE WE GO.
09:50:32 ON BEHALF OF US, WE OFFER YOU
09:50:34 THIS ALSO.
09:50:41 >> FREE PARKING.
09:50:42 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: FOR FIVE
09:50:42 MINUTES.
09:50:45 CITY HALL THAT WAS REDONE AFTER
09:50:48 IT WAS 100 YEARS OLD, SO WE
09:50:50 OFFER THAT TO YOU SO YOU CAN
09:50:51 HAVE MEMORIES OF THE FOND TIMES
09:50:52 AND THE HARD TIMES, BUT YOU
09:50:54 WORKED FOR THE PUBLIC AND DID
09:50:55 AN OUTSTANDING JOB, BUT WE'RE
09:50:58 ALL PROUD OF YOU.
09:50:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
09:50:59 THANK YOU.
09:51:01 THIS DIDN'T COME OUT OF MY
09:51:02 BUDGET, DID IT?
09:51:03 [LAUGHTER]
09:51:04 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: WELL, YOU
09:51:05 BETTER LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
09:51:06 BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ANY
09:51:07 LEFT.
09:51:08 [LAUGHTER]
09:51:12 WE TOOK IT ALL, SIR.
09:51:13 ALL RIGHT.
09:51:13 WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE.
09:51:18 THANK YOU, FRANK.
09:51:19 APPRECIATE IT.
09:51:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
09:51:25 >> CUTE.
09:51:26 >> CUTE?
09:51:29 >> CHARMING.
09:51:32 >>YVONNE CAPIN: CHARISMATIC.
09:51:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HARRY SAYS,
09:51:37 THANK YOU, GOD, FOR NOT LETTING
09:51:39 ME FINISH SECOND.
09:51:39 [LAUGHTER]
09:51:44 >> YOU'RE VERY FUNNY.
09:51:45 [LAUGHTER]
09:51:51 >> JUST IMAGINE.
09:51:52 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALONG THOSE
09:51:55 LINES, NO ONE EVER LOSES, YOU
09:51:57 JUST DON'T GET ENOUGH VOTES.
09:52:01 >> BUT THAT'S NOT ALL, HARRY.
09:52:02 >>HARRY COHEN: OH, THANK YOU.
09:52:03 WHAT A SURPRISE.
09:52:04 >> THERE'S MORE.
09:52:08 >> I KNOW.
09:52:08 YOUR VERY OWN TAMPA CITY HALL.
09:52:09 >>HARRY COHEN: OH, THANK YOU
09:52:09 VERY MUCH.
09:52:20 >> THANKS.
09:52:21 THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF
09:52:25 SERVICE.
09:52:26 NEXT.
09:52:28 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YAY, THEY GOT
09:52:29 IT, ALL THREE NAMES.
09:52:30 [LAUGHTER]
09:52:30 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SPELLED
09:52:36 RIGHT TOO.
09:52:40 >> THIS IS VERY NICE.
09:52:45 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOLIE CAPIN,
09:52:47 I'VE KNOWN YOLIE CAPIN SINCE
09:52:49 SHE WAS THIS BIG.
09:52:50 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEAH.
09:52:50 [LAUGHTER]
09:52:54 LISTEN, I'M GOING TO PUT
09:52:56 MAGNETS ON IT AND I'M PUTTING
09:52:57 IT ON MY CAR.
09:52:58 [LAUGHTER]
09:52:59 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: LET ME TELL
09:53:01 YOU, YOU WON'T GET THE GAS
09:53:02 MILEAGE YOU'RE GETTING NOW.
09:53:03 BUT ON BEHALF OF THAT, YOU
09:53:04 KNOW, I NEVER FORGET THAT LONG
09:53:07 DEBATE WE HAD WITH --
09:53:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: CHARLIE,
09:53:09 BEFORE YOU DO THAT, MAKE
09:53:10 SURE --
09:53:11 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN REALITY
09:53:11 --
09:53:14 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOLIE, GET ON
09:53:15 THE RIGHT SIDE.
09:53:19 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BUT IN
09:53:19 REALITY, THERE'S ANOTHER BIG
09:53:20 PROBLEM WE HAVE THAT WE'RE NOT
09:53:22 GOING TO ADDRESS.
09:53:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOLIE --
09:53:22 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YBOR CITY IS
09:53:23 YBOR CITY.
09:53:24 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU NEED TO
09:53:27 MOVE OVER TO THE RIGHT -- NEXT
09:53:27 TO CHARLIE..
09:53:28 >>YVONNE CAPIN: OH, I'M NOT IN
09:53:29 THE SHOT, HE SAID.
09:53:30 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO YBOR CITY
09:53:31 SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN NAMED
09:53:34 YBOR CITY BECAUSE YBOR CITY,
09:53:36 YBOR WAS HIS MOTHER'S NAME.
09:53:37 YBOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN MARTINEZ
09:53:39 CITY, BUT I'M NOT CHANGING ANY
09:53:40 OF THE SIGNS.
09:53:41 >>YVONNE CAPIN: HE TELLS ME NOW
09:53:43 WHEN I'M LEAVING.
09:53:44 [LAUGHTER]
09:53:45 >>HARRY COHEN: [OFF MICROPHONE]
09:53:48 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEAH, EXACTLY.
09:53:49 THANK YOU.
09:53:49 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA:
09:53:50 CONGRATULATIONS.
09:53:51 WE REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH
09:53:51 YOU.
09:53:53 LIFE IS WHAT IT IS, AND YOU
09:53:54 DECIDED NOT TO SEEK ANY OTHER
09:53:55 OFFICE, AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR
09:53:57 THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
09:53:58 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
09:54:00 TWO MONTHS SHORT OF NINE YEARS,
09:54:03 TWO MAYORS.
09:54:03 [APPLAUSE]
09:54:07 IT WAS A WINDOW TO OUR CITY
09:54:08 LIKE NONE OTHER.
09:54:10 ABSOLUTELY THE BEST.
09:54:14 BEST TIME AND THE WORSE TIMES.
09:54:16 IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES; IT
09:54:17 WAS THE WORST OF TIMES.
09:54:18 [LAUGHTER]
09:54:19 THANK YOU.
09:54:21 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
09:54:22 THANK YOU.
09:54:24 THANK YOU.
09:54:28 IT WAS -- THANK YOU.
09:54:31 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I'M GOING TO
09:54:41 GIVE YOU A HUG, DAMN IT.
09:54:43 [LAUGHTER]
09:54:46 >> YOLIE, HERE.
09:55:11 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU, GUYS.
09:55:12 AND YOU DID GET THE SPELLING
09:55:13 RIGHT.
09:55:14 I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T MESS UP
09:55:15 THAT NAME.
09:55:16 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU KNOW ME,
09:55:18 I MESS UP MY OWN NAME.
09:55:19 BUT YOU GUYS ARE FROM THE SAME
09:55:21 COLLEGE, YOU AND MR. VIERA.
09:55:23 I THINK YOU'RE BULLS.
09:55:24 >>MIKE SUAREZ: BULLS.
09:55:25 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE BULL'S
09:55:26 LEAVING.
09:55:27 >>LUIS VIERA: AND AS YOU GUYS
09:55:28 KNOW, MIKE AND I ARE VERY DEAR
09:55:30 FRIENDS, AND I LOVE MIKE LIKE A
09:55:30 BROTHER.
09:55:32 HE ALWAYS CALLS ME HIS LITTLE
09:55:35 BROTHER, AND I'VE KNOWN MIKE
09:55:36 SINCE 2006.
09:55:39 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH.
09:55:41 >>LUIS VIERA: LUIS' MOM WAS
09:55:49 PREGNANT WITH MY SON, MY THEN
09:55:50 WIFE, WHEN I MET MIKE AND MIKE
09:55:50 WAS RUNNING FOR THE CHAIR OF
09:55:50 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY --
09:55:50 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SHOULD HAVE
09:55:53 STOPPED ME THEN.
09:55:53 >>LUIS VIERA: -- OF
09:55:53 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY --
09:55:53 [LAUGHTER]
09:55:54 -- AND THE WAY WE MET WAS I WAS
09:55:56 ASKED BY PAT KEMP TO SIT IN FOR
09:55:57 HER BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T MAKE
09:56:00 IT TO A FORUM, AND I WAS TO
09:56:02 REPRESENT HER AND SIT IN, AND I
09:56:04 MET MIKE THAT NIGHT, AND I
09:56:06 THOUGHT BOY, THESE GUYS REALLY
09:56:09 DO WELL, AND HE WON, AND WE
09:56:09 BECAME GREAT FRIENDS AFTER
09:56:10 THAT.
09:56:11 >>MIKE SUAREZ: HE DIDN'T POINT
09:56:14 OUT THAT I BEAT PAT KEMP FOR
09:56:16 THAT SEAT, SO YOU DON'T KNOW
09:56:16 WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.
09:56:18 NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
09:56:19 >>LUIS VIERA: MIKE IS A
09:56:20 TERRIFIC GUY WHO ALWAYS WEARS
09:56:22 HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE AND HE
09:56:23 LEAVES EVERYTHING OUT ON THE
09:56:23 FIELD.
09:56:25 MIKE IS NOT JUST A HARDWORKING,
09:56:27 VERY PASSIONATE CITY COUNCIL
09:56:28 MEMBER, HE'S ALSO A GOOD FRIEND
09:56:29 TO MANY.
09:56:30 HE IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
09:56:32 HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE, LAURA, AND
09:56:33 A WONDERFUL FATHER TO HIS THREE
09:56:34 SONS.
09:56:35 HE IS BLESSED WITH A WONDERFUL
09:56:36 FAMILY AND WITH REALLY -- NOT
09:56:39 TO QUOTE ONE OF MY FAVORITE
09:56:40 MOVIES, BUT A WONDERFUL LIFE,
09:56:43 SO WE HONOR MIKE TODAY.
09:56:44 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU, LUIS.
09:56:46 OH, AND GUIDO, I THINK I KNOW
09:56:48 WHAT YOU GOT HIM THERE.
09:56:49 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HOW DID YOU
09:56:49 KNOW?
09:56:50 [LAUGHTER]
09:56:54 YOUR OWN ASHTRAY.
09:56:54 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU VERY
09:56:55 MUCH.
09:56:56 I MEAN, I THINK OF THE FOUR OF
09:56:58 US THAT ARE UP HERE,
09:57:00 MR. MIRANDA AND I ARE THE ONLY
09:57:02 TWO THAT SMOKE CIGARS, YOU
09:57:03 KNOW, AND YOU'VE NEVER BOUGHT
09:57:04 ME A CIGAR.
09:57:06 THANKS SO MUCH.
09:57:08 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THAT'S WHY I
09:57:09 SMOKE THEM.
09:57:10 [LAUGHTER]
09:57:16 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND, MR. VIERA,
09:57:17 YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU ARE THE
09:57:18 LITTLE BROTHER I NEVER WANTED,
09:57:20 AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE ON
09:57:21 COUNCIL, AND I APPRECIATE
09:57:22 EVERYTHING.
09:57:24 NO ONE KNOWS THIS -- WELL, A
09:57:25 FEW OF US KNOW IT, BUT
09:57:27 CHARLIE'S FAMILY AND MY FAMILY
09:57:28 ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER, NOT
09:57:30 DIRECTLY BY BLOOD, BUT HIS --
09:57:33 YOUR AUNT HAD MARRIED MY -- MY
09:57:34 GRANDMOTHER'S BROTHER.
09:57:35 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: BROTHER,
09:57:36 SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
09:57:37 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH.
09:57:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO I'M 166
09:57:40 NOW.
09:57:43 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YES, EXACTLY.
09:57:43 YOU'RE A CANDELAHO, AND MY
09:57:45 MOTHER'S -- I MEAN, MY
09:57:48 GRANDMOTHER'S BROTHER WAS A
09:57:51 CANDELAHO, MARIO CANDELAHO,
09:57:51 WHICH IS WHAT MY FATHER WAS
09:57:57 NAMED AFTER MARIO CANDELAHO,
09:57:58 AND BY THE WAY, WE ALL HAVE
09:58:00 HAIR ON OUR SIDE, ON OUR SIDE.
09:58:03 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NEVER GET
09:58:04 INVOLVED WITH SOMEBODY WHO CAN
09:58:08 JOKE BETTER THAN YOU.
09:58:08 I'M GOING TO LEAVE TWO [OFF
09:58:09 MICROPHONE] TO HIMSELF, AND HE
09:58:11 SHOULD BE THAT KIND OF A DOCTOR
09:58:12 WITH --
09:58:13 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND YOU ALL KEEP
09:58:15 SERVING WITH CUE BALL AND ENJOY
09:58:15 THAT, OKAY.
09:58:15 [LAUGHTER]
09:58:17 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YOU ALL TAKE
09:58:17 CARE.
09:58:18 I'VE GOT TO GO TO ANOTHER
09:58:23 SESSION FOR THE WADE BOGGS
09:58:24 BASEBALL INDIVIDUAL OF THE
09:58:25 YEAR, AND I'VE GOT TO
09:58:26 PARTICIPATE IN THAT, SO I'LL BE
09:58:27 COMING BACK SHORTLY.
09:58:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.
09:58:28 THANK YOU.
09:58:28 APPRECIATE IT.
09:58:29 THANK YOU, GUYS.
09:58:29 [APPLAUSE]
09:58:32 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I WANT TO TAKE
09:58:33 A PHOTO WITH THE THREE
09:58:35 RUNAWAYS.
09:58:37 YEAH, THE THREE THAT ARE
09:58:38 RUNNING AWAY.
09:58:46 >> I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL
09:58:49 LATER TO SAY SOMETHING, I KNOW.
09:58:50 >> [OFF MICROPHONE].
09:58:51 >> WE'LL TO IT NOW.
09:58:52 WE'LL DO IT NOW.
09:58:54 BUT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE
09:58:55 WITH ALL OF YOU.
09:58:59 I MET YOU IN 2001 WHEN I --
09:59:00 2011 WHEN I RAN THE FIRST TIME
09:59:01 EVER.
09:59:03 IT WAS IN THE RACE WITH
09:59:04 COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.
09:59:06 I DID NOT WIN, AS YOU KNOW.
09:59:07 I HAVEN'T SERVED WITH YOU FOR
09:59:08 EIGHT YEARS, BUT I'VE GONE BACK
09:59:10 TO THE BEGINNING, AND I
09:59:10 REMEMBER WHEN YOU GOT
09:59:12 APPOINTED, I WAS IN THE ROOM
09:59:13 THAT DAY, AND I'M GOING TO MISS
09:59:14 YOU BECAUSE IT REALLY -- IT
09:59:16 REALLY HAS FELT LIKE A FAMILY.
09:59:20 WE'VE HAD SOME DISAGREEMENTS
09:59:22 BUT MANY AGREEMENTS, AND I'VE
09:59:24 GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH AND EVERY
09:59:26 ONE OF YOU, YOUR FAMILY
09:59:26 MEMBERS.
09:59:27 YOU KNOW, HARRY, YOU HAVE A
09:59:28 WONDERFUL FAMILY.
09:59:29 MIKE, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER YOUR
09:59:31 FATHER, A GREAT PERSON.
09:59:32 I REMEMBER YOUR HUSBAND JUAN.
09:59:34 FRANK, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GREAT.
09:59:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: I DON'T
09:59:39 REMEMBER NOBODY.
09:59:41 >> YOU WERE JUST FRANK, BUT
09:59:42 WE'RE REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU.
09:59:44 YOU KNOW, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE
09:59:46 NEW COUNCIL, HONORARY COUNCIL.
09:59:48 COUNCIL ELECT CITRO -- I CAN'T
09:59:50 MAKE THAT JOKE ANYMORE -- WILL
09:59:52 BE JOINING US, BUT THANK YOU
09:59:53 VERY MUCH.
09:59:54 YOU KNOW, WE'RE FRIENDS.
09:59:55 I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IN
09:59:58 CONTACT AFTER THIS, BUT I
09:59:59 REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOUR
10:00:00 YEARS THAT I'VE HAD WITH YOU.
10:00:02 THANK YOU.
10:00:02 >>HARRY COHEN: MR. CHAIR.
10:00:03 >>FRANK REDDICK: YES.
10:00:04 >>HARRY COHEN: YOU KNOW, I WAS
10:00:05 ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY SOMETHING
10:00:07 TONIGHT, BUT SINCE WE DID THIS
10:00:09 AND THIS IS SOMETHING OF A
10:00:10 SURPRISE, I JUST WANT TO SAY
10:00:10 THIS NOW.
10:00:12 YOU KNOW, WITH ALL KIDDING
10:00:17 ASIDE, SERVING IN THIS BODY IN
10:00:22 THIS BUILDING IN THIS OFFICE IS
10:00:23 A TREMENDOUS -- AS YOLIE CAPIN
10:00:25 SAID EARLIER, A TREMENDOUS
10:00:27 WINDOW ON THE CITY AND IT IS AN
10:00:29 ENORMOUS PRIVILEGE, AND IT IS
10:00:30 SOMETHING THAT I KNOW FOR ME
10:00:32 HAS GIVEN ME A REAL SENSE OF
10:00:34 KINSHIP WITH EVERY SINGLE
10:00:36 CITIZEN IN THIS CITY, AND I
10:00:38 CAN'T TELL YOU IN LEAVING THIS
10:00:40 BODY HOW MUCH RESPECT I HAVE
10:00:43 FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE
10:00:45 THE CITY DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND
10:00:47 DO SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB FOR OUR
10:00:48 CITIZENS AND ALSO FOR THE
10:00:50 ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO ARE HERE
10:00:52 DAY AND NIGHT, WORKING HARD
10:00:53 REPRESENTING THEIR
10:00:54 CONSTITUENCIES.
10:00:55 IN THE EIGHT YEARS THAT I'VE
10:00:57 BEEN HERE, WE HAVE HAD SOME
10:00:58 TOUGH ARGUMENTS UP ON THIS
10:00:59 DAIS.
10:01:00 WE HAVE NOT ALWAYS GOTTEN
10:01:02 ALONG, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN
10:01:06 TIMES WHEN WE HAVE COME
10:01:06 TOGETHER FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD IN
10:01:06 WAYS THAT HAVE REALLY MADE A
10:01:08 DIFFERENCE, AND I JUST WANT YOU
10:01:09 TO KNOW THAT I'M ENORMOUSLY
10:01:11 PROUD TO HAVE SERVED WITH EACH
10:01:12 AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
10:01:15 IT HAS BEEN THE HONOR OF A
10:01:17 LIFETIME TO BE HERE, AND I WISH
10:01:18 EVERYONE HERE ALL GOOD THINGS
10:01:19 IN THE FUTURE IN ALL THE YEARS
10:01:20 AHEAD.
10:01:22 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:01:24 YES, SIR.
10:01:25 >>YVONNE CAPIN: LET ME SAY
10:01:26 SOMETHING REAL QUICK HERE, VERY
10:01:27 QUICKLY.
10:01:29 IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR SERVING
10:01:30 WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
10:01:33 I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT LEAVING
10:01:36 THIS DAIS IN THE ALMOST NINE
10:01:38 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I
10:01:41 FEEL THAT THE REASON THAT I
10:01:43 DECIDED NOT TO RUN FOR OFFICE
10:01:47 IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT MY --
10:01:48 IN EIGHT YEARS, IF I COULD NOT
10:01:51 DO IN EIGHT YEARS FOR THE
10:01:53 CITIZENS OF TAMPA, THEN I'M NOT
10:01:55 GOING TO DO IT IN 80 YEARS.
10:01:56 I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WHERE I
10:01:58 LEAVE IT, AND I APPRECIATE
10:01:59 EVERYTHING.
10:02:01 I ALSO WANT TO SAY WE FOUGHT
10:02:06 HARD FOR OUR POINTS, FOR OUR
10:02:07 STAND, BUT WHEN IT WAS ALL
10:02:10 OVER, WE WALKED OUT AND WE WERE
10:02:11 TOGETHER.
10:02:12 WE NEVER HELD WHAT HAPPENED
10:02:14 HERE ON THE DAIS TO OUR
10:02:15 PERSONAL LIVES.
10:02:16 WE WERE --
10:02:17 >>HARRY COHEN: WE USUALLY
10:02:21 RECOVER AFTER A WEEK, WHATEVER
10:02:21 IT WAS.
10:02:22 [LAUGHTER]
10:02:22 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEAH, SOMETHING
10:02:23 LIKE THAT.
10:02:24 SO I LEAVE YOU ALL WITH THE
10:02:26 CAPIN MACHINE.
10:02:27 [LAUGHTER]
10:02:29 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
10:02:30 EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE
10:02:35 BROUGHT TO ME AND MY FAMILY,
10:02:38 AND I STARTED THIS JOURNEY WITH
10:02:41 JUAN, I WAS APPOINTED IN JULY
10:02:45 18, 2010, AND IT HAS BEEN AN
10:02:48 UPHILL WONDERFUL RIDE ALL THE
10:02:48 WAY.
10:02:50 THANK YOU.
10:02:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
10:02:53 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WELL, SINCE
10:02:54 WE'RE SAYING GOODBYES BEFORE
10:02:56 THE AGENDA'S EVEN DONE YET, WE
10:02:57 MIGHT AS WELL DO SO.
10:02:59 I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
10:03:00 THAT HAS SUPPORTED ME AND
10:03:02 HELPED ME OVER THE YEARS.
10:03:05 WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED, YOU
10:03:08 KNOW, WE CAME INTO A VERY BAD
10:03:08 TIME.
10:03:10 IT WAS A RECESSION.
10:03:13 WE HAD ISSUES CONCERNING OCCUPY
10:03:15 TAMPA, WE HAD PANHANDLING
10:03:17 ISSUES, WE HAD A TERRIBLE
10:03:18 ECONOMY.
10:03:19 IT WAS NOT A GREAT TIME TO
10:03:22 START AS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
10:03:22 OR THE MAYOR.
10:03:24 I THINK THAT WE ALL SERVED THE
10:03:25 CITY INCREDIBLY WELL AND SOLVED
10:03:28 A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT HAD IT
10:03:30 NOT BEEN A CONSENSUS BY ALL OF
10:03:32 US TO MAKE THIS CITY RUN
10:03:33 BETTER, IT WOULDN'T MATTER WHO
10:03:34 THE MAYOR WAS, IT WOULDN'T
10:03:35 MATTER WHO EVERYONE ELSE IS,
10:03:37 BUT WE CAME TO AGREEMENT AND
10:03:38 CONSENSUS IN ORDER TO GO
10:03:39 FORWARD.
10:03:42 I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN
10:03:42 MIRANDA.
10:03:44 I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE VOTE
10:03:46 AND YOU CAME HERE IN YOUR
10:03:48 DRESSING GOWN OR YOUR -- I'M
10:03:50 NOT -- YOU JUST CAME OFF THE
10:03:52 HOSPITAL BED AND CAME HERE TO
10:03:54 VOTE, AND THAT WENT -- THAT
10:03:56 WENT FORWARD, AND, YOU KNOW,
10:03:58 YOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS ARE JUST
10:04:00 LIKE CASEY STENGEL'S.
10:04:02 WE'RE NEVER SURE WHAT YOU'RE
10:04:03 SAYING UNTIL THE VERY END.
10:04:03 [LAUGHTER]
10:04:08 AND EVEN THEN -- AND EVEN THEN,
10:04:09 YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE STENGEL'S
10:04:10 USED TO SAY, NEVER MAKE
10:04:12 PREDICTIONS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT
10:04:13 THE FUTURE, AND THAT'S KIND OF
10:04:14 THE WAY I FEEL RIGHT NOW, SO
10:04:16 MS. CAPIN, IT'S BEEN A GREAT
10:04:17 PLEASURE, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO
10:04:18 SERVE WITH YOU.
10:04:19 >>YVONNE CAPIN: I KNOW YOU
10:04:20 PARTICULARLY LIKED WHEN I WAS
10:04:20 CHAIR.
10:04:21 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I DID LIKE IT
10:04:22 WHEN YOU WERE CHAIR.
10:04:23 [LAUGHTER]
10:04:26 NO, YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB,
10:04:27 AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW,
10:04:28 I THINK ABOUT IT.
10:04:29 YOU KNOW, I WAS TELLING --
10:04:30 TALKING TO HARRY ABOUT THIS
10:04:32 YESTERDAY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW,
10:04:33 WE ALL LOST SOMEONE VERY
10:04:35 IMPORTANT TO US WHILE WE WERE
10:04:35 SERVING.
10:04:37 YOU KNOW, YOU LOST JUAN, I LOST
10:04:39 MY DAD, HE LOST HIS
10:04:40 GRANDMOTHER.
10:04:42 I MEAN, WE HAD -- YOU KNOW, AND
10:04:43 FOR A SECOND THERE, I THOUGHT
10:04:44 THAT THE -- I THOUGHT THE CHAIR
10:04:45 POSITION WAS CURSED BECAUSE
10:04:48 CHARLIE GOT SICK, FRANK GOT
10:04:49 SICK, YOU KNOW.
10:04:51 I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE OF US
10:04:53 GOT SICK, SO THANK GOODNESS IT
10:04:54 DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY, BUT IT
10:04:55 WAS A GREAT PLEASURE SERVING
10:04:58 WITH YOU AND YOUR, YOU KNOW,
10:05:01 OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK ON THINGS.
10:05:03 CHAIRMAN, YOU KEPT THINGS
10:05:03 GOING.
10:05:04 YOU KNOW, YOU WERE ELECTED
10:05:05 TWICE TO BE THE CHAIR HERE.
10:05:07 I THINK THAT EVERYONE KNOWS
10:05:08 THAT YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL
10:05:10 JOB FOR YOUR CONSTITUENCY AND
10:05:12 FOR THE CITY, AND WE REALLY
10:05:13 APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT
10:05:14 YOU'VE DONE.
10:05:16 MR. MANISCALCO, AS YOU KNOW,
10:05:18 LOSING AN ELECTION DOESN'T MEAN
10:05:19 THAT YOU LOSE EVERYTHING AND IT
10:05:20 DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU LOSE
10:05:22 SIGHT OF WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO
10:05:22 DO IN THE FUTURE.
10:05:23 YOU PROVED THAT.
10:05:25 YOU NEVER KNOW, MAYBE ONE OF US
10:05:26 NEXT TO YOU HERE MIGHT PROVE
10:05:27 THAT AT SOME POINT ON BOTH
10:05:28 SIDES.
10:05:30 AND MR. COHEN, NOT ONLY SERVING
10:05:31 WITH YOU OVER THE LAST EIGHT
10:05:33 YEARS HAS BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE
10:05:34 GETTING TO KNOW YOU, BE FRIENDS
10:05:37 WITH YOU, BUT TO RUN THE SAME
10:05:40 ELECTION WITH YOU WAS A GREAT
10:05:42 TESTAMENT TO THE KIND OF EARN
10:05:43 THAT YOU ARE, THE WAY THAT WE
10:05:44 -- THAT WAY THAT YOU PRESENTED
10:05:47 YOURSELF TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
10:05:48 CITY OF TAMPA WAS A CREDIT, NOT
10:05:50 ONLY TO YOURSELF BUT TO THE
10:05:50 WHOLE COUNCIL.
10:05:53 YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB AS A
10:05:54 COUNCIL MEMBER.
10:05:56 YOU DID A TERRIFIC JOB AS A
10:05:56 CANDIDATE.
10:05:59 I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU
10:05:59 DIDN'T COME IN SECOND.
10:06:01 I THINK THAT MR. MIRANDA SAID
10:06:03 IT BEST, THANK GOD, THANK GOD,
10:06:04 BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'M
10:06:08 NOT SURE ANYTHING WOULD HAVE
10:06:09 STOPPED THAT TRAIN COMING DOWN
10:06:12 THE TRACKS, BUT I'M SO PROUD TO
10:06:15 SERVE WITH YOU, PROUD TO BE A
10:06:16 CANDIDATE WITH YOU AT THE SAME
10:06:17 TIME AND GO OUT AND TALK TO
10:06:19 PEOPLE THAT WE KNEW WERE
10:06:20 IMPORTANT.
10:06:21 >>HARRY COHEN: AND WE NEVER HAD
10:06:25 A HARSH WORD ON THIS DAIS THE
10:06:26 ENTIRE CAMPAIGN.
10:06:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I SAID A LOT OF
10:06:30 THINGS BEHIND YOUR BACK, NEVER
10:06:31 TO YOUR FACE.
10:06:31 [LAUGHTER]
10:06:33 MR. VIERA, YOU SAID A LOT OF
10:06:34 THINGS WHEN WERE YOU UP THERE.
10:06:36 YOU'RE A LOT LIKE THE OLD
10:06:38 GOVERNORS WE HAVE HERE IN
10:06:38 FLORIDA.
10:06:40 THEY ASKED, WHY DO YOU SPEAK
10:06:43 WITH SO MANY WORDS, AND HE WAS
10:06:45 WHY DO YOU USE ONE OR TWO WORDS
10:06:47 WHEN 30 OR 40 WILL WORK JUST AS
10:06:49 WELL?
10:06:50 >>LUIS VIERA: I'M A TRIAL
10:06:50 LAWYER.
10:06:51 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU'VE DONE A
10:06:51 GREAT JOB IN THE SHORT TIME
10:06:51 THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE.
10:06:52 I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
10:06:53 ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR CAREER
10:06:54 ON COUNCIL, AND I HOPE -- I
10:06:56 WISH YOU THE BEST BECAUSE I
10:06:57 KNOW WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE IN
10:06:58 TOUCH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
10:06:59 WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT
10:07:00 ISSUES NOW THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN
10:07:03 ABLE TO TALK ABOUT BEFORE AND
10:07:06 WE'LL CHEW THE FAT A LITTLE BIT
10:07:06 TOO.
10:07:06 AND TO ALL THE STAFF, EVERYONE
10:07:08 THAT IS ALONG THIS WALL OVER
10:07:10 HERE, I MEAN, WHAT A GREAT
10:07:11 SERVICE TO THE CITY THAT YOU
10:07:12 DO.
10:07:13 I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS JOB
10:07:15 WITHOUT MY PARTNERSHIP WITH
10:07:18 LORRAINE -- I MEAN, LORENA,
10:07:19 EXCUSE ME.
10:07:20 LORENA.
10:07:22 >>YVONNE CAPIN: WOW, HOW
10:07:24 QUICKLY WE FORGET.
10:07:26 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I'M TRYING TO
10:07:29 SOUND LIKE STENGEL RIGHT NOW.
10:07:31 LORENA HARDWICK.
10:07:33 SHE WAS PREGNANT WHEN SHE FIRST
10:07:35 CAME ONBOARD, AND SHE HAS DONE
10:07:38 A TERRIFIC JOB AS PART OF THE
10:07:39 CITY.
10:07:42 SULING LUCAS HAS BEEN HERE A
10:07:42 LONG TIME.
10:07:44 HER HAIR ALWAYS LOOKS GREAT.
10:07:46 I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT.
10:07:47 IAN WHO CAME ON, YOU KNOW,
10:07:48 LATER ON, AND YOU'VE DONE A
10:07:49 TERRIFIC JOB.
10:07:50 TO WALK INTO DISTRICT 4 AND TO
10:07:51 PROVIDE THE KIND OF
10:07:53 CONSTITUENCY SERVICES THAT ARE
10:07:54 NECESSARY ARE JUST
10:07:56 UNBELIEVABLE, YOU KNOW.
10:07:57 YOU'VE DONE A TERRIFIC JOB.
10:07:59 YOU KNOW, BRANDON, SERVING WITH
10:08:01 LUIS, GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
10:08:02 [LAUGHTER]
10:08:05 TAKES VERY STRONG WILL.
10:08:08 AND MS. HENRIQUEZ, OBVIOUSLY,
10:08:10 CARRIE, YOU'VE DONE A TERRIFIC
10:08:12 JOB FOR GUIDO, AND I HOPE ALL
10:08:13 OF YOU KEEP SERVING THE CITY AS
10:08:14 LONG AS THEY'LL HAVE YOU
10:08:15 BECAUSE IT ENDS QUICKLY.
10:08:17 I THINK WE BOTH KNOW THAT.
10:08:18 AFTER EIGHT YEARS, IT SEEMED
10:08:19 LIKE IT WENT BY VERY, VERY
10:08:20 FAST.
10:08:21 BUT ONE THING THAT I -- ONE
10:08:22 LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS
10:08:23 THAT PEOPLE KEPT SAYING TO ME,
10:08:24 YOU KNOW, YOU MUST REALLY ENJOY
10:08:26 YOUR JOB BECAUSE EVERY TIME I
10:08:27 SEE YOU ON COUNCIL, YOU'RE
10:08:28 ALWAYS SMILING.
10:08:32 AND REGARDLESS OF THE SOUND AND
10:08:36 FURY THAT WE GET DURING PUBLIC
10:08:37 COMMENT, THE THINGS THAT THEY
10:08:39 SAY -- I REMEMBER OUR VERY
10:08:39 FIRST REGULAR MEETING AFTER WE
10:08:40 HAD BEEN INAUGURATED, A
10:08:41 GENTLEMAN CAME UP WHO I DIDN'T
10:08:41 KNOW.
10:08:42 HE SAID -- HE WAS COMPLAINING
10:08:44 ABOUT SOMETHING, AND HE SAYS, I
10:08:46 WISH I COULD BURY ALL OF YOU
10:08:48 AND PISS ON EACH ONE OF YOU,
10:08:49 AND I THOUGHT, WOW, MY MOM WAS
10:08:51 WATCHING THAT, AND I'M SURE MY
10:08:52 FATHER THOUGHT, WHO THE HELL IS
10:08:53 THAT GUY?
10:08:54 WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, AFTER
10:08:56 EIGHT YEARS OF PEOPLE COMING UP
10:08:57 AND SAYING SIMILAR THINGS, I
10:08:59 WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT NEVER
10:09:01 FAZED ME AND IT NEVER FAZED US
10:09:03 BECAUSE WE SERVED THE PEOPLE.
10:09:04 REGARDLESS OF WHAT PEOPLE SAY
10:09:09 ABOUT US IN FRONT OF US OR
10:09:12 BEHIND OUR BACKS, WE'RE HERE TO
10:09:13 SERVE EVERYONE AND TO COME UP
10:09:13 WITH A CONSENSUS AND TO SERVE
10:09:13 THIS CITY, AND HOPEFULLY -- I
10:09:14 THINK ALL OF YOU AGREE THAT WE
10:09:16 SERVED THE CITY WELL.
10:09:17 THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING
10:09:18 THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THANK YOU
10:09:19 TO ALL THE CITIZENS OUT THERE
10:09:21 WHO HAVE SUPPORTED US OVER THE
10:09:21 LAST EIGHT YEARS.
10:09:23 THANK YOU, CHAIR.
10:09:24 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:09:25 >>YVONNE CAPIN: QUICKLY HERE.
10:09:25 YES.
10:09:26 IF IT YOU THINK THAT WE'RE NOT
10:09:27 GOING TO SPEAK LATER TONIGHT,
10:09:29 YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THING
10:09:29 COMING.
10:09:30 [LAUGHTER]
10:09:32 THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
10:09:34 AND SUAREZ, REALLY, WHY USE
10:09:36 THREE WORDS WHEN YOU CAN USE
10:09:37 300?
10:09:37 [LAUGHTER]
10:09:41 THANK YOU.
10:09:42 >>FRANK REDDICK: WELL, LET ME
10:09:44 SAY THIS.
10:09:47 MR. SUAREZ, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT
10:09:49 THE CHAIR AND MR. MIRANDA WAS
10:09:52 SICK AND BEING CHAIR, AND LET
10:09:58 ME JUST SAY, HELL, I'M STILL
10:09:59 SICK AS FAR AS SITTING HERE AS
10:10:03 THE CHAIR, BUT LET ME SAY THIS,
10:10:08 THAT IN 2006 I HAD THE
10:10:08 OPPORTUNITY TO BE AN INTERIM
10:10:13 CITY COUNCILMAN, AND HEARING
10:10:15 MS. CAPIN TALK ABOUT ALMOST THE
10:10:18 NINE YEARS, I LOOK AT ALMOST
10:10:19 NINE YEARS AS WELL WITH THE
10:10:21 INTERIM, BUT I JUST WANT TO
10:10:23 SAY, YES, WE HAD OUR
10:10:26 DISAGREEMENTS OVER THOSE EIGHT
10:10:29 YEARS THAT WE SERVED, BUT I
10:10:33 NEVER LOST RESPECT BY ANY OF MY
10:10:39 COLLEAGUES ON THIS COUNCIL.
10:10:41 I THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT
10:10:44 OF THINGS DURING THOSE EIGHT
10:10:45 YEARS.
10:10:50 WHEN I SERVED AS THE INTERIM IN
10:10:52 2006, THAT COUNCIL WAS WILD.
10:10:53 [LAUGHTER]
10:10:56 >>YVONNE CAPIN: YEAH.
10:10:58 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND WHEN I SEE
10:11:02 THIS NEW COUNCIL COMING
10:11:03 ONBOARD, YOU KNOW, ONE NIGHT I
10:11:05 WAS SAYING TO MYSELF, BOY,
10:11:07 THEY'RE GOING TO REMIND ME OF
10:11:07 2006.
10:11:08 [LAUGHTER]
10:11:10 THERE'S SO MANY CHARACTERS
10:11:13 THERE I KNOW THAT ARE COMING,
10:11:16 BUT I DO WISH THE NEW COUNCIL
10:11:19 WELL, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY
10:11:22 THAT I ENJOYED MY EIGHT YEARS
10:11:25 BEING ON THIS COUNCIL, AND I
10:11:28 THINK I TOOK THE MOST ABUSE OUT
10:11:33 OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
10:11:36 EVERY THURSDAY SOMEONE HAD
10:11:37 THREE MINUTES TO CALL ME EVERY
10:11:39 NAME IN THE BOOK, BUT IT DIDN'T
10:11:40 BOTHER ME.
10:11:41 THE PERSON HAD THE RIGHT TO
10:11:44 EXPRESS THEIR OPINION, AND --
10:11:46 BUT I KNEW IN MY HEART I WAS
10:11:47 DOING WHAT I THOUGHT WAS RIGHT
10:11:50 FOR MY CONSTITUENTS.
10:11:54 MR. VIERA, IT'S A PLEASURE TO
10:11:54 GET TO KNOW YOU.
10:11:56 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU, SIR.
10:11:57 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND I THINK
10:11:59 YOU'RE GOING TO BE A GREAT
10:12:00 COUNCILMAN FOR YOUR
10:12:01 CONSTITUENTS.
10:12:04 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:12:06 >>FRANK REDDICK: AND -- WELL,
10:12:07 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO
10:12:10 SAY ABOUT CHARLIE, BUT --
10:12:10 [LAUGHTER]
10:12:11 >>YVONNE CAPIN: LET ME HELP
10:12:12 YOU.
10:12:14 [LAUGHTER]
10:12:15 >>FRANK REDDICK: CHARLIE'S
10:12:18 GOING TO BE CHARLIE, AND
10:12:20 CHARLIE'S GOING TO EXPRESS
10:12:22 HIMSELF THE WAY HE NEEDS TO
10:12:23 EXPRESS HIMSELF.
10:12:25 MR. MANISCALCO, IT WAS A
10:12:26 PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND
10:12:33 GET TO KNOW YOU AS WELL.
10:12:34 A GREAT FUTURE FOR THE PEOPLE
10:12:36 IN WEST TAMPA, AND I THINK THEY
10:12:39 WILL BE WELL REPRESENTED WITH
10:12:42 YOU SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY.
10:12:47 MR. COHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU
10:12:49 FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL, YOU
10:12:51 WERE A MAN OF LITTLE WORDS,
10:12:54 VERY FEW WORDS, BUT I THINK YOU
10:12:58 GREW INTO THIS POSITION BECAUSE
10:13:00 WE GOT AROUND TO YEAR SEVEN,
10:13:03 7.5, AND EIGHT, MR. COHEN
10:13:06 BECAME A MAN OF PLENTY OF
10:13:06 WORDS.
10:13:07 [LAUGHTER]
10:13:10 SO -- BUT YOU'RE A GREAT
10:13:16 LEARNER, AND YOU GUIDED US IN
10:13:19 SOME POSITIONS THAT -- FROM
10:13:21 YOUR LEGAL BACKGROUND THAT WERE
10:13:23 VERY BENEFICIAL TO THIS
10:13:28 COUNCIL, AND I RESPECT THAT AND
10:13:32 RESPECT THAT YOU WERE VERY
10:13:33 HONEST WITH YOUR OPINION AND
10:13:34 THE THINGS THAT YOU WANTED TO
10:13:36 EXPRESS.
10:13:41 MR. SUAREZ, I WILL SAY YOU'RE
10:13:45 THE HARDEST-WORKING MAN THAT I
10:13:46 EVER KNOW AS AN ELECTED
10:13:48 OFFICIAL BECAUSE I USED TO SEE
10:13:49 YOU ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY,
10:13:52 EVERYWHERE, BUT IT SHOWED THAT,
10:13:56 YOU KNOW, YOU WAS AT-LARGE AND
10:13:58 YOU HAD THE PASSION FOR
10:14:01 REPRESENTING EVERYONE IN THE
10:14:02 CITY, AND I THINK YOU
10:14:03 DEMONSTRATED THAT BY THE
10:14:08 DIFFERENT PLACES THAT I WOULD
10:14:09 SEE YOU THROUGHOUT THIS
10:14:13 COMMUNITY, AND I THINK YOU'RE
10:14:15 THE GREAT VOICE FOR THE CITY, A
10:14:20 GREAT PERSON FOR THE CITY, AND
10:14:21 YOU HAVE DONE WELL IN YOUR
10:14:26 CAPACITY AS A CITY COUNCILMAN
10:14:27 FOR EIGHT YEARS.
10:14:29 ONE THING I WILL SAY TO THIS
10:14:34 COUNCIL THAT DISAPPOINTED ME
10:14:36 THE MOST -- OUT OF ALL THE
10:14:37 GREAT THINGS WE ACCOMPLISHED --
10:14:40 IS ONE THING THAT DISAPPOINTED
10:14:42 ME THE MOST, AND I THINK ABOUT
10:14:44 IT EVERY TIME I SEE ONE.
10:14:46 WE COULDN'T DO A DAMN THING
10:14:48 ABOUT THOSE CHICKENS.
10:14:48 [LAUGHTER]
10:14:50 AND EVERY TIME I SEE ONE, I
10:14:53 THINK ABOUT THIS COUNCIL.
10:14:54 [LAUGHTER]
10:14:58 THEM CHICKENS.
10:15:00 AND I THINK I'M GOING TO LEAVE
10:15:04 THINKING ABOUT THOSE CHICKENS,
10:15:07 BUT IT WAS FUN DEALING WITH IT,
10:15:11 AND I SAW ONE THE OTHER DAY,
10:15:13 AND IT WAS ON -- IN MY
10:15:14 NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT WAS THE
10:15:16 STREET BEHIND ME, AND THAT
10:15:18 CHICKEN BETTER BE GLAD IT
10:15:20 DIDN'T COME ON MY STREET
10:15:21 BECAUSE I'M PREPARED.
10:15:23 [LAUGHTER]
10:15:24 I WOULD HAVE WENT AND GOTTEN
10:15:29 ONE OF THEM CRAB NETS AND I
10:15:31 WOULD CATCH THAT CHICKEN.
10:15:33 I'M NOT ABOUT TO LET THAT
10:15:35 CHICKEN TEAR UP MY GARDEN
10:15:35 AGAIN.
10:15:37 BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL OF
10:15:40 YOU AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
10:15:42 BEING A FRIEND, A COLLEAGUE,
10:15:43 AND GREAT CITIZEN FOR THIS
10:15:45 COMMUNITY AND FOR THE CITY OF
10:15:45 TAMPA.
10:15:48 YES, SIR, YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO
10:15:49 BOGART YOUR WAY TO OUR
10:15:51 CONFERENCE.
10:15:53 SO WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY TODAY?
10:15:54 [LAUGHTER]
10:15:56 I'M DEALING WITH THE THREE
10:15:58 PEOPLE, NOW YOU'RE [OFF
10:16:00 MICROPHONE], SO WHAT YOU WANT
10:16:01 TO SAY TODAY?
10:16:02 >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK
10:16:02 YOU.
10:16:03 STEVE MICHELINI.
10:16:04 I'VE BROUGHT A NUMBER OF ISSUES
10:16:09 BEFORE YOU OVER THE LAST EIGHT
10:16:09 YEARS OF YOUR TENURE, AND SOME
10:16:11 OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER.
10:16:14 AND IF YOU -- IF YOU LOOK BACK,
10:16:16 JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE,
10:16:17 IF YOU TOLD ALL THE STORIES OF
10:16:19 ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE
10:16:20 COME BEFORE COUNCIL AND YOU
10:16:22 WROTE THEM DOWN, PEOPLE
10:16:23 WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
10:16:26 IT WOULD BE THE GREATEST STORY
10:16:27 EVER.
10:16:28 AND AS EACH COUNCIL CHANGES
10:16:30 OVER TO THE NEXT COUNCIL,
10:16:32 THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN HISTORY,
10:16:34 BUT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED A
10:16:37 HISTORY WHICH, IN MY OPINION,
10:16:40 BAR NONE, IS EXEMPLARY.
10:16:41 YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS
10:16:43 RECEIVED THE KIND OF SUPPORT
10:16:43 UNANIMOUSLY AMONG THE COUNCIL
10:16:45 MEMBERS.
10:16:46 SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE
10:16:47 BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE YOU HAVE
10:16:49 BEEN VERY CHALLENGING.
10:16:52 YOU'VE, EXCEPT FOR CHARLIE,
10:16:55 PULLED THEIR HAIR OUT.
10:16:57 BUT ALL OF THE TIME THAT THE
10:17:00 PEOPLE AND THE PRESENTERS AND
10:17:01 -- THE ATTORNEYS, THE ENGINEERS
10:17:03 THAT COME BEFORE YOU APPRECIATE
10:17:06 WHAT YOU DO, AND WE RECOGNIZE
10:17:07 HOW HARD IT IS TO SIT AND MAKE
10:17:10 DECISIONS AND RULE AND MAKE
10:17:12 JUDGMENTS ABOUT WHAT COMES
10:17:13 BEFORE YOU.
10:17:15 I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK THE
10:17:18 LAY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND JUST HOW
10:17:21 STRESSFUL AND HOW STRENUOUS AND
10:17:23 HOW HARD YOU ALL HAVE TO WORK
10:17:25 TO RENDER DECISIONS.
10:17:26 YOU COULD CHOOSE NOT -- NOT TO
10:17:28 STUDY THE ISSUE.
10:17:30 YOU COULD CHOOSE JUST TO SAY,
10:17:31 OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER
10:17:33 THE STAFF SAYS IS OKAY WITH ME,
10:17:35 BUT YOU DON'T DO THAT, YOU
10:17:37 ANALYZE THESE POSITIONS, YOU
10:17:38 ANALYZE THE ISSUES THAT COME
10:17:40 BEFORE YOU, AND YOU MAKE TOUGH
10:17:42 DECISIONS, AND FOR THAT, YOU
10:17:44 KNOW, WE ARE ALL GRATEFUL.
10:17:46 THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE, AS YOU
10:17:47 CAN TELL, THAT ARE WILLING TO
10:17:48 COME FORWARD AND PLACE
10:17:52 THEMSELVES IN THAT POSITION,
10:17:54 AND IT IS WORTH A PERSONAL
10:17:56 EXPOSURE AND IT'S A
10:17:58 PROFESSIONAL EXPOSURE FOR EACH
10:18:00 OF YOU, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO
10:18:03 THINK THAT I EVER TAKE THAT
10:18:05 LIGHTLY, AND I DO APPRECIATE IT
10:18:07 WHEN YOU COME BACK AND YOU SAY,
10:18:09 OKAY, GO BACK AND WE NEED TO DO
10:18:10 A LITTLE MORE HOMEWORK ON THIS,
10:18:14 FIX THIS, FIX THAT, AND WE DO
10:18:14 IT.
10:18:17 AND SO I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR
10:18:19 POSITIONS, AND I ALWAYS
10:18:21 APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
10:18:23 WHETHER I LIKE THEM OR NOT, I
10:18:24 APPRECIATE THEM, AND IT HELPS
10:18:27 ME BE A BETTER PRESENTER AND A
10:18:29 BETTER ADVOCATE FOR MY CLIENTS,
10:18:31 AND IT MAKES ME WORK HARDER TO
10:18:32 MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE CROSSED
10:18:34 ALL THE Ts AND DOTTED ALL THE
10:18:36 Is.
10:18:38 SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL HAD
10:18:40 INDIVIDUAL ISSUES THAT WE FEEL
10:18:41 VERY STRONGLY ABOUT, AND YOU
10:18:44 KNEW THAT I WAS ALWAYS THERE TO
10:18:45 HELP WHENEVER YOU NEEDED ME TO
10:18:46 DO THAT.
10:18:47 SO I DO APPRECIATE IT, AND I'D
10:18:49 SAY BEST WISHES FOR ALL OF YOU
10:18:51 GOING OFF THE COUNCIL AND FOR
10:18:53 YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS AND
10:18:54 CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO
10:18:57 ARE RETURNING AND INCLUDING THE
10:18:58 NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I
10:19:00 AGREE WITH CHAIRMAN REDDICK,
10:19:01 IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE A SHOW
10:19:06 WHEN WE GET THE NEW COUNCIL
10:19:07 ONBOARD AND TRY -- AS THE FOUR
10:19:09 NEW MEMBERS COME ON AND TRY TO
10:19:10 LEARN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU
10:19:12 ALL HAVE ALREADY HAD TO LEARN,
10:19:15 SO IT'S A LONG PROCESS, AND I
10:19:17 APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU
10:19:18 DO AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE
10:19:19 DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
10:19:20 THANK YOU.
10:19:21 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU KNOW, THIS
10:19:25 IS THE TIME THAT I WISH MY GOOD
10:19:29 FRIEND WAS SERVING ON THIS NEW
10:19:31 COUNCIL BECAUSE SHE WOULD KEEP
10:19:34 THEM IN ORDER, AND THAT IS
10:19:36 COUNCILWOMAN CAPIN --
10:19:38 [LAUGHTER]
10:19:40 -- BECAUSE ALL SHE'S GOT TO DO
10:19:40 IS GIVE YOU THAT FACIAL
10:19:41 EXPRESSION.
10:19:42 [LAUGHTER]
10:19:44 AND YOU KNOW ONCE SHE GIVES YOU
10:19:46 THAT FACIAL EXPRESSION, SHE'S
10:19:47 SENDING YOU A MESSAGE.
10:19:49 >> OH, YES.
10:19:50 >>FRANK REDDICK: BECAUSE I GOT
10:19:51 TO A POINT I WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK
10:19:52 THAT WAY A LOT OF TIMES.
10:19:54 [LAUGHTER]
10:19:55 I'D JUST BE, OKAY.
10:19:57 [LAUGHTER]
10:20:00 BECAUSE WHEN SHE WANTS TO TALK,
10:20:01 SHE'LL SEND ME A MESSAGE,
10:20:05 SHE'LL BE, LIKE, TAPPING, AND I
10:20:07 KNOW SHE WANTS TO TALK, AND
10:20:11 I'LL BE LOOKING THIS WAY, AND
10:20:13 SHE STARTS POINTING THAT FINGER
10:20:13 UP.
10:20:15 I KNOW I HAD TO GET TO HER,
10:20:16 BUT --
10:20:18 >>HARRY COHEN: YOU KNOW --
10:20:20 >>FRANK REDDICK: BUT SHE -- YOU
10:20:26 KNOW, I CONSIDER COUNCILWOMAN
10:20:30 CAPIN AS A CLOSE FRIEND, NOT
10:20:32 ONLY A COLLEAGUE HERE BUT A
10:20:36 CLOSE FRIEND, AND WE HAVE BEEN
10:20:38 INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY,
10:20:39 WORKING WITH DIFFERENT ISSUES
10:20:45 AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND SO I
10:20:47 CONSIDER HER A GOOD, CLOSE
10:20:51 FRIEND, AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
10:20:54 HER, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS
10:20:57 LAST BECAUSE I KNOW -- I WAS
10:20:58 TRYING TO SEE IF SHE WAS GOING
10:21:02 TO GIVE ME THAT LOOK --
10:21:02 [LAUGHTER]
10:21:04 -- AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE IT
10:21:07 ONE MORE TIME.
10:21:08 SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
10:21:09 YOU'VE DONE.
10:21:12 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
10:21:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: YOU WERE A
10:21:16 GREAT HELP TO ME --
10:21:18 >>YVONNE CAPIN: THANK YOU.
10:21:19 >>FRANK REDDICK: -- AND I
10:21:19 APPRECIATE IT, SO THANKS A LOT.
10:21:20 >>HARRY COHEN: CAN I -- YOU
10:21:21 KNOW, I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE
10:21:22 THING TO WHAT YOU SAID, AND
10:21:23 THAT IS THAT AFTER EIGHT YEARS
10:21:25 TOGETHER, I FEEL LIKE I CAN
10:21:26 LOOK OVER ACROSS THE DAIS AND
10:21:27 SEE WHAT EVERYBODY'S THINKING
10:21:29 BEFORE THEY SAY IT.
10:21:31 IT IS REALLY INTERESTING
10:21:32 BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE --
10:21:34 YOU KNOW, WE VOTE ON THINGS,
10:21:35 AND NOT EVERYBODY ALWAYS
10:21:37 EXPRESSES WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
10:21:39 DO, BUT YOU CAN TELL BY THEIR
10:21:41 FACIAL EXPRESSIONS EXACTLY
10:21:42 WHERE THEY'RE GOING ON ANY
10:21:43 GIVEN ISSUE.
10:21:44 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:21:45 ANYTHING ELSE?
10:21:49 >> WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN,
10:21:50 COUNCIL.
10:21:53 >>FRANK REDDICK: ITEM NO. 3.
10:21:54 MR. MANISCALCO, YOU WANT TO SAY
10:21:56 SOMETHING ABOUT IT?
10:21:56 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OH, YEAH.
10:21:59 NO, I HAVE A MEMO HERE I'LL
10:21:59 SUBMIT INTO THE RECORD JUST TO
10:22:00 POSTPONE ITEM NO. 3 FOR A
10:22:01 FUTURE DATE.
10:22:03 I DON'T KNOW YET.
10:22:03 [LAUGHTER]
10:22:04 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YOU DON'T KNOW
10:22:05 IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION
10:22:09 YET?
10:22:09 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO, I DON'T
10:22:09 KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE DATE --
10:22:09 YEAH, I'LL JUST BRING IT UP
10:22:09 AGAIN SOON.
10:22:10 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE WILL GO TO
10:22:12 ITEM NO. 4, MR. VIERA.
10:22:12 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU,
10:22:13 MR. CHAIR.
10:22:14 GIVEN THAT APRIL IS AUTISM
10:22:17 AWARENESS MONTH, I'D ASKED FOR
10:22:19 DR. KAREN BERKMAN, EXECUTIVE
10:22:20 DIRECTOR FOR AUTISM AND RELATED
10:22:24 DISABILITIES AT USF TO BE HERE
10:22:24 TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT WORK
10:22:24 OF THE CITY OF TAMPA'S AUTISM
10:22:26 ADVISORY BOARD.
10:22:27 UNFORTUNATELY, DR. BERKMAN HAD
10:22:29 TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF TIME
10:22:30 CONSTRAINTS, BUT WE ARE VERY
10:22:32 FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE HERE
10:22:35 MS. RAQUEL PANCHO, THE CITY'S
10:22:38 ADA COORDINATOR WHO WORKS WITH
10:22:39 OUR AUTISM ADVISORY BOARD, AS
10:22:41 WELL AS MR. PAUL DIAL WHO WILL
10:22:42 BE COMING TO TALK ABOUT SOME
10:22:42 ISSUES.
10:22:44 I WANTED TO COME AND INVITE
10:22:45 THESE FOLKS TO SPEAK BECAUSE
10:22:47 THE CITY OF TAMPA IS DOING A
10:22:48 LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS
10:22:49 WHENEVER IT COMES TO AUTISM
10:22:51 AWARENESS AND ACCOMMODATIONS,
10:22:52 AND GIVEN THAT IT'S APRIL, I
10:22:53 THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TALK
10:22:55 ABOUT IT, SO GO FOR IT.
10:22:56 >> WONDERFUL.
10:22:56 THANK YOU.
10:22:57 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:22:58 WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
10:22:59 TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE
10:23:00 WONDERFUL WORK THE CITY HAS
10:23:02 DONE RECENTLY IN REGARDS TO
10:23:03 AUTISM AWARENESS AS WELL AS
10:23:04 ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH
10:23:06 DISABILITIES IN GENERAL.
10:23:07 DR. KAREN BERKMAN,
10:23:09 UNFORTUNATELY, HAD SOME TIME
10:23:10 CONSTRAINTS TODAY BECAUSE SHE
10:23:11 IS ATTENDING A GRADUATION
10:23:14 CEREMONY FOR HER STUDENTS AT
10:23:15 THE LEARNING ACADEMIES WITH
10:23:18 CARD, SO JUST SOME BACKGROUND.
10:23:20 CARD, MAYOR BUCKHORN AND, OF
10:23:21 COURSE, CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN
10:23:23 VERY SUPPORTIVE OF DISABILITY
10:23:25 ACCESS CONCERNS AND ISSUES.
10:23:26 CARD HAS BEEN A STRONG PARTNER
10:23:28 WITH US THROUGH THE YEARS.
10:23:30 THEY ACTUALLY DEVELOPED AN
10:23:31 AUTISM AWARENESS --
10:23:34 AUTISM-FRIENDLY AWARENESS
10:23:36 INITIATIVE SOME YEARS AGO, AND
10:23:37 MAYOR BUCKHORN BROUGHT THIS
10:23:39 PROGRAM TO THE CITY OF TAMPA,
10:23:40 AND AS A RESULT OF THE
10:23:42 PARTNERSHIP, WE'VE TRAINED --
10:23:44 THEY HAVE TRAINED, I SHOULD
10:23:46 CLARIFY, OVER 2,900 EMPLOYEES
10:23:48 WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA TO
10:23:49 BECOME AUTISM-FRIENDLY.
10:23:52 THIS INITIATIVE HAS ALSO
10:23:53 INCLUDED MANY RESOURCES THAT
10:23:55 HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE TO OUR
10:23:56 PROGRAMS AND OUR DEPARTMENTS AS
10:23:57 WELL.
10:24:00 AS PART OF THE ADVISORY BOARD,
10:24:02 THIS IS COMPRISED OF
10:24:03 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PERSONAL
10:24:05 EXPERIENCE, SUCH AS FAMILY
10:24:07 MEMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH
10:24:10 AUTISM, PROFESSIONAL EXPERTS AS
10:24:10 WELL.
10:24:11 THEIR GUIDANCE AND
10:24:12 RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE ASSISTED
10:24:14 THE CITY IN PROMOTING AND
10:24:17 IMPROVING OUR SERVICES AND
10:24:18 PHYSICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC
10:24:19 SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH
10:24:21 AUTISM.
10:24:23 CARD, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF
10:24:24 TAMPA, HAS POSTED INFORMATION
10:24:26 ON THE AUTISM-FRIENDLY
10:24:27 INITIATIVE AS WELL AS RESOURCES
10:24:29 FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,
10:24:31 SPECIFICALLY ON THE CITY'S WEB
10:24:31 PAGE.
10:24:33 WE PROVIDED INPUT ON THE
10:24:35 LOCATION AND SENSORY TYPES OF
10:24:39 FEATURES, AS WELL AS SPOKE
10:24:41 ABOUT AND GAVE GUIDANCE TO THE
10:24:42 CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW PARKS
10:24:44 AND WHERE THESE SENSORY FEATURE
10:24:46 LOCATIONS SHOULD BE INSTALLED.
10:24:49 THEY PROMOTED AND PROVIDE
10:24:49 INFORMATION AT THE DOWNTOWN
10:24:52 PARTNERSHIP AND THE GLAZER
10:24:53 MUSEUM ON THE AUTISM-FRIENDLY
10:24:54 INITIATIVE.
10:24:56 THEY CONSULTED WITH ALSO THE
10:24:59 CITY'S THERAPEUTIC RECREATION
10:25:00 COORDINATOR ON IMPROVING ACCESS
10:25:03 FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN
10:25:06 THE PARKS AND RECS PROGRAMS.
10:25:09 WE'VE ALSO CREATED A VIDEO ON
10:25:12 SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE THE
10:25:13 CITY'S AUTISM-FRIENDLY
10:25:14 INITIATIVE AS WELL.
10:25:15 THAT RECEIVED OVER 1,000 VIEWS
10:25:18 ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
10:25:20 THEY'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH
10:25:23 TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH
10:25:24 THE SPECIAL NEEDS REGISTRY.
10:25:25 THEY ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT
10:25:28 ACTUAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
10:25:28 THAT.
10:25:30 ONE OF OUR ADVISORY BOARD
10:25:31 MEMBERS ASSISTED WITH THAT.
10:25:32 AND THEN ALSO, WE'RE CONTINUING
10:25:35 TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL OUTREACH
10:25:37 AN INITIATIVES THROUGH THE CITY
10:25:38 OF TAMPA AS WELL.
10:25:39 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:25:40 WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED
10:25:42 SUPPORT FOR DISABILITY
10:25:44 INITIATIVES.
10:25:46 >>LUIS VIERA: THANK YOU.
10:25:47 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN.
10:25:49 PAUL DIAL, DIRECTOR OF PARKS
10:25:50 AND RECREATION.
10:25:51 I JUST WANTED TO BREAK DOWN A
10:25:53 FEW AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING IN
10:25:55 A LITTLE MORE DETAIL WITH PARKS
10:25:55 AND RECREATION, ONE BEING
10:25:58 CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE
10:26:00 ONGOING AT THIS TIME AND THEN
10:26:27 ONE FROM [AUDIO LOST] PROJECT
10:26:29 THERE FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE
10:26:31 FREEDOM PLAYGROUND THAT'S AT
10:26:32 THAT LOCATION.
10:26:33 WITH THAT, WE HAVE A CONSULTANT
10:26:36 ONBOARD FOR DOING THAT WORK TO
10:26:38 EXPAND THAT, TO HAVE MORE
10:26:42 INCLUSIVE PLAY EQUIPMENT WITH
10:26:44 INCREASED PLAY AREA,
10:26:46 UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTABLE PLAY
10:26:48 EQUIPMENT, ACCESS TO THE PICNIC
10:26:50 AREA THAT IS THERE, AND
10:26:52 ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO PARKING,
10:26:54 SHADE BEING THERE, AND A LOT OF
10:26:56 COMPONENTS THAT WILL BE
10:26:59 AVAILABLE AND ATTRACTIVE,
10:27:01 MEETING THE AUTISM GOALS.
10:27:03 BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS A
10:27:04 LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
10:27:05 THERE IS JUST MAKE THE PLAY
10:27:08 AREAS TO WHERE ALL KIDS CAN BE
10:27:09 THERE TOGETHER AND REALLY
10:27:12 LOOKING AT PULLING IN THE
10:27:13 AUTISM COMPONENTS BUT MAKING IT
10:27:14 AVAILABLE FOR ALL.
10:27:16 THIS WILL -- THIS IS OUR, I
10:27:18 GUESS, FLAGSHIP LOCATION.
10:27:20 ALTHOUGH WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL
10:27:22 OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS, AND I THINK
10:27:23 OTHER STAFF WILL SPEAK TO THAT.
10:27:24 I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER STAFF
10:27:26 THAT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN THOSE
10:27:27 TWO AREAS, ONE BEING JOHN
10:27:30 ALLEN, WHO IS OUR RECREATION
10:27:31 MANAGER FOR THE PROGRAMMATIC
10:27:34 ISSUES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE
10:27:35 LOOKING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
10:27:37 AND AWARENESS THERE, AND THEN
10:27:40 JASON MacKENZIE, WHO'S OUR
10:27:41 PROJECT SERVICES COORDINATOR
10:27:43 WHO WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT OUR
10:27:45 SUCCESS WITH THE GRANTS SO FAR,
10:27:48 SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOHN.
10:27:49 >> THANK YOU.
10:27:51 I FIRST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SAY
10:27:52 THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, FOR
10:27:53 EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE PARKS
10:27:54 AND REC DEPARTMENT, AND I WISH
10:27:56 THOSE THAT ARE LEAVING THE BEST
10:27:58 AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SEE YOU
10:27:59 AROUND AT OUR REC CENTERS, SO
10:28:01 THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING.
10:28:04 I FIRST WANT TO THANK CARD AND
10:28:08 DR. BERKMAN -- I KNOW SHE HAD
10:28:08 TO LEAVE, BUT FOR EVERYTHING
10:28:08 THEY DO FROM A TRAINING
10:28:10 STANDPOINT IS VERY HELPFUL TO
10:28:10 OUR STAFF.
10:28:12 THEY'VE ALSO VISITED ALL MY REC
10:28:14 CENTERS OR ALL OF OUR REC
10:28:15 CENTERS WHERE THEY DEVELOP
10:28:17 QUIET AREAS WITH OUR TEAMS AND
10:28:19 THEY ALSO PROVIDE THE DISTRACT
10:28:19 PAKS.
10:28:20 THEY'VE ALSO COME TO OUR
10:28:23 PROGRAMS A FEW TIMES.
10:28:24 WE CALLED THEM AND THEY'VE COME
10:28:26 OUT AND KIND OF MONITORED OUR
10:28:28 STAFF OR WATCHED OUR STAFF AND
10:28:29 WATCHED THE KIDS, SO THEY'RE
10:28:29 VERY HELPFUL IN THAT TOO, SO I
10:28:30 APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT CARD
10:28:31 DOES FOR US.
10:28:33 NEXT I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU
10:28:35 CASEY TOLAR.
10:28:36 SHE'S OUR NEW THERAPEUTIC
10:28:38 RECREATION COORDINATOR THAT
10:28:39 WORKS WITH US.
10:28:40 SHE'S BEEN WITH US ABOUT A YEAR
10:28:42 NOW, AND SHE HAS NOT ONLY
10:28:43 HELPED TRAIN OUR STAFF BUT
10:28:44 SHE'S ALSO DEVELOPED MANUALS
10:28:46 FOR OUR STAFF, SO SHE HAS
10:28:48 BROUGHT A BUNCH OF NEW PROGRAMS
10:28:50 IN, LIKE PARENTS NIGHT OUT AND
10:28:51 PURCHASED NEW EQUIPMENT, LIKE
10:28:52 -- IT'S CALLED A BEAM
10:28:53 PROJECTOR.
10:28:55 IT PROJECTS GAMES, DISPLAYS
10:28:57 GAMES ON THE FLOOR.
10:28:58 SO SHE'S DONE A LOT FOR US, AND
10:28:59 WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT SHE'S
10:29:02 GOING TO BRING NEXT TO US.
10:29:04 SO CASEY IS OUR, LIKE I SAID,
10:29:09 THERAPEUTIC RECREATION
10:29:11 COORDINATOR, SO I WANTED TO
10:29:11 JUST FOR HER TO SAY HI TODAY.
10:29:11 AND REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO
10:29:13 READ ONE LETTER FROM A PARENT
10:29:13 THAT THEY CAME -- ONE PARENT.
10:29:13 I REACHED OUT -- BECAUSE I GET
10:29:15 A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK
10:29:16 ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, AND SO I
10:29:17 REACHED OUT TO ONE OF OUR
10:29:18 PARENTS, AND SHE KIND OF GAVE
10:29:19 ME A COMMENT.
10:29:21 SHE SAID, I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH
10:29:23 ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE OVER THE
10:29:25 PAST FOUR YEARS AT KATE JACKSON
10:29:25 WITH THEIR STAFF THAT PROVIDE
10:29:27 OUR KIDS WITH A SAFE AND LOVING
10:29:27 ENVIRONMENT.
10:29:29 AS A PARENT OF A CHILD WITH
10:29:31 AUTISM, I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF
10:29:33 THE INCLUSIVENESS THAT THIS
10:29:35 PROGRAM PROVIDES.
10:29:35 THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM IS A
10:29:35 PLACE WHERE OUR KIDS CAN UNWIND
10:29:35 FROM THE SCHOOL DAY.
10:29:35 THE SUMMER CAMP IS ALWAYS
10:29:38 FILLED WITH FUN AND ENGAGING
10:29:40 ACTIVITIES.
10:29:41 OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN NOTHING
10:29:42 SHORT OF AMAZING.
10:29:46 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, CASEY.
10:29:46 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WAIT.
10:29:47 REAL QUICK --
10:29:47 >> YES, SIR.
10:29:47 MANISCALCO.
10:29:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MR. DIAL
10:29:49 HAD MENTIONED THERE WAS A
10:29:51 $400,000 EXPANSION FOR
10:29:54 MACFARLANE PARK FREEDOM
10:29:56 PLAYGROUND; IS THAT RIGHT?
10:29:56 >> THAT'S CORRECT.
10:29:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND DO YOU
10:29:59 KNOW WHEN THAT WILL BEGIN?
10:29:59 DO YOU HAVE ANY TIMELINE ON IT
10:29:59 OR NO?
10:30:02 >> I DON'T HAVE THE -- WE'RE IN
10:30:03 THE DESIGN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
10:30:03 TO HAVE A TIMELINE, THAT WILL
10:30:03 BE AFTER WE GO THROUGH THAT
10:30:05 PROCESS AND DETERMINE ALL THE
10:30:07 COMPONENTS, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE
10:30:07 TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT --
10:30:08 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND IT'LL
10:30:11 MAKE IT AN AUTISM-FRIENDLY
10:30:12 INCLUSIVE -- YOU KNOW, YOU'LL
10:30:14 UPGRADE IT FOR --
10:30:15 >> CORRECT.
10:30:16 THAT'S -- ULTIMATELY, THAT'S
10:30:17 ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS FOR THIS,
10:30:19 TO MAKE IT KIND OF OUR FLAGSHIP
10:30:20 LOCATION.
10:30:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: AND WITH
10:30:22 THAT, YOU SAID BETTER ACCESS
10:30:24 FOR PARKING AND SHADE AND ALL
10:30:25 THAT AND THAT PICNIC AREA BACK
10:30:25 THERE?
10:30:25 >> CORRECT.
10:30:28 ACCESS TO THE PICNIC AREA
10:30:28 THAT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE
10:30:28 NOW, ALL THOSE.
10:30:31 WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AS WELL.
10:30:32 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: OKAY.
10:30:33 THANKS.
10:30:34 >> GOOD MORNING.
10:30:36 JASON MacKENZIE, PARKS AND
10:30:36 RECREATION.
10:30:39 WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH IN
10:30:42 2017 TO RECEIVE THE MEET ME AT
10:30:43 THE PARK GRANT FROM THE
10:30:43 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARK
10:30:43 ASSOCIATION.
10:30:45 THIS GRANT WAS FUNDED BY THE
10:30:46 WALT DISNEY COMPANY, AND WHAT
10:30:48 IT DID WAS ALLOW US TO ENHANCE
10:30:49 THREE OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS.
10:30:52 NEW TAMPA RECREATION CENTER, AL
10:30:54 LOPEZ PARK, AND TACOMA TRAILS
10:30:56 ALL RECEIVED UPGRADES AND
10:30:57 ENHANCEMENTS AND WHAT IT SERVED
10:30:59 AS WAS A TESTING GROUND FOR US.
10:31:01 WE WERE ABLE TO PUT NEW PIECES
10:31:02 OF EQUIPMENT INTO PLAYGROUNDS
10:31:06 THAT WE HADN'T DONE BEFORE.
10:31:06 THIS CAME RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF
10:31:06 MAYOR BUCKHORN'S
10:31:08 AUTISM-FRIENDLY CITY
10:31:09 INITIATIVE, SO WE WERE ABLE TO
10:31:11 PUT IN PIECES OF PLAYGROUND
10:31:13 EQUIPMENT AND ALSO MEET WITH
10:31:14 THE COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT
10:31:15 THEY NEEDED AND WHAT THEY
10:31:15 REALLY WANTED.
10:31:17 SOME OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED
10:31:18 WERE RIGHT AWAY THAT POUR IN
10:31:21 PLACE SURFACE WAS KEY AND
10:31:22 ESSENTIAL FOR AUTISM-FRIENDLY
10:31:22 AND INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND
10:31:23 EQUIPMENT.
10:31:25 ANOTHER THING WE LEARNED IS
10:31:27 THAT WE HAD NOT ONLY CARE TO
10:31:27 THE CHILDREN BUT TO THE PARENTS
10:31:29 WHO COULD ALSO NEED THE
10:31:30 INCLUSIVENESS.
10:31:32 ONE OF THE PARENTS THAT CAME TO
10:31:33 THE MEETING WAS A CHILD WITH
10:31:34 AUTISM, AND HER DAD WAS A
10:31:37 VETERAN, A WOUNDED WARRIOR
10:31:38 VETERAN WHO NEEDED
10:31:39 ACCESSIBILITY TO GET ON THE
10:31:40 PLAYGROUND WITH HER.
10:31:41 SO IT CHANGED OUR THOUGHTS AND
10:31:42 OUR THINKING OF HOW WE WERE
10:31:43 GOING TO DESIGN THESE
10:31:43 PLAYGROUNDS AND HOW WE WERE
10:31:44 GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT,
10:31:46 SO FAR AS MUCH AS WHEN WE DID
10:31:47 OUR NEW KABOOM PLAYGROUND
10:31:50 BUILD, WE'VE GONE AS FAR AS TO
10:31:51 MAKE SURE THAT PIECES OF
10:31:51 EQUIPMENT ON THIS PLAYGROUND
10:31:53 BUILD WERE INCLUSIVE AS WELL,
10:31:55 ITEMS LIKE COZY COCOONS,
10:31:57 SPINNERS, SWAY FUN GLIDERS, AND
10:31:58 QUATTRO SEESAWS, WHICH ALLOW
10:32:00 FOR SOCIALIZATION AND
10:32:01 INTERACTION BETWEEN KIDS IN
10:32:03 GROUP SETTINGS, SO A LOT OF THE
10:32:04 THINGS WE DO NOW ARE WITH THAT
10:32:06 INCLUSIVENESS IN IT MIND WHEN
10:32:08 WE PUSH FORWARD FOR THESE, SO
10:32:09 WE'LL CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR
10:32:10 GRANTS AND CONTINUE TO SEARCH
10:32:12 OUT FUNDING TO ENHANCE OUR
10:32:13 PROGRAMS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AS
10:32:15 WE TAKE PIECES OFF, WE'LL
10:32:17 REPLACE THEM THE SAME WAY.
10:32:18 SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE
10:32:19 HERE TODAY, AND WE APPRECIATE
10:32:20 IT.
10:32:21 >> AND IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR, I
10:32:23 JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY
10:32:24 FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THESE
10:32:25 ISSUES.
10:32:26 YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY THAT
10:32:27 WHENEVER IT COMES TO SPECIAL
10:32:30 NEEDS, WHETHER IT'S AUTISM,
10:32:33 DOWN SYNDROME, CEREBRAL PALSY,
10:32:35 ET CETERA, THAT WHEN LOCAL
10:32:36 GOVERNMENTS OR GOVERNMENTS FOR
10:32:36 INSTITUTIONS MAKE MODEST OR
10:32:37 SMALL MOVES, THEY ARE
10:32:39 APPRECIATED A MILLION TIMES AS
10:32:40 MUCH BY THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE
10:32:42 MAKING THAT OFTEN DIFFICULT --
10:32:45 ALWAYS DIFFICULT, OFTEN LONELY
10:32:46 JOURNEY IN RAISING A CHILD OR
10:32:47 CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
10:32:48 IT'S A BIG ISSUE.
10:32:50 I HOPE THAT WITH THE
10:32:52 FORTHCOMING ADMINISTRATION, WE
10:32:53 WILL CONTINUE AND I KNOW WE
10:32:54 WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE
10:32:56 SAME LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM AND
10:32:57 THAT WE CAN BUILD ON OUR STEPS
10:32:59 AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHENEVER IT
10:33:01 COMES TO THOSE WITH SPECIAL
10:33:02 NEEDS TO ISSUES LIKE
10:33:04 EMPLOYMENT, MAKING SURE THAT
10:33:05 OUR CITY AND ALL OF OUR
10:33:07 DEPARTMENTS EMPLOY PEOPLE WITH
10:33:07 DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTELLECTUAL
10:33:09 ABILITIES, SPECIAL NEEDS,
10:33:11 AUTISM, ET CETERA, ISSUES LIKE
10:33:13 EXPANDING THE VISION FOR THE
10:33:16 AUTISM AND SENSORY-FRIENDLY
10:33:17 PROJECTS TO -- NOT JUST SENSORY
10:33:20 ISSUES BUT TO THAT CHILD WITH
10:33:21 CEREBRAL PALSY, THAT CHILD WITH
10:33:23 AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, AND
10:33:24 BEING ALLIES AS ELECTED
10:33:26 OFFICIALS ON THOSE IMPORTANT
10:33:27 ISSUES THAT HAPPEN AT THE STATE
10:33:28 LEVEL, THAT HAPPEN AT THE
10:33:30 FEDERAL LEVEL INVOLVING THOSE
10:33:31 WITH DEVELOPMENTAL
10:33:31 DISABILITIES, WHETHER IT'S
10:33:33 MEDICAID EXPANSION, WHETHER
10:33:34 IT'S PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY
10:33:36 DISABILITY, WHICH EVERY PERSON
10:33:38 WITH A DISABILITY VIRTUALLY IS
10:33:39 ON SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY,
10:33:40 OR WHETHER IT'S PROTECTING
10:33:42 MEDICAID FROM BEING BLOCK
10:33:43 GRANTED ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL,
10:33:44 THESE ARE ALL IMPORTANT MORAL
10:33:46 ISSUES, SO THIS IS A WONDERFUL
10:33:47 INITIATIVE OF THE BUCKHORN
10:33:48 ADMINISTRATION THAT THIS
10:33:49 COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
10:33:51 TO SUPPORT, AND I HOPE THAT WE
10:33:53 CAN BUILD ON IT, SO I JUST
10:33:54 WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL
10:33:58 YOUR WORK AND BEING HERE TODAY.
10:33:59 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:34:00 ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM
10:34:00 COUNCIL?
10:34:01 ALL RIGHT.
10:34:02 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:34:03 ALL RIGHT.
10:34:08 WE'LL GO TO ITEM NO. 5,
10:34:08 MR. COHEN.
10:34:09 >>HARRY COHEN: IT'S ACTUALLY
10:34:09 MR. SUAREZ.
10:34:09 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YES.
10:34:10 THANK YOU, CHAIR.
10:34:11 IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM
10:34:15 CLOTHES TO KIDS HERE?
10:34:17 IT'S MS. JACOBS, RIGHT?
10:34:18 >> YES.
10:34:19 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THIS IS JENNIFER
10:34:20 JACOBS.
10:34:22 SHE REPRESENTS CLOTHES TO KIDS.
10:34:23 IT IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT
10:34:25 PROVIDES CLOTHING TO CHILDREN,
10:34:25 ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT NEED
10:34:27 CLOTHING THAT DON'T HAVE THE
10:34:27 MEANS TO PROVIDE IT.
10:34:30 THEY HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY IN
10:34:31 PINELLAS COUNTY BUT NOW HAVE A
10:34:33 LOCATION HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH,
10:34:35 AND I THINK ACCORDING TO WHAT I
10:34:37 HAVE, IN 2017 THEY PROVIDED
10:34:40 OVER 10,000 SCHOOL WARDROBES
10:34:42 FOR PEOPLE IN PINELLAS, AND I
10:34:43 HOPE YOU'LL TELL US A LITTLE
10:34:45 BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN
10:34:46 TAMPA AND IN HILLSBOROUGH
10:34:46 COUNTY.
10:34:47 >> WELL, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
10:34:49 GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
10:34:50 THANK YOU FOR --
10:34:51 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND SORRY FOR
10:34:52 THE WAIT TOO.
10:34:53 >> NO WORRIES.
10:34:54 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
10:34:57 I'M JENNIFER JACOBS WITH
10:34:58 CLOTHES TO KIDS, AND WE HAVE
10:35:01 BEEN SERVING PINELLAS COUNTY
10:35:03 STUDENTS SINCE 2003, AND WE'VE
10:35:06 DONE ABOUT 140,000 WARDROBES
10:35:10 SINCE 2003 IN PINELLAS, AND I'M
10:35:12 EXCITED TO GET UP HERE AND SAY
10:35:14 THAT WE ARE NOW IN TAMPA AND WE
10:35:16 ARE ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, AND
10:35:18 WHAT CLOTHES TO KIDS DOES IS WE
10:35:20 PROVIDE A WEEK'S WORTH OF
10:35:21 SCHOOL CLOTHES TO KIDS WHO
10:35:22 QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED
10:35:24 LUNCH.
10:35:25 WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
10:35:27 IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE MORE
10:35:30 THAN 61% OF THE KIDS IN
10:35:31 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY QUALIFY FOR
10:35:33 FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH.
10:35:35 SO WHEN THEY GET TO COME TO OUR
10:35:37 STORES AND SHOP, THEY GET A
10:35:39 FREE WEEK'S WORTH OF SCHOOL
10:35:40 CLOTHES, AND I BROUGHT A PAIR
10:35:41 OF TENNIS SHOES TODAY TO SHOW
10:35:43 THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS
10:35:45 THAT ARE IN THEIR WARDROBE.
10:35:46 I FIGURED THAT THE UNDERWEAR,
10:35:54 THE NEW UNDERWEAR MAY NOT BE
10:35:55 APPROPRIATE FOR OUR MEETINGS.
10:35:57 >> [OFF MICROPHONE].
10:35:58 >>HARRY COHEN: IT WOULD BE AN
10:35:59 IMPROVEMENT.
10:35:59 [LAUGHTER]
10:36:00 >> YES.
10:36:02 SO WHEN THEY COME AND SHOP AT
10:36:04 CLOTHES FOR KIDS, THEY GET A
10:36:07 NEW PAIR OF SHOES, THEY GET
10:36:07 FIVE NEW PAIRS OF SOCKS, FIVE
10:36:09 NEW PAIRS OF UNDERWEAR, FOUR
10:36:09 BOTTOMS, FIVE TOPS, A DRESS, A
10:36:11 JACKET, AND IF THE GIRL IS IN
10:36:13 THE BRA-WEARING AGE, SHE CAN
10:36:14 GET UP TO TWO OF THOSE AS LONG
10:36:16 AS WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE.
10:36:17 WE WORK WITH A LOT OF OUR
10:36:18 SCHOOLS, AND THE REASON WE'RE
10:36:19 HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE WE WANT
10:36:21 YOU ALL TO KNOW AND WE WANT YOU
10:36:22 ALL TO GO BACK TO YOUR
10:36:23 DISTRICTS AND TELL THEM THAT WE
10:36:27 ARE A RESOURCE FOR KIDS IN YOUR
10:36:30 AREAS, AND IF THEY QUALIFY FOR
10:36:32 FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH, THEY ARE
10:36:33 ELIGIBLE TO COME AND SHOP WITH
10:36:34 US.
10:36:35 ALL THEY NEED IS THEIR FREE AND
10:36:37 REDUCED LUNCH LETTER AND AN
10:36:37 APPOINTMENT.
10:36:39 THEY COME IN, THEY'RE ABLE TO
10:36:41 SHOP TWICE IN A CALENDAR YEAR,
10:36:44 AND IT'S ALL FREE OF CHARGE.
10:36:47 WE WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN
10:36:50 80,000 PAIRS OF UNDERWEAR TO
10:36:52 CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY THIS
10:36:53 YEAR AND EVERY YEAR, AND SO
10:36:55 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOT
10:36:57 ONLY SEE KIDS, IT'S ALSO
10:37:00 IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET NEW AND
10:37:02 QUALITY USED CLOTHES DONATED TO
10:37:06 US, AND WE USE ABOUT 1500 HOURS
10:37:07 OF VOLUNTEER SUPPORT EACH MONTH
10:37:15 AT OUR THREE STORES, AND WE ARE
10:37:16 A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR THE
10:37:18 KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE
10:37:22 SERVE PRE-K-4 ALL THE WAY TO
10:37:23 12th GRADE.
10:37:24 KIDS COME IN ALL SHAPES AND
10:37:26 SIZES AND SO DO WE, SO THEY
10:37:27 SHOULDN'T BE WORRIED THAT WE'RE
10:37:29 NOT GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW,
10:37:30 THE STYLES THAT THEY WANT OR --
10:37:33 I MEAN, THIS IS A PAIR OF
10:37:35 BRAND-NEW ASICS SHOES, AND I'LL
10:37:38 NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TIME I
10:37:40 TOURED MY HUSBAND, HE SAID,
10:37:41 HEY, IS THAT MY SHIRT HANGING
10:37:43 RIGHT THERE, AND I'M LIKE, NO,
10:37:45 HONEY, IT'S NOT YOUR SHIRT, I
10:37:47 PROMISE, AND THEN HE WENT OVER
10:37:49 AND INSPECTED IT A LITTLE BIT
10:37:50 MORE TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T
10:37:50 HIS.
10:37:52 I SAID, IT ISN'T YOURS.
10:37:54 SO WE DO IT IN A CHEERFUL STORE
10:37:55 ENVIRONMENT.
10:37:56 WE HAVE DRESSING ROOMS FOR THE
10:37:57 KIDS TO TRY ON THEIR CLOTHES
10:37:59 BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO LEAVE
10:38:01 FEELING GOOD AND ABLE TO GO
10:38:04 BACK TO THE SCHOOL AND TO THEIR
10:38:06 SCHOOL AND THEIR CLASSROOM TO
10:38:07 FOCUS ON WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT,
10:38:10 WHICH IS THEIR LEARNING.
10:38:14 AND, YOU KNOW, I'M REMINDED OF
10:38:18 -- I GO BACK TO OUR BEGINNING,
10:38:19 AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET TOO
10:38:22 MANY COOL MORNINGS, THAT'S THE
10:38:24 BENEFIT OF LIVING IN OUR
10:38:26 BEAUTIFUL CITY, BUT WE DO GET
10:38:29 THOSE FEW CRISP MORNINGS, AND
10:38:31 CLOTHES TO KIDS STARTED BECAUSE
10:38:33 ONE OF OUR TEACHERS CALLED HER
10:38:35 SISTER, OUR CO-FOUNDER, AND
10:38:37 SAID, THIS LITTLE GIRL CAN'T GO
10:38:40 OUT TO PLAY ON THE SCHOOL YARD
10:38:41 TODAY BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE
10:38:43 A JACKET, AND OUR CO-FOUNDER
10:38:45 SAID TO HER, GIVE ME AN HOUR OR
10:38:47 TWO, I'LL BE THERE WITH A
10:38:47 JACKET.
10:38:49 SHE ALWAYS LIKES TO POINT OUT,
10:38:50 JENNIFER, DON'T FORGET THE
10:38:51 TURTLENECKS.
10:38:53 I BROUGHT TWO TURTLENECKS TOO
10:38:56 ALONG WITH THAT JACKET, AND
10:38:57 THAT LITTLE GIRL WOULDN'T HAVE
10:38:59 BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT ON TO THAT
10:39:01 PLAYGROUND IF IT WEREN'T FOR
10:39:03 THAT JACKET.
10:39:04 CLOTHES SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM
10:39:05 FOR KIDS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
10:39:06 BECAUSE WE EXIST, AND IT'S AN
10:39:08 HONOR TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR
10:39:09 MISSION TO OUR KIDS IN OUR
10:39:10 COUNTY WHO NEED US, AND I THANK
10:39:12 YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR
10:39:14 THIS GREAT CITY OF OURS, AND IT
10:39:16 IS A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO
10:39:17 NOT ONLY WORK AT CLOTHES TO
10:39:18 KIDS BUT TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT
10:39:19 CITY.
10:39:20 >>MIKE SUAREZ: APPRECIATE THAT.
10:39:21 >> THANK YOU ALL.
10:39:23 >>MIKE SUAREZ: CHAIR, IF I
10:39:24 COULD.
10:39:25 YOU PROVIDE ONLY NEW CLOTHING
10:39:27 OR USED CLOTHING ALSO?
10:39:28 >> NEW AND QUALITY USED
10:39:29 CLOTHING.
10:39:30 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I KNOW AS AN
10:39:31 EXAMPLE THERE IS A PLACE IN
10:39:33 SOUTH TAMPA THAT SELLS USED
10:39:35 SCHOOL UNIFORMS, OKAY, WHICH IS
10:39:36 A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AND,
10:39:38 YOU KNOW, UNTIL I HAD MET
10:39:39 MEMBERS OF YOUR GROUP, I HAD
10:39:41 NOT KNOWN ABOUT THIS ON
10:39:41 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE.
10:39:42 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE
10:39:43 CROSS-STREET IS ON HILLSBOROUGH
10:39:44 WHERE IT'S AT?
10:39:46 >> IT IS --
10:39:49 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT'S 5011
10:39:50 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE.
10:39:51 >> IT'S 5011 HILLSBOROUGH
10:39:52 AVENUE, AND IT IS BETWEEN
10:39:55 ANDERSON AND --
10:39:56 >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT, SO IT'S
10:39:58 UP TOWARDS THE AIRPORT AREA.
10:39:59 >>HARRY COHEN: IT'S WEST
10:40:00 HILLSBOROUGH.
10:40:02 >> YES, IT'S WEST HILLSBOROUGH.
10:40:03 THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
10:40:03 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT'S IMPORTANT
10:40:05 TO NOTE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
10:40:08 THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT KNOW
10:40:09 ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION, AND
10:40:09 ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WANTED
10:40:10 TO INVITE YOU, AND THE WAY TO
10:40:12 DONATE WOULD BE TO WHAT, GO TO
10:40:13 YOUR WEBSITE?
10:40:14 HOW DOES IT WORK?
10:40:16 WHAT IS YOUR WEBSITE ADDRESS?
10:40:19 >> YES, OUR WEBSITE IS
10:40:28 WWW.CLOTHESTOKIDS.ORG.
10:40:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: AND IT IS
10:40:28 CLOTHES WITH AN "E."
10:40:29 >> THAT'S RIGHT.
10:40:29 SO IT'S C-L-O-T-H-E-S TO, T-O,
10:40:35 KIDS, K-I-D-S, DOT ORG, AND WE
10:40:37 ACCEPT GENTLY NEW AND QUALITY
10:40:39 USED CLOTHING AT OUR STORE ON
10:40:42 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, 5011 WEST
10:40:45 HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, AND THANK
10:40:46 YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT
10:40:48 BECAUSE WE HAVE A RULE, AND OUR
10:40:51 RULE AT CLOTHES TO KIDS IS IS
10:40:52 IT DOESN'T GO OUT ON OUR STORE
10:40:54 FLOOR IF WE WOULDN'T PUT IT ON
10:40:55 OUR KIDS.
10:40:55 >>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.
10:40:56 RIGHT.
10:40:57 THANK YOU SO MUCH.
10:40:57 APPRECIATE IT.
10:40:58 >> THANK YOU.
10:40:59 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
10:40:59 >>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU,
10:41:00 CHAIR.
10:41:01 >>FRANK REDDICK: THANK YOU.
10:41:02 ALL RIGHT.
10:41:03 AT THIS TIME WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC
10:41:05 COMMENTS.
10:41:07 I THINK WE RAN THEM AWAY.
10:41:09 >>MIKE SUAREZ: IT DOESN'T LOOK
10:41:11 LIKE WE HAVE ANYONE FOR PUBLIC
10:41:12 COMMENT.
10:41:13 >>FRANK REDDICK: ANYONE FROM
10:41:15 THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK
10:41:16 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS
10:41:16 TIME.
10:41:17 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I THINK WE MIGHT
10:41:19 HAVE ONE.
10:41:22 >> JOHN JONES, HISTORIC HYDE
10:41:22 PARK.
10:41:24 I'M HERE TO THANK YOU MEMBERS
10:41:27 THAT ARE LEAVING THE COMMISSION
10:41:28 FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE
10:41:31 DONE OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
10:41:33 WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT IN
10:41:35 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE THINK
10:41:38 YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB,
10:41:40 SOMETIMES IN DIFFICULT
10:41:42 CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE THINK
10:41:46 THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FAIR
10:41:48 AND WANT TO WISH YOU ALL THE
10:41:50 BEST, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE
10:41:51 YOU AGAIN SOON IN A LEADERSHIP
10:41:52 POSITION.
10:41:53 >> THANK YOU.
10:41:54 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:41:55 ANYONE ELSE?
10:42:01 ALL RIGHT.
10:42:02 LET ME GO TO INFORMATION
10:42:03 REPORTS, NEW BUSINESS.
10:42:04 MR. VIERA.
10:42:05 >>LUIS VIERA: JUST VERY
10:42:07 BRIEFLY, I REQUEST THAT COUNCIL
10:42:09 PREPARE A COMMENDATION FOR
10:42:11 RACHEL BARCELLONA FOR HER
10:42:12 CONTRIBUTIONS TO TAMPA BAY TO
10:42:13 FURTHER THE CAUSE OF INCLUSION
10:42:15 FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES,
10:42:16 INCLUDING SPEAKING TO THE
10:42:18 UNITED NATIONS AS A TEENAGER ON
10:42:19 THAT ISSUE AND THAT THIS BE
10:42:23 PRESENTED ON MAY 2nd, 2019,
10:42:25 UNDER CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES.
10:42:26 >>MIKE SUAREZ: SECOND.
10:42:27 >>FRANK REDDICK: WE'VE GOT A
10:42:30 MOTION BY MR. VIERA, SECONDED
10:42:31 BY MR. SUAREZ.
10:42:32 ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY
10:42:32 AYE.
10:42:34 THOSE OPPOSED.
10:42:34 >>LUIS VIERA: NOTHING FURTHER.
10:42:34 >>FRANK REDDICK: OKAY.
10:42:34 THANK YOU.
10:42:34 MR. MANISCALCO.
10:42:34 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES, MR.
10:42:34 CHAIRMAN.
10:42:35 BACK HERE I HAVE ONE OF MY
10:42:38 INTERNS, NATASHA EPPERLY, AND
10:42:40 THERE'S A ROD LOPEZ, HE'S NOT
10:42:42 HERE WITH US TODAY, I BELIEVE.
10:42:44 HE MIGHT -- HE MIGHT BE IN
10:42:44 CLASS.
10:42:45 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL
10:42:46 SCHEDULE IS.
10:42:47 BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS
10:42:49 MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL
10:42:51 YOUR WORK AND YOUR HELP IN THE
10:42:53 OFFICE AS WELL AS ROD.
10:42:57 YOU ARE BOTH USF BULLS, AS ARE
10:43:00 MIKE SUAREZ AND I.
10:43:02 LUIS, DID YOU GO TO USF?
10:43:06 AND LUIS.
10:43:06 SO GO BULLS.
10:43:06 THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
10:43:07 THEY'RE HERE WITH THE FLORIDA
10:43:09 LIP PROGRAM, STUDENTS OF ANGELA
10:43:11 CRIST AND RON PIERCE.
10:43:12 WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK ON
10:43:13 YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
10:43:17 I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT.
10:43:19 YOU GOT A LITTLE BACK-STAGE
10:43:20 VIEW OF HOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT
10:43:22 WORKS, AND I HOPE IT WAS
10:43:23 HELPFUL.
10:43:23 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
10:43:24 THAT'S IT.
10:43:25 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. COHEN.
10:43:27 >>HARRY COHEN: NO, THANK YOU.
10:43:28 >>FRANK REDDICK: MR. SUAREZ.
10:43:28 >>MIKE SUAREZ: WELL, CHAIR, I
10:43:29 JUST HAD ASKED FOR OUR INTERN
10:43:31 TO BE BROUGHT UP HERE TOO
10:43:32 BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR LAST DAY
10:43:34 FOR OUR INTERN, AND I DIDN'T
10:43:35 SEE HER UP HERE, SO I WOULD
10:43:37 JUST ASK MR. --
10:43:37 >>FRANK REDDICK: IS SHE BACK
10:43:38 THERE?
10:43:40 >>MIKE SUAREZ: I BELIEVE SO.
10:43:43 SHE'S HERE TODAY.
10:43:43 I DID SEE HER, SO --
10:43:44 >> WE CAN BRING HER UP THE END
10:43:45 OF THE CRA MEETING.
10:43:46 >>MIKE SUAREZ: YEAH, WE COULD
10:43:46 DO THAT.
10:43:46 WE COULD DO THAT, CHAIR.
10:43:46 ALL RIGHT.
10:43:47 THEN THAT WILL BE IT.
10:43:47 WE'LL BRING HER UP --
10:43:48 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOVE TO
10:43:49 RECEIVE AND FILE.
10:43:49 >>HARRY COHEN: SECOND.
10:43:51 >>FRANK REDDICK: I'VE GOT A
10:43:52 MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO,
10:43:53 SECOND BY MR. COHEN.
10:43:55 ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT MOTION.
10:43:56 OPPOSED.
10:43:56 ALL RIGHT.
10:43:57 WE STAND ADJOURNED FOR THE CITY
10:43:59 COUNCIL MEETING, AND DO YOU
10:43:59 WANT TO --
10:44:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: DO YOU NEED
10:44:04 ANY TIME TO FLIP OVER TO CRA?
10:44:05 >> [OFF MICROPHONE].
10:44:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
10:44:08 YOU WANT TO DO A FIVE-MINUTE --
10:44:08 >>FRANK REDDICK: YEAH, THAT
10:44:09 WOULD BE FINE.
10:44:11 TAKE FIVE MINUTES.
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